[Event "Junior-ch"]
[Site "Tamil Nadu"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aaron, Arvind"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Nagesh,Havanur"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1981.12.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 (6... Nc6 {
is the Main Line that Anand himself came to prefer later in his career.}) 7.
O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 ({In recent years players with White have preferred to
first exchange pawns on d5 with} 9. cxd5 cxd5 {.The critical test for Black is}
10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 {Havanur,N: 'when the pressure on b7 is
still an issue. For this reason the move in the game, 10...dxc4 looks
preferable.'}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 {not giving White an opportunity to
exchange pawns on d5 and exert pressure on the b-file with Rb1.} ({The
position in the previous variation is again reached after} 10... Bg4 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. Rb1 {when the pressure on b7 is still an issue. For this reason the
move in the game, 10...dxc4 looks preferable.}) 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Bd3 {The
bishop returns to the post as White wants to target h7 now that there is no
Black knight on f6.} ({However,} 12. Qd3 {is preferable in that it avoids the
pin on f3. After} Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 {the modest continuation} 14. Bd2 $5 {
deserves attention.} (14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 h6 $13 {leading to wild complications
is best seen in the well-known game, Sokolov-Oll, USSR Championship 1989.}))
12... Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 h6 {Black prevents the annoying pin with Bg5
before playing...Nf6.} 15. Bd2 {This developing move could have ben played
well before.} ({White could have got rid of the pin on his own knight with} 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Re6 Rf6 18. Qb3 Kh7 {The drawback is that it leaves
his kingside full of holes.}) 15... Nf6 16. Rb1 b6 17. c4 $2 {Around this
point White's game goes downhill. Once the Black queen gains control of c8-h3
diagonal, the pin on f3 becomes dangerous for White.} ({Again he could have
broken the pin with} 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qb3+ Kh7 {But the porous
kingside would offer practical chances to Black.}) ({Instead} 17. Bf5 {may be
preferable.}) 17... Qd7 18. Bc3 $2 {After this move Black's pressure on f3 is
intesified.} ({He had to try} 18. Rb3 {followed by Bc2 so that the queen would
be freed from her guard duty for the knight on f3.}) 18... Rae8 19. Rb2 {
Probably White was preparing Qb1, hoping to open up the b-file with c5 advance
in the long run. But he does not get the time to carry out this plan.} Rxe1+
20. Bxe1 Re8 21. Kf1 Qe6 $2 {Targeting c4 and e1, not allowing White bishop
and queen to leave their posts. But this is easly met by White's next move.} ({
Instead he should have played} 21... Ne4 $1 {threatening ...Ng5.} 22. Be2 Qe6
$17 {as pointed out by IM Sagar Shah on ChessBase.}) 22. Re2 Qd7 ({Not} 22...
Bxf3 $2 23. Rxe6 Bxd1 24. Rxd6 $16) 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qe2 Qd7 {going for an
attack} ({Exchange of queens with} 24... Qxe2+ {would give back the advantage
to White, however slight.} 25. Kxe2 $14) 25. g4 Bg6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Ne5 Bxe5
28. dxe5 Ne8 29. Bc3 $2 {White prevents a possible invasion with...Qd4 before
initiating his own attack. But it gives Black time to bring back his knight
into play.} ({He could have set Black greater problems with} 29. f4 $1 Qd4 30.
Bg3 Nc7 31. f5 $40) 29... Nc7 30. Qe4 Ne6 {Courage and optimism, the hallmark
of Anand's play.} ({After} 30... Qe6 $2 {Black would have a passive position.})
31. Qxg6 Qd1+ 32. Be1 Nf4 $2 {Tempting, but wrong.} ({He would have regained
the attack with} 32... Nd4 $1 33. e6 (33. Qe4 Nf3 34. Qe3 Kf7 35. e6+ Ke7 36.
Qa3+ Kxe6 37. Qe3+ Kd7 $19 {and soon Black would exchange all pieces on e1 and
win the pawn ending.}) 33... Qe2+ 34. Kg2 Nxe6 $15 {An interesting line
pointed out by by Sagar Shah.}) 33. Qe4 Nd3 34. e6 {White refuses to be
intimidated and goes ahead with his own plan.} ({If} 34. f4 $2 Nxe1 35. Qxe1
Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qxf4 $17) 34... Nxe1 {Resourceful play.} ({Not} 34... Qxe1+ $2 35.
Qxe1 Nxe1 36. Kxe1 Kf8 37. f4 $18) 35. e7 $6 {A brave move, but it complicates
the win.} ({It was simpler to play} 35. Qxe1 $1 Qxe1+ 36. Kxe1 g5 ({The tame} 
36... Kf8 {also loses.} 37. f4 Ke7 38. f5 $18) 37. f4 $1 gxf4 38. h4 Kf8 39. g5
$1 hxg5 40. h5 $18 {-Sagar Shah}) 35... Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nh4+ 37. Kh2 $1 ({Not} 37.
Kg3 $2 Qg1+ 38. Kxh4 Qxf2+ 39. Kh5 Qf7+ $11) 37... Qd6+ $2 ({Now Anand misses
his chance. He could have taken his opponent to the edge of precipice with} 
37... Nf3+ $5 38. Kg3 Qg1+ 39. Kf4 $1 (39. Kxf3 $2 Qh1+ 40. Kf4 Qxe4+ 41. Kxe4
Kf7 42. Kf5 Kxe7 {is probably a draw as Black can also create a passed pawn
with the help of his king.}) 39... Qc1+ 40. Kf5 g6+ $5 ({or} 40... Qg5+ 41. Ke6
Qf6+ 42. Kd7 Ne5+ 43. Qxe5 Qxe5 44. e8=Q+ Qxe8+ 45. Kxe8 $18) 41. Ke6 (41. Kxg6
$4 {walks into} Qg5# {!}) 41... Ng5+ 42. Kd7 Nxe4 43. e8=Q+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg8
45. Qxe4 $16 {Again fine analysis by Sagar Shah}) 38. f4 Qd2+ 39. Kg3 Nf5+ 40.
gxf5 Qc3+ 41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kh4 ({Not} 42. Kxh5 $2 Qxh3+ $11 {Young Anand is
dangerous to the last.}) 42... Qf6+ 43. Kxh5 Qf7+ 44. Kg5 Qe8 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46.
f6 {An exciting battle!} 1-0

[Event "District Team Championship T.N."]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aaron, Manuel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 b5 8. a3
Bb7 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Nc5 14. Nf2 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 Be7 16. a5 O-O 17. Bd2 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qe1 Bc5 20. Nf3 b3 21. d4 Be7 22.
Bb4 Nb8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Ra3 Bc6 25. Rxb3 Bb5 26. Rg1 Rc2 27. Ng4 Nc6 28. Ng5
h6 29. Qh4 Nxd4 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Qxh6 f6 32. Nxe6 Nxe6 33. Rh3 Qg7 34. Qh4
Kf7 35. exf6 Qg6 36. f5 Qxf5 37. Rf3 Qg6 38. Qb4 Rc7 39. Re1 Re8 40. Rg3 Rc4
41. Qd2 Rg4 42. Rxg4 Qxg4 43. Qxd5 Rd8 44. Qb7+ Rd7 45. Qa8 Rd1 46. Qa7+ Kg6
47. Qg1 Rxe1 48. Qxe1 Bc6 49. Qd2 Nf4 50. Qc2+ Qf5 51. Qxf5+ Kxf5 52. f7 Ng6
53. h3 Kf6 54. Kh2 Kxf7 55. g4 Kf6 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. b3 Bb7 58. b4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Junior-ch"]
[Site "Tamil Nadu"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sridhar, NR."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 (7... c6 {
is the modern preference.}) 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Nge2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qd2 {
Perhaps White intends to play Bh6 and exchange the dark-squared bishops. But
this never materializes in the game.} (11. Qc2 {is the standard line. It
pevents the pawn advance...e4 and also targets the weak pawns on f5 and h7.})
11... a6 {So that if I could play...b5. - Anand.} 12. O-O {Curiously enough,
years later Anand himself tried this move in a minor game.} ({Indeed,} 12.
O-O-O {is more usual in this position.}) 12... Nd7 (12... Qf6 13. Rab1 Nd7 14.
b4 b6 15. Na4 Ra7 $4 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. bxc5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 {V. Anand-E. Janus,
Simultaneous Display, Bad Mergentheim (Germany), 1993}) 13. Kh1 Ndf6 14. Qc2 e4
$5 {Audacious, but probably not sound.} ({After the thematic move} 14... f4 {
Black has the upper hand.} 15. Bf2 Bd7 16. Bh4 Qc7 17. Rae1 Kh8 18. Bg5 Rae8)
15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Bg1 f4 $1 17. e5 $1 Bxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qg6 $4 {Fools rush
in where angels fear to tread. This loses by force.} ({He should have played} 
19. Bg6 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Bxh5 Qxh5 22. Nxf4 {and it appears that Black does
not have sufficient compensation for the pawn}) 19... Rf6 20. Qxh5 Rh6 21. Qf7
Rxh7 22. Qg6 Rh6 {Now if the queen retreats, ...Qh4 is decisive.} 23. Qf7 Be6
$3 {To clear the 8th rank and avoid perpetual check - Anand} ({"Now I cannot
play} 23... Rxh2+ $6 24. Bxh2 Qh4 25. Qf8+ {with perpetual check."- Anand}) 24.
dxe6 Rxh2+ $1 25. Bxh2 Qh4 0-1

[Event "IND Junior-ch"]
[Site "Dharwad"]
[Date "1982.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Siddiqui, MA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1982.01.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5 Nb8 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Ne7 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Kg8 12. d6 cxd6 13. Nd5 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 f6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bc4+ d5 18. Rxf6 Qe8 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kg7
21. Raf1 Nd7 22. Rf7+ Kg6 23. Be7 Nf8 24. R1f6+ Kg5 25. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "National Subjunior-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1983.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shah, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1983.10.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxh4 12. Qg4 d5 13. Qxg7 Qxf4+ 14. Kb1
Rf8 15. g3 Qxe4 16. Bd3 Qe3 17. gxh4 Bd7 18. Rhe1 Qf4 19. Nf5 Qb4 20. Qf6 Bb5
21. Bxb5+ axb5 22. c3 Qc5 23. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "National Subjunior-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1983.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roy, Pinaki"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1983.10.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. Qc2 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Nfd2 Qe7 13. Bf3 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15.
O-O fxe4 16. Re1 Bd4+ 17. Be3 exf3 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch U20 8th"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mishra, Neeraj Kumar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 c5 13. Bd3 a5 14. g4 Bd7 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bxh6 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qh4+ 18. Qf2 Qxh6 19. g5 Qh5 20. h4 f5 21. Ng3 Qh7
22. Qc2 e4 23. fxe4 f4 24. Nf1 Qh5 25. Kd2 Be5 26. Re1 b5 27. cxb5 Bxb5 28.
Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Rh3 a4 30. Qd1 f3 31. Ne3 Rxb3 32. Nc4 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch U20 8th"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Perera, Vajira"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 b5 6. Bc2 d6 7. d4 f6 8. Be3 g6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. a4 Nd8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15.
Ra1 Bb7 16. d5 O-O 17. Bd3 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4+ Kh8 21. Ra7
Nb7 22. b4 Nc8 23. Ra3 f5 24. Ng5 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qc4 Qxc4
28. Nxc4 Bf6 29. Ne6 Re8 30. Nc5 Ncd6 31. Nxd6 Nxd6 32. Ra6 Be7 33. Nd7 f4 34.
Bc5 Nf5 35. Kf1 Bxc5 36. bxc5 Kg7 37. c6 Nd4 38. Rb6 Rc8 39. Nxe5 Kf6 40. Nd3
f3 41. Nb4 Ke5 42. gxf3 Nxf3 43. Na6 Kd6 44. c7+ Ke7 45. Kg2 Nd4 46. Rb8 Kd7
47. Kg3 Ne6 48. Kg4 h6 49. h4 h5+ 50. Kf3 g5 51. hxg5 Nxg5+ 52. Kf4 Ne6+ 53.
Kf5 Nxc7 54. Rxc8 Kxc8 55. Nxc7 Kxc7 56. Kg5 Kd6 57. Kxh5 Ke5 58. Kg5 Ke6 59.
f4 Ke7 60. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch U20 8th"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Waqar, Mohamed"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Nxa5 bxa5 15.
Nd1 Bb7 16. Nf2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. c3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Bc6 21. b4 axb4
22. cxb4 Rxb4 23. Bxc5 Rc4 24. Qd2 Bxc5 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Bxa4 27. Qe1
Bb5 28. h3 Bd4 29. Kh2 Bxa1 30. Qxa1 Qc3 31. Qd1 Qe3 32. Kg3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "IND Junior-ch"]
[Site "Goa"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vardhana, TK."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Kh1 Bc5 9. Qe1 Nh5 10. f4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Qg5 13. Rf1 Be6 14. Nd2
O-O-O 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. a3 g5 17. b4 Bb6 18. a4 Bc7 19. Rb1 h5 20. Qf2 h4 21.
Rfd1 g4 22. Nd2 g3 23. Qxa7 h3 24. Qa8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Tenali"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Koshy, Varugeese"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4
Qb6 15. Qe2 h5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. O-O-O Ng3 19. Qd3 Nxh1 20. Rxh1 Qd4
21. Qxg6 Qf6 22. Qxf6 exf6 23. Nd5 f5 24. Re1 Rh6 25. Bc3 Rc8 26. Bg7 Re6 27.
Rd1 1-0

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rojas Sepulveda, Eduardo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Rojas Sepulveda,E"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 2:30:00] en mi tiempo no había un jugador con un talento como el
suyo. Este pensamiento lo tuve desde que lo conocí y lo ví jugar por primera
vez, cuando su reloj marcaba sólo 15 minutos para toda la partida y el resto
del tiempo se paseaba mirando el resto de los encuentros.} c5 2. Nf3 {...} 0-1

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Calinescu, Gruia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3
d6 9. Nbd2 $146 (9. a4 h6 10. d4 {Golovko,N-Reshko,A URS-chT sf Baku 1964 1/
2-1/2}) (9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. d5) (9. h3 h6) (9. Na3 a6 {Urbanec,
M-Gufeld,E Moscow Army-ch 1964 (10) 0-1}) 9... h6 10. Bc4 Kh7 11. Nf1 {[%cal
Gf1g3]} f5 12. Bb3 f4 13. Bd2 g5 14. h3 Ng6 $13 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Gh6h5,Gg5g4]}
15. N3h2 Nh4 16. g3 fxg3 17. fxg3 Ng6 18. Qh5 $1 Qe7 (18... Qf6 {[%cal Gf6f2]
Plus actif}) 19. Ne3 {[%cal Gh2g4,Ge3g4,Ge3f5]} Be6 20. Nhg4 $36 {[%csl Rh6]}
Rf3 {[%cal Ga8f8]} 21. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Rf1 (23. d4 {[%cal Gb3c2,
Gc2h7]} e4 $1) 23... Raf8 (23... Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1) 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Bd5 $1 {
[%csl Rf5,Rg6,Rh7][%cal Gd5e4,Ge4h7]} Qd7 26. Be4 $44 {[%cal Ge4h7]} Nce7 27.
c4 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] La paire de B des Blancs est très forte} d5 {Trop risqué}
28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Ge3f5,Ge3d5] La réfutation du coup d5} (29.
Bxf5 $143 Qxf5 {[%cal Gf5d3]} 30. Nf2) 29... Nxe3 30. Bxe3 Rf6 31. Bxg5 $40 Rb6
(31... Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qxb2) 32. Be3 Qe8 (32... Rxb2) 33. Rf1 Rxb2 34. Rf6 Rb1+
35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 $18 {Les pièces Noires sont trop mal placées pour
attaquer le K Blanc} Kg8 37. Bxg6 Qa4 38. Bf7+ Kh8 39. Rxh6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]
Biulletin CCC of the USSR 184, No.15, p. 9} 1-0

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Anand/Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 {Anand: I won the first few games easily. Then I beat a boy called
Apicella and I still remember, Ivanchuk came and spoke to me that day. He said,
thank you very much. I asked, why? He said, 'Apicella beat me two days ago,
and I am very grateful for you to take revenge on my behalf.' That was our
first contact.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {One of the most
popular defenses thanks to Tony Miles, the British grandmaster.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 (9... d5 $142 {Herrera,I (2285)-Apicella, M Wch
U14 Champigny sur Marne 1984 0-1}) 10. h4 (10. g4) (10. Bc4) 10... Qa5 11. g4
Rfc8 12. Nb3 Qe5 $6 $146 {Anand: In a sharp variation, he jumbled the move
order.} (12... Qc7 13. h5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rac8 20. fxg6 Rxc3 21. e5 Qb5 22. Rh2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2
Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Ne8 25. exd6 Nxd6 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bxa7 Nc4 {0-1 (27) Nielsen,
C-Petersen,K Hinnerup 1979}) 13. g5 $1 Nb4 $2 {What I remember most about this
game was Ivanchuk coming by, looking at the board and laughing "Ha, ha, ha!"
He said Apicella had played this move and walked away, seeming to get
vicarious pleasure in the act.} (13... Nh5 $8 14. f4 Qe6 15. Bh3 $18) 14. Bd4 {
[%csl Re5] I was able to out-manoeuvre him and won quite easily} Qe6 15. gxf6
exf6 16. Kb1 a5 17. Bh3 Qe8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nd5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qd8
22. h5 b5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nf5 $1 gxf5 25. Rdg1 {[%cal Gd2h6,Gg1g7]} (25. Rdg1
Kf8 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rg1#) 1-0

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 {Source: Biulletin CCC of the USSR 1984, No.15, p.} c5 2. Nf3 {Il
s'agissait du premier tournoi disputé à l'étranger par l'indien et pour
l'anecdote, il s'est fait enregistré dans ce tournoi avec une inversion entre
le nom et le prénom. La FIDE n'a jamais rectifié l'erreur et Anand est en
fait, un prénom.} e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb5b4,Gb7e4]
Une variante active mais qui donne une avance de développement aux Blancs} (
5... Qc7) (5... Nf6) 6. Be2 (6. Bd3) 6... d6 {Les Noirs n'ont joué que des
coups de P et la moindre imprécision pourrait être très dangereuse avec un
tel retard de développement} 7. O-O Nf6 (7... Bb7 8. f4 Nd7 9. Bf3 Qc7 $132 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc7b7];Prandstetter,E (2430)-Zapata,A (2425) Capablanca
Memorial-A 1983 0-1}) 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3a8,Ge4e5]} Bb7 10. e5 $1 $32
Bxf3 11. Nxf3 dxe5 (11... Ng4 $5 12. Qe2 b4 13. Ne4 d5 {Filipovic,B (2335)
-Adorjan,A (2530) Banja Luka 1983 (8) 0-1}) 12. fxe5 Ng4 (12... b4 13. exf6
bxc3 14. fxg7 Bxg7 15. b3 O-O 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. a4 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Ba3 Rfe8
20. Rae1 Rad8 21. Bc1 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rd5 23. Be3 Qc8 24. Bf4 Rf8 25. Nc4 Nd7 26.
Qf3 Qc6 27. Bc1 Qc7 28. Bf4 Qc6 29. Qg3 f5 30. Qf3 Rc8 31. Qg3 Kh8 32. Nd6 Nf6
33. Nxc8 Qxc8 34. Be5 Rd2 35. Qxc3 Qd8 36. Qf3 Ng4 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 38. h3 Qh4
39. Kg1 Nf6 40. Rxe6 Qd4+ 41. Qe3 Qd5 42. Qg5+ {Tseshkovsky,V (2575)
-Kupreichik,V (2580) Frunze 1981 1-0}) 13. Qe2 Qb6+ (13... b4 14. Ne4 Ngxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Ng5 $44 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gg5f7,Ge2e5,Gg5e6]}) 14. Kh1 Bc5 (14...
b4 $6 15. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7]} Nh6 (15... bxc3 16. Qxg4) 16. Nce4 $36) 15. h3 $146
(15. Ne4 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qh5 Qc7 18. Bf4 {1-0 (18) Hass,J-Borensztajn,
D Brazil 1977}) 15... Ne3 16. Bxe3 Bxe3 17. Rad1 (17. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6]} O-O
18. Rad1 (18. Rae1)) 17... Rd8 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Rd6 Qa7 20. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Gd6,
Rd7,Rd8]} Bb6 21. Qd3 $36 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8]} h6 $6 (21... Nc5 {[%cal Gc5d3] Un
moindre mal}) 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Rd8 24. Qxd8+ $1 Bxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kh7 26.
Rd4 Qe7 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Qd7 29. Rd4 Qb5 30. b3 Kg6 31. Nd6 Qf1+ 32. Kh2
$18 {Les pièces Blanches sont bien coordonnées et la Q ne peut rien attaquer}
f5 33. exf6 Kxf6 34. c4 {[%csl Gc4]} Qb1 (34... e5 35. Rd5) 35. Rf4+ Ke7 36. c5
e5 (36... Qxb3 37. Rf7+ Kd8 38. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c6]}) 37. Nxe5 Qxb3 38. Ndc4 g5
39. Rf3 Qb8 40. c6 h5 41. c7 Qg8 {Les Noirs ont ajourné mais sans espoir de
sauver la partie} 42. Nb6 g4 {[%cal Gg4f3,Gg4g3]} 43. Nc6+ (43. Rf7+ Ke6 44.
c8=Q+) 43... Kd6 44. Rf6+ $4 {Une gaffe incroyable qui va laisser les Noirs
revenir dans la partie} (44. c8=Q $8) 44... Kxc7 45. Ne7 g3+ $1 {[%csl Rh2] Et
la partie n'est plus si claire à cause du risque de mat du couloir!} 46. Kh1
$1 (46. Kg1 $143 {Ce coup naturel donne une option supplémentaire aux Noirs
avec la menace Qd4 gagnant la Rf6} Qb3 $1 $132 {[%csl Rf6,Rg1][%cal Gb3d1,
Gd1d4,Gd4f6]}) 46... Qb3 47. Ned5+ Kb7 48. Rf7+ Kc6 49. Rf1 a5 $1 $132 {
[%csl Ga5]} 50. Ra1 Qd3 (50... Qb2) 51. Rc1+ Kd6 52. Ne3 $1 Ke7 (52... Qxe3 53.
Nc4+ {[%cal Gc4d6,Gc4e3]}) 53. Re1 Kf7 54. Nec4 Kf6 55. Nxa5 {Après la perte
du P passé, les Noirs doivent à nouveau lutter pour une défense très
difficile} Qd2 {[%cal Gd2a5,Gd2e1]} 56. Rf1+ Kg5 57. Nac4 {Les Noirs sont pour
l'instant trop éloignés de l'aile-roi pour assurer le gain} Qe2 58. Rc1 Qe6
$1 {[%cal Ge6c4,Ge6b6]} 59. Na4 Qc6 60. Nab2 Qd5 61. Nd1 Qd3 {[%cal Gd3f1]} 62.
Nde3 Qe2 63. Nf1 {[%cal Gc4e3]} Qf2 64. Ncd2 {[%cal Gd2f3]} (64. Nce3) 64...
Kf5 65. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3f3,Gf3f2]} Kg6 66. Rxg3+ Kh7 67. Rf3 $18 Qe1 68. Kg1
Kg6 69. Rf2 Kh6 70. Nf3 Qb1 71. h4 Kh7 72. Kh2 Qb8+ 73. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:10]
Après ce gain, l'indien prend la tête du Championnat avec 4/4} 1-0

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lhagvasuren, Cedendemberel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 {Avec 4/4, l'indien devenait un des favoris du championnat mais il
est tombé malade au millieu du Championnat} 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Bb4 {Une variante assez risquée} (5... Bc5) (5... Nc6 6. Nxc6) 6. Ndb5
{Un coup naturel mais la poussée 6.e5 est plus dangereuse} (6. e5 $142 $1 Nd5
7. Bd2 (7. Qg4)) 6... Nxe4 {[%emt 2:28:00] rentrant dans des complications} (
6... O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bg5 d4 10. e5 dxc3 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. exf6
cxb2 13. Rb1 Rd5 14. h4 Re5+ 15. Kd2 gxf6 16. Bxf6 Rf5 17. Bxb2 Rxf2+ 18. Ke3
Rxc2 19. Bd3 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Nd7 21. Rb5 Nf6 22. Rf1 Nd5+ 23. Kd4 b6 24. Rb3 h6
25. Ke5 f6+ 26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Kxf6 Bb7 28. Bg6 Rf8+ 29. Kxe6 Kg7 30. Bh5 Bd5+
31. Kxd5 Rf5+ 32. Ke6 Rxh5 33. Rg3+ Kh7 34. Rg4 Ra5 35. Kf6 Rxa3 36. Rg7+ {
Roos,L (2340)-Plachetka,J (2435) Bagneux 1982 1/2-1/2}) 7. Qg4 $1 $146 (7. Qd4
Nxc3 8. Qxb4 Nxb5 9. Bxb5 Nc6 10. Qc3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qxb5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qg3
Ne7 14. Bc3 f6 15. h4 Qh5 16. Qh2 d5 17. g4 Qf7 18. Rdf1 e5 19. Bd2 Bxg4 20.
Rfg1 Bf3 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg3 Bh5 24. Bh6 Rg8 25. Qg1 Rxg3 26.
Qxg3 Nf5 {0-1 (26) Georges,E-Croes,W Haifa 1976}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bf8 9. Bf4
$32 {[%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6]} Na6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 $14 {[%csl Gd6,Re8]} Qf6 $1
{[%cal Gf6g7,Gf6c3,Gf6g6]} 12. Qg3 Qg6 13. Qf3 Nb8 {Le Na6 était dominé par
le Bd6 et les Noirs n'ont pas le choix} (13... f6 14. Bd3) 14. Bb5 $6 (14. Bd3
$142 $1 {[%cal Gd3g6,Ge1g1] Accentue l'avance de développement} Qf6 15. Qg3
Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 {[%cal Gd6e5]} Nc6 17. Rab1) 14... a6 15. Ba4 {[%csl Ra4] Le Ba4
est hors-jeu} Qf6 16. Qg3 b5 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Qxb8 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 bxa4 20. Qd6
Qxc2+ 21. Ke3 $13 Qc3+ 22. Ke2 Qc4+ 23. Kd2 Qc6 24. Qxc6 dxc6 25. Rhc1 Kd7 26.
Kc3 Kc7 27. Rd1 Bb7 28. Kc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} h5 $1 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh8h5]} 29. h4
(29. Kc5 h4 {[%cal Gh8h5]}) 29... e5 30. Rd2 $36 Bc8 31. Re1 $6 {Trop lent} (
31. Kc5 {[%cal Gd2d6,Gd6c6]}) 31... Re8 32. Rde2 f6 $132 33. f4 a5 34. Kc3 Kd6
35. Rd2+ Kc7 36. Rde2 Kd6 37. Rd2+ Kc7 38. Rde2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd6 39. Rd2+ {
Une partie difficile pour l'indien  Source: Biulletin CCC of the USSR 1984, No.
15,} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {After the fifth round, I was running a high fever and was diagnosed
with jaundice. I played the rest of the event under the yellow spell. I drew
most of my games} e5 {Dreev went on to win the event half a point ahead of a
pack comprising Chucky, Piket and me. Later, we would all again clash at the
World Junior Championship. A few years later, Dreev would play me in a match
to be a challenger for the World title.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O
h6 6. d3 Nf6 (6... g6 7. Ne1 Nf6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 b6
12. Nd5 Ne8 13. a3 Nd6 14. Ba2 Be6 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 f5 17. Nxb6 Bxa2 18.
Nxa8 Bf7 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Ra6 Qc8 21. Qa1 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Bc4 23. Re1 fxe4 24.
Rxe4 Bd5 25. Qe1 Nxb4 26. Qxb4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxa6 28. Nc7 Qa1+ 29. Kf2 Rc8 30.
Ne6 Kh7 31. Nh4 Rg8 {1-0 (31) Shamkovich,L (2485)-Christiansen,L (2460) Mentor
1977}) 7. Ne2 $146 (7. Ne1 Be7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Bf6 10. c3 Ne7 11. Bb3 Bd7
12. f4 Ng6 13. Qh5 Qe7 14. f5 Nf8 15. Nc2 Bc6 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. a4 Bg5 18. Nc4
Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Nf6 20. Qe2 b6 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Ra1 O-O 23. Ng4 Qe7 24. Nxf6+
Qxf6 25. Rf3 Rfe8 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 a6 28. Qe4 b5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Rf2 Re7
31. g3 Rc7 32. Ra1 Rcc8 33. b3 bxa4 34. Qxa4 e4 35. dxe4 Qxc3 36. Raf1 Qf6 {
Schrancz,I (2315)-Lanc,A (2380) Zamardi 1980 0-1}) 7... Bg4 8. Ne1 Be7 9. h3
Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. Be3 Nh5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qd2 Qd6
16. c3 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

{My first foreign tournament was the World Sub-Juniors in 1984 in Paris. As I
had won the National Sub-Juniors, I was selected to go to the World Sub-Junior,
and I went with my parents. It is interesting to look back now. I met a boy
called Vassily Ivanchuk there! We were both 14 then. I also met there for the
first time some of my other friends like Jeroen Piket, Ferdinand Hellers and
Alexey Dreev. It is quite funny, but you get the feeling that all these guys
have trainers and everyone else is stronger than you. There was this guy who
had a Grandmaster as his trainer, and you were terribly impressed. So, I
played every game as a challenge or struggle.} 1. d4 {1) Biulletin SSS of the
USSR 1984, No.15, p.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7.
Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4
Nbd7 $146 (13... a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nbd7 18. Ne4
Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nd6 Re5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxh7+ Kf6 23. Qh4+ g5 24. Qh6+
Kf7 25. Nc6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Kg8 27. f4 gxf4 28. Rxd5 {1-0 (28) Christiansen,L 
(2490)-Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2470) Amsterdam 1978}) 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Bb3 a6 16.
Bg5 Qb6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. f5 Rad8 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Qc2
Rxd1 23. Qxd1 {[#]} Re5 $11 24. Qd2 Rf5 (24... Qc5) 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Be3 Qc7
27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Bc2 $11 (28. Bc2 Ne4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Ng4 9. Ke1 c6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bc4 (11. g4 Na6 12. f5 Nb4 13. Rh2 gxf5 14.
g5 Ng4 15. hxg4 fxg4 16. a3 gxf3 17. axb4 Bxe5 18. Rh1 Bg3+ 19. Kd2 Bf5 20. Ke3
Bxc2 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Kxe4 Bd6 23. Bd2 a6 24. Bc3 f5+ 25. gxf6 exf6 26. Bc4+
Kh8 27. Rad1 Rad8 28. Rh6 Be5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxf6 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Ra8 32. Rxf3
a5 33. Rg3 axb4 34. cxb4 h6 35. Kf5 Rf8+ 36. Kg6 Rf4 37. Be6 Re4 38. Bf5 Re7
39. Rd3 Re8 40. Kf7 Rb8 {Wittmann,W (2200)-Meulders,R (2200) Graz 1972 1-0})
11... Nd7 12. Be3 $146 (12. g4 b5 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Be3 Nxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Bc5
Re8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Ne4 f6 19. Ne6 Rac8 20. Rd1 fxe5 21. Rd7 Ba8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7
23. Nd6 Nf7 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe7+ {1-0 (26) Eros,P-Demian,V
Pula 1972}) 12... Nf5 13. Bf2 e6 14. Ne2 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. g4 c5
18. gxf5 Bxf3 19. Rf1 c4 20. Bh4 Bd5 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Nxb5 cxb3
24. axb3 a6 25. Nd6 Bf8 26. f6 h5 27. c4 Bxd6 28. exd6 Rxd6 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30.
Rf3 Rb6 31. Rd4 Nxf6 32. b4 Nd5 33. Rb3 Rb5 34. Ra3 Nxb4 35. Kd2 a5 36. b3 Kf8
37. Rd7 Ke8 38. Ra7 Nc6 39. Rc7 Nd4 40. Ke3 Nxb3 {I also remember I had an
adjourned game with Piket. That meant I missed the early bus back to the hotel.
There were buses at different times; one at 8 and another at 10. I wanted to
take the 8 o'clock bus as I felt the game was heading for a draw.  So I went
and told my opponent, 'Would you mind if we made a draw? We can both go back
then.'  He thought for a while and then his trainer said, no. At ten, we
started to play and at 10.05, Piket said, 'It's a draw. I was very annoyed
because the next bus after that was at 12 and it was extremely cold outside.}
41. Ra7 Rb4 42. Ra2 Nd4 43. R7xa5 Nf5+ 44. Kf3 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 Rg3+ 46. Kh2 Rf3
47. R5a4 Ke7 48. Rb2 Kf6 49. Kg2 Rc3 50. Ra7 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Rf3 52. Rbb7 Rf2+ 53.
Kg1 Rxf4 54. Rxf7+ Kg5 55. Ra5 Rb4 56. Re5 Rb6 57. Re4 Rb1+ 58. Kh2 Rb2+ 59.
Kg1 Rb6 60. Rf8 Rd6 61. Rf7 Rd1+ 62. Kh2 Rd2+ 63. Kg1 Nd4 64. Rf2 {Biulletin
CCC of the USSR 1984, No.15, p. 11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 (6... Nc6) 7. g5 (
7. h4) 7... hxg5 8. Bxg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 a6 (10... Ne5 {[%cal Ge5f3]})
11. O-O-O Bd7 (11... Qc7 12. f4) 12. f4 O-O-O 13. h4 (13. Bg2) 13... Qc7 (13...
Be7 14. Be2 {Browne,W (2575)-Hutchings,S (2310) Nice ol (Men) fin-A 1974 (13)
1/2-1/2}) 14. Be2 (14. h5 Be7 15. Be2 {Cuartas,C (2435)-Modr,B (2355) Prague
Bohemians 1982 (4) 1-0}) 14... Be7 15. h5 {[%csl Rg7]} Kb8 16. Bf3 (16. Kb1 Bc8
17. Bf3 Ng8 18. Rdg1 Rh7 19. Qf2 Bxg5 20. Rxg5 Nge7 21. Rd1 g6 22. hxg6 Nxg6
23. Rh5 Rg7 24. Rg1 Rgg8 25. Rhg5 Nge7 26. Bh5 Rxg5 27. Rxg5 f5 28. exf5 Nxf5
29. Bg4 Nce7 30. a3 Rf8 31. Be2 Nc6 32. Bd3 Nfe7 33. Qe3 Qd8 34. Nd2 Qc7 35.
Rh5 Qd8 36. Ne2 Nd5 37. Qg3 Qa5 38. f5 e5 39. Nc4 Qc7 40. Rh6 Nf6 41. Nc3 Qe7
42. Ne3 Nd4 43. Rg6 Qd8 44. Rg5 Nh7 45. Rg7 Nf6 {Karpov,A (2725)-Andersson,U 
(2590) Skara 1980 1/2-1/2}) 16... Bc8 17. Bh4 b5 $146 (17... d5 18. e5 Ne4 19.
Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qe2 f5 21. Bf2 b5 22. a3 Na5 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Rh3 Qc7 25. Rg1
Rh7 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5+ Qb7 28. Qe2 Qa6 29. Rb3+ Ka8 30. Qe3 Rd5 31. Rb6
Qa7 32. Qc3 Qd7 33. Rc6 Kb8 34. Bb6 Bd8 35. Bxd8 Qxd8 36. Qb4+ Bb7 37. Rxe6
Rxh5 38. Rb6 Rd7 39. e6 Rc7 40. Rd6 Qf6 41. Rd7 Rxd7 42. exd7 Rh8 43. Qa5 e3
44. Rd1 Rd8 45. Rd3 e2 46. Kd2 e1=Q+ 47. Kxe1 {Edelstein,M-Pedneault,M Canada
1982 1/2-1/2}) 18. Bf2 Bb7 19. a3 Nd7 $1 20. Rh3 Nc5 21. Qe3 Ba8 22. Be2 Rhe8
23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 e5 $1 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qe3 Ne6 $15 {[%cal Ge6d4,Ge6f4]}
27. Rg3 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rd8 29. Bf3 Bc5 $1 {[%csl Rf3] La partie a basculé} 30.
Qe1 Bxf2 31. Qxf2 f6 $17 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Nc5 34. Bg2 e4 (34... Nb7 $5 {
[%cal Gb7d6]}) 35. Rc3 Rxd5 36. Qe3 Qe5 37. Kb1 f5 38. Qg5 f4 $19 39. Qg6 Rd6
40. Rxc5 Qxc5 41. Qe8+ Qc8 42. Qe5 Qe6 0-1

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rettedal, Atle"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 {Le norvégien a arrêté de jouer quelques années plus tard mais il
avait un bon potentiel.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. f3 Nc6
7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. O-O-O b5 10. h4 Na5 $146 (10... e5 11. h5 Qe8 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bh6 Qf7 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1
Qg7 19. Nc3 bxc4 20. Rh4 Nf5 21. Rhe4 Bd7 22. Bxc4 a5 23. Bb3 Rb4 24. Rxb4 axb4
25. Ne4 Rb8 26. Rd1 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Agdestein,S (2400)-Nunn,J (2590) Gjovik
1983}) (10... h5 11. Qe1 {Agdestein,S (2400)-Sznapik,A (2425) Nordic-tt Oslo
1983 0-1}) 11. Ng3 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Be6 $13 {[%csl Rc1]} (11... Nxc4 $5 12. Bxc4
bxc4 {[%csl Gb8]} 13. h5 c6 14. hxg6 fxg6 $5 (14... hxg6 $6 {[%csl Rg8] Le
coup naturel parait trop risqué} 15. Bh6 {[%cal Gh6g7,Gd2h6]}) 15. Bh6 Qb6 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf5+ $5 gxf5 18. e5 $1 $44) 12. d5 Bd7 13. Bh6 (13. h5 b4 14.
Nce2 Ba4) 13... b4 $132 14. Nb1 $6 (14. Nce2 Ba4 15. Re1 Bb3 16. Kb1 {C'est
l'intérêt d'avoir joué Ne2 au lieu de Nb1} (16. axb3 $2 Nxb3+)) 14... Ba4 $1
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 $8 (16. Re1 $2 Bb3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2]}) 16... Bxd1 17.
Kxd1 Rh8 $1 18. h6+ {[%csl Rb1,Rf1] Les compensations sont insuffisantes
malgré la mauvaise position de la Rh8 car les pièces Blanches sont assez mal
placées} Kf8 19. Qe3 Qd7 20. b3 e5 $1 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Qa7 Qc8 23. Qd4 Qd8
24. f4 (24. Bd3 Nc6 (24... Rg8 25. Nd2 g5 {[%cal Gg8g6]}) 25. Qe3 Ke7 {[%cal
Gh8e8]} 26. Qg5 Ne5 27. Bc2 Re8 {[%cal Ge7f8]}) 24... Nc6 25. Qe3 Rg8 $1 {
[%cal Gg6g5,Gg8g6]} 26. Nd2 g5 $17 {[%cal Gg8g6]} 27. Be2 gxf4 (27... g4 28. e5
) 28. Qxf4 Qe7 29. Rf1 Qe5 $1 30. Qxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rxg3 32. Bh5 Ne5 $19 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5f7]} 33. Nf3 Ke7 34. Rf5 f6 35. Nh4 Ng6 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37.
Nxf3 Rf8 38. Nd4 Nf4 39. Bf3 c5 40. Nf5+ Ke6 41. g3 Nd3 42. Kd2 Ne5 43. Ke3
Nxf3 44. Kxf3 a5 $1 45. Ne3 a4 46. Kf4 Ra8 47. Nd5 axb3 48. axb3 Ra3 {[%emt 0:
00:10] Biulletin CCC of the USSR 1984, No.15, p.} 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 08th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. f4 b5 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Bc6 17. Ng3 O-O 18. Bd4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qe2
Bd5 22. b3 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rhf1 Rcf8 26. Qe3 Qc7 27. f5 Qb7
28. fxe6 Rxf1 29. Nxf1 Bxe6 30. Ng3 Bd5 31. Qc5 Bf7 32. Nf5 Qb5 33. Qxb5 axb5
34. Rd4 Re8 35. Ne3 Bg6 36. Rxb4 Rf8 37. Rxb5 Rf2 38. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 08th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Rad1
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc8 17. c3 Nf6 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Nd4 g6 20. Rfe1 Rfd8
21. a3 b5 22. h3 Rac8 23. Bg3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 08th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 Rd8 14.
Bd3 Bd6 15. Kh1 Be5 16. c3 Rxb2 17. Qc1 Ng4 18. f4 Nxe3 19. Qxb2 Rb8 20. Qf2
Nxf1 21. fxe5 Nxh2 22. Kxh2 Qxe5+ 23. Qg3 Qh5+ 24. Kg1 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Ra8 26. Bc2
Qh5+ 27. Qh3 Qe5 28. Qd3 g6 29. Bb3 Ra5 30. Rf1 Qc7 31. Rf3 Rh5+ 32. Rh3 Rg5
33. Kg1 Qf4 34. Rf3 Qh4 35. Qe3 Re5 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. Rxf4 g5 38. Rg4 f6 39. Bc2
Ra5 40. a4 Kf8 41. Rg3 h5 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 g4 44. Kd2 Rg5 45. Re3 Kd6 46.
Re1 Ke5 47. Ke3 d5 48. a5 dxe4 49. Bxe4 f5 50. Bd3 f4+ 51. Kf2+ Kd6 52. Ra1 Rg8
53. a6 Kc7 54. Bc4 Kb6 55. Bxe6 Rg7 56. Bc8 Ka7 57. Bb7 Rd7 58. Bxc6 Rc7 59.
Be8 h4 60. Bh5 h3 61. Bxg4 hxg2 62. Be2 Rxc3 63. Kxg2 Rb3 64. Kf2 Rg3 65. Ra4
Re3 66. Rxf4 Re7 67. Bc4 Kb6 68. Kf3 Rh7 69. Ke4 Kc5 70. Kd3 Rh3+ 71. Kc2 Rh1
72. Bf1 Rh7 73. Rf6 Kb4 74. Bg2 Rc7+ 75. Kd2 Rd7+ 76. Ke2 Rc7 77. Bb7 Rc2+ 78.
Kd3 Ra2 79. Kd4 Kb5 80. Rc6 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Matlak, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Ng3 Nb4
15. Bb1 Rac8 16. a3 Nc6 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bd3 a6 20. Rb1 Bd7 21.
Ne2 Ng4 22. h3 Nh6 23. Qd2 Rcc8 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. a4 Nf5 26. Rfe1 Qd8 27. Nf4 Qf6
28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Nd3 b6 30. Rbd1 Rac8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. O-O Re8 8. c4
Bf5 9. Nc3 e5 10. Bh2 exd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 h6 15.
Qb3 b6 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. c5 Na5 19. Qa3 Qe6 20. b4 Qxd5 21. bxa5
bxc5 22. dxc5 Qa8 23. Bb5 Red8 24. Nd4 c6 25. Ba6 dxc5 26. Nb3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Rd8 28. Rc1 Bd4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Qe7 Re8 31. Qd7 c5 32. Bc4 Qb8 33. f3 Nd6 34.
Bd5 d3 35. Rxc5 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Qb4 38. Rc1 Qf4 39. Qxa7 Qg3 40. f4
Qxf4+ 41. Kg1 d2 42. Nxd2 Qxd2 43. Qc5 Ne4 44. Qc8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Souza, Ivan Boere"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. e5 Bc6 12. Bb5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Rhe1+ Kf8 17. Qg4 Rg8 18. Qd7 Qd8 19. Re8+ Qxe8 20.
Qxd6+ Qe7 21. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nxd4 9. Qc4 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc5 Qb6 13. Qc4 e6 14. Nd2
Be7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Qe2 O-O 17. c4 Qa6 18. Re1 Nb6 19. b3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saeed, Saeed Ahmed"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Qd3 a5 16. a3 h5 17. Rad1 h4 18. g4 Nd7 19. Ne2 axb4 20. axb4 Ra2 21. f4 Nb6
22. f5 Nf8 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. c5 Nbd7 26. Na3 b6 27. Qb3 Rxe2 28.
Rxe2 bxc5 29. Nc4 Ba6 30. Rf2 g5 31. Nd6 Re7 32. bxc5 Qa5 33. Rc1 Nh7 34. Ra2
1-0

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sandstrom, Ludvig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f3 Qc7 13. g4 b5 14. Bd3 Nd7
15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Qf2 O-O 17. h4 Rfc8 18. Ne2 b4 19. Nc1 Ba4 20. Rd2 Bb5 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. Rhd1 Be8 23. Qg3 a5 24. g5 h5 25. Ne2 g6 26. Rf1 Bd6 27. Rdd1 a4 28.
Qe1 b3 29. cxb3 axb3 30. axb3 Qa7 31. Nc3 Bb4 32. Bc4 Bb5 33. Qf2 Bc5 34. Qe2
Bxc4 35. bxc4 Bd4 36. Qd3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. Bd2
Bd7 9. Rc1 Rb8 10. b3 b5 11. d5 Na7 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. c5 b4 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rb5 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Qe4 Re8 19. Qh4 Nb8 20. cxd6 exd6 21. Rxd6
Qxa2 22. Ba7 Rh5 23. Qc4 Bb5 24. Qc7 Bf8 25. Bxb8 Bxd6 26. Qxd6 Qxe2 27. Ba7
Qb2 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Re5 30. Qxb4 Qe2 31. Be3 Rd5 32. Bxd5 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h4 c5 8. e6
fxe6 9. h5 gxh5 10. Rxh5 Nf6 11. Rh4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 e4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qd4 Bg4 20. Bb3 Rac8 21.
Bd2 Qa6 22. Qe3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd5 d6 7. Nxe7 Qxe7 8.
O-O h6 9. Ne1 O-O 10. c4 a6 11. Nc2 b5 12. b3 Be6 13. f4 bxc4 14. bxc4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Nd7 16. g4 Nde5 17. Ne3 Nd4 18. Rf2 Rab8 19. Bf1 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qg5 21. Bf4
Qg6 22. h3 h5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qf6 25. Bg2 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qh4 27. Be4 Nxg4
28. Rg2 Ne5 29. Bg3 Qh3 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. f6 g6 32. Bd5 Ne6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34.
Rxg6+ Kf7 35. Rg7+ Kxf6 36. Rg2 Qe3+ 37. Rf2+ Ke7 38. Qd2 Rg8+ 39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40.
Ke2 Qh5+ 41. Ke1 Rg1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korhonen, Harri"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. d3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. O-O d6 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. h3 Bb7 13. Nh2 Nd4 14. Qd1 f5 15. c3
Nc6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Rae1 Bh4 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Rbe1 Qa5 20. Rc1 Qxa2 21. Rc2 Qa5
22. Ndf3 Qc7 23. Bc1 g6 24. Be3 Bg7 25. g4 e5 26. fxe5 fxe4 27. dxe4 Nxe5 28.
Nxe5 Rxf1+ 29. Nxf1 Rxe5 30. Ng3 Re8 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 Qc7 9. h3 Bf5 10. O-O Rd8 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. Be3 c5 14. Rac1
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qe2 a6 17. c4 g6 18. b3 Re8 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. c5 Bf8 21.
b4 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Qf3 Qa4 26. Rd4 Qxa2 27.
Qxb7 Bh6 28. Qf3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 f5 30. Qf4 Qa3 31. Rd6 a5 32. c6 axb4 33. c7 Qa5
34. Qc4 Qa1+ 35. Kf2 Qe5 36. Qd4 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. a3 a5 15.
Rc1 Qb6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Qd2 a4 18. Ne2 Na5 19. Rc3 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. f3 Nd7
22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Nc4 24. Bf2 b5 25. Bg3 Be7 26. Rb1 Nb8 27. Nef4 Ra6 28.
Re1 Kf7 29. Ne5+ Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rc6 31. Ne2 Rfc8 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rb1 Na6 34.
Bf2 Nc7 35. Kf1 g5 36. Nd4 Rc4 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. Kd3 b4 39. Be3 b3 40. Rc1 Rxc1
41. Bxc1 h6 42. Bd2 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch23"]
[Site "Kiljava"]
[Date "1984.08.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1984.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 e5 12. Bb2 b5 13. Rae1 Ng4 14. e4 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Nd1 Bd7 17. Bc3 Nb7 18. f4 e4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Ne3 bxc4
22. bxc4 h5 23. Rb1 Kf7 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Bxe4 Qc7 27. Bg6+ Kg8 28.
f5 Nd8 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qb2 32. Qxg4 Qd4 33. Qg3 Nf7 34. f6
Bg4 35. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barumba, Enoch"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uganda"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UGA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b3 Qe7 10. Qc2 c6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. h3 Nh5 14. Nh2 Nf4 15.
Bc1 N4e6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Qc1 Nfe6 18. Bg4 Qb4 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Ne2 Rad8 22. Rd3 Bc8 23. f3 f5 24. Qg5 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Rfd1 fxe4 27. fxe4
Rxe4 28. Ng3 Re7 29. Nf3 c5 30. Kh2 Rde8 31. Kg1 b6 32. Kf2 Bb7 33. R1d2 Bh6
34. Re2 Be3+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. Nh1 Rf8 37. Nf2 Ref7 38. Rdxe3 dxe3 39. Rxe3 Bxf3
40. gxf3 Rxf3 41. Rxf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lirindzakis, Timotheos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Greece II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qf6 8.
Be3 Qh4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. g3 Qg4 12. f3 Qh5 13. c5 g6 14. Bf2 Re8 15.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Bf1 Qf5 18. a4 h5 19. Nb5 a6 20. Bd3 Qh3 21. Nc3 Ng4
22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Ne2 Qxh2+ 24. Kf1 Bh6 25. Ng1 f5 26. c6 Bxc6 27. Ra3 Re8 28.
Be2 Kb8 29. Rc3 Rf8 30. Ke1 Re8 31. Kf1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O g6 8.
e5 Bg7 9. f4 d6 10. Nd2 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. Nc4 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Ne7 14. Bh6 f5
15. Qe1 Nd5 16. Rd1 Bf6 17. g4 Qe7 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Qg3 Qc7 20. Qh3 Bb7 21.
Qh5+ Kd8 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Be7 24. Ne5 Qc8 25. Qf7 Qh3 26. Bg5 Kc8 27. Rf3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hergott, Deen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. c4 Qg6 13. f3 Be7 14. cxb5
Nd4 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qd2 d5 18. Bd3 Bg5 19. Qe2 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5
21. O-O Be3+ 22. Kh1 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Qxe4 24. Rad1 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rxa2 26. Nxd4
Qe5 27. Nf5 Bf4 28. Qg4 g5 29. Rde1 h5 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Qxh5 Qxb2 32. Nf5+ Kg8
33. Qg4 Qd2 34. Rd1 Qb4 35. Rd4 Qb8 36. h3 Kh7 37. Rdxf4 gxf4 38. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ochoa de Echaguen, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. c4 f5 13. cxb5 Nd4 14. Bc3
Bg7 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Bd3 O-O 17. O-O axb5 18. Nxb5 fxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Bd3
Ra6 21. Nxd4 Rh6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Be5 25. g3 Qg5 26. Bg4 Bg7
27. Rb5 Rd6 28. Bf3 Rfd8 29. Qb3 Bd4 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Rd2 Bc3 32. Rdxd5 Qxf3 33.
Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rg5+ Kf8 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ Ke6 37. Qc4+ Kf6 38. Qf4+ Qxf4 39.
gxf4 Rd2 40. a4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ostermeyer, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. e3 h6
9. d4 e4 10. Nfd2 d5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qe2 a6 15. Na4
b6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rc2 Bg4 18. Qe1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. h3 b5 21. hxg4 bxa4
22. Qd1 Qc3 23. Nb1 Qc6 24. Re1 Rb8 25. Bf1 axb3 26. axb3 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Nxf8 28.
Be2 Rc8 29. Kg2 a5 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Qa2 Ne6 32. Nd2 Ng5 33. Ra1 Kg7 34. Qb2 Qe6
35. Rxa5 Nxg4 36. Rc5 Qf5 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Bxf3 Nxe3+ 39. Kg1 Nxf3+ 40. Nxf3
Qxf3 41. Rxc8 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alzate, Dario"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Columbia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "COL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Qe1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 exf4 15.
Rxf4 Be6 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. Qg3 Ne5 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. Bd3 Qd8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
g6 22. Re4 Bf6 23. c4 Bg7 24. Be2 f5 25. Ref4 Qa5 26. Qb3 Qd2 27. Bd1 Nd3 28.
R4f3 Nc1 29. Qe3 Qxd4 30. Qxc1 Rae8 31. Rb3 Rf7 32. Bf3 Rfe7 33. a5 Bh6 34. Qc3
Qxc3 35. bxc3 Re1 36. Rb1 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 Rc8 38. g4 Rxc4 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Be2
Rxc3 41. Rxf5 Bg7 42. Bg4 Rc5 43. Rf4 Rxa5 44. Be6+ Kh8 45. Rf7 Rb5 46. h4 h5
47. Bc8 a5 48. Bxb7 a4 49. Ba6 Rb1+ 50. Kg2 Be5 51. Ra7 a3 52. Be2 Rb3 53. Kf1
Rb1+ 54. Kg2 Rg1+ 55. Kf3 Rg3+ 56. Ke4 Kg8 57. Kf5 Bd4 58. Ra4 Bc5 59. Bxh5 Rg2
60. Bd1 Rb2 61. Kg6 Kf8 62. h5 a2 63. Bb3 Rxb3 64. Rxa2 Rg3+ 65. Kf5 Kg7 66.
Ra8 Re3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. Ng3 Bc8 14. c3 Rb8 15. Nd2
Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Rb1 Qe8 20. Nb3 Nc6 21. Be3 Qg6
22. Rf1 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. c4 d4 25. Bd2 Rbe8 26. Ne4 h6 27. Rbe1 Rf7 28. Kh1
Ref8 29. Qd1 Nd8 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Ra1 Ne6 32. Nf2 Bh4 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. Nxe4 Be7
35. Rfe1 g5 36. h3 Kg7 37. Na5 Kg6 38. Nf2 h5 39. Ne4 Rh8 40. Kg1 Rc8 41. Rf1
Nf4 42. Bxf4 gxf4 43. Rfe1 Rg7 44. Re2 Rc7 45. Kh1 Kf5 46. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hamed, Ahmed"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Ne8 9. Nf1 b5 10. Rb1 Nc7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bg2 b4 15.
Nd2 Rb8 16. Nc4 Qd7 17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ra1 Ncb5 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. Kh2
Qc7 22. f4 e6 23. Rf1 Nbd4 24. Ra6 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. c3 Nb5 27. Qb3 bxc3
28. bxc3 Rb8 29. Qc2 Na5 30. Nxa5 Qxa5 31. c4 Bc3 32. Bxc3 Nxc3 33. Rc1 Na4 34.
Ra1 Rb4 35. e5 dxe5 36. fxe5 Qa7 37. Ra2 Qd7 38. Be4 Qd4 39. Bg2 Nc3 40. Ra3
Rb1 41. h4 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Nd1 43. Ra2 Ra1 44. Rb2 Nxb2 45. Qxb2 Qb1 46. Qe2 Ra3
47. Bf1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 b3 14. Bxb3 Nxb3 15.
cxb3 a5 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Bc3 Nb8 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Bc8 20. Rf1 Be6 21. f4 f6
22. Nf5 Rf7 23. Nfe3 Bf8 24. f5 Bd7 25. Nd5 Be8 26. Rf3 Rb7 27. g4 Kh8 28. Kh1
Bf7 29. Rg3 Ne7 30. Nce3 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 Be7 33. Rh3 Qg8 34. Qf3
Rxb3 35. Rg1 Bd8 36. Rhg3 Rab8 37. R3g2 Qe8 38. Qe4 Qf7 39. Rc1 Qg8 40. h3 Qf7
41. Kg1 Qb7 42. Kf1 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-26"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.12.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ogaard, Leif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1984.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qd4 Ned7 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. f3 Re8 15.
Qd2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Qe7 20. Kf2 Nxd5 21.
Bd4 Nc5 22. Bf1 Rad8 23. Kg1 Ne6 24. Bb2 Qc5+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Ndc7 27.
Be5 b5 28. Rac1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 f6 30. Bc3 Nc5 31. Bb4 N7e6 32. Rd6 Rc8 33. a4
bxa4 34. Kg1 Rb8 35. Ba3 1-0

[Event "India"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mithrakanth, Poorna Sharma"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Rf3 Re8 14. Qf1 g6 15.
Rd1 Bf8 16. a4 Nc5 17. b3 Bg7 18. Ndb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qe7 20. Nxd6 Nbd7 21. f5
Be5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rf7 Bxd6 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. Qe2 b6
28. Bd4 Bb7 29. Bxe5 Nxe4 30. Kg1 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Open-09"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "MacFarlane, Donald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Rad1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb3 Qa5 18. d5 Bxg5 19. dxc6 Ba6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Bf6 22. Re2 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. c7 Rc8 25. Rc2 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27.
Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Nd2 Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32. b3 Kd6 33. Nf1
b5 34. Ne3 Bb2 35. Nc2 a5 36. f3 Ke5 37. g3 g5 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Kd6 40. Ne3
Kc5 41. Kc2 Bd4 42. Nf5 Bg1 43. h3 Kb4 44. Nd6 f6 45. Ne8 Bd4 46. Kd3 Ba1 47.
Nc7 Kxa4 48. Nxd5 Kb3 49. Ne3 a4 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Open-09"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. c3 Be7 14. Bd3
O-O 15. O-O Bg5 16. a4 Kh8 17. b4 Ne7 18. a5 g6 19. c4 f5 20. b5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Nc8 22. c5 e4 23. Bc4 dxc5 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Qe2 Rf6 27. Rab1 Bf4
28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. g3 Be5 30. Bxa6 Qa8 31. Bc4 Qxa5 32. Rb1 Rb6 33. Rxb6 Qxb6
34. Qa2 Kg7 35. Kg2 h5 36. Qa8 Qd6 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Qc6 Qxc6 39. dxc6 g5 40. h3
Kg6 41. Ba2 Kf6 42. Bc4 Ke7 43. Kf1 Kd6 44. Bf7 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. c7 Kxc7
47. Bg6 Kd6 48. Bxf5 Kd5 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. Be6 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Open-09"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 {The alternative way of restricting Black's counterplay with d5. The
other way is to play Bc4 - the Yugoslavia attack} Be6 10. O-O-O Ne5 {Not the
most popular move here} (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rab8 13. h4 Rfc8 14. h5
{is the main line nowadays after White has committed to castle}) 11. h4 Bc4 {
Black aims to put the bishop on a6, and provoke b3. While it's sensible to
provoke weaknesses in opponent's camp, this plan is 'too weak, too slow'.} 12.
Bh3 $6 (12. Bg2 $142 Ba6 13. b3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Rfc8 {would've been for White as
f3 is defended now} (14... Qa3 15. Ncb5 $16) 15. Nce2) 12... Ba6 13. b3 Qa5 14.
Kb1 Qa3 $2 {The decisive mistake. By the time Black's attack gets started,
White probably would already be home.} (14... Rfc8 $142 $1 {would've
simplified things for Black. It was important to calculate the Nxf3! resource
for Black in advance} 15. Na4 (15. Nce2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nxf3 17. Nxf3 Nxe4) 15...
Qxd2 16. Bxd2 (16. Rxd2 b5 17. Nb2 Nxf3 18. Nxf3 Nxe4) 16... Nxf3 17. Nxf3 Be2
18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Ne4 21. Nd3 b5 22. Nab2 Nc3+ 23. Bxc3 Rxc3
$13 {the more or less forced line is not clear}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 {A slight
improvement over Bg4 played in De Firmian - Kudrin. After Bxh5 gxh5, Black's
knight can't go to g4 anymore.} (16. Bg4 e6 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. f4 Ng4 19. f5
Rfc8 20. f6 Bf8 21. Nce2 Rc7 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Rhd1 Rc5 24. Bg1 d5 25. exd5 Rxd5
26. c4 Rd7 27. Qc3 Qb4 28. Nc2 Qxc3 29. Nxc3 Rcd8 30. Bxa7 h6 31. gxh6 Rxd1 32.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Nxd1 Nxf6 34. a4 Bxh6 35. Nde3 Ng4 36. Kb2 f5 37. Kc3 f4 38. Nd1
e5 39. b4 b6 40. Bxb6 e4 41. b5 Bc8 42. a5 e3 43. a6 Bg7+ 44. Bd4 e2 45. Nb2
Ne3 46. Bxg7 Nxc2 47. Nd3 f3 48. Bd4 Nxd4 49. Kd2 Nc2 50. a7 Bb7 51. c5 e1=Q+
52. Nxe1 f2 53. Nxc2 f1=Q 54. c6 Qf2+ 55. Kc3 Qc5+ 56. Kd2 Qxb5 57. cxb7 Qxb7 {
0-1 (57) De Firmian,N (2475) -Kudrin,S (2550) Bor 1984}) 16... Nc6 17. Bg4 {
White probably already has winning advantage} Nb4 (17... Nxd4 {was probably
Black's best defense.} 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxf4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 {
White's attack is virtually unstoppable. It's interesting to note the
difference between the two bishops in this position.}) 18. Bxh5 gxh5 ({4.75
Stockfish 281014 64 SSE4.2:} 18... Rfc8 19. Bg4 e6 20. Rh3 b6 21. Qc1 Qa5 22.
a3 Nxc2 23. Nxc2 Rxc3 24. Bd2 Rxh3 25. Bxh3 Qb5 26. Bb4 Bb7 27. Bg2 a5 28. a4
Qe8 29. Bxd6 b5 30. axb5 Rc8 31. Qe3 Qxb5 32. Nd4 Qb6 33. Nf5 Qxe3 34. Nxe3 Rc3
35. Be7 Rxb3+ 36. Ka2 Rxe3 37. Rd8+ Bf8 38. Bxf8 Re2+ 39. Kb1 Re1+ 40. Kb2 Re2+
41. Ka3) 19. Nf5 {While Niels Bohr did say "Prediction is very difficult" it's
possible that the english grandmaster may have missed that Bxc3 is responded
with a check and mate in a couple of moves when looking at this position from
afar.} Rfe8 (19... Bxc3 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Qxc3+ f6) 20. Nxg7 {with the dragon
bishop decapacitated, the Black's king is about as powerful as Viserys
Targaryen....} Kxg7 21. Qd4+ e5 (21... Kg8 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 {would be a
pretty way to win}) 22. Qxd6 Rac8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Rd7 Rf8 25. g6 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Open-09"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nicholson, John G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Nb4 14. g4 e5 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. exf5 Qc6 17. h3 Bf8 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Rac1 Nfd5 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Be2 d4 23. Bd2 e4 24. Bc4 Rac8 25. b3 e3 26. Be1 d3 27. cxd3 Nxd3 28.
Rc2 e2 29. Rg1 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Bg3 h5 33. Kg2 hxg4 34. hxg4
Rd8 35. Re1 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Open-09"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Curtis, E."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2 b5
9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. g5 Ne8 15.
f4 Qa5 16. f5 b4 17. Nb1 gxf5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Rg1 Be5 20. f6 e6 21. Bd3 Nxc5
22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qc2+ Kg8 24. Bxc5 b3 25. axb3 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 Qxc5+ 27. Qc2
Qe3+ 28. Nd2 Rb8 29. b3 Rb5 30. Rde1 Qd4 31. Nc4 Bf4+ 32. Kb1 Nd6 33. Ne2 Qxc4
34. Qxc4 Nxc4 35. Nxf4 Nd2+ 36. Kc2 Nf3 37. g6 Nxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Re8 39. Re3 Rf5
40. g7 Rxf6 41. Rh3 Re7 42. Nh5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Open-09"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. h3
e5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 d5 14. bxc5 Nxe4 15.
d3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 e4 17. dxe4 Bxc3 18. Bh6 Bxe1 19. Qxe1 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qf6 21.
f4 Nd4 22. Ra3 Qf7 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Rd3 d4 25. Rg3 Rd8 26. h4 Kh8 27. Qb2 e5 28.
Bg5 Rd7 29. Rf3 d3 30. fxe5 Qxf3 31. e6+ Rg7 32. Bf6 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kh3
Qxe4 35. Bxg7+ Kg8 36. Bh8 Ne5 37. e7 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Open-09"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shovel, Kenneth"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Kf1 Na6 11. g4 Nc7 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Rb8 14. Bf4 b5 15. axb6
Rxb6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Kg2 Qb8 18. b3 Rxb3 19. Bxd6 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Bxc7
Qxc7 22. Qa5 Qf4 23. Rae1 Bxg4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qd8+ Bf8 26. Ng5 Bf5 27. Rxe4
Bxe4+ 28. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 29. f3 Qe2+ 30. Kg3 Qe5+ 31. Kf2 Qd4+ 32. Kg2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank Open-09"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 c6 11. Bf2 Nc5 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Nfd7 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Na4 b6 18. a3 Bf8 19. Bd4 Bb7 20. Ba1 f5 21. Nc3
Rad8 22. Re1 fxe4 23. Nxe4 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Ng5 Qd7 26. f4 h6 27. Bxe5 hxg5
28. Rc7 Qe6 29. Rxb7 gxf4 30. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paiewonsky, P."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 e6 14. Qd2 Qc7
15. h3 g5 16. Bxg5 Bxe5 17. Rac1 Bg6 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bd4 b5 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qg4
f5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qb4 a6 24. f4 Qe3+ 25. Kh2 Bh5 26. Qe7 Rf7 27. Qh4 Bxe2
28. Rg1 Rg7 29. Rce1 b4 30. cxb4 d4 31. Kh1 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Qc6 14. Bf3 Bc4 15.
Ra4 Rfe8 16. Rb4 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nf6 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Nc5 dxc5 21.
Rxc4 Bd6 22. Re1 Qf5 23. Be4 Qh5 24. Bf3 Qf5 25. Be4 Qh5 26. Bf3 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grynszpan, Mariano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Bxd6 Nd4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "El Labbad, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Be6
8. Nd4 Bd7 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 Bf6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bd3 a5 14. h4
a4 15. a3 Ra5 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. Qg3 Be5 18. f4 Bf6 19. h5 h6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
cxd4 Bd5 22. Rhg1 Be6 23. Be2 Re8 24. Qc3 b6 25. g4 Bd5 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. Bd3 Qh4
28. g5 Qxh5 29. f5 Kf8 30. f6 g6 31. gxh6 Kg8 32. Ka1 Kh7 33. Qc3 c6 34. Qb4
Raa8 35. Qxb6 Qxh6 36. c4 Be4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Qxc6 Rae8 39. Rh1 Rh4 40. Rxh4
1-0

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dobrey, N."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. d3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. dxc4
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Be6 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. Re1 Na6 12. a3 Ng4 13. Nd1 Rd7 14. Ra2 Rad8
15. b3 Nc5 16. Rc2 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 Rxd1 18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 b6 20. Kg2 Ne5 21.
e3 Bf5 22. Rd2 Be4+ 23. Kh3 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Nf3 25. g4 Ne5 26. Bb4 c5 27. Bd2 g5
0-1

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c3 O-O
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. b4 Bxb4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Nb3 Qd8 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Nf3 a5 21.
O-O a4 22. Nc5 b4 23. Qb2 f6 24. Bd4 Qa5 25. Rc1 e5 26. Be3 Bg4 27. Nd2 Nxe3
28. fxe3 Rac8 29. Nde4 Qb6 30. Rc4 b3 31. Rxa4 f5 32. Nd7 Qxe3+ 33. Nf2 Rfe8
34. Qxb3+ Qxb3 35. axb3 Be2 36. Re1 Bb5 37. Ra7 e4 38. Nb6 Rc3 39. Nd5 Rxb3 40.
Ne7+ Kh8 41. Nxf5 Rb2 42. Nd6 Rf8 43. Rf7 Rxf7 44. Nxf7+ Kg8 45. Nd6 e3 46. Nd1
Re2 47. Rxe2 Bxe2 48. Nxe3 Kh7 49. Kf2 Bd3 50. Nd5 Bc2 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Kf4 Bb3
53. Ke5 Ba2 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. Ndf5 g6 56. Nd4 g5 57. Kf6 Bd5 58. g3 Ba2 59. Ndf5
Bb1 60. Kf7 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Kh1 Nec6 11. Bg1 Rb8 12. Qd2 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bg2 Qa5
15. Qf2 Bd7 16. Nd1 f5 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. g4 fxg4 21. Nxg4
g5 22. Qg3 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Ng6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Be3 e5 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1
Be6 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Bh3 Bxa2 30. c4 Bxh6 31. Bxh6 Qd8 32. Qg4 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. b3 Nd4 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Be3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qc6
15. Qd3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxc3 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rc1 Bf6
21. Rxc5 a5 22. Nd4 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. f3 Qc7 14. Qf2 Nh5 15.
Be3 g6 16. Nd2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nc4 Rg8 19. Kh1 Rg6 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb6
Qxb6 22. Nxb6 d5 23. Nd7 Rd8 24. g4 Rxd7 25. gxh5 Rb6 26. b3 d4 27. Nb1 Bg5 28.
Na3 Bf4 29. Nc4 Rh6 30. Rg1 Rxh5 31. Rg2 Rg7 32. Rag1 Rh6 33. Rf2 Bd5 34. Rxg7
Kxg7 35. Nb2 Be3 36. Rg2+ Kf6 37. Nc4 Bf4 38. Kg1 Rh3 39. Kf2 Bxh2 40. Nb6 Bc6
41. Rg8 Rh6 42. b4 Ke7 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Bxb5 45. Bxb5 Rxb6 46. Bd3 h6 47.
Bxf5 Kf7 48. Rc8 Bf4 49. Be4 Rb1 50. Kg2 Re1 51. Rc7+ Ke6 52. Rc6+ Ke7 53. Rg6
h5 54. Ra6 Re2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Kg1 h4 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. Rh7 Bg3 59. Bf5 Kc5 60.
Rb7 Rf2 61. Rb3 Rd2 62. Ra3 Bf4 63. Rb3 Be3+ 64. Kh1 Rf2 65. c3 Rxf3 66. cxd4+
exd4 67. Be4 Rf2 68. Bd3 Rd2 69. Bf5 Kd5 70. Rb5+ Kc4 71. Rb1 Rf2 72. Be6+ Kc3
73. Rb3+ Kc2 74. Ra3 Rf6 75. Bg8 Bf2 76. Kg2 Rg6+ 77. Kxf2 Rxg8 78. Ra7 Rf8+
79. Kg2 d3 80. Rc7+ Kd1 81. Rd7 d2 82. Rd6 Rf4 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jassim, Adel R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 Be6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. h4 Bc4 12. Bh3 Ba6 13. b3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Qa3 15.
g5 Nh5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bg4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxf4 20. e5 Qc5 21. Qxf4
Qxc3 22. exd6 exd6 23. Rxd6 Rad8 24. h5 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 gxh5 26. Bxh5 Qe3 27. Qh2
Qe4 28. Bf3 Qg6 29. Qe5 Bd3 30. Rh2 Rd8 31. cxd3 Qxd3+ 32. Kb2 Qf1 33. Qe3 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zysk, Robert"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b3 Nb6 14. Qd2 Qd7 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qd6 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Red1 Qb4 20. Nb1 Rc7 21. Rc5
Ra8 22. Qc3 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Nd7 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Rc2 Nf6 26. Rbc1 Rca7 27. Rxc6
Rxa2 28. Bf3 Rb2 29. Rb6 Rxb3 30. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15.
d5 Na7 16. Na3 g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Nc2 Bb7 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Ndf1 h5
22. f3 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Bc2 Nc8 26. h3 Ne7 27. Bh2 Neg6 28. Qd2
Nh4 29. Be4 Rf8 30. g3 Nfg2 31. Nxg2 Nxf3 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. h4 Rf2 34. Qxg5+
Qxg5 35. hxg5 Bh3 36. Nfe3 Rxb2 37. Nh4 Rb3 38. Bg1 Rxc3 39. Nef5 Bxg1 40. Kxg1
Bxf5 41. Nxf5 Kf7 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Ne3 b4 44. Rb1 b3 45. Nd1 Rd3 46. Ke2 Rxg3
47. Ne3 h4 48. Rxb3 Kxg5 49. Rb7 Kf4 50. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Nxb5 Nxe4 12. Nxa7 Bd7 13. c4 Qa5 14. Nb5
Bxb5 15. cxb5 Qxb5 16. Bc2 Nf6 17. a4 Qb8 18. Re1 Bd8 19. Rb1 e5 20. Bc3 Bc7
21. b4 d5 22. b5 d4 23. Bd2 e4 24. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Be5 27. Qh5
Bf6 28. a5 Qc8 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Rf4 Rfd8 31. b6 Rd5 32. Qf3 Qd7 33. Rc7 Qb5 34.
Rf5 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. b7 Rd8 38. Rc8 Rb5 39. a6 Kf8 40. Bf4
Ke8 41. Bc7 Kd7 42. Bxd8 Be5+ 43. g3 d3 44. Bg5 Ra5 45. Rd8+ Kc6 46. Bf4 Bb8
47. Rxb8 Rxa6 48. Rf8 Kxb7 49. Rxf7+ Kc6 50. Kg2 Ra4 51. Rc7+ Kd5 52. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Arab Asia-ch"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Afifi, Assem"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Ndb5 Na6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Nd4 c6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bxc4 Nc7 14. a3
Ke7 15. Ke2 Rhf8 16. Rhf1 Ng4 17. h3 Ne5 18. Ba2 Rxf1 19. Rxf1 Rf8 20. Rxf8
Kxf8 21. b4 Ke7 22. Kd2 Kf6 23. Ne2 Nf7 24. Nd4 Nd6 25. Kd3 e5 26. Nf3 Na6 27.
g4 g5 28. Nd2 Nb5 29. Bc4 Nac7 30. Bxb5 Nxb5 31. Nc4 Ke6 32. a4 Nd6 33. Nxd6
Kxd6 34. Kc4 Kc7 35. Kc5 b6+ 36. Kc4 Kb7 37. Kb3 b5 38. a5 a6 39. Ka3 Kc7 40.
Kb3 Kd6 41. Kb2 c5 42. Kc3 cxb4+ 43. Kxb4 Kc6 44. Ka3 Kc5 45. Kb3 b4 0-1

[Event "Arab Asia-ch"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alavi, Abed Mohamad"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Kh1 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 h5 11. N1d2 Ng4 12. Bg1 g5 13. fxg5 Bxg5 14. Qe2 Be3
15. Nf3 Bxg1 16. Kxg1 Nce5 17. Kh1 d6 18. Nbd4 Bd7 19. a4 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Ne5 21.
Qf2 O-O-O 22. Ra3 Kb8 23. Rc3 Qa5 24. Qd2 Ka7 25. Nb3 Qb4 26. Qf2+ Ka8 27. Qd2
Bc6 28. Be2 d5 29. Qf4 d4 30. Rc5 d3 31. cxd3 Nxd3 32. Bxd3 Rxd3 33. Qe5 Rhd8
34. Na5 Rd1 35. Rc1 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Bxa4 37. Rc1 Bd1 38. Qc3 Qb5 39. Nc4 Be2 40.
Qf6 Rg8 41. Nd2 Qd3 42. Qc3 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Arab Asia-ch"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Al Khateeb, Ahmed Thabit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 a6 8. h4
Qc7 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1 Nfd7 12. g6 Ne5 13. gxf7+ Qxf7 14. f4
Nec6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Qh5 18. Bg2 Bd7 19. Qf2 Be7 20. Bf3 Qh4
21. Qxh4 Bxh4+ 22. Ke2 Bf6 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Na4 Rh8 25. Nb6 Rh2+ 26. Kf1 Bxb2
27. e5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxd7 Kxd7 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Bxd2 d5 32. a4 Bb2 33.
Ke2 Kc6 34. Bh5 Kc5 35. Bg4 e5 36. Bc8 Kc6 37. Bb4 Bd4 38. Bf8 e4 39. Bg4 Be5
40. Ke3 g5 41. Be2 Bf4+ 42. Kd4 Bc7 43. Bb4 b5 44. axb5+ axb5 45. Bg4 Bb6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Arab Asia-ch"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kaabi, Mejdi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Bb3 a6 10. Nc4 Ba7 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Kh1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qd2 Re8 15.
Nc4 Bg4 16. Ne1 Nxc3 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. a4 Bxe3 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. fxe3+ Kg8 21.
Qxc3 Qd5 22. Bb2 Bg4 23. h3 Be6 24. Nf3 Rad8 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27.
Bxe5 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arab Asia-ch"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mansouri, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nf3
a6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Bg1 exf4 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Arab Asia-ch"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ne3 c6 7. Nd2 Nd6 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arab Asia-ch"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dagistani, A."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 Be7 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4
Ne5 9. Bxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. h3 O-O 12. a3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Qb6 14. Na4 Qe3+
15. Qe2 Qh6 16. Qd2 Qg6 17. Qg5 Nh5 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. O-O Nf4 20. Rad1 Bd7 21.
Nc3 a6 22. Ne2 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Bb5 24. Rd2 Bc5+ 25. Kh2 Be3 26. Rfd1 Bxd2 27.
Rxd2 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 f6 29. g4 Rac8 30. Ne1 Rc4 31. Kg3 Rfc8 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Ke3
Ke7 34. Kd3 Rc1 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Kf2 f5 37. exf5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Rf8 39. Rd2 Rxf5+
40. Ke2 e4 41. Nc2 Rxd5 42. Ne3 Rxd2+ 43. Kxd2 Rh1 44. h4 Rh2+ 45. Kc3 Rh3 46.
Kd2 Rxe3 47. Kxe3 Ke5 48. h5 Kf5 49. a4 a5 50. b3 Ke5 51. Ke2 Kd4 52. Kd2 e3+
53. Ke2 Ke4 54. Ke1 Kd3 55. Kd1 e2+ 56. Ke1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Arab Asia-ch"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. c4 Nbc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
f4 Ng6 9. e5 Qd4 10. Be2 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 c5 12. Qxd4 cxd4 13. a3 dxc3 14. axb4
cxb2 15. Bxb2 Nxf4 16. g3 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 Bd7 18. b5 Rb8 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Ba3
Rc8 21. Bd6 Rc6 22. Rhb1 Bc8 23. Rb8 Kd7 24. c5 Rd8 25. Ke3 f5 26. h4 Ke8 27.
Ra8 Rd7 28. Rb1 Kd8 29. h5 Rf7 30. Kf4 h6 31. Ke3 Rd7 32. Rb4 Rf7 33. Kf4 Rd7
34. Rb2 Rf7 35. Rb3 Rd7 36. Ke3 Rf7 37. Rb1 Rd7 38. Kf4 Rf7 39. Rbb8 Rd7 40.
Ke3 Rf7 41. Rb4 Rd7 42. Kd4 Rf7 43. Rb6 Rxb6 44. cxb6 Rb7 45. Kc5 Kd7 46. Bf8
1-0

[Event "Arab Asia-ch"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moussa, Issa"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3 O-O 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Ne5 12. Nf2 Bd7 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Be2
Bb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Rfc1 Qb3 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Bxd6
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxb2 23. Bxf8 Bxa1 24. Bh6 c3 25. Qe1 c2 26. Bc1 Bd4 27. Kf1 Ne5
28. f4 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Qd3+ 30. Qe2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Bhilwara"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Donchev, Dimitar I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 c5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. e5 Ng4 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd5 Be6
15. Bf4 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qb7 Re8 18. b3 d5 19. Rad1 d4 20. c3 Nd5 21. cxd4
c4 22. Bg3 c3 23. Ne5 Rb8 24. Qxa6 Rb6 25. Qc4 Qa8 26. Nd7 Rg6 27. a4 h5 28.
Re5 Rg5 29. Rde1 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Bg5 31. h4 Bxh4 32. b4 Re6 33. Nc5 Rg6 34. g3
Be7 35. Kf1 h4 36. Ke2 h3 37. b5 h2 38. f3 Bxc5 39. Qxc5 Re6 40. Rh1 f6 41.
Rxh2 fxe5 42. dxe5 Rxe5+ 43. Kf2 Qe8 44. Qc4 Qg6 45. g4 Qb6+ 46. Kf1 Qe3 47.
Rf2 g5 48. Qc8+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Qd6+ Nf6 51. Kg2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Bhilwara"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Na5 9. axb5 axb5 10. Ng5 Nxb3 11. Rxa8 Nxc1 12. Qxc1 O-O 13. d3 Qd7 14. Nf3 Ne8
15. c4 b4 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Nef3 Nb5 20. Qc4 Qb6 21. Nb3
Be6 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Qc2 Nd4 24. Nbxd4 cxd4 25. Rc1 c5 26. Qa4 h6 27. Qe8 Qa7
28. Ne5 Qa2 29. f4 g6 30. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Bhilwara"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ravisekhar, Raja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Qg4 Kf8 5. Qg3 d6 6. Nge2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Na4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Qf3+ Ke7 13. Qg3 Kf7 14.
Qf4+ Kg6 15. Qg4+ Kf6 16. d3 b6 17. h4 Kf7 18. Qf3+ Ke8 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Bg5
Qe8 21. Qf3+ Qf7 22. Qg3 Nf6 23. O-O-O h6 24. Bd2 Kg8 25. Kb1 Rf8 26. Qh3 Rh7
27. h5 Kh8 28. f4 Ng8 29. g4 e5 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 g6 32. Rdf1 Qe8 33. Rxf8
Qxf8 34. h6 Qe8 35. b3 a5 36. Be1 Qe7 37. Bd2 Rf7 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Kh7
40. Kb2 Qe8 41. a4 Qe7 42. Qf3 Kh8 43. Qg4 Kh7 44. Be1 c6 45. Bg3 b5 46. Be1
bxa4 47. bxa4 c4 48. dxc4 c5 49. Bxa5 Qb7+ 50. Kc1 Ne7 51. Qe6 Nc6 52. Bd2 Qc7
53. Qf6 Qd7 54. a5 Qc7 55. a6 Nb8 56. Ba5 Qd7 57. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Bhilwara"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tilak, Sharad S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rad1 Na5 13. Ba2 Rac8 14. Kh1 Nc4
15. Bc1 Qc5 16. f4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Ndxb5 Bxb5
21. Nxb5 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Nd4 Rcc8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bxc8
Rxc8 27. Bf4 Ng6 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 h5 30. Rd2 Nf4 31. Rd4 Ne6 32. Rd2 Nf4
33. Rd4 Ne6 34. Rd2 Rc4 35. Kg1 Ne4 36. Rd5 Nf6 37. Rd2 Nc5 38. Rdd1 Rb4 39.
Rd2 Na4 40. Rb1 Ne4 41. Rc2 Rb3 42. Re1 Nac5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bhilwara"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 a6 10. g4 Nf8 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 h6 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. g5 hxg5 15.
fxg5 Nh7 16. h4 Nxh4 17. Qh5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Qh5+ Bh6 21.
Nce4 Re6 22. Rf7 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Re7 24. Ng5 Bg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg5 26. Rh1+ Kg8 27.
Rf5 Bf6 28. Rxf6 Re2+ 29. Qxe2 Qxf6 30. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Bhilwara"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meetei, Anathem B"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
Nd2 e5 9. c4 d4 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ne1 Bd6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. f3 Rb8 15.
Rb1 Be6 16. a3 c5 17. Qa4 Ra8 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Qc2 a4 20. g3 Qb7 21. f4 Nf6 22.
Nd3 Nxe4 23. fxe5 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Be7 25. Bf3 Qb3 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qd1 Bxc4 28.
Qxb3 axb3 29. Rfd1 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 c4 31. Rdd1 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Bhilwara"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd2 Nh7 13. a3 f5 14. f3 a4 15. Bxc5
bxc5 16. Nxa4 h5 17. Nc3 Bh6 18. Rae1 h4 19. Nd1 Nf6 20. Rf2 Bd7 21. Nb1 Nh5
22. Nbc3 Bf4 23. Bd3 Bg3 24. hxg3 hxg3 25. Rd2 Qh4 26. Ne2 Nf4 27. Nxf4 exf4
28. Nc3 Rae8 29. Ne2 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Bf5 32. Qxf4 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+
34. Ng1 Bd3+ 35. Rxd3 Rxf4 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Re4 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Qh4 39. b3 Kg7
40. Ne2 Qf6+ 41. Ke1 Qa1+ 42. Kd2 Qxa3 43. Rxg3 Qb2+ 44. Ke1 Qb1+ 45. Kf2 Qxe4
46. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bhilwara"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. c4 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. b3 Ng4 11. e4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. h3
Nf6 16. Rae1 Qg6 17. Kh2 Nh5 18. Ne2 Rae8 19. g4 Nf6 20. Ng3 fxg4 21. Qxg6 hxg6
22. Nde4 gxh3 23. Bxh3 Bxh3 24. Kxh3 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rd8 26. Rg1 Rf4 27. Rxg6 Kf7
28. Rg4 Rxg4 29. Kxg4 Kg6 30. Rg1 Bh6 31. Kf3+ Kf7 32. Bc1 Bxc1 33. Rxc1 Ke7
34. Rh1 Kd7 35. Rh7+ Kc8 36. Rh6 Kc7 37. Kg4 b6 38. Ng5 Rg8 39. Rh7+ Kb8 40.
Kf5 Nb7 41. Ne4 Rf8+ 42. Ke6 Re8+ 43. Kd7 Rc8 44. Ke6 Re8+ 45. Re7 Rh8 46. Kd7
Rc8 47. Re8 1-0

[Event "Bhilwara"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. a4 b4 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15.
Nd1 c4 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Qg2 Bd6 18. Bf3 Bxf4 19. e5 Bxe3 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Nxe3
Rxb7 22. Nxc4 O-O 23. Qe4 Nc5 24. Qe2 Nxa4 25. O-O Qc5+ 26. Rf2 Nb6 27. Nd6 Rc7
28. b3 a5 29. Qe4 Nd5 30. Re1 f5 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Qf3 f5 33. Kh1 Qc3 34. Rg1+
Kh8 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. Ra1 Re3 37. Nc4 Re4 38. h3 Ne3 39. Re1 Ng4 40. Rfe2 Nf2+
41. Kg2 Rxe2 42. Rxe2 Ne4 43. Nxa5 Ng5 44. h4 f4 45. Re1 f3+ 46. Kf1 Nh3 47.
Re3 Rf4 48. Nc6 Rxh4 49. Rxf3 Ng5 50. Rd3 Rf4+ 51. Kg2 Re4 52. Kf2 Rf4+ 53. Kg3
Re4 54. Rd4 Rxd4 55. Nxd4 Ne4+ 56. Kf4 Nc5 57. Ke3 Kg7 58. c3 bxc3 59. b4 Nd7
60. Nxe6+ Kg8 61. Kd3 Nxe5+ 62. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15.
Re2 Rfe8 16. b3 Nc6 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. d5 Ne7 19. Kh2 Nh5 20. Rd2 Nf4 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. d6 Qc6 23. dxe7 Rxe7 24. Ne3 f6 25. Rc1 Rf7 26. b4 Be6 27. Bb3 Qe8 28.
Rxc8 Qxc8 29. a3 Bxb3 30. Qxb3 Qe6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qd6 33. Rd1 Rc7 34.
Bc1 Rc4 35. Be3 Qc7 36. g3 Bd6 37. Qd3 g6 38. Kg2 Rc3 39. Qd2 Rc4 40. Rc1 Rxc1
41. Qxc1 Qxc1 42. Bxc1 e4 43. f3 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Be5 45. g4 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47.
Bf4 Bb2 48. Bg5 Kf7 49. Kf4 Ke8 50. Kxf5 Kd7 51. Bd2 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaidya, Arun Bhaskar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Rd8 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rd1 Bc4 14. Ba3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Na5 16. Rdc1 Rac8 17. Bb4 b5 18. Qd2 Nb7 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Nc3 Qd7 22. Bf1 e5 23. d5 f5 24. Rd1 e4 25. d6 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Kh8 27. Nd5 Rc6
28. Nf4 g5 29. Ne2 Nc5 30. Qd5 Nd3 31. Qxb5 f4 32. exf4 gxf4 33. Nxf4 Nxf4 34.
gxf4 e3 35. fxe3 Qh3+ 36. Ke2 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Bf6 38. Rd2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "IND-ch Juniors"]
[Site "Calicut"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gokhale, Jayant Suresh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Nagesh,Havanur"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 ({Currently} 5. Bd3 {is in vogue.
It's more in the spirit of Tarrasch with its active play.}) 5... c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 {This move helps the king to reach g2 via f2 and also gives
the bishop the option of developing to h3.} ({Of late players with White have
been employing} 8. a3 {. It prevents...Bb4+ that follows the pawn exchange on
d4 and also prepares dxc5 followed by b2-b4. What is more, it reduces the fire
power of the queen on b6.}) 8... cxd4 (8... Be7 {is the trendy line today.}) 9.
cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 $5 (10... g5 {is more often played.}) 11. Be3 ({not} 11.
Bh3 $2 fxe5 12. fxe5 Ndxe5 $1) (11. Kg2 $1 O-O 12. h4 {followed by 13.Bd3 is
the safe and easy course seen in quite a few games.}) 11... fxe5 (11... g5 {
reverts to the line, 10...g5 11 Be3 f6.}) 12. fxe5 ({not} 12. Nxe5 $6 Ndxe5 13.
dxe5 d4 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 g5 $1 {and Black has the initiative.}) 12... O-O
13. Ne2 $4 {This appears to reinforce d4 and yet fails.} ({On} 13. Bd3 {
John Watson gives} h6 14. h4 Bc5 $1 15. dxc5 Qxb2+ 16. Be2 Ndxe5 17. Kg2 Ng4
18. Bd2 e5 {with two mobile centre pawns for the piece and a dangerous
initiative. But after} 19. Nh3 $1 {both sides can call it a day with} Rxf3 $1
20. Rb1 $1 (20. Bxf3 $4 Ne3+ $19) 20... Qxa2 21. Ra1 Qb2 $11 {Draw by
repetition of moves.}) ({On} 13. Bh3 $1 {Fritz gives} Ndb8 ({The clever move} 
13... Kh8 $5 {is met by} 14. Ne2 ({rather than} 14. Bxe6 $4 Ncxe5 $1 $19) 14...
Be7 15. Qd2 $14) 14. Ne2 Na6 15. Kg2 Be7 16. Qd2 Bd7 $11) 13... Ndxe5 $1 14.
dxe5 Rxf3+ $1 15. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 16. Kg2 ({If} 16. Kf2 $4 Ng4+ $19) ({Or} 16. Kf4 {
and Black mates with} Qd8 $1 17. g4 (17. Bd2 Qf6+ 18. Ke3 Qf3+ 19. Kd4 Nc6#)
17... Qf6+ 18. Kg3 Qf3+ 19. Kh4 Qxg4#) 16... Qxe3 17. Ng1 {Anand made this
move with express speed, giving the impression that he had seen it all and
everything was under control. The move is not without merits. Given a chance,
White would play Nf3 followed by Be2 and Black would have nothing to show for
the material he has sacrificed.} ({A previous game went} 17. Qd4 Qf3+ 18. Kg1
Nd3 19. Rd1 Bc5 20. Rxd3 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Qe4 22. h4 Bd7 23. Rh2 Rf8 24. Rf2 e5
25. Nb3 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Bb5 {0-1 Richardson, K -Walker, RH, Edinburgh 1985.
However, Jayant Gokhale was not aware of the game. News did not travel fast in
the pre-internet era.}) (17. Nf4 {loses to} Qe4+ 18. Kh3 Qxh1 $19) ({As does} 
17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qe4+ 19. Kg1 Nf3+ 20. Kf2 Ne1 $19) 17... Qe4+ 18. Nf3 Ng4
19. Qd3 Ne3+ 20. Kf2 {Here Jayant Gokhale accepted a draw as he did not see a
clear road to victory.} (20. Kf2 {In the post-mortem that followed Anand came
up with} Nc2 $1 21. Rc1 (21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Rc1 Bc5+ $1 23. Ke2 exf3+ 24. Kd2 (
24. Kxf3 b6 25. Kg4 e5+ 26. Kh4 Be7+ 27. Kh5 g6+ 28. Kh6 Bf8+ 29. Kg5 Kg7 $1
30. Rxc2 Be7# {A picturesque position!}) 24... Be3+ 25. Kxc2 Bxc1 26. Kxc1 Bd7
$19) 21... Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Ne3+ 23. Kf2 Nxf1+ $1 24. Kxf1 Qxd3+ $19 {For the
record it may be mentioned that two other moves, 20...Nxf1 and 20...Bc5 also
win, but in a more prosaic way.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch Juniors"]
[Site "Calicut"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Somani, Sagar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 b6 11. f4 Qc7 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Nxa5 bxa5 15.
Rab1 Rb4 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. b3 Rd4 18. Qe3 d5 19. Ne2 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 dxe4 0-1

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
f5 9. O-O Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Be1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Qf6
15. e4 a5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Nf1 d6 20. Qc2 Bc8 21.
Bh3 g6 22. b3 Bd7 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Nxe3 f4 25. Bxd7 fxe3 26. Ba4 Nd3 27. Qe2
Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 exf2+ 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Bb5 Kf6 31. c5 Nxc5 32. Kxf2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT fin 06th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarazi, Andre"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lebanon"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LBN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT fin 06th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hutagalung, T."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT fin 06th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mascarinas, Rico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. g4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bd4 b4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Qc5
15. O-O-O a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. c3 a3 18. b3 h5 19. h3 Rc8 20. cxb4 Qxb4 21. Qe3
hxg4 22. hxg4 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Rc1 Bc5 26. Nd4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT fin 06th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalaf, Khaled"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iraq"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRQ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nb4 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Nfd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5 b6
15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. Rh3 Nd5 18. Qh5 h6 19. Qg4 Rc8 20. Bb3 Rc7 21. Ng3
Nf6 22. Qf4 Nd6 23. Ba2 Rc2 24. Bb1 Nd5 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qf3 Rxb2 27. Nh5 Ne4 28.
Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qg4 Qg5 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Nf7 Qe7 32. Qf5+ g6 33. Ng5+ Kh8 34.
Qxg6 Qxg5 35. Qd6 Rbxf2 36. Ng3 R2f6 37. Nxe4 Rxd6 38. Nxg5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT fin 06th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shadarevian, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Syria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SYR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Nd2
Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 Nc6 14. c3 Rad8
15. Nf1 Rd6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Bc2 Rd8 18. Rf1 g6 19. Nc4 Re6 20. Be3 b5 21. Nb6
Qb7 22. Nd5 Red6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Bg5 Ng8 25. Nxe7 Ncxe7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Bb3
Qd7 28. Rad1 h6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 31. h3 Rg8 32. Rf6 Qc5 33. Rxa6 Rg7
34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Ra8 g5 36. Qh8+ Kg6 37. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT fin 06th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Waqar, Mohamed"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pakistan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
d6 9. b3 e4 10. a3 Qe8 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Rc1 g5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. Nc3
g4 16. Qe2 Qf7 17. Qc4 Rfc8 18. Rc2 a6 19. a4 Rab8 20. a5 b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 22.
Rfc1 Bb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Qb4 Nxd5 25. Qa5 c6 26. Bf1 Qb7 27. Ra1 Bf8 28. Be2
Nc7 29. Qd2 d5 30. h3 h5 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Kg2 Ne6 33. Rh1 Qf7 34. Qa5 Rbb8 35.
Qa6 Ra8 36. Qb6 Nd8 37. Ra1 Rcb8 38. Rxa8 Rxb6 39. Rxd8 Qe7 40. Ra8 Qb7 41. Re8
Ra6 42. Bc3 Qd7 43. Re5 Qf7 44. Be1 Qg6 45. Bxb5 cxb5 46. Rc8 Qf7 47. Kf1 Kh7
48. Rd8 Bd6 49. Ree8 Ra1 50. Rxd6 Qxe8 51. Rxd5 Qf7 52. Rxb5 Qf3 53. Rxh5+ Kg6
54. Rh4 Qd1 55. Kg2 Kg5 56. Rh1 Qf3+ 57. Kh2 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT fin 06th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mohd Noor, Yahya"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MAS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. O-O
d6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. e4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bg3 Nbd7 14. h4 Nh5 15. hxg5
Nxg3 16. fxg3 e6 17. gxh6 Bxh6 18. Nc4 b5 19. Ne3 c4 20. Bc2 Qb6 21. Rae1 Rae8
22. Nd4 Bg7 23. Qg4 Ne5 24. Qh5 Bc8 25. Re2 Re7 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 exd5 28.
Ref2 Re5 29. Qh4 d4 30. Nd5 Rxd5 31. exd5 d3 32. Bd1 Qc5 33. Qg5 Be6 34. Rf6
Re8 35. Kh2 Kf8 36. Rxf7+ Bxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Bh5+ 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT fin 06th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pitigala, Chandra Sudarman S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRI"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. b3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. a3 Bf6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. b4 Bg5 19. Rc5 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qg5 21. Re1
Ne7 22. Qa4 b6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxa7 g6 25. Qxb6 Kg7 26. Qd6 Rc3 27. Qf4 Qxf4
28. exf4 Kf6 29. a4 Nc6 30. Rb1 Ra3 31. b5 Nb8 32. Bd1 Kf5 33. Bc2+ Ke6 34. Rb3
Ra2 35. Rc3 Kd6 36. Kf1 h5 1-0

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Agzamov, Georgy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Bf5 12. Rae1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nbd7
15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Bd2 Re7 18. b3 Ne8 19. g4 Qd8 20. a4 Bd4 21. Kg2
Ng7 22. Bd1 Re8 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Re1 Qf8 25. Ng3 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Qe7 27. Bd2 Ne8
28. a5 Qf6 29. Ne4 Qe5 30. f4 Qe7 31. Qd3 Nef6 32. Ng3 Bb2 33. g5 Ne8 34. h4
Ba3 35. Bg4 Ng7 36. Qe4 Qd8 37. Qe1 f5 38. gxf6 Nxf6 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. f5 1-0

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf1 b4 15. cxb4
cxb4 16. d4 Rfc8 17. Ne3 Bc6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. b3 Nh5 21. Bd3 Nf4 22.
Bf1 Rc7 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. Kh2 f5 25. exf5 Bf6 26. g3 e4 27. Ng1 Nd3 28. Bxd3
exd3 29. Nf3 Rc2 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. Rc1 Bc3 32. Kg1 Bxd2 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Nxd2
Qd4 35. Qh5 Bd7 36. Rc1 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kg2 Qb2 39. Qh4 Qxd2 40. Qd8+
Kf7 41. Qxd7+ Kf8 42. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 d5 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. Rhe1 dxe4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxe4
Nbd5 15. c4 Nc7 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Be3 Nxb5 20. axb5
f5 21. Nc5 e5 22. Nd7 f4 23. Bb6 f6 24. Bc7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Bc5 26. Bd6 Bxd6 27.
Rxd6 Rc8 28. b3 a4 29. Kb2 axb3 30. Kxb3 Kf7 31. Rd7+ Ke6 32. Rxb7 e4 33. Ra7
e3 34. fxe3 fxe3 35. Kc3 Rd8 36. Ra2 Ke5 37. b6 Ke4 38. b7 Rd3+ 39. Kb4 Rd2 40.
b8=Q Rxa2 41. Qb7+ Kd3 42. Qd5+ Ke2 43. c5 1-0

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 O-O 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Na4 Rae8 15.
Nb6 f5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bb6 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 d5 20. Re2 Qc6 21. Qd4
Bf6 22. Qb4 Rf7 23. c3 Be7 24. Qd4 Bf6 25. Qg4 e5 26. Rd1 Rfe7 27. Qf3 e4 28.
Qe3 h6 29. Qc5 Rd7 30. Red2 Re5 31. c4 Qxc5 32. Bxc5 d4 33. Bxd4 Rxa5 34. Bxf6
Rxd2 35. Rxd2 gxf6 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Rxb7 Rc5 39. b3 Ke5 40. Kf1
Kd4 41. Rb6 Rf5 42. Ke2 a5 43. Rd6+ Kc5 44. Rd8 h5 45. h4 Rf3 46. Rd5+ Kb6 47.
Rxh5 f5 48. Rh6+ Ka7 49. Rf6 Rxb3 50. Rxf5 Ka6 51. Rb5 Rc3 52. Rb1 Rxc4 53. Ke3
a4 54. h5 Ka5 55. h6 a3 56. h7 Rc8 57. g4 Rc3+ 58. Kxe4 Rh3 59. Rb3 Rxb3 60.
h8=Q Kb4 61. Qd4+ Kb5 62. Qa1 Ka4 63. g5 Rb2 64. f4 Kb3 65. g6 a2 66. g7 Rg2
67. f5 1-0

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bc1
Bc5 15. c4 Ne7 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Rd1 Ng6 18. Rb1 Qa7 19. Qg3 Bd4 20. b3 Bxe5 21.
Qd3 c5 22. Be3 Qc7 23. g3 a5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Qd6 Rc8 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rd6 O-O
28. Rbd1 Rd8 29. Ra6 Ne7 30. Rxa5 Rdc8 31. g4 d5 32. Kg2 h6 33. Rc1 d4 34. Bd2
g5 35. Bd3 Kg7 36. f5 exf5 37. gxf5 Rb8 38. Re1 Rbc8 39. a4 Rb8 40. Rb5 Rbc8
41. Ba5 Rc6 42. Bb6 Rxb6 43. Rxb6 Nc6 44. Be4 Nb4 45. a5 Bd8 46. Rb5 Rc7 47.
Bb7 Nc2 48. Re2 Ne3+ 49. Kg1 Rxb7 50. Rxb7 Bxa5 51. Ra2 Bc3 52. Raa7 Nxf5 53.
Rxf7+ Kg6 54. Rfd7 Ne3 55. Ra6+ Kh5 56. Kf2 Ng4+ 57. Kg2 Ne3+ 58. Kf3 Nf1 59.
h3 Nd2+ 60. Kg2 Ne4 1-0

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. c4
d6 9. Nc3 Na7 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Re1 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bf6 16. Be3 Nc8 17. Rc1 Ra5 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxb2 20. Bd4 Bxd4
21. Qxd4 Rb5 22. Rec1 Re8 23. g3 Rb7 24. R6c4 Ne7 25. Rxb4 Nf5 26. Qf4 Rxb4 27.
Qxb4 Qf6 28. Ba4 Rd8 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qf3 Qe5 31. Rxc7 Rf8 32. Bb3 Nd4 33. Qe3
Qf6 34. Kg2 h6 35. Rc4 Nxb3 36. axb3 Rb8 37. b4 Kg7 38. h4 Rb5 39. hxg5 Qxg5
40. Qc3+ Kh7 41. Rd4 Qe5 42. Qd3+ Kh8 43. Qxb5 Qxd4 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qxd6 Qe4+
46. Kh2 Qf3 47. Qc5 h5 48. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Bc4 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 Bb4 13. Qf3 Ra6 14. Qf4 Rf6
15. Qxd4 b6 16. Rf1 Bc5 17. Qe5 Bg4 18. c3 Re6 19. Qg5 Rg6 20. Qf4 Bh3 21. g3
Rf6 22. Qh4 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 h6 25. d4 Nf5 26. Qg4 Re8 27. Bf4 Ne3+
28. Nxe3 Bxe3 29. Be5 Rf2+ 30. Kh1 f6 31. Re1 fxe5 32. Rxe3 Rxb2 33. c4 exd4
0-1

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meetei, Anathem B"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Be3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nge7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. Nxe4
Be6 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. b3 Rae8 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bf3 Bf5 19. Nf2 Bxc2 20. Rde1 Bf5
21. g4 Be6 22. b4 Bc4 23. Ne4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qe6 25. b5 d5 26. bxc6 dxe4 27. Be2
Qxc6 28. Rd1 b6 29. g5 Qe6 30. Bg4 Qe7 31. Qd7 c5 32. h4 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. O-O b5 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a3 O-O 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. Qh3 b4 15.
axb4 Nxb4 16. Na5 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. f5 Nxc2 21.
Rac1 e3 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rxc2 exd2 25. Rxd2 Bf6 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27.
Nxd5 Bxe5 28. g3 Red8 29. Rfd1 Rab8 30. Nb4 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Bf6 32. Nxa6 Rxb2 33.
Rxb2 Bxb2 34. Nc5 Kg8 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Bd4 37. Ne4 Kg6 38. g4 Be5 39. h3 h6
40. Ke2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Nf2 Ke6 44. Ke4 Ba1 45. Nd3 Kf6 46. Kf4
Kf7 47. Kf5 Bc3 48. Nf4 Ba1 49. Nd5 Bb2 50. Ne3 Bc1 51. Nc4 g6+ 52. Ke4 Kf6 53.
Ne5 Bb2 54. Nd3 Ba3 55. Nf4 Bd6 56. Nd5+ Kg5 57. Kf3 Be5 58. Ne3 Bd4 59. Nd5
Be5 60. Nb4 Bd6 61. Nd5 Kh4 62. Kg2 Kg5 63. Kf3 Be5 64. Nb6 Bd4 65. Nc4 Kh4 66.
Kg2 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qc2 h5 14. Nb5 Rc8 15.
Na7 Nh7 16. Bh4 Ra8 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 b6 20. b4 axb4 21. Qb3
Bf6 22. Bg3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 h4 24. Bh2 Ng5 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. Bf1 Bd8 27. f4 exf4
28. Bxf4 f6 29. Bd3 Nf7 30. Rf1 Be7 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Kh1 Rf7 33. b3 Rg7 34. Be2
Rf7 35. Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 c6 8. a4 a5
9. Bd3 Na6 10. Rd1 e5 11. Nge2 Qe7 12. O-O exd4 13. Bxd4 Ne8 14. Kh1 Bxd4 15.
Nxd4 Ng7 16. f4 f6 17. Bb1 Nc5 18. h3 Rd8 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Nf3 Be8 21. Qf2 Bf7
22. b3 Re8 23. Rde1 Rad8 24. Nh2 Kh8 25. Ng4 Nh5 26. Ne3 Rf8 27. g4 Ng7 28. Ng2
g5 29. Ne3 gxf4 30. Qxf4 Bg6 31. Nf5 Qe5 32. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 d6 5. Nec3 Be6 6. Bc4 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 Nge7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 h6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf6+ Kf8
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rf3 Nc6 17. Ng4+ Kg7 18. Raf1 Qe7 19. Ne2 h5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5
21. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaidya, Arun Bhaskar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Re8 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Qc7 13. g4 Rb8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rf3
Bf8 16. Rh3 g6 17. Qe1 Bg7 18. Rd1 Nf8 19. Rf3 Nb4 20. Qd2 Bb7 21. Kg1 Rbd8 22.
Rf2 e5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bxb2 26. c4 Bg7 27. Bd3 Nd7 28. a5
Nc5 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. Nxc5 Qxc5 31. Kg2 a5 32. Rdf1 a4 33. Qc2 Ra8 34. Bc1 Re7
35. Bb2 Bxb2 36. Qxb2 a3 37. Qa1 Bc8 38. Qf6 Qe3 39. Rf3 Qe5 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41.
Rxf7 Rxg5+ 42. Kh1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Na4
Nd4 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Qg3 f6 14. Be3
Qe7 15. b3 a5 16. a4 b6 17. f5 Nb8 18. Qh4 Nc6 19. Rf3 Rf7 20. Raf1 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 exd4 22. Rg3 Qe5 23. Rf4 b5 24. Rfg4 bxa4 25. Qh6 Qe7 26. Rh3 Kf8 27. Qxh7
Ke8 28. bxa4 Kd7 29. Rg6 Rb8 30. Rhg3 Qd6 31. Qh4 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Qe7 33. Qg4 Rc1
34. Rxg7 Rxc2+ 35. Ke1 Kc6 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37. Qg8 Qxg8 38. Rxg8 c4 39. dxc4 Kc5
40. e5 fxe5 41. f6 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rc3+ 44. Kg4 d3 45. f7 Rxc4+ 46.
Kg3 Rf4 47. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. g3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Ne5 Ka8 19. Nc4 Be7 20. Bf4 Qc8
21. g4 Nd5 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Ne5 Rhf8 24. c4 Ne7 25. Bb4 Rde8 26. f4 Bxe5 27.
fxe5 f5 28. Rhf1 Qd7 29. Qf2 Rf7 30. Qh4 b6 31. Qh1 Kb7 32. Qg2 g5 33. hxg6
Nxg6 34. gxf5 Nh4 35. fxe6 Qxe6 36. Qe4 Nf5 37. Rf3 a5 38. Ba3 h5 39. b3 Nh6
40. Rxf7+ Nxf7 41. Bb2 Ng5 42. Qd3 h4 43. d5 cxd5 44. cxd5 Qg4 45. d6 h3 46.
Rc1 h2 47. Qd5+ Kb8 48. d7 Rd8 49. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nf3 Ng6 8. Bxc4
a6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 Nf4 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. g3 Ng6 14. Nd3 Qc8 15.
Rc1 Bh3 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Na4 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Qe8 19. Bh5 Bd7 20. Nac5 Bc8 21. Bg4
b6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Na4 Qd7 24. Nc3 Rae8 25. Qa4 Qc8 26. Nb4 Qg4 27. Nxa6 f5
28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Qxg4 fxg4 30. Nxc7 Bxc7 31. Nb5 Bd8 32. Ra3 Rxa3 33. Nxa3 Be7
34. Nb5 Bc5 35. Rc2 Nh8 36. Nc7 Nf7 37. Ne6 Ra8 38. a3 Nd6 39. b4 Bd4 40. Rc6
Nxe4 41. d6 Nf6 42. Rc7 Ne8 43. Rc6 Ra7 44. Rc8 Kf7 45. Nd8+ Kf6 46. Nc6 Nxd6
47. Nxa7 Nxc8 48. Nxc8 Ke6 49. Na7 Kd5 50. a4 Bc3 51. b5 Bb4 52. Nc6 Kc4 53. a5
bxa5 54. Nxb4 Kxb5 55. Nc2 Kc4 56. Kf1 Kb3 57. Ne1 a4 58. Ke2 a3 59. Kd2 a2 60.
Nc2 Kb2 61. Na1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pulkkinen, Kari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. d4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8.
Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 Qh4 10. O-O Bxe5 11. dxe5 Bf5 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3
Qh5 15. Qf2 Kb8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be3 a6 18. Qh4 Nf7 19. Qf6 Rhf8 20. Bc5 Bxh3 21.
Bxf8 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Rd3 24. Qxf7 Qh5+ 25. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Na4 Qe7 12. c5 Nh5 13. g3 Nf8 14. b4 Bg4 15.
Bb2 Ne6 16. Nxe5 Bxe2 17. Rd7 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd4 20. Re1 Bg4 21.
e5 Bxd7 22. Qd2 Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rad8 24. Nc3 Bf5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Ng7 27.
Rd4 Rd5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. b5 Ne6 30. c6 bxc6 31. bxc6 d4 32. Kf1 Rc8 33. Qf3 h5
34. Qd5 Rc7 35. Qd6 Kg7 36. h4 Kg8 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kg8 39. g4 hxg4+ 40.
Kxg4 Kg7 41. h5 gxh5+ 42. Kxh5 Kh7 43. Kg4 Kg6 44. Qd5 Re7 45. Qe4+ Kg7 46. Qf3
Rc7 47. Kf5 Kf8 48. Qd5 Kg7 49. Qg2+ Kf8 50. Kf6 d3 51. Qe4 Nd8 52. Qd4 Rxc6+
53. Kf5 Ne6 54. Qxd3 a6 55. Qa3+ Ke8 56. Qa4 Nd8 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. Kd5 Re6 59.
Qh4+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Burgess, Mark R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 Nd5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Bh6
Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Rd2 Nf6 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. c4 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Qc7
21. b3 Rac8 22. a4 b6 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. axb5 Qf4 26. g3 Qd4 27.
Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Ra1 Rd7 29. f3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Rc7 32. Be2 Nd7 33. f4 Kd6
34. b4 e5 35. fxe5+ Kxe5 36. Rd1 Nf6 37. g4 Nd7 38. Rd5+ Ke6 39. Kd4 f6 40. c5
Ne5 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. g5 Nd7 43. Rc6 bxc5+ 44. bxc5 Rxc6 45. bxc6 Nf8 46. gxf6+
Kxf6 47. Bg4 Ne6+ 48. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15.
Qb3 Rc4 16. a4 Bc6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nb1 Nh5 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Na3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
e6 22. Nc2 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bb7 24. e3 Nf6 25. Na3 Ne4 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Bc3 Bc6
28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Qc2 Nc4 30. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Bg1 f6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Qe2 fxe5 13. fxe5 Rxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxe5
15. Qd5 Bd7 16. Be2 Qf8 17. O-O-O Nf5 18. Rh2 Bc6 19. Qc5 Ng3 20. Qf2 Nxe2+ 21.
Qxe2 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Rf8 23. h4 h5 24. Rh3 Nc4 25. Rhd3 Kh7 26. Bd4 e5 27. Bc5 Rf7
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 b6 30. g3 Qxg3 31. Qxc4 bxc5 32. a3 Rf4 33. Qxc5 Qxh4 34.
Rd7 Qf6 35. Qxc7 Kh6 36. R1d6 Qf8 37. Qc6 Rg4 38. Rd1 h4 39. Rxa7 Qf5 40. Qc3
Bf6 41. Ra6 Rg3 42. Qb4 Bg5 43. Qb8 Kh5 44. Rad6 Bf4 45. Qh8+ Kg4 46. Rf6 Qe4
47. Qh7 Kh3 48. Rfd6 Qg2 49. a4 g5 50. Re1 Kh2 51. Rdd1 h3 52. a5 Re3 53. a6
1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bf3 Rab8 14. Bf2 Rfe8
15. Qe2 Bc8 16. Bh4 Bb7 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Rd3 e5 21.
Qd2 exf4 22. Qxf4 Rbd8 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Rd4 Ne5 25. Be2 Qe7 26. Rfd1 g6 27. h3
Qc7 28. Qh4 Re6 29. Qf4 Qe7 30. R4d2 Nc6 31. Bc4 Nxe4 32. Bxe6 Nxd2 33. Bxf7+
Qxf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxd2 Ne5 36. Nd4 Ke7 37. b3 Rf8 38. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Be3 Be6
15. Nc1 d5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Rhe1 O-O 20. Be4 Rfd8 21.
Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qf2 Rad8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. g4 a5 25. Nd2 a4 26. Ne4 b3 27. cxb3
axb3 28. a3 Bh4 29. Ng3 f5 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. gxf5 Bxf5+ 32. Ka1 Bc2 33. Qe2 Qa4
34. Rg1 Be7 35. Nh5 Bxa3 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Ra7 Qxa7 38. Bxa7 Bb4 39. Bb6 Rd1+
40. Qxd1 Bxd1 41. Be3 Kf7 42. Ng3 Bxf3 43. Bxh6 Ke6 44. Kb1 Bc5 45. Kc1 Bg1 46.
Nf1 Bg2 47. Be3 Kd7 48. Bxg1 Bxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Rac1 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. b5 exd4 14. Nxd4 cxb5 15.
cxb5 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nxc3 17. bxa6 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bxa6 19. Qb2 Nc5 20. Nf5 f6 21.
Qb3+ Nxb3 22. Rxc7 Nc5 23. Nxd6 Reb8 24. Re1 Bd3 25. Re3 Rxa2 26. h4 Re2 27.
Rg3 Ne6 28. Bxf6 Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. Nb3 b6 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Rae1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Be4 Nd4 20. Qh5 Bxe4 21.
Nxe4 Qc6 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 h6 24. Qg4 Nxc2 25. Rc1 Ne3 26. Qf3 Nd5 27. b3
Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
Bb7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf4 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Bc4 O-O-O 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. Bb3 Nc5 19. Kb1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc5
21. c3 Kb8 22. Qe2 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bb6 24. Rd3 e5 25. Nf5 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Rd8 27.
Qc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 Bxf3 29. Re1 Bxg4 30. Nxg7 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d4 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qf1 Qh5 20. f3 Rf6 21. Qe2
Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Bd2 h5 25. Kg2 Rd3 26. Re2 f6 27. Rf1 Kf7
28. Rf5 Re8 29. Kf1 g6 30. Rxd5 Rf3+ 31. Ke1 Bxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Rxg3
34. Kf2 Rh3 35. Kg2 Rd3 36. Be1 Rd1 37. Bf2 Rd2 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rg7 g5 40. b3
h4 41. c4 Kf5 42. c5 g4 43. Kf1 h3 44. Re7 Rc2 45. d5 Kf4 46. d6 Kf3 47. Re3+
Kf4 48. Rd3 h2 49. Bg3+ Ke4 50. Bxh2 Kxd3 51. d7 Rxh2 52. d8=Q+ Ke3 53. Qe7+
Kf3 54. Qxf6+ Kg3 55. Qc3+ Kf4 56. c6 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 e5 8. Nxe5
a6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. e5 b5 11. Qd1 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Ndf6 15.
Be2 Be7 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. O-O O-O 19. Re1 Kh8 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rad1
Nf5 22. Rd2 Qf4 23. Qd1 Bd6 24. Kf1 Bc7 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qd6
28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Ng5 Kg7 31. Rd5 h6 32. Ne4 Rxe6 33. Nxc5 Bxc5 34.
Rxc5 Nd4 35. Bg4 Rd6 36. g3 h5 37. Bc8 Kf6 38. Kg2 Nc2 39. Rc7 Nb4 40. Ra7 Ke5
41. a3 Nd3 42. Bxa6 Nxb2 43. Bxb5 c3 44. Rc7 Kd4 45. a4 g5 46. f4 gxf4 47. gxf4
Nd1 48. Kf3 Ne3 49. Ke2 Re6 50. Kf3 Rd6 51. Rxc3 Kxc3 52. Kxe3 Re6+ 53. Kf3 Kd4
54. f5 Re4 55. Bc6 Re1 56. Kf4 Rf1+ 57. Bf3 Kc5 58. a5 Ra1 59. Bxh5 Kd6 60. Kg5
Rxa5 61. Kf6 Kd5 62. Bf7+ Ke4 63. Be6 Ra3 64. h4 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Qf3 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Nce4 O-O
15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Kg7 19. Bh6+ Kg6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8
21. Rd3 f5 22. Rg3+ Kf6 23. Nh6 f4 24. Ng8+ Kf5 25. Rg7 d3 26. Rd1 e4 27. Nxe7+
Nxe7 28. Rf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Ke5 30. cxd3 exd3 31. Re1+ Kd4 32. Qf6+ Kc4 33.
Qc3+ {(times: 0.16 0.33 !!)} 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 h5 12. e5 Ng4 13. Qh3 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Bxf2
15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. a4 b4 18. f5 Rb8 19. Bg5 Bb7 20. Qd3 Bd5 21. fxe6
dxe6 22. Rf1 Kg8 23. h4 Bc5 24. Qg3 Bxd6 25. exd6 f5 26. Be3 Qb7 27. Bd4 Rh7
28. c4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rd8 30. c4 Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rxd6 33. Rf4 g6
34. c5 Rc6 35. Bf3 Rc8 36. c6 Rhc7 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. a5 Rxc6 39. Bxc6 Rxc6 40.
Ke3 Rc1 41. Kd2 Rc4 42. Ke3 g5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Bb6 Rxf4 45. Kxf4 h4 46. Bd4
Kh5 47. Be3 h3 48. Bg1 Kg6 49. Bh2 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14.
Nxc3 Nf5 15. g3 Kb8 16. Nb5 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. Bg2 Qa6 19. Qd3 Na5 20. Nd6
Qxd3 21. cxd3 Nxd6 22. exd6 b6 23. O-O Nb7 24. f5 Nc5 25. Bg5 Rdg8 26. Bf6 Rh6
27. fxe6 fxe6 28. d4 Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Be5 Rh7 31. Rbc1 Rc8 32. Rc7 Rxc7
33. dxc7+ Kb7 34. h4 b5 35. Kh2 Rh5 36. Rf4 Rf5 37. Rxe4 Rf3 38. h5 Bc6 39. Re1
Rf2+ 40. Kh3 Bg2+ 41. Kh4 Bf1 42. g4 Be2 43. Bg3 Rg2 44. Rxe2 Rxe2 45. h6 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. a5 Nc5 11. Nd5 Qc6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. c4 O-O
15. O-O b6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. b4 Qc7 18. Qe3 bxa5 19. Rxa5 Qc6 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21.
Nd2 h6 22. Bd3 Bg5 23. Qe2 f5 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Nf3 Bd8 26. Raa1 fxe4 27. Bxe4
Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Bb6 30. Kf1 a5 31. bxa5 Ra6 32. Re2 Rxa5 33. Rxa5
Bxa5 34. c5 dxc5 35. Nxe5 Rd8 36. g3 Bc3 37. Nc4 Kf7 38. Kg2 Rd4 39. Ne5+ Kf6
40. f4 Rd5 41. Ng4+ Kf7 42. Ne3 Rd2 43. Rxd2 Bxd2 44. Nc4 Be1 45. Kf3 Ke6 46.
Ke4 h5 47. Ne5 Bf2 48. Nc4 h4 49. gxh4 Bxh4 50. h3 Bf2 51. Ne5 Bd4 52. Nc4 Kf6
53. Nd6 Kg6 54. f5+ Kg5 55. Kd5 Kf4 56. Ne8 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Condie, Mark L"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rfd1 Rac8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 d5 15.
Qb1 d4 16. exd4 Bh6 17. dxc5 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Nd4 19. b4 e5 20. Bf1 Nf5 21. Nde4
Nxe4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nxe4 Qh4 24. Ng3 e4 25. Qc1 f6 26. Qc3 Rd1 27. Qc2 Rd7
28. Qa4 Re7 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Qxa7 Kf7 31. Qb8 e3 32. fxe3 Bxg2 33. Qg3 Qxg3
34. hxg3 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 Rxe3 36. b5 Ke8 37. c6 Kd8 38. Bxf6+ Kc8 39. c5 h6 40.
a4 Re6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pacheco, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Nd2
Be6 9. Nc4 Qb4 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Ncd5 Qxd2+
15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nh5 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. c4 e4 20. Kf2 Nc5
21. Ra3 Rce8 22. b4 Nd7 23. a5 f5 24. f4 Ndf6 25. Be2 e3+ 26. Rxe3 Ne4+ 27.
Rxe4 fxe4 28. Bxh5 e3+ 29. Bxe3 g6 30. Bg4 Rxe3 31. Be6+ R8xe6 32. dxe6 Rc3 33.
Re1 Kf8 34. Re4 Rb3 35. g4 Rxb4 36. f5 d5 37. Rd4 gxf5 38. gxf5 Ke7 39. Ke3
dxc4 40. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gil Capape, Javier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5
Qc8 15. b3 O-O 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. Rd2 Qe6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rdc2 Nd5 20. Ba3 Qb6
21. Ne5 Rfd8 22. e4 Nf4 23. Qf3 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qd4 25. Ne3 Nd3 26. Nf5 Qd7 27. Rd1
Ne5 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qe2 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rd8 31. Rd2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 c5 7. Ne2 h5 8. c3 Ba6
9. h4 Nh6 10. Ng3 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 g6 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nd7 14. Qd2 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 Rc8 16. Ke2 Nb8 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Rc3 Qd7 19. Rhc1 O-O 20. Kf1 Nf5 21. Nxf5
exf5 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Qg5 Ne7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Ng5
1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. f5 e5
15. Be3 d5 16. Rxd5 Nb4 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Qb3 O-O 20. Bh6 Qxf5 21.
Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Kb1 Qe4 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. Re1 Qxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Be6 Rxg2
27. Rd1 Bc5 28. a3 Nc6 29. b4 Nd4 30. Bd5 Nb5 31. bxc5 Nxa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4
Qf6 9. d5 Bc5 10. Qf3 Bd4 11. Qxf6 Bxf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bf3 Be5 15.
Rb1 d6 16. Rd1 Nd7 17. Nf1 g6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. b4 Ba6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. e5 Rd8
22. Bg5 Rb8 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. b5 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Be7 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nf8
28. Ne3 c6 29. bxc6 Rc7 30. Bxf8 Bxf8 31. Rd7 Rxc6 32. Rxa7 Bh6 33. Ra4 Re6 34.
Nf1 Bc1 35. g3 Rd6 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. Rb4 Rd6 38. a4 Ba3 39. Rb5 Rc6 40. a5 bxa5
41. Rxa5 Bb4 42. Ra4 Bc5 43. Nd2 Kg7 44. Nb3 Be7 45. Kf3 Rb6 46. Nc1 Rf6+ 47.
Ke2 Re6+ 48. Kd1 Rd6+ 49. Kc2 g5 50. Nd3 Rh6 51. c5 Rxh2 52. c6 Bd6 53. Ra7
Bxg3 54. Kd1 Bd6 55. c7 Bxc7 56. Rxc7 Rh6 57. Ke2 Re6+ 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Nc5 Rf6+
60. Kg3 h6 61. Nd7 Rf5 62. Rc6+ Kg7 63. Rd6 Rf4 64. Ne5 Rf6 65. Rd8 Re6 66. Nf3
Rf6 67. Nd4 Rf4 68. Ne2 Re4 69. Kf3 Re6 70. Ng3 Rf6+ 71. Kg2 Ra6 72. Rd5 Rb6
73. Kf1 Rb1+ 74. Ke2 Rb2+ 75. Ke3 Rb3+ 76. Ke4 Rb6 77. f3 Re6+ 78. Re5 Ra6 79.
Nf5+ Kg6 80. Ne7+ Kg7 81. Nd5 Kg6 82. Re8 Kg7 83. Kf5 Ra5 84. Re5 Ra3 85. Re3
Ra5 86. Rd3 Rc5 87. Rd4 Ra5 88. Rd3 Rc5 89. Ke5 Ra5 90. Rb3 Ra6 91. Rc3 Re6+
92. Kf5 Rd6 93. Rc5 Ra6 94. Rc7 Ra3 95. Nc3 Ra6 96. Ne4 Ra3 97. Kg4 h5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. h3 Be6 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ne3
d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg5 Qd6 20. Be3 b4 21. f3 Rac8
22. a5 Be6 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Qf2 Ne7 25. cxb4 cxb4 26. Bb6 Rf8 27. d4 exd4 28.
Bd3 Nd5 29. Bxd4 b3 30. Rad1 Qf4 31. Re4 Qg5 32. Re5 Qh6 33. Bc5 Rfd8 34. Bxa6
Nf4 35. Ree1 Qg5 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Kh2 Nxg2 38. Rg1 Rd2 39. Qg3 Nf4+ 40. Kh1
Qh6 41. Be3 Bxh3 42. Qxg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Bxd2 Ne6 45. Bc8 Bf1 46. a6
1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell, James C"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Bg5 b6 11. Qd2 d6 12. Be2 Qd7 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. f4 Rb8 17. Kh1 f6 18. Rf3 Ng8 19. Rd3 Nh6 20. Rxd6 Nf7 21. Rxd8
Ncxd8 22. Nd4 Rb7 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Qe3 Qb8 25. a3 e5 26. g3 Bg4 27. Nd5 Bxf3+
28. Bxf3 Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Qxd4 Qd6 31. Qxf6+ Qxf6 32. Nxf6 Rb8 33. Nd5 Rc8
34. Be2 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Bd3 Nd6 37. Ne3 Nxe4 38. Bxb5 Rb8 39. a4 Nd6 40.
Kg2 Nxb5 41. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 Rf8 14.
Bd3 Bd6 15. h3 Be5 16. Rb1 Bxb2 17. Bg5 Bd4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Bc4
d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Bb3 Qc5 23. Qd3 Rb4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Re4 26. Re1 Bg5
27. Kf2 d4 28. Kf3 Rxe3+ 29. Rxe3 dxe3 30. a4 Kf8 31. g3 Ke8 32. h4 Bd8 33.
Kxe3 Kd7 34. h5 g6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. e4 cxd4 12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rd3 Qc7 14. Bg5 O-O
15. a3 Ng4 16. Bh4 Bd6 17. h3 Nge5 18. Rd2 Nc5 19. Ba2 Ng6 20. Rad1 Bf4 21. Rc2
Nxh4 22. Nxh4 Rac8 23. Bb1 Qe7 24. Nf3 Rcd8 25. g3 Bh6 26. Nd4 g6 27. e5 Rd7
28. f4 Rfd8 29. Rcd2 Na4 30. Nxa4 bxa4 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Qc5 33. Kg2 Qc4
34. Qd3 Qa2 35. Qc3 Bf8 36. b4 Qd5+ 37. Nf3 Qb7 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40.
g4 Qd5 41. Kg3 h6 42. h4 Qe4 43. Qd4 Qc2 44. Qe3 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Ng5 Be7
47. Qf3 Bxg5 48. fxg5 Qb3 49. Kf4 Qc4+ 50. Kg3 Qd4 51. Qe2 Qc3+ 52. Kg2 Qxa3
53. Qd2 Qb3 54. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Kh1 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Bf3 Qc4 14. b3 Qc3
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 Be6 17. Qe1 Bd5 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Rcd1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rfd8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kg2 f5 23. f4 Kf7 24. Kf3 Rd5 25. Ke2 Ke6 26. Rg1 Rd8 27.
Rg3 Bb4 28. Rh3 h5 29. Rg3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. f4
Be7 9. g4 h6 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15.
g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. g6 fxg6 18. Qg2 Nf6 19. Qxg6+ Bf7 20. Qg2 b5 21. Kb1
Qa5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bf6 24. Bg5 Qd8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Be4 Qe7 27. Rhf1
Rh4 28. b3 Kd8 29. Rde1 Be8 30. Qf2 Rh6 31. Qd2 Rh4 32. Qf2 Rh6 33. Qd2 Rh4 34.
Re2 Kc7 35. Bf5 Rb8 36. Ref2 b4 37. Bd3 e4 38. Qe3 Qe5 39. Bc4 Qg5 40. Qxg5
fxg5 41. Rg1 Kb6 42. Rxg5 Bb5 43. Rg6 Kc5 44. Bxb5 axb5 45. Re2 Rf8 46. Kb2 Rf5
47. Re6 Kxd5 48. Re8 Re5 49. Rb8 Kc6 50. a3 bxa3+ 51. Kxa3 e3 52. Kb2 Kc5 53.
c3 b4 54. Kc2 bxc3 55. Kxc3 Kd5 56. Rg8 Rhe4 57. Rg3 Kc5 58. Kd3 Rb4 59. Rgxe3
Rxb3+ 60. Kd2 Rexe3 61. Rxe3 Rb2+ 62. Kd1 Rxh2 63. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {The classical
variation is Barua's pet system. He employs it against almost all the sicilian
systems, with good success.} Qc7 7. a4 Nf6 8. O-O Bb4 {attempting to exploit
White's early a4.} (8... Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 {would transpose to
the classical scheningen systems, which I expect in 1986 would've been very
popular - with all the Karpov-Kasparov games.}) 9. Bg5 {exploiting the lack of
bishop on e7.} Qe5 (9... Be7 10. Be3 {could still transpose}) 10. Nf3 Qa5 {
playing so many moves with the Queen isn't a sign of a healthy position from
opening. In general, in the paulsen systems, Black often has trouble to
develop the c8 bishop and the d6 square is especially vulnerable early on.
Often we see moves like e5 - taking advantage of the weak d6.} 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Nd2 $6 (12. Qd3 $142 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 {White is a tempo up from the game
continuation.} 14. Nd1 $14) 12... Qc7 13. Nc4 Ne5 {removing the dangerous
knight. However after the exchange of knight on e5, it appears like Black has
spent many tempos with the queen - but White also spent Nd2-c4 to end up
exchanging on e5. ..} 14. Nxe5 (14. Ne3 $5) 14... Qxe5 15. Qd3 h5 16. f4 Qc7 {
despite 6 moves with the queen, Black's lack of development is compensated by
his control over dark squares.} 17. Kh1 Be7 18. a5 (18. Qg3 h4 19. Qg7 Rf8 20.
Bh5) 18... h4 19. Qd4 Rb8 20. b4 $2 b5 21. Rad1 Bb7 {After White's dubious
handling of the middlegame, Black has developed comfortably. The king on e8 is
no less protected than the king on h1 and Black's pair of bishops will soon be
ready to make their presence felt...} 22. Bf3 $2 Bc6 $4 {playing right into
White's hands} (22... Qxf4 $142 23. Qxd7+ Kf8 $17) 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qc8
25. d6 Bf8 26. f5 e5 27. Qd3 Bh6 28. Bd5 Kf8 29. c3 Kg7 30. Qf3 Bg5 31. Rd3 Rh7
32. Re1 Kh8 33. Qe4 Bf4 34. Rf1 Bg5 35. Rb1 Bf4 36. c4 bxc4 37. Qxc4 Qxc4 38.
Bxc4 Rh5 39. Bxa6 Rxf5 40. Rd5 Be3 41. Bd3 Rf4 42. b5 Ra4 43. b6 Kg7 44. Bf5
Rb7 45. Rdb5 e4 46. g3 h3 47. Bxh3 Bd2 48. Bxd7 e3 49. Bc8 Rb8 50. d7 Rd4 51.
Kg2 e2 52. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 a6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. f4 Qc7 12. Qf3 b5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rae1 Nb4
15. Bd4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bc6 17. Qg3 b4 18. Ne2 g6 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Rab8 21.
b3 Qd8 22. f5 e5 23. Be3 Bb5 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qd7 26. Qf3 Kh8 27. Ng1 b3
28. axb3 Rxb3 29. Qe2 Qb7 30. Nh3 Nxe4 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. dxe4 Qxe4 33. Rce1
Rxc4 34. Ng5 Bxg5 35. Bxg5 Qxe2 36. Rxe2 Kg7 37. Be7 Rd3 38. Bf8+ Kg8 39. Bh6
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd2 Bf8 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 a5
9. Bb3 Ba6 10. a3 Ne7 11. Ne2 a4 12. Ba2 c5 13. O-O Nbc6 14. Re1 Bxe2 15. Qxe2
Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Kh1 Ng6 18. f4 Bc5 19. f5 Ne7 20. f6 gxf6 21. exf6 Nc6
22. Qh5 O-O-O 23. Bb1 Kb7 24. c3 dxc3 25. bxc3 Na5 26. Bh6 Ra8 27. Bd3 Rhc8 28.
Bf4 Bf8 29. Qxh7 Rxc3 30. Bg6 Rxa3 31. Rad1 Nc6 32. Qxf7 Qxf7 33. Bxf7 Nd8 34.
Bxe6 Nxe6 35. Rxe6 Rb3 36. g4 a3 37. Ree1 Bb4 38. Rf1 Bc3 39. f7 a2 40. Bh6
a1=Q 41. Rxa1 Bxa1 42. g5 Be5 43. f8=Q Rxf8 44. Bxf8 Rb2 45. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 d6 14. Qe3 f5
15. Bh3 Re8 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxf5 Qxe3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. fxe3 Nd7
21. Rf4 Nf8 22. Bd3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Kg8 24. Raf1 Ne6 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Rh4 Nxg5
27. Be4+ Nh7 28. Bxh7 g5 29. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Pakistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAK"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxb4 7. Nb5 bxa3+ 8. c3
Ne7 9. Nd6+ Kd7 10. Rxa3 Rf8 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. O-O Ke8
15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Qb3 h6 17. Bc1 Be6 18. Ra1 Bb6 19. Ba3 Rc8 20. Bd6 Qd7 21. Rfd1
Rg8 22. Bb5 f6 23. Bc5 Kf7 24. Re1 Rge8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Qd1 Rg8
28. Qd2 Rg6 29. Nh4 Rg5 30. g3 Rcg8 31. Ng2 Qd6 32. Nf4 Bd7 33. Kh1 Rg4 34. Be2
Na5 35. Bxg4 fxg4 36. Qd3 Rg7 37. Kg1 Qc6 38. Nh5 Rg6 39. Re2 Qc4 40. Re7+ Kxe7
41. Qxg6 Kd8 42. Nxf6 Bc6 43. Re1 Kc7 44. Qg8 b5 45. Re7+ Kb6 46. Qd8+ Ka6 47.
Qa8+ Kb6 48. Re6 b4 49. Nd7+ Kb5 50. Qa7 Nb3 51. Re8 Nd2 52. Qb6+ Ka4 53. Nc5+
Ka3 54. Ra8+ Kb2 55. Qxb4+ Qxb4 56. cxb4 Nf3+ 57. Kf1 b6 58. Nd3+ Kc2 59. Rc8
Kxd3 60. Rxc6 Nxh2+ 61. Kg2 Nf3 62. Rxb6 Nxd4 63. Rxh6 Kc4 64. Rh4 Kxb4 65.
Rxg4 Kc3 66. Rg5 Kc4 67. g4 Nc2 68. Rg8 d4 69. Rc8+ Kd3 70. g5 Ne1+ 71. Kg3 Ke2
72. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aturupane, Harinlal"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
Qc7 9. Nc3 Bxc5 10. e4 O-O 11. Qe2 Ng4 12. g3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Ba2 Nc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Qe3 e5 19. f4 Qh6 20. Qf2 Bh3 21.
Rfe1 Bg4 22. Rd3 Qh5 23. Ree3 Rad8 24. Bd5 Kh8 25. f5 b5 26. Bb7 b4 27. Nb1 a5
28. Nd2 Bd1 29. Nf1 Bxa4 30. Ba6 Bc6 31. f6 Rd6 32. fxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bc4 f5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mateo, Ramon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Dominican Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Na5 10. Kb1 Nxb3 11. cxb3 a6 12. f4 b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3
Kh8 15. f5 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bc4 Bb7 18. Ng3 Qe8 19. Qxb4 Bxe4+ 20. Nxe4 d5 21.
Nxf6 Bxb4 22. Nxe8 dxc4 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. Nxa6 Be7 25. b4 c3 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. b5
Rb6 28. a4 cxb2 29. Kxb2 Ra8 30. Ka2 e4 31. Rhe1 e3 32. Rc4 Bg5 33. h4 Bh6 34.
g4 Rd6 35. g5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ecuador"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ECU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nxd5
exd5 9. Be2 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Bb4+ 14. Kf1
Rb8 15. Bf4 Rb6 16. Qa4 Re8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Qxa7 Rbe6 19. f3 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qe7
21. a3 Bb5 22. axb4 Bxd3+ 23. Kg1 Qxb4 24. h3 Bf5 25. Kh2 Bxh3 26. Kxh3 Rh6+
27. Bh4 g5 28. g3 gxh4 29. gxh4 Qd2 30. Rhg1+ Rg6 31. Qc5 Qf2 32. Rxg6+ hxg6
33. Qxd5 Re2 34. Kg4 Qg2+ 35. Kf4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 c4 7. Be2 Bb4 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Qxc3 11. a4 b6 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. a5 b5 14. f3 h6 15. Ra3
Qb4 16. c3 Qe7 17. Bh4 a6 18. e4 g5 19. Bg3 dxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4
22. Bh5 O-O 23. h4 f5 24. Re1 Nf6 25. Bg6 gxh4 26. Be5 Qg7 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28.
Bxe4 Ra7 29. Ra2 Raf7 30. d5 Qg5 31. Bf4 Nxe4 32. Bxg5 Ng3 33. Bxh4 Rf1+ 34.
Qxf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kh2 Nf5 36. dxe6 Nxh4 37. Rd2 Ng6 38. Rd6 Rc1 39. Rxa6 Rxc3 40.
Rb6 Rb3 41. Rb7 c3 42. a6 c2 43. Rc7 Ra3 44. Rxc2 Rxa6 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Rb8 Ra5
47. Rb6 Ne7 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Kg4 Nd5 50. Rb8 b4 51. Kh5 Nc7+ 52. Kxh6 Rb5 53.
Rf8+ Kxe6 54. Rf2 b3 55. Rb2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jadoul, Michel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nbd7 9. d6 exd6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. d5 Bg4 13. a4 Rc8 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd3 Rb4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Rab1 Ne5 20. Qc2 Qh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Braga, Fernando Alberto"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 h5 11. f4 Ng4 12. e5 d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.11.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ardiansyah, Haji"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Indonesia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "INA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bf3 Na5 14. Nf5 exf5 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxa5 fxe4 18. Bg2 Qe6 19. Rhf1 d5 20. Qc7 f5 21.
gxf6 Nxf6 22. Bd4 Bd7 23. f5 Qc6 24. Qg3 Rac8 25. Rd2 Kh8 26. Kb1 Rce8 27. Bh3
Rf7 28. Qe3 a5 29. Rg2 b4 30. Bg4 Rg8 31. Be2 a4 32. h4 Re8 33. Bd1 b3 34. cxb3
Qa6 35. Be2 Bb5 36. Bxb5 Qxb5 37. Rfg1 axb3 38. Rxg7 Qa6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-27"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.12.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Guevara Cano, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1986.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Nicaragua"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. exd6
cxd6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Re1 Na5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Nbc4 14. Bc1 d5 15.
Ne2 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. c3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd6 19. Ne5 Bh7 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. h4 f6
22. Nd3 Re8 23. Nc5 b6 24. Ne6 Qd7 25. Ng3 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. d5 Bf5 28. Ra4
Bxe6 29. dxe6 Qxe6 30. Raxe4 Qf7 31. Re6 Rad8 32. Qe2 Rd7 33. f4 gxf4 34. Bxf4
Bg7 35. Qe4 Bf8 36. Qc6 Rd3 37. Rxf6 Qxf6 38. Qxf6 exf6 39. Rxe8 Kf7 40. Re2 h5
41. Rd2 Bc5+ 42. Kf1 Rxd2 43. Bxd2 Ke6 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. b4 Be7 46. Kf3 Ke5 47.
c4 f5 48. Bc3+ Ke6 49. g3 a6 50. Bd4 1-0

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Qf6 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Bb5 Be7
15. O-O O-O 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rfe1 Qd6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Be2
Ba4 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 h6 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. h4 O-O-O 15.
h5 Nge7 16. g3 Rdg8 17. Re1 f5 18. Nh4 g5 19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. Nxg6 Rxg6 21. Kg2
h5 22. Rh1 h4 23. Bf4 Rgg8 24. Qd2 Qg7 25. Rag1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Nd8 27. Kf2 Rxh1
28. Rxh1 Nf7 29. Rh5 b6 30. Qc1 Rh8 31. Rh4 Be8 32. Qh1 b5 33. Ke1 Qf8 34. Bc1
Qg7 35. Qh2 a6 36. Kd1 Rg8 37. g4 fxg4 38. Bxg4 Bd7 39. Be3 Rh8 40. Rxh8+ Nxh8
41. Qh3 Qg8 42. Qh4 Nf7 43. Kc1 Nd8 44. Kb2 Nc6 45. Bh5 Be8 46. Bg4 Bf7 47. Bg5
Kd7 48. Qh6 Bg6 49. Bf3 Kc7 50. Bf6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne1 Bd6 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. Nf3 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Qb2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxd3 18. Bxd3 e5 19. Bb5 e4 20. g3 Nf6 21. b4
a6 22. Be2 g5 23. Rfc1 f4 24. Rc6 b5 25. Nb3 Qd7 26. Rac1 Kh8 27. Rb6 fxg3 28.
hxg3 Bxg3 29. fxg3 Qh3 30. Bd1 Nd7 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nxb6 33. Na5 Rac8 34.
Rc5 Rxc5 35. bxc5 Nc4 36. Nxc4 bxc4 37. c6 Rc8 38. Ba4 c3 0-1

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4
Qa5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Rhb1
f6 15. Ke2 Kf7 16. g4 Ng6 17. Bc1 fxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. f4 Rf8 21.
f5 Nxe5 22. fxe6 h6 23. Bh7+ Rxh7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. exd7 Nac6 26. Bb2 Nc4 27.
Bc3 Rd8 28. Rd1 Rxd7 29. Bd4 Re7+ 30. Kf3 Re4 31. c3 N6e5+ 32. Bxe5 Nxe5+ 33.
Kg2 Re2+ 34. Kg3 Re3+ 35. Kg2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Asmundsson, Ingvar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 N8d7 10. b3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Rad1
Qc8 15. f4 Bc5 16. Ne4 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rd8 18. h4 Nf8 19. h5 h6 20. Qc5 Rd7 21.
Qb4 b6 22. Qa4 Qd8 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Nc3 a6 27. b4
Nb7 28. Rd7 Rc8 29. f5 Nd8 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Kf8 32. f6 Nb7 33. Ne4 Na5 34.
Rd4 c5 35. Rd7 Nc4 36. Nd6 Nxe5 37. Rxf7+ Nxf7 38. Nxc8 gxf6 39. Nxb6 Ke7 40.
Na4 Kd6 41. Nc3 c4 42. a4 Kc5 43. a5 Nd6 44. b6 Kc6 45. g4 Kb7 46. Kf2 Ka6 47.
Ke3 f5 48. g5 hxg5 49. h6 e5 50. h7 Nf7 51. Na4 Kb7 52. Nc5+ Kc6 53. b7 Kc7 54.
a6 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Edelman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. a4
Qa5 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Rb1 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Rhe8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Kb8 19. Bh6 Re7 20. Bd3 Bc8
21. Be3 Ka8 22. Be4 Rf7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Rbc1 e5 26. Nb3 Bc8 27.
Rxc6 Bb7 28. Rc2 Nh4 29. f4 Rg7 30. Ree2 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 exd4 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33.
Bxd4 Rxg2 34. Rxg2 Rxd4 35. Kg1 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rxf4 37. a5 Kb7 38. Rc5 Re4 39.
Kf3 Re5 40. a6+ Kxa6 41. Rc6+ Kb5 42. Rxf6 a5 43. Rf7 h5 44. Kf4 Rc5 45. Ke4
Kc4 46. Rd7 Kb4 47. Rb7+ Rb5 48. Ra7 a4 49. Kd3 Kb3 50. Kd2 a3 51. Kc1 a2 52.
h3 Rb4 53. Ra8 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
dxc5 Ba4 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Bd4 Qa5 12. Rxb7 Nxc5 13. Rb4 Na6 14. Bxa6
Qxa6 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. O-O O-O 17. g4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. c3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6
21. Ne5 a6 22. Qe3 Bb5 23. Ra1 Rcf8 24. f3 h5 25. h3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rh6 27. Kg2
Qd8 28. Rbb1 Ba4 29. Qd2 Bb5 30. Rh1 Qf6 31. g5 Rg6 32. Rh5 Rb8 33. Rah1 Bf1+
34. Kg3 Qxf3+ 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schlierkamp, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 b5 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. c4 b4 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
b3 Nc5 16. f5 Rfe8 17. Bb1 Nd7 18. Qe1 a5 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Ne6 Qb8
22. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sisniega, Marcel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3
f6 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Bh3 Qxb2
15. Qc1 Qxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Nb6 17. Nb5 Nd8 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. O-O h6 20. Bd2 Nc4 21.
Bc3 b5 22. Nh4 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Rb7 24. Na6 Nc6 25. Ng6 Bg5 26. Rd1 b4 27. Ba1
Rf7 28. Nc5 Ne3 29. Rb1 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Be3+ 31. Kg2 Nxd4 32. Re1 Rf2+ 33. Kh3
Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dehmelt, Karl"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. b3 Ne7 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. h3 Bc8 14. Nf1 O-O
15. N1h2 c5 16. c4 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nf4 18. Re3 Ne6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Nhf3 Nd4 21.
Ree1 Nc6 22. Red1 Be6 23. Bc3 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27.
Rb1 Rfe8 28. Nd2 Rb4 29. Rxb4 cxb4 30. f3 a5 31. Kf1 a4 32. Ke2 c5 33. Kd3 h5
34. h4 Rb8 35. e5 Bxe5 36. Ke4 Bd6 37. Kd5 Bf8 38. Ne4 Be7 39. g3 Kf7 40. Nf2
b3 41. axb3 Rxb3 42. Nd3 a3 43. Ne5+ Kg8 44. g4 d3 45. Ke6 Bf6 46. Rd2 hxg4 47.
fxg4 Rb2 48. Rxd3 a2 49. Ra3 Re2 50. Ra8+ Kh7 51. Kf7 Bxe5 52. g5 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Randolph, John B"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. c4 e5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1
Nh5 9. b4 f5 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. c5 h6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Ba3
Ne8 16. Rbc1 Rb8 17. Qb4 Rf6 18. Nc4 Re6 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Ned5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 g5
22. Rc2 h5 23. Rfc1 h4 24. b6 a6 25. Nc7 Rh6 26. Qc4 hxg3 27. hxg3 f4 28. Qf7
fxg3 29. fxg3 e4 30. Bb2 Rh7 31. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Ne3 Be6 15. Nh4 Bc5 16. Rad1 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bxa2 18. b3 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Rd8 20.
Rc3 a5 21. Kf2 Kb8 22. Ke2 a4 23. bxa4 Be6 24. Kf3 Rd1 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5
Rf1+ 27. Kg4 Rf2 28. h4 Rxg2+ 29. Kh5 Ka7 30. Kxh6 Kb6 31. h5 c5 32. Kh7 Kc6
33. e4 b6 34. h6 Kd7 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxc5 a4 37. Ra5 Rxc2 38. Rxa4 Ke7 39. Ra8
c5 40. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taylor, Gordon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 a6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rg3 Bd7
15. Qe2 b5 16. Bg2 b4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. e5 bxc3 19. Rxc3 fxe5 20. Qc4 d5 21.
Rxd5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Rh6 23. Bxf7+ Kd8 24. h5 Rd6 25. Nc5 Bh6+ 26. Re3 Nd4 27. c3
Nf5 28. Bg6 Bxe3+ 29. fxe3 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 c4 14. Bf1 Ng6
15. Bh6 Rhg8 16. Qd2 Nce7 17. h4 Nf5 18. h5 Nh8 19. Bf4 Nf7 20. Nh2 Ng5 21. Ng4
Nh4 22. Qe3 Nf5 23. Qd2 Nh4 24. Qe3 Ne4 25. Nh6 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Nxg8
Rxg8 28. Kh2 Nf5 29. Ra3 Nxa4 30. c3 a6 31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. Rxe6 Ng7 33. Re7 Nxh5
34. Rc7+ Kb8 35. Rg7+ Nxf4 36. Rxg8+ Ka7 37. Rf8 Bc2 38. g3 Nd3 39. Bg2 Nxf2
40. Bxd5 Bd3 41. Rf7 a5 42. Bxb7 Bg6 43. Re7 Kb6 44. Bf3 Nd3 45. Re6+ Ka7 46.
Bd5 Nb2 47. Re7+ Ka6 48. Re2 Nd1 49. Bxc4+ Ka7 50. Re7+ Kb8 51. d5 Nxc3 52. d6
Ne4 53. Rd7 Kc8 54. Be6 Ng5 55. Rc7+ Kb8 56. Rc8+ Kb7 57. Bg4 Nf3+ 58. Kg2 Be4
59. Rc7+ Kb6 60. Bxf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 Nf6 6. f3 b5 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. O-O-O
h5 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. Qe1 e5 12. d5 c6 13. dxc6 Rxc6 14. Ng5 Qc7 15.
Qd2 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 N7f6 20. Ne4 O-O 21.
c4 bxc4 22. Ba5 Bc6 23. a3 Rb8+ 24. Ka2 Ba4 25. Rc1 Bh6 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Nxd2
Ne3 28. Be2 Rd8 29. Nf1 Nxc2 30. Kb2 c3+ 31. Ka2 Nd4 32. Bd3 Bb3+ 33. Ka1 Nd5
34. Be4 Ne2 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Re1 Nd4 37. Rc1 Ne2 38. Re1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Be3 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Qd3 a6 13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 e5
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nf3 d5 17. Qxd5 Bc6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Qf1 Bxe4 20. Bg5 Qc6
21. Bxd8 Bxf3 22. Bg5 Be4 23. c3 h6 24. Be3 Bc2 25. b4 g5 26. Qe2 Bb3 27. Ra5
Rd8 28. b5 Qc7 29. Ra3 Bc4 30. Bb6 Qc8 31. Qg4 f5 32. Qf3 Rd6 33. bxa6 bxa6 34.
Qe3 f4 35. Qc5 Qe6 36. Bc7 Rc6 37. Qa7 f3 38. Qb8+ Bf8 39. g4 e4 40. Ra5 Qd7
41. Rf5 Bf7 42. Bg3 Rc8 43. Rxf7 Kxf7 44. Qb3+ Kf6 45. Rxe4 Re8 46. Rxe8 Qxe8
47. Qd5 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe2 49. b4 Be7 50. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f4 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 g5 15.
Bg3 h5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 h4 18. Bf2 Nxe5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Qxe5 Rg8 21. Qe4
Rc8 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. b3 Bf4 24. h3 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Bg3 26. Qh7 Rf8 27. Be3 f6 28.
Qe4 Qc6 29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. Bd4 e5 31. Bb2 Qc5 32. Rf5 Qb4 33. Qg7+ Rf7 34. Rd7+
1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8.
Bf4 Nge7 9. Bd6 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Bc4 a6 13. a4 Na7 14. Rc1 b5 15.
axb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nb3 Re8 18. Bc7 Qc8 19. Be5 Nc6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Nfxd4 Rxe4 22. Nxb5 Rxb4 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Nc5 Rd4 25. Ne6+ fxe6 26. Qxd4+ Nxd4
27. Rxc7 Bc6 28. h3 Ra2 29. Rd1 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Nf4 31. Rc1 Kf6 32. R1xc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. e5 d4 7. exf6 dxc3 8. fxg7
cxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Bxg7 10. c3 Bd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ng5 Ne7 13. Qd3 Nf5 14. Bh5 O-O
15. Bg4 Rad8 16. Qh3 h6 17. Ne4 Bb5 18. Re1 Rd3 19. Qh5 Rd5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21.
Qh3 Rd8 22. Ng3 Rd3 23. Qg4 Rf6 24. f5 exf5 25. Nxf5 Rg6 26. Qf4 Qd7 27. Ne7+
Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rf1+ 30. Ke3 Re1+ 31. Kd2 Rxe7 32. Kc2 Rxg2+ 33. Bd2
Rd7 34. Rd1 Be2 35. Re1 Bh5 0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 O-O
15. Bg2 Rb8 16. O-O a5 17. b4 Qd7 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Ncb4 f5 20. a4 e4 21. Na6
Rb7 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Ndc7 Re5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. f4 Rd5 26. Nc7 Rxd1 27. Nxe6
Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bxc3 29. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belov, Igor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 a6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O c5 8. c3
e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qb1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. c4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15.
Rd1 Qc7 16. Qb2 dxc4 17. Nxc4 b5 18. Nce5 Nc5 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Rc2 Ncd7 21.
Rdc1 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Nd5 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. Nxc6 Bf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6
27. e4 Nf4 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rd6 Nd3 31. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
Rb8 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. d5 Nce5 13. Na3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nc5
15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rbc8 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Bf1 b5 20. Qb4 Qb7 21.
Be3 a5 22. Qxa5 Ra8 23. Qd2 Nxe4 24. Qd3 Nf6 25. Qb3 b4 26. Bg2 Ba4 0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foisor, Ovidiu Doru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Be1 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be8 18. e4 Qe7 19. a5 Rab8 20. Qe3 b5 21.
axb6 Rxb6 22. h3 h6 23. Nd2 Ne5 24. Ra5 Bb5 25. Rda1 Nc6 26. R5a2 Rbb8 27. Rb2
Qf6 28. Rab1 Qd6 29. c4 Ba4 30. Qa3 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Bd1 32. Rb6 Qf4 33. Rxc6 Qxd2
34. Qxc5 Qc1 35. Kh2 Bh5 36. Rxa6 Kh7 37. Qc7 Re8 38. Ra7 Re7 39. Qc5 Qf4+ 40.
g3 Qc1 41. Ra3 Re8 42. Qe3 Qd1 43. Rd3 Qb1 44. Rb3 Qc2 45. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Bc2 Ba6 13. b4 Bc4 14. b5 Na5 15.
Ne5 Rc8 16. Re3 Rc7 17. Rg3 Re8 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxh7+
Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Ne4 Bd5 24. Rh3 Kf8 25. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Bb5+
Kf8 15. O-O Nxe4 16. Rac1 g5 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Bc1 Kg7 19. Bc6 Nd6 20. Bb2 Bf6
21. Nxg5 Bxg5 22. d5+ Kg6 23. Qd3+ f5 24. dxe6 Rf8 25. Be5 Nf7 26. Qg3 Nxe5 27.
Qxe5 Qf6 28. Qg3 f4 29. Qd3+ Kg7 30. Bd7 Kh8 31. Qd5 Ba6 32. Re1 Qg7 33. a4 Be7
34. Qe4 f3 35. g3 Be2 36. Bb5 Bxb5 37. axb5 Bc5 38. e7 Re8 39. Qxf3 Rxe7 40.
Rd1 Rf7 41. Rd8+ Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Qxf8 43. Qe2 Qe7 44. Qb2+ Kg8 45. Qb3+ Qf7 46.
Qb2 Qf3 47. Qd2 Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Ke5 50. Qb8+ Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kg6 52.
Qg8+ Kh6 53. Qe6+ Kg7 54. Qd7+ Qf7 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. Qf3+ Ke6 57. Qe2+ Kd6 58.
Qd3+ Kc7 59. Qe2 Qd5 60. Qc2 Qd7 61. Qc4 Kb8 62. Kg2 a5 63. bxa6 Ka7 64. h4
Qc6+ 65. f3 Qd7 66. h5 Be3 67. f4 b5 68. Qe4 Bc5 69. f5 Kxa6 70. f6 Qb7 71. Kf3
b4 72. Qxb7+ Kxb7 73. Ke4 Kc6 74. g4 Kd7 75. g5 Ke6 76. h6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. e3 Nd7 12. Bb5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 a6 14. Be2 Nc5
15. f3 a5 16. O-O a4 17. e4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. Rf2 Qb5 21. Rfd2
Qb3 22. Qd4 Raa8 23. Bg5 Rfe8 24. Qf2 h6 25. Be3 Nb7 26. h4 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Qd2 Nc6 30. Bf4 Qc4 31. Kh2 Nd4 32. Bxh6 gxh6 33. Qxh6 Nc6
34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qf6 Qc5 38. f4 Qf8 39. h5 Ne7 40. g4
Qg8 41. Kg3 b5 42. f5 Qh7 43. Qg5 Ke8 44. Qc1 exf5 45. exf5 Nxf5+ 46. gxf5 Qxh5
47. Qc6+ Kf8 48. Qf6 Qe2 49. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1987.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. h3 d6 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Nf4 14. Kh2 Be6
15. Ng1 Bxb3 16. axb3 Rad8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Rf1 Nce7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 d5 21.
Ng4 Qe6 22. f5 Qd6+ 23. Kh1 Ne5 24. f6 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Ng6 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Ne2
Qd7 28. Qh5 Qe7 29. Nd4 Qg5 30. Rf5 Qxh5 31. Rxh5 dxe4 32. dxe4 Ne7 33. Rg1+
Kh7 34. e5 Rg8 35. Rf1 Rdf8 36. Rh4 c5 37. Nf5 Nxf5 38. Rxf5 Rg6 39. Rhf4 Kg7
40. h4 b6 41. Kh2 Re6 42. Rg4+ Kh8 43. Kg3 f6 44. Rg6 Rg8 45. Rxg8+ Kxg8 46.
Kf4 Kf7 47. h5 Ke7 48. exf6+ Kf7 49. Rd5 Rxf6+ 50. Ke5 Re6+ 51. Kf5 Rf6+ 52.
Ke4 Re6+ 53. Kd3 Kf6 54. b4 cxb4 55. cxb4 b5 56. Kd4 Rc6 57. b3 Ke6 58. Re5+
Kf6 59. Re8 Kg5 60. Re5+ Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 (2... d6 {if Black wants to attempt to keep the game into
less traversed areas.}) 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nxb3 8.
axb3 f6 9. Nc3 Bb7 {At this point Vishy remembered Spassky - Taimanov and
ideas like Nh4 followed by dxe5, Qf3,Rd1 in some order and that later Spassky
sacrificed a piece with Nxb5.} 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Rd1
Qe6 14. Nd5 {White already has an edge here due to Black's dubious play. Black
has problems with development and after White's last move, the d5 knight will
be cemented on d5 after c4, which'll restrict the b7 bishop severely.} ({
Anand remembered that Spassky had played Be3 here but was worried about} 14.
Be3 g5 $2 (14... h5 $142 15. h3 g5 {And now White doesn't have a check on h5})
15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Rd8+ Kxd8 19. Qxf7 gxh4 20. Qxf6
Rg8 21. f3 h3 22. g3 Ke8 23. Qxe5 Rg6 24. Qxb5+ Bc6 25. Qb8+ Kf7 26. Qxc7 Rf6
27. Bg5 Re6 28. b4 Kg8 29. Qb8 Ng6 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. b5 Be8 32. Be3 Bd6 33. Qc8
Kf7 34. b6 Rf6 35. Bf4 Bd7 36. b7 Be6 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38. b8=Q Bxc8 39. Qxe5 {
1-0 (39) Spassky,B-Taimanov,M Moscow 1955}) 14... Nxd5 (14... O-O-O 15. c4) 15.
exd5 Qf7 16. c4 {Vishy considers this move dubious and considers Nf5 better.
However, I am not entirely sure about this evaluation.} (16. Nf5 g6 17. Nh6
Bxh6 18. Bxh6 g5 $1 ({Vishy's line goes} 18... O-O-O 19. c4 Rd7 {which is
considered better for White.}) 19. h4 (19. Qh3 Rg8) 19... gxh4 {would give
counterplay later down the g-file}) 16... Be7 (16... g6 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. f4
O-O-O {Vishy felt that this position offers Black counter play, but I think
Black's just worse after} 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nf3 h6 21. Be3) 17. Nf5 Rd8 (17...
O-O 18. Bh6) 18. Be3 g6 ({after} 18... Bc8 {Vishy gives} 19. c5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5
Rxd5 (20... O-O $5 {is less clear}) 21. Qc8+ $18) 19. Nh6 $1 (19. Nxe7 Qxe7 {
is weaker as it lets Black's king off the hook}) 19... Qg7 20. Qg3 $6 (20. cxb5
$142 f5 21. bxa6 Ba8 {Vishy rejected cxb5 after stopping his calculations here.
However, Black has effectively no compensation as after a7, the bishop on a8
is ineffective as almost any counterplay against d5 is followed by a
combination involving the promotion of a-pawn. Vishy goes on to give} 22. Qh3
f4 23. Bd2 Bg5 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nxe5 $18) 20... Bc8 21. h4 Bd6 22. Qf3 {Despite
a slight inaccuracy by White, Black's position is very hard to play as almost
all of Black's pieces are tied up.} Be7 {preparing Rf8...} (22... Rf8 23. c5
Be7 24. d6 $18) 23. Rac1 (23. d6 $1 {would've effectively ended the fight
instantly.} cxd6 (23... Bxd6 24. c5 Be7 25. Qc6+ Bd7 26. Qxc7 $18) 24. cxb5
axb5 25. Bb6 $1 Qxh6 26. Bxd8 Bxd8 27. Ra8 $18) 23... bxc4 24. bxc4 Rf8 25. c5
f5 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Qe7 28. Qg3 f4 29. Qh4 e4 30. d6 Qe5 31. dxc7 Rxd1+ ({
2.03 Stockfish 281014 64 SSE4.2:} 31... Qxc7 32. Ng4 Bxg4 33. Qxg4 Rf5 34. b4
e3 35. fxe3 Qe5 36. exf4 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Qxf4+ 38. Qxf4 Rxf4 39. Re1+ Kf7 40. Ra1
Re8 41. Rec1 Rxb4 42. Rxa6 Rg4 43. c6 Rc8 44. Ra7+ Ke6 45. Rxh7 Rxg5) 32. Rxd1
e3 $2 {the decisive mistake} ({20.37 Stockfish 281014 64 SSE4.2:} 32... Qxc7
$142 {it's not so simple here because the knight on h6 which had performed a
fabulous role so far restricting the Black king is not really helping break
through in the center} 33. Ng4 Bxg4 34. Qxg4 Rf5 35. b4 $16) 33. Rd8+ {the
rest of the game is a straightforward win} Ke7 34. Ng8+ Rxg8 35. Rxg8 Be6 36.
c8=Q exf2+ 37. Qxf2 Bxc8 38. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Bd3 Nf5
9. Bf2 e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nh4 12. Qg3 Nf5 13. Qf3 Nh4 14. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 15.
g3 Qe7 16. g4 $2 (16. O-O-O $142 Nd7 17. g4 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Ne2 c5 20. c3
cxd4 21. cxd4 $14) 16... Nd7 $2 (16... hxg4 17. Qxg4 (17. hxg4 Rxh1+ 18. Qxh1
Qb4 19. Qh7 Kf8 $1 $15) 17... Qh4+ 18. Kd2 Nd7 19. Raf1 O-O-O 20. Kc1 Kb8 $11)
17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Ne2 Kb8 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 f6 21. fxe6 fxe5 22. exd7 e4
23. Qg3+ Ka8 24. Kb1 Rxd7 25. Nf4 exd3 26. Qxd3 Qe4 27. Qxe4 dxe4 {The
position is even and most likely heading towards a draw.} 28. Rhe1 Re8 $2 (
28... Rxd4 $142 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxe4 Bc5 {The bishop on d6 neutralises the
knight on f4} 31. c3 (31. Re5 Bd6 32. Rxh5 {doesn't work because of} Rf8) 31...
Bd6 32. Ne6 Kb8 $11) 29. Nxh5 e3 30. c3 Rf7 31. Nxg7 Rxg7 32. Re2 Rg3 33. Rh1
Rf8 34. Kc2 Rff3 35. Reh2 {it's important to protect the important h pawn.
White has an important extra pawn, but with accurate play Black holds without
assistance from opponent.} (35. Kd3 Rxh3 36. Rxh3 Rxh3 37. Rxe3 Rh8 {is much
easier for Black to defend against.}) 35... Rf2+ 36. Kd3 Kb8 37. h4 e2+ 38. Kd2
Rg1 39. Rxg1 Rxh2 40. Rg8+ Kc7 41. Rh8 e1=Q+ 42. Kxe1 Rxb2 43. h5 (43. a4 Rc2
44. h5 Rxc3 45. Kf2 Rh3 46. Kg2 Rh4 47. Kg3 Rxd4 $11) 43... Rxa2 44. h6 Rh2 45.
h7 Kb6 (45... a5 {would've been much simpler} 46. c4 a4 47. d5 cxd5 48. cxd5 a3
49. d6+ Kd7 {And White is just short by one tempo for the typical Rb8 idea.})
46. c4 Rh4 $2 (46... Rh6 {leads to an almost study like draw} 47. d5 Kc5 48. d6
Re6+ 49. Kf2 Rf6+ 50. Kg3 Rf7 {Black just has to play Rd7 when White's king is
on the fifth rank to ensure a draw - Kg6 should be met with Rxd6+} 51. Kg4 a5
52. Kg5 Rd7 $11) 47. d5 cxd5 48. cxd5 Re4+ 49. Kd2 Re7 50. d6 $2 (50. Kd3 $142
a5 (50... Kb5 51. d6 Rd7 52. Ke4 $18) 51. d6 Rd7 52. Kc4 $1 {important move
gaining a tempo} Rg7 (52... a4 53. Kb4 $18) 53. Kd5 a4 54. Ke6 $18) 50... Rg7
$2 (50... Rd7 $142 51. Kc3 (51. Ke3 a5 52. Kf4 a4 53. Ke5 a3 54. Ke6 a2 $11)
51... Kb5 {the difference! the Kd4 tempo}) 51. Kc3 a5 52. Kc4 a4 53. Kb4 a3 54.
Kxa3 Kb5 55. Kb3 {The rest is a matter of technique. White simply has to lose
a move} Rf7 56. Kc2 Rd7 57. Kc3 b6 58. Kb3 Rg7 59. Kc2 Rf7 60. Kd3 Rd7 61. Ke4
1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Butt, Sabih Alam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nd7 14. g6 Bf6 15.
Bd2 a6 16. O-O-O Qc7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 fxg6 19. Qg4 O-O-O 20. Qxg6 Kb8 21.
Rg4 Rc8 22. Rc4 Qd8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Kb1 Nc5 25. Be3 Rh4 26. c3 Rg4 27. Qc2
Rg1 28. Be2 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Qh3 30. b4 Nd7 31. Qe4 Nf8 32. Bg4 Qh7 33. Bf5 g6
34. Bg4 g5 35. Qxh7 Nxh7 36. Bf5 Nf8 37. Bb6 g4 38. c4 Bh4 39. a4 Ka8 40. a5
Kb8 41. c5 Bxf2 42. c6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. Nbd2
Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. h3 Nh5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Qe2 h6 15.
N1h2 b5 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Na5 21.
Nd4 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Nc4 23. Qc2 Ne5 24. Nd4 c5 25. Ndf3 Nc6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. e5
Re8 28. Ng4 g5 $2 {Ivanchuk has played quite well upto this point. However, in
the 28-40 move phase, I suspect time would have played a crucial factor as
well. The biggest drawback of g5 in this position is that h5 is no longer a
factor in most positions, thereby giving White a free hand to build his
position.} (28... h5 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 (31. Nxe1 Qe5 32.
Nd3 Qf5 $1 $11) 31... Qd8) 29. Qd5 $1 {with accurate play, White begins to
press home the point.} Rd8 30. Qe4 Re8 31. Rd1 Re6 {It's instructive how
Black's pawn kingside - which weakens light squares considerably is exploited.
This is typical.} 32. h4 h5 33. Ngh2 g4 34. Ng5 Rh6 35. e6 fxe6 36. Nxe6 Qe7
37. Re1 Be5 38. Ng5 Kg7 39. Nf1 Bd6 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Qd5 Ne5 43.
Nxf4+ Qf7 44. Rxe5 Qxd5 45. Rxd5 Bxf4 46. Rxc5 Re6 47. c4 b4 48. g3 Be5 49. b3
Kf7 50. Rd5 Kf6 51. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ninov, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nf6 11. g4 b5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g5 Ne8 14. f4 b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. e5 Bb7 19. Rhf1 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rd8 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. g6+ Kg8 23. Qh3 Nf6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. g7 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 Na6 8.
c3 c5 9. Nc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nac7 11. Bf3 e6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3 Rd8
15. Qe2 e5 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf7 19. Qe2 Ne6 20. Bd2 Rd7 21.
Rad1 Rad8 22. Bc1 b5 23. Ne3 Bf8 24. f3 a6 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Nf2 Bc5 27. Rxd5
Rxd5 28. Kh1 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Nc5 30. Rf1 Nd3 31. Qc2 Rd6 32. b3 Qa7 33. Ba3 Rd7
34. Qe2 Qc7 35. Bb2 Qc5 36. h3 f5 37. Kh2 Nxb2 38. Qxb2 Qe3 39. Qc1 Rd2 40. Rd1
Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Rxa2 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kh6 44. Qxf4+ exf4 45. b4 Rc2 46. Rc7
Kg5 47. Kh2 h5 48. Rc6 Ra2 49. h4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Nf3 exd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Re1 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15.
Bh2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be5 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 21.
Kxh2 Nf6 22. Rxb7 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Nd4 25. Rf1 Rad8 26. g3 Qf6 27.
Kg2 Qa6 28. Rb2 Re5 29. Rd2 Qf6 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. Rh4 Rde8 32. Rf4 Rf5 33. Rxf5
Qxf5 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. Qxd4+ Qf6 36. Qxa7 Qd6 37. a4 Re1 38. a5 Ra1 39. Qd4+
Qf6 40. Qc5 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ballmann, Martin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Rb1 c6 7. e4 e5 8. Nge2 a6
9. O-O b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Nbd7 12. d4 Nb6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5
Bd7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd3 Ra3 18. Rb3 Rxb3 19. axb3 Qd7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
Bb7 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. Ra1 Bc8 24. Ra2 Qe7 25. Qxb5 Bf5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Bg7
28. Qc6 f5 29. Bg2 e4 30. Ra8 Bd4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Kf1 Qa7 33. Qc2 Qa1+ 34.
Ke2 Qg1 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kh8 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qe7+ Bg7 39. Bf1 Qh1 40. Ke1
h5 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burgess, Mark R"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 g6 4. Nxc4 Bg7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. d4 Nbd7 11. e3 b5 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Qd5+ 16. Qf3 Ne4 17. Nd7 Qxd7 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qf3 Bxd4 20. Rfd1 e5 21.
exd4 exd4 22. Rd3 Rae8 23. Rad1 Re4 24. R1d2 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nf5
Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Rad1 c5 17. Nc1 c4 18. R3d2 Bc5 19. Ne2 b5 20. Neg3 Kf7 21.
h4 c6 22. Nh5 Ra7 23. Nhg7 Bc8 24. Rd8 Rc7 25. g4 b4 26. Nh5 Be6 27. Nhg7 Bc8
28. Nh5 Be6 29. Kf1 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Rc8 31. Rd1 Bf8 32. Ke2 b3 33. axb3 cxb3 34.
c3 a5 35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5 a4 37. Nf6 a3 38. Ng4 Kg6 39. Nxe5+ Kxg5 40. Nd4 Kf6
41. Nxe6 Kxe6 42. Nf3 a2 43. Nd4+ Kf7 44. Ra1 Rb8 45. Nxc6 Ra8 46. Kd3 Ra6 47.
Ne5+ Ke6 48. Nf3 Ba3 49. Nd4+ Ke5 50. Nxb3 Bxb2 51. Rh1 Ra3 52. Na1 Rxc3+ 53.
Kd2 Bxa1 54. Rxa1 Ra3 55. Kc2 h5 56. Kb2 Ra8 57. f4+ Kxe4 58. Re1+ Kxf4 59. Ka1
h4 60. Re7 Rh8 61. Kxa2 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. c3 Nd3 12. Qc2 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6
15. Rae1 Qd6 16. Qd1 O-O 17. Qe2 Bf7 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Qxe5 Rfe8 20. Nf3 c6 21.
Nd4 c5 22. Nf5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Bf8 24. Rfe1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 c4 26. Bd1 g6 27. Nd4
Bg7 28. Re7 Kf8 29. Rb7 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Re8 31. Kf1 Re4 32. Bc2 Rxd4 33. Ke1 Rh4
34. h3 d4 35. f3 Rh5 36. Ra7 b4 37. Rxa6 d3 38. Ba4 Re5+ 39. Kd1 Re2 40. Ra8+
Kg7 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. e5 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 Ng4 16. Bd4 Nh6 17. Ne4 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nf5 19. Bc3 Nc5 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Ne3 25. Qe2 Nd5 26. Bd2 Bd4 27.
Bc1 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Ne7 30. b3 Nf5 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Nd4 33. Bb2
Nc2 34. Bc1 Ne1 35. Bd2 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bb3 Nb8 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Bb3 Bf8 15.
a4 Bb7 16. Ng5 Re7 17. Ne3 g6 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Qxa8 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wicker, Kevin J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Nf3 Qd7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbc6 11. Kh1 Na5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Nc4 14. Nf4 g6 15.
h4 O-O-O 16. h5 g5 17. Nh3 f5 18. exf6 Nf5 19. g4 Nfd6 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Ne4
22. Ng6 e5 23. Qf3 exd4 24. f7 Kb7 25. Nxh8 Rxh8 26. cxd4 Ncd6 27. f8=Q Rxf8
28. Qxf8 Ng3+ 29. Kg2 Nxf1 30. Qf3 Ne4 31. Kxf1 Qa4 32. Bxh6 Qxd4 33. Rd1 Qc5
34. Bf4 Qc4+ 35. Qd3 Qc5 36. Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bb4 14. Rf1 Qxd5
15. Qa4 Be7 16. Bf4 c6 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. Ne5 b5 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. Bf3 Qxd4 21.
Qxd4 Rxd4 22. g4 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Rxf4 24. gxf5 Bh4+ 25. Kg2 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxf5
27. Nxc6 Rc5 28. Re2 a6 29. b4 Rc1 30. Bd5 g6 31. Re7 Rc2+ 32. Kg3 Rd2 33. Ra7
Kg7 34. Bb3 Rd3+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f5 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. h4
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Nh3 Qf7 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Qd2 h6 13. h5 Ne7 14. O-O-O g5 15.
hxg6 Nxg6 16. Bh5 Qg7 17. Rdg1 Be7 18. g4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Bg5 20. gxf5 exf5 21.
Kb1 Nf8 22. Nh3 Bxd2 23. Rxg7 Ne6 24. Rg6 Nf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Nc1 Ba6 27. Be2
Bxe2 28. Nxe2 Bd2 29. c3 Rdg8 30. Rxg8+ Rxg8 31. Kc2 Bg5 32. f4 Be7 33. Rh5 Rg2
34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Rxf5 Rh2 36. Rf7 Ke8 37. Rh7 Rh3+ 38. Kd2 h5 39. Rg7 Kf8 40.
Rg2 Rf3 41. Rg3 Rf1 42. Ke3 h4 43. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nd5 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Qc5 Bb7 14. e4
Qd6 15. Bf4 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Na4 17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. Bf1 Nxc5 19. Bxc4 Rb7 20. Be3
Bxc4 21. Bxc5 Bd3 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. f3 Ke7 24. Rc3 Ba6 25. Rac1 Kd7 26. a4 Kd6
1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe8 11. Rhg1 Nd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. g5 b5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Bd4 Bd7 16. Bd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Rfe8 18. Qh5 Rac8 19. c3 Ne6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Nf6 Bxf6 22. gxf6+ Kh8 23. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Knott, Simon JB"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. d5 Rc8 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Qb3 e6 13. Rd1 exd5 14. cxd5 c5 15.
O-O Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. h4 Nc8 20. Bc1 Re8 21. Qg3 Bf8
22. h5 gxh5 23. f5 g6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Bh3 Ncb6 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28.
Be6 Ne5 29. b3 Bg7 30. Bb2 Nbd7 31. Ba1 Nf8 32. Bh3 Qe7 33. Rf2 Nh7 34. Rg2 Rf8
35. Be6 b5 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Nf8 38. Qh3 c4 39. bxc4 Nxc4 40. Bxg7+ Qxg7
41. Rf2 Nh7 42. Kg2 Nxg5 43. Qh4 Qe5 44. Qf4 Qxf4 45. Rxf4 Kg7 46. Kf2 a5 47.
a4 Na3 48. axb5 Nxb5 49. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. b4 Rc8 14. Bb2 Nd5 15.
b5 Nxc3 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bxc3 Qc7 18. bxa6 Na5 19. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Be3 Nc5
9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 Bd7 11. Be2 Ne8 12. h4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Bxc5
dxc5 16. Nde4 Nd6 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. Kd1 Qg7 20. f3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf4
22. Kc2 Qh6 23. Rag1+ Kh8 24. Rg4 Be3 25. Rh2 Bd4 26. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf1 Ba4 11. g3 Nbc6 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. h4 f5 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. Re1 Rde8 17. Bh3 Nf5 18. Bf4 Rhg8 19. Qe2 Kb7 20. Kh2 Re7 21. h5
Rge8 22. Qd2 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Re2 Nd8 25. Qh6 Nf7 26. Qxf6 e5 27. Qxd6
Nxd6 28. Nxe5 Ne4 29. f3 Nxc3 30. Re3 Nb5 31. c3 Bc2 32. g4 Bd3 33. Rc1 Nxa3
34. f4 Be4 35. f5 b5 36. f6 Rc7 37. g5 a5 38. f7 Rf8 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40. g6 hxg6
41. hxg6 b4 42. Be6 b3 43. g7 Rcxf7 44. Bxf7 Rd8 45. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1987.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nfd4 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e3
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Be6 18. f4 g6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfe1
Kf8 21. b4 Red8 22. Bf1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bd3 Ke7 26. Kf2 h5
27. a4 b6 28. a5 Bd7 29. Ke3 Kf6 30. Bf1 Ke7 31. h3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 f6
9. O-O fxe5 10. fxe5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Ne2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Qe7 14. c3 Nd7 15. a4
c5 16. a5 Rac8 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Qd3 Nb8 19. Bg1 Nc6 20. a6 c4 21. Qc2 b5 22. Bg4
Bh6 23. Rf3 b4 24. Raf1 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qa3 26. Nf4 Rce8 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Be3
Bxf4 29. Bxf4 Ref8 30. g4 R5f7 31. Bc1 Qe7 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34. Kg2
Qe7 35. Kg3 Qf8 36. Kg2 Qe7 37. h3 Qh4 38. Bd2 Qd8 39. Qb2 Qa5 40. Bh6 Qc7 41.
Qf2 Qe7 42. Bg5 Qe8 43. Qb2 Qb8 44. Qb7 Qxb7 45. axb7 a5 46. Be7 Kg8 47. Bd6 a4
48. Kf2 Kf7 49. Ke2 Ke8 50. Kd2 Kd7 51. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karolyi, Tibor Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Be3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Rxd5 Qc7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. f4 Nb4 17. Rd4 Nc6 18. Rd1 Bf6 19. Bg2 Rfd8 20. Be4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qd3 h5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxa7 Qxa7 26.
Qxd8+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ g6 28. Qe3 Qd7 29. b3 Qf5+ 30. Kc1 Qf6 31. a4 c5 32. Kc2 Qb6
33. f5 Qd6 34. fxg6+ fxg6 35. a5 Qc6 36. Qe2 Kh6 37. a6 Qb6 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5+
Kxg5 40. Qe7+ Kg4 41. a7 1-0

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Konopka, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. a4 a5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Bf5 12. c3 N8d7 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Bd3 Bd5 16. Ng3 e6 17. Be4 Nf6 18. Bxd5 Nbxd5 19. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. h3
a5 9. Re1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5 11. c3 a4 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
Nf5 Nc5 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Be3 Red8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 b5 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 f6 24. Be3 Qd7 25. Bf1 Qf7 26. c4 bxc4 27. Bxc5
Bxc5 28. a3 Kh7 29. Rc1 Qg6 30. Kg2 Qg5 31. Bxc4 Rd2 32. Bxe6 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Bd4
34. Rxc6 Qd2 35. Rc7 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kg4 Qd1+ 38. Kh3 Qh1+ 39. Kg4 Qxe4+
40. Kh3 Qh1+ 41. Kg4 Qd1+ 42. Kh4 Qh1+ 43. Kg4 Qe4+ 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Moldobaev, Emelbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
Nbd2 f6 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Ng6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd4 Bf7 13. f4 Nd7 14. N2f3
O-O-O 15. Kh1 c5 16. Nf5 Qc6 17. Ng3 h5 18. Nh4 Ne5 19. Qe1 Ng6 20. Nxg6 Bxg6
21. f5 Bf7 22. h4 Bd6 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Rhe8 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. Rf2 Qe5 27. c3
Kb8 28. Kg1 Rd7 29. Qf4 Kc8 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. a3 Rd8 32. Rf3 Rd2 33. Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. N2f3 Nc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5
Rxa3 22. Nxa3 Ba6 23. Re3 Rb8 24. Rc3 Nbd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Be3 Nxe4 27. Rc6
Ra8 28. Qa4 d2 29. Nxd2 Nxd2 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Qxb2 32. Bxd2 Qxd2 33. Qc4
Qe1+ 34. Qf1 Qd2 35. Qc4 g6 36. g3 h5 37. Kg2 Bg7 38. Qe4 Bd4 39. Qf3 Qa2 40.
Nb5 Bxf2 41. Nc3 Qc2 42. Ne2 Bd4 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Be5 45. Kf1 Kg7 46. Ng1
Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qd2+ 48. Kf1 Qc2 49. Nh3 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 Qa2+ 51. Kf1 Qa1+ 52. Kg2
Qa2+ 53. Kf1 Qa1+ 54. Kg2 Qb2+ 55. Kf1 Qb1+ 56. Kg2 Qb2+ 57. Kf1 Qc1+ 58. Kg2
Qd2+ 59. Kf1 Bd4 60. Nf4 Qe3 61. Qxe3 Bxe3 62. Ng2 Bc1 63. Ne1 f5 64. gxf5 g5
65. Nd3 Bf4 66. Kg2 Kf6 67. Nb4 Kxf5 68. Nc6 Ke4 69. Ne7 Be5 0-1

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Ng6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. d4 Bd6 10. c4 Qh5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. h3 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Rxe3 O-O 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Imanaliev, Taalaibek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5
Nd7 16. Bg2 Bf8 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Rad1 g6 19. Qf2 Rad8 20. Nd4 Nb4 21. Qh4 Bg7
22. Rd2 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. f5 exf5 25. Bg5 Nxe4 26. Bxd8 Qc4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4
28. Qf2 Rxd4 29. Re2 Re4 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Bxb6 Nd5 32. b3 Qb4 33. Ba7 Nf6 34.
Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Qg2 d5 36. Be3 Qc3 37. Bf4 Qc6 38. Be3 h5 39. Rd1 Kh7 40. Bd4
Bxd4 41. Rxd4 Qc5 42. Rd2 Nxd2 43. Qxd2 Qd6 44. Kg2 Qe5 45. a5 f4 46. Qd3 Kh6
47. b4 Qe6 48. Kf2 Kg5 49. Qc3 Kh4 50. Qe1 Qf5 51. b5 Qxc2+ 52. Kg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jukic, Mirko"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Qxc4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5
15. Be3 Bc6 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxg2 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Kxg2 Rc2 20. Kf3
Rxb2 21. Rdb1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rb8 23. Rb6 g6 24. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8.
bxa3 b5 9. a4 a6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. e4 Nf6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. e5 Nd5
15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Be4 g6 17. Bxg6 Re7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Be4 Nc6 20. f4 Qf7 21.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rad1 Nce7 23. g4 Bd7 24. Rf3 h5 25. f5 Rg8 26. fxe6+ Kxe6 27. g5
Rxg5+ 28. Kf2 Rg4 29. Bh7 b4 30. h3 Rf4 31. Rxf4 Nxf4 32. Kg3 Nfd5 33. Kh4 Bxa4
34. Rf1 Be8 35. Kg5 c3 36. Rf8 Bg6 37. Bxg6 Nxg6 38. Kxg6 c2 39. Rf1 a5 40. Rc1
Ne3 41. Kg5 a4 42. Kf4 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 d5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Bc2 g6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. h4 Qd5 18. Bb3 Qh5 19. Qe3 Na5 20. Bg5 Nxb3 21.
axb3 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Red8 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Kg2 h6 27.
gxh6 Kh7 28. Qe7 Qf5 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Rc1 a5 31. Qd2 Rc5 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4
Rxc1 34. Qxc1 d4 35. Qc5 d3 36. Qd5 Qf5 37. Qd8 Kxh6 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Qd8+ f6
40. Qd6 Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kh5 42. Qh8+ Kg5 43. Qd8 Kh4 44. Qd6 Qh3+ 45. Kg1 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Qd7 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qd3 Bb6 20. Nd4 Rde8 21.
e6 Qd6 22. Nge2 Ne5 23. Qg3 c5 24. Nc2 Rxe6 25. Rad1 Ref6 26. Ne3 d4 27. f4 Nc4
28. Ng4 Re6 29. b3 Na3 30. Rd2 d3 31. Kh2 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Ne5 g5 34. Qxg5
Bf2 35. Rb2 Bxe1 36. Nd4 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
d5 9. h3 Bh5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Bf6 12. Re1 b5 13. g4 bxc4 14. dxc4 Nxc3 15.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. gxh5 e4 17. Nh2 Nd4 18. bxc3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxc3 20. Be3 f5 21.
Nf1 Rd3 22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxa5 25. Rb1 Kf7 26. Ng3 Rd7 27. Ne2
Ra2 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. c5 g5 30. Bxg5 Rxc5 31. Be3 Rcd5 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Rb8 Rd8
34. Rb7 R8d7 35. Kg3 c6 36. Rb6 R1d6 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. Bc5 Rd2 39. Rxc6+ Kf7 40.
Ng3 Rc2 41. Nxf5 Rc3 42. Ke5 1-0

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7
9. O-O f6 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Bf1 Ng6 13. b3 cxb3 14. c4 fxe5 15. c5
Qc7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxc5 18. Nxb3 Bd6 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Re3
Kb8 22. Reb3 Ka8 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Kxb7 25. Bb4 Bxb4 26. axb4 Ka8 27. Qg4
g6 28. Qf4 Rb8 29. Qd6 Bb5 30. Qxe6 Rhd8 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Qe7 Rc8 33. g3 Rb7
34. Qd6 Rb5 35. Qd7 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rxb4 37. Qxd5+ Rb7 38. Qg8+ Rb8 39. Qxh7 Rb6
40. d5 Kb8 41. Qh8+ Kb7 42. d6 Rd1 43. Qg7+ Ka6 44. d7 Rbd6 45. d8=Q Rxd8 46.
Qxg6+ Kb5 47. h4 a5 48. h5 a4 49. h6 a3 50. Qf7 Kb4 51. h7 1-0

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ravisekhar, Raja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. g4
Nc6 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rab8 13. Qe3 b5 14. e5 dxe5
15. Bxe5 Be6 16. g5 Nh5 17. Kb1 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qb6 19. Bd5 b4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Qxe6 fxe6 22. Ne4 Rbd8 23. Nc5 Nf4 24. Nd7 Rfe8 25. h4 Nd5 26. Nc5 Nc7 27. Nd3
a5 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 Kg7 30. g6 Rd5 31. Rxh7+ Kxg6 32. Rdh1 Rg5 33. f4 Rg1+
34. Rxg1+ Kxh7 35. c4 bxc3 36. bxc3 Nb5 37. Kb2 Rc8 38. Rc1 Kg6 39. c4 Nd4 40.
c5 Kf5 41. Re1 Nc6 42. Kc3 Rb8 43. a3 Na7 44. Re5+ Kf6 45. Nf2 Nb5+ 46. Kb3 Kf7
47. Ne4 Ke8 48. Ka4 Nd4 49. Nd2 Nc6 50. Rxe6 Kd7 51. Re4 Kc7 52. Nc4 Rf8 53.
Kb5 Rb8+ 54. Nb6 Rd8 55. Re1 Rd3 56. Rh1 Rxa3 57. Nd5+ Kb7 58. Re1 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sahu, Sekhar Chandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Bd7 8.
Qe2 Rc8 9. Bb3 a6 10. O-O-O Na5 11. f3 Be7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Qd2 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nce2 g6 17. Ng3 Ng7 18. Kb1 e5 19. Nde2 Bh3 20. Ng1 Be6 21. h4
Qc7 22. h5 Nxh5 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. Ne2 h4 25. b3 Rc6 26. Rxh4 f5 27. Rh6 Qc8 28.
g6 f4 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Bd4 Bf8 31. Rh2 Rc7 32. Bxh8 hxg6 33. Qxf4 a5 34. Qg5
Rc5 35. Qxg6+ Bf7 36. Qg2 a4 37. Bg7 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 39. Kxc2 axb3+ 40.
axb3 Bxg7 1-0

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. a4 Bg4 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf1 Bf8 15. Ng3
g6 16. Nh2 Qc7 17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Bg5 Re6 19. axb5 axb5 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Rae8
22. Rec1 cxd4 23. Nf5 Qb6 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Qf4 d3 26. Bxd3 Nb3 27. Nf3 Nxc1
28. Rxc1 Ng8 29. Qd2 f6 30. Be3 Qb8 31. Qa5 Rc8 32. Rd1 b4 33. Bf4 Qc7 34. Qxb4
Rb8 35. Qd2 Qb6 36. Bc4 Rxe4 37. Bxd6 Rc8 38. b3 Bc6 39. Nd4 Bd7 40. Bf4 Ree8
41. Kh2 Re7 42. Ra1 Kh8 43. Ra6 Qb7 44. Rd6 Rf8 45. Bg3 Qc8 46. Ba6 Qa8 47. b4
Bc8 48. Bc4 Bb7 49. f3 Rc8 50. Bxg8 Kxg8 51. Rxf6 Bd5 52. Qg5 Qb7 53. Nf5 Re2
54. Nd4 Re7 55. h4 Rf7 56. Rd6 Rd7 57. Nf5 Re8 58. Nh6+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qc7
8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 e6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bb3 Bxe5 14. Qxe5
Qxe5+ 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. O-O Bd3 18. Rd1 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bc2 20. Rd4 c5
21. Rd6 h5 22. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Bb4 4. d3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Be2 c6 7. Bg5 d6 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. Rab1 Qc7 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Bxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 d4 13. Nb3 d3 14. Bb1 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Bf5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bd4 Qd5 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Bxd3 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bg4 21.
Be4 Qe6 22. Qc2 Bxf3 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Rxf3 g6 25. Rh3 Kg7 26. Qd2 g5 27. Bc2
Rg8 28. Rd1 c5 29. Qe3 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Rd8 32. Qe4 Bc5 33. Rc3 Rd5
34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Be4 Re5
40. Bb7 a5 41. g3 Bd4 42. Rc2 Rc5 43. Re2+ Kf6 44. Kg2 a4 45. Re4 Bxb2 46. bxa4
bxa4 47. Rxa4 Be5 48. Be4 Kg7 49. Kh3 Rc7 50. Kg4 Bf6 51. Ra6 Re7 52. f3 Re6
53. Ra5 Re7 54. Rb5 Re6 55. Rd5 Re7 56. Bd3 Re8 57. Rc5 Rh8 58. Rc7 Re8 59. Bc4
Re7 60. Rc6 Re5 61. h3 Re7 62. h4 gxh4 63. gxh4 Be5 64. Ra6 Rc7 65. Ba2 Bd4 66.
Bd5 Rd7 67. Be4 Be5 68. Kf5 Rd6 69. Ra7 Bd4 70. Rb7 Rf6+ 71. Kg4 Be3 72. Bf5
Bh6 73. h5 Kg8 74. f4 Rd6 75. Be4 Rf6 76. Bf5 Rd6 77. Rb4 Kg7 78. Bc2 Rf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hegde, Ravi Gopal"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O a5 8. c4
Bd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Rad1 Bh3 14. Qc1 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd4 18. e3 Ne6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nc3 Qe8
21. Rd1 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Ba3 Nd3 24. Qf1 f5 25. Be7 Qd7 26. Nd5 e4 27.
Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Bxf6 g5 29. Qe2 Kf7 30. Bc3 Kg6 31. Bxa5 g4 32. Bc3 h5 33. Kg1
Nc5 34. Qd2 Qd3 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Qxd3 exd3 37. f3 Ke6 38. Kf2 gxf3 39. Kxf3 Ne4
40. Bb2 Kd6 41. Bg7 Kc5 42. Bf8+ Kc6 43. Bb4 Kd7 44. Ba3 Nc3 45. Bc1 Ke6 46.
Kf2 Ne4+ 47. Ke1 Kf6 48. Bd2 Kg5 49. b4 Kg4 50. a4 Kh3 51. a5 Kxh2 52. b5 Kxg3
53. a6 bxa6 54. bxa6 h4 55. a7 h3 56. Ba5 Kf3 57. a8=Q h2 58. Qh8 d2+ 59. Bxd2
Kg2 60. Ba5 c5 61. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mithrakanth, Poorna Sharma"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
Bd3 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 d6 11. a4 b6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Nd4 Nb4 15.
Bg1 Nd7 16. Rf3 Bf6 17. Rh3 g6 18. f5 Rae8 19. Qd2 Bg7 20. Rf1 Nxd3 21. cxd3
exf5 22. exf5 Nf6 23. Qf4 Re5 24. Qh4 h6 25. Be3 g5 26. Qg3 Rfe8 27. Nc2 Nd5
28. Bd4 Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Re2 30. Ne1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qxc3 32. Nf3 Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Re1
0-1

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Rc1 Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Bb5
Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 a6 17. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Rad1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. h3 a5 13. a4 e5 14. Bg5 b6 15. d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hegde, Ravi Gopal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. f4
Nc6 9. c3 Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qe1 h6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. Nbd2 Rdg8 14. Nh4 Bf8
15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bd1 e6 17. Bh5 Rh7 18. Nf3 Kb8 19. b3 Rhg7 20. Rf2 Nc8 21.
Be3 Be7 22. Kh1 f6 23. Rc2 fxe5 24. dxe5 Qd8 25. Rd1 Qf8 26. Qg1 Nb6 27. g3 Nd7
28. c4 Nb4 29. Rcd2 Nc5 30. a3 Nc6 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Ne4 33. Qe1 Bxa3 34.
Nd4 Nxd4 35. R5xd4 Be7 36. Bf2 Qc8 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe4 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Bxd8 40.
Bf3 c6 41. f5 Qd7 42. f6 Rg8 43. e6 Qd2 44. Be1 Qd6 45. f7 Rf8 46. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mithrakanth, Poorna Sharma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 h6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. h4 Qa5 14. Qf2 Qc7
15. Be2 Rc8 16. Kb1 b5 17. Bd3 Qc6 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nd7 21.
g6 Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. Qg2 Bf6 26. Rh8+ Kd7 27.
Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. Nd5 Qxd2
15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Bxd2 Kxe7 17. b3 Nd7 18. h3 Nc5 19. Rh2 a6 20. h4 Rc6 21. Be3
Rac8 22. Rhd2 b5 23. Kb2 R8c7 24. g5 Rc8 25. h5 Nd7 26. Ra1 Nc5 27. a4 b4 28.
Rad1 a5 29. Bb5 Rb6 30. g6 hxg6 31. hxg6 f6 32. Rh1 Bg8 33. Rhd1 Be6 34. Rh2
Bg8 35. Re1 Rbb8 36. Rh8 Rd8 37. Rd1 Rbc8 38. Rh2 Rc7 39. Re1 Rb8 40. Rh4 Rbc8
41. Re2 Rb8 42. f4 exf4 43. Bxf4 Nd7 44. Bxd7 Rxd7 45. Rd2 Rc8 46. Rh5 Rc5 47.
Rh8 Rc8 48. Be3 Rb7 49. Rh5 Ra8 50. Rf2 Ra6 51. Rff5 d5 52. exd5 Kd6 53. Bf4+
Kd7 54. Bg3 Ra8 55. Rf2 Re8 56. Rd2 Re3 57. Bh2 Re4 58. Rh8 Re8 59. Rh4 Ra7 60.
Rc4 Rc8 61. Rc6 Re8 62. Rd6+ Kc8 63. Rd4 Re2 64. Bf4 Rd7 65. Rc4+ Kd8 66. Rc5
Rxd6 67. Bxd6 Kd7 68. Bf8 Rg2 69. Rxa5 Rxg6 70. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Rd2 Bxc4 14.
Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re2 Rae8 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. g3 Ng4 18. Nb3 Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20.
Kg2 Be3 21. h3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Ne5 23. g4 b6 24. c3 c5 25. Rc2 Rd3 26. Nc1 Rd1
27. Ne2 Nd3 28. Kg3 c4 29. b3 b5 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Nd4 Kf7 32. Re2 Nc5 33. Rf2+
Ke8 34. Rf5 Rd3+ 35. Kf2 Nd7 36. Rf3 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Rxa2 38. Ne6 g6 39. Nxc7+ Kd8
40. Nd5 a5 41. Rf7 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Rh7 Kc8 44. Kd4 Re2 45. Rxh5 a4 46. Ne3
Kb7 47. Nxc4 Rxe4+ 48. Kxe4 Nf6+ 49. Kf5 Nxh5 50. Kg5 Ng3 51. h4 Kc6 52. h5
Nxh5 53. Kxh5 Kc5 54. Na3 Kd5 55. Kg4 Ke4 56. c4 Kd4 57. Kf3 Kc5 58. Ke3 Kb4
59. Kd3 Kxa3 60. c5 Kb2 61. c6 a3 62. c7 a2 63. c8=Q a1=Q 64. Qc2+ Ka3 65. Qc5+
Ka2 66. Qc4+ Ka3 67. Qa6+ Kb2 68. Qb6+ Kc1 69. Qc5+ Kb2 70. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. c4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bb1 Be7 13. Nd4 O-O 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bg3
Ned7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Qe2 g6 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. Be1 Bf6 20. Qd2 Qd8 21. b4 Nd7 22.
Nf3 Rc8 23. Ne2 Be7 24. Ng3 Nxg3+ 25. Bxg3 Nf6 26. Qe3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. f5
Rxc1 29. Rxc1 e5 30. Bh4 Qa8 31. h3 Rc8 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Qf2 Bxe4 34. fxg6 fxg6
35. Bxf6+ Bxf6 36. Nd2 Bf5 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Qxf5 Rf8 39. Qd7+ Rf7 40. Qxd6
Qxa2 41. Ne4 Qc4 42. Ng3 Be7 43. Qxe5+ Kg8 44. Re1 Bf8 45. Re4 Re7 46. Qg5+ Rg7
47. Qe3 Qf7 48. Rf4 Qd5 49. Qe8 Rf7 50. Rg4+ Kh8 51. Kh2 h6 52. Re4 Qd7 53. Qa8
Kh7 54. Re8 Bd6 55. Rh8+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ Rg7 57. Qb3 Kf6 58. Qf3+ Ke7 59. Qf8+ Ke6
60. Rxh6+ Kd5 61. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. a4 Be6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Kg7 14. Nf1 Bxc4 15.
dxc4 Qd7 16. N3d2 Ne7 17. Ne3 Rf8 18. a5 Rab8 19. b4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ng6 21. Rf1
Qg4 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Rf5 Ng8 24. Raf1 N6e7 25. R5f2 h5 26. h3 f6 27. Qd1 h4 28.
Bh2 Rf7 29. Qb3 Nh6 30. c5 Qxb3 31. Nxb3 d5 32. Nd2 g4 33. hxg4 Nxg4 34. Rf3
Rd8 35. Rh3 Ng6 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Ne4 Rd3 38. c6 bxc6 39. Nc5 Rxc3 40. Nxa6 Rc4
41. Nc5 Rxb4 42. a6 Rb5 43. Ne6+ Kh6 44. Bg3 Kh7 45. Bxh4 Kg8 46. Ra1 Rb8 47.
Be1 Re7 48. a7 Ra8 49. Nc5 Kg7 50. e4 Nf4 51. Rb3 Ree8 52. Rb7 Rh8 53. Ra2 Kg6
54. Bg3 Rhd8 55. Rb1 Rxa7 56. Rxa7 Ne2+ 57. Kf1 Nxg3+ 58. Ke1 Rd4 59. Ra4 Rxa4
60. Nxa4 Nxe4 61. Ke2 Nd6 62. Nc5 Nb5 63. Ra1 Nh6 64. Ra8 Nf5 65. Rf8 Ne7 66.
Ke3 Nd5+ 67. Ke4 Nd6+ 68. Kf3 f5 69. Nd7 Kg7 70. Rb8 e4+ 71. Kf2 Nb5 72. Ne5
Nd4 73. Rd8 e3+ 74. Ke1 Nb4 75. Rxd4 Nc2+ 76. Ke2 Nxd4+ 77. Kxe3 c5 78. g4 Kf6
79. Nd7+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Be6 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 Nce7 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qc2 f5 18. Bf3 c6 19. Re2 Ng6 20. Rae1 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 Bc4 22. Re3 f4 23. Bb4 fxe3 24. Qxc4+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. fxe3 Re8 27.
Bc5 a6 28. Bd1 Kh8 29. a4 Nf4 30. Bc2 Rd7 31. Kf2 Nd5 32. e4 b6 33. Ba3 Nf6 34.
Ke3 Nd5+ 35. Kf3 Nc7 36. Rd1 Red8 37. Ke3 Ne6 38. a5 Nxd4 39. Rc1 b5 40. Bc5
Nxc2+ 41. Rxc2 Kg8 42. Bb6 Rc8 43. b4 Kf7 44. Bd4 Ke6 45. g4 Rcd8 46. Rxc6+ Rd6
47. Rb6 Rxb6 48. axb6 g6 49. g5 Kd6 50. Kf4 Kc6 51. Be3 a5 52. bxa5 b4 53. e5
b3 54. Bc1 Rd1 55. Ba3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
O-O Rd8 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Nc3 Be8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nd3
Rd6 15. Rac1 Nd8 16. e3 c6 17. Nc5 Ne6 18. b4 Rdd8 19. Qc2 Nxc5 20. dxc5 f6 21.
Rd4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Bg6 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. h4 Re8 26. Rcd1 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavanasam, Ananchaperumal"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nd2 Nxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qa6 13. Rfc1 b6 14. Bf1 Bd7
15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Rxc7 17. Rxc7 e6 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Qa5
21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 23. e3 g5 24. Bc7 Nd2 25. Ba6 Bf8 26. g4 Re8 27. Kg2
f6 28. f3 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Bd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 b5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ra6 Re7
34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Rc7 36. e4 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Ra6 Rb7 39. d5 e5 40. Rc6
a5 41. Rxc4 Ra7 42. Kd2 a4 43. Kc2 a3 44. Kb1 a2+ 45. Ka1 Ra3 46. Rc6 Ke7 47.
c4 Rxf3 48. Kxa2 Re3 49. c5 Rxe4 50. Re6+ Kd8 51. Rxf6 Rd4 52. Rd6+ Kc7 53. Kb3
Rd1 54. Rc6+ Kd7 55. Rd6+ Kc7 56. Kc2 Rd4 57. Kc3 Rd1 58. h3 Rc1+ 59. Kb4 Rb1+
60. Ka3 Rd1 61. Kb3 Rd4 62. Kc3 Rd1 63. Rc6+ Kd7 64. Rh6 Rxd5 65. Kc4 Rd4+ 66.
Kb5 e4 67. c6+ Kd8 68. Rxh7 e3 69. Rh8+ Kc7 70. Re8 Rd5+ 71. Kc4 Kxc6 72. Re6+
Rd6 73. Rxe3 Rd1 74. Re5 Rh1 75. Kd4 Kd6 76. Rxg5 Rxh3 77. Ke4 Ke6 78. Rf5 Rh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. e4 c5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. O-O
Ba6 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Qd7 17. Bb2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qg4 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rc4 Qg6
21. Qd2 Nd7 22. h3 f6 23. Rc6 Nc5 24. Nd4 Qd3 25. Qc1 Qe4 26. Nb5 Bf4 27. Qe1
Qxd5 28. Rc7 Qb3 0-1

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sahu, Sekhar Chandra"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 Nbd7 11. Kh1 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Rd1 Nb6
15. Bc1 Nfd7 16. f5 e5 17. f6 Nxf6 18. Nf5 Ne8 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. Qf2 Bf6 21. b3
Kh8 22. Be3 Nc8 23. Rfd1 Bc6 24. Kg1 Qb8 25. Bc5 g6 26. Ng3 Qc7 27. Be3 Bg7 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Bg5 Ne7 32. Nh5 e4 33. Nxg7 Nxg7 34.
Bxe7 Qxe7 35. Be2 Rf6 36. c4 bxc4 37. Bxc4 f4 38. Qd4 f3 39. Re5 Qf8 40. Rxe4
d5 41. Bxd5 fxg2 42. Re5 Rf4 43. Qa1 Qc5+ 44. Kxg2 Qc2+ 45. Kg1 Rg4+ 46. Kh1
Rh4 47. h3 Rxh3+ 48. Kg1 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 Rf8+ 50. Ke1 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Coimbatore"]
[Site "Coimbatore"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Nge2 Bf5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. f3
Qg5 15. f4 Qe7 16. a4 O-O 17. c4 c5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. d5 Rfd8 20. Qd2 a5 21.
Rab1 Rd6 22. Rb5 b6 23. Rfb1 Ra6 24. Qc3 Kh7 25. Qe5 Qd7 26. Kf2 h5 27. g3 Rh6
28. h3 Rg6 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 fxg4 31. Rh1+ Rh6 32. Rxh6+ gxh6 33. f5 Qd8 34.
f6 Ra8 35. Qxe4+ Kh8 36. Qf4 Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Qf4 Kh7 39. Rb1 Qg8 40. Qf5+
Qg6 41. e4 Qxf5+ 42. exf5 Re8 43. d6 h5 44. Kg3 Kh6 45. Kf4 Rg8 46. Rg1 Rd8 47.
Rd1 Rd7 48. Rd3 g3 49. Kxg3 Kg5 50. Rd5 Rd8 51. d7 h4+ 52. Kf3 Kxf6 53. Kg4 Ke7
54. Kxh4 Rxd7 55. Rxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Babu, N Sudhakar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Rb1 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Ndb5 Qd7
15. f4 Qe6 16. f5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qc4 18. Qd2 Rcd8 19. b3 Qc6 20. Rbe1 Rfe8 21.
Nd4 Qc8 22. Ncb5 Nd7 23. c3 Nc6 24. Re3 Be5 25. Rh3 Nc5 26. Qe1 Nd7 27. Qh4 Nf8
28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Bh6 Qd7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qh6+ Bg7 32. Qxg6 Ne5 33. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ganesan, Sankar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1
b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 Qe3 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rf1 Qc5 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. Qe2 a4 21.
Bc4 a3 22. Bxe6 Bb5 23. Nd3 axb2 24. Rf5 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gupta, Radhey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Qe7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nd4 Bxa4 11. Qxa4+ Qd7 12. Qd1 Ne7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Na3
Rae8 15. Nac2 Qg4 16. f4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 N5c6 18. Bh4 Bh6 19. Bg3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4
Bg7 21. e5 Nc8 22. Nb3 b6 23. Nd4 dxe5 24. fxe5 Ne7 25. e6 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 fxe6
27. Bxc7 Nc8 28. Rde4 Rf6 29. Be5 Rf5 30. Rd1 Rf7 31. Bg3 Rb7 32. Rc4 Ne7 33.
Bf2 b5 34. Rc5 Nd5 35. Bg3 Kf7 36. Rf1+ Kg8 37. Re1 Kf7 38. h3 a5 39. b3 b4 40.
c4 Nc3 41. Rxa5 Rd7 42. Be5 Kg8 43. a3 Rf8 44. axb4 Nd1 45. Ra2 Rd3 46. b5 Ne3
47. Rae2 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Koshy, Varugeese"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5
9. e5 Bb7 10. Be4 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nh6 14. e6 Nf6 15.
Neg5 Qd5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. O-O Nh5 18. exf7+ Nxf7 19. Ne6 Bxd4+ 20. Nfxd4 Rfc8
21. c3 Nf6 22. a3 Qh5 23. Qf2 Ng5 24. Rae1 Nf7 25. h3 Qd5 26. Qg3 Qd6 27. Qh4
Ra7 28. Re2 Rb7 29. Rf3 Qd5 30. Nf5 Rc6 31. Nfd4 Rc8 32. Rf1 Qh5 33. Qe1 Qd5
34. Nf4 Qc5 35. Kh1 Qd6 36. Re6 Qc7 37. Rxa6 Ng5 38. Nfe6 Nxe6 39. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mishra, Neeraj Kumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. Re1 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Re8 13. Bg5 Bf8 14. Qh4
Qd7 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. c4 d4 17. f4 Qc6 18. Bf6 Bg7 19. f5 Qc5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qf6+ Kf8 22. e6 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mohanty, Pabitra M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
a5 9. h3 O-O 10. c3 Na6 11. a4 c5 12. Be3 c4 13. Bc2 f5 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Na3 Ne6
16. Bd2 Bd7 17. b3 Bc6 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bb3 Nxa3 20. Rxa3 f4 21. h4 Bh6 22.
Bc2 b5 23. h5 Kg7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Bxg6 Bc4 27. Bb1 Rh8 28. Nh4
Bg5 29. Ng6 f3 30. Bf5 Rh6 31. Be3 Rxg6 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33. Qc2+ Kh6 34. Qf5 Qg8
35. Qxf3 Qg6 36. Rea1 Kg7 37. Rxa5 Rf8 38. Qg3 Bxe3 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40. fxe3 Ng5
41. Ra8 Rf7 42. Rg8+ Kh5 43. Ra7 Bd3 44. Ra2 Rf1+ 45. Kh2 Be4 46. Rb2 Kh4 47.
Re2 Kh5 48. Rh8+ Kg4 49. Rg8 Kh5 50. Rh8+ Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Ne2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. a4 d4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qh5 Bf7 21. Qh3
Ng5 22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Qf3 Ng5 24. Qe2 Bc4 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Ne4 27. Bd2 Nxd2
28. Qxd2 Bg5 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. Qxg5 Qe6 31. Rfe1 d3 32. Rad1 Rd5 33. Qe3 f4 34.
Qf3 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxd3 Re8 37. h3 Kh7 38. b3 Rc8 39. Qd7 Rc3 40. Qf7
Qf6 41. Qe8 Qc6 42. Rd7 g5 43. Qh5+ Qh6 44. Qe2 Qg6 45. Qxb5 g4 46. hxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bb4
15. a3 Bf8 16. Bb1 Nd7 17. Ne5 Ncxe5 18. dxe5 Nb6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qg3 Nc4 21.
Ne4 Bg7 22. Re2 Qe7 23. Nd6 Nxd6 24. exd6 Qd7 25. Rde1 d4 26. h4 Kf8 27. h5 g5
28. Be5 Rc5 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qd3 Qxd6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Bg6 Qf4 33. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na7 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 a5 15. Ng3
Qc7 16. Nh2 b4 17. Rf1 Nd7 18. Ng4 Nb6 19. f4 Nb5 20. f5 f6 21. Qe1 Ba6 22. Nh5
Kh8 23. Nh2 Nd7 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nh4 Rf7 26. Rf3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Nd3 28. Bxd3 cxd3
29. Rxd3 Rc8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rg3 Nxc3 33. Nxf6+ Kh8 34. Bg5
Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Nxg3 36. Qxg3 gxf6 37. Bxf6+ Rg7 38. Rc1 Qf7 39. Rxc8+ Bxc8 40.
Qg5 Kg8 41. Bxg7 Qxg7 42. Qd8+ Qf8 43. Qxa5 Qe7 44. a4 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 Ne7 7. f4 c6 8.
Ba4 f5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh6 Kf7 11. Bb3+ d5 12. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hegde, Ravi Gopal"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Rb1 Bxb5
15. Rxb5 Nc4 16. Bf2 b6 17. Rb4 Rc8 18. Qa4 Na5 19. d5 Qe8 20. Nd4 Qxa4 21.
Rxa4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Be1 Nc4 25. Bb4 Kf7 26. Rc1 Ne5 27.
Rdd1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nd3 29. Rc4 Nxb4 30. Rxb4 Rc8 31. Rb2 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33.
Kf2 Kf6 34. Re2 Rc5 35. Re6+ Kf7 36. Re5 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kxf4 Rxg2 39. Rh5
Rxa2 40. Rxh7+ Kf6 41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. Rc6 b5 43. h4 Ra4+ 44. Ke5 Ra3 45. Rc7 Kf8
46. h5 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Katdare, Jayant C"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
a6 9. Bc4 h6 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. a3 Bd8 12. Bd3 Nh7 13. Nbd2 Bf6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3
Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Nd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 a4 19. f4 Qe7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. f5 Na5
22. Rf1 f6 23. Nf3 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Be8 25. Nh2 Bf7 26. Rf3 Nb3 27. Kh1 Nc5 28.
Rg3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Rd8 31. Qe2 Qd6 32. Ng4 Qd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34.
Kh2 Kf8 35. Ne3 Rd2 36. c4 c6 37. Nf1 Rxb2 38. Rc3 Rb3 0-1

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mithrakanth, Poorna Sharma"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. Qg3 b5 14. a3 Rac8
15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Nd4 Kh8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd4 Kg8 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 Bd8 21.
dxc6 Rxc6 22. Qh3 g6 23. Qh6 d5 24. Rf3 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavanasam, Ananchaperumal"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3
Re8 9. Ne1 Bf8 10. Bg5 c6 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. e3 Bf5 15.
Be1 Bd6 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Nc5 Nc4 18. b3 Na3 19. Nf4 a5 20. Nfd3 Ne4 21. Qe2 Nxc5
22. Nxc5 Nb5 23. Qd1 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qd8 25. a4 Nd6 26. Bd2 Ne4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28.
f3 Bf5 29. Rf2 Bd7 30. Qc2 Qf6 31. Qc1 b6 32. Rc2 h5 33. Bc3 Qd6 34. Bb2 Qg6
35. Rce2 Bf5 36. Re1 Re6 37. Qc3 Rae8 38. Bc1 Qf6 39. Bd2 Qg6 40. Bc1 Bh3 41.
Kh1 Rf6 42. Qd2 Ree6 43. Kg1 h4 0-1

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O g6 8.
Qe2 Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. b3 Nc5 13. Bb2 a5 14. Rad1 Qb6
15. Ba1 Qc7 16. Kh1 e5 17. Ne2 a4 18. bxa4 Rb4 19. Nc3 Be6 20. a3 Rb3 21. Rb1
Rxa3 22. Rb4 Qa5 23. Rbb1 Nxa4 24. Nxa4 Qxa4 25. Qxa4 Rxa4 26. Rfd1 Rfa8 27. h3
c5 28. f3 Bh6 29. Bf1 Be3 30. Bc3 Bd4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Rdc1 Kg7 33. Kh2 g5 34.
Kg3 Kf6 35. Rb2 Ra1 36. Rbc2 Ke5 37. Rxa1 Rxa1 38. Kf2 h5 39. Bd3 h4 40. Be2
Ra3 0-1

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravisekhar, Raja"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Qc8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. Rac1 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Qc2 Bd8 15. Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sahu, Sekhar Chandra"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nd2 c5 5. e3 e6 6. f4 Be7 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. Bd3
Nd5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Ne4 Bxd5 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Qe2 Qxf4 17. Rae1 Be6 18. Nd4 Qh6 19. Nxe6 dxe6 20. Bb5+
Kf8 21. Rd1 Nf5 22. Rd7 Rg8 23. Bc6 Rc8 24. Be4 Ne3 25. Re1 Ng4 26. h3 Ne5 27.
Rxa7 Kg7 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rgd8 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rcd8 32. a4 c4 33.
Rb7 R8d6 34. Rb8 Ra1 35. Bc2 Ra2 36. Be4 Rxa4 37. g4 Ra1 38. Bg2 Rad1 39. g5
Nd3 40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Be4 Nf4 42. Rf2 R1d2 43. Kg3 Rxf2 44. Kxf2 Nxh3+ 45. Ke3
Ng5 46. Bb1 Ke5 47. Ba2 Rc6 48. Rg8 f6 0-1

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shantharam, KV."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. e4
a6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Bf8 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nf1 b4 15. Na4
Nxa4 16. Qxa4 a5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Qd1 Qb8 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Bd8
22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Kh2 Qb7 24. Qb1 Bb6 25. Nc4 Bxe3 26. Nxe3 Ne8 27. f4 Rc8 28.
Rc1 Bb5 29. Rc2 g6 30. Qc1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qb6 32. Qd2 Qd4 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. Nc2
d3 35. Ne3 d2 36. Bf3 Nf6 37. Kg1 Bd3 38. Kf2 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 40. Ke2 Nxg3+
41. Kxd2 Nh5 42. Nc4 Nxf4 43. Nxa5 Kf8 44. Nc6 Nxd5 45. Kd3 Nf4+ 46. Kc4 Nxh3
47. Kxb4 Ke8 48. Kb5 Kd7 49. Kb6 Nf4 50. a4 Kc8 51. b4 Nd5+ 52. Ka6 h5 53. b5
h4 54. Ka7 h3 55. a5 h2 56. b6 Nxb6 57. axb6 h1=Q 58. b7+ Kd7 59. Nb8+ Ke6 60.
Na6 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Lugano Open-13"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Bf3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. O-O Nf6 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Bxh5 Rxh5 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. Qd3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qc5 19. Rd4 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21.
Rfd1 Rh7 22. R1d2 f5 23. Qe2 Kf8 24. Kf1 Bc6 25. Ke1 Kg8 26. Qf2 a5 27. Nd1 Rg7
28. Ne3 Rg3 29. Nf1 Rxg2 30. Qxh4 Rg1 31. R4d3 b4 32. a4 Re8 33. Re2 Qe7 34.
Qf2 Rg2 35. Qd4 Qh4+ 36. Kd2 Rg7 37. Ne3 Be4 38. Ng4 fxg4 39. Qxe4 gxh3 40. Rh2
Rf8 41. Rdxh3 Qxf4+ 42. Qxf4 Rxf4 43. Rh5 Rf5 44. Rxf5 exf5 45. Rf2 Rg5 46. c3
bxc3+ 47. Kxc3 Kf7 48. b4 axb4+ 49. Kxb4 Ke6 50. a5 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lugano Open-13"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. e5 Nd7 11. b3 Nc5 12. Kh1 Be7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Bf8 15.
Qh3 a5 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Qh6 Bf8 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Qe2 Qc8
22. Na4 c5 23. Bd2 Bxd3 24. cxd3 O-O 25. Rac1 Qa6 26. Be3 Rac8 27. Rd2 Qb5 28.
Rdc2 Rc6 29. Bf2 Rfc8 30. Qe3 c4 31. Nc3 Qa6 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. d4 Nb6 34. Qf3
R6c7 35. Qh3 Rd7 36. Bh4 Bxh4 37. Qxh4 Rxd4 38. Re2 Nd5 39. Ne4 c3 40. Ree1 Qd3
41. Rxc3 Rxc3 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Nf6 Nxf6 44. exf6+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kh5 46. Qxf7
Rxf4 47. Re5+ Rf5 48. Qxh7+ Kg5 49. h4+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Lugano Open-13"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tomczak, Rainer"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Be2 d6 9. a5 Ba7 10. O-O h6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 Re8 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Ra4 Qd7 15.
Re1 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bd2 fxe4 19. Raxe4 Rxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf5 21.
c4 Qf7 22. Bc3 Ne7 23. Qg3 Bg6 24. Nbd2 Nf5 25. Qd3 Re8 26. g4 Ne7 27. f5 Bh7
28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Ne4 Kf8 30. Nxf6 Rd8 31. Qd2 Ng8 32. Nxg8 Kxg8 33. Qxh6 Rd7
34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Re6 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 Nh6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. g4 O-O 8. Be3
f6 9. Qd2 Nf7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Nc3 e6 15.
h4 Na5 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rc8 18. Rd3 Qa5 19. Nd2 Na3+ 20. bxa3 Rxc3 21. Nb3
Qb5 22. a4 Qc4 23. Nc5 Bxa4 24. Nxa4 Rxd3 25. Nb2 Rb3 26. Qxc4 Rxb2+ 27. Bxb2
dxc4 28. Re1 Re8 29. Bd5 b5 30. Bc6 Rb8 31. Rxe6 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Re7 Nd6
34. Rd7 Ne4 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Bc1 Bf6 38. d5 Rd8 39. Rf7 Bd4 40.
Bh6 Kg8 41. Rf5 Bc5 42. Kc1 Be7 43. Kd2 Bc5 44. Be3 Bb4+ 45. Ke2 Rd6 46. Bd4
Ra6 47. Ke3 Rxa2 48. c3 Be7 49. Kxe4 Re2+ 50. Kf3 Re1 51. d6 Bxd6 52. Rxb5 Ra1
53. Rb7 a5 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rxh7 a4 56. Kg2 Rd1 57. Ra7 a3 58. Kf3 Rh1 59. Kg4
Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Be5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 f6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Bg3 Na6
15. Nd4 Qe7 16. f3 Nxg3 17. Qg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. hxg3 Nc5 20. e4 a6 21.
Nf5 Rae8 22. Kf2 h5 23. Rd4 d6 24. Bc4+ Kg6 25. g4 h4 26. Rdd1 Bc8 27. Ne3 Rh7
28. a3 Re5 29. g3 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Ree7 31. Ba2 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Rh7 33. Rxh7 Kxh7
34. Nd5 Be6 35. Nxf6+ Kg6 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Na4 38. c4 Nc3 39. Bb7 a5 40.
Kf2 Nb1 41. Ke3 Nxa3 42. Kd3 b5 43. cxb5 Nxb5 44. Kc4 Na7 45. e5 dxe5 46. Kb3
Nb5 47. Ka4 Nd6 48. Bc6 Kf6 49. Kxa5 e4 50. fxe4 Ke5 51. Kb4 Nxe4 52. Ba8 Kd4
53. Bb7 c5+ 54. Kb3 Nf6 55. Bc8 c4+ 56. Kc2 Nd5 57. Kd2 c3+ 58. Kc2 Nb4+ 59.
Kd1 Ke3 60. Bf5 Nd5 61. Kc2 Kd4 62. Bc8 Ne3+ 63. Kc1 Kc4 64. Be6+ Kd3 65. Bd7
c2 66. Be8 Kc3 67. Bg6 Nxg4 68. Bxc2 Ne3 69. Be4 g4 70. Bb7 g3 71. Bc6 Kd3 72.
Bf3 Nf5 73. Kd1 Ke3 74. Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Litinskaya, Marta I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 d5 12. h3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Na5 14. b4 Bxa4 15.
Qxa4 Nc4 16. Qb5 Nd6 17. Qe2 b5 18. a4 a6 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. h4 h5 21. Bg5 Qc8 22.
Rad1 Nb6 23. a5 Nbc4 24. Rd3 Qe6 25. Qc1 Bf8 26. Bh6 Be7 27. Ng5 Qg4 28. Nf1
Qxh4 29. Rg3 Qf4 30. Qd1 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Ne3 c6 33. Nh3 Qh6 34. Nf5 Nxf5
35. exf5 Rad8 36. Qc2 Qd2 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. fxg6 f6 39. f4 Kg7 40. fxe5 fxe5
41. Ng5 Rd6 42. Ne4 Rxg6 43. Rxg6+ Kxg6 44. Nc5 Ra8 45. Rd1 Kf5 46. Rd7 e4 47.
Rf7+ Kg6 48. Rc7 e3 49. Rxc6+ Kf5 50. Rxa6 Rd8 51. Kf1 Rd1+ 52. Ke2 Rd2+ 53.
Kf1 Rd1+ 54. Ke2 Rd2+ 55. Kf1 Rf2+ 56. Kg1 Rc2 57. Kf1 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Rc2 59. Kf1
Rxc3 60. Rf6+ Ke5 61. Re6+ Kd4 62. a6 Ra3 63. Nb7 Kd3 64. Kg1 Kc3 65. Nd6 Ra1+
0-1

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 c5
9. Nbd2 d6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 bxc4 12. Nxc4 a5 13. Rfd1 a4 14. d4 axb3 15.
axb3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Qc7 17. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gobet, Fernand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Ne7 9. Qg5 h6 10. Qe3 d6 11. Bb6 Qb8 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Nc8 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Be2 Nxb6 16. Qxb6 Qa7 17. Bh5+ Ke7 18. Qb3 g6 19. Bg4 h5 20. Be2 Bh6 21. e5
d5 22. Qb4+ Ke8 23. Nd1 Rf8 24. Bd3 Rf4 25. Bxg6+ Kd8 26. Qa5+ b6 27. Qc3 Rg4
28. Bxh5 Re4+ 29. Kf1 Bb5+ 30. Kg1 Rc8 31. Qg3 Qg7 32. Qxg7 Bxg7 33. Nc3 Rxe5
34. Bf3 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 Bxc3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 38. Bd1 e5 39. Re1 e4 40.
h4 Ke7 41. Re3 Rc8 42. h5 Kf6 43. Rg3 d4 44. Rg6+ Ke5 45. Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Franzoni, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8.
O-O Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Be3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Rb1 Rf7 16. c4 Raf8 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. a4 Kh7 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. a5 g5 21.
c3 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gerber, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 Bb6 17. Bc3 Rhe8 18. Qc2 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
cxd5 c4 22. Rh4 Kb8 23. Kb1 Rd6 24. Rf4 Qc5 25. Rxc4 Qxf2 26. Qxf2 Bxf2 27. g4
f5 28. g5 Be3 29. gxh6 Bxh6 30. Rc2 Re3 31. Rc3 f4 32. Kc2 Re2+ 33. Kc1 Re3 34.
Rd2 b5 35. Kd1 b4 36. Rb3 Kc7 37. Nd4 Rxb3 38. Nb5+ Kd7 39. axb3 Rf6 40. Rc2 f3
41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rc6 Rxc6 43. dxc6 a5 44. Ke1 Bg7 45. c7+ Kd7 46. Nd6 Kxc7 47.
Ne8+ Kd7 48. Nxg7 Ke7 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. h6 Kg6 51. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Qf3 Qb6 13. b3 Qb4 14. Bc4 Ncd7 15.
Qe3 d5 16. exd5 Bf8 17. Qd2 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 cxd5 19. Ndb5 dxc4 20. Ba3 cxb3 21.
Bxb4 axb4 22. Ne2 bxc2 23. Ned4 Nc5 24. Nxc2 Nd3 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. Ne1 Nxe1 27.
Rxe1 Rxa4 28. Qd8 b3 29. Nd4 Bc2 30. Nxc2 bxc2 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Qd3 b5 33. Rxc2
Rxc2 34. Qxc2 h5 35. f4 b4 36. Qc4 g6 37. Kf2 h4 38. Kf3 Ne8 39. Kg4 Be7 40.
Qc8 f5+ 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ng7 43. Qc4+ Ne6 44. Qd5 Bd8 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Qe5+
Kf7 47. Kc4 Be7 48. Kd5 Nf8 49. Kc6 Nh7 50. Qd5+ Kf8 51. Qb3 Nf6 52. g3 hxg3
53. Qxg3 Kg7 54. Qe3 Kf7 55. Qb3+ Ke8 56. Qe6 Kf8 57. h4 Ke8 58. Kb5 Kf8 59.
Kc4 Ke8 60. Kd4 Kf8 61. h5 Nxh5 62. Qxg6 Ng7 63. Kd5 Bh4 64. Kc6 Be1 65. Qd6+
Kf7 66. Qd5+ Kf8 67. Kd6 Bc3 68. Kd7 Bf6 69. Qc5+ Kg8 70. Qxb4 Kf7 71. Qb3+ Kg6
72. Qg8 Bh4 73. Kd6 Bf6 74. Qb3 Bh4 75. Qh3 Bf6 76. Qg2+ Kf7 77. Kd7 Bh4 78.
Qd5+ Kg6 79. Qg8 Bf6 80. Kd6 Bh4 81. Qf8 Bf6 82. Kd5 Bc3 83. Qc5 Bf6 84. Kd6
Ne8+ 85. Kd7 Ng7 86. Qg1+ Kf7 87. Qg3 Bd4 88. Qb3+ Kg6 89. Qg8 Bf6 90. Kd6 Bh4
91. Qa8 Bf6 92. Qc6 Kf7 93. Qg2 Be7+ 94. Kd7 Bh4 95. Qh3 Bf6 96. Qg3 Bd4 97.
Kd6 Bf6 98. Kd5 Be7 99. Qxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 b5 11. h4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qg2 Nh5 14. Ne2 Nc4 15.
Bc1 Bh6 16. Qg4 Rb8 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. h5 Kd8 20. Qf1 Ndb6 21. Qe1
Qxe1 22. Rdxe1 Kc7 23. c3 Nd7 24. Kc2 e6 25. Rh2 Bg7 26. Reh1 Ncb6 27. b3 Rhg8
28. Ba3 d5 29. Nf1 Nc8 30. Ne3 b4 31. Bxb4 Bxd4 32. Ng4 f5 33. Nh6 Rg7 34. hxg6
hxg6 35. Rg2 fxe4 36. fxe4 Be3 37. exd5 cxd5 38. f5 Rh7 39. Rxg6 e5 40. Rh3 Bc5
41. Bxc5 Nxc5 42. f6 e4 43. Be2 Nd7 44. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Qa4+
c6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bc7 15.
Rad1 Re8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bc3 Nhf6 18. Ne5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7 21.
Bc2 Nf8 22. Rd6 Ne6 23. h4 c5 24. Qg4 Nd4 25. Be4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bell, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bg4 Nc7 14. Ne2 Rf7 15.
Be3 Qe7 16. c3 Rd8 17. Qd2 b6 18. g3 a5 19. a4 Kh8 20. Kg2 Qd7 21. Bg1 Ne7 22.
b4 Qc6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bf3 g5 25. Qe3 Na6 26. c4 Nf5 27. Qd2 Nb4 28. Rac1 g4
29. Bxg4 d4+ 30. Kh3 Qxa4 31. Ra1 Qb3 32. Rxa5 Ne3 33. Bxe3 dxe3 34. Qc3 Qxc3
35. Nxc3 Bxe5 36. Ne4 Bd4 37. Ng5 Rf6 38. Ra7 Nd3 39. Kg2 h6 40. Ne4 Rg6 41.
Be2 Nf2 42. Nd6 Rb8 43. Nb5 e5 44. fxe5 Bxe5 45. Rb1 Rbg8 46. Kf3 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bxd6 gxh4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Nd2
c5 22. f3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qg5 24. Qf2 Rd8 25. Bc2 Nh5 26. Nf1 Qd5 27. Re1 Qxf3
28. Qxc5+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morris, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Qd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Rac8
15. Rac1 Qc6 16. c4 h6 17. Bh4 b5 18. c5 a5 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Bg3 Nf8 21. Bc2
N8h7 22. h4 g5 23. Be5 g4 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Be4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Nh2 Bf5
28. Nf1 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morrison, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 Bxh4 14. Nxh4
Qxh4 15. Re3 g6 16. Rg3 Qf6 17. Qg4 Qg7 18. Qh4 f5 19. Bh6 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qf7 21.
Re1 Na5 22. c4 Be4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rc3 Rac8 25. Rxe4 Rfe8 26. Rf3 Qd7 27.
Ref4 Rf8 28. Bh6 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Qe7 30. c5 Nc6 31. Bg5 Qd7 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. cxd6
Nb8 34. Re3 Kf7 35. d5 Re8 36. Rf3+ Kg8 37. Rc3 exd5 38. Rc7 h5 39. Rxa7 d4 40.
d7 Nxd7 41. Rxd7 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Re2 43. Kg3 Rxa2 44. Rxd4 Kf7 45. Rd6 Rb2 46. Be3
b5 47. Kf4 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a5
Rb8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 cxd5 11. exd5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Nc4 Qb4 14. Bd2 Qb7
15. Na5 Qd7 16. Bc4 Rxb2 17. O-O Qf5 18. Ra2 Rxa2 19. Bxa2 Ba6 20. Nc6 Re8 21.
Nd4 Qh5 22. Re1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Bxd4 25. Re1 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Bb6 27.
Bg5 Rc8 28. Bb3 f6 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rc7 31. Rb4 Kf7 32. e4 Bc8 33. Rb8 Bd7
34. Ra8 Rb7 35. Kf2 f5 36. Ke3 fxe4 37. Kxe4 h5 38. Kf4 Bf5 39. Kg5 Rc7 40. c4
Bd3 41. Kh6 Bxc4 42. Bc2 Bxd5 43. Bxg6+ Ke6 44. Rf8 Bxg2 45. h4 d5 46. Bxh5 Be4
47. Bf7+ Ke5 48. h5 d4 49. Rd8 d3 50. Kg7 Rc2 51. h6 Rg2+ 52. Kf8 e6 53. Bg8
Rh2 54. Kg7 d2 55. Bh7 Bxh7 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
b5 9. O-O-O b4 10. Na4 Ne5 11. Nb3 Rb8 12. Bc5 Bxc5 13. Naxc5 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. f4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. f5 O-O 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Ba4 20. fxe6 Bxb3 21.
exf7+ Kf8 22. axb3 Nc3 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Kb1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qa5
27. Rd3 Kxf7 28. h3 Kf6 29. Ba8 h5 30. Bf3 g6 31. Ba8 g5 32. Bf3 h4 33. Ba8 Ke6
34. Bf3 Ke5 35. Ba8 Qc5 36. Bf3 Qa5 37. Ba8 Qb4 38. Ka2 Qa5+ 39. Kb1 Qc5 40.
Ka2 Ke6 41. Bf3 a5 42. Bh5 a4 43. Bg4+ Ke5 44. Bf3 Kf4 45. Bd5 a3 46. Bf3 Kg3
47. Ba8+ Kf2 48. Bf3 Qf5 49. Bd1 Ke1 50. Rd8 Qf6 51. Rd5 Qf2 52. Rd3 Qxg2 53.
Kxa3 Qe4 54. Rd7 Qa8+ 55. Kb4 Qf8+ 56. Ka4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cooper, John Grantley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 bxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Rb1
Bc6 9. O-O Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. d4 Ne4 12. Ne2 Nf6 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Ne2 Nf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knox, Victor W"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bf4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg3 Bc5 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rab1
Kh8 15. b4 Bd6 16. Ne2 c5 17. c3 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rb6 19. a3 Ne5 20. Nd4 c5 21.
Nb5 c4 22. Nxd6 Nxd3 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. b5 d4 25. Rfd1 c3 26. Qxd3 c2 27. Rbc1
cxd1=Q+ 28. Rxd1 Rb7 29. h3 Rd7 30. Qe4 Rf8 31. a4 h6 32. Rd3 Rff7 33. Qe8+ Kh7
34. Qe4+ g6 35. Bh4 Qf4 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. Bg3 Re4 38. Kf1 Rd5 39. f3 Re3 40.
Rxe3 dxe3 41. Bb8 a6 42. b6 a5 43. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lane, Gary William"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. d4 Ne7 14. Kh2 Neg6 15.
Ng1 Ne6 16. Ne2 Ngf4 17. Nfg3 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxe2 19. Nxe2 c5 20. d5 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. f4 Bd7 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. Bc2 Rac8 25. Rad1 Qh6 26. Ng1 Bg4 27. Rc1
f5 28. exf5 Re3 29. g3 Rce8 30. Kg2 Bh5 31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. Qc3 Bf7 33. Bb3 Qh5
34. g4 Qh4 35. Qe1 Qf6 36. Qe2 Qd4 37. Qc4 Qxb2+ 38. Rc2 Qa1 39. Ne2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 d5 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. c4 Ne4 15.
Rc1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd6 17. Be2 Be6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pigott, John C"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1988.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Rd1
Rb8 9. a3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bd3 c5 12. Nge2 Bd7 13. O-O b5 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Rb1
Rfc8 16. Nd1 Ne8 17. Ne3 f6 18. Bh4 Bh6 19. Nc3 b4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Ncd1 a5
22. Be1 Nb3 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. b3 Nc7 25. Bc2 Rf8 26. Bf2 N7a6 27. Nb2 Kh8 28.
Ned1 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Nd3 Qc7 31. N1b2 Nb7 32. Ra1 Rbe8 33. Na4 Bxa4 34.
Rxa4 e4 35. Bd4+ Bg7 36. Bxg7+ Qxg7 37. Nf4 Nac5 38. Raa1 a4 39. Rab1 exf3 40.
Qxf3 a3 41. Qd1 Re5 42. Qd2 Rfe8 43. Qxb4 Re2 44. Bxf5 a2 45. Rbd1 Rf2 46. Qa3
Qb2 47. Qxb2+ Rxb2 48. h3 Ra8 49. Rfe1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mukabi, John"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. g3 Re8 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. Bd4 b6
15. a3 Bf8 16. f4 Bb7 17. Rhe1 Rad8 18. Bf2 c5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nd2 Ne7 21. g4
Ng6 22. Bg3 Bd6 23. e5 fxe5 24. fxe5 Be7 25. Nc4 Bf3 26. e6 Rc8 27. Ne3 c6 28.
h3 Bg5 29. Kb1 Re8 30. Nc4 Nf8 31. Nxb6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Nxe6 33. Nd7 Bg2 34. h4
Be3 35. Nd1 Bd2 36. Nf2 c4 37. Ne5 Bd5 38. c3 Nc5 39. g5 Na4 40. Kc2 Be3 41.
Nxc4 Bxc4 42. b3 Bb5 43. bxa4 Bxa4+ 44. Kb2 Kf7 45. Ng4 Bc5 46. Ne5+ Ke6 47.
Nd3 Be7 48. Nb4 a5 49. Nd3 Bb5 50. Nf2 Kf5 51. a4 Bxa4 52. Bc7 h6 53. gxh6 gxh6
54. h5 Bh4 55. Nd3 Bb5 56. Nc5 Be7 57. Bb6 a4 58. Ka3 Kg4 59. Kb4 Kxh5 60. c4
Ba6 61. Kc3 Bxc5 62. Bxc5 Kg4 63. Bd6 h5 64. Kd4 h4 65. Kc5 a3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schmidt, Loren R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Japan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "JPN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 N8d7 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. b4 Bf6 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Ne7 19. Qa7 b6 20. Nb5 Nc6 21. Qb7
Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. Ne8 Rc8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rb1 f5 27. Be2 f4
28. Ba6 Rc7 29. Bxf4 Ra7 30. Bc8 Nxd4 31. Be3 bxc5 32. bxc5 Nc6 33. Bb7 d4 34.
Bh6 Ne7 35. c6 Nc5 36. Rb5 Ne4 37. c7 Nd6 38. Rg5+ Ng6 39. c8=Q+ Nxc8 40. Bxc8
Rc7 41. Ba6 f5 42. Rg3 Kf7 43. Rd3 e5 44. Rb3 Ke6 45. Rb7 Rc6 46. Bb5 Rc5 47.
Bd7+ Kd5 48. Bxf5 e4 49. Rxh7 Ne5 50. Rh8 Nc4 51. Rd8+ Ke5 52. g4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pakistan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 f5 7. Nd5 Nge7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bf6 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc3 Qf6 14. Nd2 Rab8
15. e3 a6 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. O-O b6 18. d4 c5 19. d5 Bd7 20. Nd2 g5 21. Rad1 a5
22. b3 e4 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. a4 Ng6 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bxe4 Ne5 27. f4 gxf3 28.
Bxf3 Ke7 29. Bg2 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rf8 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. h3 Bf5 33. Kf2 Ke7 34.
Kg3 h5 35. h4 Kf6 36. Be4 Bg4 37. Bc2 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Nf3+ 39. Nxf3 Bxf3 40. Kg3
Be2 41. Kf4 h4 42. e4 Bh5 43. e5+ dxe5+ 44. Ke3 Bg6 45. Bd1 e4 46. Be2 Ke5 47.
Bf1 Bf5 48. Bg2 h3 49. Bh1 h2 50. Bg2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rad1 Be6 13. h3 Bb4 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 a4 16. b4 Rd8 17. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Ne7 15.
Na3 Ba6 16. Nh2 g6 17. Bc2 Qb7 18. b4 Bg7 19. c4 Rd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. cxb5 fxg5
22. Bd3 Rf8 23. Qd2 Nb8 24. bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rb1 Qa7 26. Nb5 Qb6 27. Nf3 Bf6 28.
Ra1 Nb8 29. Ra2 h6 30. Qc3 c6 31. dxc6 Nbxc6 32. Ra4 h5 33. Bc4+ Kg7 34. Qa3 g4
35. Ra6 Qb7 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Nh2 g3 38. fxg3 Nxb4 39. Rxd6 Qxe4 40. Qxb4 Bg5
41. Rd7 Kh6 42. Rd1 Be3+ 43. Kh1 Rf2 44. Nf3 Rxf3 45. Qxe7 Rf5 46. Be2 Rf2 47.
Rg1 Bb6 48. Nc3 Qd4 49. g4 Rf7 50. Qh4+ Kg7 51. Rc1 Rf8 52. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Bh5 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Be3 Qd7 16. h4 Rad8 17. h5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne6 19. Rad1 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. h6
g6 22. Ne4 Qf7 23. Neg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Rd7 26. Qe2 d4 27. Qe6 Rd6
28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. cxd4 Nxd4 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Rde1 Rd7 32. R1e7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7
Rf7 34. Re4 Nf5 35. Re6 Nd6 36. Be7 Nf5 37. Bc5 Rd7 38. Rxa6 Nxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Columbia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "COL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bc2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bf5
15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 f5 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Ngf3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nbd4 Nc6 13. c3 Qd6 14. Be3
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qd2 Be8 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Nf3
Rf6 21. a4 Bh5 22. a5 Qd8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bg6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Bg4 Rxc1+
27. Qxc1 Bf5 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxe6 Qxa5 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qc8+
Ke7 33. Qxb7+ Kf6 34. Qc6+ Ke7 35. Qc1 Qb4 36. Qe3+ Kf7 37. b3 a5 38. g4 a4 39.
bxa4 Qxa4 40. Kg2 Qa2 41. Qe5 h6 42. h4 Qb3 43. Qc7+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+
Kf6 46. Qc6+ Ke7 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Qd1 49. Qc7+ Ke8 50. Qe5+ Kf8 51. Qf4+
Ke7 52. g6 Qh5 53. Qe5+ Qxe5 54. dxe5 Ke6 55. f4 Kf5 56. Kf3 Kxg6 57. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. a3 Nf6 14. Bb4
Qd7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Qd1 e6 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 b6 20. Qc2
Bf8 21. Be1 Bd6 22. Kf1 Ne8 23. Ba6 Kg7 24. Bd2 h5 25. Ke1 Be7 26. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Kh1 b6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c3 Bf5 15.
Qd2 Nc2 16. Ra2 Rfc8 17. Rg1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxb5 Qb6 21. c4
Qa7 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. Bb5 Ra8 24. Bc6 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3
Rd8 15. Qc6+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. d4 Qe7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bd3 Kh8 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nd2 g5 15.
Bg3 b6 16. Nc4 a5 17. Ne3 Na6 18. Qf3 Nc5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rg8 21. Qf3 h5
22. h4 Ng4 23. Qf5 Nh6 24. Qf3 g4 25. Qe3 Rg6 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. f4 gxf3 28. gxf3
Nxd3 29. cxd3 f5 30. Qe2 Rfg8 31. Rg1 Qg7 32. Bf2 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Qg3 34. Bxg3
Rxe2 35. Bh2 Re3 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. d4 f4 38. dxe5 dxe5 39. Rg1+ Kh7 40. Rf1
Rxc3 41. Rf2 Nf7 42. Kg2 b5 43. Kf1 b4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 f5 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. c5 Be6 14. Bd2 (14. b6) 14...
Nd7 $6 (14... b6 $1 15. cxb6 cxb6 $10) 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Na4 $1 b6 17. Bb4 Nc5
18. Bxc5 dxc5 (18... bxc5 19. Nd2 $16) 19. Qc2 $1 (19. Nd2 $2 e4 $1 20. Qc2 Nd5
21. Nc4 Nb4 22. Qb3 Ra5 $1 $17) 19... Ra7 (19... Nd5 $5 20. Nh4 $1 Kh7 21. e4
$1 Nb4 22. Rxb4 cxb4 23. exf5 Rc8 24. fxg6+ Kg8 25. Bc6 b3 $1 $13) 20. Nd2 Nd5
21. Bxd5 $1 $8 Bxd5 22. Nc4 Rb7 $6 23. Rbc1 (23. Rfc1 $5 e4 $1 24. Ncxb6 Rxb6
25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Qxc5 Qe6 27. b6 exd3 28. exd3 Bb7 $14) 23... f4 (23... e4 $5
24. Naxb6 Rxb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. dxe4 $1 (26. Qxc5 Qe6 27. Rfd1 $1 (27. b6 $2
f4 $1 $40) 27... Bb2 $1 28. Rb1 Rc8 $1 29. Qb4 (29. Qa7 exd3 $1 30. Rxb2 dxe2
$40) 29... Bc3 $132) 26... Bxe4 27. Qxc5 Rb8 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 $14) 24. Naxb6 Rxb6
25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Qxc5 Qe6 27. e4 (27. f3 fxg3 (27... Rb8 $1) 28. hxg3 Rb8 29.
e4 $16) 27... Bb3 $1 28. f3 (28. Kh1 $1 Qh3 29. Rg1 $14) 28... fxg3 29. hxg3
Qh3 30. Qf2 Rb8 $1 31. Rc6 (31. b6 Rxb6 $1 $10) 31... Rxb5 32. Rxg6 Bf7 (32...
Be6 $2 33. f4 $1 $16 Bf7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. fxe5) 33. Rg4 h5 34. Rg5 Ra5 $10
35. Qb6 $1 Ra2 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxe5+ Kg6 $1 39. Rf2 Rxf2 40.
Qd6+ (40. Kxf2 Qh2+ 41. Ke3 Qg1+ $10) 40... Kh7 41. Kxf2 Qh2+ 42. Ke3 h4 $1 43.
Qe7 Qg1+ 44. Ke2 (44. Kd2 Qf2+ 45. Kc3 $2 Qxg3 $1 $17) 44... Qg2+ 45. Ke3 Qg1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 (7. Be3)
(7. a3) 7... Be7 (7... a6) 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 a6 12. Nd4
$5 (12. Kh1 b5 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Qh3 Rad8 $1 $13) (12. g4) 12... Bd7 $6 (12...
Nxd4 $1 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qg3 Bc5 $1 $11) 13. Kh1 b5 14. a3 Rab8
15. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 16. Qh3 g6 $2 (16... e5 $1 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qg3 (18. Nd5 $2
Bxd5 19. exd5 e4 $17) 18... Nh5 $1 (18... Kh8 19. Rf5 $1 Nd7 20. Raf1 $16) 19.
Qf3 g6 $13) 17. f5 $1 b4 (17... exf5 18. exf5 b4 19. Ne2 $16) 18. axb4 exf5 19.
b5 $1 (19. exf5 $2 Rxb4 $1 20. Bh6 Nh5 $1 (20... Re8 21. Rae1 $16) 21. fxg6 (
21. Bxf8 Rh4 $40) 21... hxg6 22. Bxg6 Rh4 $1 $13) 19... axb5 (19... fxe4 20.
bxc6 exd3 21. Rxf6 $1 $16) (19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. bxa6 $1 $16) (19...
Bxb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. exf5 $16) 20. exf5 b4 21. Ne2 $16 Ra8 (21... Rfe8 22.
Ra7 $16) 22. Rxa8 $1 (22. Rae1 Rae8 $1) 22... Bxa8 23. Bd4 $1 Qd8 24. Nf4 (24.
Qh6 Nh5 $1 25. fxg6 fxg6) 24... Bc6 25. Qh6 Qa8 26. Bc4 $1 (26. Bc4 $1 d5 $8
27. Bd3 $18) (26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Ne6 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1)
1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 Be7 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. h4 b4
15. Ne2 e5 16. Bf2 d5 17. Ng3 dxe4 18. fxe4 O-O 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Be3 Bd7 21.
Rdf1 Ng4 22. Bd2 Be6 23. h5 Nf6 24. Nf5 Nh7 25. Ne3 a5 26. Nd5 Qd6 27. Rd1 Bxd5
28. exd5 f5 29. Rhf1 e4 30. Bc4 Bg5 31. Be1 Rae8 32. c3 f4 33. cxb4 axb4 34.
Bb3 f3 35. gxf3 exf3 36. Qc4 Be7 37. Qg4 Kh8 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 39. Qxf3 Qe5 40. Bg3
Ng5 41. Qd3 Qe4 42. d6 Bd8 43. Qxe4 Nxe4 44. Be1 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Krnic, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. f4 e5 10. Qe1 Be7 11. fxe5 $6 dxe5 12. Qg3 Ng4 $1 13. h3 Qd4+ 14.
Kh1 h5 15. Nd1 Be6 16. Nf2 h4 (16... Nxf2+ 17. Rxf2 g5 $15) 17. Qf3 Nxf2+ (
17... Nf6 $15) 18. Rxf2 g5 19. c3 Qd7 $13 20. Be2 a5 21. Be3 a4 22. Rff1 Qb7
23. b3 Rh7 24. Rab1 Kf8 25. Bc4 Qc8 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Rb8+ Kg7
29. Re8 Rh8 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Bxg5 Qe6 32. Bf6+ Kg8 33. Bxh8 Kxh8 34. Qh5+ Kg7
35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Rd1 Ra8 37. Qxh4 Re8 38. a4 Kg7 39. a5 Qg6 40. a6 Ra8 41. Rd3
Qh6 42. Rg3+ Kh7 43. Qg4 Kh8 44. Qf5 f6 45. a7 c5 46. Qd7 Qh7 47. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. g3 Nc5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 Rhe8 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Ne5 Bb6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Nf3 Nf6 21.
Ne5 Nd7 22. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
e6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. g4 Be8 15. g5
Nd7 16. Bg2 Na5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Bc1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qf2 b4 21. Nb5 Qb6
22. N5d4 e5 23. Nf5 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Kf8 25. Nd2 Ra1 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. b3 Rc3 28.
fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. g6 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 hxg6 32. Ra1 Rc7 33. h3 Bc6 34.
Ra6 Rb7 35. Ra8 g5 36. Rf1 Rc7 37. Rb8 Bd7 38. Rf2 Nc6 39. Rg8 g6 40. Bf1 Nd4
41. Bc4 Be6 42. Bxe6 Nxe6 43. Rb8 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 $5 (10. Nf1) 10... Re8 11. a3 Bh6 $5 {N} (11... h6) 12.
Bc2 a5 $1 {/\ a4} 13. Rb1 Bg7 (13... a4 $2 14. Bxa4 Nxd4 15. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 16.
Nxf3 $18) 14. b4 (14. Nf1 $2 a4 $15) 14... axb4 15. axb4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nh5 $1
17. d5 Na7 18. Nc4 $1 Nb5 19. Qd3 b6 (19... Bg4 20. Na5) (19... c6 20. dxc6
Bxc6 21. Na5 {/\ Bb3}) 20. h3 (20. Bd2 Qf6 $132 21. Bg5 $6 Qc3) 20... Nf6 (
20... Qf6 21. Bb2 $16) 21. Bg5 (21. Bd2 $2 Nxe4 $17) 21... h6 22. Bh4 $6 Qc8
23. g4 $2 {><e5} Nxe4 $8 (23... h5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Nfxe5 $1 (25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26.
Nfxe5 hxg4 27. Nxf7 $1 Bf5 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Nxf5+ Qxf5) 25... hxg4 26. Nxg6
fxg6 27. Qxg6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qf8 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Ne5 Be8 32.
Nxg4 $40) 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Nc3 26. Qd3 $8 Nxb1 27. Bxb1 Ra1 $2 (27... h5
$1 $17 28. gxh5 Bf5 29. Qd1 Bxb1 30. Qxb1 Ra1) 28. Ncd2 h5 29. gxh5 Bf5 30. Ne4
$1 (30. Qf1 Bxb1 31. Nxb1 Qf5 32. Nfd2 Bh6 $19) (30. Qb3 Bxb1 31. Nxb1 Qf5 32.
Nfd2 Qf4 $19) 30... c6 $1 (30... Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qf5 (31... Qxh3 32. hxg6) 32.
Qe8+ (32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Nd2 Bc3 $1 $19) 32... Bf8 33. Be7 Qxb1+ (33... Rxb1+
34. Kg2 $16) 34. Kg2 Qh1+ 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Nxg1 (36. Kf4 g5+ $1 37. Ke3 Re1+
$19) (36. Kh4 Qxf3 $19) 36... Qxg1+ 37. Kf3 Qd1+ 38. Kg3 $11) 31. Nfd2 cxd5 32.
Qxd5 Qe6 (32... Bxe4 $2 33. Qxe4 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qxd2 35. hxg6 $16) 33. Qxe6 $8 (
33. Qc6 Rxb1+ $19) (33. Qb5 Rxb1+ $19) 33... fxe6 34. Kh2 $1 (34. Kg2 Rxb1 $19)
34... Rxb1 35. Nxb1 Bxe4 36. Nd2 Bd5 (36... Bd3 $17) 37. hxg6 Bc3 38. Nf1 Be4 (
38... Bxb4 $2 39. Bf6 Be4 40. g7 $132) 39. b5 Bxg6 $17 40. Ne3 Bd4 41. Nc4 d5
42. Nd6 Kf8 43. Kg2 Bc5 44. Nb7 (44. Nc8 d4 $19) 44... Be7 45. Bg3 Ke8 46. Bc7
d4 $1 $19 47. Kf3 d3 {/\ Be4} 48. Ke3 (48. Nd6+ Kd7) (48. Bf4 Kd7 (48... Bb4 $2
49. Nd6+)) 48... Bb4 $1 49. f3 d2 50. Ke2 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 h6 11. h4 Ne8 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qh5 f5 14. g4 Ng7 15.
Qxh6 Rf6 16. Ng6 Rxg6 17. Qxg6 Nf8 18. Qh6 fxg4 19. O-O-O Nf5 20. Qh5 Nxe3 21.
Rde1 cxd4 22. Rxe3 dxe3 23. Qxg4+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kf6 25. Qe5+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kf6
27. Nf3 Bd6 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Bb5+ Nd7 31. Ng5 Qe7 32. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Nxe4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
dxc5 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Re1 f5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rxe4 Be6 14.
Be3 Bd5 15. Re7 Rf7 16. Re8+ Rf8 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Rd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne6 20.
f4 g6 21. Kg2 Ke7 22. a4 b6 23. c6 Rd8 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. Rxc4 Rb3 26. Bd4 Nxf4+
27. Kf1 Rd3 28. Ke1 Ne6 29. Be5 Rd5 30. Bg3 Rc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Bxc7 Nxa4 33.
Be5 Ke6 34. Ke2 b5 35. f4 Kd5 36. c7 Nb6 37. Kf3 h5 38. Kg3 Ke4 39. b4 Nc8 40.
Bf6 a6 41. Bd8 Nd6 42. Bg5 Nf5+ 43. Kh3 Nd6 44. Bh6 Nc8 45. Kg3 Kf5 46. Kf3 Ke6
47. Bf8 Kd7 48. Ke4 Kxc7 49. Ke5 Nb6 50. Ke6 Kc6 51. h4 Nd5 52. Ke5 a5 53. bxa5
b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Ne4 Be7 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 h6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Ng3 Nf6 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Ba4 20. Be2 Rd7 21.
Be3 Nf5 22. Ra5 Bc6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Rd2 25. Bg4 Rxb2 26. Bxf5 exf5 27.
h4 f6 28. a4 Kf7 29. Bd4 f4 30. a5 f3 31. g4 Bd7 32. g5 fxg5 33. hxg5 Rb5 34.
gxh6 gxh6 35. a6 Rg5+ 36. Kh2 bxa6 37. Rxa6 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rg6 39. Rxg6 Kxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. f4 Nc4 15.
Qd3 Ng4 16. Bxc4 Nf2 17. Qe2 Nxh1 18. Bb3 Qb6 19. Nf3 Rxg5 20. hxg5 Bxc3 21.
Rxh1 Bb5 22. Qd1 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Bg7 24. Nh4 Be2 25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Kh7 27. f5
gxf5 28. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Ne1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 f5 16. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3
g5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nde5 11. Be2 a6 12. h4 Be7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rh1 Rg8
15. Rh7 Bd7 16. Rdh1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. Qe3 Qc6 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Bxe5 dxe5
21. Rxf7 Bc5 22. Qg3 Bd4 23. Rhh7 Rgf8 24. Qf3 Qd6 25. a3 Bc6 26. Bc4 Kb8 27.
Qd3 b5 28. Bb3 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Rh8 30. Ka2 Be8 31. Rf6 Bd7 32. Ne2 Qe7 33. Qf3
Bc5 34. Rf7 Qd6 35. Qf6 Rc8 36. Nc1 a5 37. Nd3 Bd4 38. Qe7 Qxe7 39. Rxe7 Bc6
40. f3 Rf8 41. Rxe6 Kc7 42. Nxe5 Bxe5 43. Rxe5 Rxf3 44. Rxg5 Rg3 45. Bd5 Bd7
46. e5 Re3 47. e6 Bc8 48. Rg8 Kd6 49. Rxc8 Kxd5 50. Re8 Kd6 51. e7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. d4 Re8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rac1 Bc8 17. Qc3 Bf6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxb2 20. Rxc6 Bg4 21.
Rd2 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h3 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Be6 11. O-O Rad8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Qe1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5
15. Qg3 h6 16. Rae1 Qe6 17. a3 Na5 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Qh4 h5 20. b4 Nc4 21. Bc1
Nb6 22. Ng5 Qc6 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Qd6 (10... O-O 11. Nfd2 $2 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Bh4+ 13. g3 (
13. Kf1 Bxe1 14. Kxe1 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 Rae8 $19) 13... f4 $1 14. Kg2 (14. gxh4
Qxh4+ 15. Kf1 f3 $1) (14. Kg1 fxg3 15. h3 Bxh3 16. Be4 g2 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18.
Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rd1 Bg4 20. Bc2 Rde8 $19) 14... fxg3 15. hxg3 (15. Be4 Bh3+ $1
16. Kg1 gxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qd6+ 18. Kh1 Bxe1 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nf3
Bg3 22. Ng1 Bf1 23. Nd2 Rae8 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Rf2 26. Nf3 Bg2+ 27. Kg1
Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 {0-1  Ljubojevic,L-Makarichev/Amsterdam/1975/})) 11. Nfd2 $5
O-O-O 12. f3 Bh4 13. Rf1 Bh3 (13... Bf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qxh2 16. Nf1
Qh4+ 17. g3 $18) (13... Bh5 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 $1 (15. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 16.
Bxe4 Rhf8 17. Rxf8 Rxf8 18. Be3 Qf6 $13) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qg6 17. Nc5 b6 18.
Qe6+ $18) 14. Qc2 Qg6 15. Nb3 Rhf8 16. Na3 Rde8 17. Kh1 $4 (17. Bf4 $1 Bg5 18.
Bxg5 Nxg5 19. gxh3 Nxh3+ 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Rae1 $18) 17... Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bxg2+
0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 b6 6. Ne5 c6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d4
d6 9. Nd3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ba6 11. c5 bxc5 12. dxc5 d5 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Bd6 Re8
15. Qa4 Bb5 16. Qd4 Qa5 17. a4 Bxd3 18. exd3 e5 19. Qb4 Qa6 20. d4 exd4 21.
cxd4 Ne4 22. Rfe1 Ndf6 23. Be5 Qd3 24. Qb1 Qd2 25. Ra2 Qa5 26. Qc1 Nd7 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. Rxe4 Re6 29. Rae2 Rae8 30. Qc2 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qb4 33. Re4
Qa3 34. Kg2 g6 35. Qc4 Re6 36. Qd4 Qb3 37. Re3 Qc2 38. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. Be3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. c5 g6 8. Bb5
Bg7 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Be8 13. h3 Kh8 14. Bf4 Ng8 15.
b4 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. a4 a6 18. Bh2 g5 19. Qe2 h5 20. Qe6 Qxe6 21. Rxe6 Bh6 22.
Nd2 Bd7 23. Ree1 g4 24. Nb3 e6 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Re2 Ne7 27. Bd6 Rfe8 28. Bxe7
Rxe7 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rxa1+ 31. Nxa1 cxb5 32. Nxd5 Rf7 33. Nb6 e5 34. d5
Bf5 35. Ra2 Bf8 36. Nb3 Rb7 37. Ra6 Kg7 38. d6 Rf7 39. Na5 b4 40. Nbc4 Bd3 41.
Rb6 Ra7 42. c6 Ra8 43. c7 Bf5 44. Rb8 Ra6 45. Ne3 Be6 46. Re8 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
O-O Qd7 9. e3 Rb8 10. Qe2 b5 11. a4 a6 12. axb5 axb5 13. b3 cxb3 14. Nd2 Be7
15. Nxb3 O-O 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Nd5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Nce7 20. Ra7 Nc6
21. Ra6 Nce7 22. h4 c6 23. h5 h6 24. e4 Nb6 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. Rc1 Nc4 27. Bc3 f5
28. Qe2 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Nd5 30. Bb1 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Be1 Nf6 33. Rd1 Qd5 34.
Bg6 Nd6 35. Qe5 Nc4 36. Qe2 Rd8 37. Rd3 Nd6 38. Bb4 Nf5 39. Bc5 Ne4 40. Bxf5
exf5 41. Bb6 Ra8 42. Qf1 Ra2 43. f4 b4 44. Qe1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. b3
Nb6 16. Bb2 b4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. bxa4 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxd5
22. Re3 Bd6 23. Qd3 a5 24. Ne5 Bb8 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. Rae1 Qd6 28. Ba1
f6 29. Ng4 h5 30. Re7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ne3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Re8 34. Qb5
Bxg2+ 35. Ke2 Bf4 36. Kd2 Bf3 37. Qf1 g5 38. Bb2 g4 39. Kc1 Be4 40. Kd1 Bf3+
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8.
Bb2 d6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. Qg2
Re8 15. f4 e4 16. g4 Nd7 17. b4 a5 18. g5 Qe7 19. f5 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21.
Bxa1 f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Rf4 Kf8 24. Qg5 Qf7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27.
Qh4 Qe7 28. b5 Kh8 29. e3 Qe5 30. Kf2 Re7 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Rg4 Qe7 33. Kd1 Qe5
34. Kc2 Qe7 35. h3 Qe5 36. Qh6 Qe7 37. d3 exd3+ 38. Kxd3 Qf7 39. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15.
Qd3 Red8 16. Qd2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. d4 b6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Qd4 Rc8 14. Bb2 e5 15.
Qd3 Ba6 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. Bh3 Bxc4 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Qe3 b5 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. a4
Qb7 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. f3 h6 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. a5 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Bg5 10. Bxg5 Qxg5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Nc7+ Kf8 14. Qd3 h5
15. Nc2 Ne7 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. Qa3 Nxe4 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bxg6 Qxg6
21. Ne3 Ke7 22. b4 Ne4 23. c5 d5 24. b5 Kf7 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Qxa6 Nxc5 27.
Qa7+ Nd7 28. Qc7 Rhf8 29. Nc4 dxc4 30. Rxd7+ Rxd7 31. Qxd7+ Kg8 32. Qc6 Qg4 33.
h3 Qd4 34. Qxe6+ Kh7 35. Qe7 Rf6 36. Qe8 Rf5 37. Qe6 Rf6 38. Qe8 Rf5 39. Qe6 g6
40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Qa3 c3 42. Qc1+ Kh7 43. Qc2 e4 44. Re1 Rd5 45. Rc1 e3 46. Qe2
Re5 47. fxe3 Rxe3 48. Qf2 h4 49. Qf7+ Kh6 50. Kh1 c2 51. Rf1 Rc3 52. Qf8+ Kh5
53. Rc1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. e3
e6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rac1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bd7 15.
Na4 b6 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Qb4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Rc8 19. Rc3 Rxc3 20. Nxc3 Nc4 21. Rc1
Qb8 22. Ne2 Rc8 23. b3 Nd6 24. Qd7 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qc8 26. Qxd6 Bf8 27. Qe5
Qxc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Be3 a5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. O-O-O Qc8 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bf7 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Ng5 Bg8
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Nf3 Be6 19. e5 d5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Rhf1
Bc5 22. Na4 Be7 23. Nb3 Rf8 24. Nac5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Qe7 26. Qe3 a4 27. Qc3 Rxf1
28. Rxf1 Nf8 29. Bf2 Qf7 30. Qd3 Qg6 31. Qc3 Qf7 32. Qe1 Nd7 33. Bh4 Qg6 34.
Qb4 Qh6+ 35. Kb1 Nb6 36. Na6 Qxh4 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Nc5# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8.
Nc3 Ng4 9. e3 Nge5 10. b3 d6 11. Nde2 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. h3 Nb4 14. a3 Nbd3 15.
Bd2 a5 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. f4 Nc6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nd3 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2
Nxb4 22. Rxb4 Bxh3 23. Rf2 Ra1+ 24. Kh2 Qa5 25. Rb1 Qh5 26. Kg1 Rfa8 27. Rh2 e5
28. Qb2 Rxb1+ 29. Qxb1 exf4 30. Nxf4 Qf3 31. Rxh3 Bxc3 32. Bxc3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh2
Qxc3 34. Qe4 Qd2+ 35. Ng2 d5 36. cxd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 a6 12. h5 Bd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
a3 Qb8 16. Qd4 Nd7 17. Be3 Rh7 18. O-O-O Qb7 19. f4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 d5 12. Bxf6 dxe4 $4 13. Bxe7 Rxd2 14.
Nxd2 $1 exf3 (14... Nxe7 $2 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nb5 $18) 15. gxf3 $6 (15. Nc4 $1
Qc7 {15...Qf2 16.Ne4! +-} 16. Bd6 $1 $18) 15... e5 16. Bh4 $2 Be6 17. Nde4 Nd4
18. Bg2 $2 Rc8 19. Bf2 f5 $1 20. f4 $1 (20. Ng5 $2 Rxc3 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Bxd4
exd4 23. bxc3 dxc3 24. Ka1 Qe2 $17) 20... fxe4 21. fxe5 Rc4 22. Rhe1 $2 (22.
Ne2 $1 Ra4 23. b3 $16) 22... Rb4 $2 (22... Bg4 $1 23. Rxd4 $2 Rxd4 24. Nxe4
Rxe4 25. Bxb6 Rxe1#) 23. Kc1 $1 Bg4 $2 24. Nd5 Qc5 25. Nxb4 Bxd1 26. Kxd1 $1 (
26. Rxd1 $2 Ne2+ $19) (26. Rxe4 Nb3+ $1 $19) 26... e3 27. Rxe3 Nf5 28. Bd5+ Kf8
29. Rf3 Qxb4 30. Rxf5+ Ke8 31. e6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Qf4 Na6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. c3
Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. b3 O-O 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Qe5 Red8 20. Bb4 Qd7
21. Ba5 Re8 22. Rc3 Nd5 23. Rh3 f6 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bd3
Qg7 28. Qd2 Qa7 29. Bf1 Ra8 30. b4 Qd7 31. Rc1 Rab8 32. Rb3 Ne7 33. Rbc3 Rec8
34. Rc5 Nf5 35. d5 Bxd5 36. Bxb5 Qb7 37. Bf1 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Rc8 39. Rxc8+ Qxc8
40. b5 Qc5 41. Bb4 Qc7 42. Qb2 Kf7 43. Ba3 Bb7 44. Qb4 Qd8 45. b6 h5 46. Qa5
Nd4 47. Qa7 Qd7 48. Qb8 Qc8 49. Qd6 Nf5 50. Qb4 Qd8 51. Qa5 Nd4 52. Bb2 Nc6 53.
Qc5 Ne7 54. Qe3 Nd5 55. Qh6 Qf8 56. Qh7+ Qg7 57. Qxg7+ Kxg7 58. Bd4 Kf7 59. h4
e5 60. Bc5 f5 61. Bb5 g5 62. g3 gxh4 63. gxh4 Ke6 64. Be8 Nf6 65. Bg6 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Kb1 Ng4 11. f4 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bd7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. f5
Ne5 15. Rhf1 Kb8 16. Qh3 Be7 17. Bh5 Bf6 18. Nce2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 b6 16. Bd1 Qb8 17. a3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a4 20. b4 Nb3 21. Qe2
b5 22. cxb5 Rc3 23. Bxb3 Rxb3 24. Rxb3 axb3 25. Qd3 b2 26. b6 Qe8 27. Rb1 Qa4
28. b7 Rf8 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Qxa3 31. Rxb2 Qa4 32. Re2 Qd7 33. Qa7 Qc7 34.
Kf2 Re8 35. b5 Kf8 36. b6 Qc5+ 37. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bb5+ Ned7 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. a3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15.
Ba2 e4 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. f3 Rc8 19. Bb3 Ba8 20. Bg5 Rc7 21. Rc1 Nfd7
22. Bf4 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 g6 27. Nf2 Re8
28. d5 Kg7 29. Nfxe4 Nxd5 30. Nd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 N5f6 32. Re7 Rc6 33. Rxf7+ Kh6
34. Nc4 Re6 35. Kf2 Kg5 36. Bc2 Bc6 37. Nd2 h5 38. Nb3 Ne5 39. Ra7 Neg4+ 40.
hxg4 Nxg4+ 41. Kf1 Ne3+ 42. Kg1 Nxc2 43. Rxa6 Bd7 44. Rxe6 Bxe6 45. Nc5 Bc4 46.
a4 Kf4 47. a5 Nb4 48. b3 Bf7 49. Nd3+ Nxd3 50. a6 Be8 51. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4
Nd5 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Ne4 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rd4 Re7
21. Rcd1 Rae8 22. b4 Kg7 23. a3 h5 24. Qc1 a6 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. a4 b6
28. Rc1 Re6 29. a5 Rb8 30. axb6 Rxb6 31. Nc5 Re7 32. Na4 Rb5 33. Rxc6 Reb7 34.
Rcc4 Nb6 35. Rc5 Rxc5 36. Nxc5 Ra7 37. f4 Qe7 38. Qc3 Kg8 39. Re4 Qd8 40. Qe5
a5 41. Rd4 Qf8 1-0

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Nc6 5. d5 Nce7 6. e4 Bg7 7. h4 Nf6 8. Bg5 O-O
9. Bh3 Bxh3 10. Nxh3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h5 Qd7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Ng1 Kg7 15. Nf3
Ng8 16. Kf1 Bd8 17. Kg2 Ba5 18. Nd1 Nf6 19. Nh4 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. f3 Nf6
22. hxg6 fxg6 23. a4 Nd7 24. Nf2 Rae8 25. Nd3 Nb8 26. Kf2 Bd2 27. a5 Na6 28.
Ke2 Bg5 29. Ng2 Rf7 30. Rhb1 Rc7 31. Nge1 Nb8 32. Nc2 Nd7 33. a6 Bd8 34. axb7
Rxb7 35. Na3 a6 36. Nc2 a5 37. Na3 Nf6 38. Nb5 Rd7 39. Rh1 h5 40. Nf2 Nh7 41.
Nh3 Rf8 42. Rhg1 Kh6 43. Rg2 Nf6 44. Nf2 Nh7 45. Nh3 Rg8 46. Rf1 Bf6 47. Rh2
Rb8 48. Ra1 Bd8 49. Nf2 Kg7 50. Nd1 Nf6 51. Ndc3 Bb6 52. Rg1 Rf8 53. Nd1 Bd8
54. Nf2 Nh7 55. Nh3 Bg5 56. Ra1 Bd8 57. Ra3 Kh6 58. Rb3 Rb7 59. Nf2 Kg7 60. Rh1
Ng5 61. Nh3 Nf7 62. Ra1 Rh8 63. Kf2 Kf6 64. Kg2 Bc7 65. f4 Bd8 66. Rf1 Kg7 67.
f5 g5 68. g4 h4 69. Rff3 Kf6 70. Na3 Rb4 71. Nf2 Bb6 72. Nd1 Rc8 73. Rbc3 Nd8
74. Rc1 Nb7 75. Rfc3 a4 76. Nb5 Rd8 77. Rb1 Na5 78. Ne3 Nb3 79. Rd3 Nd4 80. Nc3
Rb3 81. Ned1 Ba5 82. Ra1 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
d3 Re8 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. a5 Qf6 13. Ra3 g5 14. Nf3 h6 15. h4
g4 16. Nh2 Qg6 17. f3 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Bd7 19. g4 f6 20. Ra2 Rf8 21. Raf2 Nxa5 22.
h5 Qg7 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Kh7 25. Rf7 Nxd3 26. g5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Nf4 28.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rxf4 Rh8 31. Rh4 Nxc4 32. e5 Nxe5 33. Bxb7 a5 34.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 35. Bxf3 a4 36. Rb4 Rf8 37. Bg4 Be8 38. Rb7 Kh6 39. Bd1 a3 40. Ra7
Bb5 41. Bb3 Rf3 42. Rxc7 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rb1 44. Bg8 a2 45. Bxa2 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Rxa2
47. c4 Ba4 48. c5 d5 49. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. g3
Rb8 9. Bg2 Nh6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. d4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc8 15.
Qd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf5 17. d5 Qb6 18. Nd1 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21.
Rad1 Rf6 22. Rd2 e5 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. c5 Qxc5 26. Qxb7+ Rc7 27. Qd5
Qb4 28. Rfd1 Rc5 29. Qa8 Qxb3 30. Nd3 Rc2 31. Qe4 Rc4 32. Qd5 Qc3 33. Rb2 Rd4
34. Rb7+ Kh6 35. Qb5 Ne3+ 36. Kg1 Qc2 37. Rf1 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Bg5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qa4 h6 14. Bf4 g5
15. Be3 Qd5 16. Rad1 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd4 e3 20. f4 g4 21.
Bxb7 Rab8 22. Qxa7 Qf6 23. Rb4 Qd6 24. a3 Qd2 25. Qc5 e6 26. Qc3+ Qxc3 27. bxc3
Rfd8 28. a4 Rd2 29. Re1 Ra2 30. Kf1 Bc2 31. Bc6 Rc8 32. Rc4 Bb3 33. Rb4 Bc2 34.
Rc4 Ra3 35. Bb5 Rxc4 36. Bxc4 Bxa4 37. Rc1 Bc6 38. Ke1 h5 39. Kd1 Ba4+ 40. Ke1
Kf6 41. Bd3 e5 42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. c4 f5 44. c5 Bc6 45. Kd1 Ra4 46. Kc2 f4 47.
gxf4+ Rxf4 48. Kc3 Rf2 49. Ra1 Rxh2 50. Ra6 Bb7 51. Rg6 Rh1 52. Kc2 Be4 53.
Rg5+ Kf4 54. Bxe4 Kxe4 55. c6 Rf1 56. c7 Rf8 57. Rxh5 Rc8 58. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O
a6 9. N5c3 Bg5 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Nb3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Rc8 13. Nd5 Bxc1 14. Raxc1
Ne7 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. c5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nf5 18. c6 Qb6 19. Qg4 g6 20. Qa4 bxc6
21. dxc6 h5 22. h3 h4 23. Rc4 Rc7 24. Rdc1 Rb8 25. R4c3 Qb5 26. Qe4 Rb6 27. Kh2
a5 28. Nd2 Qb4 29. Qg4 Kg7 30. Ne4 Qxb2 31. Qg5 Qxa2 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Qd8 Rb4
34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kh6 36. Nxd6 Nxd6 37. Qxc7 Nb5 38. Qxe5 Nxc3 39. c7 1-0

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Bg5 a6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. Nf1 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Ne3 Kg7 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. d4 f5 15. exf5
e4 16. Ng1 Nxf5 17. Ne2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bg4 19. O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Bc2 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qxd5 Rae8 16. h3 Be6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qh4 g5 19. Qe4 Qg7 20. Nbd4 f5 21.
Nxe6 fxe4 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxe4 Re6 24. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 bxc6 26. Rd1 h5
27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Rd6 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. f5 Bc4 15.
Kh1 Rfc8 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Ra4 Bb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qd3 Qc6 21.
Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nc2 Qb6 13. Ne3 Nf5 14. Nxf5
Bxf5 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Nb3 Rfe8 17. Qd4 Qa6 18. a3 Rc4 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. e3 bxa3
21. Rxa3 Rb4 22. Nd4 Rxb2 23. Qa5 Qxa5 24. Rxa5 Bd3 25. Rd1 Ba6 26. Rc1 g6 27.
h3 Nd7 28. Nc6 Nc5 29. Nxa7 Rb6 30. Raxc5 dxc5 31. Rxc5 Kf8 32. Rc7 Rb1+ 33.
Kh2 Rb2 34. Kg1 Ra8 35. Nc8 Bd3 36. d6 Bf5 37. Ne7 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Be6 39. g4 Rxf2
40. Kg3 Rd2 41. Bd5 Ra6 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Nc8 Rc6 44. Rxh7 Kg8 45. Rc7 Kf8 46.
Ne7 Rcxd6 47. Nxg6+ Kg8 48. Rxb7 Rd7 49. Rb8+ Rd8 50. Rb5 Kg7 51. Nf4 Re8 52.
g5 Rd7 1-0

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. f4 Nc4 15.
Qd3 Ng4 16. Bxc4 Nf2 17. Qe2 Nxh1 18. Bb3 Qb6 19. Nf3 Rxg5 20. hxg5 Bxc3 21.
Rxh1 Bb5 22. Qd1 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Bg7 24. Nh4 Be2 25. Qe1 Qd4 26. c3 Qd3+ 27. Ka1
Qxe4 28. Qd2 Bc4 29. Re1 Qc6 30. f5 Be5 31. fxg6 Bxb3 32. axb3 Bg3 33. g7 Re8
34. Rh1 Bxh4 35. Rxh4 Kxg7 36. Qd4+ e5 37. Qf2 d5 38. Qf3 e4 39. Qxh5 Qa6+ 40.
Kb1 Qg6 41. Qh6+ Qxh6 42. gxh6+ Kg6 43. Kc2 f5 44. Rh3 Rh8 45. Rg3+ Kxh6 46.
Kd2 Rh7 47. Ke3 Rg7 48. Rh3+ Kg5 49. Rh8 f4+ 50. Kf2 Kg4 51. Ra8 e3+ 52. Kf1 f3
53. Re8 fxg2+ 54. Kxg2 Kf4+ 55. Kf1 Kf3 56. Rf8+ Ke4 57. Re8+ Kd3 58. Re5 d4
0-1

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8.
Qh5 d5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nf3 f6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bb3 Be8 14. Qh4 Bf7
15. Bd2 Ne7 16. Re4 Bxb3 17. axb3 Ng6 18. Qh3 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Re1 Qf7
21. Qg4 Rd8 22. h4 Qd7 23. Qe4 Qd5 24. b4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Bb6 26. h5 Nf8 27. g4
Kf7 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Nh4 Rd5 30. f4 Rd7 31. Kf3 Nc7 32. g5 fxg5 33. fxg5 g6 34.
hxg6+ hxg6 35. Kg4 Nd5 36. Nf3 Re7 37. Ne5+ Kg7 38. Nc4 Rf7 39. Be1 Rf1 40. Bg3
Ne3+ 41. Nxe3 dxe3 42. d4 Rb1 43. c3 Rxb2 44. Rxe3 Rc2 45. Be5+ Kf7 46. Bf6 Kf8
47. Rh3 Ke8 48. Rh8+ Kd7 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. Rg7 Rxc3 51. Rxg6 Rc4 52. Kf5 Rc1 53.
Be5+ Kd5 54. Rd6+ Kc4 55. g6 Rf1+ 56. Ke6 1-0

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4
Na5 9. Nxe5 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Qf6 11. f3 Nc5 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. a4 Bd6 14. Qe2 c5 15.
axb5 cxd4 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. cxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 O-O 19. b6 Bc6 20. Be3 d5 21. Nca3
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxb2 23. Nd2 d4 24. Qf2 Qxb6 25. Nac4 Qd8 26. Rfd1 Bb5 27. Ne5
Qd5 28. Qg3 Nc5 29. Rac1 Rae8 30. Re1 Qd6 31. f4 f6 32. Ng4 Kh8 33. Nf2 d3 34.
Qf3 Ne6 35. f5 Nd4 36. Qg4 Ne2 37. Rb1 Nc3 38. Ra1 Re5 39. Nh3 Rfe8 40. Rf1 Ne2
41. Nf3 Re4 42. Qh5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT final 8th"]
[Site "Genting Highlands"]
[Date "1989.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1989.07.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China (W)"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT final 8th"]
[Site "Genting Highlands"]
[Date "1989.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Donguines, Fernie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1989.07.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

{Young Anand was simply too good for his opponent. The Filipino's wandering
King met his Waterloo at the c4 square.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. b4 Qa7 10. Qxa7 Rxa7 11. a3
Rc7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Bf3 d6 15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. exd6 Rd7
18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng3 Nxf4 20. Be5 Ng6 21. f4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 g6 23. Rhe1 Bg7 24.
Nh1 Rd8 25. a4 Kd7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nf2 Rc8 28. Kb2 Rc4 29. Nd3 Rhc8 30. Re2
Kc6 31. Ra1 Re4 32. Ra6+ Kd5 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rd6+ Kc4 35. Rxe4+ fxe4 36. c3 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT final 8th"]
[Site "Genting Highlands"]
[Date "1989.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lodhi, Mahmood"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1989.07.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pakistan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rec1 Qh5 14. Ne1 Bh3
15. Bh1 Qa5 16. a3 Qa6 17. Nc2 Nb6 18. Nb4 Qa5 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. e5 Nc4 21. Qe2
Nxe3 22. fxe3 dxe5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. Nd1 Bg4 27. Qxc6
Qb3 28. Qe4 Be6 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Qc5 Qb7 31. Qc6 Qb8 32. Qc7 Qb5 33. Rc2 Rc8 34.
Qxc8+ Bxc8 35. Rxc8+ Bf8 36. Rac1 Kg7 37. Ra8 e6 38. Rxa7 Qe2 39. Nf2 Bd6 40.
Rd7 Be5 41. Kg2 Qxe3 42. Rc4 Qb6 43. Nd3 Bd6 44. Rc3 g5 45. Nf2 Kg6 46. b4 h5
47. h3 h4 48. gxh4 gxh4 49. Rc4 f5 50. a4 Bg3 51. Nd1 Qb8 52. Rd2 Be1 53. Rcd4
Bxd2 54. Rxd2 Qg3+ 55. Kf1 Qxh3+ 56. Ke1 Qh1+ 57. Ke2 Qe4+ 58. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT final 8th"]
[Site "Genting Highlands"]
[Date "1989.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1989.07.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bc2 Bg6 12. Be4 O-O 13. Qc2 Nac4 14. Nf4 c5
15. Rad1 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 (18. Nh5 $1 {Utut Adianto
missed a chance to pressure Anand with this move.}) 18... Qb8 19. Nd3 Nd5 20.
Qe2 Qc7 21. Qh5 Rad8 22. Rf3 Qb6 23. Rh3 h6 24. Ndf2 Nf4 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxf4
Bg5 27. Rg4 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT final 8th"]
[Site "Genting Highlands"]
[Date "1989.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ng, Ek Leong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1989.07.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MAS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4
Qb6 15. Qe2 h5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. O-O-O Ng3 19. Qd3 Nxh1 20. Rxh1 Qd4
21. Qxg6 Qf6 22. Qxf6 exf6 23. Nd5 Raf8 24. Nxf6+ Ke6 25. Ne4 d5 26. Ng5+ Kf5
27. g4+ Kf6 28. Re1 hxg4 29. hxg4 d4 30. b3 Rh4 31. Re6+ Kg7 32. f5 Rh1+ 33.
Kb2 Rh2 34. Rg6+ Kh8 35. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT final 8th"]
[Site "Genting Highlands"]
[Date "1989.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.07.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 a6 12. h5 Bd7 13. Qd2 Be7 14. O-O-O Qc7 15.
h6 gxh6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf5 Be7 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Rg3 b5 20. Qf4 Rad8 21.
Qh4+ Ke8 22. Bxb5 Ne5 23. Be2 Qc5 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. f4 Nc6 26. e5 d5 27. Bxf7+
Rxf7 28. Rg8+ Qf8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT final 8th"]
[Site "Genting Highlands"]
[Date "1989.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Liew, Chee Meng Jimmy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.07.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Malaysia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MAS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Na3 exd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. Nc4 d5
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. f3 Be6 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Re1 b5 19. e5 f5 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. a4
bxa4 22. Bxa4 Ra6 23. Bc2 Rfa8 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. h4 h6 26. Qb4 Ra8 27. Bd3 Kg8
28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. exd6 Kf7 30. h5 Nf8 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Be5 Nh7 34.
g4 Ng5 35. gxf5 Nxf3+ 36. Kf2 Nxe5 37. dxe5 b6 38. e6 1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Bf2 d5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bxe4 Bd6 20. Qf3 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1
Be5 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Bh4 Be5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nd5 Qxc2 27. Ne4
Qc6 28. Ra3 Nc5 29. Nf2 Kh8 30. b4 Nxa4 31. Ng4 Nb2 32. Rf1 Red8 33. Ne7 Qxf3
34. gxf3 Rc4 35. Rxa6 Re8 36. Ra7 Nd3 37. Nd5 Rg8 38. Ra3 h5 39. Rxd3 hxg4 40.
f4 Rd4 41. Rfd1 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Bb8 43. Kg2 Rd8 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. b5 Bd6 46. Nb4
Kh6 47. Rd5 Kh5 48. Rd4 Be7 49. Rxd8 Bxd8 50. Nd5 Kh6 51. Kxg4 Kg7 52. Kf3 Kf8
53. Ke4 Ke8 54. Ne3 Ke7 55. Kd5 Kd7 56. Ng4 Be7 57. Nh6 Ba3 58. Nxf7 Bc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 a5 8. Nc3 d5
9. Bb2 Bd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be8 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. f3
Nf6 16. Rae1 Bh5 17. Qd2 Bf7 18. Nf2 Bg6 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Qf6+ 24. Kg1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 a4 26. Qe2 axb3 27.
axb3 Re8 28. Kg2 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 Rb8
9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bf2 Ba6 15.
Ne3 c5 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qa2 Rb7 19. Nf4 Rcb8 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21.
Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Rg8 12. f4 f5 13. e5 e6 14. Qd2
Qb6 15. Ne2 Ba4 16. b3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bc6 18. Ng3 Rd8 19. Bd3 Qd4 20. c3 Qxe5
21. Rhe1 Qf6 22. Re2 Bh6 23. Qc2 Kf8 24. Rf1 Bg7 25. Kb2 Qxc3+ 26. Qxc3 Rxd3
27. Qxg7+ Rxg7 28. Rff2 Rg5 29. Nf1 h5 30. Ne3 h4 31. Nc4 Rd1 32. Ne3 Rh1 33.
h3 Kg7 34. Rf4 Rg1 35. a4 Bxg2 36. Rxh4 Bf3 37. Rf2 Be4 38. Nc4 R5g3 39. Nd2
Bd5 40. a5 Rh1 41. Rb4 Rgxh3 42. Nc4 R3h2 43. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Bxc6 Nxc6 8.
b5 Na5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. d4 Qe8 11. Nd2 f5 12. Nec4 fxe4 13. Ne3 c6 14. Ba3 Rf6
15. Bb4 d5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Qd8 18. f3 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Bd3 20. Ng4 Re6 21.
fxe4 dxe4 22. Kh1 Qg5 23. Ne3 Rh6 24. Nef1 Re8 25. Re3 Bc7 26. Rae1 Nc4 27.
Rxd3 Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxh2 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qf7 Rg8 31. Rxe4 Bg3+ 32. Kg1 Rf6 33.
Qxf6 gxf6 34. Be7 Qf5 35. Rde2 Rg6 36. Bxf6+ Rxf6 37. Nxg3 Qg5 38. Re8+ Kg7 39.
R2e3 Qb5 40. R8e5 Qb1+ 41. Re1 Qxa2 42. Nh5+ Kg6 43. Nxf6 Kxf6 44. Rf1+ Kg6 45.
Rf3 a5 46. Kh2 a4 47. Re4 h5 48. Ref4 Qe6 49. Rg3+ Kh6 50. Rf8 Kh7 51. Ra8 Qd6
52. Kh3 Qe6+ 53. Kh4 a3 54. Ra5 a2 55. Rxh5+ Qh6 56. Rxh6+ Kxh6 57. Kh3 a1=Q
58. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nfd7 11. g5 Nb6 12. h4 N8d7 13. h5 b4 14. Nb1 d5 15. Qg2
dxe4 16. fxe4 Qc7 17. g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qg4 Rhe8 20. h6 Ne5 21. Qf4 g5
22. Qh2 Bxe4 23. Bg2 Bg6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qg2 Nec4 26. Bxg5 Be5 27. Rhf1+ Kg8
28. b3 Qc5 29. Qg4 Re8 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31. Rfe1 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 Qxg5+ 33. Nd2 1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nh3 c6 7. e3 Na6 8. Nf4 Be7
9. h4 O-O 10. Be2 Nc7 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. g3 Bf6 14. Bd2 Be5 15. Rc1
Nf6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. a4 Na6 18. Qa3 Bd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. a5 Nc7 21. Qb3 a6 22. Bc4
Qe8 23. Nce2 Ng4 24. Bc3 Nb5 25. Bd2 Bf6 26. Kf1 Ne5 27. Kg2 Nf3 28. Qa2 Qe5
29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Bc3 Qe7 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Ne6 Rg8 33. N2d4 Bd3 34. Qa1 Ne5
35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Rc1 Bc4 37. Qa4 Qf7 38. Kg1 h6 39. Qd1 Kh7 40. Rc3 g6 41. Qc2
Qf6 42. Kg2 g5 43. h5 Qf7 44. g4 fxg4 45. Qxe4+ Kh8 46. Kg1 g3 47. Qf5 Qxf5 48.
Nxf5 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Nh4+ 50. Kxg3 Nxf5+ 51. Kh2 Ne7 52. e4 Be2 53. Rxc8+ Nxc8 54.
Kg3 Bxh5 55. Nd8 b6 56. f4 bxa5 57. bxa5 Kg7 58. e5 Bf7 59. fxg5 hxg5 60. exd6
Nxd6 0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. h3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nf3
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qc1 c5 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15.
O-O Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf4 17. Bd1 f6 18. Nd4 a6 19. Bf3 g5 20. Rad1 e5 21. Nb3 Na4
22. Qc2 Be6 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. b4 Nd7 26. Ne4 Rad8 27. c5 Kg7 28.
Rd6 Bf5 29. Rfd1 Nb8 30. Qe2 Nc6 31. Bg4 Qc8 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34.
Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Rxd8 Rg6 36. f3 Kf7 37. Kh2 Re6 38. Rd7+ Ke8 39. Rxb7 e4 40. fxe4
Qe5 41. Qf3 h6 42. Rb6 Rxb6 43. cxb6 Ke7 44. a4 Qd6 45. a5 Qe5 46. b5 axb5 47.
a6 b4 48. a7 Qa5 49. e5 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 c6 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 a5 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bc4 Rad8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nf3 Ree8
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. Re1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. b5 Rc8 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Nd4 Qxc3
15. Qxc3 Rxc3 16. Kd2 Rc8 17. g3 Be8 18. c4 Nd7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. h4 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Bd3 Nf8 23. Nb3 Rcc8 24. Ra3 b6 25. Rha1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bh6
a6 9. Ba4 Nb6 10. Bb3 d5 11. exd6 (11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Ba4+ Nxa4 14.
Qxa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Nd2 Qd7 $13 {Sax-Radulov, Warszaw (zt) 1987.}) 11...
Qxd6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nbd2 O-O-O 15. Re1 Qd5 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Bf8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. g3 fxe4 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Bxe4 f5
15. Bg2 Rb8 16. O-O Be6 17. Nc2 a5 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. f4 e4 20. Nce3 Ne7 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. g4 fxg4 23. f5 Bc4 24. Rf4 h5 25. Rxe4 Qf6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8
28. Rf1 Qg5 29. Qxd6 Rbd8 30. Qb6 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Qg6 Qxg6 33. fxg6 b3 34.
axb3 Rd6 35. b4 Rxg6 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. b5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 c6
9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Re1 Na6 11. Rc1 d5 12. c4 Be6 13. Ne5 Nc7 14. Nd3 Ne4 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. a4 Bg8 17. Nf3 Na6 18. Nfe5 Rc8 19. e3 Qd6 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. g4 e6 22.
Qf3 Bf6 23. Qh3 Kg7 24. Nf4 Nb4 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Bxe4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 fxe4 28.
Nh5+ gxh5 29. Qg3+ Bg5 30. Qxg5+ Kh8 31. Ba3 Re7 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Rc8 Qe6 34.
Kf1 Rg7 35. Qd8 h6 36. Rc7 Qb6 37. Rd7 Qxd8 38. Rxd8 Rc7 39. Rd7 Rxd7 40. Nxd7
Be6 41. Nc5 Bc8 42. a5 Kg7 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Kg3 Kg5 45. h4+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 (10... Re8 11. Qc4 Nc5 12. Bg5 {
Hübner-Spasskij, Venice (m1) 1989.}) 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Rad1 {White delays Nf3-d4
so that Black cannot answer this with Ne6xd4 followed by c5 and d5. In the
game he can only play d5.} d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 16. Qf3
d5 17. Na4 {The control of c5 gives White a slight advantage.} Bf8 18. Bc5
Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qa5 20. b4 Qd8 {If 20. - Qxa4 then 21. Re8 Bb7 22. Qe2.} 21.
Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. a3 h6 24. f3 Qd8 25. Nc5 a5 26. bxa5 Bf5 27. Nb3 Qd6
28. Qb4 c5 29. Nxc5 Rb8 30. Qd4 Rb5 31. a6 Rxc5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. a7 Rc4 34. Qf2
Rxc2 35. a8=Q Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Qc5+ 37. Kg3 Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Be3 d6 8. h3
Nc6 9. g4 Nd4 10. Ng3 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh6 b4 15.
Nce2 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Be6 17. f4 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Bxa2 19. b3 a5 20. f5 Ra7 21. fxg6
Ne6 22. g5 a4 23. Rdf1 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Rg7 25. Qf5 Nxg5 26. h4 Nh7 27. Bh3 axb3
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. cxb3 c4 30. bxc4 b3 31. Nc3 Qb6 32. Kd2 Rg3 33. Re1 Qf2+ 34.
Re2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martinovic, Slobodan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. c4 Bxc4 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 e5 14. Nh4 Bb5
15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Qh5 h6 17. f4 Qe7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Qe6 20. Rf1 O-O-O 21.
Nxc5 Qxd6 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Nf5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Bc5 25. Qg4 Kb8 26. Nxh6 Rhd8 27.
Qf5 Qxb2 28. h3 Rd2 29. Rab1 Qxa2 30. Qxf6 Qd5 31. Qg7 Bf8 32. Qg4 Bxh6 33. Rf6
Bf4 34. Rf1 Rd1 35. R6xf4 exf4 36. Qxf4+ Ka8 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 Bf6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Be3 Qe7
15. h4 h6 16. Rd2 e5 17. Nh2 Rab8 18. Rad1 Nd4 19. Qc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe6 21. b3
Rec8 22. f3 h5 23. Qd3 a5 24. Bf2 a4 25. e3 Nf5 26. Nf1 axb3 27. axb3 d6 28.
Ra2 Be7 29. Kh2 e4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. fxe4 Nh6 32. Ra7 Bf6 33. Rxd6 Rxb3 34. Kg2
Rc3 35. Nh2 Rxc4 36. Rd5 Rxe4 37. Kf3 Re5 38. e4 c4 39. Be3 Rxd5 40. exd5 Nf5
41. Bf4 c3 42. d6 c2 43. d7 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 Rxg3+ 45. Kf2 Rd3 46. Nf3 Bd8 47. Ne5
Rd4 48. Bc1 Bxh4+ 49. Kf3 Bf6 50. Nxf7 Rd1 51. Ng5 Nd4+ 52. Kg2 Bxg5 53. Bxg5
Ne6 54. Ra8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Asia zt"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rahman, Tahmidur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Be7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Bg5
Nd5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. h3 Bc6 18. Nf5 Be5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Qg4 Re6
21. Bf4 g6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Bxe5+ Rxe5 24. Qd4 f6 25. Ng4 Re4 26. Qxa7 Rfe8 27.
Rxe4 Rxe4 28. a4 h5 29. Ne3 Qf4 30. a5 d4 31. cxd4 Rxd4 32. a6 Rd2 33. Nd5 Bxd5
34. axb7 Bxb7 35. Qxb7+ Kh6 36. Qb6 Qe5 37. Rb1 g5 38. b4 Kg6 39. Qe3 Qd5 40.
Qe1 g4 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Re1 Rd1 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. h4 Rxe1+ 45. Qxe1 Qd4 46. g3
Kf5 47. Qb1+ Ke6 48. b5 Kd7 49. b6 Kc8 50. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Asia zt"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shadarevian, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Na5 15. d5 g6
16. Nbd2 Bg7 17. b4 Nb7 18. a4 Nb6 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nf1 Qe7 21. Ng3 Nd8 22. Be3
c4 23. Qd2 f6 24. Nh2 Nf7 25. Rf1 Re8 26. Rae1 Qf8 27. Ng4 h5 28. Nh2 Bh6 29.
f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Rxf4 Nfe5 32. Ne2 Qh6 33. Qd1 g5 34. Rf2 Nf8 35. Qd2
Ra7 36. Ref1 Nh7 37. Nd4 Qg6 38. Nhf3 Kh8 39. Nxe5 fxe5 40. Nf5 Rf7 41. Nh4
gxh4 42. Rxf7 Bxh3 43. Kh1 Bc8 44. Rc7 Ng5 45. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Asia zt"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 Bf8 15. Ng3
g6 16. Nh2 Bg7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qb6 19. Rf1 Be6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bg5 Nd7
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Ne5 24. Kh1 Nac6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Qc7
28. Qe4 Rf8 29. f6 Bh8 30. Bb3 c4 31. dxc4 Na5 32. Ba2 Nxc4 33. b4 Ne5 34. Qd4
Rc8 35. Qd5 Qd8 36. Qxb5 Rxc3 37. Qb7 h6 38. Qe7 Qa8 39. Ra1 Qc8 40. Bd5 hxg5
41. Ra8 Qxa8 42. Bxa8 g4 43. Kg1 g3 44. Kf1 Rc2 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qxd6 Rf2+ 47.
Ke1 Bxf6 48. b5 Kg7 49. b6 Nc4 50. Qb4 Ne3 51. Qb3 Nxg2+ 52. Bxg2 Rxg2 53. b7
Be5 54. Qe3 Bb8 55. Qc3+ Kh7 56. Qc8 Rb2 57. Qxb8 g2 58. Qg3 Rxb7 59. Qh4+ Kg8
60. Kf2 Rb2+ 61. Kg1 Rb5 62. Qd8+ Kg7 63. Qd4+ Kg8 64. Kxg2 Rf5 65. Kg3 Rh5 66.
h4 Rf5 67. Kg4 Rh5 68. Qd8+ Kg7 69. Kf4 Rf5+ 70. Ke4 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia zt"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harandi, Khosro"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bf3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfc1 h6 14. a4 Qd7
15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nh7 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Ra3 Rdc8 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21.
Qd2 g4 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Qg5 Qc5 25. Bd3 Qb4 26. Raa1 a6 27. Qd2 Rac8
28. Ne2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 d5 30. exd5 Rxd5 31. f3 gxf3 32. gxf3 e4 33. fxe4 Nxe4
34. Rdd1 Rg5+ 35. Kf1 Bh3+ 36. Ke1 Re8 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Ra3 Bg4
0-1

[Event "Asia zt"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lhagvasuren, Cedendemberel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O g6 11. Na3 Bg7 12. Nc2 Nb8 13. Rad1 c6 14. Ne3 Nd7
15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 Qc8 22. Rd2 Bh6 23. Rd3 Qc2 24. Rb3 b6 25. Nd4 Qc4 26. Nc6 Rfe8 27. g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia zt"]
[Site "India"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rimawi, BT."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qxe1 14.
Rxe1 O-O-O 15. Nxf6 h5 16. Be2 Be7 17. Nxh5 Bxe4 18. Bd1 Bxg2 19. Rhg1 Bh4 20.
Re3 Rdg8 21. Ng3 Bb7 22. Bf3 d5 23. Re2 Bd8 24. f5 e5 25. Rd1 e4 26. Bh1 Bc7
27. Rg1 Rg4 28. Kd1 Kb8 29. c3 Bc8 30. Rd2 Bf4 31. Rdg2 Rgh4 32. Rf1 0-1

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Rd1 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bc2 e5 $1 13. Be3 Nb4 $1 (13... Bg4
$10) (13... Ng4 $13) 14. Nc3 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Qxc4 16. Rxd6 b5 17. Bb6 Bb7 (17...
b4 $2 18. Nd2 $18) 18. Nd2 Qc8 $6 (18... Qb4 $1 19. Rd3 (19. Qd3 Qxb2 20. Rb1
Qa3 $17) 19... Rfc8 $15) 19. Qd3 Nh5 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nd5 Kh8 22. Qf1 $1 Qxf1+
23. Nxf1 f5 24. Rd1 Nf6 (24... fxe4 $6 25. Nfe3 Nf6 26. Nc7 $16) 25. Nxf6 Bxf6
26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rd7 Be4 (27... Bc6 $6 28. Rc7 Rac8 $2 29. Rd6 Rxc7 30. Bxc7
Be4 31. Rxf6 $18) 28. Ne3 Rac8 29. b4 Bf3 30. Re1 f4 31. Nf1 $1 (31. Nd5 Bg7
$132) 31... Bg7 (31... Rc2 $13) 32. Nd2 Bg4 33. Ra7 Rc2 34. Ne4 Rxa2 35. Bc5
Rd8 36. Be7 $1 Re2 37. Rf1 Rc8 38. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 (38... Rg8 39. Ng5 $1 (39. Bxg7+
Rxg7 40. Ra8+ Rg8 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Nxg4 h5 $10) 39... h6 40.
Nf7+ Kh7 41. Nxe5 $16) 39. Nxf6 Bf5 40. g4 $1 Rf8 $2 {[#]} (40... Be4 $1 $8 41.
h4 $1 (41. Rd1 Rd2 42. Ra1 Ra2 $1) (41. f3 {><g1} Bg6) 41... h6 42. g5 Rd8 43.
Kh2 Rc8 (43... hxg5 $2 44. hxg5 Rc8 45. Rh1 $1 $18) 44. Kh3 $140 Bf5+ 45. Kg2
Be4+ $13) 41. Rd1 $3 $18 Bg6 (41... Be4 42. Kf1 $18 (42. f3 $18)) 42. Rdd7 Re1+
43. Kg2 f3+ 44. Kh3 1-0

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nb8 11. f3 Be7 (11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 $14) 12. Be3 Nbd7 13.
Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Nc2 Rg8 19. b3
Bc6 20. Bg1 g5 21. Re1 $1 Rg6 (21... Ba8) 22. Nd5 $1 $14 Bd8 23. Nxf6 Nxf6 24.
Bd3 Nh5 25. Bd4+ e5 (25... Kg8 26. Ne3 Nf4 27. Bb1 $16) 26. Be3 (26. Bb2 $5 g4
(26... Nf4 27. Ne3 $16) 27. f4 (27. fxg4 Rxg4 28. Qh6 Nf4) 27... Kg8 28. f5 Bg5
29. Ne3 $14) 26... g4 27. fxg4 Nf6 28. Nb4 $1 Bxe4 29. h3 Qb7 30. Nd5 Bxd3 31.
Qxd3 b5 (31... h5 32. gxh5 Nxh5 33. g4 $14) 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Qd5 Qd7 (33...
Qxd5 34. cxd5 Ra8 $14) 34. cxb5 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 axb5 36. Qa8 $16 Rg6 37. Bb6 Rg8
38. Rc8 Qxc8 39. Qxc8 Bxb6 40. Qc6 Bc5 41. Qxb5 e4 42. b4 Bf2 43. Qe2 e3 44.
Qb2+ $1 Rg7 45. b5 d5 46. b6 $18 Bg3 47. b7 f6 48. b8=Q+ Bxb8 49. Qxb8+ Rg8 50.
Qa7 1-0

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qe8 $5 (10... Qc8) (10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 $13
) 11. a4 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. d5 c5 (13... b3 $5 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Be3 (15. Bxa6
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc5 17. Bb5 Qd8 18. Be3 Bg5 $44) 15... Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 $13) 14.
Nbd2 $14 Qb8 15. h3 Bd7 (15... Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne1) 16. Ne1 $1 Rc8 17. Bd3
Qb7 18. Nc2 g6 19. Ne3 Nh5 20. Qf3 Rcb8 (20... Nf4 21. Bf1) 21. Nec4 Nxc4 22.
Nxc4 a5 23. cxb4 cxb4 (23... axb4 24. b3 $14) 24. Be3 $16 Qc7 25. b3 Qd8 26.
Rac1 Ng7 27. Qe2 f5 $6 (27... Nh5) 28. f4 $1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Nh5 30. Be3 fxe4 31.
Bxe4 Bg5 32. Qd2 Bxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Qe7 34. Re1 Nf6 35. Qd4 Nxe4 36. Qxe4 (36. Rxe4
Qg5 $132) 36... Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Bf5 38. Re7 Rd8 39. g4 Bd3 {[#]} 40. Nb6 $1 (40.
Nb2 Ba6 41. Rcc7 Rdc8 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rxh7 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Re8) 40... Re8 41.
Rec7 Rad8 (41... Rab8 42. Nd7 $18) 42. Nd7 Re3 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Nxh7+ Kg8 45.
Ra7 $1 g5 46. Nf6+ Kf8 (46... Kh8 47. h4 $18) 47. Rcc7 (47. Rcc7 Bg6 48. Rg7
$18) 1-0

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Na3 Ne6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Ba4 Nf4 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Bc5
15. b4 Ba7 16. Rfe1 Nd8 17. h4 Ne6 18. h5 Ne7 19. h6 g6 20. Ng5 Nf5 21. Ne4 Kh8
22. Nf6 Qd8 23. Bh2 b5 24. Bc2 Bb7 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 d5 28.
Rf4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 c6 30. g4 Ne7 31. Nd7 f5 32. e6 1-0

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe4 6. Qa4 e3 7. fxe3 g6 8. Ngf3
Bg7 9. Bc4 Nh6 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Nf6+ Kh8 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxf6 14. Nf3 Ng4
15. e4 c6 16. Qc2 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Ba2 Ba6 20. Re1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+
22. Kg1 Nd3+ 23. Be3 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Qc7 25. e5 Bg7 26. Bc5 Rae8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8
28. Qf2 c5 29. Bd5 Rd8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Bxe6 Rf8 32. Qh4 Bf6 33. Qh6 Qg7 34.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. Bd7 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Bc6 Kd6 40.
Be8 Bf6 41. Nd2 Kc7 42. Ne4 Be7 43. Ke3 c4 44. Kf4 Kb6 45. Ke5 Bb7 46. Nd6 Ba6
47. Ne4 Bd8 48. g3 Bb7 49. Nf6 Ka5 50. Nxh7 Bc7+ 51. Kf6 Bb6 52. Kxg6 Be3 53.
Nf6 Bc1 54. h4 Bf3 55. g4 Bxb2 56. h5 Bxc3 57. h6 Bxf6 58. Kxf6 Be4 59. Bg6
Bxg6 60. Kxg6 c3 61. h7 c2 62. h8=Q c1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Quillan, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 h6 11. h5 c4 $6 (11... Qc7 $1) 12. Bf1 Nbc6 13. g3 Kd7
14. Bh3 Qg8 15. O-O Qh7 16. Ra2 g6 (16... a5 17. Nh4 $14 {Dolmatov-Hertneck/
Lugano/1986/i41/354}) 17. hxg6 (17. Nh2 $1 gxh5 18. Qxh5 Bxc2 19. Ng4 $40 {
Dolmatov}) 17... fxg6 18. Nh2 Qf7 19. Ng4 Ng8 20. Be3 $14 Kc7 21. Bg2 Rf8 22.
Rb2 Qe7 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. Qe2 Qe7 25. Ra1 g5 26. Bd2 Qf7 27. Rf1 Nge7 28. Ne3 Qg6
29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Be4 Qf7 31. Qxc4 b5 32. Qc5 Rd8 33. c4 Rxd4 34. Ba5+ Kd7 35.
cxb5 Rxe4 36. bxc6+ Nxc6 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Rb8+ Nxb8 39. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Re1
b6 9. c3 e6 10. Nf1 $6 (10. a3 a5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 Bb7 13. Nf1 b5 14. h4 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qb6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bg5 b4 18. a4 Ncb8 19. N1h2 Rc3 20. Bd2 Rc7 {
Quinteros-Zivkovic, Bar 1977} 21. h5 $16) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ba6
13. Ng5 $6 (13. Ne1) 13... h6 14. Nh3 Rad8 15. Bf4 Ng4 16. Ne3 Nge5 17. Bf1 Bd3
18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Rab1 b5 21. Kf1 c4 22. Ke2 Nc5 23. f3 Rc8 24.
Rbc1 f5 25. Nf2 f4 26. gxf4 Rxf4 27. Rg1 g5 28. Rg4 Nd3 29. Nxd3 cxd3+ 30. Kxd3
Rxf3 31. Ke2 (31. Rf1) 31... Rcf8 32. Rf1 $4 Rxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bf8 13. h3 a6 14. Nh2 Na5 15.
Ng4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Nd5 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. c4 Re6 20. Qf3 Bc2 21. Rd2
Bh7 22. b4 Rc8 23. b3 h5 24. Nh2 Qh4 25. Qe2 Rg6 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Nf3 Qd8 28. h4
Rg4 29. Bg5 Qe8 30. g3 Qf7 31. Kh2 Nf6 32. Ne3 Re4 33. Rad1 b5 34. Bxf6 gxf6
35. Rd5 bxc4 36. bxc4 Rcxc4 37. Nd2 Rxb4 38. Nxe4 Bxe4 39. Ra5 Rb6 40. Nc4 Rb5
41. Qxe4 d5 42. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burgess, Graham"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 {4.g3, Nc6 5.Bg2, e5 Yrjola,J-Karlsson,La
SVE-FIN 1989 CBM/15} Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 {5...Nb8 6.g3, e5 7.e4, Nd7 8.Bg2, a5 9.0-0,
Ne7 10.Be3, 0-0 11.a3, b6 12.Rc1, Ba6 13.b3, h6 14.Nh4, Kh7 15.f4 +/-
Liberzon-Banfalvi Debrecen 1968} 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O
10. Be3 {10.Qc2} e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 c6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2 {14.Qxd6?, Ng4
15.Bd4, Qh5! 16.h3, Rfd8 17.hxg4, Bxg4 =/+} Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qh5 16. Bd4 Bh3 {
/\ 16...Ng4} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Qf4 Qe6 {/\ f5} 21. g4
d5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Rc3 Qd1+ 25. Kg2 Qxe2 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Qe5
Re8 28. Qf4 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
b5 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Nc6 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b4 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Qg4 bxc3 16. Qxh5 cxb2 17. Bxb2 g6 18. Qh6 Bf8 19. Qh3 d5 20. Bd4 Bd7 21. c3
Qc6 22. Kh1 Bg7 23. f5 gxf5 24. g4 Qc7 25. Rae1 Bb5 26. gxf5 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qd7
28. fxe6 Qxe6 29. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Re1 exd4 8. e5
Ng4 9. Bg5 (9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qh4) 9... Nxf2 $1 10. Qa4 dxc3 11. Bxd8 cxb2
12. Bxc7 bxa1=Q 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Qxa8 Qb2 15. Qa4 Ng4 16. Qxg4 Qxb5 17. Qg3
Qc5+ 18. Kh1 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nbd2 d5 21. Ng5 Rf8 22. Ndf3 h6 23. Nh3 Qb4
24. Nhg1 Bf5 25. Qc7 Be4 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Qxb6 Ne5 28. Qe3 Ng4 29. Qd4 Qa3 30.
h3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Nf1 32. Rf2 Ng3+ 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. Ne5 Nf5 35. Qb2 Re8 36. Rxf5
Bxf5 37. Ngf3 Be4 38. Kg1 Qf6 39. Qxb7 Kh7 40. Qc7 Re7 41. Qb8 Qf4 42. Qb2 Rc7
0-1

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e5 5. d5 {5.e4, exd4 6.Qxd4, Be6 7.b3 Lin
Weiguo-Imanaliev,T Frunze 1989 CBM/15} e4 6. g4 {6.Qd4, exf3 7.gxf3, Nbd7 8.
Bd2 Novikov,I-Piket,J Lvov 1988 CBM/7} Nxg4 $1 7. fxg4 Qh4+ 8. Kd2 e3+ $1 9.
Kxe3 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7.
Bd3 (7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Qxe4 (8. Nxg6 $6 hxg6 $15) 8... Qxe5 $10) 7... Nxe5 (7...
Nxf2 $2 8. Bxg6 Nxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Bg5+ Kd6 11. Nc4+ Kc5 12. Nba3 Nxc3 13.
Bxd8 $18) 8. Bxe4 Bc5 9. Qh5 d6 10. Bg5 $2 (10. h3 $10) 10... Bg4 $1 11. Qh4 $2
(11. Bxd8 Bxh5 12. Bg5 $15) 11... f6 12. Bc1 (12. Bd2 Qe7 13. O-O g5 14. Qh6 (
14. Qg3 f5 $19) 14... Nf7 15. Qg7 Qxe4 16. Re1 Qxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Ke7 $19) (12. Be3
g5 13. Qh6 (13. Qg3 f5 14. f4 Bxe3 15. fxe5 Bf4 $19) 13... Qe7 14. O-O Nf7 15.
Qg7 O-O-O 16. Bxc5 Rdg8 17. Re1 Bd7 $19) 12... Qe7 13. O-O $8 g5 14. Qg3 f5 $19
15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bxg5 Qf7 17. Nd2 Rg8 18. Rae1 h6 19. Rxe5+ dxe5 20. Qxe5+ Kd7
21. Be3 Rae8 22. Qf4 Qxd5 23. Nf3 Bd6 24. Qa4+ b5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4
Bd6 14. Re3 Qh4 15. h3 g5 (15... f5 {Schussler} 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Nd2 g5 18. Qe2
f4 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Nxg5 $1 $18 {Hübner-Nunn, SkellefteÅ 1989}) 16. b3 (16. Qf3
Be6 17. Qf6 Rfe8 $1 (17... Rae8 $6) 18. Na3 Qh5 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Qf3 Qg6 21.
Rae1 g4 {Hubner-Nunn Haifa 1989}) 16... f5 $1 17. Qf3 (17. Ba3 f4 18. Re5 $5
Bxa3 19. Nxa3 f3 $132 20. g3 Qxh3 21. Rxg5+ Kh8 22. Qf1 Qh6 23. Qc1 Qh3 24. Qf1
$10) 17... Bb7 18. Re6 $2 (18. Ba3 g4 19. Qe2 f4 20. Bxd6 fxe3 21. Bxf8 exf2+
22. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxf8+ 24. Kg1 gxh3 25. gxh3 Bc8 $10) 18... Rae8 $1 19.
Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Kf1 g4 $1 $8 (20... f4 21. Ba3 $16) 21. Qxf5 gxh3 22. Qxh3 (22.
gxh3 $2 Bc8 23. Qxd5+ Be6 24. Qg2+ Kh8 25. Bg5 Qxg5 $1 26. Qxg5 Bxh3+ 27. Qg2
Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Re1 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Kg7 $19) 22... Qxh3 23. gxh3 Bc8 $17
24. Be3 Bxh3+ 25. Ke2 Bg4+ 26. Kd3 Bf5+ 27. Ke2 Bg4+ 28. Kd3 Bf5+ 29. Ke2 Rc8
$1 30. f3 Kf7 (30... h5 $2 31. Nd2 Rxc3 32. Rg1+ Kf7 33. Rg5 $132) 31. Bd2 h5
32. c4 Re8+ 33. Kf2 Bd3 34. Be3 h4 35. f4 dxc4 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Nd2 Rb8 38.
Kf3 c3 39. Ne4 Bb4 40. Rd1 Bxe4+ 41. Kxe4 c2 (41... c2 42. Rc1 Rc8 43. Rh1 Re8+
44. Kd3 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Ba3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. Nge2
O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O c6 12. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 c5 7. dxc5 Nd5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Bd2 N5f6 11. c6 bxc6 12. a3 Be7 13. O-O-O Kc7 14.
Nd4 Bb7 15. Be2 Rae8 16. Nb3 Nd5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 e5 20. Bd2 c5
21. g3 h6 22. Rhe1 g5 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Bb5 Rh7 25. Nc4 Bc6 26. Ba5+ N5b6 27. a4
Re6 28. Ne3 f4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Nf5 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 h5 32. Re6 Bd5 33. Rg6 Ne5
34. Rxg5 Nf3 35. Rg6 Be4 36. Rf6 Nxh2 37. Bd2 Bxf5 38. Bxf4+ Kb7 39. Bc6+ Ka6
40. Rxf5 Ng4 41. f3 Nf2 42. Be3 Nh1 43. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Nf3 e6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 Bc6 11. a3 N4d5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Nc5 Qe8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Re1 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Qe2 h6 20. Rac1 Bc6 21.
Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd5 23. Rc4 Qd7 24. Rec1 c6 25. b4 Nf5 26. g3 Rd8 27. Rd1 Kb8
28. Kg2 Qe8 29. Rc5 g5 30. h3 Qg8 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Qe1 g4 33. hxg4 Qxg4 34.
Nh2 Qg6 35. Qd2 h5 36. Rc1 Ne7 37. Nf3 Rg8 38. Qc2 Qxc2 39. Rxc2 Nf5 40. Kh3
Rg4 41. Rd2 Kc7 42. Kg2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 {6.d5, Ne5 Illescas
Cordoba,M-Ljubojevic,L Barcelona WCup 1989  CBM/12} Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Rc8
$5 {8...Nh6 9.d5, Bxf3 10.Bxf3, Ne5 11.Be4!, f5? (11...0-0) 12.Bc2 +/=
Speelmann-Xu Jun Luzern 1989  i 38/50} 9. b3 Qd7 10. Be3 Nh6 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Nf5 13. Bg4 d5 $5 14. Nxd5 {14.cxd5!?, Nb4 15.Rc1, 0-0 16.Bf3, Nh4 17.a3,
Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3, Na6 +/=} e6 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nf4 Bxd4 17. Nh5 Qd8 18. Bxd4 Nxd4
19. Qd3 Rg8 20. Rad1 Qg5 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Ke7 24. Rfd1 Rc7
25. Rh4 Rh8 26. Kf1 a6 27. Ke2 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Rd2 Ra7 30. a4 bxa4 31.
bxa4 Rb8 32. Ra2 Ra5 33. Kd3 e5 34. Rc4 f4 35. Kc3 Ke6 36. Rb4 Rc8+ 37. Kb3
Rac5 38. a5 Rc3+ 39. Ka4 Kd7 40. Rd2+ Kc7 41. Rd5 Re8 42. Rdb5 e4 43. Rb7+ Kd6
44. Rxf7 e3 45. Rf6+ Kc7 46. Rf7+ Kd6 47. Rf6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
c6 (8... c5 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Re8 $13 {Petursson,
M-Detreeuw,M/San Bernardino op/1989/}) 9. a4 a5 (9... b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. d5
Bc5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nfg5 $36 {King,D-Kotronias,V/
Dortmund/1989/ ->CBM 13}) (9... e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Qd4 Rd8 13.
Qxc4 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qb3 b6 {1/4-1/4/Ninov-Dimitrov/Stara Zagora zt-A/
1990/ ->CBM 17}) (9... b6 10. Qe2 Ba6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 e5 14.
Bg5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bh3 Nc5 $10 {Brenninkmeiejer,J-Lukacs,P/
Wijk-B/1988/}) 10. Qe2 b6 (10... Nb6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Be3 c5 14. Nb5
$10 {Neckar,L-Prandstetter,E/Praha Bohemians/1988/ ->CBM 08}) 11. Rd1 Ba6 12.
Bh3 (12. d5 $5) 12... Re8 13. g4 Nf8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. f4 (15. Bf4 {/\ Bg3})
15... b5 $1 16. g5 N6d7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. e5 Rad8 19. f5 (19. axb5 cxb5 20. d5
Bc5+ $132) 19... exf5 20. axb5 Bb7 $1 (20... cxb5 21. Nd5 Qc8 22. Bxf5 $40) 21.
Bxf5 cxb5 22. e6 Nf8 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Be4 (24. Bxh7 g6 $1 (24... Nxh7 25. g6+
Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qh3 $18)) 24... Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Kg8 26. Qg2 Bb4 27. Qg3 (27.
Nxb5 Qd7 28. Nc3 Ng6 $40) 27... Qd7 28. Bf4 Ng6 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Bxa5 Bd6 31.
Qf3 Kh8 32. h3 b4 33. Nd5 Qc6 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. a4 (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 {Brunner,L-Lane,G Game 971/disk 16.}) 9... a5
10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. d5 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Kg7 16.
b4 cxd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Qh5 f5 20. b5 Bb7 21. Bh6+ Kh8 22. Bxf8
Rxf8 23. Nc4 f4 24. Rad1 Bc8 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. f3 Qc7 27. Qh4 Bf5 28. c4 Kg7
29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Qf2 Nd7 31. g3 Bg6 32. gxf4 Rxf4 33. Kh1 Nc5 34. Rg1 Qf7 35.
Rcf1 Kf8 36. Rg3 Ne4 37. Qxb6 Nxg3+ 38. hxg3 Rf6 39. Qe3 e4 40. b6 exf3 41. Kg1
Bh5 42. Qd4 Kg7 43. Qb2 Kh7 44. Kf2 Qe7 45. g4 Rh6 46. b7 Qh4+ 47. Ke3 Qg5+ 48.
Kd3 Bg6+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. c4 Nf6 11. a3 Qc7 12. b4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf6 14. Ra2 Bd7
15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Qf3 Rd8 19. f5 Qxc4 20. Rc2 Qb3 21.
Bb6 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Rc8 23. Rfc1 O-O 24. Bxb7 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rb8 26. Rc7 Bd8 27.
Rxd7 Bxb6+ 28. Kf1 a5 29. fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. Nd2 Bc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bh6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. b3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qd4 Bc6 21. f5
Bg7 22. Qxb6 Qd7 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bg5 a4 25. Qe3 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. Rf2 Qe6
28. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 Ne7 $1 {Anand,V (2555)-Van der Wiel,J 
(2550) Wijk Wijk aan Zee 1990 (4) 1-0 Das häufiger gespielte 4...dxe4 führt
oft zu Schwierigkeiten. Siehe auch} 5. Bd2 (5. Bg5 O-O 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f6
8. Bd2 b6 9. Qe3 Bb7 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf5 12. Qe2 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14.
Qxd5 exd5 $15 {Smirin-Vaganian/URS-chT/1988/TD XI}) (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7.
Qg3 O-O 8. Bf4 Na6 $1 $15 {8...La6 9.Lxc7+/- Borkowski-Teske, Polanica Zdroj
1988}) 5... b6 {Die Damenstellung auf d3 erweist sich als zweifelhaft, obwohl
Short nie La6 zieht.} 6. Be2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 $15 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. exd5
exd5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qd1 Ne4 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Re1 {Irgendwann sollte Weiß a3-a4
ziehen.} Ng6 15. Be3 a4 $17 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Bf4 Nc4 20.
Rb1 Qf6 21. Bxc7 Rac8 22. Bg3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bh3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Bf4 Re2 27. Rc1 g6 28. Be3 Bf5 29. Ng3 Rxc2 30. Nxf5 (30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31. Bc1
Bd3 $1 $19) 30... Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 gxf5 $19 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 Kg6 34. Kd3 Na5
35. Bf4 b5 36. Bc7 Nc6 37. Ke3 Kg5 38. Bg3 Na5 {Zugzwang} 39. h4+ Kg6 40. Kd3
Kh5 {Zugzwang} 41. Ke3 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 Nxb2+ 43. Kc3 Nc4 44. Kb4 f4 45. Bxf4 Kxh4
46. Kxb5 Nxa3+ 47. Kxa4 Nc2 48. Be5 Kg5 49. Kb5 Kf5 50. Kc5 Ke6 51. Bg3 h5 52.
f4 f5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg5 $5 {5.e3, Ngf6 6.Be2, c6 7.h3 
(7.0-0, Be7 Maksimenko,A-Huzman,A URS-sf Ukraine-ch Kherson 1989 CBM/16) 7...
Bh5 Davies,N-Hodgson,J London WFW 1989  CBM/13} Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. h3 Bf5 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qg3 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rd4 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qf5 18. R4d2 Ne5 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Nbxd4 Re8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Be3 a6 13. c3 Qd6 14. Bf1 Bd7
15. g3 Bf6 16. Bg2 Na5 17. Re2 Nc4 18. Bf4 Qf8 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Rd1 b5 21. Nb3
Bf5 22. Rxd5 Bg6 23. Qc1 b4 24. Nfd4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nb6 26. Ra5 Nxc3 27. Rxe8
Qxe8 28. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rome op"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Micalizzi, Giovanni"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f5 h5 11. Be2 h4 12. O-O Bh6 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Rad1 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Rome op"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Novoselski, Zoran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 O-O 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 f5 13. Nd6 Ne7 14. f4 Qb6
15. Bg2 Rb8 16. b3 c5 17. O-O-O Ba6 18. h4 h5 19. Bf3 g6 20. Rh2 Kg7 21. Qc3
Qc7 22. Rhd2 Rbd8 23. Kb2 Nc6 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Rd3 Kg8 26. Kc2 Rb8 27. Qe1 Rb4
28. Qc3 Rbb8 29. a3 Rfd8 30. R3d2 Kf8 31. Ra1 Bc8 32. b4 Bd7 33. bxc5 a5 34.
Rdd1 Qa7 35. Rab1 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Qxc5 37. Nb7 Qf2+ 38. Qd2 Qxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Rb8
40. Kc1 Ra8 41. Nc5 Ra7 42. Kc2 Ke7 43. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Rome op"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nf4 g5 10. Nh5 Qf7 11. e3 Na6 12. Be2 Be7 13. Qb3 Nc7 14. d5 cxd5 15.
cxd5 O-O 16. h4 gxh4 17. O-O-O Bg5 18. Nf4 b5 19. Bh5 Qf6 20. Kb1 a5 21. Qc2 b4
22. Na4 Nb5 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rab8 25. Qb3 Qe7 26. Be2 Nc7 27. Nc5 Rfe8 28.
Na6 Rbc8 29. Nxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd5 Qxe6 31. Rxf5 Qxb3 32. axb3 Re5 33. Rxe5 dxe5
34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rome op"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. a3 Rae8
15. b4 a6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Nc5 Re7 19. h3 Be8 20. Be2 h6 21. Nd3 Nd7
22. Nfe1 Nb6 23. Nc5 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bf4 25. Ned3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qg3
28. Bg4 Nd8 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Rc3 Nc4 31. Qc1 e5 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. e4 Qf2 34. Rc2
Qg3 35. Rc3 Qf2 36. Nd3 Qxd4 37. exd5 b5 38. Nc5 e4 39. Be2 Nd6 40. Nxa6 e3 41.
Rc7 Rxc7 42. Nxc7 Ne4 43. Qe1 Qe5 44. Nxb5 Qg3 45. Qxg3 Nxg3+ 46. Kg1 Nxe2+ 47.
Kf1 Ng3+ 48. Ke1 Nf7 49. Nc3 Ne5 50. Kd1 Kf8 51. a4 Ke7 52. a5 Kd6 53. a6 Kc7
54. b5 Nc4 55. Ke1 Nb6 56. Kd1 g5 57. Ke1 h5 58. Kd1 h4 59. Ke1 Nc4 60. Kd1 Kb6
61. Ke1 Nd6 62. Kd1 Ndf5 63. Ke1 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rome op"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 g6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nd2 Nh5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nf6 8. e5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qd2 c5 11. h4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. h5 Rd8 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Qc3 Bf5 17. Nh3 Qd7 18. Rd1 Bg4 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Ng5 Nb4 21. Qb3
Nd5 22. Rh4 Qc6 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Nxe4 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Kd2
Nb4 28. Nc3 Rd8 29. f4 Nc2 30. g4 g5 31. fxg5 Nxd4 32. Ke1 Be6 33. g6 fxg6 34.
g5 Nxe2 35. Nxe2 a6 36. Rd4 Rc8 37. Nf4 Kf7 38. Kd2 Rc6 39. Nd3 Bf5 40. Bf4 Ke6
41. b4 b6 42. Bg3 Bxd3 43. Kxd3 Rc1 44. Re4 Rd1+ 45. Kc4 Rd5 46. Rd4 b5+ 47.
Kc3 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Rome op"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 Nd7 15.
d4 h6 16. Bh4 Nb6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. b3 b4 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Ne3 Nc6 21. Rac1
Qa7 22. Bb1 Bd7 23. Nd5 Rac8 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Rxd7 Nd4 26. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 27. Rd1
Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 g5 29. Bg3 Rd8 30. Qf1 Qb5 31. Bc2 f6 32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. h3 Qxc4
34. bxc4 Rc8 35. Bb3 a5 36. Kf1 a4 37. Bxa4 Rxc4 38. Bb3 Rc1+ 39. Ne1 Bc5 40.
Ke2 Bd4 41. f3 h5 42. Nd3 Rh1 43. Bf2 Bc3 44. Bc5 Rh2 45. Kf2 Rh1 46. Bxb4 Bd4+
47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Rome op"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bb5 c4 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rome op"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Qe8 9. h3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Nxe4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Nf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Ng5 Re8
15. Nxh7 Re4 16. Qc3 Rxe2 17. Nhxf6 Qh8 18. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Rome op"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Rfd1 Nc4 14. Bc1 a6 15.
Nh2 b5 16. a4 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19. Nf1 Nd7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 a5
22. c3 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Bd8 24. Bc2 Qa7 25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rg3 f5 27. Rg6 Qd7 28. Qh5
Ne4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Re1 Rc4 31. Qe2 Qc7 32. Qg4 Qf7 33. Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 20. Rg5 Be7 21.
Bf5 Qxd4 22. Rg4 Qe5 23. Bd2 g6 24. Bc3 Qd5 25. Be4 Qe6 26. Bxb7 Rad8 27. Re1
Rd3 28. Rxe6 Rxf3 29. Bxf3 fxe6 30. a5 Nd5 31. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 Be6 8. O-O
a6 9. N5c3 Bg5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd4 15.
Qd3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. f3 Qb6 19. Kh1 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Qb7 21.
Rac1 h6 22. h3 Rc5 23. Qd3 Nh5 24. Nd5 Rxa2 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. b4 Rxd5 27. exd5
Ng3+ 28. Kh2 Ne2 29. Re1 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. f4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. fxe5 Nh5 10. Nf3 Ng3 11. Rg1 Nxf1 12. Rxf1 c6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. O-O-O Nd7
15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Rd4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Bf6 Nd7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd1 h6 23. Ne2 Kf8 24. Nf4 Ke7 25. b3 Nc5 26. Rd4 Rd8 27. Rxd8
Kxd8 28. Nd2 b5 29. Kb2 Nd7 30. Nd3 Kc7 31. c4 Kb6 32. Kc3 a5 33. cxb5 cxb5 34.
Kd4 Nb8 35. Ke3 a4 36. Kd4 axb3 37. axb3 Nc6+ 38. Kc3 Ka5 39. b4+ Ka4 40. Nb1
1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Ne4 Na6 12. Qe1 f6 13. a4 Nc7 14. g4 Be6 15. Nc5
Bd5 16. f5 gxf5 17. Qh4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qd5 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Rxf5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh2
e6 22. Rh5 Bf4+ 23. Kg2 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 Qd4+ 25. Kg2 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Be3+ 27. Kh2 h6
28. Qg3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N5c3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 Bg5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b5 12. O-O Be6 13. c3 Ne7 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Na3 Rfd8 16. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nb6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Be3 Qd7 9. Nbc3 Rd8 10. Be4 Bf5 11. Qb1 Bg6 12. h4 Qg4 13. h5 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. N2c3 h6 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. O-O-O e6 20. d5
Nxe5 21. Bd4 Ng4 22. dxe6 c5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Be3 Be7 25. Nd5 Bg5 26. Bxg5
hxg5 27. Rhe1 Rd7 28. Re4 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Kxf6 31. g4 Rd8+ 32. Ke2
Rd4 33. Ke3 Rd1 34. Rc4 b6 35. b4 Re1+ 36. Kd3 Rd1+ 37. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
d3 Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. Na3 Bb7 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Bf4 Qc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 Nd5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. e4 N5f6 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Na5 Bxe4 19. dxe4 bxa5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Ng4 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. h3 Ne5 24. Qd1 Qb6 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qe2 Bg7 27. Kh2 Rad8
28. Rd1 c4 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rc1 Bxb2 32. Rxc4 Bd4 33. Rc2 e5 34.
Bf1 Rd6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Qc4 Rf6 37. Qa2 Qb4 38. Bc4 Qe1 39. Bd5 Qd1 40. Qb3 h5
41. h4 Kh6 42. Qc4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. fxe4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nxc5 11. O-O-O Nfd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Qxe5 17. Rhe1 Qh5 18. Ne4 b6 19. g4 Qg6 20. Qg3 Bb7
21. Nd6 Bd5 22. g5 Rad8 23. h4 Rd7 24. Ne4 Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Rxd1 26. Nf6+ gxf6
27. Rxd1 fxg5 28. hxg5 Qxc2 29. Rd3 Qa4+ 30. Ra3 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valencia, Belsar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 h5 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15. h3
Nf7 16. Nf2 Nf6 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Qd7 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Qc2 Qf7
22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. Bf2 Bh6 24. Nd3 Nc4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Ne3
28. Qa4 Nf5 29. Qxa7 Nxd5 30. Qb8+ Bf8 31. Ne4 Nf4 32. b3 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Neg3+
34. Bxg3 hxg3 35. Qc8 Qe7 36. Qd7 Qxd7 37. Nf6+ Kf7 38. Nxd7 Be7 39. Nb6 Ke6
40. Ke2 Bd8 41. Nc4 b5 42. Nd2 d5 43. Nd3 Kd6 44. f4 Nd4+ 45. Kd1 Bf6 46. Nf1
Nf5 47. Nc1 Bd4 48. Ne2 Bf2 49. Nc3 Kc6 50. Ne2 d4 51. Kd2 c4 52. bxc4 bxc4 53.
h4 Kb5 54. Nc1 Nxh4 55. Ne2 Nf5 56. Nc1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Abriam, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 8-9/1990 Seite 35} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. b3 Qa5
13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. f4 a6 15. f5 Bd7 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. Kh1 b5 $2 18. b4 $1 Qxb4 19.
Rb1 Qa5 20. Bb6 Ng4 21. fxg6 $3 {Nur so!} ({Nach} 21. Bxg4 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3
23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 {hätte Schwarz keine Schwierigkeiten.}) 21... fxg6
(21... hxg6 22. Qf4 {ergäbe starken Angriff.} {Etwa} Qxb6 23. Qxf7+ Kh7 24.
Bxg4 Rf8 25. Qxe7) 22. Bxg4 Qxc3 23. Be6+ $1 {Wichtiges Zwischenschach} Kh8 24.
Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. cxb5 axb5 (26... Bxb5 27. Rfc1 {mit tödlicher
Fesselung}) 27. Rfc1 b4 28. a3 $1 Rb8 (28... Ra8 29. axb4 Bxe4) 29. Rxc3 $1
Rxb6 30. Rxb4 Ra6 31. Rbc4 1-0

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ortiz, Eduardo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bxc4 Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Nf3 e6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 Bc6 11. a3 N4d5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Re1 h6 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
Bf1 Bb5 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Ng3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Kh8 19. Re4 Rg8 20. h4 Qd7 21. Kg1
Rac8 22. Rg4 c5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Qb1 Rc4 25. Ne4 Rgc8 26. Qd3 Qb5 27. Ne1 Qxb2
28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Rb1 Qxe5 30. Qd2 Qf5 31. Qxh6+ Qh7 32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Nf3 f6
34. Kh2 Rg8 35. Rxg8 Kxg8 36. Nfd2 Rd4 37. f3 f5 38. Nb3 Rc4 39. Nbd2 Rc2 40.
Nf1 fxe4 41. fxe4 Nf4 42. Rxb6 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Garma, Chito"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 Qb8 11. Nb5 Nc8 12. c4 a6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15.
Bc2 h6 16. Be3 c4 17. Nh4 g5 18. Nf5 b5 19. Qh5 Rg8 20. Rad1 N6e7 21. Nxh6 Rh8
22. Bxg5 Ng8 23. f4 Bxh6 24. f5 Bg7 25. Qg4 Bd7 26. Bf4 Kf8 27. e6 Qa7 28. exd7
Qxd7 29. Be5 Bf6 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Be4 Qd7 32. Bxa8 Qa7 33. Qe4 Rh6 34. Kh1
Nge7 35. Qf4 Rh4 36. Qg3 Rh6 37. Be4 Nb6 38. Bf4 Rh8 39. d5 Bxb2 40. d6 Nec8
41. d7 Nxd7 42. Bc6 Ndb6 43. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5
Re8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 e4 17. Nf7+ Kg8 18. Bxg7 Kxf7 19. Bh6 a5 20. Bf4 Ra7
21. Be3 Ra8 22. Bc5 a4 23. b4 Be6 24. Rd4 Red8 25. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. Bg5
d6 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Nxe5 g5
15. Bg3 Nxe4 16. Nxg4 f5 17. Na3 Nxg3 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 19. hxg3 Rd2 20. Nc4 Bxf2+
21. Kf1 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 Rd3 23. Re6 Rd1+ 24. Kf2 Rh1 25. Rxc6 Rf6 26. Rxc7+ Kxh6
27. Rc5 Rb1 28. Rb5 Kg6 29. Rxa5 Re6 30. Rd5 Re4 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Rc1 33.
Ne5+ Kf6 34. b4 Ke6 35. b5 Ra1 36. b6 Kd6 37. a5 Ra4 38. g4 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Ra1+
40. Kh2 f4 41. Nf7+ Kd7 42. Ne5+ Kc8 43. Nc6 Rb1 44. d5 Kb7 45. Nd8+ Ka6 46. d6
Rd1 47. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
O-O a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d4 e6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qe2 Ba4 14. c4 O-O-O
15. Rb1 Bd6 16. f4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 cxd4 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Ba3 f5 20. Bd6 Rxd6 21.
exd6 Qxd6 22. Rfe1 Rh6 23. Qb2 Qd7 24. Re2 Bc6 25. Rd2 Qc7 26. Rbd1 Rf6 27. Qd4
Kb8 28. Qe3 (28. Qc5 b6 29. Rb1 Ka7 30. Rd7 $3) 28... Rf8 29. Rd6 Re8 30. Qe5
Ka8 31. Qd4 Bd5 32. Qe5 Bc6 33. h4 Qb6+ 34. c5 Qa5 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Qxe6 Qxc5+
37. Kh2 Qf2 38. Qg8+ Ka7 39. Qxg7 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. h4 Bd7
9. h5 O-O-O 10. g3 Kb8 11. Bg2 Qc6 12. O-O Qa4 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Rb1 g6 15. Rd1
gxh5 16. Nf1 Qb3 17. Bf4 Ba4 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Qxh5 Qc2 20. Bxd5 Qg6 21. Bf3 Qxh5
22. Bxh5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 h6 24. Bh4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Nc6 26. Nd2 Nce7 27. Nxc4 Nf5
28. Bf6 Nxf6 29. exf6 Rhg8 30. Ne5 Kc7 31. Nxf7 Nd6 32. Nxd6 Kxd6 33. f7 Rg5
34. g4 a5 35. Kg2 a4 36. Re1 Rb5 37. Re2 Ke7 38. f4 Kf6 39. Kg3 Rxf7 40. Bxf7
Kxf7 41. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.06.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dondon, Josito C"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3
Bd7 9. h3 a6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. d4 Qc8 12. h4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bc3 Rc8 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 Bc6 20. Rfc1 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rxc3 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxc3 Ne8 24. Qc6 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 e6 26. a5 Rc7 27.
Qb5 Qd7 28. Qd3 Qg7 29. Rb1 Qc3 30. Qb5 Qc6 31. Qg5 Rf7 32. Rb8 Kg7 33. h5 Qc1+
34. Kg2 Qc2 35. h6+ Kf8 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Qb5+ Ke7 38. Qb7+ Kf6 39. Qb6 Kg5
0-1

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.06.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Roca, Petronio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Ne7 5. Nf3 Nec6 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. a3 a5
9. a4 Ba6 10. Bb5 Bxb5 11. axb5 Na7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15.
Nb3 O-O 16. Ra4 Rae8 17. Bf4 Nc8 18. Nbd2 Qb7 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Be7 21. Nd4
Bd8 22. Nc6 Bc7 23. Bg3 f6 24. f4 fxe5 25. fxe5 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Nb8 27. Nd4 Bd8
28. N2f3 Qd7 29. Ra8 Bc7 30. Qd3 h6 31. h3 Kf7 32. h4 Ne7 33. h5 Qc8 34. Ra7
Kg8 35. Qc2 Bxe5 36. Bxe5 Qxc2 37. Nxc2 1-0

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.06.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Qh5 Qe7 7. d3 g6 8.
Qf3 c6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Qg3 h5 11. h4 Be6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nb3 Bb6
15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Rae1 O-O 18. a4 a6 19. a5 Ba7 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. f4
Bb8 22. Qf2 Bc7 23. Ra1 c5 24. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 O-O $5 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. bxa5 (13. b5 Ne7
$10) 13... Nxa5 14. Bd5 Qc7 15. c4 Bg4 $10 16. O-O Kh8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nb3
19. Ra2 Nc5 20. Qd1 Qd7 21. f4 f6 22. d4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 25.
Kh2 b5 26. Rb1 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rc8 28. Qd5 Qc2 29. Re1 Na4 30. Bd3 Qd2 31. Qf5
Rc3 32. e5 Rxd3 33. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Be7 9. e5 $5 (9. Nc3) 9... c5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Be6 (11... Ng4 $1 12.
exd6 cxd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nc3 Bh4 $5 (14... Nf6 $10) 15. Ne4 Bf6 $10) 12. exf6
$1 Bxb3 13. fxe7 Qxe7 14. axb3 O-O 15. Nc3 Qe6 16. Be3 Qf5 17. Rac1 {/\
Rfd1-d2, Ra1+/-} Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Nd5 Qc8 (19... Rb7 20. Rd2 $16) 20. Nd2
c6 $2 (20... Re6 21. Nc4 h6 22. Ra1 Kh7 $16) 21. Nc3 Re6 22. Nde4 Qf8 23. Rxd6
$1 $18 Rxe4 (23... Rxd6 24. Bxc5 Rbd8 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Ne4 $18) 24. Nxe4 f5 (
24... Re8 25. Bxc5 (25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Rxc6 $16) 25... Rxe4 26. Re6 Qxc5 27.
Rxe4 $18) 25. Rxc6 fxe4 26. Rxa6 c4 27. bxc4 Qc8 (27... Rxb2 28. c5 $18) 28.
Ra2 Qxc4 29. b3 Qc3 30. Ra4 Re8 31. Rc4 Qa5 32. Rc5 $1 (32. Rd1 Rd8) 32... Qa3
33. Rd1 h6 34. h3 Kh7 35. Rc7 (35. Rb5 $1 {/\ c4+-}) 35... Re6 36. Rdd7 Rg6 37.
Bd4 (37. Rd1 $18) 37... h5 $138 (37... Qc1+ $5 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. g3 Rxg3 $1 40.
Rf7 $3 Qd6 41. Rcd7 $18) 38. Rxg7+ $6 (38. Kh2 $1 Kh6 (38... Qc1 39. Rxg7+ Rxg7
40. Rxg7+ Kh6 41. Be3+ $18) 39. Be3+ Kh7 40. Rc5 $18) 38... Rxg7 39. Rxg7+ Kh6
40. Rb7 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qxc2 42. Be3+ Kg6 43. Rb6+ Kf5 44. h4 Qc7+ 45. Kh3 (45. g3
Kg4 {(/\ 46. Rf6?? Qg3!=)} 46. b4) 45... Qd7 46. b4 Ke5+ 47. Kh2 Kd5 48. g3 Kc4
49. b5 Kd3 (49... Qd8 $142 50. Rh6 $18) 50. Rc6 Ke2 51. Kg2 $1 (51. Rc2+ Kf3 {
/\ 52. b6?? Qh3!!=} 52. Rc6) 51... Qf5 52. Rc2+ Kd1 53. Rc1+ Ke2 54. b6 Qb5 55.
Rc7 Qe5 56. Rc2+ Kd1 57. Rc1+ Ke2 58. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qb4 (16... Rfc8 $5) 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. a3 (19.
Kh1 $5) 19... Qd8 20. Qd2 (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Nd1 $14 {Dimitrov -
Moldovan, St.Zagora 1990}) 20... e6 21. Bf1 Be5 22. b4 (22. Ne2 $5) 22... axb4
23. axb4 Na4 24. Ne2 Qh4 25. g3 Qe7 26. Nd4 Be8 27. Rbc1 (27. Nb3 b5 $5 $132)
27... Nb6 (27... Rc7 28. Nb3 Rac8 29. c5 $5 $14) 28. Nxe6 (28. f4 Bg7 29. c5 $1
(29. Nf3 Nd7 $13) 29... dxc5 30. bxc5 Na4 31. Nb5 $16) (28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. cxb5
$14) 28... Qxe6 (28... Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 fxe6 31. f4 Bg7 32. Rd1 $16)
29. Bxb6 Ra3 $6 (29... d5 $5 30. Qf2 (30. c5 $6 dxe4 31. fxe4 Bc6 32. Bc4 Qg4
33. Bd5 Ra3 $1 34. Qe2 Qg5 $40) (30. Bf2 dxe4 31. fxe4 Bc6 (31... Rd8 32. Qe1
$14 {/\b5 x Be8}) 32. Qe3 $14) 30... dxe4 31. fxe4 $16) 30. f4 (30. Qf2 $16)
30... Bg7 31. Qd5 Bc6 $1 $8 (31... Qe7 $2 32. c5 Bc6 33. cxd6 $18) 32. Qxe6
fxe6 33. Bg2 e5 34. Rd2 (34. f5 $5 Bh6 $5 $132) 34... exf4 35. gxf4 Bc3 (35...
Bh6 $5) (35... Rf8 $5) 36. Rxd6 Bxb4 37. c5 Rf8 38. e5 $1 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Rxf4
40. e6 Re4 41. Rd8+ (41. Bd8 $2 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Raa2) 41... Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kh6 (
42... Kf6 43. Bd8+) 43. e7 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Raa2 (44... Rae3 45. Rxb7 $1 (45. c6 $2
bxc6 $1 46. Bxe3+ Rxe3 47. Rxc6 Rxe7 $1 $10) 45... Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Rxe7 47. c6
$18) 45. Bc7 Ba3 46. Re1 Rf2+ 47. Kg1 Bxc5 48. Kh1 $1 (48. e8=Q $2 Rxh2+ 49.
Re3 Rag2+ 50. Kf1 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 $2 Bb4+ $1 52. Kd1 Rh1+ $10) 48... Bxe7 49.
Rdxe7 $18 Rf5 50. Bb6 Rf6 51. Be3+ g5 52. Rg1 Rf4 53. Bxf4 {Gelfand,Kapengut}
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Bb5+ $5 (4. Nf3) 4... Bd7 (4... c6 5. Ba4 Ba6 6.
c3 $14) 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 f6 8. O-O fxe5 9. dxe5 $6 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10.
dxe5 $14) 9... Qc7 10. Re1 Nh6 $1 (10... Nge7 $6 11. Na3 Nc8 $16 (11... a6 $2
12. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 13. Nb5 $18)) 11. c4 d4 12. Na3 $6 (12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Nbd2
O-O-O (13... Bg7 14. Qe2 O-O $2 15. Qe4 $18) 14. a3 $14) 12... a6 13. Be4 O-O-O
$8 (13... Nf7 $2 14. Ng5 $1 $16) (13... Be7 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nb5
$1 $16) 14. Nc2 Nf7 15. Bf4 $6 (15. b4 cxb4 16. a3 $1 $44) 15... Be7 16. b4 g5
17. Bg3 g4 $2 (17... h5 $1 18. bxc5 bxc5 $1 (18... h4 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Rb1 $44
) 19. h3 Rdg8 $1 {/\ 20... g4 21. hg4 hg4 22. Nh2 Bh4!=/+}) 18. Nd2 Ncxe5 $6 (
18... h5 $13 {Rogers,I}) 19. a4 $1 (19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nb3 $14) 19... cxb4 (
19... a5 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Rb1 $16 {->}) (19... d3 $142 $1 {Rogers} 20. Bxd3
Bc6 $13) 20. a5 $1 bxa5 21. Nxd4 $6 (21. c5 $1 Bb5 (21... Bxc5 22. Nc4 $18) 22.
Nb3 a4 23. Nxb4 $1 a5 (23... axb3 24. Nxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 $16 {->}) 24. Nd3 Bxd3
25. Bxd3 axb3 26. Ba6+ Kd7 (26... Kb8 27. Rxe5 $1 $18) 27. Bb5+ Kc8 28. Qxb3
$16 {->}) 21... Bc5 $1 22. N4b3 $1 a4 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Bc2 a5 $2 (24... a3 25.
Ne4 Qc7 26. c5 Bc6 27. Nd6+ Nxd6 28. cxd6 Rxd6 29. Qe2 $18) (24... b3 25. Bxb3
(25. Ne4 $6 Qb4 $13) 25... axb3 26. Nxb3 $1 (26. Qxb3 Bc6) 26... Qxc4 $1 $8 (
26... Qc7 27. Rxa6 Bc6 28. Qa1 Bb7 29. Ra5 $16 {->}) 27. Bxe5 (27. Rc1 Bc6) (
27. Qb1 $5) 27... Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Ba4 29. Qe1 Qxb3 (29... Bxb3 30. Rc1 Bc2 31.
Re2 $1) 30. Rc5+ Kd7 31. Rb1 Qa2 $1 $8 {><e6} 32. Ra5 Qc2 $1 (32... Ke8 $2 33.
Rxa4 $1 $18) (32... Ke7 33. Qb4+ $18) (32... Rb8 33. Ra1 $16) 33. Rxa6 $16 {->}
) 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Bxa4 Bc6 27. Qc2 Bb7 28. c5 $18 Rd5 (28... Kb8 29. Ng5 $18)
29. Bb3 Rhd8 30. Rac1 $1 (30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rac1 Qc6 $16) 30... Qc6 31. Ba4 Qc7
32. Nd6+ R8xd6 33. cxd6 Qxc2 34. Rxc2+ Kb8 35. Bb3 Rxd6 36. Rxe5 $1 (36. Rxe5
Rd1+ 37. Re1+) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 (7...
cxd3 $2 8. Qb3) (7... Qc8 $2 8. Nxc4 Bh3 9. Qb3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 e6 11. Bf4 Be7
12. Bd6 $16 {Rukavina-Nikolic, Vrnjacka Banja 1986}) 8. Nxc4 e6 9. Bd2 (9. Bf4
{Rukavina}) 9... Be7 10. b4 $16 O-O 11. a3 Nb6 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Nc3 e5 14. Re1
Bh3 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rc1 Nbd5 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. e4 Nb6 19. Na5 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rd7
21. Ne2 Rcd8 22. Qc2 Ng4 23. Rcd1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bg5 25. Nc1 Qe7 26. Ncb3 Rc7
27. d4 g6 28. Bg2 Bg4 29. Rb1 h5 30. h3 Bc8 31. Qf2 h4 32. g4 Rd6 33. Nd2 Na4
34. Nf3 b5 (34... Nc3 $5 35. Nxe5 (35. Nxg5 Nxb1 36. Qxh4 f6) (35. Nc4 Rd8 36.
Ncxe5 Nxb1 37. Rxb1 $146) 35... Nxb1 36. Rxb1 $146) 35. Qc2 Bf6 36. g5 Bxg5 37.
Nxe5 c5 38. bxc5 Nxc5 39. Nac6 Rdxc6 40. Nxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxb5 Qc7 42. Rxc5 Qg3
43. Qf2 Rxc5 44. Qxg3 hxg3 45. dxc5 Kf8 46. Bf1 Bd7 47. Kg2 Bh4 48. Be2 Bf6 49.
Rd1 Ke7 50. Rd6 Be5 51. Ra6 Bb8 52. Bg4 Be8 53. e5 g5 54. Kxg3 Bxe5+ 55. Kf3
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Qe1 h6 14. b3 Nc6
15. a3 Qc7 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ribli} d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. g3 (5. Bg5 {Ribli} Be7 6.
Nf3 O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. Qd2 {Boensch,U-Kosten,A Budapest Noviki-A 1989 CBM 15}) (
5. b3 {Ribli} g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Nh3 d5 $5 {
Sadler,M-McNab,C London WFW 1989 CBM 13}) 5... Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 (6... a5 {Ribli}
7. Bg2 Be6 8. b3 a4 9. Rb1 axb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Nh3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Bb2 Nb4
14. Nf4 Bf5 15. Ra1 $14 {Petursson,M-Okhotnik,V Beograd GMA-op 1989 CBM 10}) 7.
Bg2 Bg7 8. Nh3 (8. e4) 8... O-O 9. Nf4 a5 10. O-O Re8 $6 (10... a4 $142) 11.
Re1 $6 (11. b3 $14) (11. e4 a4 12. Rb1 Ne5 13. b3 $14) (11. Rb1 {Ribli} Bf5 $1)
11... a4 12. Rb1 Nd7 $1 13. b3 axb3 14. axb3 Nce5 $1 (14... Nde5 $5 {/\ Nd4}
15. Nb5 $1 $14) 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. b4 (16. Bb2 {Ribli}) 16... Bf5 $1 17. e4 (17.
Ne4 Na4 {/\ Nc6}) 17... Ne6 $1 18. Nxe6 (18. exf5 Nd4 {/\ Nef3} 19. Qe4 (19.
Qd1 {Ribli} Nef3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nxf3+ $19) 19... gxf5 $1 20. Qxb7 Rb8
$19) (18. Be3 Bg4 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 $17) 18... Bxe6 19. Nd5 (19. c5 dxc5 20. Rd1 (
20. bxc5 Qd3 $1 $17) 20... Qf6 $1 $17) 19... b5 $1 20. Bb2 (20. cxb5 $2 {Ribli}
Bxd5 21. exd5 Nf3+) 20... Ra2 $1 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ f6 23. Nf4
c6 $1 $15 (23... Bf7 24. e5 Nxe5 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. Re3 Rc8 {/\ c5~/=})) 21. Nc3
Rxb2 $1 22. Rxb2 Bxc4 $1 (22... Nxc4 23. Ra2 $13) 23. Re3 (23. Rd1 Qf6 $17 24.
Nd5 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 $40) 23... Bh6 $2 (23... Ng4 $1 24. Rf3 (24. Re1 Bd4 $19
) 24... Bd4 25. Qd2 c5 $19) 24. f4 $1 $10 Ng4 25. Rf3 Bg7 26. Qd2 (26. Rb1 $5
$13) 26... Qa8 27. h3 Qa1+ (27... Qa7+ 28. Kh1 Qa1+ 29. Rb1 Bxc3 30. Qc2 $1)
28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Qa3 (29... Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Ne3 31. Rc1 $1 Nc4 32. Ra2 Qb7
33. Qd5 $1 $13) 30. Rf3 Nf6 31. Re3 d5 (31... Nd5 $5 32. Nxd5 Qxb2 33. Qxb2
Bxb2 34. Nxc7 Rb8 35. Rd3 $14 {_|_}) 32. Nxd5 (32. Nd1 $1 Qa7 33. e5 Ne4 $13) (
32. e5 {Ribli} d4 $1) 32... Qa1+ 33. Re1 Qa7+ $1 (33... Nxe4 34. Rxa1 Nxd2 35.
Rxd2 Bxa1 36. Nxc7 $10) 34. Kh2 $2 (34. Kh1 $6 Nxe4 35. Ra2 Qb7 $1 $17) (34.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 35. Nxe3 Nxe4 36. Rc2 Nxg3 $15) 34... Nxd5 35. Ra2 Qd4 $1 $19 36.
Qxd4 Bxd4 37. Ra5 Nc3 38. e5 Bb6 39. Ra3 Nd5 40. Rb3 Nxb4 $1 41. Rd1 c5 42. Rd7
Rb8 43. g4 Ba5 44. Ra7 Nc6 45. Ra6 Nd4 46. Ra3 Bd2 47. Kg3 b4 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Qh5
Qa5 15. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Ng4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be4
f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d4 Bxf3 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Bf4 Be7
14. Qe2 O-O 15. Bg3 Qe8 16. Rad1 Qg6 17. Qd3 Qg4 18. Qe2 Qg6 $10 {Smejkal,
J-Marjanovic,S Trnava-A 1989 CBM 12}) 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. b3 (14. Bf4
$6 a6 15. Nxd4 Rxc4 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Rac1 Kf7 18. Qe2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 $146 {
Speelman,J-Short,N Barcelona WCup 1989 47/18 CBM 12}) 14... a6 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16.
Be3 O-O 17. Qe2 b5 $5 18. cxb5 Qb6 19. Qd2 axb5 (19... Nd5 20. bxa6 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Qxa6 22. b4) 20. b4 $8 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Qb7 22. a4 Rc4 23. a5 Nd5 24. Be5 (
24. Bc5 Rd8) 24... Rf5 25. Bd6 Qa6 26. Bc5 d6 $1 27. Bb6 $1 Rxb4 28. Rfe1 Kf7
29. Bd4 Rc4 30. g3 Ne7 31. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 32. Rxe6 Ng6 33. Rxd6 Rc6 (33... Qc8
34. a6) 34. Qd4+ Ne5 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. f4 Qc4 $1 37. Qb2 Qc5+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ {
Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 (3. Nc3) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7.
f4 (7. O-O) 7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. a3 $5 (9. b4 Qa7 10. Qxa7 Rxa7 11. a3 Rc7
12. Bb2 Bb7 $13) (9. Be3) 9... Bb7 10. b4 Rc8 (10... Be7 $1 11. O-O d6 12. Bb2
Nf6 (12... Bf6 $15)) 11. Bd2 Be7 {/\ 12... Bh4 13. g3 Bf6-+} 12. O-O d6 13.
Rae1 $8 Nf6 (13... Bf6 14. e5 $1) 14. e5 dxe5 (14... Nd7 $1 15. exd6 Qxd6 16.
Qxd6 Bxd6 17. f5 e5 $13) 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Qf4 $1 (16. Bd3 Qb6 $10) 16... O-O (
16... Nxe5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 18. Rf2 axb5 19. Qxe5 O-O 20. Bf3 Qc7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22.
Bc3 $1 $18) 17. Bd3 Nb6 (17... f5 $1 18. exf6 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 (19. Bxf4 Bxf6 20.
Ne4 $13) 19... Bxf6 20. Ne4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 $13) 18. Qg4 g6 19. Ne4 Nc4 $2 (19...
Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nd5 $14 {׫}) 20. Bxc4 $1 Bxe4 (20... Qxc4 21. Bh6 Bxe4 22. Bxf8
Bxf8 (22... Rxf8 23. Qxe4 $18) 23. Rxe4 Qxc2 24. Ref4 Qc7 (24... Rc7 25. Qf3
$18) 25. Rxf7 $18) 21. Rxe4 $1 (21. Bxe6 $2 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxe6 23. Qxe4 Rc4 $17)
21... bxc4 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Qf4 $1 (23. Ref4 Bf8 24. Bxf8 (24. Rxf7 Qb6+ 25.
Kh1 Bxh6 26. Qh4 Rf8 $17) (24. Bg5 Rd7) 24... Rxf8 25. Qg5) 23... Bf8 24. Bxf8
$1 Rxf8 25. Qh6 Rcd8 26. h3 (26. Rh4 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 f5 $13) 26... Rd5 $6 (26...
Qa7+ 27. Kh1 Qc7 $1 28. Qf4 (28. Rh4 f5 $13) 28... Rc8 (28... Rd5 29. Rxc4 Qxe5
30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Rc6 $16) 29. Rd1 $1 {/\ Rd6+/-} (29. Rd4 f6 $5 $13 {/\} 30.
exf6 e5 31. f7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7 exd4)) 27. Rh4 f5 28. exf6 Rf5 29.
Rxf5 exf5 30. Qf4 (30. Rxc4 $1 Qb6+ 31. Rc5 Qxf6 32. Qf4 $18) 30... Qxf4 31.
Rxf4 Rc8 32. Rd4 Kf7 33. Rd6 Re8 34. Rc6 $4 (34. Kf2 f4 35. Rxa6 Re3 36. a4 Rc3
37. Rc6 Rxc2+ 38. Kf3 c3 39. a5 Rb2 40. Rxc3 Rxb4 41. Ra3 Rb7 42. a6 Ra7 43.
Kxf4 $18) 34... Re3 35. Rxa6 Rc3 36. Rc6 Rxc2 37. a4 c3 38. b5 $2 (38. a5 Rb2
39. Rxc3 Rxb4 40. Ra3 $16) 38... Ra2 39. Rxc3 Rxa4 40. Rb3 Ra7 41. b6 Rb7 42.
Kf2 Kxf6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. h4 h6 45. h5 $2 (45. g3 g5 46. h5 $16) 45... gxh5 $2 (
45... f4+ 46. Kd3 $8 (46. Kf3 g5 $10) 46... gxh5 47. Kc4 f3 $1 48. gxf3 Kf4 49.
Kc5 Kg3 $1 50. Kc6 Rb8 51. Kc7 Rh8 52. b7 h4 $10) 46. g3 h4 47. gxh4 Kf6 48.
Kf4 Kg6 49. Rb4 Kf6 50. h5 Rg7 51. Rb1 Rb7 52. Rg1 Kf7 53. Rg6 Rd7 54. Rxh6
Rd4+ 55. Kxf5 Rd5+ 56. Ke4 Rb5 57. Rh7+ (57. Rh7+ Kg8 58. Rb7 $18) (57. Rh7+
Ke6 58. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5
8. b3 (8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. Nxg6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 hxg6 12. Rb1 $14 {Gurevich,
D-Norwood,D Rejkjavik Summit 1990 CBM 18}) 8... c6 9. d5 O-O 10. dxc6 bxc6 11.
O-O Nc5 12. Ba3 $6 Qa5 13. Bb2 Qb6 $10 14. Rb1 $6 (14. Nh4 Bxe2 (14... Bg6 {
Ribli} 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2) 15. Qxe2 g6 $10) 14... Bg6 15. Rc1 a5 16. Ba3
Nfe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Nxe5 $16) 18. Ne1 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Bg6 20.
Nxc5 $6 dxc5 21. Qe1 a4 22. Rc3 e4 $6 {ץg6} (22... Bf6 $1 $17) 23. bxa4 Rxa4
24. Qc1 Qa6 25. Rd1 Ra8 26. Bb2 Rxa2 27. Rb3 {/\ Rd7} Bf5 $1 {/\ Be6 ><c4} 28.
Qb1 Qc8 29. Bf1 h5 30. Be2 $6 Bg6 $1 {/\ Qf5} 31. Rd2 Bf6 32. Qd1 Qf5 33. Bf1
Kh7 $1 34. Bxf6 Qxf6 35. Qe2 $2 $138 Ra1 $17 36. Rbb2 $2 Qc3 $19 37. Rbc2 Qd3
$1 38. Rb2 Qxe2 39. Rxe2 Bf5 40. Rec2 Be6 {/\ 41... Rd1 42. Rd2 Rf1!-+} (40...
Be6 41. f3 exf3 42. Kf2 fxg2 43. Bxg2 R8a6 44. h4 R1a4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 (6... f6) 7. Na3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 (11... Qb6 $1 12. Bxb4 (
12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Bb5 $10) 12... Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ $10) 12. a3 $1 (12.
Bxb4 $5) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f6 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. b4 Kd8 (16...
Nc6 17. b5 $5 Na5 18. Kc3 a6 19. a4 $14 {/\ Kb4}) 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 (
18... Kxc8) 19. g4 h6 $6 (19... Nb6 $1 20. b5 (20. exf6 gxf6 21. g5 Nc4+ {/\}
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. gxf6 Bc6 $13) 20... Ke7 21. Rc1 $5) 20. Nh4 Ne7 21. f4 a6 (
21... fxe5 22. dxe5 $1 $14) 22. Rf1 Bb5 23. f5 $2 (23. exf6 gxf6 24. Re1 Rg8 $1
$132) (23. Re1 $14) 23... h5 $6 (23... Bxd3 $1 24. Kxd3 h5 25. Ng6 Rh6 26. Nf4
hxg4 (26... exf5 $5) 27. Nxe6+ Ke8 28. Nxg7+ Kf7 $15) 24. Ng6 $6 Nxg6 $2 (24...
Bxd3 $1) 25. exf6 $1 gxf6 26. fxg6 Ke7 $6 (26... Bxd3 27. Kxd3 Ke7 (27... hxg4
28. Rxf6 Ke7 29. g7 Rg8 30. Rg6 $18) 28. g5 fxg5 29. Rf7+ $18) 27. g5 $1 f5 (
27... Bxd3 28. gxf6+) 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Ke3 Rg8 31. Kf4 b6 32. Rc3
Rxg6 33. Rh3 Rg8 34. Rxh5 Rc8 35. g6 Rc4 36. Rg5 $1 Rxd4+ 37. Ke3 (37. Kf3 $2
Rg4 $1) 37... Re4+ 38. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 f5 12. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 b4 14. Rxb4 d5 15.
Rd4 dxe4 16. Qe2 a5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nxe4 Nb6 19. a4 Ba6 20. Qf2 Bc4 21. Bxc4
Nxc4 22. b3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 e5 24. Rc4 Ba3+ 25. Kb1 exf4 26. Rxc7 fxe3 27. Re1
Rfe8 28. Rc4 h6 29. Ka2 Bf8 30. gxh6 f5 31. hxg7 Bxg7 32. Nd6 Re5 33. Rf4 Rd8
34. Nc4 Re7 35. Rxe3 Rd1 36. c3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Re2+ 38. Nb2 Rdd2 39. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Qd3
Bd7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Rfe1 h6 12. Bh4 Kh8 13. Bd5 Rad8 14. Nc4 Ba7 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Nd3 g5 20. Bg3 Kg8 21. b3
Rfe8 22. h3 Nh5 23. Bh2 Bb6 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. c4 Ba5 26. Re2 g4 27. hxg4 Bxg4
28. Nde5 Bh5 29. Bf4 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Ng4 32. Nxg4 Bxg4 33. Re3 Qf6
34. Be5 Qg6 35. Bc3 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Qd6 37. Qc1 Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Qd1+ 39. Qxd1 Rxd1+
40. Kh2 Rd2 41. a3 Ra2 42. b4 Re2 43. Rd3 Rxe4 44. c5 a5 45. bxa5 Ra4 46. Rb3
Rxa5 47. Rxb7 Rxc5 48. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. O-O Qc8 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. Bg1 Rd8 13. Nd5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 e6 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. c3 Bg7 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Bf2 b5 19. Bh4 Rd7 20. Rd3 a5 21. Qd1
Bf8 22. Bf6 a4 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Na5 26. f5 Nc4 27. Qg3 Rba8
28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. fxg6 h6 30. Qh3 Rg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rf7+ Kxg6 33. Re7 Kf6
34. Qh4+ Ke5 35. Rf7 Kd6 36. e5+ Kc6 37. Qe4+ Kb6 38. h3 Qc6 39. Qd4+ Ka6 40.
Rd7 Qb6 41. Qxb6+ Kxb6 42. b3 axb3 43. axb3 Nxe5 44. Rd6+ Nc6 45. Rxe6 Ra3 46.
Rxh6 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. e4 {-> A 40} Nf6 6. Nf3 (6. Be3 Bb4
7. f3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. c5 O-O 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. Qd2 f5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. exf5
Rxf5 14. Be3 Rf8 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {Guimard-Emma Argentina 1958}) 6...
Bb4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. h4 h6 10. g3 (10. h5 $6 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 $15)
10... O-O 11. h5 Ne7 12. Nh4 c6 (12... Nxh5 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 $40 (14. Rxh5
Ne7 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Qxh6 Re8 $19)) 13. Be2 b5 14. dxc6 bxc4 15.
O-O Be6 $6 (15... Qc7 $1 16. Rd1 Qxc6 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Rd2 Bb7 $1) 16. Rd1 Qc7
17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Qxc6 19. Rad1 Nc8 $6 (19... Nxe4 $2 20. Bf3) (19... Qxe4
$1 20. Qc1 (20. Bxd6 Rxd6) 20... Bg4) 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Ng2 $146 Bf5 22. Rd5 $1
Nxd5 (22... Bh7 23. Rxe5 $1) (22... Be6 $5 23. Rxe5 Qb6 $5 $13) 23. exf5 Nce7 (
23... Qa6 24. Bxd5 Qxa3 25. f6 $1 $18) 24. f6 $1 gxf6 25. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 26. Qd2
$18 Rb5 27. Qxh6 {/\ Bf3-e4} Ne3 28. Qxe3 (28. Bxc6 $2 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Ng4+) 28...
d5 29. Qh6 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 31. Be7 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. Bd2 d4 14. Ne2
Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Qa5 16. a3 e5 17. Ng3 g6 18. Rd1 Qxe1 19. Rxe1 Rc8 20. Kb1 O-O
21. h4 h5 22. Rh2 Rc7 23. Nh1 Rfc8 24. g3 Ba4 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Rd2 Nc5 27. Bf1
Bc6 28. Nf2 Re8 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Bxd3 Kg7 31. Rf2 Rce7 32. Kc1 f6 33. Kd2 Rf8
34. Rfe2 Bd7 35. Rf2 f5 36. f4 exf4 37. Rxf4 Rfe8 38. Re2 Bb5 39. Bxb5 axb5 40.
Kd3 Rc8 41. Ref2 fxe4+ 42. Rxe4 Rxe4 43. Kxe4 g5 44. hxg5 Kg6 45. Kd3 Rc5 46.
Kxd4 Rc4+ 47. Ke3 Kxg5 48. c3 Kg4 49. Rf3 Rc5 50. Kf2 Rd5 51. Rf4+ Kg5 52. Rd4
Rf5+ 53. Kg2 Re5 54. Kh3 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. h3 (9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1
Qe7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 g5 19. f5 Ne5 20. Bf1 h5 $13 {
Wedberg-Azmaiparashvili, Reykjavik 1990.}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb4 $14 11. a3
Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qb6 13. Qc4 Qa5 14. Bd2 b5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qxb5 Qxb5
18. Nxb5 dxe5 19. Rae1 Nb6 20. fxe5 Nxd5 21. c4 Nb6 22. b3 a6 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24.
Bf4 Nd7 25. Rf3 Nf8 26. Nd5 Ra7 27. Bg5 Re8 28. Be3 Ne6 29. b4 Rc8 30. Bf2 Rb7
31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 Rd8 33. Nc3 Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Rd3 Rbb8 36. Red1 Bxe5
37. a4 Ra8 38. b6 Rd6 39. b7 Rb8 40. Ne4 Rd7 41. Nc5 Rd5 42. Rc1 Bd6 43. Rb3
Rxc5 44. Rxc5 Bxc5 45. a5 e5 46. a6 e4 47. Kf1 Ba7 48. Rb4 e3 49. Ke2 Rd8 50.
Kd3 Re8 51. Rb2 f5 52. Rc2 e2 53. Rxe2 Re3+ 54. Rxe3 dxe3 55. b8=Q+ Bxb8 56.
Kxe3 Kf7 57. g4 fxg4 58. hxg4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qe2 Nxc3 (6... Nc6 $2
7. Nxe4 Nd4 8. Qd3 Bxf3 9. Ng3 $18 {Euwe-Yates, Haag 1921.}) 7. dxc3 Qd7 8. Bf4
Na6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 a6 $5 (6... c6 7. g4
Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Bh3 {Lukacs,P-Ghinda,M Stara Zagora zt-A 1990 CBM/
17 Goldin-Ohotnik Kusadasi 1990 49/68}) 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Bh3
b5 11. a3 Be7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Bg3 c6 14. O-O O-O 15. Nd2 d5 16. exd5 (16. f4
dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Qxd4+ 18. Bf2 Qd8 19. Ng3 $13) 16... cxd5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nf3 Bd6
19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. Nd1 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5
25. Qd3 Qb6 26. Bf2 Rc6 27. Ra1 Rfc8 28. b3 Na5 29. Ra2 R6c7 30. Rb2 Nc6 31. c3
Nce7 32. Qf3 g6 33. Rc2 a5 34. Nb2 Qa7 35. Rfc1 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. c4 dxc4
38. d5 Qb7 $1 39. Nxc4 Qxd5 40. Kg2 Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Rd7 42. Nd2 Rcd8 43. Ne4
Rd3+ 44. Ke2 Rxb3 45. Rd1 Nd5 46. Rdc1 Ra3 47. Rc8 Ra8 48. Rxd8+ Rxd8 49. Nf6+
Nxf6 50. exf6 b3 51. Rb1 Rb8 52. Kd3 b2 53. Kc2 Kf8 54. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 55. Kxb2 Ke8
56. Kc3 Kd7 57. Kd3 e5 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. Be1 Nd6+ 60. Kf3 Kd5 61. Bg3 Kd4 62.
Bf2+ Kd3 63. Bc5 Nf5 64. Bf2 Nd4+ 65. Kg2 Ke2 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Qb6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Qxd4 10. Bxc6 Qxd1 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Raxd1 h6 13. Bc1 g5 14.
Ne2 Rc8 15. c3 Bg7 16. f3 Ne5 17. Ng3 Ng6 18. Nf5 Be5 19. g3 e6 20. Ne3 h5 21.
Ng2 h4 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Bg7 24. Ne3 b5 25. Kh1 h3 26. Rg1 Bh6 27. Ng4 Bxf4
28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. Rgf1 Ng6 30. Rxf7+ Kc6 31. Rxa7 Ra8 32. Rg7 Rhg8 33. Rxg8
Rxg8 34. Rf1 Ne5 35. Nxe5+ dxe5 36. Rf3 Rg2 37. Rxh3 Rxb2 38. Rg3 Re2 39. h4
Rxe4 40. Rh3 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kd3 Rxa2 45. h5 b4
46. h6 e4+ 47. Kxe4 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. b3 Ng6 15. Bg3
Bb7 16. b4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bf1 Bh4 19. f4 f6 20. cxd5 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Rxc3 22.
Ne4 Rc7 23. dxe6 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nb8 25. Qb3 Kh8 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. exf6 Qxf6 28.
Qd5 Nc6 29. Rc4 Nce7 30. Qe4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 h5 32. Rd7 h4 33. Bd3 hxg3 34. Rxe7
Qa1+ 35. Bb1 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tunisia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. Bg3 Rad8 14. Be2
a6 15. Nbd4 Bc8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Bc5 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Ne5 Bf6
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bd6 Ne5 26. Bf1 Be6
27. Nc5 Bd5 28. Nxa6 Ng4 29. Bc5 Qd8 30. h3 Be5 31. Nb4 Be4 32. Bd3 Bxg2 33.
Kxg2 Qg5 34. Kh1 Nf6 35. Qc4 Bc7 36. Nxc6 Qh5 37. Bf1 Ne4 38. Be3 Qh4 39. Nd4
Bb8 40. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc4 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Rc8 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Rd4 Qc6
15. Qxc6 dxc6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Re1 c5 18. Rdd1 c4 19. c3 Be7 20. Kc2 g6 21. g3
Kd7 22. Bb6 Kc6 23. Ba5 h5 24. h4 Rb8 25. a3 Rb7 26. Rd4 Bc5 27. Nxc5 Kxc5 28.
Red1 Rd7 29. Kd2 Kc6 30. Ke2 f6 31. exf6 Rf8 32. Kf3 Rxf6 33. Re1 Ne7 34. Bd8
Rxd4 35. cxd4 Kd7 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. Rfe1 g6 13. h4 h5 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Bg7 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. b4 a6 19. a4 c5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. dxc5
dxc5 22. Rb1 Rab8 23. Qc6 Qd7 24. Qxa6 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qd2 26. Rb7 Ng4 27. Qa7
Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Chile"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a5 13. b3 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b6
15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Rbd1 f6 17. Bg4 Bc6 18. h4 Qc7 19. Qe3 Qb7 20. h5 Rf7 21. Nd5
g5 22. h6 Kh8 23. a3 e6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 exd5 26. exd5 Ba4 27. bxc5 Bxd1
28. c6 Qe7 29. Qc3 Qxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bxg4 31. Qb4 Be2 32. Qxd6 Bxc4 33. c7 Re8 34.
Qe6 Rff8 35. c8=Q Rxc8 36. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Boshku, Harallamb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Be3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Qxd6 Rc8 19. Qd3 h6 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Rad1
Qb7 22. Nd2 Ree8 23. Qb1 Nc5 24. Bc2 b4 25. c4 a5 26. b3 Rcd8 27. f3 Ne6 28.
Ndf1 Nd4 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. Bg1 Nd7 31. Ne3 Ndc5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nd5 Bg7 34. Ne2
Re8 35. Rd1 Ra8 36. Qc1 Kh7 37. Rf1 a4 38. Qd2 axb3 39. axb3 Ra2 40. Rb1 Nd4
41. Nxd4 exd4 42. Nxb4 Ra8 43. Nd3 Ne6 44. b4 Ra3 45. Bb3 Ng5 46. Nc5 Qc8 47.
Bh2 f5 48. h4 Nxe4 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Qe2 Qf5 51. Rf1 d3 52. Qd1 Qc8 53. Qd2 Qg4
54. Qf4 Qxf4 55. Bxf4 Bd4 56. Ne6 Bc3 57. b5 Bxb5 58. cxb5 Rxb3 59. Nc5 Rb4 60.
b6 Rxb6 61. Nxe4 Bg7 62. Bd2 Rc6 63. g3 Rc4 64. Re1 Bd4 65. Kg2 Rc7 66. Nf2 Rc2
67. Rd1 g5 68. hxg5 hxg5 69. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Qd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. Bg5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. c3 Nxf3+
15. gxf3 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 f6 18. Be3 Rf7 19. Rfd1 b6 20. a4 f5 21.
c4 Re8 22. c5 Bf8 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rc1 c5 25. Kf1 Ra7 26. b3 Kf7 27. exf5 gxf5
28. f4 Bh6 29. fxe5 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rae7 31. Rd6 Re6 32. Rcd1 Ra8 33. Rd7+ Re7
34. Ke2 c4 35. bxc4 Rxd7 36. Rxd7+ Ke6 37. Rxh7 Rxa4 38. Kd3 Kxe5 39. Re7+ Kd6
40. Re8 Ra1 41. Rd8+ Kc6 42. Rf8 Rd1+ 43. Kc3 Rc1+ 44. Kd4 Rd1+ 45. Ke5 Re1 46.
Kf4 Rf1+ 47. Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kf3 Rg4 49. Rf6+ Kd7 50. Rxf5 Rxc4 51. Rf4 Rc5 52. h4
Ke7 53. Kg4 Rc8 54. Rf5 Rg8+ 55. Kf4 Rg1 56. h5 Rf1+ 57. Kg5 Rg1+ 58. Kh4 Rh1+
59. Kg3 Ke6 60. e4 Ke7 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. Kg5 Rg1+ 63. Kh6 Re1 64. Kg6 Rxe4 65.
Rg5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
Nc3 Re8 9. O-O e5 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15.
Ne3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qb7 21. Bd2 Bd8
22. Bd3 Bb6 23. Nc2 Rfe8 24. Nh2 g6 25. Qf3 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 f5 27. Bh6 Bd8 28.
Bd3 Rc3 29. Qd1 Qxd5 30. Ne3 Qc6 31. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 (8... d6 9. f4 Be7) 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 (11... h5 $5)
12. Bf3 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. a4 $1 {N} (15. Ne4 Be7 16. f5 f6) (
15. f5 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bg5 {Beliavsky-Andersson, Szirak izt 1987}) 15...
b4 (15... Rb8 $2 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra5 $1) 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be3 (17. f5 f6)
17... Qc6 18. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 $2 (18... f5 $22 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bd4 g6 21. Qh3 Nh5
$1) (18... g6 $1 19. Rad1 d6) 19. fxg5 Nc7 (19... Rc8 20. Bd2 $1 a5 21. c3 $16)
(19... d6 20. Rf4 Rc8 (20... dxe5 21. Rxb4 $16 (21. Rc4 $6 Qd5 22. Bc5 Rc8))
21. exd6 Qxd6 (21... Nxd6 $2 22. Rxb4 Qxc2 23. Qxd6 Rfd8 24. Qf4 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 26. Bg1 $18) 22. Rd4 Qc6 23. Rxb4 Qxc2 24. Qxa6 $18) 20. Rf4 $1 Nd5 21.
Rc4 Qb7 22. Bc5 Rfc8 23. Rf1 g6 (23... Rc6 24. Rh4 g6 (24... Rxc5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8
26. Qg6 Ke7 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28. Qf8+ Kc7 29. Qd6+) 25. Rxh7 $1 Rxc5 26. Rfxf7 Nf4
27. Rfg7+ Kf8 28. Qd6+) 24. Qh3 $1 d6 $8 (24... Rc6 25. Rxf7 $1) 25. exd6 Qd7 (
25... Rc6 26. Qh6 Rac8 27. Rh4 f5 28. gxf6 Qf7 29. Bd4 Rxc2 30. Qxh7+ $1 Qxh7
31. f7+ Kf8 32. Rxh7 Rc1 33. Bg7#) 26. b3 (26. Qh6 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Qxd6 $132)
26... Rxc5 (26... Rc6 27. Qh6 Rac8 28. Rh4 f5 29. gxf6 Qf7 30. Bd4 Rxd6 31.
Qxh7+) 27. Rxc5 Qxd6 28. Rc4 Qe5 29. Qf3 $1 (29. Rh4 Qxg5 30. Rxh7 Nf4 31. Rh8+
Kg7 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4 $1 Qxh4 $8 34. Rxh4 g5 35. Rhxf4+ gxf4 36. Rxf4+ Kg6
37. Rxb4 $18) 29... Rf8 30. Rc6 Qxg5 (30... a5 31. Rc5 $18) 31. Rxe6 $1 (31.
Rxe6 $1 a5 32. Re8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.12.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. a4 Bg7 17. Bd3 c6 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. b4 d5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22.
Nf3 Re6 23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxd5 25. Be4 Re8 26. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 cxd5
28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd2 Qc6 30. Nf3 d4 31. cxd4 Bf8 32. Bc3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Qc2 a5 9. b3 Nb8 10. Be2 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd7 19. O-O Bf6 20. Qe2 Bxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nh3 e5 13. Nf2 Nec6 14. Nd3 (14.
Rb1 Na5 15. Qa4 Be6 16. Be2 (16. Rb5 $1) 16... Nd7 17. Rb5 b6 18. O-O Rfc8 19.
Rfb1 Nb7 $13) 14... Be6 $1 (14... Na5 15. Qd5 $1 $16) 15. Qb5 Nd7 16. Be2 Na5
17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bb3 $2 (18... Bc4 $1 19. Qb4 Nb8 $10) 19. Rd2 (19. Nb4 $1
Nxc5 (19... Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Nc6 21. Nd5 Qb8 22. Rb1 $44 Qa8 $5) 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Ncb3 22. Rb1 a6 (22... Qxc3 23. Rd3 $16 Qc2 24. Rdxb3 Nxb3 25. Rxb3 Rfd8
26. Rb2 $16 (26. Bd3 Qd1+ 27. Bf1 $13)) 23. Qb4 Qxc3 24. Bb6 $16) 19... Bc4 20.
Qb4 Nb8 $1 21. Rb1 Na6 22. Qb2 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Nxc5 24. Bf1 b6 25. c4 Ne6 26.
Rbd1 (26. Rc1 $13) 26... Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qxe5 Qb3 29. Rd3 Qa2 30. Qd5 $6
(30. Qa1 $10) 30... Qe2 $15 31. Qd6 $4 Rcd8 $19 32. Qxd8 Nxd8 33. Bf2 Qa2 34.
Rxd8 Qxa3 35. Bg3 h6 36. R8d7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rfe1 Qc7 12. a4 (12. c3 Nf8 13. Ba6 $14)
12... a5 13. c3 Nf8 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. b4 $6 f5 $1 16. Ng3 (16. Neg5 Qf4 $17)
16... h5 $36 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. c4 Kf8 19. Bf1 Bf6 20. Ra3 Kg7 21. Rb1 h4 {
Black seizes his chance} 22. Ne2 h3 23. g3 (23. gxh3 $1 {The extra space for
the white king and the g3-square compensate for the weak kingside}) 23... c5
$17 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 c4 26. Nc3 Qc5 27. Ra2 Ne7 $1 28. Rab2 $2 Nxd5 $1 29.
Rb5 Nxc3 (29... Rxb5 $1 30. Rxb5 Qa3 31. Rxd5 $1 (31. Nxd5 Qxf3 $19) 31... Qxc3
32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Rxf5 Rd8 $1 $40) 30. Rxc5 Nxb1 31. Qd7 Rxc5 32. Nd4 $5 (32.
Qxb7 Nc3 $1 33. Qxb6 Ne4 $17) 32... Kg6 $2 (32... Bd5 33. Nxf5+ Kg6 $19) (32...
Re8 33. Qxe8 Bxd4 34. Qd7 Bd5 35. Qxf5 Be6 36. Qxb1 Rf5 $17) 33. Qxb7 Bxd4 34.
Qxb6+ f6 (34... Kg7 35. Qd6 $3 $8) 35. Qxb1 c3 36. Bd3 c2 $2 (36... Rhc8 37.
Bc2 $13 (37. Qc2 Re8 38. Kf1 (38. Qb1 c2) 38... Rce5 39. Bxf5+ Kg7 $19)) 37.
Bxc2 Rhc8 38. Bxf5+ $1 Rxf5 39. g4 Rc1+ $8 40. Qxc1 Rxf2 41. Kh1 Be5 42. Qg1
Rg2 43. a5 $1 {After convincing myself that white has no winning chances I
decided to force a draw} (43. Qb1+ Kg7 44. a5 Rxh2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rxg4
47. a6 h2 48. a7 Rg1+ 49. Qxg1+ hxg1=R+ 50. Kxg1 Bd4+ $19 {is one unpleasant
variation}) (43. Qxg2 hxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Kg5 45. h3 Kf4 46. a5 Bb8 47. a6 Ba7 48.
Kf1 Kg3 49. Ke2 Kxh3 50. Kf3 Bb8 $1 51. a7 Bxa7 52. Kf4 Be3+ $3 $19) 43...
Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Kg7 45. a6 Bb8 46. Kh1 Kg8 47. Kg1 (47. g5 f5 48. g6 f4 49. g7
f3 50. a7 $10) 47... Kf8 48. Kh1 Ke8 49. g5 f5 50. g6 f4 51. g7 Kf7 52. g8=Q+
Kxg8 53. a7 Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Qc2 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 h6 9. e3 Bd6 $1 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. O-O (12. Bc2 Ba6
$13) 12... c5 $1 13. dxc5 bxc5 $1 (13... Bxf3 14. cxd6 Qg5 15. g3 Qg4 16. e4
$14) (13... Bxc5 14. Rd1 $14) 14. Rd1 (14. Bc2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qg5+ $10) 14...
Qe7 $2 (14... Qc7 $10) (14... Bxf3 $1 15. gxf3 Bxh2+ $1 16. Kf1 (16. Kxh2 Qh4+
17. Kg2 Qxa4 18. b3 Qc6 19. Bb2 f6 $17) 16... Qg5 $1 17. f4 Qg1+ 18. Ke2 Qg4+
19. Ke1 Qg1+ $10) 15. Bc2 Rd8 16. e4 $14 Nc6 (16... e5 $2 17. Nxe5 $18) 17. e5
Bc7 18. Bf4 $1 {><d6} Qf8 19. h4 Bb6 20. Rd6 $40 Ne7 21. Rad1 Bd5 22. Nh2 c4
23. Ng4 Bc5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne3 Ng6 26. Bg3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 $1 $16 h5 28. e4
Bb7 29. Rd6 Rc8 30. Qd4 Qe8 31. Qxa7 Bc6 32. Kh2 Nf8 33. Bf4 Ng6 34. Bg3 Nf8
35. Rd4 Rb8 36. Rxc4 Rxb2 37. Qd4 Ra2 38. Qc3 Bd7 39. Qb3 Ra1 40. Qb2 Rf1 41.
Bd3 Rd1 42. Be2 Bb5 43. Bxd1 Bxc4 44. Bxh5 Qa4 45. Qd4 Qb3 46. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 Bb7 $1 (9... b4 10. Na4 cxd4 (10... c4 11. b3 $14) 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
Bb7 13. Qe3 $14) (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Bd3 $14) 10. h5 $6 (
10. dxc5 Bxc5 (10... Nxc5 $1 11. Qf2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Nb4 $36) 11.
Bxc5 Nxc5 $132) (10. a3 $13) 10... b4 $1 11. Na4 $2 cxd4 $6 (11... Nxd4 $1 12.
Nxd4 (12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qa5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 $17) 12... cxd4 13.
Bxd4 Bc6 $17) 12. Bf2 $1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Na5 $2 (13... f6 14. O-O fxe5 15. fxe5 (
15. Ng5 e4 16. Nxe6 Qd6 $17) 15... Be7 $15) 14. Nxd4 Nc4 15. Qc1 Bc6 $2 16.
Nxc6 Qxc6 17. b3 Na3 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qe3 g6 20. Qh3 Bh6 21. Be3 Nb5 22. Rf3 $36
Nc3 {not necessary but then black would constantly have to watch out for Na4-b6
} 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Raf1 Qc6 25. Kh1 Bg7 (25... Nc5 $2 26. f5 Bxe3 27. hxg6 $18
) 26. Bd4 (26. g4 $1 Nc5 27. Bxc5 $16) 26... Nc5 27. Bxc5 $6 Qxc5 28. g4 Rc6 $1
29. R1f2 Qd4 30. Qf1 Ke7 31. Rh2 a5 $2 {><b5} 32. h6 $1 Bf8 33. f5 gxf5 34.
gxf5 Rg8 $2 (34... exf5 $1 {His best chance} 35. Rxf5 Kd8 36. Rxf7 Be7 $14) 35.
fxe6 fxe6 36. Bxh7 $1 (36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Bb5 {The consequence of 31...a5} Qe4+
38. Rf3 $18) 36... Rc3 37. Bxg8 Qe4 38. Rhh3 Bxh6 39. Qg2 $1 Qe1+ 40. Qg1 Qe4
41. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. e4 Qc7
14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Bd2 e5 16. d5 c4 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Nh4 g6 $1 20. Qg4
$6 Kh8 21. Bg5 $6 f6 22. Bh6 Rg8 $1 $15 23. Rad1 $6 Bd6 {White has provoked
all the useful moves} 24. Ba4 Nc5 25. Bc6 Bb7 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Qh3
Rc7 (28... Nc5 $2 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Bf8+ Qh7 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Bxd6 Nd3 33.
Re3 $14) 29. f4 exf4 30. e5 Bxe5 31. Bxf4 Qc5+ 32. Be3 Qd6 33. Bd4 (33. Nf3
Bxc3 $19) 33... Bxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Nc5 35. Rxc4 Qxd5 $19 36. Rd4 Qf7 37. Nf3 Re7
38. Rf1 Qe6 39. Qh4 Rge8 40. h3 Kg8 41. Re1 Qf7 42. Rf1 Re4 43. Qh6 Qg7 44. Qc1
Re2 45. Rd6 Ne4 46. Rd3 Nc5 47. Rd6 Qe7 48. Qd1 Qe3+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Qg3
51. Qd5+ Kh8 52. Nd4 Rxg2+ $1 (52... Re1 $2 53. Rdxf6 $15) 53. Qxg2 Qxd6 54.
Qf3 f5 55. Rd1 Qe5 56. Nc6 Qe3+ 57. Kg2 Qg5+ 58. Kf1 Ne4 59. Qd3 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 $1 (13...
b6 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Nb2 Nc5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. a4 $1 $16 {Nunn}) 14. Nb2 (14. Rb1
$5) 14... gxf4 15. Nd3 b6 16. Kf2 (16. Qg4 Ba6 17. Qxf4 Rc8 $1 (17... Bxd3 18.
Bxd3 Qc3 19. Ke2 $16 {In Informant the line given is 19.0-0 Qd3 20.Qf7 Kd8 21.
Qe6 Qe3 22.Kh1 Qe5 +/= but this is unnecessary}) 18. Qxd4 Qc3 (18... Rc4 19.
Qb2 Re4+ 20. Kd1 Qa4+ 21. Nb3 $13 (21. Qb3 $6 Qd4 $40) (21. Kc1 $6 $13 Re3 $19)
) 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Nf4 (20. Nb4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 a5 $17) 20... Bxf1 $15) 16...
Ba6 17. Nf3 Rc8 $1 {Dreev plays the next few moves accurately} (17... Bxd3 18.
Bxd3 Nc5 19. Re1 $16) 18. Nxf4 Nc5 19. g3 (19. Bxa6 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 Qxa6 21. Nxd4
$13) 19... d3 $1 20. Bxd3 (20. Nxd3 Ne4+ 21. Kg2 Qa3 $36) 20... Nxd3+ 21. Nxd3
Qa3 22. Nf4 Qb2+ 23. Kg1 Rc2 (23... Rc3 24. Rb1 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qb2 $10 (25... Qc4
$6 26. Qa4+ Qxa4 27. Rxa4 Bc4 28. Rxa7 $16)) 24. Qd4 Qa3 (24... Rc3 25. Rd1 $14
) 25. Ne1 Rb2 (25... Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. h3 $13 {This may have been Black's
best try-the position is extremely double-edged}) 26. Rc1 Qxa2 27. Nh5 {
In time-trouble this an extremely annoying move and Dreev quickly bashed out
27...Qb3?} Qb3 $2 (27... Bc4 $1 {The position is still O.K for Black} 28. Nf6+
(28. Rxc4 $6 Rb1 $1 29. Nf6+ Kd8) 28... Kd8 (28... Ke7 $2 29. Rxc4 Rb1 30. Rc7+
$18) 29. Qf4 $15 (29. Ne4 $5 Rb1 $1 {this possibility was pointed out by John 
(Van der Wiel) and Jeroen (Piket)} 30. Nc3 Rxc1 31. Nxa2 Rxe1+ 32. Kg2 Re2+ 33.
Kh3 Rxa2 $17)) 28. Nf6+ Kd8 29. Nxd5 $1 $18 exd5 (29... Qxd5 30. Qxb2 Bb7 31.
Ng2 $18) 30. e6 Ke7 (30... Rf8 31. e7+ Kxe7 32. Qe5+ Kd8 33. Rc3 $1 Qb4 34.
Qc7+ Ke8 35. Re3+ $18) (30... Re8 31. exf7 Rf8 32. Qf6+ Kd7 33. Rc3 (33. Qc6+
$1 Ke7 34. Qc7+ Kf6 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kxf7 37. Rc7+ $18) 33... Qb5 (33...
Qd1 34. Qc6+ (34. Re3 Re2 $3 35. Qe6+ Kc7 36. Rc3+ Bc4 $17) 34... Ke7 35. Qc7+
Kf6 36. Rc6+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kxf7 38. Rf6+ $18) 34. Nd3 $1 (34. Re3 Qf1+ 35. Qxf1
Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Rxf7+ $15) 34... Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Qxd3 36. Qc6+ Ke7 37. Qc7+ Kf6 38.
Rc6+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kxf7 40. Rc7+ $18) 31. Rc3 $1 Qb5 32. Rc7+ Kxe6 33. Qe3+ {
The point of 31.Rc3} Kf6 34. Qe7+ Kf5 35. Qxf7+ Kg5 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 {A funny choice of opening.
Black lets white choose between the Smyslov and the Zaitsev} 12. Nf1 {I'll
take Smyslov!} Bf8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 a5
18. Bd3 Bc6 (18... d5 19. exd5 exd4 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Bb5 $1 Qd8 22. c4 $16) (
18... Qd7 19. Bb5 c6 (19... Bc6 20. c4 $16) 20. Bd3 $14) 19. d5 Bd7 20. Bb5
Bxb5 $2 {This move gives white a decisive advantage in space.better was 20...
Nc8+/=} 21. axb5 Nfd7 22. Qc2 Nc5 23. c4 Qd7 24. Be3 a4 25. Ra3 {White just
has to get all his pieces to the queenside and he will win material} g6 26. Nd2
{Now that black cannot play Be7-g5} Bg7 27. Rea1 Ra5 28. Ne2 Rea8 29. Nc3 Qd8
30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Nxa4 R8a7 32. Nb1 $6 (32. Qb3 Qa8 33. Nxb6 Rxa3 34. Rxa3 (34.
Nxa8 Rxa1+ 35. Kh2 Rxa8 36. b6 $14) 34... cxb6 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Qd3 $16) 32...
Nd7 33. Nd2 Qa8 34. d6 cxd6 35. Nf1 Bf6 $2 (35... Nf6 36. Nb6 Rxa3 37. Rxa3 Qb7
38. Rxa7 Qxa7 39. Na4 $16) 36. Ne3 Bd8 37. Nd5 $18 Qb8 38. Qb3 Kg7 39. Nac3
Rxa3 40. Rxa3 Qa8 41. Rxa7 Qxa7 42. Qb2 Kg8 43. g3 h5 44. Kg2 Qa5 45. Qc1 Kg7
46. h4 Qa7 47. Ne3 Qa5 48. Ncd5 Qa2 49. Qd1 Ba5 50. g4 hxg4 51. Qxg4 Be1 52.
Qf3 Qa8 53. Qg3 Qf8 54. Qg4 Qe8 55. Nf5+ Kf8 56. Nfe7 Nf6 57. Nxf6 Qxe7 58. Nd5
Qb7 59. Qg5 Ba5 60. Qh6+ Ke8 61. Qh8+ Kd7 62. Qf8 Bd8 63. Qxf7+ Kc8 64. Qxb7+
Kxb7 65. Kg3 Kc8 66. Kg4 Kd7 67. f4 exf4 68. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 $5 {A provacative move but not easy to
refute} 4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. g3 Rb8 9. Bg2 Nf6 $1 {
The most precise move order} (9... Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qe2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nf6
13. Ne4 $14 {Andersson-Ljubojevic}) (9... Nh6 {Ribli} 10. Qd1 a6 11. O-O O-O
12. d3 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Ng4 $13 {Ftacnik,
L-Miles,A Manila izt 1990 CBM/19 49/53}) 10. h3 (10. Qd1 {Ribli} O-O (10... Bg4
$5) 11. d4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. O-O Bh3 {Ribli,Z-Miles,A Wijk 1989 CBM/11})
10... O-O (10... b5 11. Nxb5 $1 Bb7 12. Qxb7 Rxb7 13. Bxb7 O-O 14. Bg2 $14 {
Karpov}) 11. O-O a6 12. Qe2 b5 $1 13. d3 b4 14. Nd1 (14. Nb1) 14... a5 15. a4
e5 16. e4 (16. d4 $2 e4 $1 {><d1} (16... cxd4 $6 17. exd4 Nd7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19.
Ne3 $14) (16... exd4 17. exd4 Re8 $10 18. Ne3 $140 Ng4 $1)) 16... h5 17. h4 Ne8
18. Ne3 Nc7 (18... Bh6 {/\ Ng7=}) 19. Kh2 Ne6 20. Bh3 Bh6 $2 21. Ng2 (21. Nd5
$5 {Ribli}) 21... Bg7 $8 22. Rae1 (22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Nd4)
22... Rb7 23. Bxe6 $1 Bxe6 24. f4 Bg4 25. Qd2 Re7 26. Ne3 (26. f5 gxf5 27. exf5
f6 28. Ne3 $140 Bh6 $10 (28... Bh6 {Ribli} 29. Qf2 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Rh7 $10))
26... f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Nd5 Re6 (28... Ree8) 29. Qf2 (29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Nf4
$6 exf4 31. Rxe6 fxg3+ 32. Kg1 (32. Kxg3 f4+) (32. Kg2 f4 33. Rg6 f3+ 34. Kxg3
(34. Kg1 f2+ 35. Kg2 Qa8+ $19) 34... Qb8+ 35. Kf2 Qh2+ 36. Ke1 f2+ 37. Qxf2
Re8+ $1 38. Kd2 Re2+ 39. Kc1 Rxf2 $19) 32... Bd4+ $1 33. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 34. Kg2 f4
35. Re4 Qc3 $1 (35... f3+ 36. Kxg3 Qd6+ 37. Rf4 $18) 36. Qxc3 bxc3 37. Rc1 $140
f3+ 38. Kxg3 f2 39. Kg2 f1=Q+ 40. Rxf1 Rxf1 41. Kxf1 c2 42. Re1 Bd1 $19) (29.
d4 $1 e4 (29... cxd4 30. Bxd4 {><a5,b4}) 30. Qe3 {/\ Rf1-f2-d2,Qe3-f2,Nd5-e3+/-
}) 29... Rfe8 30. Bc1 $2 (30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Qf4 Kg7
34. Rf2 $16) 30... e4 31. dxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Re1 $4 (33. Be3 $10)
33... Rxe1 34. Qxe1 Kf7 35. Qd2 (35. Kg2 $17) 35... Bf3 36. Ne3 Be4 37. Bb2
Bxb2 38. Qxb2 Qf6 $19 39. Qxf6+ (39. Qe2 Kg6 40. Qd2 Qd4 41. Qxd4 cxd4 42. Nf1
Bc2 43. Nd2 Kf7 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. Kf2 Kd7 46. Ke2 Kc6 47. Kf2 Kc5 48. Ke2 d5 49.
cxd5 Kxd5 50. Kf2 d3 51. Ke3 Kc5 $19) 39... Kxf6 40. Kg1 Bb1 41. Nf1 Bc2 42.
Nd2 Ke6 43. Kf2 d5 44. cxd5+ Kxd5 45. Ke3 Bd1 $1 46. Kd3 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bd5 Qe8 7. d3 d6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 Qg6 10. Nf3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qxg2 12. Rg1 Qh3 13. Rxg7+ Kd8 14.
Rg3 $16 Qh6 15. Qe2 Ng4 $2 16. h3 Nf6 (16... Nxe3 17. Ng5 $18) (16... Qxe3 17.
Qxe3 Nxe3 18. Na3 $18) 17. Nbd2 Ba6 18. O-O-O Ke7 19. h4 {19.Rdg1!?} Rag8 20.
Rg5 $18 Qf8 21. Nh2 $6 Qf7 22. b3 h6 23. Rf5 $2 Bc8 24. Rf3 Qh5 25. Rdf1 Rg3
26. d4 Rxf3 27. Nhxf3 Ng4 28. Qd3 Rf8 29. Qc3 Bd7 30. Kb2 exd4 31. exd4 Kd8 32.
e5 Rf4 33. Re1 Qf5 34. Kc1 {34.Qa5! + -} Kc8 35. a4 d5 36. Kb2 Be8 37. Re2 Qf8
38. a5 $6 Kb7 39. a6+ $6 Kxa6 40. e6 Kb7 41. Re1 Qd6 42. b4 Nf2 43. Nb3 Ne4 44.
Nc5+ $2 Qxc5 $1 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. h3 (12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14.
h3 Bh5 15. f4 h6 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 b5 18. Bb3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7 20. gxh5
Qg4+ 21. Kf2 Rae8 22. Rg1 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Qh2+ $1 $10 {Sokolov,A - Oll,L, Soviet 
(ch) 1989.}) 12... Bh5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Be3 b5 17. a4
a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 $10 20. d5 cxd5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bxb5 Qb7 23. c4
dxc4 24. Bxc4 Bf8 25. Bd5 Qb1 $6 26. Qxb1 Bxb1 27. Ng5 Ne5 28. f4 h6 29. fxe5
hxg5 30. Bxg5 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. h4 Be7 33. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $10 34. Kg3 f6 35. Kf4
Bc2 36. h5 g5+ 37. hxg6 Bxg6 38. Be4 Bf7 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. g5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4
8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Na6 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14.
Qxg4 (14. Ne6 Nf6 (14... Kxe6 {King} 15. Qxg4+ Kf7 16. f5 $2 (16. Be3 $1) 16...
cxd4 $1 {Petursson-Thorsteins, Reykjavik Open 1990.}) 15. Ng5+ Kg7 $10 {
Van der Wiel-Seirawan Luzern 1990}) 14... Kxg7 15. Be3 $5 Qxb2 $1 {The
critical line} 16. O-O Qxc3 17. Rae1 Rhf8 (17... cxd4 $2 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. f5 $18
) 18. f5 $6 (18. Qe6 cxd4) (18. dxc5 $5) 18... Rxf5 19. Qh3 $2 {This fails to
a very quiet move.} (19. Bh6+ Kxh6 $8 20. Qh4+ Rh5 21. Qf4+ Rg5 22. Qh4+ $10 (
22. h4 $2 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. hxg5+ Kxg5 25. Rxe7 Nc5 $17)) 19... Kh8 $3 (
19... Rxf1+ $2 20. Rxf1 cxd4 21. Bh6+ Kh8 22. Qe6 $40) 20. Rxf5 {There is
nothing better} gxf5 21. Qh4 Nb4 $19 22. Bf2 Nd5 23. Qh5 Rf8 24. dxc5 dxc5 25.
Bg3 f4 26. Bh4 Ne3 27. Qf3 Rg8 28. Kh1 Qd2 29. Rg1 Qd6 30. Qe4 Qd5 (30... Qd5
31. Qxe7 Rxg2 32. Bf6+ Rg7+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 $6 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Na4 Qc7 12. c4 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14.
Rac1 (14. e5 $2 Qc6) 14... d6 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Qd4 Qc6
19. Nc3 $14 Nf6 20. f3 h6 21. b3 Rab8 22. Rc2 Qc7 23. Rcd2 Bc6 24. a4 Rd7 (
24... a5 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 $14) 25. b4 $6 Bb7 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Ra1 Rdd8 28.
a5 Nd7 29. Nd1 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Ne5 31. Nb2 Nc6 32. Ra4 e5 $132 33. Nd1 Nd4 34.
Qf2 Rb8 35. Rb2 Qd7 36. Ra3 f5 37. exf5 Qxf5 38. Ne3 Qg5 $6 (38... Qf6 $10) 39.
Qg3 Qf6 40. h3 Kh8 41. Raa2 Rf8 42. Bd3 g5 $1 43. c5 Qe7 44. cxd6 Qxd6 45. Nc4
(45. Bf1 Nxf3+ $40) 45... Nxf3+ 46. gxf3 (46. Qxf3 Rxf3 47. Nxd6 Rxd3 48. Nxb7
$10) 46... Qxd3 47. Qxe5+ Kh7 $8 (47... Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Rd2 $18) 48. Qe7+
Kh8 $1 $10 49. Qe5+ Kh7 50. Qe7+ Kh8 51. Qe5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 {Gives White simple
play. 5. - c5 is more dynamic.} (5... c5 {Anand}) 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 g6 8. b3
Bg7 9. Nd2 (9. Ba3 {Anand} c5) 9... c5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qf3 Ne8 12. Qh3 Nd6 13.
Ndf3 Re8 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rad1 f6 17. Nxh7 $1 $16 Nxh7 18. Nxg6
Qc7 19. Rf3 (19. Ne7+ $5 Rxe7 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Rf3 $16) 19... Ne4 (19... c4 $2
{Anand /^a3-f8} 20. Ne7+ (20. Qxh7+ $2 Kxh7 21. Ne7+ Ne4) 20... Rxe7 21. Bxh7+
Kf8 22. Rg3 $16) 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rg3 Rad8 $1 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qg4 Qd5 24. h4
Qf5 25. Qd1 Qd5 26. Qg4 Qf5 27. Qd1 Qd5 28. Qe2 $5 $13 Bc8 29. h5 Kf7 30. Qg4
Ng5 31. fxg5 $2 {31.h6!?} (31. Ne5+ $1 {Anand} fxe5 32. fxg5 $18) 31... f5 $1
32. Qe2 Bxb2 33. c4 Qd6 34. Qxb2 e5 (34... Qxg3 {Anand} 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qh8+
Kf7 37. Qh7#) 35. Rh3 (35. Qc1 $16 {Anand}) 35... f4 36. Rh4 fxe3 37. Kh2 (37.
Rxe4 {Anand} Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxh5+ 39. Nh4 Bf5) (37. Qe2 {Anand} Qd4 (37... Qd2
38. Qf1+) 38. Kh2 $14) 37... Bf5 38. Qe2 Qd2 $17 39. Qf1 Ke6 40. Rxe4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. f5 $6 (10. e5) (10. a3) 10... b4 (10... e5 11. Nde2
Bb7 12. Ng3 Nbd7 $10) 11. Na4 (11. Nce2 e5 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qe1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nc6 $15 {Fischer-Smyslov Bled/Zagreb/Belgrad (ct)
1959}) 11... e5 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Qe1 (14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
c3 a5 17. c4 Qb7 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. b3 Bxa4 $17 {
Janosevic,D-Polugaevsky,L Skopje 1971}) 14... a5 15. c4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17.
Bg5 Nc5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Be3 (19. Bxf6 $5) 19... Ncd7 $1 (19... Bc6 20. Nxc5
dxc5 21. Bc2 $10) 20. Bf2 Ra6 21. Rc2 Qb8 22. Re1 Qa8 23. Qd3 $2 (23. h3 $15)
23... Ng4 24. Nf1 Ndf6 25. Nd2 (25. Bh4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe7 Qa7+ $19)
25... Nxf2 $17 26. Kxf2 Bc6 27. Rcc1 (27. Kg1 Ng4 {/\ Qa7}) 27... Qa7+ 28. Ke2
Rd8 29. Bd1 d5 $1 $19 30. cxd5 (30. exd5 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Rxd5 {wie Partie}) 30...
Nxd5 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Qb3 Bg5 33. Rc2 Bxd2 (33... Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Bb5+ 35. Kf3
Rxd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 (6... f5
$5 7. d3 Nf6) 7. d3 (7. d4 {- E6}) 7... O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. a3 {>=} Re8 $6 (11... Bg7) (11... Be6 {Ribli} 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Bg7 $13 {
Gedevanishvili,D-Martin,B Sydney 1990 CBM/20}) 12. b4 (12. Nd2 $5 {Ribli} Bg7
13. e3 $5 Ne7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 e4 16. d4 f5 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. b5
Ng8 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. b6 c6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Ra7 Be6 24. Qa4 Qd8 25. Qa5 Bg8 26.
Rc1 Bh7 27. c5 d5 28. Nb3 $14 {Duric,S-Fedorowicz Novi Sad ol 1990 50/(25)})
12... axb4 13. axb4 Nd4 (13... Bg7 $5 {Ribli} 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nd2 $2 e4 $1 $15 {
Vaganian,R-Lautier,J Manila izt 1990 CBM/19}) 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. e3 (15. b5 $5 Ra3
16. Nb3 c6 17. e3 Nxb3 18. Rxb3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 $14) 15... Ne6 16. Qc2 (16. b5 e4
$1 17. d4 (17. Ncxe4 $2 f5 $19) 17... f5 $36) 16... c6 17. Ra1 (17. b5 Qc7 18.
bxc6 bxc6 19. Nb5 Qd7 $10) 17... Bd7 18. Nb3 Qc7 $6 {/\ 20.cd6 Qd6 21.Ne4+/=} (
18... Qb6 $1 19. Ne4 (19. Na5 Qc7) (19. b5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 cxb5 21. Nd5 Qd8)
19... Qxb4 20. Rab1 Qa3 21. c5 (21. Ra1 $10) 21... d5 22. Nd6 Reb8 23. e4 Bf8
$1 $13) 19. c5 $1 d5 20. b5 $6 (20. Na4 $5 e4 21. d4 Ng5 22. Nb6 Rxa1 (22...
Rab8 23. Qe2 h5 24. Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 25. h4 Ne6 26. Bh3 f5 27. Ra7 $16) 23. Rxa1
Bg4 (23... Bh3 24. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. h4 Nf3 27. Nd2) 24. Ra7 Nf3+ 25.
Bxf3 Bxf3 26. Na5 $16) 20... Reb8 $5 21. Na4 (21. b6 $5 Qd8 22. Ne2 $1 $14 (22.
Ra7 $2 Rxa7 23. bxa7 Ra8 24. Ra1 Nc7 {/\ 25...Na6-/+})) 21... e4 (21... cxb5
22. Nb6 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 d4 24. exd4 exd4 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Ra7 Qc8 $10) 22. d4
cxb5 23. Nb6 Rxa1 24. Nxa1 $6 (24. Rxa1 Bc6 25. Ra7 Rd8 $5 $10 {/\ 26...Qb8,27.
..Nc7}) 24... Bc6 25. Qa2 Rd8 26. Nc2 f5 $1 {><b6} 27. f4 $6 (27. Nb4 Qf7 $1) (
27. Rb1 Qf7 28. Bf1 f4 $1) 27... Qf7 $2 (27... Qe7 $1 28. Qa5 (28. Qa3 $6 Bf8)
(28. Nb4 Nxc5 $1) 28... Nxc5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. Na4 b6 (30... Qd6 31. Nc5 $1 b6
(31... d4 32. Ne6 $1 b6 $1 33. Qxb6 Rb8 34. Qa7 Rb7 35. Qa8+ Rb8 $10) 32. Qxb6
Rb8 33. Qa7 Ra8 34. Qb6 $10) 31. Nxc5 bxa5 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. exd4 b4 {/\} 34.
Rb1 Rb8 35. Bf1 a4 36. Na6 (36. Be2 b3 37. Bd1 Rb4) 36... a3 $3 37. Nxb8 (37.
Rxb4 a2) 37... a2 $19) (27... exf3 28. Bxf3 Qf7 29. Nxd5 Nxd4 30. exd4 Bxd5 31.
Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5+ Rxd5 33. Rb1 Bxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxb5 Rd7 36. Rb6 $10)
28. Kh1 (28. Nb4 $2 {Ribli} Nxd4 $1 29. exd4 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Bxc5 $17) 28... Bf8
29. Qa5 (29. Qa3 Nxc5 $1 30. dxc5 Qe7 31. Qa5 Qxc5 32. Nd4 Re8 $1 $44 (32... b4
33. Ra1 $1)) 29... Qc7 $2 (29... Nxc5 30. dxc5 Bxc5 31. Na4 (31. Nd4 Qc7 32.
Ne6 Bxb6 33. Qc3 Qe7 34. Nxd8 Qxd8 $19) 31... b6 32. Nxb6 Rb8 33. Na4 (33. Qc3
Qe7) 33... Ra8 34. Qxa8+ (34. Qc3 Rxa4 35. Qxc5 Rc4 $19) 34... Bxa8 35. Nxc5
Qc7 36. Ra1 Qxc5 37. Rxa8+ Kf7 $19) 30. Qc3 Qf7 $2 (30... Qe7) 31. Na3 g5 32.
Rb1 Qe8 33. Qa5 Nc7 34. Bf1 gxf4 35. gxf4 {>=} Kh8 (35... Qh5 36. Qe1 Na8 37.
Nxb5 Nxb6 38. cxb6 Bxb5 $1 39. Rxb5 $10) 36. Be2 $5 Be7 37. Qe1 Qg6 38. Qg3 Qe6
(38... Qxg3 39. hxg3 Na8 40. Bxb5 $1 Nxb6 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. Rxb6 $16) (38...
Qf6 39. Nxb5 Nxb5 40. Bxb5 Bxc5 41. dxc5 Bxb5 42. Rxb5 Rg8 43. Qe1 $1 $16) 39.
Nxb5 Nxb5 40. Bxb5 Rg8 41. Qh3 Kh7 42. Bxc6 bxc6 43. Rg1 (43. Ra1 Bd8 44. Qh5
Bc7 45. Ra7 Rg7 46. Ra8 Rg8 $10) 43... Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Kg6 $2 (44... Bd8 $1 45.
Kf2 Bc7 46. Qh5 Kg7 {/\ 47...Qf7=}) 45. Kf1 h5 (45... Bd8 46. Qg2+ Kf7 47. Qa2
Qg6 48. Qa7+ $16) 46. Qg2+ Kf7 47. Qe2 Qg6 48. Nd7 $1 Bf6 49. Nb8 Be7 50. Qg2
$1 $18 Qe6 51. Qb2 Qc8 52. Qb6 Bd8 53. Qa7+ Ke8 54. Ke2 h4 55. h3 Ba5 56. Kd1
Bc3 57. Qg7 Qe6 58. Qb7 Qg6 59. Nxc6 (59. Qxc6+ Qxc6 60. Nxc6 $18) 59... Qg1+
60. Kc2 Qf2+ 61. Kxc3 Qe1+ 62. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne7 7. c4 Ng6 8.
g3 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nh4 $1 10. Qg3 Nh5 $1 11. Qh2 (11. Qg4 Nf4 12. Bf1 h5
13. Qg3 Rh6 (13... Qf6 $13) 14. Bxf4 Rg6 $132) 11... Nf4 12. Bf1 Qg5 $15) 8...
Be7 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. Be2 O-O 11. h4 $1 (11. Nd2 Bh3) 11... c5 $6 (11... a6 $13)
12. Nd2 Bd8 $2 13. Bxg4 $1 Nxg4 (13... Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 $14 {_|_}) 14. Nb5
Be7 15. h5 $16 Nh8 16. f3 Nh6 (16... Nf6 17. Nf1 $16) 17. g4 (17. Nf1 $1 f5 18.
Bxh6 gxh6 19. Ne3 fxe4 20. fxe4 a6 21. Nc3 Bg5 22. Nf5 Nf7 23. O-O $16) 17...
a6 {[#]} (17... f6 18. Nf1 N8f7 19. Ng3 Ng5) 18. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 19. g5 f5 $1 $8 (
19... Nf5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Ne4 $18 {><h8}) 20. gxh6 f4 21. hxg7 Kxg7 22. Nb3
Nf7 23. Bd2 Rg8 24. Na5 $2 (24. Qe2 Ng5 25. O-O-O $16 {Timman}) 24... Kh6 $1
25. Qb3 Rb8 26. O-O-O Rg2 $132 {Timman} 27. Qc3 Qd7 $4 (27... Qh8 $14) (27...
Qd8 $14) 28. Bxf4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5 8.
dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxe4 Nxc2 12. Bxd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bxg4 14.
Be4 Nxa1 15. Bf4 f5 16. Bd5+ (16. Bxb7 Nc2 17. f3 Bh5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bxa8
Rxa8 20. Rd1 c5 $1 $13) 16... Kh8 17. Rc1 c6 (17... Rad8 $6 18. Nc3 b5 19. e6
$16) 18. Bg2 Rfd8 19. Nd2 (19. f3 Bh5 20. Na3 Rd4 21. Be3 Rb4 22. Nc4 Ra4 23.
Na3 {Draw agreed, Sax,G - Yusupov,A, Thessaloniki (ol) 1988.}) 19... Rxd2 20.
Bxd2 Rd8 21. Bc3 Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxd1 23. f4 $2 {23.Bf1! gives White a clear
advantage according to Rozentalis.} Nc2 24. Kf2 Kg8 25. a4 a5 $1 $10 26. Bxa5
Nd4 27. Bf1 Bb3 {28.Ke3 Ne6 29.Bb6 Bxa4 30.Bc4 Kf7 31.Bxe6 Kxe6 32.Kd4 =}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O f5 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 c5 14. c3
b6 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Rfd8 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd5 19. Nb5 Qc5 20. a4 a6
21. Na3 Bxc3 22. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3
Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Qd2 exd5 14.
cxd5 Bf6 15. a3 Na6 16. Rb1 $5 {TN} (16. h4 h6 17. Rb1 Re8 18. b4 Qe7 19. Bb2
$1 Bc8 (19... Rad8 $142 $1 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nd4 Ne4 23. Bxe4
Rxe4 24. Nc6 Rde8 25. e3 Bc8 $1 $40) 20. Qf4 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 $14 {
Kortschnoj-Salov,Skelleftea 1989}) 16... Nc7 $1 (16... Re8 17. b4 Qe7 18. Bb2
$1 Qxe2 19. Bxf6 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 gxf6 21. Ne4 $14) 17. e4 Re8 18. Qc2 (18. Re1
Nb5 $1 $10) 18... Qe7 $1 (18... Nb5 19. Be3 Qe7 20. a4 Nc7 21. Nd2 $16) 19. Re1
Nb5 $1 20. Bd2 (20. Be3 $5 Qxe4 21. Qb3 Nc7 22. Bxc5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24.
Bxd6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nb5 26. Be5 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Re8 28. Bc6 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5
30. Bxb5 $10) 20... Bc8 $1 21. Qd3 $6 (21. e5 $2 dxe5 22. d6 Nxd6 23. Nxe5 Bxe5
24. Bxa8 Bf5 $19) (21. Bf1 $142 Bd7 22. Qb3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Bc3) 21...
Bd7 $1 22. Bf1 (22. Bf4 g5 $1 $36) 22... Rac8 $1 23. Qb3 $1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4
25. Bc3 Qf6 $1 $10 26. Bxd4 (26. Qc2 Bg4 $1 $132) 26... Qxd4 27. Rbd1 Ba4 (
27... Qa4 $142 28. Qxa4 Bxa4 29. Rd2 Bd7 30. f4 f6 $10) 28. Rxd4 Bxb3 29. Rd2
c4 30. f4 $14 Rc5 $5 (30... c3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Bb5 $14) 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Bh3
$1 (32. e5 $2 dxe5 33. fxe5 c3 $1 34. bxc3 Bxd5 $17) 32... f6 (32... Rd8 33.
Bg2 $1 f6 34. e5 fxe5 35. fxe5 dxe5 36. Rxe5 $36) 33. Be6 (33. Bd7 $5) 33...
Ke7 34. Ke3 Ba4 35. Rc1 Bd7 36. f5 Rb8 $2 (36... Rec8 $142 37. Kd4 b5 38. g4
R8c7 39. h4 Be8 40. g5 a5 41. Rdc2 $14) 37. Kd4 b5 38. g4 Be8 39. h4 Rc7 40. g5
Bh5 41. Rc3 (41. b3 $6 Rb6 $1 42. bxc4 Ra6 $132) 41... Rbb7 42. Rg2 a5 43. Bg8
h6 (43... Rb8 $5 44. Bxh7 Rbc8 {/\b5-b4<=>}) 44. gxh6 gxh6 45. Be6 Be8 46. Rg8
h5 47. Rh8 Kd8 48. Rg3 $1 $18 Rh7 (48... b4 49. Rgg8 Re7 50. axb4 axb4 51. Bf7
Rxf7 52. Rxe8+ Kc7 53. Rc8+ Kb6 54. Rxc4 $18) (48... Rg7 49. Rg6 $1 $18) 49.
Rxh7 Rxh7 50. Rg8 Rc7 (50... Ke7 51. Kc3 Bf7 52. Ra8 $18) (50... Rb7 51. Kc3
Rc7 52. e5 dxe5 53. d6 Ra7 54. a4 $18) 51. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 (9... h5 $5) (9... Rc8 10. Be3 Be7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Rc1 O-O 13.
Bxf5 gxf5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 Bxh4 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Qf4 $16 {Blatny,P-Ghinda,M/
Stara Zagora zt/1990/}) 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 O-O 13. f4 f6 14. exf6
(14. Qd2 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 h6 $10) 14... Bxf6 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qd2 Bg7
17. Bf3 Qa5 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. h3 Qb4 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Bf1 Na5 23. b3
Bc6 24. Ne4 Qe7 (24... Qxd2 25. Rxd2 $14) 25. Ng5 $6 (25. Nf2 $5 e5 26. fxe5
Bxe5 27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. dxe5 Qxe5 $13) 25... e5 $1 26. Rxc6 (26. fxe5 $2 h6 $19)
(26. Nf3 exf4 27. Bxf4 Qe4 $19) 26... Nxc6 27. dxe5 Nxe5 (27... h6 28. Nf3 g5
$1 $17) 28. fxe5 h6 29. Ba6 Rcd8 $6 (29... Rce8 $5) 30. Bf4 Rde8 (30... hxg5
31. Bxg5 Qxe5 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 $10) 31. Bb5 hxg5 32. Bxe8 gxf4 33. Bxg6 Qh4 34.
Bf5 $5 (34. Qh2 Bxe5 35. Rxd5 Qe1+ 36. Qg1 Qe2 $40) 34... f3 (34... Qxh3+ 35.
Qh2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Bxe5 37. Rxd5 $14) 35. Qh2 Re8 36. e6 Kg8 37. g5 $1 Bf8 (
37... Qxg5 38. Rxd5 Qc1+ 39. Qg1 Qc6 40. Qg6 f2 $2 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qh5+ Kg8
43. Bh7+ Kh8 44. Be4+ $18) 38. Qe5 Qf2 39. Rg1 Re7 40. Bg6 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Nxb5
Bg7 15. Nc3 e4 16. Bc4 Qa5 $5 {16...Qc7,16...Ng6 --> Nunn-Polgar} 17. Ne2 $5
Rc8 18. Bb3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Qc1 Rg8 21. f3 Nxd5 22. Kh1 Rg6 23. fxe4 fxe4
24. Rf5 Kf8 25. Qf1 Nf6 26. Ng3 e3 27. Ne4 Qd8 28. Qf3 d5 29. Rxe5 dxe4 30.
Rxe4 Qd2 31. Rxe3 Rxg2 32. Rd3 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Qe2 34. Rf1 Re8 35. Qxe2 Rexe2 36.
Rxf6 h5 37. Rxf7+ Ke8 38. Rg7 Kf8 39. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King Hansen,Cu} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7.
e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 Nh6 10. d5 Bb7 {N} (10... Nf5 11. Bf2 Nd7 12. g4 Nd4 13.
Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe3 f5 17. Bg3 Qd6 $13 {
Mikhalchishin,A-Kosten,A/Budapest/1989/}) (10... Nd7 11. Bh2 Nf5 12. Bb5 Bb7
13. g4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 $44 {Beliavsky,A-Speelman,
J/Reykjavik/1988/} (16... Qxd7 {King} 17. O-O-O f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qd3 Rac8
20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Kb1 Qa4 22. Rhe1 Ba6 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. a3 Bb5 $13 {
Belyavsky-Speelman, Reykjavik 1988.})) 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Bh2 dxe5 13. fxe5 e6 $1
14. O-O-O (14. g4 Nh4) (14. d6 {Hansen,Cu} Nd7 {><e5}) 14... exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6
16. c3 $6 Ncd4 $1 17. Nf6+ (17. cxd4 Qxd5 18. Kb1 Rad8 $17) 17... Bxf6 18. cxd4
Bg7 19. d5 c4 $1 20. Be2 $2 (20. Kb1 $5) 20... Rc8 21. Kb1 Bh6 22. Bf4 (22. Qc3
Bxd5 $17) 22... Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Bxd5 24. h4 c3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. h5 Ne3 $1 27.
Ng5 (27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qh6 Qc7 $19) 27... Qc7 28. Nxh7 Rb3+ $1 {Ftacnik,L} (
28... Rb3+ $1 29. axb3 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Qc3+ 31. Kb1 Qxb3+ 32. Ka1 Nc2#) 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 h6 8. a4
b6 9. a5 Bb7 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. axb6 axb6 14. Re1 Bc6 15.
Bd3 Ra8 16. Nd2 Ra4 17. Bb2 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qa8 19. f4 Qa4 20. Qxa4 Bxa4 21. Ra1
b5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Ba3 Rc8 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Ra3 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Nf3 Nc6
28. h3 Kg7 29. Kf2 f6 30. Nd4 Kf7 31. exf6 Kxf6 32. Ke3 e5 33. Nxc6 Rxc6 34.
Kd2 e4 35. Be2 Ke5 36. Ke3 Rxc3+ 37. Rxc3 d4+ 38. Kd2 dxc3+ 39. Kxc3 Kf4 40.
Kd4 b4 41. Bd1 Bd7 42. Bh5 Bf5 43. Kc4 e3 44. Kxb4 g4 45. Kc3 Kg3 46. hxg4 e2
0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 (10. Bc2 {Polgar,Judit-Hubner,Munchen 1991.})
10... Qd7 (10... Nc5 {-50/369,370.}) (10... O-O {Ftacnik}) 11. Bc2 Nxd2 (11...
Bf5) 12. Qxd2 Bg4 $6 (12... O-O 13. Qd3) 13. Qf4 Bxf3 (13... O-O 14. Ng5 h6 $2
15. Nh7 Rfe8 16. h3 $1 Bh5 (16... Be6 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 Bf8 19. Qg3+ Kh8
20. Qd3 $18) (16... Be2 17. Nf6+ $1 (17. Re1 Bh5 18. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 $19) 17...
gxf6 (17... Bxf6 18. exf6 Bxf1 19. Qg3 g6 20. Bxh6 $1 {Plan Bg7,Qh4.}) 18. Bf5
Qd8 19. Qxh6 $18) 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bf5 Qd8 19. Qxh6 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21.
Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bh6 Nxe5 (23... Bf8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. exf6 Ne5 26.
Bg7+ Kg8 27. f7+ $1 Nxf7 28. Bf6+ $18) 24. f4 $16) 14. Bf5 Qd8 15. Qxf3 (15.
gxf3 $5) 15... Nxe5 16. Qe2 (16. Qg3 Ng6 $13) 16... Qd6 (16... Ng6 17. Re1 $44)
(16... Nc6 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Be4 $16) 17. Re1 (17. Bf4 $5 f6 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19.
Rfe1 $44) 17... Nc6 (17... Ng6 18. Bg5 $44) 18. Bg5 Kf8 $8 (18... f6 19. Qh5+ (
19. Bh4 {Ftacnik xe6}) 19... Kf8 20. Re6 $18) (18... g6 19. Rad1 $1 gxf5 20.
Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rxd5 $1 Qf6 22. Rxf5 $1 Qd6 23. Re5 $18) 19. Be3 g6 (19... Bf6 {
Ftacnik} 20. Rad1 Rd8 $13) 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Qg4 (21. Bd3 Bf8 $13) 21... Qf6 (
21... Bf8 22. Re6 $2 (22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Bc2 Bc5 24. Rad1 $44) 22... Ne5 $1) 22.
Bc2 (22. Re6 $2 Qxf5 $2 (22... Ne5 $1) 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rxc6 Bd6 25. Re1 f6
26. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 27. Re7 Rd8 28. f4 $1 $18) 22... Bf8 (22... Qh4 23. Qd7 $16) (
22... b4 23. Re3 $40) 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Rad1 $16 Na5 26. h4 $1 c6 (
26... Nc4 27. h5 Nxb2 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 (29... Nxd1 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7
31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Be5+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Bf4+ $18) 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Be5+ Kh6
(31... Kh7 32. Qf7+ Kh6 33. Re3 $18) 32. Qh3+ Kg5 33. f4#) 27. h5 Nc4 28. hxg6
hxg6 29. b3 $1 (29. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. b3 Qf6) 29...
Nd6 (29... Nb2 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Bg7 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Bd6+ $18) 30. Bxg6
$1 fxg6 31. Re6 $1 (31. Qxg6+ Bg7 32. Bxd6 (32. Qxd6 {Ftacnik} Qxd6 33. Bxd6
Bxc3) 32... Rh6 $19) 31... Rh7 (31... Ra7 32. Rxg6+ $6 (32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Qxg6+
Rg7 34. Re8+ $18) 32... Rg7 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 $1 $19) (31... Ne8 32. Rxg6+ Ng7 $2 (
32... Bg7 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rd3 $18) 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Rh6#) (31... Ne4 {Ftacnik}
32. Rxg6+ Kf7 33. Qe6#) 32. Bxd6 (32. Rxg6+ $2 Rg7 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 $19) 32... Bg7
(32... Bxd6 33. Rxg6+ Kh8 34. Qd4+ $18) 33. Rde1 $6 (33. Rxg6 $18) 33... Rh6
34. g3 (34. Rxg6 $6 Rxg6 35. Qxg6 Qf6 $14) 34... Qd7 35. Bf4 g5 36. Bxg5 Rg6 (
36... Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Bf6 $18) 37. Qf5 $6 (37. f4 $18)
37... Rxe6 38. Qxe6+ $2 (38. Rxe6 $1 Re8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Bf6 $18) 38... Qxe6
39. Rxe6 Rc8 (39... Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 40. Rxc6 d4 41. Bf6 $18) 40. Bd2 Kf7 41. Re1
c5 42. Kf1 c4 (42... d4 43. cxd4 cxd4 (43... Bxd4 $1 44. Be3 $16) 44. Rc1 $18)
43. bxc4 Rxc4 $2 (43... bxc4 $1 44. Rb1 d4 $16) 44. Rc1 Ke6 (44... Ra4 45. Rc2
Rc4 46. Ke2 d4 47. Kd3 $18) 45. Ke2 d4 (45... Ra4 {Ftacnik} 46. Rc2 Ra3 47. g4
$18) 46. cxd4 Bxd4 47. Be3 Bb2 48. Rxc4 bxc4 49. Kd2 Bg7 50. Kc2 Kd5 51. f3 Bf6
52. Bh6 Be5 53. g4 Bd4 54. Bd2 (54. Bc1 $1 Bb6 (54... Ke6 55. f4 Kd5 56. g5 Ke4
57. Bb2 Bc5 58. g6 Bf8 59. g7 Bxg7 60. Bxg7 Kxf4 61. Kc3 Kf5 62. Kxc4 Ke6 63.
Kc5 Kd7 64. Kb6 Kc8 65. Be5 a5 66. a4 $18) 55. g5 Ke6 56. Kc3 $18) 54... Bb6
55. Bc1 Ba5 56. a4 Ke5 57. Bg5 Kd5 58. Bd2 Bc7 59. Bc3 Bf4 (59... Ke6 60. Bh8
Bf4 61. Kc3 Kd5 62. Bf6 Bc7 63. g5 Ba5+ 64. Kc2 Ke6 65. Bc3 Bd8 66. g6 $18) 60.
Bf6 Bg3 61. g5 Bh4 62. Bd8 Bf2 (62... Kc6 {Ftacnik} 63. g6 $1) 63. g6 Bd4 64.
Ba5 Ke6 65. Bc3 {Judit Polgar} 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. f4 Qb6 6. a3 {As far as I know, a
new move. A dynamic continuation for black would now be 6...f5!?, as Botvinnik
played after 6.Rb1. Yudovich-Botvinnik 1966 continued 6...f5 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.ef5
gf5 9.Bd3 Ndf6 10.Qe2 Nh6...} Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Rb1 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. h3 Be6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qc1 f5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. d5 c5 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. b3
$16 Qc6 18. Be2 O-O 19. O-O g5 20. fxg5 Nxe5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qd2 b6 23. Rf1
Qd6 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qe1 Ng6 26. Qf1+ Ke8 27. Qf5 Qc6 28. Bc4 Kd8 29. Qd5+
Kc7 30. Qxc6+ Kxc6 31. Bg8 Nf8 32. Kf2 Bd4 33. Ke2 Kd6 34. Bf4+ Kc6 35. h4 b5
36. h5 e6 37. h6 Kd7 38. Bb8 a6 39. Bxh7 Nxh7 40. g6 Nf6 41. g7 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Qa5 9. Kb1 Be6 $5 {This line had been thought to give white a rather too
automatic attack, but Anand creates quick counterplay in the form of a pawn
sacrifice.} 10. b3 b4 11. Na4 c5 $5 12. g5 (12. dxc5 Nc6 $44 {With
compensation: white's kingside is under-developed, and the long diagonal has
been opened.}) 12... Nh5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bh3 Rad8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qc1 dxc5
17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18. Nxc5 Qd6 19. Nd3 Ne5 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Ne2 a5 22. Bd4 Rxf3 23.
Nc5 Qc8 24. Rd1 Ng4 25. Qd2 Nxh2 26. Bxg7 Nxg7 27. Nd4 Rf1 28. Na4 e5 29. Nb5
Nf3 30. Qd5+ e6 31. Qd3 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Nxg5 33. Nd6 Qd8 34. Qd3 h5 35. Nc5 h4
36. Ncb7 Qb6 37. Nc4 Qg1+ 38. Kb2 Qd4+ 39. Qxd4 exd4 40. Nd2 Nh5 41. Nf1 Nf3
0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Be3
{Transposing back to 'normal' lines. 8.h3 tests black's move order.} Bg4 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. a4 a5 12. Be2 c6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. Qd2 Qd8
16. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Ne3 g6 15. Nh2
b4 16. Bd2 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne8 18. Ra1 Bg5 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3 c4
22. dxc4 Rc8 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Rab1 Nxc4 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Bh6 Qxa4 27. Nd2 Nxd2
28. Qxd2 Bd8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rb7 Qc6 31. Reb1 a5 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Re7 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O $5 {N} d5 (11... c5 $6 12. dxc5 $1 $16)
12. c5 (12. Nh3 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 $5 14. b4 bxc5 15. b5 $13) 12... Bc6 (12...
bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 (13... Bc6 $5 {/\e5,a5} 14. Ba6 e5 15. Ne2 $14) 14. Bg3 (14.
Kb1 {/\ 14...Fe7 15.Lc1} a5 (14... e5 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rc1 e4 $13) 15. Bd3 Ba6)
14... Re8 15. Bd6 e5 $13) 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Kb1 (14. Ba6 Bb5 $1 15. Bxb5 (15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxb5 Rc8 17. Bc6 Qd6 $15) 15... Rc8 16. Bc6 Nb8 17. Kb1 Nxc6)
14... Rc8 15. Rc1 (15. Qe1 $5 Ba4 16. Rc1 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 b5 $2 {/\Fb6,b4} 18.
Qc3 Qb6 19. b3 $1 b4 20. axb4 Bb5 21. Ne2 $16) 15... Bb7 $2 (15... a5 $5 {
/\ b5,Fb6,b4}) 16. Qe1 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 Qa8 18. Bd3 a5 (18... a6 19. Ne2 b5 20.
Qd2 Nb6 21. b3 a5 22. Bxb5 a4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b4 $16) 19. Qf1 $1 e5 (19...
Rc8 20. Ne2 (20. Nh3 $5 {/\ g2-g4-g5+/=}) 20... Ba6 21. Nc3 Bc4 $14) 20. Ne2 (
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. f4 d4 $1 $132) (20. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. Bb5 $5 $16) 20... e4 (20... exd4 $6 21. exd4 Ba6 22. Nc3 Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 $16
) (20... Ba6 21. Nc3 Bxd3+ 22. Qxd3 e4 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Qb5 $16) 21. Bb5 Bc6
22. Nc3 exf3 (22... Re8 23. f4 $16) 23. gxf3 Re8 24. Qd3 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Qc6 26.
Re1 (26. Rc1 Qe6) 26... Nf8 (26... Nh5 $5) 27. Bg3 Ng6 (27... Qd7 $5 28. Be5
Nh5 29. Rc1 f6 30. Bc7 Qh3 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Qf5 $16) 28. Nd6 Re6 29. Rc1 Qd7 30.
Nf5 Rc6 31. Rg1 Re6 32. Rc1 Rc6 33. Rg1 Re6 34. Be5 $1 Nxe5 (34... Nh5 35. f4 {
/\e4,Kh6,f5}) 35. dxe5 Rxe5 36. Nxg7 (36. Nxh6+ Kf8 37. Ng4 Nxg4 38. Rxg4 Qf5
$10) 36... Rg5 (36... Kf8 37. Qd4 $16) 37. Rxg5 hxg5 38. Nf5 Qe6 (38... Kf8 $5
$14 {/\ Ne8,f6}) (38... g4 $2 39. fxg4 Nxg4 40. e4 $18) (38... Ne8 $2 39. Qxd5
$1 $18) 39. Nd4 Qe5 40. Qf5 Qxf5+ 41. Nxf5 Kf8 (41... Kh7 $5 42. Kc2 Kg6 43.
Ne7+ Kh5 44. Kd3 Kh4 45. Kd4 Kh3 46. Ke5) 42. Kc2 Nd7 (42... Ke8 43. Nd6+ $18)
43. Kc3 Ne5 (43... f6 44. Kd4 Ne5 45. Kxd5 Nxf3 46. Kc6 $18) 44. f4 (44. Kd4
Nxf3+ 45. Kxd5 Nxh2 $13) 44... gxf4 45. exf4 Ng6 46. Kd4 Nxf4 47. h4 f6 48. Ne3
b5 (48... Kf7 49. Nxd5 Nxd5 (49... Ne6+ 50. Kc4 $18) 50. Kxd5 Kg6 51. a4 $18)
49. Nxd5 Ne6+ 50. Ke4 Nc5+ 51. Kd4 (51. Kf5 Kf7 52. Nxf6 Nd3 53. b3 b4 54. axb4
axb4 55. Ne4) 51... Ne6+ 52. Ke3 Nc5 (52... Kf7 53. Nf4 $18) 53. Nxf6 Na4 54.
Nd7+ (54. b4 $5 axb4 55. axb4) 54... Kg7 (54... Ke7 55. b3 Nc3 56. Nc5 a4 (
56... Nb1 57. a4 bxa4 58. Nxa4) 57. Kd3 Nb1 58. Nxa4 $1 bxa4 (58... Nxa3 59.
Nb6) 59. bxa4 Nxa3 60. h5 Kf6 61. Kd4 $18) 55. b3 Nc3 56. Kd3 Nd1 57. Kd4 Kg6
58. Ne5+ Kh5 59. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 c5 14. Ne4 Rc8
15. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8.
Bxf6 {Dr.Huebner tries new idea based on the weakness of square d5.This whole
game is a nice example of the struggle for the control of this central square.
Anand's way of equalization looks very simple and so quite impressive.} (8. Bd3
$6 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. exd5 Qxd5 {And Black had no problems in Wilmoth-Hergott,
Swansea 1987.}) 8... Bxf6 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Bc4 Bg5 $1 13.
Qd3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Be6 15. Qe2 Na5 $1 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. O-O Qc5 18. Bb3 a5 19.
Qc2 b5 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Rac1 a4 22. Bd5 a3 $1 23. bxa3 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 b6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
O-O e6 9. Nc3 f5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. e3 d6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Kh8 15.
d5 Ne5 16. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Qe2 (5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 {
Philidor structure - white}) (5. g3 Ne7 (5... Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. c3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qc7 11. Qc2 a5 12. Nc4 Bf8 $13 {Ljubojevic-Karpov,
Buenos Aires 1980}) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 {/\f5} 8. c4 $5 f5 $6 9. cxd5 cxd5
10. exd5 {/\Nc4}) (5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O Nge7 {--> French
Defence pawn structure 3.Nd2}) 5... Qe7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9.
N2b3 {><d4} (9. N2f3 Bd7 10. Bg5 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Nge7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rhe1 f6
14. Be3 Bb8 $10 {Ljubojevic-Karpov, Bilbao 1987}) 9... Nf6 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.
Bd2 Re8 12. O-O-O {+/=/=} a6 13. f3 {><e4} Kf8 14. Bc3 Ne5 $1 {><c4} 15. Kb1 b6
16. Bd3 $5 Nxd3 {^^} 17. Rxd3 Bd7 18. Rdd1 Rac8 19. Nc1 $10 {><d4:^^} Nh5 20.
g3 g6 {/\Nh5-g7-e6} 21. Nd3 {/\Bb4, ><d5} a5 22. Bd2 f6 {/\Kf7} 23. Rhe1 Rxe1
24. Bxe1 {/\Be1-f2-b6} Ng7 25. Bf2 Bc7 26. b4 $6 $15 {><c4} (26. Re1 $10) 26...
Kf7 27. b5 Nf5 $1 28. a4 Ne7 {/\g6-g5,Ne7-g6-e5-c4} 29. Ne2 g5 $8 30. g4 $6 {
/\h2-h4,<->h,><f5} Ng6 (30... Bxh2 $2 31. Rh1 $16) 31. h3 Be6 32. Nd4 Bd7 33.
Rh1 Rh8 34. Rc1 Ne5 $1 $17 {><f3,/\h7-h5 <->h} 35. Nxe5+ fxe5 36. Ne2 h5 37.
Nc3 Be6 38. Rd1 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rd8 (39... Rh2 $2 40. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 (40... Rxf2
41. Nxc7 Rxf3 42. Rd6 {Pb5-b6-b7-b8Q}) 41. Rxd5 Rxf2 42. Rd7+ $16) 40. Be3 Kg6
41. Bc1 Rd7 42. Bb2 d4 43. Ne4 Rf7 44. Bc1 Bd8 45. Rh1 Rxf3 46. Rh8 Bf6 47.
Nxf6 (47. Rb8 Bd5 48. Nd2 e4 49. Rxb6 Rf2 50. Rd6 e3 51. Rxd5 exd2 (51... exd2
$1 52. Bxd2 Rxd2 53. b6 d3 54. cxd3 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 Rxb6 56. Rxa5 Rb4 $19)) 47...
Rxf6 48. Rd8 $1 $8 (48. Rh5 Rf1 49. Rxg5+ Kf6 50. Rh5 e4 {Pe4-e3-e2-e1Q}) 48...
Bxg4 {-+/-/+} 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Rxg5 Bf5 51. Rh5 e4 52. Bb2 Kg6 53. Rh1 Rd6 54.
Rd1 d3 55. cxd3 e3 56. Be5 Re6 57. Bd4 e2 58. Re1 Bxd3+ 59. Kb2 Bf5 $4 (59...
Kf5 $142) 60. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 61. Rxe2 $10 {/\Re2-e7-a7,Re2-e8-a8,Kb2-c3-d4-c5}
Rd6 {Sealed move} 62. Kc3 Rd3+ 63. Kc4 Ra3 64. Kc5 Rxa4 65. b6 Rb4 66. Ra2 Rb1
67. Rxa5 Be4 68. Rb5 Rc1+ 69. Kd6 Bb7 70. Rc5 Rb1 71. Kc7 Bh1 72. Rc6+ Bxc6 73.
Kxc6 Kf7 74. b7 Ke7 75. Kc7 Rc1+ 76. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. h3 b5 12. Bd3 c5 13. Ne4 c4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
Be2 Bb7 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Rdc1 Ne4 18. Ba5 f5 19. Qd1 Bd5 20. Qe1 Qe7 21. a4 Ng5
22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd2 Ne4 26. Bb4 h6 27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Qxa1 Kh7 30. Qe1 Qg6 31. Be7 Qf7 32. Ba3 Qa7 33. Qb4 f4 34.
Qe1 f3 35. gxf3 Ng5 36. Qb1+ Kh8 37. Bg2 Nxf3+ 38. Bxf3 Bxf3 39. Bd6 Qf7 40.
Kh2 Ba8 41. Qg1 Kh7 42. Qg3 b4 43. f3 b3 44. Bb4 Bxf3 45. Qf4 Qb7 46. Bc3 Bd5
47. h4 Bh1 48. Qg3 Qd5 49. Kg1 Qb7 50. Qh3 Bd5 51. e4 Bxe4 52. Qxe6 Bd5 53.
Qf5+ Kg8 54. Kf2 Qa8 55. Bb4 Qd8 56. Ke3 Bf7 57. Qf4 Qd7 58. Bc3 Qh3+ 59. Kf2
Bd5 60. Qb8+ Kh7 61. Qg3 Qf5+ 62. Ke1 Qe4+ 63. Kf2 Qc2+ 64. Ke1 Qc1+ 65. Kf2
Qd1 66. Ke3 Qf1 67. Qg4 Qb1 68. Kf2 Qd3 69. Qg3 {Abgabezug/ sealed move} Qc2+
70. Ke1 Qc1+ 71. Kf2 Qb1 72. Qg4 Qd3 73. Qg3 Qd1 74. Ke3 h5 75. Kf2 Qb1 76. Qe5
Qc2+ 77. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 (6...
Nf6 7. a3 Bc5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg3 Bd4 10. f4 O-O 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13.
Qxe3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 $10 {Hickl,J-Schlosser,P Altensteig 1990}) 7. Be2 {N} (
7. Bd2 Bd6 8. d4 a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Ne7 $13 {Planinc,A-Petrosjan,T 1972})
7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qg3 {/\f2-f4} Qb6 10. Kh1 Ne7 11. f4 f5 (11... O-O $2 {
Blatny,P} 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Rxf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 $18) 12. e5 $10 d4 $6
{><c4,/^h1-a8} 13. Nb1 Nd5 14. Na3 Bf8 (14... Qc7 {Blatny,P} 15. Qf2 {><d4})
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. a4 N7b6 17. Qf2 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Nb4 19. Bf3 Bc5 20. Rd1 {/\c3}
Qe7 21. Qe2 a5 (21... O-O $142 $10 {Blatny,P}) 22. c3 $1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Na6 24.
Be3 $1 {><d6} Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qc5 26. Qd4 Kf7 $8 (26... O-O 27. Qd7 {><b7,e6}) (
26... Qe7 {Blatny,P} 27. Qb6) (26... Qxd4 {Blatny,P} 27. cxd4 {/\d4-d5 |^}) 27.
Rab1 Rab8 28. Rb6 Qe7 $6 (28... Qxd4 29. cxd4 Nb4 $16 (29... Nb4 {Blatny,P} 30.
d5 $36)) (28... Rhd8 {Blatny,P} 29. Rxb7+ $18) (28... Rhc8 {Blatny,P} 29. Qd7+
Qe7 30. Rxb7 $1 $18) 29. Bxc6 bxc6 (29... Rhd8 {Blatny,P} 30. Bd7 $1 Nc5 31.
Rd6 $18) 30. Rxa6 $18 {><c6,a5, עf7} Rhd8 31. Qg1 (31. Ra7 {Blatny,P} Rxd4 32.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. cxd4 Rb4 $132) 31... Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Rd8 33. Qf3 Qa3 34. Kh2 (34.
Ra7+ {Blatny,P} Kg8 35. Qxc6 Qc1+ $10) 34... Rd7 35. Qxc6 Re7 36. Ra8 {/\Dc8}
Qc1 (36... Qxc3 {Blatny,P} 37. Qc8 $18) 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. Rd8 (38. c5 $1 Rd7 (
38... Qa3 39. Rxa5) 39. c6 Rd1 40. Ra7+ (40. c7 $1 {Blatny,P} Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+
(41... g5 42. Rg8+ $18) (41... h5 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Kh4) 42. Qf2 Qxc3+ 43. Kh4
g5+ 44. Kxg5 Rxh3 45. gxh3 Qxh3 46. Rg8+ Kf7 47. Qh4 Qg2+ 48. Kh6 $18) 40...
Kh6 (40... Kf8 41. Qxd1 Qxd1 42. c7 $18) 41. c7 Rh1+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ (42... g5 $1
43. c8=Q Qe1+ 44. Qf2 gxf4+ 45. Kf3 Qe4#) 43. Qf2 Qxc3+ 44. Kh4 Rc1 (44... g5+
45. fxg5+ Kg6 46. c8=Q $1 Qxc8 47. Qe2 $18 {/\Dh5#}) 45. c8=Q Qxc8 46. Qg3 Rc7
(46... Qd8+ 47. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 48. fxg5#) 47. Qg5+ Kg7 48. Qf6+ Kg8 (48... Kh6 49.
g4) 49. Rxc7 Qxc7 50. Qxe6+ Kg7 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Kg5 $18) (38. Rb8 {Blatny,P}
Qa3 (38... Kh6 39. Qg3) 39. Rb7 Rxb7 40. Qxb7+ Kh6 41. Qf7 Qxc3 42. Qf8+ Kh5
43. Qg7 {/\#}) 38... Rc7 39. c5 Qa3 (39... Rxc5 {Blatny,P} 40. Rd7+ Kh6 41. Qg3
) 40. Qa8 (40. Rc8 {Blatny,P} Rxc8 (40... Qxc5 41. Qb7 Rxb7 42. Rxc5 $18) 41.
Qb7+ Kh6 42. Qxc8 Qxa4 43. Qf8+ Kh5 44. g4+ fxg4 45. Kg3 Qd1 (45... gxh3 46.
Qg7 h6 47. Qf6 $18)) 40... Qxc5 41. Rg8+ Kh6 42. Qd8 Qe7 (42... Re7 {Blatny,P}
43. Qf8+ Kh5 44. Rxg6 $1 {/\#}) 43. Qd2 (43. Qxe7 {Blatny,P} Rxe7 44. g4 Rc7 (
44... fxg4 $2 45. hxg4 Rc7 46. Kh3 $1 Rc4 47. Kg3 Rxa4 (47... Rxc3+ 48. Kh4 {
/\#}) (47... Re4 48. Re8 Rxa4 49. Re7 $18) 48. g5+ Kh5 49. Rh8 $18) 45. g5+ (
45. Kg3 Rc4 $1 46. g5+ (46. Re8 Rxc3+ 47. Kh4 Rf3) 46... Kh5 47. Rg7 Rxc3+ 48.
Kg2 (48. Kf2 Rxh3) 48... h6 $1 49. Rh7 Rg3+ $3 50. Kf2 Rxh3) 45... Kh5 46. Rh8
Kh4 47. c4 h5 48. gxh6 Rxc4 49. h7 Rc2+ 50. Kg1 Kg3 $1 51. Kf1 Rc7 $10) 43...
Rc4 (43... Qf7 $5 {Blatny,P}) (43... Rd7 {Blatny,P /\Rd8}) 44. Qd6 Qf7 (44...
Rc7 45. c4 (45. c4 {Blatny,P} Rd7 46. Qb6 Qf7 47. Rd8 Rc7 48. c5 $18)) (44...
Qb7 {Blatny,P} 45. Qf8+ Kh5 46. Rxg6 $1) 45. Rf8 $2 (45. Qd8 {/\Qh4#} Rxf4 46.
g4 $1 $18 {/\Qh4#}) 45... Qb7 $132 46. Qd8 (46. Rg8 $5 {Blatny,P} Qe4 (46...
Qf7 47. Qd8 $18) 47. Qf8+ Kh5 48. Rxg6 $1 Qxf4+ (48... Kxg6 49. Qf6+ Kh5 50.
Qg5#) 49. Rg3 h6 $3 (49... Rc7 50. Qe8+ Kh6 51. Qxe6+ Kh5 52. Qd5 $1 {/\Qf3+;
Qd1+} Re7 53. Qd1+ Kh4 54. Qd4 $1 $18) 50. Qe8+ Kh4 51. Qe7+ (51. Qd8+ Kh5 52.
Qd1+ Kh4 53. Qd8+ $10) 51... Kh5 52. Qxe6 Rxc3 53. Qg6+ Kh4 54. Qf6+ $10) 46...
Qe4 (46... Rxf4 $2 {Blatny,P} 47. Qd2) 47. Qh4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. h3 a6 11. e4 e5 12. Rd1 b5 13. Bf1 c5 14. d5 c4 15. a4 Rb8
(15... b4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Ng3 c3 18. bxc3 b3 19. Qb1 Rb8 $44) 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Ra5 $1 b4 18. Na4 $1 Qd8 19. Ra7 b3 $6 (19... c3 20. bxc3 b3 21. Qb1 (21. Qe2
Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Ra1 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 b2 25. Bxb2 Rxb2 $132) 21... Nc5 22.
Nd2 Bd7 23. Nb2 $1 Ne8 24. Nbc4 f5 $13) 20. Qe2 (20. Qxc4 $2 Rb4) 20... Nc5 21.
Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Ra1 c3 23. Nxe5 (23. bxc3 b2 24. Bxb2 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxb2 $132)
23... c2 24. Rd3 $1 Qe8 $2 (24... Bd7 $5 25. Nxd7 (25. Bg5 Bb5 26. Nc6 Ra8 27.
Nxd8 Rxa1 28. Nb7 Bd4 $13) 25... Nxd7 $1 26. e5 (26. Bf4 Qf6 27. Bxb8 Qxb2 $13)
26... Re8 27. e6 Nf6 $13) (24... Qb6 25. Nc4 Qb5 26. Nd2 Ba6 27. Qf3 $16) (
24... Re8 25. Nc6 Qb6 26. Nxb8 Nxe4 $2 27. Be3 $18) 25. Nc6 Rb6 26. Be3 Nxe4 (
26... Bxe3 27. Qxe3 $18) 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Re3 $1 (28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Rc3 Ba6 30.
Qe3 Na4 $13) 28... Qd7 29. Qc4 Rxc6 (29... Qd6 30. Rc3 Rxc6 31. dxc6 Qd1 32.
Rxd1 cxd1=Q 33. Qxc5 Ba6 34. Rc1 $18) 30. dxc6 Qd1 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Qc3 $1 (32.
Ra5 Qd2) 32... Qd5 33. c7 Bb7 34. Ra5 Ne4 35. Rxd5 Nxc3 36. Rd3 Na2 37. Rxb3
Bc8 38. Bc4 $1 g6 39. Ra3 c1=Q 40. Rxc1 Nxc1 41. Rc3 Re8 42. Rxc1 Re7 43. Bf1 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 h6 8. Na3 a6
9. Nc2 Bh7 10. Nce1 c5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Ng6 13. g3 Be7 14. h4 h5 15. Re1
Rc8 16. Be3 c4 17. Nc1 Rc6 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Ne2 Qd7 20. Ng5 Bd8 21. Nh3 Nc8 22.
Nef4 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Ne7 24. Qd1 g6 25. Nh3 Nf5 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 Qe7 28. Kg2
b5 29. Qd2 Rb6 30. b4 cxb3 31. axb3 Rc6 32. b4 O-O 33. Reb1 Ra8 34. Rb3 Kg7 35.
Nf3 Qd8 36. Ra5 Ne7 37. Qf4 Rc7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Ra1 Rca7 40. Rba3 Nc6 41. Qf4
Qf8 42. Ng5 Ne7 43. f3 Nf5 44. g4 Ng7 45. Nh3 Rc7 46. Rxa6 Rxa6 47. Rxa6 Qc8
48. Ra1 Rxc3 49. Ng5 Rc7 50. Kg3 Qb7 51. Ra2 Qc6 52. Ra3 Ne8 53. Qd2 Kg7 54.
Ra2 Qc3 55. Qxc3 Rxc3 56. Ra8 Kf8 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Rb8 Ke7 59. Rxb5 f6 60.
Rb7+ Rc7 61. exf6+ Kxf6 62. Rb8 Nd6 63. Kf4 Rc1 {Abgabezug/ sealed move} 64.
Rb6 Ke7 65. Ra6 Re1 66. Ra7+ Ke8 67. Rh7 Nb5 68. Nf7 Nxd4 69. Ne5 Rb1 70. Kg5
Rxb4 71. Kf6 Kd8 72. Rxh5 Rb3 73. Rg5 Re3 74. Rg4 Nxf3 75. Nf7+ Kd7 76. h5 Re4
77. Rxe4 dxe4 78. h6 e3 79. h7 e2 80. h8=Q e1=Q 81. Qd8+ Kc6 82. Qa8+ Kc7 83.
Qxf3 Qh4+ 84. Kg6 Qd4 85. Qg3+ Kb7 86. Ne5 Qd5 87. Kf7 Kb6 88. Qc3 Kb5 89. Qb2+
Ka6 90. Qe2+ Kb6 91. Ke7 Kc5 92. Nd7+ Kb4 93. Qb2+ Qb3 94. Qxb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. h3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Bd6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Bd7 15.
Be3 Ng6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Rdc8 19. Qb1 Bb4 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. a3
Bc5 22. Na4 Bd6 23. Nc3 Qc7 24. Ba2 a6 25. Be3 b5 26. Bb3 Bb7 27. Rc1 Qe7 28.
Bb6 Rdc8 29. Bd4 Nd7 30. Rcd1 Nge5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Ne2 Qh4 33. f4 Nc4 34. Bf2
Bc5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rc1 Nd2 37. Qd3 Nxe4 38. Qe3 Rac8 39. Rcd1 h6 40. Rf1 Nf6
41. Nc3 Qh5 42. Rd6 R5c6 43. Rxc6 Bxc6 44. Rf2 Nd7 45. Rd2 Qc5 46. Qxc5 Nxc5
47. Bc2 Kf8 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Ke3 Nd7 50. g3 Nf6 51. Bd1 Ne8 52. Bc2 Nd6 53. Bd3
Bb7 54. h4 Nc4+ 55. Bxc4 Rxc4 56. Rd4 Rc5 57. a4 e5 58. Rb4 Bc6 59. axb5 axb5
60. Ne2 f6 61. Rb3 Ke6 62. Ra3 Rc2 63. fxe5 fxe5 64. Ra6 Kd6 {Abgabezug/
sealed move} 65. b4 Rc4 66. Ra7 Bd7 67. Ra6+ Ke7 68. Rg6 Kf7 69. Rd6 Bg4 70.
Rd5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2
c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nb8 14. Bd2 Nc6
15. Bc3 a6 16. b3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. g3 Be7 19. a3 Qb6 20. b4 O-O 21. Qg4
Rfc8 22. Rac1 Bf8 23. h4 Ne7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qxh5 g6 26. Qh4 Qd8 27. Bd2 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rd1 Nf5 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Rc1 b5 33. Rc6 Ra8 34.
Rb6 Be7 35. Kf1 Bd8 36. Rb7 Kg7 37. Ke2 Rc8 38. Kd3 Rc6 39. Rb8 Bc7 40. Ra8 Kg6
41. Rc8 f6 42. Bc3 Kf7 43. exf6 Kxf6 44. Bd2 Rc4 45. Rf8+ Kg6 46. Ra8 Rc6 47.
Rg8+ Kf7 48. Rc8 Rc4 49. Ra8 Rc6 50. Ra7 Kg6 51. Be3 Bd6 52. Bd2 Bc7 53. Ra8
Bd6 54. Rh8 Kg7 55. Rh6 Bc7 56. Rh1 Bd6 57. f3 Bc7 58. g4 fxg4 59. fxg4 Bd6 60.
Rh6 Bf8 61. Bg5 Kg8 62. Rh1 Bg7 63. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf4"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 (6. Bd3
Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 h6 13. e4
Re8 14. Be3 Nh5 $6 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Bxd4 $1 Qe7 17. e5 $1 Nf8 $2 18. Nb5 $1
$18 {Kasparov,G-Van der Wiel,J/Bruxelles/1987/}) 6... Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. a3 e5 11. h3 Bc7 12. Ba2 h6 $6 (12... exd4 13. exd4 Qd6 (
13... Nb6 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Bg5 Nbd5 16. Rad1 g6 17. Qc1 Bf5 $2 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 20. Be7 $18 {Van der Sterren,P-West,G/Sydney Mercantile/1991/})
14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Rae1 Nbd5 16. Re2 Be6 17. Rfe1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa2 19. Qxa2 b5
$14 {Gurevich,M-Petursson,M/Moskva/1987/}) 13. Nh4 $1 Re8 (13... exd4 14. Nf5
Qe5 15. f4 Qe8 16. Nxd4 $14) 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. Nb5 $1 Bb8 (15... cxb5 16. Qxc7
$16) 16. Bd2 a5 (16... cxb5 17. Bb4 $18) (16... exd4 17. Nbxd4 $14 (17. exd4 a5
18. Nc3 $36)) 17. dxe5 Bxe5 $6 (17... Nxe5 18. Nbd4 $14) (17... Nxe5 {Hansen,Cu
}) 18. f4 Bb8 (18... cxb5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Bc3 Re8 21. Nxh6+ gxh6 22. Qg6+ Kh8
23. Rxf6 $1 $18) (18... Bxb2 19. Nbd6 Bxa1 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Nh4 $18) 19. Nc3
Rd8 (19... Ba7 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. e4 $40) (19... Nc5 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Qg6+ Qg7
22. Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Qxg7+ (23. Bxe8 {Hansen,Cu} Nxe8 24. Qh5 $16) 23... Kxg7 24.
Bxe8 Nxe8 25. e4 $16) 20. Be1 (20. e4 Nc5 21. e5 Rxd2 (21... Nfe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4
23. Qxe4 Rxd2 $14) (21... Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxd2 23. exf6 Nd7 $1 24. fxg7 Qxg7) 22.
Qxd2 Nfe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qe1 $13) 20... Nh7 21. Bh4 Ndf6 22.
Rad1 Rxd1 (22... Ba7 $2 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Bxf6+ $18) 23. Rxd1 Be6
$2 (23... Ba7 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Bxf6+ $18) (23... Bxf5 24. Qxf5
Ba7 25. Bf2 Re8 26. e4 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 $16) 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qb3 Qe8 (25... Nd5
26. Ne7+ Nxe7 27. Qxe6+ Qf7 28. Rd8+ Nf8 29. Qxe7 $18) (25... Qf7 26. Rd8+ Nf8
27. Nd6 Qe7 28. Nxb7 $18) 26. Nxg7 $1 Qf7 (26... Kxg7 27. Qxb7+ Bc7 28. Qxc7+
$18) 27. Nxe6 Ba7 28. Bf2 Re8 29. Nd4 Qxb3 30. Nxb3 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32. Nxa5
{Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam blindfold sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bij de Weg, Minze"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.09.01"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
O-O-O c6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Nc5 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Be7 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Ne5 Rd8 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. e5 Nd7 21.
Nxe6 Re8 22. Rxc6 Rxe6 23. Rxb6 Nxb6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Qb3+ Kg6 26. Re1 Raf8
27. f3 a5 28. Re5 Rd8 29. Qd3+ Kf7 30. Rxa5 Nd5 31. Qc4 Rfd6 32. Ra6 Rxa6 33.
Qxa6 Rd7 34. Qc6 Ke7 35. g3 Rd6 36. Qc5 Ke6 37. f4 g6 38. g4 Rd7 39. f5+ gxf5
40. Qc6+ Rd6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam blindfold sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dolman, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1991.09.01"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3
O-O 9. Qh3 h6 10. Nf3 g5 11. Qg3 dxe5 12. h4 e4 13. hxg5 exf3 14. gxh6 Qf6 15.
gxf3 Qg6 16. hxg7 Qxg7 17. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam blindfold sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Krabbe, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.09.01"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 h6 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 a5 10. e3 a4 11. Qe2 Na6 12. a3 axb3 13. cxb3 Nc5 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. e4
Bh7 16. b4 Na4 17. Be5 Qb5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nb3 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Ndf3 Nd7
22. Bd4 Qb5 23. Ne5 Bf6 24. f4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Bd8 26. Qf2 Bg6 27. Kh2 Bb6 28.
Bxb6 Nxb6 29. Ra2 Rc3 30. h4 Raxa3 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. g4 h5 33. gxh5 Bxh5 34.
Bf3 Bg6 35. h5 Bxd3 36. Nxd3 Qxd3 37. Bg2 Nc4 38. Qxf7+ Kh7 39. Qxe6 Qg3+ 40.
Kg1 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam blindfold sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Munninghoff, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.09.01"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. Nc3 c5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. e3 Bf8
15. Nb5 a6 16. Nc7 Re5 17. f4 Rh5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bf3 Rh6 20. h4 Be6 21. Kf2
Bg7 22. Rh1 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qe7 24. Rcd1 Re8 25. Rhe1 Bf6 26. Kg2 b5 27. Qxd6
Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Bd4 29. Kf2 Bg7 30. Red1 g5 31. Rxh6 Bxh6 32. hxg5 Bg7 33. Rd7
Kf8 34. Ra7 Re6 35. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam blindfold sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van der Vliet, Fredrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.09.01"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. b3 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Ne8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f4 a5 14. a4 b5 15. Nf3
Qb6 16. Qe1 Nc7 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18. e4 Nf8 19. Ne5 Bb4 20. Qg3 Bc3 21. Ra2 Na6 22.
Ba3 Nb4 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. a5 Qc7 25. Qf2 f6 26. Nf3 Qxf4 27. Qc5 Qc7 28. Nd4
Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qd6 30. Qf2 Nd7 31. d4 Qc7 32. a6 Qb6 33. Rfa1 Ra7 34. Qe1 Qxd4
35. exd5 cxd5 36. Rd1 Qb6 37. Rxd5 Ne5 38. Rd1 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Qxa6 40. Qxb4 Nf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7.
Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 (10... Bxd4 11. Bxc7 Bxc3 12. bxc3
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Be5 (14. Ba5 $5) 14... f6 15. c4 $14) 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1
e5 13. Be3 Ke7 (13... Bxe3 $2 14. fxe3 $16 Ke7 $2 15. Rxf6 $18) (13... O-O 14.
Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qd6 $14) 14. f4 $1 (14. h3 Be6 $10) 14... Be6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16.
Nd5+ Bxd5 17. exd5 Rhd8 $1 $8 (17... Rad8 18. Kh1 $16 Rhe8 (18... Ne8 19. Qf2
$18 {Popovic,P-Damljanovic,B}) 19. Qc3 Kd6 (19... Bd6 20. Qxc7+ (20. Qb3 $36)
20... Bxc7 21. c4 $16) 20. Bxh6 $18) 18. Kh1 Rac8 $1 (18... Bxe3 $2 19. Qxe3
Ne8 20. c4 Qxc4 21. Qxe5+ Kf8 22. d6 $18 {Brunner,L-Fauland,A haifa 1989}) 19.
c4 (19. b4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qd6 $10) (19. Bxh6 {Hansen,Cu} gxh6 20. Rxf6 Kxf6 21.
Qxh6+ Ke7 22. Rf1 Qd6 23. Qg5+ Ke8 $19) (19. c3 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 19... Qd6 20.
Bxc5 (20. Rc1 {Hansen,Cu}) 20... Rxc5 21. Qe2 Rdc8 22. Bh3 (22. Rfe1 {Hansen,Cu
} Rxc4 23. Qxe5+ Qxe5 24. Rxe5+ Kd6 $17) 22... R8c7 23. b3 $6 (23. Rfe1 Kd8 $1
(23... Rxc4 24. Qxe5+ Qxe5 25. d6+ $1 Kf8 26. Rxe5 $18) (23... b5 24. b4 $1 $18
) (23... e4 $2 24. Rd4 $18 {/\ 25.b4,Re4}) 24. b3 (24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxc4
26. d6 R7c6 $10) 24... b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Rc1 $10) 23...
b5 24. Rf5 $6 (24. Rfe1 bxc4 (24... e4) 25. bxc4 (25. Qxe5+ $6 Qxe5 26. d6+ Kd8
27. dxc7+ Kxc7 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. bxc4 $17) 25... Kd8 $10 (25... e4 {Hansen,Cu}
26. Rd4 $15) (25... Rxc4 $2 26. Qxe5+ Qxe5 27. d6+ $18) 26. Qb2 (26. Rc1 Rxc4)
26... Rxc4 27. Qb8+ Ke7 $13) 24... bxc4 25. Rxe5+ Kf8 26. Re1 (26. Rf1 Rxd5)
26... g6 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Qb2 (28. Bf1 $1 Ra4 $15) 28... Rc2 29. Qd4 Kg7 30.
Bg2 R7c4 31. Qa1 Qa3 32. R5e3 Qxa2 33. Qxa2 Rxa2 34. Bf3 Rcc2 35. h4 Rd2 36.
Re7 Nxd5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Rf1 Rf5 39. Rxf5 gxf5 40. Rc7 a5 (40... Kg6 $19) 41.
Rc6 a4 42. Ra6 a3 43. Kg1 h5 44. Kf1 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 a2 46. Kh2 Kf8 47. Ra7 Ke8
48. Kg2 Kd8 49. Kh2 Kc8 50. Kg2 Kb8 51. Ra4 Kb7 52. Ra3 Kb6 53. Ra8 f4 $1 54.
gxf4 f5 55. Ra3 Kc5 56. Ra8 Kc4 57. Ra3 Kd4 58. Ra8 Ke4 59. Ra4+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 Ba6 7. Bb1 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 (9... Be7 10. O-O g5 11. Be3 h6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 O-O-O $10 {
Sznapik,A-Short,N Dubai OL 1986}) (9... b5 10. O-O b4 11. Re1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. h4 $16 {Sznapik,
A-Hort,V Helsinki 1979}) 10. O-O Rc8 (10... h6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Re1 Kb8 13. Nf4
Rc8 14. Qa4 Bc4 15. h5 $14 {Beshukov,S-Bykhovsky,AV Podolsk 1990}) 11. Re1 Be7
12. Bd2 Na5 13. Nf4 Nc4 14. Bc1 b5 $6 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. b3 Nb2 $1 16.
Bxb2 dxc3 $19) 15... Bb4 $132 16. Re2 (16. Rf1 Ncxe5) 16... Ncxe5) 15. Bd3 $16
{עe8} cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. h4 h6 18. b3 Na5 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Kd8 21. Qe2
Ba3 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rxc8+ Kxc8 24. Bc1 $1 {><c5,g7} Bxc1 25. Rxc1+ Kb8 26. Nh5
Qa5 27. Qd2 Qa3 28. Bb1 Rg8 29. Kh2 (29. Rd1 $5 {/\Df4+-}) 29... Bb7 30. Rd1 $2
(30. Qf4 $18 {/\Dxf7}) 30... Nc6 31. Bh7 (31. Qf4 Qe7) 31... Rh8 32. Bd3 g6 $8
33. Nf6 Nxf6 34. exf6 Qd6+ 35. Kg1 a6 36. Qe3 Qd8 $1 37. Ne5 (37. Qf4+ Qc7)
37... Nxe5 38. Qxe5+ Qc7 39. Rc1 Qxe5 40. dxe5 $14 g5 (40... Rc8 $2 41. Rxc8+
Kxc8 42. Bxg6 $18) 41. h5 Rd8 42. f3 {/\Kg1-f2-e3-d4} d4 $8 {/\Td5} 43. Rc5 Bd5
44. Kf2 Kb7 45. g4 Kb6 46. Rc2 a5 47. Kg3 $6 (47. Bg6 $5 Rf8 (47... Rd7 $6 48.
Rc8)) 47... a4 48. bxa4 Bc4 $1 $132 49. Be4 (49. Bxc4 bxc4 50. Rxc4 d3 51. Rc1
d2 52. Rd1 Kc5 53. Kf2 Kc4 54. Ke2 Kc3 55. a5 Rd5 $19) (49. Bg6 $1 Rd7 (49...
fxg6 50. hxg6 Bd3 51. g7 Bg6 52. axb5 d3 53. Rc6+ Kxb5 54. Rd6 $16) 50. f4 $13)
49... d3 50. Rd2 Kc5 $17 51. Kf2 Kd4 52. a5 b4 53. Bb7 Rd7 54. a6 Bd5 55. Rb2 (
55. Bxd5 Rxd5 56. a7 Ra5 $19) 55... Kc3 {C. Hansen} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. e4 (9. e3 a6 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 $10 {
Gross,S-Polgar Zso 1991}) 9... b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 Nef6 13.
O-O O-O 14. Rac1 $44 {><c6,><c5,><Lc8} a5 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Qc2 h6
18. Bc4 {/\Sg6} Qd6 19. Bb3 Rfe8 20. Rcd1 Rcd8 21. h3 Nd5 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nc5
Bc8 24. Ne5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 (25. dxc5 {/\Sc4-d6} Ba6 $17) 25... Ne7 (25... Bb7
26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Nc4) 26. Rd3 Rd6 $1 $15 {/\Sf5} 27. Rf3 Rf8 28. g4 Qd8 29. Re4
f6 30. Nd3 Nd5 31. Nf4 f5 $17 32. Ng6 Rf6 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Bxd5+ Kh7 (34...
Rxd5 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Nxd5 Rg6+ {See the game}) 35. Ne7 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 Rg6+ 37.
Rg3 Rxg3+ 38. fxg3 fxe4 39. Ne3 Be6 (39... Bxh3 40. g4) 40. Qe5 (40. a3 bxa3
41. bxa3 Bd5) 40... Bxa2 41. Qxe4+ Kh8 42. Nf5 Bd5 $19 43. Qe1 (43. Qe5 Qg5)
43... Qf6 44. g4 Qe6 45. Kf2 Be4 46. Nh4 Qf6+ 47. Ke3 Qg5+ 48. Ke2 Qb5+ (48...
a4 $1) 49. Ke3 Qg5+ 50. Ke2 a4 51. Kd1 Bd5 (51... Qf4 52. Qxb4 Qf1+ 53. Qe1 (
53. Kd2 Qf2+) 53... Qd3+ 54. Qd2 Qxh3 $19 55. Qf4 (55. Qe2 Bd3) 55... Qd3+ 56.
Ke1 Qb1+) 52. Nf5 a3 53. bxa3 Bb3+ 54. Ke2 bxa3 55. Kd3 Kh7 56. Kc3 Bd5 57. Qe3
a2 $2 (57... Qd8 58. Qe5 Qd7 {/\59...Qb7/59...a2 60.Kb2 Qb7+} 59. Ne7 a2 60.
Kb2 Qb7+ 61. Kc2 Qb1+ (61... a1=Q $4 62. Qf5+ $10) 62. Kd2 a1=Q $19) 58. Kb2
$17 Qd8 59. Ka1 Qb6 60. Qd3 Kh8 61. Ne7 Bf7 62. Ng6+ Kg8 63. Ne7+ Kf8 64. Ng6+
Bxg6 65. Qxg6 Qxd4+ 66. Kxa2 Qc3 67. Qe4 Kf7 68. Kb1 Kf6 69. h4 Qb3+ 70. Kc1
Qd5 71. Qf4+ Ke6 72. Kc2 Qc5+ 73. Kb1 Qe5 74. Qf3 Kd6 75. h5 Kc7 76. Kc2 Qc5+
77. Kb1 Qc4 78. Kb2 Kb6 79. Qe3+ Ka6 80. Qe8 Qd4+ 81. Kb3 Kb5 82. Qb8+ Kc5 83.
Qf8+ Kd5 84. Qf3+ Kd6 85. Ka3 Qa1+ 86. Kb3 Qf6 87. Qd3+ Ke7 88. Qg3 Qd6 89.
Qh4+ Qf6 90. Qg3 Ke6 91. Kc4 Qf1+ 92. Kc3 Qc1+ 93. Kb3 Qb1+ 94. Ka3 Qa1+ 95.
Kb3 Qe5 96. Qh4 Kd5 97. Qf2 Qf6 98. Qe3 Qe6 99. Qf4 Kc5+ 100. Ka3 Qd6 101. Qe3+
Kc4+ 102. Ka2 Qd5 103. Qb6 c5 104. Ka3 Qd3+ 105. Ka2 Qd2+ 106. Ka1 Qb4 107.
Qe6+ Kc3 108. Qe3+ Kc2 109. Qf2+ Qd2 110. Qf5+ Kb3 111. Qf7+ c4 {C. Hansen} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 d6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. a4 Bf6 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 Nb6 14. b4 Nac4 15. a5
Nd7 16. Bb3 Be7 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qd3 Qf8 21. c4 g5
22. Be3 Qf7 23. Nfd2 Rf8 24. Ne4 h5 25. Nbc3 Bc8 26. c5 dxc5 27. bxc5 h4 28. d6
cxd6 29. cxd6 Bd8 30. Qd5 g4 31. Qc6 g3 32. fxg3 h3 33. g4 Rf3 34. gxf3 Qxf3
35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Qe2 Bb7 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38. Re1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand Blatny,P} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 (
6. g3 {Blatny,P --> Short-Anand}) 6... a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 (8... Bc5 $2 {
Blatny,P} 9. Nxe6 $1) 9. h3 Bc5 (9... b5 $5 {Blatny,P /\Nc4}) 10. Kh1 (10. Na4
{Blatny,P} Ba7 11. c4 {[+]}) (10. Qe2 {Blatny,P} d6 11. f4 Ng6 {()}) (10. Qe2 {
Anand has been more popular recently}) 10... d6 11. f4 Nc6 $6 (11... Ned7 12.
Qf3 (12. g4 $5 {Tal}) 12... b5 $13 {Tal,M-Najdorf,M/Beograd/1970/} (12... b5 {
Blatny,P} 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nc5 17. Ng3 $13 {
Tal-Najdorf, Beograd 1970})) (11... Ng6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Rae1 b5 14. f5 Ne5 15.
Qg3 Kh8 $10 {Kuzmin-Sludcov/URS/1980/}) (11... Ned7 {Anand}) (11... Ng6 {Anand}
) 12. e5 $1 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Ndb5 $1 (13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxc5 exf4 $13) (13.
fxe5 {Blatny,P} Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Ndb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nxd6+ $18 Qxd6
18. Bb5+) 13... axb5 14. Bxc5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 17. Qxd4 $16) (
12... Nxd4 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 (14. Bxd4 {Blatny,P} Bxd4 15. Bb5+ axb5 16.
Qxd4 $40) (14. f5 $6 Nxf5 15. Bxc5 Ng3+) 14... f5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. c3 (16. b4
$16 {Anand}) 16... Nb5 17. a4 Nd6 18. b4 $1 $36) (12... Bxd4 13. Bxd4 dxe5 (
13... Nxd4 14. exf6 gxf6 15. f5 $1 Nc6 (15... Bd7 {Blatny,P} 16. Bxa6) 16. fxe6
fxe6 17. Rxf6 $16) 14. fxe5 Nd7 (14... Nxe5 15. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 16. Ne4 f5 17. Qh5
$40) 15. Ne4 $1 Ncxe5 (15... Nxd4 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Rxf7+ Kd8 18. Qg4 $18) (
15... O-O 16. Qh5 $40) (15... Ndxe5 $2 16. Bc5) 16. Qh5 $40 (16. Qh5 $1 $16 {
Anand the move I had overlooked initially} O-O $2 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf6+)) 13.
fxe5 dxe5 14. Bb5+ axb5 (14... Bd7 15. Nxe6 (15. Rxf6 {Blatny,P Kasparov}) (15.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 (15... Nxd7 16. Qf3) 16. Nf5 exf5 (16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 $18) 17. Bxc5
$18) 15... fxe6 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 $1 Nd7 19. Ne4 O-O-O 20.
Nd6+ Kb8 21. Nf7 $16) (14... Kf8 15. Rxf6 $1 (15. Nf5 {Blatny,P} Bxe3 16. Nxe3
axb5 17. Nxb5 Qe7 18. Nc4 $36) 15... exd4 (15... gxf6 16. Bh6+ Ke7 17. Nf5+
exf5 18. Nd5+ $18) (15... Bxd4 16. Bh6 $1 gxh6 17. Qh5 e4 (17... axb5 18. Raf1
$18) 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 (18... Ke7 19. Rxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1+ Ke7 21. Qg5+ Kd6 22.
Nxe4#) 19. Nxe4 axb5 20. Raf1 $18) 16. Bh6 $1 (16. Bf4 {Anand} Qe7 (16... Qd8
17. Qh5 $18) 17. Ne4 axb5) 16... axb5 (16... dxc3 17. Rxf7+ (17. Qh5 Bd4 18.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 19. Rf1 Qxf1+ $1 (19... Bf6 20. Rxf6 $18) 20. Bxf1 cxb2) 17... Kxf7
18. Qh5+ g6 $13) 17. Qh5 Ke8 (17... dxc3 18. Raf1 $18) 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Nxb5
Qd7 20. Qxh7 $16) (14... Ke7 15. Rxf6 $1 (15. Nc6+ $18 {Anand}) 15... exd4 (
15... Kxf6 16. Qg4 (16. Bg5+ {Blatny,P} Kxg5 17. Ne4+ Kf4 18. Qf3#) 16... Ke7
17. Qxg7 $18) (15... gxf6 16. Nf5+ $1 exf5 (16... Kf8 {Blatny,P} 17. Bh6+ Kg8
18. Qg4#) 17. Nd5+ $18) 16. Qf3 $6 (16. Bf4 $1 Qa5 $8 (16... Qb6 17. Nd5+ $18)
(16... Bd6 {Blatny,P} 17. Nd5+ $1 $18) 17. Qh5 axb5 18. Rxf7+ Ke8 19. Rxg7+ $18
) 16... gxf6 17. Ne4 axb5 (17... f5 $1 18. Bg5+ Kf8 (18... f6 19. Bxf6+ Kf8 20.
Bxh8 $16) 19. Qh5 fxe4 (19... axb5 20. Qh6+ Ke8 21. Nf6+ $18) 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21.
Bf6 Qg3 $1) (17... Qe5 18. Bf4 Qf5 (18... Qd5 19. Bd6+ $1 Bxd6 20. Qxf6+ Kf8
21. Qxh8+ Ke7 22. Qe8#) 19. g4 Qg6 20. Bd3 $1 Bb6 21. Nxf6 $1 Qg7 22. Be5 Qf8
23. Nd5+ exd5 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Qxb6 $18) 18. Qxf6+ Kd7 19. Bxd4 $1 Rd8 20.
Nxc5+ Kc6 21. Be5 Qb6 22. b4 $16) (14... Nd7 {Blatny,P} 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16.
Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne4 {/\Qg4+-}) 15. Ndxb5 Qb6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 (17...
Kf8 18. Nce4 $18) 18. Rxf6 $1 (18. Nce4 Qd4 19. Qf3 Nxe4 20. Rad1 Nxd6 $1)
18... gxf6 19. Nce4 Qd4 (19... Qc7 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Qh6 $40) 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Rd1
Qe3 (21... Qxb2 {Blatny,P} 22. Qh6 Qxc2 23. Nf5+ $1 $18) 22. Qh4 Qf4 23. Qe1
Ra4 (23... f5 24. Qb4 fxe4 25. Nxe4+ Ke8 26. Qb5+ Ke7 27. Qc5+ Ke8 28. Qc7 $18)
24. Qc3 Rd4 (24... Rd8 25. Qc7+ Bd7 26. Nc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxd7+ $18) (24... Rxe4 {
Blatny,P} 25. Qc7+ Bd7 26. Nf5+ $1 $18) 25. Rxd4 Qf1+ 26. Kh2 exd4 27. Qc5 Kd7
(27... Qf4+ 28. g3 Qe5 29. Nxc8+ Kd7 30. Nb6+ $18) 28. Nb5 Qf4+ 29. g3 {
Ftacnik,L} (29. g3 Qe5 (29... Qxe4 {Blatny,P} 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Nd6#) 30. Nxf6+
$1 Qxf6 31. Qd6+ (31. Qc7+ Ke8 32. Nd6#) 31... Ke8 32. Nc7#) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 a6 (5... Nd7 {Blatny,P}
6. O-O Ne7 (6... h6 7. c3 Qc7 8. a4 g5 9. Na3 f6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O-O
12. exf6 Ngxf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. c4 Ne4 15. Nd2 Bb4 {Anand-Timman, Paris 1991})
7. c3 (7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 $14 {
--> Anand-Karpov, Brussel 1991 CBM25}) 7... h6 (7... c5 {--> Benjamin-Seirawan,
USA(ch) 1991}) 8. Na3 a6 {--> Anand-Karpov, Brussel(m-5) 1991 CBM25}) 6. O-O
Nd7 7. Nbd2 (7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne7) 7... Bg6 $1 8. a3 Nh6 $1 (8... Ne7 9. Nh4)
9. c4 Be7 10. Nb3 O-O (10... Nf5 11. Bd2 a5 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... exd5 $5) 13.
Bb5 b6 14. Bc3 $14) 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. cxd5 (14. b4 b6
15. Nb3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 a5 $132 {Karpov}) 14... exd5 $1 15. b4 f6 16. Rae1 Rae8
17. Qc3 Bd8 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. dxe5 c5 $1 $15 21. e6+ Nf6 22. Nb3
cxb4 23. Qxb4 (23. Qxc7+ $15) 23... Be7 24. Qd2 Bxa3 $17 25. Qd3 (25. Nbd4 Re7
26. Qd3 Bc5 $17) 25... Bd6 26. Nbd4 Qc4 (26... Re7 $17) (26... Ne4 $5 {Blatny,P
}) 27. Qb1 Qb4 (27... Re7 $142 {Blatny,P}) 28. e7 Rf7 (28... Rg8 $2 29. Ne6+
Kh8 30. Qa1 Bxe7 31. Nc7 Rd8 32. Re6 Rgf8 33. Ne5 $16) 29. Ne6+ Kh7 30. Nf8+
Rexf8 31. exf8=N+ Bxf8 32. Qd3 Qc4 33. Qe3 Qe4 34. Ne5 Rg7 (34... Re7 35. Qc5
Qf5 36. Nxg6 $16) 35. Qb6 Qf5 36. Nf3 Rf7 37. Re5 Qf4 38. Re6 Nd7 39. Qb1 Qg4
40. Re3 (40. Rfe1 $5 Rxf3 $2 41. h3 Qg5 42. h4 Qg4 43. h5 $1 $40) 40... Bc5 41.
Rd3 Qf5 (41... Qe4 42. Re1 Qf5 $13) 42. Nd4 Qh5 $2 (42... Qe4 43. Re1 Qh4 44.
g3 (44. Rg3 Nf8 45. Nf3 Qf6) 44... Qh5 $13) 43. Rh3 Qg4 44. Nf3 $14 Re7 45.
Qxb7 Qc4 (45... Nf6 $1 46. Qxa6 (46. Qc6 Ne4 47. Qxd5 Qf5 $1 48. Qxf5 $140 gxf5
{>< Rh3,Pf2}) 46... Ne4 $44) 46. Qb2 $1 $16 h5 47. Rg3 Re2 48. Qa1 $16 a5 $2 (
48... d4 $142 {Blatny,P}) 49. Ng5+ Kg8 50. Nh3 Ne5 51. Qxa5 $1 $18 Be7 52. Qa7
Ng4 53. Rf3 $1 Ne5 54. Re3 Kf7 55. Qb7 $1 {The best move putting black almost
in zugzwang} Kf6 56. Rxe2 Qxe2 57. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Ernst Boensch Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qb6 (8... Be7 {Boensch}) (8... g6 {Boensch}) 9.
Be3 Qxb2 (9... e5 10. Nf5 Qxb2 11. Qd2 Qa3 (11... Qb4 12. Nb5 $1 Qxd2 13.
Nbxd6+ Bxd6 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Nf5+ Kf8 16. Bxd2 $18) 12. Bc4 $16) 10. Ndb5 axb5
11. Nxb5 Ra5 (11... Qb4 12. Nc7+ Ke7 (12... Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qa5 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15.
Qe1 $1 {Gheorghiu} Qa7 16. a4 Ng4 17. a5 $18) 13. Nxa8 Qa5 14. e5 Ne8 15. exd6+
Nxd6 16. c4 Qxa8 17. c5 Ne8 18. f5 $40 {de Firmian-Gheorghiu, Lone Pine 1980} (
18. f5 {Anand} f6 (18... Ne5 $5) 19. Bd4 Ne5 $6 (19... e5 20. Qb3 Nc7) 20. Bxe5
fxe5 21. Bc4 $16 {De Firmian-Gheorghiu Lone Pine1980})) (11... Kd8 $2 12. a3 $1
{/\ Bd4} Ra4 (12... d5 13. Rb1 Qa2 14. Rb3 $1 {/\ Nc3}) 13. c4 $1 $18) (11...
Rb8 $2 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Bd4 Qb4 15. c3 $18) 12. Rb1 Rxb5 (12...
Qxa2 $2 13. Nc3 Qa3 14. Rb3) 13. Rxb2 Rxb2 14. Qa1 Rb6 (14... Rb4 $2 15. Qc3)
15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. Qc3 Be7 (16... Kd8 17. Qa5 Nfd7 18. Rb1 d5 (18... Kc7 19. Bb5
Kb8 (19... Nc5 $2 20. Be8 $18) 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qd8 g6 (21... d5 22. Kf1 dxe4
23. Rb3 Nc5 24. Rc3 $18) 22. Kh1 $1 Bg7 23. Qe7 Kc7 24. Rd1 $16) 19. exd5 exd5
20. Bf5 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Ke7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Qc7 f6 24. Rd1 d4 25. c3 $16) (16...
Nfd7 17. Rb1 Be7 {transposes to the game.} (17... d5 $2 18. Rxb6 Nxb6 (18...
Bc5+ 19. Kf1 d4 20. Qc4 $18) 19. Qc7 $18)) 17. Rb1 Nfd7 (17... Bd8 18. Qd4 Nbd7
19. Qxd6 Be7 20. Qc7 O-O 21. Kf1 $16) 18. Qxg7 (18. Qc7 O-O $1 19. Rxb6 $2 Bd8
20. Qxc8 Bxb6+) 18... Bf6 19. Qh6 Ke7 (19... Rg8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxh7 $1 (21.
Rxb6 e4 22. Rxe6+ fxe6 23. Bxe4 $14) 21... Rh8 22. Rxb6 Nxb6 (22... e4 23. Rb4
Ke7 24. Rc4 $18) 23. Qxf6 Rxh7 24. Qxe5 Nd5 25. c4 Ne7 26. a4 $16 {with the
plan Qc7, c5-c6 and pushing the "a" pawn to Queen !}) 20. Bb5 $2 (20. g4 $1 Rg8
21. g5 Bg7 (21... Bd4+ 22. Kf1 Nf8 $5) 22. Qh4 (22. Qxh7 $4 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 (23.
Kh1 Rh8) 23... Rh8 $19) 22... e5 (22... h6 23. Kf1 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ $16) (22...
Na4 {Anand} 23. Kh1 Nac5 24. g6+ Bf6 25. gxh7 $13) 23. Kh1 exf4 24. e5 $1 Bxe5
25. g6+ Bf6 26. gxh7 Rh8 27. Qh6 $16 {/\ Rg1-g8}) 20... Rg8 $2 (20... e5 $1 21.
Rf1 (21. f5 Nc5) 21... Rg8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxh7 Rg7 24. Qh4+ Nf6 $10) (20...
Nc5 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qg5+ Kd6 24. Rd1+ Nd5 25. c4 $18
) 21. Rd1 $1 e5 (21... Nc5 22. e5 (22. Rxd6 $2 Rg6 $19) 22... dxe5 23. fxe5
Bxe5 24. Qe3 (24. Qh4+ {Ftacnik} Bf6 25. Qb4 $18) 24... Nbd7 (24... Bd6 25. Qd4
Rd8 (25... Nd5 26. c4 $18) 26. Qh4+ f6 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qg7#) 25.
Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27. Qxe5 Bc6 28. g3 $16) (21... Rg4 {Anand Kasparov's
original intention} 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qh3 Rxf4 24. Qa3+ Ke8 25. Qc5 Bd8 26. a4
$18) 22. f5 {/\ Qd2} Nc5 $2 (22... Rd8 $1 23. g4 Nc5 24. g5 Nxe4 (24... Bh8 $2
25. f6+ $18) 25. gxf6+ Nxf6 $14) (22... Rg4 $2 23. Qd2 d5 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 (24...
Bxd7 25. Qb4+) (24... Kxd7 25. Qe2 $18) 25. Qxd5 $18) (22... Na8 {Anand} 23.
Bxd7 $1 Bxd7 24. Rxd6 Bg5 (24... Kxd6 25. Qxf6+ Kc7 26. Qxf7 $18) 25. Qxh7 $16)
(22... Na8 $5 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rxd6 $1 Bg5 (23... Kxd6 24. Qxf6+ Kc7 25. Qxf7+
$18 (25. Qxe5+ $18 {Boensch}) (25. Qxe5+ $18 {Ftacnik})) 24. Qxh7 Nxe4 (24...
Kxd6 25. Qxg8 Be3+ (25... Nxe4 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxf7 $18) 26. Kf1 Nxe4 (26... Ke7
27. Qe8+ (27. f6+ Kxf6 28. Qd8+) 27... Kf6 28. Qd8+) (26... Bd7 {Anand} 27.
Bxd7 Nbxd7 28. Qxf7 $18) 27. Qxf7) 25. Rxb6 (25. Qxg8 {Ftacnik} Be3+ 26. Kf1
Nxd6 $16) 25... Rd8 (25... Be3+ {Ftacnik} 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Qh4+) 26. Bd3 (26.
f6+ {Ftacnik} Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 $16) 26... Be3+ 27. Kf1 Bxb6 (27... Nd2+ {
Ftacnik} 28. Ke2 Bxb6 29. Qh4+ Kd7 (29... Ke8 30. Bb5+ Bd7 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32.
Qxe5+ Kf8 33. Qd6+ $18) 30. Kxd2 $18) 28. Bxe4 Rd4 29. c3 (29. c3 Rxe4 30. f6+
$18 (30. f6+ {Ernst} Kxf6 31. Qxe4 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ng5
Bd7 15. c4 Kf8 16. d4 Re8 17. Nf3 h5 18. Nbd2 Rh6 19. Nf1 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bd6 21.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Ne3 h4 23. h3 Rh5 24. Rd1 f6 25. Bc3 Kf7 26. Kf1 Bc6 27. Nd4 Be4
28. f3 Bb7 29. Ndf5 Ke6 30. Nd4+ Kf7 31. Be1 g6 32. Bf2 Bc5 33. Ne2 Bxe3 34.
Bxe3 Re5 35. Bf2 g5 36. Rd8 Re7 37. c5 bxc5 38. Bxc5 Re5 39. Bd4 Rd5 40. Rb8
Nd6 41. Kf2 a5 42. Be3 Rd3 43. Bc5 Bd5 44. Bxd6 cxd6 45. Ke1 a4 46. Nc1 axb3
47. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. e3
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nh4 Nb6 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Nb6 12. Qd3) 11. Qf1 $6 (11. Qe2
Bg4 $10) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Nfd5 14. gxh5 Bxh4 15. Bd2 f5 (15... Qg5
$32 16. O-O-O $1 (16. e4 Ne3 $17) 16... Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxh5 $15) 16. Qe2 Be7 17.
O-O Bd6 18. f4 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rg8 $2 (19... Nf6 20. Bf3 Nbd5 21. Rg1 Qd7 22. Rg2
Rf7 $10) 20. e4 $1 Nc7 (20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 $36) (20... fxe4 21.
Nxe4 Be7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 $16) 21. Rad1 Rf8 22. h6 $1 g6 23. d5 exd5 24.
exd5 c5 (24... cxd5 25. a4) 25. Nb5 Nxb5 (25... Re8 26. Nxd6 $16) 26. Qxb5 Qd7
27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28. Rfe1 Rad8 29. Re6 (29. Bc3+ Kg8 30. Re6 Bxf4 31. d6 Nb6 $13)
29... Nb6 30. h4 (30. Bc3+ Kg8 31. Be5 Nc8) 30... Kg8 31. Rde1 (31. h5 $1 $16)
31... Na8 $1 $10 32. h5 Nc7 33. Bc3 $2 (33. R6e2) 33... Nxe6 34. Rxe6 Rfe8 35.
Rxg6+ hxg6 36. hxg6 Re7 $17 37. Bf1 Rh7 $1 (37... Bxf4 $4 38. d6 $18) 38. gxh7+
Kxh7 39. Bf6 Rc8 40. Bg5 c4 41. a4 Kg6 42. Kg2 Bf8 43. Kf2 Bxh6 44. Bxh6 Kxh6
45. Ke3 Re8+ 46. Kd4 Re4+ 47. Kc5 Kg6 48. d6 Kf6 49. Bxc4 Rxf4 50. Bd5 b6+ 51.
Kc6 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Bc7 19. Rc5 (19. g3 a6 20. Rh5 g6
21. Bh6 f5 $17 {Arakhamia-Akopian Oakham 1990}) 19... Bd6 20. Rb5 (20. Rg5 Be7
(20... g6 $5) 21. Bf5 (21. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 22. Bf5 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Qg4+ Kh8
25. Bd4 $18) 21... Qxd4 22. Rg4 Qe5 23. Bd2 $13 {Adams-Anand Oakham 1990})
20... Bc7 21. Rc5 Bd6 22. a5 $1 $16 {N} Nc8 (22... Bxc5 23. dxc5 Nc8 (23... Na4
24. c6 $16) (23... Nd5 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Be4 $16) 24. a6 $16) 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. a6
Ne7 25. axb7 Rb8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Rxb7 30. d5 Ng6
31. Qxc4 Qb8 32. Rc1 Rb1 33. Rc7 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Rd8 35. Bf5 (35. d6 $1 Qb6 (
35... Nf8 36. Bf5 Rxd6 (36... g6 37. Qh6 $18) (36... Qb5 37. Rc8 $18) 37. Rc8
$18) 36. Rc6 (36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. Rxc6 Nf8 38. d7 {/\Lf5,Tc8} g6 $10) 36... Qd4
37. d7 Nf4 38. Qc4 $1 (38. Bg4 f5 $1) 38... Qa1+ (38... Qe5 39. Rc8 $18) 39.
Kh2 {/\Tc8/Dxf4} Qe5 40. g3 $18) 35... Qb6 36. Qc6 Qa5 37. Kh2 Nf8 38. Rc8 Rxc8
39. Bxc8 (39. Qxc8 Qb4 $8 40. Qc7 a5 $132) 39... Qb6 $1 $10 40. Bg4 Kg8 41. f4
Kf7 42. f5 g6 (42... Qxc6 43. dxc6 Ke7 44. Bd1 Kd6 45. Ba4 $18 {><Sf8}) 43. Be2
$2 gxf5 $17 44. Bh5+ Kg7 45. Be8 Qxc6 46. dxc6 Ne6 47. Kg3 Kf8 48. Bh5 Ke7 49.
Bd1 Kd6 50. Ba4 a5 51. Kf3 Kc7 $2 (51... Nc5 52. Bc2 (52. Bb5 a4 $19 53. Kf4
Ne6+ 54. Kxf5 Nd4+) 52... a4 $19 53. Bxf5 a3 54. Bb1 Na4 55. Ba2 Nc3 56. Bb3
Kxc6 57. Kf4 Kd6 58. Kf5 Ke7) 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. g3 h6 54. h4 Nc5 55. Bc2 a4 56.
Bxf5 Nb3 (56... a3 57. Bb1 Kxc6 58. Kf4 Kd6 59. Kf5 Ke7 60. Kg6 $10) 57. Bb1
Kxc6 58. Kf4 Nd4 59. Kg4 a3 60. Kh5 Ne2 {/\Sc3} 61. Ba2 Nc1 62. Bf7 Kc5 63.
Kxh6 Kb4 64. h5 Nb3 65. Kg7 a2 66. h6 a1=Q 67. h7 f5+ 68. Kg8 f4 69. h8=Q $10 (
69. gxf4 $10) 69... Qxh8+ 70. Kxh8 fxg3 71. Bd5 {C. Hansen} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O $1 {N} 9. Qd2 {8.h4 oder 9.Qd2 ist ?!} (9. Bd3 c5) 9...
e5 $1 10. O-O-O (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Bxe5 $10) 10... e4 11.
Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Kb1 c5 $15 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc3 Rac8 17.
Qb3 Nd5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nc4 a6 $1 20. Rd2 (20. Ne3 $2 Nc3+ $1 21. bxc3 Rb5
$19) 20... Rfc8 21. Ne3 Nc3+ $1 22. Ka1 $8 Qxb3 23. cxb3 $8 Nd5 24. Kb1 Nxe3
25. fxe3 $17 h5 26. Rhd1 R8c6 27. Rf1 Rc7 28. b4 Re5 29. Rf4 Kh7 30. Rd4 f5 31.
Rf1 Rc6 32. Rd7 Rg6 33. Rxb7 Rxg2 34. Rc7 Rd5 35. Rc5 Rdd2 36. Rfxf5 Rxb2+ 37.
Kc1 Rxa2 38. Rxh5+ Kg8 39. Kb1 Rab2+ 40. Kc1 Rbe2 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rf5+ Ke6 (
42... Ke7 $5) 43. Rf1 Rxe3 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. Rxa6 Rc3+ 46. Kb1 Rb3+ 47. Kc1 Rf3
48. Re1 Rc3+ 49. Kb1 Rb3+ 50. Kc1 Rxb4 51. Ra7 Rc4+ 52. Kb1 Rg6 53. Rb7 Rcc6 $2
54. Rb5+ Kf4 55. Rf1+ Kg4 (55... Ke3 56. Re1+ Kf3 57. Rf5+ Kg4 58. Re5 $15) 56.
Re1 Rb6 (56... Rc4 $4 57. Rg1+ $18) (56... Rge6 57. Rg1+ $15) 57. Rxe4+ Kh3 58.
Rxb6 Rxb6+ 59. Kc2 Rh6 60. Re7 g6 61. Re6 Kxh4 62. Kd2 Kg3 63. Re3+ (63. Re3+
Kf4 64. Ra3 {/\ Ke2=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. e4 e5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. a3 Be5 15.
Be3 Nf8 16. Rd2 b5 17. Ba2 c5 18. Nde2 c4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ng6 21. Rad1
Nh4 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Bb1 g6 24. Qe4 Bf6 25. Qf4 Qxd5 26. f3 Qe5 27. Be4 Nf5 28.
Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Bf2 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Bg5 32. Re2 Be6 33. Bc5 h5 34.
Rd6 Bf4 35. Rd1 Kh7 36. Kf2 Rc8 37. Bb4 g5 38. Kf3 Bc7 39. g4 Kg6 40. Bc3 Bf4
41. Ree1 Bc7 42. Rg1 Rg8 43. Rg2 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 a5 45. Ke2 Rb8 46. Kf3 b4 47.
axb4 axb4 48. Bd4 Bf4 49. Be3 Be5 50. Bd4 Bxd4 51. Rxd4 b3 52. Rdd2 Kf6 53. Ke3
Ke5 54. Rgf2 Rb5 55. Rf1 Rc5 56. Rc1 Rc8 57. Ra1 c3 58. Ra5+ Kf6 59. Rf2+ Kg6
60. bxc3 Rxc3+ 61. Kd4 Rc4+ 62. Ke3 Rb4 63. Rb2 Bxg4 64. Rd5 Be6 65. Rc5 Rb8
66. Ra5 Rh8 67. Rg2 Rh3+ 68. Kd4 g4 69. Rb5 Rf3 70. Rb8 Kg7 71. Rb5 Kf6 72. Rb8
Ke7 73. Rb7+ Kd6 74. Rb6+ Ke7 75. Rb5 Rf1 76. Rg5 Kd6 77. Rb5 Rc1 78. Rb6+ Kc7
79. Rb5 Kc6 80. Rg5 Kb6 81. Rh2 Rc8 82. Kd3 Ra8 83. Kc3 Rc8+ 84. Kd3 Rc1 85.
Kd4 Rc4+ 86. Kd3 Rb4 87. Rb2 Kc6 88. Re5 Rb8 89. Rg5 Kd6 90. Ke3 Rc8 91. Rd2+
Ke7 92. Rb5 Kf6 93. Rf2+ Kg6 94. Kf4 Rc3 95. Rb6 Kf6 96. Rb5 Ke7 97. Rd2 Rf3+
98. Ke5 g3 99. Rb7+ Kf8 100. Rd8+ Kg7 101. Rbb8 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qd1 d5 14. Rc1 Nbd7 15.
Re1 Qc8 16. Bf1 Qb7 17. Nd2 Bh7 18. Bb2 c6 19. e3 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Qe2 Reb8
22. f3 a4 23. b4 Ne8 24. e4 Nd6 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Qf4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qb6 28. exd5
exd5 29. g4 Nc4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Re1 Nf6 32. Re5 Rd8 33. Qd2 Nd5 34. f4 Qg6
35. h3 Qb1 36. f5 Kh8 37. Re1 Qa2 38. Bg2 Bg8 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. f6 Kh7 41. Qc2+
Kh8 42. Qe4 c3 43. Bxc3 Qc4 44. Qf3 Kh7 45. Re3 gxf6 46. Qxf6 Qa2 47. Qc6 Qb1+
48. Kg2 Qc1 49. Re2 Rg5 50. d5 Qf4 51. Bd2 Rxg4+ 52. hxg4 Qxg4+ 53. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 12. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Bc4 Na5 9. Qd3 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Qb3
Ke7 15. a4 a6 16. Rd3 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Qa3 c5 20. Qa1 c4 21.
R3d2 b4 22. c3 a5 23. Ng3 Kf7 24. h3 g6 25. Nf1 Qc6 26. Re1 Rab8 27. Ne3 bxc3
28. bxc3 Qxe4 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qe1 Rb1 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 d5
34. Nd2 Bd3 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Qg3 Rd7 37. Qg4 Re7 38. Qc8 e4 39. Qc5 Bg5 40. Nf1
Bxf1 41. Kxf1 Rd7 42. Qxa5 Bf6 43. Qb5 Rd8 44. Qb7+ Kh6 45. Qb6 Kg7 46. a5 d4
47. cxd4 Rxd4 48. Ke2 c3 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. Qxc3 Rd6 51. Qe3+ Bg5 52. Qxe4 Rd2+
53. Ke1 Ra2 54. Qd5 Ra1+ 55. Ke2 Bf6 56. g4 Kg7 57. g5 Bb2 58. Qb7+ Kg8 59.
Qxb2 Rxa5 60. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. f4 Ng6 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 a5 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 a4 18. Nd4 a3 19. b6 Qe7 20. Nc2 d5 21. Qb5 Ng4
22. Bd4 Bd6 23. e5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 axb2 25. Bc5 Qg5 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Qc5 Nxe5
28. Qe3 Qh5 29. Rd4 Nfd7 30. Re1 Nc6 31. Bf3 Qg6 32. Rg4 Qf6 33. Be2 Qd8 34.
Qh6 g6 35. Rh4 Nf8 36. Qe3 e5 37. Bb5 d4 38. Qf3 Qxb6 39. Bc4 Qc7 40. Rf1 Nd8
41. Qb3 Rc8 42. Bd5 Qd7 43. Re4 Rc3 44. Bxf7+ Nxf7 45. Qxb2 Rc6 46. Nb4 Rb6 47.
a3 Ne6 48. Re2 Kg7 49. Ref2 Nd6 50. Qb3 Rb5 51. Qf3 Nf5 52. h4 Qc6 53. Qb3 Nc5
54. Qb2 Qe4+ 55. Qc2 Qxc2+ 56. Kxc2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 e5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Na3 a6 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 d6 17. Bd2 Qc5 18. Rc1 Qxc1 19. Bxc1 Bd7 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21.
Qf3 1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5
15. Bd3 e5 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. O-O exd4 18. exd4 N7f6 19. Rfe1 f4 20. Bg6 Re7 21.
Nc3 Rd7 22. Bf5 Rdd8 23. Re5 Rfe8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Bg6 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Ng8 27.
Bh4 Nge7 28. Be4 g5 29. Bf2 Nxc3 30. Bxb7 Nd1 31. Re2 Nxb2 32. h4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2
Nd3 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kh3 Rf1 36. Bd4 Nf5 37. Rd2 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Qc7 8. a4 g5
9. Na3 f6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O-O 12. exf6 Ngxf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. c4 Ne4 15.
Nd2 Bb4 16. Rxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rd8 18. Nc2 Be7 19. Be3 Nf6 20. b4 Rhf8 21. Nxf6
Bxf6 22. Qe4 Kb8 23. a5 e5 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Qd7 26. Bc5 Be7 27. Ne3 Rf4 28.
Qg6 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Qf7 30. Qxh6 Rxf2 31. Qxg5 Rg8 32. Qxe5+ Ka8 33. a6 Re2 34.
axb7+ Qxb7 35. g3 Qb3 36. d6 Qxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. c6 Rc3 39. d7 Kb8 40. Ra6
Rc2 41. Kf1 Kc7 42. h4 Rb8 43. Rxa7+ Kxc6 0-1

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. e4
Re8 9. b3 a6 10. a4 a5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Re1 Nb8 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxe5
Ng4 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. e5 Nb6 19. Nbd2 Rd8 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Ng5 g6 22.
Nde4 Nh6 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. exf6 Nf7 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Qd7 27. Rce1 Qd2 28.
Qxd2 Rxd2 29. Bc3 Rc2 30. R6e3 Nd6 31. Bh3 Nf5 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Rd1 Bh6 34.
Rf3 Rf8 35. Rd6 Rf7 36. Bxa5 Bf8 37. Re6 Rd7 38. Rxf5 Kf7 39. Re4 Rd3 40. Kg2
Rxb3 41. Bd8 Rb4 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Rf3 Bxe7 44. fxe7 Re4 45. h4 h5 46. Rf6+ Kg7
47. Rf5 b5 48. a5 b4 49. Rf4 Re1 50. Rf8 Rce2 51. a6 b3 52. a7 b2 53. a8=Q b1=Q
54. Qxc6 Qe4+ 55. Qxe4 Rxe4 56. Rf5 c4 57. Rxh5 Re5 58. Ba5 Rxh5 59. Bxe1 Kf7
60. Kf3 Rd5 61. Ke2 Kxe7 62. g4 Ke6 63. h5 Rd3 64. f3 Ra3 65. Bd2 Ra2 66. Kd1
Kd5 67. h6 Ra1+ 68. Kc2 Rh1 69. g5 Ke6 70. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne2 Bd5 12. Ne1 h5 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. b3
Be7 15. Bb2 (15. c4 $1 Be4 $6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. f3 Bc5+ 18. Kf1 Ne3+ 19. Ke2
Nc2 20. fxe4 Nxa1 21. Bb2 $18) 15... g5 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. c4 Be6 18. Nc2 a5 (
18... b5 $1 19. Ncd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 bxc4 21. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bd7 {22.-cxb3?
23.La3!} 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. bxc4 $14) 19. Nc3 Rd7 20. Ne4 c5 $2 (20... b5 $1 $14
) 21. Kf1 Kd8 22. Ke2 Kc8 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Kc6 25. a4 $1 b6 26. Ne1 Kb7
27. g3 Nh6 28. Nc3 Bg4+ 29. f3 Be6 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. Ne3 Be7 32. Bc3 c6 33. N1c2
Bd8 34. Rh1 g4 $2 {Ein Fehler in Zeitnot.} 35. f4 Nf5 36. Rd1 $1 Bc7 37. Nxf5
Bxf5 38. Ne3 Bc8 39. Kd3 h4 40. Ke4 hxg3 41. hxg3 Rh8 42. f5 Rh2 43. Nxg4 Re2+
44. Kf4 (44. Kf3 $2 Bxf5 $1 $13) 44... b5 45. Rd2 Re1 46. Ne3 f6 47. g4 Rb1 48.
Ke4 fxe5 49. Bb2 Re1 50. Rd3 Kb6 51. Bc3 Re2 52. Bxe5 Bxe5 53. Kxe5 bxc4 54.
bxc4 Kc7 55. Kf6 Ra2 56. g5 Rxa4 57. g6 Ra1 58. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 {>= 5.Ngf3} Bxc5 6.
Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Ne4 b6 $1 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 $1 11. Be3 $6 (11.
O-O) 11... Qc7 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nc5 $1 14. Be5 (14. Bxf6 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3
Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Qxf6 {=/=/+}) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 $6 (15. Qxd3 Qc6 (15... Qc5 $2
16. Bd6 $18) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 $13) 15... Qc4 $1 16. Nd4 $6 (16. Kb1 $6 Be4
17. Re3 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd5 $17) (16. Bxf6 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Qxf6 {=/=/+
}) 16... Be4 (16... Qxa2 $5 {Ernst} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {17.-Da1+? 18.Kd2 Dxh1
19.Tg3 g6 20.Dh5 +-.}) 17. Re3 Qxa2 $1 (17... Qxe2 $6 18. Rxe2 Bxg2 $2 19. Rg1
$18) 18. Bxf6 (18. Rxe4 {Ernst} Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Qg4 f6 22.
Nxe6 Rf7 23. Bxf6 Re8 $1 $19) 18... Bg6 $1 (18... Qa1+ $6 19. Kd2 Qxh1 20. Rxe4
gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 $40) 19. Ra3 Qd5 20. h4 (20. Be5 f6 21. Bd6 $5 (21.
Bg3 {Ernst} Qxd4 22. Qxe6+ $10) 21... Rfc8 $1 (21... Qxd6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23.
Nxe6 $10) (21... Rfe8 $2 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc7 $16) 22. Qxe6+ (22. c3 Qxd4 23.
Qxe6+ Bf7 24. Qe7 Qxf2 $19) 22... Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Rxc2+ 24. Kd1 Rc6 $17) 20...
gxf6 21. h5 Qxd4 22. hxg6 hxg6 $17 23. Rah3 f5 24. Rh4 f4 $1 (24... Qf6 25. Qe3
Rfd8 26. Qh3 Kf8 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Qa3+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Kc6 30. Qa4+ $18 Kc7 (30...
Kb7 $2 31. Rd7+ Rxd7 32. Qxd7+ Ka6 33. Rxa8 $18) 31. Rdxd8 $1 (31. Rd7+ Rxd7
32. Rxa8 Kd6 $13) 31... Rxd8 32. Qxa7+ Kc6 33. Rh3 $40) 25. Qf3 Rac8 26. Rxf4 (
26. Qh3 Qxf2 $1 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rh7+ (28. Qh6+ {Ernst} Kf6 $19) 28... Kf6 29.
c3 Qe3+ $19) 26... Qc5 27. c3 Kg7 28. Rhh4 Qe5 29. g3 Qe1+ 30. Kc2 Rcd8 31. Rd4
Qe5 32. Rhf4 Qc7 33. Qe3 e5 $1 $19 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Re4 Rd5 36. g4 b5 37. g5
Qd6 38. f3 a5 39. Qe2 Qe6 40. Qh2 Qf5 41. Qg3 Qd7 42. Qe1 b4 43. cxb4 (43. Rxe5
{Ernst} Qa4+ 44. Kc1 bxc3 $1 45. bxc3 {45.Txd5? Da1+ und gewinnt die Dame.}
Qf4+ 46. Re3 Rd3 $19) 43... Qa4+ 44. b3 (44. Kc1 {Ernst} axb4 45. Rxe5 Rd6 $19)
(44. Kc3 {Ernst} Qc6+ 45. Rc4 axb4+ 46. Kxb4 Rb5+ 47. Kc3 Qxf3+ 48. Kc2 Qb3+
$19) 44... Qa2+ 45. Kc3 (45. Kc1 {Ernst} axb4 46. Qxb4 Qa1+ 47. Kc2 Qd1+ $19)
45... a4 $1 46. bxa4 Qa3+ 47. Kc2 Qxa4+ 48. Kc3 Qa3+ 49. Kc2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 {Popular now.} Qh4
(13... Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Qf1 (15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nd2 f5 17. Qb3 Bf7 18. Nf1 f4
$10 {Kamsky,G-Ivanchuk,V, Linares 1991.}) 15... Bg6 16. Qf2 Qc7 $13) 14. g3 Qh3
15. Nd2 (15. f3 $5 Bf5 16. c4 {Rantanen,Y-Hellers,F, Finland-Sweden 1990.} bxc4
17. Bxc4 h5 $13 {(Wedberg)}) 15... Bf5 16. a4 Bd3 $5 (16... Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8
18. Nf1 b4 $5 {18. - h5 []} 19. c4 Nf6 20. c5 Bc7 21. Bc4 a5 22. Bd2 $14 {
Wahls,M-Khalifman, A, Hamburg 1991.}) 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Nf3 $1 $14 Rxe1+ 19.
Qxe1 h6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne5 {21. d2.} Re8 22. Qd1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 (23. Qxd3 $2
Bxg3 $19) 23... Qf5 (23... Rxe5 $2 24. Ra8+ Kh7 25. Qxd3+ $18) 24. Bxd5 cxd5
25. g4 $1 Qg6 26. Bf4 Qe4 27. h3 h5 28. Bg3 Be2 29. Qd4 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Rc1 Rb8 $1 (10... O-O $4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Nxd6
Qxd6 14. Bb4 $18) 11. Nh4 Be4 $6 12. f3 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4 $13 a6 15. Bd3
Nd7 16. Qd1 Qd8 17. Qg4 Rh6 18. h3 f5 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. O-O Kf7 21. Qe2 Qd7 22.
a3 Rhh8 23. Rfd1 Ne7 24. Be1 Rbc8 25. Na2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28.
g4 Ne4 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. Qd1 Ng8 31. Nc1 Ngf6 32. Be2 Nd7 33. Ba5 Nb6 34. Bxb6
Qxb6 35. Nd3 Qa5 36. g5 Ke7 37. Qc2 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Nxd2 39. Kf2 b5 40. Bd1 Nc4
41. Ke2 Nb6 42. Bb3 a5 43. Kd2 Nc4+ 44. Bxc4 bxc4 45. Ne1 Ke8 46. Kc3 Kd7 47.
Nf3 Ke8 48. Kc2 Kf7 49. Ne5+ Bxe5 50. fxe5 Ke7 51. b3 Kd7 52. bxc4 dxc4 53. Kc3
Kc6 54. Kxc4 a4 55. h4 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nd2 $1 (11. f4 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Bc6 13. Bf3 O-O 14.
a5 Nd7 15. Na4 Rc8 16. Rf2 f5 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Qd7 $15 {Salazar,
H-Ermenkov,E Novi Sad ol (05) 1990}) 11... O-O 12. f4 Bc6 13. Bf2 (13. Bd4 e5
14. Be3 d5 15. fxe5 d4 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. b4 dxe3 18. Ndb1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxe4
20. bxa5 Bxc2 $44 {Westerinen,H-Liberzon,V Solingen 1974}) (13. b4 $2 d5 14.
bxa5 (14. e5 Bxb4 $17) (14. exd5 Bxb4 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bf3 $18)
15. dxc6 Bxc3 $17) 14... d4 15. Bf2 dxc3 16. Nc4 Nxe4 $19) 13... Rc8 14. Bd3 (
14. b4 $2 Bd7 $17) 14... Be8 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. e5 g6
19. Nce4 dxe5 (19... Rc8 $5 20. exd6 (20. Qh6 f5 21. exd6 Bf6 $13) (20. Nf3
dxe5 21. fxe5 Bc6 $15) 20... Bxd6 21. Ng5 (21. Qh6 f6 $13) 21... h5 $13) 20.
Nxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Nc6 $44 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. c3 Be7 25. Nf3 Qc7
26. Be2 Bf6 27. Nd2 Bg7 28. Ne4 Ne5 29. b3 Qe7 30. Qe3 Bc6 31. Nd6 h5 32. Nc4
Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Rc8 34. Rc1 Kh7 (34... Bxa4 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. bxa4
Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Bxc3 39. Rc1 $16) 35. a5 Be8 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. Ra1 Qe5 38. Rf3 Rc5
$2 (38... Qc7 $14) 39. Qd8 Bc6 40. Rxf7 Qxc3 41. Raf1 Rf5 42. R7xf5 exf5 43.
Bd5 $1 $16 Bb5 44. Rd1 f4 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Be4 Qf6 47. Qd8 Qe6 48. Qd5 Qf6 49.
Qxb7 Be2 50. Rb1 Qg5 51. Qd5 Qe7 52. Qc6 Bf6 53. Qc2 Bg4 54. Bxg6 f3 55. Be4
fxg2+ 56. Bxg2 Be5 57. Qc6+ Bd6 58. Qc1+ Kg7 59. Qc3+ Kg6 60. Rf1 Be2 61. Rg1
Kh7 62. Qd4 {Boensch} 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nf5 12. Rb1 Qb6 13. Be3 Be7 14. b4 O-O
15. Bd3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rac8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Qe1 a6 19. b5 axb5 20. Rxb5 Rb8 21.
Qb1 h6 22. e4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 dxe4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Bxe4 Qd4 27.
Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 {N; Der Bd6
hat nicht den Tempozug Bh2+.} (13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 b5 $13) 13... O-O
14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 $5 (15... b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Qh3 {/\ 18.Nxe6}) 16. Qh5
Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rad1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb7
23. f3 Rfd8 $10 24. Kg1 Rac8 25. a3 f6 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Rd8
29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Be2 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 g5 32. g3 Ke7 33. Kf2 a5 34. f4 gxf4 35.
gxf4 Kd6 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 e5 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Bh5 Bd7 40. Bf7 Bc6 41. h4 Ke7
42. Bb3 Kd6 43. Bd1 f5 44. Bc2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
h6 9. Bb3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Qg3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qf2 Qb6 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Ng3 Be5 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Rae1 Qc7 21. Nh5
Kd7 22. Re2 Rbf8 23. Bxe6+ fxe6 24. c3 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 e5 26. Rfe1 Rf7 27. Nh5
dxc3 28. d4 Qb6 29. bxc3 Rc8 30. dxe5 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 dxe5 32. Rd1+ Ke6 33. Nf4+
Kf6 34. Rd6+ Kg7 35. Rxe5 Ng8 36. Rxb5 Nf6 37. Kf1 Rxc3 38. Rxf5 Rc1+ 39. Ke2
Re7+ 40. Ne6+ Kg6 41. Re5 Rc8 42. Re3 Rce8 43. Kd3 Rd7 44. Rg3+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 (
14... Rc8 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Bb1 $14 {ECO}) (14... f5 $5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bc2 c5
17. Bb3 Bd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qd3 Rf5 $10 {
Tal-Sveshnikov/Sochi/1986/}) 15. Qc2 (15. Be3 {0,5/Petrosian,A-Lputian,S/URS
ch/1985/}) (15. Bc2 $5 $14 {ECO}) 15... h6 16. Be3 c5 $1 17. Bxb7 (17. dxc5
Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxc5 $10) 17... Rxb7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rfd1 (19. Bxc5 Qc8 20.
Rac1 Rc7 $10) 19... Qb8 20. Qc4 (20. Bxc5 Rc8 $22 21. Bxa7 Rxc2 22. Bxb8 Rxb8
23. Rd2 Rbc8 $36) 20... Nd7 21. Qe4 Rc8 22. Rd2 (22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc7 $10
) 22... Rbc7 23. Rad1 Rc4 24. Rd4 Nb6 (24... Nc5 25. Qg4 $40) 25. Qg4 Kf8 26.
Qe4 Kg8 27. Qg4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Kf8 29. Qh5 Qc7 30. h4 (30. Bxh6 $2 Qc1+ $1)
30... Bc5 31. Rd2 $6 (31. Rd3 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Nd5 $15) 31... Bxe3 32. fxe3 Nd5
33. Kf2 (33. e4 Nf4 34. Qg4 Ng6 $15) 33... Qc5 $1 34. Nd4 (34. Re2 Nf6 $1 $19)
34... Nf6 35. Qf3 Qxe5 36. Rd1 Kg8 37. Qf4 Qd5 38. Ra1 e5 39. Qf5 Rc4 40. b3 (
40. Nf3 Ng4+ 41. Ke2 Qc5 $19) 40... exd4 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (40... exd4 41. Qxd5
Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Nxd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Deshmukh, Anup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bc2 c6 15. b3
Rc8 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 g6 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. Rc1 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. Bb4 cxd5
22. cxd5 a5 23. Ba3 Red8 24. Bb1 Ba6 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Rb8
28. Qa3 Rb5 29. Nc4 Nc8 30. Qa4 Na7 31. a3 f6 32. Rcd1 Bf8 33. Nfd2 Rdb8 34. g3
Nc8 35. Kg2 Bh6 36. Rb1 Bxd2 37. Nxd2 Rxb1 38. Nxb1 Nd6 39. Nc3 Kf7 40. Qc2 c4
41. Rb1 Rb7 42. Rxb7 Qxb7 43. Qc1 Qb6 44. Qh6 Kg8 45. Qh4 Kg7 46. Qg4 Qd4 47.
Qf3 Kf7 48. a4 Ke7 49. Kf1 f5 50. exf5 gxf5 51. Nd1 Qd3+ 52. Kg2 Qxf3+ 53. Kxf3
Kd7 54. Nc3 Ne8 55. g4 fxg4+ 56. hxg4 Kd6 57. g5 Kc5 58. Ke4 Kb4 59. Ne2 Kxa4
60. Kxe5 Kb4 61. f4 a4 62. f5 a3 63. Nc1 Kc5 64. f6 Nd6 65. Ke6 c3 66. f7 Nxf7
67. Kxf7 Kxd5 68. Kg7 c2 69. Kxh7 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hegde, Ravi Gopal"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Nxd7
Bxd7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. c3 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. c4 g5 14. Bg3 Bc6 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. dxc5 Qxb2 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Nc3 Rxc5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rb1 Qc3 21. Rb3
Qc6 22. Qe2 Rc5 23. Qb2 b6 24. Be5 Ng4 25. Bd4 Qc7 26. g3 Bf6 27. Rb5 Bxd4 28.
exd4 Rxb5 29. Bxb5 Nf6 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Rc6 Qd5 32. Rc7 Rf7 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Bc6
Qd6 35. Qe2 Qxd4 36. Qxe6 Ne4 $138 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. g3
Nb6 16. Ng5 b4 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qg4 Ke8 19. Qxe6 Qd7 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 21. f4 Qh3
22. Rf2 Qh6 23. Qxh6 Rxh6 24. f5 Rh8 25. h4 a5 26. a4 b3 27. Bd1 Kc7 28. Kg2
Nd8 29. Rf4 Nf7 30. Rg4 Rag8 31. Rg6 Nh6 32. g4 Bxh4 33. Bf4 Nf7 34. g5 Nc8 35.
Bg4 Ne7 36. Re6 Re8 37. Rh1 Nxg5 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. f6 Ne6 40. Bg3 Bxg3 41.
fxe7 Re8 42. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Bf4 c6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Qc1
Re8 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. Nh4 Bf6 14. Nd3 Nd6
15. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. O-O e5 11. Nde2 h6 12. Be3 Nxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Ng3 b5 15.
Nh5 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Bf2 b4 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. f6 Bxd5 21. fxg7
Rfb8 22. Qxd5 Qb7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Bf2 Rc7 25. Rad1 Rxc2 26. Rxd6 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Be3 Kxg7 29. Rf2 Rc6 30. Re2 Kg6 31. Kf2 f5 32. Kf3 Bg5 33. Bf2
h5 34. g3 Rd6 35. h4 Rd3+ 36. Kg2 Bd2 37. Bc5 fxe4 38. Rxe4 Kf5 39. Rc4 Rxb3
40. Rc2 Be3 41. Bxe3 Rxe3 42. Rc6 a5 43. Rh6 Ke4 44. Rxh5 Re2+ 45. Kh3 Rxb2 46.
Rh6 a4 47. Ra6 a3 48. h5 Rb1 49. Kg2 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Rb1 51. Kg2 Rc1 52. h6 Rc2+
53. Kh3 Rc7 54. Ra4 Rb7 55. Kh4 Kd5 56. g4 b3 57. Ra5+ Ke4 58. Ra4+ Kd5 59.
Ra5+ Ke6 60. Ra6+ Kf7 61. g5 b2 62. g6+ Ke7 63. g7 b1=Q 64. g8=N+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Parameswaran, Tiruchi Natesan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15.
O-O h6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Bc4 Ke7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Rhc8 20. Rfc1 Qa5 21. Nd4
Nd7 22. b3 Rab8 23. Nc2 Ba8 24. Bd2 Qd5 25. Ne3 Qxe5 26. Rxc8 Qxa1+ 27. Rc1 Qe5
28. Qa6 Qd4 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Qe2 Qb5 31. Nc4 Nf6 32. Bf4 Rd8 33. Bd6+ Ke8 34.
Bc7 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Bxd5 37. Ba5 Bxc4 38. bxc4 Nd7 39. Bxb4 g5 40.
f3 Ne5 41. c5 Nd3 42. Ba3 Kd7 43. g4 Kc6 44. Kf1 f6 45. Ke2 Nxc5 46. Ke3 Kd5
47. Bb2 Nd7 48. Ba3 f5 49. h3 f4+ 50. Ke2 Nc5 51. Bb2 e5 52. Bc3 Ne6 53. Bb4 e4
54. fxe4+ Kxe4 55. Be7 f3+ 56. Kf1 a6 57. a3 Nf4 58. h4 Ng6 59. hxg5 Nxe7 60.
gxh6 Ke3 61. g5 f2 62. a4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. e4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. d5 Rfd8 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bc4 Rab8 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. Qc2 h6 20. b3 a5 21. f3
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Kf1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Nfd7 25. Bd2 Nb7 26. a4 Be7 27. Be2
Ndc5 28. Bc4 Qd6 29. Be1 g6 30. Nb2 Bg5 31. h4 Bd8 32. Qc1 h5 33. Qc3 Bc7 34.
Bf2 Ne6 35. Nd3 Kh7 36. g3 f6 37. f4 Nd4 38. Kg2 Bb6 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Qd2 Nc5
41. Nxe5 Qxe5 42. Qxd4 Qxd4 43. Bxd4 Nxa4 44. Ba1 Nc5 45. Kf3 Bc7 46. e5 a4 47.
bxa4 Nxa4 48. e6 Bd6 49. Be5 Be7 50. Bc7 Nc3 51. Kf4 Nb5 52. Be5 Nd6 53. Bd3
Kh6 54. Bd4 Nb5 55. Be3 Kg7 56. Kf3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. c4 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 dxc4 7. dxc4 Ne5 8.
Qb3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. Bg2 e6 11. Qc2 Bb4 12. a3 Ne7 13. Rb1 Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2
Qc7 15. Bc3 Nf5 16. Qe4 Nd7 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qc2 h5 19. b4 h4 20. b5 hxg3 21.
hxg3 Ng4 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Bxc6 Nd4 27.
Bb7+ Kc7 28. e3 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Nc3 30. Rb3 Na4 31. Bf3 Rb8 32. Rb4 Nc5 33. Rfb1
Rb6 34. Rd1 Rhb8 35. Rxb6 axb6 36. Bh5 Rf8 37. a4 f5 38. Rb1 f6 39. a5 bxa5 40.
Rb5 Kd6 41. Rxa5 Rb8 42. Rb5 Ra8 43. Rb2 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Garma, Chito"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. g3 Na5 8. Nbd2 Ne7
9. Bg2 Nc8 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ne1 Qc7 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Ndf3 h6 14. h4 Be7 15. Qe2
Qc6 16. Bh3 Qa4 17. Ng2 Qb3 18. Be3 Ba4 19. Nd2 Qc2 20. f4 Bd7 21. Bf2 Nb3 22.
Be1 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 g6 24. Ne3 Qb3 25. h5 Rdg8 26. Kh2 Kb8 27. Rfc1 Bc8 28. Be1
a5 29. Bf2 Na8 30. Rg1 Nc7 31. g4 a4 32. Bg3 Qb5 33. Rbf1 Qe8 34. Qf3 Qd8 35.
Kh1 Ka7 36. Bh2 b5 37. Rg2 {(84)} 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5 Be4 15.
Bd3 Bc6 16. Be1 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rc8 20. Qe2 Qc7 21.
Rad1 Nd5 22. g3 Nf6 23. Rd4 e5 24. R4d2 Rfe8 25. Qb5 Bf8 26. Kg2 Qa7 27. h3 Qa8
28. Qe2 Qc6 29. b3 h6 30. Kg1 g6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Kg1 Qe4 33. Nh2 Qc6 34. Nf3
Qe6 35. Kg2 Rc5 36. Rc2 Rec8 37. Rdc1 Qd5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 Bxc5 40. Kg1
Ne4 41. Qc2 Bb6 42. Nd2 Nd6 43. Qb2 Bc5 44. Qc2 f5 45. Kf1 Kf7 46. Ke2 e4 47.
h4 Ke6 48. Kd1 Kd7 49. Kc1 Kc7 50. Qb2 Qd3 51. Qc2 Qxc2+ 52. Kxc2 Kc6 53. Kd1
Kd5 54. Kc2 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Kd1 Bb6 57. Nb1 Nb5 58. Nd2 Na3 59. Kc1 Bd8
60. Nb1 Nb5 61. Nd2 Nd6 62. Nb1 Nf7 63. a3 Be7 64. axb4 axb4 65. Kd1 Ne5 66.
Ke2 g4 67. Nd2 Bf6 68. Kd1 Kc5 69. Nf1 Nd3 70. Bd2 Nxf2+ 71. Kc2 Nd3 72. Kd1
Kd5 73. Kc2 Be7 74. Kd1 Ne5 75. Bc1 Bd6 76. Bd2 Nf3 77. Kc2 Kc5 78. Kd1 Be5 79.
Kc2 Kb5 80. Kc1 Bc3 81. Kd1 Be5 82. Kc2 Bd6 83. Bc1 Ne1+ 84. Kd1 Nd3 85. Bd2
Nc5 86. Kc2 Ne6 87. Bc1 Kc6 88. Bd2 Kd5 89. Be1 Bc5 90. Kd1 Ng7 91. Ke2 Ne8 92.
Kd1 Nd6 93. Kc2 Ke6 94. Kd1 Ne8 95. Bd2 Nf6 96. Be1 Nd5 97. Ke2 Kf7 98. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 03rd"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. Be2 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. f3 fxe4 15.
fxe4 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Ne5 17. Na4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21.
Nbc5 Ra8 22. b3 N7c6 23. h3 Qe7 24. Nd3 Nc4 25. bxc4 Rxa4 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Qe2
Qa3 28. Rc2 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Ra8 31. c5 Qa6 32. Rd2 e5 33. Kh2 Rf8
34. Rd1 h5 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. a4 Qc6 37. Nb4 Qe6 38. Nd5 Rf2 39. Qd3 Qf7 40. Rc1
Qf8 41. a5 Bxc5 42. h4 d6 43. Rb1 Rf7 44. a6 Qc8 45. Rf1 Bf2 46. Qe2 Qf8 47.
Rb1 Bxh4 48. Rb7 Kh6 49. Qe3+ Bg5 50. Qa7 Bf4+ 51. g3 Bxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Rf3+ 53.
Kg2 Ra3 54. Rh7+ Kg5 55. Rf7 Qe8 56. Qf2 h4 57. Qd2+ Kg4 58. Nf6# 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Rc8 12. Na4 b5 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Nd7
15. Rc3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. h3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 d4 20. Rc5 dxe3
21. Bxe3 Nd4 22. Qh5 Ne6 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Qd1 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8
27. Rc1 h5 28. Rc6 a5 29. Rb6 Rd5 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke2 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. b3
Re5 34. Kd3 f5 35. g3 Kf7 36. Ra6 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Rb6 Re4 39. Rc6 Re5 40.
Kc4 Re4+ 41. Kd5 Kf6 42. Rc4 Rxc4 43. Kxc4 Ke5 44. Kxb4 f4 45. gxf4+ Nxf4 46.
Kc4 Nh5 47. Ba7 Ke6 48. Bb8 Nf6 49. Kd4 Nd5 50. Bg3 Nb4 51. Kc5 Nd3+ 52. Kc4
Ne1 53. b4 Nc2 54. b5 Kd7 55. Be5 Ne1 56. Kd5 Nd3 57. Bd4 Nf4+ 58. Ke4 Ne2 59.
Be5 Kc8 60. Ke3 Nc1 61. Bb2 Nb3 62. Bd4 Nc1 63. Kd2 Nb3+ 64. Kc3 Na5 65. Be5
Kd7 66. Bf4 Kc8 67. Kd4 Kb7 68. Kc5 Ka7 69. Kb4 Nb7 70. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
b5 9. O-O e6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. Qe1 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qg3 g6 15. Be3
Nc5 16. Nf2 Bb7 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ng4 O-O-O 20. Nh6 Rd7 21. Rac1
Bd4 22. c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5 24. Qh3 Kb8 25. Rb1 Ka7 26. Rb2 Na5 27. Rfb1 Bc6
28. Nhxf7 Rxf7 29. Nxe6 Qe7 30. Bxg6 Rff8 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Bd3 Nc4 33. Re2
Rxf4 34. Bxc4 (34. Qh6 Rh4 35. Qxc6 Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qh4#) 34... Rxc4 35. Rf1 Rh4
36. Qg3 Bb5 37. Rf6 Ra4 38. Re1 Rxa2 39. Qg8 Rf2 40. Rxf2 Bxf2 41. Rb1 Qb7 42.
Qf8 Bh4 43. Qc5+ Ka8 44. Qf8+ Ka7 45. Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 exd4 7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. O-O Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Be6 14.
Qc5 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qc3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Rad8 18. h3 h6 19. Rfe1 Rxd1 20.
Rxd1 c6 21. Qe3 Rd8 22. Re1 Qd7 23. b3 Qd3 24. Qc5 Qd5 25. Qa3 Nc8 26. Qb4 c5
27. Qa4 Qd7 28. Qf4 Qe6 29. Rc1 b6 30. b4 Qxa2 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rxc5 Nb6 33.
Rc7 Rd7 34. Rc1 Qa4 35. Qxa4 Nxa4 36. h4 Nb2 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. h5 Nd3 39. Re8
Nf4 40. g4 a5 41. Ra8 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rd3 43. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 cxd4 $6 (9... h6 10. Qg4 Bd7 $1 11. Qxg7 O-O-O $13) 10. cxd4 Qa4 11.
Nf3 $5 {N} (11. Bc3 b6 12. h6 gxh6 13. Qd3 a5 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. Rb1 Ncxd4 16. Kd1
Rg8 17. Rxb6 Bd7 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 $13 {Short-Kortschnoj/Wijk/1987})
(11. c3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 h6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. f4 Na5 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Ke2 Nb2 17.
Rab1 Nxd3 18. Kxd3 b6 19. g4 Bc8 20. Nh4 $14 {Van Riemsdijk-Vilela/Capablanca/
1991}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1 $1 {/\ 14.Rh4} Nxf3 14. Qxf3 b6 (14...
h6 $2 15. Qg3 Kf8 16. Rh4 d4 17. Rg4 Rg8 18. Bxh6 $18) (14... Nxe5 $2 15. Qg3
Qd4 (15... Nxd3 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Bh6 Qxc2 18. Qxf8+ Kd7 19. Qxf7+ Kc6 20. Rh3
$18) 16. Bc3 $1 Qxc3 17. Bb5+ $18) 15. h6 Ba6 $1 (15... g6 16. Qf6 {/\ 17.Rh4})
16. hxg7 Rg8 17. Bxa6 (17. Rxh7 $2 Qxc2 $19) (17. Qf6 $2 Bxd3+ 18. cxd3 Qd4 $17
) 17... Qxa6+ 18. Kg1 Rxg7 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Rxh7 Qb7 21. Bg5 Nd4 $1 22. c4 $6
Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Nc3 $1 24. Rh8 Rxh8+ 25. Qxh8+ Kd7 26. Qh7 (26. Qg7 $5 Kc6 27.
cxd5+ Nxd5 (27... Kxd5 28. Qh7 $16) 28. Rc1+ Kb5 29. Qh7 $16) 26... Rf8 $1 27.
Bh6 Re8 28. Qxf7+ Re7 29. Qg6 (29. Qg8 $5 Qc7 30. Bg5 Qxe5+ 31. f4 Qg7 32. Qb8)
29... Qb8 $1 30. cxd5 $6 (30. f4 Qh8 31. g4) 30... Nxd5 31. Rd1 $6 (31. Re1 Qh8
32. g4 Rh7 33. g5 Re7 $13) (31. f4 $5 Qh8 32. Kg3 $1 (32. g4 Nxf4 $17) 32...
Rh7 33. Bg5 Rg7 34. Qe4 $14) 31... Qxe5+ $10 32. f4 Qh8 33. f5 Qe5+ 34. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. Nc3 Nc8 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Nb6 11. Rc1 (11. Na4 Be7 12. Nc5 $5)
11... Be7 12. Na4 Nxa4 $1 (12... O-O $2 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 $14 {Anand,
V-Seirawan,Y/Roquebrune/1992/1-0/69/}) 13. Qxa4 O-O 14. Bb5 $6 (14. a3 $5)
14... Nb4 $1 (14... Na5 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Be4 18. Rfe1 $44 {
But perhaps +/=}) 15. a3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Qd1 $1 $8 Bg6 19.
Qb3 $1 Ra6 $1 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Rc3 $2 (21. Qc3 $1 $16) 21... a4 22. Qd1 Qb5 23.
Bc1 Rc6 24. Ree3 Rfc8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 (25... bxc6 $5) 26. Bd2 $1 $14 {/\ Bd2-c3}
Qxb2 27. Qxa4 Qa1+ 28. Be1 Bf8 29. Qa8 Ra6 $5 $138 (29... Rc1 $4 30. h3 Be4 31.
Kh2 Bxf3 32. Bb4 $18) (29... Be4 $5 {or perhaps !, but not in time trouble!}
30. Qxb7 (30. h3 Bxf3 31. Kh2 {?!! Anand} Bxg2 $3 {Anand and Speelman in the
post mortem} (31... Ra6 32. Qc8 Rxa3 33. Rxf3 $1 Rxf3 34. Bb4 $18) 32. Kxg2 Ra6
33. Qc8 Rxa3 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. Bb4 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qxd4+ $19) 30... Rc1 31. h3 (
31. h4 $2 {to control g5;} Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 f6 34. Qd7 (34. exf6
Bd6+ 35. Kh3 Rh1+ 36. Kg4 Qxd4+ $19) 34... Qxd4 $19) 31... Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rxe1+
33. Kh2 f6 $1 {Anand} (33... f5 $2 34. Qd7 Rh1+ (34... f4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36.
Rxf4 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qxa3+ 38. Rf3 Qe7 39. Qxe7 $1 Bxe7 40. Rf7 $10 Ba3 41. Rd7 (
41. Ra7 $2 Bf8 42. Rf7 Kg8)) 35. Kg3 Qxd4 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qxf5 $18) 34. Qd7 (
34. exf6 $4 Bd6+ $19) 34... Rh1+ $5 (34... Qxd4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rxf6 $1 gxf6
(36... Qc5 $5 37. Rf3 (37. Rf7 $2 d4 38. Qe8 (38. f4 d3 39. Qe8 Qg1+ 40. Kg3
Re3+ 41. Kh4 Qf2+ 42. Kh5 g6+ $19) (38. g3 d3 $1 (38... Rxe5 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40.
Qxe5 Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 $10) 39. Qe8 Kg8 40. Rf3 Qe7 41. Qxe7 Bxe7 42. Rxd3 Rxe5 $17
) 38... Kg8 39. Rf5 Qe7 $19) 37... Qe7 38. Qxd5 $1 (38. Qc8 Kg8) (38. Rf7 $4
Qxe6 39. Rxf8+ Qg8) 38... g6 39. Rf7 Qc5 $1 $44) 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ $10) (
34... Qc1 $1 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qg4 (36. h4 $2 Qh6 37. g3 Qc1 $1 $19) 36... Qc7
$5 $17) 35. Kg3 Qxd4 $1 (35... Qc1 $2 36. Re3 $1 Re1 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. exf6 $1
(38. Rxe1 Qxe1 39. Qf7 (39. a4 Qc3+ 40. Kh2 Qxd4 $19) 39... Qc3+ 40. Kh2 Qxa3
41. exf6 Qd6+ 42. Kg1 gxf6 $17 (42... Qxf6 $5 43. Qxd5 $17)) 38... Rxe3+ 39.
fxe3 Qc7+ 40. Kf3 $14) 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Rxf6 $1 (37. exf6 g5 $1 38. Rf5 $8
Qh4+ 39. Kf3 Rf1) (37. Qe8 Qc5 $17) 37... Qc5 38. Rf3 Qe7 39. Qxe7 Bxe7 40. Rf7
Bxa3 41. Rd7 Kg8 42. Rxd5 Kf7 $19) 30. Qxb7 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Qxa3 32. Qc8 h6 $17
33. Qc3 Be4 34. Qxa3 Bxa3 35. Nd2 $1 (35. Bc3 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Kh7 $17 {perhaps
just winning}) 35... Bb2 $138 36. f3 $1 Bxd4+ $2 (36... Bc2 $1 {Short, ><d4,
intending K-f8-e7...c4}) 37. Bf2 Bc3 (37... Bxf2+ $2 38. Kxf2 $10) 38. Nxe4
dxe4 39. fxe4 Bxe5 (39... h5 $5) 40. g4 $1 $15 Kh7 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Be3 Kf6 43.
h4 Bc3 44. Bf4 Be1 45. h5 Bh4 46. Kf3 Ke7 47. Be3 Kd6 48. Bf4+ Kc5 49. Be5 Bf6
50. Bb8 (50. Bxf6 $4 gxf6 51. e5 Kd5 $1 (51... fxe5 $4 52. g5 $1 $18) 52. exf6
Ke5 53. g5 hxg5 54. h6 Kxf6 $19) 50... Kd4 51. Bd6 Bg5 52. Bf8 g6 53. Bg7+ Kd3
54. Bf8 e5 55. Bg7 $6 (55. Bc5 $10) 55... gxh5 $1 56. gxh5 f5 $1 57. exf5 e4+
58. Kg2 e3 59. Be5 $8 e2 60. Bg3 Bf6 61. Kf3 Bc3 62. Bf2 Kd2 63. Ke4 Kd1 64.
Kd3 Bf6 65. Bg3 Bg5 66. Bf2 e1=Q 67. Bxe1 Kxe1 68. Kd4 Kf2 69. Ke5 Kf3 70. f6
Kg4 71. f7 Be7 72. Ke4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. a4 Rd8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Qc7
15. Bc4 h6 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Nf5 Nf4 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rad8 20. a5 N4d5 21.
Qg3 Kh7 22. h3 Re7 23. Bf1 Qc8 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Qg3 c4 27. Bb2
Qxf5 28. Bxc4 Ne4 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Nexc3 31. Kf1 Rc8 32. Bd3+ Kg8 33. Ra3
b5 34. axb6 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nb8 11. f3 Be7 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Bf1 (16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Nc2 Rg8 19. b3 Bc6 20. Bg1 g5
21. Re1 Rg6 (21... Ba8 $142) 22. Nd5 $1 $14 {Anand,V-Polgar,Zso.,New Delhi 1990
}) 16... Rfe8 17. Kh1 Qb8 18. Nc2 Ne5 (18... Bd8 $5 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. b3 Bc7 $14)
19. b3 Ba8 20. Bg1 Red8 $6 (20... Kh8 21. Re1 Rg8 22. Nd4 g5 $132) 21. Nd4 Bf8
$2 {><b6} (21... Kh8 $142) 22. Re1 Ned7 $2 (22... g6 23. Na4 $2 d5 24. cxd5 b5
25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nb2 exd5 27. f4 Bh6 $17) 23. a3 Bb7 (23... d5 24. cxd5 Bxa3 (
24... exd5 25. Bxa6 Bxa3 26. Ra1 Bb4 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Ndb5 dxe4 29. fxe4 Nxe4
30. Qxd7 Nxc3 31. Rf1 $18) 25. Rc2 (25. dxe6 $5 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 $36) 25... exd5
26. Bxa6 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. e5 $16) 24. b4 $16 Rc7 25. Nb3 Ba8 26. Na4 Bc6
27. Nb2 $1 Ba8 28. Bd4 Rdc8 29. Red1 Be7 (29... b5 30. cxb5 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1
32. Qxc1 axb5 33. Qe3 e5 34. Ba7 Qb7 35. Na5 Qc7 36. Bxb5 d5 37. exd5 Nxd5 38.
Qg1 Qc2 $132) (29... b5 30. Na5 $1 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 $16 {><a6}) 30.
Qf2 Qb7 $2 (30... b5 $142 31. Na5 $16) 31. Na4 $18 Rb8 (31... b5 32. Na5 Qb8
33. Nb6 $18) 32. Nxb6 $1 Nxb6 33. Na5 Qa7 34. c5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Nc8 (35... Bxc5
36. Bxc5 Nfd7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Bxb6 $18) 36. c6 Rb6 37. Rb1 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
e5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. Nc4 Nc5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. Qxd4
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne6 16. Qh4 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Nec7 18. Qg3 Qc6 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. Bg5 Nf5
21. Qg4 g6 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Bc2 Ng7 24. Bb3 Nf5 25. Bc2 Ng7 26. Be3 Qxb2 27.
Bd4 Qxa2 28. Bb1 Qa5 29. Bc3 Qb6 30. Bd4 Qa5 31. Bc3 Qb6 32. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 (10... Na5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Nbc4 14.
Bc1 d5 15. Ne2 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. c3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd6 19. Ne5 $14 {
Anand-Guevara,Dubai ol 1986}) 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 d5 14. Ne2 Na5 15.
c3 Nbc4 (15... Bd7 16. Bc2 Bc6 17. Nf4 {->>>}) 16. Bc1 Qb6 $6 {קd5,e7} (16...
e6 17. Ng3 $16) (16... Re8 $5 17. Ng3 {+/=/+/-}) 17. Nf4 Be4 18. Nd2 $1 Nxb3 (
18... Nxd2 19. Bxd5 $1 Qd6 (19... Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qb5 21. Nxe7+ Kh7 22. Nxc8 Ndc4
23. Ne7 {/\b3,Ba3+-}) 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 e5 $1 22. Qa4 $1 f5 23. dxe5 $5 (
23. Re1 {/\dxe5 +- _|_}) 23... Bxe5 24. Rxe5 $5 (24. Re1 $18 {_|_}) 24... Qxe5
25. Nxg6 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Rf6 (26... Rfd8 27. Qxa5 Rd1 28. Qxf5) 27. Bg5 $1 Qxa1
28. Bxf6 {/\Ne7+;Qxa5;Qd7 +-}) 19. Nxc4 $1 Qa6 (19... Rxc4 20. axb3 {/\f3 +-})
(19... dxc4 20. axb3 Bc6 (20... Bf5 21. Nd5 $18) 21. bxc4 $18) 20. Qxb3 dxc4 (
20... Rxc4 21. f3 $18) 21. Qd1 Bc6 22. Rxe7 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 $18 {
_|_,Pd} Qb5 25. d5 Bd7 26. Qd2 Bf8 27. Bd4 $1 Bf5 28. g4 Be4 29. Re1 {/\Qe3,f3
ץe4,Re8} Qa4 30. b3 $1 cxb3 31. axb3 Qb5 $8 32. Qe3 Bd6 (32... f5 33. gxf5
gxf5 34. Qg3+ $18) 33. Nh5 $1 (33. f3 $6 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Bxd5 35. Rxe8+ $4 (35.
Rf1 {/\Qf6;Qxh6 +- ><g7,f6}) 35... Qxe8 36. Qf6 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+
39. Bf2 Qe6 $10 {עg8,עg3 ^-}) (33. Nh5 gxh5 34. Qxh6 Be5 $8 35. Qg5+ {
/\36.Bxe5+-}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
Qd8 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. c5 Bb8 14. e4 e5 15. Rad1
f5 16. exd5 e4 17. d6 exf3 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. g3 Bd7
22. Bc4+ Kh7 23. Ne6 Rfe8 24. Qxf5+ Kh8 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. Nxc5 b5 27. Bf1 Red8
28. h3 Bf5 29. g4 Bh7 30. Re3 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxf3 c5 33. d5 Rad8 34. Re3
Bg8 35. Bg2 Bxd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nb3
O-O 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Qc8 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Bg1 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bd3 f6 15.
exf6 exf6 16. Nb5 f5 17. c3 Kh8 18. a4 Bg8 19. a5 a6 20. N5d4 Re8 21. Nxc6 Qxc6
22. Nd4 Qc7 23. Nc2 Nc5 24. Bd4 Nb3 25. Bb6 Qd6 26. Ra3 Nc5 27. b4 Ne4 28. Bxe4
Rxe4 29. Qd2 Rae8 30. Bc5 Qc7 31. Raa1 Re2 32. Qd3 R2e4 33. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bb3 (13. Qc2 Kh8 14.
a3 (14. Rfd1 $142 e5 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb6 17. h3 f5 18. Nd6 Qxd6 19. Bxb7
Qb8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Qxc8+ Qxc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxd7 $14) 14... e5 15. Ng3
Nb6 16. Ba2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Ndf5 Qf6 19. f4 g6 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. Rce1 Nc8
$10 {Cramling,P-Knaak,R,Hamburg SKA,1991}) 13... Rd8 14. Qe2 (14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nc5 (16. Ne5 Be8 17. f4 f6 $132) 16... Rab8 17. a3 Be8 18. Qe4 Bd6
19. Ne5 Kh8 20. Ned3 $14 {20..b6!? 0,5:0,5 Schmidt,Wl-Kuczynski,R,POL-ch,1991})
14... a5 $6 (14... Nf8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. f4 f6 18. Nd3 Kh8 19. Ndc5
Rab8 20. Qc4 Rd5 $13) (14... Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. f4 $14 Be8 17. f5 f6 18. Nf3
Bf7 $13) 15. a3 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rfd1 $14 Bd7 18. Rc5 Be8 19. Qc2 $1 {
/\Ba2-b1,><h7} Qe7 20. Ba2 Bd6 21. Rc3 Rac8 {/\b6,c5<=>} 22. h4 g6 (22... b6
23. Bb1 g6 (23... f5 24. e4 Bg6 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Qe2 $16) 24. h5 c5 25. hxg6
fxg6 26. Ba2 $16) 23. e4 $1 (23. Bb1 $5 h5 24. Ba2 $14) 23... Qf8 (23... e5 24.
Rcd3 Bc7 25. h5 gxh5 26. dxe5 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qc1 Kh7 30.
f4 $16) (23... h5 24. e5 Bc7 25. Ng5 $16) 24. h5 gxh5 25. Nd2 $16 {/\e5,Ne4}
Be7 26. Rg3+ (26. Nc4 $142 b5 27. Nxa5 b4 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. e5 $1
$18) 26... Bg5 27. Nc4 $1 (27. f4 $2 Qd6 $1 $17) (27. Nf3 Qg7 $13) 27... h4 28.
Rf3 (28. Rg4 $2 f5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Nd6+ Kh8 $13) 28... b5 $1 (28... Qg7 29.
e5 $16 {><d6}) 29. Nxa5 Qg7 30. Rfd3 {/\b4} (30. e5 $2 c5 $15) 30... c5 $5 31.
dxc5 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Qe5 33. b4 Qxe4 34. Qd1 Kh8 35. Bb1 Qe5 36. Rd6 f6 37. Qd3
$2 (37. Ba2 $1 Bf7 38. Nc6 Qe4 39. Nd8 $18) 37... Bg6 $1 (37... Qe1+ 38. Qf1
Qe5 39. Ba2 Bf7 40. Nc6 $16) 38. Rd8+ $2 (38. Qf1 Bxb1 39. Qxb1 h3 40. Nc6 $18)
38... Rxd8 39. Qxd8+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Bf7 41. Qxb5 $5 (41. Bd3 Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Qxa3
43. Qxb5 (43. Nc6 $36) 43... Bd2 44. Nc6 $16) 41... Qb2 42. Qd3 $2 (42. Bd3 $1)
42... Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 (45. Qf1 Qxa3 46. Qe1 (46. Nc6 Be8
47. Nd4 Qxb4 48. Nxe6+ Kh8 49. Nxg5 hxg5 $10) 46... Qb2 47. c6 (47. Nc4 Qd4 48.
Qf1 e5 $10) 47... Bf4 $13 {/\Bc7}) 45... Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {This was a bit of a
surprise to me- Alexander has been playing the Archangelsk for some time now}
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8
13. a4 {A fairly safe line - White has active plans without venturing into the
stifling main line 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3. My work on the ChessBase author disk
obviously didn't hurt my understanding of the Breyer variation!} Bf8 14. Bd3 c6
15. Nf1 d5 {A very forcing alternative} (15... Qc7) 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Be7 (
17... h6 $2 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. N1h2 $1 $16 {Lobron-Smejkal}) 18. Re2 exd4 19.
Nxd4 Bf8 20. Rd2 Qc7 (20... c5 $2 21. Nxb5 $16 {Van der Wiel-Van der Sterren})
21. Bf5 (21. Ne3 g6 {Gets nowhere}) 21... c5 22. Nf3 Ne5 $1 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 $1 (
23... Qxe5 24. Ng3 $14 Ne4 $140 25. Re2) 24. Ne3 Qc6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8
Bxa8 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 $2 (27... Rxf5 $1 28. Be7 $1 (28. Bxg7 $2 Rg5 29. Bxf8 Rxg2+
30. Kf1 Rg1+ $19) 28... Bxe7 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qd8+ Qe8 32. Qxe8+
Kxe8 33. Nxf5 Kf8 34. b4 cxb4 35. cxb4 Bc6 36. f4 Bd7 37. Ne3 $1 {/\
Kg1-f2-e2-d3-d4+/= -Yusupov. In his hands it is probably +/-!}) 28. Rd8 $16 g6
(28... Qc6 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rxf8 Rxe3 $2 31. Qh5+ $18) 29. Rxa8 gxf5 30. Qd7
$1 h5 31. Nd5 Qh6 32. g3 $1 $18 Re1+ 33. Kh2 h4 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Nxf5 hxg3+ 36.
Nxg3 Kg8 37. Qxb5 Qd6 38. Qc4 $138 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. a5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nb6 Ra7 15.
c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 g6 17. Rb1 Kg7 18. Qe2 Bd8 19. Rb2 h5 20. Rfb1 h4 21. h3 Bb7
22. Nc4 Bc8 23. Rb6 Be7 24. Rc6 Qd8 25. Rb8 Rc7 26. Nb6 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Qc7 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxa6 Rb8 30. Bb7 Bd8 31. Qa6 Qe7 32. Nd7 Bc7 33. Nxb8 Bxb8 34.
Qc4 Qc7 35. Qb5 c4 36. Qb6 Qe7 37. Ba6 Bc7 38. Qa7 Qg5 39. Bxc4 Qd8 40. a6 Kh6
41. Qe3+ Kg7 42. a7 Ba5 43. Bd5 Bc7 44. c4 Qa8 45. Qa3 Kh6 46. Qa6 Bb8 47. c7
1-0

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 d6 8. d3 Nge7
9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15.
Nf4 Qe5 16. Qf2 Rg8 17. Nh5 Bh8 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. Bg3 Bd7 20. Rfe1 O-O-O 21. c4
dxc3 22. bxc3 Bc6 23. d4 Rg4 24. h3 Rxd4 25. Nf4 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Rg8 27. Re2 Bxc3
28. Rc1 Bd4 29. Rxc6+ bxc6 30. Be3 c5 31. Rd2 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 d6 13. Nb3 d5 14. Qd2 g5 15.
Be3 dxe4 16. Bc5 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Rd8 18. Ndxe4 Nd5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Bd4 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 Bxa2 22. h4 gxh4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ra1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Be6 26. Rxa7 Rd1+
27. Kh2 Re1 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nh5+ Kf8 30. Rc7 Re2 31. Nf4 Re4 32. Nxe6+ Rxe6
33. Kh3 Kg7 34. Kxh4 Re4+ 35. g4 Rc4 36. f3 Rxc3 37. f4 c5 38. f5 c4 39. g5
hxg5+ 40. Kxg5 Rc1 41. f6+ Kg8 42. Kh6 Rh1+ 43. Kg5 Rg1+ 44. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qd1 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Be5 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. Nd3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qd6
21. Nf4 Rd8 22. h3 Qa3 23. Rc7 b5 24. Qc2 Qa5 25. Kh2 Bf5 26. Qc5 Qd2 27. Qe7
Rf8 28. Qe5 Be4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rc6 Re8 31. Qg5 h6 32. Qg3 Nd7 33. Rxh6 Qxa2
34. Nh5 Qb2 35. Rxa6 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Nf4 Nc5 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. b4 Nd3 40.
Nxd3 exd3 41. Rd8 Re4 42. Rxd3 Rxb4 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Rd6+ f6 45. Kf3 Rb2 46. Rb6
b4 47. g4 b3 48. h4 Rb1 49. Rb7 b2 50. Ke4 Rg1 51. h5+ Kh6 52. Rxb2 Rxg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Ngf6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 b5 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. Bg2 Nc5 14. Qd1 Rc8
15. Bd2 Qd7 16. b4 Nb7 17. a3 Nd6 18. e3 Nf5 19. Ne2 h5 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Bc3 Ne8
22. Ra2 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rac2 Ne8 25. Rc5 g6 26. Qd2 Ne7 27. Nd4 Nd6 28.
Nb3 Nb7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qb2 Qc7 32. Bf3 Qd6 33. Kg2 Nc6 34.
Qc3 Ne7 35. Qd4 Nc8 36. e4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Nd8 38. Qa8 Ne7 39. Nc5 Kg7 40. Be4
Nf5 41. Nxa6 Nd4 42. Nc5 f5 43. Bb7 Nf7 44. Qe8 g5 45. a4 bxa4 46. Qxa4 h4 47.
gxh4 gxh4 48. Qa1 e5 49. Kh1 Ng5 50. Bg2 Nc2 51. Qc1 f4 52. Qxc2 f3 53. Bf1 Qd4
54. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbc6 8. Bd3
Ng6 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Na4 Rf4 11. c3 Re4+ 12. Kf1 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Nb2 Nxe5
15. Ng5 Rg4 16. f4 Qf6 17. Kg1 Rxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qc1 Qg4 20. Qe3 Bd7 21.
Rf1 a5 22. h3 Qh5 23. b5 Bxb5 24. Nxe6 Bxf1 25. Nxc7 Rf8 26. Ne6 Rf6 27. Ng5
Qh4 28. Nd1 Rf5 29. g4 Bxh3 30. Qxh3 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Kg3 Rf3+ 33. Nxf3
Qxf3+ 34. Kh2 Nxg4+ 35. Kg1 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Qf2+ 38. Kxg4 h5+ 39.
Kg5 Qf6# 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Qg4 Qd8 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Qf4
Qa5 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. h4 Rdf8 18. g4 Ng7 19. a4 Ne8 20. Qe3 h5 21. g5 Ng7 22.
O-O Nf5 23. Qf4 Nb8 24. Rfb1 Na6 25. Ne1 Kb8 26. Ng2 Ka8 27. Qf3 Bc6 28. Bc1
Rc8 29. Ba3 Qd8 30. Qf4 Bxa4 31. Ra2 Bd7 32. Ne3 Qa5 33. Nxf5 exf5 34. Qf3 Be6
35. Rba1 Qd8 36. Bd6 Rc6 37. Qg2 Qd7 38. Ra5 Rd8 39. f4 Rxd6 40. exd6 Qc6 41.
Qf3 Kb8 42. Rb1 Rxd6 43. Qe3 Nc7 44. Qe5 b6 45. Rc5 Qd7 46. Ra5 Rc6 47. Bf3 Qd6
48. Ra4 Qxe5 49. dxe5 Rc5 50. Rab4 Ra5 51. Kf2 Ra3 52. R4b2 Rxc3 53. Ra1 Kb7
54. Ke2 b5 55. Rba2 a6 56. Rf1 Kb6 57. Rd1 a5 58. Bg2 a4 59. Rf1 Kc5 60. Rd1 d4
61. Rf1 a3 62. Rf3 b4 63. Rxc3 dxc3 64. Bf3 Nb5 65. Ke3 b3 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 $5 g6 (4... bxc4 $5 5. e4 d6 6. Bxc4 (6. Nc3
g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 $132 {/\Nb6,e6}) 6... g6 7. Ne2 $6 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. b3 Ne5 12. h3 Nfd7 13. Rc1 Nb6 $36 {
Basagic,V-Nun,Ji,Hartberg op 1991}) 5. e4 (5. cxb5 a6 {-4.cb5 a6 5.f3}) 5... d6
6. cxb5 a6 7. Nc3 (7. Na3 $5 Bg7 8. Ne2 O-O (8... axb5 9. Nxb5 O-O 10. Nec3 Na6
11. Be3 Nc7 12. a4 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Ne8 14. O-O Nc7 15. Qd2 $6 Nxb5 16. axb5 Bd7
17. Rfb1 Ra5 18. Qe1 Qa8 $146 {Krasenkov,M-Milos,G,Palma GMA op 1989-TD 89_13})
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. O-O e6 $1 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 axb5 15.
Naxb5 Nc4 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Rfb8 $146 {Poluljahov,A-Shashin,A,
Moscow Russian Winter op 1991-TD 91_03}) 7... Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. Ra3 $5 {N} (9.
Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 $6 (10. Be3 $142) 10... e6 11. Bc4 axb5 12. Bxb5 exd5 13. exd5
Na6 14. Nge2 Nc7 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Bc1 Ba6 17. O-O Nd7 18. Re1 Ne5 $36 {Subasic,
I-Tesic,D,JUG-ch 1991-TD 91_07}) 9... axb5 (9... e6 $5 $132) 10. Bxb5 Ba6 (
10... e6 11. Nge2 Bb7 12. Nf4 $5 $14) 11. Nge2 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Na6 13. O-O Nc7
14. Nec3 $14 Nd7 (14... Nfe8 $5 {/\Nb5,Nc7<=>}) 15. Kh1 Nb6 16. b3 Nxb5 (16...
c4 17. Be3 $1 (17. b4 $2 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 $36 {/\Na4}) 17... Nxb5 18. Nxb5
cxb3 19. Qxb3 $14) 17. Nxb5 Qd7 18. Ra2 Rfb8 (18... Qxb5 19. axb5 Rxa2 20. Be3
$16 {/\b4}) 19. Rff2 $1 (19. Be3 $2 Nxa4 $1 20. bxa4 Rxb5 21. axb5 Rxa2 $17)
19... c4 (19... Nc8 $5 20. Bb2 Na7 (20... Rxb5 $6 21. Bxg7 $16) 21. Na3 $5 $14)
20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Rfc2 Rc8 (21... Nb6 22. Rc6 $16 {/\Be3}) 22. h3 $1 h5 23. Bf4
Rc5 24. Qe2 Rac8 25. Bh2 $1 $16 Nb6 (25... Na5 $142) 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 (26... dxc5
27. a5 Na8 $8 28. Qc4 $18) 27. Bg1 Rc1 (27... Nxa4 $5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 $16) 28.
Qe3 $1 Rxg1+ $8 29. Qxg1 Nxa4 30. Nd4 (30. Rxa4 Qxb5 31. Qd1 h4 $16 {<=>עh1})
30... Nc3 31. Ra8+ (31. Rc2 Qa4 $1 $132) 31... Kh7 32. Nc6 Qb7 33. Ra7 Qb2 34.
Rxe7 Ne2 (34... h4 35. Qe1 $18) 35. Qe1 $6 (35. Qf2 $142 Bh6 36. g3 h4 37. gxh4
Qc1+ 38. Kh2 $1 Bf4+ 39. Kg2 $18) 35... Nf4 36. Qf1 Ne2 37. Kh2 (37. Qf2 $142
$5) 37... Bh6 $1 $132 38. g3 (38. Rxf7+ $2 Kg8 39. Rf6 Kg7 $1 $19) 38... h4 39.
gxh4 Nf4+ 40. Kh1 Nh5 41. Qg1 Kg8 $1 (41... Bf4 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. Rxf4 $16) 42.
Re8+ Kh7 43. Rb8 Qd2 44. Rb1 Bf4 $10 45. Qg2 Ng3+ 46. Kg1 Ne2+ 47. Kf1 Ng3+ 48.
Kg1 Ne2+ {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Rc1 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qa4 Rd8 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 b5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rc8 18. Bxb8 Raxb8 19. Nf4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5
21. Nd3 Bd6 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Rdc1 Rcb8 24. Rc6 Be7 25. f4 h6 26. Kf2 Bf6 27. Kf3
g6 28. g4 Kg7 29. Rc5 g5 30. f5 exf5 31. Rxf5 a4 32. Rd5 Ra7 33. e4 Rd8 34.
Rxd8 Bxd8 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. e5 Be7 37. Ke4 a3 38. bxa3 Ra4+ 39. Kd5 Bxa3 40. h3
Kg6 41. Ra2 h5 42. Nf2 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kg7 44. Nh3 Kg6 45. Nf2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 bxc4 7. dxc4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qc1 Rd7 15.
e4 Rfd8 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Bc1 Ne8 19. g4 Bf6 20. Be3 Nb4 21. Qd2 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Nxa2 23. Qd2 Nb4 24. Bf4 e5 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bh4 g5 27. Bg3 Ng7 28. Nh2
Ne6 29. Nf1 Nd4 30. Rb1 Bc6 31. Ne3 Rb8 32. Nd5 Qd8 33. Re3 a5 34. Bf3 Rf7 35.
Bd1 Be8 36. Ra1 Rfb7 37. Ra3 Bg6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kg1 Be8 40. Kg2 Bg6 41. Kg1
Nbc6 42. Kh2 Ra8 43. Ra4 Qb8 44. Ra3 h6 45. Kg2 Nb4 46. Nc3 Be8 47. f3 Nbc6 48.
Bf2 Bf7 49. Qa2 Nb4 50. Qd2 Be8 51. h4 Rba7 52. h5 Qb7 53. Re1 Qf7 54. Na4 Bxa4
55. Rxa4 Rb8 56. Be3 Qc7 57. Bf2 Nbc6 58. Re3 Rab7 59. Qa2 Nb4 60. Qd2 Ndc6 61.
Be1 Nd8 62. Kg1 Ndc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 Ne5 10. Nf3 Ned7 11. O-O a5 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Ba1 h5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 h4 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Nc2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 b5 20. Qh6 Qf6 21. Qf4
Kg7 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Nd4 hxg3 24. hxg3 b4 25. Rac1 a4 26. Rc4 Reb8 27. e4
axb3 28. axb3 Ra2 29. e5+ dxe5 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc5 Bd7 32. Rxc7 Ke7 33. f4
Kd6 34. Rc4 exf4 35. Rxf4 f5 36. g4 g5 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 f4 39. Bf3 Rc8 40.
Ra1 Rc2+ 41. Ke1 Rc3 42. Bd1 Kxd5 43. Ra5+ Rc5 44. Ra6 Bb5 45. Rb6 Ke4 46. Rd6
f3 47. Rf6 Rc1 48. Kd2 Rc3 49. Rf5 Bd7 50. Rxg5 Rd3+ 51. Kc2 Be6 52. Re5+ Kxe5
53. Kxd3 Bxg4 54. Bxf3 Be6 55. Kc2 Kd4 56. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxe5 g6 8.
Qe2 Nd4 9. Qd3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nf5 11. O-O d6 12. Nf3 c6 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 d5 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Re1 a5 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. d3 d4 19. Ne4 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 f6 21. b3 Be6
22. Bd2 Bd5 23. Bxa5 Qe7 24. Ra4 Qe6 25. h3 Rfe8 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 f5 28.
c4 fxe4 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. dxe4 dxe4 31. Bd2 Qxb3 32. Rxe4 Qf7 33. Bc3 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nf3
e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Qe2 Nh5 16. Bg3 f5 17. Be5 Nc4 18. f4 g6 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. b3 Qa5 21. Nb1 cxb3
22. axb3 Nf6 23. Nd2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa2 25. Qd3 Ng4 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Nxe5
28. dxe5 Rb8 29. Rc6 Kf7 30. Rxa6 h6 31. Nf3 Bc5 32. Rc6 Rb5 33. b4 Bb6 34. Rc8
Rxb4 35. Rb8 Bc5 36. Rc8 Bb6 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Rb8 g5 39. Nd4 Rxd4 40. exd4 Bxd4
41. Rb4 Bc3 42. Rb3 Bd2 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. Rd1 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qc7 13. c5 Be7 14. Na4 Bd7
15. Nb6 Rae8 16. f4 Bc6 17. Rg1 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Be5 Qc6 20. Qb2 Kh8 21.
Ke2 Rg8 22. Rg3 Nh5 23. Rh3 f6 24. Rxh5 fxe5 25. Qxe5 Rgf8 26. Qd4 Rf6 27. Rg1
Bd8 28. Rhg5 Bxb6 29. Rxg7 Bd8 30. Qe5 Ref8 31. Qh5 h6 32. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Qa5 8. h3
Be6 9. Nd2 Qa6 10. b3 d5 11. Rb1 Bf5 12. Rb2 Rd8 13. e3 h5 14. Re1 Qb6 15. b4
a6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Qb3 Be6 18. c5 Nbd7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rdb8 21. b6 Qc8 22.
f4 Nxc5 23. dxc5 d4 24. exd4 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 e6 26. Be3 Nd5 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Nd2
Ra3 29. Nf3 Rba8 30. Bf2 R8a4 31. Bh1 h4 32. g4 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 Rxd4 34. Rc2 Rxf4
35. Be2 Bd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. c6 bxc6 38. Rb1 Qb8 39. Rb3 Qb7 40. Ra2 Kg7 41.
g5 c5 42. Ra7 Qb8 43. b7 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. a4 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. a5 a6 15. Nf1
Ng6 16. Qb3 h5 17. Ba3 h4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qa3 Qd8 20. h3 Nh7 21. Qc5 Qf6 22.
Nh2 Ng5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Bxg4 Ne7 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Ne2 Ng6 27. Rb6 Ne6 28. Qf5
Qe7 29. Qxe4 Qa3 30. Qb1 Qxa5 31. c5 Ng5 32. Qb2 Qa4 33. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. d4 e4 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3 d6
9. O-O Bg7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2
Bd7 16. Rae1 f4 17. Bf3 fxg3 18. hxg3 h5 19. Kg2 Rf7 20. Nd1 Raf8 21. b4 Bh6
22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. Qd2 Ng4 24. Be2 h4 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rh1 hxg3 27. Rh3 Ne3+
28. Qxe3 Bxh3+ 29. Kxh3 Rh7+ 30. Kg2 Qh4 31. Qxg3 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Rh2+ 33. Ke3 Rh3
34. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 35. Bf3 Qf1 36. Be2 Qe1 37. a3 g5 38. Kd3 a5 39. b5 b6 40. Ne3
Qb1+ 41. Nc2 Qb3+ 42. Kd2 Kf8 43. c5 bxc5 44. d6 cxd6 45. Ne3 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Kh1 b5 10. f4 d6 11. Be3 Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 e5 14. N1d2 Ng4 15.
Bg1 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nce5 17. Be2 h5 18. a5 Bg5 19. Rf1 Be3 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Nf3
Bxg1 22. Kxg1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bh3 24. Rf2 O-O 25. Qd5 g6 26. Nd4 Rae8 27. Kh1
Re5 28. Qc6 Rxa5 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rfd2 Re5 32. Ra1 d5 33. Ra5 Rd7
34. Nb3 f6 35. Raxd5 Rdxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. exd5 Kf7 38. c4 bxc3 39. bxc3 Ke7
40. Kg1 Kd6 41. c4 Bf5 42. Kf2 Bc2 43. Na5 Kc5 44. Ke3 Kb4 45. d6 Bf5 46. Nc6+
Kc5 47. Nb8 Kxd6 48. Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be6 9. a5 Nbd7 10. Ng5 Bc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. Ra4 Qc6 13. O-O Be7 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. Rd1 O-O 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Bf8 18. Nh2 h6 19. Ng4 Re6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.
Rd2 Be7 22. Rb4 Bd8 23. Bb6 Bxb6 24. Rxb6 Qd7 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc6 27. c3
Rxb6 28. axb6 Qc6 29. Qe3 f5 30. exf5 Rf6 31. Rd2 Rxf5 32. b3 d5 33. Qd3 Rf6
34. Qxd5+ Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bb7 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Kh8 13. Bf4 d5 14. exd6
Bxd6 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 Rxc3 19. Re1 Bc8 20. f3
Rc7 21. Rb6 g6 22. Re2 Rd8 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Re3 Rd2+ 25. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rc1 h6 11. Qc2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qd2 d5 14. Qf4 Nbd7 15.
Rfd1 c6 16. Bb2 a4 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21.
Qc4 a3 22. Ba1 Qe7 23. Qxc6 Nb4 24. Qxb6 Reb8 25. Qd6 Qb7+ 26. f3 Nxa2 27. Rc7
Qxb3 28. Qe7 Rf8 29. Rdd7 Qb1 30. Ra7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Nb4 32. Qb7 a2 33. Bc3 Nd5
34. Bd4 Ne3+ 35. Kf2 Nc2 36. Bc3 a1=Q 37. Bxa1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Bg6 8. Be3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Qb6
15. Qd2 a6 16. Rfc1 Bh5 17. a3 Rad8 18. b4 Rd7 19. h3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Be2 Rdf7 24. Qe1 g6 25. Qg3 Kg7 26. Bd3 Qa7 27. h4
Qb8 28. Qxb8 Nxb8 29. b5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Nd7 31. Rc7 Nb6 32. R7c5 Rf2 33. a4 Ra2
34. Rc7 Nxa4 35. Be8 Rxc7 36. Rxc7+ Kf8 37. Bd7 Nb6 38. Bxe6 Re2 39. Rf7+ Ke8
40. Rxh7 Nc4 41. Bxd5 Nxe3 42. Bxb7 Nf5 43. Bf3 Rd2 44. d5 Kf8 45. h5 g5 46.
Ra7 Rd4 47. g4 Nh4 48. Kf2 Rd3 49. Be4 Rb3 50. d6 Rb4 51. Ra8+ Kf7 52. d7 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8.
c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb5 14. Bxg5
Rxd4 15. Bg2 Qf5 16. Qb3 c6 17. Be3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rhd8 19. h4 Be5 20. Bxd4 Bxd4
21. Kh2 Kc7 22. Qc4 Bxc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. b5 Rd4 25. Qb3 Rd3 26. Qc4 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. Nc3 Nc8 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Nd7
15. Rc3 a6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rfc1 Rfb8 18. Nh4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bg4 Nf8 21.
h4 Na7 22. Be2 Nb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. a3 b4 25. Rc5 Qa4 26. axb4 Qb3 27. Bg5 Nh7
28. Be7 g5 29. hxg5 Nf8 30. R5c3 Qa4 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Ra3 Qb5 33. Rc5 Qe8 34.
Rc7 b6 35. Re7 Rxa3 36. bxa3 Qa4 37. Qd3 Ng6 38. Rc7 b5 39. Qf3 Nh8 40. g6 fxg6
41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qxd8 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qh5+ 46. Kg3
Qg5+ 47. Qxg5+ Kxg5 48. Be7+ Kh5 49. Kh3 g5 50. g3 g4+ 51. Kg2 Nf7 52. a4 bxa4
53. b5 a3 54. Bxa3 Nd8 55. Kf1 Kg6 56. Ke2 Kf5 57. Kd3 Nb7 58. Bb4 Nd8 59. Ba5
Nb7 60. Bd2 Kg6 61. Kc3 Kf7 62. Kb4 Ke8 63. b6 Kd7 64. Kb5 Nd8 65. Bb4 Nb7 66.
Ka6 Kc8 67. Be7 Kb8 68. Bd6+ Ka8 69. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rfe1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 d5 14. Bf1 Bxf3
15. exf3 Nbd7 16. Bd3 a4 17. Rad1 axb3 18. axb3 Ra7 19. f4 Qa8 20. f5 Nf8 21.
Ra1 exf5 22. Rxa7 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Qxa7 24. Bxf5 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qa4 26. Qc2 Qa1
27. Qc3 Qd1 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Bd2 Qh5 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nc2 a6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. f3 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15.
Na3 h5 16. Kf1 Ba4 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Nfd7 20. b4 e6 21. Ne3 Nb6
22. h3 Bh6 23. c5 dxc5 24. Rxc5 Rcd8 25. Bc1 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Nec4 Nxc4
28. Nxc4 Bf8 29. Ne5 Bxc5 30. Nxd3 Bf8 31. a3 Bb5 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. Rd1 Rc2+ 34.
Ke3 Rxg2 35. Ne5 f6 36. Nd7 Re2+ 37. Kf4 Bxd7 38. Kg3 Bc6 39. h4 Kf7 40. Rd8
Be7 41. Rd4 e5 42. Rd3 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. f4 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 Rg4 46. fxe5 Rxh4+
47. Kg3 f4+ 48. Kf2 Rg4 49. Rh3 Kg6 50. Bd2 Rg2+ 51. Ke1 f3 52. a4 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 d6 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. f4 Bg4 11. Qf2 Be6 12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4 d5 14. Rae1
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qd7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re4
Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxa7 Re2 23. Rf2 Re1+ 24. Rf1 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f3 Nd5 14. Na2 Bf8
15. e4 Bg6 16. Qe1 f5 17. exd5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rfd1 O-O 15.
Ne2 Bd7 16. Ned4 Nbxd3 17. cxd3 Na4 18. b4 a5 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Rdc1 axb4 21.
axb4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. g4 Ke8 27.
Ke3 f6 28. h4 Qb8 29. Qc1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Qe3 Qf8 32. f5 Qe8 33. g5 exf5
34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Qh6 fxe5 36. Qxh7+ Kf6 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Ng5+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ Kd6
40. Nf7+ Kc7 41. Nxe5 Nb6 42. Nxb5+ Kb8 43. Nd4 Qh5+ 44. Ndf3 Be8 45. Kf2 f4
46. Qe7 Nc8 47. Qf6 Kb7 48. Qxf4 Qh8 49. Ng5 Qh6 50. Kg3 Nd6 51. Qf3 Bc6 52.
Ngf7 Nxf7 53. Qxf7+ Kb6 54. Qf4 Qe6 55. h5 Bb7 56. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Bxc4 d6 11. a3 Nd4 12. b4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Bg5 Kh8 15.
Rfd1 Nd7 16. Bd2 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Rdb1 Bc8 19. Qd1 Nc5 20. Be3 f5 21. Qd2
f4 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Na4 Ra5 24. Nb6 Ra7 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Qd1 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Nb3 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Be4 f5 17. Bd3 Kf7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bc4 Rc8 20. Kb1 b6
21. Rd1 Be8 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Ba6 Rd8 24. Bf4 Be8 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Bg3 Rd8 27. Bb7
Bd6 28. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Ng3 Bg6 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Qf3
$40) 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 (13. h5 $6 Bd3 $1 14. Qxd3 Nf3+ 15. gxf3 Qxd3 $19)
13... Qxd4 14. Qf3 Qxh4 15. Qxb7 Bc5 16. Qc6+ (16. Qxc7 $2 Rc8 17. Qxa7 Qxg3
$19) 16... Nd7 17. Rad1 (17. Nge4 Bb6 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Qxd7 Bxe4
$17) 17... Bb6 $1 (17... Qxg3 $2 18. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 19. Qxc5 Qd3 20. Ba4 $16) 18.
Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd1 O-O $1 20. Rxd7 Qxg3 21. Qxb6 $1 Qxc3 $1 22. bxc3 (22. Qxc7
$2 Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Qxf2 $17) 22... cxb6 23. Rxa7 Rc8 24. c4 h5 25. Rd7 (25. Rb7
Bd3 26. Rxb6 Bxc4 $10) 25... Rc5 26. f4 b5 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Kf2 Rc5 {Ftacnik,L
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7.
O-O Qh4 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g6 (9... g5 {Ernst}) 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 (11. Ne2 {
Ernst} Nf6 12. b4 Nh5 13. b5 $14 {Timman,J-Huebner,R/Tilburg/1983/.}) 11... Qf6
12. Be3 Bf5 $2 (12... Ng5 $5 13. f4 (13. Nxd5 Nh3+ (13... Bc6 14. Qg4+) 14. Kg2
(14. Kh1 Bc6 15. Qg4+ Qe6) 14... Bc6 15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Qxh3 Rxd5 $17) 13... Qe6
$1 (13... Nh3+ 14. Kg2 Rhe8 $13) 14. Re1 Ne4 $13) (12... Ng5 $5 {Ernst}) 13.
Nb5 $1 Bh3 (13... a6 14. Nxc7 Qc6 (14... Kxc7 15. Bf4+ Kc8 16. Be5 Qc6 17. Bxg7
Rhg8 18. Be5 f6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Be3) 15. Na8 $1 $16) 14. Nxa7+ $1 Kb8 15. Nb5
Bxf1 16. Bxf1 {White is almost winning here-Black has no defence to the
threats of Qa4 and Bf4} Rhe8 17. Qa4 Qa6 18. Qb4 Qa8 {!?*&} (18... Qc6 19. Qa5
f5 20. Bf4 Re7 21. Nxc7 Rxc7 22. Bb5 $18) 19. a4 $1 {tucking in her majesty} g5
20. a5 c6 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 h6 23. a6 f5 24. Bh3 Rf8 25. a7+ Kc8 26. Qb1 g4
27. Bf1 Kd7 28. Bd3 Ke6 29. Bf4 Rf7 30. Qc2 Bf8 31. Qe2+ (31. Qe2+ Kf6 32. Qe5+
Kg6 33. Qe6+ Rf6 (33... Kg7 34. Be5+ Kg8 35. Bxf5 Re8 36. Bh7+ $1 $18) 34.
Bxf5+ Kg7 35. Be5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3
Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Bd7 16. Nd2 (16. Rh4 {Ftacnik} Qf5 17. Bc2 Rae8 18. d4
Re1+ $5 19. Qxe1 Qxc2 $13) 16... g5 (16... Rae8 {Ernst} 17. Rh4 Qf5 18. Nf1 Qg6
19. Bd2 Bf5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ne3 Be6 22. a4 Be7 23. Rf4 Bg5 24. Rf3 b4 $6 25.
c4 $16 {Murei - Geller, Amsterdam 1987.}) 17. Re2 (17. Re1 $5 {Ftacnik} f5 18.
Ne4 $36) 17... f5 18. Ne4 $2 (18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 f4 20. cxd5 fxg3 21. hxg3 (
21. fxg3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bg4 $17) 21... Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 23. Rg2 Qe3+ 24. Rf2
Qg3+) (18. Nf3 $14 {Ernst}) (18. Bxd5+ {Ftacnik} cxd5 19. Qb3 $13) 18... fxe4
19. dxe4 Bg4 20. exd5 c5 (20... Bxe2 {Ftacnik} 21. dxc6+ Bc4 (21... Kg7 22.
Qxe2 Rae8 23. Be3 $16) 22. Bxc4+ bxc4 23. Qd5+ (23. Qxd6 $2 Rad8 $19) 23... Rf7
24. Qxd6 $36) 21. Qf1 Qh5 $1 {The move I had missed} (21... Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1
Bxe2+ 23. Kxe2 $44 (23. Kxe2 {Ftacnik} c4 24. Bc2 Rae8+ 25. Be3 Bc5 26. Rd1
$146)) 22. Re3 (22. Re1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Bf3 $19) 22... c4 23. Bc2 Bc5 24. Bd2 (
24. a4 {Ftacnik} Rae8 $22 25. Rxe8 Qxe8) 24... Bxe3 (24... Rad8 $1 25. Be4 Rde8
26. Qg2 (26. Rae1 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 30. Ke3
Qxg3+ 31. Kd4 Qd3+ 32. Kc5 Qxd2 $19) 26... Bh3 27. Qh1 Qf7 28. Rf3 Qa7 (28...
Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Re2 (29... g4 30. Bf4) 30. Be1 Rxb2 31. d6 Kg7 32. g4 $13) 29.
Be3 g4 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 $19) (24... Rae8 {Ftacnik} 25. Rae1) 25.
Bxe3 Rae8 26. Re1 Bf3 27. d6 Bc6 28. Qe2 $2 (28. Bd1 Qf7 (28... Qg6 $19 {
Ftacnik}) 29. Bd4 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Qd5 31. f3 $15) 28... Qh3 29. Qf1 Qe6 30. Bd1
Qd5 (30... Qxd6 $19) (30... Qxd6 {Ftacnik} 31. Bg4 $17) 31. f3 Qxd6 (31... g4 {
Ftacnik} 32. Bh6 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Rf6 34. Bf4 $17) 32. Bd4 (32. Bxg5 {Ftacnik}
Qc5+ $19) 32... Rxe1 33. Qxe1 g4 (33... Bxf3 $17 {Ernst}) (33... Bxf3 {Ftacnik}
34. Bxf3 Rxf3 35. Qe8+ Rf8 $19) 34. f4 $1 {With the obvious intention of
getting my king to a1 via c5!} Qd5 35. Kf2 Qg2+ 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Be5 Qxb2 (
37... Qxh2 38. Bxg4 Qxb2) (37... Bf3 {Ftacnik} 38. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kd2 $17) 38.
Bxg4 Qc2 (38... Qxa2 $19) (38... Qxh2 $19 {Ftacnik}) 39. Kd4 Qd3+ 40. Kc5 Qd5+
41. Kb4 (41. Kb6 {Ftacnik} Bd7 $19) 41... a5+ 42. Ka3 (42. Kxa5 $2 {Ernst} Qc5
$1 $19) 42... Qd3 43. Kb2 b4 44. Ka1 $1 {Mission accomplished!} (44. cxb4 {
Ftacnik} axb4 (44... a4 45. Qc3 a3+ 46. Kxa3 Qb1 47. Qxc4+) 45. Qxb4 Rxe5 46.
fxe5 Qd4+ 47. Ka3 Qxg4 $19) 44... a4 45. Be2 (45. cxb4 {Ftacnik} a3 46. Be2
Rxe5 $1 $19) 45... Qe4 46. Qd1 bxc3 $2 (46... Bd5 $1 47. a3 $1 (47. cxb4 Rxe5
48. fxe5 Qxe5+ 49. Kb1 Be4+ 50. Kc1 Qc3+) (47. Qxa4 Ra8 $1 (47... Rxe5 48. fxe5
Qxe2 49. Qe8+) 48. Qd1 (48. Qd7 Rxa2+ 49. Kxa2 Qc2+ 50. Ka1 Qc1+ 51. Ka2 b3#)
48... b3 $19) (47. Bh5 Rxe5 48. fxe5 Qxe5 49. Qg4+ Kh8 50. Qd4 Qxd4 51. cxd4 a3
$19) (47. Bf1 {Ftacnik} Rxe5 48. fxe5 Qxe5 $19) 47... b3 $15) 47. Bxc4+ Kf8 (
47... Qxc4 48. Qg4+ Kf7 49. Qf5+ Ke7 50. Qf6+ Kd7 51. Qd6+ Kc8 52. Qc7#) 48.
Bd6+ (48. Qd6+ {Ftacnik} Re7 49. Qd8+ Be8 $19) 48... Re7 (48... Kg7 {Ftacnik}
49. Qg4+ Qg6 (49... Kh8 50. Be5+ Rxe5 51. Qg8#) 50. Be5+ Kf8 51. Qxg6 hxg6 52.
Bxc3 $10) 49. Bd3 Qe3 50. Bc2 (50. Bxh7 $1 $16 {Unfortunately I hadn't
realised that I could be better in this game!}) 50... Ke8 51. Bxe7 Kxe7 52. Qb1
h6 53. a3 Kf6 54. Qd1 Qc5 (54... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 55. Qb1) 55. Qd8+ Kg7 56. Qc7+
Kf6 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qc7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 (15... Rc8 16. a3 Be7 17. Bh6 a6 18. Qb3 Qd8 19. Nf3 g5 $132 {
Belov-Kaidanov/Moskva II/1987/}) (15... Bg7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nb3
Qb5 19. Nd4 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qb5 21. Nac5+ Ke8 22. Rc1 Bc8 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Rc5 Qb8
25. Rxd5 $1 exd5 26. Nf6+ $18 {Marjanovic,S-Karaklajic,N/Jug-ch/1977/}) 16. Rc1
Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O (18... Nxe5 $2 19. Rc5 $18) (18... Bxe5 $2 19.
Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Rc5 $18) 19. Bc4 N5b6 $1 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rfc8 (21... Bxe5
22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxe5 $18) 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd4 Qb5 24. h4 Nd7 (24... a5 25.
h5 a4 26. Bd1 $36) 25. Bf6 Bf8 (25... Nxf6 26. exf6 Bf8 27. Rxe6 Rc1+ 28. Kh2
Qb8+ $1 29. g3 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. f7+ Bg7 32. Qd7 Bf8 33. Qd4+ $10) 26. Rd1
Nxf6 27. exf6 a5 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 h5 (29... Rc5 30. g4) 30. f3 Rc5 31. g4
hxg4 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Ernst} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 (5...
Be6 {Ernst} 6. Nge2 $1 dxc4 7. Nf4 Bc8 8. Bxc4 e6 9. d5 e5 10. O-O $1 Bd6 {
10.-exf4 11.Te1+ Le7 12.d6!} 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. Qxh5 O-O 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Bd2 Nd7
15. Bc3 f5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe2 a6 18. a3 Re8 19. Rac1 $16 {Hebden - A.Martin,
England (ch), 1985.}) 6. Bg5 dxc4 (6... Qa5 {Ernst} 7. Bxf6 (7. Qd2 {Ernst} Bf5
(7... Be6 {Ernst} 8. c5 Ne4 $1 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Bd2 $1 Nc6 12.
Bc3 O-O-O 13. Ne2 Bc4 14. Ng3 $10 {Ribli - Torre, Alicante 1983.}) 8. Bxf6 exf6
9. cxd5 Nb4 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. Kf1 Nxd5 12. Nge2 $14 {Gavrikov - Matulovic,
Vrsac, 1985}) 7... exf6 8. cxd5 Bb4 9. Qd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxd5 11. Ne2 O-O 12.
Nf4 Qd6 13. Be2 Bf5 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 $13 {Ornstein -
Shamkovich, Gausdal 1984.}) (6... Be6 {Ernst} 7. Qd2 $1 g6 $6 8. g3 $1 Na5 9.
Bxf6 exf6 10. c5 h5 11. Bg2 Bh6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nge2 Re8 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qa4
Bd3 16. Rfe1 Bd2 17. Red1 $1 Nc4 18. Nxd5 $1 $16 {Svesnikov - Mih.Cejtlin,
Sochi 1985.}) (6... e6 {Ernst} 7. c5 Bd7 8. Bb5 b6 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6
11. Nge2 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Rb1 Bd6 14. O-O h5 15. b4 Ke7 16. Qd2 Bb5 17.
Rfe1 Rag8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Nc3 Kf8 20. Qd3 Qb8 $14 {Psakhis - Granda Zuniga,
Manila (ol) 1992.}) 7. d5 (7. Bxc4 $36) 7... Ne5 (7... Na5 8. b4 (8. Nf3 $1 {
Ernst} e6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Rc8 13. Qh4 f5 14.
dxe6 Bxe6 $14 {Hebden - Orr, London 1988.}) 8... cxb3 9. axb3 Bd7 10. b4 Rc8
11. Nb5 Nc4 $36 {Sveshnikov-Roepert, Amsterdam op 1992}) 8. Qd4 h6 (8... Nd3+
9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Nf3 $16 {Botvinnik-Flohr, Leningrad (m) 1933} (10. Nf3 $1 {
Ernst} h6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be5 Bg7 13. Qxd3 $14 {Botvinnik.})) 9. Bh4 (9. Be3
Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 cxd3 11. Nf3 e6 $10) (9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 g5 {
/\Bg7,0-0}) 9... Ng6 10. Bg3 e6 11. d6 (11. Bxc4 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 $10) 11...
Ne7 $1 12. Rd1 (12. O-O-O Nf5 13. Qxc4 Bd7 {/\Rc8->}) 12... Ned5 (12... Nf5 13.
Qxc4 (13. Qc5 $1 {Ernst} Bd7 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Qb4 $16) 13... Nxg3 (13... a6)
14. Nb5 Nd5 15. Nc7+ Nxc7 16. dxc7 Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Nxh1 $13) 13. Qe5 {/\14.Nd5
Nd5 15.Rd5 +-} Nd7 (13... Ng4 {Ernst} 14. Nxd5 $5 Nxe5 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Bxe5
Rb8 17. Bxc4 $40) 14. Qe2 (14. Qd4 N7f6 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 {()}) 15. Qe5 $10)
14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 g6 (15... b5 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Nd4 Qa5 $36) 16. Be5 (16. Qxc4
Bg7 {/\b6,Bb7,Rc8 |^}) 16... Nxe5 (16... Rg8 17. Nf3 b5 $15) 17. Qxe5 Rg8 {
/\Bg7 /^a1-h8} 18. Bxc4 Bg7 19. Bb5+ (19. Qe3 Qg5 {/\Qg2,Qe3 --> _|_}) 19...
Bd7 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Ne2 b6 (22... Qxg2 23. d7+ (23. Rg1 Qc6 24.
d7+ Ke7 $19) 23... Ke7 (23... Kd8 {Ernst} 24. Rg1 Qxh2 $13 (24... Qc6 {
Kortschnoj} 25. Rg4 $146) 25. Qf3 Ke7 26. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ $1 $132) 24.
Qc5+ Kd8 25. Rg1 Qxh2 {/\Qc7}) 23. O-O O-O-O 24. c4 Kb7 (24... Kb8 $142) (24...
Rxd6 {Ernst} 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qf3 Qc7 $1 27. Qa8+ Qb8 28. Qc6+ Qc7 29. Qa8+
$10) 25. Nd4 {/\26.Qf3 /^h1-a8->} Bxd4 (25... Qxd6 $2 {Ernst} 26. Qf3+ $16 (26.
Qf3+ {Kortschnoj} Ka6 27. Nc6 $18)) 26. Rxd4 Rd7 (26... h5 $142) 27. Qxh6 e5 (
27... Rxd6 28. Qf4 (28. Qh7 {Ernst} Rf8 $10) 28... Rd7 $10) 28. Rd5 Re8 29. Qd2
Re6 30. c5 (30. Rd1 $2 {Kortschnoj} Qxc4 31. Rc1 Rexd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 $17) 30...
bxc5 31. Rb1+ Ka8 32. Qb2 Re8 33. Rxe5 Red8 34. Qc3 Rxd6 35. Rf1 c4 (35... Rd5
{+/=/=}) 36. Re7 f6 $2 (36... R6d7 $142 $10) 37. Qe3 R6d7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 (38...
Rxd7 39. Qe8+ Kb7 40. Qxg6 $16) 39. Qf3+ Qd5 $4 $138 (39... Qd5 40. Rd1 $18) (
39... Qb7 $8 40. Qxf6 {+/-/+-}) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 Rb8 13. Ng3 c5 14. Nf5 Bc8 15. Ne3
Be6 16. Bd2 Ne8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nc4 Nc7 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Rc1 bxc3
22. bxc3 d5 23. Ncd2 Be7 24. Nf1 Qd7 25. Qc2 Bd6 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28.
Rb1 Qe8 29. Bc1 Na5 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. N3d2 Ne8 32. Ne3 Nf6 33. h3 Qb7 34. Qa2
Kh7 35. Ba3 Qc6 36. Qc2 Kg8 37. Qd1 Bf8 38. exd5 exd5 39. c4 d4 40. Ng4 Nd7 41.
Ne4 Nb7 42. Ng3 Nd6 43. Qc2 Be7 44. Bc1 Bh4 45. Nf1 e4 46. Qe2 h5 47. Ngh2 Ne5
48. Bf4 Nxd3 49. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 50. Kh1 Qxd6 51. Qxe4 Ne5 52. Nf3 Nxf3 53. Qxf3 Be3
54. Nxe3 dxe3 55. Qxe3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Rhf1
Kb8 15. Qe1 Qc5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. f5 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 h5 20. Nb3 Qb6 21.
c4 Rd7 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Rc2 h4 25. Rfc1 Rhc8 26. Qe1 d5 27. Qxh4
Qe3 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 b4 31. g3 e5 32. Nb3 e4 33. Ba6 Bxb3
34. axb3 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Kxc2 Kc7 37. Bc4 Kd6 38. Bxf7 Ke5 39. Be6 Bc5
40. Kd1 Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Qc2 Nxc3 (7... c5 {Schussler} 8. Bg5 {8.e4!} Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11.
e3 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nd7 $10 {Seirawan,Y-Timman,J,
Amsterdam 1992. CBM 30 game 6.}) 8. Qxc3 Be7 (8... h6) (8... Nd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10.
Bxe7 Kxe7) 9. Bf4 O-O $5 {N} (9... c6) (9... Bd6 10. Bg5) 10. Qxc7 (10. Bxc7
Qd5 11. Bg3 Rc8 12. Qd2 (12. Qd3 $5 Ba6 13. Qd1 Nc6 $44) 12... Nc6 13. e3 Na5
$44) (10. e3 $5) 10... Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bxb8 (12. Bg3 Rc2 13. Rb1 Be4 14.
e3 Nc6 15. Ba6 $13) (12. Bg3 Rc2 13. Rb1 Bd5 $1 $44 {/\Ba2}) (12. Bf4 $1 {
Schussler +/-/+/=} Rc2 13. Rc1 $1 Rxb2 14. Rc7 Bxa3 15. Rxb7 Na6 16. e4 Nb4 17.
Rc7 $18 {(Seirawan)}) 12... Raxb8 13. e3 (13. Kd2 $2 Be4 $36) 13... Rc2 14. Rb1
{/\Bd3} Be4 15. Bb5 (15. Ba6 $2 b5 $1 $17) 15... Rbc8 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bh4
$10 {><f2} 18. f4 Rd2 19. Ba4 g6 20. Kg2 Kg7 21. Kf3 a6 {/\b5=/+} 22. Rbd1 Rxb2
23. Rb1 Ra2 (23... Rxb1 $142 24. Rxb1 b5 25. Bb3 Be7 26. a4 b4 27. Ke2 Rc3) 24.
Rxb6 a5 25. Rb7 Kf8 26. Rbb1 (26. Rb3 Be7) 26... Rxa3 27. Ra1 Rcc3 28. Rfb1
Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Be7 30. Ra2 Bb4 31. Rc2 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc5 11. Qxc5 dxc5 12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. Nxa7+ Kb8
14. Nb5 Bg7 15. f4 f5 16. e5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. c3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Rhg8 20. g3
h5 21. a4 h4 22. Kf2 hxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rh8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1
Bxb5 27. axb5 Kc7 28. b6+ Kd6 29. Bf3 e6 30. Bxb7 Bd8 31. Ke3 Bxb6 32. Kd3 Bd8
33. Kc4 Kc7 34. Ba6 Be7 35. Bb5 Kd6 36. Be8 e5 37. Bf7 exf4 38. gxf4 Bf8 39. b3
Bh6 40. Bg6 Bxf4 41. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. Nf4 Bf7 8. Qe2
fxe5 9. Qxe5 Nd7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Nd3 Bg6 12. h4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 e5 14. Bg5 Qf7
15. O-O-O Bd6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Qf3 18. Qxf3 Nxf3 19. Be3 Nh6 20. Ne4 Be5
21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Nxg4 23. Bd3 g6 24. Rde1 O-O 25. Bc5 Rfe8 26. Rh4 b6 27.
Rxg4 bxc5 28. c3 Rab8 29. Kc2 c4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Rge4 Rf8 32. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 33.
R1e2 Rxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rb5 35. Rg2 Kf7 36. Rg4 Rc5 37. Kd2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Re5+ 39.
Kd4 Re2 40. Kxc4 Rxb2 41. a4 Kf5 42. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qf3
Nd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. g4 Nc5 11. g5 Ne7 12. Nb3 Na4 13. Nxa4 bxa4 14. Nd2 d5 15.
e5 Bc6 16. Bd4 Bb5 17. c3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qa5 19. Nf3 Qb5 20. Qxb5+ axb5 21. Kd2
Nf5 22. Kd3 Kd7 23. b4 Be7 24. h4 Rc4 25. a3 h5 26. Rac1 Rhc8 27. Nd2 R4c6 28.
Nf3 Ke8 29. Bf2 Kf8 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 g6 32. Rc2 Rc4 33. Rhh2 Ke8 34. Rhg2
Kd7 35. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Colombia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "COL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. e5
Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 bxa4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Nd7
15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Bf6 18. c3 Qb8 19. Qc6 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Bd2 Ke7 24. Re1+ Kd7 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Ke2 Kd7
27. Kd3 d5 28. Be3 g6 29. a4 h5 30. h3 c6 31. Bc5 Be5 32. b4 f5 33. c4 dxc4+
34. Kxc4 Bc7 35. Be3 Bd6 36. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Indonesia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "INA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 a6 12. Rc1 b5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb3 Nbxd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qe2 Bb4 17. Red1 Qb6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxd5 Ra7 20. a3 Bd6
21. Rc6 Rd7 22. Be4 Rfd8 23. g3 Qe7 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 25. Qc2 Bb7 26. Be4 Bxc6 27.
Bxc6 Rc7 28. Qh7 Qe6 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh4+ f6 31. Bd5 Rc4 32. Qh7 Qg4 33. h3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Nc2 d6 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 Ng4 12. h3 Nf6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Ned5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. e3 Nb5 20. Qb1 Nc3 21.
Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Rc1 Qb4 23. Rc4 Qb6 24. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {The Burn Variation, a good choice assuming
Black is trying to play solidly but it really does not work out that way.} 4.
Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 c5 8. O-O Nd7 9. Qe2 {Black's next
move starts to open up the game before he is ready for it. 9..Nf6 is
reasonable.} cxd4 10. Rd1 Nc5 (10... e5 {As you might expect this is bad.
Anand analyses the following:} 11. c3 O-O (11... dxc3 12. Nxe5 $40) 12. cxd4
exd4 13. Nxd4) 11. Rxd4 $16 (11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Bxe6) 11...
Qb6 {This is brilliantly refuted but the natural 11..Qc7 runs into even bigger
trouble} (11... Qc7 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. Bc6+ bxc6 14. Rxf4) 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Rad1
Bf6 (13... Bd7 14. Ne5 $18) (13... Nxe4 14. Rxe4 O-O (14... f6 15. Bd4 Qxa2 16.
Qb5+ Kf7 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Qd5 19. Ne5+ fxe5 20. Rf4+) 15. Bd4 Qxa2 (15...
Qa3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rg4+ Kh8 18. Ne5 $1 {The threat is 19.Nxf7+ Rxf7 20.Qe5+
Bf6 21.Rd8+ Rf8 22.Qxf6+!}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rg4+ Kh8 18. Ne5 Qa3 (18... b6
19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qe5+ Rf6 21. Qg5 Rg6 22. Qxe7) 19. Rg3 $40) (13... O-O 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ne5 {! (Robatsch)}) 14. Rd8+ (14. Bc1 Qb6 15. Rd6 Qc7 16. Bg5
$18) 14... Bxd8 15. Bxc5 Bd7 (15... Be7 16. Qd2) 16. Qd3 Qb5 (16... Bb5 17.
Bxb7 $18) (16... Ba4 17. Nd4 Be7 18. Nc6 $18 Bxc5 (18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6+ Kf8 20.
Qd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8#) 19. Qd8+ $40) 17. c4 Qxc5 (17... Qa4 18. Ne5) 18. Qxd7+
Kf8 19. Qxb7 g6 (19... Rc8 20. Bc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8
Rxc4 24. g3 $18) 20. Qxa8 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Qc7 8. Re1
Rd8 9. Bg5 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Bc4 Nb6
15. Bb3 Bd7 16. a4 a5 17. Nc4 Bc6 18. Qe3 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Kg7 20. Qxc5 b6 21. Qe3
Rd7 22. Qe2 Rad8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Rd3 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Re2 h5 27. Qc2 Qe6
28. Kh2 Be7 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Qf6 31. Kg1 Bc5 32. Nb3 Bf8 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.
Qxd1 Qc6 35. Nd2 b5 36. axb5 Qxb5 37. b4 axb4 38. cxb4 Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rfd1 Qb8 14. e4 c5 15. e5
Nd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Nxd4
Qc7 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. f4 Nf8 24. b3 Rc8 25. h4 Ng6 26. g3 Qb7 27. Kh2 Ne7 28.
g4 Nc6 29. Nb5 Nxe5 30. fxe5 Bf3 31. Qd3 Bxd1 32. Nd6 Bc2 33. Qe2 Qc7 34. Nxc8
Qxc8 35. Nb6 Qc5 36. Nc4 Bb1 37. Qb2 Bd3 38. Nd6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.18"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nh4 Na5 14. Ng6 Nxb3
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. axb3 Rac8 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bg4
21. Re1 Qg5 22. c4 Bf5 23. Qc3 h5 24. b4 h4 25. b3 f6 26. Ra2 h3 27. g3 e4 28.
Rae2 Bg6 29. Qd4 Qh5 30. Re3 Re8 31. f3 exf3 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Kf2 Bf7 34. Qe4
Qg5 35. Re3 f5 36. Qxf3 Qf6 37. Re2 Kf8 38. Qf4 Re7 39. Bd4 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Qg6
41. Kd3 Ke8 42. Kc3 Kd7 43. Kb2 Qg4 44. Qf2 g5 45. Bc3 Kc8 46. b5 axb5 47. Qa7
b4 48. Bxb4 Bxd5 49. Bxd6 Kd7 50. Qb6 Qe2+ 51. Ka3 Bxc4 52. Qc7+ Ke6 53. Qe7+
Kd5 54. bxc4+ Qxc4 55. Qf7+ Kd4 56. Be5+ Kc5 57. Qxf5 Qb4+ 58. Ka2 Qd2+ 59.
Bb2+ Kc6 60. Qe6+ Kc5 61. Qe5+ Kc6 62. g4 Qg2 63. Qe6+ Kc5 64. Qc8+ Kd6 65. Ka3
b6 66. Bc3 Kd5 67. Qd7+ Kc4 68. Qd4+ Kb5 69. Qa4+ Kc5 70. Bb4+ Kd5 71. Qb5+ Ke4
72. Qf5+ Kd4 73. Bd6 Kc4 74. Qe6+ Kc3 75. Qb3+ Kd2 76. Qb4+ Kd3 77. Bg3 Kc2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.20"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8.
Ne5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. e3 e6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rxc3 14. Qxc3
Qc8 15. Qd2 Bc6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. O-O f6 18. Bg3 Kf7 19. h4 Be7 20. Rc1 f5 21.
Qe2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.21"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Re2 cxd5
15. d4 Qc7 16. g3 Rae8 17. Nd2 b4 18. cxb4 Qc2 19. Re3 Bc8 20. Nf1 Bxb4 21. a3
Ba5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Be3 Be6 25. Qd1 Rc8 26. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.22"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3
Ng6 21. Kb1 Qd8 22. Bc3 a5 23. g3 Ne7 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Bg1 a4 26. Qb4 Qd8 27.
Bb6 Qd7 28. Bc5 Nd5 29. Qd4 Qd8 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. Rf2 Rd8 32. Ka1 h6 33. Re1 Bb5
34. Ref1 Be8 35. Rc2 Rc8 36. Rg1 Qg6 37. Rcc1 Bb5 38. Rgd1 Rc6 39. Qe4 Qh5 40.
Rf1 Qxh2 41. Qf3 Rc7 42. Bd6 Rxc1+ 43. Rxc1 Qd2 44. Rg1 Qxd3 45. Qxf7+ Kh7 46.
Rc1 Qe3 47. Rd1 Qe2 48. Rc1 Qe3 49. Rd1 Qe2 50. Rc1 Qd2 51. Rg1 Qd4 52. Rc1 Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.24"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14.
Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nb5 Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Kf2 Kf8 19. a3 Ne8 20. Rac1
Rac8 21. Na7 Ra8 22. Nb5 Rac8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ke3 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc3
Ke7 27. Rb3 Ba4 28. Rb4 Bc2 29. Ba2 f6 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Kxd4 Bf5 32. Bd5 Bc8
33. f4 Kd6 34. g3 b5 35. Be4 h6 36. Bd5 b6 37. Bf3 Bd7 38. Be2 Bc6 39. Bd3 Bd7
40. Bg6 Bc6 41. h4 Bd7 42. Bd3 Bc6 43. Be2 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Nd1 c5 10. Ne3 Bh5 11. d3 Nd7 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Bc3 Bg5 14. h3 Bf4 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Ng2 Nf8 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Kg2 c4 20. Rad1 cxd3 21. cxd3
c5 22. Rfe1 Qe7 23. b3 Rad8 24. Qc1 b5 25. Be5 Qb7 26. Ba1 f6 27. Qc3 Rc8 28.
Nh4 Red8 29. Nf5 f3+ 30. Kxf3 Ng5+ 31. Kg3 Bxf5 32. gxf5 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4 34.
f3 cxd3 35. Qb3+ Qxb3 36. axb3 d2 37. Rf1 Rd3 38. Kg2 Rc2 39. h4 Nf7 40. Kf2
Nd8 41. Ke2 Rd7 42. Ke3 Nc6 43. Rf2 Rc1 44. Rff1 Rc2 45. Rf2 Na5 46. Rfxd2
Rcxd2 47. Rxd2 Rxd2 48. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 49. Kc3 Nxa1 50. h5 g6 51. fxg6 hxg6 52.
hxg6 Kg7 53. Kb2 Kxg6 54. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. c5 O-O 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nh4 Na6 14. Nc4 Qd8 15.
Rc1 Re8 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qb6 Ncxe4 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxd6 Nd3 21.
Nxc8 Nxc1 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Rxc1 Kxe7 24. d6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 g6 26. Ne3 Rxd6 27.
Bxb7 Rad8 28. b3 Rd2 29. a4 R2d3 30. Rc5 Rxb3 31. Ba6 Rb4 32. Bb5 e4 33. g4 h6
34. h3 Rd2 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc1 Nd5 37. Nc4 Ra2 38. Bc6 Nf4 39. Kh2 Rxf2+ 40.
Kg3 Rf3+ 41. Kh2 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. b3 Nh6 11. Bb2 Nf5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Qf3 Qc8 14. Qxd5
Bf6 15. Na3 g6 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qf4 Qd7 19. Nc4 Qd5 20. f3 Rae8
21. Ne3 Qc5 22. Qxf5 Be5 23. Ng4 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. h3 Bh2+ 10. Kh1 Bf4 11. Qc1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qb6 13. Nf5 Qxe3 14. Nxe3
b5 15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. f4 d6 18. a5 Ke7 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Ng3 Bb7 21. Re1
Kf8 22. Kg1 g6 23. Ra4 Nd7 24. Raa1 Nc5 25. Bf1 h5 26. Nc4 Nd4 27. Rad1 Nxc2
28. Re2 h4 29. Nh1 b3 30. Rxd6 Nxe4 31. Rb6 Bd5 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Nb6 Rd8 34.
Nxd5 exd5 35. Nf2 Nd4 36. Re3 Ng3 37. Rd3 Ngf5 38. Nd1 Rc8 39. Rc3 Re8 40. Kf2
Re6 41. Rc5 Rd6 42. Nc3 Ne7 43. Rc7 Ne6 44. Rb7 d4 45. Ne4 Rc6 46. Rxb3 Nxf4
47. Kf3 Ne6 48. Rb6 f5 49. Nd2 Nc7 50. Nb3 Rc2 51. Nxd4 Rd2 52. Rb8+ Kg7 53.
Rb7 Rxd4 54. Rxc7 Kf6 55. Bxa6 Rb4 56. Rb7 Ra4 57. Rb5 g5 58. Bb7 Ng6 59. a6
Ne5+ 60. Ke2 g4 61. hxg4 fxg4 62. b4 Ra2+ 63. Kd1 Nc4 64. Rc5 Ne3+ 65. Kc1 g3
66. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 Nf6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Bf3 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. f4 Re8 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Nfd7 16. Rxf7 Kxf7 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Rf1+ Nf6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ndb5 axb5
21. Nxb5 Qd7 22. Qxh7 Qe7 23. Rxf6+ Qxf6 24. Bxc5+ Re7 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Nd6+
1-0

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. c5 Bc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Rc1 Nf8 15.
b4 Bd7 16. a4 Be8 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Qc3 b6 19. cxb6 Bxb6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5
Qb7 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. Bc2 Nf6 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Qd3 g6 27. Qa3 Qf4 28.
Be4 Qf6 29. Nd6 Qc3 30. Qxc3 Nxc3 31. Rb3 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Kf8 33. h4 h5 34. Kh2
Ke7 35. Kg3 Bd7 36. Kf4 f6 37. Kg3 e5 38. f4 Be6 39. Rb2 Bd5 40. Re3 Rxd6 41.
cxd6+ Kxd6 42. fxe5+ fxe5 43. b5 c5 44. Rf2 Ke6 45. Re1 c4 46. Ref1 Be4 47.
Rf6+ Kd5 48. Rc6 Kd4 49. Rc7 Bd3 50. Rf6 e4 51. Rd6+ Ke3 52. Rxa7 c3 53. Rc7 c2
54. b6 Kd2 55. Kf4 e3 56. Rxc2+ Kxc2 57. Kxe3 Bf1 58. Rxg6 Kb3 59. a5 Kb4 60.
Rg5 Bb5 61. Rxh5 Kxa5 62. Rh6 Ka6 63. g4 Kb7 64. g5 Bc6 65. Rf6 Rh8 66. Rf4
Kxb6 67. g6 Kc7 68. g7 Rg8 69. Rg4 Be8 70. Rg5 Kd6 71. h5 Bxh5 72. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Qe2
b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Rfe1 Qa7 18. Bg3 O-O 19. Ne4 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
Ng5 Bf4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 Bxg5 24. Rc7 Rab8 25. Qf3 Qb6 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27.
Bxb7 Kg8 28. g3 Rd8 29. h4 Bf6 30. b3 Rd2 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. Rc2 b4
34. Be4 Bc3 35. h5 Qd4 36. Re2 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Rd2 38. Bg6 Rd7 39. Bc2 Qd5 40. Be4
Qc5 41. Bd3 Qd5 42. Be4 Qc5 43. Qf4 Qxh5 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Bf3 Qb5 46. Qa8 Rd8
47. Qa7+ Rd7 48. Qa8 Rd8 49. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 a5 13. Bb2 Ng5 14. d5 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 e5 16. Be2 Qe7 17. f3 g6 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Rae1 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. f4 bxc4
22. Bxc4 Bxd5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bxd5+ Nxd5 25. e4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 c6 27. b5 Qc5+
28. Kh1 Qxb5 29. Qb1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rb8 31. Rf2 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. h3 Kf7
34. Qa1 e4 35. Bd4 Ke6 36. Qa8 Ne7 37. Qh8 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. g3 Qd2+ 40.
Kg1 Kd7 41. Bf6 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qf3+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Qxg3 45. Qg7 Qxh3+ 46.
Kg1 Qg3+ 47. Kf1 Qd6 48. Ke2 Ke6 49. Bd4 Qh2+ 50. Ke1 Qg3+ 51. Ke2 Qf3+ 52. Ke1
Qg3+ 53. Ke2 Qg4+ 54. Ke1 Qh4+ 55. Ke2 Nf5 56. Qg8+ Kd7 57. Qf7+ Qe7 58. Qc4 e3
59. Bc3 Qe6 60. Qa6 Qd6 61. Qc4 Qd5 62. Qa4 Qb5+ 63. Qxb5 cxb5 0-1

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 {I had prepared this variation for the match. I can't recall having
played it before so I can hardly imagine Ivanchuk preparing this variation
deeply. Still Ivanchuk blitzed his next few moves out and in fact the whole
game!} 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 Qa5 12. a3 $146 (12. Qf2 b4 13. Bb6 Qg5+
14. Be3 Qa5 {Is a popular variation for players who feel like an early dinner!}
) (12. Kb1 b4 13. Bxf6 (13. Ne2 e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nc1 d5 {And Black was
better in Anand-Dlugy 1986!}) 13... gxf6 14. Ne2 Bb7 {Cheshkovsky-Khalifman})
12... e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Kb1 Be7 15. g4 (15. h4 $142 Rb8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+
gxf6 18. Rxd2 f5 $13) 15... Rb8 (15... b4 $5 16. Na2 (16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rb8
) (16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bd7) 16... d5 17. axb4 Qc7
$44 {I wasn't feeling quite awake at this point and so I played the `solid'15..
.Rb8}) 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ $2 {In conjunction with 15.g4 this is a terrible
move. I suspect Ivanchuk hadn't woken up either!} (17. Rxd2 $1 $10) 17... gxf6
$3 {But now we were both wide awake!} (17... Bxf6 18. Rxd2 Ke7 19. h4 $14) 18.
Rxd2 h5 $1 19. Rg1 (19. Be2 hxg4 20. fxg4 Rh3 $17) 19... hxg4 20. fxg4 Bc4 $3
$17 {In time to stop white getting some sort of fortress in the kingside.
Black's `bad' bishop will protect his pawns while he exchanges towards
connected h and g passers} (20... Kd7 $2 21. h3 $13) 21. b3 (21. Bxc4 bxc4 22.
Rd5 Rb5 $17) 21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rh3 23. Re2 (23. Bg1 $1 Kd7 24. Rd3 Rh4 $1 (
24... Rxd3 25. cxd3 Rh8 26. Rf3 d5 $13) 25. Rg3 (25. h3 Rbh8 26. Rff3 f5 $1 27.
Rxf5 Rxh3 $17) 25... Rg8 26. h3 Rgh8 27. Rff3 f5 $1 28. exf5 (28. Rxf5 Rxh3 29.
Rxh3 Rxh3 30. Bf2 (30. Rxf7 $2 Rh1 31. Rf1 Bg5 32. Re1 Bd2 $19) 30... Ke6 $17 {
>< Pe4,g4}) 28... e4 29. Re3 (29. Rc3 $2 Bf6) 29... d5 $17) 23... Kd7 24. g5
Ke6 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Bd2 Be7 $1 {simple and best} (26... Bh4 27. Bb4) (26...
Rg8 27. Ref2 Be7 28. Rxf7 Rg4) 27. Be1 f6 28. Bg3 d5 29. exd5+ Kxd5 30. Rf5 $1
{forces Black to lose some time} Kc6 $8 (30... Ke6 $2 31. Bxe5 Re8 32. Rxf6+) (
30... Rb7 $2 31. Bxe5 Ke6 (31... fxe5 32. Rfxe5+ Kd6 33. Re6+ Kd5 34. Rxe7) 32.
Bxf6+ Kxf5 33. Bxe7 $10) 31. Ref2 $2 (31. Rf3 $1 Rh7 32. Rc3+ Kb7 {The king
belongs on e6 and Black would have a hard technical task ahead}) 31... Rh6 32.
Kb2 Kd7 33. Re2 Bd6 34. Rf3 Rc8 $1 (34... Ke6 35. Rc3 {/\Rc6}) 35. Be1 Ke6 {
Mission accomplished!} 36. Rd3 Rh7 37. Rg3 Bc5 38. Ka2 Rd7 39. Rc3 Rcc7 (39...
Rd1 $2 40. Bf2 Bxf2 41. Rxc8 Bd4 42. c3 $16) 40. h4 Rd1 41. Bf2 Bd6 42. Rg3 e4
$1 $19 43. Rxe4+ (43. Rg1 Rxg1 44. Bxg1 f5) 43... Be5 44. Rxe5+ (44. c3 Rd2+
45. Kb1 Rxf2 $19) 44... fxe5 45. Kb2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qe2 cxd4 13.
O-O-O Bc5 $1) 11... Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Qc6 $1 $146 (13... Qa4 14. Kb1)
14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 Qxc5 $1 (14... Qxg2 $2 15. Nd7 $1 $16 Rfd8 $140 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 $1 $18) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Bxb2+ (16... Qg5+ 17. Kb1
Rfd8) 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ 19. Kd2 Rfc8 $1 $44) 14... Rfd8 $10 15. Rhe1 (
15. Ne5 Qxc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Qe7 18. Qb5 (18. Qd3 Rxd7 19. Qxd7 Qb4 $17)
18... a6 $10 19. Qxb7 $140 Rdb8 $19) 15... Qxc5 16. Ne5 Rxd1+ (16... Qb6 $5) (
16... Qb4 $5 17. c4 a5 $13) 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nd3 Qc4 20. Bg3 Nd5
21. a3 Bf6 $6 (21... Be7 $10) 22. Be5 $1 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qg4 $4 (23... Qc8 $10)
24. Qb8+ Kh7 25. Qxb7 $18 f5 (25... Qd1+ 26. Nc1 $18 {Ivanchuk missed this move
}) 26. Qc6 $1 (26. Qxa7 Qxg2 27. Qb8 $18) 26... Qe4 27. g3 a5 28. Qd6 a4 29.
Qe5 Qc4 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Nb4 $1 {The queen ending is fairly simple} Qc5 32. Qxe6
Nxb4 33. axb4 Qxf2 34. c3 g5 35. Ka2 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. b5 f3 38. b6 a3 39.
Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qd6+ Kh5 41. Kxa3 Qe3 42. Qd5+ Kh4 43. b7 Qa7+ 44. Kb3 Qb6+ 45.
Kc2 f2 (45... Qg6+ 46. Qd3) 46. Qf5 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bf2 Bb7 14. a3 $5 (14.
Bh4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qg4 (16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qg4 d5) 16... d5 17. Qxg7
O-O-O $132) 14... O-O 15. Qf3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 h6 $1 17. h3 Bc6 18. Qd3 (18. Qd3
Qb7 19. Bh4 Nh7 20. Bf2 $1 Nf6 $8 21. Bh4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7 Nxe7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O Ng6
(14... d5 15. Rad1 $5) 15. c4 h6 $1 $146 (15... b4 16. Nc2 a5 17. f3 h6 18. Be3
$14) 16. Bxf6 (16. Be3 Nxe4) 16... Qxf6 17. cxb5 (17. g3 Qg5 18. Kh1 f5 19. f3
$13) 17... Nf4 18. Qf3 axb5 (18... Nxd3 $5 19. Qxd3 Qg6 20. Rfe1 (20. f3 d5 $44
) 20... f5 (20... d5 21. Qg3 (21. bxa6 $5) 21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 dxe4 (22... d4
23. Nc4 $16) (22... axb5 $5 23. exd5 $5 b4 24. Nc4 $16) 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nc4
$14) 21. f3 (21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. bxa6 Bxe4 23. f3 Rfb8 $15) (21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3
fxe4 $5 (22... Bxe4 23. Nc4 Rf6)) 21... fxe4 22. fxe4 Rf4 $132) 19. Nxb5 Qg6
20. Rfd1 (20. Rfe1 d5 21. Bf1 dxe4 $36) 20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxe4 22. Qg3 Rfb8
$1 $10 23. Nxd6 Rxb2 24. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Kb1 $5 Bb7 (11... b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 (12...
Rb8 13. e5 $1 dxe5 (13... Nd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Rhe1 $16) 14. Bxe5 Bd7 (14...
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 $16) 15. Qf4 $1 Ra8 16. Bc7 $18) 13. Qxb4 $16 (13. Qe3 d5 14. f3
Nf6 15. g4 $5)) 12. f3 Be7 (12... Bc6 $5 13. Qf2 (13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Be3
d5) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. g4 $140 e5 16. Be3 d5) 13. g4 Bc6 14. Qf2 $1 Qb8 (
14... Qc7 $5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bb6 Qb7 18. Ng3 $14) 15. h4 b4 16. Ne2
e5 17. Be3 d5 18. Ng3 $6 (18. Bc5 $1 $16 d4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Ng3 $1 (20. Nxd4
exd4 21. Qxd4 Nd7 $1 (21... Rc8 22. g5) 22. Qxg7 Qf4 $1 $13) 20... g6 21. Bd3 {
/\ g5,f4 ->}) 18... d4 $8 (18... dxe4 $2 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Nf5) 19. Bc1 g6 20.
Bh3 $2 (20. Bd3 $1 {/\ g4-g5, f3-f4}) 20... Nd7 21. g5 h5 22. f4 O-O $1 23.
Rhe1 (23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxd4 Rd8 $44) (23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. fxe5 Bg4 $1) 23... Qc7
24. fxe5 (24. f5 Nc5 $1 $132 {><e4} (24... a5 25. Nxh5 gxh5 26. f6 Bc5 27. Qf3
$40)) 24... Nxe5 25. Bf4 Bc5 26. Bf1 (26. Bf1 $6 Ng4 $1 {Considering that
Chuckie had less than ten minutes here and my position was slightly better I
should have played on. I was relieved to have escaped and agreed quickly} 27.
Qf3 (27. Qd2 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6) 27... Bd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. Kh1 $1 {White should restrain ...b7-b5, and the king move
looks most precise, as sometimes the QB goes to f4 in one jump.} Qc7 (10... b6
$2 11. Nc6 Qe8 12. e5 $18) (10... e5 11. Nb3 (11. Nf3 Nc5 $10) 11... Qc7 (11...
exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 (12... Nc5 13. Bxd6 Nxb3 14. Bxf8 $18) 13. Qd2 $14 {But a
very nice edge indeed.}) (11... Nc5 $2 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. fxe5 $16
) 12. f5 $5 $36) 11. Bf3 $1 Re8 (11... b6 $4 12. e5 $18) (11... Rb8 $5) (11...
e5 12. Nb3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Bg5 $1 $14) 12. Nb3 (12. f5 $5 Ne5 13. Bg5 Nc4
(13... Nxf3 14. Qxf3 $14) (13... Bd7 14. Bxf6) 14. Qc1 $5 $14 Nxe4 $140 15.
Bxe4 Bxd4 16. Nd5 Qd8 $8 17. f6 $1 $16) 12... Nb6 (12... Rb8 $5) 13. Qe1 (13.
Qe2 $5 Be6 (13... Nc4 $140 14. a5 $1 Bd7 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4
$16) 14. Rd1 Bc4 15. Qf2 Nbd7 16. Be3) 13... Nc4 (13... Be6 $5) 14. Be2 $6 b6
$1 {Of course now that the bishop is not on the h1-a8/^ anymore} (14... Bd7 15.
a5) 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rec8 $1 $10 {Quite nice, to keep the a8 rook defending
the a6 pawn.} 17. Nd2 Nxd2 (17... Na5 18. Nf3) 18. Bxd2 Nd7 19. Ra3 $6 {
What the hell am I doing??} (19. Rae1 $5 Nc5 20. f5 Bxc3 $5 21. Bxc3 Nxa4 22.
Bd4 $13) (19. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 (20... Bxb2 21. Ra2 $1 Bc3 22. Bxc3 (22.
Bxa6 Rxa6 $1 23. Bxc3 Rca8 $13) 22... Qxc3 23. Bxa6 Rc7 24. Bb5 $13) 21. c3
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc4 $15) 19... e6 $5 (19... Nc5 20. b4 (20. Be3 $5 {This is a
strange configuration to prefer over Bd2 and Re1 with an extra tempo to boot,
but maybe White is still equal here.}) 20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 $15) 20. Nd1 Nc5 21.
Bc3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Re8 (22... d5 $1 23. e5 (23. exd5 exd5 24. f5 Re8 $15) 23...
d4 $15) 23. Raa1 Rac8 24. Rfe1 f5 $1 25. Rad1 fxe4 (25... d5 $1 26. exd5 Qxf4
$17 {Ivanchuk}) 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 d5 (27... Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxc2 29. Qxc2
Rxc2 30. Rxd6 Rxb2 31. a5 $15) 28. Bd3 Qxf4 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Qxa6 Rxc2 31. Qb5
$1 {The move he missed} (31. Qxb6 Qg4 32. Qg1 (32. Rg1 Rxg2) 32... Qxa4 $17)
31... Qb8 32. Rxd5 Rxb2 33. Qxb2 exd5 34. Rd1 $15 Qd6 35. Qd4 $6 (35. h3 d4 $15
) 35... Re5 $6 (35... Qc5 $1) 36. h3 Qe6 37. Kh2 Qd6 38. Kh1 Rf5 39. Kg1 h5 $2
40. Rb1 $1 Qc5 41. Qxc5 bxc5 42. a5 $10 Rf4 43. Rb5 Rc4 44. a6 Ra4 45. Rxc5
Rxa6 46. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 {
After the fifth game I felt like a change} 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5
11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.
Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Kb1 $1 {Ivanchuk played
this natural move quickly and I was surprised that this move  ahdn't been
tried before} Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 Qf5 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Bc3 h6 (24... h5 25. Rf1 Qg4
26. Qf2 Rf8 27. g3 $14) 25. Rf1 Qe4 26. Rd2 Bd5 (26... a5 27. Rdf2 Be8) 27. b3
Rc8 28. Kb2 a6 29. Rdf2 Rc7 30. Re1 Qh4 31. Qxh4 Nxh4 32. Rd1 $1 Ng6 33. g3 Ne7
34. Rd4 Nc6 35. Rdf4 Rd7 36. h4 h5 $2 (36... g6 $10 {Black just waits. When
White plays b4 and a4 Black plays b5. Though he has an unpleasant task ahead
of him he should be able to draw}) 37. g4 hxg4 $4 (37... Ne7 $1 38. gxh5 (38.
Rxf7 hxg4 39. Bb4 g3 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. R2f7 g2 42. Bc5 Rc7 43. Bg1 Be4 $132)
38... Nf5 $14) 38. Rxg4 $18 Ne7 39. h5 Bc6 (39... Nf5 40. Rxf5 exf5 41. Rxg7+
$18) 40. h6 Ng6 41. hxg7 (41. Rxg6 $2 fxg6 42. Rf8+ Kh7 $1 $17) 41... Kxg7 42.
Bb4 Bd5 43. Bd6 b6 44. a4 b5 45. a5 f5 46. exf6+ Kf7 47. Be7 $1 e5 48. Rh2 Nxe7
49. fxe7 Kxe7 50. Rg6 e4 51. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Nf3 $6 {I must make a horrible confession- I didn't know `theory' after
8...Kf8. ECO gives White a clear edge after 9.h4} (9. h4 $1) 9... c5 10. Bd3
Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 $10 13. a3 (13. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nd8 $1 {
/\ Bd7,Rc8}) (13. Rhb1 c4 14. Be2 Qa3 $15) 13... Bd7 14. Rhb1 b6 15. Qe3 Na5 $1
16. Ke1 (16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5+ bxc5 $15 18. Bb5 Ke7) 16... Rc8 (16... Ke8) (
16... c4 17. Be2 Ke8 $15 {Ivanchuk could have played c4 here and for the next
few moves. Black keeps a  slight edge without any danger of losing. In view of
the match situation he understanably did not want to close the queenside but
this backfires}) 17. Kf1 Ke8 18. Kg1 Kd8 19. h3 Kc7 (19... c4 20. Be2 Kc7 $15)
20. Ba6 Rb8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 $2 {This is the real error. After this it seems that
white is better} (21... bxc5 $1 22. c4 $1 Rb6 (22... d4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Bb5 $14
) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Bf1 Rhb8 $13) 22. Nd4 $14 Nc4 23. Qf4 Rhf8 (23... Rbf8 {
/\Kb8} 24. a4 $14) 24. Rb4 $1 b5 (24... g5 25. Qg3 Nd2 26. Qe3 Ne4 $2 27. c4)
25. Rab1 Rb6 (25... Nxa3 26. R1b3) (25... g5 26. Qg3 Nd2 $2 27. Qe3 $1) 26.
Nxb5+ $6 (26. Bxb5 $1 a5 (26... Nxa3 27. Qe3 $1 Qe7 28. Ra1) 27. R4b3 (27. Bxd7
axb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Bb5 $44) 27... Nxa3 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Bxd7 Nxb1 30. Nxe6+
$1 $18) 26... Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Qxa3 28. Rxb6 Nxb6 $14 29. Qd4 Rb8 30. Bb5 $1 (30.
Bd3 Nd7 $14) 30... Rb7 31. Rb3 Qe7 32. Ba6 Rb8 33. c4 dxc4 34. Bxc4 $16 {>< <<}
Rd8 35. Qe4 Kb8 36. Be2 $1 Qc7 37. Bf3 {(.)} (37. Bf3 Kc8 38. g3 $16 (38. Rc3
$2 Rd1+ $1 39. Bxd1 Qxc3 $10)) (37. c4 $1 Qc5 $140 (37... Rd7 38. Rb5 $16) 38.
Bf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 e6 8. Bxc4 c5
9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. h3
Rd8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bb1 Bd5 18. Nc4 Be7 19. Qe2 Qb7 20. Na5 Qb6 21. Nc4 Qb7 22.
Na5 Qb6 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. a5 Qb7 25. f3 Nfd7 26. e4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 e5 28. Nf5 Bf8
29. f4 Re8 30. Bc2 g6 31. Ne3 exf4 32. Rxf4 Rac8 33. Qf2 Ne6 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35.
Rxf7 Bc5 36. Rf3 Nd4 37. Bxd4 Bxd4 38. Kh1 Ne5 39. Rg3 Rf8 40. Qd2 Bxe3 41.
Rxe3 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Qc7 43. Rg3 h5 44. Bd3 Rf3 45. Be2 Ng4+ 46. hxg4 Rxg3 47. Kh1
hxg4 48. Qxb4 Kh7 49. Qc4 Qe7 50. Qd5 Re3 51. Bxg4 Qh4+ 52. Bh3 Qe1+ 53. Kh2
Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 Rb8 12. Qd1 Nd7 13. Nc2 Na5 14. b4 Nb3 15. Rb1
Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qc7 17. Ne3 e6 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. b5 a5 20. Nc4 b6 21. Qd3 Rbd8 22.
Rbd1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qc4 Qe7 25. Qa2 h5 26. Bc4 Bh6 27. d3 h4 28. Qe2 Kg7
29. Qf3 Rh8 30. Kf1 Bf4 31. Ke2 Qg5 32. Rh1 Rh5 33. Ra1 Rdh8 34. Kd1 Qh6 35.
Kc2 Rg5 36. Rag1 Qh5 37. Qd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kxd1 Kf6 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. Bb3 f5 41. Rd1
Rxg2 42. exf5 exf5 43. Bd5 Rh2 44. Rxh2 Bxh2 45. c4 Kf6 46. Rh1 Bf4 47. Bc6 Rd8
48. f3 Rd4 49. Ba8 Bg3 50. Bc6 g5 51. Rf1 Kg7 52. Rd1 g4 53. hxg4 h3 54. gxf5
Kf6 55. Be4 Rd7 56. f4 exf4 57. Kf3 Ke5 58. Rh1 h2 59. Kg2 Rf7 60. Rc1 Kd4 61.
Kf3 Rf8 62. Rh1 Kc3 63. Rb1 Rh8 64. Kg4 Kd4 65. Bd5 Ke5 66. Rh1 Bf2 67. Rf1 Bg1
68. f6 Rg8+ 69. Kh3 Rf8 70. Re1+ Kf5 71. Kg2 Rxf6 72. Re8 Rh6 73. Kh1 Kg5 74.
Rb8 Bf2 75. Rg8+ Kf6 76. Rc8 Bg3 77. Rc6+ Kg5 78. Bf3 Rf6 79. Rxf6 Kxf6 80. d4
cxd4 81. c5 Ke7 82. cxb6 Kd6 83. b7 Kc7 84. Kg2 d3 85. Kh1 Bf2 86. Kxh2 Ba7 87.
Kg2 Kd6 88. Kf1 Kc5 89. Ke1 Kb4 90. b6 Bb8 91. Bc6 Kc3 92. Kd1 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Kb1 $6 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nde2 (15. Nb3) 15... b5 16. Bd4 $6 $146 (16. Bh6 b4 (16... Qa5 {Suetin,
A-Szabo,L/Leningrad/1967/}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa5 {
Grunchacz-Miles,A/USA/1980/}) (16. e5 dxe5 17. Bg5 Rc7 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. g4 Qe8
20. gxh5 Be6 $15 {Liberzon-Miles,A/Haifa ol/1976/}) 16... e5 $1 (16... b4 17.
Bxf6 (17. Nd5 e5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be3) 17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Nxb4) 17.
Be3 (17. Bxa7 Qa5 $17) 17... b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc6 (19... Be6 20. Qxd6
Qa5 21. Nc1 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Qb5 $36) 20. c4 Qc7 21. b3 (21. c5 Be6 22. cxd6 Qb7
23. Qd3 Bc4 $5 24. Qd2 Rd8 $17) 21... a5 22. Rd2 (22. c5 Qa7 23. Qd2 a4 24.
cxd6 Qa5 $40) 22... a4 23. Rc1 Be6 24. Qd3 Rc8 25. Rcc2 $6 (25. Rb2 $1) 25...
Qa5 26. Nc1 Ra8 (26... Bf8 $5 {/\ Ra8}) 27. bxa4 Qxa4 28. Qb3 (28. Nb3 Bf8 29.
Bf2 Qa6 $19) 28... Qa6 (28... Qa5 29. Nd3 Rac8 30. Nb2 $15) 29. Qxb4 Bxc4 (
29... Bh6 $5 30. Qb3 $8 (30. Bxh6 Rb6 $19) 30... Bxe3 (30... Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4
32. Bxh6 $16) 31. Qxe3 Bxc4 $17) 30. Rb2 Bf8 (30... d5 $1 31. Rdc2 $1 (31. exd5
Bf8 32. Qb7 (32. dxc6 Bxb4 33. Rxb4 Be6 $19) 32... Bxa2+ 33. Nxa2 Qf1+ $19)
31... d4 32. Bd2 $17) 31. Rdc2 d5 32. Qb7 Qxb7 (32... d4 33. Qxa6 Raxa6 34. Bd2
Ba3 35. Rb8+ Kg7 $17) (32... Bxa2+ 33. Nxa2 Qxb7 34. Rxb7 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 Rxa2+
36. Rb2 $17) 33. Rxb7 d4 (33... dxe4 $5 34. fxe4 $17) 34. Bd2 Rac8 (34... f5)
35. Kb2 Bf1 (35... f5 $17) 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. g3 d3 (37... Bg2 38. Nd3 f6 39.
Ne1) 38. Kb1 $1 (38. Bc3 Ba3+ 39. Kxa3 Rxc3+ 40. Nb3 d2 41. Rd7 Bd3 $19) (38.
Nb3 Bg2 $19) 38... Bg2 39. Nxd3 Bxf3 40. Nf2 $1 (40. Nxe5 Bxe4+ 41. Ka1 Rc5 $1
42. Rb8 Rxe5 43. Bb4 Rb5 $3 44. Rxf8+ Kg7 45. a3 Rxb4 46. axb4 Kxf8 $19) 40...
Rc4 (40... Bc5 41. Rb3 $1 Rb6 42. Rxb6 Bxb6 43. Be1 f5 $17) 41. Rb3 Bxe4+ 42.
Nxe4 Rxe4 43. Re3 $1 Rg4 (43... Rxe3 44. Bxe3 $132) 44. Rxe5 Rxg3 45. a4 Bb4 (
45... Rg4 46. a5 Rxh4 $2 47. a6 Ra4 48. Ba5 $18) 46. Bc1 (46. Bxb4 Rb3+ 47. Kc2
Rxb4 48. a5 Rxh4 $19) (46. Bg5 $5 f6 47. Bxf6 Bc3 48. Rg5 $1) 46... f6 47. Rb5
Rg4 48. a5 Bxa5 49. Rxa5 Rxh4 50. Ra8+ Kf7 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Ra6+ Kf5 53. Ra5+
Kg4 54. Ra6 Kg3 $2 (54... Kh3 55. Rxf6 Rg4 $17) 55. Rxf6 Rg4 56. Bd2 h4 57.
Be1+ Kh3 58. Kc2 g5 59. Kd3 Rg2 (59... Kg2 60. Rf2+ Kg1 61. Rf3 Rg2 62. Ke3 g4
63. Bxh4 gxf3 64. Kxf3 $10) 60. Bf2 Kh2 61. Ke2 h3 62. Kf1 Kh1 63. Rf3 g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. h4
Rad8 15. Qf4 Nh5 16. Qg4 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 g6 18. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 h6 20. Qe3
Bxg2 21. Nb5 Bd5 22. Be2 Ng7 23. c4 Nf5 24. Qxa7 Qxa7 25. Nxa7 Be4 26. Nb5 Nxh4
27. Rd4 Bf3 28. Rxh4 Bxe2 29. Nd6 h5 30. Kd2 Bf3 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. b4 Ra8 33. b5
Bg2 34. Kf2 Rxa2+ 35. Kg3 Bf1 36. Nxb7 Rg2+ 37. Kf3 Rb2 38. Ke3 Bxc4 39. Rxc4
Rxb5 40. Nc5 Kg7 41. Kf4 Rb1 42. Ne4 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Rf5 44. Nd6 Rg5+ 45. Kf4 Rg1
46. Rc7 g5+ 47. Kf3 Rf1+ 48. Kg2 Rf4 49. Rc4 Rxc4 50. Nxc4 f5 51. exf6+ Kxf6
52. Kf3 Kg6 53. Kg3 g4 54. Kf4 Kf6 55. Ne5 g3 56. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7.
O-O d5 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. cxd5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 cxd5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. e4 d4
14. Nb5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Ng6 18. Bc7 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8
20. e5 Bc5 21. b4 Bxb4 22. Bc6 Rc8 23. Bb7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Nxe5 25. Ba6 Rd8 26.
Rd1 g6 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. a4 Rd5 29. Rxa7 Ra5 30. Ra8 Bc5 31. Bb7 Rxa8 32. Bxa8
Kf6 33. Bb7 Ke7 34. Ba6 Kd6 35. Kf1 Nc6 36. Ke2 e5 37. Bc4 f5 38. Bg8 e4 39.
Bxh7 Ne7 40. h4 Ke5 41. h5 d3+ 42. Kf1 gxh5 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Rh1 d2 45. Rd1 Bb4
46. Kf1 Kg7 47. Bxf5 Nxf5 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Rb1 Ba5 50. Rh1 e3 51. Rb1 exf2 52.
Kxf2 Ke5 53. Ke2 Nxg3+ 54. Kd3 h4 55. Ke3 h3 56. Kf3 Ne4 57. Kg4 Nc3 58. Ra1
d1=Q+ 59. Rxd1 Nxd1 60. Kxh3 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7.
O-O Qc7 8. Re1 b4 9. Nce2 Nf6 10. Ng3 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. c3 a5 14.
Nd4 Bc5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. cxb4 Qb6 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. a4
Nfg4 21. Rf1 O-O 22. Be2 Nf6 23. b4 Raa8 24. a5 Qd8 25. Nd6 Qb8 26. b5 Bd5 27.
exd5 Qxd6 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Qd4 Rfb8 30. f4 Neg4 31. Bf3 d5 32. Rfe1 Qd7 33. h3
Nh6 34. b6 Qd6 35. Reb1 Kh8 36. a6 Nhg8 37. Be2 Ne7 38. b7 Nc6 39. bxa8=Q Rxa8
40. Qf2 Kg8 41. Rb6 Nd7 42. Rb5 Qf6 43. Rd1 d4 44. Bf3 Rxa6 45. Bxc6 Qxc6 46.
Rb4 g6 47. Rbxd4 Nf6 48. f5 Qc7 49. fxg6 hxg6 50. Ne4 Nxe4 51. Rxe4 Ra8 52.
Red4 Re8 53. Rd7 Qc4 54. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. a4 {This move,first
applied by Short in his match against Karpov,changes,it seems, the assessment
of this position,as favourable for black.} Rb8 {Karpov played 13...ba,what
turned out to be unsatisfactory for black.} 14. axb5 axb5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Be3
Qd7 17. Rc1 Rb6 {Played in order to meet 18.Dc2 with Lf3.17...Sd8!? was an
alternative.} 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Ra7 Ng5 {19...Sc6? 20.Sd5!,winning.} 20. Bxg5
Bxg5 21. Rca1 {21.Td1 was more prudent} Bf4 $2 {The move meets a tactical
refutation.After 21...Ld8 the position was unclear. But 21...Sc6! with threats
Sa7 and 21...Sd4 would pose a real challenge to white!} 22. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 23.
Qe4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nb4 26. Qe3 $1 Qc8 {The threat was Db6.The
move,which looked the most stubborn-26...Dd3 would be met by 27.Lf7 Tf7 28.Ta8
Tf8 29.Tf8 Kf8 30.Df4.} 27. Qe4 Na6 {Or 27...Sc6 28.Ta8 Da8 29.Ta8 Ta8 30.e6
fe 31.Le6 Kh8 32.Ld5} 28. Bd5 c6 29. Qe3 Rb7 30. Bxf7+ Rbxf7 31. R7xa6 Rxf2 32.
e6 Rxb2 33. e7 Re8 34. Ra8 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7+ 36. g3 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Qd7 38. Rxe8+
1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Qxh4 13. Qf3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Be5 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. b3 Qb4 20. Rd3 Kf8 21.
Bd2 Qd6 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Bf4 Qa3 24. Be5 Re8 25. Qg3 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Kg8 27. Re8+
Kh7 28. Rxh8+ Kxh8 29. c3 Qe7 30. Qe3 Qd7 31. Qf3 Kh7 32. Kc2 a5 33. Kd1 Qe7
34. Qe2 Qd7 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Qe2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 {Jan plays a different opening against me everytime. He has
played the Alekhine ,Rauser,French,Pirc. I don't bother preparing for him
anymore!} 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {I had lost against him with 3.e5 in the Immopar
trophy. He seemed comfortable with the resulting positions so I chose the
Panov.} cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6
(9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 {Is also playable but Jan wanted to enter the main line
}) 10. Re1 Nxc3 (10... a6 11. Bb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Bc2 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. h4 Qd5 {Matveeva-Anand Frunxe 1987! So though Jan's
planned idea is new I wasn't  completely taken aback}) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7
13. h4 Qd5 $1 {Jan told me he had prepared this idea more than 10 years back
but couldn't remember his preparation!} (13... Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 $40 (
15. Re4 $1 $40 {Razuvaev}) (15. Re4 $1 $40 {Ftacnik})) (13... Bf6 14. Ng5 g6
15. Qg4 $40) 14. Rb1 {To be honest I hadn't worked out the complications after
14...Qa2 but I felt that White was not short of compensation.} (14. Ng5 {
Ftacnik} Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Ne7 $1) (14. c4 {Ftacnik} Qd6 15. d5 Nb4) 14... Rac8 (
14... Qxa2 {Show me!} 15. Rb5 Ba6 (15... Bf6 16. Ng5 $40) 16. Rb2 (16. Bb1 Qc4
$1 (16... Qa1 17. Rb2 {/\Qc2} (17. Bb2 Qxb1 18. Qxb1 Bxb5 19. Ba3 $1 $14) 17...
Qa5 18. Ra2 Qb5 19. Be4 $16) 17. Bd3 Qa2 $10 (17... Qxc3 18. Bb2 Qxd3 19. Qxd3
$18)) 16... Qa5 (16... Qa1 17. Bb1 $16) 17. c4 $1 $44 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 b5
$13)) 15. Rb5 Qd6 16. d5 $2 {Completely unnecessary complications} (16. Ng5 {
More sensible} Bxg5 $8 (16... h6 17. Nh7 $40) (16... g6 $2 {and now it's
appropriate to quote Fine after 17.Nh7 - `combinations are as a baby's smile'})
17. Rxg5 f5 (17... Ne7 $4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Bh6+
Kg8 22. Qg5+ Ng6 23. Qf6 $18) 18. Qa4 (18. Qb3 {Doesn't have the intented
effect because Black has a nice exchange `sac'} Na5 19. Ba3 Qd5 $1 20. Qxd5
Bxd5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44) 18... Rf6 $140 (18... Rfe8 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. d5 Qxd5 21.
Bc4 $36) 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. d5 $1 Qxd5 (20... exd5 21. Re7 Qxe7 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23.
Qd7 $18) 21. Bc4 Qd7 22. Rxf5 $1 {This variation is not forced of course but
White seems to be better}) (16. Rh5 {I don't believe this move but it's worth
a laugh} g6 17. Rh6 Bf6 18. h5 Kg7 (18... Bg7 19. Rxh7 (19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh3)
19... Kxh7 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Bxg6 $40) 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 $13)
16... Ba6 $2 (16... exd5 $2 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. Rd7 $1 $18) (16... Rfd8 17. Ng5 $1
(17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bxb5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qxf7+ Kh7 22. Bh6
Bf6 $10) 17... Bxg5 (17... h6 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rxe6 $18) (17... g6 18. Nxf7
Kxf7 19. Rxe6 Qd7 20. h5 $1 $40) 18. Bxg5 Ne7 (18... f6 19. Rxe6 $18) 19. dxe6
fxe6 (19... Qxd3 $2 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxe7+ Kf8 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxb7 $18) (
19... f6 $2 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qf7+ Kh7 23. Bxf6 $18) 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxe7 Rd5 $1 $14 {Black has good chances to hold}) (16...
Nd8 $1 17. c4 (17. dxe6 Nxe6 $15) (17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxc3 $1 $15 (18...
Bxd5 19. c4) (18... exd5 19. Be7)) 17... exd5 $1 (17... a6 $2 18. Rb3 exd5 19.
Ba3 $16) 18. cxd5 (18. Nd4 g6 19. Qg4 $140 h5 $1) 18... a6 19. Rb1 (19. Nd4 g6
20. Qg4 h5) (19. Nd4 $1 $13 {Ftacnik}) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bf4 $1 Qxf4
22. Qxd5 Rxa6 23. Rxe7 $10) 17. dxc6 Rfd8 (17... Rxc6 {Ftacnik} 18. Qc2 Bxb5
19. Bxb5 $16) 18. Qa4 $18 Qxd3 19. Qxa6 Rxc6 20. Be3 $1 $18 {In my match
against Karpov I would have had no difficulty in drawing this position but
this time I was more accurate!} (20. Bg5 f6 $16) (20. Ne5 Qxc3) (20. Ra5 Qxc3
21. Rae5) 20... Bf6 (20... Rxc3 {Leads to a curious echo of the game
continuation} 21. Ne5 Ra3 22. Qb7 Qxb5 23. Qxe7 $18) 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Rc3
23. a4 Ra3 24. Qxa7 $1 Qxb5 25. Qe7 {An odd occurence-forking two rooks.} (25.
Qe7 $1 {Ftacnik} Qd7 26. Qxa3) 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bd2 a5 12. e4 N5b6 13. Be3 h6 14. Rad1 e5 15.
dxe5 Bc5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Kh1 Nf8 18. Nd4 Ng6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Qxe5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Ne4 f6 24. b3 Rad8 25. bxc4 Kh8 26. g4 Bb4 27. g5 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rg1 Bc5 30. Rb1 Rd4 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Nxc5 Qxc5 33. Qe2 Qxc4
34. Qh5 Nd7 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Bf3 Kf7 37. Re1 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Nb5 Be7
15. Nbd6 Rc7 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Nbd6 Rc7 19. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 a5 11. O-O Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15.
axb4 Bxb4 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qb8 19. Rd1 c5 20. Bf4 (20. d5 f5 $1
21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nh4 Rd8 23. Bf4 Qa7 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Be5 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxd5
27. Qh4 c4 $17) 20... cxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. Qe2 Nf8 $1 (22... Nb6 23. Ng5 $1
Bxe4 (23... hxg5 $2 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Bxg5+ f6 28.
Qxg7+ Ke8 29. Bg6#) 24. Nxe4 Nd5 $13) 23. h4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ng6 25. h5 Nxf4 26.
Rxf4 Ra7 27. g4 Bf8 28. g5 Rb7 29. Qa6 (29. gxh6 gxh6 $13) 29... Ra7 30. Qe2
Qb6 31. Rd1 Rac7 32. Rd2 Bb4 33. Rdd4 Bc5 (33... Rc2 34. Qe4 Rxb2 35. Rxf7) 34.
Rd2 Qc6 35. Kh2 Bb4 36. Rd3 Qc1 37. Rdd4 (37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Qe4 (38. Qd1 Qxb2 39.
Rxf7) 38... Bc5 39. Nd4 Bxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxb2 41. gxh6 (41. Rxf7 Qxg5+ 42. Qg4
Qxe5+ $10) 41... gxh6 42. Rxf7 $2 Rg8+ 43. Kh3 (43. Kf3 Qh1+ 44. Kf4 Rxf2+)
43... Rb3+ 44. Rd3 Rxd3+ 45. Qxd3 Qh1#) 37... Rc2 38. Qd3 Rf8 39. g6 fxg6 $1
40. Rxb4 (40. Rxf8+ Bxf8 41. Rd8 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 Rxb2 $17) 40... Rxf4 41. Qd8+ Kh7
42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Ng5+ hxg5 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Rf8 47. Qxe6+
Kh7 48. Qh3+ Kg6 49. Rb6+ Rc6 50. Qd3+ Rf5 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Bb3 Bc6 14. g4
Qc5 15. Qd3 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 exd5 20. Rd4
Rd7 21. Rhd1 Rad8 22. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 (9... Be7 {- Ehlvest-Serper CBM 33}) 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 (
11. Kb1 $1 Bb7 (11... b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 (12... Rb8 13. e5 $1 $16) 13. Qxb4 d5 14.
Qe1 $14) 12. f3 Be7 13. g4 Bc6 $146 14. Qf2 $14 {(Anand) Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V
Linares m/5 1992 1/2 26 -Inf.55/228}) 11... Qa5 12. Kb1 (12. a3 $146 e5 13. Be3
Be6 14. Kb1 Be7 15. g4 Rb8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ $2 (17. Rxd2 $10) 17... gxf6
$1 18. Rxd2 h5 19. Rg1 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bc4 $3 $17 {(Anand) Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V
Linares m/1 1992 0-1 45 -Inf.55/227}) (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 Qc5 15.
Qd4 $14 {Georgiev,Ki-Gulko,B Manila 1990 1-0 62 -Inf.55/239}) 12... b4 13. Ne2
e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nc1 d5 $1 $10 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Rhe1
(19. Be4 Nxe3 (19... Rd8 $6 20. Qe2 Nxe3 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (21... Qxd8 22. Bc6+
$14) 22. Qxe3 $10) 20. Bxa8 (20. Qxe3 Rc8 $15) 20... Nxd1 21. Rxd1 O-O $15)
19... O-O 20. Qf2 a5 $15 21. Be4 a4 $6 (21... Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rac8 $17) 22. Nc5
Bxc5 23. Bxd5 (23. Bxc5 Rfd8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 (24... Bxd5 $2 25. Bb6 Qc4 26. b3
$18) 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 $15) 23... Bxe3 (23... Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $10) 24. Qxe3 Rac8 $15
25. Qe4 Rfe8 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd2 b3 $6 (27... a3 28. Qxb4 axb2 $15) 28. Qxa4
$1 bxa2+ 29. Ka1 $14 Ree8 30. Red1 Ra8 31. Qe4 Qb6 32. c3 Rab8 33. Qc2 Qe6 34.
Rd6 Qc4 35. Rd7 Ra8 36. Qd3 Qf4 37. g3 Qf6 38. Rd6 Qg5 39. Qe4 f5 40. Qd5+ Kh8
41. Rd7 f4 42. gxf4 Qxf4 43. Rg1 Qf6 44. Rf7 Red8 45. Qxa8 $18 (45. Qb3 $18)
45... Rxa8 46. Rxf6 gxf6 47. c4 f5 48. c5 e4 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Re1 Ra4 51. b3
Rd4 52. Kxa2 Kg7 53. c6 Rd2+ 54. Kb1 Rd6 55. c7 {Boensch} (55. c7 Rc6 56. Rc1
$18) 1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. a3
dxe5 9. dxe5 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Re1 b6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Nc3 Na5 15.
Rad1 Nb3 16. Ne4 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qe7 18. Nd6 Rad8 19. h4 Bxe5 20. Nxb7 Bf4 21.
Qe2 Qxb7 22. Be4 Qb8 23. h5 Nf6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. g3 Bc7 27. Kg2
Rd5 28. Bc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rc1 Qb7 31. Bb5 Bd6 32. Bc6 Qe7 33. b4 e5 34.
Nd2 a5 35. bxa5 Bxa3 36. Rb1 bxa5 37. Bf3 Bb4 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. Qxe4 Rd4 40. Qe3
Bd2 41. Qe2 e4 42. Kg1 Bb4 43. Bg2 Rd2 44. Qe3 Qc5 45. Qf4 Qf5 46. Qe3 Qc5 47.
Qf4 Qf5 48. Qe3 Qc5 49. Qe1 Rb2 50. Qf1 Rxb1 51. Qxb1 e3 52. fxe3 Qxe3+ 53. Kh2
Bd6 54. Qb2+ Be5 55. Qb5 Qxg3+ 56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Bf1 Qe3+ 58. Kg2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qd7
15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Bxd3 18. Nd2 Rfe8 19. h3 h6 20. Qd4 Bg6 21.
Nb3 Qc6 22. Nc5 a5 23. a3 a4 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nd3 Re4 27. Qa7
Re2 28. Nb4 Qd6 29. Qd4 Be4 30. Kf1 Rxb2 31. c4 Qh2 32. Qxb2 Qxg2+ 33. Ke1 Qg1+
34. Ke2 Bf3+ 35. Kxf3 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 dxc4 37. Qc3 Qd6 38. Qg3 Qc5 39. Qe3 Qf5
40. f3 Qg6+ 41. Kf2 Qf6 42. Nd5 Qb2+ 43. Kg3 Kh7 44. Qe4+ g6 45. Qe3 Qa1 46.
Qc3 Qg1+ 47. Kf4 Qh2+ 48. Ke3 Qg1+ 49. Ke4 g5 50. Qe3 Qb1+ 51. Kd4 Qb2+ 52. Kc5
b4 53. Nxb4 c3 54. Qd3+ Kg7 55. Nc2 Qb3 56. Qe4 Kf6 57. Kd4 h5 58. Qc6+ Kg7 59.
Qe4 Kf6 60. Qe5+ Kg6 61. Kd3 h4 62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. f4 gxf4 64. Qxf4 Qb5+ 65. Kxc3
Qb3+ 66. Kd2 Qxh3 67. Ne3 Kg6 68. Qxa4 Qh2+ 69. Kd3 Qd6+ 70. Ke2 Qh2+ 71. Ke1
Qg1+ 72. Nf1 h3 73. Qf4 f5 74. a4 Kf6 75. Qd6+ Kf7 76. a5 Qg5 77. Qc7+ Ke6 78.
Qc6+ Ke7 79. a6 h2 80. Qc7+ Ke8 81. Qe5+ Kd7 82. Nxh2 Qh4+ 83. Kd2 Qb4+ 84. Ke3
Qa3+ 85. Kf4 Qxa6 86. Qg7+ Kc6 87. Nf3 Qc4+ 88. Kxf5 Qd5+ 89. Ne5+ Kb5 90. Qc7
Ka4 91. Qb6 Ka3 92. Kf4 Ka2 93. Qb4 Ka1 94. Qc3+ Ka2 95. Nd3 Qd6+ 96. Ke3 Qh6+
1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 (9... Nxd4 {After my exertions against Ivanchuk I
was looking forward to this but}) (9... Be7 {Boensch - Ehlvest,J-Serper CBM 33}
) (9... Nxd4 {Boensch - Adams,M-Anand,V CBM 33}) 10. f3 (10. f4 $5 {Boensch})
10... Rb8 {Alexei doesn't believe in Ahimsa!} 11. g4 Ne5 (11... Nxd4 {Boensch}
12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 Nd7 (13... dxe5 14. Bxe5 $18) 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Ne4 (15.
Bxg7 $2 Bf4 $19) 15... Bf4 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 O-O $14 {Chiburdanidze,
M-Gaprindashvili,N Picunda m/11 1978 0-1 40}) (11... b5 $5 {Boensch}) 12. h4 b5
13. Qg2 {White must be quick to exploit Black's underdevelopment} b4 14. Nb1
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. g5 Nd7 17. b3 (17. g6 {is also possible but I didn't see
the need to give up pawns...yet!}) 17... Qc7 18. g6 Nc5 19. gxf7+ (19. Nd2 f6)
19... Qxf7 20. Nd2 e5 (20... Be7 21. Nc6 $16) (20... Bb7 {Boensch} 21. Nc4 Rd8
22. Na5 Ba8 23. Nac6 $18) 21. Nc6 Rb6 22. Na5 (22. Bxc5 $1 Rxc6 (22... dxc5 23.
Nxe5 Qe6 24. Nec4 $18) 23. Bxb4 Be6 $16) 22... Rb5 23. Ndc4 Be6 24. Kb1 $2 {
I wanted to play Rd6 after Be7 and I was rudely woken up by...} (24. Rxd6 $1 {
simplest} Rxa5 25. Rxe6+ Nxe6 26. Nxa5 Bc5 $16 {Black has very little
compensation}) 24... Qc7 $1 25. f4 Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Qxa5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Qg6+
Ke7 29. Rd2 (29. h5 $1 {Boensch /\ Bf2-h4}) 29... Qc7 $2 (29... Nd7 30. Rf1 Qc7
) 30. Rf1 $4 (30. Bxc5+ $1 Qxc5 31. Rhd1 {/\Rd8} Qc6 {I had seen this far and
didn't see what to do.} (31... h5 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. Rf1+ $18) 32. h5 $1 {
This I had not seen} (32. Rd8 {is met by} Bd5 $1) 32... Qe8 $8 (32... Rg8 33.
Rd8 {now Black can mark time with his a-pawn.} a5 34. R1d3 (34. R1d6 $2 Qxd6
35. Qe8+ Kf6 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 $19 {as the rook is protected}) 34... a4 35. Kc1
axb3 36. axb3 Rh8 (36... Qb5 37. R8d6 Bc8 38. R6d5 $18) 37. R3d6 Qxd6 38. Qe8+
$1 Kf6 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Qg6+ $1 Ke7 41. Qxg7+ $18) 33. Qg1 $1 $40 Qxh5 34.
Qc5+ Kf6 35. Rf1+ Kg6 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. Qxf8 Qh1+ 38. Kb2 Qxe4 39. Qe8+ $1)
30... Nd7 31. Rdf2 Qd6 32. Kc1 a5 33. h5 Kd8 34. Rd2 Qc6 35. Kb1 {in case you
haven't noticed I am drifting!} a4 (35... Kc7 36. Rfd1 $15 (36. Qe8 {Boensch}
Rg8 $13)) 36. Bxh6 $1 Rxh6 (36... gxh6 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qxh8 Bc5 39. Qxh6 $16)
37. Rxf8+ Kc7 38. Qg5 {If I had seen Bd7 I wouldn't have played this but...} (
38. Qxg7 Rxh5 39. Rf1) 38... Nxf8 39. Qxg7+ Bd7 {oops!} 40. Qxf8 Rxh5 41. Qxb4
{White should certainly be able to draw this but Alexei was in terrible
zeitnot here} Rh6 $2 42. Rd5 Qb6 43. Qc3+ Kb7 $4 (43... Bc6 44. Qxe5+ Kc8 $16)
(43... Kd8 {Boensch} 44. Qxe5 a3 $13) 44. Rxd7+ {The lovers of `Slow Chess'
must be turning in their graves but the audience seemed to enjoy it!} 1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc4 e6 10. Be3 a6 11. f3 Nf6 12. Kf2 Nd7 13. Rhd1 Bc5 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Rac1 Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. b3 Bc6 18. a4 Ke7 19. a5 Rac8 20. Ke3 g5
21. Be2 Bd7 22. e5 Bc6 23. Rc5 Bd5 24. Rdc1 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Kd7 26. b4 Rb8 27.
Rc3 h6 28. g3 Bc6 29. f4 Rh8 30. Bh5 Ke7 31. Bf3 gxf4+ 32. gxf4 Bxf3 33. Kxf3
Kd7 34. Kg4 f6 35. Kh5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Rf8 37. h4 Rf4 38. Rd3+ Ke7 39. Rg3 Rxb4
40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Rg6 Kf7 42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. Rxh6 Rb5 44. Rh7+ Kf8 45. Kg6 Rxe5
46. h5 Re1 47. Rxb7 Rg1+ 48. Kf6 Kg8 49. Rb6 e5 50. Rxa6 e4 51. Re6 Ra1 52. Re5
Kh7 53. Kg5 e3 54. h6 e2 55. Re7+ Kg8 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qd2 Rd8 10. O-O-O c5 11. Qc3 b6 12. Bb5 Ba6 13. Qc4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5
Nd7 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Kb1 h6 18. Ne5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. b3 Qd5 22. f3 b5 23. h3 a5 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nf2 Qd4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.
fxe4 a4 28. a3 axb3 29. cxb3 e5 30. Kc2 h4 31. Qg4 Qf2+ 32. Kd3 g6 33. Qe2 Qc5
34. Qb2 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Ke2 Qd5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Qc3 f4 39. a4 bxa4 40.
bxa4 Kg6 41. Qf3 Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Qc4+ 43. Qe2 Qxa4 44. Qxe5 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Qd2+ 46.
Qe2 Qd4+ 47. Kf1 Kf6 48. Qa6+ Kg5 49. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 b6 10. Rfd1 Nc6 11. Rxd8+ Nxd8 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. f3
Rd8 15. Kf2 Nd7 16. Nb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb8 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Nd2 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Nc6
21. Nc4 f6 22. a4 Ne5 23. Na3 g5 24. g3 Kf7 25. a5 bxa5 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4
Ng4 28. Nc4 a4 29. f5 Ng5 30. Bxg5 fxg5 31. Rb7 Nxh2 32. e5 Kf8 33. Ne3 h5 34.
Rxa7 g4 35. e6 Rd6 36. Nc4 Rd5 37. f6 exf6 38. Ke3 g3 39. Ke4 Rd1 40. Kf5 g2
41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. e7 Re1 43. Ra7 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 (6... Nbd7 {
- Polgar,J-Sadler,M Hastings (06) 1992 -CBM 33}) 7. a4 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nc6
(9... Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Kh1
b6 16. Qh4 Bb7 $10 {Ansell,S-James,D BCF-ch (7) 1992 1/2 62}) 10. O-O Bg4 11.
Qe1 O-O (11... Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nc5 16. Bf1
O-O 17. Raa3 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Polugaevski,L Moskow 1986 1/2 51}) 12. Qh4 Bxf3
13. Rxf3 e6 14. Be3 Qd8 $1 15. Raf1 $2 (15. Rd1 $10) 15... d5 $1 16. f5 $2 (16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 $15) 16... dxe4 $19 17. Rh3 (17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxe4 gxf5 $19) 17... exf5 18. Bxe4 Re8 19. Bxf5 gxf5
20. Rxf5 Rxe3 $1 21. Rxe3 Qb6 22. Qf2 Ng4 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Qxb6 Bd4+ 25. Qxd4
Re1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nxd4 28. Ne4 Nxc2 29. Nc5 b5 30. a5 Nb4 31. h3 Ne3+
32. Ke2 Nc4 33. b3 Nxa5 {Boensch} 0-1

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 (7.
Bd3 b5 $1 8. e5 $6 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 $15 {De Firmian,N-Polugaevsky,L/Biel/1989/
/}) 7... Qb6 (7... Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qg2 Rb8 12. Be3 b5
13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. g6 Ne5 16. gxf7+ Qxf7 17. Rf1 Qg6 18. Qxg6+ Nxg6
$13 {Short - Kasparov, Belgrad 1989}) 8. a3 (8. Nb3 $5 Qc7 9. g4 $36) 8... Nbd7
(8... h5 $6 $146 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 Be7
14. Kb1 Rb8 15. Qg3 h4 16. Qh3 e5 17. g4 $1 $16 {Chandler,M-Suba,M Walsall (4)/
1992/1-0/48/ -CBM 32}) (8... Nc6 $5 9. Nb3 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 (10. g4 g6 11.
g5 Nd7 12. b3 Bg7 (12... h6 13. Bb2 Rh7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. h4 hxg5 16. fxg5 Be7
17. Qg3 Bb7 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Kb2 d5 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Bg2 Nc5
23. Be5+ Bd6 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. e5+ {Oll,L-Stohl,I/Manila olm/1992/1-0}) 13.
Bb2 O-O 14. O-O-O d5 15. h4 Nc5 16. h5 Ra7 17. Rd2 a5 18. e5 Rd8 19. hxg6 fxg6
20. Rdh2 Bf8 21. Nd1 a4 22. b4 Ne4 23. Bd3 c5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Rb7 26. Nf2
cxb4 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxh7 bxa3 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bxa3 {Short,
N-Smirin,I/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/1/2-1/2/49/}) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O-O
Be7 13. g4 d5 14. g5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc3 Qc7 17. Qxg7 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rf8
19. Rg1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bc4 Qxh2 22. Rf1 Be7 23. Be5 Qd2 24. Qxh7 e3 25.
g6 e2 26. Bxe2 Qxe2 27. Rxf7 Qxe5 28. Rxe7+ Kd8 29. Rf7 Re8 30. Rxb7 Qd6 31.
Ra7 {Adams,M-Polugaevsky,L/FRA-chT/1992/1-0/}) 9... Qc7 (9... Be7 10. Bd3 Qc7
11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 b5 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Qh3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Na5 Nxd3 17.
cxd3 Rac8 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Ba8 20. Nc4 Qb7 21. Bg5 Rc5 {Belotti,B-Sanchez
Almeyra,J/Biel op (06)/1992/0-1 (21)}) 10. Bd3 (10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Be3
Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. O-O Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be7 16. Qh3 O-O 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 g6
19. Rac1 Rae8 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. f5 Bd8 22. Qh6 {Sax,G-Wojtkiewicz,A/Debrecen
EU-chT/1992/1-0}) 10... g6 11. O-O (11. Bd2 Bg7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qf2
Nb6 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Rb1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. h4 Bb7 19. h5 Rfe8 20. hxg6 hxg6
21. Rh4 Na5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. Qh2 Qxa3 24. Ke2 d5 25. Rh7 dxe4 26. Bxb5 Red8
27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. f5 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Rd8+ 30. Bd3 Rxd3+ 31. Ke2 {Lutz,C-Van
Wely,L/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/0-1}) (11. Be3 $1 Bg7 12. g4 $132) 11... Bg7 12.
Bd2 (12. Be3 O-O 13. Rae1 (13. Rad1 b5 14. Bxb5 $1 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Nxd6
$16) 13... b5 14. e5 $2 (14. Kh1 $1 Bb7 15. Qh3 $13) 14... dxe5 15. Bc5 Bb7 $1
16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qe3 Bh6 $1 $17 18. Qh3 Bxf4 19. Kh1 Ne7 $1 20. Ne2 Ned5 21.
Qh4 Kg7 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Rf2 h6 24. Kg1 Rd8 25. Nd2 $6 {25. g3! <<d5! |^} Rd4
26. Qg3 Ng4 27. Qxg4 $8 Nxd3 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. cxd3 e5 30. Nb3 {30.[]f3} Bd5
31. Rc1 {De Firmian,N-Polugaevsky,L/Biel-A/1990/0-1}) 12... O-O 13. Nd1 e5 14.
Ne3 exf4 15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Rae1 Nd7 $10 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Na5 Nxa5
20. Bxa5 Rc8 21. c3 Bh6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne5 24. Be2 Bd2 25. Rd1 Be3+ 26.
Kh1 f5 27. g3 g5 28. Bb4 Rf6 29. b3 f4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. c4 {Short,N-Kasparov,
G/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/0-1/37}) (8... g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Be3 Qc7 (10... Qxb2 11.
Kd2) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f5 Nc6 13. g4 Re8 (13... Nd7 14. Rhf1 (14. fxe6 $6 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 fxe6) 14... Nce5 15. Qg3 Re8 16. Qh4 b5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Nxe6 $1 Qb7 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. Nec7 Bxg4 22. Nxe8 Bxe2 23. Nexf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 {
De Firmian,N-Yudasin,L/Manila izt (09) [Boensch]/1990/1-0 (24)}) 14. g5 Nd7 15.
f6 Bf8 16. h4 Nde5 17. Qh3 b5 18. h5 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Rdf1 h6 21. Nf3 Rd8
22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. f7+ Kh7 25. Bh5 Qa5 26. Bxg6+ Kh8 27. Kb1 Nxc2
28. Qf3 Na3+ {Adams,M-Renet,O/Cannes 60'Team (1)/1992/1-0}) (8... Qxd4 $4 9.
Be3 $18) 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Ng4 13. Bd2 b5 14. Bh3 $1 $146 (
14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Be2 g6 17. Rhe1 Bg7 18. Qg3 Nb6 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20.
f5 Be5 21. Qxg4 Qe7 22. Na5 Ba8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bf4 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Na4 26.
Bxe5 $18 {Adams,M-Smirin,I (2)/Tilburg/1992/1-0/38/ CBM 32}) 14... Nb6 15.
O-O-O Nc4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Rb8 (17... g6 $2 18. h5 $16) 18. g6 a5 (18...
f6 $5 {Anand} 19. f5 a5 20. fxe6 b4 {Also came into consideration}) 19. Nd4 $1
(19. gxf7+ {Anand} Qxf7 (19... Kxf7 20. f5 $40) 20. Qe2 $1 $16) 19... b4 20.
Ncb5 Qc5 21. a4 $1 e5 22. Nf5 $16 f6 (22... Rxb5 {Anand} 23. axb5 Na3 24. c3 (
24. bxa3 b3 $19) 24... Nxb5 {with a mess}) (22... Na3 $2 {Anand} 23. Nbxd6+ $5
Kd7 24. c3) 23. Qe2 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rxb5 $1 $40 25. axb5 a4 26. Kb1 Qxb5 27. Qd3
b3 28. Ka1 (28. Bc1 {Anand} bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 (29. Qxc2 $4 Na3+ $19)) 28... Be7
29. Bc1 Kd7 30. Rh2 Rc8 31. h5 e4 (31... Qa5 {Anand /\ a3->} 32. Qd5 Rc5 33.
Qe6+ Kd8 34. Kb1) 32. Qd5 Rc5 33. Qe6+ Kd8 34. c3 a3 35. bxa3 Qa4 $2 (35... Qa6
$132) (35... Qa6 {Anand} 36. Kb1 $1 {and I don't the continuation of Black's
attack} Nxa3+ 37. Bxa3 Qxa3 38. Rb2 $1 Rxc3 39. h6 $18) 36. Rd4 $1 $18 Qa6 37.
Rxe4 Rc7 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Rhe2 (39. Rxe7+ {Anand} Kxe7 40. Re2+ Ne5) 1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bd3 Bd7
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qc8 17. Ne5 Ba4 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Qf3 Nb8 22. Be5 f5 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Bd3 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rf6 27. Rfc1
Nd7 28. Qa5 f4 29. Be4 fxe3 30. fxe3 Rb8 31. Qxa7 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Rf8 33. Qb7 Qd8
34. Bxc6 Nf6 35. Bf3 Nd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Rf1 Re8 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. h3 Ra8 40.
Rf5 Rd8 41. Kh2 Qc7+ 42. Re5 Qf7 43. a4 Kh7 44. Qc2+ Kh8 45. a5 Qa7 46. Qc5 Qa8
47. Qc7 Rc8 48. Qd7 Rd8 49. Qb5 Kh7 50. a6 Rd6 51. Qb7 Qxa6 52. Qxa6 Rxa6 53.
Rxd5 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. Kf3 Ra3 56. h4 Rb3 57. g4 Ke6 58. Ra5 Kf6 59. Kf4 Rb6
60. e4 Rb1 61. Ra6+ Kf7 62. g5 h5 63. g6+ Ke7 64. Ke5 Rb7 65. d5 1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 (3... e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d5 e5
8. Be2 $14 {Stohl,I-Hort,V Tilburg2 30' 1992 CBM/32}) 4. h3 $1 Bh5 5. Bd3 e6 (
5... Nc6 $5) 6. c4 $5 Be7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Rd1 d5 11. cxd5
exd5 12. e5 Ne4 13. O-O Qd7 14. Bc1 $1 f5 $2 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3
Nd8 17. Nh2 Ne6 18. f4 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. f5 $14) 15. Nxd5 $1 Bh5 16. Nf4
Bxf3 17. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 18. Qxf3 Ng5 (18... Nxd4 19. Qh5 $18) 19. Qh5 Qe8 20. Qe2
Bb4 21. Nd5 Ne6 22. Nxb4 Nxb4 23. d5 Nc5 24. a3 Nba6 25. b4 Ne4 26. Bb2 $18 Nb8
27. e6 Qe7 28. Bd3 Nd6 29. Qe5 b5 30. Rfe1 a5 31. Re3 axb4 32. axb4 Na6 33. Bc3
Rf6 34. Qf4 Rg6 35. Ra1 Qf8 36. Rg3 Kg8 37. h4 Ne8 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ahrens, Manuela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. f4
Be7 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qe2
Rfe8 16. g4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Bg2 Nxd5 19. Bd4 Nf4 20. Qe3 Nxg2 21. Kxg2 Ne5
22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rad1 Bg5 24. Qxg5 e3+ 25. Rf3 e2 26. Re1 Rxc3 27. bxc3 h6 28.
Qd2 Qe4 29. Nd4 Qxg4+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Re4 32. Rg3 Rg4 33. Qe3 Qh3 34. Rxe2
1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bakalarz, Grazyna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Bf4 Nc4 12. Qb3 Nd6 13. Rfe1 c4 14. Qc2 Nb5 15.
e4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Na3 17. Qb2 a6 18. Nd4 Nb5 19. e5 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qb5 21. Qa3 Bf5
22. Qxe7 Qb2 23. Be3 Rfe8 24. Qc7 Rac8 25. Qa5 b5 26. d6 c3 27. Rec1 c2 28.
Qxa6 b4 29. Bd5 Rf8 30. Bb3 Rc3 31. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Baumann, Ines"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Ne7 11. h3 h5 12. hxg4 hxg4 13. Nh2 f5 14. exf5
Nxf5 15. Qxg4 Qd7 16. Qg6+ Kd8 17. Rad1 Kc8 18. Nf3 Kb7 19. Rfe1 Raf8 20. Bg5
Ba5 21. Qe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rh7 23. Rde1 Rfh8 24. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bielicki, Birke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5
Bg7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bh6 Kf7 14. Qd2 Re8
15. Rfe1 Kg8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Ne5 Re7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Be5 Rf7 21.
Re2 Bg5 22. f4 Bh6 23. Rf1 Qf8 24. Rf3 b5 25. Nd1 b4 26. Nf2 Bb5 27. Re1 Bc4
28. b3 Bb5 29. Ng4 a5 30. h3 Rc6 31. Nxh6+ Qxh6 32. Kh2 Qf8 33. Rc1 Qc8 34.
Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Rf2 Rf8 36. Qd1 Rc8 37. h4 Qe8 38. Rc2 Rxc2 39. Qxc2 Qc6 40. Qd1
Qd7 41. Qg4 Qf7 42. Qg5 Qf8 43. h5 Bd3 44. h6 Bb1 45. Bg7 Qe8 46. Qe5 Bf5 47.
Qc7 Qa8 48. Qe7 Qb8 49. Kg3 Qc8 50. Kh4 Bd3 51. g4 Bb5 52. Be5 Qd7 53. Qf6 Bc6
54. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Delemarre, Isabel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhe1
Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rd8 16. g4 Rac8 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h4 Ne5 20. Qe3 Re8
21. f4 Nc6 22. h5 a6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. f5 Rcd8 25. Nd5 Rh8 26. f6+ exf6 27.
gxf6+ Kf8 28. Rh1 Rg8 29. Rc1 Nb4 30. a3 Nxd5 31. exd5 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Heinatz, Gundula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Qh4 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Re8
15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Bg5 Qh5 17. Ng3 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bc3 19. Nxh5 Bxd2 20. Nf6+ Kf8
21. Bxd2 Re5 22. f4 Rb5 23. Nxh7+ Kg7 24. Ng5 f6 25. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Janus, Elfi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Bd3 Nh5
9. Nge2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O Qf6 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. b4 b6 15. Na4
Ra7 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. bxc5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 {..} 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kohls, Vera"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. d4 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Rb1 Ne4 11. Qc2 d6 12. Ng5 Nxg5 13. Bxb7 Ra7 14. Bg2 Qe8 15.
Bxg5 Qh5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. c5 d5 18. c4 bxc5 19. cxd5 e5 20. dxe5 Ra6 21. e6 Nf6
22. Bxc5 Re8 23. Rb7 f4 24. Bd4 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 Nge7 5. Nec3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Nf6# 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Noll, Sonja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Rd1 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. h4 h5 13. a4 Qc7 14. f4 N8d7 15. f5
exf5 16. exf5 Kh7 17. Bd3 Rae8 18. Kd2 Qd6 19. Rhg1 Bxd4 20. fxg6+ fxg6 21.
Rxg6 Bxe3+ 22. Kc2 Rxf2+ 23. Kb1 Qb8 24. Rdg1 Ne5 25. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nosmile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d5 c6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 e5 8. dxe6 O-O
9. Nd4 Qe7 10. O-O Na6 11. Bf4 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxd6 Qxc4 14. Rfd1 Rf7
15. Rd4 Qc5 16. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Olbrich, Marina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10. O-O h6 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Ra4 a5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7
15. e3 e5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 exd4 19. Rfa1 Na6 20. Rxa5 Nc7 21.
b4 Rhe8 22. Rxa8 Nxa8 23. Bd3 Nc7 24. Ra7 Kc8 25. Bf4 Re1+ 26. Kg2 Nd5 27. Ra8+
Kd7 28. Bd6 Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rf8 Re7 31. b5 Nb4 32. bxc6+ Kxc6 33. Bc4 d3
34. Bxf7 Rxf7 35. Rd8 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Kf1 Nc2 38. f4 Kc6 39. g4 Kxc5 40.
h4 Ne3+ 41. Ke1 Nxg4 42. Kd2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schultz, Heide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 Nf6 14. c5 h5 15. Rc1 Rf7
16. Nb5 Ne8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nxa7 Bd7 19. a4 Ng6 20. a5 Bf8 21. b5 Rg7 22. b6
Nh4 23. a6 Rb8 24. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shafro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 g6 6. Nh3 Bd7 7. d5 Ne4 8. Nxe4
fxe4 9. Ng5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc5 11. Qb3 b5 12. cxb5 Qxd5 13. Bxe4 Qxb3 14. axb3 d5
15. Bg2 h6 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Ra2 Bf6 18. O-O Be6 19. b6 a5 20. Rc1 Kd7 21. Ne1
Bd4 22. Nd3 Bxb6 23. Ne5+ Kc7 24. Nxg6 Rg8 25. Nxe7 Re8 26. Nxd5+ Bxd5 27. Bxd5
Kd7 28. Bf3 h5 29. Bxh5 Re5 30. Bf3 Rb5 31. Rc3 Ra7 32. Bf4 Ra6 33. Bxb8 Bd4
34. Rd3 c5 35. Be5 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ulms, Sandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Na4 Qxa1 11. Qxa1 Nxe4 12. Qb1 Nf6 13. Nb5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Nc6 16. Nac3 Kh8 17. Nd5 Nd7 18. Nxe7 Nde5 19. Qxd6 Rfd8 20. Qa3 Rd3
21. Qa4 Nxe7 22. c5 Nf5 23. Bf4 a6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qe4 axb5 26. Qxd3 Nd4 27.
a3 Ne6 28. Qxb5 Rxa3 29. Qxb7 Kg7 30. c6 Rc3 31. g3 Nd8 32. Qb1 Nxc6 33. Rc1
Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Nd4 35. Kg2 Bf6 36. Qc4 h6 37. g4 Ne6 38. f4 g5 39. f5 Nf4+ 40.
Kf3 Be5 41. Qe4 f6 42. Qb7+ Kg8 43. Ke3 h5 44. gxh5 Nxh5 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qd7+
Ng7 47. Qf7 Kh8 48. Ke4 Bc3 49. Qg6 Kg8 50. Kd5 Be5 51. Kc6 Kf8 52. Kd7 Bd4 53.
Qh6 Kf7 54. Qh3 Be5 55. Qf3 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Weischedel, Hong Nhung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 c5 9. Rd1 Rb8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Rxd8 Rxd8 14.
Bxb8 Rd1+ 15. Bf1 e5 16. Bxe5 Bh3 17. Nfd2 Nce4 18. b4 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Nxf2 20.
Nbd2 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 N2e4 22. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Weng, Annegret"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 f5 7. b5 Nce7 8. d3 Nh6
9. e3 O-O 10. Nge2 g5 11. h4 gxh4 12. Rxh4 Ng6 13. Rh1 f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15.
exf4 Rb8 16. Be3 b6 17. Nd5 Nf5 18. Be4 Be6 19. Ng3 Ngh4 20. Kd2 Kh8 21. Qh5
Bf7 22. Qg4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qf6 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Rh3 Rf6 26. Rbh1 Rh6 27. Ng5 Rf8
28. Rxh4 Nxh4 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Qxh4 h6 31. Qh5 Qf6 32. d4 Qf5 33. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Zdebik, Barbara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bc4 Qc6 14. Qh3 Kc7
15. e5 Nd7 16. exd6+ Bxd6 17. f5 Nb6 18. fxe6 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Nxc4 20. Qf5 Nd2+
21. Ka2 Bh6 22. Qxf7+ Kb8 23. Rhe1 c4 24. Re2 cxb3+ 25. cxb3 Rhe8 26. e7 Rc8
27. Na4 Ne4 28. Be5+ Ka8 29. Rd4 Nc3+ 30. Nxc3 Qxc3 31. Rd8 Qc6 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8
33. Bxg7 Bxg7 34. Qxg7 Bd5 35. Qxh7 Qc3 36. Qb1 Rb8 37. Rb2 a5 38. Qd1 Qc6 39.
Ka1 Re8 40. Rc2 Qd6 41. Rd2 Qxa3+ 42. Ra2 Qc5 43. Qd2 Kb7 44. Rxa5 Qg1+ 45. Kb2
Bc6 46. g3 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Qg5 Qf8 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Qg3 Nh6 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. O-O-O
Qf6 15. Rhe1 Nf7 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qxf2 20. Nf3
Qxg3 21. hxg3 Rf6 22. g4 Rcf8 23. b4 Rf4 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Rb8 26. a3 a5
27. Re3 axb4 28. Rb3 Ra8 29. Rxb4 Be8 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Rb7 h6 32. Kb3 Ra5 33.
Kb4 Rb5+ 34. Rxb5 cxb5 35. Kc5 Ke7 36. g5 hxg5 37. g4 Kf6 38. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
e6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Ne4 dxe5 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Bxe7+ Qxe7
15. dxe5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 g6 17. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gomez Cabrero, Lopez David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Bxd4 Be6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qa4 a6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Rd2 Bb4 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Be2 Rad8 14. O-O
Rxd2 15. Qxd2 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb4 18. Qc2 b5 19. h3 h6 20. Rc1 Nd4
21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 b4 25. f3 a5 26. b3 c3 27.
Qd3 g6 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. Qd3 h5 30. Qc2 Qe3 31. Kh1 f5 32. Kh2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Genius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Kb1 a6 17. c4 Qb6 18. Bf4 Rhe8 19. Qe2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21.
Qe5 c5 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Rd1 Nd7 24. Qxg7 e5 25. Bxh6 Qe6 26. Qg5 Qc6 27. Bg7
Qf3 28. Kc1 Re6 29. h6 Rc6 30. Qd2 Rxc4+ 31. Kb1 Qg4 32. Qd3 Rc6 33. Rh1 Nc5
34. Qd1 Qf5+ 35. Ka1 Qh7 36. Bxe5 Rxh6 37. Rxh6 Qxh6 38. Bxd4 Qc6 39. Be3 Ne4
40. Kb1 Qg6 41. Qc2+ Kd8 42. Kc1 Qe6 43. b3 Qe5 44. Qd3+ Ke8 45. Qd4 Qe6 46.
Kc2 Qc6+ 47. Kd3 Nf6 48. Qe5+ Kd7 49. Qf5+ Ke8 50. Bg5 Nd7 51. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 52.
Kxe4 Nc5+ 53. Kd5 Nd3 54. Be3 Kd7 55. a3 Ne1 56. f4 Nc2 57. Bc1 b5 58. g4 Na1
59. b4 Nb3 60. Be3 Na1 61. g5 Nc2 62. Bc1 Ne1 63. Ke4 Ke6 64. f5+ Ke7 65. Kd5
Nd3 66. Bd2 Ke8 67. f6 Nf2 68. g6 Kf8 69. g7+ Kg8 70. Be3 Nd3 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Ke7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rhd8 14. Nc4
Rac8 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Kf1 g6 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Nd2 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. bxa4 Rb8
21. Ba3 Rbb7 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Ke8 24. Bxc5 Rb2 25. Bxa6 Rxd2 26. Nb5 Rxc5
27. Rxc5 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Ne4+ 29. Ke2 Nxc5 30. Nc7+ Kd7 31. Nxd5 Nxa6 32. Nf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sharif, Mershad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Rg4 h5 19. Rf4 Rad8 20. Be3 Nb4 21.
Qb1 Qxb3 22. Rf5 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Rxa6 Rfe8 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Nxd4 27.
Nxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxh5 Rb4 29. Rc5 Re7 30. Rc2 c5 31. g3 c4 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Ra3 Re5
34. Rd2 Ke6 35. h4 Rd5 36. Ra6+ Ke5 37. Re2+ Kf5 38. Kg2 Rb3 39. Rae6 g5 40. h5
g4 41. h6 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. e4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Qc7 10. Kh2 Nf8 11. b3 a5 12. a3 Bc5 13. Re2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
dxe4 Rd8 16. Qe1 f6 17. Bb2 Be6 18. Rd1 Rxd1 19. Qxd1 Qe7 20. Qc1 Nd7 21. Ne1
b5 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. Qe3 Bxa3 24. Bxa3 Qxa3 25. f4 Qe7 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Re1 a4
28. Ra1 a3 29. b4 a2 30. Qc1 Nb6 31. Nc5 Bc4 32. Qb2 Na4 33. Qa3 Nb6 34. Qb2
Bf7 35. Bf1 Nc4 36. Qc3 Kh8 37. Nb3 Bg8 38. Bxc4 Bxc4 39. Na5 Bg8 40. Nxc6 Qc7
41. Qc5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. e5 dxe5
15. Bxe5 Qb6 16. Qf4 Rb7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qe1 O-O 20. Bd3 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qd2 Bc6 23. Rhe1 Bd5 24. Qf4 Qa5 25. b3 Qc3 26. Re3 Qc6 27. Rc1
a5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rb4 30. Rec3 Qb6 31. Qe5 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4
Qg1+ 34. Rc1 Qxg2 35. Qf4 Qe2 36. Rc2 Qd3 37. Kb2 Kh7 38. Rd2 Qb5 39. a4 Qb7
40. Qe3 Rg6 41. Rc2 Qb4 42. Qc3 Qb6 43. Qc5 Qa6 44. Qb5 Qa8 45. Qc6 Qd8 46. Qc7
Qd4+ 47. Qc3 Qb6 48. Qc5 Qa6 49. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 a6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxa6 O-O 20. Qe2 Qa4 21. Rc4
Qxa2 22. Rg4 h5 23. Rg3 g6 24. Bc1 Rc7 25. Nh4 Kh7 26. Qd2 Qc4 27. Nxg6 fxg6
28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ Ke8 31. Qxe6+ Be7 32. Qg6+ Kd8 33. Bg5 Bxg5
34. Qxg5+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. c3 Be7 14. Bc4
O-O 15. O-O Bg5 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. Bb3 Bd8 18. Nc4 Qd7 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. Nde3 Bc7
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rbd8 25. Rfd1 Nd4 26. Rxd8
Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Kg8 28. Kxe2 g6 29. R8d7 Qh5+ 30. Kf1 Qxh2 31. Rxb7 Qh1+ 32. Ke2
Qxg2 33. Rdd7 h5 34. Bxf7+ Kh8 35. Kd3 Qf1+ 36. Ke4 Qxf2 37. Be6 Qf4+ 38. Kd5
Qh6 39. c4 e4 40. Kxe4 Re8 41. Kd3 h4 42. c5 Qh5 43. Bg4 Qe5 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45.
Rbg7+ Kf8 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rfg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Rxd3 20. cxd3
Ba4 21. Bh6 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Bd2 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Bc2+ 25. Ka1 Bxd1 26. Qxd1
Nd5 27. a3 Rc6 28. Rf1 Qg6 29. Qf3 Rc8 30. h4 h5 31. Bg5 b5 32. g4 hxg4 33.
Qxg4 Ne3 34. h5 Nxg4 35. hxg6 Ne5 36. Be3 a5 37. Bd2 a4 38. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nh5 Nbd7 12. Ba2 Qa5 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. Re1 Nf8
15. Qf3 Rb8 16. h3 b5 17. Nh5 N8d7 18. Bg5 Bb7 19. d5 Be7 20. Ne4 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Nxd5 22. Qg3 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 g6 24. Red1 Rdc8 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Nef6+ Nxf6 27.
Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Qe5 Qd8 29. Nh5+ Kh6 30. Nf6 Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kf8 32. Re1 f6 33. Nxf6
Rb7 34. Ng4 Rg7 35. Nh6 Rc6 36. g4 d4 37. g5 Rcc7 38. Re4 Rce7 39. Qf6+ Ke8 40.
Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Galego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. c4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 b5 7. b3 e6 8.
dxe6 Bxe6 9. d5 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. Ne2 Bc5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
O-O 15. Kf2 Rad8 16. Nbc3 b4 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. Nce2 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxf5 Qe6
21. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. h3 e5 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. d5 Nce5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc4 15.
Nc3 b5 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Bf5 19. Qd1 Nxe5 20. g4 b4 21. Ne2 Bd7
22. Ng3 c4 23. Bf4 Rbe8 24. Qd2 Nd3 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bh6 Qb6+ 27. Kh2 Be5 28.
Rf1 Qd6 29. Rf3 Nxb2 30. Bf4 c3 0-1

[Event "Wall Street 5'"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Matera, Salvatore Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
h3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 e6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. Be3 Rb8 15.
b3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Nc3 Ba6 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Qe3 Ra8 20. Nh2 h6 21. Ng4
Kh7 22. Na4 Bb5 23. Nc5 Rfc8 1-0

[Event "Wall Street 5'"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Matera, Salvatore Joseph"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bf8 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 h6 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Nb4 13. Ne3 d6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Ncd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Ne5 17. d4 c6 18. Ne3 Nd7 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. d5 c5 21. Rae1 Bd7 22.
Re2 a4 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Rc8 25. Rfe1 Ng4 26. Bd4 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28.
Rxe3 Qg5 29. Be4 h5 30. h4 Qd8 31. Qe2 Bg4 32. Qa2 Qd7 33. Rc3 Re8 34. Re3 Ra8
35. c5 Qb5 36. Qa3 Qc4 37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. Bxc3 dxc5 39. bxc5 a3 40. c6 bxc6 41.
dxc6 Ra4 42. Rd3 a2 0-1

[Event "Wall Street 5'"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Nfd7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Be3 a5 16. Qh4 b4 17. Nb5 e6 18. Qh3 h5 19. Nd6 Bd5 20. Rac1 Na4 21. Bd4 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nc4 Bf4 25. Rcd1 Qc7 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qb3
Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Bf4 29. Qxa4 Qxc4 30. Qb3 Qc7 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. b3 Be5 33. Rd2 Bc3
34. Rd3 Kg7 35. Rfd1 Rf8 36. g3 Bf6 37. Kg2 Qc2 38. R1d2 Qb1 39. Rd7 Bc3 40.
Re2 e5 41. Qd5 Qf5 42. Re3 g5 43. Rf3 Qg6 44. Rd6 Qb1 45. Rdf6 e4 46. Rxf7+
Rxf7 47. Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qe6+ Kh7 49. Rf7+ Bg7 50. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Wall Street 5'"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. f3 Bd7 13. g4 Bc6 14. Qf2 b4
15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Qc7 18. Nc1 Bb5 19. Nb3 Bc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Nd2
c3 22. Ne4 O-O 23. g5 g6 24. gxh6 cxb2 25. h4 Kh7 26. h5 Rac8 27. Rhg1 Rg8 28.
Ng5+ Bxg5 29. fxg5 Nf8 30. Rg3 Qb7 31. Rf3 Rc7 32. Bb6 Re7 33. Bc5 Rd7 34. Rxd7
Nxd7 35. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wall Street 5'"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bg6 14. e4 Nf6
15. Be3 Bb4 16. f3 c5 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qe7 19. Bxa7 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3
21. Bd4 Rc6 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. Qb5 R6c7 24. a4 h6 25. a5 Kh7 26. h4 h5 27. Kh2
Nd7 28. Rd2 Nc5 29. Be5 Rc6 30. Rbd1 Qe8 31. Bf4 Ra6 32. Rb2 Na4 33. Qxe8 Rxe8
34. Rxb7 Rxa5 35. Ra1 Raa8 36. Be3 Nc3 37. Rc1 Rac8 38. Bf1 Na4 39. Ra1 Nc5 40.
Rb5 Nd7 41. Rd1 Nf6 42. Rd2 Rc3 43. Bg5 Rxf3 44. Be2 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 Nxe4 46. Rdb2
Rxe2 47. Rxe2 Nc3 48. Reb2 Nxb5 49. Rxb5 Bf5 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Kf3 f6 52. Bf4 Rd8
53. Rb7 e5 54. Be3 Rd7 55. Rb8 0-1

[Event "Wall Street 5'"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Rc1 Qxa2 14. d5 Rfd8
15. Bc4 Qa5 16. Qb3 Nb4 17. d6 e6 18. e4 Bxe4 19. Bd2 Qa2 20. Qe3 Bxf3 21. Bxa2
Nxa2 22. Qxf3 Nxc1 23. Bxc1 Rxd6 24. Qxb7 Rdd8 25. Qa6 Bd4 26. Bg5 Rd5 27. Be3
Bg7 28. g3 h5 29. Kg2 Rd7 30. Rb1 Rad8 31. Bxa7 Ra8 32. Rb7 Rxb7 33. Qxb7 Rd8
34. Bb6 Rd5 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qe8 Rf5 37. h3 Bh6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rf4 40. f3
1-0

[Event "Wall Street 5'"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Nf5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Qf4 Rad8 13. Rad1 c5 14. h3
Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rd2 h6 17. g4 Nh4 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Kg2
Qd8 21. Qe3 b6 22. f4 g6 23. Kg3 Kg7 24. b3 a5 25. Qd3 Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27.
Nb5 c5 28. Nd6 a4 29. f5 axb3 30. axb3 Bd5 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. f6 g5 33. Nf5 Be4
34. c3 dxc3 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. Ne7 b5 37. Nd5 b4 38. Nb6 Ke8 39. Na4 c4 40. Nxc3
bxc3 41. bxc4 Bg6 42. c5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Wall Street 5'"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 a6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Ba2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Be7 12. e4 b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. e5 bxc3 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Bxd5 Rd8 22. Ra4 O-O 23. Rc4 Qa7 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qxf5 Rd6 26. Rg4+ Kh8 27. Be4
Rg6 28. Qh5 Qb6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qe5+ Bf6 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Be5 33. Re6
Bg7 34. Kg2 a5 35. Ra6 Bc3 36. Rc4 Bb4 37. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3
f6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh4 Qd7 11. Nd5 Qf7 12. c4 c6 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. d5 cxd5 15.
cxd5 g6 16. Bd2 f5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bb4 f4 21. Bxd6
fxe3 22. fxe3 Qg7 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Qc7 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bg7 27. Re1 Qf4
28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nge2
Na6 9. f3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Kf2 Bd3 14. axb5 Qb6 15.
Be3 g6 16. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 17. Kg2 Bg7 18. f4 g5 19. Ra6 Qb7 20. Qa4 Nxb2 21. Qa2
gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nd3 23. Qxc4 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Rd1 h5 27. g5 Bd4
28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qc6+ Rd7 30. Nc5 Qxc6 31. dxc6 Rd5 32. Rxa7 O-O 33. Nd7 Rd8
34. b6 d3 35. b7 d2 36. Ra1 d1=Q 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. c7 R1xd7 39. b8=Q Rxb8 40.
cxb8=Q+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kg6 42. h4 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rd1 45. Qh8 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8.
c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb5 14. Bg2 $1
$146 (14. Bxg5 Rxd4 15. Bg2 Qf5) 14... Qf5 15. Be3 $1 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 $44 {
^^ /\ Qa4 ,Rd1-d3 O} Rhe8 17. Qa4 Kb8 (17... Rxe3 18. fxe3 Qe4 19. Qb3 $1 (19.
Re1 Bxd4) 19... Rxd4 (19... Re8 20. Re1 Bxd4 21. Bg2 $18) 20. Bg2 $18) 18. Rd1
c6 (18... Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qe4 20. Rd3 $16) 19. Rd3 Qe4 20. Ra3 a6 21. Bd3 (21.
Bxa6 Rxd4 $1 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Bf1 Bxc5 (23... Bxb2 24. Qa7+ Kc7 25. Rb3 $18)
24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Qa5+ Bb6 26. Qxg5 Re5 $1 $132) 21... Qg4 $2 (21... Qd5 $1 {
קc6} 22. Bc4 (22. Bxa6 Bxd4 23. Bxb7 (23. Rb3 Rd7 24. Bxd4 Re1+ (24... Qxd4
25. Rxb7+) 25. Bf1 Qxd4) 23... Bxc5 $3 (23... Bxe3 24. Qa7+ Kc7 25. Qb6+ Kd7
26. Bxc6+ $18) 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Qa5+ Kxb7 26. Bxc5 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 (
28. f3 $2 Re2+ 29. Kh3 Qe6+ $19) (28. Kh3 Qf5+ $10) (28. Rf3 Ra8 29. Qb4+ (29.
Qb6+ Kc8 {צf3}) 29... Kc8 $13) 28... Qd1+ $10) (22. Rb3 $6 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Re1+
24. Bf1 Qxd4 25. Rxb7+ Kxb7 26. Qxa6+ Kc7 27. Qa5+ Kd7 28. Qxe1 Qxb2 $13) 22...
Qe4 $10) 22. Rb3 $1 Bxd4 $2 (22... Re7 23. Rb4 $1 $16) (22... Rd7 23. Bxa6 (23.
Qxc6) (23. Rb4 $2 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qf3 $15) 23... Bxd4 24. Qxc6 Qd1+ 25. Kg2 Qxb3
26. Qxd7 $18) 23. Rxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qxa6+ Kb8 25. Qb6+ Ka8 26. Qxc6+ Kb8 27. Qb6+
Ka8 28. Bb5 (28. Bb5 Rc8 29. Bc6+ Rxc6 30. Qxc6+ Ka7 31. Qxe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Neg5 Bd6 7. Bd3 h6 8.
Ne4 Bxe4 9. Bxe4 c6 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4
Rfe8 15. c5 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. g3 Qc7 20. a3 b6
21. Bc4 N5f6 22. Ba2 Rb8 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rec1 Rb7 26. Bc4 Nd5 27.
Qe1 Rd8 28. Nd2 N5f6 29. Bf1 Ra7 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Bg2 Nb8 32. Qe5 Nd5 33. Qxc7
Nxc7 34. Ne5 Nb5 35. Nxc6 Nxc6 36. Rxc6 Rxd4 37. h4 g6 38. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. e5 Ne4
8. Nge2 Na6 $1 9. f3 Nb4 $1 $146 (9... Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. a4 $16
{Beliavsky-Anand}) 10. fxe4 Nd3+ 11. Kd2 g6 $3 (11... Nf2 $2 12. Qe1 Nxh1 (
12... Nxh1 {Ftacnik} 13. g3 $13)) 12. b3 $2 (12. a4 b4 $19 (12... b4 {Ftacnik}
13. Nb5 a6 $17)) (12. d6 exd6 13. a4 Nxf4 $1 (13... b4 14. Nd5 $13) 14. Nxf4
Bh6 15. g3 dxe5 16. axb5 Qd8+ 17. Kc2 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 exf4 $17) (12. g3 $5 Bg7
13. Bg2 Nxe5 $44) (12. Ke3 Bg7 13. g3 $1 $13 (13. Nc1 $2 Nxf4 14. Kxf4 Bxe5+
15. Kxe5 g5 $1 {Gelfand} 16. d6 f6+ 17. Kd5 e6+ 18. Kxc5 Qb6+ 19. Kb4 a5+ 20.
Ka3 Qc5+)) (12. Bg3 {Ftacnik} Bh6+ 13. Kc2 b4 $1 (13... Qb4 14. Qb1 $1 $16 (14.
Rb1 $2 Qb3+ $1 15. axb3 Nb4#))) (12. Ke3 $5 $13 {Ftacnik}) 12... Bg7 13. bxc4
Nxf4 14. Nxf4 $2 (14. cxb5 Bxe5 15. Qb3 $17) 14... Bxe5 15. Nfe2 b4 16. Qa4+ (
16. Rc1 {Ftacnik} bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Bf4+ $19) 16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Bxa1 18. Nxc5
O-O $1 $19 (18... f5 19. Nf4 $132 {><e6}) 19. Nd3 a5 20. g3 Bg7 21. Bg2 Ba6 $1
22. c5 (22. Rc1 Rac8 23. c5 {-22.c5}) 22... Rac8 23. c6 Rfd8 24. Rc1 Bh6+ 25.
Nef4 (25. Ndf4 e5 26. Bh3 f5 $1 $19) 25... Bxd3 26. Kxd3 e5 27. Kc4 exf4 28.
Re1 fxg3 (28... f6 29. Rf1 $5 g5 30. h4) 29. e5 Bf4 30. hxg3 (30. Re4 g5 $19)
30... Bxg3 31. Re3 Bf4 $1 (31... Bh2 32. d6) 32. Re4 Bh2 (32... g5 $19) 33. Bh3
Rc7 34. Re2 Bg3 35. Re3 Bf4 36. Re4 g5 $19 37. Kc5 Re7 38. Kd4 (38. d6 Rxe5+
39. Rxe5 Bxe5 40. Bd7 h5 $1 41. c7 Rf8 42. Kd5 Bf4 $19 (42... Bxd6 43. Kxd6 g4
44. Ke7 {/\Be8} Ra8 $1 $19) 43. Be8 $140 Rxe8 44. d7 Re5+ 45. Kd4 Re4+ 46. Kxe4
Bxc7 $19) 38... f6 $1 39. d6 Bxe5+ 40. Rxe5 Rxd6+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 Rb8 11. g4 Ne5 12. h4 b5 13. Qg2 Bb7 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Rxh1 16. Qxh1 Nfd7 17. f4 Nc4 18. g6 Nxe3 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21.
Qh3 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Ndxb5 axb5 24. Qxe3 b4 25. Nb5 Qc5 26. Qg5+ Nf6 27.
Nd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Kxd6 29. Qd2+ Kc7 30. Qh2 Bd6 31. Qg1 Bxe4 32. Qxg7+ Nd7 33.
Bh3 Bc6 34. Bg4 Rf8 35. Qh7 Rf1+ 36. Kd2 Bc5 37. Qh5 Bd4 38. c3 Nf6 39. Qf7+
Kb6 40. Qb3 Ne4+ 41. Kc2 Rf2+ 42. Kd1 Bc5 43. Be2 Rf4 44. a3 Rf6 45. cxb4 Bd4
46. a4 Rd6 47. Kc1 Bd5 48. Qd3 Rc6+ 49. Kb1 Rc4 50. Bf3 Nd2+ 51. Qxd2 Bxf3 52.
Qh6+ Kb7 53. Qh7+ Rc7 54. Qd3 Bc6 55. b5 Bd5 56. Qg6 Rf7 57. a5 Rf2 58. Qh7+
Bf7 59. Qe4+ Kb8 60. Qc6 Rxb2+ 61. Kc1 Rf2 62. a6 Be3+ 63. Kd1 Bh5+ 64. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 (18. Bf1 Nf8 19. Qe3 Qh4
20. h3 Ng6 21. c4 h6 22. g3 Qh5 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 a6 25. h4 Qg4 26. Be2 {
Ehlvest,J-Salov,V/Linares (12)/1991/0.5 (34)}) 18... Nf8 (18... Nc5 19. h4 Kh8
20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Nd7 23. Bf4 Nb6 24. Bf1 Nd5 25. Bd2 Ne7 26.
Bc3 {Short-Sosonko/Wijk/1987/0.5 (34)}) 19. Bf1 (19. Bd3 Rxd3 (19... Qc5 20.
Bb4 Qb6 21. Bd6 Rac8 22. Kb1 Bb5 23. c4 Ba4 24. Rc1 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Qe2
{Wagman-Belotti/Reggio Emilia II (1)/1987/0.5 (41)}) 20. cxd3 Ng6 (20... Qd7
21. Kb1 (21. Bb4 Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. Qh4 (24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rc1
$14 {Georgiev,Kir-Gurevich,D/Palma de Mallorca GMA/1989/}) 24... g6 25. Re3 Bd5
26. Rh3 {Psakhis,L-Greenfeld,A/Tel-Aviv ASA (04)/1991/0.5 (37)}) 21... Qxd3+
22. Ka1 h5 $1 (22... Qf5 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Bc3 h6 25. Rf1 Qe4 26. Rd2 {Ivanchuk,
V-Anand,V/Linares (m/7)/1992/1-0 (51)}) 23. Qe2 (23. Qxh5 $6 Ba4 $1 24. b3 Qd4+
25. Kb1 Bb5 26. a4 Bd3+ 27. Ka2 Bc2 $36) 23... Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rd8 25. Rde1 Ng6
26. g3 {Almasi,Z-Tolnai,T/HUN-ch (09)/1992/0.5 (49)}) (20... Qc5+ 21. Kb1 Qd5
22. Qe4 (22. Re3 Ng6 23. Bc3 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 (25. Rg3 Bc6 26. Rdg1 {
Ivanov,A-Rachels,S/Long Beach ch-US (1)/1989/0.5 (36)}) 25... Bc6 26. Reg3 {
Petrushin,A-Lisenko,A/USSR/1984/}) 22... Qd7 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. g3 Ne7 25. Bb4 Nf5
26. Bc3 {Short,N-Pritchett/Swansea ch-GB (1)/1987/0.5 (27)}) 21. Kb1 Qd8 22.
Bc3 a5 23. g3 Ne7 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Bg1 a4 $44 {Anand,V-Lobron,E/Manila ol/1992/}
) (19. h4 Qc5 20. Bb3 (20. Bc3 h5 21. Qe2 Bxg2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd3 Bh3 24.
Qxh5 f5 25. Qf3 Bg4 26. Qxb7 {Sherzer,A-Rachels,S/USA-ch (10)/1992/1-0 (38)})
20... a5 21. c3 Ng6 22. Qg3 a4 23. Bc2 Qc4 24. a3 Qxh4 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Bxh7+
{Krakops,M-Leko,P/Duisburg WchJM-U14 (01)/1992/0-1 (51)}) 19... Qc5 (19... Ng6
20. Re3 (20. Bb4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 $6 22. Qd4 $1 Bd5 23. Bc3 $1 $16 {Kovalev,
A-Leko,P/Munchen/1991/1-0 (43)}) 20... Rd5 {Gruenfeld,Y-Sosonko,G/Jerusalem/
1986/0.5 (20)}) (19... Qc7 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Qd4 Rc8
24. a3 Qb8 25. g3 b5 26. Bd3 {Gurevich,I-Rachels,S/USA-ch (11)/1992/1-0 (54)})
20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 Rc8 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. g3 (25. Qxa7
Bxg2 26. Bd3 Nf4 $17) 25... a6 26. Be2 Ne7 27. Qg5 Qc7 28. Bd3 h6 29. Qh4 b5
30. Bb4 Nf5 31. Qf4 Bc4 32. Bxc4 bxc4 $17 33. Rf1 Qa7 34. Bd2 (34. g4 Qe3+ 35.
Kb1 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Ne3 $17) 34... Qc7 35. Bc3 Qc5 36. g4 Qe3+ 37. Bd2 Qxf4 38.
Rxf4 Ne7 39. Rd4 Nd5 40. h4 Rc6 41. Kb1 Kh7 42. h5 f6 $1 43. Re4 (43. exf6 Nxf6
$19 {/\ e5}) 43... fxe5 44. Rxe5 Nf6 45. g5 hxg5 46. Bxg5 (46. Rxg5 Ne4 47. Rg2
Rc5 $19) 46... Nxh5 $19 47. b3 Nf6 48. bxc4 Nd7 49. Ra5 Kg6 50. Be3 Kf6 51. c5
(51. Bg5+) 51... e5 52. Ra4 Kf5 53. Rb4 g5 54. a4 g4 55. a5 Rc8 56. Kc1 Nf6 57.
Rb7 Nd5 58. Bf2 Ke4 59. Rb3 Rf8 60. Bh4 Rf3 61. c6 Rxb3 62. cxb3 Kf3 63. Bd8 e4
64. Bb6 (64. c7 Nxc7 65. Bxc7 e3 $1 (65... g3 $2 66. Kd2 g2 (66... e3+ 67. Ke1
g2 68. Bh2 $18) 67. Bb6 $18) 66. Kd1 Kf2 67. Bg3+ (67. Bb6 g3 68. Bxe3+ (68.
Kc2 Ke2 (68... g2 $2 69. Kd3 $18) 69. Bc7 g2 70. Bh2 Kf1 71. Kd3 e2 $19) 68...
Kxe3 69. Ke1 g2 $19) 67... Kxg3 68. Ke2 Kf4 69. b4 g3 70. b5 g2 71. bxa6 g1=Q
$19) 64... e3 65. c7 Nxc7 66. Bxc7 g3 67. Kd1 g2 68. Bh2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 Bd6 (7...
d6 {--> CBM: Anand-Kamski, Dehli 1990, Pastor-Cramling, Sevilla 1992}) 8. Kh1
Nc6 (8... Bxh2 $2 9. f4 Bg3 (9... e5 10. Nf5 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. e5 $40) 10.
Qf3 Bh4 11. g3 $18) 9. c3 (9. Nf3 Ng4 10. h3 h5 $40) 9... Ne5 10. f4 (10. Bc2
Neg4 11. h3 (11. f4 e5 $5 12. Nf5 $13) 11... h5 $36) 10... Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 (
11... e5 $2 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 $1 Qxe4 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6
$40) 12. c4 {()} (12. e5 {--> CBM: Magomedov-Dizdarevic, Ljubljana 1992}) 12...
d6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. b3 Nd7 (14... Bd7 15. Bb2 {/\Rae1 +/=/+/-}) 15. f5 $5 (15.
Bb2 Bf6 {/\Nc5<=>}) 15... Bf6 16. fxe6 Ne5 (16... Nc5 $5) 17. Qg3 (17. exf7+ $6
Rxf7 18. Qg3 $13) 17... fxe6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qxg5 $14 h6 (20...
Qf7 $4 21. Qd8+ $18) 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Qh4 b6 23. Nce2 Ra7 24. Nf4 Qe7 (24... g5
$2 25. Qg3 Qf7 26. Kg1 $1 {/\Nd5->}) 25. Qe1 Bd7 26. Qb4 Rb7 27. Kg1 Kh7 28.
Rd1 Qf6 29. Qd2 Bc8 30. Nh5 Qh4 31. Ng3 Rf7 32. Qe2 Bb7 (32... Ng4 $6 33. Nf3
Qe7 $8 34. Qd2 $18 {_|_}) (32... Qe7 $142 33. Qd2 $14) 33. Nxe6 Ng4 34. h3 $8
Nf2 (34... Qxg3 35. Qxg4 (35. hxg4 Bc8 36. Rd3 $8 Qe5 37. Nd4 Rf4 $15 {><e4,g4}
) 35... Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Bxe4 37. Qg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rf6 $1 39. Nf4 $14 {_|_}) 35.
Nf5 $8 Nxh3+ $2 $138 (35... Qxe4 36. Qxe4 (36. Qxf2 Rxf5 37. Re1 $8 Rxf2 38.
Rxe4 Rxg2+ (38... Rxa2 $5 39. Rg4 g5) 39. Kxg2 Bxe4+ $17 {_|_}) 36... Nxe4 $14
(36... Bxe4 37. Nxd6 $8 Nxd1 38. Nxf7 Kg6 $14 {עg1}) 37. Nxd6 $140 $6 Nxd6 38.
Rxd6 Rf6 $1 39. Rd7 Bc8 $1 40. Rxg7+ Kh8 41. Rc7 Bxe6 42. Rc6 Kg7 43. Rxb6 Bc8
{=/+/-/+ _|_}) 36. gxh3 Rxf5 37. exf5 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Bf3 39. Qc2 $1 Qxh3+ 40. Ke1
$18 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 Bxd1 42. Qxd1 Qe4 43. Qg1 $1 Qe5 44. Qg6+ (44. Qg6+ Kh8 45.
Qe8+ Kh7 46. Nf8+ Kg8 47. Qxe5 dxe5 48. Nd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Dorfman,J"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Speelman,J Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3
e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 (9... O-O) 10. h3 (10. f3) (10. Nxg6 {
Hertneck} hxg6 11. h3 g5 $40) 10... O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 (12. Na2 {
Hertneck} Bd6 13. b4 a5 14. b5 c5 $13 {Sokolov,I-Lautier,J, Chalkidiki 1992})
12... Rc8 $6 (12... Qe7 $142) (12... e5 $2 {Hertneck} 13. Qxg6 $16) (12... a5
$5 {Speelman,J}) 13. Rd1 Qb6 (13... Qe7 14. Qb3 $1 {/\ 15.Na2}) (13... Qa5 {
Speelman,J} 14. Na2 Bd6) 14. e4 c5 (14... e5 15. Be3 (15. dxe5 {Speelman,J}
Nxe5 16. Ba2) (15. Na2 $5) 15... exd4 (15... Qa5 16. Ne2 Rfe8 $13) 16. Bxd4 Bc5
17. a5 Qc7 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Qd2 {/\ Qe3+/-}) 15. d5 Ne5 16. Be2 (
16. Ba2 {Hertneck} c4 17. Be3 Bc5 $13) 16... exd5 (16... c4 17. Be3 (17. a5 $5
{Hertneck}) (17. Bf4 {Speelman,J}) 17... Bc5 18. a5 Qc7 19. d6 Qc6 20. Bxc5
Qxc5 21. Qd2 {/\ 22.Qd4}) 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc6 19. Bc4 Nd4 20. Qd3 Rcd8
21. Be3 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Qc4 $16 Rd7 24. Rc1 (24. Rd1 {Speelman,J} Qa6 $5
25. Rxd4 $6 (25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Bxd4 $5 (26. Kf1) 26... cxd4 27. Rxd4 $16) 25...
cxd4 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Qxd7 dxe3 28. Qxf7 e2 29. f4 e1=Q+ 30. Kh2 Kh6 (30... g5
$5) 31. Qg8 Qh1+ $1 32. Kxh1 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 Qxf4+) 24... Qf6 25. Rd1 (25. Kf1 {
Speelman,J} Ne6 26. g3 $5) 25... Ne6 {/\ Nc7} 26. Qb3 $1 a5 27. Rd3 Nf4 (27...
Kf8 28. g3 $1 Ng5 (28... Nd4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Rf3 $18) 29. Bxg5 $1 (29. e5 $6
Qxe5 $1 (29... Nxh3+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 31. Be4 $18) 30. f4 Qc7) 29... Qxg5 30. Rf3 f6
$16) 28. e5 $1 Qf5 (28... Qxe5 29. Bxf7+ $18) (28... Ne2+ {Speelman,J} 29. Kh1
$18) 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. e6 Rd8 (30... Re7 {Speelman,J} 31. exf7+ Kf8 32. Be6 $18
) 31. e7 (31. exf7+ Kf8 32. g3 $18) (31. g3 {Speelman,J}) 31... Re8 32. Rf3
Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxe7 34. Bxf7+ Kh7 35. Bxg6+ $1 (35. Qd3 $1 {Speelman,J} Qg5 36.
Qd8 Qe5+ 37. g3 $18) 35... Kh6 (35... Kxg6 36. Qd3+ Kh6 37. Qd6+ $18) 36. Qd5
Qg5 37. Bf5 g6 38. h4 Qf6 (38... Qh5 {Speelman,J} 39. g4 $1) 39. Bd3 Qe5+ 40.
Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Rf6 c4 42. Bxc4 $2 (42. Rxg6+ Kh5 (42... Kh7 $1 {Speelman,J} 43.
Bb1 $1 (43. Re6+ $4 cxd3 44. Rxe5 Bd6 $1) 43... Re1 (43... Kh8 $1 $18) 44. Bf5
$18) 43. Kh3 cxd3 44. Rf6 Re4 45. g4+ Rxg4 46. Rf5+ $18 (46. Rf5+ Kg6 47. Kxg4
d2 48. Rd5)) 42... Be7 43. Rb6 Bc5 44. Rf6 (44. Rxb7 $2 {Speelman,J} Bxf2 45.
Bg8 Kh5 $1 $8) 44... Re4 (44... Be7 45. Rf4 (45. Rf7 {Speelman,J} Bxh4 46. g3
Be7 47. f4 $5 $16 Re3 48. Kh3 g5 $5 49. f5 Re4 50. f6 Rxc4 51. fxe7 Re4 52. b3
Kg6 53. e8=Q Rxe8 54. Rxb7 $16) 45... Bd6 46. g3 $18) 45. Bd3 (45. Rxg6+ $2 {
Speelman,J} Kxg6 46. Bd3 Bxf2 47. Bxe4+ Kf6 $1 (47... Kh5 $2 48. Kh3 Bxh4 49.
Bf3+ Kg5 50. g3 $1 $18) 48. g3 Ke5 49. Bc2 Be1 $14) 45... Rg4 (45... Rxh4+ {
Speelman,J} 46. Kg3 Rd4) 46. Kh3 Be7 (46... Rxh4+ {Speelman,J} 47. Kxh4 $4 (47.
Kg3 $1) 47... Be7) 47. Re6 (47. Kxg4 $18) (47. Kxg4 $5 {Speelman,J} Bxf6 48. b3
(48. f4 $5 Bxb2 $5 (48... Be7 $1 $16) 49. f5 gxf5+ 50. Bxf5 $18 Bd4 51. Bd3 Bf2
52. Kh3 Kg7 53. g4 Kf6 54. g5+ Ke5 55. Kg4 $18) 48... Bd4 49. f4 Be3 50. g3 Bf2
51. Bb5 Be1 52. Be8 Bf2 53. h5 g5 54. f5 Kg7 55. Kf3 Bc5 56. g4 Kf8 57. Bg6 Ke7
58. Ke4) 47... Rxh4+ 48. Kg3 Rd4 49. Rxg6+ Kh5 50. Bf5 Bd6+ (50... Bh4+ {
Speelman,J} 51. Kh3 Bxf2 52. g4+) 51. Kf3 Bc5 52. g4+ Kh4 53. Rh6+ (53. Be4 {
Speelman,J} Rd6 (53... Bd6 54. Rh6+ Kg5 55. Rh5+ Kf6 56. Rxa5 Rb4 57. Rf5+ $18)
54. Rg7 Rb6) 53... Kg5 54. Rg6+ Kh4 55. Be4 Rd6 (55... Rd2 $2 56. Rh6+ Kg5 57.
Rh5+ $18) 56. Rg7 (56. Rxd6 {Speelman,J} Bxd6 57. Bxb7 $16) 56... Rf6+ 57. Bf5
Rb6 58. Rh7+ Kg5 59. Rh5+ Kf6 60. Bd3 Bd4 61. g5+ Kg7 62. Rh7+ Kf8 (62... Kg8
63. g6 $1 $18) 63. Bc4 Rxb2 64. Rf7+ Ke8 65. g6 (65. g6 {Speelman,J} Rxf2+ 66.
Ke4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Schussler} Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 (7... Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O
11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Rc8 14. Bxe4 $1 (14. Bh6 Re8 15. Nd2 Bd7 16.
Qf3 Qh4 17. g3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Qxd4 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A, Linares 1993, CBM
34 game 432}) 14... Bxe4 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Be3 {+/-/+/= - Timman,J-Yusupov,A,
Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 484}) 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qh3 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb5 14. Bg2 Qf5 15. Be3 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 $16 {Anand,
V-Ivantchuk,V, Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 401}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6.
Bd3 Nc6 (6... Bd6 {Schussler} 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. h3 a6 15. hxg4 $1 axb5 16. Qc2 g6
17. Bxb5 {17.Bh6} Qd6 18. g3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E, Linares 1993, CBM 34
game 427}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3
Bh5 15. f4 h6 $1 16. Nf3 {16.Ne4!?} Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Re8 {Kamsky,G-Bareev,E,
Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 434}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 (8. c4 {Schussler} Nb4 9. Be2
O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5
16. Qf3 (16. Re1 $6 Ba3 17. Qf3 Bxc1 $15 {=/+/-/+ - Timman,J-Bareev,E, Linares
1993, CBM 34 game 479}) 16... Be6 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Bd2 (18. Rfe1 Bxe5 19. dxe5
Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qg5 $10) 18... Qh4 $10) 8... Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2
Na5 {ECO C42/(110)} 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 (13... Rf6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. Ne5
Ra6 {=Botvinnik ECO} 16. Qc2 Bh5 17. f3 {+/=/+/-}) 14. Nxd2 Qd6 (14... Nb8 $6
15. h3 $1 Bh5 16. Be2 $16) 15. Nb3 $6 (15. Nf1 $5 f4 16. f3 $13) (15. f3 Bh4 $5
(15... Bh5 $5 $13) 16. Re2 Bh5 17. Nf1 f4 $1 $13) 15... Bh4 $1 (15... f4 16. f3
(16. Nc5 Qg6 $6 (16... Bh4 $1 {-15...Bh4}) 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. f3 {
1/2-1/2 Yudasin - Khalifman, Simferopol USSR (ch-1l) 1988}) 16... Bh4 17. Re2
$13) 16. Rf1 $1 (16. Nc5 $2 Bxf2+ $1 (16... f4 $5 17. Nxb7 Qg6 {/\Bf3} 18. Bd3
(18. Bxc6 Bf3 $19) 18... Qxd3 19. Qxc6 Rae8 $1 20. Qxe8 (20. Bxf4 Bxf2+ $1 21.
Kxf2 Qd2+ $1 $19) 20... Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kf7 22. Re1 Qc2 23. g3 (23. Rf1 Be2 $19)
23... fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 $1 $17 25. fxg3 $2 Bf3 $19) 17. Kxf2 Qxh2 {/\f4,f3->}
18. Ne6 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 (18... f4 $5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 $40) 19. Qxc6 (19. Ne6 f4 $40
) 19... f4 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 $40) 18... f4 19. Nxf4 (19. Bxf4 Bxe6 $19) 19... Rxf4+
20. Bxf4 Rf8 $40) (16. g3 $2 f4 $1 17. gxh4 Qg6 $19) 16... f4 (16... Qg6 $5 17.
Bf4 Bh3 18. g3 $1 (18. Bg3 $2 f4 19. gxh3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3+ 22.
Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Rf3 $19 (24... Rae8 25. Bxc6 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+
27. Kh1 Qh5+ 28. Kg1 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Re2 $19)) 18... Bg5 19. Bxg5
Bxf1 20. Bxf1 $1 (20. Rxf1 Qxg5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 f4 $17) 20... Qxg5 21.
Nc5 $15) 17. f3 Bf5 18. Nc5 Qg6 (18... Rae8 $6 19. Nxb7 Qg6 20. Bxf4 Bh3 21.
Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Qc2 $16) 19. Qd1 $1 $8 (19. Bxc6 $2 Bh3 $19) (19.
Bxf4 $4 Bc2 $19) 19... Bh3 (19... Rae8 20. Bxf4 (20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Bg5 $15)
(20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Qh5 22. Bd2 Bg3 23. h3 $13) 20... Bh3 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22.
hxg3 Qxg3 23. Qd2 $10) 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Nd3 $1 {/\Kh1,><f4} (21. Bd3 Bf5 $15)
21... a6 $1 (21... Re3 $2 22. Kh1 $1 Rxd3 $2 23. Bxd3 Bxg2+ 24. Kg1 $1 $18) 22.
Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 (23. Kh1 $4 Bxg2+ $19) 23... Rxe5 $1 (23... Qg5 $2 24. Kh1
Rxe5 $140 25. dxe5 Be6 26. g3 $18) 24. dxe5 Be6 $5 {/\Rf5,/\c5} 25. Qd4 Bh3 26.
Qd2 Be6 $44 27. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bg5 Qc7
15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Re1 c5 17. Qc2 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qb7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. dxc5 Nxc5
21. Be3 Ne6 22. b4 h6 23. a4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 b5 {
I'm not sure why Nc6 is delayed (this game and Kamsky-Ivanchuk Tilburg 1992)}
8. Qd2 Be7 (8... Bb7 {Knaak} 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7
13. Rf3 O-O 14. Rh3 g6 15. Nf2 {Kamsky-Ivanchuk/Tilburg/1992}) 9. Bd3 g6 {
and this is really asking a bit too much of Balck's position.Of course the
position is somewhat closed but black cannot neglect his development} 10. O-O
Bb7 11. Nd1 {forcing Black to take or White plays c2-c3 and moves his knight
to g4} cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. b4 $1 {@} Na4 (13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nc6 15. Rb1 $14
) (13... Ne4 14. Qe1 {פe4 /\a4} (14. Bxe4 {Knaak} dxe4 $14)) 14. c3 Nb6 $1 15.
Bf2 Qc7 16. Nb2 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nc6 $2 (17... Na3 $1 {Though this hardly helps
Black's devlopment it is imperative to delay a4 and this seems to do the job
for a few moves}) 18. a4 $16 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc6 $2 {A loss of tempo when Black
can ill afford it} (19... O-O $8 20. Nd1 (20. a5 Nxb2 (20... f6 $5 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 $44) 21. Qxb2 f5) 20... bxa4 21. Nf2 $1 $40 f6 (21... Bc6
22. Ng4 $16) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Ng4) (19... Nxb2 {Knaak} 20. Qxb2
bxa4 21. Rxa4 {>< Pa6}) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 (22...
dxc4 23. Be4 O-O (23... Bxe4 {Knaak} 24. Qxe4 O-O 25. Ra1 $18) 24. Ra1 $18 {
+- may seem a strong evaluation but I don't see hope for Black here}) 23. Bc2
Bc6 24. Qe3 $1 {anticipating 24...0-0} (24. Ra1 $16 {Knaak}) 24... O-O 25. f5
exf5 (25... Ra8 {Knaak} 26. f6 Bf8 27. h4 $16) 26. Bxf5 Qd8 (26... gxf5 $4 27.
Qg3+ $18 (27. Qg3+ {Knaak} Kh8 28. e6+ f6 29. Qxc7 $18)) (26... Ra8 {Knaak} 27.
e6 $1 gxf5 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh6 Ke8 30. Qxh7 Ra2 31. Re1 Kd8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33.
b5 $1 Ba8 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. b6 Qd6 36. b7 $1 Qxe6 (36... Bxb7 37. Bb6+ Ke8 38.
Qxd6 $18) 37. b8=Q+ Kd7 (37... Qc8 38. Bb6+ Kd7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Qxc8 $18)
38. Rxe6 Kxe6 39. Qc8+ $18) 27. Bg4 $1 {to help with e6. The bishop has no
more work on the /^ b1-h7} Bg5 28. Qe2 h5 {Allows 28.Bh5 but this is already
bad for Black} (28... Bd7 29. e6 $18) (28... Qe7 29. Bc5) (28... Re8 29. e6 (
29. g3 f5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Re6) (29. Qf3 Qe7 30. g3 $18) 29... f6 30. g3)
29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 Be8 (30... Qe7 31. h4 $1 (31. Rf5 $2 f6 32. exf6 Qe1+
33. Rf1 Be3+ 34. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Rxf6 $1 $17) (31. e6 f6 32. h4) 31... Bxh4
(31... Bd2 {Knaak} 32. Rf3 $18) 32. Rf4 $18) 31. Rf6 $1 $18 (31. Rf6 Bc1 (31...
Bd2 {Knaak} 32. e6 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Qxf6 34. Bxf6 $18) 32. e6) 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qc2 b5 6. a4 Bb7 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3
a6 9. Ba3 Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Na3 g6 14. Qb2 Kg7 15.
Nc4 bxc4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Rab1 Nfd7 18. a5 c5 19. axb6 Rab8 20. Rxc4 Rhc8 21.
Ra4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 Nxb6 24. Rxa6 Nc4 25. Ra2 Rd8 26. d3 Ne5 27.
Kg2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O Ng6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 a6 7. Ba4 Bd7 8. d5
Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ne4 Qf8 15.
Kg2 h6 16. Be3 Qf7 17. Nfd2 Rf8 18. Kh1 Qe8 19. Rc1 a5 20. a3 b6 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 R5f7 23. Qc2 Nh8 24. Ra1 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Ra7 Bd8 27. Kg1 Qh5
28. Ne4 Rg6 29. Rfa1 Nf7 30. Ra8 Ng5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Qd1 Qh3 33. Qf1 Qf5 34.
Qe2 g4 35. Rb8 Rh6 36. Raa8 Be7 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. Ra7 Rh3 39. Rxc7 Qh5 40. Nd2
Rxh2 41. Qe4 Rh3 42. Nf1 Qg5 43. Rb7 Qc1 44. Qf5 Qh6 45. Qe6+ Qxe6 46. dxe6 Rh7
47. e7 Kh8 48. exf8=R# 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. b3 Bb5 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Rac1
Rhd8 15. a4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Bd6 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Nd4 Na5 19. R4c2 Nd5 20. Bc3
Nxc3 21. Rxc3 g6 22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Kf1 e5 24. Nc2 Rbc8 25. Ne1 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 f5
27. Nc2 e4 28. Be2 Rd7 29. b4 Nc6 30. Bxa6 Bxb4 31. Nxb4 Nxb4 32. Bb5 Rd2 33.
Rb3 Nd3 34. Bxd3 exd3 35. Ke1 Re2+ 36. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qf6 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Nge7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1 g6 14. Bb3
f6 15. Na3 Bh6 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 f5 18. Ne3 Rd6 19. Kf1 Rf8 20. Ke2 fxe4
21. dxe4 Rdf6 22. Rf1 Nd8 23. Rcd1 Ne6 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Bd3 g6 8. a3
Bf8 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. b4 d6 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. O-O Qh4
15. Bb2 Bd7 16. g3 Qh5 17. Bxd4 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Qf3 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Bxd4 21.
exd4 Qxa3 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Ra1 c6 25. Rab1 Re7 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. d5
Qc8 28. Qd4 b6 29. Re3 Qc7 30. h4 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 Qd7 33. Qf4 Rae8 34.
h5 Rxe3 35. dxe3 Qf5 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Kg2 Re4 38. Ra1 Rxc4 39. Rxa7 Rc5 40.
Kf3 Rxd5 41. Kf4 Rd2 42. f3 Kg7 43. Kxf5 Rh2 44. Kg5 Rg2+ 45. Kf4 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe1
15. Bxf5 Qa5 16. Be4 Rae8 17. Bxb7 Re6 18. Bd5 Rb6 19. Qc4 Rb4 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7
21. Qc8+ Rf8 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Qxe1 Qd5 24. b3 Rbb8 25. Be3 Nb4 26. Qd2 Rfc8 27.
Bf4 Rc2 28. Qe1 Rb6 29. Ng5 Rc8 30. Qd1 Qf5 31. Bd2 Nd5 32. Nf3 Rbc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. e5 b4
9. exf6 exf6 10. Be3 bxc3 11. bxc3 f5 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Qd2 Nf6 16. Bh6 Rd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bb3 c4 19. Bxc4 Bb7 20. Qb2 Rab8 21. Bb3
Bxd5 22. Nd4 Qc5 23. Rfd1 Bc4 24. Qc2 Ne4 25. f3 Nf6 26. Qf2 Rbc8 27. Bxc4 Qxc4
28. Nb3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxc3 30. Qxa7 Qb2 31. Rd2 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Re8 33. Re2 Rxe2+
34. Kxe2 Qh1 35. Kf2 Qxh2 36. Qd4 g5 37. Nc5 Kg6 38. Nd3 Qc7 39. Ne5+ Kg7 40.
a4 h5 41. Nc4 h4 42. Kf1 h3 43. gxh3 Qg3 44. Ne5 Qxh3+ 45. Ke2 Qg2+ 46. Kd3 Nh5
47. a5 Nf4+ 48. Kc4 Qc2+ 49. Kb4 Ne2 50. Qa1 f6 51. Nc4 Nf4 52. Qd1 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nxe5
15. Qh5 Qd5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Bd4 g6 19. Qh4 Qxf5 20. Bxh8 Be7 21.
Qg3 f6 22. Rxa6 Kf7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxc7+ Rd7 25. Qg3 h5 26. h3 Bg5 27. h4
Be7 28. b4 Bf6 29. Rd2 g5 30. Qe3 gxh4 31. Re2 Nf4 32. Re1 h3 33. Ra7 Rxa7 34.
Qxa7+ Be7 35. Qd4 hxg2 36. Qxe4 Bd6 37. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 a5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nb6
15. Be2 Qe7 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Na2 Bxd2 18. Qxb6 Nd5 19. Qb3 Bb4 20. e4 Nf6 21.
Nxb4 axb4 22. Bf3 Ne8 23. Rac1 Nc7 24. Rc4 Na6 25. d5 c5 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Rd3
Qe5 28. Rc2 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 c4 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. exd5 c3 32. d6 Nc5 33. bxc3 b3
34. Rb2 Rd8 35. Bd5 Rxd6 36. Bxb3 Rd3 37. a5 Kf8 38. Bc4 Rxc3 39. Bd5 Rd3 40.
Bf3 Nb3 41. Ra2 Rd7 42. g3 Ke7 43. h4 Nd4 44. Bg2 Nb5 45. Rb2 Nd6 46. Bd5 Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa4 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. h5 Nxd4 12. Bd3 Ndf5 13. Rb1 Qg4 14. Rb4 d4
15. Kf1 Nc6 16. Rb1 h6 17. Qe1 b6 18. Rh3 Bb7 19. Nh2 Qxh3 20. gxh3 Nce7 21.
Bb4 Rd8 22. a4 Rd5 23. a5 Nc6 24. Ng4 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 Rxa5 26. Qxa5 bxa5 27. Rxb7
O-O 28. Rxa7 Rb8 29. Rxa5 Ne7 30. Ra4 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Nh2 g6
34. Ng4 Nh4+ 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Kxh4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Rxd3 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 exd4 18. Rxd4 Qe6 19. h3 c5 20. Rd6 Qxe4 21.
Qb5 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxh4 23. Qxb7 Rf8 24. Ng6 fxg6 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nc6 10. Be2 h5 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Bxh5 Qb6
15. Rb1 a5 16. O-O Rh6 17. Qf3 Rf6 18. Qg3 Bh6 19. Bg4 Rf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. b3
g4 22. hxg4 Bg5 23. Ne2 Kf8 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Qc3 f6 26. Rbd1 c5 27. Rd5 Kf7
28. Qc4 Kg7 29. Rfd1 Rh8 30. Qxc5 Qe6 31. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. a3 Be6 12. Nd5 b5 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb8 16. c4 Nbd7 17. b4 Nb6 18. Rc1 bxc4 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nxc4 Qb5 21. Na5
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Bd8 23. Nc6 Qb7 24. a4 Nd7 25. a5 Bg5 26. Qc4 f5 27. Rb1 e4 28.
b5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Qa8 30. Qe2 Re8 31. Bc4 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 33. a6 Re7 34. Qb2
Kh7 35. Rb7 Bf6 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. Rxe7+ Kg6 38. a7 h5 39. h4 f4 40. Bb5 Qxd5
41. Re8 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. h4 Be7 10. Rg1 Nfd7 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 g6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Nc6 15.
Kb1 Qc7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. b3
Qc7 22. f5 e5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Nf5 Bxe4 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Rgf1 Rac8 27. Rc1
Rh3 28. Rfe1 Bf5 29. Bd4 Rch8 30. Bb2 Rh2 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Rh4 33. Ka1 Qc6
34. Qe1 Rh3 35. Qg1 Ke6 36. c4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Qc5 38. Qg2 e4 39. Qd2 a5 40. Bd4
Qa3 41. Bb2 Qc5 42. Bd4 Qb4 43. Qf2 Rd3 44. Bf6 e3 45. Qf3 Qd2 46. Bb2 d5 47.
cxd5+ Rxd5 48. Qf4 e2 49. Qb8 Kf7 50. Qa7+ Rd7 51. Qg1 Rb7 52. Ba3 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5
15. Qe3 O-O 16. dxc5 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. Bb3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bb4 a6 23. h3 h6 24. Re1 Rd5 25. a5 Kh7 26. Qe2 Bd3 27. Qg4
Qc7 28. h4 h5 29. Qf3 Bg6 30. Rd1 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. h3 Rb8 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15.
e5 g5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 f5 18. Ne6 Qa5 19. Nd5 Rf7 20. Nxg7 Rxg7 21. exd6
exd6 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Nf6 24. Qc4+ d5 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Qe5 Bd7 27. Qg3+
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Nc5 13. h4 g4 14. Nd4 Qf6 15.
O-O Nba6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf5 Ng7 18. Bg6+ Kd7 19. f3 Raf8 20. fxg4 Qe7 21.
e4 Nc5 22. Qe2 Kc8 23. e5 Ba6 24. e6 c6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1
Kd8 28. Qf4 Bb7 29. Qxh6 cxd5 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Qh8+ Kc7 32. Qxg7+ Kd8 33. Qh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. h4 Bxe5 12. Qxe5 Kf8 13. Bxc6 Rxc6 14. h5 f6
15. Qe2 Bf7 16. Bd2 h6 17. O-O-O Ne7 18. Kb1 Bg8 19. Rh3 Bh7 20. Re3 Kf7 21.
Re1 Qd7 22. f4 Nc8 23. b3 Rd8 24. Qg2 Kg8 25. g5 Kh8 26. g6 Bg8 27. Na4 b6 28.
Bb4 a5 29. Ba3 Qc7 30. Rf1 b5 31. Nc5 b4 32. Bb2 Ne7 33. Qf2 Nf5 34. Re2 Rdd6
35. Rfe1 Rb6 36. Qf3 Rdc6 37. Qd3 Qc8 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Qxf5 Qe8 40. Qd3 Rxe2
41. Rxe2 Re6 42. Rxe6 Bxe6 43. Qa6 Bg4 44. Qxa5 Bxh5 45. f5 Bf3 46. Qxb4 Be4
47. Qd6 Bxf5 48. Qxd5 Qxg6 49. Qc4 h5 50. d5 Qg3 51. Bc1 h4 52. Qf4 Qxf4 53.
Bxf4 g5 54. Bh2 g4 55. Bf4 Kh7 56. Kc1 Kg6 57. a4 g3 58. Kd2 Kh5 59. a5 Kg4 60.
a6 Kxf4 61. a7 g2 62. a8=Q g1=Q 63. Qb8+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nd4 9. Ne1 d6 10. e3 Nf5 11. Nc2 Bc5 12. d4 Bb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bb2 e4 15.
a4 a6 16. Na3 Nh6 17. Nc4 Ba7 18. f3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. Re1 exf3
22. Qxf3 Bb6 23. Nf1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qg5 25. h4 Qh6 26. Bc1 Qg6 27. Bb2 Nh6 28.
e4 f5 29. Re1 Rf8 30. h5 Qg5 31. e5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Ng4 33. Re1 f4 34. d6 cxd6
35. Qd5+ Qxd5 36. Bxd5+ Kh8 37. Re7 Nf6 38. Bf3 Re8 39. Rxe8+ Bxe8 40. h6 g5
41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Kg2 d5 43. Bc1 Bc7 44. Ba3 Kg8 45. Nd2 Bg6 46. Be2 Kf7 47.
Nf3 Be4 48. Kh3 Kg6 49. Bf8 Bxf3 50. Bxf3 Ne4 51. Be2 f3 52. Bxf3 Ng5+ 53. Kg4
Nxf3 54. Kxf3 Kf5 55. Bg7 Bf4 56. Bf8 Bc1 57. Bg7 Kg6 58. Kg4 Be3 59. Be5 Bxh6
60. Bg3 Bg5 61. Bf2 h5+ 62. Kf3 Kf5 63. Bg1 h4 64. Bh2 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Ngf3 Be7 14. Nxd4
O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. c4 Nb4 17. N4f3 Nc6 18. Bc3 Qf5 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Be8
21. Nf1 Ne4 22. Be1 Ng5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Bc3 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Ng3 Nd4 27.
Qe3 Bc6 28. Ne2 Qg5 29. Qxg5 Nxe2+ 30. Kf1 hxg5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Kxe2 Bxg2
33. Rg1 Bc6 34. Rxg5 Rd4 35. Rg3 Kf8 36. h3 Rh4 37. Ba2 e5 38. b3 Bd7 39. Bb1
Rxh3 40. Rxh3 Bxh3 41. c5 Bd7 42. b4 Ke7 43. Bc2 f5 44. a4 a6 45. Kd3 g5 46.
Kc4 Be6+ 47. Kc3 Kf6 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Bd5 50. Ba4 Ke7 51. Bc2 Ke6 52. c6
bxc6 53. b6 Kd6 54. Bxf5 c5 55. Kd3 Kc6 56. Bh7 Kxb6 57. Bf5 Kc7 58. Bh7 Kc6
59. Ke3 Kb5 60. Kd2 Kb4 61. Bf5 Kb3 62. Kc1 Kc3 63. Bc2 Bc4 64. Bf5 Bd3 65. Bc8
Kd4 66. Bb7 c4 67. Kd2 c3+ 68. Kd1 e4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qe2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 b5 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. b4 f5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb2 Bd5 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. f3 Rfd8 21.
Bd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb8 23. Qb2 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. Nd3 Bc4 27.
Nb2 Qc7 28. f4 Bd5 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Nc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8.
Nc4 d6 9. Bd2 e5 10. Ne3 Nf4 11. g3 Ne6 12. Ng5 f6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. c4 g6 15.
Qc2 a5 16. O-O-O Rh7 17. Kb1 a4 18. f4 Rb7 19. Bc3 Bh6 20. Rhf1 Ra6 21. Ka1
Raa7 22. Rf2 Kd7 23. Qe2 Kc8 24. Rdf1 Qg8 25. Rf3 a3 26. b3 Bh3 27. Rh1 Be6 28.
Rff1 Re7 29. Kb1 Rab7 30. Kc2 Bf7 31. Rhg1 Qe8 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. g4 hxg4 34.
Nxg4 Bf4 35. Bd2 Qh8 36. Bc3 Qh5 37. Qf2 Be6 38. Nf6 Qh6 39. Bd2 Bxd2 40. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Rf7 42. Rxg6 Rf8 43. h5 Rbf7 44. h6 Kd8 45. Rh1 Ke7 46. h7 Rh8
47. Rhh6 Rff8 48. Kc3 Bf7 49. Rg7 Rd8 50. Nh5 Kf8 51. Rf6 Rd7 52. Rf5 Re7 53.
Rf3 Rb7 54. Rfg3 Rb8 55. Nf6 Ke7 56. Ng4 Rbf8 57. Nh6 Kf6 58. Ng8+ Ke6 59.
R3g6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Ng3 h6 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Nhf5 Bf8 20. Qf3 Nh7 21. a5 Qc7
22. Ne3 Nxa5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. b3 Nc6 25. Be3 Rcb8 26. Nf5 a5 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. f4
b4 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. c4 a4 31. Rad1 axb3 32. Bxb3 Ra3 33. Nde7 Qc7 34. Nxc6
Qxc6 35. Qxe5 Re8 36. Nd4 Qc8 37. Qb5 Bd7 38. Qd5 Nf6 39. Qxf7 Re7 40. Qg6 Rxe4
41. Bf2 Be8 42. Qg3 Ba4 43. Rd3 Bxb3 44. Nxb3 Rxe1+ 45. Bxe1 Qxc4 46. Qf3 Kg8
47. Kh2 Qe4 48. Bd2 Qxf3 49. gxf3 Kf7 50. h4 Be7 51. Bc1 Ra2+ 52. Kh3 Rc2 53.
Bd2 Rc4 54. Na5 Rc2 55. Nb3 Ra2 56. Rd4 Ra3 57. Rd3 Ne8 58. Bc1 Ra2 59. Rd4 Nc7
60. Bd2 Ne6 61. Rd7 Ke8 62. Rd3 Rb2 63. Bc1 Rc2 64. Bd2 Rc4 65. h5 Rh4+ 66. Kg3
Rxh5 67. Re3 Kf7 68. Re4 Bd6+ 69. f4 Rd5 70. Bxb4 Bxf4+ 71. Kg2 g5 72. Bc3 Rd3
73. Rc4 h5 74. Na5 h4 75. Nc6 h3+ 76. Kf2 h2 77. Kg2 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kramnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4
Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 Bh5 $5 (10... O-O {Kramnik} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 {
Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares/1993/}) 11. Qb3 (11. g4 Nxg4 (11... Nd5 $1 12. Ng2
Bg6 13. Bd2 Qa5 (13... h5 $6 14. Nxd5 Bxd2 15. Ndf4 $16)) (11... Bg6 $14 {
Kramnik}) 12. hxg4 Qxh4 13. gxh5 Qg5+ (13... Bd6 14. Re1 $1 Qh3 $1 15. f4 Qg3+
16. Kf1 Qh3+ 17. Ke2) 14. Kh1 Qh4+ 15. Kg2 Qg5+ 16. Kh3) 11... a5 12. f4 (12.
Na2 $5 Nd5) 12... O-O $1 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Nf3 $14) 13. Nf3 $6 (13.
g4 Nxg4 (13... Bg6 $5) 14. hxg4 Qxh4 15. gxh5 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Qh3+ $10) (13. Bd2
$6 c5 $1 14. dxc5 Nxc5 $132) (13. f5 $5 e5 (13... exf5 14. Nxf5) 14. g3 exd4
15. exd4 Nb6 16. Be3 Qd6 $1 17. Bf2 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rae8 $5 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4
Nxg4 21. Nf3 Re3 $13) 13... Nb6 14. Be2 c5 $1 15. Na2 $2 (15. Rd1 $13) 15...
Rc8 $1 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. Bd2 Ne4 $1 (17... Qd5 $5 18. Qxd5 Nbxd5 {xe3}) (17...
Bg6 {Kramnik}) 18. g4 $1 Bg6 19. Rfc1 Qd5 20. Bd1 $2 (20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 $15) (20. Qd1 Ng3 $5 21. Bb5 Be4 22. Kf2 Bxf3 23.
Qxf3 Ne4+ 24. Ke1 f5 $17) 20... Nc4 (20... f6 $17 {Kramnik}) 21. Be1 Ned6 22.
Be2 Rc7 $2 (22... Nb6 {Kramnik}) 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. Nxc4 $2 (24. f5 $1 exf5 (
24... Nxe5 25. Qxd5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 $5) 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 (25... fxg4 26. Nd2 $1 Qg5
27. h4 Qe7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Nf1 h5 $13 (29... Rc2 30. Bd1)) 26. Rxc4 $1 Rxc4
27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 fxg4 31. hxg4 b6 32. Kf3 $16
) 24... Be4 $3 25. Nxa5 (25. f5 Nxc4 26. Bg3 Rc6 $17) (25. Bg3 f5 $1) (25. Qd1
Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Qxc4 28. Bd2 $17) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27. Qxb4
g5 $1 28. fxg5 $2 (28. Qd2 Rc2 $17) 28... Qxg5 29. Kf1 Qxe3 (29... Qf6+ 30. Kg1
Qh4 $19) 30. Qxd6 Rc2 (30... Rc2 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qh2 Rxe2 34. Qxe2
Bd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12. d4 Bf6 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc5 Re8
15. Na3 Qc7 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bxd5 Rd8 18. Bf4 Qxf4 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxf3
21. gxf3 b4 22. Nc2 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Rb1 h6 25. c4 Rxc5 26. Ne3 Bd4 27.
Rc1 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. f4 g5 31. Kf3 gxf4 32. Kxf4 Ke6 33. Ke4
Rh5 34. Rc2 Rh4+ 35. Kd3 f5 36. Rf2 Ke5 37. Rc2 Kd6 38. Rg2 Rh3 39. Rf2 Ke5 40.
c5 Ke6 41. Rc2 Kd7 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Re2 h5 44. Rc2 Rh4+ 45. Ke5 Re4+ 46. Kxf5
Rxe3 47. Kg5 Re5+ 48. Kh4 a5 49. h3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 b6 6. Qb3 a5 7. Ne5 c6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Bb7 10. d4 d6 11. Nd3 Qc8 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 d5 14. Bf4 Nbd7 15.
Bd6 Re8 16. O-O Ba6 17. Rfe1 Qb7 18. Ne5 a4 19. Rad1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Ng4 (20...
Qe7 $14) 21. Bxg7 e5 22. Bf3 f5 23. Bxg4 d4 24. Qc1 fxg4 25. Bf6 Qf7 26. Qg5+
Qg6 27. Qxg6+ hxg6 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Be5 (30. Bxd4 Bxe2 31. Rd2 Bf3
$13) 30... Rad8 31. Kf2 g5 $1 32. Kg3 (32. Bxd4 Re4 $1 33. Be5 (33. e3 gxf4)
33... Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxe2+ 35. Kg3 Re3+ 36. Kf2 (36. Kxg4 $4 Be2+) 36... Re2+
37. Kg1 gxf4 38. Bxf4 Rxb2 $10) 32... gxf4+ 33. Kxf4 Kg6 34. Bd6 (34. Bxd4 Bxe2
35. Rd2 Bf3 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. h3 Re4+ 38. Kg3 Re2 $1 39. Rxe2 Bxe2 40. hxg4 Bc4
$10) 34... Re3 35. Rxd4 (35. Kxg4 Bxe2+) 35... Rde8 36. Rc1 (36. Kxg4 Bxe2+ 37.
Rxe2 (37. Kf4 $2 Rf3+ 38. Kg4 Rd3+ 39. Rxe2 Rxd4+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Rxe2+
42. Kxe2 Rb3 43. Be5 Kf5 44. Bc3 Ke4 45. h4 Kf4 $17) 37... Rxe2 38. Rxa4 Rxb2
$10) 36... Kh5 37. Rc3 (37. Rxa4 Bxe2 38. Kf5 Rf3+ (38... Bd3+ 39. Kf6 R3e6+
40. Kg7 $13) 39. Rf4 Bd3+ 40. Kf6 Re4 $1 41. Rxf3 gxf3 42. Bg3 f2 43. Bxf2 Rf4+
44. Ke5 Rxf2 45. b4 Rxh2) 37... Rxe2 38. h3 Bc8 39. hxg4+ Bxg4 40. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 (13... Bb7) (
13... Nc6) 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Ra8
(19... axb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 $2 21. Bd2 $18) 20. Bd2 Rfc8 21. Bd3 (21. bxa5 Nc5
22. Nf1 Qb7 {/\ Bd8}) 21... axb4 22. axb4 Qb7 23. Nh2 (23. Ra5 Nc7 24. Qe2 Rxa5
25. bxa5 Na6 26. Rb1 Nc5 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Bxb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Qa6) 23... Nc7 24.
Nhf1 $6 (24. Qe2 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ra8 26. Rxa8+ Qxa8 27. Nhg4 Nxg4 28. hxg4 g6 $13
) 24... Rxa1 $1 25. Qxa1 Nh5 26. Nc2 $2 (26. Be2 Nf4 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4)
26... f5 $1 27. exf5 (27. f3 fxe4 28. fxe4 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 $17) 27... Nxd5
28. Nfe3 Kh8 29. Bf1 Nhf6 30. Rd1 Nb6 31. Na3 $8 Ra8 32. Qb2 Bc6 33. Rc1 (33.
Nxb5 $2 Na4) 33... d5 34. Bxb5 $2 (34. Ng4 Nxg4 35. hxg4 d4 36. Qc2 Be4 (36...
Rc8 37. Qb3) 37. Qc7) (34. Qc3 Nc4 (34... Be8 35. Qxe5 Rxa3 36. Rc7) 35. Naxc4
bxc4 36. Qxe5 Ne4 $44) 34... Bxb5 35. Nxb5 d4 (35... Na4 36. Qxe5 Qxb5 37. Qxe7
) 36. Rc7 Qa6 $2 (36... Qb8 $1 37. Rxe7 dxe3 38. Bxe3 Nc4 39. Qc1 Nxe3 (39...
Qxb5 40. Bh6 Rg8 41. Qg5 $13) 40. Nc7 Ned5) 37. Rxe7 Qxb5 $2 (37... dxe3 38.
Bxe3 Qxb5 39. Rxe5 Nc4 (39... Qa6 40. Re6 Qa1+)) 38. Ng4 Nc4 39. Bh6 $1 (39.
Qc1 Nd5 40. Re6 (40. Bh6 Nxe7 41. Qg5 Nxf5) 40... Nc7 $10) 39... Nxg4 $8 (39...
Nxb2 $2 40. Bxg7+ Kg8 41. Nxf6#) 40. Bxg7+ Kg8 41. Qc1 Qxb4 $2 (41... d3 $1 42.
Bh6 (42. f6 d2 43. Qd1 Nge3 (43... Qa4 $2 44. f7+ Kxg7 45. Qxg4+ Kf8 46. Rd7
$18) 44. fxe3 Nxe3 45. Qxd2 (45. Qb3+ Qd5) 45... Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Ra1+
) 42... d2 43. Bxd2 Nxd2 44. hxg4 Qxb4 (44... Qe2 45. Rc7 $10) 45. Rxe5 $10) (
41... Nge3 $2 42. fxe3 d3 43. f6 d2 44. Qf1 $18) 42. Bf6 $1 (42. f6 Nce3 $1 (
42... Qa4 43. hxg4) (42... Nd6 43. hxg4 Rc8 44. Qg5 Nf7) (42... Qc3 43. f7+
Kxg7 44. Qg5+ Kf8 45. Re8+ Rxe8 46. Qg8+ $18) 43. fxe3 Qc3 44. Qxc3 (44. Qf1
Qxe3+) 44... dxc3 45. hxg4 c2 46. Rc7 Ra1+ 47. Kf2 c1=Q 48. Rxc1 Rxc1 $15)
42... Kf8 (42... Nd2 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Be7+ $18) 43. hxg4 Qd2 $8 44. Qxd2 (44.
Qxc4 $2 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Qh6+ 46. Kg3 Qf4+ 47. Kh3 Rh1#) 44... Nxd2 45. Rd7 (45.
Rxe5 Ra1+ 46. Kh2 Nf1+ 47. Kh3 d3 48. Rd5 $18) 45... Ra5 46. f3 Nc4 47. g5 Ra1+
48. Kh2 Ra6 49. Rc7 Ne3 50. Bg7+ Kg8 51. Bxe5 d3 52. Bc3 (52. f6 d2 53. g6 hxg6
54. f7+ Kf8 55. Bf4 Nf1+ (55... g5 56. Bxe3 d1=Q 57. Bc5+ Rd6 58. Rd7 $18) 56.
Kh3 g5) 52... d2 53. Bxd2 Nf1+ 54. Kh3 Nxd2 55. f6 Ra1 56. Kg4 Rg1 57. Kg3 Rh1
58. Kf4 Rh4+ 59. Kf5 Ra4 60. Rg7+ Kf8 61. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. g4 b4 14. Nce2 d5 15.
Bf4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Rc8 (17... O-O-O $5) 18. b3 f6 $2 (18... Be7
19. Nf5) (18... Bd6 19. Nf5 (19. h4 $5) 19... exf5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Nxg4
$13) (18... g5 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. Qxb4 a5 $44) 19. h4 Qb7 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Nf3
Bc6 22. Ng3 (22. Nxe5 Bxe4 {xc2}) 22... Bc5 23. g5 (23. Nxe5 O-O $132) 23...
O-O 24. Nxe5 (24. Qe2 $5) 24... Bf2 $5 (24... Rf2 25. Qd3 (25. Qe1 Bb5 26. Rd2
Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Qc7) 25... Bb5 26. Nc4 Qf7 27. Rhf1 hxg5 $13) 25. Nxc6 (25. Qd6
Rfe8 $1 (25... Bxg3 $2 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 (26... Kh8 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28. Nxf8+ Rxf8 29.
g6+ Kh8 30. Rhf1 $18) 27. g6+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. gxf7 Bxe4 (29... Rf8 30.
Rhg1 Bxh4 31. Rg6 Bxe4 32. Rxh6+ gxh6 33. Qxh6+ Bh7 34. Qxf8+ $18) 30. Rhf1 $1
Rf8 31. Qe8 $18) 26. gxh6 (26. Rd3 Bxg3 27. Rxg3 Bxe4 28. gxh6 Rxc2 $13) 26...
Bxg3 27. Rhg1 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Re7 $1 29. Rg4 (29. Rxg7+ Rxg7 30. hxg7 Re8 31. Rg1
Qf7 $15) 29... Qc7 30. Qb2 Kh7 $1 31. hxg7 e5) 25... Qxc6 26. Nf5 exf5 27. Qxf2
fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Ne5 $5 $146 (12. Rc1 $2 {
Ftacnik} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxa2 $17) 12... Bf6 $2 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc2 14. Rc1
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be4 (15... Be6 $5 $14) 16. Bf3 $14 Bg5 17. Qe2 $14) 13. g4 $1 Be6
14. f4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Bf3 (16. f5 $1 Bc8 17. Nf3 $1 Re8 18. Bf4 $16) (
16. Rb1) (16. Nxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 17. f5 Bc8 18. Qd2 $16) (16. Rb1 {Ftacnik})
16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 d4 $1 (17... dxc4 18. f5 Bd7 19. Qd5 Re8 20. Bf4 $16) 18.
cxd4 Bxc4 19. d5 $1 (19. Rf2 Bd5 20. f5 $36) 19... Ne7 20. Bc5 $1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1
$16 Qd7 22. Qb3 b6 23. Ba3 Rae8 (23... c6 $5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 24. Rd1 Ng6 (24...
Kh8 25. f5 $18) 25. e6 $1 (25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qb4 $18) 25... Qd8 (25... fxe6 {
Ftacnik} 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd5 Rxf4+ 28. Kg1 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1 $18) 26. f5 Ne5 27.
Be2 Qh4 28. Qg3 (28. h3 h5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qe3 $1 f6 31. gxh5 $16) (28. h3 {
Ftacnik}) 28... Qxg3 29. hxg3 fxe6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. dxe6 Ke7 (31... h6 {
Ftacnik} 32. Rd5 $18) 32. g5 $1 c6 33. g4 (33. Rd4 {Ftacnik} g6 34. Re4 Kd6)
33... g6 34. Rd4 $1 gxf5 35. gxf5 Rf8 36. Rf4 b5 $1 37. Ke1 $1 (37. Kf2 Ng6 $5
(37... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 38. Rf3 Nh4)) 37... h6 38. gxh6 Rh8 39. Re4 Kf6 40. e7
Kxf5 41. Rxe5+ (41. Rxe5+ {Ftacnik} Kxe5 42. Bh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5
8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. e4 (11. d5 {Anand} exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5
13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qb7 {Transposes back to the main line}) 11... cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bg5 (13. f3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bc2 Qb8 (16... Rfd8
17. a3 Qb8 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Bxb3 Bd6 20. g3 Be5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 h5 23.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd2 $10 {Salov,V-Chernin,A/Wijk aan Zee/1991/0.5 (49)}) 17. Nb3
Nxb3 18. Bxb3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Bd6 21. g3 Be5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nd1
Nd7 24. Nf2 $10 {Andersson,U-Ribli,Z/EUCup (Lyon-Bayern)/1991/0.5 (30)}) (13.
e5 Nfd7 14. Bf4 b4 (14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Be7 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. f4 b4
19. Na4 Bd5 20. Qg4 O-O 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rfd8 23. Qe2 Qb5 24. Qc4 $14 {
Farago,I-Dobosz,H/Lodz/1980/1-0 (43)}) (14... Be7 15. Bc2 b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17.
Bxe4 Nc5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg4 g6 21. Bg5 $16 {Kharitonov,
A-Gorbatov,A/Liningrad op/1991/}) 15. Na4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bd5 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. h4
Be7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Rcd1 h6 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Nf3 $13 {
Levitt,J-Chernin,A/Protvino/1988/0.5 (26)}) 13... Bd6 (13... Ncxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Rac1 (15. Nxb5 $1 {Anand} axb5 16. Qxb5+ Bc6 (16... Qc6 17. Qxb7 $1
$18) 17. Ba4 $1 Rxa4 18. Qxc6+ $1 $18) 15... Bc5 16. Bxe6 $1 O-O (16... fxe6
17. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qe5 19. Nc7+ Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Nxf2 21. Re1+ $18) (16...
Qb6 17. Bf5 Bxd4 18. Bxe4 $18) 17. Be3 fxe6 (17... Qb6 18. Bd7 Rad8 19. b4 $1)
18. Nxe6 Qc6 19. Qg4 Rf7 20. Nxc5 $16) (13... Nfxe4 $2 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 $1
$40 {Once the bishop moves all sorts of things are going to land on e6}) 14.
Rac1 (14. Ncxb5 {Anand} axb5 15. Nxb5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Qb8 $17) (14. g3 {Anand}
Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 $15) 14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 (15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Be5 17.
Nd5 Qb8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bh6 $40) (15... O-O {Anand} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. g3 $18
) 16. Bxf6 (16. Ncxb5 Qb6 (16... Qe7 17. Nf3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bb8 19. e5 axb5 20.
Qxb5+ Kf8 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. Qb4 $1 $18) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rxc5)
16... gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Ncxb5 Qb6 (17... axb5 {Anand} 18. Qxb5+) 18. e5 $16)
17. Ncxb5 Qe7 (17... axb5 18. Qxb5+ Qd7 19. Rxc5 $16) (17... Qb6 18. Rxc5) 18.
Rxc5 $1 (18. Nc3 f5 19. Nf3 Bf4 20. Rc2 fxe4 $17) 18... Qxc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 (
19... Qe7 $2 20. Nbc7+ Bxc7 21. Ba4+ $18) 20. Qh5+ Ke7 (20... Kf8 21. Rd7 Qc1+
22. Bd1 $16) 21. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 (21... Raf8 $2 22. Rd7+ Kxe6 23. Qf5#) 22. Qg4+
Kf7 23. Rd7+ Qe7 $8 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qg7+ Ke6 28.
Qg4+ Ke7 (28... Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kg6 30. Qg4+ $10) 29. Qg7+ Ke6 30. Qxb7 (30. f4 $6
{Anand} axb5 (30... Bxf4 31. Nd4+ $16) 31. fxe5 Bxe4 32. Qxf6+ Kd5 33. Qd6+ Kc4
34. b3+ Kc3 35. Qc5+ Kd3 {This looks,if anything, like a losing try for White!}
) 30... axb5 31. Qd5+ Ke7 32. Qb7+ Ke6 33. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qb6 5. Be2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Kh1
Rd8 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Qh4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nxe2 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Bg1 Rfe8 19. Rf4 Nh6 20. h4 Nf5
21. c3 h5 22. Rbf1 Bh6 23. exf5 Rxe2 24. R4f2 Rde8 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rf6 R8e6
27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. g3 Re2 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Bxf2 Kf7 31. Kg2 Bc1 32. b3 Ke6 33.
Kf3 Bd2 34. c4 Kf5 35. d5 cxd5 36. Bxa7 dxc4 37. bxc4 Ba5 38. Bb8 Bb4 39. a4
Ba5 40. Bf4 Bb6 41. Bd6 g5 42. hxg5 Kxg5 43. c5 Ba5 44. Ke4 Kg4 45. Kd5 Be1 46.
Ke6 Bxg3 47. a5 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 {An idea
which Azmaiparashvili has been trying frequently this year} Ne4 {At least we
would both be out of our preparation!} (7... Bf5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 e6 10. Qxb7
Na5 11. Qc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bb4 {Azmaiparashvili -Akopian Wijk aan Zee and
Azmaiprashvili-Morovic Las Palmas. The pawn sac seems to offer reasonable
compensation but Azmai obviously had something in mind. Therefore...}) 8. Nxe4
(8. Nf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 g6 $5) 8... dxe4 9. f3 e5 $1 (9... exf3 $2 10. Nxf3 $16 {
And White threatens e4 and 0-0.}) 10. dxe5 Qa5+ (10... Be6 $5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8
12. a3) 11. Kf2 Be6 $1 12. Qc2 $1 (12. fxe4 {The e-pawns are only millstones
around White's neck} Rd8 13. Qc1 h6 $1 $17) 12... Rd8 $1 13. Qxe4 Rd2 $44 {
The bishop is cut off from the queenside by his extra pawns!} 14. Nh3 Bd5 $6 (
14... Qb5 $1 15. Rhe1 Bc4 $1 16. a4 (16. Ng1 Bd3 $1 $19) 16... Qb3 17. Rad1 Bd3
(17... Rxb2 18. Rb1 $1) 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Rxd2 Bxe2 20. Rdxe2 $15) 15. Qf5 Be6
16. Qe4 Bd5 17. Qf5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd1 (7. Na2 $6 a5
8. c3 Nf6 9. f3 bxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Nge2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Ba6 14. O-O
Nd7 15. Rd1 c5 $15 {Lauk,U-Sokolovs,A/Vilnius zt/1993/}) (7. Nce2 a5 8. c3 Nf6
9. f3 Nc6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Bb5 (11. Bd3 $142 $5) 11... bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13.
N1e2 Na7 14. Bd3 Nc8 15. O-O Nb6 16. Bh6 Nxa4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e5 Ng8 19. f4
e6 20. Ne4 $44 {Adams,M-Lobron,E/Brussels SWIFT/1992/}) 7... a5 8. c3 bxc3 (
8... Nf6 9. f3 bxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Bc4 $5 Nc6 12. Nge2 Nb4 13. d5 c6 14. dxc6
Nxc6 15. O-O Ne5 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. b3 $13 {Dueckstein,A-Watson,W/
Haifa EUchT/1989/}) 9. bxc3 Nf6 (9... Nd7 10. Bd3 Ba6 $1 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Ne2
Ngf6 13. f3 O-O 14. O-O Qa8 15. Nf2 Rb8 16. Nd3 Rab6 17. c4 c5 $1 $44 {Ernst,
T-Reeh,O/Gausdal/1990/}) 10. f3 c6 (10... O-O $5 11. Bd3 (11. h4 $5 h5 12. Nh3
$13) 11... Nbd7 12. Ne2 c6 13. O-O e5 $132) 11. Bh6 {N} (11. h4 h5 12. Nf2 Na6
13. Ngh3 Nc7 14. Ng5 Ne6 15. Be2 Nxg5 16. hxg5 Nd7 17. g4 $36 {Van der Wiel,
J-Zaitshik,G/Katerini/1992/}) 11... O-O $6 (11... Bxh6 $142 12. Qxh6 e5 $5 $132
) 12. h4 $1 $36 e5 13. h5 Re8 (13... Nxh5 $6 14. g4 (14. Bxg7 $2 Kxg7 15. g4
Nf4 $15) 14... Nf6 (14... Nf4 15. Qh2 $16) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qh6+ Kh8 17. Nh3
$40 {/\Ng5}) 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf2 $36 {׻} Ra7 17. Rb1 Be6 (
17... Ba6 $5 $14 {/\} 18. dxe5 Rxe5) 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Ngh3 Qe7 (
20... Bxh3 21. Nxh3 $16 {/\Bc4,><e5,<->b,h}) 21. Ng5 $40 Ba2 22. Rb2 Qa3 23.
Rxa2 $1 $8 Qxa2 24. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 (24... Qa1+ 25. Nd1 Nxh7 (25... Rxh7 26. Qxg6+
Rg7 27. Bc4+ $18) 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Bc4 $1 $40 (27. Rxh7 Rxh7 28. Qxh7 Qxa4
$132)) (24... Rxh7 25. Qxg6+ Rg7 26. Qxf6 $16) 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27.
Qxh7 Qg8 (27... Qxa4 28. Ng4 Qa1+ 29. Kf2 Qxc3 30. Nh6 $1 Qb3 (30... Qd2+ 31.
Be2 Qf4 32. Nf5 Qg5 33. Bc4 $18) 31. Nf5 Qf7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Bc4 $1 $18) (
27... Qe6 $5 $16) 28. Qh4 Nd7 29. Ng4 Qb3 $6 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qxc6 $18 Qb1+ 32.
Kf2 Qb2+ 33. Be2 Rb8 34. Nxe5 $1 (34. Nxe5 Nxe5 35. Qc5+ Ke6 36. Qd5+ Kf6 37.
Qd6+ Kf7 38. Qxe5 $18 {->}) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5
8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nb5 Bxf3 (
13... Qb8 14. e4 Bc6 (14... cxd4 15. Nbxd4 (15. Nfxd4 Nc5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Bf4
Be7 18. Bc2 O-O 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Qg4 Nf8 21. h4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Rd5 23. Re3 Nxe5 24.
Qh5 $40 {Uhlmann,W-Gheorghiu,F/Hastings/1965/1-0 (28)}) 15... Bc5 (15... Be7
16. Bg5 Nxe4 17. Ba4 Bd5 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Ne5+ Qxe5 20. Qb5+ Kc7 21. Bxe7
Qxd4 22. Rc1+ Nc3 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Bb4 $36 {Miles,A-Huebner,R/Tilburg/1986/0.
5 (42)}) 16. e5 Nd5 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bc2 g6 19. h4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Bf8 21. h5 Nc5
22. Qd2 Ba6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rd1 $15 {Kozul-Velikov/Graz op (5)/1987/0-1 (29)}
) (14... Nxe4 $5 15. Ng5 $13 {Obukhov,A-Baburin,A/USSR/1989/} Bc6 $1 $8 16. d5
(16. Nxe4 Qxb5 $1 17. Bc4 Qb7 $15) 16... Bxb5 (16... exd5 $6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18.
Nxe4 Be7 19. Ned6+ Kf8 20. Bf4 $40) 17. Qxe4 Nf6 $13) 15. Bc4 Nb6 16. b3 Bxe4
17. Ng5 Bd5 18. Re1 Be7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bb2 Qf4 21. Bxd5 Ng4 22. Bc6+ Ke7 23.
Nf3 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 $18 {Farago,I-Szekely,M/Hungary (ch)/1968/1-0 (26)}) (13...
Qa5 14. e4 (14. Nd2 Bc6 15. Bc4 Be7 16. e4 O-O {0,5/Kurajica,B-Drasko,M/
Sarajevo/1987/}) (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. e4 Bc6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6
O-O 19. f4 Bb5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nb6 22. Qe2 c4 23. Be3 c3 24. bxc3 $10 {
Nadirkhanov-Meister,Y/Barnaul/1988/}) 14... Be7 15. e5 $1 Ne4 16. Rd1 cxd4 17.
Nfxd4 O-O 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ $1 Kh8 20. Rxd7 $18 {Meister,Y-Ivanov,VL/
USSR/1991/0.5 (41)}) 14. gxf3 Qb8 15. Rd1 (15. Bd2 {0,5/Miles,A-Seirawan,Y/
Dubai ol/1986/}) 15... Be7 16. e4 (16. f4 {Anand} O-O 17. Bd2) 16... cxd4 (
16... O-O 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. d6 $16) 17. Nxd4 Bd6 (17... Nc5 18. Nc6
Qc7 19. Bc4 $16) 18. e5 $5 Bxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. f4 Ned7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+
Be7 22. Re1 Ng8 23. Ba4 Qd8 (23... Qa7 24. Qc6 $1 Ngf6 25. Qc8+ Kf7 26. Bb3+
$18) 24. Bd2 $18) 19. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (19... Bxh2+ 20. Kg2 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22.
Bg5 $18) 20. f4 Ke7 (20... Bxf4 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Ba4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qa7 24.
Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Be3 Qb7+ 26. Kxh2 $16) (20... Bc7 {Anand} 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Ba4
Qc8 23. f5 $1 h6 (23... Re8 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 (24... Rxe6 25. Bxe6+ (25. Bxc8+ Rd6
26. Rxd6+ Bxd6 27. Be6 $16) 25... Nd7 26. Bg5+ Ke8 27. Bxd7+ Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Kxd7
29. f6 $16) 25. Bg5+ $18) 24. Bxh6 $1 (24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. f6 Re8 26. Qf5 $18)
24... Bxh2+ 25. Kf1) (20... Kf7 $5 {Anand} 21. Re1 $140 Bxf4 22. Qxe6+ Kg6 23.
Bc2+ Kh6 24. Qh3+ Nh5 {Understandably I didn't want to play this at the board})
21. Qc4 (21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Be3 Rc8 $13) (21. Re1 {Anand} Bc7 $1 22. Qxe6+ Kd8 {
Now that the rook is on e1 White is worse}) 21... Nd5 (21... Qb6 {Anand} 22.
Be3 $1) 22. fxe5 Qxe5 (22... Nxe5 23. Qc5+ Kf6 (23... Qd6 $2 24. Bg5+ Kd7 25.
Ba4+ Nc6 26. Qa7+ Qc7 27. Bxc6+ Kxc6 28. Rc1+ $18) 24. Qd4 $16) 23. Bd2 (23.
Qh4+ {Anand} Kf7 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxb4 Nf6 $10) 23... N7b6 $1 (23... Qxb2 $2
24. Bxb4+ Kf7 25. Rxd5 $1 exd5 26. Qxd5+ Kg6 27. Qd3+ Kh6 28. Bd2+ g5 29. h4
$18) (23... Rb8 {Anand} 24. Re1 $1) 24. Bxb4+ Kf7 25. Qd4 (25. Qb5 Qg5+ 26. Kh1
Qf4 $1) 25... Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxb4 27. Rxb4 Nd5 28. Rb7+ (28. Rb7+ {Anand} Kf6
29. Bxd5 {If White allows 29...Nf4 then he will be worse!} exd5 30. Rd7 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f4 Kh8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qg2 $5
(21. a4 bxa4 (21... g5 22. axb5 axb5 23. fxg5 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 f4 25. gxf4 Bxf4
26. Rg3 Qxg5 27. Kh1 Bd6 28. Qg2 Bxg3 29. Qxg3 h5 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Qc1
32. Kg1 Qxb2 33. h3 Bd1 34. Ne3 Qb1 35. Kg2 {+/-/+- Nunn}) 22. Rxa4 g5 23. Raa1
Re6 24. fxg5 Rfe8 25. Qf2 h6 {Nunn}) 21... Re4 22. h4 h6 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Rf1
Rf6 $5 $146 (24... g5 25. Qh2 $1 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxf4 28. gxf4 e3
29. Qg3 e2 30. Kf2 Qf5 31. h5 {+- Klover-Kant, Ostrava 1981}) 25. a4 Rg6 26.
axb5 axb5 $5 27. f5 $5 (27. Ra7 Bf3 28. Qh3 (28. Qh2 $2 Qg4 29. Kf2 Be2 $40)
28... Bg4 29. Qh2 Bf3 {/\ Qg4} 30. Re1 (30. Qh3 Bg4 $10) 30... Qg4 31. Kf2 Bd1
32. Qg2 Bf3 33. Qg1 $13) 27... Bxf5 28. Bf4 Be7 29. Be5 Bxh4 30. Ra7 Bxg3 $1 (
30... Bf6 $6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 (31... gxf6 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Rfa1 $40) 32. g4 $1
Bxg4 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34. Qg3 Qg5 35. Qb8+ Qg8 36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37. Kf2 $18) (30...
e3 $2 31. Qxd5 $18) 31. Bxg3 e3 32. Re7 Be4 33. Re8+ $1 Kh7 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35.
Qxe4 (35. Re1 $2 Qf3 $17) (35. Rf4 $5 Qg5 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Rh4 Qf3 38. Qxf3
exf3 39. Rf4 f2 40. Rf3 Re6 41. d5 e2 42. Bxf2 e1=Q 43. Bxe1 Rxe1 $10) 35...
Qh3 $2 (35... e2 $1 36. Re1 (36. Rf3 $4 Qxf3 37. Qxf3 e1=Q+ $19) (36. Rf8 Qh3
37. Rh8+ (37. Rf3 $6 h5 38. Kf2 Qf1+ 39. Ke3 e1=Q+ 40. Bxe1 Qxe1+ {With at
least a draw}) 37... Kxh8 38. Qxg6 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 e1=Q 40. Bxe1 Qxe1 $10) 36...
Qh3 37. Rxe2 Qxg3+ 38. Rg2 Qxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 $10) 36. Rf3 e2 {
/\ h5-h4} 37. Qb1 $1 $18 {/\ Kf2} (37. Kf2 $2 Qf1+ $10) 37... h5 38. Kf2 h4 39.
Be5 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. h3 $5 Bh5 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O e6 8.
d3 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e4 a5 {A normal reaction without h3/Bh5 would be dxe4
dxe4 e5, which is not available here.} 11. e5 $146 (11. a4 Ne8 12. Qe1 Nc7 13.
e5 b5 14. Nd4 Ra6 15. Kh1 bxa4 16. bxa4 Bg6 17. Qe2 Re8 $13 {Sisniega-McNab/
Novi Sad ol/1990}) 11... Ne8 12. a4 Nc7 13. Qe2 (13. Qe1 $5 b5 14. Nd4 {
->Sisniega-McNab}) 13... b5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd4 bxa4 $5 (15... Ra6) 16. bxa4 (
16. Nxc6 $2 Qe8 17. bxa4 (17. Rxa4 $4 Nb6 $19) 17... Nb6 18. Nd4 Nxa4) 16...
Bxd4 $5 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. Nb3 (19. Ba3 $5 {/\ f4}) 19... Bxd3 20.
Qxd3 c4 21. Qe3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Na6 (22... Na6 23. Bd4 Qe7 24. Rfc1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Bxf6 (10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qxd5 Nd4 13. Bd3 (
13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rxd4 $1 {Larsen}) 13... Qe7 14. b4 Qe6 15. Ne3 Qxd5 16. Nxd5
Nxc2+ 17. Bxc2 Rxc2 18. O-O Bh6 19. Rfd1 (19. a4 {Belikov-Karlov/CBM33/433})
19... Kd7 20. Rd3 Ke6 21. Rf3 Bg7 22. Rg3 {Leko-Morovic/Leon/1993}) 10... gxf6
11. Bd3 (11. Ne3 Bh6 12. Bd3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qb6 14. Qc1 {Georgiev,Ki-Shirov/
CBM33/139}) 11... Ne7 12. Ne3 Bh6 13. O-O Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qb6 15. Qc1 (15. Qf3 h5
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rh6 18. Rab1 $14) 15... Ng8 16. Kh1 (16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 Qc5 18. c4 $14) 16... Qc5 17. Qd2 h5 18. Rad1 (18. a4 $1 h4 19. h3 Kf8 20.
a5 {/\Na4; Nb6; c4; b4;+/-}) 18... h4 19. h3 Kf8 20. Qe2 Rh6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22.
exd5 Ne7 23. c4 e4 24. Bxe4 Qxc4 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Rd4 Qc5 27. b4 Qc7 28. Bd3 Ng8
29. Rc4 Qb6 30. Re1 Re5 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Bf5 $2 (32. Qf4 $16) 32... Rxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3
Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 (10. Qf3 $10) 10... Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.
Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 f6 17. Qe3 Kb8 18.
Be2 Qxg2 19. Rhg1 Qxh2 20. Rxg7 Nb4+ 21. Kb3 Nd5 22. Qf3 Qh4 (22... Qf4 23. Rf1
Qd4 24. Qf2 Qxf2 25. Rxf2 $14 {Shirov,A-Bareev,E/Biel/1991/}) (22... Qf4 {
Hertneck is the mainline}) 23. a5 Qd4 24. Rc1 $5 (24. a6 b5 25. Na5 Qb4+ 26.
Kc2 Qc5+ 27. Kb3 Qb4+ 28. Kc2 Qc5+ 29. Kb3 Qb4+ {Hertneck,G-Finegold,B/BL/
1989-90/}) 24... e5 (24... Qf4 $5) (24... f5 $2 {Hertneck} 25. Qg3+ f4 26. Qg5
$1 $16) 25. Ka2 Rdg8 26. Rf7 Rf8 27. Rg7 Rfg8 28. Rcg1 (28. Qg3 Rxg7 29. Qxg7
Rd8 30. Qxh7 $13) 28... Qxg1 $2 (28... Rxg7 29. Rxg7 Qc5 30. Qf5 $14) 29. Rxg1
Rxg1 30. Ne3 $2 (30. a6 $1 b6 (30... Nb4+ 31. Kb3 Nxa6 32. Qxf6 Rhg8 33. Nxe5
Nc7 34. Bf3 $16) (30... bxa6 31. Qa3 Rd8 32. Na5 Rc1 33. Bc4 $18) 31. Ne3 $18)
30... Nxe3 31. Qxf6 (31. Qxe3 Re1 32. Qf2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 a6 34. Qf3 Rd8 35. Qxf6
Rd5 $10) 31... Re8 32. Qf2 Rg4 $3 33. a6 (33. Qxe3 Ra4+ 34. Kb3 Rxa5 $10) 33...
Ra4+ 34. Kb3 Rxa6 $1 35. Bxa6 Nd5 $10 (35... bxa6 {Hertneck} 36. Qxe3 Kb7 37.
Qd3 $16) 36. Bc4 e4 37. Qf7 Rd8 38. Qxh7 e3 39. Qh2+ Ka8 40. Qe5 a6 41. Qe4 Rf8
42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Qxe3 Rc8 44. Qe6 Rc6 45. Qxd5 Rb6+ 46. Ka3 Rb5 47. Qd4 Kb8
48. b3 Ka8 49. Kb2 Kb8 50. Kc3 Ka8 51. Kc4 Kb8 52. b4 Kc7 53. Qf4+ Kb6 54. Qb8
Rh5 55. Kb3 Rb5 56. Ka4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. a3 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Bf4 a5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Qd4 21.
Nf3 Qb6 22. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 h5 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O-O Nc4
15. Qd3 Na5 16. Nde2 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 b5 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Nf4 Bc6 20. Qe2 Qb7 21.
Rhe1 e5 22. Nfd5 b4 23. Nxf6 bxc3 24. Rxd6 Qb4 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd5 c2+ 27.
Kc1 Qa5 28. a3 Rb8 29. b4 Qa4 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Re2 a5 32. b5 Rc4 33. Rd2 Rd4 34.
Qc3 Qxb5 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Qxd4+ Kh6 37. Qd2+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bd2 a6 15. Be4
Qb8 16. Qc1 Qa7 17. Bh6 Rc8 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qxb4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 d3
22. Rc4 Rd8 23. Nc3 Qb8 24. Qa5 Rh8 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Nbd5 28.
Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxa6 Kf8 30. Qd6+ Kg7 31. Qxb8 Rxb8 32. b3 Nc3 33. Rxd3 Nxa2 34.
Kf1 Nb4 35. Rc3 Nd5 36. Rc4 g5 37. g3 Kg6 38. h3 Ra8 39. Ra4 Rc8 40. Rc4 Ra8
41. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Be3 Bg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 g6 14. Bd3 f5
15. f3 Nf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nb8 19. Ne3 Nxe4+ 20. fxe4 Nd7
21. Rac1 Ke7 22. b4 Rhf8 23. Kd3 a5 24. a3 Ra8 25. Rc7 axb4 26. axb4 Ra3+ 27.
Rc3 Rxc3+ 28. Kxc3 Rf4 29. Kd3 Nf6 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Rf1 Nxe4 32. Rxf4 exf4 33.
Ng4 Ng5 34. h4 f3 35. g3 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 e6 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. c4 a5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. b4 c6 20. Qc5 Rfd8 21.
Qxd5 cxd5 22. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f3 $5 e5 (4... Nbd7 $5 5. Be3 e5 6.
Qd2 (6. Nge2 b5 7. Ng3 h5 $5 8. Qd2 $6 h4 9. Nge2 b4 10. Nd1 d5 $1 11. exd5
Nxd5 12. Bf2 h3 13. Ne3 hxg2 14. Bxg2 Qg5 15. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 cxd5 17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. Rae1 Be6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bg1 Bd6 $15 {Arencibia,W-Urday,H/Pamplona op/
1990/}) 6... Qc7 7. g4 h6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Nge2 Nb6 10. Ng3 g6 11. g5 hxg5 12.
Bxg5 Be7 13. f4 Bg4 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qf2 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxh5 Rxh5 18.
Be2 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 O-O-O $13 {Floreen,D-Urday,H/New York op/1993/}) (4... b5 5.
Be3 Qc7 6. Nge2 e5 7. g4 a5 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. Qd2 g6 10. O-O-O Nfd7 $6 11. d5 $1 b4
12. dxc6 bxc3 13. cxd7+ Nxd7 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 16. Kd2 O-O 17. Rb1 $16
{Ehlvest,J-Rivas,M/Logrono/1991/}) 5. Be3 (5. dxe5 $5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4
Ke8 8. Nge2 Nbd7 (8... b5 $142 $5 $132) 9. a4 a5 10. g4 $1 Nc5 11. h4 Be6 12.
Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h5 Bc5 14. Nd1 Ke7 15. Ne3 g6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Bd2 b6 18. O-O-O
$16 {Yudasin,L-Hodgson,J/Dos Hermanas/1992/}) 5... Be7 6. Qd2 (6. Nge2 Qc7 (
6... Na6 $6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. g4 Nc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Ng3 exd4 11. Bxd4 b4 12. Nce2
Nb5 13. Qxb4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Be6 16. Nc1 c5 17. Qd2 $14 {Yudasin,
L-Ravisekhar,R/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. g4 Nf8 9. Ng3 h6 10. Nf5
Bxf5 11. gxf5 (11. exf5 $5 $36) 11... Nh5 12. O-O-O Nh7 13. Ne2 Bg5 14. f4 exf4
15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 O-O-O 17. h4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Rhe8 19. Bg2 Re7 20. Rhg1 f6
$10 {Rasik,V-Chytilek,R/TCH-ch Luhacovice/1993/}) 6... O-O 7. O-O-O b5 8. g4
exd4 (8... b4 9. Nce2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nf5 $1 $36) 9. Qxd4 $5 (9. Bxd4 b4
10. Nce2 c5 $13 {/\} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Qa5 $44) 9... Be6 10. g5 Ne8 11. f4
{()->>>} Qa5 12. a3 f5 $6 (12... f6 13. h4 $14) (12... c5 $5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 $132) 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nge2 {׻} Nc7 15. Ng3 Bg4 16. Bd3 $1
d5 (16... Bxd1 17. Qe4 g6 (17... Bg4 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 19. Bg6+ Ke6 20. f5+ Kd7 21.
Qxg7 $16) (17... Bd8 $2 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 19. Bg6+ Ke6 20. f5+ Kd7 21. Qxg7+ $18)
18. Qxe7 Bf3 19. Rf1 $40 {/\Bd4,Qd6} (19. Bd4 {Ftacnik} Rf7 20. Qd8+ Rf8 21.
Qxd6 $40 Bxh1 $2 22. Qe5 Ne8 23. Qe6+ Rf7 24. Qxe8+ Rf8 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. Bxg6
$18)) 17. f5 $1 Bxd1 18. Nxd1 $44 {->} Bd6 $2 (18... c5 $142 $44 {/\c4}) 19.
Qh4 Ne8 20. Bd4 Qc7 $8 (20... c5 21. Bxg7 $1 Nxg7 22. f6 $18 {->}) 21. f6 gxf6
(21... g6 22. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 23. f7+ Kxf7 $8 24. Qh7+ Ke6 25. Re1+ $18 (25. Re1+
{Ftacnik} Be5 26. Rxe5+ Kd6 27. Re7 $18)) 22. gxf6 Rf7 23. Rg1 $18 Kh8 24. Bxh7
$1 Rxh7 25. f7+ Ng7 26. Bxg7+ (26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nf5+ (27. Ne4+ {Ftacnik} Kf8
(27... Kxf7 28. Qxh7+) 28. Rg8+ Kxf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Ng5+ Ke5 31. Qh8+ Kf5 (
31... Kf4 32. Qd4+ Kf5 33. Ne3#) 32. Ne3+ Kf4 33. Qd4#) 27... Kf8 28. Qxh7 $18)
1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 (4. Nge2 $5 {Ivanchuk,V-Kamsky,G/Tilburg/
1992/CBM32/}) 4... g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nge2 Nb6
10. g3 $2 (10. Nc1 $5) 10... Bf5 $1 11. e4 Bg4 12. Bg2 a5 13. f3 (13. b5 Nd4
14. O-O Qd7 $15) 13... axb4 $1 14. fxg4 (14. axb4 Nxb4 15. fxg4 Nxd3+ 16. Kf1
Nxb2 $19) 14... bxc3 15. Nxc3 Qd7 16. O-O Rad8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19.
Re1 Nxd5 20. Bxe5 Nc3 $1 (20... Nc3 $1 21. Qd2 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd4+ 23. Qe3 Ne2+
$19) 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 a6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1 Nd7 12. f4 Qb6 13. Nde2 g6 14. b3 Qc5 (
14... Rb8 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Qd2 b5 17. O-O-O Nb6 18. a3 Bd7 19. Bg2 b4 20. axb4
Nxb4 21. Rh1 a5 22. Rh8 Qc5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 $16 {Georgiev,Ki-Suba,M
Budapest zt-A 1993 1-0 37}) (14... Qc7 15. Bb2 b5 16. Qd2 Rb8 (16... Bb7 17.
Nd1 O-O-O 18. Ne3 Be7 19. O-O-O Nb6 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. Nc1 d5 $13 {Gruenfeld,
Y-Bischoff,K Muenchen zt 1987 1-0 36}) 17. Bg2 a5 18. Nd1 a4 19. Ne3 b4 20.
O-O-O $16 {Watson,W-Suba,M Kuala Lumpur op (06) 1992 0-1 56}) 15. Qd2 b5 16.
Bb2 Bb7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1 Qf2 19. a4 $5 (19. Re1 Be7 20. Nd1 Qc5 21. Ne3
$14 {Short,N-Kindermann,S Dortmund 1986 1-0 41}) 19... Qb6 (19... b4 20. Na2 e5
$13) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nc1 Nc5 22. Qh2 b4 23. N3a2 Kb8 24. Qh7 Qc7 25. f5 Rc8
26. Rd2 (26. fxg6 $6 fxg6 27. Qxg6 $2 Ne5 28. Qh5 (28. Bxe5 Nxb3 29. Nxb4 (29.
cxb3 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Qxd1 $19) 29... dxe5 $17) 28... Nxe4 $17) 26... Ne5 (26...
gxf5 $2 27. exf5 d5 28. g6 fxg6 29. fxg6 $18) 27. Nxb4 Qb6 28. Rd4 (28. Nca2 $2
Nxe4 $17) 28... Be7 $1 29. f6 Bd8 $44 30. Nba2 Qa6 31. Bg2 Bc7 32. Qh1 Nc6 33.
Rc4 Qb6 34. Rc3 Nd7 35. Rh3 Qc5 36. Nd3 Qxg5 37. Rh7 Nd8 (37... Nxf6 38. Rxf7
Ng4 $13 (38... e5 $2 39. Bc1 $18)) 38. Nab4 Ba5 (38... Nxf6 $2 39. Bxf6 Qxf6
40. e5 dxe5 (40... Bxg2 41. Qxg2 dxe5 42. Nc5 $18) 41. Bxb7 Nxb7 42. Nc6+ Ka8
43. Rh4 $18) 39. Rh2 Ne5 (39... Nxf6 $2 40. e5 Bxg2 (40... Nd5 41. Nxd5 exd5
42. exd6 $16) 41. Rxg2 $18) 40. Nxe5 dxe5 41. Nd3 Rxc2 (41... Bc7 42. Nc5 $16)
42. Bxe5+ Ka8 43. Kxc2 Qd2+ 44. Kb1 Qxd3+ 45. Ka2 Qc2+ $2 (45... Nc6 $1 $13)
46. Bb2 Nc6 47. e5 $1 $18 Qc5 48. Rh8+ Ka7 49. Bxc6 Bxc6 50. Qc1 Qb6 51. Qc4 (
51. Qc4 Bd5 52. Bd4 (52. Qa4 $18) 52... Bxc4 53. Bxb6+ Kxb6 54. bxc4 Bc3 55.
Rf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 (11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. e4 (13.
g3 Qh3 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Qa4 Rf7 19. Rae1
Qf5 20. Re3 Qg6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Qa3 Qg5 23. f4 Qe7 24. h4 $14 {Petran-Toth/
Budapest/1968/1-0 (57)}) (13. Rab1 d5 (13... Ba6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Qc2 Rad8 16.
c5 d6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qb3 Rf6 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rdf8 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Rf1
Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Kf7 24. Kg1 $13 {Hoi-Olafsson,H/Randers zt/1982/0.5 (49)}) 14.
e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Re4 Qd8 20.
Rbe1 Qd7 21. Rh4 g6 22. Rg4 Rf5 23. h4 Qf7 24. Rge4 $13 {Vladimirov,E-Kengis,E/
Pavlodar/1987/0.5 (43)}) 13... fxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15. c5 exd4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17.
Qd5 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Qe7 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Rab1 d6 21. Rf5 Rab8 22. Rbf1 Rxf5 23.
exf5 $19 {McMahon,D-Emms,J/London LB (07)/1991/0-1 (23)}) 12. d5 (12. f4 Qg4
13. d5 Nf7 14. Ba3 d6 15. e4 exd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. c4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bf5
Qh5 20. Bb2 Rae8 21. Be6 Bc8 22. Rae1 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Nh6 24. f5 $16 {Ivanov,
S-Frolov,A/Uzhgorod/1988/0.5 (61)}) 12... Nf7 13. f4 (13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rae1 Ne5)
13... Na6 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Rae1 c5 (15... Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 d6 18. dxe6
$16) 16. e4 (16. dxc6 Bxc6 $13) 16... Nc7 (16... fxe4 17. Bxe4 exd5 18. cxd5
Nc7 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. c4 $16) 17. Nf3 (17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. g3 Qh3 19. Re2 fxe4 20.
Bxe4 Nd6 $14) 17... Qh5 (17... Qxf4 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. exf5 $14) 18. exf5 (18.
dxe6 Nxe6 19. g3 Nd6 $1) (18. e5 d6 (18... exd5 19. Bxf5 Rad8 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Be4 $16) 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxf5 Nxf4 21. e6 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 $13) 18... exd5
19. Ne5 d6 $5 (19... dxc4 20. Be2 Qh6 21. Nxd7 Be4 22. Qd2 Nb5 23. Bc1 Nbd6 $14
) 20. Be2 Qh4 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qd1 $1 Qf6 (22... Kg8 23. cxd5 $16) 23. Bh5+ g6
24. fxg6+ hxg6 25. Bg4 (25. f5 gxh5 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 $17) 25... Rxe1 26. Qxe1 dxc4
(26... Re8 27. Qg3 dxc4 28. f5 $16) 27. f5 g5 28. Bh5+ Kg7 29. Bc1 Rh8 30. Qe2
(30. Bxg5 Qxg5 31. f6+ Kh6 32. g4 Qe5 33. Qd2+ Kh7 $17) 30... Nd5 31. Qg4 Nxc3
32. Bxg5 (32. Bb2 $5 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 Kf8 34. Qxg5 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Ne4+ 36. Kf1 Nxg5
37. Bxh8 $13) 32... Qd4+ 33. Qxd4+ (33. Kh1 Qxg4 34. f6+ Kf8 35. Bxg4 Ne4 $17)
33... cxd4 34. f6+ Kf8 35. Bg6 (35. g4 d3 36. Re1 Ne4 $17) 35... Be4 $1 36.
Bxe4 Nxe4 37. h4 Kf7 38. g4 c3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 $5 Nf6 (
7... b5 $6 8. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 9. f3 $5 Bb4 10. Qd4 (10. Bd4 $1 f6 (10... Nf6 $140
11. Qg5 $1)) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Qc5 Qxc5 14. Bxc5 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bb7 16. Rb1 $14 {Frolov-Kalesis, Biel (5)}) 8. f3 Ne5 9. O-O-O Bb4 (9...
Nc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc4 11. Bg5 $5 Bb4 12. Nde2 $14) 10. Nb3 b5 (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3
Qxc3 12. bxc3 b5 (12... d5 13. Bd4 Ned7 14. exd5 $16) 13. Bc5 $5 $16) (10...
Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. Bd4 $16) 11. Bd4 {/\ Qg5} h6 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Qf2 O-O (
13... Na3+ $5 14. Kc1 $13 (14. bxa3 Bxc3) (14. Ka1 e5 $1 15. Bb6 $140 Qxc3 $1))
14. Qg3 Bd6 15. Qe1 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qg3 $1 $14 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Ne3 19. Rd6
Ne8 20. Rd3 Nc4 21. a4 Ne5 22. Rd2 b4 23. Na2 Nc6 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 a5 26.
Bb5 $16 {Black's queenside pawns are weak.} Nf6 27. Rhd1 Rd8 28. c3 bxc3 29.
Nxc3 Ra7 30. e5 Ne8 31. Ne4 Kf8 32. Ka2 Ke7 33. Nd6 Nxd6 34. exd6+ Ke8 35. Rc4
(35. Rg4 $5 g6 $1 (35... Kf8 36. Rc4 $1) 36. Rh1 Kf8 $1 $8 (36... h5 37. Rxh5)
37. Rxh6 Kg7 {This is not trivial for White to win.}) 35... Ba6 36. Rc7 Raa8
37. Rdc1 $2 (37. Ka3 $1 Bxb5 38. axb5 Rdb8 39. Ka4 $18) 37... Bxb5 38. axb5
Rab8 39. R1c5 Rb6 40. Ka3 Rxd6 41. Ka4 Ke7 42. Rc8 Rd2 43. Rc2 Rxc2 44. Rxc2 d5
45. b6 d4 46. Kb5 d3 47. Rd2 e5 48. b7 f5 49. Rxd3 Rxd3 50. b4 Rd5+ 51. Kc6
Rd6+ 52. Kc5 Rd8 53. bxa5 e4 54. fxe4 fxe4 55. a6 e3 56. a7 e2 57. b8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O
h6 9. b3 a6 10. N5c3 Bg5 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Nf3 Nec6 14. Nd5 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 O-O 16. Qd3 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
(8... Bb7 9. Qd2 b4 (9... Qc7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 d5 12. e5 Nfd7 13. f4 Nb6
14. b3 N8d7 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Kb1 Be7 17. c3 bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20.
Qa5 Nbd7 21. Be2 O-O 22. Rhd1 Bd8 23. Qa3 Bb6 24. g5 Rfd8 25. h4 Ne4 26. Nxe4
$13 {Moberg,K-Evdokimov,O/Stockholm op/1990/}) 10. Nce2 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. f4
Nc5 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Bg2 Be7 15. O-O a5 16. Rae1 O-O 17. Kh1 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6
19. Qd1 Rc8 $13 {Aseev,K-Yudasin,L/Leningrad/1984/}) 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 (
10... Nbd7 11. Rg1 g6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16.
Ndxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Bc6 18. Bd4 Rg8 19. f4 Be7 20. Qf2 Bxb5 21. Bxb6 Qd7 22.
f5 Bc6 23. f6 Bf8 24. Rge1 Qb7 25. a4 Rh8 26. a5 $36 {Nijboer,F-Van Wely,L/
Amsterdam OHRA II (5)/1990/}) (10... Be7 11. O-O-O $14) 11. Nce2 d5 (11... e5
12. Qxb4 Qd7 (12... Qc7 13. Qa4+ Nbd7 14. Nf5) 13. Nb3 d5 14. Nc5 $16) 12. e5
Nfd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bg2 Nbd7 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe4 (15. Qd3 Nd7 16. c4 Ndc5 17.
Qc2 Be7) 15... dxe4 16. f5 $1 $40) 15. O-O-O Be7 (15... Nb6 16. b3 a5 (16...
Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. f5 (18. Nxe6 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 fxe6 20. Bxb6 e3+ 21. Kxe3
Bxh1 22. Rxh1 $13) 18... Bd5 19. Nf4 $16) 17. f5 a4 18. fxe6 axb3 19. cxb3 fxe6
20. Nf4 Qc7 21. Kb1 $16) (15... a5 16. g5 h5 17. f5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Nc4 19. Qe2 e5
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc6 Qc7 22. Rxd5 $18) (15... Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. f5 Nxe5
18. fxe6 Nc4 (18... Nf3 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Nxf3 exf3 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8
fxe2 23. Rd7+ $18) 19. Qe1 (19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qe1 Nxe3 21. Qf2+ Kg8 22. Qxe3)
19... Nxe3 20. Qf2 fxe6 21. Qxe3 $16) (15... Qb6 16. g5 h5 17. g6 fxg6 18. Bh3
$40) 16. g5 h5 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Rg8 18. g6 $1 $16) (16... g6 17. h5 gxh5
18. Rxh5 $16) 17. f5 $1 (17. g6 fxg6 18. Bh3 Nf8 $13) 17... Nxe5 $8 (17... exf5
18. Nxf5 Nxe5 19. Nxg7+ $18) 18. Nf4 $1 (18. fxe6 Nc4 (18... fxe6 $2 19. Nf4
$16) 19. exf7+ Kxf7 $1 (19... Kd7 20. Bh3+ Kc7 21. Bf4+ $18) (19... Kf8 20. Qe1
Nxe3 (20... Qa5 21. Kb1 Nxe3 22. Nf4 Nxg2 (22... Nxd1 23. Ng6+ Kxf7 24. Qxe7+
Kxg6 (24... Kg8 25. Nf5 Rh7 26. Rf1 Nc3+ 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Qf8+ Rxf8 29. Nfe7#)
25. Qd6+ Kf7 (25... Kh7 26. g6+ Kg8 27. Bxd5+ $18) 26. g6+ Ke8 (26... Kg8 27.
Bxd5+) 27. Nf5 $18) 23. Ng6+ Kxf7 24. Qxe7+ Kxg6 25. Rhf1 $1 $18 Nxh4 (25...
Rhe8 26. Qf7+ Kh7 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. g6 $18) (25... Rhf8 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Qxf8
$18) 26. Qf7+ Kh7 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Qf7+ Kh7 29. Rh1 $18) 21. Nf4 Nxg2 22.
Nfe6+ $18) 20. Qe1 Re8 $1 $132 (20... Nxe3 21. Qf2+ Kg8 22. Qxe3 $16)) 18...
Nc4 (18... exf5 19. Nxf5 $16) 19. Qe2 Qa5 (19... e5 20. f6 $5 (20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
Nxd5 (21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Bxc6+ Kf8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nd5 $15) 21... Qa5 22.
Qxc4 (22. Bxc5 Qxa2 23. Nc7+ Kf8 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $19) 22... Bb5 23. Qxb5+ axb5
24. Nxe7 Nd7 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. Nd5 Qxa2 $17) (20. Nxd5 Bxd5 (20... Nxe3 21. Nc6
$1 Nxg2 (21... Bxc6 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Bxc6+ Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxe3 $18)
22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxe7 $18) 21. Nc6 (21. Nb3 Nxe3 (21... Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Qa5 23.
bxc4 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2 27. Qc6+ Kf8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8
29. Bc5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ $18) 22. Qxe3 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxg2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $17)
21... Bxg2 (21... Nxe3 22. Bxd5 Qc7 23. Qxe3 $16) 22. Nxd8 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bxh1
24. Nxf7 (24. Qxe5 f6 $1 $13 (24... Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Qb8+ Kd7 27. Qxh8
g6 28. Qh7 $1 $16)) 24... Kxf7 25. Rxh1 $13) 20... gxf6 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 (21...
Nxe3 22. Nc6 Nxd5 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 $16) 22. Nf5 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 $16) 20. Kb1 Nxb2 (
20... Na4 21. fxe6 Ncxb2 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Bd2 $18) (20... e5 21. Nxd5 Nxe3 (
21... exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 $18) 22. Qxe3 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 exd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8
25. f6 $18) 21. fxe6 $1 (21. Kxb2 Na4+ 22. Kc1 Nc3 23. Qd3 e5 $17) (21. Nb3 $5
Nxb3 22. axb3 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 O-O-O 24. fxe6 $44) 21... O-O-O (21... Nxd1 22.
exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd1 Raf8 (23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qc4+ Ke8 26. Nde6 Rc8 27.
Nxg7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Kxg7 29. Bd4+ $18) (23... Na4 24. Bd2 Nc3+ 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26.
Qe6+ Ke8 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Qb4+ 29. Bb3 $18) 24. Nxd5 $18) (21... fxe6 22.
Ndxe6 $1 (22. Kxb2 Na4+ (22... Qa3+ 23. Ka1 Na4 24. Bc1 Qc3+ 25. Kb1 $18) 23.
Kc1 Nc3 (23... b3 24. Nxb3 Ba3+ 25. Kb1 Nc3+ 26. Ka1 Qa4 27. Qd3 Bb4 28. Qg6+
$18) 24. Qd3 O-O $5 25. Ndxe6 $16 (25. Nfxe6 $2 b3 $3 26. Nxb3 Ba3+ 27. Kd2
Ne4+ 28. Ke2 Ng3#)) 22... Nxd1 23. Nxg7+ Kf7 24. Rxd1 $18) (21... O-O 22. Qxh5
Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Na4 24. Bd2 Nc3+ 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. exf7+ Rxf7 27. g6 Qb4+ 28. Nb3
$18) 22. Kxb2 $1 Na4+ 23. Kc1 b3 (23... Nc3 24. Qd3 Qxa2 25. exf7 $18) 24. Nxb3
(24. cxb3 $2 Ba3+ 25. Kc2 Qc7+ $19) 24... Ba3+ 25. Kb1 Nc3+ (25... Qc3 26. Bd4
$18) 26. Ka1 Qa4 27. Qd3 Bb4 28. Nc1 Kb8 (28... Nxd1 29. Rxd1 fxe6 30. Nxe6 Rd7
31. Bd4 $18) (28... Bc6 29. Bd4 (29. exf7 Bb5 30. Bh3+ Kb8 31. Qd4 $18) 29...
Bb5 30. Bxc3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 $18) (28... Ba5 29. Bd4 (29. exf7 $2 Qb4 30. Nb3 Qa3
31. Nc1 Qb4 $10) 29... Qb4 30. Nb3 $18) 29. Bd4 Rc8 30. Be5+ $18 Ka7 (30... Ka8
31. Nxd5 $18) 31. Qe3+ (31. Qd4+ Rc5 32. Nfd3 Qxc2 33. Qxb4 Rb5 34. Bxc3 Rxb4
35. Bxb4 Qxg2 36. exf7 $18) 31... Rc5 32. Rd3 Qxc2 (32... d4 33. Bxd4 Qxc2 34.
Bxc5+ Ka8 35. Bxb7+ Kxb7 36. Rd7+ Kc8 37. Qd3 $18) 33. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 34. Rxc3
Qxc3+ 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. exf7 Rf8 37. g6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck Anand} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7.
h3 (7. Be2 {Anand} e6 8. Ne5) 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 (8... bxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10.
Rb1 Qa5 (10... Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Be2 Qe6 $6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 $1 exd4 15.
Nxd5 Rc8 $8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. O-O Be7 18. e5 $1 Nd7 19. Qb7 Nc5 20. Qa7 h5 21.
Rb6 Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Rd1 Rc6 24. Rb4 $16 {Chernin,A-Gavrikov,V/Tilburg/
1992/}) 11. Qf5 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bd3 exd4 15. exd4 Rfe8+ 16.
Ne2 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 c5 {0,5/Gleizerov,E-Berezjuk,S/Katowice op 
(02)/1992/}) (8... e5 $5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13.
bxc4 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. cxd5 (15. e6 Ra7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 Nc6 18. exf7+
Rxf7 19. Qg4 Nd8 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Bd4 Qd6 22. f4 Qxa3 23. Rb1 Nc6 24. Qd1 {
0-1/Ovseevich,S-Komliakov,V/Nikolaev zt/1993/}) 15... cxd5 16. Bd6 Qb2 17. Rd1
Qc3+ 18. Ke2 Nd7 19. Rxd5 Qc4+ 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Ke1 Qc1+ 22. Rd1 Qc3+ 23. Ke2
Rc4 24. g4 $17 {Poluljahov,A-Moskalenko,V/Rostov op/1993/}) 9. Bd2 (9. cxd5
cxd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 $10) 9... Bb4 $1 10. Qd1 (10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 bxc4 12. bxc4
Ne4 $17) 10... O-O 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 $1 $132) (11. cxd5 cxd5
12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 (13. Rxa4 {Hertneck} a5 14. Bd3 {=/+=}) 13... Nc6 14. Bxb4
Nxb4 15. Be2 Qd6 $10) 11... bxc4 12. bxc4 c5 $1 13. dxc5 $6 (13. O-O cxd4 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 dxe3 17. Qxe3 exd5 18. Bf3 Nc6 (18... d4 $1
$15 {Hertneck}) 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxe8+ Qxe8 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxd5 $10) (13. cxd5 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxc3 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5
Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 exd5 17. O-O $14) 15. Bxc3 Nxd5 $10) 13... d4 $1 14. exd4 (14.
Na4 Qa5 $17) (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxb4 dxe3 $19) 14... Qxd4 15. Qc2 (15. Rc1 Rd8)
15... Nc6 16. O-O $6 Qe5 $1 (16... Rad8 17. Rfd1 (17. Rad1 Qe5 18. Bd3 Bxc5 $17
) 17... Qe5 18. Bd3 (18. Bf3 Rxd2 $1) 18... Nd4 19. Qb2 Bxc5 $17) 17. Qa4 (17.
Bd1 $1 Rad8 (17... Nd4 $15) (17... Nd4 $15 {Anand}) 18. Be1 $17) (17. Rfe1 Rad8
(17... Nd4 {Hertneck} 18. Qd3 Rad8 $36) 18. Bf3 (18. Rad1 Nd4 $17) 18... Nd4 $1
(18... Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxc3 20. Rxe5) 19. Rxe5 Nxc2 20. Rd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxc3
$19) (17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Bf3 Nd4 19. Rxe5 Nxc2 $19) 17... Rad8 18. Be1 Nd4 19.
Qxb4 (19. Bd3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxc3 $19) (19. Bd1 $1 Bxc5 $17 {
/\ Nf5-g3}) 19... Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 $6 (20. Kh1 Rd3 (20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxa1 22.
Nd6) 21. Rd1 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Nxc3 $17) 20... Qxa1 21. Nc3 Qc1 $1 22. Qa5 Qf4 23.
Qxa6 Ra8 24. Qd6 Qxc4 {/\ Rfc8-+} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 (11. Bd2 $5) 11... Qa5+ 12. Nd2 cxd4 13.
Ngf3 Be7 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. O-O-O $1 (15. O-O $6) 15... Bd7 (15... Nc3 16. bxc3
Qxc3 17. Nb5 $18) (15... Nd7 16. Bg3 Nc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Nb1 $1 $18) 16. Kb1
Qb6 $1 (16... Ba4 $5) 17. c4 Nb4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 $6 (19... Rfd8 $5
20. Qg4 Bf8) 20. Nc2 $1 Bc6 21. Qg4 f6 22. Bc3 a5 $1 (22... e5 $4 23. Nxb4 Bxb4
24. c5+ $18) (22... Rae8 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bf5 $40)
23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. f3 Rae8 (25... f5 $1 $44 {Khalifman,A}) 26. Qf5
Re2 27. Ne1 $1 Re5 28. Qc2 Be8 29. Ka1 Re3 30. Rd2 Bf7 31. Nd3 Bg6 32. Qd1 Bxd3
33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Qd8 $2 (34... Qd6 $1 35. Qf5 Qe5 $14) 35. Qf5 Qc8 36.
Qg6 Qe8 37. Bc2 $1 $16 {עh8} Qxg6 38. Bxg6 {R 9/j} Rd8 39. Re1 Kg8 40. Kb1 Kf8
41. Kc2 Rc8 42. Kb3 Ra8 43. Re2 Bd6 44. g3 Bc5 45. h4 Bd6 46. h5 Bc5 47. Re6 $1
Kg8 48. Be4 Rb8 49. Ka4 Kf7 50. Bd5 (50. Bf5 {(Khalifman,A) /\} Re8 51. Kb5 $18
) 50... Kf8 51. Kb5 b6 52. Rc6 Re8 53. Rxb6 $1 $18 Bxb6 54. Kxb6 Re2 55. c5 Ke7
56. Bb3 $1 (56. Bc4 Rxb2 $1 57. c6 Rc2) 56... Kd7 57. Bc4 $1 Re5 (57... Rxb2
58. c6+ $18) 58. f4 Re7 59. f5 $1 Kc8 60. c6 Kb8 61. Be6 Ra7 62. a3 (62. a3
bxa3 63. bxa3 Rc7 64. a4 Ra7 65. a5 Rc7 66. a6 Ra7 67. Bc8 Kxc8 68. Kxa7 Kc7
69. g4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. b3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. e3 Bg4 14. Rac1 Qe7
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba3 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Rac8 20. Rfc1
Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nb1 Bd7 24. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wolff} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 (6... a6
$6 {Wolff} 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2 {By playing ...a6 before ...Nf6, Black has given
White a "half tempo", which he can use to develop his other pieces before
playing Na3.} Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. f4 $5 Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8
14. Bf3 Bf8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Granda Zuniga,J Biel izt (11)}
) 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 (8... b6 {Wolff} 9. g3 $5 {It seems particularly
intelligent to play this move when Black plays ...b6. Note that if 8...b6 9.
Be2, then 9...b6 looks better as White has already committed the B to e2.} Be7
10. Bg2 Bd7 (10... O-O $4 11. e5) 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Rb8 13. Bb2 $14 {Oll,L-Ye
Jiangchuan Biel izt (8)}) 9. g3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. O-O Ne5 $1 {קc4} 12. Bf4 (
12. Qe2 Qc7 13. b3 b5 $36) (12. f4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Rxc4 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ng4
16. Qe2 Qc7 $17) 12... O-O $5 (12... Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Rxc4 14. Bxd6 Bxd6 (14...
Bc6 $1 {Wolff} 15. Bxe7 (15. Qb3 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxd6 17. e5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd5) (
15. Qe2 $5 Rd4 $8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qe3 Rb4 $132) (15.
e5 Bxg2 16. exf6 (16. Kxg2 Bxd6 17. exf6 gxf6) 16... Qxd6 17. fxg7 Rg8 18. Kxg2
(18. Qh5 $2 Bxf1 19. Qxh7 Rxg7 20. Qxg7 Bd3) 18... Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rxg7 $15 {
Pawn islands are pawn islands, but that bishop is nice!}) 15... Qxd1 16. Rfxd1
Kxe7 $10) 15. Qxd6 Qc7 $10) 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 (14... Nxc4 $4 {Wolff}
15. Ncb1 $1 $18 {White can follow up with Pb3}) 15. Rfd1 Be8 16. h3 (16. c5 $5
Ng6 (16... Qb8 $5 $15) 17. cxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rxd6 19. e5 Rdd8 20. exf6 Nxf4
21. gxf4 Qxf4 $44) 16... Qc5 17. Qd2 Kf8 $1 (17... Qb4 $2 18. Nd5 $14) (17...
Nxc4 $2 {Wolff} 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Nd5 exd5 $8 20. Rxc4 dxc4 $16) 18. Ne2 Nc6
19. Be3 Qb4 20. Rc3 (20. Qxb4 {Wolff} Nxb4 21. Bb6 Rd7 (21... Nxa2 22. Bxd8
Nxc1 23. Bxe7+ $18) 22. Ra1 Bd8 23. Bd4 $10) 20... Qa5 21. Nc2 Ne5 (21... Qxa2
$4 {Wolff I'm not even going to bother publishing the refutation to this
insane pawn grab. Find it yourself, or give it to Fritz, if you have it. Would
YOU take such a pawn -- or even think about it twice??}) 22. Qd4 $8 (22. b3 Bc6
{><e4}) 22... b5 (22... Nxc4 $4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Bb5 25. Qc3 $1 $18) 23.
Qb6 Qxb6 (23... Qxa2 $6 24. Ra1 Qxb2 25. Bc1 Qxa1 26. Nxa1 Nxc4 27. Qd4 $14)
24. Bxb6 Rd7 25. cxb5 Rxc3 26. Nxc3 axb5 27. Bd4 (27. Nxb5 $4 Rb7 $19) 27...
Rc7 28. Nb4 Nc4 29. b3 Na3 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bxe5 Rc5 $1 (31... Rc8 32. Bb7 $1)
32. Nd3 Rc8 33. Bb7 Rd8 $15 34. Nb2 $6 Rxd1+ 35. Ncxd1 (35. Nbxd1 $5) 35... Nd7
36. Bc3 Nc5 37. Bg2 f6 38. Ne3 Bg6 39. Nbd1 Nd3 40. Bd2 b4 41. Bf1 Bc5 $17 (
41... Nb1 $17) 42. Ng2 Ke7 43. Ne1 Nxe1 44. Bxe1 Bb1 45. Nb2 Bd6 (45... Bxa2
46. Nd3 Bd6 47. Bxb4 Bxb3 48. Bxd6+ Kxd6 $17) 46. Nc4 $8 (46. Nd3 Nc2 $19)
46... Nxc4 47. Bxc4 Bxa2 48. Kf1 Bb1 49. Ke2 Be4 50. f3 Bc6 51. g4 Bc5 52. Bg3
Bb7 53. h4 g6 54. Bd3 Bd5 55. Bc2 Kf7 56. Bh2 h5 $2 (56... e5 $17) (56... Bd4
$17) 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. f4 $1 f5 59. Bg3 Be7 60. Bd1 $1 $132 {><h5} Bf6 61. Be1
Be7 62. Ke3 Bc5+ 63. Kd3 Kg6 64. Bg3 Kf6 65. Kc2 Be4+ 66. Kd2 Kg6 67. Be2 Bd5
68. Bd1 Bd4 69. Kd3 Bc3 70. Ke3 Kf6 71. Bc2 e5 72. fxe5+ Bxe5 73. Bf4 $8 Ke6
74. Bd1 Bf6 75. Bg3 Bc3 76. Bc2 Be5 77. Bf4 Bf6 78. Bg3 Be7 (78... Bb2 79. Be1)
79. Bd1 $1 (79. Kd4 f4 $1 $17) 79... Bc5+ 80. Kd3 Bd6 81. Bxd6 Kxd6 82. Kd4 $1
Bf7 (82... f4 83. Bxh5 Bxb3 84. Bf3 $10) 83. Bc2 Ke6 84. Bd1 Kf6 85. Bc2 f4 86.
Bd1 Kf5 87. Bf3 $1 $8 (87. Kc5 $2 Ke4 88. Kxb4 f3 $19) 87... Bg6 (87... Bxb3
88. Kc5 Bd5 (88... Ke5 89. Kxb4 Bf7 90. Kc3 $10) 89. Bxd5 Kg4 90. Kxb4 Kxh4 91.
Kc3 Kg3 92. Kd3 $10) 88. Be2 Be8 89. Bd1 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Ambroz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 (9... a6 {Ambroz} 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4
12. axb4 Bd6 $5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. e4 e5 17. Ne2 $5 $14 {
Vyzmanavin-Illescas Cordoba, Leon 1993}) 10. Ne4 (10. axb4 {Kortschnoj} Bxb4
11. O-O) 10... Nxe4 (10... bxa3 {Ambroz} 11. bxa3 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. e4 c5 16. Bf4 $1 {Gelfand - Brenninkmeijer, Wijk aan Zee
1992}) (10... a5 {Ambroz} 11. Nxf6+ (11. O-O Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 O-O 14.
Qc2 h6 $10 {Karpov-Anand, Moscow 1992}) 11... Nxf6 12. e4 Be7 13. Qe2 bxa3 14.
bxa3 O-O 15. e5 Nd5 16. h4 $40 {/\ Ng5, M. Gurevich}) 11. Bxe4 Qc7 (11... Qb6 {
Kortschnoj} 12. Nd2 $140 $1 c5 13. Nc4 $14) 12. axb4 (12. O-O) (12. O-O {Ambroz
} bxa3 13. bxa3 Bd6 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Bb4 c5 $10 {
Gelfand-Bareev, Linares 1993}) (12. Qc2 {Ambroz} bxa3 13. bxa3 h6 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Bb4 O-O $10 {Vyzmanavin-Morovic, Leon 1993}) 12... Bxb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ (
13... c5 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Rc1 $14) (13... a5 {Ambroz} 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Rxa8+
Bxa8 16. Qa4 Qb7 17. O-O $14) 14. Nxd2 c5 15. Qc2 $1 Qb6 (15... Bxe4 {Ambroz}
16. Nxe4 O-O 17. Nxc5 (17. dxc5 f5) 17... Rfc8 18. b4 (18. Rc1 Nxc5 19. dxc5
Qa5+) 18... a5 19. Qe4 $14) 16. dxc5 (16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 Qxg2 18. Qe4 (18.
O-O-O $5 $13) 18... Qxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 $132) 16... Qxc5 (16... Nxc5 $2 17. Bxb7
Nxb7 18. Qa4+ $40) 17. Qa4 (17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 $10) 17... Rb8 $1 (
17... Qc7 18. Qa3 $1 (18. O-O Bxe4 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Nxe4 O-O 21. Nd6 Nb6) 18...
Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nc4 (20. O-O Qe7 $10) 20... Qxg2 21. Nd6+ Kd7 (21... Kf8
$4 22. Nf5+ Kg8 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Qf8+ $18 (25. Qf8+ Rxf8 26. Ne7#)
) 22. O-O-O $1 Nd5 (22... Qc6+ 23. Kb1 Nd5 24. Nxf7 $18) 23. e4 Rhc8+ 24. Kb1 (
24. Nxc8 Rxc8+ 25. Kb1 Qxe4+ $13) 24... Rc6 25. exd5 Qg6+ 26. Ka1 Rxd6 (26...
exd5 27. Nb7 $18) 27. dxe6+ Qxe6 28. Qa4+ Kc7 29. Rxd6 $18 (29. Rxd6 {Ambroz}
Qxd6 30. Rc1+ $18)) (17... Bxe4 {Ambroz} 18. Nxe4 Qc7 (18... Qe7 19. Rd1 Rd8
20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nb7 Nb6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxa7 $16) 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qa3 $1
$16) 18. O-O (18. Qxa7 Bxe4 (18... Ra8 $1 $10 {Kortschnoj})) (18. Nb3 Qb6) (18.
Rd1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb4+ $10) 18... O-O $1 (18... Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Rxb4
21. Rxa7 $16) (18... Ke7 {Ambroz} 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Nc4 $18) 19. Qxd7 (19. Rac1
Qd6 20. Nc4 Qe7 $10) (19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd7 Bd5 $1 $10 (20... Bxg2 $2 21.
Kxg2 Rbd8 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qa4) (20... Rfd8 21. Qxf7 Rxd2 22. Ra4 $18) (20...
Qg5 $5 21. Qd3+ $14 (21. g3 Rfd8 22. Qxf7 Qd5 $1) (21. Qd3+ {Kortschnoj} Kg8
22. f3 Rfd8 $44)) (20... Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. e4 Rxb2 $5 23. exd5 Rxd2 24.
dxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa7 Rc8 $14)) 19... Rfd8 20. Bxh7+ $1 (20. b4 Qb6 $1 $8 21. Qe7
(21. Nc4 Rxd7 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Bxb7 Rdxb7 $10) 21... Rxd2 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23.
Rxa7 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Rb2 $10) (20. Rac1 Qb4 $1 $8 21. Rc4 $140 Qxc4) 20... Kxh7
$2 (20... Kf8 $142 $1 21. Qa4 Rxd2 $10 22. Be4 (22. Rac1 Qd5 23. e4 Qd4) (22.
Rfc1 $5 $14 {Ambroz} Qd5 23. Qb4+ Ke8 24. e4 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxa7 g6 (
26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. h3 $16 {/\ Rcc7}) 27. h4 $5) (22. Qxa7 Qxa7 23.
Rxa7 g6) 22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4 g6 $10) 21. Qxf7 Rxd2 $6 (21... Qd5 $2 22. Nf3 Rf8
23. Qc7 (23. Qxe6 $18) 23... Rxf3 24. Qxb8 Rxe3 25. f3 $18) (21... Bxg2 $142 $1
$8 22. Kxg2 (22. Rxa7 $2 Qg5 $19) (22. Ra4 Qg5) 22... Rxd2 (22... Qg5+ 23. Kh1
Rxd2 24. Rg1 Qd5+ 25. f3 Qe5 26. Rg3 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxb2+ 28. Kh3 Qxa1 29. Kg4
$18) 23. Qxe6 (23. Ra4 $4 Qc6+ $19) (23. Rxa7 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qd5+ 25. f3 $140 Qe5
26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. exf4 Rbxb2 $17) 23... Rb6 (23... Rbxb2 24. Ra4 $1 $40 (24.
Qh3+ {Ambroz} Kg8 25. Ra6 Qg5+ 26. Qg3 Qd5+ 27. Qf3 (27. Kg1 Rxf2 $1 28. Rxf2
Rb1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qd3+) 27... Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Qb5 29. Raa1)) (23... Qg5+
24. Kh1 $40) 24. Qe4+ Rg6+ 25. Kh1 $16) 22. Ra4 $1 Qg5 23. g3 $1 $18 e5 24.
Rh4+ Qxh4 25. gxh4 Rd6 26. h5 Be4 27. Qe7 Rbb6 28. Qxe5 Re6 29. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 (7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O
14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Qe3 Nb6 16. Qg3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2, Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A Biel izt (3)
1993. One would think that White has enough compensation, but I guess neither
player wanted to take any chances!}) 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 {A stodgy and
unambitious line by Black, but it keeps his disadvantage to a minimum.} (9...
cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 14. Rb1 $1 a6 (14...
gxf4 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Nb6 $16 {Kalegin,E}) 15. Nb2 $5 (15. Bd3 {
Two recent games of Kalegin have shown that this move is dangerous, too!} gxf4
16. O-O Nxe5 (16... b5 17. Nb2 Nxe5 18. Rxf4 $16 {Kalegin,E-Chigvintsev 56/
(305)}) 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxb7 Nxd3 20. Qh5 O-O 21. Ne4 $1 $18 {
Kalegin,E-Okotchnik 56/(305).}) 15... Nc5 (15... gxf4 16. Nd3 $16 Qxa2 $140 $4
17. Ra1 $18) 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. O-O Qxa2 18. fxg5 Qa3 19. Nf3 a5 20. Qe2 Nb3 21.
Bb5 Bc6 22. Na4 O-O 23. Qd3 $18 {Kuczynski,R-Dolmatov,S Polanica Zdroj (7)})
10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O b5 (12... f5 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. g4 $14 h6 15. Nh3
fxg4 16. Bxg4 g6 17. b5 Nd8 18. f5 $2 exf5 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. Nc5 Bxf4
22. Bxf4 Qe7 23. Qe2 Nf7 $17 {Kamsky,G-Bareev,E Biel izt (10) 1993}) 13. Nc5
$14 a5 14. a3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bd7 18. Qd2 axb4 19. axb4
Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb7 21. Qa2 $2 {Even if Black should infiltrate along the a-file,
there is nothing there to do so White should continue the attack against the
king.} Bc6 22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Qxa8+ $6 {Ending all hopes to play for a win.} Qxa8
24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Bc6 27. Kf2 Bd8 28. g3 Bc7 29. h4 g6 30.
Bc8 Kf8 31. e6 Ke7 32. exf7 Kxf7 33. g4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 O-O 12. a5 Bb7 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Be2 h6 17. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2
Bb7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 (9... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 10. f4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2
Qc7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Qh5 e5 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. f5 Nf4 $13 {Wolff,P-Abramovic/
Biel izt/1993/}) 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 $1 (10... Bxc6 {Ftacnik} 11. e5 Ng6 12. Re1 b4
13. Nd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qh5 Ba4 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Qg4 {
Ivanchuk,V-Lputian,Sm/Biel izt/1993/}) 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Be3 $1 (
13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Bb6 Re8) 13... O-O-O (13... Be7 {Ftacnik} 14. Nd2
O-O (14... Na5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 (15... Nc4 16. Bc5) 16. Bxb3 O-O 17. Rad1 $14) 15.
Nb3 $14) (13... g6 {Ftacnik} 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. Nb3 $14) (13... Na5 {Ftacnik} 14.
Re1) 14. Bb6 $1 Re8 (14... Rd6 15. Nd2 (15. Re1 $1 {Ftacnik}) 15... g6 (15...
Nb4 16. Bf5+) 16. Bb3) 15. Rd1 g6 (15... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4
bxc4 18. b3 $14) 16. Nd2 Bg7 $6 (16... Bh6 $5 {Sveshnikov,E} 17. Bb3 (17. Nf1 {
Ftacnik} Re2 18. Bb3 Rxb2 19. Bxd5 Ne5 $13) (17. Nb3 Re2 18. Bd3 Rxb2 19. Bc5
Ne5 $1) 17... Re2 18. Nf3 Rxb2 19. Bxd5 Rc2 20. c4 $1 bxc4 21. Bxf7 $14 (21.
Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd4 Rb2 (22... Ba4 23. Nxc2 Bxc2 $14) 23. Ba5 Ba4 24. Bc3 Rb7 (
24... Bxd1 25. Bxb2 Ba4 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Bxh8 Bd2 $1 $14))) 17. Nf1 $16 (17.
Nb3 {Ftacnik} Re2) 17... Re6 (17... Re2 $6 {Ftacnik} 18. Rac1 Bh6 (18... Rhe8
19. Ne3 $16) 19. Be3 $16) (17... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bd4 $14) 18. Bb3 Ne5 19. Bd4
f6 (19... Rg8 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Ne3 Rd8 22. Rd3 f5 23. Rad1) 20. Bxe5 (20. Ne3
{Ftacnik} Nc4) 20... Rxe5 21. Ne3 Rd8 (21... Rhe8 {Ftacnik} 22. Kf1) 22. Rd3
Bf8 (22... f5 $1 23. Rad1 d4 $1 (23... Bh6 {Ftacnik} 24. Bxd5 Bxe3 25. Bxb7+
$18) 24. Nc2 $1 (24. cxd4 Re7 $44) 24... Be4 25. Rxd4 Rde8 $16) 23. Rad1 Bc5
24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 $6 (25. Rxd5 $1 Rdxd5 (25... Rexd5 26. Rxd5 $18) 26.
Rxd5 Bxe3 27. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 fxe5 29. Ke3 Kc7 30. Kd3 $3 (30. Ke4 Kd6 31.
b3 a5 $1 32. a4 (32. g4 g5) 32... bxa4 33. bxa4 g5 $1 (33... Kc5 34. Kxe5 Kc4
35. Kd6 Kb3 (35... Kxc3 36. Kc5) 36. Kd5 Kxa4 37. c4 Kb4 38. c5 a4 39. c6 a3
40. c7 a2 41. c8=Q a1=Q 42. Qb7+ Ka3 43. Qa6+ Kb2 44. Qxa1+ Kxa1 45. Ke5 $18)
34. g4 h6 35. h3 Ke6 $13) 30... Kd6 31. c4 $18 (31. c4 $1 {Ftacnik} Kc5 32.
cxb5 axb5 33. Ke4 Kd6 34. a3 Ke6 35. b3 $18)) 25... Re2 26. b4 $4 (26. Nf4 $1
Rxd3 $8 27. Nxd3 Bf8 (27... Ba7 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Ke1) 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Rb1 Rd2
30. Ne1 Bh6 31. Nf3 Rc2 32. Nd4 Rd2 33. Ke1 $16 {/\ Ne2, f4}) 26... Rde8 $10 (
26... Bxf2+ $2 {Ftacnik} 27. Kf1 Rde8 28. Nxf6 R8e6 29. Rd8+ Kc7 30. R1d7+ Kc6
31. Rc8+ Kb6 32. Nd5#) (26... Ba7 $2 {Ftacnik} 27. Ne7+) 27. Rf1 Ba7 28. Nxf6 (
28. Rf3 f5) 28... Rxf2 29. Nxe8 Rf8+ 30. Rd4 Rxe8 31. Rf7 (31. Kf2 {Ftacnik}
Bxd4+ 32. cxd4 Kd7 33. Rc1 Re4 $10) 31... Bxd4+ 32. cxd4 Re2 $1 33. a3 Ra2 34.
Rxh7 (34. Rf3 {Ftacnik} Kd7 35. h4 Ke6) 34... Rxa3 35. Rg7 (35. d5 {Ftacnik}
Ra4 36. Rh4 Kd7) 35... Ra4 36. Rxg6 Kb7 $1 (36... Rxb4 37. Rxa6 Rxd4 $14) 37.
h4 Rxb4 38. Rg4 (38. h5 {Ftacnik} Rxd4 39. h6 b4 $10) 38... Rb1+ 39. Kh2 b4 40.
h5 Rf1 (40... b3 $2 {Ftacnik} 41. Rg3 a5 42. h6 a4 43. h7 b2 44. h8=Q) 41. h6
Rf8 42. d5 (42. h7 Rh8 43. Rg7+ Kc6 $1) 42... a5 43. h7 Rh8 44. Rg7+ Ka6 (44...
Kb6 45. d6 b3 46. d7 b2 47. d8=Q+ Rxd8 48. Rg8 b1=Q 49. h8=Q $10) 45. d6 b3 46.
d7 b2 47. Rg6+ $1 Ka7 48. d8=Q Rxd8 49. Rg7+ Ka6 50. Rg6+ (50. Rg6+ Kb7 51. Rg8
b1=Q 52. h8=Q $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. d3 f5 7. a3 Nf6 8.
Nf3 (8. e3 $5 {Ribli Sokolovs,A-Novikov,V/Vilnius zt/1993/CBM35/}) 8... d6 (
8... h6) (8... h6 $5 {Ribli}) 9. Bg5 (9. O-O $5 {Ribli Hickl,J-Klovans,J/
Berlin/1992/INF55(30)/}) 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd2 $5 (11. Nd5) (11. O-O {
Ribli} O-O 12. Nd5 $5 {Ragozin,E-Cherniaev,A/Biel op/1992/EXP31/}) 11... O-O
12. O-O Bg7 $6 (12... Nd4 $1 {/\ Ne6}) 13. e3 $1 $14 (13. Nd5 $5 {Ribli}) 13...
Kh7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 e4 $2 (15... Ne7 $14) 16. b5 $1 Na5 $6 (16... Bxc3 17.
bxc6 bxc6 18. dxe4 $16 (18. dxe4 {Ribli} Ra2 $2 19. Qb3 Rxd2 20. Qxc3 $16)) (
16... Ne7 $142 17. Qc2 exd3 18. Qxd3 $16) 17. Qc2 exd3 18. Qxd3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bf7
(19... c6 $1 20. Nf4 Bf7) 20. h4 (20. b6 $1 $16) 20... Kh8 (20... c6 $142) 21.
b6 $1 (21. h5 $6 {Ribli} g5 22. Qxf5 $2 c6 $1 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nb6 Bxc4 25.
Qc2 Bxf1 $17) 21... c5 (21... Bxd5 22. bxc7 Qxc7 23. Bxd5 $18) (21... c6 22.
Nc7 Rb8 23. Rfc1 {/\ Qa3}) 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Rfd1 $18 Qd7 (23... Nc6 $2 {Ribli}
24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nf3 $16) 24. Bd5 (24. Nb3 $1 Bxc4 (24... Nxb3 25. Rxb3 $18 {
/\ Ra3-a7}) (24... Nxc4 25. Nxc5 Qe7 26. Nxb7 Nxb6 (26... Nb2 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28.
Qb5) 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Nxd6) 25. Nxc5 Bxd3 (25... Qe7 26. Qxd6) 26. Nxd7 Bxb1
27. Rxb1) 24... Rbd8 25. Bxf7 (25. Nb3 Nc6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Na5 Qf3) 25...
Rxf7 26. Qd5 Nc6 27. Nb3 (27. Ne6 {Ribli} Ne7 28. Nxd8 Nxd5 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7 30.
cxd5 Qxd5 $17) 27... Qe7 $8 (27... Be5 28. Ne6 Re8 (28... Ne7 29. Nbxc5 $18)
29. Nexc5 $18) 28. Nc1 (28. Ne6 $5 {Ribli} Nb4 29. Nxd8 Nxd5 30. Nxf7+ Qxf7 31.
Rxd5 $14) 28... Rd7 29. Ne2 Qe4 $1 30. Nf4 Kh7 31. h5 (31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. Rd2 {
/\ Ra2}) 31... g5 32. Nfe6 $2 {פe6} Be5 33. Qxe4 fxe4 $10 34. Rd2 Rde7 (34...
Rf6 $2 {Ribli} 35. Nxc5 $18) 35. Ra2 Rf6 36. Ra7 Ref7 $1 (36... Rexe6 $2 37.
Nxe6 Rxe6 38. Rxb7+ $18) 37. Rxb7 $4 (37. Rf1 $2 Bxg3 $17 {->} (37... Bxg3 {
Ribli} 38. Rxb7 $13)) (37. Ra2 Re7 $10) 37... Rxe6 $1 $17 38. Ra7 Ref6 39. Ra2
(39. b7 {Ribli} Rxf2 $1) 39... Rf8 40. b7 R6f7 41. Ra8 Rb8 $1 (41... Nb4 $2 42.
Ne6 $18) 42. Rxb8 Nxb8 43. Nd5 Kg7 (43... g4 $5 {><h5}) 44. g4 $1 Kf8 45. Kf1
Ke8 46. Kg2 Kd7 47. Rb5 Rf8 48. Nb6+ Ke6 49. Nd5 (49. Nc8 $5 Rf7 $1 (49... Kd7
50. Nb6+ Kc6 51. Nd5 Nd7 52. Kg1 {/\} Rb8 53. Ne7+ Kc7 54. Nd5+ Kd8 {עd8}) 50.
Kg1 Kd7 $17) 49... Nc6 $1 50. Rb6 Kd7 51. Ra6 Rb8 52. Nb6+ Ke6 $1 53. Na4 (53.
Nd5 Nb4 (53... Ne7 $19) 54. Nxb4 cxb4 55. Rb6 Kd7 56. Rxb4 Kc6 $19) 53... Nb4
$1 54. Nxc5+ Ke7 55. Rb6 (55. Ra8 dxc5) 55... dxc5 56. Rxh6 Nd3 57. Rh7+ Kd6
0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. c3 a4 11. Bc2 Nbd5 (11... c5) 12. Bd2 Qb6 $1 13. Rb1 (13.
O-O-O $6 c5 {/\ a3|^}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Ngf3 Qc7 17. O-O
b6 18. Rbc1 Bb7 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 (19... Bd6 $5 20. Bb1 (20. Nd4 Ba6) 20... Rfd8
21. Nd4 Ba6 22. c4 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nf4 25. Be3 Ng4 $1 $10) 20. Nd4
Bxd4 (20... Ba6 $5 21. Qf3 (21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Bd6 23. Nf3 a3 24. b4 Bf4 $10
) 21... Bd6 22. Ndc6 Bb5 23. Nxd8 Bxe5 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Bd3 b5 26. b3 axb3 27.
axb3 Rxd8 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qd6 30. g3 Bd4 {/\ e5+/=}) 21. cxd4 Qd6 22.
Qf3 $1 $14 Ra7 23. a3 Ba8 24. Qh3 (24. Qg3 $5 Nh5 25. Qh4) 24... Qf8 $1 (24...
Ne7 $2 25. Qg3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Bxh6 Nh5 28. Qg5 $18) 25. Bb1 Rc8 26. Qd3
Rcc7 $1 27. Rxc7 (27. f3 {/\ g4}) (27. h4 $142 $14) 27... Rxc7 28. Qa6 $6 (28.
Qb5 Qe8) (28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 {/\ f3, g4, h4+/=}) 28... Qe8 29. Rc1 Bb7 30.
Qd3 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Ne7 $1 $10 32. f3 Qc8 33. Bd2 Ba6 34. Qc3 Nfd5 35. Qxc8+
Nxc8 36. Ba2 f6 37. Nc6 Kf7 38. Kf2 Bb5 39. Nb4 Nce7 40. Nxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group7"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1993.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.10.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Paisley YMCA Renfrew"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15.
Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. b3
Qc7 22. g6 fxg6 23. h5 a4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qg2 axb3 26. Nxb3 Bf6 27. Qxg6 Bb7
28. Rh2 Qc3 29. Bd4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group7"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1993.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.10.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel-Aviv ASA Phoenix"]
[BlackTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 Bb6 8. a3
Be6 9. b4 a6 10. O-O d5 11. c5 Ba7 12. f4 Re8 13. f5 Bc8 14. h3 b6 15. d4 bxc5
16. dxc5 Ne7 17. g4 h6 18. Ng3 c6 19. h4 e4 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Nh7 22. Qh5
Nxf5 23. Rxf5 g6 24. Qh6 Bxf5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Bb2 Re5 27. Rf1 Qe6 28. Rf4 Rd8
29. Rh4 Bb8 30. Bd4 Bc7 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Rf4 Qe6 34. Bh3 Rxg5+
35. Kf2 Qa2+ 36. Kf1 Qc4+ 37. Kf2 Qa2+ 38. Kf1 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 Qc4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group7"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1993.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.10.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barcelona UGA"]
[BlackTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 cxd4 12. exd4 Na5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Nxc4
15. bxc4 Rfe8 16. Ba3 Bc6 17. h3 Qa5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qd2 Ree8 20. c5 Rad8 21.
Rab1 Qc7 22. Qe1 Nd5 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Ne4 e5 25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Qa5 Rf8 27. f3
f5 28. Nf2 Rfe8 29. Qd2 Kf8 30. Qd4 Ne3 31. Qd6+ Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxc5 33. Rd7 b5
34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rxb5 axb5 36. Nd3 Rb8 37. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Be2 $146 (9. Qe2 $5) (9. Qb3 $5) (9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 Bh5 $1 11. Qb3 a5
12. f4 O-O 13. Nf3 (13. g4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qxh4 15. gxh5 Qg3+ $10) 13... Nb6 14.
Be2 c5 $15 {Piket,J-Anand,V/Amsterdam/1993/0:1 (30) Inf 57/380/}) 9... O-O 10.
Nh4 a5 (10... Bg6 $5) 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Qc2 g6 $10 13. Bd2 (13. Rd1 $5) 13...
Re8 14. Na2 $1 Bd6 (14... Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qc2 {/\Nc3,Rd1+/=/}) 15. b4
axb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Nxb4 f4 $1 18. Qb3 (18. exf4 $4 Qe7 $19) 18... Ne4 (
18... c5 $6 19. Nc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4) (18... Qe7 19. Nc2) 19. Ra2 Ndf6 20. Bc4 (
20. Nd3 Nd5 21. Qxb7 fxe3 22. fxe3 Nxe3 23. Qxf7+ (23. Rxf7 Qxd4) 23... Kh8 $36
) (20. f3 Nd6 21. e4 (21. exf4 Nf5) 21... Ndxe4 22. fxe4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Nxe4 $36
) 20... Nd6 21. exf4 (21. Re2 $2 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxa4) (21. Re1 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Re4
$15) 21... Re4 22. Nc2 Rxf4 (22... Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxf4 $15) 23. Bd3 (23. g3 Nxc4
$1 24. Qxc4 Re4 $17) 23... Nd5 $17 24. g3 Rf6 25. Re1 Qa5 26. Bf1 (26. Raa1 $5)
26... Nc3 (26... b5 $6 27. Rea1 Nc3 28. Ra3 Nxa4 29. d5 Qb6 (29... c5 30. Bxb5
Qxb5 31. Qxb5 Nxb5 32. Rxa4) 30. Ne3 $44) 27. Ra3 Nce4 28. Bg2 (28. f3 $2 Nd2
$19) (28. Re2 Nd2 29. Qd3 (29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. Nxb4 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxd4 $17) 29...
N6c4 30. Ra2 Rf3 31. Ne3 Nxf1 32. Qxc4 (32. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 34. Qxe3
Qd5) 32... Nxe3 33. Rxe3 Qf5 34. Rxf3 Qxf3 $17) 28... Nxf2 29. Re2 Qf5 $19 30.
Ne3 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Qh5 32. Qb2 Ng5 (32... Re8 $5) 33. d5 Nge4 34. Kg1 cxd5 35.
Rd3 Ra5 36. Re1 (36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxd3 39. Qxf6 Rd1+ 40.
Kf2 Rd2+ $19) 36... Rf2 37. Qb4 Rc5 38. Qd4 (38. Nxd5 Rxg2+ $19) 38... Nf5 39.
Nxf5 gxf5 40. Rd2 $4 (40. Rxe4 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 fxe4 $19) 40... Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Rab1 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Rfc8 14. b3
Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc5 17. Rbc1 a5 18. Rc2 Na6 19. a3 b5 20. Rfc1 b4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 (10... Nxd5 $6 {Belov} 11. Rd1 c6 12. Ne1
$1 $16 Bxc3 (12... Bd7)) 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 (12... Bd7 13. Be3 (13. e4
Qc8 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5 17. Bd4 Nbc4 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rb5 f6
20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxh3 23. e5 Qe6 24. exf6 $13 {Dolgener,
T-Horvath,Jo/Budapest ExpFS AprGM (01)/1993/0-1 (45)}) 13... Nc4 (13... Rc8 14.
Bxb6 axb6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Nfd4 Bc4 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20.
Nd4 Qb7 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Rac1 Bb5 23. Qb3 Bxe2 24. Rxc6 $10 {Sulava,N-Blees,A/
Belgrade GMA-op/1988/0-1 (36)}) (13... Qc8 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Nd5 Ra6 16. Qxc6
bxc6 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Nxc8 Bxc8 19. Rd2 b5 20. e3 Bf5 21. Nd4 Rd8 22. Rdd1 Bg4
23. f3 Bd7 24. Rac1 $16 {Volkov,S-Semeniuk,A/Smolensk/1991/1-0 (36)}) 14. Bc5 (
14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Bh3 f5 16. Qa4 Nd4 17. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 Nxb2 19. Qxb7 Nxd1
20. Rxd1 Rxc3 21. Rxd7 Qa8 22. Rxe7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Rc2 24. Bf1 $13 {
Overgaard-Brinck Claussen/Lyngby op (6)/1988/1-0 (55)}) 14... b6 15. Nd4 $10 {
Bretsnajdr,V-Konopka,M/Trinec/1989/}) (12... Qc7 13. Nb5 (13. Qe4 Bf5 14. Qh4
Rad8 15. Bh6 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20.
Qxd4+ e5 21. Qb4 Qd7 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Qa5 a6 24. h4 $14 {Schlosser,P-Krasenkova,
E/Baden Baden op (02)/1993/1-0 (35)}) 13... Qb8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3 a6 (15...
Bf5 16. Qc5 Rc8 17. Qd6 (17. Nd6 Bf8 18. Ng5 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nd4 20. Qxe5 Nxe2+
21. Kf1 Nc4 22. Qf6 Nxd6 23. Rd1 h6 24. Nxf7 $13 {Pigusov,E-Ye Jiangchuan/Biel
izt (10)/1993/0.5 (56)}) (17. Nxa7 Na4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 {Plachetka,J-Smejkal,J/
Trnava-A/1989/0.5 (19)}) 17... Nc4 18. Qxb8 Raxb8 19. Nd6 Nxd6 20. Rxd6 e4 21.
Nh4 Be6 22. Bxe4 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Rd2 $10 {Gyorkos,L-Horvath,C/
Balatonbereny op (06)/1992/0.5 (34)}) 16. Nd6 Nd7 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Bc5 h6 19.
Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qb3 Ne4 21. Bb6 Nd6 22. Nh4 g5 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. Bc5 $16 {Frois,
A-Pinho,P/Lisboa-ch (05)/1992/1-0 (31)}) (12... Qe8 13. Qe4 $1 Bf5 (13... h6 $6
14. Qh4 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Bf5 17. Be4 Qc8 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Ncxe4 Rd8 20.
Ng3 Rd4 21. Rxd4 Nxd4 22. e3 f6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. exd4 $18 {Sulava,N-Anic,D/
Budapest/1990/}) 14. Qh4 f6 15. g4 Bc2 16. Rd2 g5 17. Qg3 Bg6 18. Nb5 $1 $16 {
Lalic,B-Popovic,P/JUG-ch/1989/}) 13. e4 (13. Qb3 {Belov} Qe8 14. Be3 Be6 15.
Qc2 Bf5 16. Qb3 Be6 $10) 13... Bd7 14. Bf4 (14. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Na5 16.
Qe2 $6 (16. Bg5 $1 h6 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. b3 $1 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Nd6 21.
Bxh6 $44 {Ribli/}) 16... Ba4 $1 17. Rd4 $1 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 $2 (18... Qd6 $5 {
Belov}) (18... Qb6 $5) 19. Qxe5 Re8 20. Ne6 $1 fxe6 21. b3 $1 Re7 22. Bb2 Qf8
23. d6 Qg7 24. Qe2 $1 $18 {Ribli,Z-Rogozenko,D/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1993/1-0 (28)}
) 14... Rc8 15. Qc1 {!?N Belov} (15. Qe2 Qe8 16. Nd5 (16. h3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5
18. exd5 Nb4 19. Ne1 Qd7 20. Qd2 {Tukmakov,V-Khalifman,A/Simferopol 46/(601)/
1988/0.5 (20)}) 16... Nxd5 (16... Bg4 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. e5 h6 (18... Rd8 19.
Qe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qa8 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Qxa2 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxb6 $10 {
Schlosser,P-Leko,P/Nettetal (06)/1992/0-1 (56)}) 19. h3 Be6 20. h4 b5 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 b6 23. Qe3 h5 24. Rd2 $14 {Bakic,R-Lalev,D/Beograd/1991/1-0 (39)}
) 17. exd5 Nb4 18. Qd2 a5 19. Bh6 Rc2 20. Qe3 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. a3 Na6 $14 {Bakic,R-Carnic,S/Novi Becej/1991/}) 15... Qe8 16. h3 (16. Bh6
Bg4 $10) 16... Na4 $3 (16... Be6 {Belov} 17. Bh6 Rd8 18. Bxg7 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1
Kxg7 20. Ng5 Bc8 21. f4 $14) (16... Nc4 {Belov} 17. Bh6 Bxh6 $6 18. Qxh6 Nxb2
$4 19. Ng5 $18) 17. e5 (17. Nxa4 Nd4 18. Qe3 Nxf3+ (18... Nc2 $6 19. Qxa7 Bxa4
20. Rab1 $14) 19. Bxf3 Bxa4 $36) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 $2 {Belov} Nxe5)
18... Nd8 {!? Belov} (18... Na5 {Belov} 19. Qa3 b6 20. Nd4 $14) 19. Bh6 Bc6 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qa3 a6 22. Rab1 (22. Nd4 {Belov} Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nc6 24. f4 (24. e6
Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc6+)) 22... Ne6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 e6 25. h4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Rb8 (12... Bb7 13. g4 (13.
Bxf6 $5 gxf6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Ne2 $1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nf4 Bb7 18. Be4 $14 {
Bologan,V-Tukmakov,V/Nikolaev(zt)/1993/1:0 (36) Inf 57/207/}) 13... Bc6 (13...
Qc7 14. Qf2 b4 15. Na4 e5 16. Be3 d5 17. Nb6 dxe4 18. Nxa8 Bxa8 $44 {Dolmatov,
S-Tukmakov,V/Rostov/1993/0,5 (68) Inf 57/208/}) 14. Qf2 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/
Linares(m/6)/1992/0,5 (26) Inf 55/228/} Qc7 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bb6 Qb7
18. Ng3 $14) (12... e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. g4 Qa5 15. Qf2 Rb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
Bd8 18. Qe2 $1 Rb7 19. h4 $16 {Ehlvest,J-Serper,G/Moscow/1992/1:0 (32) Inf 57/
206/}) 13. Qe3 $1 $146 (13. g4 b4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne2 Rb6 {Cseshkovsky,
V-Ruban,V/S-Peterburg(zt)/1993/0,5 (46) Inf 56/222/} 16. f4 $5 $132) (13. Qf2
$5 Qc7 14. g4 Bd7 15. h4 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Ng3 Bxg4 19. Bb6 Qxc2+
20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. fxg4 Rc6 22. Ba7 Nxg4 23. Bh3 $16 {Ivanovic,B-Makarov,M/
Podgorica/1993/ Inf 57/206/}) 13... b4 (13... e5 $2 14. Bxe5) (13... Qc7 14. e5
$1) 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Ba7 (15. e5 Nd5) 15... Rb7 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. b3 O-O (17... e5
18. Bxa6 Rxb6 19. Bxc8 $16) (17... d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Bd4) 18. Bd4 (18. Bxa6
Rxb6 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Nxb6 Qxc2+ 21. Ka1 Nxe4 $36) 18... e5 19. Bb2 Bd7 20. h4
$16 Qc7 21. g4 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Nd7 (22... Qc6 23. g5 $40) 23. Bxa6 Ra7 24. Bc4 $1
Nb6 25. Bb3 Qc5 26. Qe1 Nxa4 27. Rd5 Nc3+ (27... Qc7 28. Qxb4) (27... Qb6 28.
g5 $40) 28. Bxc3 Qxc3 29. Qe2 Rfa8 30. g5 hxg5 (30... h5 31. g6 $18) (30... Kf8
$5) 31. hxg5 Bxg5 32. Rxd6 Bf4 $6 (32... Bh6 $5) 33. Qg2 Qc7 (33... Kf8 34. Rd3
$16) 34. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 (9... Bb7 {Boensch} 10. h4 b4 $146 11. Nce2 d5
12. e5 Nfd7 13. f4 $1 $14 {(Ftacnik) Anand,V-Ftacnik,L Biel (izt) 1993 1-0 37
-Inf.58/254}) 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. Bh3 $5 (13. exd5 $6 Nxd5
14. Bf2 Be7 (14... Bd6 $5 {Boensch}) 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Nh5 (17. Ngf5
$3 {Boensch} exf5 18. Nxf5 Nb6 19. Bg3 Nxc4 20. Qe2 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qb7 22. Qxb7
Nxb7 23. Rhe1 O-O 24. Nxe7+ Kh7 25. Rd4 $18) 17... O-O-O $1 18. Bg3 Bd6 19.
Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nxg7 Rhd8 $1 $36 {Timman-Beliavsky, Tilburg 1993}) 13... dxe4 (
13... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 14. g5 $1 (14. Nf4 $146 {Boensch} g5 15. hxg5 Nc4 $2 (15...
hxg5 16. Nfxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Qd6 18. Nxg5 $36) 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Kb1 hxg5 18.
Nfxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg5 Be7 20. Nxe6 $16 {(Vera) De la Riva-Vera,J Sitges 1993 0-1
30 -Inf.58/253}) (14. Qe1 {-Inf.55/238}) 14... Nc4 15. Qd3 Qa5 (15... Nd7 16.
exd5 Nde5 17. Qb3 Bxd5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nf4 Bf5
22. Nh5 Rc8 23. gxh6 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 $16 {Renna,T-Goregliad,S/Nassau Masters (03)/
1992/1-0 (39)}) 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. g6 $1 Nc5 $8 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bxe6+ Ke8 20.
Nb3 Nxd3 21. Nxa5 Ndxb2 22. Nxb7 Nxd1 23. Bd4 Nc3+ 24. Nxc3 $16 {Ernst,
Th-Stohl,I/Manila ol/1992/0.5 (66)}) (13... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 14. Kb1 dxe4 (14...
g6 $5 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 $16 O-O-O 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 e5 19. Ne6 $1 fxe6 20.
fxe6 Kb8 21. exd7 d4 22. Nxd4 $1 exd4 23. Qxd4 $18 {Magem Badals,
J-Brenninkmeijer,J/Novi Sad ol/1990/}) 15. g5 hxg5 (15... exf3 $6 16. gxf6 $1
Nxf6 $8 17. Ng3 $5 Bd5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rhg1 Qb6 $1
22. Nd4 O-O-O $16 {Varavin,V-Neverov,V/Smolensk/1991/}) 16. hxg5 exf3 17. Ng3
Rxh3 (17... Bd5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bf4 {Boensch} Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. gxf6 Nxf6
22. Qg5 $16 {Magem Badals,J-Vera,J Barcelona (2) 1990 1-0 29}) 18. Rxh3 Nd5 {
Grosar,A-Rychagov,M/Debrecen EU-chT (4) SLO-EST/1992/0.5 (19)}) 14. g5 (14. f4
{Ftacnik} Nd5 15. g5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Bg2 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1
20. Bxh1 Rd8 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Bc5 24. Nf5 $14 {Grosar,
A-Belotti,B/Aosta op (06)/1990/1-0 (41)}) 14... hxg5 (14... exf3 {Ftacnik} 15.
Nf4 (15. Ng3 Nd5 16. g6 Nc5 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nxf3 $5 Bd6 19. Rhf1 $1 Kg8 20.
Bxc5 Bf4 21. Bxe6+ Kh7 22. Qxf4 Nxf4 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 24. Bf5+ {Savko,
A-Karklinsh/USSR/1990/1-0 (37)}) 15... Ne4 16. Qe1 Bd6 (16... Qa5 $6 17. g6 f5
18. Nfxe6 Qxa2 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Bxf5 Ke8 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bc5
Bxc5 24. Nexc5 $18 {De la Villa Garcia,J-Martin,V/Sevilla op (2)/1993/1-0 (26)}
) (16... f2 $2 17. Bxf2 Bd6 18. Nfxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Bxe6 Qe7 $18 {Magem Badals,
J-Rojo Huerto,G/Espana ch/1990/}) 17. g6 O-O $1 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Qf6 20.
Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $13 {Magem Badals,J-Danailov,S/Sitges/1990/}) 15. hxg5 exf3
16. Nf4 Ne4 17. Qe1 f2 $1 (17... Nxg5 $2 18. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Bxe6 (19. Nxe6
$1 {Ftacnik} Nxe6 20. Bxe6 Rxh1 21. Qxh1 Nf6 (21... Qa5 22. Bxd7+ Kf7 23. Qh2
$40) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qg1 $16) 19... Nxe6 20. Rxh8 Qf6 21. Rd6 $1 O-O-O 22.
Nxe6 {1:0, Romero Holmes - Tukmakov, Wijk an Zee B, 1991}) 18. Bxf2 Qxg5 $1 (
18... Nxf2 $2 19. Bxe6 $1 (19. Ndxe6 {Ftacnik} fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Qe7 21. Qg6+ Kd8
22. Rxd7+ Qxd7 23. Qb6+ Ke7 24. Ng6+ $18) 19... fxe6 (19... Rxh1 $2 20. Bxf7+
$1 Kxf7 21. Qe6#) 20. Ndxe6 Qe7 21. Rxh8 Nxd1 22. Ng6 $18) 19. Be3 Qh4 $1 {
?! Ftacnik} (19... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 20. Ndxe6 Rxh3 21. Nxg7+ Bxg7 22. Rxh3 $13)
20. Ndxe6 $1 {!! Boensch} Qxe1 (20... fxe6 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxe6 Qxh1 (21... Qxe1
{Boensch} 22. Bxd7+ Kf7 23. Be6+ Ke8 24. Rhxe1 $16) 22. Bxd7+ Kf7 23. Qe2 $1 (
23. Be6+ Ke8 24. Qxh1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 $14) (23. Qxh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Nc5 25. Rd1
Rd8 $13) 23... Qh6 (23... Bd6 24. Qc4+ Ke7 25. Ng6+ Kxd7 26. Ne5+ Kd8 27. Bb6+
Ke8 28. Qf7#) 24. Qc4+ Ke7 25. Qc7 $40) 21. Nxg7+ (21. Nc7+ $2 {Ftacnik} Kd8
22. Rhxe1 Rxh3 23. Nxa8 (23. Bb6 Rh4 $13) 23... Rxe3) 21... Kd8 $6 {? Boensch}
(21... Bxg7 $5 22. Bxd7+ Kf8 23. Rxh8+ (23. Rhxe1 $5) (23. Rhxe1 $14 {Boensch})
23... Bxh8 24. Rxe1 $44 a5) 22. Rhxe1 (22. Bb6+ $2 {Boensch} Ke7 23. Nf5+ Kf6
24. Bd4+ Kg5 25. Rdxe1 Rxh3 26. Nxh3+ Kxf5 $17 {(fritz2)}) 22... Rxh3 23. Nxh3
Bxg7 24. Ng5 $1 Ke8 $6 {? Boensch} (24... Nxg5 $4 25. Bb6+ Kc8 26. Re8#) (24...
Ke7 $4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bg5+ $18) (24... Nef6 {Ftacnik} 25. Nxf7+ Kc7 26. Bf4+
Kb6 27. Re6+ $16) (24... Kc8 {Boensch} 25. Nxf7 a5 26. Bf4 Ra6 $10) 25. Nxf7 $1
Ne5 $6 (25... Rc8 $2 26. Nd6+ Nxd6 27. Rxd6) (25... Ndf6 $5) (25... Kxf7 {
Ftacnik} 26. Rxd7+ $18) (25... Bf8 {Ftacnik} 26. Ng5 Ndf6 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Rd4
Be7 29. Bf4 Nf6 30. Bd6 Ng8 31. Rg4 (31. Rxb4 Bc6 32. Rg4 $16) 31... Kd7 32.
Bxe7 Nxe7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Rg7+ Kd6 35. Rxb7 Kc6 $14) 26. Nd6+ $1 (26. Nxe5
$6 Bxe5 27. Bc5 a5 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Bd4 $1 Rxc2+ 31. Kd1 Kd7 32.
Rxe4 Rc4 33. Rxe5 Rxd4+ 34. Kc2 a4 $10) 26... Nxd6 27. Rxd6 $16 Kf8 (27... Kf7
$2 28. Bd4 Nf3 29. Rd7+) (27... Nf3 $2 28. Re2) (27... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 28. Rb6
$16) 28. Bh6 $1 (28. Bd4 $2 Re8) 28... Bxh6+ (28... Re8 29. Rf6+ (29. Bxg7+ {
Ftacnik} Kxg7 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd7+ $18) 29... Kg8 30. Rg1 Re7 31. Rb6 $18)
29. Rxh6 Nf7 30. Rb6 Bd5 31. Rxb4 Rc8 32. Rb6 a5 33. a4 (33. Rb5 $2 Bxa2 34. b3
a4 35. Kb2 axb3 36. cxb3 Bxb3 $10) 33... Bc6 34. b3 Bd7 (34... Nd8 $5 35. Ra6
Nb7 36. Re6 Bd5) 35. Kb2 Rc5 (35... Nd8 {Ftacnik} 36. Rf6+ $1) 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37.
Rb7 $18 Bc8 (37... Bf5 38. c4 Kf6 39. Rb5 Ne5 40. Kc3 Nd7 41. Kd4 $18) 38. Rb5
1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 (9... a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh6 Kh8 12. Qh5 Qe8 13.
f4 Rg8 14. Bd3 Rg7 15. g4 b5 16. h4 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. f5 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Nd2
Bb7 21. Rhf1 Nb8 $1 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nc5 $132 {Borriss,M-Leko,P/Kecskemet/
1991/1:0 (47) Inf 53/188/}) 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 (11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 (12...
Nd7 $5 13. h4 a6 14. h5 (14. Bg5 $5) (14. Kb1 $5) 14... b5 15. g4 Nce5 $1 16.
Rg1 b4 17. Na4 Rb8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd4 {Adams,M-Conquest,S/London/
1990/1:0 (37) Inf 50/222/} e5 $1 $15) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5
16. g4 (16. g3 $2 Bf5 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bb5 Nb4 19. c3 Bd3 20. cxb4 Rc8+ $19 {
Petrushin,A-Brodskij,M Sochi 1993 0-1 27}) 16... Be6 17. Kb1 Bf6 $1 18. Bd3 (
18. g5 {Boensch} Be5 19. f4 d4 20. Bc1 Bd5 21. Rg1 Bd6 $10 {Illescas Cordoba,
M-Kramnik,V (1) Alcobendas m 1993 0-1 56 -CBM 39}) 18... Nb4 {Rogers,
I-Kotronias,V/Crete/1991/0,5 (47) Inf 53/189/} 19. Rd1 $1 $36) (11. Nb5 {
Boensch} Rd7 12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 Qf8 $6 (13... e5 $1 14. Nf5 d5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7
16. Bc5 Qe6 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Bd3 b6 $10 {Petrushin,A-Shmuter,L Sochi 1993 1-0
37}) 14. Qc3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. g4 Rd8 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ne2 e5 19. Qd2 Be6 20.
Nc3 $14 {xd5 Fedorowicz,J-Gurevich,D USA-ch (03) 1993 1-0 37}) 11... Qc7 (11...
a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5 15. g5 Rb8 16. h4 Nb6 17. g6 $5 Na4 (17...
fxg6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Na4 $13) 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Ned4 $14 {
Timman,J-Salov,V/Linares/1991/0,5 (71) Inf 51/194/}) 12. Bxf6 $5 $146 (12. Qf2
$2 Ng4 $15) (12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 Be6 $10) (12. Bf4 a6 13. g4 b5 (
13... Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qg2 b5 16. h4 (16. Bc1 {Boensch} Bb7 17. f4 b4 18.
Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 d5 20. Qe2 Ndb6 21. exd5 $17 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V (3)
Alcobendas m 1993 -CBM 39}) 16... b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. h5 Nf8 19. Bc1 Bb7 20. f4
Ned7 21. Ng3 d5 $1 $132 {Nunn,J-Gschnitzer,O/BRD/1990/1:0 (36) Inf 50/221/})
14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bb6 b4 $1 19. Ne2 Re8 $13 {
Svidler,P-Fishbein,A/Oakham/1990/0,5 (49) Inf 50/220/}) (12. h4 {Boensch} d5
13. Bxf6 dxe4 14. Nb5 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 Qb6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. c4 $16 {Cunningham,
R-Fishbein,A Philadelphia World op (1) 1992 1-0 27}) 12... Bxf6 13. g4 g6 $6 (
13... a6 $5 14. g5 {Boensch} Be7 15. h4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 a5 $132) (13...
Ne5 $5 {Boensch}) 14. h4 a6 15. g5 Bg7 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. f4 (18. Bd3
Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4) 18... b4 19. Na4 (19. Ne2 a5) 19... Rb8 20. Qh2 (
20. Bd3 $5 {/\Rh4,Qh2,Rh1->/}) 20... Kf8 21. Rd3 e5 $5 (21... Ne7 $5) 22. f5 $1
(22. Bh3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne5) 22... gxf5 23. Rh3 Ne7 (23... f4 24. Rh8+ (24. Rh7
$1 $18) 24... Ke7 (24... Bxh8 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Nac5+ $18) 25. Rh7
Rg8 $13) (23... fxe4 $2 {Boensch} 24. Rh7 Be6 25. Rxg7 $18) 24. Rh8+ $2 (24.
Rh7 $1 Ng8 (24... Ng6 $5 $13) (24... Ng6 $19 {Boensch}) 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh7+
Kf8 27. exf5 $18 Bxf5 (27... Qc6 28. f6 Bf5 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxg8+ Kd7 31.
Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Rh2 $18) (27... Bb7 28. Rh4 $1 Rbc8 29. f6) 28. Qxf5 Qc6 29. Rh7)
24... Ng8 (24... Bxh8 $2 {Boensch} 25. Qxh8+ Ng8 26. Rh7 Be6 27. exf5 Rdc8 28.
Bd3 $18) 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. exf5 Bxf5 $1 {!! Boensch} 28. Qxf5 Qc6
29. g6 Rb7 30. Rh7 $6 (30. Qg5 $5 Rc8 $13) 30... Qxa4 31. Qg5 {? Boensch} (31.
Bc4 d5 $1 (31... Qd7 {Boensch} 32. Qf3 e4 33. Qh5 $13) 32. Bxd5 Qd7 33. Qxd7
Rbxd7 34. Bxf7 Rd1+ 35. Nc1 Rg1 $19) 31... Qe8 32. Bxa6 $2 (32. Bg2 $5 d5 (
32... e4 $2 33. Bxe4 $1) 33. Nc5 Re7) 32... Re7 33. Bd3 e4 $19 (33... d5 $2 34.
Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 35. gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Bg6+ $18) 34. Bb5 Re5 35. gxf7 Rxg5 36. fxe8=Q+
Rxe8 37. Bxe8 Rg1+ 38. Nc1 Kxe8 39. a4 $2 (39. c3 bxc3 40. bxc3 Bxc3 41. Kc2
Bf6 $17) 39... bxa3 40. bxa3 Bc3 {! Boensch} 41. Rh4 d5 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2
c6 9. Nf1 Qc7 10. Ng3 d5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qb6 14. Be5 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Ng4 16. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. a3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7.
Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qd3 (12. Bd3
Qxc3 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Qd5 $13 (14... Nxe5 {Hansen,Cu} 15. Rc5 Qa3 16. dxe5
Qxc5 17. Bxf6 $40 {Dolmatov,S-Speelman,J/Hastings/1989/})) (12. Qe2 b6 13. Rfc1
Bb7 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. c4 h6 16. Bh4 (16. Bd2 $5 $14) 16... Nh5 17. Qe3 Qf4 18.
Bg3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 $14 {Cabrilo-Mirkovic/Beograd/1991}) (12. Bb3 {
Hansen,Cu} b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bh4 Qf4 16. Qd3 Ndf6 $10 {
Velimirovic,D-Ciric,D/Bela Crkva/1984/}) 12... b6 13. Bb3 (13. Bh4 Nh5 (13...
Bb7 $5) 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. Bg3 Qc6 16. Bb5 Qd5 17. Be5 Bb7 18. f3 h6 19. c4 Qd8
20. Nh3 $16 {Gulko-Tatai/Roma/1988}) 13... a5 $6 (13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 (14. Bh4
$14 {Hansen,Cu}) 14... Rac8 15. Rac1 h6 (15... Rfd8 {Hansen,Cu} 16. Qe3 Qc6 17.
c4 $14 {Georgadze,G-Fossan,E/Gausdal Peer Gynt/1992/}) 16. Bh4 (16. Bd2 Rfd8
$10) 16... Nh5 17. Bc2 (17. c4 Qf4 18. Bc2 Ndf6 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qc7 $10)
17... Ndf6 $132) 14. Rac1 $1 (14. a4 $5 Ba6 (14... Bb7 $142 $13) 15. c4 Rac8
16. Rac1 $14) 14... a4 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. Bb5 (16. Nd2 Ra5 {/\} 17. Bh4 Rh5 18.
Bg3 Qc6 19. Qf3 (19. f3 $4 b5 $19) 19... Qxc4 $1 20. Nxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 $10)
16... Bc6 (16... Ng4 17. Bh4 $1 Bxf3 18. Bg3 Qb7 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Ngf6
21. c4 $16 {^^,><a4}) 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 h6 19. Bf4 $14 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Rac8
21. h3 Qb7 {/\Rc6,Rdc8} 22. Qa3 $1 {><a4} Qa6 (22... b5 $2 23. Qb4 $16) 23. Qb4
Rc6 24. Nd2 Nf8 (24... Rdc8 {Hansen,Cu} 25. Rb1 $14) 25. Be3 Ng6 26. Rb1 $1 {
/\Qa3,Rb4} Qa8 {/\<=>/^a8-h1} (26... Nh4 $2 27. d5 $1 exd5 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29.
Qxh4 $18) 27. g3 (27. Rec1 $2 Nh4 $1 28. d5 exd5 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxh4 Rxc1+
31. Rxc1 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rxd2 $17) 27... Rd7 28. Qa3 Ne7 29. Rb4 $16 Nf5 $5 (
29... Ra7 30. Reb1 (30. d5 {Hansen,Cu} exd5 31. Bxb6 Ra6 $13) 30... Ra6 31. Nf3
Ng6 (31... Nf5 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. c5 bxc5 $2 34. Rb8+ $18) 32. Qd3 $1 $16 {
/\Ne5,/\d5}) 30. Rxa4 Qb7 31. Nf3 $6 (31. Ra8+ $1 Kh7 (31... Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8
33. Qb2 $16) 32. Qf8 {/\Nf3-e5} Rcd6 (32... Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34. Nf3 $18) (
32... Nxe3 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Nf3 $1 Nxc4 35. Nh4+ Kh5 36. Qxg7 $18) (32... Rdc7
33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Nf3 Rc8 35. Ne5+ Kh5 36. g4+ Kh4 37. Kh2 Nxg4+ 38. hxg4 Rxh8
39. f4 Nxe3 40. Rxe3 $18) 33. d5 $1 Nxe3 (33... exd5 34. Nf3 Re6 35. Qh8+ Kg6
36. g4 Nxe3 37. Nh4+ Kg5 38. Qxg7+ $18) 34. Nf3 Nxc4 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Nh4+ Kh5
37. Qxg7 $18) 31... Rc8 32. Ne5 Rdc7 (32... Rdd8 $2 {Hansen,Cu} 33. Ra7 $16)
33. Rb4 (33. Qd3 $5 {Hansen,Cu} Nd7 34. Bf4 $16) 33... Nd7 $132 34. Nxd7 (34.
c5 $6 {Hansen,Cu} Rxc5 35. Nxd7 (35. dxc5 Nxe5 $40) 35... Rc3 36. Qa4 Nxe3 37.
fxe3 Qf3 $17) 34... Rxd7 35. d5 (35. c5 $6 Qf3 $1 (35... Qe4 {Hansen,Cu} 36.
cxb6 Nxd4 $132) 36. cxb6 Nxg3 $1) 35... Nxe3 36. Qxe3 exd5 37. Rxb6 Qa8 38.
cxd5 Rxd5 39. Qb3 (39. Rb2 Ra5 40. Ree2 Ra3 41. Qf4 Ra4 42. Qd2 Rd4 $1 $132)
39... Re5 $1 40. Rd1 Re2 41. a4 (41. Rb7 {Hansen,Cu} Qxa2 $10) 41... Qe4 {
/\Rxf2} 42. Rb8 Rxb8 43. Qxb8+ Kh7 $10 44. Qb3 (44. Qb1 Qxb1 45. Rxb1 Ra2 46.
Rb4 g5 $10) (44. Qb5 Qf3 45. Rf1 g6 46. a5 Ra2 47. a6 Qf6 $10) 44... Qf5 45.
Rf1 Rd2 (45... Qxh3 $4 {Hansen,Cu} 46. Qd3+) 46. h4 h5 47. Qb6 Ra2 48. Qd4 Qg4
49. Qd5 (49. Qd3+ {Hansen,Cu} f5 $10 (49... g6 $2 50. Qd5)) 49... Rxa4 50. Qxf7
Qg6 51. Qe7 Re4 52. Qd8 Re2 53. Rc1 Qf5 54. Qd4 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 b5 5. d3 Bb7 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. g4 Nd4
9. Qf2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 d5 11. Bd2 b4 12. Ne2 dxe4 13. dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 {A flexible move
order - Black avoids committing the knight to f6 - which is useful in systems
where White plays Pg4-g5} 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O (8. Qf3 {Boensch} Nd7 9.
Be3 Rc8 10. g4 Nc5 11. g5 Ne7 12. Nb3 Na4 13. Nxa4 bxa4 14. Nd2 d5 $15 {
Anand,V-Wojtkiewicz,A Manila olm 1992 r 35}) 8... Nf6 {Now Black can play Nf6
even though it is possible to delay it for one more move.} (8... Nd7 9. Kh1 (9.
f5 $2 Qb6 $1 $17 (9... e5 10. Ne6 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. fxe6 Ndf6
14. Qf7 $13)) 9... Ngf6 {Transposes}) 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Be7 (10... Rc8 {
To stop b4.But I didn't want to stay undeveloped for too long}) 11. b4 {
Obviously a risky move. White fixes the queenside pawn structure to his
advantage. He can play a4 later for instance but there are disadvantages as
well - the c4 square - that become apparent in the game} (11. Qe1 {Boensch} Qc7
12. Qg3 g6 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Rae1 d5 15. e5 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 $15 {Dobrovolsky,
L-Gross,S Rimavska Sabota (10) 1990 0-1 83}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 {/\ Nb6-c4}
(12... Qb6 $5 {Boensch}) 13. Qe2 {/\ e4-e5} Nb6 $1 {Black must act quickly
white was /\ing e5.} 14. e5 {Michael played this due to an oversight} (14. a4
$5 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qb6 16. Nf3 Rfd8 $13) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd5 $1 (15... Qxd4
16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Na4 $1 (17. Nd1 $2 Qh4 $1 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $17) 17... Qd8 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Qh5 f5 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Rxf5 $18) 16.
Nxd5 $2 {This hands over the initiative to black.} (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5 Rf5
$3 {Mickey missed this move when he played e5.} (17... g6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19.
Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qxe6+ $40) 18. Rxf5 g6 $1 19. Rg5 Bxg5 20. Bxg6 Rc7
$19) (16. Ne4 $5 Nc4 $5 (16... Na4 17. Qh5 g6 (17... h6 $6 18. Bc1 $40) (17...
Nxb2 $6 18. Ng5 $1 (18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. exf6 Nxd3 $19) 18... h6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 $8
(19... Qe8 20. Bg6 $16 Qd7 $140 21. Nxh6+ gxh6 22. Bf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Nf4 24.
Rxf4 Bg5 25. Qg6+ Qg7 26. Qxe6+ $40) 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Nxe6 Qg8 22. Qg6 Nxd3
$13) 18. Qh6 Nxb2 19. Rf3 Nf4 $1 $8 20. Qxf4 (20. Rxf4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $8 Nxd3
22. cxd3 Qd5 $15 (22... Bg5 $15)) 20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 Kh8 $1) 17. Bxc4 (17. Qh5
h6 (17... g6 18. Qh6 Nxb2 19. Rf3 Nf4 {Transposes}) 18. Bc1 Nde3 $1) 17... Rxc4
) 16... Bxd5 17. Rae1 (17. Rad1 $5 {Boensch}) 17... Bc4 18. Nf3 $6 (18. Bxh7+
$2 {I wasn't worried about this during the game but Salov pointed out that
since White stood worse after the exchange of bishops the position called for
such desperate action!} Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Re3 $1 (20. Rf3 g6 21. Rg3 Kg7
22. Rf1 Qe8 $19) 20... Bxf1 $1 (20... g6 $2 21. Rg3 Qe8 (21... Bxf1 22. Rxg6+
$10 (22. Nxe6 Qe8 23. Qh6 $10)) 22. Rxf7 (22. Rf6 Kg7) 22... Qxf7 23. Rxg6+
Qxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 $10) (20... Bg5 $2 21. Rh3 Bh6 22. Rf6 $1 $40) 21. Rh3 Bxg2+
$1 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 f5 $1 {and white is lost} 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ (25.
Rg3 Ke8 (25... Rg8 $4 26. Qg6+ $18) 26. Rxg7 Rc7) 25... g6 26. Qh7+ Ke8 27.
Qxg6+ Kd7 $19) (18. Qe4 {Boensch} Bxd3 19. cxd3 $15) 18... Bxd3 19. cxd3 Nd5 $6
(19... Qd5 $1 $17 {/\ Qb3, Na4. The knight looks good on d5 but the queen is
more effective there}) (19... Qd5 $1 $17 {/\ Na4,Qb3}) (19... Na4 $1 $17) 20.
Qd2 $1 $15 Ra8 {?! Boensch} (20... Nb6 $5 {/\ Qd5}) (20... a5 $5 {Boensch} 21.
bxa5 Ra8 (21... b4 22. Ra1 $15) 22. Nd4 Bg5 $17) (20... Qd7 $15 {Boensch}) 21.
Nd4 Bg5 22. Qf2 {?! Boensch} (22. Qe2 {Boensch}) 22... Bh4 $6 {! Boensch} (
22... Rc8 $1 23. Nb3 (23. Bc1 $2 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qg5 26. Re1 Rc8
27. Rf1 Qe7 $15 {<->c})) 23. g3 Bg5 24. h4 Bh6 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. Bc1 $4 (26. Nb3
$1 {Mickey pointed this out at the post-mortem.The position seems about equal.
After fighting back to equality Michael blunders}) (26. Nb3 $1) (26. Re4 $6 f5
$1 27. exf6 (27. Re2 Qd7 $19) 27... Nxf6 $19) (26. Re2 $17) 26... Rxc1 $1 27.
Rxc1 Ne3 28. Kh3 $2 (28. Nc6 $1 Ng4+ (28... Qxd3 29. Qf3 $1 (29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30.
Ne7+ Kf8 $1 $19) (29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Qxf7 Nxf1+ $19) 29... Qd2+ (29... Nxf1+ 30.
Rxf1 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 $15) 30. Kh3 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 {Black is clearly better but he
has a difficult technical task ahead of him. Contrast the position of the
knight on c6 with the miserable position it occupies in the game}) 29. Kg2 (29.
Kg1 Qxd3 $19) 29... Qxd3 (29... Nxf2 30. Nxd8 Nxd3 31. Rc8 $1) 30. Qf3 $17)
28... Nxf1 $1 (28... Qxd4 $4 29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rfxf8#) 29. Rxf1
Qd5 $1 $19 {>< Nd4} 30. g4 g6 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Nf3 Rc3 33. g5 Bf8 34. Re3 Rxa3
35. d4 Rxe3 36. Qxe3 Bxb4 37. Kg3 a5 38. Kf4 a4 39. Qc1 Qc4 40. Qb1 a3 (40...
a3 41. Qe4 a2 42. Qa8+ Bf8 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum"]
[BlackTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rc1 d4 13. Ne1 Re8 14. Nd3 Bf8
15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Re1 Qa6 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. h3 Bf5 19. Qb3 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Rad8 21.
Rc5 Be4 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rd7 25. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Kb1 {!? Boensch sehr selten} (16. Nf5 {Boensch}) (
16. Rdg1 {Boensch}) (16. Qh2 {Boensch}) (16. e5 {Boensch}) (16. b3 {Boensch}) (
16. Nb3 {Boensch}) (16. Nd5 {Boensch}) (16. Nde2 {Boensch}) (16. Bh6 {Boensch})
16... Bxg4 $5 {?! Boensch} (16... Re8 {Boensch} 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.
c3 $2 (19. Qh2 h6 20. b3 Rc3 21. Bxh6 $10) 19... Rxd4 $1 20. Bxd4 e5 21. g5
Qxf3 22. Qe3 Bg4 23. Rdf1 exd4 $19 {Westerinen,H-Ernst,T Gausdal Arnold-Cup (8)
1990 0-1 45}) (16... Qc7 {Boensch} 17. Nde2 Rc8 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. e5 dxe5 20. g5
Be6 21. gxf6 exf6 $15 {Pyda,Z-Ballmann,M Antwerpen-Wch stud (5) 1992 0-1 53})
17. fxg4 Nxg4 18. Qe2 $1 (18. Bg1 h5 $13) 18... Nxe3 {? Boensch} (18... h5 $16
{Boensch}) 19. Qxe3 e6 {?! Boensch} (19... Qb6 $2 20. Nd5 Bxd4 21. Nxe7+ Kh8
22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rh1+ Kg7 24. Qh6+ Kf6 25. Nd5+) (19... Qa5 $2 20. Nd5 $1 (
20. Nf5 gxf5 (20... Bxc3 21. Qh6 Re8 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Bxh8 24. Rxh8#) 21.
Qh3 $1 (21. Rdg1 Qe5 $1 22. Rxg7+ $1 (22. Qh3 Rfc8 23. Qxh7+ Kf8) 22... Qxg7
23. Rg1 $16) 21... h6 (21... Rfc8 22. Nd5 $1 Rxe4 (22... Rxc2 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24.
Qxg7+ $1 $18) 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Rhg1 Rg4 25. Qxf5 $1 {>< Rc8}) (21... Rd8 22.
Qxh7+ (22. Nd5 Rxe4) 22... Kf8 23. Rhg1 $1 Qe5 $8 24. Rd5 $1 Qf6 25. Rxf5 Qh6 (
25... Qd4 26. Rfg5 $1 {/\ Qh8!}) 26. Qxh6 $1 Bxh6 27. Rh5 Bg7 28. Rhg5 $1 $18)
22. Rdg1 $18) 20... Re8 21. Nf5 $1 gxf5 22. Rhg1 $1 (22. Rdg1 Rxe4 23. Qg5 (23.
Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Qg3 $1 (24. Rhg1 Qe1+ $3) 24... Rg4 25. Rxg4 fxg4 26. Qe3 $1 f6
27. Rxh7 $1 $18 Kg8 28. Rh5) 23... Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd5 25. Rhg1 Qd4 26. c3 h6
27. Qxf5 $1 $18) 22... Rxe4 (22... Kh8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Rg1 $18)
23. Qg5 Rg4 24. Rxg4 fxg4 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qxa5 $18) (19... h5 {Boensch} 20.
Rxh5 $2 gxh5 $2 (20... Rxd4 $17) 21. Rg1 $18) (19... Qd7 $2 {Boensch} 20. Nf5
$18) 20. Ndb5 $1 (20. e5 $2 Qb6 $1 (20... d5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Qxe6+
Kh7 $13) 21. Ne4 (21. Qh3 h5 22. Nxe6 Bxe5 23. Nxf8 Rxc3 24. Nd7 Rxh3 25. Nxb6
Rxh1 26. Rxh1 axb6 $19) 21... dxe5 $1 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qh6 Rd8 24. Rdf1 Rcxd4
$1 $19) 20... Qa5 (20... Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nxd6 Rc6 23. Ncb5 {/\ b3,a4,Nc4
+/-}) 21. Nxd6 Rxc3 $2 (21... Rc6 $1 22. Ndb5 (22. Nxb7 $2 Qb4) 22... a6 23.
Nd4 $14) (21... Rb4 $6 22. Rd3 h5 23. Rhd1 $1 (23. a3 $2 Qxa3 24. Nc4 Qa6)
23... a6 $2 24. a3 Qxa3 25. Nc4 $1 $18) 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rd3 $1 $18 {[]} Qb4+
24. Kc1 Qb2+ (24... Bg7 25. a3 $1 Qb2+ 26. Kd2) 25. Kd1 Qxa2 $2 (25... Be5 26.
Qh6 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 (27. Kd2 $2 Bf4+) 27... Qxc2+ 28. Rd2 $18) (25... Bg7 $18) (
25... Qb1+ {Boensch} 26. Qc1 $18) 26. Qh6 (26. Qh6 $1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qxc2+ 28.
Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Baer, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Ne2
Rc8 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Rg1 Qb6 17. c3 Na5 18. Rb1 Qc5 19. g4 Bb5 20. Rxb5 axb5 21.
gxf5 Rxg1 22. Nxg1 Qxg1 23. Qxb5+ Nc6 24. Qxb7 Na7 25. f6 Kf8 26. h4 Kg8 27. h5
Rc4 28. Qb8+ Nc8 29. Qb5 Kh7 30. Qe8 Re4+ 31. Kd1 Qxf1+ 32. Kc2 Qg2 33. Qxf7+
Kh8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qd7+ Kh6 36. f5+ Kxh5 37. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bilawer, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6
8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nc3 a6 13. b4 Qb6 14. bxc5+
Qxc5 15. Bxe5+ Kxe5 16. Be2 Qa3 17. O-O Qxc3 18. Rfe1 Kd6 19. c5+ Kc7 20. Rac1
Qa5 21. c6 Qa3 22. cxb7+ Kxb7 23. Bf3 Qd6 24. Rc6 Qb4 25. Rec1 Bf5 26. d6 Be4
27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Qd5 Nf6 29. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Blumenstock, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 e6 8.
O-O a6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 c6 13. Rd3 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc8
15. Rg3 Nbd7 16. h4 Bf8 17. h5 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bh6 g6 20. Bg5 Ncd7 21.
Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Ne4 Be7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Red8
27. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bonnaire, Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bf2 g5
15. b5 Na5 16. O-O Nc4 17. b6 Nxb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. fxg5 Qxe5 20. Bb5+ Bd7 21.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Bxb6 Qxg5 23. Rxf7+ Ke8 24. Rxb7 Rg8 25. Qe2 Be7 26. Qb5+ Kf8
27. Rf1+ Kg7 28. h4 Qxh4 29. Qd7 Kh6 30. Qxe6+ Rg6 31. Be3+ Bg5 32. Bxg5+ Qxg5
33. Qh3+ Qh5 34. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Coder, Thorsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc5 13. Qd2 b5 14. Bd3 Nb6
15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd4 Rb8 19. c3 Rb6 20. Ka1 O-O 21.
Qe3 Rfb8 22. Rd2 Qa5 23. g4 Rb5 24. f5 Qb6 25. Rb1 Ra5 26. b4 Ra4 27. f6 Qd8
28. Qg5 g6 29. h4 Qf8 30. Qe3 h6 31. Rdb2 Kh7 32. Nf3 Rb7 33. Rh2 Qb8 34. Ng5+
Kg8 35. h5 a5 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Rxh6 axb4 38. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dertscheny, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bf4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
e5 Nfxd5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Be4 Be6 19. Qd2 f6 20. Bh4 Rbd8 21. Bxd5
Nxd5 22. Nxb5 Qb6 23. Qa5 Bd7 24. Nc3 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Nb4 26. Bg3 Bf5 27. Nb5 Nd3
28. Re2 g5 29. Nd6 Bg6 30. Ra7 Ra8 31. Rc7 Rfd8 32. h4 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 g4 34. Nd2
h5 35. N2c4 f5 36. Re6 Kh7 37. Ree7 Rg8 38. Ne5 f4 39. Nxd3 fxg3+ 40. fxg3 Bxd3
41. Ne8 Rf8 42. Nxg7 Rff1 43. Nf5+ Kg6 44. Rc6+ Kxf5 45. Rf7+ Ke4 46. Rxf1 Rxf1
47. Rxc5 Rf5 48. Rc8 Ke3 49. Rb8 Rb5 50. Re8+ Kd4 51. Rd8+ Ke3 52. Re8+ Be4 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Enders, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 Nf5 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. O-O Bxc5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Qg3 Be6 12. Nb5 h6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. exd6 O-O-O 16. Bf4 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rdg8 19. Rfe1 Rh5 20. Nxe6
Rgh8 21. f3 fxe6 22. Qg6 Nd8 23. Qf6 R5h7 24. Rac1 Rg8 25. c4 Rhg7 26. cxd5+
Kb8 27. Re2 Rg6 28. Qe7 R6g7 29. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Froehlich, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6. e4 d6 7. Bxb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Ne2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nec3 O-O 12. a4 Qb6 13. Kh1 c4 14. Na3
Qc5 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Bd4 Nd3 18. Nc2 Qb7 19. Ne3 Qxb2 20. Nxc4 Qxe2
21. Nxe2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 N3e5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rfb1 Rfc8 26. a5 Rc4
27. Nb3 Ra6 28. Rc1 Rb4 29. Rc3 Nc4 30. Kg1 Rb5 31. Rxc4 Rxb3 32. Rc6 Ra7 33.
a6 Rb2 34. h3 Kf6 35. Kh2 Ke5 36. Ra4 Kf4 37. Rac4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Heer, HO."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 c5
9. Nf4 Na6 10. Rb1 Nc7 11. h4 Rb8 12. b4 cxb4 13. Rxb4 Na6 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. Na4
Qa5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qb3 Ng4 18. Nd3 Qc7 19. c5 Bd7 20. Bg5 Rfe8 21. Rbc1 e5
22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Qa3 Bf8 24. Bf4 Red8 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qxb7 Ra7 27. Qxc7 Rxc7
28. a4 Ra7 29. c6 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Koeroglu, Naim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. h4 Nh5 11. g4 Ng3 12. Rg1 Nxf1 13. Rdxf1 Qa5 14. Kb1 Bd7 15.
h5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rh1 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 e6 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. c3
Qe7 22. Rh3 f5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. exf5 exf5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Rfh1 Raf8 27. Bd4
b4 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Bxg7 Rxh8 30. Bxh8 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Koschetzki, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Re8 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nc5 11. Nge2 b5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. cxb5 Nb6 14. Ng3 axb5
15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. h5 c5 18. dxc6 Be6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bf8 21.
Rhd1 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. g5 Nh5 26. Nge2 Rd3
27. Bd2 Rxf3 28. b5 Rf8 29. b6 Nf4 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Meschkat, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be3 e6 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rg1 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Bd7 12. g4 Bc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. f5 e5 15.
Rd2 O-O-O 16. Bc4 f6 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Rgd1 Nc5 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rd7 22. c4 b6 23. b4 Nb7 24. Rd3 Ka7 25. Ra3 Rhd8 26. Rdd3 Ra8 27. Rxa6+
Kxa6 28. Ra3+ Na5 29. Rxa5+ bxa5 30. b5# 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morgenstern, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Re8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Bd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Na6 15.
Qa3 Qe7 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Rb1 Bf8 20. d6 cxd6 21. c6
Nc5 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. c7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mueller, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g5 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 Nc6 14. Rd1 Bb7
15. Rg1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Kb1 d5 18. e5 Qa5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. g6+ fxg6 21.
Qh3+ Kg8 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Qxg6 Qc7 24. Qh7 Qf7 25. e6 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mueller, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 Nc6 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5+ 14.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 b6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Rhc1 f5 18. f3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rf2+ 20. Ke3
Rxg2 21. Rc7 Rxh2 22. Rxe7 Bg4 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rxa7 h5 26. e5
Rh3+ 27. Kd4 Rh4 28. Ke3 Rh3+ 29. Kd2 Rh2+ 30. Kc3 Bf5 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. d6 Re2
33. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Paulsen, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nd5 9. h4 Bg4 10. h5 Re8 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Rxh7 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8
15. Bxg6 e6 16. Bxe8 Qe7 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Bg6 Qb4 19. O-O-O Nxc3 20. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pieroth, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Bd3 Ba6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bf1 a4 18. Nbd4 exd4 19. a3 Nc5 20. axb4 Nb3 21. Rb1 Bf6
22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Bd3 Rc4 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Nh2 Bd8 27. Nf1 g6 28. Qd1
Bf6 29. Re2 Bg7 30. f4 Rc8 31. Rf2 Qa7 32. Nh2 Qc7 33. Nf3 Qd7 34. Qe2 Re8 35.
Rbf1 f5 36. Ng5 Bf6 37. Ne6 fxe4 38. Qxe4 Nxd2 39. Rxd2 Rxb4 40. f5 g5 41. Rc1
Rc4 42. Bxc4 bxc4 43. Rxd4 Rxe6 44. fxe6 Qa7 45. Rcd1 a3 46. bxa3 c3 47. Kh1 c2
48. Qxc2 Bxd4 49. Qc6 Be2 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. e7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rauschenbach, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qd2 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Ne8 16. h4 Rab8 17. Qe3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. Ba7 Rbc8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21.
Bh3 Qf6 22. Rd2 Qg6 23. Rcd1 h6 24. a4 Kf8 25. a5 f5 26. Kh2 Qf7 27. f3 Qe7 28.
b4 g5 29. Rb1 Qf6 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Bd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Bd4 Re7 34. Qd3
Rxe2+ 35. Kg1 Re5 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. a6 bxa6 38. bxa6 Rc4 39. Qa3+ Qd6 40. Qxd6+
Nxd6 41. a7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schaefer, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 e6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Ne5 b5
15. Bb3 c5 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qf3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bb7
21. Qg3 a6 22. Qf4 Kg7 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Qe3 Rfd8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schnitzspan, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15.
Be5 Be6 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Qa4 Nb4 18. Bb5 Nd7 19. a3 a6 20. Bxg7 axb5 21. Qxb5
Nc2 22. Rac1 Nxa3 23. bxa3 Kxg7 24. Qxb7 Rxa3 25. Nd5 Rxf3 26. Nc7 Rf4 27. Re1
Rf6 28. Nxe8+ Qxe8 29. Ra1 Nf8 30. Ra8 Bc8 31. Rxe8 Bxb7 32. Rxf8 Bxa8 33. d7
Ra6 34. h3 Kxf8 35. d8=Q+ Kg7 36. Qc8 Ra5 37. Kh2 c4 38. Qxc4 Rf5 39. Qd4+ Kh7
40. f3 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schnorr, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 Nc6 13. Kb1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15.
Rg1 Qd7 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 d5 18. e5 Qc7 19. Nf4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd3 Nc7
22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. g6+ Kg8 24. h6 Nb5 25. hxg7 Kxg7 26. Nh5+ Kg8 27. g7 f5 28.
gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Scholz, Franz Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Bf4 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. Bb3 b5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4
bxc4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qc3 Rb8 20. Nf4
Be6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 c3 23. b3 Bc4 24. Rhe1 e6 25. h4 Rfc8 26. h5 Rc5 27.
Qd4 Qc7 28. hxg6 e5 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Qe3 exf4 31. Qxc3+ f6 32. Qxf6+ Qg7 33.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schuenemann, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e5 g6 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Be4 Nd5 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Qd2 Nce7 14. Rfe1 Nf5
15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qh6 Qd7 19. Ng5 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6
21. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Zoefel/Boehme"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 g6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Bh6
Re8 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxd8 Bxd5 17. Bxc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nf5 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Bf4
Nfd4 21. Kb1 Nxf3 22. h5 Nb4 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Bb5 Re4 25. Bg3 a6 26. Ba4 Re2
27. Bb3+ Kh8 28. c3 Nc6 29. Rd7 Nd2+ 30. Kc1 Nxb3+ 31. axb3 Re7 32. Rxe7 Nxe7
33. Rd1 Nf5 34. Be5+ Kg8 35. Rd7 b5 36. Kc2 Re8 37. f4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {Yusupov's opening choice for this
match. In later games I reacted with 5.c3 but here...} 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6
7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 (11. Qc4 $5) 11... h5 12.
Ne1 (12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ng5 {my original intention but...} Nxh4 $1 (13... Bf6 $5
14. g3 $13) 14. Rxh4 Bxg5 15. Rxh5 Bxe3+ 16. fxe3 Ke7 (16... Kf7 {too
spectacular} 17. Rf1+ Kg6 18. Rfh1 $1) 17. Rg5 (17. Rdh1 Rxh5 18. Qxh5 Qf8 $1 {
/\ Be6,Kd7 -/+}) 17... Qg8 {/\ Be6}) 12... Qb8 $1 {Black has completely solved
his opening problems.} 13. g3 Qb4 $1 14. f3 $1 (14. Nd3 Qc4 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $1
16. Nxe5 (16. f3 Be6) 16... Qxe2 17. Nxe2 fxe5 $15) 14... Rb8 15. Nd3 Qc4 16.
dxe5 (16. Qf2 O-O {/\ f5}) 16... Nxe5 17. Bd2 $1 {/\ b3. Since white has no
advantage it seemed best to simplify to an endgame} O-O 18. b3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3
$1 Qxd3 20. cxd3 $10 {Because of his doubled c-pawns black can't be better
even with the 2 Bs} f5 21. Bf4 Bf6 22. Kc2 Be6 23. Rde1 $1 {/\ e5} Rbe8 24. Kd2
fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bd4 26. Re2 Bb6 27. Rhe1 Ba5+ (27... Ba5+ 28. Nc3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Having been surprised by the Steinitz defence in
the first game I was quite pleased to play my own surprise but Yusupov sticks
to his guns} 4. cxd5 {The classical is one of his main weapons against the
Grunfeld but having a Grunfeld addict (Pat Wolff) for my second came in handy!}
Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3
Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1 {The alternatives are 14.d5 and 14.Qa4
but this one was not a surprise for us} Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 {and this is an
obscure side-line. The main move is 15...Be6 but I had some ideas here} 16. Qb4
b6 17. d5 (17. Bg5 $5 f6 (17... Bf6 $2 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. d5 $16 {>< Bb3}) (
17... Re8 $2 18. Bb5 h6 19. Bh4 $1 (19. Bxe8 hxg5 $44) 19... g5 20. Bxe8 gxh4
21. Bb5 $16) 18. Be3 Bf7 $13) 17... Qd6 $1 18. Bd2 $6 (18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Ba6
Ba4 $1 $13) 18... Rfd8 $1 19. Qxd6 (19. Ba6 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 e6 $1 21. Be7 $8 (21.
d6 Be5 $17) 21... Rd7 22. d6 Be5 23. Bb5 Bxd6 $1 24. Bxd7 Bxe7 $17) 19... exd6
20. Bg5 Rdc8 21. Ba6 Rc5 $1 $17 22. Rxc5 bxc5 (22... dxc5 $5 {A far more
committal move. Black has an armada of passed pawns on the queenside but I was
afraid that white's centre pawns could get messy. The game continuation is
less risky but slower}) 23. Rc1 (23. Bd2 Bc4 $1) 23... Rb8 $1 24. Bd2 Rb6 25.
Bxa5 $8 (25. Bd3 $2 Nb7 {/\ a5-a4}) 25... Rxa6 26. Bc3 Bh6 $1 (26... Bxc3 27.
Nxc3 $15) 27. Rb1 Rb6 28. Kf2 Bc4 29. Ra1 $1 a6 30. Ra4 Bd3 31. Ra3 Rb1 32. e5
Bf8 (32... dxe5 33. Bxe5 Bb5 34. Nc3 $1 $132) 33. exd6 Bxd6 34. Be5 $1 Bxe5 35.
Rxd3 Bd6 (35... c4 $2 36. Re3 $1 Bd6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Rc8) 36. Ra3 Rb6 37. Ra4
(37. Ra5 c4 38. Ra4 Bb4 $1 {/\ a5}) (37. Nc3 $5 c4 (37... f5 38. Ra5 c4 39. Na4
) 38. Ra2) 37... Kf8 38. h3 Ke7 39. Ke3 Be5 $1 $19 {/\ Kd6} 40. f4 Bg7 41. f5
Kd6 42. Rh4 h5 (42... h6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Rg4 g5 45. h4 Bf6 $19) 43. fxg6 fxg6
44. Ra4 Be5 $1 45. g4 (45. Ke4 Rb4+ $19) 45... h4 $1 (45... hxg4 46. Rxg4 Kxd5)
46. g5 Bg3 $1 (46... Kxd5 $6 47. Rxh4 Rb3+ 48. Kd2 a5 $17) 47. Nc3 (47. Nxg3
hxg3 48. Kf3 Kxd5 49. Kxg3 c4 50. Kf3 Re6 $19) 47... Be1 $1 48. Ne4+ Kxd5 49.
Nf6+ Kc6 50. Re4 Kb5 51. Kd3 Rd6+ 52. Kc2 Bb4 53. Rxh4 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 c4 55. Ne4
Re2 $1 (55... Rh2 56. Rf4 c3 57. Rf2) 56. Kd1 Re3 $1 {>< Ne4} 57. Nf6 (57. Rg4
a5 58. h4 a4 $19) 57... Re1+ 58. Kc2 Re2+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Kc1 c3 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wolff} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 {Having achieved nothing
in the 1st game with 5.Bxc6+ we prepared this line and found some interesting
ideas} (5. Bxc6+ {Wolff} bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10.
O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 h5 12. Ne1 Qb8 13. g3 Qb4 14. f3 Rb8 15. Nd3 Qc4 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Bd2 O-O 18. b3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. cxd3 $10 {Anand,V-Yusupov,A Wijk
aan Zee (1) 1993}) 5... Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Be3 $1 (7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nc4
Be7 {The main line}) 7... h6 8. Nbd2 (8. d5 $5 {Wolff} Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4
$14) 8... g5 $6 (8... Ng6 $5) (8... g6) 9. dxe5 $1 {White gains little by
keeping the central tension and Black may have the option of exd4 at some point
} dxe5 (9... Nxe5 $6 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 $16) 10. h4 $1 (10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3
Nf4 12. O-O Bd6 $1 {/\ g4,h5 Qf6}) (10. O-O Ng6 11. Bb3 g4 12. Ne1 h5 $13)
10... g4 11. Nh2 h5 12. Nhf1 Ng6 13. g3 $1 {Now Black's kingside is
permanently weak} Be7 14. Bc2 $1 {/\ Nb3,Nfd2,Qe2} Be6 (14... O-O $5 {Wolff}
15. Bh6 $140 Re8 16. Ne3 Kh7) 15. Bb3 $1 (15. Nb3 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 f6 {/\ Kf7})
15... Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qb3 $1 {The endgame is very pleasant for white
since Black has a lot of static weaknesses} Qxb3 18. axb3 O-O 19. b4 b5 $2 (
19... f6 20. Nb3 Kf7 21. Nfd2 Ke6 22. Ke2 $16 {/\ Nc4,Rfd1}) (19... a5 $1 20.
b5 (20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. b4 Nc6 23. Nb3 Ra8 24. Nfd2 Ra2 $132) 20...
Nb8 (20... Na7 21. Bxa7 $1 (21. Rxa5 b6 $10) 21... Rxa7 22. Ne3 $16) 21. Nc4 (
21. b4 $1 {Wolff} a4 22. Nc4 $16) 21... b6 22. Nfd2 (22. b4 Nd7 23. bxa5 bxa5
$44) (22. Bc1 Nd7 23. Nfe3 Nc5 24. Nd5 Bd8 $132) 22... Nd7 23. Ke2 Rfc8 $14)
20. Nb3 a5 $8 (20... Rfd8 21. Nfd2 Bd6 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. Ra2 $1 $18) 21. Nxa5
Nxa5 (21... Bxb4 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Ke2 Nc2 24. Nd2 $18) 22. bxa5 c5 (22... Ra6
{Wolff} 23. Nd2 Rfa8 24. b4 c5 25. Rb1 $18) 23. Nd2 Ra6 24. Nb3 $1 (24. c4 Rb8
$1 25. Ke2 Nf8 26. Rhc1 Ne6 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc4 Nd4+ 29. Bxd4 cxd4 $14) 24...
Rc8 (24... c4 25. Nc5 Bxc5 (25... Rc6 26. Nd7 Rd8 27. Nb6 $18) 26. Bxc5 Rfa8
27. Bb4 $18) 25. Ke2 {! Wolff} (25. c4 {Wolff} Rb8 (25... bxc4 26. Nd2 Rb8 27.
Nxc4 Rb4 28. Rc1 Nf8 29. O-O Ne6 30. Rfd1 Nd4 $132) 26. Nxc5 (26. Bxc5 bxc4 27.
Bxe7 Rxb3) 26... Bxc5 27. Bxc5 bxc4 $10) 25... c4 26. Nc1 $1 (26. Nd2 Bd8 (
26... Rca8 27. Bb6) 27. b4 cxb3 28. Nxb3 Rxc3 $14) 26... b4 (26... Rca8 27. b4
(27. Rd1 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rd5) 27... cxb3 28. Nxb3 $16) (26... Bd8 $6 27.
Rd1 Bxa5 (27... Rxa5 28. Rxd8+) 28. Rd7 {/\ Rb7} (28. Rd5 {Wolff} Rb8 29. b4
cxb3 30. Nxb3 Rba8 31. Bd2 $18) 28... Rb8 $2 29. Ra7 $1 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Rxa8 31.
b4 cxb3 32. Nxb3 $18) 27. Rd1 bxc3 (27... b3 {Wolff} 28. Ra4 {><c4}) 28. bxc3
Bd8 29. Ra4 Nf8 $2 (29... Bxa5 $1 30. Rd5 Rca8 31. Rxc4 $16) 30. Rd5 f6 31. Na2
Rca8 32. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 33. Nb4 Raa8 34. a6 Ne6 35. Nd5 Rxd5 (35... Kf7 36. Nb6
Ra7 $8 37. Nxc4 Raa8 38. Nb6 Ra7 39. Nd5 Raa8 40. a7 Rd7 41. Ra6 $1 $18) 36.
exd5 Nc7 37. d6 Nb5 38. Rb4 {!? Wolff} (38. Kd2 $1 Nxd6 39. a7 Nb5 40. Kc2 $18
(40. Ra5 $18 {Wolff})) 38... Nxc3+ (38... Nxd6 {Wolff} 39. a7 $18) 39. Kd2 Nd5
40. Rb7 c3+ 41. Kc2 Rxa6 42. Rb8+ (42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. d7 Ra2+ 44. Kb1 c2+ 45.
Kxa2 Nxe3 46. Kb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Yusupov Wolff Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O (
5... c5 {Hansen,LB}) 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6
11. O-O Qa5 12. Qe2 $5 Nh5 {To exploit the fact that white has not played h3} (
12... Bf5 13. Rfd1) (12... Bg4 $5 {Hansen,LB} 13. h3 Bxf3 $10 {Farago,
I-Portisch,L/Hungary/1974/}) 13. Bg5 h6 {?! Hansen,LB} (13... Bg4 $1 {Wolff
=Hansen,LB} 14. Ne4 (14. Bh4 Qb4 $10) (14. Nd5 {Yusupov} e6 15. Ne7+ $10 {
0,5/Pfleger-Mohr/BL/1989}) 14... Qf5 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 (16. gxf3 Qh3 $36)
16... Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rac8 $15) 14. Bh4 g5 15. Rfd1 {! Yusupov} (15. Nxg5 hxg5
16. Qxh5 gxh4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rc4 $140 (18. Rfd1 {Wolff} e6) 18... Bf5 $1 (
18... e6 19. Rxh4 f5 (19... Qxh4 20. Qxh4 exd5 21. Bxd5 $36) (19... Re8 20.
Qh7+ Kf8 21. Rg4 exd5 22. Qxg7+ Ke7 23. Rf4 Be6 24. e4 $1 $40) 20. Nf4 Qf6 21.
Rd1 $40) 19. Qxf5 (19. Rxh4 {Yusupov} e6) 19... e6) (15. Ne4 {Wolff} gxh4 16.
Rc5 Qb4 17. Nfd2 {/\ Qxh5, Rb5} Nf6 18. Rb5 Nd4 $5 {Fritz} 19. exd4 Qxd4 $15)
15... e6 (15... gxh4 $2 {Hansen,LB} 16. Rd5 $16) 16. Bg3 {!?N Yusupov} (16. Na4
{Yusupov} Rd8 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Rc2 Be8 21. Rdc1 Qe7
$14 {Hort-Ogaard/Nice/ol/1974}) 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 (17... b6 $142 $5 {
Wolff}) 18. Ne4 Bd7 19. Nd6 (19. Rc5 {Yusupov} Qb4 $132) (19. Nc5 {Yusupov
-Hort-Ogaard}) 19... Qc7 $6 (19... Qb6 $1 20. Ba4 {Wolff !? Yusupov} (20. Rc2
Na5) (20. Nh2 Be8) 20... Nd4 $1 21. Rxd4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxd6) 20. Rc2 $6 (20.
Rd2 $1 $14 {Yusupov} Be8 $140 (20... Bxb2 $2 {Yusupov} 21. Nb5 $1) 21. Nxe8
Rxe8 $8 (21... Rxd2 22. Nxc7) 22. Ba4 $16) 20... Be8 $1 21. Nxe8 (21. Rcd2 $1
$16 {Yusupov} Nd4 $2 22. Rxd4 $1 (22. Nxd4 Rxd6 $10) 22... Bxd4 23. Nxe8 $18)
21... Rxd1+ (21... Rxe8 $2 22. Ba4 $16) 22. Qxd1 Rxe8 23. Ba4 Rd8 24. Qc1 Qd6
$6 {? Yusupov} (24... Qa5 $142 $132 {Yusupov}) (24... Rd6 $14 {Yusupov}) 25.
Rd2 Qe7 (25... Qc7 {Wolff} 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxc6 Qc7 28. b3 $14) 26. Bxc6
bxc6 27. b3 Rxd2 (27... g4 $142 {Yusupov}) 28. Nxd2 Qd7 29. Qc2 (29. g4 Qd3 $1)
29... Qd5 $2 {?! Yusupov} (29... h5 $1 {Yusupov Black should be able to hold
this position}) (29... g4 $8 {Wolff}) 30. g4 $1 {Now with the proverbial
second weakness Black will have a difficult task} Kf8 31. Nc4 f5 $2 {Black
adds a weak king to his other problems} (31... Bf6 $1 {/\ Kg7. Keeping the
king safe may help}) 32. f3 (32. gxf5 $2 {Yusupov} exf5 $10) 32... Bf6 33. Kf2
(33. Kf1 $5 {Yusupov}) 33... Kg7 34. Kf1 Bd8 35. e4 $1 fxe4 36. fxe4 Qc5 (36...
Qd4 $142 {Yusupov} 37. Qb2 Qxb2 $16) 37. Qf2 $1 Qe7 (37... Qxf2+ {Hansen,LB}
38. Kxf2 $16 {>< a7,c6,h6;Bd8}) 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Ke2 Bb6 {?! Hansen,LB; ?
Wolff; !? Yusupov} 40. Nxb6 axb6 41. Qxb6 $18 Qa3 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd2 Ke8 44.
Kf3 c5 (44... e5 $5 $16 {Yusupov}) (44... Qf8+ $5 $16 {Yusupov}) 45. Qd6 Kf7
46. Qd7+ (46. e5 {Yusupov} Qa8+) 46... Kf6 47. Qd8+ Kf7 (47... Ke5 {Yusupov}
48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. e5+ $18) 48. e5 Qa6 (48... Qxa2 {Hansen,LB} 49. Qf6+ $18) 49.
Qd7+ Kg8 50. Ke3 Qxa2 51. Qxe6+ Kf8 (51... Kg7 {Hansen,LB} 52. Qf6+ Kh7 53.
Qf7+ Kh8 54. e6 (54. Qd5 {Yusupov} Qa5 55. Ke4 $18 (55. e6 $18)) 54... Qxb3+
55. Ke4 $18) 52. Qxh6+ Ke8 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qf5+ Ke8 55. Qc8+ Kf7 56. Qd7+ Kf8
57. Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wolff Yusupov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 {In the third
game he played 5...Bd7 but presumably didn't find an improvement he liked} 6.
exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bc2 Bxc2 (9... e4 {Yusupov} 10. Bxd3 exd3
11. Re3 Qd7 (11... Nh6 12. Rxd3 O-O 13. Re3 Ne5 14. d4 Neg4 15. Re2 Bh4 16.
Bxh6 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nxh6 18. Nd2 $18 {Timoschenko-Trapl/Dechin/1978/ECO}) 12.
Rxd3 O-O-O 13. Re3 g5 14. d4 $14 {Fuchs-Nej/Erevan/1965/ECO}) 10. Qxc2 Nf6 (
10... Nh6 {Yusupov} 11. d4 Nf7 12. d5 (12. Qb3 Rb8 13. dxe5 Ncxe5 14. Nd4 Qd7
15. Ne6 g6 16. Be3 $16 {Sax-Westerinen/Las Paimas/1978/ECO}) 12... Nb8 13. c4
Nd7 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Be3 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. Rad1 g6 18. Nd2 Qf5 19. Nde4 $14 {
Balashov-Vorotnikov/Moscow/1991}) (10... Qd7 {Yusupov} 11. d4 O-O-O 12. d5 Nb8
13. c4 h6 14. Nc3 g5 15. Be3 Nf6 16. b4 $16 {Kavalek-Rat/Nice/ol/1974/ECO}) 11.
d4 (11. Qb3 $5 {Yusupov ECO}) (11. Ng5 {Yusupov} Qd7 12. d4 (12. Qb3 d5 13. d4
$13 {Vinter-Shijanovsky/USSR/1962/ECO}) 12... exd4 13. Ne6 Kf7 (13... Ne5 14.
Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Nf5 $14 {Bradvarevic-Rajkovic/Yugoslavia/ch/1962/ECO}) 14. Ng5+
Kf8 15. Qb3 d5 16. Qxb7 Re8 $13 {Gipslis-Shijanovsky/USSR/1962/ECO}) 11... O-O
{All theory and now I was about to play 12.dxe5 when I noticed that 12.d5 was
possible. After 1/2 an hour's thought (!) I decided that it was too tempting
to miss!} (11... exd4 {Yusupov} 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 Kh8 $5 (13... d5 $6 14.
Bg5 Qd7 (14... Qd6 15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ng5 Nf5 18. Re5 Qg6 19. Nxd5
$16 {Van der Sterren-Westerinen/London/1978/ECO}) 15. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Qh4 19. h3 Nxf2 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. e6 $18 {
Dvoirys-Vorotnikov/USSR/1985}) 14. Ng5 $5 Nxd4 15. Qd3 h6 16. Qxd4 hxg5 17.
Bxg5 Qd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 Rf5 20. Bh4 $14 {Glek-Vorotnikov/USSR/1986}) (
11... Qd7 {Yusupov} 12. dxe5 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 $14 (14.
Nd2 $14 {ECO}) (14. Rd1 Qc6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Nd2 Bc5 17. Rf1 $10 {Balashov-Nej/
USSR/1974/ECO})) 13. Be3 (13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 O-O-O $44 {ECO}) 13... O-O-O
14. Nbd2 Rhe8 15. Rad1 Qd3 16. Qxd3 Rxd3 17. Nc4 $14 {Adams-Piket/Cannes/60'/
tt/1992}) (11... e4 {Yusupov} 12. Ng5 d5 13. f3 $1 (13. Ne6 $2 Qd7 14. Nxg7+
Kf7 $17 {ECO}) 13... h6 14. Nh3 O-O (14... exf3 $4 {Wolff} 15. Qg6+ Kf8 16. Nf4
$18) 15. Nd2 exf3 (15... Bd6 16. fxe4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Qd6+ 19. e5
$16 {Vehi Bach-Winants/Barcelona/1991}) 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. Bxh6 $1 $40 {
Chaplinsky-Dmitriev/USSR/1972}) 12. d5 {! Wolff} (12. dxe5 {Yusupov} Nxe5 13.
Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 (14. Rxe5 $6 Ng4 $40) 14... Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 (15... Bd6 16. h3
$14 {ECO}) (15... Ng4 $2 16. Nxc5 Qh4 17. h3 Rxf2 18. Re2 $18 {Bannik-Estrin/
USSR/1963/ECO})) 12... e4 $8 {! Yusupov} (12... Nb8 $2 13. Ng5 Qc8 14. c4) (
12... Nxd5 $4 {Yusupov} 13. Qb3 $18) (12... Na7 {Yusupov} 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. c4 c6
15. Nc3 $16) (12... Na5 {Wolff} 13. Nbd2 b5 (13... Nxd5 14. b4 Nc6 15. Qb3 $18)
14. b4 Nb7 (14... Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Qe2 $18) 15. c4 $16) 13. Ng5 Ne5 $8 (
13... Nxd5 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe6+ Kh8 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxf7 $18) 14. Ne6 Qd7 (
14... Qe8 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re3 $16) 15. Nd2 {! Wolff} (15. Nxf8 $2
Qg4 $1 16. Kf1 (16. Re3 Rxf8 17. Rg3 Qh5 $44) (16. Kh1 Rxf8 {/\ Qh4,Ng4}) (16.
Ne6 $2 Nf3+ 17. Kf1 Qxg2+ $1 $19 (17... Nxh2+ {Yusupov} 18. Kg1 Nf3+ 19. Kf1
Qxg2+ $1 {Anand})) 16... Rxf8 $40 {-/+}) 15... e3 $1 (15... Nd3 16. Rxe4 $1
Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxc1 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Rxc1 $16) (15... Rfc8 16. Nxe4 (16. c4 {
Yusupov} c6 $132) 16... Nxd5 17. N4g5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 $14 {Yusupov}) (15... Nxd5
{Wolff} 16. Nxf8 Qg4 17. Qxe4 $18) (15... Rfe8 {Wolff} 16. c4 Nd3 (16... c6 17.
Nxe4 cxd5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. cxd5 $18) 17. Re2 $16 {><e4}) 16. Rxe3 (16. fxe3
Rf7 17. e4 (17. Ng5 $10 {Yusupov}) 17... Nfg4 $1 18. Nf1 Bh4 $1 $44 {->}) 16...
Nxd5 17. Nxf8 {Much more messy; !? Wolff} (17. Rxe5 {This was simple and good}
dxe5 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne4 $14) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxh7+ Kxf8 19. fxe3 (19. Qh8+
Kf7 20. Qxa8 Nxg2 $1 21. Kxg2 $8 (21. Qxb7 Nf4 $40) 21... Qg4+ $10) 19... Re8 (
19... Qg4 $2 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Qxa8 Qd1+ (21... Bh4 22. Qxb7 Qe2 23. g3 $18) (
21... Qe2 22. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 23. Kf1 Qd3+ 24. Ke1 $18) 22. Nf1 $18) 20. e4 (20. Ne4
$5 {Yusupov suggested this after the game as slightly better for white.}) 20...
d5 $2 {?? Wolff} (20... Qg4 21. Qf5+ (21. Nf1 {Yusupov} Nf3+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kf2
Bh4+ 23. g3 Nxh2 24. Qxh4 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qxf1+ 26. Kxh2 Qf2+ $10 {Schach/3/94})
22... Nh4 23. Ne3 Qe2 24. Bd2 Bf6 25. Rf1 Re5 $40 {/\Rh5 Schach/3/1994}) 21...
Qxf5 22. exf5 $14) (20... Bf6 $1 $44) (20... Bf6 {Yusupov} 21. Nf3 (21. Nf1 $14
{Wolff White is obviously better, but Black has some annoying active play.})
21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 d5 $1 $44) 21. Nb3 $1 $16 dxe4 $2 (21... Ng4 $1 22. e5 $1
(22. Bh6 Bf6 $1 $8 (22... Nxh6 23. Rf1+ Bf6 (23... Nf7 24. Qh8#) 24. Rxf6+ $18)
23. Rf1 Qf7 $1 (23... dxe4 24. h3)) 22... Nxe5 23. Be3 $16 (23. Bh6 $18 {Wolff}
)) (21... Qg4 $5 {Yusupov} 22. Be3 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nh4 24. Rf1+ Bf6 $1 25. g3 $3 (
25. Rxf6+ $2 Ke7 26. g3 (26. Rg6 Nxg6 27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28. h3 $140 Qxe4 29. Nc5
Qf5 $17) 26... Kxf6 27. Qxh4+ Qxh4 28. gxh4 Rxe4 $13) 25... Nf3 (25... Rxe4 26.
Qxh4 $1 (26. Bc5+ Ke8 (26... Kf7 27. Qxh4 Qe2 28. Qh3 $18)) 26... Qxh4 27. Bc5+
$1 $18) 26. h3 $1 Qxg3 (26... Qxe4 27. Bc5+ Kf7 28. Qh5+) 27. Bc5+ Kf7 (27...
Re7 {Yusupov} 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ $18 {Anand}) 28. Qh5+ $18) 22. Be3 (22. Bh6
$6 {Yusupov} Qg4 23. Rf1+ Nf3+) 22... Bf6 (22... Qg4 23. Rf1+ Nf3+ 24. Kh1 $18)
23. Rf1 Ng4 (23... Ke7 24. Nc5) 24. Bd4 Qc6 $2 {This loses but I don't see
much else} (24... b6 {Yusupov} 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Rxf6+ $18) (24... Qd5 {Yusupov
} 25. h3 Ne5 26. Rxf6+ gxf6 27. Bc5+ $18) 25. Bc5+ (25. Bc5+ Kf7 26. Qh5+) (25.
Qh8+ $140 {Yusupov} Ke7 $1 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wolff Belov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Nf3 {No, not another Classical Variation (7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2)!} c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9.
Qd2 Bg4 $1 (9... O-O {Belov} 10. Rc1 e6 (10... b6 11. d5 Bg4 $5 12. Ng5 $1 Na6
13. h3 Bd7 14. Be2 Rad8 15. O-O $14 {Karpov,A-Fernandez Garcia,J/Dos Hermanas/
1993/1:0 (27) Inf 57/460/}) 11. Bh6 Rd8 12. h4 cxd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd4 Nc6
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Kd2 $14 {Olafsson,H-Benjamin,J/S-Martin/1993/}) (9... Nc6 {
Belov} 10. Rc1 (10. Rb1 $5) 10... cxd4 (10... Bg4 $5) (10... Bg4 $5 {Wolff})
11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. Bb5 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rxc6
Rfb8 $1 $44 {Seirawan,J-Mecking,H/San Paulo(m/5)/1992/0,5 (30) Inf 54/466/})
10. Rc1 (10. Rb1 {Belov} a6 11. Rb3 $6 b5 12. d5 Nd7 $6 (12... c4 $5 13. Rb4
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qa3 $15) 13. c4 b4 $13 {Timman,J-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1992/0,5 (42)
Inf 54/465/}) 10... Nc6 $1 {This idea seems to be quite reasonable} (10... O-O
{Wolff} 11. Be2 e6 {This is a position that has been played several times,
with about equal results.}) 11. d5 Rd8 {The point - white can't get out of the
pin so easily} 12. Qb2 {!? Belov} (12. Bd3 O-O $1 13. dxc6 $140 Bxf3 14. gxf3
c4 $17) (12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O (13. c4 $2 {Wolff} Nb4 14. a3 Qxa3 15. Bxc5 Nd3+
16. Bxd3 Qxc5 $17) 13... e6 $10) (12. c4 {Belov} Bxf3 (12... Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nd4
14. Nb3 $14) 13. Qxa5 (13. gxf3 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nd4 $10) 13... Nxa5 14. gxf3 b6
15. f4 $14) (12. Be2 $5 {Belov}) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 (13. dxc6 $4 {Belov} Bxc3+
14. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Rd1#) 13... Nd4 14. Bxd4 (14. Bg2 Nb5 $1 15. Bd2 (15.
Bxc5 Nxc3 $1 16. Bb4 Qxa2) (15. O-O {Wolff} b6 {><c3}) 15... Nd6 $10 (15... c4
$10 {Belov})) (14. Qxb7 {Wolff} O-O $1 $44 (14... Nxf3+ 15. Kd1 (15. Ke2 Ne5
16. f4 Qxa2+) 15... Qxa2 (15... Bxc3 16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Qxa5 Bxa5 18. Bxc5 $14)
16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Bc4 $16)) 14... cxd4 15. Qb5+ Qxb5 16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. cxd4 (17.
c4 $5 {Wolff} b6 18. Ke2 Be5) 17... Bxd4 18. Rc7 Be5 $1 (18... Rb8 $2 19. f4
$14 {Nothing disastrous, but now White has something concrete}) (18... a6 {
Belov} 19. Bd3 b5 20. Ke2 $16) 19. Rxb7 Rb8 $10 {Thanks to the f-pawns white
doesn't even have practical chances} 20. Rxb8+ Bxb8 21. O-O (21. Ke2 Bf4 22. h3
Kg7) 21... Bf4 $1 (21... Kg7 22. Rc1 Bd6 {Probably also enough but the text is
more precise}) 22. Rb1 Kg7 23. Bc6 Rb8 24. Bb7 (24. Rxb8 {Belov} Bxb8) 24...
Bd6 25. a4 a5 (25... f5 $10 26. a5 $140 a6 $10) 26. Rb5 f5 $1 {/\ Kg7-f6-e5}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {A surprise but under the circumstances (Artur needed a win to stay
in the match) we expected a surprise!} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6
6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 $5 10. exd6 (10. b3 $1 {The correct
way. 10.exd6 is premature}) 10... cxd6 11. b3 d5 $1 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bxf3 $2
13. Bxf3 dxc4 14. d5 $1 $44) 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. Rfd1 $1 Bf6 {
Black has equalised completely and since I only needed a draw I decided to
simplify to a drawn ending} 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Rac1
$10 Qe4 20. Qg4 $1 (20. Rc4 $2 b5 $15) 20... Qxg4 21. hxg4 Rfc8 22. g5 Be7 23.
d5 exd5 (23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $1 (24. Bxc1 Rd8) 24... exd5 25. Rc7) 24. Rxc8+
Rxc8 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Kf1 (27. g4 $1 $10) 27... Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke8
29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Ke4 Ke6 31. f3 Bc7 32. Bd4 g6 33. Be3 Bd8 34. Bf4 Bb6 35. Bg3
Ba5 36. Bf4 Bc3 37. Be3 Kd6 38. Kd3 Bb2 39. Ke4 Kc6 40. a4 Kd6 41. f4 Ke6 42.
g4 $10 Kd6 43. Bf2 Bc1 44. Bd4 Ke6 45. Bb6 Kd6 46. Bf2 Bb2 47. Be3 Ba3 48. Bd4
Kc6 49. Be3 Bd6 (49... Bc5 50. Bxc5 Kxc5 51. Ke5 Kb4 (51... b5 52. axb5 axb5
53. f5 $1 (53. Kf6 Kd4 54. Kxf7 Ke4)) 52. Kf6 Kxb3 53. a5 $1 Ka4 54. Kxf7 Kxa5
55. f5 b5 56. f6 b4 57. Kg7 b3 58. f7 b2 59. f8=Q b1=Q 60. Kxh7 $10) 50. Bf2 b5
51. Bd4 bxa4 52. bxa4 Bc7 53. Be3 Kd6 54. Bf2 Bd8 55. Bd4 Ke6 56. Be3 f5+ 57.
gxf6 Bxf6 58. g5 Bb2 59. Bf2 Kd6 60. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3
Be6 8. f3 Be7 (8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Kf2 Be6 13.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rd1+ $14) 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 (10... b5 11. a4 $1 b4 12. Nd5
Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. a5 Nbxd5 15. g5 Nxe3 16. gxf6 Nxf1 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxf1
$18) (10... Nb6 {Boensch} 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Rg1 Rc8 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bf5 16. Bd3 $14 {Jonsson,B-De Firmian,N Akureyri 1994 1-0 40}) 11. h4
(11. O-O-O {Boensch} b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. h4 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16.
exd5 a5 $15 {Lanka,Z-Piesina,G Vilnius zt 1993 0,5 22}) 11... b5 12. Rg1 $146
b4 (12... Nb6 $5 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nfd7) 13. Na4 (13. Ne2 $2 {Boensch} a5
14. g5 Nh5 $15 {Los,S-De Boer,GJ Groningen op (08) 1990 0,5 45}) 13... d5 (
13... a5 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nh5 $14) 14. g5 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. h5 Nxe3 16.
Qxe3 Bh4+ $15) 14... d4 (14... hxg5 15. hxg5 d4 16. Bxd4 Bxb3 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18.
axb3 exd4 19. O-O-O Ne5 20. f4 Nf3 21. Qg2 Nxg1 22. e5 $40) 15. Bxd4 (15. Bf2
$2 {Boensch} Nh5 $17) 15... Bxb3 (15... exd4 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. O-O-O Bxb3 18.
axb3) 16. gxf6 Bxf6 (16... Bxa4 $2 {Boensch} 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18. Bf2 $16) 17.
axb3 exd4 18. O-O-O Ne5 (18... Bxh4 $2 19. Qxd4 $16) (18... O-O 19. Qxh6 $18) (
18... Qa5 19. f4 {/\ 20.e5+/-}) 19. f4 $3 (19. Be2 d3 $1) (19. Bg2 Bxh4 20. f4
O-O $1 21. fxe5 $140 (21. Kb1 {Boensch} Nc6 22. e5 Qc7 $13) 21... Bg5 $19) (19.
Qg2 $1 Ng6 20. h5 Nf4 21. Qg4 Be5 22. Nc5 $14) 19... Nf3 20. Qg2 Nxg1 21. e5
O-O (21... Bxh4 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Qxg1 {/\ Bg2, Rd4+/-}) 22. Bd3 $1 (22. exf6
Qxf6 23. Qxg1 Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 Qxh4 25. Rxd4 Qe7 $13) 22... Bxe5 (22... Bxh4 23.
Rxg1 g6 (23... g5 24. Qh3 $1 $18 Kh8) 24. Bxg6 Kh8 25. Bh7 $1 Bg5 26. fxg5 Kxh7
27. Qh3 $1 (27. g6+ Kg7 28. Qb7 (28. gxf7+ Qg5+ $1 (28... Kxf7 {Boensch} 29.
Qb7+ $1 Ke8 (29... Ke6 30. Nc5+ Kxe5 31. Qe4+ $18) 30. Qc6+ Kf7 (30... Ke7 31.
Rg7+ Rf7 32. Qf6+ $18) 31. Qc4+ $1 Ke8 32. Qe6+ Qe7 33. Qc6+ $18)) 28... Rb8
29. gxf7+ Kh8 30. Qxa6 Rxf7 31. Qxh6+ Rh7 $16) 27... Kg8 28. Qxh6 {/\ 29.g6+-})
23. fxe5 Qxh4 24. Rxg1 Qf4+ (24... Qg5+ 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rxg5 $16) 25. Kb1
Qxe5 26. Nc5 $1 Ra7 (26... Qxc5 $4 27. Qxg7#) (26... Rad8 $1 27. Nxa6 Ra8 (
27... Rfe8 {Boensch} 28. Nxb4 g5 29. Rf1 $16 (29. Nc6 $4 Qe1+ $19)) 28. Nxb4
$18) 27. Qc6 Qe3 (27... Rd8 28. Qxh6) (27... Kh8 28. Nd7 Qe3 29. Rg2 Rd8 30.
Re2 Qg1+ 31. Ka2 Raxd7 $2 32. Qxd7 $1) (27... Rc7 {Boensch} 28. Qxh6 $18) 28.
Rg2 Kh8 29. Re2 Qg1+ 30. Ka2 Raa8 (30... a5 31. Re8 Kg8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qd6+
$18) 31. Nd7 Rac8 (31... Rfc8 32. Qe4 Qg6 33. Qxg6 fxg6 34. Nb6 $18) 32. Qf3 f5
(32... Rfe8 33. Ne5) 33. Nxf8 Rc5 $1 (33... Rxf8 34. Qb7 $18) 34. Ng6+ $1 (34.
Qxf5 $2 Rxf5 35. Bxf5 Qf1 $1 36. Re5 g5 (36... Kg8 37. Bg6 Qxf8 38. Re8 Qxe8
39. Bxe8 Kf8 40. Bh5 Ke7 41. Kb1 Kf6 42. Kc1 Kg5 $18) 37. Nd7 Kg8 $13) 34...
Qxg6 (34... Kh7 35. Re5 $18) 35. Re1 Qf6 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Bc4 Rc6 38. Qg8+ Kg6
39. Rg1+ (39. Rg1+ Kh5 40. Qe8+ g6 (40... Qg6 41. Bf7) 41. Qe2+) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rc1 d4 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Bc7 Qb5
15. Nd2 Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. h4 b4 10. Nce2 e5 11. Nb3 Be6 $146 (11... d5 12. Ng3 d4 (12... Be6 $1)) 12.
Ng3 (12. Rg1 $5) 12... d5 13. Bd3 (13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Qa5 $10) (13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Bf2 Qc7 $5 {/\ Nd7=}) 13... Nbd7 14. Qe2 (14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1+
16. Nxh1 dxe4 $1 $15) (14. Rg1 dxe4 $5 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Bf2 Nf4 $10) 14... a5
15. Rg1 a4 (15... d4) 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 dxe4 $1 19. gxf6 $6 (19.
fxe4 $6 Ng4 20. Nf5 Nxe3 (20... Bxf5 21. exf5 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bc5 23. Qf3) 21.
Nxe3 Bc5 $15) (19. Bc4 $6 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. fxe4 Be6 $15) (19. Ndxe4 Nd5
20. Bb5 a3 $1 21. b3 Nc3 $36) (19. Ngxe4 Nd5 20. Nc4 (20. Bc4 $4 Nxe3 $19) (20.
g6 f6 $1 $15 (20... f5 21. Ng5)) 20... Nc5 $5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23.
Qf2 (23. O-O-O Nf4 24. Qxe5 Nxd3+ 25. cxd3 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxa2 $17) 23... Qxf2+
24. Kxf2 Nf4 $1 25. Ke3 $1 $10) 19... exd3 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Qxd3 (21. cxd3 a3
$15 (21... Qc2 $5)) 21... a3 $1 (21... e4 $6 22. Ngxe4 Bxb2 23. Bd4 $1 $36) 22.
b3 (22. Qe4 $2 axb2 $1 23. Qxa8+ Ke7 $19) 22... e4 $1 23. Qxe4 Ra5 $1 24. Rd1
$1 $8 (24. Bd4 $2 Re5 $3 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 $19) 24... Bc3 $5 (24... Re5 25. Qd4 (
25. Qd3 Bh6 26. Nge4 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 f5 28. f4 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 $15) 25... Qxc2
(25... Bh6 26. Ngf1 Qc3 27. Qxc3 bxc3 28. Ne4 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 f5 30. Nd6+ Ke7 31.
Kf2) (25... Nc5 26. Ngf1 Bf6 27. Qxb4 Rh4 28. Ne4 Rhxe4 29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. fxe4
Rxe4 31. Qb5) (25... Bf8 26. Nge4 (26. Ngf1 Qxc2 $17) 26... f5 27. f4 $1 $16) (
25... Bf6 26. Nge4 (26. Nde4 $5 Rh2 27. Nf5 $1) 26... Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Bh4+ 28.
Bf2 $1 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Rh2 31. Rg2 $16) (25... f5 $5 26. f4 $1 (26.
Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxg7 Rh1+ 28. Nf1 Bh3 $19) (26. Nh5 Rxh5 27. Rxg7 Qc3 $1 28. Kf2
Rxe3 29. Rxd7 Rh2+ $1 $19) 26... Qxc2 $5 (26... Rh4 27. Nxf5 $1) (26... Re4 27.
Qd3 Nc5 28. Qe2 $13) 27. Ngf1 $1 (27. fxe5 $2 Nxe5 28. Ke2 Rh2+ 29. Bf2 Nd3 $19
) (27. Ne2 Nc5 28. fxe5 (28. Nc4 Rd5 29. Nd6+ Kd8 30. Rxg7 Rh1+ 31. Ng1 Rxd4
32. Bxd4 Bd7 $1 33. Nb5 Nd3+ $19) 28... Nd3+ 29. Qxd3 $1 Qxd3 30. Nf1 $1 $16 (
30. Nc4 Qc2 31. Rxg7 Rh1+ 32. Bg1 Qxa2 $17)) 27... Bf6 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Ke2 $1
Bf7 (29... Bd7 30. Qd5 $18) (29... Bc8 30. Qd6 $18) 30. Rg5 $1 $16) 26. Nge4
Rg5 27. Qxb4 Rxg1+ 28. Bxg1 Rh1 29. Ke2 $16) 25. Bd4 $8 (25. Ne2 Nf6 $1 (25...
Re5 26. Qa8+ Ke7 (26... Nb8 $5) 27. Qxh8 Rxe3 28. Qh4+ Nf6 29. Kf1 Qd6 30. Qg3
$16) 26. Qd3 (26. Qf4 Be5 27. Qxb4 Nd5 $19) 26... Bf5 $1 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. bxc4
Re5 29. Bf4 Re6 $17) 25... Nf6 $5 (25... Rg8 26. Kf2 (26. f4 Rd5 $5 $132) 26...
Rag5 (26... Rh5 $6 27. Ndf1) 27. Ndf1 $1 (27. f4 Rg4 $40) 27... Nf6 28. Bxf6
Bxf6 29. Qxb4 Qa7+ 30. Kg2 $1 $16 (30. Ne3 $2 Rxg3 31. Rxg3 Rxg3 32. Kxg3 Qxe3
$19)) (25... Rh3 $6 26. Ne2 Nf6 $1 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Rg8+ $18) (25... Rg5 $6
26. Qa8+ Nb8 (26... Ke7 27. Qxh8) 27. Bxh8 Rxg3 28. Rh1 $1 $16) 26. Bxf6 (26.
Qe3 Nd5 27. Qe4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qc3 $17) 26... Bxf6 27. Nc4 Rh4 $6 (27... Rc5 $1
28. Nf5 $5 Kf8 $1 29. Qa8+ (29. Nfd6 Qa7 $5 $36) 29... Bc8 30. Nfd6 Rh2 $1 $36)
(27... Rg5 $2 28. f4 Rc5 29. f5 $1 $18) 28. Qe3 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Bh4 $1 (29...
Qxc4 $6 30. Ne4 $1 Bh4+ 31. Kd2 Rd5+ 32. Kc1 Qxa2 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34. Rg8+ Ke7
35. Qf4 $1 $18) 30. Kf2 (30. f4 Qxc4 31. Rh1 Bxg3+ (31... Rh5 32. Rxh4 Rxh4 33.
f5 $18) 32. Qxg3 Qe4+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ $10) 30... Qxc4 (30... Rc5 $5 31. Rd4 Rxc4
32. Rxc4 Qxc4 33. Rd1 $10) 31. Qd4 $6 (31. Rd2 Qc5 32. Re1 $1 $10) 31... Qxc2+
32. Rd2 (32. Ke3 $6 Qc3+ 33. Qxc3 bxc3 34. Ne4 Bxa2 $17 35. Rh1 $6 c2 36. Rc1
Bb1 $1 $19) 32... Qc5 33. Rh1 Qxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Bxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Bxa2 36. Rxb4 Bd5
37. Rd4 a2 $2 $138 (37... Ke7 38. Ra1 Kd6 39. Rd3 a2 40. Rc3 $10) (37... Kd7 $1
{/\ Kc6-c5-/+}) 38. Ra1 Be6 39. Rd3 Ra4 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Rd4 Rxd4 (
42... Ra3+ 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Ke4 $10) 43. Kxd4 Kf5 44. Kc3 Kf4 (44... Kf4 45. Kb2
Kxf3 46. Rf1+ Ke4 47. Rxf7 $1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch Chekhov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfc8 (17... Qc5 18.
Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb4 (19. Be3 Nd7 20. Bf1 Rfc8 21. Bf2 h6 22. b3 b6 23. Rd4 Kf8
24. Kb2 {Topalov,V-Yudasin,L/Leon (2)/1993/0.5 (50)}) 19... b6 20. Re2 Rfd8 21.
Red2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kf8 23. g3 Ke7 24. b3 {Savon,V-Paoli,E/Cienfuegos/1973/1-0 
(66)}) (17... Rfd8 {Boensch} 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. h4 (19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21.
Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 $1 23. Qxh5 $2 (23. Qe2 Qg6 $44) 23... Ba4 $1 $15 {
Oll,L-Hodgson,J Groningen 1993 0-1 45}) (19. Bf1 Qc5 (19... Ng6 $6 20. Bb4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 (21... Nxe5 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bxe7 $16 {^^}) 22. Qd4 Bd5
23. Bc3 $14 {Kovalev,A-Leko,P Munich op9192 (04) 1992 1-0 43}) 20. Bc3 Ng6 21.
Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 $10 {Kamsky,G-Anand,V Linares (07) 1993 0-1 68})
19... Qc5 20. Bc3 Qf2 $146 21. Rd6 Qxg2 22. Qd4 Rdc8 23. Bd2 Ng6 (23... Qh2 $1
24. Re2 (24. Bd3 Ng6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 24... Qh1+ 25. Re1 Qh2 $10 {(Leko)})
24. h5 $36 {Almasi,Z-Leko,P HUN-ch 1993 1/4 35 -Inf.59/233}) (17... Nb6 {
Boensch} 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Ba4 21. Bh6 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23.
Bd2 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Bc2+ 25. Ka1 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 $10 {Cseshkovsky,V-Anand,V Ovideo
25' (09) 1993}) 18. Bf1 (18. Kb1 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bf1 a5 21. Be3 Bd5 22.
c4 Be4+ 23. Ka1 Bf5 24. b3 {Ivanchuk,V-Garcia Ilundain,D/Terrassa/1991/1-0 (51)
}) (18. Qf4 a5 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Qg4 Qc5 22. Re4 b5 23. Qh3 Nb4 24.
Be3 {Karpov,An-Ungureanu,E/Skopje olm/1972/1-0 (29)}) (18. Qg4 Qc5 (18... Kh8 {
Chekhov} 19. Re3 Qc5 20. Rh3 Bxg2 21. Rg3 g6 22. Bb3 Bd5 23. Bc3 $1 $16 {
Ivanchuk/}) (18... Kf8 $5) 19. Bh6 g6 20. Re2 Rc7 21. Rf1 Re8 22. Ref2 Bd5 23.
Rxf7 Nxe5 24. Qd4 {Cseshkovsky,V-Korensky,V/USSR/1973/1-0 (39)}) (18. Qg4 $5 {
Boensch}) 18... a6 (18... Qc5 19. Bb4 (19. Qf4 $2 Bf3 $1) (19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20.
Bb4 Nd7 21. b3 Nf8 22. Kb2 Ng6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ {Gufeld,E-Parameswaran,T/
New Delhi/1984/1-0 (49)}) 19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 h6 21. b3 $14) 19. Bb4 Qd8 (19...
Qg5+ 20. Kb1 b6 21. Rd3 $40) 20. Kb1 b5 (20... b6 21. Qf4 Bd5 22. c4 Bc6 23.
Re3 $16) 21. Qf4 Bd5 22. Bd3 Nc5 (22... Bxg2 $4 23. Rg1 Bd5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Rg1+ Kh8 26. Qh6 $18) 23. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 24. Re3 f5 (24... Rac8 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7
26. Qxf7 Qh4 27. Rd4 Qh6 28. Rh3 Qxh3 29. gxh3 Rc4 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qd1 $16) (
24... Qc7 {Chekhov} 25. Qh4 h6 26. Rg3 $40) 25. exf6 Qxf6 (25... gxf6 26. Rg3+
Kh8 27. Bxh7 $18) 26. Qb4 (26. Qxf6 {Chekhov} gxf6 27. Be4 Kf7 $13) 26... Rac8
27. b3 $1 (27. Rf1 $2 Rxc2 $1) 27... R5c7 (27... Bxg2 $2 28. Qg4 (28. Rg3 {
Chekhov} Bd5 (28... Rg5 29. Bxh7+ (29. Rxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg1 $18) 29... Kxh7 30.
Qh4+ Kg6 31. Rxg2 Rxg2 32. Qe4+ Qf5 33. Qxg2+ $36) 29. Rdg1 $36 (29. Rf1 $40 {
Boensch})) 28... Bd5 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rh3+ Kg8 32. Qh5 $18) 28.
Rf1 Qe7 29. Qf4 g6 (29... Rf8 $2 30. Qxf8+ Qxf8 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rxf8 $18) (
29... Bxg2 {Chekhov} 30. Rg1 Bd5 31. Qh6 g6 32. Bxg6) 30. Qg3 Qg7 (30... Rf8
31. Rfe1 (31. Rxf8+ {Chekhov} Kxf8 32. h4 $36) 31... Rd7 32. h4 $40) 31. h4 Kh8
(31... Rf7 {Chekhov} 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. h5 $36) 32. Re2 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34.
Rf2 Qc7 (34... Qg7 35. Qd6 Qc3 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Rxc8 Qxc8 39. g4
Qa8 40. g5+ Kh5 41. Qxh7+ Kg4 42. Bxg6 $18) 35. Qg5 (35. Rf8+ Kg7) 35... Qc3
36. Rf1 Qg7 (36... a5 {Chekhov} 37. h5 a4 38. hxg6 axb3 39. axb3 Ra8 (39...
Bxb3 40. g7+ Kg8 41. Bxh7+ $18) 40. Qf6+ Qxf6 41. Rxf6 hxg6 42. Bxb5 Kg7 43.
Rf2 $18) 37. h5 gxh5 (37... Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Qxg6 $18) (
37... h6 {Chekhov} 38. Qxg6 Qxg6 39. hxg6 Bxg2 40. Rf7 $18) 38. Qxh5 h6 (38...
Kg8 39. Rf4 Qe7 40. Rg4+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Ke8 42. Rg8+ Kd7 43. Rg7 $18) (38... Rc7
{Chekhov} 39. Qe8+ Qg8 40. Rf8 $18) (38... e5 {Chekhov} 39. Bxh7 $1 $18) 39.
Rf7 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6
14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 (15. Ra1 {Ftacnik} Qb2 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rb1 Qa3
19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Rxb7 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxd4 23. Rxe7 a5 24. e5 {
Pelaez,J-Herrera,I/CUB-ch Colon (02)/1993/0-1 (34)}) (15. Rxb7 {Ftacnik} Rab8
16. Rxb8 Rxb8 17. d5 Ne5 18. h3 Rb2 19. hxg4 Rxe2 20. Nd4 Rb2 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22.
dxc6 Qc4 23. Qd8+ Kh7 {Sokolin,L-Orlov,V/St.Petersburg-chop/1992/1-0 (24)})
15... Na5 (15... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 16. Rxb7 e6 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. d6
Qa3 20. d7 Qe7 21. Bb5 Qh4 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Manila (izt) 49/(538)/1990/0.
5 (22)}) 16. Rb4 $1 $146 {/\ Ra4} (16. Bc5 {Ftacnik} Bf6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. h3
Rfd8 $5 (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rfe8 20. d6 Qc4 21. d7 Qxc5 22. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23.
Qa4 Nc6 24. Rxb7 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1990/1-0 (62)}) 19. hxg4 Rxd5
20. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rad8 $1 22. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Rd2 24. Rfd1 $13 {
Strelbin-Nadanian,A/USSR/1991/}) 16... b6 (16... Qa3 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Ra4 Qc3
18. Bd2 $18) 17. e5 $1 Bxf3 $6 (17... h5 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Rd4 $14 {/\ h3} Nb3
$4 20. Bc4 $18) 18. Bxf3 Rac8 (18... Nc4 $2 19. d6 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rad8 (20... a5
{Ftacnik} 21. Bd5 Qa3 22. Rb3 Qc5 23. Bxa8 (23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. d7
Rd8 26. e6 $36) 23... Rxa8 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Rd3 Qxe5 26. d7 Qb8 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7
28. d8=Q+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Rf8 30. Rfxf8+ Bxf8 31. Rb8 $18) 21. Bd5 Qa3 (21...
Qa5 22. dxe7 Rxd5 23. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 24. Qf3 Rd7 25. e6 $18) 22. dxe7 $18) (18...
Bxe5 $6 19. d6 $1 (19. Ra4 {Ftacnik} Qb2 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxh6 $16
) 19... Bxd6 (19... exd6 $2 20. Bd5 Qa3 21. Rg4 Kg7 22. Qf3 $1 $18) (19... Rad8
$2 20. Bd5 Qa3 21. dxe7 Qxb4 22. exd8=Q Rxd8 23. Bxf7+ $18) 20. Bd5 Qa3 21. Rg4
$16) 19. d6 $1 exd6 (19... Qe6 20. Bg4 Qxe5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. d7 Rd8 23. Qa4 $1
$16 {/\ Rd1 (Anand)}) 20. exd6 $1 (20. Bd5 Nc4 21. e6 {(Anand)} Kh7 22. exf7
Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qa3 24. Re4 $14 (24. Rb3 Qc5)) 20... Nc4 (20... Qc2 $2 21. d7
Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rcd8 23. Bf4 $18 {/\ Bc7}) (20... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 21. Bd5 Qa3 22.
Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Kf8 24. Rf4+ $18) 21. Bf4 $1 $16 {/\ d7, /\ Ra4-a7} (21.
d7 $6 Nxe3 22. dxc8=Q Nxd1 23. Qd7 (23. Qc4 {Ftacnik} Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Nc3 $13)
23... Nc3 $14) (21. Qd5 $6 Rfd8 $1 22. d7 Rc7 23. Bf4 Rc5 24. Qe4 Ne5 $132)
21... Nb2 (21... a5 $2 {Ftacnik} 22. Ra4 Na3 23. d7 Rcd8 24. Bd5 Qb2 25. Bc1
Qb5 26. Bxa3 Rxd7 27. Bc4 Rxd1 28. Bxb5 Rfd8 29. h3 $18) (21... Rfd8 {Ftacnik}
22. Bd5 b5 23. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. Qd5+ Kf8 25. d7 Ra8 26. Rxc4 $18) 22. Qe2 Qa3
(22... Rfe8 $2 {Ftacnik} 23. d7 $18) (22... Rce8 {Ftacnik} 23. Qd2) 23. Re4 Qd3
(23... Nd3 {Ftacnik} 24. Bg3 a5 25. Re3 Rc3 26. d7 Bf6 27. Re8 $16) 24. Re7 $1
g5 $2 (24... Rc2 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Bg3 (26. Be4 $6 Rc4 $1 (26... Rc3 {Ftacnik}
27. Bd2 Ra3 28. d7 Bf6 29. Re8 g5 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Bb4 $18)) (26. Be3 $6 Rd8
$1) 26... Rd2 $1 (26... a5 $2 27. Rd1 $1 Nc5 28. d7 Bf6 (28... Ne6 29. Rxe6
fxe6 30. d8=Q $18) 29. d8=Q Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Be5 $18) 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.
Bxd1 Nc5 (28... a5 $2 29. d7 Nc5 30. Ba4 $1 Bf6 (30... Nxa4 31. Re8 Bf6 32. Bd6
$18) 31. Re8 Nb7 32. Bc6 Nd8 33. Bd6 $18) 29. Bf3 $1 (29. d7 $4 Bf6 $19) (29.
Rxa7 $6 Rd8 {/\ Bf8}) 29... b5 (29... Rd8 30. Bd5) (29... a5 30. Bc6 $16 {/\ d7
}) 30. Rc7 $1 Ne6 (30... Bd4 $6 31. d7 $18) 31. Rxa7 $16) 25. d7 (25. Bg3 $5
$16) 25... Rc4 $8 (25... Rc2 $2 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Re8 Bf6 28. Bd6 $18) (25...
gxf4 {Ftacnik} 26. dxc8=Q Rxc8 27. Rxa7 $18) 26. Bc1 $1 (26. Qxd3 $2 Nxd3 27.
Re8 $2 (27. Bd6 {Ftacnik} Nc5 (27... Rd4 28. Bc7 Bf6 29. d8=Q Rdxd8 30. Bxd8
Rxd8 31. Rxa7 $18) 28. Bd5 Rd4 29. Rxf7 Rxd5 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. d8=Q Rxd6 32.
Qa8 $18) 27... Rd4 $19) 26... Rc2 $8 (26... Qxe2 27. Bxe2 (27. Rxe2 Nd3 28. Ba3
Nc5 29. Rd1 $16) 27... Rc2 28. Re8 Bf6 29. Bxb2 (29. f4 $18 {Ftacnik}) 29...
Rxb2 30. Rc1 Rd2 31. Rcc8 $18) 27. Qxd3 Nxd3 28. Re8 Bf6 29. Ba3 Nc5 30. Bxc5
Rxc5 {/\ Re5} (30... bxc5 31. Rb1 $18 {/\ h3, Rbb8} (31. h3 $1 {Ftacnik} Rd2
32. Bg4 Bd8 (32... c4 33. Rb1 h5 34. Rbb8 Be7 35. Rxe7 Rxb8 36. Re8+ $18) 33.
Rfe1 Bb6 34. Rc8 $18)) 31. Rd1 Bd8 (31... a5 32. g3 Kg7 (32... b5 33. Rd6 Bd8
34. Ra6 $18) (32... a4 33. Rd6 Bd8 34. Rxh6 Kg7 35. Rh7+ Kxh7 36. Rxf8 Bc7 37.
Rc8 $18) 33. Rd6 $5 (33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. d8=Q+ Bxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Rd7 $18)
33... Bd8 34. Rxh6 Rc7 35. Bg4 f5 (35... Rxd7 36. Rxf8 Rd4 37. Rhh8 $18) 36.
Rxf8 Kxf8 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Bxf5 {/\ Re8} Rxd7 39. Rh7+ $18) 32. Rde1 $1 Rc7 (
32... f5 33. g3 Bc7 34. Rc8 $1 $18) (32... f6 {/\ Re5} 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Re8+
Kf7 35. Bh5+ $1 Kg7 36. g3 Bc7 37. Rc8 $18) 33. Bg4 Bf6 (33... h5 34. Bf5 Rc5
35. g4 hxg4 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Rxd8 $18) (33... a5 {Ftacnik} 34.
h3 Bf6 35. Rc8 $18) 34. Rc8 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O f5 13. Bf2 b6 14. Nb2 Nf8 15. Bh4
a5 16. b5 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nd8 18. a4 Nf7 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. h3 Nf8 21. Bh2 g5 22. Bh5
Ng6 23. g3 Rg8 24. Kh1 O-O-O 25. Qe2 Bf8 26. Nd1 Bh6 27. Ne3 Qe7 28. Ng2 gxf4
29. gxf4 Rg7 30. Nf3 Rdg8 31. Rg1 Nf8 32. Qf2 Nh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3 Bg4 {><e5})
6... Nf6 7. Nd2 (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 {--> main line}) 7... Bg4 8. Ngf3 e6 9. Bh4
{/\Bg3} (9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 $10) 9... Bd6 10. Bg3 Bh5 {/\Bg6} 11.
Bxd6 (11. O-O {/\Re1,Ne5} Bxg3 12. hxg3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 (13. Qc2 Nb4 $17) 13...
hxg6 {/\0-0-0,<->h}) 11... Qxd6 $10 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rab8 {/\b5 ->Pc3} 14.
a4 Qc7 (14... Rfc8 15. a5 {/\Qa4}) 15. Qb1 {גh5-d1} (15. Qc2 Rfc8 {/\Nb4})
15... a6 (15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne5 $14) 16. Ne5 Rfe8 (16... Bg6 {/^b1-h7
}) 17. h3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 (20. Rxe5 $10) 20... Nd7 21.
Qd4 (21. Qg3 {/\->>>}) 21... Rec8 22. Re3 Qb6 $1 {/\_|_} 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 {ק<<}
24. h4 $6 {/\g3,f4} (24. Kf1 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 $15) 24... Kf8 25. g3 Ke7 $17
26. b3 Rc7 27. a5 Nd7 28. c4 Rbc8 29. Kg2 (29. cxd5 exd5 30. Rd3 Ke6 31. f4 Rc3
32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Kf2 Nc5 $19 {_|_}) 29... Nb8 30. Ra4 Rd8 31. f4 (31. cxd5
$142 Rxd5 (31... exd5 $5 $17 {o^d}) 32. Nc4) 31... Nc6 32. Rd3 Rcd7 33. c5 (33.
cxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 $17 {_|_}) 33... f6 34. Nf3 d4 35. exf6+ gxf6 36. Nd2
e5 37. Ne4 Rd5 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. Nd6 $6 (39. Kf3 f5 40. Nd6 Rxc5 41. Nc4 Kf6
$19 {_|_}) 39... Rxc5 $19 40. Nxb7 $2 (40. Nc4 Ne5) 40... Rc2+ (40... Rc2+ 41.
Kh3 Rd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Kh1 Rc8 (11... h6 $6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nc5 Bxb2 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Nd7 $16 {Xie
Jun-Chiburdanidze,M (11) WchW Manila 1991 1-0 34}) 12. f4 Na5 (12... Nb4 $6 13.
f5 Bc4 14. a5 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rc5 16. Ra4 Nc6 17. b4 Rxc3 18. Bxf6 Re3 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. b5 $16 {Fishbein,A-Karason,A Saint John op-1 1988 1-0 40}) 13. Nxa5
Qxa5 14. Bd3 Rfe8 (14... Bc4 15. Qf3 e6 16. f5 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qb4 18. Rf2 $16 {
Fishbein,A-Danek,L Vienna op (4) 1991 1-0 41}) 15. Qe2 (15. f5 $5) 15... Qb4
16. a5 $2 (16. f5 Qxb2 $2 (16... Bd7 $10) 17. Bd2 $18) 16... Bg4 (16... Qxb2 $2
17. Na4 Qd4 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. Ra4 $16) 17. Qd2 Bd7 $1 18. Qe2 $2 (18. Ra3 Bc6 $15
) 18... Qxb2 $17 19. Bxf6 (19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nd7 $17) 19... Bxf6 20. Nd5
Bb5 (20... Qxa1 $5 21. Rxa1 Bxa1 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Nd5 Rc5 $17) 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22.
Qxb5 axb5 23. Rab1 Rc5 $1 (23... Rxc2 $6 24. Rxb5 $15) 24. Rfd1 (24. Nxf6+ exf6
25. Rfe1 Rxc2 26. Rxb5 Rxe4 $19) 24... Kg7 25. Nb6 (25. g4 g5 26. Nxf6 exf6 27.
fxg5 fxg5 28. Rd4 Re6 $19) 25... Rxc2 26. Rxb5 Re2 27. Nd5 (27. Rb4 $5 $17)
27... Rxe4 $19 28. Rxb7 Ra8 29. g4 (29. Rb5 Ra4 $19) 29... Rxa5 30. g5 Ba1 31.
Nxe7 (31. Rxe7 $2 Rxd5 $19) 31... Rxf4 32. Nc6 (32. Rb8 h5 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34.
Rxd6 Be5 $19) 32... Ra8 $1 (32... Ra2 33. Nd8 (33. Nb4 Rb2 $19) 33... Kf8 34.
Rc1 {/\ Ne6}) 33. Rxd6 Ra2 34. Rd1 Rff2 35. Nd8 Kg8 36. Rb8 h5 (36... Be5 $4
37. Ne6+ Bxb8 38. Rd8#) 37. gxh6 Be5 38. Rb7 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rhg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ (
40... Rg4 $19) 41. Kg1 Rhg2+ 42. Kh1 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. dxe5 $5 (5. Bxe4 d5 6.
Bg5 (6. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5+ Be7 10. Bxe7+ Kxe7 11.
Nc3 Ke6 $8 {Oll,L}) 6... Qd7 (6... f6 7. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 8. dxe5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+
Kxd8 10. exf6 $16) (6... Qd6 $5 7. dxe5 (7. Bd3 e4 8. Nc3 exd3 9. O-O a6 10.
Qxd3 f6 11. Rfe1+ Be7 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Re3 $6 Bg4 $5 14. Rae1 Qd7 15. a3 Rf7 16.
h3 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Bg3 h6 $15 19. Qd2 Na5 $5 20. b3 $8 Nc6 21. Qc1 Na7 $1
22. Ne2 Nb5 23. a4 Nd6 24. Nc3 {Wedberg,T-Shvidler,E/Biel op/1993/0-1 (47)})
7... Qb4+ 8. Nc3 dxe4 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nd2 (10. Nd4 $1 Nxe5 11. Nb3 Nd3+ 12. Qxd3
$1 Qxg5 13. Nxe4 $16) (10. Nd4 $14 {Blatny,P}) 10... Qxe5 11. Ndxe4 Be7 $1 $14)
(6... Be7 $5 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. dxe5 $14) 7. Bd3 (7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
Bb4 $10) (7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 dxe4 9. O-O Be7 $10) 7... e4 8. O-O f6 9. Re1 $1
Be7 10. Bf4 exd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Re2 Ne7 14. Qb5 Ng6 15. Qxd5+ Rf7
16. Bd2 Bxc3 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxc3 Nf4 19. Re3 Nd5 20. Ree1 Bf5 21. Rac1 Nxc3
22. bxc3 Rd8 23. c4 Bg4 24. c3 {Timman,J-Murrey,J/France/1993/1-0 (54)}) (5. d5
Nc5 $1 6. Be2 (6. Bc4 e4 $1) 6... e4 $1) (5. O-O d5 6. c4 Nxd4 $1 $10) 5... d5
(5... Nc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. Be3 Ne6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. O-O $14) 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 (7.
O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 $10) 7... Be7 (7... Nb4 8. Be2 Bf5 9. Nd4) (7... Be6 8. Ng5
$5) 8. Nd5 Nf5 $6 (8... O-O 9. O-O $14) (8... Be6 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11.
Re1 Qd7 $14) 9. Be4 (9. Bc4 Nb4 (9... Nd6 10. Bb3) 10. Nxe7 Qxe7+ 11. Be2) 9...
Nb4 $6 (9... O-O 10. O-O $14) (9... Nd6 10. Bf4 $1 O-O (10... Nxe4 11. Nxc7+
Kf8 12. Nxa8 g5 13. Be3) (10... g5 11. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. Nd4 $5) 11. Bd3 Bf6 12.
O-O Bxb2 13. Nxc7 $1 $16) (9... O-O $142 {Blatny,P}) 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nd6
(11... O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. Bg5 Rxd1 15. Raxd1 Qd6 $8 16. Rxd6 Nxd6
17. a3 $16) (11... Qxe4 $4 {Blatny,P} 12. Re1 Qe6 13. Ng5 $18) 12. Bg5 $1 f6 (
12... Qd7 13. Qd4 $1) (12... Qe6 13. Re1 Nxe4 14. Qd8#) 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Re1
Be6 (14... fxg5 15. Qxd5 $18) 15. Nd4 O-O-O 16. Nxe6 Rde8 (16... fxg5 17. Nxd8
Qxd8 18. Qxd5 $18) 17. Qxd5 (17. Bh4 g5 $1 (17... Nb6 18. Qg4 Nd7 19. f3 $1))
17... fxg5 18. Qd4 $1 Nb5 (18... Kb8 19. Qxg7 $16) 19. Qxg7 Rhg8 (19... Qxg7
20. Nxg7 Rxe1+ (20... Rd8 {Blatny,P} 21. Re5 $18) 21. Rxe1 $18) 20. Qxe7 Rxe7
21. Kf1 $1 Nd6 22. a4 $6 (22. Nc5 $16) (22. b3 $142 {Blatny,P} Rg6 23. Nc5 {
/\c4 [+]}) 22... Nc4 (22... Rg6 23. Nc5) 23. Nc5 (23. b3 Nd2+ 24. Kg1 (24. Ke2
{Blatny,P} Rd8 $1 $19) 24... Rge8) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxb2 25. Re7 h6 (25...
b6 26. Ne6 Nxa4 27. Rxc7+ Kb8 28. Rxh7 $16) (25... h5 $5) 26. a5 (26. Ne6 Kb8)
26... a6 (26... b6 $142 {Blatny,P}) 27. Re4 Nd1 (27... b6 28. axb6 cxb6 29.
Nxa6 $16) (27... Rd8 $142 {Blatny,P} 28. Rb4 (28. Ke2 $5) 28... Nd1) 28. Na4
Rd8 29. Ke2 Rd5 30. f4 $1 gxf4 (30... Kd7 31. f5 Rxa5 32. Kxd1 Rxf5 $16) 31.
Rxf4 Kb8 (31... Kd7 32. Rf1 $18) 32. g4 (32. Rf1 $2 {Blatny,P} Rxa5 $17) (32.
c4 $2 {Blatny,P} Rxa5 $17) 32... b5 33. axb6 cxb6 34. c4 $1 (34. Nxb6 Nc3+)
34... Rd6 (34... Ra5 35. Nxb6 Nc3+ 36. Kd2 $18) 35. Rf1 b5 36. Rxd1 Re6+ (36...
Rxd1 37. Kxd1 bxa4 38. h4 $18) 37. Kf3 bxa4 38. Ra1 Kc7 (38... a5 39. Rxa4 Ra6
40. Ke4 Kc7 41. Kf5 Kd7 42. h4 Ke7 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kf7 (44... Rc6 45. Rxa5
Rxc4 46. Kg6 $18) 45. c5 Ra8 46. Ke5 $18) 39. Rxa4 Kd7 (39... Rc6 40. h4 Kd7
41. c5 Rxc5 42. Rxa6 h5 43. g5 Rc4 44. Kg3 $18) 40. c5 Rc6 41. Ra5 Rf6+ (41...
Ke6 42. Ke4 $18) 42. Ke4 Re6+ 43. Kf5 Ke7 44. h4 Kd7 45. Ra4 Rc6 46. Rd4+ Ke7
47. Re4+ Kf7 (47... Kd7 48. Re5 a5 49. g5 $18) 48. Rc4 a5 49. Ke5 Ke7 50. Kd5
Kd7 51. Rf4 Rg6 52. h5 Rg5+ 53. Kc4 a4 54. Kb5 a3 55. Ra4 (55. Ra4 a2 56. Rxa2
Rxg4 57. Ra7+ Kd8 58. Rh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 Nbd7 (7...
b5) 8. g4 h6 9. Rg1 b5 (9... Qb6 $6 10. a3 Ne5 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4
Qxc4 14. Qf3 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 d5 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Rg4 $18 {Kasparov,
G-Kamsky,G Linares (13) 1993 1-0 35}) 10. h4 Nb6 (10... g6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5
Nh5 13. a4 b4 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxb4 Bg7 16. Nd3 Rb8 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5
19. Rb1 Bd7 20. c3 Be5 $17 {Short,N-Kasparov,G (2) London m 1987 0-1 52}) 11.
g5 Nfd7 (11... hxg5 12. hxg5 Nfd7 13. g6 $40) 12. Qe2 (12. Qd2 b4 13. Nd1 d5
$13) 12... hxg5 13. hxg5 g6 (13... b4 $2 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxb4 d5 16. Nd3 $16)
14. O-O-O Nc4 15. Bf2 Bb7 16. f4 Qa5 17. Qg4 $1 O-O-O 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxe6 $5
fxe6 20. Qxe6 Kb8 (20... Bg7 21. Bd4 (21. Qxc4+ Qc7 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Nd5+ $14
) 21... Bxd4 22. Rxd4 $16) 21. Qxg6 Rh3 22. Kb1 (22. Bd4) 22... Rf3 23. Bd4
Rxf4 24. Qh7 d5 $2 (24... Nc5 25. g6 Nxe4 26. g7 Bxg7 27. Rxg7 Nxc3+ 28. Bxc3 (
28. bxc3 Be4 $13) 28... Qd5 29. Kc1 $14) 25. g6 Bc5 (25... dxe4 26. g7 Bxg7 27.
Rxg7 Bc6 28. Qh6 Qc7 29. Bb6 $18) 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 (26... Qxc5 27. g7 Nf6 28. g8=Q
Nxg8 29. Rxg8 $18) 27. g7 Ka7 28. g8=Q Rxg8 29. Qxg8 $18 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 (30.
Nxd5 $18) 30... Rxe4 31. Qg7 Qc5 32. Rge1 Rf4 33. Re7 Qb6 34. Qg5 c3 35. b3 Qb4
36. Rc7 Re4 (36... Kb6 37. Rxc3 $18) 37. Qxd5 Kb8 38. Qd8+ Ka7 39. a3 Qxa3 (
39... Qxa3 40. Rxb7+ Kxb7 41. Rd7+ Kc6 42. Qc7+ Kb5 43. Rd5+ Kb4 44. Qc5#) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nc3 (2. Nf3 {Ftacnik} e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13.
Qe2 Na5 14. Rad1 (14. Nd2 Bb7 15. g4 Rfc8 16. Qg2 Nd7 17. g5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4
19. h4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rac1 b4 22. Nd1 b3 23. cxb3 Qxb3 24. Rxc8+ {
Fichtl,J-Jansa,V/CSSR ch/1974/}) (14. g4 Nc4 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bc1 Re8 17. Bg2 b5
$10 {Spassky,B-Garcia Martinez,S/Moskva/1975/}) (14. Rae1 Nc4 15. Bc1 b5 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Kh1 b4 18. Nd1 Ba6 19. Nf2 Rfe8 20. Nd3 e5 21. g3 d5 22. exd5 e4
23. Bxe4 Bd6 24. Qg2 {Grottke,HJ-Vogt,L/DDR ch/1977/0-1 (30)}) 14... Nc4 15.
Bc1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qf2 b4 18. Ne2 d5 19. f5 e5 20. Ng3 d4 21. Nh5 Qb6 22.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rfe1 Ba6 24. g4 {Cabello,FJ-Arroyo,E/Candas op (04)/1992/0-1 
(42)}) 2... d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ng3 a6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. f4 Rac8 14. Bd3
Rfe8 $10 {Saltaev,M-Tseitlin,MS Tiraspol (5) 1994 0-1 63}) 7... e6 8. Bf4 Ne5
9. Be2 Be7 (9... a6 10. Bg3 $146 (10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3
d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O $16 {Zaitzev,I-Serper,G
Moskow7 op 1991 1-0 41}) 10... h5 $1 11. h3 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14.
Qf3 h4 15. Bh2 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Rhe1 b5 18. Qf2 $2 (18. a3 $13) 18... Qc7
19. e5 b4 20. Rd3 dxe5 21. fxe5 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qxc3 $5 (22... Qb8) 23. bxc3 Ba3+
24. Kd2 $2 (24. Kb1 $13) 24... Nd5 $17 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V Linares (06) 1993
0-1 33}) (9... Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Bd4 O-O
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 $10 {Zaitzev,I-Kiselev,S Podolsk 1991 1-0 48}) 10. Be3
Qc7 11. f4 Nc6 (11... Ng6 12. O-O O-O 13. g3 Bd7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. h5 Nf8 16. Bf3
h6 17. Rf2 e5 $10 {Zaitsev,I-Makarov,M Podolsk 1992 1/4 22}) (11... Nc4 12.
Bxc4 (12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 $13) 12... Qxc4 13. Qf3 $36) 12. Bf3 a6
13. O-O O-O (13... b5 $6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 (17.
Na5 Qc7 18. Qf3 Qxa5 19. Qxa8 O-O $44) 17... Qb7 18. Qg4 $40) 14. a4 b6 15. g4
Rb8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Re8 (17... Nc5 18. f5 $1 $16) (17... g6 {Ftacnik} 18. f5
$40 (18. Rf3 Nc5)) 18. Rf3 Nc5 $6 (18... Na5 $5) 19. Rh3 g6 20. Qg4 Nb4 (20...
e5 {Ftacnik} 21. f5 Nb4 22. Qh4 h5 23. Bf3 Nxc2 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Bxh5 Bxf5 26.
Bg4 $18) 21. Qh4 h5 22. Bf3 $1 Bf8 (22... Nxc2 23. Bxh5 $18) 23. Bxh5 gxh5 (
23... Bg7 $5 24. Bd4 (24. Bd1 $14) 24... e5 25. f5 $3 exd4 26. Bxg6 fxg6 (26...
dxc3 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. f6 $18) 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rf1 $3 gxf5 29. exf5 Re1 $1 (
29... dxc3 30. f6 $18) 30. Rxe1 dxc3 31. Rhe3 Ne6 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33. Rf1+ $18)
24. Qxh5 Bg7 25. Bd4 e5 (25... Bxd4+ {Ftacnik} 26. Nxd4 Kf8 27. g6 $1 (27. Qh6+
Ke7 28. Qf6+ Kd7 29. Rh7 Re7 30. g6) 27... Bb7 28. Qg5 $18) 26. f5 $1 Nxe4 (
26... exd4 $2 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. f6 $18) (26... Kf8 $5) 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nxe4
Bxf5 (28... exd4 {Ftacnik} 29. f6) 29. Qxf5 exd4 30. Nf6 $3 $18 Qxc2 31. Nxd4
$1 Qxb2 (31... Qxf5 32. Nxf5 Red8 33. Nh7+ (33. Rh7 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 34. gxf6 Ke8
35. Re1+ $18) 33... Kg8 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Nf6+ $18) 32. Rd1 Re5 (32... Re1+ {
Ftacnik} 33. Rxe1 Qxd4+ 34. Rhe3 Bxf6 35. gxf6 Nd5 36. Qh5 $18) 33. Nd7+ Ke7
34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Qe4 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a4 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Ngf3 Nbd5
15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Rad1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nf6 19. Nc4 Be7 20. Qe5 Qc6 21.
Na3 Bd6 22. Qe2 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qc5 24. Nc4 Bb8 25. Ne5 Ra6 26. Qb5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2 Qb4 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qd3 Be7
15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Ne5 Qxd3 17. Nxd3 O-O 18. a4 Rd8 19. a5 Nc4 20. a6 b6 21. Bxc6
Rb8 22. Ne5 Bxa6 23. Nb5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rd2 25. Nxa7 Bc5 26. Rfc1 Rbd8 27. e3 g5
28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 R2d5 30. Bc6 Rxe5 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Bf3 Kg7 33. Rd7 Rf5 34.
Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
Nd7 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Qb6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 Nce5
15. Rg3 b4 16. Ne2 f6 17. Be3 Rxh4 18. Ned4 Nc5 19. f4 Nxe4 20. Qg2 Nxg3 21.
Qxg3 Rg4 22. Qh3 f5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Nf3 Be7 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Bb6 Qb8 27. Bc5
Bxc5 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Qe8+ Kf6 30. Nxc5 Qc7 31. Qf8+ Qf7 32. Qd6 e4 33. Qd4+
Ke7 34. Ne5 Qh5 35. Rg8 Bb7 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Nxg4+ Qxg4 38. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3
Ndb4 15. Nb5 Qe5 16. f4 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxd2 18. Bxe7 Rd5 19. Bc5 h6 20. Be2
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. g3 b6 23. Bg1 Bb7 24. f5 Re8 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Bf3 Nf6
27. Nd2 Na5 28. a4 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Ne4 30. g4 Nc6 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Nf6 33.
Bh2 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. b4 a6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Kf8 38. Bc7 Ke8 39. c4 Nd7
40. Kc2 Ke7 41. Kd2 f6 42. Rd3 Ne5 43. Bxe5 Rxe5 44. Re3 Kd6 45. Rxe5 fxe5 46.
Kd3 Kc5 47. Ke4 Kxc4 48. Kxe5 Kxb5 49. Kf5 Kc5 50. Kxg5 b5 51. Kh6 b4 52. g5 b3
53. g6 b2 54. g7 b1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a4 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Ngf3 Qc7 14. Bg3 Nbd5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O b6 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. c4 Rad8 19. Nd3 Bxc4 20. Rac1 Bxd3
21. Qxd3 Nf4 22. Qf1 Qb4 23. Nd4 Be5 24. Rc4 Rxd4 25. Rxb4 Rxb4 26. Bc4 Rxa4
27. b3 Rb4 28. Qe1 Bb8 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. g3 Bb8 31. Qe2 b5 32. Bxb5 Rxb3 33.
Ra1 Rc8 34. Kg2 Rc5 35. Bd3 Rb4 36. Qd2 Bd6 37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Qxc1 Bf8 39. Qc7
a4 40. Qa7 Nd5 41. Bc2 Nc3 42. Qc7 Ne4 43. Qa5 a3 44. Qxa3 Nxf2 45. Kxf2 Rf4+
46. gxf4 Bxa3 47. f5 exf5 48. Bxf5 Be7 49. Kg3 g6 50. Bc2 Bd6+ 51. Kg2 Kg7 52.
h4 h5 53. Bb3 Be7 54. Kg3 Bd8 55. Bc4 Kf6 56. Bb3 Ba5 57. Kf2 Bc3 58. Bc4 Kg7
59. Bb3 Be5 60. Bc4 Bd6 61. Bb3 f5 62. Ba4 Kf7 63. Bb5 Ke7 64. Ba4 Be5 65. Bb5
Bf6 66. Kg3 Kf7 67. Bc4+ Kg7 68. Be6 Bd8 69. Bd7 Kh6 70. Kf4 Bxh4 71. Bxf5 Bg3+
72. Ke4 gxf5+ 73. Kxf5 Bb8 74. Ke4 h4 75. Kf3 h3 76. Kf2 Bh2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. a3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. f4 Nf6
9. h3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 d5 12. Bf2 d4 13. Nb1 e5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nf3 Bd6
16. f5 c4 17. g4 a5 18. Bh4 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. g5 f6 21. g6 h6 22. Ng3 Nc5
23. Nh2 Rfc8 24. Nh5 Ba6 25. Rf3 Kf8 26. Ng4 Ke8 27. Rg3 Kd7 28. Ngxf6+ gxf6
29. g7 Kc7 30. Rg6 Nd7 31. Qd2 Bb7 32. Qxh6 Rg8 33. Kh2 Nd8 34. Rg1 Nf7 35. Qd2
Bc6 36. Bf1 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Ng3 c3 39. bxc3 dxc3 40. Qd1 Ra2 41. Rg2 Nd6
42. Nh5 Nb5 43. Rh6 Nd4 44. Rh8 Raa8 45. Rxg8 Rxg8 46. Qa1 Kb6 47. Qa2 b3 48.
cxb3 Qf7 49. b4 Qxa2 50. Rxa2 c2 51. Rxc2 Nxc2 52. d4 Ne3 53. Bd3 exd4 54. Kg3
Ne5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Nc2 Nb8 14. g3 Nd7
15. Nce3 O-O 16. h4 g6 17. Bh3 Bg7 18. h5 Nf6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qd3 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bh6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Bg2 Rc8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Kxh8 27.
Bh3 Rc4 28. f3 Kg7 29. Rd2 Kg8 30. Qd3 Rc6 31. Kd1 Qb6 32. Bd7 Qg1+ 33. Kc2 Rb6
34. g4 d5 35. exd5 Rd6 36. Qe4 Rxd7 37. Qxe5 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Bxd5 39. Qxd5 Qb6
40. g5 a5 41. Kb3 Qb8 42. Qd4 Qe8 43. Qe4 Qd8 44. f4 Qd1+ 45. Ka3 Qd6+ 46. b4
axb4+ 47. Qxb4 Qa6+ 48. Kb2 Qc6 49. Qd4 Qg2+ 50. Kb3 Qf1 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Qd2
Kg8 53. Kb4 Qc4+ 54. Ka5 Qa4+ 55. Kb6 Qc4 56. a3 Qe6+ 57. Ka5 Qb3 58. Qd4 Qxa3+
59. Kxb5 Qb3+ 60. Kc5 Qa3+ 61. Qb4 Qa7+ 62. Kd5 Qd7+ 63. Qd6 Qb5+ 64. Kd4 Qb2
65. Qb4 Qd2+ 66. Kc5 Qe3+ 67. Kd6 Qe6+ 68. Kc7 Qe3 69. Kd8 Qf3 70. Qd4 Qa8+ 71.
Kc7 Qa5+ 72. Kc6 Qa6+ 73. Kd5 Qa8+ 74. Kc4 Qa4+ 75. Kd3 Qd1+ 76. Ke3 Qe1+ 77.
Kf3 Qf1+ 78. Ke4 Qe2+ 79. Qe3 Qc4+ 80. Kf3 Qf1+ 81. Kg3 Kh7 82. Qd4 Qe1+ 83.
Kf3 Qf1+ 84. Ke4 Qe2+ 85. Kd5 Qe6+ 86. Kc5 Qc8+ 87. Kb4 Qb7+ 88. Ka3 Qa6+ 89.
Kb3 Qb5+ 90. Qb4 Qd3 91. Qc4 Qd1+ 92. Ka3 Qd6+ 93. Ka4 Qd7+ 94. Qb5 Qd1+ 95.
Qb3 Qd7+ 96. Ka3 Qd6+ 97. Qb4 Qa6+ 98. Kb3 Qd3 99. Qd4 Qb5+ 100. Ka3 Qa6+ 101.
Kb2 Qe2+ 102. Kc1 Qe1+ 103. Kc2 Qe2+ 104. Qd2 Qe4+ 105. Kc1 Qh1+ 106. Qd1 Qe4
107. Qf1 Qa4 108. Kb2 Qa5 109. Qh1+ Kg8 110. Qc6 Qd8 111. Kc2 Qe7 112. Qd5 Qe2+
113. Kb3 Qe3 114. Qe5 Qb6+ 115. Kc2 Qf2+ 116. Kd3 Qf1+ 117. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 a4
15. Bf4 O-O 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Rd3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bg3 Bf8 21.
Rfd1 Qd7 22. h3 b5 23. Re3 bxc4 24. Re1 Qd5 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27.
Rxe6 c3 28. bxc3 Bxa3 29. Re2 Bf8 30. Ra2 Kf7 31. Kf1 c5 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. Ke2
Ke6 34. Bf4 a3 35. Bc1 Kd5 36. Kd3 Ra4 37. f3 h5 38. g4 g6 39. Bd2 f5 40. gxf5
gxf5 41. Bg5 Bd6 42. Ra1 a2 43. Bf6 Be5 44. c4+ Ke6 45. Bxe5 Kxe5 46. Kc3 Ra3+
47. Kb4 Ra8 48. Kc5 Rc8+ 49. Kb5 Rb8+ 50. Kc6 Rb2 51. c5 Rc2 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Nc2 Nb8 13. g3 Nd7 14. Nce3 O-O 15.
h4 Nc5 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bc2 a5 18. a3 Bg7 19. h5 Bc8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qe2 Ra7
22. Rh2 Raf7 23. Qxb5 Ba6 24. Qb6 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Rh4 h5
28. Rd1 Ba6 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 Kh7 31. Rh4+ Kg8 32. c4 Rdf8 33. Rh2 Bc8 34.
Ke2 Rb7 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Ra7 37. Nc3 Ra3 38. Nb5 Rb3 39. Rxd6 Rxb4 40. Rxg6
Rb2+ 41. Ke1 Rb1+ 42. Kd2 Rb2+ 43. Kc3 Rbxf2 44. Rxf2 Rxf2 45. Nd6 Rf3 46. Kd2
Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Rf4 48. Nxc8 Rxe4 49. Ke2 Kf7 50. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Bb7 11. a4 a6 12. Ba3 Nbd7 13. e4 Nb6 14. a5 Na4 15.
Rac1 Rc8 16. Rfe1 c5 17. dxc5 Qxa5 18. c6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxe7 Re8 21.
Ne5 Bd5 22. exd5 Rxe7 23. d6 Qxd2 24. Rd1 Qxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rxe5 26. d7 Nxd7 27.
Qxd7 Re1+ 28. Bf1 Bf8 29. Qd2 Rb1 30. Kg2 Rb2 31. Qd8 Nc5 32. Qd4 Rc2 33. Qd1
Rb2 34. Qd4 Na4 35. Qd8 Ra2 36. Qd5 Nc3 37. Qd4 Ra3 38. h4 Na4 39. Qd8 Nc5 40.
Be2 Ne6 41. Qb8 Nd4 42. Bf1 h5 43. Qd8 Ne6 44. Qb8 Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. Kg1 Bc5
47. Bh3 Bd4 48. Qd5 Rxg3+ 49. Bg2 Rg4 50. Kf1 Rxh4 51. Qd7 Rf4 52. Bd5 Rxf2+
53. Ke1 Ng5 54. Kd1 Bc3 55. Kc1 b4 56. Qd6 Rf6 57. Qg3 Ne6 58. Bc4 Kg7 59. Bxa6
Nd4 60. Bc4 Re6 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. Be3 O-O 15.
Rc1 Be6 16. Nbd2 Rfc8 17. h3 Nd7 18. Qf1 Bc5 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxe4 23. Nxe5 Nd2 24. Qe2 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Qd4 26. Ne3 Rxc1+ 27.
Rxc1 a5 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Rd2 h6 30. Qd1 Rc8 31. Rd4 Kh7 32. Qd3+ g6 33. f4 Rc1+
34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qd2 Rb1 36. Nd1 Bb3 37. Nf2 Qf5 38. Rd8 g5 39. Nd3 Bc4 40. fxg5
hxg5 41. Qe2 g4 42. Qe7 g3+ 43. Kxg3 Qg6+ 44. Kh2 Bxd3 45. Qh4+ Qh6 46. Rh8+
Kxh8 47. Qxh6+ Kg8 48. Qg5+ Bg6 49. h4 Kh7 50. h5 Bd3 51. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nb4 10. O-O N4d5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne4 c6 14. Rc1 Nd7
15. a3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 N5f6 19. Nc3 e5 20. Na4 Qb5 21.
Qc2 exd4 22. Rxd4 Qa5 23. Be2 Qc7 24. h3 Nb6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nc5 Nbd7 27. Nb3
h5 28. Nd4 Qe5 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. Qa4 a6 31. Qb3 Nf8 32. Qc3 Kg8 33. Bc4 Nd5 34.
Qc2 Ne6 35. b4 Qf6 36. h4 Kg7 37. Qb3 Ndc7 38. a4 Rd6 39. Be2 Rd5 40. Bd3 Rd8
41. Bc4 Rd6 42. Qc2 Rd8 43. Rb1 Nd5 44. Rb3 Nb6 45. Bxe6 Qxe6 46. Rb1 Nd5 47.
Ng5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 c6 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4
bxc4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bg5 a5 18. a3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd2 Qe6 21. Qg4 axb4
22. axb4 Bb5 23. Nf1 Qe7 24. Ne3 Qb7 25. Reb1 Ra7 26. Qd1 Rea8 27. Rxa7 Qxa7
28. h4 Qa3 29. Qd5 Rb8 30. Nxc4 Qxc3 31. Ne3 h5 32. Bb3 Be8 33. Qd1 Qd4 34.
Qxd4 exd4 35. Nd5 Bb5 36. Rd1 d3 37. Nc3 Bc6 38. b5 Bxb5 39. Nxb5 Rxb5 40. Rxd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qa5 12. h4 Rfd8 13. g4 Qc7 14. Rhg1 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd5 19. h5 e5 20. Nf5 Qe6 21.
Ne3 Bf3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. h6 Be4 24. hxg7 Qxa2 25. b3 Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Rd4 27. Ng4
Kxg7 28. Nxe5 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Rg4 a5 31. Kb2 Bf5 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Nxc4
Be6 34. Nxa5 b6 35. Nc6 Kg6 36. c4 Kxg5 37. Kc3 h5 38. Kd3 Kf4 39. Nd4 Bg4 40.
Kd2 Ke4 41. Nc2 h4 42. Ke1 h3 43. Kf1 Bd1 44. Ne3 Bxb3 45. Kg1 Kd4 46. Kh2 Bxc4
47. Kxh3 b5 48. Kg4 b4 49. Kf4 b3 50. Nd1 Be2 51. Nb2 Kc3 52. Na4+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Ncd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb3 Nb6 20. Qd3 Ra7 21. a4
bxa4 22. Bxa4 Bxa4 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Rxa4 Rc7 25. Rea1 Qb5 26. Qe3 Rec8 27. Ra5
Rxc3 28. Rxb5 Rxe3 29. Rxa6 Rec3 30. Rb7 R3c7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33.
Rxf6 Bxb4 34. Rb6 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bd2 36. Nh1 Re1 37. Rb2 Bc3 38. Rc2 Bd4 39. Ng3
h5 40. h4 Kf8 41. f3 Bg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Qc7 11. O-O Bb7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Qc6 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2
Bc5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rad1 h6 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Nd4 Rae8 20. a3 Ne5 21. h3 Ng6 22.
b4 Bd6 23. Ndxb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Qc6 26. Na7 Qc7 27. Nb5 Qc6 28. Na7
Qc7 29. Bc5 Ba6 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. b5 Bb7 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. bxc6 Be5 34. Qxc4 Kh8
35. Qxe6 Nf4 36. Qc4 Qc8 37. Qc5 Re8 38. c7 Bxc7 39. Qf5 Qxf5 40. exf5 Re2 41.
Bb1 Bb6 42. Rde1 Rb2 43. Rc1 Rb3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rb8 N4d5 46. a4 Ra3 47. Bc2
Ba7 48. Rb5 h5 49. Bb3 Nc3 50. Rb7 Bd4 51. g3 Nce4 52. Rb4 Bc5 53. Rb5 Bxf2 54.
Kg2 Bxg3 55. Rf3 Bd6 56. Rb6 Kh6 57. Be6 Rxa4 58. Rd3 Be5 59. Rb5 Bf4 60. h4
Ra8 61. Kf3 Bh2 62. Rb2 Nc5 63. Re3 Bg1 64. Ree2 Ra3+ 65. Kg2 Bd4 66. Rb8 Kh7
67. Bf7 g6 68. Bxg6+ Kh6 69. Rh8+ Kg7 70. Rd8 Be3 71. Rb2 Ra7 72. Kf3 Bh6 73.
Kg2 Ncd7 74. Re2 Nb6 75. Re5 Bf4 76. Rb5 Nbd7 77. Kf3 Bc7 78. Rc8 Ne5+ 79. Ke2
Bd6 80. Rd8 Be7 81. Rdb8 Nc6 82. R5b7 Ra2+ 83. Rb2 Ra4 84. R8b7 Rxh4 85. R2b6
Re4+ 86. Kd2 Na5 87. Rxf6 Kxf6 88. Rb6+ Kg5 89. Kd3 Re5 90. f6 Kxg6 91. fxe7+
Kf7 92. Kd4 Rg5 93. Re6 Ke8 94. Ke4 Nc4 95. Kf4 Rg4+ 96. Kf3 Rg5 97. Kf4 Rd5
98. Ke4 Rd6 99. Rxd6 Nxd6+ 100. Kf4 h4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qf3 Bc6 13. Qh3 Qd5 14. Bf4
Qh5 15. Qg3 Rad8 16. h3 Nd5 17. Be5 Qg5 18. Nxc6 Qxg3 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Bxg3 Rd2 22. Rab1 Rfd8 23. Kf1 g5 24. Be5 Kg6 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Be3 R2d5
27. Ke2 f5 28. Rbd1 f4 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bd2 Kf5 31. f3 Ra5 32. a3 Ne5 33. c4
Ra6 34. Rc1 Rb6 35. b4 Ra6 36. Rc3 Rd6 37. Be1 Rd4 38. c5 a6 39. Bf2 Rd8 40. a4
Kg6 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Kf7 43. Ra3 Ke8 44. Ra4 Rd5 45. Ra8+ Kd7 46. Ra4 Kc8
47. Re4 Nd7 48. Rc4 Ne5 49. Rc3 Kc7 50. Bg1 Kc8 51. Rc2 Nd7 52. c6 bxc6 53.
Rxc6+ Kb7 54. Rxe6 Rxb5 55. Bd4 Rd5 56. Bc3 Kc7 57. Rg6 Kd8 58. Bg7 Ra5 59. Bh6
Ke8 60. Rxg5 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 Ra1+ 62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Kg1 Ra6 64. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O c4 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. h3 Bh5 12. b3 Bg6 13. Ba3 Qd5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. Na3 Rd8 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 Bd3 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. d4 g6 20. Rb1 Bxb3 21.
Rxb3 b6 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Rb5 Qd6 24. h4 h6 25. Nd2 Qc7 26. Ne4 Rd5 27. h5 Rxb5
28. Qxb5 g5 29. d5 exd5 30. Ng3 Qd7 31. Qd3 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Qxd5 Qe1+ 34.
Kh2 Qxc3 35. f4 Ne7 36. Qd7 Qf6 37. fxg5 Qxg5 38. Qxa7 Nd5 39. Qa4 Nf4 40. Qd4+
Kg8 41. Qc3 Nxh5 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qc3+ Nf6 44. Qd4 h5 45. Qxb6 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. c3 e6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Ne2 Nd5 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Nd3 Bxd3 15.
Bxd3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bd6 17. g3 h5 18. b4 a6 19. Kd1 g6 20. Kc2 Rhe8 21. Bd2 Rac8
22. Rhe1 e5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. c4 Ne7 27. Re1 Bf6 28.
Bc3 Bxc3 29. Rxe7+ Kd6 30. Rxb7 Bd4 31. c5+ Ke5 32. Rxf7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Neg4 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 axb5 12. Nxb5 d5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. c5 Qa6
15. Qc2 Ne8 16. b5 Qa8 17. Bf4 Nxd6 18. Bxd6+ Ke8 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. a4 Qc7 21.
Rfc1 f5 22. a5 Ne5 23. c6 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Ra8 Kd8 26. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Re8
8. d3 Bc5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 b5 12. h3 Bh5 13. a4 a6 14. Rfe1 c5
15. axb5 axb5 16. Qf1 c4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Rxe4 20. Qd3 Re8
21. Bd4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nd5 23. Re1 Nf4 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 h6 26. Qe4 Ne6 27.
Be3 Qb8 28. b3 Qb5 29. g3 Qe2 30. Nd2 Be7 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qf3 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Kg8
34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Nf3 Qc3 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. Bxd4 Qb4 39. c3 Qd6 40.
b4 Qd7 41. b5 f5 42. Qb7 Bd6 43. c4 Kh7 44. Qd5 Qc8 45. c5 Bf8 46. c6 Kh8 47.
Qd7 Qa8 48. Qxf5 Qe8 49. Be5 Qd8 50. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. e5 Nd5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. h4 Bxc1 15.
Qxc1 Qxa2 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Nb6 19. Nd6+ Kb8 20. Bh5 Nd5 21.
Qf3 Rhf8 22. Bxf7 Qd2 23. Qg4 Nxc3 24. Qxe6 Ne2+ 25. Kh2 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Qxd4 27.
Qe7 Qb6 28. e6 Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Nxb7 Kxb7 31. e7 Rb8 32. Kh3 c3 33.
exf8=Q Rxf8 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kg4 c2 36. Kxg5 Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. Bd2
Rfe8 22. Nc5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Nf4 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. h4 Bf3 27.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Ne4 Qg4+ 29. Ng3 g6 30. b3 Bd5 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Qf3 33. Qxf3
Bxf3 34. Nf1 Be2 35. Bd2 Bc7 36. d5 Bxc4 37. dxc6 Bd5 38. Ng3 Bxc6 39. h5 Bf3
40. hxg6+ Kxg6 41. Nf1 h5 42. Nh2 Bd5 43. f3 h4 44. Kg2 Kh5 45. Be3 Be6 46. Ng4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Na3 b5 14. Nc2 b4 15.
d4 a5 16. Qd2 a4 17. Bf1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Qd3 Rb2 20. Na3 cxd4 21. cxd4
Nde5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nc4 Nxd3 24. Nxa5 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxa2 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Bb5
a3 28. Nb4 Rb2 29. Bxe8 Rxb4 30. Bg5 a2 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Nge2 Nbd7 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 e5 8. O-O-O
Qa5 9. a3 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd6 Bb7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Qe7 Rhf8 14. Nc1 Rde8
15. Qd6 Re6 16. Qd2 Kb8 17. g4 Bc8 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nc5 Re7 20. Bxb5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Rd7 22. Bd3 Rfd8 23. Na4 Ka8 24. Be3 Bf8 25. Qc3 Ba6 26. Bg5 Be7 27. Bxf6
Bxf6 28. Nc5 Bxd3 29. Nxd7 Be2 30. Nxf6 Bxd1 31. Nd5 Qb7 32. Rxd1 cxd5 33. Qxe5
Qb5 34. exd5 Re8 35. Qd4 Qe2 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Qa4 Qf1+ 38. Ka2 Qc1 39. d6 Rxc2
40. Qe8+ Rc8 41. d7 Qc4+ 42. Rb3 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. g4 e5 11. f5 d5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 gxf5 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bc5
Nc6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Qd2 a5 19. Bb5 a4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nc1 Ra5
22. Nxc6 Qa8 23. Qxa5 Qxc6 24. O-O Nxd6 25. Nd3 Ra8 26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6 e4
28. Nf4 Nc4 29. Bf2 Bxb2 30. Rad1 e3 31. Be1 e2 32. Nxe2 Ne3 33. Rb1 a3 34. Rf3
Bxa2 35. Rxb2 axb2 36. Bc3+ Kg8 37. Bxb2 Nxc2 38. Ng3 Rb8 39. Bc3 Be6 40. Nh5
Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Bc4 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Ne4+ Kg6 44. Nd2 Rh1 45. Nxc4 Rxh2+ 46. Kg3
Re2 47. Bf6 Ne1 48. Ra3 f4+ 49. Kxf4 Rf2+ 50. Kg3 Rg2+ 51. Kh3 h6 52. Ne5+ Kf5
53. Nf3 hxg5 54. Nxe1 Re2 55. Bc3 Kg6 56. Kg3 f5 57. Kf3 Re6 58. Nd3 g4+ 59.
Kf2 Re4 60. Ra6+ Kh7 61. Rd6 f4 62. Ne5 g3+ 63. Kf1 Re3 64. Bd4 Ra3 65. Kg2
Ra2+ 66. Kf3 Rd2 67. Kxf4 g2 68. Nf3 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. a3 e6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qd2 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 Bg7 20. Rad1 Rc7 21. Nh2 Ne7
22. Ng4 Nf5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Kh7 25. Qf4 Rc2 26. Bd3 Rxb2 27. Bxf5 exf5
28. Qe5 Kg8 29. Qe7 Qd8 30. Rc1 Rb6 31. Rc7 Rxf6 32. Rxb7 Qxe7 33. Rexe7 Rc6
34. Red7 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc3 36. a4 Rc4 37. Rxd5 Rxa4 38. Rdd7 a5 39. Kg3 Ra3+ 40.
Kf4 Ra2 41. Ke5 Re2+ 42. Kd6 Rc8 43. Rxf7 Rd8+ 44. Kc6 Rc2+ 45. Kb5 Rb2+ 46.
Kc4 Rxb7 47. Rxb7 Ra8 48. Kb3 Rd8 49. Kc3 Ra8 50. d5 a4 51. Kc2 a3 52. Kb1 Rd8
53. Rb5 Kf7 54. Ka2 Ra8 55. Rb6 Rd8 56. d6 Ke6 57. d7+ Kf7 58. Rd6 Ke7 59. Rxg6
Rxd7 60. Rg7+ Ke8 61. Rxd7 Kxd7 62. Kxa3 Kd6 63. Kb4 Kd5 64. Kc3 Ke4 65. Kd2 f4
66. Ke2 f3+ 67. gxf3+ Kf4 68. Ke1 Kxf3 69. Kf1 h5 70. Kg1 Kf4 71. Kg2 h4 72.
Kg1 Ke4 73. Kf1 Kf3 74. Ke1 Kg2 75. f4 Kxh3 76. f5 Kg2 77. f6 h3 78. f7 h2 79.
f8=Q h1=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. d5 Nb8
9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Nd2 c6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc7 15.
Rfd1 cxd5 16. cxd5 b5 17. f3 Qb8 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nb3
Rcc8 22. Qxa6 Bh6 23. Na5 Rc2 24. Nc6 Qc7 25. Naxb4 Rxb2 26. Rab1 Be3+ 27. Kh1
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nd7 29. Nd3 Kg7 30. Qb7 Rc8 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. a5 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. g4
Nxg4 9. Rg1 f5 10. h3 Ngf6 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qxf5 h6 14. Qe6+ Qxe6
15. Nxe6 Rf7 16. Rc1 Re7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Ne5 19. Be2 Bxh3 20. f4 Ned7 21.
b4 Bf5 22. Nd1 Ne4 23. Nf2 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 Nf6 25. Bf3 a5 26. b5 cxb5 27. c6 Kf7
28. cxb7 Rxb7 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. Nd3 Bxd3 31. Kxd3 b4 32. Bd1 Rdd7 33. Ba4 Rdc7
34. Rgc1 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 h5 36. Ke2 Re7 37. Bc2 d4 38. Bb3+ Kg6 39. Be6 dxe3 40.
Kxe3 a4 41. Kf3 Rb7 42. Bc4 b3 43. axb3 axb3 44. Bd3+ Kf7 45. Rc1 b2 46. Rb1
Ke7 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Rb4+ 49. Kc3 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. c4 Nb6 14. cxb5 c4
15. Bxc4 Bb7 16. Ngf3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qe2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd5
21. Rd1 Bb4 22. Qd3 f6 23. Bg3 O-O 24. O-O Qxa2 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Nxb3 Rc2 27.
Nc5 Rxb2 28. Nxe6 Rc8 29. Ra1 Be7 30. Rxa7 Rxb5 31. Nc7 Nxc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33.
Bxc7 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke6 35. d5+ Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5
15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Be6 19. gxf7+ Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Bxc4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8 24. Qxe5 exf6 25. Qxf6+ Rg7 26. Qd4 Rc8 27.
Ne4 Qe7 28. Bxc4 Qa7 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. Re1 Rxc4 31. Nd6 Rc2 32. Nf5 Ra8 33. a3
Rc3 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14. Nc2 Bb7
15. Ne3 fxe4 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. Qg4 Rxd5 20. Qxg7 Qxg7
21. Nxg7+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Ke6 23. Ne3 Rd7 24. Ke2 f5 25. f3 f4 26. Nc2 Rg8 27.
Rhg1 Bd5 28. Kf2 Bxa2 29. Nd4+ exd4 30. Rxa2 dxc3 31. bxc3 Rd6 32. Rga1 Kf5 33.
g4+ fxg3+ 34. hxg3 Rgg6 35. g4+ Kf4 36. Rb1 Rge6 37. Rb4+ Kg5 38. Rb1 Rd3 39.
Kg3 Rxc3 40. Rh1 Kg6 41. Rah2 Rf6 42. Rh6+ Kf7 43. Rxh7+ Ke6 44. Rf1 Kd5 45. g5
Rfc6 46. Kg4 b4 47. Rb7 b3 48. f4 a5 49. f5 R6c4+ 50. Kh5 Kc6 51. Rb8 Kc7 52.
Rb5 Kc6 53. Rxa5 Rc1 54. Ra6+ Kc7 55. Rxc1 Rxc1 56. Ra7+ Kc6 57. Ra6+ Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. c4 Qd6 10. d5 Na5 11. Na3 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. cxb5 Nxd5 14. Bg5 Rd8 15.
Rb1 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Bb3 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nf6 21. a4
Rd7 22. Rbc1 Rad8 23. Bc4 h6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 e6 26. b3 Nd5 27. Rcd1 Nd4 28.
Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Bb5 Re7 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc7 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Red2 Rb8 34.
Bc4 Nf4 35. Rd6 Ng6 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Qf6 Ree8 38. Rd7 Qf4 39. Rxf7 Qxf6 40.
Rxf6 Nf4 41. Rd7 Rbd8 42. Bxe6+ Nxe6 43. Rxe6 Rxd7 44. Rxe8+ Kg7 45. Rc8 Rb7
46. Rxc5 Rxb3 47. a5 Ra3 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. a6 Ra2 51. Rc7+ Kg6 52.
a7 h5 53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Kf6 55. Kf1 Ke5 56. Rf7 Ke6 57. Rf5 Rxa7 58. Rxg5
Ra4 59. Kg2 Kf6 60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Kg3 Ra3+ 62. f3 Ra1 63. Rb5 Ra6 64. f4 Rc6 65.
Kh4 Rd6 66. f5+ Kg7 67. Kg5 Rd7 68. Re5 Ra7 69. Re7+ Rxe7 70. f6+ Kf7 71. fxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. b3 b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Rb8 11. Bg2 b5 12. a3 Nd7 13. e5 Nd4 14. exd6 exd6 15.
Nd5 Nb6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Nc6 Rbc8 20. d4 Rxc6 21. d5
Rcc8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 d5 25. b4 d4 26. Bg5 c4 27. Qd2 Qf5 28.
h4 Na4 29. Be4 Qf7 30. h5 gxh5 31. Bg2 Nc3 32. Rf1 e4 33. Rae1 Qg6 34. Be7 Rf7
35. Bc5 d3 36. cxd3 cxd3 37. Kh2 h4 38. Qe3 Re8 39. Bd4 Bxd4 40. Qxd4+ Qg7 41.
Qe3 Nd5 42. Qc5 Nf6 43. Bh3 Rg8 44. Qd6 Rc7 45. Rc1 Rxc1 46. Rxc1 hxg3+ 47.
fxg3 e3 48. Be6 d2 49. Rg1 Ne4 50. Qf4 e2 51. Bxg8 e1=Q 52. Bd5 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. Bh3 Qa5 14. g5 Qxa2 15. Nb3
hxg5 16. hxg5 Nh5 17. Bg4 g6 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. Bxh5 Nc4 20. Qd4 e5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Bg4 Rxh1 24. Bd7+ Kd8 25. Bb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Na5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Bg5 e6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 Nc6 14. f5
Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Be7 16. Rhd1 Rc8 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. g3 b5 19. a3 h5 20. h4 Qe5 21.
Qf3 Rc5 22. Ne2 exf5 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Re4 Kf8 26. Rde1 Re8 27.
Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Nd5+ Ke6 30. Nc7+ Ke5 31. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Rd8 15. Nd3 Bb6 16. b3 Bb7 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 Nc3 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bd5 exd5
21. c5 Ba5 22. Kg2 h6 23. Bd2 d4 24. Rab1 Bc7 25. Rb3 a5 26. Re1 a4 27. Rb2 Ba5
28. a3 g5 29. h4 f6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. f4 g4 32. f5 Kf7 33. Re6 Nd5 34. Bxa5
Rxa5 35. Rb7+ Kg8 36. Rd6 Ne3+ 37. Kf2 Rf8 38. Rxd4 Nxf5 39. Rxg4+ Kh8 40. Nf4
1-0

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 Nd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nxa4 13. Bxa4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Rb8
15. Nc4 f5 16. Be3 fxe4 17. dxe4 Qe8 18. Nfd2 Kh8 19. b4 Bc8 20. Nf1 h6 21. Bd2
Bd8 22. Nce3 Ra8 23. Nd5 Bd7 24. Qd1 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Bxe7 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Nd5 Bd8
28. Qe2 Qc6 29. c4 Qb7 30. Qd3 c6 31. Ne3 Be7 32. Bc3 Rf7 33. Re2 Raf8 34. Be1
Rd8 35. Rea2 Bg5 36. Rxa6 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Bxc4 38. Ra7 Qc8 39. Rxf7 Bxf7 40. Bc3
Qe6 41. h3 Kg8 42. Ra7 Rd7 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Qb6 Qc8 45. Bd2 Bc4 46. Ra1 Bb5 47.
Qe3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Fritz 3"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 8.
N1c3 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 Bg7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 Nd4 14. Ne2
f5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Rhf1 Rfc5 20. Na3
b5 21. Rd2 Qf6 22. Qd3 d5 23. f4 Kh8 24. g3 b4 25. Nb1 a5 26. Re1 a4 27. h3 Qf7
28. Kd1 Qh5+ 29. g4 Qf7 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Rff2 Rcc8 32. Qb5 Qc7 33. Qxb4 Rxf4 34.
Qxa4 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Qg3 36. Qa6 Rb8 37. Qf1 h6 38. b3 e5 39. Rf3 Qh4 40. Rf7 e4
41. Nd2 Qg3 42. Qf4 Qg1+ 43. Nf1 Rg8 44. Qd6 d3 45. Qxd5 dxc2+ 46. Kxc2 Qg2+
47. Nd2 Rc8+ 48. Kd1 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Re8 50. Qd7 Qh2+ 51. Kd1 Rg8 52. Re7 Qg1+ 53.
Ke2 Qg2+ 54. Ke3 Qxh3+ 55. Kxe4 Qg2+ 56. Kd3 Qa8 57. a4 Rd8 58. Rxg7 Rxd7+ 59.
Rxd7 Qc8 60. Rd4 Kg7 61. b4 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Ke5 63. Nc5 Qc6 64. Kc4 Qg2 65. Nd3+
Kf6 66. a5 Qc2+ 67. Kb5 Qc8 68. a6 Qb8+ 69. Kc4 Kg5 70. b5 Qc7+ 71. Nc5 Qf7+
72. Kb4 Qa7 73. Rd7 Qb6 74. a7 1-0

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. Nc3
e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Rfd1+ Kc7 20. Bf3
Bxb2 21. Rab1 Nd7 22. Rd2 Ba3 23. Rc2+ Kd8 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. Rc7 Bd6 26. Rxa7
Rhd8 27. Bc6 f6 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Bc5 Kc6 31. Rxd6+ Kxc5 32.
Rxe6 Rf8 33. h4 Kd5 34. Re3 Ra8 35. a3 g5 36. Kg2 gxh4 37. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Bf3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Rcd8 20. e4
Be6 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf3 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rd7 24. Bc6 Rc7 25. Bd5 Rfc8 0-1

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. f4 f5 14. Nd2 Bf6
15. e4 exf4 16. Bxf6+ Nxf6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. O-O Ke7 19. Rae1 Kf7 20. Nf3 Rhg8
21. Ne5+ Kg7 22. Rxf4 Rge8 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Rad8 25. Rg5+ Kf8 26. Rf1 Re6
27. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Be2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. g3 O-O 19. Nc2 Rae8 20. Ne3 Re5 21. Qh3
Qc8 22. Nc2 f4 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Ree8 27. Nb4 a5
28. Nc6 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Rd2 Ne5 31. Rc2 Nd3 32. b3 Ra8 33. Be2 Re3 34. Kg2
Bc3 35. Bxd3 Rxd3 36. Rf4 Rd2+ 37. Rxd2 Bxd2 38. Rf2 Bc3 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. Nf5
Be5 41. Rc2 Ke8 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. Rh2 h5 44. Rc2 Rg8 45. Rg2 Rg5 46. Ne3 Bd4 47.
Nc2 Bc5 48. Rd2 Rf5+ 49. Kg2 Ke7 50. Ne1 Kf6 51. Nf3 Ke7 52. Nh4 Re5 53. Nf3
Re3 54. Nd4 Kf6 55. Nc2 Rc3 56. Ne1 Kf5 57. Nf3 Be3 58. Re2 Ke4 59. Nh4 Kxd5
60. Nf5 Bc5 1-0

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O c6 7. Ne5 Ng4 8. f4
O-O 9. e3 Nxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Nxc4 cxd4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. exd4 Ba6
15. b3 c5 16. Be3 Qd5 17. dxc5 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qxe5 19. Qf3 Rac8 20. Rab1 Qc3 21.
Rfc1 Qa3 22. Qe2 Rc7 23. Bf2 Rfc8 24. Rd1 e6 25. Rb3 Qa5 26. Rb5 Qa6 27. Rdb1
Bf8 28. Qd2 Qc6 29. Rd1 Qe8 30. Qa5 Qc6 31. Qd2 a6 32. Rb6 Qe4 33. Rxa6 Bxc5
34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd6 Rxc4 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kg7 38. a3 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+
40. Kh3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O $6 (6. Na3) 6... c6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 (8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3) 8... Na6 $6 (8... b5) 9. e4 b5 10. Qe2 Bb7
11. Rd1 Nc7 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Be5 Qb6 14. d5 $1 Nc5 15. Bd4 Nfd7 $1 16. b4 $1
cxb3 (16... Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nd3 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. e5 $36) 17. axb3
a5 (17... b4 $2 18. Na4) (17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 b4 19. dxc6 bxc3 20. cxb7 Nxb7
21. Ra6 $36) 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Be3 $5 (19. Rc2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 b4) 19... Bxc3 (
19... Qa6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxb3 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxb5) (
19... b4 20. Na4 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxd7 $16)
20. Rxc3 cxd5 21. exd5 b4 22. Rcc1 $1 Ba6 (22... Qa6 23. Qxa6 Bxa6 24. Nd4 $44)
23. Qa2 a4 (23... Qd8 $6 24. Nd4 {/\ Nc6}) 24. bxa4 b3 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Bf4 (26.
Nd4 Ne5 (26... b2 27. Qxb2 Nd3 28. Qa1 $1 Nxc1 29. Bxc1 $44) 27. Nc6 Ncd3 28.
Rb1 Nxc6 29. dxc6 b2 $36) 26... Qf6 27. Bg5 Qd6 28. Bf4 Qf6 29. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8
15. Be3 (15. Nbd2 {Wedberg} g6 16. a5 Nbd7 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 Bf6
20. N1h2 Bg7 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Qe7 23. g4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Ne5 $44 {
Peng Xiaomin-Romanishin/Luzern/1993}) 15... bxa4 $1 $146 (15... Qc7 {
Khalifman-Romanishin}) (15... Qc7 {Wedberg} 16. Nbd2 g6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. a5 Nc8
19. Nf1 Nh5 20. b4 Bf6 21. Qd2 Bg7 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. Rac1 Qd8 24. Bxf4 exf4 25.
Qxf4 Bxc3 26. bxc5 f6 27. c6 Be8 28. Red1 Qxa5 29. Nd4 Bb2 30. Rb1 Bxd4 31.
Rxd4 Qc3 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 $16 {Khalifman,A-Romanishin,O/Belgrade/1993/1/
4-1/4/63}) 16. bxa4 Nc4 $1 $13 17. Bc1 Na5 18. Qd3 $5 c4 $2 {>< /^a3-f8} (18...
Qc7) 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Ba3 $1 (20. Nbd2 {Wedberg} Rb8) 20... Nb3 $2 (20... Nh5 $5
21. Nxe5 (21. Nbd2 Nf4 22. Qf1 f5 $132) 21... Nf4 22. Qd1 $8 (22. Qd2 Bg5 $19)
22... Bxh3 23. g3 $1 {Wolff} (23. gxh3 $2 dxe5 24. d6 Qd7 25. dxe7 $2 Qxh3 26.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 $19) 23... Ng6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 $13) (20... Re8 {Wedberg} 21. Nbd2
Bd7 22. Bb4 $14) 21. Bxb3 cxb3 22. Nbd2 $16 Bd7 (22... Qxc3 23. Nc4 $1 $16) (
22... a5 23. Qc4 $1 $16 (23. Nxb3 $6 Ba6 $14)) 23. Nxe5 $1 b2 $1 (23... Bxa4
24. Qc4 $1 $18 (24. Qc4 {Wedberg} Qa5 25. Nxb3 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 $18)) 24. Rab1
Bxa4 25. Qc4 $1 Qa5 26. Bb4 $1 (26. Nef3 Rfc8) 26... Qb6 (26... Qd8 {Wedberg}
27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 $16) 27. Qa2 (27. Nef3 $1 Rfc8 (27... a5 28. Ba3 $18) 28.
Qd3 a5 (28... Bb5 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 $18) 29. Ba3 $18) (27. Rxb2 $2 {Wedberg
} dxe5 $19) 27... a5 $1 28. Nec4 (28. Ba3 $1) 28... Qc7 29. Bxd6 $6 (29. Ba3 $1
$18) 29... Bxd6 30. Qxa4 Bh2+ $1 31. Kh1 Rfe8 $1 32. f3 $1 {קe4} (32. Rxb2 $2
Nxd5 $1) (32. g3 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3 34. Re3 Qh4 $1 {/\ Nd5}) (32. Nf3 Nxe4 (
32... Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. Rxb2 $1 $16) 33. Rxb2 (33. Nxh2 $6 Nxf2+ 34. Kg1
Nxh3+ 35. Kh1 $1 $10 (35. gxh3 $2 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Rxe1+
39. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 40. Kxe1 b1=Q+) (35. Kf1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 b1=Q 37. Rxb1 Qxh2)))
32... Nh5 33. Nf1 Bg3 34. Re2 Rec8 35. Nce3 $1 Qxc3 36. Nf5 Qe5 37. Rexb2 $1 (
37. N5xg3 Nxg3+ 38. Nxg3 Rc1+ $1) 37... Bf4 38. Rb7 Bg5 39. d6 g6 40. d7 Rf8
41. Nd4 Ng3+ 42. Nxg3 Qxg3 43. Ne2 $1 Qf2 44. Nc3 $1 Bf4 45. Nd5 $18 Be5 46.
R7b3 $1 Qh4 (46... Qg3 $4 47. f4) 47. Rf1 {/\ f4} Ra7 48. f4 Bg7 49. Rfb1 $1 {
/\ Rb8} Raa8 (49... Qd8 50. Rb8 $1 Qxb8 (50... Qxd7 51. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (51... Kxf8
52. Rb8+ $18) 52. Nf6+ $18) 51. Rxb8 Rxb8 52. Ne7+ Kf8 53. Nc8 $1 $18) (49...
Rd8 50. Rb8 h5 51. Kh2 {/\ g3}) 50. Kh2 g5 51. Rg3 $1 h6 (51... gxf4 52. Rg4
Qd8 (52... Qf2 53. Qc6 $1 Rfd8 54. Rxg7+ Kxg7 55. Qf6+ Kg8 56. Ne7+ Kf8 57. Nf5
$18) 53. Qd4 f6 54. Nxf4 Kh8 55. Rxg7 $18) 52. Rf1 $1 (52. Rg4 Qf2) 52... Kh8
53. Rg4 Qh5 54. f5 Be5+ $8 55. Kh1 f6 (55... Rad8 56. f6 Qg6 57. Rf5 $18) 56.
Ne7 $1 Qf7 57. Ng6+ Kh7 58. Nxe5 $1 {>< Rg4} fxe5 59. Rg3 Rfd8 60. Rd1 Ra7 61.
Rgd3 g4 62. Qc6 $1 (62. Qc6 gxh3 (62... a4 63. Rd6 Qg7 64. Rg6 Qf8 65. Rdd6 $1
$18) 63. Rxh3 Qg7 64. Rd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3
$6 b5 $1 (8... Na6 $5) 9. Ne5 a6 $1 10. e4 (10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 $2 (11. Na2 a5
12. Nxc4 Be6 $132) 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxh3) (10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bxh3)
10... Bb7 11. Re1 $1 (11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e5 e6 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nf6+
Bxf6 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. exf6 Rxb7) 11... Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. e5
Nd5 14. Ne4 $1 $44) 13. e5 $1 e6 14. Ne4 c5 $1 $15 (14... Rb8 15. Bg5 $1 $16) (
14... Qc7 15. Nd6 Rab8 16. Bg5 $1) 15. Nf6+ (15. Nxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxc5 17.
dxc5 Rc8 $17) 15... Bxf6 (15... Nxf6 $5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Be4 cxd4
$44) 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bg2 $2 (17. exf6 Rxb7 18. Bg5 $1 Rb6 $1 {/\ קf6.} (18...
Nb6 19. Qg4 $1 (19. dxc5 $2 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nd5 $17) 19... Qxd4 (19... cxd4 20.
Qh4 h5 (20... Nd5 21. Re4 $40) 21. g4 $40) 20. Re4 Qxb2 21. Rae1 $40) 19. Qg4 (
19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qg4 Nd3) 19... Rd6 20. dxc5 (20. Re4 $2 h6 $1 $19) 20... Nxc5
21. Qh4 h5 22. g4 Rd4 23. Be3 Nd3 $1 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 $44) 17... Bg7 $17 18. a4
Rc7 (18... cxd4 19. Qxd4 (19. axb5 Nxe5 20. bxa6 (20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. bxa6 Qa5 $1
) 20... Qb6 $17) 19... Rc7) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra8 (20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 $1
22. Bxc5 Rxc5 $17) 20... Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Bf4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc5 24. Qd6
Nd3 $19 25. Ra1 Qd8 26. Ra8 Qxd6 27. exd6 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Rxa8 (28... Bxb2 $19
29. Bc6 b4) 29. Bxa8 Kf8 $1 (29... Bxb2 30. Bc6 b4 31. Bb5 Kf8 32. Bxc4 Bc1 33.
f5 gxf5 34. Bb3 {/\ Ba4 קd7,Pb4}) 30. Bc6 b4 31. Bb5 c3 $1 32. bxc3 b3 33. Bd3
(33. c4 b2) 33... Bxc3 34. Kg2 f5 35. Kf3 Bb4 36. Bc4 b2 37. Ba2 Bxd6 38. Ke3
Kg7 39. Bb1 Kh6 40. Kf3 (40. Kf3 Kh5 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 15. Be3
bxa4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Na5 18. Nbd2 (18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Nbd2 Rfb8
$10) 18... Qc7 19. c4 Rb8 20. Ra2 g6 21. Bb2 Nh5 22. Bd3 Bd8 (22... Nf4 23. Bf1
) (22... Bd7 {/\ Rb7,Rfb8}) 23. Bc3 f6 24. Bf1 Qg7 25. Qc2 Rf7 (25... g5 $6 26.
Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 g4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Nh4 $16) 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Rb7 28.
Rb2 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Qb7 30. Qc2 (30. Qxb7 Nxb7 31. Be2 Nf4 32. Bd1 Ba5 $17) 30...
Nf4 31. Kh2 Bd7 32. Ne1 Be8 (32... Be8 33. g3 Nh5 34. Nd3 Qd7 35. Nb2 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. e4 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. d5 (9. Be3 Nc4) 9... Qd7 (9... c6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 cxd5 12. exd5 Nc4
13. Qb3 Nd6 14. Re1 $14) 10. Nc3 c6 11. a4 (11. Qb3 Na6 12. Be3 $14) 11... cxd5
12. exd5 Na6 13. a5 Nc4 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Ng5 Ne5 {/\ Nd3, Nc5} 17.
Na4 $1 Bf5 18. Ne4 Nc4 19. Nac3 Nd6 20. Be3 (20. Nxd6 exd6 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Bxc5
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxc5 $15) 20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 (22. Bxe4 Nc5 23.
Bxc5 Rxc5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 $5 9. d3 (9. h3 $1 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. h3 (11.
Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 $36) 11... Bd7 12. d4 Qc7 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bb1
O-O 16. Nf1 Rfe8 17. d5 (17. Ng3) 17... Nh5 $1 18. Bd3 (18. Nxe5 $2 Qxc1 $1 19.
Nxd7 (19. Qxc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 dxe5 $17) 19... Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc7 21. Nb6 Rb8 $19)
18... Bf6 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bf1 g6 21. Bd2 Bg7 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. b4 $1 Rxc1 24.
Qxc1 Nb7 25. Qb1 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Ng4 $2 (27. Kh2 {/\ g3+/=}) 27... Nd8 28.
Ne3 (28. g3 Nxh3+ 29. Bxh3 h5 $1) 28... Qb8 (28... f6 {/\ Nf7}) 29. Rxc7 Qxc7
30. Qb3 f6 31. Nd1 Nf7 32. Qa3 Qc2 33. Nc3 Ng5 $1 34. Nxg5 Qxd2 35. Nf3 Qc2 36.
Ne1 Qd2 37. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 e5 $1 (
7... O-O) 8. d5 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Nbc3 (10. Nec3 $5 {/\ a4,Na3}) 10... cxd5 11.
exd5 Bf5 12. Ne4 (12. b3 $5) 12... Bxe4 $1 13. Bxe4 Nc4 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. Bg2 Nd7
16. Bd2 {/\ Bb4,Qa3} (16. Be3 $1 Qa5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 $14) 16... Nc5 $1 17. Qa3
Nce4 18. Bb4 $6 (18. Be1) 18... a5 $1 19. Be1 $6 (19. Bxe4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Ra6 $1
21. Nc3 Qb6 $1 $44) 19... Nc4 20. Qd3 Ned6 21. Bc3 e4 22. Qc2 (22. Bxe4 Nxb2
23. Bxb2 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Bg7 {/\ b5,Rc8}) 22... Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Re8 24. b3 Ne5 25.
Nd4 Rc8 $17 26. Qe3 Ng4 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Rad1 Qb6 $6 (28... Nxd5 $1 29. Nb5 $140
Rc5 $1) 29. Nc2 Nb5 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Rd2 Nxd5 32. Qh6 Qe5 33. Re1 Nbc3 $19 34.
Ne3 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Qc5 36. Qf4 Re7 37. Qf6 b5 38. h4 Rce8 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4
Nxa2 $1 41. Rexe4 Rxe4 42. Bxe4 Nc1 $1 $19 43. Bf3 Nxb3 44. Rd7 Nc5 (44... Re5
$1 45. Bd5 Nc5 $1 46. Bxf7+ Kf8 47. Rc7 (47. Ra7 Re7 (47... a4 48. Ba2 b4 $1
$19)) 47... Ne6 $1 (47... Re7 48. Rxc5 Kxf7 49. Rxb5 Ra7 50. Rb3 a4 51. Ra3 Ke6
52. Kf1 Kd5 53. Ke2 Kc4 54. Kd2 Kb4 55. Ra1 a3 56. Kc2 Kc4 $1) 48. Bxe6 (48.
Rb7 Nd8) (48. Rd7 b4 49. Bxe6 (49. f4 Re4 50. Bxe6 (50. Ra7 b3 51. Bxe6 Rxe6
52. Rxa5 b2 $19) 50... Rxe6 51. Rd5 a4 $19)) 48... Rxe6 49. Rxh7 Re1+ 50. Kg2
a4 $19) 45. Ra7 a4 46. Bd5 Ne6 $2 (46... Re5 $1 47. Bxf7+ (47. Ba2 b4 48. Bxf7+
Kf8 49. Bc4 b3 $19) 47... Kf8 48. Ba2 b4 49. Bc4 b3 $19) 47. Rb7 Rd8 48. Ba2 $1
(48. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 49. Rxb5 Ra8 $1 $19) 48... Rd2 $2 (48... Nd4 $1 49. Bxf7+ Kf8
50. Ba2 $17) 49. Bxe6 fxe6 50. Rxb5 $15 a3 51. Ra5 a2 52. Kg2 Kf7 53. g4 Ke7
54. Kf3 Kd6 55. Ke3 Rb2 56. f3 Kc6 57. Kd3 Kb6 58. Ra8 Kc5 59. Rc8+ Kd5 60. Ra8
Rh2 (60... Rf2 $1 $17 61. Ke3 $140 Rh2) 61. Ra5+ Kc6 62. Kc4 Kb6 63. Ra8 Rf2
64. h5 gxh5 65. gxh5 Rh2 66. h6 Rc2+ 67. Kd3 Rf2 68. Kc4 Rxf3 69. Rxa2 Rf4+ 70.
Kd3 Rh4 71. Rc2 Rxh6 72. Ke4 Rg6 73. Ke5 $2 (73. Rc8 $1 $10 h5 $2 74. Rh8 Rg5
75. Rh6 $1 $10) 73... h5 74. Rh2 Rh6 75. Kf4 Kc5 76. Kg5 Rh8 77. Kf6 Kd5 78.
Kg7 Ra8 $2 (78... Re8 $1) 79. Rxh5+ e5 80. Kf6 Rf8+ 81. Kg5 e4 82. Kg4+ Kd4 83.
Rh7 $4 {(+)} (83. Ra5 $1 $10) 83... e3 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Qd5 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Nh5
Nxh5 15. Qxh5 h6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Qd5 Bh3 20. b4 Rad8
21. Bc7 Rc8 22. b5 Be6 23. Qd6 Re7 24. bxc6 Rexc7 25. cxb7 Rxb7 26. Rab1 Rxb1
27. Rxb1 g6 28. Re1 Kg7 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Qc5 Rd7 31. h4 Qf3 32. Qe5+ Qf6 33. Qc5
Qf3 34. Rf4 Qd5 35. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qb3 f6 17. Qxb7 fxe5 18. Qxc6 Be4 19. dxe5 Kh8 20. Bd4 Rc8 21.
Qa6 Nf4 22. f3 Rc6 23. Qa4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Bd3 25. Qc6 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxd4 27. cxd4
Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Qxd4 29. f4 Qxe5 30. g3 Qc5 31. Qe4 Bf6 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Rf2 Qc6
34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. g4 h6 36. Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Kh7 38. Re2 Rc4+ 39. Kf5 Rc5+ 40.
Ke6 Rc4 41. Rf2 Kg6 42. h3 Rc3 43. Rh2 Rf3 44. f5+ Kg5 45. a4 Kh4 46. Kd5 Ra3
47. Kc6 Rxa4 48. Kb7 a5 49. Kb6 Ra3 50. Kb5 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. d5 Nd6 8. Bd3
Na5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Be5 b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nac4 14. Nc3 Bb7
15. Nxb5 Bxd5 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Nxd6 Bxf1 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. Ng5 exd6 20. Ne4 f5
21. Qd5+ Kg7 22. Qd4+ Kh6 23. Qd2+ g5 24. Qxd6+ Kg7 25. Qd4+ Kg6 26. Qd6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. g3 d5 6. d3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O b6
9. e5 h5 10. Ne2 Nf5 11. c3 a5 12. Rf2 Ba6 13. h3 Bf8 14. Kh2 Be7 15. Neg1 Rc8
16. Re2 d4 17. c4 b5 18. b3 Kf8 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Qb6 21. Bf4 Bb7 22. Be4
h4 23. g4 Ng3 24. Bxg3 hxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Qc7 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Qf1 Ke8 28. Qf6 Rh7
29. h4 Kd7 30. Rf1 Qb6 31. Qf4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Qb4 33. Qd2 Rch8 34. Qxb4 axb4 35.
Rh2 Ra8 36. Nh3 Ra3 37. Nf4 Ke7 38. Re1 Rg7 39. Rb2 Rg8 40. Ree2 Ra7 41. Rh2
Raa8 42. Rbd2 Ra3 43. Nh3 Be4 44. Nf2 Bc6 45. Kf4 Rga8 46. h5 Rxa2 47. Rxa2
Rxa2 48. h6 Ra8 49. Nd1 Kf8 50. Nb2 Kg8 51. Kg3 Ra1 52. Rf2 Be8 53. Re2 Rg1+
54. Kh4 Bc6 55. Rf2 Re1 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Rxf7 Re3 58. Nd1 Rxd3 59. Nf2 Rf3 60.
Rf6 b3 61. Nd1 Rd3 62. Nb2 Re3 63. Nd1 Rxe5 64. Rxg6 Kxh7 65. Rf6 Kg7 66. Rf2
Re1 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. b3 O-O 10. e3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Na4 b6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15.
Nc3 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rc6 17. Bf1 Rec8 18. Bb5 Rxc3 19. Bxd7 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rxc1+
21. Bxc1 Nec6 22. Bd2 Bf8 23. Bxa5 Nxa5 24. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1
Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5 axb5
20. Ne4 $1 Bc7 21. Bd2 Rfe8 22. Bd1 $1 (22. Nc5 $2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.
Bxe1 Nf4 $1 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. h4 (26. h3 Bf3 $19) 26... Bf3 $2 (26... Qxh4 $1
27. Qe4 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ $1 29. Qg2 (29. Kg1 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Bf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qxf3+
32. Kxh2 Qe2 $19) 29... Be2+ 30. Kg1 Bh2+ $1 31. Kh1 Bf3 32. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 33.
Kxh2 Qe2 $19) 27. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Ne4 $1 $10 {Anand-Kamsky/Monaco/1994/} (28.
Ne4 {Blatny,P} Qg4+ 29. Ng3 $10 {Anand-Kamsky/Monaco 25'/1994/})) 22... Bxd1
23. Rexd1 f5 (23... Rxe4 $2 24. Qxe4 Qxd1+ (24... Rxe4 $4 {Blatny,P} 25. Ra8+
$18) 25. Kg2 $1 $18 (25. Rxd1 {Blatny,P} Rxe4 $19)) 24. Ng5 Re2 25. Nf3 $2 (25.
Qxf5 $1 Rf8 (25... Nf6 $5) 26. Qh3 Qg6 27. Qg4 Ree8 (27... Rfxf2 28. Ra8+) (
27... Rexf2 28. Qe6+ $1 (28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Nxe6 R8f5 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Nxc7 {
/\Ra7+-})) 28. f3 $1 {+/- Borik} (28. f3 {Blatny,P} h6 29. Nh3 $8 Qxg4 30. fxg4
Re2 31. Ra6 Rf6 32. g5 $18 {_|_})) (25. Qf3 $1 $16) (25. Qf3 {Blatny,P} Qg6 26.
Nh3 $14) 25... R8e3 $1 (25... f4 {Blatny,P} 26. Re1 $16 {/\_|_}) 26. Ra8+ (26.
Bxe3 $2 Qxf3 $19 (26... Qxf3 {Blatny,P} 27. Ra8+ Kf7 28. Ra7 Nxe3 29. Rxc7+ Ke8
$1 30. Rc8+ (30. Qxe3+ Rxe3 31. Ra1 Re7 $1) 30... Kd7 $19)) (26. fxe3 $2 {
Blatny,P} Qxf3 $19) 26... Kf7 27. Ng5+ $1 Kg6 (27... Qxg5 $2 28. Qxe2 $1 $18)
28. Bxe3 Nxe3 29. Rf1 $1 $8 (29. Re8 Ng4 $1 $19) (29. Rc8 Kxg5 30. Rxc7 Qf3) (
29. Ra6 Kxg5 30. h4+ Kh6 31. Rxc6+ (31. Qxb5 {Blatny,P} Nxd1 32. Qxc6+ Qg6 $1
33. Qc4 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Bd6 $19) 31... g6) 29... Kxg5 $1 (29... Nxf1 30. Kxf1 (30.
Nf3 $5 Nxh2 31. Nxh2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 33. Ke1) 30... Rxb2 (30... Rxf2+ {
Blatny,P} 31. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1 Bxg3 (32... Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qg2+ 34. Kd1 $18) 33.
Qf3 Kxg5 34. Qg2 {+/-/+- _|_ קc6}) 31. Nf3 $16) 30. Re8 $1 (30. h4+ Kh6 31.
fxe3 Qg4 32. e4 fxe4 $19) 30... f4 (30... Qxe8 $4 {Blatny,P} 31. Qxe2 $18) (
30... Ng4 $4 {Blatny,P} 31. h4+ $18) 31. Qe4 (31. h4+ $1 Kh6 32. Qe4 g6 (32...
Rxb2 33. Qxc6+ g6 34. Qxc7 Qf3 35. Qxf4+ Qxf4 36. gxf4 Nxf1 37. Kxf1) (32...
Qg4 {Blatny,P} 33. Qe6+) 33. fxe3 (33. Qe7 Qf3 34. Qg5+ (34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. Rxe3
Rxe3 36. Qg7 (36. Qf6 h6 37. fxe3 Qxg3+ 38. Kh1 fxe3 39. Qf3+ Kxh4 40. Qe4+ Kh5
41. Qf3+ Kh4 $10) (36. Qf7 $6 fxg3 $1 37. fxe3 $4 Qxe3+ 38. Kh1 g2+ $19) 36...
fxg3 $1 37. Qxh7+ Kg4 38. Qd7+ (38. Qxg6+ Kh3 $1) 38... Kxh4 39. Qh7+ Kg5 40.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 41. Kh1 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Bf4 $1 (42... Bf4 $1 43. Rxf4 Qxf4 44. Qe7+ Kg4
45. Qe6+ Qf5 46. Qe2+ Qf3 $19 {_|_})) 34... Kg7 35. Re7+ (35. Qe7+ $10 {
Blatny,P}) 35... Kg8 36. Re8+ $10 (36. Re8+ {Blatny,P} Kg7 37. Qe7+ $10)) 33...
Rxe3 34. Qxc6 Rxg3+ 35. Kf2 Rd3 $1 $40) 31... fxg3 (31... g6) (31... Nxf1 $2 {
Blatny,P} 32. h4+ $1 (32. Qxe2 $4 Qxh2+ 33. Kxf1 Qh1#) 32... Kh6 33. Qxe2 $18)
(31... Qxh2+ {Blatny,P} 32. Kxh2 Nxf1+ 33. Kg2 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Nd2 35. Re6 $16 {
_|_}) 32. h4+ $1 (32. hxg3 {Blatny,P} Bxg3 $1 $19) 32... Qxh4 33. Qxh4+ Kxh4
34. Re4+ $1 (34. Rxe3 $4 gxf2+) (34. fxe3 Kh3 (34... Kh3 $1 {Blatny,P} 35. Re7
$1 (35. Rf7 g2 36. Rf3+ Bg3 $19) (35. Rf3 $2 Re1+ 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 g2+
$19) 35... Rg2+ (35... g2 36. Rf3+ Bg3 37. Rxg3+ Kxg3 38. Rxg7+ $10) 36. Kh1
Rxb2 37. Rxc7 (37. Kg1 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rc2 39. Kg1 g2 $1 40. Rxc7 (40. Rf3+ Bg3
41. Rxg3+ Kxg3 42. Rxg7+ Kf3 43. Rf7+ Kxe3 44. Rxh7 Rxc3 $19) 40... gxf1=Q+ 41.
Kxf1 Rxc3 $19 {_|_}) (37. Rxg7 g2+ 38. Rxg2 Rxg2 39. Rf7 Rh2+ $1 40. Kg1 Bg3 $1
41. Rxh7+ Kg4 42. Rxh2 Bxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Kf3 $19) 37... g2+ 38. Kg1 gxf1=Q+ 39.
Kxf1 Kg3 40. Rxg7+ Kf3 $17)) 34... Kh3 35. Rxe3 Rxb2 36. Re7 $1 Bf4 (36... g2
$2 {Blatny,P} 37. Re3+) 37. fxg3 (37. Rxg7 $2 gxf2+ (37... h5 $1 {Blatny,P})
38. Rxf2 (38. Kh1 {Hecht} h5 39. Rg6 (39. Re7 Rc2 40. Re4 Kg3 41. Re6 Rxc3 $19)
39... Re2 40. Rg2 Bg3 $19) 38... Rb1+ 39. Rf1 Be3+) 37... Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rh2+ 39.
Kg1 Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Bg5 (41... Bxg3 {Blatny,P} 42. Rxg7 h5 43. Rg6
$10) 42. Re5 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 (43. Kh1 {Blatny,P} Rxg3 $2 44. Rg1 Rxg1+ 45. Kxg1
Bd2 46. Rc5 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. Ne4 b6 $5 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Ng3 $6 (12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. f4 $1 (14. d5 $2 Na5 $15 {>< c4}) (14. Be4 {Ftacnik} Na5
{xc4}) 14... Na5 15. e4 Ba6 16. Rf3 $44) 12... Kh8 $1 (12... Na5 13. e4 $1) (
12... Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. e4 Ba6 15. Qe2 Qa4 $140 16. Bg5) 13. d5 $6 (13. Qd1
$13 {Ftacnik Anand}) 13... e4 $1 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
f5 $1 17. Bd3 Ba6 $44 (17... Qh4 {Ftacnik} 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rae8 20. Bd2
Re4 {/\ Ba6})) 14... Ne5 15. Qf4 (15. Qe2 $2 Ba6 16. Bd3 (16. Rd1 {Ftacnik}
Bxc4 17. Qc2 $15) 16... Nxd5 $1) 15... Ba6 (15... g5 $6 16. Qxg5 Rg8 17. Qh6
Rxg3 18. fxg3 $1 Nxe4 19. Rf4 Nxc3 $140 20. Bb2 $1 $16) 16. Rd1 $2 (16. Bf3
Bxc4 17. Rd1 $15) 16... g5 $1 17. Qxg5 $8 (17. Qf5 Bc8 18. Qxg5 Rg8) 17... Rg8
18. Qh6 (18. Qf4 {Ftacnik} Rg4 19. Qh6 Nxe4 20. f3 Rg6 $19) 18... Rxg3 19. hxg3
Nxe4 20. f3 Nxg3 (20... Nxc3 {Ftacnik} 21. Re1 Bxc4 22. Bb2 Na4 23. Bxe5+ dxe5
24. e4 $17) 21. e4 Qf8 $2 (21... Ne2+ $1 22. Kf2 Nxc1 23. Raxc1 (23. Rh1 $2
Ncd3+ 24. Ke3 Qg8 $19) 23... Qe7 $17) 22. Qxf8+ $2 (22. Qf6+ $1 Qg7 $8 (22...
Kg8 23. Bh6 Nh5 24. Bxf8 Nxf6 25. Bxd6) 23. Qxg7+ (23. Qxd6 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxf3+
24. gxf3 Nxe4+ $19) 23... Kxg7 24. Kf2 Nh5 25. Rh1 $13) 22... Rxf8 23. Kf2 Rg8
24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bxe5+ dxe5 26. Rh1 Nf6 27. a4 Bxc4 28. g4 Rg6 29. a5 b5 30. Rh4
Kg7 31. Ke3 a6 32. Rg1 h6 33. Rh2 Ne8 34. Rh5 f6 35. f4 (35. Rh2 {Ftacnik} Nd6
$19) 35... exf4+ 36. Kxf4 Nd6 37. e5 fxe5+ 38. Rxe5 Rf6+ $19 39. Ke3 Nf7 40.
Rf5 Kg6 41. Ke4 $1 Rd6 $2 (41... Nd6+ 42. Ke5 Nxf5 43. gxf5+ Kf7 44. d6) (41...
Ng5+ $1 42. Kf4 (42. Ke5 Nf3+) (42. Ke3 {Ftacnik} Rxf5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. Rh1
Nf7 $19) 42... Bxd5 (42... Nh3+ 43. Ke5) 43. Rd1 Bc4 $1 {>< a6} 44. Rxf6+ Kxf6
45. Rd6+ Ne6+ 46. Ke4 b4 $19) 42. Rd1 Be2 43. Rd2 (43. Rg1 {Ftacnik} Ng5+ 44.
Ke5 Rd8 45. Rc1 Re8+ 46. Kd6 Bxg4 $17) 43... Bc4 (43... Bxg4 {Ftacnik} 44. Rf4
h5 45. Rdf2 Ng5+ 46. Ke5 Rd8 47. d6 $132) 44. Kf4 Kg7 45. Rd1 Bb3 $2 (45... Rf6
$1 46. Rd2 Nd6 $17 {><e2}) 46. Rd2 Rf6 47. Rd3 $1 (47. d6 {Ftacnik} Be6 48.
Rxf6 Kxf6 $17) 47... Nd6 $4 (47... Rd6 $17) (47... Rd6 {Ftacnik} 48. Rd2 Bc4
49. Rd1 Rd7 50. Rd2 b4 51. cxb4 cxb4 52. Rd4 Nd6 53. Re5 b3 $19) 48. Rxf6 Kxf6
49. Re3 $1 $10 Bxd5 50. Re5 Bb7 (50... Bg2 {Ftacnik} 51. Rxc5 Nc4 52. Rh5 (52.
Rc7 Nxa5 53. Ra7 Bb7 $19) (52. Rf5+ Kg7 53. g5 Bb7 54. gxh6+ Kxh6 55. Rf6+ Kg7
56. Re6 Nxa5 $19) 52... Kg6 53. Rh2 Bd5 54. Ra2 $17) 51. Rxc5 Nc4 52. Rc7 Nxa5
53. Rh7 Kg6 54. Rd7 Bc8 55. Rd8 Be6 56. Rd6 Kf6 57. Rxa6 Nc4 58. Rc6 Ne5 59.
Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13.
Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Re8 (15... Bg4 {Ftacnik}) 16. Bxd5 (16. a4 $2 {
Blatny,P} Nxe3 17. Rxe3 (17. Qf3 Bg4 $1 18. Bxf7+ (18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rxe3 Rxe3
20. fxe3 Rf8 $19) 18... Kh8 19. Qxc6 (19. Qh1 Re7 $19) 19... Rec8 $19) 17...
Rxe3 18. fxe3 Bxg3 19. Bxf7+ $8 Kf8 20. Qd2 Bxh2+ 21. Qxh2 Qxe3+ 22. Kg2 Qe2+
23. Kg3 Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Kxf7 $19 {_|_}) (16. Qf3 {Blatny,P} Bg4 17. Qg2 Qh5 18.
Nd2 Bh3 19. Bd1 Qf5 20. Qf3 Qd3 21. Nb3 (21. Re2 Qg6 $13) 21... Re6 $44) 16...
cxd5 17. Qf3 (17. Qd3 $6 {Blatny,P} Ra7 18. Nd2 Rae7 19. a4 f5 $40) 17... Ra7
18. Nd2 (18. Qxd5 $4 {Blatny,P} Bb7 $19) 18... Rae7 19. a4 (19. Qg2 $2 {
Blatny,P} Qh5 20. a4 b4 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Bb7 $17 {Tseshkovsky,V-Kuzmin,G/
USSR ch/1975/}) 19... bxa4 (19... b4 {Blatny,P} 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Bb7 22. d5
Bc7 23. Red1 $16) 20. Rxa4 h5 21. Ra5 Bb7 (21... h4 $2 {Blatny,P} 22. Rxd5 hxg3
(22... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 23. Qf5 Qxf5 24. Rxf5 hxg3 25. hxg3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Rxe3 27.
Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 $18) 23. hxg3 Bb7 24. Rh5 (24. Qf5 Qh8 $5) (24. Qh5 Qd7 25.
Rg5 f6 26. Rg6 Qc6 $132) 24... Qxg3+ (24... Qc8 25. d5) 25. fxg3 Bxf3 26. Nxf3
Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 $18 {_|_}) 22. Raa1 (22. Nf1 $1 $14) 22... Bc8 $1
$146 (22... h4 23. Qh5 (23. Qh5 {Blatny,P} Bc8 24. Nf3 hxg3 25. Qxh3 Bxh3 26.
hxg3 Bxg3 27. Rxa6 $14 (27. fxg3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Kf2 Re6 30. Ra5 {
Tseshkovsky,V-Ivanov,I/USSR/1976/} Rf6 $1 31. Ke3 Re6+ 32. Kd2 (32. Kf2 $10)
32... Bg2 $13))) 23. Ra5 $1 Bb7 24. Nf1 $1 $14 h4 (24... Re6 $5 {Blatny,P}) (
24... f5 $142 {Blatny,P} 25. Raa1 $140 f4 $1 26. Bd2 Rf8 $1 27. Rxe7 fxg3 28.
Qe3 $1 $8 Bxe7 29. Qxg3 Qd7 $44) 25. Raa1 Re4 26. Bd2 hxg3 27. hxg3 f5 (27...
R8e6 $142 {Blatny,P /\Rf6<=>}) (27... R8e6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 28. Qg2 $1 (28. Re3 $2
f4 $1 $17) (28. Qh1 Qxh1+ 29. Kxh1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 a5 $44 {>< Kh1})
28... Qh5 29. f3 $1 (29. Rxe4 $2 dxe4 $5 (29... Rxe4) 30. Be3 Qe2 31. Nd2 f4 $1
32. gxf4 Bxf4 33. Bxf4 e3 $44) 29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Qe8 (31... f4
$142 {Blatny,P} 32. g4 (32. gxf4 Bxf4 $14 {P<,עg1;^^}) 32... Qg6 33. Qe2 $16)
32. Bd2 a5 33. Ne3 g6 $2 (33... Qe6 $14) (33... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 34. Qh3 g6 $16)
34. Qf2 a4 35. Ng2 a3 36. bxa3 Bxa3 37. Bf4 $16 {/\ Be5, Nf4 >< Kg8} Bc6 38.
Be5 Bf8 39. Nf4 g5 (39... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 40. Qh2 Bg7 41. Qb2 Bc6 42. Bxg7 Kxg7
43. Kf2 $16) 40. Ng2 $1 {>< Pf5} Qe6 41. Ne3 Kf7 42. Qc2 Bd7 (42... Kg6 43. g4
$1 $18) 43. Qh2 (43. Qb3 {Blatny,P} Bc6 44. Qb1 Bd7 45. Qb7 $18) 43... Qg6 (
43... Kg6 44. Qa2 (44. Qh8 {Blatny,P} Qf7 45. Nxd5 (45. Kf2 $16 {Ftacnik})
45... Bc6 (45... Qxd5 46. Qf6+ Kh5 47. Qxf8 Qxf3 48. Qf7+ Kg4 49. Qxd7 Qd1+ $10
) 46. g4 $18) (44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 Bh6 46. Nf5 Kh7 47. Kf2 Qb6 48. Kg3 $16)
44... Bc6 45. Qc2 $1 $18) 44. Qa2 Qe6 (44... Be6 {Blatny,P} 45. Nxd5 f4 46.
Qa7+ Kg8 47. Nf6+ $18) 45. Qxd5 Qxd5 46. Nxd5 Bc6 47. c4 Ke6 (47... Bxd5 48.
cxd5 g4 (48... Ke8 {Ftacnik} 49. Kf2 Kd7 50. Ke3 Bb4 51. g4 fxg4 52. fxg4 Be7
53. Ke4 $18) 49. fxg4 fxg4 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. d6 $18) 48. Nc7+ Kd7 49.
Kf2 Ba3 (49... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 50. Bxd6 Kxd6 51. Na6 $18) 50. Ke2 Bb2 51. Nb5 g4
(51... Bxb5 {Ftacnik} 52. cxb5 Ba3 53. Kd3 $18) 52. fxg4 fxg4 53. Kd3 Ba1 54.
Kc2 Be4+ 55. Kb3 Bd3 56. Nc3 (56. Na3 Be2 $1 57. Nc2 $2 Bd1) 56... Ke6 (56...
Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 57. Kxc3 Bf1 58. d5 Be2 59. Kd4 Bf1 60. c5 $18) 57. Nd5 Kf5 58.
Nb4 Be2 59. c5 Bd1+ 60. Kc4 Ke6 $18 (60... Be2+ 61. Kd5 Bf3+ (61... Bc3 {
Ftacnik} 62. Nc2 $18) 62. Kd6 Ke4 63. c6 Bxd4 64. Bxd4 Kxd4 65. c7 Bb7 66. Nc6+
Ke4 67. Kd7 Kf3 68. Na5 Ba6 69. Nb3 $1 $18) (60... Ke6 {Ftacnik} 61. c6 Bf3 62.
Bf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd2 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. O-O-O c6 $5 $146 (11... c5 {
Dautov}) (11... Qc8 {Dautov /\Rd8}) (11... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 12. h4 Rd8 13. d5 $1 (
13. Rh3 h6 (13... Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Rg3 Qc4 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. h5 f6 $2 18. e5
$1 f5 19. Ng5 Qd5 20. Re3 Be7 21. Nh3 Nf8 22. g4 $1 $16 {Anastasian,
A-Stefansson,H/Luzern WchT/1993/1-0 (53)}) 14. d5 Nf6 15. Ng5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ng4
17. f4 Bc5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ e5 20. Be2 Bd6 21. f5 Rg8 22. Bxg4 Kf8 23.
Qf3 c6 24. f6 {Akopian,V-Granda Zuniga,J/Groningen PCA (03)/1993/0.5 (40)})
13... Nf8 14. Rh3 $1 {><g7} exd5 15. Rg3 g6 16. h5 $1 dxe4 17. Bc4 $16 Qf5 18.
Ne5 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Ne6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxe6 Bg5+ 22. Rxg5 $1 Qxg5+ 23. Kb1
fxe6 24. Qd7 $18 {Lputian,S-Hjartarson,J/Biel izt (13)/1993/1-0 (26)}) (11...
c5 {Ftacnik} 12. Bb5 (12. dxc5 Qc7 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. Rc1 Qd7 16.
Ne5 Qe8 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Qe3 Qa4 19. f4 Bxe4+ 20. Bd3 Bxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Nd5 22. Bd2
Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Nd7 {Dinstuhl,V-Almasi,Z/Budapest Elekes (03)/1993/0-1 
(41)}) 12... Qc7 (12... a6 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Ne5 Bxc5 16. Rd7 Qc8
17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qg3 e5 20. Qxe5 Qh6+ 21. Kb1 Qg6 22. f3 Qxg2 23.
Rhd1 a5 24. h4 {Lputian,S-Anastasian,A/URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk/1988/1-0 (50)})
13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Rfd8 15. Rhe1 Nf8 16. Qe4 Ng6 17. h4 Bf8 18. g3 a6 19. Ba4
b5 20. Bc2 Qe7 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Bf5 Qd6 23. h5 Ne7 24. Re6 {Piket,J-Polugaevsky,
L (4)/Aruba m/1994/1-0 (44)}) 12. h4 $1 (12. Bd3 b5 {/\ a5<=>} (12... h6 {
Dautov} 13. h4 b5 14. g4 a5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. g5 h5 $13) (12... b5 13. d5 $1 cxd5
14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd5 $1 exd5 17. Qf5 Bd6 (17... Nf6 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Nd4 Rh8 21. Nf5+ Kf8 22. Re1 Rc8+ 23. Kb1 Rc7 24. Qh6+ Ke8
25. Qg7 $18) 18. Qh3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Nf6 20. Bf5+ Bh6 21. g4 $18)) 12... b5 13.
Rh3 (13. e5 $5 {/\ Ng5}) (13. Ng5 $6 {Dautov} h6 14. e5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Bxg5+ 16.
Kb1 g6 $19) (13. Kb1 $5 {Dautov} a5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Bxb5 Nf6 $13) 13... a5 14.
d5 cxd5 (14... b4 $2 {Dautov} 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 $18) (14... exd5 $2 {Dautov
} 15. exd5 b4 (15... cxd5 16. Bxb5 $16) 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 $1 bxc3 18. Nxc6
cxb2+ 19. Kb1 Qe8 20. Re3 $18) 15. Bxb5 Nf6 (15... Rc8 $1 16. Ng5 $140 (16.
exd5 Bxd5 17. Ng5 (17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Ng5 f5 $17 {/\Bf6}) 17... Nf6 $15) 16...
Bxg5+ (16... Nf6 17. e5 $18) 17. hxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Kb1 Nf6 (18... Nf6 {Dautov} 19.
exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf6 Rxc2 21. Bxg5 Rxf2 22. g4 $18)) 16. Ng5 $1 Qb6 $1 $8 (16...
h6 $2 {Dautov} 17. e5 $1 (17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Rc8 19. Bc3 hxg5 20. hxg5
Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 f5 $13) 17... hxg5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. hxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 f5 (20...
Bh6 21. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Rd3 $40) 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. Rdh1 $40) 17. exd5 (17. e5 {
Ftacnik} Ne4 18. Nxe4 (18. Bd3 Nxg5 19. hxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 h6 $15) 18... Qxb5 (
18... dxe4 19. Bd7 (19. Ba4 Rfd8 $132) 19... Bd5 $36) 19. Nd6 Qc6 20. Nxb7 Qxb7
$15) 17... Rac8 $1 (17... Qxb5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxf6 Rfc8 19. Bc3 g6 20. dxe6
Bxg5+ 21. hxg5 Qxg5+ 22. Kb1 $16) (17... Rfc8 {Ftacnik} 18. Bd7 Bxd5 19. Bxc8
Rxc8) 18. Bd7 Bxd5 $1 $44 (18... Rc7 $2 {Ftacnik} 19. dxe6 $16) 19. Bxc8 Rxc8
20. Rxd5 (20. Qd3 {Dautov} h6 21. Nf3 Ne4 $17) (20. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bb3 21. Qd2
Nd5 $36) 20... exd5 (20... Nxd5 $4 {Ftacnik} 21. Qxh7+) 21. Qf5 (21. Rd3 {
Ftacnik} h6 22. Nf3 Ne4 $17) 21... Qa6 22. Kd2 $6 (22. Kb1 Qf1+ 23. Ka2 Qc4+
$10 (23... Qc4+ {Dautov} 24. Kb1 d4 $1 (24... g6 {Ftacnik} 25. Qd3 h6 $15) 25.
Bxd4 Rd8 26. Nf3 (26. Bc3 $2 Rd1+ 27. Kc2 Qe2+ 28. Kb3 a4+ 29. Kxa4 Qc4+ 30. b4
Rd6 $19) 26... Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 $15)) (22. Qd3 {Dautov} Qxd3 23. Rxd3 h6 24.
Nf3 Ne4 25. Kc2 Bf6 $15) 22... g6 23. Qe5 (23. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Qb6 24. Bd4 Qc7
$17) 23... Re8 24. Re3 $2 (24. Qd4 Bd8 $1 (24... h6 $2 25. Re3 $1 $16) (24...
Qf1 {Dautov} 25. Re3 $1 Qxf2+ 26. Kc1 $44) 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 h6 $13) (24.
Qc7 {Ftacnik} Qf1 25. Rf3 Ne4+ $17) (24. Qd4 {Ftacnik /\ Re3+/=}) 24... d4 $1
$15 25. Bxd4 (25. Qxd4 $2 Rd8 26. Rxe7 Rxd4+ 27. Bxd4 Qd6 $19) 25... Bb4+ 26.
axb4 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 (27. Bxe5 {Ftacnik} Ng4 $19) 27... Qc4 (27... axb4 {Ftacnik}
28. Nf3 $17) 28. Nf3 Qxb4+ 29. Kd3 (29. Bc3 {Ftacnik} Ne4+ 30. Kd3 Nxc3 $19)
29... a4 30. Nd2 (30. Bc3 {Ftacnik} Qb6 $17) 30... Qb7 $1 {פf6,e8} 31. f3 (31.
Ne4 {Dautov} Qa6+ 32. Kd2 Nxe4+ 33. Rxe4 f5 $17) (31. g3 $5 {Dautov}) 31... Qa8
32. Nc4 Nd5 33. Nd6 (33. g3 {Ftacnik} Nb4+ 34. Ke2 Nc6 35. Re4 f5 $19) 33...
Nf4+ 34. Kd2 Ne6 35. Bc3 Qd8 36. Rd5 Qxh4 37. Ne4 Kf8 38. Bb4+ $2 (38. Bf6)
38... Kg7 (38... Ke8 {Ftacnik} 39. Nd6+ Kf8 40. Ne4+) (38... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 39.
Bc3 f5 40. Nf6+ $132) 39. Rd7 (39. Bc3+ $1 {Ftacnik} Kh6 40. Kc2 f5 41. Bd2+
Kg7 42. Bc3+ Kf8 43. Nf6 Qh1 44. Rd2 $17) 39... g5 $1 $19 40. Bc3+ Kg6 41. Ke3
h5 42. Ra7 Qh2 43. Kf2 (43. Rxa4 $2 {Ftacnik} Qg1+ 44. Nf2 Qc1+ 45. Bd2 Qc5+
$19) 43... Qb8 $1 44. Ra6 (44. Rxa4 f5 $1 (44... Qb6+ {Dautov} 45. Kg3 (45. Ke1
{Ftacnik} Qg1+ $19) 45... Qg1 $19) 45. Nd2 Qb6+ $1) 44... Qc8 $1 45. Ra5 (45.
Rxa4 {Ftacnik} f5 46. Nd2 Qc5+ 47. Kf1 Qb5+ 48. Rc4 Nc5 49. Kg1 Nd3 $19) 45...
h4 $4 (45... Qc6 $1) (45... Qc7 $1 {Dautov}) 46. Nf6 $4 (46. Rf5 $1 Qc7 47.
Rf6+ Kh7 $15) 46... a3 $1 $19 47. Rxa3 Qc5+ 48. Kf1 Qb5+ 49. Kg1 Qe2 50. Ng4
Nf4 51. Nf2 h3 52. Ra8 (52. gxh3 {Ftacnik} Qxf3 53. Kf1 Qg2+ 54. Ke1 Qg1+ $19)
52... h2+ $1 (52... hxg2 53. Ra1 Qxf3 $19) 53. Kxh2 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Hansen,LB} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. d5 Nb8
14. b3 c6 15. c4 a5 (15... Qc7 {Hansen,LB} 16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Ng3 a5
$13 {Magem Badals,J-Karpov,A/Dos Hermanas/1993/}) (15... Bh6 $5 {Hansen,LB} 16.
a4 b4 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nf1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Qe7 20. Qd2 a5 21. Ne3 Nb8 $10 {Hazai
}) 16. dxc6 (16. Nh2 {Hansen,LB} Nbd7 17. Nhf1 Nc5 18. Ne3 Bg7 19. Bb2 b4 20.
a4 Nh5 21. g3 Bc8 22. h4 Bh3 {1/2-1/2/Georgiev,Kr/Ibragimov,I/Hania op/1993/})
(16. Nf1 {Hansen,LB} Nbd7 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rec8 20. Bd3 $14 {
Karpov,A-Beliavsky,A/SU-ch/1983/}) 16... Bxc6 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Nc4 Na6 19. Bg5
Nb4 20. Ne3 $5 (20. Bb1 {Hansen,LB} Bxc4 21. bxc4 h6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. a3 Na6 24.
Nd2 Nc5 $10 {Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,A/Linares/1991,and Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,A/
Amsterdam/1991!} (24... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 25. Bc2 Reb8 26. Rb1 Qc6 27. Rxb8 (27.
Qf3 Bg7 28. Rec1 Nfd7 29. Qd1 {Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,An/Amsterdam/1991/}) 27...
Rxb8 28. Qa1 {Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,An/Linares/1991/})) 20... Be7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. a3 (22. Bb1 $2 {Hansen,LB} d5 $1 23. a3 (23. exd5 $2 e4 24. Nd4 Qb6 $19) (
23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Bxe4 (25. Nd4 $2 Qxd5 $19) 25... Bxa1 26. Qxa1 f5
$17) 23... d4 $17) 22... Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Bg7 (23... Re7 $5 {Hansen,LB} 24. Rad1
Rd7 25. Nd5 Bg7 26. a4 Ba6 27. Nd2 Rc8 28. Nc4 Rc5 $10 {Magem Badals,J-Karpov,
A/Madrid/1992/}) 24. Rad1 (24. a4 Rc8) 24... Qb8 (24... Re7 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 25.
a4 Rc8 26. Qb1 Ba6 27. Nd2 (27. Nd5 {Ftacnik} Qb7 28. Nd2 f5 $1 $132) 27... Rc3
$2 (27... h5) (27... Bh6 $5 {Hansen,LB} 28. Ndc4 $1 (28. Nd5 Qb7) 28... Bxe3
29. Nxe3 Rc3 30. Nd5 Rxb3 31. Qc1 $36 {X Kg8}) 28. Nd5 (28. Qb2 {Ftacnik} Rc5)
28... Bd3 29. Qa1 (29. Qb2 {Ftacnik} Rc2 30. Qa3 Bh6 $36) 29... Rc2 30. Re3 $1
$16 (30. Ne3 {Hansen,LB} Bh6 $1) 30... Ba6 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Bh6 (32... Qb7
$142 {Hansen,LB} 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Rb8 $16 (34... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 35. Rd3 $14
)) 33. Nc4 (33. Qxa5 $2 {Ftacnik} Be2 $19) 33... Bxc4 34. Qxc4 (34. bxc4 $5 {
Hansen,LB}) 34... Bg5 (34... Qb7 $5 {Hansen,LB} 35. Nf6+ $140 (35. Rd3 Bg5)
35... Kg7 36. Rxd6 Rc8) 35. Rd3 $2 (35. Nc7 $1 Ra7 36. Nb5 Rd7 (36... Ra6 37.
Qd5 Be7 38. Rc1 $18) 37. Qc6 $18) (35. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Qd8 36. b4 axb4 37. Qxb4
Ra5 $14) 35... Qb7 $1 $14 (35... Qc8 $2 {Ftacnik} 36. Nb6 Qxc4 37. Nxc4 Be7 38.
Rd5 $16) 36. Rc3 Rb8 37. Qd3 Kg7 38. g3 (38. b4 axb4 39. Rc7 Qa8 40. Qf3 Rf8
$13) 38... Bd8 39. Qf3 Qd7 (39... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 40. Rxc8 Qxc8 41. Kg2 $14) 40.
Kg2 h5 41. Rc4 Qb7 42. Rc3 (42. b4 axb4 43. Rxb4 Qxb4 $1 (43... Qa8 {Ftacnik}
44. Rxb8 Qxb8 45. Qc3 Qb1 46. Qb4 Qd3 47. a5 f5 $132) 44. Nxb4 Rxb4 $10) 42...
Qd7 43. Qe2 Bb6 44. Qd2 (44. Nxb6 {Ftacnik} Rxb6 $10) 44... Bd8 $1 (44... Bc5
45. Qg5 $1 Qd8 46. Ne7 $1 $40 Kf8 $2 47. Nxg6+ fxg6 48. Qxg6 $18) 45. Qc2 Qb7
46. Qd3 Bb6 47. Qf3 Bd8 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rc8 50. Qe3 Rxc3 51. Qxc3 Qa6 52.
Qc2 (52. b4 {Ftacnik} axb4 53. Qxb4 Qe2 54. Kg3 Bh4+ 55. Kxh4 Qxf2+ 56. Kh3
Qf3+ $10) 52... Qa7 53. Qd2 Qb7 54. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Rac8 (11... Qh5 12. Qxh5 (12. Nf3 b5 13. a3
a5 14. Qd3 a4 15. Bd5 e6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5 $16 {Garcia,
Gi-Zamora,J/New York op (04)/1994/1-0 (25)}) (12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 $1 $14 {-ECO})
12... Nxh5 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Kh2 b6 15. g3 Na5 16. Nde2 Bc6 $10 {Peterson,
E-Troyke,C/GER-chJ U20/1991/0-1 (23)}) (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 (13.
Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 $10) 13... Rad8 14. Nd5 (14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kh1
Nc5 $13 {-ECO}) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb5 16. c4 Bd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rae1 $14 {
Tiviakov,S-Delebarre,X/Paris-ch (4)/1991/1-0 (55)}) 12. Qf3 (12. Nf3 Qh5 (12...
Rcd8 13. Qe1 Bc8 14. Rd1 e6 15. Qh4 Qh5 16. g4 Qxh4 17. Nxh4 $14 {-ECO}) 13.
Qd3 b5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4
Rxc4 20. Rxa7 $16 {Garcia,G-Oblitas,C/Capablanca mem-B (11)/1992/1-0 (38)})
12... Qh5 13. Nxc6 $1 $146 (13. Qf2 b5 14. Ndxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxb5 $10) (13.
Rad1 Na5 14. g4 Nxg4 $13) 13... Bxc6 14. g4 $1 $14 (14. Bxa7 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5
$44) 14... Qa5 15. Rad1 b5 16. g5 Nd7 17. f5 Bxc3 (17... Ne5 $2 18. Qf2 $16)
18. bxc3 Ne5 (18... Qxc3 $4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bxf7+ $18) 19. Qf4 Nc4 20. Bd4 e5
$2 (20... Qc7 $14) 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bf6 $1 $16 Qc7 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxd6 Bxe4
25. Rxe6 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Bf5 $2 (26... Bxc2 $16) 27. Ra6 $18 Rf7 28. h4 Bxc2 29.
Rd4 Bf5 30. a4 Rb7 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Rc6 Bd3 34. a5 Re6 35. a6 $1
Rbe7 (35... Rxc6 36. axb7 Rb6 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Rxh7 {/\ Bd4-a7} Kf5 39. Re7 $18
) 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Ke8 40. Rxa7 Be4+ (40... h5
41. Re7+ $18) 41. Ke3 Bb7+ 42. Kd4 Bxa6 43. Kd5 Rb6 44. Kc5 Re6 45. Rxh7 (45.
Rxh7 Re4 (45... Kf8 46. Rh8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 $22 Bb7 48. Ra7 Rc6+ 49. Kb5 Rc7 50.
Kb6 $18) 46. h5 gxh5 47. g6 Rg4 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. g7+ Kg8 50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Rf8+
Ke6 52. Bd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4
O-O (8... d6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Ba2 Bc8 13. Bg5 Qg6 14.
Be3 Bg4 15. Bxc5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc5 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. f4 O-O 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20.
Rab1 Rae8 21. Rf3 c4 22. dxc4 c5 23. Qf2 g6 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Rf6 $13 {Adams,
M-Lin Weiguo/Adelaide-WchJ (6)/1988/0-1 (66)}) 9. Bg5 (9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Na5
11. Bg5 Nxb3 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxb3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Kh8 15. d4 Bd6 16. Re1 Rg8
17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Qf6 19. Qd4 Rg7 20. Nf3 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Rg5 22. Rad1 Rxd5
23. Nc2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Kf1 $10 {Brodskij,M-Sivokho,S/St.Petersburg op/
1993/0.5 (70)}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 (10... b4 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Nc4 Qd7 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Ne3 Kh7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb8 18. Nh4 Rg8 19. Qh5 Nd7
20. Qxf7+ Rg7 21. Qe6 c6 22. Ne3 Nf8 23. Qf5+ Kh8 24. Qh5 d5 25. Nef5 $18 {
Sznapik,A-Cao,S/Manila olm/1992/1-0 (41)}) 11. Bg3 (11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Be7
$17) 11... d6 12. Nc3 (12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nc3 b4 15. Nd5 Na5 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ba2 b3 18. Bxb3 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Qe6 20. h4 f5 $13) 12... b4 13.
Nd5 Na5 $1 14. Nxf6+ (14. Ba2 b3) 14... Qxf6 15. Ba2 (15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qg6
17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 f5 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Bb6 21. h3 Qf7 $17) 15... b3 $1
16. Bxb3 (16. cxb3 Nc6 {xBa2}) 16... Nxb3 17. cxb3 Qe6 $1 (17... h5 18. Rc1 Bb6
19. h4 g4 20. Nd2 $13 {/\ Nc4}) 18. Rc1 f5 19. exf5 (19. Bxe5 $2 fxe4 20. dxe4
Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxe5 $19) 19... Qd5 $3 (19... Rxf5 20. Nd2) 20. d4 (20. b4 Bxb4
21. Rxc7 Rxf5 22. d4 e4 23. Ne1 e3 24. Qh5 Rf6 25. fxe3 Bxe1 26. Rxb7 Rxf1+ 27.
Kxf1 Qxb7 $17) 20... Bxd4 (20... exd4 21. b4 Bxb4 22. Qxd4 Bc5 23. Qxd5+ Bxd5
24. b4 Bxb4 25. Rxc7 $13) 21. Rxc7 Rf7 (21... Rxf5 22. Rxb7 $5 Qxb7 23. Nxd4
exd4 24. Qxd4 $44) 22. Qc2 (22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Nxg5+ (23. Ne1 $4 Bxf2+) 23...
hxg5 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Ke8 27. Qh8+ Kd7 28. Qg7+ Kc8 $19)
22... Rxc7 23. Qxc7 Rf8 (23... Rc8 24. Qe7) 24. Qc2 (24. Qd7 Bxb2 25. Qe6+ Qxe6
26. fxe6 Re8 $17) 24... Bc5 25. Re1 (25. Rd1 Qe4 26. Qc4+ Qxc4 27. bxc4 Bxf3 (
27... Rxf5 28. Ne1 h5 29. Nd3 Ba7 30. h4 $15) 28. gxf3 Rb8 29. Rb1 Rb3 $17)
25... Bb4 (25... e4 26. Rd1 Qxf5 27. Nd4) 26. Rd1 (26. Re2 Rc8 27. Qb1 Qxb3 $17
) 26... Qe4 27. Qxe4 (27. Qc4+ Kg7 (27... Qxc4 28. bxc4 Rxf5 29. Ne1 $15))
27... Bxe4 28. Ne1 (28. Nd2 Bxf5 $17) 28... Bxf5 29. f3 $6 (29. Nd3 Bxd3 30.
Rxd3 Rc8 31. h4 Rc2 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kh2 Rxb2 34. Kh3 Kf7 35. Kg4 Kg6 36. Rf3
Rd2 37. Rf8 Rd4+ 38. Kh3 a5 $17) 29... Rc8 30. h4 (30. Nd3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc1+
32. Kf2 Bc5+ 33. Ke2 Rg1 $17) 30... Be6 31. Nd3 (31. Rd3 Rc1 32. Kf1 Bf5 33.
Rd5 Bc2 $17) 31... Bxb3 32. Ra1 (32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Nxc1 Bc5+ 34. Kf1 Bxa4 $19)
32... Bd2 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ra3 Bc2 35. Be1 (35. Kf2 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Rc2 37. Kg1
Bb4 38. b3 Kf7 $17) 35... Be3+ 36. Bf2 Bd2 37. Be1 Bxe1 38. Nxe1 Bf5 $17 39.
Rb3 (39. b4 Rc1 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Nd3 Kf7 $17) 39... Kf7 40. Rb6 Ke6 41. a5 (41.
Rxa6 Rb8 42. g4 Bg6 43. Kf2 Rxb2+ 44. Ke3 Ra2 $17) 41... Rc1 42. Kf2 Rb1 43. g4
Bg6 44. Ng2 (44. Ke2 Be8 45. Kd2 Bb5 $17) 44... Bd3 45. Ne3 Bb5 46. Nf5 Rxb2+
47. Ke1 (47. Ke3 $4 Re2#) 47... Kd5 (47... Re2+ 48. Kd1 Rf2 49. Rxd6+ Kf7 50.
Rd5 Rxf3 51. Rxe5 $15) 48. Rxd6+ (48. Nxd6 Kd4 49. Nxb5+ axb5 50. a6 (50. Kd1
$1 $10) 50... Ke3 51. Kd1 Kxf3 52. a7 Ra2 53. Rxb5 Rxa7 54. Rxe5 Kxg4 55. Ke2
Rf7 56. Rd5 Kh4 $19) 48... Kc5 49. Rg6 (49. Re6 Re2+ 50. Kd1 Bd3 51. Re7 Kb4
52. Nd4 Ra2 53. Nc6+ Kc3 54. Ke1 e4 55. fxe4 Re2+ 56. Kf1 Rxe4+ 57. Kf2 Rxg4
$17) 49... Re2+ 50. Kd1 Rf2 51. Rxg5 Rxf3 52. Rg8 (52. Nh4 Rd3+ 53. Kc2 Kd4 $17
) (52. Rg7 $1 e4 53. Re7 $10) 52... e4 53. Kd2 (53. Rc8+ Kb4 54. Kd2 Rd3+ 55.
Ke1 e3 $19) 53... Rd3+ 54. Ke1 e3 55. Rc8+ Kb4 56. Rc2 (56. g5 e2 57. Rc1 Rf3
58. Rb1+ Kxa5 $19) 56... Rb3 57. Rc1 Rb2 58. Nd4 (58. Nxe3 Re2+ $19) 58... Rg2
59. Nc6+ (59. Nxb5 Rg1+ 60. Ke2 Rxc1 $19) 59... Kb3 60. Nd4+ Kb4 (60... Kb2 61.
Nxb5 Kxc1 62. Nc7) 61. Nc6+ Ka4 62. Ra1+ Kb3 63. Nd4+ (63. Rb1+ Kc4 64. Ne5+
Kc5 65. Nf3 Rf2 $19) 63... Kc4 64. Nxb5 Rg1+ 65. Ke2 Rxa1 66. Nc7 Rxa5 67. Kxe3
Ra1 (67... Ra1 68. g5 a5 69. Kf2 Rd1 70. Ne6 a4 71. g6 Rd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 (16. Qb3 $6 f6 $1 17. Nf3 b5 18. Be2 Kh8 19. Bd2 Nb6 $6
20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rfc8 24. Nh4 Bf8 $10 {Georgiev,
Ki-Ivanchuk,V/Debrecen/1992/0.5 (36)}) (16. Re1 $2 Ba3 17. Qf3 Bxc1 18. Bxc1
Be6 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qxa2 21. Bg5 Qa5 22. Qh5 f5 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. h3 Qd8 25.
Rb1 $17 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares (10)/1993/0-1 (52)}) 16... Be6 17. Rfe1 (17.
Bd3 Bd6 18. Bd2 Qh4 $1 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. a4 Ng4 $1 21. Bf4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd5 23.
Qf5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 g6 25. Qd7 $36 {Huebner,R-Timman,J/Sarajevo (m/4)/1991/0.5 
(61)}) (17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Bxg5 {Khalifman,A-Christiansen,L/BL 9192/1992/0.5 (18)}
) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 19. Qxe3 Bg5 20. Qh3 Bxc1 21. Qxe6+ Kh8
22. Rxc1 Qf6 $17) (18. fxe3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 $10) 18... Bxc4 19.
Nxc4 Bf6 20. Rb1 b6 (20... Qd5 21. Ne5) 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Ne3 (22. Rbd1 g6 23. d5
cxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc7) 22... g6 23. d5 Bg5 $1 (23... cxd5 24. Nxd5 Kg7 25. Red1 Rc6
26. Nxb6) 24. dxc6 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd7 Rfc8
29. Ree7 (29. Rxa7 Rxc3 $10) 29... Rxc3 30. h3 Rf8 31. Rxa7 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc6
33. Reb7 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1 playoff rapid"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. d5 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 (8. Bxf3 Ne5 9. Be2 c6 (9... e6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qd4 Qf6 12. Qe4 exd5 13.
cxd5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Rb1 Nec4 18. Qc2 Qe5 19.
Bd3 g6 20. Qb3 Rxd5 21. g3 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Qe1+ 23. Kg2 Qe4+ 24. Rf3 $19 {
Zaninotto,F-Zappe,B/Ticino op (1)/1993/0-1 (25)}) 10. Qd4 Ng6 11. Nc3 e5 12.
Qe4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd6 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. O-O (15. Qa4 a6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be2 b5
18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. a4 O-O 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. O-O Ne7
24. Bxb5 $10 {Rachels,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/Manila izt/1990/0.5 (27)}) 15... O-O
16. Qf5 Nc5 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 Ne7 19. Qh3 Nc7 20. Bd3 f5 21. Bg5 e4 22. Bc4 h6
23. Bd2 Ng6 24. f3 $17 {Hellers,F-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York op/1987/0-1 (28)}
) 8... Ne5 9. f4 Ned7 10. Nc3 (10. b3 e6 11. dxe6 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2
fxe6 14. Bh5+ g6 15. Bf3 Qf6 16. Qc3 O-O-O 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Ke2 e5 19. fxe5
Rhe8 20. Rd1 Nbd7 21. Nc3 Nxe5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne4 Rf8 24. Nxf6 $10 {
Polgar,J-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York op/1989/0.5 (44)}) (10. f5 g6 11. Be3 Nf6
12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Bf3 Qd7 14. Qd3 Qxf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. c5 Nbd7 18.
d6 c6 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. dxe7 Rde8 21. Ne2 Rxe7 22. Nd4 Re5 23. b4 Nd5 24.
Bxd5 $13 {Svidler,P-Gipslis,A/Gausdal Peer Gynt/1992/1-0 (41)}) 10... c6 (10...
Nf6 11. Be3 c6 12. O-O g6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. a5 c5 15. Qa4 Qc8 16. a6 b6 17. Qc6
Bg7 18. Qxc8+ Rxc8 19. Nb5 Ne4 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 O-O 22. Ra2 Nd6 23. Rb1
Rfc8 24. b4 $16 {Gallego,R-Haas,G/Manila olm/1992/1-0 (36)}) 11. dxc6 (11. Be3
cxd5 12. cxd5 g6 $13) 11... bxc6 12. Be3 e6 13. Qc2 Nf6 (13... Bc5 $6 14. O-O-O
$14) 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. O-O-O Be7 (15... Ng4 16. Ne4 $36) 16. Ne4 (16. Rhg1 O-O
17. Ne4 h6 $14) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 $5 (17... g6 18. h4 Rb8 19. h5 $40) 18.
Bg2 O-O 19. Rd3 Rab8 (19... Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.
b3 $14) 20. Rhd1 c5 21. h3 Rfd8 22. b3 Nd7 23. Qb2 Nf8 (23... Bf6 24. Qa3 e5 $2
25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Be6 $16) 24. Qe5 (24. Qa3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Ng6 {xf4}) 24... Rdc8
(24... Qxe5 $6 25. fxe5 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 g5 27. Bd2 $14) 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Kc2 Kf7
27. a4 a5 (27... h6 28. a5 g5 29. Bf3 $14) 28. Bd2 Ra7 29. Bc6 Rc8 30. Bb5 Rcc7
31. Be3 h6 32. Rg1 Ng6 33. Kd2 $6 (33. Be8+ Kxe8 34. Rxg6 Kf7 35. Rg1 Rd7 $10)
(33. Rgd1 $1 $13) 33... e5 $1 34. Be8+ $2 (34. Rd5 Nh4 35. Ke2 e4 36. Rgd1 g5
$132) 34... Kxe8 35. Rxg6 Kf7 36. Rb6 (36. Rg1 g5 37. fxg5 f4 38. gxh6 fxe3+
39. fxe3 Bf6 $17) 36... g5 $1 37. Ke2 (37. fxg5 f4 38. gxh6 fxe3+ 39. fxe3 Rcb7
40. h7 Kg7 41. Re6 Kxh7 42. Rxe5 $17) 37... gxf4 38. Bd2 Rcb7 $1 39. Rb5 (39.
Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Bxa5 e4 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. Bd2 f3+ 43. Kd1 Rxb3 $19) 39... Ke6 40.
Rc3 Bd6 41. Rc1 (41. f3 e4 $19) 41... e4 42. Rg1 f3+ 43. Ke1 (43. Ke3 Be5 44.
Rg6+ Kf7 45. Rxh6 Rd7 $19) 43... Rg7 44. Rf1 f4 45. Kd1 (45. Bxa5 Rg2 46. Bc3
e3 47. fxe3 Rc2 $19) 45... Rg2 46. Rb6 (46. Bxa5 Rd7 47. Kc1 e3 48. fxe3 f2 49.
Kd2 f3 50. Kc2 Bg3 51. Rb6+ Kf5 52. Bc3 Rf7 $19) 46... Rf7 47. Re1 (47. Bxa5 e3
48. fxe3 fxe3 $19) 47... e3 $1 48. fxe3 (48. Bxe3 fxe3 49. Rxe3+ Kd7 $19) 48...
f2 49. Rf1 f3 50. Kc2 Kd7 51. Rb7+ Ke8 52. Rxf7 Kxf7 53. e4 Bg3 54. Be3 Rg1 $1
55. Rxg1 (55. Rxf2 Bxf2 56. Bxf2 Rg2 $19) 55... fxg1=Q 56. Bxg1 f2 57. Bxf2
Bxf2 $19 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Ke2 Bd4 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Kg4 (61. h4 h5 $19) 61... Kxe4
62. Kh5 Be3 63. Kg6 Kd3 64. Kf5 Kc3 65. Ke4 Bd4 66. Kd5 Kxb3 67. h4 Kxa4 68. h5
Kb4 69. Kc6 a4 70. Kd6 a3 71. Ke6 a2 72. Kf5 Kxc4 73. Kg6 a1=Q 74. Kxh6 Qg1 75.
Kh7 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1 playoff rapid"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qb3 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. d5 Nd8 8. Nbd2
Nf6 9. e4 d6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. O-O Bg7 13. e5 Nh5 14. exd6 exd6 15.
Rfe1+ Kf8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qb5 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Na3 e5 9. O-O Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Be3 Rad8 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Qc7
15. Qc1 Be6 16. Nd2 f5 17. f3 b6 18. Nf1 Bd6 19. b3 e4 20. fxe4 f4 21. Bf2 Ne5
22. Nd2 g5 23. h3 Qg7 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Be5 26. Rd1 Bxc3 27. Rb1 Bd4 28.
Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Qc2 Rfd8 30. Kh1 Qe5 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Qe2 Kg7 33. Re1 a5 34. Bg4
Bf7 35. Bf5 h5 36. Qf2 Rd3 37. Qe2 Re3 38. Qd2 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Bg6 40. Bxg6 Kxg6
41. Qb1 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Qd1 g3 44. Qg4+ Kf6 45. Qh4+ Kg6 46. Qg4+ Kf6 47.
Qd1 Qxe4 48. Qd8+ Qe7 49. Qxb6+ Kf5 50. Qxa5 Qh7+ 51. Kg1 Qh2+ 52. Kf1 Qh1+ 53.
Ke2 Qxg2+ 54. Kd3 Qe4+ 55. Kd2 Qe3+ 56. Kc2 g2 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. c5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg5 13. Bg3 Bh4 14. b4 Bxg3
15. hxg3 Re8 16. a4 a6 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Qb3 g6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 cxb5 21.
Qxb5 Qc6 22. Rab1 Reb8 23. e4 Nf6 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Rb2 Kg7 26. Qe2 Rd8 27.
Qe5+ Kg8 28. Reb1 Rd7 29. Rb6 Qc8 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Qe4 Qf8 32. Rxb7 Rad8 33.
c6 Rxd4 34. Qc2 Rd2 35. Qc1 Ra2 36. c7 Rc8 37. Rb8 Ra8 38. Qf4 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 a5 9. c3 h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 a4 12. Bc2 Qd5 13. Qe2 a3 14. b3 c5 15.
Be4 Qd8 16. Nf3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Bd3 Be7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. dxc5
Qxc5 22. Ne5 b6 23. Qf3 Ba6 24. Rfe1 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. c4 Nf6
28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. Nxb4 Rfd8 30. f3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke2 g5 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 34.
Nc6+ Kd7 35. Ne5+ Ke7 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. Ke3 Rc5 38. Kd4 h5 39. Rd3 Nd5 40. Rd2
Nb4 41. Nd3 Nxd3 42. Rxd3 e5+ 43. Kc3 f5 44. Kb4 Ra5 45. Rd2 h4 46. h3 e4 47.
fxe4 fxe4 48. Re2 Re5 49. Kc3 Kf6 50. Kd4 Re8 51. Rxe4 Rd8+ 52. Kc3 Rd1 53. Re2
Rb1 54. b4 Kf5 55. c5 bxc5 56. bxc5 g4 57. hxg4+ Kxg4 58. c6 Rb6 59. Re4+ Kg3
60. c7 Rc6+ 61. Rc4 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. h3 Bh5 14. c3 Qd6
15. Be2 Rad8 16. Nfd4 Bg6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Rad1 Be4 19. f3 Bg6 20. Bf1 Nc8 21.
Qf2 h6 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5 Bh7 24. Nb5 Qf6 25. N3d4 h5 26. Be2 h4 27. Bg4 N8e7
28. Nf3 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Nxh4 Be4 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rf1 Ra8 33. a3 Ra5
34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Nd6 f5 38. Nxb7 Ra7 39. Nd6 Re7 40.
Nb5 Rg8 41. Rd2 Kh6 42. Nd4 Rg5 43. Kh2 Re8 44. Nf3 Rg7 45. Nd4 Rg5 46. Rdf2 f4
47. Nf3 Rg7 48. Ne1 Reg8 49. Rd2 Kg5 50. Rdf2 Kh5 51. Rd2 Kg5 52. Rdf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Nb5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Nd7 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. h4 a5 17. h5 Bd7 18. Be2 a4 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. a3 Rc7 23. Rc2 f5 24. b5 Rcc8 25. Rb1 Kf7 26. Kd3 Rh8 27. Bf1 Rh4
28. Bf2 fxe4+ 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Kxe4 Bf5+ 31. Kf3 Bxc2 32. Rc1 Bb3 33. c5 Bb2
34. Bc4+ Bxc4 35. Rxc4 Bxa3 36. c6 bxc6 37. bxc6 Bb2 38. c7 a3 39. Rf4+ Bf6 40.
Bh4 a2 41. Bxf6 exf6 42. Ra4 Rxa4 43. c8=Q a1=Q 44. Qd7+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46.
Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qh3+ Kg5 48. Qg3+ Kf5 49. Qh3+ Ke5 50. Qh2+ Ke6 51. Qh3+ f5 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Genius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 e6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd5 14. Bg3
c5 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rdd1 Qe7 18. Nd3 Rfd8 19. c4 Nb4 20. Nxb4
Bxb4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bc5 24. Bf4 g6 25. Qd2 Qf6 26. Be3
Bxe3 27. fxe3 Kg7 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. exd4 f5 30. b4 Kf6 31. c5 a6 32. a4 Ke7 33.
b5 axb5 34. axb5 g5 35. Kf2 h5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kf3 Ke8 38. Kf4 Kd7 39. Kg5 Kd8
40. Kxh4 Kd7 41. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comp Genius"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Qxc6
Rb8 15. Qxc4 Rb6 16. e3 Ba6 17. Qa4 Rfb8 18. Rd1 exd4 19. Qxd4 Rd6 20. Qa4 Qf6
21. Rxd6 Qxc3+ 22. Rd2 Rb1+ 23. Qd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Bd3 25. Ke1 Qxa3 26. Bf3 g6
27. Be2 Bf5 28. h4 Qc3 29. h5 g5 30. h6 Kf8 31. Bf3 c5 32. Rh5 f6 33. Rh2 c4
34. g4 Bd3 35. Be2 Bb1 36. Bf3 a5 37. Bd1 Qb4 38. f3 a4 39. Rhf2 a3 40. Kf1 c3
41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Ra8 c2 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Ra6+ Kd5 47.
Bxc2 Bxc2 48. Kg2 Bb1 49. Rxf6 Qa5 50. e4+ Kd4 51. Rf5 Qa6 52. Rxg5 a2 53. Rxa2
Qxa2+ 54. Kg3 Ke3 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nge2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
d4 Nc6 9. Bg5 exd4 10. Bxf6 dxc3 11. Bxc3 Qh5 12. Nf4 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bf5 14.
Rd2 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bxc2 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Be5 c6
20. Bh3 Ne6 21. f5 Ng5 22. Bg4 Bxf5 23. Be2 Be4 24. Bb8 a6 25. f4 Ne6 26. Kf2
f5 27. Ke3 h6 28. h4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. h5 Kg7 31. a4 Kh6 32. a5 Ng7 33. Kd4
c5+ 34. Kxc5 Nxh5 35. Kb6 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ngf3
O-O 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nc3 19. Qg4 Nxa2+ 20. Bxa2 h5
21. Qxh5 Qxa2 22. Nb3 Bxf2 23. Rd3 Rac8 24. Rh3 Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rc8+ 26. Kd1
Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kxf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Qf4+ 30. Nf3 Kf8 31. g6 Qc4+ 32. Kg1
Qxb3 33. Qe5 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Ke3 Qb3+ 36. Ke2 Qc4+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Ke3
Qb3+ 39. Kf4 Rc4+ 40. Nd4 Qxh3 41. Qb8+ Rc8 42. Qd6+ Kg8 {Black lost on time}
1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Qd7 14. d3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Re1 c5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Qh3 Qc6
22. f3 c4 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Bc2 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 h6 26. Ne4 Ba7 27. g4 Rae8 28. g5
Nd5 29. gxh6 g6 30. Bg5 f5 31. Nd2 Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Qg3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 b6 8. Nc3
f6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. g4 Nc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nh4 Nd6
15. Ng2 Nb5 16. f4 Nd4 17. Rdf1 b5 18. Kb1 Qa5 19. b3 c4 20. Rf2 b4 21. Ne2 c3
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qc1 Qc5 24. f5 Bg8 25. g5 a5 26. Re1 fxg5 27. Qxg5 Kh8 28.
Nf4 gxf5 29. Qh6 Bf7 30. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qe7 11. O-O-O Nh5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. Qe3
Be6 15. Kb1 Nf4 16. Nxf4 Qxf4 17. Qxf4 exf4 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. Rd7+ Rf7 22. Rhd1 Raf8 23. e5 g5 24. R1d6 Rxd7 25. Rxd7+ Rf7 26. Rd6
Re7 27. g4 fxg3 28. fxg3 g4 29. hxg4 Kh6 30. Rd8 Rg7 31. Re8 Rxg4 32. Rxe6+ Rg6
33. Rd6 Kg5 34. e6 Kf6 35. Rd7 h6 36. Rxa7 Kxe6 37. a4 Kd5 38. Ra6 Re6 39. Ka2
h5 40. Kb3 Re3+ 41. c3 Kc6 42. a5 Kb5 43. Rxb6+ Kxa5 44. Rg6 Kb5 45. Rg5 Rf3
46. Kc2 Kc6 47. b4 cxb4 48. cxb4 Rf2+ 49. Kc3 Rh2 50. Kc4 Rc2+ 51. Kd4 Rh2 52.
Ke5 Kb5 53. Kf6+ Kxb4 54. Kg6 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. g3 $5 (6. Bc4
c6) 6... Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O (7... Nb4 8. Nf3 (8. Na3 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1
N8c6 $13 {/\ Bg4+})) 8. O-O c6 (8... Nb4 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Na3 {/\ c3+/=}) 9. Re1
Bf5 10. c3 (10. c4 $6 Nb4 11. Na3 (11. Re2 Nxa2) 11... a5 $1) 10... Nd7 11. Nf3
Re8 12. Nbd2 N7f6 $6 (12... e5 $1 13. Nc4 Qc7 $1 (13... exd4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.
Nd6 (15. Nxd4 Bxd4 (15... Be6 16. Nd6) 16. Qxd4 (16. cxd4 Qe6) 16... Qe1+ 17.
Bf1 N7f6) 15... Qe6 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Nxd4 $14) (13... Bg4 {Ftacnik} 14. dxe5 (
14. Nd6 Re6 15. Nxb7 Qb6 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 exd4 18. Rxe6 fxe6 $13) 14...
Nxe5 15. Ncxe5 Rxe5 16. Rxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb3 $1 (17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qb6 $10)
17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nb6 19. Be3 $10) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 (14... Bg4 15. Bf4 Bxf3 16.
Bxf3 $14) 15. Ncxe5 Bxe5 16. c4 (16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxe5 {>< Bc1}) 16...
Nb4 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Nd3 $14 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd4 $14) 13. Nc4 $14 Qc7
14. Nce5 (14. Qb3 $1 Rad8 15. Nce5) 14... Ng4 $1 (14... Nd7 15. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7
16. g4 e6 17. gxf5 exf5 $16) (14... b5 {Ftacnik} 15. a4 $14) 15. Nh4 Nxe5 16.
Nxf5 gxf5 (16... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 $16) 17. dxe5 e6 (17...
Bxe5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Bg7 20. Qxf5 $16) 18. Qe2 {^^} Ne7 19. f4
(19. c4 c5 {/\ Nc6}) (19. Bg5 Ng6 20. f4 $140 h6) 19... Nd5 20. c4 Ne7 21. Be3
Rad8 22. b4 Rd7 23. Qf2 Nc8 $1 (23... b6 24. a4 $1 {/\ a5}) 24. a4 (24. Bxa7 $2
{Ftacnik} b6) (24. Red1 {Ftacnik} Red8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. a4 $16) 24... Red8 25.
a5 f6 $1 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Rab1 (27. Rac1 Rd3 {/\ Bc3}) 27... Bc3 28. Rf1 (28.
Rec1 Bd2 $1) 28... Rd3 29. Kh1 (29. Bxa7 $4 {Ftacnik} Nxa7 30. Qxa7 Bd4+ $19)
29... Bd4 30. Bxd4 R3xd4 $6 (30... R8xd4 $1 $14 {/\ Qd7 <-> `d'} 31. c5 {
Ftacnik} (31. Rfc1 Nd6) 31... a6 32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Rfe1 Ne7 34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35.
Rxe6 Rd1+ 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxb4 $10) 31. Rfe1 $2 (31. Bd5 $1 R4xd5 32.
cxd5 exd5 $16 {/\ Nd6-e4}) 31... Qf7 $2 (31... Rxc4 $1 32. Rxe6 (32. Qe2 {
Ftacnik} Rcd4 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. a6 bxa6 36. Bxc6 $16) 32... Qd7
$14) 32. Bd5 $1 Qg7 $2 (32... R4xd5 33. cxd5 exd5 (33... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 34. Qe3
$16) 34. Re5 $16) 33. Re5 $1 $18 (33. Bxe6+ {Ftacnik} Kh8 34. Bxf5 $18) 33...
R4xd5 34. cxd5 cxd5 (34... exd5 35. g4 $5 $40 (35. Rxf5 $18)) 35. g4 $1 Ne7 (
35... fxg4 {Ftacnik} 36. Rg5 $18) 36. Rxe6 (36. gxf5 exf5 37. Rg1 Ng6 38. Rxf5
$18) 36... fxg4 37. Qh4 Rd7 38. Rbe1 Kf8 (38... Nf5 39. Qh5 Qf7 40. Qg5+ $18) (
38... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 39. Qxg4 $18) 39. f5 (39. f5 {Ftacnik} Nxf5 40. Rf6+ Rf7
41. Rxf5 Rxf5 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Re7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 $6 (
13. a4 {Ftacnik} Be7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Be3 {Karpov,An-Kortschnoj,V/
Baguio Wch/1981/}) 13... Qxd4 14. Qe2 (14. Qf3 Rd8 15. Qc6+ Qd7 16. Qxa6 Qd5 $1
(16... Bb4 17. Nf3 Qd5 $44)) 14... Rd8 15. a4 Qd5 $1 (15... Qd3 16. Qxd3 Rxd3
17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne4) (15... c6 {Ftacnik} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nf3 $36) 16. axb5
axb5 17. Qe4 (17. Ra5 $2 Bb4 18. Rxb5 Nd4 $1 $19) (17. f4 $13 {Ftacnik}) (17.
Nf3 {Ftacnik} Be7 18. Be3 O-O $10) 17... Bc5 (17... Be7 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Ra8+
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Ne4 {/\ Be3, f4}) 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Ne4 Bd4 (19... O-O
20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. f4 $10) 20. Nc3 Bxc3 (20... Rxe5 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Ra8+ Nd8
22. Bf4 $1 (22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Bf4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rc5) 22... Rf5 (22... Bxc3 23.
Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Re1 f6 25. f4 $16) (22... Re7 23. Nxb5 Bb6 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Nxc7+
Bxc7 26. Re1+ Re7 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Bxc7 $18) 23. Bxc7 Kd7 24. Bxd8 $18) 21.
Ra8+ Rd8 (21... Nd8 {Ftacnik} 22. bxc3 Rxe5 $2 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. f4 Re6 25. Ba3+
$18) 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. bxc3 Ke7 (23... g5 $5 24. h4 h6 (24... g4 25. f3)) (
23... h5 {Ftacnik} 24. f4 g6 $15) 24. f4 f5 (24... g6 {Ftacnik} 25. g4 $10) 25.
exf6+ Kxf6 26. f5 Nc5 27. Be3 Ne4 28. Bd4+ Kf7 29. Be5 $6 (29. Ra1 $1 $10) (29.
Ra1 $1 {Ftacnik} Re8 30. Ra7 Re7 31. g4 g6 $10) 29... Re8 30. Bxc7 Nxc3 31. Ba5
(31. Bd6 {Ftacnik} Nd5 32. g4 b4 $5 33. Rd1 Ne3 34. Rb1 $10) 31... Nd5 32. Rb1
$2 (32. Rd1 Re5 33. Rb1 (33. g4 {Ftacnik} b4 $17) 33... Nf6 34. Rf1 $15) 32...
b4 $1 $17 33. Rd1 (33. Rxb4 Nxb4 34. Bxb4 Re5 35. h3 Rxf5 36. Bd6 $17) (33.
Bxb4 {Ftacnik} Rb8 $19) 33... Re5 34. g4 $2 (34. Rb1 Nc3 35. Ra1 Rb5) (34. Rd4
{Ftacnik} b3 35. Rd3 b2 36. Rb3 Re2 $19) 34... Ne3 35. Rd7+ (35. Re1 {Ftacnik}
Rxa5 36. Rxe3 Rb5 $19) 35... Ke8 36. Rd8+ $2 (36. Rd3) (36. Ra7 $6 Rb5) 36...
Ke7 37. Rd3 (37. Bc7 {Ftacnik} Rb5 38. Rd4 b3 39. Re4+ Kf6 40. Bd8+ Kf7 41.
Rxe3 b2 42. Re1 b1=Q 43. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 44. Kg2 $17) (37. Ra8 {Ftacnik} Rb5 38. Bc7
Nc4 $19) 37... Rxa5 38. Rxe3+ Kd6 39. Re6+ Kc5 (39... Kd5 $1 40. Rb6 (40. Re7
b3 $1) 40... Kc4 41. Rb7 b3 $19) 40. Re5+ (40. Re7 {Ftacnik} b3 $19) 40... Kb6
41. Re1 Rb5 42. Kf2 b3 43. Kf3 (43. Rb1 Ka5 {/\ Kb4-c3}) 43... b2 44. Rb1 Ka5
45. Ke4 Ka4 (45... Ka4 46. g5 Kb3 (46... g6 $1 {Ftacnik} 47. f6 Kb3 48. Rf1 Ka2
49. f7 Rf5 50. Rxf5 b1=Q+) 47. f6 g6 $19) 0-1

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3
f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Rg4 h5 19. Rf4 Rad8 (19... g5
$2 20. Nxg5 $1 Bxg5 (20... Qxg5 21. Rg4 hxg4 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg4 $18) 21.
Qxh5 $1 $18) 20. Be3 Nb4 (20... g5 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Bxg5 $18) 21. Qb1 Qxb3 22.
Rf5 Qc2 (22... Rd5 23. Ra3 $1 (23. Nd2 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Nxc2 25. Rxd5 Nxa1 26. Rc5
Rd8 $1 27. Rc1 $140 Bxd4) 23... Qc4 24. Rc3 Qe2 25. Rxc7 $16) (22... g6 23. Rg5
$1 $18) (22... Qf7 23. Ng5 Qg6 (23... Qe7 24. Re5 $18) (23... Qb3 24. Rxb5 Bxg5
25. Rxg5 $16) 24. Ne6 $16) (22... Nc2 $5 23. Rxa6 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1
$14) 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Rxa6 Rfe8 (24... Nxd4 $2 25. Rfxf6 $18) 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26.
Rxg5 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 (27. Nh4 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Re2) 27... Rxd4 28. Rc6 $1 (28. Rag6
Re7 29. Rxb5 Kh7 30. Rc6 g6 31. Rbc5 Rdd7 32. b4 $16) (28. Rxh5 $2 {Ftacnik}
Rb4 29. Rc5 Re7 30. Rc2 c5 $10 {Anand,V-Sharif,Me/ Oviedo 25 (04)/ 1993/1/2-1/
2/ ;EXP 38}) 28... Re7 (28... Rd2 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxc7 $18) (28... Rc4 {Ftacnik}
29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. Rxh5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Kg3 Rxb2 33. Rc5 Rc2 34. Rxc7 $18)
29. Rxb5 $1 {קh4} (29. Rxh5 {Ftacnik} b4 (29... Rb4 30. Rc2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Rb1
32. Rhc5 R4xb2 33. Rxc7 $18) 30. b3 $1 Rd3 31. Rhc5 Rxb3 32. Rxc7 $18) 29... h4
$8 (29... Rd1+ {Ftacnik} 30. Kh2 Rd2 31. f3 $5 (31. f4 Ree2 32. Rg5 Rd7 33. b3
$16) 31... Ree2 32. Rg5 $18) 30. Kh2 $1 (30. f3 $4 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ $10) 30...
Rd2 31. f3 Rf7 (31... Ree2 32. Rg5) (31... Re1 32. Rc4 $18) 32. Rc3 Rf6 33. Rg5
(33. Rxc7 {Ftacnik} Rxf3 (33... Rg6 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rh5+) 34. Rb8+ Kh7 (34...
Rf8 35. Rbb7 $18) 35. Rb4 Kg8 36. Rg4 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. b4 $18 Kf6) 33...
c6 (33... Rxb2 34. Rxc7 g6 35. Rg4 $1 {/\ Rc3} Rb5 36. Rxh4 $18) 34. b4 Rd4 35.
Rg4 Rfd6 (35... Rxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. Rc5 Rg6 38. Rf5 Kg7 (38... Kh7 {Ftacnik}
39. Kh3 Kh6 40. f4 gxf4 41. Rxf4 $18) 39. Kh3 Kg8 40. f4 $18) 36. Rxc6 $1 (36.
Rxc6 Rxg4 37. Rc8+ $18 (37. Rc8+ {Ftacnik} Kf7 38. hxg4 Rb6 39. Kh3 g5 40. Rc5
Kf6 41. b5 $18)) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 c5 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. h4 (10. c4 d4 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. a3 Qa4 (12... O-O-O 13.
Ne4 Qa4 14. Bg5 Bxg5+ 15. Nxg5 d3 16. Rxd3 Nd4 17. Qf2 Qxc4 18. b3 Qd5 19. Nf3
Bf5 20. Rc3 Kb8 21. Bc4 Qe4 22. Re1 Qf4+ 23. Kb2 Bg6 24. Qh4 $15 {Hector,
J-Ivkov,B/Cannes op/1989/0-1 (49)}) 13. Qf3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h3
g4 17. Qf2 Na5 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Bd3 Rh5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Be4 Nd8
23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Ne4 $13 {Hector,J-Brinck Claussen,B/Naestved op/1988/0.5 (65)})
10... h6 11. g3 Qd7 (11... Qa5 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Bh3 b5 14. Bxe6+ fxe6 15. Qd3
Rhe8 16. Qg6 Bf8 17. Rhf1 Qb6 18. g4 Kb8 19. h5 Ka8 20. Nh4 Rb8 21. Qd3 c4 22.
Qd2 b4 23. Ng6 bxc3 24. Qxc3 {Sorensen,J-Slettebo,J/Copenhagen op (06)/1991/
0-1 (24)}) 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. h5 (13. Qf1 $5 Rhe8 14. Bh3 $13) 13... Na5 14. b3
Nc6 15. Qf2 (15. Kb1 $5) 15... Qc7 16. Kb1 (16. Be3 Qa5 17. Kb2 Rd7 $13) 16...
Kb8 17. Nh4 d4 $1 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Kb2 Qb6 (19... Nb5 $5 {/\ Qa5}) 20. Be3 Qa5
21. Bd2 (21. Bxd4 $2 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Ba3+ 23. Kb1 Qc3 $19) 21... Qa6 22. Be3 Qa5
23. Bd2 Qa6 24. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4
h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O (13. Ne4
Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qa5) 13... Ngf6 14. Kb1 a5 15. Ne5 (15. c4 a4)
15... a4 16. c4 O-O 17. Ne4 (17. Qf3 $5) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 $10 19. Bxe5
Bf6 20. Qf4 (20. f4 a3 21. b3 Bxe5 22. Qxe5) 20... Bg5 (20... b5 $5 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rh3 $10) 21. Qe4 a3 (21... Bf6 22. f4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qa5)
22. b3 Bf6 23. f4 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qa5 (24... Qb6 $1 25. Kc2 (25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Qe3
$10) (25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Qa1 $40)) 25. Kc2 Rad8 (
25... f6 26. Rd7) 26. Rd6 $1 (26. g4 Qc5 $36 {>< a2,>>}) (26. Qe3 {Ftacnik}
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 $10) 26... Rxd6 27. exd6 Qc5 28. Rd1 Qxh5 29. Rd2 Rd8 (29...
Qg6 $10) 30. b4 $1 $44 c5 $6 (30... Kf8 31. c5 (31. Qh7 Qg6+ 32. Qxg6 fxg6 $13)
) 31. Qe5 $1 (31. b5 {Ftacnik} Rd7 32. Kb3 Qh4 33. Kxa3 Qd8 34. Qe5 b6 $13) (
31. Qxb7 {Ftacnik} Qf5+ 32. Kb3 Qxf4 $132) 31... Qg6+ (31... Qxe5 {Ftacnik} 32.
fxe5 cxb4 33. Kb3 $16) 32. f5 Qg4 $1 (32... Qxf5+ $2 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. bxc5 $18
{/\ Rd3-b3} (34. bxc5 {Ftacnik} Kf8 35. Kc3 Re8 36. Kb4 $18)) (32... exf5 33.
bxc5 $16) 33. Kb3 $1 (33. Qxc5 b6 $1 (33... e5 34. Qd5 (34. Qxe5 Qxc4+ 35. Qc3
Qe4+ (35... Qxa2+ $4 36. Kc1 $1) 36. Kc1 Qxf5 37. d7) 34... Qxf5+ 35. Kb3 $1 {
/\ Ka4-b5}) 34. Qb5 Qe4+ 35. Kc3 Qe3+ 36. Kc2 $10) 33... Qg5 (33... exf5 34.
bxc5 $16) (33... b5 34. Qxc5 bxc4+) (33... cxb4 34. fxe6 $16) 34. Re2 Qc1 (
34... cxb4 {Ftacnik} 35. fxe6 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 fxe6 37. Rxe6 b6 38. Kxb4 Kf7 39.
Re7+ Kf6 40. c5 bxc5+ 41. Kxc5 $18) 35. bxc5 $2 (35. Re1 $1 Qd2 36. bxc5 $1 $16
) 35... Qb1+ 36. Kc3 Qc1+ 37. Kd3 Qd1+ (37... exf5 $4 38. Re1 $1 Qg5 39. Qe7
Qg3+ $2 40. Re3 $18) 38. Ke3 exf5 39. Kf2 $16 Qc1 40. Qe7 Qf4+ (40... Rd7 41.
Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe5) 41. Kg1 Qd4+ (41... Rd7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe5) 42. Kh2 Rd7 43.
Qe8+ (43. Qxd7 $2 {Ftacnik} Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qd4+ 45. Rf2 (45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46. Rf2
Qc1+) 45... Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qh5+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Rf1 Qd4+ $10) 43... Kh7 44. Qe5
Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qg5 (45... Qxc4 {Ftacnik} 46. Qxf5+ g6 (46... Kg8 $2 47. Re8#) 47.
Qxd7 Qxe2 48. Qxf7+ Kh8 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qe7+ $18) (45... g6 {Ftacnik} 46. Qd5
Qf4 $1) 46. Re3 f6 $2 (46... g6 47. Qd4 $16 {/\ Re8}) 47. Qg3 $1 $18 Qh5 (47...
Qxg3 {Ftacnik} 48. Rxg3 Kg8 49. Rxa3 Kf7 50. Ra7 Ke6 51. c6 Rxd6 (51... bxc6
52. Rxd7 Kxd7 53. c5 g5 54. a4 $18) 52. cxb7 Rd1+ (52... Rb6 53. Ra6 $1 $18)
53. Kh2 Rb1 54. a4 Kd6 55. a5 Kc7 56. a6 g5 57. Ra8 $18) 48. Qf4 Kg8 49. Rxa3
Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qh5+ 51. Rh3 Qg4 $2 (51... Qg6 {Ftacnik} 52. a4 $18) 52. Qxg4 fxg4
53. Rb3 (53. Rb3 Kf7 54. Rxb7 Rxb7 55. c6 $18 (55. c6 {Ftacnik} Rb4 56. c7 Rxc4
57. d7 $18)) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Huebner Ftacnik} e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2 (5. Nc3 Bb4
6. Bd2 O-O 7. Qg3 Re8 8. Nf3 d5 9. O-O-O $36 {Morozevich-Hebden/Lloyds Bank op/
1994/}) 5... Be7 (5... Bb4 $5) 6. Nc3 d5 (6... O-O 7. Bc4 (7. O-O-O {Ftacnik}
d5 {Huebner: Mieses-Alekhine/Scheveningen/1913/ ;CBM 15})) 7. exd5 Nxd5 (7...
Nb4 8. O-O-O) 8. Qg3 $1 (8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ne2 Bg4 $10) 8... Nxc3 $6 (8... O-O 9.
Bh6 Bf6 10. O-O-O Be6 $1 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qf6 12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Qxg7+ Kxg7
14. Rxd5 $14) (10... Nd4 11. Bxg7 Bxg7 12. Rxd4 $16) 11. Ne4 Kh8 $10) (8... Bd6
$142 $1 {Huebner: W-Bier/Hamburg/1915/0-1/21 ; TOP}) 9. Bxc3 Bf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6
11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nf3 (12. Qxc7 Qxf2) (12. Bd3 $6 {Huebner: W-Bier/Hamburg/
1915/0-1/21 ;TOP}) 12... Bf5 $6 (12... Be6 13. a3 (13. Qg5 $10 {Ftacnik}) 13...
Rac8) 13. Qf4 $1 (13. Qxc7 $2 {Ftacnik} Rfc8 14. Qf4 (14. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 15. Qa6
Qxb2+) 14... Nb4 15. Bc4 (15. Qxb4 Rxc2+ 16. Kb1 Rxb2+) 15... Nxa2+ 16. Kd2 (
16. Kb1 Bxc2+ $19) 16... Rd8+ $19) 13... Rae8 (13... Qe6 14. Bc4 Qe4 15. Qxe4
Bxe4 16. Rd7 Rac8 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nb8 $14) 14. Bd3 Bxd3 (14... Bg6 $2 15.
Qxf6 gxf6 16. Bb5 $1 $16) 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Rxd3 Re2 $1 17. Rd2 (17. Rd7 Rxf2 (
17... Rc8 18. Rf1 Ne5 (18... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Kd1 Re4 21. f3 $14
)) 18. Rxc7 Rb8 $132 (18... Rxg2 19. Rxb7 $14)) 17... Rxd2 18. Kxd2 Rd8+ $1 (
18... Nb4 19. a3 Rd8+ 20. Kc1 $1 $14 (20. Kc3 Nd5+ {/\ Nf4-e6})) 19. Kc3 Rd5
20. b4 Nd8 21. a4 Ne6 (21... a5 $1 22. Kc4 c6) 22. a5 Kf8 23. Re1 Ke7 24. Re4
b6 (24... a6 $10) 25. Nd4 Kd6 26. a6 $6 f5 $1 27. Rh4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 c5 $2 (
28... Rxd4 $1 {Filipowicz,A} 29. Kxd4 c5+ 30. bxc5+ (30. Kc4 cxb4 31. Kxb4 Kc6
{/\ b5} 32. c4 f4 $17) 30... bxc5+ 31. Kc4 Kc6 32. f4 Kb6 33. Kd5 c4 (33...
Kxa6 34. Kc6 (34. Kxc5 Kb7 35. Kd6 a5 36. c4 a4 (36... Kc8 37. Kc5) 37. Kd7 $1
Kb6 38. Kd6 a3 (38... Kb7 39. Kd7 $10) 39. c5+ Ka7 40. c6 a2 41. c7 a1=Q 42.
c8=Q) 34... c4) 34. Kxc4 (34. c3 Kxa6 35. Kc6 f6 36. g3 h6 37. h3 h5 38. h4 Ka5
39. Kc5 Ka4 40. Kxc4 a5 41. Kd5 Kb3 42. c4 a4 43. c5 a3 44. c6 a2 45. c7 a1=Q
46. c8=Q) 34... Kxa6 35. Kd5 $10) 29. bxc5+ Kxc5 30. Rh4 $1 Kd6 31. Rxh7 Ke7
32. Rh5 Rc5+ 33. Kb3 Rb5+ 34. Ka3 Rc5 35. Kb3 (35. h4 $5 Ke6) 35... Rb5+ 36.
Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Ne5 7. d3 g6 (
7... e6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. a3 N7c6 10. Rb1 Be7 11. Be3 O-O $10 {Shabanov-Rashkovsky/
URS/1974/}) 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 e6 10. Nc3 Bd6 (10... O-O-O 11. Qf3 f6 12. Rfd1
$14) 11. Qf3 $1 f6 (11... Ne7 12. Qf6 $1 $36) 12. a3 Kf7 13. Rab1 Kg7 14. b4 b6
15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb5 a6 17. Rb6 Ne7 18. Rfb1 Rhb8 $2 (18... Rhc8 19. Qd1 $14)
(18... Ra7 19. Qd1 $14 {/\ Na4}) 19. Rxb8 (19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rxb8 Bxb8 21. Bxc5
Bd6 22. Qe3 $1 $16 (22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Qd4 24. Nd1 Qa1 $1 $132)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Donev,I} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
e6 7. Be3 a6 (7... Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. a4 $5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Bd3
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qa5 17. Qe1 Qh5 $10 {Nijboer,
F-Dorfman,J EUCup f (2) 1993 0-1 39}) 8. Bb3 (8. Qe2 Qc7 9. a4 $5 $146 Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 Na5 14. Ba2 Rac8 15. Rae1 Nc4 16. Bc1
Qb6 17. Bxc4 Qxd4 18. Bb3 $10 {Kuzmin,G-Lerner,K St.Petersburg 1992 1-0 29})
8... Qc7 (8... Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. f4 Nc5 12. Rhf1 Nxb3+ 13. axb3
Bd7 14. f5 Ne5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. g3
Bc6 20. Kb1 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Kovalev,A/EU-Cup Gr1 Eupen (03) ;CBM 44 1994})
9. f4 Be7 (9... Na5 10. O-O b5 11. f5 Nxb3 12. axb3 b4 13. Na4 e5 14. Ne2 Rb8
15. Ng3 h5 $1 $15 {Onoprienko,V-Van Laatum,G Groningen op (10) 1993 0-1 37}) (
9... Na5 {Ftacnik}) 10. Qf3 (10. O-O Na5 11. f5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 O-O
14. Rad1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxa8 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 exf5
20. Qf3 $14 {Kaidanov,G-Smirin,I Groningen PCA (08) 1993 1-0 51}) 10... Nxd4 (
10... Na5 11. g4 (11. f5 {Donev,I} Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. g4 Nd7 14. g5 Ne5 15.
Qg3 Rd8 16. O-O-O $14) 11... h6 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 hxg5 15.
fxg5 Nd7 16. g6 Ne5 17. gxf7+ Kf8 18. Qg2 Bf6 19. Nce2 Qxf7 20. Nf4 $16 {
Istratescu,A-Nevednichy,V Bucharest Ciocaltea (04) 1994 1-0 37}) 11. Bxd4 b5 (
11... O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd3 Kh8 15. Qh5 Rg8 16. Qxf7 Rg7 17.
Qe8+ Rg8 18. Qh5 b4 19. Ne2 a5 20. Nd4 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Ionov,S RUS-ch Elista 
(06) 1994 1-0 28 - CBM 44}) 12. a3 (12. e5 {Donev,I} Bb7 13. Qg3 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nh5 15. Qf2 O-O $10) 12... O-O 13. O-O (13. O-O-O $5 {Ftacnik}) 13... Bb7 14.
Rae1 Rac8 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Qc6 (16... Qd7 {Ftacnik}) 17. Rf3 a5 18. Qg5 $1
$40 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nd1 (20. Rg3 $2 {Ftacnik} Rg8 21. e5 Ne4 $1 22. Qxe7
Nxg3+ $19) 20... h6 (20... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 21. Nf2) 21. Rh3 Kh7 (21... e5 {
Ftacnik} 22. fxe5) 22. Nf2 Rg8 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxe7 (24. Qxg4 $5 Qa6 $2 25.
Qh5 $140 $18) 24... e5 25. fxe5 (25. Qh4 {Ftacnik} f5 $1 26. Qg5 Qd7 27. exf5
exd4 28. Qxg4 $16) 25... dxe5 26. Bg1 Nf6 27. Qxe5 (27. Bxf7 Rgf8 (27... Nxe4
28. Bxg8+ Rxg8 29. Rf3 $18) 28. Rg3 (28. Bg6+ {Donev,I} Kxg6 29. Rg3+ Kh5 30.
Qxg7 $18) 28... Qc7 29. Bg6+ Kh8 30. Qxb4 $18) 27... Nxe4 28. Qf5+ Kh8 (28...
Qg6 {Ftacnik} 29. Qxf7 Qxf7 30. Bxf7 Rgf8 31. Bb3 Nf2+ 32. Bxf2 Rxf2 33. Rg3
Re8 $1 $10) 29. Bd4 Rcd8 30. c3 (30. Ba4 $1 {Ftacnik} Qd6 31. c3) 30... Nd2 $4
(30... Nxc3 {Donev,I} 31. Qf2 Rxd4 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Rxh6+ Qxh6 34. Qxd4 Rc8
$17) 31. Qg5 $4 (31. Bd5 $3 Rxd5 (31... Qxd5 $4 32. Rxh6#) (31... Qa6 32. Bxb7
$18) 32. Qxd5 {Donev,I} (32. Re6 {Ftacnik} Rxd4 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34. cxd4 $18)
32... Kh7 (32... Qxd5 $4 33. Rxh6#) 33. Qxc6 Bxc6 34. cxb4 $18) 31... Rxd4 $1
$19 32. cxd4 Nxb3 33. d5 Re8 $4 (33... Qa6 $1 $19) (33... Qd6 $4 34. Re6 $1 Ra8
35. Rexh6+ gxh6 36. Rxh6+ Qxh6 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. h4 $18) 34. Rxe8+ $4 (34. Qd8
$3 Rxd8 35. dxc6 Bxc6 36. Rxb3 $14 (36. Rxb3 {Donev,I} Rd2 37. Rg1 Rd4 $13 {
/\Bd5})) 34... Qxe8 $19 35. Qe3 Qa8 $1 (35... Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Bxd5 37. Re8+ Kh7
38. Rb8 $16) 36. Rxh6+ (36. Qxb3 {Ftacnik} Qa1+) 36... gxh6 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38.
Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 $5 (7. Be2
Be6 8. O-O h6 $13) 7... Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Ne8 (10... Be6 $142
11. b3 Nd7) 11. b3 $1 Bg5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Nc2 Rc8 14. Kh1 $1 {/\ g3,f4} Ne7 $6
15. Qe2 g6 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. Ne3 $16 {/\ Bb1, Ba3, /\ g3, f4|^} Qb6 18. Rfe1 Nc6
$1 19. Bb1 $1 (19. Ncd5 Qc5 20. Bb1 f5 $5) 19... Rcd8 (19... Nd4 $2 20. Qd3 {
/\ Na4}) 20. Ncd5 Qc5 21. Qf3 $6 (21. g3 $1 {/\ f4} f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. f4 Bh6
$16) 21... f5 $1 22. Qg3 (22. exf5 Bxe3 $1 23. Nxe3 Nxf5 $132) 22... Bxe3 23.
fxe3 Rf7 $1 $13 {/\ Rdf8} 24. exf5 Bxf5 $1 (24... Nxf5 $2 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. e4
Be6 27. Bc1 $16) 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Qg5 Rdf8 27. h3 $1 b5 28. e4 Nfd4 29. cxb5
axb5 30. Bc1 $1 Qa7 31. Qh4 Nc2 $1 32. Rg1 $8 Qf2 $1 33. Qg4 Kg7 34. Rgf1 $6 (
34. Qe6 Qc5 $1 {/\ N6d4}) (34. a4 $1 $14) 34... Qxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kh2
N6d4 (36... Rxc1 $2 37. Qd7+) 37. Bg5 Ne1 38. Be3 R8f7 39. Qc8 R1f2 $4 (39...
Nec2 $15) 40. Bxf2 Rxf2 41. Qd7+ $4 (41. Qc7+ $1 Kh6 42. Ne3 Re2 43. Ng4+ Kg5
44. Qc1+ $18) 41... Kh6 $1 $13 42. Ne3 Re2 43. Ng4+ Kg5 44. Kg1 $3 (44. Qxd6
Ndf3+ 45. Kh1 Kf4 $3 (45... Rxg2 46. Qf6+ Kh5 47. Qxf3 $1 $10) 46. gxf3 Nxf3
47. Qd3 Rxa2 48. Qf1 Kg3 $1 $19 {/\ h5}) (44. Qxh7 Rxg2+ 45. Kh1 Kf4 46. Qf7+
Kg3 47. Qxg6 Kh4 $1 (47... Kxh3 $2 48. Qh5+ Kg3 49. Ne3 $18) 48. Qh6+ Kg3 49.
Qg6 Kh4 $1 $10) 44... Kf4 45. Qxd6 Rxg2+ 46. Kf1 Ndf3 47. Nxe5 $1 Rg1+ 48. Kf2
Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3
a6 14. f4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Na4 Rc6 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. Nb6 $16 {Landenbegue,
C-Kortschnoj,V Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' (12) 1994 1/2 29 - EXP 43}) 9... O-O
10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 $5 Be6 11. Bd4 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qd4+ f6 15.
b4 Nd7 16. Nd5 a5 17. a3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qb6 19. Qc3 $14 {Horvath,T-Doery,J
Hamburg HSK (11) 1991 1-0 44}) (10. Qd1 $2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3
a6 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Bxc3 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Bxc5 Rxc5
20. Bxe6+ $15 {Barcenilla,R-Hedge,R Calcutta op (05) 1994 1-0 55}) 10... Be6
11. O-O (11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 (12... a6 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14) 13. b3
a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 (
19... d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rhd1 Rac8 22. gxf5 b5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ke1 Bc6 25.
Nc5 $16 {Beljavski,A-Tiviakov,S Groningen 1993}) 20. Nc3 d5 $6 21. gxf5 $1 Bxf5
22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ke3 Rc8 25. Bf3 $14 {Rodriguez,Am-Antunes,A
Capablanca mem-B (07) 1994 1-0 66 - CBM 43}) 11... Qa5 12. Rab1 $1 (12. Rac1
Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Be6 (18...
hxg6 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd7 $14) 19. gxf7+ Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22.
Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8 $19 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V (1) Moscow PCA 25' (03) 1994 0-1
33}) (12. Rac1 {Ftacnik}) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 (13. b4 $6 Qd8 14. c5 a5 15. a3
axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nb5 Ra2 18. Qd3 d5 $10 {Hanel,R-Stefansson,H Vienna op 
(05) 1991 1/2 30}) 13... Nd7 (13... b5 $6 {Ftacnik} 14. b4 $1 Qc7 15. e5 dxe5
16. Nxb5 $16) (13... a6 $5 {Ftacnik} 14. Rfc1 b5 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
Bxb5 Ra3 $1 18. Qe1 Ng4 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Nd1 Rxa2 $132) (13... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 14.
Nd5 $1 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Bg5 $14) 14. Rfc1 (14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16.
exd5 b5 $15) 14... Qd8 15. Nd5 Nc5 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Bf3
a5 18. h4 $14) 16... a5 17. h4 (17. g4 $5 $14) 17... h5 $1 18. g3 $10) 16. Bf3
a5 17. h4 Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. cxd5 b5 $10) 18... Qd7 19. Qe2 $1 (19. Re1 $5 {
Ftacnik} Rc7 20. Qe2 $14) 19... Re8 (19... e5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 (20... fxe6 21. h5
$16) 21. Bd5 $16) 20. h5 Qf5 $6 21. Rd1 Be5 (21... gxh5 $5 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxh5
Ne4 23. Qd3 Qxh5 24. Qxe4 $13) (21... Qe5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 22. g4 Qc8 (22... Qf6
23. g5 Qh8 (23... Qf5 $4 24. Bg4 Qe4 25. f3 $18) 24. Bg2 $16) 23. Kg2 Bg7 24.
Rh1 Nd7 25. hxg6 hxg6 (25... fxg6 $6 {Ftacnik} 26. Bh6 {xe6}) 26. Rh4 $40 a4
27. Rbh1 axb3 28. axb3 Ra1 29. R1h3 $1 (29. Rxa1 {Ftacnik} Bxa1 $13) 29... Qa8
30. Rh7 Qa2 (30... Be5 $1 {Ftacnik} 31. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 (31... Nf8 32. Bxe5 Nxh7
33. Qe3 dxe5 34. Qh6 e6 35. d6 $18) 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. R3h7+ Kf6 34. Qe4 $1 Bc1 (
34... Kg5 35. Rh5+ gxh5 36. Qf5+ $18) (34... Be5 35. g5+ Kxg5 36. Qh4+ Kf5 37.
Be4#) 35. g5+ $1 Bxg5 (35... Kxg5 36. Qh4+ Kf5 37. Rh5+ gxh5 38. Rxh5+ $18) 36.
Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Qxg6 $18) 31. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 32. Bd4+ f6 (32...
Ne5 33. Qe3 Rg8 (33... Qb1 34. Bxe5+ dxe5 35. Qh6+ Kf6 36. g5+ Kf5 37. Bg4+ Ke4
38. Bf5+ $3 Kd4 (38... Kxf5 39. Rf3+ Kg4 40. Rg3+ Kf5 41. Qh3+ Kf4 42. Qg4#) (
38... gxf5 39. Re3+ Kd4 (39... Kf4 40. Qh4#) 40. Qb6#) 39. Bxb1 $18) (33... Rb1
{Ftacnik} 34. Qh6+ Kf6 35. g5+ Kf5 36. Qh4 $19) (33... Rh8 34. Bxe5+ dxe5 35.
Qxe5+ $18) 34. Qh6+ Kf6 35. Bxe5+ dxe5 (35... Kxe5 36. Qg5+ f5 37. Qxe7+ Kf4
38. Qe3#) 36. g5+ Kf5 37. Be4+ Kxe4 38. Qh4+ Kf5 39. Rf3#) 33. Qe3 Nf8 34. Be4
$3 Kf7 (34... Rd1 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Bxg6+ Nxg6 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qxg6 $18) (34...
Ra8 {Ftacnik} 35. Bb1 $1 Qxb1 36. Qxe7+ Kg8 37. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 38. Bxf6+ Kg8 39.
Qg7#) 35. Rh8 $1 (35. Rh8 Qa5 (35... Rd1 36. Qh6 Rxd4 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Qxg6#)
(35... e5 36. dxe6+ Rxe6 (36... Nxe6 37. Bxg6+ Kxg6 38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Qxf6#) 37.
Qh6 $1 Rxe4 38. Qxf8+ Ke6 39. Qe8#) (35... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 36. Qh6 Re1 37. Rxf8+
Rxf8 38. Qxg6#) 36. Qh6 Rg1+ 37. Kf3 e5 38. Bxg6+ Ke7 39. Bxe8 e4+ 40. Kf4 Qd2+
41. Be3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qe2 Na5 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. O-O Nc6
15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. c3 b6 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Be4 Bb7 19. Qb5 Rac8 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21.
Qa4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Bf6 23. Bd5 Kg7 24. Qe4 Rc7 25. Re2 Nd8 26. Rd2 Nc6 27. Re2
Nd8 28. Rd2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 (9. a4 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bd3 f5
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bc4) 9... Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12.
Kh1 d5 13. e5 Ne4 (13... Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5 15. c4 Bg5 16. Nc5 Bxf4 17. Nxe6 {N
} (17. Rxf4 {- 30/481}) 17... fxe6 18. Nxf4 Qxd1 $1 (18... Qe7 19. Qd2 Rad8 20.
Qe3 Rd4 21. Rac1 $14) 19. Raxd1 Rf6 $1 20. Kg1 Raf8 21. Nh5 (21. g3 $6 g5 22.
Ng2 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nd4 $15) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 (22. Rxf1 $2 Rd8) 22... g6 23.
Ng3 Rf4 $1 $10 {/\ Kf7-e7, h5-h4} 24. b3 Kf7 25. h3 (25. Ne2 $5 Re4 26. h3 {
/\Kf2,Nc3} (26. Nc3 Re3 27. Rc1 Nd4 28. h3 Nd3 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 $15) 26... Nb4 $1
27. Rd2 Nbd3 $10) 25... Ke7 26. Ne2 Rf8 $1 (26... Re4 27. Kf2 Nb4 28. Nc3 Rf4+
29. Kg3 Rf8 30. Be2 $14) 27. Nc3 h5 $1 {/\ h4} 28. Be2 h4 29. Ne4 Rf4 30. Nc5
Nd4 31. Rd2 $6 b5 $1 32. Nxa6 bxc4 33. bxc4 Re4 34. Kf1 $1 Nf5 35. Nc5 Rf4+ 36.
Kg1 Ng3 $6 37. a4 Nxc4 38. Ra2 $1 $10 Na5 39. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Gurevich,
I/New York 55/262 1992}) 14. Bd3 (14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2
Karpov-Najdorf/Hastings 71/72 1971}) 14... f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 (16. Qe1
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf7 {= Balashov,Yury-Rashkovski/USSR
ch 1986}) 16... dxe4 17. Bxe4 $5 {Versucht Altunbewährtes zu verbessern.} (17.
Nc5 Bd5 (17... exd3 18. Nxe6 dxc2 19. Qxc2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 {= Tseshkovsky,
V-Tukmakov,V/USSR (ch) 33/(373) 1981}) 18. Nxe4 Bxb2 {= Jansa-Rashkovski/ 1980}
) 17... Bc4 $6 (17... Qxd1 {Ist dies zu einfach,zu langweilig,oder habe ich
etwas übersehen?} 18. Raxd1 Bc4 (18... Bxb2 19. Nc5 Bc4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 (20...
Bxa2) 21. cxd3 b5) 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Bxb2 21. d4 Bxd4 $5 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23.
Rxd4 g5 24. Rb1 Rxf4 25. Rxf4 gxf4 26. Rxb7 Rc8) 18. Bd6 $1 Bxf1 19. Qd5+ Kh8
20. Qh5 g6 21. Bxg6 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qd7 23. Nc5 Qg7 24. Bxf8 Qxg6+ 25. Qxg6 hxg6
26. Bd6 Re8 27. Rf1 Bxb2 28. Nxb7 {Aus den mit 17..Lc4?! beginnenden
Komplikationen resultieren schließlich hervorragende weiße Gewinnaussichten.}
Kg8 29. c4 Bd4 30. Kg3 Bg7 31. Rb1 Re3+ 32. Kf2 Bd4 33. Kf1 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Rc3
35. c5 Be3 36. Kf1 Nd4 37. Rb2 g5 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Bg3 Ne6 40. Nd6+ Kg6 41. Rb6
Bxc5 42. Rxa6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6 Kf6 44. a4 Ra3 45. Ra6 Kf5 46. a5 Nf4+ 47. Kf2 Ke4
48. Ke1 Ra2 49. Kd1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. Nd4 (14.
Bc4 $2 Ncxe4) 14... Qb6 $1 {/\ Nd3} 15. Be2 $5 (15. a5 Nxd3 (15... Qxb2 $6 16.
Bd2 $1) 16. axb6 Nxe1 17. Raxe1 Rc4 $1 $132) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rfe8 $1 17.
Nf5 Qxb2 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qg4 $1 (19. exd5 Bf6 20. Qg4 (20. Qf3 Qxc2) 20... Ne4
$1 21. Nh6+ (21. Rab1 $2 Nf2+ $1) (21. Rac1 Nf2+ $1 22. Rxf2 Qxc1+ 23. Bxc1
Re1+) 21... Kf8 22. Rae1 $2 Nf2+ $1 23. Kg1 Qb6 $3 $19 (23... Nxg4 $2 24. Bxd6+
Re7 25. Bxe7+ Bxe7 26. Rxf7+ Ke8 27. Rfxe7+ Kf8 28. Rf7#)) 19... Qf6 $1 20.
exd5 Bf8 $1 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Be3 Qg6 23. Nxf7+ Kg8 24. Qh3 (24. Qxg6 hxg6 25.
Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Ra3 Rxd5 27. g4 Re6 $1 {/\ Rf6-/+}) 24... Ne4 $1 25. Rf3 h5 $3
26. Raf1 Qg4 27. Bd4 Qxh3 28. Rxh3 Rc7 29. Rhf3 Nd2 30. Ng5 Nxf3 31. gxf3 Rxc2
32. Ne6 Rec8 33. Be3 Re2 34. Bf4 Ra2 35. Rg1 Rxa4 36. Bh6 Kh8 37. Nxg7 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 bxc6 9. Bxe4 Bb7 10. b3 O-O-O+ 11. Ke2 Be7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Nc3 c5 14.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Ne7 17. Nd3 Kb6 18. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 (11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Na4 d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Bf2 Bd6 16. Bf5 O-O 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxd5 Nxf3 20. Bxf3
Bxf3 21. Bb6 Bxd1 22. Bxd8 Raxd8 $15 {Hjartarson,J-Kasparov,G Thessaloniki ol
1988}) 11... b4 12. Nce2 (12. Na4 $146 d5 13. Bh3 Qa5 14. b3 Nc5 15. g5 Nxa4
16. bxa4 Nd7 17. g6 Nc5 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nb3 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 $16 {Gunawan,
Ru-Paschall,W New York op (09) 1994 1-0 34}) 12... d5 13. Bh3 (13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Nf4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Bc4 O-O-O 17. Nd3 Qc7 $15 {Sax,Gy-Anand,V
Philadelphia 1986}) 13... dxe4 (13... Qa5 14. Kb1 g6 (14... dxe4 15. g5 hxg5
16. hxg5 exf3 17. Ng3 Bd5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
22. Qg5 $18 {Magem_Badals,J-Vera,R Barcelona 1990 -Inf.50/247}) 15. g5 Nh5 16.
f4 O-O-O 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 e5 19. Ne6 $18 {Magem_Badals,J-Brenninkmeier,J
Novi Sad (ol) 1990 -Inf.50/247}) (13... Ne5 14. Nf4 g5 15. hxg5 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qa5
17. Kb1 hxg5 18. Nfxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg5 Be7 20. Nxe6 $16 {De La Riva-Vera/1993/})
14. g5 hxg5 (14... exf3 15. Ng3 (15. Nf4 Ne4 16. Qe1 f2 $2 (16... Bd6 17. Ndxe6
$1 (17. g6 O-O 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Qf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Re8 $13 {
Magem-Danailov, Sitges 1990}) 17... fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Bd4 {/\ 20.Ng7, 20.
Bf5 +/- Magem_Badals -Inf.50/248}) (16... Qa5 $6 17. g6 f5 18. Nfxe6 Qxa2 19.
Nb3 Rc8 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Bxf5 Ke8 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nexc5 Kd8 25.
Qxe4 Kc7 26. Qe7+ {1-0 De la Villa Garcia,J-Martin Vazquez/Sevilla op (2) 1993}
) 17. Bxf2 Bd6 18. Nfxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe6 Qe7 20. Nf5 $18 {Magem_Badals,
J-Rojo_Huerto,G Spanien(ch) 1990 -Inf.50/248}) 15... Nd5 16. g6 Nc5 17. gxf7+
Kxf7 18. Nxf3 $13 {Savko-Karklins URS 1990 -Inf.50/248}) 15. hxg5 exf3 16. Nf4
(16. Ng3 Ne4 (16... Ne5 $5 17. gxf6 gxf6 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd5 20. Qe3 Be7
21. Bg2 Rxh1 22. Bxh1 O-O-O $15 {Velimirovic,D-Bronstein,D Donner mem-B (08)
1994 0-1 38 - CBM 43}) 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe6 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qe7
21. Nc7+ Kf7 22. Qd4 Kg6 $13 {Zagrebelny,S-Efremov,V Alushta op 1994 1/2 37})
16... Ne4 17. Qe1 Rxh3 $146 (17... f2 $1 18. Bxf2 Qxg5 19. Be3 Qh4 20. Ndxe6
Qxe1 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Rhxe1 Rxh3 23. Nxh3 Bxg7 $10 {Anand,V-Beliavsky,A
Groningen PCA (05) 1993 1-0 38}) (17... Nxg5 18. Ndxe6 $1 $16 fxe6 19. Bxe6
Nxe6 20. Rxh8 Qf6 21. Rd6 $1 O-O-O 22. Nxe6 Re8 23. Qxb4 f2 24. Qc4+ Kb8 25.
Qc7+ Ka8 26. Rxa6+ {1-0 Romero Holmes,A-Tukmakov,V Wijk-B (08) 1991}) 18. Nxh3
e5 19. Nb3 (19. Nf5 $2 Qa5 20. Kb1 Bd5 21. a3 Rb8 {/\ Nc3 -+}) (19. Nxf3 $2 Qa5
(19... Nc3 20. g6 $13) 20. Kb1 Nc3+ 21. bxc3 Bxf3 $17 (21... bxc3 22. Nd4 $1
$13)) 19... a5 20. Nd2 Qc7 $6 (20... f2 $1 21. Nxf2 Nxf2 22. Bxf2 Bxh1 23. Qxh1
Rc8 $15) 21. Bb6 $5 Nxb6 (21... Qxb6 22. Nxe4 $13) 22. Nxe4 Rc8 23. Rh2 Qc6 24.
Ng3 Qe6 25. Kb1 Nc4 26. Nf2 Nxb2 $1 {[#]} 27. Rc1 $2 (27. Kxb2 $1 Rxc2+ 28.
Kxc2 Qxa2+ 29. Kc1 (29. Kd3 $4 Qb3+ 30. Kd2 Qc3#) 29... Qa1+ 30. Kc2 b3+ (30...
Qa2+ 31. Kc1 $10) 31. Kxb3 Bd5+ (31... Qa3+ 32. Kc4 (32. Kc2 Qa2+ 33. Kd3 Qd5+
$10 (33... Qb3+ $2 34. Qc3 Ba6+ 35. Kd2 Bb4 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Nf5+ Kd7 38. Ke3+
$18)) 32... Qa4+ 33. Kd3 Ba6+ 34. Kd2 Bb4+ 35. Ke3 Bxe1 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Nf5+
Ke6 38. Nxg7+ Ke7 39. Re8+ Qxe8 40. Nxe8 Bxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Kxe8 42. Rd5 $10) (
31... a4+ 32. Kc2 Qa2+ 33. Kd3 Qd5+ 34. Kc2 Qb3+ 35. Kd2 Bb4+ 36. Kc1 Ba3+ (
36... Bxe1 $4 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Nf5+ Ke6 39. Nxg7+ Ke7 40. Re8#) 37. Kd2 Bb4+
$10) 32. Rxd5 Qxe1 33. Nfe4 $13) 27... Na4 $17 28. Nfe4 Rc4 29. Ka1 Qg4 $6 (
29... Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 $1 31. Qxe4 Qxa2+ 32. Kxa2 Nc3+ 33. Kb2 (33. Kb3 a4+)
33... Nxe4 $19) 30. Qf1 Nb6 (30... Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Qxe4 32. Qb5+ Qc6 33. Qxe5+
Qe6 34. Qb5+ Bc6 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Rh8 Be8 37. Rd1 $132) 31. Nd2 Rc5 $6 (31...
Qxg3 $1 32. Nxc4 Qxh2 33. Nxb6 Qe2 34. Qh3 Qd2 $19) 32. Qf2 Nc4 $2 (32... Qxg5
33. Rh8 Nd7 $19) 33. Rh8 Rc8 34. Re1 $13 Nxd2 $4 (34... f6 35. gxf6 gxf6 36.
Nge4 $13) 35. Rxe5+ $18 Kd7 36. Qxd2+ Kc7 (36... Bd6 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 (37... Qxg3
38. Rd8+ $18) 38. Nf5 Qg1+ 39. Kb2 Qb6 40. Nxd6 Qxd6 41. Rd5 $18) 37. Rxf8 $1
Rxf8 38. Re7+ Kc6 (38... Kb8 39. Qd6+ Ka7 40. Qc5+ Ka6 41. Re5 $18) 39. Ne4 (
39. Ne4 Qg1+ 40. Kb2 Kb6 41. Qd6+ Ka7 (41... Bc6 42. Qc7+ Kb5 43. Re5+ $18) 42.
Nc5 Rb8 43. Qa6#) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 (6. Be2 {
Boensch} e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O Qc7 9. g4 h6 10. g5 hxg5 11. fxg5 d5 12. Bf4 Bd6
13. Qd2 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 e5 15. Qg3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Qc5+
19. Kh1 Nc6 $17 {Yemelin,V-Rublevsky,S RUS-ch Elista (03) 1994 1/2 - CBM 44})
6... e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. g4 {Good old Alexey! Actually it's
the only move you can expect from him in this position!} Re8 (10... Nc6 $6 {
Boensch} 11. g5 Nd7 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Re8 14. fxe6 $1 (14. f6 Bf8 15. fxg7
Bxg7 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. a4 b6 $132 {Bologan,V-Ginsburg,G Nikolaev zt
1993 1-0 37}) 14... fxe6 15. Bh5 Rf8 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Rf1 Ne5 18. Nd5 $1 Qd8
19. Nb6 $16 {Short,N-Ljubojevic,L Novi Sad olm (11) ENG-JUG 1990 1-0 43}) 11.
g5 (11. f5 Bf8 12. g5 Nfd7) 11... Nfd7 12. Bh5 {I first saw this move in a
game Polgar,J-Ree,H. The idea is simply to provoke g7-g6 and then to lodge the
rook on f6 as in the game.} (12. Bd3 {Boensch} Nc6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh4 Bf8 15.
Nde2 b5 16. Rf3 Bg7 17. Raf1 Bb7 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. f5 Ne5 20. f6 Bh8 21. Nf4 Rac8
22. Bd4 Red8 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. f7+ $18 {Shchekachev,A-Newerovski,
G Kstovo op (05) 1994 1-0 33 - EXP 42}) 12... g6 (12... Bf8 $4 13. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Ke7 15. f5 $18) (12... Nc6 $2 {Boensch} 13. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 14.
Qh5+ $18) 13. Bg4 Bf8 (13... Nc6 $2 14. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ {Was the
afore-mentioned game Polgar-Ree. White has a murderous attack} (15. Bxe6+ {
Boensch} Kh8 16. Nd5 Qb8 17. Bf7 Rf8 18. Bd4+ $18 {Polgar,J-Ree,H Amsterdam II
1989 1-0 24})) (13... Bd8 $5 $146 {Boensch} 14. Qd2 $6 (14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Rad1
$14) 14... Nc6 15. Rad1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b5 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. Rd3 Nf8 (18... b4 19.
Qh4 bxc3 $2 (19... Nf8 20. Bf6 $40) 20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rh3+ Kg8 22. Rh8# $4)
19. b4 (19. a3 $5) 19... Qc4 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qh4 h5 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Qxd4+
$3 $17 {Xie Jun-Bischoff,K Baden Baden-B (08) 1992 0-1 34}) 14. f5 (14. Qf3 {
Boensch} Nc6 15. Qh3 Nb6 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 d5 18. Rad1 Bc5 $132 {Zigouris,
H-Rychagov,M Katerini op 1992 0-1 28}) (14. a4 {Boensch} Nc6 15. Qe2 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 b6 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. Rae1 Re7 19. h4 Rae8 20. Bh3 e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 $10 {
Polgar,J-Polugaevsky,L (3) Aruba m 1991 1/2 28}) 14... Ne5 15. fxe6 fxe6 (15...
Bxe6 $2 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 18. Qd5 Qc4 (18... Qd7 19. Rf6 $18) 19.
Qxb7 Qc6 20. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 21. Qxh7 {I don't see a good move for Black here})
16. Rf6 (16. Bxe6+ Rxe6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nb6 Re8 $1 {Shirov} 19. Nxa8 Bg4 20.
Qe1 Nbd7 $17) (16. Nxe6 Rxe6 $1 $8 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nb6 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Re8 20.
Qf3 Be6 21. Nxa8 Nd7 $17) (16. Bh3 {Boensch} Nbc6 (16... Bg7 $1 $15) 17. Rf6
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bg7 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rf3 $10 {Jansa,V-Stohl,I Praha 1989 1/2 22}
) 16... Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Nc6 $6 {As both Shirov and I discovered after the game (
in our respective computers!) Adorjan played 17...Nd7! in a game. I won't
repeat the analysis here - it's game 56/260 Xie Jun-Adorjan. The move 17...Nc6
doesn't have any advantage.} (17... Nd7 $1) (17... Nd7 {Boensch} 18. Raf1 Ne5
19. Qh3 Bg7 20. Nxe6 Qd7 21. Nd5 Rxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 24. Nc7 Nc4
25. Bf4 Bh3 26. Nxa8 Bd4+ $15 {Xie Jun-Adorjan,A Express Budapest 1992 0-1 58})
18. Nxc6 $1 {The extra possibility for White after Nc6?!} bxc6 {Obviously the
only way. 18...Qc6 is hardly worth considering because of 19.Raf1 and h4-h5}
19. e5 {Also necessary.} (19. Raf1 e5 20. Qf3 Be6 $1 $13) 19... d5 (19... dxe5
$2 {Boensch} 20. Ne4 $40) 20. Raf1 (20. Qf4 {Boensch} Bg7 21. Rf1 c5 22. Rf7
$10 {Pavlovic,M-Tringov Podgorica 1992 1-0 35 - Inf.54/229}) 20... Bg7 $6 (
20... Qxe5 $1 21. Qf3 Bg7 22. Rxg6 Bd7 $1 $13 (22... Qc7 $1 $15 {Boensch})) (
20... c5 21. Qf3 Bb7 (21... Qd8 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Rf3 $18) 22.
Rf7 Qc6 (22... Be7 23. Rxh7 Rf8 24. Qh3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qxe5 26. Rxe7 $18)) 21.
Bc5 $1 {Now Black has serious problems. White threatens Qf4 followed by h4-h5
so Black's next move is forced} Qxe5 (21... Bxf6 $2 {Boensch} 22. gxf6 Qf7 23.
Qg5 $16) 22. Rf7 Rb8 (22... a5 {I thought that this was an improvement because
it doesn't allow Bd6 as in the game but Piket and Lubojevic in a second
post-mortem discovered that a5 doesn't suffice either} 23. Ne2 $1 Qe4 (23...
Ba6 24. Bd4 Qxe2 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Qxe2 Bxe2 27. Be5 $1 $18) 24. Qh3 $1 Qe5 $1
(24... Ba6 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxh7#) (24... h5 25. gxh6 $18) 25.
Qh4 {And now how does Black stop Bd4?}) (22... d4 $2 {Boensch} 23. Ne4 $18) 23.
Qf3 {Now I suddenly realsied that my position was much worse than I thought.} (
23. Ne2 {Here it doesn't work} Qe4 24. Qh3 Rb7 $1 $17) 23... Qxg5+ (23... Rxb2
24. Bf8 $1 Bh8 (24... Qxg5+ 25. Kh1 Be5 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rg8+ Kxg8 28. Qf7+ Kh8
29. Bg7+ Bxg7 30. Qxe8+ Bf8 31. Qxf8#) (24... Rxc2 {Boensch} 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26.
Rg8+ Kxg8 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Bg7+ Qxg7 29. Qxe8+ Qg8 30. Rf8 $18) 25. Rg7+ Qxg7 (
25... Bxg7 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 28. Qxe8+ Qg8 29. Rf8) 26. Bxg7 $18) (
23... Bb7 {This was afterwards suggested as a better try and it's certainly
more resilient but I think that White is already winning} 24. Ba7 Qxg5+ (24...
Ra8 $5 25. Rxb7 Rf8 26. Rf7 $16) (24... Ba8 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Na4) 25. Kh1 Ba8
26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Na4 $1 c5 (27... Qe5 28. Nc5 $18) 28. Nb6 $1 (28. Nxc5 d4 29.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 (29... Kh8 30. Rb7) 30. Nxe6+ Kh6 $10) 28... Bc6 29. Rc7 $1 {
The tripling of major pieces on the f-file outweighs any other positional
trumps Black has to compensate for the loss of the exchange.}) 24. Kh1 Qd8 {
Just here I discovered to my annoyance that my intended 24...e5 didn't work
and I was forced to settle for Qd8} (24... e5 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bf8+ $1 {
Only now did I see this move. I originally saw only Qf7+} (26. Qf7+ Kh6 $1 27.
Bf8+ (27. Qxe8 Bh3 $19) 27... Rxf8 28. Qxf8+ Kh5 $17) 26... Kh8 27. Qf7 {
With mate to follow. Maybe 24...e5 was worth a try anyway since the game
continuation while objectively better doesn't give any chance for White to go
wrong.}) (24... Bb7 {Boensch} 25. Bd6 c5 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Na4 $1 $16) 25.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Bd6 $1 $18 {The point.} e5 (27... Qxd6 {Boensch}
28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Rf7+ Kh6 30. Qh8 e5 31. Qxh7+ Kg5 32. h4+ Kg4 33. Qh6 Bf5 (
33... e4 34. Qg5+ Kh3 35. Qg2+ Kxh4 36. Rh7#) 34. Kg2 Qd8 $8 35. Rf8 $18) 28.
Bxb8 Bf5 29. Bc7 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Bd8 Re6 32. Re1 Kg8 (32... Kg7 $5 {
Boensch}) 33. Bc7 d4 34. Ne4 c5 35. Kg2 {Now I am waiting for Bxe5 and I can
resign but Alexey is a cruel man!} (35. Bxe5 {Boensch} Rxe5 36. Nf6+ Kf7 37.
Rxe5 Kxf6 38. Rxc5 $18) 35... c4 36. Kf3 Re7 37. Bd6 Re6 38. Bc7 h6 39. c3 g5 {
Won't he ever play Bxe5 and allow me to resign?} 40. Ng3 (40. Bxe5 {Boensch}
Rxe5 41. Nf6+ Kf7 42. Rxe5 dxc3 43. bxc3 (43. Rxf5 $2 c2 $19) 43... Kxf6 44.
Rc5 $18) 40... e4+ 41. Kg2 (41. Nxe4 {Boensch} d3 42. Be5 Rxe5 43. Nf6+ Kf7 44.
Rxe5 Kxf6 45. Rc5 $18) 41... dxc3 42. bxc3 Bg6 43. Rd1 Re7 44. Rd6 Kf7 45. Bd8
Re8 46. Bb6 e3 47. Rd7+ {And finally I resigned} (47. Rd7+ {Boensch} Kg8 48.
Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 h5 $5 (12... O-O 13. e5 Ne8
14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Ng5 g6 $1 $13 (18... Bxg5
$2 19. fxg5 Nc7 20. Rf4 $1 $16 {Anand,V-Ribli,Z/Novi Sad ol/1990/INF50,209/}))
13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. h3 (16. Be3 Rc8 17. Bd4 Nh6 18. c3 Nf5
$13 {Nunn,J-Zichichi,A/Reggio Emilia/1983/INF38,(234)/}) 16... Nh6 17. Be3 Nf5
18. Bf2 (18. Bc5 $2 Qxe4 $1 19. Qxe4 Ng3+ $19) 18... h4 $1 $10 19. c3 O-O 20.
Rad1 Rfc8 21. Qf3 Rab8 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rd3 d6 (23... d5 $5) 24. exd6 (24. Rfd1
d5 $13 (24... Qc7 25. exd6 Nxd6 26. Bxh4 $1 (26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28.
Bxh4 Bxf4 $10) 26... Nxe4 27. Bxe7 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 f5 29. Bh4 $14) (24... dxe5 $2
25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Qxb7 $18)) 24... Nxd6 25. Nxd6
(25. Bxh4 Nxe4 26. Bxe7 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxc3 $1 28. Qxc3 Qxe7 $10) 25... Qxf3 26.
Rxf3 Rxd6 27. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5
15. c4 Bg5 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Bf4 Bg5 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 {This was popular in Buenos Aires with it's main proponents being
Karpov and Salov though both eventually shifted to the Rauser. Karpov liked
the Sicilian Rauser so much that he played it regularly in a tournament in Cap
d'Agde.} 9. Na4 d5 {During the game my first reaction was "How come no one
thought of this before?" Karpov may or may not have prepared this at home but
he was nevertheless not very satisfied since he hesistated a lot before playing
} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd4 c5 {This is simply necessary. After 10...
0-0 11.c4 White would have all the trumps.} 13. c3 {The safe way but Black
could have kept White's edge to a minimum} (13. Bxg7 {During the game I was a
bit worried but now I don't see a clear reason why this should not be played}
Rg8 14. Bh6 Bb7 15. Bf3 O-O-O $1 16. Qe2 Rg6 (16... Qc6 17. a3 Nc3 (17... Nf4
$4 18. Bxf4 Qxf3 19. Nb6#) (17... Rxg2+ 18. Bxg2 Nf4 19. Nb6+ $1 $18) 18. bxc3
(18. Qe5 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1 Rg1+ $1 20. Kxg1 Rg8+ (20... Ne2+ $1 $19) 21. Bg7 Rxg7+
22. Qxg7 Ne2+ $3 $19) 18... Qxf3 (18... Rxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Rg8+ 20. Kh3 $18) 19.
Qxf3 Bxf3 20. g3 Ba5 21. Be3 $16) 17. Be3 Qc6 18. a3 $1 Nc3 19. bxc3 Qxf3 20.
Qxf3 Bxf3 21. g3 Ba5 22. Rab1 $16) 13... cxd4 14. cxb4 e5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Nc5
Qd6 (16... O-O $1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 $14) 17. Re1 Rb8 $6 (17... O-O 18. Qe2 f6 19.
Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc4 Rad8 21. Qxd4 $1 $14) 18. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 19. Nxa6 (19. Qh5 $5 {
Ivanchuk.} O-O (19... e4 20. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 21. Qc5 $1 d3 22. f3 (22. Qd4 O-O 23.
Rxe4 Rbd8 $1 $44) 22... Rb5 23. Rxe4 Rxc5 24. Rxe6+ $16) 20. Rxe5 Qd6 21. a3
Bg4 22. Rd5 {This I had missed in my calculations but the game continuation
also gives White a clear edge.}) 19... Rc8 20. Qa4+ Ke7 21. b5 Rc4 22. Qa5 Ra8
(22... Kf6 {In the post-mortem we came to the conclusion that this was the
best try and that White still had to work.}) 23. Qb6 $1 {This is extremely
annoying and now Black stands clearly worse.} Rd8 $2 (23... Rac8 24. b3 Rc3 25.
Nb4 Qd6 26. Nc6+ Kf8 $16) 24. b3 Rcc8 25. Nb4 Qd6 {The only way not lose the
exchange but he loses a vital pawn.} 26. Nc6+ Kf8 27. Rxe5 d3 28. Rd1 Ra8 29.
h3 $1 {Just to eliminate all danger} d2 30. Re2 $1 Rdb8 31. Rexd2 (31. Rxe6 $1
{Also possible but the game continuation is brutally efficient.} Qxe6 (31...
fxe6 32. Nxb8 Qxb8 33. Qc5+ $18) 32. Nxb8 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. f4 (34. g3 Rxb8
) 34... Qxf4+ 35. g3 Qxb8 36. Qc5+ $18) 31... Rxb6 32. Rxd6 g5 33. Rd8+ Rxd8
34. Rxd8+ Kg7 35. Rb8 (35. Nd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wahls} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 (6...
Qb6 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nb3 b6 13.
Be3 exf4 14. Bxb6 $14 {Smirin,I-Azmaiparashvili,Z Elenite (08) 1994 0-1 46
-CBM 44}) 7. Nf3 (7. Be2 {Wahls} e5 8. Nf5 (8. fxe5 Nxe5 (8... dxe5 9. Nf5) 9.
Bg5) 8... Nc5 9. Ng3 Qb6) 7... Qc7 (7... e5 {Wahls} 8. a4) 8. a4 g6 (8... e6 {
Wahls}) 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O (10... b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4
14. e6 fxe6 15. Be4 Nc5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qh4 Ne5 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Bg5 O-O 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe7 Rf5 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Re1 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,
S-Hoffmann,M/Muenster (01) 1994}) 11. Kh1 b6 12. Qe1 Bb7 13. Qh4 e6 14. f5 (14.
Be3 Rfe8 (14... Rae8 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. f5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Nd7 18. Bh6 f6 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. fxe6 Rxe6 21. d4 $16 {Balashov,Y-Psakhis,L USSR (ch) 1985 -Inf.39/328}
) 15. Rae1 h6 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. Bg1 Nfd7 19. Qh3 Bc6 20. Nc4 Qc7 $10
{Kindermann,S-Polgar,J Vienna (2) 1991 0-1 52}) (14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Rae1 Nh5 16.
Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 Qd8 18. Qh3 e5 19. f5 Ndf6 20. Bc4 Qc8 21. Bb3 $14 {Sherzer,
A-Gurevich,I USA-ch (12) 1992 1/2 35}) (14. Bd2 {Wahls}) 14... Rae8 {! Wahls:
Schwarz beläßt den Turm auf f8, um die Punkte f8 und f7 überdeckt zu halten.
Seine Verteidigungsstellung ist nun sehr kompakt.} 15. Bg5 (15. Bh6 $1 Qc5 16.
Ng5 Qb4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rab1 d5 19. Rf4 e5 20. Rf3 dxe4 21. Ncxe4 Bxe4 22.
Bxe4 Qe7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bd5 Qd6 25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rdd1 Rd8 27. Bf3 {1-0 Adams,
M-King,D/Oviedo 45' (09) 1992}) (15. fxg6 {Wahls Hiernach kommt Weiß wegen
seiner unterlegenen Bauernstruktur in Schwierigkeiten.} fxg6 16. Bd2 Nh5 17.
Ng5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Ne5 19. Be2 Nf6 20. Qh3 Bc8 21. Bc1 Re7 22. Qh4 Bb7 23. Nh3
Ne8 24. Bg5 Rf7 25. Bd8 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qf7 27. Be2 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Ng5
Qe7 30. Nd1 a5 31. Ne3 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxg5 33. Qd4 Qd8 34. h3 Nf6 35. Bc4 Kf7
36. Bb3 Qc7 37. Qf4 Qc5 38. Ng4 Nexg4 39. hxg4 g5 {Lederman,L-Pinter,J/
Beersheba 1988/0-1 (57)}) 15... Qc5 {Wahls: Die Dame ist auf dem Wege nach b4.
Von dort aus soll sie Druck gegen b2 und entlang der vierten Reihe ausüben.}
16. Rab1 (16. Bh6 $2 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qb4 $15) (16. Nd2 {Wahls} Qb4 17. Nd1 d5 18.
c3 Qd6 19. Nf2 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bd5 21. c4 Bc6 22. Bf4 e5 23. Bg5 a5 24. Ra3 Nh5
25. Rd3 Qc7 26. Be7 Nc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Ng4 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxc6 Rxd2
31. Bd5 Nf4 32. f6 Nxd5 33. fxg7 Qe7 34. Qg3 Kxg7 35. cxd5 Rxb2 36. Nxe5 {
1-0 Antonov,Vladimir-Nikitin,V/cr Yugoslavia 1982}) (16. Rad1 $2 {Wahls
Bebegnet dem Damenausfall unangemessen.} Qb4 17. Bd2 (17. Rb1 exf5 18. exf5
Qxh4 19. Bxh4 Nc5 {Die fiachettierten Läufer entfalten eindeutig mehr Kraft
als ihre klassisch entwickelten Kollegen.}) 17... Qxb2 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Ra1 Nxe5
20. Rfb1 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Bb7 22. Rb1 Ned7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qc4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5
26. Qh4 Nc5 27. Be3 Nxd3 28. cxd3 b5 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 a5 32.
Qg4 b4 {0-1 Bangiev,A-Rashkovsky,N/USSR 20/508 1975}) 16... gxf5 $5 {Wahls:
Dies führt (a la Judit) zu ausgesprochen assymetrischen Strukturen. Der
Normalzug 16...Db4 muß hier natürlich auch in Betracht gezogen werden.} (16...
Qb4 {Wahls} 17. Bd2 exf5 18. Nd5 Qc5 19. b4 Qc8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22.
Bxg5 fxe4) 17. exf5 e5 18. Rbe1 Kh8 19. Re2 (19. Re3 Rg8 20. Rfe1 $14) 19...
Qc7 20. Rfe1 Rg8 (20... Bxf3 $2 21. gxf3 $16 {^^ /\ Ne4}) 21. Re3 Qc6 22. R3e2
(22. R1e2 {Wahls /\ h3, Nh2-g4}) 22... Qc8 23. Re3 Qa8 24. R1e2 Bc6 25. h3 $1 {
/\ Nh2-g4} Qb7 26. Nh2 d5 27. Ng4 Nxg4 (27... d4 28. Nxf6 Nxf6 $8 29. Bxf6 $1 (
29. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 f6 31. Bxf6 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 $40) 29... dxe3 (29... Bxg2+
30. Kh2 dxe3 31. Bxg7+ Rxg7 32. f6 $18) (29... dxc3 30. Rg3 cxb2 31. Qh6 b1=Q+
32. Kh2 $18) 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. f6 Rg6 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qg5 $16) 28. hxg4 f6
29. Rh3 Nf8 30. Bxf6 e4 31. Bxg7+ Qxg7 32. Bxa6 $18 d4 33. Bc4 dxc3 34. f6 $1
Qg6 (34... Qxg4 35. f7 cxb2 36. fxg8=Q+ Qxg8 37. Bxg8 b1=Q+ 38. Re1 $18) 35. f7
Rg7 36. fxe8=Q Bxe8 37. Rxc3 Bxa4 38. Bd5 Bd7 39. Bxe4 Qd6 40. Rd3 Qf4 41. Rf2
1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. h3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rc4 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Rxc2 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Qxd6 Be6 18. Qd4 Kg7 19. e5 f5 20. Qxa7 Rxb2
21. Rab1 Rxa2 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxb7 f4 24. Kg2 fxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nxc6 $2 (7.
Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O $1 Bxc3 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 Nde7 13. Re1
$14 {Barczay-Horvath,T/Zalaegerszeg/1979} (13. Ba3 $6 Qa6 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qd3
e5 16. Rfe1 Be6 $15 {Marinkovic-Stojanoviv/Nis/1993})) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9.
Ne4 Qb4+ 10. Nd2 Qd4 11. Qe2 Rb8 $1 12. Nb3 $2 (12. Bg2 Nc3 13. Qe3 Qxe3+ 14.
fxe3 Na4 $15) 12... Rxb3 $1 $19 13. axb3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qe4+ 16.
Qe2 Qxh1 17. h3 f5 18. Ra4 Nb6 19. Rxa7 O-O 20. c4 c5 21. Qe3 Bb7 22. Ke2 Qc6
23. Ra5 Rc8 24. Kd2 d6 25. exd6 Qxd6+ 26. Bd3 Be4 27. Kc3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qe7 29.
Ra6 Qb7 30. Ra5 Nd5+ $1 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Rb4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc4 18. Bd4 Nd2 19. Rb2 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qa6
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Qc7 Rfe8 24. Rxb7 Qd3 25. Qe5 a5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7
27. Qxe7 Rb8 28. h4 Qd4 29. d6 Rb2 30. e5 a4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qf6 Rb7 33. Rc1
g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qxg5 Rb8 36. Rc7 Qd5 37. d7 a3 38. Rc3 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Qxd7
40. Qh5+ Kg7 41. Rg3+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qf6+ Kf8 44. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th final"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.11.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 (4. e5 {French Defence}) 4... exd5 (4...
Qxd5 5. Nf3 {B22 main line}) 5. Nf3 Nf6 (5... Nc6 $5 {/\Be6}) 6. Bg5 c4 {
:Bd3,/^b1-h7} (6... Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Nbd2 {/\Nb3,
Rd1 קd5}) 7. Nbd2 {/\b3[+]} Be7 8. g3 {/^h1-d5} Qb6 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 $14
Bf5 11. Bg2 Qe6+ (11... Bd3 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. Be3 {/\c4,0-0|^}) 12. Ne5 (12. Qe2
Qxe2+ (12... Bd3 13. Qxe6 fxe6 14. Ne5 Ba6 15. c4 $36) 13. Kxe2 $14 {קd5,<->a,
[+]}) 12... Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Nxe5 (13... Qxe7 14. O-O {/\N2f3} Nxe5 15. dxe5 $14)
14. O-O Kxe7 15. Re1 Nbc6 (15... f6 16. c4 $40 {><h1-a8}) 16. b4 $1 {<->e} Kf8
17. b5 Qd6 (17... Qd7 18. dxe5 (18. bxc6 $2 Nxc6 $15) 18... Ne7 $14) 18. dxe5
Nxe5 19. Nb3 Bg4 (19... Nd3 20. Re3 {קd5} Nc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23.
Bxd5 $18 {_|_}) 20. Qd4 $5 (20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Re3
Bg4 (23... Bd5 24. Nc5 $14 b6 $140 $2 25. Nd7+ Kg8 26. Nxb6 $1 axb6 27. Rxa8+
Bxa8 28. Re8#) 24. b6 a6 25. Nc5 Rb8 26. f3 $1 (26. Rae1 {/\Re7+/-}) 26... Bf5
(26... Bh3 27. g4 $18) 27. g4 Bc8 $8 28. Rd1 $1 g6 29. Nd7+ $1 Bxd7 30. Rxd7
Kg7 31. Ree7 $18 {_|_}) 20... Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Nd2 $1 (22. Rxa7 $2 Rxa7
23. Qxa7 g5 $132 {/\Kg7,Qh6-h3-g2#} 24. Nd2 g4 25. Qd4 {/\c4,Nf3 +-}) 22... Bh5
23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Ne3 $18 {קd5} Bg6 25. Nxd5 h6 26. b6 $1 a6 (26... axb6 $2 27.
Nxb6 Rb8 28. Nd7+ $18) 27. Re7 Rb8 (27... Qxe7 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. Qc5+ $18) 28.
Rae1 Kg8 29. f4 Bf5 30. Rc7 (30. Rc7 Bg4 (30... Kh7 31. Rxf7) 31. Ne7+ Kh7 (
31... Kf8 32. Ng6+) 32. Qe4+ f5 (32... g6 33. Nxg6) 33. Nxf5 Bxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kg8
35. Ree7 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th final"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.11.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 (10... b5 $6 11. a3 a5 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14.
Kh1 f5 15. Qe1 Nf4 16. Rg1 h6 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. exf5 g5 19. Bd3 Kh8 20. f6 Rxf6
21. Qe4 Nf5 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. c3 Be5 24. Qc4 Qf6 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Nd4 Qh3 27.
Qf1 {+/- Liberzon,V-Quinteros,M/Netanya/1983/}) 11. Ne1 Ng4 (11... b5 $5 12. a3
a5 13. Nd3 Qb8 14. f3 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. b4 d5 (16... axb4 $2 17. Nxb4 $1
Rxa3 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxb5 Ra2 20. Bc4 {+/- Vogt,L-Bernard,C/Wildbad/1990/})
17. Bc5 Re8 18. Nf2 axb4 19. axb4 d4 20. Nb1 Ra2 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Nc1 Ra8 {
=+ Kuczynski,R-Chernin,A/Budapest zt-B/1993/}) 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4
Bg4 15. Rb1 (15. Nf3 f5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nc8 19. exf5 gxf5
20. Bh6 Nd6 21. Re1 Qh4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 {~ 1/2:1/2/Geller,E-Thipsay,P/New Delhi/
1987/}) 15... exf4 $5 {N} (15... c6 16. h3 (16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Ba3 c5
19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Bd7 21. Nf3 h6 22. Rfe1 Kh7 23. Ba3 Rc8 $132 {Liberzon,
V-Adorjan,A/Amsterdam IBM/1977/}) 16... Bd7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Qf2
cxd5 $6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Nc7 Qxa2 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Nd3 Qc4 25.
b3 Qd4 26. Kh1 {+= Gachon,L-Chabanon,J/FRA-chT/1989/}) 16. Rxf4 (16. Bxf4 $142
Bd7 17. Nd3 {+=}) 16... Bd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 f5 $1 {=} 19. Rf2 (19. e5 g5
$1 20. Rf2 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Ng6 {=+}) (19. Nd3 g5 (19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Qc3
{+=}) 20. Rf2 f4 21. e5 Nf5 $132) 19... fxe4 20. Rxf8+ (20. Nxe4 Rxf2 21. Kxf2
Nf5 22. Qf6 Qe8 $36) 20... Qxf8 21. Nxe4 Qg7 $1 22. Rd1 (22. Nf6+ $2 Kf7 $1 {-+
}) (22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rd1 Bf5 {=+}) 22... Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Kg7 24. Nc3 (24. c4
$5 {/\c5<=>} Nf5 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Nc3 Ne3 27. Rd4 {/\Nf3=} Nxc4 $6 28. Rxc4
Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 {+/-}) 24... b5 $5 {/\a5()<<} 25. Re4 Ng8 $1 (25... Nf5 $2 26. g4
{+-}) 26. a4 $2 (26. Nd3 Nf6 27. Re2 a5 28. a3 Rb8 {=+}) 26... Nf6 27. Rd4 (27.
Re7+ Kf8 {-/+}) 27... bxa4 28. Nd3 (28. Rc4 $142 {=+}) 28... Rb8 $36 29. h3 h5
30. Rc4 Rb7 31. Kf2 a5 32. Ke2 g5 {/\h4,Bf5,Nh5,><g2} 33. h4 $6 (33. Ke3 Kg6
34. Kd4 h4 $36 {/\} 35. Nxa4 $2 Bb5) 33... Bg4+ 34. Ke3 gxh4 35. Rxa4 Bf5 {-/+}
36. Rxa5 (36. b3 Ng4+ {-/+}) 36... Ng4+ 37. Kd4 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 (38. cxd3 $4 Rb4#
) 38... Ne5+ $1 (38... Rxb2 39. Ra7 {~}) 39. Ke4 (39. Kd2 $2 Nc4+ {-+}) (39.
Ke2 $142 Rxb2 40. Kd1 Nc4 41. Ra7 Ne3+ 42. Kd2 Nxg2 43. Rxc7+ Kf6 {-/+}) 39...
Rxb2 {-+} 40. Kf5 (40. Ra2 Rb4+ 41. Kf5 Rg4 42. Ra7 Rxg2 43. Rxc7+ Kh6 {-+ o^h}
) 40... Rxc2 41. Ne4 Rxg2 42. Ra7 Nf7 $1 43. Rxc7 h3 44. Rc1 (44. Nxd6 h2 45.
Rxf7+ Kg8 {-+}) 44... h2 45. Rh1 $8 Nh6+ {/\Ng4,Rg1-+} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 10th final"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1994.11.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {Dorfman} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 $5 {This is a new idea} (11...
dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 {+=}) (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3 {~} Bd7 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14.
Bd5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 d3 {~}) 12. Bxd5 (12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 {~}) 12... Qxd5
13. Nb3 Nxb3 (13... Rd8 {Dorfman} 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17.
Re1 Ne5 18. Qh5+ {+-}) (13... d3 {Dorfman} 14. Nd4 Nxe5 15. Re1 Be7 16. Nf5 $36
) 14. axb3 Be7 15. Nf3 Nxe5 (15... d3 $1 {~} 16. Bg5 {Dorfman} (16. Nd4 {~})
16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O {=}) 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Rd1 {+=}
O-O 20. Be3 Rfc8 (20... Rfd8 {Dorfman} 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kf1 Ra8 23. Rd1 {+/-}
) 21. Kf1 Nf8 (21... Kf8 $6 {Dorfman} 22. Rd7 Ke8 23. Rb7 {+/- /\Rb6}) 22. Ne5
Bf6 23. Rd5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Ne6 25. f4 $6 (25. Rd5 Rc6 26. Ke2 {+=}) 25... g6 26.
g4 Kg7 27. f5 $2 (27. Ke2 $142 {+/-}) 27... gxf5 28. gxf5 $2 (28. Rxf5 $142)
28... Kf6 29. Rd5 Rd8 30. Rad1 $2 (30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Bxc5 Kxf5 {=+}) 30... Rxd5
31. Rxd5 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Bxc5 Kxf5 {-/+} 34. Ke2 Ke4 35. Be7 Ne6 36. Bf6
Nf4+ 37. Kd2 Nd5 38. Bg7 f5 39. Bf8 (39. c4 Nc7 {/\Ne6}) 39... Ne3 40. Ke2 f4
41. Bd6 f3+ 42. Ke1 Nc2+ 43. Kd2 Na1 $1 {-+} 44. b4 Nb3+ 45. Ke1 Nc1 {Winning
a pawn.} 46. Kf1 Nd3 47. b3 Nc1 48. c4 Nxb3 49. c5 Nd4 50. Bg3 Nc6 51. Be1 Ke3
52. Bf2+ Kd3 53. Be1 a5 $1 (53... a5 54. bxa5 b4 55. Bh4 b3 56. Bf6 Nd4 {-+})
0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. a4 c6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. c4 h6 15.
c3 c5 16. g3 Re8 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. h4 Nd8 20. Nh2 Be6 21. Qe2 Qa5
22. Qf3 h5 23. Bg5 Ng4 24. Reb1 b6 25. Bxd8 Raxd8 26. Bf1 Rd2 27. Nxg4 Bxg4 28.
Qe3 Red8 29. Rb5 Qa6 30. a5 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Kg2 bxa5 33. f3 Bd7 34. Rb8+
Kh7 35. Qg5 Qh6 36. Qxh6+ Kxh6 37. Ra8 Ra1 38. Kf2 Ba4 39. Rxa7 Bb3 40. g4 a4
41. g5+ Kh7 42. Rb7 Rc1 43. Ra7 Rxc3 44. Bh3 Rxc4 45. Bf5+ g6 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47.
Ra7 gxf5 48. exf5 Rf4 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Ra7+ Ke8 51. f6 c4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 a6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 d6 12. Re1 Be7 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 O-O 15.
Bf4 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Rab8 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Nxb4 Bxe4 19. Nxa6 Qb7 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21.
Nxb8 Nxd2 22. Bxb7 Nxb3 23. cxb3 Rxb8 24. Rc8+ Rxc8 25. Bxc8 Nc6 26. Bb7 Na5
27. b4 Nxb7 28. a5 Bd8 29. a6 Bb6 30. Be3 Nc5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. b4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Qe2 Qe7 8.
Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 d6 12. Nc4 Qxe4 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. b4 b5 16. bxc5 bxc4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Bf5 19. Rfe1 Be4 20. f3 Bxd5
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Rxd6 Bb5 24. Kf2 f6 25. h4 Kf7 26. Rd5 a6 27. g4
Re7 28. Bd6 Rd7 29. Rd4 Ke6 30. Bc5 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Bc6 32. Ke3 Bb7 33. Bc5 Bc6
34. f4 Kd5 35. Bf8 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Bxg7 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Ne5 Bd7 9. Qa4 Qc7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 a6 14. Bf1
b5 15. Qd1 e6 16. Be1 Ne8 17. Ne2 Bh6 18. Rc2 Nd6 19. Nc1 Nc4 20. Qe2 e5 21.
Nb3 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 Re8 24. Qf3 Rac8 25. Rd1 Bg7 26. Bb4 Re4 27. b3
Nd6 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Bc5 Ne7 30. g3 Nc6 31. Bg2 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4
Nxd4 34. Qxd5 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Qxd5 36. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 Be6
15. Nce3 Ne7 16. g3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 O-O 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. O-O a5 20. Qh5 Qd7 21.
Qh4 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Kh8 23. Rad1 f5 24. f3 b4 25. Rf2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Qa7 27. Kg2
Qe3 28. Qc4 e4 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Rdf1 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxc3 32. Qxe4 Qe5 33. Qc4
Qd4 34. Qc6 Qc5 35. Qxc5 dxc5 36. Rf7 Rd8 37. Bb3 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c6 11. c3 Nf5 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 f6 14. Bc2 Qe7 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf2 Nxe3 17. dxe3 Bb6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Bd2 Bd5 21.
Bb3 Qf7 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qe2 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Rf3 Qe6 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Kg1
Bxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 c6 8. a3
Qa5 9. Nc3 cxd5 10. Bf4 N4c6 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Qa6 16. Be4 Nd7 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Qxa6 bxa6
21. Ke2 Nc4 22. Na4 Nxb2 23. Nxb2 Bxb2 24. Rc6 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
dxc5 Nbc6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Rb1 Ncxe5 11. h4 Qc7 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nxh4 14.
Qg3 Qxg3 15. fxg3 Ng6 16. Rxb7 Ne7 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Rc7 Rc8 19. Rxa7 Ra8 20.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Bd6 f6 22. a4 Kd7 23. Bb5+ Nc6 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. c4 d4 26. Rxd4
Ke8 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. a5 e5 29. a6 h5 30. c3 Rd8 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. Ba4 Ra7 33. Bxc6
Bxc6 34. Rb6 Be4 35. c6 Ra8 36. Bb8 Bxc6 37. a7 Be4 38. c5 Ke7 39. c6 g5 40. c4
Bf5 41. c7 Bc8 42. c5 Bg4 43. Kf2 Bf5 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
dxe5 O-O 9. Bd5 Nc5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bg3 Kh8 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 f5
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Rb8 17. Re1 Be7 18. Bxe6 dxe6 19. Qxd8 Rbxd8 20. Neg5 Rd3
21. Nxe6 Rf7 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 bxc3 24. bxc3 h6 25. Nxc7 Bf6 26. c4 Nb4
27. h3 Bc6 28. a5 Rd7 29. Rb1 Bc3 30. Ne5 Be4 31. Nxd7 Bxb1 32. Nb8 Bd3 33. c5
Kg8 34. Ne8 Kf7 35. Nd6+ Ke6 36. c6 Nd5 37. Nb7 Bb5 38. c7 Nxc7 39. Bxc7 Kd5
40. Nd6 Bd3 41. Nc8 Bb4 42. Na7 Bc4 43. Bb6 Bd3 44. Nbc6 Bc3 45. g4 Be2 46. Kg2
g6 47. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. c3 Bg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 Be6
15. g3 O-O 16. Bg2 Rb8 17. O-O a5 18. Qh5 f5 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. Rd2 Kh8 21. Rfd1
Bf7 22. Qh4 Bg6 23. Nf4 exf4 24. Rxd6 Qf7 25. Bxc6 fxg3 26. hxg3 f4 27. Bd5 Qf5
28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 fxg3 30. f3 Rbe8 31. Be4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Qh5 33. Qe2 Rxf3
34. Rd2 Qc5+ 35. R6d4 Rf8 36. Qe3 Qf5 37. Qxg3 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Rf5 39. Rd5 Rxd5
40. Rxd5 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qxb2 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne1 d4 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bd2 Qe7
15. Nf4 Be6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. a3 Qd7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21.
Qc4 Qf5 22. Qd3 Qe6 23. Qe4 Qb3 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Bf4 g5 26. Bd2 Ne5 27. Qe4 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 d3 29. e3 Rd7 30. Bc3 Nc4 31. Rd1 Qxe4 32. Bxe4 d2 33. Kf1 Ba5 34. b4
Bb6 35. Ke2 Nxa3 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Nb5 38. Be5 a5 39. bxa5 Bxa5+ 40. Kd3
Bc7 41. Bb2 Nd6 42. Bd5 b5 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 b4 45. Bc6 Nf5 46. Bd7 Ne7 47.
Kc4 Bd6 48. h4 h5 49. f5 Bg3 50. e4 Bxh4 51. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. h4 Ne5 12. a3 h5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. f4 Nc4 15.
Qe1 Rc8 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nb3 Ng4 18. f5 a5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf1 b4 21. axb4
axb4 22. Ne2 Rxe4 23. Rd4 Qb7 24. Qd2 Rxd4 25. Nexd4 e5 26. Qd3 e4 27. Qd2 g6
28. Qf4 Qd5 29. Nd2 Be7 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Qxe4+ Qxe4 32. Nxe4 Ra8 33. Kd2 Ra5
34. Re1 Ne5 35. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 a3 17. Nxe4 axb2 18. Rb1 Bxe4 19. Rxb2 Qd7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Rxb5 Nxd4 22. Rc5 Rfd8 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxc7 h6 26. Rc2 Re8 27.
Rc5 Ra8 28. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
e5 9. Nb3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Nd4 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bf6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nc6 Bf6 18. Rhf1 Re8 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Bd3 Qb6
21. Kb1 Qe3 22. Qb4 Bd7 23. Qxd6 Bxc6 24. Qxc6 Qd2 25. Rc1 Re1 26. Qxa8+ Kg7
27. a3 Qxc1+ 28. Ka2 Qa1+ 29. Kb3 Rb1 30. Kb4 Qxb2+ 31. Kc5 Qxa3+ 32. Kb6 Re1
33. Qc6 Qf8 34. Qc7 Re7 35. d6 Re6 36. Kc5 b4 37. Bxa6 Re5+ 38. Kb6 Re6 39. Kc5
Re5+ 40. Kc6 Qa8+ 41. Kb6 Qd5 42. Bc4 Qd4+ 43. Kb7 Qe4+ 44. Ka6 Re6 45. Bxe6
Qxe6 46. Kb7 b3 47. cxb3 Qxb3+ 48. Kc8 Qe6+ 49. d7 h5 50. Qc5 Qg4 51. h3 Qe6
52. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 g6 18. Rae3 Bg7 19. Nf1 c5 20. Ng3 Rc8 21. dxc5
dxc5 22. Bd2 c4 23. e5 Nfd5 24. Ra3 Qb6 25. h4 Nc6 26. e6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 fxe6
28. Qe2 Nce7 29. Ba2 Qxb2 30. Rxa5 c3 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Bxc3 Nxc3 33. Qxe7 Bxf3
34. gxf3 Bd4 35. Kg2 Nxa2 36. Qe6 Qxf2+ 37. Kh3 Rg8 38. Rxa2 Qxf3 39. Qe4 Qxe4
40. Nxe4 Re8 41. Re2 Kg7 42. Ng3 Rxe2 43. Nxe2 Be5 44. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bd5 12. Ne5 Bxc4 13. bxc4 Nfd7 14. Nd3
e5 15. d5 Nb6 16. b3 cxd5 17. cxd5 e4 18. Nf4 Na6 19. Ra5 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Rac8 21.
Nb5 Red8 22. Be1 g5 23. Nh5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd6 Rc5 27.
Nxe4 Rxa5 28. Bxa5 Kg6 29. Bd2 f5 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Kf7 32. Bd4 b6 33. Kf1
Ke6 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd2 Nc5 36. Kc2 g4 37. f3 h5 38. Bf6 Nd7 39. Bg7 gxf3 40.
gxf3 Ne5 41. Bxe5 Kxe5 42. Kc3 h4 43. Kc4 a6 44. h3 Ke6 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. Kc4 Ke5
47. Kc3 Kd5 48. Kb4 Kc6 49. Kc4 a5 50. Kd4 b5 51. Kc3 Kd5 52. Kd3 a4 53. b4 a3
54. Kc3 a2 55. Kb2 Kc4 56. Kxa2 Kd3 57. e4 fxe4 58. fxe4 Kxe4 59. Kb2 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d3 Nd4 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Ng4
dxe4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxe4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 b4 20. Nd5
Qd6 21. Nxc7 Bc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Qd2 Re8 25. exd5 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3
Rxe3 27. Kf2 Re8 28. Rd4 Rb8 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. Re4 Rc8 31. Kd4 f5 32. Re5 Rd8 33.
Kc5 Kf7 34. d6 Kf6 35. Re2 f4 36. Kc6 Rc8+ 37. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. c4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 b6
15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Kf8
21. f3 Ke7 22. Kf2 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. c4 Bf5 8. Bb2
Re8 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nc7 13. e5 Nb6 14. Nbd2 a5 15.
h3 Be6 16. Ne4 Qc8 17. Nfg5 Bd5 18. h4 a4 19. Bh3 Qd8 20. Nc5 Nb5 21. Rab1 axb3
22. axb3 Ra2 23. Qe3 h6 24. Nge4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Bg2 Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Nd5
28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Rfc1 Rc8 30. Nd3 Raa8 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. Nxc5 e6 33. Ra1 Rc8
34. Ra5 Nxd4 35. Bxd4 b6 36. Rb5 bxc5 37. Bxc5 Bxe5 38. b4 d4 39. Ra5 d3 40.
Kf1 Bc3 41. Ra6 e5 42. f3 d2 43. Ke2 Rd8 44. Rd6 Ra8 45. b5 Ra1 46. Rxd2 Bxd2
47. Kxd2 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5
15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. h3 h6 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. Bg3 Qg6 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qe3 Bf8 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Be7 23. Qc3 Qe6 24. Rc1 c5 25. dxc5 d4 26. Qd3 Qxa2 27. c6
Qxb2 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rc6 Bb4 30. Re4 Qd2 31. Qb3 Re7 32. Bf4 Qe1+ 33. Rxe1 Bxe1
34. e6 Ba5 35. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Kf8 8.
Ne5 g5 9. h4 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qh5 Qe7 12. Qh6+ Ke8 13. Qg7 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Rf8 15. Qxg5 Qb4+ 16. c3 Qe4+ 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Bxf4 Ne7 19. Kf2 Rg8 20. Bb5+ Bd7
21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rae1 Qd3 23. Rh3 Qb5 24. Qh5 Qxb2+ 25. Re2 Qb6+ 26. Rhe3 Qe6
27. Bg5 h6 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Qf3 Rg4 30. Rd2 Rd8 31. Rd4 Rdg8 32. Rxg4 Rxg4 33.
g3 Ra4 34. Re2 b6 35. Kg2 Rc4 36. Rf2 Re4 37. Qh5 d4 38. cxd4 Rxd4 39. Qe2 Qd5+
40. Kh2 Rd1 41. Kh3 Rh1+ 42. Rh2 Rg1 43. Rf2 Rh1+ 44. Rh2 Rc1 45. Rf2 Qh1+ 46.
Kg4 Re1 47. Rxf7+ Kxf7 48. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg5 e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. d5 c5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. a4 a6 15. Nc3
Qc7 16. h3 Rb8 17. Nh2 Ndf6 18. Ra1 b6 19. Nf1 Qd7 20. Rab1 Qe7 21. Bxh5 gxh5
22. Ng3 Qf8 23. b4 Bd7 24. b5 Ra8 25. bxa6 Rxa6 26. Qd3 Rea8 27. Qf3 Ne8 28.
Qxh5 f6 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Qf3 Bf8 31. Nf5 Kh8 32. Rb2 Be7 33. Nxe7 Qxe7 34. Reb1
Qd8 35. Bh6 Ng7 36. Rb3 Bxa4 37. Nxa4 Rxa4 38. Rxb6 Ra1 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rb7+
Kh8 41. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Yusupov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4
14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 g6 16. Ra3 Bg7 17. e5 $1 (17. Rae3 {Ftacnik} c5 18. d5 Nd7
19. b3 (19. h4 c4 20. h5 Nc5 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Nf1 Ncd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3
$13 {Sulskis,S-Lukacs,P/Budapest FS OctGM (01)/1994/1-0 (62)}) (19. Nf1 Nb6 20.
axb5 axb5 21. h4 Nc4 22. Rb3 Ra1 23. Bd2 Nxb2 24. Qe2 $17 {Ernst,T-Razuvaev,Y/
Reykjavik op (7)/1990/0-1 (35)}) 19... Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nf1 Na2 22. Bd2 b4
23. Qc2 Nc3 24. Bxc3 $17 {Gruenfeld,Y-Ivanov,A/Chicago/1994/0-1 (54)}) (17. Nh2
{Ftacnik} c5 18. d5 c4 (18... Nd7 19. Ndf3 (19. Ndf1 bxa4 20. Ng4 Kh7 21. Rxa4
Qe7 22. Nfe3 Nb6 23. Ra3 a5 24. Qf3 $40 {Arakhamia,K-Kakhiani,K/Tbilisi/1991/
1-0 (43)}) 19... Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ng4 Kh7 22. h4 Bc8 23. Nfh2 Bxg4 24.
Nxg4 $40 {Khalifman,A-Gavrilov,A/St.Petersburg op (03)/1994/1-0 (34)}) 19. Ndf1
$6 (19. Rg3 $5 $13) 19... Nd3 $1 20. Bxd3 b4 21. Ra1 cxd3 $13 {Nunn,J-Razuvaev,
Y/Dortmund/1991/1-0 (49)}) 17... dxe5 (17... Nfd5 18. Ne4 $36 (18. Qb3 {Ftacnik
} c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 (19... bxa4 20. Rxa4 dxc5 21. e6 $36) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Qxa8 22. Ne4 (22. e6 $6 c4 23. Qd1 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Bxg6 Nf4 $17) 22...
c4 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Qe2 $13)) 18. dxe5 Nh5 (18... Nfd5 19. Ne4 $16) (18... Nh7
19. Qb3 c5 20. Bxg6 Bd5 21. Bxh7+ $16) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3 (20. Qe2 $5 Bc6 (
20... Nf4 21. Qxb5 Rxa3 22. bxa3 Nbd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Qxb7 Nxe1 25. Nxe1 Rxe5
26. Nef3 $16) 21. Ne4 Nd5 $13) 20... c5 (20... Bf8) (20... Qe7 21. e6 $1 (21.
Bxg6 Bd5) 21... Nf4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. exf7+ $18) (20... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 21. Qxb5
$16) 21. Ne4 (21. Bxg6 Bd5 (21... c4 $2 {Ftacnik} 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Qxb4 fxg6
24. Qxb5 $16) 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Be4 Bxb3 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 (24... Nd3 {Ftacnik} 25.
Bc6 Re6 26. Rf1 Rxc6 27. Nxb3 Nxe5) 25. Nxb3 Nd3 26. Rf1 c4 27. Nbd4 b4 $44) (
21. Rxa8 {Ftacnik} Qxa8 22. e6 $6 Bd5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 $17) 21... Bxe5 (21... Bf8
$5 22. g4 $140 c4) (21... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 22. Nd6 $14) (21... Bd5 {Ftacnik} 22.
Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Qe3 $16) 22. Nxc5 $1 (22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Qc3 Qd5 (23... Bxe4 24.
Bxe4 Rxa3 25. Qxe5 (25. bxa3 Qe7 26. Bb2 Nc6) 25... Nd3 26. Rd1) 24. g4 f5 25.
gxh5 fxe4 $13) (22. Rxa8 {Ftacnik} Bxa8 (22... Qxa8 $2 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf6+
Nxf6 25. Rxe5 Qa1 (25... Bd5 26. Qc3 Qa1 27. Re1 $16) 26. Rxc5 Na6 27. Bxg6 $18
) 23. Nxc5 Bxf3 24. Qxb4 Bc6 25. Bxh6 Bxb2 $5 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qxb2 Qd1+ 28.
Kh2 Qd6+ 29. g3 Qxc5 $14) 22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rc8 (23... Rxa3 24. bxa3 Bh2+ 25.
Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Nd5 (26... Qd4 {Ftacnik} 27. Ne4 $40) 27. Kf1 $16) 24. Ne4
$1 (24. Ra7 Nf6 25. Ne4 Nc6) 24... Kg7 (24... Rxc1 $2 25. Rxc1 Bxb2 26. Ra7 $18
) (24... f5 {Ftacnik} 25. Qb3+ Rc4 26. Bd2 $1 (26. Nd2 Bh2+ 27. Kf1 Rxe1+ 28.
Kxe1 Qe7+ 29. Kd1 Nf4 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Qe3 Qd7 $13) 26... fxe4 27. Bxb4 $16)
25. Rd1 Qe7 (25... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 26. Bd2 $14 (26. Be3 $5)) 26. Be3 Red8 (26...
Rc7 27. Nc3 $5) (26... Bxb2 {Ftacnik} 27. Ra7 Rc7 (27... Qe6 28. Nd6 $16) 28.
Bc5 $1 $14) 27. Ra7 Qe6 (27... Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qe6 (28... Rd8 29. Qf3 (29. Qb3
Qe6) 29... Qe6 30. Nc5 Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rd7 $16) (28... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 29.
Bc5 $1) 29. Qd2 $1 $16) (27... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 28. Bc5 $1) 28. Nc5 (28. Rxd8 $1
Rxd8 29. g4 (29. Nc5 $5) 29... Nf6 (29... Nf4 30. Bxf4 (30. Nc5 Qd5) 30... Bxf4
31. Qxf4 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Nd5 (32... Rxb1 33. Nd6 $1 Qd5+ 34. f3 (34. Qf3 Rg1+)
34... Rxb2+ 35. Kg3 $18 Nd3 36. Ne8+ $18 (36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rf8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+
$1 Kxh8 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qxg6+ Kf8 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ $18)) 33. Qf3 Rxb1
34. Nc5) 30. g5 Nxe4 31. gxh6+ Kg8 32. Bxe4 f5 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Bxa8 Bxb2 $2
35. Bd2 $18) 28... Rxd1+ (28... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rdd7 $16) 29.
Qxd1 Qd5 $6 (29... Qd6 30. Qf3 Rc7) 30. Qg4 $1 $16 {/\Qg6} Rc7 (30... Rxc5 $4 {
Ftacnik} 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Bxc5+ $18) 31. Rxc7 Bxc7 32. g3 (32. Bd4+ Kf8 (32...
Kg8 33. Bxg6 $1 (33. Qc8+ Qd8) 33... fxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Ne6+ Ke7 36. Nxc7
$1 Qxd4 37. Qe8+ Kf6 38. Qh8+ Ng7 39. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 40. Ne6+ Kf6 41. Nxd4 $18)
(32... Kh7 33. Be4 $1 Qd6 34. Qd7 $1 $16 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Kd2
$18) (32... Nf6 33. Bxg6 fxg6 (33... Be5 34. Bxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxb4 $16) 34. Ne6+
Kf7 35. Nxc7 Nxg4 (35... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 36. Qg3 $16) 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 37. hxg4 $16)
33. Bxg6 $1 (33. Qd7 Qxd7 34. Nxd7+ Ke7) 33... fxg6 34. Ne6+ $16) (32. Bxg6 $5
{Ftacnik} fxg6 (32... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 33. Be4+ $2 Nxg4 34. Bxd5 Nxe3) 33. Ne6+
Kh7 34. Nxc7 $16) 32... Qc4 {(+)} (32... Qc4 {Yusupov} 33. Bd4+ (33. Qxc4 $16)
(33. Qd7 $1 {Ftacnik} Be5 34. b3 Qc3 35. Bxg6 $1 Kxg6 36. Qg4+ Kh7 37. Qxh5 Bg7
38. Qxf7 $18) 33... Nf6 (33... Kh7 34. Bxg6+ fxg6 35. Qd7+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37.
Qh8#) (33... f6 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Qxh5 $18) 34. Bxg6 $1 (34. Qd7 $2 Qxc5 $1)
34... Be5 (34... fxg6 35. Qd7+ Qf7 36. Ne6+ Kg8 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Nxc7 $18)
35. Bxe5 Qxg4 36. hxg4 Kxg6 37. f3 $16) 0-1

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6
14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Rb4 (16. Bc5 {Ftacnik} Bf6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. h3 Rfd8
$5 (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rfe8 20. d6 Qc4 21. d7 Qxc5 22. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Qa4
Nc6 24. Rxb7 $14 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1990/1-0 (62)}) 19. hxg4 Rxd5
20. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rad8 $1 22. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Rd2 24. Rfd1 $13 {
Strelbin-Nadanian,A/USSR/1991/}) 16... Bxf3 (16... b6 {Ftacnik} 17. e5 $1 Bxf3
$6 18. Bxf3 Rac8 19. d6 $1 exd6 20. exd6 $1 Nc4 21. Bf4 $1 $16 {Lautier,
J-Anand,V/Linares/1994/1-0 (34)}) 17. Bxf3 Nc4 18. Bd4 Nd2 19. Rb2 Nxf3+ 20.
Qxf3 Qa6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Qc7 Qd6 $1 $146 (23... Rfe8 24. Rxb7
Qd3 25. Qe5 a5 $4 26. Rxe7 $18 {Vaisser-Anand/Paris/1994}) (23... e6 $5 {
Ftacnik} 24. Rxb7 (24. d6 Rac8 25. Qe7 Rce8 26. Qxb7 Qxd6 27. Qxa7 $10) 24...
exd5 25. exd5 Qd3 26. d6 Rac8 $10) 24. Rxb7 (24. Qxd6 {Ftacnik} exd6 25. Rxb7
a5 $132) 24... Qxc7 25. Rxc7 a5 26. Ra1 (26. Rxe7 Rfb8 $1 (26... a4 {Ftacnik}
27. Rc7 a3 28. Rcc1 (28. Rc2 $2 a2 29. Ra1 Rfb8 30. Rcc1) 28... a2 $132)) 26...
Rfb8 27. h4 (27. Rxe7 a4 28. Rc7 (28. h4 a3 29. Ra2 $2 Rb2) 28... a3 29. h4 (
29. Rcc1 {Ftacnik} a2 $132) 29... a2 30. Rcc1 Rb2 $44) 27... a4 28. Kh2 (28.
Rxe7 a3) 28... Kf8 (28... a3 $1 29. Rc3 (29. Rxe7 a2 30. d6 Kf8 (30... Rb1 31.
d7 Kf8 32. Rxa2 $1) 31. Rc7 Rb1 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. d7 Rd1 35. d8=Q
Rxd8 36. Rxd8 Rxf2 $10) 29... a2 30. Rc2 Rb4 $10) 29. Ra3 (29. Rc3 {Ftacnik}
Rb4 30. f3 f5 $1 $132) 29... Rb3 30. Rxb3 (30. Ra2 {Ftacnik} a3) 30... axb3 31.
Rb7 Ra4 $10 32. f3 f5 33. exf5 Rxh4+ $1 (33... gxf5 34. Kg3 Rd4 35. Rxb3 Rxd5
36. Rb6) 34. Kg3 Rh5 35. fxg6 (35. Rxb3 {Ftacnik} Rxf5 $10) 35... Rg5+ (35...
Rxd5 $1 36. f4 Kg7 37. Rxe7+ Kxg6 $10) 36. Kh4 (36. Kf4 Rxd5 $1 (36... Rxg2 $4
37. d6 exd6 38. Kf5 $18)) 36... Rxd5 (36... Rxg2 $4 37. d6 (37. Rxb3 {Ftacnik}
Rxg6 $10) 37... exd6 38. Kh5 Rh2+ 39. Kg4 $18) 37. g4 (37. Rxb3 {Ftacnik} Rg5
38. g4 Rxg6 $10) 37... Rg5 38. f4 (38. Rb6 {Ftacnik} b2 39. Rxb2 Rxg6) 38...
Rxg6 39. f5 Rd6 40. Rxb3 Kf7 (40... e6 {Ftacnik} 41. f6 Kf7 42. Kh5 e5 43. Rb7+
Kxf6 44. Kxh6 e4 45. g5+ Kf5+ $10) 41. Kh5 Ra6 42. Re3 Rd6 43. Re6 Rxe6 44.
fxe6+ Kg7 (44... Kxe6 {Ftacnik} 45. Kxh6 (45. Kg6 Kd7 46. Kxh6 e5 47. g5 e4 $10
) 45... Kf7) 45. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Yusupov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 O-O (10... Nxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} 11. d5 $18)
11. Nbd2 h6 12. h3 Qb8 (12... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 13. a3 Ne7 14. Ba2 Kh8 15. b4 a5
16. Qc2 $6 axb4 17. axb4 f5 18. dxe5 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rae1
$6 Ra6 $1 22. exf5 $2 Nxf5 23. Rxe5 Nh4 $19 {Short,N-Kamsky,G/Linares (m/6)/
1994/0-1 (45)}) (12... exd4 {Ftacnik} 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb1 c5 15. a3 Nc6 16. d5
$1 Ne7 17. Bc2 $5 Nd7 18. Bf4 c4 $1 19. Nf1 f5 20. exf5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 N5f6 22.
Qd1 Bxf3 $1 23. Qxf3 d5 $13 {Kruszynski,W-Kishnev,S/Deutschland/1993/0-1 (53)})
(12... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 13. Bc2 Rae8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Bd3 Ng6 17. a4
Nf4 18. Bf1 bxa4 19. Qxa4 b5 20. Qb4 Rb8 21. c4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Ne8 23. Qa4 Qxa4
24. Rxa4 {Kuczynski,R-Polaczek,R/Saint John op-2/1988/0-1 (46)}) (12... Re8 {
Ftacnik} 13. d5 (13. Qb1 Nb8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4
Nbd7 18. Qa2 Qc7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Qb3 b5 22. Ncd2 Rac8 23. Qb4 Nh5
24. Nf1 {Yermolinsky,A-Malaniuk,V/URS-FL Sverdlovsk/1987/0-1 (49)}) 13... Ne7
14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Bc2 $1 Ng6 16. Bd3 Rc8 $5 (16... Nf4 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Nh7
19. g3 Ng6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Qxa4 b5 22. Qc2 Rf8 23. c4 Ne7 24. cxb5 {
Lhagvasuren,C-Hashim,A/Manila olm/1992/0.5 (50)}) 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. b4 Qe7 $2 (
18... f5 $1 19. exf5 Nf4 $10) 19. g3 Rc7 20. Nf1 Nf6 21. Ne3 Bc8 22. Kh2 Bd7
23. Re2 Rec8 24. Rec2 {Ljubojevic,L-Gulko,B/Reggio Top 15/1991/1-0 (67)}) 13.
d5 Ne7 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Bc2 (15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Qd8) 15... Nd7 16. Nh4 $3 {
It is imperative to stop f5. Had Black played 12...Re8 (the main line) instead
of 12...Qb8 then f5 wouldn't be an immediate threat. The point of Gata's
novelty (12...Qb8) is to leave the R on f8 since it is better placed to
execute f5. The Q on b8 doesn't X-ray h4 from b8 and this is the other
difference between the Re8 and Qb8.} Qd8 (16... f5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18.
exf5 Bxd5 19. Ne4 $16) 17. Nf1 $1 {White can hardly play moves like g2-g3.} g5
$2 (17... Nxd5 18. Nf5 {This variation helps us to find the best move (17...
b4!).} Ne7 (18... N5f6 {Ftacnik} 19. Nxd6 $14) 19. Nxd6 Bc6 $14) (17... b4 $1
18. cxb4 Nxd5 19. Ng6 $1 (19. Nf5 Nxb4 20. Nxd6 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 $14 {Yusupov})
19... fxg6 20. Bb3 $14) 18. Nf3 $1 {I spent 20 minutes on this move - till I
found I could reach the position after move 23 almost by force!} (18. Nf5 Nxf5
19. exf5 Nf6 {Tempting, but the position becomes too closed for my comfort and
Gata was building a house in Manhattan with all the free points he had been
getting from me around this time. So I was more careful now!} 20. Be4 (20. Ne3
$14) 20... Rc8 21. f3 Rc5 22. Ne3 Kg7) 18... f5 (18... Kg7 19. Ne3 $16) 19.
exf5 Nxf5 20. N3h2 $1 Qf6 $8 (20... Ne7 $2 21. Ne3 $16) 21. Ng4 Qg7 22. Nge3 $1
(22. Nfe3 Ne7) 22... Nxe3 (22... Ne7 23. Ng3) 23. Nxe3 Rf4 $1 {Black is
holding his position together by the barest of threads, but with his last move
he is beginning to defend his weaknesses. When he plays Raf8 the doubled Rs
will cover the f-file. If there were only one of them then 24.Bf5 would win on
the spot but now it is met by Raf8. So....} (23... Rf6 24. Qh5 Qf7 25. Qe2 $16)
24. a4 $3 (24. Bf5 Rf8 25. Be6+ Kh8) (24. Nf5 Qf6) (24. g3 Rf6 25. Bf5 Raf8)
24... Raf8 (24... bxa4 25. Rxa4 (25. g3 {Ftacnik} Rf7 26. Rxa4 Raf8 27. Re2 {
/\ h4}) 25... Raf8 (25... Rxa4 26. Bxa4 b5 27. Bc2 Nf6 28. b3 {/\c4+/-}) 26.
Rxf4 Rxf4 (26... gxf4 27. Nf5 Qf6 28. Qh5 $18) (26... exf4 27. Nf5 Qf6 28. Re6)
27. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3] And Black has no defence against g2-g3}) (24... b4 25.
g3 Rff8 26. cxb4 $18) 25. axb5 a5 (25... Rxf2 {Ftacnik} 26. bxa6 Ba8 27. Rf1
Qf7 28. Qe1 $16) 26. Rf1 Bc8 27. g3 R4f7 (27... Nf6 28. Kh2 $1 {Simpler} (28.
gxf4 gxf4+ 29. Kh2 fxe3 30. fxe3 $1 (30. Rg1 Ng4+ $1) 30... Qg5 31. Ra4 $3 (31.
Rg1 Ng4+ 32. Rxg4 Bxg4 33. Qxg4 Qxg4 34. hxg4 Rf2+ 35. Kg3 Rxc2))) 28. b4 (28.
Be4 $5 Nc5 29. Bg2 e4 30. Nc4 $1 $16) 28... e4 (28... axb4 {Ftacnik} 29. cxb4
Nb8 30. Qh5 $18) 29. Bxe4 Ne5 (29... Qxc3 {Ftacnik} 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Nf5 $1
Qf6 (31... Rxf5 $2 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rc1 $18) 32. Qh5 Rh7 33. f4 $18) 30. Bg2
axb4 31. cxb4 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Ra8 Bxh3 (33... Qb7 34. Qa1 $1 {/\ Ra7})
34. Qxf3 Rxa8 35. Rc1 Rf8 (35... Qb2 {Ftacnik} 36. Rc2 $16) 36. Qe2 Bd7 37. Rc7
Rf7 38. Rb7 Qa1+ 39. Nf1 (39. Kh2 {Ftacnik} Qf6) 39... Kg7 (39... Qa8 {Ftacnik}
40. Rxb6 Qxd5 41. Qd2 Qxd2 42. Nxd2 $18) 40. Rxb6 Qd4 41. Rb8 (41. Rxd6 Bxb5
42. Qc2 Bd3 43. Qd2 $16) 41... Qxb4 (41... Qxd5 {Ftacnik} 42. Qb2+ Qe5 (42...
Rf6 43. Rf8 $1 Qe5 44. Qxe5 dxe5 45. Rxf6 Kxf6 46. b6 Bc6 47. Ne3 Ke7 48. Nc4
$18) 43. Qxe5+ dxe5 44. Ne3 $18) 42. Ne3 h5 43. b6 (43. Qxh5 $2 {Ftacnik} Qe1+
44. Kh2 Rxf2+ 45. Ng2 Rxg2+ $1 46. Kxg2 Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qc1+ 48. Ke2 Qc4+ $132)
43... h4 (43... Bb5 44. Nf5+ $1 $18) 44. g4 {Dieser Bauernzug ist der Start
einer großen Karriere.} Bb5 45. Qd1 (45. Nf5+ Kh7 46. Qd1) 45... Qb2 46. Nf5+
Rxf5 (46... Kh7 {Ftacnik} 47. Qd4 Qxd4 48. Nxd4 Ba6 49. Ne6 Rb7 50. Nxg5+ $18)
47. gxf5 Be2 48. Qa4 {Unnecessarily complicating matters} (48. Qe1 $1 h3 49.
Re8 $18) 48... Bf3 (48... Qb1+ {Ftacnik} 49. Kh2 Qxf5 50. Qd4+ Kf7 51. b7 $18)
49. Qd7+ (49. f6+ Qxf6) 49... Kh6 50. Qe6+ Kh5 51. Qe8+ $1 (51. Qe1 Qd4) 51...
Kg4 52. Qe1 Bxd5 53. Re8 Bf3 (53... Qxb6 54. Qd1+ Bf3 55. Re4+) (53... Kxf5 {
Ftacnik} 54. Rf8+ Kg6 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56. Kh2 $18) 54. f6 {You can only run away
from an avalanche, not stop it. A lion can only eat one deer a day.} Kh5 (54...
Qxf6 {Ftacnik} 55. Qe6+ Qxe6 56. Rxe6 $18) 55. f7 Qd4 56. Re4 Qf6 (56... Bxe4 {
Ftacnik} 57. f8=Q $18) 57. b7 Bxe4 58. Qxe4 {Gata had seen enough.} (58. Qd1+ {
Much more elegant - White loses all his original peices but...} Bf3 59. b8=Q
Bxd1 60. f8=Q {His daughters take over!}) (58. Qxe4 {Ftacnik} Qa1+ 59. Kh2 Qf6
60. Kh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 f5 (11... f6 {Ftacnik} 12.
Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Qxe5 Qd7 17. a4 c6 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Bc2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Ra6 Rf6 24.
Kf1 $14 {Berelovich,A-Mikhalevski,V/Groningen op (02)/1993/1-0 (45)}) (11...
Qd7 {Ftacnik} 12. Nbd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qc5 Rae8 16. Nd4 Ne5
17. Bc2 Qf7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bc8 20. Ra5 c6 21. N2f3 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Re2 23.
Bd3 Rxb2 24. Qxc6 $14 {Prasad,D-Bhave,R/Calcutta (01)/1992/1-0 (34)}) 12. exf6
Qxf6 13. Nbd2 (13. Bc2 {Ftacnik} Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bf5 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxc2
17. Qxc2 Ne5 {Zapata,A-Anand,V/Thessaloniki olm (9)/1988/0.5 (17)}) 13... Bxe3
(13... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Rae1 (17. Rac1
Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rf6 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Re3 Bd7 22. Re5 Rcf8 23. Rc2 Rf4
24. Rce2 $14 {Tal,M-Langeweg,K/Wijk aan Zee/1968/1-0 (41)}) 17... Nf6 18. Bc2
g6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Rae8 21. f3 Bf7 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. g4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 $14 {
Sigurjonsson,G-Strobel,F/Vraca zt/1975/1-0 (41)}) 14. Qxe3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 (15.
Nxd2 {Ftacnik} Na5 (15... Rae8 16. Qc5 Ne5 17. Bxd5 Nd3 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Qxc7
Nxb2 $132) 16. Bc2) 15... Rad8 16. Rfe1 Kh8 (16... Na5 {Ftacnik} 17. Qe3 $14)
17. Re3 (17. Nd4 Bg8 $10) (17. Qe3 {Ftacnik} Bg4 18. Nd4 Na5 19. h3 Bc8 20.
Rad1 c5 21. Ne2 Bb7 22. Qxc5 d4 $132) (17. Re2 {Ftacnik} Bg4 $5 (17... Bg8 {
Ftacnik} 18. Rd1 d4 $5 19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 {Ftacnik} Bxb3 (19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4
c5 21. Re4) (19... Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Re4 Rfd8 22. Rde1 Qf7 23. Qc3 $16) 20.
axb3 Nxd4 (20... Qd6 21. Re4 Qd5 22. Qe3 Nb4 23. Rc1) 21. Nxd4 c5 22. Re4 h6 $1
(22... Rd5 23. b4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 $16) 23. b4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4
26. Rxd4 Rc8 27. Kf1 Rc2 $10) 19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. Re4 (21. d5 $6 c4 22.
Bc2 Rxd5 $15) 21... c4 (21... Bd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qe3 $14) (21... Qg6 22.
Rde1 c4 23. Bd1 Bd5 24. Rg4 $14) (21... Bxb3 22. axb3 Qf7 (22... h6 23. Qe3 Qf7
) 23. Qc2 Rd5 $44) 22. Bc2 c3 23. bxc3 Bxa2 $132) 18. Re3 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20.
cxd4 Rxd4 21. Qe1 c5 $10) 17... Bg8 18. Rd1 $2 d4 $1 19. Ree1 dxc3 20. Qxc3
Qxc3 21. bxc3 Na5 $6 (21... h6 22. h3 Na5) (21... Bxb3 {Ftacnik} 22. axb3 {xa6}
) 22. Bxg8 Kxg8 23. Ng5 $1 $36 (23. Ne5 {Ftacnik} Rd6 $1) 23... Nc4 24. h4 (24.
Ne6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nb2 $1 $10) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd6 (25... Re8 26. Rd7 h6 27.
Nh3 (27. Nf3 Ne5 $10) 27... c5 (27... Re2 28. Rxc7 Rxa2 29. Nf4) (27... c6 $5))
26. Ne6 Rf7 27. f3 (27. Nxc7 {Ftacnik} Rxc7 28. Rxd6 Rxc3 29. Rxa6 b4 30. Kh2
b3 $10) 27... Re7 $6 (27... Nb7 $1 28. Nd8 $10) 28. Nc5 (28. Nxc7 {Ftacnik}
Rxc7 29. Rxd6 Rxc3 30. Rxa6 b4 $10) 28... Re2 $6 (28... Re3 $1 29. Nxa6 Rxc3
30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxd6 Rc2 $10) (28... a5 {Ftacnik} 29. Kf2) 29. Nxa6 Nf5 30.
Nxc7 (30. Rd8+ {Ftacnik} Kf7 31. Rd7+) 30... Nxh4 31. Rd4 (31. Nxb5 $2 {Ftacnik
} Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rxa2) 31... Nf5 (31... Rxg2+ $2 {Ftacnik} 32. Kh1 Rxa2 33. Rxh4
$16) (31... Nxg2 $5 {Ftacnik} 32. a3 (32. Kf1 Rxa2 33. Re4 g5) 32... Ne1 33.
Kf1 Re7 34. Nxb5 Nxf3 $13) 32. Re4 Rxa2 (32... Rxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} 33. fxe4 Ng3
34. Nxb5 Nxe4 35. a4 $16) 33. Nxb5 Rc2 $2 (33... Rb2) 34. Kh2 Rb2 35. Nd4 $6 (
35. c4 $14) (35. c4 {Ftacnik} h5 $14) 35... Nxd4 36. Rxd4 (36. cxd4 {Ftacnik}
Rd2 $14) 36... Rc2 37. Rc4 {Hecht: Der aktive schwarze Rc2 hinter dem
Freibauern sichert das Remis.Der weisse Turm vor dem Freibauern ist nicht so
guenstig postiert.} (37. c4 {Hecht} Kf7 38. Kh3 Kf6 39. Re4 g5 40. g4 Rf2 41.
Kg3 Rc2 $10) 37... Kf7 38. f4 (38. Kh3 h5) (38. Kg3 {Ftacnik} h5 {xg2}) (38.
Rc5 {Ftacnik} h5 $1) 38... Rd2 $1 39. Rc6 Rd3 40. g3 h5 $1 41. Kh3 g6 42. Kg2 (
42. Kh4 Rf3 $1 (42... Re3 $14 {Ftacnik})) 42... Re3 43. Rc8 (43. Kf2 {Ftacnik}
Rd3 {xg3}) 43... Kg7 44. c4 Rc3 45. c5 Rc2+ 46. Kh3 (46. Kf3 {Ftacnik} Rc3+ 47.
Ke4 Rxg3 48. c6 Rc3) 46... Kf7 47. c6 Kg7 48. c7 Kh7 49. Kh4 Kg7 50. g4 (50.
Kg5 {Ftacnik} Rc5+) (50. g4 {Ftacnik} hxg4 51. Kxg4 Rc3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4
Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. N2f3 Nd3 (19... Nc5 {
Ftacnik} 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 (21. Ree3 Rxa3 22. bxa3 Nbd3 23. Nxb5 (23. Bxd3
cxd3 24. Qe1 $13 {De Firmian,N-Timoshchenko,G/Moscow GMA-qual f/1990/1-0 (53)})
23... Rxe4 {De Firmian,N-Ivanov,AV/USA-ch (06) /1994/0.5 (24)}) 21... Rxa3 22.
Nxa3 (22. bxa3 Nbd3 23. Re2 Rb8 24. Be3 $13 {Brouwer,D-Zjukin,S/EU chJ Sas van
Gent/1992/0-1 (42)}) 22... Ba6 23. Re3 Rb8 24. Rc3 (24. e5 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Nbd3 (
25... Ncd3 26. Ng4 Qd4 27. Nc2 Nxc2 28. Bxc2 Bd6 $1 29. b3 Qa1 30. bxc4 Bxc4
$44 {Dvoirys,S-Timoshchenko,G/URS/1988/0.5 (37)}) 26. Ng4 Qb6 27. Rg3 g6 28.
Bxh6 Qxb2 29. Qf3 $40 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,An/London Leningrad (m/16)/1986/1-0 
(41)}) 24... Nbd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Be3 $13 {Anand,V-Timoshchenko,G/Frunze/
1987/0-1 (69)}) 20. Bxd3 (20. Rxd3 $5 cxd3 21. axb5) 20... b4 21. Bxc4 (21. Ra1
cxd3 22. Qxd3 (22. Nb3 Qg6 $1 23. Qxd3 Nf6 24. Nh4 (24. Nbd2 Bxd5) 24... Qh7)
22... Nc5 23. Qc4 (23. Qb1 Bxd5 $1) (23. Qc2 {Ftacnik} Bxd5 $1) 23... a5 $1 24.
Nb5 Rac8 $1) 21... bxa3 22. b3 (22. b4 $6 Ne5 $1 23. Bb3 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Qa1 $1)
22... Nc5 {~/= Kasparov} (22... a2 23. Bb2 (23. Bb2 {Ftacnik} Nc5 24. Qc2 $44))
(22... Nb6 {Ftacnik} 23. Bd3 a2 24. Bb2 $44) 23. Qc2 Qg6 (23... Rac8 {Ftacnik}
24. Bxa3 $36) 24. Nh4 (24. Nd2 $6 a2 25. Bb2 Rac8) 24... Qf6 (24... Qh5 {
Ftacnik} 25. Nhf5) 25. Nhf3 Qg6 26. Nh4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 Qe7 (10... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 11. Nbd2 Bxe3 12.
Qxe3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 c5 14. c3 Qd7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 h6 20. Nf3 Rfc8 21. Rd6 a5 22. a3 Rab8 23. Nh4 Be6 24. f4
$18 {Hracek,Z-Krasenkov,M/Brno (04)/1994/1-0 (40)}) (10... O-O {Ftacnik} 11.
Nbd2 (11. Rd1 Ne7 12. c3 c6 13. Nd4 Bb6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. f3 Nc5 16. f4 Ne4 17.
Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 c5 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. a4 Qc6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bd3 d4 23. cxd4
cxd4 24. Bf2 $13 {Sokolov,A-Korneev,O/Bad Woerishofen op (04)/1992/0-1 (31)})
11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne7 14. Qc3 (14. c3 c5 15. h3 a5 16. Rad1 b4
17. Ba4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Qe2 h6 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Bc2 Rfd8 23.
Red1 Qc6 24. a4 {Balashov,Y-Korneev,O/Katowice op (08)/1992/0.5 (25)}) 14... a5
15. a4 b4 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Nd4 c6 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa7 20. Qa3 (20. Qxa7
Rxa7 21. Bc2 c5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rab1 Rf4 24. Rb8+ {Lobron,E-Yusupov,A/
Sarajevo/1984/0-1 (33)}) 20... Nf5 21. Nf3 c5 22. Bc2 Rad8 23. Rab1 d4 24. Be4
$10 {Dvoirys,S-Korneev,S/Moscow op/1990/0.5 (51)}) 11. c3 (11. Nbd2 {Ftacnik}
Nxd2 12. Qxd2 d4 (12... Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 $13) 13. Nxd4 (13. Bg5
Qd7) 13... Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Rd8 15. c3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qa5 cxd4
19. Qxa6 Qd7 20. a4 $14) 11... O-O 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. Bxc5 (13. Nbd2 {Ftacnik}
Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Na5 (15... Bg4 16. Bxd5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Qe3
$14) 16. Ng5 c5 17. f4 $14) 13... Qxc5 (13... Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7) 14. Nd4 (14.
Nbd2 {Ftacnik} Nxd2 15. Rxd2 d4 $10) 14... Qb6 $1 $8 15. f3 $6 (15. Nxc6 Qxc6
16. Nd2 $10 (16. Nd2 {Ftacnik} Nc5 17. Nf3 Bg4 $13)) 15... Nc5 16. Kh1 (16. Bc2
{Ftacnik} Rfe8 17. f4 Bc8 $132) 16... Rfe8 $15 17. Na3 Bc8 (17... Na5 18. Nac2)
18. Nxc6 (18. f4 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 19. cxd4 Nxb3 20. axb3 c5 $132) 18... Qxc6 19.
Nc2 (19. Bc2 {Ftacnik} f6 20. f4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Qe6 22. b4 Nb7 23. Re1 Nd6 $13)
19... Nxb3 20. axb3 f6 21. e6 $1 (21. Nb4 {Ftacnik} Qe6 22. Qf2 fxe5 $17) 21...
Rxe6 (21... Bxe6 {Ftacnik} 22. Nb4 Qd7 23. Rxa6 $14) (21... Qxe6 {Ftacnik} 22.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Nd4 Red6 24. b4) 22. Qf2 Qd6 23. b4 Rde8 24. Rd2 Qe7 $2 25. Kg1
$1 Re5 (25... Re2 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxe2 Qxe2 27. Re1 (27. Nd4 Qd3 28. Re1 Qg6)
27... Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Kf7 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Kd4 $44) 26. Nd4 Qd6 (
26... c5 $4 {Ftacnik} 27. Nc6) 27. Nb3 $44 Re3 28. Rad1 c6 29. Qg3 Qe7 (29...
Qxg3 {Ftacnik} 30. hxg3 $44) 30. Qf2 Re5 31. Nd4 Qc7 32. Nb3 (32. Qg3 {Ftacnik}
c5 $1 $15) 32... Re3 33. Nd4 R3e5 (33... c5 $2 {Ftacnik} 34. bxc5 Qxc5 35. Nc2)
34. Nb3 h6 35. Rf1 Re3 36. Nd4 R3e5 37. Nb3 Re3 38. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Kasparov Fritz3} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13.
Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 (18. Nd4 {
Ftacnik} Ne5 19. axb5 Qb6 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Rg3 Bc8 22. b3 $40 {Sokolov,
A-Portisch,L/Brussels/1988/1-0 (42)}) 18... axb5 19. Nd4 Ne5 $5 (19... Qb6 {
Ftacnik} 20. Nf5 Ne5 $1 (20... g6 $1 21. Nf1 $1 (21. Rg3 Kh7 22. Nf3 Nd3 23.
Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc5 25. Qd4 Qc7 26. e5 dxe5 27. Qh4 h5 28. Ng5+ {Zontakh,
A-Nestorovic,D/Belgrade Beopromet (03)/1993/1-0 (33)}) 21... Kh7 $2 22. Qd2 $1
$16 Rxa3 23. bxa3 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Nxh6 Bxd5 $1 $8 26. Qf4 $5 Bg7 27. Be3
Qa5 28. Bd2 $13 {Efimov,O-Feigelson,I/USSR/1988/0.5 (63)}) 21. Rg3 g6 22. Nf3
Ned3 23. Be3 Qd8 $1 24. Bxh6 Qf6 $1 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17 {Yang Xian-Lin Ta/China/
1988/}) (19... Rxa3 {Ftacnik} 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Re3 (22. Bb2 Qa5
23. Nf5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Qxd3 Ra8 27. Rc1 g6 28. Ne3 $16 {
Kasparov,G-Karpov,An/London/Leningrad (m/14)/1986/1-0 (41)}) 22... Ne5 (22...
Nc5 23. Bb2 g6 (23... Qa5 24. Rg3 Bc8 25. Nc6 Qa4 26. Qa1 $40 {Van der Wiel,
J-Gligoric,S/Palma de Mallorca GMA/1989/1-0 (45)}) 24. N4b3 Na4 25. Bd4 Ba6 26.
Rxd3 b4 27. Re3 bxa3 28. Qa1 $16 {Chandler,M-Mannion,S/Barnsdale YM/1989/1-0 
(40)}) 23. N4f3 $1 (23. Nxb5 Qa5 24. Nd4 Qc3 25. N2b3 Ba6 26. Bd2 Qb2 27. Bb4
g6 28. f4 $13 {Sax,Gy-Short,N/Saint John (m/2)/1988/}) (23. Qb3 Ba6 24. N4f3
Qc7 25. Bb2 b4 26. axb4 Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Qc4 28. Qxc4 $13 {Huebner,R-Short,N/
Belfort/1988/}) 23... f5 (23... Nc4 24. Rxd3 Qd7 $6 25. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 26. Re3
$16 {Ivanchuk,V-Kruppa,Y/Frunze/1988/1-0 (34)}) 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bb2 Re7 $8
26. exf5 $1 (26. Qb3 fxe4 $1 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 {Glek,I-Kuzmin,A/
Blagoveshensk/1988/0.5 (34)}) 26... Rxe3 27. fxe3 Bxd5 28. Qg4 $40 {Glek,
I-Kharlamov,V/corr/1988/1-0 (46)}) 20. Rxa8 $1 (20. Nxb5 Ba6 $1 (20... Qb6 {
Ftacnik})) 20... Qxa8 (20... Bxa8 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxb5 Qb6 22. Na3 $16) 21. Nxb5
Qa5 22. Na3 Ba6 (22... Nbd3 23. Naxc4 Nxc4 (23... Qa1 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Rf1 Ba6
26. Qc2 $16) 24. Bxd3 $16) (22... Ned3 $2 23. Ndxc4 $18) 23. Re3 (23. f4 Ned3
24. Ndxc4 Bxc4 (24... Qc5+ $2 25. Be3 $18) 25. Nxc4 Qc5+ 26. Re3 Qxc4 27. Bxd3
Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxe4 $44) 23... Qc5 (23... Ned3 $2 24. Ndxc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qa1
26. Bxd3 $18) (23... Nbd3 $2 24. Naxc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 (25... Nxf2 {Ftacnik}
26. Nxa5 Nxd1 27. Re1 $18) 26. Rxd3 Rxe4 27. Rc3 Re5 28. Qc2 $18) (23... Be7 $5
) 24. Rc3 (24. Qa4 Rc8) 24... Ned3 (24... Qd4 25. Qa4 Rb8 26. Ndxc4 Nxc4 27.
Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Be3 Bb5 29. Qb3 $18) 25. Bxd3 (25. Qf3 Nxd5 26. exd5 Re1+ 27. Kh2
Nxc1 (27... Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxc1 29. Naxc4 Bxc4 30. Qe4 g6 31. Qxc4) 28. Naxc4
Ne2) 25... Nxd3 26. Qf3 (26. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Qxd5 $1 27. Naxc4 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Qb7
$44) 26... Ne5 27. Qe2 Rc8 (27... f5 28. exf5 Qxd5 (28... Nd3 29. Qxe8 Qxf2+
30. Kh2 $16) 29. Ndxc4 {/\Ne3}) 28. Nb3 (28. Nf3 $5 Nd3 29. Qc2 $5 g6 30. Be3)
(28. b3 {Ftacnik} Qd4 29. Bb2 Nd3 30. Nf3 Qb6 31. Ba1 Nf4 32. Qd2 cxb3 33. Rxc8
Bxc8 34. Qxf4 b2 35. Bxb2 Qxb2 36. Nc4 Qb4 $14) 28... Qb4 (28... Qb6 {Ftacnik}
29. Be3) 29. Nd4 g6 30. Nac2 (30. Be3 {Ftacnik} Nd3 31. Nc6) 30... Qb7 31. Be3
$1 Bg7 (31... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 32. Ra3 Bb7 33. Ra7 $14 (33. Ra5 Rc5 $1 34. Rxc5
dxc5 35. Ne1 Qb1 36. Ndc2 Nd3 37. f3 Bg7 $132)) 32. Qd1 (32. Ra3 $2 c3 33. Qxa6
Qxa6 34. Rxa6 cxb2 35. Rb6 Nc4 36. Rb7 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Bxd4 38. exd4 Rxc2 39. Kh2
Rd2 40. e5 $10) (32. Na3 {Ftacnik} Nd3 (32... Rb8 33. f4 Nd3 34. Nxc4 Nxf4 35.
Qd2 $16) 33. Qd2 Nc5 34. f3 Nb3 $132) 32... Qxb2 (32... Nd3 $5 {Ftacnik} 33. b3
Nc5 (33... cxb3 $2 34. Rxb3 $18) 34. bxc4 (34. b4 Nxe4 35. Ra3 c3 36. b5 Bxb5
37. Rb3 Rc5) 34... Nxe4 35. Rb3 Qc7 36. Na3 (36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. cxb5 Qxc2 38.
Qxc2 Rxc2 39. b6 Nc5 40. Bxc5 $140 $2 dxc5 41. b7 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Be5+ 43. g3 Bb8)
36... Bxc4 37. Nxc4 Qxc4 38. Nc6 Nc3 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Rxc3 Qxc3 41. Nxc8 Qxc8
$10) 33. Ra3 Qb7 34. Qa1 Bb5 35. Bd2 $1 (35. Ra7 {Ftacnik} Qb8 36. Nb4 c3 $1
$132) 35... c3 $2 (35... Be8 36. Bc3 $14) (35... Nd3 {Ftacnik} 36. Bc3 Qb6 37.
Ne3 (37. Ra7 Be5 38. Ne3 $16) 37... Bd7 38. Ra6 Qc5 39. Ra7 Rc7 40. Ra5 Qb6 41.
Ra8+ $16) 36. Bxc3 (36. Rxc3 {Ftacnik} Bd3 37. Qe1 Rxc3 38. Bxc3 Bxc2 39. Nxc2
Nd3 40. Qf1 Nc5 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 36... Bd3 37. Nc6 $1 (37. Nb4 Bxe4 (37...
Nc4 38. Ra7 Qb6 39. Ra6) 38. Ndc6 Re8 39. Nxe5 Bxe5 40. Bxe5 dxe5) (37. f3 {
Ftacnik} Bxc2 38. Nxc2 Qc7 39. Kh1 $1 (39. Nd4 Nxf3+ $1 40. gxf3 Qxc3 41. Rxc3
Bxd4+ 42. Kg2 Rxc3 $10) 39... Qc4 (39... Nxf3 $2 40. Bxg7 Qxc2 41. Rxf3 Qc1+
42. Kh2 $18) (39... Nc4 40. Ra7 Qxa7 41. Qxa7 Bxc3 42. Qb7 $16) 40. Nd4 $16)
37... Nxc6 (37... Bxc2 38. Ra7 Qb3 (38... Qxa7 {Ftacnik} 39. Qxa7 (39. Nxa7
Nf3+ 40. gxf3 Rxc3 41. Qa6 $16) 39... Nxc6 40. Qb7 Na7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Qxa7
$16) (38... Qb1+ 39. Qxb1 Bxb1 40. Ne7+ $18) 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Nxc8 Nf3+ 41.
gxf3 Bxc3 42. Qa2 $18) 38. dxc6 (38. Bxg7 Bxc2 39. dxc6 (39. Qf6 Qe7 40. dxc6
Qxf6 41. Bxf6 Bxe4 42. c7 Rxc7 43. Re3 d5) 39... Qb1+ 40. Qxb1 Bxb1 41. Bf6 (
41. Bxh6 {Ftacnik} Bxe4 $10) 41... Bxe4 42. c7 Rxc7 43. Re3 Bc6) 38... Qxc6 (
38... Rxc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 39. Bxg7 Bxc2 40. Ra8+ Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Qxc8 42. Bxh6 $18)
39. Bxg7 (39. Nb4 Qxc3 $1 (39... Bxc3 $2 40. Nxc6 Bxa1 41. Ne7+ $18) 40. Rxc3
Bxc3 41. Qd1 (41. Qc1 $2 Bxe4 42. Na2 d5 43. Nxc3 d4 44. Qf4 dxc3) 41... Bxe4
42. Nd5 Bxd5 $10) 39... Qxc2 40. Kh2 $2 (40. Bxh6 $1 Qb1+ 41. Qxb1 Bxb1 42. f3
$16 f5) (40. Qf6 $2 {Ftacnik} Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qxa3 42. Bxh6 Qc3 $19) 40... Kh7 $1
(40... Qc1 $4 41. Rxd3 Qf4+ 42. Rg3 h5 43. Qf6 $18) 41. Ra2 $6 (41. Ra7 Qxf2) (
41. Rc3 Rxc3 42. Qxc3 Qxf2 43. Bh8 f6 (43... Qf4+ 44. Kg1 f6 45. Qxf6 Qxf6 $10)
44. Qxf6) (41. Qf6 Bc4 (41... Rg8 42. Bxh6 {Kasparov} (42. Bh8 {Fritzy baby}
Qc7 (42... Qc4 43. Ra7 Bxe4 44. Rxf7+ Qxf7 45. Qxf7+ Kxh8 46. Qf4 $18) 43. Ra8
d5+ 44. e5) 42... Kxh6 43. Qxf7 Rg7 (43... Qc4 44. Qf4+) (43... Bc4 44. Qf4+
Kh7 45. Ra7+ Rg7 46. Qh4+ Kg8 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Qd8 $18) 44. Qf4+) 42. Ra5 {
Fritz3} (42. Rg3 Qxe4 (42... Rg8 43. Bxh6 Kxh6 44. Rg4 $16) 43. Rg4 Qe5+ 44.
Qxe5 dxe5 45. Bxe5 $10) 42... Qd2 $1 (42... Rg8 $4 43. Rh5 Rxg7 44. Rxh6+ $18)
(42... Qxe4 $4 43. Rh5 Kg8 44. Rxh6 (44. Bxh6 $18) 44... Qe5+ 45. Qxe5 dxe5 46.
Bf6 $18) 43. Rh5 $3 gxh5 44. f4 Qxf4+ $1 45. Qxf4 Kxg7 46. e5 (46. Qxd6 Be6 $10
) 46... dxe5 47. Qxe5+ Kg6 $10) (41. f3 {Ftacnik} Qd2 $132) 41... Qc1 42. Qxc1
(42. Qf6 {Ftacnik} Rg8 43. Bh8 Bc4 44. Ra8 Qg5 45. Qc3 $2 (45. Qxg5 hxg5 $10)
45... Bf1 $1 46. g3 Qh5 47. g4 Qh4 48. Kg1 Bxh3) 42... Rxc1 43. Bf8 (43. Bf8 {
Ftacnik} Bxe4 44. Bxd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Be2
Bg4 (7... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 8. Qc1 (8. b4 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qb3 e5 11. Rfc1 h6
12. Bh4 e4 13. Ne1 Nf8 14. c4 Be6 15. c5 Qc7 16. b5 N8d7 17. Rab1 a6 18. bxc6
bxc6 19. Bg3 Qa5 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Nb8 22. Rcb3 Nfd7 23. Rb7 Rc8 24. Rc7
$16 {Miles,A-Balenovic,Z/Biel op (01)/1994/1-0 (37)}) 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10.
Nxf3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rfe8 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf4 Ree8 16.
Rfd1 Ne4 17. Bf3 Re7 18. a4 a5 19. Ra3 Rae8 20. Rb3 Qa6 21. Be2 Qa7 22. Bf3 Qa6
{Svidler,P-Anapolsky,S/URS-chJ Jurmala/1992/0.5 (23)}) (7... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 8.
O-O Qb6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Qa7 12. Qb2 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Bh4 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. bxa5 Rab8 17. Qb4 Bf8 18. Qb3 Qxa5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 b5
21. Bf6 Ra8 22. Bg4 Qa7 23. Re1 h5 24. Bh3 {Miles,A-Becerra Rivero,J/
Capablanca mem-A (09)/1994/1-0 (48)}) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b4 $146 (9. h3 {Ftacnik}
Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Re8 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Bg7 {Koepf,U-Stock,C/Munich op9192 (06)/1992/0.5 (17)
}) 9... a5 (9... Re8 {Ftacnik} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qc2 b6
14. Rfc1 c5 15. Qb2 e4 16. Be2 c4 $10 {Bree,T-Wierzbicki,J/Dortmund op/1993/0.
5 (25)}) 10. b5 (10. a4 {Ftacnik} Re8) 10... a4 (10... Re8 $5 {Ftacnik} 11. a4
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5) 11. Rc1 Re8 12. c4 Qa5 13. h3 (13. cxd5 {Ftacnik} cxd5 14.
Qc2 Rec8 (14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16. Qc7 Ndf6 17. Qxb7 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Qd2 19.
Bf3 Rab8 $13) 15. Qxc8+ Rxc8 16. Rxc8+ Nf8 $13) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 (14. Nxf3 {
Ftacnik} Ne4) 14... e6 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18.
Bxd5 Qxb5 19. Ne4 $14 (19. e4 $14)) 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 (16. c5 {Ftacnik}
Rab8 17. Qc2 e5 $10) 16... Bf8 (16... e5 $5 17. cxd5 (17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2)
17... cxd5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 (18... Bxf6 $2 19. Qc6 $16)) 17. Rfd1 (17. c5 {Ftacnik
} e5 $132) 17... Rab8 18. Bf4 Rbc8 19. cxd5 exd5 (19... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxc8
Rxc8 21. Rxc8 Kg7 22. Nf1 $14) 20. e4 dxe4 (20... Ba3 $2 21. e5 $1 (21. Rb1 {
Ftacnik /\ e5}) 21... Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 $18) 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Ba3 23. Rb1 Nf6 (23... Qa6 {Ftacnik} 24. Bd3 Qa8 25. Qc4 c5 26.
d5 Bb4 27. Qa6 $16) 24. Bxc6 Qa6 25. Bb5 (25. Qd3 $2 Re1+ $1 {Fritz3}) (25. d5
{Ftacnik} Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxc6) (25. Qc3 {Ftacnik} Bf8 26. Rbc1 Re6 27. d5 Nxd5
28. Rxd5 Rexc6 $15) 25... Rxc2 (25... Qxb5 $2 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxc8 Qxb1 27. Qxe8+
Nxe8 28. Rxb1 $18) 26. Bxa6 Nd5 (26... Rxa2 {Ftacnik} 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bb2
29. Rxa4 $16) 27. Bd2 Rd8 (27... Rxa2 $2 {Ftacnik} 28. Bc4) 28. Bg5 (28. Bb5 {
Ftacnik} Rxd2 $1 29. Rxd2 Nc3 30. Bd3 Nxb1 31. Bxb1 Bc5 32. d5 Rb8 $10) 28...
Be7 29. Bxe7 (29. Rd2 Rc1+ $3 30. Rxc1 Bxg5 $10 31. Rdc2 (31. Rcd1 Nc3) 31...
Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Nb4 $10) 29... Nxe7 30. a3 (30. Rb7 {Ftacnik} Nf5 31. Bd3 Rxa2
32. Bc4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Nxd4 35. Rxf7 Kh8 $10) 30... Rc3 31. Ra1 Rd5
32. Bb7 (32. Be2 {Ftacnik} Nf5 $10) 32... Rd7 33. Bf3 Nf5 34. d5 h5 35. Rd2 Nd6
36. Rd4 (36. Bd1 {Ftacnik} Ra7 (36... Rc4 37. Rb1) 37. Rd4 Nb5 (37... Nc4 38.
Rb1 Nxa3 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. d6) 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Bxa4 Rxa3 40. Rxa3 Nxa3 41. d6
Kf8 42. Bb3 f6 43. h4 Nb5 44. d7 Ke7 45. Bf7 g5 46. g3 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kxd7 48.
Bxh5 Ke7 $10) 36... Rc4 37. Rad1 (37. Rxc4 {Ftacnik} Nxc4 38. Rc1 Nxa3 39. Rc8+
Kg7 40. Ra8 Nc4 41. Rxa4 Nd2 $10) 37... Rdc7 38. Be2 Rc2 39. Bf1 (39. R1d2 {
Ftacnik} Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Rc3 41. Rd3 Rc1+ 42. Bd1 Kf8 $14) 39... Ra7 40. R1d2 Rc1
41. Rd1 Rc3 42. Ra1 (42. R4d3 {Ftacnik} Rb3 $5) 42... Kg7 43. g3 Ra5 44. Be2
Nf5 45. Rd2 Nd6 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Bf3 Rac5 48. Rb2 (48. Bd1 {Ftacnik} Ra5 (48...
Nc4 49. Rd4 Ke5 50. Rf4 f5 51. Bxa4 Rxa3 (51... Rxd5 52. Rxc4 $1 Rxc4 53. Bb3
Rcc5 54. Bxd5 Kxd5 55. a4 Ra5 56. Kf3 $16) 52. Rxa3 Nxa3 53. Bb3 Nb5 $14) 49.
Rd4 Nb5 50. Rxa4 Rxa4 51. Bxa4 Rxa3 $10) 48... Rb5 49. Rxb5 (49. Rd2 {Ftacnik}
Rbb3) 49... Nxb5 50. Bd1 Rxa3 51. Rxa3 Nxa3 52. Bxa4 Nc4 $10 (52... Ke5 {
Ftacnik} 53. Be8) 53. Bb3 (53. Kf3 {Ftacnik} Nb6 54. Bb3 Nc8 $10) 53... Nd6 54.
f4 $2 {Gives away any lingering hopes.} (54. h4 $142 {/\ f3, g4 but it should
be drawn anyway.}) (54. Kf3 {Ftacnik} Ke5 55. Ke3 Nf5+ 56. Kd3 g5 57. Bd1 Kxd5
58. Bxh5 f6 $14) 54... Nf5 55. Kf2 Ke7 56. g4 (56. Bc2 {Ftacnik} Kd6 57. Ba4
Ke7 $10) 56... hxg4 57. hxg4 Nd6 58. Ke3 Ne8 59. Kd4 Nd6 60. Bc4 (60. Ba4 {
Ftacnik} Nc8 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Anand,V (08)/PCA-WchQual Las Palmas ;CBM 46 1995
} (60... Nc8 {Ftacnik} 61. Kc5 Nd6 62. Kc6 Ne4 $10)) 60... Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak Ftacnik Yusupov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2
exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qd7 16. b3 $1 (16. e5 {Ftacnik} dxe5 17. dxe5 Nh5 18.
axb5 Qxb5 19. Qb3 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Smejkal,J/Sarajevo/1982/}) (16. Ra3 {Ftacnik
} bxa4 17. Rxa4 a5 (17... Qb5 18. Ra3 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nh2 $16 {Dvoirys,
S-Goldin,A/URS/1985/}) 18. Ra3 Qb5 19. Nh2 (19. d5 c6 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Nc4 Qd8
22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Nf5 d5 24. Rg3 $40 {Rodriguez,Am-Geller,E/Moskva/1985/0.5 
(41)}) 19... g6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Bg7 22. Nf3 c5 23. Qh4 h5 24. d5 $16 {
Dvoirys,S-Lerner,K/Kharkov/1985/}) 16... g6 (16... c5 {Ftacnik} 17. d5) 17. Bb2
$1 $146 Bg7 18. Qc1 $1 (18. d5 c6 {Van der Wiel}) (18. Bc3 $2 {Knaak} c5 19. d5
Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Nxd2 $19) 18... Rac8 (18... d5 {Ftacnik} 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rac8 $14) 19. Bc3 c5 20. d5 {Ftacnik: The structure
became very similar to Benoni defence. White`s dream is to achieve the push
e4-e5 under favourable circumstances. Knaak: Diese Bauernstruktur wurde auch
in der 5. und 7. Partie erreicht. Hier hat Weiß noch den Vorteil des gut
plazierten Bc3, welcher ein Gegengewicht zum starken Bg7 darstellt. Da der Bc3
den Nb4 bedroht, ist c5-c4 /\Nb4-d3 verhindert.} (20. Bxb4 $6 {Ftacnik} cxb4
21. Qb2 Rc3 $15) 20... Qe7 {/\ Nd7} 21. Nf1 (21. Qb2 {Ftacnik} Nh5 22. Bxg7
Nxg7) 21... Nh7 $2 {Why play 20...Qd7 if you are going to play Nh7?} (21... Nd7
$1 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne3 h5 {/\ Ne5}) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne3 $1 h5 {Ftacnik:
Weakens the K- side position and gives White more ground forr pursuing his
plan.} (23... Qf6 24. Ng4 $1 Qxa1 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. e5 $1 Rxe5 (26... Qc3 27.
Bxg6 (27. Ng5 $2 {Ftacnik} Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxe5+ 29. Nxe5 Nxg5 30. Nxg6 f6 $17)
27... fxg6 28. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Re4 $1 $18) (26...
dxe5 {Ftacnik} 27. Ng5 Rc7 28. Nxh7 $18) 27. Ngxe5 $1 (27. Rxe5 $2 dxe5 $1 28.
Ng5 Qxb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5) 27... dxe5 28. Bxg6 Qxe1+ 29. Nxe1 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ $16) (
23... Ng5 24. Nxg5 (24. Qc3+ {Ftacnik} Kh7 (24... Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nxg5
hxg5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra5 $14) 25. Nxg5+ Qxg5) 24... hxg5 (24... Qxg5 25. axb5
axb5 26. f4 $1 $16) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 $1 Qc7 27. Ra7 $16 Ra8 $140 (27...
Qb6 28. Nf5+ gxf5 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. e5 $1 $18) 28. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 (
28... Kf6 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxd6 $18) 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. e5 $1 $40)
24. Qd2 $1 {/\Nd4} Kg8 (24... Qf6 25. Ra3 (25. Ra3 {Ftacnik} bxa4 26. Rxa4 $14)
) (24... bxa4 $5 25. Rxa4 $16) (24... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf5+ gxf5
27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. e5 dxe5 (28... Nh7 29. Qxh5 f6 30. Bxf5 Bxd5 31. exf6 Qf7 32.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Bg6 Bxf3 34. Qh6 Qxg6 35. Qxg6 Rg8 36. Qf5 $16) 29. Rxe5 Qd6 30.
Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rxf5 Ne4 32. Rg5+ Nxg5 33. Qxd6 $16) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd1 $3 {
This move really kills Black. It stops Ng5 and strikes at b5.} Na6 {Knaak: Der
nur scheinbar aktiv postierte Nb4 zieht sich zurück.} (26... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 27.
Nc3 {xb5}) (26... Ra8 {Knaak} 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Nc3 Qd7 29. e5 dxe5 30. Nxe5
Qd6 31. Qf4 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Nxf6 33. d6 $16) 27. Nc3 b4 28. Nb5 (28. Na4 $5 $16 {
/\Nb6-c4}) 28... Nc7 (28... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 29. Qf4 Red8 30. Bd3 $16) 29. Bd3
Nxb5 30. Bxb5 {Knaak: Die schwarze Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel ist wertlos.
Weiß wir aber im geeigneten Moment e4-e5 durchsetzen können.} Red8 31. Bc4 $1 {
Most Benoni players would have fainted by this point! Ftacnik: Black has lost
the positional battle, e4-e5 becomes a real threat.} Nf6 32. Qh6 $1 {><g6} Qf8
(32... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. e5 Nh7 (34... dxe5 {Knaak} 35. d6 Qf8
36. Qxg6+ $18) (34... Nxd5 {Knaak} 35. Ng5 $18) 35. e6 $40 (35. Qf4 Rd8 36.
exd6 Qxd6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Ne5 Nf6 39. Rxd8 Qxd8 $13)) (32... Nxe4 {Knaak} 33.
Ra2 $1) 33. Qg5 (33. Qf4 $5 $16) 33... Qg7 (33... Nh7 34. Qf4 $16) (33... Qe7
34. Ra7 $1) 34. Ra7 $16 Rc7 (34... Rd7 35. e5 (35. Bb5 {Knaak} Bc6 36. Rxd7
Bxd7 37. Bxd7 Nxd7 38. Qe7 $18) 35... Ne8 (35... Nxd5 36. e6 $1 fxe6 37. Rxe6
$18) (35... dxe5 36. Nxe5 Rdc7 37. d6 $18) 36. e6 Rdc7 37. exf7+ Qxf7 38. Re6
$18) (34... Ba8 {Ftacnik} 35. e5 Nh7 36. Qg3 $16) 35. Ba6 $1 Rb8 (35... Rdd7
36. Bxb7 Rxb7 37. Ra8+ $1 Kh7 38. Qf4 Ng8 39. e5 dxe5 40. Rxe5 $1 {/\ Ree8})
36. e5 $1 {At last - now this is decisive. Ftacnik: Since his opponent is tied
down along the a-file, White has already achieved a winning advantage.} Ne8 (
36... dxe5 37. d6 Rd7 38. Nxe5 $18) (36... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 37. exd6 $18) 37.
Rxb7 Rcxb7 38. Bxb7 Rxb7 39. Qd8 Qf8 40. Ra1 $1 (40. e6 $2 fxe6 $16 (40... f6
41. e7 Qf7 42. Nd2 Kg7 43. Nc4 $18) 41. Rxe6 (41. dxe6 Qe7) 41... Ng7 42. Qxf8+
(42. Rxd6 $16 {Ftacnik}) 42... Kxf8 43. Rxg6 c4) 40... Nc7 41. Qd7 (41. Qxf8+ {
Ftacnik} Kxf8 42. exd6 Nxd5 43. Ne5 $16) 41... Qb8 (41... Qe8 $2 42. Qc6 $1
Qxc6 43. dxc6 Rb6 44. exd6 $18) (41... dxe5 {Ftacnik} 42. d6 Qe8 43. dxc7 $1
Qxd7 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. c8=Q $18) 42. Qxd6 $18 (42. exd6 {Ftacnik} Nxd5 43. Qc6
Nf6 $14) 42... c4 $8 (42... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 43. Rc1 $18) 43. bxc4 b3 44. Rb1 (44.
Ng5 b2 45. Rb1 Ra7 46. Kh2 $1 $18 (46. Rxb2 Qxb2 47. Qd8+ Ne8 $1 48. Qxe8+ Kg7)
46... Ra1 $140 47. Rxb2 Qxb2 48. Qd8+ Kg7 (48... Ne8 49. Qxe8+ Kg7 50. Qxf7+
Kh6 51. Qf8+ $1 Kxg5 52. h4+ Kg4 53. Qf3+ Kxh4 54. Qf4#) 49. Qf6+ Kh6 50. Nxf7+
Kh7 51. Qh8# {Yusupov}) 44... b2 45. Qc5 $1 Rb3 (45... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 46. Qd4 (
46. Rxb2 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Qxb2 48. Qxc7 Ra2 49. e6 fxe6 50. dxe6 Qf6 (50... Qxf2
51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qf8+ Kh7 53. Ng5#) 51. e7 Ra8 52. Qd7 Qf4+ 53. Kh1 Qf7 54.
Qd8+ Qe8 55. Qd5+ Kg7 56. Qe5+ Kg8 57. Ng5 $40) 46... Ra2 47. Ng5 $18) 46. Qd4
Qb4 47. Ng5 $1 $40 Rc3 48. Qf4 $1 f6 (48... Rc1+ 49. Rxc1 (49. Kh2) 49...
bxc1=Q+ 50. Qxc1) (48... Qf8 {Ftacnik} 49. Rxb2 $18) 49. exf6 Nxd5 50. f7+ (50.
f7+ Kf8 (50... Kg7 51. f8=Q+ Qxf8 52. Ne6+ Kh7 53. Qxf8 Rc1+ 54. Kh2 Rh1+ 55.
Kxh1 Ne3 56. Qg7#) 51. Ne6+ Ke7 52. f8=Q+ Kd7 53. Qd8+ Kc6 54. Qfc7+ Nxc7 55.
Qxc7#) 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Qa3 13. Qb3 (
13. Qd2 $6 {Ftacnik} Rd8 {/\ Nd4!} 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bb5 b6 $1 16. f4 $6 Ng4 17.
Bd4 e5 $1 18. Bb2 Qxa2 19. Ra1 Qb3 20. Bc6 Rb8 21. Rxa7 Ne3+ 22. Kf2 Nc4 23.
Qc3 Qxb2 24. Qxc4 $17 {Ftacnik,L-Gurevich,I/Biel izt/1993/0-1 (38)}) (13. Rc3 {
Ftacnik} Qd6 14. f3 Na5 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Bf4 Qb4 17. Bd2 b6 18. Rc7 Qd6 19. Bf4
Qd8 20. d5 Bd7 21. Ba6 e6 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Qc2 Bc8 24. Bb5 {Browne,W-Kudrin,S/
Philadelphia opI (9)/1992/0.5 (75)}) 13... Qxb3 14. Bxb3 (14. axb3 {Ftacnik}
Rd8 (14... e6 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bd7 $10) 15. d5 Na5 16. f4 b6 $13) 14... Bd7
15. f4 $1 $146 Rfc8 16. Kf2 (16. d5 {Ftacnik} Na5 17. Rxc8+ $140 $2 Rxc8 18.
Bxa7 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bb5 20. Ke1 Rc2 $17) 16... Na5 17. d5 (17. Rxc8+ {Ftacnik}
Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 e6 $10) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Bb2 $1 (18... b6 19. Bd4
$16) (18... a5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bd4 b5 $132) 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Bxa7 Rc2 21. Kf3 (
21. Ke3 Bg4 22. Re1 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Bc1+ 24. Kd3 Rxe2 25. Kxe2 Bxf4 $10) 21... f5
22. exf5 (22. e5 $6 {Ftacnik} Rd2 23. Ke3 Rxd5 24. Rb1 Ba3 25. Nc3 Ra5 26. Bd4
Bb4 $15) 22... Bxf5 (22... gxf5 {= Short,N}) 23. Rd1 Ba3 (23... h5 {Ftacnik}
24. h3 Kf7 25. Bd4 Ba3 26. Be5 Bc5) 24. Be3 (24. Nd4 {Ftacnik} Rc3+ 25. Kf2 Be4
26. g3 Bd6) 24... Bd6 25. h3 (25. Nd4 $5 {Ftacnik} Rb2 26. Nxf5 (26. g4 Bd7 27.
h3 Kf7) 26... gxf5 27. Rd3 Kf7 28. h3 h5 29. Bd4 Rc2 $14) 25... Ra2 26. Nd4 Bd7
27. Rc1 (27. Rd2 {Ftacnik} Ra3 (27... Ra1 28. Ne6 $5 Rb1 29. Rd3 $14) 28. Rc2
Kf7) 27... Kf7 28. g4 (28. Rc2 {Ftacnik} Ra5 29. Ke4 h5 $44) 28... h5 $1 $44 (
28... Ra5 {Ftacnik} 29. Ke4) 29. Kg3 $2 (29. gxh5 {Ftacnik} gxh5 30. Rh1 Bc5
$10) 29... Ra5 30. Ne6 Bxe6 (30... Rxd5 {Ftacnik} 31. Nd8+ Ke8 32. Nxb7 $14)
31. dxe6+ Kxe6 $10 32. Kf3 Ra2 33. Rd1 Rb2 34. Rd3 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 Rb1 36. Bd2 (
36. Ke4 {Ftacnik} Re1 $10) 36... Rf1+ 37. Ke4 (37. Ke2 {Ftacnik} Rg1) 37... Rg1
38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Ke4 Rg1 40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Be7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Qd2 {!? Boensch:In diesem Aufbau îst die lange Rochade
keine sehr populäre Idee.} Nxd4 (9... Qc7 {Boensch} 10. O-O-O Na5 (10... Na5
11. Kb1 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Qf2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Nc5 17.
Qg3 g5 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rg8 20. Ne4 $16 {Spasov,V-Akopian,V Niksic (03)
1991 1/2 43}) (10... O-O 11. g4 b5 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14.
Bxf4 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Qg3 h5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxd6 $16 {
Kosanovic,G-Hulak,K JUG-Cup Pula (Jedinstvo(SP)-Mladost [1]) 1990 1-0 64}) 12.
g5 Nd7 13. Bf3 Na5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxa5 fxe4 $15 {
Anand,V-Ardiansyah,H Dubai ol 1986 0-1 38})) (9... Bd7 {Boensch} 10. O-O-O (10.
Bf3 {Ftacnik} Qc7 11. a4 Na5 12. b3 Rc8 13. Nd1 O-O 14. O-O e5 15. Ne2 d5 16.
fxe5 dxe4 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Nxd4 exf3 20. Rxf3 Nc6 21. Ne3 Ne5
22. Rg3 Qc5 23. b4 Qc3 24. Qxc3 {El Amri,A-Ferrao,L/Buenos Aires olm (12)/1978/
0.5 (47)}) (10. Rg1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. g5 Kf8 20. Bg4 Bd5 21.
Rd1 Ke8 22. b3 Ba3+ 23. Kb1 Bc6 24. Rxd7 {Kudrin,S-Cebalo,M/Bern/1988/0.5 (84)}
) 10... O-O 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Rhg1 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16.
f5 Ne5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bc4 Bf8 19. Rgf1 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rac8 $10 {Kupreichik,
V-Lukin,A URS-chT Podolsk 1990 1/2 41}) 10. Qxd4 (10. Bxd4 $6 {Boensch
gestattet sofort b5 mit Gegenspiel.} b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6
$13) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O Qa5 $2 {A really lousy move. 11...b5 or 11...Qc7
would have been better.} (11... b5 $5 {Ftacnik} 12. Bf3 Bb7 $13) (11... Qc7 12.
Qb6 Qc6) 12. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 13. Bxb6 Ne8 (13... Bd7 14. e5 dxe5 (14... Ne8 15. Bc5
$1 $18) 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Be3 $1 $16) (13... Nd7 14.
Bc7 $18) (13... e5 $5 14. f5 $16) 14. e5 $1 {פe8} d5 (14... f6 15. Bf3 $1 (15.
exf6 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 16. Ne4 $16)) (14... dxe5 {Ftacnik} 15. fxe5 f6 $14) 15. f5
$1 (15. Bg4 g6 $1 {/\ Ng7}) 15... Bd7 (15... exf5 16. Nxd5 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Be6 18.
Bf3 $1 {/\ h4}) (15... Bg5+ {Boensch} 16. Kb1 Bf4 $1 {Die einzige Chance
bietet dieses Qualitätsopfer.} 17. Bc5 Bxe5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 $14) 16. Bg4 $1 (16.
fxe6 fxe6 17. Bg4 Bc8 {/\ g6,Ng7}) 16... Bc8 $2 {Boensch: Da normale
Entwicklungszüge widerlegt werden, greift Kamsky aus Not zu diesem etwas
seltsam wirkenden Zug.} (16... Bb4 $1 $8 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Nxd5 $1 (18. Bf3
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nc7 $44) 18... Bxg4 19. Rd4 $16) (
16... Rc8 $2 {Boensch} 17. f6 $1 gxf6 (17... Bc5 18. Nxd5 gxf6 19. exf6 $18) (
17... Bd8 18. Nxd5 $18) 18. Nxd5 Bd8 19. Bxd8 exd5 (19... Rxd8 20. Nb6 $18) 20.
Bxd7 Rxd8 21. e6 $18) (16... Bg5+ {Boensch} 17. Kb1 Rc8 (17... exf5 18. Bf3 $16
(18. Bf3 {Ftacnik} Bc6 19. Nxd5 $16)) 18. fxe6 Bxe6 (18... fxe6 19. Nxd5 $18)
19. Bf3 $16) (16... exf5 {Boensch} 17. Bf3 $16 (17. Nxd5 $2 Bg5+ 18. Ne3 $13 (
18. Be3 {Ftacnik} f4 $1 (18... fxg4 19. Bxg5 $16) (18... Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Be6 20.
Bxf5 $16) 19. Ne7+ (19. Bxd7 fxe3 20. Rd3 Rd8) 19... Kh8 (19... Bxe7 20. Rxd7
fxe3 21. Rxe7 $16) 20. Rxd7 fxe3 21. Nd5 $16))) 17. Rhf1 $1 a5 18. Na4 $1 {
[#] ><e6} f6 (18... exf5 {Boensch} 19. Bxf5 Be6 20. Nc5 $16) (18... Ra6 {
Ftacnik} 19. Be2 Ra8 20. Be3 $16) 19. fxe6 fxe5 20. Nc3 Bg5+ (20... Rxf1 21.
Rxf1 Nf6 22. Rxf6 $3 Bxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Nxd5 Kf8 24. Nxe7 $1 $18) 23. Nxd5 a4
24. c4 $18 {All the Black pieces are locked up.}) 21. Kb1 Nf6 (21... Rxf1 {
Boensch} 22. Rxf1 Nf6 (22... Ra6 23. e7 (23. Nxd5 $18) 23... Bf6 24. Bxc8 Rxb6
25. Nxd5 $18) 23. Rxf6 (23. Bh3 {Ftacnik} d4 24. Nb5 Nd5 (24... Ra6 25. e7 Bf4
26. Bxc8 Rxb6 27. g3 Kf7 28. Nc7 Rc6 29. e8=Q+ Nxe8 30. Nxe8 Kxe8 31. Bxb7 Rb6
32. gxf4 Rxb7 33. fxe5 $18) 25. Bc7 Bf6 26. Re1 $16) 23... Bxf6 24. Nxd5 h5 25.
Bh3 e4 26. Nc7 Rb8 27. Ba7 e3 28. Kc1 $18) 22. Nxd5 Nxg4 (22... Nxd5 {Boensch}
23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rxd5 $18) 23. Rxf8+ (23. e7 $1 Rxf1 (23... Re8 24. Nc7) 24.
e8=Q+ Rf8) 23... Kxf8 24. Nc7 (24. Bc5+ {Ftacnik} Kg8 25. Nc7 b6 $1) 24... Ra6
(24... Rb8 {Boensch} 25. h3 (25. Ba7 $18 {Ftacnik}) 25... Nh6 26. Bc5+ Kg8 27.
Ba7 $18) 25. Bc5+ $1 $8 (25. Nxa6 $2 bxa6 $19) 25... Kg8 (25... Be7 $4 {Boensch
} 26. Rd8#) 26. Nxa6 Bxe6 (26... bxa6 {Boensch} 27. e7 Kf7 28. Rd8 $18 (28. Rd8
{Ftacnik} Bxe7 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Rxc8 $18)) 27. Nc7 Bf5 28. h3 Nf6 (28... Ne3 {
Ftacnik} 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 30. g4 Bg6 31. Ne6 $18) 29. g4 $1 Be4 (29... Bg6 {
Ftacnik} 30. Ne6 Bh4 31. Bb6 $18) 30. Ne6 Bh4 (30... Bf4 {Ftacnik} 31. Bb6 $18)
31. g5 $1 Nd5 32. Rf1 h6 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Rf8+ Kh7 35. Bd6 $1 Nb4 (35... Bf6 {
Ftacnik} 36. Nc5 Bg6 37. Nxb7 $18) (35... Bg2 {Ftacnik} 36. Bxe5 Bxh3 37. Nf4
Nxf4 38. Rxf4 Bg5 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40. Rxb7 $18) 36. Bxe5 Bxc2+ (36... Nxc2 {
Boensch} 37. Rf4 Bd3 38. Rxh4 Nd4+ 39. Kc1 Nxe6 $18) 37. Kc1 Be4 38. Nf4 Nd3+ (
38... Nxa2+ $2 {Boensch} 39. Kd2 Nb4 40. Rh8#) 39. Nxd3 Bxd3 40. Rh8+ (40. Rf7+
Kg6 41. Rxb7) 40... Kg6 41. Bf4 $1 $18 Bg5 42. Bxg5 Kxg5 43. Kd2 Bb5 (43... Ba6
{Ftacnik} 44. Rc8 $18) 44. Ra8 Ba6 (44... b6 {Ftacnik} 45. Rb8 $18) 45. Rc8 Kh4
46. Rc5 a4 (46... b6 {Ftacnik} 47. Rc6 $18) 47. Ra5 h5 (47... Kxh3 {Ftacnik}
48. Rh5+ Kg4 49. Rxh6 $18) 48. Ke3 (48. Ke1 $1 Bd3 $2 49. Rxa4+ Kxh3 50. Ra3)
48... Bf1 49. Rxa4+ Kxh3 50. Kf2 (50. Kf2 {Boensch} Bg2 (50... Ba6 {Ftacnik}
51. Rxa6 (51. Rd4 h4 52. a4 $18) 51... bxa6 52. b4 Kg4 53. a4 Kf5 54. b5 axb5
55. a5 $18) 51. Rd4 h4 52. a4 Bc6 53. a5 Bg2 54. b4 Bc6 55. Rd6 Be4 56. b5 $18)
1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.28"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5
15. g4 Nf6 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. b3 Rc8 20. Ne2 e6 21. Ndf4
Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Qc7 23. Qh2 h5 (23... Rfd8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. c4 Qa5 26. Nd5 $5
exd5 $140 27. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 28. Bd4+ f6 (28... Kf8 $2 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Bf6+ Ke6
31. cxd5+ $18) 29. gxf6+ $40) 24. gxh6 Be5 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Bd4 Be8 (26... Bxd4
$2 27. Rxd4 e5 28. Nd5) 27. Qe2 (27. c4 b5 $2 (27... Qe7 $8) 28. Bxe5+ dxe5 29.
Qh4 $18) 27... Qe7 28. Qe3 b6 29. Ne2 Qf6 30. f4 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 e5 32. Ne2 Bc6 (
32... exf4 $1 33. Nxf4 Bc6 $15) 33. f5 gxf5 34. Nc3 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. Rdg1
{[#]} Rc5 (36... Qf4 37. Qh3 $18) 37. Qg3 Qg6 38. Qh4 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.28"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
O-O Rd8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. e3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nb4 14. Qb3
c6 15. a3 Na6 16. Be2 Nb8 17. Rac1 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qc2 a5 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
Nc5 a4 22. b4 axb3 23. Qxb3 b5 24. Nd3 Qxa3 25. Qxa3 Rxa3 26. Nb4 Ne4 27. Bf3
Rc3 28. Bxe4 Rxc1 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rxc1 Rd7 31. Rc2 Rd6 32. h4 Kg6 33. Kg2
Kf6 34. g4 Ke6 35. f4 Kd7 36. Ra2 Kc8 37. Ra7 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 39. h5 Kd6 40.
g5 Nd7 41. Nd3 Ke6 42. Kf3 f6 43. Kg4 fxg5 44. fxg5 Nb6 45. h6 gxh6 46. gxh6
Kf6 47. Ne5 Nc4 48. Kh5 Nd6 49. Nxc6 Nf5 50. Nb4 Nxe3 51. h7 Kg7 52. Kg5 Kxh7
53. Kf4 Nc4 54. Nxd5 Kg6 55. Nb4 Kf6 56. d5 Nb6 57. Ke4 Nxd5 58. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Qb3 N8d7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxe2
15. Nxe2 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5 Nd5 20. Qxb7 f5 21.
Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Nxc5 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Rfd1 Nd5 25. Ned4 Nf4 26. Kf1 Nfd3 27.
Rc2 e5 28. Ne2 e4 29. Nfd4 g6 30. a3 Kf7 31. Nc3 Rfd8 32. Nce2 Kf6 33. f3 Ne6
34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. Nc3 e3 36. g3 Ne5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Ke2 Nc4 39. Nb1 Rd4 40.
b3 Nd6 41. Kxe3 Rd1 42. Nd2 Kd5 43. Ke2 Ra1 44. a4 g5 45. Rc7 h5 46. Rg7 Ra2
47. Kd3 h4 48. Rxg5 hxg3 49. Rxg3 Nb7 50. Rg5 Nc5+ 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. h4 Ra1 53.
Nc4+ Kf4 54. Nd6 Rc1+ 55. Kb4 a5+ 56. Kb5 Ke5 57. Nc4+ Kd4 58. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Qg3 h6 11. Be3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. f4 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4
15. Bf3 Rg8 16. Rhe1 g5 17. f5 e5 18. Nb3 g4 19. Be2 Rxb3 20. cxb3 Nxe4 21. Kb1
Nxg3 22. Nd5 Qb8 23. hxg3 Bb7 24. Bc4 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Bg5 26. Bf2 Nf6 27. Bc6+
Kf8 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Red1 d5 30. Ka2 d4 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... Qh4+) 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7.
d4 Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. Bxf4
Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Rae1 Nfe4
$2 {[#]} (19... a5 $1) 20. c4 dxc4 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb6 $1 22. Rxe4 $1 Qxb4
23. Nxf7 Rxc4 24. Rxe6 Rxd4 25. Qf5 Rxg4+ 26. Kh1 $16) 21. Bc2 Nf6 22. g5 Nh5
$2 (22... Nd5 23. Qh4 (23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. g6+ Kg8 25. Qh4 (25. Bxd6 $2 Nxf4 26.
gxf7+ Bxf7 27. Bxc7 Nd3 $17) 25... fxg6 (25... Nxb4 $2 26. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 27.
Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rxe6 $18) 26. Bxd6 $1 (26. Nxg6 $2 Nf7 (26... Nf5 $2 27. Qh8+ Kf7
28. Qh5 Nf6 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Re8 31. Ne7 $16) 27. Rxe6 Re8 $17) 26...
Qxd6 27. Nxg6 Nf6 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 29. d5 $1 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Rxe6 $40)
23... g6 (23... Nxb4 $2 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Ng6+ Ke8 $19 26. Rxe6+ fxe6 27. Rf8+
Kd7 28. Ne5+ $18) 24. Nxg6 (24. Bxd6 $6 Qxd6 25. Nxf7 Bxf7 26. Rxf7 h5 $1 $13 (
26... Kxf7 $4 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Bxg6 $18)) 24... fxg6 25. Rxe6 Nxb4 26. Bxg6
Qg7 (26... Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxd6 c3 29. Qh6 $1) 27. Rxd6 hxg6 28. Qe1 $1
$40) 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 (25... Ng7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxf7+
Bxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Re4) 26. Rxe6 Qf7 (26... Qg7 27. Bxd6 $1) 27. Qd5 Nf5
28. Rxf5 $1 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Qe3 Nd7 15.
Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rbd2 Nde5 20. Be2 Nb4 21. h4
b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Nbc6 24. a3 d5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. b4 Qa4
28. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nc3
c5 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ (10... Qb4 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. Bd2 $1) 11. gxf3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Qa6 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxc5 Nd7 16. Be3 b6 17. c5 Qa5 18. O-O
Nxc5 19. Rb5 Qa4 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qxe5 O-O 22. Rb7 (22. Rxc5 $1 $14) 22...
Qxa2 23. Rxe7 Rad8 24. d6 (24. d6 Qd2 $10) (24. Rd1 Qc2 25. Qe1 Rd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3
e5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rd1 Qd6 14. Qe4 Nce7
15. Bg5 c6 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Qe5 Nf5 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21.
Bb3 Rad8 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc7 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 dxc4 27.
Rxb7 Bxd4 28. Kf1 g5 29. f3 Rd6 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Rb4 Ra6 32. a4 Rb6 33. Rxb6
axb6 34. Kd1 Kf6 35. Kc2 Ke6 36. b4 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kd5 39. Bd2 Bf6 40.
Be3 Bd8 41. Kc3 Bf6+ 42. Kd2 Bd8 43. Kc2 Kc6 44. Kc3 b5 45. a5 Bf6+ 46. Bd4
Bxd4+ 47. Kxd4 Kb7 48. Ke4 Ka7 49. Ke3 Kb7 50. Kd4 Ka7 51. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. d5 Nb6 11. Bb3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rc1 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Nb4 16. Bc4 a6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. a3 b5 20. axb4 bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Qb7 23. Qa2 Bd3 24. Rf4 c4 25. Ne5 Qd5 26. Nxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd5
exd5 28. Rd4 Rxb4 29. Rxd3 Rxb2 30. Rxd5 Ra8 31. g4 a5 32. Rd7 Bf8 33. Rcc7 a4
34. Ra7 Rbb8 35. Bd4 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rb4 37. Be5 Re4 38. Bc3 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1 a3 40.
Ke2 Rc4 41. Kd3 Rf4 42. Bd4 h5 43. Ra8 Kh7 44. Ke3 Rf7 45. f4 Bd6 46. Be5 Bc5+
47. Kd3 Kg6 48. Ra5 Bb4 49. Ra4 Rb7 50. Ke4 Kf7 51. Ra6 Be7 52. f5 Rb4+ 53. Kd5
Rg4 54. Ra7 Rg2 55. Ke4 a2 56. Kf3 Rc2 57. Ke4 Re2+ 58. Kf4 Rxe5 59. Kxe5 a1=Q+
60. Rxa1 Bf6+ 61. Kf4 Bxa1 62. Kg5 Bb2 63. h4 Bc1+ 64. Kxh5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Be3 c5 12. Nf5 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Bxe4 14. Nd6+
Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Nf6 16. f3 Bg6 17. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. h3 Rad8 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Ng5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb1 Qd7 18. a4 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ngf3 Ne7 21. Qd3
c5 22. Rfe1 Nf5 23. Bg5 c4 24. Qc2 h6 25. Ne5 Qc8 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Ndf3 Bc5
28. b3 Nh4 29. Nxh4 cxb3 30. Qxb3 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 Bxh4 32. Red1 Qe6 33. Ng4 Rf4
34. Qxb5 Rxg4 35. hxg4 Bg3 36. Qd3 Qxg4 37. Kg1 Qh4 38. Qf3 Re8 39. Qxd5+ Kh8
40. Qd4 0-1

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 (3... c5 {-> Kindermann-Kortschnoj}
) 4. Nf3 (4. c3 {-> Sepp-Kaunas}) (4. h4 {-> Gubanov-Orlov}) 4... e6 5. Be2 c5
6. Be3 Nd7 (6... Qb6 {-> Iordachescu-Guliev}) 7. c4 cxd4 (7... dxc4 {Ftacnik}
8. O-O a6 9. Bxc4 Ne7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Re1 b4 14. Ne4 Nd5
15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Nh4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 g6 18. Qg4 Bg7 19. f4 Qb6 20. Kh1 Qc6 21. f5
N7b6 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. exf6 Kd8 24. fxg6 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,An/Dos Hermanas (08)/
1995/1-0 (38)}) 8. Nxd4 Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 (10. Kf1 Ne7 11. Qa4 (11. f4
O-O 12. Qb3 a5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Bf3 Nf5 17. Ke2 Ne3
18. cxd5 Nxd1 19. Kxd1 exd5 20. Nc3 Be3 21. g3 d4 22. Nd5 a4 23. Qxa4 Rc5 24.
Qb3 {Gofshtein,L-Finkel,A/Groningen op (04)/1993/0-1 (29)}) 11... Qa5 12. Qxa5
Bxa5 13. b4 Bc7 14. f4 {Ftacnik} dxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Bb3 Bb6 17. Ke2 Rfd8 18.
Rhd1 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nb6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Kf8
24. Kd2 $10 {Ehlvest,J-Gulko,B/Riga Tal mem (07)/1995/0.5 (34)}) 10... Bxd2+
11. Qxd2 Ne7 $6 (11... Nxe5 $5 12. Qb4 (12. O-O Nxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 {/\Ne7,0-0})
(12. cxd5 Qxd5 (12... Qxd5 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rfd1 Nc6)) 12... Nc6 (12... dxc4 {
Ftacnik} 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. Rd1 $44) 13. Nxc6 (13. Qb5 Qd7) (13. Qa4 Nge7) 13...
bxc6 14. cxd5 exd5 {/\Ne7,0-0}) 12. cxd5 (12. O-O Nxe5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 $17) 12...
Nxd5 13. f4 {קe5} O-O 14. O-O Qb6 (14... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 15. Bf3 $14) 15. Bf3
Nb4 16. a3 Nc6 17. Rbd1 (17. Bxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 18. Qf2) 17... Rfd8 (17...
Nxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 $16) 18. Bxc6 (18. Kh1 $2 Ndb8 $1 $19
{גa7-g1}) (18. Qf2 Ndxe5 $1 19. fxe5 Nxd4 $17) 18... bxc6 19. Qf2 Rab8 20. Nf3
Nc5 (20... Qxb2 21. Qxa7 (21. Rd2 $5 Qxa3 (21... Qb6 22. Rfd1 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2
Rb7 24. Ng5 Rc7 25. f5 $1 $40) 22. Rfd1 Rb7 23. Qh4 Qc5+ (23... Qe3+ 24. Kh1
Qb6 25. Qe7 $40) (23... Qa5 24. Qe7 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 $40) 24. Kh1 Qf8 $13) 21...
Qb6+ (21... Rb7 22. Qa5 $14) 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxd8+ (23. Nd4 $14 {Ftacnik})
23... Rxd8 24. Rc1 {+/=,_|_}) 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rc1 Ne4 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Kf1
c5 25. Ke2 $16 {_|_} f5 (25... Kf8 26. Rc4 f5 27. Ra4 Ke7 28. Ra6 Rb8 29. Ra7+
{+/-/+-} (29. Ra7+ {Ftacnik} Kf8 30. a4 h6 31. Ke3 $16)) 26. Rd1 Rxd1 (26...
Rd5 $142 27. Rd3 {Ftacnik} b5 $14) 27. Kxd1 Kf7 28. Nd2 {/\Ne4 _|_P} Nxd2 (
28... Nf2+ 29. Ke2 Ng4 30. h3 Nh6 31. Nc4 b5 32. Nd6+ Ke7 33. Nxb5 $18) (28...
Kg6 {Hecht} 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. g4 h5 31. h3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kh6 33. Ke2 g5 34. Ke3
gxf4+ 35. Kxf4 e3 36. Kxe3 Kg5 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. a4 Kh6 39. Kf4 Kg6 40. g5 Kh5
41. b3 Kg6 42. Kg4 $18) 29. Kxd2 {Hecht: 6P<->6P. Weisse Gewinnmotive: mehr
Raum, entfernter Freibauer, Zugzwang.} g5 (29... Ke7 30. Kd3 (30. a4 {Hecht}
Kd7 31. Kc3 Kc7 32. Kc4 Kc6 33. h3 h6 34. h4 g6 35. g3 h5 36. b3 Kc7 37. Kb5
Kb7 38. a5 bxa5 39. Kxc5 $18) 30... Kd7 (30... b5 31. a4 $1 {><b5,c5} bxa4 {
Ftacnik} 32. Kc4 Kd7 33. Kxc5 $18) 31. Kc4 Kc6 32. a4 h6 33. h4 h5 34. g3 g6
35. b3 Kc7 36. Kb5 Kb7 37. a5 bxa5 38. Kxc5 Ka6 (38... Kc7 39. Kb5 $18) 39. Kd6
$18) (29... b5 {Hecht} 30. b3 Ke7 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Kd7 33. Kc3 Kc6 34. Kc4
$18 {entfernter Freibauer}) 30. Kc3 (30. fxg5 Kg6 31. h4 Kh5 32. g3 Kg4 $132
33. Ke3 {Ftacnik} Kxg3 34. h5 f4+ 35. Ke2 Kg2 36. g6 f3+ 37. Kd2 f2 38. g7 f1=Q
39. g8=Q+ $10) 30... b5 31. b3 gxf4 32. a4 (32. a4 {Ftacnik} bxa4 33. bxa4 Ke7
34. Kc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Blatny,P Ftacnik Borngaesser} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 (5... Ba5 {Blatny,P Classical line}) 6. d4 (6. Qb3 {Blatny,P}
Nh6 7. d4 Na5 8. Qb5 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 exd4 (9... Ng4 10. h3 Nf6 11. dxe5 d5 $1 $15)
10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. cxd4 d5 (11... d6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. Rae1 $44) 12.
exd5 Rg8 13. g3 Bh3 14. Ne5 Bd6 $10) 6... Na5 7. Be2 (7. Bd3 {Ftacnik} d6 8.
Ba3 (8. dxe5 Nc6 (8... Bg4 {Blatny,P} 9. exd6 cxd6 10. O-O Nf6 $10) 9. exd6
cxd6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Nd2 d5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Re1 Nc5
16. Bc2 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Nb3 Rf7 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qh5 h6 21. Qg6 Rxf2 22.
Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 {Losev,D-Frog,I/Moscow-C/1989/1-0 (35)}) 8...
Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rb1 Re8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Qd2 Bf8 15.
Na5 Nxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Nd4 exd3 18. Nxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 Nb6 20. Qxd3 Nxd5 21.
Qc4 Qg5 22. Bc1 Qh5 23. Qc6 a6 24. c4 {Djurhuus,R-Henao,R/Thessaloniki olm (12)
/1988/0.5 (49)}) (7. Bxf7+ {Ftacnik} Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Kf8 (8... Ke8 {Blatny,P} 9.
Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 Nf6 11. Qh4 Rg8 $17) 9. Qf3+ Nf6 10. g4 d6 11. g5 dxe5 12.
gxf6 Bxf6 13. dxe5 Nc4 (13... Nc6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Qg3 Qe5 $10 {Inkiov,
V-Minev,N/BL/1977/}) 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6+ gxf6 16. Bh6+ Kf7 17. Rg1 Rg8 18.
Rxg8 Kxg8 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Ke2 Kf7 21. Rg1 Ng4 22. Bf4 Be6 23. c4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 {
Losev,D-Baikov,V/Moscow-C/1989/1-0 (42)}) (7. Nxe5 {Ftacnik} Nxc4 8. Nxc4 d5 9.
exd5 Qxd5 10. Ne3 Qd8 (10... Qa5 11. O-O Nf6 12. c4 O-O 13. d5 {Timman-Tatai/
Amsterdam/1977/} b5 14. Nd2 bxc4 (14... Rd8 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Rb1 a6
18. Nef5 Bc5 19. Be3 c6 20. Qf3 cxd5 21. cxb5 Bc8 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qg5 Bxf5 24.
Nxf5 {Canda,D-Sieiro Gonzalez,L/Camaguey/1986/0.5 (29)}) 15. Ndxc4 Qa6 16. Bb2
Re8 17. Rc1 Rb8 18. Be5 Rb7 19. Re1 Bd7 20. d6 cxd6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nd5 Be6
23. Rc3 Kh8 24. Nxe7 {Timman,J-Tatai,S/Amsterdam/1977/1-0 (28)}) (10... Qd7 11.
O-O Nf6 12. d5 (12. c4 {Blatny,P} O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. d5 $14 {Nunn-Larsen/
London/1980/}) 12... O-O 13. c4 Ng4 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Re8 17.
Nc3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Rf3 b6 20. a4 Bd7 21. a5 f6 22. e4 Qc5 23. Qxc5 bxc5
24. a6 {Minasian,A-Georgadze,G/Manila olm/1992/1-0 (35)}) 11. Ba3 Nf6 12. Qa4+
c6 $1 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. c4 b6
19. Nf3 c5 20. Qa3 Rae8 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Red1 h6 23. Rbc1 Ne4 $2 24. Nd2 {
Sveshnikov,E-Short,N/Poliot-Solingen/1992/1-0 (49)}) 7... exd4 (7... Nf6 $5 8.
dxe5 (8. Qa4 $1 {Konikowski,J}) 8... Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Ba3 c6 $14 {Schwarz,R}
) (7... d6 $142 $5) (7... d6 {Ftacnik} 8. Qa4+ (8. dxe5 Nc6 9. exd6 Qxd6 $10)
8... c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 $14 (10. Nxe5 {Blatny,P} Nf6 11. O-O b5 12. Qc2
O-O 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 Bxb4 $13 {Bulochus-Melts/corr/1983-84/})) 8. Qxd4 $1 (8.
cxd4 Nf6 (8... d5 {Blatny,P} 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6
13. O-O O-O $17) 9. Qa4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. d5 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bb2 c6 14.
Rad1 d6 $13 {Melts,MA-Usatchy,MV./corr ICCF Tournament/1989-91/CCYB4\205.})
8... Nf6 (8... Kf8 $5) (8... f6 {Ftacnik} 9. O-O $44) (8... Nc6 $5 {Blatny,P}
9. Qxg7 Bf6 10. Qg3 d6 {/\Nge7,Rg8}) 9. e5 Nc6 10. Qh4 (10. Qf4 Nh5 (10... Nd5
{Blatny,P} 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 d6 $17 {Pelc-Gaievski/USSR/1981}) 11. Qa4 g6 12.
Bh6 $16 {Melts-Gajevskij/USSR/1981/}) (10. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Ng4 11. Qe4 d6 12.
exd6 Qxd6 $132) 10... Nd5 11. Qg3 g6 (11... O-O {Ftacnik} 12. Bh6 g6 13. Bxf8
Bxf8 14. O-O $16) 12. O-O Nb6 (12... O-O {Ftacnik} 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. a4 Na5 (
14... a5 15. Be3) 15. Bh6 Re8 16. e6 (16. Nbd2 $40) 16... Bf6 17. exf7+ Kxf7
18. Bd3 $40) 13. c4 (13. Bh6 $142 $5 {Chandler} d6 14. Bb5 {Black s K will not
easily find shelter in the long term.}) 13... d6 (13... O-O 14. Bh6 (14. Rd1
$44 {Ftacnik}) 14... Re8 15. Nc3 d6 16. Rad1 $16) 14. Rd1 Nd7 (14... Bd7 $5 15.
Bh6 (15. c5 Na4 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. exd6 Bf6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nbd2
Nc3 21. Re1 O-O $13 {Borngässer,R}) 15... dxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17.
Qxe5 f6 18. Qe3 Kf7 19. c5 Na4 20. Bc4+ Ke8 21. Qb3 $18) 16. Nc3 f6 17. Ne4 Na4
$2 (17... Bf8 $5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. c5 Nc8 20. Rd2 Qe7 21. Rad1 Be6 22. h4 $44 {
Borngässer,R}) 18. Rd5 Nb4 19. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Rf8 21. Bxf8 Nc6 (21...
Kxf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Ne5+ Ke6 24. Bg4#) 22. Qg7 Nc3 23. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 24. Kf1
Qxe7 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Qh8+ Be8 27. Rd1+ Kc8 28. Nxe8 $18 {Borngässer,R-Henk,M/
Düsseldorf/1995/}) (14... Be6 {Ftacnik} 15. c5 Nd5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Bc4 dxe5
18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc3 $16) 15. Bh6 $1 (15. Bf4 {Chandler} dxe5 (15... O-O 16.
exd6 Bf6 17. Bg5 $1) 16. Nxe5 Bh4 $1 17. Qe3 Ncxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O) 15... Ncxe5 (
15... dxe5 16. Nc3 (16. Bg7 {Ftacnik} Rg8 17. Bxe5 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. f4
Qf6 20. Nc3 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Qh4 $40) 16... Bf8 (16... f6 $13
) 17. Bg5 f6 (17... Be7 18. Nd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 O-O 20. Qh4 h5 21. Bxh5 $1 Kg7 (
21... gxh5 22. Qxh5 $18) 22. Bxg6 $18) 18. Be3 Bg7 19. c5 O-O 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21.
Nh4 Ne7 22. Be6 f5 23. Bg5 $40) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 (16... dxe5 {Ftacnik} 17. Bg7 Bh4
18. Qf3 Rg8 19. Bxe5 $40) 17. Nc3 (17. Bg7 $5 {Ftacnik} Bf6 18. Bxh8 Bxh8 19.
Nc3 $16) 17... f6 (17... Bh4 {Ftacnik} 18. Qe3 $40) (17... Be6 {Ftacnik} 18.
Bg7 Bf6 19. Bxh8 Bxh8 20. c5 $16) 18. c5 Nf7 $2 (18... Be6 {Ftacnik} 19. cxd6
Bxd6 20. Ne4 $36) (18... Bd7 $142 {Blatny,P /\Bc6}) 19. cxd6 cxd6 (19... Bxd6
20. Bb5+ (20. Qe3+ {Ftacnik} Qe7 21. Nd5 Qxe3 22. Nxf6+ Ke7 23. Nd5+ Kd8 24.
Bxe3 $36) 20... c6 21. Bf4 cxb5 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Qa5 24. Re1+ Kf7 25.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nd5+ Kg7 27. Re7+ Kg8 28. Qe5 $18) (19... Nxh6 $2 {Ftacnik} 20.
dxc7 $18) 20. Qe3 Nxh6 (20... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 21. Bg7 Rg8 22. Bxf6 $16) 21. Qxh6
Bf8 22. Qe3+ (22. Bb5+ {Ftacnik} Kf7 $1 (22... Bd7 $2 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Bc4+ $18
) 23. Qe3) 22... Kf7 (22... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. Nxf6+ Kf7 25. Ne4 Be7
26. f4 $40) 23. Nd5 Be6 (23... Bd7 $5) (23... Bg7 {Ftacnik} 24. Qb3 (24. Bc4
Be6 25. Qb3) 24... Be6 25. Bc4 Rc8 (25... Qd7 26. Nf4 (26. Nc7 $5 Qxc7 27.
Bxe6+ Kf8 28. Rac1 $40) 26... Bxc4 27. Qxc4+ Ke8 28. Ne6 $40) (25... Re8 26.
Nf4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kf8 28. Ne6+ Rxe6 29. Qxe6 $18) 26. Nb6 Rxc4 (26... Bxc4 27.
Nxc4 d5 28. Nd6+ Qxd6 29. Rxd5 Rc3 30. Rxd6+ Rxb3 31. axb3 $18) 27. Nxc4 Kf8
28. Qb4 $16) 24. Nf4 Qe7 (24... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 25. Qb3+ Kg7 26. Qxb7 $40) (24...
Qd7 {Ftacnik} 25. Bb5 $1 Qxb5 26. Qxe6+) 25. Re1 (25. Re1 Re8 (25... Bd7 26.
Bc4+ Ke8 27. Qd2 $18 (27. Qb3 $18)) (25... d5 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28.
Qxe6+ (28. Bxd5 $18) 28... Rxe6 29. Bxd5 $18) (25... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 26. Bb5 $1
Qxb5 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Rab1 Qf5 29. Rxb7+ Kh6 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Re3 $16) (25...
Bh6 26. Bc4 $18) 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 (27... Rxe6 28. Bc4 $18) 28. Bb5+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. c3 d6 9. Rd1 Bg4 $6 (9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Nf1
h6 14. Ng3 d5 $132) 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 (12... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 13.
g4 Bg6 14. Nbd2 Nb7 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Nf5 Qc7 18. Kh1 Nd8 19. Nxe7+
Rxe7 20. Nh4 Ne6 21. Nf5 Ree8 22. h4 f6 23. Qf3 Bf7 24. Rg1 {Orlov,V-Emelin,V/
URS-chJ Jurmala/1992/0.5 (71)}) 13. Nbd2 Nd7 (13... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 14. Nf1 Bg6
15. Ne3 Rae8 16. Nh4 Bd8 17. Nhf5 Qd7 18. g4 d5 19. g5 Nh5 20. Nxd5 Bxf5 21.
Qxh5 Bxh3 22. f3 Be6 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. gxf6 {Dehmelt,K-Costigan,R/Philadelphia
(02)/1989/1-0 (61)}) (13... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ne3 Rfe8 16. g4 Bg6
17. Nh4 Qb7 18. Nhf5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bf8 20. Kh2 Ne7 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. g5 Nxf5 23.
Nxf5 Bh5 24. Qg2 {Mortensen,E-Sarwat,W/Moscow olm (02) DEN-EGY/1994/1-0 (30)})
14. g4 (14. Nf1 Bxf3 (14... f6 {Ftacnik} 15. g4 Bf7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Kh2 b4 18.
Nd2 Rc8 19. c4 Nc6 20. Nf3 {Havranek,M-Rehak,M/CZE-chT2 9495 (01)/1995/0.5 (20)
}) 15. Qxf3 Bg5 16. Ne3 $14) 14... Bg6 15. Nf1 Nb6 $6 (15... Nc6 $5 16. Ng3 Re8
17. Nf5 Nf8) (15... h6 $5 16. Ng3 Bg5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 $10) 16. Ng3 Nc6 17. Nf5
Re8 18. h4 {/\19.Ne7 Qe7 20.h5 +-} Bxf5 19. gxf5 d5 (19... Bxh4 20. Kh1 (20.
Nxh4 {Ftacnik} Qxh4 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. Rh1 $40)) 20. Kh1 $5 (20. h5 h6 21. Kh2 Bg5
22. Rg1 f6 $132) 20... Bxh4 21. Rg1 (21. Nxh4 {Ftacnik} Qxh4+ 22. Kg2 d4 $13)
21... Bf6 22. Nh2 g6 23. Qf3 dxe4 (23... d4 24. Ng4 $44) 24. dxe4 Nd7 25. Qh3
Qe7 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Ng4 Nf6 (27... gxf5 $4 {Ftacnik} 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nxf5 $18)
28. Nxf6+ (28. Bg5 $2 Nxg4 29. Rxg4 f6 $13) 28... Qxf6 29. Rg3 (29. Bxc5 $16)
29... Ne7 (29... gxf5 $2 {Ftacnik} 30. Bh6 $18) 30. Kh2 $1 (30. Bxc5 $2 Nxf5
31. exf5 Qc6+) 30... c4 31. Rh1 h6 (31... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 32. Kg1 h5 33. Bg5 Qc6
34. Qh4 f6 (34... Kf8 35. f6 $18) 35. Be3 g5 36. Qxh5 $40) 32. Bxh6 Bxh6 33.
Qxh6 Rad8 (33... Qh8 $2 34. Qxh8+ Kxh8 35. f6 Nc6 36. Kg2+ $18) 34. Kg2 Qg7 35.
Qe3 Rd6 36. b3 $16 Rc8 37. bxc4 bxc4 (37... Rxc4 {Ftacnik} 38. Bb3 Rc7 39. Qg5
a5 40. Rgh3 $40) 38. Rhh3 $1 Kf8 39. Qc1 $5 Kg8 40. Rf3 $18 Rcd8 (40... gxf5+ {
Ftacnik} 41. Rhg3 Rg6 42. exf5 $18) 41. Rhg3 f6 (41... R8d7 {Ftacnik} 42. Qg5
f6 43. Qe3 g5 44. Qc5 Qf7 45. Ba4 Rd8 46. Rh3 $16) 42. fxg6 Rd2 (42... Nxg6 $2
43. Rxg6 Qxg6+ 44. Rg3 $18) 43. Qb1 Qf8 (43... Re2 {Ftacnik} 44. Qb6 $18) 44.
Qh1 Qg7 45. Rxf6 (45. Rxf6 Rxc2 (45... Qxf6 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. g7+ Ke8 48. Ba4+
$18) (45... Rf8 {Ftacnik} 46. Qh7+ $18) 46. Rf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bc5 Bf6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Rb4 $5 $146 (18. h3 Rfd8 $5 (18...
Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rfe8 20. d6 Qc4 21. d7 Qxc5 22. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Qa4 Nc6 24. Rxb7
{Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1990/1-0 (62)}) 19. hxg4 Rxd5 20. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rad8 $1 22. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Rd2 24. Rfd1 Nc4 $1 $44 {
Strelbin-Nadanian,A/URS/1991/}) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 (19... Rac8 20. Bxe7
Rfe8 21. d6 $16) 20. Be3 (20. Ra4 $2 Qb3 21. Rxa5 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 b6 23. Rxa7
bxc5 $17) 20... Bc3 (20... Bg7 $2 21. Ra4 Qb2 22. Rxa5 $18) 21. Ra4 Qb2 (21...
Qb3 22. Bxh6 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 b5 24. Ra3 Bb4 25. Ra2 $16) 22. Qd3 {/\ Rb1} (22.
Bxh6 b5 23. Bc1 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Nxb3 25. Rxa7 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 b4 $17) 22... b5 23.
Bc1 (23. Rb1 $2 Qxb1+ 24. Qxb1 bxa4 25. Bxh6 Rb8 26. Qc2 Rfc8 $17) 23... bxa4
$1 (23... Qb3 $2 24. Rxa5 $18) 24. Bxb2 Bxb2 25. d6 (25. Qb5 Nb3 26. Rd1 (26.
Qxa4 Nd2) 26... a5 27. Qxa4 Rb8 $13) 25... Bf6 (25... exd6 $2 26. Bd5 Kh7 (
26... Bg7 27. Qxg6 $16) 27. Qd2 a3 28. Qxa5 $16) 26. Qb5 (26. Bd5 e6) 26... Nb3
27. d7 Rd8 28. Rd1 (28. Qxa4 Nc5 29. Qxa7 Nxd7 $10) 28... Nd4 29. Qxa4 Nxf3+
30. gxf3 e6 31. Rc1 (31. Qxa7 Kg7 $10) 31... Kg7 32. Kg2 Rb8 33. Qxa7 Rfd8 34.
Qc7 (34. Qxb8 $2 Rxb8 35. Rc8 Rb7 36. d8=Q Bxd8 37. Rxd8 Kf6 $17) 34... Rb5 35.
Rd1 Rf5 36. Rd3 Rh5 37. f4 (37. Rb3 Rd5) 37... Rf5 38. Qd6 Rh5 39. Rd1 Rf5 40.
Rd3 Rh5 41. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 a6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Nfd4 Bg6 14. Bd3 Qc7
15. h3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nf3 Qb6
21. Qd2 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Be3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
d4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. f4 c5 11. Qd1 Ng6 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rb8 14. Qh5 Bb7
15. Nc3 b4 16. f5 bxc3 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qh3 Qe7 19. e5 Rf8 20. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 $5 Nxe4
(6... Be7 {Dolmatov} 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 c5 9. d5 $14) 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 $1 {
The point. Seirawan showed me this idea. 8.Bd3 would just transpose to 6.Nf6
Nf6 7.Bd3} Be7 (8... Qd6 $5 {Anand-Speelman Linares 1991}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bd3 {
Dolmatov} h6 10. Bh4 c5 $10) 9... gxf6 (9... Bxf6 10. Qd3 (10. c3 {Dolmatov}
Qd6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O c5 13. Kb1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. f4 $16)) 10. Qe2 c6
$6 (10... Qd6 $1) (10... f5 $2 {Dolmatov} 11. Bxb7) 11. O-O $1 {He had
forgotten that I could still castle (or want to!) short.} (11. O-O-O Qc7 {
/\ Bd7,0-0-0.}) 11... Qb6 {Now 11...Qc7, Bd7 and 0-0-0 could be met by a
queenside pawn advance.} (11... Qc7 $32 {Dolmatov} 12. c4 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 $14)
12. c4 Bd7 13. c5 (13. Rfd1 $1) 13... Qc7 14. Rfd1 h5 (14... b6 {Dolmatov} 15.
b4 $16) 15. Nd2 Rd8 (15... O-O-O 16. Nc4 {+/- Black should have gone in for
this nevertheless since in the game he loses without a fight.}) 16. Nc4 Bc8 17.
Qe3 $16 {Black can't castle and White's plan of expansion on the << will
slowly decide the game. Black decides to lash out.} (17. Rac1 $5 {Dolmatov} b5
18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Ne3 Rc8 21. d5 $18) 17... b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19.
Rac1 Bb7 (19... c5 20. d5 (20. Qb3 $5 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. Nxb6
Ba6 $16)) (19... b5 {Dolmatov} 20. Na3 Bb7 21. Nxb5 Qb6 22. Nc3 $16) 20. Qf3 $1
{Now there is no defence against Ne3.} (20. Qg3 Bd6 $16) 20... f5 $2 {A simple
oversight, but Black's position was beyond rescue.} (20... Rc8 $32 {Dolmatov})
21. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. d3 (9. exd5 Bg4 (9... Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nf4 11. Qe4 Nxe5 12. d4 $14) 10. dxc6
e4 11. d4 exf3 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Nd5 $44) 9... Bb7 10. Rd1 (10.
Re1 $5) 10... Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 h6 (12... Na5 13. Bc2 c5 $15 {Huebner,
R-Geller,E/Palma de Mallorca(izt)/1970/ Inf 10/325/}) 13. a3 (13. Ne3 Na5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 $10) 13... Nb8 14. Ne3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nbd7
16. Nd5 Nc5 $1 $15 17. Nxf6+ (17. Bc2 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 $17) 17... Qxf6 18. Bc2
(18. Bd5 $32 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nb3 20. Rb1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Be3 $15) 18...
Qc6 19. Re1 (19. Nd2 Rad8 20. b4 Na4 21. Bxa4 Qxc3 $17) 19... Rad8 20. Bd2 Qe6
21. Rab1 $6 (21. b4 Nb3 22. Rab1 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 $17) (21. Rad1 $32 Qa2 22. Bc1)
21... Qc4 22. b4 (22. b3 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd3 $17) (22. Qxc4 bxc4 $17) 22... Nd3
23. Bb3 Qc6 24. Bd5 $8 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qxd5 $17 26. Red1 e4 27. Ne1 (27. Nd4 Bd6)
27... Re6 28. Be3 Bd6 29. Bc5 (29. Nxd3 exd3 30. Qf1 Rg6 31. f3 Qxf3 32. Qxf3
Bxf3 33. Rxd3 Be4 $19) 29... Bxc5 30. bxc5 Rg6 31. Qe3 Qh5 32. c4 $2 (32. Rd2
Ne5 $17) (32. Nxd3 exd3 33. g3 Qd5 34. f3 Re6 35. Qxd3 Re1+ $19) 32... bxc4 $19
33. Rd2 (33. Rxb7 Qxd1 $19) 33... Bc6 34. Rc2 Bd5 35. h3 Kh7 36. Kh1 f5 37. f4
exf3 38. Nxf3 Re6 39. Qd4 Bxf3 40. gxf3 Qxh3+ 41. Rh2 Qxf3+ 42. Rg2 Rg6 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. e5 $1 Qxe5 (11... h6 12. Bf4 g5) 12. Bf4 Qf5
$6 (12... Qd4) 13. Ne4 O-O $6 14. Nxc5 $2 (14. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 (14... Re8 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. Nd6 $18) 15. Nxd6 Qe5 16. Re1 Qf6 (16... Qc5 17. Nxc8 Rd8 18. Nd6 Nf6
19. Nxb7 $18) 17. Nxc8 Rd8 18. Nd6 Nc5 19. b4 Na4 20. c4 $18) 14... Nxc5 15.
Re1 f6 16. Qd6 Re8 (16... e5 $2 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Qxc5 Re8 19. Re2 $18) 17. h3
$1 Nd7 18. g4 Qc5 19. Rxe6 Qxd6 20. Rxe8+ Qf8 21. Rae1 $1 Kf7 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8
23. Bd6 Be6 24. f4 $1 $16 Rd8 (24... Re8 $5) 25. Bb4 Re8 26. f5 Bxa2 $6 (26...
Bc8 $16) 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. b3 Nd7 29. Kf2 c5 30. Be1 Bb1 31. Be4 c4 32. b4 a5 (
32... b6 $142) 33. bxa5 Nc5 34. Bxb7 $1 Kd7 35. Bb4 Kc7 36. Bd5 Na6 37. c3 Nxb4
38. cxb4 c3 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Bf3 (40. a6) 40... h5 41. a6 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Re1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bf1 Bc5 14. Na4 Bg4
15. Qd2 Bb4 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. Be3 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qc2 Bg6 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Qb8 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. g3 O-O
15. f4 Nf6 16. Bd3 e5 17. Rhf1 Re8 18. f5 Qd8 19. Qe2 h6 20. g4 Nh7 21. Qf2
Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Kh8 23. Rg1 Nf6 24. Rdf1 Ng8 25. h4 Qe7 26. g5 f6 27. gxh6 Nxh6
28. Rg6 Rab8 29. Rfg1 Rg8 30. Bc2 Rb7 31. Qd2 Kh7 32. Ka1 Rgb8 33. Qg2 d6 34.
Rxh6+ gxh6 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qxh6+ Qh7 37. Qxf6+ Rg7 38. Rg6 Kg8 39. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. a3
Qc7 9. Ba2 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. c3 Be6 13. d4 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Ne6 15. b3
Rfe8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Qc2 c5 19. d5 Nf4 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 c4 22.
Rb1 Rb8 23. Rdd1 Rb7 24. Ba3 Reb8 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Nd2 h5 27. h3 g6 28. Rb1
Rxb1+ 29. Nxb1 Bh6 30. Bc1 Nd7 31. Na3 h4 32. Nf1 Qc5 33. Nb5 Ne2+ 34. Qxe2
Bxc1 35. Nh2 Nb6 36. Qd1 Bf4 37. Qc2 Bxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Kg7 39. Kg1 f6 40. Qd1 f5
41. exf5 gxf5 42. Qh5 Qxd5 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. Qxf5+ Kg7 45. Nc7 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qd3
47. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc2 Bd6 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 $6 (11. Nxc3) 11... e5 $5 $146 12.
Qd3 g6 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bh6 (14. h4) 14... Re8 15. Bb3 Qe7 16. Bg5 (16. O-O exd4
17. cxd4 (17. Nxd4 Ne5) 17... Bf5) 16... Qc7 17. h4 $2 (17. O-O exd4 18. cxd4
Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6) (17. Bf6) 17... exd4 $19 18. Bh6 Bf5 19. O-O Ne5 20. Qg3 Nd3
21. Qf3 Ne5 22. Qg3 d3 23. Nf4 Ng4 24. Bg5 h6 25. Qf3 hxg5 26. Nd5 Bh2+ 27. Kh1
Qd6 28. Rae1 (28. hxg5 Kg7) 28... gxh4 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bb5
Ba6 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. N2f3 O-O 14. Bxc6 Bxc6
15. Bg5 Bd8 16. Bxd8 Raxd8 17. b4 Bb7 18. Re3 Ba6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rae1 Rc8 21.
h4 Rfe8 22. Nh2 Qc4 23. Qd2 Nf8 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Ng4 Nh7 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. f4 Qe7
28. Rh3 Rc4 29. Ne3 Rc7 30. f5 Rec8 31. Kg1 Bb7 32. Nb5 Rd7 33. Nxa7 Ra8 34.
Nb5 Rxa4 35. Nd4 Ra8 36. Ng4 exf5 37. e6 fxe6 38. Ne5 Nf8 39. Nxd7 Qxd7 40.
Rhe3 Bc8 41. Nf3 Qd8 42. Ne5 Qxh4 43. Rh3 Qf6 44. Qd4 Bb7 45. Qxb6 Bc8 46. Qc7
Kg8 47. Rg3 h5 48. b5 h4 49. Rf3 Ra2 50. Qxc8 Qg5 51. Rf2 Rxf2 52. Kxf2 Qg3+
53. Kf1 h3 54. gxh3 Qxh3+ 55. Ke2 Qh2+ 56. Kd1 Qb2 57. Qc5 Qb1+ 58. Kd2 Qb2+
59. Ke3 Qh2 60. Nf3 Qh6+ 61. Ke2 Qh5 62. Qd4 Qh3 63. Rg1 g6 64. b6 Qh5 65. b7
Qh7 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bb5
Ba6 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nf1 c4 13. Ng3 h5 14. b4 cxb3 15.
Qxb3 Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Nd2 h4 18. Ngf1 h3 19. g3 a6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ne4 O-O
22. Qe2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qg4 b4 25. Bh6 g6 26. Nfd2 bxc3 27. Nf3 Bxe4 28.
Rxe4 c2 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Re2 Re8 31. Qxh3 Rb3 32. Qg4 Qa8 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Rcxc2
Nb6 35. Re4 Qa4 36. Bg5 Nd5 37. Bxe7 Nxe7 38. Ng5 Nf5 39. Qh3 Rd7 40. d5 exd5
41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qf6+ Ke8 44. e6 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rd1 a5 13. O-O $6 (13. Bg5 $5 h6
14. Bh4 {Dreev A. - Adams M., London PCA, 1995} Qc7 $5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rd3
Kh7 $13) 13... Qc8 $5 14. Rd2 $6 (14. e5 $5 Ne8 15. Ne4) 14... Ne8 15. Rb1 a4
16. Rbd1 Qb7 17. Qd3 f5 $1 $36 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Be3 Rf8 21. Bd4 h6
22. h4 Qa8 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Bd3 Nh5 25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Qg4 Re5 28.
Re2 Qb8 29. Qg6 Nf6 (29... Nf4 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Be4) 30. Rdd2
Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Qf4 32. Qg3 Qxg3 (32... Qc1+ $6 33. Kh2 Nh5 34. Qg6 Nf4 35. Qh7+
Kf7 36. Rc2 Qe1 37. Be4) 33. fxg3 $15 Rb8 $2 (33... Kf7 34. Bc2 $140 Ra8 35.
Re5 $2 d6) 34. Bc2 Ra8 35. Re5 Ra5 36. Nb5 $1 Kf7 (36... Bxb5 $2 37. Rxc5) 37.
Rxc5 Ke7 38. Kf2 $2 (38. Re5 Ne8 39. Re2) 38... Ne8 39. Re5 Nc7 40. Bd3 d6 $2 (
40... Nxb5 41. cxb5 d6 $17) 41. Nd4 $1 Ra6 42. Ra5 $1 $18 Rb6 43. Nxc6+ Rxc6
44. Rxa4 d5 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. cxd5 Nxd5+ 47. Kd2 Nf6 48. Ra6 $2 Ne4+ 49. Ke3 Rxa6
50. Bxa6 Nxg3 51. Bd3 Nh5 52. b4 Nf6 53. Bc4 Ng4+ 54. Ke4 Nf6+ 55. Kd3 Nh5 56.
Ke3 Ng3 57. Bd3 Nh5 58. a4 Nf6 59. Bc4 Ng4+ 60. Ke4 Ne5 61. Be2 (61. Bb5) 61...
Nc6 62. b5 Na5 63. g4 Nb3 64. Bd1 Nc5+ (64... Na5) 65. Kd4 e5+ 66. Kc4 Nb7 67.
Kb4 e4 68. a5 Nd8 69. a6 Kc7 70. Kc5 (70. Ka5) 70... Ne6+ 71. Kd5 Nf8 72. Kxe4
Kb6 73. Be2 Ng6 74. h5 Nh4 75. Ke5 g6 76. Kd6 gxh5 77. a7 $1 1-0

[Event "WDR Match TV g/60"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Na6 12. Bb1 {Restzeit: 0.51-0.46} Nc5 13.
Nd4 (13. Nd2 $5) (13. Bg3 $5) (13. Ne5 $6) 13... Nfe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 {Restzeit:
040-040} 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Qa4 a6 20.
Qb3 Qc5 {Restzeit: 0.24-0.36} 21. h3 b5 22. cxb5 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ {D+S -
TT+S Freibauer vs. Königsangriff} 24. Kh2 {Restzeit: 0.21-0.25} axb5 25. f3 (
25. Nxb5 Ne4 26. f3 Nd2 $132) 25... b4 26. e4 (26. Nc2 $5) 26... Ra1 {0.16-021}
27. Qxb4 R1xa2 {0.13-0.20} 28. h4 R2a4 29. Qc3 {0.10-015} Rb8 30. b3 Ra2 31. b4
{0.09-0.12} Rba8 32. b5 (32. Nc2 $5) 32... Rf2 $19 33. Nc2 {nur noch Sekunden
für Piket...} (33. b6 Raa2 34. b7 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kh3 Rh2+ 36. Kg3 Nh5+ 37.
Kg4 Rag2+ 38. Kxh5 g6+ 39. Kxh6 Rxh4#) 35... Rgb2 $19) 33... Ra2 34. Ne1 (34.
Ne3 Rxf3 35. Kg1 Rxe3 36. Qxe3 Ra1+ $19) 34... Rfb2 35. Qc4 d5 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37.
e5 Nh5 38. Qc1 Rxb5 39. Kh3 Rbb2 40. Qe3 Re2 41. Qb3 Nf4+ 42. Kg4 Ng6 43. f4
Rxg2+ {Matt oder D-Verlust} 0-1

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,J"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Verhaltener Auftakt bei der Schachprofiweltmeisterschaft in New York. Die
diesjährige Schachweltmeisterschaft ist vom Rahmen her sicherlich die
spektakulärste überhaupt.Gespielt wird in einer schalldichten Glaskabine auf
der Aussichtsplattform( im 107.Stock) des nach dem Bombenanschlag erst
kürzlich wiedereröffneten Worl Trade Centers.Die ca. 1000 Zuschauern können
die Partie mit Hilfe von computergesteurten Demonstrationsbrettern und
großmeisterlichen Livekommentaren, gut afbereitet verfolgen.Im Gegensatz zum
Rahmen gestaltete sich die erste Begegnung der beiden Kontrahenten eher
nüchtern.Wie zwei Boxer,die sich inder ersten Runde noch beschuppern müssen,
blieben beide Spieler auf Distanz,und einigten verhältnismäßig früh auf Remis.
Wie bei solchen Anläßen durchaus nicht unüblich, eröffnete der Schirmherr Mr.
Giuliani, Bürgermeister von New York,die Veranstaltung,indem er den ersten Zug
eigenhändig ausführte. Unüblich war es allerding,diesen Zug vorher nicht mit
dem betreffenden Spieler abzusprechen. Wohl ein wenig ungläubig mußte das
indische Wunderkind dabei zusehen,wie plötzlich statt seines geliebten
Königsbauerns der Damenläuferbauer zwei Schritte nach vorne tat.Da es hier um
die höchsten schachlichen Ehren ging,konnte auch ein so liebenswürdiger und
toleranter Mensch wie Anand dies nicht auf sich beruhen lassen. Kurzerhand
nahm er den Zug des Bürgermeisters zurück,und zog seinerseits..} 1. e4 {Wahls}
c5 {Die Sizilianische Eröffnung.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Soweit keine Überraschung.Die Najdorf-Variante ist seit Jahrzehnten die
Lieblingswaffe Kasparovs gegen 1.e4.Der Ausgang des Kampfes hängt m.M. nach
sehr stark davon ab,ob es Anand im Laufe des Matches gelingen wird,den
Weltmeister in diesem soliden System unter Druck zu setzen.} 6. Be2 {Wie schon
Karpov beim WM-Kampf 1985 in Moskau,so wählt auch Anand diese verhältnismäßig
positionelle Fortsetzung.Es stellt sich ernsthaft die Frage,ob man den
Weltmeister damit gefährden kann.Karpov jedenfalls schien zu resignieren,und
konvertierte in späteren Kämpfen mit Kasparov zu 1.d4.} e6 {Kasparov unterläßt
den Najdorf-typischen Zug 6..e5.Durch Zugumstellung ist die Scheveninger
Variante entstanden.} 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8
12. Qd2 {Less common than 12.Qe1 or 12. Bf3. The text has been used by one of
Anand's seconds, former U.S. Champion Patrick Wolff.} Bd7 {Neben der
Partiefortsetzung werden hier auch die Züge 12..Sa5,12..Sd4 und12..Tb8
gespielt.} 13. Rad1 {Die Hauptfortsetzung ist 13.Sb3.} (13. Bf3 Rab8 14. Qf2 e5
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qa5 17. g4 {King-Mainka,G Dortmund II (9) 1987}) 13...
Rad8 {Played after 30 minutes thought. 30 Minuten brauchte Kasparov für diesen
Zug.} (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qc4 {Sznapik,A-Wojtkiewicz,A
Poland match 1991} (16. Bf3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 exf4 {
- A Sznapik-Ftacnik L/EU-chT Haifa 1989 1/2-1/2 Sznapik,A-Ftacnik,L ,Haifa 1989
}) (16. Qc4 {Wahls} Qxc4 17. Bxc4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Bb3 h6 20. Be3 Bxb3 21.
cxb3 Bf8 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Rd4 Re6 24. a5 g6 25. Rc4 Bg7 26. g3 Kh7 27. Kg2 g5
28. b4 Kg6 29. h3 Rde7 30. Bd8 Re8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Nd5 Bg7 33. Re1 Re5 34. g4
Rxd5 {0-1 Sznapik,A-Wojtkiewicz,A ,Warschau 1991})) 14. Nb3 {(1:52)  Dieser
Zug ist neu.Bekannt war bisher} (14. Bf3 Na5 15. Qe1 Nc4 16. Bc1 e5 17. Nde2 b5
{Wolff,P-De Boer,G.J Wijk aan Zee op(12) 1993} (17... b5 {Wahls} 18. b3 Nb6 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Qd1 b4 23. Na2 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nxe4 25. Rd4
Nc3 26. Naxc3 bxc3 27. Rxd6 Qa7 28. Rd3 Rbc8 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Be6 31. Nb5
Qa5 32. Nc7 Re7 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Qd2 Qa3 35. h3 Qb2 36. Qd3 Re7 37. Be3 Nd7
38. Bd4 Qa3 {1-0 (59)})) 14... Bc8 {(1:22)} (14... d5 {Wahls} 15. e5 Ne4 16.
Nxe4 dxe4 17. a5 Bb4 18. Bb6 Bxd2 (18... Qxb6 19. axb6 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 $16) 19.
Bxc7 $16) 15. Bf3 b6 {(1:03)} 16. Qf2 {(1:18)} Nd7 {(1:05)} 17. Nd4 {(1:09
Here the aggresive looking 17.g4 would be strongly met by 17...Bf6,
threatening to destroy White's Q-side with ...Bf3. Another sharp try was 17.e5.
After 17... dxe5 White has two tries but neither need worry Black!} (17. e5
dxe5 18. Rxd7 (18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. fxe5 f5 (19... Nxe5 $2 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bxe5
fxe5 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Qf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8#) 20. Nd4 Qc4 (20... Qc4
21. Qg3 Nxe5 $1)) (18. f5 Nc5 $1) 18... Bxd7 (18... Qxd7 {Wahls} 19. Bxb6 Bb7
20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe5 Rf8 $44 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. b3
Qc7) 19. Bxb6 Qb8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. fxe5 Rf8 {Black's two bishop
offer excellent compensation.}) (17. Qg3 $5 {Wahls} Bb7 18. Rd2 {is auch nicht
von der Hand zu weisen.}) 17... Bb7 {(1:05)} 18. Bh5 {(0:58)  Ein Nadelstich.
Weiß attackiert den schwächsten Punkt im schwarzen Lager,und droht den
schwarzen König mittels des doppelten Figurenopfers auf f7 und e6 ins Zentrum
zu ziehen,wo er den weißen Figuren schutzlos ausgeliefert wäre.18..Sf6?!
könnte durch das ruhige 19.Sc6 Dc6 20.Lf3 Sd7 21.f5! mit weißem Vorteil,oder
sogar durch die Figureneinschläge auf f7,bzw.e6 beantwortet werden.} Rf8 {
(0:55)  Kasparov reagiert umsichtig.Der neuralgische Punkt f7 wird überdeckt.}
19. Qg3 {(0:49)} Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf6 {(0:51 Black's last three moves have
effectively neutralized any prospects of White launching a kingside attack.}
21. Be2 {A good move according to GM John Fedorowicz, one of the guest
commentators. The Bishop retreat ties Black down to the defense of the a6 pawn
(no...Bc6-Qd7) and prepares to redeploy on the f1-a6 diagonal. It may look a
little funny to see the Bishop go to h5 on move nineteen and then retreat
three moves later, but there is sense to it. Remember, Kasparov had to
undevelop his Rook to f8.} e5 {(0:38)  Die bedrohliche weiße Bauernphalanx
wird zestört.} 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf2 {(0:40)} Nc5 $5 {(0:34) A sharp way to
play the position. [#]} 24. Bf3 {Criticized by Kasparov in the post-mortem.
The World Champion preferred} (24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 (25... Qxd8 26. a5)
26. Bc4 Nxe4 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Rd4 (28... Kh8 {Instead} 29. Rxb7 Nxc3 30.
h3 (30. Kg1 Nxa4 31. Bxa6 Nxb2 32. Rxb6) 30... Nxa4 31. b3 b5 {holds the draw.}
) 29. Bb3 (29. Ba2 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Bd5 $1 (30... Rxa4 $2 31. Bb3)) 29... Nxc3 30.
Rxb7+ (30. bxc3 {Wahls} Bd5 $1) 30... Kf8 31. h3 Nxa4 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rxg7 {
with a big edge for White.}) 24... Rfe8 (24... a5 {intending Qe7-g5. The text
though natural, weakens f7 in some variations.}) 25. h3 a5 26. Rfe1 {(0:22)}
Bc6 27. b3 {(0:22)} h6 {The position is balanced. One possible line is Das
Remisangebot Kasparovs konnte Anand natürlich nicht ablehnen.Er steht aufgrund
des eingeschränkten Läufers f3 eher ein wenig schlechter. Das Remisangebot
Kasparovs konnte Anand natürlich nicht ablehnen.Er steht aufgrund des
eingeschränkten Läufers f3 eher ein wenig schlechter.} (27... Qe7 28. Re2 Qg5
29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Red2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "De Firmian,N"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 {The
World Champion varies from his latest outing. Kasparov-Nikolic, Moscow (ol)
1994 saw the more common 7.a3, with Black quickly equalizing after 7...cxd4 8.
axb4 dxc3 9.bxc3 b5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Qxe4 13.Bd3 Qxb4+ 14.Ke2 Qb6.
} Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {Much less common than 8.bxc3, which was popular in the 1930s.
GM Yasser Seirawan, who is serving as one of the guest commentators, came up
with an interesting novelty while analysing today. He proposes to answer 8.
bxc3 with 8...Qe4!? (8...O-O is normal).} cxd4 (8... Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Qd6
11. dxc5 Qxc5 $10 {Bagirov in ECO E.}) 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 {This appears to
be a new move, previous experience being confined to 10.Bc3. Finegold-Smyslov,
London 1988, was quickly drawn after 10...e5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13.Qb3
Qxb3 14.axb3 Rfe8 15.Bb5 Nd7 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Ra5 f6. It's safe to assume that
the text, which was played instantly, is part of Kasparov's pre-match
preparation.} gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 {A necessary preventive move, as 12.Nc3
Nb4 is good for Black.} Qe5 13. Nc3 f5 {Another approach was possible. Several
GMs commenting on the game were attracted to 13...Nd4 intending to redeploy
the Knight to f5. Anand, in the post-game press conference said he rejected
the move because he wanted to place his pawn on f5, and not a piece. Still the
move looks worthy of future tests. One possible line might go 13...Nd4 14.Qd1
Nf5 15.Qh5 Bc6 16.O-O-O Rc8 14.Kb1 Ke7 with very sharp and unclear play.} 14.
O-O-O O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16. Be2 {This move was played after what must be one of
Kasparov's longest thinks in his career - 44 minutes! The natural looking
follow up to White's last move would be 16.Bg2, but then Black has 16...Ne7
followed by ...Bc6.Those looking to improve on White's opening play might want
to consider GM Walter Browne's suggestion of 16.Qa4, planning to meet 16...Qa5
with 17.Qh4.. Objectively White might not have much of an advantage, but it
would probably create livelier play than what follows - play that Anand called
"not rock and roll" in the press conference.} Ne7 17. Qd3 Qc7 {Always beware
of World Champions offering gifts. Here Anand avoids the obvious 17...Bc6?
which win material but leads to a difficult position after 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.
Rxd8+ Kc7 20.Rhd1 Nd5 21. R8xd5 exd5 (21...B xd5 22.Nxd5+ exd5 23.Bf3 is
probably even worse) 22.Rd4 when White has no weaknesses and Black no
counterplay.} 18. Qd6 Bc6 19. Qxc7+ Kxc7 20. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8
Kxd8 23. Kd2 {Kasparov has an infinitesimal advantage that is impossible to
convert against Anand's accurate play.} Nc8 24. Kd3 Nd6 25. Kd4 b6 26. b4 Ke7
27. f4 h6 28. a4 f6 29. a5 Bd7 {White's only way to continue play was h2-h3
followed by g4, but since every pawn exchange favors the defender its easy to
see why the two players agreed to split the point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {The classical
Scheveningen is actually more interesting and unexplored than generally
acknowledged.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {
This position arose several times in the 1985 match between Kasparov and
Karpov. Needless to say, I had made a thorough study of these games for this
match.} 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 $1 {This move is much stronger than 14.
Qf3. The Q can still go to g3 in two moves if necessary, but Black must now
deal with Bb6.} Bc6 $6 {Later, Kasparov played the correct 14...Rac8.} 15. Bb6
Qc8 $5 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Bd4 Nc5 $5 {Very ambitious. Black is forcing White to
take a shot at him on the kingside since normal moves leave White a bit worse.}
18. Qg3 f6 (18... Bf8 $2 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Nbxd3 21. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 (21...
Qxf5 22. Nh4 Re3 23. Nxf5 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg7 $16) 22. f6 Ne6 23. cxd3 $16) (
18... g6 19. Rad1 $14) 19. e5 $1 {This gives White an almost decisive
advantage. This move cost me 23 minutes and I spent almost all of it on 19...
dxe5.} (19. Bxc5 Nxd3 $1 (19... dxc5 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Nc4 Nxd3 22. Nb6 Qb8 23.
cxd3 Ra7 24. Qh3 {/\ 25.f5+/-}) 20. Bxd6 Nxb2 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 $132) 19... Rf8 $1
{During my 25-minute think before e5, he must have realised that 18...dxe5
loses.} (19... dxe5 20. Bxh7+ $1 {This I had calculated before playing e4-e5.
Anything else leaves White much worse, of course.} (20. fxe5 $2 f5 $1 $15)
20... Kxh7 21. fxe5 Nxc2 (21... f5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 (22... Bxf3 23. Bxe7 Bxg2+ 24.
Kxg2 $18) 23. Ng5+ Kg8 (23... Kh6 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. Qh7+ Kxg5 26. Qxg7+ Kh5 27.
Qh7+ Kg5 28. h4+ Kg4 29. Qg6+ Kxh4 30. Rf4#) 24. Qh4 $18 {->}) 22. Qh4+ (22.
exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 (23. Ng5+ $2 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 (24. Rf7 Nxd4) 24... Qc7) 23...
gxf6 24. Qh4+ (24. Ng5+ $2 fxg5 25. Rf7+ Kg6 26. Raf1 Qd8) 24... Kg7 25. Ne5 $1
Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Ne3+ 27. Kh1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 {mate in 5}) 22... Kg6 (22... Kg8 23.
exf6 Nxd4 24. f7+ $1 Kxf7 (24... Kf8 25. Qh8+ Kxf7 26. Ne5#) 25. Ng5+ Kg6 (
25... Kg8 26. Qh7#) 26. Qh7+ Kxg5 27. h4+ Kg4 28. Qg6+ Kxh4 29. Rf4#) 23. Qg4+
(23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ (24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Ne5+ Bxe5 26. Qg4+ Kh6) 24... Kh6 (
24... Kh7 25. Ng5+ $1 $18) 25. Bxc5 (25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nh4 Bxg2+ $1 27. Nxg2
Bg5 $1 28. Rad1) 25... Bxc5 26. Ne5 $1 $18) 23... Kh6 (23... Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8
25. exf6 $18) (23... Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. exf6 $18 Bxf6 (25... Nxd4 26. f7+ Kf8
27. Qh8+ Kxf7 28. Ne5#) (25... Bxf3 26. f7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kxf7 28. Qxg7#) (25...
gxf6 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Ng5 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 $18) 26. Ng5 $18 Bxg2+ $5 27. Kxg2 Qc6+
28. Kh3 e5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rxf6+ $3 $18) 24. exf6 $1 (24. Nh4 g5 $8) 24...
Bxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Bxc5 $1) 25. Bxf6 (25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qd7) 25... gxf6
26. Ne5 $1 $18) 20. Bxc5 $2 {What a pity! Having spent so much time on 19...
dxe5, I hadn't considered thiis move.} (20. exf6 $1 Rxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Bxh7+
$1 Kxh7 22. Ng5+ {Amazingly, I had seen this in my calculations. Unfortunately,
I didn't linger long enough to realize how strong White's attack is. The
variations are quite pretty.} Bxg5 (22... Kg6 23. f5+ $1 exf5 24. Nge4+ Kh7 25.
Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rf4 $18) (22... Kg8 23. Qh4 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Qe8 (24... Rf5 25. g6
e5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh5 $18) 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (25... Qxf8 26. g6 $18) 26. Rf1+
Kg8 (26... Ke7 27. g6+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Qxf7 (28... Kc8 29. Bxg7 $18) 29. gxf7 $18)
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rf6 $1 $40 (29. g6 Qe7 30. Rf7 Qxf7 31. gxf7+
Kxf7 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4+ Kf7 (33... Ke5 $5 34. Qg5+ Kd4 35. Qf4+ Ne4 36. Nxe4
Bxe4 37. c3+ Kd3 38. cxb4 Rg8 $1 39. Qxd6+ Bd5) (33... Kf5 34. Qxb4 Rg8 35. Ne2
$1 $16) 34. Qxb4 Rg8 $132)) 23. fxg5 $1 Qe8 (23... Kg8 24. g6 $40) (23... Kg6
24. Rf6+ $1 gxf6 25. gxf6+ Kh5 $1 $8 26. Qh3+ (26. Be3 $4 Bxg2+ $3 (26... Rg8
27. Qh3+ Kg6 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Kxf6 30. Rf1+) 27. Kg1 (27. Kxg2 Rg8) (27.
Qxg2 Qc6) 27... Rg8) 26... Kg5 $8 27. Rf1 $1 $18 (27. Be3+ Kxf6 $8 28. Rf1+ Kg7
$1 $8 (28... Ke7 29. Bg5+ Ke8 (29... Kd7 30. Qh7+) 30. Qh5+ $1) 29. Bh6+ (29.
Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qh4+ Kg8 $10) 29... Kg6 $8
30. Bxf8 Qxf8 $8 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Rxf8 (32. Qh5+ $2 Kg8 $17) 32... Rxf8 33.
Qh4+ Kg6 34. Qg4+ $1 Kh6 $10 (34... Kf7 35. Qxb4 Rg8 $13))) (23... Rxf1+ 24.
Rxf1 Qe8 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rf6 $1 $16 (28. g6 Qe7 29.
Rf7 Qxf7 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kf7 33. Qxb4 Rg8 $1 34. Qf4+ Ke7
35. Qh4+ Kf7 36. Qf2+ Ke7 $10)) 24. Rxf8 Qxf8 25. g6+ Kg8 (25... Kh6 26. Be3+)
26. Qh3 $18) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 $16) 20... dxc5 {Kasparov later explained that he
was so relieved after 22.Bxc5 that he didn't want to speculate any more.} (
20... Nxd3 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. cxd3 $44) 21. Bc4 Bd5 $1 {Simple} (21... Bxf3 22.
Rxf3 Nxc2 $2 23. f5 Nd4 24. fxe6 $1 Nxf3 25. Nd5 (25. gxf3) 25... Qd8 26. exf6
Bxf6 27. e7 $1 Bxe7 28. Nc7+ $1 (28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. Qh3+ Qh4)
28... Kh8 29. Ne6 Qd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Qc7 $16) (21... f5 $14) 22. Nxd5 exd5
$8 (22... Nxd5 23. f5 $1 $16) 23. Bb3 c4 24. Ba4 Nc6 25. c3 (25. Rae1 $1 Nxa5 (
25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 $1 Bb4 (26... Nxe5 27. Rxe5 $16) (26... Bf6 27. Qf3 $1) 27.
c3 Bxa5 {Black shouldn't be worse here.}) 26. c3 $44) (25. Rad1 fxe5 $1 26.
fxe5 Qe6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Nd4 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Ne6 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bb4 32.
Nc7 Rd8 33. e6 d4 $132) 25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 (26. fxe5 $1 Nxa5 27. Bc2 Nc6 $13 {
This position didn't seem so clear to me at the time, but perhaps it was worth
a try anyway, since White doesn't really run a lot of risk.}) 26... Nxe5 27.
fxe5 Qe6 28. Bc2 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qf4 g6 32. Bd1 Qf7 33.
Qd4 $1 {/\ 34.Bf3} (33. Qxf7+ $4 {Not very bright.} Kxf7 34. Bg4 Bc5 $1 (34...
Bh6 35. Bc8 Bc1 36. Bxb7 Ke6 37. Bxa6 Kxe5 (37... Bxb2 $2 38. Bc8+ Kxe5 39. a6
d4 $8 40. a7 (40. cxd4+ Bxd4 41. Bd7 Ke4 $17) 40... dxc3 41. a8=Q c2 42. Qb8+
$18) 38. Bb7) 35. Bc8 b6 (35... d4 $2 36. cxd4 Bxd4 37. Bxb7) 36. axb6 Bxb6 37.
Bxa6 Be3 $1 $19) (33. g3 $5 Bh6 34. Qf3 (34. e6 Qxe6 35. Qb8+ Bf8 36. Bf3)
34... Bc1 $140 35. Qe2 Bxb2 $4 36. e6 $18) 33... Qf1+ 34. Qg1 Qxg1+ (34... Qf4
35. Bf3 Qd2 (35... Qxe5 36. Qd1) 36. Qd4 Qe1+ 37. Qg1 Qxe5 38. Qd1) 35. Kxg1 {
The difference with the immediate Q exchange is that White's K is closer to
the << and so the queen side won't disintegrate.} Kf7 36. Bg4 b6 (36... Bc5+
37. Kf1 Be3 38. Bc8 b6 $10) (36... b6 37. axb6 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 Bxb6 39. Ke2 Bc7
40. e6+ Kf6 41. h3 h5 42. Bf3 Kxe6 43. Kd2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz,J"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 {Garry has also tried 4.Qc2 and 4.d4 here.
} O-O {Kasparov-Sharif, Evry 1989, transposed into a Catalan after 4...d5 5.a3
Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.d4.} 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 h6 9. e3 {It's not
easy to find any prior examples of this position. Usually White plays a2-a3
very early in this line.} Re8 10. a3 {[#]} dxc4 {Anand finds the correct
sequence of moves.} ({The alternative} 10... Bxc3 {would allow} 11. Qxc3 dxc4
12. Qxc4 {with strong pressure.}) ({Also giving White the upper hand was} 10...
Ba5 {when} 11. Na4 Qe7 12. Qc2 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 {is an example of the
dangers that could befall Black.}) 11. dxc4 {The only possible capture, as 11.
Qxc4 is strongly answered by 11...Na5.} Bxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 13. b4 e4 14. Nd2 Qe7
{Overprotecting c5 as well as e4, and keeping options open for the bishop.} ({
Anand didn't like} 14... Bf5 {because of} 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Nb3) 15. b5 Ne5 16.
Nxe4 {[#] More or less forced as 16.Bb2 Nd3 gives Black an easy game.} Nf3+ ({
The other possiblity here was} 16... Bh3 {, exploiting the unprotected queen
on c3. Black has excellent compensation for the pawn after} 17. Nd2 (17. Bxh3
Nxe4 ({Also possible is} 17... Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe4 19. Bg2 Re5 20. Bb2 Rh5 21.
Bxf3 Qxf3+ {again with unclear play.}) 18. Qc2 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Qe5 20. Bg2 Qh5 21.
h3 Nfg5 22. h4 Rad8 23. Ra2) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rad8 {with unclear play.}) ({
Note that the routine} 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxc4 {favors White and his
beautiful bishops after} ({If} 17... Bh3 {White has a powerful exchange
sacrifice in GM Alexander Ivanov's} 18. Bb2 {The position after} Bxf1 19. Rxf1
{is very good for White, who has the two bishops, a extra pawn, a support
square on d5, and no weaknesses.}) 18. Bd5) {When asked after the game why he
rejected 16...Bh3!?, Vishy said he saw it was possible, but that 16...Nf3+ was
the first move he analyzed. Having found one satisfactory answer, he said he
didn't want to waste ten to fifteen minutes calculating another.} 17. Bxf3 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 ({The answer to} 18. Qc2 {is not} Qf6 ({Instead} 18... Bf5 19. Bb2 Qe6
{intending ...Ng5, is the way to go.}) 19. Bxe4 Qxa1 {as White has} 20. Bb2)
18... Qxe4 19. f3 Qe7 20. e4 Be6 {[#]} 21. Be3 {A move which indicates White's
willingness to split the point. Black's plan is to exchange off both pairs of
rooks and then gang up on the c-pawn with ...f7-f6 and ...Qe7-f7. White's best
hope is to try to trade one pair of rooks, but even here Black should be fine
as there is little constructive that White can do.} ({More tempting is} 21. Bb2
{and indeed after} f6 22. e5 fxe5 ({Instead the correct path is} 22... f5 {
This looks good for White at first glance, as it yields the d6-square, but
Kasparov pointed out that} 23. Rfd1 Qf7 $1 (23... Rad8 24. Rd6 $1) 24. Rac1 f4
{offers Black a strong attack.}) 23. Rfe1 {the first player has some advantage
(note that} Qf7 24. Rxe5 Bxc4 $2 {is met by} 25. Rf5 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,J"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 {
Kasparov is the first to deviate from game three, where 14...Bc6 was played.
The text has the virtue that after 15.Bb6 Qb8, the Rook doesn't get trapped on
a8. [#]} 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Bb6 {Vishy is still in his pregame preparation.
Sixteen moves into the game he has spent only four minutes. Kasparov explained
Anand's opening strategy as follows:" White's play is based on the isolation
of Black's Queen."} Qb8 {[#]} 17. Nd4 {Natural and probably best, though White
had three alternatives worthy of consideration: (1) 17.Ng5 (threatening e5 but
loses time) 17...h6 18.Nxf7 ?! Kxf7 19.e5 Nfd5 20.Bh7! looks very strong for
White but 18...Nxd3! looks like} Nxd3 $5 {Sharpening the struggle. The text
prepares a well-timed counterblow in the center.} 18. cxd3 {Former World
Junior Champion Ilya Gurevich, who is serving as one of the guest commentators
for the event, tossed in the offhand suggestion of 18.Nxc6, meeting 18...bxc6
with 19.Qxd3, but 18...Rxc6 is fine for Black.} d5 $5 {A double-edged advance.
Under different circumstances Anand would no doubt have gone for the throat
with 19.e5 Nd7 20.Qg4 Nxb6 21.axb6 Bc5 22.Nce2 Bxb6 23.Rf3 and a strong
initiative but a pawn minus. During the post-game analysis} 19. Qf3 {Kasparov,
a nd several of the GM commentators, criticized this move after the game, but
alternatives to the very committal 19.e5 are not so easy to find. [#]} Nd7 20.
Nxc6 {Winning material would cost White dearly: 20.exd5 exd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.
Qxd5 Nxb6 23.axb6 Rcd8 with tremendous pressure down the central files.} bxc6
21. Na4 Qd6 {Kasparov feels that 21..Bd8 would have been strongly met by 22.f5
with a kingside attack brewing. The text finally allows Black to activate his
Queen.} 22. Qe3 {Here the spectators were getting excited about the radical 22.
b4!?. White has real compensation after 22.b4!? Qxb4 23.Rfb1 Qd6 24.e5 Qb8,
but nothing concrete.} Qb4 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Nc3 Bd8 26. exd5 {[#]}
exd5 {Kasparov criticized this move after the game, claiming that 26...Bxb6 27.
axb6 Qxb6 28.Na4 Qb5! (G.K.) 29.dxe6 Rxe6 would have given him a slight
advanatage. It seems that after 30.d4 c4 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Qc3 the game would
still be heading} 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 {The draw was well justified. After 28.Qxd5
Bxb6 29.axb6 Qxb6 30.Qc4 the position is quite equal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Benjamin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 {All right, which variation will it be?} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4
11. Ng5 $5 {The sharpest try in this variation. I imagined that Kasparov would
be very well prepared for all the main lines, and so I decided to go ahead and
use an obscure idea.} dxc3 (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 $16) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3
Qd3 {Former Candidate Artur Yusupov, who is serving as one of Anand's seconds,
is one of the world's experts on the Open Ruy. Sideif-Sade - Yusupov, Frunze
1979, saw 13...Nxb3 14.axb3 Qd3.} 14. Nf3 {As we all know now, Kasparov blew a
hole into this variation in the 10th game with 14.Bc2, but let's not jump
ahead. [#]} O-O-O $1 {This was Elizbar's idea. I was first sceptical, but
later became very enthusiastic about this move. To compensate for the obvious
shortcomings in his position (weak king, White's two bishops) Black has a lead
in development and White's pieces do not coordinate very easily.  A
theoretical novelty. Karpov-Kortchnoi, Bagiuo City 1978 saw 14...Qxd1 15.Bxd1
Be7 16.Be3 Nd3 17.Bb3 Kf7 18.Rad1 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 with the better
ending for White. 17 years later this line is once again in the spotlight
during a World Championship Match.} 15. Qe1 (15. Bd2 Nxb3 16. axb3 (16. Qxb3
Rd5 $1) 16... Kb7 {/\ Be7,Rhf8}) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb7 17. Be3 {Played by
Kasparov after 20 minutes thought. Another possiblity was 17.Bg5 . After 17...
Rd5 White could choose between the speculative 18.c4!? and the strange-looking
18.b4.The latter seeks to deny Black's Bishop c5.One possible variation is 18.
b4 h6 19.Be3 g5 20.Ra2 with Rd2 and Qa1 in the works.} (17. Bg5 Rd7) 17... Be7
18. Bg5 {An interesting idea. White wants to gain access to the c5 square
which means he must eliminate Black's dark coloured bishop. Once again the
weird-looking 18.b4 is deserving consideration.} (18. Ra2 {/\ Qa1} Rhf8 $1 19.
Qa1 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Qh5 {And Black can count on at least a draw.}
) 18... h6 {During the post-game press conference Anand mentioned that 18...
Rhe8 would have left White with a slight advantage.} (18... Rhe8 $5 {This may
well be the best move since the game continuation is quite risky for Black. I
don't see anything clear for White here.} 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng5 {I was worried
about this during the game, but afterwards my seconds showed me Qd2.} Qd2 $1
21. Ne4 (21. Qe4 Qxg5 22. Rxa6 Rd5 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. c4 Qxe5 25. cxd5+ Qxd5 $15
) 21... Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 Kb6) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd4 $5 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 {The only
move. Anything else allows b4 and Nb3-c5.  Anand had forseen this possiblity
many moves before.} (20... Qg6 21. b4 Nd5 22. Nb3 $1 Nf4 23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. g3
Nd3 25. Qe3 $18) 21. cxd4 Qxb3 (21... Qxd4 {This is a serious alternative. I
wanted to have connected passed pawns in the <<, but Black has good
compensation here as well.}) 22. Qe3 $6 {Benjamin: A critical decision and one
that Garry spent twenty five minutes on. The GM commenting corp spent a lot of
time on 22.Qc1, staying in the middlegame. One possible line is 22...Ra8 
(Black has to worry about Rxa6 followed by Qxc7) 23. Ra3 Qb4 24.Rc3 Nd5 25.Rc6
Qxd4 26.Rxe6 Nc3 27.Kh1 a5 and Black is doing fine.} (22. Qc1 {Much more
dangerous than the game continuation.} Qb4 $5 {This is probably the best
defence. The point is that after 23.Qf4 Nd5 24.Qf7 Black can play 24...Qe7.} (
22... Nd5 $2 23. Rxa6 Nc3 24. Qa1 Na4 25. Rb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Kxa6 27. Qg6 $18)
(22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 {I actually wasted a few seconds before I saw this.}) (
22... Ra8 23. Qf4 $1 (23. Qc5 Nc6 24. Rfc1 Qd5 $1) 23... Qd5 (23... Nd5 24. Qf7
Nc3 $2 25. Qf3+ $1) 24. Qf7 Nc6 25. Rac1 Rd8 $1 (25... Rc8 26. Rc5 Qxd4 27.
Rfc1 {/\ Qf3}) 26. Rc5 Qxd4 27. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 28. Rc1+ Kb7 29. Qxc7+ Ka8 30. h3)
23. Qc2 (23. Rxa6 $2 Kxa6 24. Qxc7 Qa3 $1 25. Qd7 Rc8 26. Qxe6+ Rc6 27. Qf7 Rc1
$1) 23... Qxd4 24. Qa2 Qb6) 22... Qxe3 $8 (22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 $18) 23. fxe3 {
I didn't know what to make of this ending during the game, but now it seems to
me that Black is not in danger here.} Nd5 24. Kf2 Kb6 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rf7 (26.
e4 $6 Nb4 $1 {And now Black threatens Rd8 and Nc6.} (26... Nc3+ 27. Kd3 b4 28.
Rf7)) 26... a4 27. Kd2 {Benjamin:Anand express ed some surprise at this move.
He preferred the immediate 27.e4 and rattled off the variation 27...Nb4 28.Re7
Nc2 29.Rxe6+ Kb7 (29...Ka5 30.Rd1 with Rc6 to follow) 30.Rd1 a3 31.d5 a2 32.
Kd3 a1(Q) 33.Rxa1 Nxa1 34.Kc3.Vishy felt that the final position, where
Black's Knight is cornered and White's e-pawn is ready to run, didn't offer
the second player prospects for more than a draw.} (27. e4 Nb4 {/\ Rd8} (27...
Nc3+ $2 28. Kd3 b4 29. Kc4)) 27... c5 $2 {Another viable alternative is IM
Vitaly Zaltsman's 28...Rd8, intending to hold up e4 before advancing on the
queenside. After 29.Rxg7 c5 30.Rg6 then 30... Nc7 leads to interesting play.} (
27... Rd8 $1 {I had seen this move, but thought that c5 was a better way of
opening the position on the <<. A pity, since White would have had serious
problems to solve.} 28. Rxg7 (28. e4 $2 Nb4 29. Kc3 Nc6 30. Rd1 b4+ $1 31. Kb2
(31. Kc4 Nxe5+) 31... Nxd4 {/\ c5-+}) 28... c5 29. dxc5+ (29. Rg6 Nc7 30. Kc3
c4 $5 (30... cxd4+ 31. exd4 Ka5 {Followed by b4+ and Nb5.}) (30... Nd5+ 31. Kd2
c4 32. Rxe6+ Ka5 33. Rd6) 31. e4 Ka5 32. Rxh6 Rc8 $1) 29... Kxc5 30. Rc1+ (30.
Rg4 Nb6+ 31. Rd4 Rxd4+ 32. exd4+ Kxd4 $15 {_|_}) 30... Kb4 31. Rg4+ Ka5 32. Rd4
Rf8 $36) 28. e4 $5 {Benjamin: A disappointment for the spectators but
understandable under the circumstances. Each player has only a little over
thirty minutes left and the position is very complicated. Anand very honestly
confessed after the game: "neither of us had a clue what was happening." One
line bandied about by the GM commentators was 28.e4 Nb4 29.dxc5(as we go to
press, 29.Re7 appears to favor white, it seems that 28...Nc7 is probably best.)
Kc6 (29...Kxc5? 30.Rd7) 30.Re7 Rd8+ 31.Kc3 Kxc5 32.Rc7+ Kb6 33.Kxb4 Kxc7 34.
Kxb5 Rb8+ or 34...Nc6 and Black looks to have the better chances.} (28. e4 {
The exclamation is for the move, the question mark is for the draw offer that
accompanied it. I was a bit puzzled but taking into consideration that the
position was very difficult to evaluate, I accepted after ten minutes thought.
Later, analysis showed that my intuition was right, the position now holds
dangers only for Black. The next morning there was further confirmation of
this. Kasparov wrote in USA Today (where the players were expected to submit
daily reports of the games) that he was wrong to offer a draw! There are two
moves here:} Nc7 (28... Nb4 29. Re7 $1 cxd4 30. Rxe6+ Ka5 31. Rd6 Rf8 32. e6 $1
{This seems to me to be +/= at least. Black plans to meet Rc1 with a3 but he
doesn't have a useful move here.} Rf2+ $2 33. Kd1 $1 Rf1+ 34. Ke2 Rxa1 35. e7
d3+ 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 $1 $18) 29. dxc5+ $1 (29. Rd7 cxd4 (29... c4 $5) 30.
Rc1 Na6) 29... Kc6 30. Kc3 Rd8 (30... Na6 31. Re7 Nxc5 (31... Kxc5 32. Rxe6)
32. Rd1 $1 $16) 31. Re7 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Seirawan,Y"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Anand sticks to 6.
Be2, the most controlled response to the Najdorf. Prior to this match he had
played that move on a couple of occasions, but had also experimented with 6.a4,
6.Bc4 and 6.Be3. Interestingly, it appears he has never employed the sharpest
rejoinder to the Najdorf - 6.Bg5.} e6 {Anand also plays the Najdorf, but
prefers the more double-edged 6...e5. It now transposes into the Scheveningen.}
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7
14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bb6 {A refinement on game five, where 15.Qe2 Bc6 16.Bb6 was
played.} Qb8 {[#]} 16. e5 {This double-edged move was played instantly and is
very likely the product of work Anand's team (GMs Yusupov, Speelman, Ubilava
and Wolff) did over the free day. Kasparov was critical of it in his analysis
in the VIP room after the game. He said "it doesn't really make sense to open
the position without any concrete gain."} dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 {
A good mov e which gains necessary breathing space for Black's pieces.} ({
It's also forced since} 18... Nxd5 {would be strongly answered by} 19. Ng5 Bxg5
20. Qh5 Bh6 (20... f5 $145 $1) 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 $18) 19. Re1 {Vishy
intends to force Garry into a passive position with ...Be6 but the world
champion finds a pawn sacrifice to liberate his position. One of the ideas
behind 19.Re1 is to be able to answer ...Nxd3 with Qxd3 and not worry about ...
Bb5.} ({Two alternatives:} 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. cxd3 h6 21. Rae1) (19. Rf2 {
intending Raf1.}) 19... h6 {A good idea. As Kasparov explained in his analysis
of the game; "Normally White wants to exchange dark-squared Bishops, but this
position is an exception. Here Black wants to trade down to light-squared
Bishop versus Knight because of the specifics of the situation - namely the
weakness of the e and a pawns and the possiblity of B vs. N in the ending."} ({
Note that the immediate} 19... Bd8 $2 {would be met by} 20. Bxd8 Rcxd8 21. Ng5)
20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bc5 {This temporary pawn sacrifice solves all of Black's
problems.} 22. Qxd5 Be6 ({The natural} 22... Bc6 {would only leave Black
struggling for a draw after} 23. Qxc5 Bxf3 24. Qf2) 23. Qd2 ({The queen
sacrifice} 23. Qxc5 {falls short after} Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Bd5 $1 25. Bd6 Qc8 26.
Nd4 Qg4 27. Re2 f6) 23... Bxb6 24. axb6 Rc6 25. Ra4 {Kasparov praised this
move. White activity or his weak e-pawn will leave him worse.} Rxb6 {Drawn at
Kasparov's suggestion. Anand's next move would be 26.Rd4 grabbing the d-file.
This draw, the seventh in a row, equals the record for consecutive draws at
the start of a World Championship match. The other match to start with seven
draws, Karpov-Kortchnoi, Baguio City 1978, was contested with different
conditions. The winner was to be the first player to win six games, draws not
counting. So in a real sense the players did set a record today, beating the
six consecutives draws that marked the start of Petrosian-Spassky, Moscow 1966.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Benjamin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {At this time, Kasparov hadn't yet found
the solution against my Open Ruy Lopez, that he employed in game 10, so he
deviates a bit earlier. Garry, for at least the time being, has decided not to
test Anand's Open variation to the Ruy Lopez.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 {
This variation was played twice in the 1990 World Championship match between
Kasparov and Karpov, with the champion scoring a win and a draw.} bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 $1 {The point of thie move is very simple.
Black wants to stop f4 which is quite good against 9...g6. A theoretical
novelty. The usual choices are 9...Qh4 and 9...g6. Karpov tried 9...O-O-O
against Garry.} (9... g6 10. f4) 10. Ba3 {After a reasonable think, Kasparov
decided to follow an idea he had against g6 the previous move, reaching a
position which he had prepared with the only difference being the pawn on g5. 
The champion thought for 15 minutes here, and then played his next few moves
at a rapid tempo. As will be seen on move 15, the two players are following a
game where 9...g6 was played. It seems likely that Garry spent his time here
trying to decide whether ...g5 makes a big difference compared with ...g5.The
latter move, which seems Speelmanesque, allows not only ...Bg7 but ...Nf4 as
well.} d6 (10... c5 11. g3 Nb4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bb2 $1 {/\ a3})
11. exd6 {A forcing line.} Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 $1 13. cxd5 Bxe2 (13... Bb7 $4
14. dxc7 $1 Bxa1 (14... cxd5 15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Bxc6#) 15. d6 $18) 14. Kxe2 Bxa1
15. Rc1 {This position was reached (with the pawn on g6) in Kuksov-Aleksandrov
Smolensk Cup 1991. [#]} O-O-O $3 $8 {Found after a 20-minute think. The point
is that Black needs the open centre for his rooks and any pawn capture (cxd6,
cxd5) closes the file and gives White time to bring his N to c4. A substantial
improvement over Kuksov-Aleksandrov,A., Smolensk Cup 1991, (remember the Black
pawn was on g6 instead of g5) which saw 15...cxd6 16. Rxc6 O-O 17.Bxd6 Rfd8 18.
Nd2 Rd7 19.Kd3 Re8 20.f4 f6 21.b4 with a considerable advantage for White.} (
15... cxd5 16. Rxc7 $16) (15... cxd6 16. Rxc6 Be5 (16... O-O 17. Bxd6 $16) 17.
Nd2 $1 {/\ Nc4+/-}) (15... Be5 16. Rxc6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Na3 $1 Kd7 19.
Nc4 $16) 16. Rxc6 Rhe8+ (16... Rd7 $1 17. Nc3 (17. Kd3 Be5 18. dxc7 Rxc7 (18...
Rxd5+ 19. Ke4 Rb5 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Re8+ {White still has an uphill
struggle to draw.})) 17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Re8+ $15 {This leads to a position
that I wanted to reach in the game. Black has some chances.}) 17. Kd3 {The
best move and one which cost Garry 37 minutes on the clock. The alternative 17.
Kf3 is strongly met by 17... Re5.} Rd7 18. Nc3 $1 {It was Kasparov's turn to
sink into long thought (40 minutes!) here and he finally found a way to keep
the balance. If White has any chances to improve it has to be here. Two
alternatives to the game continuation are: (1) 18.Bc5 Kb7 19.Rxc7+ Rxc7 20.
dxc7 Kxc7 21.Bxa7 Kd6; (2) 18.Nd2 Be5! (less clear is 18...Re5 19.Nc4 Rxd5+ 20.
Ke4 Rd4+ 21.Ke3 Rd1 22.Bc5) 19.Nc4 Bxh2 20.g3 h5 21.dxc7 Rxd5+ 22.Kc3 h4 23.
Nd6 + Rxd6 and Black has all the chances. These lines are not meant to be
exhaustive, but rather to show that Anand seems to have found a very good
antidote to the Scotch.} (18. Nd2 Re5 19. Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4 $15 {Probably
White has enough ~/= here, but the method chosen in the game ismore efficient.}
) 18... Bxc3 $6 (18... Re5 19. Nb5 Rxd5+ 20. Kc4 Rd2 21. Bc5 $1 Be5 $1) 19.
Kxc3 $1 {I had underestimated this move. I only expected 19.Rxc3.} (19. Rxc3
Re5 $15) 19... Re5 20. Kc4 Re4+ {If Black tries to play 20...Re2 it will still
be a draw. Play might continue 20. ..Re2 21.Bc5 Rxa2 22.b4 and now there are
two possibilities: (1) 22...Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24.Rf6 (or 24.Rh6); (2) 22...a5
23.b5 Kb7 24.Ra6 cxd6 25.Ra7+ Kc8 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27.Ra7+. White can even win if
Black overpresses - 20...Kb7 21.dxc7 Rxc7 22.Bd6!} (20... Re2 21. Bc5 Rxa2 22.
b4 {Now White is completely safe.} Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24. Rf6 $44) 21. Kd3 Re5
22. Kc4 Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {The World Championship had begun with 8 draws. The absolute record - 17
consecutive - still belongs to Karpov vs Kasparov from Moscow 1984. Anyway the
next six games had five decisive results!} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Neither player wanted to blink first.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 {Our discussion of the
Scheveningen Variation continues into my fifth White. I had tried 12.Qd2 in
the first game and then 12.Bd3 3 times. But Garry had managed to find a
solution to 12.Bd3 so it was time to switch.} Bd7 {He had played 13...Rb8
consistently in the matches against Karpov, but then switched to this move
against Van der Wiel in Amsterdam (Optiebeurs) 1987.} 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 $1 {A recommendation of Van der Wiel. Almost all the
interesting games in this line were played by Van der Wiel - against
Polugaevsky and against Kasparov himself and his notes were a good starting
point for my preparations.} (16. Qd2 Rc8 {Van der Wiel-Kasparov Optiebeurs 1988
}) (16. g4 {Van der Wiel-Polugaevsky Haninge 1989}) 16... Bc6 (16... e5 17. f5)
17. b4 Qc7 18. b5 Bd7 (18... axb5 $2 19. axb5 Bd7 20. Na4 $16) 19. Rab1 $1 $146
{I was surprised to discover later that this move was an improvement over 19.
Ne2 (Kuijpers-de Boer). This is clearly stronger of course.} (19. Ne2 Rc8 20.
bxa6 bxa6 21. Qxa6 Ra8 22. Qd3 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26.
Qxb5 Rb8 27. Qa4 Rc8 28. Rd2 Nd7 29. Qd4 Rb8 30. g3 Nb6 31. Be2 Qc6 {1/2-1/2,
Cuijpers-DeBoer, 1988}) 19... axb5 (19... Rc8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 (21...
Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Qxe5 24. Bf4 $16) 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Bxf6 (23. b6 Qb8
24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxd7 Re7) 23... Bxf6 24. Qxd7 $16 {Because Black hasn't
exchanged the a-Ps yet, White will create dangerous passed pawns.}) 20. Nxb5 $1
(20. axb5 {Now this is less strong since the a-Ps are no longer there.} Rc8 (
20... Ra8) 21. Na4 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 (22. Nb6 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc7 24. e5 dxe5 25.
fxe5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nxd5 Bf5 $1 28. Nxc7 Bxd3 29. Nxe8 (29. Rd1 Rd8)
29... Bxb1 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. exd6 Bf5 $10) 22... Rxc2 23. Nb6 $44) 20... Bxb5 {
This surprised me since I was expecting 20...Qa5.} (20... Qa5 $1 21. Nxd6 {
Anything else allows Black to play Bc6 with a fine position.} Bxa4 22. Bb6 (22.
e5 Bxd6 23. exd6 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd6 25. Qa3 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5) 22... Rxd6 23.
Bxa5 $1 (23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxa5 Bxf4 (24... Bxc2 $2 25. e5 $18) 25. Rxb7 Bxc2
26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Bxd8 Bxe4 $1 (27... Nxe4 28. Bc7 g5 $1) 28. Rb4 Bxf3 29. Rxf4
Bd5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 $10) 23... Rxd3 24. cxd3 Bxd1 $14 {White keeps a
slight advantage due to his ^^s and Black's weak b-P.}) 21. Qxb5 (21. Rxb5 $5 {
Possibly even stronger than the game continuation.} Nd7 (21... Rc8 22. Rdb1
Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rxb7 $16 d5 $140 $2 25. e5 $18) 22. Rdb1 Nc5 23. Qc4)
21... Ra8 22. c4 e5 23. Bb6 $1 {A fine move forcing Black's Q to go to c8.} (
23. fxe5 $2 dxe5 24. Bb6 Qc6 $1) 23... Qc8 (23... Qc6 {Now this fails because..
.} 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. c5 $1 $16) 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. a5 Bf8 26. h3 Qe6 27. Rd5 $1
Nxd5 $4 {An inexplicable move. Black should just wait and make some useful
moves on the >>. White remains with the better position but has to find a way
to break through.} (27... h5 $5) 28. exd5 $18 {Now White just has to push his
pawns.} Qg6 29. c5 e4 30. Be2 Re5 (30... Be7 31. d6 (31. Qb3 e3) 31... Bf6 32.
d7 Rf8 {Black threatens Be5 with some chances, but...} 33. Bc7 $1) 31. Qd7 $1
Rg5 (31... Qg3 32. Qxb7 Rg5 33. Rg1 $18) 32. Rg1 $1 e3 33. d6 (33. Qxb7 Re8 34.
d6) 33... Rg3 34. Qxb7 Qe6 35. Kh2 $1 {This gave me my first win in a WC match
and my frist win against him (in a tournament game) after Reggio Emilia 1991.
I was ecstatic. Needless to say, the rest of the week was a cold shower.} (35.
Rf1 Rb8 $1 36. Qxb8 $140 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qe5) (35. Rd1 $1 Rb8 36. Qd5 $18) (35.
Kh2 Re8 36. d7 $18 (36. Rf1 $18)) 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Benjamin:Garry opened with 1.d4 in game two and 1.Nf3 in game four, but
got nothing out of the opening. His 1.e4 in the sixth and eighth games was
strongly answered by Anand opening novelties, so one can safely assume that
Gary and his team have prepared a surprise for Vishy in the Open Spanish.} e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9.
Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 {All these moves
were played more or less instantly. Now Garry varies from game six (14.Nf3)
and instantly plays.. .[#]} 14. Bc2 $3 $146 {Tal's idea.This move, in
conjunction with White's next, is the prelude to a spectacular Rook sacrifice.
Kasparov mentioned at the press conference that he had discovered it last
weekend.} Qxc3 {Vishy spent only four minutes on this move, which suggests
that the game is still following his pre-match preparation.} 15. Nb3 {Once
again Garry played this move instantly.} Nxb3 {Played after a 45 minute
thought.} 16. Bxb3 Nd4 (16... Qxa1 17. Qh5+ (17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qxa8 (18. Bf4 Qd4
19. Rd1 Qa7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qc6+ Kf7 22. Rd7+ Be7 23. Be3 Qb8 24. Qf3+ Kg8 (
24... Ke8 25. Qc6 Kf7 26. Qf3+ $10) 25. Rxe7 (25. Qd5 Qe8 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 $19)
25... Qf8 26. Rxe6 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Kf7 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. Qxa6 Bd6 20. f4 Qc5+
21. Kh1 O-O $13) 17... g6 (17... Kd7 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Qg4+ Kf7 (19... Kd5 20.
Qd7+ Bd6 21. Qf7+ Kxe5 22. Qxg7+ Ke6 23. Qxa1 $18) 20. Qf3+ Ke6 (20... Kg8 21.
Qd5#) 21. Qxc6+ Bd6 22. exd6 Qe5 23. Bd2 $18) 18. Qf3 Nd8 (18... O-O-O 19. Qxc6
Qxe5 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 (20... Kd7 21. Bb2 $1 $18) 21. Be3 $18) 19. Rd1 (19. Bf4 Qd4
20. Rd1 Qa7 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bg5+ Be7 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qf6+ Kd7 25. Qxe6+
Kd8 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Qf6+ Kd7 $10) (19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Bxe6 (20. Bg5
Qc3 (20... Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Ba3 22. Qf3 $16) 21. Rd1 (21. Bxe6 Rg7 22. Rd1 Re7 $1
$19) 21... Bd6 $1) 20... Rg7 (20... Be7 21. Bd7+ $1 Kxd7 22. e6+ Nxe6 23. Qxa1
$16) (20... Nxe6 21. Qxe6+ Be7 22. Qxg8+ $18) 21. Ba3 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxa3 23.
Qxg7 Nxe6 24. Qxh7 (24. Qg8+ Nf8 25. e6 Be7 $17) 24... Rd8 25. Qxg6+ Ke7 $13) (
19. Qxa8 Qxe5) 19... Rb8 $5 (19... Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Qxa8 Bc5 (21... Be7 22.
Bxc7 $16) 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 (22... Qxd8 23. Qc6+ Qd7 24. Qxc5 $18) 23. Qc6 Bxf2+
24. Kf1 (24. Kxf2 Qxf4+ $19) 24... Rxd8 25. Bg5 Rd1+ (25... Qxg5 26. Qxe6+ Kf8
27. Qf7#) 26. Bxd1 Qxg5 27. Qxc7+ Ke8 28. Kxf2 $18) 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Qf6 Rg8 21.
Bg5 (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxe6+ Be7 23. Qxg8+ Kd7 24. Qe6+ Ke8 25. Qf7+ $10)
21... Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 h6 23. Be3 Be7 $13) 20... Be7 (20... Bd6 21. exd6 Qg7 22.
Bb2 e5 (22... Qxb2 23. dxc7 $18) 23. d7+ $18) 21. Qd7+ Kf7 22. Bg5 Qxd1+ 23.
Bxd1 Re8 24. Qxc7 (24. Bg4 h5 25. Bh3 $40) 24... Rb7 25. Qc1 $16) 17. Qg4 Qxa1
(17... Nxb3 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. Bg5 $18) 18. Bxe6 {Garry was still moving more
or less instantly and was over an hour ahead on the clock.} Rd8 {This move was
played quite quickly by Anand. Black can try other moves, but they also seem
to lose.} (18... Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Bg5 $18) (18... Qc3 19. Bd7+ Kf7 (19...
Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qxg7+ $18) 20. Be3 Bc5 (20... c5 $2 21.
Bxd4 Qc4 22. e6+ Kg8 23. e7 $18) 21. Rd1 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 $1 (22. Qxe2 Bxe3 (22...
Qxe5 23. Qf3+ Ke7 24. Bxc5+ Qxc5 25. Bh3 $40) 23. e6+ Ke7 24. fxe3 $40) 22...
Bxe3 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Be6 $18) 19. Bh6 {Once again Kasparov
blitzed out his move.} Qc3 {According to Garry, Vishy found the only way to
survive for awhile. Here 19...Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 gxh6 21.Qh5+ mates.} (19... Qxf1+
20. Kxf1 gxh6 21. Qh5+ $18) 20. Bxg7 Qd3 (20... Bxg7 21. Qh5+ $1 $18) 21. Bxh8
Qg6 (21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Ng3+ 23. hxg3 Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Qd3 25. Bf5 $1 Qc4 (25...
Qd1 26. f3 $18) 26. f4 Qxa2 27. Bxh7 $18) 22. Bf6 Be7 23. Bxe7 Qxg4 {Necessary
as 23...Kxe7 would allow 24.Qh4+.} (23... Kxe7 24. Qh4+ Ke8 25. Bg4 $18) 24.
Bxg4 Kxe7 {[#]} 25. Rc1 {A star move that abruptly stops Black's counterplay.
If Anand were allowed to play ...c7-c5-c4 things would be far from clear.
Garry spent a lot of time on the final phase of the game. As he put it, "Its
been a long time since I went two weeks without a victory, and I didn't want
to spoil things after my brilliant novelty". The only previous time Garry had
experienced such a drought was his first match with Karpov, back in 1984- 85.}
c6 26. f4 a5 (26... Rg8 27. Bd1 $18) 27. Kf2 a4 28. Ke3 b4 29. Bd1 {Accurately
played. The tempting 34.Rc4 would allow 34... a3 and Black is much better than
in the game.} a3 (29... b3 30. axb3 a3 31. g4 $18) 30. g4 {Now everything is
clear. Black's advance on the queenside has been stymied and Garry is ready to
roll with his e and f pawns.} Rd5 31. Rc4 c5 (31... Nf5+ 32. gxf5 Rxd1 33. f6+
Kd7 34. Rxb4 $18) 32. Ke4 Rd8 33. Rxc5 Ne6 (33... b3 34. Bxb3 Nxb3 35. axb3 Ra8
36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rc1 $18) 34. Rd5 Rc8 35. f5 Rc4+ 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. g5 Rc1 38.
Rd6 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Benjamin/King"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {This appears to be the
first time that Garry has played the Dragon in a serious tournament game. The
Champion tried the Accelerated Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6)
against Fritz in an exhibition game , and dabbled with the Dragon in simuls,
but the text must have come as a bit of a shock to Anand. Dies ist offenbar
das erste Mal, dass Garry den Drachen in einer ernsthaften Turnierpartie
anwendet. Bei einer Schaupartie gegen Fritz versuchte der Champion das
beschleunigte Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 g6) und riskierte
den Drachen auch bei Simultanveranstaltungen, für Anand aber muss der Textzug
ein kleiner Schock gewesen sein.} 6. Be3 {Vishy chooses the most testing
continuation after some reflection. Nach einigem Nachdenken wählt Vishy die
kritischste Fortsetzung.} Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 {Garry preferred 9.
O-O-O, when Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov essayed the Dragon against him at the
Euwe Memorial this past Spring. In seiner Weißpartie gegen den Bulgarian GM
Veselin Topalov beim Euwe Memorial im vergangenen Frühling bevorzugte Garry 9.
0-0-0.} Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15.
Nde2 b5 16. Bh6 Qa5 {This is not a theoretical novelty - it was previously
played in Suetin-Szabo, Leningrad 1967, but it is very rare. Most attention
has been focused on 16...b4, with the most important game involving one of
Anand's seconds: Wolff-Kir. Georgiev, Biel (Izt) 1993 Keine theoretische
Neuerung - der Zug wurde bereits Suetin-Szabo, Leningrad 1967 gespielt -
dennoch äußerst selten. Die meiste Aufmerksamkeit wurde bislang 16...b4
gewidmet, und bei der wichtigsten Partie mit dieser Variante war einer von
Anands Sekundanten beteiligt: Wolff-Kir. Georgiev, Biel (Izt) 1993.} (16... b4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa5 20. b3 Rc5 21. g4 $1 $40 {
Wolff-Georgiev, Biel 1993. Wolff-Georgiev, Biel 1993.}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4
Rfc8 19. Ncd5 {White opts to simplify as he has no real attacking chances.
Garry mentioned more than once after the game that, "White has no real chances
for an advantage in the Dragon if he doesn't play g2-g4 ." Weiß strebt
Vereinfachungen an, da er keine wirklichken Angriffschancen besitzt. Garry
wies nach der Partie mehrfach darauf hin, dass "Weiß im Drachen keine echten
Chancen auf Vorteil hat wenn er nicht White g2-g4 zieht."} Qxd2 {Kasparov
offered a draw after making his move.  Nach diesem Zug bot Kasparov remis an.}
20. Rxd2 {Anand thought for four minutes before declining the draw, the first
time in the match that an offer has been refused. During the press conference
Garry compared this game with number 47 of his epic first match with Anatoly
Karpov. That game saw Karpov decline a draw in a dead equal endgame and go on
to lose. Something similiar happens here. Anand überlegte vier Minuten, bevor
er ablehnte. Zum ersten Mal im Match wurde ein Remisangebot ausgeschlagen.
Während der Pressekonferenz verglich Garry diese Partie mit der 47. Begegnung
seines epischen ersten Matches gegen Anatoly Karpov. Damals lehnte Karpov in
einem totremisen Endspiel die Punkteteilung ab und verlor dann noch. Etwas
Ähnliches geschieht hier.} Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Kf8 22. Re1 Rb8 {A mysterious Rook
move. More direct was 22...Be6. Ein mysteriöser Turmzug. Direkter war 22...Le6.
} 23. b3 Rc5 24. Nf4 Rbc8 25. Kb2 a5 26. a3 Kg7 27. Nd5 Be6 28. b4 $2 {Losing
the thread. And what about 28. Nxe7? Garry rattled-> off the following
variation in the post-game press conference. Verliert den Faden. Und was ist
mit 28. Sxe7? In der anschließenden Pressekonferenz rasselte Garry die
folgende Varaitne herunter:} (28. Nxe7 Re8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4
Rc4 32. Rxd5 Rec8 (32... Rxb4+ $142 33. Kc1 f5 34. Rxd6 fxe4 35. Kd2 $10) 33.
Re2 (33. c3 $142 Rxc3 34. Re2 $16) 33... Rxb4+ 34. Kc1 Rc6 35. Red2 Ra6 $1 36.
Kd1 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2 $10) 28... axb4 29. axb4 Rc4 30. Nb6 $4 {A horrible
hallucination. Here White had to try 30.Nxe7, though 30...Rxb4+ 31.Kc1 Ba2 32.
Rxd6 Rb1+ 33.Kd2 Rxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Rxe1 leaves Black with winning chances. Eine
schreckliche Halluzination.} ({Weiß mußte hier} 30. Nxe7 {versuchen,
wenngleich Schwarz nach} Rxb4+ 31. Kc1 Ba2 32. Rxd6 Rb1+ 33. Kd2 Rxc2+ 34. Kxc2
Rxe1 {Gewinnchancen hat.}) (30. c3 $145 $1 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxc3 32. Re2 $13)
30... Rxb4+ 31. Ka3 Rxc2 {A terrible heartbreak for the Challenger who will
have little time to recover. Ein schreckliches Fiasko für den Herausforderer,
dem nur wenig Zeit bleibt, sich davon zu erholen.} 0-1

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 {Anand varies
from his favorite Open Variation (5...Nxe4) which suffered a serious setback
in game 10. Vishy has played the Archangel (5...b5), but more often as White
than Black.} 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 d6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 (10... h6 {
Ftacnik} 11. a5 O-O 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba7 15. Be3 Bc8 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Bd5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Na7 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 c6 21. Ba2 Nb5 22. Qb2 {
Timman,J-Bareev,E/Wijk (3.2)/1995/0.5 (38)}) (10... O-O {Ftacnik} 11. Bg5 $16)
11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Ba2 h6 {The text is possibly a new move, and definitely a
prudent one.} (12... Bc8 {Ftacnik} 13. Bg5 (13. d4 $1 exd4 14. e5 $36) 13...
Qg6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Bxc5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc5 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. f4 O-O 19. fxe5
Qxe5 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Rf3 c4 22. dxc4 c5 {Adams,M-Lin Weiguo/Adelaide-WchJ (6)
/1988/0-1 (66)}) 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Rb1 (16. Bxc5 $6 {
Ftacnik} dxc5 {xd3}) 16... Bc8 17. Qe2 {White has emerged from the opening
with a clear advantage.} Be6 $6 {Natural enough, but soon Vishy finds himself
in serious trouble. The text was universally criticized by the GM commenting
corp, but they were unable to come up with a good improvement.} 18. h3 {
Here 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 Bb6 20.Nd2 d5 21.e5 Nc4 22.f4 is a
promising alternative to the text.} (18. Bxe6 $5 {Ftacnik} Qxe6 19. d4 exd4 20.
cxd4 Bb6 21. Nd2 d5 22. e5 Nc4 23. f4 f5 24. Rfc1 $14) 18... Bxa2 19. Qxa2 Bxe3
20. fxe3 Qe6 21. Qxe6 (21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 e4 $1 23. dxe4 Nc4 24. Rb7 Rd7 $13
{and Black captures on e3, rescueing his Knight with ...f7-f5, if 24.Re1 Re8.
The star move 22...e4! was spotted by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili. Interestingly
enough, this move proves to be Vishy's salvation later in the game.}) 21...
fxe6 22. Rb4 Rb8 {Compare this position with the one that emerges after
Black's 26th move and it will become clear that the immediate doubling of
Rooks by 22...Rf7 and 23...Rdf8 deserved serious consideration.} (22... Rf7 $5
23. Rfb1 Rdf8) 23. Rfb1 Nc6 $2 {This could have been the fatal mistake that
caused Anand to castle queenside. Black should have played 23...Rxb4.} (23...
Rxb4 24. cxb4 (24. Rxb4 Kf7 $13 {This position differs from some that could
have occurred later in the game in one important detail: Black has time to
bring his King to the center before White's Rook reaches b7. Sometimes a
Knight on the rim isn't dim!}) 24... Nc6 25. b5 axb5 26. Rxb5 (26. axb5 Na7 27.
b6 cxb6 28. Rxb6 Nc8 29. Rb7 Rf7 30. Rb8 Rc7 31. d4 exd4 32. exd4 Kf7 $10)
26... Ra8 27. Rb7 Rxa4 28. Rxc7 Nb4 29. d4 Nd3) 24. Rb7 Rbc8 {Necessary as 24..
.Rfc8 would be met by the dynamic 25.d4 exd4 26.Nxd4 when White's ugly pawn
structure is more than compensated for by his activity.} (24... Rfc8 $6 {
Ftacnik} 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 $1 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Nxd4 28. exd4 $16) 25. Kf2 {
Here the aggressive 25.d4 would be effectively countered by 25...d5 26.exd5
exd5 27.Nxe5 (or 27.dxe5 Rfe8) 27...Nxe5 28.dxe5 Rfe8.} (25. d4 $2 {Ftacnik} d5
$1 26. exd5 exd5 27. Nxe5 (27. dxe5 Rfe8) 27... Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rfe8) 25... Rf7
26. Ke2 Rcf8 27. d4 g5 28. Kd3 Rg7 29. d5 exd5 30. exd5 g4 31. dxc6 {Vishy was
hypnotized yesterday and missed 31...Rxc2.Now it's Garry's turn to overlook
something big - namely the intermezzo 31...e4+. He actually wrote 31... gxf3
on his scoresheet after capturing on c6, Anand's reply caused him to dirty his
score. Had he played 31.hxg4 he would have had excellent chances to win and go
two up.} (31. hxg4 $142 e4+ 32. Kxe4 Ne7 (32... Rxg4+ 33. Kd3 Ne7 34. c4 Rxg2
35. Nd4 Ng6 36. Rxc7 Ne5+ 37. Kc3 Rg3 38. Ne6 Rxe3+ 39. Kd2 (39. Kd4 $2 Ra3 40.
Nxf8 Nf3+ 41. Ke4 Nd2+)) 33. g5 $1 (33. Rxc7 Rxg4+ 34. Kd3 Nxd5)) 31... e4+ (
31... gxf3 {Ftacnik} 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Ra7 d5 (33... Rxh3 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rbb7
Kg6 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 $16) 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rbb7 e4+ (35... Kg6 36. Rxc7
Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Rf6 38. c4) 36. Kd4) 32. Kxe4 gxf3 33. gxf3 Re7+ {Now Black's
counterplay is enough to draw.} 34. Kd4 Rxf3 35. e4 Rxh3 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rb8+
Kf7 38. Rb7 Re7 39. c7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7+ Ke6 41. Ra7 h5 42. Rxa6 Rh1 43. Ra8 {
The position is clearly drawn: (1) Black will advance his passed pawn to h2
tying the White King down; (2) Next he will trade his h-pawn for the enemy
a-pawn; (3) he will transfer his King to c6.The resulting position with two
pawns versus one on the same side of the board is totally without chances so
the two players quickly make peace.} h4 {The longest game of the match but the
two players have yet to play four hours (today lasted 3:15)! Surely this must
be a record of sorts for a WorldChampionsh ip.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dzindzichashvili} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {
A repeat of the Dragon came as a bit of a surprise for the Grandmasters in the
pressroom. They expected a return to the Najdorf/Scheveningen seen in games 1,
3,5,7, and 9. The text makes one wonder who was in Garry's camp when he made
his pre-match preparations. None of his seconds - Grandmasters Evgeny Pigusov,
Yury Dokhoian and Vladimir Kramnik - play the Dragon with either color. Nor
are any of them regular practioners of 1.e4, Garry's favorite choice as White
in this match. Maybe Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov spent some time with Garry.
He's one of the world's leading experts on the Dragon, plays 1.e4 exclusively,
and was a teammate of Kasparov's on the Russian A team in Moscow last December.
} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 {Vishy played the normal Yugoslav Attack move order in
game 11 (7.f3 and 8.Qd2), but here he offers Garry the opportunity to mix
things up with 7... Ng4 8.Bb5+ Kf8)} Nc6 8. f3 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 {Game 11
saw 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 h5 13.Kb1.The text looks like it will
transpose, but Anand has a surprise in store.} h5 11. Bb3 Rc8 {[#]} 12. Nxc6 {
A little known and unorthodox way of handling the Yugoslav Attack.} bxc6 13.
Bh6 c5 14. Bc4 (14. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. O-O-O Rb4 18. b3
Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. a3 Rd4 21. Nb5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qa5 23. e5 $16 {Madl,
I-Farago,S/Budapest/1989/}) 14... Qb6 (14... Rb8 15. O-O-O Rb4 16. Bb3 Qc7 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 Rd4 $13 {Tolnai-Watson,W/Kecskemet/1988/}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
b3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {[#]} e5 {The right way to advance. Here the
natural looking 18...e6 would not have been met by 19.dxe6, but 19.O-O-O, when
Black would have nothing better than 19...e5.} (18... e6 19. O-O-O e5) 19. dxe6
$2 {Garry criticized this move in the post-game press conference, preferring
19. O-O-O, when he said the position would be about equal. He explained
Anand's puzzling decision to open the position with his King in the center, by
pointing out that White's opening play was based on pressure against e7. When
Black plays ...e7-e5 the weak pawn becomes a strong one and Vishy couldn't
accept this. But now the cure becomes worse than the disease.} (19. O-O-O $10)
19... d5 20. Be2 c4 {After the game, Kasparov remarked this was, "the first
time in my life that I prevented castling on two wings with one move." With 20.
..c4 kingside castling is rendered illegal and queenside castling undesireable.
} 21. c3 $2 {The losing e. Forced was 21.Rd1, planning Qd4 and making Rd2
available. The text loses almost instantly.} (21. Rd1 $142 {Kasparov} c3 22.
Qd4 fxe6 $15) 21... Rce8 {Not an easy move to find. The Rook is already
well-developed but all the action is occurring on the e-file.} 22. bxc4 {
Alternatives fare no better. Garry gave the following pretty variations in the
VIP room:} (22. exf7 {Kasparov} Rxf7 23. Rf1 (23. Kd1 Rfe7 24. Re1 d4 25. cxd4
Nd5 $19) 23... Rfe7 24. Rf2 Rxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Qg1#) 22... Rxe6 23. Kf1 (23. cxd5
Re5 (23... Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qb2 (24... Rfe8 25. O-O-O Rxe2 26. Rd2) (24... Rd8 25.
Qc4) 25. O-O Rxe2 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qg3 Qxc3 $15) 24. f4 Rxd5 25. Qc2 Qe3 $17)
23... Rfe8 24. Bd3 dxc4 25. Bxc4 {The poor White Bishop has moved no less than
six times in this short game! [#]} Ne4 $1 {Since the next to last draw in game
8, the match has become a slugfest with decisive results in four of the last
five games. Unfortunately for Vishy the Champion has been throwing most of the
punches. Game 11, where Anand blundered horribly, may still be with him.
Kasparov has pointed out more than once, that the contestants in this match
are playing under much more difficult conditions than previous World
Championships. They play four games a week instead of the usual three, and no
time outs are allowed. When Karpov blundered horribly in game 11 (22...Rcd8??)
of the 1985 World Championship match, he could take a timeout to recover.
Anand has had no such luxury.} (25... Ne4 $1 26. fxe4 (26. Qe1 Rd6 27. fxe4
Rf6+ 28. Ke2 Rxe4+ $19) 26... Rf6+ 27. Ke1 Rxe4+ 28. Be2 Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Rxe2 $19)
0-1

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Die 14.Partie machte deutlich wie angeschlagen Anand wirklich war.Aus einer
sehr guten Stellung heraus ließ er seinen Vorteil peu a peu aus den Fingern
gleiten,um die Partie ganz am Ende mit einem riesigen Patzer in den Sand zu
setzen."Anand",so Kasparov,"ist von seinem Team falsch beraten worden.Sie
haben ihn zwar gut auf mich präparirt,aber ihm dabei auch seine Stärken
genommen.Durch die Fixierung auf meine Person ist ihm seine außerordentliche
Kreativität abhanden gekommen.Ihm fehlten dadurch die Mittel,um auf meine
Überraschungen zu reagieren.Anand hat in diesem Wettkampf allerdings auch jede
Zähigkeit vermissen lassen."} 1. e4 d5 {Die Zeiten wo Skandinavisch als
minderwertige Eröffnung verschrien war,in der sich höchstens eine Hand voll
Abenteurer wie beispielsweise Bent Larsen oder Ian Rogers tummelten, sind
schon lange vorüber.Trotzdem überrascht es ein wenig,sie ausgerechnet in der
kritischen Phase eines WM-Finales angewendet zu sehen,und das um so mehr,als
es sich in Bezug auf Anand dabei um ein Novum handeln dürfte.Zu diesem Schritt
bewogen haben wird Anand die Tatsache,daß Kasparovs skandinavische Erfahrung
sich ausschließlich auf zwei Begegnungen beschränkt:einer Simultanpartie gegen
den französischen IM Eric Prie und einer freien Partie mit Fernseh-Entertainer
David Letterman!} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 {Schwarz gibt
seiner Dame eine Rückzugsmöglichkeit(Man kann nie wissen!) und schickt sich an
die Kontrolle über das Feld mit Lf5 und e6 zu verstärken.5..Lg4 führt meist zu
schärferen Stellungen,während 5..Lf5 auf eine Zugumstellung hinausläuft.Wie
sich allerdings in dieser Partie zeigen wird,ist der Partiezug eine Spur
flexibler.} 6. Ne5 Be6 $5 {Gebräuchlicher ist 6..Lf5 7.Ld3 Ld3 8.Dd3 Sbd7 oder
7.Lc4 e6 8.g4 Lg6 9.h4 Sbd7} 7. Bd3 {Grundsätzlich gibt es vier Alternativen:7.
Lc4,7.Sc4,7.Le2 und 7.Ld2.} Nbd7 (7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 (8... Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg7 10.
Bc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Na5 Nbd5 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. c4 Nb6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. b4 e6 21. b5 cxb5 22. Nxb7
Rde8 23. Nc5 Qc8 24. d5 bxc4 25. d6 c3 26. d7 {1-0 Minasian,A-Soppe,G/Manila
1992}) 9. Ne2 {/\ Nf4-Nxe6;/\ c3,Ng3 ->>>} Nbd7 10. Bd2 $5 Qc7 11. Bf4 $1 Nxe5
(11... Nh5 $2 12. Nxg6 Nxf4 13. Ngxf4 {/\ Nxe6,c3 +-}) 12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. c3 O-O
14. Ng3 c5 $2 (14... Rfd8 $142 {/\ c5}) 15. dxc5 Rad8 16. Bd4 $1 (16. Bc2 Qc6
$13) 16... Qc7 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b4 $16 {Fedorowicz-Ricardi,Buenos
Aires 1991}) 8. f4 {Die Stützung des Königsspringers erweist sich als sehr
zweischneidig.Kasparov bereute diesen Zug später, und war mit seiner gesamten
Eröffnungsbehandlung recht unzufrieden.Er führte sie zurrück auf eine Mischung
aus mangelnder Erfahrung mit diesem Stellungstyp und der Ungewißheit auf
welches Ergebnis hin er eigentlich spielen wolle.Mit den weißen Steinen spielt
der Weltmeister gewöhnlich auf Vorteil,in diesem Fall jedoch wäre auch ein
Unentschieden nicht zu verachten gewesen.Nach} (8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. O-O {hatte der
Schwarze in keiner der beiden Begegnungen auch nur irgendwelche Probleme:} Bg4
(9... e6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Ne2 c5 {San Segundo-Ricardi,Buenos Aires 1995}) 10.
Ne2 e6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Bg6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 gxf6 18. Qf3 f5 19. c4 O-O-O 20. d5 Be5 {M.Kaminski-Van der Werf,
Groningen 1992}) 8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Kh1 Bf5 11. Bc4 e6 {Das sieht häßlich
aus,aber der Läufer steht in der Tat ziemlich sicher auf f5.} 12. Be2 h5 13.
Be3 Rd8 14. Bg1 O-O 15. Bf3 Nd5 {Der stellungsöffnende Zug} (15... c5 $1 {
hätte den Champion vor größere Probleme gestellt.Die schwachen Felderkomplexe
am weißen Königsflügel wären dadurch bedeutsamer geworden.} 16. Qc1 (16. Bxb7
$2 Nxe5 (16... Qb6 17. Qf3 cxd4) 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. h3 cxd4) 16... cxd4 (16...
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Ne4) (16... Ng4 17. h3) 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rd7 19.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 $17) 16. Nxd5 {Das mit diesem Zug
einhergehende Remisangebot wurde von Kasparov auf der Pressekonferenz als
psychologische Kriegslist beschrieben.Er ging davon aus, daß Anand aufgrund
seiner deutlich überlegenen Stellung ablehnen würde,und wollte anhand der Zeit
die der Herausforderer über das Angebot nachdächte Erkenntnisse über dessen
Selbstvertrauen gewinnen.Und in der Tat war es damit nicht zum Besten bestellt,
denn Anand wies das Angebot erst nach mehreren Minuten des Nachdenkens zurück.}
exd5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Rc1 f6 19. Nd3 Rfe8 20. b3 Nb6 21. a4 Nc8 22. c4 Qf7 23.
a5 Bf8 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bh4 Nd6 26. a6 b6 $6 {Damit wird a7 zur
Endspielschwäche.Sicherer und natürlicher ist 26..ba6.} 27. Ne5 $5 {Erneut ein
psychologischer Trick.Angefangen beim frühen Mittelspiel war Kaparov
fortwährend positionell im Nachteil,ohne wirkliche Chanchen auf Gegenspiel.
Plötzlich jedoch wird die Lage unklar.Als er seinen 27.Zug ausführte war sich
der Weltmeister völlig darüber im Klaren,daß dieser einer genauen schachlichen
Prüfung wohl kaum standhielte,aber trotzdem die wahrscheinlich beste
praktische Möglichkeit sein würde.} Qe6 $2 {Genau davon ging Kasparov aus!In
dem Bestreben seinen positionellen Vorteil nicht zu gefährden,würde Anand
davor zurückschrecken sich in Verwicklungen zu stürzen,und sich auf diese
Weise nicht für die kritischen Fortsetzungen entscheiden.Kritisch wäre hier
laut Kasparov die Annahme des Opfers gewesen:} (27... fxe5 28. fxe5 Ne4 29.
Bxd8 Rxd8 30. g4 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Qxg6+ Bg7
35. Rc7 Qf1+ {Damit endet die hypothetische Variante des Weltmeisters.Schwarz
besitzt eine Figur für zwei Bauern,doch die Schwäche a7 läßt Weiß nicht ohne
Gegenchanchen.}) 28. g4 $1 {Dieser starke Zug Kasparovs ließ die Zuschauer,
zumindest teilweise von ihren Sitzen aufspringen.Zum ersten Mal in diesem
Match erkannten die Spieler,daß ihre Glaskabine keineswegs schallisoliert war.
Mehr als ausreichend dafür geeignet die Stimmen der Kommentatoren auf ein kaum
hörbares Summen hinunterzuschrauben,war sie jedoch nicht in der Lage den
enthusiastischen Rufen von 500 Zuschauern Einhalt zu gebieten.} hxg4 29. Nxg4 {
Zum ersten Mal in der Partie sind sämtliche weißen Figuren in das Geschehen
einbezogen.} Bg7 {Der natürlichste Zug ist nicht immer auch der stärkste.
Besser wäre Ilya Gurevich zufolge 29..Le7 gewesen.Auch} (29... Ne4 $5 {mit der
Absicht} 30. Rc7 b5 31. Rxa7 Qb6 {kommt hier in Betracht.}) 30. Rc7 {Die
Spannung steigt,denn das erste Mal in diesem Wettkampf befinden sich die
Kontrahenten in Zeitnot.} Ne4 31. Ne3 (31. Rxa7 $6 b5 $1 (31... Ra8 32. Rxa8
Rxa8 33. Qe2 b5 34. Ne3) (31... Nc3 32. Qa1 Bxg4 33. Qxc3 Bxf3+ 34. Qxf3) 32.
Qe2 (32. Ne3 Nc3) 32... Qb6 33. Rb7 Qxa6 34. Qxb5 Qe6 35. Qa5 (35. Nf2 Nd2 $1)
(35. Rg1 Nd6 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxd5 Bxg4 38. Rxg4 Nf5 39. Qxe6 Rxe6) 35...
Bxg4 36. Qc7 Rd7) 31... Bh3 {Ausgesprochen riskant erscheint} (31... Qd6 $6 {
zum Beispiel} 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxf5+ gxf5 34. Bxe4 fxe4 $2 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36.
Qh5+) 32. Rg1 g5 33. Bg4 (33. fxg5 $5 fxg5 34. Rxa7 Nc3 35. Rxg5 Nxd1 36.
Rgxg7+ Kf8 37. Nxd1 Rc8 (37... Qf5 $2 38. Rgf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Bh5+)
38. Bg3 {Idee Ld6 unklar} (38. Rh7 $4 Qe1+)) 33... Bxg4 34. Qxg4 Qxg4 35. Rxg4
(35. Nxg4 $5 Kh8 (35... Rc8 36. Rxa7 Ra8 37. Rd7 Rxa6 38. Ne3) (35... Kf8 $2
36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Rf1+ Kg8 38. Rff7) 36. Be1 gxf4 37. Nf2 Bf8 38. Rxa7 Ra8 39.
Rd7 Rxa6 40. Rxd5) 35... Nd6 {Gemäß Kasparov wäre 35..Tc8 die letzte
Möglichkeit gewesen,die Partie vielleicht zu retten.Meiner Ansicht nach kam
der schlimme Fehler erst ganz zum Schluß.} 36. Bf2 Nb5 37. Rb7 Re4 38. f5 Rxg4
(38... Rxd4 $2 39. Rxd4 Nxd4 40. Rxa7 Nxb3 41. Rb7 d4 (41... Nc5 42. Rxb6 d4
43. a7) 42. a7) 39. Nxg4 Rc8 40. Rd7 Rc2 $4 {Anand wird zum Opfer seiner
Zeitnot.In jungen Jahren wußte der Mann mit den schnellsten Fingern der Welt
nicht einmal wie man das schreibt:Zeitnot.Natürlich muß er hier} (40... Rc3 {
spielen,um nach} 41. Rxd5 {sowohl einen Bauern zu verspeisen,als auch seinen
Springer decken zu können.} (41. Ne3 Rxb3 42. Nxd5 Ra3 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. d5 Rxa6
45. d6 Ra2) (41. b4 Rb3 42. Rxd5 Rxb4) 41... Rxb3 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44.
d5 (44. Ne3 Ra3 45. d5 Rxa6) 44... Rf3) 41. Rxd5 {Anand hatte nun wieder
genügend Zeit,um sich von der Hoffnungslosigkeit seiner Lage überzeugen zu
können:41..Sc7 42.Td8 Kf7 43.Td7 Kf8 44.Lg3 Sa6 45.Ta7 Ta2 46.Ld6 Kg8 47.Le7}
1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Der partielle Stromausfall im 107.Stock des World Trade Centers vor der
Partie war noch das Spannenste an der 15.Auseinandersetzung der Kontrahenten
um den Schach-Thron.Der erste Zug konnte nur mit zwei Stunden Verspätung
ausgeführt werden,dafür war die Partie dann aber auch schnell beendet.Nach nur
16 Zügen willigte Anand in Kasparovs Remisofferte ein; verständlich nach vier
Niederlagen in den vergangenen fünf Partien.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 {Bisher hatte Anand
hier zweimal 9.Lc4 gegen Kasparovs Drachen versucht.Seine Bilanz:zwei
Niederlagen.Die hatten allerdings mit diesem Zug wenig zu tun.} Be6 {Schwarz
hat an dieser Stelle gewissermaßen die freie Auswahl.Gespielt wird auch 9..Lg4,
9..d5,9..h5,9..e5,9..Sd7.9..e6 und 9..Sd4.Der Partiezug gilt als die stärkste
Fortsetzung.} 10. O-O-O Nxd4 (10... Ne5 $5) 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3
Rab8 {Nach Geller führt} (13... Bc4 14. h4 Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 Rc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19. Rxd2 Kxf6 {zum Ausgleich.}) 14. Nd5 (14. g5 Nh5 15.
Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 $14 {Karpov-Dueball, Skopje 1972}) (14. h4 b5
15. Nd5) 14... Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 {Diese Stellung hatten vor Anand
schon andere Weißspieler angestrebt,um nach 16..Kg7 17.ed5 in einem Endspiel
mit Raumvorteil ihr Glück zu versuchen.Der Vorteil ist jedoch minimal.} Ne3 $5
(16... Kxg7 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Rd4 (18. h4 Rc5 (18... h6 19. Bd3 Rc5 20. Re1 Rxd5
21. Rxe7 Be6 22. b4 Kf6 23. Rc7 Ke5 24. Kb2 a5 25. c4 Rd4 26. Re2+ Kf6 27. Kc3
Rf4 28. Be4 axb4+ 29. axb4 b5 30. Rd2 Ke5 31. Re7 bxc4 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Rb5
34. Bc6 Rb6 35. Rd5# {1-0 Micic,J-Sadkiewicz,J/BLW 1993}) 19. Rd4 Rbc8 20. Bd3
a6 21. Re1 Kf8 22. h5 Bb5 23. Be4 Bd7 24. b3 Rc3 25. Kb2 f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27.
Re2 Bxe4 28. Rdxe4 gxh5 29. Rf4+ Ke8 30. Rf5 h4 31. Rh5 Rxf3 32. Rxh7 Rf7 {
1/2-1/2 Maus,Si-Von Westphalen,A/NWL 1993}) 18... b5 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Re1 Kf8
21. g5 Bc8 22. b4 Kg7 23. Kb2 Bf5 24. Re2 Rbc8 25. h4 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc4 27.
Rde3 Kf8 28. Rxe7 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Kxe7 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,
H-Sehner,N/Wuppertal 1986. Diese Neuerung Kasparovs scheint die einfachste
Lösung der schwarzen Stellungsprobleme zu sein.Nach 17.Ld4 Sf1 18.Tf1 a5 (18..
b6)19.h4 (19.Lb6 Ta8 Idee Ta6) 19..b5 20.h5 g5 oder 19..Kf8 20.h5 Ke8
garantieren die ungleichfarbigen Läufer dem Schwarzen ein leichtes Remis.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.06"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Die 16. Partie der Schachweltmeisterschaft endete erneut mit einem farblosen
Kurzremis. In der Eröffnung bediente sich Anand eines psychologischen Tricks.
Er wählte die von Kasparov bevorzugte Najdorf-Variante und ließ den
Weltmeister quasi gegen sich selber spielen. Tuniertaktisch klug entschied
sich dieser dann einfach für ein Spiel auf Sicherheit und nahm seinem
Kontrahenten damit allen Wind aus den Segeln.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Auch wenn Anand diesen Zug nicht zum ersten Mal spielt, so
ist er im Gegensatz zu seinem Gegner nicht gerade als Experte der
Najdorf-Variante bekannt.} 6. Be2 {Die ersten fünf Züge spielte Kasparov sehr
schnell. Als Anand jedoch mit 5...a6 ankam, zuckte er sichtlich zusammen und
begann zu überlegen. Während der nächsten sieben Minuten bot der Weltmeister
dann den Anblick eines Schauspielers im Training, als er so ziemlich alle
überhaupt erdenkbaren Fratzen und Grimassen über sein Gesicht wandern ließ.
Nur wenige hatten es bisher gewagt, ihn auf seinem ureigensten Terrain zu
bekämpfen. Anstatt nun zu testen was Anand auf die gefährlichste Fortsetzung 6.
Lg5 (so spielte der junge Kasparov) oder 6.Lc4 (Bobby Fischers Lieblingszug)
vorbereitet hatte, entscheidet sich der Champion für die sicherste Möglichkeit.
Warum auch Risiken eingehen, so kurz vor dem nahen Gesamtsieg.} e6 7. O-O Be7
8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {Vorausgesetzt ein
"Deja-vu-Erlebnis"sei, wie viele Wissenschaftler behaupten, eine Fehlfunktion
des Gehirns, so ist dies hier mit Sicherheit keines. Mit vertauschten Farben
wurde diese Stellung bereits fünfmal in diesem Match erreicht!} 12. Bd3 {
Merkwürdigerweise verzichtet Kasparov hier auf 12.Lf3, womit ihm Anand seine
bisher einzige Niederlage beibringen konnte. Der Weltmeister konvertierte
anschließend zur Drachenvariante.} Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bb6 Qb8 16.
Bd4 {An dieser Stelle verläßt Kasparov die Spuren Anands. In der siebten
Partie versuchte der Inder vergeblich die Initiative an sich zu reißen. Nach
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Sfd5 18.Sxd5 exd5 19.Te1 h6 20.c3 Sxd3 21.Dxd3 Lc5! war die
Partie zum Remis verflacht.} Bc6 17. Qd2 Nxd3 {Mit diesem Tausch beseitigt
Schwarz den gefährlichen weißen Angriffsläufer (Erinnern wir uns an die 3.
Partie. Dort hätte Anand mit einem Einschlag auf h7 gewinnen können.),
verbessert aber auch gleichzeitig die weiße Bauernstruktur. Vielleicht hätte
er mit dem Tausch warten können, bis der Läufer wirklich etwas droht.} (17...
Nd7) (17... d5 $6 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3) 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. Bg1 Qc7 20. Nd4 {
Das mit diesem Zug einhergehende Remisangebot wurde von Anand akzeptiert. Er
sah sich wohl nicht in der Lage den Weltmeister aus einer derartig soliden
Stellung heraus noch ernsthaft zu gefährden. Und wer wollte es ihm auch
verargen? Die magere Ausbeute von einem Punkt aus den letzten sechs Partien
war sicherlich keine Kraftnahrung für sein Selbstbewußtsein. Immerhin
versprach er für die siebzehnte Partie noch einmal alles zu geben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.09"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {The Dragon again. My
performance against it in this match hadn't been stellar, to put it mildly,
but I was hoping to get some measure of revenge in this game.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Bg5 {The
main line or the line with the most amount of theory at any rate. It had taken
me and my team a few days to find our way through the maze here, but I was
finally ready.} Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 {Black wants to transpose into
Beliavsky-Georgiev which did a lot to curtail further investigation of 14.Rhe1.
} 15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. a3 $1 {This is mentioned in the notes to the aforementioned
game, but apparently nobody took it very seriously. The move is not silly at
all. White challenges Black to find a useful move.} b5 $2 {Not this one,
though.} 17. Bxf6 $1 exf6 (17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 {Now that Rc5 doesn't protect
Qa5.} Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Rxd2 $16 {_|_}) 18. Nde2 $1 (18. Nd5 Qxd2 19.
Rxd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 (20. Rdd1 f5) 20... bxc4 {/\ f5<=>}) 18... Rc6 (18... b4 19.
axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxd6 {I don't see Black's ~/=.}) 19. Nd5 (19. Qf4 $5 {Speelman
told me this after the game.} Rb8 (19... f5 $5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nd4 Rxc3 22.
bxc3 Qxc3 23. Nxf5 Nc4 $1 24. Rxe8+ Kh7) 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nd4 Rcc8 22. g4 $40)
19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Red1 $1 f5 23. exf5 (23. Nb4 Rc7 24.
Rxd6 fxe4 $1 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 exf3 27. gxf3 Rxe2 28. Rxa7 Rh2 $1) 23...
Bxf5 24. Nd4 {Very simple. White is now ready to exploit Black's weaknesses.}
Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Re2 26. R4d2 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Kf8 28. Kc1 $2 {Here I missed a very
good chance. I saw 27.Nb4 c3 28.Rd5 Rc4 but failed to see g2-g3. It seemed
that Black's pieces would get too active. Therefore, i decided to keep all the
advantages of my position and bring my king closer to c3. Unfortunately, Black
can probably hold after that.} (28. Nb4 $1 c3 (28... Rb6 29. Rd5 $1 {/\ Ra5,
Kc1-d2-c3}) (28... Rc5 29. Rxd6 Re5 30. Kc1 $1 Re2 31. Rd2 Re1+ 32. Rd1 Re2 33.
Rg1 a5 34. Kd1 Re6 (34... Rf2 35. Ke1 $18) 35. Na2 $16) 29. Rd5 Rc4 30. g3 $1
cxb2 31. Kxb2 $14 {/\ c3,Ra5/Rd6}) 28... Be6 29. Rd4 (29. Nc3 Ke7 30. Rd4 Rb6)
29... Bxd5 $1 (29... Rc5 30. Nc3 {/\ Kd2,Ne2,Kc3}) 30. Rxd5 Ke7 31. Rb5 $1 {
White's only chance.} (31. Ra5 a6) 31... Ke6 32. Rb7 Rc5 $2 (32... a6 $1 {
White is better, but nothing serious. Now I get a second chance.}) 33. Rxa7 g5
34. Ra8 gxh4 35. Re8+ $1 {I played all this instantly - Kasparov later
admitted that he had missed Re8+.} (35. Kd2 c3+ $1 36. bxc3 Rg5 $132) 35... Kd7
36. Re4 c3 37. Rxh4 $4 {Throwing it all away and there will be no more chances
in this game.} (37. bxc3 h3 $1 38. gxh3 Rxc3) (37. b4 $1 Rg5 38. Rxh4 Rxg2 39.
Kb1 $16 {White gets his king to b3 and starts pushing his queenside pawns.
Black is not lost yet, but faces a horribly unpleasant endgame.}) 37... cxb2+
38. Kxb2 Rg5 39. a4 f5 (39... Rxg2 $2 40. Rxh5 Rg8 $16 (40... Rg3 41. Rf5 Ke6
42. Rf4)) 40. a5 (40. Rh2 {According to Kasparov, White still retained some
chances with Rh2. OK, it's not the most aggressive move, but his point was to
find time to bring the K to d3.}) (40. f4 Rxg2 (40... Rg4 41. g3 $1 (41. Rxg4
fxg4 42. a5 h4 43. a6 Kc7 44. f5 h3 45. gxh3 gxh3 46. a7 Kb7 47. f6 h2 48. f7
h1=Q 49. a8=Q+ Kxa8 50. f8=Q+ Ka7 51. Qxd6 $10)) 41. Rxh5 Rg4 $1 42. Rxf5 Ke6
43. Rb5 Rxf4 44. Kb3 Kd7 $10) 40... f4 41. a6 Kc7 42. Rxf4 Rxg2 43. Rf7+ Kb8
44. Kc3 h4 (44... Rg8 45. Kd3 Rh8 46. Ke4 h4 47. Rb7+ Ka8 48. Rb1 h3 $2 49. f4
h2 50. Rh1 Ka7 51. f5 Kxa6 52. f6 $16) 45. Kd3 Rf2 46. c4 $2 (46. a7+ $1 {
The best try, of course. White pushes the BK away and then continues as before.
} Ka8 47. c4 $1 Ra2 48. Ke4 {And here Ra7 fails} Rxa7 49. Rxa7+ Kxa7 50. f4 Kb6
51. Kf3 Kc6 52. f5 $18) 46... Ra2 $1 47. Ke4 (47. Rh7 Rxa6 48. Rxh4 Kc7 $10) (
47. a7+ Rxa7 48. Rxa7 Kxa7 49. Ke3 Kb6 50. f4 d5 $1 {And the extra tempo makes
all the difference.}) 47... Rxa6 48. Rh7 Ra5 49. f4 Kc8 50. f5 Kd8 51. Kf4 Rc5
52. Kg5 Rxc4 {We could agree a draw here, but I felt like playing till there
were only kings left on the board.} 53. Kg6 Rg4+ 54. Kf7 d5 55. f6 Kd7 56. Kf8+
Ke6 57. f7 Rf4 58. Kg8 d4 59. f8=Q Rxf8+ 60. Kxf8 Ke5 61. Rxh4 d3 62. Rh3 Ke4
63. Rxd3 {And Kasparov clinched the right to play the reunification match!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.10.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{10,5 zu 7,5 lautet der Endstand der Intel Schachweltmeisterschaft 1995. Durch
ein Kurzremis in der 18. Partie konnte der alte und neue Weltmeister Garry
Kasparov das auf zwanzig Partien angesetzte Match gegen den indischen
Herausforderer Viswanathan Anand vorzeitig für sich entscheiden. Er
unterstrich damit erneut seine Vorherrschaft in der Schachwelt und erhielt als
Belohnung einen Scheck in Höhe von einer Million US Dollar. Die 18. Partie
dauerte lediglich 20 Minuten. Nach seinem 12. Zug lächelte Kasparov und bot
Remis, worin schließlich Anand nach fünfminütigem Zögern einwilligte. Nach der
Partie wechselten die Spieler noch ein paar freundschaftliche Worte, bevor sie
gemeinsam zur Pressekonferenz erschienen. Anand präsentierte sich als
gutgelaunter Verlierer. "Das sind eine ganze Menge Nullen", war sein Kommentar,
als er von Intels europäischem Marketingdirektor Mike Couzens den
Fünfhunderttausenddollarscheck entgegennahm. "Kasparov hat seine Chancen
genutzt, ich nicht," erklärte er abschließend den Matchverlauf.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3
O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 {"Ich glaube, daß mit dieser Veranstaltung
eine neue Ära des Profischachs begonnen hat, eines Profischachs, das in der
Lage sein wird, fortan die breiten Massen und die dazugehörigen Sponsoren in
seinen Bann zu ziehen." Das sind die Worte Kasparovs, des Weltmeisters, der
als Mensch umstritten ist, als Motor des Schachsports jedoch von unschätzbarem
Wert.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nd2 Qb6 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Ne5
Rf8 9. Ngf3 d6 10. Nd3 Qb6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a4 Be6 13. b4 Bd5 14. O-O Qd8 15. c4
Be4 16. Qb3 Nc7 17. b5 Ne6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Bh3 Bxf3
22. exf3 Kf7 23. Ra2 Kg8 24. Re2 Rfe8 25. Bg2 Kf8 26. Bc1 cxb5 27. axb5 a6 28.
b6 Qc6 29. Rc2 Nd7 30. f4 Qxb6 31. Qd3 Qc7 32. Ba3 b6 33. Qb3 Rb8 34. Qa4 Qa7
35. Bc6 Red8 36. Re2 Rbc8 37. Rde1 Bf6 38. Re6 Nb8 39. Bd5 Qd7 40. Qb3 b5 41.
Bxd6 bxc4 42. Rxf6+ Kg7 43. Rf7+ Kh8 44. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rfc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15.
Nc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rac8 17. Qb3 Rc7 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. Qa3 b6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21.
Qxc5 bxc5 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. c4 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. O-O-O
Nc6 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nb1 c6 11. Na3 Bd7 12. Qe3 Nb5 13. Nc4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc7 15.
f4 gxf4 16. gxf4 cxd5 17. exd5 Kf8 18. Nf3 b5 19. Nce5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Be8 21. d6
exd6 22. exd6 Ne6 23. d7 Bxd7 24. Ne5 Kg8 25. Nxd7 Qa5 26. Kb1 Rc8 27. Rh4 Qc7
28. c3 a6 29. Re4 Qc6 30. Be2 Rd8 31. Bg4 Nf8 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Bh5 Kh7 34. Re7
Rd8 35. Rxf7 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Rf8 37. Qd3+ Kh8 38. Bc2 Kg8 39. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Bb6 8. d3
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Nc3 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa3 d5
15. Na4 Nc6 16. Bd2 Bc7 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. b4 Ne7 19. Qb3 Re8 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Rc2
Bd6 22. Nc3 Bc7 23. Rdc1 d4 24. exd4 Nf5 25. Ne2 Bb6 26. Bc3 e4 27. dxe4 Nxe4
28. Bb2 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Qc4 Rbd8 32. a3 Qf6 33. Bxe4 Rd4
34. Qb5 Rdxe4 35. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Ng4 13. Be2 e5 14. Qg1
exf4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qh2 f5 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Rh6 Bxg5 19. Rhxd6 f3+ 20. Kb1
Qxd6 21. Rxd6 fxg2 22. Qh2 Bf3 23. Qg3 Rh8 24. Qxg5 Rh1+ 25. Nd1 g1=Q 26. Rd7+
Kf8 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 28. Qxf3 Rf8 29. Qb3+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Anand failed to reach the venue in time and defaulted.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Ra7 8. d3
b6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Qf3 Qc8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O
15. a4 Nfd7 16. Rfd1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nc6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rc7 20. Qe2 Na5
21. Rxb6 Nc4 22. Rb4 a5 23. Rb5 Nxb2 24. Nd5 exd5 25. Rxb2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Be3 Bg6 8. Nh4
Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. f4 f5 12. g5 h6 13. h4 hxg5 14. hxg5 Kf7 15.
Nd2 Be7 16. Kg2 Qc7 17. Rh1 Rag8 18. Bf3 Rxh1 19. Qxh1 Qd8 20. Qd1 Rh8 21. Qe2
Qg8 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Kxh1 Nb6 24. Kg2 Qh8 25. Bf2 Qd8 26. b3 Nd7 27. c4 Nf8 28.
c5 Qa5 29. Nb1 Kg8 30. a3 Qd8 31. b4 Be8 32. Nc3 Ng6 33. Qd2 a5 34. Bg3 b5 35.
Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 {N} (
13. Nb5 g5 14. Be5 (14. Be3 $1 $14) 14... Qd7 15. Nc3 Qf5 16. Bd4 Ne6 17. Be3
Bc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qc2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Qc7 e3 {1/2-1/2
Csom,I-Regan,K/Budapest Tungsram 1978}) (13. Be5 Re8 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Nbd4 a5
$13 {Csom-Barczay/HUN-ch/1977}) 13... Bf6 14. Bh3 $1 (14. b4 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Ne6
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc7 Rf7 $10) 14... Ng5 {Baburin: In positions with an
isolated d5-pawn,Bishops are not as useful as Knights, therefore Black should
not be seeking this kind of exchange, the Knight was well placed on e4. 14...
Re8 would be a normal continuation.} (14... Re8 $2 15. Ncb5 Ng5 (15... Re7 16.
b4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nc7 $18) 16. Bg2 Bxd4 (16... Nge6 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18.
Nd6 $16) 17. Nxd4 Nge6 18. Be3 $16) (14... Qe7 $2 15. Nf5 $16) 15. Bxg5 Bxg5
16. e3 $14 Bf6 (16... g6 17. Re2 Qe7 {/\Rfd8} 18. Nf3 $16) 17. Re2 {Preparing
to put more pressure on the d5-pawn.} (17. b4 Ne4 $14) 17... g6 (17... Re8 18.
Rd2 $14) 18. b4 {Baburin: A very interesting approach: after the forthcoming
Nc3-e4, Nxe4 dxe White is going to take advantage of the fact that his Rooks
have been developed to the central files.} Ne4 19. Nxe4 (19. Rec2 $5 Re8 (19...
Nd6 20. Bg2 $16) 20. Ncb5 Re7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 $16) 19... dxe4 20. Rd2 Qe7
21. b5 {Baburin: /\Nc6 The point! White is going to occupy the weak c6-square,
as Black cannot afford to take the Knight there (in a view of b5xc6), he has
to take it on d4.} Bxd4 22. Rxd4 {<->c,d} Bc8 (22... Rfd8 23. Bd7 $1 (23. Rd7
Rxd7 24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Bxd7 Kf8 26. Rc7 Bd5 $14) 23... Bc8 (23... Qe5 24. Bc6
Rxd4 25. exd4 Qe7 26. d5 $16) 24. Bc6 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxb7 27. Qe5
$16 {/\Rc7}) 23. Bd7 $1 {/\Bc6} Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Qa3 $1 25. Rc2 {/\Qd5} (25. Qd2
a6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 $14) 25... Qa4 (25... a6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. Qd5 $16) 26. Rd5
Rae8 (26... Rac8 27. Rxc8 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxc8 29. Rd7 Ra8 30. a4 a6 31. Rb7
axb5 32. axb5 h5 33. Rxb6 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. h3 Kg7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g5
$16) (26... a6 $5 27. Qe2 (27. bxa6 Qxa6 (27... Rxa6 28. Rd4 Qe8 29. Qb1 $16 {
/\Rb2,Rc7}) 28. Qd4 Qa4 $14) 27... axb5 28. Rd4 Qa5 29. Rxe4 $14) 27. h4 h5 28.
Kg2 $1 Re6 (28... Rc8 $4 29. Rxc8 Qxd1 30. Rxf8+ $18) (28... a6 29. bxa6 Qxa6
30. Qd4 $16) 29. Qe2 Qa3 30. Rc7 Re7 31. Rc6 Rfe8 32. Qc4 Kh7 33. Rd2 Rb7 34.
Rdd6 $16 Qb2 (34... Rbe7 35. g4 $1 hxg4 36. h5 gxh5 (36... Rg8 37. Rf6 Rg7 38.
Rxf7 $1 $18) 37. Qd5 Qb2 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. Rxh5 $18) 35. a4 Re5 {/\Rf5} 36. Rd5
(36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. exd4 Ree7 $14) 36... Rxd5 (36... Rbe7 37. Rc7 Kg7 (37... Rxc7
$2 38. Qxc7 Rxd5 39. Qxf7+ $18) 38. Rdd7 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Rf5 40. Qd4+ Qxd4 41.
Rxd4 Re5 42. Rd7 $16) (36... Ree7 37. Rd4 Qb1 38. Rc8 $18 {/\Qc3,/^a1-h8}) 37.
Qxd5 Re7 38. Qd6 $1 (38. Qd8 $2 Qe5 $14) 38... Re6 39. Qd8 $1 {/\Rc7} Qe5 40.
Rc7 Kg7 (40... Rf6 {/\Qb2} 41. Rc8 Rf5 42. Qg8+ Kh6 43. Qh8+ Qxh8 44. Rxh8+ Kg7
45. Ra8 $16) 41. Rxa7 Rd6 42. Qe7 $18 Qd5 43. Ra8 Rd7 (43... Qxa8 44. Qxd6 Qxa4
45. Qxb6 $18) 44. Qf8+ Kf6 45. Re8 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 {Survey CBM 51 [Ftacnik]} Bg4 11. Be3 d5 12. Nbd2
{Actually, White has very little choice here.} (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 dxe4 14.
dxe4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qe2 (16. Rd1 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd5 Rad8 $1)
16... Rfd8 $1 (16... Qxb2 17. Nd2 $44)) 12... h6 $1 (12... d4 13. Bg5 $14) (
12... dxe4 13. dxe4 $14) 13. h3 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. h3 Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 Bc5 $1) 13... d4 (13... Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ba4) 14. hxg4 dxe3 15. fxe3
Nxg4 16. Bd5 (16. Nc4 $5 Bf6 {It's not so easy to prove an advantage for White
here, but he is definitely better because of the difference in Bs.} (16... Bc5
17. Ba4 $1 $16)) 16... Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf6 {Here I saw that the Q sac was possible
and that it gave White the advantage. I decided to go for it because I was in
a reckless mood that day!} 18. Nfd2 $1 h5 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. Rf5 $1 g6 (20... Ne7
21. Rxh5 g6 (21... c6 22. Nb6 Nxe3 23. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 24. Qh5+ $18) 22. Rh3 {
This all seems to work out.}) 21. Qxg4 $3 {Critical but very risky and of
course White has reached the point of no return.} hxg4 22. Rxf6 Ne7 23. Bxf7+
Kg7 24. Raf1 Qb5 25. g3 $1 {Otherwise Black himself plays g4-g3} Rd7 {/\ Nd5}
26. R1f2 $1 {Now the N can't move because Rg6+ is followed by Rh2#} Qc5 27. Nb3
(27. Kf1 $142 $1 {Ftacnik /\Ke2}) (27. b3 $142 {Ftacnik} Rdd8 28. Nf1 Rd7 29.
Nh2 $16) 27... Qa7 $2 (27... Qb5 $142 $8 28. d4 $1 exd4 (28... Nf5 $1 29. Nxe5
$1 (29. Rxg6+ Kxf7 $13) (29. exf5 $1 Kxf6 {As these things go, the solution is
to give more material!} 30. Nxe5 $1 (30. fxg6+ Kg7 31. Nxe5 Re7) 30... Re7 (
30... gxf5 31. Bc4 Qa4 32. Nc5 Qa1+ 33. Rf1 $18) 31. Bc4 $1 Qa4 32. Nc5 Qa1+
33. Rf1 Qxb2 34. Ne4+ Kg7 35. f6+ Rxf6 36. Nxf6 (36. Rxf6 Rxe5 37. dxe5 Qxc2 {
This is a mess}) 36... Rxe5) 29... Kxf6 (29... Rd6 30. Bc4 $18) 30. Bc4 Qa4 31.
Nc5 Qa1+ 32. Rf1 $18) 29. exd4 Kh8 $8 {White has a draw at least with Rh2 and
Rhf2, but does he have more?} (29... Nf5 30. Rxg6+ Kxf7 31. Rxf5+ $1 $18 Kxg6 (
31... Qxf5 32. exf5) 32. Rxb5 {The reason why exd4 is bad} axb5 33. Ne5+ $18)
30. Ne5 Rxd4 (30... Rd6 31. Bc4 Rdxf6 32. Rh2+ Kg7 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Re2 $16)
31. Nxg6+ Nxg6 32. Nxd4 Qe5 33. Nf5 $1 Qxf6 34. Rh2+ Nh4 35. Bb3 Rf7 36. Bxf7
Qxf7 37. Rxh4+ $18 {The sting at the end of the tail.}) 28. Nxe5 $4 (28. Rxa6
$3 Qxa6 29. Nc5 Qc6 $1 {Ivanchuk} (29... Rxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nxe5+ $1 {
And Black has a horrible position, which is probably lost.} (31. Nxa6 Nc6 {
This didn't seem so clear to me.})) 30. Ne6+ Qxe6 31. Bxe6 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 b3 $1
33. c3 $1 Rxd3 34. Ke2 Rd8 35. Nd2 $1 $16 {This seems to be the best that
White can achieve, but he does have good winning chances.}) 28... Qxe3 $1 {
Unfortunately, there is a gaping hole in this variation.} (28... Rd6 $4 29.
Rxd6 cxd6 30. Nd4 $1 $18 {I saw this and fell in love with the whole variation.
}) 29. Nxd7 Rh8 $1 {Now I suddenly realised that Black's threat is not Qg3,
but Qe1!} 30. Kg2 Rh3 {With the lethal threat of Qe1!} 31. Bxg6 (31. Bc4 Qe1
$17) (31. Bg8 Nxg8 32. Rf7+ Kh6 33. Nf8 Kh5 $1) 31... Nxg6 32. Kf1 $2 (32. Rf7+
Kh6 33. Nf8 (33. Nf6 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36. Rxf4 Qe1#)) 32... Rh1+
33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Rxg6+ (34. Rf1 Nh4+ 35. gxh4 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 g3 $19
) (34. Nbc5 $2 {Ftacnik} Nh4+ $1 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. R6xf3 Qh6+) 34... Kxg6 35.
Ne5+ Kg7 36. Nxg4 Qe1 37. Kf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf4 Rf1 39. Ke3 Qg1 40. Kf3 $4 {
Forgetting that c2 could no longer be protected.} (40. Ke2 $1 Re1+ (40... Rb1
$1 41. Nd4 {And the game chunders on}) (40... Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 42. Kd2 $1
Qxb2 43. Nd1 {/\ Ne3,Nc4}) 41. Kf3 {Black still has to work on realizing his
advantage.} (41. Kd2 Rb1)) 40... Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 {Now c2 and the whole <<
crumble.} 42. Nd4 Qxb2 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Ne3 Qa2 45. e5 Qxa5 46. d4 Qa1 47. Ke4
a5 48. d5 a4 {I decided to end my suffering here.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4 O-O 13. Nh4 a5 14. O-O Na6
15. Qe1 g5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nc5 18. Be4 Qf6 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Qe3 Kg7 21.
Kg2 h5 22. Rh1 Rg8 23. h3 h4 24. g4 Rgb8 25. Rhc1 b5 26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. R1c2
Rab8 28. Qd2 Qd8 29. b3 Qe7 30. Rc4 R8b6 31. Kf1 Qd8 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Qc1 Qb8
34. Qe3 Ra6 35. Bd3 Ra7 36. f4 gxf4 37. g5+ Kg7 38. f6+ Kg8 39. Rxc5 fxe3 40.
Rxb5 Qe8 41. Rc6 e4 42. Bc2 Ra8 43. Rb7 Qe5 44. Rbxc7 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bangiev Ftacnik} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7.
O-O Nge7 8. Qe1 $1 {Ftacnik: This line is coming into vogue, white has a
simple plan of attacking black's castling position after 0-0.} h6 (8... d5 $2
9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 $1) (8... O-O 9. f5 $5 exf5 10. Qh4 $1 $40) 9. Bb3 a6 (
9... O-O $2 {Ftacnik} 10. f5 $1 (10. Qh4 $14) 10... exf5 11. Qh4 $16) (9... Nd4
{Ftacnik} 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Bd2 (12. Qf2 Nc6 13. Bd2 Kh7 14. c3 (
14. Ng3 f5 15. Rae1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Boronyak,A-Orgovan,S/HUN-chT 9293/1993/})
14... Qb6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Qa6 17. Bxd4 Qxd3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rad1 Qxe4
20. Rxd6 b6 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Novikov,I/Manila olm/1992/ (28)}) 12... Bd7
13. a4 Nc6 14. g4 Kh7 15. h4 Qe7 16. Qf2 f5 17. exf5 exf5 18. g5 Be6 19. Nc1
Rae8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Nb3 Rc8 {0-1 Amos,F-Sziraki,T/
Eger op (08)/1994/ (35)}) (9... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 10. a4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2
O-O 13. Qf2 Nc6 14. Ng3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nh5 Bh8 17. Bd2 Qe8 18. Qh4 Qe7
19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Kh7 21. Re2 Qf7 22. Rfe1 {1-0 Boronyak,A-Horvath,S/
Zalaegerszeg op/1992/ (40)}) 10. e5 $1 {Bangiev: Dieser Zug gestattet Weiß,
schwarze Felder in gegnerischen Lager wesentlich zu schwächen. In der Praxis
wurden bislang andere Fortsetzungen verwendet.} (10. a4 $5 Rb8 11. Qg3 Nd4 $6 (
11... b5 $5 12. f5 exf5 13. Bf4 c4 $1 $13 {Anand,V}) 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 b5
14. axb5 axb5 15. Qf2 $1 Qb6 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 gxf5 $8 18. Ng3 $5 (18. Nf4
$16) 18... Be5 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Reggio Emilia/
1991/ (44)}) (10. Be3 Na5 11. e5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nf5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bf2 b6 15.
b4 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nd6 Qc7 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Bxd4 {1-0
Reinderman,D-Cifuentes Parada,R/NLD-ch (04)/1995/ (37)}) 10... Nf5 {Bangiev:
Schwarz beabsichtigt das Manöver Nf5-d4 mit der Idee, den Springer f3
abzutauschen und den Bauern e5 zu beseitigen.} (10... dxe5 11. fxe5 g5 $1 (
11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 (13. Be3 Qxe5 14. Qf2 $2 Qxe3 $1 15. Qxe3 Bd4)
13... Qxe5 14. Qf2 $1 $44 (14. Ne4 $16 {Bangiev /\15.Bf4} O-O $6 (14... f5 15.
Bf4 Qxb2 16. Nd6+ $16) (14... Qc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bxf7+ $1 $16) 15. Bxh6 f5 16.
Bf4 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 $16) 16... Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qd4 18. Ng5 $18)) 12. Ne4 g4
13. Nf6+ $1 $14) (10... d5 {Bangiev} 11. Qf2 b6 12. Bd2 Na5 (12... O-O $6 13.
Ne2 $5 Bb7 14. a4 $16 {/\a4-a5}) 13. Ne2 Nxb3 14. axb3 {/\15.b4} Nc6 15. d4 $14
) 11. Kh1 $1 (11. Ne4 dxe5 12. Nxc5 exf4 13. c3 g5 $15) 11... Nfd4 (11... Ncd4
$5 {Van Wely suggested this to us a couple of days later, but we were on our
way to a dinner hosted by te organisers and were in no mood to analyze!}) (
11... d5 12. Ne2 $14 (12. Qf2 {Bangiev,A} b6 13. Bd2 $14)) (11... O-O 12. Ne4
c4 13. dxc4 dxe5 14. g4 $1 $14) 12. Ne4 {Bangiev: Dies soll den Druck auf den
Felder d6,f6,c5 verstärken.} (12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. Qg3 $5 (14. fxe5
Bxe5 (14... Nxe5 15. Qg3 $1 g5 16. Bf4 $1 $18)) 14... Qe7 $1 $8 (14... O-O 15.
f5 $1 exf5 16. Bxh6 $1 (16. Qxg6 Kh8 17. Bxf7 Ne7 $1) 16... Ne7 $1 17. Bg5 $1
fxe4 18. Qh4 $16) 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 f5 $1 $8 (17... O-O 18.
Rf6 $1 $40) 18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Ng3 (19. Nc5 Re8 $1) 19... Qg5 $1) 12... Nxf3 (
12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 $1 $40) 13. Rxf3 (13. Nxd6+ $2 Qxd6 $19) 13... dxe5 14.
fxe5 Nxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. Qf2 $1 $16 (15. Nxc5 Bxh2 16. Bxe6 $1 $16)) 15. Rf1 {
Ftacnik: Black has decided to postpone the castling, but with a pawn sacrifice
White has already begun his attack all the same. Bangiev: Die kritische
Stellung. Für einen Bauern hat Weiß Entwicklungvorspung und gute
Angriffschancen.} g5 $1 $8 (15... O-O 16. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 (16... Nxd3 17. Qe3 $1
$40 (17. Qe3 Nxb2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxc5 $40)) 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18. Qxe5 Qd4 19.
Qg3 $1 $16 (19. Rae1 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 b6 21. g4 $5 $16 {/\g4-g5} g5 22. Nh5+ Kh7
23. Rf6)) (15... Qe7 16. Qg3 (16. Bf4 $36 f5 17. Qg3 $5 $16) 16... g5 17. Bf4
$1 $16) (15... b6 16. Bf4 $44) 16. Qg3 {Bangiev: Es droht 17.h4 oder 17.Bf4} (
16. Nxc5 O-O 17. Qe4 Qe7 $13) 16... O-O (16... b6 17. Bf4 $1 Qc7 18. Rae1 $40)
(16... f5 $6 17. Bf4 $5 (17. Nxc5 Qe7 $14) 17... fxe4 (17... gxf4 18. Qxg7 $18)
18. Bxe5 Qe7 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. dxe4 $18) (16... Rg8 17. Nxc5 $16) 17. Bxg5 $5 {
This piece sac allows Black to survive, so it is probable that White should
look for an improvement earlier. Still, Black has to walk a tightrope for
several moves. Ftacnik:  Anand was certainly in the mood to experiment with
less ususal ideas in Wijk. It is impossible to call this sacrifice fully
answerable. Mit diesem Zug werden Linien und Diagonalen auf dem Königsflügel
geoffnet.} (17. Nxc5 b6 18. Ne4 Bb7 $10 (18... f5 19. Nd2 Qd6 $13) (18... Bb7
19. Be3 $14)) 17... hxg5 18. Nxg5 {Bangiev: /\ Qh4 Es droht 19.Qh4} Ng6 $8 {
Bangiev: Dieser Zug ist gegen die Drohung 19.Qh3 oder 19.Qh4 gerichtet.} (18...
Qd4 19. Qh3 $1 $18) (18... b5 19. Rae1 Ng6 20. Nxf7 $1 $40) 19. Rae1 $1 {
Bangiev: Die weißen Kräfte sind auf dem Königsflügel konzentriert,
sprungbereit zum entscheidenden Angriff.} (19. Qg4 $2 Qd4 (19... Bf6) 20. Qh5
Qh4 $19) 19... Qe7 {Bangiev: Die Alternative ist 19...Bf6} (19... c4 20. Bxc4
b5 21. Bb3 Bb7 $2 22. Rxe6 $1 $18) (19... Bxb2 20. Nxf7 $1 (20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
Bxe6 Kg7 $1) (20. Bxe6 $5 Be5 (20... fxe6 21. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bxe6 23.
Qxg6+ $16) 21. Rxe5 fxe6 22. Ree1 Kg7 $15) 20... Rxf7 21. Qxg6+ Rg7 22. Bxe6+
Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Re3 Rh7 25. Rf7 $40) (19... Bf6 $5 20. Rxe6 $5 (20. Nxf7
$2 Kxf7 $17) (20. Ne4 $2 Bh4 $17) (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxg6+ (21. Rxe6 Kg7 $1 (
21... Bxe6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Bxe6+ $18) 22. Rd6 Qe7 23. h4 Qe5 $17
) 21... Bg7 22. Bxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 $13) (20. Rf5 $6 Kg7 $17 (20... exf5
$2 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Bxf7 Qf8 24. Re8 Qxe8 25. Qh6#)) 20... Bxe6
(20... Bxg5 $2 21. Rxg6+ $18) 21. Nxe6 Qe7 $1 (21... fxe6 $2 22. Qxg6+ $18) (
21... Qb8 $6 22. Nxf8 Qxg3 23. hxg3 $16) 22. Nc7 {/\23.Qxg6} (22. Nf4 $6 Kh7 (
22... Kg7 $2 23. Nh5+ $16) 23. Nd5 (23. Qh3+ Bh4 $19) 23... Bh4 $19) (22. Nxf8
Kxf8 $8 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Bd5 Ne5 25. Qe4 $13) 22... Kg7 23. Nd5 Qe2 $5 (23...
Qe5 24. Nxf6 Qxg3 25. Nh5+) (23... Bh4 24. Nxe7 Bxg3 25. Nf5+ Kh7 26. Nxg3) 24.
Re1 Bh4 25. Rxe2 Bxg3 26. hxg3 $13) (19... Bh6 $2 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Qxg6+ $18)
20. Rf5 $3 {[#] The N must be protected! Ftacnik: White puts lot of phantasy
in his attacking attempts. Bangiev: [#] Ein ausgezeichneter Zug. Es droht 21.
Qh3.} Bf6 {Dies wird widerlegt. Die Alternative 20...Bh6 wäre besser gewesen.}
(20... Bh6 21. h4 {And Black seems to have no defence against h4-h5.} (21. Nxf7
$6 Kh7 $1 {Gelfand} (21... Rxf7 22. Qxg6+ Bg7 (22... Rg7 23. Qxh6 $18) 23. Rxe6
Bxe6 24. Bxe6 Raf8 25. Rg5 $1 $18 {/\26.Qxg7} Qf6 (25... Kh8 $8 26. Rh5+ Bh6
27. Rxh6+ Rh7 28. Kg1 Qg7 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Qg5 $16) 26. Qxf6 {Isn't that a
nice pair of pins?}) (21... Kg7 $1 22. Ne5 Rf6 (22... exf5 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24.
Qxh6+ $18) (22... Rxf5 $6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 (23... Kh8 24. Qxf5 $16) 24. Qxf5+ $1
exf5 25. Ng6+ $16) 23. Rh5 $16) 22. Nxh6 Kxh6 $44) (21. Nxe6 $2 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 (
22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7) 22... fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 $13) 21...
Bxg5 (21... c4 $5 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Bb3 (23. Bd5 Ra7 24. h5 exf5 $5 (24... Bxg5
25. Rxg5 exd5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. hxg6 $16) 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 (25... Rxe7 26. hxg6
$16) 26. Ne6+ (26. Nxf7+ Kh7 27. Nxh6 Nxd5 $17) 26... Kh7 27. Nxf8+ Bxf8 $13)
23... Bb7 $5 (23... Qb4 24. Re4 Qxe4 25. dxe4 exf5 26. Nxf7 $16) (23... Kh8 24.
h5 exf5 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxf7) 24. h5 Qb4 $1 (24... exf5 25.
Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxf7+ Kh7 27. Nxh6 $16) 25. Nxf7 (25. c3 $2 Qh4+ $17) (25. hxg6
exf5 26. gxf7+ Kh8 $17) (25. Rxf7 $5 Rxf7 (25... Qxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxf7 27. Nxf7
Kxf7 28. hxg6+ $18) 26. Nxf7 Qh4+ 27. Qxh4 Nxh4 28. Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Rxe6 (29. Ng4
Nxg2 $13) 29... Bxg2+ 30. Kh2 $16) 25... Qh4+ (25... Qxe1+ 26. Qxe1 exf5 27.
Nxh6+ Kh7) 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxe6 $16 (29. Ng4 Nxg2
$13)) (21... Kg7 22. h5 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Rh8 (23... Qf6 24. hxg6 Rh8+ 25. Kg1 $16)
24. Rxg6+ (24. Kg1 Rh6 $13) 24... Kf8 (24... fxg6 $2 25. Qxg6+ $18) 25. Rg5 $16
) (21... Kh8 $5 22. h5 exf5 (22... Bxg5 23. Rxg5 $16) 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Nxf7+
Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Bg7 26. h6 Bxh6 27. Qe5+ $16) 22. Rxg5 Kg7 23. h5 $16) (20...
exf5 $2 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Qh4 Rd8 23. Qh5 $18) 21. Nxe6 fxe6 $4 {Ftacnik:
Gelfand was so shocked, that he goes down without the fight. The correct} (
21... Re8 $1 {Ftacnik: could have pointed to some weak points in white's
concept.} 22. Re4 $1 (22. Ref1 Bh4 $1 {Gelfand pointed this out to me much
later - our conclusion at the post mortem was that White was in no danger of
losing after 22.Ref1} (22... Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxf6 Qe5 25. Qf3 $44)) (22.
Qf3 Nh4 (22... Be5 $2 23. Rxf7 $1 Qh4 24. Rxe5 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Qf1 Rae8
27. Rf6 $18) (22... Bh4 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nc7+ Be6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6
27. Bxe6+ Ke7 28. Nxa8 Kxe6 29. Nb6 $13) 23. Qg4+ Ng6 24. Qf3) (22. Rff1 Bxe6 (
22... fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Rf6 $1 Qxf6 25. Qxe8+ Qf8 26. Bxe6+ Bxe6 27. Qxe6+
Qf7 28. Qb6 $13) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rf3 Rf8 $15) 22... Bxe6 23.
Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rf3 $44 {Here White still should be able to make a
draw because of the reduced material.} (25. Rh5 {Ftacnik} Qf6 26. Qxf6 Bxf6 27.
Rxc5 $13)) 22. Rxe6 $1 {[#] Bangiev: Mit dem Textzug gab Weiß dem Angriff den
entscheidenden Auftrieb.} (22. Qxg6+ $2 Qg7 (22... Bg7 $17) 23. Rxe6 Qxg6 24.
Rexf6+ Kh7 $1 $8 {-+}) (22. Bxe6+ $2 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Qg7 $1 $17) 22... Kg7 (22...
Bxe6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 (23... Bg7 24. Bxe6+) 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 (24... Rf7 25. Bxf7+ Kf8
26. Qxf6 $18) 25. Rh5+) 23. Rxe7+ Bxe7 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. h4 $1 {And Boris
resigned.} (25. h4 Kh7 26. h5 Ne7 27. Qf3 (27. Qf4 Bd7 28. Qf6 Bc6 29. Bf7 $18)
27... Bf5 28. Qxb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rfd1 Bxb3
15. cxb3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bg4
b6 21. Bf3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd4
15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Nc4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Na4 Be4
21. Na3 Bg6 22. Nc5 a5 23. b3 Ne5 24. Red1 Rd8 25. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nb6 7. Bb3 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Qc1 Kb8 13. Rd1 f6 14. Ng3 Bg6
15. Nge4 Na5 16. Ba2 Nac4 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nc5 Qc6 19. b4 Rhg8 20. b5 Qd6 21.
a4 Bh5 22. Re1 $10 {[#]} Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rg8+ 24. Kh3 (24. Kf1 $2 Nxe3+ 25. Rxe3
(25. fxe3 Qxh2 {[%cal Yg8g1,Yh2g1]}) 25... Qxh2 26. Ke1 (26. Rg3 Qh1+ $19)
26... Rg1+ $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rf2]}) (24. Kh1 $4 Bf3#) (24. Kh3 Bg4+ 25. Kg2 Bh5+
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Anand spielt normalerweise 1.e4, aber jetzt hat er gegen den ungarischen
Wunderknabe speziell vorbereitet.} 1. Nf3 $5 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 $5 {Anand kannte diese interessante
Neuerung von Kortschnoj bereits, aber sein Gegner hatte in diesem Moment von
der Partie Korschnoj-Greenfeld (03)/Beersheba m/ Partie noch nichts gehoert.}
Nfg4 9. e3 a6 $1 $146 {Natuerlich spielt Leko nicht 9...Qc6? wie Greenfeld.}
10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. Qxg4 d6 (11... Qc6 12. Bxe5 Qxh1 13. Ne4 $44) (11... b5 12.
Bg2 (12. cxb5 $2 Qxc3+ $1 13. bxc3 Nxg4 $19) 12... Qxc4 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2
Nc6 15. a4 $1 b4 16. Nb5 $1 {[#]} axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 $44) 12. Qe2 Bd7
(12... Qc6 13. e4) (12... Ng6 $5) 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Bg2 Be7 (14... Bc6 $5) 15.
O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. c5 $5 {Mit diesem zweischneidigen Zug
will Weiss die Initiative uebernehmen.} f5 {Die Annahme des Bauernopfers
fuehrt zum klaren Vorteil fuer Weiss.} (18... Bxc5 $2 19. Ne4 Qa5 (19... Bb5
20. Qe1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Qb6 22. Qc2 $18) 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxb7 $16
) (18... Qxc5 19. Bxb7 $16 {/\ Qxa6}) 19. e4 Bg5 (19... Bxc5 $5 20. exf5 exf5
21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Qf7 Bd4 23. Ne2 Bc6 24. Qxc7 (24. Qxf5 $2 Rf8 {>< f2}) 24...
Rxc7 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Kf1 $15) 20. Rb1 g6 21. b4
$1 Bc6 22. Qc4 Qf7 23. a4 $1 {Weiss steht mit dem Bauernpulk am Damenfluegel
schon klar besser.} Bf6 24. b5 $1 axb5 25. axb5 Be8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. c6 $1 {
Die weissen Bauern maschieren unaufhaltsam voran.} Rc8 28. Na4 bxc6 29. b6 $1
Rb8 30. Nc5 Be7 31. Qc3 Bd6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Na6 Ra8 (33... Rb7 34. Bxc6 Bxc6
35. Qxc6 $18) 34. Qd3 Qe7 35. b7 Rd8 36. Qc2 $1 {Schwarz kann den
Materialverlust nicht mehr verhindern.} e4 37. b8=Q Bxb8 38. Nxb8 Qd6 39. Na6
Qd4 40. Qc1 Qd2 41. Nc7 Qxc1+ 42. Rxc1 Bd7 43. Rd1 $1 {Der Rest der Partie
bedarf keines Kommentars.} Kf7 44. Na6 $1 Ke7 45. Nc5 Bc8 46. Rxd8 Kxd8 47. Kf1
Ke7 48. Ke1 Kd6 49. Na4 c5 50. Bf1 Bb7 51. Kd2 Bd5 52. Nb6 h6 53. Ke3 Kc6 54.
Na4 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qe2 (12. Qg4 Qb6 $5 (12... Nb6 $6
13. O-O-O $1 Bd7 14. Rhf1 h5 $6 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Bg5
$1 {Zapolskis,A-Tataev,M/Stare Mesto/1992/1-0 (18)}) (12... Nf6 $1 13. exf6
Qxd4 $13) (12... h5 $1 13. Qg3 h4 14. Qg4 g5 15. O-O-O $1 $8 Qe7 $2 (15... Rh6
$1 16. Qxg5 (16. Bxg5 Rg6 $17) 16... Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Rh5 18. Bf4 Bb7 $17 {
><g2, e5}) 16. Nc6 $3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Qc5 18. Ne4 Qxc6 19. Bxg5 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Kasparov,G/London (m8)/1993/ (41)}) 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Rhf1 g6 15. h4 h5 16.
Qg3 Bg7 17. Kb1 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Qc7 19. Rd6 O-O 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Be3 Nxb3 22.
axb3 Bc6 $15 {Zontakh,A-Piza,V/Hlohovec/1994/}) (12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14.
O-O-O Bg7 15. h4 h5 16. Qe3 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc4 Bxg2 20. Rhg1
Bb7 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxg6 Qxa2 24. Rd6 {1-0 Laesson,T-Zhu Chen/
Moscow olw (11)/1994/ (30)}) 12... Bb7 13. O-O-O (13. O-O b4 14. Na4 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Nc5 16. Rad1 Nxa4 17. bxa4 Bc5 18. Be3 $2 {Zapolskis,A-Slekys,E/
Mariampole/1992/} (18. Kh1 $1 $13) 18... Qc7 $1 $15 {Zapolskis,A-Slekys,E/
Mariampole/1992/}) 13... Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1 Rc8 15. Qg4 b4 16.
Na4 Nxa4 17. Nxe6 Nac5 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19. Qxg7 Nxb3+ 20. Kb1 Nd4 21. e6 Bd5 22.
Qxf7+ {1-0 Morawietz,D-Ottens,S/NRW-II 9192/1992}) 14... Be7 {N} (14... Nxb3+
15. Nxb3 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. a3 Be7 18. Qg4 O-O 19. Rde1 Rfd8 20. Bh6 Bf8 21.
Bg5 Rd7 22. Re3 $13 {Motwani,P-Pigott,J/BCF-ch/1989/0-1 (40)}) 15. Qg4 g6 16.
Bh6 $1 (16. Bg3 Qb6 17. h4 h5 18. Qe2 Rh7 19. Nf3 $6 (19. Rf2 $5 O-O-O 20. Qf1
$36) 19... O-O-O 20. Kb1 Qc6 $1 21. Rd4 Nb6 $1 {0-1 Zadrima,A-Ftacnik,L/Moscow
olm/1994/ (39)}) 16... Nxe5 (16... b4 $5) 17. Qf4 b4 18. Nd5 (18. Ncb5 $5 Ned3+
(18... f6 19. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. Bxe6 Be7 22. Qf7+ Nxf7 23. Bxf7+
Kd7 24. Nb3+ $16) 19. cxd3 Nxb3+ 20. Nxb3 Qxb5 21. Qxf7+ Kd7 22. d4 $40) 18...
Bxd5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Bxd5 $5 (20. Qe3 Nxb3+ 21. Nxb3 Bxb3 $1 22. Qxb3 Kf7 23.
Rfe1 Qb6 $17) 20... fxe5 21. Bc6+ (21. Nxe6 $5 Kd7 $3 22. Nxc5+ Qxc5 23. Bxa8+
Ke8 $17) 21... Nd7 22. Nxe6 Ra7 23. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Vavra,P-Ftacnik,L/Cesko/1995/
(46)}) (13... b4 14. Na4 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Nc5 (16... g6 17. Bg5 Bd5
18. Qf2 Nxe5 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Kb1 g5 22. Nf5 gxf4 23. Rxd5 exd5 {
1-0 Kobalija,M-Verner,A/Moscow-ch op (03)/1995/}) 17. Nf5 (17. Kb1 Nxa4 18.
bxa4 Bc5 19. Qg4 O-O-O 20. Bg3 g6 21. Bh4 Rd5 22. Bf6 Re8 23. Nb3 Bf8 24. g3 {
Riegler,P-Osterman,R/SLO-ch/1992/0-1 (35)}) 17... exf5 18. e6 Nxb3+ 19. Kb1 Qc6
20. Nb6 Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. Nxa8 $16 {Emms,J-Petrosian,A/London Lloyds (08)/
1991/1-0 (65)}) 14. Kb1 {Black struggles to avoid various sacrifices from the
attacker, but he will have to castle long. In such case f7P remains palpably
weak.} (14. Rhe1 Be7 15. Qg4 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. a3 h4 19. Bf2 Qc7
20. Ba2 Nb6 21. Ndxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ba6 24. b4 Bxb5 25. Qxb5
Nca4 26. Bb3 {1-0 Macieja,B-Kaminski,M/POL-chT Lubniewice (07)/1994/ (46)}) (
14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Qg4 g5 16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. h4 Nxe5 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qd2 Rc8 20.
Nf5 Bf8 21. Kb1 b4 22. Na4 {Oral,T-Tkebuchava,S/Ml.Boleslav op (1)/1994/1-0 
(42)}) 14... Be7 15. h4 $1 O-O-O $5 16. a3 $1 (16. Rhf1 b4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18.
Bxa4 Nc5 19. Bb3 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxb3 21. Rc4+ Nc5 $13) 16... Nb8 (16... Nxb3 17.
Nxb3 Nc5 18. Bg5 $14) 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Ba2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc6 20. Rhf1 Rhf8 (
20... Qxg2 $2 21. Qxg2 Bxg2 22. Rxf7 $18) 21. g3 Kb8 22. Rf4 f5 $6 {Anand was
seriously criticized for this decision, even though it should have solved the
biggest headache with f7P. The tactics works against the defender.} (22... g5
$1 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rff1 $14) 23. exf6 gxf6 24. b4 $1 e5 (24... Nd7 25. Qxe6
$16) 25. bxc5 Rxd4 $2 (25... exf4 $1 26. Qxe7 fxg3 27. Bd5 Qc7 28. Bxf6 Rde8
29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Bg7 $14) 26. Rfxd4 exd4 27. Qxe7 Re8 28. Qf7 (28. Qf7 dxc3
29. Bd5 Rd8 30. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 31. Ka2 Bxc6 32. Qf8+ Kb7 33. Kb3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. e4 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4
15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Rec1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qa8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Bf1 Rd8 21.
Qb3 Bf8 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rc2 Qb7 24. Bd3 Qe7 25. Qa4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4
Nd5 28. Bd2 Nf6 29. Kf1 Ne8 30. Bd3 g6 31. Ke2 Nd6 32. Bf4 Qc7 33. Bd2 Qe7 34.
e5 Nf5 35. g4 Ng7 36. Be1 Qc7 37. Kd1 Be7 38. Bd2 Kf8 39. Be4 f6 40. Qc6 Qxc6
41. Bxc6 Ne8 42. Bh6+ Ng7 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. Be3 fxe5 45. dxe5 Ne8 46. f4 Nc7 47.
Kf3 Na6 48. Bb5 Nb4 49. Bc4 Nc6 50. Ke4 Na5 51. Ba6 Bc5 52. Bd2 Nc6 53. f5
gxf5+ 54. gxf5 exf5+ 55. Kxf5 Ne7+ 56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Bb5 Kf7 58. Bg5 Ba3 59. Bc4+
Kg6 60. Bf6 Bb4 61. Kf4 h6 62. Ke4 Ba3 63. Bh4 Bc5 64. Bg3 Kg7 65. Kf4 Kg6 66.
Bd3+ Kg7 67. Kg4 Be3 68. Bh4 Kf7 69. Bc4+ Kf8 70. Bf6 Bd4 71. Kf4 Bb2 72. Ke4
Ba3 73. e6 Bd6 74. Be5 Bxe5 75. Kxe5 Kg7 76. Bd3 Nc8 77. a4 Ne7 78. Bb5 Nc8 79.
Ba6 Ne7 80. Bd3 Nc8 81. Ba6 Ne7 82. Kd6 Kf6 83. Bc4 Nf5+ 84. Kd7 Ne7 85. Kc7
Ke5 86. Bb3 Nf5 87. Kb7 Kd6 88. Kxa7 Kc7 89. Ka6 Kc6 90. Bd1 Ne7 91. Bf3+ Kc7
92. Kb5 Nf5 93. Bg4 Nd6+ 94. Kb4 Kd8 95. Kc3 Ke7 96. Kd4 Nb7 97. Kc4 Kd6 98.
Kb5 Nc5 99. h4 h5 100. Bh3 Ke7 101. a5 Nxe6 102. Kxb6 Nf4 103. a6 Nd5+ 104. Kb7
Kd8 105. a7 Nc7 106. Bf1 Kd7 107. Be2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 a6 $6 3. Bg5 Bg4 $146 (3... h6 4. Bh4 Nf6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3
Bd6 7. Nbd2 f5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O $14 {Miles-Nikolic,94,Horgen}) 4.
e3 Nf6 (4... c5 5. c4 $5 $16) 5. Bxf6 (5. c4 dxc4 (5... e6 6. Qb3 $5) 6. Bxf6 {
-game}) 5... exf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 (7... b5 8. Be2 $14) 8. O-O (8. Qb3
Qd7 9. Qxb7 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Ra7 $19) 8... Bd6 9. Nbd2 (9. Be2 $5 O-O 10. Nfd2 Bxe2
11. Qxe2 f5 12. g3 $14) 9... O-O 10. a3 Qd7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. b4 Rad8
(13... b6 14. Be2 {/\Nc4}) 14. Rfc1 g6 $6 (14... Bxf3 $5 15. Nxf3 g6 $14) 15.
Ne1 c6 16. Bf1 Bb8 17. g3 g5 18. Nd3 Nd5 (18... f4 $5 19. Ne4 Qf5 $132) 19. Nc5
Qc8 (19... Qe7 20. Re1 $1) 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Nc4 Re7 22. Bg2 Rde8 23. Qd2 h6 24.
f3 Bh5 25. e4 b5 26. Na5 Nb6 27. Rac1 (27. exf5 Nd5 28. g4 Qc7 $132) (27. e5
Nd5 28. f4 $1 $16) 27... f4 28. g4 Bg6 29. Nd3 $2 (29. Rc2 $1 $16 {/\Rec1})
29... Re6 30. Qc2 (30. d5 Ba7 31. Kh1 Nxd5 32. exd5 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34.
Nxe1 cxd5 $14) 30... Qd7 31. Qf2 Na4 32. Nb3 Rd6 33. Bf1 Rd8 34. Red1 Qe8 (
34... f6 $5) 35. Ndc5 Nxc5 36. bxc5 R6d7 37. Rd2 Qe6 38. Rd3 Bc7 39. Qd2 h5 40.
h3 hxg4 41. hxg4 f6 42. Rd1 (42. Re1 $5 Re8 43. Rd1) 42... Bf7 43. Na5 Bxa5 (
43... Kg7 $5 44. Qc3 Bxa5 45. Qxa5 Qe7) 44. Qxa5 Qe7 $1 45. Qc3 Rc7 $1 46. R3d2
Kg7 47. Rc1 Rcd7 48. Rcd1 Rc7 49. Ra1 Rb8 50. Qa5 Rd7 51. Rc1 (51. Qxa6 Rxd4
52. Rxd4 Qxc5 53. Rad1 Rd8 54. Qxc6 Qxc6 55. Rxd8 Qc5+ $10) 51... Rbd8 (51...
Qd8 $5) 52. Qc3 (52. Qxa6 Rxd4 53. Rxd4 Rxd4 54. Qxc6 Qa7 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Topalov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 (
7. Be3 Qc7 8. f4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Qf2 O-O
14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rad1 Bf8 $10 {Gunnarsson,J-Tisdall,J/Reykjavik op (01) ;CBM
52_06 1996/0-1 (43)}) 7... Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bf3 (9. g4 d5 $5 10. exd5 (10. e5
Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Nd7 13. c4 b6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. Kb1 O-O-O
17. g5 Nd3 18. Rhf1 Bc5 19. Bxd3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Novikov,
I/St.Petersburg op (09) ;EXP 46 1995}) 10... Bb4 11. dxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+
13. Kf2 fxe6 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Bf3 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Novikov,I/
Novgorod op (08) ;EXP 49 1995 (16)}) (9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5
$6 (12. g4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 $13) 12... e5 13. Nde2 Nbd7 $10 {Lutz,C-Gelfand,B/Cap
d'Agde (01) ;EXP 43 1994/0-1 (61)}) 9... Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 $1 $146 (10... Bd7
11. O-O-O O-O 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bc6 14. Rg1 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. f5 $40 {
1-0 Navarro,R-Fougy,F/Novi Sad olm (04) MEX-HAI 1990 (30)}) (10... O-O 11.
O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Rc4 Qd8 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Bc5 b5 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rc7 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Arnason,J/Jurmala
1987 (39)}) 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O (13. O-O Bb7 $10) (13. a3 Rb8 {
/\ 14...b4}) 13... O-O 14. g4 $6 (14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd6 17.
g4 $132) (14. f5 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 a5 $10 (16... a5 {Topalov} 17. Kb1
Ba6 18. Qf2 Bc4 19. Rhd1 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $44)) 14... b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5
exf4 17. Bxf4 a5 $15 18. Rhe1 $6 (18. g5 Bf5 (18... Re8 {Topalov /\ 19...Bf5}
19. Bg4 $1 $13) 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfe8 $15) 18... Bh4 $1 19. Rg1 $6 (19.
Bg3 Bxg3 (19... Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Ba6 21. Qe4 $10) 20. hxg3 a4 $15) 19... a4 $1 20.
Qd2 (20. g5 b3 21. a3 bxc2 22. Rd4 (22. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Bf5+ 24. Kd2 Rfb8
$19) 22... Ba6 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. Be3 Qb6 $17) 20... Rb8 (20... b3 21. a3 $15)
21. Kb1 Re8 22. Rg2 Bd7 23. Re2 a3 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. g5 $6 (25. b3 Bf6 $17 {
[%cal Rf6a1]}) 25... f6 {/\ Be8-g6} (25... axb2 {Topalov} 26. Qd4 f6 27. Bxd6
Qxd6 28. Qxh4 $13) 26. Be4 (26. Bg4 Bg6 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. b3 Bxg5 (28... fxg5
29. Be3 Rf8 30. Rc1 $15) 29. Bxg5 fxg5 30. Rf1 h6 $17) 26... axb2 27. Qd3 g6
28. Qa6 (28. Qh3 Ra8 (28... Qc4 $19 {Topalov}) 29. Qxh4 Qc4 30. Kxb2 Rxa2+ 31.
Kb1 b3 $1 $19) 28... Rb6 29. Qa8 Rb8 30. Qa6 Rd8 31. Rd4 f5 $19 {[%cal Gf5f1]}
32. Bd3 Qe7 33. Bd2 (33. Kxb2 Be1 $19) 33... Be1 $1 34. Be2 Bxd2 35. Rxd2 Qxg5
36. Rd1 Qe3 37. Bc4 f4 38. Bb3 f3 (38... g5 $142 {Topalov /\ 39...Bg6}) 39. Qd3
Qe2 40. Bc4 Qxd3 41. Rxd3 Rc8 42. Ba6 Rc3 43. Kxb2 Bd7 44. Rd4 (44. Rxc3 bxc3+
45. Kxc3 Bh3 46. Kd2 f2 $19) 44... Bf5 45. Rxb4 (45. Bd3 Bxd3 46. cxd3 Rc8 47.
Rf4 Rf8 $19) 45... Rxc2+ 46. Kb3 Rxh2 47. Rf4 f2 48. a4 Bh3 (48... Bc2+ {
Topalov} 49. Kc3 g5 50. Rg4) 49. a5 g5 50. Rf3 g4 (50... Kg7 {Topalov} 51. Bc4
g4 52. a6 gxf3 53. a7 $18) 51. Rf5 g3 (51... g3 52. Rg5+ Kh8 53. Rxg3 f1=Q 54.
Bxf1 Bxf1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{King: Kasparov used the swinging rook to good effect in this game from his
recent Amsterdam triumph.} 1. e4 {King Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 (5... e6 {Blatny,P} 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 {-D42}) 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3 {
Blatny,P} Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5
12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. Rb1) 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15.
Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3 $13) 6... e6 (6... dxc4 {Blatny,P} 7. d5 (7. Bxc4
Qxd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9. O-O-O $44) 7... Ne5 8. Qd4 h6 (8... Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10.
Nf3 $14) 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 a6 12. Nf3 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. d6 e6
15. Rad1 {Vaganian-Ehlvest/Riga/1995/}) 7. Nf3 Be7 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Be7 9.
O-O O-O {+/=/=}) 8. c5 (8. a3 {Blatny,P} O-O 9. Bd3 b6 $5 10. O-O Bb7 $10) 8...
h6 (8... O-O 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 {Has been played in a number of games =/+/=} (
10. Bxe7 {Blatny,P} Nxe7 (10... Nxc3 $1 11. bxc3 Nxe7 12. O-O b6 13. cxb6 axb6
$15 {<->c3}) 11. Rc1 b6 {Christiansen-Henkin/Biel/1994/})) (8... Ne4 {Blatny,P}
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd3 Nb4 11. Qb5+ Nc6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 $14 {
Gelfand-Kuczynski/Moscow/1994/}) 9. Bf4 (9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bb5 Ne4 {and black has
the useful extra-move h7-h6 compared to 8. - 0-0}) (9. Bxf6 {Blatny,P} Bxf6 10.
Bb5 O-O {Timman,J-Kramnik,V/Amsterdam VSB (02)/1996/1/2-1/2/43/ ;CBM 52}) 9...
Ne4 {[%cal Ye4c3] One of the points of early h7-h6. Black plays Sf6-e4 before
he castles. White has to make his mind op about the possibily Se4xc3.} 10. Bb5
{White allows black to weaken his queenside-pawnstruckture considerably.
However Kasparov does get/keep space-advantage in return} (10. Rc1 $5 Nxc3 (
10... O-O {Blatny,P} 11. Bb5 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Qa5) 11. Rxc3) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3
Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 $6 (13. Rb1 $5 {Blatny,P}) 13... Re8 $1 (13... b6 $6
14. c4 (14. Qa4 Qc8 $132 {[%cal Yb6c5,Ya7a6] /\bxc5//\a7-a6}) 14... bxc5 (14...
dxc4 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 $36 (16. Qxd5 {Blatny,P} Qc8 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rxc4
Bc5 $13)) 15. dxc5 $1 (15. cxd5 Nxd4 (15... exd5 16. dxc5 $16) 16. Nxd4 cxd4 {
Blacks seems to be fine}) 15... a6 (15... dxc4 16. Bd6 $14) 16. Ba4 $14 (16.
cxd5 axb5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 $10)) 14. Re1 Bf6 {[%csl Rc1] >< Rc1} (14... b6 15. c4
bxc5 16. cxd5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bc7) 15. Rb1 {Two moves ago white played
Ra1-c1, now Rc1-b1. What is Kasparov doing? It seems 13. Rc1 was directed
againt b7-b6. However if black doesn't play b6 the rook is not well placed on
c1. If white plays c3-c4 he gets a weak P on d4. More important are the
weakneses of the white squares c4,d5} (15. c4 Na5 $132 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5]}) 15...
b6 16. Ba6 Bc8 (16... bxc5 17. Bb7 $16) 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Ba6 Bc8 19. Bd3 $5 {
An interesting pawn-sacrifice for space-advantage and |^} bxc5 (19... Bd7 20.
Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bg5) 20. Ne5 {King: A well judged pawn sacrifice. The pawn
at e5 acts as a spearhead creating the space that White needs for his
manoeuvres against the king.} Bd7 (20... Nxe5 $5 21. dxe5 Bg5 {This looks at
first glance better than the game-continuation where whites two Bs are very
strong.} (21... Be7 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Qh5 {/\Bh6,Qf7}) 22. Bxg5 (22. Bg3 Bd7 {
[%cal Ya8b8] /\Tb8. Does white have enough for the pawn?}) 22... Qxg5 (22...
hxg5 23. Qh5 g6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ {/\Re3}) 23. Bb5 $1 (23. Qa4 $36 {
[%cal Ya4e8,Yb1b8] White has good play for the pawn. However it is hard to
believe that he is better} Rd8 (23... Qe7 $5) (23... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Yc8d7,Ya8b8]
/\Bc8-d7 + Ra8-b8} 24. Re3 {[%cal Ya4f4,Ye3g3] /\Tg3,Df4 ->} Bd7 25. Qf4 f5 $5
(25... Rb8 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Rg3 Kf8 $13) 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rg3+
Kf8 29. Rg6 (29. Rb7 Re7 $10) 29... f5 $13) 24. Qc6 {[%cal Rc6a8,Rc6c5]} Bd7
25. Qxc5 Rdc8 26. Qd4 Rc7 $10) 23... Rd8 24. Bc6) 21. Rb7 Bxe5 (21... Nxe5 $2
22. dxe5 Bg5 (22... Be7 23. Qg4 $16) (22... Bc6 {Blatny,P} 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24.
exf6 Qxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Qh5+ $40) 25. Be5 Qg5 26. f4 Qh4 27. Re3 $36) 23.
Bxg5 $16) (21... Re7 $2 {Blatny,P} 22. Rxd7 $18) 22. dxe5 {[%cal Yd3h7,Yf4h6,
Yd1h5] ()} Rb8 (22... Ne7 {Blatny,P} 23. Qh5 Bc6 24. Bxh6 Bxb7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7
26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ $18) 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Qg4 $16 {[%cal Yf4h6]
/\Bxh6 Whites attack is very dangerous. Black has exchanged the wrong
minor-pieces.} Kf8 (24... Kh8 {Blatny,P} 25. Qh5 {/\Bh6}) 25. Re3 {[%cal Ye3g3,
Yg3g7] King: Black's kingside is bare, but still intact. The entry of the rook
into the attack, however, breaks the defences.} Qd8 (25... g5 {Blatny,P} 26.
Qh5 gxf4 27. Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Qf6+ Kf8 29. Rh3 Ne7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qh8#) (25...
Ne7 {Blatny,P} 26. Rg3 Ng6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Re7 29. Qh7 $18) 26. h4 $1 {
[%csl Gg5]} (26. Rg3 g5) 26... Qa5 (26... f5 27. exf6 (27. Qg6 Qxh4) 27... Qxf6
28. Rf3 (28. Bd6+ Kg8 29. Bxc5 (29. Rf3 $18 {Blatny,P}) 29... Ne5 $10) (28. Bg6
e5 29. Qxd7 Qxg6) 28... Kg8 29. Bd6 $1 (29. Bd2 Ne5 $17) 29... Ne5 30. Bxe5
Qxe5 31. Qg6 $18) 27. Rg3 Ke7 (27... Qxc3 {Blatny,P} 28. Qxg7+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kf8
30. Bxh6#) 28. Qxg7 $18 Kd8 29. Qxf7 Qxc3 30. Bb5 Qa5 31. Rg7 Ne7 (31... Re7
32. Qf8+ Re8 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Bxc6+ Kxc6 35. Qxe8+ $18) 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Qf6
(33. Bxh6 {Blatny,P} Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxe5+) 33... d4 (33... Qe1+ {Blatny,P} 34.
Kh2 Qxf2 35. Bxh6 {/\Bg5}) 34. Bxh6 c4 35. Bg5 Qc5 36. Rxe7+ (36. Rxe7+ Rxe7
37. Qxe7+ Qxe7 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Kf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Rd1 c5 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc8 14. O-O Bc5
15. Rd2 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Re8 19. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The field at this stage could be divided into two groups - those who were
leading (almost half the tournament was on +1!) and those who were not. Sadly,
I was firmly in the bottom of group two. My opponent was one of the leaders
and was in fine shape.} 1. e4 {Boensch Romero} c5 {Kasparov, Topalov and Short
played only Najdorfs against each other and Short won "this mini-tournament"
with 1.5/2 followed by Topalov with 1 and Kasparov with 0.5/2! Short also beat
Gelfand in a Najdorf. Therefore there seemed little reason to expect him to
deviate from this opening!} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Nigel has recently included this opening in his repertoire - in case you
hadn't guessed already.} 6. Be2 {6.Bc4 was too macho for me at this point.} g6
{Romero: Probably Dragon is playable ( also with the move a6 ), against quiet
systems. Anand tries to choose a variation where the tempo a6 is not going for
black.} 7. g4 $1 {Somehow, I wasn't in the mood for a positional game today!} (
7. Be3 {Boensch} Bg7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 b5 (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O
e5 12. Nb3 $16) (10... Ne5 11. h3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bd7 $13 {/\0-0-0}) 11. O-O-O
Bb7 12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. Nd5 e5 14. Nxf6+ $2 Qxf6 15. Bg4 $2 exd4 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Rxd4 Rc7 18. f4 Kd8 $1 $17 {0-1 Ninov,N-Georgiev,Ki/Odorheiu zt (08) ;CBM 47
1995 (26)}) (7. O-O {Boensch} Bg7 8. Bg5 (8. a4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11.
f3 Rc8 $10 {Kamsky,G-Ljubojevic,L/Monaco Amber blind (04) 1994/1-0 (48)}) 8...
Nc6 9. Nb3 b5 (9... O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bf1 h6 12. Bh4 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nd5
g5 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. c3 Be5 17. Bxe5 Ncxe5 18. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,
V-Zilberstein,V/St.Petersburg op (06) ;EXP 46 1995 (28)}) 10. f3 h6 11. Be3 Bb7
12. Qd2 Nd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bg7 16. Nxb4 $10 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,
PH-Hodgson,JM/Forli op (07) 1992 (31)}) 7... h6 (7... b5 8. Bf3 $1 (8. g5 b4)
8... e5 (8... b4 $1 {Boensch} 9. e5 (9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bg7 $10) (9. Na4 e5
$17) 9... dxe5 10. Bxa8 (10. Nc6 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 e4 $19) 10... bxc3 11. Nf3
Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 $44) 9. Nb3) (7... e5 8. Nb3 Be6 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 {/\ Be3,Qd2})
(7... Bg7 $145 {Boensch} 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 h5 11. gxh6 Bxh6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Robatsch,K-Szabo,L/Amsterdam IBM ;MCL 07 1972}) 8. h4 b5
(8... Bg7 {Seems more reasonable to me.}) 9. Bf3 {xe4} (9. a4 {Romero} b4 10.
Nd5 Bg7 {with the threat Nxg4}) 9... e5 {Romero: After this move white cannot
advance his g pawn.} (9... Ra7 $6 10. Be3 {/\ Nd5}) (9... Bb7 10. g5 $1 (10.
Nd5 $6 {Romero} Nbd7 11. Nxf6+ (11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nh7) 11...
Nxf6 12. e5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 dxe5) (10. e5 $6 {Romero} Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxe5 12. Qxa8
exd4 13. Ne2)) (9... b4 $1 {Boensch: Der Zwischenzug 8.h4 h6 ist eher
günstiger für Schwarz. - 7...b5}) 10. Nb3 Be6 {Romero: Black seems to be okay,
because the white structure is overextended and white's king ( also black's )
still has not a sure place. The next move is very surprising. Anand would like
to close the queenside and castle there. A deep idea.} 11. a4 $1 (11. Nd5 $5 {
Romero}) 11... b4 {Romero: Possibly it was better to keep the dynamism of the
position playing the always sharp 11...bxa4.} (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Nc6 (12...
Be7 13. Na5 $1) (12... Nbd7 {Romero} 13. Qe2 (13. Nd5 Nb6 (13... Bxd5 14. exd5
Nb6 15. Ra5 Nc4 16. Ra2) 14. Nxb6 Qxb6) 13... Nb6 (13... Qb6 $1) 14. Rxa6 Bc4
15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qe3 Qa6) 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. g5 $14 (14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 (15.
Bxg5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 $14) 15... Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Nd7 $14)) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13.
exd5 {White has the two bishops and a nice position to boot!} a5 $6 {Otherwise
White would play 5 himself, but giving up the b5 square is not advisable under
any circumstances.  Boensch: Verschenkt wertvolle Entwicklungszeit, die
"Drohung" a4-a5 ist nicht so gewaltig. Nebenbei wird das Feld b5 empfindlich
geschwächt.} (13... Bg7 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Bd2 e4 $132) 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Qe2 $1 {
/\ Qb5} Be7 16. O-O-O {Romero: Now White is clearly better. Black's
counterplay doesn t exist. Normally White would play at the king side, but
look at the fashionable plan that follows.} Kf8 17. Qb5 $1 {Before Black can
develop. xa5} Kg7 (17... h5 {Romero} 18. g5) (17... Rb8 18. Qxa5 Qxa5 19. Nxa5
Ra8 20. Nc6 Rxa4 21. b3 Ra1+ 22. Kb2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 $16) 18. g5 $1 {Romero:
This move just sacrifices one pawn for two and clarifies the position in
typical Anand style. Boensch: Die schwarzen Figuren sollen am K-Flügel
konzentriert werden, danach kann Weiß in Ruhe den Q-Flügel abräumen.} hxg5 19.
hxg5 Nh7 (19... Rxh1 20. gxf6+ $18) 20. Bg4 $1 $16 {Just in time. Otherwise
Black will win Pg5 and trade the Be3} Ndf8 {Black decides to let his queenside
go up in flames and try his best on the other flank.} (20... Nhf8 21. Rxh8 (21.
Kb1 {Romero /\f4}) 21... Kxh8 22. Kb1 $1 {And now Black is tied down to
defending his pieces and is unable to exploit Pg5. White can follow up with
f2-f4 if Black takes, a further Nd4-c6.} (22. Kb1 Kg8 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne5
25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. d6 $16)) (20... Nc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. d6 Bxg5 23. Qxc5 Bxe3+
24. fxe3 Qg5 25. d7 $1 (25. Be2 Rhc8 26. Qb6 Rcb8) (25. Bf3 Rac8 (25... e4 $2
26. Rxh7+ $1) 26. Bc6 $18 {/\ d7}) 25... Qxg4 (25... Rhd8 26. Bf3 $1 $18) 26.
Qxe5+ Nf6 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. d8=Q Rxd8 29. Rxd8 $18) 21. Bb6 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 Qb8
23. Nxa5 Bd8 (23... Nf6 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Bh3 $16) 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 (24... Qxb5
25. axb5 Rxd8 26. Nc6 {/\ b6-b7} (26. Nb7 $5 $18) (26. Nb7 Rb8 27. Nxd6 $18))
25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Qxb4 f5 27. Be2 (27. Bxf5 $2 gxf5 28. Qh4 Ng6 29. Rdg1 (29.
Qh6+ Kf6 30. Rdg1 Rag8 $15) 29... Qf7 30. Qh6+ (30. Ne7 Ng5 $1 31. Qxg5 Rxh1
32. Rxh1 Qxe7 33. Qh6+ Kf6 $17) 30... Kf6 $15) 27... Nd7 28. f4 Nc5 (28... e4
$2 29. Nd4 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 29. Bb5 $1 (29. fxe5 Rxa4 (29... Nxa4 30. exd6 $18
) 30. exd6 $1 Qxd6 31. Qc3+ Nf6 (31... Qf6 32. Qxc5 Rha8 33. c3 $18) (31... Kg8
32. Rdg1 Ne4 33. Ne7+ $18) 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 (32... Kxh8 33. Bb5 $18 (33. Qe5 Nce4
(33... Qxe5 34. Nxe5 Re4 35. Nd3 $16) 34. Ne7 Kg7 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Rg1 $16)))
29... exf4 30. Qxf4 Nf6 31. Nd4 $1 Kf7 32. Ne6 $1 (32. Bc6 {The lazier
approach, but the game continuation is fine.} Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Rd8 34. Nb5 Qe7 35.
a5) 32... Rxh1 (32... Nxe6 33. dxe6+ Kxe6 34. Rhe1+ Kf7 (34... Ne4 35. Rxe4+
fxe4 36. Rf1 $1 $18) 35. Rxd6 $18) 33. Rxh1 $2 (33. Nxc7 $1 {I saw that this
won, but liked the game continuation more. Unfortunately I had missed
something.} Rxd1+ 34. Ka2 Rd8 (34... Ra7 35. Qxd6 Nxa4 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qe7+
Kg8 (37... Kh6 $2 38. Qe3+ $1 $18) 38. Qxf6 Nc5+ 39. Na6 $18 (39. Ba6 $18)) 35.
a5 $1 {/\ a6-a7 +- I don't see any way for Black to stop the aP.} (35. a5 Nfe4
36. a6 Rh8 37. Qf3 Rhh1 38. Qxd1 Rxd1 39. a7 $18)) 33... Nxe6 34. dxe6+ Kxe6
35. Rg1 {And Black has no way to defend against Rg6+ and Bc4+ - or so I
thought.} (35. Bc4+ Kd7 36. Qd4 $16) 35... Rc8 $1 {This came as a shock to me
and Nigel looked happy after a long time.} 36. c3 {I took a deep breath and
then realized that White still had some chances due to Black's exposed K and
his my control of the e8 square. So, I continued.} Kf7 37. Qh6 $1 Rg8 38. Qe3 {
The point of Qh6 - Black can't play Qc5 now due to the Rg8.} d5 $2 {Black's
position is difficult, but Black should have tried to do without this move.} (
38... Rh8 $5 {Probably White doesn't have that much anymore.} 39. Qd4 $140 Qc5
$1 (39... Qc5 40. Qxc5 dxc5 41. a5 Ne4 42. a6 Kf6 43. Bc6 Nd2+ 44. Kc2 Nc4 45.
a7 Nb6 46. Ra1 Na8 47. Ra5 c4 48. Rb5 $18)) 39. Re1 $1 Ne4 (39... Rh8 40. Qe6+
Kg7 41. a5 $1 $16 Ne4 (41... Rh2 42. Qe7+ $1) 42. Rg1) (39... Ra8 $1 40. Qe6+
Kg7 {Es ist nicht leicht den Gewinn nachzuweisen. z.B.} 41. Rg1 Qh2 42. Qe7+
Kh6) 40. Qd4 Rd8 41. c4 {The consequence of d5 - White can open the position
further - now he will soon use the c-file.} g5 42. cxd5 Kg6 (42... g4 43. Rc1
Qf4 44. Qa7+ $16) 43. Rc1 Qf4 44. Rc6+ Kh5 (44... Rd6 45. Rxd6+ Qxd6 46. a5 $18
) 45. Qd1+ $1 {A very important game for me - My first win of the tournament,
against one of the leaders and to top it all, Nigel had been a difficult
opponent for me before this game. The win was therefore most welcome!} (45.
Qd1+ Kh4 46. Rh6+ Kg3 47. Qd3+ Kg2 (47... Qf3 48. Rh3+ $18) 48. Qh3+ Kg1 49.
Qh1+ Kf2 50. Qf1+ Ke3 (50... Kg3 51. Rh3+ Kg4 52. Be2+ $18) 51. Qe2+ Kd4 52.
Qd3+ Kc5 53. Qc4#) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 (5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Ne4 Qb6 (6...
Bg7 7. Nxc5 O-O 8. c3 b6 9. Nb3 Bb7 10. e3 d6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O e6 13. a4 f5
14. Qd2 Nf6 15. a5 Ne4 16. Qc2 g5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nfd2 g4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
Bd3 d5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra1 Qc6 23. Nd2 $16 {Piankov,E-Riou,I/Cannes op/1996/}
) (6... Bxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. O-O-O (9. Qd2 Nc6 10. g3 d5 11. Nc5
Qb6 12. Nd3 e5 13. Bg2 Be6 14. O-O Rac8 15. e4 Rcd8 16. Rfe1 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd5
18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. Qc5 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 f5 21. Rc4 e4 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Ne1 Rd2 24.
h3 g5 25. Kf1 h5 $36 {Bialas,W-Podzielny,K/BL 9091/1990/}) 9... Qa5 (9... Nc6
10. Qd2 Qc7 (10... d5 $6 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. e3 (12. Qg5 Be6 13. Nc3 b5 14. e4
Rfc8 15. Rd2 Rab8 16. Qc5 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Qc5 Qf4 19. g3 Qf3 20. Rg1 b4 21.
Nd5 b3 22. axb3 Qxe4 23. Ba6 Rd8 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxe7 $14 {
Kachur-Loginov /Aktjubinsk/1985/}) 12... Bf5 13. Nc3 Bxc2 14. Qd7 Qxd7 15. Rxd7
Bf5 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Be2 Rc8 19. g4 Be6 20. Kb1 Ne5 21. h3 f5
22. Rg1 Kf7 23. gxf5 Bxf5+ 24. e4 Be6 25. f4 Nc4 26. b3 Na5 27. Kb2 $16 {
Zhuravlev,V-Fominyh,A/RUS-chT Kazan/1995/}) 11. Nc3 e6 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5
14. g3 d5 15. Bd3 Rf3 16. h4 Ne5 17. Kb1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qf7 19. h5 Bd7 20. hxg6
Qxg6 21. Rh6 $40 {Torre,E-Vogt,L /Baku/1980/}) 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 (11... d6
12. h4 $1 Be6 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. e4 f6 15. f4 b5 16. h5 g5 17. fxg5 Ne5 18. gxf6
exf6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bxb5 Rf2 24. Rc1
$18 {Yusupov,A-Gorelov,S/Moscow-ch/1981/}) 12. Qxd5 Qb6 13. e3 Be6 14. Qb5 Qc7
15. h4 a6 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qc5 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Rac8 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4
Rxc4 22. Rd4 g5 23. Rxc4 Bxc4 24. b3 Be6 25. g3 $16 {Wirthensohn,H-Webb,S/
Hamburg Concordia/1977/}) (6... d6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.
O-O-O+ Ke7 11. g3 Bd7 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. Rd3 Rd8 14. Re3+ Kf8 15. g4 Na6 16. Ne1
Nb4 17. Bxc6 Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. Nd3 Nxc6 20. Nxc5 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. e3
Ne5 23. h3 $10 {Plachetka,J-Mrva,M/CSS-chT/1992/}) 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. c3 cxd4 (
8... d6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. a4 h5
15. a5 b6 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Qc2 a6 18. Be2 Qg5 19. Bc4 Qe5 20. e4 Qf4 21. Rfe1
h4 22. Re3 Kg7 23. Qe2 Bg4 24. Qc2 Bd7 $10 {King,D-Olafsson,F/Reykjavik op/
1984/}) 9. Qxd4 (9. cxd4 d5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. e3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bd7
14. Ke2 e6 15. Rhc1 Ke7 16. a3 Rhc8 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Nd2 Ba4 19. Rab1 Nb3 20.
Nxb3 Bxb3 21. Kd2 Ba4 22. h4 Bd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. h5 g5 25. Bxh7 $10 {1/2/Ye
Rongguang-Ernst,T/Manila olm/1992/}) 9... Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. e3 d6 12. Be2
Bd7 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. g4 Ne5 15. Rhg1 a6 16. h4 b5 17. a3 h6 18. Rg3 Kf8 19. f4
Nc4 20. Rf1 a5 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Kd2 e5 $132 {Torre,E-Timman,J/London/1984/})
5... cxd4 $5 6. exd4 d5 (6... O-O 7. Bd3 (7. c3 d6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O e5 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Bf1 f5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Be3 b6
17. Nc4 Be6 18. Qb5 Rad8 $15 {Casan,J-Lanka,Z/Albacete op/1995/}) 7... d6 (7...
d5 8. O-O Qb6 9. Qc1 Nc6 10. c3 a5 (10... Bf5 $142 $1 $10) 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1
Be6 13. h3 Nd7 14. Bh6 Nf8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Ne3 Qd8 18. Nf3 Qd6
19. Qd2 Be6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qd7 22. Nc2 Bf5 23. Bxf5 $14 {|^>>,Plachetka,
J-Huenerkopf,H/Gausdal International/1986/}) 8. O-O Be6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. c3 a6
11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qb1 b5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Qa2 e6 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 d5 20. h4 h5 21. Qb1 Kg7 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Bc2 a5 24. b4
axb4 $10 {Backwinkel,P-Heissler,J/BL 9495/1994/}) 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 O-O $146 (
8... h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 $6 12. axb3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne1
Nxg3 15. hxg3 O-O 16. b4 e5 17. b5 Nb8 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Nb3 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Nxd3
21. Nxd3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Bd7 23. Ne5 Bxb5 24. Rfc1 h5 25. Rc7 $44 {|^,
Plachetka-Uhlmann/STL 9192/1992/}) 9. h3 (9. O-O Bf5 $10) 9... Qc7 10. O-O (10.
Qc2 e5 $5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 (12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bf5 $10) 12... Qxe5+
13. Be3 Bh6 14. Nf3 Qe7 $10) 10... Bf5 $1 11. Qc2 (11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Nh4 e6 13.
g4 $6 Ne4 $1 14. Nxe4 (14. gxf5 $2 Nxg5 15. Qg4 h6 $1 16. f4 Nh7 17. fxe6 Nf6
$19) 14... fxe4 {[%cal Rf7f5] /\f5|^}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 $10
{After a rather unambitious opening by White a sterile position arose. White's
attacking chances on the K-side are unrealistic, Black has enough counterplay.}
14. Bxf6 (14. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Qb6+) (14. Re2 b5 $5 $132) 14...
Bxf6 15. h4 Ne7 (15... b5 16. a3 a5 17. b4 $1 $10 {[%cal Rd2b3,Rb3c5] /\Nb3-c5}
) 16. g3 (16. h5 $6 gxh5 $1 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yh5h4] /\Ng6,h4}) 16... Nf5 17. Kg2 h6
18. a4 Bg7 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. f4 (20. g4 $5 Rac8 21. f4 $13 {was stronger, now
Black blockades the K-side.}) 20... h5 $1 21. Nf1 Kh7 22. Ne3 f5 23. Nf1 Ne4
24. Nd2 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qb6 26. Nxe4 fxe4 (26... dxe4 27. Qb5 $10) 27. Qb5 Rf8
28. Rf1 Qc7 (28... Qxb5 $6 29. axb5 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 (30. Rxf1 Kg7 31. Rf6 Re8 32.
Kf2 Rf8 $10) 30... Kg7 31. Ke2 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Rb2b3,Rc3c4] ><a7,/\b3,c4|^})
29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rf1 $10 Rxf1 31. Qxf1 Kg8 32. Qf6 Qf7 33. Qf4 $5 (33. Qxf7+
Kxf7 34. Kf2 g5 35. Ke3 {[%cal Yc3c4,Yb2b3] /\b3,c4=}) 33... Qxf4 34. gxf4 Kf7
35. b3 (35. b3 Ke7 36. c4 Kd7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Baburin: In this game both players castled King side, however the monarchs
found themselves on the opposite flanks anyway!} 1. e4 {Baburin Timman} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6
10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 {N} (12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Bc2 Ne6 (
14... Bf6 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nf1 Bb7 17. Ne3 g6 18. Bb3 Bg7 19. h4 Bc8 20. h5 Kh8
21. Nd5 g5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. g3 Nxh5 24. Nf5 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/London (m7)/
1993}) 15. b4 Ng5 16. Bb3 Bf6 17. Nf1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 g6 19. Ne3 Bg5 20. g3 h5
21. h4 Bh6 22. Nd5 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 $14 {Zagrebelny,S-Blatny,P/Moscow olm/1994 
(23)}) 12... Nxa4 13. Bxa4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Kh8 15. Nc4 f5 16. Ne3 $6 (16. exf5
Rxf5 17. Ne3 Rf8 18. Nd5 $13) 16... f4 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Yg7g4,Yh7h4]} 17.
Nd5 g5 18. h3 Qd7 $6 {Baburin: Black prepares a dangerous attack upon the King
after h7-h5 and g5-g4, but Anand comes up with an excellent defensive idea.} (
18... h5 $5 19. Kf1 (19. Nh2 $142 {/\Qd1}) 19... g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Nd2 f3
$40 {[%csl Rf1]}) (18... Rg8 $142 $1 {Timman}) 19. Kf1 $1 {Baburin: The main
object of Black's attack is about to disappear!} h5 (19... g4 $5 20. hxg4 Qxg4
21. Ke2 Qxg2 22. Rg1 Qh3 23. Bd2 $13) 20. Ke2 $1 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nd2 Kg7 (
22... f3+ 23. gxf3 gxf3+ 24. Kd1 $132) 23. Nc4 a5 24. Kd1 Bh4 25. Rf1 Rf7 26.
Bd2 Qe6 27. Kc2 {[%csl Gc2]} Nd8 28. g3 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg7]} Bg5 (28... fxg3 29.
fxg3 Bxg3 30. Nce3 $40 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ye3f5,Ye3g4,Yf1h1,Ya1g1,Yf1f8,Yg1g8,
Yh1h8]}) 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Rg1 Bc6 31. Qa2 Nb7 32. b4 $1 Bb5 (32... a4 $142)
33. Nxa5 Rxa5 $2 (33... Nxa5 34. bxa5 $16) 34. bxa5 Bxd3+ 35. Kxd3 Nc5+ 36. Kc2
Qxe4+ 37. Kb2 Nd3+ 38. Ka3 Ne5 39. Nb4 c5 40. Rae1 cxb4+ 41. cxb4 Qd3+ 42. Ka4
Ra7 43. Qb2 Bf6 44. Bxf4 Nc4 (44... Nf3 45. Rxg4+ Kf7 46. Qa2+ d5 47. Rc1 {+-})
45. Rxg4+ Kf7 46. Qb3 Qd5 47. Bd2 $1 $8 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tischbierek} c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 {The first time I played this opening against
Kramnik, he got nothing. It is safe to say that he isn't surprised anymore
when he plays this.} (9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. b3 b5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V 
(02)/Moscow PCA 25' (04) ;EXP 40 1994}) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. f3
Qa5 13. Rab1 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 Rab8 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 {A really crummy position.
Here I decided to first get rid of the a-pawns.} a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Ra8
19. Bf1 $1 {Getting the B out of range of Ra2.} h5 20. Qe1 Ne8 21. Kh1 Kf8 {
I didn't see much else!} 22. Nd5 $6 (22. Bg1 {Would have been interesting if
only to see if I would have played Kg8}) 22... Bxd5 $1 23. exd5 dxc5 24. bxc5 (
24. Bxc5 Nd6 $10 {/\ Bf6,Kg7}) 24... Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qe5 (25... Qc6 26. Bb5 $1)
26. Rxb7 Rxc5 $1 {I had prepared this move some time ago and Black is out of
danger since all the Ps are on one side.} 27. f4 Qe4 28. Rb4 Qc6 29. Bxc5 Qxc5
30. Rb5 Qc3 31. Qe4 {Kramnik continued blitzing here and I wasn't sure whether
to offer a draw or just continue. I chose the latter.} Rc8 32. Rb7 Bf6 33. f5
$2 {Completely unnecessary.} g5 34. Rbb1 $6 $138 {With a draw offer. I was
about to accept (and if he hadn't played f4-f5, I would have agreed
immediately), but paused. It seemed to me that since Black was in absolutely
in no danger anymore, it wouldn't be out of place to keep playing for until
the time control.} (34. Qd3 $10) 34... Nd6 35. Qd3 Qe5 36. Qe2 (36. Rbc1 $1
Rxc1 (36... Ra8 37. Qf3 $1) 37. Rxc1 Ne4 (37... Kg7 $10) 38. Qd8+ $1 (38. Qf3
g4) (38. Rc2) 38... Kg7 39. Rc8 Nf2+ (39... Kh6 40. Qf8+ Bg7 41. Qxf7) 40. Kg1
Nh3+ 41. Kh1 (41. gxh3 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ $19) 41... Nf2+ $10) 36... Qc5 $1 37.
Re1 (37. Qxh5 Ne4 $36) (37. Qf3 $1 {Tischbierek} g4 (37... Qxf5 38. Qxh5 Ne4
39. Bc4 $5) 38. Qd5 Qxd5 (38... Nxf5 $4 39. Rbc1 Bc3 40. Rxc3 $18) 39. Rxd5 Rc2
$10) 37... h4 38. Qf3 Qxf5 39. Bd3 $2 (39. Qxf5 $1 {I think that White
shouldn't be in danger here.}) 39... Qxf3 40. gxf3 Rc3 41. Rbd1 Ra3 $1 {
Ironically, White's broken P structure, though useful to prevent Black from
creating passed pawns, gives Black' minor pieces excellent squares. The f4
square, especially beckons!} 42. Kg2 Ra5 43. Re2 e6 44. Rc1 Be5 $1 45. Rc6 Ke7
{Now Black's K is out of the last rank and Black can start trying to manoeuvre
his N to d4 or d5.Kramnik later told me that he agreed that White's position
would eventually give, and that he didn't think that he could have saved it.}
46. Ra6 Rd5 47. Ra3 Kf6 48. Rb3 Ra5 49. Rc2 Ra4 50. Re2 Ra5 51. Kh3 Bf4 52. Kg2
Ne8 $1 {The idea is to take the N to h5. White will have to prevent this by
bringing his Rb3 and Bd3 to attack f7. Then I can maybe leave my R on the
third rank to stop White from returning to d3 and b3. At leats that was the
rough outline of my plan.} 53. Rb7 Ra3 $1 54. Bh7 Nd6 $1 {Back, now that I
have achieved my objective. The Bd3 was good in controlling the squares of
entry for my N - b5 and f5 and now I can try to get my N in.} 55. Rb4 Rc3 56.
Rc2 Re3 57. Rf2 Re1 {There is no harm in wasting time in such positions.} 58.
Rb1 Re3 59. Rb4 Kg7 60. Bc2 Ne8 61. Rb3 Re1 62. Rb1 Re5 63. Rb7 (63. Bd3 Nf6 $1
{/\ Nh5, Be3}) 63... Rc5 64. Re2 Nd6 65. Rd7 (65. Bd3 Rc3 $1 {And White can't
stop Nc4 or Nf5}) 65... Kf6 66. Bh7 Nc4 {Mission accomplished} 67. Rd3 Ne5 68.
Rb3 Kg7 69. Be4 Rc1 70. Bb1 Rc8 71. Bc2 $2 {Black has made considerable
progress, but this allows an immediate finish.} h3+ $1 72. Kxh3 Nc6 $1 73. Rc3
Rh8+ 74. Kg2 Nd4 $1 (74... Rxh2+ $4 75. Kf1 Rh1+ 76. Kg2) 75. Rf2 Rxh2+ 76. Kf1
Rh1+ 77. Kg2 Rc1 $22 $19 {[#]} 78. Rc4 (78. Kh3 Rg1 $1 $19) 78... Be3 79. Rxd4
Bxd4 80. Re2 Kf6 81. Kh2 Ra1 82. Kg2 Rg1+ 83. Kh2 g4 $1 84. Rg2 Rc1 85. Kg3 (
85. fxg4 Be5+ $19) 85... gxf3 86. Kxf3 Ke5 87. Re2+ Kd6 88. Rd2 Ke7 89. Re2 Bc5
90. Kg2 Bd6 91. Bb3 Rc3 92. Ba2 Bf4 93. Bb1 Kf6 94. Ba2 e5 {Took some time,
but I realized that Black can afford to advance his Ps on the dark squares!}
95. Rb2 Kg6 96. Rb6+ f6 97. Bb1+ Kg5 98. Rb8 Kg4 99. Rg8+ Bg5 {Now all that
remains is to start pushing the e-pawn.} 100. Rf8 Rb3 101. Bg6 Rb2+ 102. Kf1
Kf3 103. Bh5+ Kf4 104. Bg6 e4 105. Re8 f5 106. Rf8 Rb5 107. Bh7 Kg4 108. Bg6 e3
0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. a4 O-O 12. g4 $146 (12. f5 Bc4 $13) 12... Bxb3
$1 13. cxb3 Nc5 14. Bf3 exf4 15. Bxf4 h6 16. Be3 Qa5 $10 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1
Qe5 19. Be2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Bf3 Qe5 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bd5 Bf6 24. Rc2 a5
25. Re2 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. h4 Rc7 28. h5 Bf6 29. Bc4 Rcc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Re8 6. Qb3 a5 7. O-O e5 8. d3
Na6 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 Qd8 13. a3 Bf8 14. e3 d6 15.
Rae1 Bd7 16. f4 g6 17. Kh1 Bg7 18. Nce4 Be6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. c5 Re7 21. Nf6+
Kh8 22. Nde4 Nc7 23. Nd6 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qb3 a4 26. Qa2 Ra5 27. Rc1 Qc7
28. Bxd5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Ne4 Qxe3 32. Qc4 Kh7 33. Kg2 Qd4
34. Qxd4 exd4 35. Rc1 b5 36. Rc6 Rb7 37. Nc5 Rb8 38. Nxe6 Be5 39. Kf3 b4 40.
Ke4 bxa3 41. bxa3 Bf6 42. Ra6 Rb2 43. Rxa4 Rxh2 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. a4 Re2+ 46.
Kd5 g5 47. Nc5 h5 48. Ne4 Bg7 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Nxg5+ Kg6 51. Ne4 Ra2 52. a5 Ra3
53. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 c5
15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a3 a5 18. Bc3 Rhd8 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Nc4 Bc5 21.
Be5 Qc8 22. Bxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Ne3 Be4 28. Qh5 Bxe3+ 29. fxe3 Rc8 30. c3 Bxg2 31. Qxh6 Rc4 32. Qh5 Bd5 33. h3
a4 34. Qh8 Re4 35. Kd2 b5 36. Qc8 f5 37. Qc5+ Kf6 38. Qxb5 f4 39. exf4 Rxf4 40.
Qb8 Kf5 41. Qh8 e5 42. h4 Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rxb2 44. h5 Ke4 45. h6 Rb1+ 46. Kd2 Rb2+
47. Kc1 Rg2 48. h7 Kd3 49. Qg8 Rc2+ 50. Kb1 Rxc3 51. Qg3+ Kc4 52. Qxc3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. e3 Rd8 10. Be2 e5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. g4 Qxe5 13. dxe5 Bxb3 14. exf6
Be6 15. f4 gxf6 16. O-O-O Kg7 17. Rhg1 Na5 18. b3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Bxb3 20. Nb5
Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 c6 24. Nd4 a5 25. Kc3 a4 26. Kb2 c5
27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Ka3 b6 29. Bc4 Ra5 30. Nd6 Ra8 31. h4 h6 32. h5 Ra5 33. e4 Ra8
34. Bd5 Ra7 35. Nf5 b5 36. Nxh6 c4 37. Nf5 b4+ 38. Kxb4 a3 39. Bxc4 a2 40. Bxa2
Rxa2 41. g5 Rf2 42. h6 Kg8 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Nd5 fxg5 45. fxg5 Kg6 46. Kc5 Kxg5
47. h7 Rh2 48. Kd6 Rxh7 49. e5 Kf5 50. Ne7+ Ke4 51. Ng8 Rg7 52. Nf6+ Kf5 53.
Nd7 Rh7 54. Nf8 Rg7 55. Nd7 Rg1 56. Ke7 Kg6 57. Nf8+ Kg7 58. Nd7 Re1 59. Kd6
Kg6 60. Nf8+ Kf5 61. Ke7 Ra1 62. Kxf7 Ra7+ 63. Ke8 Kxe5 64. Nd7+ Kd6 65. Nf8
Rg7 66. Kd8 Re7 67. Ng6 Re1 68. Nf8 Re2 69. Ng6 Re6 70. Nf8 Re2 71. Ng6 Re1 72.
Nf8 Re3 73. Ng6 Ke6 74. Nf8+ Kf7 75. Nd7 Rc3 76. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3 e5
9. Ne2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. Nd2 c3 12. N2b3 Qc7 13. bxc3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 bxc3
15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nxc3 a5 18. Kf2 Nbd7 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Qb7 21.
N5d4 c5 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. h3 Nh5 24. Rhd1 Qg3+ 25. Kg1 Ne5 26. Nd6 c4 27. Nxe8
cxb3 28. Nc7 Rf8 29. Nd5 b2 30. Rb1 f5 31. f4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nc5 21. Bc2
f6 22. Bc1 Na4 23. Qf3 Rc7 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Bd3 Nc5 26. Bc2 Na4 27. Rd1 Rd7 28.
h4 Nb6 29. h5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Bd3 Rdd8 32. Rb1 Nb7 33. Bd2 Nc5 34. Bc2
Nc4 35. Bc1 Nb6 36. b3 Nc8 37. Bd2 Qc7 38. Rbc1 Qf7 39. Be3 Ne7 40. Qg4 Ne6 41.
b4 h6 42. Rd2 Ng5 43. Bb3 Qe8 44. Rcd1 Qc6 45. Bxg5 fxg5 46. Qe6 Nc8 47. c4 Rf6
48. cxb5 Qxb5 49. Qc4 Qb6 50. Rc1 Rdf8 51. Rcc2 Na7 52. Qc7 Qxc7 53. Rxc7 Nb5
54. Rc6 Nd4 55. Rxa6 Nxb3 56. axb3 Rb8 57. Raxd6 Rxd6 58. Rxd6 Rxb4 59. f3 Rxb3
60. Rd5 Rb2 61. Rxe5 Kg8 62. Re7 Kf8 63. Rd7 g4 64. fxg4 Rb4 65. Rd5 Rxe4 66.
g5 hxg5 67. Rxg5 Ra4 68. Kf2 Ra3 69. g4 Kf7 70. Rf5+ Kg8 71. Rf3 Ra5 72. Rb3
Kh7 73. Kg3 Ra7 74. Rb6 Ra3+ 75. Kh4 Ra4 76. Re6 Rb4 77. Re5 Ra4 78. Kg5 Ra7
79. Rc5 Rb7 80. Kf5 Rf7+ 81. Ke6 Rf6+ 82. Ke7 Rf1 83. Rf5 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Bd5 Ne6
15. Ng3 Ncd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. c3 Ne6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6 Bc6
21. Be3 Bh4 22. Ra1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Re8 24. Qf5 Bd7 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 Kg8 27.
Ra7 Rc8 28. Be7 Bc6 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 d5 31. e5 Kf7 32. Bd6 Ke6 33. Bxc7 Ra8
34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. g4 g6 36. Kf2 d4 37. cxd4 Bc6 38. Kg3 Bd7 39. Kh4 h6 40. Bd6
Kd5 41. Bf8 g5+ 42. fxg5 hxg5+ 43. Kxg5 Kxd4 44. Kf4 Kd5 45. g5 Ke6 46. g6 Be8
47. g7 Bf7 48. Ke4 Kd7 49. Kf5 Bg8 50. Kf6 Be6 51. d4 Bg8 52. Bc5 Be6 53. Kg6
Bg8 54. d5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6
Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 16. Rd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Kb2 Be6 19. Bd3 Rhc8 20. Ra1 Rc5
21. Rhb1 Bd7 22. Bf1 Rbc8 23. c4 Be6 24. cxb5 Rxc2+ 25. Ka3 axb5 26. Rxb5 Bxa2
27. Rxe5+ Be6 28. Ra5 Rb8 29. Ra7+ Kf6 30. Ka4 g5 31. g3 Rxh2 32. Ra3 Rf2 33.
Bb5 h5 34. Ra6 Kg7 35. Ka5 h4 36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Rb6 Ra8+ 38. Ra6 Rxa6+ 39. Bxa6
h3 40. Ra1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Qxc4 Rfe8 16. e3 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qd4 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. d5 Rfe8 15.
Ng3 c4 16. Nh2 g6 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Rf1 h5 21. Rae1 a5
22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe7 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Nfd7 26. Nf3 Ne5 27. Nxe5 dxe5
28. Qf2 Rf8 29. Nf5 Qc7 30. d6 Qb6 31. Kh1 Nd7 32. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Qc7 15. d5
Nc4 16. h3 g6 17. a4 Bd7 18. b3 Na5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bg7 21. Ra2 Reb8 22.
Nd2 Qd8 23. Qe2 Nb7 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. b4 c4 26. Ngf1 Nh5 27. f3 Nf4 28. Qf2 Ra3
29. Nb1 Ra2 30. Rd1 Qg5 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Rd2 Be5 33. Kh2 Nd8 34. Qe1 Qf6 35.
Re2 h5 36. Qc1 g5 37. Bd1 Ra1 38. Qb2 Ra8 39. Rf2 Kf8 40. Kg1 Ke7 41. Qc1 Qh8
42. Rc2 f6 43. Na3 Nf7 44. Nh2 Qb8 45. Nb1 Ra1 46. Nf1 Ra8 47. Qd2 f5 48. Qe2
fxe4 49. Qxe4 Kf6 50. Qe2 Bf5 51. Nbd2 Bd3 52. Ne4+ Kg7 53. Qe1 Bxc2 54. Bxc2
Ra2 55. Bb1 Qa7+ 56. Kh2 Ra1 57. Ned2 Bxc3 58. Qe4 Kf8 59. Qf5 Bxd2 60. Nxd2
Qd4 61. Qc8+ Kg7 62. Qf5 Qf6 63. Qh7+ Kf8 64. Ne4 Qg7 65. Qf5 Qe5 66. Qg6 g4
67. hxg4 hxg4 68. Nf6 Ke7 69. Nxg4 Qg5 70. Qh7 Ra8 71. Kg1 Rh8 72. Qe4+ Kf8 73.
Qe6 Qe7 74. Nf6 Qxe6 75. dxe6 Nd8 76. Bf5 Nxe6 77. Bxe6 Ke7 78. Bxc4 bxc4 79.
Nd5+ Ke6 80. Nxf4+ Kf5 81. Ne2 Ke5 82. Kf2 Ra8 83. b5 d5 84. f4+ Ke4 85. Nc3+
Kd4 86. Ne2+ Kd3 87. Kf3 c3 88. f5 c2 89. g4 Re8 90. Nc1+ Kd2 91. Nb3+ Kc3 92.
Nc1 Re1 93. Na2+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 d6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Nd5 Qa5 10. Nxe7 Qxa4 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qg4 h6
15. Be3 Ke7 16. f4 Rhg8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qf5 f6 19. d4 Qc3 20. Rae1 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. O-O b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. bxa6 Bf5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nb5 Nxa6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Ra3 Nf6 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. h3
Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nc2 Qb7 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. Re3 f5 20. b3 Nc3 21. Nxc3 bxc3
22. Ba3 f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Rd3 Rb8 25. b4 Rxb4 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Qc2 Qc5 28.
Re3 Bf6 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. Re4 Rd2 31. Rc4 Qa5 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. axb5
Rxe2 35. Rc1 Rb2 36. R1xc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxb5 38. Rd3 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Re1 40. Rd4
Re5 41. h4 Kf6 42. Kg3 h6 43. f3 g5 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. Kf2 Kf7 46. Rd1 Ke8 47.
Kg3 Kd7 48. Kg4 Kc7 49. Kh5 Kb6 50. Kg6 Kc5 51. Kf7 Rxd5 52. Rc1+ Kd4 53. Kxe7
Ke3 54. Ke6 Rc5 55. Rg1 Kxf3 56. Kxd6 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. a3 O-O 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. e4 h6 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Qg4 c5 21. Bxg6 fxg6
22. Qxg6 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Be3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bxe3 27. fxe3
Re7 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Rd2 Rb5 30. f4 Reb7 31. Kf3 g5 32. Ra6 gxf4 33. exf4 h5 34.
Kg3 Rb4 35. Rf2 R4b6 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. f5 Rb4 38. Rf4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 c6 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 Bxg5 8.
Qh5 Qe7 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Nc5 11. f3 Be6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Nd2 Nfd7 14. Nc4
f6 15. Be3 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Ke7 17. Rfd1 Rhd8 18. a4 a5 19. b3 b6 20. Kf2 Nb7 21.
h4 Ndc5 22. Bf1 h5 23. Ke1 g6 24. g3 Rd6 25. Bh3 Rad8 26. Rdb1 Ra8 27. Rd1 Rad8
28. Rxd6 Nxd6 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. c3 b5 32. Ra1 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Rxb3 34.
Rxa5 Nb5 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Bf1 Na3 37. Bd3 Nb1+ 38. Bxb1 Rxb1 39. Ra7 Rb2+ 40.
Ke1 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. e4 a5 10. Qb3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Ne1 Na6 13. Nd3 b6 14. Qc3 Nc5 15.
b3 Bd7 16. a3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfb8 18. Qc3 Be8 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bh3 Qd8 21. Nb3 Nf6
22. Bg2 c6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Qd3 Ba4 25. Nd2 b5 26. bxa5 Qxa5 27. Rfc1 b4 28.
axb4 Rxb4 29. Qxd6 Rd8 30. Nb3 Rxd6 31. Nxa5 Ra6 32. c5 Rxa5 33. c6 Ra8 34. Bh3
Ne8 35. c7 Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rd2 b6 20. Kf2 g6 21.
e4 Nf4 22. Red1 Na5 23. Nf1 Nb7 24. Ke3 f6 25. Ng3 Nd6 26. Kf2 Kg7 27. Ne2 Ne6
28. Ng3 Nc5 29. Kf1 a5 30. Re1 a4 31. Rdd1 a3 32. d4 exd4 33. cxd4 Ncxe4 34.
Nxe4 Rxe4 35. bxa3 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Kf7 37. Rc1 Rd7 38. a4 Nf5 39. Ke2 Re7+ 40.
Kf2 Nd6 41. d5 Ne4+ 42. Kg1 Rd7 43. Rc6 h5 44. Nd4 h4 45. Kf1 Rxd5 46. Rxc7+
Ke8 47. Nf3 g5 48. Rc6 Rd6 49. Rc4 f5 50. Rb4 Ke7 51. Nd4 Kf6 52. Nf3 Nc3 53.
Rc4 Ne4 54. Rb4 Rd1+ 55. Ke2 Nc3+ 56. Kf2 Rd6 57. Rc4 Ne4+ 58. Kf1 Nd2+ 59.
Nxd2 Rxd2 60. Rc6+ Ke5 61. Rxb6 Rxa2 62. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4 Ne8 13. Nb5 f5 14. a5 fxe4 15. Nd2
c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bc3 bxa5 18. Nxe4 Be6 19. Nexd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Nd4 21. c5
Nb3 22. Bf3 Ra7 23. Bd5 Nxc5 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Qd5 Qe7 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5
Nf4 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxa5 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nc3 31. f3 Rd8 32. Nc4 Re2 33. Ra3 Nd1
34. Ra1 Ne3 35. Nxe3 Rxe3 36. h3 Re2 37. Ra7 Rde8 38. Rc1 R8e7 39. Rcc7 Rxc7
40. Rxc7 Rb2 41. Kh2 Rb4 42. Kg3 Ra4 43. f4 Ra2 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. g3 h5 46. Ke4
Rb3 47. Ke5 Rxg3 48. Kf6 Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 a6 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. h3 c6 14. Rac1 Qc7 15.
Na4 Bf5 16. Nc5 Bxd3 17. Nexd3 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Rab8 19. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
Be3 d5 16. h3 d4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Bb3 Qd7 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. b3 a5 23. Nh4 a4 24. f4 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Qf3 Bf8 27. e5 Nd5 28.
Ne4 Ne3 29. Bxe3 dxe3 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 e2 32. Re1 Nd4 33. Qd5 Nxb3 34.
Qxe6 fxe6 35. Rxb5 Nd4 36. Rb7 Rd2 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Nf3 Rxd3 39. Nxd4 R8xd4 40.
g3 Ra3 41. Rxe2 Rdd3 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bg2 Ne5 12. Qe1 Rc8 13. Kb1 b4 14. Na4 d5 15. f4
Nc4 16. g5 Nxe4 17. g6 Qa5 18. b3 Na3+ 19. Kb2 Be7 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Bh3 Bf6
22. Bxe6+ Ke7 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. c3 Rxc3 25. Rc1 Nb5 26. Rd1 Na3 27. Rc1 Nc4+
28. bxc4 Qxa4 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Bd2+ Ne4 31. Qe3 dxc4 32. Kb1 c3 33. Bc1 Bd5
34. Nb3 c2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f4 Nf6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. O-O b4 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Kh1 c5 13. Bg1 Bb7 14. Ng3 Qc7 15.
b3 Rae8 16. Rae1 Re7 17. f5 Rfe8 18. Qf4 Ne5 19. Qh4 Qd8 20. Be3 Nxf3 21. gxf3
Qb6 22. Bf4 d5 23. e5 c4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 d4 27. Re2 d3 28.
Rg2 Rxe5 29. Rxg7+ Kf8 30. Qh6 Re2 31. bxc4 d2 32. Rg2+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Nge2 Ng4 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Qc2 Qb6
15. Nd1 cxd5 16. cxd5 f5 17. Nec3 Bd7 18. h3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf2
21. Nxf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kd1 Bxh3 23. Be1 Qd4+ 24. Kc1 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Bc3 Qxd5
27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. axb3 Rf3 29. Rg1 a6 30. Ra4 Raf8 31. Kd1 e4 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33.
Rxe4 Rxb3 34. Kc2 Rbf3 35. g4 Rf1 36. Rg3 R8f2+ 37. Kc3 Rf3+ 38. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 39.
Kb4 Kf6 40. Rd4 Rg3 41. Rd7 Rxg4+ 42. Ka5 Rg5+ 43. Ka4 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Ng4 14. Rf1 Qc7 15.
h3 Ngf6 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Nf8 19. Ba2 a5 20. Rfd1 Ng6 21. Bb1
Nf4 22. Qf1 Rac8 23. Be1 Qb8 24. g3 Ng6 25. Qe2 Qa8 26. Kh2 Bb4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8
28. Nd2 Ne5 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Rc8 31. Qd4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Bd2 Bg6
34. Be3 Qf3 35. Qd1 Qb7 36. Qd4 Rc6 37. Ne2 Rxc1 38. Nxc1 Qf3 39. Qg4 Qc6 40.
Qd4 Qxa4 41. Qxb6 Qc2 42. Na2 Qxb2 43. Nxb4 axb4 44. Bd4 Qd2 45. Qb8+ Kh7 46.
Qe5 f6 47. Qc5 b3 48. Qa7 Qg5 49. Qb7 Bc2 50. h4 Qf5 51. Qb6 Qf3 52. Kg1 Be4
0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 f6 6. e5 Bg4 7. exf6 exf6 8.
h3 Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 Nh6 11. Nc3 b6 12. Ne4 Ng8 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. a4 Bd5
15. a5 Kb7 16. axb6 axb6 17. c4 Bxe4 18. Qa4 Rb8 19. dxe4 Bd6 20. Red1 Qe6 21.
Qa7+ Kc8 22. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Bd2
Rfd8 15. Rac1 Qh5 16. e4 Rac8 17. h3 Nd7 18. Qe3 Nce5 19. Be2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4
21. Bc3 Nc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd2 Nd3 24. Rb1 Qb5 25. b3 Qc5 26. Qg3 e5 27.
Nxc4 Bxe4 28. Rd1 f6 29. Ba5 Rd5 30. Bb6 Qc6 31. f3 Nf4 32. Qe1 Bd3 33. Be3
Bxc4 34. Bxf4 Bxb3 35. axb3 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 exf4 37. Qd4 g5 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. b4
Kg6 40. Qd3+ Kg7 41. Qd4 h5 42. Qd3 Qb5 43. Qd4 Kg6 44. Qe4+ Qf5 45. Qe8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. c3 Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 Rxd3 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc5 Rd8 14.
Nxb7 Rb8 15. Nc5 Rb5 16. b4 Nxe4 17. a4 Rxc5 18. bxc5 Bc4 19. Be3 O-O 20. Bd4
Rb8 21. O-O-O Be2 22. Rhe1 Bxd1 23. Rxe4 Bb3 24. Rg4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Bd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. b3 Be6
15. Qf3 Rb4 16. Bg3 c5 17. h3 Rb8 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Nc3 Bxg3 20. Qxg3 Qa5 21.
Na4 c4 22. Bf1 Rbc8 23. Qf4 Bd7 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nb2 Qxa2 26. Qd4 cxb3 27.
cxb3 Qxb3 28. Ra1 Qb6 29. Qd2 Ne4 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Qb1 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Ng3+ 33.
Kh2 Nxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh4 Bf8 15.
Rf3 Bg7 16. Nde2 b5 17. Rh3 Nf8 18. f5 Ne5 19. f6 Bh8 20. a3 Rb8 21. b4 Bb7 22.
Rf1 Rbc8 23. Bd4 Nc6 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Rf4 Qd7 26. Qh6 Nxd3 27. cxd3 e5 28. Rf1
Rc7 29. Bb6 Rc6 30. Nd5 Bc8 31. Re3 Qb7 32. Bd8 Ne6 33. Ne7+ Rxe7 34. fxe7 Qd7
35. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Qh5 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6
15. Be3 Ncxe5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Rd4 Ng6 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Nf4 e5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Qxg6 exd4 22. Bxd4 Ne5 23. Qg3 Rae8 24. Rf5 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxe1+
27. Kf2 Rd1 28. Bc5 Bc8 29. Rf4 g5 30. Re4 Rfd8 31. Re5 R8d2+ 32. Kg3 Be6 33.
Rxg5+ Kh7 34. c4 Rh1 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Be3 Rxb2 37. Rh5+ Kg6 38. Rg5+ Kh7 39.
Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 b5 (6... Nd7
7. Bf4 (7. Be3 Ngf6 8. g4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. g5 Nxe4
13. Qxe4 Qa5+ 14. c3 e5 15. Ng3 Be6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf4 Bxf4
19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qa4 Qb6 21. Qc2 h6 $40 {Odeev,H-Komliakov,V/Ashkhabad/1996/})
7... Qe7 8. Bb3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 $1 Ngf6 11. O-O-O h6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. h3
b6 14. Kb1 Nfd7 15. Nc1 Nxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Rd2 O-O 18. Rhd1 Qd8 19. Na4 Qc7
20. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 21. Bxb6 Qb7 22. Nc5 Qxb6 23. Nxd7 $16 {Konguvel,P-Mohr,G/
Linares op/1996/}) 7. Bb3 (7. Bd3 e5 (7... b4 8. Nb1 Bb7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Qh3 O-O
11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Na5 Bc8 14. a3 e5 15. Qg3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 exd4 17.
Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 d5 19. Bd6 Bd7 20. Nb7 Qe8 21. Bc5 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nbc8 23. Nxd4
f5 24. Bd3 $16 {Vodicka,V-Nedela,V/CZE-chT 9596/1995/}) (7... Nd7 8. O-O Ne7 9.
Qg3 e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 a6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nc3 f5 15. Bxf5
gxf5 16. Qxg7 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxa4 f4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rf2 Kd7 21. Bxf4 $1
Rhc8 22. Bg5 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nxd5 24. c4 $18 {Vasiukov,E-Zilberman,N/Belgorod/
1990/}) 8. Be3 Nf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc1 O-O 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. h3 a6
14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Be3 Nf8 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. c3 Bb7 20.
Bc2 c5 21. Qg3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. f3 Bf6 25. Qe1 Bg5 26. Qc1
h6 27. Kf2 c4 28. Ke1 Kg7 $15 {1/2,Liss,E-Kanstler,B/Rishon le Zion/1994/})
7... a5 8. a3 Ba6 9. d5 $5 (9. O-O Nd7 (9... Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rfe1 Qc7 12.
Rad1 Nd7 13. Qg3 Nc8 14. Qh4 b4 15. Na4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bh6 Bb5 18. Nf4
Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. axb4 Bxa4 22. Bxa4 axb4 23. Bb3 Nb6 24. Ra1
Kf6 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 $10 {Sideifzade-Ivanov,A /Tashkent 1L/1980/}) 10. Bf4
Qe7 11. Rad1 (11. e5 $5 d5 12. Nd1 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] @,()[+]>>}) 11... e5 12.
Bg5 Ngf6 13. d5 $6 c5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. Qd3 c4 17. Bxc4 Nxa4 18. Ra1
Nxb2 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rc8 21. Qd3 Qd8 22. c4 O-O 23. Ra2 Rxc4 $1 24. Bxf6
Bxf6 25. Qxc4 Qb6 $17 {Nunn,J-Shirov,A/BL 9596/1996/}) 9... cxd5 (9... exd5
$142 $5 10. exd5 c5 11. O-O (11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nb5 $13 (12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. axb5
Nf6 14. c4 $14)) 11... Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 O-O 15. a4 b4 16. Nb5
Ne8 17. c3 f5 18. h4 f4 19. Bh2 Nd7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. Qh3 Ne5 23.
Qe6+ Kh8 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Rfd1 Rb8 $17 {[%csl Rb3,Rh2] ץb3,Bh2,L�w,
G-Breutigam,M/BL 9596/1995/ Both White's B have very limited scope.}) (9... b4
10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nd1 (11. Bxe6 $2 Qe7 12. Bxg8 bxc3 $19) 11... Qe7 12. Nf4 d5
13. Qh3 $16 {->}) 10. exd5 e5 {Now formally the central pawn structure favors
Black (f5,e4), but White's lead in development gives him an active position
and enables him to restrain Black's pawns (and later successfully attack them).
} 11. Ne4 h6 {[%cal Rf7f5] /\f5} (11... Qc7 $6 12. c4 $1 bxc4 (12... Ne7 {
Ftacnik} 13. c5 $40) (12... Nd7 13. N2c3 bxc4 14. Ba4 {-12...bxc4}) (12... a4
13. Bd1) 13. Ba4+ Nd7 (13... Ke7 14. N2c3 $44) 14. N2c3 Ke7 {[%cal Yg8f6] /
\Ngf6} (14... h6 $5 15. Nb5 (15. g4) 15... Bxb5 16. Bxb5 f5 17. Nd2 Ngf6 18.
Bc6 $36 {><a5,d6}) 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 (15... Kxd6 $2 16. Ne4+ Kxd5 17. Qxf7+ Kxe4
18. Bc2+ Kd4 19. Be3#) (15... f5 16. Ndb5 $18) 16. Ne4 Qxd5 (16... Qb6 17. d6+
Kf8 18. Bxd7 $16) (16... Qb8 17. d6+ Ke8 18. Bxd7+) 17. Bg5+ Ndf6 (17... f6 18.
Rd1 Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1 $18) 18. Rd1 Qb7 19. Rd7+ Qxd7 20. Bxd7 h6 $2 21. Qd1 {
1-0,Polgar,J-Shirov,A/Amsterdam Donner/1995/}) (11... f5 $2 12. Ng5 {[%csl Re6]
><e6}) 12. g4 (12. Qg3 Nf6 (12... Ne7 $6 13. f4 f5 14. fxe5 $5 Bxe5 15. Bf4
Bxf4 16. Nxf4 fxe4 17. Ne6 $44 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rg3c3] עe8,/\Qc3}) 13. Nxf6+
Qxf6 $13) (12. N2g3 Qd7 13. c4 f5 14. Nc3 e4 15. Qe3 a4 16. Bc2 Ne7 17. Nge2
Kf7 18. O-O bxc4 19. Bxa4 Qb7 20. f3 exf3 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Rxf3 Be5 23. g4 Qb6+
24. Be3 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Qxb1+ 26. Nxb1 Bc8 27. Qxc8+ Nxc8 {0-1 Aslanian,
L-Oganessiants,E/Erevan op (09)/1996/ (42)}) (12. h4 f5 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. a4 b4
15. h5 g5 16. Bc4 O-O 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. O-O Nc5 20. Qc4 Qa8 21. Rd1
Rc8 22. Nb3 Nxa4 23. Qb5 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Qd7 Kf8 26. Be3 Rxd5 {0-1
Sargissian,G-Galdunts,S/Erevan op (05)/1996/ (35)}) 12... Nf6 13. N2g3 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 O-O 15. Qh3 f5 $5 $146 (15... Nd7 $2 16. Bxh6 Nc5 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. Bg7 $1 {
1-0,Zulfugarli,M-Bologan,V/Nikolaev zt/1995/}) (15... Kh7 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. g5
$16) 16. gxf5 Bc8 $1 (16... gxf5 17. Bxh6 fxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rg1+ $18) (
16... Rxf5 17. Bxh6 Rh5 18. Qe6+ $16) 17. Ng3 $8 (17. Bxh6 $2 Bxf5 18. Qe3 Bxh6
$19) 17... Rxf5 $5 {A wild position arose, with both Ke1 and Kg8 relatively
unsafe.} (17... gxf5 18. Qg2 $5 (18. Bxh6 f4 19. Qh5 fxg3 20. Bxg7 (20. hxg3
Qf6 $17) 20... Kxg7 (20... gxf2+ $2 21. Ke2 Kxg7 22. Rhg1+ $1 fxg1=Q 23. Rxg1+
Kf6 24. Rg6+ Kf7 (24... Ke7 25. Rg7+ Kf6 26. Qg6#) 25. Re6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8
27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rg6+ Kf7 29. Rg7+ $18) 21. Rg1 Rf7 $1 22. Rxg3+ Kf8 23. Qh8+
Ke7 24. Rg8 Qb6 25. Qh4+ (25. O-O-O Bd7 26. Rdg1 Qxf2 27. Kb1 a4 $17) 25... Kd7
26. Qh3+ Ke7 $10) (18. Nh5 f4 19. Qg2 (19. Qf1 Qh4 20. Nxg7 $16) 19... Qg5 (
19... Ra7 20. Rg1 Rff7 21. Bd2 Qh4 $132) 20. Qxg5 hxg5 $13) (18. f4 $1) 18...
Qh4 (18... f4 19. Ne4 $36) 19. Rg1 Rf7 20. Bd2 $14) (17... Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5
19. c3 $1 $36 {[%cal Gb1h7,Gg1g7] /\Bc2-><->g,/^b1-h7} (19. Bxh6 $2 Rh5 $19))
18. Qg2 $5 (18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qg2 (19. Qg3 a4 20. Ba2 Nd7 $44) 19... Qh4 $5 (
19... a4 20. Ba2 Bxc2 21. Bb1 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Qf6 23. Be3 Nd7 24. O-O Qf5 25.
Rbc1 $14) 20. Rg1 a4 21. Ba2 Nd7 $44 {[%csl Re1] @,עe1}) 18... a4 (18... Rf7
19. c3 Nd7 20. Bc2 Nf8) 19. Ba2 Rf4 (19... Rf7 $5 20. Ne4 Bf5 $13) 20. c3 (20.
Bxf4 $6 exf4 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. O-O-O b4 $1 23. axb4 a3 $40) 20... Rh4 21. h3 (21.
Bb1 Bh3 22. Qf3 Qe8 $13) 21... Bf5 $2 (21... Nd7 22. Ne4 Nf6 $132) 22. Nxf5
gxf5 {White's B-pair doesn't seem too impressive now, but we will see in a few
moves, how the B will start attacking Black's weak pawns and weakened K-side.}
23. Qg6 Qf8 (23... Qf6 24. Qe8+ Qf8 25. Qe6+ $16) 24. Be3 {[%cal Gg1g6] @,
-><->g} (24. Bb1 e4 $132) 24... Kh8 (24... Nd7 25. Qe6+ Qf7 26. Qxd6 $18) (
24... f4 25. Bd2 {[%cal Ra2b1] /\Bb1->}) (24... Na6 25. Bb1 e4 26. Rg1 Kh8 27.
Qg3 $40) 25. O-O-O {With his K finally safe White has a raging attack.} Nd7 26.
Qe6 Rd8 (26... Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. d6 $40 {[%csl Gd6] o^d} (28. d6 b4 29. d7
bxc3 30. bxc3 e4 31. d8=Q Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Rd1 Qf8 34. Rd7 c4 35. Re7 $18
)) 27. Rdg1 f4 28. Ba7 $1 $8 {Looks strange, but the B is unassailable on a7,
controls c5 and can attack the important Pd6 from b8 or c7 later.} (28. Bd2 $2
Nc5 29. Qg6 e4 $36) 28... Nf6 (28... Qf6 29. Rg6 $1 $18) 29. Bb1 Re8 30. Qf5 {
This dangerous Q-B battery will cost Black material even if he manages to beat
off the attack.} Qf7 31. Bb6 Rf8 (31... Qxd5 32. Rh2 $1 (32. Rxg7 Qxh1+ 33. Kd2
Qxb1 $5 (33... Qd5+ 34. Ke1 (34. Bd4 Kxg7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qxf6+ Kg8 $10) 34...
Qh1+ 35. Ke2 f3+ 36. Kd2 Qxb1 37. Qxb1 Kxg7 38. Qd3 $14) 34. Qxf6 (34. Qxb1
Kxg7 $17 (34... Kxg7 35. Qd3 $14)) 34... Qxb2+ 35. Kd1 Qb1+ $10) 32... Qf7 (
32... e4 33. Qg6 Re7 34. Bd4 $18) (32... f3 33. Be3 $1 {[%cal Rg1g6,Re3g5] /
\Rg6->}) 33. Rhg2 Rg8 34. Bd8 $1 Rxd8 (34... Rh5 35. Qxf6 $1 $18) 35. Rxg7 Qxg7
36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Qg6+ $18) 32. Rg6 Rh5 (32... Nxd5 33. Qxf7 Rxf7 34. Rxd6 Nxb6
35. Rxb6 $16) 33. Qe6 Rg5 34. Rxg5 hxg5 35. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb1,Gb6,Ra4,Rb5,
Rd6] ^^,><a4,b5,d6 Black manages to exchange Queens, but his weak pawns fall
prey to the White B-pair.} Qd7 (35... Ne8 36. Bg6 $18 (36. Bd3 $5)) (35... Qxe6
36. dxe6 d5 37. Ba2 $16) 36. Qxd7 Nxd7 37. Bc7 Rf6 $8 38. Bd3 Nc5 39. Bxb5 e4
40. Bb6 Bf8 (40... e3 41. fxe3 fxe3 42. Bxc5 dxc5 43. d6 $18) (40... Rh6 41.
Bxc5 dxc5 42. d6 $18) 41. Bxc5 dxc5 {White will be at least two pawns up and
even the ^-B can't save this endgame for Black.} 42. Re1 $1 e3 (42... Rh6 43.
Rxe4 Rxh3 44. Bxa4 $18) 43. fxe3 f3 44. Bxa4 c4 (44... Bd6 45. Rf1 f2 46. Bb5
Bg3 47. a4 $18) 45. Bb5 Rh6 46. Bd7 (46. Bxc4 $6 Rxh3 $132 {[%csl Gf3,Gg5] o^f,
g} (46... Rxh3 47. Rf1 g4 $132)) 46... f2 47. Rf1 Bc5 48. e4 (48. Kd2 $6 Rb6
$16) 48... Rf6 49. Bb5 Rf4 (49... Rh6 50. e5 Rxh3 51. d6 Rf3 52. Bxc4 g4 53.
Bd5 $18) 50. Bxc4 Rxe4 51. Bb5 Re3 (51... Re1+ 52. Kc2 $18) 52. d6 (52. Rxf2 $4
Re1+ $17) 52... Bxd6 (52... Re1+ 53. Kd2 Rxf1 54. Bxf1 Bxd6 55. b4 $18) 53.
Rxf2 Rxh3 54. Bd7 Rg3 55. Kc2 g4 56. Rd2 Bc7 (56... Bf4 57. Rd4 Rg2+ 58. Kb1
$18) 57. a4 Rg1 58. Bc6 (58. Bc6 g3 59. Rd1 $1 Rxd1 60. Kxd1 $18 {[%csl Ga4,
Gb2,Gc3] o^a,b,c}) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kasparov Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3
e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 Nc6 10. Qf3 {Novelty. Of course this move has
sense only if White is going to sacrify the knight on 'f5'.} (10. Be2 g6 11.
Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Qd4 Be6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 $16 {Shirov A.-Kamsky G./ Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1996.}) 10...
g6 11. O-O-O gxf5 12. exf5 e4 $6 {The Whites threat 'g4-g5' it is not so
dangerous because of intermediar 'ef4'. That's why I would recomend for Black
to play 12...Qc7.} (12... Qc7 $5 13. Bg2 $5 $44 (13. g5 $6 exf4 14. gxf6 (14.
Bxf4 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Ne5 16. Qf2 Bh6 $19) 14... fxe3 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Qxe3+ Kd8
17. Bh3 Rb8 $17)) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Qe7 15. Qd3 Bg7 16. Bd2 $6 {I might
be wrong but I think after the game Anand sugested 16.Bb6 as the best move and
his evaluation of the position was quite optimistic for White.} (16. Bb6 O-O
17. Bg2 Qf6 18. c3 $16) 16... O-O 17. g5 (17. Bg2 $5) 17... hxg5 18. fxg5 Qe5 (
18... Ne5 19. Qe4 d5 20. Qf4 $44) 19. f6 Bf5 20. Qg3 Rfc8 21. Bc3 {[#]} Nb4 $1
{Just brilliantly from the estetic point of vew. But still there was an simple
equalizing move 21...Qg3. Kasparov: I played this move, because I wanted to
make the public happy.} (21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nb4 23. Rd4 Nxa2+ 24. Kd2 Nxc3 25.
bxc3 Rc5 (25... Rc7 $15 {Petursson}) 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Bg2 Ra7 28. Rxd6 Be6 29.
g6 Kxg6 30. Rb6 $10) 22. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 Re2+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Kb1 Na3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ng5 e6 11. Nge4 b6 12. d3 h6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Nc3 d4 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Re8 21. Kg1
Rc8 22. Re1 Rc6 23. Qa4 Rce6 24. Qxa7 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Bf4 Qd5 27. Ra1
Qb5 28. Qa8+ Re8 29. Qa3 Bf8 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bd2 Re2 33. Be1 Qf5
34. Qa8 Qxd3 35. Qd8 Qf3 36. Qxg5+ Bg7 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg6 39. Qf4 Qxf4
40. gxf4 d3 41. Rd1 Kf5 42. Kf1 Ke4 43. b5 Bd4 44. Rb1 Ra2 45. Rd1 Ra1 46. Rxa1
Bxa1 {[#] Riesenfreibauer d3, weiße B-Schwächen} 47. Bd2 Kd4 48. Be3+ (48. Ke1
Bc3 $19) 48... Kc3 49. Bxb6 Kc2 $1 (49... Kc2 50. Be3 Bd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Nh2 h5 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. Bg5 Bd7
22. Nh4 Be6 23. Qf3 Nbd7 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Rd3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qe7 27. Red1 Qe6
28. Nhf5 Qxb3 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. c4 Qxc4 31. Rxd6 Nh7 32. Bh6 Ndf8 33. Rxa6 Re6
34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Nf5 (35. Nxh5 $5 gxh5 36. Qg3+ Kh8 37. Qxe5+ f6 38. Qf5 Rd8
39. Rxd8+ Nxd8 40. Qd7 Ne6 41. Qe8+ Nhf8 42. Bxf8 Qc1+ $10) 35... Qxb4 (35...
gxf5 36. exf5 Neg5 37. Qxh5 Ne4 38. Qg4+ Neg5 39. Qh5 $10) 36. Rd7 Nhg5 37.
Bxg5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nxg5 39. Qg3 $1 (39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Qf6 Rc1 41. Qxg5 Qg1+ 42.
Kg3 Rc3+ 43. f3 Rc2 44. Rd2 Qe1+ $19) 39... Nxe4 40. Nh6+ Kh7 41. Rxf7+ Kxh6
42. Qxe5 Qd2 $4 {Allows mate in six!} (42... Rg8 43. Qf4+ (43. g4 Qb4 44. Rf4
Qd2 45. Qxe4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Qd6 $13) 43... g5 44. Qc7 (44. Qe5 g4 $1 $13) 44...
Kg6 45. Qe7 Qc3 46. Qe6+ Nf6 47. Rxf6+ Qxf6 48. Qxg8+ $10) 43. Qg7+ Kg5 44. h4+
Kxh4 45. Qxg6 Rc3 46. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Na5 (15... Ne5 $5) 16. Bc5 Bf6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Rb4 (18. h3 Rfd8 $5
19. hxg4 Rxd5 20. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rad8 $1 22. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Rd2 24.
Rfd1 Nc4 $44 {Strelbin-Nadanian,A/URS/1991/}) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Be3
Nc4 {Novelty. The first who is getting out from there previos game is Anand.
May be he thought that he'll have enough compensation for the exchange. Anyway
he looked very confident in this moment and was playing very fast.} (20... Bc3
21. Ra4 Qb2 22. Qd3 b5 23. Bc1 bxa4 $1 24. Bxb2 Bxb2 25. d6 $4 (25. Qd2 Nc4 26.
Qc2 Rc8 27. Be2 Ne3 28. Qxb2 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 $18 {Kramnik}) 25... Bf6 26. Qb5 Nb3
27. d7 Rd8 28. Rd1 Nd4 29. Qxa4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 e6 $10 {Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Riga
Tal.1995}) 21. Bxh6 Nd6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. h4 $1 {It is important for White to
create new weaknesses on the kingside what will be useful in some eventual
endings.} (23. Ra4 Qb2 24. Rxa7 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Ra4 $16) 23... Rc8 24.
Be4 Qa5 (24... Rc4 25. Bb1 Qa5 26. Rxc4 Nxc4 27. h5 $40) (24... b5 $5) 25. Ra4
Qb5 (25... Qc7 26. Bd3 b5 27. Rg4 $16) 26. Bb1 Rc5 27. Bd3 Qd7 28. Rxa7 $16
Rxd5 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. h5 Rd4 (30... Nf5 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Qe2 $16) 31. Qe2 Bf6
32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bb1 Qg4 34. Qa2 Nc4 35. Qb3 b5 36. Re1 Rd2 37. Ra2 Rd5 38.
Be4 Re5 39. Rae2 Qh4 40. g3 Qh6 41. Qd3 $18 {Vladimir managed to improve the
position of all his pieces that means that there are not so many practical
chances left for Vishy.} Nd6 42. Bd5 Rxe2 43. Qxe2 Qh3 44. Be6 Qh8 45. Qf3 Qb8
46. Kg2 b4 47. Rh1 Qb7 48. Bd5 Qb5 49. g4 Nf7 50. Bb3 Nh6 51. Re1 Qg5 52. Re4
Nf5 53. Qd1 Nh4+ 54. Kh3 Qc5 55. Qe2 g5 56. Qc4 Qxc4 57. Rxc4 Bc3 58. Rc5 Nf3
59. Kg3 Ne5 60. Rb5 Bd2 61. f3 Bc3 62. f4 gxf4+ 63. Kxf4 Nf7 64. Rd5 Bb2 65.
Kf5 Bf6 66. Rd1 Ng5 67. Rd3 Nf7 68. Rd7 Nd6+ 69. Kf4 Nf7 70. Rb7 Be5+ 71. Ke3
Bd6 72. Ke4 Ng5+ 73. Kf5 Nf3 74. Bd5 Nh4+ 75. Kg5 Ng6 76. Ra7 Nf8 77. Kf5 Bc5
78. Rb7 Bd6 79. g5 Ng6 80. Ra7 Nf8 81. Bb3 Ng6 82. Ra8 Nf8 83. Kg4 Bc7 84. Kh5
Bd6 85. Rc8 Be5 86. Rc5 Ng6 87. Rc8 Nf8 88. Rc1 Bc3 89. Rf1 e6 90. Rd1 Kf7 91.
Rd8 Ng6 92. Rd7+ Ke8 93. Ba4 Ne5 94. Rb7+ Kf8 95. g6 Nd3 96. Kh6 Nc5 97. Rb8+
Ke7 98. Bc2 Nd7 99. Rb7 Kd6 100. g7 Bxg7+ 101. Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Rg1 Nd7 11. c3 Be7 12. Bg2 Qc4 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Nc5
15. Qc4 O-O 16. Nc6 bxc6 17. Bxc5 Bb7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rgd1 Rxd2
21. Rxd2 c5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxc5 Qh1+ 24. Rd1 Qxh2 25. Qe3 Qg2 26. g5 Qg4 27.
b3 f6 28. g6 h5 29. Re1 Qxg6 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Qxa6 h4 32. Qd6 Re8 33. Rh1 Qe4
34. Qd1 Kg8 35. c4 Re5 36. a4 g5 37. Kb2 Qg2 38. Qf1 Qf3 39. Ka3 Re2 40. c5 Rc2
41. Qd1 Qxf2 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 {
The open Variation of the Ruy Lopez was the main oppening for Anand in his
match against Kasparov therefore it was supposed that he has to be well
prepared in this line. It's incredible but after six moves he was already
queen down.} Bc5 14. Ne4 O-O $2 {Wedberg: !?N Just a blunder it was better not
to look at Vishi's face when he saw the consequense of this move. I guess he
rejected the normal 14...Bb6 because of next game.} (14... Bb6 15. Nfg5 $1 {N}
Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. axb5 $6 (17. Re1 $140 $1 O-O 18. Ra3 $1 $40 {Rodriguez,Am
}) 17... Qxb5 18. Nc3 Qd7 $1 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 h6 $1 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Bd2
{1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,Am-Korneev,O/Barbera del Valles 1994.}) 15. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 16.
Qxf3 Nxc5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5 $1 Rxa1 {Wedberg: The point of Anands novelty
is to give away the queen and build a drawing endgame fortress.} 19. Bxd8 Rxf1+
20. Kxf1 Rxd8 21. g3 $14 {It is not so easy to improve White's position as it
looks from the first sight.} (21. Qc6 Ne6 22. Qxb5 $4 Rd1+ 23. Ke2 Nd4+ $19)
21... Ne6 22. Qb7 g6 23. Qxb5 c5 24. h4 {Wedberg: After this move the draw is
a mathematical certainty. The only hope was to press through g4 and f5 to
drive the gigantic knight away, but it looks very difficult - especially if
Black posts his R on d4.} h5 25. b4 $6 {After this exchange White has no one
chance to win the game. Better was to keep the 'b' pawn and to try to
speculate with both ideas 'f4-f5' and penetration to the White's king on the
queenside.} cxb4 26. Qxb4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Kg8 28. Qc3 Ra8 29. Qf3 Rb8 30. Qe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Qd3 Rc8
15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Nc3 Be7 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Kh1 Bh6 19. Nc3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qb6 21.
Kg1 Rc6 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Ne1 f5 24. Nd3 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf7 26. Qe2 Qg6 27. f3 Bf5
28. Nb4 Rc7 29. Nbd5 Rcf7 30. Ne4 Bg5 31. Ndc3 Be7 32. Rd3 Rc8 33. Rad1 Rc6 34.
Nd5 Bf8 35. Rc3 h5 36. Kh1 h4 37. h3 Kg8 38. Rc4 Qh5 39. Ne3 d5 40. Nxd5 Bxh3
41. gxh3 Rxf3 42. Nef6+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7.
N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6 $2 {Blatny,P} fxe6 10. Bg6+ Ke7 11. O-O Nf8
12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f4 Kd8 15. c4 Kc7 $17 {Arnason-Ostenstad/Torshavn/
1987/}) (9. Nh3 {Blatny,P} g5 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Ng1 Nbd5 $10 {
Borkowski-Sapis/Hradec Kralove/1987/}) 9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 (10. Qxe4 {Blatny,P}
Qc7 $5 (10... Nb6) (10... c5 $6 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Qa6 $1 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rxb2 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc3 Rb7 19. Qg4 Bf8
20. O-O $14 {Psakhis - Meduna/Trnava/1988/}) 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 $1 h5 16. Qh3 Ne6 $14 {Gelfand-Speelman/Munich/1992/})
10... Nf6 11. Bd3 Qc7 (11... b6 {Blatny,P} 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. Ba6 Rd7 16. Bxb7+ Qxb7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng8 19. c4 Ne7 20. Be3
Rhd8 $14 {Thorsteinsson-Kamsky/Reykjavik/1990/}) 12. Bd2 (12. c3 {Blatny,P} b6
13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 $14 {Arnason,J-Karlsson,A/Hafnarfirdi (04)/1992/}) 12... b6
(12... O-O $6 {Blatny,P} 13. O-O-O c5 14. g4 $1 $16 {Malisauskas,V-Oll,L/
Vilnius zt/1993/}) (12... Nd5 {Blatny,P} 13. g3 c5 14. c4 Nf6 15. O-O-O Bd7 16.
Bc3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O-O $132 {Tolnai,T-Schwarz,M/Budapest Elekes (07)/1994/})
13. Ne5 (13. c4 {Blatny,P} Bb7 14. Bc3 c5 (14... O-O-O 15. b4 Rhe8 16. O-O Ng4
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. a4 $40 {Tiviakov,S-Dahl,I/Gausdal AC (06)/1992/})
15. d5 O-O-O 16. dxe6 Rhe8 17. O-O-O Bf4+ $36 {Nevostrujev,V-Galkin,A/St.
Petersburg op2 (09)/1994/}) (13. O-O-O {Blatny,P} Bb7 $14) 13... c5 $146 {
Normally Black does this move with the bishop on 'b7'.I don't think that it
makes much difference especialy when White shaws an fresh reaction to it.} (
13... Bb7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O $14) (13... Bb7 $14 {Blatny,P}) 14. Bb5+ Ke7 (
14... Bd7 {Blatny,P} 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 $14 {^^}) 15. c3 {Gata had a long thought
in this position because it's obvious that the same thing may happen in his
match against Karpov. So should he show all his home analysis or just play
something regular.} Bb7 16. O-O Rhd8 (16... Rac8 {Blatny,P צh8}) 17. f4 (17.
Bf4 {Blatny,P} Nd5 18. Bg3 cxd4 $15) 17... Ne4 (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Qc2 $1 $13)
18. Be3 Kf8 (18... Rac8 $13 {Blatny,P}) 19. Rae1 $14 Kg8 20. Qg4 {->K} Nf6 21.
Qg3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nd5 (22... Ne4 $5 {Blatny,P}) 23. Bd2 a6 24. Bd3 {/\f5->} f5
25. Qg6 Re8 {[#]} (25... Bc8 {Blatny,P /\Rf8<->f}) 26. g4 $1 $16 {Alekhin
would be proud of what Kamsky did. Every White's piece is in the optimal
position for the decisive attack.} Nf6 27. gxf5 Bxe5 (27... exf5 {Blatny,P} 28.
Bxf5 $16) 28. fxe5 Qc6 29. Re3 $1 $18 (29. exf6 {Blatny,P} Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+
31. Ke3 exf5+ 32. Be4 Rxe4+ 33. Kd3 Rxd4+ 34. Kxd4 Rd8+ 35. Kc4 Bd5+ 36. Kc3
Qc7+ 37. Kd3 Be4+ 38. Ke2 Qc4+ 39. Kf2 Rxd2+ 40. Kg3 Rg2+ 41. Kh4 Bd5+ 42. Kh3
Qd3+ 43. Re3 Qxe3+ 44. Rf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kh4 Rh2#) 29... Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke1
Ne4 (31... Qh4+ {Blatny,P} 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Rxg3 exf5 34. Bxh6 $40) 32. Bxe4
Qh4+ 33. Kd1 Bxe4 34. Be1 Qh2 35. Rxe4 Qh3 36. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov Horvath,T Anand} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 {The main
weak point in the Sveshnikov variation, but black has ways to play very
dynamically and prevent the static fight around weak squares.} Bg7 12. Bd3 Ne7
13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O f5 (14... O-O 15. c4 (15. Qh5 f5 16. exf5 e4 17. Rae1 d5
18. c3 Rd8 19. Bb1 Rd6 20. Nc2 Rh6 21. Qg4 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Voekler,B-Geisler,F/BL
9495/1995/}) (15. Qf3 f5 (15... Qb7 16. c4 f5 17. exf5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 bxc4 19.
Be4 Rb8 20. Nxc4 d5 21. Bxd5 Bxf5 22. Rfe1 Kh8 23. Rad1 Rbd8 24. b3 Bh3 25. Kh1
Bf6 26. Rg1 {Timmerman,G-Lemmers,O/NLD-ch sf Enschede (03)/1993/1-0 (61)}) 16.
exf5 d5 17. Qxd5 Bb7 18. Qb3 e4 19. Rae1 Rfd8 20. Re3 Rd4 21. c4 Rdd8 22. Be2
Rd2 23. Nc2 Be5 24. cxb5 Qc5 25. Bc4 axb5 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 {0-1 Wood,D-Wells,P/
Ostend op (03)/1993/ (41)}) (15. c3 {Dolmatov} f5 16. exf5 $14) 15... b4 16.
Nc2 Rb8 17. Ne3 a5 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Rae1 Qa7 20. Nd5 b3 21. a3 Qd4 22. Re3 Qxb2
23. Qh4 Qd2 24. Nxf6 h6 25. Nh5 Be6 26. Rg3 Rg8 {0-1 Olivier,P-Rouchouse,S/
FRA-chB Toulouse (01)/1995/ (32)}) 15. exf5 (15. Qh5 Rb8 16. c4 fxe4 17. Bxe4
Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Rd5 Rc8 21. Rfd1 bxc4 22. Rxd6 Rxb2 23. Qg4
f5 24. Qxf5 Rf8 25. Qh3 {Wang Pin-Amura,C/Subotica iztW/1991/0.5 (41)}) (15. f3
O-O 16. Kh1 d5 17. c3 Rd8 18. Qe2 dxe4 19. fxe4 f4 20. Nc2 Rd6 21. Rad1 Rh6 22.
Ne1 Bf6 {Enders,P-Kalinichev,S/Budapest FS05 GM/1995/1-0 (40)}) 15... Bb7 (
15... d5 $5 {Dolmatov} 16. c3 O-O 17. Nc2 e4 18. Be2 Qe5) 16. Re1 (16. Qg4 O-O
17. c3 Kh8 18. Rad1 e4 19. Rfe1 Rg8 20. Qh3 b4 21. cxb4 d5 22. f3 Bxb2 23. fxe4
Bxa3 24. e5 f6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Re6 {Velicka,P-Ikonnikov,V/Cheliabinsk/1990/
0-1 (36)}) 16... Qg5 (16... d5 $5 17. c3 O-O 18. Qh5 e4 19. Nc2 $16) (16... O-O
{Dolmatov} 17. Qg4 (17. c4 $5 e4) (17. Qh5 e4 18. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 19. f6 Qxf6 20.
Rxe4 Qxb2)) 17. g3 (17. Be4 Bxe4 (17... d5 {Horvath,T} 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. c4 $1
Qxf5 (19... bxc4 $4 20. Qa4+) 20. Qb3 $16) 18. Rxe4 Qxf5 19. Qd5 O-O 20. c4 Qe6
) 17... O-O (17... d5 $6 18. f4 {Anand} Qe7 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. f6 $1 $18) 18. c4
Rae8 (18... bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rad8 20. Rc1 $16) (18... d5 $5 {Dolmatov} 19. cxd5
Bxd5 20. Nc2 Rad8 21. Qe2) (18... Rac8 $5 {Dolmatov} 19. cxb5 d5 20. bxa6 Ba8
$132) 19. Be4 $1 (19. cxb5 e4 $132 (19... e4 {Dolmatov} 20. bxa6 Ba8 $132))
19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxf5 21. Qd5 {Anand takes advantage of the d5 weakness
again, the main value of the square is the potential base for the knight
currently on a3.} b4 22. Nc2 a5 23. Rd1 (23. Ne3 Qe6 24. Qxa5 f5 25. Rh4 $16) (
23. Nd4 $5 {Anand} Qxe4 (23... Qg6 {Dolmatov} 24. Nb5 Re6 25. Rd1 $16 Rd8 26.
c5) 24. Qxe4 exd4 25. Qd5 $16) 23... Qg6 24. Ne3 (24. Re2 $16) 24... Kh8 (24...
a4 25. Rg4 Qe6 26. Qxd6 $16) 25. Rg4 Qh5 (25... Qe6 26. Qxe6 (26. Qxd6 $16)
26... Rxe6 27. Nf5 Rg6 28. Rxg6 hxg6 29. Nxd6 $16) 26. Rh4 Qg5 (26... Qe2 27.
Nf5 Re6 28. Nxd6 $16) 27. Qf3 (27. Qxa5 Ra8 (27... f5 28. Qxb4 f4 29. Nd5) 28.
Qxb4 Rxa2 29. b3 $16) 27... f5 28. Rxd6 (28. Rh5 $5 {Dolmatov} e4 29. Rxg5 exf3
30. b3 f4 31. gxf4 Bh6 $132) 28... e4 (28... f4 $2 29. Qe4 h6 30. Rg6 $18) 29.
Qd1 f4 (29... Bxb2 {Dolmatov} 30. Rh5 $16) 30. Rg4 {All white's pieces are
well prepared to deal with black's counterplay.} Qe5 (30... Qe7 31. gxf4 (31.
Rd7 fxe3 32. Rxe7 exf2+ 33. Kf1 Rxe7 $132) 31... Bxb2 32. Rd7 $16) 31. gxf4
Rxf4 (31... Qxb2 {Dolmatov} 32. Rd7 Rg8 33. Nf5 Bf6 34. Nh6 $18) 32. Rd2 Rxg4+
(32... Rg8 33. Rg3 $16) (32... Ref8 $5 {Dolmatov}) 33. Nxg4 Qg5 34. Kh1 h5 $2 (
34... Rg8 35. Rd5 Qh4 36. Qe2 $16) 35. Rd5 $1 Qh4 (35... Qxg4 36. Rxh5+ $18) (
35... Qg6 36. Ne3 Be5 37. Rxa5 $18) 36. Nf6 $1 (36. Nf6 $1 Qxf6 37. Qxh5+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson Konikowski,J Ribli Leko} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6
5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 {Leko entwickelt gern seinen Läufer auf der langen Diagonale
a8-h1, z.B.} (6. g3 {Konikowski,J} a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Bg5
Ne5 11. Qe2 d6 12. Kh1 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f4 Nc4 15. f5 $1 Ne3 (15... Nxb2
16. Qf3 Rf8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. Ne4 {mit starkem Angriff}) 16. Rf3
Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Bd7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 h5 {mit sehr kompliziertem Spiel 
(Leko-Lautier, Dortmund 1995).}) 6... a6 7. O-O b5 {Leko spielt gern diese
Nebenvariante.} 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bg5 $5 {Weiß hofft, dass er mit diesem Zug die
schwarze Entwicklung stören kann. Wahrscheinlich ein neuer Zug. Aber wie die
Partie zeigt, erzielt Weiß damit keine Vorteile. Üblicherweise zieht der
Läufer nach e3, so geschah in der Begegnung Hübner-Leko, Wijk aan Zee 1996,
zum Beispiel:} (9. Be3 {Ribli} Bb7 10. a4 Rd8 (10... b4 $5 {Konikowski,J}) 11.
Qe1 Be7 12. f4 b4 13. Nd1 Nf6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qg3 g6 $10 {Huebner,R-Leko,P/Wijk/
1996/CBM51/INF65,(186)/} (15... g6 16. Bf2 c5 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19.
Rfd1 a5 20. b3 Bd5 21. Bf3 {mit Remis.})) (9. a4 b4 (9... Rb8 $5 {Ribli}) (9...
Bb7 $2 {Ribli} 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 $1 axb5 12. Bxb5+ Ke7 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14.
Qd4 $18 {Wang Zili-Mortensen,E/Copenhagen K41/1995/CBM48/}) 10. Nb1 Nf6 11. Bd3
Bc5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 a5 14. Qe2 e5 15. Bg5 Bg4 $1 16. Qc2 Nd7 $13 {
Waitzkin,J-Benjamin,J/New York CITS/1996/CBM52/}) 9... Bb7 (9... Bd6 $5 10. f4
e5 11. f5 (11. Qd3 exf4 12. Rad1 h6 $1) 11... Nf6 $13) 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Rad1 b4
$1 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Na4 c5 {Einerseits hat Schwarz Bauernschwächen, aber
anderseits hat er das Läuferpaar und die Möglichkeit zu aktivem Gegenspiel.}
14. Bf3 $6 (14. Nb6 $1 Rd8 15. Qxd8+ Qxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. f3 {/\ Ra1, a3+/=
Miles}) 14... Rg8 15. Qe3 Rg5 $1 16. b3 Bd6 17. g3 (17. h4 $1 {Leko} Rg6 (17...
Bf4 18. Qd3 Re5 19. Nb2 $16) 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Nxc5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rc8 $14) 17...
Be5 $1 18. Bg2 (18. Nxc5 {erreicht Weiß nicht viel, z.B.} Bxg3 (18... Bf4 {
Konikowski,J} 19. Qd4 Rxc5 $2 (19... Qxc5 $1 20. Qd7+ Kf8 21. Qxb7 Ra7 22. Rd8+
Kg7 23. Qc8 Qxc8 (23... Rc7 24. Rg8+ Kh6 25. Rxg5 Bxg5 26. Qxa6 Qxc2 27. Bg2 {
mit weißem Mehrbauern}) 24. Rxc8 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. Rd1 Ra5 27. Rd7 Bb6 28.
Rb7 Bc5 29. Rc7 Bf8 30. Kg2 Kg6 {und Schwarz hat genug Gegenspiel.}) 20. gxf4
Rxc2 21. Qxf6 {mit weißem Vorteil.}) 19. hxg3 (19. fxg3 Qxc5) 19... Rxg3+ $1
20. fxg3 Qxg3+ $10) (18. Qxc5 Bxg3 19. Qxc7 Bxc7+ $19) 18... Bd4 19. Rxd4 $8 {
Praktisch erzwungen, sonst hat Weiß eine sehr passive Stellung. Der starke
Läufer muß geschlagen werden, wenn Weiß um Vorteil kämpfen will.} cxd4 20. Qxd4
Qe7 21. h4 (21. Nb2 Rd8 22. Qe3 Qc5 $1 $15) 21... Ra5 (21... Rd8 $1 22. Qe3 Re5
) 22. Qd2 (22. Re1) 22... Rd8 23. Qh6 Bc6 24. Nb6 $8 (24. Qxh7 {Konikowski,J}
Bxa4 25. bxa4 Qc5 (25... Rxa4 $2 26. e5 $1) 26. Bf3 Rd2 {mit schwarzem Vorteil.
}) 24... Rxa2 25. Nc4 Bb5 (25... Rxc2 $5 26. Ne3 (26. Qxh7 f5 27. exf5 Bxg2 28.
Kxg2 exf5 (28... exf5 29. Qxf5 $44)) 26... Rc3 27. Ng4 Kd7 28. Nxf6+ Kc7 $15)
26. e5 f5 $6 {Der junge Großmeister vergibt damit seinen Vorteil und gerät in
Schwierigkeiten. Nach dem richtigen} (26... fxe5) (26... fxe5 $5) (26... fxe5
$1 {Konikowski,J} 27. Qxh7 (27. Nxe5 Rxc2 28. Qxh7 Rdd2 $17) 27... Qf6 {
wäre der Nachziehende klar im Vorteil.}) 27. Rc1 $1 $44 {>< Ra2} Qc5 28. Nd6+
Rxd6 29. exd6 Qxd6 (29... Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Qxc2 31. Qxh7 {/\ Ph4-h5}) 30. Bf3 $1
$14 {Ein psychologischer Fallstrick von Anand. Ich denke, Schwarz sollte hier
30...Qe5 spielen, mit unklarer Stellung. 30...Bc6 sieht aber so natuerlich aus.
} Bc6 {[#]} (30... Qd4 31. Qxh7 $14) 31. Qf4 $1 {Eine sehr unangenehme
Überraschung.} Qd7 $4 (31... Ke7 $1 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxb4+ Qd6 34. Qc3 $14 {
>< Ra2}) (31... Qxf4 $4 32. Bxc6+ $18) (31... Kd7 {Konikowski,J} 32. Rd1 Bd5
33. Qh6 Rxc2 34. Qxh7 Qc5 35. Rxd5+ $1 (35. Qxf7+ $2 Kc8 36. Qe8+ Kc7 37. Qf7+
Kb6 $19) 35... exd5 36. Qxf5+ Ke8 37. Bxd5 f6 38. h5 {und Weiß sollte gewinnen.
}) 32. Qb8+ Ke7 33. Bxc6 {Eine Alternative wäre} (33. Rd1 {Konikowski,J} Bxf3
34. Qxb4+ Ke8 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. g4 fxg4 38. c4 a5 39. c5 {
mit weißem Vorteil.}) 33... Qxc6 34. Rd1 $1 $18 Qe8 35. Qxb4+ Kf6 36. Qd2 Qc8 {
Allows mate in 5 in a lost position Damit vergrößert Schwarz seine Probleme.
Notwendig war} (36... Qg8 $142 $1 {Obwohl Weiß besser stünde, ist ein klarer
Gewinnweg nicht zu sehen.}) 37. Qg5+ Ke5 38. Qg7+ f6 39. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin Petursson Konikowski,J Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 {Während des Kampfes in New York 1995
um den Weltmeistertitel spielte Anand gegen Kasparow mit Erfolg} (8. a4 $5 {
Konikowski,J Hübner geht andere Wege.}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 $1 {
Normalerweise wird erst die Dame nach c7 entwickelt. Zum Beispiel:} (10... Qc7
11. Qg3 $14 (11. Qg3 {Konikowski,J} Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rae1 Rac8 18. Ne4 Rxc2 19. Qd3 Rc4 20. b3 Rcc8
21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. exf6 Bb4 23. Re4 Rfd8 24. Rh4 g6 25. Qh3 Rc2 26. Rxh7 Qxg2+
27. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Kxh7 {und Schwarz gewann rasch die Partie 
(Tscheschkowski-B.Abramovic, Jugoslawien 1995).})) 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13.
Bd3 (13. Qg3 {Dolmatov} Bc6 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Rf3 Qb7 16. Re1 b4 17. Nd1 bxa3 18.
bxa3 g6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Nf2 $16 {Sznapik,A-Schmidt,Wl/Smederevo/1981/}) (13. Bf3
$5 {Konikowski,J}) 13... Nd7 14. Rd1 (14. Qg3 $5 {Konikowski,J scheint besser
zu sein.}) 14... Qc7 (14... Bf6 $6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18.
Qxe4 g6 19. b4 $1 $16) 15. Kh1 e5 $1 {Baburin: This is a typical example of
the situation where Black voluntarily goes for ...e6-e5. While in some ways
weakening the d5-square, this thrust has its own advantages: a white piece is
kicked out of the centre and the e4-pawn is immobilised. Being fixed, this
pawn often becomes a nice target for the black pieces.} (15... Bf6 16. Bxf6
Nxf6 17. Qh4) (15... Rac8 {ist eine wichtige Alternative.}) 16. Be3 (16. fxe5
Nxe5 $10) 16... Rac8 $1 (16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Bf6 $10 (17... Ne5 {Dolmatov} 18.
Qg3 Rac8 $10)) (16... Bf6 17. f5) 17. Qg3 (17. f5 $6 Nf6) 17... Bf6 18. f5 $6 {
Nach} (18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf4 $10) (18. Nd5 $5 {Dolmatov} Bxd5 19. exd5 g6 (
19... Rfe8 20. c3 $10) (19... e4 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21. Bf5 Rce8 {hat Schwarz keine
Probleme.}) 20. f5) 18... Kh8 (18... Be7 $2 19. Bh6 $1) 19. Rf2 Be7 {Black
vacates the f6-square for the knight.} 20. Rfd2 Qa5 (20... Nf6 21. Bg5 $10 (21.
Bg5 {Dolmatov} Nh5 22. Qh4 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Nf4 24. Bf1)) 21. Qe1 (21. Nd5 {
Konikowski,J} Bxd5 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Qf3 Qa4 {mit gutem Spiel für Schwarz.})
21... h6 {Preventing Be3-g5, otherwise possible after the eventual ...Nf6.} 22.
h3 Nf6 23. Bf2 $15 (23. Qf2 {Dolmatov} Rxc3 $17) 23... Rxc3 $6 {Für das
Qualitätsopfer bekommt Schwarz dauerhafte Initiative. A thematic Sicilian
exchange sacrifice. Baburin: This game is an excellent ilustration of the
typical "Sicilian" exchange sacrifice - ...Rxc3. It usually leads to the fall
of the e4-pawn, followed by the further mobilization of the black pawns in the
centre.} 24. bxc3 Qxa3 {After this White is bound to lose tactically, but
passive defence was did not offer great promise either.} (24... Qxc3 25. Re2 (
25. a4 {Dolmatov} bxa4 26. Ra1 a3 27. Rdd1 Qc7 28. Rxa3 d5 $40) 25... Qxa3 26.
Ra1 $10) 25. c4 $2 {Nach dem Fallen des zentralen Bauern wird die weiße
Stellung bald kritisch. Daher sollte der Anziehende} (25. Re2 $1 Qa5 (25... Rc8
26. c4 bxc4 27. Ra1 Qb2 (27... cxd3 28. Rxa3 dxe2 29. Qxe2 $16) 28. Rb1 Qa3 $10
) 26. c4 Qxe1+ 27. Rdxe1 $1 $10) (25. Re2 $1 {Konikowski,J versuchen.}) 25...
bxc4 $17 26. Bxc4 Nxe4 {Schwächer ist} (26... Bxe4 {Konikowski,J} 27. Bd3 Bb7
28. Rb1 {und Weiß atmet noch.}) 27. Rd3 Qa4 28. Rb3 (28. Bb3 $17) (28. Bd5 {
Dolmatov} Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxc2 30. Bg1 $17) (28. Bb3 {Konikowski,J} Qd7 29. Bd5
Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxf5 31. Be3 Rc8 {mit Gewinnstellung für Schwarz.}) 28... Qxc4
29. Rxb7 Qxc2 $1 30. Bg1 Bg5 {Schwarz übernahm völlig die Initiative.} 31. Rdb1
Bf4 32. R1b3 (32. R1b2 Ng3+ 33. Qxg3 Qxb2 $19) 32... d5 $19 33. Rf3 Rc8 34.
Rxf7 Ng5 35. Rxf4 exf4 (35... Nxf7 $19) 36. Re7 (36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Qe5+ Kh7 $19
) 36... f3 (36... f3 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. gxf3 Nxf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Nb6 11. Na5 O-O 12. b3 Nd7 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Ba3 Nf8
15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Qe3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Ne7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
Nbc6 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Bd3 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Qa4
Be7 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Rc3 Rd7 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. Rcxd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. g3
R8d7 21. Kg2 h6 22. Qc4 a6 23. h4 R7d5 24. b4 Ra3 25. Qc2 Rdd3 26. Qb2 a5 27.
bxa5 Nxa5 28. Qb5 Bf8 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Qxc6 Rxe3 (31... Rxe3 32.
fxe3 Rxa2+ 33. Kf3 Rc2 34. Qe8 Rxc5 35. Kf4 Rc4+ 36. e4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Anand came to this game as the leader of the tournament,and Topalov in a very
strange situation for him in the last,2 out of 5 after losing 2 games in a row
the game changes nothing as it was Topalov's third defeat in a row!!} 1. e4 {
Dolmatov Petursson HarZvi Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Nc6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Na5 (12... Bd7 {Har Zvi,R} 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bc6
17. b4 Qc7 18. b5 Bd7 19. Rab1 $1 $146 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G New York (m/9) 64/
240 [Anand,V] 1995} (19. Rab1 {Dolmatov} axb5 20. Nxb5 $14 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G/
New York(WM/9)/1995/})) (12... Rb8 {Dolmatov}) 13. g4 $1 {Kasparov played 13.
Bg1 against Topalov one month earlier} (13. Qe1 Nc4 14. Bc1 e5 15. Nde2 Qc5 16.
Ng3 (16. fxe5 {Boensch} dxe5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qc7
$10 {0-1 Zagrebelny,S-Wojtkiewicz,A/Katowice op (09) 1992 (40)}) (16. Qg3 {
Har Zvi,R} Bd7 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 Bc6 $13 {Glek,I-Sutovskij,E
Haifa 1996}) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxb2 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Be2 Be6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
Rxf5 Qe6 22. Rf4 Rac8 23. Bd4 Nc4 24. Qg3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Fedorowicz,J-Arnason,J/
St Martin op (09) 1992}) (13. Bg1 Bf8 (13... Nd7 14. Qe1 Bf6 15. Rd1 Nf8 16. g4
Ng6 17. Bg2 h6 18. Rd3 Nc6 19. Nde2 Nb4 20. Rh3 e5 21. f5 Nf4 $10 {Apicella,
M-Panzalovic,S/Biel op (08) 1990/0-1 (59)}) 14. Qe1 Rb8 15. h3 Nd7 16. Bh2 Nc6
17. Rd1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 b5 {Har Zvi,R} 19. axb5 axb5 20. e5 {with advantage for
white Kasparov,G-Topalov,V Dos Hermanas 1996/1/2-1/2/48/}) (13. Qe2 {Boensch}
Nc4 14. e5 Nxe3 15. exf6 Nxf1 16. fxe7 Qb6 17. Qd3 e5 $17 {0-1 Geller,E-Stangl,
M/Dortmund-B (9) 1991 (45)}) (13. Qd3 {Boensch} Bf8 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. b3 Bd7 16.
Nde2 Nc6 17. g4 Bc8 18. g5 Nd7 19. Bg2 g6 20. Bg1 Nb4 21. Qg3 b6 22. h4 Bb7 23.
h5 Bg7 24. Bd4 e5 $15 {(42) 0-1 Gurevich,I-Arnason,J/St Martin op (08) 1992})
13... Nd7 (13... Nc4 {Dolmatov} 14. Bc1 e5 15. Nf5 exf4 16. g5 $16) 14. Bg2 Bf8
(14... b6 {Dolmatov} 15. Qe1 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rac8 (16... Nc6 17. Nde2 Nb4 18. Rd2
Rac8 19. g5 $40) 17. g5) 15. Qe1 (15. g5 {Boensch} b6 (15... g6 {Har Zvi,R} 16.
Bg1 b6 17. Qd3 Bb7 18. Qh3 Nc6 19. f5 $36 {Morawietz,D-Dokhoian,Y Cologne 1992}
) 16. Qh5 $40) 15... b6 (15... Nc4 16. Bc1 {/\ b3,Bb2} (16. Bc1 {Dolmatov} b6
17. b3 Na5 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. Rd1 $13)) 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Qh4 Nc6 (17... Nc4 18. Bc1
g6 19. Rd3 $40) 18. Nde2 $1 {white need to play this move since black idea is
to take on d4 an d then play e5 with a fine position} (18. Rf3 {Boensch} Nxd4
19. Bxd4 e5 20. Rh3 h6 $13) 18... Nb4 19. Rd2 Qd8 (19... d5 20. e5 f6 21. exf6
Nxf6 22. Bd4 $14) 20. g5 f6 (20... g6 {Boensch} 21. Rf3 Rc8 22. Rh3 h5 23. Ng3
$40 {[%csl Rh5]}) (20... h6 $5 {Dolmatov} 21. Nd4 $5 (21. Qf2 hxg5 22. fxg5 Ne5
) 21... hxg5 22. fxg5 Ne5 23. Rdf2) 21. Nd4 $1 {[%csl Re6]} fxg5 (21... Nc6 22.
gxf6 $1 Qxf6 (22... Nxf6 {Boensch} 23. e5 (23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. e5 Bxg2+ 25. Rxg2
Nd7 $10) 23... Nd5 24. Qxd8 Nxd8 $10) 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. e5) 22. fxg5 Nc6 23.
Rdf2 $1 Rc8 (23... Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Ne5 25. Bxe5 (25. Qg3 {Dolmatov} Qc7) 25...
dxe5 26. Rf7 $16) 24. Nce2 $1 Nc5 (24... Nde5 $2 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8
27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nf4 Ree8 29. Nd5 $16) 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Nd4 Bd7 (26... Bxa4
27. Rf3 $40 (27. Rf3 {Boensch threatening Rh3} e5 (27... Rc7 {Har Zvi,R} 28. b4
$3 Nd7 (28... e5 29. bxc5 exd4 30. cxb6) (28... Nb7 29. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 30. g6 {
and white is winning}) 29. Bh3 Ne5 30. g6 $3 Nxg6 (30... Qxh4 31. Bxe6+) 31.
Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Bxe6+ {and white is winning}) 28. Rh3 h6 29. Nf5 $40 (29. Qh5 $1
{and white's attack is very strong})) (27. b4 {Dolmatov} Nd7 28. Bh3 $16)) (
26... Bb7 {Boensch} 27. b3 $16) (26... Bb7 {Har Zvi,R}) 27. e5 $1 (27. Rf3 e5
28. Nf5 g6 29. Rh3 h5 $1) 27... dxe5 (27... d5 28. Rf3) 28. Nf3 Bc6 {Nach} (
28... Bd6 29. Rd2 (29. Rd1 {Har Zvi,R} Qe7 (29... Qc7 30. g6 h6 31. Bxh6 gxh6
32. Qxh6 Bxa4 33. Nxe5) 30. Rfd2 e4 31. Rxd6 exf3 32. Bxf3) 29... Qc7 30. Rfd1
$18) (28... Qc7 $1 {Boensch} 29. g6 h6 {kommt der Angriff ins Stocken.}) 29.
Nxe5 Bxg2+ 30. Rxg2 $18 Rc7 (30... Be7 {Har Zvi,R} 31. Ng4 $1 Qd5 (31... Kh8
32. Nf6 Bxf6 (32... gxf6 33. g6) 33. gxf6 gxf6 (33... g6 34. Bg5) 34. Rxf6 {
and white's attack seems decisive}) 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. gxf6 Rc7 34. a5 $1 {
and white is winning} bxa5 35. f7+ Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Qf2+) (30... Qd5 {
Har Zvi,R} 31. g6 h6 32. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (32... Qxe5 33. Bc1 {with mate}) 33. Ng4
Nd7 34. g7 {and white is winning}) 31. Ng4 {the decisive maneuver,the knight
is leaving the e5 square in order to gain control over the f6 and h6 squares,
black is hopeless against white's attack} Kh8 (31... e5 {Boensch} 32. Nf6+ gxf6
33. gxf6+ Kh8 34. Qg3 Bd6 35. Bh6 $18) (31... Qd5 {Boensch} 32. Nf6+ (32. Nh6+
{Dolmatov} gxh6 33. gxh6+ $16) 32... gxf6 33. gxf6+ Bg7 34. Bh6 $18) 32. Qh3 $1
{[%cal Yg5g6]} Qd5 (32... g6 {Boensch} 33. Bf4 (33. Nf6 {Har Zvi,R} Rf7 (33...
Ree7 34. Rgf2 $1 Rf7 (34... Rc8 {Petursson} 35. b4 Nxa4 36. Nxh7 Qd5+ 37. Kg1
Rxh7 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. Rxf8+ Kg7 40. Qf1 $18) 35. Nxh7 Qd5+ 36. Kg1) 34. Rgf2
Ree7 35. Nxh7 $1 Qd5+ 36. Kg1) 33... Bd6 34. Qc3+ Rg7 35. Rd1 Ne4 36. Qc6 $18)
33. g6 h6 34. Bxh6 $1 {Ist einfacher als} (34. Nxh6 gxh6 35. Bxh6 $1 (35. g7+
Bxg7 (35... Rxg7 36. Qxh6+ (36. Rxf8+ {Dolmatov} Rxf8 37. Qxh6+ $18) 36... Kg8
37. Rxf8+) 36. Bxh6 Kg8) (35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. g7+ Kg8 37. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 38. Bxh6+
Ke8 39. Qg4 $18) 35... Bxh6 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. g7 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rxg7+ 39. Kh1
Nxa4) 34... gxh6 35. g7+ $1 {Nach} (35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. g7+ Kxg7 37. Qxh6+ Kf7)
35... Bxg7 (35... Rxg7 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 (36... Rh7 37. Rxf8+) 37. Nf6+ (37. Nf6+ {
Har Zvi,R} Kf7 38. Nxd5+)) 36. Nxh6 {/\ Nf7 Kg8 Qh8} Qxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Bxh6 (37...
Kh7 38. Qh3 Bxh6 39. Rf6 $18) 38. Qg6 (38. Qg6 Rg8 39. Qxh6+ Rh7 40. Qf6+ Rhg7
41. Qh4+ Rh7 42. Qd4+ Rhg7 43. Rf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. Nd2 $146 (12. Bb2 $5 {/\ND2})
12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 (13. Bxd2 $5) 13... Qg5 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Rd1 d5 $1 {Black
is correctly getting counterplay until White develops all his pieces} 16. Qb2
$1 (16. cxd5 exd5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bb2 Nb6 $5 19. f4 (19. bxc5 Nc4) 19... Qe7
20. bxc5 Nc4 $44 (20... Qxc5 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. Qb4 $14 {Anand,V})) (16. bxc5 bxc5
17. Rb1 Bc6 (17... Ba6 18. cxd5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxd5 20. e4 Qc6)) 16... cxb4 (
16... dxc4 17. bxc5 Ba6 18. e4 Qe7 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Qc2 $14) 17. Qxb4 $6 (17.
axb4 dxc4 18. e4 Qh5 $1 {V.Anand} (18... Qb5 19. Qc3 Rdc8 $13) 19. Bxc4 $140
Bxe4) (17. e4 $1 {I underestimated this tempting pawn sac.White could get full
compensation and easy game} Qe7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e5 {Anand} bxa3 (19... f6 20.
f4 fxe5 21. fxe5 (21. dxe5 bxa3 22. Rxa3 $13) 21... bxa3 22. Qb3 $14) 20. Qb3
Nf8 21. Bxa3 $44) 17... Ba6 18. e4 Qg6 19. Qa4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 (21.
Bf4 Rac8 22. Rac1 f5 (22... c3 $5 23. Qxa7 f5) 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 fxe4 25.
Qc7 Rf8) 21... Nf8 22. Be3 (22. Bf4 f5 $10) 22... f5 23. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O
Nbd7 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 (10. a3 {Dolmatov} Qc7) 10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3
dxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 (12... b4 {Dolmatov} 13. exf6 bxc3 14. fxg7 Bxg7 15. b3 O-O
16. Qe2 Qa5 17. a4 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Rae1 {Cseshkovsky,
V-Kupreichik,V/URS/1981/}) 13. Qe2 (13. Qe1 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxe5
$15) (13. Bf4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Bxf2 16. Ne4 Bc5 $15) 13... b4 $1 (
13... Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Nxe5 16. Bf4 $16) (13... Rc8 14. Bf4 Be7 15.
Rad1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nf8 17. Ng5 $14 {Jansa,V-Planinc,A/Amsterdam/1974/} Bxg5) 14.
Na4 (14. Ne4 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5) (14. Nd1 {/\ Qe4, h3} Ndxe5 $1 15. Nxe5 Qd4+
16. Be3 (16. Kh1 Nxe5 {>< Nd1}) 16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 (17. Nf3 Qc4 $1) 17... Bc5
$17) 14... Rc8 (14... Qa5 15. Qe4 $16 (15. Qe4 {Dolmatov} Rc8 16. Qxg4 Qxa4 17.
c4 $16)) 15. Bf4 (15. h3 Qa5 $15) 15... Qa5 16. b3 Qb5 17. Rae1 h5 (17... Qxe2
$5 {Dolmatov} 18. Rxe2 h5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Nd4) 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Nb2 (19. h3 $2
Nxa4 20. bxa4 Bc5+ (20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Nh6 $13) 21. Kh1 Qc4 $1 22. hxg4 hxg4+
23. Nh2 Rd8 24. Qe2 (24. Qc1 g5 25. Bg3 Qc3 $1) 24... Qxf4 $3 25. Rxf4 g3 $19)
19... Rd8 20. Qe2 $10 (20. Qc1) 20... Qxe2 21. Rxe2 f5 $2 (21... Be7 22. Nc4
Nh6 23. Bd2 $14) 22. exf6 $16 gxf6 23. Bd2 $1 {>< Ps b4,e6,f6} a5 (23... e5 {
Dolmatov} 24. Bxb4 Ne6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 $132) 24. Nc4 e5 $2 25. h3 Nh6 26. Nfxe5
$1 fxe5 27. Rxe5+ Kd7 28. Rd5+ (28. Bxh6 $1 Rxh6 29. Rd5+ Bd6 30. Nxd6 Kc6 31.
Rxc5+ $1 Kxc5 32. Nf7 $18) 28... Kc8 (28... Kc7 {Dolmatov} 29. Rxf8 Rxd5 30.
Rxh8 $16) 29. Rxf8 $1 $18 Rdxf8 30. Rxc5+ Kb8 31. Rxa5 h4 32. Rb5+ $1 (32. Bxb4
Rf5 33. Bd6+ Kb7 34. Be5 Rd8) 32... Kc7 33. Bxb4 Re8 34. Bd6+ Kd7 35. Rb7+ Ke6
36. Be5 (36. Be5 Rhg8 (36... Rhf8 {Dolmatov} 37. Rb6+) 37. Rb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 (4... Nxe4 $2 {Ernst} 5. Qa4+
$18) (4... Nc6 $5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5
10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O $36) 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (
7... Nbxd7 8. Re1 e5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. e5 $14 {Torre,
E-Kudrin,S/Lugano/1988/}) 8. Re1 O-O (8... Nc6 {Ernst} 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 (
10... O-O 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. h3 Rfd8 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Be3
Nc4 17. Bd4 Bh6 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Qd1 b5 20. Nf1 Qc4 21. Ne3 Qd3 22. Bxe5 Qxd1
23. Rbxd1 dxe5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 {Sepp,O-Rytshagov,M/Vilnius zt ;CBM 35
1993/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 (12. Re2 Rc8 13. Be3 f6 14. Nbd2 O-O
15. Nb3 b6 16. Rc1 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bh6 Qd6 21.
g3 Nd7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kg2 Bg7 24. Qc2 Ne5 25. Qc7 Qf6 26. f4 Nd3 {Hebden,
M-Conquest,S/Dhaka (03) ;CBM 48 1995/1-0 (44)}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Be3
(14. Qe2 Nd8 15. Rec1 Ne6 16. Rc3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qa4 19. Ra3 Qc2
20. Qd3 Qxb2 21. Rxa7 Rc8 22. h3 h6 23. Be3 Nd8 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rb8 26.
Kf1 Nc6 27. Ra1 e6 28. Ke2 Bf8 {Vajda,S-Bigaliev,R/Budapest FS06 IM (08) ;EXP
52 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (14. Rc1 e6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2
Smagin,S-Vogt,L/Biel op (11) ;EXP 19 1990}) 14... f6 15. exf6 exf6 16. Rc1 Rac8
17. Qd2 g5 18. h3 h6 19. h4 Rfe8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nh2 Qf5 22. f3 Qg6 23. Ng4 {
Kuijf,M-Fedorowicz,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B (01) ;CBM 20 1990/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 9. d4
Na6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne6 $14 {
Kindermann,S-Ernst,Th/Thessaloniki (ol)/1988/} (14... Ne6 {Ernst} 15. Rad1 Rfe8
16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h4 f6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Nf4 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22.
h5 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. hxg6 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 {Kindermann,S-Ernst,T/Thessaloniki
olm (12) ;TD 88\06 1988/1-0 (41)})) 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 (11. e5 $2 dxe5 12. Nxe5
Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxc4 Rac8 $15) (11. Qe2 $2 Nc5 12. Qxc4 b5 $17) (11. Bg5
Nc5 12. Nbd2 Nd3 $15) 11... Nc5 (11... b5 $2 12. a4 Nc5 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Nd4
$16) 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 (14. b4 $6 Nxa4 $5 (14... Nce4 15. Bb2
Rac8 16. Qd3 b5) 15. Qxa4 b5 16. Nb6 bxa4 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rxe7 Nb6 $17) 14...
Qd8 15. Ra3 Nfd7 16. a5 (16. b4 $5 Na6 (16... Ne4 17. Qd3 $14) 17. Bd2 $14)
16... Ne5 $1 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 f5 20. Bb2 $6 (20. c5 $5 e4 21. f3
$5 $40 f4 22. Nc4 e3 23. Rd3) 20... b6 21. Qa1 Rc8 22. Qa2 (22. f4 $5 exf4 (
22... bxa5 23. Rxa5 Qb6 $14) 23. Bxg7 Rf7 24. Bh6 fxe3 25. Qd4) 22... Rf7 23.
axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 e4 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Rd1 (26. c5 bxc5 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Qe6
exd6 29. Qxd6) (26. Nc2 $1 $16 {Ernst /\ Nd4-e6}) 26... Rf7 27. h3 $2 (27. c5
bxc5 28. d6) (27. d6 $5 e6 (27... exd6 28. Rxd6 $14) 28. c5 bxc5 29. Qxe6 $40)
27... Ne5 28. Ra1 Qd6 29. Qa6 Rcf8 30. Rb7 f4 31. Rxb6 Qd7 (31... fxe3 32. Rxd6
exf2+ 33. Kf1 exd6 34. c5 $16) 32. Nf1 Qf5 33. Re6 Qg5 (33... f3 34. Ng3) (
33... e3 $6 34. f3 (34. fxe3 $2 f3 $40 (34... fxe3 $17)) 34... Nxf3+ 35. gxf3
Qxh3 36. Nh2 $16) 34. Kh1 f3 35. g3 Qh5 (35... Qf5 36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Ne3) 36. h4
Qf5 37. Kh2 (37. Ne3 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 37... Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Rf6 (38... e3 39.
Rxe3 (39. Nxe3 $4 Nxe3 40. Rxe3 Qh3 $19) 39... Nxe3 40. Nxe3 $44) 39. Rxf6 Rxf6
40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qa7 e3 42. Nxe3 Nxe3 43. Qxe7+ Rf7 44. Qxe3 Qh3 45. Qe5+ Kh6
46. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8. Qh5
g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. Nf1 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 O-O-O 16. c3 f6 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Bb3 Qg4 19. Kf1 Kb8 20. h5 Rdf8 21.
Qh3 Qxh3 22. Rxh3 f5 23. Ke2 g5 24. h6 Rf6 25. Rh5 Rhf8 26. Rf1 Rg6 27. g3 b5
28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Bc2 Rff6 30. d4 Rxh6 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Rxg5 Re6 33. Be4 Kc7
34. Rg7 Kb6 35. Rd1 Nc8 36. Rb7+ Ka6 37. Rxh7 Rxh7 38. Bxh7 Nd6 39. g4 Kb6 40.
g5 Kc7 41. g6 Ne8 42. Rd5 Kc6 43. Rd8 Ng7 44. Rf8 Kd6 45. Ke3 Re7 46. Bg8 Nh5
47. Bf7 e4 48. Rd8+ Kc6 49. Rh8 Nf6 50. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nf3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
Rfd8 15. Kf1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Kf8 17. Ba6 Ne8 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Ke2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Rd8 21. Rc1 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rc7 Nd5 24. Rc4 Ke7 25. f4 Rd7 26. a3 Rc7 27.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 dxe5 11. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Bg7
15. Bd3 Ke7 16. Nd6 a5 17. O-O Nf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Nxa5 Bb5 21.
Bxb5 Rxa5 22. Bxc6 Bxe5 23. Rd7+ Kf6 24. a4 Rc5 25. Be4 Rc4 26. Bd3 Rxa4 27. b3
Rd4 28. Rb7 Rhd8 29. b4 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Bxb8 31. b5 e5 32. Re1 Ke6 33. Re4 Rd8 34.
Rc4 f5 35. Rc6+ Bd6 36. b6 e4 37. Bc4+ Ke5 38. b7 Rb8 39. Ba6 Kd5 40. Rc8 Kd4
41. Kf2 Be5 42. c3+ Kd5 43. c4+ Ke6 44. c5 Bd4+ 45. Ke2 Be5 46. c6 f3+ 47. gxf3
exf3+ 48. Kxf3 Bxh2 49. c7 Rxb7 50. Bxb7 Kd7 51. Rg8 Kxc7 52. Bc8 Be5 53. Bxf5
Bb2 54. Ke4 Bc1 55. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.08.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. Bb3 Nbd7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Be3 d5 10. Bxb6 Qxb6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 dxe4
15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Ndxe4 h6 17. Nf3 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Re5 Bd7 20. Qd3 Rae8 21.
Rae1 Qd6 22. Qc3 b6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Qe3 Nd5 25. Qe4 Be6 26. Qh4 Qd8 27. Qg3 Qf6
28. Re4 c5 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rfd8 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. g3 Kf8 33. Bc4 Rb8 34.
Re2 Bxh3 35. Ne5 Rbc8 36. Rd2 Nb6 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Bxf7 Rc8 39. b3 Nd7 40.
Nxd7+ Bxd7 41. Bc4 Ke7 42. Re1+ Kf6 43. Rd1 Ke7 44. Rd5 Rc7 45. f4 Be8 46. Re5+
Kf8 47. Kf2 Bf7 48. Rf5 g6 49. Rf6 Kg7 50. Ra6 Bxc4 51. bxc4 h5 52. Kf3 Rd7 53.
Ra5 Rd3+ 54. Kg2 Rc3 55. Rxa7+ Kf6 56. Ra4 Kf5 57. Kh3 g5 58. fxg5 Kxg5 59. Ra5
Rxc4 60. Ra3 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.09.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 g6 $2 (6... b6 {
Shirov-Kasparov Linares 1994}) 7. c3 Ne5 8. d4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 cxd4 (9... Bg7 10.
e5 $16) 10. cxd4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. e5 $16 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nh6 14. h3 Nf5 15. Rad1
Qb6 (15... Qa5 $5) 16. Nd5 Qa5 17. b4 {OK, I can resign here, but if you want
to continue, you might as well take the P.} Qxa2 18. Rd2 (18. g4 Be6 (18... Nh4
19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Qg3) 19. Nc3 Nh4 20. Qg3 $18) 18... Qa4 19. g4 e6 20. gxf5 (
20. Nf6+ $1 {This would have been curtains.} Bxf6 21. exf6 Nxd4 (21... Nh4 22.
Qg3 (22. Qe3 Qxb4 23. Bg3 Qxd2 $1) 22... g5 23. Bxg5 Ng6 24. h4 $18) 22. Rxd4
e5 23. Bh6 $1 (23. Rxd6 Qxb4) (23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qe3 Qc6 $1) 23... exd4 24.
Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qf4 Be6 26. Rxe6 $1 $18) 20... exd5 21. f6 Bh8 22. Qxd5 $2 (22.
Qc3 $18) 22... Qxb4 23. e6 {Having said "A"...} Bxe6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+
Rf7 26. Bc4 Raf8 27. Bh6 (27. Re2 $1 Bxf6 28. Bxd6 Qb1+ 29. Re1 (29. Kg2 Kg7
$17) 29... Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. d5 {The same
position as in the game, but without Black's b-P!}) (27. Bxd6 Qxd2 28. Bxf8
Qg5+ {and Qf6}) 27... Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Bxf7
Kxf7 32. Rc2 Kxf6 $1 33. Rc7 b5 34. Kf3 (34. Rxh7 $4 Bg7) 34... Ke6 35. Rxh7
Bxd4 36. Rb7 Bc5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rb8 Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kh5 40. Kf4 Bxf2 41. Rh8+ Kg6
42. h5+ Kg7 43. Rb8 Bd4 44. Kxf5 Kh6 {Here I thought that I had escaped, but
there are still a few obstacles.} 45. Kg4 Bc5 46. Re8 b4 47. Re6+ Kh7 48. h6 b3
49. Kh5 d5 50. Rc6 b2 51. Rc7+ Kh8 52. Rb7 Bd4 $1 53. Rb8+ (53. Kg6 Be5 54. Kf5
Bc3 55. Kg6 $10) (53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. Rb7+ Kg8 (54... Kh8 $10) 55. h7+ Kf8 56. Kg6
a5 57. Kf5 a4 58. Ke6 Bh8 59. Rb8+ Kg7 60. Rxb2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.09.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Nd7 7. e3 Bc5 8. exd4
Nxd4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Nxb3 $2 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 {c6=}) 11. axb3 c6
12. Bd2 Nf6 $2 {Black doesn't get anything for the pawn. He should have just
accepted a passive position.} (12... Re8 13. Bc3 {Re1}) 13. Nxe5 Bd4 14. Bc3
Bf5 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Qf4 Rfd8 18. b4 $1 {Tempting Black to take
back the P.} Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qxd3 20. Rg5 Ne8 21. Qe5 Kf8 22. Rxg7 $1 Nxg7 23.
Qxg7+ Ke8 24. Re1 $1 {I don't see a defence for Black here.} Qg6 25. Qe5 {
Once White gets his K to h2, he can bring the R to the attack.} Kf8 26. b5 $1
Rac8 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. h4 Re8 29. Kh2 {Preparing Re4 etc. Black is helpless.}
f6 30. Qd6+ Kf7 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qd7+ Re7 33. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.09.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2
Ne5 15. O-O e6 (15... g4 $1 {Anand} 16. f4 Nc4) 16. b3 Ng6 17. Rad1 g4 18. f4
h4 19. Nde2 h3 20. g3 {I hope you will forgive my digression; now we come on
to the main theme of this article: the far-advance of the rook's pawn. This
and the following game caught my eye, well, I was commentating live on both of
them, so they couldn't fail to.  The variation Kasparov has played has grown
in reputation over the last few years. The kingside pawns are flung up the
board introducing a variety of dynamic possibilities. Here Kasparov has
managed to advance his h-pawn all the way to h3 making life extremely awkward
for White. With no light-squared bishop to cover g2, there will always be a
threat of mate looming against the king should the position open. Moreover, as
both the e and f pawns have advanced, the king has no cover along the second
rank.} Rc8 21. e5 {Shutting out the bishop on g7 as 21...dxe5 22 Ne4 gives
White some chances. However, even after} d5 {White is not out of danger, even
though the position has closed.} 22. Nd4 O-O 23. Qd3 f5 $1 {Securing the
structure. White cannot contemplate 24 exf6 Qxf6 as the position begins to
open, and once again the king on g1 is in a shaky position.} 24. Nce2 Rf7 {
During the game, I thought I was better, but White should just keep the
position closed.} 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. c3 Ne7 27. Rfd1 Nc6 28. c4 {Opening the
position is a mistake, though the alternative was just to sit there and allow
Black to build up pressure on the queenside. It is difficult to criticise
moves in a speed game. Anand was obviously trying to blast his way through to
the weak-point on e6, but the plan rebounds.} dxc4 29. Rxc4 Qe8 30. Qd2 b5 31.
Rcc1 Nb4 32. Nc3 Rc7 $1 33. a3 Qa8 $1 {Precisely why the position should have
remained closed.} 34. Be3 Nd3 35. Rc2 b4 (35... Nc5 {Anand} 36. b4) 36. Na2 Nc5
37. Qe2 (37. axb4 {Anand} Ne4 38. Qe2 $14) 37... bxa3 38. b4 Ba4 39. bxc5 Bxc2
40. Nxc2 Bxc5 41. Bxc5 Rxc5 42. Ne1 Rb5 43. Qc4 Rb2 44. Qxe6 Qa7+ 45. Kh1 Rxh2+
46. Kxh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qxd1 {There's no perpetual.}
50. Kf1 (50. Qg6+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Ke7 52. Qg5+ Kd7) 50... Qd7 51. Qxa6 h2 52. Qg6+
Rg7 53. Qh5 Rh7 54. Qg6+ Qg7 55. Qe8+ {time.  The h-pawn played a starring
role in the game and is due to be crowned for its hard work, but Anand lost on
time first.} 0-1

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.09.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {Laugh if you will, but I couldn't think of
anything else.} 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 {Here Garry thought long and hard,
but eventually decided that wimping out was not what was expected of him.} 7.
Be3 Ng4 {Before he changed his mind about dxe5!} 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. O-O
f5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. exf5 $1 (13. d5 Ne7 14. exf5 gxf5) 13... Bxf5
14. d5 Ne7 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Nf5 19. Nxf5+ Bxf5 20.
g4 $1 Bd7 21. g5 (21. Qd4 h6 22. Rf2 Qe7 23. Raf1 Rae8) 21... Ng4 22. Qxf8+ (
22. Qd4+ $2 Ne5) 22... Qxf8 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Nb5 Rf4 26. Nxc7
Rxc4 27. Ne8+ Kf8 28. Nf6 (28. Nxd6 Rc2 29. b3) 28... Bf5 29. Re1 Rc2 30. Re8+
Kf7 31. Rh8 Rxb2 32. Rxh7+ Kf8 33. h4 a5 $15 {Somehow Black has gotten an
advantage, but his next move is a big mistake.} 34. h5 $2 {I saw h5-h6 coming
and decided to snap it off. Now Black's K can escape from checks via g6. No
amount of description can do justice to the faces he pulled now! You have to
see the video!} gxh5 35. Nd7+ Bxd7 {The R ending is a cinch.} 36. Rxd7 Rxa2 37.
Rxd6 (37. Rxb7 Rd2 38. Rb5 a4 39. Ra5 Kg7 $19) 37... Rd2 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. d6 b5
40. Kf1 a4 41. Ke1 Rd5 42. d7 b4 43. Rb8 Rxd7 44. Rxb4 Ra7 0-1

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.09.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 e4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc2 d6 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. f3 Nc5 14. e4 Na5
15. Qe2 f5 16. Ba3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rad8 18. Rf1 Nc6 19. Rae1 b6 20. Bc1 Ne5 21.
Nf5 Qe6 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Qh5 Qg6 24. Qh4 Be6 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Bxc4 27. Rf5
Re8 28. Bg5 Be6 29. Rff1 Bc4 30. Rf5 Be6 31. Ref1 $2 h6 32. Be3 Bxf5 33. exf5
Qg4 34. Bd5+ Kh7 35. Qxg4 Nxg4 36. Bd4 Nf6 37. Bf3 Nd3 38. h4 Ne5 39. Bd1 c5
40. Be3 Nd5 41. Bd2 Nc4 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Bxe1 Nde3 44. Be2 d5 45. Kf2 Nxf5 46.
Bd3 g6 47. h5 Ne5 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Bc2 h5 50. Ke2 Kf6 51. Bf2 d4 $2 52. Bxf5
Kxf5 53. cxd4 cxd4 54. Bxd4 {Suddenly I realized that I had made things more
complicated.} Nc6 55. Bf2 Ke4 56. a4 $1 Nd4+ 57. Kd2 Nf5 $6 (57... a6 $1) 58.
Ke2 Nd6 $2 59. a5 $1 bxa5 60. Bxa7 $10 a4 61. Bc5 Nf5 62. Kf2 Kd3 63. Kf3 Nd4+
64. Kg2 Ke4 65. Kh3 Ne6 66. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.09.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{King: This was the second blitz game in the play-off of the final of the PCA
quickplay in Geneva (the first was drawn). Anand was convinced that the
opening variation was better for White so repeated it. However, he was less
thrilled to find himself with exactly the same pawn structure on the kingside
as before. Once again, Kasparov had a superb position.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2
h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O g4 $1 {His
improvement over the 1st game.} 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Rc8 $1 18. b3 Na3 19. Nd5 e6
20. Nb4 Qa5 21. Qe1 h4 $1 {A very nice demonstration of power play - Black
could probably already try to win something on the kingside, but tries to
squeeze the maximum out of the position.} 22. Be3 h3 23. g3 Nb5 24. Rd1 Nc3 25.
Nd3 Qc7 26. Rc1 Nxe4 $19 27. f5 e5 28. f6 {What else can I do?} Nxf6 29. Nf5
Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qc6 31. Qe2 Qe4 32. Rf2 Nd5 33. Re1 {With one last hope.} Qxe3 $4
{Well, this more than compensates me for the missed win in game 3!} 34. Qxg4 $1
$16 {The face pulling he did now rivalled anything he has ever done!} O-O 35.
Rxe3 Nxe3 36. Qxh3 {King: Anand said afterwards that he thought 36 Qd7 might
have been stronger, but after his experience with this opening in speed game 1,
he had learned his lesson: the pawn on h3 just had to go. A sound practical
decision, and germane to this discussion.   A rook's pawn nested on the sixth
rank can create all kinds of difficulties. Here, it helps to set up a mating
net, but even without queens, such a pawn is a thorn in the side, as we shall
see.} Nxc2 37. Qd7 Nd4 $2 (37... e4 38. Nf4 Bd4) 38. Qxb7 a5 39. Kg2 Rc3 40.
Nb2 Nc2 41. Nc4 d5 42. Nd6 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 f5 44. Qd7 f4 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Nf7 Rxf7
47. Qxf7 Rc6 48. gxf4 Rf6 49. Qc7 e4 50. f5 d4 51. Qe7 Rh6+ 52. Kg3 Nd1 53. Rf4
e3 54. Rg4 {And I won my first Grand Prix since April 1994!} 1-0

[Event "WDR Match TV g/60"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rd1 b5 19. Qb3 a5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Qc2 Na6 22. a3 b4 23. Rc6 Rc7 24. Nd4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Rfc8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qe2
Qc4 28. Qf3 Nc7 29. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Shamkovich Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rd3 ({
More popular is 12.e5. For instance:} 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 {
and Black has a sufficient compensation for the exchange, Ljubojevic,L-Leko,P/
It Belgrade 1995}) 12... Rad8 13. e5 {N/} (13. Bxf6 $5 {does not promise much}
Bxf6 14. Qe3 Bc6 15. Bb3 Rc8 {Black is Okay}) 13... dxe5 (13... d5 $2 {Dolmatov
} 14. exf6 Bc5 15. Qe5 $18) 14. Qxe5 Qb4 (14... Qb6 {Dolmatov} 15. Rg3 Kh8 16.
Ne4 $16) 15. Rg3 Kh8 ({Or} 15... Qxc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxf6 g6 {with
satisfactory position} (17... g6 {Dolmatov} 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Rgd3 $18)) 16. Bd3
(16. Ne4 $6 {is a blank shot in view of} Qxc4 17. Nxf6 (17. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 18.
Nxf6 Ba4 $1 19. b3 Qd4 $1 {winning for Black}) 17... Qxa2 18. Nxd7 (18. Nd5 f6)
18... Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Rxd7+ {wins}) 16... Bc6 17. Rh3 (17. Bxh7 $2 {Dolmatov} Kxh7
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rh3+ Kg8 20. Qh5 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Qh6 $19) 17... Rfe8 (17...
Bxg2 $6 {is too risky:} 18. Bxf6 Bxh3 (18... Bxf6 $4 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rh8+
Kxh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qh7#) (18... gxf6 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rg1 {mating}) 19.
Bxg7+ Kg8 20. Bxf8 {wins}) (17... Qd4 $5 {Dolmatov} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 (18... Bxf6
$4 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Qh5+ $18) 19. Rxh7+ (19. Qh5 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1
h6 $10) 19... Kg8 20. Rh8+ Kg7 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. Qh5 f5 $13) 18. Qe2 (18. a3 $6
Qd4 (18... Qd6 19. Rg1) 19. Qxd4 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxh7+ Kg8 21. Qh5 g6 22.
Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 {means the end of attack}) 19... Rxd4 20. Ne2 Bxg2 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Nxd4 Bxh1 24. Ne2 {and now Black is better}) (18.
Rd1 Qd4 $1 {(or 18...Qd6 )} (18... Bd6 $2 {Dolmatov} 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bxf6+
Kg8 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 $1 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 $18) 19. Bxh7 $2 (19.
Qxd4 $5 Rxd4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxh7+ Kg8 22. Rh3 Rxf4 23. Rd2 {is favorable
for Black}) 19... Qxe5 20. Bd3+ Nh7 $3 {(that is the point!)} 21. Rxh7+ (21.
Bxh7 Bxg5 {wins}) 21... Kg8 22. fxe5 Bxg5+ 23. Kb1 Rxd3 {and it is all over
for White. So it is understandable that Anand decides not to take risk.}) 18...
h6 19. Rf1 Kg8 20. Bh4 Nd5 (20... Rd4 $5 {Dolmatov}) (20... Nd5 {Dolmatov} 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 d4 25. Rf2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Shamkovich Avrukh,B} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 {
12... Rb8 was tested two times in FIDE Wch match} (12... Rb8 13. Re1 (13. Bb2
b5 14. c5 e5 15. dxe5 Nxc5 16. a3 Bb7 17. b4 Na4 18. Bd4 a5 $1 {with sharp
play, Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/w-ch(13) Elista RUS 1996}) 13... b5 $5 14. c5 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxc5 16. a3 Ne6 17. b4 d4 18. Bb2 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. e3 dxe3
22. Rxe3 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 {play is even, Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/w-ch (3) Elista RUS
1996}) (12... Nf6 {Here is another recent Karpov's game:} 13. Re1 c5 14. e4
cxd4 15. Bxd4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bc5 {Black has a
comfortable play, Van Wely,L-Karpov,A/Final Playoff, Cap D'Agde FRA 1996}) 13.
e4 b5 {In game 16 of the match in Elista, Karpov played Black and tried} (13...
c5 $6 {but after} 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 $1 cxb3 17. Re1 $1 Bb5 18.
axb3 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxa7 Bf6 21. Nc4 Bxc3 22. Rxd7 Qf6 23. Re4 {
Kamsky managed to get a dangerous initiative, Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/w-ch (16)
Elista RUS 1996}) 14. Re1 dxc4 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa4 {Another line is 16Qc2.
(Avrukh.B.)} Bb5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nf1 (20. Re3 c5 21. d5
exd5 22. exd5 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Qe8 24. e4 Rd8 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Re1 f6 27. Bxe5 fxe5
28. Bh3 Kh8 29. Be6 Qg6 {0.5 Grabliauskas-Stohl 1996.(Avrukh.B.)}) (20. Qa2 c5
21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nb6 24. Ba5 Qd7 {0,5 Dautov-Hrachek 1995.
(Avrukh.B.)}) 20... Qb6 {New move according my database.(Avrukh.B.)} (20... Qc7
21. Ne3 e5 22. Bf1 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bb4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qe5 26. Qc2 Nb6 27.
a5 Na8 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 $14 {Komarov-Psakhis 1996 (Avrukh.B.)}) 21. Rb1 (
21. a5 $2 Qb3 22. Qxb3 (22. Qd2 Rb8 $17) 22... cxb3 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Nd2 b2 $1
25. Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Bxb2 Bb4 $17 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 21... Qc7 22. Ne3 Rb8 (22... e5
23. Bf1 (23. dxe5 Nc5 (23... Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 (24... Qxe5 25. Nxc4 Qe6 $10)
25. Bf1 Rce8 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 R5e6 $10) 24. Red1 Nd3 25. e6 $6 (25. Ba1
Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Nxc4 (27. Bf1 $2 Rce8) 27... Rc5 28. Bf1 {With idea
29Qa2, with equal chances.}) 25... Rxe6 $1 26. Bh3 Rxe4 $36) 23... exd4 24.
Bxd4 Rcd8 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nc5 27. Bc3 Qc8 $10 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 23. Bf1
Rxb1 (23... c5 24. d5 $14 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Bxc4 (25. Rd1 c5 (
25... e5 26. Bxc4 (26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Qe6 $10)
26... Bxc4 27. Nxc4 exd4 28. Bxd4 Bc5 $10) 26. d5 exd5 27. exd5 (27. Rxd5 Bb7
28. Rd1 Ne5 29. Bxc4 (29. Nxc4 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Re8 $1 $40) 29... Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Rd8
$10) (27. Nxd5 $6 Qc6 28. Ba1 Nb6 29. a5 (29. Nxb6 $2 axb6 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31.
Qxc4 Ra8 $17) 29... Nxd5 30. exd5 Qc7 $15) 27... Ne5 28. Qe4 Nd3 29. Nxc4 Bxc4
30. Qxc4 (30. Bxd3 Bxd3 $10) 30... Nb2 $1 $10 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 25... Rxb1+ 26.
Qxb1 {After Rooks are gone, the position became drawish} Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Qc8 $1
$10 {(Avrukh.B.)} 28. Bd2 Qa6 29. Qc2 Nf6 (29... c5 30. Be3 (30. d5 exd5 31.
exd5 Nf6 32. Ne3 Qe2 $1 $15) 30... cxd4 31. Bxd4 Qc6 $10 {With idea.} 32. Bxa7
$2 Ne5 33. Ne3 Qb7 $1 $17 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 30. f3 c5 31. Be3 cxd4 32. Bxd4 Nd7
33. Kg2 h6 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Qb7 36. Bd4 a6 37. Qc4 h5 38. h3 g6 39. Be5
Bg7 40. Qc7 Qxc7 41. Bxc7 f5 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Ba5 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I played this game on my birthday. There had been only one decisive game in
the first two rounds (Topalov-Kasparov), but I knew from experience (Wijk aan
Zee 1996) that things can heat up very quickly! Even so, this was the only
decisive game of the 3rd round.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik Kramnik Dolmatov Shamkovich} e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {Ivanchuk had played this move
twice this year (against Kamsky and Short). Basically Black retains the option
of transposing into the Archangelsk or even 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 but avoids
certain unpleasant lines arising from those move orders. [More common is Bc5
without 3...a6 4.Ba4]} 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 $5 {8.Qe2 is usually
played here. (ECO C78/2)} Be7 (8... Qh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 9. g3) 9. Rxe4 (9. dxe5 {
Kramnik} Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxa4 11. Nxa4 b5 (11... O-O {Ftacnik} 12. Bf4 f6 13. Qd5+
Kh8 14. Rad1 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bh4 $1 $10 16. Bg3 d6 17. Bxh4 Qxh4 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19.
Rxd4 {Geller,E-Izeta,F/Palma GMA-op (1)/1989/0.5 (19)}) 12. Nc3 Bb7 $10) 9...
Ng6 10. c4 (10. h4 $6 {Ftacnik} b5 11. Bb3 d5 $1 12. Re1 Nxh4 13. Bg5 Ng6 14.
Nc3 Be6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qf3 O-O $17 {Sahu-Flear,G/London/1987/}) 10... O-O
11. Nc3 d6 (11... c6 {/\ b5} 12. d5 $14) (11... f5 $5 {Kramnik} 12. Re2 f4 13.
f3 d6 {and White is better (ECO)] It is interesting that, in ECO, there is no
reference to 13... d6} (13... d6 {Ftacnik} 14. Bc2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qd3
Qd7 17. Nd5 Raf8 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bc3 d5 21. c5 g5 {Kashdan,
I-Milner Barry,P/London (01)/1932/1-0 (65)})) 12. Nd5 (12. Qh5 {Ftacnik} c6 13.
Bc2 f5 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Ne2 Nh4 16. Nf4 Bxd4 17. g3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6
Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Bf4 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Bc3 23. Re3 Bb4 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6
f4 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Fernandez Garcia,J/Ibercaja op (07)/1994/ (39)}) (12. Re1
$5 {Ftacnik}) 12... Bh4 {I hadn't realized that this was possible. 13.g3 is
simply met by 13...c6. I didn't want to concede an insipid draw on my birthday
and after a long think conjured up... Intending to keep the pare of Bishops.
After 12...Bf5 13.Nxe7+ (or 13.Re1 c6 14.Nxe7+)13... Nxe7 14.Re1 c6 White has
just slight advantage} 13. Qh5 $1 {Quite a dangerous move. With hindsight it
even seems sound, but at the time I didn't know if I would ever get my
exchange back! 13.g3 c6 14.Nf4 Nxf4 15.Bxf4 Bf6 16.Re1 Bg5 17.Qd2 Bxf4 18.Qxf4
Be6 19.Bb3 Qd7 20.Re3 Smirin-Izeta, Las Palmas 1993} (13. g3 {Kramnik Dolmatov}
c6 14. Nf4 (14. Nc3 $2 Bf6 $15) 14... Nxf4 (14... Bg5 $10) 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Re1
Bg5 (16... b5 $5) 17. Qd2 Bxf4 (17... h6 18. h4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4) 18. Qxf4 Be6 19.
Bb3 Qd7 20. Re3 $14 {Smirin,I-Izeta,F/Las Palmas/1993/} (20. Re3 $1 {Ftacnik}
Rae8 21. Rae1 f6 22. h4 $14 {1-0 Smirin,I-Izeta,F/Las Palmas3 (02)/1993/ (44)})
) 13... c6 {Ivanchuk seemed surprised - I don't think he believed the exchange
sacrifice. [#] [Ivanchuk overlooked or underestimated the next combination;
better was 13...Be6 +=]} (13... Be6 $5 14. Nf4 $2 (14. Bd2 {Fritz} c6 15. Ba5
Qg5 16. Qxg5 Bxg5 17. Nc7) 14... Bxc4 15. Nxg6 Bxf2+ $1) 14. Rxh4 $1 {Having
said 'A'... Otherwise Black is just better. Anand said that he realized that
without this sacrifice he would have no advantage.} (14. Nc3 {Ftacnik} b5 15.
Bc2 f5 16. Re2 bxc4 $15) 14... Qxh4 (14... Nxh4 $2 15. Bg5 f6 (15... Qa5 16.
Ne7+ Kh8 17. Bc2 h6 (17... Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxg6+) (17... Nf5 18. Nxf5
Bxf5 19. Bf6 $1 $18) 18. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 19. Bf6#) 16. Bxh4 $1 cxd5 ({Or} 16...
g6 17. Qf3 cxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kg7 19. Bg3 {and White is much better}) 17. Qxd5+ (
17. Bc2 $1 {Kramnik} g6 (17... h6 $2 {is insufficient in view of} 18. Qg6 Rf7
19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. cxd5 $1 {with a strong attack}) 18. Qxd5+ Kg7 19. Bg3 {
and Black has no counterplay, while d6-pawn is a goner.}) 17... Kh8 18. Bg3 $16
) 15. Qxh4 Nxh4 16. Nb6 Rb8 (16... Bf5 {Black can still bail out this way, but
the ^^s give White a slight edge.}) ({Better was} 16... Bf5 $5 {Kramnik} 17.
Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Bf4 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bg3 Ng6 21. Bb3 Rd8 22. Rc1 {White has
a significant advantage, but Black still can hold}) (16... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 17.
Bf4 Nf5 18. d5 a5 $15) 17. Bf4 Nf5 (17... Rd8 $2 18. Bg5) 18. d5 $1 (18. Re1 $2
Nxd4 19. Bxd6 Be6 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 $15) (18. g4 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 19. Bxd6 Bxg4
$17) 18... Re8 (18... cxd5 19. cxd5 Rd8 20. Re1 Kf8 21. h3 Ne7 22. g4 $1 {
And Black still has to find a way to untangle.}) (18... Rd8 $5 {Kramnik
Dolmatov} 19. Re1 f6 20. g4 (20. c5 g5 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. cxd6 Bf5) 20... Nd4)
19. Kf1 $1 (19. h3 h5 $1 (19... Re5 20. Rd1 $16) (19... Re2 20. g4 Rxb2 21. Bb3
Nd4 22. Bxd6 Nxb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. c5 $1 $16) 20. Kf1 Re4 $1) (19. f3 $2 {
This stops Re4 and threatens g2-g4, but there is another problem!} Re2 $1 20.
g4 Nd4 21. Kf1 Rxb2 22. Bxd6 Nxf3 23. Bxb8 Bxg4 {And there is no defence to
mate!}) (19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Re2 $1 $15 (20... Re2 {Ftacnik} 21. c5 Rxb2 22.
Be4 Be6 $17)) (19. c5 {Ftacnik} Re4 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. cxd6 Bf5 $15) 19... h6 $2
{Now Black gets in serious trouble.} (19... f6 $5) (19... h5 $5 20. Re1 {
Much more risky} (20. dxc6 {Of course, White can always bail out this way.}
bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxb6 $1 (21... Re7 22. Nd5 $44) (21... Rd8 22. c5 $1) 22. Bxe8
Rxb2 {Black should be fine here.}) (20. Rd1 Re4 $1 {Now this is very
unpleasant.}) (20. f3 {Ftacnik} Rd8 $15) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 f6) (19... Re4 $2
20. Re1 $1 $16 (20. Re1 {Ftacnik} Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 h5 22. Bc2 g6 23. Kd2 $13) (
20. g3 Nh4 21. Bxd6 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rbe8 $19) (20. Bd2 Nd4 21. Bc3
Bf5 22. f3 Rf4 23. Re1 Kf8 $17)) 20. h3 $1 {Now Black is in big trouble.} (20.
g4 {Ftacnik} Re4) 20... Re4 (20... Rd8 21. g4 Nh4 22. c5 $16) (20... g5 {
Kramnik Dolmatov} 21. Bh2 Rd8 22. Re1 cxd5 23. cxd5 $44) 21. Bh2 cxd5 (21... h5
{Ftacnik} 22. Bc2 cxd5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. g4 $18) 22. g4 $1 {With the strong
threat of Bc2 [#]} Rxc4 {Material losses are unavoidable, yet Black could have
tried 22...dxc4 23.Bc2 (23.gxf5 Bxf5) 23...Rd4 or 22...h5. These lines are
less clear} (22... dxc4 {Kramnik Dolmatov} 23. Bc2 $1 $16 (23. gxf5 $2 Bxf5 24.
Bc2 Bxh3+ $17) 23... Re3 24. gxf5 Rxh3 25. Kg2 $18) (22... h5 {Ftacnik} 23. Bc2
hxg4 24. Bxe4 g3 (24... dxe4 25. hxg4 $18) 25. fxg3 dxe4 26. g4 Ne3+ 27. Ke2
Nc2 28. Rc1 Nb4 29. Bxd6 $18) 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Re1 $1 {This intermezzo does
the trick. White succeeds in exchanging rooks. Gaining the tempo, as 24...Nd4
fails to 25.Bxd6 Ra8 26.Re8+ Kh7 27.Bd7 wins ; if 24...b5 25.Re8+ Kh7 26. Bc2
wins} (24. Rd1 Be6 $1 (24... b5 25. Bc2 Nh4 26. Bxd6 {/\ Bg3+/-}) 25. gxf5 Bxf5
) 24... Be6 (24... Nd4 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Bxd6 Ra8 27. Be5 (27. Bd7 {Ftacnik}
Bxd7 28. Rxa8 $16) 27... b5 (27... Nc6 28. Bc2+ f5 29. f4 $1 $18) 28. Bd1 Nc6
29. Bc2+ f5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxf5+ g6 32. Bxc8 Nxe5 33. Bxa6 b4 34. Ke2 $18) (
24... f6 {Ftacnik} 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxd6 Bxh3+ 27. Kg1 $16) 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26.
Bxd6 Bxh3+ 27. Kg1 Rd8 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Bxe8 {[#] Black has three pawns for
the piece, but the pare of White's Bishops decides the matter} Be6 (29... b5 {
Ftacnik} 30. Kh2 Be6 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 $16) 30. a4 $1 g5 (30... h5 {Kramnik
Dolmatov} 31. Kg2 h4 32. a5 h3+ 33. Kg3 Kh7 34. Ba4 Kg6 35. Bc2+ $18) 31. a5
Kg7 32. Ba4 (32. Kh2 {Ftacnik} h5 33. Be7 Kg6 $14) 32... Kg6 33. Bd1 $1 {
[E 34.Bf3]} (33. Bc2+ Bf5 34. Bd1 Be4 (34... Be4 {Kramnik} 35. Be2 Bd5)) 33...
Bd5 (33... h5 {Ftacnik} 34. Bf3 Bc8 35. Bd5 $16) 34. Bc2+ $1 Kf6 (34... Kh5 {
Ftacnik} 35. Bf5 $16) 35. Bc7 {Stopping h5} Ke6 (35... g4 {Ftacnik} 36. Kh2 Kg5
37. Kg3 f5 38. Bd8+ Kg6 39. Kf4 $18) 36. Bh7 {Stopping f7-f5.} Bf3 (36... f5 $2
{Ftacnik} 37. Bg8+ $18) 37. Kh2 Kd5 38. Bc2 (38. Kg3 Be4 {Why bother with this
ending?}) 38... Be4 39. Bd1 {Of course, White should not trade the Bishop} (39.
Bxe4+ {Ftacnik} Kxe4 40. Kg3 h5 41. Bd8 Kf5 $13) 39... Kd4 40. Be2 Bd3 (40...
c3 $2 {Ftacnik} 41. Bb6+ Kd5 42. bxc3 $18) 41. Bb6+ $1 Kd5 (41... Ke4 {Kramnik
Dolmatov} 42. Bh5 f5 43. Kg3 (43. Bc5 {Ftacnik xh6}) 43... g4 44. f3+) 42. Bd1
f5 43. Kg3 {Now White's plan is to transfer Bishop from b6 to f8} Ke5 44. Bc5
Kf6 45. Bh5 (45. Bf8 {Ftacnik} Kg6) 45... f4+ (45... Kg7 46. Bd4+ Kh7 47. Bf7 {
/\ Bd5}) 46. Kh2 {Black cannot stop both Bf8 and Bf3. Certainly one of my best
games and a nice way to celebrate my birthday.} (46. Kh2 {Ftacnik} Kf5 47. f3
Kf6 48. Bf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov Shamkovich} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
The Najdorf variation is the most popular opening system at the present time.
Both opponents play it with White and Black} 6. Be2 {The classical line, which
is more quiet than aggressive ones 6.Bg5 and 6.Bc4} e5 {The alternative 6...e6
leads to the Sheveningen formation} 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 {Alternatives
are 9.a4 and 9.Be3} b5 (9... Nc6 10. f4 a5 (10... exf4 {Dolmatov} 11. Bxf4 Be6)
11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Qb6 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5
$1 {with strong attack, Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/VSB Amsterdam NED 1996}) (9... Be6
10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 {and Black's position is satisfactory,
Glek,I-Svidler,P/ch-RUS Elista 1995}) 10. a4 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3
Be6 13. Qd2 Rd7 {is unclear (Sznapik-Bukic, Lubliana 81, Informator 32/349)})
10... Bb7 (10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxe4 $4 12. Bf3 {wins}) 11. Nd5 {After 11.ab ab 12.
Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Qd3 Nbd7 (Vogt-Suetin, Leipzig 1980) the game is even. Kasparov
choses the new line with the pawn sacrifice.} ({After solid} 11. f3 b4 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 {the posision is practically even, Krylov,S-Baburin,A/32nd
Chess Olympiad Yerevan ARM 1996}) 11... bxa4 {The original idea. Black is
trying to keep an extra pawn, but at cost of some undevelopment. Alternatives
are:} (11... Nxd5 $6 12. exd5 b4 13. a5 {and White has a significant advantage.
}) (11... Nxe4 $5 12. axb5 (12. Bf3 {Dolmatov} f5 13. Na5 Qxa5 14. Nxe7+ Kh8
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd6 $16) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Bxb5 {
White's position is preferable}) (11... Nbd7 12. axb5 (12. Nxe7+ {Dolmatov}
Qxe7 13. f3 bxa4 14. Na5 Nc5 15. Nxb7 $16) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. f3 {White is better, Ivanchuk,V-Malisauskas,V/Keres Rapid 1996}) 12.
Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 (13. Rc4 $2 {Dolmatov} Bb5 14. Rb4 Nc6) 13... Nxe4 {[#] Is
there a sufficient compensation for a pawn? Kasparov continues to play
positionally, posessing control over key square d5} 14. Na5 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6
16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Rh3 {Combining play on two sides. The threat is 18.Qd3} g6 18.
Qd2 {Threatening the simple 19.Qh6} Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bd5 (20. g4 {Timman}
Qc8 (20... Nh4 21. g5 $18) (20... d5 $5 21. gxf5 dxc4 22. Qh6 Qd5+ 23. f3 Rfd8
$13) 21. Bd5 $1 (21. Rc3 Qb7+ 22. Bd5 Qb5) 21... Nh4 22. Rg1 $3 {[#]} (22. Bxa8
{Dolmatov} Qxa8+ 23. f3 e4) 22... g5 23. Rxh4 gxh4 24. g5 Bg7 25. g6 $1 hxg6 (
25... Qf5 26. gxf7+ Kh8 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 (27... e4 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxa8 30.
Bxd6 h6 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. f8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Bxf8+ Kxf8 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kh3 {wins})
28. Qd5 Rf8 29. Bh6 $1 {Fritz and Black has no defense}) (25... Ra7 26. gxh7+
Kh8 (26... Kxh7 27. Qg5 $18) 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kxh7 30. Be4+
Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qh7#) 26. Rxg6 Qh3 27. Rg1 $1 Kh8 (27... e4
28. Bxe4 f5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qh6#) 28. Qg5) 20... h5 {The only
way to hold the position is to sacrifice an exhcange} (20... Rc8 {Dolmatov} 21.
g4 $18) 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. c3 Qb7 24. Qd3 (24. Rd1 $5 {Dolmatov} d5
$2 (24... Rc5 25. b4 Rc6) 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Rxd8+) 24... Rc6 25.
Rd1 {It is strange that Kasparov overlooked 25.Ra5 Ne7 26.f4, which was much
better} (25. b4 {Dolmatov} Ne7 26. Be3 d5 27. Bc5 e4 $16) 25... d5 {Now Black
has full compensation for the exchange. The point is that if 26.Qxd5 Rd6!,
winning.} 26. Ra5 (26. Qxd5 $4 {Dolmatov} Rd6 $17) 26... d4 27. cxd4 exd4 (
27... Nxd4 {Dolmatov} 28. Be3 Qxb2 (28... Nf5 29. Bc5 $16) 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30.
Qxa6 Ne6) 28. b4 Nh4 29. f3 Qxb4 {[Black has a pawn for the exchange, his
pieces are centralized. The game is practically even, yet Kasparov is trying
to break through.} (29... Nf5 {Dolmatov} 30. Bd2 Nd6 31. Rc1 Rb6 32. Rac5 Nb5)
30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Bg7 32. Qd3 Nf5 33. Bf4 Qb2 (33... Bf6 {Dolmatov} 34.
Rb1 Qa5) 34. g3 Kh7 35. Rd2 Qb7 36. Qe4 Qb5 (36... Qxe4 $5 {Dolmatov} 37. fxe4
Ne3 38. Bxe3 dxe3 39. Re2 Bh6) 37. Qd3 Qb7 38. Qe4 Qb5 39. Kg1 Qa5 40. Qd3 Ne7
41. Rd1 Nd5 (41... Nf5 {Dolmatov} 42. Kg2 Qa2+ 43. Rd2 Qd5 44. h3) 42. Bd2 Qa7
43. Re1 Qd7 44. Kg2 Qa7 45. Kg1 Qa2 46. Re2 Qa1+ 47. Re1 Qa4 48. Rc1 Nc3 49. g4
{The last try} Qa5 50. Re1 Qc5 51. h3 Bf6 52. f4 h4 (52... hxg4 {Dolmatov} 53.
hxg4) 53. Qf3 Qb5 54. g5 Bg7 55. Re7 (55. Qg4 Kg8 56. Qxh4 Ne2+ 57. Kh2 d3 {
and Black is no worse}) 55... Qb1+ 56. Qf1 Qf5 57. Qe1 Qxh3 58. Rxf7 Qg4+ 59.
Kh2 h3 (59... Ne2 {Dolmatov} 60. Qf2) 60. Qf1 Ne4 61. Be1 d3 62. Qxh3+ Qxh3+
63. Kxh3 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Shamkovich,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 {This quiet
system has a drawish reputation.} 7. Nc3 (7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. Nc3 b5 10.
Bb3 Na5 11. Qe1 c5 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 f5 14. a3 Bd7 15. Kh1 Nb7 {Black is
no worse, Illescas Cordoba,M-Malaniuk,V/32nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan ARM 1996})
(7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 Bb6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Nf1 h6 13. a4 {
White is slightly better, Hartman,C-Martinovsky,E/It, Wrexham WAL 1996}) 7...
b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. Kh1 c6 10. h3 Ra7 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 {The only chance to
break through} Nxb3 13. axb3 Re8 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. Be3
Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd7 19. Rf2 f6 20. Nh4 Ne6 21. Nf5 Nd4 {The chances are equal}
22. Qg3 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 c5 24. Rf2 Bb7 25. Raf1 Rf7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qxd5
28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik Stohl Psakhis Dolmatov Yudasin,L} Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2
e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 {Psakhis Very fashionable variation, mostly
because of Kramnik,s efforts. This move is known for quite some time, but has
been considered rather tame. However, lately in Kramnik's hands it became a
mighty weapon and of course others followed his example.} ({It's also rather
logical White looks for other means to gain an opening advantage, as the
mainline Queen's Indian (E18-19) after} 7. d4 {Stohl} Ne4 {currently has a
reputation of drawish sterility.}) 7... d5 {As the game started formally as a
Queen's Indian, Black is already devoid of an important possibility to
transpose into Hedgehog pawn structures.} (7... Ne4 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 {
Kramnik,V-Yudasin,L/Erevan olm/1996/}) ({For example, after} 7... c5 {Stohl} 8.
e4 d6 (8... Nc6 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. b3 a6 13. Ba3 $1 {
is rather passive for Black. White gradually builds up his position with moves
like} Z0 14. Rad1 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6] -d2,Red1,Qe3,h3,f4,Kh2,Bb4,a4 etc. and puts
Black d6 and b6 pawns under heavy pressure.}) 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {the threat}
Z0 11. e5 {makes it difficult for Black to end his development harmoniously
and achieve the desired pawn structre. For this he would need 2 moves (a6,Qc7).
}) 8. cxd5 {An important theoretical junction in the opening. By the way Black
recaptures on d5 he decides the strategic picture of the whole game.} Nxd5 (
8... exd5 9. d4 {leads to an altogether different type of position. Black
wants to have more influence in the center and for this he is willing to play
with hanging pawns c5,d5 or even with an isolated Pd5. Practice indicates this
is probably better, than giving White a pawn center.} c5 {E15} (9... c5 {Stohl}
10. Bf4 Na6 {Ljubojevic,L (2615)-Karpov,A (2690) Moscow EUchT (2) 1977 0-1
When 7.Re1 first appeared on top level, this was due to Karpov considered the
best method against it. But of course Ljubojevic's 11-th move is rather
artificial and better methods have been found in the past 20 years.} 11. dxc5
Nxc5 (11... bxc5 $6 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rf4c7,Rc4a5] /\Na5,Bc7} (13.
Qa4 Ne6 14. Red1 Qb6 15. Nd7 Nxd7 16. Qxd7 Bf6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxb2 19.
Rab1 Qxa2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bh6 Rfd8 22. Qc6 Qxe2 23. Re1 Qh5 $17 {Wyss,
T-Jurek,J/Biel Credis/1995/}) 13... Ne6 14. Be5 {and Black's pawns are under
unbearable pressure.}) 12. Rc1 (12. Nd4 Nfe4 (12... Qd7 $5 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Rc2
Rfe8 15. Nf3 Nce4 16. Ne5 Qf5 17. Nxe4 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 dxe4 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. b3
Rc8 21. Qb1 b5 22. Nd2 Bc5 23. Nf1 Ng4 24. e3 Bb4 25. Rc1 Bc3 26. b4 Ne5 27.
Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. a3 a5 $11 {Sanchez,G-Browne,W/US-op/1995/}) 13. Qc2
Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. e3 Rfc8 17. Qe2 Rc5 18. Nb3 Rc7 19. Rac1
Rac8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rd1 g6 22. Nd4 h5 23. Qf3 Ba6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Kg7
26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 a6 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. Rg1 Rc5 $11 {Gulko,B-Browne,W/San
Francisco/1995/}) 12... Nfe4 $142 $5 {A more active and better move.} (12... a6
13. a3 Re8 (13... Nfe4 $5) 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Red1 g6
18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Kf8 20. e3 Rd6 21. b4 Ne6 22. Nce2 Re7 23. a4 Nd8 24. a5
Bc6 25. Nc3 Be8 26. Bf1 bxa5 27. bxa5 Rb7 28. Ra1 $1 $16 {is a model game from
White's point of view, he went on to convert his advantage in a fine endgame-
Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Vienna/1996/}) 13. Nb5 Ne6 14. Be5 Qd7 15. Nbd4 Rac8 16.
Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Bh3 Bc5 18. a3 a5 19. e3 Re8 $132 20. Bg4 {1/2,Kramnik,V-Huebner,
R/Jerevan olm/1996/}) (9... Ne4 $5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 (12...
Nf6 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. c4 c5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bb7
19. e5 Bd8 20. d5 c4 21. d6 Qc5 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Bd5 g6 25. Qxc4
$18 {Kramnik,V-Nikolic,P/Monaco bl/1995/}) 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Bh3 Qe8 15. c4 cxd4
16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Nf5 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Bg2 Ne4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Bc8 22.
Rxd5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Nd6 24. Rd5 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Nb7 26. Rh5 {1/2,Kramnik,V-Karpov,
A/Monte Carlo bl/1996/})) 9. e4 (9. d4 {Stohl} c5 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 $5)
10. e4 {is only a transposition of moves.}) 9... Nxc3 (9... Nb4 10. d4 $14 (10.
d4 {Stohl} c5 11. d5 $1 exd5 12. exd5 $16 {/\} Nxd5 $2 13. Ne5 $18)) 10. bxc3
c5 11. d4 Nd7 {Currently tha main move. Other alternatives don't seem to give
complete equality:} (11... cxd4 {Psakhis} 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Bb2 Rc8 (13... Bf6 {
Stohl} 14. Rb1 (14. Qd2 Na5 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. h4 Qd7 18. d5 Bxb2 19.
Qxb2 exd5 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. exd5 Re7 22. Ng4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Ne3 Bc8 25.
Rc1 Nb7 26. Nc4 Qf8 27. Ne5 $36 {Cvitan,O-Hansen,L/Warszawa LEG/1990/}) 14...
Rc8 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Rb4 Qd6 20. Rh4 h6
{Ftacnik,L-Yudasin,L/Biel izt/1993/} 21. Rf4 $1 Rc7 22. Ng4 {[%cal Yg4e3,Ye3f5]
/\Ne3-f5|^}) 14. Bh3 Rc7 15. Rc1 Na5 16. Qd3 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 {1-0 Buturin,
V-Kaunas,K/Frydek-Mistek op 1996 (29)}) (11... Bf6 $5) (11... Nc6 {Stohl} 12.
d5 Na5 (12... exd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Qg4 Qc7 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Rad1
Bc8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Rde8 20. Nd3 Bf5 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Nf4 Nb7 23. h4 Bg4
24. f3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bd7 26. Qg5 f6 {1/2,Smirin,I-Makarov,M/Novosibirsk/1995/}
) 13. Bf4 exd5 14. exd5 Bd6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qh5 $5 (16. Qg4 {Ftacnik} Rad8 17.
Re3 Bc8 18. Qh5 b5 19. Rae1 Bb7 20. g4 $40 {Dokhoian,Y-Dolmatov,S/Klaipeda/
1988/}) 16... Rae8 17. Re3 f6 18. Nc4 $1 g6 19. Bxd6 Qd7 20. Bh3 f5 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Ne3 Kf7 25. Rd1 Kf6 26. Bc7 Ke7 27. Be5
Kd7 28. f4 $16 {Akhmetov,A-Totsky,L/Ekaterinburg RUS-ch sf/1996/}) 12. Bf4 (12.
h4 {More aggressive is} Nf6 13. Qd3 h6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe4 $1 Rb8 16. Qg4 (16.
Qg4 {Stohl} Kh7 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qxe6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qd5+ 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Re5 Rfd8 24. Nc6 Bf6 25. Ree1 Nxc3 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27.
Bxc3 Bxc3 28. Rad1 $18 {Akopian,V-Gulko,B/Jerevan olm/1996/})) (12. e5 cxd4 13.
cxd4 b5 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. Rd1 Bd5) (12. a4 {Stohl Less logical. White's chances
are on the other side of the board.} cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf6 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Bb2 Rc7
16. a5 bxa5 17. Re2 Rc6 18. Ne5 Rb6 19. Rc2 Qa8 20. Nc4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22.
Nxb6 axb6 23. Qb5 Nf6 24. Qxb6 Qe4 25. Qc6 Nd5 26. Qc4 Bb4 $44 {Hjartarson,
J-Rozentalis,E/Tilburg rapid20/1994/}) 12... cxd4 ({Psakhis Anand himself got
nice position with white after} 12... Nf6 13. Qd3 (13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qd3 (14. Qd2
b5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. cxd4 a5 17. Re3 Nh5 18. Rb3 b4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Nf6 21.
Bf4 Bd6 22. g4 Qc2 $36 {Mukhtarov,L-Brodsky,M/Katowice op/1992/} (22... Qc2 {
Ftacnik} 23. Bd2 Nxe4 24. Rh3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rfe8 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Rc1 Qxc1+ {
0-1 Muhtarov,L-Brodsky,M/Katowice op (01)/1992/})) (14. Re3 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b4]
/\b4<=>}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb4 (15... Nd7 $5 {Ftacnik} 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Qb1
Na4 $40) 16. Red1 (16. Rec1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qa8 $13) 16... Rc3 17. Qe2 Qa8 (
17... Qa8 18. Qb2 Ba5 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Rxc1 (20... Nh5 $6 21. Bd2 Rxc1 22.
Bxc1 Rc7 23. g4 Nf6 24. g5 Ne8 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Qd8 27. h4 $14 {Beliavsky,
A-Tiviakov,S/Belgrade/1993/}) 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 b5 {[%cal Ra5b6] /\Bb6=})
) (13. Ne5) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Nd2 (15. Re2 a5 $1) 15... Rc8 16. Rec1
Rxc1+ (16... Qd7 $5) 17. Rxc1 Qa8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Bf1 $1 $14 {
in the game 1-0 Anand,V-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee 65/34 1996 (106)} (20. Bf1 {
Stohl} Rd8 21. Qb3 Bf8 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rc2 Qb7 24. Bd3 Qe7 25. Qa4 $14 {
[%csl Gd3,Gd4,Ge3,Ge4] [+],^^,Anand,V-Tiviakov,S/Wijk/1996/})) (12... Rc8) 13.
cxd4 {/\ d5} Nf6 (13... Rc8 {Psakhis} 14. d5 (14. Qd3 Nc5) 14... exd5 15. exd5
Bf6 16. Rc1 (16. Rb1 $5 {[%csl Gd5] o^d5}) 16... Rxc1 17. Bxc1 Qa8 18. Ng5 $14
{1/2-1/2 Stangl,M-Pichler,J/BL 1996 (68)} (18. Ng5 {Stohl} h6 19. Ne4 Be5 20.
Ba3 Rd8 21. f4 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Be7 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Bd6 Qd8 26.
Be5 Qd7 $44 {Stangl,M-Pichler,J/BL/1996/})) 14. Ne5 {The position with it's
pawn strucure ressembles the Gruenfeld Indian, however there are significant
differences. Due to his B on g2 White has no realistic attacking chances on
the K-side, which also has not been weakened by g6. So White pins his hope to
his strong center. In this sense Black's next move is inaccurate.} (14. Qd3 {
Stohl leads to Anand-Tiviakov, Kramnik probably wasn't too interested what
improvement Anand had on his mind.} Rc8) 14... Bb4 (14... Rc8 {Nd7}) (14... Rc8
$142 $5 {Stohl} 15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 b5 $132) 15. Re3 Rc8 {/\ Bc3} 16. d5 $1 (16.
Bg5 Bc3) (16. Qb3 Bd2 (16... Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qc5 18. Nd3)) (16. Qa4 $6 {Ftacnik}
Bd2 $1) 16... exd5 (16... Qe7 17. d6 Qxd6 (17... Bxd6 18. Ng6 hxg6 19. Bxd6)
18. Nd3 Qe7 (18... e5 $5 {Psakhis} 19. Bxe5 Qe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22.
Qd7 Qb2 23. Ree1 Rb8 $14) 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. Bd6) (16... Bc5 $6 17. Rd3 Ba6 18.
Rd2 Bb4 19. Nc6 Rxc6 20. dxc6 $16) (16... Bc3 17. Nc6 $1 (17. Rc1 {Stohl} Bxe5
18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxe5 $16) 17... Bxc6 (17... Rxc6 $2 18. dxc6 Bxa1 19. Qxd8
Rxd8 20. cxb7 e5 21. Re1) 18. Rxc3 exd5 19. exd5 $16 Bxd5 $2 (19... Nxd5 $2 20.
Rxc6) 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. Rc1 $1 $18) (16... Re8 $14) 17. exd5 Bd6 {
The pawn is invincible, as both ways op capturing it lose material.} (17...
Bxd5 $2 18. Rd3 Bxg2 (18... Rc5 {Stohl} 19. Be3 Rb5 (19... Ra5 {Ftacnik} 20.
Nc6 $18) 20. a4 Ra5 21. Nc4 $18) 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qb3 Bc3 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22.
Kxg2 (22. Bh6 $1 {Psakhis} Rg8 23. Qxf6 $3 Bd5 24. Bxg7+ (24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Qh4
Rge8 26. Bd2+ Kg8 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 28. Qd4 $16) 24... Rxg7 25. Rd1 $18) (22. Bh6
$1 $18) 22... Bxa1 23. Bh6 gxh6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kg7) (17... Nxd5 18. Rd3
Nxf4 (18... Rc5 19. Be3 Rb5 20. a4 Ra5 21. Nc4 $18) 19. Rxd8 $2 (19. gxf4 Bxg2
(19... Qe7 $2 20. Rd7) (19... Qc7 20. Rd7 Rfd8 21. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxc7 23.
Rd8+ Bf8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 a5 27. Rb7 $18) 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 (
20... Rcxd8 21. Qb3) 21. Qb3 Bc3 22. Kxg2 Bxa1 23. Nxf7 Kf8 (23... Rf8 24. Nh6+
Kh8 25. Qg8+ Rxg8 26. Nf7#) 24. Ng5 Rd7 25. Qe6) (19. gxf4 $1 $14 {Ftacnik})
19... Rcxd8 {Psakhis} (19... Rfxd8 20. Qb3) 20. Qg4 (20. Qb3 $18 {Stohl}) 20...
Bxg2 (20... Nxg2 21. Qxb4 Rfe8 $13) 21. Qxf4 Bc3) (17... Bc5 18. Rd3 Ba6 19.
Rd2 Bb4 20. Nc6 Rxc6 21. dxc6 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 $18) (17... Bc3 {
Stohl} 18. Rc1 Bxe5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Rxe5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gf4,Gg2] ^^,o^d5})
18. Nc6 {[%csl Gc6]} (18. Rd3) 18... Bxc6 (18... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxd6 Qxd6
20. Ne7+ $18) 19. Bxd6 (19. dxc6 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Qxd1+ (20... Qc7 $5) 21. Rxd1
Rc7 22. Bf3 (22. Rd6 {Stohl} Rfc8 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4] is not an ideal solution,
with the split pawns White can hardly make any progress in the endgame.}) 22...
Rfc8 23. Rd6 Kf8) 19... Ba4 $5 (19... Qxd6 {Psakhis} 20. dxc6 Qc7 (20... Qxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rc7 (21... Rfd8 $2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rb3 Rd1+ 25. Bf1 Nd5
26. Kg2 {/\Bc4}) 22. f4 {/\ Bg2-f3, g3-g4-g5+-} (22. Rd4 $36 {Stohl was better,
although the endgame is certainly unpleasant for Black. Although White can't
force his passed pawn further, he will gradually strengthen his position by
advancing his K-side pawns, gaining space for his pieces and centralizing his
K. This was hardly possible with the doubled f-pawns-see previous note.})) 21.
Qe2 $16 {[%cal Re1e8]} (21. Qf3 $14 {Ftacnik})) 20. Bxf8 (20. Qxa4 $5 Qxd6 21.
Qxa7 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 (22. Rd1 $4 Nxe3 $1 (22... Nxe3 23. Rxd6 Rc1+)) (22. Rd3 Qe5
(22... Qf6) (22... Qc7 $11)) 22... Qxd5 23. Qxb6 $16 (23. Qxb6 Ra8 (23... Ra8 {
Stohl} 24. a3 $14))) 20... Bxd1 21. Be7 Qc7 (21... Nxd5 $2 {Psakhis} 22. Bxd8 (
22. Rxd1 $2 Qxe7 $1) 22... Nxe3 23. Bg5 $1 Nxg2 24. Rxd1 h6 25. Bc1 Rc2 26. a3
$18) (21... Qd7 22. Rxd1 {d6-Bxf6-Re7} (22. Rxd1 {Stohl} Ne8 23. d6 $40 {
[%cal Rg2h3] /\Bh3!})) 22. Rxd1 {Kramnik said after the game his sacrifice was
intuitive and this is quite possible. However, his faith in the power of his
^^ and strong passed pawn was well founded, as it seems Black has no
satisfactory defence any more. He would gladly give an exchange for the d-pawn,
but how?} Nd7 (22... Qc2 {Psakhis} 23. Bf3 (23. Red3 Qxa2 24. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 25.
d6 Rd8 26. d7 $18) (23. Rde1) 23... Rc3 (23... Qxa2 24. d6 Nd7 25. Bd5 {
/\ Re3-f3}) 24. Bxf6 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qf5 26. Kf2 (26. Bg2 Qc2 (26... Qxf6 27. d6)
) (26. Kg2 {Ftacnik} Qxf6 27. d6 $16) 26... Qxf6 27. d6 $18) 23. Bh3 h6 (23...
Qb7 $5) (23... Qc2 $5 {Ftacnik} 24. Rde1 f5 25. d6 $15) 24. Bf5 {A fine move.
By creating latent threats of back-rank mates White tries to force g6, which
would open f6 for his other Bishop and make Black's 8-th rank really
chronically weak.} (24. d6 Qc6) 24... b5 (24... Qb7 25. Bb4 (25. Ba3 Rd8 $5 26.
Re7 Qa6 $132) 25... Rd8 (25... a5 {Stohl} 26. Ba3 g6 $5 (26... Rd8 27. Re7 b5
28. Rde1 b4 (28... g6 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. d6 $40) 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30.
Rxe8+ Nf8 31. d6 $1 Qd5 32. d7 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. f3 Qd2+ 35. Kh3 $18) 27.
Bh3 $16) 26. Re7 a5 27. Bd6 b5) (24... g6 25. d6 (25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Ba3 Rc2 27.
d6 Rxa2 28. Re7 Qf5 $19) 25... Qb7 (25... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 26. Be4 Qa4 $15) 26.
Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Bf6 Qg4 28. Ree1) (24... Qb7 $142) 25. Bb4 $18 {Re7} Rd8 (25...
g6 {Psakhis} 26. d6 Qb7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. h3 $1 (28. Re7 Qg4 29. f3 $2 Qxf3 30.
Rf1 Qd5 31. d7 Rc2 $1 $19) (28. Bc3 {Ftacnik} Kf8 (28... Qc6 29. Bf6 $16) 29.
Re7 Qc6 30. Bb4 a5 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. dxc7+ Kg7 33. Bxa5 $18) 28... Kg7 29. Re7
Qxh3 30. d7 Rd8 31. Bc3+ Kf8 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Bb4+ $18) (25... a5 26. d6 $1 (
26. Rc3 Qb7 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Bxa5 (28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Bxa5 Qd6 $16) 28... Qa6
$132) 26... Qa7 (26... Qc6 {Stohl} 27. Bxa5 $18) 27. Bxa5 $18) 26. Re7 Qc4 (
26... g6 27. Be6 $5 (27. d6) (27. Bh3) 27... fxe6 28. dxe6 Nf8 (28... Qc4 29.
exd7 (29. Rexd7) 29... Qxb4 30. Re8+ Qf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rd6 $18) (28... Qc2
29. Rdxd7 Rxd7 30. exd7 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. f3 Qxa2+ 33. Kh3 $18) 29. Rxc7
Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 Nxe6 31. Rxa7 $18) (26... a5 {Stohl} 27. d6 $18) (26... a6 {
Ftacnik} 27. d6 Qc6 (27... Qc4 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Qxb4 30. Bf5 $1 $18) 28.
Ba5 Qf3 29. Rde1 Qxf5 30. Bxd8 $16) 27. Rxd7 $1 (27. Re4 Qc7 $8) 27... Rxd7 28.
Bxd7 Qxb4 29. d6 {White's pieces cooperate finely and make the d-pawn
unstoppable.} Qa4 (29... Qe4 {Stohl} 30. Bxb5 Qc2 31. Re1 $1 Qd2 32. Re8+ Kh7
33. d7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. f3 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 $18) (29... a5 {Ftacnik} 30. Bf5
$18) 30. Rd3 ({Easy was to play} 30. Re1 $1 Kh7 (30... Qxa2 31. Bf5 g6 32. d7)
(30... Qd4 31. Bf5 (31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bf5+ g6 33. d7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. f3
Qxa2+ 36. Kh3) 31... g6 32. d7 Kg7 33. Bg4) (30... Qb4 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bf5+ g6
33. d7 $18) 31. Bf5+ g6 32. d7 Qd4 33. Bg4 $18) (30. Re1 $5 {Stohl /\Bf5+- /\})
30... Qe4 (30... Qc4 31. Bf5 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Kh3 (33. f3 Qc2+ 34. Kh3 Qc5
35. Be4 (35. g4 $18 {Stohl}) 35... Qh5+ 36. Kg2 $18) (33. Kf1 {Ftacnik} Qc1+
34. Ke2 Qb2+ 35. Rd2 Qe5+ 36. Kf1 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 $18) 33... Qc5 34. g4 (34. g4 {
Psakhis} Qxf2 35. d7 Qf1+ 36. Kg3 Qg1+ (36... Qe1+ 37. Kf3 Qf1+ $13) 37. Kf3
Qf1+ 38. Ke4 Qe2+ 39. Kd4 Qf2+ (39... Qb2+ 40. Ke3 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kf1
Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qxa2+ 44. Kg3 $18) 40. Kc3 Qc5+ (40... Qe1+ 41. Kc2 Qe2+ 42. Kb3)
41. Kb2 Qb4+ 42. Kc1 Qc4+ 43. Kd1 Qa4+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Kf1 Qb1+ 46. Kg2 $18))
(30... Qxa2 31. Bf5 Qa5 32. d7 Qd8 33. Rc3 $18) 31. Bxb5 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33.
Kg1 (33. Kf1 $1 {Ftacnik}) 33... Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 {Repeating moves is
the safest way to reach the time control. But you must not forget to repeat
only twice in a won position!} Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ (36... Qxh2 37. d7 Qh5+ 38. f3
(38. Kd2 {Psakhis} Qg5+ 39. f4 Qd8 40. Re3 Qa5+ 41. Kd1 Kh7 42. Re8 Qxb5 43.
d8=Q $18) 38... Qe5+ (38... Qh2+ {Stohl} 39. Kd1 Qg1+ 40. Kc2 Qf2+ 41. Kb3 $18)
39. Kf1 Qa1+ 40. Kg2 Qb2+ 41. Kh3) 37. Kf1 (37. Kd1 $1 {Ftacnik}) 37... Qh1+
38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kd1 Qg4+ (39... Qb4 40. d7 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Qxa2+ 42. Kf3 $18) (
39... Qh1+ 40. Kc2 Qa1 (40... Qxh2 41. d7 Qxf2+ 42. Kb3 $18) 41. d7 Qxa2+ 42.
Kd1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 $18 (43. Ke2 {Ftacnik} Qb2+ 44. Kf1 Qxb5 45. d8=Q+ $18)) (
39... Qa8 {Ftacnik} 40. d7 Qd8 41. Re3 $18) 40. f3 Qh3 (40... Qb4 41. a4 (41.
d7 Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qb2+ 43. Kf1 Qb1+ (43... Qxb5 {Ftacnik} 44. d8=Q+ $18) 44. Kg2
$18) 41... Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qg1 43. d7) 41. d7 (41. d7 Qf1+ 42. Kc2 Qe2+ 43. Rd2)
1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The previous day, I had lost to Kramnik without so much as a struggle and had
spent the previous evening disgusted with my play. There was no way I could be
bothered playing some boring Caro-Kann and trying to deal with some
improvement on move 45 leading to a difficult ending etc. I felt that it would
be better to go down in style than to do something like that. Now, how does a
move like 1.Nf3 allow me to get interesting positions?? Well, to be honest, 1.
Nf3 can lead to positions even more boring than after 1.e4 c6, but at least
they would be NEW boring positions!! The previous day, I had lost to Kramnik
without so much as a struggle and had spent the previous evening disgusted
with my play. There was no way I could be bothered playing some boring
Caro-Kann and trying to deal with some improvement on move 45 leading to a
difficult ending etc. I felt that it would be better to go down in style than
to do something like that. Now, how does a move like 1.Nf3 allow me to get
interesting positions?? Well, to be honest, 1.Nf3 can lead to positions even
more boring than after 1.e4 c6, but at least they would be NEW boring
positions!! Am Tag zuvor hatte ich praktisch kampflos gegen Kramnik verloren
und den Abend damit verbracht, mich von meinem Spiel anwidern zu lassen. Auf
keinen Fall wollte ich mich auf irgendeine langweilige Caro-Kann-Variante
einlassen, um zu versuchen, mit irgendeiner Verbesserung im 45. Zug fertig zu
werden, die zu einem schwierigen Endspiel führt usw. Ich fand, es wäre besser,
stilvol unterzugehen, als so etwas zu tun. Nun, und wie erlaubt mir ein Zug
wie 1.Nf3, interessante Stellungen zu bekommen?? Also, um ehrlich zu sein, 1.
Nf3 kann zu sogar noch langweiligeren Stellungen führen als 1.e4 c6, aber
wenigstens würden es NEUE langweilige Stellungen sein!!} 1. Nf3 d5 {Aha! Not
so boring, maybe? He had played this against Topalov and I had an idea... Aha!
Doch nicht so langweilige, vielleicht? So hatte er auch gegen Topalov gespielt,
und ich hatte da eine Idee...} 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 {And I played this
without hesitating. Maybe 4.e3 some other time, but I just wanted to liven
things up immediately. Und dies spielte ich ohne Zögern. Ein andermal
vielleicht 4.e3, aber ich wollte einfach sofort Leben in die Bude bringen.} b5
{This looks risky, though it is not easy to find a refutation. The usual line
is This looks risky, though it is not easy to find a refutation. Dies sieht
riskant aus, wenngleich es nicht leicht ist, eine Widerlegung zu finden.} 5. a4
c6 (5... Bb7 {Dolmatov} 6. axb5 Bxe4 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Ne5
O-O 11. Re1 c5 $14) 6. axb5 (6. b3 {Kramnik} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nf6 9.
e5 Nd5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 {White stays better, Davies,N-Hartman,C/Open
Osterskars 1995}) (6. Nc3 {Kramnik} b4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. Qc2 b3 10. Qc3
Qb6 11. Bd2 Bd6 $1 {with mutual chances, Zakharevich,I-Makarov,M/ch-RUS,
Elista 1996}) 6... cxb5 7. b3 {He had already started thinking a lot and I
knew that he wasn't familiar with this opening. There isn't much to know
though, only a game Yermolinsky-Kupreichik. Er hatte bereits begonnen, lange
zu überlegen, und ich wusste, dass er mit dieser Eröffnung nicht vertraut war.
Allerdings gibt es da nicht allzuviel zu kennen, lediglich die eine Partie
Yermolinsky-Kupreichik.} Bb7 {In case of In case of} (7... Nf6 8. bxc4 Nxe4 9.
c5 Bxc5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {Kupreichik, not being one of the most
solid players I know could play this. I suspected that Karpov, if confronted
with this would find another solution. Kramnik Kupreichik, nicht einer der
allersolidesten Spieler, könnte dies bestimmt spielen. Ich vermutete, dass
Karpov, wenn damit konfrontiert, eine andere Lösung finden würde.} 12. dxc5
Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke2 Nxh1 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Nbd2 Ke7 17. Rxh1 f6 $13 {
Yermolinsky,A-Kupreichik,V/Sverdlovsk/1987/}) (7... Bb4+ {Kramnik} 8. Bd2 Bxd2+
9. Nbxd2 {White is ahead on development and has better chances}) 8. bxc4 Bxe4 (
8... bxc4 {Kramnik} 9. Bxc4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 {with dangerous initiative}) 9. cxb5 {
White already has a significant advantage on the queenside - the a-file and P
b5 vs Pa7. Weiß hat bereits einen bedeutenden Vorteil am Damenflügel - die
a-Linie sowie P b5 gegen Pa7.} (9. Nbd2 {Ftacnik} Bb7 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. Qxb5+ Qd7
12. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. g3 a5 15. Bg2 Bb4 16. O-O O-O 17. Rb3 Rc8 18.
Ba3 Ba4 19. Re3 Nc6 20. Ra1 Ra7 21. Ne4 {1-0 Bareev,E-Semkov,S/Vrnjacka Banja 
(10)/1987/ (40)}) 9... Nf6 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 $6 {Dolmatov} Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12.
Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qb3 a5 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. g3 Qa8 17. Kg2 Be7 $15 {
Khalifman,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1994/} (17... Be7 {Ftacnik} 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Nbd2
Rc8 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rc1 Nc2 22. h4 h6 23. Kh2 Ba3 24. Nd2 Qf5 {0-1 Khalifman,
A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg (05) 10'/1994/})) 10... Be7 (10... Bb4+ $5 {Dolmatov} 11.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nbxd2 Bd5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc4 Nbd7) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2
{Ftacnik} Bb7 13. Nc4 a6 14. b6 Nc6 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Qb3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Ncxb4 18.
Ra5 Nc6 19. Ra4 Nf4 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Bf1 Ng6 22. Rd1 Nce7 23. Nfe5 Nf5 {0-1
Lutz,C-Schlosser,P/Berlin Lasker (08)/1989/ (38)}) 12... Bb7 13. Ne5 a6 {
Otherwise Black cannot comlete the development. However, this weakens the
queenside. Ansonsten kann Schwarz seine Entwicklung nicht abschließen. Dies
schwächt jedoch den Damenflügel.} (13... Bb4 14. Bb2 a6 (14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3
Qd5 (15... a6 16. Bf3 $1 $14 (16. Ba5 Qd5 $1 17. Bf3 Qxb5)) 16. Nf3 $14) 15.
Bf3) (13... Nd5 $5 {Psakhis} 14. Bb2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd5 16. Bf3 $140 Qxb5 17.
Rb1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd5) (13... Nbd7 $5 {Ftacnik} 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. bxc6 Rc8 $5
16. cxd7 (16. d5 exd5 17. cxd7 Rxc3 18. Rxa7 Rc7 $15) 16... Rxc3 17. Rxa7 Rc7
$10) 14. Bf3 Nd5 {Typically, Karpov finds the safest solution, leaving him
with a slight disadvantage. Typischerweise findet Karpov die sicherste Lösung,
wonach er mit leichtem Nachteil verbleibt.} (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Re1
$1 Bb4 (16... Nd5 17. Bb2 $1) 17. Bb2 {And Black still has to unravel his
queenside. und Schwarz muss noch immer seinen Damenflügel entwirren.}) (14...
Qb6 $5 {Dolmatov Dolmatov} 15. Nc4 (15. Rb1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nbd7 $10) (15. Be3 $5
{Psakhis Psakhis}) 15... Qc7 16. b6 Qxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qxd4 19. Bxa8
Qxb6 $10) (14... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 15. Bf4 $1 Bd6 16. b6 $16) 15. Nxd5 exd5 (15...
Bxd5 {Kramnik} 16. Qe2 {and White is clearly better.} (16. Bf4 $14 {Dolmatov
Ftacnik} Ra7) (16. Bf4 $14 {Ftacnik})) 16. Rb1 $1 (16. Qb3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8
18. Qxb5 {also with some advantage, but I had no interest in trying to play
some slight advantage that day. , ebenfalls mit einigem Übergewicht, aber ich
hatte an jenem Tag keine Lust zu versuchen, irgendeinen leichten Vorteil zu
verwerten.}) 16... Qb6 (16... f6 {was necessary. After ist kaum besser:} 17.
Nd3 Re8 (17... axb5 {Dolmatov} 18. Rxb5 Bc6 19. Qb3 Ra5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Nf4
$16) 18. Nf4 Kh8 {Black can hold Psakhis} 19. Bh5 $1 $18 {(Psakhis)} g6 (19...
Rf8 20. Ne6) (19... Rg8 20. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 21. Bxg6 $18) 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Bxg6
Kg7 22. Qg4 Rh8 23. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 24. Rb3 f5 25. Qxf5+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ $18) 17. Be2
$3 {[#] The point. White can swing his B over to d3 now. I considered moves
like 17.Qd3, but I realized that this was the strongest move - the bishop has
no more work on f3. Die Pointe. Weiß kann nun seinen Läufer nach d3 überführen.
Ich erwog auch Züge wie 17.Qd3, aber ich begriff, dass dieser Zug am stärksten
war - der Läufer hat auf f3 nichts mehr zu tun.} axb5 {There is no other way -
17...a5 would eave White with the monster on b5. Es gibt nichts anders - nach
17...a5 würde Weiß mit dem Monster auf b5 verbleiben.} 18. Rxb5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6
20. Bd3 Ba6 {Here, I spent a few seconds checking 21.Rxd5 which leaves White
with an extra pawn, but as I mentioned earlier I couldn't be bothered. I saw
Bxh7+ and didn't waste any more time on Rxd5. I then spent some time analysing
Bxh7+, and didn't see a defence for Black. I then realized that I was too
excited to analsye and decided to get it over with. He had hardly any time
left already and I was sure that he wouldn't find a defence. Baburin: In this
position which is clearly superior for him, White does not settle for a pawn
after 21 Rxd5, but instead launches a devastating blow: Ftacniik: Annad
unleashed a spectacular attack with bishop sacrifice. An dieser Stelle prüfte
ich ein paar Sekunden lang 21.Rxd5, wonach Weiß mit einem Mehrbauern verbleibt,
aber wie bereits erwähnt, hatte ich daran kein Interesse. Ich sah Bxh7+ und
verschwendete keine Zeit mehr mit Rxd5. Ich analysierte Bxh7+ eine Zeit lang
und sah keine Verteidigung für Schwarz. Dann wurde mir klar, dass ich zum
Rechnen zu aufgeregt war und beschloss, es hinter mich zu bringen. Er hatte
bereits kaum noch Bedenkzeit und ich war sicher, dass er keine Verteidigung
finden würde. Anand beginnt einen spektakulären Angriff mit einem Läuferopfer.}
21. Bxh7+ $1 {In the press centre they expected 21.Rxd5, but my close friend
Mauricio Perea knew immediately that I would play 21.Bxh7+! and he tried to
work out all the details.  Kramnik: Brilliant sacrifice, which was
underestimated by Karpov. Brilliant sacrifice, which was underestimated by
Karpov.  Petursson: This is the most amazing sacrifice in the CBM 57.
Specially, considering who is playing Black. Im Pressezentrum erwartete man 21.
Rxd5, aber mein enger Freund Mauricio Perea wusste sofort, dass ich 21.Bxh7+!
spielen würde, und versuchte, alle Details auszuarbeiten.} (21. Rxd5 Nc6) 21...
Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rb3 {Baburin: This is the point - White shifts the rook
to the h-file. Baburin: Das ist die Pointe - Weiß schwenkt mit seinem Turm auf
die h-Linie.} Bxe5 $2 {This loses trivially. During the game I was worried
about 23...Bc8 more than 23...f6, but later analysis suggests that the latter
was the best move. The only move. The only move. The desire to get rid of the
annoying e5-knight is very understandable but here Black misses a chance to
put up more resistance. After this it seems clear that Black is lost. But a
defense is hard to find. Dies verliert trivial. Während der Partie machte ich
mir mehr Sorgen wegen 23...Bc8 als wegen 23...f6, aber die spätere Analyse
ergab, das letzteres der bessere Zug war - und der einzige. Der Wunsch, den
lästigen Springer e5 zu eliminieren, ist sehr verständlich, aber hier verpasst
Schwarz eine Möglichkeit, härteren Widerstand zu leisten.} (23... f6 $1 24. Rh3
fxe5 25. dxe5 Qc4 $1 (25... Rxf4 26. e6 Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 {Kramnik
} (28... Kxe6 29. Re1+ $1 Re4 30. Rh6+ $18 (30. Rh6+ Kf5 31. Qf6+ Kg4 32. h3#
$18)) 29. Rh8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qxc7 $18) 26. Re1 {Much simpler - White
doesn't invest too much material. Viel einfacher - Weiß investiert nicht
allzuviel Material..} (26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. e6+ Kf6 (27... Kxe6 28. Re1+ $1 $18) (
27... Ke8 28. Qg6+ Kd8 29. Bg5+ Kc8 30. Rc1 $16) 28. Bg5+ (28. Rh6+ gxh6 29.
Qxh6+ Kf5 (29... Ke7 30. Bg5+ $18) 30. g4+ Ke4 31. Re1+ Qe2 $1 (31... Kd3 32.
Qg6+ Kd4 33. Bxd6 {Fritz will probably tell you more than I could, but 31...
Qe2 is good. Fritz wird Ihnen wahrscheinlich mehr verraten, als ich es könnte,
aber 31...Qe2 ist gut.}) 32. Rxe2+ Bxe2 33. Bxd6 (33. e7 $145 $1 Bxe7 34. Bc1
Bxg4 35. Qe3+ Kf5 36. Qxe7 $18) 33... Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Bf1+ $1 35. Kg3 Rf3+ 36. Kh4
Rh3+ $19) 28... Kxe6 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qxg7+ Kc6 31. Rc3 Nd7 32. Rxc4+ Bxc4 $13
{White has a lot of pawns on the kingside, but since Black's king is now safe
he can activate his pieces. Weiß hat eine Menge Bauern am Königsflügel, aber
da der König des Schwarzen jetzt sicher steht, kann er seine Figuren
aktivieren.}) 26... Qxf4 $8 ({Deserve attention Aufmerksamkeit verdient} 26...
Qb4 27. Bd2 $5 (27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. e6+ (28. Rhe3 Be7 29. Bh6) 28... Ke8 29. Qg6+
Kd8 30. Qg5+ Kc8 $19) 27... Qxd2 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Rf3+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ (30. exd6+
$2 Kxd6 31. Qg6+ Kc5 $19 32. Rb1 Nc6 $1 $19) 30... Kd8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Qxf8+
Kc7 33. Rb1 {Baburin (Baburin )} (33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qf8+ $11) 33... Qd3 $13) 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 28. exd6 Nc6 $8 (28... Re8 29. Qh5+ g6 30. Re7+ $3 {Fritz Fritz} Rxe7
(30... Kf6 31. Qf3 $1 $18) 31. Qh7+ Kf6 (31... Kf8 32. dxe7+ Ke8 33. Qxg6+ Kxe7
34. Rh7+ $18) 32. Qxe7+ Kf5 33. Qf8+ $1 Ke5 34. Re3+ $18) 29. Rf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3
Bc4 {And here, both 31.h4 and Kh1 are dangerous. Still, over the board, to
find your way through the complications with limited time isn't the easiest
task and Karpov didn't manage this time. Und her sind sowohl 31.h4 als auch
Kh1 gefährlich. Dennoch, sich bei begrenzter Bedenkzeit in den Komplikationen
zurecht zu finden, ist nicht die allerleichteste Aufgabe, und diesmal schaffte
es Karpov nicht.}) (23... Bc8 $6 {I hadn't analysed this move well. Later I
asked Karpov what he saw against it and he said that he assumed 24.Rg3 won. I
showed him 24...Qe7 and we thought that this would have saved Black. Later
Dzindzi (according to my second, Ubilava) found the way for White. Diesen Zug
hatte ich nicht tief analysiert. Hinterher fragte ich Karpov, was er dagegen
gesehen hatte, und er sagte, er vermutete, dass 24.Rg3 gewinnen würde. Ich
zeigte ihm 24...Qe7, und wir dachten, dass dies Schwarz gerettet hätte. Später
entdeckte Dzindzi (laut meinem Sekundanten Ubilava) für Weiß den Weg zum Sieg.}
24. Rg3 (24. g4 $2 Ra3 $1) (24. Ng6 $6 fxg6 25. Qxd5+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ (26. Qxa8
Qxf4 27. g3 Qxd4 $19) 26... Rxf7 27. Bxd6 Nc6 $17) 24... Qe7 (24... Ra3 25. Rc1
(25. Rxg7+ $6 Kxg7 26. Bh6+ Kf6 (26... Kh8 27. Bg5+ Kg8 28. Bf6 $18) 27. Re1 $1
Rg8 28. Qh4+ Ke6 (28... Kf5 29. Qf4+ Ke6 30. Nd3+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc6 32. Rc1+
Kb6 33. Rxc7 $18) 29. Ng4+ Kd7 30. Nf6+ Kc6 31. Rc1+ Kb7 32. Nxg8 Rc3) 25...
Qd8 26. f3 Be7 27. Bh6 Bf6 28. Bxg7 Bxg7 29. Qh6 $18) 25. Bh6 $1 (25. Bg5 Qe6 (
25... f6 26. Ng6 (26. Bh6 fxe5 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg5+ Kf7 $13)
26... Qd8 27. Nxf8 Bxg3 28. Qh7+ Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Re1+ Be6 31. Qxg7+ Kd6
32. Bxf6 $1 Qe8 33. Qxg3+ Kd7 34. Qb3 $18) 26. Bh6 (26. Rh3 {Kramnik} Qxh3 27.
gxh3 f6 28. Ng6 fxg5 29. Nxf8 Bxf8 30. Qxg5) 26... Bxe5 27. dxe5 g6 28. Bxf8
Kxf8 $13 (28... Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 $13)) (25. Qh6 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 f6 27. Bd6 Qf7
28. Bxf8 Qxf8 29. Qf4 Nd7 $13) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 g6 27. e6 $3 {Dzindzi} Bxe6
(27... Qxe6 28. Bxf8 $18 Nd7 29. Bh6 $18) (27... Qf6 28. Bxf8 (28. exf7+ Kh7 (
28... Kxf7 29. Qxd5+ Be6 30. Qxa8) 29. Qxd5 Kxh6 30. Qxa8 Bf5 31. Re1 Nd7 $14)
28... Bxe6 29. Qh6 $18) 28. Qe5 f6 29. Rxg6+ $18 Kh7 30. Qh5 $18) 24. Rh3 f6 (
24... f5 {Ftacnik} 25. Bxe5 Qd7 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Bxg7 $18) 25. dxe5 $18 Qe7 {
Baburin: Other options were no better:} (25... Qc4 26. Re1 $1 (26. Qh7+ Kf7 27.
e6+ Kxe6 (27... Ke8 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Ke8 30. Re1 {winning} (30. Rb1 $18))
28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Qxg7+ Kc6 30. Qc7+ Kb5 31. Rb1+ {wins} (31. Rb1+ {Baburin} Ka4
32. Qa5+ Kxa5 33. Ra3+ Qa4 34. Bc7#)) 26... Qxf4 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. e6+ Ke8 29.
Qg6+ $18) (25... Qd7 {Kramnik Psakhis} 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. exf6 Kxf6 (27... Rg8
28. Re1 $18) 28. Re1 Be2 29. Rg3 $18) (25... Bxf1 $2 {Kramnik} 26. e6 {with
mate} (26. e6 {Ftacnik} Qxf4 27. Qh8#)) 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rg3 Ke8 (27... Rg8 28.
Qg6+ (28. exf6 {Kramnik} Qxf6 29. Bg5 {wins} (29. Bg5 {Ftacnik} Qe6 30. Rf3+
Ke8 31. Re3 $18)) 28... Kf8 29. exf6 {And Black can't recapture und Schwarz
kann nicht zurückschlagen.}) 28. Rxg7 Qe6 29. exf6 Nc6 {White is winning in
all variations White is winning in all variations} (29... Rxf6 {Kramnik} 30.
Bg5 (30. Rg8+ Rf8 31. Qh5+ Qf7 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Rg7 Qxg7 34. Qxd5+ Kc8 35. Rc1+
Nc6 36. Rxc6+) (30. Qh5+ $18 {Dolmatov Baburin Petursson}) (30. Qh5+ $18 {
Dolmatov}) (30. Qh5+ $18 {Baburin}) (30. Qh5+ {Petursson})) (29... Bxf1 {
Ftacnik} 30. Re7+ $18) 30. Ra1 Kd8 31. h4 {To clear the back rank - it's
always nice to have time for the details. Um das Grundreihenmotiv
auszuschalten - es ist immer nett, Zeit für die Kleinigkeiten zu haben.} Bb7
32. Rc1 Ba6 33. Ra1 {I felt it would be better to have the rook on d1 and I
was sure that Karpov would be grateful to repeat moves to get to the time
control... Mir schien es besser, den Turm auf d1 zu haben, und ich war sicher,
dass Karpov dankbar die Züge wiederholen würde, um die Zeitkontrolle zu
schaffen..} Bb7 34. Rd1 Ba6 35. Qb1 $1 Rxf6 36. Bg5 $138 {Karpov lost on time
playing 36...Kc8. Obviously I was delighted to have won after a loss, but I
was especially happy with the way I won. Beim Ausführen von 36...Kc8
überschritt Karpov die Zeit. Natürlich freute ich mich, nach einem Verlust
gewonnen zu haben; besonders glücklich aber war ich über die Art und Weise.}
Kc8 37. Qb6 $18 (37. Qh7) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 (4... Nd7 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Qb6 $5 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rc1 {White is slightly better,
Piket,J-Lautier,J/Match, Monaco 1996}) 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 $146 (6. g3 Nbd7 (
6... a6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nc3 b5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rc8
13. a4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Bh3 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 c4 19. Qc2
Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Be3 $14 {0-1 Nemeth,M-Kiss,F/Budapest FS02
IMW 1994 (34)}) 7. Bg2 e5 $6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 $4 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11.
Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxb7 (12. Bf4 $18) 12... Rd8 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Bc7 Bc5 15. O-O O-O
16. Bxd8 {1-0 Ilivitsky G-Aronin L/Ch URS, Moscow 1952 (21)}) 6... Be7 7. e3 (
7. Nc3 $5) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 {After this standard
continuation the play is approximately even} 11. Ne4 $5 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4
exd4 (12... Be7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ned2 e4 16. Nc4 Qb4 17. Nxb6 (17.
a3 Qa4 18. b3 Qb5 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Ne5+
$11)) 13. Nxd4 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 $11) 13...
Be5 14. Rfd1 $11) (11. Rfd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Rac1 (13. e4 $6 Nc5 14. b4 (
14. Qe3 Ne6 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Bb6 17. Qd2 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Bg4 $17) (14. Qe5
Be6 15. Nd4 Bd6 $6 (15... Nfd7 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qb6 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qh4 Ne5
20. Rad1 Ng6 21. Qg3 Bxa2 $1 22. Bh5 (22. Nxa2 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 c5
25. Nf3 (25. Nb5 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nf4 28. Bf1 a6 29. Nbc3 Qe6 $17 (
29... Qd6 30. Ne4 Qg6 (30... Qd1 31. Qxd1 Rxd1 32. Nac3 $14) 31. f3 $15)))
22... Kh7 23. e5 (23. b4 $6 Nb3 $17) (23. Nxa2 $2 Nxe4 24. Bxg6+ fxg6 25. Qf4
Nxd2 26. Rxd2 c5 27. Nf3 Qxb2 $19) 23... Bc4 $15) 16. Nxc6 Qc7 (16... Bxe5 17.
Nxa5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nfxe4 19. Be3 $11) 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. Nb5 Qxc6 19. Nxd6
Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Be3 $14) 14... Rxd4 15. bxa5 Rxd1+ 16.
Rxd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Bf3
Bg5 $17) 13... Nc5 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Nd4 (15. b4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qa3 17. bxc5 Qxc3
18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe4 g6 $17) 15... h6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
$11) 11... exd4 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. Rad1 {White's
position is preferable}) 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 (13... h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Qd3
Rd8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nexg5 {[%cal Ge2c4]} Rf8 19. Bc4 {[%cal Gc2g6]
} Kg7 20. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Rxd7 $3 Bxd7 22. Ne5 Be6 (22... Kf8 23. Ngxf7 $1 (
23. Qg6 $2 Rg7 $1 (23... Be6 24. Nexf7 $16) 24. Nxd7+ Kg8 (24... Nxd7 25. Ne6+
$18) 25. Qxg7+ (25. Nxb6 Rxg6 26. Nxa8 Rxg5 $15) 25... Kxg7 26. Nxb6 axb6 $15)
23... Qe6 24. Qg6 Ng4 (24... Ba4 25. b3 Bb5 26. Rd1 $18) 25. Nxd7+ Qxd7 26. Ng5
Bxg5 $8 27. Qxg5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]} Re8 28. Qxc5+ $16) 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24.
Nexf7 $16) 14. Rac1 (14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne4 17. Rdd1 Nxg5 18.
Nxg5 Ne5 $11) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Qxd4 (15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb2 17. Bd3 $1 (17.
Bxe7 Qxe2) (17. Rc2 Qb4) 17... Kf8 18. Bxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qh7 $16 {[%csl Rf8]}) 16.
Rxd4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Kf8 (17... g5 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Rd4 Be6 20. a3 Rad8 $11) 18.
a3 Nf6 19. Re5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 {Black equalized} 23.
g4 Bf6 (23... c5 $5 24. Nf5 $1 (24. Rexc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 b6 $6 (25... Kg7 26.
Bf3 Kf6 27. Kh2 a5 28. Rc7 (28. Kg3) 28... Rd7 29. Rc5 a4 $15) 26. Rc7 Bd7 27.
Bf3 Rac8 28. Rxa7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 $14) 24... Bf6 (24... Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Rd2 26. Bc4
f6 27. b3 Rad8 28. e4 $11) 25. Rexc5 Bxb2 26. R1c2 Bxa3 27. Rc7 Rb8 28. Ra2
Bxf5 29. Rxa3 Rd7 30. Rc5 Be6 31. Rxa7 Kg7 32. f3 b6 33. Rxd7 bxc5 34. Rc7 Rc8
(34... Rb2 35. Ba6 (35. Kf1 c4 36. Ke1 Kf6 37. Kd1 Ke5 38. Bxc4 Kd6 39. Bxe6
Kxc7 40. Bxf7 Rxg2 $11) 35... c4 36. Bc8 Bxc8 37. Rxc8 Rc2 38. Rc6 $11) 35.
Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. e4 Ke5 38. Ke3 Be6 39. g3 f6 40. f4+ Kd6 41. Kd3 Kc6
42. Kc3 Kb6 43. Bd1 Kb5 44. Be2+ c4 45. Bf1 Kc5 46. Be2 $11) 24. Re4 Rd6 25.
Rc2 a5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rad8 28. Rec4 Rd2 29. b3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O
Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Bf3 Re8 12. a4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Rab8 14.
Nb3 b6 15. g4 Bc8 16. Qf2 {Psakhis New move, but I don't see any real
difference compare to normal} (16. g5 Nd7 17. Rad1 (17. Bg2 Na5 18. Nxa5 (18.
Qf2 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bf8 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. b3 Na5 22. Bb2 Nc6 23. Nde2 Nb4 $13 {
0-1 Smirin,I-Avrukh,B/Tel-Aviv 30' Cup 1996 (39)}) 18... bxa5 19. b3 Bb7 20.
Ne2 Rbc8 21. Ra2 Ba8 22. Ng3) 17... Bf8 18. Bg2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rf3 b4 21.
Ne2 Bb7 22. Rh3 g6 23. e5 Ne7 24. exd6 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. Kg1 Nd5 27. Ng3
Qxd6 28. f5 Bg7 {Glek,I-Ribli,Z/Budapest 1996}) 16... Na5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Bc1
b5 19. g5 Nd7 (19... b4 $2 {Psakhis} 20. gxf6 bxc3 21. fxe7 cxb2 22. Bd2 $16)
20. axb5 axb5 21. Bg2 (21. Nd4 {Psakhis} b4 22. Ncb5 Qc5 23. b3 Na5 $15 {
[%csl Rb5]}) 21... b4 22. Ne2 Nc5 23. f5 (23. Nxc5 {Psakhis} dxc5 24. b3 Nd6
$11) 23... Bf8 24. g6 Nxb3 25. cxb3 Ne5 26. gxf7+ Qxf7 27. Nd4 exf5 28. exf5 (
28. Nxf5 {Psakhis} Qxb3 (28... Ba6 29. Qg3 $1) 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Bh3 $13)
28... Bb7 $11 {Topalov didn't get any advantage .} 29. Ne6 Rbc8 $1 30. Ng5 (30.
Bxb7 {Psakhis} Qxb7+ 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rc2+ 33. Rf2 Rec8 34. Bf4 Rxf2+ 35.
Kxf2 Rc2+ 36. Rd2 $11) 30... Qe7 (30... Bxg2+ $5 {Psakhis} 31. Qxg2 Qxb3 32. f6
Rc7 33. Rd4 $44) 31. Qd2 (31. f6 $2 {Psakhis} gxf6 32. Ne4 (32. Qxf6 Rc2 $1 33.
Be4 Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Ng4 $19) 32... Ng4 33. Nxf6+ Nxf6 34. Qxf6 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2
Rc2+ 36. Kh1 Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Ree2 $36) 31... Kh8 32. Rde1 Qd7 33. Ne6 Qb5 (33...
Ba6 $5 {Psakhis} 34. Rg1 Nd3) 34. Rd1 Be7 35. Bxb7 (35. Nxg7 $2 {Psakhis} Rg8
$1 (35... Kxg7 $6 36. f6+ Bxf6 37. Qh6+ Kg8) 36. f6 Bxf6 37. Rxf6 Rxg7 38. Rf2
Rcg8 $19) 35... Qxb7+ 36. Qd5 Qxd5+ 37. Rxd5 $11 Nf7 (37... Rc2 {Psakhis} 38.
Bd2 (38. Nd4 Rc5 39. Rxc5 dxc5 40. Ne6 Nd3 $15) 38... Rxb2 39. Bxb4 Rxb3 40.
Bxd6 Bxd6 41. Rxd6 $11) 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf system is
extremely popular in the tournament practice} 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Re8 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. g4 {The famous Sheveningen
attack, which is not too dangerous here} Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7
Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 (17... Rxa7 $2 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qe1
{with attack}) 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 {Black protecs the critical square d5.
The game is even} 20. Qf2 Rdc8 (20... Qc4 21. Bb6 $2 (21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 (
22. b3 Qc3 23. exd5 Nd6 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Bd2 Qb2 26. c4 Qxb3 27. c5 Nf5 28. d6
Bxd6 29. cxd6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxa4 31. Qb6 Qd7 32. Ba5 Re8 33. Bb4 Ng3+ 34. hxg3
{1-0 Dolmatov,S-Namgilov,S/ch-RUS, Elista 1996}) 22... f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 {
(Seirawan)}) 21... Rdc8 22. Be3 Bc5 {Black has a good play, Topalov-Kasparov,
Olympiad 1996, Yerevan}) 21. Rad1 (21. Bb6 $5 Qc4 22. a5 Qb4 {leads to very
complex play}) 21... Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxc2 25. Rxe5 Qxf2
26. Rxf2 g6 {After simplifications the game is about even} 27. Rd5 (27. Re7 Rc7
$10) 27... Nc7 28. Rd7 Ne6 29. Bg4 (29. Rxb7 Rc1+ (29... Nc5 30. Rb6 Nxa4 31.
Rf6 Nc5) (29... Nxg5 30. h4 Ne6 31. Bg4 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Nc5 33. Rbxf7 Re8) 30. Kg2
Nxg5 31. Bg4 h5 {is good enaugh for equalizing}) 29... Nxg5 30. h4 Nxe4 31.
Rfxf7 Rc1+ {Now Kasparov is forcing a draw]} 32. Kg2 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 ({Of course
not} 33. Kf3 $2 Rf2+ 34. Kxe4 Rxf7 35. Be6 Re8 36. Kd5 Rxe6 37. Kxe6 Rxd7 38.
Kxd7 h5 39. Ke6 g5 {and Black wins}) (33. Kf1 Rf8 $11) (33. Kh3 {Lutz} Nf2+ (
33... Re8 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rdg7+ Kf8 37. Rxb7 Ng5+ 38. hxg5 Re3+
39. Bf3 Rxf3+ 40. Kg4 $18) 34. Kg3 Nh1+ $5 {Fritz} (34... Nxg4 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36.
Kxg4 (36. Rxh7 $2 Nf6) 36... Rg2+ $1 37. Kf3 (37. Kf4 Rf2+ 38. Kg5 Rf5+ 39. Kg4
Rd8) 37... Rxb2 38. Rdf7+ Ke8 39. Rxh7 (39. Rc7 Kf8 40. Rxh7 Kg8 41. Rcg7+ Kf8
42. Rxg6 Rc8) 39... Rc8 $10) 35. Kf4 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rxb7 Nf2 38. Be6
Re2 $13) 33... Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Gartenschach"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Scholz, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb3
Nbc6 9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Ng1 Nc6
15. Nf3 Kh8 16. Qf2 b5 17. a4 Na5 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Bc4 Qxb2 21.
Rxa6 Ra8 22. Rxd6 Ba4 23. f5 Qxc2 24. Qh4 Kg8 25. f6 Bh8 26. Ng5 h5 27. Rxe6
Bb3 28. Bxb3 Qxb3 29. Rc6 Qxd3 30. Rcc1 Ra2 31. e5 Qd2 32. Rg1 Qe2 33. Nf3 d3
34. Rce1 Qf2 35. Qc4 Re2 36. Qxd3 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Rb8 38. Rf1 Qa2 39. h3 Ra8 40.
h4 Qe6 41. Qd4 Rc8 42. Rd1 Kh7 43. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "The Hague AEGON sim1"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Genius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nge2 Na5 8.
O-O Nxc4 9. dxc4 c6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rad1 Rd8 12. Kh1 d6 13. a3 Ba5 14. Ng3 Be6
15. Nce2 Qg5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Bg4 18. Rb1 Bc7 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Qf2 Bb6 21.
Qd2 Re8 22. Qc3 Rde7 23. h3 Qh4 24. Kh2 a6 25. Nd3 Qg5 26. Nf4 Bc8 27. Rf3 f5
28. Ngh5 Rf7 29. Rg3 Qe7 30. Re1 Bf2 0-1

[Event "The Hague AEGON sim1"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp King"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 Re8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Nd2 Bg6
15. Nf1 f5 16. Bf3 f4 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc1 f6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. b3 Nb6 21. c4
Bb4 22. Bd2 Ba3 23. Bc3 Bf8 24. Qd2 c5 25. Re1 cxd4 26. Rxe8 dxc3 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Qxc3 Kg8 29. Qa5 Qb8 30. Qc5 Kf7 31. Nd2 Ke8 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 g6
34. Bf3 Nd7 35. Qd5 Qe5 36. Qxe5+ fxe5 37. Bxb7 Nc5 38. Bc6+ Kd8 39. b4 Kc7 40.
Bd5 Na4 41. a3 Nc3 42. Bg8 h6 43. Bh7 g5 44. f3 Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Nd4 46. Ke1 Nc6
47. Kd2 Nd4 48. Bd3 Kd7 49. Kc3 Kc7 50. c5 Nc6 51. Kc4 Ne7 52. Be4 Kd7 53. a4
Kc8 1-0

[Event "The Hague AEGON sim1"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Rebel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Nd4 c5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Kh8 13. Qd3 Bh4 14. Bf4
Nc6 15. Rad1 f6 16. e6 Ne7 17. Qh3 g6 18. Be4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. e7 Nxe7 22. Rxd8 Raxd8 23. Qe3 Nc6 24. Qxg5 Rf5 25. Qc1 Rfd5 26. h3 Kg8 27.
Kh2 Kg7 28. Qa3 Rf5 29. Re2 h6 30. Qb3 Rf7 31. Qc4 b6 32. Re6 Ne7 33. Qe4 Rd7
34. f3 Kh7 35. a4 Nf5 36. Qe2 Ng7 37. Re5 Nf5 38. Re8 Ng7 39. Ra8 Rfe7 40. Qc4
Ne6 41. h4 h5 42. Rc8 Rd6 43. Qe4 Rdd7 44. Qc6 Nd8 45. Qf6 Rf7 46. Qe5 Rfe7 47.
Qb8 1-0

[Event "The Hague AEGON sim1"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Fritz"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 Nc7
9. e5 Nd7 10. O-O dxe5 11. f5 b5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. cxb5 Nb6 14. Bg5 Ncxd5 15.
a4 Bb7 16. a5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 e4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. axb6 axb6 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21.
Qe2 Qd7 22. Rd1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxb5 24. Bxe7 Re8 25. Bf6 Qe2 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Rxb6 Rxc3 30. Kf2 c4 31. Rc6 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 c3 33. h3
Rc1 34. Ke3 Kh6 35. Rf6 c2 36. Kd2 Rg1 37. Kxc2 Rxg2+ 38. Kd1 Kg7 39. Rf4 Rg3
40. h4 Re3 41. Kd2 Re5 42. Kd3 f5 43. Kd4 Kf6 44. Kd3 Kg7 45. Kd4 Ra5 46. Ke3
Kh6 47. Kd2 Kh5 48. Rc4 Ra3 0-1

[Event "The Hague AEGON sim1"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Hiarcs"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qd2 a6 11. Rad1 b5 12. f3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Re8 14. c4 bxc4
15. Bxc4 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Rb8 20. f4 Nb6 21.
Bb5 Rf8 22. Nb4 Bd7 23. Bc6 Nc8 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. Rc1 Nb6 27. Nb4
Rb7 28. f5 Nc8 29. Nd5 Nb6 30. Nc3 Qa8 31. f6 Qd8 32. Rcd1 Qc7 33. fxe7 Qxe7
34. Rf3 Qe5 35. Qxd6 Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Nc4 37. Rd4 Nxb2 38. Nxa4 Nxa4 39. Rxa4 Rc8
40. g4 Kg7 41. Rf2 Rc5 42. h3 h5 43. Kg2 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rc3 45. Rf3 Rc2+ 46. Kg3
Re7 47. Kf4 Rb2 48. Ra5 Re2 49. Re3 Rf2+ 50. Kg3 Rb2 51. g5 Rc7 52. Kf4 Rf2+
53. Kg4 Rg2+ 54. Rg3 Rf2 55. a3 Rc4 56. Re3 Rc1 57. Rf3 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Rfg2 59.
Ra7 Rxg5 60. Ke3 R5g3 61. Raxf7+ Kh6 62. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 63. Rf3 Rg1 64. e5 g5 65.
Ke4 g4 66. Rf4 Kg5 67. Rf5+ Kg6 68. Rf8 Kg7 69. Rf4 Kg6 70. a4 g3 71. Rg4+ Kf7
72. Kf3 Ke6 73. Re4 Kf7 74. e6+ Ke7 75. Kg4 g2 76. Kf3 Rf1+ 77. Kxg2 Rf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "The Hague AEGON sim1"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Kallisto"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15.
Qd2 a6 16. Rc2 Bg6 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rfc1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Bf6 21. Rc5
Rd7 22. d5 exd5 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Rxd5 Rcd8 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rb1
Rd5 28. Kf1 Rd3 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Van der Ofen,U"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Qf2 Nc4 15.
Bc1 e5 16. Nde2 exf4 17. Nxf4 Be6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bb2 Rbc8 20. Rac1 $5 Qc5 21.
Qg3 g6 22. Nce2 Nxf3 23. gxf3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. Qg2 b4 27. Ng3
Qb5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. f4 e5 30. Bb2 Rc5 $1 31. f5 $2 (31. Nf5 Z0 32. Nh6+ Kg7
33. Nf5+ $11) 31... g5 $1 32. Rce1 Qc6 33. Re2 Kf7 34. Bc1 Rg8 35. Be3 Rc3 36.
Bd2 Rxc2 37. Bxb4 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 h5 39. Nxh5 $2 (39. Re1 $8 g4 $36) 39... Nxe4
$19 40. Qf3 g4 41. Qg2 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be2
Nd5 15. Rac1 a5 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Nb4 18. Rc7 Bd8 19. Rc5 Be7 20. Rc7 Bd8
21. Rc5 Be7 22. Rcc1 Nxa2 23. Ra1 Nb4 24. Rfc1 Nd5 25. Bf3 Bb7 26. Nb3 Bb4 27.
Bd2 Bxd2 28. Nxd2 Rfb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Bb1 Rfc8 19. Nf1 Rc7 20. d5 Na5 21. b3 Rxc1
22. Bxc1 axb3 23. axb3 Bd8 24. Bd3 b4 25. Ne3 Bb5 26. Nf5 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qa6 28.
Qd1 Nb7 29. Qc2 Qa2 30. Bb2 g6 31. Ra1 Qxa1+ 32. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 33. Kh2 gxf5 34.
Qc8 Nxe4 35. Qxb7 Nxf2 36. Ng1 Bg5 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qxf5 Bf4+ 39. g3 Ra2 40.
gxf4 Ne4+ 41. Ne2 Rxe2+ 42. Kg1 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kg1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxe5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e4 Bg7 14. Be3 Bg4
15. f3 Be6 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Rxd4 c5 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Nc4
21. b3 Ne5 22. Rd6 Nc6 23. f4 Rc8 24. e5 c4 25. bxc4 Bxc4 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5
Kg7 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Kf2 Nc6 31. Ke3 g5 32. Ke4 gxf4 33. gxf4 b5
34. Nc7 b4 35. Na6 Kg6 36. f5+ Kg5 37. f6 h5 38. h4+ Kg6 39. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 b5 8.
Bb3 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Bb7 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qe3 Na5 14. Nd2 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 O-O 17. Bc3 Qh4 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2
dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ivanchuk} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Nc6 8. e5 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qg4
$5 (13. Qh5 {- 47/(323)}) 13... dxe5 $6 (13... Be7) 14. g6 f5 15. Bxd8 $1 (15.
g7 fxg4 16. gxh8=Q Qxh4+ $44) 15... fxg4 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Bxe5 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Rxg7
19. Bd3 $16 {+/- Panajotov,J-Sandler,L/Albena 1989}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 dxe5 (9...
g5 $6 10. fxg5 Nh7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd6 $16) 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 bxc6 12.
fxe5 Nd5 (12... Nd7 $5 13. Ne4 g5 14. Bg3 Bg7 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Nc4 a5) 13. Ne4
Rb8 (13... Be7 14. Bf2 $6 (14. Nd6+ $142) (14. Bxe7 $142) 14... Rb8 15. Bd4 Nb4
16. Rd2 Nxa2 17. c3 Nc1 18. Bc4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Rxb3 20. Bc5 a5 21. Nd6+ $1 {
1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1989 (28)}) 14. b3 (14. c4 $6 {Ivanchuk}
Rxb2 $1 15. cxd5 Bb4+ 16. Nd2 exd5 $44) 14... Be7 (14... g5 $6 15. Bg3 Bb4+ 16.
Ke2 (16. Kf2 O-O 17. c4 f5 $132) 16... f5 $5 (16... Nc3+ 17. Nxc3 Bxc3 18. Kd3
Bb4 19. c4 {/\ Kc2, Be2-f3+/=}) 17. exf6 e5 18. Kf3 g4+ (18... Bg4+ 19. Kxg4
Ne3+ 20. Kf3 Nxd1 21. Bxe5 Rb7 22. Bc4 $18) (18... h5 19. Kf2 $16 {><g5}) 19.
Kf2 Bf5 (19... O-O 20. Bc4 $16) 20. Bxe5 (20. Bd3 $2 O-O $44) 20... Bxe4 21.
Bxb8 g3+ $5 (21... O-O 22. Be5 Nxf6 23. Bc4+ Nd5+ 24. Kg3 $16) 22. Bxg3 Bc5+
23. Ke2 O-O 24. Rxd5 $6 (24. Bf2 $2 Nf4+ 25. Ke1 Bb4+ $19) (24. Rd2 Re8 $1 {/\}
25. Kd1 $4 Nc3+ 26. Kc1 Ba3#) (24. Rd3 $1 Rxf6 25. Kd2 Bb4+ 26. c3 Bxd3 27.
Bxd3 Nxc3 28. Kc2 Nxa2 29. Ra1 Nc3 30. Rxa6 $18) 24... cxd5 25. Kd1 $16 {
1-0 Brodskij,M-Rechel,B/Groningen (open) 1993 (35)}) (14... Bb4+ {Ivanchuk} 15.
c3) 15. Bg3 (15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. c4 $2 Ne3 17. Rd6 Ng4 $1 18. Rxc6 Bb7 $17) (15.
Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Kd7 (16... Nb4 $6 {Ivanchuk} 17. Rd2 Nxa2 18. Bxa6 $1 $16)
17. Bd3 Nc3 (17... f6 $5) 18. Rd2 f6 19. O-O Nxa2 20. Bc4 Nc3 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6
22. Re1+ Kf5 23. d7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Bykhovsky,A/Sochi 1990 (39)}) (15.
Bf2 $6 {Ivanchuk} Bb4+ $13) (15. Bxe7 $14 {Ivanchuk}) 15... O-O 16. Be2 (16. c4
Nb4 17. Rd2 Rd8 18. a3 (18. Nd6 c5) 18... Rxd2 (18... Rd4 $5 19. Nd6 (19. Rxd4
Nc2+ 20. Kd2 Nxd4 21. b4 a5 22. Bf2 Nf5 $132) 19... Bg5 20. Rxd4 Nc2+ 21. Kd1
Nxd4 22. b4 c5 $132) 19. Kxd2 Na2 20. b4 a5 $36) 16... a5 (16... Ne3 17. Rd2
Nxg2+ 18. Kf2 Nh4 $44) 17. c4 Nb4 18. Rd2 (18. O-O Nxa2 19. Ra1 Nb4 20. Rxa5
Nc2 $15 {/\21...Nd4}) 18... Rd8 19. Rf1 {xf7} Rxd2 20. Kxd2 Na6 (20... Nxa2 21.
Ra1 Nb4 22. Rxa5 $16) 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bf3 Bb7 23. Kc3 Rd8 24. Nd6 Ba8 25. a3 (
25. Rd1 $5 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6+ 27. Kc2 $16) 25... f5 26. b4 g5 27. h3 Bf8 28. c5
Rb8 (28... Bg7 29. Nc4 (29. Re1 axb4+ 30. axb4 Rb8) 29... axb4+ 30. axb4 Nc7
31. Rd1 Nd5+ 32. Kb3 $14 Rb8 33. Be1) 29. Bh5 (29. Ra1 $1 {/\30.Nc4} Bg7 30.
Nc4 Nc7 $132) 29... Nc7 30. Bf3 Na6 31. Bh5 Nc7 32. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 h6 15.
Nh2 c5 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Be3 Nb6 18. b3 a5 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. Qe2 c4 21. bxc4 Nxc4
22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Rb8 25. Reb1 g6 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Qa4 Rec8
28. f3 Kh7 29. Bf2 h5 30. Nf1 Bh6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Kh1 Rxb1+ 33. Rxb1 Rb8 34.
Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Kg1 Qc7 36. Qe8 Bg5 37. Nf1 Qb7 38. Qa4 Bd8 39. Be3 Bb5 40. Qa3
Qa6 41. Kh1 f6 42. f4 Kf7 43. Qb2 Ke8 44. fxe5 dxe5 45. Bc5 Ba4 46. Qc1 Kd7 47.
Bg1 f5 48. Qh6 Bc2 49. exf5 Bxf5 50. Ne3 Bd3 51. Qg7+ Be7 52. Qxe5 Bf6 53. Qb8
Bd8 54. Qb2 a4 55. Bf2 Bc7 56. Bg1 a3 57. Qf2 Qd6 58. Qf7+ Qe7 59. Qg8 Qe8 60.
Qg7+ Qe7 61. Qd4 Qe5 62. Qc5 Qd6 63. Qa7 Ke8 64. Nxc4 Qxd5 65. Nxa3 Qc6 66.
Qe3+ Qe4 67. Qc5 Bf1 68. Qf2 Qe2 69. Nc2 Qxf2 70. Bxf2 Bc4 71. Nb4 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{At this point, I had drawn 5 games and lost 2. I had also failed to win an
excellent position against Ivanchuk in round 7. Judit on the other hand had
had a good tournament so far and was on -2 even after losing to Kramnik. Still,
I was feeling good (at least there were only 4 rounds left!) and I could try
to have some fun playing chess - there wasn't much else that could go wrong
anymore!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {Topalov has
already drawn twice with this system against me and I figured it was time to
try it with Black! Black is trying to get into an Archangelsk without giving
White the chance to play d3 and a4. If White plays d3 then Black plays simply
d6. If not, then Black plays b5 and transposes} 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9.
d3 {Here she deviates from her game against Shirov two rounds earlier.} (9. d4
Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 {And here Shirov improved
on his game against Topalov (Wijk aan Zee 1996) by taking on f3.}) 9... O-O 10.
axb5 axb5 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nbd2 {I was surprised that she did this - in the
Guico Piano (or Italian game, I am not sure exactly what it is called!) this
move order was ruled out by the discovery that Ng4 followed by Kh8 and Nh6
gave Black an edge. After some thought I concluded that White was better
placed against it. The open a-file and Pb5 make it difficult for Black to
concentrate on the kingside. Still, Black is doing fine now.} Ng4 $1 13. Re2
Kh8 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nf1 f5 16. Bg5 (16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. d4 Qf6 $1 {This looks
fine for Black.} (17... fxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 (18... d5 19. Nxe5 $1 dxe4 20. Nxc6 {
Since g8 is off limits to Black's pieces, White can allow the Q to f2.} Qf6 21.
Nxb8 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1) 19. Re3 {/\ Ng3} e4 20. Bd5 $1 exf3 21. Bxc6 fxg2 22. Bxg2)
) 16... Qe8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Ng3 Ne7 (18... f4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 (19... Rxf5 20.
exf5 Bxf5 21. d4 $1 $16) 20. exf5 Rxf5 {During the game I thought that White
should be OK here, but maybe this was worth a try. For eg..} 21. Qc2 $1 {/\ d4}
(21. Bd5 Ne7 22. Be4 Rf8 23. d4 d5 $1) (21. d4 e4 {/\ d5}) 21... Qh5 $15) 19.
d4 f4 20. Nf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Nd2 (22. Bd5 $1 Bxf5 23. Nd2 (23. Bxe4 $2
Bxe4 24. Nd2 d5 25. f3 Qg6 26. fxe4 f3 27. Rf2 dxe4 $19) 23... e3 $1 (23... f3
24. Nxf3 $1 c6 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Nd2 d5 27. f3) 24. fxe3 fxe3 $11) 22... Bxf5
23. Nxe4 $6 (23. Bd5 $1) 23... Qg6 24. f3 Bxh3 25. Qd2 Rbe8 26. Rae1 {Even
after this error White is still fine here, as it is quite difficult to break
through White's kingside. Judit however started to commit small errors.} Re7
27. Kf1 {This is not really necessary - 27.Bc2 looks OK.} Rg7 28. Rf2 Bd7 29.
Bc2 Qh5 30. Ke2 $2 (30. b4 $1 {Sealing up the Bb6. White can proceed with
Ke2-d1-c2-b2.} d5 (30... c6 31. Ke2 $1 Bd8 32. Kd1 $1 {Judit had overlooked
that Bh4 could be met by Rh1}) 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxg2 34. Kd1
Qg5 35. Qd4 $15) 30... b4 $1 $17 {Grabbing his chance. Only now is Black
really better.} 31. Kd1 bxc3 32. bxc3 Be8 {Once Black moves his Q, plays h5
and Bg6, his Rs will be free to double on the e-file.} 33. Rff1 Qa5 34. Rh1 h5
35. Nf6 $2 {This leads to a forced loss, though White had a tough defence
ahead of her.} Qa1+ 36. Qc1 Qxc3 $1 37. Nxe8 (37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Nxe8 Rxg2 $19)
37... Rxg2 {My first win of 1997 - I was still on -1, but at least I wasn't in
last place anymore!} 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {I didn't expect this opening from Vishy but
fortunately some other players at Linares could play it and at least i had
some knowledge of the database. But to remember the exact move orders would be
too much for me...} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 {
Just to know less that one needs after more popular} (7... Be6 {Of course, my
choice wasn't without Topalov's influence, as his draw against Kasparov seemed
convincing.}) 8. Qf4 Be6 {I made this move quickly but since Anand sank into
thought I realised that I probably confused something. It's true because in
fact Topalov played} (8... Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {. But it seems that my move 
('home-prepared' as any other commentator would put it) appears to be a good
novelty. White anyway will be forced to change queens and Black gets even
quicker development than in case of 8...Ng6.}) 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. f4 (10. Na4
Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 13. Bd3 b6 {seems rather satisfactory for
Black.}) 10... f5 11. Bd2 {Anand rejected} (11. Na4 {because of} Bb4+ 12. c3
Bd6 13. e5 b5 $1) 11... O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhg8 13. g3 h5 $5 {Black still has
some positional disadvantage and his chances are in active play. Now White
opts for a forced line that at the end of all leads to draw.} 14. Bh3 {I was
slightly afraid of} (14. Be2 h4 15. gxh4 {but saw that} Rg2 $1 {promises good
compensation for the pawn.}) 14... h4 15. Na4 $1 {Now it looks like Black is
in danger as the f5 pawn is going to be hanging. So thought I but after some
half an hour of thought I found more or less clear path to draw.} Bf2 16. Bb4
Rxd1+ $1 17. Rxd1 (17. Kxd1 hxg3 18. hxg3 Kd8 {is also OK.}) 17... hxg3 18.
hxg3 {No time for} (18. Bxe7 gxh2) 18... b5 $1 19. Bxe7 bxa4 20. Bxf5 {It was
important to notice in advance that after} (20. exf5 {Black has} Bxa2) 20...
Bxf5 21. exf5 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. a3 Bxf4 25. Rf8 Be5 {Draw
because of the moves repetition after} (25... Be5 26. Rxf7 Rg1+ 27. Ka2 Rg2 28.
Kb1 Rg1+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Be2 Bc6 13. f3 Qb8 14. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round after Dreev had suffered 2 consecutive
defeats. It was also my last chance to end up on 50%, so I was quite
determined to give it my all.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 {Dreev's prepared variation for this tournament -
he played it against Shirov, Polgar and me (Adams deviated early with 6.g3)} 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 (9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 {Polgar,J-Dreev,A 14th
Ciudad de Linares 1997}) 9... h6 10. Be3 Qc7 (10... b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 e5
13. c4 Rc8 14. Nc3 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rb8 17. f4 (17. Kb1 $1 {I think
this gives White an edge - he can follow up with g4 and h4, maybe Kb1 is not
even necessary at the beginning.}) 17... Qa5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Qxa2 20. c5
Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kc1 {Shirov-Dreev was agreed drawn here}) 11. g4 Ne5 12.
h4 b5 13. Be2 $6 (13. Qg2 $1) 13... g6 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Nh5
17. Kb1 Ng3 {The right plan, but played with the wrong intentions - if he
wanted to play Nc4, he should never allow the White R to penetrate.
Nevertheless this is the right move.} (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. b3 {/\
Nde2+/=}) 18. Rh7 Nc4 $2 (18... Nxe2 $1 19. Qxe2 b4 20. Nd1 Nc4 21. Bc1 e5 22.
Nb3 Be6 {With equal chances}) 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. b3 $16 Qf1+ $2 (20... Qc7 21.
Bf2 (21. Qe1 Nh5 22. Bc1 Rc8 $1 23. Nd5 Qc5 {This is slightly annoying for
White}) 21... Nh5 22. Nde2 $16 Bg7 (22... Rc8 23. Bd4 $1 {/\ Nf4}) 23. Bd4 $1)
21. Kb2 a5 (21... b4 22. Nd1) (21... e5 22. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 23. Qd5 $18) (21...
Rc8 22. Rh8 $1 {/\ Nany followed by Qd6+-} Ke7 23. Bf4 $1 Nh5 24. Nf5+ $1 $18)
22. Rh8 a4 (22... b4 23. Ncb5 $1 Bxb5 (23... a4 24. bxa4 $1 {Simplest}) 24.
Nxb5 a4 (24... Qxb5 25. Qxd6 $18) 25. bxa4 $1) 23. Ndxb5 $1 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 axb3
(24... a3+ 25. Nxa3 Qa6 26. Qb4 Kd7 27. Rxf8 $1 {Even Rh7 should suffice} Rxf8
28. Nc4 $18 {/\ Bb6} Qc6 29. Ne5+ $1) 25. Nxd6+ (25. cxb3 Qxb5 26. Qxd6 Qe2+
27. Bd2 $18) 25... Kd7 26. Nf5+ {The Q just crawls up the board (to b6) with
check and Qb7+ leads to mate. With this win, I finally came back to 50%!} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 {Das ist ein von Morozevich in die Tuernierpraxis eingeführter Zug.
Ribli.} (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1
gxf6 13. h4 a6 14. Rh3 Qa5 15. Be2 O-O $146 16. Rc1 $1 Ne5 17. Qb3 {1-0
Stefansson,H-Petursson,M/Reykjavik 1996 (31)}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 a6 13. Be2
Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qa3 $1 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Lukacz,P/AUT-chT9697
1997 (23)} (16. Qb2 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qc2 $11)) 9. O-O (9. e5 $6 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5
(10... Bxc3+ $6 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ $2 12. Qd2 Qxa1+ 13. Ke2 {Weiß spielt wie
Andersen vor 150 Jahre.Ribli.} Qxh1 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Nf5 $40) 11. fxg7 Rg8 12.
O-O Rxg7 13. g3 Nc6 $13 {Die Bauernstruktur von Schwarz ist etwas angegriffen,
aber er hat das Läuferpaar und große Aktivität.Ribli.}) 9... Nc6 10. Rc1 h6 (
10... a6 11. a3 $1 Be7 12. Nf3 $14 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe2 Qf6 15. Rcd1 h5
16. h3 Nce5 $1 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Morozevich,A/
Madrid 1996 (31)}) 11. Bf4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf4c7] Weiß hat Raumvorteil
und seine Figuren stehen sehr gesund. Sein Bf4 steht besonders stark.Ribli.}
O-O 12. e5 Qb8 13. Bg3 (13. Bxh6 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bd6 $13 {Die schwarze
Königsstellung ist ein wenig geschwächt, aber Schwarz hat ein sehr gutes
Springerfeld auf e5.Ribli.}) 13... Nxe5 $8 {Führt zum Qualitätsverlust, ist
aber dennoch die einzig spielbare Möglichkeit.Ribli.} 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Ndb5 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg3b8]} Nxc4 (15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Nxc4 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Bxd6
$16) 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. Bxd6 Qd8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Weiß hat klaren Vorteil. Es
überrascht mich ein wenig, daß Kramnik diese Stellung nicht gewinnen konnte.
Eine Qualität mehr für nichts sollte sich früher oder später entscheidend
bemerkbar machen. Andererseits hat Schwarz keine Schwächen und einen Bauern
für die Qualität.Ribli.} 19. b4 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht. Da das nur
zu späterem Abtausch führt -was Anands Remischancen erhöht-, sollte Weiß die
Stellung geschlossener halten und langsamer spielen.Ribli.} (19. Qd6+ Qe7 20.
Red1) 19... a6 20. a4 Be8 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Red1 Rb8 $1 $14 {Schwarz muß diese
Türme auf dem Brett halten.Ribli.} (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 $16) 23. f3 {Das ist
der beste Bauernaufbau, wenn der Gegner Bc6 spielen kann.Ribli.} Bc6 24. b5
axb5 25. axb5 Be8 26. Ra1 g5 $1 {Schwarz hat eine Bauernmajorität am
Königsflügel, das heißt er kann dort aktiv spielen. Es gehen zwar keine
konkreten Drohungen von diesem Zug aus, aber Schwarz gewinnt Raum.Ribli.} 27.
Ra7 Kg7 28. Rda1 Rc8 29. R1a3 Rc7 {[%csl Gc7] Ich glaube, Anand spielt die
besten Züge der ganzen Partie nach dem Qualitätsverlust. Der Turm steht aktiv
auf c7 und verteidigt gleichzeitig Pb7.Ribli.} 30. b6 Re7 31. R3a5 Bc6 {
[%csl Gc6]} 32. Rc5 Re8 (32... Kg6 $4 33. Rxc6 $18) 33. Ne2 Bd5 34. Rc7 Rd8 35.
Kf2 (35. Raxb7 Bxb7 36. Rxb7 $11) 35... Rd6 36. Nc3 Rxb6 37. Nxd5 Rb2+ 38. Kg1
(38. Kg3 Nxd5 (38... exd5 39. Raxb7 Nh5+ 40. Kg4 Rxb7 41. Rxb7 Kg6 42. Rb6+ f6
43. g3 (43. Rd6 Nf4 44. g3 $4 h5#) 43... Ng7 44. f4 (44. Rd6 Nf5) 44... Nf5)
39. Raxb7 $14 {Ich denke aber, daß diese Stellung näher am Remis als am weißen
Gewinn ist.Ribli.}) 38... Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Kg1 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 {Und Remis
durch Zugwiederholung.Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 2nd round. I figured that there wasn't a better
time to spring a surprise on Alexei - on the 1st move!  I had played 1.Nf3
against Alexei before, but that was a rapid game in Monaco 1997. In our last
two "classical" encounters, I played e2-e4 as always, but I didn't get
anything in Linares. So here goes...!} 1. Nf3 {Huebner,R Lisenko} d5 2. d4 c6
3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {Alexei plays various types of Slavs and the King' Indian,
and I had also taken a look at this obscure system. Well, it's a lot less
obscure these days thanks to Shirov's efforts! Even so, I had seen it a long
time ago. In the World Junior Championship in Finland 1984, Dreev played an
amazing game against Thorsteins. I couldn't believe that this sort of move
didn't lose at once! I remember thinking that these were the most creative
people on the planet. Informator 36 came out during the event and I saw almost
the whole game played before between Tukmakov and Bagirov! Dreev had merely
improved on that game! So when I looked for a system against 4...a6 I looked
first of all at this move.} 5. Bg5 Ne4 (5... e6 {How many people would play 5..
.a6 against the Botvinnik system?}) 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. g3 (8. e4 $5 {
Lisenko}) 8... g6 {Shirov deviates} (8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 $5
g5 $5 (11... bxc4 $6 {Lisenko} 12. Rb1 e5 (12... Qc8 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. O-O $44)
13. Rxb7 exf4 14. Qa4 $44 {Tukmakov,V-Bagirov,V /SSSR/1983/ Inf 36/449/} (14.
Qa4 {Huebner,R} Qc8 15. Rb6 Bd6 16. Qxc4 Ke7 17. O-O $36 {geschah in der
Partie Tukmakov-Bagirov, UdSSR 1983, Inf. 36/449.})) 12. Bxb8 (12. Bxg5 $5 {
Huebner,R}) 12... bxc4 13. Rb1 Rxb8 14. Rxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxc6+ Rd7 16. Qa4 e6 17.
O-O Bd6 (17... Ke7 {Lisenko} 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxa6 $14) 18. Qxa6 (18. Rb1 {
Lisenko} Ke7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxa6 Rc8 21. Rb7 $1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qb5 $1
(23. a4 $2 Bb4 $3 24. cxb4 c3 25. Qd3 c2 26. Qxh7+ Kd6 $19) 23... h5 $1 24. a4
h4 $17 {Dreev,Dvorietzky/}) 18... Kf7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxc4 Rb8 (20... h5 $1 {
Lisenko}) 21. Qd3 $1 $10 (21. a4 $6 {Lisenko} Qc8 $1 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. f4 $6 $17
{Thorsteins,K-Dreev,A /Kiljava/1984 0:1 (51) Inf 38/474/}) 21... Kg7 22. c4 Qa4
23. c5 Be7 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. a3 Rb3 26. Qe4 $2 (26. Qd1 $1 $13 {Lisenko}) 26...
Qc4 $1 {0-1 Rashkovsky,N-Rublevsky,S/Kurgan 1993/CBM 39/[Lisenko] (37)}) 9. Bg2
Bg7 10. Ne5 $1 {White has to act quickly, otherwise he will simply be a P down.
} Be6 (10... Bxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 {wird von V. Anand vorgeschlagen ("Schach" 5/
1997, S.9). Ich habe nach der einfachen Folge} 12. Bf4 {/\ e4~/=} (12. Bf4 {
Huebner,R} O-O 13. h4 {kein besonderes Vertrauen in die Stellung des Schwarzen.
Vielleicht ist 11...0-0 an Stelle von 11...f6 etwas genauer, aber die
strukturellen Verhältnisse bleiben dieselben.})) 11. Qb1 $1 {The Ra1 will be
useful on the a-line if Black plays b7-b5} (11. Rb1 Ra7 $1 (11... f6 {Huebner,R
} 12. Nf3 b5 $44)) 11... Qc8 12. a4 $1 a5 (12... Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. a5 $16)
(12... g5 $5 {Not the first move you think of, but here White's N is running
out of squares!} 13. Be3 (13. Bxg5 $4 f6) (13. Bc1 {Huebner,R} g4 {ist eine
Idee Anands; der Springer auf e5 soll durch f7-f6 erobert werden. Ich habe
wenig Zutrauen zu dieser Fortsetzung; nach} 14. h3 gxh3 15. Be4 {sieht die
Stellung des Schwarzen allzu zerfetzt aus.}) 13... g4 {Now White has to play
the ugly... /\f7-f6} (13... Bd5 {sieht weniger überzeugend aus.}) 14. f3 {
But he should have good chances after he castles - Black's K won't be safe on
either flank.} (14. O-O f6 15. f4 {This is more speculative.})) 13. O-O O-O 14.
Ra2 $1 {Surprisingly, Black has no way to prevent Rb2-b6. Xb7} Nd7 {Ich bin
der Meinung, daß Schwarz} (14... f6 {Huebner,R versuchen sollte; nach} 15. Nf3
Nd7 {entsteht eine unklare Stellung mit Aussichten für beide Seiten. Nach dem
Textzug ist Schwarz für den Rest der Partie zu passiver Verteidigung
verurteilt.}) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rb2 Ra7 17. Rb6 {/\Qb2;Rb1 - Xb7 Dieser Zug
dient laut Anand dazu, dem Schwarzen den Zug b7-b5 mit Bildung eines
Freibauern auf der a-Linie unmöglich zu machen ("Schach" 5/1997, S.10).} (17.
e4 {In order to meet f5 with e4-e5.} b5 $1 {This was what I didn't like -
Shirov would have been familiar with similar ideas in the Grunfeld. Black just
abandons his centre and puts his hopes on a far advanced a-P. White is
probably better in either case, but I preferred the game continuation.} (17...
f5 {Anand} 18. e5)) 17... f5 $1 {Black's only chance. Otherwise White just
triples.} 18. Qb2 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 (19... Qxd5 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Qxb7 e5 (
21... Bf6 22. Rb1 g5 {We thought Black had some counterchances here when Kevin
Spraggett pointed out the right way.} (22... Qe4 {Huebner,R} 23. Rb2 $14) 23.
Be5 $1 {Spraggett Spraggett} Bxe5 24. Rb5 Rb8 25. Rxd5 Rxb7 26. Rxe5 $18 {
Thanks to g5, Black will lose too many Ps.}) 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24.
Qxc6 Qxc3 25. Rd1 {Though material is about equal, White's -> is very strong.
Especially Rd7 is hard to meet.} (25. Rd1 {steht Weiß laut Anand "riesig" 
("Schach" 5/1997, S.10), weil Schwarz Sorgen mit seiner offenen Königsstellung
hat. Ganz klar scheint mir die Sache nach} Kg7 {gefolgt von Tf8-f7 noch nicht
zu sein.})) 20. Rb1 Rd8 (20... Qxa4 $4 21. Rb5 {/\ Ra1+-}) 21. Qa2 ({Auf} 21.
Rxb7 {Huebner,R folgt} Rxb7 22. Qxb7 Qxa4 {. Damit wird der Sinn des Zuges 20..
.Td8 klar: der Bauer auf d5 sollte gedeckt werden, um dem Schwarzen diese
Fortsetzung zu ermöglichen.}) 21... Rc8 22. R6b5 Bf6 23. h4 Kf7 24. R1b2 {
/\Qa2-b1-c1-e3} Rc6 $2 {A blunder, but White was threatening to swing his Q to
e3 and then to open the kingside. Black's position would eventually collapse.
Schwarz stellt den Bauern auf b7 ein. V. Anand meint, ("Schach" 5/1997, S.10),
daß die Stellung des Schwarzen ohnehin hoffnungslos sei; Weiß bringe seine
Dame nach e3 und öffne die Stellung am Königsflügel. Diese Öffnung scheint mir
aber nicht einfach zu erreichen zu sein, wenn Schwarz h7-h5 spielt.} 25. Bb8 $1
Raa6 26. Rxb7 Qe6 27. Qb1 g5 {Dies beschleunigt den Untergang, aber jetzt
dürfte die Stellung des Schwarzen in der Tat hoffnungslos sein.} 28. g4 $1 gxh4
$2 (28... Qe4 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. h5 $16 {White plays e3 and then either
penetrates on the 8th rank or attacks the a5 pawn.}) 29. gxf5 Qc8 30. Kh2 Qg8
31. Qh1 $1 Qd8 32. Bf4 Rcb6 33. Rb8 $1 {Of course taking on b6 and then
capturing the d5 and c4 pawns would also win, but this leads to mate.} Rxb8 34.
Rxb8 Qd7 35. Qg2 (35. Qg2 Bg7 36. Qg4 {/\ Qh5+-}) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3
Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2
Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 b5 (15... Nb4+ {Ftacnik} 16. Kb3 b5 17. Kxb4 bxc4 18.
Qxc4 Rb8+ 19. Ka3 Qd6+ 20. Ka2 O-O 21. Qc2 {1-0 Trifunovic,P-Sokolov,V/JUG-ch
Zagreb (15)/1961 (46)}) 16. axb5 Nb4+ 17. Kc3 (17. Kb3 {Ftacnik} cxb5 18. Kxb4
bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb8+ 20. Ka3 Qa5+ 21. Qa4+ {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Khalifman,A/Ubeda 
(08) 1997}) 17... cxb5 18. Rd1 (18. Nb6 {Ftacnik} Qc5+ 19. Kb3 Nc6 20. Qxb5
Qe3+ 21. Kc2 Qf2+ 22. Kc3 Qd4+ {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Ter Apel (05) 1997
}) 18... bxc4 {Eine überraschende Lösung von verblüffender Einfachheit; ich
setze aber kein Vertrauen in sie. Meines Erachtens ist es nötig, sich auf die
von Z. Ribli in der Informatormonographie (Slawisch D16-19 unter D 17/76,
Fußnote 473) angegebene Fortsetzung} (18... Qc5 19. Qe5 Nd5+ (19... Qxe5+ 20.
Nxe5 Nd5+ 21. Rxd5 $1 (21. Kb3 a6 22. Bd3 $14) 21... exd5 22. Bxb5+ Ke7 23. Re1
$16) 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 (21... Ke7 22. Nf5+ Kd8 23. Qxd5+ exd5 24. Bxb5
$14) 22. Qxd5 exd5 {einzulassen.} (22... exd5 {Ftacnik} 23. Bxb5 $14)) (18...
Qxc4+ $6 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxc4 bxc4 20. Kxb4 Rb8+ 21. Kc3 $16) 19. Rxd5 (19. Kxb4
$2 {Ftacnik} Rb8+ 20. Kc3 Qa5+ 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kb1 c3 $19) 19... Nxd5+ 20. Kc2
(20. Kd2 {wurde in der Partie Salow-Illescas Cordoba aus dem gleichen Turnier
gespielt; dieser Zug scheint mir stärker zu sein als 20.Kc2. Weiß eilt, seinen
König am Königsflügel in Sicherheit zu bringen; außerdem hängt der Bauer auf
c4 sofort. Schwarz dürfte verloren sein.}) (20. Kxc4 {Ftacnik} O-O 21. Kd4 Rfd8
$13) 20... O-O 21. Qe4 (21. g3 {kommt in Betracht, um den Springer auf d5
möglichst bald zu befragen. Nach} Rab8 (21... c3 22. Bg2 Nb4+ (22... cxb2 23.
Bxd5 {sieht hoffnungslos für Schwarz aus.}) 23. Kxc3 Rab8 24. Be4 {dürfte
Schwarz nicht überleben können.}) 22. Bg2 Nb4+ 23. Kc3 Nd3 24. Rb1 Rb3+ (24...
Rfc8 {wird mit} 25. b4 {beantwortet.}) 25. Kxc4 Rfb8 26. Qxd3 R8b4+ 27. Kc5
Rxd3 28. Kxb4 Rd2 29. Bc6 Rxh2 30. b3 {Schwarz dürfte die Partie auf Grund der
Schwäche seines a-Bauern kaum halten können.}) 21... Rfc8 {Ftacnik: Black
builds a very unusual fortress. Ftacnik: Schwarz baut eine sehr ungewohnliche
Festung.} 22. h4 (22. Be2 Rc5 (22... c3 23. b3 ({Auch nach} 23. Ba6 Rc7 24.
bxc3 Rb8 25. Ra1 Rxc3+ 26. Kd1 {hat Weiß Aussichten, seinen Materialvorteil zu
konsolidieren.}) 23... Rab8 24. Ra1 Nb4+ 25. Kc1 {scheint mir vielversprechend
für Weiß auszusehen.}) (22... Rab8 23. Ra1 c3 24. b3 Nb4+ 25. Kc1 {führt zur
selben Stellung wie Variante A. Auch wenn Schwarz auf den Vorstoß seines
c-Bauern verzichtet, kommt er in Schwierigkeiten.}) 23. Ra1 a5 {ist aber von
der Partiefortsetzung nicht wesentlich verschieden.}) (22. Bxc4 $2 {Ftacnik}
Rxc4+ 23. Qxc4 Ne3+ $19) 22... Rc5 23. Rh3 Rac8 24. Ra3 a5 25. Kc1 (25. Ra4 {
Ftacnik} h5 26. Qd4 Nb6 27. Ra1 Nd5 $13) 25... h5 {Weiß kann seine Stellung
nicht mehr verbessern.} 26. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. exd6 Bg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Rh4 20. Bd4 (
20. Bc3 f6 (20... Rc8 21. h3 Bd5 22. Rh2 Re4 23. Bd3 Rf4 24. Bd2 Rf2 25. Bxg5
Rxg2 26. Rxg2 Bxg2 27. h4 Ne5 $14 {Adams-Svidler,Tilburg 96}) 21. Be1 Rh6 22.
h4 Kf7 23. Rh3 gxh4 24. Rxh4 Rxh4 25. Bxh4 Rg8 26. g3 Bd5 27. a4 Rb8 28. axb5
axb5 29. Be2 b4 $14 {Adams-Smirin Cap D Agde,96}) 20... f5 (20... Rc8 21. Rd2 (
21. Bf2 Rh6 22. h4 e5 23. Be2 (23. Rh3 g4 24. Re3 Kf8 25. Bg3 f5 26. Bxe5 Be4
27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. Bg3 Rh5 29. c3 Rf5 30. Be2 $16 {Wahls-Lagunov,Germany 96})
23... Bxg2 24. Rhg1 Be4 25. Rd2 Rc6 26. hxg5 Rhxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rg3 Rc6
29. c3 $11 {Wahls-Lagunov,Bins 95} Bg6 30. Rh3 $11) (21. Be3 f6 22. Rd2 Kf7 23.
h3 e5 24. Bd3 Ke6 25. Rf1 Be4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rd3 Rec4 28. Rd2 $11 {Mozaliov.
S-KalininA.,Russia 96}) 21... Bd5 22. Be3 f6 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. b3 Kd7 25. Rf1
Rxh2 26. Rxf6 Rxg2 $17 {Varavin-Makarov,Russia94}) 21. b3 Rc8 $6 (21... Kf7 $5
22. h3 e5 23. Bf2 Rh6 $44) 22. Kb2 Kf7 23. h3 Bc6 24. Rg1 (24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4
Bb5 $132) 24... e5 25. Bf2 Rhh8 26. c4 Nf6 (26... f4 $5 27. Be2 (27. Bd3 e4 28.
Be2 e3 29. Be1 Nf6 30. Bc3 Rcd8 $132) 27... Nf6 $44) 27. Bd3 f4 (27... e4 28.
Be2 f4 29. Bd4 $14) 28. Bf5 Bd7 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. c5 (30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rd5 b4
32. Rb5 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Rc1 Ke6 35. Rc4 Kxd6 36. Be1 Kd5 37. Bxb4 e4 $132
) 30... Ke6 31. b4 Rh7 32. Rge1 Kf5 (32... g4 $6 33. hxg4 Rg7 34. Rh1 Rxg4 35.
Rh7 $18) 33. Kb3 Ke6 34. Bd4 (34. a4 $5) 34... Kd5 $1 (34... Kf5 $2 35. Bxe5
Nxe5 36. Rd5 Re8 37. d7 $18) 35. Bxe5+ Kc6 36. Bc3 g4 37. hxg4 (37. Re7 $5 $16)
37... Rh4 38. Ra1 $2 (38. g5 $1 Rg8 (38... Rg4 39. Bf6 Rg3+ 40. Kc2 Rxg2+ 41.
Rd2 $18) 39. Bf6 Nxf6 40. gxf6 Rxg2 41. Rh1 Rhg4 42. Rh3 $18) 38... a5 $1 (
38... Rxg4 $2 39. a4 $1 $18) 39. a4 axb4 40. Bxb4 bxa4+ 41. Rxa4 Rxg4 42. Ra6+
Kb5 43. Ra5+ Kc6 44. Re4 $2 (44. Rea1 Rxg2 (44... Nb8 45. Ra8 Rcg8 46. R1a7 $18
) 45. Ra6+ Kb7 46. Ra7+ Kc6 47. R1a6+ $18) 44... Rxg2 45. Rxf4 Rgg8 46. Kc4 (
46. Ra6+ Kb5 47. Ra7 Nxc5+ $11) 46... Ra8 47. Rxa8 Rxa8 48. Re4 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nd7 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Qd2
Rd8 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qc6 17. f4 b5 18. e5 b4 19. Ne2 a5 20. Nd4 Nxb3+ 21.
axb3 Qe4 22. f5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rhe1 Qd6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Qxd2+
27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Kf7 29. Nd4 Bxg4 30. Nc6 Bf5 31. Re5 Kf6 32. Rxa5 Rxa5
33. Nxa5 Be4 34. c3 g5 35. Ke3 Bh1 36. Nc4 h5 37. Nd2 Bb7 38. Ne4+ Kg6 39. cxb4
h4 40. Nd6 Bd5 41. b5 g4 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I was leading Karpov by one point and since this game was played after the
rest day, it was clear that I would have a tough game ahead of me.} 1. d4 {
Huzman} d5 2. c4 dxc4 {I had played a Slav against Topalov in the 3rd round,
and sacrificed my queen to escape from a difficult position. Though Black's
position was better than it looked, repeating it seemed like asking for
trouble! So this time, I settled for the good old QGA.} 3. e4 e5 {In Wijk aan
Zee, Loek Van Wely told me that this system with 6...Be6 was quite good. Later
I took a look at the system and decided to give it a shot.} 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4
Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 (7. Bb5 Bc5 {Doesn't give White much.}) 7... fxe6 8. Qb3
{The critical line, of course.} Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bb4 {
The idea. By threatening to take on d2, Black provokes Nc4 with the Q still
stuck on a6.} 12. Nc4 (12. Qd3 {Huzman Beliavsky -Scherbakov,1996}) 12... O-O {
All this has been played before and in fact we only deviated from theory on
move 18. Nonetheless, Karpov spent more than an hour getting to move 18.} (
12... Nxe4 {Huzman} 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 $18) 13. a3 Bc5 (13... Be7 $5 {
Huzman} 14. Re1 $14) 14. b4 Bb6 15. b5 {A very committal move. White is
willing to trap his Q temporarily in order to dominate the light squares.} Ne7
16. Nfe5 Qe8 17. Re1 Ng6 {I had been waiting for Karpov to improve and now it
happens!} 18. Nd3 $1 {Here Karpov shows his improvement from the game
Iskusnyh-Rublevsky Elista 1995, where White played the weaker 18.Nc6.} (18. Nc6
$2 Nh4 19. Qa4 (19. Bg5 Qh5 {/\20.B:h4 Q:h4 21.N:b8 Ng4->}) 19... Qh5 {/\20.N:
b8? Qg4-+ Iskusnych-Rublevsky/RUS-ch/1995/}) 18... Nh4 $2 {This turns out to
be a serious error after 18.Nd3. I thought that Karpov's next move was
impossible because of Nxe4, but in fact it is extremely strong.} (18... Nd7 {
Huzman} 19. a4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Ba3 $16) 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Bg5 $2 Nxg2 $1 (
19... Qh5 20. Bxh4 Qxh4 21. f3 $16) 20. Kxg2 Qh5 21. Bf4 (21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. f4
(22. Nce5 Rh6 $40) 22... Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Rxf4+ 24. Nxf4 Rf8) 21... Nxe4 $1 (21...
Ng4 22. Bg3 Rf3 {Unfortunately, this fails to...} 23. h3 $1 $16) 22. Rxe4 (22.
h3 Qd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd5g2]}) 22... Qg6+ (22... Qg4+ $5 {Huzman} 23. Kf1 Qf3
24. Nd2 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxa1 $13) 23. Kf3 Qh5+ $11) 19... Nxe4 20. Bg3 $1 {
Very simple. White fortifies his kingside and proceeds to attack Black's
bishop.} Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nf5 22. a4 Ne3 {No exclams or question marks for this
move. It's simply necessary. Best practical chance} (22... Nd6 {Huzman} 23.
Nce5 c5 (23... Ra8 $140 $5 24. a5 Nxb5) (23... Qc8 24. Nc6 $1 $16) 24. bxc6 Qc8
25. Qxc8 Rbxc8 26. a5 $16) 23. Nce5 $2 (23. fxe3 $1 {As often is the case, the
way to refute a sacrifice is to accept it!} dxe3 $1 {I discovered this later.
I think this is Black's best chance, because White's best move leaves his
queen a bit precariously placed....} (23... Qg6 {During the game, I only saw
this move} 24. Nce5 $1 (24. Nf4 {Huzman} Qxg3 25. Nxb6 axb6 $132) 24... Qxg3
25. a5 (25. e4 {Huzman} Rf6 26. a5 Rbf8 {[%cal Gf6f2]} 27. axb6 Rf2 (27... Rh6
28. Ng4 $1 $18) 28. Nxf2 Qxf2+ $11 (28... Rxf2 $4 29. Qc8+ $18)) 25... dxe3 26.
Re2 $1 (26. axb6 Rf2 $1 (26... Rf2 {Huzman} 27. Nxf2 exf2+ (27... Qxf2+ 28. Kh2
Qh4+ $11) 28. Kf1 fxe1=Q+ 29. Rxe1 Rf8+ 30. Nf3 Rxf3+ $11)) 26... Rf2 (26...
Bd4 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rf8+ 30. Kg1 $1 $18 (30. Nf7+ Kg8 31.
Rf2 $1 Qxf2+ $1 32. Nxf2 Rxf7)) 27. Rxf2 (27. Nxf2 $4 {Huzman} exf2+ 28. Kf1
Qh2 $19) 27... exf2+ 28. Kf1 Qh2 29. axb6 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 $18) 24. Nxb6 $1 (24.
Re2 Qh5) 24... axb6 25. Rxe3 $18 {but I don't see a way for Black to exploit
White's Qa6}) 23... Nc2 24. Nc6 $2 {Another error and now White is almost
worse.} (24. a5 $1 {Of course, materially speaking, Black is doing fine, but
White's knights are so strong that I think that White is still much better.}
Nxe1 (24... Nxa1 {Huzman} 25. Rxa1 c5 26. bxc6 (26. axb6 axb6 $13 (26... Rxb6
27. Qxa7 Qxb5 28. Qe7 $1 $16)) 26... Bc7 27. Nd7 $16) 25. Rxe1 Bxa5 26. Qxa5
Qxb5 27. Qxa7 $1 $16) 24... Nxa1 25. Rxa1 (25. Nxb8 $2 Nc2 26. Rc1 e5 $1 $17)
25... Ra8 (25... e5 $1 26. a5 (26. Ncxe5 Bc5 27. Nxc5 Qxe5 28. Nd7 Qe2 29. Rf1
d3 $15) 26... Ra8 $1 {Transposes.}) 26. Re1 $1 (26. a5 e5 $1 27. Ncxe5 (27.
axb6 axb6 28. Qxa8 Qxa8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Ndxe5 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rd1 32. Nb4 Rb1
$11 (32... Rb1 {Huzman} 33. Ned3 Ra1 {[%cal Ga1a5]} 34. Ne5 Rb1 $11)) 27... Bc5
) 26... e5 (26... Qh5 $5 {[%cal Gb6c5] Huzman} 27. Nce5 Qf5 (27... c5 28. a5 (
28. bxc6 $44 {[%cal Ya4a5]}) 28... Bc7 29. Nxc5 $44) 28. a5 Rfb8 29. g4 $1 Qg5
30. Ra1 $14) 27. Rxe5 (27. f3 $1 $14 {[%cal Ya4a5] Huzman}) 27... Qf7 28. a5
Qb3 29. Ncb4 Rae8 {I decided to force the draw.} (29... Rfb8 {Would lead to a
very strange position - White can't take the bishop on b6 because of his queen
on a6 and his knights are chained to each other. However, Black can't move
either R or his bishop.}) (29... Rfb8 $5 {Huzman}) (29... c5 $1 {Huzman} 30.
bxc6 (30. axb6 axb6 31. Qxb6 cxb4 $17) 30... Bc7 $17) 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Kh2 {
Setting one last trap.} Qf7 $1 {Not falling for it.} (31... Bc5 $2 32. Qc6 $1
Re6 (32... Bxb4 33. Qxe8+ Bf8 34. Ne5 $40) 33. Nxc5 $1 $18) 32. axb6 {There
was nothing more.} Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 {In my opinion Anand prepared this move in his
preparation before the game according to a game Solozhenkin-Saulin were white
got a long pressure from the opening and won. But Boris knows this variation
very well and made good results against high level players,and for shure he
knew this game and has shown to Anand his home preparation in this line.} (10.
f4 {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1997 (44);CBM59/1/2-1/2}) 10... Bb7 11. f3
b5 $1 $146 (11... Nbd7 $6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Rf2 h6 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. Nc1 $14 {
[%cal Gc1a2,Ya2b4,Yb4d5] Solozhenkin,E-Saulin,D/RUS-ch Elista 1995 (40)/1-0})
12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 (14... Qc7 $5 15. c3 bxc3 16. Rc1 Nd7 (
16... c2 17. Rxc2 Qd8 18. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Gb3a5]}) 17. bxc3 (17. Rxc3 Qd8 $15 {
[%cal Gd7f6,Gf7f5]}) 17... Nb6 (17... f5 18. f4 $13) 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. a5 $13)
15. c3 (15. f4 $6 Nf6 {[%csl Rd5]} 16. Bc4 Rc8 17. Qd3 e4 18. Qd4 Ng4 $17)
15... bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bg1 Qc7 18. c4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 19. Nd2 {[%cal
Gd2b1,Yb1c3,Yb1a3]} f5 $6 (19... Bxd2 $142 20. Qxd2 Nc5 21. Rfb1 Ba6 22. Bf2 {
[%cal Gf2e1]} Rab8 $15) 20. Nb1 Nc5 (20... Ba6 $143 21. Na3 Rf6 22. Nb5 {
Black queen doesn't pass to >>}) 21. Nc3 Rf6 {[%csl Yd6]} 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Qc2 {
Black has some attacking chances on >>,and White can double his rooks on
b-file.In my opinion Anand was upset of opening results and offered a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Rd1 Bg4 9. Nc4 Qe6 10. Ne3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O-O 12. d3 c5 13. Qf5 Qxf5 14. Nxf5
c4 15. Be3 cxd3 16. Rxd3 Rxd3 17. cxd3 g6 18. Ng3 Ne7 19. d4 Nc6 20. dxe5 fxe5
21. Rd1 Bg7 22. Ne2 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Kf1 Kd7 25. Nc1 Bf8 26. Ke2 Bd6 27.
g3 Ke6 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 b6 30. h3 Nb4 31. Bd2 Nc6 32. Be3 Nb4 33. Bd2 Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 9th round. Kramnik had 5.5 points, I had 5 and
Topalov, Karpov and Polgar had 4.5. Kramnik played Topalov. I knew that if
they drew, then I would have a chance to win the tournament.} 1. Nf3 {Huzman}
Nf6 2. c4 g6 {I had studied the King's Indian quite well, since I knew that if
I played 1.Nf3, then there would be a few players who would play the King's
Indian. Shirov opted for the Slav, but finally a KID appears!} 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {Quite the rage these days.
I like it because there are only a few critical positions to study, and so far,
there doesn't seem a clear way for Black.} a5 10. Ba3 b6 {Looked new for a
second, but I didn't see any difference between this and 10...axb4, (except
that the same position can arise after move 11 or move 12!) so...} 11. bxa5
Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Nh5 {This doesn't seem right. 13...Ne8 is played more
often and rightly so, in my opinion. Now c7 is weak.} (13... Ne8 {[%csl Rc7]
Huzman}) 14. a5 {During the game, I thought that it was important to just go
ahead, but now I think that this is imprecise.} (14. Re1 {Quite simple. White
can always play a4-a5 on the next move. White's light squared bishop is very
important.}) (14. Re1 $5 {Huzman} Nf4 15. Bf1 {[%cal Ya4a5]}) 14... bxa5 15.
Bxa5 Nf4 16. Nd2 {Once again, just Re1 was better. Black has to decide right
away whether she is going to take the bishop.} Qd7 $1 {Of course fairly
obvious, but I was mesmerised by the "x-ray" on d8! When she played this, I
suddenly felt uncomfortable on the h3 square.} 17. Re1 Bh6 $2 {A really bad
move. Even passing would have been better.} (17... Nxg2 $1 {Having played Qd7,
why not use it?} 18. Kxg2 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qxc3 21. Ra7 {I thought
this was very strong, but then I saw Black's next...} Qd4 $1 (21... Qb4 $1 {
Huzman} 22. Qc2 Bh6 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Raa1 f5 $132) 22. Ra3 $1 {And White is
certainly better, but Black is doing well on the dark squares and can start
counterplay with f5.} (22. Rxc7 Qb6 $1 23. Rxe7 Bf6)) 18. Bf1 c6 (18... f5 $142
{Huzman} 19. c5 $16 (19. g3 Nh5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nb5 Nf6 22. Bxc7 (22. Ne4
Nxe4 23. Rxe4 c6)) 19... dxc5 20. Nb3 (20. Nc4 fxe4 $132)) 19. c5 $1 {This
would not work with the bishop on g7.} cxd5 (19... dxc5 20. Nc4 {/\ Nb6+/-})
20. exd5 $1 dxc5 (20... Nexd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Qxd5 $1 $18) 21.
Nde4 Bg7 (21... f5 {Huzman} 22. Nxc5 Qd6 23. Bb4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Nexd5 25. Bc4
Kh8 (25... Rd8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxe5 $18) 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Rd1 $18) 22. Bb5
Qb7 23. Nxc5 $6 {I saw that d6 would win a piece, but decided to try for more..
.} (23. d6 Nf5 24. d7 Nd4 25. dxc8=Q {Black has some ~/=, but eventually the
extra piece should tell.}) 23... Qb8 $1 {And wound up with less.} 24. Bf1 $6 (
24. d6 $1 Ned5 $1 {Is what I had missed.} 25. d7 (25. Nxd5 Qxb5 $13 (25... Qxb5
26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. d7 Bxd7 28. Nxd7 Rfe8 29. Bc3 $11)) 25... Rxa5 $1 (25... Nxc3
26. Bxc3 Rxa1 (26... Bb7 27. Bf1 $16) 27. Bxa1 Qxb5 28. d8=Q Qxc5 29. Q8d6 $16)
26. Rxa5 Nxc3 (26... Nxc3 {Huzman} 27. Qb3 Bxd7 28. Nxd7 Qb7 29. f3 e4 $132))
24... Bf5 (24... Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Qb4 26. Qa1 $1 $18 (26. Rb5 {Huzman} Qxc3 27. d6
$14)) 25. d6 $1 Nc6 26. Bc7 {White has to start all over again, but at least I
don't have to push the d-P to d6 again!} Rxa1 (26... Qb4 $5 {Huzman} 27. N5e4
$16) 27. Qxa1 Qb4 28. N5e4 Qb3 29. Rb1 Qe6 30. Qa4 Nd4 (30... Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Nd4
32. Kh1 $1 $16 {Stepping out of any tricks with the Ns.}) 31. Bc4 $1 {Now the
queens go.} Qd7 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 33. Nd5 (33. Nc5 Bc6) 33... Be6 $1 34. Nb6 Bxc4
35. Nxc4 Nfe6 36. Nb6 $1 {Black's R has nowhere to go.} f5 37. Nc3 e4 38. Ncd5
$2 {Another one. After Kf1, Black would have no defence to Ncd5, but now she
gets some relief by exchanging one pair of Ns.} (38. Kf1 $1 $16 {[%cal Yc3d5]
Huzman}) 38... Ne2+ (38... Kf7 {Huzman} 39. Kf1 $16) 39. Kf1 Nc3 $1 40. Rc1
Nxd5 41. Nxd5 Be5 {Now I realized that White was in danger of losing his
advantage entirely. From here on however, I think I played quite well.} (41...
Kf7 {This doesn't help Black.} 42. Bb6 $1 {/\ d7} Ke8 (42... Bh6 {Huzman} 43.
Ra1 $16) 43. Nc7+ $1 Kd7 (43... Nxc7 44. dxc7 Kd7 45. Rd1+ $18) 44. Nxe6 Kxe6
45. d7 $1 Kxd7 (45... Bf6 46. Rc8 $18) 46. Rc7+ $18) 42. Bb6 Rf7 43. Rc8+ Nf8
44. Ne7+ {White must keep the R boxed in as long as possible.} Kg7 45. Bc5 Nd7
46. Bb4 Kf6 (46... Bxh2 {Huzman} 47. Rc7 Nf6 48. Rb7 $16 {[%cal Yd6d7]}) 47.
Re8 $1 {White eventually wants to get his N to d8 to dislodge the Black rook.}
Bb2 48. Nd5+ Kg7 49. Nc7 {/\ 50.Ne6+ Kf6 51.Nd8!} Ne5 {Black has cleared d7
for her R, but now her bishop is running out of squares. When I saw that after
Ne6+, Black has to play Kf6, White's next move became apparent.} 50. Bd2 $1 {
/\ 51.Ne6+ Kf6 52.Bg5#} h6 51. Rb8 $1 Ba1 (51... Ba3 52. Bc3 Bxd6 53. Ne8+ $18)
(51... Nc4 52. Rxb2 $1 $18) 52. Ra8 Nc4 (52... Bb2 53. Ra2 $18 (53. Ra2 {Huzman
} Nc4 54. Rxb2 $18)) 53. Ne8+ $1 {The Black king must be forced to h7 for the
subsequent fork on f6.} Kh7 54. Rxa1 $1 Nxd2+ 55. Ke2 Nb3 56. Rd1 Nc5 57. d7
Ne6 (57... Nxd7 58. Rxd7 $18) 58. d8=Q Nxd8 59. Rxd8 g5 60. Rd7 Rxd7 61. Nf6+
Kg6 62. Nxd7 Kf7 63. Kd2 Ke6 64. Nb6 h5 65. h4 $1 f4 (65... gxh4 66. Ke3 Ke5
67. Nc4+ Kd5 68. Na5 $1 Ke5 69. Nc6+ Kd5 (69... Kd6 70. Nd4 Ke5 71. Ne2) 70.
Ne7+ $18) 66. hxg5 Kf5 67. Nc4 Kxg5 68. Nd6 e3+ 69. fxe3 h4 70. Ne4+ (70. e4 $4
{Huzman} f3 71. gxf3 h3 72. e5 Kf4 73. Ne4 Kxf3 74. Ng5+ Kf4 $11) 70... Kg4 71.
Ke2 Kf5 (71... fxe3 72. Kxe3 h3 73. Nf2+ $18 (73. Nf2+ {Huzman} Kg3 74. gxh3
$18)) 72. Nf2 {. With this win, my score went to 6 points. I then remembered
the tournament in Madrid 1993 where I won my last round game against Judit and
tied with Kramnik and Topalov, who had just drawn their last round game...!}
1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Qd2 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O g5 14. a3 h5
15. b4 Qxa3 16. Nd5 Qb2 17. Rc2 Qe5 18. Ra2 h4 19. h3 Rg8 20. Rd1 Bh8 21. Be2
Bc6 22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Qc2 Qb8 24. Bg4 Be5 25. f3 d6 26. Kh1 Qb7 27. Qd2 Bxd5 28.
Qxd5 Qxd5 29. cxd5 Nf4 30. Bd7 Bc3 31. b5 Bb4 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Rxa8+ Kg7 34.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Ra1 Bc5 38. Ra8 Kg7 39. Re8 Kf6 40. Bf5
Bd4 41. Rf8 Kg7 42. Rc8 Kf6 43. Rg8 Bc5 44. Bd7 Bd4 45. Be8 Ng6 46. f4 Nxf4 47.
Rf8 Ke5 48. Rxf7 Kxe4 49. Rxe7+ Kxd5 50. Bc6+ Kc5 51. Rf7 Ne6 52. Rf5+ Be5 53.
Bd7 Nd4 54. Rxg5 Nxb5 55. Bxb5 Kxb5 56. Rh5 Kc4 57. Rxh4+ Kc3 58. Ke2 b5 59.
Rh7 Bd4 60. Kd1 b4 61. Kc1 Be3+ 62. Kb1 d5 63. Rc7+ Kb3 64. h4 d4 65. Re7 Kc3
66. g4 Bf4 67. Rf7 Be5 68. g5 d3 69. g6 b3 70. Rf3 Kd2 71. h5 Ke2 72. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. f4 a6 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Nb3 b4
15. Na4 Rb8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nac5 Bc8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. Bf4 Rb5 21.
Nd3 Qc4 22. h3 a5 23. Nbc1 Rd5 24. b3 Qb5 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Bh6 Bxd1 27. Rxd1
Rc8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Ne2 Qc6 30. Rh1 h5 31. Rh4 Rdd8 32. g4 hxg4 33. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Qd3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ng4 14. h3
Rxf3 15. Qxf3 Nh2 16. Qd3 Nxf1 17. Kxf1 Nb4 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Qa4 Rb4 20. Qc2 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qd3 c5 23. b3 c4 24. bxc4 Qc6 25. Bd2 Rxc4 26. Rb1 Bc7 27.
Rb2 Bb6 28. Ke2 h6 29. g3 Rc5 30. h4 Qd7 31. Kf3 Rc8 32. Kg2 Qa4 33. Bb4 Rc1
34. h5 Qe8 35. Qf3 Qb5 36. Qe2 d3 37. Qg4 Qc6 38. Bd2 Rc4 39. Bxh6 Qxe4+ 40.
Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Kf3 Re5 42. Be3 Bxe3 43. fxe3 Rxh5 44. Rd2 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 Bb4 11. Bd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Qa4 Qa5
15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16. Nxd5 Bxd2 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Nxd2 Rc8 19. Nb3 O-O 20. Nd4 Rc7
21. a4 Rd8 22. e3 Kf8 23. h3 Rdc8 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 b5 14. Na5 Bd5
15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Rac1 e5 17. Nc2 Bb6 18. Nb4 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Rc8 20. Bd2 Be6 21.
Nbc6 Kh8 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Nc5 24. Nxe5 Nxa4 25. Nac6 a5 26. Ba6 Ra8 27. Bb5
Nc5 28. Bxa5 Bxa5 29. Nxa5 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 g5 12. Be3 bxc4 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. h4 Nd7 15.
hxg5 fxg5 16. Bxg5 O-O-O 17. O-O Rg8 18. Qd2 h6 19. Be3 e5 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Rxb7
Kxb7 22. Rb1+ Ka7 23. Bxc6 Rb8 24. Bxd7 Rxb1+ 25. Qxb1 exd4 26. Bxd4+ Bc5 27.
Qe4 Rd8 28. Bxc5+ Qxc5 29. Be6 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Qh5 31. Qe3+ Kb7 32. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 33.
Kxf3 Rc1 34. Ke3 Rxc3+ 35. Kd2 Ra3 36. Bxc4 Kc6 37. Bb3 Kc5 38. g4 a5 39. e3 a4
40. Bf7 Kb4 41. f4 Kc5 42. Bg8 Kd6 43. Bf7 Ke7 44. Bc4 Kf8 45. Bd5 Ke7 46. Ke2
Kd6 47. Bg8 Rc3 48. Kf3 a3 49. g5 hxg5 50. fxg5 Ke5 51. Bf7 Rc1 52. g6 Rg1 53.
Ke2 Rg2+ 54. Kd3 Rg3 55. Kc4 Kf6 56. e4 Re3 57. Kd4 Re1 58. Kd3 Kg7 59. Kd4 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 c6 8. b4 Re8
9. Rb1 a6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. h3 Nf8 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Kh2 Qe7 15. Bh6
Bh8 16. Ng1 Nd4 17. Nce2 b5 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Rfc1 Bb7 20. f4 Nb6 21. Ne2 Na4
22. Rc2 bxc4 23. Rxc4 d5 24. Rc2 dxe4 25. dxe4 c5 26. e5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qb7+ 28.
Kh2 Rad8 29. Rb3 Qd5 30. Rd3 f6 31. bxc5 fxe5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. Qa5 Qe4 34. Nc1
Nc3 35. Qxa6 Kh8 36. c6 Rc8 37. Rf2 Rxc6 38. Qb7 Rcc8 39. Qf7 Qa8 40. Rf6 Rg8
0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Re8 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Bg5 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nf6 20. Rdd1 h6 21.
Nf3 Qc6 22. Qd2 Nxe4 23. Qxh6 Qxc2 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. Rac1 Qb7 26. h4 Re6 27. Ng5
Nxg5 28. hxg5 d5 29. Rd3 d4 30. Qh3 Rc8 31. Re1 Qe7 32. Qh4 Qf8 33. Rh3 Qg7 34.
Qe4 Rd6 35. Qd3 Rdc6 36. Re4 f6 37. Qb3+ Rc4 38. gxf6 Qxf6 39. Reh4 a5 40. Kh2
R8c7 41. Qa4 R4c6 42. Qxa5 g5 43. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Qc2 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Na3 O-O 14. Nc4
Nc6 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Qb3 c5 17. Bd2 Bc7 18. Bxb4 Rb8 19. Qc2 Rxb4 20. Nce5 Bd6
21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. b3 Qe6 23. Nd2 Rfb8 24. Rab1 h5 25. Nc4 Bc7 26. Qd3 g6 27. h4
Qc6 28. g3 Qb7 29. Nd2 Bd6 30. Rdc1 Be7 31. Rc4 Rb6 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ke2 Re8 34.
Kd1 Rbe6 35. Kc2 f5 36. exf5 Re2 37. fxg6 Bh6 38. Rd1 Qd5 39. Kb1 Rxf2 40. Qc2
d3 41. Qc3 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Re1+ 43. Ka2 Bxd2 44. Qf6 Re2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. Nc4
Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Be6 13. Re1 Bf7 14. f3 Nd7 15.
Bg5 Rfe8 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nb6 18. Na5 Rab8 19. e5 Bd5 20. Bf1 Nd7 21. Bf4
Bf8 22. Nc4 b5 23. Na5 Ne6 24. Bh3 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Ng5 27. Bg2 Rb6
28. Naxc6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 a6 30. Nb4 Ra8 31. Nd5 Rd6 32. Nc7 Rc8 33. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. exd5 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Rhe1 O-O
15. d6 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxd6 17. Ne5 Nbd7 18. Rxd6 Nxe4 19. Bxd8 Nxd6 20. Nxd7
Rfxd8 21. Nb6 Rab8 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Qc2 Re8 6. d3 c6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxd5 Nd4 13. Rc1 Be6 14.
Bxb7 Rab8 15. Qc7 e4 16. dxe4 Nb5 17. Qc6 Qxb2 18. Nf3 Nd6 19. O-O Nxb7 20. Rb1
Qxe2 21. Nd4 Qc4 22. Rb4 Qxc6 23. Nxc6 Rbc8 24. Nxa7 Rc7 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Rc1
Nd6 27. Nd4 Bh3 28. f3 f5 29. exf5 Nxf5 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 31. g4 Bg6 32. Kf2 Rd3
33. a4 Rf8 34. f4 h5 35. gxh5 Bxh5 36. Rc5 Bg6 37. Rcb5 Kh7 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39.
Rxb8 Rd4 40. Kg3 Rxa4 41. Rb5 Bd3 42. Re5 g6 43. Re7+ Kh6 44. Re8 Bf5 45. Rh8+
Kg7 46. Re8 Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Rc3 48. Kf2 Rc8 49. Re7+ Kh6 50. Re3 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bb1 Rab8
15. a4 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Rd3 Bf6 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qd2 Qb7 20. Qxd6 Rbd8 21.
Qf4 Bg7 22. Nb5 axb5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27.
Qh4+ g5 28. Qxg5+ f6 29. Rh7+ Kd6 30. Qd2+ Kc7 31. cxb5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. c4 Qc8 13. Bh3 Be4 14. Ng5 Bf5
15. Bg2 h6 16. Nf3 Be4 17. b3 c5 18. Bb2 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qb7 20. Re1 Bc6 21. Nh4
Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Rad8 23. Red1 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Ne4 25. f3 e5 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. fxe4
exd4 28. Kf2 Bc5 29. Kf3 a5 30. Nf4 g6 31. Nd3 h5 32. e5 f6 33. exf6 Re3+ 34.
Kf2 Kf7 35. Nf4 Rc3 36. Ke2 Re3+ 37. Kf1 g5 38. Nd5 Rf3+ 39. Ke2 g4 40. Rd3 Rf5
41. a3 Bxa3 42. Rxd4 Bc5 43. Rf4 Rxf4 44. Nxf4 Kxf6 45. Nxh5+ Ke5 46. Nf4 Kd4
47. Nd5 b5 48. Ne3 bxc4 49. Nxc4 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
b5 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Be7 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Ned4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfc8 16. f3 Kf8 17. e4 Nd7 18. Kf1 Nc5 19. Bc2 Na4 20. Bxa4 bxa4
21. a3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 e5 26. Ne2 Bd7
27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Ke3 Ke6 30. Kd3 Bb5+ 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. g3 f6 33. h4
g6 34. Nd1 Bd7 35. Nf2 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a3 a6
15. Be1 Rfe8 16. Nd4 g6 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Bf3 Ne5 19. Nce2 Ne4 20. Qb3 Bc5 21.
Nf4 Rad8 22. Be2 Qf6 23. a4 h5 24. a5 Ng4 25. axb6 Bxb6 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Nfe2
Ba8 28. Ng3 Rb8 29. Qa3 Bb7 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Bc3 Bc7 32. Ne2 d4 33. Bxd4 Bxh2+
34. Kf1 Qh4 35. g3 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Rbe8 37. Qd6 R4e6 38. Qd7 R6e7 39. Qd6 Re6 40.
Qf4 Bf3 41. Rc7 Qh7 42. Bc3 Re4 43. Qd6 Bxe2 44. Kxe2 R4e6 45. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. h4 Bd7 13. Bd3 h6 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qg4 Rxd3 18. Rxd3 hxg5 19. Qxh5 gxh4 20. Rd4 g6
21. Rg4 Qc5 22. Rf1 Bf6 23. Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Qb3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d5 10. d3 Nbd7 11. b4 Qe7 12. Bb2 d4 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15.
Nf5 Qe6 16. Qg5 Ne8 17. Kxg2 h6 18. Qg4 Ndf6 19. Qf3 e4 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Rfd1
Kh7 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rd5 N8f6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rxc5 Rab8 26. Rd1 Rb2 27. Nd4
Qe7 28. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. Nd4 d6 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. b4 Ba7 15.
Rc1 h6 16. Bh4 Nf8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Nb3 Ng6 21. Na5 Ne5
22. Be2 Qd4 23. Qb3 Nd3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3 25. Bxd6 Bd4 26. Na2 Qxb3 27. Nxb3 Bb2
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nc5 Bxa3 30. Rb1 a5 31. Rb3 axb4 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Nxb4 Bxb4
34. Rxb4 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rd1 36. Rxb7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qd5 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 e6 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. exf6 Nf5
15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. c4 Nc6 19. c5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Ne8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rd4 Ra8 25. Rxa4 Bb7 26. f4 h5 27. g4
hxg4 28. hxg4 a5 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Bf3 Bxa4 31. Bxa8 c6 32. g5 Bb5 33. Bb7 Kf8
34. Bc8 Kg8 35. Bd7 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ba4 37. Kd4 Bb5 38. Kc3 Ba4 39. b3 Bb5 40. Kb2
a4 41. b4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Nc3 Ba6 8. Bg2
d5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rb1 Bb4 11. Na4 O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bb2 Nd6 15.
Re1 Nc4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bb5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. bxc5 Qd7 20. e4 c6 21. Qc2
Rab8 22. Bc3 Bc4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Bf6 26. Rb4 Rbd8 27. Rfb1
Qd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. f4 Rfd8 30. Kf2 g5 31. fxg5 Bxd4+ 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4
Rxd4 34. Rb7 Ra4 35. Rc7 Ra6 36. h4 Kg7 37. Kg2 Rxa3 38. Rxc6 a5 39. Rc7 Rc3
40. c6 a4 41. Ra7 Rxc6 42. Rxa4 h6 43. gxh6+ Kxh6 44. Rg4 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rc3+ 46.
Kf2 Kh7 47. Kg2 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Qe2 Bf5 9. dxe5 O-O 10. Be3 c5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. c4 Qc6 13. Nbd2 Rad8 14. Nf1 h6
15. Bf4 b5 16. Rac1 Be6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Bxa2
21. Nxc7 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rb8 23. e6 Rxb2 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Re1 Nxf2 26. Bc1 Nd3
27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Bxb2 Nxb2 29. Kf2 Kd7 30. Nb5 Bc4 31. Nc3 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Ke6
33. Ke2 Ke5 34. Ke3 Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nd6 36. Ne2 c4+ 37. Kc3 Ke4 38. Ng3+ Ke3 39.
Nh5 g6 40. Ng7 Kf2 41. g4 Kf3 42. g5 hxg5 43. Ne6 g4 0-1

[Event "Leon m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.06.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 g5 12. Bg3 Be4 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nh5
15. d5 e5 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Qe2 Ng7 18. e4 f5 19. f3 Nh5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne4
Ndf6 22. O-O Rf8 23. Nf2 Nf4 24. Qc2 Qh7 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Qe2 e4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4
28. g3 Nxg3 29. hxg3 R4f6 30. Rd3 Qd7 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Qf5 34.
Re1 Kg7 35. Qc3 Kf7 36. g4 Qg6 37. b4 h5 38. Qe3 hxg4 39. fxg4 Kg7 40. Re2 Rf4
41. Qe7+ Rf7 42. Qe3 Rf4 43. Qe7+ Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.06.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 Nc6 (7...
Be7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Re1 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 exd5 14.
Qd3 g6 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Qd4 Nh5 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Qd2 f6 20. Bb3
Kh8 21. Be3 Bg4 22. Nb6 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rad8 $17 {0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M-Anand,V/
Leon m 1997 (37)}) 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 (9... d3 10. Rxd3 Qc7 11. Nc3 Be7 12.
e4 Nd7 13. Be3 (13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bc2 b6 15. e5 Rd8 $1 {[%cal Yd7f8,Yf8g6]} 16.
Bf4 Bb7 17. Rac1 (17. h4 $1 {/\17...Nf818Bg5 xd6}) 17... Nf8 18. Bb1 Rxd1+ 19.
Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. Bxg6 $5 (21. Bg3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 $15) 21... hxg6 22.
Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6]} Qd7 $15 {[%cal Gd7d3] 1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Godena,M/EU-chTM
1997 (41)}) 13... Nc5 14. Rdd1 O-O 15. Bc2 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. a3 Bf6 18. b4 $1
Bxc3 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rfd8 21. Qe3 (21. Bd3 $142 $1 Bf6 22. Qe3 $14)
21... Bb2 22. Rb1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Magem Badals,J/
EU-chTM 1997 (24)}) 10. exd4 (10. Nxd4 $142 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Qc7 12. Rc4 $5 $36)
10... Na5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} 11. Bc2 b5 {[%cal Yc8b7]} 12. Nc3 (12. a4 $5 b4 13.
Bg5 Bb7 14. Nbd2 {[%csl Ra5]}) 12... Bb7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. a3 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3g3,
Gd3h3]} (14. Bg5 O-O 15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16. Be4 {[%csl Rd5]}) 14... O-O 15. Rd3
Nc4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb2]} 16. Rg3 $2 (16. Rh3 Qxd4 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Qh5 Be4 $19
) (16. Bg5 Nxb2 17. Rh3 g6 $17) (16. Rb1 $142 {[%cal Gc1g5]}) 16... Qxd4 $1 17.
Bh6 $2 (17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. Bh6 Ne8 $17) 17... Nxe5 18. Rxg7+ (18.
Rd1 Qc5 19. Bxg7 Ng6 $19) 18... Kh8 19. Rd1 (19. Rg5 Rg8 $1 $19) 19... Qc5 20.
Rd5 (20. Rg5 Rg8 21. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 20... Bxd5 (20... Nf3+ $5 21.
Qxf3 Bxd5 $19) 21. Qxe5 {[%cal Gg7h7]} Be4 $1 $19 0-1

[Event "Leon m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.06.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 (7... a6
8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. e5 dxe5 14. d6
Qe6 15. Bg3 Rb8 16. Re1 O-O 17. Nd5 e4 18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4
21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Qd2 Rbe8 23. h4 Bf6 24. Qa5 Bd8 25. Qc3 Bf6 26. Qa5 Bd8 27.
Qc3 Bf6 {1/2,Xu Jun-Hracek,Z/Bad Homburg/1997/}) 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4
Bg4 11. Bf4 Qe7 {A rather unusual move. The classical continuation is} (11...
Re8 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nh5) ({A more modern and currently most popular
alternative is} 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qe7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. h3 Ne5
16. Be2 Qc7 17. Bh2 c4 18. Kh1 Rab8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Bf3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Ra6 Nc5 23. Rc6 Qa5 24. e5 Nd3 25. Re2 b4 26. Nd1 dxe5 27. fxe5 Nd7 28. e6 N7e5
$36 {Ehlvest,J-De Firmian,N/New York op/1997/}) 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nh5 14.
Be3 Nd7 15. Rae1 {White shows his intentions to play in the centre, but
doesn't commit himself with a pawn advance.} ({The more played alternatives are
} 15. a5 Bd4 (15... Rab8 16. Ra4 Nhf6 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. f4 Qf8 19. Qf3 b5 20.
axb6 Rxb6 21. b3 h6 22. Bh4 Nh7 23. Ne2 Reb8 24. Nc1 Ra8 25. Nc4 Rb5 26. Ra2
$16 {Gligoric,S-Rajkovic,D/JUG-ch Vrbas/1982/}) (15... Be5 $5 16. g3 Rae8 17.
Bh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. exf5 Qd8 21. Qf1 $132 {1/2,Olafsson,
H-Tal/Reykjavik/1987/}) 16. Ra4 Qf6 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Bxd4 Nxd3 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20.
Nc4 Rad8 21. Rd1 Nb4 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Ra1 (23. f4 f6 24. Ra1 Nc7 25. Re1 Rfe8
26. Ree2 Nb5 27. Nxb5 axb5 28. Na3 Ra8 29. Nxb5 Red8 30. Nc7 Rxa5 31. e5 dxe5
32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 c4 $11 {Naumkim,I-Ciemniak,R/Cappelle op/1992/}) 23...
Nc7 24. Re1 Kg7 25. b3 Rfe8 26. g4 Rd7 27. f3 Nb5 28. Ne2 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30.
Ng3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Kh8 32. Rf1 Nd4 33. Rg2 $1 Nxb3 34. Nf5 $16 {Kasparov,G-Suba,
M/Luzern olm/1982/}) (15. g4 Nhf6 (15... f5 $5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. gxh5 Bxc3 18.
bxc3 f4 19. Kh1 fxe3 20. Qxe3 Qf7 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qxd6 Nf6 23. c4 Qxh5 24.
Rae1 b5 $13 {Sturua-Pigusov/Vilnius-mm/1984/}) 16. h3 Ne8 (16... Rab8 17. Bf4
h5 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. a5 Rh8
24. f3 Qd8 25. Qf2 Rc8 26. Na4 $36 {Sekulic,D-Arsovic,Z/Belgrade Trako/1993/})
17. a5 Nc7 18. Ra4 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Ra2 Rae8 21. g5 Nd7 22. Nc4 f5 23. gxf6
Bxf6 24. f3 Ne5 25. Nd1 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Be5 $40 {Lakic,N-Cebalo,M/Banja Luka/
1981/}) 15... b5 $6 {This ambitious pawn sacrifice seems premature.} ({More
logical is to make use of the fact Rf8 has not yet moved and further the
typical b5 advance by} 15... Rfb8 $142 16. Nc4 (16. f4 b5 17. axb5 Bxc3 18.
bxc3 axb5 19. f5 Ra3 20. g4 Nhf6 21. Bg5 Qe5 22. c4 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Re8 24. fxg6
fxg6 25. cxb5 Ra2 26. Qf3 Rxd2 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxd5 $11 {
Miralles,G-Yang Xian/Dubai olm/1986/}) 16... b5 17. Na5 Bxc3 18. Nc6 Qxe4 19.
Nxb8 Bxe1 20. Nxd7 Ba5 21. Qxh5 Qe7 22. Qh3 Rd8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25.
Qf3 Bc7 26. g3 Be5 $15 {Li Wenliang-Ma Hongding/PRC-ch/1987/}) (15... Bd4 16.
g4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nhf6 18. h3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Rfb8 21. Na3 Rxb2 22.
Nac4 $14 {1/2,Akesson,R-Hansen,C/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) (15... Rae8 16. Kh1 Qd8
17. g4 Nhf6 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Ree8 21. Nc4 $6 b5 22. axb5 axb5
23. Nxb5 Nxe4 $15 {Bauer,A-Heinz,J/2.BLO/1994/}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Rfb8 (
17... Bxb2 18. Nc4 Be5 19. f4 $16) (17... f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. g4 Nf4 20. Qf3
Ne5 21. Qg3 $18) 18. Rb1 Ra2 (18... f5 19. exf5 Nf4 20. Qc4 Ne5 21. Qxf4 Rxb5
22. Ne4 $16) 19. b4 $1 $16 {This refutes Black's idea. The Q-side disappeares
from the board and Black is simply left without a pawn fighting for his life.}
cxb4 (19... f5 20. bxc5 $1 (20. exf5 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxb5 22. bxc5 $16) 20... f4
21. cxd6 Qg5 22. Bd4 $18) 20. Rxb4 Rc2 (20... Ra5 21. Rfb1 $16) 21. Qd1 Rc7 (
21... Ra2 22. Qb1 {[%cal Yd4c6,Yb5d4] /\Nd4-c6}) 22. Rb3 $1 (22. Nxc7 $143 $6
Rxb4 {[%csl Rc7] פc7}) 22... Rcb7 23. Nd4 Rxb3 24. N4xb3 Qh4 25. Nd4 Ne5 (
25... Be5 26. g3 Qf6 27. Nc6 $40) 26. N4f3 (26. N2f3 $6 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Nf6 $132
{[%csl Re4] ><e4}) 26... Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 {[%cal Rd2c4] /\Nc4} Re8 28. Rc1 $1 (
28. Nc4 $143 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Nxd6 Re5 31. Rd1 Nf6 32. Nc8 $1 $14) 28...
Nf6 29. h3 Nd7 (29... Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 (30... Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Rc8+ Bf8
33. Bh6 $18) 31. Rc8+ Bf8 32. g3 Rxe3 $8 (32... Qe7 33. Bh6 $18) (32... Qxh3
33. Rxf8+ $18) 33. Qxe3 Qxh3 34. Qe8 Qh6 35. Rc7 Qg7 36. Rd7 $18 {[%cal Rd7d6]
/\Rd6}) 30. Rc7 Ne5 31. Qd1 h5 $6 (31... Ra8 $142 $5 $16) 32. Qc2 Ra8 (32...
Qd8 33. Ra7 $18 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6,f7 An extra pawn and active pieces give White
a winning advantage.}) 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. g3 Qf6 (35... Qe7 $142
36. Kg2 $18) 36. Kg2 (36. f4 $5 Nd3 (36... Bh6 37. Kg2) 37. e5 Nxe5 38. fxe5 (
38. Ne4 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 Qa1 $1 $14) 38... Qxe5 39. Kf2 Qxd5 $16) 36... h4 $6 37.
f4 $1 $18 {Now it's White's turn to attack.} Nd3 38. e5 dxe5 (38... Qf5 $8 39.
Qxf5 gxf5 40. exd6 $18) (38... Qe7 39. Ne4 $18) 39. Ne4 Qf5 40. Ng5+ Kh6 41.
Qg8 {/\Qh7#} Nxf4+ 42. gxf4 Qc2+ (42... exf4 43. Nxf7+ Kh5 44. Qh7+ $18) 43.
Bf2 1-0

[Event "Leon m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.06.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Qe2 Nbd5
15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Nd3 Nf6
21. Qb2 Qd6 22. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.06.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rce1 Nf8
15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Be6 17. f4 f6 18. Rf3 f5 19. Qc2 Qh4 20. Ref1 Qf6 21. Ne2
Re7 22. Qd2 Bf7 23. Rg3 Rae8 24. Bc2 Nd7 25. Qd3 Nb6 26. b3 Nc8 27. Qxf5 Qxf5
28. Bxf5 Nd6 29. Bb1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Nc3 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5
34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 a5 36. Kd2 Kg7 37. Na4 Bg6 38. Bxg6 Kxg6 39. Nc5 Kf5 40.
Ke3 Kg4 41. Kd3 Kf4 42. a4 Kf5 43. b4 b6 44. Nd7 Nc4 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. Nb8 Nb2+
47. Ke3 Nc4+ 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Nxc6 Nb2 50. Nxa5 Nxa4 51. Nc6 Nc3+ 52. Kf2 Nb5
53. Ne7 Nxd4 54. Nxd5 Kxd5 55. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.06.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Esta fue en mi opinión la partida más interesante del encuentro, tanto desde
el punto de vista teórico como en el aspecto competitivo. A estas alturas el
match estaba decidido a favor de Anand por 3,5 a 1,5 puntos pero ello no era
óbice para que yo afrontara esta partida como una auténtica final y me esforcé
en realizar un juego incisivo que pudiera poner en dificultades a mi rival.} {
Please activate "Es" to enjoy annottations in spanish language} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
dxc4 {El gambito de dama aceptado fue la defensa escogida por Anand en las
tres partidas en que tuvo las negras. Visto el resultado hay que aplaudir su
elección ya que solo en esta ocasión conseguí inquietarle. Debo reconocer que
mi preparación teórica para este match no estuvo a la altura de las
circunstancias pero tenía una interesante idea para esta última partida.} 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 {Esta línea apareció
invariablemente a lo largo del encuentro. Mi entrenador, el GM Roberto
Cifuentes tenía interesantes ideas para mejorar el juego de las blancas en las
variantes principales.} Nc6 {Al igual que en el resto de partidas Anand
prefiere evitar la lucha teórica directa y enfoca la partida desde un punto de
vista estratégico donde su mayor conocimiento del tipo de posiciones con peón
aislado pueda prevalecer.} 8. Nc3 {En la primera partida que disputé con
blancas jugué 8.Qe2 pero no obtuve una posición satisfactoria.} cxd4 9. exd4
Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 $5 $32 {[%cal Gf4b8] Esta era la mejora que tenía
preparada para la ocasión. El día anterior estuvimos analizando a fondo las
consecuencias de este movimiento en apariencia inofensivo. En la cuarta
partida del match jugué 11.Bg5 y tras 11...b5 quedó claro que las blancas no
pueden romper en d5 so pena de entregar material.} Na5 {[%csl Rb3] Una
maniobra temática que gana tiempo amenazando el alfil blanco con lo que tras
la retirada obligada del mismo las negras controlan la casilla d5 con fuerzas
superiores.} (11... b5 $6 12. d5 $1 $16 {resultaría favorable a las blancas})
12. Bc2 b5 {[%cal Yb5b4,Yc8b7] Este resulta ser el mejor método para
desarrollar el alfil de b7; el peón en b5 también puede ser útil en un futuro
para hostigar al caballo blanco de c3 mediante el avance b5-b4} {[%tqu "Es",
"Can white do something before black completes his development?","There are
some standard moves in such positions.","The isolated pawn uses to be a
weakness so ...","d4d5","A very interesting sacrifice indeed!",10]} 13. d5 $1 {
[%cal Ge1e7,Yf3d4] Un interesante sacrificio de peón cuyas consecuencias no
quedan claras tras esta partida aunque promete una indudable compensación a
las blancas. Lo cierto es que a estas alturas del encuentro yo había
comprendido que en esta variante, tras la jugada 7.Bb3, las negras obtienen
una cómoda posición si consiguen desarrollar a tiempo el flanco de dama. Por
ello había preparado esta entrega; las blancas abren el juego en un momento
muy oportuno, con el alfil negro todavía en c8 y el caballo algo descolocado
en a5} exd5 (13... Nxd5 {era la otra posibilidad para aceptar el peón. Tras la
lógica captura} 14. Nxd5 exd5 {desaparece el mejor defensor del enroque negro
y en mi opinión el ataque de las blancas compensa sobradamente la pequeña
desventaja material. Futuras partidas pueden confirmar o desmentir este
extremo.} 15. Rc1 $1 $44 {[%cal Gc2h7,Rf4c7]}) 14. Qd3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Re1e7,
Rc3d5] El intento más directo de asaltar la posición enemiga pasa por montar
la máquina en la diagonal b1-h7 para provocar debilidades en el enroque de las
negras.} (14. Nd4 $5 {[%csl Yc6,Ye6,Yf5] era otra interesante posibilidad, de
corte más estratégico. La excelente ubicación de las piezas blancas parece
suficiente a cambio del peón de menos.} Bg4 15. Qd3 $40) {[%tqu "Es","Powerful
threats need precise defensive moves. Is your blood as cold as Anand's?","The
pressure on h7 must be counteracted","You should better block the killing
diagonal.","g7g6","Yes, you are right",8,"a5c6","A nice try but not the best
one",2,"b5b4","That's a mistake. Try again.",0] Anand se mostraba muy confiado
pero cuando se puso a pensar en esta posición se dió cuenta de que las cosas
no iban a ser tan fáciles para frenar la iniciativa blanca. La jugada que
realizó a continuación no es de las que se hacen voluntariamente} 14... g6 $1 {
[%cal Rc8f5] Necesaria para contarrestar la fuerza del tándem Bc2-Qd3. Las
debilidades surgidas en torno al enroque son sin duda graves pero no había más
remedio.} (14... Nc6 $6 {[%cal Rc6b4] caía de lleno en la trampa preparada por
las blancas que consiguen ventaja tras la secuencia forzada:} 15. Bc7 $1 Qd7
16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 g6 18. Rad1 $44) (14... b4 $2 15. Bc7 Qd7 16. Rxe7 $18 {
[%cal Rc3d5] gana inmediatamente}) 15. Rxe7 $6 {Un sacrificio un tanto
precipitado. La verdad es que la noche anterior, mientras alternábamos con un
grupo de amigos, entre ellos varios GM y MI, estuvimos analizando las
consecuencias del avance 12.d5 y llegamos incluso a considerar este sacrificio
de calidad. Análisis posteriores parecieron demostrar las bondades del mismo,
pero Anand se encargó de demostrar que las negras tienen suficientes recursos
defensivos e incluso mejores posibilidades tras la jugada textual.} (15. Bg5 {
[%cal Re1e7] hubiera sido mejor y tras} Be6 16. Nd4 $44 {las blancas tienen
buena compensación por el peón.}) (15. Nd4 $44 {[%csl Yc6,Ye6,Yf5] era otra
interesante posibilidad.}) 15... Qxe7 16. Bg5 {La continuación lógica. Las
blancas plantean ahora amenazas decisivas, pero Anand, con gran sangre fría,
conseguirá rechazarlas.} ({La alternativa era} 16. Re1 {pero parece que tras}
Qc5 17. Be5 Ng4 (17... Bf5 $5) 18. Bd4 Qd6 19. h3 Bf5 $17 {las negras superan
el trance y quedan mejor.}) 16... Qd6 $1 {Las negras comprenden a tiempo que
su mejor defensa pasa necesariamente por deshacer la clavada sobre su caballo.}
({Peor era} 16... Bf5 {ya que tras} 17. Qd4 {las negras no tienen nada mejor
que entrar en la siguiente variante de carácter forzado:} Nc6 $1 18. Qh4 Bxc2
19. Bxf6 Qd6 20. Nxd5 Rfe8 21. Qh6 Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 (22... Rxf8 $2 23. Nd4 $1
$18) 23. Nc7 $14 {donde el final resultante es algo más cómodo para las blancas
}) (16... Be6 {era otra posibilidad aunque tras} 17. Qd4 Kg7 18. Qh4 $44 {
las blancas gozan de excelentes perspectivas de ataque}) 17. Qd4 {Esta jugada
es la única que puede inquietar a las negras.} {Este es uno de los momentos
más importantes de la partida; Anand encuentra la jugada que nosotros omitimos
en nuestro análisis.} Nh5 $1 (17... Ne8 $6 {tiene el inconveniente de encerrar
a la torre negra en f8.} {Tras} 18. Nxd5 {la mejor jugada para las negras es}
Nc6 $1 ({ya que} 18... f6 {permite a las blancas combinar del siguiente modo:}
19. Nxf6+ $1 Rxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qd5+ Kf8 22. Qxa8 Qxb2 23. Re1 Qxc2 24. Qa7
Nc6 $8 25. Qxh7 Nf6 $8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 $8 27. Rc1 Qe4 28. Nh4 $16 {con clara
ventaja de las blancas}) {Tras} 19. Ne7+ Nxe7 (19... Qxe7 20. Bxe7 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 $14) 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. Bxe7 Bf5 $11 {la posición puede considerarse
igualada}) (17... b4 $5 {era una interesante alternativa}) 18. Nxd5 {[%csl Re7,
Rf6]} {[%tqu "Es","Try to find Anand's idea","","","a5c6","Esta es la clave de
la defensa negra. La dama en d6 está indefensa y expuesta a una eventual
captura tras el jaque del caballo blanco, pero aunque por los pelos, las
negras aguantan gracias a la oportuna intervención del caballo negro.",8]} Nc6
$1 {Esta es la clave de la defensa negra. La dama en d6 está indefensa y
expuesta a una eventual captura tras el jaque del caballo blanco, pero aunque
por los pelos, las negras aguantan gracias a la oportuna intervención del
caballo negro.} 19. Qd2 {Mal síntoma tener que retirarse de la excelente
diagonal a1-h8, pero lo cierto es que no hay alternativas mejores.} (19. Ne7+
Qxe7 $1) (19. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1) (19. Qd1 f6 20. Nb6 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Be3 Rd8
$17) 19... f6 20. Bb3 (20. Bh6 {fue sugerida por Anand tras la partida, pero
creo que tras} Re8 $17 {las negras tienen clara ventaja} ({No resulta tan
fuerte} 20... Rd8 {por} 21. Qc3 $132 {amenazando Qc6, que otorga cierto
contrajuego a las blancas})) 20... Kh8 $8 21. Be3 {A primera vista no se
observa una gran compensación por la calidad pero existen elementos
suficientes para afirmar que dicha compensación existe: la pareja de alfiles,
las debilidades del enroque negro y la mala posición del caballo en h5 son
factores de peso.} Bg4 {Probablemente la mejor jugada.} ({La alternativa} 21...
Bb7 {no parece suficiente para sacudirse el dominio blanco en el centro, por
ejemplo:} 22. Rc1 Rfe8 23. Bc5 Qd7 24. Qc3 Qf5 25. Ne3 $44 {con una posición
casi igualada desde un punto de vista dinámico} (25. Nc7 $2 {sería mala por}
Nf4 $19)) 22. Nb6 $1 {Evidentemente las blancas no desean cambiar damas con
calidad de menos, pero se da la circunstancia de que había que elegir entre
dos males. Tras el cambio de damas las piezas blancas alcanzarán un alto grado
de coordinación.} (22. Nd4 {se encontraría con} Ne5 $17 {con idea de Nc4 tras
lo cuál dudo mucho que las blancas pudieran desarrollar una iniciativa
duradera.}) 22... Qxd2 {El cambio es forzado} 23. Nxd2 Rad8 24. h3 Be2 ({
Quizá sea mejor} 24... Bc8 $5 {con idea de evitar la penetración de la torre
blanca, ya que} 25. Rc1 {se contestaría con} Bb7 $15) 25. Rc1 $44 {Las piezas
blancas desarrollan una acción armónica y un control efectivo del centro y
casillas vitales.} Nd4 26. Rc7 $132 {[%cal Yc7h7] El contrajuego se centra
ahora en el dominio de la séptima línea y la tarea de las negras no es tan
fácil. Por ello quizá hubiera sido mejor 24...Bc8 tal como indicábamos
anteriormente.} Ng7 $5 {Anand hace gala de un gran sentido estratégico y
recicla su caballo, consciente de que en ello reside su mejor baza para
sacudirse la presión de las fuerzas blancas.} (26... Nxb3 27. Nxb3 {/\Nd4}) (
26... Nf5 27. Bc5 Rfe8 28. Nd7 $44) {[%tqu "Es","How should white play here?",
"","","d2e4","This was my mistake",0,"b3d5","Excellent. Just have a look to
the following variations",10,"e3h6","That's useless",0]} 27. Ne4 $2 {Este es
el error decisivo.} ({Era absolutamente necesario conservar la pareja de
alfiles. Para ello la única jugada en esta posición es} 27. Bd5 $8 {tras lo
cuál se abre un importante abanico de posibilidades para las negras pero no
parece que puedan consolidar su ventaja material a corto plazo. Por ejemplo:}
Nge6 (27... Ngf5 {[%csl Re3] era la jugada que me molestaba, pero se puede
contestar con} 28. Nd7 $1 {que fue la que se me escapó. Parece que las blancas
se mantienen en la lucha; por ejemplo:} Rc8 29. Ra7 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rfc8 31. Nxf6
{[%csl Rh7]} R1c7 32. Rxa6 $44) (27... Ndf5 {es una jugada rara; tras} 28. Bc5
Rfe8 29. g4 Nd6 30. Bd4 $44 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Yd4f6] la compensación blanca
parece suficiente.}) (27... Nde6 28. Ra7 $44 {[%csl Yc5,Yd4,Yf4,Yg5]}) 28. Ra7
$44 Rd6 29. Bxe6 $1 {(una jugada importante y difícil de encontrar)} Nxe6 30.
Ne4 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 {[%cal Re3h6] (se amenaza Bh6)} Bd3 32. Nd6 Bb1 {[%cal Rd1d6]}
33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ $11) (27. Bh6 $2 Ndf5 $17) 27... Nxb3 $1 {
El momento oportuno para eliminar el peligroso alfil blanco ha llegado. Anand
ha comprendido con su habitual sentido lógico que la clave de la compensación
blanca reside en la fuerza de la torre en séptima; por ello ha ideado un
ingenioso método para expulsar a la torre blanca de dicha línea.} 28. axb3 Kg8
$1 {[%cal Yf8f7] Con idea de ofrecer el cambio con Rf7. Las diferentes
posibilidades tácticas que se ofrecen a las blancas no alcanzan el fruto
deseado} 29. Bh6 {Como demuestran las siguientes variantes, las alternativas
no eran mejores:} (29. Nc3 Bd1 30. Ncd5 Bxb3 $19) (29. Ra7 Rf7 30. Rxa6 Nf5 31.
Bc5 Bd3 $19 {ya que las piezas blancas no gozan de una buena coordinación}) (
29. Nd7 {[%csl Rf6,Rf8] que a priori parece muy fuerte se encuentra con la
respuesta} Ne8 $1 $19 {[%cal Yf8f7] tras la cuál las negras consolidan su
posición con Rf7}) 29... Ne8 $1 {[%csl Yf6,Yg7] Una excelente jugada
intermedia que consolida definitivamente la ventaja material de las negras.} ({
Evidentemente no servía} 29... Rf7 {porque tras la secuencia más o menos
forzada} 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Nd7 Re6 33. Rf7 Kg8 34. Rg7+ Kh8 $11
{las blancas tienen por lo menos tablas}) 30. Re7 (30. Ra7 Rf7 31. Rxa6 Re7 $19
{[%cal Gd8d1,Ge7e4]}) 30... Rf7 $19 {[%cal Yd7a7,Yg7h7] Después de esta jugada
la iniciativa blanca se diluye por completo y sobre el tablero queda la
calidad de ventaja.} 31. Re6 Bd3 32. Nc5 Ng7 33. Rc6 ({Tampoco sirve de nada} 
33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Re3 Rd6) 33... Nf5 34. Nxd3 ({Si} 34. Bf4 Nd4) 34... Nxh6 35.
Nc5 Nf5 36. Ne6 ({Si} 36. Nxa6 Nd4) 36... Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Re6]
[%cal Gd1d6,Yc6c8] The Killing Knight Una excelente partida del número dos
mundial V. Anand} 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. b4 Re8 8. Be2
e5 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 e4 11. Ne1 Nf8 12. c4 c6 13. Nc2 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. Bxh5 g4
16. Bh4 N8h7 17. f3 exf3 18. gxf3 dxc4 19. fxg4 Qd5 20. e4 Qe6 21. e5 Nxh5 22.
gxh5 Qh3 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Be6 25. Kf2 Kh8 26. Rg1 a5 27. Ne4 axb4 28. Nd6
Rxa2 29. Nxe8 Rxc2+ 30. Kg3 Bd5 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Kf4+ Kh6 33. Rf2 Rxf2+ 34.
Bxf2 b3 35. Kg4 Nf8 36. Be3+ Kh7 37. Bd2 Ne6 38. Bc3 Nc7 39. Rg3 b5 40. Kf4 Be6
41. Ke4 Nd5 42. Bd2 b2 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1997.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qb2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Qd2 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e3 Re8 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Rab1 Be7 20. Qb2 Qd6 21. Nb5
Qd7 22. Rc2 Rec8 23. Rbc1 Bf6 24. a4 Rf8 25. Ne1 Rae8 26. Nd3 Bd8 27. Nf4 Nb4
28. Bh3 f5 29. Rd2 c6 30. Nc3 Bc8 31. Na2 Nxa2 32. Qxa2 Rf6 33. Rdc2 Qd6 34.
Bg2 Bb7 35. Rc3 Rf7 36. Qc2 Rf6 37. Nh5 Rf7 38. Rxc6 Bxc6 39. Qxc6 Qxc6 40.
Rxc6 Rc7 41. Bxd5+ Kh7 42. Rd6 Rce7 43. Bc4 Bc7 44. Rc6 Rd8 45. Be6 Rd6 46.
Bxf5+ g6 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Ne8+ Rxe8 49. Rxc7+ Kf6 50. Bd3 Re7 51. Rc8 Rdd7 52.
Rc6+ Re6 53. Rc2 h5 54. Kg2 g5 55. h3 Red6 56. Bb5 Rf7 57. Rd2 Re7 58. Rc2 Kg7
59. Be2 Rh6 60. Rc8 h4 61. g4 Rf6 62. Bd3 Rf8 63. Rc4 Rff7 64. Rc2 Rd7 65. Bc4
Rc7 66. Rd2 Rf8 67. e4 Re7 68. f3 Rf4 69. d5 Re5 70. d6 Rf8 71. d7 Rd8 72. Rd6
Rc5 73. Kf2 Kf8 74. Bb5 Ke7 75. Rxb6 Rc2+ 76. Ke3 Rc3+ 77. Ke2 Rf8 78. Rg6
Rcxf3 79. Rxg5 Rf2+ 80. Ke1 R2f6 81. Kd2 Rf2+ 82. Kc3 Rd8 83. Re5+ Kd6 84. Re8
Kc7 85. e5 Rxd7 86. Bxd7 Kxd7 87. Rh8 Rf3+ 88. Kc4 Rxh3 89. Rh6 Rh1 90. g5 h3
91. g6 Ke6 92. Rh8 Rg1 93. Rxh3 Rxg6 94. Rd3 Rg1 95. Rd6+ Kxe5 96. Rd5+ Ke6 97.
Rxa5 Kd7 98. Ra6 Kc7 99. Rh6 Kb7 100. a5 1-0

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Be2 h5 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Bd7
15. Bf2 Nc6 16. O-O e6 17. Nde2 Qc7 18. Qd2 g4 19. f4 h4 20. Be3 b5 21. Rad1
Bf8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 O-O-O 24. Qe1 f5 25. Ng5 h3 26. g3 Re8 27. Qf2 Kb8 28.
fxe5 Bc8 29. Nf4 Rg8 30. Nh5 Rxg5 31. Bxg5 Nxe5 32. Bf4 Bc5 33. Rfe1 Bxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O a5 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. e4 f4 12. Rb1 Nc6 13. Nf3 fxg3 14. hxg3 Bg4 15.
Rxb7 Qc8 16. Rb2 Qe8 17. d5 Nb8 18. Qd3 Na6 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. Be3 Rf7
22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Qd1 Qg6 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Bh3 Kh8 26. Bf5 Qh6 27. Kg2 g6 28.
Rh1 Qg5 29. Be6 Rff8 30. Qg4 Qf6 31. Qe2 Kg7 32. Rhb1 Bd6 33. Rb7 h5 34. R1b6
Kh8 35. Qe3 Qxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rf8+ 38. Kg1 cxb6 39. Rxb6 Rd8 40.
Ra6 Kg7 41. Rxa5 Kf6 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Bd7 Rf8 45. Kg2 g5 46. a4 g4
47. a5 Kg5 48. Ra6 Bc7 49. Bf5 Rf6 50. Ra7 Bd8 51. a6 Rb6 52. Rg7+ Kf6 53. a7
Rb2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. e3 Bb6 12. b4 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. b5 f5 15.
Bd2 Qf6 16. Rc1 Qg6 17. Rc4 f4 18. exf4 Qxd3 19. Qc1 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qg6 21. Be3
Rac8 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qc7 Qg4 25. f4 g5 26. Qxd6 gxf4 27. Rxf4
Rxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Bf5 30. d6 Kf8 31. Bxb7 Bc2 32. Bc6 Bxa4 33. f5 Bb3
34. f6 Be6 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Bxd7 Kf7 37. Kf2 Kxf6 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Bc6 h6 40. Kd3
h5 41. Ke3 h4 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Kd4 Kg4 44. Bd7+ Kf3 45. Kd5 a4 46. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3
d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 b6 11. a3 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Bd3 13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Be3
b5 16. Ne2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Bc2 Be4
22. Bd3 g6 23. Bxc4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 bxc4 25. Qg4 Qxb2 26. h4 Bxa3 27. h5 Ne7 28.
Ra1 Rc7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Reb1 Qc2 31. Qe2 Qc3 32. Qa2 Bc5 33. dxc5 Nf5 34. Ne2
Qd3 35. Bg5 c3 36. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics f"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.06.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Nc3 Ba6 8. Bg2
d5 9. b4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a3 Bc4 14. Nd2 Ba6 15.
Rd1 c6 16. e4 e5 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Bb2 Rfe8 19. Rbc1 Bc4 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Na5
Nb6 22. Ba1 Qf8 23. Re1 Ba6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Qb3 Bc4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Qc2 Bd4
28. Nb5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 Qe7 31. Nd4 Qe5 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Nc6 Rxd1+
34. Qxd1 Qc7 35. Qd4 h6 36. a4 Nxa4 37. Qxc4 Nb6 38. Qa6 Qd6 39. Qxa7 Qd1+ 40.
Bf1 Nbd5 41. Ne5 Qh5 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Bd3+ g6 44. Nxf7 Kg7 45. Qb7 Qd1+ 46. Bf1
h5 47. Ng5+ Kh6 48. Ne6 Ne8 49. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Chess Classics f"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.06.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 h6 11. Rb1 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Qd2 b6
15. a4 Bf5 16. c5 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Qf6 18. Rb4 Re6 19. Bf1 Rae8 20. Bc7 bxc5 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Rbb1 Nxa4 24. Ra1 Nb6 25. Be3 Nc8 26. Bd4 Qd7 27. Qc3
Rg6 28. h4 Bg4 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Rc2 Qf5 31. Qb2 Rge6 32. Rac1 Qg6 33. Qa2 Ne7
34. Qa4 Nf5 35. Bxa7 Qh5 36. Bh3 Bxh3 37. Kxh3 d4 38. Qa5 Rg6 39. Kh2 Qf3 40.
Rg1 Nxh4 41. gxh4 Rxg1 42. Kxg1 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qxc2 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Bxd4 Qe2 46.
Kh2 Qe6 47. Qf4 f6 48. Qg3 Rd8 49. Be3 Rxd3 50. Qg6 Qd6+ 51. Kh3 Qd7+ 52. Kg3
Kh8 53. h5 Rd5 54. Kh4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics f"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1997.06.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfd1
Qc7 15. Nd3 Rad8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nc4 Qa6
21. Kf1 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Kg1 Bf6 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rad1 Qa5 27.
a3 Qb5 28. Qd3 Qb3 29. Qb1 a5 30. Kf1 b5 31. Qc2 Qc4+ 32. Qd3 a4 33. Qxc4 bxc4
34. Ke2 Rd5 35. Rc1 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g5 38. Rdc2 Be7 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. f3
Kg6 41. Kf1 Bd6 42. Kg2 f5 43. Re2 Re8 44. Bf2 f4 45. Rhe1 Kf7 46. Rh1 Bf8 47.
Rc1 Bg7 48. Rcc2 Bf6 49. Re4 Rb5 50. Rce2 Re7 51. Kf1 Rd5 52. Kg2 Rd6 53. Kf1
Ke8 54. Kg2 Kd7 55. Kf1 Rd5 56. Kg2 Rb5 57. Kf1 Rb8 58. Kg2 Rh8 59. Re1 Rh6 60.
Bg1 Kd6 61. R1e2 Bg7 62. Re1 Rb7 63. R1e2 Rb5 64. Bf2 Kd7 65. Bg1 Bf8 66. Re5
Rd5 67. Rxd5+ cxd5 68. Kf1 Rh3 69. Kg2 Rg3+ 70. Kf2 Bd6 71. Bh2 Rh3 72. Kg2 Rh8
73. Bg1 Rb8 74. Bf2 Rb3 75. Be1 Bxa3 76. bxa3 Rxa3 77. Re5 Ra1 78. Kf1 a3 79.
Rxg5 Kc6 80. Rg8 Kb7 81. Rg7+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics f"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1997.06.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Nh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbc6 12. f4 Qd7 13. Bd2 c4 14. Qh3 g6 15.
a4 O-O-O 16. Nf3 h5 17. Rfb1 Nf5 18. g3 Kb7 19. Qf1 Ka8 20. Bc1 Rb8 21. Qe1 Rb7
22. Ba3 Qd8 23. Ng5 Re8 24. Qd2 f6 25. Nf3 Nh6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Re1 Nf7 28.
Re2 Ne7 29. Rae1 Nf5 30. Qc1 Ng7 31. Kg2 Qd8 32. h3 Qd7 33. Nh4 Nh8 34. Nf3 Nf7
35. a5 bxa5 36. Bc5 a6 37. Qa3 Rb5 38. Ra1 Kb7 39. Ree1 Rb8 40. Bf8 Ne8 41. Ne5
Nxe5 42. fxe5 g5 43. Re2 Kc6 44. Rf1 Qh7 45. Be7 g4 46. h4 R8b7 47. Bd8 Rf7 48.
Rxf7 Qxf7 49. Rf2 Qg6 50. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 (12... Rb8 13.
h4 g6 14. h5 Bg5 15. Nce3 Be6 16. Qf3 a5 17. g3 b4 18. Bc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne7
20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qg4 $1 Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rf7 24. O-O $16 {
Korneev-Filippov/Ekaterinburg/1997}) 13. Be2 {Horvath: Nach meiner Meinung
kann Weiß nur mit 13.a4 um Eröffnungsvorteil kämpfen.} (13. a4 {More ambitious
than 13. Be2.} bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. O-O f5
19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 Bd7 21. Kh1 $6 Be8 22. Qh3 f4 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7
25. Nc4 f3 {0,5:0,5 Hamdouchi-Cherniaev/Cannes/1997}) 13... Ne7 14. Ncb4 (14.
Nce3 {Horvath,T ist auch gefahrlos.}) 14... a5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17.
Qd3 (17. O-O Be6 $11) 17... b4 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qb3 (19. O-O Be6 20. Rfd1 Ra5
21. Qb3 Bxd5 $11 {Meyers-Kalinitschew/Muenster/1991}) (19. Qg3 {Horvath,T} Bd8
20. O-O Bb6 21. a3 bxa3 22. bxa3 Be6 $10 {Kamsky-Lautier/CBM/47}) 19... Be6 20.
Bc4 (20. O-O $6 {Horvath,T} Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 $15) 20... Rac8 21. O-O
(21. Qd3 Qc6 22. b3 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Bd8 $11) (21. h4 $6 Bd8 $15)
21... Qc6 22. Rac1 Bxd5 (22... Bxc1 $2 23. Ne7+ $18) 23. exd5 Qc5 24. Rc2 g6
$15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tischbierek Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O
a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 (12...
Nbd7 13. Nfe5 Qc7 14. e4 $6 cxd4 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Rac1 Qa7 17. Na5 Bc5 18. Nxb7
Qxb7 $44 {Khalifman,A-Sadler,M/Hastings 1995/0-1 (52)}) 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Nfe5 (
14. Rac1 Rac8 (14... a5 15. Nfe5 Nb6 16. Nd3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc6 18. Nf4 Rac8 19.
Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Lanc,A/Tbilisi 1987}) 15. Bc2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Nxe5
Qxe5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Meduna Eduard-Mokry Karel/Extra League 1995 (27)}) 14... Rfd8
15. Rac1 a5 16. Be1 Nxe5 (16... Bd5 $5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Nd2 $11) 17.
dxe5 {[%csl Rd6]} (17. Nxe5 Bd6 18. f4 {[%cal Ge1h4]} Ne4 $15) 17... Nd7 18. f4
Ba6 (18... Nb6 $5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Nxb6 (21. Nd6 Bd5 $17) 21...
Qxb6 22. f5 $5 (22. Bc4 Rd8) 22... Ba6 (22... exf5 $140 23. Rd7) 23. Qf3 (23.
Qg4 c4 24. f6 Bf8 $17) 23... Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {[%cal Yc5c4]}) (18... Bd5 $6
19. e4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb6 21. Qb5 c4 $140 22. Bf2 $1) 19. Qc2 (19. e4 $6 Nb6)
19... Bxc4 (19... Nb6 {Ftacnik} 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Bf2 $11) 20. Qxc4 (20. Bxc4
$1 Nb6 21. b3 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 $11) 20... Nb6 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (21... Rxd8 22. Qb5 {
Ftacnik} (22. Qa6 c4 23. Bxc4 (23. Qxa5 Rd5 24. Qa6 Bc5 $15) 23... Nxa4) 22...
Nd5 $11) 22. Qb5 g6 (22... c4 23. Bxc4 (23. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1f3]} Qd5 24. Qxd5
exd5 $15) 23... Rc8 24. b3 Rc5 25. Qa6 Qc7 (25... g6 $5 $17 {Anand <-> c}) 26.
e4 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge1f2]}) 23. Bd1 (23. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qc7 24. e4 c4 25. Bf2 cxb3
26. Bxb6 Qc2 $11) 23... c4 24. Bf3 (24. Be2 {Ftacnik} Rc8 25. Bxc4 Rc5 26. Qa6
Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Qd3 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Rxc5 Bxc5 $15) 24... Rb8 25. Qxa5 c3 $1 26.
bxc3 (26. b3 Qd3 (26... Qc7 $44) 27. Kf2 (27. Bf2 c2 28. Qb5 (28. Qa7 Rc8 29.
Qxe7 Qd2 $19) 28... Qxb3 29. Qe2 (29. a5 Qb2 30. Qf1 Nc4 31. a6 Bc5 $19) 29...
Qxa4 30. Rxc2 b3 $17) (27. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qxe3+ 28. Bf2 Qxf4 29. Qa7 (29. Bxb6
c2 $19) 29... Re8 $17 (29... Rd8 $1)) 27... Nd7 $1 {Tischbierek} (27... Nd5 28.
Qa7 Rb6 $1 29. Bxd5 (29. e4 Bc5+ 30. Kg3 Nxf4 $19) 29... Bc5 $1 $19) 28. Rd1
Qc2+ 29. Kg1 Nc5 $36) 26... b3 27. Rb1 (27. Qb5 $142 Nd7 $1 28. Qd3 Qc7 $44) (
27. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qc8 28. Be2 Nd5 $13) 27... Qd3 28. Rxb3 (28. Rd1 {Ftacnik}
Qc2 $1 29. Qa7 Rd8 30. Qxe7 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Qxd1 $19) 28... Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 (29.
Bf2 $2 {Ftacnik} Qc1+) 29... Bc5 $40 {[%cal Yb8d8,Yd8d2]} 30. Qb5 (30. Rb2 Kg7
$1 $19 {[%cal Yb6c4,Yc4d2]} (30... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 31. Qb5 Nd7 32. Bb7 Qxf4+ $17)
) 30... Rd8 31. c4 (31. a5 {Ftacnik} Nd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Rb8
Qd3#) (31. Rb2 $8 {Tischbierek} Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Nd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rd2) 31...
Rd3 32. Qe8+ (32. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 33. Be2 Qd4 34. Bf3 Nxc4 $19) 32... Kg7 (32... Kg7
{Ftacnik} 33. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 34. Be2 Qd4 35. Bf3 Nxc4 (35... Qxc4+ {Tischbierek}
36. Be2 Qxf4+) 36. Qb5 Qg1+ 37. Ke2 Qe3+ 38. Kd1 Qd3+ 39. Kc1 Ba3+ 40. Qb2
Bxb2#) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 b5 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4) 5. a4 Bb7 (5... c6
6. axb5 (6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Bxc4
$14 {Davies,N-Hartman,C/Open Osterskars 1995}) (6. Nc3 b4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Ng3 Ba6
9. Qc2 b3 10. Qc3 Qb6 11. Bd2 Bd6 $1 $13 {Zakharevich,I-Makarov,M/ch-RUS,
Elista 1996}) 6... cxb5 7. b3 Bb7 {In case of} (7... Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2
$32) (7... Nf6 8. bxc4 Nxe4 9. c5 Bxc5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. dxc5
Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke2 Nxh1 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Nbd2 Ke7 17. Rxh1 f6 $13 {
Yermolinsky,A-Kupreichik,V/Sverdlovsk/1987/}) 8. bxc4 Bxe4 (8... bxc4 9. Bxc4
Bxe4 10. Ne5 $36) 9. cxb5 Nf6 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 $6 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bxe4
Nxe4 13. Qb3 a5 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. g3 Qa8 17. Kg2 Be7 $15 {
Khalifman,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1994/}) 10... Be7 (10... Bb4+ $5 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Nbxd2 Bd5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc4 Nbd7 $11) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Ne5 a6
14. Bf3 Nd5 (14... Qb6 $5 {Dolmatov} 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. b6 Qxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxc3 18.
Bd2 Qxd4 19. Bxa8 Qxb6 $10) 15. Nxd5 exd5 (15... Bxd5 16. Qe2 $16) 16. Rb1 Qb6
17. Be2 axb5 18. Rxb5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bd3 Ba6 {[#]} 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22.
Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rb3 Bxe5 24. Rh3 f6 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rg3 Ke8 28. Rxg7
Qe6 29. exf6 $18 {1-0 Anand,V-Karpov,A/Las Palmas 1996 (36)}) 6. axb5 Bxe4 7.
Bxc4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 (10. Ne5 O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. bxc6 Nxc6
13. Ba6 Qc8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. d5 Qc8 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 Bc5
19. Be3 Re8 $14 {+/= Ribli,Z-Nikolic,P/Reykjavik 1988}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 (
11... Nbd7 12. d5 (12. Ne5 Nb6 13. Bd3 (13. Bb3 Qd6) 13... Nbd5 14. Bg5 $14)
12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. Qc2 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Bd6 17. Bg5 $14)
12. Ne5 c6 13. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 (13... exd5 14. Bd3 $16 {This position is similar
to the position from the game Anand-Karpov,Las Palmas 1996.} {The danger of
position for the black is shown by the line} cxb5 15. Qh5 g6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17.
Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Rd3 Bh4 20. Rh3 Qf6 21. Qg3 Rf7 22. Rxh4+ Rh7 23.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh3+ Kg7 25. Ra3 $40) 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Rdc1 $16 {
[%csl Rc6]} Nd7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. bxc6 {[%cal Gc6c8]} Nb6 20. Qc2
(20. Ba6 $5 $16 {[%cal Gc6c7,Ga6b7,Ga1a7]}) 20... g6 21. Qc5 $6 (21. c7 a5 22.
Qc5 (22. Qc6 $1 Qb4 (22... Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Rfc8 26. b4
Ra7 27. bxa5 $18)) 22... Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Rfc8 24. Rc6 {[%cal Gd3a6]} Nc4 25. Bxc4
dxc4 $132 {[%cal Ya8a7]}) (21. Ba6 $1 Qc7 22. Bb7 $18) 21... Qxc5 22. Rxc5 (22.
dxc5 $142 $5 $18) 22... Rfc8 23. b4 (23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. Rxa7 Nc8 {
[%cal Yc8d6]} 26. Ra2 Nd6 27. Ba8 Nf5 $132) (23. c7 a5 24. Rc6 Nc4) 23... Rc7
24. b5 Kf8 25. Rc2 Ke7 26. Rca2 Kd6 27. Kf1 Nc4 {[%cal Ya8b8,Yb8b5]} 28. Ke2
Rb8 29. Rb1 (29. Rxa7 Rxb5 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. Ra7+ Kxc6 32. Rxf7 Rb2+ 33. Ke1
Ra2 $11 {[%cal Ya2a1]}) 29... Rb6 30. Kd1 e5 (30... f6 $5 $132 {[%cal Ye6e5]}
31. Kc2 a6 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. bxa6 Rxb1 34. Kxb1 Ra7 35. Kc2 Kxc6 36. Kc3 Kb5
37. f4 Rxa6 38. Rxa6 Kxa6 39. Kxc4 Kb6 40. d5 Kc7 41. Kc5 exd5 42. Kxd5 Kd7 $11
) 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. dxe5+ Kxe5 33. Kc2 Kd4 34. Ra4 Kc5 35. Ra5 {[%cal Gc2c3,
Gb2b4,Gb1b4]} Kd4 36. Rb4 $22 a6 (36... Re7 37. Raa4 Kc5 38. Rxc4+ Kxb5 39. c7
Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Kxa4 41. Rxa7+ Kb5 42. Rxf7 $18) 37. bxa6 Rxb4 38. a7 Rxa7 39.
Rxa7 Rb6 40. Rd7+ Ke5 41. c7 Rc6 42. Rxf7 h5 43. Kc3 h4 44. Rg7 Kf5 45. Rd7 h3
46. g3 Ke6 47. Rh7 Ke5 48. f3 Ke6 49. Rxh3 (49. Rh6 Kf6 50. Rxh3 Rxc7 51. Rh4
Ra7 52. Kxc4 $18) 49... Rxc7 50. Rh4 g5 $1 51. Rxc4 $2 (51. Re4+ Kd5 (51... Kd6
52. Rxc4 Rf7 53. f4 $18) 52. Rg4 $18) 51... Rf7 52. Re4+ (52. f4 gxf4 $11)
52... Kd5 53. Re3 Ra7 $132 {=} 54. Kd2 (54. Rd3+ Ke5 55. Kb3 Rh7 56. Rd2 Rf7
57. Rf2 Kd4 $11) 54... Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Rxh2 56. Kf1 Ra2 57. Re2 Ra4 58. Kg2 g4 59.
fxg4 (59. f4 Ra3 $11 {[%csl Rg3]}) 59... Rxg4 60. Re8 (60. Kf3 Rg8 61. g4 Rf8+
62. Kg3 Rg8 $11) 60... Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Schulz: Oha!.
Anand spielt mit Schwarz die Drachenvariante.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O
9. g4 Be6 ({Schulz: An dieser Stelle wurde auch schon gelegentlich das
spekulative Figurenopfer} 9... Nxg4 {Schulz,A gespielt.}) (9... h5 $5 {Schulz,A
}) (9... e6 {Schulz,A}) 10. O-O-O {This proved to be harmless. More ambitious
is 10.Ne6 with very sharp positions.} (10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O (11. Bc4 d5 12.
exd5 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxd5 $11) 11... Ne5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. h4 Qa5 14. h5 $40 {
Kaidanov-Chow/Chicago/1995}) 10... Nxd4 (10... Ne5 11. h4 Bc4 12. Bh3 Ba6 13.
b3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Qa3 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bg4 Nb4 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Nf5 $16
{Anand-Mestel/London/1985}) 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. h4 Rab8 14. Kb1 (14.
Bh3 $2 Rc4 $15 {Kalinin-Dautov/Russia/1986}) (14. h5 b5 15. h6 b4 16. hxg7 bxa3
17. Nb5 Rxb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. bxa3 Qa4 $40 {Zude-Riemersma/Germany/1996})
14... b5 15. Nd5 {Schulz: Das spielt Weiß, wenn er remis will.} Qxd2 16. Rxd2
Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Ne3 $1 $11 (17... Kxg7 18. exd5 $14) 18. Bd4 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 a5 20.
e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Huzman} Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Nd2 Nf4 11. Bf3 Nd3 (11... a5 {Huzman} 12. bxa5 Nd3 13.
Nb3 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Bh6 15. Rc2 f5 16. Nb5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf5 18. Qd3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Starke,D-Beck,D/OLO-B 1993 (27)}) (11... g5 {Huzman} 12. g3 Neg6 13.
gxf4 exf4 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Be2 g4 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Rg1 f5 18. f3 g3 19. Rg2 $16 {
Zagorskis,D-Pachow,J/Berliner Sommer 1993/1-0 (50)}) 12. Ba3 a5 (12... b6 13.
Be2 Nf4 14. c5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 bxc5 16. bxc5 a5 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. Rab1 f5 19. f3
Qd7 20. Rfc1 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bh6 22. c6 Qe8 {1/2-1/2 Zagorskis,D-Timoshenko,G/
Berliner Sommer ;EXT 94op 1994 (82)}) 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Nb5 Bd7 $5 (14... Nc5
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bd7 17. Bb4 Ra8 18. Nc3 b6 19. a4 Qb8 20. Rfb1 f5 21. a5
$16 {0-1 Rittner,Horst-Temmink,H/cr 1991 (54)}) 15. Nb3 Ra4 16. Bxd6 $6 (16.
Qxd3 Bxb5 17. Nd2 (17. cxb5 Rxa3 18. Qc4 (18. Rfc1 $5) 18... c5 {Anand} 19.
bxc6 bxc6 20. dxc6 Qb6 $11) 17... Bd7 (17... Qa8 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. cxb5 Rc8 $5
$13 (19... Rxa2 $140 20. Rxa2 Qxa2 21. Nc4 Nc8 22. Bg4 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24.
Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qxf5 Qxc4 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. g3 $16)) 18. Bd1 (18. c5 {Huzman} Qa8
$36 {[%cal Ya8a2]}) 18... Ra6 19. c5 Qa8 20. Bb4 Nc8 $13) 16... cxd6 17. Qxd3
Bxb5 18. cxb5 Bh6 (18... Qb6 $5 19. Nd2 Rfa8 $44) 19. Bd1 Kg7 (19... Qa8 20.
Qh3 Kg7 (20... Bg5 {Huzman} 21. Re1 {[%cal Yh3d7]}) 21. Nc5 (21. Qd7 Nc8 22.
Nc5 dxc5 23. Bxa4 Nb6 24. Qc7 Nxa4 25. Qxe5+ Kg8) 21... dxc5 22. Bxa4 Qxa4 23.
Qd7 $16) 20. Qc2 $1 (20. Re1 $5 {Huzman} Qb6 $44) 20... Qc8 $8 21. Qxc8 Nxc8
22. Nc5 (22. Re1 {Huzman} Nb6 $36 {[%cal Yf8a8]}) (22. Bc2 {Huzman} Nb6 $44 {
[%cal Yf8a8]}) 22... Rb4 (22... Ra5 $5 {Huzman} 23. Na4 Rxb5 $15) 23. a3 (23.
Nd3 Rxe4 24. a4 Rd4 25. Nb2 Nb6 $17) 23... Rxb5 24. Na4 (24. Nd3 f5 25. Bf3 Rf7
26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rc7 $17) (24. Nd7 Rd8 25. Bg4 Ne7 26. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 27.
Rxb1 f5 28. Rxb7 fxg4 29. Nxe5 $17) 24... f5 25. exf5 (25. Bc2 {Huzman} Rf7 $1
$15 {[%cal Yf7c7]}) 25... gxf5 26. Be2 Rxd5 $2 (26... Ra5 $1 27. Nc3 (27. Nb2
Rxd5) 27... Rc5 28. Na4 (28. Nb5 Rd8 29. Rfd1 Ne7 30. a4 Kf6 31. a5 Rxd5 $17)
28... Rc2 29. Bd3 Rd2 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 $15) 27. Rfb1 Ra5 28. Nb6 $1 $11
(28. Rxb7+ {Huzman} Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nc3 $15) 28... Nxb6 29. Rxb6 d5 30.
Rxb7+ Rf7 31. Rb5 Rfa7 (31... Rxb5 {Huzman} 32. Bxb5 d4 33. a4 Rb7 34. Rd1 $11)
32. Rab1 Bg5 (32... e4 33. Rd1) 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Rb5 Rxb5 35. Bxb5 Kf6 36. Bd7
e4 37. g4 fxg4 (37... f4 38. f3 Bh4 39. a4 Ke5 40. a5 Bd8 41. a6 Bb6+ 42. Kf1
exf3 43. g5 $11) 38. Bxg4 d4 39. a4 Bd2 40. Kf1 d3 41. Bc8 Ke5 42. h3 Ba5 43.
Bd7 Kf4 44. Bg4 h6 45. Bd7 h5 46. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Kb1 h5 12. Bc4 O-O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb3
Kb8 15. Rhf1 Qc5 16. Qd3 h4 17. Qh3 Be7 18. f5 Qe5 19. Rde1 Rde8 20. Ne2 Bf8
21. Nf4 Rh6 22. a3 Bb5 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Rh8 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. d4 Qxd4 27.
Bxe6 Bg7 28. Bd5 Re7 29. Rd1 Qa4 30. Rd3 Rc8 31. Rb3 Rc5 32. Ka2 Qd4 33. Rd3
Qa4 34. Rb3 Qd4 35. Rff3 f5 36. Rb4 Qd1 37. Rd3 Qe1 38. Qxf5 a5 39. Rb6 Rc1 40.
Qf4 Ra1+ 41. Kb3 Rd7 42. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bg5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bc2 h6 13. Rf1 Nb6 14. Rad1 Bxe3
15. fxe3 g6 16. Qg3 Qg5 17. Qh3 Kg7 18. Rf3 Rg8 19. Rdf1 Raf8 20. Bb3 Nd8 21.
Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Qe7 23. Rf6 Re8 24. Qh4 Rgf8 25. b4 Qd7 26. Bd5 c6 27. Bb3
Ne6 28. Qg3 Qd8 29. Qf3 Ng5 30. Qg4 d5 31. exd5 cxd5 32. h4 Nh7 33. R6f5 f6 34.
h5 Ng5 35. hxg6 Qd6 36. d4 Ne4 37. dxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Rf5 Qxc3 40.
Rxd5 Qxe3+ 41. Kh2 Ng5 42. Qd7+ Kxg6 43. Bc2+ Kh5 44. Qf5 Kh4 45. Rd3 Qe5+ 46.
g3+ Kh5 47. Bd1+ Qe2+ 48. Bxe2# 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 (11. e5 Nd5 12. Nbd2 Bc5 13. Ne4 Bb6
14. a3 O-O 15. Qd3 Rf5 $36 {Milov,V-Sermek,D/Biel/1994/0,5/55/}) 11... Bb4 12.
Nc4 (12. Qd3 {Beliavsky -Scherbakov,1996}) (12. e5 Ng4 13. Qe2 Qd5 $10 {
Sherbakov,R-Bronstein,D/Hastings/1995/0,5/13/}) 12... O-O (12... Nxe4 13. Nce5
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd6 15. Qa4+ c6 16. Qxc6+ Qxc6 17. Nxc6 $16) 13. a3 Bc5 (13...
Be7 $5 14. Re1 $14) 14. b4 Bb6 15. b5 Ne7 16. Nfe5 Qe8 17. a4 $5 $146 (17. Re1
Ng6 18. Nd3 (18. Nc6 $2 Nh4 (18... Ra8 19. Qa4 Nh4 20. Bg5 $6 Qh5 21. Bxh4 Qxh4
22. g3 Qh3 23. N6e5 Bc5 $36) 19. Qa4 (19. Nxb8 $6 Qg6 20. g3 Nf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxe1
$19) (19. Bg5 $5 Qh5 $1 20. Bxh4 Qxh4 21. Nxb8 Ng4 22. h3 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qg3 24.
hxg4 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qf2+ $10) 19... Qh5 20. h3 (20. Nxb8 $2 Qg4 21. g3 Nf3+ 22.
Kf1 Nxe1 $19) (20. Qd1 Ng4 21. h3 Rxf2 22. Re2 Rbf8 23. hxg4 Qxg4 $19) 20...
Rbe8 21. Nxb6 (21. Qd1 Qxb5 22. Nxb6 Qxc6 $19) 21... Qg6 22. g3 Nf3+ 23. Kf1
Nxe1 24. Bf4 (24. Kxe1 Qxe4+ $19) 24... Nd3 25. Qxd4 (25. Bxc7 Nxe4 $19) 25...
Nxf4 26. Nc8 Qxe4 27. N8e7+ Rxe7 28. Nxe7+ Kf7 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Nc6 Nd5 $19
31. Nxa7 Ra8 32. Nc6 Ne7 33. Kg2 Ra4 34. Re1 Kf6 35. Re3 {0-1 Iskusnyh,
S-Rublevsky,S/RUS-ch Elista 1995}) (18. Qa4 $6 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qh5 20. f4 d3+ 21.
Kh1 Bf2 22. Rf1 Qe2 23. Qd1 Nxe4 $19) (18. Nf3 $6 Nh5 19. Kh1 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qf7
$40) (18. f3 $5) 18... Nh4 (18... Nd7 19. a4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Ba3 $16) 19.
Bf4 (19. Bg5 $2 Nxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Qh5 21. Bf4 Nxe4 $1 22. Rxe4 Qg6+ 23. Kf3 Qh5+
$11) 19... Nxe4 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nf5 22. a4 Ne3 (22... Nd6 23. Nce5 c5 24.
bxc6 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Rbxc8 26. a5 $16) 23. Nce5 $2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Anand,V/
Dos Hermanas 1997 (34)} (23. fxe3 $1 dxe3 $1 24. Nxb6 $1 axb6 25. Rxe3 $18)) (
17. f3 $5 $13) 17... Nxe4 {[%cal Ye4c5]} 18. Ba3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5]} Nd5 (
18... Kh8 19. Rae1 (19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nc6 Qe8 {[%csl Ra6]}) 19...
Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxe6 {[%cal Ge5d7]} Rf6 22. Qd7 $16) (18... d3 19. Nxd3
Rd8 20. Nce5 $16) 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[%cal Yd5b4]} (19... Qxf8 20. Nd7 Qe8 21. Nxb8
Qxb8 22. a5 Nc5 23. axb6 Nxa6 24. bxa7 Qxa7 25. bxa6 $16 {[%cal Ga6a8]}) 20.
Nd3 Nd6 $1 (20... Nb4 $5 21. Nxb4 Nc5 22. a5 Nxa6 23. Nxa6 Rc8 24. axb6 axb6
25. Rab1 $16) (20... Nf4 21. Nce5 $16) 21. Nxd6 (21. Rac1 $1 Nc3 (21... Nxc4
22. Rxc4 c5 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Yd5c7]} 23. Rxc5 $1 $16) 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rfe1 e5
$132 24. a5 Bc7 25. Rxc3 dxc3 26. Qxa7 Qc8 27. b6 Bd8 28. Rc1) (21. Nxb6 axb6
22. Rfe1 Kg8 $17 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Yb8a8]} (22... Ra8 23. Rxe6 Qb8 24. Ne5 $18))
21... cxd6 22. Rac1 (22. Rfc1 $1 Qd7 (22... Qd8 23. a5 Bc7 (23... Nc7 24. axb6
Nxa6 25. bxa7 Nc7 26. b6 Nb5 27. Rcb1 Nxa7 28. bxa7 Rc8 29. Rb7 $18) 24. Qxa7
Rxb5 25. a6 $18 (25. Nf4)) (22... Nc3 23. Rc2 (23. a5 $5 $16) 23... Qg6 $132)
23. a5 Bd8 24. Rc6 Be7 $13 {[%csl Ra6]}) 22... Qd8 {[%cal Yd5c7]} 23. a5 $8
Bxa5 $1 (23... Nc7 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Nf4 Kf7 26. Rc1 {[%cal Ga6a7,Ga7f7]} Bxa5
27. Qxa7+ Kf6 28. Nh5+ (28. Qxd4+ e5 29. Nd5+ Kf7 $14) 28... Kg6 (28... Kg5 29.
Nxg7 $18) 29. g4 $18) 24. Qxa7 Bc3 $44 25. Qa2 (25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Qb7 Rb8 27. Qc6
Rc8 $11) (25. Qa4 Qa5 26. Qxa5 Bxa5 {[%csl Rb5]} 27. Rc6 Ke7 $15) 25... Rxb5
26. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2e6,Ge2b5]} Qe8 $1 {[%cal Ye8b5,Ye8e6]} 27. Rb1 e5 $1 (27...
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 $14 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 28. Rxb5 Qxb5 29. f4 {[%cal Gf1f8]} Ne3 30.
fxe5+ $1 Nxf1 31. Qxf1+ Ke7 32. exd6+ {Avoiding perpetual check the black
exchange the queens after which the white create fortress by moving the king
to e2} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{At the opening ceremony the previous day, the chess players had to play a
match against representatives from the Swiss skiing federation. Each
participant from the A and B tournaments had to play two moves and if they
didn't mate the skiers within 24 moves, then the skiers won. Funnily enough,
the chess players chose the Center Counter. To my great surprise, this is
exactly what happened in my game!} 1. e4 {Mueller,Ka} d5 {I don't recall Joel
ever having played this before, but he hadn't played in an event since Monaco,
so I assumed this was an opening he had prepared quite well.} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3.
Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 {Nowadays 6.Ne5 is more popular, but during
my preparations for the World Championship, I noticed that the lines with 6.
Bc4 were very dangerous for Black to navigate. Since Joel didn't have a great
deal of experience with the Centre counter, I decided to test him in this line.
} Bf5 7. Ne5 {The lines with 7.Bd2 leave White with a slight edge, but I
remembered that 7.Ne5 and 8.g4 gave Black more problems.} e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4
Nbd7 $1 {The best line} (9... Bb4 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. f3 $1 $14 {Campora-Hansen
Palma 1989. I think that it was after this game that people started to look at
9...Nbd7 more seriously.}) 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. Rh3 (12. Rg1 {Mueller,
Ka} Nb6 13. Be2 Na4 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 O-O-O $15 {
Apicella,M-Prie,E/Brussels zt 1993/EXP 34/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (12. O-O {Mueller,Ka}
Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. c3 g6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Kg2 gxh5 18. g5 Qe7 19.
Qxh5 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Prie,E/Andorra op 1994/TD 94\02 (41)})
12... Bg2 {A nice finesse -if White plays Rg3, then Black will gain a tempo
with a later Bd6. Still, if the game continuation is correct, then Black will
have to stick to 12...Bd5} (12... Bd5 {Mueller,Ka} 13. Bd3 O-O-O (13... Bd6 14.
Bd2 Qc7 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qe2 Bf4 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Bxh7 Kb8 19. Bd3 Bxd2+
20. Qxd2 Nb6 21. g5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Denker,A/New York op 1989/
CBM 12 (41)}) 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Nxd5 exd5 $132 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Lastin,A/RUS-ch
Elista 1995/CBM 50 (54)}) 13. Re3 $1 {I had wanted to play 13.Rg3 which gives
White a slight edge even though Black can play Bd6, but a fresh look at a
position during a game can often turn up better moves than those found during
home preparation!} (13. Rg3 {Mueller,Ka} Bd5 {und Bd6 kann mit Tempo folgen 
(eine der Ideen von Bg2)}) 13... Nb6 (13... b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne4 {White will
be better after the inevitable Bxe4 due to his two bishops and understandably
Joel didn't want to resign himself to a worse position.}) 14. Bd3 $1 {I found
this at the board and therefore changed my mind about 13.Rg3 and went for 13.
Re3} (14. Bb3 $6 c5 $1 {This gives Black good counterplay}) 14... Nd5 15. f3 $1
{The point, White is willing to jettison a few pawns and/or the exchange, but
snares the bishop on g2. Mueller,Ka: der Läufer g2 ist nun lebendig begraben.
Hatte Anand diese Idee vorbereitet ?} (15. Rg3 {Mueller,Ka} Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5
17. Bd2 Qa4 18. Qe2 b5 19. h6 O-O-O $13 {1-0 Bauer,C-Prie,E/FRA-ch 1996/EXP 54
(40)}) 15... Bb4 {Mueller,Ka: sieht zwar sehr logisch aus, aktiviert in der
Folge aber auch den weißen Turm a1. Andere Möglichkeiten:} (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3
Qxc3+ 17. Bd2 Qxd4 18. Kf2 Bxf3 19. Kxf3 $16 (19. Kxf3 {Mueller,Ka} Bc5 20. Kg2
O-O-O $13)) (15... Nxe3 {Mueller,Ka} 16. Bxe3 Ba3 17. Bc1 (17. bxa3 Bxf3 18.
Qd2 Bxg4 19. h6 $15) 17... Bb4 18. Kf2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qxd4+ 21.
Kxg2 $14) 16. Kf2 $1 Bxc3 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rb1 Bxd4 19. Kxg2 Bxe3
20. Bxe3 $16) 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Qxd4 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxd4 20. Rxb7 $16
) (18... Nxe3 {Mueller,Ka} 19. Bxe3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 O-O-O $13) 19. Rxb7 Rd8 {
Here I saw the possibility of g6 and when I realized that it didn't work
because at a certain moment Black would simply play Kg8. Then I saw the
possibility of h6 - Kg8 could be met by Rg7+! Suddenly, all that remained was
to check all the details...} (19... Bh3 20. Rxf7 $1 {I stopped here, but Joel
saw two moves further!} c5 {Black simply protects his queen and threatens Kxf7}
21. Rf5 $3 {Lautier} Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Qb2 23. Rxc5 O-O 24. Kg3 $1 $18) (19... Nf4
20. Kg3 (20. Qe1 Qf6 21. Kg3 $16) 20... Qd6 21. Ba3 $1 {Fritz} Nxh5+ (21...
Qxa3 22. Be4 $1 $18 (22. Bb5 {[%cal Ge3a3,Gd1d7] Mueller,Ka} Nd3 23. Bxc6+ Kf8
24. Rxd3 $18)) 22. Kxg2 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 $18) (19... e5 {Mueller,Ka} 20. c4 (20.
Qe1 Bxf3 21. c3 Qc5 (21... Nxc3 22. Kxf3 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 Qxg4+ 24. Kh2 $18) 22.
Kxf3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Qd6 24. Qb1 $16) 20... O-O-O (20... Nf4 21. Bb2 Nh3+ 22.
Kxg2 Qxe3 23. Kxh3 $16) 21. cxd5 Kxb7 22. dxc6+ Kc7 23. Kxg2 $16) (19... O-O-O
{Mueller,Ka} 20. Rxf7 (20. Ba6 $4 {reizt zu hoch:} Qxd1 21. Rxf7+ Kb8 22. Rb3+
Nb6 23. Bf4+ Rd6 $19) 20... Kb8 21. Qg1 $18) 20. h6 $3 gxh6 $2 {This gave me a
chance to have a really beautiful finish. Black could still fight with Nxe3,
but Joel hadn't seen the idea behind h5-h6} (20... Nxe3 {Absolutely the only
move which doesn't lose} 21. Bxe3 Qe5 22. hxg7 Rg8 23. Qg1 (23. Bh6 Qh2 $1)
23... Bxf3 24. Kxf3 $16) 21. Bg6 $3 Ne7 (21... Qxe3+ 22. Bxe3 fxg6 (22... hxg6
{Mueller,Ka} 23. Qd4 $18) 23. Bc5 $18) (21... Qf6 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Nxe3
24. Qxd8+ $1 (24. Qe2 Nd1+ 25. Kxg2 Kxf7 {Is not that clear, although White
remains much better}) 24... Kxd8 25. Bxe3 Bh3 26. Rxa7 $18) (21... Qxd1 {
Mueller,Ka} 22. Rxe6+ Kf8 23. Bxh6+ Kg8 24. Bxf7#) (21... Nxe3 {Mueller,Ka} 22.
Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxe3 $18) 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd3 $1 {Why bother
with 23.Rxe6 Rd7 when this wins effortlessly?} Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bd3 $1 (
25. Bd3 Bh1 26. Bb2 Re8 27. Bf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Be4 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nf4 Na5 14. Re1
O-O 15. d5 e5 16. d6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 exf4 18. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 3rd round. In Dortmund, I essayed 1.d4 against
Boris, but he more than equalized and this time, I decided to stick with 1.e4.
So off I went armed with 6.Be3 against the Najdorf...} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 {Boris only changes his openings when he
absolutely has to! Even so,of the last three times I decided to confront his
Najdorf with 6.Be3, only in Dos Hermanas 1996 did I succeed in predicting his
choice of sub-variation! In Linares 1994, I expected 6...e5 and he surprised
me with 6...e6. Here, I expected either e5 or e6 and he goes for Ng4 instead!
With hindsight, it isn't difficult to see why - Kasparov's adoption of 6...Ng4
as his mainstay against 6.Be3 and especially his analysis of his game against
Shirov (Linares 1997) probably have resulted in a lot of players becoming Ng4
devotees.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 {"The other move!" 10.Be2 is
so well studied these days that I thought it better to go for the alternative
10.Qd2. Besides, Kasparov has played several model games after 10.Be2 h5
showing how Black should deal with 10.Be2} Nc6 11. Nb3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. h4
{I was going to play 13.Bd3 when I saw this move. It is desirable for Black to
castle kingside and it is logical to weaken his kingside while he is still
unprepared for it.} Qd7 $1 {Gelfand played this after long thought and it's a
fine move. My next move seemed obvious to me during the game - Nb4 is met by
Nd4, but soon I was to realize that matters are not so simple.} 14. O-O-O (14.
Be2 $1 {Gelfand and I briefly looked at this - White develops whilst not
committing his king just yet.}) 14... Nb4 $1 (14... Rc8 15. Nd5 $1 Na5 {
This seemed attractive to Boris, but then he saw that White can simply
sacrifice his queen} 16. Nxa5 $1 {Gelfand} Rxc2+ (16... Qa4 17. Bc4 $16) 17.
Qxc2 Bxc2 18. Kxc2 Qa4+ 19. Nb3 Qxa2 20. Nc3 $16) 15. Nd4 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 (15...
Nxa2+ 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Bd3 $16) 16. Qxd5 Nf6 $15) 15... Rc8 {Now it began to
dawn on me that Black's initiative was much stronger than I had realized.
Still, White is OK here - see next note!} 16. a3 Rxc3 $2 (16... Bxd4 $1 17.
Qxd4 (17. axb4 $2 Rxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Qa4 $19) 17... Nxc2 18. Qg7 $3 {[#] My
origina l intention had been 18.Qb6. White can bring his queen back to b3 and
while Black is better, White is still fighting. At the post mortem, we felt
that the position was better for Black albeit extremely murky. However, this
amazing move, we didn't see at all! Maybe it's just difficult to ignore a rook
and stop one square before it! I found it at home by turning on Fritz to see
if it could turn up anything interesting. Nope! Fritz was fixated on taking
the rook and playing Bc4+. To prod it to see Qb6, I forced it to display 2
moves and it found Qg7 instantly. Of course, the reason it's a great move is
that the queen still covers c3 and therefore Black can't play Na3. Fritz
probably liked it just to play Qh8 on the next move (a missed opportunity!).
Nonetheless, I now think that our initial assessment that Black was better was
inaccurate and that White is OK.} (18. Qxh8+ Kf7 19. Bc4+ {Boris stopped here
in his analysis, but in fact, White's queen hasn't really escaped!} Rxc4 $1 {
What is White going to against Rc4-c8?} 20. Qb8 Nxa3 $1 $40) (18. Qd2 $2 Na1 $1
) 18... Na1 (18... Rf8 19. Bd3 Rf7 20. Qh8+ Rf8 21. Qg7) 19. Bd3 $1) 17. bxc3
Qa4 18. Kb2 $16 {Things have turned around completely!} (18. cxb4 $2 Bxd4 $1
19. c3 Bxf2 $1 20. Bxf2 Qxa3+ 21. Qb2 Qxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Nxf2 $19) 18... Nd5 19.
hxg5 hxg5 {Here I had a choice between two moves that basically win and tried
to decide which one would involve less effort. I decided that keeping queens
on would be easier. WRONG!} 20. Qxg5 $2 (20. Nxf5 $1 {In fact, this is trivial.
} Bxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Nxc3 22. Rxh8+ Kd7 23. Rd4 $1 {A nice move - Black has only
one reply} Qa5 24. Nxd6 $3 {[#]} exd6 (24... Na4+ 25. Kc1 (25. Rxa4 Qxa4 26.
Nc4 $18) 25... exd6 26. Rxd6+ Ke7 27. Rh7+ Ke8 (27... Kf8 28. Rd8+) 28. Re6+
Kf8 29. Bd6+ Kg8 30. Rxb7 $18) 25. Rxd6+ Ke7 26. Rh7+ Kf8 {I saw until here,
and decided that this was too messy. What a pity - it only takes one more move!
} (26... Ke8 27. Re6+ Kf8 28. Bd6+ Kg8 29. Rxb7 $1 Na4+ 30. Kc1 Nf6 31. Bc4 Kh8
32. Ree7 $18) 27. Rd8+ $1 {[#]} Qxd8 28. Rh8+ $18) 20... Bxd4 21. Rxh8+ Bxh8
22. Qh5+ Kd8 23. Qxh8+ Kd7 24. Rd2 Ngf6 {White is still winning, but of course
White's Q is out of play and this gives Black chances.} 25. c4 Nc3 (25... Qa5
26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 $18) 26. f3 $4 {I spent a lot of time drowning in
variations and eventually went for thislemon!} (26. Bxd6 $1 Nce4 27. Qg7 (27.
Bxe7+ Kxe7) (27. Bc7+ $1 {One more win and this one was pointed out by Fritz,
though this is the sort of win that only machines notice!} Kxc7 28. Qd8+ Kc6
29. Rd5 $1 {The point, but it requires cold blood to play like this!} Nd6 30.
Rxf5 $18) 27... Nxd6 28. c5 Bxc2 {I decided that this was too messy, but a
calm waiting move suffices.} 29. Qf7 $3 {[#] I only found this on the way back
to the hotel, but admittedly it's not an easy move to find while calculating
on move 26!} Nfe4 (29... Bd3 30. Rxd3 Qb5+ 31. Qb3 Qxc5 32. Qxb7+ $16) 30. cxd6
Nxd2 31. Qxe7+ Kc6 32. Qc7+ Kd5 33. d7 $18) 26... Nd1+ $1 27. Kc1 Ne3 {Now
it's a draw.} 28. Bxd6 Nxf1 $4 {Boris was now trying to win, but I had already
seen my next move, so I was delighted.} (28... exd6 29. Qxf6 Qxa3+ 30. Kb1 Qb4+
31. Kc1 Qa3+ $11) 29. Qf8 $1 (29. Qb8 {He had only seen 29.Qb8, but checking
this later, I found that even this is good for White!} Qc6 30. Qf8 $1 $16 {
What a move - White can even lose a whole tempo!}) 29... Nd5 30. Bxe7 $1 Nxd2
31. Qd8+ Ke6 32. cxd5+ Ke5 (32... Kf7 33. Qf8+ Kg6 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. Bf8+ Kh5
36. Qh8+ Bh7 37. Qxh7+ Kg5 38. Bh6+ Kf6 39. Qg7+ Kf5 40. Qg5#) 33. Qd6+ Kd4 34.
Qc5+ Ke5 35. Qd6+ Kd4 36. Qf4+ Ne4 37. Qxf5 {Black doesn't even have a check,
so Boris resigned. A very important win for my eventual tournament victory and
a game which I have immensely enjoyed analysing!} 1-0

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd2 $6 {M.E. kann Weiß mit 10.Bd2 nicht auf Vorteil hoffen,
besser ist wahrscheinlich 10.Rd1.} (10. Rd1) 10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. Bd3 h6 12.
Rad1 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Rfe1 b5 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Dos Hermanas 1997/CBM 59 (27)}) 11... Nxc5 12. Be2
$146 (12. a4 b6 13. e4 Qc7 14. h3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Ncd7 16. Bf1 (16. Bd3 $11 {
Kramnik}) 16... Rac8 17. Rad1 Qb8 18. Qb1 h6 $15 {0-1 Costa,J-Kramnik,V/Manila
olm 1992/TD 92\02 (30)}) 12... b5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.
Bc3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. a3 Rfc8 $11 {Weiß hat wegen
der Schwächung des Feldes c5 einen symbolischen Vorteil, mehr nicht.} 21. Ne5
Nb6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qd6 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. f3 Kf8 27. Qc3 f6
28. Qc2 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. e4 Ke7 31. Kf2 e5 32. Bd1 Kd6 33. Bb3 Nf8 34. Ke3
g5 35. g3 Bb7 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. Kd2 a5 38. Kc3 a4 39. Bg8 h6 40. Bf7 Be6 41. Bh5
Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f3 (10. f4 Qa5 (10... b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 Qc7
13. Qe3 Qc5 14. Qg3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Kb1 Kf8 17. Qh3 h5 18. Rc1 d5 19. exd5
Qxd5 20. f5 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Amsterdam VSB 1996/CBM 52/[Boensch]/1-0 (43)}
) (10... O-O 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. Kb1 Re8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16.
Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Ne4 Nf8 18. Nd6 Qa7 19. Qg4 Qc5 20. Rhf1 {Svidler,P-Lugovoi,A/St
Petersburg-ch 1997/CBM 58/1-0 (62)}) 11. Kb1 O-O 12. Be2 e5 13. Qd2 exf4 14.
Bxf4 Rd8 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxd2 Re8 18. Bxd6 Rxe4 19. Bf3 Re8 {
Priehoda,V-Demeter,P/SVK-ch Bardejov 1981/MCD-ch/1/2-1/2 (47)}) (10. Bc4 b5 11.
Bb3 Bb7 12. Rhe1 Qc7 13. f4 Rd8 14. f5 e5 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Qg3 h6 17. Bxh6 Nh5
18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Qxh5 gxh6 {Righi,E-Nasser/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02/1-0 (33)})
10... Qc7 $146 (10... b5 11. h4 Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. h5
h6 16. Bf2 Nd7 {with good counterplay for black in Filipenko-Yakovich}) 11. g4
b5 12. Qd2 O-O (12... Bb7) 13. Ne2 {white has the idea Ng3,Nh5} (13. Bd3 $143
b4 14. Ne2 a5 $132) 13... Rd8 $6 (13... Bb7 $142 14. Nd4 $14) 14. h4 Bb7 (14...
d5 $143 15. e5 $16) 15. Kb1 Rab8 16. Bg2 (16. h5 $2 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5
Qxc2+ $19) 16... b4 17. Nd4 a5 18. h5 a4 19. Be3 Nd7 (19... d5 20. g5 Nd7 21.
g6 $36) 20. g5 Ne5 21. b3 Ba6 $2 (21... axb3 22. cxb3 (22. axb3 Qa5 $17) 22...
d5 $132) 22. g6 Bf6 (22... hxg6 23. f4 $16) 23. gxf7+ Qxf7 (23... Kxf7 $143 24.
f4 Ng4 25. Bh3) 24. Bh3 Re8 25. f4 Nd7 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Nxe6
axb3 29. axb3 exf4 (29... Qxe6 30. Qxd7 $18) 30. Nxf4 (30. Qxd7 $14) 30... Ra8
31. Bd4 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Qd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Qf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Nd5
Bd6 37. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. f4 (10. Re1 Nc6 (10... Be7 11. a3 (11. f4 Nc6 12. e5 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd5 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 O-O 18. Be3 Qb8 19.
Qd4 Bc6 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Qg4 Be4 22. Bc2 Bxc2 23. Rxc2 Rfc8 24. Bh6 g6 {
Cetkovic,B-Ilincic,Z/JUG-chT2 (02)/1993/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 11... a5 12. Bd2 Na6 13.
axb4 axb4 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Bc4 Qb7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 O-O 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Nb6 Rd8 {0-1 Dekic,J-Ilincic,Z/JUG-chT Cetinje/
1992 (26)}) 11. c3 Rb8 12. cxb4 Rxb4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Qd3 a5 16.
Bc2 O-O 17. b3 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Sieiro Gonzalez,L-Ortega,L/Capablanca mem (01)/1989
}) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 (11. f5 $5 e5 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qxb4 d5 14. Qe1
dxe4 15. Be3 $16) 12. Ne6 fxe6 13. fxe6 Bc8 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6
$1 Qxf6 17. Qxd6 $40 Nd4 $8 18. Nb6 Bxe6 $8 19. Nxa8 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Ng3+ $1 21.
hxg3 Qh6+ 22. Kg1 Qe3+ 23. Kh2 Qh6+ {1/2-1/2 Kalegin,E-Dvoirys,S/USSR/1988/})
11... Rb8 12. c3 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 $5 (13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. e6 fxe6 16. f5
exf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Qd7 19. Qxd5 Ne5 20. Raf1 Qxa4 21. Bg5 Ng6 22. Bxe7
Nxe7 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Rf7 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Rb7 26. Rxg7 {Kalegin,E-Dvoirys,S/Kursk/
1987/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 14. fxe5 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Qh5 O-O $15) 14...
Nxe5 15. Bf4 Ng6 (15... Nfg4 $2 16. h3 g5 17. Bg3 Ne3 18. Qe2 Nxf1 19. Bxe5 $18
) 16. Bxb8 Qxb8 17. cxb4 $6 (17. Qe2 Bd6 18. g3 O-O $44) 17... Bxb4 18. Rc1 O-O
19. Kh1 (19. Nc6 $2 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Ne5 21. Rxa6 Neg4 22. g3 Ne3 23. Qc1 Nxf1 24.
Qxf1 Qb7 $17) 19... Rd8 20. Nc5 (20. a3 $2 Be7 21. Nc3 Be8 $19) (20. Qe2 Bxa4
21. Bxa4 Rxd4 $19) (20. Nc3 Be8 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Qf4 $19) 20... Bxc5 21.
Rxc5 Bb5 22. Rxf6 (22. Rf3 Qb6 (22... Ng4 23. Qg1 Rxd4 24. h3 $17) 23. Qc2 Rxd4
24. Rc8+ Ne8 $19) 22... gxf6 23. Qg1 (23. Qc1 Ne5 $17) 23... Be8 24. Nc6 (24.
Rc1 Qb6 25. Rd1 a5 $17) 24... Bxc6 25. Rxc6 a5 26. Qf2 (26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Rxb6
Rd2 $19) 26... Kg7 (26... Qf4 27. Qxf4 Nxf4 28. h4 h5 $17) 27. h3 Rd7 28. Rc5
Qd8 $1 29. Qe3 Rd3 30. Qe1 Qd4 (30... Rd2 31. Bc2 Qd4 $17) 31. Rxa5 (31. Qxa5
Qe4 32. Kh2 Nh4 $19) 31... Re3 32. Qc1 (32. Qg1 Qd2 33. Kh2 Nh4 $19) 32... Qe4
33. Kh2 (33. Rc5 Rxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qd4+ $19) 33... Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qg3 (34... Qg3 35.
Kf1 Nf4 36. Qd2 Re1+ 37. Qxe1 Qxg2#) 0-1

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 (7. b3 O-O
8. Bb2 Na6 9. d4 d5 $10) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 {It's very important in this
position to postpone castling, otherwise the White queen will find a very nice
square on h4 with the good attacking chances. So, Black just continues
developing.} 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe3 a6 (12... Re8 {was
played in Karpov-Kasparov(Leningrad,match,1986). The game continued:} 13. Rac1
a6 14. Ba1 Rc5 $1 15. a4 Qa8 {with a good game.}) 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc5 (
14... Re8 15. Rac1 Rc5 16. h3 Qc8 $1 {aiming at the h3-pawn and threatening 17.
..b5, as was in the game Plaskett-Adorian,Hastings,1986}) 15. f3 Re8 16. Qd2 (
16. Ba3 $5) 16... Qb8 17. Ba3 {Preventing 17...b5} Rcc8 18. Rac1 Qb7 {Apart
from the idea b6-b5 Black's plan includes the preparation and realisation of
the break d6-d5. Preventing this, White will have to play e2-e4 but then his
King will feel quite vulnerable.} 19. e4 h5 $1 20. Bb2 Ne5 21. Qe2 (21. Qf2 e6
{with idea g5-g4}) 21... e6 22. Ba3 (22. Nc2 Rcd8 23. Ne3 g5 $1 {with an
initiative}) 22... Rcd8 (22... d5 $5 23. Bd6 (23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25.
Rxc8 Qxc8 26. exd5 Ng4 $19) 23... Nc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. e5 Nd7 {White is
facing problems due to the weakness of the e5-pawn and the possibility of
doubling Black rooks on the c-file in the future}) 23. Rc2 d5 (23... g5 $5) 24.
f4 $2 {A losing move.} (24. cxd5 exd5 25. f4 Ned7 (25... Neg4 26. e5 Ne4 27.
Nxe4 dxe4 28. h3 e3+ 29. Nc6) 26. e5 Nc5 27. b4 Nce4 {and Black is only
slightly better.}) 24... Neg4 25. cxd5 (25. h3 Nxe4 $1 26. hxg4 Nxc3 27. Rxc3
dxc4+ $19) 25... Nxe4 $1 26. Nxe4 exd5 27. Nc6 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Rxd8+ (
29. Nxd8 Ne3+ 30. Kg1 Qa8) 29... Kh7 {Although White has two Rooks for for the
Black queen, his position is losing due to the open position of his King who
will soon find himself under attack.} 30. Bc1 e3 31. Kf3 Nxh2+ 32. Ke2 (32.
Kxe3 Bf6 {didn't make life easier.}) 32... Bf6 {The Rook is no longer able to
keep the squares c8 and d7 under control and the Queen comes into play.} 33.
Rd5 (33. Rd6 Be7) 33... Qc8 34. f5 gxf5 35. Nd4 (35. Bxe3 Qe8) 35... Qa8 (35...
Qg8 $5 36. Kd3 $8 Qg4 37. Rxh2 Qe4+ 38. Kc4 e2 39. Bd2 (39. Rxe2 b5+) 39...
Bxd4 40. Rxh5+ Kg6 41. Rg5+ Kf6 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43. Rxd4 Qc2+ 44. Kd5 Qc5#) 36.
Rxf5 Bxd4 (36... Ng4 37. Nf3 Qe4 38. Rxh5+ Kg6 39. Rc4) 37. Rxh5+ Kg6 38. Rxh2
Qe4 39. Rc4 (39. Ke1 Be5) 39... b5 (39... Qg4+ $5 40. Kd3 Qd1+ 41. Bd2 Bc5 42.
Rc1 Qf3 43. Be1 (43. Bc3 e2+ 44. Kc2 Bf2) 43... e2+ 44. Kc2 Ba3 {winning.}) 40.
Rxd4 Qxd4 {[#] Hecht: Obwohl sich Anand nach Kräften bemüht, die Stellung zu
blockieren und seine Figuren beisammenzuhalten, gelingt Schwarz wegen der
Schwächen b4 und g3 ein leichter Gewinn.} 41. Bxe3 Qb2+ 42. Bd2 Qxa2 43. b4
Qc4+ (43... a5 $6 44. bxa5 b4 45. Rh6+ Kf5 46. Rb6 b3 47. a6 {and the pawns
are equally strong.}) 44. Kf2 Qd4+ (44... Qd3 $1 {was the simplest win;} 45.
Be1 a5 46. bxa5 b4) 45. Ke2 Qc4+ 46. Kf2 Qd4+ 47. Ke2 Qg1 48. Rh6+ Kf5 49. Rh5+
Kf6 $2 {A really bad move.} (49... Kg4 50. Rg5+ (50. Rh4+ Kxg3 51. Be1+ Qxe1+)
50... Kh3 51. Rf5 Qg2+ 52. Ke3 Qc6 {and Black wins}) 50. Bf4 $2 {Returning the
favour.} (50. Be1 Qg2+ 51. Ke3 Qf1 52. Kd2 {Next White puts his Rook on h4 and
I don't see how Black can improve his position.}) 50... Qg2+ 51. Ke3 Qa2 52.
Rh4 (52. Rh6+ Kf5 53. Rh5+ Ke6 54. Re5+ Kf6 55. Re4 Kf5 56. Re5+ Kg4) 52... Kf5
53. Bh6 (53. Bc7 Qb3+ 54. Kd2 a5 55. bxa5 b4) 53... Qg2 {Conquering the other
pawn. The rest is simple.} 54. g4+ Ke6 55. Bf4 Kd5 56. Rh5+ Kc4 57. Rh6 Qxg4
58. Rxa6 Kxb4 59. Rd6 Qf5 60. Rd4+ Kc3 61. Re4 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3
cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Nd2 h6 (
13... g6 $146 {Huzman} 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. a3 a5 17. Rfd1 Rfb8 18. Bc4
Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ba6 20. Ba2 Rb5 21. Nc3 Rh5 22. g3 Rb8 23. Qf2 Qb7 24. Rd2 c5 25.
d5 Rf5 26. Qg2 Bg5 27. Re1 exd5 28. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Huebner,R/Dortmund
1997}) 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Ne4 $1 $146 (15. Be2 {Huzman} a5 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Nb3
Ba6 18. Bf3 a4 19. Nc5 Bb5 20. g3 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Yakovich,Y/EU-chTM 1997})
15... Nd5 (15... Nxe4 {Huzman} 16. Bxe4 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6]}) 16. Qe2 Rfd8 (
16... a5 17. Rfd1 $14 (17. Nc5 Bxc5 (17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3) 18. Rxc5 Nb4)) (16...
Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. g3 Qc7 19. Nc5 $14) 17. Rfd1 (17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nf4)
17... a5 18. Nc5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 (19. Qxe3 Bg5 20. Qe4 Bxc1 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rxc1
Qf4 23. Re1 Bc8 $17) 19... Bd6 (19... e5 20. Bc4) 20. h3 (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qg4
{-similiar to next line}) (20. Qh5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rd5 22. Qc3 $14) (20. g3 $142
$5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gd3e4,Ge4g2] Huzman}) 20... a4 21. Be4 (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22.
Qg4 Ba6 (22... Qe7 23. Qg6 (23. Rf1 Ba6 (23... g5 24. Qe4 Re8) 24. Bb1 Bxf1 25.
Rxf1 Rf8 $19) (23. Qe4 g5 24. Qg6+ Qg7 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rf1 Bc8 $17) 23... Qg5
24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bg6 Rd7 $1 $17) 23. Qxe6+ Qf7 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Rf1 Bxf1 26.
Rxf1 Bh2+ $1 $19) (21. Rf1 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rd5 $14) 21... Ra5 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23.
Rxc6 $2 (23. Bxc6 $1 {V.Anand} Qa7 (23... Qb8 24. Rc4 a3 $140 25. b4 $16) 24.
Rc4 $16 {/\Qc2,Kh1,e4}) 23... Qb8 {Now Black gets counterplay on the weakened
dark squares.} 24. Rdc1 (24. Rc4 e5 $5) 24... g6 (24... Rb5 $4 25. Rxd6 $18)
25. R1c2 (25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qg4 Kg7 27. Qxe6 Rf5 $19) 25... Ra7 26. Qc4 (26.
Ra6 {Huzman} Rxa6 27. Qxa6 Qb4 $132) (26. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3a6] Huzman}) 26...
Kg7 27. Bf3 Be7 $14 28. Rc7 (28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Qxc8 Qg3 30. Qc3 Bd6 $132) 28...
Bg5 29. Kf2 (29. Qxe6 Rxc7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Rxc7 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 Re8 $11) 29...
Bh4+ 30. Kg1 (30. g3 $2 Bxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rd7 $19) (30. Ke2 Rxc7 31. Qxc7 Qb5+ 32.
Qc4 Qa5 $132) 30... Bg5 31. Kf2 Bh4+ 32. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 cxd4 7. exd4 a6 8.
O-O b5 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3
Qa7 15. Bc2 h6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Ne4 Qb8 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qd3 g6
21. Bb3 Bg7 22. Qh3 Kh7 23. Rac1 Qd8 24. Rc7 Bd5 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Bxd5 Qxf4 27.
Bxa8 Qxc7 28. Be4 Bxb2 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. Bb7 Qa5 32. Qc6 Qxa2 33. Bxa6
Bd4 0-1

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{For the second time this year, I was facing Anand with Black in the first
round. After having, according to Hort's poetic expression, "dressed up in the
'kamikaze' uniform" and unleashed the Center Counter in Biel, I opted for a
more sober battle-plan this time.} 1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {Rogozenko: Playing Sveshnikov by this move order helps
Black to avoid several variations. First of all after 2. ... e6 is not
possible 3.Bb5 any more, which can be played after 2. ... Nc6. And second,
lines like 7.a4 or 7.Nd5 in Sveshnikov, are also here not possible. On the
other hand Black should be ready after 2. ... e6 to face 3.c3, and in the
position on the board to be prepared against 6.Nc6, which is the main reason
why most of the players prefer to play the classical move order (2. ... Nc6
and 5. ... e5).} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 {Thus we are back to
familiar Sveshnikov grounds. After a momentary crisis about three years ago,
the gritty beast - I refer to the opening obviously - is back in business. The
slight slump in popularity had been caused by several Kasparov improvements in
his 1994 games against Kramnik, Shirov and myself. Vishy, on the other hand,
has until now never shown to be quite as fluent in this Sicilian as he is in
more classical ones, as witnessed by his game with Kramnik in Dortmund this
year.} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c4 {A rather offbeat line, with its only
high-level outing dating back to 1992 from a game Beliavsky-Dolmatov in
Yugoslavia. A good fifteen minutes were needed for me to remember my analysis
of four years back. Rogozenko: After this innacurate move Black can
immidiately create counterplay in the centre. 12.c4?! allows Black to avoid
one of the main variations which arises after 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Ne7 Qe7 14.c4 f5.}
f5 {There is such a rule that should be one of the Sveshnikov's practitioner
ten commandments: if Black can afford it, his best reaction to the c4-push is
to ignore it and sac the b5-P for the "initiative".} 13. cxb5 (13. Bd3 {
Rogozenko Rogozenko: This looks to me more precise than the game. The idea is
to avoid the move 14. ... Be6!, which was played in the game.} O-O 14. exf5 $2
(14. O-O {Rogozenko} bxc4 15. Nxc4 Be6 16. Ndb6 (16. Ncb6 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qc2+ e4 20. Qxc6 Bd4 $44 {Waitzkin-Zamora, New York 1993}) 16...
Rb8 17. exf5 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 d5 19. Ne3 e4 $44 {Werndl-Zakic, Oberwart 1991}) (
14. cxb5 $1 {Rogozenko} axb5 $5 15. Nxb5 $1 {Rogozenko: I don`t see a clear
compensation for Black here.}) 14... e4) 13... Nd4 14. Bd3 (14. bxa6 $6 {
Rogozenko} fxe4 15. Qa4+ Kf8) 14... Be6 $1 {An important improvement over the
above-mentioned game.} (14... O-O 15. Nc2 $1 {allowed White to jugulate
Black's central activity and gain a clear edge in Beliavsky-Dolmatov.} (15. Nc2
{Rogozenko} Nxc2+ (15... fxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 $13) 16. Qxc2 $14)) 15. O-O (15. Nc2
{would now be clumsy, as Black instantly opens up the game by} Bxd5 16. exd5 e4
{with promising perspectives, since Black will recapture the b2-P and keep the
cherished 'initiative' in view of White's uncastled king.}) 15... O-O 16. Nc2
Nxc2 (16... Bxd5 $6 {once the White king is safely out of the draughts,
trading on d5 does not solve all the problems any more:} 17. exd5 e4 18. Bxe4
fxe4 19. Nxd4 Qf6 20. Nc6 axb5 (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Rb1 Qxa2 22. b6 $18) 21. Qg4
$16) (16... fxe4 {was a serious alternative, although I believed it to be
inadequate because of} 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxd4 $4 Bxd5 $19) 17... Nxc2 (17... f5 $2
18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bf3 $16) 18. Qxc2 (18. Bxc2 axb5 $11 (18... axb5 {Rogozenko}
19. Ne3 f5 20. Bb3 Qd7 21. Bd5 Rac8 22. Qb3 $14 {Buchanan,W-Swan,I/SCO-ch100
1993/TD 93\10/0-1 (58)})) 18... Rc8 {and in my calculations, it appeared to me
that} ({and now} 18... f5 $2 {is refuted by} 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Nxe6 Rxc2 {
however,} 21. Bxc2 $1 {ensures White a decisive advantage} (21. Nxd8 $2 {
only leads to a draw} fxe4 22. Ne6 Ra8 23. bxa6 (23. b6 Rb8 $11) 23... Rxa6 $11
) 21... Qc8 22. Bb3 {/\ Rac1} axb5 23. Rac1 Qb8 24. Nxf8+ Kxf8 25. Be6 $16) 19.
Bxh7+ $1 {was not only possible, but also very annoying for Black} (19. Qd1 $6
f5 $36) 19... Kh8 20. Qd3 Rc5 {is the only valid reply in this position. I now
have the feeling that my evaluation during the game was a bit pessimistic, as
Black obtains acceptable counter-chances for the pawn.} (20... axb5 $2 21. Bf5
$16) (20... Bxd5 $2 21. Bf5 $1 Bxg2 (21... Qg5 $2 {loses to} 22. Qh3+ Bh6 23.
Bxc8 $18) 22. Kxg2 $16) {For instance, on} 21. Ne3 Rxb5 {looks OK} ({or even} 
21... d5 $5 {is interesting})) 17. Bxc2 ({The point of having exchanged on c2
beforehand would appear clearly after} 17. Qxc2 Rc8 {now that the h7-P is no
longer en prise.} (17... fxe4 18. Bxe4 {would bring us back to the preceding
note}) 18. Qb3 (18. Qe2 $2 {is plainly bad in view of} fxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 $17) (
18. Nc3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 axb5 (19... f5 {is hardly possible, due to the
intermediate} 20. Bb7 $1 Rc5 21. bxa6 $16) 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 b4 22. Ne2 Qg5
$36 {and Black has more than sufficient compensation for the pawn, not least
because the retreat of the Bh7 by} (22... Qh4 {lets White relocate his B to a
favourable square} 23. Bf5 $14) 23. Be4 $140 $2 {is met with} d5 24. Bxd5 Rcd8
$19 {and Black wins material}) 18... fxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bd3 axb5 (20... Rc5 {
allows White to get rid of the pin} 21. Bc4 axb5 22. Nf6+ $14) 21. Bxb5 Kh8 $13
) 17... fxe4 {Rogozenko: Although the position is equal, I would prefer Black.}
18. bxa6 (18. Bxe4 $142 {Rogozenko} f5 19. Bc2 axb5 20. Bb3 e4 (20... Kh8 $5)
21. Nf4 Bf7 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bd5) 18... Rxa6 (18... f5 $2 {
It would be silly to let the Pa6 remain on the board, as after} 19. Bb3 Kh8 (
19... Rxa6 $2 20. Nb4 $18) 20. Qe2 {the pawn will only disappear after
promoting into a queen.}) 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bd3 $2 {As usual, Anand advances in
fifth gear through a minefield. This time though, he overlooked a costly detail
} (20. Bc2 {was the correct answer. I considered the following line to be the
sternest test of Black's conception:} Kh8 (20... e4 {Rogozenko} 21. Bb3 Bxb2
22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Rb1 {Rogozenko: and White is still
OK.}) 21. Bb3 (21. b4 $5 {deserves attention, with the idea of giving up the
exchange by} e4 22. Bb3 {with a complicated and rather dangerous endgame for
Black after} Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxa1 24. Qxa1+ Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Rxf6) 21... e4 22. Qd2
{the best square for the White queen, from which it considerably restricts the
activity of its Black counterpart.} Ra7 $1 (22... Be5 23. Nb4 Bxb3 24. Nxa6 Bc4
25. Nb4 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 {is not satisfactory for Black}) 23. Rac1 Be5 {prepares
counterplay along the g-file} 24. g3 Rg7 {and I believe Black has enough
activity to keep the balance, although White's side is easier to play, an
important factor for the practical assesment of the position.}) 20... Rc6 $1 {
By this simple move which prevents the planned Bc4, Black removes the lock on
his center pawns.} 21. Be2 (21. Qb3 {Holding the N on d5 at all cost is bound
to fail after} Rc5 22. Bc4 Kh8 $36 {followed by Qh4 and Rfc8 with a pressure
on the c4-B and the d5-N that White will not be able to resist for long.}) (21.
Bc2 $2 {Rogozenko} Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Bxd5 $19) 21... Rc5 22. Nc3 (22. Bf3 {offered
slightly better defensive prospects. For instance:} e4 ({Black has no time for
} 22... Kh8 23. b4 Rc4 24. Qb3 Rd4 25. Rad1 $11) 23. Nf4 Qe7 (23... Bc4 24. Be2
) ({and} 23... Bf7 24. Bh5 {are both unconvincing}) 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Be2 d5 {
with an impressive pawn phalanx, but White's chances for survival are quite
real, thanks to the opposite-coloured bishops.} ({or} 25... Bxb2 26. Rb1 Be5))
22... e4 ({I put aside} 22... d5 {because of} 23. Na4 Rc8 24. b4 e4 25. Rc1 {
and the knight jumps to c5 with tempo}) 23. Rc1 (23. f3 $5 {Rogozenko} d5 24.
fxe4 fxe4 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Bg4 $13) 23... d5 24. Na4 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 d4 26. Nc5
(26. Bc4 {Rogozenko} Bd5 $5 $15) 26... Bd5 27. Bc4 {I could not make up my
mind between 27...Qd6 and 27...Kh8. My first impulse was to prevent the
exchange on e6 of his knight against my bishop on d5 with 27...Qd6, but it
seemed to me that White could throw in quite a resistance if he moved his
queenside pawns forward without any delay. I eventually resolved not to waste
a precious tempo and opted for 27...Kh8, a necessary precaution in many lines.
I still can't tell whether I made the proper choice.} Kh8 (27... Qd6 28. b4 Kh8
(28... d3 29. a4 Bd4 $2 30. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Bxd5 $16 {is a
clear-cut demonstration of the utility of moving my king to h8.}) 29. a4 d3 30.
Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Rd1 Bd4 32. a5 {is the point where I stopped calculating while
pondering over my 27th move. Black is better, but his exposed king seriously
complicates his task of converting into a win.}) 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. Bxe6 d3 30.
Qc4 Qf6 (30... Bxb2 $2 31. Qb5 $1 Qf6 32. Bxf5 {is one typical Anand "shot"})
31. b3 (31. h3 {Rogozenko} Re8 (31... Qxb2 {Rogozenko} 32. Qd5 Qf6 33. Rc1 {
Rogozenko: activating the pieces.}) 32. Bd5 Rd8 33. g3 Qe5 $15 34. Bb7 Qe7 35.
Bd5 Qe5 36. Bb7 Qe7 37. Bd5 Qd6 (37... Bxb2 {Rogozenko} 38. a4 $2 (38. Be6 Qf6
$17) 38... Qe5 39. Bc6 e3 $1 $19) 38. Bb7 Qb6 39. Qc6 (39. Bd5 {Rogozenko} Qxb2
$17) 39... Qd4 40. Qe6 d2 41. Qxf5 $4 (41. Rd1 {Rogozenko} Qxb2 42. Bd5 Qd4 43.
Bb3 $15) 41... Rf8 $1 {0-1 Anand,V-Lautier,J/Investbanka 1997/CBM 62_05/
[Rogozenko] Rogozenko: following by 42. ... Rf2 -+.}) (31. b4 {Rogozenko} Rd8
$36) 31... Re8 32. Bd5 Rd8 33. g3 $1 {An important defensive measure,
neutralizing the f5-f4 push. The following moves were executed at almost
lightning speed, as I was keeping time-trouble at bay and Vishy was staying
fit.} Qe5 34. Bb7 Qe7 35. Bd5 Qe5 36. Bb7 Qe7 37. Bd5 Qd6 38. Bb7 Qb6 39. Qc6
Qd4 40. Qe6 $4 {As Anand explained to me after the game, he had been looking
for a way to reposition his stranded bishop back to the mythical c4-square,
and believed he had found the solution with the text move, intending to follow
it up with Ba6-c4. For the second time in the game, the same 'idée fixe'
causes White's downfall.} ({Correct was} 40. Qc4 Qa7 $1 (40... Qxc4 41. bxc4
Rb8 42. Bd5 Rb2 43. Be6 $11 {and Black misses a pawn on g6.}) (40... Qb2 41. a4
{and Black has a hard time making progress}) 41. Bc8 {and in all fairness, it
is difficult to come up with a winning plan for Black.} ({this time, the queen
exchange proves fatal to White, since after} 41. Qa6 $2 Qxa6 42. Bxa6 Ra8 43.
Bc4 Rxa2 44. Be6 {Black is able to defend his P from the side.} Ra5 $17)) 40...
d2 41. Qxf5 ({The reason this obvious reply was not played is} 41. Rd1 Qa1 $1
42. Rxa1 Bxa1 {winning, a simple shot that escaped many commentators.}) 41...
Rf8 $1 ({It did not dawn on me right away that my opponent was in fact pulling
his last trick, until I noticed that after} 41... d1=Q $2 {White has the
amazingly cool move} 42. Bxe4 $1 Qxf1+ ({if} 42... Qh5 43. Qxh5 Qxe4 {White
has not much to fear with four pawns for the piece}) 43. Kxf1 Kg8 44. Qxh7+ Kf8
{and with a full five pawns for the rook and queens still on the board, White
can put up a hell of a fight.}) (41... Rf8 $1 {The material losses are now too
heavy after} 42. Qg4 (42. Qd5 Qxd5 43. Bxd5 Rd8 $19) (42. Qxe4 d1=Q $19) 42...
Rxf2 $1 {so White resigned.}) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The previous day, I had lost to Lautier in a game that, as Kramnik once said
about one of his own games, "If I publish a book about my best games, this
game will not be in it!" Coincidentally, I found myself playing the same
Kramnik with Black the next day!} 1. Nf3 {Lutz} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6
{The Semi-Slav, which used to be Kramnik's mainstay for many years. This year
he seems to have lost interest in it, - he has played everything under the sun,
from the QGD to the KID - but I was still feeling nervous about playing it
against him!} 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {The most dangerous continuation against the
Moscow variation. 6.Bxf6 has lost some of it's sting - Black has done quite
well recently here. Vlad plays the Moscow variation himself as Black, so this
didn't come as a surprise.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 $1 (10.
O-O Nbd7 {Is more common.}) 10... Nh5 {Maybe Black will have to look at 10...
Nd5 in the future.} (10... Nd5 $5 {Lutz}) 11. a4 $1 {An excellent move -
White's idea is to force Black to play a6 and thereby deprive him of the
Na6-c7 manoeuvre. Lutz: Eine starke Neuerung, die mit einem überraschenden
Opfer verbunden ist. In der Folge stütze ich mich auf die Kommentare von V.
Anand in "Schach" 1/98 und NIC 8/97 sowie auf die Kommentare von Oscar de la
Riva in "Jaque" Nr. 463} (11. Nxg5 Nxg3 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. fxg3 Kg8 14. O-O Na6
$1 {/\ Nc7}) (11. O-O {Lutz 1-0 Piket,J-Dreev,A/Groningen 1991/CBM 27/[Ftacnik]
(25)}) (11. Ne4 {Lutz} Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Nd7 (12... Qd5 $5 {De la Riva}) 13. Nfxg5
Ng7 14. Nh3 Nf5 15. Bg4 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 $16 {1-0 Relange,E-Buturin,V/Ubeda op
1997/EXP 56 (34)}) 11... a6 {By now, I had guessed his idea, but couldn't
completely believe it and anyway I didn't see anything better than a6, so I
took a deep breath!} 12. Nxg5 $1 Nxg3 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. fxg3 {Lutz: Weiß hat
nur einen Bauern für die Figur, aber der König des Schwarzen ist exponiert,
außerdem liegt er weit in der Entwicklung zurück.} Kg8 $1 (14... Ke8 {I don't
think Black can hope to escape to the queen side and this was a sample
variation I saw during the game. Once again, observe how the absence of
Nb8-a6-c7 changes the evaluation of the position!} 15. O-O Kd7 16. Rf7+ Be7 17.
Bg4 Kc7 18. Bxe6 Rf8 19. Rg7 Kb6 20. d5 $16) (14... Nd7 $2 {Wrong order!} 15.
Bh5+ $1 Ke7 (15... Kg7 16. O-O $1) (15... Kg8 $4 16. Qg4+ Qg5 17. Qxe6+ $18)
16. O-O Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rh7 19. Ne4 $18) 15. O-O Nd7 {Basically
Black wants to play 16...Qe7 against 16.Bg4 and meet 16.Bh5 with 16...Rh7, so
15...Nd7 seems like the best thing to do!} (15... c5 $5 {Lutz: wird von De la
Riva vorgeschlagen. Die schwarze Stellung ist zu unterentwickelt, als daß
dieser Zug funktionieren könnte :} 16. Qc2 Bg7 17. Qg6 {Lutz: und Schwarz wird
nicht lang überleben.}) 16. Bg4 (16. Bh5 Rh7 17. Qg4+ Qg5) (16. Bxc4 {Lutz}
bxc4 17. Qg4+ Bg7 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 19. Qf5+ {führt zum Dauerschach. (De la Riva)})
16... Qe7 17. Ne4 {Here I was struck by the fact that White has only a pawn
for a piece and still has the better position! The problem for Black is that
his bishops are awful. I dreamt for a second about how nice a B on d5 would
look, but had to return to the position on hand! Lutz: Das Hauptproblem der
schwarzen Stellung sind seine passiven Läufer.} (17. Qc2 {Lutz} Rh7 $5 18. Qg6+
Kh8 19. Bxe6 Qg5 {Lutz: und Schwarz verteidigt sich. (De la Riva)}) 17... Rh7 {
Lutz: Wie Anand analysiert, funktioniert 17...c5 nicht :} (17... c5 {The move
I spent a long time on, but in the end I decided that Black had to grovel a
bit longer.} 18. Nd6 Bd5 (18... cxd4 19. Rf7 $1 {Kramnik (Kramnik)} (19. Nxb7
Nxe5 $1 $13) 19... Qxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Bf3 $1 Bd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf3+ Ke6
24. Rf1 $18) 19. Bf3 $1 (19. Rf7 Qd8 $1 (19... Qg5 20. Rxd7 $18) 20. Qc2 Qg5
21. Rxd7 (21. Raf1 Bxd6 22. exd6 Qxg4 23. R1f4 Qg5 24. Rxd7 cxd4) (21. Bf3 Bxd6
(21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxd6 23. Rf4) 22. Rxd7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bf8) 21... Qxg4)
19... cxd4 (19... Bg7 20. Nf5 $1 $16 {So that Black can't play Qe6} (20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Qg4 Rh7) (20. Nf5 $1 {Lutz} Qe8 21. Bh5 Qd8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7
23. Qg4+)) 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qg4+ Bg7 $8 22. Rf7 $40 {White regains his piece
with a raging attack to boot.}) 18. Nd6 Rb8 {Vlad now sank into thought for a
long time - I imagined that he was trying to decide which of several promising
continuations to go for. As it turned out, he had spent a long time on many
lines, and didn't find anything convincing. Then he saw a move which
discourages Black's "only" resource - c6-c5 and decided to go for it.} 19. b4
$2 {What on earth is this move? I hadn't even considered it. After the
surprise faded, I realized that White was going to squash Black if I didn't do
something about it.  Incidentally, it is difficult to imagine that this pawn
move is going to be the cause of White's defeat!! Lutz: Die kritische Stellung
der Partie ist erreicht. Mit dem Textzug möchte Kramnik ...c5 verhindern.
Schwarz kann diesen Zug aber unter Bauernopfer durchsetzen.} (19. axb5 cxb5 20.
Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Rxa6 Rb6 22. Rxb6 (22. Ra8 Rb8 23. Ra7 $44) 22... Nxb6 23. Rf6
$16 {Kramnik, Kasparov} Kh8 (23... Qd8 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Qg4 Bg7 (25... Be7 26.
Rg6 Bg5 27. Rg8+ Qxg8 28. Bxg8 Kxg8 29. h4 $18) 26. Rf7 $18) 24. Bxe6 $1 Bg7
25. Rg6 $16) (19. Qc2 $5 {Lutz Lutz: ist weniger überzeugend.} Rg7 20. Bh5 Qg5
(20... c5 21. Nf7 $5) 21. Bf7+ Kh8) 19... h5 $1 {If White plays Bh5, Black
hardly has a move left. Befreit den Bf8.} 20. Bh3 (20. Bxh5 Qg5 {After Bxd6,
Black can hardly be worse.}) (20. Bf3 h4 21. g4 Bh6 $15) 20... Bh6 $1 21. Kh1 {
Lutz: Dieser prophylaktische Zug nimmt ...Be3+ aus der Stellung, somit ist der
Ph5 bedroht.} Bg5 {Taking some vital squares from the White Rf1. He can't play
Rf4 or Rf6 anymore, so Black can play Nf8 eventually. What a relief it is to
get one bishop out. Now, if my other bishop could only get out...!} 22. Qc2 {
Here I saw that he wanted to "triangulate" his queen to e4. I then saw a
variation which led to White playing 26.Nxg5; I didn't see a defence and was
about to play 22...Nf8 when a crazy idea occured to me - was it actually
possible to ignore a knight poised on g5 after capturing a piece of mine?? I
spent some time checking this and decided to go for it.} (22. Ra3 c5 $1 23.
bxc5 (23. Nxb7 {Lutz} cxb4) 23... Bd5) 22... Rg7 {We both the next few moves
quickly.} (22... Nf8 {A distressing alternative. Black wants to change a pair
of rooks and this doesn't help any.} 23. Ra3 $1 $44 {/\ Raf3}) 23. Qe2 Ba8 $1 {
Lutz: Mit einer überraschenden Idee verbunden.} (23... Rh7 $2 24. Qe4 $1 $16 (
24. Qe4 {Lutz "mit klarem weißen Vorteil" gemäß Anand. Nach} Nf8 {ist mir die
Sache aber nicht so klar, da Schwarz im nächsten Zug ...c5 spielen will, z.B.}
25. Ra3 c5 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxe6 cxd4 $17 {
Lutz: Allerdings ist Anands Textzug stärker.})) 24. Qxh5 Rf8 25. Ne4 (25. axb5
cxb5 $1 {/\ Bd5}) 25... c5 $1 26. Nxg5 Bd5 $3 {Finally the bishop gets out.
Unbelievably, Black is already better. Vlad was short of time and instead of
taking his last chance (27.Bxe6) decided to try something else. Lutz: Schwarz
gibt die Figur zurück und steht besser ! Dagegen wäre 26...Rxg5 schlecht
gewesen.} (26... Rxg5 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. Qh4 {I couldn't find a way out and
this was confirmed afterwards - White is winning.} cxd4 29. Bxd7 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1
Rxe5 31. Qxd4 $18) 27. Nf3 $2 (27. Bxe6+ $1 Bxe6 28. Rxf8+ Nxf8 29. Ne4 Rh7 30.
Qd1 (30. Qe2 cxd4 $17) 30... Rxh2+ $1 31. Kxh2 Qh7+ 32. Kg1 Qxe4 $17) (27.
Rxf8+ $6 Nxf8 28. Bxe6+ Nxe6) 27... cxb4 {Capturing the pawn which advanced so
audaciously on move 19. White is already lost - the bishop on h3 is dead and
the queenside passers will decide the issue.} 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nh4 Qg5 $1 {
In his hurry, Vlad had overlooked this and now it's over. Lutz: Die schwarzen
Bauern am Damenflügel entscheiden. Ironischerweise ist es nun der weiße Läufer,
der nicht mitspielt.} 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Qe8 Rf7 {Stopping Rf1} 32. Nf3 Qg6 $1
(32... Qe3 $2 33. Bg4 $1) 33. Qxb5 b3 34. Rf1 Qd3 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 c3 $1 (
36... Rb7 $4 {I considered this, but smelt a rat and decided to stick with 36..
.c3.} 37. Bxe6+ $1 $18) 37. Bxe6 $1 {I thanked my intuition for choosing 36...
c3 over 36...Rb7 and continued...} Bxe6 38. d5 Rxf3 $1 39. gxf3 {Seven passed
pawns! Lutz: Wie Anand hervorhob, befinden sich 7 Freibauern auf dem Brett !} (
39. Rxf3 c2 $19 40. Qf1 Qxf3 41. gxf3 b2) 39... Bh3 40. Qc4 Bxf1 {Either pawn
move wins, but why try something pretty on move 40?} 41. Qg4+ Kh7 42. e6 Ng6
0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
O-O $5 {This is not just a transposition, it's a rather cunning way to avoid
Whites most solid setup with the B on e3 against the Arkhangelsk. On 8. - d6
White can enter that setup without problems. Statistics must be viewed with
caution , but in Mega 98' the setup with Be3 gives White a healthy score of
57% while the lines with Bg5 yields White a meagre 46%. This is reason enough
to try to lure the white B to g5.} 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 {White is stubborn and
plays the Be3 setup anyway.} (10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. Bg5 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6
14. Nbd2 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rc8 $6 (16... Nh5 $142) 17. Nf1 Nb7 18. h4 $16 {
1-0 Aseev,K-Volzhin,A/Novgorod op 1995/EXP 49 (27)}) (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 {
and Black has reached the type of position he likes in the Arkhangelsk}) 10...
exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 $1 {This is the simple point. Threats against e4 and Bb3
forces White to do something.} (11... Nxe4 $2 12. d5 $16) 12. Bg5 $146 {
A new move, but Black can handle it.} (12. d5 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 c6 {
White is in need of a good move/idea in this position.} 15. dxc6 (15. Nc3 cxd5
(15... Re8 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Rd1 $14 {Zontakh,A-Rause,O/Berliner
Sommer 1995/EXP 47/1-0 (45)}) 16. e5 d4 17. Nxd4 Ng4 18. Re2 Qh4 19. h3 Nxe5
20. Rxe5 Qxd4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Wu Xibin-Rausis,I/Lee Cup 1996/EXP 54 (33)}) 15...
dxc6 16. Nc3 (16. Qb4 c5 17. Qxc5 Nxe4 18. Qb4 Rc8 $15) 16... c5 17. h3 Qe7 18.
e5 c4 19. Qc2 (19. Qd1 Rad8 20. Nd4 Ne4 $1 21. Nxe4 Qxe5 $17) 19... Nd7 20. Qf5
Qe6 21. Qf4 $6 (21. Nd4 $142 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 b4 23. Nd5 $1 $11) 21... Bxf3 {
1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Rausis,I/Osterskar 1995} 22. Qxf3 Nc5 $15 (22... Nxe5 $2 23.
Qg3 $16)) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nc3 d6 16. Qd3 c5
$36) 14... g5 15. Nxg5 $1 (15. Bg3 Nxe4 $17) 15... Nxe4 $1 (15... hxg5 16. Bxg5
d6 17. Re3 $40) 16. Nxe4 Qxh4 {This looks good for Black: pair of B:s, g and
e-files, active Q, weak d4-P.} 17. Nbc3 Kh8 18. Nc5 (18. Re3 Rg8 19. Kh1 Rae8
20. Rh3 $2 Bxe4 $1 $19) 18... Bc6 (18... Bxc5 19. dxc5 Rg8 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nd5
$13) 19. g3 Rg8 20. Re5 $1 {Very active counterplay and that is indeed Whites
only hope.} Rg4 (20... d6 21. Rh5 Qf6 22. Qd2 $132) 21. N5e4 Rag8 (21... b4 22.
Nd5 $132) 22. f3 R4g6 $138 (22... Rxg3+ $5 {Annand} 23. hxg3 Rxg3+ (23... d6 $3
24. Rf5 Rxg3+ $1 25. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kf2 Qxf5 $19) 24. Nxg3 Bxd4+
25. Kg2 Bxe5 26. Qe1 Qf4 27. Qf2 $16) 23. Kg2 (23. Kh1 $5) 23... d6 24. Rf5 Bd7
25. Rxf7 Be6 26. Kh1 Rxg3 27. Nxg3 Bxf7 $17 28. Nce4 d5 29. Nf5 Qf4 30. Neg3
Be6 31. Ne7 (31. Qd3 $142) 31... Rg7 $2 (31... Rxg3 $1 32. hxg3 Qxg3 33. Qd2
Qh4+ 34. Qh2 Qxe7 35. Qxh6+ Qh7 $19) (31... Rxg3 $19) 32. Nc6 (32. Nh5 $1)
32... Bh3 (32... Bh3 33. Rxa6 (33. Qe2 Qd6 $15) 33... Qe3 $1 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Anands novelty gives Black good play on the Q-side. In this game it more than
compensates Whites activity on the other side.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 (9... Bxf3 10.
Qxf3 O-O 11. d3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Re1 h6 15. Rb1 b3 16. Bd1 Qd7
17. Ra1 $14 {Leko,P-Garcia,G/Yopal 1997/CBM 60/[Rodriguez,Am]/1-0 (52)}) 10. d3
Rb8 (10... O-O 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Qe1 b4 16.
Ba4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. g4 Bg6 21. Qe2 c5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Gomez Esteban,J/Elgoibar 1996/EXP 57 (47)}) 11. axb5 (11.
Nbd2 Nd7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 b4 15. Be3 b3 16. Bb1 Bxe3 17. Nxe3
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c5 19. Qg3 g6 20. f4 f6 21. Rf1 Rf7 22. d4 c4 $17 {Zeit 1-0
Berndt,S-Erler,R/BL2-N9697 1997/BL2-N (36)}) 11... axb5 12. Re1 (12. Be3 Bxe3
13. fxe3 Bxf3 $6 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Leko,P-Shirov,A/Tilburg Fontys
1996/CBM 56/[Shirov] (89)}) 12... O-O (12... h6 13. Nbd2 g5 $6 14. g4 $1 $16 {
1-0 Almasi,Z-Degraeve,J/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57/[Wedberg] (28)}) 13. Nbd2 Ra8 $146
(13... b4 14. Ba4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne7 16. Nf1 Nd7 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Bb3 h6 19. Rb1
Kh8 20. Nh4 Bh7 21. Qf3 Nd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Shirov,A/Porzellan Cup rap
1997/EXT 97 (35)}) 14. Rxa8 (14. Rb1 $5) 14... Qxa8 15. Nf1 Qa7 16. Qe2 (16.
Be3 $11) 16... b4 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. Bc2 Qa1 $1 $36 {Whites rather
passive play is being refuted. Now both bxc3 and b3 is threatened.} 20. Qd2 Qa2
21. Bd1 Nd8 22. g5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nd7 24. cxb4 Nc6 25. Qc3 Qa8 26. Nh4 Nxb4 27.
Nxg6 hxg6 28. Bb3 Nc5 29. Bc4 Nbxd3 $1 30. Rf1 (30. Bxd3 Rb3 $19) 30... Qxe4 (
30... Qxe4 31. Rxf7 Kh7 (31... d5 32. Bxd3 Qxd3 33. Qxc5 Kxf7 34. Qxc7+ Ke6 35.
Qxb8 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qxc1 $11) 32. Bxd3 (32. Rxc7 Nxc1 33. Qxc1 Qh4 $19) 32...
Qxd3 (32... Nxd3 $2 33. Rxg7+ $1) 33. Qxd3 Nxd3 34. Rxc7 Rb3 $17) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the 5th round, Ivanchuk and Lautier were leading on +2 and Shirov and
I followed closely on +1.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Georgiev has also been playing the Accelerated Dragon, but
after his loss to Ivanchuk in the 1st round, I guessed that he would return to
the Dragon.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Na5 {A
surprise to me. Why play Na5 when Ne5 accomplishes the same result (Nc4) ? As
it turns out, Kiril had another idea in mind.} (10... Ne5 {Schulz,A} 11. Bb3
Rc8) 11. Be2 {I reasoned that Bb3 would give him two choices - Nxb3 and Nc4 -
so opted for this one instead. Schulz: Diese Neuereung spielte Anand nach kaum
zwei Minuten Nachdenken. Es ist fraglich, ob Schwarz jetzt etwas Besseres hat
als mit Nc4 in die üblichen Abspiele einzulenken.} (11. Bb3 {Schulz,A} Nxb3+ {
Schulz: war das von Georgiev vorbereitete Abspiel.} (11... Nxb3+ {Ftacnik} 12.
cxb3 Qa5 (12... Qb8 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 b5 15. h4 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5
Qb7 18. h5 Qxd5 19. hxg6 Rac8+ 20. Kb1 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 Bxg6 22. g4 f5 23. Nxf5
Rxf5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Zontakh,A-Velimirovic,D/Arandjelovac 1993 (27)})
13. Kb1 Rfc8 (13... b5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. h4 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. Bh6 f6 18. h5 g5
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f4 h6 21. Rde1 Rf7 22. Qd3 Kh8 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 {
1-0 Dietrich,F-Mueller,M/DLM 1996 (43)}) 14. g4 b5 15. h4 b4 16. Nce2 Qe5 17.
Bf4 Qc5 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. h5 a5 20. Nf5 Re8 21. Be3 Qc6 22. Ned4 Qb7 23. hxg6
fxg6 24. g5 Nh5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qh2 {1-0 Wahls,M-Kunze,M/Munich
op9192 1992 (28)}) (11... Rb8 12. Bh6 b5 13. h4 e5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nde2 b4
16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bb5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Kb1 Qf6 21. Nc1 Rfd8
22. Qe3 {1-0 Sax,G-Bilek,I/HUN-ch 1975 (39)})) 11... Rc8 12. Kb1 a6 $2 {
Of course 12...Nc4 13.Bc4 Rc4 would transpose to studied paths. Still, I was
and am unconvinced by a6 - White gets all the time he wants on the kingside.
In about 3 moves, Black is in dire straits. Schulz: Macht man im Drachen
eigentlich nie. Schwarz möchte aber durch den Vorstoß b5-b4 beweisen, daß der
B auf e2 schlecht steht, weil er dem Nc3 ein Rückzugsfeld nimmt.} ({Schulz: Mit
} 12... Nc4 {Schulz,A} 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 {bekäme man die "normalen"
Stellungsbilder. Schwarz versucht jetzt und in der Folge, ohne den
thematischen Zug Sa5-c4 auszukommen.} (13... Rxc4 {Ftacnik} 14. h4)) 13. g4 b5
14. h4 e6 (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. h5 $16) (14... b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5
$16 (16. exd5 {Ftacnik} e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. h5 $16)) 15. a3 $1 $16 {Cutting
out any b4 stuff.} (15. h5 $2 {Ftacnik} b4) 15... h5 {Once White plays h4-h5
his attack will play itself, so desperate measures are called for.} (15... Nc4
16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nb3 $1 {><d6}) (15... e5 16. Nb3 (16. Nf5 {Schulz,A} gxf5 17.
gxf5 Z0 18. Bg5 $140 (18. Rhg1) 18... Z0 19. Nd5 $40) 16... Nxb3 (16... Nc4 17.
Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Rc6 19. N1a2 $1 a5 20. h5 $16) 17. cxb3 Be6 18. Ka2 $16 (18.
Qxd6 Bxb3 (18... Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxb3 20. Rxa6 $16) {Schulz: und nun ist} 19.
Qxa6 $1 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qe7 21. g5 Nh5 22. Nd5 Qe8 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Ne7+ $18 {
denkbar.})) 16. Bg5 $1 {Schulz: Im Vergleich zu ähnlichen Stellungsbildern in
der Hauptvariante steht der N auf a5 hier bestimmt schlechter als auf e5. Der
Aufmarsch des schwarzen b-Bauern ist ohne Wirkung.} (16. gxh5 {Ftacnik} Nxh5
17. f4 Ng3 18. Rhg1 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Nc4 20. h5 Nxa3+ $132) 16... hxg4 (16... Qb6
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. gxh5 Nc4 (18... b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 21. Nxf6+
Kg7 22. Rxd2 $16) 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nb3 $16) (16... e5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nd5 Nc4 (
17... exd4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxa5 $16) 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Ne2
hxg4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Bxg5 22. hxg5 gxf3 23. Qxe5 $18) 17. h5 {The
attack on the kingside is very efficient thanks to the support of the g5
bishop. Der Angriff am Königsflügel ist aufgrund der Unterstützung durch den
Bg5 besonders effektiv.} (17. fxg4 {Ftacnik} e5 18. Nf3 Bxg4 19. Nxe5 Bxe2 20.
Qxe2 Qe8 $15) 17... gxh5 (17... Qb6 18. h6 Bh8 19. h7+ Nxh7 20. Rxh7 (20. Be3
$16) 20... Qxd4 (20... Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Kg8 22. Rxh8+ Kxh8 23. Bf6+ Kh7 24. Qg5
Rc5 25. Nd5 $1 $18) (20... Bxd4 21. Rdh1 b4 22. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 23. Qh6 Qd4 24.
Rh8+ Bxh8 25. Qh7#) 21. Rdh1 $1 Bg7 (21... Be5 22. f4 $1 Qxd2 $2 (22... Bg7 23.
Qxd4 Bxd4 24. e5 $18) 23. fxe5 $1 Qe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kxh7 25. Rh1+ $18) 22. e5 $1
Bxe5 (22... Qxd2 23. Rxg7+) (22... Qxe5 23. f4 Qd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Ne4 $18)
23. f4 $1 Qxd2 (23... Bg7 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Ne4 $1 f5 26. Bf6 $1 $18) 24. fxe5
$18) (17... gxf3 {Ftacnik} 18. Nxf3 Rxc3 19. Bxf6 (19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 $13) 19... Bxf6 $1 20. bxc3 $16) 18. Rxh5 (18. fxg4 {Ftacnik}
hxg4 19. Bxg4 Nc4 20. Qh2 Re8 $13) 18... Rc5 (18... g3 19. Rh3 $1 $18) (18...
e5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Re8 21. Qh6 Bg7 22. Rg5 $18) (18... gxf3 {
Ftacnik} 19. Bxf3 (19. Nxf3 Rxc3 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 $14)
19... Nc4 (19... Qe7 20. Qg2 $16) 20. Qg2 Nxa3+ 21. bxa3 Rxc3 22. Rh6 $1 $18)
19. fxg4 $1 {Not a difficult move to find, but besides making possible ideas
like Nf5, it stops moves like g4-g3 which can be really annoying.} (19. b4 {
Schulz,A} Nc4) 19... Rxc3 {There is nothing else} 20. Bxf6 (20. Qxc3 {Schulz,A}
Nxe4 21. Qe3 Nxg5 22. Rxg5 Re8 (22... Qf6 $16 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rh1 Qf6 (23... Kf8
$2 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qh8#) 24. Rf1 $18 {Schulz: mit mehr
technischen Schwierigkeiten als in der Partie.}) 20... Qxf6 (20... Rxc2 21.
Qxc2 Qxf6 22. e5 Qg6 23. Bd3 Qxg4 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Rhh1 $18) (20... Bxf6 {
Ftacnik} 21. Qh6 Re8 22. bxc3 Qe7 23. Rdh1 $18) 21. Qxc3 Nc4 {Black suffers
because he lacks the means to sterngthen the counterplay. Schwarz findet keine
Mittel, um sein Gegenspiel zu verstärken.} (21... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxc6 Bxc6
23. e5 Qf2 24. Qd3 f5 25. exd6 $18) 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 {White doesn't have
much of an attack left, but the material cost has been too high for Black.} Rc8
(23... Qg6 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxa6 Qxg4 25. Qe2 (25. Rhh1 Qxe4 26. Qxd6 $18) 25...
e5 26. Rdh1 (26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. Rg5 Bxd1 28. Nf5 Bf3 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rg3 Bxe4
31. Nxd6 $18) 26... exd4 27. Qh2 f5 28. Rg1 fxe4 29. Rxg4 Rf1+ 30. Ka2 Be6+ 31.
b3 Bxg4 32. Rg5 $18) 24. Qxa6 $1 Qe7 (24... Qf2 25. Qxd6 $1 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxc2+
27. Ka1 $18) (24... Qf4 25. Qb7 Rd8 26. Qc7 $18) 25. Rh3 Bf6 26. Rb3 (26. Rc3 {
Ftacnik} Rxc3 27. bxc3 Be5 28. Qa8+ $18) 26... Be5 27. Nf3 Bf4 28. Rb4 d5 (
28... e5 {Ftacnik} 29. Rb7 Qe8 30. Qxd6 $18) 29. exd5 Qc5 30. c3 (30. Rxf4 $2 {
Ftacnik} Qxc2+ 31. Ka2 Qxd1) (30. c3 {Ftacnik} e5 31. Qf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Ra7 c5 15.
e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qf3 $146 (17. Qg3 O-O 18. Nc3 Ne7 $2 (18... Nxc3 $11)
19. exd6 Nf5 20. Qf2 Qb6 21. Rc7 $16 {1-0 Polgar,J-Shirov,A/Fontys 1997/CBM 61/
[Winants] (25)}) 17... Qb6 18. Rxf7 (18. Ra1 Nb4 $11) 18... c4+ (18... Kxf7 19.
Qxd5+ Be6 20. Qd1 dxe5 $2 (20... Bf5 21. Qd5+ $11) 21. f5 Bc4 22. Qd7+ Kg8 23.
f6 gxf6 24. Bh6 Bf7 25. Rf3 $18) 19. Kh1 Kxf7 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qd1 Bf5 (21...
dxe5 22. f5 $40) 22. Qd5+ Be6 23. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2
Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nh4 $6 (10. e3 Qb6 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Ne1 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 e5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. h3 Be6 17. Qd3 f5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 exd4
20. Be7 Rf7 21. Bb4 Qb6 22. Rab1 fxe4 23. Bxe4 dxc3 24. Qe2 c2 25. Bxc2 Bd5 26.
Bd6 Qa5 27. Rxb7 Bf3 28. Qe6 Bxd1 29. Bxd1 Qd2 30. Be2 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qxf2+ 32.
Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Simic,R-Adamski,J/Smederevska Palanka 1984/MCD-r8}) (10. Bg5 h6
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qf4 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qc8 16. e4 Bg4
17. e5 Be7 18. Qe4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. f3 Bc8 22. Rac1 Rd8 23.
Kf2 Be6 24. a3 Bd5 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Gorelov,S/URS-chI 1985/MCD-ch/1/2-1/2 
(42)}) (10. Nc3 $2 Bc2 $1 $19 11. e3 Bxd1 12. Nxd1 c5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nc3 a6
15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. d5 Bf6 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 exd5 20. Bxd5 Nf6
21. Bg2 Rcd8 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. a4 Rfd8 24. Bf3 Nd5 25. a5 Qc7 26. Rc1 Nxc3 27.
Qxc3 b5 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Rc2 Rc7 30. Be2 a5 31. b3 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Ra2
g6 34. Kf1 Rdd7 35. Bb5 Ra7 36. Rc2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Bc4 Raa1 39. h4 Kg7
40. e4 Rc1 41. Rd2 Rxc4 {0-1 Csom,I-Lukacs,P/HUN-ch 1979/MCD-ch}) 10... Be4 11.
Bxe4 (11. f3 {Ftacnik} Nb6 12. Qb3 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Nfd7 $17) 11... Nxe4 12. Qc2 (
12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Nc3 Nb6 $11 {/=/+}) (12. Ng2 {Ftacnik} Ndf6 13. Qb3 Qb6 $11)
12... Nef6 (12... Bxh4 13. Qxe4 Bf6 14. Nc3 Qb6 $11 {[%csl Rd4] /=/+}) 13. Nc3
(13. e4 {Ftacnik} Qb6 14. Nf3 Rfd8 $11) 13... c5 14. d5 $6 {Ftacnik:
Ljubojevic enters the sea of combinations in the unfortunate moment, the
position was about equal. Ftacnik: Ljubojevic beginnt eine Kombination in
einem unglücklichen Moment. Die Stellung war zuvor etwa ausgeglichen.} (14. Nf3
Rc8 15. Bg5 $11) 14... Nxd5 $1 15. Nxd5 (15. Nf5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qe8 $17 {
White have no compensation for sacrifised pawn.}) 15... Bxh4 16. Nc3 (16. gxh4
exd5 17. Rxd5 (17. Bg5 {Ftacnik} f6 18. Bf4 Nb6 19. Qxc5 Qd7 $15) 17... Qxh4
18. Qf5 Nb6 19. Rxc5 Qb4 $1 {[%cal Yb4e1,Yb4b2]} (19... Rac8 20. Be3 $14 {
[%csl Rb6]}) 20. Rc3 (20. Kg2 Rac8 $32 (20... Qe1 $5)) 20... Rad8 $17 {[%csl
Rg1][%cal Yd8d1]}) 16... Bf6 17. Qa4 $2 (17. Bf4 $5 e5 18. Be3 $44 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Gd1d8,Gc3e4,Gc3d5]} Qc8 19. Rd5 b6 20. Ne4 {[%csl Rd7]}) (17. Ne4 $5 Qe7
18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 {[%cal Gd1d6] with some compensation for sacrifised pawn.})
17... Bd4 $1 (17... Bxc3 18. Rxd7 Qe8 (18... Qa5 19. Qxa5 Bxa5 20. Rxb7 Rfb8
$14 {/=}) 19. Bg5 (19. Qd1 Bf6 20. Rxb7 Qc6 $17) 19... Bxb2 (19... b5 20. Qxb5
Rb8 21. Qc6 Rxb2 22. Rad1 $44) (19... Bd4 20. Be7 a6 21. Bxf8 b5 22. Qc2 Qxd7
23. Bxc5 $11) 20. Rad1 $1 (20. Rb1 b5 21. Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qd3 c4 $17) 20... f6 $1
(20... Bd4 21. Be7 a6 22. Bxf8 b5 23. Qc2 Qxd7 (23... Qxf8 24. Qe4 $16) (23...
Kxf8 24. Rc7 $16 {[%cal Gc2h7,Ge2e3]}) 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. e3 $18) 21. Be3 b6 22.
Qe4 {with some compensation.}) 18. e3 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 (19. bxc3 Nb6 $17) 19...
Qe8 20. Qd1 (20. bxc3 Rd8 $19) 20... Bf6 21. Rxb7 Qc6 $1 $17 {Weakened
position of white king,the black control the file "d" and the problem of
development of white pieces.} 22. Rb3 (22. Qd7 $2 {Ftacnik} Qf3 $1 23. Rxa7
Rad8 $19) 22... c4 23. Ra3 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Qe4 {[%cal Yd8d5,Ya8d8] Ftacnik: The
position is clearly critical for white, he lacks the chance to finish the
development of his pieces. Ftacnik: Diese Stellung ist ziemlich kritisch für
Weiß. Er kann nicht darauf hoffen, seine Figurenentwicklung beenden zu können.}
25. f3 (25. Ra4 {Ftacnik} Rd3 $17) 25... Qd5 {[%cal Yd5d1]} 26. Kf2 (26. Kg2 {
Ftacnik} a6 (26... Qb5 27. Rb3 Qc5 28. Qc2 Rac8 $17) 27. e4 Qb5 $17) 26... Qb5
$1 {[%cal Yd8d3,Yb5b2,Yf6b2]} (26... Qd1 $5 $17) 27. Rb1 (27. Rb3 $2 {Ftacnik}
Qh5 $19) 27... Rd3 28. Qc2 Rad8 {[%cal Yd3d1]} (28... Rxa3 {Ftacnik} 29. bxa3
Qc6 $17) 29. Ra4 (29. Rxa7 {Ftacnik} Qf5 30. Rc7 (30. Qxc4 Qh3 $19) 30... Qh3
31. Ke1 Qh5 $1 (31... Rd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Qf1+ 34. Kd2 h5 $17) 32. Qe2
Qa5+ $19) 29... Qf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Yf5h3,Yd3d2,Yf5b1]} 30. Rxc4 (30. Qe2 {
Ftacnik} Rd1 31. Ra1 Qh3 $19) 30... Qh3 31. Ke1 (31. Rc8 {Ftacnik} Qxh2+ 32.
Ke1 Rd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qg1+ $19) 31... Rd1+ (31... Rd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Qf1+
$19 (33... Qf1+ {Ftacnik} 34. Kd2 Qxc4 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 e5 $5 (4... Nbd7 5. f4 Bg7 (5... Nb6 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. Bd3 Ng4 8. Bg1 d5 9. e5 f6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. g4 f5 13. g5 Nf7
14. h4 Be6 15. h5 Re8 16. O-O-O Nh8 17. Be3 Kf7 18. Kb1 c6 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Qg2
a5 21. Ne2 a4 22. Nf3 Nb6 23. Ng3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Qa5 25. hxg6+ hxg6 26. Rh7 Rg8
27. Rdh1 Ra6 28. a3 Rb6 29. Ka2 c5 30. Qf2 Nxa3 31. Bd2 {1-0 Huebner,R-Pfleger,
H/BL8687 1987/BL 80}) 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Bc4 e6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Ne4 d5 11.
Neg5 Qe7 12. Qd2 c6 13. Bd3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. c3 Nf5 16. Nh3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3
Bh6 18. Nfg5 c5 19. O-O {Jursevskis,W-Vaitonis,P/Vancouver 1951/MCD-r5/ - (41)}
) (4... a6 5. h3 (5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 c6 7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nb6 10. b3 d5
11. f5 gxf5 12. e5 e6 13. Nce2 c5 14. c3 Nc6 15. a3 c4 16. b4 a5 17. Rb1 axb4
18. axb4 Ra3 19. Nh3 Bd7 {Ree,H-Donner,J/Hoogovens 1969/MCL 05/0-1 (55)}) 5...
b5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Qf3 Nb6 8. a4 bxa4 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nxa4 N8d7 11. e6 fxe6 12.
Nxb6 Nxb6 13. h4 e5 14. h5 exd4 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Ra5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Ne2
Qe6 19. Rh4 {Markovic,M-Bogdanovski,V/JUG-chT 1994/EXT 94ch/1-0 (31)}) 5. f3 (
5. dxe5 dxe5 (5... Ng4 6. Bf4 Nxe5 7. Be2 $11) 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 Ke8 $14)
5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Bg7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Nbd7 11. g4
(11. Nge2 $5 {E=/+f ,h4,h5}) 11... Qe7 {E-/+fe8,+/=f8,Ea6,b5м} 12. h4 Ne5 $1
13. Be2 (13. h5 Nfxg4 14. fxg4 g5 15. Be2 f6 16. Rf1 c6 {E g4A}) 13... c6 14.
Nh3 (14. h5 Nfxg4 15. fxg4 g5 16. Nf3 f6 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Rhf1 Rf4 $44) 14...
Rad8 (14... b5 $13) 15. h5 Rfe8 16. Nf4 (16. Ng5 Qf8 17. hxg6 Qxh6 18. Rxh6
hxg6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. g5 Nh5 21. Rh1 Kg7 22. R6xh5 gxh5 23. f4 $13) 16...
Nfxg4 $1 17. fxg4 g5 18. Nxe6 $6 (18. Nd3 f6 {[%cal Ge5f7]} 19. Rhf1 Rf8 20.
Nxe5 dxe5 $13 {[%csl Rh6]}) 18... fxe6 {E=/+f7} 19. Rdf1 Rf8 20. Nd1 Rf7 {
E-/+df8,-/+f1,-/+f1,=/+f_|_} 21. Bc4 $8 Rxf1 (21... Nxc4 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23.
Qxh7+) 22. Rxf1 Nxc4 23. Rf6 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ (24. Rxe6 Qxh6 25. Rxh6 Re8 26. Rf6
$8 Rxe4 27. b3 Kg7 28. Rf5 Ne5 $17) 24... Kxg7 25. Rxe6 {Eb3,=/+e3,=/+f5}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a5
9. b3 Nd4 10. Ne1 c6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Ne7 15. a4
Be6 16. Nd3 f6 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Kh1 Rfd8 20. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 {Gegen Anand wagt
Karpov diesen Zug, weil er nicht mit dem Botvinniksystem 5...dxc4 rechnen muß.}
h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1
Qe7 13. Qb3 Nb6 {Ftacnik: Anand comes with a new defensive concept. Black
refrains from e6-e5 push and tries instead to finish development and generate
pressure on the queenside. Eine neue Idee. Schwarz stellt den Springer nach d5
und den Läufer nach e8. Mit 13...b6 ist Schwarz allerdings auch nicht schlecht
gefahren.} (13... Rd8) (13... b6 {Lutz} 14. a3 (14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16.
Be4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rc2 Bf8 20. b5 Rdc8 21. Rfc1 Qa3 22. Rxc8
Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qxa3 Bxa3 25. Be2 f6 $15 {0-1 Bellon Lopez,J-Chernin,A/
Osterskars op 1995 (73)}) (14. b5 c5 15. d5 Bxc3 16. dxe6 Bg7 17. exd7 Bxd7 18.
Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rd2 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Novikov,I/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin-mem 1996})
14... Bb7 15. e4 Rab8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rcd1 a6 18. Bf1 c5 19. d5 b5 20. d6 Qd8
21. bxc5 Rc8 22. a4 Nxc5 23. Qa3 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Huzman,A/Amsterdam
Donner 1995 (49)}) 14. Bd3 (14. Ne4 $5 Nxc4 (14... Nd5 15. b5) 15. Qxc4 {
/\ Ne5+/=} b6 $140 16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qd6 $1) 14... Rd8 15. Ne4 (15. Rfd1 {
Lutz Ftacnik} Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. b5 Bd7 $11) 15... Nd5 16. a3 (16. b5 Bd7)
16... Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Bb1 $6 {Dieser Läufer wird keinen Zug mehr machen.} (
18. Rfd1 {/\ Bf1}) (18. e4 $6 {Lutz Ftacnik} Nf4 $15) 18... b6 19. Nd3 a5 $1 {
ץb1} 20. Rc4 (20. bxa5 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rxa5 21. Nb4 Nxb4 22. axb4 Rb5 23. Rc4
Bf8 $1 $17) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Rdb8 $1 {/\ c5 Ftacnik: Black pieces are very
harmonious and the unbelievable c6-c5 manouvre is suddenly the theme of the
day.} 22. e4 {Unter den gegebenen Umständen zu optimistisch. Der Bb1 wird
eingesperrt, und der Bg7 erwacht dank des schwachen Pd4 zum Leben.} (22. Rfc1
c5 $1 23. bxc5 (23. dxc5 Ba4 $17) 23... bxc5 24. Qd1 $15 (24. Qc2 {Lutz} cxd4
25. Nxd4 e5 $15)) (22. Nde5 {Lutz Ftacnik} c5 $1 23. b5 Nb4 $17) (22. Nfe5 {
Lutz Ftacnik} c5 $1) 22... Nc7 {/\ ...Nb5 ; >< a3, d4} 23. Rfc1 Nb5 24. Nde5 (
24. e5 $5 {Lutz hätte den Schaden noch in Grenzen gehalten.}) (24. Nf4 {
Lutz Ftacnik} Rd8 25. Ne2 Na3 26. R4c3 Nxb1 27. Qxb1 Bd7 $15) 24... Rd8 25.
Nxc6 $2 (25. Qb2 $1) (25. Qe3 $5 {Lutz Ftacnik} Ra3 26. Bd3 Qa7 27. Nxc6 Bxc6
28. Rxc6 Nxd4 29. Rc7 Qa4 $15) 25... Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Ra3 $1 (26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4
Bxd4 $15) 27. Qc4 (27. Qb2 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Nxd4 $19 (28... Nxd4 {Lutz} 29. Qa3
Nxc6 30. Rxc6 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Kh3 Rg1 $19)) (27. Qc2 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rxf3
$1 28. gxf3 Nxd4 29. Qc4 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Ne5 $19) 27... Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 {
>< f2, b4} 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Qc6 (30. Qc7 {Lutz Ftacnik} Qxc7 31. R8xc7 Rxb4 32.
Bc2 Ra2 $17) 30... Rd2 31. Rc7 Qd8 {Lutz: Befände der weiße e-Bauer sich noch
auf e3, würde sich die weiße Stellung sprunghaft verbessern. So hingegen ist
der Bb1 tot und der Pf2 schwach.} 32. g3 (32. Bc2 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rc3 33. Qxc3
Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Qd4 35. Rf3 Rxc2 $19) 32... Rf3 33. Rf1 Rdxf2 $1 {Ftacnik:
Beautiful way to finish white off with small combination.} (33... Qd4 34. Qc4
Rfxf2 $1 $19) (33... Rc3 {Lutz Ftacnik} 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Qd4 $19) 34.
Rxf2 (34. Bd3 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Qd4+ $19) 34... Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rxf2+
36. Kxf2 Bd4+ (36... Bd4+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 (39. Kh4 {Lutz}
Bf6+ 40. Kg4 h5#) 39... h5+ 40. Kh4 Bf6#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
$1 g6 (8... Kf8 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Nf3 $14) 9. Qd1 $1 (9. Ra2 {RR} Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7
11. Bd3 (11. Qf4 cxd4 12. Ng5 Nf5 13. g4 h6 14. Nxf7 g5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. gxf5
Rxf7 {0-1 Porrasmaa,T-Kekki,J/FIN-chT 1986/EXT 86ch2 (31)}) 11... Nf5 12. Qf4
h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. g4 Nfe7 15. dxc5 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 h5 17. Nh2 hxg4 18. Nxg4 Nf5
19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. h5 {1-0 Hazai,L-Kekki,J/Espoo 1987/EXT 87b (24)}
) 9... cxd4 (9... Nc6 {RR} 10. Nf3 b6 {0-1 Renttinen,J-Kekki,J/Kuopio op 1992/
EXT 92op (34)}) 10. Rb1 $1 d3 (10... Qxa3 11. cxd4 $44 {/\ Bb4~/= ><h6,f6 ^^})
11. Bxd3 $1 (11. cxd3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 $14) 11... Qxa3 12. Nf3 $44 Qc5 13. h4 $1
h6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Re1 a6 (15... Ne7 16. Qc1 $1 $40) 16. c4 $5 (16. Nd4 b5 17.
h5 $44) 16... dxc4 17. Be4 c3 (17... Ne7 $2 18. Bb4 $16) 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Bd4 (
19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Rxb7 Rd8) 19... Nc5 20. Re3 $1 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bd7 (21... Ne7
$2 22. Bb6 $18) 22. Re3 $1 Ne7 23. Rxc3 Qd5 24. Rc5 Qe4 25. Rc7 $44 b5 (25...
Bc6 $2 26. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 27. Bc5+ Ke8 28. Qd6 $18) 26. Bc5 Nd5 $2 (26... Qd5 $8
27. Qe1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Bb4 {/\ Rd1~/=}) 27. Rxd7 $1 (27. Rb4 $2 {RR}
Qxb4 28. Bxb4 Nxc7 29. Qd6 Nd5 $13) 27... Kxd7 28. Rb4 $18 Qxb4 (28... Qf5 29.
g4) 29. Bxb4 Rhc8 30. Bd6 Rc4 31. Nd2 Rd4 32. c3 Rd3 33. c4 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 bxc4
35. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ne5 Nd5 15.
Nc6 Qe8 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxc3 Bb7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Qd4 e5 21.
Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Dokhoian Kramnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f3 (10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (
11... Bxf6 $2 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. Qc5 Bd7 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Rxd7 $1 $18) 12. Bd3
(12. f5 Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Qe3 Bb7 16. Ng3 d5 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. Qe2
h5 19. exd5 h4 20. Ne4 Rxd5 21. Bc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd2 Kb8 24. Qe3 Kc7
25. g4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Hracek,Z/Erevan 1996/CBM 53}) 12... Qc7 (12...
O-O 13. e5 $1 d5 14. Ne4 $16) 13. Qe3 Qc5 14. Qg3 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/
Amsterdam VSB 1996/CBM 52/[Boensch,U] (42) +/= Dokoian, = Kramnik}) 10... Qc7 (
10... b5 11. h4 Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. h5 h6 16. Bf2 Nd7
17. Bh4 Bxh4 18. Rxh4 Rfd8 19. Rhh1 Ne5 {0-1 Filipenko,A-Yakovich,Y/RUS-chT
1996/EXP 56 (29)}) 11. g4 b5 12. Qd2 Bb7 (12... O-O $6 13. Ne2 {/\Ng3-h5} Rd8
$6 (13... Bb7) 14. h4 Bb7 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Bg2 b4 17. Nd4 a5 18. h5 a4 19. Be3
Nd7 20. g5 Ne5 21. b3 Ba6 $2 {1-0 Anand,V-Pelletier,Y/Credit Suisse 1997/CBM
60 (36) [Gofshtein]} (21... axb3 22. cxb3 d5 $132)) 13. Bf4 b4 14. Ne2 Rc8 (
14... e5 $11 {Khalifman}) 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. Kb1 d5 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Rd8 $1 {
/\ d:e4, Nc5} 19. Bh3 (19. Bd3 $142) 19... dxe4 20. fxe4 Nc5 21. Qe2 O-O {
/\ Nc5-a4-c3} 22. b3 Qb5 $5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bg2 f5 25. gxf6 $2 (25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Re1 $11 {Khalifman}) 25... Bxf6 26. Be3 Rc8 27. Bh3 $2 (27. Bd4 Rfd8 (27...
Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rf2 29. Bh3 $13) 28. Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {Khalifman}) 27... Rfe8 28.
Rd6 (28. Bg2 Be5 $17) 28... Nxe4 $1 $19 29. Nxe4 (29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Nxg3
$19) 29... Bxe4 30. Rh2 Bf5 31. Bd4 Bxh3 32. Bxf6 (32. Rxh3 Red8 $19) 32...
gxf6 33. Rxh3 Kf7 34. Rhd3 f5 35. R6d4 Rc5 36. Rxb4 e5 37. a4 e4 38. Rd7+ Ke6
39. Rd1 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Ke5 41. Kc1 Rec8 42. c4 e3 (42... Kf4 {/\ Kf3-f2; e3, f4.
.. -+}) 43. Ra7 R8c7 44. Ra8 Ke4 45. Rad8 f4 $4 (45... Re5 $19 {Khalifman}) 46.
R1d4+ Ke5 (46... Kf3 $2 47. Rf8) 47. Kd1 (47. Kc2 e2 48. Kd2 (48. Kd3 e1=N+ $1)
48... f3 49. Rd3 Rf7 50. Re8+ Kf4 51. Ke1 $8 Kg3 $1 52. Rxe2 Ra5 $19) 47... Rc8
$2 (47... Ra5 $19 {Khalifman}) 48. R8d7 $2 (48. Ke2 $1 $11 {Khalifman}) 48...
R8c7 49. Rd8 Rc8 $2 (49... Ra5 50. b4 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Bxf6 (9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5) 9... gxf6 10. Bc4 $146 (10. f4 Bd7
11. Be2 (11. f5 h5 12. Bc4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Qd3 Kb8 16. fxe6
fxe6 17. Ne2 Rhg8 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. g3 Rc8 20. Qb3 $16 {Balashov-Savchenko,1991
Moskow}) 11... h5 12. Rhf1 b5 (12... Qb6 13. Nb3 O-O-O 14. f5 Kb8 15. Qf4 Ne5
16. Kb1 h4 17. Bd3 Rdg8 18. Rg1 Rg4 19. Qf1 Rhg8 20. h3 R4g5 21. Ne2 Qe3 22.
Nbd4 Bd8 $17 {Gelman-Fedorovich,USA 1994}) 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Kb1 b4
16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. f5 $1 e5 19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Qe2 $16 {
Psakhis-Pshewoznik,1980}) 10... Nxd4 (10... Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 $40) 11.
Qxd4 b5 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 Qc7 14. f5 Qc5 {black dont have any problem} 15. Ne2
(15. Qd3 a5 $132) 15... Rg8 16. g3 (16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Kf7 19.
Rf1 Rg5) 16... a5 17. a3 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Bd5 (19. Ne2 b4) 19... Rc8 20.
Nb3 Bd8 $15 {A standard move for this position, white does'nt has a big
perspektive.} 21. Kb1 Ke7 22. Nc1 Bb6 23. Ne2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nc1 Ba4 26.
Rd2 Be3 27. Re2 Bc5 28. Nd3 Bb5 29. Rd1 h5 {black try create weekness in king
side} 30. Ka2 Rc7 $5 (30... h4 31. Rg2 Rg4 32. Kb3) 31. Kb1 (31. Kb3 Ra7) 31...
Rcc8 32. Red2 Rc7 {black could not impruve theire position} 33. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 Bb7 15. Bg5
exd4 16. Nxd4 Be5 17. Nf5 c5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 f6 20. Be3 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7
22. Ng4 Bd6 23. Bh6+ Kf7 24. a4 c4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Ne3 Nc5 28.
Nf5 Bb7 29. Nxd6+ Qxd6 30. Bf4 Qd7 31. Be3 Nd3 32. Bxd3 cxd3 33. Rxd3 Re5 34.
d6 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Bg3 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. b4 Ne4 16. Rc1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 c4 18. Bf5 Nf6 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Bc8 21.
Bb1 Bg4 22. e4 Rfe8 $1 23. Qxb6 $2 (23. exd5 $1 Bxf3 24. Qxb6 (24. gxf3 $4 Re1+
$19) 24... axb6 (24... Bxd1 25. Qd4 $8 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Ng4+ 27. Qxg4 Bxg4 28. Rxe1
$16) 25. gxf3 $11) 23... axb6 24. exd5 b5 $1 $17 25. Rc3 Rad8 26. Re3 (26. d6
Re6) 26... Rxe3 27. fxe3 Ra8 $1 28. e4 Rxa3 29. e5 Nd7 30. e6 fxe6 31. dxe6
Bxe6 32. Nd4 Bg4 33. Nxb5 Rb3 34. Rc1 Rxb4 35. Ba2 Nb6 36. Nc3 Be6 37. Rb1
Rxb1+ 38. Bxb1 Nd5 39. Nxd5 Bxd5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Bxg2 42. Kd4 Bf1 43. Be4
Kf6 44. Bf3 Kf5 45. Bd1 Kg5 46. Bf3 h5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. d5 Nb4 14. Nc4 b5 15.
Ne3 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 O-O 19. a4 Nc7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. axb5
Nxb5 22. Rxa5 Nd6 23. Qa4 Rfd8 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Ra3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxb2 27.
Raa1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Nf6 29. g3 Nf5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Bg2 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33.
Kg2 Kg7 34. Rc4 Kg6 35. Ra4 e6 36. Rb4 h5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rb8 Rd4 39. f4 Rd2+
40. Kf3 Rd7 41. Rg8 Rd3+ 42. Kf2 Ra3 43. Re8 Kg7 44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Ra6 46.
Kf2 f6 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 Rd3 51. Ra7 Rd8 52. Kf3
Re8 53. Ra6 Kf7 54. Ra7+ Re7 55. Ra6 Kg7 56. Kf2 e5 57. fxe5 fxe5 58. Kf3 Rd7
59. Ke3 Rb7 60. Ra5 Re7 61. Ra6 Rd7 62. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 (7. c4
Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 $13 {und der f8-Läufer ist nicht eingeschlossen. In einigen
Varianten zieht er nach c5. Ribli.}) 7... d6 8. c4 g6 {Heutzutage scheint
diese Läuferentwicklung besser als das traditionelle 8...Be7.} 9. Nc3 Bg7 10.
Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 {Dieser Plan wurde von Ljubojevic eingeführt. Weiß zielt auf
den Bauern d6.} Nc6 12. h3 {Ein wichtiger prophylaktischer Zug.Weiß bereitet
13.Bf4 vor und nach l3...e5 l4.Be3 ist die Antwort 14...Bg4 vermieden.} (12.
Bf4 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 $11) 12... Nd7 {Ein interessantes Springermanöver. Schwarz
spielt (noch) nicht b7-b6, denn er hat andere Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten für
den Läufer.} 13. Be3 {Diese Stellung ist Almasi nicht unbekannt. Bis zur
dieser Partie hatte er eine gute Ausbeute mit Weiß. Weiß kontrolliert - wie
üblich in Igelstellungen - mehr Raum, muß aber vorsichtig sein, denn die etwas
passive schwarze Stellung verfügt über viele geheimnisvolle Möglichkeiten.} (
13. Bf4 Nde5 (13... Nce5 14. Rac1 b6 15. Nxe5 (15. b3 Bb7 16. Bb1 f5 17. Nd4
Rae8 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. Nde2 e5 20. Bh2 Bh6 $17 {-/+ Luther,T-Stefansson,H/
Altensteig 1992}) 15... dxe5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. b4 f5 18. f3 Rf7 19. c5 bxc5 20.
Na4 {1-0 Xie Jun-Movsesian,S/Hastings9697 1997 (34)}) 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Kh1 Bd7
16. Bb1 Rac8 17. b3 h6 18. Nh2 g5 19. Be3 Nb8 20. Qd2 Rc6 21. Ne2 Be8 22. f4 {
1-0 Luther,T-Chuchelov,V/Dresden op 1992 (33)}) 13... Nde5 (13... b6 14. Rac1
Nc5 (14... Bb7 15. Bb1 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. b3 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8 18. Qd2 Bf8
19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Qa5 Nd5 22. Rxd5 Qxa5 23. Rxa5 Rec8 24. Rd1 Be7
25. Bd2 Bd8 26. Ra3 a5 27. Bf4 e5 28. Bd2 Bb6 29. Bd3 f5 30. exf5 e4 31. Be2
gxf5 {Varga,Z-Farago,I/HUN-ch Budapest 1995/1/2-1/2 (114)}) 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Na4
Nd7 20. Bg5 Rdb8 21. Nc3 Re8 22. Bh4 Rac8 23. Bg3 Ne5 24. f4 Nc6 25. Bf2 Rb8
26. a3 Ba8 27. b4 {Almasi,Z-Vogt,L/Altensteig 1993/1-0 (52)}) 15. Bb1 Bb7 16.
Qd2 Rad8 17. Nh2 (17. b3 Qb8 $6 18. Bh6 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Farago,I/Linz
1995 (43)}) 17... Qe7 18. Ne2 a5 19. b3 Nb4 20. Nc3 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Nxd5
Nxd5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe1 Rfd8 {Van den Doel,E-Shaked,T/Hoogovens-B 1998/0-1 
(69)}) 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Nxe5 (15. b3 $6 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qa5 {Schwarz hat starke
Kontrolle über die schwarzen Felder.}) 15... dxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. b3 (16. f4
Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bc6 18. Qxd6 (18. Nd5 $5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bxb2 20. Rc2 Bg7 (20...
Bb5 21. Rxc7 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 $16) 21. dxc6 Rfd8 $14) 18... Qxd6 (18... Qa5 19. b4
$16) 19. Rxd6 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxe4 $11) 16... Bc6 17. Bb1 $14) 16. f3 $5 {
Weiß bereitet 17.Qf2 vor, um den wichtigen Zentrumspunkt d4 zu kontrollieren.}
Nd4 17. Qf2 Rfd8 (17... f5 18. exf5 $14 gxf5 {Nur so! Nach 17...exd5 wäre der
Punkt d5 schwach und 17...Nxf5 ist natürlich wegen der schwachen schwarzen
e-Bauern weniger stark.}) 18. Ne2 Bc6 19. Nxd4 $5 (19. Bb1 $2 Rd7 20. Bxd4 Rad8
$17 {[%cal Rd8d1]}) 19... exd4 20. Bd2 $14 {Auf den ersten Blick wirkt der
schwarze d4-Bauer stark, aber in Wirklichkeit ist er gut blockiert und Weiß
hat freie Hand mit der Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel. Es ist interessant, daß
Anand in dieser Stellung Almasis Remisangebot ablehnt.} e5 (20... a5 21. f4 $14
) 21. b4 $1 Bd7 (21... Qd7 $5 {Mit diesem Zug errichtet Schwarz eine starke
Batterie auf der Diagonalen a4-e8. Er kann so die Drohung b4-b5 verhindern und
vermeidet weiße Aktivität am Damenflügel.}) 22. Qe2 a5 $6 {Ein riskanter Zug,
der nur schwer zu erklären ist. Nach meiner Meinung wäre es bei dem minimalen
weißen Vorteil besser abzuwarten.} 23. bxa5 Be6 (23... Bf8 {[%cal Rf8c5]} 24.
c5 $1) 24. Kh1 {Mit diesem prophylaktischem Zug vermeidet Weiß spätere
Unannehmlichkeiten auf der a7-g1-Diagonalen. Es ist für Schwarz schwierig,
aktives Gegenspiel zu organisieren.} Rdc8 25. Rc2 Bf8 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. Qf2 $5 {
Der schwarze Läufer steht zwar schön auf c5, leistet dort aber Wirklichkeit
nichts Besonderes, während Weiß mit 28.f3-f4 aktives Spiel am Königsflügel
vorbereitet.} Rcb8 $6 {Ich erkenne nur die Nachteile dieses Turmszuges. Nach
folgendem 28.f4 hat Schwarz Probleme auf der Diagonalen h2-b8.} 28. f4 $1 exf4
29. Bxf4 Qxa5 $8 {Nach meiner Meinung ist dies die beste Gegenchance für
Schwarz. Er gibt eine Qualität für etwas Gegenspiel.} (29... Bd6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6
31. c5 $14 (31. Rcb2 Rxa5 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Ra4 $14) 31... Qe5 32. Rb5 {
[%csl Gb5]}) 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Gg3b8] Es hängt der Turm und was
noch wichtiger ist, Weiß kontrolliert die Diagonale h2-b8.} Qd8 $8 32. a4 $1
$16 (32. e5 $5) 32... b6 {Es ist verständlich, daß Schwarz den a-Bauern
blockieren möchte. Aber jetzt bekommt Weiß eine große Chance, die Partie zu
gewinnen, was in Groningen eine große Überraschung bedeutet hätte.} 33. e5 $2
$138 (33. a5 $1 {[%cal Gb1b8]} Bd6 34. e5 bxa5 35. exd6 $3 Rxb1+ 36. Kh2 {
Weiß hat jetzt einen Bauern weniger, aber seine verbundenen Freibauern in der
c- und d-Linie entscheiden die Partie.} a4 (36... Rb3 37. c5 Bf5 38. c6 {
[%cal Rc6c8]} Rxd3 39. c7 Qd7 (39... Qc8 40. d7 $18) 40. c8=Q+ Qxc8 41. Rxc8+
Bxc8 42. Qxd3 $18) 37. c5 a3 38. c6 a2 39. Rxa2 Bxa2 40. Bf5 $3 $18 {[%cal
Rc6c8]}) 33... Ra8 34. Ra2 $6 $13 Qd7 $1 35. a5 $6 (35. Rb5 $11 Qe8 {[%cal
Re6d7,Rd7a4]}) 35... bxa5 36. Qf3 (36. Rb5 Qxb5 37. cxb5 Bxa2 $36 {[%cal Ga5a1]
Es ist interessant, daß trotz des weißen Materialvorteils die Aktivität der
Figuren und der gefährliche a-Freibauer dem Schwarzen die besseren Aussichten
bietet.}) 36... Qd8 $1 $15 {Schwarz hat eine Qualität weniger, aber sein
a-Freibauer ist stark und das Läuferpaar kontrolliert die wichtigsten Felder,
so daß es keinen Raum für die weißen Türme gibt.} 37. Rb7 Rc8 38. Rf2 (38. Qf6
$5 Qxf6 39. exf6 Bb4 40. Ra7) 38... Rc7 39. Rb5 $6 (39. Rxc7 Qxc7 $15 {[%csl
Re5]}) 39... a4 40. Ra5 a3 41. Rf1 (41. Ra8 Rc8 $15) 41... Rc8 42. Ra6 Qe8 43.
Qe4 Rb8 44. Ra5 Qe7 45. Qf3 $2 (45. Ra8) 45... Qc7 $17 {[%cal Rc7a5,Rc7e5]} 46.
Rb5 Qxe5 47. Qf6 {Das kostet einen Bauern und Weiß bleibt ohne Gegenspiel.} Qc7
48. Ra1 Rc8 49. Qf2 Bf8 50. Rc1 Qc6 $19 {[%cal Rc6b5,Re6h3] und Weiß gab in
hoffnungsloser Stellung auf. Eine tragische Partie für Almasi. Ribli.} (50...
Qc6 51. Qxd4 (51. Rc2 Bxh3 52. Qxd4 Be6 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ra3a1]} 53. Ra5 Qc7
54. Ra7 Qg3 {[%csl Gg3,Rh1][%cal Rf8d6,Rd6h2]} 55. c5 a2 {[%cal Rf8g7,Rg7a1]}
56. Rc1 Bd6 {[%cal Rg3h2]} 57. Qxd6 Qxd6 58. cxd6 Rxc1+ 59. Kh2 a1=Q $19) 51...
Qxb5 52. cxb5 Rxc1+ 53. Kh2 a2 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 h6 12. c5 g5 (12... f5 13. Bxf4 fxe4 14. Bxe5
exf3 15. Bxg7 fxg2 16. Bxf8 gxf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Qxf8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. f3 Bh3 20.
Rf2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gavrilov,A-Zaitsev,V/Komercni Banka op 1997 (43)}) 13. Nd2 f5
(13... Neg6 14. Nc4 h5 (14... Re8 15. a4 h5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Be3 Nh4 18. Nb5
Bf8 19. Nxa7 $16 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Ivic,M/Kastel Stari op 1997 (35)}) 15. Be3 (15.
Ba3 $1 a6 16. b5 $1 {Khalifman.}) 15... f5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 fxe4 18. Nbxd6
Bg4 19. Qb3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Khalifman,A/St.Petersburg-ch 1996 (29)}) 14.
g3 (14. cxd6 cxd6 15. b5 (15. Nc4 Kh7 (15... Rf6 16. a4 Bd7 $2 17. g3 Nfg6 18.
exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 $16 {Sher,M-Volke,K/Copenhagen KS 1996/1-0 (55)}) (15... g4
16. b5 h5 17. Ba3 Rf6 18. Qb3 {[%cal Gc4e5,Gb3g8]} Kh8 19. b6 a6 20. Qb4 Bf8
21. Ne3 h4 $132 {[%cal Yg4g3] 0-1 Gormally,D-McShane,L/London 1997 (40)}) 16.
b5 Rf6 17. Ba3 g4 18. b6 a6 19. Qb3 Rg6 20. Rac1 fxe4 (20... h5 21. Qb4 Bf8 22.
Qb1 h4 23. Ne3 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Van Wely,L/NLD-ch 1995/CBM 48 (32)}) 21. Nxe4
Nf5 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Qb1 Kh8 24. Rc7 $16 {1-0 Hauchard,A-Touzane,O/FRA-ch 1996 
(32)}) 15... Nfg6 16. exf5 e4 17. f6 $16 {Cmilyte,V-Girkiyan,T/32nd ol (women),
Yerevan ARM 1996/1-0 (77)}) (14. Nc4 fxe4 (14... a6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a4 Neg6
17. Ba3 Rf7 18. b5 Bf8 19. g3 g4 20. gxf4 Nh4 $44 {0-1 Wells,P-McShane,L/
London 1997 (32)}) 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. b5 Bf6 18. a4 Be7 19. Ba3 b6
(19... g4 20. Qxg4+ Kh8 21. Qd1 Rg8 22. g3 $16 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Kecic,S/Bled
op18th 1997 (30)}) 20. g3 Ng6 21. Bg2 a6 22. Qd3 axb5 23. Ncxd6 $16 {1-0
Schlosser,P-Touzane,O/Lippstadt 1996 (30)}) (14. a4 g4 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. a5 Bf8
17. b5 Neg6 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Bxh3 gxh3 20. Qh5 Kh7 21. b6 axb6 22. axb6 f4 $132
{0-1 Ortiz,E-Tan,J/Greenhills op 1997 (46)}) 14... Nfg6 15. a4 $1 $146 (15. Nc4
f4 (15... Kh8 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 fxe4 18. Nbxd6 $16 {Hess,R-Neidhardt,C/
BL2-W 1993/1-0 (64)}) 16. Ba3 Rf6 17. b5 b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bb4 $36 {[%cal
Ga2a5] 1-0 Iskusnyh,S-Fedorov,A/RUS-Cup3 1996 (42) <<}) (15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nde4
(16. Nce4 Nd4 17. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Jaracz,P-Gdanski,J/POL-ch 1997}) 16... Nd4 17.
Bg2 g4 $132) 15... f4 16. Nc4 g4 17. Nb5 Rf6 18. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Gb5c7,Ga3d6,
Gc4d6,Gb5d6]} h5 {[%cal Yh5h4]} 19. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7 20. cxd6 Rxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. b5 $18 Qf6 23. d6 Nf5 (23... Be6 24. dxe7 Nxe7 25. Rc1 $18) 24. exf5 Bxf5
25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rad1 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Rd8 27. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 h4 29. d7
hxg3 30. hxg3 f3 31. Bc1 {[%cal Gd3e4,Ge4g4]} Nf8 32. Qe4 Qe6 33. Ba3 (33. Ba3
Rxd7 34. Bxf8 Bxf8 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxe5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wedberg: Shirovs novelty in his pet line doesn't help him much. Anand gets a
good game right from the beginning. He plays the final assault with the
precision we now have come to expect from him.} 1. e4 {Wedberg Ftacnik} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6
10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Be3 (13. Bc2 {Wedberg} d5 14. Bg5 (
14. exd5 Qxd5 15. dxe5 $14 (15. dxe5 Qxb5 16. Ba4 $1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $1 Nxe5 18.
Bxb5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxb5 $14)) (14. h3 $5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd4 16.
Bg5 $13) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxd4 $10 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Wijk
1996/CBM 51/[Shirov]/1/2-1/2 (53)} (16... Bxd4 $10 {Ftacnik} 17. exd5 Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Be4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Wijk
1996/1/2-1/2 (53)})) (13. Re1 {Wedberg Ftacnik} Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Be3 Qf6
16. Kh1 exd4 17. cxd4 Ba5 18. Rg1 Rxb5 19. Ba4 Rxb2 20. Bxc6 Bb6 21. Rg4 Rb4
22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Investbanka 1997/ (45)})
13... exd4 (13... d5 {Wedberg} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bg5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3
Qxg5 18. Bxd5 Ne7 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Arduman,C/EUCup G6
1997/CBM 62 (41)} (20. Bc4 {Ftacnik} Ng6 21. Rad1 Qc5 22. Na3 Ne5 23. Qe4 Nxc4
24. Nxc4 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Arduman,C/EUCup G6 1997/ (41)})) (13... d5 {Wedberg
Ubilava}) 14. cxd4 Qe8 (14... Nxe4 $1 {Nijboer-Piket Wijk aan Zee 1998}) (14...
Nxe4 $2 {Wedberg} 15. Bd5 Qe8 16. Qc2 (16. h3 {Ftacnik} Bf5 17. Re1 Nb4 18. Bc4
c6 19. Na3 d5 20. Bf1 Bc7 21. Qc1 Rb6 22. Bf4 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Piket,J/Hoogovens
1998/ (35)}) 16... Nb4 (16... Bxf3 17. Bxc6 Qe6 18. gxf3 Qg6+ 19. Bg5 Qxg5+ 20.
Kh1 Nf6 $11) 17. Qxe4 Nxd5 (17... Qxb5 18. Qxg4 Nxd5 19. Bh6 $18) 18. Qxd5 c6
19. Qxd6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 cxb5 21. Ra6 $16) 15. h3 $1 (15. Nc3 Nxe4 16. h3 Bf5)
15... Bd7 (15... Bh5 16. Ba4 Qxe4 (16... Nxe4 {Wedberg} 17. Nc3 $16) 17. Nc3
Bxf3 18. Nxe4 Bxd1 19. Nxf6+ (19. Bxc6) 19... gxf6 20. Bxc6 $16 {ץb6}) (15...
Bxf3 $2 16. Qxf3 Nxe4 17. Bd5) 16. Nc3 Nxe4 17. Re1 {>< Qe8 Wedberg: Whites
space advantage gives him a clear plus.} Nxc3 18. bxc3 $14 {>< Bb6} Qc8 (18...
Qd8 {Wedberg Ubilava} 19. Bc2 $36) 19. c4 $1 {Ftacnik: Somewhat surpising move,
since white pawns were limiting black pieces Bb6 and Nc6. Black was
threatening Na5 and c5, so white prepares for further blockade.} (19. Ng5 {
Wedberg Ftacnik} h6 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Ng3 Bg6 $14) (19. g4 {Wedberg Ftacnik} Na5
20. Bc2 f5 $1 $13) 19... Bf5 (19... Na5 {Wedberg Ftacnik} 20. Ba2 c5 21. d5 $14
) 20. Re2 {/\ 21.c5} (20. c5 Ba5) 20... Na5 21. Ba2 c5 22. d5 $1 {>< Na5} Bd8
23. Bd2 {Wedberg: The N on a5 is poorly placed. Especially if White starts
operations on the K-side. Blacks hope is some play against c4. Ftacnik: Black
will now suffer because of the misplaced Na5.} (23. Bg5 {Wedberg Ftacnik} Bxg5
24. Nxg5 Rb4 $11) 23... Qa6 {The Q is not well placed here. There is no real
play against c4.} (23... Bd3 {Wedberg} 24. Re3 Bxc4 $2 25. Bxa5 $18) (23... Nb7
$142 {Wedberg}) 24. Qa4 Ra8 (24... Bd3 25. Re3 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Bxa5 Rb1+
28. Be1 $18) (24... Bf6 {Wedberg} 25. Rae1 Ra8 26. Re8 $18 Nb7 {Ftacnik} (26...
h5 {Ubilava} 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Re8+ (28. Bxa5 Kh7) 28... Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30.
Bg5 Bg6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Nh4 $18 (32. Bb1 $18)) 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Re8+ Rxe8
29. Qxa6 $18) 25. Bc3 $16 {/^ a1-h8} Nb7 26. Qd1 $1 (26. Qxa6 {Ftacnik} Rxa6
27. Rb2 Bc8 $14) 26... Ba5 $6 (26... Qb6 $142 $16) 27. Bb2 Bb4 28. Nh4 $1 {
This starts the K-side session. Black is well entrenched on the other side, so
prospects are very good for a successful attack.} Bg6 (28... Bd7 29. Re7 $1 $18
(29. Re7 {Wedberg} Ba4 (29... Rfe8 {Ubilava} 30. Rxd7 Re1+ 31. Qxe1 Bxe1 32.
Rxe1 Qxa2 33. Rxb7 Qxc4 34. Nf5 $18) 30. Qg4 $18)) (28... Bc8 29. Qd3 $1 $40)
29. f4 {Ftacnik: With queenside safely fixed white can finally focus his
attention to the kingside attack.} Qa4 (29... f6 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Qd3 $18 Kh7
{Wedberg} 32. Bb1 Qxa1 33. Qxg6+ Kg8 34. Bxa1 Rxa1 35. Re7 Rxb1+ 36. Kh2 $18) (
29... h6 {Ftacnik} 30. f5 Bh7 31. Re7 $16) (29... f5 {Ftacnik} 30. Nxg6 hxg6
31. Re6 $18) 30. Qxa4 (30. Bb3 $5 Qd7 31. Rxa8 (31. f5 {Wedberg} Bxf5 32. Ba4
Qc8 33. Re7 $16) (31. Ba4 Qd8 {Anand}) 31... Rxa8 32. f5 $1 Bxf5 33. Ba4 $1
Rxa4 34. Nxf5 $18) 30... Rxa4 31. f5 Rfa8 (31... Bh5 32. g4 $18) 32. Re7 $1 (
32. fxg6 $2 hxg6 33. Nf3 f6 {>< Ba2}) (32. Bb1 {Wedberg} Rxa1 33. Bxa1 Bh5 34.
g4 f6 35. Bb2 $14) 32... Bh5 (32... Na5 33. fxg6 $18 (33. fxg6 {Wedberg} hxg6
34. Nf3 $18)) 33. g4 $1 (33. Rxb7 $2 f6 $13) 33... f6 34. gxh5 Rxa2 35. Rxa2
Rxa2 {[#]} 36. h6 $1 $18 {Ftacnik: This brilliant moves crowns white's
strategical triumph. White manages to bring hopeless Bb2 to life or win the
endgame hands down.} Rxb2 (36... gxh6 37. Bxf6 Nd8 (37... Na5 {Wedberg} 38.
Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rxh7 Nxc4 40. Ng6+ Ke8 41. Re7+ Kd8 42. Re2+ $18) 38. Ng6 $1 $18)
37. Rxg7+ Kh8 (37... Kf8 {Wedberg Ftacnik} 38. Rxb7 (38. Rxh7 {Ubilava /\ Ng6+
+-}) 38... Kg8 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rh8 $18) 38. Rxb7 Bc3 39. Rd7 Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kf7
41. Rh8 $1 (41. Ng6 $2 Bd4+ 42. Kh1 (42. Kf1 Rf2+ {/\ Rxf5} (42... Rf2+ 43. Ke1
Rxf5)) 42... Rb1+ (42... hxg6 {Ftacnik} 43. h7 $18) 43. Kg2 (43. Kh2 {Wedberg}
Rb2+ (43... Be5+ 44. Kg2 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 $18) 44. Kg3 Rb3+ (44... hxg6 45. h7 Be5+
46. Kh4 (46. Kg4 Rg2+ 47. Kf3 Rg3+ 48. Ke2 Rxh3 $11) (46. Kf3 Rb3+) 46... g5+
47. Kh5 Rh2 48. Rd7+ (48. h8=Q Rxh3+ 49. Kg4 Rg3+ 50. Kh5 Rh3+ $11) 48... Ke8
49. h8=Q+ Kxd7 $11 {Can White force a mate? If not it's a draw.}) 45. Kg4 hxg6
46. h7 gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 Rf3+ 48. Kg4 Rf1 $11) 43... Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rf2+ 45. Kg4
Rg2+ 46. Kf4 Rf2+ 47. Ke4 hxg6 48. h7 gxf5+ 49. Kd3 Rf3+ 50. Kd2 Rxh3 $11)
41... Bd4+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kf1 {Wedberg} Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rf4 (43... Rh2 {Ftacnik} 44.
Rxh7+ Ke8 45. Rh8+ Ke7 (45... Kf7 46. Ng6) 46. h7 $18) 44. Rxh7+ Ke8 45. Ng6
Rxf5 46. Re7+ Kd8 47. h7 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Qf3 c6 $1 $146 (
13... Kh8 14. Bf4 $14) 14. Bf4 b5 $1 $13 15. Qg3 (15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re5 Rae8
17. Rbe1 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 $6 Qa3 $15) (15. h4 $5) 15... Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Rf7 17. Kf1
$1 (17. h4 Re7 $11) 17... Raf8 $1 (17... Re7 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Re1 $14) 18. Re2
Qd8 $1 19. Rbe1 Qb8 20. Qh4 Qd8 $1 (20... Qd6 21. Re7 $14) 21. Qf4 Qb8 22. Re5
Qd6 23. Qc1 $1 a6 $6 (23... f4 $1 $132) 24. f4 $1 $14 g6 25. R1e3 Kg7 26. h4 $5
(26. Kg1 $14) 26... h5 $5 27. Kg1 Rh8 28. Be2 Rhf8 29. Bf3 Qf6 30. Qe1 Qd6 31.
Kh2 Kh7 32. Qg3 $6 (32. Kh3 Kh6 33. g3 Kh7 34. a4 bxa4 (34... Kh6 35. axb5 axb5
36. Qa1 Rf6 37. Qa6 Be6 38. Re1 Bd7 39. Kg2 Be6 40. Kf2 Bd7 41. Qa7 Kg7 42. Ra1
(42. Qc5 $2 Qxc5 43. dxc5 Ra8) 42... Re6 43. Ke3 Rfe8 44. Kd3 R6e7 45. Qb6 Re6
46. Ra7 Kf8 47. Kd2 Ke7 48. Kc1 Kf6 49. Kb2 Rb8 50. Qa5 b4 51. Kb3 bxc3+ 52.
Kxc3 $14) 35. c4 dxc4 36. Qc3 $14) 32... Qf6 33. Kh3 Kh6 34. Be2 Kh7 35. Bf3
Kh6 36. Be2 $2 (36. Qe1 $14) 36... Kh7 37. Kh2 Kh6 38. Kg1 Kh7 39. Bd3 Kg7 40.
Kf2 Ra8 41. Qg5 Rc8 42. Re1 Rb8 43. a4 Rc8 44. a5 $6 (44. axb5 axb5 45. Qxf6+ (
45. Ra1 Qd6 $132) 45... Kxf6 46. Ra1 Rff8 47. Ra6 Kf7 48. Ra7 Rfd8 49. Ke3 Ra8
$11) 44... Rb8 $11 45. R1e3 Kf8 46. Rg3 (46. Ke1 Qxg5 47. hxg5 Re8 $1 $11)
46... Kg7 47. Ke3 (47. Qxh5 Rh8 48. Qf3 Rxh4 $11) 47... Qxg5 48. Rxg5 (48. hxg5
Re8 $11) 48... Rf6 49. Kd2 Kf7 50. Kc1 Be6 51. Kb2 Rh8 52. Kb3 Ke7 53. Kb4 Kd6
54. Rg3 Rb8 55. Rge3 Rb7 56. Be2 Rb8 57. Bf3 Rc8 58. Re1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bf1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {HarZvi} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ (6. d3 {
HarZvi} O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... e5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4 d5 10. Qb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7
12. a4 b6 13. Bc4 Bh6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. a5 Rae8 16. h4 $14 {/~~ Georgiev,
Kr-Petursson,M Saint John op-2 1988}) 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. b4
Nd7 12. Qb3 e6 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qxb4 Bxc3 15. Qb1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1
$14 {/+/-}) 13. Bb2 d5 14. d4 c4 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 $13 {Hickel,J-Hubner,R
Nussloch 1996 66/163}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nbd7 {RR} 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1 O-O (8... Ne5
{HarZvi} 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 13. Rd2)
13. Nd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Rac8 16. d5 Rfe8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
c4 $14 {Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk ann Zee 1996}) 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nh5
$36 (10... b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 $14)) 10... Nxe5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12.
Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 $10 {Kengis,E-Lukin.A Groningen op(3) 1991 1/2 27}) (6...
Bd7 {HarZvi} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 (10. e5 $5) 10... c4 11.
Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Ra3 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V
Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4 O-O (7... cxd4 {RR} 8. cxd4 O-O (8... a6 {HarZvi} 9. Be2
d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/FIDE-Wch k.o.
1997/CBM63/ [Har-Zvi,R] (52)}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 a6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12.
Qe1 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rb6] /+- 1-0 Yudasin,L-Rechlis,G/
ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52 (33)}) (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ne1 f6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5
fxg5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 e6 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. a4 Rf7 18. Rfc1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Lagunow,A/GER-ch 1995/EXP 50 (44)}) 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11.
Be2 e5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nf6 15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 $14 {
Torre,T-Gallagher,J Saint John op-2 1988 1-0 32/CBM 06}) (7... a6 {HarZvi} 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Re1 (9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Nxd6 (10... exd6 $2 11. Qa4 {[%cal
Ga4c6,Ga4e4]})) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 (11. Nc3 Bg4 $5) 11... Nd7 12.
Nc3 c5 (12... Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Be3) 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16.
Nxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-De Firmian,N/Mermaid Beach Club 1997/CBM 58/[Har
Zvi] (58)}) (7... Bd7 {HarZvi} 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O
12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. c4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 $11 {
Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V Wijk ann Zee 1996 65/(193)}) 8. d5 Na5 (8... Nb8 {RR} 9. Re1
e6 10. a4 (10. dxe6 {HarZvi} Bxe6 11. Na3 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3
Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 $14 {/+/- 1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Gelfand,B/Erevan olm 1996/
EXT 96ch2 (77)}) 10... a6 11. Bf1 exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5) (12... Bf5 {
HarZvi}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18.
Qd1 Rb8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. a5 Ne8 21. Nc4 $16 {Lutz,C-Khalifman,A/Munich 1992/CBM
30/[Boensch,U]/1-0 (58) ^^}) 9. Re1 e6 10. Bf1 $1 {/\ c3-c4} (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11.
Ba4 $11 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Ng5 $14 {
1-0 Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch 1996/CBM 55 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12.
Na3 (12. c4 $1 $14 {>< Na5}) (12. c4 $5 {HarZvi this is certainly a move one
must consider seriously,since now the knight on a5 seems out of the game and
white's knight on "b1" is going to have a very good place on "c3"} Re8 13.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Bd2 b6 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 15. Bc3 {[%csl Ra5] when white has slight
advantage}) 12... b6 (12... a6 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5] HarZvi} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {/->}) (12... Re8 $5 {HarZvi}) 13. Bf4 $6 {
/\ Nb5} (13. Ba6 $5 Bc8 (13... Qd7 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Ne4 16. Nd4) 14. Bd3 {
>< f5 /\ c4}) (13. Bd3 {HarZvi} Qd7 14. c4 Rfe8) 13... a6 $1 $13 {Har Zvi:
black's king is simply commimg and with a pass "h" pawn there is nothing more
to seewe can say very easily that white got nothing out of the opening,I guess
that because this was the second game in the match Anand did not want to risk
a lot and played a solid line not the usual Sicilian which we could expect
against Gelfand} 14. Rc1 Be4 15. Bg5 (15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nh5 $1 $13) 15...
Re8 16. b4 (16. c4 {HarZvi} h6 17. Bd2) 16... Nb7 17. b5 $5 (17. Nd2 $1 Bxd5
18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ndc4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 b5 22. Nb6 $14 {/~/=}) (17.
bxc5 {HarZvi} dxc5 {[%cal Gb7d6]} (17... Nxc5 18. c4 {[%cal Gf3d4]} Qd7 $140 {
[%csl Ra3]} 19. Nd4 Ng4 $36) 18. c4 Nd6 {when black's position seems very nice}
) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 h6 $4 {Har Zvi: black's king is simply commimg and with
a pass "h" pawn there is nothing more to seeunbelieveable mistake from a
player such as Gelfand at this stage of the tournament,a world championchip
one!! this was a normal game not rapid and this is move 18 so I have really no
explanation at all why this happened} (18... Qd7 19. Bxf6 (19. c4 h6 20. Bh4 g5
21. Bg3 $13) 19... Bxf6 20. a4 {^^, פb7}) (18... Rxa2 19. Qb3 (19. Nd2 Bxd5
20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nc7 Qe5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rb2 $19) 19...
Ra5 (19... Ra8 20. Nd2 Na5 (20... Bxd5 $4 21. Bxf6 $18) (20... c4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Qxc4 Bf5 23. Qc6 $36) 21. Qb2 (21. Qd1 $2 Bxd5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6
24. Nc7 Qc6 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 $15 {/-/+}) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6
24. Nc7 $14 (24. Nc7 Qc6 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 26. Qxb6 $16)) (19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5 $1)
20. Nd2 $44 (20. Nd2 {HarZvi} Bf5 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxf6) 21. Rxe8+ (21. Nc4 Rxe1
22. Rxe1 Ra8) 21... Qxe8 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Qxb6 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxa5
Nxg5 26. Qxc5 $14)) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 (19... Qxf6 {HarZvi} 20. Nc7 Bxf3 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Nxe8 $18) 20. Nd2 $18 Bxg2 (20... Bf5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Nc7 Qc8 23.
Nxa8 Qxa8 24. a4 {/\ Bb5+-}) (20... Bxd5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Nc7 Qc6 23. Nxa8
Na5 24. c4 Be6 25. Qf3 $18) 21. Bxg2 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Rxa2 23. Ra1 Rb2 24. Rb1
Ra2 25. Nf3 Qd7 26. Qe4 $1 {>< f5, g4, a4} Kg7 27. c4 h5 {/\ Qg4} 28. h3 $1 Na5
29. Bf1 Ra4 30. Re1 Rb4 31. Kg2 $1 (31. Qe8 Qxe8 32. Rxe8 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4
34. Nxd6 Rc1+) 31... Rb3 32. Re3 (32. Qe8 Qf5) 32... Rb4 (32... Rxe3 $8 33.
Qxe3 {/\ Bd3, Nd2-e4}) 33. Qe8 Qxe8 34. Rxe8 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Nxd6 Rc1
37. Rc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Re1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. c4 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nc3 h6
15. Bh4 O-O 16. Qh3 Kf7 17. f4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rg8 19. Qf3 Rge8 20. Rd3 Kf8 21.
g4 Kg8 22. g5 Nh7 23. Qh5 Rf8 24. gxh6 Rxf4 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Nd5 Qh4 27. Qxh4
Rxh4 28. Rxe6 Rxh6 29. Re7 Rg6+ 30. Rg3 Rxg3+ 31. hxg3 Rb8 32. Rd7 Nf6 33.
Nxf6+ gxf6 34. a4 Rf8 35. Rxb7 Rf7 36. Rb8+ Rf8 37. Rb7 Rf7 38. Rb8+ Rf8 39.
Rb5 Kf7 40. a5 Ke6 41. a6 Ke5 42. Rb7 Kd4 43. b3 Kc3 44. Kf2 Rh8 45. Ke3 Re8+
46. Kf4 Re1 47. Kf5 Ra1 48. Kxf6 Rxa6 49. Kf5 Ra1 50. Ke6 a5 51. Kxd6 a4 52.
bxa4 Rxa4 53. Rb5 Rxc4 54. Rxc5 Rxc5 55. Kxc5 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Eine kleine Überraschung. Normalerweise spielt Anand 1.e4.} Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 {Nach dem üblichen 5...Nxd5 haben wir die
Grundstellung der Semi-Tarrasch Verteidigung auf dem Brett. Der Partiezug
wurde seinerzeit sehr oft von Paul Keres gespielt.} 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 {Der
Partiezug führt zu einer symmetrischen Stellung, in der Weiß ein wenig
Initiative bekommt, Schwarz aber über eine solide Stellung verfügt.} (6... exd5
{Das war eigentlich eine Lieblingsvariante von GM Keres.} 7. e4 $1 $14) 7. e4
Nxc3 8. Qxc3 {Es gibt eine andere Zugfolge, die zu derselben Stellung führt: 1.
c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxc3 7.Qxc3 Nc6 8.e4 e6.}
Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 (9... Qb6 10. Bxc6+ (10. a4 Qc5 11. Bd2 Qxc3 12. Bxc3 Bd7 $11)
10... Qxc6 11. Qxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rfc1 $14 Bb7 15. Bc5 Bxc5
16. Rxc5 {Weiß besitzt einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften Vorteil, weil der Pc6
eine ewige Schwäche in der schwarzen Stellung darstellt.}) 10. O-O Qb6 11. a4 (
11. Ba4 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Rd1 f6 14. Be3 Ke7 15. a3 Bd6 16. Rd2 Rhd8 17.
Rad1 Bc7 18. Bc5+ Ke8 19. Bb3 Bf4 20. Rd3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Barsov,A/
Corsica Rapid, Bastia FRA 1997 (24)}) 11... Qc5 12. Qd3 {Wenn Weiß auf
Eröffnungsvorteil spielen will, muß er die Damen auf dem Brett halten.} (12.
Bd2 Qxc3 13. Bxc3 $11) (12. Be3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 a6 $5 (13... Bd6 $6 14. Rfd1 Ke7
15. e5 $1 Bc7 16. Bc5+ $16) 14. Be2 Bd6 15. Rfb1 (15. Rfd1 Ke7 $11) 15... O-O-O
$11) 12... Qd6 (12... a6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bxc6 (14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Be3 Bc8 16. Qc2
Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 $36 {Weiß hat großen Entwicklungsvorteil, und der schwarze
König steht schlecht in der Mitte.}) 14... Bxc6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf4 f6 17. Nxc6
Rxc6 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 {1-0 Zueger,B-Giertz,N/SUI-ch 1995 (40)}) 13. Qe2
Qc7 $146 (13... a6 14. e5 $1 (14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bxc6 (15. Bc4 Na5 $13) (15. Bd3
Bd6 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Rac1 Qb8 (17... Bc6 18. Nd4 $14)) 15... Bxc6 16. Bg5 h6 17.
Be3 Bd6 $11) 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Nb4 $8 (15... Be7 16. Bd2 $16) 16. Be4 (16. Bb1
Rc8 $1 (16... Bc6 17. Ng5 $14)) 16... Bc6 17. Bd2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd5 19. Rfc1
Qd7 20. Rc4 Be7 (20... h5 $5) 21. Qg4 Kf8 $8 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Adams,M/
Deutschland 1997 (45)}) (13... Be7 14. Bd2 (14. Rd1) 14... a6 15. e5 Qc7 16.
Bd3 Nb4 17. Rfc1 Bc6 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qe4 $16) 14.
e5 $5 {Ein zweischneidiger Zug! Weiß gewinnt Raum und bekommt Initiative am
Königsflügel. Aber in einigen Varianten wird der Pe5 schwach, und mit dem
Partiezug wird zugleich die Kontrolle über das Feld d5 aufgegeben.} Bc5 15. Rd1
a6 16. Bd3 h6 {Mit diesem Zug sichert Schwarz seine Königsstellung und
unterbindet das eventuelle Springermanöver Nf3-g5.} (16... O-O $2 17. Bxh7+
Kxh7 18. Ng5+ (18. Qc2+ $16) 18... Kg8 (18... Kg6 19. Qd3+ $18 {[%csl Rg6]})
19. Qh5 $16) 17. Bf4 Nb4 {Schwarz muß mit dem König in der Mitte bleiben. In
der Tat ist es nicht leicht für Weiß, seinen Angriff zu organisieren.} (17...
O-O 18. Qe4 $16 {[%cal Rd3h7]}) 18. Be4 Bc6 $11 {Die Kontrolle über das Feld
d5 bietet Schwarz gleiche Chancen.} 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Bxc6+ Qxc6 {Natürlich hat
Schwarz nach dem Tausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer sehr starke Kontrolle über
die weißen Felder, aber seine Königsstellung ist ein wenig unsicher.} 21. Ne4
Rxd1+ (21... O-O $5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh5 Bxf2+ (24... Kg7 25.
Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kg6 (27... Kg8 28. Qg4+) 28. Qg4+ $18) 25. Kxf2
Qc2+ $13) 22. Rxd1 Be7 23. Nd6+ {Früher oder später muß Weiß diesen Zug
spielen. Der schwarze Plan mit Nd5 ist offensichtlich.} (23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Nd6+
Bxd6 25. exd6 Nd5 26. Qg4 Nxf4 27. Qxg7 (27. Rc7 Qxa4 (27... Qxd6 28. Rc8+ Ke7
29. Rxh8 $14)) 27... Rf8 28. Rc7 Qxd6 $19) 23... Bxd6 24. exd6 $13 {Die ewige
Frage in solchen Stellungen ist, ob der Pd6 nun stark oder eher schwach ist.
Im Mittelspiel kann der Bauer sehr gefährlich werden, aber im Endspiel -wenn
Schwarz z.B. mit Kd7 blockieren kann- ist er eine Schwäche.} Nd5 (24... Kd7 $2
{Dieser Blockadezug wäre verfrüht.} 25. Rc1 $16) 25. Be5 $6 (25. Qg4 g6 $13 (
25... Nxf4 26. d7+ Ke7 27. Qxf4 Rd8 28. Qb4+ Kf6 29. Qh4+ $1 $16) 26. Rc1 Qxa4
$1 (26... Qd7 27. Be5 $16 {[%csl Ge5]}) 27. Rc8+ Kd7 28. Rxh8 Qa1+ $19) 25...
f6 (25... O-O 26. Qg4 $36) 26. Qh5+ (26. Bxf6 $2 Nxf6 (26... gxf6 27. Qxe6+ $18
) 27. Qxe6+ Kd8 {Bemerkenswerter Weise befindet sich der schwarze König - dank
des weißen Pd6 - in Sicherheit auf der d-Linie.} (27... Kf8 $2 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29.
d7 $16) 28. Qe7+ Kc8 29. Qxg7 Rg8 $19 30. Qxf6 Qxg2#) 26... Kf8 27. Bg3 Qe8 28.
Qg4 h5 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. h4 {Meiner Meinung nach kommt Weiß um diesen Zug nicht
herum.} (30. f4 {[%cal Rf4f5]} h4 31. Bf2 Rh5 $13 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gh5d5]})
30... Kf7 31. Rc1 g6 $11 32. Qc2 {Weiß kontrolliert die einzige offene Linie,
aber es gibt dort keine Eindringungsmöglichkeiten.} (32. b3 Rc8 $11) (32. a5
Rc8 $11) 32... Rd8 33. Qc4 Kg7 34. a5 {Mit diesem Zug befreit Weiß seine Dame
von der Verteidigung des a-Bauern.} Kf7 {Die schwarze Stellung ist solide. Mit
einfachen Wartezügen kann er das Gleichgewicht halten.} 35. b3 Kg7 36. Qd3 Rc8
37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. bxc4 Nb4 {In der ganzen Partie verfolgt Schwarz nur eine
einfache Strategie: Blockade auf den weißen Feldern.} 39. Qd2 Nc6 40. Bf4 Nb8 {
Auf diese Weise befreit Schwarz seine Dame. Er möchte künftig seinen Springer
zur Blockade einsetzen.} 41. Be3 Qc6 42. Qb4 Nd7 43. c5 Qd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 44.
Qa4 Qc6 (44... Nxc5 $2 45. Bxc5 Qxc5 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qc7 $18 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6]}
(47. Qxe6 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh3) 47... Qe5 48. Qc8 {[%cal Rc8h8,Rh8h6,
Rd6d8]}) 45. Qf4 Kg8 {Schwarz muß die Drohung 46.Qh6 parieren. Nach dem
Partiezug bringt das Eindringen der Dame nichts.} 46. Qc4 (46. g4 Qd5 {[%csl
Gd5]} (46... hxg4 47. Qxg4 Kf7 48. h5 $36) 47. gxh5 gxh5 $13) 46... Kf7 47. Qf4
Kg8 48. Qc4 (48. Qh6 Qe4 {[%csl Ge4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Bd7 7. a4 (7. Nd5 e6
8. Ne3 Nge7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd7 dxe3 13. Qxd6 exf2+
14. Rxf2 Nc6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Qc7 Bd4 18. cxd4 Qxc7 19. Bxc7 Rxd7
20. Bg3 f5 21. d5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rdf7 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rfxf5 Rxf5 25. Rd7 Rf7
26. Rd6 Kf8 27. a3 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,L-Averbakh,Y/Zuerich ct 1953/CAND}) (7. Re1
Nd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Rc8 11. b4 e5 12. Bd2 Ne7 13. c3 dxc3
14. Nxc3 O-O 15. Qb3 h6 16. Rec1 Kh7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8
20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. g3 Qd7 22. b5 Bf8 23. Be3 b6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. a4 Be7 26. d4
Qc7 27. Qc6 Bd8 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. f4 f5 30. Kf3 exd4 31. Bxd4+ Kf7 32. g4 Ke6
33. exf5+ gxf5 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Kf7 36. Kf4 Kg6 37. h4 d5+ 38. Be5 Bd8 39.
Bd4 Be7 40. Ke5 Bd8 {1-0 Fuchs,R-Vizantiadis,L/Vrnjacka Banja zt 1967/EXT 97})
7... Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bc4 h6 12. Ne2 b6 13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Qe8 16. c3 d5 17. Kh1 g5 18. Ne2 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. dxe4 Rd8 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Ng3 Qd3 25. Qb3 Nc4 26. Bf2
Bg7 27. Kg1 Be5 28. Nf1 Rf8 29. Ne3 Qd2 $2 (29... Bd4 $1 {Thipsay} 30. Ng4
Bxf2+ 31. Nxf2 Qg3 32. Qc2 (32. Re2 Ne3 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Rf7 35. Nh1 Qf4
36. Qxf7+ (36. Qe6 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe2 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40. Qc7+ Ke6 41.
Qc6+ Ke5 42. Qe8+ Kf6 43. Qh8+ Rg7 44. Qf8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kh7 $19) 36... Qxf7
37. Rxe3 Qb3 $19) 32... Ne5 33. Ra1 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Nh4 $19) 30. Nf5 $1 exf5 31.
Qxc4+ Kh8 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. Bg3 Qd6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Bxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 Bg4 18. f3 Bh3 19. Ne4 Rae8 20. Re2 h5 21. Bg5 Bc7
22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Rae1 f6 24. Nf2 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Bf5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Bf4 Bxf4
28. Qxf4 Bxd3 29. Rd2 Bb1 30. Qd6 Re8 31. Qxd5 Kh7 32. Kg2 Re5 33. Qb3 Qe8 34.
a3 Bf5 35. Qb4 Bd7 36. Qd4 Bc6 37. Qd3+ Kh6 38. Qd4 Qa8 39. Rd3 Qe8 40. g4 Re2
41. Qf4+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Qg6 43. Qxh5+ Qxh5 44. gxh5 Rxb2 45. Rd6 Be8 46. Rxa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a3 Nf6 (10... h6 $5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. Bh7+ Kh8
14. Be4 Qd6 $13 {"Bislang ist noch nichts besonderes passiert. Wenn Sie aber
Gefallen an außergewöhnlichen Manövern finden, sollten Sie auf jeden Fall
näher mit der Partie Olafsson,H-Tisdall,J/Reykjavik zt-plof 1995 (42)
beschäftigen. Dort überdeckt Schwarz mit Rd8 den Punkt d5 und mit Qf8 den
Bauern h6!"(P.Schlosser in CBM 56)}) 11. Be3 (11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 a6 (12... h6
13. Bc4 Bd7 14. Be3 $6 (14. Qe2 $5) (14. Ba2 $5) (14. Ne5 $5) 14... Rc8 15.
Rac1 $6 $14 {1-0 Wahls,M-Mueller,K/Hamburg HSK (5) 1996/CBM 56/[Schlosser] (43)
} (15. Qe2 $1 Nb8 $140 16. d5 $32)) (12... g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Bc4 $14) (12...
Bd7 13. Ne5 a6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Yudasin,L/
Groningen PCA 1993 (24)}) 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Be6
17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qf5 $16 {Topalov,V-Gausel,E/Moscow olm 1994/CBM 45/1-0 (65)})
11... O-O (11... Bd7 $6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Qd2
$1 {+/- Rechlis,G-Haba,P/Ostrava 1991/Inf 53 (16)}) 12. O-O-O $5 {eine
unorthodoxe Idee von Anand,} ({bekannt ist z.B.} 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14.
Ne5 Be8 15. Qe2 $14 {Mortensen,E-Pedersen,E/Aarhus 1983/MCL 03/1/2-1/2 (73)})
12... Bd7 13. Ng5 (13. d5 $5 exd5 14. Nxd5 h6 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16.
Rxd5 Rc8 17. Rh5 Nb4 18. axb4 Rxc2+ 19. Bxc2+ Kg8 {[%tqu "En","Can white play
for a win or is perpetual check the best he can get?","","","h1d1","White is
actually winning here!",6,"De","Muß Weiß sich mit Dauerschach begnügen?","","",
"h1d1","Nein!",6]} 20. Rd1 g6 (20... f5 21. Bb3+ Rf7 22. Rxd7 $18) (20... Qc8
21. Rxd7 Bxb4 22. Rhd5 $18) 21. Rhd5 $18) (14... Rc8 15. Kb1 Nxd5 $2 16. Bxh7+
Kh8 17. Rxd5 Nb4 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Qf5 Qxf5+ 20. Bxf5 $16) 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16.
Kb1 $14) 13... h6 14. Nge4 (14. Nh7 $6 Re8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5
Ne5 {ist aus schwarzer Sicht vollkommen in Ordnung.}) (14. h4 Rc8 $13) 14...
Rc8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Qd3 Nd5 20. Rc1 Nxc3+
21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qd5 23. Rc1 Bf6 (23... Qxg2 $2 24. b4 Nb7 $2 25. Qc7 Qd5
26. Rc3 $18) 24. f3 Rd8 25. Rc2 Qb3 26. Qxb3 Nxb3 27. Rc7 Nxd4 (27... Bxd4 28.
Bxd4 Rxd4 (28... Nxd4 29. Rxa7 Nf5 30. Rb7) 29. Kc2 Nc5 30. Rxa7 {war Adams
angesichts der weißen Damenflügelmehrheit wohl zu riskant, so daß er lieber
den Springer behält und gegen das Läuferpaar weiterspielt.}) 28. Rxa7 g5 29.
Rb7 Rd6 30. Bc4 Be5 31. h3 Kg7 32. a4 Kf6 33. Bf2 h5 34. h4 Nf5 35. hxg5+ Kxg5
36. Bxb6 (36. Rxf7 Rd2 (36... Kg6 $5) 37. Bxe6 Bf6 38. Bxf5 Rxb2+ 39. Kc1 Rxf2
$14) 36... Rd2 37. g4 $2 {danach schrumpft das weiße Gewinnpotential auf den
a-Bauern zusammen} (37. Bc7 $5 Bxc7 (37... Rd7 $2 38. f4+ $3 $18) 38. Rxc7 Kf6
(38... Rxg2 $2 39. Rxf7 $18) 39. a5 {und es ist nur die Frage, ob Weiß gewinnt
oder nicht.}) 37... hxg4 38. fxg4 Rxb2+ 39. Kc1 Kxg4 40. a5 Nd6 41. Rc7 Nxc4
42. Rxc4+ Kf5 43. Ra4 Rg2 44. a6 Rg8 45. a7 Ra8 46. Kc2 Bb8 $5 {forciert das
Remis bevor etwas anbrennen kann} 47. axb8=Q Rxb8 48. Be3 e5 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50.
Ke2 f6 {zwar wäre selbst R+B gegen R theoretisch remis, aber Weiß ist hier
nicht einmal in der Lage, die beiden verbliebenen schwarzen Bauern zu erobern.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. Kh1 Nd7 {/\Nc5} (10... O-O 11. Nxd4 $5) 11. b4 $5 {[%csl
Gc5]} O-O 12. Bb2 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Qb6 13. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Yb1b4]} Nb8 $5 {/\Nc6}
(13... e5 14. c3 (14. f5 $5 gxf5 15. Rxf5 {mit weißer Initiative am
Königsflügel.}) 14... dxc3 15. Bxc3 (15. Nxc3 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qa5 $13) 15... exf4
$5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rxf4 (17. Nxf4 Ne5 $132) 17... Ne5 18. Bc2 Bg4 $132) 14.
c3 (14. f5 $5 Nc6 15. Nf4 $5) 14... Nc6 15. h3 (15. a4 Bg4 $11) 15... Be6 16.
a4 Rac8 17. Qe1 $1 {/\Qf2} (17. b5 $6 axb5 18. axb5 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd4 $132) (
17. a5 $5 Qa7 18. Qe1) 17... dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. dxc3 {/\f4-f5-f6} f6 $1 (
19... f5 $6 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Ng3 Rf7 23. Qe6 $36) 20. a5 Qc7 21.
Qg3 {[%cal Yg4g6] /\e5; /\f5 gefolgt von Nf4 -> Punkt g6} Bf7 (21... Rcd8 22.
f5 Bf7 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. c4 $14) 22. h4 (22. f5 Ne5 $132) 22... Kh8
23. Qh3 $5 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yc3c4,Yb4b5,Ye2d4,Yd4e6] /\h4-h5, /\c4,b5 gefolgt von
Nd4-> e6} Rcd8 $1 {[%cal Yd6d5,Yb7b6] /\Qc8, /\b6, /\d5} (23... b6 $2 24. Bxa6)
24. c4 (24. h5 gxh5 25. Ng3 Qc8 $15) 24... b6 $1 25. axb6 Qxb6 {[%cal Yb6d4,
Yb6b4] Dies soll den Punkt d4 decken.} 26. b5 axb5 27. cxb5 Na5 $132 (27... Nd4
$6 28. Qe3 e5 29. Ra1 $36) 28. h5 $5 gxh5 29. Ng3 (29. f5 Rg8 30. Nf4 Rg5 $17)
29... Qe3 30. Rf3 Qc5 31. b6 Nb3 32. e5 $1 {[%cal Yd3h7,Yh3h7]} dxe5 (32... Nd2
33. Nxh5 Nxb1 34. Nxf6 $18) 33. Nxh5 e4 $5 (33... Bxh5 34. Bxh7 $1 $40 (34.
Qxh5 $2 e4) 34... Nc1 $5 35. Bc2 (35. Qxh5 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qg1+ $19) 35... exf4
36. Rxc1 Qg5 37. Rxf4 $36) 34. Bxe4 (34. Nxf6 $5 exf6 35. Bxe4 f5 (35... Bg8
36. Rfxb3 $18) 36. Bxf5 Bg8 37. Bxh7 Bxh7 38. Rfxb3 Rxf4 39. b7 Rb8 40. Rc3 Qd6
(40... Qe5 41. Rc8+ Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Rxf8 43. Qc8 $18) 41. Rc8+ Rf8 42. Qc3+ Kg8
$11) 34... Nd2 35. Nxf6 $1 h5 $8 36. Rc3 Qa5 (36... Qxc3 $2 37. Qf5) (36...
Nxe4 37. Nxe4 $16) 37. Ra3 Qc5 38. Rc3 Qa5 39. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd7 $1 $146
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e6 (9. exd6 Nf6 $132) 9... Nf6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Nf3 Qb6 $5
12. Qc4+ (12. b3 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 $15) 12... Ke8 $5 {/\Bg7} (12... Kg7 13. Nd4
{[%cal Yd4e6]}) 13. Bd2 (13. Nd4 Bd7 $132 14. Ne6 $6 d5 15. Qe2 Bh6 $36) (13.
h3 Bg7 $132) 13... Qa6 (13... Qxb2 $2 14. Qxc6+ Nd7 15. Rb1 $18) (13... Ba6 14.
Qb3 $11) (13... Ng4 $5 14. Nd4 (14. O-O-O Nf2 $17) 14... Bd7 15. h3 Bg7 $13)
14. Qd4 Rb8 (14... Qb6 15. O-O-O) 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. b3 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18.
Rhe1 Kf7 19. Nf3 h6 20. Be3 Rb7 21. Bd4 Bg7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxg7 (23. Rxe4 $6
Bxd4 24. Rexd4 c5 25. R4d3 Bc6 $15) 23... Kxg7 24. Rxe4 Kf7 {/\..c5, ..Bc6} 25.
Re3 c5 26. Rde1 Bc6 27. Nh4 Rg8 28. g4 Rc7 {/\Bc6-b7-c8} 29. Kd2 $14 Bb7 30.
Rf1 Bc8 31. h3 Ke8 {/\32...g5} 32. f5 (32. c4 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Nf5 Rg6 $11)
32... gxf5 (32... g5 33. Ng6 (33. f6 e5 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. Rxf5 Kf7 $132) 33...
Rg7 34. Rh1 $36 {/\h4}) 33. Nxf5 Bxf5 34. Rxf5 Rg6 35. Ref3 Kd7 36. Rf7 (36.
Rf8 $5 Rc8 (36... c4) 37. Rxc8 Kxc8 38. Rf8+ Kc7 39. Ra8 Kb7 40. Rh8 $14) 36...
Rc8 37. Rh7 Rcg8 $1 38. Rff7 Re6 39. Rf5 a5 40. Rf4 Rg5 41. Rf5 (41. Ra4 Rd5+
42. Kc3 Re2 $132) 41... Rxf5 42. gxf5 Rf6 43. Ke3 d5 44. h4 Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Be7 8. Qc2
Ng5 9. Nxg5 Bxg5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qe2 Re8
15. Re1 h6 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Na4 f6 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rxe5 20. Nxc5 Rae8
21. Kf2 Bg6 22. d4 Rf5+ 23. Kg1 Rg5 24. Rac1 h5 25. Rc3 h4 26. Re2 Re7 27. Rf2
Rg4 28. Kf1 Kh7 29. Rf4 Rxf4+ 30. exf4 {[%csl Rc6,Ye3,Ye4,Yf5,Yg4] [#] Hecht
weißer Vorteil am Damenflügel mit gutem Springer; schwarzer Vorteil am
Königsflügel mit aktivem Gegenspiel durch Königseinsatz.} Bh5 31. Rc2 Kg6 32.
Kf2 Kf5 33. g3 hxg3+ 34. hxg3 g5 35. fxg5 Kxg5 36. Rd2 Bg4 37. Nd3 Kf5 38. Nb4
Ke4 39. Nxc6 Rh7 40. Kg1 Ke3 41. Rh2 Rc7 42. Rc2 Bd7 43. Rc3+ Kd2 44. Ne7 Rxc3
45. bxc3 Kxc3 46. Nxd5+ Kxd4 47. Nxf6 Be6 48. a3 Kc3 49. Ne4+ Kb2 50. a4 Ka3
51. Kf2 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Ne5 h6
14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rae1 b6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qd2 Nh7 18. Qxh6 {1-0 Shamkovich,
L-Gudmundsson,E/Reykjavik op 1982/MCD-op (32)}) 12... Re8 13. c4 g6 14. c5 Nf6
15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Rab1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Rf8 19. Rfc1 Bf6 20. Nc4 Bxd4 21.
Nd6 Qd8 22. Nxb7 Qf6 23. c6 Bc8 24. Rb3 e5 25. Be4 Be6 26. Rf3 $2 Qg5 27. Qe1
Qe7 $4 (27... f5 $17 28. h4 (28. Nc5 {Anands Partieidee} Bxc5 29. Rxc5 fxe4 30.
Qxe4 $17) 28... Qg4 29. Bb1 f4 30. Bh2 Qxh4 $17) 28. Qa5 Bb6 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30.
Rxa3 f6 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Nc7 33. f3 a6 34. h4 Rad8 35. Rc1 Rd2 36. Be1
Rxa2 37. Rxa2 Bxa2 38. Ba5 Rf7 39. Rd1 Nb5 40. Rc1 Nc7 41. Rd1 Nb5 42. Rd8+ Kg7
43. Ra8 Bc4 44. Rb8 (44. c7 $1 Nxc7 45. Rc8 $18) 44... f5 45. Bc2 Bd5 46. Rb6
Nd6 (46... Nd4 47. Ba4 Ra7 48. Bb4 {/\ Bd6+-}) 47. c7 Nc8 48. Rb8 Rf8 49. Ba4
Be6 50. Bc3 $18 Kf6 51. f4 Kf7 52. Bxe5 Ne7 53. Rd8 Nc8 54. Kf2 Ke7 55. Bc6 a5
56. Bb7 Kf7 57. Bc6 Ke7 58. Bc3 Kf7 59. Bxa5 Rg8 60. Bb4 Na7 61. Ba4 Nc8 62.
Bc5 h6 63. Bb5 g5 64. fxg5 hxg5 65. h5 1-0

[Event "Madras sim"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kavitha, JE."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. e3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Nd3 bxa3 13. Nxa3 a6 14. b4 Ne7 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. c5 Qd5 17. Rc1 b5 18. Nb1 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Qf5 20. Qe2 Nc6 21. Na2 e5
22. cxd6 Rxd6 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Nc3 h6 26. Qf3 Rad8 27. Qf4 Qh5
28. Ne4 Ng4 29. h4 Re6 30. Rc5 Qg6 31. Ng5 hxg5 32. Qxg4 Re4 33. Qxg5 Qxg5 34.
hxg5 Rxb4 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Ra5 Kf8 37. Kg2 Ra7 38. Re5 f6 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. Re6
Ra4 41. Rxa4 bxa4 42. Rxf6+ Ke7 43. Rf4 a3 44. Ra4 a5 45. g4 Kd6 46. g5 Kc5 47.
f4 Kb5 48. Rxa3 Kb4 49. Ra1 Kb3 50. Kf3 Kb2 51. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Madras sim"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. c4 Bf6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Bxe6
Rxe6 15. Rb1 Qd5 16. Qa4 Rae8 17. Qxa7 Bg5 18. Rb8 Qd7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. a4 f5
21. Qc5 h6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Kf1 f4 24. Bd2 f3 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bxg5 fxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Qe4+ 28. f3 Qg6 29. Qc5 hxg5 30. Kg3 Qb1 31. Qxc6 Qg1+ 32. Kh3 g4+ 33.
fxg4 Qf1+ 34. Kh4 Qf2+ 35. Kg5 Qxh2 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Madras sim"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Preethi, Rajkumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. f3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nc5 14. Be2 Qc7
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 b6 17. b4 Qxe5 18. bxc5 Qxa1 19. Nc3 Qxc1+ 20. Qxc1 bxc5
21. Qa3 c4 22. Qd6 Kf7 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Re8 25. Bh5+ g6 26. Bf3 Bb7 27.
exd5 exd5 28. Nxd5 Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Madras sim"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ramaswamy, Aarthie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. c5 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 d5 15. exd5
Nexd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 c6 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. b5 Kf8 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Rb1 Nc3 23. e7+ Kxe7 24. Rb7+ Ke8 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Bf6 27. Bf7+
Kd8 28. Bxh6 Nb5 29. Be6 Nd4 30. Bc4 Rc8 31. Rf7 Bh4 32. Ba6 Ne6 33. Bxc8 Kxc8
34. Rxa7 Bd8 35. Kf1 c5 36. Be3 c4 37. Ra4 Kd7 38. Rxc4 Kxd6 39. a4 Kd5 40. Rc1
e4 41. fxe4+ Kxe4 42. Bf2 Bc7 43. h3 g5 44. Ra1 Ba5 45. Be1 1-0

[Event "Madras sim"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 Nf6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Kh7 12. b4 Rg8 13. Nbd2 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. hxg4
Bxg4 16. a5 Ba7 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Nh5 19. a6 Bb6 20. axb7 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nb8
22. Bh4 Qe6 23. Re3 Bh3 24. g3 Nf4 25. Bc4 Qd7 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Qxf1 Nc6 28.
Kh2 Ng6 29. Qb5 exd4 30. cxd4 Nce5 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. Nc4 Rb8 33. Nxb6 Nxb6 34.
Rc3 Nxh4 35. Nxh4 Rxb7 36. Kh3 Nd7 37. Nf5 Nf8 38. g4 Ne6 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. f3 h5
41. d5 Nc5 42. gxh5+ Kxh5 43. Kf4 Kg6 44. Rc2 Rb3 45. Kg4 Nd7 46. Nh4+ Kf6 47.
Rxc7 Ne5+ 48. Kg3 Kg5 49. Rc8 Ra3 50. Rd8 Nc4 51. Rg8+ Kf6 52. Kf4 Ne5 53. Rd8
Nd3+ 54. Kg3 Ke5 55. Rh8 Nc5 56. Rh5+ Kf6 57. Kg4 Nd3 58. Rh8 Nf2+ 59. Kf4 Nd3+
60. Kg3 Ne5 61. Rh6+ Ng6 62. Nxg6 fxg6 63. Rh7 g5 64. Rh6+ Ke7 65. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Madras sim"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Venkatesh, Marani Rajendran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. b4 a6 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Bh2 Ne4 14. Na4 g5 15.
Ne5 Nef6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rg1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Kd2 f6 21. f4
gxf4 22. exf4 e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. f5 Bf7 25. Re1 Rad8 26. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 {The Semi-Slav has
quite often in the past been a battle-ground for Karpov and Anand, ever since
their candidates match in 1991.} 6. Bd3 {In Brussels 1991 the position after} (
6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 {arose 3 times.} ({Last year in
Biel Anand came up with} 9... a6 $5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b5 13. b4
Ncd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Rfc1
Nd5 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Ne5 Nb6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qd6 25. Nd3
Nd7 $11 {Karpov,An-Anand,V/Biel A 1997/})) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 {
This is the move Anand uses most often. But sometimes he varies with} (8... b4
9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. a3 O-O 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. e4 h6 15. e5
$1 (15. Qc2 a5 {transposes to another Karpov-Anand game, in which Black had
sufficient counterplay.} 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qb8 19. Rd1 c5 20. Bf4
$6 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. h4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ng6 25. h5 Nxf4 26. Rxf4
Ra7 27. g4 Bf8 28. g5 Rb7 $15 {Karpov,An-Anand,V/Moscow Alekhine m 1992}) 15...
Nd7 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Qg4 c5 $5 21. Bxg6 fxg6
22. Qxg6 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Be3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bxe3 27. fxe3
Re7 $14 {Karpov,An-Anand,V/Monte Carlo act 1996}) 9. O-O ({Another attempt to
gain an advantage is} 9. e4) (9. a3 {is too soft, as game 3 shows.}) 9... a6
10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 $5 {The c5-c4 advance is part of Black's plan, by this
flexible move he tries to realize it at a more suitable moment. Maybe Anand
wanted to avoid Kasparov's continuation} (11... c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14.
b4 $5 $13) 12. dxe6 ({Ineffective is} 12. b3 Be7 13. a4 exd5 $1 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxb5 Nf6 19. Bb2 Nxd5 20. Re1 Bf6
21. Ne5 Rd8 22. Qc1 h6 23. Bc4 Re8 24. f4 {Krasenkov,M-Timman,J/EUchT Pula 1997
} Re7 $1 $11) ({An interesting situation arises, if White also makes a
prophylactic move-} 12. Bc2 $5 {Now delaying c4 is risky, after} Be7 13. dxe6
fxe6 14. Ng5 Qc6 15. f4 $1 (15. Qf3 h6 16. Qh3 hxg5 17. Qxh8+ Kf7 18. Qh3 g4
$44) 15... h6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 Rhf8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. a4 b4 {
Gelfand,B-Drejev,A/ Biel A 1995} 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. a5 $1 $40 {would favor White.}
) 12... fxe6 13. Bc2 {Of course Karpov doesn't repeat the pseudoactive} (13.
Ng5 $6 Qc6 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2 Bc5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rad1 h6 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Nd4
Rae8 20. a3 Ne5 21. h3 Ng6 $15 {Karpov,An-Anand,V/Monte Carlo act 1994}) 13...
c4 {The main move.} (13... O-O-O $143 $6 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Re8 16. f4 $1 Nc6
17. Nf3 g5 $5 18. e5 $1 g4 19. exf6 gxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21. Qh5 Be7 22. f7 Rd8
23. Be4 b4 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Rhf8
29. Rxf5 Rd7 30. Bf4 $36 {Sadler,M-Drejev,A/WChT Luzern 1997}) 14. Qe2 ({
Another topical problem is the position after} 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf3
$1 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Ng5 $44 {|^}) 14... Bd6 $8
(14... O-O-O 15. a4 $5 $40 {is very risky.}) 15. Nd4 ({An older alternative is
} 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. f4 h6 $1 17. Nh3 e5 $132 (17... Nd3 $5 $13)) 15... Nc5 16. f4
e5 17. Ndxb5 $5 $146 {A new and violent sacrificial attempt to wrest the
initiative. White destroys Black's << pawn chain at the cost of a piece. Lutz:
Gleich in der 1.Matchpartie wartet Karpow mit einer bemerkenswerten Neuerung
auf. Bislang wurde 17.Nf5 versucht, was dem Weißen nicht viel verspricht.} ({
Not too promising is the older} 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Nxd6 (18. Rd1 Nd3 $1 (18...
Rad8 $2 19. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 20. fxe5 $16) 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Qc7
$44 {[%csl Re4] @<=>,><e4}) 18... Qxd6 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Rf5 Qc7 21. Bg5 Nfxe4
$1 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nxe4 Qe5 24. Nf6+ $8 gxf6 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh5+ $11
{1/2,Kasparov,G-Akopian,V/Jerevan olm 1996} (26. Qh5+ {Lutz} Kg8 27. Qg6+ {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Akopian,V/Erevan olm 1996})) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19.
Nxd6+ (19. Qxc4 $2 Ba6 $17) 19... Qxd6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rf5 Qe7 (21... Qc7 $2
22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Bf4 {/\} Qc6 24. Re5+ Kf8 25. Rxc5 $1 $18) ({Perhaps possible
was also the provocative} 21... Qd6 $5 22. Qxc4 (22. e5 Qe6 23. Bh6 Nfe4 $1 24.
Bxg7 Rg8 $15) 22... Ne6 $5 $13 (22... Ncxe4 $143 $2 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qf7+ Kd8
25. Qxb7 Qd1+ 26. Rf1 Qd4+ 27. Be3 $1 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 $18)) 22. Qxc4 Rc8 $6 {
Is the pawn really poisoned? Lutz: Während die vorhergehenden Züge weitgehend
forciert waren, hat Schwarz nun eine Reihe von Alternativen :} (22... Ncxe4 $5
23. Bf4 (23. Qb5+ Kf8 24. Re5 Qd6 $1 {/\} 25. Qxb7 $4 Qd4+ $19) 23... Rc8 $1 (
23... Nd6 $2 24. Ba4+ Kf8 25. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 26. Bxd6+ Qxd6 27. Rf1+ $18 {->})
24. Qb5+ (24. Ba4+ Kf8 25. Qe2 Rc5 $1 $15 {doesn't seem to give White
sufficient compensation.}) (24. Qb3 {Lutz} Bd5 25. Rxd5 (25. Qb5+ Bc6 26. Qb3 (
26. Qc4 $2 Qa7+ $19) 26... Bd5 {mit Zugwiederholung}) 25... Nxd5 26. Re1 (26.
Qxd5 $2 Qa7+ $19) 26... Qc5+ 27. Kh1 O-O 28. Bxe4 Rxf4 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Bf3
$14 {und die Chancen liegen bei Weiß.}) 24... Bc6 25. Qb3 Bd5 $5 {and Black
has at least a draw.} {Losing is} 26. Rxd5 $2 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qa7+ $19) (22...
Nfxe4 $2 23. Bf4 {[%cal Rf5e5] /\Re5} Ba6 24. Ba4+ $1 $18) ({II)} 22... Nfd7 $6
{Lutz} 23. Bg5 Qe6 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Rc8 26. Qb5+ Bc6 27. Qb4 $16) ({III)
} 22... Ncd7 $5 $15 {Anand: Kramnik, who said that he checked all this way
back in 1991 with some friends. Lutz: kam auch stark in Betracht.} 23. Bf4 (23.
Bg5 Rc8) (23. e5 Nxe5 24. Qb5+ (24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qe7 $17) 24... Nc6 {
führt zu nichts, da Schwarz im nächsten Zug zur Rochade kommt.}) 23... Rc8 24.
Qb3 Ba6 $5 $132 {/\ ...Bc4} (24... Rxc2 $6 {ist zu phantasievoll} 25. Qxc2 Bxe4
26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Qc4+ {Prosaisch, aber effektiv.} (27. Rxf6+ Nxf6 28. Qxh8 Qc5+
29. Kh1 Qf2 {gibt Schwarz zumindest Dauerschach}) 27... Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Kxe6 29.
Ra5 $16 {mit klarem Vorteil im Endspiel.})) 23. Qb5+ Ncd7 $8 (23... Rc6 $143
24. Be3 $40) (23... Nfd7 $143 24. Bg5 $40 (24. Bg5 {Lutz} Qe6 25. Rd1 $16)) (
23... Qd7 {Lutz} 24. Rxc5 $18) (23... Kf7 {Lutz} 24. e5 $18) 24. Qxb7 (24. Ba4
Bc6 (24... Qxe4 $4 25. Re5+) 25. Qa6 O-O $142 $1 (25... Nb6 26. Bxc6+ (26. Qa5
$5) 26... Rxc6 27. Qb5 $36) 26. Bxc6 Nb8 27. Bd5+ (27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Rc5 (28. e5
{Lutz} Rxc6 29. Qf4 Nfd7) 28... Nxc6 $1 29. Rxc6 $2 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Qd7 $19) 27...
Nxd5 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qc4 Kh8 $5 30. Bd2 $11 (30. Bd2 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Qf2 32.
Qc1 Nf6 $19)) 24... Rxc2 25. Bg5 (25. e5 $2 Qc5+) ({Tricky was} 25. Ra5 $5 Kf7
$142 $1 {erscheint mir beachtenswert.} (25... Qd6 26. Be3 $1 Qd3 {wird von M.
Gurewitsch vorgeschlagen, aber} (26... Rf8 27. e5 Qd3 28. Qf3 $1 $16) 27. Ra3
Qe2 28. e5 Rxb2 29. Qc6 $40) (25... O-O $2 26. Qb3+) (25... Qe6 $2 26. Ra8+ Ke7
27. Rxh8 Qg4 28. Qb4+ Nc5 29. Bd2 $18) 26. Qb3+ {Ein hübsches Echo-Motiv :
Zuerst holt die weiße Dame den schwarzen Turm ab ...} (26. e5 $6 Rb8) 26... Qe6
$1 27. Qxc2 Qb6+ {...und dann holt die schwarze Dame den weißen Turm ab.} 28.
Be3 Qxa5 29. Qc4+ Kg6 $132) 25... Qd6 (25... Qxe4 $143 $2 26. Qxe4+ Nxe4 27.
Re1 Ndc5 (27... Rc4 28. b3 Rd4 29. Rf2 $1 Ndf6 (29... h6 30. Rd2 $1) 30. Rf4
$16) 28. b4 $16) (25... O-O {Lutz} 26. Qb3+ $18 {(A.Karpow)}) 26. Qa8+ (26.
Bxf6 gxf6 {-26.Qa8+} (26... Nxf6 $2 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qxh8 Qd2 29. Rxf6+ Kxf6
30. Rf1+ $18)) 26... Kf7 $2 {A tactical oversight, which costs Black the game.
According to Anand, he overlooked White's crushing 31-st move. Lutz: Schwarz
hat eine Remis-Kombination im Sinn, die jedoch brilliant widerlegt wird.
Karpow hatte in seiner Hausanalyse 26...Qb8 als Bestes erachtet.} (26... Qb8
$142 $8 27. Qxb8+ (27. Re5+ $2 Kf7) 27... Nxb8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30.
Kxf2 Nc6 $11) 27. Qxh8 Qd4+ (27... Qb6+ $143 28. Kh1 Qxb2 29. Raf1 Rxg2 30.
Qxh7 $18) 28. Kh1 Qxe4 29. Rf3 Rxg2 $5 30. Kxg2 Ne5 31. Qxg7+ $1 $18 {Lutz:
Dank dieser Pointe wickelt Weiß in ein klar vorteilhaftes Endspiel ab.} (31.
Bxf6 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) (31. Raf1 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 (32. Bxf6 Ne5+ 33. Kf2
Qf3+ $11) 32... Qe2+ 33. Kg1 $5 (33. Rf2 Qg4+) (33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kh3 (34. Rf2
Qg1+ 35. Kf3 Qg4+ 36. Ke3 Qxg5+ $11 (36... Qxg5+ {Lutz} 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kd3
Qe4+ $11 {mit Dauerschach (A.Karpow).})) 34... Qe6+ $11) 33... Qxf3 34. Bxf6
Qg4+ $1 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 36. Ke1 Qe3+ 37. Kd1 (37. Kf1 Qf4+ $11) 37... Qg1+ 38. Kc2
Qxh2+ $11 {[%cal Rg7f6] /\gf6}) 31... Kxg7 32. Bxf6+ Kg6 (32... Kh6 $5 {
Lutz (A.Karpow)}) 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Rg1 (34. Rf2 $142 $5 $18 {is even more
convincing.}) 34... h5 $8 35. b3 (35. b4 $5) 35... Qe2+ 36. Rf2 Qe4+ 37. Kf1+
$6 {Lutz: Verliert den a-Bauern, wonach der Gewinn sehr schwierig wird.} (37.
Kh3+ $142 $1 Kh6 (37... Kh7 {Lutz} 38. Rf7+ Kh6 39. Rf6+ Kh7 40. a4 {(A.Karpow)
}) 38. Rf6+ Kh7 39. Rg3 $18) 37... Kh6 38. Rg3 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Rgf3 Qg6+
41. Kf1 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qg6+ 43. Kh1 Qb1+ 44. Rf1 $8 (44. Kg2 $4 Qg6+ {leads to
threefold repetition.}) 44... Qxa2 {[%cal Yh1c4,Yb3b7] Although Karpov hasn't
played this phase too accurately, his win still isn't endangered. White
gradually strengthens his position by advancing his K and preparing the
advance of his passed pawn. Black has no reaslitic hopes for perpetual check,
as White's R control the whole board. White also more than once utilizes the
fact, that all pawn endgames are hopeless for Black.} 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Rf7+ Kh8
47. Rf8+ Kg7 48. R8f7+ Kg8 49. R7f3 Kg7 50. h3 Qc2 51. R1f2 Qe4 52. Kg2 Qb4 (
52... Kg6 53. Rd2 {[%cal Rg2f2,Rf3e3] /\Kf2,Re3}) 53. Re2 Qd4 54. Re7+ Kg6 55.
Re6+ Kg7 56. Rg3+ Kf7 57. Rge3 Qd5+ 58. Kg3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rg3h4] /\Kh4,קh5}
Qg5+ {Otherwise Black would lose his P.} 59. Kf2 Qh4+ 60. Ke2 Qd4 61. R6e4 Qa1
(61... Qb2+ $142 $16 {Lutz (A.Karpow)}) 62. Kd3 Kf6 63. Re6+ Kf5 64. b4 Qc1 65.
Kd4 Qc8 66. b5 Qd8+ 67. Kc5 Qc7+ 68. Kb4 Qf4+ 69. Kb3 Qc7 70. b6 Qd7 71. R3e5+
Kf4 72. Re4+ Kg3 73. Re3+ Kh2 74. Kc4 h4 (74... Qb7 75. Rd6 Kg2 76. Rd2+ Kf1
77. Kb5 $18) 75. Kc5 Qc8+ 76. Kd5 Qd8+ 77. Ke4 Qd7 78. Kf5 Kg2 79. Kg5 Qg7+ 80.
Kxh4 Kf2 (80... Qh7+ 81. Kg5 Qg7+ 82. Rg6 $18) 81. R3e5 $5 Qh8+ ({White will
advance his b-pawn after} 81... Qg3+ 82. Kh5 Qxh3+ 83. Kg6 Qg2+ 84. Rg5 Qb7 85.
Rf5+ {[%cal Rf5f7] /\Rf7 But now Karpov remains with 2 extra pawns.}) 82. Kg4
Qg7+ 83. Kf5 Qh7+ 84. Kf6 Qh4+ (84... Qxh3 $2 85. Re2+ Kf1 86. Re1+ Kf2 87.
R6e2+ $18) 85. Kf7 Qh7+ 86. Ke8 Qb7 87. h4 Qb8+ 88. Kf7 Qb7+ 89. Kg6 Qb8 90. h5
Qg8+ 91. Kf5 Qh7+ 92. Kf6 Kf3 93. Re3+ Kf2 94. Re2+ Kf3 95. R2e3+ Kf2 96. Kg5
Qg8+ 97. Kh4 Qd8+ 98. Kh3 Qd1 99. Re2+ Kf3 100. Kh2 Qd8 101. R6e3+ Kf4 102. b7
Qb6 103. Re4+ Kf3 104. R2e3+ Kf2 105. Re7 Qd6+ 106. Kh3 Qb8 107. R3e5 Kg1 108.
Rg7+ (108. Rg7+ Kf2 109. Rf7+ Kg1 110. Re1#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Karpov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. a4 Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nd2 (13. Bg5 {
Karpov} b3 14. Bd1 Rb8) 13... Rb8 14. Qe2 (14. Re1 h6 $6 15. Rb1 $1 $14 {
1-0 Leko,P-Garcia,G/Yopal 1997/CBM 60 (51) [Rodriguez]}) 14... Re8 (14... Ba7 {
Karpov}) 15. Nf3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb3 17. Bxb3 Rxb3 18. d4 (18. Qc2 Qb8 19. Nd2
Rb7) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Rxf3 $1 {Ftacnik: Karpov comes up with an inspired
defence, exchange sacrifice is quite dangerous and white will have to play
carefully.} (19... Rxe4 20. Be3 $1 $16) 20. Qxf3 $6 (20. gxf3 $2 Bxd4 21. Ra3 (
21. Bb2 Nh5 $1 $17) (21. Ra2 {Karpov} Qc8 22. Kg2 (22. Be3 $2 Qxh3 23. Bxd4 Re6
$19) 22... d5 23. Qd2 c5 $132) 21... d5 $44) (20. dxc5 $5 Rc3 21. Qxa6 $14)
20... Bxd4 21. Ra2 Nxe4 $44 (21... Rxe4 22. Bg5 $16) 22. Qd3 c5 (22... Qf6 $1 {
Winants} 23. Qxa6 Ng3 24. Qb5 (24. Rd1 Ne4 $1 $11) 24... Kf8) 23. Qxa6 d5 24.
a5 $1 {o^ a} (24. Qd3 Qf6 {/\ c4}) 24... c4 $1 (24... Re6 $6 {Karpov} 25. Qb7
Nc3 (25... Ng3 26. a6 $18) 26. Rc2 Re7 27. Qb6 Qe8 28. a6 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 $1 Ng3+
(29... Re6 30. Qa5 $16) 30. fxg3 Re1 31. Qb5 Qxb5 32. Rxe1 $16 c4 $140 33. Rd2)
25. Be3 (25. Qb7 $2 Re7 26. Qc6 Re6 $1) 25... Be5 (25... Re6 $2 26. Qxe6 fxe6
27. Bxd4 e5 28. Bb6 $1 {/\ a6-a7}) (25... Bf6 {Karpov} 26. Bb6 Qd7 27. Qa7 Qxa7
28. Bxa7 Nc3 29. Rc2 d4 {Lautier}) 26. Bb6 $1 (26. Qb7 d4) (26. Rc2 {Karpov} d4
27. Rxc4 dxe3 28. Rxe4 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rxe4 30. fxe3 $14 {Ubilava}) 26... Qd7 (
26... Qd6 {Karpov} 27. Qb7 Nc3 $5 (27... Rb8 28. Qa7 (28. a6 h6 29. Rb1 Nc3 $17
)) 28. Rb2 d4 $1 (28... h6 $6 29. a6 Na4 30. Rb5 Nc3 31. Rc5 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Qf6
33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Be3 Ng3+ 36. fxg3 Qxf1+ 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. Bf2 Qc2
39. Bg1 $16) 29. Qf3 d3 30. Be3 Qd5 $1 (30... Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 dxe2 32. Qxe2 Qc6
33. Rc1 (33. Rb1 h6 $11) 33... Qa4 (33... c3 $5) 34. Rxc4 Qxa5) 31. Qxd5 Nxd5
32. Rb7 c3 33. a6 Nxe3 34. fxe3 c2 35. Rd7 Bb2 36. Rc7 (36. Rxd3 c1=Q 37. Rxc1
Bxc1 38. a7 f6 $17) 36... Ra8 37. Kf2 h6 38. Kf3 Rxa6 39. Ke4 Rd6 $19) 27. Qa7
Qc6 $6 (27... Qxa7 28. Bxa7 Nc3 $13) 28. Bd4 Bc7 (28... Ra8 $142 29. Qb6 Qxb6
30. Bxb6 Nc3 31. Rc2 d4 {Lautier}) 29. Rb2 c3 (29... Ra8 $2 {Karpov} 30. Qb7
Qxb7 31. Rxb7 Bxa5 32. Ra1) 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. Bb6 $2 {Ftacnik: The bishop will
become displaced and black will enjoy strong counterplay with his passed c
pawn.} (31. Rc1 $142 $1 {Karpov} Nd6 (31... Qd6 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34.
a6 {/\ 35.f3, 36.R:c3}) (31... c2 $2 32. Rb2) 32. Rb3 $1 (32. a6 Nxb7 33. axb7
Re8) (32. Rxc3 Qxb7 33. Qxb7 Nxb7 34. a6 Na5 $1 35. a7 Nc4 $19) 32... Nb5 33.
Qc5 (33. Rcxc3 $2 Qxc3 $1 34. Rxc3 Nxa7 35. Bxa7 Bh2+ 36. Kxh2 Rxc3 $19) 33...
Qxc5 (33... Nxd4 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Rbxc3 Bxa5 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 g6 38. Rc5
$18) 34. Bxc5 Bf4 35. Be3 Nd4 36. Bxd4 Bxc1 37. Rxc3 $18 {Ubilava}) (31. a6
$142 $1 {Karpov} h6 (31... Qd6 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. a7 Rc8 35. Rb1
c2 36. Rc1 $18) (31... c2 32. Rc1 $16) 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Qb8+ Rc8 34. a7 c2 35.
Rc1 Kh7 36. Qb3 $16 {Lautier}) 31... Be5 32. Rxf7 (32. Rc1 {Karpov} d4 $1 (
32... c2 {Karpov} 33. Re7 $1 Bb2 (33... Bf6 $2 34. Rc7 Rxc7 35. Qxc7 $18) 34.
Bd4 $1 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 $16) 33. Rd7 Qh6 34. Rc2 Qd2 $1 $19) 32... c2 33. Rc1 Nc3
(33... Ng5 $11 {Karpov} 34. Re7 Nxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qg6+ $11) 34. Rf3 (34. Rf5 {
Karpov} Qe6 $1 (34... Bc7 35. Bxc7 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Rxc7 (36... Qxc7 $4 37. Rxc2 $1
$18) 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. Qa8+ Rc8 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. g3 h6 41. Kg2) 35. Rxe5 Qxe5
36. Qd7 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Re8 $1 (37... Rf8 $2 38. Rxc2 Ng3+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2
Nf1+ 41. Kh1 Ne3+ 42. Kh2 Nxc2 43. Qxd5+ Rf7 44. a6 Nb4 $11 45. a7 Nxd5 46.
a8=Q+ Rf8 47. Qxd5+) 38. Bc7 Qe4 39. Rxc2 (39. f3 Qe3 $19) 39... Ng3+ 40. Kg1
Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Nf1+ 42. Kh1 Ne3+ 43. Kh2 Nxc2 44. Qxd5+ Qe6 $19) 34... h6 $4 {
Ftacnik: Karpov misses the boat in a completely winning position. One must
admit, that the move 35...Qe8! from the winning line is easier for the
computer programs than for the living grandmaster.} (34... Ne2+ $1 35. Kf1 (35.
Kh1 {Karpov} Qe6 $1 36. Be3 d4 37. Bd2 Nxc1 38. Bxc1 Bb8 $19) 35... Qe8 $1 $19
{Fritz} (35... Qe6 $2 36. Kxe2 Bb8+ 37. Re3) 36. Kxe2 $140 (36. Be3 Nxc1 37.
Bxc1 Bb2 $19) 36... Bb8+ 37. Re3 Qb5+ $19) 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Re3 $1 $18 d4 37.
Rxe5 d3 38. Bd4 $1 Rg8 39. Re6 d2 40. Rxc6 $1 dxc1=Q+ 41. Kh2 $18 Qd2 42. Rc8
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bd6 13. O-O {Lutz: Der
nachfolgende Plan der Läuferentwicklung ist an dieser Stelle neu. Karpow hatte
gegen Kramnik zweimal 13.Bd2 versucht, allerdings ohne großen Erfolg.} (13. Bd2
Rb8 (13... Qc7 14. Bb4 c5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Qb5
19. Qxg7 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 O-O-O 21. Nd4 Nc5) 14. O-O $5 (14. Qa4 c5 (14... Qc7 15.
Rb1 c5 16. Rxb7) 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 (17... Qc8 18. O-O O-O
19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Qe4 Rc7 21. Ng5 g6 22. Qh4 h5 23. g4 Be7 24. gxh5 Rxc1 25.
hxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Kg2 Rxf2+ $3 27. Kxf2 fxg6+ $19) 18. Rd1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Karpov,
A-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1995} (18... O-O 19. Rxd7 Qe8 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. O-O Bxe5 22.
Rfd1 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Qb8 $14)) (14. Rb1 O-O 15. O-O Nf6 $10) 14... O-O (14... c5
$6 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Bc3 $1 (16. d5 exd5 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Rd7
20. Qa8+ Qd8 $14) 16... O-O 17. d5 Qe7 18. e4 f6 $8 19. Qc2 Nb6 $6 20. dxe6
Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Nc4 22. Rad1 $5 (22. a4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rac1 Bd4 $10) 22...
Nxa3 23. Qc1 Nc4 24. Nh4 $1 {Gurevich,M-Novikov,I/Antwerp op/1995/0-1 (93)})
15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd2 Qd5
21. Qc3 h6 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. h3 Rfb8 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. Qa4 Qe4 27. Qc2
Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/Monaco rapid 1996}) 13... O-O 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2)
14... Rb8 15. Qc2 c5 {The only exciting moment in the whole game, black trusts
his counterplay with bishop looking to white's kingside. Der einzige kleine
Höhepunkt der Partie.} (15... f5 $5 16. Bxc6 Rc8 17. d5 (17. Qb3 Rxc6 18. Qxb7
Rb6 $19) 17... exd5 18. Qc3 $1 (18. Nd4 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qc7+ $15)
18... Rf7 19. Bxb7 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Nb6 (20... Qc7 21. Bxd5 Qxc3 22. Ng5 Ne5 23.
Rac1 Qxa3 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. Bxf7+ Nxf7 26. Ne6 $18) 21. Ba6 $13) 16. Bxb7 (16.
Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 (17. Be4 $2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxb2 $19) (17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 (
18. cxd6 Qg5 19. g3 Qg4 $19) 18... Rxb2 19. Qxb2 Be5 $17) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3
Bxh2+ (18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qh4 20. f4 Qg4+ $11) (18... Qh4 $5 {Lutz}) 19. Kxh2
Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 16... Rxb7 17. dxc5 (17. Rab1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb8 $11)
17... Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. a4 (19. Qc3 Nf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. h4 Nf5 (12... Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 (
13... g6 14. Bh6 Re8 (14... Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18.
Re5 Bg4 19. g3 f6 20. Ree1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Obodchuk,A-Acs,P/
Budapest FS11 IM-B 1994 (43)}) 15. h5 Bc6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Ne5
Nxc3 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. bxc3 Qa5 21. Bd2 c5 22. c4 Qxa2 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 c4
25. Qf3 {1-0 Kosic,D-Cela,A/Balkaniad 1989 (33)}) 14. Ng5 $5 (14. a3 Bc6 15.
Ne2 Nb6 16. Ng3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rac1 Rg8 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2
Chiburdanidze,M-Ioseliani,N/WchW 1988 (39)}) 14... g6 (14... Ng6 $2 15. Nxf7 $1
) (14... Bc6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg8 g6 17. Nxf7+) (14... hxg5 15. hxg5 Bc6 16.
Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qh3 $18) 15. Nf3 Bg7 16. h5 $5 g5 (16... gxh5 17. Ne5 $16 {
/\ 18.Qg3, 18.Qh3}) 17. Nxg5 $3 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $40 f6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. h6 fxg5
$2 {(+)} (20... Nxc3 21. Bd2 Ncd5 22. hxg7+ Kxg7 $13 {/\} 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Qh6+
Kf7 25. Qh5+ $11) 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxd5 exd5 (22... Nxd5 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6
$18) 23. Re5 $1 $18 {1-0 Dzhandzhava,L-Kalegin,E/Batumi 1991 (30)}) (12... b6
13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Bb7 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rc8 18. a3 Nbd5 19.
Ne2 a5 20. g3 Nf5 21. Kg2 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxc8+
Qxc8 {1-0 Trofimova,O-Kononenko,T/EU-chJW U20 1995 (36)}) 13. Qd3 (13. Bxf5
exf5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 $11) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6
(14... Nxh4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Be4 $14) 15. h5 (15. g3 Nd6 16. Ba3
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. Bxf8 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qxf8 $13) 17... Re8 18. c4 Qc7 $11) (15.
Bxf5 exf5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. c4 $11) 15... Nd6 16. Ne5
(16. Ba3 $5) 16... Nxe4 (16... Bxe5 $5 17. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 18. dxe5 Nf5 19. Bxf5
exf5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Be3 $15) 17. Qxe4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Qxe5 Qd5 (18... b6
$11) 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ba3 Rd8 $11) 18... f5 $1 19. Qe2 $6 {After this move
only black can hope to create some problems.} (19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Be3 Rf5 21.
Rad1 $13) (19. Qf3 $5) 19... Bd7 20. Rd1 Bb5 $1 21. Qf3 (21. Rxd8 Bxe2 22. Rd7
Rf7 23. Rd6 Bxh5 24. Rxe6 Rc7 $15) 21... Qe8 22. Bf4 (22. Qxb7 Bc6 23. Qa6 (23.
Qc7 Rc8 24. Qd6 Rf7 $1 (24... Bd5 25. Rxd5 $5 exd5 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Ba3 Rg8
28. Bb4 Qxh5 29. Re1 $15) 25. Qb4 Rfc7 26. Qh4 Bb5 $17) 23... Bb5 (23... Qxh5
24. Bxh6 $1) 24. Qb7 (24. Qa5 Qxh5 25. Ba3 Bc6 26. Bxf8 Qg5 27. g3 Qh5 28. Kf1
Bf3 29. Ke1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxf8 $15) 24... Bc6 $11) 22... Rc8 23. Rd4 Rc4 24.
Rad1 (24. Qxb7 $5 Rxc3 25. Rb1 a6 26. a4 Bc6 27. Qb2 $11) 24... Qf7 25. Rxc4 (
25. Rd8 Be8 $1 26. R1d4 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Qxh5 28. Qxb7 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qg4 $17) 25...
Bxc4 26. a3 {The middlegame is not encouraging, pawns a3, c3, e5 and h5 are
potentially very weak.} Rc8 27. Rd4 Kh7 (27... Bd5 28. Qh3 Qc7 29. Rd3 $15) 28.
Bd2 Bd5 29. Qh3 b5 30. a4 (30. Qh4 Rc5 31. a4 (31. f3 a5 $17) 31... Be4 32.
axb5 Rxb5 $17) 30... bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 (32. Rb4 a5 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34.
Qh4 Bb3 $17) (32. Ra3 Qb7 $1 33. Qd3 Rh4 $17) 32... Bxc4 33. Qh4 Bb5 34. c4 (
34. Qb4 Qxh5 35. Qxb5 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxd2 $17) 34... Be8 35. c5 $2 {Anand plays
this endgame without his usual esprit, the situation was not so critical yet.}
(35. Qd8 $1 Qxh5 36. Be3 Qg6 (36... Qf7 37. Qa8 $11) (36... Bc6 37. Qd6 $11)
37. Qa8 a5 38. c5 a4 39. c6 f4 40. c7 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Bd7 42. Bc5 (42. Bxf4 Qf5
43. Bg3 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 42... Qg6 43. Kg1 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 $11) 35... Qd7
36. Bc3 Qd3 37. Qd4 (37. Bd4 a5 $17) (37. Bb4 Qd5 $17) 37... Qxd4 38. Bxd4 a5
39. c6 $2 (39. f3 $5 Bxh5 40. c6 Be8 41. c7 Bd7 42. Kf2 a4 43. Bc5 f4 $17) (39.
f4 a4 40. Bb2 Bxh5 41. c6 Be8 42. c7 Bd7 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Ba3 Bc8 45. Ke3 Kf7
46. Kd4 $15) 39... Bxc6 40. f3 f4 $1 (40... Be8 41. g4 $15) 41. Bb2 (41. Bc3 $2
a4 42. Bd2 a3 $19) 41... Be8 42. Bc1 a4 43. Bxf4 a3 44. Be3 Bxh5 {White must
have misjudged the consequences of this endgame. The assymetry of the pawns
plays in the hands of the side with a spare pawn.} 45. Kf2 (45. g4 a2 46. Bd4
Be8 47. f4 g6 48. Kf2 h5 49. Kg3 Ba4 50. Kh4 Kh6 51. Bc3 Bd1 52. gxh5 gxh5 $19)
45... Be8 46. Bd4 Bc6 47. Bc3 a2 48. g3 h5 49. g4 (49. Kg2 g5 50. Kf2 Kg6 51.
Ke3 h4 52. Kf2 h3 $19) (49. f4 Kg6 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Bb2 Kg4 52. Kf2 h4 53. gxh4
Kxf4 $19) 49... h4 (49... h4 50. f4 g5 $1 51. f5 (51. fxg5 Kg6 52. Ba1 Kxg5 $19
) 51... exf5 52. gxf5 g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 (10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b5 13. b4 Ncd7
14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {Karpov,A-Anand,V/
Biel/1997/0.5 (40)}) 10... b5 (10... Qc7 11. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 b5 (12... e5
13. Qh4 Nf6 14. e4 exd4 15. e5 $1 $40 {Epischin,V-Brenninkmeier,J/Wijk/1992/})
13. Bd3) 11. Be2 (11. Bf1 c5 $6 (11... Qc7 $5) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ng5 Bb7 14.
Nce4 Nxe4 (14... Rc8 $2 15. Nxf6+ $18) 15. Nxe4 Be7 (15... Rc8 16. Nxc5 Rxc5
17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Bb4 Rc2 20. Qh5 Rxb2 21. Rac1 Rc2 22. Bd6 Nf3+ 23.
gxf3 Rxc1 24. Bxc7 Rxd1 25. f4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Luther,T/Turin op 1996 
(48)}) 16. Nd6 Bd5 (16... Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Bd5 18. e4 Rc8 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Be3 $16)
17. e4 Bxd6 18. exd5 Rc8 (18... e5 19. a4 $14) 19. Qe2 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6 21.
Rd3 Qc7 22. g3 Bc5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rfe8 {Karpov,A-Polgar,Z/Madrid 1992/
1-0 (57)}) (11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxb5 Bxh2+
16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Be2 Be5 18. Bf3 c5 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Kg1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 22.
Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rab1 Qe5 {Greenfeld,A-Horvath,C/Montecatini Terme op 1997/1/2-1/
2 (61)}) 11... Qc7 (11... c5 $6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Nxc5 13. b4 $16) 13. Ne4
$1 Nxe4 (13... Qb6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Bb2 Be4 17. Qc1 Ncd7 18. Bd4
Qb7 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Rac1 {Bukic,E-Atalik,S/Ljubljana LSK 1997/0-1 (57)}) 14.
Qxe4 Ra7 (14... Qc7 $2 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Qg4 $16) 15. b4 Bb7 16. Qf4
Bxf3 (16... Be7 $2 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Nc6 $16) 17. Bxf3 Be7 18. Bb2
Qb8 $1 19. Rac1 (19. a4 $2 Qxf4 20. exf4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nb6 $15) 19... Bf6 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a3 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Luther,T/Bad Zwesten op 1997 (38)}) 12. Ne4
(12. e4 e5 13. g3 (13. h3 Bb7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Bxf6
gxf6 $11) 13... Re8 14. a3 Bb7 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 c5 $2 16. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 17.
Nxb5 $18) 15. Bg5 exd4 (15... h6 $6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 (16... Nxe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Qd2 $1 Rad8 19. Qxh6 $16) 17. Nxe5 hxg5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Qxg5 Nxe4
21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bf3 Re5 (22... Qe5 23. Qd2 Rc4 24. Qd7 $16) 23. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 (
23... Rxg5 24. Rxc7 Rb8 25. Re1 $18) 24. Qxe5 {1-0 Epishin,V-Polgar,Z/Madrid
1992 (44)}) 16. Nxd4 Be5 $5 $13) 12... Nxe4 (12... Be7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. e4
$14) 13. Qxe4 e5 14. Qh4 Re8 (14... h6 $6 {Kramnik,V-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/
CBM 63}) 15. Bd3 h6 (15... Nf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 $14) 16. Bc2 exd4 (16... Bb7 17.
e4 Rad8 18. Be3 $11) 17. Qxd4 (17. Nxd4 Nf6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rad8 20. Bd2
Be5 $11) (17. exd4 Be7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qd6 22.
Re1 Be6 $11) 17... Bf8 18. b3 Nf6 19. Qh4 (19. Bb2 Bg4 20. Rac1 Rad8 $15) 19...
g5 (19... Bg4 20. Bb2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Be7 22. Kh1 $5 $14) 20. Qg3 (20. Qd4 {Lutz}
Bg7 {/\} 21. Bb2 Nh5) 20... Qxg3 21. hxg3 {White is not without chances since
black has weakened his kingside and especiallt f5 square is quite vulnerable.}
c5 {Lutz: Die Kontrolle der d-Linie und der geschwächte schwarze Königsflügel
wird durch die schwarze Mehrheit am Dmaenflügel ausggeglichen.} 22. Bb2 Bg7 (
22... Be7 $5) 23. Rd6 Be6 24. Rad1 Rec8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Be4 Ra7 27. Bd5 (27.
Bf5 $5 Bxf5 28. Rxf6 Bc2 29. Rd2 Kg7 30. Rdd6 $14) 27... Bxd5 (27... Be7 $2 28.
Rxe6 $18) 28. R1xd5 (28. Rxf6 Kg7 29. Rd6 Bxf3 30. gxf3 c4 $11) 28... Kg7 29.
Rd2 Be7 (29... c4 $1 30. bxc4 Rxc4 $11) 30. Rb6 Bd8 31. Rbd6 Be7 32. R6d5 a5 (
32... c4 $1 33. Rc2 Rac7 $11) 33. Kf1 a4 34. Ke2 axb3 35. axb3 Ra3 36. b4 $1
Rc3 (36... cxb4 37. Rxb5 $14) 37. bxc5 R3xc5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Nd4 Bf6 (39...
h5 40. Rb2 Bf6 41. Kd3 Kg6 42. Rb1 Bxd4 43. exd4 Rf5 44. f3 $14) 40. g4 b4 41.
Rb2 (41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. Rd6 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 h5 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Nf5+ Kg6 $11) 41...
Rc4 42. Kd3 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 (43. Ke4 b3 $1 44. Nxb3 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Bxb2 $11) 43...
Bxd4 44. exd4 Rc4 45. Kd3 Rc3+ 46. Kd2 Rc4 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Ke4 (48. Kd2 $11)
48... b3 49. f3 Kf6 (49... Rc2 50. Rxb3 Rxg2 51. d5 $14) 50. d5 Rc4+ 51. Kd3
Rf4 52. Rxb3 Ke5 53. Rb6 (53. Rb5 Rd4+ 54. Ke3 Rxd5) 53... Kxd5 54. Rxh6 Ke5 (
54... Ra4 $2 55. Rf6 Ra3+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 $18) 55. Ke3 (55. Ra6 f6 56.
Ra5+ Ke6 57. Ke3 Rb4 $11) 55... Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.08"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game, I trailed by 2-3 and Karpov only needed a draw to clinch
victory. What should I do? I remembered my previous match against Karpov 
(Brussels 1991). Trailing by one point after 4 games, I played calm chess and
still got winning positions in both the 5th and 6th games. I also got some
hope from the 24th game between Kasparov and Karpov in Seville 1987 when
Karpov was in the same situation. Kasparov avoided a theoretical battle and
got no advantage. Karpov, however, was too eager to draw and soon got himself
into hot water. With these thoughts in mind, I went for game 6.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Bg5 {The Trompovsky!! I couldn't really bring myself to play something like
Kasparov's Reti, so this seemed like a good compromise. On the one hand, it
offers interesting positions. Since the theory mostly consists of games of
Hodgson, there are no long forced lines leading to draws (yet!), but lots of
fascinating and creative chess. Perfect, I thought, for today's game.} e6 3. e4
h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. Bc4 $5 {My team was looking for
something off the beaten track, but with some venom. Eventually Yusupov came
up with this idea. White is going to castle kingside. His knight should go to
e2 (on f3, it would be harassed by g4) and so the idea arose to develop the
bishop first. The knight also has ideas like Ne2-g3-h5.} Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg7 9. Rd1
Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O (10... O-O 11. Qe3 {>< f5, h5 >> /\ f2-f4}) 11. Nb5 $1 {
Black will ignore any queenside thrust like b4-b5 by simply playing his knight
to a5. So I must first provoke weaknesses and only then prepare b2-b4} (11. b4
g4 12. b5 Na5 13. Bd3 h5) 11... a6 12. Na3 {/\ c3, b4} g4 $1 {Black must
expand on the kingside to generate counterplay} 13. f4 (13. b4 $6 Qg5 $1) 13...
gxf3 14. Rxf3 Qe7 15. c3 h5 16. Rdf1 Rdf8 17. b4 Na7 {Not a bad move, but
perhaps showing an over-developed sense of danger.} 18. Nc2 Bh6 19. Qe1 Kb8 20.
Bd3 Bc6 $1 $132 {Black has played this phase well and his two bishops and the
open g-line give him counterplay.} 21. Nf4 Rfg8 (21... e5 22. Nxh5 $1) 22. d5 (
22. Nxh5 f5 $1) 22... Be8 (22... Bxf4 23. dxc6 $1 (23. Rxf4 exd5 24. Rxf7 Qg5
$15) 23... e5 24. cxb7 $14) 23. Qf2 (23. Nxh5 $2 Qg5 $1 24. Ng3 Qh4 $44) 23...
Bg7 (23... h4 $5) 24. Nd4 $1 {White has succeeded in neutralizing the two
bishops} Bd7 25. dxe6 Bxd4 26. cxd4 fxe6 27. e5 Bc6 28. Ng6 {I didnt see any
alternatives for White.} (28. Rg3 h4) 28... Qd8 $4 {As soon as he made this
move, I saw a grimace on his face - maybe he missed Nh8xf7, but later it
turned out that he hadn't seen 29...Nc8.} (28... Rxg6 29. Bxg6 (29. Rf8+ Nc8 $1
30. Bxg6 Rxf8 31. Qxf8 Qg5 $19) 29... Bxf3 30. Qxf3 dxe5 31. dxe5 Nc6 (31...
Qxb4 32. Qf6 $13) 32. Qf6 $13) 29. Nxh8 $16 {Suddenly I was back in the
match!! I tried my best to calm down realizing that 3-3 was now a matter of
technique.} Bxf3 30. Nf7 Qh4 $8 {After some thought, he came up with this move,
but really White only has to play carefully to rake in the point.} (30... Bxg2
31. Nxd8 Be4+ 32. Qg3 Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 Bxd3 34. Rf8 $1 $18) 31. Qxf3 (31. Qxh4 $4
Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rf2+ $11) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 d5 {Matters could still get
complicated if Black can save his h-pawn due to my stranded Nf7.} 33. Rd1 $1 {
The b-P is not important, White must capture the h-P.} Qxb4 34. Rb1 Qa4 35.
Qxh5 $18 Nc6 36. Qe2 Ka7 37. Qf2+ b6 {/\ Nb4} 38. Rc1 $1 Kb7 39. h3 $1 {
All the precautionary moves and White can go for the e6 pawn.} Rc8 40. Qf6 Nd4
41. Nd8+ $1 {I saw that Nd6 won as well, but Karpov has swindled too many
points from me over the years, so I looked for something easier.} (41. Nd6+
cxd6 42. Qe7+ Kb8 43. Rxc8+ Kxc8 44. exd6 Qc6 45. Bxa6+ (45. Qf8+ Kd7 46. Qg7+
Kxd6 47. Qxd4 $16) 45... Kb8 $16) 41... Kb8 42. Nxe6 {Here he resigned. I had
drawn the match!} (42. Nxe6 Qa3 43. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f 25'"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.09"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe Hecht} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6
7. e4 Be7 8. Qe2 (8. Qe1 {Horn,Pe Das führt in der Regel zu spannungsreicheren
Stellungen. Karpov scheint aber in dieser Schnellpartie einen eher ruhigen
Start zu bevorzugen.}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 {Auch eher ein Nebenweg.} (
10. b3 a5 11. a4 (11. Bb2 a4 12. g4 Bg6 13. e5 Ne8 14. Kh1 Nc7 15. Rab1 axb3
16. axb3 Ra2 17. Ne1 f6 18. Ndf3 f5 19. Ng1 Nb5 20. Qd2 fxg4 21. hxg4 Ba3 22.
Ba1 Qh4+ 23. Bh3 h5 24. Ng2 {1-0 Miles,A-Borik,O/Baden Baden 1981 (40)}) 11...
b5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Rfb1 Rfd8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. dxe4 Nd7 19. Bb2 e5 20. Bf1 Bc5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Qxb5 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 {
Anikaev,Y-Timman,J/Vilnius 1969/1/2-1/2 (57)}) (10. g4 dxe4 (10... Bg6 11. Nh4
dxe4 12. dxe4 $2 (12. Nxg6 $8 hxg6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 (13... Qc7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Nxc5
Bxc5+ 16. Be3 Qb6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qf2 Qb5 $11 {Mäser,F-Salazar,H/Zürich/
1986 Horn: Der Bg2 sollte dem Nf6 grundsätzlich hier überlegen sein. Da aber
Schwarz keine Schwächen hat, kann er mit dem Ergebnis der Eröffnung durchaus
zufrieden sein.}) 14. Qxe4 e5 15. b4 (15. d4) 15... a5 16. b5 cxb5 17. Qxb7 Rb8
18. Qd5 Qc7 19. a4 b4 20. f4 Qxc2 21. Qxd7 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. fxe5 Bxa1 24.
Bg5 Bxe5 25. Be7 b3 {0-1 Roizman,A-Uhlmann,W/USSR 1966 (29)}) 12... Bxe4 $1 $19
13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. g5 f5 16. Qh5 fxe4 17. Qxh4 Ne5 18. Qxe4 Nf3+
19. Kg2 Nxg5 {0-1 Degenhardt,H-Barbero,G/Frankfurt 1990 (35)}) 11. dxe4 (11.
Nxe4 Bg6) 11... Bg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 (12... e5 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nc4 Qc7
16. Ng3 b5 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Nef5 Ne6 19. g5 Nd7 20. h4 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nd4 22. Qg4
Nxc2 23. f6 Re6 24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Rb1 {Golovin,L-Fominyh,A/RUS-chT 1993/1/2-1/
2 (52)}) 13. Nh4 Rad8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nf3 e5 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bb2 Nfd7 18. Ne1
Ne6 19. Nd3 Bg5 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Qg3 Bf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Qc3 f6 {0-1
Damljanovic,B-Geller,E/Vrsac 1987 (36)}) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. b3 (12. a4
Re8 13. Qc4 {Horn: Eine eher ungewöhnliche Methode, die Fesselung aufzuheben.
Die Folge demonstriert die weißen Pläne: aktives Spiel am Q-flügel, wo der Bh5
nicht mittun kann.} Qc7 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. Qc3 Nfd7 17. a5 Nc8 18. Nf5
Bg6 19. Be3 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Red1 Red8 {1-0 Savon,V-Sloth,J/Esbjerg 1980 
(31)} (21... Red8 {Horn,Pe} 22. f3 $5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yg2f1,Yf1c4]} Nf8 23.
Nc5 $14 {Savon,V-Sloth,J/Esbjerg/1980})) 12... Qc7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 (13... Bb4 $6 {
Horn,Pe Dieser eher unmotivierte Abtausch kam schon in einer Partie vor.} 14.
a3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 $14) 14. Qf1 {Horn: Fernab der Schablone. Da der Nd2 nun
einige Zeit ein Problemkind ist, übernimmt Weiß mit diesem Zug eine
Verpflichtung zu sorgfältigem Spiel. Es wäre interessant zu wissen, wieviel
Zeit Karpov für diesen Zug gebraucht hat.} (14. a4 Rad8 $11) (14. Nc4 {Horn,Pe}
Bc5) 14... Rad8 {Horn: Die natürliche Antwort: die Besetzung der d-Linie mit
einem R kann Weiß wegen der Fesselstellung (noch) nicht nachmachen.} 15. a3 (
15. a4 {Horn,Pe Dieser häufig und gern gespielte Zug ist hier schon verdächtig:
} Bb4 $5 16. c3 Bf8 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Yd7c5]}) 15... b5 $1 {Horn: Da der Nd2
sowieso nach Nc4 einen traurigen Rückzug antreten muß, konnte Schwarz hier
auch anders herum spielen; vielleicht wäre es aufs gleiche herausgekommen.} (
15... Bf8 {Horn,Pe} 16. Nc4 $140 $6 b5) 16. Bc3 (16. Nh4 {Horn,Pe} Nc5 17. Bc3)
16... Bf8 (16... a5 17. b4 $11) 17. Nh4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Bg6 {Horn: Das kam für
mich sehr überraschend: Schwarz gibt freiwillig das B-paar her. Eine
Rechtfertigung findet diese Entscheidung darin, daß der Druck gegen Pe5
verflogen ist, und der Bf3 (zumal bei der Position der Qf1) noch lange kein
rechtes Spiel findet.} (18... Bxf3 19. Nhxf3 a5 $11) 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bg2 {
Horn: Der Abtausch des Bc8 gegen den Ng1 ist in dieser Eröffnung ein
Standardthema: hier hat Weiß durch die Hin- und Herzieherei mit dem B und der
Q einige Zeit verloren.} a6 {Horn: Einen konkreten Grund für diesen Zug habe
ich nicht entdeckt.} (20... Ne6 {Horn,Pe} 21. Nf3 Nd7) 21. Qe2 (21. Rad1 Ne6
22. Bb2 Bc5 $11) (21. Red1 {Horn,Pe}) 21... Ne6 22. Nf3 Nd7 (22... Nd4 $6 23.
Nxd4 (23. Bxd4 {Horn,Pe} exd4 24. Qd3 (24. e5 Nd7 25. Nxd4 (25. Qd3 Nxe5 26.
Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Bxc6 Qc7 $11) (25. b4) 25... Nxe5 $11) 24... c5 25.
e5 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Qd2 Nh7 $13) 23... exd4 24. Bb2 c5 25. f4 $16) 23. a4 {
Horn: Sieht sehr kräftig aus; vielleicht wäre es aber besser gewesen, erst
noch einen ruhigen Zug einzuschieben.} (23. h4 $14 {Horn,Pe}) 23... b4 24. Bb2
a5 {Horn: Schwarz hat seine weißen Felder (die Diagonale f1-a6) geschwächt. Er
muß jetzt schnell aktiv werden, eher der Bg2 über f1 ins Geschehen eingreift.
Dazu ist Pc5 nebst Nd4 die gegebene Möglichkeit.} 25. c3 (25. Red1 $15 c5 {
[%cal Ye6d4] Horn} 26. Qc4 (26. Rd5 Nd4 27. Nxd4 cxd4 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Rc2]})
26... Nb6 (26... Nd4 $2 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Nxd4 $16) 27. Qb5 Nd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4
29. Qxa5 Qxc2 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qxb6 Bc5 $44 {[%cal Yd4d3]}) 25... bxc3 26.
Bxc3 Rb8 27. Rab1 (27. Qc2 {Horn,Pe} Bb4 28. Re3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 c5) (27. Red1 $2
{Horn,Pe} Rxb3 28. Qd2 Nec5 29. Bxa5 Qa7 $15) 27... Bb4 28. Rec1 (28. Bxb4 Rxb4
29. Qc2 $14) 28... Bxc3 29. Rxc3 c5 30. Qe3 $6 {Karpov plays without his usual
precision, control of the white squares and weak a5,c5 pawns should offer him
better chances.} (30. Rd1 Red8 31. Qc2 $14) (30. Rd1 {Horn,Pe}) 30... Qd6 $1 (
30... Nd4 $4 {Horn,Pe} 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Qxd4 $18) 31. h4 {Horn: Hier fängt
Karpov an, auf Abwege zu geraten: mit Nd2 und Bf1 konnte er das Feld c4 unter
Kontrolle nehmen, womit er wohl genügend Gegenspiel bekommen hätte. In den
beiden nächsten Zügen ging das immer noch, wenn auch in jeweils (geringfügig)
schlechterer Version.} (31. Rd3 Nd4 32. Rbd1 Red8 $14) (31. Bf1 {Horn,Pe} Nd4
32. Nd2 Nb6 33. Rbc1) 31... Nd4 32. Bh3 (32. Nd2 {Horn,Pe} Qe6 33. Bf1) 32...
Nb6 33. Rbc1 $6 (33. Nd2 Re7 34. Rbc1 Rc7 $14) (33. Nd2 $11 {Horn,Pe /\ Bf1,
Nc4}) 33... c4 $1 {Nun ist guter Rat teuer.} 34. bxc4 Nxa4 35. c5 (35. Rd3 Nc5
36. Rdc3 {sonst kommt Rb3} Rb2 $15 (36... Rb2 {Horn,Pe Hier beherrscht Schwarz
das Brett: es ist kein Wunder, daß Karpov dazu keine Lust hatte.} 37. Bf1 a4 (
37... Nxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Qd2 39. Rd1 Qxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Rd5 Nxe4 42. Re3 f5
43. Rxe4 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 fxe4 45. Rxa5 $11) 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. Ne1 (39. Kh1 a3 40.
Rxa3 Nxe4 $19))) 35... Qe7 36. Ra3 (36. Rc4 Rb3 $19) (36. Nxd4 {Horn,Pe} exd4
37. Qxd4 Nxc3 38. Qxc3) 36... Nxc5 37. Rac3 (37. Nxd4 exd4 38. Qxd4 Nb3 $17)
37... Ncb3 38. Rc7 Qf6 (38... Nxc1 39. Rxe7 Nce2+ 40. Kg2 Rxe7 41. Qa3 Ra7 42.
Nxe5 a4 $15) (38... Nxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Nxc1 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Qa3 Reb7 42. Qxa5 Rb5
43. Qc7 $11) 39. R1c3 Nxf3+ (39... a4 $1 {Jussupow} 40. Ng5 (40. Bd7 Nxf3+ 41.
Qxf3 Qxf3 42. Rxf3 Re7 $19 (42... Re7 {Horn,Pe} 43. Rc8+ Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Ra7 $19
{[%cal Ra4a3,Ra3a2,Ra2a1]})) 40... a3 $19) 40. Qxf3 a4 $2 {Anand have spend
lot of time on this move, but it gives up the advantage.} (40... Nd4 $1 41.
Qxf6 gxf6 42. R3c5 $15 (42. Bf1 {Horn,Pe} Ne6 $17)) (40... Qxf3 {Horn,Pe} 41.
Rxf3) 41. Qxf6 gxf6 42. Bd7 Nd4 (42... Re7 43. Bxa4 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Nd4) 43. Bxe8
Ne2+ (43... Rxe8 44. R3c4 Ra8 45. Rc8+ $16) 44. Kg2 Nxc3 45. Bxf7+ Kf8 (45...
Kg7 $2 46. Bd5+ Kf8 47. Rxc3 $18) 46. Bxg6 Nb5 (46... Rb3 47. h5 $1 a3 48. h6
$18) 47. Rf7+ Kg8 48. Rxf6 Ra8 (48... Kg7 49. Ra6 Nc7 50. Rc6 a3 51. Rxc7+ Kxg6
52. Ra7 $18) 49. h5 $1 a3 (49... Kg7 50. Rf7+ Kh6 51. f4 exf4 52. gxf4 Ra7 53.
Rxa7 Nxa7 54. Kf3 a3 55. Bf7 $18) 50. h6 a2 (50... Nc3 51. Bf7+ Kh7 52. Rc6 a2
53. Bxa2 Nxa2 54. Re6 Nc3 55. Rxe5 $16) 51. Bf7+ Kh7 52. Bxa2 {White must have
played this move with a great relief, black pawn was quite dangerous.} Rxa2 {
[#] Hecht:  Achtung! Schluß einer Schnellpartie (Zeitknappheit). Karpov hätte
e5 abholen können mit Remisschluß, da auch h6 fällt. Mit 53.g4 unternimmt er
einen Gewinnversuch. Für die taktische Fehlleistung eine Endspielmedaille.} 53.
g4 Nc3 (53... Ra8 54. g5 (54. Kg3 Ra1 55. g5 Nd4) 54... Rg8 55. Rf5 Nd6 56.
Rxe5 Nf7 57. Re7 Rxg5+) 54. g5 Nxe4 55. Rf7+ Kg6 $2 {Frustrated Anand commits
serious mistake, it is understandable that he badly wanted to win.} (55... Kg8
$1 56. g6 Ra8 57. f3 (57. Rg7+ Kf8) (57. Re7 Nf6 $1 58. Rxe5 (58. f3 Nd5) (58.
h7+ Kh8 59. Rxe5 Kg7) 58... Ng4 59. Rh5 Nxh6 60. Rxh6 Kg7) (57. h7+ Kh8 58. g7+
Kxh7 59. Rf8 Kxg7 60. Rxa8 $11 {Karpov} (60. Rxa8 {Hecht} Kg6 61. Kf3 Nf6 $11 {
Hecht: (Karpov) Anmerkung: Weiß kann noch einen Gewinnversuch unternehmen,
indem er den König Richtung d6 in Marsch setzt. Dann wird allerdings der
f-Bauer schutzbedürftig.})) 57... Nc5 58. Kg3 Ne6 (58... e4 59. Rc7 Nd3 60.
fxe4 Ne5) 59. Kg4 Nf8 60. Kg5 Ra3 61. h7+ Nxh7+ 62. gxh7+ Kh8 63. Kg6 Ra6+ 64.
Rf6 Ra8 65. Re6 Rb8 66. Rxe5 Rb6+ 67. Kf7 Rb4 $14) 56. Rg7+ Kf5 57. h7 Rxf2+ (
57... Ra8 58. Rg8 $18) (57... Nxf2 58. h8=Q Ne4+ 59. Kh3 $18) 58. Kg1 Kg4 59.
h8=Q Kg3 60. Re7 $1 Rg2+ (60... Nd2 61. Qxe5+ $18) 61. Kf1 Nd2+ 62. Ke1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f 25'"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.09"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Tyomkin,D} d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 Nd7
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 (8... e5 {Ftacnik} 9. dxe5 Qb4+ 10. Nbd2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5
Qxh4 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nef3 Qh5 14. e4 Ne7 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. c4 {
1/2-1/2 Dumitrescu,D-Liiva,R/Dresden-U20 1994}) 9. c4 $146 (9. O-O {Avrukh,B}
Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 c5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. g3 {
1-0 Dumitrescu,D-Meduna,E/Pardubice op 1995 (36)}) 12... Qa6 (12... Rfd8 13.
Rfd1 Qa6 (13... Nf6 14. Rac1 Ng6 15. h3 Qb4 16. Qb1 Qe7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ne5
Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. f4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Dautov,R/EU-chTM
1997 (36)}) 14. Rac1 Nf5 15. Qb1 Ne7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 $14 {() Hodgson,
J-Sergejev,R/EU-chTM 1997/1/2-1/2 (69)}) (12... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Qb5 Rc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Ne2 Nf5 19. Ne1 Kf8
20. Nd3 {Ganter,T-Birk,S/OLWuert 1995/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 13. Rfd1 (13. Rfc1 Rfd8
14. Qf1 dxc4 15. bxc4 c5 16. a4 Qc6 17. a5 Rdc8 18. Rab1 a6 19. Qd1 cxd4 20.
Nxd4 Qc7 21. Ne4 $11 {Hodgson,J-Akopian,V/Koop Tjuchem, Groningen NED 1996/1/
2-1/2(44)}) 13... Nb6 (13... Rfd8 14. a4 (14. Rac1 Nf5 15. Qb1 Ne7 16. e4 dxe4
17. Nxe4 Qa5 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nd6 b6 20. b4 a5 21. b5 Rab8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5
bxc5 24. Rxc5 {Hodgson,J-Sergejev,R/EU-chTM 1997/1/2-1/2 (69)}) 14... dxc4 15.
bxc4 c5 16. Nb5 Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 c4 19. Qe4 $14 {Kuporosov,V-Yagupov,
I/RUS-Cup7 1997/1-0(30)}) 14. Rdc1 dxc4 15. Qf1 Nd7 (15... cxb3 $2 16. Qxa6
bxa6 17. axb3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]}) 16. bxc4 c5 17. d5 Rad8 18. Rab1 exd5 19.
cxd5 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 b6 21. a4 f5 22. a5 Nc8 23. Nb5 bxa5 24. Nc7 Rf7 25. Rb5
Ncb6 26. Rxa5 $16 {Hodgson,J-Adianto,U/Amsterdam Donner 1996/1-0(47)}) (9. Nbd2
{Ftacnik} Ngf6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Ne5 Rfe8 13. c5 Qc7 14. f4 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Qd8 17. b4 f6 18. Nf3 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. b5
e5 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Tibensky,R-Jagodzinski,W/Zinnowitz tt 1981 
(40)}) 9... Ne7 $5 {[%cal Ge7f5]} (9... Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O {-9.0-0}) 10.
c5 $6 (10. O-O {Ftacnik} Nf5 11. Nbd2 Nxh4 12. Nxh4 $11) 10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 (
11. Qd2 {Ftacnik} Qxd2+ 12. Nbxd2 Nf5 $15) 11... b6 $15 12. b4 $4 {I suppose
Anand made this move under impression of the first "active" game where he
blundered twice in winning position.After the first sacrifice white sacrificed
the second pawn, but didn't get any compensation. Ftacnik: The indian
grandmaster was very tired, otherwise it is quite difficult to explain his
erratic performance in this last game.} (12. cxb6 axb6 13. O-O Nf5 $15) 12...
Qxb4 $17 {/-+} 13. O-O Nf5 ({or} 13... bxc5) 14. Rfc1 (14. Rfb1 {Ftacnik} Qa5
$17) 14... bxc5 15. Rab1 c4 (15... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 16. Qd2 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 cxd4 18.
exd4 Ba3 $19) 16. Qc2 (16. Rxb4 {Ftacnik} cxd3 17. Rb7 Bd6 $19) 16... Qa5 17.
Rb7 Qa6 18. Rcb1 Bd6 {[%cal Ga8b8]} 19. e4 {Ftacnik: White has "sacrificed"
two pawns, but has very little to show for them.} (19. Na4 {Ftacnik} Nxh4 20.
Nxh4 Rd8 $19) 19... Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Rb8 21. Rxb8+ Bxb8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Ng6 $5 {
Otherwise black will castle! Ftacnik: Under normal circumstances white
position is completely lost. This sacrifice is not spoiling anything and white
can at least pretend to be fighting on.} (23. Nf3 {Ftacnik} O-O $19) 23... fxg6
24. Qxg6+ Kd8 ({or} 24... Kf8) (24... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 25. Nxd5 Qd6 26. Ne3 Qxh2+
$19) 25. Qxg7 (25. Nxd5 {Ftacnik} Qd6 $19) 25... Re8 26. Qxh6 Qa5 27. Qg5+ Kc8
28. Qg6 Rf8 (28... Rh8 {[%csl Rh2]}) 29. Rc1 (29. Ne2 {Ftacnik} Qxa2 $19) 29...
Qb6 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 30. Ne2 e5 31. Qh5 Qf6 32. Rf1 Rh8 {[%cal Re5d4] And Karpov
defended his title of FIDE World Champion.} (32... Rh8 {Ftacnik} 33. Qg4 exd4
$19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 e5 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qa4 Rf7
15. Rad1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 (10... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 11. Rc1 (11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd5 Rad8 15. Qh5 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1
Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxd4 20. Qf3 {Osieka,U-Schuh,H/BL2-SW 1989/1/2-1/2 
(46)}) (11. Qa4 Ne4 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc6 16.
Rxd8 Bxa4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxe4 Rd8 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Rc1 {Vokac,M-Votava,J/
Karvina op 1989/1-0 (57)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc5 14.
Qd3 h6 15. Rcd1 Qf6 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bc1 Na5 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qd3
Bc6 21. Nd4 Ba4 {Wilhelmi,C-Richter,M/DLM 1996/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 12. Bh3 Ra8 13.
Qa4 a6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Red1 h6 16. Ne5 Ne7 17. Nd7 Nxd7 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19.
Bxd7 Rfd8 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Na4 {1-0 Anguix Garrido,J-Franco,C/
Ibercaja op 1994/ (27)}) (10... Na6 $5 {Ftacnik} 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13.
Be5 Re8 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Nbd4 a5 $13 {Csom,I-Barczay,L/HUN(ch)/1977/}) 11. dxc5
(11. Ne5 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Ne4 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc5 15. Bd4 Rc8
16. Qa4 Bc6 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 h6 20. e3 {1-0 Schussler,
H-Rozentalis,E/Copenhagen AS04 1988/ (39)}) (11. Qb3 {Ftacnik} a6 12. a4 Rc8
13. Rad1 Re8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qa2 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Qf6
19. Qb3 h5 20. h4 Re7 21. Bh3 Rce8 22. Rd3 Nxf2 23. Bxf2 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25.
Rf3 Rxf2 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Qd3 {1-0 Ryan,J-Kennedy,M/IRL-ch 1992 (41)}) 11...
Bxc5 $1 $146 (11... Nxc5 12. Be5 $14 {Kramnik} (12. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Nfe4 $14) (
12. Be5 Re8 13. Qc2 $14)) (11... bxc5 12. Nh4 {- 59/58} (12. Nh4 $1 {Ftacnik}
Nb6 (12... Nh5 13. Nf5 $1 (13. Nxd5 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Bxd5 $1 15. Qxd5 Nxf4 16.
Qxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $13) 13... Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nb6 15. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 16. Bxd5
Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bf6 (17... Qxd5 $4 18. Nxe7+ $18) 18. Rad1 Qa5 $1 19. Nd6 Rad8
20. e4 Bxb2 21. e5 {1-0 Gulko,B-Shabalov,A/USA-ch 1994/}) 13. Nf5 $16 Re8 (
13... Qd7 14. e4 $5 d4 15. Nb5 Qxb5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nf5 $16) 14. Nb5 Qd7 (
14... Nh5 15. Bd6 Bf8 16. e4 Nf6 17. e5 $16) 15. Nbd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Re6 $6 (
16... Red8 17. Rc1 c4 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Be5 $16) 17. Bh3 Bc6 18. Qc1 c4 19. Be5
$1 Rf8 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qd4 $18 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Ribli,Z/
Groningen PCA 1993/CBM 39/[Belov] (29)})) 12. Nd4 Ne4 (12... Re8 {Ftacnik} 13.
Rc1 Rc8 14. Ncb5 $14) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 14. Qd2 (14. Nf5 {Ftacnik} Re8 $14)
14... Nf6 (14... Qf6 $5 15. Red1 Ne5) (14... Re8 {Ftacnik} 15. Red1 $14) 15.
Red1 Qd5 16. b4 Be7 (16... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rac8 19. Rad1
$14) 17. Qb2 Ng4 $2 {Ftacnik: A serious tactical blunder, black was already
under pressure from white active central pieces.} (17... Rfd8 18. h3 Ne8 $13) (
17... Rac8 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. b5 $14) 18. f3 $1 (18. h3 $2 Nxf2 $1) 18... Nf6 (
18... exf3 19. Bxf3 (19. exf3 $6 Nf6 20. g4 {/\ Nf5} (20. Rac1 $14 {Ftacnik})
20... Rfd8 $1) 19... Qh5 20. e4 $1 $16 {/\ Qe2, Nf5} (20. e4 Rad8 21. Qe2 Ba6
22. b5 Rxd4 23. bxa6 Qc5 $11)) (18... e3 {Ftacnik} 19. Nf5 Qxf5 20. fxg4 Qc8
21. Rac1 $18) 19. Rac1 Rfd8 (19... Qh5 20. g4 $1) (19... Rfc8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 (
20... Qe6 21. Bh3 $1 Qxc6 22. Bxc8 $1 $18) 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.
fxe4 $16) 20. Bc7 $1 Rd7 $2 (20... Re8 $1 21. Nc6 Qe6 $14 (21... Qf5 {Ftacnik}
22. a4 $14)) 21. Bh3 {Ftacnik: It takes some loss of the material to make
defenders task hopeless.} Rxc7 (21... exf3 22. exf3 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Bd6 24. Rc3
$1 {/\ Rcd3}) (21... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Be5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $18) 22.
Rxc7 Bd6 23. Rcc1 Be5 (23... exf3 24. Nxf3 $1) 24. Bg2 $1 {/\ f4} (24. f4 $4 e3
$1 $19) 24... exf3 (24... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 25. e3 exf3 26. Bxf3 Qd7 (26... Qxf3
27. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 $18) (26... Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxf3 28. Rxd8+) 27. Bxb7 Qxb7
28. Nc6 $18) 25. Bxf3 Qd7 26. Qd2 h5 (26... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 27. Nb3 $18) 27. Nc6
Qxd2 (27... Bxc6 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Bxa8 $18) 28. Rxd2 Bxc6 29. Bxc6
$18 Rc8 30. b5 (30. Rdc2 {Ftacnik} h4 31. Bf3 $18) 30... h4 (30... g6 31. Rc4
$18) 31. Rcd1 $1 {Ftacnik: Anand correctly focuses his attention on vulnerable
a7 pawn.} (31. gxh4 $2 {Ftacnik} Bf4 $14) 31... hxg3 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+
Kh7 34. hxg3 Bxg3 35. Ra8 Bd6 (35... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 36. Rxa7 Ne5 37. Be4+ Kh6
38. Rb7 $18) 36. Rxa7 Kg6 37. a4 {Ftacnik: On top of everything black knight
is ompletely framed by the Bc6.} Ng4 (37... Bc5+ {Ftacnik} 38. Kh1 Bb4 39. a5
Bxa5 40. Rxa5 bxa5 41. b6 $18) 38. Be8 $1 Ne5 39. a5 Bc5+ (39... bxa5 40. Ra6
Nc4 41. Rc6 $18) 40. Kh1 bxa5 41. Ra6+ (41. b6 {Ftacnik} Kf5 (41... Bxb6 42.
Ra6 Nc4 43. Bb5 $18) 42. Ra6) 41... Kf5 42. b6 (42. b6 {Ftacnik} Bd6 43. b7 Bc7
44. Rxa5 g5 45. Ra8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3
Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 ({Baburin: More common here is} 
11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 {And then:} 13. Nd2 (13. Bb3 O-O 14. h3 (14. a4 a5 15. Qe2
Bg4 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,
A-Knaak,R/Altensteig 1993}) 14... Bd7 15. Qe2 Kh7 16. Rfd1 Rae8 17. a4 Qe7 18.
a5 Nc8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rd2 f5 21. Rad1 $16 {Benjamin-Blatny, Chicago 1995})
13... O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Ba2 Rd8 16. Qb3 cxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5
Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Nc7 Rxd2 22. Nxa8 Be6 23. Rfd1 Rxb2 24. Nc7 Bb3 25. Rdb1
Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1 Bxa4 27. Rxb7 $11 {Greenfeld,A-Fridman, Rishon LeZion 1997})
11... O-O 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 $6 (14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Nc5 b6 16. Ne5
Rd6 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Ba4 Rc8 19. b4 Nd7 20. f4 $1 $16 {0-1 Dautov,R-Dreev,A/
Reggio9596 1996/CBM 51 (60) [Dautov]}) 14... b6 15. a3 Bb7 16. Ba2 a6 $11 17.
Nd2 $2 (17. e4 c5 18. d5 b5 $13) 17... c5 $15 18. Nc4 {Baburin: It's not a
good idea for White to allow his opponent to isolate the d-pawn, since Black's
pieces are well placed both for blockade and attack upon the isolani. Safer
would be to play 18 dxc5 instead.} (18. d5 Bxc3 $1 $17) 18... cxd4 (18... b5
19. Na5 cxd4 20. Nxb7) 19. exd4 b5 (19... Rac8 $5 {Baburin}) 20. Na5 Nb6 21.
Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bb3 Nc4 (25... h5 26. f4
Qd6) 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. f4 $1 $15 {Baburin: I think that White should try to do
without this move.} (27. g3 {Baburin looks better than the text.}) 27... h5 28.
Kf2 Bf6 29. g3 h4 {Baburin: Black is creating tension on the kingside. When
your opponent's pieces are passive, it's always a good idea to look for
another front - at some stage the defender won't be able to cope with all
threats.} 30. Rd2 Qd5 31. Rd1 (31. Qf3 Bxd4+ $1 (31... hxg3+ $2 32. hxg3) 32.
Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Ke3 Kg7 36. Kd4 Kf6 37. Kxd5 (37. g4
Ke6) 37... Kf5 38. Kc6 Kg4 (38... hxg3 $2 39. hxg3 Kg4 40. Kb6 Kxg3 41. Kxa6
Kxf4 42. Kxb5 g5 43. a4) 39. Kb6 h3 $1 {Salov} 40. Kxa6 Kf3 41. Kxb5 Kg2 42. a4
Kxh2 43. a5 Kxg3 44. a6 h2 $19) 31... Kg7 {Baburin: Such moves are most
unpleasant for the defender! Now White is nearly in zugzwang, while Black has
created an additional motif - ...Rc4-c8-h8.} 32. b3 (32. Qf3 $2 Bxd4+ $1) 32...
hxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rc8 34. Qf3 Qd6 35. b4 Rc4 36. Qd3 Qc7 (36... Qd5 37. Rd2 Qh1
38. Qf3 Qh2+ 39. Ke3) 37. d5 exd5 38. Qxd5 Bb2 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Kf3 Qc8 41. Re3
$2 (41. f5 $1 gxf5 (41... g5 {>< g4} 42. Nd4) (41... Qh8 42. fxg6 Qh1+ 43. Ke3
Bc1+ 44. Nxc1 Qxc1+ 45. Ke4 Qh1+ 46. Ke3 Qg1+ 47. Ke4 Qh1+ (47... Qg2+ 48. Ke5
$1) 48. Ke3 $11) 42. Nf4 $44) (41. Rd2 Bxa3 $1 (41... Rxd2 42. Qxd2 Bxa3 43.
Qa2 $1 $11 {Salov}) 42. Rxc2 Qxc2 43. Qe5+ Kh7 $17) 41... Qh3 42. Qd1 Qh5+ 43.
Kf2 $1 (43. Kg2 $2 Rc1 44. Qxc1 Bxc1 45. Nxc1 a5 $1 46. Rd3 $1 (46. bxa5 Qc5
$19) 46... Qf5 $17) 43... Qh2+ $1 (43... Rc1 $2 44. Qxc1 Bxc1 45. Nxc1 Qh1 46.
Ne2 $11) 44. Kf3 Rc8 $1 45. Qb1 $2 (45. Rd3 $1) 45... Bc1 $1 $19 46. Nxc1 Qh1+
47. Kf2 (47. Ke2 Rxc1 48. Qb3 Qg2+ 49. Kd3 Rc6 $1 $19) 47... Rxc1 48. Qd3 (48.
Qb2+ {Baburin} Kh7 $19) 48... Rg1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15.
a3 bxa3 16. b4 a5 17. Bxa3 axb4 18. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kramnik had an explosive start with 4/4 and Topalov and me were on a "mere" 3/
4.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {Topalov and
Shirov have been playing this line for some two years now and have been
responsible for it's growth in popularity. They have had many interesting
encounters in this line as well. As with topical lines, the theory develops
rapidly. I beat Shirov in Groningen, but in the 3rd round in Wijk aan Zee,
Piket had shown an improvement over Shirov's play in Groningen, so the ball
was back in White's court. I was attracted to a plan that Topalov used against
Shirov used in Madrid 1997, so I decide to give it a shot.} 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6
9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 {Topalov had a big advantage against Shirov and
subsequently Hracek obliterated Shirov in the Bundesliga. Nevertheless, Shirov
demonstrated an improvement on these games as well (against me in the last
round of Wijk aan Zee), so matters are not clear here theoretically speaking.
Topalov deviated even earlier.} O-O 12. Re1 Re8 $5 {Topalov prefers to leave
the bishop on c8 and pressurize e4.} (12... Bb7 13. Na3 {Topalov's point - in
comparision with a normal Archangelsk, White has a concrete target on b5.} exd4
14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 c5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 cxd4 $1 {The last word
on this variation - Anand-Shirov Wijk aan Zee (13) 1998. However, it's time to
leave theory and go back to the game!} (18... g5 $2 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 b3
21. Bxb3 $1 (21. Bd3 c4 {Topalov-Shirov Madrid 1997}) 21... cxd4 22. Ra3 $1 $16
{Hracek-Shirov})) 13. Na3 b4 $1 {The next few moves all look forced.} 14. Nc4 (
14. dxe5 bxa3 $1 (14... dxe5 15. Nc4 $14) 15. exf6 axb2 16. Bxb2 (16. Bxf7+
Kxf7 17. Qd5+ Be6 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. f7+ (19. Nxe6 Qxf6) 19... Kh8 $3 20. Nxe6
bxa1=Q 21. Nxd8 Rexd8 $19) 16... Qxf6 $11) 14... bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. Nxb6 (
16. cxd4 $2 Nxd4 $1 $17) 16... Rxb6 17. cxd4 Nxe4 (17... Rxe4 $2 18. Bxf7+ $1
$16) 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Nxe4 {Black has simplified
the position and even got bishops of opposite colours. Nevertheless, he still
has to be careful. His pieces are misplaced - the rook on b6 and even the
knight on c6 are vulnerable in some lines. Black's king is slightly exposed,
not only because he only has two pawns in front of him, but because of vague
threats of Ra8 etc.} Bf5 22. Ng5 $1 Ne7 (22... h6 $2 23. Qf3 Ne7 24. Ra8 Rb8 (
24... Bc8 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxe7 $1) 25. Qb3+ $1 $18) 23. g4 $1 Bg6 (23... Bd7
24. Qf3 $1 $18 (24. Qd3 g6 $16)) 24. Ne6 Qc8 $4 {We thought that 22...Ne7 was
a big mistake, but in fact it is only 24...Qc8 that proves fatal. I found 22...
Qb8 at home trying to stop Ra7, but I am unable to find anything really
convincing against it.} (24... Qb8 $1 {Maybe White is still better, but it
doesn't look too serious.} 25. d5 (25. Qf3 d5) 25... Bf7 $1 {The difference is
that Black has Rb1 is many lines.} (25... c5 26. Bg5 $16) 26. Qd4 (26. Nxg7 $2
Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kf8 28. Bh6+ (28. Qh8+ Ng8 29. Bh6+ Ke8 30. Re1+ Kd7 $17) 28...
Ke8 29. Re1 Rb1 $1 $17) (26. Bg5 Ng6 27. Nd8 (27. Be3 Rb5) (27. Qd4 Ne5) 27...
Ne5) 26... Bxe6 27. dxe6 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Qxb1 29. Qf4 h6 (29... Qg6 30. Qa4 $14)
30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Qxe7 Qxc1+ 32. Kg2 {This might just be a draw.}) 25. d5 $1 {
I don't see any defence anymore.} Bf7 (25... c5 26. Ra7 $1 {Topalov} Rb7 27.
Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Qf3 $1 Qc8 (28... Bf7 29. Qxf7+ $1 $18) 29. Qc3 $18) 26. Nxg7 $1
Kxg7 {Both alternatives would have prolonged the game, but Black's king is
much too weak now to really save the game.} (26... Bxd5 27. Nh5 $16) (26...
Nxd5 27. Nf5 $16) 27. Qd4+ Kf8 (27... Kg8 28. Bh6 $18) (27... Kg6 {The most
tricky line.} 28. Qe4+ Kf6 (28... Nf5 29. Ra3 $1 $18) 29. Bh6 $1 {My intention
during the game.} (29. g5+ Kg7 30. Qxe7 Qf5 31. Ra8 $1 Kg6 {I thought during
the game, but later Fritz found a way} 32. Qf8 $1 Qxh3 33. Ra3 {Still, this
isn't the easiest line around.}) 29... Nf5 (29... Bxd5 30. Qxh7 Nf5 31. Re1
Nxh6 32. Qxh6+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ $18) (29... Bg6 30. Qd4+ Kf7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Bg5
Qd8 33. Ra8 $18) 30. gxf5 Qxf5 (30... Qg8+ 31. Kh2 Bxd5 32. Qh4+ Kxf5 33. Qh5+
Kf6 34. Rg1 $18) 31. Qh4+ Kg6 (31... Ke5 32. Rd1 $1 Bxd5 33. Qe7+ $18) 32. Kh2
$18) 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Re1 {Kramnik lost to Shirov and now I joined him in the
lead with 4/5.} (29. Re1 Kd7 30. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 31. Qe4+ Be6 $8 (31... Kf6 32.
g5#) (31... Kd7 32. Qf5+ $18) 32. Qxh7+ Bf7 (32... Ke8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Bg5+
Kf7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Bh6 Qd7 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. dxe6 $18) 33. Qe4+
Be6 34. Bg5+ Kf8 35. dxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Diese Partie ist Anand völlig mißlungen.} 1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 {Baburin:
A fashionable line, where both sides fight for control over the critical
d5-square.} 10. Qe2 ({Baburin: Often White plays} 10. Bb3 {here. It may lead
to similar positions as in the game, but White rejects the possibility of
developing his queen to d3. On the other hand, Black may try to play without ..
.b5. Here are some examples:} Nc6 (10... b5 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Bg5
Rfd8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rac8 17. c3 $14 {Kotronias-De Firmian,
OL Yerevan 1996}) 11. Qe2 (11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg5
15. Qd3 Bh6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Nd2 b5 18. c3 Kh8 19. b4 Ra8 20. Nb3 f5 21. Na5
Rc8 {~~ Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/New York (rapid) 1995}) 11... b5 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13.
Bg5 Na5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. c3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qb7 18. Rd3 f5 {with
good play for Black, as in the game Isupov-Dvoirys, RUS-Cup9 1997.}) 10... b5
11. Bb3 Bxb3 $2 {Baburin: This gives White more control in the centre and must
therefore be considered very risky strategically. Ein schlimmer positioneller
Fehler, nachdem Schwarz ohne jedes Spiel bleibt. Auf b3 tauscht man nur, wenn
man sofort d6-d5 spielen kann.} (11... Nbd7 $4 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 $18) (
11... h6 12. Rfd1 (12. Ne1 {Baburin} Nbd7 13. Nd3 Qa5 14. a3 Rfc8 15. Qf3 Qd8
16. h3 Rab8 17. Nb4 Bxb3 18. cxb3 a5 19. Nbd5 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bg5 $11 {Xie Jun-De Firmian, San Francisco 1995}) 12...
Nbd7 13. a3 (13. Nh4 b4 14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ng6 Rf6 17. Qg4 d5 18.
f3 Ng5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Bd6 21. c4 Qe8 22. Nh4 e4 23. fxe4 Bf4 24. Qg4
Ne5 25. Qe2 Qxa4 $19 {Smirin-Sadler, Ischia 1996}) 13... Qe8 14. Ne1 Rc8 15. f3
Nc5 16. Ba2 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne6 18. Nd3 a5 19. Nc1 Nd4 $6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxb5
d5 22. e5 $1 d3 $1 23. Qxd3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 25. Nb3 Be3 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. N3d4
Bxd4 $2 (27... Nh5 $1 {Boensch,U}) 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Ra1 $6 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Kasparov,G/Horgen 1995/CBM 50/[Boensch,U] (36)} (29. g3 {Boensch,U} Re1+ 30.
Kg2 Bb6 $16) (29. Qf1 {Boensch,U Vogt} Be3 30. c3 Bd2 31. Ra1 Rce8)) 12. axb3
$16 {[%csl Ra6,Rd5][%cal Ya1a6]} Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 {Baburin:
Continuing the same strategy - fight over the outpost on d5. If White will
manage to get rid of Black's knight and place his knight to d5, her advantage
will be great. This is what actually happened in the game.} Rfc8 15. Ne1 {
Pressure along the c-file against the c2-pawn is Black's common form of
compensation for some strategic concessions he has made by playing ...e5; the
text denies Black that kind of counterplay.} Qb7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18.
Rxd5 Rc5 19. Rad1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 ({Baburin: Perhaps, Black should try to
fix the c2-pawn by playing} 20... b4 {[%csl Rc2] although this move would
weaken the light squares further.}) 21. c3 b4 {Sieht seltsam aus} ({aber nach} 
21... Rc5 {kommt auch einfach} 22. Rd1) 22. c4 g6 23. g3 Rc5 24. Rd1 {Baburin:
On d5 White needs a piece, not a pawn! Thus, Polgar avoids ...Rxd5.} a5 25. Nc2
Kg7 26. Qd3 Rc6 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qe2 Bd8 30. Nd5 $18 {Baburin: With
precise play Judit Polgar has achieved her strategic goal - White has the
'eternal' knight on d5 vs. Black's rather poor bishop. As the knight should
not just sit on d5, White needs to organise an attack, in which the knight can
take part.} Rc5 31. Qe3 Be7 32. Rd3 Bd8 33. Qd2 Rc6 34. Qd1 Kg8 35. h4 Kg7 {
Baburin: This 'sit & wait' policy is faulty, as White will always find ways to
get through.} ({Baburin: Black should have stopped the further advance of
White's h-pawn by playing} 35... h5) 36. h5 {Baburin: Now there is tension on
the kingside. Entsprechend Nimzowitsch's Regel: Die zweite Schwäche
entscheidet.} Bg5 37. Qf3 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rc6 39. Qe2 Rc8 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. f3 {
Baburin: White vacates the f2-square, from where White's queen will threaten
both flanks (Qf2-a7 and Qf2-g1-h2).} Rb8 42. Qf2 Rb7 43. hxg6 fxg6 ({Alas,
recapturing with the h-pawn -} 43... hxg6 {Baburin is prohibited, as after} 44.
Qg1 f5 ({or} 44... Bf6 45. Qh2 Bg7 46. Qh4) 45. Qh2 Bf6 46. Qh6 Bg7 47. Qg5 Rd7
48. Ra1 {Black cannot cope with the attack going on both flanks.}) 44. c5 {
Baburin: Once the position of the black king has been weakened, White does not
mind opening the c-file.} dxc5 45. Qxc5 Bd8 46. Rc1 Kf7 47. Qe3 Kg7 48. Rc4 Rd7
49. Qc1 h5 50. Rc6 Rd6 51. Rc8 Qd7 52. Qc5 Kh6 53. Rb8 Bf6 54. Qe3+ Bg5 55. f4
exf4 56. Rh8+ {Die Schlusskombination ist sehr hübsch.} (56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Qd4+
Bf6 58. Qxf6+ Rxf6 59. Rh7+ Kxh7 60. Nxf6+ Kg7 61. Nxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 $1 (16... Nb6 17. Rb1 $14) 17. Be3 (17. c4 c6) 17... c6 18.
c4 Qc7 $1 (18... b4 $2 19. a3) 19. Rc1 (19. Bd3 Nc5 (19... cxd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5
21. exd5 e4 $13)) 19... b4 $1 20. Qd2 a5 21. Bb1 (21. Bd3 Nc5) 21... c5 $1 22.
Rf1 Ra8 23. Nh2 a4 24. Bg5 axb3 25. axb3 Ra3 $11 26. Bc2 Ra2 $1 27. Kh1 (27. f4
h6 $1 28. Bxf6 (28. fxe5 hxg5 29. exf6 Bxf6 (29... Nxf6 $5 30. Qxg5 Qe7 $44)
30. Rxf6 (30. Ng4 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 f6) 30... Nxf6 31. Qxg5 Qd8) 28... Nxf6 29. fxe5
Rxe5 $15) 27... h5 28. Rce1 Nh7 29. Be3 Qd8 (29... Rea8 $5 {/\ Qd8-e7} 30. Qd1
Qd8 31. Bb1 Ra1 $1 32. Qc2 Qe7 $11) 30. Qc1 Qe7 31. Ne2 Bc8 32. Bb1 Ra3 33. Qc2
Rf8 (33... Nhf8 $1) 34. Nc1 Re8 35. Nd3 Nhf8 36. Re2 Ra6 (36... g5 $1 {/\ Ng6=}
) 37. Nf3 $2 (37. f4) 37... Nh7 $2 (37... f5 $1 38. exf5 $8 (38. Ng1 f4 39. Bc1
g5 $17) 38... gxf5 $15) 38. Nd2 Nhf8 (38... g5 $1) 39. f4 exf4 40. Bxf4 Ne5 (
40... f6 $5 {/\ Ne5}) 41. Nxe5 Bxe5 42. Bxe5 Qxe5 (42... dxe5 $1) 43. Ref2 Re7
44. Nf3 Qg3 $2 (44... Qc3 $1 45. Qxc3 bxc3 46. Rc1 Ra1 $1) 45. Qd2 $1 Nd7 (
45... Nh7 46. e5 dxe5 47. d6 Rd7 48. Qe3 $1 $36) (45... f6 46. e5 $1 dxe5 47.
Ng5 $16) 46. Qh6 f6 $2 (46... Re5 $1 47. Nxe5 Nxe5 48. Qf4 (48. Qd2 Bd7) 48...
Qxf4 49. Rxf4 Kf8 {/\ Ke7+/=}) 47. e5 $1 $18 dxe5 48. Bxg6 Nf8 (48... f5 49. d6
) 49. Be4 Rg7 50. Ne1 $1 Ng6 (50... f5 51. Qxh5) 51. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After our match in Lausanne, one might assume there was a lot at stake in
this game. However, I think neither player wanted to think about this aspect.
I treated this game as any either. In the tournament itself, I was 2 points
ahead of Karpov (I had +3 and he was on -1) at this moment and the game had no
significance for the tournament either.  Still the game itself, despite lots
of errors was quite interesting.} 1. d4 {Khalifman} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Nf3 {Since he normally plays e3, I guessed that a Moscow variation was on the
cards.} e6 5. Bg5 {Khalifman: Das würde Karpov zum Beispiel gegen Kramnik
nicht wagen, denn der geht mit 5...dxc4 nun in das Botwinniksystem über
während bei Anand nur mit dem Moskauer System (9...h6) zu rechnen ist.} h6 6.
Bxf6 {I don't think Anatoly even considered 6.Bh4} Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1 {
A move that was played by the great Capa (Capablanca-Levenfish Moscow 1936) !}
(8. Bd3 {Khalifman} Qd8 (8... Bd6) 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Rc1 a6 12. e4 dxc4
13. Bxc4 b5 14. Ba2 c5 15. d5 $14 {Kramnik,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Alcobendas m
1993/CBM 39/[Kortschnoj]/1-0 (48)}) 8... Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 a6
12. Bb1 (12. a3 f5 13. b4 Bd6 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. f4 Bd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. Nf3 (17.
Qd1 Be8 18. Be2 {Would be similar to what Karpov tried to get in the game.})
17... Be8 18. Qb2 Bh5 $11 {Spraggett,K-Illescas Cordoba,M EUCup Barcelona 1993.
} (18... Bh5 {Khalifman} 19. Ne5 Ne4 20. a4 g5 {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Illescas
Cordoba,M/EUCup Gr7 1993/CBM 38 (43)})) 12... f5 (12... b5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4
$1 Bb7 15. exd5 exd5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Ne5 $14 {Vakhidov,T-Paranjan,A UZB-ch 1993.
}) 13. Ne1 {Karpov goes in for Spragett's plan, but he has lost time due to 12.
Bb1. Perhaps it would have been better just to play 13.Rfd1} Bd6 14. c5 {
Khalifman: Das weiße Spiel gefällt mir nicht: Erst Tc1, nun c5. Auch 15. f4
ist merkwürdig. Karpov unternimmt im Folgenden überhaupt nichts, sondern
wartet ab, was passiert.} Bc7 15. f4 Nf6 16. Bd3 (16. b4 $5 {Khalifman jetzt
oder später wäre etwas Aktivität.}) 16... Bd7 17. Qd1 $6 {Trying to stop
Bd7-e8-h5, but White should have played Nf3-e5 as soon as possible to get
equality. Now he stands worse.} g5 $1 {It is important to omit Be8 - Black
wants to swing the second rook over to the kingside and the bishop would get
in the way. Black can always play Be8 later.} 18. g3 Rf7 19. Rc2 Rg7 20. Rg2
Qe7 21. Be2 Kh8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Nd3 Be8 24. Qd1 $6 {White should have waited
on b3 longer hindering Rbg8 - Bh5 is not such a big threat.} Bf7 25. Ne5 Rbg8
26. Bf3 Be8 $1 {Now everything is perfect for a kingside advance. It is
amazing how quickly White gets into trouble.} 27. b4 h5 $15 28. Re1 h4 29. Kf2
{An amazing move, but White's position already calls for desperate measures.}
gxf4 30. exf4 $8 (30. gxf4 Rxg2+ 31. Bxg2 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Ng4+ $17) 30... Ne4+
31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Ke3 {White only needs one more move (Reg1) to consolidate. I
felt that hxg3 would be premature because of the opening if the h-file that it
entails. Therefore Black must open up a second front.} (32. Reg1 $4 h3 $19)
32... a5 $1 33. a3 axb4 34. axb4 b6 $1 {Since White can't meet Bxe5 with fxe5
due to Qg5+, Black must soften up the c5 square.} 35. Na4 (35. cxb6 $2 Bxe5 $1
36. dxe5 Qxb4 37. Qd4 Qe7 $1 {/\ c5} 38. Na4 Qa3+ $1) 35... b5 $1 {Why has
Black changed his mind? Actually, White has managed to defend the c5 square,
so Black must change tack. This move takes away the c4 square from White's
king.} 36. Nc3 hxg3 {After opening lines on the queenside, Black returns to
the kingside.} 37. Rh1 Qh4 {Khalifman: Schwarz muß hier auf Gewinn stehen. Der
weiße König steht sehr gefährdet.} 38. Ne2 $8 (38. hxg3 Rxg3+ 39. Rxg3 Rxg3+
40. Kd2 Rh3 $17) (38. Qe1 Bxe5 39. dxe5 (39. fxe5 Qh6+ 40. Ke2 Bh5+ $19) 39...
d4+ $1 40. Kxd4 Qd8+ $1 $19 {The reason b6-b5 was necessary - White can't play
Kc4}) 38... Rh7 39. Qg1 (39. Qe1 Bxe5 (39... Qh6) 40. dxe5 d4+ 41. Kxd4 (41.
Nxd4 Qh3 $1 $19) 41... Bh5 $1 (41... Qd8+ 42. Kc3 Qd3+ 43. Kb2) 42. hxg3 Qg4 {
is similar to the game.}) 39... Rf8 $1 (39... Bxe5 {Khalifman} 40. dxe5 d4+)
40. Qe1 {Karpov defends extremely well - White must keep hxg3 as a defence
against Bh5} (40. Rxg3 Bxe5 41. dxe5 Bh5 $17) 40... Bxe5 $1 {There is nothing
to be gained by waiting longer.} 41. dxe5 d4+ $1 42. Kxd4 Bh5 $1 43. hxg3 Qg4
44. Rf2 (44. Ng1 Ra8 $1 (44... Rxf4 45. Rh4 e3+ 46. gxf4 Qxg2 47. Kxe3) 45. Rh4
Qg6 46. Kc3 Ra3+ 47. Kb2 Rha7 $40) 44... Ra8 $1 45. Rh4 Qg6 46. Kc3 Ra2 $4 {
I now missed two clear wins.} (46... e3 $1 {The first one. Khalifman: gewinnt
forciert. Es droht Matt eingeleitet mit 47...Ra3.} 47. Rfh2 Ra3+ 48. Kb2 Ra2+
$1 $19 49. Kc3 (49. Kxa2 Qc2+ 50. Ka3 Ra7#) 49... Qc2+ 50. Kd4 Ra3) 47. Rfh2
Rxe2 {Still, this leads to a won ending, so no harm has been done yet.} 48.
Rxe2 Bxe2 49. Rxh7+ Kxh7 50. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 51. Kd4 Qxf4 52. Qh5+ (52. Qxe4+ Qxe4+
53. Kxe4 Kg6 {The pawn ending is completely lost.}) 52... Kg7 53. Qe8 e3+ $4 {
Now when I should not have played e3, I do it!!} (53... Qd2+ 54. Kxe4 Qxb4+ 55.
Kf3 {I stopped here, but it only takes a second to see that Black can force
White into giving up one more pawn.} (55. Kd3 Qb3+ 56. Kd2 Qd5+ $19) 55... Qc3+
$1 56. Kg4 Qd4+ 57. Kf3 Qd3+ 58. Kf2 Qf5+ $19 {White can't go to the g-file,
so it is over.}) 54. Kd3 Qf5+ 55. Kxe3 Qxe5+ 56. Kd3 Qd5+ 57. Ke3 Kf6 58. Qf8+
{It's perpetual check.} Kg5 59. Qg7+ Kh5 60. Qf7+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 (9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14.
Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O g6 18. Kh1 Bh6 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Raa1 f5
21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 Bg7 23. Rad1 Ne7 $11 {Polgar,J-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee
1998/46/0-1/ [Khalifman]}) 9... gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 (11. c3) 11... Ne7 12.
Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf3 $5 (14. c3) (14. c4) 14... f5 15. exf5 d5 (15...
Bb7 16. Be4 d5 17. Bxd5 e4 18. f6 Bxf6 19. Qg3+ Bg7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. c3 $14)
16. Qxd5 Bb7 17. Qb3 e4 (17... Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rd4 19. Bf1 Rb4 20. Rd7 $1 $16) (
17... Qg5 18. f3 $16) 18. Be2 Qg5 $8 (18... Qe5 19. Nc4 $1 $16) (18... Qf6 19.
c3 Qxf5 20. Nc2 $16) (18... Rad8 19. Rad1 Qg5 20. Nc4 $1 $16) 19. Rad1 $1 (19.
Nc4 e3 $3 20. Nxe3 (20. f3 $2 Bd5 21. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Bd4 23. Kf2 Rfe8 $19)
20... Rae8 21. h4 (21. g3 Bd4 22. h4 $8 Qh6 23. Rad1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Rd6
Rxe2 (25... Rxb3 $1 26. Rxh6 Rxg3+ 27. Kf2 Rg2+ 28. Ke1 f6 $1 $19 {צh6}) 26.
Rxh6 Rg2+ 27. Kh1 Rf2+ 28. Kg1 Rg2+ $11 {Anand}) 21... Qxh4 22. Rfe1 (22. Rfd1
Bh6 $1) 22... Bd4 $40 (22... Re4 {/\23... Rb4} 23. g3 $2 Qh1+ $3 24. Kxh1 Rh4+
25. Kg1 Rh1#) 23. Bf1 Be5 $1) 19... e3 20. f3 (20. g3 $2 Rae8 21. Nc4 exf2+ 22.
Rxf2 Rxe2 $1 23. Rxe2 Qg4) 20... Be5 (20... Kh8 21. Nc4) (20... Rad8 21. Nc4) (
20... Qxf5 21. c4 $1) 21. Nc4 $1 (21. Qb4 Kh8 $40) 21... Bf4 (21... bxc4 $2 22.
Qxb7 Qh4 23. f4 Bxf4 24. g3 $18) 22. Rd4 $8 (22. Nd6 $2 Qh6) 22... Bd5 {!!?} (
22... Rad8 $142 $1 23. Rfd1 Bd5 $1 24. Rxd5 (24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxe3 Qxf5 $15)
24... Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qh4 26. Nxe3 (26. g3 Bxg3 27. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+)
26... Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ $11 29. g3 $4 Bxg3+ $19) 23. Rxf4 (23.
Rxd5 Qh4 24. g3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kh1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Kh8 $5 28. Qc3+ f6 29.
Nxe3 Rg8+ 30. Ng4 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) (23. g3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 e2
$1 $19) 23... Qxf4 (23... Bxc4 $2 24. Qxe3 $1 Rfe8 25. Qc1 $18) 24. Qxe3 Qxf5 (
24... Qxe3+ 25. Nxe3 $16) 25. Bd3 Qf6 (25... Qe6 26. Qg5+ $1 Kh8 27. Qh4 $16 f5
28. Qd4+ Kg8 29. Ne3 $1 Rad8 30. Nxf5 $1) 26. Nb6 Rad8 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Qe4
Qd4+ (28... Rh5 $6) 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Re1 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Friso and I have played one game - a chaotic encounter in Wijk aan Zee
1990. Long time no see!} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {
I had had enough of the Najdorf and decided to go with the Rauser for this
game.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 {The
Classical Rauser, the most solid of the many subsytems in my opinion.} 11. Kb1
{The main line is 11.Bc4, but this leads to a rather boring ending and Friso
is not that kind of a guy!} h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 Bd7 {Shirov and I
transposed into this position and as you can see from the game, the resource
Rxd3 saved Black.} 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qg4 Rxd3 $1 (17...
hxg5 $2 {Wrong order} 18. Qxh5 Rxd3 19. hxg5 $1 $18) 18. Rxd3 hxg5 19. Qxh5
gxh4 (19... g6 $1 $15 {Topalov and Kramnik felt afterwards that Black was even
better.}) 20. Rd4 g6 21. Rg4 Qc5 $1 {Keeping an eye on g1} (21... Bf6 $2 22.
Rxg6+ fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Qxe6+ $18) 22. Rf1 Bf6 {Now that White doesn't
have Rh4 later.} 23. Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V 6th
Amber Rapid 1997}) 13... Bd7 $1 {The key differences (after 13.Be2) are that
Black can't eliminate the bishop with an exchange sacrifice and that the h5
square is covered (Nf6-h5, a typical resource in this position, in not
possible). I spent some time checking this move - in my opinion, a7-a6 is too
slow in this position and Bd7 is desirable and necessary - and finally found a
way to make it work for Black.} (13... a6 $6) 14. Qe3 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6
16. Qf4 (16. Qe3 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg2 $1 $17 {Taking away the h3
square after which White can't double on the h-file.}) 16... Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Qb4
$1 {The only move. Otherwise Black is just worse (at best!).} (17... hxg5 18.
hxg5 Nd5 19. Qh2 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 $18) (17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 (18... Bxd5 19.
Bxe7 Qxa2+ 20. Kc1 $18) 19. hxg5 Bxd5 20. a3 $16) 18. Qg3 (18. exf6 hxg5 $1 19.
Qh2 Bd6 $17) (18. Qh2 Nd7 {One point of Qb4 - the bishop on e7 is protected.})
18... hxg5 19. hxg5 (19. exf6 Bxf6 20. hxg5 Bxc3 $19) 19... Nh7 20. Qh2 (20.
Rh4 Qc5 21. Qh2 Bxg5 22. Rxh7 Bh6) 20... Be4 $17 {Another point of Qb4}) 14...
Rac8 $1 {Now Black is harmoniously developed - an exchange sacrifice is
threatened.} 15. e5 $2 (15. g4 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 $44) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5
(16... Rxc3 17. Qxc3 $1 Qxc3 18. bxc3 hxg5 19. exf6 {Black would have ~/=, but
in the game he is just winning.}) 17. hxg5 (17. exf6 Bxf6 18. hxg5 Rxc3 $1)
17... Rxc3 $1 18. Bd3 (18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rxd5 (19. Qh3 Nxc3+ 20. Kc1 Nxe2+ $19)
19... exd5 $19) (18. Qf4 Ba4 $1 (18... Rxc2 19. gxf6 Rxb2+ (19... Rdc8 20. fxe7
Rxb2+ $11) 20. Kxb2 Ba3+ 21. Kb3 Rc8 {Fritzy}) (18... Qa4 19. Qh2 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1
Nh7 21. Bd3 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd3 23. Rh1 Rd1+ $1 24. Rxd1 Bc6 $17) 19. gxf6 (19.
Rxd8+ Bxd8) (19. bxc3 Bxc2+ $1 $19) 19... Bxc2+ 20. Ka1 Ra3 $1 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8
22. Bc4 Rxa2+ 23. Bxa2 Bb3 $19) (18. Qf2 Rxc2 $1 19. gxf6 (19. Kxc2 Qxa2 $1 $19
) 19... Rxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Ba3+ $19) 18... Rxd3 $8 {The kamikaze rook!} 19. cxd3 (
19. Rxd3 {Now the first rank is weak, so...} Nh5 20. Rxh5 Bc6 $19 {Due to Qe1,
White can't play Qh3}) 19... Ng4 20. Qh3 (20. Qg3 Qxe5 21. Qxg4 Qxg5 $19) 20...
Nh6 21. gxh6 Qxe5 22. Rde1 Qg5 23. hxg7 Qxg7 $19 24. Re3 Bg5 $2 {A silly error.
I saw 24...e5, but thought it didn't make a difference.} (24... e5 $1 {After
the game I said that 24...e5 would have been easier. Friso simply answered: "
after e5, I was going to resign!"} 25. Qh2 (25. Qh5 Bf6 $1) 25... Bf5 $19) 25.
Rg3 f6 26. Qg4 $1 $17 {Suddenly White is back in the game! Black is still
winning, but he has to be very careful.} Kf7 $1 {The king is actually safer on
g6} 27. Qd4 (27. Rgh3 e5 28. Qc4+ Be6) 27... Qg8 $1 28. Qe4 (28. Qxa7 Bc6 $17)
(28. Rgh3 e5 29. Rh7+ Kg6) 28... Bc6 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Qh4 Qg6 31. Qh3 Rd6 $1 {
/\ Kd8-c8} 32. a3 Kd8 33. Ka1 Qf5 34. Qh1 $8 Bd7 35. d4 Rc6 36. Qh2 e5 {
The threat of Rc1 isn't going anywhere. Friso resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bxe4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bf6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Nf3 bxc4 21.
bxc4 Qa5 22. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15.
Be3 c5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Rc7 19. e6 Nb6 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rac1 Rf5 23. Nd2 Na4 24. Rc2 Bf6 25. Rb1 Rd5 26. Kf1 Rdd7 27.
Nc4 Rb7 28. Nd2 Rbc7 29. Nc4 Rb7 30. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Khalifman} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4
Rb8 (7... Bb7 {Khalifman}) 8. c3 (8. axb5 {Khalifman} axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4
Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 (12. c3)) 8... d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. h3 (10. axb5 {Khalifman
}) (10. Na3 {Khalifman}) 10... Bb7 11. Re1 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 exd4 14.
cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 c5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 cxd4 $1 $146 {Khalifman: In
der Bundesliga ist Shirov nach dem bisher gespielten 18...g5 gegen Hracek
schlimm unter die Räder gekommen.} (18... g5 $2 {Khalifman} 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20.
Bxg5 b3 21. Bxb3 $1 (21. Bd3 c4 22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxd4 24. Re3 Ng4 $2 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Madrid plof 20' 1997/EXP 58/[Shirov] (33)} (24...
Rfd8 $1 $19)) 21... cxd4 22. Ra3 $1 Nc6 23. Ba2 Ne5 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. f4 Ned7 26.
e5 d3+ 27. Kh1 dxe5 28. fxe5 $18 {Hracek,Z-Shirov,A/BL97/98 (1-0)/35}) 19. Nbd2
Re8 20. Ra4 Bc6 21. Ra1 (21. Rxb4 $2 {Khalifman} d3) 21... Rc8 22. Bd3 Nb7 23.
e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 g5 25. Bg3 Bd5 26. Bf5 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Nd3 (28. Ndc4 Bc5
29. h4 Qd8 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Bb1 (31. Qd2 Nh5 32. Bb1 Bxc4 $1 (32... Nxg3 33.
Qd3 Ne4 34. Rxe4))) 28... Nc5 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Nxb4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Qg4 Rad8 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Bh7 21.
f4 c4+ 22. Kh2 Bb4 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qe6 27.
Raf1 Rfe8 28. R1f4 Rd5 29. Re4 Re7 30. Qf4 Rc7 31. Rxc4 $2 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Rxc4 {
[#] "The endgame is won for Black" (Anand). Nevertheless, it demands a tedious
manoeuvering and gradual improvement of the position of Black's rooks in order
to be able to exploit the numerous White pawn weaknesses and win. [#] "Das
Endspiel ist für Schwarz gewonnen" (Anand). Dennoch ist ein langwieriges
Lavieren und allmähliches Besserstellen der schwarzen Türme erforderlich, um
die zahlreichen weißen Bauernschwächen gewinnbringend ausnutzen zu können.} 33.
Qb1 {Hecht: threatens Qb8+ and Qb1+, indirectly defends e5 and c3 and goes for
the pawn on a7. droht Db8+ und Db1+, verteidigt e5 und c3 indirekt und geht
auf den Ba7 los.} Rd8 34. Qb7 Rxc3 35. Qxa7 Rcc8 {[%csl Ra2,Re5]} 36. a4 Ra8
37. Qc7 Rdc8 (37... Rd4 $6 38. Qc6 Rdxa4 39. e6 fxe6 40. Qxe6+ Kh8) 38. Qb7 Re8
39. Qc6 Rac8 40. Qd7 Rcd8 41. Qc7 Rd5 42. a5 Rdxe5 43. a6 R5e7 44. Qc6 Rf8 $1 {
Hecht: Now the doubling of the rooks on the a-file can no longer be prevented.
The a-pawn falls. Afterwards, the kingside pawns will be wiped out. Jetzt läßt
sich die Verdoppelung der Türme auf der a-Linie nicht mehr verhindern. Der
a-Bauer fällt. Danach werden die Königsflügelbauern aufgerieben.} 45. Kh3 (45.
Qc5 Rd7 {gefolgt von Ta8 bzw. Ta7}) 45... Ra7 46. g4 Rfa8 47. Kh4 Rxa6 48. Qb7
Ra5 49. Qc6 Rf8 50. Qb6 Rg5 51. Qb3 Kh8 52. Qb4 Re8 53. Qa4 Rd8 54. Qe4 f5 55.
gxf5 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin,L} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 (5. h4 $5 {Yudasin,L}
) 5... b5 (5... Nf6 {Yudasin,L} 6. h3 b5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. exd6 exd6 9. Bd3 $14) 6.
Bd3 Nd7 {/\c5} (6... Bb7 {Yudasin,L} 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 Nf6 (8... a5 9. c3 e6 10.
Nf4 Nf6 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Bg5 Bxd5) 11. Qc2 Nbd7 $13) 9.
Nxf6+ $14) 7. e5 {I believe this move was played the first time against me in
1991} Bb7 (7... e6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. a4 bxa4 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Rxa4 O-O 12. O-O Bb7
13. Be4 d5 14. Bd3 f6 15. Bh4 Nf5 $132 {Fishbein,A-Hansen,C/Kerteminde 1991/
(59)}) (7... dxe5 {Yudasin,L} 8. Be4 Rb8 9. dxe5 {/\10.Ba7,10.e6}) 8. e6 (8.
exd6 {Yudasin,L} cxd6 9. O-O Ngf6 $15) 8... fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O $44 {
[%csl Re8] White has longterm compensation. Blacks P-structure has been
weakened and his development has been obstructed seriously. However white
needs to open lines to improve his position and that is not so easy} (10. Qe2
$44 {Was another idea with the option of castling queenside}) 10... Nf6 (10...
e5 {Yudasin,L} 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Be4 $146) 11. Re1 (11. a4 $142 $14 {Svidler})
11... Qd7 12. Bd2 (12. a4 {Yudasin,L} b4 13. Nce4 h6 14. Nxf6+ exf6 $13) (12.
Qe2 {Yudasin,L} h6 13. Nge4 $146) 12... h6 {[%csl Rg6] This move weakens g6,
but black cannot tolerate the white N on g5} 13. Nf3 (13. Nge4 {Yudasin,L} Nxe4
14. Bxe4 d5 15. Bf3 Bxd4) 13... Rb8 (13... g5 {Yudasin,L} 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 g4
16. Nh4) 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 {/\c3,,Rb1,Qe2~/=} Qc6
$5 {White cannot easily put more pressure on e6. So it is quite possible that
he will try to attack blacks pawns on the Q-side. Playing a4-a5 and attack b4
would be one idea. Blacks textmove is played with the idea of putting the Q on
the square c4. It can easily be forced away, but white might have to make some
consessions like playing the positionally dubios move b2-b3} 18. Re3 {/\Rb3,c3}
Qc4 (18... Qd5 {Yudasin,L} 19. c3 b3 20. Qe2) (18... g5 {Yudasin,L} 19. c3 bxc3
20. Bxc3 Qd5 21. Qd3 a5 22. Nd2 {/\Nc4-a5,/\Nc4,Rf3,Ne3}) 19. c3 (19. b3 $6 Qd5
) (19. Rb3 {Yudasin,L} Nd7 20. c3 O-O 21. cxb4 c6 $13) 19... b3 {Black wants
to keep the Q-side closed. As long as his N is on f8, he cannot let white get
more open files for his Rs as Rh8 does not participate in the game} 20. Re1 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Yd2e3,Yf3d2,Ya1a3] White has created a weakness on b3 and now
he will regroup with Be3, Nd2 and possibly Ra3 to attack this weakness} (20.
Be1 {Yudasin,L} g5 21. Nd2 Qd5 22. Ra3 Ng6 23. Qh5 Qf5 24. Rf3 Qc2 $13) 20...
g5 (20... Kf7 {Yudasin,L} 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Nd2 Qd5 23. c4 Qb7 24. Ra3) 21. Be3
Qd5 (21... Ng6 {Yudasin,L} 22. Nd2 Qd5 23. Ra3 Nh4 24. f3 g4 25. Bf2) 22. Qd3
$1 {[%cal Yd3a6,Yd3g6] Anand:?!} a5 23. Ra3 {Anand: ?!} Kf7 24. Nd2 Ng6 (24...
Bf6 $5 $13 {Yudasin,L}) 25. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ye2h5] e6 Black was finally ready
to develop Rh8, but now the pin on blacks N after Qh5 would keep blacks forces
tied up} (25. c4 Qf5 $132) 25... Nh4 (25... Rhf8 26. Qh5 $16 (26. c4 {Yudasin,L
} Qf5 27. Nxb3 $36)) (25... e5 {Yudasin,L} 26. c4 Qa8 27. d5 Nf4 $2 28. Bxf4
gxf4 29. Qh5+ $40) 26. f3 Ng6 (26... Rhf8 $5 27. c4 Qa8 {Black does not like
to move the Q away from the K but the alternative is not very good either:} (
27... Qf5 28. g3 Ng6 29. g4 Qf6 30. Ne4 Nf4 31. Qd1 $16) 28. Bf2 (28. Bxg5
Bxd4+ 29. Be3 Rg8 30. Bxd4 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 $14) 28... e5 29. dxe5
Bxe5) (26... e5 {Yudasin,L} 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Nc4 Bf6 29. Rd1 $36) 27. c4 Qf5 (
27... Qa8 {Yudasin,L} 28. Bxg5 (28. Nxb3 Bf6 $14) 28... Bxd4+ $13) 28. Ne4 $1 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Rg2g4] /\g4 White is not mainly interested in winning back the
P on b3. He wants to disturb the coordination of the black forces. The threat
g2-g4, makes it one more time impossible to develop Rh8} Kg8 {[%csl Rh8]} (
28... Nf4 {Yudasin,L} 29. Qd1 Rb4 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 31. Rb5) (28... g4 {Yudasin,L}
29. Rf1) 29. Qd1 Rb4 $2 (29... Kh7 $142 $5 {Yudasin,L}) (29... g4 $142 {Svidler
} 30. Ng3 $140 Qc2) 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 $2 $16 (30... Rxb3 $142 31. Qxb3 Kh7 $13 {
Anand}) 31. Rb5 Qf7 (31... d5 {Yudasin,L} 32. b3 Rb4 33. Rxa5) 32. Rxa5 Kh7 33.
Rb5 (33. Bxg5 {Yudasin,L} Rxd4) (33. Rxg5 {Yudasin,L} d5) 33... d5 $2 {[%csl
Rc5] Now black could and should move Rh8 into the game} (33... Ra8 34. b3 Rc6
$16) (33... Rc6 $16 {Yudasin,L} 34. Rxg5 $2 d5 35. Rxg6 Qxg6 36. Nc5 $13) 34.
Nc5 {[%csl Rc4] /\b3,Qd2 The black R on c4 is now in trouble} Qf5 35. b3 Rc3
36. Qd2 Rc2 37. g4 $1 Nh4 38. gxf5 Nxf3+ 39. Kh1 Nxd2 40. Re2 Nc4 (40... exf5 {
Yudasin,L} 41. Bxd2 (41. Ne6 f4 42. Bxd2 f3 43. Rf2 c6 44. Rb7 Bf6 $132) (41.
Rxd2 Rxd2 42. Bxd2 Bxd4 43. Ne6 c6 44. Rb7 Bf6 45. a5 $18) 41... Bxd4 42. Rxe7+
Kg6 $132) 41. Rxc2 Nxe3 42. Re2 (42. Re2 {Yudasin,L} Nxf5 43. Nxe6 c6 44. Rb6
Rc8 45. Rc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 (6... h6 $2 7.
Ne6 fxe6 $4 8. Bg6#) 7. N1f3 Bd6 (7... h6 8. Nxe6 Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8
11. Bf4 {DeepBlue-Kasparov/New York (6)/1997/1-0/}) 8. Qe2 h6 (8... Qc7 $4 9.
Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Qxe6+ Be7 12. Qf7+ Kd8 13. Ne6#) 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6
$2 fxe6 10. Qxe6+ Qe7 $19) 9... Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 (10... Nf6 11. Qh4 Ke7 $5 {
Karpov. /\g7-g5} 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O
g5 17. Qh3 $1 (17. Qa4 $17 {Kamsky-Karpov/Dortmund/1993/}) 17... c5 18. Rhe1
Bb7 19. Bc4 $1 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Iordachescu,V/Chebanenco mem 1st 1998/CBM 64 
(38)}) 11. Qg4 Rg8 $5 $146 {Finding a novelty in such often played position is
not easy. Anand's move is much less commital than the known alternatives.} (
11... g5 12. Qh3 (12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nc4 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. h4 c5 17.
Bb5+ Kf8 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. hxg5 Ne4 20. Qf3 cxd4 21. Ng6+ Kg8 22. Nxh8 Bb4+ 23.
c3 Nxc3 24. Qxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nxf7 Nxb5+ 26. Bd2 Bxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kxf7 28. Rxh6 {
1-0 Nijboer,F-Maki Uuro,M/Arnold Cup 1994 (31)}) 12... Rg8 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. Ne4
(14. Nc4 b6 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Bb7 17. Bh7 Rh8 18. Be4 O-O-O 19. c3 Be7 20.
Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 c5 {1-0 Spangenberg,H-Giardelli,S/Buenos Aires PRENAJ 1994/ 
(40)}) 14... Bg7 15. O-O Bxd4 16. Be3 Be5 (16... Bxb2 17. Rad1) 17. Rad1 Nf6
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bh7 Rh8 20. Qxh6 Be7 21. Qg7 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G/
Linares 1994 (39)}) (11... Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. c3 Bb7 15. h4 Re8 16.
h5 Bd5 17. Bd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Anand,V/Linares (6)/1998/CBM 64 (40)})
12. Nd2 $5 {/\Nc4} (12. Bxh6 Nf6 13. Qg5 (13. Qh4 Rh8) 13... Bf8 $1 (13... Nd5
14. Qg4 (14. Bxg7 Qa5+ 15. c3 Bf8 $19) 14... Nf6) 14. Qe5 Bd6 15. Qg5 Bf8 $11)
(12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 $11) 12... Nf6 13. Qf3 e5
14. dxe5 (14. Nc4 Be6) 14... Bxe5 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Bd2 $5 (16. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 17.
Be3 (17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 O-O-O 19. Re1 Rge8 20. Kf1 $14) 17... Ng4 (17...
Bd5 18. Qh3) (17... Qxb2 18. O-O) 18. O-O-O Nxe3 $11) 16... O-O-O $2 {Playing
against Kasparov even Anand multiplies the danger he sees in different
variations. It must have been better to bite the bullet and accept the pawn
sacrifice.} (16... Bxb2 17. Nxb2 (17. Bf4 Bc3+ 18. Kf1 Qe7 19. Nd6+ Kf8) 17...
Qe5+ 18. Qe2 (18. Be3 Qc3+ 19. Bd2 Qe5+) 18... Qxb2 19. O-O O-O-O 20. a4 Rge8
21. Rfb1 Qd4 22. Be3 $40) (16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxb2 18. Qe3+ (18. Rb1 Be5 $1 (
18... Qe5+ 19. Kf1 O-O-O 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Bxf7 (21. Qb3 Rd4) 21... Qxc2 22. Be6+
Nd7 23. Rd1 $16) 19. Qe3 O-O-O 20. Qxa7 Rge8 21. Be3 Ng4 $17) (18. Rd1 O-O-O
19. O-O Be5 $17) 18... Kd8 (18... Kd7 19. Qh3+ (19. Rd1 Rae8 20. Ba5+ Qd6 21.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 22. Bb4+ Kd7 23. Bxf7 Rxe3+ 24. fxe3 $14)) (18... Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7
20. Rb1) 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Qb3 $13) 17. O-O-O Nd7 $6 (17... Bg4 18. Bf5+ Bxf5 19.
Qxf5+ Nd7 20. Be3 $16) (17... Bxh2 18. g3 Ng4 19. Bf4 $16) (17... Rd7 18. Nxe5
Qxe5 19. Qe3 (19. Bf4 Qa5) 19... Qxe3 20. Bxe3 $14) 18. Rhe1 (18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19.
Bf4 Qf6 $4 20. Qxc6+ $1 bxc6 21. Ba6#) (18. Ba5 Nb6) 18... Rge8 (18... Bf6 $5
19. Bf4 Bg5 (19... Qxf4+ 20. Qxf4 Bg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nd6+ $14) 20. Bxg5 hxg5
21. h3 Rh8 $11) 19. Kb1 (19. Qe3 $2 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Rxe3 $19)
19... g5 $2 {Even in the symmetrical structures like this one the pawn
weaknesses on the flanks play a great role.} (19... Kb8 $4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 $1 Bxa2+ 22. Kxa2 Rxe5 23. Bf4 $18) (19... f6 $5) (19... Qb8 $16) 20. h4
$1 (20. Qe3 Bf4 21. Qxa7 Bxc4 22. Rxe8 (22. Bxf4 $2 Qxf4 23. g3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1
Qd2 $19) (22. Bxc4 Bxd2 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxd2 Re1+ 25. Rd1 Rxd1#) 22... Rxe8
23. Ba5 Bxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Qb8 $13) (20. Ba5 b6 21. Bd2 Bg7) (20. Qe3 $2 Bf4 21.
Qxa7 Bxc4 $17) 20... Bf4 (20... g4 21. Qe3 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nb6 23. Bd3 $16) (
20... Bd5 21. Qe3 Kb8 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Rg8 24. Qf5 $14) 21. Bxf4 gxf4 (
21... Qxf4 22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Nd6+ $18) 22. Bf5 $1 {Strictly speaking the
punishment for black's mistakes is rather positional and very convincing.} Nf8
(22... Bxc4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxd7+ Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 (25... Re1+ 26. Rd1) 26.
b3 Bd5 27. Qxf4 $18) (22... Bxf5 23. Rxe8 (23. Nd6+ $4 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxe1+ 25.
Rd1 Ne5) 23... Rxe8 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Nxf5 $18) 23. Qh5 $1 Kb8 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25.
a4 $1 {World champion doesn't want to give his opponent any chance for real
counterplay. Isolated pawns f7,f4,h6 will not run away.} (25. Qxh6 b5 26. Nd2
Rg8 $14) 25... Qe7 26. Qe5+ Qc7 27. Qh5 Qe7 28. b3 (28. Qxh6 $2 Rh8 $17) (28.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxh6 $2 Qb4 $19) 28... Qf6 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Ng4 Rxd1+ (30... Qg6
31. Qe5+ Rc7 (31... Kc8 $2 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Qb8+ Kd7 34. Ne5#) 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8
33. Nf6 Kc8 34. Qd6 Ne6 35. Qf8+ $1 Nd8 36. Qxd8+ Kxd8 37. Re8#) 31. Rxd1 Qg7 (
31... Qg6 32. Qe5+ Kc8 (32... Rc7 33. Nf6 Kc8 34. Ne8 Rd7 35. Nd6+ $18) 33. Nf6
Qg7 34. Rd8+ $3 Nxd8 (34... Kxd8 35. Qb8#) 35. Qxe7 Ne6 36. Ne8 Qd4 37. Nd6+
$18) 32. f3 $1 (32. Nxh6 Qh8 33. Qa5 b6 34. Qh5 $16) 32... Re8 (32... f6 33.
Qf5 $18) 33. Qf5 $1 (33. Qxh6 Qxh6 34. Nxh6 Rh8 35. Nxf7 Rxh4 $16) 33... Ka8 (
33... Qg6 34. Qe5+ Ka8 35. h5 (35. Rd7 h5 $1 36. Nf6 Rf8 $14) 35... Qg5 36.
Qxg5 Nxg5 37. Nxh6 $16) (33... h5 34. Qxh5 Rh8 35. Qa5 $16) 34. h5 Rf8 35. Rd7
$138 (35. Rd7 Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 (36... Nxg5 37. Nxh6 $18) 37. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nxd6 7. Nc4 e5 8.
c3 f6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Be2 Nf5 12. O-O Be6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Qb5 Bd7
15. Qd5 b5 16. Ncd2 Nce7 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qb6 21.
Kh1 Rc8 22. e4 Bd7 23. Qd3 Ng6 24. g3 Bc5 25. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. c3 Bb7
15. h4 Re8 16. h5 Bd5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Re2 Kg8 19. Qh3 Qc6 20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3
Nf6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Rh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 25. Be3 Kf8 26. Rc1 Qb4 27. b3 Nd5
28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc7 a5 33. a4 Kg8 34.
Rb7 Kh7 35. Rxf7 Rb8 36. Ra7 b5 37. Bf4 Rf8 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. dxe5 bxa4 40. bxa4
Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Manor,I} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 (11... fxe4 $2 {Manor,I}
12. Bxb5 $1 axb5 13. Nxb5 $16) 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O (13... Be6 14. g3 $1 (
14. Nce3 Ne7 15. g3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 O-O $11) 14... O-O 15. Bg2 $14) 14. Nce3 Be6
15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O (16. Bc2 Kh8 (16... Ne7 $2 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxf5 $1) 17.
Qh5 e4 18. Rd1 Ne5 19. O-O Bf7 20. Qh3 Qg5 $13 {Martin Gonzales - Komarov,
Benasque, 1995}) 16... e4 (16... Rb8 $5 17. Qh5 Qd7 $13 {David-Manor, Bikurei
Haitim, 1997}) (16... Ra7 {Manor,I} 17. Qh5 Raf7 (17... e4 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Qxe8
Rxe8 20. f3 exf3 21. Rxf3 Ne5 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. Nf4 Nc4 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Nxf5
Nxb2 26. Rf1 Nc4 27. h4 Rg6 28. Rgf3 Nd2 29. Bb3 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rc7 31. h5 Rg5
32. h6 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Bxh6 34. R1f3 Bg7 35. Rg5 Kh8 36. Kf1 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Bxc3
$11 {Ivanchuk-Kramnik, London, PCA,1994}) 18. g4 e4 19. Bc2 fxg4 20. Bxe4 Be5
21. Qh6 Kh8 22. Kh1 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Ne7 $11 {Svidler ,P- Kramnik, Linares, 1998})
(16... Ne7 {Manor,I} 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Qb3 Qg6 22. Nd5 Rc4 23. f4 Bh6 24. Qc2 exf4 25. Rf2 Re8 26. Raf1 Rce4 27. Qd3
R8e5 28. Nxf4 {Lutz-Salai, Erevan olm, 1996}) 17. Nf4 (17. Bc2 $2 f4 18. Bxe4
fxe3 19. Qh5 exf2+ 20. Kh1 (20. Rxf2 {Manor,I} Rxf2 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Kxf2 Ra7
23. Kg1 Rf7 $17) 20... Rf7 $19 {Bestagno-Kuntz, Cagnes, 1989}) 17... Bf7 18.
Bc2 Be5 19. Nfd5 Qg5 (19... f4 {Manor,I} 20. Qg4+ (20. Nf5 $2 Bg6) 20... Bg6
21. Bxe4 fxe3 22. Bxg6 exf2+ (22... hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. fxe3 $13 (24. Nxe3
$13) (24. Qe6+ $13)) 23. Rxf2 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Raf1 $13) 20. f4 exf3 21.
Qxf3 Bh5 22. Qf2 (22. Qh3 f4 23. Nc7 $1 {Kramnik} (23. Qd7 Ra7 24. Qxc6 fxe3
25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qb6 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) 23... fxe3 24.
Nxa8 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 $16) 22... f4 23. h4 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bg6 25. Nd4 (25. Nh6+ {
Manor,I} Kg7 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Ng4 $13) 25... Nxd4 (25... Bxc2 {Manor,I} 26.
Nxc2 (26. Ne6 Qc8 27. Nxf8 Bf5 (27... Be4 $2 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxf4 Qxf8 30.
Qxe4 Rc8 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Rxf6 $18) 28. Nxh7 Bxh7 29. Nxf4 Qg4 $17) 26... Ne7
27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $13 28. Nd4) 26. cxd4 $6 (26. Bxg6 Ne6 (26... Nf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5
$14) 27. Be4 $14) 26... Bxc2 (26... Bxd4 $2 {Manor,I} 27. Qxd4 Bxc2 28. Rxf4
$16) 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Qc5 Rf7 $15 (28... Rc8 $2 {Manor,I} 29. Ne7+) (28... Bg6
$2 {Manor,I} 29. Ne7+) (28... Rf7 {Manor,I} 29. Nb4 (29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Qxc2
Qxh4 $15) 29... Bg6 30. Qxe5 (30. Nc6 Qc7 $1 31. Rac1 Re8 $17) 30... Qxh4 31.
Nd5 Raf8 32. Rae1 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Nxb5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 $146 ({For} 17. Qxd8 {see the
anotations to the game Kasparov-Shirov/Linares/1998.}) (17. Nc3 {
Kasparov-Shirov/Linares/1998.}) 17... Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rb8 19. Nc3 (19. Nxc7 Rxb3
20. Nc4 Bd3 $44 {Black is very active.}) 19... Bc2 20. Rc1 Bxb3 21. Nc6 Re8 22.
Nb5 Bc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ncd4 Ba4 25. Kf1 Re5 26. Rc4 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Bxf2 $1
28. Nxc7 Bb6 29. b4 Rf5+ {With the strong B and counterplay on the K-side
Black should be OK here.} 30. Ke1 Bf2+ 31. Ke2 Bg1 32. h3 Rf2+ 33. Kd3 Rxg2 34.
Rg4+ {Since Black always has the option to sac the B for the b-P, White cannot
allow all the P:s to be taken on the other side.} Rxg4 35. hxg4 $11 Kg7 36. Nd5
Kh6 (36... Kg6 37. Nf4+ Kg5 $4 38. Nh3+ $18) 37. Nxf6 (37. Nf4 Bb6 38. Nh3 Kg6
39. Ke4 Bd8 $11) 37... Kg5 38. Nxh7+ Kxg4 39. Nf6+ Kf5 40. Ne4 Kg4 41. Nd6 f5
42. Nxf5 Kxf5 43. b5 Ke5 44. b6 Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 (19. Bf1 Qc5
20. Qb4 Qf2 21. Qf4 Qb6 22. Qe3 Ng6 23. g3 Rd5 24. Bc3 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qd8+ 26.
Kc1 Qe8 $1 27. Bd4 Bb5 $11) 19... Rxd3 (19... Rd5 20. Bb4 (20. g3 Ng6 21. Bc3
Rc8 $6 (21... Qc5 $13) 22. h4 Qc5 23. Qe2 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26.
a4 $14) 20... Qd8 (20... Qc7 21. c4 $1 Rd7 22. Bd6 Qa5 23. Kb1 Ng6 24. h4 $1 f5
$8 25. Qg3 $16) 21. g3 (21. Kb1 $6 Ng6 22. Bd6 Qh4 $1 23. Qxh4 Nxh4 24. Rg1
Nxg2 $1) (21. h4 $6 Ng6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qf4 Rc8 24. Rf1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bd5)
21... Ng6 22. Bc3 Qb8 $1 23. Qe2 b5 24. b3 a5 $6 (24... b4 $142) 25. h4 b4 26.
Bb2 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. h5 $16) 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Bb4 $5 (21.
Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 23. Qxh5 Ba4 24. Bc3 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe4 $15) (21. Re3 Qd5
22. Kb1 Ng6 23. Rg3 Qxe5 24. Bc3 Qb5 25. h4 h5 26. Qe2 Bd5 $44) (21. b3 a5 22.
Bc3 Ng6 23. Re2 Ne7 $44) 21... Ng6 $146 (21... Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2
24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 (25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Kc2 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rf1 Rh6 29. Rf2
Rh3 $44) (25. Re3 Bd5 (25... Rd8 $1 26. Rg1 Bc6 27. Reg3 g6 28. Kc2 $14) (25...
f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rg1 Bd5 28. Reg3 Rf7 $5 $14) 26. Rc1 h6 27. Rc7 g5 28. Re1
g4 $13) 25... Bc6 26. Kc2 Rd8 (26... f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rdf1 Rh6 29. Rf2 $16)
27. Kc3 g6 28. Rdf1 Rd5 29. d4 Kg7 30. Rf4 Rd7 31. Rg3 $14) 22. Bd6 $5 (22. Kb1
Qd5 $1 $44) (22. h4 Qd5 23. h5 Nxe5 24. Qg3 f6 $44) 22... f5 $1 23. Qg5 Bd5 $1
24. b3 (24. Kb1 $6 Qa4 $1) 24... Qc6+ 25. Kb2 Qb6 $1 (25... Bxg2 $2 26. h4 $40)
26. g3 (26. d4 a5 $1 $132) 26... Qd4+ $5 (26... a5) 27. Kb1 Rc8 28. Qe3 Qxe3
29. Rxe3 f4 $5 30. gxf4 Nxf4 $44 31. Rf1 $6 (31. Kb2 $14 {Svidler}) 31... Ng6
32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Nh4 $5 34. Re2 g5 35. Kd2 Kg7 36. Rf2 Nf5 $5 $15 37. Bc7
Kg6 38. Bd8 h6 (38... g4 39. Rf4 h5 40. Ke2 $11) 39. Ke1 Kh5 40. Kf1 Kg4 41.
Kg1 Kh3 42. b4 g4 43. a4 h5 44. Rf4 a6 (44... g3 45. hxg3 Kxg3 46. Rf2 h4 47.
Bg5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 (11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. h4 Qd7 14.
O-O-O Nb4 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. a3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qa4 18. Kb2 Nd5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20.
Qxg5 Bxd4 21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 22. Qh5+ {1-0 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Biel 1997 (36)}) 12.
f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 (13... Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd5 (15. O-O-O Be6 16. Kb1 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Forster,R/
Geneva op 1997}) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rb8 17. c3 Bb7 (17... Nc6 18. a3 O-O 19.
Be2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Oll,L/Beijing 1997 (61)}) 18.
a4 Bxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20. Be2 Rfc8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ba7 Rb7 23. Ra5 Nc4+ 24.
Bxc4 bxc4 25. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Olafsson,H/Erevan olm 1996}) 14. Nd4 (14.
O-O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. h4 g4 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Ka1
Qb6 21. b3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Wallace,J-Szekely,P/Budapest FS05 GM
1995 (40)}) (14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne3 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18. Be2 Ng6 19. O-O
Nf4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 axb4 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. h4 Qb7 25. Qe2 Ne5
{1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Milos,G/Yopal 1997 (43)}) 14... Bd7 15. Be2 (15. h4 g4 16. f4
g3 17. Bg1 Ng4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf2 20. Bxf2 gxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qa5 22. Qg3
Kf8 23. a4 b4 24. Nd1 Nd4 25. Rc1 Nxf5 {0-1 Schneider,B-Heissler,J/BL9697 1997
(39)}) 15... Nc4 $1 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rg8 $1 18. Nxc6 (18. h4 $6 {would be
a wrong choice in view of} g4 $1 $36) (18. O-O {was a plausible alternative
here. Now both} {but natural} Nxd4 (18... h5 $2 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxg5) ({and} 
18... g4 $6 19. Nxc6 (19. fxg4 $5) 19... Bxc6 20. fxg4 {yield White a superior
position,}) 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qb6 {easily equalizes.}) 18... Bxc6 19. h3
(19. O-O {falls short after} g4 $1 20. fxg4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxg4 22. Qh8+ Kd7 $40
{/^a8-h1, ><g2}) (19. h4 $6 {fails to} g4 {, with the strong initiative.})
19... h5 $1 {[%csl Re4,Rg4][%cal Gg5g4,Gg7c3,Gc6e4,Gg8g4] Inteding to realize
the programmatic advance g5-g4} 20. Bd4 ({Most probably, the only way to keep
the balance.} 20. O-O g4 $1 {would yield Black excellent attacking
perspectives.}) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qb6 $1 22. Qxb6 ({The right reaction. After
} 22. Qxc4 $2 {Correct is} g4 $1 ({the tempting} 22... Qe3+ {is strongly met by
} 23. Kd1 {(/\Re1), and Black's action proves dubious.} (23. Qe2 $4 Qxc3+ 24.
bxc3 Rxb1+ 25. Kd2 Rxh1 $19)) 23. hxg4 $140 hxg4 24. Rh7 e6 $17 {, and Black
attack seems irresistible.}) 22... Rxb6 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 (9. f4 {Gofshtein,L}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4
a6 (10... Qa5 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd8 (12... Qb8 13. Bb4 e5 14.
Qc3 Ne8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Nc3 (16. Nxd6 a5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Nxc8 Bxc5 19. Ne7+ Kh8
20. Nc6 $13) 16... Be6 (16... a5 17. Nd5 $1) 17. Nd5 $14 {Vera}) 13. Bb4 d5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. Kb1 $16) (10... Bd7 {Gofshtein,L}
11. Bc4 Bc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Kb1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6 $11 {
Relange-Sosonko,Cannes 1996}) (10... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8
13. h4 Rc5 14. a3 Qb8 15. Be3 $16 {Chandler-Lobron Biel 1987}) 11. h4 (11. e5 {
Gofshtein,L} dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qe8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qg3 $13 {Kuzmin-Oll Lviv 1990})
(11. Kb1 {Gofshtein,L} Qa5 12. Qd2 Rd8 $2 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Bxd2
Kxe7 16. Ba5 Rd7 17. c4 $16 {Liss-Van Delft Leeuwarden 1995}) 11... b5 (11...
Qa5 {Gofshtein,L} 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qf2 b4 $13
{Santo Roman-Gurevich France 1986}) 12. Kb1 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qa5 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rd4
Rfd8 21. Rhd1 h6 22. Qd3 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Urbanec,K-Prucha,K/CSR-ch 1954/
}) (12. a3 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. g4 Rc5 16. Rg1 e5 17. Qd3 Ne8 18. Bf2
Rc7 19. Kb1 Bg5 20. a4 b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 23. Qa5 Rc6 24. Qxb4 Qc7
$44 {0-1 Lhagvasuren,C-Nicevski,R/Dreszer mem 1988/ (43)}) (12. g4 Bb7 13. Be3
(13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. g5
Nh5 20. Bh2 Qa5 21. Kb1 f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Hernandez,G/
Cali zt 1990/ (29)}) 13... e5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. g5 Qc7
18. h5 b3 19. axb3 a4 20. Bc4 axb3 21. cxb3 Ra5 22. Qc3 Rc8 $13 {Pribyl,M-Reeh,
O/BL9394 1994/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 12... Qc7 (12... Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15.
Rde1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nc1 a4 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Qxb4 Reb8 20. Qd2 d5 21. Qe2
Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Ba3+ {0-1 Wiesmann,H-Matthias,H/NRW-I 1994/}) 13. h5 (13. Bxf6 {
Gofshtein,L} gxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. e5 $16 Bd8) 14. g4 Qc5 15. Qd2
$13) (13. g4 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 $6 {Not so bad in itself, but
bishop would control also other important squares from e3. White keeps the
pressure on f6 and hopes for g4-g5 attack.} (14. Be3 Bb7 15. g4 Nh7 $11) (14.
Bxf6 $6 {Gofshtein,L} gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rh3 $13 Rh8 $13) 14... Bb7 15. Ne2 (
15. g4 e5 (15... Rad8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20.
Bd3 Rfe8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 $14) 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. g5 hxg5 18.
Bxg5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. fxe4 Bxg5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 $17) 19... Bxe4
20. fxe4 Bxg5 21. Bh3 Rcd8 $15) (15. Bd3 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 15... Rac8 16. Qd2 (
16. Rc1 d5 $17) 16... Rfd8 17. Re1 {If moves like this are called for white's
plan must have gone astray. In the meantime black have managed to develop all
his pieces. Gofsthein: for white a difficult to found good move} (17. Bg3 Ne8
$15 (17... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxa6
Bxa2+ $19)) (17. Nd4 d5 18. e5 (18. exd5 Rxd5 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. g4 $44) (17.
g4 {Gofshtein,L} Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxe4 $40) 17... e5 $1 (17... d5 18. e5 $1 {
Gofsthein: This was the idea of 17.Te1} Qxe5 19. Bg3 Qf5 20. Nd4 Qh7 21. Bd3
Qh8 22. Bh4 $15) 18. Bxf6 $6 (18. Nc3 d5 (18... b4 {Gofshtein,L}) 19. Nxd5 (19.
Bxf6 dxe4 20. Qf2 Bxf6 $17) 19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 $15) (18. Ng3 $142 d5 19.
Bd3) 18... Bxf6 19. Nc3 Bg5 20. Qd1 $6 (20. Qd3 $5 $17 {Anand} d5 (20... Qa5
21. Rd1 Rc5 $15) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Qb3 $8 (23. Qf5 e4 24. Qxe4 $2
Re5 25. Qxe5 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Qc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1#) (23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qf5 e4) 23...
Rd2 $17) 20... Qa5 (20... d5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Bd3) (20... b4 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 a5 23. Bb5 $1) 21. Nd5 (21. g4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rh2 d5
$19) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxc2 $1 {Bolt from the blue, but a very logical one.
Black has active pieces and only he could play for more after quiet
continuations.} 23. Kxc2 (23. f4 Rd2 $19) 23... Qxa2 24. f4 (24. Re4 Rc8+ 25.
Bc4 (25. Kd3 Qxb2 26. Rg4 e4+ 27. Kxe4 Qe5+ 28. Kd3 Qe3# (28... Rc3#)) 25...
bxc4 26. Rhe1 Rb8 $19) (24. Kd3 $2 Qc4#) (24. Qd3 Rc8+ 25. Kd1 (25. Qc3 Rxc3+
26. Kxc3 b4+ 27. Kc2 b3+ 28. Kc3 Qa5+ $19) 25... Rc1+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ $19) 24...
Rc8+ {Not even a miracle could stop such an attack.} ({Not} 24... Bxf4 $2 {
Petursson} 25. Rh3) 25. Kd2 (25. Kd3 Qc4+ 26. Kd2 Qxf4+ 27. Kd3 Qc4#) 25...
Bxf4+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ 27. Kf3 (27. Kd3 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 Qe3#) 27... Rc1 (27... Rc1
28. Qe2 Qc3+ 29. Kg4 Qg3+ (29... Rxe1 $19) 30. Kf5 g6+ 31. Ke4 f5#) 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bc4 (10. h3) (10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6
14. O-O e6 15. Nde2 $1 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Rogozenko,D/Chebanenco mem 1st 1998/CBM 64
(31) [Rogozenko]}) (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Be2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rg8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h3 h5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/
Linares (10)/1998/CBM 64 [Atlas]}) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h4 $146 (12. Qf3
Rf8 13. Bb3 Ne5 14. Qe3 Rb8 15. O-O Qb6 16. Qe2 Rh8 17. Kh1 h5 18. f4 gxf4 19.
Bxf4 Bg4 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Rad1 Qa5 22. Qe1 h4 23. h3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Kd7 25. Qf2 Rb7
26. Ne2 Nxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Qa3 29. Nf4 Bxb3 30. axb3 Bf6 31. Nd3 Qa5
32. e5 Bxe5 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34. Ra1 Qd5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Topalov,V/Amber Rapid 1998/EXP 63}) 12... Qb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. hxg5 O-O-O 15.
Qd2 (15. gxh6 Bxh6 {[%cal Rh6c1] Weiß kann nicht rochieren}) 15... hxg5 16.
Rxh8 Rxh8 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. f3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Bf6 20. Qe3 Kb7 21. Bf2 Rb8 $2 $16 {
Zu optimistisch} (21... Ra8 $142 $14 {Anand}) 22. g3 Kc8 23. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Yd1d4,Yd4a4]} Ng6 {[%csl Yd4]} 24. Be1 {[%cal Ge1c3,Yc3a5]} (24. Bxf7
Bxc3) 24... Qb6 (24... Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qb6 26. Bxf7 $18) 25. Na4 Qb5 $18 (25...
Qa7 $142 26. Bxf7 $16 {Anand}) 26. c4 $1 Qb7 27. Ba5 $16 (27. c5 $1 $18 {Anand}
) 27... c5 28. Nb6+ Qxb6 (28... Kd8 29. Nd5+ Ke8 30. Nxf6+ exf6 31. Rxd6 $18)
29. Bxb6 Rxb6 30. Rd2 (30. Qe3 $5 {[%csl Rg5]}) 30... Be5 31. Qh2 Kc7 32. Rf2
Rb8 33. f4 Rh8 $2 (33... Bd4 $142 {Bietet Schwarz bessere Überlebenschancen.}
34. Rf1 gxf4 35. gxf4 Bc6 36. Qe2 $16) 34. fxe5 $1 $18 Rxh2 35. exd6+ Kxd6 36.
Rxh2 {Dies Endspiel ist gewonnen, auch wenn die technische Realisierung nicht
so einfach ist.} Bc6 37. Bc2 Ne5 38. b3 Nf3 39. Rh7 f6 40. Kc1 a5 41. Kd1 Ke6
42. Bd3 Kd6 43. Ke2 Ne5 44. Kd2 Bb7 45. Kc3 Nc6 46. Rh8 Kc7 47. Bf1 Ne5 48. Bg2
Bc6 49. a3 Bb7 50. Rh7 Kd7 51. b4 axb4+ 52. axb4 cxb4+ 53. Kxb4 Ba6 54. Bh3+ g4
55. Bf1 Bb7 56. Bg2 Ba6 57. Rh5 Ke6 (57... Nxc4 58. Bf1 $18) (57... Bxc4 58.
Rxe5 $18) 58. Kc3 Kd6 59. Bf1 Bb7 60. Bd3 Bc6 61. Rh7 Bd7 62. Be2 Be6 63. Bf1
Bf7 64. Bd3 Be6 65. Rh8 Nc6 66. Bc2 Kc5 67. Bb3 Bf7 68. Ba4 Ne5 69. Rc8+ Kb6
70. c5+ Kb7 71. Rh8 Bg6 72. Kd4 Bf7 73. Rh7 Kc7 74. Bb5 Nf3+ 75. Ke3 Ne5 76.
Rh8 Bg6 77. Ra8 Kb7 78. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Re8 14.
Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. O-O Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20. Qd4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Almasi,Z/Vienna op 1996 (29)}) 10. f3 d5 $146 (10... c5
11. e4 cxd4 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Bf2
d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Rc8 19. O-O dxc4 20. Rad1 Ndf8 21. Nxc4 $16 {1/2-1/2
Sokolov,I-Cvetkovic,S/JUG-chT Cetinje 1991 (38)}) 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 d5 14.
exd5 exd5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Stefansson,H/
VISA ch-Nordic, Reykjavic ISL 1997}) (10... h6 11. Bh4 d5 (11... c5 12. e3 d5
13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3 {In the game this move wasn't good
because the e3 pawn isn't defended. ( 0-0 instead of Bf2).} (16. O-O {-game})
16... Rfc8 17. O-O Ba6 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bf5 Nfd7 22.
b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qd6 24. Bg3 Qe7 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Hauchard,
A-Tondivar,B/Interteam ch, Antwerp BEL 1998 (43)}) (11... Rc8 12. e4 e5 (12...
c5 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6
gxf6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Rac1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nb3 23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Bh3
$14 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/It, Linares ESP 1998/1/2-1/2 (52) -Played in the
preivous round}) 13. Bd3 Nxe4 $5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bh4 e4 16. Bc2 (16. fxe4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rfe8 $19) 16... exf3 17. bxc3 Rce8+ 18. Kd1 fxg2
19. Rg1 Re3 20. Bf5 Bc6 21. a4 Nb8 22. Kc2 g6 23. d5 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxg2
Rfe8 26. Rf1 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Moscow blitz 1993 (32)}) 12. e3
c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfxd8 17. Kf2 Rac8 18. Rac1
Rc7 19. Nb3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rhd1 c4 22. Nd2 b5 23. e4 $14 {Hoang Than
Trang-Stummer,A/Budapest FS09 IM-B 1994/1-0 (51)}) 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 (
12... Nxc5 $6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 (13... exd5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b4 Ne6
17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Kf2 $14) 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 h6 16. exf6 hxg5 17. fxg7 Re8 18.
Bb5 Rc8 19. Rd1 $16) 13. Bd3 Qb6 (13... h6 $6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3 $14
{And white is able to prevent the blocking of the queen side pawns}) 14. O-O h6
15. Bh4 a5 16. Bf2 (16. b3 a4 17. Rab1 (17. b4 $4 cxb4 $19 {[%csl Ge3]}) 17...
axb3 18. Qxb3 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 Ba6 $11 {[%cal Rd7e5]}) 16... a4 17. Rfe1 {/\ 18.
cd5 ed5 19.e4: Creating space for manoeuvring : xc4 openong lines for rooks
and bishops etc.} Rfe8 18. Rab1 (18. cxd5 exd5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rab8 $15 {[%csl Gb2,Ge4]}) 18... Ba6 19. Qc2 {By retreating
his queen to c2 Kramnik reduces black's tactical possibilities and puts some
pressure on a4 but he also gives black an important square (e5) forthe knights.
I think white should have waited a bit with the retreat since black will have
difficulties with finding good positions for his pieces.} (19. Bf1 $5 {[%cal
Gf2g3,Rg3b8]}) 19... Ne5 20. Bf1 Qc6 21. Bg3 Ned7 (21... Nxc4 $2 22. Nxc4 Bxc4
23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 {[%csl Ga4,Gc5][%cal Gg3b8,Gb1c1] And black doesn't
have the 'b' file to create counterchances}) 22. Bf2 Ne5 23. h3 {[%cal Gf3f4]}
Nfd7 24. f4 $2 (24. Bg3 $16 {Kramnik}) 24... Nxc4 $1 (24... Ng6 25. g3 Z0 26.
Bg2 Z0 27. g4 {Kramnik}) 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Rab8 {As opposed
to take the pawn on his 21st move, now black has the control over the b file
which guarantees him a sufficient counterplay .} 28. Re2 Rb3 29. Rd1 Nb6 30.
Qc1 e5 31. e4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Nc4 33. e5 Qe6 (33... Nxb2 $2 34. Rd6 $1 Qb5 35. e6
$1 fxe6 (35... Qxe2 36. exf7+ Kh8 37. f8=Q+ Rxf8 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ $18)
36. Qg4 (36. Rexe6 $2 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Nd3 38. Qe4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rh1+ $1 40. Kg3
Qb8+ 41. Kh4 Qd8+) 36... Rxa3 37. Rexe6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Qb8 (38... Rf8 39. Re7 $18
) 39. Bg3 $18) 34. Bxc5 (34. Bxc5 Rxb2 35. Re4 Rc2 (35... Nxe5 36. Bf2 $13) 36.
Bd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 e5 14. Qh4 Re8 15.
a4 e4 16. Nd2 Re6 17. g3 Be7 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Qf4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O a6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. c4 Nxe4 11. c5 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Nxg5
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nf7 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Qb3 b5 19. cxb6 Qb7 20. Qe3 d5 21. Nce5
Ncxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxb6 24. Rc7 Bd7 25. b3 Rbc8 26. Rfc1 a5 27. a4
Qb8 28. Ba6 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 h6 30. Qd6 Kh7 31. Qc5 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Bd3 Kg6
34. f4 Kf6 35. Rb7 e5 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rxb4 Rc8 38. Kf2 g5 39. Rb7 Rc3 40.
Ke2 Bc8 41. Rb4 f4 42. Kd2 Rc5 43. gxf4+ gxf4 44. Rb5 Rc7 45. b4 Rg7 46. Rc5
Rg2+ 47. Kc3 Be6 48. a5 Ra2 49. a6 Ra3+ 50. Kd2 Kd4 51. Bf1 Ra4 52. Rc7 Rxb4
53. a7 Ra4 54. Rc6 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Bd7 56. Ra6 Rxa6 57. Bxa6 Bc6 58. Ke2 Kc5 59.
Kf3 Kb6 60. Bf1 Kxa7 61. Kxf4 Kb6 62. Kf5 Be8 63. Ke5 Kc5 64. h4 d4 65. Bd3 Bf7
66. Be2 Bg6 67. h5 Bf7 68. Kf6 Bc4 69. Bd1 Bf1 70. Bc2 Kc4 71. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 {Any game of great chess players is a kind of lesson. So it is with
this game. It throws light over one of the numberous (c2+c3) doubled pawns
middlegame's structures.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3
(6. Nxc6 Bxc3+ (6... bxc6 {Grimm,R-Latzke,B/Wuertt ch 1995/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 7.
bxc3 bxc6 $11 {0-1 Pel Bonno-Ernst Sipke/It (open), Hoogeveen (Netherlands)
1997 (22)}) (6. Qd3 $11 {0-1 Dieu,B-Marciano,D/FrTCh, Mulhouse FRA 1998 (18)})
6... O-O $146 (6... h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 g5 (9... d5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Schall,A-Schwicker,F/Frankrig 1988 (27)}) 10. Bg3 $11 {Zahariev,Z-Lirindzakis,
T/Heraklio summer 1993/1-0 (54)}) 7. Be2 (7. Nxc6 $5) 7... h6 8. Bxf6 $6 (8.
Nxc6 $5 $11) 8... Bxc3+ $1 $15 9. bxc3 {Look at the pawn structure diagram and
have in mind the presence of B+N+Q+RR and their influence to the fight} Qxf6
10. O-O d5 11. Rb1 Rd8 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd4 (13. c4 $5 Bf5 14. Bf3 $15) 13...
Be6 (13... Bf5 $5 14. Bd3 Be6 $15) 14. Bf3 b6 15. c4 $6 {Generaly good
standart idea launched in a not suitable moment. White should have try to rid
off doubled P (c3-c4) in another tactical way. May be like that:} (15. Rfd1
$142 $1 Rab8 $140 (15... Rd6 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rbd1 b5 18. a4 Rb8 19. Rb1 Ra8 20.
Ra1) (15... b5 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd3 Rab8 19. Ra1 Ra8) 16. Rd2 a6 17.
Rbd1 Rd6 18. c4 $1 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Rxd6 $11) 15... Rab8 {
[#]} 16. Rb4 (16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 $15) 16... Qe8 $1 17. c5 ({Inferior
is} 17. cxd5 $2 c5 $17) 17... Qe7 18. c6 (18. cxb6 $4 c5) 18... Rd6 19. Qc3 Qe8
20. Rd4 Qxc6 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. c3 c5 24. Rd3 Qa4 25. Qb2 R6d7 26. a3
b5 27. h3 a6 28. R1d2 g6 29. Bd1 Qa5 30. Bf3 h5 31. h4 $19 (31. Rd1 $142 Qc7
$17) 31... Qc7 32. g3 Qe5 33. Rd1 Qf6 34. Kg2 $19 (34. Be2 $5 $17) 34... Kh7 (
34... Bh3+ $5) 35. R3d2 (35. Be2 Bf5 36. R3d2 Re8 $19) 35... Kg7 {It seems as
not the best place for the King, because while the Qb2 is on the big diagonal
a1-h8. In a moment c3-c4 with open check becomes possible. But at the same
time the line h8-h1 stands by open for attack if an occasion will appear..} (
35... Bh3+ {would complicate the realisation of the advantage.}) 36. Qa1 {
Point of veiw (a pawn more) realisation, the heavy pieces endgames are more
difficult than the light pieces ones. One should say better was to keep the B.
But Anand has another instructive idea.} Bg4 $1 {Grandmasrer's strike! An
ordinary player should opt here for 36...Bh3 which unexpectedly would have
given better chances White to survive} 37. Bxg4 hxg4 {[#] New pair of doubled
pwans - positive (for Bllack). Briefly said: Xf3; Xf2.} 38. Kg1 Qe5 39. a4 $6 {
Better was not to leave 3d rank.} ({f.e.:} 39. Rd3 $1) 39... b4 $1 $17 (39...
Qe4 $6 40. c4+ $14) 40. cxb4 Qxa1 41. Rxa1 cxb4 42. Rd4 (42. a5 $142 $5) 42...
a5 43. Rxg4 (43. Rc1 Rb7 $17) 43... d4 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. exd4 Rxd4 46. Rc1 b3
47. Rb1 Rb4 48. Kf1 (48. Rb2 Kf6 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kd4 $19) 48... Kf6 49. Ke2
Kf5 50. Kd3 Kg4 51. Kc3 (51. Ke2 b2 52. Ke3 f5 $19) 51... f5 52. Kb2 $19 (52.
Rb2 f4 53. gxf4 (53. Rxb3 Rxa4 54. Kb2 Rb4 $19) 53... Kxh4 54. Rxb3 Rxa4 55. f5
gxf5 56. Rb5 Ra3+ $19) 52... Rxa4 53. Rd1 Ra2+ 54. Kxb3 Rxf2 55. Rd6 Rf3+ 56.
Ka4 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Ne5 a6 14. Rac1 b5
15. Bb3 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. Bd6 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd5 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bxb3 21.
axb3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. Rc6 Rec8 24. Rfc1 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 a5 26. h3 h6 27. Rc4
Nb6 28. Rc6 Nd5 29. Rc4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. Rd1 a4 12. Bd2 Be7 13. b3 b5 14. Bg5 h5
15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Nf4 axb3 18. cxb3 Rhd8 19. Rdc1 h4 20. e6 fxe6
21. Re1 Rd6 22. Ng5 Nd4 23. Ne4 e5 24. Rad1 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxd1 26. Ng6+ Kf7 27.
Nxe5+ Ke6 28. Rxd1 Kxe5 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Rd8 g5 31. a3 Kf6 32. Kh2 Ke5 33. Rg8
Kd4 34. b4 Kc3 35. Ne6 Kb3 36. Nxc7 Rb8 37. Ne6 Kxa3 38. Nxg5 Kxb4 39. f4 Ra8
40. Ne6 Bxe6 41. Rxa8 Kc3 42. Re8 Bd5 43. f5 b4 44. Rd8 b3 45. Rxd5 cxd5 46. f6
b2 47. f7 b1=Q 48. f8=Q Qe4 49. Qa3+ Kd2 50. Kg1 d4 51. Qb2+ Kd1 52. Qa1+ Ke2
53. Qa2+ Kd1 54. Qa1+ Kd2 55. Qb2+ Kd1 56. Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nd2 c5 4. d5 Qa5 5. Ngf3 d6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. Re1 Na6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Rfc8 12. b3 Rab8 13. Bf1 Ne8 14. Bb2 Qd8 15.
g3 Nec7 16. Nh4 b5 17. Ng2 b4 18. a4 Ne8 19. f4 Nac7 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. Rbd1 Nf6
22. f5 Bh6 23. Bd3 Kh8 24. Nf1 Rg8 25. h3 Rbf8 26. g4 Bg5 27. Ng3 h5 28. gxh5
gxf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. exf5 Nce8 31. Kh1 Rg7 32. Bc2 Rfg8 33. Rg1 Rh7 34. Ne3
Rxh5 35. Rg3 Qf8 36. Rdg1 Qh6 37. Ng4 Nxg4 38. Qxg4 Nf6 39. Qf3 Rg7 40. Kg2 Be3
0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5
Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qg4 Nb4 18. Rf2 Bf8 19. Rd1 g6 20. Qg3 Rac8 21. Rfd2 d5 22.
e5 Nc5 23. Nd4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Ne2 Bc6 26. Nc3 Qb7 27. h4 b5 28. axb5
axb5 29. h5 Na6 30. Qh3 Bb4 31. Kg1 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Bd5 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Bxe4
Nc7 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. d5 Ne5
15. Bb3 Qa6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 c4 19. Bc2 Qxa2 20. e5 Qa5 21. Ra1
Qxd5 22. Be4 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxa7 Bc8 25. Rb1 g5 26. g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 f6
28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Kf2 b5 30. Ke3 Kh8 31. Ra8 Bg7 32. Ra7 Bf6 33. Ra8 Rg8 34.
Rd1 Rh5 35. Bd5 Be6 36. Rxg8+ Bxg8 37. Bxg8 Kxg8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rb8 Rh3+ 40.
Ng3 Rxh2 41. Ne4 Rh5 42. Rb7 Rd5 43. f5 Bxc3 44. Nxc3 Rd3+ 45. Ke4 Rxc3 46.
Rxb5 Rc1 47. Rb6 Rh1 48. Rc6 Rh4+ 49. Ke5 h6 50. Rc8 Rg4 51. Rh8 c3 52. Rc8 Rg3
53. Rc7 h5 54. f6 Rg5+ 55. Kf4 Kxf6 56. Rxc3 e5+ 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Rc8 e4+ 59.
Kf2 Rg3 60. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 a5 8.
O-O b6 9. Ne1 Ra7 10. a3 bxa3 11. Nxa3 d6 12. Nd3 Re7 13. b4 e5 14. bxa5 bxa5
15. Nb5 e4 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 f5 19. Qd2 f4 20. Rfc1 Bg4 21. e3
Bf3 22. Qxa5 Qe8 23. Nxd6 Qh5 24. Rc8 Nd7 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Bf1 Qg6 27. Nc4
fxg3 28. fxg3 h5 29. d6 Rh7 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Be6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. a3 Nd5
15. Bg3 Bf6 16. Be4 Nce7 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 c6 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21.
Qc2 g6 22. Qb3 b6 23. h3 Qe6 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Red1 Rd7 26. Qf3 Nf5 27. Bf4 Red8
28. Bg5 Nfe7 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Bf6 d4 31. Qe4 d3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3
34. Qxd3 Nd5 35. Qd4 h6 36. h4 Kh7 37. g3 Qd7 38. Qc4 Nc7 39. Qc2 h5 40. Qe4
Nd5 41. b4 Qe6 42. Qc4 Kg8 43. Qd4 Nxf6 44. exf6 Kh7 45. a4 Qf5 46. b5 Qb1+ 47.
Kg2 Qf5 48. Qc3 g5 49. hxg5 Qxg5 50. Qd3+ Kh6 51. Qd6 Kg6 52. Qd7 Qe5 53. Qxa7
Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qd4 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Ne7 8.
Be3 b6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nfd2 O-O 13. b4 axb4 14. a5 bxa5
15. Bxc5 Bh6 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Ra4 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Rfb8 19. Qa1 Qd8 20. Rb1 Kf7 21.
h4 Ng8 22. Nc4 b3 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. cxb3 Qxd3 25. Nd6+ Kg7 26. b4 Rb8 27. Rxa5
Rd8 28. Ra7+ Kh8 29. Rc7 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Qa7 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5 33. Rxc6
Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Bb3 35. Rc7 Qh5 36. f3 Qh4 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Ba4 39. Rc5 Kg7
40. b5 Ne7 41. Rc7 Bxb5 42. Rxe7+ Kg8 43. g3 g5 44. Ke3 Bc4 45. f4 exf4+ 46.
gxf4 gxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Bf7 48. Kf5 Kg7 49. Rc7 h6 50. Ra7 h5 51. Rb7 h4 52. Kg4
Kf8 53. Kxh4 Bg6 54. Rb4 Ke7 55. Kg4 Kf8 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. Rb6 Kg7 58. Rb7+ Kf8
59. Ke3 Bf7 60. Kd4 Kg7 61. Rb1 Kf8 62. Kc5 Ke7 63. Rb7+ Ke6 64. Kd4 Bg6 65.
Rb6+ Ke7 66. Kd5 Bf7+ 67. Kc5 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. c3 b6 14. Re1 Bb7
15. h4 c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Bd2 a5 18. h5 Bd5 19. Qh3 Rb8 20. b3 b4 21. bxc4 bxc3
22. Bxc3 Qxc4 23. Nd2 Qc7 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. Rac1 Qa7 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Nc4 Bf4
28. Rc2 Rc8 29. Bxa5 Qxd4 30. Qb3 Kg8 31. Nb6 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Bd6 33. Nc4 Qc5 34.
Rb1 f5 35. Re1 Nf4 36. Bd2 Kh7 37. Qb3 Rb8 38. Qc3 Rc8 39. Nxd6 Qxc3 40. Bxc3
Rxc3 41. g3 Nxh5 42. Nb5 Rc2 43. Ra1 f4 44. a4 fxg3 45. fxg3 Nxg3 46. a5 Ne2+
47. Kh1 Ng3+ 48. Kg1 Ne2+ 49. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Bg5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 h6 12. Bc1 Bc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Qg3 Kh7 15.
Qh4 e6 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. Bf1 g5 18. Rd1 Ng6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Bxe4 22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc8 25. c4 Ne5 26. Bd3 Bg6 27. c5 Bxd3
28. cxd3 Kg6 29. f3 Nc6 30. Kf2 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Nxd8 32. Ke3 Nc6 33. Bb2 f5 34.
Bc3 h5 35. g4 h4 36. Bd2 Kf6 37. Bc3+ e5 38. d4 Ke6 39. gxf5+ Kxf5 40. d5 Ne7
41. d6 Nd5+ 42. Kf2 Nf6 43. Bd2 a6 44. Be3 Nd7 45. Ke2 Nf6 46. Kd3 Nd7 47. Kc4
Nf6 48. Kb4 Nd7 49. Ka5 Kf6 50. Kb4 e4 51. fxe4 g4 52. hxg4 Ke5 53. g5 Nf8 54.
Kc3 h3 55. Bg1 Ke6 56. Bh2 Nd7 57. Kd4 Nf8 58. c6 bxc6 59. Kc5 Kd7 60. Kb6 Ne6
61. g6 c5 62. Ka5 Ng7 63. Ka4 Ne6 64. Kb3 Kc6 65. Kc4 Ng7 66. d7 Kxd7 67. Kxc5
Ne6+ 68. Kb6 Ke7 69. e5 Kf8 70. Kxa6 Kg7 71. Kb6 Kxg6 72. a4 Kf5 73. a5 Nd4 74.
a6 Nf3 75. a7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. a3 Na5 13. Ba2 Nac4 14. Bc1 Bb7 15. a4
bxa4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Ra5 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Nc3 Re8 21. dxc5
Nd7 22. Ra3 Nxc5 23. Nd5 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qd4 Qd8 27. Be3
Nc5 28. Bf4 Ne6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Rd8 31. Bg3 f6 32. Ne1 Rd2 33. Rb3 Be4
34. f3 Bf5 35. Bf2 h5 36. Be3 Rd5 37. Rb6 Rb5 38. Rxa6 Rxb2 39. g4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 Nc7 41. Rb6 Re2 42. Bf2 Bg6 43. g5 Nd5 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. c4 Nxe4 11. c5 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. g3 Rb8 14. Bf3 Ng5 15.
Bg2 e5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 f4 18. Be4 fxe3 19. Qh5 g6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Qxg6+ Kh8 22. fxe3 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. h4 Bd7 13. Bd3 h6 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qe3 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg2 19. gxf6 Bxh1 20. Qg1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. d5 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Na6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O
9. b4 Be5 10. Ra2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne4 12. Qd3 c6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 15.
d6 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Raxe8 17. Rd1 c5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Rf5 21. Nh3
Re4 22. Nc3 Rc4 23. Rd3 g5 24. f3 g4 25. Nf4 gxf3 26. exf3 Rd4 27. Rad2 Bxf3
28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 a6 30. a4 Rc5 31. Rd3 Bg4 32. Re3 Kf8 33. Nfd5 axb5 34.
axb5 Be6 35. Nxb6 Kf7 36. Kf2 h5 37. Nba4 Rc4 38. Rf3+ Kg7 39. Rf4 Rc8 40. Ke3
Kg6 41. Kd2 Kg7 42. Kd3 Kg6 43. Nb6 Re8 44. Kd4 Bf7 45. Ne4 Be6 46. Nd5 Kg7 47.
Ne7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Rae1 h5 14. Nd1 h4 15. e4
hxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. f3 Nf6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nf2 Bg7 21. Bf3 Nxf2
22. Rxf2 Nb7 23. Rh2 Qe7 24. Kg2 Bd7 25. Reh1 Nd8 26. Nf1 f6 27. Ne3 Nf7 28.
Bg4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Bxg4 30. Nxg4 Qd7 31. Ne3 Rb7 32. f5 g5 33. Ng4 Rfb8 34. Rh7
Kf8 35. Kf3 a5 36. Ke3 Rb4 37. Bxb4 axb4 38. Rxg7 Kxg7 39. Rh7+ Kf8 40. Nh6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15.
Kh1 exd4 16. cxd4 Qf6 17. Be3 Ba5 18. Bd5 Bxe1 19. Bxc6 d5 20. Rc1 Ba5 21. e5
Qf5 22. Rc5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxd5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc2 Bb6 27. Be4
g6 28. Qc3 c6 29. Nd6 Ra8 30. Qe3 Qh4 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Qb3 Qg5+ 33. Kh3 Qh5+ 34.
Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. b5 Bb7 15.
bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd2 a6 17. Bd3 b5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Ncxe4 Nb6 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Rc2
Qd5 22. Rfc1 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Nd5 24. Nec5 a5 25. a4 Rfb8 26. Ra1 Bf8 27. g3 Bxc5
28. Nxc5 b4 29. Ne4 Rc8 30. Rac1 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 f5 32. Nc5 Kf7 33. Kf1 Nc3 34.
Ke1 e5 35. dxe5 Rd8 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Ne4+ 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Kc2 Ke6 40.
Kb3 Kxe5 41. Kc4 h5 42. h4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qf3 Rf8 13. Bb3 Ne5 14. Qe3 Rb8 15.
O-O Qb6 16. Qe2 Rh8 17. Kh1 h5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Bg4 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Rad1
Qa5 22. Qe1 h4 23. h3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Kd7 25. Qf2 Rb7 26. Ne2 Nxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxb2
28. Rb1 Qa3 29. Nf4 Bxb3 30. axb3 Bf6 31. Nd3 Qa5 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34.
Ra1 Qd5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Rxb7 e6 18. Qe2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 exd5 20. exd5
a5 21. Rfb1 Qc2 22. Bf4 Qc3 23. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 (5... Bb4+ {Anand,V-Adams,M/
Wijk aan Zee/1998}) 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bg5 (10. Nc3
) 10... a4 11. Nc3 Bxc3 (11... axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1 13. Rxa1 Nbd7 14. Na2 Ba3 15.
Nc1 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 $14) 12. Qxc3 Nbd7 (12... Ne4 13. Qd3 $1 (13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14.
Bxc7 Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 axb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Bd1 $14 {
^^}) 13... Qc8 14. d5 $14) (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. b4 $14 {>< Pa4}) 13. b4
h6 14. Bc1 (14. Bxf6 Nxf6) 14... b5 $1 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Ba3 (16. Ne1 Bxg2 17.
Nxg2 Nfd5 (17... Qd7 18. Qd3) 18. Qd2 (18. Qd3 Nxb4 19. Qd2 N4d5 $13) 18... Nc4
{/\ Ndb6, d5}) 16... Rc8 $1 (16... Qd7 $2 17. Ne5 $1 $16) (16... Be4 17. Ne1
Nfd5 18. Qc6 $1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 $14) 17. Nd2 $2 (17. Ne1 $1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Nfd5
19. Qd3 f5 20. Rab1 {/\ Bc1-d2, Rfc1, f3, e4}) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nfd5 19. Qd3
f5 20. Rac1 (20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Bc1 $11) 20... Qd7 21. e3 Rb8 22. f3
$6 f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. e4 (24. Kh1 Rf6) 24... Nf6 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Rg1 Nh5 $2 (
26... d5 $1 27. e5 Nh7 $1 $15 {/\ Nc4, Ng5}) 27. Rc6 Rh4 $2 (27... R4f7 $1 $13)
28. Bc1 Nf4 29. Qc2 Rf7 30. Nf1 d5 31. e5 $1 Nc4 32. Ne3 Nh3 33. Rg3 Ng5 34.
Ng4 $6 (34. Qd1 $1 $16) 34... Rxf3 (34... Rf5 $1 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Qxa4 Qf7 $1
37. Qd1 $1 (37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Nf6+ $2 Rxf6 39. exf6 Qh5 $17) 37... Rxg4 38. Rxg4
Rxf3 39. Rg1 Qf5 $44) 35. Bxg5 Rxg3 36. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 37. Bxh4 (37. Qg6+ Qg7 38.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Bxh4) 37... Rg4 38. Bxf6 Ne3 39. Rxc7 $1 (39. Rxc7 Nxc2 40. Rxd7
Rxd4 41. b6 Rxb4 42. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ndb4 (8... Nxc3 {Tsesarsky} 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Qxd4
Qxd4 (10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. c4 Rd4 15. c5 a5 (
15... Rc4 16. Be3 $16) 16. Be3 Rb4 17. a3 Rc4 18. Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Pilnik,
H-Bolbochan,J/Mar del Plata 1945 (39)}) 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2
Kd8 $1 14. Rab1 (14. Rhc1 Re8 $14) 14... Rb8 15. Rhc1 b6 16. e4 Bb7 17. Ke3 $14
) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 (11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. h3 Bd7 15. a3 Bd2
16. Be4 Rac8 17. a4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tomaszewski,R-Plachetka,J/
Polanica Zdrój 1980 (29)}) 11... Qxd4 12. Rb1 a5 (12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 Rb8 15. Rhc1 Kd8 16. Rb3 $44) 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. O-O Qc3
16. Rfc1 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Portisch,L/Biel izt 1993 (20)})
9. Ndb5 (9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nxc6 (10... bxc6 11. Be3 $14) 11. Bxc6+ (11.
Nb5 {Tsesarsky} Kd8 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Be7 $132) 11... bxc6 {+/=/= would be
the thematic way to play. The game-continuation is more complicated.}) 9... a6
(9... Qxd1+ {Tsesarsky} 10. Kxd1 Rb8 11. a3 (11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nbd6+ (12. Bf4 $6
e5 13. Bg5 f6 (13... O-O $11) 14. Be3 O-O $15) 12... Bxd6 13. Nxd6+ Ke7 14.
Nxc8+ Rbxc8 $15) 11... Na6 12. Ne4 $1 (12. Be3 $6 Bc5 13. Nc7+ $1 Nxc7 14. Bxc5
$14) 12... e5 (12... Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nxa7 Rd8+ 15. Kc2 $16) 13. Be3 f5 14.
Nd2 Ra8 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nc4 $16) (9... Be7 {Tsesarsky} 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 (10...
Kxd8 11. O-O $16) 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Rxc8 13. O-O $14 (13. Be4 Ba5 14. Bd2
f5 $132)) 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Na3 e5 (11... Bd7 {Tsesarsky} 12. O-O $14) 12. O-O
(12. Be3 {Tsesarsky} Kc7 13. O-O Be6 {-This game}) 12... Be6 13. Be3 Kc7 14. b3
(14. Rfd1 {Tsesarsky} Rc8 15. Rac1 Nxa2 16. Nxa2 Bxa2 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 $44
) 14... Rc8 15. Rfc1 Kb8 16. Nc4 Nd4 (16... Bxc4 {Tsesarsky} 17. bxc4 Na5 18.
Nd5 $1 (18. a3 Nbc6 19. Bh3 Rd8 20. Bb6 Rd2 21. Be3 Rd8 $11) 18... Nxc4 (18...
Rxc4 19. Nb6 (19. Bb6 Nbc6 20. Bc7+ Ka7 21. Bb6+ Kb8 22. Bc7+ $11) (19. Nxb4
Bxb4 20. Bd5 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 f6 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Be4 Bc3 $44) 19... Rxc1+ 20.
Rxc1 Bd6 21. Nd7+ Ka8 22. Bb6 Nbc6 (22... Nac6 23. a3 $18) 23. Rd1 (23. Kf1 $5)
23... Nc4 24. Bd5 Nxb6 25. Nxb6+ Ka7 26. Nc4 Nd4 (26... Bc7 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28.
Rd7 Kb7 29. Rxf7 $16) 27. Nxd6 Rd8 28. Bxf7 Rxd6 29. Kg2 $14) 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 (
19... Nxe3 20. Nxa6+ $1 $18) 20. Rcb1 (20. Rab1 a5 $17) 20... a5 21. a3 Nxa3
22. Rxa3 Rc2 (22... Bxa3 23. Rxb7+ Ka8 24. Rb5+ $18) 23. Raa1 Rxe2 24. Be4 Rd8
25. Kf1 $18) 17. Rab1 (17. Nxe5 $6 {Tsesarsky} Ndc2 18. Bf4 Ka7 19. Be3+ Nxe3
20. fxe3 Bd6 $44) 17... Bxc4 (17... f6 {Tsesarsky} 18. Rb2 $1 $14 (18. a3 Nbc6
19. Kf1 (19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. e3 Nb5 $15) 19... Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Bxc4 21. Rb6 Nd8 22.
Rcb1 Rc7 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. R6xb4 Bd5 26. Bh3 Rd6 27. Bc5 Rc6 28. Be7
$44)) 18. bxc4 Rxc4 19. Bd2 {White has ^^ and some play in the b-<-> for his P.
Maybe it is enough ~/=} (19. Kf1 {Tsesarsky} f5 $44) 19... b5 (19... Rxc3 {
Tsesarsky} 20. Rxc3 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 a5 23. a3 $16) (19... f5 {
Tsesarsky} 20. e3 (20. Kf1 Bd6 21. e3 Ndc6 22. e4 Nd3 23. Rd1 g6 $15) 20... Nb5
21. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 axb5 23. Rb1 Nc6 24. Rxb5 $16) 20. Kf1 (20. e3 {
Tsesarsky} Nxa2 $5 (20... Nd3 21. Rd1 Rxc3 22. exd4 (22. Bxc3 Ne2+ $19) 22...
Ra3 23. Be3 $44) 21. Nxa2 (21. exd4 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 exd4 23. Ne4 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1
h6 $19) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Nxc1 Bd6 24. Bd5 Rc2 25. Ke1 $132) 20...
Be7 (20... Bd6 {Tsesarsky} 21. Ne4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Be7 23. e3 Ne6 24. Bc3 $1 f6
25. Bxb4 Bxb4 26. Rc6 Re8 (26... Nc7 27. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 28. Rb6+ Kc8 (28... Ka7
29. Rb7+ Ka8 30. Rxc7+ Kb8 31. Rb7+ Kc8 32. Rf7 $18) 29. Bh3+ Ne6 30. Rxe6 $18)
27. Rxa6 Nc7 28. Rb6+ Ka7 29. Rc6 Na6 30. h4 $14) 21. Rd1 (21. a3 {Tsesarsky}
Nbc2 $17) (21. a4 {Tsesarsky} Rd8 $17) 21... Rd8 22. a4 Ndc2 (22... bxa4 {
Tsesarsky} 23. Bd5 Rc7 24. Bxf7 Rcd7 (24... Ndc2 25. Nd5 Rb7 26. Bc3 Bf6 27.
Nxb4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nxb4 (28... Rxf7 29. Nxa6+ Ka7 30. Nc5 Ne3+ $1 31. fxe3
Be7+ 32. Ke1 Bxc5 33. Ra1 a3 34. Bxe5 $11) 29. Bg8 Rb5 $132 (29... a3 30. Ra1 (
30. Bxh7 $132) 30... e4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxa3 Ka7 33. Ra4 h6 34. h4 $14)) 25.
Bc1 a5 26. Nxa4 $14) 23. axb5 Rcd4 (23... Na3 $1 {Tsesarsky} 24. Rbc1 (24. Ra1
Nbc2 25. Rac1 Rxd2 $1 $19) 24... Nxb5 25. Ne4 (25. Nxb5 Rxd2 $1 $19) (25. Nd5
Rxc1 26. Bxc1 a5 27. Bb2 f6 $17) 25... Rxc1 (25... Rcd4) 26. Rxc1 f5 27. Bg5
Rd7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 $17) 24. Ne4 f5 (24... axb5 {Tsesarsky} 25. e3 Rd3 26. Ke2 f5
27. Bxb4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Nxb4 30. Nc3 $11) 25. e3 R4d5 (25... Rd3 {
Tsesarsky} 26. bxa6 fxe4 27. Ke2 Na3 28. Bxb4 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Bxb4 30. Rxb4+ Ka7
31. Bxe4 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 $11) 26. bxa6 fxe4 27. Ke2 Na3 $6 (27... Ka7 {Tsesarsky}
28. Bxe4 Kxa6 29. Rb2 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Na3 32. Rb3 $14) (27... Rb5
{Tsesarsky} 28. Rb2 $14) 28. Ra1 $2 {A gamble} (28. Bxb4 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Bxb4 30.
Rxb4+ Ka7 31. Rb2 $14 (31. Bxe4 {Tsesarsky} Rd2+ 32. Kf1 (32. Ke1 Rd1+ 33. Ke2
R8d2+ 34. Kf3 Rf1 35. Bb7 Rfxf2+ 36. Ke4 Rxh2 37. Kxe5 Rd3 $15) 32... Rf8 (
32... Kxa6 $11) 33. f3 Kxa6 34. h4 Rc8 (34... h6 35. h5 Rc8 36. Bb7+ Ka5 37.
Bxc8 Kxb4 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. g4 Kc3 40. Bf5 $11) 35. Rb1 (35. Bb7+ Ka5 36. Bxc8
Kxb4 37. h5 (37. Bf5 g6 38. Be4 Rh2 39. Ke1 Kc3 $17) 37... Rh2 38. g4 Kc3 39.
Bf5 Kd2 40. Bxh7 Kxe3 41. Be4 Kf4 42. Kg1 Re2 (42... Kg3 43. Kf1 (43. Bb7 Rf2
44. Be4 Re2 45. Kf1 Rxe4 $19) 43... Rf2+ (43... Rh1+ 44. Ke2 $11) 44. Ke1 $11)
43. Bc6 $11) 35... Rc3 36. Bxh7 Rxe3 37. Be4 Ra3 38. h5 Raa2 39. g4 $11) (31.
Rb7+ Kxa6 32. Rxg7 $4 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 R8d2#)) 28... Nbc2 (28... Nxa6
{Tsesarsky} 29. Bxe4 R5d6 30. Bc3 Rxd1 31. Bxe5+ R1d6 32. Rxa3 Ka7 33. Bxd6
Bxd6 34. Ra1 Kb6 (34... Be5 35. Ra5 Bc7 36. Ra1 h6 37. Bd3 Rd6 38. f4 Kb7 39.
Rxa6 Rxa6 40. Bxa6+ Kxa6 41. Kd3 Kb5 42. Ke4 Bb6 43. g4 Kc6 44. h4 Kd6 45. Kf5
(45. h5 Ke6 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 Bc7 48. h6 g6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. e4+ Kf4 51. Kd5
Be5 52. Ke6 Kxe4 $19) 45... Bxe3 46. Kg6 $11 (46. g5 Kd5 47. gxh6 gxh6 48. Kg4
$11)) 35. Bxh7 $11) (28... Nb5 {Tsesarsky} 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. a7+ Nxa7 31. Rxd5
Rxd5 32. Bxe4 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 $15) 29. Rac1 Bb4 (29... Ka7 {Tsesarsky} 30. Bxe4
Rc5 31. Bb4 Rc4 32. Bxe7 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Rxe4 34. Bxa3 (34. Rxc2 Nxc2 35. Kxc2
Ra4 $17) 34... Nxa3 35. Rc7+ Kxa6 36. Rxg7 $11) (29... Rc5 {Tsesarsky} 30. Bxe4
Rd6 $15) 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 (31... Rxd5 {Tsesarsky} 32. Bxe4 Ra5 33.
Bxh7 Nxa6 $15) 32. Bxe4 Nb5 33. Bxh7 Ndc3+ (33... Rd6 {Tsesarsky} 34. Rc5 Ka7
35. Kf3 Kb6 36. Rc8 (36. Rxb5+ Kxb5 37. a7 Rd8 38. Be4 Kc5 $19) 36... Kxa6 37.
Bd3 Nf6 38. Bf5 Kb6 $17) 34. Kf1 Ka7 (34... Rd6 $17 {Tsesarsky}) 35. Ra1 Rd6
36. Kg2 Rxa6 37. Rc1 {Of course black should never lose this position} (37.
Rxa6+ {Tsesarsky} Kxa6 $17) 37... Rc6 $6 (37... Rd6 $15 {[%cal Ya7b6,Yb6c7,
Yc7d8,Yd8e7,Ye7f6] followed by bringing Ka7 to the K-side}) 38. Bd3 Rc7 $4 (
38... Kb6 $17 {Tsesarsky}) 39. Bxb5 Nxb5 40. Rxc7+ Nxc7 {Hecht The offside
position of Black's king as well as the vulnerability of both Black pawns
enable Anand to win easily with his active king. Die Abseitsstellung des
schwarzen Königs sowie die Anfälligleit beider schwarzer Bauern ermöglichen
dem mit einem aktiven König operierenden Anand einen leichten Sieg.} 41. Kf3
$18 Ne6 (41... Kb6 $4 {Tsesarsky} 42. Ke4 Kc6 (42... Kc5 43. Kxe5 Kc4 44. Kf5
Kd3 45. Kg6 Ne8 46. Kf7 Nf6 47. Kxg7 Ng4 48. h4 Nxf2 49. h5 $18) 43. Kxe5 Kd7
44. f4 (44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Kg6 Kf8 46. h4 Nd5 47. g4 Ne7+ 48. Kh7 (48. Kg5 Kf7)
48... Kf7) 44... Ne8 45. g4 Nd6 46. h4 Nc4+ 47. Kd4 Nd6 (47... Nd2 48. h5 Ke6
49. g5 (49. e4 Nf3+ 50. Ke3 Nh2 51. f5+ $1 (51. g5 Nf1+ 52. Kd4 Ng3 53. h6 gxh6
54. gxh6 Kf7 55. f5 Nh5 56. Ke5 Nf6 57. Kf4 Nh7 58. e5 Ke7 59. Kg4 (59. Ke4
Ng5+ 60. Kd5 Nh7 61. f6+ Nxf6+ $11) 59... Kf7 60. Kh5 (60. Kh4 Ke7 61. Kh5 Kf7
$11) 60... Nf8 $11) 51... Ke5 52. g5 Ng4+ 53. Kf3 Nh2+ 54. Kg2 Ng4 55. Kg3 Ne3
56. f6 $1 $18) 49... Kf5 50. Kd5 Ne4 51. h6 gxh6 52. gxh6 Nf6+ 53. Kd6 Kg6 54.
Ke6 Ng4 55. e4 Nxh6 $11) 48. h5 Ke6 49. e4 Nb5+ 50. Ke3 Nd6 51. g5 Nf7 52. f5+
Ke5 53. h6 $1 $18) (41... Ne8 $1 {Tsesarsky} 42. Ke4 Nf6+ 43. Kxe5 Ng4+ 44. Kf5
Nxh2 (44... Nxf2 {Hecht} 45. Kg6 Ng4 46. h4 Nxe3 47. h5 Kb7 48. Kxg7 Nf5+ 49.
Kg6 Nxg3 50. h6 $18) 45. Kg6 (45. e4 Kb7 $13) 45... Ng4 46. Kxg7 Nxf2 47. Kg6
Kb6 48. Kf5 Nd1 $11) 42. Ke4 Ng5+ (42... Kb6 {Tsesarsky} 43. Kxe5 Nf8 44. Kd6
$18) 43. Kf5 Nh3 (43... Nf3 {Tsesarsky} 44. h4 Kb6 45. Ke4 Nh2 46. Kxe5 Ng4+
47. Kf5 Nxf2 48. Kg6 $18) 44. f4 (44. f4 {Tsesarsky} exf4 45. exf4 Kb6 46. Kg6
Kc6 47. Kxg7 Kd7 48. f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 {The
well-forgotten lines become new again for time to time.} (6. h4 {is the main
line, but it is not easy to find anything real here, and the lines are
sometimes quite boring for the attacking players.}) 6... e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8. Nf4
{White can get the B, but Black's position remains rock-solid.} Nf6 9. h4 (9.
O-O {is nothing special in view of} Nd5 $1 10. Ngh5 O-O 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. Ng3 Qh4 $11 {Tal-Botvinnik, Moskau (m2) 1961}) (9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Qf3
Nbd7 11. h4 (11. O-O e5 $11) 11... e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O (
14. Bxf7 {is too greedy:} exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Be6+ Kb8 $44) 14... exd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 gxf6 $11 {Boleslavsky}) (9. c3 Nbd7 (9... Nd5
10. Qf3 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nd7 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Ne2 O-O-O {
Black has everything in order here.} 16. Rh3 Bf5 17. g4 g5 18. Qf3 h5 $1 19.
gxf5 g4 20. Qf4 gxh3 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxe6+ Kc7 24. Bxh3 Rde8
$11 {Azmaiparashvili-Illescas, Erevan ol. 1996}) 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. O-O-O b5 $1 {This is an important positional move
securing the central post for the N on d5.} 15. h4 Nd7 16. Ne4 N5f6 17. Bd2
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 a5 19. Qg4 a4 20. Bc2 Nf6 21. Qf3 Qd5 $11 {Rublevsky-Dreev,
Presidents Cup. 1998}) 9... Bxf4 {It is a big question which B to give for the
N?} (9... Qc7 10. Nxg6 (10. Qf3 $6 {is a light-hearted attempt, and Black can
take the P without beeing punished.} Bxc2 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 h6 13. Rac1 Bh7
14. Nfh5 Nxh5 15. Nxh5 Bg6 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 $17 {Makropoulos-J.Santos,
Budva zt. 1981}) 10... hxg6 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 O-O-O $11 {There is no
weakness in Black's camp, therefore the white ^^ cannot find a real target.})
10. Bxf4 h6 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 $5 Nbd7 (11... Qxd4 $2 12. Be5 $44) 12. O-O-O Nd5
13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15. Rh4 N7f6 16. Bb3 b5 17. a3 a6 $11 {Socko-Grabarczyk,
POL ch. 1996}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bd3 (12. Bd6 $4 Nb6 $19) (12. Bb3 a5 $5) 12...
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa5+ $5 {This is the typical centralizing manoeuvre with the Q.}
(13... O-O 14. O-O-O $14) 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. c4 $1 (15. f3 $2 e5 $15) 15... Qxg2
16. Qe2 b5 ({After} 16... O-O-O $2 {the Q gets into trouble:} 17. O-O-O c5 18.
d5 exd5 19. Rdg1 $18) 17. b3 (17. O-O-O bxc4 $19) 17... bxc4 18. bxc4 h5 $1 {
Black has to do something against capturing his Q.} 19. O-O-O Ng4 20. Ne4 Ndf6
21. Nd6+ (21. Nd6+ Kf8 (21... Ke7 22. Bb4 $1) 22. Bb4 Kg8 23. Rdf1 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Beliavsky holds the balance in this game with a new and very active strategy.
Anands aggressive try to win produces a very entertaining finish.} 1. e4 {Anand
} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 (12. d5 {Anand}) 12... h6 13. Bc2 exd4
14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 (17... f5 {Anand}) 18. axb5 axb5
19. Nd4 Rxa3 (19... Ne5 {Anand-Kamsky/Las Palmas/1995}) 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3
cxd3 22. Re3 Nc5 23. Bb2 Bc8 (23... Qa5 24. Nf5 (24. N4f3 Qa4 25. Qa1 b4 26.
axb4 Qxb4 27. Bc3 Qb5 $11 {Zontakh,A-Gligoric,S/Pozarevac 1995/EXP 49/1/2-1/2 
(58)}) 24... g6 25. Ng3 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nb3 Qxa3 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxd3
$13 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Gligoric,S/JUG-chT 1997/EXP 59 (34)}) (23... g6 24. N4b3
Na4 25. Bd4 Ba6 26. Rxd3 b4 27. Re3 bxa3 28. Qa1 Qd7 29. Qxa3 $16 {1-0
Chandler,M-Mannion,S/Barnsdale YM 1989/TD 89\14 (39)}) 24. Nc6 Qh4 $146 {
Active play against Whites center. When Black loses in this line it's usually
because of dropping the d3-P for nothing or more common because White gets a
K-side attack, so keeping the Q on the K-side might be a good defensive
measure as well.} (24... Qc7 25. Nb4 Na4 26. Ba1 Bd7 27. Rxd3 $16 {1-0 Zontakh,
A-Mojzis,J/Pardubice op 1995/EXT 95op (33)}) 25. Bd4 f5 {The logical way to
continue. Black tries to disturb White as much as possible.} (25... Bd7 26. Nf3
Qh5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Qxd3 $16) 26. Nf3 (26. Bxc5 $5 {Anand} dxc5 27. e5 c4)
26... Qh5 27. e5 f4 (27... dxe5 {Anand} 28. Rxe5 $1) 28. Re1 dxe5 29. Ncxe5 Qf5
(29... Bf5 30. Qc1 Nd7 31. Qxf4 $16) 30. Nh4 (30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32.
Nxd3 Rxe1+ 33. Nfxe1 Bxa3 34. Nxf4 Bb7 $17) (30. Qb1 $14 {Anand Beliavsky})
30... Qg5 31. Neg6 {Anand decides to go for the Black K, but in doing so he
promotes the d3-P from being a weakness to be a dangerous passed P.} (31. Nhf3
$11) (31. Bxc5 {Anand} Bxc5 32. Nxd3 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Bf8 34. Qe8 Qxd5 35. Ng6 (
35. Nxf4 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd7) 35... Qf7 36. Qxf8+ Qxf8 37. Nxf8 Kxf8 38. Nxf4 Ke7
$44) 31... Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxd5 33. Nxf8 (33. Qe8 Qf7 34. Qxc8 d2 35. Bxc5 (35.
Qg4 $2 f3 $19) 35... d1=Q+ 36. Kh2 Qdd7 37. Qxd7 Qxd7 38. Bxf8 $11) 33... Ne4
$1 (33... Kxf8 {Anand} 34. Ng6+ Kf7 35. Nh8+ $11 (35. Qe7+ Kxg6 36. Qxg7+ Kh5
37. Be3 Bxh3 $1)) 34. Qc1 (34. Nf3 {Anand} Kxf8 35. Qc1 $11) 34... d2 (34...
Qc4 $1 {Anand} 35. Qxf4 d2 36. Nfg6 d1=Q+ 37. Kh2 Nf6 $19) 35. Qxc8 d1=Q+ 36.
Kh2 Nd6 $8 (36... Qc4 37. Bc5 $3 Nd6 (37... Qxc5 $2 38. Qe6+ Kxf8 39. Ng6#) 38.
Qd8 Qf7 39. Bxd6 $18) 37. Qd8 Qf7 38. Qxd6 (38. Nhg6 Ne8 39. Ne5 Qxf8 40. Qd5+
Kh7 41. Qe4+ $11) (38. Ne6+ {Anand} Ne8 39. Nxg7 Qe2) 38... Qxf8 39. Qd5+ Qf7
40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 (41... g6 $2 42. Qe5 $18 (42. Qe5 {Anand} Qf8 43.
Nxg6 $1 $18)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 Rc5 15.
Rfd1 Re8 16. Qb2 Kg8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Qb8 19. Ne3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21.
Ncd5 Qb7 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. Rxc5 dxc5 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qe5 h5 26. h4 b4 27. Nd5
Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc8 30. Rd7 c4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxe7 Rc2 33. Rb7
Rxe2 34. Rxb4 Rxa2 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2180]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 {Anand knows all the equalizing tricks for black after the
standard 14.Be3 and tries to complicate matters with less usual line.} (14. Be3
) 14... Rd8 (14... Qe6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qd7 17. d5 Na6 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. e5
e6 20. Rfd1 exd5 21. Bxd5 Qf5 22. Be7 Rfc8 23. Qe3 {Komljenovic,D-Sanchez
Almeyra,J/San Sebastian op/1993/1/2-1/2 (109)}) (14... g5 $1 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5
(16. Rxb7 $6 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Rxe7 Qa3 $15) 16... Rad8 (16... Na5 17. e5
b6 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Rb4 Bh5 21. h4 Rad8 22. Rd4 f5 23. hxg5 Bxf3 24.
gxf3 hxg5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 {1-0 Sapis,W-Touzane,O/Legnica Voivode Cup/1994/
(40)}) 17. Rxb7 e6 (17... f5 $1 18. Qe1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. exf5 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Qxd5 22. Rxa7 Rxf5 $11) 18. Bc7 exd5 (18... Rd7 19. Bb5 $16) 19. Bxd8 dxe4
20. Be7 (20. Bc7 $16) 20... Re8 21. Bc5 (21. Bb5 $1 exf3 22. Bxc6 fxg2 23. Bxe8
$1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Qe2 25. Rbd7 $1 Be5 26. Bc5 $18) 21... Rd8 $5 22. Qb3 $8 Qxb3
23. Rxb3 {1-0/ Chernin,A-Horvath,J/HUN-ch/1992/ (35)}) 15. d5 g5 16. Bg3 b6 $2
{This meak move will cost the defender dearly. If white's center becomes too
strong black's pawn pair a7-b6 will offer very poor compensation.} (16... e6 $5
17. Bc7 Rd7 (17... Re8 18. d6 Nd7 19. Rxb7 Rec8 $14) 18. d6 Na6 19. Bb5 Rxc7
20. dxc7 Nxc7 21. Qd7 $13) 17. Re1 Bxf3 (17... e6 18. Nxg5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qa5
20. Nf3 (20. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 21. dxe6+ Ke8 22. Qb3 $14) 20... exd5 21. exd5 (21.
Rd2 d4 $13) 21... Nc6 22. Rd2 $16) 18. Bxf3 Nd7 19. e5 Rac8 20. e6 $1 (20. Ra1
Qc2 21. Rxa7 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe7 $14) 20... fxe6 21. Rxe6
{Anand shows, that the position has a very distinct feature: the weak black
king. Protection of his own master will cost black dearly.} Nf6 (21... Bf6 22.
Re2 Qc4 23. d6 e6 24. Rxe6 Rc5 25. Re7 $16) (21... Qa3 22. d6 Bf6 23. dxe7 Bxe7
24. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $18) 22. Rxe7 Qc2 (22... Nxd5 23. Re8+ $1 Bf8 (23...
Rxe8 24. Bxd5+ $18) 24. Rb5 $1 (24. Ra1 Nc3 (24... Qc4 25. Qd2 Qc5 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. Rd1 $18) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe1 Qc4 27. Rxa7 $14) 24... Nc3 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 26. Qxd8 Qa1+ 27. Bd1 Qxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nxd1 29. Bb8 $18) 23. d6 Qxd1+ 24.
Rxd1 a5 (24... g4 25. Be2 a5 26. d7 Rc2 27. Bxg4 Kf8 28. Bd6 $18) 25. h3 a4 26.
Rc7 $1 {Fine move, that shows the difference in the strength of the pawns d6
and a4. The support of the bishops pair f3,g3 turn the d6 guy into powerhouse.}
Kh8 (26... Rxc7 $2 27. dxc7 Rf8 28. Rd8 $18) (26... b5 27. Rb1 (27. Rxc8 Rxc8
28. d7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 b4 30. Bd5+ $16) 27... Rb8 28. d7 b4 29. Ra7 Rb5 30. Bc6
Rc5 31. Bc7 Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Bd6 Rd5 34. Rxd7 a3 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bxb4
$18) 27. Rdc1 $1 Rb8 28. Ra7 Nd7 (28... b5 29. d7 Nxd7 30. Bxb8 Nxb8 31. Rb1
Bf8 32. Rxb5 a3 33. Ra8 Bd6 34. Rd5 $18) 29. Rcc7 a3 (29... b5 30. Rxd7 Rxd7
31. Rxd7 b4 32. Rb7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Bf6 34. d7 Bd8 35. Bc6 a3 36. Be5+ Kh7 37.
Be4+ Kg8 38. Bd5+ Kh7 39. Bd6 $18) 30. Bd5 {This picture belongs to the
textbook about domination. Black is hopelessly lost.} (30. Bg4 a2 31. Rxa2 Nf6
32. Raa7 $18) 30... b5 (30... Nf6 31. Rxg7 Nxd5 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rag7+ Kf8 34.
Be5 $18) 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 b4 33. Bb3 (33. Ra7 b3 34. Rxa3 b2 35. Be4
b1=Q+ 36. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb7 $16) 33... Ra8 (33... a2 34. Bxa2 b3 35. Bb1
$18) 34. Rb7 (34. Rb7 a2 35. Bxa2 Rxa2 36. d7 Ra8 37. Rb8+ Rxb8 38. Bxb8 Bf6
39. Be5 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Na3 Qe7 14. e4 Nb6 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Nc2 Rad8 17. Ne3 f6 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Rad1 N6e7 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qe3 Nd6 23. Rfe1 Nb5 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27.
Qxd4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 236]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2
Bd6 (7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 (8. Nbxd2 O-O (8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1
Nc6 12. cxd5 exd5 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5]} 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qxc5 Nxa2 (15...
Qxc5 16. Rxc5 Nxa2 17. Nd4 $14) 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rc6 Rab8 $2 (17... Rfb8 18.
Nd4 $14) 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 20. Ra4 $16 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Yudasin,L/
Tilburg 1993 (31)}) 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... c5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5
13. Qc2 Re8 14. Qb2 Qe7 15. e3 a5 $11 {0-1 Tischer,G-Eismont,O/Biel op 1994 
(36)}) 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. e3 Rc8 14. Bh3 Rc7 15. Bf1 {
1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Yudasin,L/Haifa 1995}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Nc3 Bb7 12. Rac1 Na6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qb2 c5 15. e3 Nc7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3
Na6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Razuvaev,Y/Tilburg 1994 (23)}) 8. Nc3 (8. Bc3 O-O 9.
O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 Na6 11. cxd5 exd5 {1/2-1/2 Pares Vives,J-Garcia Ilundain,D/
Terrassa op 1994}) 8... c6 $2 $146 (8... Nbd7 9. e4 $1 c5 (9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Ng5 $14) 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qe2+ Kf8 (11... Be7 12. Ne5 $1 Bb7 13. dxc5
(13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 O-O $11 {[%cal Ge7f6]}) 13... Nxc5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 O-O (15... Bxd5 16. Nc6 $16) 16. Rd1 $16) 12. O-O Qc7 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Qd3 $6 (14. Rfe1 $1 Nb6 (14... d4 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Re8 17.
Qd3 $16) (14... Re8 15. Qd3) 15. Bg5 $1) 14... Nb6 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 h6 17.
Nh4 g6 18. a4 Kg7 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Rfe1 Rab8 {and black is O.K. Nestorovic,
D-Rajkovic,D/Belgrade GMA 1988/1/2-1/2 (54)}) (8... Bb7 $5) 9. O-O O-O 10. e4
$1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Nxe4 Nd7 (13... f5 14. Nc3 Qxd4 15. Qe2 (
15. Nb5 $5 Bxb5 (15... cxb5 16. Bxa8 bxc4 17. Be3 $14) 16. cxb5 Rd8 17. Bf4 $16
) 15... e5 16. Nd5 $1 $16) (13... Qxd4 14. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Gd2c3]} (14. Bc3 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 $44) 14... f5 (14... g6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh8]} 15. Qh3 f5 16. Bc3 Qd8
17. Rad1 (17. Qh6 Rf7 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nd6 Rd8 21. Nb5 $1 $16)
17... Qc7 18. Qh6 e5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Nd7 21. Qe7 Rf7 22. Qe6 $1 e4 23.
Rd6 Nc5 24. Qe5 $16) 15. Bc3 Qd7 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 h6 18. Qe3 $16 {[%csl
Ra6,Rb8]}) 14. Bf4 $16 Nf6 (14... b5 15. c5 $1 b4 16. Re1 Bb5 17. Bd6 $1 $16)
15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ga4a5]} Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6
19. Be5 Qe7 20. a5 b5 21. c5 {[%cal Ge5d6]} Rfd8 22. b4 {[%csl Ra6] white's
position is straregically winning ,because of black,s bishop on a6 and white's
victory only the question of time.} Rd7 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 $18 {[%cal Gd1d6]}
) 23. Ra3 Qd8 24. Rdd3 Be7 (24... Bb7 25. a6 $1 Ba8 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) 25. Qd1
Bf8 26. g4 Rd5 (26... f6 27. Bg3 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7]}) 27. h4 $1 Qxh4 28. Bxd5 cxd5
29. g5 $1 Qxg5+ (29... hxg5 30. Rh3 Qe4 31. Qh5 f6 32. Bxf6 $1 (32. Rae3 Qf5
33. Ref3 {also win.}) 32... gxf6 (32... Qb1+ 33. Kh2 gxf6 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Rh7+
Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kf5 37. Rf3+ Ke4 38. Qg6+ $18) 33. Rae3 (33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Rh7+ Kg6
$1 (34... Ke8 35. Qg8 $18) 35. Qg8+ Kf5 36. Rxa7 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kh2 $2 Bd6+
38. cxd6 Rxg8) 37... Qe4+ $11) 33... Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Bg7 35. Rxe6 $18) 30. Rg3 Qf5
31. Raf3 Qh7 32. Qe2 {[%csl Gb5]} (32. Rf6 Be7 $1 (32... Bb7 33. Qh5 Qb1+ 34.
Kh2 g6 35. Rgxg6+ fxg6 36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Rxh6+ $1 {with mate.}) 33. Rf4 Bg5)
32... g5 (32... Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]}) (32... Rc6 33. Kh2 Rc8
34. Rf4 {with idea 35Bg7-Bg736Rfg4 + -} g6 35. Bf6 {[%cal Ge2e5]} Bg7 36. Qe5
$18) 33. Bf6 $1 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qd2 Bg7 36. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 37. Qxg5 Qh7+ 38.
Kg2 Re8 39. Qf6 {after 39...Kh840Qf7-Rg841Rg4 white wins easily.} 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 dxc4 10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. f3
Ng6 15. Nxf5 Nxe5 16. Bb3 exf5 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Rd5 Nc6 19. Rxf5 O-O 20. Rd1
Bf6 21. Rd7 b5 22. f4 (22. Rc5 $142 Ne5 23. Rdd5 $36) 22... Na5 23. Bd4 Nxb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Duell"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp Fritz 5"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 a5 11. h3 h6 12. b3 Bb4 13. Bb2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
c5 15. Rd2 b6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. a4 Ne7 18. Ne1 g5 19. f3 Nc6 20. Kf2 Ke7 21. Bb2
Rhd8 22. c4 Rxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Bf5 24. Ke3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. f4 gxf4+ 27. Kxf4
Bb1 28. Nf3 Bc2 29. Nd2 Ne6+ 30. Kf3 Kf8 31. Ke3 Kg7 32. g4 Kg6 33. Kf3 h5 34.
Kf2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bd1 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Kh4 Kf8 38. Ba1 Ke7 39. Kg3 Nf8 40. Bb2
Ke6 41. Ba1 Ng6 42. g5 Kf5 43. e6 Kxe6 44. Bf6 Ne5 45. Kf4 Nd3+ 46. Ke3 Nc1 47.
Bd8 Kd7 48. Bf6 Nxb3 49. Nxb3 Bxb3 50. Kd2 Bxc4 51. Kc3 Be2 52. Kd2 Bf3 53. Kc2
Kc8 54. Be5 Kb7 55. Bf6 c4 56. Kd2 Bc6 57. Kc3 Bxa4 58. Kxc4 Bd7 59. Kb3 Be6+
60. Ka4 c6 61. Be7 Ka6 62. Ka3 c5 63. Kb2 c4 64. Kc3 b5 65. Kd4 b4 66. Kc5 c3
67. Bf6 Bd7 68. Bd4 Kb7 69. Bg7 Be8 70. Bf6 Kc7 71. Be5+ Kb7 72. Bf6 Bd7 73.
Bg7 c2 74. Bb2 Bc6 75. Kc4 Kc7 76. Bc1 Kd7 77. Kb3 Kd6 78. Kxc2 Kc5 79. Be3+
Kc4 80. Kb1 a4 81. Bf4 a3 82. Bd6 Bd5 83. Kc1 Kb3 84. Kd2 Ka4 85. Be5 b3 86.
Kc1 Be4 87. Bc3 Kb5 88. Bf6 Kc6 89. Bc3 Kd5 90. Ba1 Ke6 91. Bd4 Kf5 92. Bf6 Kg6
93. Bc3 Kxg5 94. Bd4 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics Duell"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Fritz 5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. e3 Qd7 14. Bc3 Rad8
15. Rc1 Bb6 16. a3 Bh3 17. b4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfe8 19. Qb3 Qf5 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. a4
a6 22. a5 Bc7 23. Qb2 Rd7 24. b5 Nxa5 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Bxa5 Bxa5 27. Qa2 Bb6
28. Qxa6 Bc7 29. Rfd1 Qf5 30. Rc5 Red8 31. Rdc1 Bd6 32. Rc8 Qe4 33. Qa8 Be7 34.
R1c7 Rd6 35. Qa7 Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kf7 37. Qd4 Ra6 38. Rc7 g6 39. Qxe4 dxe4 40.
Nd4 Ke8 41. g4 Ra2 42. Rc8+ Kd7 43. Rh8 Bc5 44. Rxh7+ Kd6 45. Kf1 Ra1+ 46. Kg2
Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 a5
15. c4 a4 16. Rd3 Rc8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Be3 Bc5 21.
Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kh7 24. Qf6 Rg8 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27.
Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Qe7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kasparov had lost against Vlady in the first round, so I could imagine that
he was in a particularly aggressive state.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 {Kasparov played 6...e5 all the time against
Topalov in Leon. Maybe the presence of the computer-second influenced his
choice. He has experimented with all the main-lines (6...e6,6...e5 and 6...Ng4)
, but he almost always plays 6...Ng4 against me.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3
Bg7 10. Be2 {In Linares, I played 10.Qd2 here, but here I wanted to try
something else.} h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. b3 $1
{In Geneva, I castled twice. Thereafter, presumably under the influence of
these games, I looked elsewhere for White's advantage. Peter Leko pointed this
out to me and we soon realized that White is in very good shape here.} e6 16.
Nde2 $1 Rc8 {An important moment - if you wonder later in the game why Black
can't simply castle on the queenside!} 17. Bd4 {Neutralizing Black's "Dragon
bishop"} b5 18. Nd1 $3 {The reason White shouldn't castle too early. The
knight is superbly placed on e3. Against Kamsky (our 9th match game in Las
Palmas, I executed a similar manoeuvre - but the knight went from e3 to c3 via
d1.) Here the reverse manoeuvre, but I was equally pleased.} Rg8 {Perhaps
Black should have started with a5-a4 as then White would not have the option
of playing cxb3, but I don't think this improves Black's prospects.
Incidentally, Black's king is stuck on e8 for the rest of the game.} 19. Ne3 a5
20. O-O-O a4 21. Kb1 axb3 22. cxb3 {Helpful to have the c-file open, but 22.
axb3 was also good for White.} Ra8 23. Bc3 Ra6 24. Nc2 {Now Nb4 threatens to
force the rook to b6, so his next move if forced.} Bf8 25. Nb4 Ra8 26. Nd4 Be7
27. Rhe1 Qc8 28. Bb2 Qb7 29. Ndc2 $6 {Just enjoying the position.} f6 30. Nd4
$1 {Correcting my last move - if Black had a little more time, he could
consolidate.} h4 (30... Kf7 31. g3 {/\ f4}) 31. g3 g4 32. f4 Nf3 33. Nxf3 gxf3
34. f5 $1 {Once the knight gets to d5...} hxg3 35. hxg3 Rxg3 36. Qh2 $1 Rg5 (
36... Rg7 37. Qh5+) 37. Bc1 Rg7 38. Qh5+ (38. Qh8+ {Is also interesting, but I
wanted to keep it simple.}) 38... Rf7 39. Qxf3 {Kasparov didn't want to look
at his position anymore. However, his resignation needs to be explained.} (39.
Qxf3 exf5 {This is the only move.} 40. Nd5 fxe4 41. Rxe4 $1 (41. Qxe4 Bc6 $13)
41... Bc6 42. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7 43. Nxf6+ Kd8 44. Rxd6+ Kc7 45. Qf4 $1 $18 {
Black's king is too exposed to survive and the opposite colored bishops make
it worse.}) 1-0

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be6 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Bd3 a6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Ke2 Kd7
15. Rhc1 Rhc8 16. Be1 Ne7 17. Ng1 b5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bh4 Nfd5 20. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc5 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. f3 d5 20. g5 d4 21. Ne2
Qxg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Nxd4 Rfd8 24. c3 Nd7 25. h4 Ne5 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Rdf1
gxh4 28. f4 Nd3 29. f5 Nc5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Bc4 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rxh4
Ke7 34. Rg4 Kf6 35. e5+ Kxe5 36. Rxg7 a5 37. b3 Kd6 38. Kb2 Nd7 39. a4 Rf8 40.
Rg2 Ne5 41. Rd2+ Ke7 42. Ba6 Rd8 43. Re2 Nd3+ 44. Kc2 Nc5 45. Bc4 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Bg4 Bc8 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nf3 c5 15.
Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Rd1 Bf8 18. Be3 Rxc4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. a3 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Bxa7 Rce4 24. Be3 f5 25. b4 Qh4 26. b5 d4 27. Qc4+
Kh8 28. Rxd4 cxb5 29. Qxb5 Qf6 30. Rdd1 f4 31. Bd4 Qe6 32. Qd3 f3 33. Be3 fxg2
34. a4 Qh3 35. Qc3 Rc8 36. Qd2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 a6 8. N5c3
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 b5 13. Qxd6 bxc4 14. Qxc6 Be6
15. Be2 Rb8 16. O-O Qd2 17. Rab1 Qxc2 18. Rfc1 Qd2 19. Rd1 Qc2 20. Qxa6 Rfc8
21. h3 Be7 22. Rdc1 Qd2 23. Rd1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. g3 Nxf3+ 5. exf3 Nf6 6. d4 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O c4 11. f4 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. f5
Rd8 15. Qe4 Bf6 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. g4 Bd7 18. g5 Ba4 19. Be3 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Re8 21.
Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bd5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Bxg5 25. Re1 Rxb2 26. Bxc4 Kf8
27. Kh1 Rc2 28. e4 Rc1 29. Bb3 Rc4 30. Rc1 Ra4 31. Bxa4 Bxc1 32. Bb3 Bb2 33.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Bg4 Bxg4 13. Nxg4 dxc4 14. Nxe4 f5
15. Nd2 fxg4 16. Nxc4 c5 17. a3 Nc6 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Be3 Bxe3
21. Nxe3 h5 22. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8.
Bb2 d6 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1+ 12. Bxa1 Nbd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bb2
Ra8 15. d4 c5 16. Nd2 Qf8 17. f3 d5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b5 Nb6 20. Qc2 Nfd7 21.
Bd3 h6 22. Ra1 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Qa8 24. Bb2 Na4 25. Bc1 Nab6 26. Qc3 f6 27. Be2
Qa4 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Nxb3 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Na5 Ba8 32. Nxc4 Bd5 33. Nd6
Kf8 34. e4 Bb3 35. Ba3 Ba4 36. f4 e5 37. g3 g6 38. f5 Ke7 39. Nb7 Bxb5 40. fxg6
Kf8 41. Nd6 Bd3 42. h4 h5 43. g4 Be2 44. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. O-O Na6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Qg3 Bxb3 14.
axb3 Nb4 15. c3 Nxd3 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 a6 19. Rd2 Rfe8 20. Rad1
e4 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. f3 f5 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Rf1 Rd5 25. Re2 Rb5 26. b4 a5 27.
bxa5 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Nxb2 29. Rb1 Nc4 30. Rxb7 Nxe3 31. a6 Rf8 32. h3 Nd5 33. c4
e3 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. a7 e2 36. Re7 Rf1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Rxe2 Rxa7 39. Kg3 Kf7
40. Kf4 Kf6 41. Re8 Ra4+ 42. Ke3 h5 43. Rf8+ Ke6 44. Re8+ Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke6 46.
Re8+ Kf5 47. Rf8+ Kg5 48. Rd8 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 Ra5 50. Kf3 Kh4 51. Rb8 Ra3+ 52. Kf2
Ra2+ 53. Kf3 d4 54. Rg8 g5 55. g3+ Kxh3 56. Rxg5 Ra3+ 57. Ke4 d3 58. Rxh5+ Kxg3
59. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl blitz"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8.
Qxc4 O-O 9. Bc3 Qe7 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Na3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3
Bd7 15. Nc2 Be8 16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rb8 20. Be4 f6 21.
exf6 Qxf6 22. Qc5 Rd8 23. Rb1 b6 24. Qc4 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Qc2 Bg6 27. Bxg6
Qxg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. b5 Rd5 30. Rc1 Rxb5 31. Rxc7 Re5 32. e3 b5 33. Rb7 g5
34. g4 Re4 35. h3 Re5 36. Kf1 Kh7 37. Ke2 Kg6 38. f3 Kf6 39. Kf2 Rc5 40. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl blitz"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. f3 Nb6 12. e4 Qd8 13. Be2 e5 14. Nc2 Re8
15. O-O Be6 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Ne3 Na4 19. Bb5 Bb3 20. Bxe8 Bxd1
21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxd1 Nc5 23. Nc3 Nb3 24. Rb1 a6 25. Be3 Na5 26. Rd1 Nc4 27.
Bc1 Nxa3 28. bxa3 Rxc3 29. Bb2 Rb3 30. Bxe5 Rxa3 31. Rc1 b5 32. Rc7+ Kg6 33.
Rb7 Rb3 34. Bd6 a5 35. Bf8 Nh5 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rxg2 38. Rxb5 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl blitz"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Na5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Qd2 Nb7 16. Rfe1 Nd6 17. Bf1 f6 18. Bf4 Nf7 19. g3 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21.
Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 g5 24. Bc1 Bg4 25. f3 Bxf3 26. Rd2 Re1 27.
Bb2 Ne5 28. Kf2 Rb1 29. h3 h5 30. a4 a5 31. Ba3 Kf7 32. Rb2 Ra1 33. Rb3 Bd1 34.
Bb2 Bxb3 35. Bxa1 Bxa4 36. Bg2 Bc6 37. Bf1 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 a5 8. Bb2
axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 c5 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 e5 13. d3 Re8 14. O-O Nc6 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Nh4 Ra8 19. Bc3 Qb3 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bd2 Nbd5 18. a3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 c5 20. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 21.
Re1 Qd6 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxh6 Rxf3 (25... gxh6 $2 26.
Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Re5 $18) 26. gxf3 gxh6 27. Qxe6+ Kf8
28. Re5 Rd6 29. Qxe7+ Nxe7 30. Rxc5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Ra5 Nc6 33. Rb5 Rxa3
34. Rxb7 Rxc3 35. Bd5 Ne7 36. Be4 a5 37. Rb5 a4 38. Kg3 a3 39. Ra5 Kg7 40. Kf4
Ng6+ 41. Kg4 Ne7 42. Ra6 Rc5 43. h4 Ng8 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Kf4 Rc3 46. Ra6+ Kg7
47. Ke5 Rc5+ 48. Ke6 Rc7 49. Rxa3 Re7+ 50. Kd6 Re8 51. Bc6 Re2 52. Ra7+ Kf6 53.
Be4 Rd2+ 54. Bd5 h5 55. Kc5 Ne7 56. Be4 Rxf2 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Rh6 Ng8 59. Rh7+
Kf8 60. Rxh5 Nf6 61. Rf5 Ke7 62. Bd3 Rh2 63. Rf4 Ke6 64. Kd4 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 Bb4 {By this way Black can
avoid the 12...g6 13.Qh6 line, which is not dangerous at all.} (12... g6 {
is the main line, but the text move leads to the same positions with
transposition.}) 13. Be3 Re8 14. a3 g6 15. Qh3 (15. Qh6 Bf8) 15... Ba5 16. Rc1
h5 {This original move is against the white Q, which can easily be trapped now!
} (16... Rc8 {See Svidler-Yusupov, CBM 66}) (16... Qd6) 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Qf3 Bg4
19. Qf4 Bxc3 ({The consequent} 19... g5 $5 {forces the positional Q sacrifice,
after which Black's position is ugly but perhaps better than it looks at first
sight.} 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 f6 22. Nc5 (22. d5 {/\ Bd4 is parried by} Bf5
23. Bd4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Bb6) (22. Rc5 {brings the R immediately into the battle
without any success:} Bb6 23. Rd5 Qe7 24. Rd6 Rf8) 22... Qe7 23. Be4 $44) (
19... Bc7 20. Qh6 $40) 20. Bxe4 (20. bxc3 $2 {is already answered by} g5 (20...
g5 {Poldauf} 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 $16 f5 $8 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Ba6 f4 $132))
20... Bxb2 21. Rc7 (21. Bxb7 $2 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Rb8 {/\} 23. Rc7 Qd5 $1 $19)
21... Be6 (21... Re7 $6 {allows White to continue the ->:} 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23.
Rb1 Qxa3 (23... Bxa3 24. Rxb7) 24. Qf6 $40 {/\ Bxg6}) 22. Rb1 Bxa3 {[#]
Surprisingly enough White has no decisive blow here, although the position
looks precarious for Black at first sight.} 23. Bxg6 $1 {This nice sacrifice
is not enough for a win.} (23. Rbxb7 Bd6) (23. Rcxb7 Bd5 (23... Bd6 24. Qf3 a5
$5 (24... Ba2 25. Bc6 (25. R1b2 Rxe4 $1 26. Qxe4 Bd5) 25... Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7
27. Ra1 $14)) 24. Bxg6 {pushes too hard, for example:} fxg6 25. Qh6 Bf7 26.
Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Qh7+ Kf6 28. Rb5 Rxe3 $19) 23... fxg6 24. Rbxb7 Re7 $1 {Black's
defence is on the top.} (24... Bf8 $2 {[#]} 25. Qxf8+ $3 $18) (24... Be7 $2 25.
Qe5 Qd5 26. Rxe7 Qxe5 27. dxe5 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 $18) 25. Rxe7 (25. Qf6 Rxc7 26.
Qxg6+ (26. Qxe6+ Kh7 $19) 26... Kf8 27. Bh6+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ Kd7 $17) 25... Bxe7
26. Qe4 Bf5 27. Qxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 a5 {This remote o^ secures Black the draw
in the _|_.} 29. Bc1 Rd8 30. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Nc6 9. h3 Be7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. O-O-O e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Bg2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Ne5 19. Rhd1 Rc6 20. Ne3 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 Rxc4 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kb1 h5 24. g5 h4 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rh5 27. g6 Rg5
28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. R1d2 Rc3 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Kb2 Rce3 32. Bxb7 a5 33. Rf2+ Ke7
34. Rc6 g5 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rc6+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ (
6... Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8. Qd3 e5 9. Nxe5 Nb4 10. Qc3 Qxd4 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Nxc3
Bd6 13. Nf3 c6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nd4 O-O {Beliavsky,A-Adams,M/Madrid 1998/1/2-1/
2 (44)}) (6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qxc4 e5 9. Nc3 $14 {Mit dem Läufer auf d2, d.
h. mit dem eingeschobenen Zugpaar 6...Bb4 7.Bd2 und erst dann 7...Bd6, bringt
dieser Zug dem Weißen gar nichts, denn Schwarz kann 10...Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.
Qxd4 Bxg3 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.hxg3 Rxd2 spielen. Ribli.}) 7. Bd2 Bd6 $5 {Kramnik} (
7... Nd5 {Kortschnoj}) 8. Na3 (8. O-O O-O 9. Qxc4 (9. Bc3 Qe7 (9... Nd5 10.
Qxc4 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 e5) (9... Rb8 $6 10. Qxc4 b5 $2 11. Qxc6 Bb7 (11... Bd7 12.
Qa6 $18) (11... Rb6 12. Qa8 $18) 12. Qxb5 Bxf3 13. Qd3 $16) 10. Qxc4 e5 $11)
9... e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 $5 Ne7 11. Nc3 c6 (11... h6 $11) 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bg5
(13. Rfd1 $5) 13... Be6 14. Qb5 {1/2-1/2 Vadasz,L-Rogozenko,D/Cupa Dinamo 1998
=}) (10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Bxg3 $1 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. hxg3 Rxd2
$11) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bc3 Qe7 $5 $11 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nc3 c6 15.
Rfd1 Be6 16. Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/Hoogovens 1998 (21)}) (8. Qxc4 O-O
9. Bc3 (9. O-O e5) 9... Qe7 (9... Nd5) 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. O-O Rd8
13. Na3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. Nc2 Be8 16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19.
Rxa1 Rb8 20. Be4 f6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qc5 Rd8 23. Rb1 b6 24. Qc4 Nd4 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Chess Classic Giants m 1st 2nd blitz, F 1998 (39)}) (8. Bc3
O-O 9. Nbd2 $5) 8... Ne4 $6 (8... Bxa3 $5 {Dies ist meines Erachtens die für
Weiß kritische Variante.} 9. Qxa3 {[%csl Ga3,Re8][%cal Ga3f8]} (9. bxa3 {
Kortschnoj} Ne4 $13) 9... Nxd4 (9... Ne4 $13) 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Be3 $44 {
[%csl Ga3,Ge3,Gg2] Weiß hat zwei Bauern geopfert, aber seine Läufer stehen
aktiv auf den Diagonalen und der schwarze König schlecht in der Mitte. Ich bin
trotzdem nicht überzeugt, daß die Kompensation ausreichend ist.} (11. Rd1 $44)
(11. Bc3 Qd6 12. Bb4 (12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 Bc6 $15 14. Rd1 Qxd1+ (14... Bd5)
15. Kxd1 Bxg2 $5) 12... Qb6 13. Bc5 Qb5) 11... Qd7 (11... Qd6 12. Bc5 {[%csl
Rd6]})) 9. Nxc4 Nxd2 (9... O-O $142 {Kortschnoj}) 10. Nfxd2 Bd7 (10... Qd7 $6
11. e3 $14) 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6,Re8]} O-O $1 {Anand verteidigt
nicht den Bauern d6, sondern strebt nach aktivem Spiel.} (12... d5 13. Nd6+ Ke7
(13... Kf8 14. Nxb7 Qb6 15. Nc5 {[%csl Rb6,Gc5,Rf8][%cal Rc5d7,Rd7b6,Rd7f8]})
14. Nxb7 Qb6 15. Qa3+ Nb4 (15... Kf6 16. Nc5 {[%csl Rb6,Gc5,Rf6][%cal Rc5d7,
Rd7b6,Rd7f6]}) (15... Ke8 16. Nd6+ $18 {[%csl Gd6,Re8]}) 16. Na5 Qxd4 (16...
Kd8 17. Rc1 $14) 17. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Ga3,Re7]}) (12... Qc7 13. Qa3 $14 {[%csl
Ga3,Rd6,Ge4,Re8]} (13. Qa3 {Kortschnoj} O-O 14. Qxd6 Qa5+ (14... Qxd6 15. Nxd6
Nxd4 16. O-O-O $1 $16) 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Qc5 $16)) (12... Qe7 13. Qa3 $14 {
[%csl Ga3,Rd6,Ge4,Re8]} (13. Qa3 {Kortschnoj} d5 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. O-O-O $16))
13. Nxd6 Qc7 {[%csl Ra4,Gc6,Rd6,Gd7]} 14. Ne4 (14. Nb5 Qb6 $5 $17 {[%csl Ra4,
Rb5]} (14... Nxd4 15. Nxc7 Bxa4 16. Nxa8 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Rd8+ 18. Kc1 (18. Kc3
Rc8+ 19. Kd3 Rd8+ $11) 18... Nxa1 19. Bxb7 $13)) 14... Rfd8 15. Qc4 (15. O-O
Be8 $44 {[%csl Ra4,Rd4][%cal Ge8a4] Und es ist nicht leicht, die Drohung 16...
Nxd4 zu parieren.}) (15. e3 {Kortschnoj} Ne5 $44) 15... Qb6 (15... Qa5+ 16. Qc3
$16) 16. e3 (16. O-O-O Ne5 $13 {[%csl Rc1,Rc4][%cal Ra8c8,Rc8c1]}) 16... Rac8
$44 (16... Qxb2 $6 17. O-O $14 {[%csl Rb2,Rb7,Yc5,Ge4,Gg2][%cal Ge4c5,Gf1b1,
Gb1b7] Schwarz hat zwar das materielle Gleichgewicht wiederhergestellt, aber
die weiße Initiative am Damenflügel ist sehr gefährlich.}) 17. Qb3 Qa5+ (17...
Qxb3 18. axb3 Nb4 19. O-O $14 (19. Rxa7 Rc1+ $132)) 18. Nc3 (18. Qc3 $2 Nb4 {
[%csl Rc3,Re1][%cal Rc8c3]} 19. Nc5 Nc2+ $17 {[%cal Rc2e1,Rc2a1,Ga5e1]}) 18...
e5 $1 19. d5 (19. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 (19... Be6 {Kortschnoj} 20. Qxb7 Bc4 $1 $44) 20.
O-O Be6 (20... Bc6 21. e4) 21. Qxb7 {Dieser Zug sieht riskant aus, aber ich
sehe keine Widerlegung.} (21. Qc2 Nc4 $44 {[%csl Rb2,Rc2,Gc4][%cal Gc8c2,Gd8d2]
}) 21... Rb8 22. b4 Qa3 23. Qc7) {[#]} 19... Nd4 $1 20. exd4 exd4 21. O-O dxc3
22. bxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxb7 {Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern, aber es ist schwierig, mit
dem d-Bauern voranzukommen, denn Schwarz kontrolliert die c-Linie und
entfaltet aktives Figurenspiel.} Qc5 {[%csl Gc3,Gc5][%cal Gc8c1]} 24. Rab1 g6 {
Diese Stellung ist typisch für die Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung. Der weiße
d-Bauer ist unter Kontrolle und es ist nicht zu erkennen, wie Weiß seine
Stellung verbessern soll.} 25. Qb4 (25. h4 $14 {Kortschnoj}) (25. Rb2 $14 {
Kortschnoj}) 25... Qxb4 26. Rxb4 Kf8 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Gf8e7,Ge7d6] Schwarz
plant die Blockade des Freibauern mit seinem König.} 27. Ra1 (27. Rb7 a6 {
[%cal Gd7b5]}) (27. h3 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 27... Rdc8 28. Bf1 (28. Rab1 $2 Rc1+
29. Bf1 Bh3 $19 {[%cal Rh3f1] und Weiß wäre hilflos gegen 30...Bxf1.}) (28. Rb7
$2 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 $19 {[%csl Gc1,Rf1,Rg1,Gh3]}) (28. h3 {
Kortschnoj}) 28... Ke7 29. Kg2 Kd6 $11 {[%csl Rd5,Gd6,Rf1]} 30. Rh4 (30. Rb7
R8c7 $11 {[%csl Rd5]}) 30... h5 31. Rf4 {und hier wurde Remis vereinbart. Der
schwache weiße Mehrbauer ist bedeutungslos. Die Stellung ist gleich.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Bg6 7. Nh4 Nf5 8. Nxf5
Bxf5 9. c3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. f4 Qb6 14. b4 a5 15. a3
Nd7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Be7 22. f5 Nf8 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. fxe6 Qd6 26. Qf5 Rf8 27. Qe5 Qxe5
28. dxe5 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 c5 30. bxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2
Nd4 $1 {Bangiev: Der Springer g8 soll den Läufertausch durch Be3-h6 vorhindern.
} 9. O-O b4 10. Nd1 Nxe2+ $5 {Ein seltener, jedoch ein logischer Plan.
Häufiger ist} (10... e6 11. f4 Ne7 {z.B.} 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Ng3 Qa5
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 O-O 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne6 19. Bh6 Ba6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Nf2 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nh3 Rxd3 25. Qg2 Kh8 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27.
Qd5 Qb6 28. Nf4 c4+ 29. Kg2 Bxf1+ {0-1 Huber,G-Kudrin,S/US-op 1997/EXP 58}) 11.
Qxe2 Nf6 $1 {Der Läufertausch durch Bh6 kommt nun nicht Zustande.} (11... e6
12. Qd2 Ne7 13. d4 Qc7 14. c3 Ba6 15. Re1 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Rb4 17. dxc5 dxc5 18.
a3 Rb8 19. Na4 c4 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rab1 Rb5 22. b4 cxb3 23. Nxb3 O-O 24. a4 Rb8
25. Rec1 Nc6 26. Qc2 Bd7 27. Nd4 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 e5 30. Be3 Rb8 31.
Qd3 Qd8 32. Qd6 Be8 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34. Qxc6 Rb1+ 35. Bf1 Qd3 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37.
Qxe5+ Kg8 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Bd4+ {1-0 Bezold,M-Fischer/Wiesbaden op 1990/GER 02}
) 12. a3 (12. h3 {/\Qd2,Bh6} O-O 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bh6 c4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne3
cxd3 17. cxd3 Qb6 18. Kh2 Qd4 19. Nc2 Qxb2 20. Rfb1 Qc3 21. Qxc3 bxc3 22. e5
Nd5 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxd5 Rb2 25. Rc1 dxe5 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Bc4 e4 28. d4 e5
29. d5 f5 30. Kf1 f4 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Nd4 Kf6 33. Rxc3 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 g5 35. Ra3
Rd7 36. Ra6+ Rb6 37. Rxb6+ axb6 38. Nc6 h5 39. a4 g4 40. h4 Rg7 41. Nd4 Ke5 42.
Nc6+ Kd6 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Nc6+ {1/2-1/2 Moors,H-Marian,R/BL8586 1986/BL 80}) (
12. Qd2 $2 Ng4) 12... a5 (12... bxa3 $5 13. Rxa3 Qc7 14. b3 $14) 13. axb4 cxb4
$1 {Die Pointe der schwarzen Idee.} (13... axb4 14. e5 $16) 14. Bd2 $5 {
/\Ne3-c4; Ra2,Rfa1 -> Pa5} (14. e5 $5 dxe5 15. Ba7 Bg4 (15... Nd7 16. Bxb8 Nxb8
$44) 16. f3 (16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. f3 Rc8) 16... Ra8 17. Bc5 Bf5 18. Qxe5 (18. f4 $6
Rc8 $132) 18... b3 $5) 14... Nd7 $1 15. Ra2 (15. Ne3 $2 Bxb2) 15... O-O 16. Ne3
Nc5 17. b3 {/\Nc4} (17. Rfa1 a4 18. Nc4 Be6 $36) (17. Nc4 $5 a4 18. Be3 Ba6 $13
) 17... Ba6 $8 18. Nc4 a4 $5 (18... Bxc4 19. dxc4 (19. bxc4 a4 20. Rb1 b3 21.
cxb3 Rxb3 $132) 19... Qc7 20. Be3 {/\Qd2,Bd4,Rfa1 -> Pa5}) 19. bxa4 b3 $1 20.
Ra3 (20. cxb3 Rxb3 $132) 20... Bxc4 (20... bxc2 21. Be3 (21. Ba5 Qc8 22. Qxc2
Nxd3 $17) 21... Qc8 22. Bxc5 Bxc4 $1 (22... Qxc5 23. Ra2 $14) 23. Be3 (23. dxc4
Rb2 $17) 23... Bb2 24. dxc4 Bxa3 25. Qxc2 $15) 21. dxc4 Bb2 22. Rxb3 Nxb3 23.
cxb3 Rxb3 24. Rb1 Qc7 $2 (24... Rb8 $1 25. Bg5 (25. c5 $2 dxc5 26. Bf4 Be5 $17)
25... Bf6 $15) 25. Bc1 $14 Bxc1 26. Rxb3 Rb8 (26... Rc8 27. Bf1 Ra8 28. Qd1 Bh6
29. Rb4 Bg7 30. Qd5 $14) 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. c5 dxc5 29. a5 Bb2 30. a6 Bd4 31.
Bf1 c4 $1 (31... h5 32. Qb5 (32. Qa2 Qa7 33. Bc4 e6 34. Qb3 $14) 32... Qxb5 33.
Bxb5 c4 34. Bxc4 g5 35. h4 $16) 32. Qxc4 Qb2 33. Qe2 Qc3 34. Kg2 Bb6 35. Qa2
Qd4 36. Qc2 e6 37. Bb5 h6 38. Qe2 Qc5 39. Qb2 g5 $6 (39... e5 40. h4) 40. Bd3
g4 41. Qf6 h5 42. Qf4 Kf8 43. e5 Qd5+ 44. Be4 Qd4 45. Qh6+ Ke7 46. Qf6+ Kf8 47.
Bc6 {/\Qh8} Kg8 $8 48. h4 {/\Be8} (48. Be8 $2 Qe4+ $11) 48... gxh3+ (48... Qc5
49. Be4 $5 (49. Be8 Qc7 50. Kh2 Ba7 $14 (50... Kf8 $2 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Bxf7 $18
)) 49... Ba7 $1 $14 (49... Qd4 $2 50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Ke7 (51... Ke8 52. Bc6+
Kd8 53. Qf6+ Kc7 54. Be8 $18) 52. Qf6+ Kf8 53. Bg6 $18)) 49. Kxh3 Qa1 (49...
Qxf2 50. Qxf2 (50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Ke7) 50... Bxf2 51. Kh4 Kg7 52. Kxh5 f6
53. exf6+ Kxf6 54. g4 Bb6 55. g5+ Kg7 56. Be4 $18) 50. Kg2 $18 Qc1 (50... Qxa6
51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Be4 $18) 51. Bf3 h4 52. gxh4 Qc5 53. Bh5 Qc6+ 54.
Qf3 Qc7 55. Qb7 Qxb7+ 56. axb7 Bc7 57. f4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Qe7+ 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Qa4
Kb8 15. O-O-O f6 16. Qg4 Qd6 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Qc7 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd6
21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Bc4 Rhd8 23. Rhe1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Re8+
Kb7 27. Qf3 Qd6 28. Qe4 Ka6 29. Qe2+ Rd3 30. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 b6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8. g3
Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bd2 Bg6 17. Ba5 Nb6 18. c4 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Bf6 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. b3 Bd4 26. Kg2 Qd6 27.
Bd2 f5 28. Bc2 Nd7 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Bd1 Ne5 32. Bf3 Qd7 33. Ba5
Nxf3 34. Kxf3 e5 35. Kg2 e4 36. f3 exf3+ 37. Qxf3 Kg6 38. Bd2 Qe6 39. Kf1 h6
40. Bf4 Qa6 41. Qe2 Kh7 42. Be5 Bxe5 43. Qxe5 Qxa2 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. Qf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia m"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Rebel 10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd5 Nf6 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Rb8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Be2 Re8 14. h4
c5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 b5 17. Qd3 Qf6 18. Bc1 dxe3 19. fxe3 c4 20. Qc2 Nc5 21.
h5 Nd3 22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Rec8 24. Bd2 b4 25. Be4 Qh6 26. Bg2 Rc7 27. Rf1
b3 28. e4 bxa2+ 29. Ka1 Rcb7 30. Bc1 Bc5 31. e5 Rb3 32. Qc2 Bd4 33. d6 Bxb2+
34. Bxb2 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Kxb2 g5 37. Bf3 gxf4 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. d7 Qxe5+
40. Kxa2 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia m"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Comp Rebel 10"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. e4 c5 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Qd3 b5
15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Nxf7 Bxf4 17. Nxh8 Qc7 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Qf7
21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. g3 Bh6 23. f3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. h4 Rc2 26. g4 Be3 27. h5
Kg7 28. Rd1 a5 29. d5 exd5 30. Rh3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. f4 Bf2+ 33. Kf1 Bc5 34.
Ke1 d4 35. e5 Rc3 36. Rh2 b3 37. h6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Ischia m g/15"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Comp Rebel 10"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. f4 c5
15. Bc3 Nd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Rxd5 Qc7 20. Qh3 Ne4 21.
Rd7 Qc5 22. Nd3 Qc4 23. Rxe7 Qxa2 24. Rxe4 fxe4 25. Nb4 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Rfd8+ 27.
Ke2 Qa4 28. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Ischia m g/15"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Rebel 10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. h3 Be6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 a6
9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e3 f5 12. c4 dxc4 13. dxc4 Bf6 14. Qc2 e4 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. exd4 c6 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. Nb3 Qf7 20. Na5 Rfd8 21. a4 Rd7
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Rc7 24. c5 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Rcc8 26. Qe2 Nd5 27. Nc4 Be7 28.
Ne5 Qf6 29. Bc4 Qh6 30. h4 Kh8 31. Bc1 Rxa1 32. Bxh6 Nc3 33. Rxa1 Nxe2+ 34.
Bxe2 gxh6 35. Ra7 Bf6 36. Rxb7 Bxe5 37. dxe5 Rxc5 38. Re7 Bd5 39. Rd7 Bg8 40.
Re7 Bd5 41. Rd7 Bg8 42. Re7 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia m g/5"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp Rebel 10"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nf4 e6 14. Be2 Ne7 15.
Qb3 b6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 Be5 18. g3 Bd6 19. Rfd1 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21.
Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxc5 Qd2 23. Bxe7 Rb7 24. Qa5 Be8 25. Bb4 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Ischia m g/5"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Rebel 10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. c3
Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bf5 12. Nfd2 Nf6 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Nf3 Nd3 15.
Ba3 Rc8 16. Ne2 Be4 17. Nh2 Bh6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Qc7 21. Rfd1
Qc2 22. Kf1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 b5 24. f3 Bxe3 25. Rdd1 f5 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Rxd3
exd3 28. Nf4 Rc2 29. Bxd5+ e6 0-1

[Event "Ischia m g/5"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comp Rebel 10"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
e6 9. O-O-O d5 10. g4 Ne7 11. h4 b5 12. h5 b4 13. h6 Bf8 14. Ne2 dxe4 15. Qxe4
Nd5 16. Bg2 Be7 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Qd3 N7f6 19. g5 Ne8 20. Ng3 a5 21. Rde1 Nd6 22.
Qe2 Re8 23. Rhf1 Bf8 24. Ne4 Nf5 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. c3 bxc3 27. Bxc3 Red8 28. Bh3
Be7 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Nd2 Qc7 31. Rg1 Bd6 32. Kb1 Bxf4 33. Nc4 a4 34. Bd2 Re8
35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qc2 Bxd2 37. Qxd2 Re4 38. Rc1 Ne7 39. Qc3 Nd5 40. Qd2 Re6
41. Ne5 Qb6 42. Rc4 Qb5 43. Rc5 Qf1+ 44. Qc1 Qxc1+ 45. Kxc1 f6 46. gxf6 Nxf6
47. Ra5 Kf8 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Rxa4 Rd6 50. Rc4 g5 51. a4 g4 52. a5 g3 53. Rc3 f4
54. a6 g2 55. Nf3 Nd5 56. a7 Nc7 57. Rb3 Rd8 58. Rb8 Kd7 59. Kd1 Na8 60. Ke2
Kc7 61. Rxd8 Kxd8 62. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Ischia m g/5"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Rebel 10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. bxc4 Ne5 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. f4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. O-O-O Ng3 14. Qe1
Nxh1 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Be2 Qxa2 17. Qxh1 O-O 18. g4 a5 19. Qe4 a4 20. Qc2 Qxc2+
21. Kxc2 Rfc8 22. Kb2 a3+ 23. Ka2 f6 24. Bc3 Ra7 25. Rb1 Kf8 26. h4 Ke8 27. g5
Ke7 28. Rg1 fxg5 29. hxg5 c5 30. Bxg7 Kf7 31. Bc3 Rc7 32. Rh1 Ke8 33. Bg4 Re7
1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lopez Abad, Sixte"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 O-O 12. f5 b5 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. Bd2 Rc5 16. b4 Re5 17. Bf4 Bxe4 18. Bxe5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 dxe5 20. Rad1 exd4
21. Qxd4 Qc7 22. Rd3 Rc8 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rff3 e5 25. Qc5 Qxc5+ 26. bxc5 e4
0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ribeiro, Bruno Alexandre Rom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Nbc3 N8d7 10. f4 Nf6 11. h3 Qc7 12. Qc2 Be6 13. b3 Rad8 14. Be3 Ne8 15.
Rac1 f5 16. d5 cxd5 17. e5 Qd7 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nd4 Nc7 20. Na4 Na8 21. Qd2
Kh8 22. Rf3 g5 23. Bf1 Rc8 24. Bb5 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Rc8 26. Qa3 Rc6 27. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Ba6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. h3 g6 16. Bb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21.
Qf3 Rc5 22. Rad1 Qc8 23. Ne4 Rxe5 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Rxe1+
27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. f4 Qf8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qe7 Re2 31. b4 a5 32. Qd6 axb4 33.
axb4 Rc8 34. Qxb6 Rcc2 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ e5 37. fxe5 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Rh2+ 39.
Kg1 Rcg2+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 a6 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qb3 Nf8
15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. b5 a5 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. g3 h5 19. Bg2 h4 20. Ne2 hxg3 21. hxg3
Ne6 22. Nf4 Ng5 23. Rc2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bg5 25. Ne2 g6 26. Rdc1 Rd7 27. Rc3 Kg7
28. Qc2 Bd8 29. Nf4 Rh8 30. Qd3 Rh6 31. a3 Re7 32. Bg2 Re8 33. Qd1 Reh8 34. Nd3
Qd7 35. a4 Rh2 36. Qf3 Qe6 37. Ne5 R2h5 38. Qxf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxf7 Kxf7 40. Rxc7+
Bxc7 41. Rxc7+ Kf6 42. Rxb7 Rc8 43. Rxb6+ Kf7 44. Bf3 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Rhh1 46.
Bxd5+ Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kh6 48. Kf3 Rh2 49. b6 Rc2 50. Rb8 Rhxf2+ 51. Kg4 Rf5 52. b7
1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qe3 Bc6
15. Rd3 Qc5 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. e5 Ng8 18. Bxe7+ Nxe7 19. Rhd1 Nf5 20. Qh3 d5 21.
g4 Ne7 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Qh2 Bb5 24. R3d2 Bc4 25. a3 Qe3 26. Be2 b5 27. Nxb5
Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Rb8 29. Rd3 Qc5 30. Ba4 Rb6 31. h5 Rdb8 32. Bb3 a5 33. Rc3 Qb5
34. a4 Qd7 35. Rc5 Rb4 36. Qf2 Nc6 37. f5 Kg8 38. g5 hxg5 39. h6 Rf4 40. fxe6
fxe6 41. Qh2 Nd4 42. hxg7 Kxg7 43. Rxd4 Rxd4 44. Qg1 Rbb4 45. Qxg5+ Kh7 46.
Qh5+ Kg7 47. Qg5+ Kh7 48. Qh5+ Kg7 49. Qg5+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg7 51. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Re1 d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Rad8 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Na4 18. Na5 Nxa5 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Ng5 Nxc3
21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rd3 Nd5 23. Bc5 g6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxd5 Kxh7 26. f4 Kg7 27.
Rd7 Rc6 28. Be7 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Nc6 31. Bf6+ Kf8 32. Kg3 Ke8 33. Rxc7
Nd4 34. Re7+ Kf8 35. Ra7 Ke8 36. Rxa6 Nf5+ 37. Kf3 Nd4+ 38. Ke4 Ne6 39. Ra8+
Kd7 40. Ra7+ Kc6 41. g3 Rxh2 42. a3 Ra2 43. Be7 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. Bb4 Nd4+
46. Kg4 Nf5 47. Kg5 Rg2 48. Kf6 Rxg3 49. Rxf7 Nd4 50. e6 Re3 51. e7 Kd7 52. Rf8
Re6+ 53. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. a3 a5 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. a4 b4 15.
Ncb1 Ba6 16. Nb3 c4 17. Nxa5 Nb8 18. Nd2 cxd3 19. Nac4 dxc2 20. Qxc2 Nd7 21.
Rfd1 c5 22. Na5 Qe6 23. Ndc4 Bf8 24. Rd5 Nb6 25. Rxe5 Bxc4 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27.
Nc6 Rdc8 28. Ne5 Bg7 29. f4 b3 30. Qf2 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Nxa4 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Nxf7
Bxe4 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Bxb2 36. Bg5 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nh4 c5 8. c3 Be4
9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. g3 Be7 12. Ng2 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Be3 Nb6 15.
Rc1 Nd5 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Qxe4 Qxb2 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Rc2
Qa3 22. Nf4 Qb4 23. Nd3 Qb5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qb4 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Qh4 Rfd8
28. Qf6 Qxc5 29. Bh6 Qf8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. d5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Rfd8 33. Rb1 exd5
34. e6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. f4 d4 37. f5 d3 38. f6+ Kf8 39. Qe3 d2 40. Rd1
Kf7 41. Qh6 Kxf6 42. Rf1+ Ke6 43. Qe3+ Ne5 44. Qb3+ Rd5 45. Rd1 Kf6 46. Qxb7
R8d7 47. Qb8 Kg7 48. Kg2 h5 49. Kh3 Ng4 50. Rf1 Rf5 51. Qb2+ Kh7 52. Rxf5 gxf5
0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. c3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In Belgrade last year, I started with the same opponents - Lautier and
Kramnik (the colors were different), and shared first place with Ivanchuk.
Even so, I obviously didn't want to repeat my first round result!} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 {I expected 4...e6 and had planned 5.Nb5
against that. Here I thought for a while, but in the end decided to go for it
anyway.} 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 (8... Bc5 9. a3 a5 10. Nd2)
9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 {Black hopes to get d7-d5 in one go.} 11. a3 $1 {
While the plan of a3, b4 followed by Ra2 may not be the most natural one,
White needs to watch out for d7-d5.} (11. Nd2 d5 $11) 11... b6 12. b4 {I was
sure during the game and was amazed to discover afterwards that this is all
well-known and had been played as long back as1936!!} Bb7 13. Ra2 $1 (13. f4 $2
d5 (13... d6 {Was played in Kan-Flohr Moscow 1936!! Subsequently, Polugaevsky
improved on Black's play against Bagirov (though he lost).}) 14. exd5 exd5 15.
cxd5 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bf6 $15) 15... Bf8 {Bagirov-Polugaevsky Moscow
1960. Black recaptures the pawn with Ne7 and is slightly better.}) 13... d6 (
13... d5 $2 14. exd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Rd2 $16) 14. f4 Qc7 15. Bf3 Nb8 {
A typical move in these positions - the knight is better placed on d7.} 16. Rc2
Nbd7 (16... Qxc4 $2 {During the game, I briefly looked at this - Black meets
Nd5 with Nxd5 and afterwards Joel and I looked at it briefly.} 17. Qc1 $1 {
At home, I noticed this move and it does seem to be quite strong. The point is
that in addition to Nd5, White also threatens e5.} (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 (18.
Rxc4 Nxe3 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Nd7 $44) 18... Qb3) (17. Rc1 {I was curious to
see if Fritz would find Qc1, but it came up with this instead.} Nbd7 $1 (17...
Qc8 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Rc7 Nxd5 20. Rxd7 Nxe3 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qxd6 $18) (17...
h6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 (18... exd5 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Nc3 $16) 19. exd5 Qa6 20. dxe6
$16) (17... Rd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. f5 e5 22. Bd5+ Kf8
23. b5 Qxb5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rc8+) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa6 $13) 17... Rc8 (
17... Nbd7 18. e5 (18. Nd5 Qxf1+ 19. Qxf1 exd5 20. Rc7 $16) 18... Bxf3 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Rxf3 Rac8 21. Rff2 $16) (17... Qc8 18. Ne2 $1 $18 (18. Nd5 $2 exd5 19.
Rxc8 Rxc8 $17)) 18. e5 $1 Bxf3 19. exf6 Bxg2 20. Nd5 $1 (20. Rff2 Bb7 (20...
Bxf6 21. Ne4 $18) 21. fxe7 Nc6 $44) 20... exd5 (20... Bxd5 21. fxe7 $18) 21.
Rxc4 Rxc4 22. fxe7 Nc6 23. Kxg2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $18) 17. Nb5 {Trying to get the
knight to d4, but this isn't possible - so the best would have been 17.Nd2} (
17. Nd2 $1 a6 18. g4 Rac8 19. g5 Ne8 {In the game, I felt that Black had a
slightly better version of this.}) 17... Qb8 18. Nd2 (18. N1c3 $2 a6 19. Nd4
Ne5 $1 20. Qe2 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Re8 $1 22. f5 Bf8 $132) 18... a6 19. Nc3 {
Well, no harm done - Black returns to c7, or so I thought.} Ra7 $1 {Funnily,
Joel wasn't as impressed as I was by this move, but getting the rook to c7 is
absolutely correct.} 20. g4 {I have played the White side of the Be2 Classical
Scheveningen quite often, but it was quite confusing to have the Maroczy
structure as well!! I felt initially that I should be much better, but later
realized that the absence of the knight on d4 (if Nd2 were on d4, would be a
accurate evaluation) outweighed the advantage of having so much queenside
space. The knight on d2 is not very impressive and in fact doesn't make a
single move in the rest of the game!} Ba8 21. g5 Ne8 22. Bg4 {White doesn't
really threaten f5, but there's no harm in keeping some pressure on e6.} Rc7
23. Qf3 (23. f5 exf5 $1 (23... Nf8 $6 $16) 24. Bxf5 (24. exf5 Ne5 25. f6 $2
gxf6 26. Bf5 fxg5 27. Qh5 Ng6 $17) 24... Ne5) 23... g6 24. Qh3 Ng7 25. Ne2 $1 {
I couldn't break through immediately, I decided to get out of the c-file. The
Rc2 can try and get to h3 and the knight to d4. A bit long term, admittedly,
but I was afraid to open the position without adequate preparation.} (25. f5
exf5 26. exf5 gxf5 (26... Nxf5 $2 27. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 28. Bxf5 Nf8 29. Bd4 $40)
27. Bxf5 (27. Rxf5 Ne5) 27... Nxf5 28. Qxf5 Ne5 $132) 25... Re8 (25... b5 26.
Nd4 bxc4 27. f5 $40) (25... d5 $2 26. f5) 26. Rc3 {Now Bd4 is a serious threat
since White is finally ready for Qh6 and Rh3} Qd8 {Protecting Nd7 so that Bd4
can be met by e5.} 27. Rd3 b5 $4 {Joel missed a simple tactical threat and the
game is over.} (27... Bf8 $1 {We spent a lot of time analysing this position
afterwards, but the middlegame is just beginning.} 28. Bd4 b5 {Now possible.}
29. cxb5 axb5 $13 {It is impossible to analyse such a position, where both
sides have many possible moves.}) 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nd4 $1 {Now Joel realized
that White attacks both Pb5 and Pe6!} Nf8 (29... Qb8 30. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 31. Bxe6+
Nxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. f5 $18) (29... Rb7 30. Nxe6 (30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Rc3 Nb8 32.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 $16) 30... fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Nxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. Bd4 $1 Qc7 34. Qh3
$1 h5 (34... Kg8 35. Rc3 Qd8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. f5 $1) 35. f5 $1 $40 (35. gxh6
Bf6 36. e5)) 30. Nxb5 {This knight went to b5 4 times in this game, but the
last two sorties were decisive!} Rd7 31. Nc3 f6 $2 (31... f5 32. gxf6 $16) 32.
f5 $1 $18 exf5 (32... gxf5 33. exf5 e5 34. Nd5 $1 $18) 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Bxf5
Nxf5 35. Qxf5 Qc8 36. Bd4 Rc7 37. Qxc8 Rexc8 38. gxf6 Bd8 39. Nb5 {Again! This
time, f6-f7 can't be stopped, so Joel resigned.} (39. Nb5 Rd7 40. f7+ Rxf7 41.
Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Nxd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had drawn 7 times with White against Vlady before this game!} 1. e4 {
Blatny,P. Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. Re1 {In general, the lines with c4 work better directly, so this
was the first hint that I didn't intend to play c4 today.} Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3
O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 {11...Kh8 is the other critical line, and Shirov played it
against Ivanchuk in Dortmund. This this line (11...Na5) has a good reputation
theoretically speaking, so I expected this.} 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 14. Nxd2
Qd6 {Thus far, my game against Yusupov, but now a new twist.} 15. h3 $3 {
My second, Ubilava suggested this before continuing Nb3-c5. We soon realized
that there is a huge difference between Bg4 and Bh5.   Blatny,P: 'Anand hat
seine fruehere Partie gegen Jussupow offensichtlich sehr tief analysiert und
eine starke Neuerung gefunden. Der Bauer auf h2 wird nicht geschlagen und Lh5
haengt mit Schach, wie wir weiter sehen werden!'} (15. Nb3 Bh4 16. Rf1 f4 (
16... Qg6 $5 {This strong move forces White to react quickly} 17. Bf4 Bh3 18.
g3 {White will have some for the exchange here.} (18. Bg3 f4 $1)) 17. f3 Bf5
18. Nc5 Qg6 19. Qd1 Bh3 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Nd3 a6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Rxe5 24.
dxe5 Be6 {It's quite difficult for White to use his extra exchange and Black
can still develop a kingside attack, so I decided to force a draw.} 25. Qd4 Bh3
26. Qd2 Be6 27. Qd4 {- Anand,V-Yusupov,A Linares 1993}) 15... Bh5 (15... Bh4
16. hxg4 fxg4 17. Rf1 $1 {I think Black doesn't have enough here. White copes
with the immediate sacrifices easily.} (17. Re2 Rae8) 17... Bxf2+ $140 18. Rxf2
Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Rf8+ 20. Ke2 Qg3 {The only trap that White must avoid is:} 21.
Kd1 $1 $18 {Two pieces are probably enough!} (21. Bxc6 $4 Rf2+ $1 22. Kd1 Qd3
23. Bxd5+ Kf8 24. Qb4+ Ke8 25. Bf7+ $1 Kd7 26. Qa4+ b5 27. Qxb5+ Qxb5 $19)) 16.
Nb3 Bh4 (16... f4 {Blatny,P} 17. Bxc6 {/\Re5}) (16... Nd8 {Blatny,P} 17. Bf4 $1
Qxf4 18. Rxe7 c6 19. Bd3 {<->7}) 17. Nc5 Bxf2+ $2 {'?!' Blatny,P. Blatny,P:
'Schwarz hat den wichtigen Unterschied gegenueber oben genannten Partie nicht
entdeckt. Das Opfer funktioniert jetzt nicht mehr.'} (17... Rae8 $2 18. Bg5 $1
$18) (17... f4 18. Re6 $1 (18. Nxb7 Qg6 19. Kf1 (19. Bxc6 Bf3) 19... Bxf2 $1
20. Bxc6 Bxe1 $19) 18... Qd8 19. Nd3 $1 (19. Nxb7 $2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 (20. Kh1
Qh4 21. Bxc6 (21. Bf1 f3 22. Qxc6 fxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Bf3 $19) 21... Bf3 $1) 20...
Qh4+ 21. Kg1 f3 22. Qc2 (22. Bxc6 Qg3 23. Qc2 f2+ 24. Kf1 Qxg2+ $1 25. Kxg2
f1=Q+ $19) 22... f2+ 23. Kf1 Qg3 $19) (19. f3 $5 Bxf3 (19... Qg5 20. g4 $1) 20.
gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qg3 22. Qc2 Qxh3+ 23. Qh2 Qxf3+ 24. Qg2 $14) (19. Bf1 {
A good defensive move.} Qc8 20. Bd2 $14) 19... f3 20. g3 $16) (17... Nd8 {
Not pretty, but Black has to grovel a bit since his attack will not work.} 18.
Bf1 $1 {Qd7} c6 (18... b6 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Qb4 $1 $16) 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. b3 $1 $16
) 18. Kxf2 Qh2 19. Bxc6 bxc6 (19... f4 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nd3 $1 f3 22. Nf4 Rxf4
(22... fxg2 23. Bxg2 Rxf4+ 24. Bxf4 Rf8 25. Re4 $18) 23. Bxf4 Qxg2+ 24. Ke3 $18
) 20. Qxc6 f4 {Black has nothing else.} 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 (21... Bf7 22. Qf3 (22.
Qg5 {Is also possible.}) 22... Bh5 23. Qxh5 {Transposes}) 22. Qxh5 f3 {In my
preparation, I had analysed 23.Qxf3, but during the game, I noticed that White
has 23.Bxh6 .} (22... Qg3+ 23. Kf1 f3 24. gxf3 {Quite simple - the knight on
c5 and the queen on h5 control all the keysquares.} Rxf3+ 25. Ke2 $18) 23. Qxf3
$1 {Actually, this is quite a safe line, so I decided to stick to it.} (23. Bh6
$1 {This seems to be correct.} fxg2+ 24. Ke3 Qg3+ (24... g1=Q+ 25. Rxg1 Qf2+
26. Kd3 Rf3+ 27. Qxf3 $1 Qxf3+ 28. Be3 $18 {Similar to the game.}) 25. Kd2 g1=Q
{At this point, I decided that23.Qxf3 was much more sensible. After I played
it, I realized that 26.Bxg7+ was winning for White.} (25... Rf2+ 26. Re2 g1=Q
27. Rxg1 Qxg1 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qe5+ $18) 26. Bxg7+ $1 (26. Rxg1 $2 Rf2+ 27.
Qe2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Re8+ $19) 26... Kg8 27. Rxg1 Rf2+ 28. Qe2 Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2
Re8+ 30. Be5 $18) 23... Rxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ (25... Re8+ $1 {
More accurate.} 26. Be3 Qxg2+ 27. Kd3 Qxb2 28. Bc1 $1 Qb5+ 29. c4 Qc6 30. Rxe8+
Qxe8 31. Be3 $18) 26. Kd3 Qxh3+ 27. Kc2 $1 (27. Be3 {My original intention,
but at the board, I changed my mind.} Rf2 $1 {This complicates matters a bit.})
27... Qg2+ (27... Qf5+ 28. Nd3 $18) 28. Bd2 Qg6+ 29. Re4 $1 (29. Nd3 Rf3 30.
Re3) 29... h5 (29... Re8 30. Rg1 $1 $18) 30. Rae1 Re8 31. Kc1 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 $1
{This finishes it - after Ng5, Black's pawns are firmly blockaded.  Hecht:
'Der Springer gelangt nach g5, wonach die schwarzen Freibauern keine Gefahr
mehr darstellen. Dagegen geht es dem schwarzen König an den Kragen.'} h4 33.
Ng5 Qh5 34. Re3 Kg8 35. c4 {Kramnik resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Bd2 a5
15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rhd8 17. Be1 Kf8 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. a3 Bd5 20. axb4 axb4 21.
Bc4 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1 $5 {This somewhat unnatural move
is the product of a colourful development in this sharp line. It doesn't bring
any advantage and will probably be seen less in the future.} (12. Nce2 d5 13.
Bh3 (13. Ng3) (13. Rg1 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 exf3 16. gxf6 fxe2 17. Qxe2
gxf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Bd5 20. Qg6+ Ke7 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 Qc7 23. Rf2
Rc8 24. Bf4 e5 25. Bg5 Qc6 {0-1 Prie,E-Shneider,A/Corsica rap op/1997/}) (13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Bc4 O-O-O 17. Nd3 Qc7 $15 {Sax,
Gy-Anand,V Philadelphia 1986}) 13... dxe4 (13... Ne5 14. Nf4 g5 15. hxg5 Nc4
16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Kb1 hxg5 18. Nfxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg5 Be7 20. Nxe6 $16 {De La
Riva-Vera/1993/}) (13... Qa5 14. Kb1 g6 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 O-O-O 17. f5 gxf5 18.
exf5 e5 19. Ne6 $18 {Magem Badals,J-Brenninkmeier,J/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 14. g5
hxg5 (14... exf3 15. Nf4 (15. Ng3 Nd5 16. g6 Nc5 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nxf3 $13 {
Savko-Karklins/URS/1990/}) 15... Ne4 16. Qe1 Qa5 17. g6 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Qxa2 19.
gxf7 Bd6 20. Nxe6 Bc6 21. Rxd6 Nxd6 22. Qxb4 Nxf7 23. Nxd8 Nxd8 24. Bf4 Nb7 25.
Qb6 {1-0 Kalesis,N-Kouvatsou,M/Hania op/1997/}) 15. hxg5 exf3 16. Ng3 (16. Nf4
Ne4 17. Qe1 f2 18. Bxf2 Qxg5 19. Be3 Qh4 20. Ndxe6 $1 Qxe1 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22.
Rhxe1 Rxh3 $1 23. Nxh3 Bxg7 {Anand,V-Beliavsky,A/Groningen/1993/1-0 (38)})
16... Ne4 (16... Ne5 $5 17. gxf6 gxf6 $13 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd5 20. Qe3 Be7)
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe6 $1 (18. Bf4 $2 Nc5 19. Qe3 Qa5 20. Kb1 Bd5 21. Nb3 Nxb3
22. axb3 Qc5 $19 {0-1 Ye Jiangchuan-Topalov,V/Moscow olm/1994/}) (18. Nxe6 $6
fxe6 19. Bxe6 Nc5 $1 20. Rxh8 Qxd2+ 21. Bxd2 Nxe6 22. Bxb4 (22. Re1 Bd5 23.
Bxb4 Kd7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 {0-1 Cvicela,A-Solodovnichenko,Y/SVK-ch/
1997/ (37)}) 22... Kf7 $19) 18... Rxh1 19. Rxh1 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qe7 $1 21. Nc7+
Kf7 22. Qd4 Kg6 $1 23. Rh4 Nc5 24. Nxa8 $1 Bxa8 25. Rf4 $1 Qe8 26. Rxf8 Qxf8
27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Bxc5 $11 {Zagrebelny,S-Efremov,V/Alushta op/1994/0,5 (37)}) (
12. Na4 d5 13. Bh3 Qa5 14. b3 Nc5 15. g5 Nxa4 16. bxa4 Nd7 17. g6 Nc5 18. gxf7+
Kxf7 19. Nb3 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 $16 {Gunawan,Ru-Paschall,W/New York op (09)/1994/
1-0 (34)}) 12... d5 (12... e5 13. Nf5 d5) 13. Bh3 Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 dxe4
(15... Qa5 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 dxe4 19. g6 Nc5 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Rhg1 Rc8 22. Nxe6 (22. Qg3 Bd5 23. Qg6+ Ke7) 22... Nxe6 23. Rd7+ Be7 24. Bxe6+
Kxe6 25. Qh3+ Kf7 26. Rxb7 Qc5 {Ivanchuk,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk/1996/1/2-1/2 (64)} (
26... Rxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Qc5+ 28. Nc3 $1 Qf2+ 29. Ne2 $1)) (15... hxg5 $5 16. hxg5
Rxh3 17. Rxh3 dxe4 $44) 16. f4 Nd3+ $1 {The time factor plays dominant role in
this type of positions and Topalov was obviously well prepared from home.} (
16... Nc6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6 $18) (16... Nf3 17. g6 Nxd4 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19.
Rxd4 $40) 17. cxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 (18. Qh5 $2 g6 19. Qg4 Bxh1 $19) 18... Nc5 (
18... Rc8+ $5 19. Kd2 (19. Nc2 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 hxg5 21. hxg5 Nc5 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8
23. Bxc5 (23. Nxb4 Nd3+ 24. Nxd3 Rxd3 $19) 23... Bxc5 24. Nd2 Bd6 $17) 19...
Nc5 20. Qf1 (20. Qe2 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Qd5 $17) 20... Bxh1 21. Qxh1 $15) 19. Qc2 (
19. Qf1 $5 Qc8 20. Nd2 $1 (20. Nc2 b3 $1 $19) 20... Ne4+ 21. Qc4 Nxd2 (21...
Bd5 22. Qc2 Nxd2 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8+ 24. Kxd2 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 $14) 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8+
23. Kxd2 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 $14) 19... Be4 (19... Bxh1 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 (20... Qxd1+
21. Qxd1 Nxe6 22. Qxh1 $18) 21. Qa4+ Ke7 22. Qxb4+ Ke8 23. Qa4+ Ke7 24. Rxd8
Rxd8 25. Qxa6 $16) 20. Nxe6 $1 {If anybody worries about chess becoming boring
he should check this entertaining position. There are many pieces attacked,
lines opened and dangers waiting for both sides.} (20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Kd2 Bxh1 22.
Rxh1 Qd5 $17) 20... fxe6 $1 (20... Qa5 21. Nxg7+ Bxg7 22. Bd7+ Kf8 23. Qxc5+
Qxc5+ 24. Bxc5+ $18) 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxc5 (22. Qh2 Nd3+ 23. Kc2 Nf2+ 24. Kb3
Nxh1 $17) (22. Qc4 Nd3+ 23. Kc2 Nc5+ (23... b3+ 24. Kc3 (24. axb3 $2 Nb4+ 25.
Kc3 Na2#) (24. Kxb3 Bd5 25. Bxe6 Rb8+ 26. Kc2 Bxc4 27. Bxc4) 24... Bb4+ 25.
Kxb3 Bd5 26. Bxe6 Bxc4+ 27. Bxc4 hxg5 $13) 24. Kc1 $11) 22... Bxc2 23. Bxf8
Kxf8 (23... Bxb1 24. Bxg7 Rh7 25. Kxb1 (25. gxh6 Bxa2 26. f5 $13) 25... Rxg7
26. Re1 $14) (23... Rxf8 24. Kxc2 Rxf4 25. Bxe6 $14) 24. Kxc2 hxg5 25. fxg5 (
25. hxg5 Rd4 26. Bg2 Rxh1 27. Bxh1 Rxf4 $13) 25... Rxh4 26. Nd2 {[%mdl 4096]
White must reestablish coordination of his pieces, fortunately for him black
pawns are all potentially weak.} Ke7 27. Nf3 Rc4+ 28. Kb1 (28. Kb3 Re4 $11)
28... Re4 (28... Rf4 29. Ne5 $16) 29. Rc1 Rd3 30. Bg2 Ree3 (30... Re2 $2 31.
Bf1 Rxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Rxf3 33. Bxa6 $18) 31. Nh4 Rd2 32. Bf1 (32. Ng6+ Kf7 33. Nf4
Rf2 34. Rc7+ Ke8 $15) 32... a5 33. Bc4 Kd6 (33... Rd4 34. Ng6+ Kf7 35. Nh8+ Kg8
36. g6 $5 Kxh8 $4 37. Bxe6 $1 Rd8 38. Rh1+) 34. Ng6 Re4 35. Nf8 e5 (35... Rf4
36. Nxe6 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Kxe6 38. Rc7 $11) 36. Ng6 Rg4 (36... Rg2 37. Nh8 $1) 37.
Nh8 $1 {This fine move keeps the balance, white is playing creatively in the
defense of this endgame position.} e4 (37... Rxg5 $4 38. Nf7+ $18) 38. Nf7+ Ke7
39. Re1 Kf8 (39... Rd4 $2 40. Ne5 $1 $18) 40. Ne5 Rxg5 41. Rf1+ (41. Kc1 $2 Rf2
$17) 41... Ke8 (41... Ke7 42. Rf7+ Kd8 (42... Ke8 43. Bb5+ Kd8 44. Nc6+ Ke8 45.
Ne5+ $11) 43. Nc6+ Ke8 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Rf7+ $11) 42. Bb5+ Ke7 (42... Kd8 $2
43. Nf7+ $18) 43. Nc4 Rh2 44. Ba4 Rc5 45. Ne3 g6 46. Re1 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4
6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 d4 $5 {In
according to my database this position has been played only once before.Maybe
this game will bring popularity to this unexplored line.} (11... Ne6 $6 {
Hansen,Cu: A seldom played move} 12. Re1 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Nb3 Ba7
15. Be3 Bxe3 (15... Nxe5 $6 16. g4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bxa7
Rxa7 20. Nc5) 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17. g4 $6 Bg6 18. Nfd4 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ng6 $132 {
0-1 Kourtesis,G-Flear,G/Athens Akropolis op 1989 (31)}) 12... Qd7 (12... Bc5
13. Nf1 (13. Nb3 {Mikhalevski,V} Ba7 14. Be3 (14. a4 b4 15. Qd3 Bh5 16. Nfd4
Bxd4 17. cxd4 Bg6 18. Qd1 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ncxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qc5 Ne6 22.
Qc6+ Ke7 23. Be3 d4 24. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 25. Qc5+ Ke6 26. Rad1 Qd5 27. Qxd4 Qxd4
28. Rxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Germany 1996/GER-chT (54)}) 14... Bxe3
15. Rxe3 Ne7 16. h3 Bf5 (16... Bh5) 17. Nfd4 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 O-O 19. Rf1 Rc8 20.
Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nc5 Nf5 22. Rd3 Qe7 23. b4 a5 24. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Wahls,M-Rhodin,C/
Hamburg-ch 1987 (31)}) (13. a4 {Mikhalevski,V} Ne7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. axb5 axb5
16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qd3 $14 {1:44-1:24 1-0 Rodriguez,A-Sorin,A/Capablanca mem-B
1993 (31)}) 13... Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. h4 $5 (15. Bb3 Ne7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Bh7
18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 O-O 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Be3 (21. a4 $6 {/\Bd2} c5 $5) 21...
Qd7 22. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Kaidanov,G/URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk 1988 (43)})
15... Bxc2 {Mikhalevski,V} (15... d4 $1 $132) (15... O-O $4 16. Bb3 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rb3d5,Rh4h5] 1-0 Almasi,Z-Jussupow,A/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58/[Hansen,Cu] (47)}
(16. h5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 f6 $1)) 16. Qxc2 O-O $11 (16... d4 $6 17. cxd4 Ncxd4 18.
Nxd4 Bxd4 (18... Qxd4 19. Be3 Qc4 (19... Qb4 20. Rac1 $18) 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rec1 $16) 19. Qc6+ Kf8 $16)) 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15. Nf5 Bc5
16. Qd3 Bg6 17. a4 Ne7 18. g4 Bb6 {1-0 Grunthal,R-Alava,M/FIN-chT 1993/EXT 98 
(41) and black seems to be OK.}) (11... Be7 {(see 10...Be7)} 12. Re1 Qd7 {
has been played a lot - however at the moment whites chances seems to be
preferred.} (12... O-O)) 12. Nb3 {[%mdl 8]} (12. h3 Bh5 13. Nb3 d3 14. Bb1 Bg6
15. Nbd4 Qd5 16. a4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxa4 18. Ba2 Qb7 19. e6 {1/2-1/2 Hakki,
I-Odendahl,S/Gausdal 1982/MCD (19)}) (12. Ne4 $2 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+
Nxd8 $15) 12... d3 13. Bb1 {[%csl Rd3]} (13. Nxc5 $2 dxc2 {see 12.Ne4?}) 13...
Qd5 $1 {'N!?' Kortschnoj. Black has been preparing B:f3 weakening pawn
sructure on the king side and taking back e5 pawn. Kortschnoj: 'Very important,
new way to treat the modern line of the open Spanish with black. If it works,
then many grandmasters will be compelled to modify their opening repertoire.'}
(13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge3d4,Gf3d4]}) 14. Nxc5 {
Kortschnoj: 'White does not have much choice. After'} (14. h3 {Kortschnoj} Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 O-O-O {he has problems to equalize (17.Be3? Na4)}) 14...
Bxc5 ({Worse is} 14... Bxf3 $2 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bxc5 17. Bxd3 {as after}
O-O-O (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Re1) 18. Bf5+ {has become possible(compare with the
game position with black bishop on g4).}) 15. Qxd3 (15. Bxd3 O-O-O $1 (15...
Bxf3 $2 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 {leads to above-mentioned position.}) 16. Be2 (
16. Bc2 $6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 {leads to the game with white's
bishop on c2 instead of e4 that is in the black's favour.}) 16... Qxd1 $5 (
16... Qe4 $5 17. Qe1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 $1 19. Nxf7 Rd1 20. Qxd1 Bxd1 21. Nxh8
Bc2 $1 22. Be3 $1 (22. Nf7 $2 Bd3 23. Rd1 (23. Ng5 Bxf2+ $1) 23... Qe2 24. Be3
Bxe3 25. fxe3 Be4 $19) 22... Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Bd3 $44) 17. Bxd1 (17.
Rxd1 Bxf3 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%cal Gc6e5] and Black is OK.}) 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3
Nxe5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} (18... Nxe5 {Kortschnoj} 19. Bh5 Nd3 {and black has no
problems.})) 15... Qxd3 16. Bxd3 O-O-O $1 {Kortschnoj: 'On the move 12 white
could interpose h3 Bh5, then long castle would not be possible due to Bf5+...'}
(16... Bxf3 $2 {leads to 14...B:f3?}) 17. Be4 (17. Be2 $6 Nxe5 $1 18. Nxe5 (18.
a4 $6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bh3 $15) 18... Bxe2 19. Re1 (19. Nxf7 Bxf1 20. Nxd8 Bc4
21. Nc6 Re8 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 $15) 19... Bh5 (19... Rhe8 $5)) 17...
Bxf3 18. gxf3 {Leko is still trying to fight for an advantage. Kortschnoj: 'Or'
} (18. Bxf3 {was safer.} Nxe5 $11 {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 18... Nxe5 19. a4 $1 {
'?' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'A critical line is'} (19. b4 {Kortschnoj followed
by a2-a4 , e.g.} Bd6 20. a4 Kd7 21. Bb7 Rb8 22. Bxa6 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxh2 24. Rh1
Ng4 25. Bxb5+ {- white, having two bishops, stands somewhat better.}) 19... b4
$1 (19... Rhe8 $2 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 $1 Bb6 22. f4 $1 Nd7 23. Bc6 $1 {
[%cal Ga1a8,Gc6b5]}) 20. Bg5 $5 (20. Be3 $5 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rd2 {[%cal Gh8d8]} (
21... g6 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 22. cxb4 Rxb2 23. b5 $1 axb5 (23... a5 24. Rf2 $14)
24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Ra8+ Rb8 26. Ra7 $1 $36 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gf3f4]} (26. Rxb8+ Kxb8
27. Rb1+ Kc8 $1 28. Bf5+ Nd7 29. Ra1 Rf8 $1)) 20... f6 21. cxb4 (21. Be3 $5)
21... Bxb4 22. Be3 Nc4 (22... g6 $5 {[%cal Gf6f5] is a way to try to catch
initiative.}) 23. Bf4 Bd2 $1 (23... Bd6 24. b3 $1 Bxf4 25. bxc4 {[%cal Ga1b1,
Ge4b7,Ge4f5]}) 24. b3 $1 Nd6 $1 $11 {'!' Kortschnoj.} 25. Bxd6 (25. Bxd2 $6
Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rxd2 $15) (25. Bxd6 Rxd6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg7g6,Gf6f5] Black
could continue trying to use uncomfortable position of white's bishop by g6
and then f5.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 $5 {Is the main line,
other alternatives are:} (6. Bg5 $5) (6. Bd2 $5) ({Dubious:} 6. g3) ({and} 6.
e3) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O $5 {Is the main move.} ({Black has several options:
} 7... a5 $5 8. b3 O-O (8... d6 $5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2
f5 13. O-O Ng5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Kuzmin,G/Irkutsk 1983/MCD (19)}) 9. Bb2
(9. e3 $5 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne1 $14 {
0-1 Polugaevsky,L-Speelman,J/London 1984/MCL (32)}) 9... c5 10. e3 Na6 11. Be2
Ne4 12. Qd3 d5 13. O-O a4 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Kurajica,B/Banja Luka 1983/MCL 
(36) +/=/=}) (7... c5 $6 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Qc2 d6 12. O-O
Nd7 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Frias,V-Burger,K/New York 1983/MCD (55)}) (7...
Nc6 $5 8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Be4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 Bh7 14.
Nd2 Rc8 15. b4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Gurgenidze,B/Riga 1985/URS-ch (28) +/=/=}
) ({Also was checked repeatedly in the previous games:} 7... Ne4 $5) ({and} 
7... d6 $5) 8. Bg5 $5 ({Besides,white has two principales moves:} 8. g3 $5) (8.
e3 $5) ({and also:} 8. b4) 8... h6 $5 ({Another alternative:} 8... d6 $5) 9.
Bh4 c5 $5 (9... d6 $5 {is the main move.}) ({Dubious:} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11.
Qc2 f5 12. e3 d6 13. O-O-O (13. Nd2 $143 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. O-O-O Nd7 16.
Rh2 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Stefansson,H/Reykjavic 1997/CBM 62 ext 
(30)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Ne1 Kg7 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 c5 18. Qc3 $14 {
1-0 Taimanov,M-Parma,B/URS 1964/MCD (58)}) 10. Rd1 $5 $146 ({Worse is:} 10.
dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. e3 Kf8 15. Be2 Ke7 $11
{0-1 Knechtel,R-Menacher,M/GER 1992/EXT 99 (40)}) ({and} 10. e3 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 d6 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Rad1 Nxg3 17. fxg3 {
1/2-1/2 Chabanon,J-Mednis,E/Cannes 1992/TD (17)}) 10... Ne4 $5 ({Badly:} 10...
g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 {[%csl Rg8] and white has a big advantage.}) 11. Qc2 (
11. Bxd8 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 $8 (12. Rd3 $2 Na4 $17) (12. Rc1 $2 Nxe2 13. Bxe2
Rxd8 $17) 12... Rxd8 13. e3 $15) 11... Qe8 $5 {/\f5(><e4)} ({Can be
recommended:} 11... Qc7 12. d5 $5 (12. e3 $5) 12... exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. e3 b5
$1 $13) 12. e3 f5 ({Possibly:} 12... d6 {with the idea:f5,Nd7-f6}) 13. Be2 (13.
Bd3 $5 {/\0-0,Ne1,f3}) 13... Nc6 $6 (13... d6 $5 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7f6]}) 14. dxc5
$1 $14 bxc5 (14... Nxc5 $143 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nd2 {and white has a positional
advantage.}) 15. Nd2 Ne5 (15... Ne7 $5 16. Bf3 {[%csl Re4]} Nxd2 17. Bxb7 Rb8
18. Rxd2 Rxb7 19. Bg3 $14 {[%cal Gg3b8]}) 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 (16... fxe4 $143 17.
O-O {+/=/+/-}) 17. Qc3 Ng6 $6 (17... Bxg2 $4 18. Rg1 {[%csl Rg8]} Nf3+ $140 19.
Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Qxg7#) (17... Nf7 $142 18. O-O $14) 18. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Re8,Rg6]
[%cal Gh5e8,Gh4d8]} f4 ({Badly:} 18... Rb8 {because:} 19. f3 Bc6 20. Bg3 $16 {
[%cal Gg3b8] (diagonal g3-b8)}) (18... Bxg2 $4 19. Rg1 Nxh4 20. Bxe8 Rfxe8 (
20... Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Nxg1+ 22. Rxg1 $18) 21. Rxd7 Nf3+ $140 22. Kd1 $18) 19. f3
Rf5 $6 {Adams decides to go for dubious complications as his position is
already very unpleasant.} ({Better is:} 19... Bc6 20. e4 $16 {and white has a
strong pressure on the centre and king side.}) 20. Bxg6 ({Senseless:} 20. Rxd7
$6 Qxd7 21. Bxg6 Bd3 22. Bxf5 exf5 {and only+/=}) 20... Qxg6 21. fxe4 $1 ({
Worse is:} 21. O-O Bc6 22. e4 Rh5 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bd6 {+/=/+/-}) 21... Qxg2 (
21... Rh5 $2 22. Bf2 Qxg2 $140 $2 23. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 22. Rf1 Rh5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (22... Rf7 $142 23. e5 (23. Rxf4 $2 Rxf4 24. exf4 Qg1+ 25. Ke2 (
25. Kd2 $2 Qxh2+ {[%csl Rh4]}) 25... Qg4+ 26. Qf3 Qxh4 $13) 23... Raf8 $16 (
23... Qxh2 24. Bf2 $16)) 23. Rxf4 $1 {(/\Bg3)} Qg1+ (23... g5 24. Rd2 $5 (24.
Rf2 $5 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxe4 26. Bg3 $18) 24... Qh1+ (24... Qh3 $143 25. Rxd7 e5
26. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd3d5]}) 25. Rf1 Qxe4 26. Bg3 $18) 24. Ke2
Qxh2+ 25. Bf2 $18 e5 (25... Rd8 $144 26. Rg1 Rg5 27. Rh4 $18) 26. Rf3 ({
Also wins:} 26. Rxd7 {[%csl Rg7]} Rg5 27. Rf3 $1 (27. Rh4 $143 Qg2 28. Qd2 Rf8
29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Rf7) 27... Qh5 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga8f8]} 28. Qd2 Rf8 29. Qd5+
Kh7 30. Rdf7 $18) 26... Rg5 27. Qd3 {[%csl Ra8,Rc5,Rd7,Rg8][%cal Gd3d5]} Rb8
28. Rd2 Qh5 29. Qxd7 Kh8 (29... Rf8 30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. Qh3 Qxh3 32. Rxh3 Rg2 33.
Rf3 $18) 30. Qh3 Qe8 31. Rf5 Rg6 32. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 d6 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd2 O-O
15. g4 Nf6 16. h3 h5 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. g4 Ng3 19. Rf2 f5 20. Kh2 Ne4 21. Nxe4
fxe4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf2+ 25. Kg1 Qf7 26. Re1 Kg7 27. a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 (5... Nxd5 {
Das ist die "Halb-Tarrasch"- oder "Semi-Tarrasch"-Verteidigung. In der
normalen Tarrasch-Verteidigung nimmt Schwarz mit dem Bauern auf d5. Ribli.}) (
5... exd5 6. Bg5 $14) 6. Qxd4 (6. Qa4+ $5 Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Nxd5 (8. Bg5)
8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Qh4 Na6 $44 {Schwarz ist als Kompensation für den
Bauern gut entwickelt.}) (6. Nxd4 Nxd5 $11) 6... Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Nc6 {
[%cal Rf8b4,Rb4e1]} 9. a3 $5 (9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. a4 Qc5 12. Qd3 Qd6 13.
Qe2 Qc7 14. e5 Bc5 15. Rd1 a6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bf4 Nb4 18. Be4 Bc6 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Adams,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (48)}) 9... Bd7 (9... Qa5 $2 10. b4 Qd8 (
10... Nxb4 $4 11. Bd2 $18) 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Rd1 $16) 10. Be2 Rc8 (10... Qf6 $2
11. e5 (11. Qxf6 $6 gxf6 $11) 11... Qg6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 $16) 11. O-O Na5
12. Qd3 $1 (12. Qe3 Bc5 13. Qf4 Nb3 14. Qg3 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 O-O 16. Ne5 f6 17.
Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Bc4 e5 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Linares 1997/CBM
57 (32)}) (12. Qe5 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qf6 (13... Qc7 14. Qxc7 Rxc7 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Ne5
Ba4 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Nc4 e5 19. Be3 b5 20. Nd2 a6 21. Nxb3 Bxb3 22. Rbc1 {
1-0 Winter,A-Wolf,S/BLW-9293 1993/EXT 97-B (30)}) 14. Qg3 Qg6 (14... Nxc1 15.
Rbxc1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qxb2 17. Qb8+ Ke7 18. Re1 (18. Rd1 Qxe2 19. Qd6+ Kf6 $11)
18... g6 19. e5 Qb6 $13 {Und Schwarz plant Bg7.}) 15. Qf4 Bc5 16. Be3 Qf6 17.
Qg3 Qg6 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. Qg3 Qg6 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Moskalenko,V/Alushta
1993/CBM 36 (44)}) 12... Ba4 {[%csl Yb3] Es scheint, Schwarz bekäme
ausgezeichnetes Gegenspiel, denn der Punkt b3 ist schwach. Aber Weiß hat
großen Entwicklungsvorsprung.} (12... Be7 13. b4 $1 (13. Rd1 Ba4 $11) 13... Nc6
(13... Nc4 14. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4,Gd4][%cal Rd4g7]} Nb6 15. Bb2 $14) 14. Bb2 $14)
13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Be3 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Ge2,Ge3,Re8]} Nb3 (14... a6 15. Rac1 $14
(15. Bb6 Nb3 16. Rad1 (16. Bxd8 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 Kxd8 18. Ne5 Ke7 $11) 16... Rc8))
15. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1a4]} b5 $6 {Schwarz möchte die Blindpartie Kramnik - Van
Wely, Monaco 1998 verbessern, aber ohne Erfolg. Meines Erachtens ist die ganze
Variante vorteilhaft für Weiß.} (15... a6 16. Bxb3 Bxb3 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Bb6
Ra8 19. Nd4 Ba4 20. Rc4 Bd7 21. Rd1 O-O 22. e5 Bb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Re4 Be7
25. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rb7,Gd7,Re7]} Rfc8 26. g3 Bf8 27. Rxb7 {1-0 Kramnik,
V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (46)}) 16. Bxb3 $1 $16 {Das ist eine
einfache und starke Entscheidung. Weiß gibt das Läuferpaar auf, aber erlangt
überzeugende Initiative am Damenflügel.} Bxb3 17. Rfc1 {[%csl Rb3,Gc1][%cal
Rc1c7] Der schwarze Läufer b3 ist in schwerer Not. Dank seines Zuges 15...b5
hat Schwarz für ihn keine Rückzugsmöglichkeit in der Diagonalen a4-e8.} e5 {
Schwarz möchte seinen Läufer b3 befreien.} (17... a6 18. Bb6 Ra8 19. Nd2 {
[%csl Rb3]} Bc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Rxc4 $18 {[%csl Re8] Weiß hat nur einen
Bauern mehr, aber seine Aktivität am Damenflügel entscheidet die Partie.}) (
17... a5 18. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2b3]} a4 19. Nxb3 axb3 20. Rc3 $18 {[%csl Rb3,Rb5]})
18. Nxe5 a6 19. Nc6 $18 {[%csl Gc6] Und die schwarze Stellung ist hoffnungslos,
so daß Kortschnoj aufgab. Ich glaube, das war die kürzeste Verlustpartie
seiner Karriere.} (19. Nc6 Rd6 20. Nd4 Bc4 (20... Be6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rc8+
Kd7 23. Rac1 $18) 21. b3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 $5 (10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 {kam zuletzt häufig vor,
aber die Partien von Anand zeigten daß Schwarz keine Probleme hat.}) 10... c5 (
10... Qc7 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Stripunsky,A/Kazan 1995/CBM 51/[Dolmatov] (37)})
11. Rd1 (11. b3 {1/2-1/2 Granda Zuniga,J-Nogueiras,J/Ponferrada 1997/CBM 61/
[Nogueiras] (32)}) 11... Qc7 12. Ne4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12. Qe2 {1-0 Krasenkow,
M-Nogly,C/Dortmund 1992/CBM 29 (35)}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 cxd4 15.
Bd3 (15. Qxd4 $2 Rd8 $17) 15... h6 (15... dxe3 16. Bxe3 $44) 16. exd4 $6 (16.
e4 $5 {ist Anands Vorschlag in NIC 8/1998. Die Drohung ist Bxh6.} Nd7 17. Bxh6
gxh6 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Qxh6 Qf6 (19... Be5 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. f4 Bxf4 22. e5 Bxe5
23. Rf1 $18) 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. e5 $16 {Anand}) 16... Nd5 {Die entstandene
Isolani-Stellung ist anscheinend harmlos.} 17. Bd2 (17. Qe4 Nf6) 17... Qe7 18.
Bg5 (18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Bd7 $11) 18... f6 19. Qe4 (19. Bd2 f5 $11) 19... fxg5
(19... hxg5 $2 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Bg6#) 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Qg6+ (21. Bg6+ $6 Kf6
22. Nd2 (22. Bh5 Nf4 $17) 22... Qd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g3 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. Bh3 Rc7 16. Kb1 h4 17. Qe1 Kf8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Rh5 20. Bg2 Rc4 21. Rf1
Rf5 22. Qxh4 Nh5 23. Qh3 g6 24. Rfe1 Bf6 25. Be4 Rxf4 26. Qd3 Rc7 27. Bf3 Rh4
28. Qd2 Kg7 29. c3 Be5 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. d6 Rd7 32. Qe1 e4 33. Qxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
Be4 15. Rac1 Bd5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa act"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1 Qa5 13. Bh3 Ne5 14. b3 Rc8 15. a4
Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Bxe4 17. Nd4 Bxh1 18. Rxh1 Ne4 19. Qg2 d5 20. Nd2 Rc3 21. Re1 Qb6
22. Nf5 Bc5 23. Nxg7+ Kf8 24. Bf4 Nxd2 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Bxd2 Ke7 27. g5 Re3
28. Rf1 hxg5 29. Kb1 Kd6 30. Qh2+ Kc6 31. Bxe3 Bxe3 32. Qe5 Bd4 33. Qxe6+ Kc5
34. Qe7+ Qd6 35. Qxg5 Qe5 36. Bf5 Rf8 37. Ka2 Qe3 38. Qg4 Qc3 39. Rb1 Re8 40.
Bd3 Kd6 41. Qg6+ Re6 42. Qg8 Bf6 43. Qf8+ Kc7 1-0

[Event "Haifa act"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Qe8 10. h3 Nh5 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. b4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qe5 14. Be3 Rad8 15.
Nde2 Qe6 16. Qb3 Ra8 17. Rbd1 Rfe8 18. g4 Nf6 19. Bg2 h5 20. g5 Nh7 21. f4 b5
22. cxb5 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nxb4 24. Rxd6 Nc2 25. Rxd7 Nxe1 26. bxc6 Nxg2 27. Kxg2
Nf8 28. Rd6 Ne6 29. Nd5 a5 30. e5 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Nec3 Rc4 33. Nb5 Rb8 34.
Nb6 Nxf4+ 35. Kf3 Rxb6 36. Bxb6 Bxe5 37. c7 Bxd6 38. Nxd6 Rxc7 39. Bxc7 Ne6 40.
Ba5 Nxg5+ 41. Kg3 Ne6 42. Ne4 Kf8 43. Bb4+ Kg7 44. Bc3+ Kh6 45. Nd6 f5 46. Nf7+
Kh7 47. h4 Kg8 48. Ng5 Nc7 1-0

[Event "Haifa act"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. c3
Qh4 9. Ngh5 Bxh5 10. Qxh5 Qxh5 11. Nxh5 g6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Nf6 14. Nd3
Nbd7 15. g3 O-O 16. Bg2 Rfc8 17. a4 a5 18. Kd2 Kf8 19. Rhb1 Nb6 20. Nc5 Rc7 21.
b4 Nfd5 22. bxa5 Nc4+ 23. Kd3 Nxa5 24. c4 Ne7 25. Bh3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%mdl 1] That was the best game of the event.There was a great tactical fight
where Anand was on top.This game is from kind of games that any analyse can
not be final.I just tried to understand what was happened in this game,and my
analyse,of course, can be improved. In addition this game is very interesting
because of various balances of pieces which happened in the game and
variations,and always difficult to evaluate them.I used some analysing engines
to check my analyses,(I ask excuse from readers,but they calculate quicker
then me!)but they were confused not once in evaluations. Wedberg: 'This is a
facinating struggle with a very intense middle game based only on tactics.
Anand manages to walk through the mine field Oll is laying on the board
without beeing blown away.'} 1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12.
Nxb5 {Wedberg: 'White is a P up, so Black is forced to demonstrate some kind
of counterplay or compensation.'} exd4 {'N' Wedberg.} (12... Bg4 {Wedberg was
the main line here, but} 13. Re1 $1 (13. Bc2 d5 $13 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Wijk
1996/CBM 51/[Shirov]/1/2-1/2 (53)}) (13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 15. Bd5 Qe8 16.
h3 (16. Qc2 Bxf3 $1 17. Bxc6 Qe6 18. gxf3 Qg6+ $11) 16... Bf5 17. Re1 Nb4 18.
Bc4 c6 19. Na3 d5 $11 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63 (36)})
13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 $16 {gave White a clear advantage in Svidler,
P-Shirov,A/Linares 1998/CBM 64/[Svidler] (37)}) 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Re1 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Interesting novelty in modern variation of Spanish,which can turn the
evoluation of the variation.After 14.Bc2 was proved that white has no
advantage.} (14. Bc2 d5 15. Bg5 (15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 f6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,
A-Georgiev,K/Porz GER 1998 (63)}) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxd4 17. exd5 Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Piket,J/Groningen NED 1998 (18)}) 14... d5 {Wedberg:
'Oll wants to clearify the situation in the centre.'} (14... Nxd4 {Black had
chance to take back the pawn,but continue for initiative,like after14.Bc2.} 15.
Nbxd4 Bxd4 16. h3 (16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxd4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh5 {[%csl Rf3,Rf4]
[%cal Gd8h4] and Black has a counterplay.}) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {pherhaps
Anand knew about this position,when he played 14.Re1(this move,of course,the
result of home preparation)and hoped to get some advantage here with the pair
of bishops,and active pieces.}) 15. exd5 (15. e5 Ne4 $44) 15... Nxd5 {[%cal
Rc6d4,Rb6d4]} 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 {'!' Wedberg. White should play this way,
because black threatened to take on-d4(without capturing on-f3).} (17. Nc3 {
Wedberg} Bxf3 18. gxf3 (18. Qxf3 Nxd4 19. Qxd5 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 $2 Bxf2+ $19)
18... Ncb4 $132) 17... Bg6 18. Nc3 Ndb4 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb4d3] /\ Nd3} 19. Bg5
Qd7 {White has pawn up,but the compensation of black is clear-kingside of
white is vulnerable,black pieces are very active.} (19... Qd6 20. Ne4 (20. Ne4
{Wedberg} Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qg6 22. Rf4 $16)) 20. d5 Qd6 $2 {[%cal Rd6g3] /\ Qg3
Logical,but wrong,because of next perfect reply of Anand.[#]} (20... Na5 $1 21.
Ba4 (21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Ba4 (22. Rxa5 Bxa5 23. Be7 Qxe7 24. Nxg6 Qxe1+ 25. Qxe1
hxg6 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4] and that is not clear how white can use uncomfortable
places of black soft pieces.} 26. Ne4 (26. Bc4 Nc2) 26... Nc6 $1) 22... Nd3 $1)
21... Qd6 $36 {black has clear compensation for the pawn:} 22. Ne5 Nd3 $1) 21.
Kf1 $3 {[%mdl 256] That is the only and best move for white.Anand wards off
threats of black like Fritz!} (21. dxc6 $2 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Nh2 Nd3 $40 {
'|^' Wedberg.}) (21. Kg2 Nd3 22. dxc6 Bxf2 $1 (22... Nxe1+ 23. Nxe1 (23. Qxe1
Bxf2) 23... Qxc6+ 24. Bd5 $16)) 21... Na5 22. Be7 Qf4 {'!?' Wedberg.} 23. Rxa5
$1 {[%mdl 64] Again Anand choose the best.} (23. Bxf8 Nxb3 24. Bxb4 Nxa1 {
'<=>' Wedberg.}) (23. Ra4 $5 Nxb3 24. Bxb4 Rfe8 {still nothing clear.}) 23...
Bxa5 24. Re3 $3 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc3e2] '!' Wedberg. Much better than to take
on f8 immediatly.} Bb6 (24... Rfe8 25. d6 $1 (25. Ne2 Qh6 26. Kg2 Nd3) (25. d6
{Wedberg} Qh6 26. Kg2 Nd3 27. d7 $18)) 25. Ne2 Qh6 26. Kg2 {Wedberg: 'Anand is
weawing a net around the Black Q.'} Bxe3 27. g5 Qxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 1536] Queen
sacrifice which leads to very complicative position,were black has 2 rooks for
queen and knight,but the initiative of black is very dangerous.} (27... Bxg5
28. Bxg5 Bc2 29. Bxc2 Qa6 {again very hard to give evoluation to this position
with very unusual material(3 light pieces against 2 rooks),but white has good
chances to attack the black king.All programs evaluated this position like
black is better,but in my opinion the advantage on white's side.}) (27... Qh5 {
Wedberg} 28. Ng3 $18) 28. Kxh3 Nd3 29. Qa1 $1 {The best place for the queen-in
the corner!} Nxf2+ 30. Kg2 Rfe8 (30... Rxb3 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Ned4 $1 $18) 31.
Qa3 {Wedberg: 'White protects his pieces and keeps the advantage.'} Nd3 32. Nc3
$2 (32. Ba4 $1 Rxb2 $1 (32... Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxe2+ 34. Kg3 $16 Rbxb2 $140 35. Bc2
$1 {[%cal Ya3a8]}) 33. Qxb2 (33. Bxe8 $2 Rxe2+ 34. Kg3 Bf4+ 35. Kg4 Rg2+ $19)
33... Nxb2 34. Bxe8 $16) 32... Bc1 33. Nd1 Be4 34. Ba4 Ne5 $2 $138 {[%mdl 8192]
Black had 3 moves-candidates.To choose the best black had to calculate "few"
variations.Oll was in time-trouble,and hadn't time to calculate the right move.
And another time 34...Ne5 looks logical,but logic doesn't work in crazy
positions like this one.} (34... Ra8 $142 $1 {I think that Anand understimated
this move,while played 32.Nc3.} 35. Bxe8 (35. Kg3 Bf4+ 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. gxh6 f5+
) 35... Rxa3 36. bxa3 Ne5 $3 {and black has better ending.} (36... Ne1+ 37. Kf2
Nxf3 38. Nc3 Bxg5 (38... Nd2 39. Ne2 Bxa3 40. Bxa3 Bxd5 $11) 39. Nxe4 Bxe7 40.
Kxf3 Bxa3 $11)) (34... Ne1+ 35. Kf2 Nxf3 (35... Nd3+ 36. Kf1) 36. Bxe8 Rxe8 37.
Qa4 $1 {[%csl Re4,Re8]}) (34... Ra8 $5 {Wedberg}) 35. Bxe8 Rxe8 36. Kg3 Bxf3
37. Qc3 $1 Bxd1 {I think that here was the hole in Oll's calculations:} (37...
Rxe7 38. d6 $1 {That's the point!In case of} (38. Qxc1 Bxd5 39. Qc5 Rd7 {
black is ok.}) 38... Re8 39. dxc7 $18) 38. Qxe5 {Look at the way the queen
made in this game!} Ba4 39. b4 {[%csl Ra4,Rc1,Rc7][%cal Re5a1] /\Qxc7,/\Qa1}
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. a4 {
This never proved to be a problem for Black. Curiously, if Anand chooses such
lines to combat Sveshnikov variation, isn't it a good reason to think that
Black is OK in the main lines?} Ne7 (14... bxa4 15. Nce3 Bd7 {~}) (14... Be6
15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nc7 Qa2 $132 {Ljubojevic-Illescas, Pamplona 96}
) 15. Bd3 (15. Ncb4 $2 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qd1 Qb6 18. a5 Qb7 19. Qxd6 Qe4+
20. Be2 Bc4 {-/+ Marin Corresa - Perdiguero Duenas, Esp. 92}) 15... Be6 16. Be4
{Only this move is a novelty. However, it doesn't seem to put big problems for
Black.} (16. Qh5 f5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. axb5 e4 19. Be2 f4 $36 {Santo Roman -
San Segundo, Moscow olm. 94}) 16... Rc8 (16... Rb8 $5 {Deserves serious
attention.} 17. Ncb4 (17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nb4 Qh4 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 (20.
Qxd5 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rb5 $36) 20... Qe4+ 21. Ne3 Bh6 22. Qg4+ Qxg4 (22... Qg6 23.
Nf5 {+=}) 23. Nxg4 Bg7 {=}) 17... Bxd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Bxd5 a5) 18... bxa4 {=})
17. O-O $2 {It seems that Anand just overlooked Black's answer.} (17. axb5 f5 (
17... axb5 18. O-O) 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd5 axb5 20. O-O {+=}) 17... Rc4 $1 {
Suddenly White faces serious problems. Anand decides to sacrifice a pawn,
trying to hold some initiative.} 18. Nxe7+ (18. Qd3 f5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bd5
e4 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Qe2 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Qxa6 Qb3 25. Ne3 Qxb2 26. Qxd6
Kh8 {-/+}) 18... Qxe7 19. Bd5 (19. Bd3 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 bxa4 21. Bxa6 {=+}) 19...
Rxa4 20. Ne3 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Bc8 22. Qb1 Qg5 23. Qd3 Qg6 24. Rd1 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 {
=+ Despite Black's extra pawn, White shouldn't have big difficulties to hold
the position thanks to bad pawn structure for Black.} Bh6 (25... Rd8 26. c4 {=+
}) 26. c4 Bxe3 27. fxe3 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rd8 29. Ra3 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 {Huzman} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3
cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Re1 b5 $5 (11... Qd6 12. g3 Nd5 13.
Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qb6 17. Bc2 Rac8 18. Qd2 {1/2-1/2
Hansen,C-Degerman,L/Sigeman Malmoe SWE 1998}) (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Bg5 $1
{/\ Ne2-g3} h6 $8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Rc1 {/\ 17.d5 ed5 18.Ng3 Qg6
19.Rc6} (16. d5 $5 exd5 17. Ng3 Qg6 18. Bxd5 $36) 16... Qa5 $8 17. Rc3 $1 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Korchnoi,V/Antwerpen 1997/Inf 70/[Sokolov,I] (45)}) (11...
Na5 12. Bc2 (12. Ba2 b5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bb7 16. Qxd8 Bxd8
17. Ne5 Bc7 18. Bd2 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. Rae1 Rxe5
23. Rxe5 Rd8 24. f3 f6 25. Re7 Bc6 26. Rc7 Bb5 27. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,
W-Nogueiras,J/Carlos Torre mem, Merida MEX 1997}) 12... b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Bg5
g6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Rad1 Nc4 (16... Nd5 17. Bh6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 19. f3 Rfe8
20. a4 b4 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. Ng4 Qd8 23. Bd2 $36 {1-0 Gurieli,N-Giertz,N/Open,
Biel SUI 1998 (43)}) 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ne4 Qb6 (20...
Nf6 21. Ng5 Qb6 22. Ba4 Red8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Qc7 25. Rde1 Bf8 26. Rxf6
Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rxd4 28. Rfe6 Qf7 29. Re7 {1-0 Sosnicki,M-Hnydiuk,A/ch-POL,
Ksiaz POL 1998}) 21. Bc1 f5 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qg3 Bxd4 25. Bxf5
Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 gxf5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd4 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,
I-Hansen,C/Sigeman Malmoe SWE 1998}) 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 (14.
Qxd5 {Huzman} Bb7 (14... Na5 15. Qxa8 Nxb3 16. Ra2 Be6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bg5
Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Bc4 $44) 15. Qh5 Qd3 $1 16. Ba2 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Bg5 Bf6 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. b4 $14) 14... Bb7 15. Bf4 $1 Bf6 16. Ne5 (16. Bd6
$5 {[%csl Gf7]}) (16. Rc1 Rc8 (16... Qd7 {Huzman} 17. Bxc6 (17. Be4 Qxd1 18.
Rexd1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $1 $11 (19... Nxd8 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. b4 $14 {[%csl
Rb7]})) 17... Bxc6 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19. Be5 $14 {/=}) 17. b4 (17. Rc2 Nd4 $1 18.
Rxc8 Bxc8 $15) (17. Ne5 Nxe5 (17... Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Rxe5 $11) 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Nd3 $11) (17. Bd6 Re8 $11) 17... Qd7
18. Be4 $14) (16. Re2 Qd7 $1 17. Rd2 Qf5 18. Be3 Rac8 $11) (16. Bd6 {Huzman}
Re8 (16... Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. Re3 $16) 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qd5+ Kg6 19. g4
Rxe1+ (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5+ Bxe5 21. Qd3+ Kf7 22. Qb3+ Kg6 23. Bxe5 $16) 20.
Rxe1 h6 21. Qf5+ Kf7 22. Qe6+ Kg6 $11) 16... Nxe5 (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Re8 18.
Bc3 $14) 17. Bxb7 Ra7 {'=' Huzman.} 18. Bxe5 (18. Be4 Ng6 (18... Qxd1 19. Raxd1
Re7 20. Bd2 Rfe8 21. Bb4) (18... Nc4 $5 19. Qc2 Bxb2 $13 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rad1
Qf6) 19. Be3 Rd7 20. Qb3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
b5 8. O-O b4 $5 {A relatively rare line that Anand has favored as a way to
avoid the jungle of popular theory.} 9. Na4 Bd7 {Ftacnik: 'Modern concept in
this well known opening. White's knight is forced into unattractive location
on a4 and black's bishop from d7 covers many important squares (especially e6).
'} 10. f4 Nc6 11. f5 e5 (11... Nxd4 {Ftacnik} 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qxb4 d5 14. Qe1
dxe4 15. Be3 $16) 12. Nf3 {Someone out to secure a comforting start to such an
event must have been tempted by Ftacnik: 'The main line is 12.Ne6, but
Reinderman was not sure if Anand knew some refutation.'} (12. Ne6 {which led
to a draw after a relatively forced sequence:} fxe6 13. fxe6 Bc8 14. Bg5 Be7 (
14... h5 $6 {Ftacnik} 15. Bd5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c3) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6
$1 Qxf6 17. Qxd6 $40 (17. Qd5 {Ftacnik} Bb7 18. Nc5 Rf8 19. Qd2 O-O-O 20. Nxb7
Kxb7 21. Bd5 Kc7 22. a3 Qf4 {0-1 Robovic,S-Ashley,M/New York/1998/ (32)}) 17...
Nd4 {'[]' Ftacnik.} 18. Nb6 Bxe6 (18... Ne2+ {Ftacnik} 19. Kh1 Ng3+ 20. hxg3
Qh6+ 21. Kg1 Qe3+ 22. Kf1 Rf8+ 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {0-1 Nemec,P-Kalod,R/CZE 1998 
(55)}) 19. Nxa8 (19. Bxe6 {Ftacnik} Rd8 20. Bd7+ Kf7 $17) 19... Ne2+ 20. Kh1
Ng3+ $1 21. hxg3 Qh6+ 22. Kg1 Qe3+ 23. Kh2 (23. Kf1 $2 {Ftacnik} Rf8+ 24. Qxf8+
Kxf8 25. Bxe6 Qh6 26. Bh3 Qc6 $17) 23... Qh6+ {Ftacnik: '1/2-1/2 Kalegin,
E-Dvoirys,S/USSR/1988/' 1/2-1/2 Kalegin,E-Dvoirys, USSR 1988. Perhaps black
can improve early in this line and try for more, but this must happen on move
14.}) 12... h6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (12... Na5 {Ftacnik} 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Re1 $11) 13. Qe1 (13. Be3 {Ftacnik} Rb8 14. Qd3 Na5 15. c3 Bc6 $15) 13...
Be7 14. Qg3 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'A honest attacking idea, but black will
be able to consolidate and even to overtake the initiative.'} (14. Be3 {Ftacnik
} Rb8 15. Bf2 Na5 $15) 14... Kf8 15. Qe1 $1 {Anand was impressed with this
move, turning attention to other sectors now that castling is no longer
possible.} Rb8 16. Bd2 (16. c3 {Ftacnik} Na5 17. cxb4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bc6 $17)
16... Qe8 {'!' Ftacnik.} 17. a3 a5 18. Kh1 (18. axb4 {Ftacnik} axb4 {xNa4})
18... Kg8 19. Rg1 $6 {[#] Ftacnik: 'White is too optimistic with the plan to
open the g file. The rook will soon look displaced on g1.'} (19. h3 $5 {
was suggested as an improvement by Anand.}) (19. axb4 {would be my reaction,
particularly after considering the considerations behind black's next move. It
also seems most consistent with white's deployment.}) (19. axb4 {Ftacnik} axb4
20. Rf2 $15) 19... bxa3 $1 (19... Kh7 {? according to Anand.} 20. g4 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 (21. g5 Nxf3 22. g6+ fxg6 23. fxg6+ Qxg6) 21... exd4 22. g5 (22. axb4 Bc6)
22... hxg5 (22... Bxa4 $4 23. g6+) 23. Rxg5 {+- Anand} Kg8 (23... Bc6 24. Qh4+
Kg8 25. Rxg7+ {Anand}) 24. Rxg7+ $3 {is all Anand had to say on the subject.
His judgement may be as impeccable as usual, but for mortals, a bit more
investigation is helpful, and typically, the more one looks the less certain
one feels.} Kxg7 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Rg1 {must be the idea, but here} Bd8 $1 {
puts up surprising resistance. In fact, it puts up the kind of resistance that
causes attackers to lose their poise and convert to an unshakeable faith in
defence.} (26... Rh7 $4 27. Bh6+) ({In fact,} 26... Ng4 $1 27. Qxg4 Bf6 {
also asks white some serious questions, and without undue complications. It
seems that Anand was unnecessarily skeptical about this position for black.})
27. Qg7+ (27. Qxd6+ Qe7 $1 28. Qxb8 Bc6 $1 {and white's position crumbles down
the diagonal.}) 27... Ke7 28. Rg6 $1 (28. Bg5 Bc6 $1 {is another annoying
escape.}) 28... Bxa4 29. Qxf6+ Kd7 30. Qxd6+ (30. Bxa4+ Kc8 31. Bxe8 Bxf6 32.
Bxf7 Be5 $17) 30... Kc8 31. Qa6+ Rb7 32. Bd5 {looks very tempting until one
finds} Qb5 $1 {which glues black's position together. (} 33. Rc6+ Bc7 {). The
moral is that chess is a very messy game. Anand's judgement is certainly
correct from a practical point of view, and his decision to coordinate his
position by using the rook from h8 and relying on the central influence of his
other pieces gives a very harmonious impression. My guess is that the line he
gave was a kind of sketch to demonstrate his intuitive feeling. If one were to
start the whole idea with 20.axb4!? for example, the opening of the a-line and
pressure against b4 could greatly hinder black from creating counterplay. And
this also helps explain his eventual decision, which prevents this structure
from occurring in the game.}) 20. Rxa3 (20. bxa3 {Ftacnik} Nd4 $17) 20... Nd4
21. Nxd4 {'?' Ftacnik.} (21. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Nxb3 22. Rxb3 Rxb3 23. cxb3 Bc6 $15)
21... exd4 {Black's counterplay is clearly coming in improved fashion here.
While the problem knight on a4 is more secure than in some lines above, white
must lose time with his exposed rook on a3. In the meantime, pressure is
mounting on e4, and white will find his other rook misplaced as well.} 22. Ra1
(22. Bxa5 {Ftacnik} d5 23. e5 Bxa3 24. exf6 Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Bxa4 26. Bxa4 Rxb2
$19) 22... Bc6 23. Bxa5 Nxe4 24. Rf1 {[#]White really needs to relieve the
queen of the depressing task of guarding against mate. At a glance, one might
be tempted to think that white can look forward with optimism - his pawn
structure looks healthier, and black has trouble coordinating his forces. In
fact, the reverse is true; White's pieces are holidaying on the queenside, and
they cannot come home, thanks largely to black's dominant doubled d-pawns.
Meanwhile, black's rook is going to put in a full day's work from h8.} (24. Nb6
Bg5 {most likely transposes into the game.} (24... Bg5 {Ftacnik} 25. Rf1 h5 $17
)) (24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Nb6 Bd8 $1 26. Nc4 d5 $1 $19) 24... h5 $1 {Now the whole
team starts to play. This not only increases the scope of the rook, it
introduces the h-pawn itself as an attacking unit. Ftacnik: 'White has won the
battle on the queenside, but he obviously fails in the center and on the
kingside. Black plans to activate the rook on h8 with a march of the h pawn.'}
25. Nb6 (25. Rd1 $5 {was a better chance to resist, in my opinion.}) 25... h4
26. Bd5 (26. Nd5 Bg5 {threatening ...Rxb3 and ...Bxd5 followed by ...Ng3+!.})
26... Bg5 {The familiar pattern of ...Ng3+ followed by disaster on the a7-g1
diagonal now looms.} 27. Rf3 (27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 {threatening c2 and .
..h3 is not worth considering for white.}) 27... h3 $1 {[#]Black batters away
with great energy, and each of his last moves have made clearer the difference
in activity between the opposing forces.} (27... Rxb6 $2 {promises black
nothing after} 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 ({or} 29... Ra6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. c3
) 30. Bxb6) 28. Bxc6 (28. g3 Rxb6) 28... Qxc6 ({Mig points out that} 28...
hxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qxc6 {was also very strong. This seems even more logical than
the game since it strips the white king bare and massages b6 and c2 as well,
but this may be a matter of taste as Anand's method is also very painful.}) 29.
Qe2 Bf4 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Anand can afford to use fine small tricks, white
position is falling apart.'} 30. Kg1 ({Not} 30. Rxf4 Ng3+ $1 31. hxg3 hxg2+ 32.
Kg1 Rh1+) 30... Be3+ 31. Kh1 Re8 {Black's attack is decisive. One crushing
threat is ...Bd2.} 32. Qc4 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 (33. Kg1 Nd3+ {followed by ...hxg2+
and ...Nf4+.}) 33... Qxc4 34. Nxc4 Bxf2 35. Nxd6 Re2 36. b4 Bg3 $1 {A final
reminder that the rook on h8 is IN play. Ftacnik: 'Fine motive in the end,
black wins the piece and the game.'} 37. gxh3 (37. hxg3 hxg2+) 37... Bxd6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1] This is a great game by Anand. The way he seemingly without effort
finds the best squares for his pieces is impressing. Piket makes a slight
mistake when he puts his Q on the wrong square. Anand punishes this with his
super-technique. Study and learn.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4
Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bf1 a4 18.
Nbd4 {'!?' Ftacnik. This trick is well known. Ftacnik: 'This fine strategic
motive is not new, but in the given opening line it plays the central role.
The trapped knight on b4 has no escape route, so white can transform the pawn
structure to his advantage.'} ({, but the main line has always been} 18. a3
Nxd5 19. Qxd5 axb3 (19... Nb6 20. Qd1 axb3 21. Qxb3 Qd7 22. Bg5 $14 {1-0
Hellers,F-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1986/CBM 01 (49)}) 20. Bxb5 Nf6 21. Qd3 Bxb5 22.
Qxb5 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Raxb8 24. Bg5 Rfc8 25. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Sax,G-Rodriguez,A/
Subotica 1987/CBM 03/[Ernst] (54)}) 18... exd4 19. a3 {The N is trapped.} Nxd5
(19... Nc2 20. Qxc2 Bf6 21. Bf4 Rc8 22. Qd2 Nc5 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Nxd4 Rxe4 25.
Rxe4 Nxe4 26. Qb4 $16 {1-0 Lau,R-Toshkov,T/Skien 1979/EXT 99 (34)}) 20. exd5
Bf6 21. Nxd4 Nc5 (21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 $16 {avoids getting a N on c6, but apart
from that there are few positive features in the black position.}) 22. Nc6 {
'!' Ftacnik.} (22. Nxb5 {Ftacnik} Qd7 23. Nc3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rab8 $14) 22... Qb6
$6 {Ftacnik: 'The main reason for black's suffering, since white can prove
that weakness of d6 pawn is more important than the fate of b5 one. '} (22...
Qd7 {looks more natural, since it keeps d6 protected and threatens Nb3.}) (
22... Qd7 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. Rb1 (23. Qc2 Nb3 24. Rb1 Nd4 $13) 23... Rfe8 24. Be3
$14) 23. Bf4 $1 {A nice shot - from which Black never fully recovers. The
point is that White in a very economical way gets out of the problems with the
weak squares b2 and b3.} Rfe8 (23... Bxb2 24. Ra2 Bc3 25. Re3 Bf6 26. Bxd6 $16)
(23... Nb3 24. Bxd6 Nxa1 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxa1 Bb7 (26... Bh4 27. Re3) 27. Qc1
Rc8 28. Qe3 $1 $18) 24. Qc2 {'!' Ftacnik.} (24. Bxd6 Ne4 $132 (24... Ne4 {
Ftacnik} 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Bd3 Ree8 $13)) 24... Nb3 25. Rad1 Qc7 {'?!' Ftacnik.
} (25... Nd4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 $1 {Without this Black
would have a playable position.} Qxd4 29. Qc6 Qe4 (29... Rd8 30. Bg5 f6 31. Be3
Qxb2 32. Qxa6 Qxa3 33. Bxb5 $16) 30. Bxd6 Bc8 31. Bxb5 $18) 26. Re4 $3 {
'!' Ftacnik. A beautiful solution. Suddenly all the pieces fall in place for
White. Ftacnik: 'If white can win control of the e file he would control all
important lines and diagonal on the board. '} Rxe4 {else White doubles on the
e-file.} 27. Qxe4 Bxb2 28. Re1 (28. Bd3 $5 {Ftacnik} g6 29. Qb4 Be5 30. Bxe5
dxe5 31. d6 Qxc6 32. Be4 $18) 28... Qd7 29. Qb4 $1 {This is the point of
Whites rook move to e4. The Q blocks all Black's play on the Q-side and
attacks Black's weak spot on d6. Black's position is sterilised of all chances.
Ftacnik: 'The idea that speaks volumes, the queen protects a3 pawn and attacks
both b5 and d6 one. Black has no chance to cover all the weak spots.'} Bf6 (
29... h6 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxd6 Re8 31. Rxe8+ (31. Nb8 $18) 31... Qxe8 32. Nb8 Bb7
33. Bxb5 Qc8 34. Nc6 $18) (29... Re8 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxd6 Bc8 (30... Qxd6 $2 31.
Rxe8+ Qf8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Rxf8#) 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Bxb5 Bxa3 34.
Bxe8 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 $18) 30. Bxd6 h6 (30... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 31. Bd3 Nxc6 32. dxc6
Qxc6 33. Be4 Qc8 34. Bxa8 Qxa8 35. Be7 $18) 31. Bd3 Re8 32. Rxe8+ {Ftacnik:
'Anand is not paying enough attention in a very good position, the tactics
with 32.Nb8! would enable much easier win. '} (32. Nb8 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxe1+ 33.
Qxe1 Bc3 (33... Qxd6 34. Qe8+ Qf8 35. Bh7+ Kxh7 36. Qxf8 $18) 34. Qe3 Qc8 35.
Nxa6 $18) 32... Qxe8 33. Be7 $1 {The d-P is a winner now.} Bb2 (33... Nc1 {
Ftacnik} 34. Bxf6 Nxd3 35. Ne7+ Kh8 (35... Kf8 36. Qd6 gxf6 37. Nf5+ Kg8 38.
Qg3+ $18) 36. Qd2 $18) 34. Qe4 {'!' Ftacnik.} (34. Bxb5 $6 {Ftacnik} Bxa3 $1
35. Qxa4 Bxb5 36. Qxb5 Bxe7 37. Qxb3 Bd6 $16) 34... g6 35. Bb4 {White's
changing of the guards on b4 has made his advantage untouchable.} Qxe4 36. Bxe4
Bf6 37. d6 $18 {Ftacnik: 'The d pawn is so strong, that black must give up
queenside pawns in order to stop him.'} Bc8 38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Nb8 Be6 40. Bxb5
Nd4 41. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 {Anand bevorzugt wie die Mehrheit der Großmeister diesen
Zug gegenüber der Fortsetzung 9...0-0. Ribli.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 {Das ist
eine seltene Fortsetzung, die dem Weißen meines Erachtens keinen
Eröffnungsvorteil verspricht. Die Alternative 11.Nb6 ist vielversprechender.}
c5 12. c4 Bb7 13. Nc3 O-O (13... h5 {Diese etwas verdächtige Fortsetzung führt
zu unklaren Verwicklungen.} 14. h3 h4 15. Qd2 d6 16. Rab1 Rd8 17. Bg5 $1 Nh7
18. Bf4 Nf8 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Ng6 $2 (20... Nd7 $13) 21. Rfb1 Ba8 22. Be3
$16 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Milos,G/Groningen (m/2) 1997/[Milos,G] (41)}) (13... d6
14. f4 Nd7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh3 f5 17. Bf2 Nf6 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Bh4 Rae8 20. Bg5
Bd8 21. Qh4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Rf5 26. Qg3
Qb7 27. Qd3 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Vukadinov,M/Winnipeg 1997/CBM 60 ext (43)}) 14.
f4 (14. Qc2 $2 Ng4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5 17. Rf3 f5 18. Raf1 Bf6 19. Nd1 Qe5
20. exf5 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Bg5 {0-1 Richardson,K-Ogaard,L/Gausdal 1996/CBM 54 ext 
(80)}) 14... d6 {Wir haben eine spezielle sizilianische Igelstellung. Weiß hat
Raumvorteil und Aussicht auf Initiative am Königsflügel, während die schwarze
Stellung fest ist.} 15. Qf3 Rad8 $5 {[%cal Gd8d3] Der Turm steht ideal auf d8
und in einigen Varianten kommt ihm nach weißem e4-e5 eine wichtige Rolle in
der d-Linie zu.} (15... Rfe8 16. Qh3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nxe4 dxe4
20. Bc4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gh3]}) 16. Qh3 (16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Qh3 Qb7 18. e5 Ne4 19.
b3 g6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 $11 {[%csl Ge4] Schwarz hat
mindestens gleiche Chancen, denn seine Dame steht sehr gut auf e4. Renet,O. -
Horvath,Jo. Leukerbaad 1992.}) 16... Rfe8 17. Rae1 {Schwarz muss immer mit dem
Durchbruch e4-e5 rechnen.} Nd7 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gd7b8,Gb8c6,Gc6d4]} 18. Rf3 (18. e5
Nf8) 18... Nf8 19. f5 $13 {Eine zweischneidige Fortsetzung. Weiß schwächt das
Feld e5, bekommt aber einige Angriffschancen.} Bf6 (19... Qd7) 20. fxe6 Rxe6 (
20... fxe6 $5 {[%cal Gf8g6,Gg6e5] Dies scheint mir natürlicher. Schwarz kann ..
.Ng6-Ne5 spielen und es ist nicht klar, wie Weiß seinen Angriff fortsetzen
kann.}) 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 (22. cxd5 Re7 {[%cal Gf8g6,Gg6e5]} (22... Ree8)
23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qh4 $44) 22... Rxe3 {Mit diesem zeitweiligen Qualitätsopfer
führt Schwarz Vereinfachungen herbei und erobert das Feld e5 für seinen
Springer.} 23. Rfxe3 Bd4 24. Kh1 $6 (24. Qh4 $5 Qa5 $13 (24... Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3
$14) (24... Re8 $2 25. Qxd4 $1 cxd4 26. Rxe8 $18 {[%csl Ge1,Ge8,Rf8,Rg8]}))
24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Qb8 26. Qe7 {[%csl Ge7]} Nd7 {[%cal Gd7e5]}
27. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2a4]} (27. Bf5 $6 Ne5) 27... Ne5 28. Ba4 Ng6 (28... Nxc4 $2
29. Be8 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8]} Ne5 30. Rxe5 $18) 29. Qg5 h6 30. Qd2 Ne5 31. b3 $11 {
[%csl Ga4,Ge5]} Qc7 32. h3 Rf8 (32... f6 $5 {Dieser Zug sieht zwar nicht schön
aus, aber Schwarz festigt seine Springerstellung auf e5.}) 33. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 34.
d6 {[%csl Ga4,Gd2,Gd6]} Qd8 35. Qd5 {[%cal Rd5e5,Rd5c5]} Qg5 $132 36. Qxc5 Qc1+
37. Kh2 {[%mdl 576]} (37. Qg1 Qd2 (37... Qxg1+ 38. Kxg1 $18 {[%csl Gc4,Gd6]
Die verbundenen weißen Freibauern entscheiden die Partie.}) 38. c5 e4 39. d7 e3
40. c6 e2 41. c7 e1=Q 42. c8=Q (42. d8=Q $2 Qxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Rxd8 44. cxd8=Q+
Qxd8 $19) 42... Qxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ {Und Schwarz hat mindestens
Dauerschach oder auch 45...Qf6.}) 37... Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 (39. Kf2 Qd2+
) 39... Qf4+ 40. Kh1 Qc1+ {Und Remis wegen Dauerschach.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 {Ein prophylaktischer Zug. Weiß bereitet den Angriffszug f2-f4 vor und
möchte sich noch nicht bezüglich der Stellung des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers
festlegen.} Nxd4 (8... Be7 {Mit Übergang in die Scheveninger Variante.}) (8...
b5) (8... Bb4) 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 (10... h5) 11. f4 Bb7 (11... h5 $2 12. e5
Ng4 13. Qh3 $36 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Bxf2 15. Qf3 {[%cal Rf3a8,Rf3f2]} Qa7 16. Ne4 Bb6
17. a4 $16) 12. Bf3 O-O {Kasimdzhanov spielt die alte Fortsetzung. Meines
Erachtens bietet die Alternative 12...h5 Schwarz bessere Ausgleichschancen.} (
12... Bb4 $6 $146 13. e5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Ba3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Timman,
J-Polgar,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/Inf 71/[Timman,J] (34)}) (12... h5 $5 {Die
prinzipielle Fortsetzung für Schwarz. Nach 13.e5 Ng4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Ne4 haben
wir eine kritische Eröffnungsstellung erreicht.}) 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxb7 (14. Ne4
Be7 15. a4 b4 $13) 14... Qxb7 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil und Angriffschancen. Der
schwarze Springer steht unglücklich auf e8. Aber die Dame auf b7 kontrolliert
die wichtigsten Punkte. Schwarz hat keine besonderen Schwächen und kann
entweder ...d6 oder ...d5 spielen.} 15. f5 (15. a4 $5 {N} b4 16. Ne4 Be7 17.
Be3 $5 Qc6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 $2 (18... g6 19. Bd4 Rc8 $13) 19. fxg5 Nc7 20. Rf4 $16
{1-0 Anand,V-Ribli,Z/Novi Sad (ol) 1990/Inf 50/[Anand,V] (31)}) 15... f6 {
Das ist eine typische Verteidigungsmethode in der Paulsen-Variante. Der Zug
scheint ein wenig verdächtig, reichte aber bis jetzt den Schwarzen, um
Ausgleich zu erreichen.} 16. Bf4 $5 (16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bg5 exf5 (17... Qc6 18.
Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 19. fxe6 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 dxe6 21. Qe4 Rc8 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Andersson,U/Szirak (izt) 1987/Mikhalchishin) (35)}) 18. Qxf5 Bd4
19. Qd3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qc6 21. Qb3+ Qc4 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qxb3 24. axb3
gxf6 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Franzoni,G/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (47)}) 16... exf5 (
16... Be7 17. Rae1 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Rc8 19. fxe6 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 dxe6 21. Ne2 (21.
Ne4 $5 Qd5 22. Qf3 h6 23. Bc3 $1 b4 24. Qf7+ Kh7 25. Qxe7 Qxe4 26. Re1 $1 Qxc2
27. Qxb4 $16) 21... Nf6 22. Nf4 Qc6 23. c3 Rd8 24. Qe2 Qe4 $1 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Hjartarson,J/New York PCA-Intel GP 1995 (28)}) 17. a4 $1 $36 {
[#]Weiß beschäftigt sich nicht mit der Wiedernahme des Bauern, sondern beginnt
seinen Angriff am Damenflügel.} (17. Qxf5 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Qd4 Rxf4 20.
Rxf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Nf6 {Schwarz hat nur eine Schwäche, den Bauern auf d7. Mit
aktivem Figurenspiel kann er das Gleichgewicht halten.} 22. Re1 Qc6 23. h3 Re8
24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. a4 Nc7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qb4 h6 28. Qf4 Nd5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30.
Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Hernandez,G/Chicago op 1997 (30)}) 17... fxe5 18. Bxe5 b4
$6 {Schwarz hat Mehrbauern, aber seine Figurenkoordination ist schlecht. Er
sollte sich die Frage stellen, wie er am besten den Bauern zurückgeben kann.} (
18... d6 $5 19. Bg3 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rf7 (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Qd5+ $16 {[%cal Rd5a8,
Rd5g8]}) 21. b3 Nc7 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Qd3 $14) 19. Qc4+ {[%cal
Rc4c5,Rc4g8]} Kh8 20. Qxc5 {[%cal Rc5f8]} d6 21. Qd5 $1 {[#]Ein schöner
Zwischenzug. Weiß bekommt das bessere Endspiel.} (21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Qxd6 bxc3
23. bxc3 Qb2 24. Qd3 $14) 21... Qxd5 22. Bxg7+ (22. Nxd5 dxe5 23. Nxb4 Nd6 $11)
22... Nxg7 23. Nxd5 $14 {[%csl Gd5] Der weiße Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf
d5. Schwarz hat viele Bauernschwächen.} Rac8 24. Rf2 a5 25. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d6]}
Rfe8 26. b3 {Weiß bereitet das spätere Springermanöver nach c4 vor.} Rc6 (26...
Rc5) 27. h3 {Schwarz hat keine aktiven Möglichkeiten, während Weiß langsam
seine Stellung verbessert. Es ist wichtig, die Grundreihe zu befreien.} Re5 28.
Kh2 Kg8 (28... Rc5 29. Nb6 $16 {[%cal Rb6d7,Rd7c5,Rd7e5,Gb6c4,Rd1d6]}) 29. Rd3
Kf7 30. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3c4]} Ke7 (30... Rec5 31. Nc4 Ne8 32. Re2 $14 {[%cal
Gh2g3,Gg3f4]}) 31. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rc4e5,Rc4a5,Rc4d6] Der weiße Springer
kontrolliert den gesamten schwarzen Damenflügel.} Rec5 32. Rfd2 {[%csl Rd6]}
Ne8 33. Re2+ Kf7 34. Rde3 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Re2e8][%mdl 4104] Die
Turmverdoppelung in der e-Linie entscheidet praktisch die Partie. Weiß kann
mit beiden Türmen eindringen.} Nf6 (34... Nc7 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Rd7 $16 {
[%csl Gc4,Gd7]} d5 $2 37. Ne5+ $18 {[%cal Re5c6,Re5g6]}) 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. R2e6
{[%csl Rd6]} f4 (36... Rd5 37. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Gd7,Ge6]}) 37. Nxd6 f3 (37...
Rxc2 38. Rf7 Rxd6 39. Rfxf6+ $18) 38. Rf7 Rf5 39. Rg7+ $1 $18 {Schwarz gab
seine hoffnungslose Stellung auf.} (39. Rg7+ $1 Kxg7 40. Nxf5+ $18 {[%cal
Rf5g7,Re6c6]}) (39. Nxf5 $4 Rxe6 $19 {[%cal Rg6f5,Rg6f7]}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bb7 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 (18. Nb6 $5 Rab8 19. Nc5 {
[%cal Gc5d7,Gd7b8]} Nb4 $1 (19... Nd4 20. Nbd7 $1 Rbc8 (20... Nc2 21. Nxb8 Nxa1
22. Nbd7 Nc2 23. Nxb7 $18) 21. Rad1 Nc2 22. Nxb7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Nxe1 24. Kf1 Nc2
25. Nd6 $16) 20. Rad1 (20. Re7 Bc6 21. Nbd7 Bxd7 22. Nxd7 Rbc8 $15) 20... Bc6
21. a3 Nc2 (21... Nd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Nxd3 Rxb6 24. b4 $14) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Rc1 Nd4 (23... a5 24. Kf1 $14) (23... b4 $5 24. a4 $1 Nd4 25. Kf1 $36) (
23... Rd2 24. Nb3 Nd4 25. Nxd4 (25. Nxd2 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxc1 $15 {[%csl Rb6]})
25... Rxd4 26. Kf1 $14) 24. Kf1 a5 25. Rd1 b4 26. a4 $36) 18... Nd4 (18... Ne5
19. Nb6 Rxd1 (19... Rab8 20. Nc5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 h6 22. f4 $16) 20. Rxd1 Re8 21.
Nc5 $14) 19. Nb6 (19. Nc7 $1 Rac8 (19... Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. Nc5
$16) 20. Nc5 h6 (20... Bc6 21. N7xa6 Nc2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc1 $16) 21. Nxb7
Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxc7 24. Kxe2 Rxb7 25. Rd6 $16) 19... Rab8 20. Nc5
Bc6 21. Nbd7 {.} Bxd7 22. Rxd4 Be6 23. Nxe6 (23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rde4 Rb6 $11) (
23. Rde4 Bxa2 24. Nxa6 Rbc8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 $5 {Eine selten gespielte
Fortsetzung. 5.Bg2 führt zu ruhigem Spiel. Ribli.} (5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. O-O
O-O 8. a3 a5 9. e3 (9. b3 Nd4 $5 10. Ne1 (10. Bb2) 10... c6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Ne4
Bb6 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Ne7 15. a4 Be6 16. Nd3 f6 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. Qe2 Qe7 19.
Kh1 Rfd8 20. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Beograd 1997/Inf 71 (20)}) 9... Bf5
(9... Bb6 10. b3 Bf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rae8 $5 $146 13. Bb2 Bh7 14. Qd2 e4 15.
dxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Ibragimov,I-Onischuk,A/Kazan 1997/Inf 71 (16)})
10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. d4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 exd4 15. exd4 Ne7 16.
d5 Nh7 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. Rce1 Rfe8 19. Nb5 Bb6 20. Nbd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. Qd1
Ne4 23. Nd4 c6 24. h3 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Dautov,R/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (24)})
5... Bxf2+ (5... Nxe5 $5 6. d4 Bd6 (6... Qe7 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. e3 Nxe5 9. Bg2 $14
Nxc4 $6 10. Nd5 $40) 7. dxe5 (7. c5 Qe7 8. dxe5 (8. cxd6 Nf3#) 8... Bxe5 $15)
7... Bxe5 8. Bg2 $11) 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und
möchte mit 8.d4 die Herschafft im Zentrum erobern. Andererseits steht der
weiße König auf f2 unsicher und Schwarz kommt daher immer zu guten taktischen
Gegenchancen.} (7. b3 d5 8. d4 Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg2 dxc4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qd4
Nfd7 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Rhd1 Nd3+ 15. Rxd3 cxd3 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Be6
19. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (59)}) 7... c5
8. d4 {Weiß öffnet seinem Läuferpaar die Stellung.} (8. d3 O-O (8... d6 9. h3
O-O $5 (9... h5 $6 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Kg2 h4 12. g4 Ng5 13. Be3 $14 {in der alten
Partie Botwinnik,M. - Keres,P. Moskau 1966.}) 10. Be2 Ne8 11. Kg2 Nc7 $11) 9.
h3 d6 10. Kg2 Bd7 11. Bf4 Bc6 12. Be2 Ne8 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nd5 a5
16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 b5 18. Rha1 a4 19. cxb5 Nxb5 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Nc7
22. Ra5 Ne6 23. Be3 h6 $13 {0-1 Contin,D-Godena,M/Montecatini Terme 1997/EXT
99 (39)}) (8. Be2 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. d3 Be6 11. Kg2 Nfd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7
14. b3 Rad8 15. Nb5 $16 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Bg5 {Und Weiß hat positionelles
Übergewicht, denn der d6-Bauer ist schwach. (Chernin,A. - Groszpeter,A.Österr.
Mannschaftmeisterschaft 1998/1999).}) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 (10. Qxe5
$4 Ng4+ $19 {[%cal Rg4f2,Rg4e5]}) 10... d6 {Beide Spieler haben strukturelle
Probleme. Der d6-Bauern ist ebenso schwach wie der weiße e4-Bauer.} 11. h3 {
Weiss vermeidet die Möglichkeit Ng4,oder Bg4.Ribli.} Be6 12. Be2 Qc8 {[%csl
Rc4]} 13. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Bxh3 {Riskant oder nicht: Schwarz muß Gegenspiel
erlangen. Sonst spielt Weiß 14. Kg2 oder 14.Nd5 mit klarem Vorteil.} 14. Nd5
Qe6 $8 {Diese Fortsetzung wurde sehr schnell gespielt. Schwarz opfert
zeitweilig die Qualität, aber bekommt ernsthaftes Gegenspiel.} (14... Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Qd7 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Re5h5,Rh1h7,Rc1c7,Rc7d7]})
15. Nc7 {[%cal Rc7e6,Rc7a8]} Qe7 16. Nxa8 Nc6 $13 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rc6d4,Rf6e4,
Re4f2]} 17. Qe3 Nxe4+ 18. Kf3 {Nach dem Textzug bekommt Schwarz Ausgleich,
aber die Alternativen sind für ihn gefährlich.} (18. Kg1 Bf5 19. c5 $5) (18.
Ke1 $5) 18... Bf5 $5 (18... Ne5+ 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc7 (20. Qxe4 Bg2+ 21. Kxg2
Qxe4+ 22. Bf3 Qe7 $19 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Rf8a8]}) 20... Rc8 21. Nd5 Qxg3+ 22.
Kxe4 Re8+ 23. Kd3 Rxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Bf5+ 25. Kd2 $13) 19. Bd3 Re8 20. Rhe1 (20. g4
$13) 20... Qd8 {[%cal Ge8e3]} 21. Kg2 (21. Qg1 $6 Ne5+ 22. Bxe5 Ng5+ 23. Kg2
Bxd3 $36) 21... Qxa8 $44 22. Qf3 $1 Nd4 23. Qe3 Nc6 24. Qf3 {[%mdl 576] und
Remis wegen Stellungswiederholung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7.
Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nd4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 {A deviation
from the old main line. Since the main line 12.Be3 seems to yield only a
minute plus for White 12.Nxe6 is worth trying.} (12. Nf5 {allows Black to free
himself in the centre with} f6 ({or even} 12... d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Qf3 d5 15.
Qg3 Bf6 $11 {0-1 Belik,D-Bastian,H/BL2-S 1993/GER-chT2 (50)}) 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7
14. exf6 (14. f4 fxe5 15. Qxe5 d6 16. Qe4 d5 17. Qe5 Qf6 $11 {0-1 Shetty,
R-Prasad,D/Kasaragod 1996/EXT 98 (35)}) (14. b3 f5 15. Bb2 Rf7 16. Rad1 Bb7 17.
Qc4 a5 18. Qd3 Qh4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Van den Berg,C-Lehmann,H/Beverwijk 1966/MCD 
(31)}) 14... Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Ng3 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leffmann,K-Schottlaender,
A/Nuernberg 1883/HCL (42)}) (12. Be3 {is the "official" main line} Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 d5 15. exd6 Bxd6 {Is White better due to a more harmonious
P-formation or is Black OK with his pair of B:s?} (15... cxd6 $2 16. Bxc5 $1
$16) 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Nxd6 (17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxg2 $11) 17... cxd6 18. Rad1
{d6 is a weak spot, but Black seems to be able to protect it by threatening to
attack g2. All in all a fairly even position.} (18. Qg4 Qf6 19. c4 Rfe8 20.
Rad1 Re6 21. Re2 Rae8 22. Red2 Qe5 23. Qg3 Qe4 24. Rd3 Rg6 $17 {0-1 Donoso
Velasco,P-Sanguineti,R/Winnipeg 1974/EXT 98 (56)}) 18... Qf6 19. c4 Rae8 (19...
Rfe8 20. Qg4 Bc6 21. Re2 Re4 22. Qg3 Qe6 23. h3 Rd8 24. Red2 Re5 25. Bh6 $16 {
1-0 Tarrasch,S-Lasker,E/Germany 1908/MainBase (32)}) 20. f3 Re6 21. Qf2 Rfe8
22. b3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Bastian,H/BL8889 1989/GER-chT (42)}) 12...
fxe6 {Hansen,Cu: 'How to evaluate this position? The critical question is what
black can do with his Bs - and especially Bc8. If he could open the /^ a8-h1
he would most probably be doing fine.'} 13. b3 {'?!' Hansen,Cu. Hansen,Cu: 'A
strange move. Black should at some point - as mentioned - play c6-c5. If white
puts his B on b2 black will have no problems. If white puts pressuce on d7
Bb7-c6 would be a good defensive move. The only chance would be to stop c6-c5
or after c6-c5 to attack the P instantly by Bc1-e3, and Qe2-c4 or maybe even
Nc3-a4. The idea would be to win c5 or at least force black to losen his
structure with d7-d6.'} (13. Ne4 d5 14. Ng3 Bc5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qg4 Bb6 $11 {
0-1 Chekhover,V-Gothilf,S/Leningrad 1938/HCL (41)}) (13. Be3 $5 {[%cal Ya1d1]
Hansen,Cu}) 13... Qe8 (13... Bb7 $5 {[%cal Yc6c5,Yb7c6] Hansen,Cu}) 14. Be3 (
14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Smyslov,V/Tilburg 1979/MCL/[Ftacnik] 
(15)}) 14... Rf5 {'!' Hansen,Cu.} (14... Bb7 {Hansen,Cu} 15. Ne4 Qg6 (15... c5
16. Bxc5 $16 (16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qg6 $36) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Bf3 $5 18.
gxf3 Qxe7 {is probably not quite enough compensation for the P}) 16. Bc5 $1 $16
{Blocking the /^ for Bb7 and securing white a clear positional advantage}) 15.
Ne4 a5 {'?!' Hansen,Cu.} ({The crude} 15... Rxe5 {gives White a plus after} 16.
Bf4 Rf5 17. Bxc7 {Hansen,Cu: 'and the weakness of d6 seems to give white a
clear advantage'} Qf8 (17... d5 $6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 $16) 18. Rad1 d5 19.
Ng3 Rf7 20. Be5 Bc5 21. Bd4 (21. Rf1 a5 22. a4 Ba6 23. c4 $13) 21... Bxd4 22.
Rxd4 e5 23. Qxe5 Rxf2 24. c4 $14) (15... Bb7 $5 {Recommended by Michael
Greengard (Mig) in his online column in The Week In Chess and he has a point.
Intending to create play against g2 seems a much better option than wasting
time on opening the a-file for White.} 16. Bd4 (16. Nc5 $2 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 d6 $1
18. Bd4 c5 19. Bb2 Qg6 $40) (16. c4 {Hansen,Cu This is probably whites best
chance for a slight advantage} Qg6 17. Bc5 $1) (16. Rad1 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Ra5 18.
Bxc7 Rxa2 19. Bd6 $44) (16. f4 c5 $132 (16... Qg6 17. Bc5 $14)) 16... Qg6 {
[%cal Yg6g2,Yb7g2]} (16... c5 $1 {This is a big difference compared to the game
} 17. Nxc5 (17. Bxc5 $2 Rxe5) 17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qg6 $44 {[%cal Yb7h1,Yg6g1] /
^ a8-h1}) 17. Ng3 (17. f3 c5 18. Bb2 Raf8 $132) 17... c5 18. Bb2 Raf8 $132) 16.
Bd4 a4 17. c4 Bb7 18. Ng3 Rf4 19. Be3 Rf7 20. c5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd7][%mdl 16]
'!' Hansen,Cu.  Gaining space and hemming both Black's B:s. From now on Pd7 is
permanently weak.  Hansen,Cu: 'The /^ was never opened for blacks white
squared B and now he has a very passive position'} Ba6 21. Qd2 Bh4 {'?!'
Hansen,Cu.} (21... Bb5 {Hansen,Cu} 22. Ne4 $16) 22. Ne4 Rf5 $6 23. Qd4 Be7 {
'?' Hansen,Cu.} (23... axb3 24. axb3 Be7 25. Red1 $16 {><d7}) 24. Ng3 Rf8 25.
Qxa4 {'+/-' Hansen,Cu. Anand is a P up for less than nothing.} h5 26. h3 (26.
h4 $5 {Hansen,Cu Seems to save a tempo over the game} Qd8 27. Qd4 Bxh4 28. Nxh5
$16) 26... Bd3 27. Qd4 Qg6 {Hansen,Cu: 'Black got his B out but he needs to
place it on d5 to have real compensation for the lost P'} 28. h4 Rfd8 29. Bg5 {
Hansen,Cu: 'Exchanging blacks "good" bishop'} (29. Nxh5 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 29...
Bxg5 30. hxg5 Ra3 31. Qh4 Rda8 32. Nxh5 $18 Bc2 {Hansen,Cu: 'Black has managed
to drum up some counterplay. White cannot win on any positional advantage
anymore but concrete lines still seems to be clearly in his favour'} 33. Nf4
Qh7 34. Qg4 $1 $40 {While Black pick up some P:s on the Q-side White creates
play against Blacks K.} Bxb3 35. Re3 R8a4 (35... Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 (36... Qb1+
{Hansen,Cu} 37. Kh2 Rxa2 (37... Qxa2 38. Qh4 $18 {[%cal Re3h3]}) 38. Qh5 $18 {
[%cal Rh5e8]}) 37. Rh3 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Rxf2 39. Qh5 Rxf4 40. g6 $18) 36. Rh3 Qf5
37. Qxf5 exf5 38. g6 $1 {When the g7-P eventually falls this P will be Q.} Kf8
(38... Rxa2 39. Rb1 Rxf4 40. Rbxb3 Kf8 41. f3 Rc4 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. Rg8 Rcc2 44.
Rxg7+ Ke6 45. Rg3 $18) 39. Rh8+ Bg8 40. Rd1 (40. Rd1 Rxf4 41. Rxd7 Rg4 42. Rf7+
Ke8 43. Rxg8#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 {
Nowadays this old-forgotten line is popular again.} (7... Nd7 {is the
beginning of the long theoretical line with only a slight _|_ advantage for
White.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 {This exchange of the B is the best continuation
according to modern theory.} Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa6 13. Qf3
Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 $142 {This is the improvement here.} (14... Kxd7 {
Topalov-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1998 CBM 68}) 15. Ne4 Nf6 $1 (15... Be7 $6 {
runs into} 16. Qg3 $1 $16) (15... c5 $6 {opens up the position before Black
has finished his development.} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 (16... Bxc5 17. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 $2 {
This loses outright.} 18. Rxd7 Qa1+ 19. Kc2 Qa4+ 20. Kb1 $18) 17. Rd1 $1 (17.
O-O-O $6 {seems to be too risky here in view of} Qxa2 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxb7
O-O $13) (17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qg3 Kf8) 17... Nxe4 (17... Qxa2 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19.
b4 Bb6 {Black has to keep his B on the /^ g1-a7 threatening on f2.} (19... Be7
$2 {founders on} 20. Qxb7) 20. O-O O-O 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Rd7 $1 $44 {with
penetration on the seventh rank.}) 18. Qxe4 Be7 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. Qxb7 $18)
19. Rh3 $1 {White wants to control the only opened <-> d.} Rd8 (19... O-O $2 {
runs into} 20. Bxh6 $1 f5 ({after} 20... gxh6 $2 {Black cannot avoid mate:} 21.
Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qe5+ f6 23. Qh5 $18) 21. Qe3 gxh6 22. Qxh6 $18 {with a
devastating -> for White.}) 20. Rhd3 $16) 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. h5 (17.
Bg3 f5 18. Be5 Rg8 {/\ 0-0-0}) (17. g4 Qb5 $1 {Black has to activate his Q and
threatening with the centralization by Qd5.} 18. O-O-O Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. h5
Kd7 (20... Rg8 21. f3) 21. f3 Bd6 22. Be3 b5 $11) 17... O-O-O $142 {and the Q
on a6 has an ideal position.} (17... f5 18. Qg3 $1 $14)) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6
Qb5 (17... O-O-O $2 18. Be7) 18. Be5 (18. O-O-O {is met again by the standard}
Qd5 $11) 18... Qd5 {Black has to control the [+].} (18... Qxb2 $2 {hunting for
pawns is not healthy here:} 19. O-O $1 Qa3 (19... O-O-O $4 {allows the quick
execution after} 20. Rab1 Qa3 21. Rxb7 $1 $18) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxf6 $16) 19.
Rh3 (19. Qg3 $5 Qe4+ $142 {This is the best reaction here.} (19... O-O-O $5 {
unnecessarily complicates matters.} 20. Qxg7 Qe4+ 21. Kf1 Ng4 22. Rh3 $1 {
other moves fail to impress:} (22. Qxf7 $2 Ne3+ $1) (22. Qxh8 $2 Rxh8 23. Bxh8
Qc2 $1 $19) (22. Re1 Qd3+ 23. Kg1 Qd2 24. Qxg4 (24. Rf1 Nxe5 25. dxe5 (25. Qxe5
Qxb2) 25... Qxb2 $1 26. Qxf7 Qxa2 $15) 24... Qxe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2 26. Bxh8 Rxh8
$11) 22... Nxe5 (22... Rhg8 $2 23. Qxf7 Nxe5 (23... Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 25.
Qxg8 Rxg8+ 26. Rg3 $18) 24. Qxe6+ $18) 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Rd2 25. Rb1 Rhd8
26. Rf3 $14 {with better chances in the R _|_.}) 20. Kd2 (20. Kf1 Nh5 21. Qh3
O-O-O $11) 20... Qg4 $1 {Otherwise White gets the upper hand:} (20... O-O-O 21.
Rhe1 Qf5 22. f3) (20... Nh5 21. Qh3 O-O-O (21... Nf4 22. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 23. fxe3
$14) 22. Rhe1 Qg6 23. g4 Nf6 24. f3 $14) 21. Qe3 Nd5 $11 {with mutual chances.}
) 19... Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Ke7 $11 {This _|_ is completely sound for Black.} 21.
O-O-O Rhd8 22. Rg1 h5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 $5 {Schwarz
provoziert eine Schwächung der weissen Königstellung durch g3 und opfert
gleichzeitig einen Bauer für Initiative.} (13... Nxd2 {--> Anand-Kramnik/
Tilburg/1998/, analysiert in CBM 68.}) 14. g3 ({Natürlich nicht} 14. Nxh4 $2
Qxh4 15. g3 (15. Nxe4 fxe4 {und der schwarze Angriff wird schnell sehr
gefährlich.}) 15... Qf6 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rg2,Rh3][%cal Gf8f2,Gf4g3,Gf5f4] mit
guten Angriffsmöglichkeiten auf der f-Linie. Durch das provozierte g3 sind
jetzt viele wichtige Punkte auf dem weissen Königsflügel stark geschwächt.})
14... Bf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Re8 17. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 ({Nach} 18...
Rxe5 {kann Weiss mit} 19. f3 $5 {einen Bauern opfern und er bekommt nach
forciertem} Nxd2 20. Bxd2 (20. Rxe5 $4 Nxf3+) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxf3 22. Bg5
$5 {die Initiative.Schwarz muss genau antworten mit} ({Interessant ist auch} 
22. Re6 Be4 23. Bg5 Qb8 24. Be3 $1 {aber nach dem richtigen} d4 $1 (24... Qd8
$2 25. Bd4 {und Schwarz ist ganz geklemmt. Weiss droht mit dem einfachen aber
sehr effektiven Plan Te5, De6+, Df7 usw. Nach z.B.} a6 {sieht es so aus:} 26.
Re5 Rb8 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qf7 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge5e8,Gd4g7,Gf7g7]} Qf8 29. Qxc7
Rc8 (29... Rxb2 $4 30. Re8 {mit Matt.}) 30. Qe7 Rb8 31. Qxf8+ Rxf8 32. Re7 Rg8
33. Kf2 {mit leichtem technischen Gewinn. Weiss macht sich einfach einen
Freibauer auf dem Damenflügel. Schwarz ist an den g7 auf ewig gefesselt, man
sieht auch die total unterschiedliche Stärke beider Läufer.}) 25. Qc4 $1 Kh8
26. Bxd4 Qxb2 {muss man sich mit Dauerschach nach} 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Re7+ Kh6
29. Qe6+ Kh5 $8 30. Qf7+ $8 (30. Rxh7+ $4 Kg4 31. Qg6+ (31. Rh4+ Kf3 32. Rf4+
Ke3 $19) 31... Kf3 32. Qh5+ Ke3 33. Qh6+ Ke2 34. Qa6+ Bd3 35. Re7+ Kd2 36. Qh6+
Kc2 $19) 30... Kg4 $8 (30... Kg5 $4 31. Qg7+ Kh5 32. Qxh7+ Kg4 33. Qh4+ Kf3 34.
Qf4+ Ke2 35. Qf2+ $18) 31. Rxe4+ $8 fxe4 32. Qf4+ Kh5 33. Qf5+ ({Das
Damenendspiel nach} 33. Qh4+ Kg6 34. Qxe4+ Kg7 35. Qxa8 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa2+ {
bringt Weiss nur unnötige Risiken.}) 33... Kh6 34. Qf6+ {begnügen.}) 22... Qb8
$8 (22... Qf8 $2 23. Re7 $40) (22... Qc8 $2 23. Re7 a5 (23... Qf8 24. Qe6+ Kh8
25. Rxg7 $3 $18) 24. Bh6 $3 Ra6 25. Rxg7+ (25. Re8+ $2 Kf7) 25... Kh8 26. Qc5
$1 Rxh6 27. Rxc7 $18) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Re5 $5 (24. Qxf5 Be4 25. Qf2 {mit
weiterem Le3-d4 ist nur minimal besser für Weiss.}) 24... Qb6+ $140 25. Be3
Qxe6 26. Rxe6 {und obwohl Weiss einen Bauern weniger hat, kann er einen
kleinen aber dauernden Endspielvorteil behalten. Auf jeden Fall kann er ohne
Risiko auf Gewinn spielen.}) 19. f4 Nh3+ $1 $146 {Eine starke Neuerung von
Kramnik. Gegen Shirov nur wenige Tage zuvor bei Europa-Cup Finale hat er ohne
Erfolg} (19... Re6 {versucht.} {Nach} 20. Qc5 {ist jetzt} Nh3+ {nicht mehr so
stark, weil Weiss wird mit dem Angriff gegen Te6 (z.B. nach Sb3-d4) ein
wichtiges Tempo gewinnen.} (20... Ne4 {-->Shirov-Kramnik in diesem CBM.}) {
Eine Variante zur Illustration des Unterschieds ist} 21. Kg2 Rb8 22. Nb3 d4 $5
(22... Reb6 23. e6 $18) (22... Rbb6 23. Nd4 $18) 23. Nxd4 (23. c4) 23... Rxb2+
(23... Rbb6 24. c4 Rbd6 $1 (24... Qa8+ 25. Qd5 $18) 25. exd6 $1 Rxe1 26. Be3 $8
Rxe3 (26... Rxa1 $4 27. dxc7 Qc8 28. Qd5+ $18) 27. dxc7 Qc8 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29.
Qd8+ Re8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Re1 g5 32. Re7 gxf4 33. b4 f3+ 34. Nxf3 f4 35. Ne5
f3+ 36. Kf1 Bf5 37. g4 Rg8 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Nd6+ Kf6 40. Rf7+ Ke5 41. Nxf5 Rxg4
42. Ke1 f2+ 43. Ke2 Rxc4 44. Ne3 Rc3 45. Kd2 Rc6 46. b5 $18) 24. Bxb2 Qa8+ 25.
Nc6 $8 Rxc6 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Rad1 $1 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 {und Weiss gewinnt.}) 20.
Kg2 Rb8 21. c4 $1 {Weiss hat die gegnerischen Angriffsmöglichkeiten richtig
beurteilt und "zieht die Notbremse" zum Remis.} ({Jetzt wäre} 21. Nb3 {wegen
der bedrohten Stellung des weissen Königs sehr riskant:} Rb6 22. Qc5 d4 $1 {
und wir sehen den grossen Unterschied gegenüber der oben angeführten Variante!
Es droht tödlich Da8, die weisse Antwort ist also erzwungen:} 23. c4 (23. Nxd4
$4 Qa8+ $19) (23. cxd4 $2 Qa8+ 24. d5 Rd8 25. Qc4 Rxd5 {(droht Tb4)} 26. Nd4
Kh8 $19 {und Weiss wird mattgesetzt.}) 23... Kh8 24. Nxd4 (24. Qxd4 $6 Bf3+ $1
({Nicht aber} 24... Qa8+ 25. Qd5 c6 26. Qd6 (26. Qc5 $2 Rb5 $3 27. Qd4 Rd8 $1
$19 (27... c5+ $4 28. Qd5 $18)) 26... Rd8 27. Nc5 $1 {der einzige Weg zum
Blockierung der Diagonale a8-h1} Rxd6 28. exd6 {und alles bleibt noch sehr
unklar.}) 25. Kf1 Qa8 $1 26. Nd2 Rd6 $3 27. Qe3 Rxd2 $3 28. Qxd2 (28. Bxd2 Bg4
$1 $19) 28... Rd8 $1 29. Qc2 Be2+ $3 30. Kxe2 Qg2+ 31. Ke3 Qxc2 {und 32...Td3#}
) 24... Rd6 $3 25. Be3 (25. exd6 Rxe1 26. Be3 cxd6 {und Schwarz gewinnt.})
25... Qa8+ 26. Nc6 Rxc6 27. Qxa7 Rxc4+ 28. Qxa8 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Rxa8 30. Rac1 (30.
e6 Bf3 31. Rec1 Rxh2 32. Bg1 Rh1 33. Ke1 Rd8 {mit Matt.}) 30... Rxh2 $19 {
und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 (22. Qxc4+ $2 Kh8 {und Weiss hat
grosse Probleme mit der Verteidigung gegen die vielen Drohungen von Schwarz.})
22... Qd3 23. Ne3 ({Ganz schlecht wäre das passive} 23. Nd2 Kh8 $1 24. Qc4 {
, weil Schwarz am einfachsten} Qd8 {spielt, und mit Zugumstellung sind wir bei
der Position nach 22.Dxc4.}) {Schwarz muss jetzt Dauerschach mit} 23... Rxb2+ {
forcieren, anders zB. nach} (23... Kh8 {kommt einfach} 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Qe4 {
[%csl Rh3] und Weiss gewinnt. Der Springer h3 ist in dem Endspiel ganz "im
Abseits".}) 24. Bxb2 Qd2+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 ({Nicht aber} 26. Kg2 $4 Nd1+
27. Kg1 Qxe1+ 28. Nf1 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf1#) 26... Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 (11... b5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 $16)
12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 exd5 14. Qd3 Nc6 (14... g6 15. Rxe7 $5 (15. Nd4 $5 $44) 15...
Qxe7 16. Bg5 Qd6 $8 17. Qd4 Nh5 $1 18. Nxd5 Nc6 $1 19. Qd2 f6 $1 20. Bb3 Kh8
21. Be3 Bg4 22. Nb6 (22. Nd4 $1 $44 {פh5}) 22... Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rad8 $17 {
0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M-Anand,V/Leon 1997/}) 15. Bc7 Qd7 (15... Qxc7 $4 16. Nxd5
) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 g6 18. Bxf6 (18. Rad1 $44 Bb7 19. Qf3 (19. Qd4 Qc6)
19... d4 20. Ne4 (20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Rxd4 Qe6 (21... Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Nxg3 23. Rxe7
Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. hxg3 b4 26. Na4 Re2 27. Bd3 Rd2 28. Nc5 $16) 22. Qg4
$11 (22. Qd3 Bc5 23. Rh4 (23. Rd7 Bc6 $17) 23... Rad8 $15)) 20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 $11) 18... Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Bg7 (19... Bxb2 20. Rad1 Qg4 (20... Qa7
21. Re7 Qb8) 21. Re4) 20. a4 (20. Qf3 Bb7 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxf6 $11) (20. Rad1
Kh8 21. Re7 Qd6 $11) 20... bxa4 21. Bxa4 Qd8 $11 22. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2096]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bc4 Qa5 $6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 $1 Qc7 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Be2 d6 11. f4 a6 12. g4
(12. Kh1 b5) (12. a4 b6 13. g4) 12... b5 13. g5 Nd7 $132) (10. h3 d6 11. f4 Na5
12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb5 {
0-1 Song Daoxin-Wang Zili/PRC-ch 1987/EXT 87ch (26)}) (10. Bd3 d6 11. h3 e5 12.
f4 a6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Rxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Bc5 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qd6 18. Bc7 {
1-0 Gutierrez,J-Idrovo,F/Quito 1975/MCD-r7}) 10... a6 (10... a5 11. a3 (11. a4
Nb4 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nf3 Qe6 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nb5 Bxe5 17. h3 Nf6 18.
Re1 Nc6 19. Bf1 Ne8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bh4 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Kapengut,A/URS-ch40
Baku 1972/URS-ch (39)}) 11... a4 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Nd5 d6 14. c3 Re8 15. Nxf6+ {
+/- Kupreichik,V-Veremeichik,V/USSR 1976/Inf 22}) (10... Qd8 11. f4 b5 12. Bd3
b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. d6 f6
19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Qg4 Bb7 21. f5 {0-1 Kucypera,A-Polovnikova,E/WchJW U20 Zagan
1997/EXP 59 (37)}) (10... b6 11. f4 Na5 12. Bd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qc5+ 15. Kh1 f6 16. b4 Qd6 17. e5 Qe6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Re7 fxg5
21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxb6 Rb8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. c3 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Privara,I/
Stary Smokovec 1975/MCD-r7 (29)}) 11. Be2 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Qe5 13. Nxf6+
exf6 14. c3 Qxe4 15. Bd5 Qe7 16. Re1 Qd8 17. Qd2 f5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Qf4 Kg7
20. a4 g5 21. Qc7 Qd8 22. Qd6 Qf6 23. Qc7 Qd8 24. Qd6 Qf6 25. Qa3 {Macieja,
B-Kolev,A/ol (men), Elista RUS 1998/1/2-1/2 (75)}) (11. a4 $5 Nb4 12. Be2 (12.
Qe2 d6 13. a5 Ng4 14. f4 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne3 17. Bxe7 Bg4 {0-1
Busquets,L-Davies,N/New York op 1991/CBM 23}) 12... d6 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qd2 b5
15. axb6 Qxb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd7 Nxc2 19. Rac1 Qxb3 20. Bd1
Rad8 21. Bxc2 Qxb2 22. Qh3 Bg5 23. Na4 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 {Tate,E-Horvath,A/FSGM
Dec, Budapest HUN 1997/1-0 (100)}) (11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 d6 13. Kh1 Qb7 14. Qe1
Be6 15. Qh4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Rae1 Qb6 18. Rf3 a4 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21.
f5 Bxa2 22. Rh3 h5 23. Nf3 {1-0 Busquets,L-Mont Reynaud,J/Hawaii op 1994/EXT
94op (31)}) 11... e6 12. Qd2 (12. Be3 b5 13. Bc5 Rd8 14. Bd6 Qb6 15. Bc5 Qc7
16. Bd6 Qb6 17. Bf3 Ne8 18. Bf4 d6 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Rfd1 Bb7 21. a4 Nxf3+ 22.
gxf3 {1/2-1/2 Porubszky Angyalosine,M-Heintze,M/Halle-W 1974/EXT 97 (48)})
12... b5 13. a3 Rb8 (13... Rd8 14. Rad1 d6 $6 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Qh4 $16) 14. Rfd1
b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 $14 d6 18. Na5 Be6 19. b3 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Bc4 Bg5 22. Qe2 Bc8 (22... h5 23. h3 Kg7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bf5 26. Nc6
$16) 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rb5 25. Nc4 Kg7 26. Nb2 f5 27. Bc4 Rc5 28. Na4 Rc6
29. Nc3 $16 Qa7 (29... fxe4 30. Nxe4 Bh4 31. f3 $16) 30. Kh1 Bh4 31. f3 Qf2 32.
Qd3 $1 (32. Qxf2 $2 Bxf2 $11) 32... Bg5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Nd5 {As we can see
the type of position changed from the Dragon to the Sveshnikov variation, and
white still has an advantage, because it's not so easy to find compensation
for the weak pawns a6 and d6 and the nice placed knight on d5.} f4 (34... e4 $6
35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Qxe4 Bf5 37. Qd4+ Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Bxc2 $2 39. Nb4 $18) (34...
Qc5 35. c3 Be6 $16) 35. Rd2 Qc5 36. Qe2 Be6 37. Rdd1 a5 (37... Bxd5 38. Rxd5
$18) 38. Rd2 Bf7 39. Qd1 Rd8 40. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Yd5c3,Yc3e4] Black has no
conterplay. Anand planed to exchange bishop c4 against bishop f7 and attack
the pawn on d6.} Rcc8 41. Nc3 Bg6 42. Rd5 Qe3 43. Ne2 Bf7 44. Rd3 Qb6 45. Bxf7
Kxf7 46. Nc3 $18 {From now it's not so difficult to see that white's position
is absolutely winning. Next come Ne4, c4 and Rd5.} Be7 47. Ne4 Rg8 48. c4 Rg6
49. Ra2 Qb4 50. Ra4 Qb6 51. Rd5 Rcg8 52. Ra2 a4 53. bxa4 Qc6 54. c5 dxc5 55.
Rxe5 Rd8 56. Qc1 c4 57. h3 Ke8 58. Re2 Rd7 59. Nc5 Rc7 60. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nc4 Bd5 14. Nfe5
b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Rxd7 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 b5 {
'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black is trying to take advantage of the fact, that 6.
f3 in order to avoid 6.Be3 Ng4 is a bit commiting.'} 7. a4 $5 {The principal
continuation.} b4 8. Nd5 $1 (8. Na2 {yields Black a good counterplay:} a5 9. c3
e5 10. Nb5 bxc3 11. Naxc3 Bb7 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rd1 Ne8 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. Qxd5 Na6 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Qd2 d5 {1/2-1/2 Huberty,M-Alho,D/Singapore 1990/
EXT 97 (18) The text move is an important improvement over the passive 8.Na2.})
8... Nxd5 (8... e6 $5 {was an interesting option here.} {If} 9. Nxb4 (9. Nxf6+
Qxf6 10. Be3 Be7) {then} 9... d5 10. Nbc6 Nxc6 11. Nxc6 Qb6 12. exd5 Nxd5 {
followed by 13...Bb4+}) 9. exd5 g6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Qc7 12. Bb3 (12. Qe2 {
Ftacnik} Nd7 13. a5 Bg7 $13) 12... Nd7 13. Qd2 Nf6 (13... Nc5 {, leading to
interesting tactical comlications, is insufficient for Black:} 14. Qxb4 Nxb3
15. Qxb3 Qa5+ 16. Kf2 Bxd5 17. c4 Bg7 $1 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qb7 O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Qxe7) 14. Ne2 (14. Qxb4 $6 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 {'=/+' Ftacnik. is clearly
in Black's favor.}) 14... a5 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Nd4 $1 Bg7 (16... Nxd5 $5 {
could lead to a sharp play:} 17. Nb5 (17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nb5 Qc4)) (16... Bxd5
17. Nb5 (17. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5 18. Nb5 Qxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Nxe3+ $19)
17... Bxb3 18. Nxc7+ Rxc7) 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. g4 Nd7 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. h4 h5 {
'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Important idea to slow down white attack on the
kingside. Topalov takes advantage from the fact, that his king is still
sitting in the center.'} 21. Bd4 Kf8 22. Rhg1 Qd7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nd4 Nxb3
25. cxb3 Kf8 (25... Bxd5 $2 {fails to} 26. Nf5+ gxf5 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. gxf5 e5 (
28... Ke8 $4 29. Qg8+ Rxg8 30. Rxg8#) 29. Rxd5 $16 (29. f6 Qe6 $132)) 26. Nc2 {
'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Anand understands perfectly, that his knight needs a
good square. From e3 he will protect both d5 and g4, while the loss of an h4
pawn is rather less important.'} (26. Qg5 {is strongly met by} Rc5) 26... hxg4
27. fxg4 Rxh4 28. Ne3 e5 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Rh1 ({This move could lead to draw if
Black would not blunder.} 30. Nc4 $5 {threatening both 31.Na5 and 31.Nd6, was
a plausible alternative to the text move and would allow White to keep winning
chances.}) 30... Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Qg5 ({White's attacking chances should not be
underestimated:} 31... Kg7 $2 {is elegantly refuted by} 32. Qh2 Qg5 33. Qh7+
Kf8 34. Rf1 Rc7 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qg8 f6 37. Rh1 {, winning.}) 32. Rh7 Rc7 (
32... Qf4 {Ftacnik} 33. Qh4 Qxe3 34. Rh8+ (34. Qf6 $2 Rc1+ 35. Ka2 Qxb3+ $3 36.
Kxb3 Bxd5#) 34... Kg7 35. Rh7+ $11) 33. Ka2 Ba6 (33... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 34. Rh1 (
34. Qh2 $2 Qxe3 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. Rh7+ Kf8 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Qh4+ g5 39. Qh6
Qxb3+ $1 $19) 34... Rc8 35. Qf3 $13) 34. Qh2 Bd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({A blunder
caused presumsbly by a time-trouble. Obviously,} 34... Qxe3 {is bad in view of}
35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ g5 37. Qh6 Rc8 38. Rh7 $18) ({However, after} 34... Ke7
$1 {White has nothing better than forcing a draw by perpetual:} 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7
36. Qh7+ Ke8 (36... Kf6 37. Qxc7 Qxe3 38. Qxd6+) 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39.
Qg8+) 35. Rh8+ {It is amaizing, but starting from this move, White's attack
develops without any obstacle.} Ke7 36. Ra8 Qf6 (36... Qxe3 {loses after} 37.
Qh8 {/\Qd8#} Rd7 38. Re8#) 37. g5 $1 Qg7 ({If} 37... Qxg5 {then} 38. Qh8 {
, with inevtiable mate.}) 38. Qd2 (38. Ng4 $2 {would be a terrible mistake, as
after} Rc1 {Black always has a draw by perpetual.}) 38... e4 ({After} 38... Bf5
{the white knight chooses a queenside direction:} 39. Nc4 {, and Black is
defenceless against 40.Na5, threatening 41.Nc6+ and 41.Qb4.}) {But now the
white knight turns to the right, penetrating into the f6-square via g4.} 39.
Ng4 Rd7 40. Nf6 {Capitalizing upon the tragicomical position of the black king
and queen, entirely locked by the white knight.} Rd8 {There was no other
meaningful way to prevent mate on e8.} 41. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc1c7,Gc7d6,
Gc7e7,Gf6e8,Gf6g8]} ({The final strike! Anand crowns the game with the
impressive mate final:} 41. Qc1 Rxa8 42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qxd6#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qe4+ Qe7 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Qd8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. e4 d6
15. Bb5 Rc8 16. h4 Kf7 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Ba2 c4 19. O-O Be7 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Rad1
Bf8 22. Rfe1 Kg8 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Re3 Kh8 25. h5 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxf5 27. Nc3 Qxh5
28. Rd5 Qf7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Nd5 b5 31. Bb1 Nb3 32. Be3 f5 33. Rf4 g6 34. a4 a6
35. Rf3 Re8 36. Bc2 Re5 37. Nf4 bxa4 38. Bxb3 axb3 39. Bd4 Kg8 40. Bxe5 dxe5
41. Nd5 Bc5 42. Ne3 Bd4 43. Rc1 c3 44. bxc3 b2 45. Rb1 Qa2 46. Rxb2 Qxb2 47.
cxd4 exd4 48. Nd5 d3 49. Ne3 d2 50. Kh2 Qe5+ 51. g3 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nd7 12. Rhg1 Nc5 13. g5 b5 14. Rg3 Re8
15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Qh4 b4 18. Na4 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 21.
Rxb4 d5 22. exd5 Bxb4 23. Qxb4 Bf5 24. Qc5 Qb7 25. Nc3 Rac8 26. Qa5 Red8 27.
Rg1 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxd5 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Bxb6 h6 31. gxh6 Kh7 32. c4 Rd7 33. Be3
f6 34. h4 Be4 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 f5 37. Bg5 f4 38. b4 Bc6 39. Kd2 Bd7 40.
c5 Bb5 41. Kc3 Be2 42. c6 Bb5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Rb1 e5 12. Rxb7 exd4 13. Rb3 Be6 14.
Bxa8 Na6 15. Bf3 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 d3 17. Qc4 Nc5 18. O-O dxe2 19. Qxe2 Bf6 20. Be3
Qc7 21. c4 Re8 22. Qc2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Be7 25. Bd5 Qc8 26. Kg2 Bd6
27. h4 Qc7 28. h5 h6 29. Qb5 Nd3 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31. c5 Nb4 32. Be4 Nxa2 33. c6
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. b4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 c5 13. Qa4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 cxb4
15. Ba6 bxa3 16. Bxa3 Rc7 17. Bb2 Nb8 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. e4 Nb4 20. Bb1 a5 21. Rd1
Qa8 22. e5 Nfd5 23. Be4 Qa6 24. Qb3 Qc4 25. Qa4 Qe2 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Rab1 Bb4
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Nbd2 Nge7 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14.
Qa4 a6 15. Bc4 Qg6 16. Bd3 b5 17. Qa3 Rad8 18. Bf4 b4 19. Qb3 Nd4 20. Qc4 c5
21. Rad1 Ne6 22. Be3 Qf6 23. b3 Nc6 24. f4 Qe7 25. Qxa6 Ned4 26. Qc4 g5 27. Kh1
gxf4 28. Bxf4 Ne5 29. Qc1 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Ne2 31. Qe3 Nxf4 32. Rxf4 Rxd3 33. Qxd3
Rd8 34. Qg3+ Kh8 35. h3 Qe5 36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Qf3 Ra8 38. Qg3 Rxa2 39. Rf5 Qxg3+
40. Kxg3 Rc2 41. Kf4 Kg7 42. g4 Rc3 43. h4 h6 44. g5 h5 45. Rd5 Rxb3 46. Rxc5
Rh3 47. Rb5 Rxh4+ 48. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8.
Bh4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nb5 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 d5 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. e3 Rac8 18. h4 g4 19. Be2 Na5 20. Be5 Nc4
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Bd4 b6 23. h5 f5 24. f3 gxf3 25. gxf3 Kf7 26. Kf2 Rg8 27. Rh4
Rg5 28. Rf4 Rxh5 29. Ne4 Ke6 30. Ng3 Rg5 31. e4 fxe4 32. Nxe4 Rg6 33. Bc3 Bd5
34. Ng3 Rc7 35. Ne2 Rf7 36. Nd4+ Kd7 37. Rh4 Rf8 38. Rh5 Bc4 39. Rh4 Bd5 40.
Rh5 Be6 41. Rh4 Rc8 42. Rh5 Rc5 43. Rh4 h5 44. Ne2 Rf5 45. Nf4 Rh6 46. Ne2 Bd5
47. Nd4 Rf7 48. Bd2 Rh8 49. Bc3 Rhh7 50. Bd2 Rf8 51. Bc3 a5 52. Bd2 Kd6 53. Bc3
Rff7 54. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nd2 d5 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bc7 12. h3 h6 13. c3 Re8 14. Qc2 Qd6
15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Nbd4 Bd7 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. b4 a5 21.
a3 axb4 22. axb4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Bf1 f6 27.
g3 Kf7 28. Bg2 Ne5 29. Nd2 Bf5 30. Nb3 Nc4 31. Qc1 Qe7 32. Bc5 Qd7 33. h4 Be4
34. Nd4 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Be5 36. Nf3 Qg4 37. Qd1 Qe4 38. Bd4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40.
Kg1 Bd6 41. Nd2 Nxd2 42. Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. b4 Nd7 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. O-O f6
9. b5 O-O 10. a4 Nf7 11. a5 Rb8 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nc2 Nf6 14. Nb4 Bd7 15. Nb3 b6
16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 f4 18. Ba3 Nd6 19. Na6 Rc8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Bxd6 Ra7 22.
Bxe5 fxg3 23. hxg3 Ng4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qa1 Bc8 26. Nxd4 Qf6 27. Nc6 Qxa1 28.
Rxa1 Raf7 29. f4 Ne3 30. Bf3 h6 31. Nab4 g5 32. Nd5 gxf4 33. Nxf4 Nf5 34. Nh5+
Kh8 35. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Be3 Nd5 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 e5 12. dxe5 Nb4 13. Qe4 Qd5 14. Qf4 Qc5
15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. e4 c6 19. Nf5 Bb4 20. Nd1 Bxf5 21.
exf5 Rae8 22. Nf2 Bd2 23. Qf3 Qxe5 24. e4 Ba5 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Rae1 Bxf2 27.
Rxf2 Rd8 28. Qf4 Rfe8 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
$5 (8. cxd4 Nge7 9. a3 {see Short-Adianto, Jakarta 1996 CBM 51} (9. Nc3 {
see Hellers-Epishin, Malmo 1994 CBM 42}) (9. b3 {see Nunn-Stohl, Pardubice
1993 CBM 47})) 8... Nge7 ({accepting the P is out of question:} 8... Nxe5 $2 9.
Bb5+) (8... Bxb1 $6 {is again a move against the principles, usually it is not
advisable to exchange a developed piece for an undeveloped one.} 9. Nxc6 (9.
Rxb1 Nge7 (9... Nxe5 $5 10. Bb5+ $44 Nd7) 10. f4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 g6 12. Qa4+ Nc6
13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Qb3 Qc4 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. Qxc8+ Rxc8
19. Rfc1 $18 {Leskovar-Escotet, Cipolletti 1993}) 9... bxc6 10. Qa4 $1 {
another important intermediate move.} Qd7 11. Rxb1 $16) (8... Bg6 9. f4 $142 ({
On} 9. Nd2 $6 {Black can take into consideration to accept the P sac, because
the N on d2 is not very threatening.} Nxe5 (9... Nge7 {is simply met by} 10. f4
) 10. f4 (10. Bb5+ Nd7) 10... Nc6 (10... Nd3 $4 {There is no time for
advantures!} 11. f5 Nxc1 12. Bb5+ $18) 11. f5 Bxf5 $1 (11... Nxd4 {is weaker,
because the check on the /^ a4-e8 will be annoying for Black.} 12. cxd4 Bxf5
13. Rxf5 exf5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Qe1+ Kf6 16. Nf3 $44) 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Rxf5 Nf6
$17 {and Black has time to finish his development.}) (9. Bb5 $5 {is worthy of
consideration.} Nge7 10. Bg5 $13)) 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 Be7 ({Black can try to
build up a blockade position:} 10... g6 11. Qe2 (11. Re1 Bc5) 11... h5 12. Nd2
Bc5 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Ne1 g5 15. Kh1 f5 {Black already wants to seize the |^ in
the [+].} 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. f4 g4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O-O {1/2:1/2
Egorov-Galkin, RUS-Cup Ekaterinburg 1997}) 11. Re1 d4 $5 (11... O-O 12. Nd2
$142 (12. Qg4 {can easily be parried by} Qd7) (12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Qd3 Qd7 (13...
g6 14. Bh6) 14. Qg3 Qe6 {blockading the position.}) 12... d4 13. c4 Nb4 14. Nf3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 $14 {blockading the d4 P.}) 12. a3 {/\ c4} (12. c4 Nb4 13. Be4 d3
$1 {otherwise a3 comes.} 14. Qa4+ (14. Bxb7 Rb8) (14. Na3 Qd7) 14... Kf8 15.
Rd1 Qd4) (12. Be4 $5 {comes into consideration, for example} dxc3 13. Nxc3 (13.
Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nxc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O $11 {Black's << pawns are weak, but the
white B is bad, too.}) (13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxc3 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Nd3 $1 $132)
13... O-O (13... Qc7 $2 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nd5) (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Bxf5) 14.
Bxf5 exf5 (14... Qxd1 15. Bxh7+) 15. Nd5) 12... dxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Qf3 (14.
Bxf5 exf5 15. Nd5 {is simply met by} Bc5) 14... Nh4 $1 {regrouping the N for
the attack of >< e5.} (14... Ncd4 15. Qh3 {/\ g4}) 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. f4 Qb6+ (
16... Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 $14 {leads to a slightly better _|_ for White
because of the ^^ and the space advantage.}) 17. Kf1 (17. Kh1 Rfd8) (17. Be3 {
is risky:} Qxb2 (17... Bc5) 18. Nb5 Qb3 $1 19. Rab1 Qd5) 17... Rfd8 {Black has
fully consolidated his position.} 18. g3 Na5 $5 {>< b3} (18... Nd4 19. Be3) 19.
Rb1 (19. b4 $142 $5 {is answered by the intermediate} Qc6 $1 (19... Rd4 $4 20.
bxa5 $18) (19... Qd4 $4 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxg6 $18) (19... Nb3 20. Be3 $1 (20.
Rb1 Nxc1 $11)) 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Be4 {looks also better for White, see text
before.}) 19... Rac8 (19... Nb3 $5 {was also playable} 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rbd1 $11
({On} 21. Na4 $6 {the best reply is} Qa5 $1 $13 {Other moves fail to equalize:}
(21... Bxe3 $2 22. Nxb6 Nd2+ 23. Ke2 Nxe4 24. Nxa8 $18) (21... Qc6 $2 22. Qxc6
bxc6 23. Bxg6 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd2+ 25. Ke2 hxg6 26. Rc1 $18) (21... Qc7 22. Qc4
$1))) 20. Be3 ({Here} 20. b4 $2 {is useless} Rxc3 21. bxa5 Qc6 $1 (21... Qxa5
$2 22. Bd2 Qxa3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Red1) 22. Qxc6 bxc6) 20... Qb3 $1 (20... Bc5
$4 21. Na4) 21. Bxa7 Bxa3 $1 22. Re2 (22. bxa3 Qxc3 $11) 22... Bc5 (22... Bxb2
$2 23. Rbxb2 Qxc3 24. Rec2 Qa3 25. Ra2 $16) 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bc2 Qc4 25. Ra1
Nc6 26. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2064]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 {Dieser Zug wird relativ selten
gespielt, ist aber nicht schlechter als die Alternativen 3...Nc6, 3...g6 oder
3...e6. In einigen Varianten entstehen ähnliche Stellungen wie in der
Grünfeld-Indischen Verteidigung, die der junge ungarische Grossmeister gerne
spielt. Ribli.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 {Die prinzipielle Fortsetzung wäre 5.e4,
wonach Schwarz entweder mit 5...Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 die Gruenfeld-Indische
Verteidigung spielen oder mit 5...Nb4 komplitziertes Spiel suchen kann.} Nxc3
6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 {Weiß hat starke Bauernmasse im Zentrum, aber Schwarz
kontrolliert die wichtigsten zentralen Punkte mit seinem starken Läufer g7.} 8.
Bb5+ {Mit diesem Zug möchte Weiß die natürliche Entwicklung des schwarzen
Damenflügels (..b6 / ...Bb7 / ...Nc6) stören.} Bd7 (8... Nd7 {Dieser Zug ist
die andere schwarze Möglichkeit.}) 9. a4 (9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. h3 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Be8 14. Ba3 b6 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Nd2 Na5 18.
Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bc6 20. Ra1 e6 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Leko,P/Polanica Zdroj 1998/
CBM 67 noVC (29)}) (9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ba3 Be6 12. d5 Bg4 13. Be2 Nd7
14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rab8 16. Bb2 b5 17. Rfd1 c4 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Ba3 a5 20.
Rab1 Rfd8 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rdc1 Qa3 23. h4 h5 24. g3 Rdc8 25. g4 hxg4 26. Bxg4
{1-0 Karpov,A-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (55)}) 9... Qa5 $5 10. Qb3
(10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Qc2 Qa6 14. d5 e4 $1 15. Qxe4 Nf6
16. Qc2 Qc4 {[%csl Rd5]} 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. d6 b5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
Rb1 Ne4 22. d7 Rd8 23. Be1 Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Vaganian,R/Moscow 1983/
URS-ch (60)}) (10. Rb1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxb5 12. Rxb5 Qxc3+ 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qb3 b6
15. O-O O-O 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Ng5 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 e6 20. Qh3 h6 21.
Nf3 h5 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Nd7 {0-1 Belov,I-Zagorskis,D/Karvina 1992/EXT 97 
(49)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 O-O (11... Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Nc6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. O-O
a6 15. Qb3 $14) 12. O-O Qc7 $5 (12... Be6 13. Qa3 a6 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Be3 Bd5 {
1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Smejkal,J/Rio de Janeiro 1979/IZT (15)}) 13. Re1 {Weiß hat
gutes Figurenspiel, aber seine Bauernstellung ist ein wenig schwach.} e6 14.
Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e4,Ge4c5,Ge4d6]} (14. Ne5 $5) 14... Nc6 $11 {[%csl Yc4][%cal
Gc6a5,Ga5c4,Ga5b3] Der schwarze Springer strebt nach a5, um das wichtige Feld
c4 zu kontrollieren.} 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Ne4 {[%csl Yd6]} Na5 17. Qa2 Bc6 {
[%cal Gc6d5,Gd5a2]} 18. Nd6 $6 {Dieser scheinbar aktive Zug hilft nur Schwarz.
Die Kombinationen auf e6 sind nicht gut, daher verliert Weiß nur Zeit.} (18.
Bd6 Qd8 19. Bb4 a6 20. Bd3 (20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rab1 $11) 20... Bd5
21. Qb2 $11) 18... Red8 19. Bxc6 (19. Rxe6 Bf8 $1 $17 (19... fxe6 $2 20. Qxe6+
$18)) 19... Qxc6 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3,Yc4]} 20. Ne4 (20. Rxe6 Nc4 $1 {[%csl Re6]}
(20... fxe6 $4 21. Qxe6+ $18 {[%csl Rg8] Nach 21...Kh8 hat Weiß ein schönes,
aber wohlbekanntes Matt: 22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Qg8+ Rxg8 25.Nf7#.}) 21.
Re7 (21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Nxc4 fxe6 $17) 21... Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 $17) 20... Qc4
$138 {In Zeitnot spielt Leko die sichere Fortsetzung, aber es ist kaum zu
sehen, wie Weiß seine Kompensation nach 20...Qxa4 beweisen kann.} (20... Qxa4
$5 21. Nc5 (21. Be7 Qxa2 22. Rxa2 Rd5 $17) 21... Qe8 $15) 21. Qb1 b6 22. Be7
$11 Rd5 23. Qd1 {Der weiße Springer e4 verteidigt die Schwäche auf c3 und wenn
Schwarz ihn mit ...f7-f5 verteiben möchte, bekommt Weiß Gegenchancen.} (23.
Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Qxc3 $17) 23... Qc7 24. Bh4 Rc8 {Und hier wurde die Partie
remis gegeben. Schwarz hat bequemes Spiel gute Kontrolle über das Feld c4,
aber es ist nicht leicht für ihn, voranzukommen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Nbd2 (8. b4 Bb6 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 a5
14. a3 Qg5 15. Qxc6 Rad8 $44 16. Nc3 axb4 17. axb4 Rd4 $4 18. Ra8 $2 (18. Bc1
$142 Qh4 19. Ra8) 18... Bh3 19. g3 (19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. e5 Bxg2 $1 $19) 19...
Rxa8 20. Qxa8+ Rd8 21. Ra1 h6 22. Qa4 Qf6 {0-1 Rakhmangulov,A-Svetushkin,D/
Alushta 1999/CBM 70_07 (22)}) 8... Qd6 $146 (8... Nge7 9. Nb3 (9. Ng5 Qd7 10.
Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bf4 (12. Qg4 O-O 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 d3+
16. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Rublevsky,S/Elista 1998/CBM 65_03 (16)}) 12... Qxf4
13. Nxc5 O-O 14. Rc1 (14. g3 Qh6 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Nxb7 Rdb8 17. Qa4 Ne5 18.
Rxc7 N7g6 (18... Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nh4+ $1 20. Kh1 (20. gxh4 Qf4 $1 21. Rfc1 Rxb7)
20... Nf3 $11) 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Qd5 $16 {0-1 Dreev,A-Svidler,P/Elista 1997/CBM
59/[Petursson] (29)}) 14... Ne5 (14... Rfb8 15. g3 Qh6 16. f4 (16. Qa4 a6 17.
Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Kg2 b5 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Nb3 d3 21. Qxc7 Nc4 $17 {1-0 Stocek,
J-Ashley,M/Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (70)}) 16... a6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Qa4 Nb4 19.
Bc4 b5 20. Bxb5 Nxa2 21. Rc4 c6 22. Qxa2 cxb5 23. Rxd4 Qb6 $15 {1-0 Browne,
W-Kaidanov,G/Denver 1998/CBM 68_07 (40).}) 15. g3 Qh6 16. f4 a6 17. Be2 b6 18.
Nb3 d3 19. Bh5 N5c6 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Rc3 Qd6 22. e5 Qd7 23. Be4 $16 {1-0
Granda Zuniga,J-Ibragimov,I/New York 1997/EXP 57 (39)}) 9... Bb6 10. Nbxd4 Bd7
11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. a3 Rae8
$11 {0-1 Kuzmin,A-Rublevsky,S/Moscow 1996/EXP 52 (54)}) 9. e5 Qd5 10. Ng5 $1
O-O-O (10... Rd8 11. Bc4 Qxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Re1 $18) 11. Bc4 Qd7 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. b4 $1 {[%mdl 164]} Nxb4 (13... Bb6 14. Qb3 (14. Nf3 Nge7 15. Ng5 Nd5
16. Bxd5 Qxd5 $1 $17) 14... Qe7 $1 15. Bxe6+ Kb8 16. Nf3 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18.
Bg5 $44) (13... Bxb4 14. Qb3 Re8 15. Rb1 $40) 14. Qb3 (14. Ba3 $5 {L.Ljubojevic
} a5 (14... Nd3 15. Qb3) 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Qb3 Re8 (16... Nd5 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18.
Bxd5 exd5 19. Bc5 cxd6 20. e6 Qxe6 21. Qxb6) 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. a3 $1 $40) 14...
Nd5 15. Ne4 Bb6 (15... Qc6 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Bxe6+ Kb8 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Re1 $1 (
19. Bg5 Nf6 (19... Re8 20. Rfe1 $1 $44 (20. Bf7 Qxe5 (20... Rxe5 21. Bf4 Nf6
22. Qg3 $36) 21. Bxe8 Qxg5 $1 $17)) 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Rbc1 Qf8 22. Bd2 $44) 19...
Qe7 (19... Qc3 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Bf7 $36) 20. a4 $40) 16. a4 $1 a5 (16... a6 17.
a5 Ba7 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Rfc1 $40) 17. Nd6+ $1 Kb8 (17... cxd6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19.
Qxb6 dxe5 20. Bd2 Ne7 (20... Kb8 {-see the text of the game.}) 21. Qa7 $1 Nc6
22. Rfc1 $40) 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bd2 cxd6 20. Qxb6 dxe5 21. f4 (21. Rfe1 {
G.Kasparov} Qd6 (21... Re8 22. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 23. Bf4 $18) (21... Ne7 22. Rxe5
Nc6 23. Bf4 Ka8 24. Rb1 Rhf8 (24... Rhe8 $5 25. Rxd5 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxd5 $132)
25. Rxd5 Rxf4 $1 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 $44) 22. Qb5 (22. Qxd6+ Rxd6 23. Rxe5 Nf6 $15) (
22. Bxa5 Nf6 23. Qxd6+ (23. f4 $5 exf4 24. Qxd4 Rde8 25. Bb4 $44) 23... Rxd6
24. Rxe5 Rc8 $17) 22... Ne7 23. Rxe5 $1 Nc6 $1 (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Rb1 Qc7 25.
Bf4 $18) 24. Rb1 Rd7 25. Bf4 $1 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxd7 Qc7 28. Qxd5 $11) (
21. Rab1 Ne7 22. Rb5 Qc7 $5 (22... Nc8 23. Qxa5 $40) 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Bxa5+
Kb8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44) 21... Nf6 (21... e4 $2 22. f5 e3 23. Be1 $18) (21... Ne7
22. fxe5 Nc6 23. e6 Qxe6 24. Rab1 Rd7 25. Bf4+ Ka8 26. Bc7) 22. fxe5 Ne4 23.
Bxa5 (23. e6 Qc6 24. Bf4+ Ka8 25. Qxa5+ Qa6 26. Qxa6+ bxa6 27. Be5 d3 28. Rf7
Ng5 $1 29. Bxg7 Nxf7 30. exf7 Rhf8 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Rd1 Rxf7 33. Rxd3 Rf5 $11)
(23. Bf4 Qc6 24. e6+ Ka8 25. Qxa5+ Qa6 $11) 23... d3 24. e6 $6 (24. Qb4 $1 {
G.Kasparov} Rde8 (24... Rc8 25. Bb6 $16 {[%cal Gb4a5]}) 25. Bb6 d2 26. a5 $1
Qe7 (26... Rxe5 27. a6 Qe7 28. Ba7+ $1 $18) 27. Qb3 Qxe5 28. a6 Re7 29. axb7
$18 Rxb7 $140 {[%tqu "En","","","","f1f8","",10]} 30. Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 31. Ra8+ $1
Kxa8 32. Qa3+ Kb8 33. Qxf8+ {G.Kasparov}) 24... Qd6 25. Qxd6+ Rxd6 26. e7 Rf6
27. Rxf6 Nxf6 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bb4 $14 (29. Bb4 Ng8 30. Rxd3 Kc7 31. Rxd5 Nxe7
32. Rh5 h6 33. Bc3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Qd2 Rab8 15.
Bf2 Bc8 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. e5 (17. Rae1 b5 (17... Bb7 18. e5 Rbd8 19. Qf2 Rf8 20.
Be4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/
Moscow 1985/MainBase (23)}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Ncxe5 21. Qe2 f6
22. Nd4 Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Nxe6 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,K-Akopian,
V/Erevan 1995/ (46)}) 17... dxe5 (17... d5 18. f5 Ndxe5 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Rbc8 22. Nd4 Red8 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bg4 {1-0
Emunds,H-Schuetz,T/NRW-I 1987/ (75)}) 18. Rae1 Bb7 (18... Bb4 19. fxe5 Ncxe5
20. Bh5 g6 21. Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe2 f5 23. Bxe5 Bd6 24. Nd5 exd5 25. Bxd6 Qc6 26.
Nd4 Qd7 27. Bxb8 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 {1-0 Asrian,K-Xu Jun/Linares 1998/ (47)}) 19.
fxe5 Ncxe5 (19... Rf8 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Be4 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Cuijpers,
F-Vanheste,J/Hilversum 1989/ (47)}) 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Qe2 f6 22. Qxa6 Bb4 23.
Nb5 {White must believe, that the queenside majority will be weightier than
the black's pawn mass in the center.} (23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qb5 Qe7 25. Re3 Rc8
26. Nd4 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 h6 {1/2-1/2 Poulsen,A-Jansa,V/Copenhagen
1987/ (53)}) 23... Qc8 24. c3 Bf8 25. N5d4 Nb8 26. Qb5 Nf7 (26... Nc4 $2 27.
Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Nxe6 $1 (28. Nc6 $2 Nd6 $19) 28... Nxb2 29. Nbd4 $16) 27. Nd2 e5
28. Nf5 (28. Ne4 Rd8 (28... exd4 $2 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Rxe8 $18) 29. Nf5 Qe6)
28... Rd8 29. Ne4 Qe6 30. Bh4 (30. b3 $14) 30... Qc6 (30... g6 $2 31. Nd4 $18)
31. b3 Qxb5 (31... Nd6 $5 32. Qxc6 Nxc6 33. Nfxd6 Bxd6 34. Rd1 Be7 35. Rxd8+
Nxd8 36. g4 Ne6 $11) 32. axb5 h6 33. g4 (33. Ra1 Ng5 34. Bxg5 hxg5 $11) 33...
Ng5 34. Bxg5 {Anand sidesteps the chance to eat many pawns for the single
sacrificed piece.} (34. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 35. Nxf6+ Kh8 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. Rxe5 Nd7
38. Rd5 Be7 39. Ne4 Re8 $13) 34... hxg5 35. Ra1 Rbd7 36. Ne3 Rd3 37. Nc4 Nd7
38. b4 (38. Rfd1 Nc5 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Nxc5 Bxc5 41. b4 Be3 42. Re1 Bf2 43. Re2
Rxc3 44. Nxe5 fxe5 45. Rxf2 $15) 38... Rc8 39. Ncd2 Be7 (39... Rc7 40. Ra8 Kh7
41. Kg2 Kg6 $13) 40. Ra7 Kf8 41. Kg2 Ke8 42. Kf2 (42. Rf3 Rxf3 (42... Rd5 43.
Nf1 Rxb5 44. Rd3 $16) 43. Kxf3 g6 $132) 42... g6 43. Ke2 Rh3 44. Nc4 $6 Rxh2+ (
44... Rxc4 45. Ra8+ Nb8 $1 (45... Bd8 46. Nd6+ Ke7 47. Nxc4 $16) (45... Kf7 46.
Nxg5+ Kg7 47. Nxh3 Rxc3 48. Nf2 $16) 46. Rxb8+ Kd7 47. Nxf6+ Bxf6 48. Rxf6
Rcxc3 49. Rb7+ Kc8 50. Rbxb6 $11) 45. Kd3 Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 256] Topalov has
defended accurately and it looks like white has tried for too much with his
smart tactics.} 46. Ncd6+ (46. Ke3 Rh3+ 47. Ke2 Rh4 48. Ne3 f5 $17) 46... Bxd6
47. Nxd6+ Ke7 48. Ne4 f5 $6 (48... Ke6 $1 49. Ke3 Rdh8 50. c4 R8h3+ 51. Rf3
Rxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Rb2 $17) 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rxf5 Ke6 51. Rf2 (51. Rxg5 Nc5+ 52.
Kc4 (52. Ke3 $2 Rd3#) 52... Nxe4 $19) 51... Nf6+ 52. Ke2 $8 (52. Kc4 Rc8+ 53.
Kb3 Rxc3+ $1 54. Nxc3 Rxf2 $19) (52. Ke3 $2 Ng4+ $19) 52... Rxf2+ 53. Nxf2 g4
54. Rg7 $6 (54. Rb7 $1 Nd5 55. Nxg4 Nxc3+ 56. Ke1 $15) 54... Kf5 55. c4 Rd4 56.
Nd1 $2 (56. c5 Rxb4 57. cxb6 Rxb5 58. b7 Rb2+ $17) 56... Re4+ $2 {Black
overlooks the chance to punish his great opponent for many inaccuracies.} (
56... Nh5 $1 57. Ne3+ (57. Rf7+ Kg6 58. Rb7 Nf4+ 59. Ke1 g3 60. Ne3 Rd3 $19)
57... Ke4 58. Rxg4+ Nf4+ 59. Kf2 Rd2+ $19) 57. Ne3+ Kf4 (57... Ke6 58. Rb7 $11)
58. Rf7 $1 Rxe3+ 59. Kd2 Ke4 60. Rxf6 Rd3+ 61. Ke2 (61. Kc2 Rd4 62. Kc3 g3 63.
Rxb6 g2 64. Rg6 Kf3 65. b6 Rd6 66. Rg8 Rxb6 $11) 61... Rd4 62. c5 Rxb4 63. Rxb6
g3 64. Rg6 Rb2+ 65. Kf1 Kd4 (65... Kf3 66. Rf6+ Ke3 67. c6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. d5 $146 b5 (6... Nf6 7.
dxe6 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxe6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Kd7 11. Nc3 $14) 7. Bb3 exd5 (7...
c4 8. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 (8... cxb3 $4 9. exf7+ Ke7 10. fxg8=N+ Rxg8 11. Qxb3 $18) (
8... Qxd1+ 9. Bxd1 Bxe6 10. Nd4 Bd5 (10... Bd7 11. Bf3 Ra7 12. O-O $36) 11. O-O
Nf6 12. Nc3 Bb7 $11)) 8. Qxd5 (8. Bxd5 Ra7 9. e4 Nf6 10. O-O Nxd5 11. exd5 Bd6
$15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 8... Qxd5 9. Bxd5 Ra7 10. e4 Nf6 $11 11. O-O (11. Nc3 b4 12.
Ne2 Nxd5 13. exd5 Rd7 (13... Bb7 14. Nf4 (14. Bf4 Nd7 15. O-O-O) 14... Bd6 15.
O-O O-O $11) 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. O-O O-O $15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 11... Nxd5
12. exd5 f6 $1 13. Nc3 (13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Re1+ Kf7 $11) 13... Kf7 14. Bf4 Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rac1 Ra8 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Re8 19. Nd6+ (19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Bxd6
Rc8 {/\21...Rhd8} (20... Re2 21. Bxc5 Rc8 (21... Rxb2 22. Bd4 Re2 23. Rc7 $16)
22. Bxb4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxb2 24. Ba3 (24. Bc3 Ra2 $11) 24... Ra2 $11 25. Rc7
$140 Ra1+ 26. Bc1 Ke7 $15)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {I had an idea in the Qb3 Grunfeld that I had wanted to try. In Wijk aan
Zee, Kasparov entered the same system against Svidler, but he had another idea
in mind. Now it was my chance.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4
6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {Svidler repeats the Hungarian system.} 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3
Nfd7 10. h4 {Kasparov played e6, but I assumed that Svidler had improved on
that.} c5 11. e6 c4 {I had briefly acquainted myself with the theory of this
move, but had concentrated on Black's alternatives.} 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7
14. h5 Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 {This is all theory. The main move is 16...
Bg4, but Svidler had something else in mind.} Bf5 $1 {Svidler said that he was
surprised that this natural move had hardly ever been played.} 17. Ng5 {
Obviously, the difference between Bf5 and Bg4. I thought it would be better
not to follow Lputian-Sokolov blindly, so when I saw this plan, I decided to
go for it.This is the sort of thing one shouldn't really do this without
developing all his pieces, but if you already played h4 on move 10, then it
doesn't matter.  However, this move isn't totally illogical. White wants to
play g4 and Bg2 instead of placing the bishop on e2.  Still, Black seems to be
OK after this move.} (17. Be2 Nb4 18. Rc1 {I remembered that Lputian-Sokolov
had reached this position.} e5 $1 {Later I discovered that this was played in
Kroeze-Van Haastert Wijk aan Zee 1998. (No, not Hoogovens, but Sonnevanck!). I
havent' checked everything, but it looks good for Black.}) 17... Rf6 (17...
Nxd4 {Black seems to have enough compensation here.} {For instance} 18. Nxf7
Kxf7 19. Rc1 e5 20. g4 Be6 21. Bg2 Ra7) 18. g4 Be6 $1 {The bishop goes for the
d5 square.} (18... Bd7 19. Bg2) 19. Nce4 (19. Bg2 Bd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 $15) 19...
Bd5 20. Qd2 (20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Nf3 Qd7 {Gives Black too much ~/= for the
exchange!}) 20... Rd6 $2 {This wins the d-pawn (White can hardly save it now,
but White's attack on the h-file more than compensates.} (20... Qd7 $1 {
Svidler. The idea is that Black can now meet f3 with Rxf3.  It is difficult to
analyse a position like this. White has many options - he can play the
immediate f4 or interpolate Rd1 and Rd8 first or Bg2 and so on. The usual cop
out "unclear" seems called for!}) 21. f3 $1 {Now the rook will be sorely
missed on the f-file.} Bxe4 (21... Nxd4 $2 22. Bxd4 Bxe4 23. Qh2 $18 (23. Bxg7
Rxd2 24. Be5 $18)) 22. fxe4 Nd7 (22... Nxd4 23. Bxd4 $1 {This seems to work
and is much simpler.} (23. Qh2 {I considered this during the game. White plays
Bxc4+ and follows up with Qh7+ and castles check, but afterwards a simpler win
presented itself.} e5) 23... Rxd4 (23... Bxd4 24. Qh2 Bg7 (24... Kf8 25. e5)
25. e5 $1 Rc6 26. Be2 $18) 24. Qf2 $1 (24. Qh2 Qd6 $1 25. Bxc4+ Nxc4 26. Qh7+
Kf8) 24... Qf8 (24... Bf6 25. Rh8+ $1 $18) 25. Qh4 Qf6 26. Be2 $1 {Black seems
to have no defence against Qh7+ and Rf1.}) 23. Qh2 Nf8 {If White gets Qh7 in,
then it's usually over.} (23... Qb6 24. Bxc4+ bxc4 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. O-O+ Nf6
27. Qxg6 Kg8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rf3 Nxg4 30. Rh3+ Rh6 (30... Nh6 31. Qf5 Kg8 32.
Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1+ Ke8 (33... Rf6 34. Ne6+ $18) 34. Qxg7 $18) 31. Rxh6+ Nxh6 32.
Qg6 Kg8 33. Rf1 $18) 24. e5 $1 (24. d5 Ne5 {Allows Black to keep fighting.})
24... Rd7 (24... Rxd4 {Fails to...} 25. Qf2 Qa5+ 26. Ke2 $18) 25. Ne6 $1 Qa5+ (
25... Nxe6 26. Bxc4 $1 {A recurring theme.} Qa5+ (26... bxc4 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28.
O-O+ $18) 27. Bd2 Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 bxc4 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Raf1+ $18)
26. Bd2 Nxe5 $1 (26... Qb6 27. Nxg7 $18) 27. Be2 $1 c3 (27... Qb6 28. Nxf8 $18)
28. Bxc3 $6 (28. bxc3 $1 Nf7 {Gives White a better version of the next
variation.}) 28... b4 29. Nxg7 bxc3 $2 {Svidler thought he was lost already
and didn't find his last chance.} (29... Nf7 $1 30. Bd2 Kxg7 $16 {The open
h-file and his two bishops promise White a massive edge, but Black is still
fighting. Also, White has to watch the d4 pawn.}) 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. O-O+ {
The reason why Peter played on so long - he wanted to finish a game where
White plays 0-0+ winning. Unfortunately, it was published in the net as 31.
Rf1+ resigns and it took a while for this to be corrected. Still, for the
record, 31.0-0+ was the last move.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 576]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be3 {Eine
ungewöhnliche Zugfolge. Stattdessen kann Weiß 5.Nb5 oder besser 5.Nc3 spielen.
Ribli.} Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. f3 {Adams spielt den sogenannten Englischen Angriff.
Gewöhnlich wird das System mit Be3, f3, 0-0-0 gefährlich für Schwarz in der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung, Aber hier ist der Aufbau weniger effektiv, denn
Schwarz hat zusätzliche Möglichkeiten, weil er noch nicht ...d6 gespielt hat.}
a6 8. Qd2 b5 (8... Ne5 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 b4 (10... Bb7 $5 $11) 11. Na4 d5 12.
Nb3 Rb8 13. Bd4 $1 Bd6 $6 (13... Ned7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 N5f6 $11) 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Razuvaev,Y/London 1997/Inf 70/[Razuvaev,Y] 
(44)}) 9. g4 h6 10. Nxc6 $5 (10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Ne5 (11... Rb8 12. b3 Be7 13.
h4 d5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Qe3 h5 18. Bd3 Qd8 19. Rdg1 $36
{0-1 Cots,J-Pogorelov,R/Berga op 1995/EXT 95op (46)}) 12. Be2 (12. Bf4 $6 Bb7
13. h4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc4 Qc7 $15 {[%csl Gc7,Yf4][%cal
Gf8d6,Gd6f4,Gf4c1]}) 12... d5 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Nac5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxb4
cxb3 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxb7 bxa2 {0-1 Ehlvest,J-Plaskett,J/7th Monarch
Assurance, Port Erin IOM 1998 (27)}) 10... dxc6 {Dieser Zug scheint mir
natürlicher als seine Alternative.} (10... Qxc6) 11. O-O-O {Weiß ist gut
entwickelt und hat Angriffschancen, aber Schwarz hat keine Schwächen.} e5 $1 {
Schwarz entwickelt zuerst seinen Damenflügel. Das Feld e6 ist ideal für den
Läufer.} (11... Be7 12. h4) 12. h4 Be6 13. Bh3 Rd8 14. Qf2 {Weiß muß die Damen
auf dem Brett behalten.} (14. Qxd8+ Qxd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. g5 Bxh3 (16... hxg5
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bxg5 $14 {[%csl Re5,Re6]}) 17. gxf6 (17. Rxh3 hxg5 18. Bxg5
Be7 $11) 17... Be6 $11) 14... Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 {Auf diese Weise verteidigt
sich Schwarz gegen 16.Bb6 und muß nicht mehr mit g4-g5 rechnen.} 16. Kb1 (16.
f4 $5) (16. Nd5 {Das ist ein typisches "passives" Opfer, was bedeutet, daß
Schwarz den Springer nicht nehmen muß.} Qb7 $1 (16... cxd5 $2 17. exd5 Bxd5 18.
Rxd5 Qc4 (18... Be7 19. g5 $16) 19. Qd2 Qxa2 20. Kd1 $16)) 16... Be7 17. f4 {
Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung und möchte daher die Stellung öffnen.} exf4 18.
Bxf4 Qb6 (18... Bxh4 $6 19. Qh2 (19. Qxh4 Qxf4 $17) 19... Qa7 (19... Qd8 20. g5
hxg5 (20... Bxg5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Bxg5 $18) 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Bc7
Qe7 23. e5 $44 {[%csl Yd6,Re8][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d6]}) 20. g5 $36) (18... Ne5 $5
19. Qg3 Bf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe7 $11 {[%csl Ge5]}) 19. Qf3 g5 $5 $13 (19...
Bxh4 20. Nd5 cxd5 21. exd5 $40) 20. Bh2 (20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Be3 Ne5 $132) 20...
O-O 21. hxg5 $6 (21. Nd5 cxd5 22. exd5 Nc5 23. dxe6 $40 (23. hxg5 $5 $40))
21... Bxg5 $1 (21... hxg5 22. Nd5 cxd5 23. exd5 $40) 22. Nd5 cxd5 23. exd5 Nf6
$1 $11 {Der Springer plant auf e4 eine ausgezeichnete Stellung einzunehmen.} (
23... Nc5 24. dxe6 fxe6 (24... Qxe6 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Bg2 $14) 25. Qe2 $14) 24.
dxe6 Qxe6 {Weiß hat nicht mehr als die Figur zurückgewonnen. Dem Schwarzen
stellen sich keine Probleme.} 25. a3 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 26. Bg1 Ne4 {[%cal
Re4d2,Rd2b1,Rd2f3]} 27. Be3 Nc3+ (27... Qc6 28. Rf1 Nc3+ 29. bxc3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3
Bxe3 $11) 28. bxc3 Qxe3 29. Bg2 {Und hier wurde die Partie in gleicher
Stellung Remis vereinbart. Die weißen Bauern am Damenflügel sind nur
theoretisch schwach. Nach Damentausch ist das Endspiel total gleich.} (29. Bg2
Qxf3 30. Bxf3 Re3 31. Rd3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bd6 $1 (12... Be7 {see
Adams-Leko, Linares 1990 CBM 70}) 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 $6 {This prophilactic
move is not that important in this situation.} (14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rhe1 {/\ f5}
Rfe8 {parrying the threat of f4-f5 by the pressure on N e5.}) (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qf3 h5 $11 {blockading the >>, >< g4.}) (14. Ne2 $5 {Is the
typical method here promoting g2-g4 and the -> with the pawns on the >>.} h5 $1
{and this is the typical reaction as well.} (14... O-O $6 {runs into the >> ->.
} 15. g4 $1 Bxe5 16. fxe5 {White opens up the /^ c1-h6 and the <-> f.} (16.
dxe5 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 h5 18. Bb4 c5 (18... Rfd8 $2 19. Be7) 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7
cxb4 21. Rxb7 Rfb8 {leads only an unclear _|_.}) 16... Nxg4 17. Rhg1 f5 (17...
Nf2 $4 18. Qg3 $18) (17... h5 $2 18. Nf4 g6 19. Nxg6 $18) 18. Nf4 (18. exf6
Ndxf6) 18... Rae8 (18... Rfe8 $2 19. Nxe6 $1) 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Bb4 c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nxe6 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rdd7 $18) 15.
Rhg1 c5 {Black has to do something in the [+].} (15... O-O {is again met
strongly by} 16. g4 $40)) (14. Rhf1 O-O {since g4 is not a threat now, Black
has time for castles.} 15. Nc4 Be7 {The c4 N can be attacked by b7-b5.} (15...
c5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bc3 {/\ f5}) 16. f5 b5 $1 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5
Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Ne4 $14 {and Black has no counterplay.}) 17. Ne5 (17. Na5
e5) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. fxe6 fxe6 $1 (19... Qxe6 $2 20. Rde1 Qd6 21.
Nf5 $1 $18) (19... Rad8 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qg6 $14) 20. Qg6 $44 ({Neither} 20.
Bf4 Qd5 21. Qg6 Qxa2 $1 22. Bxh6 Rf7) ({nor} 20. Bc3 Qd5 $1 (20... Qc7 21. Qg6
Kh8 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qxh5 $18) 21. Qg6 Qxa2 22. Rd7 Rad8 $1 {
gives White anything real.})) 14... O-O 15. Ne2 $5 {/\ g4} ({On} 15. c4 {
the standard reply is} c5) (15. Ne4 {allows Black to blockade the squares after
} Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 $5 (16... Nf6 17. Qf3 h5) 17. Qf3 Nf6) 15... Rad8 16. Qf3 (
16. g4 $2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 $19) 16... h5 $1 {Black has to take the adequate
measures, otherwise after g2-g4 White has an irresistable ->.} 17. Rhg1 (17. g4
$6 {is not sound here:} hxg4 (17... Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nxg4 19. Ng3 g6 20. Ne4 $44)
18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 f5 $1 20. Qg2 Nf6 $15) 17... c5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 (
19. fxe5 {is again the real question ,for example:} Nxg4 (19... hxg4 $2 20. Qg2
) 20. Nf4 (20. Ng3 cxd4 (20... f5 $6 21. exf6 Ndxf6 (21... Rxf6 22. Qe2) 22.
Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxg4 Rf5 24. dxc5 $16) 21. Nxh5 {- 20.Nf4 cd 21.Nh5}) 20... cxd4
21. Nxh5 Ndxe5 22. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (22... gxf6 $4 23. Rxg4+ Kh7 24. Qf4 $18) (22...
Nxf6 23. Qxf6 Ng6 24. Qf2) 23. Qf4 $1 Nxf6 (23... gxf6 $2 24. Rxg4) 24. Rxg7 $1
Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxf6 Ng6 27. Rg1 (27. Bh6 $2 Qe5 $19) 27... Qh2 {and
White has no more than a perpetual after} 28. Rxg6+) 19... Nxg4 20. Ng3 f5 $1 (
20... g6 $2 {loses immediately:} 21. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 22. Rxg4+ $18) 21. exf6 (21.
Nxh5 Nb6 $15) 21... Ndxf6 22. Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxg4 Rf5 24. Qe2 (24. Bc3 $2 Rxd1+
25. Rxd1 Qxf4 $17) 24... Qf7 {Now White has to defend himself carefully.} 25.
Rde1 (25. Rg4 $2 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxf4 $17) (25. Rg5 $2 Nxf4 $1 26.
Bxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxf4 $17) (25. Rdf1 $1 $11 {was the best defence with
equality.}) 25... Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. h5 (27. Qxe6 $4 Rd1+ $19) 27... Rf6
$15 {In an _|_ with heavy pieces it is not easy at all to convert the P
majority into a win.} 28. a3 Rd5 29. Qh2 b6 30. Qb8+ (30. h6 g5) 30... Kh7 31.
Rh1 c4 32. Qc8 b5 33. a4 bxa4 (33... e5 $5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rhg1 $1 {/\ Rg6})
34. Qxc4 a3 $5 (34... Rf4 35. Re4) 35. b3 $6 {This is a sophisticated move.} (
35. bxa3) 35... Rf2 {/\ Qf6} 36. h6 gxh6 37. Qa6 a2+ $2 ({missing} 37... Rdd2
$1 38. Rc1 Qe7 $17 {and Black is two pawns up.}) 38. Qxa2 Rdd2 39. Rc1 Rf5 40.
Qa4 Rf4 41. Qc6 Rd5 42. Rce1 Rf6 43. Qc4 Rg5 44. Rd1 Rd5 45. Rde1 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2080]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 (10... d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. Qg4+ $1 $146 Ke7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Nxe6
18. Nf3 Re8 19. Ng5 Ncd8 20. Bd2 h6 21. Nf3 Qd5 22. Re5 Qd6 23. cxd4 h5 24. Qe4
Kf7 25. d5 Kg8 26. Qg6 Re7 27. Rae1 Nd4 28. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 cxd6 30. Rxe7
Bxe7 31. Rxe7 $18 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand,V/Dos Hermanas ESP 1999 (69)}) 11.
Bc2 Qd7 ({Last autumn in Tilburg Vishy had tried immediate} 11... d4 {and
equalized.Perhars he wasn't satisfied with the results of the opening or just
decided to check another continuation this time.In my comments on that game
which you can find in EXT99 I didn't find what was wrong there.Maybe someone
will give it another try and we'll know more about 11...d4.} 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1
Qd5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qxd3 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 O-O-O 17. Be4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19.
a4 b4 20. Bg5 f6 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bf4 Bd2 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 {
1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 (25)}) 12. Re1 d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
A novelty on the early stage of the game. Strange enough,but nobody tried this
move before... The programme break d5-d4 has been checking out by Anand in the
every possible moment.Starting with 10...d4 against Kasparov in New York in
1993,then came above mentioned 11...d4 against leko in Tilburg 1998 and
finally on the 12-th move in the current game.After this game the circle has
been closing and Anand returns to 10...d4 in Dos Hermanas 1999.See above his
game against Svidler...Maybe 11...d4 next time?} ({In all previous games} 12...
Rd8 {was played in this position automatically.}) 13. Nb3 ({I case of} 13. Ne4
Ne6 $5 (13... dxc3 $5 14. Nxc3 (14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Nxc3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 17.
Be4 O-O-O) 14... Rd8 $1)) 13... dxc3 (13... d3 $2 {doesn't work in view of} 14.
Nxc5 dxc2 (14... Bxc5 15. Qxd3) 15. Qxd7+ Bxd7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Bf4 $1 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Ga1c1] and White wins a pawn.}) 14. Qxd7+ $1 {This is better
than immediate 14.bc since Black is forced to retreat with the bishop.} Bxd7 (
14... Nxd7 $2 15. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4a8]}) (14... Kxd7 {doesn't look to good
either.}) 15. bxc3 Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6] Knight on c6 doesn't work and Vishy
brings it into play.The only drawback of this plan is the fact it's a little
bit slow.Leko tries to make use of it by fast reaction:} ({After} 15... Na4 16.
Nbd4 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6,Gc2e4] should be taken in consideration as} Nxc3 {is very
dangerous in view of} (16... Nxd4 $142 17. cxd4 $14) 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Nxc6
Bxc6 19. Rxe6+ Kd7 20. Bf5 {and Black is in a big danger.}) 16. Ng5 {[%cal
Gg5h7]} h6 ({After careless} 16... Nde6 $2 {White simply takes a pawn and says
thanks as Black has no compensation for it.} 17. Nxh7 $1 Be7 (17... Nxb3 18.
axb3 Be7 19. Rd1 $1 {and knight on h7 fills not too badly.}) 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 (
18... Nxc5 19. Nf6+ $1) 19. Ng5) 17. Ne4 ({For the lovers of special effects} 
17. Nh7 {can be proposed.The problem is that it has no way back.} Nxb3 (17...
Be7 $2 18. Nf6+ $1) 18. axb3 Bc5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Be3 $13) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4
Bc6 {The best way to make use of the development advantage is opening the
position.} 19. a4 $1 {The best way to make use of the development advantage is
opening the position.} {Ceratainly it doesn't match to Anand.So} b4 20. Bd2
bxc3 (20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 bxc3 22. Bxc3 {leads to the same.}) 21. Bxc3 Bxe4 22.
Rxe4 Rb8 23. Nd2 {Now Black's plan is to keep the position by Ne6,h5 and g6,
but he has no time for it.} Ne6 24. f4 $1 g6 ({After} 24... Bc5+ 25. Kf1 {
the c5 square is occupied and knight has to look for another parking place.})
25. g4 h5 26. f5 Nc5 27. Rc4 gxf5 (27... hxg4 $5 28. fxg6 (28. e6 Rh3 29. exf7+
(29. Re1 Bd6 $1) (29. e7 Bxe7 30. Re1 Nd3 31. Re2 Kd7) 29... Kxf7 30. fxg6+
Kxg6 31. Rxg4+ $11) (28. Bd4 Rd8) 28... fxg6 29. Rxg4 Rh6 (29... Rh3 $5 30. Ba5
Rb2 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rd2][%cal Gc5b7]}) 30. Rf1 $14) 28. gxf5 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 {
On the one hand White reached his goal.He didn't allow to Black's knight to
fortify it's position on e6,but on the other hand pawns on f5 and e5 are
vulnerable.} Rd8 30. Rb1 Rg5 31. f6 {White gives the e6-square up in Black's
hands,but take more space on the king side.The position is still can't be
evaluated synonymously.} ({After} 31. Rf4 Bh6 $1 {is unpleasant}) 31... Ne6 32.
Ne4 Rg4 33. h3 Rf4+ 34. Ke2 h4 35. Rg1 c5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rd8d4,Re6d4] Very
complicated position has been arised.Both sides have their pluses and minuses.
I would evaluate it as the position of dinamics equality.} 36. Rf1 (36. Ke3 Bh6
37. Rg8+ Kd7 38. Rxd8+ (38. Nxc5+ $2 Nxc5 39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 40. Rxf4 Ne6 $19)
38... Kxd8) (36. Bd2 $1 Rf5 (36... Rd4 37. Rxd4 Nxd4+ 38. Kd3 Rf3+ 39. Kc4 {
[%cal Gg1g8]}) (36... Nd4+ $2 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Bxf4 Rxe4+ 39. Kf3 Rxa4 40. Rg8
$18 {[%cal Gf4h6]}) 37. Be3 $1 Rxe5 38. Rg4 $11) 36... Rxf1 {Black doesn't
take chances.} ({At Anand's disposal was a nice tactical blow which leads into
position with two pieces v rook where White has some compensation thanks to
the strong pawns on f6 and e5.} 36... Rd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 37. Bxd4 (37. Rxd4 $2
cxd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3,Rf4e4]} 38. Rxf4 Nxf4+ 39. Kf3 dxc3 40. Kxf4 c2 $19) 37...
Rxe4+ 38. Kd3 Rxd4+ 39. Rxd4 cxd4 40. Kc4 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Ge5,Gf6]} (40. Rb1 $5
$44)) 37. Kxf1 Rd3 38. Nf2 Re3 39. Bb2 {[%cal Gc4h4]} Rb3 40. Bc3 Kd7 41. Nd1 {
[%cal Gc4h4]} Nd4 $1 {Black sacrifices a pawn for a while coming with the king
to e6 destroying e5 and f6 pawns.After a serial of exchanges the game comes to
its logical completion.} 42. Bxd4 cxd4 43. Rxd4+ Ke6 44. Rxh4 Kxe5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht. McShane} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1 d5 13. Bh3 g5 (
13... Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 dxe4 (15... Qa5 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3
dxe4 19. g6 Nc5 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rhg1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Van Wely,L/
Wijk aan Zee 1996/ (64)}) (15... hxg5 $5 16. hxg5 Rxh3 17. Rxh3 dxe4 $44) 16.
f4 Nd3+ 17. cxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Be4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Bxc5 Bxc2 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Kxc2 hxg5 25. fxg5 Rxh4 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Topalov,V/
Tilburg/1998/ (46)}) 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qb6 $5 {Kasparov
tries to improve on Topalov, his argument is the modest location of the b1
knight.} (16... Qa5 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Qxa2 19. Rh8 Rc8 20. Nf5 Nc5 21.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bh6+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24. Nxc8 Kxc8 25. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Topalov,V/Linares/1999/ (53)}) 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Bxh1 (18. Rxh1 Bg7 $13) 18...
Rc8 19. Re1 (19. f4 $6 Nc3 $1 20. Re1 Nxa2+ 21. Kd1 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Bg7 $17) (19.
Nb3 a5 20. f4 a4 21. Nd4 Nc3 $1 $17) 19... Qa5 (19... Bg7 20. Nf5 Be5 21. f4
$16) (19... Rc4 20. Nf5 b3 21. axb3 Qxb3 22. Nc3 $1 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 $1 $16) 20.
f4 (20. a3 Qb6 $1 (20... Nc3 $2 21. Nxe6 $18) (20... N7b6 21. b3 Nc3 22. a4
Nbd5 $13) 21. a4 Nc5 $17) 20... Qxa2 21. f5 Nc5 $5 {Counterattack is the rule
of the day, black is defending the center at the same time.} (21... e5 22. Qh2
Qc4 $1 $17 (22... Bg7 23. Qh7 $13)) (21... Nc3 $2 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qa1+
24. Nb1 Ba3+ 25. Kd1 Qxb1+ 26. Ke2 $14) 22. fxe6 (22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. fxe6 fxe6
24. Bf6 Qa1 25. b3 Bd6 $19) 22... Bg7 $1 (22... fxe6 $5 23. Rxe6+ (23. Nxe6 $2
Nb3+ $19) (23. Rf1 Bg7 $19) 23... Nxe6 24. Nxe6 Qc4 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Bh6+ Ke8
$19) 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxd5+ $6 {For all the beauty of the spectacular
defense Anand had better accepted the draw with perpetual after the correct 24.
Qf2+.} (24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Bf6 Nxf6 26. Bxb7 Rd8 $19) (24. Qf2+ $1 Kg8 25. Qf5 $1
{McShane: 'may be enough for a draw, e.g.'} Bxd4 (25... Rf8 $2 26. Qg6 Na4 27.
Bxd5+ Bxd5 28. Nf5 Qxb2+ 29. Kd2 $18) 26. Qg6+ (26. Bxd5+ Qxd5 27. Qg6+ Bg7 28.
Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Bf8 30. Qg6+ $11) 26... Bg7 27. Re8+ {McShane: 'with a
perpetual to follow.'} Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kh7 (28... Bf8 29. Bh6 Nd7 30. Qg6+ Kh8
31. Be4 $18) 29. Qh5+ $11) 24... Qxd5 25. Re7+ (25. Rf1+ Kg6 26. Be3 Bxd4 $19)
25... Kg8 (25... Kf8 $2 26. Qf4+ Kg8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nf5+ $18) 26. Rxg7+ (
26. Nc3 $2 Qh1+ 27. Re1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qh3 $19) 26... Kxg7 27. Nc3 $3 {
Spectacular and spirited, but still not good enough for a draw. McShane:
'Incredibly, Kasparov was still in his preparation until Anand found this
stunning resource. By getting a black pawn to c3 Kasparov can't play play Qxf5
or Nxf5+ and then Nb3+ with an endgame and an exchange up. Instead Anand heads
for an endgame a piece down but with good drawing chances due to reduced
material.'} (27. Nf5+ Qxf5 (27... Kf8 28. Bh6+ Kf7 29. Nd6+ $14) 28. gxf5 (28.
Qd4+ $2 Kg8 29. gxf5 Nb3+ $19) 28... Nb3+ 29. Kd1 Bf3+ 30. Ke1 Nxd2 31. Nxd2
Bg4 $19) 27... bxc3 (27... Qh1+ 28. Nd1 Bf3 (28... Be4 29. Ne6+ $1) 29. Be7
Bxd1 (29... Ne4 30. Nf5+ Kh7 31. Qd4 Qxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Bxd1 33. Kxd1 $15) 30. Qg5+
(30. Qxd1 Nd3+ $1 31. Kd2 Qxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Nxb2+ $17) 30... Kf7 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32.
Qg6+ Kxe7 33. Nf5+ Kd8 34. Qd6+ Nd7 35. Qe7+ Kc7 36. Qd6+ Kb7 37. Qxd7+ Kb8 38.
Qd6+ $13) 28. Nf5+ Kf7 (28... Kh7 $2 29. Qh2+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ $18) (28... Kf8 $1
29. Bh6+ Ke8 30. Nd6+ (30. Qxd5 {McShane} Bxd5 31. Nd6+ {a knight being less
fast across the board than a bishop in the endgame and therefore less powerful.
}) 30... Kd7 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. Nxc8 cxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Kxc8 $17) ({Here} 28... Qxf5
$4 {McShane is met by} 29. Qxc3+ {and athen White takes the queen. Here
Kasparov chooses to give White a knight and not a bishop as he could have done
with}) 29. Qxd5+ Bxd5 30. Nd6+ Kg6 {McShane: ' Interestingly, Kasparov doesn't
flick in 30...cxb2+. It turns out the doubled pawns get in the way somewhat
for White. Of course, Black will never swap knights because even if he could
keep the a-pawn it's a technical draw because the black bishop can't control
the a1 queening square.'} 31. Nxc8 Kxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Hecht: 'Zwei vs eine
Leichtfigur bei minimalem Bauernmaterial und dem "falschen" Läufer bezogen auf
den a-Bauern.'} (31... cxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Kxg5 33. Kc3 $15) 32. Nb6 (32. bxc3 Kxg4
33. Ne7 Be4 $19) 32... Be6 $1 33. bxc3 Kxg4 34. Kb2 Kf4 (34... Kf5 $142 {
(Hecht) mit starkem Vorteil. (Dokhoian)}) 35. Ka3 a5 $6 (35... Ke5 $5 36. Kb4
Kd6 37. Ka5 Kc6 38. Na8 Bf5 39. Nb6 Bxc2 $19) 36. Na4 Ne4 $2 {Even the
gretaest players are only mortals, Kasparov misses the great defensive idea in
white's 40th move. The correct idea was to restrain the mobility of white's
knight.} (36... Nxa4 $2 37. Kxa4 Ke5 38. Kxa5 $11) (36... Nd7 $1 37. Nb2 Nb6
38. Nd3+ (38. c4 {Hecht} Bxc4 39. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 40. Kb3 Ne5 $1 41. Ka4 Nc6 $19 {
(Kasparow)}) 38... Ke3 39. Nc5 Bf7 40. Nb3 Nc4+ $19) 37. Nb2 (37. Kb2 Ke5 $19)
37... Nxc3 38. Nd3+ Ke3 39. Nc5 Bf5 (39... Bd5 $5 40. Kb2 (40. Nb3 Bxb3 41.
cxb3 (41. Kxb3 Kd4 $19) 41... Kd4 $19) 40... Nb5 $1 (40... Kd4 $2 41. Nb3+ Bxb3
42. Kxb3 $22 $11) 41. c3 Kd2 $19) 40. Kb2 $1 (40. Nb7 a4 41. Nc5 Bxc2 42. Kb2
Kd2 $19) 40... Nd5 41. Nb7 a4 42. c4 $1 (42. Ka3 Bxc2 43. Nc5 Nc3 $19) (42. Nc5
{Hecht} Nb6 43. Ka3 Bxc2 44. Kb4 Kd4 45. Kb5 a3 $19) 42... Nb6 43. Nd6 (43. Kc3
a3 44. c5 Nc4 45. Kb3 Kd4 46. Nd6 Bc2+) 43... Bd3 (43... Be6 44. c5 Nd5 45. Ka3
$13) 44. c5 (44. Ka3 Kd4 45. Kb4 Bc2 46. Nb5+ Kd3 47. Nc3 a3 48. Na2 Nxc4 49.
Nc1+ Kd2 50. Na2 $17) 44... Nd5 45. Ka3 Bc2 (45... Kd4 {Hecht} 46. Kxa4 Kxc5
47. Nb7+ $11) 46. Nb5 $1 (46. c6 Nc7 47. Nc4+ Kd4 48. Nb6 Nb5+ 49. Kb4 a3 50.
Kxb5 a2 51. c7 Bf5 $19) 46... Ne7 (46... Ke4 47. c6 Nb6 48. Na7 Nd5 49. Nb5 $11
) 47. Na7 $2 {'??' McShane. Anand slips in the moment, when his heroic
resistance could have been rewarded with a draw with the simple 47.Nc3!
McShane: 'Anand has fought like a mule and perhaps deserved his draw with 27.
Nxc3!! Instead, he loses cruelly after this terrible blunder.'} (47. Nc3 $1 Kd4
48. Nxa4 Kc4 49. Nb6+ Kxc5 50. Nd7+ $11) 47... Kd4 48. c6 Nd5 49. Nb5+ Kc5 50.
c7 Bf5 $1 {Anand resigned as he realized, that the position has a study like
character.} (50... Bf5 $1 51. Kxa4 (51. Na7 Nxc7 52. Kxa4 Kb6 $19) 51... Nb6+
52. Ka5 Nc4+ 53. Ka6 (53. Ka4 Bc2#) 53... Bc8+ 54. Ka7 Kxb5 55. Kb8 Nd6 $19)
0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1] The previous day, I had lost a drawn ending against Kasparov in an
incredibly embarrassing way, but on the bright side, it was impossible to
imagine doing anything worse than that.} 1. e4 {Lukacs} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5
4. Nc3 {4.Nf3 has been the main line for some time now, but Black has been
doing OK there. Inevitably, White players were going to return to 4.Nc3. 
Shirov played 4.Nc3 to great effect in his match against Hracek, though
funnily enough, he combined it with 4.Nf3 instead of with the usual g4.} e6 {
Hracek preferred 4...Qb6, but Shirov showed that 4.Nf3 was quite effective
against this.} 5. g4 {Obviously, 4.Nf3 would be off the mark here.} Bg6 6. Nge2
Ne7 {The old move 6...c5 has been superseded recently by this move.} 7. Nf4 (7.
h4 $6 {Lukacs} h5 8. Nf4 hxg4 {see Sveshnikov-Dreev, Alushta 1994 CBM 42}) 7...
c5 {Lukacs: 'This is a really sharp line in the 3.e5 system. Black has to
react immediately in the [+] against White's agression on the >>.'} (7... h5 $2
{Lukacs: was beautifully crushed in the following game:} 8. Nxg6 Nxg6 9. gxh5
Nh4 10. Qg4 Nf5 11. Bd3 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. f4 Qb6 14. O-O-O Qxd4 15. Bg6 $1
Qe3+ 16. Kb1 {/\ Qxe6} Ke7 17. Rhe1 Qb6 18. f5 $1 {White has an irresistable
-> against the K in the middle.} fxg6 19. hxg6 Na6 20. fxe6 {lines has to be
opened against the K.} Ke8 21. Qf5 Qc7 22. Rxd5 $3 {pretty, isn't it?} cxd5 23.
Nxd5 $18 {Czebe-Nguyen Thi, Budapest 1998}) (7... Nd7 {Lukacs: allows White to
push his opponent to the wall on the >>.} 8. h4 h6 9. Nxg6 Nxg6 10. h5 Ne7 11.
Ne2 {in order to answer} c5 {by} 12. c3 {holding the [+].} Nc6 13. f4 Qb6 14.
a3 Na5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nc4 17. Qa4 Be7 18. f5 Bg5 19. Nf4 $16 {
Kotronias-Papaioannou, GRE-ch Athens 1996}) 8. h4 cxd4 {'!' Lukacs. Lukacs:
'Black is playing in the [+] balancing White's >> threats.'} 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. h5
{Lukacs: 'White has to continue his strategy.'} (10. Nxd4 $6 {Lukacs leads
nowhere after} Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 $15 {Neukirch-Fette, BL 1998}) 10... Be4 11. f3 {All this is well known
theory. Black used to play 11...Bxf3 and get a whole mass of pawns for the
piece. However, White got a strong attack with g5 and h6 and we wondered if
Black could get these moves in himself.} a6 $1 {Lukacs: 'If your strong piece
is attacked, try to attack your opponent's threatening piece!'} (11... Bxf3 {
Lukacs} 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 {gets a lot of pawns for the piece, but White's attack
can be continued.} 13. Qg3 Nbc6 14. Nd3 f6 (14... Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 e5 16. O-O Bc5
17. h6 (17. Rf5 $5 {comes into consideration.}) 17... g6 18. Qf2 Qd7 19. Kh1 a6
20. Nc3 Rf8 21. Na4 Ba7 $13 {Lautier-Karpov, Amber rapid 1997}) 15. Nf4 Kf7 16.
g5 $1 {This is the strong improvement on} (16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 d4 {see
Fedorov-Asrian, RUS Cup Chigorin mem 1998 CBM 62} (17... Rc8 $6 {allows
White's dangerous -> after} 18. Bh3 Qa5 19. g5 $1 Nd8 20. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 21.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Qh3+ f5 23. Nd4+ $16 {Sutovsky-Podgaets, Cafe op Koszalin 1998})
) 16... Qd7 17. Bh3 Re8 18. g6+ Kg8 19. c3 dxc3 20. Nxc3 Bb4 21. Bd2 d4 22.
O-O-O $1 $16 {R.Leyva-Llaudy, Holguin 1998}) 12. Nd6+ (12. Nxd4 $2 {Lukacs: 
loses to} Nxd4 13. fxe4 dxe4 $19) (12. fxe4 $2 {Lukacs: is also dubious
because of} axb5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bg2 ({both} 14. e6 $2 Bb4+ {/\ 0-0}) ({and} 
14. Kf2 $2 {are inferior:} Be7 15. Bxb5 O-O 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. h6 (17. Nxd5 Ndxe5)
17... g6 18. Nxd5 Bh4+ 19. Kg2 Ndxe5 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. Bd2 Qd6 $19 {Ady-Ashley,
Manhattan 1999}) 14... Bb4+ 15. Kf2 (15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 O-O) 15... O-O {
and the white K is all but safe.}) 12... Bxd6 13. exd6 g5 $1 {This allows
Black to set up a strong pawn front on the kingside and also misplaces the
knight. Lukacs: 'This is Anand's novelty, another intermediate move attacking
the opponent's piece!'} (13... e5 14. Ng2 $1 (14. fxe4 {Lukacs} exf4 15. exd5
Qa5+ 16. Kf2 Qxd5 17. Bg2 Qxd6 18. Re1+ Kf8 (18... Ne7 19. Qf3 $44) 19. Qf3 $44
) 14... Qxd6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Ne3 {Here the knight is very much in the game
and Black doesn't have enough ~/= for the piece.}) ({Other tries fail to
equalize:} 13... Qxd6 {Lukacs} 14. fxe4 dxe4 15. Bg2 f5 16. O-O) 14. Nh3 {
Obviously with the pawn on g5, Ng2 makes no sense.} (14. hxg6 {Lukacs} Bxg6 {
and the B is out of danger} 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Bd3 O-O) (14. fxe4 $2 {Lukacs}
gxf4 15. exd5 Qa5+ $1 (15... exd5 16. Bxf4) 16. Kf2 Qxd5 $19 {winning all the
pawns.}) 14... h6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Bg2 f5 {Lukacs: 'Black has an admirable
phalanx.'} 17. O-O O-O $1 (17... Rf8 {It looks safer not to castle "into" it,
but after...} 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qg4
{White's attack looks quite dangerous. By castling, Black is able to recapture
on f8 with his rook.}) 18. c3 $2 (18. gxf5 {White may need to take drastic
measures and force a draw already, since the game continuation looks quite
convincing for black.} exf5 19. Bxe4 (19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Bxe4 Qxd6 $1) 19...
fxe4 20. Bxg5 $1 (20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $1) 20... Rxf1+ (20... hxg5 21. Qg4 $40) 21.
Qxf1 hxg5 22. Qf5 Qd7 (22... Qf8 $11) 23. Qxe4 (23. Qg6+ Qg7 24. Qe8+ Qf8 $11)
23... Qxh3 24. Qg6+ Kh8 $11) 18... Qxd6 {'!' Lukacs.} (18... d3 $6 {Lukacs can
be punished in a nice tactical way:} 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Bxe4 $1
fxe4 22. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 23. Qe6 $16) 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qb3+ (20. Be3 Nd7 $1 21.
cxd4 Nb6 $17) 20... Kh8 21. Bxe4 {White finally sacrifices the piece, but here
it isn't sufficient. Lukacs: 'White cannot bear Black's mighty [+].'} (21. Qxb7
Nd7 22. Qb3 Nde5 $17) (21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Qc3 Nbc6 $17) (21. Qa3 $5 {Lukacs})
21... fxe4 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qe6 $1 {Despite his two pawn advantage - Black
still has to find a way to develop his queenside. White just threatens Bxg5
and Rf1} Nd7 $1 {Funnily enough - Black just has to toss the piece that he
recovered. Honestly speaking, this was a fairly intuitive sacrifice, but I
felt that Black was better and didn't see any other way to get more than a
draw. Lukacs: 'Development first!'} (23... e3 $2 24. cxd4 (24. Bxe3 $1 {
Lukacs Development first!} dxe3 25. Rf1 $18) 24... Nxd4 25. Qe5+ Qg7 26. Qe8+
Qg8 $11 (26... Kh7 27. Bxe3 $1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 $16)) 24. Qxd7 {'[]' Lukacs.} (24.
Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qxd7 (25. Rf1 {Lukacs} Qg7 26. Rf7 Nc5 $1 27. Qf5 Ne7 $19) 25...
Rd8 $1 26. Qe6 Re8 27. Qg6 Ne5 $19) 24... Rd8 (24... Qf3 $5 {Lukacs}) 25. Qg4 (
25. Qxb7 $2 {In a practical game, it is difficult for a player to enter a line
like this where Black has a sure draw and a chance to try for more.} Qd6 {
I noticed this and when I realized that Black had at least a forced draw with
25...Qf3, I decided to play 23...Nd7.} (25... Qf3 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Qxc6 Qg4+
28. Kh2 Qxh5+ 29. Kg2 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 (31. Kg2 Rf8 $1 $19) 31... Rf8
(31... Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Rf8 34. Bd2 $1 e3 35. Qe4 Qg3+ 36. Kh1) 32.
Bd2 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 e3 35. Qe4 $1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Rf6 $1 (36... exd2 37.
Qxd4+ Kh7 38. Qd7+ (38. Qxd2 Rh8 $1 $19) 38... Kg6 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Rf7)
37. Qxd4 (37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qxd4 Qf3+ 40. Kh2 exd2 $1) 37... Qf3+
38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 exd2 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Kg1 $1 $11) 26. Kg2 e3 $1 27. cxd4
(27. Qxa6 g4 $1) 27... g4 $1 (27... Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Qf3 $5 29. Qc7 $1 (29. Bxe3
Rb8 30. Qxa6 Qxe3 (30... g4 $1)) 29... Rxd4 30. Qc8+ Rd8 31. Qe6 Qe2+ 32. Kg3
Qe1+ $11) 28. Ng5 $1 (28. Bxe3 gxh3+ {Seems to just lose on the spot. e.g} 29.
Kxh3 Qe6+ 30. Kh2 Qxe3 31. Qxc6 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Rg8) 28... hxg5 29. Bxe3 Qd5+ (
29... Rb8 30. Qf7 Rxb2+ 31. Kf1 g3) 30. Kg1 Qf3 31. Re1 (31. Bxg5 Nxd4 $1 $19)
31... Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 (33. Kg1 g3 $1 $19) 33... Qf3+ $1 34. Kd2 Nxd4
$19) 25... e3 {'!' Lukacs.} 26. b3 {'?!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'This is a serious
mistake.'} (26. cxd4 Rxd4 ({and not} 26... Nxd4 27. Bxe3 Nc2 28. Bxg5) 27. Qe2
{'!' Lukacs.} (27. Qe6 $1 {Lukacs} Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Nd4 (28... Re1 29. Kg3) 29.
Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qd5+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Bxe3 $1 Rxa1 33. Bxd4 Rxa2 {and White
has reasonable chances of survival.}) 27... Qf5 (27... Rh4 28. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 (
28... Nd4 29. Qxe3 hxg5 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qg6+ Qxg6 33. hxg6+ Kxg6
$17) 29. Bxe3 {Not completely clear.}) (27... Rh4 $5) 28. Qxe3 {A tough nut to
crack.} (28. Bxe3 Rg4+ 29. Kh2 (29. Kh1 Rh4) 29... Qe5+ 30. Kh1 Rg3 $1 {
'-+' Lukacs.} (30... Rh4 $19) 31. Qf1 Qe6 $3 {Fritz} (31... Rxe3 32. Qf8+ Kh7
33. Qf7+ Qg7 34. Qf5+ Kh8 $17) 32. Ng1 Rxe3 $19) 28... Rg4+ (28... Rd1+ 29. Kg2
(29. Kh2 Ne5 $1 $19) 29... Qd5+ 30. Qf3 $1 (30. Kf2 Ne5 31. Qc3 Rd3 32. Qc8+
Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kf6 $1 34. Qb6+ Kf5) 30... g4 31. Qxd5 gxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Rxd5 33. Bf4
) (28... Re4 29. Qc3+ (29. Qf2 Qg4+ 30. Qg2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Nf2 Qh4+ $19)
29... Nd4 $1 30. Nf2 $8 Re1+ $1 31. Qxe1 (31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. Kh3) 31... Nf3+ 32.
Kf1 Nxe1 33. Kxe1 g4 $1) 29. Kh2 Ne5 {I turned on Fritz to see whether it
could defend.} (29... Re4 30. Qf2 Qe5+ 31. Kh1) 30. Qb6 $1 (30. Ng1 Re4 $1 31.
Qc3 Rh4+ 32. Kg2 Rg4+ 33. Kh1 Qe4+ $19) 30... Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Qd5 $1 {The key -
Black sets up a mating battery.} 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35.
Qh8+ Kd7 36. Qh7+ Kc8 37. Qc2+ Kb8 38. Qb3 Rc4 $1 39. Bf4+ gxf4 40. Nxf4 Qe4
$19) 26... Ne5 27. Qe4 Qf6 $1 28. Kg2 {I was a bit confused when I saw this
move, but then I saw what to do.} (28. cxd4 {Lukacs} Rxd4 $1) (28. Ba3 {Lukacs}
dxc3 $5 29. Rf1 (29. Qxe3 Rd3 30. Qc5 Rg3+ 31. Kh2 Rxh3+ $1) 29... Qe6 30. Rf5
(30. Bb4 c2 31. Bc3 Rd1 32. Bxe5+ Kg8) 30... Rd5 {/\ Nf3}) 28... e2 $1 29. Bxg5
$1 {The best chance.} (29. Qxe2 d3 $1 (29... Qc6+ {Lukacs} 30. Kg1 Nf3+) 30.
Qf2 Qc6+ {Lukacs: 'This is a really nasty check!'} 31. Kg3 (31. Kg1 d2 $19) (
31. Kf1 Ng4) 31... Qe6 $1 32. Ng1 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Qxh5+ 34. Kg2 Ng4 $1) (29. Bd2
Rf8 $1 (29... d3 30. c4 Nf3 31. Qxf3 Qxa1 32. Nf2) 30. Qxd4 (30. cxd4 Qf1+ 31.
Kh2 Nf3+ 32. Kg3 Qxa1 $19) (30. Qxe2 Qc6+ $19) 30... Rd8 $1 31. Qe3 Rxd2 $1 $19
) (29. Bb2 {Lukacs} Rf8 30. Qxe2 Qc6+ {again this check on the long /^
finishes the game.} 31. Kg1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 dxc3 33. Ba3 Re8 34. Qg2 Re4 $1 35.
Qg3 (35. Rd1 Nh4 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Qxd7 38. Qxe4 Qxh3+ $19) 35... Nd4 36.
Qg2 Nc2 $1 $19) 29... hxg5 30. cxd4 Qc6 {'-+' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'liquidating for
a winning _|_.'} 31. d5 (31. Qxc6 {Lukacs} Nxc6 32. Re1 (32. Nxg5 $2 Rg8) 32...
Nxd4) 31... Qxd5 (31... Rxd5 32. Re1 {Doesn't lead anywhere.}) 32. Qxd5 Rxd5
33. Re1 Rd2 34. Kf2 $1 Rxa2 35. Rxe2 $2 (35. Ke3 $1 Nf7 36. Rxe2 (36. Nf2 Kg7
37. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Kh6 $17) 36... Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kh6 39. Kg4
a5 40. Nf2 b5 41. Ne4 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Nc3 a3 $17) 35... Nd3+ 36. Ke3 Rxe2+
37. Kxe2 g4 $1 {A nice intermezzo} (37... Nf4+ $4 38. Nxf4 gxf4 39. Kf3 $11)
38. Ng5 Nc1+ 39. Ke3 Nxb3 40. h6 a5 41. Kf4 (41. Ke4 g3 $1) 41... Nd4 $1 {
Taking away the f5 square.} 42. Kxg4 a4 43. Kh5 (43. Ne4 a3 44. Nc3 b5 $19)
43... Nc6 {It's still not too late to be careless.} (43... Nc6 44. Kg6 Ne5+ 45.
Kf5 a3 $1 46. Kxe5 a2 $19) (43... a3 $4 44. Kg6 $1 $18) 0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Ne5 Qd8
15. f3 Nd6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qxb3 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7
21. axb3 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15.
Bd4 Bc6 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Qg3 Bf8 18. Nd1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc3
Qd6 22. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I trailed Kramnik by half a point going into the last round.} 1. Nf3 {Ribli}
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Ribli: 'Das ist eine zuletzt sehr beliebte Zugfolge. Weiß
verhindert so die von Adams häufig gespielte Bogoindische Verteidigung, die
nach 3.d4 Bb4 möglich wäre. Ribli.'} Bb4 4. Qb3 {This move is not as popular
as 4.Qc2} c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 {It might be even more precise to delay this move
since having the bishop on b4 cuts out any Nd4 lines, but I don't think it's
too important.} Ba5 (6... Bxc3 {Ribli} 7. Qxc3 $14) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 (8...
d5 9. d3 Nd4 {Trying to utilise the fact that the bishop is now on a5.} 10.
Nxd4 (10. Qd1 {Is also possible, but doesn't look like much.}) 10... cxd4 11.
Na4 $1 (11. Nb5 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 {White is going to have problems with his Nb5}
) 11... h6 (11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 $2 (12... e5 13. b4 $14) 13. Qxb5 Bd7 14.
Qe5 $1 Bxa4 15. Bxa8 Bc7 16. Qc5 Bb6 17. Qc4 $18) 12. Bf4 $14) 9. e3 {Now
White has to cut out Nd4.} (9. d3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nb5 e5 $1) 9... e5 {
Ribli: 'Das ist ein typisches Vorgehen in dieser Variante. Schwarz verstärkt
die Kontrolle über das Feld d4. In anderen Varianten, wenn er den Läufer a5
gegen den Springer c3 gibt, ist dieser Plan gegen den schwarzfeldrigen weißen
Läufer gerichtet.'} 10. d3 Rb8 (10... Qe7 {Ribli} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd8 13.
d4 $14 (13. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4]})) 11. Nd2 {The squares d5 and e4 beckon.} (
11. Nd5 {Ribli} Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 b5 $15 14. Nc4 $2 Bc7) 11... Bf5 (
11... Bxc3 {Ribli} 12. Qxc3 Qe7 13. b4 $14) 12. Nd5 {'!?' Ribli.} (12. Nde4 {
Ribli} Bxc3 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxc3 Qg6 15. Rd1 Bh3 $5 16. Bxh3 Qh5 {[%cal
Rh5h3,Rh5d1]}) 12... Nxd5 $6 {I think Michael could have waited with h6 for
instance.} 13. cxd5 (13. Bxd5 {Ribli} Ne7 $11 (13... Qd7 $11)) 13... Ne7 (13...
Bxd2 $1 14. Bxd2 Ne7 {Now when White plays b4, Black will be able to defend
with b6.} 15. e4 Bd7 16. f4 $14 {White keeps the two bishops and will expand
on the kingside.}) 14. Nc4 b5 $2 (14... Bc7 15. a4 {Michael didn't like this
position, but it was the lesser evil.} Bd7 16. e4 {/\ f4+/=}) 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16.
e4 Bd7 17. Qd1 $1 {Suddenly, Black is in big trouble. White will play b4 and
no matter whether Black takes on b4 or allows White to capture on c5, he will
be saddled with weaknesses.  Ribli: 'Ein schlauer Zug. Die Dame stand auf b3
schlecht.'} (17. Qc2 Rfc8) 17... f5 (17... Qc7 18. b4 (18. f4 $14 {Ribli})
18... c4 19. dxc4 Qxc4 (19... bxc4 $16) 20. Bg5 $1 {/\ Rc1+/-}) (17... Ng6 {
Ribli} 18. b4 cxb4 19. Bd2 $14) 18. b4 $1 {Ribli: 'Weiß öffnet seinem
Läuferpaar die Stellung.'} cxb4 {'?!' Ribli.} (18... Qb6 {Ribli} 19. Bg5 (19.
bxc5 dxc5 20. Bb2 Ng6) 19... Ng6 $11) 19. Bg5 $1 {'+/=' Ribli.} (19. Bd2 f4 20.
axb4 Qb6 {Now White will lack the e3 square for his bishop and Black can
follow up with Ng6 and try for counterplay on the kingside.}) 19... Nc8 {
Ribli: 'Schwarz verteidgt den a7-Bauern, aber der Springer steht auf c8
schlecht.'} (19... Ng6 20. axb4 Qc7 (20... Qxb4 {Ribli} 21. Rxa7 $14) 21. h4 $1
) 20. Qd2 f4 $2 {'!?' Ribli. This solves one problem, but creates new ones.
Ribli: 'Schwarz kompliziert das Spiel. Weiß hätte ansonsten einen kleinen,
aber dauerhaften Positionsvorteil.'} (20... h6 {Ribli} 21. axb4 Qc7 22. Rfc1
Qb7 23. Be3 $14) 21. gxf4 h6 22. Bh4 exf4 (22... Rxf4 $2 23. Bg3 $18 (23. Bg3 {
Ribli} Rf8 24. f4 (24. axb4 Qb6 25. Kh1 $14) 24... Qb6+ 25. Bf2 $16)) 23. f3 $1
{Now in addition to everything else, White has the d4 square. Ribli: 'Weiß
verhindert die Möglichkeit ...f4-f3 und der weiße Läufer wird in die Diagonale
g1-a7 überführt.'} Qb6+ {Ribli: 'Dieser Zug scheint ein tempo zu verlieren,
vertreibt aber in Wirklichkeit den Läufer von h4.'} (23... g5 $6 {Ribli} 24.
axb4 Qd8 25. Bf2 $36 {[%cal Gf2d4,Gd4h8]}) 24. Bf2 Qd8 25. axb4 Qg5 (25... Rb7
$5 {Ribli}) 26. Kh1 Qh5 27. Rg1 $2 {I thought that White could generate an
attack on the g-file. Just Bd4 is good. Ribli: 'Weiß beschäftigt sich nicht
mit dem Bauern auf a7, aber es wäre für Schwarz nicht so leicht, Kompensation
nachzuweisen.'} (27. Bxa7 {Ribli} Nxa7 (27... Rb7 28. Bd4 $16) 28. Rxa7) 27...
Rb7 28. Bd4 Rf7 {Here I realized that getting the bishop out of g2 would be
complicated. So I changed tack - the rook goes to c1 and White will try to
break through to c7.} 29. Qf2 Kh7 30. Rgc1 (30. Bxa7 {Ribli} Nxa7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7
32. Qxa7 Bh3 33. Qf2 Rc7 $44) 30... Ne7 {Ribli: 'Schwarz verteidigt seinen
schwachen a-Bauern nicht mehr, sondern strebt nach Gegenspiel.'} 31. Ra6 $1 {
'+/-' Ribli. The a7 pawn is irrelevant.} Ng6 {Black decides to go for
counterplay instead of waiting passively.} (31... Nc8 32. Ra2 $1 {/\ Rac2, Rc7}
(32. Bxa7 $16 {Ribli})) 32. Rxd6 {Ribli: 'Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern und
seine Bauernmasse im Zentrum wirkt gefährlich.'} Nh4 33. Bb2 $1 Rb6 {This
allows Rxd7, but in the long run, the central pawns would have decided the
issue.} (33... Nxg2 34. Qxg2 Bh3 35. Qf2 Rfc7 36. Rdc6 $18) 34. Rxd7 $1 {
This allows the Bg2 to come into it's own.  Ribli: 'Weiß opfert eine Qualität.
Das Läuferpaar sichert ihm ausreichend Kompensation und eine anhaltende
Initiative.'} (34. Rxb6 {Ribli} axb6 35. Bd4 Nxg2 36. Qxg2 Bh3 $14) 34... Rxd7
35. Bh3 Rf7 (35... Re7 36. Bg4 Qg5 37. Rg1 Kh8 38. Bd4 $1) 36. Bg4 {Getting
the queen to g5 allows Rg1 with tempo. Ribli: 'Die weißen Läufer beherrschen
das Brett.'} Qg5 37. Be6 $1 Rfb7 (37... Rf8 $2 {Ribli} 38. Rg1 $18) 38. Rg1 Qd8
(38... Qh5 $2 39. Bg4 $18) 39. Qf1 $1 $18 {Ribli: 'Die Überführung der Dame
nach h3 ist entscheidend. Die schwarzen Türme spielen eine passive Rolle.'} Ra6
(39... Rxe6 {Ribli} 40. dxe6 Qd6 41. Rg4 Ng6 42. Rxg6 $1 Kxg6 43. Qh3 Kh7 44.
Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qd5 Qe7 (45... Qxd5 46. exd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6]}) 46. Bd4 $16 {
[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge6]}) 40. Qh3 Ra2 41. Be5 Rd2 {Ribli: 'Leider kann der Turm d2
allein nichts ausrichten.'} (41... g5 42. Qxh4 $1 $18) (41... Rf2 {Ribli} 42.
Bf5+ Kh8 43. Bc8 Rf7 44. Be6 Rb7 45. Rg4 Nxf3 46. Qxh6#) 42. d4 Rd3 43. Bf5+ (
43. Bc8 Rf7) 43... Kg8 (43... Kh8 44. Bc8 Rxf3 (44... Rf7 {Ribli} 45. Qe6 $18)
45. Qe6 $18) (43... Nxf5 {Ribli} 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. Qxf4 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Rf4h6,Rh6h8]}) 44. Bc8 $1 {Ribli: 'Jetzt hat der Turm b7 keine Möglichkeit
mehr, den Punkt g7 zu verteidigen.'} Nxf3 (44... Rf7 45. Be6 $18) (44... Re7 {
Ribli} 45. Qxh4) 45. Qe6+ {Black resigned. This victory allowed me to share
second place.} 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Qe7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Bd2 b5 15.
Bd3 Bd6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bb4 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Rdc1 Rab8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Qb4 23. Rc2 Nf6 24. Qe5 Nd7 25. Qf4 Nf6 26. Rac1 Ra8 27. Nf3
Qb3 28. Ne5 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Qxc2 30. Ra7 Rf8 31. Qf3 Qxb2 32. Qxc6 Qb1+ 33. Kh2
Qf5 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Qxa8+ Kh7 36. Nxf7 Ng4+ 37. hxg4 Qxf7 38. f4 Qc7 39. Qa6
Qd7 40. Qb6 Qd5 41. g5 Qb3 42. e4 Qe3 43. Qxb5 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14.
Rxc6 Qxa2 15. Rc7 Qe6 16. h3 Qd6 17. Rc5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e6 19. e5 Qd7 20. Ra1
Rfb8 21. g4 Bf8 22. Rca5 Qb7 23. Kg2 Be7 24. d5 Bd8 25. Bh6 Rc8 26. Rd1 Rab8
27. Ra3 exd5 28. Rxd5 Be7 29. Rad3 Bf8 30. Bg5 Qc6 31. Rd7 Qe6 32. Qf6 a5 33.
Qxe6 fxe6 34. Rf3 h6 35. Bd2 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Bxa5 Rd5 38. Bc3 Bg7 39. Re3
Bf8 40. Re4 g5 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Re3 Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Kf7 44. Ke4 Be7 45. f3 Ke8
46. Kd4 Kf7 47. Kc4 Bf8 48. Kb5 Bg7 49. Bd4 Ke8 50. Kc6 Kf7 51. Kd7 Bf8 52. Be3
Bg7 53. f4 gxf4 54. Bxf4 Bf8 55. h4 Bg7 56. h5 Bf8 57. Kc6 Bg7 58. Be3 Bf8 59.
Kd7 Bg7 60. Bf4 Bf8 61. g5 hxg5 62. Bxg5 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bb5 Na7 13. Ba4 Be6 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
Qf2 Ra8 16. O-O-O Qb8 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Na4 d5 19. Nb6 a4 20. Bxa4 Qa7 21. exd5
Bd8 22. dxe6 Bxb6 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Nc5 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qb5 14. Bd6 Be7
15. O-O Nb6 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. a3 Rhd8 20. c3 h5 21.
f3 g6 22. Rae1 Rd5 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. Re2 Ng8 26. Rfe1 Ne7 27. Ng5 Nf5
28. g3 Ne7 29. Nh3 Nc6 30. Nf4 Rd6 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 Rad8 33. Kg3 Rh8 34.
Rf1 Rd7 35. h5 g5 36. Nd3 Re8 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 f6 39. Rxb5 Rd6 40. Re1 Kf7
41. a4 Ra8 42. Ra1 Kg7 43. Ra3 Kh6 44. Rab3 Ra6 45. R3b4 f5 46. Rc4 Ra8 47.
Rcb4 Ra6 48. Re5 Ra8 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Rxf5 Kxh5 51. Rbb5 Rg8 52. Rf7 Re6 53.
Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rxb7 Re3+ 55. Kg4 Re4+ 56. Kf3 Rf4+ 57. Kg3 Rgf8 58. R5xb6+ Kf5
59. Re7 Rg4+ 60. Kf3 Rf4+ 61. Ke2 Kg4 62. a5 Kg3 63. a6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2
Bd7 9. Nc4 Be7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. O-O Ne6 13. Be3 Ned4 14. Bf2 Bg4
15. Ne3 Be6 16. Ned5 Bd6 17. e3 Nf5 18. a3 Re8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Kh1 b6 21. Qa4
Bd7 22. Qd1 Bf8 23. d4 Nce7 24. dxc5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxc5 26. e4 Bxf2 27. Rxc8
Bxc8 28. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nc5
15. Qe3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rc2 Qd7 18. Rfc1 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rfb8 21.
Qe2 Bf6 22. Be3 Qb5 23. Bxc5 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Ra7 26. Rc4 Kg7 27. g4
Rb5 28. Rcc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 Be6
15. a4 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nce3 Qb7 19. Bd3 f5 20. O-O Kh8 21.
Bc2 Qf7 22. f4 e4 23. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. a3 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd4 Qb5 17. b4 Nc6 18. Qc4 Qe5 19. g3 Qxa1 20. Qxc6 Qd4 21.
Kg2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Rad1 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Nb3 h5
21. f3 a6 22. Kh1 Qf5 23. c3 a5 24. a4 Rdb8 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Re8 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7
15. Re3 Nf6 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc8 19. Bb2 Qxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Rac8
15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Bf6 17. a4 Na5 18. Rc1 Bg4 19. Qd3 c5 20. c4 Qf5 21. Qxf5
Bxf5 22. dxc5 Nb3 23. Rcd1 Nxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Be3 b6 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4
Nxa4 28. Re7 a5 29. Re1 Bc2 30. Rc1 Rxd4 31. Rxc2 Kf8 32. g3 Ke7 33. Ra2 Nc5
34. Rb2 a4 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Be2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nc2 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfc8 12. f3 Ne5 13. c5 Ne8 14. Rfd1 Be6 15.
Nd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. Rac1 f5 19. b3 Bf7 20. exf5 Nxf5 21.
Nxf5 gxf5 22. Ne2 Qxd2 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxd2 a6 25. Rd7 e5 26. Rxb7 f4 27.
Bb6 Rc2 28. Rb8+ Bf8 29. b4 Kg7 30. Nd4 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Bxb4 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Nh4+
Kh5 34. Nf5 Be1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. fxe3 b5 15.
Bb3 Bb7 16. Nd5 Qa5+ 17. c3 Nd7 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Qc2 O-O-O 20. Rhg1 Bh6 21.
Rg7 Nxb3+ 22. Qxb3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6 24. Rxe5 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. h3 Bh2+
15. Nxh2 Rxd5 16. Bc3 Be6 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. a5 h6 19. Rfc1 Qe7 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Bd5 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qxf3 Nxa5 25. Qg4 f6 26. Qa4 b6 27.
Bxa5 bxa5 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Qxc5 Qd2 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qxa6 Qc1+ 32. Qf1 Qxb2 33.
Qd3+ Kh8 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxa5 Qe2 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. g4 Kg8 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Kg2
Qb2 40. h4 Qc1 41. h5 Qb2 42. Kf3 Kh8 43. Kg3 Kh7 44. f4 Qe2 45. Qe4+ Kh8 46.
Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qf3 Qd2 48. Qf2 Qd1 49. e4 Qd3+ 50. Qf3 Qd2 51. Kh3 Qe1 52. Qd3
Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Qg1+ 54. Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nh6 12. h3 Nf7 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. b4 Ne6 15. d5
Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. Qd2 f4 20. Bh2 Ne5 21. dxc6 bxc6
22. b5 f3 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxf3 Bxh3 25. Re3 Be6 26. bxc6 g4 27. Bd1 Rc8 28.
Rb7 Rxc6 29. Nd5 Kh8 30. Reb3 g3 31. Qh6 gxf2+ 32. Kf1 Bg8 33. Rxh7+ Bxh7 34.
Rb7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bb4 12. Qd3 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Rxb2 14.
Rac1 Qd6 $6 $146 (14... O-O 15. Rc5 $44) 15. Qc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxc7 $4
(17. Qc6+ Kf7 (17... Kf8 18. Rfd1) (17... Nd7 18. Rb1 $1 $44) 18. f4 Qxe4 $8 (
18... Qd6 19. Qxc7+ Qxc7 20. Rxc7+ Kg6 21. f5+ exf5 22. exf5+ Kh5 23. Bc1 Rxa2
24. Rxg7) 19. Qxc7+ Kg6 20. Rf3 (20. Rfe1 Qd3 21. Rc5 h6) 20... h5 $1 (20...
Qe2 21. f5+ exf5 22. Rg3+ Ng4 23. Rc6+ $18) 21. Rg3+ (21. Re1 Rb1) 21... Ng4
22. Qa5 $44 (22. h3 Rxd2 23. hxg4 h4 24. f5+ Kh7 25. f6 Rg8 (25... Qg6) 26. Qa5
Rxg2+ $1 27. Rxg2 Qe3+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ $1 29. Kh3 Qxc1 30. Kxh4 g5+ 31. Kh3 Rh8 $1
32. Qd2 Kg6+ 33. Kg3 Qa3+ 34. Kf2 e5 $17)) (17. Qa4+ $1 Qb5 $8 (17... Nd7 18.
f4 Qb5 19. Qxd4 $16 (19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Rxc7)) (17... Kf7 18. f4 Qd6 (18... Qxe4
19. Rxc7+ Kg6 20. Qa3 $1 $18) 19. Rc6 $1 Qd7 (19... Rxa2 20. Qc4) 20. Qc4 $16)
18. Qa3 $1 (18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qxa7 Rxd2 $1 20. Rxc7 O-O 21. Rxg7+ Kh8) 18... Rxd2
$2 19. Rxc7 Ng8 20. Qd6 $18) 17... Qxc7 18. Rxc7 O-O $17 19. Bc1 (19. Bf4 Ne8 (
19... Rxa2 20. Be5 d3 21. f3 Rd8 22. Rd1 a5 23. Rc3 d2 24. Rc7) 20. Bc1) 19...
Rxa2 20. f3 Rb8 21. Rf2 Ra1 22. Rfc2 d3 23. Rc8+ Kf7 $1 24. R2c7+ Kg6 25. Kf2
Rxc1 $1 (25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 d2) 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Be3 b5 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. a3 Rfd8 15.
Qe1 Rac8 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. Nc1 Bc6 18. N1a2 a5 19. b4 Nf8 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Nb4
Rdc8 22. Bd2 Qa8 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Nxb5 Rxc2 25. Bd3 Rb2 26. Qa7 Qb7 27. Qxb7
Rxb7 28. a4 Ne6 29. Bf1 Nc5 30. Be3 Nfd7 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rb1 33. Rxb1
Rxb1 34. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 35. Bg1 Nf8 36. a5 Ne6 37. a6 Ra1 38. a7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. h3 g5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Na5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bc4 Na5
15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. g4 Nf4 18. Be4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Ne2+
21. Kh2 Nxd4 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rad8 26. Bxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Bg5 b4 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Qd3 Qc8 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Nf4
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxd5 Rfe8 24. Rad1 Qb5 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27. Nxf4
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 c6 29. Ne6 Re8 30. Re3 Nd5 31. Re5 Re7 32. Nd4 Qb7 33. Nxc6 Rxe5
34. Nxe5 h6 35. Qc4 Kh8 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Qe4 Qc7 38. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd3 Ra8
15. Nc6 Qe8 16. b4 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Nb8 18. Nxb8 Qxb8 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Rab1 Qc8
21. Be1 Re8 22. h3 a4 23. Rc6 Nd6 24. Rbc1 Nc4 25. e4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. e4 Ne7 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Be2 Nc5 20. b4 Na4 21. O-O
e5 22. Nb3 Nc3 23. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rd6 25. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7
15. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 {In this quite irrational
position black is seriously underdeveloped, but he is on the verge of winning
the second spare piece.} (12... Nc6 13. Bg2 $44 (13. gxf6 $2 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qxf5
15. Qg3 Ra7 $1 16. Bg5 Bg7 $15)) 13. Bd2 (13. gxf6 $5 dxc3 14. Bc4 $1 Qxf6 15.
Rhg1 $1 $44 (15. Qh5 $6 Rg8 $17) (15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. Bd3 Qh4 18. Qe2
Qb4 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Kb1 Qb4+ 21. Kc1 Bd7 22. Bd2 Qd4 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 {
1/2-1/2 Gochev,M-Espig,L/Eger/1987/ (24)}) 15... h6 (15... Bh6 16. Bxf7+ $1
Qxf7 (16... Kxf7 $2 17. Qh5+ $16) 17. Bxh6 Qxa2 18. bxc3 $44 {->}) (15... h5
16. Qd5 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 18. Kb1 Qf6 19. Rde1 Kd8 20. Re3 Ra7 21. Rd1 b5 22.
Rxe5 Rc7 {0-1 Simacek,P-Kalod,R/Svetla/1994/ (68)}) 16. Qh5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5
18. Bxf7+ $8 Ke7 $1 (18... Qxf7 $2 19. Rd8+ $18) 19. Bg6 $8 {><f5} cxb2+ $6 20.
Kb1 Bd7 (20... b6 21. f4 e4 22. Rd5 $44 {->}) 21. Qf3 $1 Bc6 $2 (21... Rac8 22.
Rge1 $44) 22. Qc3 b6 23. Rge1 $16 {1-0/Badzharani,I-Rybincev/USSR/1989/ (30)})
(13. Rxd4 $6 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 (14... Bg7 15. Bd3 $3 (15. Rg1 $2 Nh5 16. f6
Ndxf6 17. Be3 Ng4 $19) (15. Bc4 $2 O-O $1 16. Rg1 Kh8 $17 17. h4 b5 18. h5 h6
19. Bb3 b4 20. Qxa8 bxc3 $19) 15... Qe7 (15... O-O 16. Rg1 Re8 17. Nd5 $1 Nxd5
18. f6 $18 {/^b1-h7}) 16. Rg1 Nh5 (16... Qd6 $5 17. Qe3+ $16 {->}) 17. Bxg7 (
17. f6 $5) 17... Nxg7 18. f6 Qe5 19. fxg7 Qxg7 20. Re1+ $44) 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16.
Bc4 (16. b4 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4+ Qe7 19. Qd4 O-O 20. f6 Qe1+ 21. Kb2 a5
22. Bc4 Qxb4+ 23. Ka1 Be6 {0-1 Denk,J-Badea,B/Schwaebisch Gmund/1996/ (23)})
16... Nfe4 $1 (16... Qd4 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. gxf6 Qxf6 (18... Qxc4 $4 19. Qg3 $18)
19. Qe3 Bxf5 $8 20. Qxc5+ Kg7 21. Nd5 Rac8 (21... Qh6+ 22. f4 $18) (21... Rhc8
22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Nb6 $16) 22. Qe3 Rxc4 (22... Qh6 23. f4 (23. Rg1+ $2 Bg6 24. f4
Rxc4 25. Qe5+ Kg8 $13) 23... Rhe8 24. Qd4+ f6 25. Re7+ $1 Kf8 $8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Nxf6 $40 Qxh2 $2 28. Qd6+ Re7 29. Qd8+ $18) 23. Rg1+ $18 {1-0 Enders,
P-Orgovan,S/Gyongyos/1988/ (30)}) (16... Bd7 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Qe3 $16) (16...
O-O 17. Rd1 $1 (17. gxf6 $2 Qxf6 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Qh6+ $17) 17... Bd7 18.
Qe3 Rc8 (18... Nh5 19. g6 $40) 19. gxf6 $40) (16... Qe7 $1 17. gxf6 $44 Qe5 $1
18. Rd1 Bxf5 $8 (18... Qxf6 19. Qe3+ Ne6 20. Nd5 $1 $16) 19. Rd5 (19. Bxf7+
Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kxf6 $19) 19... Qe1+ 20. Rd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Rastenis,G/
LIT jub100 corr8893/ 1988/ (20)}) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4+ Qe7 $17) (13. Bxd4
exd4 14. Bc4 (14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rd2 (15. Rd1 Qc7 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bc4 Bd7 18.
Rhe1+ Kf8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rg8 21. Qh5 Ba4 22. Qh6+ Rg7 23. Be4 Kg8 {
0-1 Maeer,K-Tredinnick,A/ENG-ch sf01 corr 1986/ (27)}) 15... Qc7 (15... O-O 16.
gxf6 Qxf6 17. Rg1+ Kh8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. f6 Nxf6 20. Nxc5 Bg4 21. Qe3 {1-0 Firt,
S-Sobek,J/CZE-chT2/1996/ (54)}) 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Bb3 O-O 19. Re1
Kh8 20. Qe3 Bd8 21. Qd4 Bxf5 {0-1 Pulkkinen,K-Oll,L/Helsinki/1990/ (28)}) 14...
Qc7 15. Rhe1+ Kd8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Red1 Nh5 19. Bxf7 Qf4+ 20. Kb1
Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Ng7 22. f6 Ne6 23. Rf5 {1-0 Farago,S-Habibi,A/Budapest/1994/ (58)
}) (13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bb3 dxc3 15. gxf6 (15. g6 fxg6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qg2 Qc6
18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Rhe1 Kc7 20. Qf7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Bb4 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Kb8
{0-1 Sokolov,A-Svidler,P/St. Petersburg/1998/ (23)}) 15... Nxf6 16. Bg5 Be7 17.
Ba4+ b5 18. Qxa8 bxa4 19. Rhe1 h6 20. Bh4 O-O 21. Qg2+ Kh7 22. Qh3 Rg8 {
0-1 Farago,S-Stocek,J/Budapest/1994/ (40)}) 13... dxc3 (13... Qc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 (
14... dxc3 $5 15. Bxc3) 15. Bc4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nfe4 17. Rhe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bg7
19. f6 O-O 20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Qxc7 Nxc7 23. Rd7 (23. Re7 Ne6 24.
fxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxb7 Nxg5 $19) 23... Rfe8 $1 24. Ree7 Rxe7 25. fxe7 Ne6 {0-1
Wedberg,T-Novikov,I/Kobenhavn/1991/ (34)}) 14. Bxc3 Bg7 {[%mdl 1024] It is not
possible to give the value to individual moves, black has to survive the storm
with some extra material left.} (14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Rhe1 Nc5 (16... Rg8
17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rxg8+
Kxg8 23. Qe8+ Nf8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Bxe5+ {1-0 Solovjov,S-Biriukov,O/St
Petersburg/1999/ (25)}) 17. Bc4 Nfe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd7 20. Qd5 O-O-O
21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxf5 23. Rf6 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,M-Cserna,L/Pristina/
1983/ (41)}) (14... Ng8 15. Qh5 $36) (14... Rg8 15. gxf6 Qxf6 $13) 15. Rg1 (15.
gxf6 Qxf6) 15... O-O (15... Ng8 16. Bc4 $40) 16. gxf6 (16. Bb4 e4 (16... Re8
17. Bc4 e4 18. Bxf7+ $14) (16... Ne8 17. f6 Nexf6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 (18... Qxf8 19.
gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxf6 $18) 19. gxf6 Qxf6 $17) 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Bc4 $40) 16... Qxf6
17. Qe3 Kh8 (17... Qxf5 $2 18. Bh3 Qh5 19. Bxd7 $16) 18. f4 Qb6 $6 {This
strange manouvre is the reason for black's problems. White queen is beiing
send to the more active square and the position suddenly opens new attacking
possibilities.} (18... Re8 19. Rxg7 $1 Qxg7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 (20... Nf8 21. Bd3
$16) 21. f6 Qxf6 22. Re1 $40) (18... Qh6 $5) (18... Qe7 $2 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20.
fxe5 $40) 19. Qg3 (19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. f6 Bh6 (20... Bxf6 $2 21. Rd6 Be7 22. Rxb6
$18) 21. Bxe5 Bf5 $17) 19... Qh6 (19... Rg8 20. Bc4 $1 (20. Kb1 Nf6 21. Bxe5
Bxf5 22. Rd6 Qc5) 20... Qf6 21. fxe5 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. exf6 Rxg1 24. Rxg1
$16) 20. Rd6 $1 f6 $8 (20... Nf6 21. Bxe5 Bxf5 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24.
Rxf6 $16) 21. Bd2 e4 (21... Nc5 22. fxe5 Ne4 23. exf6 $3 Nxg3 (23... Rxf6 24.
Rd8+ Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qg8#) 24. fxg7+ Qxg7 25. Rxg3 $16) 22. Bc4 {
Black is still piece up, but his forces are not cooperating.} b5 $2 (22... Nb8
$5 23. Be6 Nc6 24. Qg2 (24. Re1 Ne7 $1) 24... Bxe6 25. fxe6 f5 26. Qxg7+ (26.
e7 Rf6 27. Bc3 Rg6 $17) 26... Qxg7 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Bc3+ Kg8 29. Rd7 Rfd8 30.
Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rxh7 Nd4 32. Bxd4 (32. e7+ $2 Kg8 33. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Bxd4 (34.
Rh5 $2 Ne2+ 35. Kb1 Rd1#) 34... Kxh7 $19) 32... Rxd4 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rxa8 e3
35. Rg8 Rxf4 36. Kd1 Rf2 $17) 23. Be6 Ra7 (23... Nc5 24. Bd5 Ra7 25. Rc6) (
23... Nb8 24. Be3 a5 25. Rgd1 $40) 24. Rc6 a5 $6 (24... Rb7 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Rd1
$16) 25. Be3 Rb7 (25... Ra8 26. Rd1 $16) (25... Ra6 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Rd1 $16)
26. Bd5 Rb8 (26... b4 $2 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bxb7 $18) 27. Rc7 b4 (27... Rd8 28.
Ba7 $18) 28. b3 (28. Bc6 Rd8 29. Ba7 b3 30. a3 $18) 28... Rb5 (28... Rd8 29.
Bc6 a4 30. Ba7 $18) 29. Bc6 Rxf5 30. Rxc8 $1 {Anand will now lose the last
part of compensation for his positional missery, equal material will spell his
end.} (30. Bxd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Rg8 32. Qg2 $18) 30... Rxc8 31. Bxd7 Rcc5 (31...
Rfc5 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. f5 $1 Rg8 34. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 35. Kd1 Rxg3 36. Rxg3 $18) 32.
Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rd1 Kg8 (33... Bf8 34. Rd8 $18) 34. Qg2 (34. Qg2 Qg6 35. Qxe4 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 (13... Bf5 $5
14. Nd2 (14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nd2 Bxd3 $13) 14... Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Adams,M/
Tilburg 1992 (20)}) 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qf5 (15... Qd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Re1 c5
18. Ne4 Be7 19. a4 b4 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 (21... bxc3 22. bxc3 Rad8 23.
Ne4 $14 {_|_ Polgar,J-Adams,M/Tilburg 1997}) 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Qh5 f5 24. Bc4
Kh8 25. Nd2 Nf6 26. Qe2 Rce8 27. Qf1 Qc6 28. f3 Ng4 $1 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Re1
Ne3 $36 {Leko,P - Bennedik/Frankfurt 1998}) (15... Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Bc2 (17.
Nd2 g5 18. Rh6 (18. Rd4 $5 {Ivanchuk-Timman/Wijk aan Zee/1999}) 18... Ng4 19.
Ne4 Nxh6 20. Nxd6 Qg6 21. Ne4 {Svidler-Adams,M/Elista ol 1998}) 17... Qg6 18.
Nd2 (18. d4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 $44) 18... Bg4 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Kg2 Nd5 21. d4
Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Bd2 Nf6 24. Bf4 Bf8 25. Bd2 Bd6 $11 {Leko,P-Adams,M/
Madrid 1998}) 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 f5 (17... Bg4 $5 18. f3 Bf5 $16) (17... Bc7
18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Nh4 Qh5 20. f3 Bh3 21. Qe2 $14) 18. a4 (18. c4 f4 19. Ne4 fxg3
20. fxg3 Bg4 21. Qc2 bxc4 22. Qxc4 (22. dxc4 Bb4 23. Bd2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Bxe1 25.
Rxe1 Bf5 26. Qg2 Rfe8 27. Bc2 Re6 28. g4 {1-0 Smagin,S-Hebden,M/Moscow 1986/
MCL (37)}) 22... Bc7 23. Qc2 Kh8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Nf2 {1/2-1/2 Hellers,
F-Wahls,M/Adelaide 1988/TD (30)}) (18. f4 Bxf4 (18... Kh8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qf3
Bd7 21. Nb3 d4 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Pavlovic,M/Belgrade 1992/CBM 31 (30)}) 19.
Qf3 (19. Nf3 Bc7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Be6 22. c4 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Sanz Alonso,
F/Elgoibar 1993/EXT 99 (44)}) 19... Bxd2 (19... Bb8 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Nf1 Ra7
22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 d4 24. cxd4 Rd7 25. Re5 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Lukacs,P/
Budapest 1994/CBM 43 ext (25)}) 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Bxd2 Ra7 {
1-0 Koch,J-Blatny,P/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (36)}) (18. Nf3 f4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5
fxg3 21. hxg3 Bg4 22. Qe1 Bf3 $1 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. a4 $2 h6 $1 25. Bd1 Rxe5 26.
Qxe5 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxd3 28. Qd4 Qf3 29. Be1 $4 Ne3 $1 $19 {0-1 Leko,P-Svidler,
P/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66/[Lukacs] (35)}) (18. Ne4 $2 fxe4 19. dxe4 Bg4 20. Qd4
Qh5 $1 21. exd5 c5 $1 $19) 18... Rb8 (18... f4 19. Ne4) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf3 (
20. c4 f4 21. cxd5 fxg3 22. fxg3 Bxg3 23. Kh1 (23. hxg3 $6 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 Qh3+
$11) 23... Bxe1 24. Qxe1 $14) 20... f4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 fxg3 23. fxg3 Bg4
24. Qe1 (24. Qc2 Bf5 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 $16) 24... Bh3 25. Be3 (25. Ra6 Kh8 26.
Bxd5 Rf1+ 27. Qxf1 Bxf1 28. Rxc6 $132) 25... Rf1+ 26. Qxf1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rf8 (
27... Qxd3 28. Bc5 $11) 28. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht,Hj. Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O
a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5
{'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'White is often dreaming about the breakthrough in the
center, this idea became quite popular of late.'} (13. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Bb7 14.
Bg5 g6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 (17... Rxc4 18. Bb3 Rc8 19. Qh3 (
19. d5 Bxd5 20. Qh3 Rc7 $11) 19... Rc7 20. Qh4 Nd5 21. Ne4 $14) 18. Qh3 Nd5 19.
Bh6 Re8 20. Ne4 Nf6 (20... Qb6 $15 21. Bc1 f5 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qg3
Bxd4 (24... Bg7 25. h4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxd4 27. Bxf5 $15) 25. Bxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sokolov,I-Hansen,C/Malmo/1998/ (29)}) 21. Ng5 Qb6 22. Ba4 Red8 23. Nxe6 fxe6
24. Rxe6 Qc7 25. Rde1 Bf8 26. Rxf6 Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rxd4 28. Rfe6 Qf7 29. Re7 {
1-0 Sosnicki,M-Hnydiuk,A/Ksiaz/1998/ (29)}) 13... Re8 14. Bg5 (14. Qd3 g6 (
14... h6 $5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd4 Bb3 $1 $11) (14... exd5 15. Bg5 $16) 15. b4
Nc4 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd4 Bd5 $1 18. Bg5 Bb7 $11 19. Bb3 (19. a4 Nb2 20. Qd2
Nc4 $11) 19... Qd6 (19... Rc8 $5 $15) 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qd2 Ng4 22. Bf4 Bg5 $1
23. Bxd6 Bxd2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nde2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Anand,V/
Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM 71 (25)}) 14... h6 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 (15... Nxe7
16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Raxd1 Nc4 $11) 16. Nxd5 exd5 (16... Rd7 17. Qe2
$1 Rxd5 (17... exd5 $4 18. Qe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxe8#) 18. Be4 $14) 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18.
Qxd5 Bb7 19. Qd3 g6 20. Re1 Qc7 $11) (14... Nc4 $5) 15. Bh4 Nxd5 {'?!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Defending this position is anything but easy, white probably enjoys
slightly better chances in all lines.'} (15... Nc4 16. Nd4 Nxd5 (16... Nxb2 17.
Qc1 Nc4 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Ne4 $40) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nc6 Qd7 (18...
Qd6 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Qf3 $16 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ge4f6]}) 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Qxd7
Bxd7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd5 $16) (15... exd5 {Ftacnik} 16. Qd3 $5 (16. Rxe7 Rxe7
(16... Qxe7 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd3 Kf8 20. Rd1 $13) 17. Bxf6 gxf6
18. Qd2 Kg7 (18... f5 19. Qxh6 Re6 20. Qh5 $13) 19. Qd3 f5 20. Nxd5 Re6 21.
Qc3+ Kg8 22. Rd1 Rd6 $15) 16... g5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nc4 19. Qg3 Nh5 20.
Bxe7+ Nxg3 21. Bxd8 $14) 16. Nxd5 exd5 (16... Bxh4 17. Qd3 $1 g6 (17... Kf8 18.
Nxh4 Bb7 19. Qh7 Qxd5 20. Rad1 Qc6 (20... Qc5 21. Rd7 $18) 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22.
Nf5+ Kf6 23. Qxg7#) (17... f5 18. Nxh4 Bb7 (18... Qxh4 19. Nc7 Rd8 20. Qc3 $18)
19. Nxf5 $1 Qxd5 (19... exf5 20. Ne7+ Rxe7 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxe7 $18) 20.
Nxh6+ $1 $18) 18. Nxh4 exd5 (18... Qxh4 19. Qc3 $1 $18) 19. Nxg6 $18) 17. Qd3
g6 18. Qe3 (18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Qc3 g5 $17) 18... Be6 (18... g5 19. Nxg5 (19. Qd3
f5 20. Bg3 $44 (20. Bg3 Nc4 21. Nd4 Nxb2 22. Qe2 Bd7 23. Qh5 $40)) (19. Bg3 {
Ftacnik} f5 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. Qe2 $16) 19... hxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 (20... Nc6 21. Bh6
Bg4 22. Qd3 $1 f5 23. Qc3 $1 $18) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 (21... Rxe7 22. Qh6 f6 23. Rxe6
Rxe6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bg6 $18) 22. Qh6 f6 23. Re3 $18) (18... Nc6 19. Bxe7 (19.
Qxh6 $5 Bf8 (19... Bxh4 20. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Qxc6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1
Ra7 24. Qc5+ $18) 20. Qf4 $16) 19... Rxe7 20. Qxh6 $36) 19. Qxh6 {'!' Ftacnik.}
(19. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 (19... Rxe7 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxh6 Qf8 21. Qh4 $14) 20. Qxh6 Qf8
21. Qf4 $16) 19... Bxh4 20. Bxg6 $1 Qf6 {Ftacnik: 'Within a few moves black
king was left without a great part of his shield. The attack is possible
partly due to the rear position of the knight a5.'} (20... fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8
22. Qh6+ Kf7 (22... Kg8 $2 23. Rxe6 $18) 23. Qh7+ Kf6 (23... Kf8 24. Nxh4 $18)
24. Qxh4+ (24. Nxh4 {Ftacnik} Qd7 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Re3 $16) 24... Kg7 25. Qg3+
Kf8 26. Qf4+ Kg7 (26... Kg8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Qg4+ $18) 27. Re5 $1 $40) (20...
Bf6 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxe6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Bg7 23. Ng5 $18) 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6+
Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nxh4 Qg7 (24... Qxb2 $1 25. Nf5 (25. Bd3 Qf6 $132 {
[%cal Ya5c4]}) (25. Bf5 {Ftacnik} Qf6 26. Rad1 $36) 25... fxg6 26. Qxg6 (26.
Qh6+ Kf7 27. Nd6+ Ke7 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxg6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (29. Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6
30. Re1+ Kf7 31. Qf4+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ $11) 29... Qf6 $15) 26... Bxf5 (26... Qh8
27. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3f3]} Bxf5 28. Qxf5+ Kg8 29. Qxd5+ $16) 27. Qxf5+ Kg7
28. Qg5+ Kh7 $11) (24... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 25. b3 Nd6 26. Bd3 $16) 25. Qxg7+ (25.
Nf5 $5 Qxh7 26. Bxh7 Nc4 27. b3 $1 (27. b4 Bxf5 (27... a5 28. Nd4 $16) 28. Bxf5
Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nxa3 30. Rd1 $14) 27... Bxf5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxf5 Nxa3 30.
Bd3 b4 (30... Nc4 $5 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Bf1 $16) 31. Bxa6 $16) 25... Kxg7 26.
Bd3 $16 Nc4 (26... d4 27. Rad1 Rad8 28. Nf3 $16) 27. b4 (27. b3 $1 Nd2 28. b4
$16 (28. b4 {Ftacnik} Kf6 29. f4 Rh8 30. g3 Rxh4 $1 31. gxh4 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxe1
33. Rxe1 $11)) (27. Re2 $5 $16) 27... Nb2 (27... d4 $142) 28. Bf1 d4 29. Nf3
Rad8 30. Reb1 (30. Rab1 Nc4 31. Rbd1 Nxa3 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Nc2 34. Rg4+
Kf8 35. Re2 Bxg4 36. Rxc2 $16) 30... Nc4 31. Rd1 (31. a4 {Ftacnik} d3 32. axb5
axb5 33. Rd1 Bf5 $11) 31... Bg4 32. Rd3 $1 (32. Rxd4 Bxf3 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34.
gxf3 $16 Nd2 35. Bg2 (35. Kg2 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Rd3 37. Ke2 Rb3 $132) 35... Rd3
$132 {[%cal Yd2c4]}) 32... Nb2 33. Rxd4 Bxf3 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. gxf3 {Ftacnik:
'White has great advantage in far reaching bishop and two spare pawns.
Unfortunatelly his a3-b4 pawns need protection and extra pawns are of poor
quality. Winning the game is not easy. '  Hecht,Hj: '[#] Mehrbauer, starker
Läufer sowie die angreifbare Schwäche a6 ergeben einen deutlichen Vorteil für
Weiß.'} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Yc8c3,Yc3a3,Yc3f3]} (35... Rd2 36. Rc1 $18) 36. Ra2 $1
Na4 (36... Rc2 37. a4 $1 (37. Kg2 {Hecht,Hj} Rd2 38. a4 bxa4 (38... Nc4 39.
Bxc4 $18) 39. Bxa6 a3 40. Rxa3 Nd1 41. Rb3 $18) 37... bxa4 38. Bxa6 $18) (36...
Nc4 {Ftacnik} 37. Rc2 $18) 37. Rd2 $18 {[%cal Gd2d6]} Rc6 38. f4 Nb6 {'?!'
Ftacnik.} (38... Nc3 {Ftacnik} 39. Rd3 Rg6+ 40. Rg3 Nb1 $16) 39. Kg2 Nc4 40.
Rd3 (40. Bxc4 $5 {Ftacnik} bxc4 41. Kf3 c3 42. Rc2 Kf6 43. Ke4 Rc4+ 44. Kd3
Rxf4 45. Kxc3 Rf3+ 46. Kb2 Rh3 47. Rc6+ $18) 40... Nb2 41. Rg3+ Kh8 {'?'
Ftacnik.} (41... Kf6 {Ftacnik} 42. h4 Kf5 43. Rg7 Kf6 44. Rg8 $18) 42. Be2 Rc2
43. Bh5 (43. Bf3 $142 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5][%cal Gf3b7]} Nd3 $140 44. Be4 $18) 43...
Rc7 44. f5 $6 {'?' Ftacnik.} (44. Kf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3d5]}) (44. Kf3 $1 {Ftacnik}
Kh7 45. Ke4 Kh6 46. Rh3 Kg7 47. Kd5 Nc4 48. Be2 $16) 44... Kh7 (44... f6 {
Ftacnik} 45. Be2 Nc4 46. Bxc4 Rxc4 47. Rg6 $18) 45. Be2 $6 (45. f6 Kh6 46. Bf3
Nd3 47. h4 $18) 45... Kh6 46. h4 Rc2 47. Bf3 Nc4 48. Bd5 (48. Bb7 $2 Nd6 $1 49.
Bxa6 $140 Rc6) 48... Nd6 (48... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 49. Bb7 $18) 49. Rd3 $1 (49. f6
Rd2 50. Bc6 Nf5 $132) 49... Kg7 (49... Nxf5 50. Bb7 (50. Bxf7 $5 Nxh4+ 51. Kf1
$18) 50... Nxh4+ 51. Kg1 $18 {Hecht,Hj: 'ähnlich wie in der Partie'}) 50. Bf3
$1 {Hecht,Hj: '[#] Endlich stehen die weißen Figuren optimal. Kramnik gibt
zwei relativ wertlose Bauern am Königsflügel auf und kassiert dafür den
wichtigen Ba6.'} (50. Bb3 Rc6 51. Rd5 Kf6 $132) 50... Nxf5 (50... Nc4 {Ftacnik}
51. Bb7 Ra2 52. Bxa6 Nxa3 53. Kg3 Nc2 54. Bxb5 Nxb4 55. Rd6 $16) 51. Bb7 Nxh4+
52. Kg1 Re2 (52... Rc1+ {Ftacnik} 53. Kh2 Rc2 54. Bxa6 Rxf2+ 55. Kg3 Rf6 56.
Bxb5 $18) 53. Bxa6 Re5 54. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3c5] Hecht,Hj: '[#] Gegen Tc5 gibt es
keine befriedigende Antwort. Die Folge ist ein Läufer/Springer-Duell, bei dem
der Läufer in Verbindung mit dem weit entfernten a-Freibauern klarer Sieger
bleibt.'} Nf5 55. Rc5 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rxc5 (55... Re1+ {Ftacnik} 56. Kg2 Nd4 57.
Bxb5 Ra1 58. a4 Nxb5 59. axb5 $18) 56. bxc5 Nd4 57. c6 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nxc6 58.
Bxb5 {Ftacnik: 'Finally Kramnik managed to transform the position into a good
example of bishop's abilities in endgames with light pieces.'} Na5 59. Kg2 Kf6
60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Ke3 Nb7 62. Bc4 f6 (62... f5 $2 63. f4+ Kd6 64. Kd4 $18 {
[%csl Rf5]}) 63. a4 Na5 64. Bf7 Nc6 (64... Nb7 65. f4+ Kd6 (65... Kf5 66. Bd5
Nc5 67. a5 $18) 66. Kd4 $18) 65. Kd3 Kd6 (65... Na5 66. Kc3 Ke4 67. Kb4 Nb7 68.
f3+ Kd4 69. a5 $18) 66. Ke4 Ne7 (66... Na5 67. Bd5 $1 $18) 67. a5 Kc5 68. a6
Nc8 (68... Kb6 69. Bc4 Ka7 70. Kf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4g4,Gg4h5,Gh5h6,Gh6g7,Gg7f6]})
69. Bh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5e2,Ge2a6]} Kd6 70. Bf3 (70. Bf3 Kc6 (70... Na7 71. Kd4 $1
Nb5+ 72. Kc4 Na7 73. Bb7 $1 $18) 71. Kf5+ Kb6 72. Bb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Nd2 $6 {[#]} (12. Be3 {- J.
Polgar-Karpov, Budapest m 30' rapid 1998 CBM 65}) (12. O-O {looks more natural.
} b6 {Yandemirov-Kharitinov, RUS-Cup2 Moscow CBM 56}) 12... e5 $1 {This seems
to be the best reply, after which it is far from easy to find any advantage
for White.} (12... Nf6 13. Qh4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O $14 {/\ Nc4}) 13. Nc4
Nc5 $1 14. Qg3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 (15. Qxd3 {is less exciting:} Be6 16. dxe5 Bxe5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. O-O Qb5 20. Qxb5 cxb5 21. Rfe1 a6 22. a4 Bf5
23. axb5 Rc8 {1/2:1/2 Ljubojevic-Karpov, Amber Blinfold 1993}) 15... f6 (15...
Bb4+ $5 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 (17. Nxd2 Qb6 $1 $15) 17... Be6 18. Qxe5 Qd7 19.
Qd6+ Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Rb8 $44 {/\ Ke7 and Black has compensation for the P in the
_|_, because the double d pawns cannot pose a serious threat.}) 16. Bd2 (16.
O-O Be6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $5 (19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Re1 Rd8 21.
Rxe5 Kf7 {In this _|_ with ^- Black has sufficient counterplay because of the
isolated d P.} 22. Re3 (22. Be3 Rxd3 23. Bxa7 Ra8 $11) 22... Bf5 23. Rf3 Kg6
$11) 19... Qd5 20. Rfe1 Kf7 21. Re4 Bf5 22. Re3 Rhe8 23. Rae1 Qxd3 $1 (23...
Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Be6 25. Bb8 Qd8 $11) 24. h3 {(Zagrebelny-Abdulla, Asia-ch Tehran
1998)} Qd7 $1) 16... Be6 17. Nxd6 (17. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) 17... Qxd6 18. Bc3 Rd8
19. O-O Kf7 $1 {Black has fully equalized because of the ^-.} (19... exd4 $4
20. Qxd6+ Rxd6 21. Bb4 $18) 20. dxe5 Qxd3 21. exf6 gxf6 (21... Qxg3 $2 22. fxg3
$1) 22. Qh4 Qg6 23. f3 Rhg8 24. Rf2 Qg5 25. Qxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht,Hj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 $2 {A new idea of I.Sokolov
and J.Piket tried by the first against Anand in Leon in 1994.It's interesting
that it was born not as an attempt to alive 10...d4 line after brilliant win
of Kasparov in the 10-th game of his match against Anand,but a year before
against the same opponent! Up to the current game it seems to be working,but
Svidler shows that attack is much more strong than it was considered before.} (
11... dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 14. Bc2 $1 Qxc3 15. Nb3 $3 {
Kasparov-Anand,New York(m/10) 1995.}) (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3) 12. Nxf7 $1 ({
Lately the line} 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 (13... d3 {Dorfman} 14. Nd4 Nxe5
15. Re1 Be7 16. Nf5 $36) 14. axb3 Be7 15. Nf3 d3 $1 $13 {was discussed.} ({
In the origin game Black played worse and White obtained better play.} 15...
Nxe5 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Rd1 $14 {0-1 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/
Lyon 1994/CBM 45/[Kortschnoj] (53)}) 16. Be3 (16. Nd4 $13) (16. Bg5 {Dorfman}
Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O $10) 16... O-O 17. Bd4 $146 (17. b4 Rfd8 18. Re1 a5 19. bxa5
Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe5 23. f4 Ng6 24. b4 Qc4 25. Qd2 c5 26.
bxc5 Bxc5 27. f5 Ne5 28. Kh1 f6 29. Ne6 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 d2 31. Rd1 Qb3 32. Qg1
Ng4 {0-1 McDonald,N-Gyimesi,Z/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (32)}) 17... Rfd8 18. Qxd3 {
White has nothing from the opening.} (18. b4 Bxb4 19. Qxd3 Be7 $15) 18... Qxb3
19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Rd5 21. h3 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan
Zee 1997/CBM 57/[Wedberg] (62)}) (12. Re1 {1-0 Szelag,M-Jedryczka,K/Augustow
1996/EXT 99 (42)}) 12... Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. Qg4+ $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14. Ne4
{was played and analysed by Cuban players.In according to Wedberg Black forces
a draw after} Nxb3 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Ne7 $13) 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. Qf5+ Kg8 $1 (
16... Ke8 {'?' Wedberg.} 17. e6 Bxe6 (17... Ne5 18. axb3 $16) (17... Qc8 18.
Qxd5 Nba5 19. b4 Ne7 20. Qh5+ $16) 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Qxb3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd4 $16 {2.30-2.15. 1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Rios,E/Cienfuegos 1996/CBM 52 ext (49)
}) 17. e6 h6 (17... Qe7 $2 18. Qxd5 Nxa1 19. Bg5 Rd8 20. Qxc6 Qe8 21. Qxc7 Rc8
22. Qe5 $16) 18. Qf7+ (18. axb3 Rh7 $17) 18... Kh7 19. Ng5+ hxg5 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Qf7+ $11) 14... Ke7 $8 (14... Kf7 $2 15. Qf5+ Ke7 (15... Kg8 16. e6 $18) (
15... Ke8 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bd5 Kd7 20. cxd4 $18) 16.
e6 Nxb3 (16... Nxe6 17. Bxd5 $18 {[%cal Gf1e1]}) (16... Bxe6 17. Re1 $1 (17.
Qxc5+ Qd6 $8 18. Qg5+ Kd7 $16 (18... Kf7 19. Qf5+ Ke7 20. Re1)) 17... Qd6 18.
Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gb3c5]} (19. Ne4 $5 Qe5 20. Bg5+ Kd7 (20...
Nxg5 21. Nxg5 $18 {[%cal Re1e7]}) (20... Ke8 21. Nf6+ $18) 21. Nc5+ $1 Bxc5 (
21... Qxc5 22. Qxe6#) 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 $18) 19... Ncd8 20. Bg5+ Kd7 21.
Bxd8 Kxd8 (21... Rxd8 22. Nc5+ $1 Kc8 23. Rxe6 Qxc5 24. Re5+ $18) 22. Rxe6 Qd7
23. Nxd4 $18) 17. Nxb3 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Bxe6 18. Re1 (18. Bg5+ $2 Kd7) 18... Qc8
19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 $5) 19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 15. e6 $1 {
[%cal Gg4g5]} Bxe6 (15... Nxb3 {doesn't save} 16. Nxb3 Bxe6 17. Re1 Qd5 (17...
Qd6 $2 18. Nc5 Nd8 19. Bg5+ Kf7 20. Qf3+ {[%cal Rf3f7,Rf3a8]}) 18. Nc5 Nd8 19.
cxd4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e5,Gc5e6]} h6 $8 (19... g6 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Re5 Qd6 22.
Bg5+ Kd7 (22... Kf7 23. Qf3+ {[%cal Rf3f7,Rf3a8]}) 23. Rae1 Re8 24. d5 $18) (
19... Kf7 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Re5 Qd6 22. Qf3+ $18 {[%cal Rf3f7,Rf3a8]}) 20.
Bf4 $1 Kf7 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qf5+ $18) 16. Re1 Qd7 (16... Qd6 {
allow White to bring knight into play with tempo.} 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Ne4 Qe5
19. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Ge4c5,Ge4g5]} (19. Bg5+ Kd7 20. Nc5+ Bxc5 (20... Qxc5 21.
Qxe6#) 21. Rxe5 Nxe5) 19... h5 (19... Qd5 20. Ng5 Ncd8 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6+
Qxe6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 $16) 20. Qh4+ (20. Qg6 $5) 20... Kd7 21. Ng5 Qf5
22. Nxe6 Qg4 23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. cxd4 $16) 17. Bxe6 ({Unfortunately} 17. Ne4 $2 {
doesn't work because of} Nxb3 ({In case of} 17... Bxg4 $4 {White beautifully
mates} 18. Bg5+ Ke8 19. Nd6#)) 17... Nxe6 18. Nf3 (18. Nb3) 18... Re8 (18...
Kf7 $2 19. Rxe6 (19. Ng5+ $5)) 19. Ng5 Ncd8 $8 20. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gc3d4,Gd2b4]
Svidler brings another piece into attack.} h6 $6 {[%csl Rg6]} ({It was
interesting to seek a refuge on the queenside.Here is examplary variation:} 
20... Kd6 $5 21. cxd4 Kc6 22. Qe4+ Kb6 23. d5 Bc5 $1 (23... Nxg5 24. Qxe8 Qxe8
25. Rxe8 {with an advantage for White.}) 24. Nxe6 (24. b4 Nxg5 25. bxc5+ Ka7
$13) 24... Nxe6 25. b4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Nd8 {and Black is still alive.}) 21. Nf3
$1 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5,Ge5g6] White's attack on its final stages.} ({After} 21.
Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6+ Qxe6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 $14 {[%csl Re7] White is
better,but Svidler already goes for more.}) 21... Qd5 22. Re5 Qd6 23. cxd4 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} h5 (23... c6 24. d5 cxd5 $140 25. Bb4 $18) 24. Qe4 Kf7 25. d5 Kg8
26. Qg6 (26. dxe6 $5 Rxe6 27. Bf4 (27. Bc3 $5) 27... Rxe5 28. Bxe5 $18) 26...
Re7 27. Rae1 Nd4 $8 28. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 cxd6 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Rxe7 $18 {
Certainly White is winning anyhow and that can sometimes be a problem. Hecht,
Hj: '[#] Aktiver Turm, Mehrbauer: Urteil: +- Partieverlauf: Anand gibt für
höchste Aktivität den Damenflügel auf und erreicht dennoch nur ein anscheinend
verlorenes Endspiel mit einem Springer gegen drei vereinzelte weiße Freibauern.
Doch mit seinem letzten Bauern als "Siegfried" kann Schwarz Remis erreichen.
Wirklich?! Siehe dazu die Anmerkung am Partieende!!'} Nf7 32. Ra7 $6 {First
inaccuracy.} (32. h4 $1 {preventing possible counterplay was the simplest way
to the victory.} Ne5 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Bc3 $18) 32... h4 $1 {[%cal Gh8h5]} 33.
Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rxa6 Kg6 {[%cal Gh8h5]} 35. Rb6 Rc8 36. Rxb5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A
serious mistake.White should prevent possible counterplay.} (36. Bc3 $5 h3 37.
f4 $1 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Re8 38. Kf1 $18) (36. h3 $5 Rc2 37. Bc3 $18) 36... Rc2 37.
Bc3 h3 {[%csl Rg1,Rh2] Now suddenly Black creates counterplay.} 38. Kf1 Ng5 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh2]} 39. Rb7 Nxf3 40. Rxg7+ Kf5 {[%csl Rf1]} 41. Rg3 Ke4 {[%cal
Gf3h2]} 42. Rxh3 $8 {It's time to sacrifice a piece.Otherwise 42...N:h2+ is
following.} Rc1+ 43. Ke2 (43. Kg2 $4 Rg1#) 43... Rxc3 $1 44. bxc3 Ng1+ 45. Kf1
Nxh3 {Look at the position ten moves ago.It's just unbelievable.Fortunately
White is still better,but now he must prove his superiority.} 46. a4 Kxd5 47.
Kg2 Ng5 48. h4 Ne4 49. h5 Ke6 50. c4 Nd2 ({Or} 50... Kf5 51. f4 $1) 51. a5 Nxc4
52. a6 Nb6 53. a7 Kf5 54. f4 $18 {White gets winning position once again.Now
first part of his plan is to bring king to the queenside and force d5-d4.Black
has to wait.} Na8 55. Kf3 d5 56. Ke3 Nc7 {Only defensive setup.} 57. Kd2 Kf6
58. Kc2 Kf5 59. Kb3 d4 60. Kc4 Kf6 61. Kd3 Kf5 {Second part of White's plan is
to reach the board position with Black to go.The triangle makes the day.} 62.
Ke2 Kf6 63. Kf2 (63. Kd2 {is shorter.} Na8 ({or} 63... Kf5 64. Kd3 Kf6 65. Ke4)
64. Kd3 Nc7 65. Ke4) 63... Kf5 ({or} 63... Ke6 64. h6 Kf6 65. f5) 64. Kf3 Na8
65. Ke2 Nc7 66. Kd3 {two extra moves and White reaches the position of
zugzwang.} Kf6 67. Ke4 Kf7 68. f5 Kf6 (68... Kg7 69. Kd3 Kf6 70. h6 {leads to
the same.}) 69. h6 Kf7 {It's incredible.White accepts draw in the situation
when a win as close as never. Hecht,Hj: '[#] Entgegen meinen Anmerkungen im
Vorspann ist Anand überraschenderweise doch verloren. Wenn Swidler seinen
a-Bauern gegen den d-Bauern hergibt, stellt er dabei den Springer so schlecht,
daß der entweder gar nicht mehr eingreifen kann oder aber selbst den Verlust
verursacht. Das geht so:'} (69... Kf7 {After} 70. Kxd4 {White wins by force}
Nb5+ $8 71. Kc5 Nxa7 72. Kb6 $1 Nc8+ (72... Kg8 73. f6 $1 (73. Kxa7 $4 Kh7 74.
Kb6 Kxh6 75. Kc6 Kg5 $11) 73... Nc8+ 74. Kc7 Na7 75. Kd7 $18) 73. Kc7 Ne7 (
73... Na7 74. Kd7 {'!' Hecht,Hj.} Nb5 (74... Kf6 75. h7 $1 Kg7 76. f6+ Kxh7 77.
f7 Kg7 78. Ke8 $1 $18 {'+-' Hecht,Hj.}) 75. h7 Kg7 76. f6+ Kxh7 77. f7 Kg7 78.
Ke7 $18) 74. h7 Kg7 (74... Nd5+ 75. Kd6 (75. Kd6 {Hecht,Hj} Kg7 76. Kxd5 Kxh7
77. Ke6 Kg7 78. Ke7 $18)) 75. f6+ $1 $18 {'+-' Hecht,Hj. It's clear that
Svidler missed this nice idea.Even the sun has spots!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. b4 Bb6 10. h3 Bd7 $146 {Retreating the other way takes away the danger
of ending up with the B on g6 after a later g4 from White. On the other hand
it also releases the pressure against Nf3, giving White more possibilities for
central play with d4.} (10... Bh5 {--> Illescas Cordoba,M-Adams,M/Dos Hermanas
1999}) 11. d3 {Solid but a bit placid, White could have tried for sharper
things.} (11. Na3 $5 {If White can lure the N away from c6 then d4 becomes a
possibility.} O-O 12. Bb2 (12. Rb1 $5 {threatening to take on b5} bxa4 (12...
Ne7 13. d4 $36) 13. Re1 Ne7 (13... a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. d4 $36) 14. Bxa4 Bxa4 15.
Qxa4 $14) 12... Qe7 13. Re1 $14) 11... h6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3
Qa6 15. Bb2 (15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Ba4 Qa6 17. b5 Qb7 $11) 15... O-O 16. Qd2 Ne7
17. d4 Ng6 (17... Bc6 $5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Re1 d5
$11) 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 $1 $36 bxc4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Be6 $1 (21... Qxa3
$4 22. Ra1 $18) (21... Bxh3 $2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 (22... Qxa3 23. Bc3 $18) 23. Nb1
$40 (23. Qxh6 $40)) 22. Qc3 $1 (22. Bxf6 Qxa3 23. Ra1 Qg3 $8 {The saving
square.} 24. Bd4 Qd6 $11) 22... Ra8 $1 {[%mdl 256] Nice active defense.} (22...
Ne8 23. Rd1 $16) 23. Nb1 (23. Bxf6 gxf6 (23... Qxa3 24. Bxg7 Qxc3 25. Bxc3 Ra2
26. Rc1 $14) 24. Ra1 (24. Nb1 Qa1 $13) 24... Qa7 $132) 23... Ne8 24. Rd1 Qb5
25. Qb2 c5 (25... c5 26. bxc5 Qxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxc5 28. Nc3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2352]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7.
bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 (11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+
13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Qf4 b6 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Qd2 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qc4 $13
{Flores Alvarez,R-Gutierrez,J/Santiago 1957}) (11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Qd4 Qe7 13. f4
Nxc5 14. Ne2 b6 15. Ke3 Ba6 16. Qb4 Rc8 17. a4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nb7 $13 {
Mirschinka,D-Liebert,H/BL2-O 1996}) (11. f4 Nc6 12. dxc5 (12. Nf3 Qa5 13. f5 c4
14. Be2 exf5 15. Qg3 Be6 16. h4 g6 $15 {Hulters,J-Kieninger,G/Krefeld 1938})
12... Qa5 13. Ne2 d4 14. Rab1 dxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qa5+ 17. Ke3 b6 18.
Rhd1 $14 {Malmgren,S-Hjorth,S/SWE-ch 1971}) 11... c4 (11... Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 13.
Rg3 {[%csl Gg7]} g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Qxg5 Ke8 16. Qf6 Rf8 17. dxc5 d4 18. Ne2
$14 {Westerinen,H-Bajovic,M/Reykjavik op 1982}) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 Rg8 14. Qf4
(14. Rf3 Ne7 $5 15. Qf4 Nf5 (15... Qe8 $6 16. Nh3 Bd7 17. h5 $36 {[%cal Gg2g5]}
) 16. g4 g5 $1 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qh2 Nh4 19. Rh3 Bd7 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Ke7
$132) 14... Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 (16. Rf3 $5 f5 $5 17. Bxe8 Kxe8 18. h5 Qd7
$5 (18... Qg5 $6 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rg3 g4 21. f3 g6 22. hxg6 (22. h6 $5 $13)
22... Rxg6 23. Ne2 Ke7 24. Nf4 Rg7 25. fxg4 fxg4 26. Rh1 $14) 19. Rh3 Ne7 20.
Nf3 Rb8 21. Nh4 $13) 16... f5 17. g4 (17. Bxe8 $5) 17... Ne7 18. Rg1 $5 Bxh5
19. gxh5 {[%csl Rg7]} Qe8 20. Qf3 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4g6]} Rc8 21. Nf4 Rc6 22. Rhg3
Ra6 23. Qg2 Qf7 24. Qf1 Qe8 (24... Rxa2 $2 25. Qb1 {[%cal Gb1a2,Gb1b7]} Ra6 26.
Qxb7 Rb6 27. Qxa7 $18) 25. R1g2 Kf7 26. Rg1 Rxa2 27. Qg2 Qf8 28. Rb1 Qc8 (28...
b6 $2 29. Rg6 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Qe8 (29... Nxg6 30. Qxg6+ Ke7 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32.
Qxd5+ $18) 30. Rxe6 Qa4 31. Rc1 $16) 29. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 Re8 14. Qd3 g6 15.
b4 Nc4 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Bg5 Bb7 19. Bb3 Qd6 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qd2
Ng4 22. Bf4 Bg5 23. Bxd6 Bxd2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nde2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. Rfe1 Bg7 14. b3 Qe7 15.
h4 a6 16. d5 e5 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1999.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5120]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 {Es scheint,
dass Schwarz seinen Mehrbauern mit ...b7-b5 verteidigen möchte, aber sofort
wäre das nicht gut. Nach Vorbereitung mit z.B. 6...Nc6 muss Weiss aber immer
damit rechnen. Ribli.} 6. O-O Nc6 {Diese Variante ist sehr populär in der
Grossmeisterpraxis.} 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3 (8. Qe2 b5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. e4 Be7 11. d5
Nb4 12. Ne5 exd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. a3 Nd3 15. Nxd3 Bg4 16. Qe3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7
18. Bf4 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM 71_07 (41)}) 8...
Bd6 9. Ne5 {Weiss vermeidet die Varianten mit Qe2 und öffnet sofort die
Diagonale des g2-Läufers. Meines Erachtens bietet dieser Zug dem Weissen aber
keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.} (9. Qe2 b5 10. e4 Be7 {Mit Zugumstellung haben wir
die Partie Karpov,A. - Gelfand,B. Dos Hermanas 1999.}) 9... Bxe5 $5 (9... Nxe5
10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxb7 Ra7 12. Bg2 $14) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Qd4 $6 {
Diese Fortsetzung ist schwer zu verstehen. Warum gibt Karpov seinen
katalanischen Läufer auf? Ich glaube, er war nicht zufrieden mit der Variante
12.Bg2 Nd3, die zu sofortigem Ausgleich führt.} (12. Bg2 O-O (12... Nd3 $1 {
Ich empfehle diese Fortsetzung für Schwarz.} 13. b3 Nxc1 14. bxc4 Nxa2 15. Rxa2
O-O 16. Rxa6 Rb4 (16... Qe7 $11 {Die Bauernstellung ist symmetrisch. Weiss hat
keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.}) 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Ra5 Qd6 19. Rd1 h6 20. Qa7 Qb6 21.
c5 Qxa7 22. Rxa7 Rc4 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Rxc7 Rxc3 25. Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 Schuster,
U-Winkeler,U/GER-ch qgA19 corr9395 1993/CR97-93 (25)}) 13. Qd4 $1 (13. Qc2 Bc6
14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Qa4 Ne5 16. Qxa6 Nd5 17. f4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 {0-1 Tibensky,
R-Haba,P/Bratislava 1991/EXT 97 (27)}) 13... Nd3 14. Qxc4 Nxc1 (14... Bb5 15.
Nxb5 axb5 16. Qc2 $14) 15. Rfxc1 Rxb2 $14 {[%cal Gc1c7] Haba,P} 16. Qxa6 {
Das Material ist reduziert, aber Weiss hat etwas bessere Chancen. Der
a-Freibauer ist eine potentielle Gefahr.}) (12. f4 Nd3 13. Bxa6 Nxb2 14. Qe2
Rb6 15. Bxb2 Rxa6 16. Qxc4 Rc6 17. Qb4 Rb6 18. Qa3 {[#]} h5 $1 {Oim. 0-1
Bouwmeester,H-Oeim,T/olm10 corr8291 1982/CR97-82 (47)}) (12. Bxa6 Bc6 13. Qxd8+
Kxd8 14. Rd1+ $11) 12... Rxb7 13. Qxe5 O-O 14. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Qe7 $15 {
[%cal Ge7b4] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, aber der c4-Bauer ist in einigen
Varianten schwach. Andererseits sind bei Weiss die weissen Felder schwach, was
in der Katalanischen Eröffnung keine Seltenheit ist.} 15. e4 (15. Qa5 Ra8 $15)
15... Bc6 16. Qd4 (16. f3 Nd7 17. Qd4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Rd4 Nd3 20. Rxc4
Ne5 21. Rc5 Nxf3+ $17) 16... Qb4 17. Be3 Nd7 (17... e5 18. Qxe5 (18. Qc5 Qxc5
19. Bxc5 Rfb8 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Re4]}) 18... Re8 $15) 18. Rab1 f6 {Schwarz
provoziert den Zug 19.f4, denn er kann sonst in einigen Varianten 18...Ne5
spielen.} (18... e5 $15) 19. f4 e5 20. Qd2 (20. fxe5 $2 Nxe5 $17 {[%csl Ge5]
[%cal Re5f3,Rf3d4,Rf3g1]}) 20... exf4 21. gxf4 Re8 {[%csl Re4] Weiss hat nicht
nur einen Bauern weniger, sondern sein e4-Bauern ist schwach.} 22. Qd4 Nb6 23.
Re1 Rbb8 {[%cal Gb8d8,Gd8d1]} 24. Qc5 {Weiss tauscht die Damen und wegen der
ungleichfarbigen Läufer hat er einige Rettungschancen.} Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Na4 26.
Nxa4 Bxa4 {[%cal Ra4c2,Rc2b1,Rc2e4]} 27. e5 (27. Re2 f5 28. e5 Rb5 29. Ba3 Rd5
$17) 27... fxe5 28. fxe5 Re6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Re6g6,Rg6g1,Ga4c6] Schwarz hat
nur einen Bauern mehr, aber wegen der ungleichfarbigen Läufer hat er
Angriffschancen am Königsflügel.} 29. Re3 h5 $1 (29... Rg6+ 30. Rg3 $15) 30.
Bd4 h4 {[%cal Re6g6,Rg6g1] Schwarz nimmt dem weissen Turm das Feld g3.} 31. Rf1
Rg6+ 32. Kf2 Bd7 $1 {Der Läufer strebt nach e6, um eine Blockadestellung zu
errichten.} (32... Bc6 33. Ke1 $15) 33. Ke1 Be6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ge6a2] In
einigen Varianten muss Weiss mit ...c4-c3 rechnen.} 34. Bc3 Rg4 {Schwarz
provoziert den Zug 35.h3?!, aber der Textzug hat keine besonderen Drohungen.}
35. h3 $2 {Jetzt hat Weiss ewige Probleme mit dem schwachen h-Bauern.} (35. Rf2
$15) 35... Rg2 36. Rf2 (36. Rf4 g5 37. Rf6 Re8) 36... Rg1+ $17 37. Rf1 (37. Ke2
Rh1 $17) 37... Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Rd8 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd8d1]} 39. Ke1 Kh7 40. Kf2
Rd3 $1 $19 {Schwarz spielt das Endspiel ausgezeichnet. Nach dem Turmtausch
gewinnt er leicht.} 41. Ke2 (41. Rxd3 cxd3 {[%csl Ra2,Rh3][%cal Re6a2,Re6h3]}
42. Kg2 Bxa2 43. Kf3 Be6 44. Kg2 Kg6 {Der weise König ist gebunden und die
Aktivierung des schwarzen Königs entscheidet den Kampf.} 45. Kh2 Kf5 46. Kg2
Ke4 {[%cal Re4e3]} 47. Bd2 Kd5 $19 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rd5c4,Rc4b3,Rb3c2]}) 41...
Rxe3+ 42. Kxe3 g5 (42... Bxh3 43. Kf4 Kh6 $19) 43. Kd4 (43. Kd4 Bxh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1999.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 c6 8.
Qc2 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. O-O Nxe4 14. Qxe4
c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Qxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1999.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Kg2 {Karpov has a lot of
experience in this variation with both colourse of pieces,but on other hand,
Anand had access to all Karpov's games during the game,as well as Karpov,but
he made it much faster!} (12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd7 14. Kg2 Nc6 $6 15. Rhe1 Nd8
16. Ng1 c5 17. f4 $14 {Karpov,A-Sokolov,A (m10) Linares 1987.}) (12. Rc1 c5 $1
13. Kg2 Nc6 $10 {Karpov,A-Sokolov,A (m8) Linares 1987.}) 12... c5 $1 {A good
choice of opening line of Anand(both players used computers in this specific
match,but,as we can see,Anand is much better user!). Even in case of 12...Nc3
white doesn't get anything,as it was proved by many games.} (12... Nxc3 13.
Bxc3 Nc6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Rc1 (15. Ng1 Nd8 16. f4 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nf3 Ne6
19. Rc1 c5 20. dxc5 $14 {Van der Werf,M-Ligterink,G/NLD-chT plof3-4 1998/1-0 
(49)}) 15... Nd8 16. Ng1 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bb4 $6 c5 $1 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. Ba3
b5 21. Rc2 Qf5 22. Rce2 Bc3 23. Rf1 d4 $17 {0-1 Sturua,Z-Epishin,V/Open 1998 
(32)}) (12... Qd7 13. Qe2 (13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nc6 15. h4 f5 16. Rac1 Nd8 17.
Bd2 Rc8 18. Bg5 c6 19. Bxe7 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Gurevich,M/Reggio Emilia 1988}) (
13. Re1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c5 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Polugaevsky,L/Sarajevo 1987})
13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c5 $1 15. Rad1 (15. e6 Qxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Rhe1 Bf6 17.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 $14) 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Rhe1 Bf6 18. Rxe6 $11) 15... Nc6 16.
Rd2 Qe6 17. Rhd1 Rfd8 18. Ng1 {[%cal Gg1h3,Gh3f4]} Rac8 $146 (18... cxd4 19.
Bxd4 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Polugaevsky,L/Sochi 1988}) 19. Nh3 cxd4 20. Bxd4
Qf5 $6 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Hansen,S/Aruna 1997 (56)} (20... Bb4 $142 21. Rd3 Re8
$1)) 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd7 15. Rhe1 Qe6 16. Ng1 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg1h3,Yh3f4]}
Nc6 17. dxc5 (17. Rad1 $2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bb4 19. Rf1 Nxd4 (19... f6 $2 20. exf6
Qxe2 21. Nxe2 gxf6 22. Nf4 $16 {Kiselev,S-Shneider,A/Helsinki op 1992}) 20.
Rxd4 Bc3 21. Rh4 Qxe5 (21... Bxe5 $2 22. Qh5 h6 23. Re1) (21... h6 $5) 22. Qd3
g6 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. Qxd5 Rad8 $15 (24... Rfd8 $15)) 17... d4 18. Bd2 Bxc5 19. f4
$146 (19. Qe4 Rfe8 20. f4 Rad8 21. Nf3 d3 22. Ng5 $2 (22. Rad1 Qd5 $15 (22...
f5 23. exf6 $1 Qxe4 24. f7+ $10)) 22... Qd5 23. Rac1 Nd4 $1 $15 {Agdestein,
S-Karpov,A/Gjovik m 1991}) 19... d3 $1 {getting outpost on-d4 for black pieces.
} 20. Qe4 (20. Qxd3 $2 Rad8 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gd8d2]} 21. Qe2 Qd5+ 22. Nf3 Nd4
23. Qd3 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rxd2 $19) 20... Rad8 21. Nf3 (21. f5 $2
Qd5 22. Nf3 Nd4 $1) 21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 $15 23. Qf3 Rfd8 24. f5 Qd5 25.
Rad1 a5 26. Qxd5 $6 (26. e6 $5 fxe6 (26... Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 fxe6 (27... R4d5 28.
g4) 28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Rde1 R8d7 $15 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 27. Rxe6 a4 $15) (26. Be3 $2
Re4 27. Bxc5 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qxc5 $19) 26... R4xd5 27. Re4 (27. Bc3 Rc8 $17)
27... Re8 28. Bc3 $2 {Just a blunder.} (28. Rde1 f6 29. exf6 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxf5
31. Re8+ $1 Kf7 32. fxg7 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Kxg7 34. Bc3+ {[%cal Ge8d8] with good
chances to save the endgame.}) 28... f6 29. e6 Rxf5 30. Rxd3 Rf2+ 31. Kh3 Rxa2
$19 32. Rd7 {[%cal Ge4g4]} (32. Rd2 $2 Ra3 33. Rb2 f5 $19 {[%csl Rb3][%cal
Ga5a4]}) (32. g4 Rc2 {[%cal Rc5g1]} 33. Bd2 Ba3 $1 $19 {[%cal Gc2c6,Ga3b2,
Gb2e5]}) 32... h5 33. g4 Ra3 34. Kh4 Rxb3 35. Bd2 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1999.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 Ne6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nc3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxd4 18. Be4 f5 19. Qg3 Nxf4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qf3 Nd5 22. Rad1 Qg4 23. Nxd5 Qxf3 24. gxf3 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. Rfd1 Rxd5
27. Rxd5 Re7 28. b4 Kg7 29. Ra5 Kh6 30. b5 Rb7 31. Kg2 Kg5 32. Kg3 Kh5 33. a4
Kg5 34. Ra6 Rd7 35. f4+ Kh6 36. f3 Kh5 37. Re6 h6 38. Ra6 g5 39. Rf6 Rd4 40.
fxg5 hxg5 41. Rxf5 Rxa4 42. h4 Rxh4 43. f4 Rh1 44. Rxg5+ Kh6 45. Kg4 Rb1 46.
Rc5 Kg6 47. f5+ Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Kg5 Rg1+ 50. Kf4 Rb1 51. Rc5 Kf6 52. Ke4
Rb4+ 53. Kd5 Kxf5 54. Kc6+ Ke6 55. Rc1 Ra4 56. Re1+ Kf7 57. Kb7 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1999.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 {L'une des nombreuses inventions de
Nimzovich : la mobilisation du Fou en g2 est contrée par une démonstration sur
l'aile opposée.} 5. b3 Bb4+ ({On pourrait aussi jouer} 5... d5 {,}) (5... b5) (
{ou même} 5... Bb7 {. La suite choisie profite du coup b3, pour perturber le
bon développement ennemi.}) 6. Bd2 (6. Nbd2 {ne conviendrait pas а cause de}
Bc3 7. Rb1 Bb7 {menaçant а la fois 8... Fxd4 et 8...Fe4.}) 6... Be7 {Les Noirs
ont empêché la sortie du Fou en b2 et surtout bloqué la case d2 aux dépens du
Cavalier. Ils envisagent donc de poursuivre les hostilités contre c4.} 7. Bg2 (
{Karpov dévie ainsi de la troisième partie qui avait continué par} 7. Nc3 O-O
8. e4 ({si} 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O d5) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Kg2 c5 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd7 $1 {Pour conduire la Dame vers e6 :
devant le pion e5 et hors de portée du Fc3.} 15. Rhe1 Qe6 16. Ng1 {Une
retraite thématique, mais peu efficace.} Nc6 17. dxc5 d4 18. Bd2 Bxc5 19. f4 d3
$1 {Ce fantassin vaut manifestement plus que la majorité adverse sur
l'aile-Roi.} 20. Qe4 (20. Qxd3 {aurait entraîné la perte d'une pièce :} Rad8
21. Qe2 Qd5+ 22. Nf3 Nd4) 20... Rad8 21. Nf3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Rfd8 24.
f5 Qd5 {et les Noirs disposaient déjà d'un avantage conséquent.}) 7... c6 8.
Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 {Pour dégager la grande diagonale et préparer une percée au
centre (e4).} ({Après} 9. Nbd2 {le jeu se poursuivrait par} Nbd7 10. O-O O-O
11. Re1 c5 $1 {avec des chances partagées.}) 9... Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2
O-O 12. O-O Nf6 {Le dernier cri dans cette variante : les Noirs se réservent
la possibilité de miner le centre adverse via ...c5 ou ...b5.} 13. Re1 ({
Quelques suites instructives :} 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 {menaçant 15.e5 suivi de c5
avec étouffement.} dxe4 {profitant encore du fait que le Cd2 est lié а la
défense du pion c4.} 15. Qc2 (15. Rc1 Rc8 16. c5 b4 $1 ({après} 16... Nd5 17.
Rxe4 {etc., le Fa6 se retrouverait hors du jeu, Karpov-Portisch, Rotterdam 1989
}) 17. Bb2 {forcé} ({si} 17. Bxb4 Nd5) 17... Bd3 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd7 20.
Rc4 a5 21. Bc1 Nd5 {avec égalité, Yussupov-Karpov, Londres 1989}) 15... Rc8 16.
Rad1 Nd5 $3 17. Bxe4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bf6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Nf3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qa5 {
et les Noirs sont bien.}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 (14. e4 $2 {provoquerait le
démantèlement de la structure de pions :} cxd4 15. Bxd4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17.
bxc4 Rc8 {etc. Van Wely-Karpov 1996}) 14... Bxc5 15. e3 Rc8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
cxd5 exd5 18. a3 {Une précaution utile.} ({La prise du pion aurait entraîné
des ennuis :} 18. Bxd5 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Nxc5 Rxd5) ({et si} 18. Nf3 {alors}
Bb4 {force le Cavalier а rebrousser chemin.}) 18... Rfd8 19. b4 ({Toujours pas
} 19. Nf3 {а cause de} d4 $1) 19... Bf8 20. Nf3 Bc4 21. Qd2 {Il est possible
que Karpov ait considéré cette position а son avantage, compte tenu du pion
isolé sur d5 et de l'avant-poste pour le Cavalier en d4. Or justement, le Fc4
est, lui aussi, fort bien installé et on ne voit pas comment les Tours
blanches pourraient se montrer actives.} b5 {Non seulement pour renforcer c4,
mais aussi pour accroître le potentiel de l'artillerie sur la sixième rangée.}
22. Nd4 g6 {Ouvrant de nouvelles perspectives au Foou de cases noires.} 23.
Red1 Qb6 24. Rab1 Qa6 25. Ra1 {Il est désormais évident que les Noirs
conrôlent plus de terrain et que la présence des deux Fous devrait bientôt se
faire sentir.} Qb6 26. h4 h5 27. Bf3 Bg7 28. Rab1 Re8 {La Tour en c8 ne
rendant aucun service, Anand décide de modifier l'arrangement de ses forces.}
29. Bg2 Rcd8 30. Ra1 Bf8 31. Bf1 Bg7 32. Bg2 Rd6 {Maintenant la Te8 domine le
centre, via la colonne -e- et celle de d6 annonce la tempête qui se prépare а
l'aile-Roi (...g5)} 33. Rab1 Qd8 34. Rbc1 {La faute décisive.} (34. Nf3 {
s'imposait.}) 34... Ra6 35. Ra1 g5 {Premier coup de massue. Le Fg7 fera parler
de lui dès que les Noirs se seront débarrassés de la chaîne f2-g3-h4.} 36. hxg5
Qxg5 37. Nf3 Qg4 38. Qc1 Bf6 $1 {La Ta1 n'intéresse déjà plus personne !} 39.
Rb1 h4 40. Nh2 {Ou bien :} ({a)} 40. Nxh4 Bxh4 41. Rd4 (41. gxh4 Rg6) 41... Re4
) ({b)} 40. gxh4 Bg7 {suivi de Tg6.}) 40... Qg7 41. g4 d4 {Le chat est partie
en h2 et les souris dansent !} 42. exd4 Bxd4 43. Bf1 {Il y avait de jolies
variantes :} ({a)} 43. Re1 Bxf2+ $3 44. Kxf2 Qd4+ 45. Re3 Rae6 {Les Noirs
gagnent}) ({b)} 43. Nf3 Bxf2+ $3 44. Kxf2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rxg2+ $1 46. Kxg2 Qxg4+
47. Kf2 (47. Kh2 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qxf3+ 49. Kh2 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Rg6+ 52.
Kf2 Qg3#) 47... Qg3+ 48. Ke3 Re6+ 49. Kd4 (49. Kd2 Re2+ 50. Kc3 Qxf3+ 51. Kd4
Qf6+ 52. Kc5 Qb6#) 49... Qf2+ 50. Kc3 Qxf3+ 51. Kc2 Re2+ 52. Rd2 Qd3+ 53. Kd1
Re1+ 54. Kxe1 Qf1#) 43... Qe5 {Menaçant 44... Dg3+ ou même 44... Fxf2+!} 44.
Bxc4 ({Si} 44. Rxd4 Qxd4 45. Qg5+ Rg6 46. Qxh4 Bd5 {,menaçant 47... De4, et
les Noirs gagnent.}) 44... Bxf2+ $1 {Le coup de grâce !} 45. Kg2 {Plus rien ne
pouvait sauver les Blancs :} ({a)} 45. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 46. Kf1 Rf6+ {et mat au coup
suivant}) ({b)} 45. Kh1 Qe4+) ({c)} 45. Kf1 Qxh2) 45... h3+ 46. Kf1 {et les
Blancs abandonnèrent sans attendre 46... Dxh2.} 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1999.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 Ne6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nc3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxd4 18. Be4 f5 19. Qg3 Nxf4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qf3 Nd5 22. Rfd1 Qg4 23. Nxd5 Qxf3 24. gxf3 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. Rad1 Rxd5
27. Rxd5 Re2 28. Rb5 a5 29. Rb7 f4 30. a4 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. b3 Ra2 33. h4
Rb2 34. Rb5 h6 35. Kh3 h5 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Rxa5 Rxb3 38. Rb5 Ra3 39. Rb4 Ke6 40.
Rxf4 Ra1 41. Rb4 Kf5 42. Rb5+ Kf6 43. Ra5 Kg7 44. Ra8 Kf6 45. a5 Ra4 46. a6 Kg7
47. Kg3 Kh7 48. a7 Kg7 49. f4 Ra3+ 50. f3 Ra4 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Ke3 Ra4 53. Kd2
Ra2+ 54. Kc3 Ra3+ 55. Kb4 Ra1 56. f5 1-0

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd6
15. Qe3 Kf8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Qf3 Rd8 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Rc1 Rb8 16. c5 b4 17. Bb2 Bd3 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Qe2
Qa5 22. Ra1 Qb5 23. a3 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 h5 25. Kg2 Rfd8 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Rxa7
Rxb3 28. Rc7 Rdb8 29. Bc1 Bxd4 30. Rc2 g5 31. Rxc6 g4 32. h3 Kg7 33. Rd6 Rc3
34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Rb6 Rc8 36. Be3 Kf6 37. Rb7 Be5 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. f3 gxf3+
40. Kxf3 Kg6 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. d6 Rad8 14. Na4 Qc6
$5 {[%mdl 4] Kasparov is well known for his deep theoretical knowledge. This
natural move controls many important squares and also attacks d6 pawn.} 15. Be3
(15. Ne5 Qe4) (15. Qb5 Bc2 $1 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Re1 (17. Rd2 Bxa4 18. Bxa6 Nd5
$15) 17... Bxa4 18. Bxa6 Nd5 $15) 15... Ne4 16. Qb5 Bd7 $1 (16... Rxd6 17. Rxd6
Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Nxd6 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Bxc5 Rd8 21. Rd1 Bc2 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23.
Bxd6 Bxa4 24. b3 Bc6 25. Bc5 $14) 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 {Black pieces are clearly
better coordinated than their white counterpart, white will go under in a
surprisingly swift manner.} 18. Bxa6 (18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxc3 20. Bxa6 Nxd1
21. Rxd1 bxa6 22. Bxc5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rd7 $19) (18. Bd3 Bxa4 19. Bxe4 Bxb2 20.
Bxb7 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxd6 $19) 18... Bxa4 19. Bxb7 (19. Bd3 Rxd6 $1 20. Bxe4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxd1 $19) 19... Bxd1 20. Bxe4 (20. Rxd1 Nxd6 21. Bd5 Ne4 $19)
20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxb2 (21... Bd4 22. Bf4 Bxb2 23. Rd1 $17) 22. Rd1 Bd4 23.
Bxd4 (23. Bf4 Kg7 24. Kf1 Kf6 $19) 23... cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd7 25. h4 Rfd8 26. Ra4
Rb8 $1 0-1

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 $5 ({Another
options is:} 6. Nf3 $5 {-see comments to Golod,V-Psakhis,L/Tel-Aviv,1999/CBM
71(1-0)(Golod,V)(67)}) 6... c5 $5 {Is the main line.Besides,black has two
options:} (6... e5 $5 {-see comments to Sakaev,K-Pigusov,E/St. Petersburg,1999/
CBM71(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (41)}) ({and} 6... O-O) 7. Bd2 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Another
alternative is:} 7. a3 {-see comments to Bareev,E-Gelfand,B/Novgorod,1997/CBM
60(1/2-1/2)(Tsesarsky)(30)}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {Much less common than 8.bxc3,
which was popular in the 1930s.} cxd4 (8... Nc6 {is the first(!!!) game in
this variation.} 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 {+/=/=; 1/2-1/2
Gruenfeld,E-Gerschenkron,A/Wien 1934/EXT 99(30)}) 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 {Now
this move better than:} (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 (11. Nf3 $143 Bd7 12. Be2 Rc8
13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ibanez,E-Hansen,S/Badalona 1995/CBM 49
ext (49)}) 11... Bd7 12. a3 Qe5 13. Nc3 f5 (13... Nd4 $5 {-see comments to
Bareev,E-Gelfand,B/Novgorod,1997/CBM 60(1/2-1/2)(Tsesarsky)(30)}) 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Qd3 {[#]} Qc7 $11 {-see comments to Kasparov,
G-Anand,V/New York,1995/CBM 49(1/2-1/2)(De Firmian)(29)}) 10... e5 $5 ({
Good enough:} 10... Qc5 $5 11. Rc1 O-O (11... Bd7 $143 12. a3 Rc8 13. Nf3 Ne7
14. Bd3 Ned5 15. Bd2 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 O-O 17. O-O {+/=/=; Georgiev,K-Shaked,T/Las
Vegas USA,1999(1-0)(101)}) 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 e5 $5 (14... Rd8
15. a3 h6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Ne7 {+/=/=;1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Adams,M/
Las Vegas USA 1999 (51)}) 15. Rc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Ng5 Re7 19.
f3 Nd7 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Bc2 h6 22. Ne4 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Frankfurt,1999(rapid)
; (1/2-1/2)(22)}) 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O (13. Qb3 $6 Qxb3 14. axb3
Rfe8 15. Bb5 Nd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ra5 f6 {1/2-1/2 Finegold,B-Smyslov,V/London
1988/TD (17)}) 13... Rfe8 $5 $146 {[%csl Re5,Ye8] Besides this move:} (13... e4
$6 {-see comments to Gelfand,B-Speelman,J/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)
(53)}) (13... h6 $6 14. b3 Rac8 15. Qb2 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Qe6 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Be1
Ng5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. f3 Bh5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Sakalauskas,
V-Ostrowski,L/Koszalin 1998/EXT 99 (44)}) (13... Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. Rac1 Qe7
(15... e4 $143 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Keres,
P-Petrovs,V/Buenos Aires 1939/HCL (48)}) 16. a3 h6 17. Rd2 {+/=/=;1/2-1/2 Cruz,
O-Melngailis,T/Buenos Aires 1939/HCL (38)}) ({and} 13... Bh5 $5 14. Rfd1 Qc5
15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. bxa3 e4 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bronstein,D-Smyslov,V/Parnu 1947/MCL (25) - was checked in the previous games.}
) 14. Rfd1 Qc5 ({Worse is:} 14... Qe6 {in view of:} 15. Ng5 $36) 15. Rac1 $5 {
+/=/=} ({After:} 15. h3 Bxf3 (15... Bh5 $143) 16. Bxf3 e4 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Rac1
Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Re7 (20... Rad8 $6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bb5 {+/=/+/-})
21. Bb5 Ne5 22. Rd4 f5 {white has a slight advantage in the endgame.}) 15...
Qe7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ga4h4]} ({Dubious:} 17. Qf5 {because of:} Bg6
18. Qg5 Qe6 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf6e4]} (18... h6 $143 19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7
21. Be1 $14) 19. Qh4 Ne4 $11 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3]} (19... Qxa2 $4 20. Bc4 Qa4 21.
Bxf7+ $18 {[%csl Ra4]})) 17... a6 ({Senseless:} 17... e4 18. Nd4 Bxe2 (18...
Nxd4 $2 19. Bxh5 {+/=/+/-}) 19. Nxe2 $14) 18. Qh4 Bg6 $6 {After this move
white has a extra possibility-19.Nd2} ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 
18... Red8) 19. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Ge2f3]} Rad8 20. Bf3 e4 ({Insufficiently for
equality-} 20... Nd5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nb3 Nxc3 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Rxc3 $14 {
_|_}) 21. Bxf6 $5 ({After:} 21. Be2 Nd5 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nb3 Nxc3 24. Rxd8+
Nxd8 25. Rxc3 Kf8 {white has a slight advantage in the endgame.}) 21... Qxf6 (
21... gxf6 $143 22. Be2 $14) 22. Qxf6 gxf6 $14 {_|_} 23. Be2 Nb4 {[%csl Ra2,
Rd3][%cal Gb4a2,Gb4d3]} 24. a3 ({Senseless:} 24. Rc7 {in view of:} b5) 24...
Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 ({Badly:} 25... exd3 {because of:} 26. Rc7 {/\Rdc1+/-}) 26.
Nb1 {/\27.Rd3 exd3 28.Nd2} Rb3 (26... Red8 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 (27... exd3 $2 28. Nd2
$16) 28. Kf1 {+/=/+/-}) 27. Rd2 {[%csl Yd2][%cal Gc1c3]} f5 28. Rc3 Rb6 29. Rc7
$6 (29. g3 $5 {(against- 29...f4)} Re7 30. Kf1 {+/=/+/-}) 29... f4 $1 30. Nc3 (
30. exf4 $4 e3 {[%csl Rb1]} 31. fxe3 (31. Rd1 $143 e2 32. Re1 $8 Bxb1 $19)
31... Bxb1 $19) 30... fxe3 31. fxe3 Kg7 32. b4 (32. g4 $5 {/\Kf2-g3}) 32...
Ree6 {[%cal Gb6c6]} 33. Rdd7 ({Good enough:} 33. Rcd7 Rbc6 $140 34. Ne2 $14 {
[%cal Ge2f4,Ge2d4]}) 33... Rbc6 34. Ne2 ({Apparently better is:} 34. Nd5 $5)
34... Red6 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Re3][%cal Gd6d3]} 35. Rxb7 Rd3 36. Nf4 (36. Kf2 Rxa3
$11) ({Dubious:} 36. a4 {in view of:} Rxe3 37. b5 Rf6 $1 (37... Rc2 $2 38. Nd4
Re1+ 39. Kh2 $16) 38. Nd4 Ra3 $36) 36... Rxd7 (36... Rxe3 $2 37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38.
Rxf7 $16) 37. Rxd7 Rc3 {[%csl Ra3,Re3]} 38. Kf2 (38. a4 $6 Rxe3 39. Ne6+ Kf6
40. Nc5 Rc3 $132) 38... Rxa3 39. g4 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Ra3 {[%csl Re3]} 41. Nd5 ({
Right away draw after:} 41. Nxg6 hxg6 42. Kf4 a5 43. b5 Rb3 44. Rb7 a4 45. Kxe4
a3 46. Ra7 Rxb5 47. Rxa3) 41... h5 42. gxh5 Bxh5 43. Kf4 Bg6 44. Ne7 $6 ({
Slightly better is:} 44. Ra7) ({or} 44. h4) 44... Kf6 45. Nxg6 Kxg6 46. Kxe4 a5
$11 47. Rd6+ Kg7 48. b5 Rb3 49. b6 (49. b6 a4 50. Rd4 (50. Kd4 $6 a3 $140 51.
Kc5 $4 (51. b7 $11) 51... a2 52. Rd1 Rb1 $19) 50... Rxb6 51. Rxa4 Rh6 {[%csl
Rh3]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 {Zu dieser Stellung gibt es eine interessante
Geschichte. Während ich mit dieser Variante sehr beschäftigt war (aufgrund
analysieren für CBM 72), bekam ich beim Blitzen im ICC (Internet Chess Club)
die Gelegenheit, meine Kenntnisse selbst als Weisser auszuprobieren. Mein
Gegner "deadflower" hatte aber vergessen, auf d3 zu schlagen:} (9... Qxd5 $2
10. Bxe4 $1 Qxe4 11. Re1 {Weiss bekommt wichtige Zeit und der schwarze König
bleibt noch im Zentrum...} Qc2 (11... Qd5 12. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 13. Qe1+ $18) 12.
Rxe7+ {Diese Idee habe ich aus der Partie Anand-Kramnik "gelernt"!} Kxe7 13.
Qe1+ Kd8 14. Na3 $1 Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 (15... Nd3 $142 16. bxa4 Nxe1 17. Nxe1 {
und die Realisation des weissen Vorteils ist technisch noch nicht so leicht.})
16. Nc4 Qb5 17. a4 {und Weiss gewinnt.}) 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 $1
Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Kf8 $6 {Diese Art der Entfessellung auf der e- Linie
wird nach der Partie Anand-Kramnik aus 7. Runde wohl nie wiederholt, besser
sieht entweder} (14... f6 {oder}) (14... Qd6 {aus, beide Fortsetzungen finden
Sie in diesem CBM 72 (Anand-Sokolov, resp. Anand-Kramnik)}) 15. Bf4 ({Nicht
aber} 15. Qxc7 {weil Schwarz nach} Bd6 $1 16. Qc3 h5 $1 {eine gefährliche
Initiative bekommt. Das Läuferpaar zusammen mit der starken Dame auf d5 bietet
bei geschwächter weisser Königsstellung mehr als genügende Kompensation für
den Bauern.}) 15... c6 16. Re3 $6 (16. Rxe7 $3 {--> Anand-Kramnik}) 16... h5
17. g5 h4 18. Rae1 Qf5 $6 (18... Re8 19. Qa3 $1 (19. Qb3 $5) 19... Qxf3 $8 (
19... Qd7 $4 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 $18) 20. Rxf3 Bxa3 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Rxa3
a6 23. Rb3 b5 24. Ra3 {mit besserem Endspiel fuer Weiss.}) 19. Rxe7 Qxf4 20. h3
Bh5 {Es sieht fast alles OK fuer Schwarz, aber mit} 21. g6 $3 {bekommt Weiss
entscheidende Angriff.} Bxg6 (21... fxg6 $2 22. Qc5 Kg8 23. Ng5 {gefolgt von
Dc4+ und Matt.}) 22. Qc5 Kg8 23. Ng5 Qb8 $8 24. d5 $1 Rh5 ({Auch} 24... cxd5 {
reicht nicht wegen} 25. Qb5 $1 Be4 $8 26. R1xe4 $3 dxe4 27. Qf5 Qf8 28. Rxf7
Qd6 (28... Qb4 29. Rf8+ $1 {mit Matt.}) 29. Rxb7 Rf8 $8 30. Rb8 $3 {(Fritz)}
Qd1+ 31. Kh2 $1 Qd6+ 32. Kg2 Rh6 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qxf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8#) 25. d6
f6 26. f4 $3 fxg5 27. f5 Rh6 (27... Bf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qc4+ Kf8 30. Re7 Qe8
31. Qd4 $3 Rh7 (31... Qxe7 32. dxe7+ Kf7 (32... Kxe7 33. Qxg7+ $18) 33. Qd7 Re8
34. Qe6#) (31... Qf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. Qe2 $1 Rh8 35. Qe7+ Kg8
36. f6 gxf6 37. d7 $18) 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qd6+ Kf7 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36.
f6 g6 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38. Qe7 $1 $18) 28. Qe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Est ist
unglaubliche schade, dass Anand mit diesem grossem Blunder die hervorragend
geführte Partie wegwirft. Zum Gewinn führten die beiden anderen Damenzüge:} (
28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. fxg6 Qf8 (29... Rxg6 30. Qf7 Qxd6 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7
33. Qg8+ Kh6 34. Qh8#) 30. Qe6 $18) ({Oder auch} 28. Qd4 Qf8 (28... Bf7 29.
Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Re7+ Kg8 31. Qxg7#) 29. fxg6 Rxg6 30. d7 $18) 28... Bf7 $19 29.
d7 (29. Rd1 Rf6 30. d7 Qd8 $1 $19) 29... Qxe5 30. R1xe5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 {
Black returns to the classical continuation as 7...Qe7 in according to
Leko-Svidler leads to slightly better for white endgame.} (7... Qe7 8. Qg5 $1
Nf6 9. Be3 $1 Bxe3 (9... Bb4 $6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Bf5 14. Bd3 Bg6 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Bh6 {1-0 Nataf,I-Kharitonov,A/Koszalin POL
1999 (16)}) 10. Qxe3 Be6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be2 f6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15.
Bh5 Red8 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Bg4 Ne5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 a5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qa7
Nf7 22. Nc3 Qe5 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Rd1 Nd6 25. f4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Svidler,P/
Linares ESP 1999 (25)}) 8. Qf4 Qd6 $5 $146 {[%cal Ge7g6][%mdl 8] A new move in
well-known position.Black's idea is very simple.He doesn't want to double his
pawns on the king side,but to correct pawn structure on the queen side.} ({
Other options are:} 8... Be6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Na4 (10. f4 f5 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12.
O-O-O Rhg8 13. g3 h5 14. Bh3 h4 15. Na4 Bf2 16. Bb4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 hxg3 18.
hxg3 b5 19. Bxe7 bxa4 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24.
a3 Bxf4 25. Rf8 Be5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares 1997/CBM 57/[Shirov] (25)
}) 10... Bb4+ (10... Bb6 11. Bd2 Rg8 12. f4 f5 13. e5 O-O-O 14. Nxb6+ cxb6 15.
O-O-O c5 16. Rg1 Nc6 17. b3 a5 18. Bd3 Kc7 19. Rde1 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Kb2
Rd4 22. g3 Kc6 23. Rd1 Rgd8 24. Be2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Kd5 27. Kc1 Ke4
28. Kd2 b5 29. Bh5 Bd5 30. Ke2 Kd4 31. Kd2 c4 32. Bd1 Be4 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,
K-Smyslov,V/Roquebrune 1998/CBM 67 noVC (32)}) 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f5 13.
Re1 O-O-O+ 14. Kc1 fxe4 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Nc5 b6 19.
Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nd3 Rh7 21. Ne5 Rd6 22. g3 c5 23. f4 {Palac,M-Malaniuk,V/Lucerne
1997/CBM 62/[Mikhalevski,V]/1-0 (41)}) (8... Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd2 Rg8 11.
Na4 Bd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. g3 Bg4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Bf4 Bh3 17. Bh5
Bc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd1 Bg2 20. Re1 Nf3 21. Re2 Ng1 22. Bg4+ Kb8 23. Rd2
Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Bg2 26. Be3 Be7 27. Bh5 Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng1+ {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Las Palmas 1996/CBM 57/[Kramnik] (28)}) (8... Qe6 9. Be3
Bd6 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. O-O Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bd7
16. Ne4 Rae8 17. b3 Qe5 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Rf1 Be6 21. Rf4 b5 22.
Kf2 Be7 23. Ng3 {Ashley,M-Goldin,A/Philadelphia 1997/CBM 60 ext/1-0 (60)}) 9.
Be2 (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Rd1 Qg6 13. Bc4 Qxg2 14. Kd2 Qh3
15. f3 Qh4 16. Rhe1 O-O-O+ 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nd5 $17 {0-1 Reinaldo
Castineira,R-Korneev,O/Mondariz Balneario ESP 1999 (48)}) (9. Qg3 $5 Ng6 10.
Bd2 {[%cal Gf2f4] following by f4 and then 0-0-0 was probably an interesting
attempt in the fight for initiative.}) 9... Ng6 {The idea of the previous move.
} 10. Qg3 ({Certainly} 10. Qxd6 cxd6 {can't satisfy White.}) 10... f5 $1 {
[%cal Gf5f4]} 11. f4 $8 {[%cal Gc1d2,Ge1c1] White must prevent f5-f4.Now his
plan is preparing long castle by means of Bd2 while keeping tension in the
centre.} (11. exf5 $2 Bxf5 $15) 11... Qd4 $1 {[%cal Gf5e4]} ({In case of slow} 
11... Be6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Bd2 {[%cal Ge1c1]} Z0 {following by} 14. O-O-O {
White obtain slight,but long-term advantage.}) 12. Bd3 (12. e5 $5 {[%cal Gc1d2]
}) (12. Bh5 $6 fxe4 $1 13. Bxg6+ hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kf8 {[%csl Re1]} 15. Nxe4 $140
$2 Rh6 $19) 12... Bb4 $1 {Anand accepts the challenge.} ({After} 12... O-O {
White completes development comfortably getting better position thanks to the
better pawn structure.} 13. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5] following by} Z0 14. e5 Z0 {
and then} 15. Bd2) 13. exf5 $2 {Very risky.White should submit with an
equality after 13.Bd2.} (13. Bd2 {is probably not sufficient for advantage,but
certainly safer than 13.ef} fxe4 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 Bxd2+) 14... O-O $1 {
[%cal Gb4c3]} (14... Bxc3 $2 15. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. bxc3) 15. Bxg6
hxg6 16. O-O-O $1 (16. Qxg6 $2 Bf5 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxf4+
18. Qxf4 Rxf4 $11 {[%cal Gc8g4] and White can't make use of the temporary
superiority of his pieces.}) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 (14. Kd1 $6 Bxb2 15. fxg6
Bxa1 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Ba3 Bd7) 14... Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 O-O $1 (15... Qxa1 $2 {
would be a decisive mistake as after} 16. Qe3+ (16. fxg6 $143 O-O {see 15...0-0
}) 16... Ne7 (16... Kd8 17. fxg6 {[%cal Gh1d1]}) 17. Ba3 Qf6 18. Re1 O-O 19.
Bxe7 Qf7 20. Qc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd3c4] White's attack becomes unstopable.}) 16.
fxg6 Qxa1 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 17. Qh4 $5 (17. gxh7+ Kh8 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 18. Re1 Bf5
$1) (17. Be3 Qc3 (17... Qxh1 $2 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qxh6+ $1) (17...
Qxa2 $5)) 17... h6 18. Bc4+ {First of all White should take under control the
a2-g8 diagonal.} (18. Be3 $2 {is refuted by simple} Qxa2 $1 {[%csl Gc4]} ({
But not} 18... Qxh1 $4 {which allows White to finish the game beautifully:} 19.
Bc4+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 21. Bd4+)) 18... Kh8 19. Bf7 $5 ({Now} 19. Be3 $5 {
leads to transposition after} Qc3 (19... Qxh1 $4 20. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 21. Bd4+)
20. Bf7) 19... Qc3 $1 {Vishy doesn't take chances and comes with the most
solid continuation.} (19... Qf6 $2 {is bad in view of} 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Ba3
Rd8 $140 22. Be7) (19... Bf5 $5 {was interesting with following examplary
variations:} 20. g4 (20. Be3 Qc3) 20... Be4 (20... Bxc2 $6 21. f5) 21. f5 $1 {
[%cal Gc1h6]} (21. Re1 $6 Bd5 $1 (21... Qd4+ 22. Be3 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gf4f5]}) (
21... Qc3 22. Rxe4 $1 Qxc2+ 23. Re2 Qxc1 24. g5 Qc5+ $13) 22. f5 Qd4+ 23. Be3
Qe4 $1) 21... Qc3 (21... Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qd8 $140 $2 (22... Qc3 $142) 23. Qh5 $1
$18) 22. Bxh6 $1 Qf3+ 23. Ke1 Qxh1+ 24. Kf2 $1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 Qg1+ 26. Ke2 Bf3+
$1 (26... Qg2+ $11) 27. Kxf3 Qf1+ 28. Ke4 $1 Rfe8+ $1 (28... Rae8+ 29. Kd4 $1
c5+ 30. Kxc5 $1 b6+ 31. Kb4 Qe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1 33. f6 $1 Rg8 $1 $13) 29. Be6 $1
Rxe6+ 30. fxe6 Qc4+ $1 31. Kf3 $1 Qf1+ $11) 20. Be3 {[%cal Gh1d1,Gf4f5]} Be6 $2
{After series of brilliant moves Vishy commits an offensive mistake.} (20...
Qxc2+ $142 21. Kf3 {[%cal Gh4h6]} Qd3 $1 $17 {and White's attack reaches a
deadlock.}) 21. Bxe6 Rae8 22. Qh3 $1 {[%csl Ge3,Ge6][%mdl 256] It was very
essential to defend both bishops as in the case of 22.Qg4 unprotectness of the
e3-bishop would play the decisive role.} (22. Qg4 $2 {[%csl Re3]} Qxc2+ 23. Kf3
(23. Kg3 Qe4 {[%csl Re3,Re6]}) 23... Rf6 $1 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gc2e4]}) 22...
Qxc2+ 23. Kf3 Qxg6 24. Bg4 $1 {[].This time Garry comes with the series of
only moves.} (24. f5 $4 Qxe6) (24. Bb3 Qe4+ 25. Ke2 (25. Kf2 Rxf4+ $1 26. Bxf4
Qxf4+ 27. Qf3 Qd2+ 28. Kg3 Re3 $19) 25... Qxf4 $19) 24... Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Rxf4+ {
Perhaps this decision was called out by the time-trouble or maybe after 22...
Be6? Vishy didn't want to run risks.} (25... Qc2+ $5 26. Kf3 (26. Be2 $2 Rf7 $1
{[%cal Gf7e7]} (26... Re7) 27. Rc1 Qb2 28. Rc5 Rxf4+ $1 29. Bxf4 Qxe2+ 30. Kg3
Re3+ $1 $19) 26... Qxa2 $15 {and four extra pawns on the queen side secure at
least better play.}) 26. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Bf3 {Now draw is inevitable as 27...
Qd2 following by Q:a2 is dagerous.} Qd4+ (27... Qd2+ 28. Kg3 Qxa2 $6 29. Qd7 (
29. Qf5 $5) 29... Qe6 30. Qxe6 $1 Rxe6 31. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Rd6 (31... Re7
32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rb8) 32. Re1 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rc7][%cal Ge1e7]}) 28. Kg3 {
Short,but very rich in content game!} (28. Kg3 Qe5+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Kf8 $6 (14... Qd6 $142) (14... f6 $142) 15. Bf4 c6 16. Rxe7 $3 {
[%mdl 512] Kramnik hat dem Plan von Karpov "geglaubt", aber Anand fand (sehr
wahrscheinlich mit kräftiger Unterstützung seines "elektronischen" Helfers)
einen forcierten Gewinn.} Kxe7 17. Qb4+ Kd8 $6 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Kd8 (18...
Qxf3 19. c6+ Kd8 20. Qd4+ Ke8 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Bb8 $3 $18) 19. c6 $1 b6 (19...
bxc6 20. Qb7 $18) 20. Re1 Re8 21. c7+ Kd7 22. Qa4+ (22. c8=Q+ Raxc8 23. Qa4+ b5
24. Qxa7+ Kd8 25. Qb6+ Kd7 26. Ne5+ Rxe5 27. Bxe5 $18) (22. Ne5+ $18) 22... b5
23. Ne5+ Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Qh1+ 25. Kxh1 bxa4 26. Rd5+ Ke7 27. Ra5 $18) 18. Qxb7
Rc8 (18... Qxf3 19. Bc7+ $1 Ke8 (19... Kd7 20. Re1 $1 Be4 $8 21. Ba5+ Ke8 22.
Qxc6+ Ke7 (22... Kf8 23. Bb4+ Kg8 24. Qxa8+ Bxa8 25. Re8#) 23. Rxe4+ $18) (
19... Ke7 20. Bg3+ Kd8 (20... Ke6 21. Re1+ Be4 22. Qxc6+ $18) (20... Kf6 21.
Bh4+ Ke6 22. Qe7+ Kd5 23. Qe5+ Kc4 24. Rc1+ $18) 21. Qxa8+ Ke7 22. Qb7+ Kd8 23.
Qc7+ Ke8 24. Re1+ Be4 25. Qxc6+ $18)) 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Qxg7 $18 fxg5 21. Qxh8+
Kc7 22. Qe5+ Qxe5 23. dxe5 h6 24. Re1 Re8 (24... Rb8 $142 25. b3 Rb4 {und die
weisse Realisierung des Vorteils wird schwieriger als in der Partie.}) 25. h4
gxh4 26. Nxh4 Bf7 27. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7
15. Re3 Bf6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc7 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Rd1 a5 21.
h4 h6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe2 Rd6 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Qe2 Rd6 26. Qf3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Qh4 Bc2 14. Rd2 Bf5
15. Rd1 Bc2 16. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 (5... d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O
O-O 8. b3 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 c5 $142 $10) 8... Bb7 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 c5 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Rac1 h6 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Nh4 $14 {0-1 Veingold,
A-Gavrikov,V/Keres mem rapidplay 1999 (38)}) 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 d5 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 (10... c5 11. Bb2 (11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bb2 Re8 (12... Nbd7
13. Rc1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. e3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Bb2 Bf6 19.
Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qf5 a5 21. Qf4 a4 {1/2-1/2 Yermolinsky,A-Ivanov,A/Eastern op 1997
}) 13. Rc1 Na6 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Ndf3 Qe7 16. e3 Rac8 $15 {Lautier,J-Gelfand,B/
FIDE WCh KO g/25+10 1999/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rc1 {
/\ 14.dc5 bc5 (14...Bc5 15.b4) 15.Bf6+/-} Bb5 $146 (13... Bb7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 (
14... bxc5 $2 15. Bxf6 $16) 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Ne5 (16. Nd4 Qf6 $10 17. e3 $140
Ba6) 16... Qe7 17. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Huebner,R/San Francisco 1995 (38)}
) (13... Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. e3 $14) 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Nb1 Ba6 16. a3 Re8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. e3 Qg5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Be5 Bb7 21. b4 Bd6
22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Nisipeanu,L/
FIDE WCh KO 1999 (29)}) 11. Bb2 c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Rad8 $146
(14... Rfd8 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 (17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Kxg2 Nb6 $11
) 17... Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Nd5 20. Rfd1 Nb4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 Bf8
23. a3 Nc6 24. Re2 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/8th Amber Blindfold 1999 (48)})
(14... dxe4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 Qxd1 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rfxd1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5]}) 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 (17... Qb7+ 18.
Qf3 {with the semilar ending,as Topalov-Gelfand.}) 18. Qf3 $14 {White is
slightly better because of better pawn structure on the queenside,and stronger
bishop(which black may exchange right now). But this advantage is too small to
beat Anand,even in rapid game.} Nb6 (18... Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rad1 $14 {
[%cal Gc4e3,Ge3f5] Black exchanged his passive bishop,but on other hand it was
very good defender-pawn "c5" and the kingside became vulnerable.}) 19. Rad1 Qc7
20. Ne3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Nf5 $6 {White still could fight for advantage by
not changing rooks:} (22. Re1 $142 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3f5,Ye1e4]} Bf8 23. Nf5
f6 (23... Qd7 24. Re4 $1 {[%cal Rf5g7,Ye4g4]} f6 25. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 26. Bxf6 {
[%cal Re4g4]} Bg7 27. Re7 $18) 24. Qg4 (24. Re4 Nd5 $11 (24... Rd2 25. Bc3 Rxa2
$140 26. Nxg7 $1 Bxg7 27. Re8+ $18)) 24... Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Kh8 $1 {and black
keeps the safe position.} (25... g6 26. Re6 $1 Rd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxe6 28. Ne3 $14 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rf6]})) 22... Rxd1 23. Qxd1 f6 24. Qg4 g6 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Qf3
Kf7 27. Qc6 Nd7 $11 28. Bc3 f5 29. Kg1 Qe6 30. Qa8 (30. Qxe6+ Kxe6 31. Kf1 Kd5
32. Ke2 Nf8 $11 {[%cal Gf8e6]}) 30... a6 31. Qh8 h5 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qh8+ Ke7
34. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 Nb4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bf6 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg2 Qd7 20. d5 Na5 21.
c4 b6 22. Be5 Be7 23. Bb2 Bd6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 f6 26. Re3 Nb7 27. h4 Re8
28. Rg3 Nc5 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 f5 31. Qd4 Ne4 32. Re3 c5 33. Qd3 Qd6 34. Rce1
Rcd8 35. a4 Qf4 36. f3 Ng3 37. Qc3 Nh5 38. Re7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Kf8 40. Rxg7 Qxg5
41. Rxa7 Bf7 42. Qh8+ Bg8 43. f4 Qg6 44. Be5 Re8 45. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 Qc5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qxc2 14. Rxc2
e5 15. Rc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Ng5 Re7 19. f3 Nd7 20. Rc1 Nf6 21.
Bc2 h6 22. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Man-Machine rematch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp Fritz 6"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Luther,T"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 {Anand is a great computer
specialist. It is very difficult to get an open, tactical position against him.
We thought this gambit would give Fritz good practical chances to achieve the
kind of position it needed.  Anand ist ein großer Computerspezialist. Es ist
schwierig, gegen ihn eine offene und taktische Stellung zu erreichen. Uns
erschien dieses Gambit in dieser Hinsicht als eine gute praktische Chance.} Nf6
6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 (9... Ne5 10. bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4
O-O {led to a good position for Black in the third game.  ergab in der 3.
Matchpartieeine gute Stellung für Schwarz.}) 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5
O-O $2 {The reason for the difficulties that were to arise. Theory gives  Die
Ursache für die späteren Schwierigkeiten. Die Theorie gibt} (12... Bxg5 13.
Nxg5 h6 14. Qe2 hxg5 15. Re1 Be6 16. dxe6 f6 {with an unclear position. mit
unklarer Stellung an.}) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Nd4 f5 16. Ree1 Bd7 {
Black is running our of useful moves. In his efforts to develop his pieces
Black must accept the manoeuvre with Nd4-e6.  Schwarz gehen die nützlichen
Züge aus. Im Bestreben, seine Figuren zu entwickeln, muß Schwarz die
Abwicklungen mit Sd4-e6 über sich ergehen lassen.} 17. Rac1 $1 (17. Ne6 fxe6
18. dxe6 Qh4 {mit Gegenspiel. Fritz vermeidet erst einmal den Angriff auf
seinen Läufer.}) 17... a6 18. Bb3 f4 19. Ne6 (19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6
d5 {and Black is holding on.  und Schwarz hält sich.}) 19... fxe6 20. dxe6 Bxe6
21. Rxe6 Kh8 22. Rc3 (22. Qc3+ {would have been the correct move in my opinion.
wäre aus meiner Sicht der richtige Zug gewesen.} Ne5 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7
Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxd6 Rc1+ 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 {and White wins.  und
Weiß gewinnt.}) 22... Rg8 23. Qd4+ Ne5 24. Qxf4 {Fritz has won back the pawn
and is still on the attack.  Fritz hat seinen Bauern zurückgewonnen und er hat
weiter Angriff.} Rg7 25. Qe4 {White threatens to set the passed pawn on the
f-file in motion, driving away the knight in the process.  Weiß droht seinen
Freibauern auf der f-Linie in Bewegung zu setzen und damit auch den schwarzen
Springer zu vertreiben.} c6 26. Re3 Qf8 27. h3 Rd8 28. Qh4 (28. f4 Ng6 29. f5
d5 30. Qg4 Ne7 31. Qe2 Ng8 {and the locked out position of the Bb3 gives Black
equality.  und die Abseitsstellung des Lb3 gibt Schwarz Ausgleich.}) 28... Ra8
29. Rg3 Rxg3 30. fxg3 {The threat Re6-e7 wins material.  Die Drohung Te6-e7
gewinnt Material.} Qg7 31. Re7 (31. Bc2 $18 {What a shame that Fritz did not
play this move. It wins material without exchanging queens. The threats are
Re7 and also Rh6.  Schade, daß Fritz diesen Zug nicht gespielt hat. Er gewinnt
Material ohne die Damen zu tauschen. Es droht neben Te7 auch Th6.}) 31... Ng6
32. Rxg7 Nxh4 33. Rxb7 Ng6 34. Bc2 a5 {White should also win this endgame, but
the practical realisation is not without problems.  Auch dieses Endspiel
sollte Weiß gewinnen, aber die Umsetzung birgt noch Probleme.} 35. Rc7 $6 {
Fritz is losing the thread. It would have been better to immediately mobilise
the pawn majority.  Fritz verliert den Faden. Besser wäre es gewesen, sofort
die Bauernmajorität in Bewegung zu setzen.} (35. h4 Kg8 36. h5 Nf8 37. g4 $16)
35... c5 36. Rd7 Ra6 37. Kf2 Rb6 38. b3 a4 {Black has managed to get
counterplay. Although Fritz evaluates its position very positively a draw has
become quite likely. The main problem is that the pawn formation h3, g2, g3
against h7 is often not enough for a win.  Schwarz hat es geschafft,
Gegenspiel zu organisieren. Obwohl Fritz seine Stellung sehr hoch bewertet,
ist ein Remis wahrscheinlich geworden. Das Hauptproblem ist, daß die
Bauernformation h3, g2, g3 gegen h7 oft nicht zu Gewinn ausreicht.} 39. Ra7
axb3 40. Bxb3 Ne5 41. Ke3 Nc6 42. Rc7 Nd4 43. Bd5 Nb5 44. Rd7 Nc3 45. Bc4 d5
46. Kd3 (46. Bxd5 $5 {Anand} Rb2 47. a3 Nxd5+ 48. Rxd5 Rxg2 49. Kf4 Ra2 50. Rd3
) 46... dxc4+ 47. Kxc3 Ra6 48. Rd2 Ra4 $11 {In this position White cannot make
any further progress. Fritz tries a few tricks, but Anand defends deftly.  In
dieser Stellung kann Weiß keine Fortschritte mehr machen. Fritz versucht zwar
noch etwas, aber Anand verteidigt sich umsichtig.} 49. g4 Kg7 50. Rf2 Kg6 51.
g3 h6 52. Kb2 Kg7 53. Rf5 Ra5 54. Rf3 Rb5+ $1 {Black must not allow Ra3.  Auf
keinen Fall darf Schwarz Ta3 zulassen.} 55. Kc3 Ra5 56. Kxc4 Rxa2 57. Kxc5 Rh2
58. h4 Ra2 59. Kb4 Re2 60. Rc3 Re4+ 61. Rc4 Re3 62. Rc7+ Kg8 63. Rc3 Re4+ 64.
Rc4 Re3 65. Kc5 Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Man-Machine rematch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Fritz 6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Luther,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 {Fritz is always very strong with an isolated pawn. It has a
lot of space for its pieces and, in contrast to human beings, it does not lose
the central pawn.  Fritz spielt mit einem isoliertem Bauern sehr stark. Er hat
freies Spiel mit seinen Figuren und er verliert (im Gegensatz zu uns Menschen)
seinen Zentralbauern nicht.} 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 {
White moves the pawn weakness to c6. Compare this pawn structure to the game
Topalov-Fritz6.  Weiß verlagert die Bauernschwäche nach c6. Zu dieser Struktur
siehe auch die Partie Topalov - Fritz6.} bxc6 14. Bd4 Bd7 15. e3 Rb8 16. Qc2 a6
17. Rfd1 Nh7 $1 {Moving the knight to g5, from where it can watch the squares
h3, f3 and e6 gives Black counterplay.  Die Überführung des Springers nach g5
mit Blick nach h3, f3 und e6 gibt Schwarz Gegenspiel.} 18. Na4 (18. h4 $5)
18... Ng5 19. h4 Ne4 20. Nc3 c5 $1 {Fritz has seen something. It is very
impressive, how Anand manages to hold on to the game.  Fritz hat etwas gesehen.
Eindrucksvoll, wie Anand diese Partie noch hält.} 21. Nxe4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 (22.
Nc5 dxe3 {opening the position. In this line Fritz would have had better
chances than in the game.  mit Öffnug der Stellung. Fritz hätte hier bessere
Gewinnchancen als in der Partie.}) 22... Bf5 23. Rcd1 Qe7 24. Rxd5 Bxe4 25.
Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. R1d2 a5 28. b3 a4 $2 {In spite of the extra piece
this position displays signs of a draw. However, by exchanging his a-pawn
Fritz cheats itself of the final triumph.  Trotz Mehrfigur trägt diese
Stellung Remischarakter. Mit dem Tausch seines a-Bauern bringt sich Fritz
allerdings selber um seinen einzigen Trumpf.} 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rc2 Ba3 {
Fritz concentrates its attention on the a2-pawn. But even without this
manoeuvre I think the position can no longer be won.  Fritz peilt zielstrebig
den Bauern a2 an. Aber auch ohne dieses Manöver läßt sich diese Stellung m.E.
nicht gewinnen.} 31. Rd7 Bb2 32. Kg2 Rxa2 {A glimmer of hope for human beings:
permanent pins are still a problem for chess programs.  Noch ein kleiner
Erfolg für die Menschen. Dauerhafte Fesselungen bleiben für die
Schachprogramme ein Problem.} 33. Rdd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siemens Man-Machine rematch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comp Fritz 6"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Qxe4 Nd6 13. Qd3 b6 14. Ba3
Qf6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nxd6 Bxd5 20. Rfe1
Be6 21. f4 a6 22. a4 Ra7 23. Reb1 Rb8 24. a5 b5 25. c4 b4 26. Ra4 b3 27. Ra3
Rc7 28. Raxb3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Rc5 30. Nb7 Rxc4 31. Rb6 Rc2 32. Nd6 Kf8 33. Rxa6
Bd5 34. g3 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxh2 36. Ra7 Bc6 37. Nc8 Rg2 38. Nb6 Rxg3 39. Nxd7+
Bxd7 40. Rxd7 Ra3 41. Ra7 Rf3+ 42. Kg2 Rxf4 43. a6 Ra4 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Kh2 h5
0-1

[Event "Siemens Man-Machine rematch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Fritz 6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. e4 d4 15.
e5 dxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rb1 Rf7 19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. Bxc6 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rab8 22. Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxb2
15. Rb1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Bd4 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Kd1 Bc3
21. h4 gxh3 22. Rxh3 Rc8 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 b5 25. Rf3 Rc4 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27.
Kxd2 Ra4 28. Ra1 f6 29. g3 Nc4+ 30. Ke2 d5 31. c3 Kd6 32. Rd3 Ra3 33. Rf3 a5
34. Rd3 Kc5 35. g4 Ra4 36. Rg3 Nd6 37. a3 Ne4 38. Re3 Rc4 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. Rae1
Ra4 41. Ra1 Rc4 42. Rae1 Kd7 43. R1e2 Kc6 44. Re1 Kd6 45. R1e2 Nxc3 46. Re6+
Kc5 47. Re1 Ra4 48. Rxe7 Ne4 49. Rc1+ Kd4 50. Rd1+ Kc5 51. Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Be2 h5 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. O-O Nc6
15. Nf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Qxg4 f6 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. h3 d5 21.
Ng3 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. Rab1 b5 26. c4 Rh4 27. f3
Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Ke6 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rxb5 Rxa2 32. Rc5 Ra4 33. c4
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 c4 ({White keep
some initiative after} 13... Qd6 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Nf5 16. Qd2 Ng7 17. g3 (17.
Rfe1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Raf8 19. Re2 b6 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Ba4 23. g3
Nf5 24. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Apicella,M-Deslandes,P/Avoine op 1999/Ajelibre (41)})
17... Qf8 18. Bf4 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Nh5 21. f5 Nf4 22. Rae1 exf5 23.
Bd1 Bd7 24. h4 $14 {1-0 Vogt,L-Hansen,L/Altensteig 1993/ (55)}) ({but deserves
attention} 13... Qf8 {and just after} 14. O-O c4) 14. Be2 Qf8 15. Qc1 $5 $146 {
Interesting novelty of Anand, ussualy white continued} (15. O-O {and after} h6
16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Bg3 Bd7 (17... g5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. h4 g4 20. Ne5 Nxg3 21. fxg3
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bd7 23. Rxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rf1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Willemze,J-Berelovich,A/
Dieren op 1999 (40)}) 18. Re1 g5 19. Bf1 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qd6 21. Qd2 b5 22. Re3
Raf8 $13 {just black can pretend for an advantage , 0-1 Perunovic,M-Drasko,M/
Vrnjacka Banja 1998 (40)}) ({Once white tryed} 15. Qd2 {but after} Nf5 16. g4
Nd6 17. Bh6 Ne4 $1 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 e5 $13 {
black position is nice, Blatny-Neverov, Lazne Bohdanec 1996}) 15... Nf5 16. h4
$5 h6 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne7 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Bg3 Re8 {[%cal
Gf8g7,Ge6e5]} 22. h5 g5 23. O-O {[%cal Gf2f4]} Ne7 24. Be5 $5 (24. f4 Nf5 {
is clearly to black favour}) 24... Nc6 25. Bh2 Rg7 ({Now after} 25... Ne7 {
Anand could play} 26. g4 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 26. Bg4 {White keep initiative, but
black position is very tough and it is difficult for white to organized
breakthrough} (26. f4 $6 g4 $1 {[%csl Re2,Rh2]}) 26... Qf6 ({Maybe Timman
could sacrifice pawn-} 26... e5 $5 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. dxe5 (28. Bxe5 Qf5 {
[%cal Gf5c2]}) 28... Qf5 29. Rae1 Re6 $44 {with some compensation}) 27. Rae1
Qe7 {[%cal Ge7a3]} 28. a4 b6 29. Qh3 Nd8 {[%csl Ra4,Re6]} (29... Qf7 30. f4 $1)
30. Re2 (30. f4 $5) 30... Bxa4 31. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bd7 32. f5 Rf7 33.
Rfe1 Rf6 34. Be5 Rxf5 $6 (34... Rf7 35. Bc7 $5) 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Bc7 {Enough,
but} (36. Bf6 $1 Qxf6 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kf7 39. Re5 $18 {wins
immediately}) 36... Ne6 $8 37. Qxf5 Qf7 (37... Nxc7 38. Rxe7 Bxf5 39. Rxe8+
Nxe8 40. Rxe8+ Kf7 41. Rh8 Kg7 42. Rd8 $18) 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bd6 $18 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge2e6,Ge1f1,Gf1f7]} a5 (39... Kg8 $5 40. Re5 Ng7 41. Rxe8+ (41.
Re7 $5) 41... Bxe8 {[%cal Ge8h5]}) 40. Rf1+ Kg7 41. Re5 Nf4 (41... Bc6 42. Ref5
) 42. Rxe8 Bxe8 43. Be5+ $1 Kg8 44. Bxf4 gxf4 45. Rxf4 Kg7 46. g4 a4 47. Kh2 (
47. Kh2 a3 48. Rf1 Ba4 49. Ra1 (49. Kg3 a2 50. Ra1 Bb3 $1 51. Kf4 Kf6) 49...
Kf6 (49... Bxc2 50. Kg3) 50. Rxa3 Bxc2 51. Kg3 Kg5 52. Ra8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $5 (8... Qc7 $5 {Is the main line.See comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/
Goteborg 1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(37) Besides:8...Qa5;8...f5;8...Qh4;8...Ba6;
8...Be7;8...Qb6;8...c5 and 8...h6-was checked in the previous games.}) 9. Be2 (
{Can be recommended:} 9. c4 $5 {-you can see comments to game Kasparov,G-Leko,
P/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 9... c5 $5 {/^a8-h1,/\Qc7(קe5)}
10. O-O {with the idea c4,Nd6} ({Worse is:} 10. c4 {in view of:} Ne3 $1 11.
Bxe3 Bxe4 12. f3 Bc6 $11) 10... Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({After:} 11. f4 {black has two
equals options: 11...c4 or 11... f5}) 11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 $5 {[%csl Gb7,
Gc6,Rg2]} ({Another alternative is:} 12... Qb6) 13. f3 ({Dubious:} 13. Bf3 {
because of:} c4) 13... c4 {/\Rc8,Qd6} 14. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} O-O 15. Bxc4 {
with the idea:16.Bb3 or 16.Bd3 and 17.c4} Qxd6 16. Rd1 $5 ({After:} 16. Bb3 Qb6
$1 {Black transfers to nearly egual endgame. See comments to Kasparov,G-Leko,P/
Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 16... Rfc8 $5 {/\Qb6} ({Dubious
right away:} 16... Qb6 {in view of:} 17. Bxd5 $1 (17. Bb3 $143 Rfc8 $11) 17...
Bxd5 18. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Bc6 19. Ba3 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Rfc8 21. Bd6 {and white
has a slight positional advantage in the endgame.}) ({Badly:} 16... e5 {
because of:} 17. Qf2 $1 (17. Bf4 $6 {[%csl Gd4,Rd6,Gf4]} Qb6 $1 (17... exf4 $2
18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6+ 20. Qd4 {+/=/+/-_|_}) 18. Bxe5 $8 Ne3 19. Qxb6 axb6
20. Rd4 Ra5 $5 $11 (20... Nxc2 $5 21. Rg4 g6 22. Rc1 Ne3 $11)) 17... Rfc8 18.
Bb3 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17. Bd3 $6 (17. Bb3 $5 Qb6 {-transfers to game Kasparov,
G-Leko,P/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 17... Qb6 $11 {Black
transfers to nearly egual endgame.} 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 $5 {with the idea d5,a5 and
Ba6} ({Slightly worse is:} 18... axb6) 19. b3 $5 $146 {[%cal Gc1b2][%mdl 8]} (
19. a4 $144 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5] See comments to Svidler,P-Illescas Cordoba,
M/Dos Hermanas,1999/CBM 71(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) 19... d5 $5 ({Also
possibility:} 19... a5 $5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 20. c4 $140 (20. Bd2 $5) 20... d5 21.
Be3 (21. c5 $2 Nd7 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc5]} (21... Rxc5 $2 22. Be3 Rc6 23. Bb5 Rd6
24. Bc5 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]} Nc8 25. Bxd6 Nxd6 26. Bd3 $16)) 21... dxc4 22. Bxb6
cxd3 23. Rxd3 $11) 20. Bb2 a5 {with the idea Ba6(קc2)} 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. c4 f6
$5 {/\Kf7><e6} 23. f4 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24.
Rac1) 23... Kf7 24. Rac1 ({Can be recommended:} 24. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Ga1e1]})
24... dxc4 25. Bxc4 ({Worse is:} 25. Rxc4 {because of:} Bd5) 25... Ba6 26. Bb2
{[%csl Rd7]} (26. Be3 $5 Ke7 27. Bxa6 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 $1 Rxa6 $140 29. Ba3+ Ke8
30. Rc1 Kd8 31. Rc4 {+/=/=}) 26... Nb8 {[%csl Rc4]} 27. Bf1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxf1
29. Kxf1 ({Senseless:} 29. Rc7+ {in view of:} Kg6 30. Kxf1 Na6 {[%csl Ra2,Rf4]
[%cal Ga6b4,Gb4d5]}) (29. Kxf1 Na6 $11 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga6b4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Ndf3 cxd4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd4 Bxe2 14. Rfe1
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nd7 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Rab1 Nc5 18. Qc4 Ne6 19. b4 Rc8 20. Qa6 Rc7
21. a3 Rd8 22. Rb3 g6 23. Rbe3 Kg7 24. Qb5 Bf8 25. Bh3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27.
R3e2 Rdc4 28. Bf1 Rc2 29. Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6
$1 $146 {[%mdl 4]} 15. Qxc7 (15. Bf4 $5) 15... O-O 16. Rxe7 (16. Nh4 $5 Bd6
$140 17. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 18. Qc3 f5 $44) 16... Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 $8 (18.
Bf4 $4 Be4 $19) 18... Qxg4+ (18... Be4 $4 19. Rxh7+ Bxh7 20. Qg7#) 19. Qg3 Qxd4
20. Rxg6 (20. Rxb7 $2 Rg8 21. Re1 Rac8 22. Ree7 Qd1+ 23. Kg2 Be4+ 24. Rxe4
Rxg3+ 25. hxg3 Qd5 $19) 20... hxg6 21. Qh3 $1 Kg8 $8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 (22... Qxb2
23. Qe6+ Kxf8 24. Qd6+ $11) 23. Qb3+ Rf7 24. Rd1 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. h3 Qe4
27. Qd5 $11 Qc2 28. Rd2 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Qd8 Qc6+ 31. Qd5 Qxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc4 d3 14. Bg2 Qf6
15. Ra2 Ne5 16. Qb5+ Nc6 17. Qc4 Ne5 18. Qb5+ Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr4"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1999.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.10.08"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Miskolc EMSE"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 b5 6. g4 h6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. h4 h5 9.
g5 Nfd7 10. Nge2 Bb7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. f4 b4 13. Nd1 c5 14. d5 Nb6 15. c4 bxc3
16. Nxc3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qe2 Qc8 19. f5 Nc7 20. O-O Nd7 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22.
Qxh5 Rb8 23. Rf2 Ne8 24. Raf1 Ne5 25. Rg2 Nc4 26. Bc1 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Ng7 28. Qh6
Rxb2 29. Bxb2 Nxb2 30. Rf3 Bxc3 31. f6 Ne8 32. g6 Nxf6 33. gxf7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr4"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.10.08"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan TatTransGaz-Itil"]
[BlackTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
Nf4 Bd6 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bd2
a5 15. a3 Qb6 16. c4 Nc7 17. Qc3 Rh4 18. Be3 a4 19. Bc2 Qa5 20. Ne2 b5 21. g3
Qxc3+ 22. Nxc3 Rh8 23. Bf4 Kd7 24. Bxc7 Kxc7 25. cxb5 Rhb8 26. bxc6 Rxb2 27.
Kd2 Nd5 28. Rhb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Kxc6 30. Bxa4+ Kc7 31. Nxd5+ exd5 32. Rc1+ Kd8
33. Bc6 Rxa3 34. Bxd5 Bg5+ 35. f4 Bf6 36. Bxf7 Bxd4 37. Rd1 Ra1 38. Bxg6 Rxd1+
39. Kxd1 Ke7 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. f5 Be5 42. Kf3 Bc3 43. h4 Be1 44. Kg4 Ke5 45. Bh7
Kf6 46. Kh3 Ke5 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Kh2 Ke5 49. Kh3 Bc3 50. Kg4 Be1 51. Kg5 Bxg3
52. h5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GSM World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Rc2 Re8 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. Nf1 c4 18. Ne3 b5 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Bg2 Be4 21. Rc1
Nb6 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 b4 24. Rc2 c3 25. Bc1 Bd6 26. f4 Qa8+ 27. Kg1 Nbd5
28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Qd3 Ne4 30. Rd1 f6 31. Ng4 Bf8 32. Ne3 Qc6 33. d5 Qc5 34. Kg2
Nd6 35. Nf5 Nxf5 36. Qxf5 a5 37. e4 a4 38. Re2 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. Rf1 Rb7 41.
Rff2 Qc8 42. Qxc8 Rxc8 43. e5 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Rc1
Bg7 15. Bb1 Ne7 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. b4 Be6 19. h4 Bd7 20. Ba2 Bc6 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Qc5 Qa6 25. Bg5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxd4
27. Qc7 Rf8 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 h5 30. g3 b5 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Kh2
Kg7 34. Kg1 Kg8 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Rc3 Re8 37. Rf3 Rf8 38. Kh2 Kg8 39. Rc3 Re8 40.
Qc6 Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Re6 42. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I watched this game live on ICC (Internet Chess Club) and was impressed, how
easy Anand beat Nicolic in this game, but after some analyses I understood
that everything wasn't such clear in this game.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6
4. c4 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nf3 Be8 (9... Ne4 10.
Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. f3 Nef6 13. Bf4 {The opening plan of white is typical
for this variation.} Qe7 14. c5 Bb8 15. Qc3 h6 16. Qb4 e5 {Getting into the
troubles, black tries to complicate the game.} 17. Qxb7 exf4 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19.
Nhxf4 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Bf7 21. Qxc6 g5 22. Qd6 $1 $18 Kg7 23. Bh3 Qxd4 24. Bxf5
Nxc5 25. e3 Qxe3 26. Ng2 {1-0 Efimov,I-Kovacevic,B/Formia 1995/EXT 97 (26)})
10. Bf4 $146 {It is new move, but looks as the most logical in this position.}
(10. Nf4 Qe7 (10... Bf7 $6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 g5 15.
Nfe5 Nef6 16. b4 Nh5 17. cxd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Peng,Z-Zaitseva,L/Tivat 1995/EXT 97
(58)}) 11. Nd3 Bh5 (11... Nbd7 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 e5 15. dxe5 Ne4
16. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hudecek,J-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (31)}) 12.
Nfe5 (12. Bf4 Bxf3 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c5 Qe7 15. exf3 $5 $14 {0-1 Zilberstein,
V-Ruban,V/Voronezh 1988/EXT 99 (47)}) 12... Nbd7 13. b3 Rac8 14. b4 Ng4 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Bf7 18. h3 Nf6 19. c5 $16 {1-0 Shtyrenkov,
V-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1995/EXT 97 (41)}) 10... h6 (10... Bh5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12.
Ne5 $14 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) 11. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7] White uses the defect of monouevre
of blacks bishop-blacks queenside is less protected.} (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4
Nbd7 $14) 11... b6 (11... b5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. c5 Qe7 14. Nf4 $16 {[%cal Ga2a4,
Gf4d3]}) 12. Rfc1 Be7 (12... Bh5 $5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 $14) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 ({
Probably was better to capture with the pawn, but also in that case black
doesn't solve the problem of the development of his queenside knight.} 13...
exd5 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bd2 a5 $1 $14 (15... Ne4 16. Bb4 $16) (15... Qd6 16. Nd3 {
[%cal Gd2b4]})) 14. Bd2 {[%cal Gh3f4]} g5 15. Ne5 a5 16. e4 $1 {White has some
advantage in space and in development and he should create some active play to
use these advantages.} fxe4 17. Bxe4 Ra7 (17... Bf6 18. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ga1d1,
Yf2f4]}) 18. f4 gxf4 19. Kh1 Bf6 (19... a4 20. Qf3 $16) 20. Nxf4 Qd6 21. Nfg6
$6 (21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Nxb6 (22. Ne5 {like in the game.}) 22... Nxb6 23. Qxb6 Rb7
24. Qxa5 Qxd4 $132) (21. Re1 $142 $16) 21... Bxg6 22. Nxg6 Rff7 23. Bf4 {
continuing initiative play.} (23. Bxd5 $5 {was forcing better ending.} Qxd5+ (
23... exd5 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Qd3 {[%cal Gf4b8] I don't see a way for black to
save c6-pawn.} (25. Bxb8 $5 Qxb8 26. Rxc6)) 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Bf4 Rab7 26. Ne5
$16 {[%csl Rb8,Rc6,Rh6]}) 23... Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bg7 $2 (24... Bxd4 25. Qh3 Bxb2
26. Rd1 Bd4 27. Rd3 $44 {[%cal Ga1d1,Yd3g3]}) (24... a4 $142 25. Qh3 a3 26. b3
(26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. Qg2 Rg7 {and still nothing clear.}) 26... Bxd4 27. Rd1 $36)
25. Qh3 Rf6 26. Rc3 Qxd4 27. Qg2 {[%cal Rc3d3]} Rd7 28. Rg1 (28. Rd3 $6 Qc5)
28... b5 29. Rg3 Qa7 30. Ne5 Re7 31. Qd2 $6 ({In my opinion, much better was:} 
31. Bxc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6d7] and it is not clear how to prevent Bd7.}) 31... Qc7
32. Rd3 $18 {Nothing can't stop whites attack. Black N is still stalled on-b8!}
Re8 33. Rd6 (33. Bxc6 Ref8 34. Qg2 $18 {[%cal Rd3d7]}) 33... c5 34. Ng4 Rff8
35. Nxh6+ Kh8 36. Ng4 Rd8 37. Qg2 $1 {[%mdl 128] Tough!} Rxd6 38. Qh3+ Kg8 39.
Qh7+ Kf7 40. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. c5 Bf7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bd3 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Rc7 22. Qb1 h6 23. Qb3 Re7 24. h3 Qa5 25. Rd1 Kh8 26. Rb1 Bg8 27. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. f5
fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be2 h5 19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. h4 b4
21. Ne2 e5 22. Nc1 Kb8 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. Bxh5 Rxh5 25. Qg6 Rxh4 26. Qxf6 Rf4 27.
Qg6 d4 28. Rh7 Be4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. Nc5 Re3 32. Ne6+ Kd7 33.
Nxd8 Kxd8 34. Kc1 Ke7 35. Rd3 Re2 36. Rd2 Re1+ 37. Rd1 Re2 38. Rd2 Re4 39. Rd3
Ke6 40. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rhe1 {In this variation
White delay e4-e5 promotion.} (12. e5 {-main line}) 12... Bc6 13. Bb3 (13. f5
$5) (13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bb3 (16. Rxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Qxf6 Re1 19. Qxd6 Rfe8 20. c3 Qa4 $15) 16... d5 $11) (13. Kb1 $5)
13... Rfe8 (13... b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxg5 16. dxc6 e5 17. Qxd6 Bxf4+ 18.
Kb1 $14) (13... Rad8 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qf2 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nh5 $11 {
Murrey-Dorfman,France 94}) (13... Rfd8 14. Qd3 (14. Qf2 $5) 14... h6 15. Bh4
Qh5 16. Bg3 Nd7 $1 17. Qf1 Nc5 18. Bc4 Bf6 $132 {Dolmatov-Oll,USSR 88}) (13...
h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. f5 exf5 16. Qc4 fxe4 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Rf1 Qe5 19. Bg3 Qc5
20. Ne2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Murrey,J-Relange,E/Paris Philidor mem 1995 (51)}) 14. e5 (
14. f5 exf5 15. e5 dxe5 (15... Nd5 $2 16. Bd2 $1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 (17. e6 f6 18.
Bxc3 Qc5 $132) 17... Bg5+ 18. Kb1 dxe5 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qd3 $18) 16. Rxe5 Qc7
17. Rxf5 Rad8 18. Qc4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Bd8 $11 {1-0 Polgar,J-Sax,G/Magyarorszag 
(ch) 1991/Inf 53/ (51)}) (14. Qf2 h6 (14... Ng4 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Ne5 17.
Rxd6 Qc5 18. Rd2 b5 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 a5 21. a3 $14 {0-1 Cseshkovsky
Vitaly-Knoppert Erik G J/Leeuwarden 1994 (48)}) 15. Bh4 Rac8 $132) (14. Kb1
Rad8 (14... Rac8 $5) 15. Qd2 (15. Qf2 Ng4 $1 (15... h6 16. h4 $5 Qc5 17. Qg3
Nh5 18. Qh2 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. g4 Nxf4 {[#]} 21. Nd5 $3 $16 {1-0 Dvoirys,
S-Khalifman,A/Elista 1997/CBM 59/ (37)} (21. Qxf4 Bxg5 $15)) 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17.
fxg5 Ne5 $132) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $14 {Tolnai-Majer,Czech 95})
14... dxe5 15. Qxe5 {After Queens change White remain with weakness on e5, but
how to use it?} (15. fxe5 Rad8 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Bxd5 19. Rd4
$11 {1-0 Tolnai,T-Leko,P/Budapest SW15 1992 (32)}) 15... Qxe5 (15... b5 16. h3
{[%cal Gg2g4]} Nd7 17. Qe3 $132) 16. fxe5 Nd7 $11 {[%csl Re5]} (16... Nd5 17.
Ne4 Bxg5+ 18. Nxg5 Red8 19. Rd4 Rd7 20. Red1 Rad8 21. R1d2 Nc7 (21... Nb6 22.
Nxe6 $1 $16) 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Kd2 $11) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. g3 Rc8
(18... a5 19. Rd4 Nc5 20. Bc4 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Bb5 $11) 19. Re3 Nf8 ({
Maybe better was} 19... Nc5 20. Bc4 Rec7 21. Rd6 Kf8 $132) 20. Ne2 Rec7 21. Nd4
Bd7 22. c3 Ng6 {[%csl Rf4,Yg3,Rh4]} 23. h4 (23. Bc2 Rc5 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. h4
$11) 23... Rc5 24. Rde1 Ne7 {[%csl Yd4]} 25. Rd1 Ng6 26. Rde1 Ne7 27. Rd1 Ng6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 {After this game the variation needs to be rebuild!It's
difficult to point out where black made the mistake,but I guess he did it
somewhere,because otherwise I don't know how to explai the fact that the game
lasted only 19 moves!} (9... Qxf6 10. Qd2 c5 (10... O-O $5 11. O-O-O e5 12.
dxe5 (12. Qe3 exd4 13. Rxd4 Nb6 14. Qe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,
I-Miles,A/Capablanca Elite 1997}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bc4 Qf6 15. Qd4
$11 {1/2-1/2 Har-Zvi,R-Soffer,R/ISR-chT ASA Tel-Aviv-Hapoel P.T 1998}) 11.
O-O-O O-O 12. Bb5 $5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Nf6 15. Ne5 a6 16. Be2 b5 17.
Bf3 $14 {Arancibia,E-Dumas Aviles,A/Esucomex op 1998}) 10. Qd2 b6 (10... Qd5 $6
11. c4 Qe4+ 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 $1 Qh7 15. f3 $16 {Kling,
T-Saraiva,T/Elista olw 1998}) 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 ({Deserved
attention} 13... Qd5 $5 14. c4 Qd6 15. Rhe1 Rfd8 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 $36 {
,but also in this case white's initiative is very dangerous.}) 14. dxc5 Qc7 $6
{Thi move is probably a decisive mistake,because afterwards black hardly could
improve his game.Better was} (14... bxc5 15. Rhe1 Nd5 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd5b4,
Gd8h4]}) 15. Rhe1 $16 Bxg2 (15... bxc5 16. g4 Rfd8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Qxg5 $40 {
[%cal Ge1g1]}) 16. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gd1g1] Very strong move,probably missed by
black.From now on white's attack is unstopable.} Kh8 17. Rg1 Bd5 18. Qf4 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge5g6] Threatening to win the queen} Qxc5 19. Re3 $1 {[%csl
Rh8][%cal Gg1g7,Ge3g3] Black is helpless against numerous threats and he finds
nothing btter than to resign!} (19. Re3 Rac8 20. Reg3 $1 (20. Rxg7 $5 Qxe3+ 21.
fxe3 Kxg7 22. e4 Bb7 23. Nf3 $36) 20... Nh5 21. Qxh6+ $3 gxh6 22. Rg8+ $1 Rxg8
23. Nxf7#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 {In the last few years, this has become very popular, almost
completely replacing the old 9 Bd2.} Nc6 {Also becoming established as the
main line.There are several important alternatives however:} (9... Qa5 10. Bd2
Na6 (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O {- main line.}) 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3
13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5 {A fairly typical scenario. Black's structure is
neat and he has a happy knight sitting comfortably on c5. However, with his
next move white easily dislodges it, and shows that his superior bishop and
the pressure on the half-open b file are more salient factors.} 15. Nb3 $1 $14
{[%csl Gc5][%cal Yb3c5,Yg2b7,Ya1b1]} Na4 16. c4 Rb8 17. c5 e5 18. Rfc1 Be6 19.
Na5 b6 20. Nc6 Nxc5 $1 {Sensible, under the circumstances.} 21. Nxb8 Rxb8 22.
Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke1 Ke7 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Bd5 {and although white's task is not at
all easy he eventually converted} Bd7 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Podgaets,M/Moscow 1992/
EXT 97 (59)}) (9... Qb6 10. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (10... Qxd4 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. Be3 Bxc3+
13. bxc3 Qg4 14. Rd1 e5 15. h3 Qh5 16. Rd6 {Dautov, and in my view '+/='.}) 11.
Be3 Nc6 (11... Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qg6 $5 13. h4 $5 (13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfc1 Bh3 15.
Qc2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qe6 {Black has enough activity for the IQP and the opposite
coloured bishops only help. In blitz he has more than enough.} 17. f3 Rfe8 18.
Kf2 Qh6 19. Qd3 Re7 20. Rc2 Rae8 21. Re1 $2 Qh5 $1 $17 22. Kg1 Bf5 {0-1
Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow 1998/CBM 67 ext (22)}) 13... h5 14. g4 Bxg4 15. f3
Rc8 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. fxg4 Ne5 18. gxh5 {Strange.} Qe4 19. Rg1 Nc4 20. Qd3 Nxe3
21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Kf2 Nc2 23. Rad1 Rc5 24. Nxc2 Rxc2 25. Rd7 Rxb2 26. h6 $1 e3+
27. Kxe3 (27. Kf3 $5) 27... Re8+ {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Polgar,J/Las Vegas 1999/
CBM 72 (27) I must confess - I simply do not understand this game, although
its players and setting render it to important to pass over.}) (11... Bh3 $5 {
Interesting, although since g4 is a recurring theme in the line, it does seem
rather to invite it!} 12. g4 $5 Nc6 (12... Nd7 13. Rg1 Nf6 14. Rg3 Bxg4 15. Nf5
Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qe6 17. Nd4 (17. Nxg7 $5 Qa6 18. Rxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf5 $40) 17...
Qd7 18. f3 Bh5 19. Bg5 Ne8 20. Kf2 f6 21. Bf4 Rc8 $15 {0-1 Rogozenko,D-Socko,B/
Hamburg HSK 1996/CBM 56 (39)}) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rg1 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16.
bxc3 f5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Bezold,M-Horvath,C/Budapest Honved 1994/EXP 45 (23)}) 12.
Nxc6 (12. Rd1 Qa5 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Ndb5 Be6 17. Nd4
Nc4 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/Beograd 1995/Inf 65 (69) looks OK for black})
12... Qxc6 (12... Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. f3 Rfb8 17.
b3 a5 18. Bc5 a4 19. b4 Re8 20. a3 Bc8 21. Kf2 Ba6 22. e3 h5 23. h3 f6 24. Bd4
$16 {1-0 Alterman,B-Baumegger,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (64) is no easy
technical task for white, but no fun at all for the opponent!}) 13. Qxb4 d4 14.
f3 dxe3 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Pinter,J/Kobenhavn 1995/Inf 63 (14) is where the
whole business started. No-one has seen fit to test this obscure position.
Probably after} 15. O-O-O $5 {Black's e-pawn will eventually prove too
vulnerable.}) (9... Na6 10. O-O Nxc3 (10... Nc5 $5) 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Rd1 Nc5
13. Qc4 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 (15... bxc6 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qc7
18. Rd4 Rb8 19. Rad1 Be8 20. Rb4 Rb6 21. a4 $16 {[%csl Re8,Rf8] 1-0 Avrukh,
B-Finkel,A/Antwerp 1998/EXT 99 (34) looks quite unpleasant for black. Again
the relative activity of the forces tells us a great deal.}) 16. Rxd8 Rfxd8 17.
Bxc6 Rxc6 18. a4 $1 {This queen sacrifice might be found to be sufficient for
a draw with perfect play - in any case it seems to me to be a rather
masochistic variation to choose with black. White sets about preparing to
undermine black's queenside, since ...b6 is likely to be required to
consolidate it.} Rd5 (18... h6 19. Rb1 b6 20. a5 bxa5 $6 21. Rb7 $1 Nxb7 22.
Qxc6 Nd6 23. c4 Kf8 24. Qa6 a4 25. Bxa7 a3 26. Bb6 Rb8 27. c5 {[%cal Yc5c8]
1-0 Huzman,A-Loginov,V/Beersheva 1998/EXT 99 (37) Once the blockade is broken,
of course, the shrewd money has to be on white.}) 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qb3 b6 21. c4
Rdd6 22. Qb5 Rc8 23. a5 Rdc6 24. Qa6 (24. Rd1 $5 {around here I had a good
feeling. The game is still too painful for a rigourous analysis.}) 24... R6c7
25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Qb5 Rc6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra1 Bf8 29. Ra7 Ne4 30. Qh5 R6c7 31.
Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qb5 Nd6 33. Qxb6 Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Alterman,B/FIDE WCh KO,
Groningen NED (1.2) 1997 (82) and now it should probably be a draw, although
white constructed at least three more winning positions, two of them trivial,
before it eventually was.}) (9... Bc5 $5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4
Nc6 13. Rd1 $14 b6 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Rd8 16. Bc3 Be6 17. e4 Rd7 18. O-O
Rad8 19. a3 f5 20. f3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Kuemin,S-Cvitan,O/Zurich 1999/CBM
73 ext.}) 10. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 (12... Rb8 $2 {[%csl Ra5,
Rb8][%cal Yb3b8,Yd2a5]} 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxb8 Bd7 16. Qb7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Barsov,A-Rowson,J/York 1999/CBM 75_02 (27)}) 13. bxc3 (13. Bxc3 $5 {
is not particularly dangerous, but black has to be a bit careful. The endgame
reached in Ribli-Wahls is not lost, but it is no joy to play for black either.
The move is also a decisive headache for those wishing to play for a win with
black.} Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Qb4 Qe5 (15... Qxb4 16. cxb4 Rab8 17. a3 Bxe2 18.
Rfc1 Bb5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rfc8 21. Rac1 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 $14 {[%csl Ya3,Ga7,
Yb4][%cal Yg1g2,Yg2f3,Yf3e4,Ye4d4]} g5 23. Ra6 Rb7 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Kf3 Kg6 26.
Ke4 h5 27. f4 g4 28. f5+ Kf6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Ra5 Kg6 31. Re5 Rb6 32. Kd4 Rd6+
33. Kc3 Ra6 34. Kb3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Ye5] The relative activity of the rooks
tells the story!} Rd6 35. b5 Rd2 36. Rxe6+ Kf5 37. Re7 Rxh2 38. Rxa7 Rh3 39. b6
Rxg3+ 40. Kb4 Re3 41. b7 Re4+ 42. Kb3 Re1 43. Ra5+ Kg6 44. Kc2 Re2+ 45. Kc3
Re3+ 46. Kc4 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Wahls,M/Bundesliga 1998.}) 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. Qa3 Qb5
18. c4 Qxc4 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. Bxc6 Qb6 21. Be4 Bb5 22. Rb1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rogozenko,D-Blauert,J/BL2-N 1996. (28)}) 13... Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 ({The most
played alternative is clearly in crisis -} 14... Rab8 $6 15. c4 $1 {Otherwise
black would control the c4 square and be slightly more than comfortable.} Qc5
16. cxd5 $1 {This queen offer is of great importance since it underpins
white's play in the whole line.} Rxb3 17. axb3 Bxe2 18. Re1 $1 {White simply
attacks the bishop, and ensures that he will either reach RBBv.Q or obtain a
very powerful supported passed pawn. Since this seems to be very strong, and
is well-known to be better than} (18. Rdc1 $6 {it was strange to see that
Alterman was apparently unaware of this. He payed the price after} Qd6 19. Rxc6
(19. Be3 $6 cxd5 20. Bc5 Qb8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rc2 Bb5 23. Rca2 a6 24. Bf1 Bxf1
25. Kxf1 Qxb3 26. Rxa6 g5 $17 {0-1 Nielsen,P-Emms,J/Copenhagen BSF 1995/CBM 46
(50)}) (19. Bf4 $5 e5 {[%csl Rd5]} 20. Rxc6 (20. Be3 $5 {Wells}) 20... Qb8 21.
Be3 {Alterman might be the best chance, but in view of the strength of 18 Re1
it is largely academic.}) 19... Qd7 20. Bf4 exd5 21. Rd6 Qb5 22. Bxd5 a6 23. h4
(23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rdxa6 $11 {Alterman.}) 23... h6 24. Rc1 Qb4 {
0-1 Alterman,B-Timman,J/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (44) and white should maybe
hold the balance, but that is the extent of his ambitions.}) 18... cxd5 (18...
Bb5 19. dxc6 $16 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Yc6c7]} Bxc6 $6 20. Rac1 Qd6 (20... Qd4 21.
Be3 $18) 21. Bf4 $18) 19. Rxe2 Qb6 20. b4 Rc8 21. Be1 h6 22. Rea2 Rc7 23. Bf1
Qd4 24. b5 Qc5 25. Bd2 e5 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Rc6 Rd7 28. Ra4 d4 29. Bb4 Qe8 30.
Bh3 Rd8 31. Rxa7 $18 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Savon,V/Pardubice op 1995/EXT 95op (43)}) (
{In 1998 the move} 14... Bxe2 $5 {at last received a test. I had been
expecting that someone would be moved to give it a try for some time, since
black does get a rook and two pawns for his minor pieces, even though it is
the bishop pair. Moreover, black's pawn structure is very solid.} 15. c4 Bxd1
16. Rxd1 {desirable other things being equal, but I had analysed} (16. Qxd1 $5
{at home because I believed that it was imperative for white to keep the
queens on the board.}) 16... Qb6 17. cxd5 cxd5 $6 (17... Qxb3 $5 {looks much
more logical to me. Is white better without queens?}) 18. Qf3 $1 Rac8 19. Bf1
Rc2 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Bd3 Ra2 22. Bb4 a5 23. Be7 Qb2 $6 24. Kg2 Rc1 25. Rxc1 Qxc1
26. Qf4 $5 {Now the situation is altered in the key sense that the exchange of
queens now would leave black's a-pawn defenceless.} Qb2 (26... Qxf4 27. gxf4 {
[%csl Ra5][%cal Yd3b5,Ya3a4,Ye7d8]}) 27. Bc5 Qb7 28. Qd6 Qa8 29. Bd4 h6 30. Qe5
Qf8 31. Bb2 $16 {[%csl Ra2] 1/2-1/2 Chabanon,J-Dorfman,J/Meribel 1998/CBM 67 
(58)}) 15. e4 Bc4 $1 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 $5 ({I have thought that} 17...
Qxb4 {is a legitimate defence too, even if the ending is not entirely
comfortable for black. Obviously Kasparov, who does not leave such things to
chance, considers the white position promising enough eg.} 18. cxb4 Rfd8 (18...
Rad8 $6 {weakens a7 and is thus clearly inferior:} 19. Be3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxa2
21. Bc5 Rb8 22. Ra1 Bc4 23. Rxa7 h6 24. f4 Bb5 25. Rc7 Na8 26. Re7 Nb6 27. Bf3
$16 {1-0 Volzhin,A-Epishin,V/RUS-ch Elista 1996/CBM 56 (54)}) 19. Be3 e5 $5 (
19... Bb5 20. Rxd8+ (20. e5 $5) 20... Rxd8 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. a4 Ra8 23. a5 Kf8
24. e5 Ke7 25. f4 bxa5 26. bxa5 Kd7 27. Kf2 Kc7 28. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Fish,G-Shipov,
S/Yalta op 1996/EXP 53 (31) should draw, although if my memory serves me, I
managed to lose a similar ending in a rapid game ( with black! ) and it is not
trivial to hold.}) 20. Rxd8+ $6 {Criticised by Leko, and rightly so.} (20. Rdc1
{is more thematic.}) 20... Rxd8 21. Bf1 Bb5 22. Rc1 f6 23. Bxb5 cxb5 24. Rc7
Nc4 {[%csl Gc4] This excellent piece will suffice to hold the game.} 25. Bxa7
Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Ra1 27. Bc5 Rxa2 28. Rb7 Nd2 29. Rxb5 Nxe4 30. Be3 Rb2 31. Rb8+
Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. g4 h5 34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. Rxg7 Rxb4 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Lalic,
B/Szeged 1997/CBM 62 (35)}) 18. Be3 Be2 {This is a key part of black's idea.
The bishop is sometimes headed for f3, sometimes just facilitating a changing
of the c4 blockade guard.} 19. Rd2 (19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qc5 (20. Rxe2 $2 Qxe2 21.
Bf1 Qb2 $17) 20... Rfd8 21. e5 $1 a5 22. h3 (22. Bd4 $2 Nd2 $132 {[%cal Gd2f3]}
) 22... Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bc4 24. Bxc6 Rac8 25. Bg2 a4 26. Qa7 Bb5 27. Qa5 $14 {
0-1 Shaked,T-Georgiev,K/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (55)}) 19... Rab8 20. Bxb6 (20.
Qc5 $5) (20. Bc5 Nc4 21. Bxf8 Rxb4 22. Rd8 h6 23. cxb4 Kh7) 20... axb6 21. Qd6
Bf3 (21... Rfc8 $5 22. h3 (22. Rb1 h6 $5) 22... Bf3 23. Rb1 (23. g4 Qg5 {
[%csl Rd2][%cal Gc8d8]}) 23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Short,N/
Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75_02 (24)}) 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25.
Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc7 {White has clear advantage and
reasonable winning chances, although the weakness of the c-pawn of course
complicates the technocal task.} 29. a4 Rd8 30. Qe3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Rc8 32. Qb1
Qxc3 33. Rxb6 Rc4 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb7 f6 36. Re7 Rb4 37. Qa2 Qc4 38. Qxc4 Rxc4
39. a5 Ra4 40. Rxe6 Rxa5 41. Rd6 Ra4 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 h5 44. Rd3 Ra2+ 45.
Ke3 Kg6 46. h3 Ra4 47. f4 Rb4 48. Ra3 Rc4 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rb4 51. Ra6 Kf7
52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. f5+ Kh6 54. g5+ fxg5 55. e5 g4 56. e6 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. Kb1 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4
15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. f5 e5 18. Nb3 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Nc5 20. Na5 Ba8 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Be7 23. Be2 Bg5 24. Rc3 e4 25. Nc6 Bf6 26. Ra3 Kd7 27. Nb4
Ra8 28. Nxa6 b4 29. Nxc5+ dxc5 30. Re3 Kd6 31. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. O-O Ba7 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 (12... d5 {Yudasin-Adams,
EU Cup final 14th Belgrade 1999 CBM 69}) (12... Bxb3 {Kaidanov-Malaniuk, WchT
4th Luzern 1997 CBM 62}) 13. Nxe3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Nc4 Nf4 $1 {
The counterattack is the best defence!} ({Passive defence gives time for White
to seize the |^ in the [+].} 15... f6 16. d4 $1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bf7
19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nd6 $1 cxd6 21. Bxd5 $16 {and Black's weaknesses in his P
structure begin to tell, Ostojic-Wellendorf, Baden-Baden op 1990.}) 16. Ncxe5 (
16. Bc2 {looks rather passive.} Qf6 17. Kh2 (17. Nfxe5 $2 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 {
is strongly met by the crushing} Bxh3 $1 $19) 17... Bf5 $36) 16... Nxe5 17.
Rxe5 ({and not} 17. Nxe5 $2 Qg5 18. Ng4 Bxb3 19. axb3 h5 $17) 17... Nxd3 18.
Re3 Bxb3 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qxd3 $11) (15. d4 Nxe3 (15... e4 $6 {is not a
successful change of the P structure for Black.} 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nd2 $16) 16.
Rxe3 exd4 $1 (16... Bxb3 {is also enough for equality, but here Black has to
defend himself more carefully.} 17. Qxb3 exd4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qxb7 $1 dxc3 (
19... Ra7 20. Qb3 $14) 20. bxc3 Ra7 21. Qb3 Ra8 (21... Na5 22. Qd5 Qb5 23. Qd8+
Kh7 24. Re1 $14) 22. Re1 Qd7 $11) 17. cxd4 Bxb3 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qxb3 Rb8 $11
{and Black has everything in order.}) 15... Bxd5 16. d4 e4 $6 {This idea is
dubious again, but Black wanted more than just a simple equalization.} (16...
Bxb3 $142 17. Qxb3 exd4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {- 15.d4 Bb3 16.Qb3 exd4}) 17. Nd2 (17.
c4 $6 {is not a good intermediate move.} Bxc4 $1 18. Bxc4 exf3 19. Qxf3 Qd7)
17... f5 (17... Qg5 18. Re3 $1 $16 {parrying the threats again >< g2.}) 18. f3
$1 {White wants to blow up Black's strong central P formation.} (18. Qh5 $5 {
was rather complicated.} Bxb3 $1 {This is the simplest solution.} ({On} 18...
Qd7 19. g4 $5 {blowing up Black's P chain was exciting, for example:} Bxb3 (
19... Rf8 $2 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxe4 $18) 20. Nxb3 $1 (20. axb3 Rf8 21. gxf5
Rxf5 22. Qh4 Raf8 23. Nxe4 Qd5 $44) 20... Ne7 (20... f4 $2 21. Nc5 $18) 21. Nc5
Qd5 22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. c4 $1 (23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxf5 Qxb2 $13) 23... Qf7 24.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. d5 $14 {with better prospects for White in the _|_.}) 19. axb3 (
19. Nxb3 Ne7 $11) 19... Qd7 20. b4 Qe6 $1 $11 {against Nb3} (20... Rad8 21. Nb3
$14)) 18... e3 (18... Kh8 $2 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Re3 $16 {and the
weakness on e4 is not easy to defend.}) 19. f4 $1 {Now the weak e3 P will fall.
} Na5 $1 {Black has to find some counterplay.} (19... Kh8 20. Nf1 Bxb3 21. axb3
Qh4 22. Qf3 Re4 23. Rxe3 Rxf4 24. Qg3 $16 {controlling the vital <-> e.}) (
19... exd2 $2 {loses outright.} 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxd2 $18) 20.
Bxd5+ $1 (20. Nf1 {allows Black} Nxb3 21. axb3 Qh4 (21... e2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23.
Qxe2 Bxb3 24. Ne3 $14) 22. Nxe3 Be4 23. Rf1 Re6 $44 {with some similarities to
the Ruy Lopez Marshall Variation.}) 20... Qxd5 21. Nf1 Qb5 $1 (21... Re4 22.
Nxe3 Qe6 23. Nf1 Nc4 24. b3 Nd6 25. Ng3 $16 {and Black has nothing to show for
the lost material.}) (21... Qe4 22. Qa4 $1 Nc6 (22... e2 23. Qxa5 $16) 23. Rxe3
Qxf4 24. Rf3 $16) 22. Nxe3 (22. Qe2 $5 {deserved serious attention.} Re4 (22...
Nc4 23. b3 Nd6 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25. Rac1 $1 {The weak e P will fall anyway.} (25.
Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Nxe3 Nxc3 $11) (25. Nxe3 Nxc3 26. Rac1 Nxa2 27. Rxc7 Nb4 $11)
25... e2 26. Ng3 Re3 27. Nxe2 Rae8 28. Kf2 $16 {and the pin is not dangerous.})
(22... Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Re4 24. Rxe3 $16) 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Rxe3 Rxf4 (24... Nb3
25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Rb1 Rxa2 27. Kf2 $16 {>< e4}) 25. Nd2 $14) 22... Re4 (22...
Qxb2 $2 {gives White good attacking chances as well.} 23. Nxf5 Rxe1+ (23...
Qxc3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rc1 Qb4 26. Qg4) 24. Qxe1 $16) 23. Qd2 (23. Qe2 $2 {
falls into the pin after} Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rae8 25. Rae1 g5 $1) 23... Rae8 24. b3
(24. b4 $5 Nc4 (24... Nc6 $2 25. a4 $18) 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Kf2 $14 {and White
has an extra P, although the black heavy artillery is rather active.}) 24... b6
25. c4 (25. Nf1 $1 Re2 26. a4 $1 $16) 25... Qd7 26. Nc2 $14 (26. Nd5 Nc6 {>< d4
}) 26... Nb7 27. Rxe4 (27. d5 $5) 27... Rxe4 28. Re1 (28. d5 b5) 28... Nd6 29.
Rxe4 (29. d5 b5 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Qd4) (29. Nb4 $5) 29... Nxe4 30. Qe3 {
White is a healthy P up!} b5 31. Nb4 a5 32. Nd5 (32. Nd3 bxc4 33. Ne5 Qb5 34.
Nxc4) 32... b4 33. Kh2 Qd8 34. Qd3 {Was it a time trouble?} (34. Qd3 Qd6 35. g3
g6 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kf3 c6 38. Ne3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Ne3 Be6 (13... Bg6 {
wurde bisher versucht, um dem Springer auf c5 das Rückzugsfeld e6 freizulassen,
doch waren die Ergebnisse für Schwarz nicht ermutigend:} 14. b4 Rd8 (14... Ne6
15. b5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Bf7 17. Qb1 $2 (17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rab1 {
ergibt Vorteil für Weiß.}) 17... Bc5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Qe4 O-O
21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Nd4 23. Bb5 Nb3 24. Rad1 Nd2 25. Rfe1 Bb4 26. Rc1 Nb3
27. Ne4 h6 $17 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Morozevich,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (68)}) 15.
Ned5 cxd5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxd5 Qb8 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. Rfd1 Bf7 20. Qb5+ Kf8 $18
{1-0 Bacrot,E-Morovic Fernandez,I/Cap d'Agde 1998/EXT 99 (42)}) 14. b4 Rd8 15.
Qc2 ({In Betracht kommt die Fortsetzung} 15. Qb1 Nb3 (15... Na6 16. b5 {
ist jetzt ungünstiger für Schwarz, weil er nach 16...Sb4 kein Tempo durch
Angriff auf die Dame gewinnt.}) 16. Ned5 ({Schwächer scheint die Fortsetzung} 
16. Ncd5 {zu sein, weil nach} cxd5 17. Qxb3 Qf7 {der Springer auf e3
einigermaßen unglücklich steht.}) 16... cxd5 17. Qxb3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 {doch
dürfte Schwarz nach} d4 {genug Gegenspiel erhalten.}) 15... Na6 16. b5 Nb4 17.
Qe4 Bc5 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Nc4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 19. bxc6 bxc6 (19... Nbxc6 20.
Ned5 Qf7 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf4 {überläßt dem Weißen das etwas bequemere Spiel.}
) 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rc1 {ist zu erwägen.}) 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bd5 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. e3 Rd8 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qe4 ({Die Folge} 
26. Qxe5 Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Ra1 {bringt dem Weißen Ungelegenheiten.})
26... Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Be7 28. Kg2 ({Nach} 28. Nxe5 Qc1 29. Nf7+ (29. Qc4 Qxc4 30.
Nxc4 Bb4 {verspricht dem Weißen höchstens Schwierigkeiten.}) 29... Kg8 30. Qxe7
Rxf1+ 31. Kg2 Rg1+ 32. Kf3 h6 {dürfte die Stellung ausgeglichen sein; Weiß
kann natürlich mit} 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Ng5+ {remis erzwingen.}) 28... Qd7 29. Na5
(29. Nxe5 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Bc4 Rc5 33. Ne5+ Kh8 {führt zum
Remis.}) 29... Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Nxb7 Rd7 32. Na5 e4 33. Nb3 g6 34. a5 Bb4
35. Bc4 Kg7 36. b6 axb6 37. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. h3 O-O-O 13. d4 Rde8 14. Bc4
Rhf8 15. Bg3 Bd8 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bh2 a6 18. a3 Ng6 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8
21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22. Kd2 Nh4 23. Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. Rd1 Nb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Brave Lputian doesn't
afraid to test his favourite risky variant even against Anand} 6. b4 cxd4 7.
Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ $5 ({Black showed good results in modern practise
after} 9. Nf3 Bxb5 $5 10. Bxb5+ Nd7) 9... Qxc7 10. Nf3 {Exact order of moves.
White don't need to be in hurry in the definition of the black-squared
position.} (10. Bb2 Ba4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nge7 13. O-O a6 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Qf2
Bb5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. Rac1 O-O 20. g3 h6 21. Kg2
Rfd8 22. Kg1 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Qb2 Qa6 {Hall,J-Vaganian,R/BL 9900 2000/0-1 
(45)}) 10... a6 $146 {[%cal Gd7b5]} (10... Ba4 $5 11. Ra2 (11. Bd3 $142 $5)
11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Nh6 13. Bb2 Nf5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxd4 Qb5 17. e6
fxe6 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bd4 Qc4 20. c3 Rg4 21. Rb2 Rc8 22. Kf2 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qc3
24. Qe2 Kd8 25. g3 {Van den Doel,E-Barsov,A/Dieren op 1998/1/2-1/2 (58)}) (
10... a5 11. Bd2 $1 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nh6 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4
16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qf2 O-O 18. O-O Ne7 19. Be3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bd4 Rf7 22.
Be5 Qc8 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rf3 $16 {1-0 Novik,M-Lputian,S/Alekhin mem.op 1992 (62)}
) 11. a4 $1 {Surely not allow bishop exchange} Ne7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Qe1 $44 {[%mdl 4] Black managed to keep pawn on d4 for a long time, but Abnand
proves that initiative is more important than pawn.} Qb6 15. Rb1 {[%cal Gb4b5]}
Nce7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne3 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. h3 Nf5 (19... Bxb5 $6 20. Qb4 Ra5
21. Nxd4 Nc6 (21... Qxd4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxa5 $16) 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc4
dxc4 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Rd2 $16) 20. Re2 h5 ({Pawn on b5 is still poisoned-} 20...
Bxb5 21. Qb4 Ra5 22. Bd2 Qa7 23. Qb3 $5 (23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Bxa5
Bxe2 26. Rxb7 O-O) 23... Ba4 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Ra8 26. Bb4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Re8]}) 21. Qf2 Ra4 ({Deserves attention} 21... Nfe3 $13) (21... Bxb5 22.
Bxf5 exf5 23. Nxd4 Ra5 24. Bd2 $1 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 $18) 22. Re1 g6 23. Bxf5 exf5
24. Nxd4 {Finally Anand regain material balance and his advantage is now
obvious.} O-O 25. c3 Rc8 26. Be3 Nxe3 (26... Qa5 27. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3c5]}) 27.
Rxe3 Be6 28. Kh2 {[%csl Gd4,Re6] White will systematically improve now his
position and Black has great troubles in defense.} Ra3 29. Rc1 Rc4 30. Rc2 Kh7
31. Rf3 Qc7 32. Qh4 Qd7 33. Rg3 Ra8 34. Qf6 Re8 {[%cal Gd7e7] Lputian must
exchange queens and in this time White occupied important a line} (34... Qd8
35. Qxd8 Rxd8 36. Ra2 $16) 35. Ra2 $1 {[%cal Ga2a7]} Qe7 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. b6
$1 $18 Re8 38. h4 $1 {Now result of the game is more or less clear and the
technical part of the game was greatly conducted by Anand.} Kg7 39. Ra7 Rb8 40.
Kg1 {[%cal Gg1b2] First he brings king to the queen side} Bd7 41. Kf2 Kf8 42.
Ke2 Ke8 43. Kd2 Rcc8 44. Re3 {Now time for rook} Ke7 45. Re1 Bc6 46. Rea1 {
[%cal Ga1a5,Ga5c5]} Bd7 47. R1a5 Be6 48. g3 Kd8 49. Kc2 Ke7 50. Kb2 Kd8 51. Rb5
Rc4 52. Raa5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c5] White plan became clear.Anand prepare rook
exchange on c5 and after this exchange nobody can stop white pieces from
penetration to the enemy's camp.} Rbc8 53. Rb3 Rb8 (53... Kd7 $5 54. Ra7 Rb8)
54. Rb4 $1 Rcc8 (54... Rxb4+ 55. cxb4 Rc8 56. Rc5 Rxc5 57. bxc5 Bd7 58. Kc3 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd4c2,Gc2b4]}) 55. Rbb5 $18 {[%cal Gb5c5]} Ke7 56. Rc5 Kd7 57.
Rxc8 Rxc8 {Hecht: '[#] Riesenspringer gegen schlechten Läufer. Dazu kommt die
Schwäche h7 und das komplett fehlende Gegenspiel von Schwarz. '} 58. Ra7 Rb8
59. Kb3 Kd8 60. Kb4 Kd7 61. Ra5 {[%cal Ga5c5,Gc5c7]} (61. Ra5 {Hecht} Rc8 62.
Rc5 Kd8 63. Rxc8+ Kxc8 64. Kc5 Kd7 65. Nb5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rb5d6]} Kc8 66. Kd6
Kd8 67. Nc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. f3 Bg6 11. e4 e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 (
14... exd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 g5 18. g3 Rad8 19. Ba2 Rfe8 20.
Rad1 Nf8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. f4 gxf4 26.
gxf4 Qc6 27. f5 Nc5 28. Qg5 Rd7 29. Rg1 f6 30. exf6 Ne4 31. f7+ Rxf7 32. Qd8+
Kh7 33. Bxd5 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 37. Bf3 Rf4 38. Rg4
{1-0 Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1954/MainBase (38)}) 15. Kh1 exd4 16. Bxd4
Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. e5 Nd5 22. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb7 14. b3 Ncb6 15. Be3
Re8 16. d5 Be7 (16... Rc8 17. Nbd2 c6 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qb8 21.
a4 Nc5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 b4 24. Qe2 Nbd7 25. Bd3 {1-0 Spassky,B-Petrosian,
T/Moscow 1969/MainBase (53)}) 17. Nbd2 c6 (17... f5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4
20. bxc4 f4 21. Bd2 a5 22. Ba4 Rf8 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. c5 Bc8 25. Rc1 h5 26. cxd6
cxd6 27. Rc6 Qe8 28. Qb3 Kh8 29. Bc3 Bd7 30. Rb6 a4 31. Qa3 Rf6 32. Bb4 Bf8 33.
Rc1 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Qc3 Kg8 36. a3 Qe8 37. Kh1 Qg6 38. Qd3 Rf7 39. Ba5
Qf6 40. h4 Bg4 41. Ng5 f3 42. Nxf7 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Ginsburg,G/
Kherson 1990/EXT 97 (43)}) 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. exf5 Nxd5 21. Nf1 Rc8
22. Bd2 N7f6 23. Ng5 Qd7 24. Rc1 b4 25. Ne6 Nc3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Bb1 Rec8 28.
Rxc3 bxc3 29. Bc2 Qc6 30. Ne3 d5 31. Ng4 d4 32. f3 Nxg4 33. hxg4 Qd6 34. Qd3 h6
35. Qe2 Bf6 36. Bd3 a5 37. Kh1 e4 38. fxe4 Qg3 39. Kg1 Be5 40. Rc1 Qh2+ 41. Kf2
Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. exd5 a6 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Ba2 Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Bb1 Rfe8 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qh3 b4 18. Qh4 bxc3 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxf6 cxb2 21.
Qxb2 c4 22. Qc3 Rac8 23. Bc2 Qc5 24. Ng5 Bxd5 25. Qh3 h5 26. Qh4 Be5 27. Ne4
Qc6 28. Ba4 Qxa4 29. Rxd5 Qc6 30. Rc5 Qxc5 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. f4 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 c3
34. f5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 c5 12. d5 Qe8 13. O-O Kh8 14. Nf2 Na6 15. b3
Bd7 16. Bb2 b5 17. f4 e4 18. h3 Rb8 19. Kh2 Qg6 20. Rg1 bxc4 21. bxc4 h5 22.
Bc3 Nc7 23. Rab1 Na8 24. a4 Nc7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Bxa4 28.
Qb8+ Nce8 29. Qxa7 Bd7 30. Kh1 h4 31. Qb8 Kh7 32. Qd8 Ba4 33. Qe7 Bc2 34. Qb7
Bd3 35. Bxd3 exd3 36. Qb1 d2 37. Bxd2 Ne4 38. Be1 Qh5 39. Kh2 Ng3 40. Qd1 Kg6
41. Qxh5+ Kxh5 42. Nd1 Ne4 43. Kg1 N8f6 44. Kf1 g5 45. fxg5 Kxg5 46. Ba5 Nd7
47. Bd8+ Kh5 48. Nb2 Ne5 49. Ke1 Ng3 50. Bf6 Nd7 51. Be7 Ne4 52. Kd1 Ne5 53.
Kc2 Ng6 54. Bd8 Ne5 55. Ba5 Kg5 56. Kb3 Kh5 57. Ka4 Kg5 58. Kb5 f4 59. Bd8+ Kf5
60. exf4 Ng6 61. Nd3 Nd2 62. Bc7 Ne4 63. Kc6 Nd2 64. Nb2 Nxf4 65. Bxd6 Nxg2 66.
Bxc5 Nf4 67. Be3 Ne4 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. Nxc6
Rxb3 15. Nxd8 Bxd8 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. O-O Rxb2 18. Bc6 Bb6 19. Nxd5+ Kd6 20. Bb7
Nxd5 21. Rfd1 Ke7 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. g4 Rd6 24. Rc4 g5 25. Kg2 Rf6 26. Bf3 h6 27.
Rd3 Kf8 28. h3 Ke7 29. Re4+ Re6 30. Rc4 Rd6 31. Rd5 Ra2 32. a4 Re6 33. Rf5 Rf6
34. Re4+ Re6 35. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Na2 Bd6
15. h3 c5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Qb1 Qb8 20. Be2 Nc5 21.
Rc4 Rc8 22. Be1 Ncd7 23. Rcd4 Ne5 24. b4 Nd5 25. Qb3 g5 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Bxc3
Bf6 28. Bb2 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 d5 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rad1 Qb6 21.
Rfe1 Qc5 22. Qc2 b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. a3 Qb6 26. Bf1 Nd4 27. Qb1
Ndf3+ 28. gxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxb2 31. Qg6 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33.
Ng4 Bg7 34. Rxe6 h5 35. Ne3 d4 36. Nc4 Rf6 37. Re7 Raf8 38. Re2 Ra6 39. Rd2 Rd8
40. Bd3 Ra4 41. Re2 Bf8 42. Re5 Bxa3 43. Rxg5+ Kf8 44. Rxh5 Be7 45. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 Qc7 14. h4 Ne5
15. Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 Nf4 20. g5 e5 21. Qg3 Kh8
22. g6 Bf8 23. gxh7 Ng6 24. fxg6 exd4 25. g7+ Bxg7 26. Qg2 f5 27. exf5 Rd8 28.
Bd3 Bf6 29. Rdg1 Bd7 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Rg2 Qf8 32. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7
8. Bg5 Rc8 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Rg8 12. Nb6 Rc6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14.
g3 Qe6 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Ng5 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Be3 Bg5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. Kf1 g6 23. Rac1 Kg7 24. g3 g4 25. Bd5 Rfe8 26. Bc6 Rh8 27. Kg2
Nd4 28. Bb7 c6 29. Bc8 Ne2 30. Rxd8 Nxc1 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. a3 Nd3 33. b3 a5 34.
Bxg4 Nxe5 35. Be2 f5 36. f4 Nf7 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Nd8 39. Bf3 Kg7 40. Kf2
Kf6 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. h4 Kd6 43. g4 fxg4 44. Be4 c5 45. bxc5+ Kxc5 46. Bxg6 Kd6
47. h5 Ke7 48. h6 Kf6 49. h7 Kg7 50. f5 b4 51. Kf4 b3 52. f6+ Kh8 53. Kxg4 b2
54. Bb1 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. e4
d6 9. d3 a5 10. h3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 Ne5 14. Nbxd4 Nxf3+
15. Nxf3 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bg7 17. a4 Ra6 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nb1 Rb6 20. Na3 Rb4 21. Nc2
Rb6 22. Na3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 {This idea is still in the focus
of interest. Black has some problems with developing the R on h6, but White
has to lose some tempi with his Q as well.} 12. O-O c5 13. c3 (13. Qh4 b6 (
13... Be7 $6 14. Bg5 {Now White can exchange his undeveloped B.} Qd8 15. Bxe7+
Qxe7 16. Qg3 {White certainly has to avoid the exchange of queens.} g6 {/\ Kg7}
17. Rfe1 {/\ d5} Nf6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne5 g5 (19... Kg7 $4 20. Bxg6 $18) 20.
Rad1 $14 {and Black has serious problems with his development,
Sivokho-Barwinski, Polanica Zdroj op 1999.}) (13... c4 $5 {Black wants to
build up a stronghold on d5.} 14. Be2 b5 {/\ Bb7} 15. a4 b4 $1 16. Bxc4 g5 $1 {
Now Black can get back the P.} (16... Bb7 {allows White to hold the P,
although Black has some activity for it.} 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Qh3 Rd8
20. Re1 Kg8 {(Kummerov-Speelman, Bundesliga 1998)} 21. c4 $1 bxc3 22. bxc3 e5 (
22... Qxc3 $4 23. Bh7+) 23. Bf5 $5 $14) (16... Qxc4 $4 17. Qd8#) 17. Qe4 ({Both
} 17. Bxg5 $2 Qxc4 18. Bxh6+ Ke8) ({and} 17. Nxg5 $2 Qxc4 18. Qh5 e5 {are
incorrect sacrifices.}) 17... Bb7 18. Qe2 {(Sleich-Pachmann, CzE-chT 1997)}
Bxf3 $1 19. Qxf3 Bxh2+ {winning back the P.} 20. Kh1 Qxc4 21. Qxa8+ Kg7 {
is satisfactory for Black.}) 14. Be4 (14. c3 {- 13.c3}) 14... Bb7 (14... Rb8
15. Rd1 $5 (15. Bg5 {- Eismont-Gutov, RUS-Cup 1996 CBM 56}) 15... Ba6 (15... c4
{- Sadvakasov-Karpov, Hoogeveen 3rd 1999 CBM 74}) 16. c3 Nf6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18.
Bd3 Bb7 19. Nd2 g5 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Nc4 Bf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qe3 Rhd8 $11 {
Ramesh-Sashikiran, IND-ch Nagpur 1999}) 15. Bxb7 (15. c3 {- 13.c3}) 15... Qxb7
{Topalov-Timman, Elista ol 1998 CBM 66 ext}) (13. Re1 b6 {- Vorobiov-Gutov,
Club Cup 1998 CBM 66}) 13... b6 (13... e5 $6 {opens up the position only for
the white pieces.} 14. Qh4 exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Bc2 b5 {Black has no time to
organize a successful blockade on d5.} 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Be4 Be7 19. Bg5 $1 Nf6
20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Re2 Rg8 22. Bd2 Nd5 23. Qh5 $16 {and the R on g8 is still
buried, Marjanovic-Ciora, Bucharest Cup GM 1998.}) 14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Be4 Bxe4 (
15... Be7 16. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (16... Nf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rad1 Kg8 19. Bc1 Kh7 20.
Ne5 Rhf8 {finally Black has finished his development.} 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rd3 {
Now White wants to invade the d <->.} Rad8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Rd1 Be7 25. h3 Qc7
(25... Ne4 $5 26. Qh5 Bd6) (25... Qa6 $2 {is met by the witty} 26. Nd7 $1 Rc8
27. Bxh6 $1 Qe2 28. Bc1+ Kg8 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qg4 $16 {winning a healthy P,
Ekstroem-Speelman, WchT 4th Luzern 1997.}) 26. Nd7 {This looks nice, but after
the cold-blooded} (26. Qg3 Qb7) 26... Rd8 $1 $11 {White has no advantage at
all.}) 17. Nxg5 Nf6 (17... hxg5 $5 {seems to be the clear-cut solution now.}
18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Qxa8 (19. Qxg7 $5 Bxe4 20. Qxg5+ Nf6 21. f3 {is interesting
with R and two pawns versus two pieces.}) (19. Qh7 $2 Nf6) 19... Bxa8 20. Bxa8
Nf6 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Bf3 Qa6 {and although White has two rooks versus the Q,
Black's pieces are rather active, Madl-Molnar, Budapest FS11 1997.}) 18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. Nf3 $11 {1/2:1/2 Andreev-Galkin, Rotterdam 1998.}) 16. Qxe4 Ke7 (16...
Rd8 17. Re1 (17. h3 Kg8 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qc2 c4 {creating the stronghold on d5.}
20. b3 Nd5 21. Bb2 b5 $13 {and the N is very strong on d5, Z.Almasi-Palac,
Vienna op 1996.}) (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe2 Ke7 $11 {and the black K is
relatively safe in the [+], Illescas-Karpov, Dos Hermanos 1997 CBM 59.}) 17...
Nf6 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. Qh3 g5 {Black is very aggressive now.} 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
Nd2 h5 22. Nc4 Bf4 {(Z.Almasi-Speelman, Yerevan ol 1996)} 23. Bxf4 $1 gxf4 (
23... Qxf4 24. Ne5 $14) 24. Ne5 $14 {and Black's pawns are rather weak,
Lempert.}) 17. dxc5 bxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. Qg4 Rhg8 (18... g5 {is strongly met by
} 19. h4 $1) 19. Rd1 $14) (17... Qxc5 18. Rd1 $1 (18. Bf4 {simplyfies matters
only.} Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Rhd8 $11) 18... Rhd8 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd4 Kf8 21. Qh7 $1 {
This penetration is rather nasty, is the R's real place on h8?!} e5 22. Nh4 Nf6
23. Qh8+ Ng8 24. Nf5 $16) 18. Re1 (18. Rd1 Nf6) 18... Nf6 19. Qe2 Rhd8 (19...
Nd5 20. c4 (20. g3 Rhd8 21. c4 Nb4 22. a3 Nc6 23. Bd2 {/\ Bc3} Kf8 24. Bc3 Re8
25. Qe4 (25. Rad1 $5) 25... Kg8 26. Qg4 e5 27. Nh4 Kh7 28. Nf5 g6 $13 {
Hossain-De Wachter, Wch U20 Calicut 1998}) 20... Nf6 (20... Nf4 21. Qe4 $14) (
20... Nb4 21. b3 {/\ Bb2} Rhd8 22. Rd1 (22. Bb2 {immediately is met by} Nd3 $1
23. Red1 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Kf8 $11) 22... Kf8 {and only now comes} 23. Bb2 $14 {
and the B is very strong on the long /^.})) 20. h3 (20. Qc4 Kf8 21. Qh4 Nd7 22.
Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ $11 {yields no more than a draw.}) 20... Kf8
21. Nd2 {White wants to put his N on c4, but this plan is a bit slow.} (21. c4
$5 {fixing the weakness on c5 and preparing to bring the B to the long /^
comes into consideration.} Rd7 22. b3 Rad8 23. Bb2 Kg8 24. Rad1 $14) 21... Bh2+
(21... Rd7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. c4 Kg8 25. b3 {/\ Bb2}) 22. Kh1 Bf4
$1 (22... Bd6 {is passive because of} 23. Nc4 $14) 23. Nc4 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Rd5 (
24... Qf4 25. Rcd1) 25. Ne3 {The N has left his ideal position.} Rd7 26. Rcd1
Rad8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Kg1 {Now White has really nothing.} (28. Nc4 Qf4) 28...
Nd5 29. Nc4 (29. Nxd5 Rxd5 $11) 29... Nb6 (29... Nf4 $5 {comes into
consideration, for example:} 30. Qf3 (30. Qe4 f6 31. Qh7 e5 {and the Q cannot
find a real target.}) 30... f6 31. Kh1 e5 32. g3 Rd3 $1) 30. Ne5 Rd6 31. Qe4
Kg8 32. g3 c4 $1 ({or first} 32... Rd2 33. Re2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 {and then} c4 $1)
33. Qf4 Rd5 (33... f6 $5 34. Nf3 (34. Ng6 e5 35. Qf5 Qd7) 34... e5 35. Qe4 Na4
$132) 34. Re4 Rb5 (34... Rd1+ $1 35. Kh2 Qb7 $15 {and now already White has to
defend himself.}) 35. Nxc4 $11 {liquidating for a drawish R _|_.} Qxf4 36. Rxf4
Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxb2 38. Ra4 Rc2 39. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.02.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. a5 Nbd5 14. f3 Rfe8
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nf6 17. Qc4 Bf8 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Kh1 Re7 20. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Be3 (19. Bd2 c3 $1 {
see Kasparov-Shirov/Linares 2000/CBM76}) 19... Rac8 20. Rfb1 c3 21. a5 Nc4 22.
Rxb7 Qe6 (22... Rc7 23. a6 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rfc8 25. Kh1 Bf8 26. Rf1 Bh6 27. Bb3
Rf8 28. e4 Rxb7 29. axb7 Qxb7 30. Qxc3 $14 {De Firmian,N-Rozentalis,E/Wichern
op 5th 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 23. Ra1 $1 (23. Rc1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rc7 25.
Bb3 Qe7 26. a6 Kg7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qb7 Rc8 $11 {Kazhgaleyev,M-Arencibia,W/
Elista ol (Men) 1998/CBM 66 ext/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (23. Rxa7 Nd2 $17) 23... Bb8 $6
(23... Nxe3 24. fxe3 $14) 24. Bb3 $1 Qd6 25. g3 Nxe3 26. Bxf7+ (26. fxe3 Rc7
27. Rxc7 Bxc7 $13) (26. Qxe3 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 $13) (26. Rxf7 $2 Rxf7 $19)
26... Kh8 27. Qxe3 (27. fxe3 $2 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 $19) 27... Qf6 28. Be6 Rce8
29. d5 Be5 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1][%cal Re5d4,Rd4g1,Rf6f2] /\Bd4} (29... Qf3 30.
Qd4+ Qf6 31. Ra4 $18) 30. Ra2 $2 (30. Qxa7 Rxe6 $1 31. dxe6 (31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32.
dxe6 $40) 31... Bd4 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Qb7 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 c2 $1 (34... Qf1+ 35.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ $11) 35. Rf7 Bxa1 36. Rxf2 c1=Q+ 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bd4+ $40 39.
Ke2 Qe3+ 40. Kd1 Qxe6 $17) (30. Rb4 Rb8 31. Rc4 c2 32. Rc1 Rb1 33. R4xc2 Bd4
34. Qf4 Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Bxf2+ 36. Kg2 Qg7 37. Qe4 $16) (30. Ra4 $1 Rb8 (30... c2
31. Rc4 Bd4 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. gxf4 $18) 31. a6 c2 32. Rc4 Bd4 33. Qf4 Qxf4 (
33... Bxf2+ 34. Kg2 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Rcc7 $18) 34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxc2 $18
) 30... Bd4 31. Qe1 (31. Qe2 Qxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Rf8 34. Rbf7 (34. Kf1
Rxf2+ 35. Ke1 Rh2 36. Rc7 c2 37. d6 Bf2+ 38. Kf1 (38. Kd2 Bc5+ 39. Kc1 Ba3#)
38... Bxg3 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. d7 Bh4 41. Bd5 Rd2 $19) (34. d6) 34... Rxf7 35.
Bxf7 c2 $19) 31... Qf3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5,Re6,Rf2,Rg1,Rg3][%cal Rd4f2,Rf3f2,Rf8f2,
Ga2f2,Ge1f2,Gg1f2,Rf3g3,Rf3b7,Re8e6]} 32. Kh2 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxe1 34. Kg2 (34.
Rf7 $142 Rxf7 35. Bxf7) (34. f4 $5) 34... Bxf2 $1 35. Rf7 $19 (35. Rxf2 $5
Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 c2 $19) 35... Rxf7 36. Bxf7 Bc5 37. Bb3 Kg7 38. Rc2 Bd4 39. a6 (
39. h4 Re3 $19 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Re3g3,Rd4e5,Re5g3]}) 39... Kf6 40. Ra2 Ke5 41.
h4 (41. Kf3 Re3+ 42. Kg2 Ke4 $19) 41... Ke4 0-1

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 (12. Be3 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 14.
Kh1 O-O 15. c4 Rac8 16. Rc1 g6 17. c5 dxc5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Bg4 Nxe5 20. Bxc8
Rxc8 21. Qe2 {1-0 O'Donovan,R-O'Shaughnessy,C/IRL-ch/1994/ (28)}) 12... O-O (
12... Nb6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Qe1 e4 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 18.
Kh1 Be5 19. d6 Qd8 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bg4 {1-0 Chatterjee,L-Sharma,D/Calcutta/1997/
(39)}) 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Be3 (14. a4 a5 15. Be3 b6 16. Rc1 Rab8 17. Bd3 Nc5 18.
Nxc5 bxc5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. b3 {1-0 Grigorov,J-Szekely,P/Ruse/1978/ (49)})
14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf8 (15... Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 b6 19.
Nxc5 bxc5 20. b4 Qb7 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. bxc5 $44) 16. Rc1 Qb6 (16... Ne5 17. Nd4
Qb6 18. Rc2 Neg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. b3 Qd8 {0-1 Wolff,P-Morovic
Fernandez,I/Buenos Aires/1997/ (40)}) 17. Rc2 {Anand has prepared this move
long time ago, but finding a coherent plan in the next few moves will be very
difficult.} g6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Nc1 (19. Re1 $5 Qb4 (19... Ne5 20. c5 Qb4 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bxb7 $14) 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bd2 $14) 19... Ne5 20. b3
h5 21. h3 Bg7 22. Ne2 (22. Re2 Nxf3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxf3 Ne4 $11) 22... Nxf3
23. gxf3 Qc5 24. Rc1 b5 25. Qd2 $2 {White misses his chance to improve the
position of his modestly located knight.} (25. Nd4 bxc4 (25... Nxd5 26. cxd5
Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd6 $11) 26. bxc4 Nd7 27. Nb3 Qa3 $15) 25... bxc4 26.
bxc4 h4 27. Bg5 Nh5 28. Bxh4 Rb8 $1 29. Ng1 $2 (29. Rc2 $142 $13) (29. Ng3 Qc8
$1 30. Nxh5 Rb2 31. Rc2 Qxh3+) (29. Bf2 Qa3 $15) 29... Rb2 30. Rc2 Qxc4 $1 {
White have missed this simple combination that pulls apart his defenses.} 31.
Rxc4 (31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Rb1 Qxh4 $17) 31... Rxd2 32. f4 (32. Rc6 g5 33. Bf2 Bd4
$1 $19 34. Re1 Rb8 $19) 32... Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Rb1 O-O
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nbd7 18. Ba3 Rfc8 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Nbd7
21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 {This move is nowadays universally considered
the main line.} (9... Nc6 {is in somewhat of a crisis:} 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5
Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 (13... Bg7 14. c4 b6 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Ba6 17.
Rb3 $5 Re8 18. Re3 exd5 19. cxd5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Qh4+ 21. g3 Qh3 22. Rf1 b5 23.
f5 Qh5 24. Rf4 g5 25. Rff2 f6 26. e5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. d6 $16 {Khalifman,
A-Greenfeld,A/St.Petersburg/1999/}) 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 $1 b6 17.
Bf3 Bf5 18. Bxa8 Bxb1 19. Bc6 $1 Bf5 $142 ({Insufficient is} 19... Qf6 20. Bb2
Bxa2 21. c4 $1 Bxd2 (21... Qe6 22. f5 $1 Bxd2 23. fxe6 Be3+ 24. Kh1 fxe6 25.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bf6 Bd4 (26... Bf4 27. d7 Bc7 28. Bb5 $1 {is the same.}) 27. Bg5
Be5 28. d7 Bc7 29. Bb5 $1 Bb1 30. d8=Q+ Bxd8 31. Bxd8 $18 {_|_,Schandorff,
L-Borge,N/Aarhus/1999/ Black's pawns are immobilized and weak.}) 22. Bxf6 Bxc4
23. Rf3 Be6 24. d7 Bxd7 25. Bxd7 a6 26. Kf1 b5 27. Ke2 Ba5 28. Ra3 Bd8 29. Be5
$18 {Van Wely,L-Van der Werf,M/NED-chT 9899/1999/}) 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Bb2 Rd8 22.
Re8+ Rxe8 23. Bxe8 a6 $5 24. a4 Qd4+ $1 25. Qxd4 ({The point of 23...a6 is
clear after} 25. cxd4 Bxd2 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. d7 Bxd7 28. Bxd7 c4 $11 {White
can't play Ba4 and Black wins back the piece.}) 25... cxd4 26. d7 b5 27. cxd4 (
27. axb5 dxc3 28. Bxc3 Bxd7 $1 $14) 27... b4 28. d5 Kf8 29. d6 $1 (29. Bf6 $6
b3 30. d6 Bd8 $1 31. Bb2 {Khalifman,A-Mikhalevski,V/St Petersburg/1999/} (31.
Bxd8 Bxd7 $1 $11) 31... Be6 32. Kf2 f5 33. Ke3 Bf7 $11) 29... b3 30. Kf2 $16 {
/\} Be6 31. Bf6 $1 Bd8 32. Bxd8 Bxd7 33. Bxd7 b2 34. Be7+ Kg7 35. Bf5 gxf5 36.
d7 $18) 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Nd7 $5 {Another important critical
position, Leko's move is extremely risky.} ({The safest alternative is} 12...
Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 $5 (14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 Bxf3 (15... Ne5 $143 $6 16. Rxb7
e6 17. d6 Rfd8 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qa5 20. Rf1 Bf8 21. d7 Qa2 22. Bb5 a6 23.
Ba4 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Ne5 25. Bb6 Qc4 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Bxd4 Nd3 28. Bc6 Nc5 29. Rc7
Bd6 30. Bxc5 Bxc7 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Be7 $18 {Khalifman,A-Leko,P/Linares/2000/}
Bd8 33. Rc1 $1) 16. Bxf3 (16. gxf3 Nd4 $1 $15) 16... Ne5 17. Rxb7 e6 (17... a5
$5) 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Rxa7 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 Re8 22. Re1 f5 23. Qe3
fxe4 24. f3 Qc4 25. fxe4 Re7 26. Kh1 Qc3 27. Bc5 Rc7 28. Rc1 Qxe3 29. Bxe3
Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 h5 31. Kg1 Kf7 {1/2,Bunzmann,D-Leko,P/Hamburg m/1999/ It's very
surprising Leko in Linares went for the well-known inferior line.}) 14... a5 ({
Very risky is the older recommendation} 14... g5 $6 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 Rad8 17.
Rxb7 f5 {because of} 18. Rc7 $1 fxe4 19. Rxc6 exf3 20. Bc4 Qa3 21. Re1 Kh8 22.
Rxh6+ $1 Bxh6 23. Qd4+ Bg7 24. Qxg4 $36 Rc8 25. Qh3+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. d6
Rxc4 28. dxe7 Rc1 29. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 {Shulman,Y-Votava,J/Pardubice op/1999/ and
Black holds just by the skin of his teeth:} 30. Be5+ Kh7 31. Qf7+ Kh6 32. Qf6+
Kh7 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Qg8+ Kh6 $1 {[]}) 15. Rxb7 g5 16. Bg3 a4 17. Rc7 $5 Qb2
18. Bc4 a3 19. Bd5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ra6 21. Rb7 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxb8 a2 24.
Bxa2 Rxa2 {1/2,Cs,Horvath-Groszpeter,A/Gyula/2000/}) 13. Re1 {Anand
immediately deviates from the main lines, which caused Black quite a few
problems lately. The game indicates that in this case Leko maybe also intended
the f5 central counterthrust:} (13. Bb4 Nb6 14. h3 $5 (14. Ra1 Qe6 15. Qb1 f5
$5 (15... Bd7 16. Ra5 Bc6 (16... Nc8 17. d5 Qb6 18. e5 a6 19. Qe4 Na7 20. Raa1
$1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+]} Nb5 21. Qh4 Rfc8 $146 22. Rfe1 $1 Nc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24.
Rab1 Qc5 $2 25. Ng5 Bf5 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Rbd1 Rd8 28. e6 f6 29. g4 {1-0,
Pankratov,V-Leko,P/ICCF email/1999/}) 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. d5 Ba4 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20.
Qb4 e6 21. Bd4 exd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ f6 24. e5 Qe7 25. Re1 Be8 26. h4 Bf7
27. h5 $13 {->,Sherbakov,R-Daniliuk,S/RUS-ch Elista/1995/}) 16. e5 Bh6 17. d5
Qxd5 $5 (17... Nxd5 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. Qb3 e6 21. Bd6 $44 {|^,Cebalo,
M-Sale,S/Bled op/1995/}) 18. Bxe7 Re8 $13) ({A nakoniec} 14. Ne5 f6 15. Nc4 (
15. Nd3 Qf7 16. d5 f5 17. Nc5 $2 fxe4 18. d6 Rd8 $1 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 exd6 22. f4 d5 23. Bc2 Nc4 $19 {Shirov,A-Leko,P/Dortmund/1998/}) 15...
Nxc4 16. Ra1 Nb2 17. Rxa2 Nxd1 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Rxd1 a6 $5 {/\} (19... Rd8 20.
Bxe7 Re8 21. Bc5 Rxe4 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 Bf8 24. f3 Re3 $1 25. d5 Rc3 26.
Bb5 Rb3 $11 {Lagunow}) 20. f3 Re8 21. Bb5 Be6 $1 $11) 14... f5 $5 $132 {
also seems possible.} (14... Bd7 15. Ra1 Qe6 16. Bd3 f6 $6 17. Bc5 $1 Rfc8 18.
d5 Qf7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7,Gd5,Ge4,Re7] [+],
ק,Gelfand,B-Tseitlin,Ma/Tel Aviv/1999/})) 13... Nb6 14. Ra1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
A novelty, and a good one.} (14. h3 Bd7 15. Ra1 Qe6 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Be8
18. Be3 Qd7 19. Ra5 Na4 20. Qd2 a6 $13 {/=/+,1/2,Chernin,A-Leko,P/HUN-ch
Budapest/1997/ Black managed to end his development without White making any
substantial progress.}) 14... Qb2 $1 ({It's quite possible that Anand at home
concentrated on the more logical retreat} 14... Qe6 {After} 15. Qb1 {we get
the position above, only White has Re1 instead of Bb4. This is more useful for
him, his Be2 is protected, as well as g5:} (15. Bd3 $143 $6 Qd6 $1 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Rc8g4] /\Bg4}) 15... Bd7 (15... f5 $6 16. Ng5 Qf6 17. e5 $16) 16. d5 $36
(16. Ra5 $5 $44)) 15. h3 {Already Bg4 was in the air, White can't do without
this prophylaxis.  Krasenkow: 'Preventing 15...Bg4 and preparing a round-up of
the black queen.'} f5 $6 {Very risky, although Leko said he analysed it
earlier.} ({Perhaps a more quiet move was possible:} 15... Bd7 $5 16. Bd3 (16.
Ba5 {(Krasenkow) with ideas Qd3, Reb1 and Bd3, Re2} Rac8 $5 (16... Bb5 17. Rb1
Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qa3 19. Bb4 $16) (16... Rfc8 17. Qd3 $44 (17. Bd3 Bxd4))) 16...
Rfc8 17. Re2 Bb5 18. Ba5 (18. Rb1 Ba4 $1 19. Qe1 Qa3 $15) 18... Qxa1 19. Qxa1
Bxd3 $44 {/\} 20. Re3 Bh6 $1) 16. Rb1 (16. Bd3 $142 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Re4f5,
Re1e2] /\ef5,Re2,ףb2} fxe4 $142 (16... Bd7 17. exf5 (17. Re2 fxe4 (17... Bxd4
18. Rb1 Ba4 19. Qe1 Qa3 20. Rxb6 $1 Qxd3 (20... Bxb6 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Bb4 $18)
21. Rb4 $16) 18. Ba5 Qxa1 19. Qxa1 exd3 20. Rxe7 $36) 17... Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5
19. Rxe7 $40 {and the Re7 is an unwelcome guest Black can't get rid off easily:
} Nd5 $2 20. Rb1 Qxb1 21. Rxg7+ $18) 17. Bxe4 Qb5 (17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 {-16...
Bd7 17.ef5} (18. Bxb7 $6 Rad8 $132)) 18. Ra5 Qc4 19. Rc5 (19. Bc2 $5 $36) 19...
Qf7 20. Rc7 $44 {gives White more than enough for the pawn, all his pieces are
well coordinated, while Black's development is still unfinished.} Bf6 (20...
Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rexe7 $16) 21. Ng5 $1 $40 {/\} Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qxf2+ 23.
Kh2 e6 24. Rxh7 $1 $18) (16. e5 {(Krasenkow)} Be6 {doesn't look promising for
White}) 16... Qa2 {Krasenkow: 'This position could have arisen in the
Chernin-Leko game after 14...f5 (instead of 14...Bd7). Leko had certainly
analysed this.'} 17. Qc1 $6 {[%cal Rb1b6,Re2c4] /\Rb6,Bc4 Krasenkow,M: 'A
typical move. White threatens 18.Rxb6 but at the same time prepares Ba5xb6 
(followed by Bc4) or Bh6.'} (17. Bd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qf7 $13 {Here White's R is
passively placed compared with the note above.}) ({But White still could have
returned into the above-mentioned lines with} 17. Ra1 Qb2 (17... Qe6 18. Ng5
$16) 18. Bd3 $36) 17... Kh8 ({Interesting is also the provocative} 17... Be6 $5
{/\Rfc8} 18. Ra1 (18. Ng5 Rfc8 $17) (18. d5 $2 Rac8 $19) 18... Rfc8 19. Bc3 Qb3
20. Ra3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 fxe4 23. Ne5 $13) (17... Qf7 $6 18. Ng5 Qf6
19. e5 Qc6 20. Qa3 $1 $40 {/\} h6 21. Rec1 Qa4 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kh7 24.
Qxa4 Nxa4 25. Bb4 $16) 18. Ra1 Qg8 $1 {[%cal Ga2g8] This move is practically
forced, the exclamation mark is for the artistic impression. How many times
one gets to make such a long Q-move with a board full of pieces?  Krasenkow:
'the safest place for the queen!'} 19. Ba5 {[%mdl 64] This leads to
fascinating complications, which Peter out in a more or less forced draw. 
Krasenkow: 'Complications started with this move lead to equality but'} ({
White has already missed his chance for} 19. Bd3 Be6 $1 20. exf5 (20. d5 $2
Rfc8 {/\fe4-/+}) 20... Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Rxe7 Rf7 $11) (19. e5 {Krasenkow,
M} Be6 {is OK for Black.}) 19... fxe4 (19... Be6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8
22. Bd3 $44 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7,Re7] ק Also Black's pieces lack coordination.}) 20.
Bxb6 exf3 21. Bxf3 (21. Bc4 {Krasenkow,M} e6) 21... Bxh3 {This is allegedly
still part of Leko's preparation.} (21... Rxf3 22. gxf3 Bxh3 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24.
Bxa7 $14 Qd5 $6 25. Rxe7 Qxf3 26. Re8+ Bf8 27. Qg5 $16) 22. Rxa7 (22. gxh3 $2
Rxf3 $19) ({Less forced, but insufficient for an advantage was} 22. Bxa7 Be6 (
22... Rxf3 23. gxf3 Qd5 24. Qe3 Rf8 25. Bc5 $14) (22... Rac8 {(Krasenkow)} 23.
Qe3 (23. Qa3 Be6) 23... Bd7 24. Bxb7 (24. Qxe7 Bc6) 24... Rc7 25. Bf3 {was the
only (hardly successful) possibility for White to play for a win.}) 23. Qc7 Bd5
24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxe7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Qxd4 27. Ra3 Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Qd4 $132 {
A draw is the most probable result.}) (22. Bxb7 {Krasenkow} Rab8 23. Rxa7 Rxb7
$1 24. Rxb7 Qd5) 22... Bxg2 $1 {Bravo, Fritz! Otherwise Black would risk ק
and an offside ף, which could be unpleasant. Krasenkow: 'A nice tactical
trick.'} (22... Rxa7 {Krasenkow,M} 23. Bxa7 Qf7 {still enabled White to try}
24. Qe3 {etc.} (24. Bc5 $2 {didn't work in view of} Bxg2 $1 25. Bxg2 Qxf2+ 26.
Kh1 Rf5 $19)) 23. Kxg2 $1 (23. Bxg2 $2 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Qa2 $1 $17 {/\ Krasenkow:
'leads to a line similar to the one mentioned in the previous comment.'} 25.
Bb6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Bh6 28. Qd1 (28. Qc3 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Bd2 $19) 28...
Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Rf4 $19 {->}) (23. Rxa8 $143 Bxf3 24. Rxf8 Qxf8 $15 {and it's
White who has to make a draw.}) 23... Qb3 24. Qd1 {The best. Krasenkow: 'It is
now the only way for White to equalize! A forced draw now comes out.'} (24. Re3
$143 $2 Qxb6 25. Rxb7 Qxd4 $17 {/\} 26. Rexe7 Rxf3 $1 (26... Ra2 $19) 27. Kxf3
Rf8+ 28. Rf7 Rxf7+ 29. Rxf7 Qd5+ $19) 24... Qxb6 25. Rxb7 Qf6 ({The most
testing move.} 25... Qxd4 26. Rexe7 Qxd1 27. Bxd1 Rg8 28. Bb3 Rae8 $1 29. Red7
Rd8 30. Rdc7 Rc8 31. Bxg8 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Kxg8 $11) 26. Rexe7 Ra1 $1 27. Rxg7 $1
{[]} (27. Qe2 $2 Qh4 28. Rf7 Qh1+ 29. Kg3 Rg1+ 30. Kf4 Qh4+ 31. Bg4 Bh6+ $19) (
27. Qxa1 $2 Qxf3+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 (30. Kg2 Rf2+) 30... Bxd4+
$19) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Bd5+ Rf7 30. Rbxf7 {White shrewdly forces an
immediate draw.} ({Possible was also} 30. Bxf7+ Kxh7 31. Bb3+ Kh6 32. Bxd1 Qxd4
33. Bf3 {as even the _|_ after e.g.} g5 34. Rb3 g4 35. Bxg4 $5 Qxg4+ 36. Rg3
$11 {is a theoretical draw.}) 30... Qg5+ 31. Kh3 Qxd5 {Black will have to take
the B anyway.} (31... Rd3+ 32. f3 $11 (32. Kh2 $11)) 32. Rhg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 g6 13. f3 $13 (13. Qf3 h5 (
13... Qxd4 14. Nc3 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. b4 Qa3 17. Nd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19.
fxe4 Be6 20. Nxc7+ Bxc7 21. Bxc7 f6 22. a3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,
A-Smyslov,V/Reggio Emilia8687 1986/CBM 04}) 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3
Bd6 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. Bf6 Rhg8 19. Nc4 Bf4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Kb8 22. Rac1
Rc8 $14 {Grosar,A-Puljek Salai,Z/Ljubljana op 1992/TD/1-0 (45)}) (13. g4 Bh4
14. Re2 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Qe3 Bxb1 17. Nxg6+ Be4 18. Nxh8 Nxg4 19. Qc3
Qd6 20. Qd2 f5 21. h3 Qg3+ {0-1 Rogulj,B-Forintos,G/AUT-chT2S 9697 1997/EXT 99}
) 13... Nf6 14. Qe3 O-O-O $1 (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3
Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19. Bf2 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Ge7][%cal Ge5f7,Ge5d3,Gd3b4]} Bd6 $1 20.
Nd3 Rd8 21. Nxb4 (21. Red1 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Ne2 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxh2+ 25.
Kxh2 Rxd3 26. Rxa7 Rd2 27. Bh4 Nd5 $15) 21... Bxb4 22. Rec1 (22. Rac1 Rd3 23.
Re3) 22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nd5 24. Rd3 b6 25. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14.
Bf4 Na5 15. Re1 (15. Bxc7 b6 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4
Bxc4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Ne4 Rec8 23. Rec1 Bd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 {1/2-1/2
Lytchak,B-Simon,H/NRW-Liga II 9899 1999/EXT 2000}) 15... Bd6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17.
a4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66}) 10... b6 $5 (10... Bg4
11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bf4 Ne7 16. h3 Be6 17. c5
b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bd3 h6 20. Qc2 $14 {Krieger,H-Reimer,E/Brocco op 1990/EXT
97/0-1 (58)}) (10... Nf6 11. a3 Nc6 12. c5 Ne4 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Be3 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 Bf6 16. h3 Bh5 17. b4 h6 18. b5 Ne7 19. g4 Bg6 20. h4 $36 {Leyva,H-Charon,
M/Havana op 1992/EXT 2000/1-0 (45)}) (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13.
c4 Qd6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qd2 Qg6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rb5 Qe4
20. Re1 $14 {Lau,R-Penz,H/Carl Schlechter mem 1996/CBM 55 ext/[Balinov]/1/2-1/
2 (30)}) (10... Be6 11. Bf4 $14) 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bf3
Na5 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5][%cal Gf3b7]}) 15. c5 $5 (15. cxd5 Bxd5
16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Re1 $11) 15... c6 $1 (15... bxc5 16. Rb1 Bd6 17. Qa4 c6 18.
Rxb7 Nxb7 19. Qxc6 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rb8 21. Bxd5 $44) 16. Re1 (16. cxb6 axb6 17.
Bg4 Bc8 $11) 16... Bf6 (16... bxc5 $5 17. Rb1 Bc8 $13) 17. Ng4 (17. Rb1 Re8 $13
) 17... Bc8 (17... bxc5 18. Ra2 $1 $14 (18. dxc5 $4 Bxc3 {[%csl Ra1,Re1][%cal
Rc3a1,Rc3e1]}) (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. dxc5 Rfe8 $13 (19... Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qxc5 21.
Bb4 $11))) 18. cxb6 axb6 19. a4 Nc4 (19... Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Re8 $13) 20. Nxf6+
Qxf6 21. Ba3 Nxa3 22. Rxa3 Be6 23. Qb3 (23. Qb3 Rfb8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 {Third time
Alexander Khalifman playes 5.. Ba5 and third time his opponents choose
different lines.} (6. Qg4) (6. Bd2) 6... cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7
Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 ({In modern practice as usual white played} 11. Nf3 $5
{nad after for example} Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3 Qxa5 15. O-O Qc5
16. Qh4 Rg7 17. Rfb1 a6 {1-0 Lutz,C-Mueller,K/GER-ch Altenkirchen 1999/CBM 74 
(30) game is absolutely unclear.}) 11... Qxa5 ({Deserves attention} 11... Bd7
12. Rb1 Qc7 {with possible continuation} 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 15. Ng3 Ng6
16. Be2 Nh4 17. O-O Ne7 18. Qxd4 Bb5 19. Qf2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nef5 21. Nxf5 Rxg2+
22. Qxg2 Nxg2 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24. exd6 Qc6 $36 {0-1 Sulskis,S-Ivanov,T/Pardubice
op 1996 (45)}) 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 (13. Ng5 {allows dangerous exchange
sacrifice} Rxg5 $1 (13... Rf8 $143 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qxf7 Be8 17.
Qxe6+ Bd7 18. Qf6 Bf5 19. e6 d4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Qa4 22. O-O Qc2 $1 23.
Rb5 b6 24. Rh5 Qxd3 25. Rh8 Qc2 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. f5 $18 {1-0 Ernst,
T-Gunnarson,A/Reykjavik op 1994 (34)}) 14. fxg5 O-O-O 15. Qxf7 Nf5 16. Bf4 Qa4
$40 {0-1 Martin Gonzalez,A-Comas Fabrego,L/Bilbao ch-ES 1993 (23)}) 13... O-O-O
14. Qd3 Nf5 (14... d4 $5 15. Rb5 (15. g3 $142 {[%cal Gf1g2]}) 15... Qc7 16. a4
a6 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Qc4 Qd5 19. Qxa6 Nb4 20. Qe2 Nec6 21. Kf2 Qa2 22. Rxb4 Nxb4
23. Nxd4 Bxa4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Kindermann,S/Wien 1996/Inf 66/ (58)})
15. Rg1 ({Surely not} 15. Rb5 $2 Qa4 16. Qxc3 Rxg2 $1 17. Bxg2 Qxb5 {with big
advantage of Black} 18. Bh3 d4 19. Qd3 Qc5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. h4 Ne7 $19 {
0-1 Rudolf,H-Vaganian,R/GER-Cup 2000 (26)}) 15... d4 16. g4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Natural and strong move} (16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Qd3 f6 18. exf6 e5 19. Be2 exf4 20.
Qe4 Rg4 21. f7 Rf8 {Kolar,S-Toefferl,H/Bled op 1992/0-1 (43)}) 16... Nfe7 17.
Rg3 Be8 18. h4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gh4h8]} Nf5 (18... f6 {Ftacnik} 19. exf6 Bg6
20. fxe7 $1 Bxd3 21. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 22. Bxd3 $18) (18... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 19. Ng5
$16) 19. Rg1 (19. Rg2 $5) 19... Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Ne7 $5 {Black is
very active, but I am not sure that this activity fully compensate pawn
deficit.} (21... Qxa3 22. Rb3 Qa1+ 23. Kf2 $16) 22. Bc4 $1 Bc6 {'?!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Getting enough compensation is not easy for black, now even c3 pawn
will go for free.'} (22... Kb8 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. Rb3 Rc8 24. Bd3 $16) 23. Rb3
Kb8 24. Qxc3 Qc7 (24... Qc5 25. Be2 Qxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Nd5 27. Rc4 Ne3 28. Rc5 Nxg4
29. Ng5 $18 {doesn't promise Black too many chances tor survival}) 25. Be2 (25.
h5 Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ge7d5]}) 25... Nd5 26. Qc4 (26. Qd4 $5) 26... Qa5+ 27. Kf2 Ba4
({Maybe} 27... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc8c2] was slightly stronger}) 28. Rb2 Rc8 29. Qd4
Rc3 ({In the case of} 29... Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31. h5 {[%csl Gh5] it is
difficult to believe that it will be possible to stop strong white's pawns on
the king's side.}) 30. Bd3 Rgc8 31. Rc1 (31. h5 Bxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 33. Bxc2
Rxc2+ {Also looks very nice for white.} 34. Kg3 $16) 31... Rd8 32. Rcb1 Bc6 33.
Rb3 (33. Nd2 $5) 33... Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Nf6 {At least wins one pawn back} 35. Qb4
Nxg4+ {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The correct idea could have been executed much
better, white will show great cunning in the defense.'} (35... Qd5 $1 {Ftacnik}
36. Be2 $1 (36. Bh7 $2 Qd1 $1 (36... Nxg4+ $2 37. Kg3 $1) 37. exf6 Bxf3 38.
Rxf3 Rd2+ 39. Qxd2 Qxd2+ $11) 36... Nxg4+ 37. Ke1 Rh8 $16) 36. Kg3 Qd5 {
[%cal Gd5g2,Gd8g8]} (36... Qxb4 37. Rxb4 Rg8 38. Ng5 $18) 37. Bh7 $1 $18 {
[%csl Gg8] Nice move quickly finished game to white's favour.} Qd1 (37... Qd7
38. Rd3 Bd5 39. Kxg4 f5+ 40. Kh3 Qxh7 41. c4 Qh5 42. cxd5 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 Rg8 44.
Qd2 $1 $18) 38. Kxg4 Rd2 (38... Rh8 39. Qd6+ $1 Qxd6 40. exd6 Rxh7 41. Ne5 $18)
39. Kg5 $1 Bxf3 40. Bd3 {[%csl Rb8,Gg5][%cal Rb4d6]} Rg2+ 41. Kf6 a6 42. Rb1 (
42. Rb1 Qd2 43. Qxd2 Rxd2 44. Kxf7) 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14.
Bf4 Na5 15. Re1 (15. Bxc7 b6 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4
Bxc4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Ne4 Rec8 23. Rec1 Bd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 {1/2-1/2
Lytchak,B-Simon,H/NRW-Liga II 9899 1999/EXT 2000}) 15... Bd6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17.
a4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66}) 10... b6 (10... Nxc3
11. bxc3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. c4 Qd6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qd2 Qg6 17.
Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rb5 $14 {Lau,R-Penz,H/Carl Schlechter mem 1996/CBM
55 ext//1/2-1/2 (30)}) 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Bb7 15.
Bd3 Rae8 16. c4 Qd8 (16... Qh5 17. d5 Bd6 18. dxc6 Rxe1+ (18... Bxc6 19. Be3)
19. Qxe1 Bxc6 20. Be2 $14) 17. d5 Nb8 18. Qc2 $6 (18. Ne5 Bf6 (18... Nd7 19.
Qh5 $40) 19. Bb2 Nd7 20. f4 $14) 18... g6 $1 19. Ne5 (19. Bh6 Bf6 $1) 19... Bf6
20. Bb2 Nd7 21. f4 Bg7 22. Qf2 Nc5 23. Bc2 Qd6 24. Re3 f6 25. Ng4 Rxe3 26. Qxe3
(26. Nxe3 Re8 $13) 26... Bc8 27. f5 $5 (27. h3 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Rf7 29. Re1 Bf8
$11) 27... Bxf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Nf2 Ne4 (29... Na4 30. Bd4) 30. Nxe4 (30.
Nxe4 fxe4 31. Qxe4 f5 32. Qc2 Bxb2 33. Qxb2 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxc4 35. Qe5 $13)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 e6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Rb8 14. Kb1 Ne5 15.
Qg2 Bd7 16. f4 Nc6 17. Be3 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. h5 a4 20. g6 b3 21. cxb3 axb3 22.
a3 Qc7 23. gxh7+ Kxh7 24. Nc3 Rfc8 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Rdg1 Bf6 27. e5 dxe5 28. Qe4
Kg8 29. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Bg5
Qc7 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Nge7 13. Rfe1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Rad1 b5 17. Qg3 Rc8 18. c3 Bc5 19. Rd3 Bb6 20. Rf3 Rh7
21. b3 Bd8 22. Ree3 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rc7 24. Rf4 Qc5 25. a4 Qe7 26. Qg3 g6 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Kh2 Kd7 29. Qf3 Ke8 30. Rb4 Rb7 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Qf6 Ke8 33. Ra1
Qxf6 34. exf6 Kd7 35. Ra8 e5 36. c4 d4 37. Rxb5 Rxb5 38. cxb5 d3 39. b6 Kc6 40.
Rb8 d2 41. Rd8 Rh8 42. Rxd2 Rb8 43. Rc2+ Kd5 44. Rc7 Rxb6 45. Rxf7 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Ne7 7. Nd2 Bg6 8. f4 Nd7
9. Ngf3 a5 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. a4 Nf5 12. Bf2 h5 13. g3 Nd7 14. Be2 f6 15. O-O
fxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 17. h3 O-O 18. Kg2 Rfb8 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nh6 21. Bh4 Bf8
22. Ng5 Be7 23. Ndf3 Re8 24. Kg3 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Nf8 26. Rf2 Nh7 27. Nh3 Nf7 28.
Raf1 Nh8 29. Nf4 Be4 30. g5 Nf8 31. Bh5 Nfg6 32. Nxg6 Bxg6 33. Bg4 Be4 34. g6
Nxg6 35. Rf7 Bf5 36. Bxf5 exf5 37. R1xf5 Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Nxf8 39. Be7 Ne6 40. Kg4
b5 41. axb5 cxb5 42. Rf1 Ra7 43. Bd6 Rf7 44. Ra1 a4 45. b3 axb3 46. Rb1 Rf2 47.
Rxb3 Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Rc2 49. Rxb5 Rxc3+ 50. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15.
axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 $5 {This sharp line has
become a hot item on the international circuit, white is trying to punish
black for his backward development.} Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 (20... dxc4 21. fxe6 c3
22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rhf1+ Kg8 24. Qd3 Bxb4 25. Ne6 Qxe5 26. Nxg7 Rb8 {0-1 Mrdja,
M-Vera,R/Saint Vincent/2000/ (33)}) 21. fxe6 Bxb4 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd3 Qa2
24. Rdf1+ Kg8 25. Kd1 a5 26. Bc1 (26. Qf5 Qa1+ 27. Ke2 Ba6+ 28. Nb5 Qxa4 29.
Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Danailov,S/Wijk aan Zee/
2000/ (31)}) 26... Qxa4 (26... Ba6 27. Nb5 d4 28. g5 $16) 27. Qg6 Qe8 {White
would gladly cause demage to the vulnerable black king, but his lady is back
in time to help him.} (27... Bc8 28. e6 Qa1 29. Rf4 $18) 28. h5 Qxg6 (28... Ba6
29. Rf4) 29. hxg6 Bc8 (29... Ra6 $5 30. e6 Bc8 31. c3 Bc5 32. Rf5 Bxe6 33. Nxe6
Rxe6 34. Rxd5 Bb6 35. Re1 Rxg6 36. Re4 $15) 30. e6 Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Terrible oversight in the position, where defense finely matches attacking
fervor of white.} (30... Ra6 $5) (30... Bc5 31. Rf4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Bxe6 33. Re1
$11) 31. Ba3 $1 Ba6 (31... Bxd4 32. Rf8#) (31... Bb4 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Nc6 $18)
32. e7 (32. e7 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Bb4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. Ne6 Ra1+ 36. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 $5 {Es ist
überraschend, dass ein so starker Spieler wie Anand diese als beschwerlich
geltende Variante wählt. Aber er hat ein möglicherweise unterschätztes Abspiel
im Sinn.} (6... dxc4) 7. O-O (7. e4 $5 {macht Sinn, um Anands Aufbau zu
umgehen.} dxc4 (7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O (9... c5 $5 10. O-O Qc7 {
ist von eigenständiger Bedeutung und nur minimal besser für Weiß.}) 10. O-O {
würde zu den Stellungen führen, die Schwarz gerade vermeiden möchte.}) 8. Bxc4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxd8+ $1 {Das ist der Unterschied, der durch
das Fehlen der Rochade bedingt ist.} Kxd8 12. Bxf7 Rf8 13. Bc4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3
Nxe4 15. O-O $14 {mit weißem Vorteil im Endspiel, z.B.} b5 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Ba3
Rf7 18. Rac1 Kc7 19. Rfe1 Nd6 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. c4 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Nd6 23. Rc2
Rb8 24. Bc5 Nc8 25. g3 Rb5 26. Rec1 Kb7 27. a3 g6 28. Rc3 Rf6 29. Re1 h5 30.
Kg2 Rf5 31. Rec1 $16 {1-0 Florian,T-Kapu,J/HUN-ch 1951/MCL (71)}) 7... O-O 8.
e4 dxc4 (8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 $14 {ist die Hauptvariante hier.})
9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Re1 Rd8 {Die Statistik zu dieser Stellung spricht
eine klare Statistik zugunsten von Schwarz: In den zehn Vorgängerpartien, die
ich finden konnte, holte Schwarz 81/2 Punkte !!} 12. Qb3 $5 {Lautier läßt sich,
seinem Naturell entsprechend, auf eine direkte taktische Konfrontation ein.
Aber, wie es scheint, bringt ihm dies nichts ein.} (12. Qe2 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 14.
Nxd4 Nb6 15. Nf3 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Be6 19. Qe2 Rd7 20. e5
Ne8 21. Qe3 c5 22. Ne4 Rd5 23. Nc3 Rd7 24. Ne4 Rd5 25. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Illescas
Cordoba,M-Akopian,V/Linares 1995/CBM 46 (25)}) (12. d5 h6 13. Bh4 Nf8 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Nd1 Bg4 18. Be2 Bb4 19. Nc3 Ngf4 20. Rad1 Qc5
21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxe2 23. Qxe2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Nxg3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc3 26. Qc1
Qa5 27. Qxc6 Rd8 28. Ra1 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qa3 {0-1 Schlecht,D-Khenkin,I/Muenster
1997/CBM 60 ext (29)}) 12... exd4 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Ne4 $5 (14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4
dxc3 16. Rxe5 cxb2 17. Rae1 Be6 18. Qxb2 Qc7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. R5e3 Rf8 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Qb6+ 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Re2 b5 26. g3 b4 27.
Kg2 c5 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. Rc2 b6 30. Ke4 Ke6 31. f5+ Kd6 32. Rd2+ Kc6 33. g4 Re8+
34. Kf4 c4 35. g5 c3 36. Rg2 Kc5 37. f6 gxf6 38. gxf6 b3 39. axb3 Kb4 40. Kf5
Kxb3 41. f7 Rf8 42. Kf6 c2 43. Rg1 Kb2 44. Kg7 Rc8 45. Kxh7 c1=Q 46. Rxc1 Kxc1
47. h4 b5 48. h5 b4 49. h6 b3 50. Kg7 b2 {0-1 Beni,A-Bisguier,A/Vienna 1952/
EXT 2000 (50)}) 14... b5 $1 15. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxd6 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. Bd3
Re8 19. h3 Nd5 $17 {Im wesentlichen hat Schwarz nun einen Bauern mehr.} 20. Re4
h6 21. Bh4 Qb4 22. b3 f5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bg3 Qc3 25. Rd1 Kh8 26. Bd6 Re6 27.
Bb8 a5 28. Bc4 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 Nf6 31. Qf4 c5 32. Bd6 Qe4 33. Qg3
Be6 34. f3 f4 35. Qf2 Qc6 36. Bxf4 Bxc4 37. bxc4 Qe6 38. Qc2 Nd7 39. Bc7 Nb6
40. Bxb6 Qxb6 41. Kg1 Qe6 42. Qd3 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 a4 44. Qf5 Qe7 45. Qd5 Kh7 46.
Qf5+ g6 47. Qd5 h5 48. f4 h4 49. a3 Qf6 50. g3 Qf5 51. Qg2 Kh6 52. Qd2 hxg3+
53. Kxg3 g5 54. h4 Qxf4+ 55. Qxf4 gxf4+ 56. Kxf4 Kh5 57. Kg3 d3 58. Kf3 Kxh4
59. Ke3 Kg3 60. Kxd3 Kf3 61. Kd2 Ke4 62. Kc3 Ke3 63. Kc2 Ke2 64. Kc3 Ke3 65.
Kc2 Kd4 66. Kd2 Kxc4 67. Kc2 Kd4 68. Kd2 c4 69. Kc2 c3 70. Kc1 Kc5 71. Kd1 Kd5
72. Kc1 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2
b6 9. a3 d5 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 d4 12. Nb5 e5 13. b4 a4 14. Qc1 f6 15. Bh6 Bxh6
16. Qxh6 Be6 17. Qc1 Qd7 18. Qc2 Kg7 19. Rb2 g5 20. Rfb1 h6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22.
Nd2 f5 23. Nc7 Qxc7 24. Rb7 Qd6 25. Bxc6 Kg6 26. Bg2 Ra6 27. g4 Ng8 28. gxf5+
Bxf5 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4+ Kh5 31. e3 Qe6 32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Qe2+ Kh4 34. Rg1
Nxe4 35. dxe4 d3 36. Qe1 Rf3 37. Rg3 Qf6 38. Qf1 g4 39. Qg2 h5 40. Rh7 Kg5 41.
Qh3 Qh6 42. Rxh6 Rxh6 43. Qf1 Rd6 44. Rxf3 gxf3 45. h4+ Kh6 46. Qd1 d2 47. Kh2
1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 {Huebner,R: 'Dieser Zug wurde erstmals in der 17. Partie des
Weltmeisterschaftskampfes 1937 von Aljechin gegen Euwe angewandt. Danach wurde
er einige Male ausprobiert, ist aber heute fast in Vergessenheit geraten,
vielleicht zu Unrecht; er mag zum Ausgleich genügen.'} 10. Bd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3
Nxc3 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfc1 a5 {Huebner,R:
'Das spielte auch Aljechin; seither wurde der Zug nicht mehr probiert.
Offenbar schreckte der rasche Verlust Aljechins alle davon ab, sein Verfahren
nachzuahmen. Ich stelle kurz zusammen, was es sonst an Beispielen aus der
Praxis gibt:'} (16... Nf6 17. Ne5 (17. e4 e5 (17... c5 18. e5 Nd5 (18... Nfd7
19. d5 $16) 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nd7 21. Bd6 {überläßt Weiß einigen Vorteil.}
) 18. Rd1 exd4 19. e5 {geschah in der Partie Najdorf,M-Liebstein,A, Mar del
Plata 1944; statt mit} Nd5 20. Qxd4 Nd7 {eine völlig befriedigende Stellung
aufzubauen, zog Schwarz 19...c5? und verlor.}) 17... Qd5 18. Qc3 (18. Qc2 c5
19. Rb5 a6 (19... Na6 $5 {kommt auch in Betracht.}) 20. Rxb6 cxd4 21. exd4 Qxd4
22. Qc7 Nbd7 {gewährte dem Schwarzen bequemen Ausgleich in der Partie Marini,
L-Rosetto,H, Mar del Plata (zt) 1951.}) 18... Ne4 19. Qb2 f6 20. Nc4 Rd8 21. f3
Ng5 {mit unklarer Lage, Rotunno,E-Petrovs,V, Buenos Aires (ol) 1939. Ein
klarer Vorteil ist für Weiß nach 16...Sf6 keineswegs ersichtlich.}) (16... f6
17. e4 Nf4 18. Qe3 Ng6 19. h4 {ist ein neuerer Versuch:
Polugaevskij-Romanishin, UdSSR ch Tbilisi 1978. Die von Moiseev vorgeschlagene
Fortsetzung} Nh8 {nebst Sh8-f7 trifft meinen Geschmack eher als der Partiezug
19...h5?, doch gefällt mir der Zug 16...f6 ohnehin nicht.}) 17. Ne5 Qc7 {
Huebner,R: 'Dies ist ein neuer Zug. In der Partie Euwe,M-Aljechin,A, 17.
Partie des Weltmeisterschaftskampfes 1937, folgte'} (17... Nb4 18. Bxb4 axb4
19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Rxc6 {Euwe-Alekhine. Hague match 1937} e5 $2 (20... Rxa4 21.
Qb5 Ra5 22. Qxb4 e5 23. Rxb6 Ra8 {hätte dem Schwarzen viel bessere
Remisaussichten gewährt.}) 21. Rxb4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Qb8 23. Qb5 {und Weiß gewann.
}) 18. e4 {Huebner,R: 'Danach kann Schwarz ohne Schwierigkeiten ausgleichen.
Gewinnversuche müssen mit 18.Dc4 oder 18.Db3 beginnen.'} Nb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20.
Rxb4 c5 21. Qb5 (21. Qb1 $2 {Petursson} Nc6 $1 $17 {Tukmakov-Petursson,
Winnipeg 1994}) 21... Nc6 {Huebner,R: 'Petursson: !='} 22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxb6
Nxe5 {Hier wurde die Partie Gligoric-Petursson, Reykjavik 1995, remis gegeben.}
24. dxe5 Rxa4 25. Rc6 (25. f3 g5 26. Rxc5 Ra2 27. Rcb5 Kg7 28. Rb2 Rxb2 29.
Rxb2 Rc8 $10) 25... Rxe4 26. R6xc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. Bg5 d4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Qc2 Na6 17. Nf3 Bd5 18. Ned2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. O-O Bd6 $6 {Normaler ist 9...Be7. Auf d6 ist der Läufer verschiedenen
Anfeindungen ausgesetzt.} 10. Nd2 Nb6 (10... Qxd4 $4 11. e3 $18 {und Weiß
gewinnt durch die Springergabel 12.Sxc4 oder 12.Sde4 den Läufer d6. Falls} Qd3
$2 12. Be4 {und die Dame geht verloren.}) 11. e3 O-O 12. Nce4 Qe7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6
14. f4 $1 $14 {Verhindert das befreiende ...e6-e5. Weiß hat Raumvorteil und
Schwarz hat nicht einmal das Läuferpaar als Kompensation.} Bd7 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16.
Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 a5 18. a3 Ra7 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Rac1 a4 21. e4 Qe7 22. e5 g6
23. Rc3 Kg7 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 b5 {Eine derartige Stellung ist das
Albtraumszenario in der Moskauer Variante: Schwarz bleibt auf seinem
schlechten Läufer und seinem Raumnachteil sitzen.} 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. g4 Ke7 28.
Rh3 Rh8 29. Rc1 Ra6 30. Be4 Rb6 31. Rcc3 Rc8 $2 (31... Kf8 $16 {, um ggf. den
König nach g7 und den Turm nach c8 zu bringen. Weiß mus dann noch zeigen, wie
er weiter kommt.}) 32. Rxh6 $18 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
Bd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Qb3 Rae8
15. Be3 Re7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Bd2 h6 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. f3 exf3 15.
Bxf3 Ng4 16. Nf1 Qg5 17. e4 (17. c5 $5 Bc7 18. e4 Ne6 19. Ne2 Bxh2+ 20. Nxh2
Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nxe4+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nd3+ 25. Kh1 {1/2-1/2
Agdestein,S-Tal,M/Taxco 1985/IZT (25)}) 17... Ne6 18. Rad1 $146 (18. e5 Nxd4 $1
19. exd6 Bd7 20. Rxe8+ $2 (20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Kh1 Ne2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Nf2+
24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ $11 {Van der Wiel,J}) 20... Rxe8 21. Ne4 $2 Nxf3+ 22.
gxf3 Rxe4 23. fxg4 Rxg4+ 24. Ng3 h5 25. Re1 h4 26. Re5 Qh6 27. Qc1 Qxd6 28. c5
Qd3 29. Re3 Qd5 30. Re5 Qxa2 31. Qd2 hxg3 32. h3 Rg6 33. h4 Qb1+ 34. Re1 Qf5
35. Re5 Qh3 36. Rg5 Rxg5 37. hxg5 Be6 {0-1 Portisch,L-Van der Wiel,J/Tilburg
1988/CBM 09 (37)}) 18... Nxd4 $5 19. Rxd4 Nxh2 20. Nxh2 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1 (21. Kxh2
$2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qxe1+) 21... Be5 22. Rd3 Be6 23. Ne2 {Wenn Weiß am Pc4 klebt,
muss er riskieren, die Qualität zu verlieren.} (23. Nd1 Bg3 24. Ree3 (24. Re2
b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Ne3 Qh4 $17) (24. Nf2 b5) 24... Bf4 25. Re2 (25. Re1 Bg3
$11) 25... b5) 23... Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxc4 25. Rd7 b5 26. Kf2 Qc5+ 27. Qd4 Qb6 28.
Qxb6 axb6 $11 29. Rb7 Bxa2 30. Rxb6 Rab8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Ra1 Bc4 33. Nd4 c5
34. Nc6 Re8 35. Rc1 g6 36. e5 Kg7 37. Kg3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Be6 12. Qa4 Bd5 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxb7 Bc5 18. Rd1 Rfb8 19. Rdd7 Rxb7 20.
Rxb7 Rc8 21. Bf4 f6 22. Kf3 Kf7 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 a5 25. Rb5 a4 26. Rb4 a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Kf2 Qc7 13. Kg2 Rd8 14. Be1 O-O
15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Bf2 Rfe8 17. Be2 Bf8 18. Rhd1 Nb6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 c5 21.
d5 Nbd7 22. Qc2 Bd6 23. Re1 Be5 24. Bf3 b6 25. Rcd1 Nf8 26. Rd3 Re7 27. Qc1
Rde8 28. Rdd1 a6 29. b3 N8d7 30. Nb1 exd5 31. exd5 Bd6 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Re1
Rxe1 34. Qxe1 Ne5 35. Nd2 Nd3 36. Qf1 Nxf2 37. Qxf2 Be5 38. Qe2 Qd6 39. Ne4
Nxe4 40. Qxe4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nce2 Na5 12. Ng3 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
h4 Nc6 16. Nge2 Qe7 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Nd4 Rc7 19. Bd3 Bb4 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. f5
Bc3 22. f6 gxf6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qg4+ Kh7 26. Bg5 Rh8 27. Bxf6
Qf8 28. Qh5+ Qh6 29. Qxh6+ Kxh6 30. Bxh8 Ne4 31. Rhf1 Nd2+ 32. Rxd2 Bxd2 33.
Bf6 Be3 34. Rd1 Kh5 35. Rd3 Bf2 36. Kc1 b4 37. Kd1 Rc3 38. Rxc3 bxc3 39. Ke2
Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. e3 g6 15.
Rac1 Re7 16. Ne2 Nb5 17. Nf4 Bg7 18. h4 Qe8 19. Nd3 Nd6 20. Nfe5 c5 21. Qxe8+
Raxe8 22. Nf4 Ne4 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. Ng5 cxd4 25. exd4 h6 26. Nf3 Nd6 27. b3 Bf6
28. a4 Kg7 29. Bh3 Ne4 30. Rc2 Nd6 31. Rdc1 Rde8 32. Rc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Re7 34.
Rc1 a5 35. Nd3 Ba6 36. Nde5 Be2 37. Rc6 Ne4 38. Bf1 Bxf3 39. Nxf3 Re6 40. Rc2
Rd6 41. Bh3 Kf8 42. Rc7 h5 43. Bf1 g5 44. hxg5 Nxg5 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Nh4 Re6
47. f4 Ne4 48. Bh3 Bxd4+ 49. Kg2 Rf6 50. Rd8 Bc5 51. Rxd5 Nd6 52. Rxh5 Rh6 53.
Rd5 Kf8 54. Nf3 Ne4 55. Bf5 Nd6 56. Bg4 Ne4 57. Bf5 Nd6 58. Bd3 Kg7 59. Re5 Rh8
60. g4 Re8 61. Rxe8 Nxe8 62. Ne5 Nd6 63. Kf3 f6 64. Nd7 Bd4 65. Bc4 Bg1 66. Nb8
Bd4 67. Nc6 Bg1 68. Kg3 Bc5 69. Kh4 Kh6 70. Ne7 Bf2+ 71. Kh3 Bc5 72. Nd5 Kg7
73. Kh4 Ne4 74. Bd3 Nd2 75. Bc2 Nf3+ 76. Kg3 Nd4 77. Bd1 Ne6 78. Kf3 Nd8 79.
Ke4 Nc6 80. Be2 Ne7 81. Nc7 Kg6 82. Bd3 Bg1 83. Kf3+ Kf7 84. Bc4+ Kg6 85. Be6
Bc5 86. Ke4 Bg1 87. Nb5 Bc5 88. Nd4 Kh6 89. Bc4 Kg6 90. Kd3 Kh6 91. Ne6 Bg1 92.
Bb5 Kh7 93. Kc4 Kg8 94. Be8 Be3 95. f5 Bg1 96. Kb5 Kh7 97. Bc6 Kh6 98. Bb7 Be3
99. Bf3 Bg1 100. Ka6 Nc8 101. Kb7 Nd6+ 102. Kc6 Nf7 103. Be2 Be3 104. Kd7 Ng5
105. Ke7 Nh7 106. Kf7 Bf2 107. Bb5 Bg3 108. Ke7 Be5 109. Bc6 Ng5 110. Nf8 Nh3
111. Nd7 Bd4 112. Nxf6 Nf4 113. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Na4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
f4 (15. Bf2 Bd6 16. Bf5 O-O 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxd5 Nxf3 20. Bxf3
Bxf3 21. Bb6 Bxd1 22. Bxd8 Raxd8 23. Qxd1 Bf4+ $15 {Hjartarsson,J-Kasparov,G/
Thessaloniki olm/1988/0,5}) 15... Qd7 (15... Nxg4 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg6+ Kd7
18. Bd4 Bd6 19. Qe2 Ngf6 (19... Nxf4 $5 20. Qxg4 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nb6+ Ke7
23. Nxa8 Nxg6 24. Nb6 Rxh2 $132) 20. Nc5+ Bxc5 21. Qxe6+ Kc7 22. Bxc5 Qd7 23.
Qe5+ Kc6 24. Bxb4 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Novikov,I/Nikolaev/1995/ (40)}) (15... Nxd3+
16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. Nf5 O-O 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. f5 {1-0 Magem Badals,J-Vera,R/Terrasa/1995/ (52)}) (15... Qa5 16. b3 Nxd3+
17. Qxd3 O-O-O 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bb6 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Vorobiov,E/Maikop/1998/
(19)}) 16. b3 (16. fxe5 $6 Qxa4 17. Bc4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. Nb5 $2 Qxc2+ 19.
Qxc2 Nxc2 20. Kxc2 Rc8 $17) 18... Bc5) 16... Nxg4 (16... Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 O-O-O
18. f5 $6 (18. Nf3 $5 Qc7 19. Ne5 $40) 18... e5 19. Nf3 Qc7 (19... f6 20. Bb6
Re8 21. Nh4 (21. Nd2 Qb5 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Qc4+ Qxc4 24. bxc4 Nxb6 25. Nxb6+ Kc7
26. Nd5+ Bxd5 27. Rxd5 {1-0 Svetushkin,D-Vorobiov,E/Kiev/2000/ (64)}) 21... Qb5
22. Ng6 Rg8 23. Nxf8 Rgxf8 24. Bc5 Rf7 25. h3 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Herrera,I/
La Coruna/1999/ (28)}) 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Nb6+ Kb8 22. Nd7+ (22. Nxd5 $1 Rxd5
23. Ba7+ Kxa7 24. Rxe5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 $14) 22... Rxd7 23. Ba7+ Kxa7 24. Rxe5 Bc5
$15 {0-1 Kolev,A-Georgiev,K/Elenite/1995/ (57)}) 17. Nb6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Anand has prepared a spectacular novelty in one of many sharp lines of the
fascinating concept Be3,f3,g4 for white.} (17. Nxe6 Ngxe3 (17... fxe6 18. Bg6+
Kd8 19. Nb6 $40) 18. Nb6 (18. Rxe3 Nxe3 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Qxe3 $18) 18... Qxe6
19. Nxd5 O-O-O 20. Rxe3 Qd6 (20... Qxd5 21. Bf5+ Kb8 22. Rd3 Qxf5 23. Rxd8+ Ka7
24. Kb1 $15) 21. Bc4 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qf6 23. Bb7+ {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,
J-Savchenko,S/Metz/1999/ (23)}) (17. Bg1 $2 Bd6) (17. f5 e5 18. Bf4 Be7 19.
Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 O-O 21. Rg1 Bf6 22. Qxh6 Bxe5 23. f6 Bf4+ 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25.
Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rh7+ {1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,J-Novikov,I/Saint Vincent/1999/
(26)}) 17... Nxb6 (17... Qd8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg6+ $1 (19. Bd4 $2 Bd6 $1 $15)
19... Ke7 20. Bd4 $40) 18. Nxe6 Nd5 (18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 fxe6 20. Bg6+ Ke7 21.
Rxd7+ $18) (18... fxe6 19. Bxb6 Bd5 20. Bg6+ Ke7 21. f5 $18) 19. Nc5 Bxc5 (
19... Qc7 20. Bd4+ Be7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Qg2 Qd7 23. Bc4 $18) 20. Bxc5+ Kd8 21.
Bxb4 (21. Bc4 $6 Ngf6 22. Bxb4 Kc8 $15) 21... Kc8 (21... Nxb4 $2 22. Qxb4 $18)
22. Ba5 Ngf6 (22... Kb8 23. c4 Nc7 24. Qb4 Nf2 25. Be4 $18) 23. c4 Nc7 24. Qb4
{White has only got one pawn for his piece, but black forces are not
coordinated, rooks do not play at all and the king is vulnerable.} Qc6 (24...
Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 26. Qc5 g6 27. Bxg6 Qxd1+ 28. Kxd1 fxg6 29. f5 gxf5 30.
Qxf5+ $18) 25. Bf5+ Kb8 26. Rd6 $1 Qf3 27. Bxc7+ Kxc7 28. Re7+ Kb8 29. Rxb7+ (
29. Rxf7 $6 Re8) 29... Qxb7 30. Rb6 {The rest is quite easy, since black
pieces are still not connected.} Ra7 31. Qd6+ Ka8 32. Rxb7 Kxb7 (32... Rxb7 33.
Qxa6+ Kb8 34. Qd6+ $18) 33. Bh3 Re8 34. c5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 O-O (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 $14 {Die eingeschobenen Züge h4 und h6
begünstigen Weiß, denn im Falle der kurzen schwarzen Rochade gibt es mit
g2-g4-g5 einen klaren und starken Plan.}) 9. Bxf6 {Possible continuation,
however promising nothing to white.The main line is considered to be 9.Qd2.} (
9. Qd2 Qe7 (9... e5 10. Bxf6 $1 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8 Nxf3+ $10) 10... Qxf6
11. O-O-O exd4 (11... e4 12. Ng5 $16 {>< Pe4}) 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 {Weiß
hat nur einen winzigen Vorteil, aber die einzigen Partien mit diesem Endspiel
endeten beide 1-0.} Nf6 (13... Re8 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rxe1+ 17.
Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 $14 {Brodsky,M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993}) 14. Bc4 a6 15.
Re1 b5 16. Bd5 $14 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A 1996}) 10.
O-O-O Rd8 11. Qe3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. Kb1 h6 15. f4 $36 {Weinzettl,
E-Rohler,S/Graz op 1994}) (9. Bd3 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 $1 12. Qc2 $2 h6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ng5 exd4 $17 {Pinkas,K-Schmidt,W/POL-ch 1993}) 9... Qxf6 10.
Qe2 $5 {Preventing e5,but closing to the bishop the way out.} (10. Qd2 e5 (
10... c5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf3 $14) 11. O-O-O exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4
13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Be2 Bg4 $11) 10... b6 11. Qe4 Rb8 12. Bd3 g6 13. Ne5 (13. Qc6
$6 Qd8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bb7 16. Qc3 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bf3 $17) 13... c5 14. Bb5
{Making black to take on e5.Doesn't work} (14. h5 $2 cxd4 15. Ng4 Qg5 16. hxg6
hxg6 17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Qxd4+ Nf6 $19 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf8h8] and white knight
is trapped on h6.}) 14... Nxe5 15. Qxe5 (15. dxe5 Bb7 16. Qe2 (16. Qe3 Qf5)
16... Qf4 17. g3 Qf3 $15) 15... Qxe5+ 16. dxe5 Bb7 $11 {At this stage a draw
agreement could come,but we must not forget that we are talking about not
'conventional' chess...} 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. f3 ({After} 19. f4 $5
$11 {the game would end up quicker.}) 19... Ke7 20. Kf2 Rd5 21. c4 $5 Rxe5 (
21... Rdd8 $11) 22. Rd7+ Kf6 23. Rad1 a6 24. Rc7 $5 (24. Ba4) 24... axb5 (24...
Bxf3 $5 25. Rdd7 Rf8 26. gxf3 axb5 27. cxb5 Rh5 28. Kg3 (28. Rb7 Rxh4 29. Rxb6
Ra8 $1 $17) 28... g5 29. hxg5+ Rxg5+ 30. Kh2 h5 31. Rb7 Ke5 $13) 25. Rdd7 {
[%csl Rb7,Rf7] Winning back the bishop.} Rf8 26. Rxb7 bxc4 27. Rxb6 Rh5 28. g3
g5 29. hxg5+ Rxg5 30. a4 Ra8 31. Rbb7 Rg7 32. Rdc7 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 Nb6 {Considered inferior to} (16... c4 {which is the often played
main line.}) 17. Qe2 {The crucial reply increasing the pressure against b5.}
Nxa4 18. Bxa4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 {White´s basic strategy here is to play b4 after
due preparation. The pressure on the a-file can achieve little in itself.} Bc8
{Blacks only real counter play is to play f5 at some point.} (19... Nd7 20. c4
(20. b3 Bc8 21. Ra3 Rb8 22. c4 Nf6 23. Bd2 Bg7 24. Rb1 Re7 25. Ne1 Qf8 26. Nd3
Bh6 27. Ba5 Reb7 28. b4 $36 {0-1 Sigurjonsson,G-Cuellar Gacharna,M/Bogota 1978/
EXT 98 (50)}) 20... Nb6 21. Ra3 Bc8 22. Bd2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Ne1 Qh4 25. Qd3
h6 26. Qc2 Kh7 27. Re3 Qd8 28. Nd3 Be7 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. b4 $36 {1-0 De Firmian,
N-Kovacs,L/Copenhagen 1984/EXT 2000 (41)}) 20. Be3 $146 {[%mdl 8] This seems
to be a clear refinement over previous ways of playing the position.} (20. b3
Re7 (20... Rb8 21. Ra3 Re7 22. c4 Reb7 23. Qc2 Ne8 24. Bd2 Ng7 25. Nh2 f5 $132
{1-0 Karpov,A-Smejkal,J/Moscow 1977/EU-chT (52)}) 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. Qe3 Qf8 23.
Qd3 h6 24. Bd2 Nh7 25. c4 Rb7 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Smejkal,J/Leningrad 1977/MCL
(25)}) (20. Bd2 a5 $2 {On a5 the P is a real attackable weakness.} 21. b4 cxb4
22. cxb4 Ba6 23. b5 Bc8 24. Rea1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Vogt,L/Leningrad 1977/MCL 
(46)}) (20. c4 Rb8 21. Ra2 Bg7 22. Bd2 Re7 23. Rb1 Reb7 24. Ne1 Rb3 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,M-Reshevsky,S/Vilnius 1978/MCD (57)}) (20. c4) 20... Rb8
21. Rea1 Re7 22. R4a2 Reb7 23. Qc2 Ne8 24. Nd2 {Anand´s new way of playing the
position after Black´s 20:th move makes a lot of sense. By waiting with the
P-moves b3 and c4 he has created the new option Nc4-a5-c6.} Qh4 25. Rb1 (25.
Nc4 $2 f5 $1 $40) 25... Ng7 26. Rxa6 $1 {With Black ready to attack with f5,
Anand decides to go into a slightly better endgame.} Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28.
Qxb2 Bxa6 29. Qb6 Bd3 (29... Bc8 30. Nc4 $14) 30. c4 f5 31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Qb3
fxe4 33. Ng5 Nf5 34. N3xe4 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 $14 {The strong N on e4 gives White a
slight advantage.} Qh4 (35... h6) 36. Qd3 Qd8 $6 (36... Bh6 $142 {It is
important to exchange the weak B.}) 37. g4 $1 Nxe3 38. Qxe3 $16 {Black´s
position is quite difficult now. No activity and a lot of weaknesses.} Be7 39.
Kg2 Kg7 40. Qb3 Qc7 41. Qb5 Kf7 42. Qc6 $1 Qd8 (42... Qxc6 43. dxc6 Ke8 44. Nc3
$16 {[%cal Yc3d5]}) 43. Qb7 Ke8 44. Nc3 Qa5 45. Nb5 Qe1 46. Qc8+ (46. Qc8+ Kf7
47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Nxd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne5 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. O-O Bb4 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Bc1 Rfd8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qxd5 Qa4 19. Qf3 Qxc4 20. Qxb7 Qxa2
21. g3 Bd4 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Kg2 a5 24. Re7 a4 25. Qf3 Qb3 26. Rd3 Qc4 27. Rd1
Rf8 28. Rb7 Rab8 29. Bf4 Rxb7 30. Qxb7 Re8 31. h4 Re6 32. h5 Qe2 33. Qa8+ Kh7
34. Qxa4 Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 (16. O-O) (16. Bc2) 16... e4 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Bb3 (18.
Nf4 Bf7 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. O-O Be5 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Nfd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qe6 {
1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1998/}) (18. Rd1 Rc8 $1 19. Bb3 Ng6 20. g3
Be5 21. f4 exf3 22. O-O f4 $132 {0-1 Kindermann,S-Van Wely,L/Germany 1998/ (41)
}) 18... Kh8 19. Nf4 (19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rac8 $11 {Hodova,
L-Flaisigova,P/Plzen 1998}) 19... Bxb3 20. axb3 Qd7 21. Ned5 (21. Rd1 Be5 22.
Ned5 $11) 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 f4 $1 23. g3 (23. Nb6 Qc6 24. Nxa8 Bxc3+ 25. Kf1
(25. bxc3 Qxc3+ 26. Ke2 Qb2+ $19) 25... Bxb2 26. Rb1 Rxa8 $17) 23... f3 24. Rd1
Rae8 25. O-O Re5 26. Qh4 Qf7 $15 27. Nf4 Bf6 28. Qh6 Rg8 (28... Rd8 $17 {
is more precise}) 29. Kh1 Rd8 30. Rfe1 d5 (30... Bg5 31. Qh5 Qg8 $17) 31. Qh3
Bg5 32. Qg4 (32. Nd3 Re6 $17 {[%cal Re6h6]}) 32... Rg8 33. c4 Bh6 34. Qh4 Bg5
35. Qg4 bxc4 (35... dxc4 36. Rd7 Be7 $17) 36. bxc4 Bh6 (36... dxc4 37. Rd7 Be7
$17) 37. Qh4 Bg5 38. Qg4 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Ngf3 Be7 14. Nxd4
O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. c3 Qb6 17. Bc2 Rac8 18. N2f3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Rfe1 Be8
21. Bb3 a5 22. a3 a4 23. Ba2 Bd7 24. h3 Ne7 25. Bb1 Ne8 26. Bg3 Nf6 27. Ne5 Be8
28. Ba2 Ned5 29. Rd2 g5 30. Ng4 Bg7 31. Nxf6+ Nxf6 32. Be5 Rc5 33. Qf3 Nd5 34.
Bxg7 Kxg7 35. h4 Nf4 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Qe3 Rdc8 38. Bb1 Bc6 39. g3 Rh8 40. Nxc6
Qxc6 41. Be4 Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Qc7 43. Qd4+ Qe5 44. Bf3 Qxd4 45. cxd4 Rb5 46. Bg4 f5
47. Bxh3 g4 48. Bxg4 fxg4 49. Rxe6 Rbh5 50. Re4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Gelfand has found a great novelty, that overtakes the initiative at a
cost of a mere pawn.} (14... Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4)
15. Qxb4 (15. axb4 $2 Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 Qxa4 $17) 15... Qc7 16. Nxc5 (16. Kb1 $6
Ncd7 17. Qd2 d5 $15) 16... dxc5 17. Qa4+ Nd7 (17... Qd7 $2 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Qa5
$18) 18. Ne2 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxa6 Ra8 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Bb5 Rxa4 22. Bxd7+
Kxd7 23. bxa4 Bd6 $15) 18... c4 $1 (18... Bc6 19. Qxa6 (19. Qc4 $6 Ne5 20. Qc3
(20. Qxa6 $2 Ra8 $19) 20... Nxf3 21. Bf4 Qb7 $15) 19... Ra8 20. Qd3 Rxa3 21.
Bg2 $15) 19. b4 (19. Qxc4 $2 Qxc4 20. bxc4 Bxa3+ $17) 19... Bc6 20. Qxa6 Ra8
21. Qxc4 Rxa3 22. Bf4 (22. Bd4 Qb7) (22. b5 $2 Ne5 $19) 22... Qb7 23. c3 Bb5 (
23... Ba4 24. Kb2 $1 (24. Rd2 $2 Bb5 25. Qd4 Ra1+ 26. Kc2 Qa6 $19) 24... Rb3+
25. Qxb3 Bxb3 26. Kxb3 Be7 $13) 24. Qd4 Ra2 $1 (24... Ra1+ 25. Kd2 Ra3 26. Ng3
$16) 25. Kb1 $1 {White king must become worried about his future, Anand finds
an elegant way out.} (25. Ng3 Qa8 $1 26. Bxb5 Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Qb2#) 25... Qa8 26.
Nc1 (26. c4 Qa4 27. Rd2 Qb3+ 28. Kc1 Qa3+ $15) 26... Ra1+ 27. Kc2 (27. Kb2 $2
Qa3+ 28. Kc2 Ba4+ 29. Kd2 e5 30. Bxe5 Bxd1 31. Bb5 Qxc1+ 32. Kd3 Be2+ 33. Kxe2
Ra2+ 34. Kd3 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ $19) 27... Ba4+ 28. Kd2 Bxd1 29.
Bb5 $1 {After this move white will be able to claim compensation for the lost
exchange.} Qb7 (29... Qa7 30. Qxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxd1 $16) 30. Bxd7+ Qxd7 31. Qxd7+
Kxd7 32. Rxd1 Be7 (32... h5 33. g5 Be7 $13) 33. h5 Rc8 (33... Rc8 34. Kc2+ Kc6
$13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess@iceland-B"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2000.04.01"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Chess@iceland-B"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.04.01"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Chess@iceland-B"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.04.01"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. dxc5 e6 8.
c3 Bxc5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Rfe8 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qc8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe4 20. Qxe4
Rd8 21. Qg4 Bf8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. Qd4 f6 25. Bc7 Qf7 26. Qd7 Re8
27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Re7 29. Rxe7+ Bxe7 30. a4 Ke8 31. Bb8 a6 32. Kf1 Kd7
33. Bf4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess@iceland-B"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.04.01"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Bf4 Na5 15.
cxd5 Qxd5 16. Bf1 b6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. g4 Be4 19. Qe2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nb3 21. Ra2
Bf3 22. Qe3 Na5 23. Rc2 f6 24. Bxc7 Rd7 25. Bg3 Bxg4 26. Bg2 Qb3 27. Rcc1 Qf7
28. d5 Qh5 29. c4 Nb7 30. a4 g5 31. Rc3 Qg6 32. Qd4 Bf5 33. Rce3 Nc5 34. a5 h5
35. axb6 axb6 36. h4 gxh4 37. Bxh4 Rg7 38. d6 Qf7 39. Rg3 Rxg3 40. Bxg3 Qg6 41.
Re7 Nd7 42. Kh2 Kh8 43. Bc6 Rf7 44. Qd5 Rg7 45. Qd4 Qg5 46. Rxg7 Kxg7 47. Bd5
Qg4 48. Qe3 Ne5 49. Bxe5 fxe5 50. Qxe5+ Kg6 51. Qe8+ Kg5 52. Qe5 h4 53. Qg7+
Bg6 54. Qe5+ Qf5 55. Qe3+ Kg4 56. Be6 1-0

[Event "Chess@iceland-B"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.04.01"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nd4 Ne6
15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Na4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nb6 Rc6 21.
Rad1 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. Rxd7 Rxc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess@iceland blitz f"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.04.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bd3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxb2 11. O-O Qa3 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Be3 Be7 14. c4
c5 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qc3 b6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bh6 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rd1 Bb7 23. Ng4 Ne8 24. Ba4 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. h3 Be7 27. Ne5
Qe4 28. Re1 Qb7 29. Ng4 Rd8 30. Bf4 Bf8 31. Bh6 Rd4 32. Be3 Rd8 33. Nh6+ Bxh6
34. Bxh6 Qb4 35. Qc1 Nf6 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Chess@iceland blitz f"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.04.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. O-O Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15.
Qg2 g6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qg4 h6 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 e5 20. Ne6 fxe6 21. Qh5+
Kd8 22. f6 Qc6 23. Rd2 Kc7 24. g6 Rg8 25. g7 Bxg7 26. Qf7+ Qd7 27. Qxd7+ Nxd7
28. fxg7 Rxg7+ 29. Kf2 d5 0-1

[Event "Chess@iceland rap f"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.04.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 Nxa4 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bb7
15. Rfa1 Nd7 16. Nb3 Rb8 17. Ba7 Rc8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bxa6 Ne5 20. Be2 f5 21.
gxf5 exf5 22. Nc4 Qe8 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bd3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qh5 26. Be3 Rc6 27.
Qe2 Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Qxe2 29. Bxe2 Bc6 30. Rc4 Bb5 31. Ra5 Bxc4 32. Bxc4+ Kh8 33.
Rxe5 Ra8 34. Rf5 Rg4 35. Rf1 Rb8 36. Bd3 Rxb2 37. e5 Rb8 38. Ba7 Rf8 39. Rxf8+
Bxf8 40. Bf2 Rg5 41. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess@iceland rap f"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.04.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bb5
Rd8 15. Rhe1 Qb6 16. Bc4 Nc5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. h5 d3 20. hxg6 hxg6
21. Rh1 Ng7 22. cxd3 Qxf2 23. Rd2 Rac8+ 24. Kb1 Qc5 25. Qf4 Nh5 26. Qh6 Qf8 27.
Qg5 Qc5 28. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess@iceland rap sf2"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.04.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qc2 g6 12. f3 a6 13. Kh1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qd7 15.
a5 Nc8 16. Ra4 Be7 17. e4 b5 18. Ra1 Qxd4 19. Bh6 Rd8 20. Rad1 Qc5 21. exf5
Qxf5 22. Ne4 Nd6 23. g4 Qe5 24. Ng5 Nc4 25. Rde1 Qd6 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Nd5
28. Ne4 Qb4 29. Qxc6 Qxa5 30. Ra1 Qb5 31. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess@iceland rap sf2"]
[Site "Kopavogur"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.04.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Re8 7. Ne2 c6 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 Bg4 11. dxe5 Rxe5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Nf4
Rxc4 15. Bd4 Re4 16. Qb3 Rxf4 17. gxf4 Qc7 18. Be3 Be6 19. Qd1 h6 20. Qd3 Nc5
21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rfe1 b6 23. Rac1 Rxf4 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Kf8
27. Re3 Ra4 28. Rc2 g5 29. Bh3 g4 30. Bf1 h5 31. Bb5 Ra5 32. Bd3 Ra3 33. Bf1
Ra4 34. Bb5 Ra5 35. Bf1 Kg7 36. h3 Rc5 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Bd3 Ne4 39. c4 Ng5 40.
cxd5 Rxd5 41. Kg2 Rd4 42. a3 Nh3 43. Bb5 Nf4+ 44. Kg3 Nh5+ 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Bc6
Kg5 47. Rc1 Rd2 48. Re5+ f5 49. Rce1 Nf4+ 50. Kg3 Nh5+ 51. Kg2 Rd6 52. Bb7 Kf6
53. Rb5 Nf4+ 54. Kg3 Ng6 55. a4 f4+ 56. Kg2 Rd2 57. Reb1 Bf5 58. R1b2 Rd1 59.
a5 Nh4+ 60. Kh2 Rd3 61. axb6 g3+ 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2000.06.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
O-O d6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. Rf3 Bb7 15.
Rh3 Rfe8 16. Rf1 Rac8 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Qh5 Nf8 19. Bd4 f6 20. e5 f5 21. exd6 Qd7
22. Rg3 g6 23. Qh6 Rc6 24. Re1 Rxd6 25. Bxf5 Qf7 26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. f5 e5 28.
Bxe5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rf6 31. Rg5 Be7 32. g3 Bf8 33. Qh4 Bg7 34.
fxg6 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 Rf2+ 36. Kh3 hxg6 37. Re1 Bf6 38. Qh6 Bxg5 39. Qxg5 Qf5+ 40.
Qxf5 gxf5 41. Re6 Rxb2 42. d6 Rd2 43. d7 Rxd7 44. Rxb6 Rd2 45. Rxa6 Kf7 46. a4
Ra2 47. a5 Ke7 48. Kh4 Rxh2+ 49. Kg5 Rg2 50. Kf4 Rf2+ 51. Ke5 Rf3 52. Ra7+ Kd8
53. Rg7 Kc8 54. Kd6 Rd3+ 55. Kc6 Rc3+ 56. Kb6 Rb3+ 57. Ka7 Kd8 58. a6 Kc8 59.
Rf7 Rxg3 60. Rxf5 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2000.06.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15.
Bb6 Qb8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Re1 h6 20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
Bc5 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd2 Bxb6 24. axb6 Rc6 25. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2000.06.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {The french defense is now the
most popular opening on the highest level,that's why all the main variations
has been analysed so deeply that the game becomes just a competition in memory.
The following move still is a ''mistery'' from theoretcal point of view and
has strong strategical bases (white just wants to strengthen the center with
c3 and f4) that's why it's not so easy for black to play against it and in the
hands of such a player as Anand it becomes lethal weapon.} c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4
b5 8. a3 cxd4 (8... b4 9. axb4 (9. dxc5 bxc3 10. b4 $36) 9... cxb4 10. Nf3 $14)
9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Qxd4 $6 Bc5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nf3 f6 $1 13. Nd4 $2
Nxe5 $1 $15 {Shirov,A-Bareev,E/Hastings/1991-92/}) 10... b4 (10... Qb6 11. Nf3
b4 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. axb4 Bxb4+ 14. Kf2 a5 15. Be3 Ke7 16. Rc1 Ba6 $132 {
Gofshtein,L-Archangelsky,M/Cappelle op 1995}) 11. a4 (11. axb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2
Qb6 13. Nf3 a5 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O O-O 17. Ra4 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Rb8
19. Rfa1 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Andersson,U/Ter Apel 1996}) (11. Nf3 bxa3 12. bxa3 Be7
13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bd3 a5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qc6 Ra7 17. O-O $14 {Kammer,C-Thanner,H/
OL9495}) 11... Qa5 {So far everything was played,but now Shirov choses new
continuation,which I think promises black very good chaanses to equalize.} (
11... Nb6 $6 12. Nf3 (12. b3 $14) 12... Be7 (12... Nc4 $5 13. b3 Na3) 13. b3 a5
14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 $14 {Shirov,A-Kortschnoj,V/WchT
1993} (17. f5 $5 $36 {Ftacnik})) (11... Be7 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. a5 Qc6 14. Be3 Nb8
15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. O-O $14 {Laveryd,P-Nordstrom,F/SWE-chB 1995}) 12.
Bd2 Be7 ({Deserved attention} 12... Ba6 $5 13. Nf3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Be7 15. Qe2
Rc8 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Ke2 Rc7 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 f5
$11) 13. Nf3 O-O $6 (13... Ba6 $5) 14. Bb5 $1 Nb6 (14... a6 $6 15. Bd3 $1 $14)
15. b3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Qe2 Nb8 (18... Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Rac8 20.
Rhc1 f5 21. Ne1 Nb8 22. Nd3 Nc6 23. Ke3 $16 {[%csl Rb4]}) 19. Kf2 Qxe2+ 20.
Kxe2 Nc6 21. Rhc1 Rfc8 22. Ra2 Rc7 23. Rac2 Rac8 {[%cal Gc2c7]} 24. a6 $14 {
White has some pressure and certain advantage in space,but this sholdn't be
enough to win the game.} Kf8 (24... f5 25. exf6 (25. Ke3 Kf7 26. Ne1 Ke8 27.
Nd3 Kd7 28. Nc5+ Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Nb8 30. Rxc7+ Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32. Bxb4 Nxa6
33. Bf8 g6 $11) 25... gxf6 26. g4 Kf7 27. g5 Ke8 28. Kd3 Kd7 29. h4 $14) 25. g4
Ke8 26. f5 Kd7 27. Bf4 g5 $6 {[%csl Rg5] Here the pawn is not only weak,but
white has the possibility to sacrifice on g5 in order to create a passed pawns,
which finally decided the game.} (27... Nb8 28. Rxc7+ Rxc7 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30.
f6 Bf8 31. Ng5 $16) (27... Na5 28. Rxc7+ Rxc7 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30. f6 Bf8 31. Ng5
$16) (27... g6 28. f6 (28. Ke3) 28... Bf8 29. Kd3 h6 30. h4 Rb8 (30... Nb8 31.
Rxc7+ Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7 33. h5 gxh5 34. gxh5 Nxa6 35. Nh2 Nb8 36. Ng4 $18)
31. h5 g5 32. Bd2 $14) 28. Be3 h6 29. f6 Bf8 {[%csl Rf8]} 30. Kd3 Na5 $6 (30...
Rb8 31. Ra1 $1 (31. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Rb6 33. h4 Rxa6 34. h5 Ra3 35. Rb2
Na5 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. Kc2 Ra1 38. Bc1 Nc6 $19) 31... Rb6 32. Nxg5 hxg5 33.
Bxg5 Nb8 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. h4 Nxa6 36. Bd2 $18) 31. Rxc7+ Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7
33. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Nxb3 35. h4 Na1 36. Bc1 Nb3 37. Be3 Na5 38. g5 Nc4
39. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2000.06.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. d4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Nf8 13. Re1 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 h6
15. Bh4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Nf8 18. g4 N6h7 19. Qe3 c6 20. Ne5 Be6 21.
Ndf3 Qe7 22. Re1 Re8 23. h4 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nd3 Qd8 26. Nc5 b6 27. Nxe6
Rxe6 28. Qd2 Qe7 29. Rxe6 Nxe6 30. Qd3 Nhf8 31. g3 f6 32. Kg2 Nc7 33. Nd2 Ne8
34. Nf1 Nd6 35. Ne3 Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke8 37. Qa6 Qc7 38. Nf5 Nxf5 39. Bxf5 Kf7 40.
a4 Ne6 41. Bxe6+ Kxe6 42. Qd3 Qe7 43. b4 Kd6 44. b5 Qe1 45. Kg2 Qe6 46. Kh3 Kc7
47. Qh7+ Qd7 48. Qh8 cxb5 49. axb5 Qxb5 50. Qxf6 a5 51. Qxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp playoff"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2000.06.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bd2 c5 9. c3 $6 {It's hard to call this logical move a dubious one,but it's
not the move,which is dubious,but the idea behind this move.White simply gives
up the idea to fight for opening avantage and chooses the variation,which
almost by force leads to draw.} (9. Bd3 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O-O
Qc7 13. Bc3 Bb7 14. Be5 Qb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be4 $14 {Bologan,V-Komarov,D/
Reggio9697}) (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 (11... Qd5 12. c4 Qc6 13. Bc3
e5 14. Nxe5 Qxg2 15. O-O-O Re8 $13 {Khalifman,A-Dreev,A/Yalta rapid 1995}) 12.
O-O-O Re8 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qa4 $11 {Bologan,
V-Dokhoian,Y/BL9394}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Bb5+ (11. Be3 O-O
12. Nc6 (12. Nxe6 $6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxe3 14. Nxf8 Bb6 $15) 12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1
Ba3 $1 14. bxa3 bxc6 $11) 11... Bd7 12. Qa4 $6 Bxd4 13. cxd4 O-O $15) 10... Be7
(10... Qd5 $5) 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 ({Too dangerous is} 12... Rc8 $6 13. Qf3
Bc6 $6 14. Nxc6 $1 (14. Qg3 $2 Kf8 (14... Qxd4 15. Bc3 Qd5 $5 (15... Bb4 $5 16.
O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qxg7 Qxe5 19. Qxh8+ Kd7 20. Qxh6 $1 (20. Qg7 $2 Ke7
$1 (20... Rg8 21. Qxf7+ Kc8 22. g3 Qd5 23. f3 $18) 21. Rfe1 Qd5 22. Qg3 $1 Rg8
23. Be4 $1 Qa5 $1 $19) 20... Ng4 21. Qh4 Rh8 22. Qg3 Rxh2 $1 23. Qxg4 $8 Rxg2+
24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 $14) 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Nxc6 (17. O-O-O $2 Qxg2 18. Qxh6
Ne4 $1 $17) 17... Rxc6 18. Bxf6 Qxd3 $15)) 14... bxc6 15. Ba6 $1 Rc7 16. Ba5
$18) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc3 (14. Qa4 O-O 15. Rc1 $6 (15. Qxc6 $2 Qxd4 16. Qc3
Qd5 $1 $15) 15... c5 $1 $15) 14... Nd5 15. Qa4 O-O 16. O-O (16. Qxc6 Rc8 17.
Qa6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 16... c5 $5 $11 {Black has reached
the equality with very simple and natural moves.Now both sides start to
eliminate pieces from the board and the game very quickly ends up a draw.} (
16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 c5) 17. Be4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 19. Qxa7 cxd4 20. cxd4 (20.
Qxd4 Bf6 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxc3 $11) 20... Bf6 21. Rad1
Rc4 {[%csl Rd4]} 22. Qa6 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Bxd3 Ra8 26. Bc4
Kf8 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Kf1 Be5 29. g3 g5 30. h3 Ra7 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. Rd3 Ke7 33.
Ke3 Bd6 34. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp playoff"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2000.06.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
e5 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 (10. Bc1 f5 (10... Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bf1 f6 13. Be3 Nf7
14. Rb1 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nd5 Bd7 17. a3 Rc8 18. b4 $14 {1-0
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Danailov,S/Ponferrada 1991/EXT 99 (34)}) 11. exf5 (11. h3 Nf6
12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bf1 e4 14. d5 Nc5 15. Nd4 a5 16. Ndb5 Qd8 17. Be3 Nfd7 18.
Qh5 Ne5 $17 {0-1 Aronov,V-Lederer,Y/Match \ Beer-Sheva (Israel) 1998 (35)})
11... gxf5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 Nf6 14. c5 e4 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. Nb3
Kh8 18. Be3 f4 19. Bd4 Qg5 $40 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Gelfand,B/Arnhem 1988/TD (30)})
10... exd4 (10... f6 11. Bd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6 Qh5 15. h3
exf3 16. Bxf3 cxd6 17. Bf4 Kh8 18. Nd5 Bd7 19. Bxd6 Rf7 20. Bg3 $16 {1/2-1/2
Sulava,N-Milov,V/Geneva 1996/CBM 51 ext (48)}) (10... h6 11. Bh4 Nf6 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Nd2 c6 14. Bg3 b6 15. a3 Bb7 16. b4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nh7 18. Rad1 Ng5 19.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Danielian,O-Makarjev,I/Protvino 1992/EXT 97 
(20)}) 11. Nxd4 Qe5 (11... Nxh2 $2 12. Be3 $18) 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. Bh4 Ne5 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 (14... Qxe5 15. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Sulava,N-Loncar,R/Pula 1997/EXT 98 (15)}
) 15. Rc1 Be6 (15... c6 16. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 16. Nd5 f6 17. a3 $14 c6 18. b4
Qd4 19. Qxd4 exd4 20. Nf4 $14 {White put Nf4 on blocading position on d3 after
what they have possibility to improve their pawns advantage on the king's side.
} Bf7 21. Bg3 Rfe8 22. Bf1 Rac8 23. Nd3 h5 24. f3 Bh6 25. Rc2 Nb8 $2 (25...
Be3+ $142 26. Bf2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nc7 28. f4 $14) 26. Bf2 Rcd8 27. Rd1 {[%csl
Rd4]} Be3 $2 (27... b6 $142 28. g3 Na6 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 29. Bg2 c5 30. f4 $14)
28. Bxe3 dxe3 29. Re1 Rd4 30. Nc5 $16 Rd2 (30... b6 31. Nb3 Rd6 32. Rxe3 $16)
31. Rxd2 exd2 32. Rd1 b6 33. Nb3 (33. Nb7 $5 Re7 34. Nd6 c5 35. b5 Rd7 36. Rxd2
$16) 33... b5 34. Na5 (34. Rxd2 bxc4 (34... Bxc4 35. Bxc4+ bxc4 36. Na5 c3 37.
Rc2 $16) 35. Na5 $16 (35. Nc5 $5 $16 {[%csl Rb8]})) 34... Rd8 35. Kf2 bxc4 36.
Nxc4 Bxc4 37. Bxc4+ Kf8 38. Ke3 $18 Ke7 39. Rxd2 Nd7 (39... Rxd2 40. Kxd2 Nd7
41. Ke3 g5 42. f4 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}) 40. Rc2 Rb8 (40... c5 41. bxc5 (41. b5 $5
Nb6 42. Be2 Kd6 43. f4 $18) 41... Nxc5 42. Bd5 $18 Rc8 43. f4 Kd6 (43... Rc7
44. e5) 44. Bf7 $18) 41. Be2 Kd6 42. f4 a5 43. Rd2+ Kc7 44. bxa5 Rb3+ 45. Rd3
Rb2 46. Bf3 (46. Rc3 $5 Kd6 $140 47. Bf3 Nc5 48. e5+ $18) 46... Nc5 (46... Rb5
$5 47. Rc3 (47. a6 Ra5 48. Rc3 Rxa6 49. f5 $5) 47... Rxa5 48. e5 fxe5 49. Rxc6+
Kd8 50. Rxg6 Rxa3+ 51. Ke4 Ra4+ 52. Kf5 Rxf4+ 53. Kg5 $16) 47. Rc3 Na4 48. Rc4
Rb3+ 49. Kd2 Rxa3 50. e5 $1 fxe5 51. Rxc6+ Kd7 52. fxe5 {Now it is clear that
game is over.White have big positional and material advantage.} g5 53. e6+ Ke7
54. a6 Ra2+ 55. Rc2 Ra3 56. a7 Nb6 57. Rc6 Ra2+ 58. Kc1 Na8 59. Rc8 Ra1+ 60.
Kb2 Rxa7 61. Rxa8 Rxa8 62. Bxa8 Kxe6 63. Kc3 h4 64. Kd4 Kf5 65. Bd5 g4 66. Ke3
Ke5 67. Bc6 Kf5 68. Bd7+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt SC Comp m"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Fritz/Primergy K800"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. c4 O-O 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 a5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Rb1 f4 15. Ng5
Nf5 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Qd3 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Ra2 21. Bb2 Bf5 22.
Bxd4 exd4 23. g4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Qg5 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Qxg4 27. Ra7 Qh4 28.
Ra1 Be5 29. h3 Qg3 30. Qxg3 fxg3 31. Rf1 Ra8 32. Rf3 Ra1+ 33. Bf1 Kg7 34. Kg2
h5 35. h4 Ra2 36. Kh3 c6 37. dxc6 bxc6 38. Kg2 c5 39. Kh3 Kh6 40. Rd3 g5 41.
hxg5+ Kxg5 42. Rf3 Bf4 43. Rd3 Ra1 44. Rf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt SC Comp m"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Comp Fritz/Primergy K800"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 (9. Nc3 {wird häufiger gespielt.}) 9... cxd5 10. Nc3 Re8 $5 (10...
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 {wäre ein Übergang zu 9.Nc3.}) 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13.
Re1 Nc6 $1 ({RR} 13... h6 14. Ngxe4 (14. g4 $1 hxg5 15. gxf5) 14... Bxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Qxe4 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Qd2 Rd8 21.
Re1 {1/2-1/2 Feletar,D-Lazovic,G/Medulin 1997/EXT 2000 (21)}) ({RR} 13... e3
14. Rxe3 Nc6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Kaiumov,D-Barabas,A/
Kobanya op 1992/TD (36)}) 14. d5 Nb4 15. Ngxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxd5 ({Nach} 16...
Bxh2+ $5 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Rxe4 {sollte Schwarz auch nicht schlechter
stehen.}) 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Qh5 g6 19. Bxe7 $6 (19. Qh4) 19... gxh5 20. Bxd8
Raxd8 {Fritz findet das alles prima, allerdings ist die Stellung glatt remis.}
21. Kf1 Kg7 22. Rad1 b6 23. Rd4 Nf6 24. Nd6 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Kg6 26. h3 Ne4 27.
Rxe4 Rxd6 28. a4 a5 29. Ke2 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O a6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5
Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Nb4 20. Qc4 Rd6 21.
Bxb4 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Qxc2 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxe7 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Qxa2 26. b4 h6 27.
h3 Qb3 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Rc7 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 31. Qd6 Ra8 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. bxc5
Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qa4 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be3 a6 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Bd4 b5
15. Rfe1 Rfc8 16. a3 Rab8 17. Na2 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Nd7 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Ng5 Nf8 22. Nc3 b4 23. Nce4 h6 24. d6 c4 25. Qh3 exd6 26. Nxe6 Bxb2 27. Qxh6
Qh5 28. Qe3 Nxe6 29. Nxd6 Nf8 30. Rad1 bxa3 31. Qf4 Rc7 32. g4 Qh7 33. Ne8 Rbc8
34. Rd2 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {Peter plays all sorts of openings, but in Frankfurt he stuck to 1...
e5} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 {An opening he was very fond of in 1999,
playing a few games against Topalov as well as using it in Las Vegas.} 5. c3
O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 a6 {All this is fairly
standard stuff} 11. Bxc6 $1 {All the earlier games involved 11.Bc4 but Black
is able to pen up the game with 11...exd4 followed by g5. Ubi and I found this
whilst preparing for Peter in Dortmund last year. The idea is fairly simple -
keep things under control in the center and make it difficult for Black to
break the pin on the kingside. The two bishops are not so important right now.}
Bxc6 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. a4 Ba7 14. b3 {A lazy move, not unlike Kh1 in the
Sicilian which can be useful in rapid games simply to be able to press your
clock.  Later I found a game Salai-Vercera where White played b4 which saves
time over the game.} Qe7 (14... g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 {White follows up
with Re3-g3} Kg7 17. Re3 Qc8 18. Rg3 $40) 15. h3 (15. Nf1 $6 exd4 16. cxd4 Bxe4
17. Bxf6 gxf6) 15... Rad8 (15... g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Kg7 18. Re3 Qf8 19.
Rg3 $1) 16. b4 {A bit late, but equally strong.} Bd7 17. b5 Bc8 18. Nf1 (18.
Rab1 {White could also have played threatening Nc4 and b6 shutting out the
bishop.}) 18... Qe6 19. Ng3 {White still doesn't theraten anything, but it's
difficult for Black to move anything.} c6 20. Rab1 {Now b6 and d5 will "win" a
piece, so Black has to act.} g5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 axb5 23. axb5 exd4 (
23... cxb5 24. d5 Qe7 25. Qf3 $18) 24. cxd4 (24. b6 $1 Bxb6 (24... Bb8 25. cxd4
{White now threatens Bxf6 followed by d5 after the Bb8 is dead.}) 25. Rxb6 $18)
24... cxb5 25. Rxb5 Nh7 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 {Two bishops vs a rook and two pawns is
bad enough but the pawn on b7 is weak and his king is exposed as well.  It's
surprising that you can destroy a position like this in just two moves!} 27.
Nf5 $2 (27. Ra1 {This probably wins on the spot.}) 27... Qf6 $1 28. Rd1 $4 (28.
Ra1 {This would still have been very good}) 28... d5 {Suddenly, Black is back
in the game.} 29. Ng3 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Qg6 31. Nc5 Bf5 {We were both short of
time and the rest of the game is chockful of errors.} 32. Qa3 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 Ng5
34. Rc3 (34. Qg3) 34... Ne4 35. Re3 Kh7 36. d5 $2 {Missing Black's next.} Rg8
$1 37. g3 Bxh3 38. Qe7 Ng5 39. d6 Bg4 40. Rdd3 Ra8 (40... Rc8 {Leko later
pointed this out - White simplay doesn't have Qe5}) 41. Qe5 Qh5 42. Qf6 Bd7 43.
f3 $2 Rg8 (43... Ra2 {Wins on the spot.}) 44. Re7 Bc6 45. d7 Qh3 46. Rxf7+ (46.
d8=Q Qxg3+ 47. Kf1 Rxd8 48. Qf5+ Kg7 49. Rxd8 Qxf3+ 50. Qxf3 Nxf3) 46... Nxf7
47. Qxf7+ Rg7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. d8=Q Qxg3+ 50. Kf1 Qh3+ (50... Bb5 {This
still draws, but with very little time it isn't easy to see that White has no
check winning the bishop.}) 51. Ke1 Qh1+ 52. Kd2 Qh2+ 53. Kc3 Qh6 $4 (53...
Qe5+ 54. Qd4) 54. Qe7+ {And Peter resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5
Rb6 15. Qd3 Qc6 16. Bf3 d6 17. Bc3 e5 18. a4 c4 19. Qe3 O-O 20. a5 Rb7 21. g3
Rfb8 22. Bg2 Ne8 23. f4 Bf6 24. f5 Nc7 25. g4 h6 26. Qg3 Qd7 27. Rfd1 Nb5 28.
Bf1 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxb2 30. Bxc4 Qc7 31. Qd3 Bg5 32. Ra2 R2b4 33. Bb3 Qc5+ 34.
Kg2 Rd4 35. Qf3 d5 36. Rxd4 Qxd4 37. Bxd5 Rb1 38. c3 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Rf1 40. Qg3
Qh1 41. Rf2 Re1 42. Rf3 Re2 43. Bc4 Rxh2+ 44. Qxh2 Qxf3+ 45. Qg3 Qh1+ 46. Qh2
Qxe4 47. Qe2 Qh1+ 48. Qh2 Qc6 49. Qe2 Bf4 50. Qf1 Qc5 51. Qd3 Qxa5 52. Kg2 Qc7
53. Qd5 a5 54. Qa8+ Kh7 55. Qd5 g6 56. Qxf7+ Qxf7 57. Bxf7 gxf5 58. gxf5 Kg7
59. Bd5 Bd2 60. c4 Bb4 61. Bc6 Kf6 62. Kf3 Kxf5 63. Bd7+ Kf6 64. Ke4 Ke7 65.
Ba4 Kd6 66. Bd1 Bc5 67. Kd3 Bd4 68. Ke4 Kc5 69. Kd3 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Bb3 d5 20. Qg5 Ng6 21.
Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Nexd5 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 b4 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wells} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6
8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8
15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qh5 Nb4 18. Rf2 g6 19. Qh3 Bf8 20. Raf1 Bg7 21. Bd4
{Wells: 'White would like to exchange this key defensive piece. Nothing
surprising that black is not enthusiatic about this...'} (21. f5 exf5 22. exf5
Bxg2+ 23. Rxg2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nd5 25. Bd4 Ne5 $13 26. f6 $140 h5 $1) 21... e5 $5
{[%mdl 8] '!' Wells. It is very likely, that Kasparov knew this idea from home.
Black sacrifices the pawn for the bishops pair and activity of most pieces.}
22. fxe5 (22. Be3 exf4 23. Bxf4 Re7 $11) 22... Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxf7 {
Wells: '...not even that shocking that it should be thought worth a pawn,
However, opening the f-file and allowing white to crash in on f7 shows a deep
judgment and a feeling for what is really important in the position.'} Re7 (
24... Qxf7 $2 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qd7+ Re7 27. Qxd6 $18) 25. Rxe7 (25. R7f2 Rae8
26. Rd1 Re5 $132) 25... Qxe7 {Wells: 'The smoke has cleared. White's f7
invasion was easily repelled, and black has a stong pair of bishops and
pressure on e4 which provides full compensation for the pawn.'} 26. Qe3 Re8 $1
(26... Nxc2 $2 27. Qd3 Nb4 28. Qc4+ d5 29. exd5 $18) 27. Qxb6 {The only moment
where white could probably have shown more ambitions with the smart move 27.
Qd2!?} (27. Qd2 $5 Qc7 28. Nc1 $14) 27... Bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxe4 29. Qxb4 (29. Bxe4
$2 Qxe4+ 30. Kg1 Nxc2 $15) 29... Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. a3 c4
$6 {In this specific position the idea of closing the center looks slightly
not in the place,but it's not so easy for white to take advantage of it.} (8...
Qb6 9. Nf3 c4 10. g4 f6 11. Bh3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. Nf4 Nf8 14. Nh5 $36 {
Golubev,M-Relange,E/Groningen op 1993}) 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. g4 f5 $5 (10... h5 $5
11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Ng3 Rh8 13. h4 Be7 14. h5 Bd7 15. Bh3 Qc7 16. f5 $14) 11.
gxf5 exf5 12. Bg2 $6 {Slightly passive and not the most logical continuation,
which has nothing to do with the outcome of the game.Better was} (12. h4 Be7
13. h5 Be6 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gf1h3,Gd1c2,
Gc1e3] with better chanses for white.}) 12... Be7 13. O-O h6 $5 14. Rf2 Be6 15.
Bf1 g5 $6 (15... g6 $5 $132) 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. h4 $1 g4 $6 {Permitting white
to put the knight to g5 from where it will seriously disturb black.Black had
to take on h4,but even in this case white keeps better chanses.} (17... gxh4
18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Bh3 {[%csl Rf5]} O-O-O 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Ng5 $5 Qg8 22. Rxf5
Kb8 23. Kh2 $14) 18. Ng5 Bc8 (18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qd7 20. Nf4 $16) 19. Rh2 $16
{[%csl Rb6,Rc6,Rf5][%cal Gc1e3,Ge2g3,Gd1c2,Gf1g2,Ga1f1]} a5 20. Ng3 Ra6 21. Be3
Na4 22. Qc2 Rf8 23. Rf2 $1 {Black can't protect the pawn on f5 and white takes
it with decisive advantage.} Qd7 (23... Rh8 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 $18) 24. e6
{[%csl Rf5]} 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh2 Qe7 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Kh1 Nf8 14. f4 exf4
15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Raf1 Nd7 17. b3 Ne5 18. Nd1 a5 19. Ne3 a4 20. Nhg4 axb3 21.
axb3 Bxg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Rxg4 Ra1 24. Rgf4 Rea8 25. R4f3 Be5 26. Bf4 Rxf1+
27. Rxf1 Qf6 28. Kg1 Bd4+ 29. Be3 Qg5 30. Rf3 Ra2 31. Kf2 Bxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Qf6+
33. Kg3 Qg5+ 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {Shirov and I continue where
we left off from Leon. This manoeuvre is basically designed to keep the center
intact - White meets c5 with c3 and f6 with f4. It is something Shirov himself
has used on various occasions.} c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10.
h4 {10.b4 is also possible, but if you want to attack the black king, h4 and
Rh3 can't be wrong.} f6 11. Rh3 {Suddenly, Black has finished all the easy
developing moves. Bareev once came up with 11...a5 with the idea Qa7 and b5,
which seems very reasonable.} Na5 {I think this is a mistake since it takes
the pressure off d4 completely} 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nc4 14. Ng3 a5 ({Perhaps
Black should already consider...} 14... fxe5 15. fxe5 Ndxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 {
It may not be enough for a piece, but Black will have lots of play and
probably Shirov would have enjoyed this kind of position more!}) 15. Bd3 f5 ({
Now it's too late for...} 15... fxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Bxg5 (17... Kg8
18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Qg6 {There seems to be no defence against Nh5}) 18. hxg5+ Kg8
19. Qh5 $18) 16. Ng5 Rd8 (16... Bxg5 17. hxg5 Rd8 (17... Rf7 18. Rxh7 Kxh7 19.
Qh5+ Kg8 20. g6 $18) (17... g6 18. Nh5 $1 Rf7 19. Nf6+ $16) 18. Nh5 {/\ Nf6} (
18. Qh5 Nf8)) 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 $1 (18. hxg5 Nf8) 18... Rf8 (18... Nf8 19.
Nh5 Rd7 20. Nf6+ $18) 19. Nh5 Rf7 20. Rg3 g6 21. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 22. b5 $1 {
Now the bishop enters the game as well.} Qxb5 (22... Kh8 23. Ba3) (22... Nf8
23. Ba3 Bd7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. h5 $18) 23. Ba3 b6 24. Qh6 Bb7 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26.
Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qxf7 Rg8 {Of course Nf6 wins, but I saw something more elegant:}
28. Bf8 $1 {This victory clinched the tournament for me as it gave me a 2
point lead ahead of the last round.} (28. Bf8 Nxf8 29. Nf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 Nfd5 13. e4 Nb4 14. Be3 O-O
15. a3 Na6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qe8 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Re1 Bf6 20. Qxc4 b5 21.
Rxe8 bxc4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Bf1 Nc5 25. Bxc4 Na4 26. Ne4 Bxb2 27.
Rb1 Nc3 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Rb7 Rxa3 30. Rxf7 Kh7 31. Rc7 Bf6 32. Rxc6 g5 33. Kg2
Kg6 34. Bd5 Kf5 35. f3 Ke5 36. Be6 Rd3 37. Bc8 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 Kd4 39. Kg4 Rxh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Brave Khalifman choose second
time this risky line against Anand and second time gets good position!} 6. b4
cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 (11... Bd7
12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Be2 Nh4 17. O-O Ne7 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge7f5] 0-1 Sulskis,S-Ivanov,T/Pardubice op 1996 (45)}) 12. Nf3
Bd7 13. Rb1 ({For some reasons white almost stop to play in this position} 13.
Ng5 $5 {with big complications} Rf8 (13... Rxg5 $5) 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Nxf7 Rxf7
16. Qxf7 Be8 17. Qxe6+ Bd7 18. Qf6 Bf5 19. e6 d4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 c2+ 22.
Rb4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Qxb4+ 24. Ke2 Qc5 25. Qe5 Rd5 26. Qh8+ Kc7 27. Kf2 $16 {
1-0 Ernst,T-Djurhuus,R/Oslo open 1994 (38)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qd3 a6 $146 (14...
d4 15. g3 (15. Ng5 Rxg5 16. fxg5 Nxe5 17. Qxd4 Nf5 18. Qb4 Qd5 19. Qxc3+ Bc6
20. Bd2 Nd4 21. Rd1 Qe4+ 22. Kf2 Ng4+ 23. Kg1 Ne2+ {0-1 Luedigk,R-Meslem,L/cr
1989 (23)}) 15... Nf5 16. Bg2 a6 17. O-O Qc5 18. Ng5 Be8 19. Ne4 Qa7 20. a4 Ne3
21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Nd6+ Rxd6 23. exd6 {1-0 Nurkiewicz,M-Hindermann,F/Sas Van
Gent jr 1998 (23)}) (14... Nf5 15. Rg1 d4 16. g4 Nfe7 17. Rg3 Be8 18. h4 Nf5
19. Rg1 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Ne7 22. Bc4 Bc6 23. Rb3 Kb8 24. Qxc3 Qc7 25.
Be2 Nd5 26. Qc4 Qa5+ 27. Kf2 Ba4 28. Rb2 Rc8 29. Qd4 $16 {Anand,V-Khalifman,A/
Linares 2000/ 1-0 (42)}) 15. Ng5 $6 ({It is intreresting what Khalifman
prepared against natural} 15. Rb3 $5 {Maybe we'll find answer in the third
encounter between same players?}) 15... Rxg5 $1 {Typical, but strong sacrifice}
(15... Be8 16. h4 {[%cal Gh4h7]}) 16. fxg5 Nf5 17. Bf4 Qxa3 $36 {[%cal Gc6b4]
It looks for me, that Black got more than enough compensation for exchange,
white position is very dangerous, but Anand can lose game but never head.} 18.
Rb3 (18. g4 Nb4 $1 19. Qd1 (19. Rxb4 Qxb4 20. gxf5 Qxf4 21. Qxc3+ Bc6 $19)
19... Nd4 20. Bd3 Ba4 $17) 18... Qa4 (18... Qa1+ 19. Kf2 d4 20. h4 $1 {[%csl
Gh4]}) 19. g3 d4 20. Be2 Na5 21. Rb1 Bb5 22. Rxb5 $1 {Obligatory move, White
can't resist after} (22. Qd1 Ne3 $40) 22... axb5 23. O-O Nc4 24. g4 Ne7 25. Bg3
{[%csl Gh2]} Nb2 $2 (25... Nc6 $5 $36 26. Rxf7 $140 $2 N4xe5 $19) ({It will be
interesting to see how Anand will defend after} 25... Ne3 $5 26. Rc1 ({Lose} 
26. Rxf7 b4 $1 27. Rxe7 b3 $1 28. cxb3 Qc6 $19 {[%cal Rc3c1] and White can't
stop black pawn.}) 26... b4 $36) 26. Qh7 $1 (26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Bxb5 Nd5 {
[%csl Gb2,Rc2,Gc3,Gd4][%cal Gd5e3]}) 26... d3 27. cxd3 Nxd3 (27... Qd4+ 28. Kg2
(28. Bf2 Qxe5) 28... Nd5 $132) 28. Qxf7 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qd5+ 30. Bf3 Qd7 31. g6 $1
Nc6 $2 {White managed to improve position in last few moves, but he got
advantage just after text. Black should play} (31... c2 $5 32. Bh4 (32. g7 c1=Q
33. Rxc1+ Nxc1 34. Bh4 Ng8 35. Qf8 Re8 36. Qc5+ Kb8 37. Qxc1 Qxg7 38. Bf2 $44)
32... Re8 33. g7 Nxe5 $1 $13 {with very interesting position} (33... c1=Q 34.
Rxc1+ Nxc1 35. Bxe7 $18) (33... Ng8 34. Qxd7+ $1 Kxd7 35. Be2 $1 c1=Q 36. Rxc1
Nxc1 37. Bxb5+ $18)) 32. Be4 Nc5 (32... Ndxe5 33. Qf6 Qd6 (33... Nc4 34. Qxc3
$18) 34. g7 $18) 33. Bh4 $1 (33. Bg2 b4) 33... Nxe5 (33... Nxe4 34. Bxd8 Qxd8
35. g7 Ne7 36. Qxe7 Qxe7 37. g8=Q+ Kd7 38. Rf7 $18) 34. Qxd7+ (34. Bxd8 Nxf7
35. gxf7 Nxe4 36. f8=Q Qxd8 37. Qg7 c2 $13) 34... Rxd7 35. Bg3 Nxg6 (35... Nxe4
36. Rf8+ Kc7 37. Bxe5+ Kb6 38. Rc8 $18) (35... Nc6 36. Rf8+ Nd8 37. Bc2 b4 38.
Bh4 $18) 36. Bxg6 Rg7 ({Maybe after} 36... b4 $5 {Khalifman will organize more
serious resistance}) 37. Be8 Nd7 (37... Ne4 38. Bxb5 Nxg3+ 39. hxg3 Rxg4 40.
Kg2 $18) 38. Bxd7+ (38. Bd6 $5 Rxg4 39. Rf7 Nb8 (39... c2 40. Bxd7+ Kd8 41. Ba3
$18) 40. Bxb5) 38... Kxd7 39. Be5 Rxg4 40. Bxc3 $18 b4 41. Bf6 b3 42. Bb2 {
[%cal Gf1f3]} Re4 43. Rf3 Rb4 44. Re3 Rb5 45. Kg2 Kd6 46. h4 e5 47. h5 (47. h5
Ke6 48. h6 Kf7 49. Rh3 Kg8 50. h7+ Kh8 51. Rh5) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12. Bg5 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bf5 O-O
15. Rad1 Re8 16. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ra4 {
This is the current fashion. White sets up an x-ray attack on the Bg4, while
at the same time adding defence to the centre P:s.} Re8 (14... Nxe4 15. d5 $16)
15. Re1 (15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd5 $1 {Bologan,V} (16. Bh4 Rxe4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bd5
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rf4 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Qxc6 Rf8 $132 {1-0 Budylina,S-Matras,A/
Yerevan 1999/CBM 72 ext (67)}) 16... Ne7 (16... Bxf3 $5) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nc3
$14) 15... h6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15... Qd7 16. Bc2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nc3 Nxe5 $1
$132 {1-0 Bologan,V-Tkachiev,V/Enghien-les-Bains 1999/CBM 70/[Wedberg] (39)}) (
15... Ba5 $5 {Bologan,V} 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxe4 18. Be3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Re8
20. Ra6 $13) 16. Bc2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nc3 Rxe5 $2 {[%mdl 512] "Loading" the
position, but it´s not correct.} (18... Bxf3 $142 19. gxf3 Ng5 20. Be3 Ne6 $14)
19. Nxe4 $1 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. d5 $1 {[%cal Ya4g4] Activating Ra4 and
completely killing Black´s play.} Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qh4 23. Raxe4 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 f5
25. Rc4 $1 {Finessing the black Q.} Na5 26. Rf1 $18 Nxc4 27. Rxf2 Bxf2 28. Qe2
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 {Eigentlich gilt
dieser Zug als eher beschwerlich, aber Anand hat eine neue alte Idee
wiederentdeckt.} 7. e4 {Dass Bareev sofortiges 7.e4 (statt 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4)
spielt, zeigt den Respekt vor Anands neuer Idee.} (7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxc4 (8...
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 (10... e5 $2 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 $16) 11. Bc2 e5 12. Re1 $14 {ist die alte
Hauptvariante dieses Systems.}) 9. Bxc4 e5 {ist die Variante, die Anand
anwenden wollte, z.B.} 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qb3 $5 exd4 13. e5 Nxe5 14.
Ne4 $5 b5 $1 15. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxd6 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. Bd3 Re8 19. h3 Nd5
$17 {0-1 Lautier,J-Anand,V/Monaco 2000/CBM 75/[Lutz] (72)}) 7... dxe4 $1 {
Durch die weiße Zugfolge ist 7...dxc4 verhindert.} (7... dxc4 $6 8. Bxc4 e5 9.
dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxf7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. O-O $14
) 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 {Hier zeigt sich ein Nachteil von sofortigem 7.e4:
Jetzt kann Schwarz diesen Zug ohne Vorbereitung von ...h7-h6 spielen. Weiß
verbleibt dennoch mit einer leichten Initiative.} 10. O-O exd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12.
Rd1 (12. Bg5 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bf5 O-O 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Be3 {1/2-1/2
Akopian,V-Anand,V/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78 (16)}) 12... Be7 (12... Qxd4 13. Nxd4
Bc7 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Nc5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Bg5 O-O 19. Rc1 Bf5
20. Rd2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 Bagaturov,G-Anastasian,A/Protvino 1993/CBM
35 (21)}) (12... Bc7 {1-0 Milov,V-Godena,M/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78/[Lutz] 
(87)}) 13. Be3 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nf6 15. Bc2 O-O 16. h3 Re8 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5
$14 {Mit dem Läuferpaar kann Weiß risikolos auf Gewinn spielen, aber Anand
verteidigt sich zäh.} Bf8 19. Bc2 a6 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g4 g6 23.
Kg2 Ne8 24. f4 Be7 25. Kf3 Ng7 26. f5 Ne8 27. Re1 Rd7 28. Re2 (28. fxg6 $5 $14
{ist beachtenswert, um dem Lc2 etwas mehr Luft zu geben und so die Stärke des
Läuferpaares zu betonen.}) 28... g5 29. b3 f6 30. c5 a5 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Bxd2
Bxc5 33. Bxa5 Nd6 {Anand hat eine Defensivaufstellung gefunden: Der Springer
verteidigt die Felder c4 und e4, während der Läufer die Diagonale g1-a7
kontrolliert.} 34. a4 Bd4 35. Bc7 (35. b4 Bc3 $1) 35... Bc5 36. Ba5 Bd4 37. Be1
Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Kd3 Bg1 40. b4 h6 41. Bb3 Ba7 42. Be6 Bg1 43. h4 Ba7 44. h5
Bg1 45. Bc3 Bf2 46. Bb2 Bg1 47. Ba3 Bf2 48. Bc4 Be1 49. b5 cxb5 50. Bxb5 Bf2
51. Bb4 b6 52. Bc6 Bg1 53. Ke2 Bd4 54. Kd3 Bg1 55. Bd5 Bf2 56. Ke2 Bg1 57. Kd3
Bf2 58. Bf3 Bg1 59. Be2 Bf2 60. Ba3 Bg1 61. Bb4 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Michael and I were tied for the lead on +2 going into the 5th round. After
our game in Dos Hermanas, Elizbar and I found an improvement and this seemed
like a good time to try it.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 {OK, Marshall it is!} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5
Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17.
Re1 {All standard theory.} f5 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 {Thus far, our game in
Dos Hermanas. Now I tried our idea.} 20. Ne4 $1 {Normally speaking, this
usually results in a White loss and several diagrams in chess magazines, but
here the big difference is the open a-file. Black has to always watch out for
Ra6 .} fxe4 21. dxe4 Bg4 22. Qd4 Bf3 $1 (22... Rbe8 23. Ra6 $1) 23. exd5 c5 24.
Qh4 (24. Qd2 c4 25. Bd1 (25. Bc2 Qg4 26. Bd1 Bc5) 25... Bc5 {I didn't see what
to do here, and even the computer's sugggestion of b4 is not relly enough.} 26.
b4 cxb3 27. Bxb3 Bg4 28. Rf1 Bh3 29. d6+ Kh8 30. Qd5 Bb6) 24... Rbe8 25. Be3 (
25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Be3 (26. Bf4 c4 27. Bxd6 cxb3 {Black seems to have enough
compensation here thanks to the opposite colored bishops.}) 26... Qd3 $1 {
Simpler and now 27.Re1 loses to...} (26... Rxe3 27. fxe3 Qd3 28. Ra8+ Kf7 {
Here I saw the draw with 29.Qg5, but at home, Hiarcs pointed out 29.Rf8} 29.
Rf8+ $3 (29. Qg5 h6 30. Ra7+ Ke8 31. Ra8+ Kf7 $11) 29... Bxf8 30. Qf4+ Kg8 31.
Qxf3 c4 32. Bd1 Qd2 33. Be2 Qxb2 $44) 27. Re1 (27. Bf4 c4) 27... Rxe3 $1 28.
fxe3 Qd2 $19) 25... Qf5 $6 (25... Re5 $1 26. Qh3 (26. Rac1 $2 Rh5 27. Bc2 Qf7
$19) 26... c4 27. Ba2 (27. Bd1 Bxd5 {Probably White has to take the draw.} 28.
Ra6 Qe4 29. f3 Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Qxf3 31. Rxd6 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qf3+ $11) 27... Ra8 $1
{This move had me worried during the game.} 28. Qd7 Bf8 $44) 26. Rac1 $1 Be4 ({
Now White can meet...} 26... Re4 {with} 27. Bc2) 27. Bd1 Bxd5 $6 (27... Qxd5
28. Be2 {Black has a lot of play, but still I feel it is not sufficient for a
pawn.}) 28. Bc2 $1 Qf3 $4 {Michael simply blundered} ({However, even after} 
28... Be4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qg5 Qe6 31. Qh5 $1 {White keeps a healthy extra
pawn.} (31. Rcd1 $2 Re5 32. Qh4 $4 (32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Qg4 $15) 32... Be7 {
Traps the queen.})) 29. Qxh7+ Kf7 30. Qf5+ {He had simply missed this -
otherwise White has to take the draw with 30.Qg6+} Kg8 31. Qxf3 Bxf3 32. Bd3 c4
33. Bf1 {The rest is fairly easy.} Re5 34. Bg2 Bh5 35. Bd4 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Bf7
37. Ra1 b4 38. cxb4 {I didn't want to allow b3 and maybe some Ba3 tricks.} Bxb4
39. Ra8 Rxa8 40. Bxa8 g5 41. Kg2 Kh7 42. Be4+ Kh6 43. Be3 Kh5 44. h3 Be6 45.
g4+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. d4 axb4 13. axb4 Rfc8 14. Rxa8
Rxa8 15. d5 Nf8 16. Rd1 Bc8 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nb3 Bd7 19. f3 Qd8 20. Nd2 Ng6 21.
Bf1 h6 22. e4 Nh7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 f5 25. Ba3 Rc8 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Qb4 Qg5
28. Qxd6 Nf6 29. Bc5 Kh7 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Nc4 e4 32. Be3 Qh5 33. Qg3 exf3 34.
gxf3 Nh4 35. Nd2 Rc2 36. Be2 Nxd5 37. Bd4 Bg6 38. Qg4 Nf5 39. Qxh5 Bxh5 40. Bd3
Bg6 41. Bxc2 Nxd4 42. Bxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kf2 Ne6 44. Ne4 Nef4 45. Ra1 Nh5 46. Ra6+
Kf7 47. Nd6+ Ke7 48. Nf5+ Kf7 49. Ne3 Ndf4 50. Ng4 Nd5 51. Ne3 Ndf4 52. Nf5 Nd5
53. Ke1 Ndf6 54. Kd2 Nd5 55. Ra5 Ke6 56. Ne3 Ndf4 57. Rf5 Ke7 58. Ng4 Ke6 59.
Re5+ Kf7 60. Ke3 Kg6 61. Ke4 Nh3 62. Ra5 Ng5+ 63. Ke3 Ne6 64. Ne5+ Kf6 65. Nd3
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Comp Deep Junior"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. a3 Qc7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. O-O Rd8 10. Re1 a6 11. h3 b5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Nh5 14. Nb3 Ng3 15.
Qc2 dxe4 16. Nxc5 exd3 17. Nxd3 Nf5 18. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a3 (13. a4 $142)
13... Ne7 14. Ncb4 Be6 (14... Bb7) 15. Qd3 f5 $36 16. h4 Bh6 17. Rd1 fxe4 18.
Qxe4 a5 (18... Nxd5 $6 19. Nxd5 Bf5 20. Qe2) 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. f3
{Black has a very promising position, but is not easy to create dangerous
threats. White has good control over the central squares and in order to open
the central files Leko sacrifises a pawn.} (21. Qe2 Qc5 $17 22. b4 axb4 23.
axb4 Qa7 $19 {[%csl Rc3,Re1]}) 21... Bf4 (21... Bf5 22. Qe2 {brings nothing,
as White threatens g4-g5.}) 22. Bd3 (22. Nxf4 $6 Rxf4 23. Qc6 e4 $36) 22... Bf5
23. Qe2 e4 $5 (23... Bg3+ 24. Kd2 Be6 (24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qf2+ 26. Qe2) 25.
Qe4 g6 26. h5 $13) 24. Bxb5 $1 {A computer-like move. It's amazing that this
risky move is probably the best decision.} (24. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 25. Nxf4 (25. fxe4
Bg3+ $19) 25... Rxf4 26. fxe4 Re8 $19) (24. fxe4 Bxe4 $1 (24... Bg3+ 25. Kd2
Rae8 26. Rdf1 $16) 25. Nxf4 (25. Bxe4 Bg3+ 26. Kd2 Rf2 $19) 25... Bxd3 26. Rxd3
Rxf4 $36 {[%csl Re1]}) (24. Nxf4 $6 exd3 25. Qf2 Rae8+ 26. Kf1 Qf7 $17) 24...
exf3 (24... Bg3+ 25. Kd2 (25. Kf1 $2 Bg4 $19) 25... exf3 26. gxf3 $13 (26. Qxf3
Be5 $13)) (24... exf3 25. Qxf3 Be5 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. e4 dxc4 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. e5 Ng4 14. Qe4 h5 15.
h3 Nc5 16. Qxd4 Nh6 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. g4
hxg4 22. hxg4 Nh6 23. Nh2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bf3 Bb7 27. Kg2
Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Bg5 29. Kg3 Bd2 30. Qb2 g5 31. f3 Bf4+ 32. Kg2 Qc7 33. Nf1 Bxe5
34. Qe2 Bf4 35. Bb1 Kf8 36. Qb2 Ng8 37. Qh8 Be5 38. Qh5 Qd8 39. Bh7 Bf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gg5e3] V.Anand was the first
who began to play this rare move.} ({Mainlines in this variation are} 11. h4) (
11. Kb1) (11. Be3 {- maybe with various moves order}) 11... Rd7 {Preparing
d8-square for Q after virtual Be3} (11... a6 $4 12. Be3 $18) 12. Qe1 Qd8 $6 $16
(12... a6 $142 13. N5d4 {The idea of this move is to retain Bg5 to more active
position than e3-square.} ({In my opinion, it is not so easy for Black to
equalize also after} 13. Be3 $5 Qd8 14. N5d4 Nxd4 (14... Bf8 15. g4 e5 16. Nf5
d5 17. g5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Nxg7 Bxg7 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. fxe4 Nd4 22. Bc4
$16 {[%csl Rf7] Yemelin,Vasily-Sherbakov,Ruslan/RUS-ch51 St Petersburg (10) ;
CBM 67 1998/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qh4
g6 19. Bh3 Rd8 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nd4 Bd6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Iskusnyh,S/RUS-Team Smolensk RUS 2000 (28)}) 15... e5 16. Bc3
d5 17. Bxe5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 (18... Bxd7 19. fxe4 a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nc1 a3
22. b3 Ng4 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Bd4 $14 {0-1 Huebner,Robert-Piket,Jeroen/Lugano op 
(7) ;TD 1989 (40)}) 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bd6 (20... Bf6 21. Qe4 Be6 22. Bc4
Bxc4 23. Qxc4 $16 {1-0 Lau,Ralf-Fedorowicz,John P/Hoogovens-B Wijk aan Zee ;
CBM 12 1989 (51)}) 21. Qd4 Bf5 22. g3 Qc7 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Kb1 $14 {Huebner,
Robert-Reeh,Oliver/Bundesliga 8889 ;GER-chT 1989/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 13... Nd5 $5 (
13... Qc7 14. h4 Ne5 15. Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... gxf6 $6 18. f4
Ng6 19. f5 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Avrukh,B/Wydra mem rapidplay 2000 (31)}) 18. exd5
Rxd5 19. g5 Be7 20. f4 Bb7 21. fxe5 Rxe5 (21... Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxh1 23. Bxb5 Bd5
24. Bd3 $16) 22. Be2 Bxh1 23. Qxh1 Rd8 24. Bd3 $14) 14. h4 Ndb4 15. a3 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qg3 $14) ({White must be ready for:} 12... Nxe4 $6
13. Bxe7 (13. Be3 Nc5 $17) 13... Nf2 14. Bg5 $1 (14. Bxd6 Nxh1 15. Bc5 Qd8 16.
Bd3 b6 (16... Qg5+ 17. Be3 Qxg2 18. Qxh1 Qxh1 19. Rxh1 $16) 17. Be3 (17. Qe4
bxc5 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qh4+ Ke8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 $11) 17... Ba6 18.
Qxh1 Nb4 19. Nc3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nxd3+ 21. Kb1 Rc8 $14) 14... Nxd1 15. Qxd1 $16)
13. g4 (13. h4 $5 a5 14. a4 (14. g4 a4 15. Nd2 $14) 14... e5 15. g3 Ne8 16. Be3
d5 17. Bh3 d4 18. Bd2 $16 {Nunn,John DM-Pelletier,Yannick/Bundesliga 9900 (4) ;
EXT 2000 1999/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 13... b6 {Too slowly, but what has black to do?} (
13... a6 14. N5d4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 {and now badly} b5 {because of} 16. Nc6 $16)
14. h4 Bb7 15. N5d4 (15. Kb1 $5) 15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Kb1 a6 18. Bc1 $1
({Dubious is} 18. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 19. g5 Be5 $15) 18... Rdc7 19. g5 Nd7 20. Rh2 {
Whites activity on the kingside is dangerous. Black doesn't have any
counterplay on the queenside.} d5 21. e5 $1 Bc5 (21... Nc5 22. g6 fxg6 23. h5
$1 $40) 22. h5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf8 24. Bd3 {Domination of white all over.} Rd7
25. g6 (25. g6 h6 26. Rf4 (26. gxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. Rg2 Nd7 29. Qg6 Qg8
30. Qxe6 Re8 31. Qd6 Rxe5 32. Bxh6 Qf8 33. Qxf8+ Nxf8 34. Rdg4 $16) 26... fxg6
27. hxg6 Rdc7 28. Rfh4 Qe7 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Rxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Stohl} c5 {A surprise. However since the Najdorf was so topical in
Polanica Zdroj, it was to be expected that some players might want to join the
discussion.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 ({White often
plays} 6. f3 {Stohl now to prevent the Ng4 sortie, which is still doing quite
well. This allows other independent moves, such as} Qb6 $5 {or} (6... Nc6 {
Stohl} 7. Be3 d5 $5)) 6... e6 {This line is all the rage now. Loek as always
is leading the charge, but Gelfand has joined in.} (6... e5 {Stohl is the
full-blooded Najdorf.}) (6... Ng4 {Stohl has also been doing well lately.} 7.
Bg5 ({6.Be3 often serves only reconaissance purposes and White plays} 7. Bc1 {
Stohl} Nf6 8. f3) 7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. Nd5
$5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Bd4 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18.
O-O Rc8 $5 (18... Kd7 {Stohl} 19. Rb4 Ba7 20. Re1 Rhe8 21. Rxg4 Rac8 22. Rge4
Nc6 23. c3 f6 24. Re6 Ne5 25. Rb1 b5 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. h3 Bc5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29.
Rg6 $16 {Polgar,J-Leitao,R/Buenos Aires/2000/}) 19. Rfe1 Rxc2 20. Rxe7+ Kf8 21.
Re4 $13) 7. f3 {7.g4 was played a lot in Polanica Zdroj, but Black had no
problems theoretically speaking and Shirov's win over Van Wely was decided in
the middlegame.} (7. g4 $5 {Stohl} e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 $13 {
is another topical ultra-sharp line.}) 7... b5 8. g4 {Both of us are heading
straight for the main line. It is very difficult for either side to deviate,
so I guess both of us were already thinking about move 16. Stohl: 'The most
accurate move order.'} (8. Qd2 {Stohl} Nbd7 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 {allows} Nb6 $5
11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Rxc3 $1 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Ne2 Be7 16. g5 O-O
17. h4 Na4 18. Bc1 Ne5 19. h5 d5 20. Qh2 Bd6 21. Qh3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 b4 $1 $40 {
Movsesian,S-Kasparov,G/Sarajevo/2000/}) 8... h6 {Stohl: 'The most usual, but
also a very committal reaction. Although Black slows down the kingside
expansion, this >> weakening practically gurantees he won't be able to castle
>>.'} (8... Nfd7 {Stohl} 9. Qd2 Nb6 {is less flexible than the similar
manoeuvre above.} 10. a4 $5 (10. O-O-O {Stohl} Bb7 11. Bg5 $5 ({Another good
try is} 11. Nb3 $5 {Stohl} Nc6 12. Qf2 Nd7 13. Kb1 Nce5 14. g5 Rb8 15. h4 b4
16. Ne2 Be7 17. Rg1 Qc7 18. h5 g6 19. Ned4 gxh5 20. Qh4 Rc8 21. Qxh5 Ng6 22.
Bd3 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. f4 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. f5 $40 {Bologan,V-Akopian,V/
Stratton Mountain op/1999/}) 11... Qc8 12. Bd3 N8d7 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nce2 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Rhe1 Bc5 17. Bf5 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Be4 O-O 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxb4 Rb8 22. Qa3 $16 {Nedev,T-Psakhis,L/Pula zt/2000/}) 10... bxa4 11. Nxa4
Nxa4 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfa1 Nd7 16. Nb3 Rb8 17. Ba7 Rc8
18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bxa6 Ne5 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Kopavogur act/2000/} 20. Qe2 $5
$14) 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 ({The older continuation} 11. Bd3 {Stohl}
Ne5 12. Rhe1 {didn't bring Fedorov any success in Polanica:} Qa5 $5 (12... Rc8
{Stohl} 13. Kb1 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Nd5 Qc5 $1 18. b4
Qa7 19. h4 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf5 Qxe3 22. Nfxe3 g6 23. Kb2 Be7 24. Rh1 Nf6
25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Rd8 28. Bc2 Ke7 29. h5 Rd4 $132 {Fedorov,
A-Van Wely,L/Polanica Zdroj/2000/}) 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qf2 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Nd7 16.
Rd2 Be7 17. a3 Rc8 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 $2 (19. Bd4 $13 {Stohl}) 19... dxc5 20.
Red1 b4 21. Rd7 Qb8 22. axb4 cxb4 23. Qb6 Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 Bc6 $19 {Fedorov,
A-Gelfand,B/Polanica Zdroj/2000/}) 11... b4 12. Na4 {Stohl: 'The crtical
position, other N moves are inferior.'} (12. Nb1 $143 {Stohl} d5 13. Bh3 g5 $1
14. hxg5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qb6 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Bxh1 Rc8 19. Re1 Nc5
$5 (19... Qa5 {Stohl} 20. f4 Qxa2 21. f5 Nc5 22. fxe6 Bg7 23. exf7+ Kxf7 {
Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Linares/1999/} 24. Qf2+ Kg8 25. Qf5 $1 $11) 20. f4 Bg7 21.
Nf5 b3 $1 22. Bxd5 (22. Nxg7+ {Stohl} Kf8 23. Qd4 Nd3+ $1 24. Qxd3 Qf2 25.
Nxe6+ fxe6 (25... Kg8 $5 $17 {Stohl}) 26. Bh6+ Ke7 27. Qh7+ Kd6 28. Bf8+ Rxf8
29. Qe4 bxa2 30. Qxe6+ Kc7 31. Bxd5 Qxf4+ 32. Re3 Qf1+ 33. Re1 Qf4+ 34. Re3
Bxd5 35. Qe7+ Kb8 {0-1,Mastrovasilis,D-Lutz,C/Corfu/1999/}) 22... Bxd5 23. Qxd5
Bxb2+ $1 24. Kxb2 bxc2+ 25. Ka1 Qxb1+ 26. Rxb1 cxb1=Q+ 27. Kxb1 Rb8+ $1 28. Qb3
Nxb3 29. Nd6+ Kd7 $17) (12. Nce2 {Stohl} d5 13. Bh3 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 {
allows} exf3 {with tempo.}) 12... Qa5 (12... d5 {Stohl} 13. Bh3 $1 {Black's
main move in this line is} g5 $5 (13... Qa5 {Stohl} 14. b3 g5 15. hxg5 (15. Bf1
$5 {Stohl} dxe4 $6 (15... Rg8 {Stohl} 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Bxg5 $14)
16. hxg5 Nd5 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 18. fxe4 $16 {Zezulkin,Y-Stocek,J/Passau op/1999/
}) 15... hxg5 16. Bxg5 dxe4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g5 Nd5 (18... exf3 $142 $5 {Stohl
}) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. fxe4 Rd8 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Qe3 Rxh3 23. Qxh3 Qxg5+ 24. Kb1
Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qe5 26. Qh7 (26. Qd3 $142 $16 {Stohl}) 26... Bg7 27. Qg8+ Ke7
28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Rf1+ Kg6 30. Rg1+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ Kf8
34. Qd8+ Kf7 {1/2,Aarthie,R-Collins,S/BCF-ch Millfield/2000/}) 14. hxg5 (14.
Bg2 {Stohl} Rg8 $1 $13) 14... hxg5 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. Nb6 Rb8 (17...
Nc4 $2 {Stohl} 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxe6 Bh6 21. g5 fxe6 22. Qd7+
Kf8 23. gxh6 Bd5 24. Qd6+ Qe7 25. Qf4+ Qf7 26. Qe5 {1-0,Kasparov,G-Wojtkiewicz,
A/Kopavogur act/2000/}) 18. Rhe1 (18. Qf4 {Stohl} Ng6 $1 $13) 18... Bd6 $13 {/\
} 19. f4 $2 Rxg5 $1 20. fxg5 Ne4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Nxe6 Qxb6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24.
Rxd6 Ke7 $19) 13. b3 Nc5 ({An alternative is the more modest} 13... Be7 $5 {
Stohl} 14. Kb1 (14. Bh3 {Stohl allows the typical} g5 $1 $13) 14... Nc5 15.
Nxc5 dxc5 16. Ne2 Rd8 (16... c4 $5 {Stohl}) 17. Qc1 Nd7 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Be2
Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Qc7 21. Bf4 {Kasparov,G-Van Wely,L/Internet/2000/} g6 $1 $132)
14. a3 Rc8 {'!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'Gelfand's newer move is a reaction to
Grischuk's fantastic idea'} (14... Nxa4 {Stohl} 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5
Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 $1 {and now:} Nxa4 (19... Nc4 {Stohl} 20. Qe1 $142 $1 (
20. Bxc4 {Stohl} dxc4 (20... Qxc4 $132 {Stohl}) 21. fxe6 c3 $13) 20... Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 Bxb4 $6 (21... Bc8 $5 {Stohl} 22. b5 $36) 22. fxe6 O-O 23. g5 Bc3 24. Rd3
Rac8 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. gxh6 gxh6 {Hracek,Z-Stohl,I/SVK-chT/2000/}
28. Rg1+ $1 Kh8 29. Bd3 $16) 20. fxe6 Nc3 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Rdf1+
Kg8 24. Qf2 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. g5 $1 $146 (27. Qf5 {Stohl}
Bb4+ $1 (27... Qc4 {Stohl} 28. Ne6 Qd5+ 29. Bd4 Qd7 30. Ke3 $1 $16) 28. Kd1 Qc4
29. Ne6 Qd5+ 30. Ke2 (30. Bd4 $2 {Stohl} Qd7 $19) 30... Qc4+ 31. Kd1 Qd5+ 32.
Ke2 Qc4+ {1/2,Anand,V-Gelfand,B/FIDE WCup Shenyang/2000/}) 27... Bd5 28. gxh6
Bb2 29. Kd1 $1 (29. Rb1 $2 {Stohl} Bc3+ 30. Kc1 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 e3 {Shirov,
A-Anand,V/Sydney ol exh/2000/ (39)} 32. Qg1 $5 Bxh1 33. Qxh1 $44) 29... Qa5 30.
Qf4 $40 {/\} Bc4 31. hxg7 Qa1+ 32. Bc1 Bxc1 33. Qf8+ $1 $18) 15. Qxb4 (15. axb4
$143 {Stohl} Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 Qxa4 17. Kb2 d5 $5 18. Nc5 Qc6 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rb4,
Rc2] ׻,Kb2,/\} (18... Bxc5 {Stohl} 19. Bxc5 dxe4 20. b5 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd2d6] /
\Qd6}) 19. e5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 $2 Bxb4 $1 $19) 15... Qc7 {Stohl: '-><<,ףb4,Kc1'} (
15... Qxb4 {Stohl} 16. axb4 Nxa4 17. bxa4 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. b5 $16) 16. Kb1 $1
{16.Nxc5 has been tried a few times, but without too much success. We spent
some time looking for alternatives and pretty soon, 16.Kb1 appeared on the
board. 'N!?' Stohl.} (16. Nxc5 {Stohl} dxc5 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. Ne2 c4 $1 19. Bf4
(19. b4 {Stohl} Bc6 20. Qxa6 Ra8 21. Qxc4 Rxa3 22. Bf4 Qb7 $40 {Anand,
V-Gelfand,B/Monaco Amber rpd/2000/}) 19... Qc6 20. Qxc6 Bxa3+ 21. Kb1 {Safer is
} Bxc6 $5 (21... Rxc6 {Stohl} 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Bxc4 $1 e5 24. Nf5 Rxc4 25. Nxg7+
Kd8 (25... Ke7 {Stohl} 26. Nf5+ Ke6 $2 27. Bc1 $1 $18) 26. Bxe5 Rc6 27. Ne6+
Rxe6 28. Bxh8 Ke7 29. g5 h5 30. Rd3 $16 {Ernst,T-Agrest,E/SWE-ch Orebro/2000/})
22. Nd4 (22. bxc4 {Stohl} Bc5 $44) 22... e5 $5 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 (23... exf4 $5 {
Stohl} 24. Nd4 Ne5 $132) 24. Bg3 cxb3 25. cxb3 Ke7 $11) 16... Ncd7 {Khalifman
played this after a long think. Stohl: 'The alternatives are probably stronger:
'} (16... d5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qa4+ Ke7 (18... Nd7 {Stohl} 19. b4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4
O-O (20... e5 {Stohl} 21. Bb2 dxe4 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 exf3 24. Qd3 $36) 21.
g5 $14) 19. b4 Bd6 (19... Bb6 {Stohl} 20. e5 $1 Qxe5 21. Nf5+ exf5 22. Bxb6 $16
)) (16... Nfd7 {I later found this suggestion of Van Wely in NIC, but without
any analysis.} 17. Nb2 d5 18. Qd2 (18. Qe1 {Stohl} dxe4 19. Bc4 (19. b4 $2 {
Stohl} exf3 20. bxc5 f2 $17) 19... e5 20. Nf5 g6 21. Ng3 exf3 22. h5 g5 23. Rf1
Bg7 24. Bd5 {De la Riva Aguado,O-Van Wely,L/Mondariz zt/2000/} (24. Nf5 $5 {
Stohl}) 24... O-O $17) 18... dxe4 19. f4 (19. b4 {Stohl} exf3 20. bxc5 Bxc5 $44
) 19... Nf6 20. Bc4 Nxg4 21. f5 e5 22. Ne2 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nd7 24. b4 Nf6 25. Qb3
h5 26. Rh3 Bd6 27. Rc3 Qd7 28. Na4 Qe7 29. Nb6 Rc6 30. Bxf7+ Qxf7 31. Qxf7+
Kxf7 32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxd6) 17. Qd2 (17. Qc4 d5 {'!' Stohl.} 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19.
exd5 Nxd5 {Black regains his pawn, since...} 20. Bc1 {is met by} (20. Bd2 Bxa3
$11) 20... N7b6 $1) 17... d5 18. Bh3 {White usually has to meet the d5 break
with Bh3. The fact that the queenside looks different doesn't change that! '!'
Stohl. Stohl: '><e6'} (18. exd5 {Stohl} Nxd5 19. c4 (19. Kb2 {Stohl} Be7 $5 $44
{[%cal Ye7f6] /\Bf6}) 19... Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxa3 {cierneho moze realne ohrozit
iba okamzita obet na e6, ale hoci po} 21. Nxe6 (21. g5 {Stohl} Qe5 $5 $15)
21... fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Be7 23. Bd3 Qc6 $5 $15 {there is nothing decisive in
sight:} 24. Bg6+ Kd8 25. Bf5 Qxe6 26. Bxe6 Rc7 27. Nb6 Bc6 {/\} 28. Rxd7+ $2
Bxd7 29. Rd1 Rc6 $1 30. Rxd7+ Ke8 $19) 18... dxe4 19. g5 hxg5 {'[]' Stohl.} (
19... Nd5 $2 {Stohl} 20. g6 $18) 20. hxg5 Nd5 21. fxe4 $6 {Stohl: 'Logical,
but not the best.'} (21. Bxe6 $1 Rxh1 (21... fxe6 {Stohl} 22. Rxh8 Nxe3 23.
Qxe3 e5 24. fxe4 exd4 25. Qf2 $40 {is much more dangerous than the similar
line above.}) 22. Bxd7+ Qxd7 23. Rxh1 exf3 24. Bf2 $16 {Ubilava, Mikhalchisin})
(21. g6 $2 {This is refuted quite simply.} Rxh3 $1 {After my game with Ljubo
in Buenos Aires 1994, I won't forget this resource!} 22. Rxh3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 e5
$17 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 $15) 21... Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Ne5 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Parries
Be6 and plays for dark-square compensation. White's Bh3 is so passive Anand
will have to sacrifice it anyway.'} (22... Rxh3 $2 {Stohl} 23. Qxh3 e5 24. Ne6
$1 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 $18) 23. Rhf1 {I was already having second thoughts about
this position. What if Black doesn't allow the sacrifice?} ({The Pa3 is not
important anymore.} 23. Kb2 $2 {Stohl} Rh4 $36 {/\} 24. Bg2 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Qd6
26. Ra1 $2 Rc4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4a4] /\Ra4}) 23... Bxa3 {Doesn't lose, but
Black should have considered g6 if only because his position is easier to play
than White's. Stohl: 'Objectively a good move, but maybe more practical in the
approaching time-trouble was'} (23... g6 $1 {And now} 24. Rf6 {is met by} (24.
Rd2 $132 {[%csl Rf6] Stohl ><f6}) (24. Bxe6 $2 {Stohl} fxe6 25. Nxe6 Qxc2+ 26.
Ka1 Rh2 $1 27. Rxf8+ Ke7 $19) 24... Be7 $1) (23... Rh4 $2 {Stohl} 24. Bxe6 $1
Rxe4 25. Qf2 $16) 24. g6 $8 {No exclams or question marks. Otherwise White is
lost. '!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'Frees g5 for the Q and misplaces Black's N.'} (24.
Bxe6 {Stohl} fxe6 25. Nxe6 Qe7 $5 ({If Black is afraid, he can force a draw
with} 25... Qxc2+ {Stohl} 26. Ka1 Rh2 27. Nxg7+ Ke7 28. Nf5+ $11) 26. Qb6 Bc6
$17 {and White's compensation is speculative.}) 24... Nxg6 {'[]' Stohl.} 25.
Bxe6 {I had seen that White has a dangerous attack, but hadn't realized how
strong it was. '!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Consistent, although it leads to great
tactical complications. White needs a N on e6.'} (25. Rxf7 $2 {Stohl} Qxf7 26.
Bxe6 Qc7 27. Qg5 Ne5 28. Bxc8 Bxc8 $17) (25. Nxe6 {Stohl} fxe6 26. Bxe6 Ne5 $15
(26... Qxc2+ $5 {Stohl} 27. Ka1 Ne5)) 25... fxe6 26. Nxe6 (26. Qg5 {Anand} Rh6
27. Nxe6 Qe7) 26... Qe7 $2 {'(+)?' Stohl.} (26... Qxc2+ $2 27. Ka1 $18 Rg8 28.
Qg5 Ne7 29. Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 30. Nxg7+ Kf7 31. Rf1+ $18) (26... Qe5 $8 {I saw 27.
Qb6 Be4 28.Rd8 Ke7 29.Qa7 Rc7 30.Nc7 Kd8 and decided that Black wouldn't be
able to survive that.} 27. Qb6 (27. Qa7 Qxe6 28. Qxb7 Ne7 29. Nb6 Qc6) 27...
Bxe4 $1 {Back in the hotel, our German friend showed us that the position is a
draw! '>=!' Stohl. Stohl: 'and here White must be very resourceful:'} (27...
Bc6 {Stohl} 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Qa7+ (29. Rxc8 {Stohl} Rxc8 30. Qa7+ Bd7 $17) (29.
Nf8 {Stohl} Rxf8 30. Rfxf8 Nxf8 31. Rxc8 Bxa4 32. bxa4 Qxe4 $17) 29... Rc7 $1 (
29... Kxe6 $2 {Stohl} 30. Qf7#) 30. Nxc7 (30. Re8+ {Stohl} Kxe8 31. Nxc7+ Kd8 {
-30.Nc7}) 30... Kxd8 31. Rd1+ Bd6 (31... Bd7 $2 {Stohl} 32. Nxa6 Nf8 33. N6c5
$40) 32. Nc5 $5 (32. Nb6 {Stohl} Bxe4 33. Nc4 Bxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Rh2+ 35. Kb1 Qf5+
$11) (32. Qb6 {Stohl} Kd7 33. Nc5+ Ke7 34. Qxc6 Qxc5 35. Nd5+ Ke6 36. Nc7+ $11)
32... Ne7 (32... Kc8 {Stohl} 33. N7e6 {can lead to the same position.}) 33. Qb6
Kc8 34. N7e6 Bxc5 35. Nxc5 Qc7 36. Qxa6+ Kb8 37. Rd4 Qa7 38. Nd7+ $1 Ka8 $1 39.
Nb6+ $8 $11) 28. Rd8+ {'>=' Stohl.} (28. Nxg7+ Ke7 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. Rde1 Be4
31. Rxe4 (31. Qxg6 Bxg6 32. Rxe5+ Kd8 $17) 31... Qxe4 32. Qf6+ Kd7 33. Rd1+ Ke8
) (28. Rde1 {Stohl is too sophisticated, e.g.} Rh4 $5 29. Rf5 $5 Bxf5 30. Rxe5
Nxe5 31. Nxg7+ Kf7 32. Qb7+ (32. Nxf5 $2 {Stohl} Rh1+ 33. Ka2 Rxc2+ 34. Kxa3
Ra1+ 35. Kb4 Nc6+ $19) 32... Bd7 33. Qd5+ Kxg7 34. Qxe5+ $17) 28... Ke7 29.
Qa7+ (29. Nf8 $3 {Yes, this seems to be a draw, but who would find such moves
at the board?} Bxc2+ (29... Rxd8 30. Qa7+ Kd6 31. Rd1+ $18) (29... Nxf8 $1 {
Stohl} 30. Rxc8 Nd7 31. Qxa6 Rxc8 32. Qxc8 Qb5 33. Qc4 $8 Qxc4 34. bxc4 $17)
30. Ka2 Nxf8 (30... Rxf8 31. Rfxf8 $16) (30... Rxd8 31. Qb7+ Kd6 32. Qxa6+ $11)
31. Rxc8 Nd7 32. Qxa6 Rxc8 33. Qxc8 Bxb3+ 34. Kxb3 Qb5+ 35. Kxa3 Qxf1 36. Nc3
$11) (29. Rxc8 {Stohl} Rxc8 30. Qa7+ Kxe6 31. Qf7+ Kd6 32. Rd1+ Bd5 $17) 29...
Rc7 30. Nxc7 Kxd8 (30... Rxd8 31. Nd5+ Ke6 32. Qf7+ Kd6 33. Qc7+ Kxd5 (33...
Ke6 34. Qc6+ Qd6 35. Nc7+ Ke7 36. Qxe4+ Ne5 37. Rf5 $18) 34. Nb6+ Kd4 35. Qxd8+
$18) (30... Bxc2+ {Stohl} 31. Kxc2 (31. Ka2 $2 {Stohl} Kxd8 $19 {and d1 is
protected.}) 31... Rh2+ 32. Kb1 (32. Rd2 $2 {Stohl} Qe4+ $1 33. Kc3 Rh3+ $19)
32... Rb2+ (32... Kxd8 {Stohl} 33. Rd1+ $40 {is dangerous for Black, therefore
he first occupied the d-file.}) 33. Ka1 (33. Kc1 $2 {Stohl} Ra2+ $19) 33...
Rd2+ $1 34. Rd4 $1 {[]} (34. Kb1 $2 {Stohl} Kxd8 35. Qb8+ Kd7 36. Rf7+ Ne7 37.
Nb6+ Kc6 $19 {->}) 34... Qxd4+ (34... Rxd4 $2 {Stohl} 35. Nd5+ Kd6 36. Qxa6+
Kxd5 37. Nc3+ Kc5 38. Rf5 $1 $16) 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Nxa6 $15 {/=}) 31. Rd1+ Bd6
32. Nc5 $1 (32. Ne6+ Qxe6 33. Nc5 Bxc2+ 34. Kxc2) (32. Nxa6 Rh2 (32... Bxc2+
33. Kxc2 Rh2+ 34. Kb1 Qe4+ 35. Ka1 Rd2 36. Qb6+ Ke7 37. Rxd2 Qe1+ 38. Ka2 Qxd2+
39. Nb2 $11) (32... Rh1 $1) (32... Rh1 $1) (32... Rh1 $1)) (32. Nb6 $2 {Stohl}
Bxc2+ $1 33. Ka2 Bxb3+ $19) (32. Qb6 {Stohl} Ke7 $17) 32... Bxc2+ (32... Bf5
33. N7e6+ Bxe6 34. Rxd6+ Qxd6 35. Nb7+) 33. Ka2 {'!' Stohl.} Bf5 {'!?' Stohl.}
(33... Bxb3+ 34. Kxb3 (34. Ka3 Bxd1 $1 $19) 34... Rh3+ 35. Ka4 Rh4+ (35... Qe4+
{Stohl} 36. Ka5 $1 Ra3+ 37. Kb6 Rb3+ 38. Nxb3 Qb4+ 39. Kxa6 Qa4+ 40. Na5 (40.
Kb6 $2 {Stohl} Qxb3+ 41. Kc6 Ne7+ $19) 40... Qxd1 41. Nb5 $5 $36) 36. Kb3 $1
$11 {With perpetual} (36. Ka5 Qc3+ $19)) (33... Bxd1 34. N7e6+ Qxe6 35. Nxe6+
Kc8 36. Nd4 $11 (36. Nc5 $11 {Stohl})) 34. Rxd6+ (34. Nb7+ $2 {Stohl} Ke7 35.
Nxd6 Rh2+ $19) (34. N7e6+ {Stohl} Bxe6 35. Rxd6+ {is similar to the main line.}
) 34... Qxd6 35. Nb7+ Kxc7 36. Nxd6+ Kxd6 37. Qxg7 $11 (37. Qxa6+ $143 {Stohl}
Ke7 $15) 37... Ke6 38. Qd4 $1 {and as Black can't save his Pa6, White should
draw the unusual _|_.}) 27. Qb6 $1 {Now White breaks through. Stohl: '/\Ng7!'}
Nf8 {'[]' Stohl.} (27... Rh6 {Anand} 28. Rd8+ {'!' Stohl.} Rxd8 29. Nc7+ Qxc7 (
29... Kd7 {Stohl} 30. Qxb7 Kd6 31. Qb6+ Kd7 32. Rd1+ Kc8 33. Qxa6+ Kxc7 34.
Qa7+ Kc8 35. Nb6#) 30. Qxc7 Rd7 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Qg8 $18) (27... Ne5 28. Rd8+ {
'!' Stohl.} Rxd8 29. Nc7+ Kd7 30. Qxb7 Qg5 31. Nxa6+ Ke8 32. Nc7+ Kd7 33. Nb6+
Kd6 34. Nbd5 $18) (27... Bc6 {Stohl} 28. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 29. Qxc6+ Rd7 30. Nb6 $1
Bd6 31. Nd5 $1 Ne5 (31... Qxe6 {Stohl} 32. Qc8+ $18) 32. Qc8+ Rd8 33. Ndc7+ $18
) (27... Bxe4 $2 {Stohl} 28. Nxg7+ $1 Qxg7 29. Qe6+ $18) 28. Rd8+ {'!' Stohl.}
Rxd8 29. Nc7+ Qxc7 {'[]' Stohl.} (29... Kd7 30. Qxb7 $18 Kd6 31. Rf5 $18 (31.
Nb6 $5 {Stohl} Qxc7 32. e5+ $18)) 30. Qxc7 {'+/-' Stohl.} Rd7 31. Qb8+ {
The queen is much too powerful in this position and Black also to contend with
Nb6} (31. Qe5+ $5 {Stohl} Kd8 (31... Be7 $143 {Stohl} 32. Nc5 $18) 32. Nb6 $142
$1 (32. Qa5+ {Stohl} Rc7 33. Rd1+ Nd7 34. Nb6 Bxe4 35. Ka2 $5 (35. Rxd7+ {Stohl
} Rxd7 36. Nxd7+ Kxd7 37. Qxa3 Bb7 $16 {/+/=}) 35... Rh1 $1 (35... Bxc2 $2 {
Stohl} 36. Kxa3 Bxd1 37. Nd5 $18) 36. Rxd7+ Rxd7 37. Nxd7+ Kxd7 38. Qxa3 Bb7
$16 {/+/=}) 32... Bd6 $8 33. Qg5+ $16 {/+-} Re7 $2 34. Rd1 Kc7 35. Nc4 $18)
31... Ke7 32. Qe5+ Ne6 (32... Kd8 {Stohl} 33. Nb6 {see above.}) 33. Rg1 $18 {
'!' Stohl.} (33. Nb6 $143 $2 {Stohl} Bd6 $1 {chases White's Q away from the [+]
.}) 33... Kf7 {'?!' Stohl.} (33... Rh6 {Stohl} 34. Rxg7+ (34. Nb6 $143 {Stohl}
Bd6 35. Qb2 Rc7 36. Nd5+ Kf7 $14 {/~~}) 34... Ke8 35. Qb8+ Nd8 36. Rg8+ Bf8 37.
Nc5 $40 {and the concentrated assault of White's pieces is too strong.}) (33...
Rg8 $142 {Stohl} 34. Rg6 (34. Nb6 {Stohl} Bd6 35. Qf5 g6 $1 $132) 34... Rd6 35.
Ka2 Bc1 36. Rxe6+ Rxe6 37. Qc7+ Kf6 38. Qxb7 $16 {/+-}) 34. Nb6 Rhd8 (34...
Rdd8 {Stohl} 35. Rf1+ Ke7 36. Nd5+ $18) (34... Re7 {Stohl} 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36.
Qb8+ Nd8 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. Qf4+ $1 Ke8 39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 40. Qb8+ Bc8 41. Qxc8#) (
34... Bc6 {Stohl} 35. Qf5+ Ke7 36. Rg6 Rd6 37. e5 $18) 35. Ka2 {I didn't want
to allow Rd1+ Stohl: 'More ambitious than'} (35. Qf5+ Ke7 36. Rg6 Rd1+ 37. Ka2
R8d6) (35. Nxd7 {Stohl} Rxd7 36. Rg6 $1 Rd6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Qf4+ $18 {
and Black loses his Bb7.}) 35... Bf8 (35... Rd6 {Stohl} 36. Nc4 Bc5 37. Qf5+
Ke7 (37... Kg8 {Stohl} 38. Nxd6 Rxd6 39. Rf1 $18) (37... Ke8 {Stohl} 38. Rf1 $1
$18) 38. Ne5 Rb8 (38... R8d7 {Stohl} 39. Rh1 $1 Kd8 40. Rh8+ Kc7 41. Nxd7 Kxd7
42. e5 $18 {/\Qf7}) 39. Qf7+ Kd8 40. Rh1 Kc8 41. Rh8+ Nd8 42. Qc4 $18) 36. Nxd7
({More precise would have been} 36. Qf5+ Ke7 37. Rf1 $18) 36... Rxd7 37. Qf5+ (
37. Rf1+ Ke7 38. Rxf8 Kxf8 39. Qxe6 $18) 37... Ke7 38. Rf1 Bc8 (38... Bc6 {
Stohl} 39. Qf7+ Kd6 40. e5+ $18) 39. Qf7+ Kd6 40. e5+ {White wins a piece, so
Black resigned.} (40. Rd1+ Kc7 41. Qxe6 Rxd1 42. Qf7+ $18) (40. e5+ Kd5 41.
Rd1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nb3 Nd3 20. Re2 Bb4 21.
Bd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 f5 8. Ba3
Nf6 9. N1c3 Qa5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8 13. Nxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. b4 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. a4 Nd7 13. a5 b5 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 a6 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Bc2 Qd6 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Rab1 Rfe8 20. Bh6 Re7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Ne5 Bc8 25. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Anand/Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {Vassily had beaten my Caro-Kann in Monaco, so I felt like trying
something else. Besides, this game was played after a rest day, so I had time
to brush up my Sicilian.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 {Vassily is ready to repeat his game against Van
Wely.} Qc7 {I preferred to go for the main line.} (9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg5 {Ivanchuk-Van Wely/ Polanica Zdroj 2000}) 10.
a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rae1 {A good idea.
White tries to break through with e5. I tried something similar against
Topalov (Linares 2000) , but only after Bf2 and Bg3.} (15. g4 {Ftacnik}) 15...
Bc8 {Black needs Nd7 on his next move.} 16. e5 $5 {Ftacnik: Ivanchuk decides
to open the files for his well prepared pieces, but the pawn on e5 will need
lots of support.} dxe5 (16... Nd7 {Doesn't look very attractive} 17. exd6 {
Ftacnik} Bxd6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd4 Qb7 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Qxd6 Nf6) 17. Bxc6 (
17. fxe5 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 18. Bf4 Nxf3 $5 (18... Nfd7 19. Qe2 $36) 19. Rxf3 Qa7
20. Bxb8 Qxb8 $44) 17... Qxc6 18. fxe5 Nd5 $1 (18... Nd7 {We both thought that
White would get a big initiative here.} 19. Qf2 (19. Bg5 Bb7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21.
Re2 $11) 19... Rf8 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Nd4 (21. Bg5) 21... Qc7 22. Ne4 $1 (22. Bg5
{Ftacnik} Bb4 $13) 22... Nc5 (22... Nxe5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Rxe5
Qc4 26. Rd1 $14) (22... Bb7 23. Nd6 $36) 23. Nd6 $36) (18... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 19.
Bg5 Bb7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nd4 Qc7 22. Qf4 Nh6 23. Rd1 $13) 19. Qf2 Rf8 (19...
Nxe3 $2 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Rxe3 Bb7 22. Rg3 $18) (19... f5 {Ftacnik}
20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxb6 Bb7 $13) 20. Nxd5 (20. Nd4 $5 {Ftacnik} Qc7 (20... Qc4
21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. b3 Bb7 23. Nf3 b5 $13) 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qg3 Kh8 $13) 20...
Qxd5 {I thought that 20...Qxd5 gave me excellent compensation.} (20... exd5 {
During the game, neither of us took this very seriously.} 21. Nd4 Qxa4 (21...
Qg6 {This gives White a pleasant edge at no cost.}) 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Rxf7 $1 (
23. b3 Qe8 24. e6 Bxe6) 23... Rxf7 24. e6 Rf8 25. Qxb8 {The pawn on e6 is a
thorn in Black's side.} Qb4 $15) 21. Bxb6 (21. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qc6 22. Rd4 Bb7
23. Rf4 f5 $15) 21... Bb7 22. Bc5 (22. Rg1 $5 {This move escaped our attention
and now Black must look for ~/=. 22...f6 looks like a good place to start.} f6
23. Qg3 Rbc8 {Probably Black is active enough here}) (22. Bc7 {Ftacnik} Rbc8
23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Qxd6 $15) 22... Bh4 $1 23. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 64] Ftacnik:
Serious step in the wrong direction, white missed the importance of the
defense both of g2 and c5 square.} (23. Qg1 $1 {Vassily found this move on the
bus back to the hotel.} Bxe1 (23... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 24. Bf2 Be7 25. Bg3 $16) 24.
Bxf8 Rc8 $1 25. Bc5 Bh4 $1 {Now that White can't place his bishop on d6, Black
has enough compensation.} 26. Rf4 $14) 23... Rfc8 $1 {This move he did not see
and now White must defend a worse ending. He had used quite a lot of time to
get here and now was in time-pressure.} (23... Bxe1 {Ftacnik} 24. Bxf8 Bh4 25.
Ba3 $14) 24. Rd1 (24. Bd6 Qxg2+ $1 {The point.} 25. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxc2+
27. Kh3 Rxb3+ 28. Kxh4 Rc4+ {And mate follows.} 29. Kg5 h6+ 30. Kh5 Rh3#) 24...
Qe4 25. Qxe4 (25. Rd2 {Ftacnik} Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Bd5 27. Bd6 Bc4 $1 28. Re4 (28.
Bxb8 Bxe2 29. Rf4 Rxc2 30. Rxh4 Rxb2 31. Nc1 Rb1 $17) 28... Bxf1 29. Bxb8 Bf2
30. Nd2 Bd3 31. Rf4 Be3 32. Rf3 Rxc2 $17) 25... Bxe4 26. Bd6 Bxc2 (26... Rxc2 {
Unfortunately, the fancy stuff doesn't work.} 27. Bxb8 (27. Nd2 $5 {I wasn't
sure about this either.} Rbxb2 (27... Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rbxb2 29. Kh3) 28. Nxe4
Rxg2 29. Rf3 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Rbg2+ 31. Kf1 Ra2 32. Bc5 $1 Rxa4 $15) 27... Rxg2
28. Nc5 Ba8 29. Rd7 $1 $11) 27. Bxb8 (27. Rd4 {Ftacnik} Rxb3 28. Rxh4 Rxb2 $17)
27... Bxd1 28. Rxd1 (28. Nd4 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxa4 $19) 28... Rxb8 {An unpleasant
ending, but far from lost. However, Vassily didn't have much time left.} 29.
Na5 $2 {Ftacnik: Tarrasch was always warning before the knight moves to the
edge of the board, but here the flaw of this jump lays mainly in the fact,
that black will be able to save the a pawn or get decisive advantage.} (29. Nc5
$1 $15 Rxb2 30. Nxa6 Kf8 (30... Ra2 {Ftacnik} 31. g3 Be7 32. Rd7 Bf8 33. Rd4
Re2 34. Rd8 $11) 31. g3 Be7 32. Rd4 h6) 29... Rxb2 30. g3 Be7 31. Nc6 (31. Rd7
{Ftacnik} Bf8 32. Nc6 Rb6 33. Nd8 Rb4 $17) 31... Bf8 $17 32. Rd8 g5 {After g4,
White has to worry about mate!} 33. h4 (33. Ra8 $1 g4 (33... Rb6 34. Nb8) 34.
Rxa6 Bc5 35. h4 gxh3 36. a5 $17 {<=>}) (33. Nb8 {Ftacnik} Kg7 34. Nxa6 Re2 35.
Nc7 Rxe5 $17) 33... gxh4 34. gxh4 Rc2 $1 35. Nb8 Kg7 36. Rd4 (36. Nxa6 Rc4 $19
37. a5 Rxh4+ 38. Kg2 Ra4 $19) 36... a5 37. Nd7 (37. Rg4+ Kh6 38. Nd7 (38. Rf4 {
Ftacnik} Bg7 39. Nd7 Re2 40. Rxf7 Bxe5 41. Nxe5 Rxe5 $17) 38... Be7 39. Rf4 Rc7
) 37... h5 $1 (37... Be7 38. Rg4+ Kh6 39. Rf4 Rc7 {also wins.}) 38. Nxf8 {
This loses another pawn, but it's a matter of time anyway.} Kxf8 39. Rd8+ Kg7 (
39... Kg7 40. Ra8 Rc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Qd8 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Be3
Kf8 15. Rfd1 Rdc8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Kf1 a6 18. a3 a5 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Nd4 Be8 22. Bf3 b6 23. Nc2 Nd7 24. b4 Rc8 25. Be2 Ra8 26. Bf3 Rc8 27. Be2
axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 29. Bd4 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Ra1 Rxa1+ 32. Nxa1 Ba4 33. f3
Ke7 34. Kf2 Nd7 35. Ke3 Ne5 36. Kd4 Nc6+ 37. Kc3 e5 38. Bd3 Nd4 39. Nc2 Bxc2
40. Bxc2 Kd6 41. Bd3 g5 42. Be4 f5 43. Bd3 h5 44. h3 h4 45. Kd2 Ke6 46. Kc3 Kd6
47. Kd2 Nb3+ 48. Kc3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. a5 Rc8 13. Rfc1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qb4 Rc7 18. c4 Qe5 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Re1 Qd6 21.
Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 g6
15. Rac1 $1 {N} (15. Qe2) (15. h4 Rc8 16. Rd2 Bg7 17. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Lputian,
S-Polgar,J/Wijk aan Zee 2000}) 15... Re8 (15... Rc8 16. Ne1 Bg7 17. Nc2 Nxc2
18. Rxc2 Qe7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rcd2 Be8 $14) 16. d5 (16. Ne1 $5 $14) 16... exd5
17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nd4 Rc8 $2 (18... Be5 $1 19. Ncb5 Rc8 20. Nc6 bxc6 21. dxc6
Be6 $5 (21... Re7 $5) 22. Rxd8 Rcxd8 23. Qe2 Bb3 $44) (18... Qb8 {Shipov,S} 19.
Nb3 $1 (19. Ndb5 Bxb5 (19... c6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd6 Re7 (21... Re6 22. Nce4
Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bg7 25. Rd7 $40)) 20. Qxb5 Re7 $11) (19. Ne4 Bg7 $5
(19... Be5 20. Nc5 Bg4 21. Re1 Qc8 22. Nxb7 $1) 20. Qxc7 (20. Nc5 Bg4 21. Rd2)
20... Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Bg4 22. Rd2 Rad8 $44 {Shipov,S}) 19... Bg5 (19... Bxa4 20.
Nxa4 b5 21. Qxc7 bxa4 22. Nd4 $14) 20. Ra1 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bg4 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23.
Bxf3 $14) 19. Ne4 $1 Be5 (19... Bxa4 20. b3 (20. Ne6 Qe7 (20... fxe6 21. dxe6
Qe7 22. Rd7 Bxd7 23. exd7+ Kh8 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Qe2 $1 Qd8 26. Qb5 c6 27.
dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 28. Qxa5 $16 {Shipov,S}) 21. b3 fxe6 (21... Bb2 22. Nxc7 Bxc1 23.
d6 $1 {Shipov,S}) 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. bxa4 exd5 24. Bxd5+ Nxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26.
Qxb7 Rf8 $11) 20... Bxd4 (20... Bd7 21. Ne6 (21. Nc6 bxc6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23.
Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Rd1 $16) 21... fxe6 (21... Qe7 22. Nxc7) 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxd8
Bxd8 24. Qd4 $16) 21. Qxd4 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxb3 23. Rd2 Qd6 24. Qa7 $1 b6 (24...
c5 25. Qxb7 Re8 26. Re2 $1 (26. Bf3 c4 27. Qb5 Ra8) 26... Kf8 27. Qa7 $16) (
24... Re8 25. Bf3 c6 (25... Na2 26. Rxa2 Bxa2 27. Qxa5 Qa6 (27... Bb3 28. Qb5)
28. Qxc7 $16) 26. Qxb7 $16) 25. Qb7 Re8 26. Qxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rxe4 28. d6 Be6
29. d7 Bxd7 30. Rdxd7 $18) 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nc6 $1 (21. Nde6 Qe7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7
23. Bh3 Qe7) 21... Bxc6 22. dxc6 bxc5 $1 (22... Qe7 23. Rd7 Qf8 24. Ne4 Bxb2
25. Rcd1 $16) (22... Qf6 23. Nd7 (23. Ne4 Qe6) 23... Qe6 24. Nxe5 (24. Qxe6
Rxe6 25. Bh3 $1 (25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd7 Na6 (26... Kf8 27. Bh3) 27. Bd5 Nc5 28.
Bxf7+ Kf8 $132) 25... f5 26. Bf1 $16) 24... Qxe5 25. Bh3 Rcd8 26. Rd7 $16) 23.
Rxd8 Rcxd8 24. Re1 $1 (24. Bh3 $6 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Rd2 $132) 24... Bd4 25. Rxe8+
Rxe8 26. Qb5 (26. Bf3 Re1+ (26... Re6 $5) 27. Kg2 Rb1) 26... Kg7 $1 (26... Re1+
27. Bf1 Rb1 (27... Re6 28. Qxa5 Nxc6 (28... Rxc6 29. Kg2) 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Kg2
$18) 28. Qxa5 (28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qxc7 Rxb2) 28... Rxb2 29. Qxc7 Kg7 30. Bb5 Rxf2
31. Kh1 Nd5 32. Qd8 Ne3 33. c7 Rc2 34. h4 Ng4 35. Qf8+ Kxf8 36. c8=Q+ Kg7 37.
Qxg4 $18) 27. Qxa5 $6 (27. Bf3 Re6 28. Kg2 c4 29. Qxa5 Nd3) (27. Kf1 $1 Re5 $3
(27... c4 28. Qxa5 (28. Qxc4 Bb6 $16) 28... Nd3 29. Bd5 Re5 30. Qa6 $1 $18) (
27... Nc2 28. Bd5 Re5 29. Bc4 (29. Qxa5 $5 Rxd5 30. Qxc7)) 28. f4 (28. Qxa5 Nd3
29. Bf3 Rf5) (28. Bf3 Rf5 29. Kg2 c4 30. Qxc4 Bb6 31. g4 $16) 28... Re3 29.
Qxa5 Nc2 (29... Rb3 30. Qxc7 Rxb2 31. Be4) (29... Nd3 30. b3 c4 31. bxc4 Re1+
32. Qxe1 Nxe1 33. Kxe1 $18) 30. Bd5 Re1+ 31. Qxe1 (31. Kg2 Re2+ 32. Kh3 Bg1
$132) 31... Nxe1 32. Kxe1 Bxb2 $16) 27... Re2 28. Qxc7 Rxf2 29. Kh1 (29. h4 $6
Nd3 30. Qd8 Rd2+ 31. Kh2 Rd1 32. Bd5 Rd2+ $11) 29... Nd3 30. Qd8 $2 (30. Bd5 $1
Ne5 (30... Ne1 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. Bxf7 Be5 33. a5 $18) 31. h4 $3 (31. a5 Ng4
32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Bxf7 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Ne4 35. c7 (35. a6 c4 36. Bxc4 Nd6) 35...
Nd6 36. a6 c4 37. Be6 Kf6 38. c8=Q Nxc8 39. Bxc8 Ke5 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. Kf4 Kc7
42. Be6 h6 43. Bxc4 Bxb2 44. Bf7 g5+ 45. Kg4 Kb6 46. Bc4 Bd4 47. Kh5 Bg1 48. h3
Be3 49. g4 Bf2 50. Kxh6 Bh4 $11) (31. Qc8 h5 $1 (31... f5 32. Qg8+ $1 (32. Qb7+
Kh6 33. c7 Rf1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 g5 36. Bf3 g4+ 37. Bxg4 Nd3 $3 38. Qf3
fxg4+ $132) (32. c7 Rf1+ 33. Kg2 Rf2+ 34. Kh3 Ng4) 32... Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34.
Qe7 $18) 32. c7 (32. Qa6 Ng4 33. Bg2 Rxb2 34. h3 Rb1+ 35. Bf1 Ne5 $132) (32. h3
Rf1+ 33. Kh2 Rf2+ 34. Bg2 Rxb2) 32... Ng4 33. Qxg4 Rf1+ (33... hxg4 34. h4) 34.
Kg2 Rf2+ $11 35. Kh3 $2 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 f5+ 37. Kh3 g5 38. g4 Be5 $19) 31... h5
(31... Ng4 32. Bg2 h5 33. Qf4 $3 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Be3 36. a5 $1 (36.
Kg3 Nd3 $1 37. Kf3 Bxf4 38. Bf1 c4 39. Bxd3 cxd3 40. a5 g5 $11) 36... Bxf4+ 37.
Kg1 Nd3 38. a6 $18) 32. a5 Ng4 (32... Rxb2 33. a6 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rb2+ 35. Kh3 $18
) (32... Rf1+ 33. Kg2 Rf2+ 34. Kh3 Re2 35. Qe7 $18) 33. Qxf7+ Rxf7 34. Bxf7
Nf2+ 35. Kg2 (35. Kh2 Ne4) 35... Ne4 36. c7 Nd6 37. a6 c4 38. Be6 (38. Bxc4 Kf6
39. Kf3 Ke7) 38... Kf6 39. c8=Q Nxc8 40. Bxc8 $18 Ke5 41. Bd7 Ke4 42. Be8 Kf5
43. Kf3 $18) (30. Be4 Ne5 31. Qc8 (31. h3 {Shipov,S} Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Rf2+ 33. Bg2
Rxb2 (33... Nf3+ $2 34. Kh1 Ne1 35. Qf4 $1 Rxg2 36. Qf1 $18) 34. g4 Nd3 35. Qg3
(35. Qd6 $2 Ne1 $1) 35... Rb1 36. Bh1 (36. Qxd3 Be5+ 37. Qg3 Bxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rb8
39. a5 Rc8 $1 40. a6 Rc7) 36... Rb2+ $11 {Shipov,S}) 31... f5 (31... h5 32. c7
Ng4)) 30... Rc2 $1 (30... Rxb2 31. c7 Rb1+ (31... Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Ng4+ 33. Qxd4+
cxd4 34. c8=Q Rb1+ 35. Bf1 Ne3 36. Qa6 Kf8 37. a5 Ke7 (37... Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1
Nxf1) 38. Kf2 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Nxf1 40. a6 $18) 32. Bf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kg2 Rg1+ 34.
Kf3 (34. Kh3 Nf2+ 35. Kh4 Rg2 36. Qxd4+ cxd4 37. c8=Q h6) 34... Ne5+ 35. Ke4
Nc6 36. a5 Ra1 37. Qd6 $16) 31. Bf1 (31. Bf3 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc2+ 33. Kh3 Nf2+ 34.
Kh4 Nd3 $1 (34... Bf6+ 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. c7 g5+ 37. Kh5) 35. Kh3 $11 (35. h3
Rc4)) 31... Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Ng4+ (32... Nd3+ $2 33. Kh3 Nf2+ (33... Ne5 34. c7 Nf3
35. c8=Q Ng1+ 36. Kh4 Rxh2+ 37. Bh3 Bf6+ 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Qh8+) 34. Kh4 Bf6+
35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. c7 $18) 33. Kf3 (33. Be2 Ne5 $1 (33... Rxe2+ 34. Kf3 Rxh2
35. c7 Nf6 36. Qxd4 cxd4 37. c8=Q Rxb2 $132) 34. c7 Rxe2+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kh3 Nf3
36. c8=Q Ng1+ 37. Kh4 Re4+ 38. Qg4 Rxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Be5 $3 40. a5 h5+ 41. Kh4
Bf6+ 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. a6 Nf3+ 44. Kh3 Ng5+ 45. Kg2 Ne6 $19) 35... Rf2+ 36.
Ke1 Nd3+ 37. Kd1 Nxb2+ $11) 33... Ne5+ (33... f5 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Qh4+ Kg7 $11)
34. Ke4 Nxc6 35. Qc7 Nb4 36. g4 $6 (36. b3 Rf2 37. Bc4 Kf8 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qe7
Kh6 $11) 36... Rf2 37. Bb5 g5 38. a5 (38. a5 Rf4+ 39. Qxf4 gxf4 40. a6 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nxa4 20. fxe6 Nc3 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Rdf1+ Kg8 24. Qf2 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qf5 Bb4+
28. Kd1 Qc4 29. Ne6 Qd5+ 30. Ke2 Qc4+ 31. Kd1 Qd5+ 32. Ke2 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg5 13. Be3 Bxf4 14.
Bxf4 Qf6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 b6
15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Ba4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxa6 Qa8
21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. N2c3 Rc8 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bxd5 26. f3 b5
27. Bd2 Kf8 28. Kf2 f5 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Ne2 Ke8 31. Nf4 Kd7 32. Nd3 Bd5 33. Ne5+
Ke8 34. Nd3 Kd7 35. Bb4 Bf6 36. Ke3 Bg5+ 37. f4 Bf6 38. g3 Bc4 39. Nc5+ Kc6 40.
Bc3 Be7 41. Nd3 Bd6 42. Ne1 Bd5 43. Nd3 Bc4 44. Ne1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3
Bb7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 (10. e3 Qc8 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Nxd2 13.
Rxd2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. a3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc2 Qd6 19. Nd3
Nc7 20. b4 Ba6 21. b5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Nxb5 23. Nf4 Qe5 24. Rf1 Nc3 25. Qd3 Rac8
$17 {1-0 Hertneck,G-Ivanchuk,V/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 65 ext (56)}) (10. d5 exd5
11. Nd4 c6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nf5 Re8 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Bxd5 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 Qf6 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. Qf3 Ne6 20. Nd5 Qg6 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. h4 $16 {
1-0 Kanstler,B-Psakhis,L/Israel 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) (10. Qb1 d5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Ne5 c6 13. Rd1 h6 14. Qb2 Re8 15. a3 Nc7 16. Rac1 Ne6 17. Be1 Bf8 {1/2-1/2
Bets,A-Alekseev,V/Alushta 1999/EXT 2000 (17)}) (10. Rc1 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nh4
Nc7 13. Nf5 Rb8 14. cxd5 d6 15. e4 Re8 16. Re1 Bc8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Bf4 Ng4
19. Qc2 f6 20. Rcd1 Ne5 21. h3 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Peng Zhaoqin-Timman,J/Amsterdam
NED 2000/The Week in Chess 302 (58)}) (10. Bg5 d5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd5 exd5
13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 c6 16. e3 Nc7 17. Qb2 c5 18. Qa3 Ne6 19. dxc5
bxc5 20. Na4 Rac8 21. Ne1 Be5 22. Rc2 g6 23. Qc1 Bg7 $13 {0-1 Nosenko,A-Lerner,
K/Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000/The Week in Chess 295 (76)}) (10. Bf4 Re8 11. a3 d5
12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rc1 Bf6
18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Qd3 Rc4 21. Be3 Ba6 $17 {0-1 Ilincic,Z-Pavlovic,M/
Subotica YUG 2000/The Week in Chess (40)}) (10. Ne5 d5 (10... Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qb8
12. e4 Qb7 13. Qf3 d6 14. Nd3 Rad8 15. d5 c6 16. b4 c5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nb4
Nfd7 19. Nc6 Rde8 20. Bf4 Nb8 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bxe5 Nbd7 24. Bd4
e5 25. Rfe1 Qd8 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 f5 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,
L-Romanishin,O/Ischia 1996/CBM 54 (28)}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bg5 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. Rc1 h6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bd4 Ne6 17. e3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Ba3 19. Rc2 Ba6 20. Re1
Rc8 $15 {[%cal Gc8c1] 1-0 Iljushin,A-Parligras,M/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (34)})
10... d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 c5 (12... h6 13. Qb1 c5 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Rd1 Rd8
16. a3 Qe6 17. f4 Bf8 18. Bf2 Rac8 19. f5 $6 Qe8 20. Qb2 Bd6 21. Nc4 Bb8 22.
dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd2 d4 24. Na4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qxe2 {0-1 Kovacevic,B-Psakhis,L/
Bled 1995/EXT 98 (25)}) 13. Be3 Nc7 (13... Qc8 $5 {Ftacnik} 14. Rc1 Qe6) 14.
dxc5 bxc5 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (14... Bxc5 $5 {Ftacnik} 15. Bxc5 (15. Bd4 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 Ne6 17. Qd3 Qc7 $11) 15... bxc5 16. Nd3 Qe7 $11) 15. Na4 {A typical
strategy against hanging pawns, white is putting as much pressure as possible
trying to make one of black's pawns move after which they blocked and become
weak rather than strong.} Ne6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Nd3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd3c5,Ge3c5,
Ga4c5,Gc1c5]} Qa5 $2 {A blunder (this was a blitz game to determine who would
be playing in the World Cup final!)} (17... Nd7 {was essential keeping the
position balanced} 18. Qd2 (18. Nf4 {Ftacnik} Nxf4 19. gxf4 Qc7 20. Bxd5 Rfd8
21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qc2 Rc6 23. f5 $14) 18... Re8 {etc}) 18. Naxc5 $1 Bxc5 $6 (
18... Nxc5 $2 19. b4 Qxa2 20. Nxc5 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7][%cal Gc1a1]}) (18...
Rxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. b4 Qxa2 {- would transpose to the game})
19. Bxc5 Nxc5 (19... Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. b4 {-game}) 20. Rxc5 {'!' Ftacnik.}
Rxc5 21. b4 Qxa2 22. bxc5 {After the alternative 22.Nc5 the pawn would be weak,
but now it becomes white's main weapon, however, i'm not sure the text is
better than 22.Nc5} (22. Nxc5 Bc6 23. Qd4 (23. Qa1 $2 Qd2 $1 $11 {[%csl Rb4,
Re2][%cal Gf8e8]}) 23... Rb8 24. e3 $16) 22... a5 $2 (22... Rc8 $142 23. Qa1
Qxa1 24. Rxa1 a6 $14) 23. Qb1 $1 {[%cal Gc5c8] It's much more difficult to
stop the pawn without the Q's} Qxb1 24. Rxb1 Ba6 (24... Bc6 25. Ne5 Ba4 26. Ra1
$18) 25. Rb6 Bxd3 (25... Bc8 26. c6 (26. Rb5 $5 a4 27. Ra5 Bd7 28. Ne5 Rc8 29.
Bxd5 $16) 26... a4 27. Rb4 $18) 26. exd3 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gg2h3,Yc5c8]} h6 27.
Ra6 Rb8 28. Bh3 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rb1+ (28... Rb5 29. d4 Kf8 30. Ra8+ Ke7 31. Ra7+
Ke8 32. c6 $18) 29. Kg2 Rc1 30. Rxa5 $18 {The rest is a typical finale of a
blitz game.} g5 31. Bf5 Kg7 32. h3 d4 33. Kf3 Rc2 34. Bc8 Rc3 35. Ke2 Nd5 36.
Ba6 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 f5 38. Bc4 Nf6 39. Ra7+ Kg6 (39... Kh8 40. c6 $18) 40. Bf7+
Kg7 41. Bb3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 {Das größte Problem der schwarzen Stellung ist die Entwicklung des
weißfeldrigen Läufers. Durch 8.a4 hat Weiß die Entwicklung des Läufers mittels
b5-Bb7 unterbunden, deshalb wählt Schwarz das Manöver 8...Bd7 und 9...Bc6.} 9.
Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 {Der weiße Plan ist klar - er möchte Nc3 spielen und nach
Bxf6-Bxf6 mit e2-e4 das Zentrum besetzen.} Bd5 11. Qc2 (11. Qc1 Nc6 12. e3 Nb4
13. Bxf6 (13. Nc3 a5 14. Rd1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V-Khalifman,A/St
Petersburg 1999/CBM 72 (14)}) 13... Bxf6 14. Nbd2 a5 15. e4 Bc6 16. Qc3 Qd7 17.
b3 Rfd8 18. e5 Be7 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Nc4 b6 {0-1 Giardelli,S-Zarnicki,P/Buenos
Aires 1995/EXT 97 (27)}) 11... Be4 12. Qc1 h6 $5 {Das ist eine interessante
Idee - Schwarz forciert von sich aus den Tausch des Läufers gegen den Springer.
} (12... Nc6 13. Nbd2 {Das ist bislang das letzte Wort in der Variante mit 12..
.Nc6.} (13. e3 Nb4 $5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Qb1 (15. a5 Rc8 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3
Nfd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Na4 b6 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Rdc1 Rfd8 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Na2
Nxa2 24. Rxa2 e5 25. Qc3 exd4 26. exd4 h6 27. axb6 Rxb6 $11 {Pigusov,E-Liang,J/
Beijing 1997/Inf 70 (27)}) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rd1 g6 18. h4 Qe7 19. e4
Rfd8 20. Qc1 Bg7 21. Rd2 Be8 22. Qd1 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Maksimenko,A-Kruppa,Y/
Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000/The Week in Chess 295 (22)}) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Kxg2 Nd5 (16... Qd5+ 17. Nf3 c5 18. Rd1 (18. a5 $5 $14) 18...
Qc6 19. Qc2 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-Piket,J/Cannes 2000/CBM 77/[Ribli] (65)}) (16... c5
17. a5 $5 Qd5+ 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Rxa4 Rd5 22. Rc1 h6
23. Be3 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Bauer,C/New York USA 2000/The Week in Chess 288 (49)})
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Ra3 Rad8 20. Qc2 Rd6 21. Rb3 {1-0 Bauer,
C-Bellini,F/Mondariz ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 305 (34)}) (12... Nbd7 13. Nc3
Bc6 14. Qc2 Bb4 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Red1 Qa5 18. Bf4 (18. Na2 Bd6 19.
Bd2 Qc7 20. Bg2 a5 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. h3 Bf8 23. e4 e5 24. Be3 exd4 25. Bxd4 h5
26. Qc3 Re8 27. Re1 Nh7 28. e5 Ng5 29. f4 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Almasi,Z/
Senec 1998/EXT 99 (73)}) 18... e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg2 Rad8 21. Na2 Rxd1+ 22.
Rxd1 Re8 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Bd2 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Bc3 {1-0 Filippov,V-Gutov,
A/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT 2000 (49)}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 {
[%mdl 4] Schwarz hat eine sehr solide Stellung erreicht. Es trifft zu, dass
Weiß Raumvorteil hat, aber das Feld b4 stellt eine positionelle Schwäche dar.}
16. e3 (16. Rd1 a5 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6b4]} 17. Ne4 (17. e4 $2 Bxd4 18. Ne2 e5 $17)
17... Na6 $11) 16... a5 {[%csl Yb4][%cal Gb8a6,Ga6b4] Schwarz bereitet das
typische Springermanöver Na6-b4 vor.} 17. h4 {Auch das ist ein für diese
Variante typishes Motiv - Weiß gewinnt Raum am Königsflügel.} Na6 $11 {[%mdl
32] Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung erreicht - er kann das Feld b4 besetzen.}
18. h5 Qe7 (18... e5 $6 19. d5 $14) 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Qc2 (20. Ne4 Nb4 $11)
20... Nb4 21. Qb3 Rac8 (21... Rd7 $11 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 22. Rac1 c5 23. dxc5 (23.
d5 $6 c4 24. Qa3 exd5 (24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qf6 $1 (25... Nxd5 $6 26. Qxe7 Nxe7
27. Bxb7 $14) 26. dxe6 (26. Be2 Nxd5 $17) (26. cxb4 Qxf3 $17) 26... Nd3 $17)
25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qxa3 27. bxa3 b6 $15) 23... Rxd1+ (23... Rxc5 24. Rxd8+
Qxd8 25. Bxb7 $14 Nd3 26. Rd1 $18 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rd1d8]}) 24. Qxd1 Rxc5 25.
Ne4 Rc7 {Natürlich tauscht Schwarz nicht von sich aus die Türme.} (25... Rxc1
26. Qxc1 $14 {[%cal Gc1c8]}) 26. b3 b6 27. Be2 (27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Nxf6+ gxf6
$11 {Die schwarze Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel wirkt sich nicht nachteilig
aus.}) 27... Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qd8 29. Qc4 Be7 30. Qb5 Nd5 31. Bc4 Bb4 {[%cal
Rf7f5,Rf5e4] Schwarz beraubt den Ne4 des Feldes c3 und droht 32...f5 mit
Springerfang.} 32. g4 (32. Bxd5 $4 exd5 $19 {[%csl Re4]}) 32... Nf6 33. Nxf6+ (
33. Nxf6+ gxf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {Of course, this
move no longer comes as a surprise when I play it, but I was curious to see
what he intended.} c5 6. c3 cxd4 {This is one of the most direct attempts -
Black wants to break with f6 while White is still relatively undeveloped.} 7.
cxd4 f6 8. Nf4 {8.f4 is another ball-game, and Judit's game with Hernandez
from Merida 2000 is the latest example, but this was too much for a game that
started at 9:00 AM!} ({Nothing promises} 8. exf6 {Finkel,A} Nxf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 (
9... Bd6 {Finkel,A} 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Ne4
$132 {Bologan,V-Glek,I/BL9293}) 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Bb5 (11. Bd3 {Finkel,A} O-O 12.
Bg5 Qe8 13. Qd2 $6 Nh5 14. Ne2 $5 (14. Qc2 {Finkel,A}) 14... e5 $1 $36 {
[%cal Ge8e2] Nijboer,F-Glek,I/Hoogovens-B 1999}) (11. Be2 {Finkel,A} O-O 12.
O-O h6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Re1 g5 $5 $132 {Hort,V-Knaak,R/BL9697}) 11...
O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bf1 Qb8 17. a3 Re7 $132
{Lau,R-Gleizerov,E/Dresden op 1994}) (8. f4 $146 {Finkel,A} fxe5 9. dxe5 (9.
fxe5 {Finkel,A} Bb4+ 10. Kf2 O-O+ 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be3 $13) 9... Nc6 10. Nf3
Bb4+ 11. Nc3 (11. Bd2 {Finkel,A} Nc5 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. a3 Nc6 15.
g3 Qb6 16. b4 Nxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rc1 Nb3 $17) 11... Nc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2
O-O 14. Rc1 $2 (14. a3 {Finkel,A} Ne4 15. Rc1 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 $13) 14... d4 $1
$17 {Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1993}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 $1 {Of course.
Why should Black restrict himself to 9...Qe7} 10. Bxb4 (10. exf6 {Finkel,A}
Nxf6 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Bd3 O-O 15. a3 Nh5 $5 $13 {
Vukovic,Z-Piskov,Y/JUG-chT 1994}) 10... Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13.
exf6+ (13. Nf3 {Finkel,A} Nc6 $5 (13... fxe5 {Finkel,A} 14. Nxe5 (14. dxe5 {
Finkel,A} Nc6 15. Nd3 Rf8 16. Be2 b6 17. Rac1 Bb7 $132) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc6
16. Nd3 Bd7 17. f4 Be8 18. Rc1 Rf8 19. g3 $14 {and white has slighly better
chanses.})) 13... gxf6 14. Re1 (14. Nf3 $6 {Finkel,A} Kd6 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 14...
Nb6 15. Nf3 {Finkel,A: 'In the only game which was played in this variation
white didn't choose the correct plan and very soon found himself in troubles:'}
(15. Bd3 $6 {Finkel,A} Nc6 16. Nf3 Kd6 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 17. Nh5 Rf8 18. Bxh7
e5 $36 {Bezgodov,A-Sakaev,K/RUS-ch KO 1999}) 15... Nc6 {'?!' Kortschnoj.} 16.
Bb5 Bd7 {I can't really criticise this, but after 16...Na5 or Nd8 followed by
a6, I don't see any difficulties for Black.} 17. Bxc6 {Again, I was relieved
to get this exchange as I liked the position with two knights} bxc6 18. Re2 $1
{If Black gets his king to d6, then White might have problems.} Rae8 {
'Kortschnoj: 'Very experienced "French" player Bareev chooses a plan to keep
all his pieces on the king side of the board. It was a worth instead to play
Rhe8, followed by a7-a5-a4.} (18... Rab8 19. Nxe6 (19. Rhe1 Na8 20. b3 (20.
Rxe6+ Bxe6 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. b3 Rbc8 23. Nh4 Rhe8 24. Rd6 {In our postmortem,
we thought that now 24...Red8 could be met by Nf5, but at home, I see that 24..
.Re4 is rather better.}) 20... Nc7) 19... Nc4+ 20. Kc3 Bxe6 21. Rhe1 {Is a mess
}) 19. Rhe1 Kf7 (19... Kd6 $1 20. Nh5 (20. Kc1 $1 {Finkel,A} Rhg8 $6 (20... a5
$6 {Finkel,A} 21. Nh5 Ref8 (21... Rhf8 $6 {Finkel,A} 22. Ng7 $1 Re7 23. Nf5+
$18 {[%csl Re7]}) 22. Ng7 Rfg8 23. Nxe6 Rxg2 24. Nh4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gh4f5]}) (20... h5 $5 {Finkel,A}) 21. g3 a5 22. Nh5 Rg6 23. Nh4 Rh6 24. Ng7 $18
) 20... Ref8 $1 (20... Rhf8 21. Ng7 $1 Re7 22. Nf5+ $18) 21. Ng7 Nc4+ 22. Kc3
e5 23. b3 Rhg8 $1 (23... e4 24. bxc4 exf3 25. c5+ Kc7 26. gxf3 $18) 24. bxc4
Rxg7 {This looks fine for Black} 25. dxe5+ fxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxg2 27. Nxd7 Kxd7)
20. Kc1 {Somehow, White's position is a little more pleasant here.} Nc4 {
This helps White swap knights} 21. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 {Now White can aim for
Nc5 and possibly move a rook to a3. Evgeny lashes out} c5 23. dxc5 e5 24. Nxd5
$1 (24. Nd3 {Black seems to have enough compensation here.}) 24... Bb5 25. Kc3
$1 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rc8 $2 {He tries to stop c6 while he brings his forces over,
but in fact b4 is the move he must prevent, not c6!} (26... Rhg8 27. f3 $16) (
26... Rd8 $1 27. Kc4 Ke6 28. Rd2 Rd7 29. c6 {White should take the draw.} (29.
f4 $2 {The same as in the game. However, White is lacking the move b4.} e4 30.
Rd4 (30. c6 Rd6 31. Kc5 Rhd8) 30... f5 31. g4 Rhd8 32. gxf5+ Kf7 33. c6 Rd6 34.
Kc5 e3 35. c7 e2 $1 36. cxd8=Q (36. Re4 Rxd5+ 37. Kc4 Rd4+ 38. Rxd4 Re8 $1 $17
{Amazingly White is lost here}) 36... Rxd8 37. Re4 Re8) 29... Rd6 30. Kc5 Rhd8
31. Nc7+ (31. c7 Rxd5+ 32. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 33. Kc6 Rd6+ 34. Kc5 $1 (34. Kb7 Rb6+ {
Wins for Black!}) 34... Rd5+ 35. Kc6 $11) 31... Ke7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 {Now moving
the knight to f4 doesn't help} 33. Nd5+ (33. Nb5 $2 Rd2 {White even has
problems here} 34. Nxa7 Rc2+ 35. Kd5 Kd8 $1) 33... Ke6 34. Nf4+ Ke7 $1 {
I had seen that now c7 would be met by Rd2, but I assumed that some win
existed and anyway White has a forced draw at any moment}) 27. Kc4 Ke6 (27...
a5 28. a3 a4 {is met by} 29. Nb6) 28. b4 $1 Rhd8 29. Rd2 Rd7 30. f4 (30. b5
Rcd8 {leads to a draw}) 30... e4 (30... Rcd8 31. c6 Rd6 32. f5+ Kxf5 33. c7 $1
Rc8 34. Ne7+ Ke6 35. Rxd6+ $18) 31. Rd4 f5 32. g4 Rg7 (32... Rcd8 33. c6 Rd6
34. gxf5+ Kf7 35. b5 $1 {The b-pawn makes all the difference} e3 36. c7 e2 37.
Re4 $1 $18 {And Rxd5 isn't check!} (37. cxd8=Q $4 Rxd8 38. Re4 Re8)) 33. Ne3 {
Now it's over} fxg4 34. Rd6+ Kf7 35. Nf5 {Winning back the exchange} e3 (35...
Rg6 36. Rxg6 {Black can't avoid a fork.}) 36. Nxg7 Re8 37. Nxe8 e2 38. Rf6+ {
Since the first game was drawn, this victory gave me the inaugural FIDE world
cup} (38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sydney ol exh"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nxa4 20. fxe6 Nc3 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Rdf1+ Kg8 24. Qf2 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. g5 Bd5
28. gxh6 Bb2 29. Rb1 Bc3+ 30. Kc1 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 e3 32. Qxe3 Bxh1 33. Rb6 Rc8
34. Qb3+ Qc4 35. hxg7 Rxh4 36. Rb8 Qxb3 37. Rxc8+ Kxg7 38. cxb3 Rxd4 39. Rc7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney ol exh"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qd2 Kh8 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Be2
Qd6 15. Nh4 Rg8 16. g3 Rad8 17. Bxg4 Rxg4 18. Qe2 Ra4 19. Kb1 Nxd5 20. Nf5 Qe6
21. Ne3 Rd6 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. a3 Raa5 24. c4 Rd4 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Qd3 Rc5 27.
Qxd4 Rxc4 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Rd1 Qf5+ 30. Qd3 Qxd3+ 31. Rxd3 f5 32. Rd8 a5 33.
Rd5 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "De Corse op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Managadze, Nikoloz"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Rad1 c4 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Rd4 Nd3 19. Re2 Qa5 20. g3
Rce8 21. b3 Qc5 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qa6 Re6 25. Qb7 h6 26. Rd7 R6e7
27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qd6 Rxe5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Re7 Rf5 32. Kg2 a6
33. a3 Rf6 34. Re2 Nc5 35. Nd4 Na4 36. Re3 Rd6 37. Ne2 Rd2 38. Re7 Rc2 0-1

[Event "De Corse op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2000.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
h3 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. g4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 a5
15. Rc1 a4 16. Ne5 a3 17. b3 N6d7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Ne2 b4 20. Bf5 Ra6 21. Nf4
Bxf5 22. gxf5 Nd7 23. Rhg1 Nf6 24. Rg2 Kh8 25. Rcg1 Rg8 26. f3 Ra5 27. Nd3 Nd7
28. Rg4 Rb5 29. h4 Qf6 30. Nf4 Qh6 31. Rg5 Qd6 32. Nh5 g6 33. Nf4 Rbb8 34. fxg6
fxg6 35. Qg2 Nf6 36. Qg3 Rbd8 37. Re5 Nh5 38. Nxh5 gxh5 39. Rg5 Qxg3 40. R5xg3
Rge8 41. f4 Re7 42. Kc2 c5 43. dxc5 Rc7 44. Kd2 Rxc5 45. Rc1 Rxc1 46. Kxc1 d4
47. e4 Rf8 48. f5 Rc8+ 49. Kd2 Rc3 50. Rd3 Kg7 51. Rxd4 Kf6 52. Rd3 Rc7 53. Ke3
Rc2 54. Rd6+ Ke7 55. Rd2 Rb2 56. e5 h6 57. Kd3 Rb1 58. Ke4 Re1+ 59. Kd5 Rf1 60.
f6+ Kf7 61. Kd6 Rf4 62. Re2 Rd4+ 63. Kc5 Rd8 64. e6+ Kxf6 65. e7 Re8 66. Kxb4
Kf5 67. Kc5 Kg4 68. Re4+ Kf5 69. Kd5 Kf6 70. b4 1-0

[Event "De Corse op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Qe1 b5 12. a3 Qb8 13. Rd1 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15.
Bf3 Rac8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxc6 exd4 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Rb1 a5 22. Qe2 Rfd8 23. Qa6 h5 24. Rbd1 h4 25. Rd3 Ra8 26. Qc6 Qxb2 27. Ne4
Rdc8 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qe4 Rab8 30. Rd7 Rb4 31. Qe5 Rxc2 32. Qxa5 Rxf4 33.
Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qh5+ Qh6 0-1

[Event "De Corse op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Nd2 Nh5 10. b4 Nd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. g3 a5 13. bxa5 bxa5 14. a4 Nb8 15. c5
Na6 16. Be2 Nf6 17. c6 Nb4 18. g4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Nbd2 Kh8
22. Bc4 Rb8 23. h4 Bf6 24. h5 g5 25. Rc1 g4 26. Ng3 Nd3+ 27. Bxd3 Bxd3 28. Nde4
Ba6 29. Qxg4 Rb2 30. Bd2 Be7 31. Qd7 Qb8 32. Qxe7 Rb1 33. h6 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1
Qb4+ 35. Nd2 Re8 1-0

[Event "De Corse op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Ba3 Bf6 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21.
Rc1 Bb5 22. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "De Corse op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Ne5 b5 14. a4 Bb4
15. Rac1 Ne8 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nd7 19. Rcc1 bxa4 20. bxa4 f6
21. e4 Kf7 22. f3 Rac8 23. Nb3 Rb8 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Bd4 Nb6 26. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Rxb6 28. Rd7+ Kf8 29. Ra7 Bc6 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxa6 Rc2 32. Kf2 Nc7 33.
Rb6 Rc5 34. Rb2 Ke7 35. Ra2 Ra5 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Kd4 e5+ 38. Kc4 Ne6 39. Kb4 Ra8
40. a5 Rb8+ 41. Kc3 Nd4 42. Bc4 Kc5 43. a6 Ra8 44. Bd5 Ra7 45. Bb7 Nb5+ 46. Kd3
Nd6 47. Rc2+ Kb5 48. Rc7 g5 49. Rxh7 Kb6 50. g3 Kc5 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Nxb7
53. axb7 Ra3+ 54. Kc2 Rd3 55. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "De Corse op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2
Nd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters 4th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rfd1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 a5 13. h3 a4 14. Bc3 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Ng4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. d5 exd5 21.
cxd5 Bf6 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qg4 Bxe5 24. Rxd7 Qf6 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27.
Rxd4 a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters 4th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 b5 6. g4 h6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. h4 Bb7
9. Bg2 h5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Nh3 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. b3 a5
16. Ng3 a4 17. Rac1 axb3 18. axb3 Ra2 19. Nf2 Qa5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Nxg4 hxg4 22.
e5 Kd8 23. e6 fxe6 24. dxe6 Bc3 25. Qf2 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 Nf8 27. f5 Qa8 28. Qxa8+
Rxa8 29. fxg6 Nxg6 30. h5 Nf8 31. Ne4 Be5 32. h6 Nxe6 33. Rcd1 Kd7 34. g6 Rag8
35. g7 Rh7 36. Rf7 Ke8 37. Rdf1 Nxg7 38. Kg2 Rhh8 39. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters 4th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nd5 8.
Bg3 Nb6 9. Qb3 Be6 10. Qc2 Bc4 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 O-O 13. O-O-O a5 14. h4 Na6
15. a3 Nc4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Kb1 Nc5 19. f4 Qc7 20. Bf2 Na6 21. Na4
c5 22. Nc3 e6 23. Rd6 a4 24. Rfd1 b5 25. Nxb5 Qa5 26. Qc4 Rfb8 27. Be1 Nb4 28.
axb4 Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters 4th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8.
Qe3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 cxd5 13. Qb4 Qb6 14.
Bb5 O-O-O 15. Rd3 Nf6 16. Rb3 Kb8 17. Qa4 Rd6 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Ree3 Rb6 20. g3
Ne4 21. Rf3 Rc8 22. Ra3 a6 23. Bd7 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters 4th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. O-O b6 15.
Rac1 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qd6 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. a3 g6 19. Nf4 a5 20. Bb5 Nb8 21. Bf1 Ne4
22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Nd3 Ba6 24. Qa4 c6 25. Qc2 Nfd7 26. Nb1 Rde8 27. Nc3 h5 28. g3
Kg7 29. Bg2 Rd8 30. Rb1 Ree8 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Bc4 33. b5 c5 34. dxc5 Nxc5
35. Nxc5 Qxc5 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Qxc5 bxc5 38. Bxd5 Nd7 39. Bc6 Nb6 40. Bxe8
Rxe8 41. Rd6 Rb8 42. Rc6 c4 43. Rd1 Na8 44. Rxc4 Rxb5 45. Rc8 Ra5 46. Rb1 Ra6
47. h4 Ra7 48. Rcb8 Ra6 49. R1b7 Ra5 50. Kg2 Ra6 51. e4 Kf6 52. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters 4th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 Be7 8. Bg3
Be6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Qd8 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rb1 Nbd7
15. a4 a5 16. c5 Qe7 17. Rb2 Rfb8 18. Qb1 b6 19. cxb6 Rxb6 20. Rc1 Rab8 21. Bf1
h5 22. Ne2 h4 23. Rbc2 Qd6 24. Nf4 Bf5 25. Rc5 g5 26. Ne2 Nf8 27. Qc2 Bd7 28.
Rxa5 Ng4 29. g3 Qf6 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Nc3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Qh6 33. Bg2 Rxb3 34.
Nxe4 Rb2 35. Rxg5+ Ng6 36. Qc5 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 (7...
O-O 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Qd2 b5 $2 (9... e5 $142 10. h4 (10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6 12.
O-O-O Rf7 13. Qe3 b6 14. Nh2 Nf8 15. f4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Ne6 17. Qe3 Nd4 18. Nf3
Be6 19. Rhf1 Nxf3 20. Rxf3 Qd4 21. Qe1 Rd8 22. Kb1 Kg7 23. Ne2 Qe5 24. Re3 Rfd7
$15 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Bogachkov,I/St Petersburg RUS 2000/The Week in Chess
314 (41)}) (10. O-O Qe7 (10... Re8 11. Nh2 Qe7 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ng4 Nf8 14. Bg5
f6 15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Ne2 Ng5 18. Ng4 h5 19. Nh2 Rd8 20. Qc3 Ne6 21.
f4 Nd4 22. Rae1 Kh7 23. Nf3 Be6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Ng5+ $14 {1-0 Adams,
M-Kramnik,V/Dortmund GER 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (50)}) 11. Rae1 Rd8 12. b3
Nf8 13. Nh2 Ne6 14. Ng4 Nf4 15. f3 h5 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Ne2 g5 18. Ng3 Kh7 19.
Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qd7 21. Bxc5 Qxf5 22. Be3 Rd7 $11 {1-0 Skripchenko,
A-Stankovic,M/Kragujevac YUG 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (47)}) 10... h5 11. Ng5
Qe7 12. f3 Re8 13. O-O-O Nf8 14. Qf2 b6 15. Rdg1 f5 16. g3 Bd7 17. Re1 Nh7 18.
Bd2 Qf8 19. Rhf1 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Qf7 21. Qg1 c4 22. dxc4 Qxc4 23. Qe3 Bf8 24. Qe2
$11 {1-0 Van Mil,J-Koch,T/BL2 0001 2001/Chess-International (43)}) 10. Bh6 e5 (
10... Nb6 {A bit too optimistic... Although white's attack does not succeed
too often, black shouldn't completely ignore it.} 11. h4 b4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13.
Ne2 Bg4 14. h5 Bxf3 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qh6+ Kf6 17. gxf3 Rh8 18. Qf4+ Kg7 19.
O-O-O $16 {1-0 Kalegin,E-Khamidulin,A/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 56 ext (27)}) 11.
a4 $1 b4 {[%csl Rc4]} 12. Nd1 b3 $2 (12... Re8 $142 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 Nf8
15. Ne3 f6 $14) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxb3 f6 15. Ne3 Qb6 16. Qc3 $16 {1-0 Sulskis,
S-Holmsten,A/Linares 2001/CBM 81_01/[Gershon] (26)}) 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 (9...
h6 10. O-O e5 11. a3 Ba6 12. b4 Qe7 13. Nh2 c4 14. d4 Rd8 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Qc1
O-O 17. Rfe1 Kh7 18. Nf3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bc8 20. e5 Nd5 21. Ne4 $14 {1-0
Gormally,D-Quinn,M/York ENG 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (62)}) 10. Bh6 O-O 11.
O-O-O Re8 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6,Ye6d4,Ye6f4] This is one of the most critical
positions in this whole setup - whether white has a promising attack or balck
holds the position on the K side and then his perspectives are not worse.} 12.
g4 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2g3] The natural way to continue, but the drawback is
obvious as well} (12. h4 Nf8 13. h5 Qf6 14. hxg6 (14. Bg5 Qd6) 14... hxg6 (
14... fxg6 $143 {[%csl Re5]}) 15. Rh4 (15. Bxg7) 15... Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qg7 17.
Rdh1 Qxh6+ 18. Rxh6 f6 $11 {[%cal Gc8e6,Ga7a5]}) 12... Nf8 {[%csl Rf4]} 13. Ne2
a5 14. Rdg1 $6 (14. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 15. g5 $14) 14... Bf6 $1 {[%cal Gf8e6]} (14...
Ne6 $143 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. h4 $36 {[%csl Re5,Rg7] black has problems getting
his N back from g7.}) 15. Bg5 (15. g5 Bh8 16. h4 Ne6 17. h5 Nd4 $132 {[%csl
Rh6][%cal Ga8a7,Ga7h7] White's attack looks a bit stuck}) 15... Ne6 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 $11 17. Rg3 Rd8 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 18. g5 Qg7 19. Nh2 Nf8 {Black doesn't want
to risk, making sure white doesn't get his N to 'f6'} (19... c4 $5 20. Ng4 cxd3
21. cxd3 Ba6 22. h4 Nc5 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rhh3 Bc8 25. h5 Bxh3 26. Rxh3 gxh5 27.
f4 $40) 20. Qc3 Be6 21. Ng4 {After this the draw is obvious.} Bxg4 22. Rxg4 a4
23. a3 Ne6 24. h4 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. h5 Ra7 27. Rgh4 {Neither side can make
progress.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c5 15.
d5 c4 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Nf5 (17. Qd2 Reb8 18. Nf5 {game aborted. Kasparov,
G-Piket,J/Internet/2000/ (18)}) 17... Kh8 18. g4 Ng8 {Bologan will try to get
away with concept of not weakening any of his kingside pawns.} (18... g6 $5 19.
Ne3 (19. Nh6 Re7 $13) 19... Bg7 $13) 19. Qd2 Nc5 (19... g6 20. Ng3 (20. Nh6 $2
f6 21. Be3 Bxh6 22. Bxh6 g5 $1 $17) 20... Bg7 21. b4 $14) 20. Be3 Bc8 21. Ng3 (
21. g5 g6 22. Ng3 Bxh3 $15) 21... Rb8 22. Kg2 a5 23. a3 Ne7 (23... g6 24. g5
Bg7 25. h4 $40) 24. Rh1 Ng6 25. g5 $1 b4 $5 {Anand has excellently prepared
for the kingside attack, so the opponent takes over the initiative with the
pawn sacrifice.} (25... Qb6 26. h4 $40) 26. axb4 axb4 27. cxb4 Na6 (27... Nf4+
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. bxc5 fxg3 30. c6 gxf2 31. Ra2 $16) 28. Ra4 (28. Rhc1 $5 Nxb4
29. Ba4 Re7 30. b3 Nd3 31. Rxc4 Ndf4+ 32. Kh2 Qd8 33. Nf5 $18) 28... Nf4+ 29.
Bxf4 exf4 30. Nh5 (30. Qxf4 Nxb4 31. Qd2 Qb6 $14) 30... Qb6 31. Qxf4 Nxb4 32.
Bb1 (32. Qxf7 Nxc2 33. Rxc4 (33. Qxe8 $2 Bxh3+ $19) 33... Qxb2 34. Rc7 Bf5 35.
exf5 Re2 $132) 32... Rb7 (32... Kg8 33. Rc1 Qb5 34. Ra3 Be7 35. Rac3 $16) 33.
Ra3 Rc7 (33... Nd3 34. Bxd3 Qxb2 35. Raa1 cxd3 36. Rhb1 Qxb1 (36... Qc3 37.
Rxb7 Bxb7 38. Qxf7 Qc8 39. Rc1 $18) 37. Rxb1 Rxb1 38. Qxf7 Rb8 39. g6 hxg6 40.
Ng5 $18) 34. Rd1 Na6 (34... Nd3 35. Bxd3 Qxb2 $2 36. Qc1 $1 $18) 35. Nd4 Qxb2
36. Rg3 c3 (36... Nc5 37. Nf6 $1) 37. Nf6 $3 {[%mdl 128] The tactical
reasoning behind this impressive move is pretty interesting, most of white
pieces are ready to jump on the enemy's king.} Re5 (37... gxf6 38. gxf6 h6 (
38... Re5 39. Rg1 $1 c2 40. Kh2 Bg7 41. Qh6 $18) 39. Rg1 $1 (39. Nf5 Qe2 (39...
Bxf5 40. exf5 Qe2 41. Re1 $1 $18) 40. Rg7 Qh5 41. Qg3 Bxf5 42. exf5 Qxd1 43.
Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rxf8 Qxd5+ 45. Be4 $1 Qxe4+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 $11) 39... Qd2 $1
(39... c2 $2 40. Bxc2 Qxd4 41. Kh1 $18) 40. Qh4 c2 (40... Rb7 41. Bc2 $1 $18)
41. Nxc2 Rc3 (41... Rxc2 42. Bxc2 Qxc2 43. Kh1 Qxe4+ 44. Qxe4 Rxe4 45. Rg8+ Kh7
46. Rxf8 $18) 42. Ne3 Rc1 43. Kh2 $1 Rxg1 44. Rxg1 Re5 45. Nc4 Qd4 46. Nxd6 $18
) 38. g6 $1 fxg6 (38... hxg6 39. Qh4+ $18) (38... gxf6 39. Qxf6+ Bg7 40. Qd8+
$18) 39. Nd7 Be7 (39... Rf5 40. Nxf5 Bxd7 41. Nxd6 Be7 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. d6 c2
44. dxe7 $18) 40. Nxe5 dxe5 41. Qf7 h6 (41... Qb4 42. Qe8+ Bf8 43. Rf3 Kg8 44.
d6 $18) 42. Qe8+ (42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxg6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Qxf4 16. Rxb7 Nb6 17. g3 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qa5 19. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 12. h4 (12. O-O c4 13. Be2 (13. Bxg6
fxg6 14. Qg4 Bd7 15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Nh4 Ba4 17. Ra2 Qf7 18. Qh3 h6 19. Nxf5 gxf5
20. Bf4 Kh7 21. g3 Qg6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Ga4] 1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M-Drasko,M/YUG-ch
Subotica 2000/ (60)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Qa5 16. Bd2 b5 17. Rfe1 a6
18. g4 Bc6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Rfc8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. h4 $36 {1-0 Maliangkay,
R-Van de Lagemaat,J/corr 1995 (40)}) (12. dxc5 b6 $1 13. O-O bxc5 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nf3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nh4 Nxh4 18. Qxh4 e5 19. f3 Bf5 $15 {0-1 Gutov,
A-Ivanov,S/RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999/CBM 71 (34)}) 12... Bd7 13. a4 ({Maybe} 
13. Qg5 $5 {produces more problems for Black -} f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qg3 (15.
Qh6 $5) 15... Qxg3 16. fxg3 c4 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. h5 Ne7 19. Kd2 $14 {1-0
Rowson,J-Hillarp Persson,T/York Viking GM-A 2000/ (33)}) 13... f5 14. exf6 ({
Surely not} 14. g4 $2 Be8 $5 {and white's queen is in danger} (14... Nf4 15.
Qg5 (15. Bxf4 Be8 16. Qg5 h6 $19 {[%csl Rg5]}) 15... Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 cxd4 $36)
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 Qa5 {[%csl Rh5]}) 14... Rxf6 15. O-O (15. dxc5 e5 $36)
15... c4 16. Bxg6 (16. Be2 $2 Rf5 17. Qg4 (17. Ng5 h6) 17... e5) 16... Nxg6 17.
Qg5 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gf3e5]} e5 $5 (17... h6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 h5 {Doesn't
look too bad for Black, but Lputian prefers more complicated line.}) (17...
Raf8 18. h5 h6 (18... Rf5 19. Qg3 Nf4 $5 (19... Qxg3 20. fxg3 Ne7 21. g4) 20.
Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Ne5 Be8 23. g3 Re4) 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Ne7 21.
a5 $36 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gf3e5]}) 18. dxe5 (18. h5 $1 Rf5) 18... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Typical exchange sacrifice.} 19. gxf3 Rf8 20. Qg3 (20. f4 Rf5 21. Qg3 Qa5 $44 {
[%csl Ra4,Rc3,Rh4][%cal Gg6f8,Gf8e6]} (21... Rh5 22. Qf3)) 20... Qxe5 (20...
Nxe5 $2 21. Bd4 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Qxg3+ 23. fxg3 Nxd4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. cxd4 $16)
21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 (23... Bh3+ 24. Ke2 Bg4 25. Rxd5 Nxh4+
26. Kd2 $14) 24. Bxa7 Rh5 (24... Re5 $5 25. Kg2 $5 Nxh4+ 26. Kg3 Nf5+ 27. Kh2
$14) 25. Ke2 Bg4 {[%cal Gg4d1]} 26. Rdb1 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} Nxh4+ 27. Kd2 $6 (27.
Ke3 $142 {Anand} Re5+ $140 28. Kd4 Nf3+ 29. Kc5 $16) 27... Nf3+ 28. Kc1 (28.
Ke3 $5 Re5+ 29. Kf4 {and it is not easy to find how Black can explore too
active position of White monarch.}) 28... d4 $5 (28... Rh1+ 29. Kb2 Rxb1+ 30.
Rxb1 $14) 29. Rb5 (29. Rxb7 $5 dxc3 (29... Rh1+ 30. Kb2 dxc3+ 31. Ka2 $18 {
[%csl Ga4]}) 30. Kb1) (29. cxd4 $4 c3 $19) (29. Bxd4 $4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 c3 $19)
29... Rxb5 (29... Rh1+ 30. Kb2 dxc3+ 31. Ka2 Rxa1+ 32. Kxa1 Bd7 $5 33. Rb4 h5
34. a5 $16) 30. axb5 dxc3 31. Bc5 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Bf5 32. Ra4 Nd2 $6 (32... g5
$1 {Anand} 33. Rxc4 g4 $16 {[%cal Gh7h2]}) 33. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} Be6 34. Ra8+
Kf7 35. Rh8 Nf3 (35... Bf5 36. Rb8 Be4 37. Bxc3 $18) 36. Bxc3 Ng5 37. f4 Ne4
38. Be5 h6 (38... Kg6 39. Re8 (39. Rb8 Bd5) 39... Bd5 (39... Kf7 40. Rb8 Bd5
41. f5) 40. Re7) 39. Rb8 Bd5 40. f5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb8,Ge5]} Nf6 (40... g6 41.
Rh8) 41. Rc8 h5 42. Rc5 Be4 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Bxf6 gxf6 45. Kd2 (45. Kd2 h4 46.
Rxc4) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Qf3 Bxe3
15. Rxe3 Qc5 16. Qf5 Kf8 17. Rg3 h6 18. h4 d6 19. h5 Rg8 20. Re1 Re8 21. Qf3
Ke7 22. Nd1 Bc8 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Rb8 26. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a4 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Ngf3 Nbd5 14. Bg3 Qc7
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O b6 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. c4 Rad8 19. Nd4 $1 {Anand inproves
on his own game with Karpov, white pieces in the center make a scary
impression.} (19. Nd3 $2 Bxc4 $1 20. Rac1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf4 22. Qf1 Qb4 {
0-1 Anand,V-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo/1994/ (76)}) 19... Bxe5 (19... Nb4 20. Nxf7 $1
Rxf7 (20... Bxg3 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. c5
$16) 21. Nxe6 Re7 22. Nxc5 Rxe2 23. Nxa6 Rxb2 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. c5+ Rxb3 26.
cxd6 $16) 20. Bxe5 Nb4 (20... Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Be5 Qe4 24.
Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bc2 Nf6 26. b3 $14) 21. Nb5 Bxb5 (21... Bb7 22. Bd6 Qc6 23. f3
Rfe8 24. Na7 $16) 22. cxb5 Rxd1+ (22... Qe7 23. Qf3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 $14) 23.
Rxd1 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 128] Macieja was not suspecting, how quickly can Anand work
his way to black's king.} (23... Nbd5 24. Bc4 $14) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bxe6 $1
fxe6 (25... Re8 26. Qg4+ Qg5 27. f4 Qxg4 28. Bxg4 $18) 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 (26... Kg7
27. Rd7+ Kg6 28. Qf7+ (28. g4 Rf8 29. h4 Qe5 30. Qxb6 $14) 28... Kf5 (28... Kg5
29. h4+ Kf5 (29... Kxh4 30. Qxf6+ Kh5 (30... Qg5 31. Rd4+ Kh5 32. Qf7+ Qg6 33.
Qf3+ $18) 31. Rg7 $18) 30. Rd1 $18) 29. Qh7+ $1 Ke6 (29... Kf4 30. h3 $3 Ke5
31. g4 $18) 30. g4 Rf8 (30... h5 31. Qf7+ Ke5 32. Re7+ $18) 31. Rc7 $18) 27.
Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 (28... Kf8 29. g4 $1 Re8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Rd7 $18) 29.
Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. h3 (31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. h3 Rf8) 31... Rf8 32. Qh6+ Kg8
33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qg3 $1 Qc2 (34... Nc2 35. Rd7 $18) (34... Na2 35. Rd6 Qc1+ 36.
Kh2 Qf4 37. Rxb6 $18) 35. Rd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 f5 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne4 fxe4 21. dxe4
Bg4 22. Qd4 Bf3 23. exd5 c5 24. Qh4 Rbe8 25. Bd2 Be4 26. Re2 Qf5 27. Bf4 c4 28.
Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bc2 Bxf4 30. Bxe4 Qxe4 31. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 a5 8. Bb2
axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 c5 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 e5 13. O-O Re8 14. d3 Na6 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg5 13. Re1 h6 14. Bc2
Qd6 15. g3 Rd8 16. h4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18. Bc7 Be6 19. Be5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qe7
21. Qd3 g6 22. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. c3 Bb6 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4
e4 16. N3h2 Na5 17. Bc2 f5 18. Ng3 Rf8 19. Qh5 Qe8 20. Qxe8 Raxe8 21. Nhf1 Nc4
22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Bb3 Kh7 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Be3 Be7
28. Bd4 Bb3 29. Nf1 Bg5 30. g3 Rd8 31. Re2 Bc4 32. Ree1 Bb3 33. Re2 Bf6 34. Rd2
Bg5 35. Be3 a5 36. h4 Bxe3 37. fxe3 a4 38. Kf2 g5 39. Rc1 Rxd2+ 40. Nxd2 Bc4
41. Nxc4 bxc4 42. Rd1 Rb8 43. Rd2 Kg6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. g4 f4 46. Rd6+ Kg7 47.
Rd4 Rxb2+ 48. Ke1 Rb1+ 49. Kf2 Rb2+ 50. Ke1 Rb3 51. exf4 Rxa3 52. Kd2 e3+ 53.
Kxe3 Rxc3+ 54. Ke4 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Rc1 56. Ke3 a3 57. Rd7+ Kf6 58. Ra7 Rg1 59.
Kd4 Rxg4+ 60. Kc3 Ke5 61. Ra5+ Kd6 62. Kb4 Rh4 63. Rxa3 Kd5 64. Ra8 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. a5 f6 {Modern chess is much more dynamic
than in the past, this line with piece sacrifice for three pawns is a frequent
guest at the events of the highest category. Chances for both sides are more
or less balanced, it all depends on the quality of the play.} (17... Rfd8 18.
Be2 f6 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Na3 (20. Nd2 Kf7 (20... Rdc8+ 21. Kb1 (21. Kb3 Kf7 22.
Rhc1 Ke7 23. Ka3 Nc5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Nb3 g6 26. a6 {1-0 Topalov,V-Khalifman,A/
Istanbul 2000/ (57)}) 21... Kf7 22. Ra3 Nb4 23. Nb3 Nc2 24. Ra4 Ne3 25. g3 e5
26. Re1 d4 27. Bd3 Rc7 28. Rc1 {1-0 Bareev,E-Ribli,Z/Neum 2000/ (53)}) 21. Rhc1
Rdc8+ 22. Kd1 Ke7 23. Nb3 e5 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Nc7 26. c4 dxc4 27. Bxc4
Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/Montecatini Terme/2000/ (67)})
20... Nb4+ 21. Kd2 Nc6 22. Nc2 Rd6 23. Ra4 g6 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc8 26. Rb4
Rd7 27. Re1 {1-0 Barkhagen,J-Ziegler,A/Sweden 2000/ (43)}) 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19.
Ne3 Rbc8+ (19... Nb4+ 20. Kb3 Nc6 21. g3 $14) 20. Kb1 (20. Kb3 Nc5+ 21. Ka3 f5
$1 $36) 20... Nc5 21. Ra3 f5 (21... d4 $5 22. Nc2 (22. Nc4 Rfd8 23. Nd2 f5 24.
Bc4 Kf7 $13) 22... e5 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Re1 Rfd8 $13) 22. Be2 Ne4 (22... d4 23.
Nc4 d3 24. Bf3 Rfd8 25. Ne5 $14) 23. Rd1 Rc7 (23... f4 24. Ng4 (24. Bg4 $2 Rc6
$1 25. Nc2 Nf2 $19) 24... h5 25. Ne5 Rf5 26. Nf3 $14) 24. Nc2 Kf7 25. Nd4 Nd6 (
25... a6 $5 26. Rb3 Ke7 27. Rb6 Rf6 28. Nf3 Rg6 29. g3 Rh6 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31.
Kxc1 Nd6 $13) 26. a6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Anand needs objects for his attack, good
candidates are the pawns a7 and e6.} b6 $6 (26... bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rd8 28. Re1 $16
) (26... Rb8 $5 27. Rb3 Kf6 $13) 27. Re3 Re8 (27... Ne4 28. Nb5 Rd7 29. Rc1 e5
30. Bd3 $14) 28. Re1 Ne4 (28... Rce7 29. Bb5 Nxb5 30. Nxb5 $14) 29. Nb5 Rd7 30.
Rc1 Nc5 $6 (30... d4 31. Rh3 h6 32. Rc6 $36) 31. Nd4 Ra8 (31... Rd6 32. b4 $16)
(31... Ne4 $2 32. Bb5 $18) 32. b4 $1 Ne4 33. Bb5 Rd6 (33... Re7 34. Nc6 Ree8
35. Ne5+ Kf6 36. Bxe8 Kxe5 37. Bb5 $18) 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Bc6 {The game is
decided, as white pawn can be stopped only with a little miracle.} Rf8 (35...
Rad8 36. Nb5 d4 37. Rd3 Nc3+ 38. Nxc3 dxc3 39. Rxc3 $18) 36. Nb5 Rdd8 (36... d4
37. Nxd6 dxe3 38. Nxe4+ fxe4 39. Kc2 Rd8 40. Bd7 $18) 37. Rxa7 Nd2+ (37... d4
38. Rd3 e5 39. Rb7 Nf2 40. Rf3 $18) 38. Kc1 Nc4 39. Re2 Ne5 (39... d4 40. Nc7
e5 41. Nd5+ Ke6 42. Rc2 Na3 43. Nc7+ Kf6 44. Ra2 Nc4 45. Rb7 $18) 40. Rc7 (40.
Nd4 Rd6 41. b5 Nd3+ 42. Kd2 Nc5 43. Rc7 $18) 40... Rc8 (40... Nd3+ 41. Kd2 Nxb4
42. Bb7 d4 43. Rc4 $18) (40... Nxc6 41. Rxc6 Rfe8 42. Nc7 $18) 41. Bb7 (41. Bb7
Rcd8 42. a7 Nd3+ 43. Kd1 Nxb4 44. Nd4 e5 45. Rb2 exd4 46. Rxb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. c4 Qc7 14. h3 a5 15.
Ba3 axb4 16. Bxb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Ra8 18. Qb2 h6 19. Rd1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rc8 21.
Be2 Nc5 22. Qd4 Ra8 23. Bc3 Ncd7 24. Bb2 Ra2 25. Qc3 Nc5 26. Qb4 Nfd7 27. Ra1
Rxa1+ 28. Bxa1 Nf6 29. Bd4 Qd6 30. Qb2 Ncd7 31. f4 Qc6 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. cxb5 {
[#] Läuferpaar gegen Springer bei teilblockierter Stellung.} Ne4 34. Bf3 Nec5
35. Bc6 f6 36. e4 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Be3 Kf7 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Kf3 Nf6 41. g4
g5 42. Bf2 Kd6 43. h4 Ne6 44. Bxb6 gxh4 45. Ba7 Ng5+ 46. Kg2 h3+ 47. Kh1 Nfxe4
48. Ba8 Nf6 49. Bg1 (49. b6 $142 Nd7 50. Kh2) 49... Nxg4 50. b6 h2 51. Bxh2
Nxh2 52. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nh4 Na5 17. Ba2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Bh4 Qc6 21.
Qc2 h6 22. Bg3 Qd5 23. a4 Nc4 24. Re4 a6 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Re1 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Nd6
28. Rxe6 Qxc3 29. Re5 Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {McShane} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2
d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 b4 {'?!' McShane.} (11... d5 $5 {
McShane gaining space in the centre, has been tried with success:} 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Nh4 b4 18. Nxg6
hxg6 19. Qf3 Nce7 20. Bb3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa5 {0-1 Garcia,G-Benjamin,J/Toronto
1998/CBM 65 ext (62)}) 12. a5 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'Fixing a weakness on a6,
reducing the mobility of Black's queenside pieces.'} Rb8 13. g4 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] New and more direct than the alternatives:} (13. Re1 Qc8 14. Nf1 b3
$13 {1-0 Adams,M-Benjamin,J/Luzern 1997/CBM 62 (40)}) (13. Qe2 bxc3 14. bxc3 d5
15. d4 $13 {1-0 Svidler,P-Adams,M/Neum 2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) 13... Bg6 14. Nc4
bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc8 {Avoiding pins by Bg5 or Ba4 - and eying g4.} 16. Ba4 Na7 (
16... Ne7 {is possible.}) 17. Be3 Bxe3 (17... Nxg4 $2 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. hxg4
Qxg4+ 20. Kh1 Qh3+ (20... Bh5 21. Ncxe5 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 f6 23. Bd7 $18) 21. Nh2
Rfd8 22. f3 $18) 18. Nxe3 c6 (18... Nb5 {is playable, but where is it going?})
19. Qd2 {McShane: 'Black's opening has not been a success. He has less space
on the flanks and restricted pieces. However, it's far from over and it is
interesting to watch how easily Anand converts his advantage.'} Qc7 (19... h5
$5) 20. c4 $1 {Making the N on a7 look a bit stupid. McShane: 'Now the knight
cannot use b5.'} c5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Black understandably wants to play his
a7-N to d4, but giving away d5 is too high a price.} (20... Nd7 $5) 21. Nh4 $6
{Giving Black a chance to get back in the game.} (21. g5 $1 Nh5 22. Nd5 $16)
21... Kh8 $2 {The K walks away from a N-check on e7, but was it really a
threat?} (21... Nc6 $5 {Looks like a blunder, but I don't think it is.} 22. g5
Nh5 23. Nd5 (23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd5 Qd7 25. Qe3 Rb3 $13) 23... Qxa5 $1 {This
trick seems to work.} 24. Qxa5 (24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qxa5 Nxa5 26. Bd7 Rfd8 27. Bg4
Nb3 28. Rxa6 Nd4 $13) 24... Nxa5 25. Bd7 (25. Bc2 Nc6 26. Rxa6 Nd4 $132) 25...
Rfd8 26. Rxa5 Rxd7 27. Rxa6 f6 $14) 22. g5 Nh5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Rfb1 {[%csl Ra7]
Now Black is in a difficult position. The N on a7 is stranded in the corner
and White has an entry square on b6. Adams decides to try some tactics.} Nf4 (
24... f6 {McShane: may be another way to try to stir up counterplay.}) 25. Nxf4
Qxg5+ 26. Nhg2 exf4 27. Rb6 $1 $16 {McShane: 'The pawn can go anytime. Anand
sorts out his priorities on the queenside.'} Rbd8 28. Qxf4 Qe7 29. Rab1 Nc8 30.
Rb7 Qe6 (30... Qe5 {McShane: never does Black any good. With the dominant
rooks on the queenside the endgame makes White's life easier.}) 31. Qg5 h6 (
31... Qxh3 32. Nf4 Qh6 33. Qxh6 gxh6 34. f3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc8][%cal Yg1f2,
Yb1h1]}) 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Nf4 Ne7 34. Kg2 {McShane: 'A calm tidying-up move to
avoid checks on a1 when White plays Rb1-b6'} Ng8 35. Nd5 Qe6 36. Bd1 {McShane:
'Black is virtually immobilised, as 36...Nf6 allows 37.Re7! Qc8 38.Nxf6 and
Rb1-b6 with a crushing position; f7-f5 breaks allow Nf4, and Bg4 is coming.'} (
36. Bd1 Nf6 37. Re7 Qc8 38. Nxf6 gxf6 39. Qf4 Kg7 40. Rb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. Ra2 {[%mdl 12] Important novelty.White are trying to win battle over only
open line.} (15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nh4 (16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19.
Bh4 Be6 20. Bd3 g5 21. Bg3 Ne7 22. f4 Rad8 23. Be4 b6 24. Rf1 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bologan,V-Karpov,A/Buenos Aires ARG 2000 (32)}) 16... Na5 17. Ba2 Be6 (17...
Bg4 18. Qd3 (18. Qc2 Rae8 19. h3 Be6 20. c4 Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nf3 Qd8 (
22... Qd7 23. Qc3 b6 24. Rad1 f6 25. Nd2 Bf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Noskowicz,K-Lasota,Z/
POL-ch34 sf06 corr 1990/CR97-90 (34)}) 23. d5 Bc8 24. c5 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,
L-Yusupov,A/Barcelona WCup 1989/MAS C42 AY (24)}) (18. f3 Be6 19. d5 Bf5) 18...
Rae8 (18... h6 $2 19. Bxh6) 19. h3 (19. f3 Be6 20. d5 f6 21. Be3 (21. dxe6 $2
Bxh2+ (21... Bc5+ 22. Qe3 Bxe3+ 23. Bxe3 Qc6 24. e7+ Rf7 $17 {[%cal Ya5c4]})
22. Kxh2 Qxd3 23. e7+ Rf7 24. Rad1 Qb5 $19) 21... Bf7 22. c4 b6 $11) 19...
Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Re3 (21. Rxe8+ $5 Qxe8 22. Be3 Be6 23. c4 Qa4 24. d5 Bd7
25. c5 Bf8 26. Nf3 $36) 21... Rxe3 (21... Bh5 22. g4 (22. Bb1 Bg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6
$11) 22... Rxe3 (22... Bg6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6 $16) 23. Qxe3
Bg6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qe4 $14) 22. Bxe3 Be6 $1 23. d5 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25.
Qf5 (25. Nf5 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bg3+ $11) 25... Qxh4 26. Qc8+ Bf8 27. Bc5 Qg5+ $11 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Adams,M/New Delhi IND 2000/ (32)}) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nf3 (19.
Qg4 Rae8 20. Nf3 Qf7 $5 $11 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 19... Rae8 20. Bh4 (20. Qd3 Qc6 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 $132 {[%cal Ya5c4]}) 20... Qc6 21. Qc2 {/\22.Ng5} h6 22.
Bg3 Qd5 $11 23. a4 (23. Ne5 Nc4 24. Qg6 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Re7 $11) 23... Nc4 24.
Re4 a6 25. Qe2 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Yc6c3,Yc6a4]} 26. Re1 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Nd6 28. Rxe6
Qxc3 29. Re5 Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Anand,V/New Delhi IND 2000 (29)}) (15. Ng5
Qd7 16. Qf3 (16. Ra2 $5) 16... Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bd2 Nd8 $1 19. Bd3 Bxd3
20. Qxd3 f5 $11 21. c4 Be7 $1 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Rb1 b6 {/\24...c5} 24. c5 Qd5 (
24... bxc5 $5 25. Qc4+ Ne6 26. dxc5 (26. d5 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rb7 a6) 26...
c6 $11) 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Rb5 Qe4 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. h3 h6 (28... Ne6 $5 29. Rd5
b5 $1 30. Rxb5 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. Qb4 $11) 29. Rb3 Qc6 30. Qd3 Qd5 31. Qb5
Qxb5 32. Rxb5 Ne6 33. Rd5 Kg8 34. Rd7 Rd8 35. Rxa7 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Bxd4 37. Kf1
Bxf2 38. Bxh6 Bd4 39. Bd2 Re8 40. Rd7 Re4 41. g3 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/
New Delhi 2000/ (41)}) 15... Qd7 (15... Na5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Re8 18. Rae2
Rxe2 19. Rxe2 h6 20. c4 $36) 16. Ng5 Bg6 (16... Na5 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Rae2 Rxe2
19. Qxe2 h6 20. Ne4 $14) (16... h6 17. Ne4 Rae8 18. Rae2 $14) 17. Ne4 Rfe8 18.
Rae2 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Re8 21. f3 $5 (21. Qe2 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qe7 23.
f3 $14) 21... Nd8 22. Bb3 (22. Qe2 Re7 23. Bb3 (23. Bg5 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Bxa3 25.
Bxd8 Qxd8 26. Qa2 Qe7 27. Bxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxa3 $11) 23... c6 24. a4 Ne6 $14)
22... c6 23. a4 Ne6 24. g3 Nc7 $14 25. Kg2 b6 26. Qd3 Nd5 27. Bg5 Bf8 28. h4 g6
29. Qd2 h6 $1 30. Bf4 (30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Qg4 $1 33. exd5 (
33. Bxd5 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 cxd5 35. exd5 Qf1+ $11) 33... Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 (
35. Kg4 $4 Qf5#) 35... Qf2+ $11) 30... Rxe4 31. fxe4 Nxf4+ 32. Qxf4 Kg7 33. h5
$1 (33. e5 Qf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Kf3 Ba3 $132 {[%cal Ya3b2,Yb2e5] /=}) 33...
gxh5 (33... g5 $6 34. Qf3 f6 35. e5 $36 {[%csl Rg7]}) 34. e5 Kg8 35. Qf3 Bg7
36. Qxh5 c5 $1 {White has obvious advantage here,but they didn`t find a way to
start an attack,which could be dangerous because of opposite coloured Bishops}
37. Qf3 cxd4 38. cxd4 Qe7 39. Qc6 Bf8 40. Qg6+ Bg7 41. Qf5 Qe8 42. Kh2 Qe7 43.
Kg1 Qe8 44. Kf2 Kf8 45. Ke3 Kg8 46. Kd3 Qe7 47. g4 Bf8 48. Bd5 Qa3+ 49. Ke4 Qe7
50. Qg6+ Bg7 51. Qc6 Bf8 52. Qb7 Qxb7 53. Bxb7 Bb4 54. d5 Kf8 55. Kf5 Be7 56.
Ba6 Bg5 {Now Black are out of danger.} 57. d6 Bh4 58. Bb5 Bg3 59. Ke4 Bh2 60.
Kf5 Bg3 61. Bc4 Bh4 62. Bd5 Ke8 63. Bc4 Kf8 64. Bb5 Bg3 65. Bc6 Bh4 66. Ke4 Bg5
67. Bb5 Bh4 68. Kd5 Bg3 69. e6 fxe6+ 70. Kxe6 Bf4 71. d7 Bc7 72. Kf6 Bd8+ 73.
Kg6 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. d4 bxa4 8. dxc5
Qe7 9. Qxa4 Qxc5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. h3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. b4 h6 14. Rab1 d6 15.
c4 Qe6 16. Qc2 Ne7 17. a4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qg6 19. Nfd2 f5 20. Ng3 f4 21. Qxg6
Nxg6 22. Nge4 fxe3 23. fxe3 Nh4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rf1+ Ke8 26. g3 Ng6 27. Kf2
Nf8 28. Ke2 Nd7 29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Kd3 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Kd7 32. Rf1 Ke6 33. Rf2 Bc6
34. Nc3 Be8 35. e4 Bg6 36. Nd5 Rc8 37. a5 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O cxd4
9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Qg4 (12. Kh1 Ne7 13. f4 d4 $1) 12...
g6 $146 {This novelty has not impressed the experts, black has fighting some
serious problems for the extra pawn.} 13. Be3 $1 Bc5 (13... Qd8 14. Nb5 h5 $2
15. Qxg6 $1 $18) (13... Qxb2 $2 14. Bd4 Qd2 15. Rfd1 Qh6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Nd6+
Bxd6 18. exd6 e5 (18... f6 19. Bb5 $1 $18) 19. Bb5 Nf6 20. Qe2 $18) 14. Na4 $6
(14. Qf4 $1 Rc8 (14... Ne7 15. Qf6 Rg8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Rc2 $1 (
18. a4 Rd8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5+ Kf8)) (14... d4 15. b4 $3 dxe3 16. bxc5 Qxc5
17. Ne4 $18) 15. Na4 $1 Bxa4 (15... Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bxa4 17. Qxa4+ Kf8 18. Rxf7+
$1 Kxf7 19. Qd7+ Ne7 20. Rf1+ $18) 16. Qxa4+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 17. Rac1 $1 $18)
17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 $14) 14... Bxa4 15. Qxa4+ Kf8 16. Bxc5+ (16. Qf4 Kg7 (
16... Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qc7 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. e4 $1) 17. Bxc5 (17. Rac1 Bxe3 18.
fxe3) 17... Qxc5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Rc2 $44) 16... Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Qd7 $1 (
18. Rc2 Ne7 $1 19. Rfc1 Nc6 20. Bb5 Kg7 $11) 18... Rd8 $1 (18... Nh6 19. Rc7
Qxb2 20. Qe7+ (20. Qd6+ $5 Kg8 21. h3 $1) 20... Kg8 21. Qf6 Qxa3 $1 22. Rfc1
Rf8 23. h3 (23. Bb5 Ng4 24. Qg5 Qb2 $1) (23. Be2 Nf5) 23... Qxd3 24. Rc8 Qa3
25. R1c5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Nf5 $1 $13) 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 256]
Anand already sees the contours of counterplay, the position is practically
equal due to the precise defense.} (20... b6 21. Rfc1 Ne7 22. Rb7 Rc8 23. Rxc8+
Nxc8 24. h4 $1 $14) 21. Rfc1 Ne7 22. f4 Nc6 23. Rc5 (23. Bb5 Nd4 24. Bd3 Nc6
$11) 23... Kg7 (23... g5 24. Rb5 $1 (24. g3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rg8+ 26. Kf2 Rg4 27.
Kf3 Rg7 $1 {f7-f6}) 24... Kg7 (24... Nd4 $6 25. Rxa5 gxf4 26. Ra7 Nc6 27. Raxb7
Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Nxe5 29. Rb8+ $1 Kg7 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Bb5 $1 d4 32. a4 d3 33.
Kf2 Kg7 34. a5 $18) 25. g3 Rhc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxb7 Nd4 28. Kf2 $14) 24. Rb5
g5 $1 25. g3 h5 $1 {The correct plan, white will have plenty of problems with
pawn structure on the kingside.} 26. Rbxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 h4 28. Kg2 hxg3 (28...
Nd4 $5) 29. hxg3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rh4 31. Kg3 Rh1 32. Kg2 (32. Bb5 Nd4 33. Be8 Kf8
$1 34. Bxf7 $2 Rh7 $19) (32. Rc7 Nd4 33. b4 Ra1 $1 34. Rc3 axb4 35. axb4 Ra2
$17) 32... Rh4 (32... Rd1 33. Bb5 Nd4 34. Be8) 33. Kg3 Rh1 34. Kg2 (34. Rb6 Nd4
35. b4 $140 $2 Ra1 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Though both of us have played 1.d4 quite often, this match only
featured the king pawn.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {
Repeating the line Mickey went for in the semis against me. I guessed that he
wanted to try 7...d5. I wasn't averse to that, since I had an idea.} 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 d5 {Shirov himself has played 8.d4 here often.} 8. a4 $1 {A useful
intermezzo - White delays d4 for a move to see what Black does.} dxe4 {Black
has alternatives like 8...Rb8 or 8...b4, but to analyse 9.d4 under the changed
circumstances at the board isn't trivial.  He played pretty quickly.} (8... Rb8
) (8... b4) 9. axb5 Bg4 {But the effect was spoiled when he sank into thought
for a long time here!} (9... exf3 10. Qxf3 e4 11. Bxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. d4
$1 $16 (13. Bxa8 Nd3 $5 $44)) (9... O-O 10. bxc6 exf3 11. Qxf3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Bd6
13. Re1 (13. d3 Be2) 13... e4 14. Qh4 (14. Qe3 Re8 15. h3 Be6) 14... Re8 {
/\ Re5} 15. Ra5 $1 $14) 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. bxc6 O-O (11... Ng5 12. d4 Bxf3 13.
Bxg5 Bxd1 14. Bxd8 $16) 12. d4 {Here it was my turn to sink into thought.
There were a lot of tempting possibilities, but they fell short.} (12. Ra4 Qd3
$1) (12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxe5 Nxf2 $1 (14... Qh4 15. d4) 15. Rxf2 Bxf2+
16. Kxf2 Qh4+ $1 (16... Qf6+ 17. Nf3 Bd3 18. Na3 Qxc6 (18... Rfe8 19. Nc2 Re2+
20. Qxe2 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 $44) 19. Nc2 f5 $1 $44) 17. Kg2 Be4+ 18. Nf3 f5 $17) (
12. d3 {The critical line, but Black's choice isn't difficult!} Nxf2 $8 13.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 e4 $1 15. Ra4 $8 f5 {I looked at this for a long time, but
found enough counterplay for Black.} 16. Qb3+ (16. Rd4 Qe8 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Ne1
e3+ 19. Bxe3 (19. Kg1 f4 $44) 19... f4 20. Bd2 (20. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 21. Bxf4 Qe2+
22. Kg3 Be6) 20... Qe2+ 21. Kg1 f3 $19) 16... Kh8 17. dxe4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qh4+
19. Kg2 Qe1 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Bf4 Rd1) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 (13... Bb4 14.
Qd3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 $14) 14. Nc3 Re8 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd5 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4
Bg6 18. Ne5 $14) 15. Be3 Qd6 (15... Qf6 $1 $11 {Pablo told me about this after
this game and it is difficult to see what White has.} 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxc6
18. d5 Qg6 $11) 16. d5 (16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. d5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qc5 (18... Rxe3 19.
Qd4 Bxf3 (19... Rxf3 20. gxf3 Bh3 21. Rf2) 20. Qxe3 Bxd5 21. Rfd1 Qxc6 22. Qd4
Be4 23. Rxa6 $1 $18) 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxe3 $11) 16... Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rad8 $1
(17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rxe3 (18... Qc5 $2 19. Qd4) 19. Qd4 Bxf3 20. Qxe3 Bxd5 21.
Rfd1 Qxc6 22. Qd4 Bc4 23. Qd8+ Qe8 24. Qxc7 $16) 18. Rxa6 (18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19.
Rxa6 Rxe3 20. Qd4 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Bh3 22. Re1 Qg6+ 23. Kf2 Qg2+ 24. Ke3 Re8+ {
I stopped around here and decided to look at the direct capture on a6!} 25. Kd3
Qxf3+ 26. Kd2 (26. Kc4 Bf1+ 27. Kc5 Rb8 28. Ra5 Qb3 $19) 26... Qg2+ 27. Kc3
Qf3+ 28. Qd3 Qf6+ 29. Qd4 Qf3+ $11) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd5 (19... Rxe3 20.
Qd4 {I saw that I would have to travel to c5 with my king, so it's safe to say
that I would have double checked everything before starting, but it looks
correct!!} Rxf3 21. gxf3 Bh3 22. Re1 (22. Rfa1 $2 Qg6+ 23. Kf2 Qg2+ 24. Ke3
Re8+ $19) 22... Qg6+ 23. Kf2 Qg2+ 24. Ke3 Re8+ 25. Kd3 Qxf3+ 26. Kc4 Bf1+ 27.
Kc5 $16) 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Nd4 g6 $1 {Luft for the king and the f5 square for
the bishop simultaneously.} 22. Rf4 (22. Ra7 Rxe3 $1 {As in the game.} (22...
Re7 23. e4 (23. Rf4 Be6 $1 (23... Bf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Rd4 $16) 24. Nxe6 fxe6
25. Rd4 Kf7 {Black should be able to save this.}) 23... Rc5 24. h3 Be6 25. Rb1
Rxc3 26. Rbb7 Rc4 (26... Bc4 27. Rxc7 Rxe4 28. Rd7 $1) 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxc7
Rcxc6 (28... Rexc6 29. Rxf7 Rxe4 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rxh7 $16) 29. Rxf7 h5 30.
Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rgd7 Rc8) 23. Rxc7 Rxc3 24. Rf4 (24. Rfxf7 Rxd4 {Doesn't lead
anywhere} 25. h3 Bf5 $11) 24... h5 $1 (24... f5 25. h3 $16) (24... Bf5 25. g4)
25. h3 Bf5 $11) 22... Bf5 23. Ra7 (23. Kf2 Rc5) 23... Rxe3 $1 (23... Re7 24.
Nxf5 gxf5 25. Rd4 $1) 24. c4 Rc5 25. Rxc7 Re4 {Black should now save the game.}
26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Re7 (27. Ra7 Rxc4 28. c7 Kg7 29. Nb5 Bf5 30. Nd6 Rc1+ 31. Kf2
Bd7 {/\ Rc6}) 27... Bf5 28. c7 Kf8 $2 (28... Kg7 $1 $11) 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Rd7
Kg7 31. Rd4 {White protects the c4 pawn and preserves some winning chances.}
Rxc7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Ke3 Ke6 $2 {A crucial loss of time.} (33... Ra7 $1 {
Black should activate his rook as soon as possible.} 34. g3 (34. Rd2 Ke5 35.
Kd3 Ra3+ 36. Kc2 f4 $132) (34. Rh4 Ke5 35. Rxh7 (35. g3 f6 $132) 35... f4+ 36.
Kf3 Ra3+ 37. Kg4 Ra2 $132) 34... Ke5 35. Rd5+ (35. Rh4 Ra3+ 36. Kd2 f4 $1)
35... Ke6 36. Rd2 Ke5 $1) 34. g3 (34. Kd3 {Was more precise}) 34... f6 $2 (
34... Ra7 $1 35. Rh4 (35. Rd2 Ke5) 35... Ke5 36. Rxh7 Ra3+ {Black is still
fighting.}) 35. Kd3 $1 {Now White's king crosses over.} Ra7 36. Kc3 $14 {
Now Black can't cut White's king off on the 2nd rank.} Ke5 37. Rh4 Rb7 38. Rf4
Rb1 39. Rf2 Rc1+ $2 (39... h5 $1 {I think Black should have tried to break
White's kingside structure.} 40. c5 Rc1+ 41. Kb4 {Still, White has gained a
lot of time, so he should be better.}) 40. Kb4 Ke6 (40... Kd6 41. Rxf5 Rb1+ 42.
Kc3 {Doesn't work.}) 41. Kb5 $2 {I felt that White shouldn't obstruct his pawn,
but this allows Black a neat trick. Either of the alternatives would have been
better.} (41. Kc5 $16) (41. c5 $1 $16) 41... Kd6 $1 {The best chance under the
circumstances.} 42. Rxf5 (42. Kb4 Rb1+ 43. Kc3 Rc1+) 42... Rb1+ 43. Ka4 {
Now White's king is out of it.} Rb2 44. Rxf6+ $6 (44. Rh5 $1 Kc6 (44... Rb7 45.
Rb5 $16) 45. Rxh7 Kc5 46. Rh4 $14 {Nonetheless, with the king on the a-file,
it won't be easy.}) 44... Kc5 45. Rh6 Kxc4 46. Rh4+ Kd5 47. Rxh7 $14 Ke5 48.
Ka3 Rb8 49. Rh5+ Kf6 (49... Ke4 $2 50. Rg5 $1 {White can now advance his
kingside pawns without his king.}) 50. Rh4 Kg5 51. Rb4 Rh8 52. h4+ Kh5 53. Rb5+
Kh6 54. g4 Re8 (54... Kg6 55. h5+ $1 Kh6 56. Rb6+ Kg7 57. Kb3) 55. Rb4 {
I hadn't yet decided what was the right plan, and this seemed like a safe move.
} (55. Rb6+ Kg7 56. h5) 55... Kg6 56. Rb6+ Kf7 57. Rb7+ Ke6 (57... Kf6 58. g5+
Kf5 59. Rh7 Kg6 60. Rh6+ Kg7 61. Kb4) 58. Rh7 $1 {Now White's pawn will reach
the 6th rank.} Rb8 59. g5 Kf5 60. Rh6 Ke5 $2 (60... Rb1 61. g6 Kf6 62. h5 Kg7
63. Rh7+ $18 Kg8 64. Rf7 (64. h6 $4 Rg1 65. Rg7+ Kh8 $11) 64... Rh1 65. Rf5 {
White just strolls over his king.}) 61. h5 $1 $18 {Now White doesn't even need
his king.} Kf5 62. g6 Kf6 63. Rh7 {/\ 64. g7 Kf7 65. h6+-} Rg8 64. Kb3 {
Obviously, I was very pleased to break through in the match and take the lead.}
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {In the 1st game, I went for the French Defence. For the 3rd, I
decided to go for the Taimanov. It couldn't have come as a surprise to him,
but I had an idea in a sideline.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6
6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 {Following our game in Frankfurt
earlier this year.} Bd6 {The sideline. In particular, Tregubov has been
playing this a lot recently.} 10. g3 b5 (10... Be7 11. c4 {Kasparov-Polgar
Linares 1997. The problem is that g3 is a useful extra move in lines where
Black takes on e4. Therefore, Black is restricted to playing the Maroczy with
d6 as Judit did.}) 11. Nb6 (11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nb6 Bb7 13. Nxa8 Qxe4 14. Bf3
Qxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxf3 {Is fine for Black.}) 11... Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. a4 Nxd4
14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Bc5 16. axb5 {A novelty. I had checked the position after
16.Bxc5 but assumed that the doubled e-pawns were more than enough ~/= for a
pawn.} Bxe3 17. fxe3 axb5 18. Bxb5 O-O 19. Rxf6 {I was taken aback by this
sacrifice. I hadn't expected him to play it since he was a pawn up and could
begin consolidating it with Bd3} (19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Qc1 Ra8 {Black seems to have
enough compensation here.}) 19... gxf6 20. Bxd7 $6 (20. c4 {Had White played
this, then the game would have continued normally. Probably Black can generate
enough play on the a-file, but he isn't better at all.}) 20... Ra8 $1 {Alexei
said that he had missed this move.} 21. Qg4+ $2 {The real mistake.} (21. Rxa8 {
Not the easiest move to make - you don't sacrifice the exchange to grovel back
to d3 - but it was time to change tack.} Rxa8 22. Bb5 $1 {The bishop belongs
on d3 where it holds the pawn structure together.} Ra2 23. Bd3 Rxb2 24. Kg2 {
I think White should still hold.}) 21... Kh8 {The problem for White is that
his bishop is misplaced now - it can't trace its's way back to d3} 22. Rf1 Rg8
$1 {This dislocates White's queen.} 23. Qh3 $2 (23. Qf5 $1 Rg6 24. Qh3 Qc5 $1 (
24... Qxc2 25. Bf5 Rg7 26. Qh6 $1) 25. Bf5 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rg7 27. Qh5 {Still
offered White compensation.}) 23... Qc5 $1 {Going for the e-pawn. The c and b
pawns will fall anyway.} 24. Bf5 $2 (24. Re1 {White should have protected his
e-pawn so as to force the black rook to g7} Qxc2 25. Bf5 Rg7 26. Qg2 $1) 24...
Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 h6 {Suddenly Black doesn't have to maroon his rook on g7, so he
saves a lot of time.} 26. Qh5 Kg7 27. Qg4+ Qg5 28. Qf3 Rgd8 {Now Black can
take his king to f8 if necessary without blocking his rook.} 29. h4 Qd2+ 30.
Kh3 (30. Rf2 Qd1) 30... Rd6 ({Naturally not} 30... Qxc2 $4 31. Be6 $1 $18) 31.
Rf2 (31. Kg4 {Trying to get the king to h5 with queens on the board.} Qxc2 32.
Kh5 Qd3 $1 33. Qg4+ Kh8 {Followed by Rg8 and exchanging queens.}) 31... Qd1 32.
Kg4 $6 (32. Qg4+ {Would have gained a tempo.}) 32... Ra2 33. Qxd1 Rxd1 {
Black simply rounds up the remaining pawns.} 34. c4 Rb1 35. Rd2 Raxb2 36. Rd7
Rb7 37. Rd6 (37. c5 {Alexei was short of time, but with this move he could
have saved his c-pawn.} Rxd7 38. Bxd7 Rb4 $1 39. Kf3 $8 {Any bishop move loses
the c-pawn.} (39. Kf5 h5 $1 {White is now forced to play g4}) 39... Kf8 $19)
37... Rc7 38. Kh5 Rc1 39. g4 R7xc4 40. Rd7 Rc7 41. Rd8 (41. Rxc7 {Loses anyway.
}) 41... Rh1 {Black now threatens Rc7-c2-h2xh4 mate! Alexei resigned. The rook
vs bishop was lost as well.  This victory gave me a two point lead. I tried
not to get euphoric and spent the rest day preparing for a big fight in round
4.} (41... Rh1 42. Rd7 {The only chance.} Rxd7 43. Bxd7 {If Black could
exchange rooks with the bishop trapped on f5, then he could win by zugzwang.
However, here the daigonal a8-d5 is long enough.} Rc1 44. Bb5 {However, Black
has a nice winning plan.} Rc8 $1 45. Ba6 Rh8 46. Bb5 Kf8 47. Ba6 Ke7 48. Bc4
Rh7 $1 {Now Black goes over to f4.} 49. Bd5 Kd6 50. Bc4 (50. Bxf7 Rxf7 51. Kxh6
Ke7 {Loses}) 50... Kc5 51. Bd5 (51. Bxf7 Rxf7 52. Kxh6 Kd4 $19) 51... Kd4 52.
Ba8 Ke3 53. Bb7 Kf4 54. Bc6 Rg7 $19 {Wins as well}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Needing only a point from 3 games to become World Champion, I decided
just to play a normal game and to forget about the score.  I had to check all
the openings that Alexei plays, but this year we have played a lot of French
Defences, so I wondered if he would repeat.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {
In Sydney, I went for 4.Bg5, but didn't get much out of the opening.} Nfd7 5.
Nce2 {I used this against him in Leon and Frankfurt. Against Bareev, I didn't
get much from the opening, so in Sydney I deviated with 4.Bg5, but now it's
time to return to "our" main line!} c5 6. f4 ({Against} 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 {
Black tried to blast White's centre immediately. White can play 8.f4, but this
contains a lot of danger for White.}) 6... Nc6 {Fairly quickly. Black can go
for 6...cxd4, but Alexei had an improvement in mind over our game in Frankfurt.
} 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nf3 f6 {He played 8...Be7 in Frankfurt, but we transpose anyway.
} 9. a3 Be7 10. h4 O-O 11. Rh3 a5 $1 (11... Na5 $2 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nc4 14.
Ng3 $16 {Anand-Shirov Frankfurt 2000}) 12. b3 Qc7 {There are two game with 12..
.Qd8, but this move looks much better. For a start, there are possiblities of
Qc3+ in some line...} 13. Neg1 a4 $2 {There is no need for this.} (13... b6 14.
Be3 (14. Bd3 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 16. Ng5+ fxg5 17. hxg5+ Kg8 18.
Qh5 Ndxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5+ 20. Ne2 Ba6) 15... fxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd4 (16... Ncxe5))
14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 {This looks about equal.}) 14. b4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Ndxe5 {
In this position, such drastic measures are simply necessary. If White can
consolidate his centre, then his kingside attack will be overwhelming.} (15...
cxd4 16. cxd4 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb2 $16) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 $1 {
The best move. White's two knights would keep tripping on each other, so it's
useful to exchange one of them.} Qxe5+ 18. Qe2 Bxh4+ $2 {He played this quite
fast, but it's an error.} (18... Qc7 $1 {Black now follows with e5 which
should give him some play. Also, White's king isn't going to be completely
safe on the queenside either.}) 19. Kd1 $1 {Now Black has to exchange queens.}
Qf6 $2 (19... Qxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Bf2 21. Be3 e5 22. Bxf2 Rxf2 23. Rg3 {I think
White has a comfortable edge in the ending. This reminds me of the ending in
the Slav, where White is a piece up (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4
Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4). Here Black's centre is too loose.}) 20. Nf3 $1 Qxc3 $6
(20... g5 21. Nxh4 Qxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Ke2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 gxh4 25. Rxh4 $16
{White's rooks have all the open files they need!}) 21. Bb2 {Now White wins a
second piece.} Qb3+ 22. Kc1 e5 {The only move - otherwise Ne5 wins the queen.}
23. Rxh4 {Obviously a pleasant choice - to win a queen or be two pieces up. I
saw that I could swap queens and go into an ending and decided not to bother
with the alternative. Still, taking the queen would have finished it earlier.}
(23. Nd2 Bxh3 24. Nxb3 Rf2 (24... Bg4 25. Qxg4 Rxf1+ 26. Kc2 axb3+ 27. Kxb3 c4+
28. Ka2 $18 {White just collects all the pawns.}) 25. Qb5 (25. Qd1 Bg5+ 26. Kb1
Bf5+ 27. Bd3 e4 28. Bc2 axb3 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Qxb3 $18) 25... Bg5+ 26. Kb1
Bf5+ 27. Bd3 axb3 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. bxc5 $18) 23... Bf5 24. Qd1 e4 25. Qxb3
axb3 26. Nd2 {Harvesting all these pawns is going to take a while, but
basically the evaluation of the position is clear - White is winning.} e3 (
26... c4 27. Bd4 $18) 27. Nf3 (27. Nxb3 Bg6 28. Be2 Rf2 29. Kd1 Rxg2 30. Rg4
$18) 27... Rae8 28. Kd1 (28. bxc5 e2 29. Kd2 exf1=Q 30. Rxf1 {Wins as well,
but there is no reason to return material.}) 28... c4 29. Be2 Be4 30. Kc1 Re6
31. Bc3 Rg6 32. Rh2 Bd3 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Kb2 d2 35. Kxb3 (35. Rd1 {Followed
by Bxd2 just finishes it.}) 35... Rg3 36. Kb2 {Yes, Kc2 is quicker. I guess I
was getting nervous!} g5 37. Kc2 Rc8 (37... g4 38. Nd4 (38. Be5 gxf3 39. Bxg3
f2 40. Rh4 Rf5 41. Rg4+ Kf7 42. Bxf2 Rxf2 43. Kd3 $18) 38... Rf2 39. Rd1 e2 40.
Nxe2 Rxe2 41. Rxd2 $18) 38. Kd3 g4 39. Be5 Rc1 40. Rh1 Rxg2 41. Nh4 {I played
this and left the stage. When I came back Alexei graciously congratulated me
on becoming World Champion!} (41. Nd4 $4 {There is one last trick in the
position} d1=Q+ $1 42. Rxd1 Rd2+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 {Der englische GM
spielt gerne Systeme mit g3. Meiner Ansicht nach kann Weiß damit keinen
Eröffnungsvorteil erreichen.} a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 {Anand wählt eine alte
und nahezu in Vergessenheit geratene Variante. Heutzutage wird meist der Zug 8.
..Bc5 bevorzugt.} 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Be6 (
13... Bg4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. f3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. f4 O-O 19.
fxe5 Qxe5 20. d6 Qxb2 21. Rb1 (21. c4 $5 {Das ist unsere Partie, nur mit
Zugumstellung - aber dort spielte Weiß im 20. Zug c4. Die Ursache hierfür ist,
dass beide Spieler durch 13...Bg4 ... 15.f3 Be6 ... 18.f4 je ein Tempo
verloren haben.}) 21... Qxa2 22. Rxb7 Rad8 23. Re7 Qb2 24. Rd1 a5 {0-1
Martorelli,A-Van der Werf,M/Montecatini Terme 2000/EXT 2001 (52)}) (13... Ke7
14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Na4 $36) 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 (15. f4 O-O 16. Nd5 (16. f5
Bc4 17. Rfe1) (16. Qd6 Qa5 $1 $36) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 {Auch das wäre nur
eine Zugumstellung zu unserer Partie.} (17... exf4 $6 18. Qxf4 (18. d6 $6 Qb6
19. c3 fxg3 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Qxh6 Qxb2 22. hxg3 Qe2) 18... Qxf4 19. Rxf4 $14))
15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd6 {Das ist ein Schlüsselzug in dieser Variante. Schwarz
muss den d-Bauern blockieren.} 17. f4 O-O 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. d6 {Mit diesem Zug
opfert Weiß einen Bauern, öffnet aber zugleich die Diagonale des Bb2. Bei
anderen Fortsetzungen besteht die schwarze positionelle Drohung darn, den
d-Bauern mit Ne8-Nd6 zu blockieren und so den Spielraum des Bg2 einzuschränken.
} Qxb2 20. c4 $1 {Weiß setzt seine Hoffnungen nicht auf einen Angriff sondern
auf das Endspiel nach dem Damentausch.} (20. Rb1 Qxa2 21. Rxb7 Rad8 22. Rd1
Rfe8 23. Qf2 Re5 $1 $17 (23... Re6 24. Bd5 $1)) 20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Rab8 22. a4
$44 {Damit verhindert Weiß b7-b5, denn in diesen Fall kann er sich mit 23.cxb5
axb5 24 a5 einen gefährlichen Freibauern auf der a-Linie verschaffen.} (22. Rb1
b5 (22... b6) 23. cxb5 axb5 (23... Rxb5 $11) 24. Rc2 Rfc8 (24... Rfd8 25. Rxc5
Rxd6 26. a4 b4 27. Rb5 Rxb5 28. axb5 Rd4 29. b6) 25. Bh3 Rd8 (25... Rc6 26. d7)
26. Rxc5 Rxd6 27. a4 b4 28. Rb5 (28. Rc8+ $2 Rxc8 29. Bxc8 Rb6 30. a5 Rb8 31.
Bf5 Rb5 32. Bd3 Rxa5 33. Rxb4 $15 {Atlas,V - Horvath,J AUT tch 2000/2001 mit
Remis im 58. Zug.}) 28... Rxb5 29. axb5 Kf8 30. Rxb4 Rb6 $11) 22... Rfd8 23.
Rb1 Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 256] Schwarz verteidigt nicht seinen Mehrbauern sondern
strebt das Remis an, das er nach Vereinfachungen auch relativ leicht erreicht.}
(23... b6 24. Bc6 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6]}) 24. Rxb7 (24. Bxb7 $2 Ne5 $15) 24...
Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Ne5 26. Rd5 (26. Bxa6 $4 Nf3+ $19 {[%cal Rf3d2,Rf3g1]}) 26...
Nxc4 27. Bxa6 (27. d7 Nb6 $11) 27... Nxd6 28. a5 (28. Rxc5 $14) 28... Kf8 29.
Bf1 {Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger, aber es ist Schwarz, der vorsichtigt
agieren muss - der a-Bauer ist sehr gefährlich.} (29. Rxc5 Ra8 30. Rc6 Ke7 $11)
29... Nb7 $1 $11 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Bg2 (31. a6 Nc6) 31... Ne6 32. a6 Nc7 33.
a7 {Jetzt ist schon klar, dass Schwarz den Springer für den a-Bauern geben
muss. Aber da das Material bereits reduziert ist, kann Schwarz das Remis
einfach halten.} Ke7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 c4 36. a8=Q {Jetzt muss Weiß diesen
Zug spielen, er hat nichts besseres.} (36. Kd4 Nb5+ $15 {[%cal Rb5a7,Rb5d4]})
36... Nxa8 37. Bxa8 Ke5 {[%mdl 4096] Schwarz hat eine aktive Königsstellung
und zwei Bauern für die Figur. Als sehr wichtig für dieses Endspiel erweist
sich die Tatsache, dass Weiss auch mit dem h-Bauern und dem weißfeldrigen
Läufer die Partie nicht gewinnen könnte.} 38. Bf3 f5 39. Be2 g5 40. Bxc4 f4+
41. Kf2 (41. gxf4+ gxf4+ $11) 41... fxg3+ 42. hxg3 g4 {Schwarz droht 43...h5
und 44...h4 mit theoretischem Remis.} 43. Bf7 Kf6 44. Be8 Kg5 45. Ke3 h5 46.
Bxh5 {Mit dieser kleinen Kombination gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern und kann die
Partie um ein paar Züge verlängern, doch das Remis ist offensichtlich.} Kxh5
47. Kf4 Kh6 48. Kxg4 Kg6 {Schwarz hält die Opposition - die Stellung ist
bekanntlich Remis.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 (13. e5 dxe5
14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Bd4 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Qf4 f5 19. Nd5 Re2 20.
g4 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rexc2+ 22. Bxc2 Qxa2 $19 {0-1 Bertholee,R-Tiviakov,S/NED 2000
(29)}) (13. h4 a5 $13) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxg7 (14. Bxd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 $1 16. a3
Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Markowski,T/Budapest 2000/ (23)}) 14... Kxg7 15. exd5
$1 a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. g4 b4 {Concerning the whole opening
variation, I gave my thoughts about it in my game against Macieja, commented
in CBM80.} (18... Rc7 19. Kb1 Bc8 20. Re3 Qa7 21. Rde1 Qb6 22. Re4 Qa7 23. h3
Qb6 24. Ka1 Qa7 25. h4 $16 {/+-. 1-0 Macieja,B-Rogozenko,D/Istanbul 2000/ (30)}
) 19. a4 Qc5 20. Kb1 e5 {I was unable to find a playable way for Black in this
line and came to the conclusion that Black's position is extremely unpleasant.
The problem is that white King is much safer. Tiviakov pushes his e-pawn and
gets a reasonable position at the first sight. He trades several pieces but
fails to defend the King anyway.} 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. h4 $1 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rxe1
24. Rxe1 h5 25. Ka2 $16 hxg4 {It is not easy to indicate Black's mistake. I
remember I was so displeased with the position that could not find anything
playable. Here too, it is clear that 25. ... hxg4 only helps White to open the
position, but it is just difficult to find moves: white King is so safe on a2
that there is no way to disturb it.} 26. fxg4 Rh8 27. Qf4 $1 Rxh4 28. Rf1 {
So the disaster came along the f-file...} Qe5 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Rf6 Rxg4 31.
Re6 {In my opinion it is impossible to defend such a position.} Qg7 32. Qf3 {
Covering g2 square as well.} Qd4 (32... Rd4 33. Qe3+ Kh5 34. Re7 Qf6 {and no
direct win, but practically White is absolutely winning.} 35. Ra7 $16 (35. Rh7+
Kg4 36. Qh3+ Kg5 37. Qg3+ Rg4 38. Qe3+ Rf4)) 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34. Rxd6 Qe5 35. Qd8
Rg5 36. Rd7 Kg4 37. Rd1 Qe3 {Loses immediately, but there is no defence anyway.
For instance:} (37... Qc5 38. Qe8 Qf2 39. Qe4+ Kg3 40. Rh1 $18) 38. Rd4+ Qxd4
39. Qxd4+ Kh5 40. Qh8+ Kg4 41. Qg7 Kh5 42. Qh7+ Kg4 43. Kb1 Kf5 44. Qf7+ Ke4
45. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kasparov and I had played 40 classical games against each other before this
game. Nonetheless, this game was a first. I had achieved a personal milestone
in December winning the World Championship and this was my first tournament
after that.  Of course, in a certain sense, so had Kasparov. "After death" as
he put it in the closing ceremony.  He usually turns up late for the game
hoping to avoid photographers, but I noticed this doesn't work anymore. The
photographers simply came to our table 5 minutes later!  Anyway, my
ruminations about the game ended and we started to bash out our opening moves.
} 1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {I have played
this quite often, though not recently. Still after facing it so often in the
World Championship (and preparing for it) I felt that I could play it myself. 
I suppose it didn't come as a surprise to him - in Linares 1998 (after I came
off the matches with Karpov and Adams) I used the Caro-Kann against him!} 6. c3
b5 7. Bb3 {I was curious what line he would choose. Both Vlady and Alexei
tried 5...b5 and 6...Bc5, but no one had played the direct Bc5 against him.} d6
8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 {Mickey Adams went for Bh5 in our semi-final in Delhi.}
10. Qxf3 O-O 11. a5 $5 {After a long think.  Wedberg: 'Not the standard
approach. White prevents Na5, but gets a slightly weak a5-P in return.'} (11.
d3 Rb8 (11... Na5 {Wedberg} 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Qe2 (14. Re1 Qd7 $11 (
14... h6 $6 15. Rb1 $1 $14 {1-0 Leko,P-Garcia,G/Yopal 1997/CBM 60 (51) 
[Rodriguez]})) 14... Re8 15. Nf3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb3 17. Bxb3 Rxb3 18. d4 $5 (18.
Qc2 Qb8 $1 $13 {0-1 Hansen,S-Hector,J/Skaenninge 1998/CBM 65/[Wedberg] (31)})
18... exd4 19. cxd4 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 $6 (20. dxc5 Rc3 21. Qxa6 $14) 20... Bxd4 21.
Ra2 Nxe4 $44 {1-0 Anand,V-Karpov,A/FIDE-Wch k.o. f 1998/CBM 63/[Anand] (41)})
12. Nd2 {Here Black's next move is specifically to avoid a4-a5} Na5 13. Bc2 b4
{Anand-Karpov Lausanne 1998}) 11... Rb8 $1 {I came to this move by elimination.
Black normally goes for Na5 and b4, but now 11...b4 is met by 12.Bc4 and
Black's a6 weakness will haunt him. So Black has to switch plans. He wants to
play Nd7, Ne7 and f5. However, neither knight move is entirely satisfactory,
so Black first gets his rook out of the way} (11... Nd7 $2 12. Bd5) (11... Ne7
12. Rd1 {/\ d4} (12. d3 {Wedberg} Nd7 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. Qe2 Ba7 15. Nf3 Nc5 16.
Ba2 Ne6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Bd2 f5 $132 {1-0 Sulypa,A-Malaniuk,V/
Donetsk 1998/CBM 68 (36)})) 12. d3 Nd7 13. Be3 {This came as a surprise to me.
I felt that if White swapped bishops, then Black should be OK. Still, White is
a tempo short to prevent f5, so perhaps Black has equalized.} (13. Nd2 Kh8 14.
Rd1 Ne7 15. Nf1 (15. g4 Ba7 {/\ Nc5-e6}) 15... f5) 13... Kh8 14. Nd2 Ne7 15.
Bc2 (15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 {Now it turns out that the a5 pawn can be weak
as well!} 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Nb3 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Qe7 $1 {It will be
difficult to actually capture the a5 pawn without allowing White any
compensation, but Black is in no danger here.}) 15... Bxe3 $1 (15... f5 16. d4
f4 17. dxc5 fxe3 18. Qxe3 Nxc5 19. b4 $14) 16. fxe3 $6 {'!?' Wedberg. Wedberg:
'Aggressive as always Kasparov opens an avenue of attack on the black K. The
centre Ps becomes less flexible, but an extra centre P can come in handy if
Black later tries a break with d5 or f5.'} (16. Qxe3 c5 $11) 16... c5 17. Bb3
c4 $2 {I got a bit excited here. Simply Nf6 gives Black a good game  Wedberg:
'Black disturbs the cooperation of the White pieces and disrupts the
P-formation.'} (17... Nf6 $1 18. Bd5 $11 {This allows White to maintain the
balance.} (18. g4 $5 $36 {Wedberg: a5 is weak but White can throw everything
at the Black K.})) 18. dxc4 Nc5 (18... b4 {My original intention. White has
only one move to avoid being strangled after Nc5} 19. c5 (19. cxb4 Rxb4 $132)
19... Nxc5 20. Bxf7 $1 {It simply slipped my mind that White could play this.
However, there is no way to exploit the pin.} bxc3 21. bxc3 Nc6 (21... Ng8 {
Wedberg} 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Bd5 Rb5 $13) 22. Qh5 $1 {Followed by Bd5}) 19. cxb5
Nxb3 (19... Rxb5 $2 20. Bxf7 Rxb2 21. Nc4 $16) 20. Nxb3 Rxb5 21. Qd1 $1 $14 Qc7
22. Ra4 $1 Nc6 $2 {Now Black starts to get into real trouble} (22... Rfb8 23.
Nd2 Rxb2 24. Nc4 R2b3 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Nxd6 f6 27. Rc4 $16) (22... Kg8 $1 23.
Nd2 (23. c4 Rb7 24. c5 dxc5 25. Rc4 Rb5 26. Qc2) 23... Rxa5 (23... Rxb2 24. Nc4
Rb5 25. Qxd6 Rc5 26. Qxa6 $1) 24. Nc4 (24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. Nc4 Qc5) 24... Rc5 $1
{This seems to give Black enough counterplay to offset his queenside
weaknesses.} (24... Rxa4 25. Qxa4 $14) 25. Qd3 (25. Nxd6 Rd8 26. Rxa6 Rc6)
25... d5 $1 $132 26. exd5 Nxd5 {A sample line:} 27. Rxa6 Nxc3 $1 28. Nd6 Nd5
29. Nxf7 Rc1 30. Qxd5 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qxf7+ (31... Qc1+ 32. Ke2 Qxb2+ 33. Kf3
Rxf7+ 34. Kg3 Qf2+ 35. Kh2 h6 36. Qxe5 $14) 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7+ 33. Ke2 Rb7 $1 {
Black looks quite close to a draw}) (22... f6 {Wedberg: better according to
Kasparov.}) 23. Nd2 $1 Nxa5 (23... Rxa5 24. Nc4 Rxa4 25. Qxa4 $16 {The knight
on c6 is misplaced.}) 24. b4 Nb7 $8 {With a horrible knight. That evening, we
dined in the hotel restaurant. Kasparov had taken a look at the game and told
me: "This game does neither of us proud! We both missed wins".  Let's look at
his win.} 25. Qc2 $2 {'?!' Wedberg.} (25. Rxa6 $1 Qxc3 26. Rxf7 Rg8 {We both
thought this was OK for Black - he takes on b4.} 27. Qf1 $1 {Fritzy suggests
this quickly} Nd8 (27... Rxb4 28. Ra8 $1) (27... Qxe3+ 28. Kh2 Rb6 29. Ra8 $1
$18) 28. Rxg7 $3 Kxg7 29. Rxd6 $1 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Qf4 31. Qxb5 {Black has one
last resource.} Nf7 32. Rd3 $1 {The right move} (32. Rd7 Rc8 33. Nf3 {Fritzy
wanted to take on f7, but with the loose pawns, Black should be OK.} (33. Rxf7+
Qxf7 34. Qxe5+ Qf6 35. Qg3+) (33. Nb3 Rc3 $1 34. Qd5 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qf1+ $11)
33... Rc1+ 34. Ng1 Qxe4 $16 {It's not over yet.}) 32... Ra8 (32... Rc8 33. Rf3
(33. Nb3 {Is also good}) 33... Qxd2 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qb7+ Kf6 36. Qxc8 Qe1+
37. Kh2 Qxe4 38. Qf8+ $16) 33. Nb3 $1 (33. Rf3 Qxd2 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qb7+ Kg6
$1 (35... Kf6 36. Qxa8 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Qd1+
41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kg4 Qe2+ 43. Kh4 $1 $18) 36. Qxa8 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1
Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Qd3+ 41. Kg4 Qe2+ {With the king on g6, White can't
escape into the kingside}) 33... Qxe4 34. Rg3+ $16 {White has an extra pawn
and attacking chances to boot.}) 25... h6 26. Qd3 Rb6 27. Rfa1 Rc6 28. R1a3 (
28. Qd5 {Leads to the same thing.} Rxc3 (28... a5 29. bxa5 Rc5 30. Qa2) 29.
Rxa6) (28. Rxa6 $1 Rxc3 29. Qd5 $36 {This position is unpleasant for Black,
but if he hangs on stubbornly it isn't easy for White to break through.}) 28...
a5 $1 {Black looks fine now.} 29. Kh2 $2 (29. Qd5 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Qxb7
Qxd2 $11) 29... d5 $1 {Of course, the X-ray on h2 means that White can't
capture.} 30. Qb5 $2 {Having blundered, he made this move very quickly and
forgot that Black can use the same trick again!} (30. Qxd5 $1 Rd8 31. Qa2 Rxc3
32. Nf3 $1 {White should be able to survive here.}) 30... d4 $1 {Wedberg: 'The
backward d-P is growing up.'} 31. bxa5 dxc3 (31... Nd6 32. Qxe5 $1 ({Now} 32.
Qd5 dxc3 33. Nb3 Nc4 {wins}) 32... dxc3 33. Nb3 c2 34. Nc1 $1 {Of course,
White doesn't have to play a6 now.} Re8 35. Qg3 Qe7 36. a6 Nxe4 37. Qf3 Rcc8
38. a7 $132) 32. Nb3 Nc5 $2 (32... c2 $1 {The second moment that Kasparov
mentioned at dinner.} 33. a6 $1 {Annoyed at having missed a "simple" win, I
tried to find a way for White to save the game.} (33. Nc1 {At the post-mortem,
we both assumed that White could defend with this move.} Nc5 34. Rb4 (34. Rc4
Rb8 $19) 34... Na6 $1 {/\ Rb8, Rd8-/+. We agreed that White is lost here.})
33... Nd6 $1 (33... Nc5 34. Rc4 Nxb3 (34... Rb8 $2 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Nxc5 $16)
35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 c1=Q 37. Rxc1 Nxc1 38. a7 Ra8 39. Kg3 $1 {Going after
the trapped knight} g6 40. Kf2 f5 41. exf5 gxf5 42. e4 fxe4 43. Ke3 $11) 34.
Qd5 {The only way.} (34. Qxe5 c1=Q 35. Nxc1 Rxc1 36. a7 (36. Rd3 Rc6 37. a7 (
37. Rad4 Re8 38. Qf4 Nxe4 39. Qxc7 Rxc7 40. Rd8 Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ Kh7 42. Ra8 Kg6
43. a7 Nc3 $19) 37... Ra8 38. Rad4 (38. Qf4 Nb5 $19) 38... Ne8 39. Qxc7 Rxc7
$19) 36... Ra8 37. Qf4 (37. Rd3 Ne8 $1 (37... Nb5 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Ra5 $1 Nxa7
40. Rda3 $15) 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Rda3) 37... Nb5 38. Rb3 Rxa7) 34... Rc5 $1 (
34... c1=Q {Transposes} 35. Nxc1 Rc5 $1 36. Qd2) 35. Qd2 c1=Q 36. Nxc1 Rxc1 37.
a7 $1 {I was surprised to find that play is forced from here on.} Ra8 38. Qd5 (
38. Ra6 Nc8 39. Rd3) 38... Qc6 (38... Rc6 $4 39. Ra6 $1 $18) (38... Nb7 $6 39.
Rb4 Rc6 40. Rxb7 (40. Qb3 Nd8 41. Rb8 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Qxa7 43. Rxd8+ Kh7 44. Qd5
Rg6 45. Qa8 Qxa8 46. Rxa8 $11) 40... Qxb7 41. Rb3 Qxa7 42. Qxc6 $11) 39. Ra6 $1
(39. Rb4 Kh7 40. Rb8 Qxd5 41. exd5 Rc8 42. Ra6 (42. Rxa8 Rxa8 43. Ra6 Nc8 44.
Rc6 Ne7) 42... Rxa7 $1) 39... Qxd5 40. exd5 Ne4 (40... Nc8 41. d6 $1 Rd1 42.
Rc3 Kh7 (42... Nxd6 43. Rb3 Rc1 44. Rb8+ Rc8 45. Rxd6 Raxb8 46. axb8=Q Rxb8 $15
) 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Rxa8 Rxd6 $15 {With the pawn on e5 instead
of e6 (as in Karpov-Hort Waddinxveen 1979), I think White's chances to hold
are quite good.}) 41. Rb6 Rcc8 42. Rb7 {Again, White has chances to hold.
Still, in both endgames arising after Black's 40th move, White would have to
suffer a lot.  So 32...c2 was the right move.}) (32... Nd6 33. Qxe5 $1 c2 34.
Nc1) 33. Rc4 $1 {I hadn't overlooked this move, but having rejected 32...c2, I
thought that I might find something here.  Wedberg: 'A nice defence by
Kasparov.'} Rb8 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Nxc5 {However, there doesn't seem to be
anything here.} Qb5 {Forcing the draw} (35... Rb2 36. Raxc3 $1 (36. Rcxc3 $4
Qg6) 36... Re2 $1 37. Rc2 Rxe3 38. a6 Ra3 39. R4c3 $1 {Black is forced to
trade rooks.}) 36. Rcxc3 Qe2 37. Nd7 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Qg6 10. d3 Qg3+ 11. Kd2 Ne7 {[%mdl 8]} (11... Be6 12. c3 (12.
Nxc7+ Kd7 13. Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 Barle,J-Pavasovic,D/Ljubljana 1997/CBM 58 ext (13)}
) 12... O-O-O 13. Kc2 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Qh5 Qg6 16. Qf3 Bh6 17. Bxf4 Bxf4
18. Qxf4 Nxd5 19. Qf3 Qe6 20. g3 Ne3+ (20... Ne3+ {1/2-1/2 Kristiansen,
J-Nielsen,P/Ringsted 1995/CBM 47 ext (20)}) 21. Kd2 Nxf1+ 22. Rhxf1 Rdf8 23.
Rfe1 Qh6+ 24. Kc2 f5 25. Re7 Qg6 26. Rae1 Rhg8 27. Rxc7+ Kxc7 28. Re7+ Kb6 29.
Rxb7+ Ka5 30. b4+ Ka4 31. Qc6+ {1-0 Aagaard,J-Rasmussen,P/Copenhagen 1996/CBM
54 ext (31)}) 12. Qe1 $1 (12. Nxc7+ $2 Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qe3+ 14. Kc3 Qc5+ 15. Kd2
Qe3+ {Schwarz hat hier mindestens Remis.}) (12. Nf6+ $6 Kd8) 12... Nxd5 13.
exd5+ Be7 14. Qxg3 fxg3 15. Be2 $11 Rg8 16. Kd1 Bg4 17. Bg5 $1 (17. Bf4 Kd7 18.
Kd2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Rg4 20. Kf3 h5 21. Bxg3 Rag8 22. Rh3 Rd4 23. Bf2 Rxd5 $15)
17... Bxg5 18. Bxg4 (18. hxg5 $2 Bf5) 18... Bf6 19. Bf5 Kf8 (19... Bxb2 $2 20.
Rb1 Bc3 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. c3 Re8 21. d4 h5 22. Rh3 Bg7 (22... a6 23. Kd2 a5 24.
Rf1 $14) (22... Re3 23. Kd2 Re8 24. Rf1) 23. Rxg3 $11 {Am besten nach 23...Bf6}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c3 Bb7
15. Ngf3 Qb6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. Ra5 Be6
15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. c4 b6 17. Ra6 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Nb8 19. Ra3 a5 20. Bb2 Nc6 21. b5
Ne7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Nf3 Bf5 24. Qc3 Ng6 25. Ng5 Nc5 26. Bf3 Ra7 27. e4 Bd7 28.
fxe5 Be6 29. Bh5 h6 30. Nxe6 Nxe6 31. Qg3 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qxc4 33. Raf3 Qxb5 34.
Bxg6 fxg6 35. Qxg6 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 Bxf3 {Ein seltener
Zug, Morozevich hat eine wichtige Neuerung parat.} ({Bisher spielte er mehrmals
} 6... e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 {, wonach Weiß mittels} 8. Qc2 {mit der Idee Rd1 einen
leichten Vorteil behauptet.}) 7. gxf3 e5 (7... e6 8. Bxc4 $14) 8. d5 Nb8 $1 {
Die beste Rückzugsmöglichkeit.} ({Verdächtig sieht} 8... Ne7 {aus:} 9. Qa4+ Nd7
(9... Qd7 10. Qxc4 $14 (10. Nb5 $5)) 10. d6 $1 cxd6 11. Bxc4 d5 12. Nxd5 Nc6
13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Rd1 Qa5+ 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Bf1 $16 {Ligterink,G-Halldarsson,G/
Reykjavik 1986}) 9. Bxc4 (9. f4 Bd6 (9... Nbd7 $5) 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. Bg2 Qd6
12. Qa4+ Nbd7 13. Nb5 Qa6 $13 14. Qb4 Bd6 $6 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17.
O-O-O $14 {Kishnev,S-Baumhus,R/Gelsenkirchen 1991}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bc5 $1
$146 {Das ist sie, Morozevichs Verbesserung. Schwarz tauscht die
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer und läßt den Vorstoß d5-d6 zu. Wie die Partie zeigt,
ist die Blockade auf d7 kaum schlechter als die auf d6.} (10... Bd6 $6 11. Qxb7
O-O 12. Qc6 Rb8 (12... Nh5 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Ba6 Rb8 15. h4 Nc8 16. Nb5 Qf6 17.
Qc2 Nf4 18. Kb1 $16 {Gabriel,C-Baumhus,R/Passau 1996}) 13. Nb5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 a6
15. Qxa6 $16 {Schlager,T-Raedeker,B/Germany 1992}) 11. O-O-O ({Auf} 11. Qxb7
Rb8 12. Qc6 (12. Qa6 Rxb2) 12... Rb6 13. Qa4 Rb4 14. Qa6 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rxb2 16.
Qxa7 O-O $44 {wollte sich Anand nicht einlassen.}) 11... Bxe3+ 12. fxe3 Rb8 $1
{Keine Opfer mehr!} 13. d6 {Ein obligatorischer Zug, Weiß kann natürlich auf
0-0 nebst Ne8-d6 nicht warten.} O-O $11 14. Nb5 $5 {Ohne diesen Versuch bliebe
die Stellung vollkommen ausgeglichen.} (14. dxc7 Qxc7 15. Nb5 Qc5 16. Kb1 (16.
Nd6 $4 b5 17. Nxb5 a6 $19) 16... Nb6 17. Be2 Nc8 $11 {/\a6}) 14... c6 15. Nc7
b5 16. Be2 (16. Bf1 $5) 16... Rb6 $1 {Originell und stark! Schwarz spielt "um
den Nc7 herum", er bereitet a7-a6 und c6-c5 vor.} 17. Rd2 a6 18. Rhd1 c5 19.
Kb1 Qb8 $1 {Die Fortsetzung der o.g. Strategie, die schwarze Dame kommt auch
über den Damenflügel ins Spiel.} 20. Qa3 $6 {Weiß verschenkt wertvolle Tempi.}
({Genauer war} 20. Bf1 $1 c4 21. Qb4) 20... Qb7 21. Bf1 c4 22. Qb4 Rc6 {
/\Qb6,><e3} 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rfc8 {Die schwarzen Figuren werden langsam
aktiv, es droht c4-c3.} 25. Qc3 ({Im Falle von} 25. Bh3 c3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27.
Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxe5 Qc6 29. Qb2 Rc2 30. Qa3 {hat Schwarz mindestens Remis:} Rc3
(30... b4 $5) 31. Qb2 Rc2 $11) 25... b4 $15 26. Qc2 b3 27. Qc3 bxa2+ 28. Ka1 $1
(28. Kxa2 Rb6 $40) 28... Rb8 29. Bh3 $1 {Anand zieht die Notbremse: nach dem
Abtausch des Nd7 darf Schwarz den Bauern d6 nicht außer Acht lassen.} h6 (29...
Rb6 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 (30... Rxb2 $2 31. Ba4 $18) 31. R1d2 $15) 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31.
R5d2 (31. Qxe5 c3 32. bxc3 Qb7 $19) 31... Rc5 32. Rd5 Rc6 {Bei knapper Zeit
willigt Morozevich in die Zugwiederholung ein.} (32... Qa4 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rd6
$132) 33. R5d2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 $5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nbd2 $146 {[%mdl 8] A surprising move - it certainly smells like
preparation.} (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 Nxf2 (12... Rb8
13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Bg5+ Ke6 15. Bh4 Nxe5 16. Bd5+ Kf5 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Ne4 Bb6 19.
Ng3+ Kg6 20. Bb3 f6 $13 {1-0 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext 
(57)}) 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Rd5 Bb6 15. Bxa8 Nd3+ (15... Be6 16. Rd4 $1 $18 {
1-0 Lutz,C-Onischuk,A/Germany 1996/GER-chT (44)}) 16. Kf1 Nxc1 17. Na3 Be6 18.
Rxc1 Rxa8 19. Rd3 Bf5 20. Rdd1 Bg4 21. Rd3 Bf5 22. Rdd1 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Mariano,
N-Onischuk,A/Jakarta 1997/CBM 58 ext (22)}) (9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Bxd1 exf3 11.
Bxf3 Bb7 12. b4 (12. a4 b4 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Benjamin,J/Salt Lake
City 1999/CBM 73/[Wedberg] (29)}) 12... e4 (12... a5 13. Na3 $36) 13. Be2 O-O
14. a4 bxa4 15. Rd1 Ne5 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. c4 Re7 18. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rowson,
J-Benjamin,J/Edmondton 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) 9... exf3 (9... exd4 10. Nxe4 $36)
10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 exd4 13. cxd4 O-O {Black has defused
White's opening initaitive.} 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Nxf6+ $6 (15. Rd1 $5) 15... Bxf6
16. Be4 Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] A beautiful exchange sacrifice. Black can never be
worse after this. His pressure against White's queen-side and the strong B on
d4 assures that.} (16... Rb8 17. d5 $36) 17. Rd1 (17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxa8 Rxa8
19. Bf4 c5 $44) 17... c5 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Be3 $5 (19. Qxa8 Rxa8 20. Be3 Bxb2
21. Rab1 Bf6 $17) 19... Qxf3 20. gxf3 Bxb2 21. Bxc5 Rc8 {It's important for
Black to keep his R. With R and the pair of Bs he can play against the white K.
} 22. Rab1 h6 23. Bb4 (23. Rxb2 Rxc5 $15 {Black has an easier game. White has
to guard all his weaknesses, including the K.}) 23... Be5 24. a3 Rc6 25. Rbc1
Bc4 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Re1 Bc7 28. Rd7 (28. Rc8 $4 Bxh2+ $19) 28... Be6 29. Rd3
Bf5 30. Rd5 Bh3 31. Kh1 Rf6 32. Rd3 Be6 (32... Bb6 $6 33. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 34. Bxd6
Bxf2 35. Re8 {Should be OK for White. The R is the dominating piece.}) 33. Bc3
Rf5 34. Rxe6 $1 (34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Rd7 Be5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Ra7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. c3 Bg7 14. Qh5 O-O
15. O-O f4 {This typical position for Sveshnikov Sicilian was not very popular
on the high level lately. Comparing with the line 12.Qh5 Bg7 13.0-0 0-0, White
played 14.c3 instead of the strongest 14.c4. On the other hand it is a complex
system for White which was played often in the past. Black must play
energically in order to create counterplay.} 16. Rad1 {Mainly against f5.
White abandons the plan on the queenside connected with Nc2 and a4 and
prepares for the plan with g3.} (16. Nc2 f5 {is okay for Black.}) (16. Rfd1 {
is the main alternative to the game move. White prepares Nc2 and a4.} Rb8 17.
Nc2 Qd7 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Nb4 a5 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22. Qh5 h6 23. Bf5
Qc7 24. dxc6 Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Parma,B/Bled 1979}) 16... Kh8 (16... Rb8 {
Worth consideration. Black prepares Qd7.} 17. Nc2 Qd7 18. Qe2 Bxd5 (18... Kh8
19. Rfe1 f5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Byrne,R-Timman,J/Bugojno 1978/MCL/ (51)}) 19. exd5 Ne7
{with a complicated position, difficult for evaluation. I would prefer Black,
but it might be a subjective approach. 0-1 Vadla,Z-Podlesnik,B/Pula 1998 (52)})
(16... f5 $6 17. exf5 Bxd5 18. f6 Rxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Rxd5 Ne7 21. Qf3 Nxd5
22. Qxd5 Ra7 23. h3 $16 {1-0 Hartoch,R-Jamieson,R/Wijk aan Zee 1977/ (48)}) 17.
g3 $1 $146 {This direct approach looks more logical than the slow 17.Nc2.} (17.
Nc2 Rg8 $13) 17... Rg8 18. Kh1 Bf8 19. Be2 $1 Rg5 20. Qf3 (20. Qh4 Rc8 {
[%cal Rf7f5]} (20... f5 $140 $2 21. Nc7 $1)) 20... f5 $5 {Going for an active
play.} (20... fxg3 21. fxg3 {which helps White to open the f-file, leads to a
rather passive, but playable position for Black.}) 21. gxf4 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf5
23. Qe3 exf4 24. Nxf4 Ne5 {[%csl Ra3] So Black is a pawn down, hoping to
compensate it with the active pieces and the bad placed Knight on a3.} 25. Nd5
(25. Nc2 {deserved attention, bringing the Knight into play as soon as
possible.} Bxc2 $2 26. Ne6 {is in White's favour who remains a pawn up and no
compensation at all.}) 25... Ng4 26. Bxg4 Rxg4 27. Rg1 (27. f3 $5) 27... Bg7
28. f3 Rxg1+ 29. Rxg1 Qf8 $44 {[%cal Ga8e8] The Knight is still on a3 and with
his Bishop pair Black has good compensation for the pawn.} 30. Qe7 {The right
decision to go for a draw.} (30. Nc7 $2 Rc8 31. Nxa6 Re8 {And Black's
compensation is very strong.} 32. Qf2 (32. Qa7 Bg4 $3) 32... Bd3 $17 {[%csl
Ra3,Ra6,Rf3,Rh1][%cal Ge8e2]}) (30. Re1 {was a possible alternative, but there
is no sense to keep Queens on the board.} Qf7 $44) 30... Qxe7 31. Nxe7 Be6 32.
Rd1 Bxa2 33. Nc6 (33. Rxd6 $2 Bf8 34. Rd7 Re8 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Re1+ 37.
Kg2 Re2+ 38. Kg3 Rxb2 {[%csl Ra3] and the poor Knight dies on a3!}) 33... Bf8 (
33... Be5 34. Nxe5 dxe5 35. Rd6 Bb3 (35... Rg8 36. Nc2 $11) 36. Kg2 $11) 34.
Nc2 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 288]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7.
O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 $5 Bd6 12. Qa4+
Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/
Budapest FS09 IM-B 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 (11...
Qb6 12. Rxd4 Qxb2 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Ne5 $44 Bc5 $2 15. Bxf6 Bxd4 16. Qh5 h6 17.
Qg4 $18) 12. Rxd4 Qxd4 $2 (12... Bd7 $142 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11) 13.
Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 $16 {Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup6 1997}) 10... Be7 (
10... Bc5 11. Nb3 (11. c3 h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15.
cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 $36 {Rublevsky,S-Christiansen,L/WchT 4th 1997}) 11... Bd6 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bxf5 $4 exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be7 $19 {Ardeleanu,A-Negulescu,
A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) (10... h6 $6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qd3 a6 13. Rad1 Bc5 (13...
Be7 14. Nc6 $14) 14. Nb3 Ba7 15. Na5 $16) 11. Bf3 $1 {The bishop has to remain
on the diagonal h1-a8 to disturb black on the queenside.} (11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3
Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/
Balatonbereny op 1992}) 11... O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. c3 a6 14. Bh4 $14 Bd6 (14...
Rd8) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Rd8 17. Bg2 Bf8 18. Qh5 Bg7 19. Rad1 (19. Re4 f5 20.
Rh4 h6 21. Re1 Bd7 $11) 19... Qb6 20. Nb3 Re8 (20... Bd7 $2 21. Qc5 $1 Qb5 22.
c4 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc6 24. Nxb7 Bxb7 25. Bxb7 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rb8 27. Rd7 $1 $18)
21. c4 {White has a huge advantage in development, while black still has to
solve the problem of his queenside.} Qc7 22. Qa5 (22. Nc5 Rb8 23. b4 $2 b6 24.
Ne4 f5 $132) 22... Qxa5 23. Nxa5 Bf8 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5] The only move
preventing white from playing c5 and b4.} (23... Rb8 $2 24. c5 b6 25. Nc6 Rb7
26. Nb4 Rb8 (26... bxc5 27. Bxb7 Bxb7 28. Nc2 $16) 27. c6 $16) 24. Re3 (24.
Bxb7 Bxb7 25. Nxb7 Rab8 26. Rd7 Re7 $1 $11) 24... Rb8 25. Rb3 $1 b6 26. Nc6 Rb7
27. Na5 Rb8 28. Bc6 $1 Re7 29. c5 b5 30. Rbd3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} b4 $8 31. Rd8 Rc7
32. Bd7 $5 {Shirov decides to win an exchange, while deserved attention} (32.
Bf3 $5 Kg7 (32... Rxc5 33. Nc6 Ra8 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ $1 exf5 36. Bxa8 $18)
33. c6 Be7 34. R8d2 f5 35. Nc4 $14) 32... Rxc5 33. Nc6 Bxd7 34. Nxb8 Bb5 35.
Nd7 Bxd7 36. R1xd7 Kg7 37. Rb8 $2 {Permitting black to create a counterplay
sufficient for a draw. It was nececary to prevent black to put his rook on
secon rank.} (37. Kg2 $14) 37... Rc2 38. Rbb7 Bc5 {[%csl Rf2]} 39. Rxf7+ Kg6
40. Rxh7 Bxf2+ 41. Kf1 Rxb2 42. Rh4 Bc5 $132 43. Rc4 Bf8 44. Rc8 (44. Rb8 Be7
45. Re8 Kf7 46. Rh8 Kg7 47. Rch4 Bd6 $11) 44... Bd6 45. Rc6 Be5 $11 46. Rxa6
Kf5 47. Rbb6 Ke4 48. Rxe6 Rxh2 49. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {McShane} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qd7 (
13... Qc8 14. Be7 Bc7 (14... Bxe7 15. Qxe7 h6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. f4 Nd7 18. f5
Nxe5 19. fxe6 Nxd3 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Rf1 Qf8 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Qc7 Ra8 24. Qxc6
Rb8 25. cxd5 Kh7 26. d6 $18 {1-0 Novik,M-Meijers,V/Leningrad 1989/TD (32)}) 15.
Qe3 h6 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Nh4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 a6 19. Qf3 g6 20. Ba3 Nd7 21. Re7 f5
22. Nxf5 {1-0 Popovic,P-Nikcevic,N/YUG t-ch 1999 (22)}) (13... f6 14. Bd2 Qd7
15. c5 Bc7 16. Qe3 Qe6 17. Qxe6+ Bxe6 18. Re1 Bd7 19. c4 g6 20. h3 Kf7 21. Kf1
Be6 22. Rc1 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovac,M-Srebrnic,M/SLO t-chJ Novo mesto 2000/SLO 
(33)}) 14. c5 (14. Qe3 Qe6 (14... Na6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rb1 $16 {Timman} (16.
Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc6 18. Qd4 Be6 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Be3 b6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kostrov,A-Raetsky,A/Katowice 1993/EXT 98 (43)})) 15. Rb1 b6 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. c4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nc6 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Bc4 Bf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,
R-Timman,J/Rotterdam 1988/Inf 46/[Timman,J] (31)}) (14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 (15.
dxe5 Na6 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Bc2 cxd5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 Nordsieck,T-Stolte,A/NRW-I 1990/EXT 97-B (21)}) 15... f6 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Qxf6 Na6 18. Re1 Rf8 19. Qh4 Bf5 20. Re7 Qxe7 21. Qxe7 Bxd3 22. cxd5
Bg6 23. h4 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,A-Ippolito,D/Connecticut USA 2000/ (44)}) 14... Bc7
15. Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 4] McShane: 'The advance of the f-pawn is now an option, and
the bishop on g4 can be harassed. The most important factor in Anand's favour
is the amount he must know about this opening having battled it out from both
sides at the very top level. That said, it is odd to think that a player of
Piket's caliber can be made to look weak by anybody, even if it is by Anand.'}
(15. Qe3 Qe6 16. h3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Be6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. exf4 b6 20. Rb1 bxc5 21.
Ng5 Bd7 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Bc2 cxd4 24. cxd4 f6 25. Nh7+ Kf7 26. Rb7 Ke7 27. g4
$36 {1-0 Socko,B-Ippolito,D/World Junior Ch, Calicut IND 1998 (43)}) 15... h6 (
15... f6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Qb1 g6 18. h3 Bxh3 (18... Be6 19. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 20.
Qxg6+ Kh8 (20... Qg7 21. Qe8+ $18) 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Ng6 $18) (18... Bh5 19. g4
g5 20. Ng2 $16) 19. Bxg6 $1 $16) 16. Bd2 Qd8 (16... Na6 17. h3 (17. f4 $5 Re8
18. Qg3 Bd8 (18... Be2 19. Nf5) 19. f5 h5 (19... Bxh4 20. Qxg4 Bf6 21. Bxh6 $16
) 20. Rf1 Be2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Bg5 $36) 17... Re8 18. Qf1 Qd8 (18... Be6 19.
f4 Bd8 20. Nf3 $16) 19. Re1 Be6 20. Nf5 $36) 17. f4 $1 Bc8 {McShane: 'This is
an unfortunate necessity so as not to stop the knight coming to d7. But by now
White has a big lead in development, and probes for more weaknesses on the
kingside.'} (17... b6 18. f5 Bh5 19. f6 $18) (17... Be6 18. f5 Bd7 19. Nf3 b6
20. g4 $40) 18. Qg3 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'Now Nd7 is prevented, due to Nf5.'}
b6 {'?' McShane. McShane: 'This 'freeing' move only frees d4 for the white
bishop. Instead'} (18... Qf8 {McShane: is safer, though after} 19. Re1 Nd7 {
is still impossible on account of} 20. Nf5 Kh8 (20... Nf6 21. Nxh6+) 21. Re8 $1
) 19. Re1 bxc5 (19... Qf8 20. Bc2 {[%cal Gg3d3]} Bd7 21. Qd3 g6 22. f5 Bd8 (
22... Qd8 23. fxg6 $18) 23. Qg3 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 g5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5+ Qg7
27. Qd8+ Qf8 28. Qh4 $18 {[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3]}) 20. dxc5 Qf8 21. Be3 Na6 22. Bd4
{'!' McShane.} g5 {McShane: 'A desperate reaction, but Re8 was unstoppable
otherwise.'} (22... Nxc5 {McShane} 23. Re8) 23. Qf2 $1 {McShane: 'A calm
retreat unpins and defends c5.'} (23. Qf2 Bxf4 (23... gxh4 24. Qxh4 {McShane:
'and Black can't deal with both Qg3+ and Qf6, with mate to follow.'} Bd8 25.
Qg3+ $18) 24. g3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 (5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qb3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Re8 13.
Bh3 Qe7 14. Be3 a5 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. f3 h6 $11 {0-1 Dao
Thien Hai-Adams,M/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 317 (68)}) 5... Bb4+ 6.
Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 {We are facing probably the most popular
line in King's Indian defence nowdays.Every week somebody comes up with some
new idea and still thete is no verdict yet. Black succeded to get good
positions lately in most of the complicated lines,but white finds some new
moves each time.Anyway if black is looking for good and solid line with
interesting game this one could be advicble.} Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Nf6 (12... b5 13. c5 f5 14. f4 g5 15. Nf3 gxf4 16. gxf4 Kh8 17. Kh1 Rg8
$132 {0-1 Karpov,A-Gurevich,M/Cap d'Agde FRA 2000 (50) With complicated game.
But not everyone likes to play Stonewall structure.}) 13. e4 b5 {Important
move,black must start playing on quenside and attack the white center,
otherwise white gets very nice play .} (13... dxe4 $6 14. Nxe4 Rc8 15. Qc2 b5
16. Bb2 Qc7 17. c5 b4 18. Rfe1 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. Bc1 Qd7 21. Be3 Rfd8 22.
Rad1 Bb5 23. h4 $16 {1-0 Kuzmin,A-Kabatianski,A/Podolsk 1990/TD (55) With big
advantage for white.}) 14. Re1 (14. e5 $6 Nd7 15. c5 b4 16. Bxb4 Bxf1 17. Bxf1
{0-1 Dokuchaev,A-Anastasian,A/St Petersburg 1994/CBM 41 (28) Interesting
exchange sacrafise.Unfortunatly the position is close and the only thing white
can hope for is that black won't have enough resources for win.}) 14... dxe4
15. Qc2 {Following to mainbase Timman didn't play lately this line,probably he
prepared something .Anand doesn't take any risks and enters the less popular
line.The main line is 15...Rc8.May be after this game the evaluation about
what is the main line will change!?} Rb8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] According to this
game,this move begins his way to theoretical struggle.} 16. Rad1 (16. Nxe4 bxc4
17. Nc5 Bb5 (17... Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qd3 19. Qb2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Bxg7) 18. b4
{[%cal Ga2a4]} Qb6 19. a4 Ba6 20. a5 Qb5 21. Bf1 Nd5 22. Rab1 {May be
interesting since black Q and B on a6 placed bad.} (22. Nd7 Nxc3 $19 23. Nxb8
Rxb8 24. Qxc3 Bxb4)) 16... Qc7 {[%cal Gc6c5] Preparing c5 in the future and
connecting between the rooks.} 17. Bf1 $6 (17. Nxe4 $142 {Leads to equal
positions.White overevaluates his posotion.He shouldn't take the e4 pawn for
granted.} bxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (18... gxf6 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Qg4+
Kh8 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Qg4+ $11) 19. bxc4 Bxc4 $2 20. Bd2 {[%cal Gc2c4,Gd2f4]})
17... bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. dxc5 (19. Nxe4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bb7 21. Bg2 Rfc8 $15 {
[%csl Rc4]}) 19... Bb7 20. Nb3 (20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nd6 Ba8 {[%cal
Gc7c6]} 23. Qa4 Qxc5 24. Qd7 Bf6 $17 {[%cal Gb8b2,Ga7a6,Gb8d8]}) 20... Nd7 {
Black position is better.Pawn on c5 is lost, while the pawn on e4 can be
defended by f5.} 21. Qb2 g6 {Black realizes that white won't be able to use
the weaknesses on kingside.} (21... e5 $2 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxe5 {[%cal Ge5b8,
Ge5g7]}) 22. Bg2 f5 23. Nd4 $6 (23. Ba5 $142 Qc8 24. Bb4 Bf6 25. Qa3 Bc6 $15 {
[%cal Gd7e5,Ge5d3] Could leave white some counterpaly chances.}) 23... Nxc5 $17
24. Nb5 Qb6 {[%cal Gc5d3]} 25. Qa3 $6 {In worse position white makes taktikal
blunder.} (25. Bh8 Rf7 26. Qe5 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $19 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gc5d3]})
25... Rf7 {[%cal Gc5d3]} 26. Qxa7 Qxa7 27. Nxa7 Nd3 28. Re2 Bc5 {[%cal Gc5a7,
Gc5f2]} 29. Nb5 f4 $19 {[%cal Gf4g3,Gf4f3]} 30. Bh3 (30. Red2 Nxf2 $6 (30...
Bxf2+ $5 31. Rxf2 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 e3+ 33. Kg1 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 f3+ 35. Kg1 e2 $19)
31. Rd8+ Rf8 32. Rxb8 $4 (32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rd7 {Leaves white some hopes.})
32... Nxd1+) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","","","d3f2","Correct.
Now black wins material.",10]} 30... Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nbd7 (12... d5 $5 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Be2 (15. Qxd5 $2 Rd8 $1 $17) 15... Be6 16. Bd3 a5 17. Qf2 Nd7
18. a4 b6 19. h4 Rab8 20. h5 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Bb5 {1-0 Oppitz,
P-Degenhardt,H/Germany/1992/ (50)}) 13. Qf2 b5 14. g5 Nh5 (14... Ne8 15. h4 b4
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 $16) 15. h4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 a5 18. Bh3 a4 19.
Nc1 {It s remarkable that this position was alreaday played. The strength of
the bishop along c8-h3 diagonal means, that the black's plan with 11...Rc8 has
it's drawbacks.} Rcb8 (19... Rab8 20. Nd3 b3 21. cxb3 axb3 22. a3 Qb7 23. Bg4
Rc2 24. Qe1 $16) 20. Bg4 Nf4 (20... g6 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Rhd1 Nb6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6
24. f4 $16) 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Bxd7 $1 {[%mdl 32] Very deep strategical
solution, black is lost due to the worse pawn structure and absence of the
objects for his own pieces.} (22. Nd3 $6 Nb6 23. Rd4 d5 24. exd5 Rd8 $11) 22...
Qxd7 23. Qd2 Rb5 (23... b3 24. cxb3 axb3 25. Nxb3 Qb7 26. Nc1 $16) 24. Ne2 Rc8
(24... Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rc8 26. Nxf4 $16) 25. Nxf4 b3 (25... a3 26. Rxb5 Qxb5 27.
Nd5 Bd8 28. b3 $18) 26. cxb3 $1 axb3 27. a3 Rc2 28. Qd3 {There is no way to
improve black's attack, but nobody can prevent white's progress.} Rb8 (28...
Rxd5 29. Nxd5 Qb7 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 31. Qxb3 Rc8 32. Rc1 $18) 29. Rd4 Bf8 (29...
Bd8 30. Nd5 Rc5 31. Rc4 $18) 30. Nd5 Rf2 31. Qe3 Rg2 (31... Rc2 32. Rd3 Qa4 33.
h5 $18) 32. Rd2 Rg3 (32... Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Rc8 34. Qb4 $18) 33. Qf2 Rh3 34. Rhd1
{The rook on h3 is trapped, the fight is over.} (34. Rhd1 Be7 35. Nf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. h4
cxd4 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Qg3 Nbc6 14. Nd3 f6
15. Nf4 Kd7 16. g5 f5 17. c3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qa4 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Rh4
Ng4 22. Nd3 Be7 23. Qc7+ Ke8 24. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. Nf3 Nb4 14. Rd2 d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Bh5 Nd5 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe3
21. Qxe3 Bb5 22. c4 Bc5 23. Rd4 Bxc4 24. Rc1 b5 25. Bxe6 Qa7 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Qe5 Bd7 14.
Nxd4 Rc8 15. f3 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Kf8 19. c4 Nd5 20. Nc2
Ne7 21. b3 g5 22. Re2 Bc6 23. Nd4 Be8 24. Red2 Nc6 25. Nb5 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Ke7
27. Nd6 Rc7 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. Kb2 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Kc3 b6 32. b4 Kd6 33.
a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Nc1 h5 18. Na2 Bh6 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Nxb4 e4 21. O-O exf3
22. gxf3 Rfe8 23. Qg2 Qd7 24. b3 Re5 25. Kh1 Rbe8 26. Raa1 h4 27. Rad1 Rg5 28.
Qf2 Qh3 29. Rfe1 Rge5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Nc6 Re3 32. Bf1 Rxf3 33. Bxh3 Rxf2 34.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Nxd5 36. Bxa6 Bd2 37. Bb7 Nb4 38. Nd4 Be3 39. c3 h3 40. a6
Nd3 41. a7 Nf2+ 42. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1
O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 a5 13. Rfd1 a4 14. Bh3 Bxf3 15.
exf3 d5 16. f4 g6 17. Bf1 c6 18. Qc2 axb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. b4
dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qd6 23. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Be4 h6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Rad1 Be5 20. Rd7 Re7 21. Rfd1
Rae8 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Bxa7 Ne6 24. Be3 h5 25. Rd3 Bf6 26. Qd1 g6 27. Rd7 Rd8
28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Bg2 Qe5 30. Bh3 Kg7 31. a4 h4 32. b5 cxb5 33. cxb5 Ne6 34.
Bg2 Qc7 35. b6 Qc4 36. Bd5 Qc8 37. a5 Ng5 38. Bg2 h3 39. Bh1 Ne6 40. Bf3 Qc3
41. Bxb7 Qxa5 42. Bc8 Ng5 43. Bb7 Qb4 44. Bd5 Ne4 45. Qf1 Nd2 46. Qd3 Nb1 47.
b7 Nc3 48. Bf3 Be5 49. Bd2 Qb2 50. Bxc3 Qc1+ 51. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 a5 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Re2
Rfd8 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 11. Kb1 Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Nd7 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 Be3 17. Bc3 f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20.
Ref1 Qe2 21. Re1 Qf2 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rgf1 Nf8 24. Rxf2 Bxf2 25. Rf1 Bb6 26. Qh5
g6 27. Qh4 e5 28. Nd2 g5 29. Qh6 Bd8 30. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. c4 Re8 13. b3 a5 14. Bh3 Nd7 15.
Qd3 Qd8 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a4 19. Bf4 Ra6 20. Nc6 Qa8 21. Qf3
axb3 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxa8+ Rxa8 24. axb3 Rd8 25. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qc2 a5 19. Rd1 Re8 20. h3 e5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rcd3 Rbe7 24. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. a4 b4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bc6 Bxc6
15. Nxc6 Qe8 16. Qc4 Nd5 17. a5 Qc8 18. O-O Qb7 19. Bd2 g5 20. Ra4 Qb5 21. b3
Kg7 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. Bxb4 Qxc4 24. bxc4 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 c5 26. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Qc2 Rb8 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bf1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Nxe4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bb7 22. Qe5 Bf6 23. Qc5 Bxd4 24. Qxc8 Rfxc8 25. Rxd4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15.
Qe2 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Nf8 18. Rad1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Ng6 20. h3 Rc8 21. Rd4
Qc7 22. Rd2 Bd6 23. Qd1 Bf8 24. Ne2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nh4 26. Ng3 Qb7 27. e4 Be7
28. Rd3 Ng6 29. e5 Ne8 30. Qd2 h6 31. Ne4 Nh4 32. Qe2 Rd8 33. Nc5 Qc8 34. Rc3
Bxc5 35. bxc5 Nf5 36. Rc1 Nc7 37. Qe4 Nd5 38. a4 Qc7 39. axb5 axb5 40. c6 Nde7
41. Ba3 Ng6 42. Bb2 Rc8 43. Rc5 Qb6 44. Qb4 Qd8 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kg1 Ngh4 47.
Rc3 Qd2 48. Ba3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Na5 11. Qd3 Ne8 12. f4 e6 13. e5 exd5 14. Nxd5 c6
15. Nc3 c5 16. Be3 b6 17. O-O-O Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Nc7 19. Rd7 Ne6 20. Bf3 Rad8 21.
Rxa7 Nd4 22. Be4 f6 23. e6 Nxe6 24. Bd5 Rde8 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rg1 Rf7 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. Nb5 Kf8 29. Bd2 Re7 30. h4 Nb7 31. h5 f4 32. a4 Bh6 33. b4 Bg5 34. a5
bxa5 35. bxa5 Nxa5 36. Bxa5 Ng7 37. Bf3 Nf5 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Kg7 40. Be4
Nh4 41. Nd6 Kh6 42. Nf5+ Kxh5 43. Nxh4 Bxh4 44. Kd1 h6 45. Ke2 Kg4 46. Ba5 c4
47. Bd5 f5 48. Bc3 Be7 49. Bf3+ Kg5 50. Bd5 Kg4 51. f3+ Kg5 52. Bxc4 h5 53. Kf2
Kg6 54. Kg2 Bh4 55. Bd4 Bg3 56. Bf2 h4 57. Bb6 Kf6 58. Bc7 Ke7 59. Bd3 Kf6 60.
Bd8+ Ke5 61. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. Qa3 Qb7 13. Qxc5 e5 14. Rd1
Bh3 15. d5 Rac8 16. Qa5 Ne4 17. f3 Rc5 18. Qe1 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. fxe4 Qd4+
21. e3 Qd3 22. Nc3 Rd8 23. g4 Rd6 24. Qe2 Rg6 25. Qxd3 cxd3 26. Bd2 Rxg4+ 27.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Re8 13. h3 Qd7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
Nh7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nfxd4 Nf6 19. f3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qb5 21. Qd3
Qg5 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rae8 24. Nb3 c5 25. Red1 Re6 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Rad1 Ke7
28. Nc1 Rd8 29. Nd3 Rd7 30. b3 g5 31. Kf2 Rb7 32. Nb2 Rb5 33. Nc4 Ne8 34. e5
dxe5 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Ra7 Kg6 37. Rdd7 f6 38. Rd8 h5 39. Rda8 h4 40. Rxa6 Nc7
41. Rxe6 Nxe6 42. a6 Nc7 43. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Bc2 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. Re1 g6 16. Bh6 Ne6 17. Rad1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Be6 19. b3 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21.
f4 Re8 22. Kf2 Kg7 23. Be4 Rd8 24. Red1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Kf6 26. c5 Rc8 27. Ra4 a6
28. Rd4 Ke7 29. Ke3 Rc7 30. h4 h6 31. g3 Rd7 32. Rxd7+ Bxd7 33. Kd4 Bg4 34. Ke5
f6+ 35. Kd4 Bh5 36. Kc3 Kd7 37. Kb4 Kc7 38. Ka5 g5 39. Bd3 gxf4 40. gxf4 Bg4
41. b4 Bf3 42. a4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Bf4 a6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Qb2 Qe7 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc2 a5 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 O-O 20. Bf1 Nc5 21. b4
Nb3 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxb3 Rc3 24. Qb2 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. Bd2 Ra3 27. Rb1
Rxa4 28. Ne5 Rfa8 29. e4 Nc3 30. Rb3 Nxe4 31. Bxb4 Ra1 32. Re3 Nf6 33. Kg2 Rb1
34. Bd2 Nd5 35. Rd3 b5 36. Be2 b4 37. Bf3 b3 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. Rxd5 f6 40. Nc4
Rc8 41. Rd4 Ra1 42. Rd3 Rxc4 43. Rxb3 Rc7 44. h4 Kf7 45. Be3 Ra5 46. Rd3 Rb7
47. Rd8 h5 48. Rd4 Re7 49. Rc4 g5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. g4 h4 52. Rc6 Re6 53. Rc4
Kg6 54. Rc8 Ree5 55. Rc6+ Kf7 56. Kf3 Ra3 57. Rb6 Raa5 58. Rc6 Rab5 59. Ra6 Re6
60. Ra7+ Kg6 61. Ra4 Rf6+ 62. Kg2 Re6 63. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 a6 12. Rd1 b5 13. Qa2 Bb7 14. e5 Bg5 15.
Bd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 c5 17. Be4 Ra7 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. b4 Bf4 20. Qc2 h6 21. h4 Nd7
22. Ne2 Bxe5 23. Qd2 Bf6 24. f4 Rd8 25. Qe3 Be7 26. O-O Bxh4 27. Nd4 Re8 28.
Nc6 Raa8 29. Rd6 Nf6 30. Bf3 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Qd3 Be7 33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34.
Qxd5 Qe2 35. Qg2 Qc4 36. Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4
15. Rad1 Kh8 16. g3 Rg8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. gxf4 exf4 21.
Nxf4 Bxa2 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Qe4 Rf7 24. Bh5 Rf6 25. c4 Ne5 26. c5 Rc8 27. cxd6
Bxd6 28. Be2 Qf8 29. Nh5 Rxf2 30. Nc2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 12. d5 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 exd5 14. Rad1
Be6 15. Qxb7 Bc5 16. Be5 Qa5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nd7 19. Bd6 Nc5 20. Qc7 Qxc7
21. Bxc7 Rfc8 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rc2 26. Red1 g6
27. R1d2 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 h5 29. g4 h4 30. g5 Kg7 31. R5d4 Rc5 32. Rxh4 Rxg5 33.
Rf4 Ra7 34. g3 a5 35. Rfd4 Rb5 36. b3 Rc5 37. Kg2 Rb7 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 a4
40. Rd3 axb3 41. axb3 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke5 43. Ke3 g5 44. Kd2 Ke4 45. f3+ Ke5 46.
Re3+ Kd5 47. Kc2 f5 48. f4 gxf4 49. gxf4 Kd4 50. Re5 Rc7+ 51. Kb2 Rf7 52. b4
Kc4 53. Ka3 Rf6 54. Rc5+ Kd4 55. Re5 Kc4 56. Rc5+ Kd4 57. Kb3 Ke3 58. Rc4 Rb6
59. Ka4 Kd3 60. Kb3 Ke3 61. Ka4 Kd3 62. Rc5 Ke4 63. Ka5 Rb8 64. Rc4+ Kd3 65.
Rc1 Ke3 66. Rf1 Ke2 67. Rc1 Ke3 68. Rf1 Ke2 69. Rb1 Ke3 70. b5 Kxf4 71. b6 Ke3
72. Rb3+ Ke4 73. Ka6 f4 74. Ka7 Rf8 75. Rb4+ Ke3 76. b7 f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Qe3 Rd8 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Qxb2 13. O-O Qf6 14.
Rfd1 Qe7 15. Be4 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rd5 18. c6 Qd6 19. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mirabal rapid op 4th"]
[Site "Mirabal"]
[Date "2001.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Labarta Gonzalez, Ivan B"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. a4 d4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. h4 Bg7 14. Be3 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 Qxd4 16. h5 Bd7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bf1 Bc6 20. Qe3 Qb4 21.
Rdc1 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qa3 23. Nb5 Qxa4 24. Qxc5 a6 25. Nc3 Qd4 26. Qa3 a5 27. Nb5
Qd7 28. Nc3 a4 29. Rd1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Mirabal rapid op 4th"]
[Site "Mirabal"]
[Date "2001.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almagro Llamas, Pablo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. O-O Bb7 13. b4 cxb3 14. Rab1 Be7
15. Rxb3 Qc7 16. Rfb1 Bc8 17. Rb6 Nd7 18. Rc6 Qd8 19. f4 Rb8 20. Qc1 O-O 21.
Rc4 Bb7 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qd2 Qc6 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Rb3
h6 28. Kf2 Bf6 29. Ne2 Qxa4 30. Qxd6 Rxc2 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. Kf3 Nf8 33. Nd4 Bxd4
34. Bxd4 Ng6 35. Rc3 Rxc3 36. Qxc3 Qb5 37. f5 Qf1+ 38. Bf2 Nf4 39. fxe6 Nxe6
40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qd7 Ng5+ 42. Ke3 Qc1+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Kf1 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Mirabal rapid op 4th"]
[Site "Mirabal"]
[Date "2001.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Re8
15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Bd2 Nbd7 17. a5 Nh5 18. Ra3 Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. Bc1 Bd4 21. Ne2
Ne5 22. f3 Re7 23. Qd1 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Rbe8 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nf4 Qh6 27. Rc3 g5
28. Ng2 Ng6 29. Qd2 Re5 30. Ne3 Nf4 31. Rc2 Qh3 32. Qf2 h5 33. Nc4 hxg4 34.
Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Qg3 Qh6 36. h4 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Qxh4 38. Qxh4 gxh4 39. Rh2 Kg7 40.
fxg4 Ng5 41. Bf4 Ngxe4 42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. Rd1 Kf8 44. d6 Ke8 45. Kg1 Ng5 46. Rc2
Nfe4 47. d7+ Kd8 48. Kg2 h3+ 49. Kh2 Nf3+ 50. Kxh3 Nd4 51. Rh2 Kxd7 52. Kg2 Ke6
53. Rh6+ f6 54. Re1 Kd5 55. Rxe4 Kxe4 56. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Merida 2nd"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bf4 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Ba6 Qc8
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida 2nd"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Stohl} c5 2. Nc3 {I was slightly surprised and decided that he might
want to go for a Grand Prix Attack. This was OK by me, since I have played it
myself, so I went for...} d6 3. f4 {Stohl: 'This system is not without danger
for Black, even Anand himself has used it from time to time.'} Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5.
Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 {A piece placement I prefer to 6...e6 and 7...Nge7. Though
it's less common, there are quite a few games with it.} ({The first important
decision for Black-how to develop his Ng8. The main alternative is} 6... e6 {
Stohl} 7. d3 ({The immediate aggression} 7. f5 $6 {Stohl} exf5 8. d3 Nge7 9.
Qe1 h6 $1 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. g4 Bxg4 $1 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ne5+ Kg8 14. Nxg4 Nd4
$17 {leads nowhere.}) 7... Nge7 8. Qe1 {Black can continue to mask his
intentions:} h6 ({After castling the f5-advance has more punch in it and is
quite strong:} 8... O-O {Stohl} 9. f5 $5 ({Too soft is} 9. Bb3 $6 {Stohl} Na5
$1 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Bh4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Qg3 f5 15. Rae1 Nc6 16.
exf5 gxf5 17. Re2 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. Qh3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rg8 $36
{[%cal Gb7g2,Gd4g1,Gg8g2] ^^,<->g,Tiviakov,S-Kasparov,G/Wijk aan Zee/2001/})
9... d5 (9... exf5 $143 $6 {Stohl} 10. Qh4 $40) (9... gxf5 $5 {Stohl} 10. Qh4
Ng6 11. Qxd8 (11. Qh5 {Stohl} f4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Qxg6 Ne5 15. Qh5
Nxc4 16. dxc4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qg5 18. Qd1 e5 $17 {Martorelli,A-Barberi,A/
Montecatini Terme/1999/}) 11... Rxd8 12. exf5 exf5 13. Bg5 $44 (13. Nd5 $44 {
Stohl})) 10. Bb3 c4 11. dxc4 dxe4 (11... d4 {Stohl} 12. f6 $1 Bxf6 13. e5 Bg7
14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg5 f5 17. Qh4 Rf7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qf8
20. Bxd4 Nc6 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. c5 Kg7 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rad1 h6 26.
Bd2 e5 27. Bc3 $16 {Short,N-Oll,L/Tallinn-Parnu/1998/}) 12. f6 $1 Bxf6 13. Nxe4
Bg7 {Here practice shows White's piece activity usually outweighs his
compromised pawn structure:} 14. c5 (14. Bg5 {Stohl} f6 15. Bf4 (15. Rd1 $36 {
Stohl}) 15... e5 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Bc5 Be6 19. Nc3 b6 20. Bd6 Qb7 21.
c5 Bxb3 22. axb3 bxc5 23. Qe4 Rfe8 24. Bxc5 Nf5 25. b4 a6 26. Nd2 $1 $14 {
Bruzon,L-Quesada,R/CUB-ch Las Tunas/2001/}) 14... Qc7 15. Qh4 f6 16. Bf4 Qa5
17. Bd2 Nf5 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Bc3 Na5 21. Bxa5 Qxa5 22. Rd1 Qc7 23.
Nd4 $16 {Hracek,Z-Wahls,M/Bundesliga 9596/1996/}) 9. Bb3 a6 10. e5 $5 Nf5 (
10... d5 {Stohl} 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. c3 b6 13. Bc2 a5 14. d4 Ba6 15. Be3 Nf5 $6 16.
Bxf5 gxf5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bxc5 Nxe5 19. Bd4 Nd3 20. Qd2 Rg8 21. Rab1 Nc5 22.
Bxc5 $5 Qxc5+ 23. Rf2 Bc4 24. Ned4 Bxa2 25. Re1 a4 26. Nxf5 $16 {->,Giorgadze,
G-Timoscenko,G/Vendrell/1996/}) 11. Kh1 Nfd4 (11... d5 $5 {Stohl} 12. Ne2 h5
13. c3 b6 14. Ng3 Nce7 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. d4 a5 17. Ba4+ Bd7 18. Bc2 Bb5 19. Rf2
Bf8 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Rfd2 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 $14 {1/2,Khalifman,
A-Van Wely,L/Bugojno/1999/}) 12. Ne4 Nxf3 13. Rxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Rf1
g5 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Ng6 19. Rae1 Qe7 20. Rf5 Bf6 21. Nxe6
{Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee/1996/} Re8 $1 {[]} 22. Re4 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 fxe6
24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rf3 $44) 7. d3 O-O 8. Bb3 ({The thematic} 8. f5 {Stohl gives
Black a choice:} e6 $5 (8... gxf5 $5 {Stohl} 9. Qe1 fxe4 10. dxe4 $13) 9. fxg6
(9. Qe1 {Stohl} d5 10. Bb3 c4 $1 11. dxc4 dxe4 {The difference compared with
the above note is White doesn't have the f6-motif, Black is more than OK after}
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 exf5 14. Qe1 Re8 15. Qg3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bd7
18. c3 Qb6 19. Bf4 a5 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Rd2 Re4 $15 {Vo Hong Phuong-Xu Yuhua/
Istanbul olw/2000/}) 9... fxg6 $11) (8. Qe1 {Stohl} Nd4 (8... Na5 $5 {Stohl})
9. Bb3 {only transposes into the game.} (9. Nxd4 {Stohl} cxd4 10. Nd5 (10. Ne2
$6 {Stohl} d5 $15) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qc7 12. f5 e6 $1 13. fxe6 (13. f6 {Stohl
} exd5 14. fxg7 Re8 15. Qh4 dxe4 16. Bg5 Bf5 17. Bf6 Qxc2 18. Rf4 Qd2 19. Bxd4
exd3 20. Bc3 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Rac8 22. Rf3 Qe2 23. Raf1 Re4 24. Qf6 Rg4 25. R3f2
Qe6 $15 {Hall,J-King,D/IRL op/1992/}) (13. Bb3 {Stohl} exf5 14. Bg5 fxe4 15.
Qxe4 Bf5 16. Rxf5 gxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc5 18. Bd5 Rae8 19. Bf4 Kh8 20. Rf1 Re2 21. h4
Rxc2 22. h5 {Sutovsky,E-Zhu Chen/Shenyang/1999/} Qc8 $1 $17) 13... Bxe6 $11))
8... Nd4 {Black wants to eliminate the bishop. I have seen some games where
Black played Na5, but there is an important difference.} (8... Na5 {Stohl} 9.
Qe1 Nxb3 10. axb3 {differs from Tiviakov-Kasparov above, Black's N is less
flexible on f6. Nevertheless Black has little problems is he plays accurately:}
Ne8 $5 (10... e6 $143 {Stohl} 11. Qh4 $36) 11. Qh4 f5 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. Ng5 h6
14. Nf3 e6 15. Qg3 Kh7 16. Kh1 b6 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Nd1 d5 $1 19. Nf2 dxe4 20.
dxe4 Nb5 21. c3 Nd6 22. Qh3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Ng5+ Kh8 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26.
Bc1 Qd5 27. Qe3 $11 {Hansen,SB-De Firmian,N/Copenhagen op/1999/}) 9. Qe1 $6 {
This seems to be a mistake due to Black's next move} (9. Nxd4 $142 cxd4 10. Nd5
(10. Ne2 {Stohl: 'The Bb3 is worth preserving for the time being.'} Nd7 11. c3
(11. Qe1 {Stohl} Nc5 12. Qf2 Qb6 13. f5 Nxb3 14. axb3 d5 15. Bg5 dxe4 16. dxe4
f6 17. Bh4 e5 18. fxe6 Qxe6 19. Nxd4 Qxe4 20. Rfe1 Qd5 21. c4 Qc5 22. Nb5 Qxf2+
23. Bxf2 $16 {Al Modiahki,M-Alvarez,J/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 11... dxc3 12. bxc3
Nc5) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5) 9... a5 $1 {Now White's bishop has some problems
'!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'An interesting idea, Anand doesn't want to exchange the B,
but treats it as an object of attack.'} 10. Qh4 (10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nd5 (11. Ne2
a4 12. Bc4 d5 $1 $15) 11... Nxd5 (11... a4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bc4) 12. Bxd5 e6
13. Bc4 $8 (13. Bb3 a4 14. Bc4 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Ra5) 13... d5 $15) (10.
Be3 $2 {Stohl} Ng4 $36) ({Too passive is} 10. Bd2 {Stohl} e6 {/\} 11. Qh4 b5 $1
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nxb5 a4 14. Bc4 d5 $15) 10... a4 $6 {I looked at Bd7, but
got a bit carried away. 'N!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Consistent, but also possible was'}
(10... Bd7 $1 11. a4 (11. e5 a4 12. exf6 (12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
e6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxb7 Rab8 $17) 12... Bxf6 $15) 11... Nxb3 12. cxb3 Bc6
13. f5 {I was afraid that Black wouldn't have time to go after the pawn on b3
due to White's initiative, but nonetheless this was the best continuation.}) (
10... Qd7 $5 {Stohl} 11. e5 a4 12. Nxd4 (12. Nxa4 $143 $2 {Stohl} Rxa4 13. Bxa4
Qxa4 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Nxc2 $36) 12... cxd4 13. Nxa4 (13.
Bxa4 {Stohl} Qg4 $1 $15) 13... Qc7 $1 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qg3 {Poloch,P-Zpevak,P/
CS-ch Sumperk/1984/} Bf5 $5 16. c4 Bd7 $132) 11. Bxa4 (11. Nxa4 b5 $1 ({
Stohl: More energetic is} 11... Ne2+ {'>=!' Stohl.} 12. Kh1 b5 (12... c4 13.
dxc4 Nxc1 (13... Bd7 14. e5 $1 (14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 $17) 14... Bxa4 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Qe1 $14) 14. Raxc1 Nxe4 15. Rce1 $14) 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c4 (
14... Qc7 $5 {Stohl} 15. e5 c4 $36) 15. dxc4 bxc4 $1 (15... Nxe4 $2 16. cxb5
Nxc3 17. Bb2 Nxb5 18. Ng5 h5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 $1 $16) 16. Bxc4 Nxe4 17. Bd5
Bf6 $1 (17... Ra4 {Fails to} 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Ng5 $18) 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. fxg5 (
19. Bxa8 Ne4 20. Qe1 (20. Qh6 d5 $1 $15) 20... d5 $1 $15) 19... Bxc3 20. Rb1
Ra5 21. Bxf7+ (21. Qc4 Bf5) 21... Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qc4+ Be6 24. Qxc3 Rc5
{Black seems to have enough compensation here, though his king is awkwardly
placed.}) 12. Nc3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 b4 $44 {Black has enough for a pawn, but
probably nothing more.} 14. Nd1 e6 $5 $44 (14... Ba6 {Stohl} 15. Nf2 {[%cal
Rf4f5,Rc1h6] /\f5,Bh6->})) 11... Bg4 (11... Rxa4 {Attractive, but it's very
complicated.} 12. Nxa4 Nxc2 13. Rb1 Nb4 (13... b5 14. Nc3 b4 15. Nd1 (15. Na4
Bd7 16. b3 Bxa4 17. bxa4 Qa5 $44) (15. Qf2 Na3 $1 16. bxa3 bxc3 17. Qc2 Qa5)
15... Qa5 $1 (15... Ba6 16. Nf2 Qa5 17. a3 $1 (17. b3 Nxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 Qxa2 19.
Bd2 Bxd3 20. Qxe7 (20. f5 Nd4) 20... Nd4 $1) 17... Qb6 (17... c4 18. e5 $16)
18. axb4 (18. e5 bxa3 $1) 18... Nxb4 (18... c4 19. e5 Nd5 20. f5 $1) (18...
cxb4 19. Kh1) 19. Rd1 $14) 16. a3 (16. b3 Ba6 {Transposes}) 16... Qb5 17. e5
Nd5 $44) 14. Rd1 Nxa2 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 c4 $44) 12. Rb1 {Stohl: 'White
wants to play Bb3 without having to retake with his c-pawn.'} (12. Bb3 Bxf3 13.
gxf3 b5 $44 (13... Nxb3 {Stohl} 14. cxb3 d5 $44)) (12. Bd2 {Stohl has the same
idea, but after} Bxf3 13. gxf3 b5 $1 14. Bxb5 (14. Bb3 {Stohl} b4 15. Na4 Qc7
$36) 14... Nxc2 $44 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ga8a2,Gb8b2] ><d4,<-><< Black has enough
play for the pawn.}) (12. Nxd4 {Stohl} cxd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 (14. Qxg4 $4
{Stohl} Nf6 $19) 14... Be2 15. Re1 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Re7] protects ><e7} 16. Qg3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxa4 $11 {~~}) (12. Ng5 {Stohl} h6 13. Bb3 $5 Nxb3 14. cxb3 b5 $1
$13) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rxa4 $2 {'!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'Another intuitive
sacrifice, characteristic more of Kasparov. Less committal was'} (13... d5 $1
14. Bb3 (14. Be3 e6 $15) 14... e6 15. f5 $1 exf5 16. Bg5 $132) (13... b5 {Stohl
} 14. Bxb5 (14. Bb3 {Stohl} b4 (14... e6 $5 {Stohl} 15. Be3 Nh5 $44) 15. Nd1 e6
$13) 14... Nxc2 15. Bc4 e6 $1 16. e5 Nh5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. f5 $5 Bxe5 $1 19.
fxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kg7 $132) 14. Nxa4 b5 15. Nc3 Qa5 {'?' Stohl. Stohl:
'Overambitious.'} (15... b4 $142 {Stohl} 16. Na4 (16. e5 $2 {Stohl} bxc3 17.
exf6 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Bxf6 19. Qf2 Nxc1 20. Rbxc1 cxb2 $17) 16... Nxc2 $44 {
<=> with a similar position to the one which arises later in the game.}) 16. a3
{'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Modest, but strong.'} (16. e5 {Stohl} b4 17. Qf2 $5 (17.
exf6 {Stohl} Bxf6 18. Qf2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 $36 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Rf3,Rf4] ק})
17... bxc3 (17... Nd7 {Stohl} 18. Nd5 Qxa2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Be3 $16) (17...
dxe5 {Stohl} 18. fxe5 Nh5 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nf4 $5 $16) 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Bb2 Qa5
20. Bxd4 (20. exf6 {Stohl} Bxf6 {-17.exf6}) 20... cxd4 21. exf6 Bxf6 $13 {
[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Rf3,Rf4,Rg1,Rh2] /+/=,ע,P}) (16. Qf2 {Stohl} b4 17. e5 {
transposes to the above note.}) 16... b4 (16... Nxc2 {Stohl} 17. e5 b4 18. Qf2
$1 $16 (18. exf6 $6 {Stohl} Bxf6 {/\} 19. Qf2 $4 Bd4)) 17. Nd1 $2 {'?!' Stohl.
Stohl: 'White hesitates and the position will become murky again.'} (17. axb4
$1 {We both rejected this, but the tactics work out for White.} cxb4 18. Qf2 {
'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Now Black shouldn't allow Nd5 and has a tough choice:'} bxc3
(18... Nxf3+ {Stohl} 19. Qxf3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rf2 $16) 19. Qxd4 Nh5 (
19... Qa2 {Fails to} 20. Be3 Ng4 {'?' Stohl.} 21. Qa7 $1) 20. e5 (20. Qf2 $2 {
Stohl} Qa2 $13) 20... dxe5 21. Qxc3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 exf4 23. Qc4 $16) 17... Nxc2 {
Black seems to have enough compensation here.} 18. Qf2 (18. axb4 {Stohl} Qxb4 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd3,Rf3,Rf4] /\Qb3 only enhances White's P><.}) 18... b3 {'©!?'
Stohl. Stohl: 'By keeping the Nc2 Black intensifies the pressure against
White's <<. The fixing of the Pb2 will pay off in the distant future, while
the position is closed White's R have little scope and Black can improve his
pieces.'} ({An alternative was} 18... Nd4 {Stohl} 19. axb4 (19. Bd2 $2 {Stohl}
Qa6 $1 20. Qe3 Bh6 {[%cal Rh6f4] /\Bf4}) 19... Qxb4 20. Nc3 $14 {/~~}) 19. Ne3
{Stohl: 'White wants to coordinate his forces.'} ({Premature is} 19. f5 $6 {
Stohl} Qa6 20. Ne3 Nh5 $1 (20... Qxd3 $2 {Stohl} 21. Rd1 $16) 21. Nxc2 (21. Rd1
{Stohl} Nf4 $40) 21... Qxd3 22. Be3 bxc2 23. Rbc1 Bxb2 (23... Nf4 $5 {Stohl}
24. Kh1 Ne2 25. Rce1 Nd4 26. Rc1 Rc8 $1 $36) 24. Rxc2 Bxa3 $15) 19... Qa4 {
Actually, Black has good ~/= due to the weakness of the pawn on b2.} 20. Kh1 (
20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Kh1) 20... Nd7 $6 (20... Nh5 21. Nc4) (20... Rd8 {Followed by
a quick d5 was better.}) 21. Nc4 {Stohl: 'White first improves his N.'} (21. f5
{Stohl} Ne5 $36 (21... e6 $5 {Stohl})) 21... Rb8 $6 {Since the knight protects
b2, Black should trade it off. However, this loses time with the rook. Black
should have gone for Qb5 and Nb6 Stohl: 'Now Black's major pieces will be too
far from the >>.'} (21... f5 {Stohl} 22. Bd2 $13 {[%cal Yd2c3,Yh2h5] /\Bc3,
h4-h5}) (21... Qc6 $5 {(Stohl) /\} 22. f5 (22. Ne3 {Stohl} Qa4 $11) 22... e6
$13) 22. f5 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bg5 {'?!' Stohl.} (25. f4 $142
$1 {Stohl} Qb5 (25... e6 {Stohl} 26. f5 exf5 27. exf5 Qc6+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29.
Kxg2 $16) 26. Qg3 c4 27. f5 $40) 25... Rb7 26. Qe2 (26. f4 $5 {Stohl}) 26...
Qc6 27. Rg1 {Black has drifted too long and now White is ready to start his
play on the kingside.} ({Now after} 27. f4 {Stohl the advance f5 is not a
direct threat, moreover Black can prevent it even more thoroughly by} e6 $5)
27... d5 28. Rg2 ({White doesn't want to break up his [+].} 28. exd5 {Stohl}
Qxd5 29. Qe4 Qxe4 $5 (29... e6 $5 {Stohl}) (29... Qd7 $13 {Stohl}) 30. fxe4 Rd7
31. Rgd1 Be5 $44) ({Hernandez venuje tempo, aby sa zabezpecil pred pripadnymi
rusivymi dosledkami} 28. h4 {Stohl} Qe6 $5) 28... Rd7 {Given time, Black will
penetrate on the d-file. White must react} 29. h4 $1 Nd4 {'?' Stohl. Stohl:
'Loses time, the N will have to return shortly anyway.'} (29... c4 30. exd5
Rxd5 31. dxc4 Re5 32. Qf1 $1 (32. Qd3 Ne1 33. Qxb3 Nxf3 $1 $44) 32... Rf5 33.
Rg3 Nd4 34. Qg2 $14) (29... dxe4 $142 $5 {Stohl} 30. fxe4 (30. dxe4 {Stohl} c4
$13 {is similar to the game position.}) 30... Qa6 $132 (30... c4 $5 {Stohl} 31.
dxc4 Rd4 $13)) 30. Qe3 c4 (30... Nc2 31. Qf4) 31. dxc4 {'?!' Stohl.} ({Now was
the time for} 31. exd5 $142 {Stohl} Qxd5 32. dxc4 Qxc4 (32... Qf5 {Stohl} 33.
Qe4 $1 Qh3+ 34. Rh2 Qxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Nxf3 36. Rh3 $18) 33. h5 $40 {+/- White is
attacking and Black doesn't have the P duo, which will later decide the game.})
31... dxc4 32. h5 Qe6 {Stohl: '/\Nc2,Be5,Qh3'} (32... Nc2 $6 {Stohl} 33. Qf4 {
[%cal Rf4b8] /\Qb8}) 33. hxg6 (33. Rh2 Nc6 (33... Nc2 34. Qc5 Rd3 35. Qb5 $1))
33... fxg6 (33... Qh3+ $6 {Stohl} 34. Rh2 Qxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Nxf3 36. gxf7+ Kf8 37.
Rg2 $16 {/+/=}) 34. Rg4 $16 ({The text is more logical than} 34. Rh2 {Stohl}
Nc2 35. Qc5 Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rd7d3] /\Rd3~~ and Black's pieces are annoyingly
active.}) 34... Nc2 $2 35. Qc5 $1 Be5 36. Rbg1 $6 (36. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 (36... Bd4
37. Qc8+ Kf7 (37... Kg7 38. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Qf4 $18) 38. Bh6 $18)
37. Qh5 $1 Rd6 38. Rbg1 Kg7 39. Rxf4) 36... Kf7 $1 {Stohl: 'Black must connect
activity with clever defence-the K must run.'} (36... Bxb2 $2 {Stohl} 37. Qc8+
Kf7 38. Bh6 $18) 37. Rh4 (37. Bc1 {Stohl} Rd3 $1 $36 {is too passive.} (37...
Bd4 $2 {Stohl} 38. Qc8 {[%cal Rg4f4] /\Rf4})) 37... Rc7 (37... Bxb2 $2 38. Qc8
Bg7 39. Bh6 $1 Qd6 40. Bxg7 Rd8 41. Qh3 $18) 38. Qf2 {Stohl: 'White sacrifices
his most important P, relying on the strength of his attack. But if it doesn't
work, the game will be over, less committal was'} (38. Qa5 {Stohl} Rc8 (38...
Rd7 $2 {Stohl} 39. Qa8 {[%cal Rg5h6] /\Bh6+-}) 39. Bc1 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 38...
Bxb2 $1 {A cold-blooded move. However, there is precious little that Black can
do. I felt a passed b-pawn couldn't hurt Black's position much. Also, White's
attack isn't that easy to play over the board. All Black's pieces are well
placed to defend.} 39. Qh2 Rb7 (39... Be5 $143 $2 {Stohl} 40. Bf4 (40. f4 $2 {
Stohl} Bd6 $17) 40... Rc5 41. Rg5 $142 $1 (41. Rh5 {Stohl} Bd4 (41... gxh5 $2 {
Stohl} 42. Qxh5+ Kf8 43. Bh6+ $18) (41... Bd6 {Stohl} 42. e5 $1 $18) 42. Rxc5
Bxc5 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Rxg6 b2 45. Qh5 (45. Qh8+ {Stohl} Kd7 46. Qxb2 Qh3+ 47.
Bh2 Qxf3+ 48. Rg2 Qd1+ $11 (48... Qf1+ {Stohl} 49. Bg1 Bxg1 $2 50. Qb7+ Kd6 51.
Rg6+ $18)) 45... Kd7 $1 46. Rxe6 b1=Q+ 47. Kg2 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg4 Qg1+
50. Kh3 $11) (41. Bxe5 {Stohl} Qxe5 42. Rh7+ Ke8 43. Rh8+ Kf7 $11 44. Qh7+ $2
Qg7 45. Qh4 Qxh8 $1 46. Qxh8 Rh5+ $19 {An exchange of Q ends White's -> and
the o^ decide.}) 41... Qf6 (41... Bd4 {Stohl} 42. Rxc5 Bxc5 43. Rh8 $1 Qf6 44.
e5 b2 45. exf6 b1=Q+ 46. Kg2 Ne1+ 47. Kg3 $18) 42. Rxe5 $1 (42. Bxe5 {Stohl}
Qxf3+ 43. Rg2 Qd1+ $11) 42... b2 (42... Rxe5 {Stohl} 43. Bxe5 Qxf3+ 44. Qg2
Qxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Ke6 46. Bh8 $18) 43. Rxc5 b1=Q+ 44. Kg2 $16 {/+-}) 40. Rh7+ {
Unfortunately for me, the hope that I might escape in his time-trouble just
ended!} (40. Rd1 Rd7 (40... Bd4 {Stohl transposes into the game.}) 41. Rh7+ Kg8
$1 (41... Bg7 {Stohl} 42. Rxg7+ (42. Rg1 $5 {Stohl is similar and also possible
}) 42... Kxg7 43. Qh6+ Kf7 44. Qh7+ Ke8 45. Qh8+ Kf7 $11) 42. Rg1 $1 {[%cal
Rh2h6]} Bg7 {Black must prevent Qh6} 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qh6+ Kf7 45. Qh7+ Ke8
46. Qh8+ Kf7 $11 {and a draw is a fair result, as risky is} 47. Rg4 $2 Rd1+ 48.
Kh2 Nd4 $1 49. Rf4+ Nf5 50. Bh6 Qb6 $1 $19) 40... Ke8 (40... Kg8 $2 41. Qh6 $18
) 41. Rd1 (41. Rh8+ $2 Bxh8 42. Qxh8+ Kd7 43. Rd1+ Kc6) 41... Bd4 {Here we
both had a long think. Stohl: 'Black's K needs to cross the <->d.'} 42. Rh8+ {
I had been waiting to see if he would find a4 and was relieved to see this.
'?!' Stohl.} (42. Be3 Nxe3 (42... b2 $2 {Stohl} 43. Qxc2 Bxe3 44. Qa4+ $18) (
42... Rd7 {Stohl} 43. Qb8+ Rd8 44. Qb5+ $18) 43. Rxd4 b2 44. Rh8+ Kf7 45. Rf8+
$1 (45. Qh7+ Kf6 46. Rf8+ Ke5 $8 (46... Kg5 $2 47. Kh2 $1 Nf1+ 48. Kg2 Ne3+ {
I thought this was a draw during the game, but it's lost} 49. Kg3 $1 Nf1+ 50.
Kf2 b1=Q 51. Rd5+ Qxd5 52. f4+ Kg4 53. Qxg6+ $18) 47. Qh8+ Qf6 48. Qh2+ Kxd4
49. Qd2+ Ke5 $19) 45... Kxf8 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Qh7+ Kf6 48. Qh4+ $11 Ke5 49.
Qh2+ $11 {with a perpetual.}) ({A very annoying move. While I was thinking it
occured to me that Black's pieces were all ideally placed, but if it was Black
to play, then I couldn't see a move.} 42. a4 $3 {Once you reason it out like
that, this move is obvious.} c3 (42... Kd8 {This worsens the position of the
king.} 43. Be3 {'!' Stohl.} (43. a5 {This works here as well.} Kc8 44. Rh8+
Bxh8 45. Qxh8+ Kc7 46. Bf4+ Kc6 47. Rd5 $1 $18) 43... Nxe3 (43... Qf6 44. Rh8+
Kd7 45. Qh3+ Kc6 46. Qc8+ Kb6 47. Bxd4+ Nxd4 48. a5+ Ka6 49. Qxc4+ Nb5 50. Ra8+
Ra7 51. Rxa7+ Kxa7 52. Qxb3 $18) 44. Rxd4+ Ke8 45. Rg7 $18) 43. a5 b2 $1 {
Gilberto pointed this out to me later. Maybe a4 isn't that strong!} (43... Qe5
44. Qh6 (44. Qxe5 {This is quite entertaining} Bxe5 45. a6 Ra7 46. Rxe7+ Rxe7
47. Bxe7 Ne3 (47... Kxe7) (47... Bb8 48. Bf6 $18 ({Not falling for} 48. Rd8+
Kxe7 49. Rxb8 Nb4 $1 50. a7 c2 51. a8=Q c1=Q+ $11)) 48. a7 Kxe7 49. a8=Q $1 (
49. Rg1 b2 50. a8=Q c2 {This position deserves a diagram} 51. Qa7+ Ke8 52. Qxe3
({If White goes after the bishop} 52. Qc5 Kf7 $3 (52... b1=Q 53. Qxe5+ {
Wins the knight}) 53. Qxe5 c1=Q {I don't see how White is going to win this})
52... b1=Q 53. Qg5 Bb2 $1 $11) (49. Ra1 $1 b2 50. a8=Q bxa1=Q+ 51. Qxa1) 49...
Nxd1 50. Qb7+ Kf6 51. Qxb3 Nf2+ 52. Kg2 Nd3 53. Kf1 {This should be winning
for White}) 44... Qe6 45. Rh8+ Kd7 46. Qf8 Kc6 47. Qa8 $1 $18) 44. Qxc2 Qb3 45.
Rxe7+ Kf8 46. Qxb3 Rxb3 47. Rc7 b1=Q {Black has good chances to draw}) (42.
Bxe7 {Stohl} c3 $5 $13 (42... Rxe7 {Stohl} 43. Qb8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ $11)) 42...
Kd7 {Now Black is alive} (42... Bxh8 $2 {Stohl} 43. Qxh8+ Kf7 44. Rd8 $18) 43.
Ra8 $4 {The rook was controlling the h3 square. It's absence allows Black's
next. '?' Stohl. Stohl: 'Only this loses.'} (43. Bxe7 $1 Kc6 (43... b2 {Stohl}
44. Bb4 Kc6 45. Qxc2 Bxh8 46. Qa4+ Kc7 47. Ba5+ Rb6 48. Kg2 $5 $18) (43... c3 {
Stohl} 44. Bb4 Kc6 45. Rd8 $40) 44. Bb4 Rxb4 (44... Be5 $5 {Stohl} 45. Qg1 $1
$13 (45. Rc8+ {Stohl} Rc7 $142 $1 (45... Qxc8 {Stohl} 46. Qxe5 Rh7+ (46... Nxb4
$4 {Stohl} 47. Rd6+ Kc7 48. Rf6+ Kd8 49. Qd6+ $18) 47. Kg1 Nxb4 48. Rd6+ Kb7
49. axb4 $36 {and with Black's exposed K the prudent choice is} b2 $5 (49... c3
{Stohl} 50. Qd5+ Kb8 51. Rd8 Rc7 $1 52. Rxc8+ Kxc8 $11) 50. Qd5+ (50. Qxb2 {
Stohl} Qh3 51. Qg2 Qxg2+ 52. Kxg2 c3 53. Rd1 Kb6 $11) 50... Kb8 51. Rb6+ Rb7
52. Qe5+ $11) 46. Rxc7+ Bxc7 47. Qh7 (47. Qh8 {Stohl} Nxb4 48. axb4 Qe5 $19)
47... Nxb4 48. axb4 c3 49. Rd5 Kb6 $19) (45. Qf2 $1 {Stohl} Rxb4 {-45.Qg1!})
45... Rxb4 46. axb4 Bxh8 47. Qc5+ Kb7 48. Qb5+ Kc7 49. Qa5+ $11) (44... Nxb4 {
Stohl} 45. Rxd4 $18) 45. axb4 Bxh8 46. Qxh8 Nxb4 47. Qa8+ Kb5 {This should be
a draw}) (43. Be3 Nxe3 44. Rxd4+ Kc6 45. Rdd8 (45. Qg1 b2 $19) (45. Qb2 {Stohl}
Qf6 $19) 45... Qf6 $1 (45... b2 46. Rc8+ Qxc8 47. Rxc8+ Kd7 48. Rc7+ $1 Rxc7
49. Qxb2 c3 {It looks as if it's a draw, but White can win the knight (or the
pawn) by force} 50. Qb5+ $1 Kc8 (50... Rc6 51. Qd3+ $18) 51. Qa6+ Rb7 52. Qa8+
Kc7 53. Qa5+ $18) 46. Rc8+ Kb5 47. Qf2 b2 {Winning}) (43. a4 {(Stohl) Shipov,/\
} Kc6 $1 (43... c3 {Stohl} 44. Bxe7 Kc6 45. Rc8+ $1 Kd7 $8 (45... Qxc8 $4 {
Stohl} 46. Qd6#) (45... Kb6 {Stohl} 46. Rxd4 $1 Qxc8 47. Rd5 $18 {->}) 46. Qh8
Qxe7 47. Rxc3 $1 (47. Qh3+ {Stohl} Qe6 48. Rd8+ Kxd8 49. Qxe6 b2 $36) 47... Qe8
(47... Rb4 {Stohl} 48. Qc8+ Kd6 49. Qc6+ Ke5 50. f4+ $1 $18 Kxf4 51. Rf1+) (
47... Rc7 {Stohl} 48. Rxd4+ Nxd4 49. Qxd4+ Kc8 50. Qh8+ Kd7 51. Rd3+ Ke6 52.
Qh3+ $18) 48. Rxd4+ Nxd4 49. Qxd4+ Ke7 50. e5 $5 $16) 44. Ra8 b2 $142 $5 (44...
c3 {Stohl} 45. Ra6+ (45. a5 $5 {Stohl}) 45... Rb6 46. Ra7 Qc8 $5 $15) 45. Ra6+
Rb6 46. Rxb6+ Bxb6 {/\} 47. Bxe7 Nd4 $1 $17 {and the o^ are still alive and
threatening.} (47... Qxe7 {Stohl} 48. Qxc2 Qh4+ 49. Kg2 Qg5+ $11)) 43... b2 {
Suddenly the game has turned around} 44. Qh8 (44. Qxc2 $2 {Stohl} Qh3+ 45. Qh2
Qxf3+ $19) 44... Kc6 $1 $19 {'!' Stohl.} (44... b1=Q $2 {Stohl} 45. Qc8+ Kd6
46. Bf4+ Qe5 47. Ra6+ Qb6 (47... Rb6 {Stohl} 48. Rxb1 $18) 48. Qxb7 $18) 45.
Qe8+ (45. Ra6+ Kb5 $1 46. Rxe6 Bxh8 $19) (45. e5 {Stohl} Bxe5 46. Qe8+ Kb6 47.
Kg2 Bc7 $19) 45... Qd7 46. Qxg6+ (46. Rc8+ {Stohl} Kb5 $19) 46... e6 {Now it's
over - Black will swap queens.} 47. Ra6+ Kb5 (47... Kc5 $2 {Stohl} 48. Qh5 $1 {
[%cal Rg5e7] /\Be7#}) 48. Rxe6 Qh7+ {An exciting game full of twists and turns.
Enough excitement, I thought, but little did I suspect that the next round
would be the same!} (48... Qh7+ 49. Kg2 (49. Bh6 {Stohl} Qxg6 50. Rxg6 Nxa3 $19
{[%csl Gb2,Gc4] and the P will cost White dearly.}) 49... Qxg6 50. Rxg6 c3 $19)
0-1

[Event "Merida 2nd"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{We both led the tournament with 1.5 out of 2 before this game.} 1. e4 {Wedberg
} e5 {OK, no French today. Nigel mainly plays the French defence, but not
always.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 {This didn't come a surprise,
since Nigel used it against Khalifman in their rapid match.} 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Re1 {I am sure this move order has it's subtleties and if I knew what
they are, I would explain them!} (8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5
{Khalifman-Short 2001}) 8... Nge7 {I think this is one - Black goes to e7. If
it went to f6, then he would lose time later playing f5.} 9. d5 (9. dxe5 {
Wedberg is the principal alternative.}) 9... Na5 $1 {A strong move that Kamsky
introduced. The point is that White wants to play c4 and play on the queenside
(similar to the King's Indian). This move attempts to delays c4.} (9... Nb8 {
Wedberg} 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bc2 f5 13. c5 f4 14. b4 Bg4 15. Ba3 Nd7 16.
Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Zsinka,L/HUN 1995/EXT 97 (53)}) 10. Bxd7+
Qxd7 11. b3 {'N' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'Anand aims for the optimal setup with P:s
on white squares and the N on c3.'} (11. b4 {Wedberg} Nc4 12. Qb3 b5 13. Nfd2
Nb6 14. c4 c6 15. Nc3 cxd5 16. cxd5 O-O $13 {0-1 Anka,E-Juergens,V/
Balatonbereny 1993/EXT 97 (50)}) 11... O-O $6 {Then he allows it anyway!} (
11... b5 12. c4 c5 $1 (12... bxc4 13. Qd2 Nb7 14. bxc4 O-O 15. Nc3 $14) 13. Bd2
Nb7 {Looks acceptable for Black.}) 12. c4 c5 13. Bd2 {The difference - White
stops b5 for some time.} b6 14. Qc1 $6 {The logic went something like this: he
can't play f5 due to Ng5, and if I stop h6 then he won't be able to play f5! 
Better was 14.Qc2} Nb7 15. a3 f5 $1 {Of course Ng5 is simply met by Nd8.} 16.
Nc3 f4 $2 {I think Black's attacking chances are limited without his light
squared bishop. More important, the pawn on c5 allows White to open the
queenside quite fast. Wedberg: 'This could be the start of a terrible attack,
but Black misses his white squared B and Nb7 is out of play and also a
tactical liability when White starts his play on the Q-side.'} (16... fxe4 17.
Nxe4 Nf5) 17. Qc2 Bf6 18. Reb1 Qc7 {Trying to hold back b4.} (18... g5 19. b4
g4 20. Ne1 $16) 19. Ne1 g5 20. Na4 Nc8 {Black goes in for complete passivity.}
21. b4 Bd8 22. Rb3 Ra7 23. Rab1 Qg7 24. bxc5 $6 (24. Nd3 $142 Bc7 25. bxc5 {
White can delay this even further.} Nxc5 26. Naxc5 dxc5 27. Bc3 {Now Black has
to play without the Ra7.}) 24... bxc5 $6 (24... Nxc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 {White is
still better and he can try and open the kingside, but at least the b-file is
closed!} 26. Nd3 Re7 {The reason why the early bxc5 is bad.}) 25. Nd3 $16 Rf7
26. Bc3 Re7 (26... g4 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Naxc5 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 {Looks extremely
strong.}) 27. Qe2 {'!' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'White is active and Black is more or
less hopelessly passive. White can even start operations on the K-side.'} Rc7
$1 (27... g4 $2 28. Nxf4) 28. g3 {As often happens, a superiority on one flank
isn't enough - White needs to create a second weakness. '!?' Wedberg. Wedberg:
'White wants to open the g-file. But this was not 100% necessary. Now Black
gets some counterplay.'} (28. Qg4 Qf7 (28... Qd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxe5 dxe5
31. Nxe5 Na5 32. Nxd7 Nxb3 33. Rxb3 Rxd7 34. Rb8 $18) 29. Bxe5 (29. Rxb7 $2
Rcxb7) 29... h5 $1 30. Qe2 dxe5 (30... Qe8 31. Bc3 Qxa4 32. Qxh5 $18) 31. Nxe5
Qe8 32. Nc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6 Nbd6 {This looked too messy to me.}) 28... Qd7 {
'!' Wedberg.} 29. Nab2 Qh3 {A strong defensive manoeuvre} 30. Kh1 Rf7 (30...
Rg7 $5 {Wedberg}) 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Rg1+ Kf8 33. Qd1 {White protects the rook
on b3 and threatens Nxf4 again.} (33. Nxf4 $1 {My original intention, but I
suddenly began to have doubts.} Rxf4 34. Bxe5 Qxb3 35. Bxf4 Bf6 {The move that
gave me doubts, but later at home I discovered that it wins for White anyway.}
(35... Ne7 36. e5 Ng6 37. Bh6+ $18) (35... Qh3 36. Rg3 Qh4 37. Qf3 $18) 36. Qh5
Qxb2 (36... Nd8 37. Bh6+ Ke7 38. Rg8 $18) 37. Bh6+ Ke7 38. Bc1 $1 $18) 33... f3
34. Rg3 Qh4 (34... Qh5 35. Ne1) 35. Qg1 Ne7 (35... Ke8 36. Rg4 Qh5 37. Qg3 $16)
36. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 37. Nxe5 Nd6 (37... Qxe4 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Re3 $18) 38. Rbxf3
$4 (38. Rb8 $1 {I had seen this move well and the point (41...Qe7 42.Rxd8+),
but still my hand took the pawn on f3.} Ke8 39. Rg8+ Nxg8 40. Qxg8+ Rf8 41.
Qe6+ Re7 (41... Qe7 42. Rxd8+ Kxd8 43. Nc6+ Ke8 44. Nxe7 Rxe7 45. Qxd6 Rxe4 46.
Nd3 $18) 42. Qxd6 Rxe5 43. Qxe5+ $18) 38... Qxe4 39. Nxf7 Nxf7 40. Nd3 Ng6 $1 {
The only move and with it Nigel had passed the time control. I now spent a
fair amount of time checking if I still had some chances.} 41. Nxc5 {The only
real try. The problem for White is that his king is also not entirely safe.
Besides, he can't win an endgame with such broken pawns.} (41. Qc1 Be7 42. Kg1
Rb7) 41... Qxc4 42. Ne6+ Ke8 {Black has to bring his king to the center.} (
42... Kg8 43. Rxg6+ {Loses on the spot.}) 43. Qd1 Rd7 44. Rd3 Bb6 (44... Be7 $1
{Plugging the e-file looks useful!} 45. Rc3 Qe4+ 46. Qf3 Qxf3+ 47. Rgxf3 $11)
45. Rg4 Qa2 {Here I got really excited because I thought that I could trap his
queen with Re4-e2} (45... Qc8 46. Re4 $16) 46. Re4 Nfe5 {Here I suddenly
realized that Re2 didn't trap the queen at all - she still has the c4 square! 
I began to wonder if I should bail out somewhere, but when you've had such a
good position, it isn't easy to do so.} (46... Qxf2 47. Rf3 Qa2 (47... Qb2 48.
Rb4 Qe5 49. Rxb6 $18) 48. Nc7+ Kd8 49. Re8+ Kxc7 50. Qc1+ {Wins}) (46... Nd6 $1
{Even better.} 47. Re2 Qc4 {I don't see a big discovered check.}) 47. Rd2 Qxa3
48. f4 Nf7 {I tried to weave a mating net, but somehow Black always escaped.}
49. Rd3 (49. Nc7+ Kf8 50. Re8+ Kg7 51. Ne6+ Kf6) 49... Qa2 $8 {Black's queen
has to stay active} (49... Qb2 50. Rb3 $18) (49... Qd6 50. Qh5 $1 $18) {
By now, my advantage on the clock had almost disappeared and this was the only
try left.} 50. Rb3 (50. Nc7+ Kf8 $8 (50... Kd8 $2 51. Re8+ Kxc7 52. Qc1+ {
Followed by mate}) 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Ne6+ Kf6) 50... Rd6 $2 {And finally he
blundered!} (50... Qa5 $1 51. Nc5+ (51. Rxb6 Qxb6 52. Nc7+ Kf8 $8 (52... Kd8
53. Re8+ Kxc7 54. Qc2+ Kd6 $8 55. Re6+ Kxd5 56. Rxb6 $18) 53. Re8+ Kg7 54. Ne6+
Kh6 $1 {Of course, now that White doesn't have a rook on the 3rd, this is
perfectly safe.} (54... Kf6 55. Qa1+ Kf5 (55... Nfe5 56. fxe5+ Kf7 57. Rf8+ $1
Nxf8 58. Qf1+ Kg6 59. Qf6+ Kh5 60. Qg5#) 56. Ng7+ Kxf4 (56... Kg4 57. Qd1+ Kxf4
58. Qc1+ Kg4 59. h3+ Kg3 60. Qc3+) 57. Qc1+ $18)) (51. Nc7+ Kd8 52. Rxb6 (52.
Re8+ {This didn't work because black can block on c5} Kxc7 53. Qc1+ Bc5) 52...
Rxc7 $1) 51... Re7 52. Nb7 Rxe4 53. Nxa5 Bxa5 {White is in no danger here, but
I wasn't sure if he was better. At any rate, there is nothing else.}) (50...
Nd6 $142 {Wedberg}) 51. Nc5+ $1 {Now this wins.} Ne7 (51... Kf8 52. Rxb6 $1 $18
(52. Ra4 Qf2 53. Ne4 Qxf4 54. Nxd6 Qxa4 55. Nxf7 $18)) 52. Qe1 {'!' Wedberg.}
Bd8 (52... Bxc5 53. Rxe7+ Kf8 54. Rxf7+ Kxf7 55. Rb7+ {Leads to mate.}) 53. Re2
{And finally White traps the queen!  An exhausting game for both of us. It was
very interesting albeit full of errors.  With this I took the lead in the
event and in the end it turned out to be the decisive game of the tournament.}
1-0

[Event "Merida 2nd"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. Ra5 Be6
15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. c4 b6 17. Ra6 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. b5 Nc5 20. Ra3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida 2nd"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O (13... b4 $5)
14. O-O f4 15. Rad1 {For information about this line look in CBM81, game 1/2-1/
2 Anand,V-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee 2001} Kh8 (15... Rb8 {with the idea Qd7 is a
worthy alternative.}) 16. g3 Rg8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. gxf4
exf4 (20... fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qe3 exf4 23. Nxf4 Ne5 24. Nd5 (24. f3 $5 Qf6
25. Nd5 Qg6 26. Rg1 Bh6 27. Rxg5 Bxg5 28. Qd4 Rg8 29. Rg1 Rg7 30. Rg3 Qh5 31.
Qb6 Qe8 32. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Barua,D-Sriram,J/New Delhi IND 2001}) (24. Nc2 $5)
24... Ng4 $1 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee 2001 (34)}) 21. Nxf4 Bxa2 22.
c4 $1 $146 {Anand improves on his game against Topalov. I suspect 11.c3, 12.
Bd3, 13.Qh5-line will become more popular in the near future if Anand keeps on
playing it so insistent. The position is very complicated and requires
additional analysis. A lot of pieces and pawns are "hanging", kings are
insecure. Impossible to give a final evaluation, but I feel that White is
better thanks to his more active rook on d1, and pressure along d-file.} (22.
exf5 Rxf5 23. Qe4 Rf7 24. Bh5 Rf6 25. c4 Ne5 26. c5 $6 Rc8 27. cxd6 Bxd6 $17
28. Be2 Qf8 29. Nh5 Rxf2 30. Nc2 Nd3 {0-1 Anand,V-Topalov,V/Monaco 2001}) 22...
fxe4 $6 {Of course Black had a lot of options and very difficult to choose the
best one, but this move helps White to activate quicker his pieces. However,
the advantage of this move is that Black trades queens and in endgame Black
has better chances to escape.} (22... Qe8 23. exf5 $140 Rxf5 24. cxb5 axb5 25.
Bxb5 Rc8 $13) (22... bxc4 $2 23. Ne6 $18) (22... Ne5 23. Qe3 (23. Qc3 Rg8 24.
Ne6 (24. exf5 Qg5 $13) (24. cxb5 fxe4 $13) (24. Rg1 Rxg1+ 25. Rxg1 Qh4) 24...
Qf6) 23... Rg8 $13 24. Rg1 $5 Rxg1+ 25. Rxg1 $13) 23. Qxe4 Qe8 24. Bf3 Qxe4 25.
Bxe4 Rc8 26. Ne6 Re5 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxf8 (28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nxf8 b4 30. Nb1
Rf5 31. Nd7 Rf7 32. Nb8 Rb6 $11) 28... b4 $1 {While the knight is on f8 Black
has time to grab some material.} 29. Nc2 (29. Nd7 Re7 30. Nc2 Bxc4 (30... Rxd7
$4 31. Nxb4) 31. Nxb4 Be2 $3 (31... Rxd7 32. Nxc6 $18) (31... Rc7 32. Nf6 Bxf1
33. Rxf1 $16) 32. Nxc6 $140 $4 (32. f4 Rc4 $11) 32... Bf3+ 33. Kg1 Rg7#) 29...
Bxc4 30. Nd4 (30. Nxb4 Rb6 31. Nd7 Rxb4 32. Nxe5 Bxf1 $11) 30... Rc8 31. Nd7
Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Re4 33. Nf5 {After more or less forced play a complicated game
arised. White's task is to find stable squares for his knights and prevent
Black's counterplay.} Rf4 (33... Re2 $142 34. Nxd6 Rcc2) 34. Ne3 Rd8 $6 (34...
Re8) 35. Nd5 Rf3 36. N7b6 a5 37. Ne3 Re8 $6 {This looks like a loss of time.} (
37... Rb8 $5 {Black must create some counterplay.} 38. Nbc4 a4 39. Nxd6 a3) 38.
Kg2 Rf6 39. Rd1 Rg8+ {The rook moves 34. ... Rd8, 37. ... Re8 and 39. ... Rg8
are definetely not the best way. Probably Hernandez was in time trouble after
a very complicated tactical play.} 40. Kf1 Rgf8 41. Rd2 Rh6 42. Nec4 $16 {
Now White stabilized the position and has a big advantage.} Rxh2 43. Nxa5 Rh1+
44. Kg2 Rh5 45. Nac4 Rg8+ 46. Kf1 Rh1+ 47. Ke2 h5 48. Rxd6 h4 {h-pawn is not
dangerous and the whole Black's idea in endgame was wrong.} 49. Ne3 $18 Rg5 (
49... h3 50. Rh6+ Kg7 51. Nf5+ Kf7 52. Nc4 $18) 50. Nbc4 h3 51. Rh6+ Kg7 52.
Rh4 Kg6 53. f4 1-0

[Event "Merida 2nd"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. d4 Nf6 11. Qe3 Bd6 12. c4 O-O 13. b3 Qe7 14. a3 e5
15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf3 Kf8 20. Rfd1
Rae8 21. b4 Ke7 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. c5 Rd7 24. h4 h6 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rd1+ Kc7
27. Rd4 a5 28. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 (12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 Bd6 14.
b5 Ne7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Nb3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f4 19. Qd4 Ng6 20. Nc5
Nh4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Engedal,K/Masters 1994 (34)}) 12... Nc6 13. Qb3
Na5 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. b4 {White is launching a queenside attack with an idea to
occupy the e5 square. In responce, Black is trying to combine the defence of
the point in quiestion with mobilisation of his pieces on the king's side.The
game shows that Black's initiative is very dangerous.} a6 16. a4 Bd6 17. Rb1
Qf6 18. b5 axb5 19. Rxb5 (19. axb5 Ne7 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yg6f4]}) 19... Rae8 20. Be2
(20. Rxb7 $2 Nxd2 21. Rxe8 (21. Qxd2 Bxf3 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. gxf3 Qh4 24. f4
Qg4+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Bxf4 $19) 25... Bxf4 $19) (21. Bxd2 Bxf3 22.
Rxe8 Rxe8 23. gxf3 Qh4 24. f4 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Re6 $1 26. Bxf5 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Re2 $19
) 21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxe8 23. fxg4 Re1+ 24. Kg2 (24. Bf1 Qh4 25. f4 Qh3 $19)
24... Qh4 25. h3 fxg4 $19) 20... Ng5 21. Qd3 (21. Qd1 Qh6 (21... b6 22. Rxd5)
22. h4 Ne6 $1 (22... Bxf3 23. Bxf3 (23. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxh4 25. g3 Bxg3
26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. fxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 Re4 $44) 23... Qxh4 (23... Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3
Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qg6 26. Rxd5 Re8 27. Qf1 $16) 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Nf1 Ne4 26. Qf3
Nxd4 27. cxd4 c6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxf5 $16) 23. Nb3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. g3
Qh6 $40 {[%cal Yf5f4]}) 21... Qh6 22. h4 (22. h3 Bxh3 $1 (22... Nxh3+ 23. gxh3
Qxh3 24. Ne5 Qxd3 25. Bxd3 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Kg2) 23. Nxg5 (23. gxh3 Nxh3+
24. Kf1 Nf4 $19) 23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qh2+ 25. Kf3 h6 $1 $40 {/-+} (25... Qf4+
$11)) 22... Ne6 $1 23. Nf1 Bf4 (23... Qxc1 $5 24. Rxc1 Nf4 25. Qc2 Nxe2+ 26.
Kh1 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 Re2 $44) 24. Ba3 Bd6 25. Bxd6 (25. Bc1 $142) 25... cxd6 26.
Qd2 Nf4 27. Bd1 (27. Ne3 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Qg6 29. Qd1 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 f4 $36) 27...
Re4 28. Re3 (28. Rxb7 Na5 29. Rb1 (29. Re7 Qf6 30. R7xe4 fxe4 $40) 29... Nc4
30. Qc1 Rfe8 $44) (28. Ne3 $1 Nd8 29. Ng5 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Ree8 31. g3 Ng6 32.
Nxd5 f4 $44 {/+/-}) 28... Nd8 29. a5 $6 (29. Ng3) 29... Qg6 $1 {/\30...Ng2} 30.
Ne1 Nh3+ $1 31. Rxh3 Bxh3 32. Bf3 (32. Ng3 Qe8 $1 33. Nxe4 Qxb5 34. Nxd6 Qc6
35. Qf4 Rf6 $17) 32... Rxh4 33. Bxd5+ Kh8 $17 34. Qd3 Re8 35. Nc2 Rh6 36. f4 $2
Ne6 37. Qg3 Nc7 $19 38. c4 Nxd5 (38... Nxb5 39. cxb5 Re2 40. Qxg6 Rxg6 41. Nce3
Rb2 42. a6 Rxb5 43. axb7 $44) 39. cxd5 (39. Rxd5 Bxg2 (39... Qf7 $19) 40. Qxg2
Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rxc2 43. Rxf5 Kg8 44. Rb5 Rh1 45. Ng3 Rc3+ 46. Kg2
Ra1 $19) 39... Qf7 40. Nce3 Bg4 41. Rb2 Rg6 42. Qf2 Qc7 43. Rb6 Qc3 44. Qd2
Qxd2 45. Nxd2 Rxe3 46. a6 Re8 47. axb7 Rb8 48. Kf2 Rf6 49. Nc4 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 h6 {11...b5 is more popular move in this
position, and more logical as well;} (11... b5 {Tyomkin,D} 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1
{As it was proved in two games of this tournament, this line isn't dangerous
for black.} b4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kasparov,G/Linares 2001/CBM 82/[Tyomkin,D] (55)
After Polgar's 13...h6, black wasn't worse anywhere:} (13... h6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Polgar,J/Linares 2001/CBM 82_01 (27)})) 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne2 Nb6
14. Ned4 Bd7 15. Rhe1 Na4 16. Qe2 e5 $1 (16... O-O-O 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Be7
19. Rf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,A-Dementiev,O/Yerevan 1983/MCD (39)}) 17. fxe5
Bxe5 $15 {[%cal Ye5b2] Any white knight can not get d5-square;}) (12. h4 $5
$146 {Oratovsky,M This is recomendation of my friend, Michael Oratovsky.} hxg5
13. hxg5 Nh7 $44 14. g6 $5 fxg6 15. e5 Ndf8 16. Qg3 Kf7 17. Rh3 $44 {[%cal
Gd1h1,Yh3h7]}) 12... g5 $1 (12... Nxe4 $6 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Qg4 d5 15. Qxh4
dxe4 16. Bxe4 $14 {1-0 Insomniac-Francesca/London ENG 2000/The Week in Chess
303 (70)}) 13. Bf2 $146 {This move lets black to catch the initiative in few
moves;  From all other moves, 13.e5 looks like only way to fight for advantage;
} (13. Bg3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Qe2 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rhf1 Nfd7 {1/2-1/2
Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Tilburg 1984/MCD (17)}) (13. e5 $5 gxh4 (13... g4 $2 14.
Qf2 dxe5 15. f5 $1 $16) 14. exf6 Nxf6 (14... Bxf6 $5 {with the idea to place
black knight on e5 after f4-f5 of white;} 15. Ne4 Be7 16. f5 Ne5 $13) 15. f5 $1
e5 16. Be4 Rg8 17. Nd2 Rg5 18. Rhf1 Rb8 19. Qh3 Bd7 $132 {1-0 Diaz,J-Ubilava,E/
Varna 1985/MCD (42)}) (13. fxg5 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nfd7 15. Kb1 hxg5 16. Bf2 b5 17.
Rc1 Nb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Prasad,D-Malisauskas,V/Dhaka 1997/EXT 2000 (38)}) 13...
gxf4 14. Qxf4 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Rhf1 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Yg2,Yg4]
[%cal Gh8g8,Gh6h5,Ga8c8] White doesn't have any good plan now, in the other
hand, black can easily increase the pressur on both wings: Rc8 attacking c2
weak point on the kinside, and Rg8 and h5 operating over semi-open g-file on
the kingside;} 18. h3 (18. Ng3 h5 {[%cal Ga8c8] with the same ideas as in the
game;}) 18... h5 19. Nbd4 Rc8 {In the following, principal line black doesn't
win a piece by Nxd3 and e5 then, but gets some advantage too. But Anand
probably didn't want to get into complications, keeping his advantage by touch
and logical move;} (19... Nxd3 20. cxd3 e5 21. Qd2 (21. Rc1 Qd7 (21... Qd8 {
[%cal Yd8f6]} 22. Qd2 exd4 23. Qxb4 $44 {[%cal Gf2d4]}) 22. Qd2 Rg8 $1 (22...
exd4 23. Bxd4 Nxe4 $1 24. dxe4 Bxe4+ 25. Ka1 Rg8 26. Nf4 $132) 23. Nf3 Rxg2 24.
Qxb4 Rb8 $17 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 21... Rg8 $1 (21... exd4 22. Bxd4 Nxe4 23. dxe4
Bxe4+ 24. Ka1 Rg8 25. Nf4 $44) 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. Qxb4 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxg2 25.
Rxg2 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Rb8 27. Qa4+ Bc6 28. Qxa6 $15) 20. Rc1 (20. Qe3 Nc4 (20...
Rg8 21. Bh4 Nfg4 22. hxg4 Bxh4 23. gxh5 $132) 21. Qf3 d5 22. Bxc4 {Otherwise
23.Bh4} dxe4 $17) 20... Rg8 21. Nf3 (21. Ng3 d5 $1 $19) 21... Nc4 $1 {[%csl
Re4][%cal Gg8g2,Ye6e5] Again, Anand makes a choice on logical move, getting
rid of not necessary complications:} (21... Rxg2 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qf3 {
[%cal Gf2h4]} Rg5 24. Bh4 $1 Rf5 25. Qe3 Bxe4 (25... Bc5 26. Qh6 $44) 26. Rxf5
(26. Bxe4 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 f5 29. Qd3 Bxh4 $17) 26... Bxf5 27. Qh6
Nd5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. Qxh5 Qe6 32. Rd1 {Black is up
a pawn, but black king is not so safe here;}) 22. Bxc4 {There was no way to
get rid of all black threats- e6-e5 was threatening, and white queen gets
trapped there, also g2 was under attack;} (22. Rg1 e5 23. Qf5 {This is only
way to keep pawn e4 protected, but white queen is getting trapped now;} (23.
Qh6 Rg6 24. Qh8+ Kd7 $19) 23... Rd8 {[%cal Rb7c8]} 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Ng3 Bc8
26. Nd2 Bxf5 27. Nxc4 Bxe4 $19) (22. g3 e5 23. Qf5 Rd8 $19 {[%csl Rf5][%cal
Rb7c8]}) 22... Qxc4 $19 {But now white can not protect e4 point;} 23. Qe3 (23.
e5 Ne4 24. Ned4 (24. exd6 Bxd6 25. Qe3 Bd5 26. b3 Qxe2 $1 27. Qxe2 Nc3+ $19)
24... Rxg2 $19 {[%cal Gb7d5]}) 23... Qxe4 24. Qa7 Ra8 25. Qb6 {[%tqu "En",
"Find out the final blow;","","","f6d5","",0,"f6d5","",0]} Nd5 $1 (25... Nd5 {
[%csl Rb6,Re2]} 26. Qxb7 Nc3+ $19 {[%csl Rb7]}) 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15.
f4 f6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 (18. Bh3 Bf6 19. Be3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bd4
21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 b6 23. d6 Qf6 24. Rfd1 Nc5 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Rd5 Rd8 27.
Bxf5 Rdxd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Pavasovic,D/Portoroz SLO 2001/(58)}) 18...
Bf6 19. Rb1 (19. g3 Bd4+ 20. Kg2 Nc7 21. Rb1 a5 22. b3 Qf6 23. Qc2 Ne8 24. b4
axb4 25. axb4 b6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Bd2 Rf7 28. Rb3 Rfa7 29. Rfb1 Ra2 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Monaco MNC 2001/(64)}) 19... Bd4+ $1 (19... Nc7 20.
Be3 b6 21. b4) 20. Kh1 Nc7 {Black's main strategical idea is to transfer the
Na6 to d6. His position looks very comfortable.White has no active plan.By
being precise in defence Anand succeeds to hold his position.This theoretical
line seems to be safe for Black.} 21. b4 b6 22. Rb3 Ne8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3
Nd6 25. Rb3 Qf6 (25... Rc8 $5) 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Qa1 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Kf7 29. Kg1
Kf6 30. Kf2 Rg8 31. Rab1 {White seizes control over the "b" file. For his turn,
Black is unable to open the game on the king'sside.} h6 (31... g5 32. g3 $11)
32. g3 g5 33. Ke3 g4 34. Kf2 Rae8 35. Rh1 Rb8 36. Rhb1 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 h5 38. Kg2
Ke7 39. h4 Kd7 40. Kf2 Kc7 41. Ke3 Rb8 42. Rxb8 Kxb8 43. Kd2 Kc7 44. Kc3 Kb6
45. Bd1 Ka5 46. Bb3 Nc8 47. Kd2 Nd6 48. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Be3 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.
d5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin-Ionov/Klaipeda YB/11 1988 (15)}) 11...
dxc4 (11... Na6 $5 12. cxd5 (12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qxb7 Nb4 15. bxc3
Rfb8 $17) (12. c5 Bc7 13. Nc3 Rae8) 12... cxd5 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
Qxb4 Bd6 $11) 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 $11 15. h3 b5 16. Bf1 Nb6
17. Nd2 Rab8 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 (19... Nd5 20. Qd1 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Rfe8 $36
) 20. Qxc4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 (8... Bf5 9. Re1 (9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb4 12. c3 Re8 13.
Bxf5 Rxe1 14. Rxe1 Bd6 15. Ng5 $6 (15. Bg5 $44 {Jussupow}) 15... h6 16. Ne4 Bf8
17. Bg4 Ne7 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nd3 c5 $17 {Balashov - Yusupov, Minsk 1982. /
[Jussupow] (19)}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Rb5 b6
14. Ne5 f6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Qf5 c6 17. Rb1 Re8 18. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek,
L-Bisguier,A/New York 1972/MCD (18)}) 9. bxc3 O-O (9... Bg4 10. Rb1 Na5 (10...
Rb8 11. Re1 (11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qe3 Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd7 15. Qf4 Be6 16.
Be3 b6 17. Rfd1 Red8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 h6 21. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 Sax,
G-Horvath,C/HUN-ch Super 1995/CBM 51 ext (21)}) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 h6 $11 {
Browne-Murray/Vancouver 1981 (12)}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Re5 Bg6 14. Rb5
Nc6 15. Rexd5 Bd6 16. Rg5 b6 17. Nh4 Qd7 18. Bf5 Qe8 19. Bxg6 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,
A-Miles,A/Hastings 1973/EXT 98 (19)}) 10. Re1 (10. h3 Be6 11. Rb1 (11. Re1 Qd7
(11... h6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Rh5 $5 Qf6 $4 15. Bg5 $18 {Genova -
Galobert, corr 1956}) 12. Bf4 Rfe8 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Re3 Bf6 15. Ng5 $14 {
Aronin - Zhilin, USSR 1959}) 11... Rb8 12. Re1 h6 13. Nh2 Re8 14. Rxe6 fxe6 15.
Qg4 Bg5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Qg6 Kf8 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bg5 21. Bb2
Bf4 22. Rf1 Qg5 23. Ba3+ Re7 24. Qxe6 Rbe8 25. Bh7 {1-0 Varavin,V-Smirnov,I/
Alushta UKR 2001/The Week in Chess 334 (25)}) 10... Bg4 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Rb1
Rab8 13. Re3 Rfe8 (13... g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. Be5 f4 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18.
h3 Bh5 19. Ne5 $1 $16 {Browne - Murray, Vankuver 1971}) 14. Qe2 Bf8 (14... g5
15. Bg3 f5 16. h3 Bh5 (16... f4 17. hxg4 fxe3 18. Bf5 exf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qd8 20.
Qe6+ Kg7 21. Rh1 $18) 17. Re6 $1 (17. Bb5 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 f4 19. Bh2) (17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. Qxh5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 f4 20. Bh2 Bf6) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 f4 (18... Rf8
19. f4 $16) 19. Bxh7+ (19. Bf5 Bf8 20. Bh2 Qf7) 19... Kf8 20. Bh2 Nd8 21. Rh6
Bd6 22. Qd3 $16) 15. Re1 Rxe3 16. Qxe3 Bf5 $6 {It looks like a tactical
mistake.Probably Black thought that the opposite coloured bishops would render
him good drawing chances.} (16... Rc8 $142 17. Bb5 (17. h3 Bf5 $11) 17... Bd6
$11) 17. Bxc7 (17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bxc7 Rc8 $15) 17... Qxc7 18. Bxf5 g6 19. Bd3
Na5 20. Qe5 Qd8 $5 (20... Qxe5 21. Nxe5 (21. Rxe5 Rd8 22. Kf1 f6 23. Re1 Rc8
$132) 21... Rc8 22. Ng4 Rxc3 (22... Kg7 23. Ne3 Rxc3 24. Nxd5 Ra3 $132) 23.
Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nxd5 Ra3 $132) 21. Qf4 Bd6 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. h4 $1 {White is
commencing an attack on the king's side.} Qc7 (23... Nc4 24. Qc1 Nb6 25. h5
Rxc3 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qh6 (27. Bxg6 fxg6 (27... Rxf3 28. Qh6 fxg6 29. Qxg6+
Kf8 30. gxf3) 28. Qh6 Qf6 29. Ng5 (29. Re8+ Bf8) 29... Rc7 30. Re8+ Bf8 31.
Qxf8+ Qxf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Ne6+ Ke7 34. Nxc7 a6) 27... Bf8 28. Qf4 Qd6 29.
Qh4 Nd7 30. Ng5 Nf6 31. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 32. Re6 $16) 24. Qg5 Qd8 25. Qh6 Bf8 26.
Qd2 Qc7 27. Re5 Rd8 28. Qe1 $1 Nc6 29. Re8 Rxe8 (29... Qd7 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. c4
dxc4 32. Bxc4 Nxd4 33. Ng5 $40) 30. Qxe8 Qe7 31. Qc8 Kg7 32. g3 (32. c4 dxc4
33. Bxc4 Qb4 $11) 32... Nd8 33. Kg2 (33. c4 $5 dxc4 34. Qxc4 Ne6 35. Kg2 $16)
33... Ne6 34. Ne5 (34. c4 Qc7 35. Qxc7 Nxc7 36. cxd5 Nxd5 37. Be4 Nc3 38. Bxb7
a5 39. Ne5 a4 $132) 34... Qc7 35. Qe8 Qe7 36. Qb5 f6 37. Ng4 f5 38. Ne3 f4 39.
Nxd5 $18 Qf7 40. Be4 fxg3 41. fxg3 Bd6 42. Qd3 b6 43. a4 (43. Qf3 $5 $18) 43...
Qd7 44. Qb5 Qf7 45. Bf3 g5 46. Qc6 Bb8 47. Bg4 Nd8 48. Qd7 Qxd7 49. Bxd7 gxh4
50. gxh4 Bd6 51. Bb5 Nf7 52. Kf3 Nh6 53. Bd7 Kf7 54. Bc8 Ke8 55. Be6 Kf8 56.
Bc8 Ke8 {White has a winning position but due to the match situation he
doesn't mind to draw the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. Nxf6 $6 {This is an inaccuracy.} (15. g3 $142 {is the popular main
line with slightly better chances for White.} Nxe4 (15... Nc5 {- Kir.
Georgiev-Nisipeanu, FIDE-Wch k.o. New Delhi 2000 CBM 81}) 16. Qxe4 {-
Koczynski-Piket, EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001 CBM 84}) 15... Nxf6 16. Qe2 $2 {
continuing the wrong plan.} (16. Ne5 c5 $15) 16... Rd5 $1 $17 {Suddenly it
becomes clear that the h5 P may also become a target!} (16... c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5
18. Rh4 {This is the common route on the 4-th rank for the R in this system.} (
18. Ne5 Rd5 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. g4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Qc4 23. f3 Rb5 {Black's
pieces are extremely active now.} 24. Nf4 e5 25. Qd3 Rb6 26. Ne2 e4 $15 {
Bjerring-Kupka, Trnva 1989}) 18... Qb6 (18... Nd5 $2 {is inferior due to} 19.
b4 $1 $18 {Dervishi-Asrian, Szombathely 1993}) 19. Rc4 Kb8 20. Ne5 Rhf8 $11)
17. c4 Rxh5 {Black has won the important h P, and White has problems to show
any compensation for it.} 18. Rhg1 (18. Rxh5 Nxh5 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. c5 Nd5 $17 {
gives White >< d5 as well, Nokso Koivisto-Manninen, Helsinki 1990.}) 18... Bd6
19. Kb1 a6 (19... Kb8 $17 {was also good and simple.}) 20. Bc3 Rf5 21. c5 (21.
g4 {cannot catch the R :} Rf4) 21... Be7 22. Ne5 $1 Nd5 23. Rge1 (23. Nxf7 $5 {
is inventive, but by correct play Black can hold his advantage :} Nf4 24. Qe1
Rxf7 25. g3 Kd7 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Rd2 Qf5+ 28. Ka1 Bf6 $17) 23... Bf6 $2 {
This allows White to chase successfully the R.} (23... Kb8 24. g4 Rf4 $19 {
was still winning.}) 24. Nc4 ({missing} 24. g4 $1 Rf4 (24... Nxc3+ 25. bxc3)
25. Nd3 {and Black has to sacrifice the exchange.} Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Qe4
Bc3 28. Rh1 Bf6 $13) 24... Be7 25. Bd2 h5 $1 {Now the R and the extra P are
safe again.} 26. g3 Kb8 27. Ba5 Qc8 28. Rd3 h4 29. Rb3 h3 30. Ne5 (30. Rh1 $1 {
was the last chance causing some trouble for White, for example:} h2 (30... g5
31. g4 $1 Nf4 32. Qe3 Rd5 33. Nb6 $13) (30... Ka7 31. g4 $1 Rf4 32. Nb6 $13)
31. f4) 30... Ka8 31. Rh1 h2 32. Nf3 (32. f4 g5 $17) 32... Rfh5 $19 {and Black
is as good as winning.} 33. Qf1 Bf6 34. Qg2 Qg8 35. Ne1 g5 36. Nc2 Qg6 37. Kc1
g4 38. Bd2 Qf5 39. Be3 Bg7 40. a3 Qg6 41. Nb4 Nxb4 42. axb4 Qf5 43. Ra3 Qd5 44.
Qxd5 Rxd5 45. Rd3 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nb8 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qf2 Bd7
15. Kb1 Qa5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Qe1 Nb4 18. a3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rc4 20. Qd2 Rac8 21.
Ne2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Re4 23. Nc3 Rec4 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Nd1 Ke7 26. b3 R4c5 27. Kb2
a5 28. Ne3 Bb5 29. Rd4 a4 30. b4 R5c6 31. f5 h6 32. g4 Kd7 33. Rg1 Kc7 34. c3
Kb6 35. Rg3 Ka7 36. Nc2 Bc4 37. Rd2 R6c7 38. Nd4 Re8 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Rf2 Kb6
41. Rgf3 Ree7 42. Kc2 Bb5 43. Kd2 Be8 44. Rf8 Rc4 45. h4 Bg6 46. Rd8 Rxd4+ 47.
cxd4 Rc7 48. Rd6+ Kb5 49. Rxe6 Be4 50. Kd1 Rc3 51. Re7 Rxa3 52. e6 g5 53. hxg5
hxg5 54. Rc7 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Rxd4 56. e7 Bg6 57. Rf6 Be8 58. Rxb7+ Kc4 59. Rf3
Rxg4 60. Rb8 Bh5 61. Kf2 Re4 62. Re3 a3 63. e8=Q Rxe8 64. Rexe8 Bxe8 65. Rxe8
Kxb4 66. Ke3 a2 67. Ra8 Kb3 68. Kd2 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 a6 {This looks a bit odd at first sight.} 5.
Nce2 (5. a4 $143 {is not a logical reaction.} e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 c5 8. Nce2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Ngf3 Ne7 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Rac1
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qd3 O-O $11 (16... Rc8 17. Qg3 O-O 18. c4 d4 19. Rcd1 Kh8
$11 {Blehm-Ujma, POL 1995})) (5. Be3 Qc7 (5... Qb6 6. Bd3 {White is not afraid
of sacrificing the b2 P for a quick development.} Qxb2 7. Na4 Qa3 8. c3 b5 9.
Bxf5 e6 10. Bc2 bxa4 11. Ne2 $14 {Nunn-Mestel, London 1994}) 6. Bd3 (6. h4 {
/\ g4} h5 (6... h6 {allows White to gain space on the >>.} 7. g4 Bd7 8. f4 (8.
h5 e6 9. f4 $14) 8... e6 (8... h5 $5) 9. Nf3 $14) 7. Nge2 (7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6) 7... e6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 c5 $11) (6. Nge2 e6 {- Timman-Speelman World Cup
Reykjavik 1991 CBM 26}) (6. Be2 h6 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Na4 {
The B on b4 cannot find his right place.} Bg4 11. Bf2 Ng6 12. a3 Be7 13. Qd2
Nd7 14. b3 {/\ c4 gaining space on both flanks.} O-O 15. h3 Bf5 16. c4 $14 {
Agopov-Maki Uuro, Helsinki 2000}) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Rc1 $14 {Speelman}) (
5. Bd3 {is too simple, White has to exploit the delicate position of the f5 B,
not exchanging it immediately.} Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O
Nd7 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 Ne7 $11 {Gachon-D.Roos, FRA 1998}) (5. h4 {/\ g4} h5 {
Black wants to hold the balance on the >>.} 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Bg5 {
The B is excellent here, but White's P advance on the >> is more difficult.} (
8. Nce2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. a3 Nf5 {Black's knights are excellent in
this "French without French B" position.} 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb5 $15 {C.Bauer-D.Roos, France 1999}) 8... Qc7 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O
Nc6 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Nge7 13. Rfe1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 {
blockading the position on both flanks.} 16. Rad1 b5 $11 {Anand-Karpov, Monte
Carlo 2000}) (5. g4 Bd7 6. Bd3 (6. Be3 e6 7. Nge2 (7. Bd3 {- 6.Bd3}) 7... c5 8.
Qd2 Nc6 {Levi-Hill, AUS-ch Melbourne 1991} 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
Bb4 $13 {<-> c}) 6... e6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. a3
Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qd8 15. h4 Ne7 16. Nd4 {/\ h5} h5 {
Black ruins White's P chain just in time!} 17. g5 Qb6 18. Rc2 {(Borge-E.
Pedersen, DEN 1991)} Nc6 $11) 5... e6 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. N1e2 {/\ Nf4} Ne7
(8... c5 $5 {immediately is also interesting:} 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. Bd3
Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Qg4 g6 15. h5 g5 16. f4 (16. O-O Qc7 $13)
16... Qc7 17. Ne2 Ne7 18. fxg5 Qxe5 19. gxh6 Nf5 20. Qa4+ b5 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22.
Nxf4 Ne3 $11 {Sax-Chytilek, Pardubice 1996}) 9. Nf4 c5 {Black is not afraid of
exchanging his light-squared B.} (9... Bh7) 10. Nxg6 Nxg6 11. Bd3 (11. h5 Ne7
12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nec6 $15 {/\ Qb6 >< d4.}) 11... cxd4 (11... Nxh4 $5 {
was perhaps possible:} 12. Qg4 c4 $1) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qd7 14. Qxg6+ Qf7
15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. Bd2 (16. Bf4 Nc6) 16... Nc6 17. f4 h5 (17... Rc8 $5 {
is met by} 18. O-O-O $1 (18. h5 {is slower because of} Nb4 19. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 20.
Kd1 Rc4 $11) 18... d3 19. c3 $14) 18. O-O-O Bc5 19. f5 exf5 (19... Nxe5 20.
Rhe1 Bd6 21. fxe6+ Kxe6 22. Bf4 $14 {with a nasty pin on the e <->.}) 20. Nxf5
Nxe5 (20... Rhe8 21. Rhf1 Kg8 22. Bf4 Nxe5 23. Nxd4 $14 {blockading the
isolated P on d5.}) 21. Bg5 Nc6 {Finally Black has solved his problems
successfully defending his weak d pawns.} 22. c3 $5 (22. Rhf1 Kg6 $15) 22...
Kg6 23. cxd4 Rhf8 24. Ne3 (24. dxc5 Rxf5 $11) 24... Bxd4 ({or} 24... Nxd4 25.
Nxd5 Rac8 26. Kb1 $11) 25. Nxd5 Rae8 (25... Rf2 26. Rd2 Raf8 $11) 26. Rhf1 Be5
(26... Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Re4 $11) 27. Nf4+ $2 {This is already a serious
inaccuracy.} (27. Bf4 $142 Nb4 $1 28. g3 (28. Bxe5 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Nxd5 $15)
28... Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxf4+ 30. gxf4 Re2 31. Rg1+ Kh6 32. Rd6+ Rf6 $11 {with an
equal R _|_.}) 27... Bxf4+ 28. Rxf4 (28. Bxf4 Re4 29. g3 Nd4 {with a
successful domination in the [+].}) 28... Rxf4 29. Bxf4 Re4 30. g3 Rc4+ 31. Kb1
Rd4 $15 {The N is better than the B in the _|_ because of the weak >> pawns.}
32. Rc1 Rd5 33. a3 Kf5 34. Ka2 g6 35. Rc4 Kg4 $1 36. Re4 Rd7 37. Rc4 Kh3 {
>< g3 is the target.} 38. Re4 Re7 39. Rc4 Re6 40. Rc5 Nd4 $1 {/\ Ne2, Re4 and
>< g3 falls. Black's K is superior to his colleague.} 41. a4 Ne2 42. Bb8 Re4
43. Ka3 Re3+ 44. Kb4 Nxg3 45. Rc7 Kxh4 46. Rxb7 g5 47. Ka5 Re6 $19 48. Rb6 Rxb6
49. Kxb6 Kg4 50. b4 h4 51. b5 axb5 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12. c4 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Nd2 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Nfd7 16. Bg4 g6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Qb3 f5 19. f3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4
Nc5 22. Qg3 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Qf6 24. b3 g5 25. Qf2 Rce8 26. Rad1 g4 27. Nb1 f4 28.
Qd4 Qg5 29. Kh1 Qh5 30. Nd2 Qe5 31. Qxe5 dxe5 32. Rfe1 e4 33. Re2 Kg7 34. Kg1
Kg6 35. g3 f3 36. Re3 Rf6 37. Nb1 h5 38. Nc3 h4 39. gxh4 Kh5 40. d6 Kxh4 41.
Rd5 b6 42. d7 Rd8 43. Nxe4 Nxe4 44. Rxe4 Rf7 45. Re6 Rh7 46. Red6 Kh3 47. Rxb6
f2+ 48. Kxf2 Kxh2 49. Rg6 Rf7+ 50. Ke3 g3 51. Rd2+ Kh3 52. Rh6+ Kg4 53. Rd4+
Kg5 54. Rhd6 Rf1 55. c5 g2 56. R4d5+ 1-0

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 Rc8
15. f4 Qc7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. f5 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. f6 Ng6 21.
fxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne4 Qc4 23. Nxd6 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Rc7 25. Rf1 Kg8 26. Nf5 Re8 27.
Rd6 e4 28. Ne3 Re5 29. c4 Kg7 30. b4 Ne7 31. Kb2 Rc6 32. Rd7 b6 33. a4 Kg6 34.
b5 axb5 35. axb5 Rce6 36. Kc3 Nf5 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Kxf5 39. Rxf7+ Ke5 40.
Rh7 e3 41. Kd3 Kd6 42. Ke2 Re5 43. Rh6+ Kc5 44. Rc6+ Kd4 45. Rxb6 Kxc4 46. Rb8
Rg5 47. Kf3 Re5 48. Rc8+ Kd3 49. Rd8+ Kc4 50. Ke2 Kxb5 51. Rd3 Kc4 52. Rxe3 Rg5
53. Kf3 Kd5 54. Re2 Kd6 55. Kf4 Ra5 56. Kg3 Ra4 57. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Mainz CC sim1"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Rc8 19. a5 Be7 20. Rh3 Qc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22.
b5 Bxh4 23. bxa6 Bxa6 24. Bxa6 Be7 25. Rd3 Bb4 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Nc6 O-O 28.
Bb6 Nxb6 29. axb6 1-0

[Event "Mainz CC sim1"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Freise, Eckhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Bf5 11. d3 Bd6 12. Nc4 Rae8 13. Be3 Qg6 14.
Kh1 Be5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Qc3 h5 18. Rae1 h4 19. Qc4+ Qf7 20. Qxh4
Qxa2 21. Qd4 c5 22. Qc3 Qd5 23. Ra1 Bh3 24. Rg1 R8e6 25. Rxa7 b5 26. Qe1 Rg5
27. f3 Bxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Qxf3 29. Qf2 Rxe3 30. Ra1 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2 32. Kxg2
Re2+ 33. Kg3 Rxc2 34. Ra7 Rd2 35. Kf4 Rxd3 36. Rxc7 c4 37. b4 Rb3 38. Kf5 Kh7
39. Ke6 Rxb4 40. Kf7 Rb2 41. Rc5 Rf2+ 42. Ke6 Rb2 43. Kf7 Kh6 44. Rc6+ Kg5 45.
Rc5+ Kf4 46. h4 Ke4 47. h5 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Mainz CC sim1"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Holzhaus, Jens"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. cxd5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd5 11. Qe2+ Be7 12. Bb5 Qd6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nc3
O-O 15. Rd1 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rac1 Re6 20. d5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Rae8 23. g3 Qb6 24. b3 Rf6 25. Rf5 Rxf5 26. Qxf5 g6 27.
Qf3 Re6 28. Rc2 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Re6 30. Qd5 Rf6 31. h4 h5 32. Re2 Qc6 33. Qxc6
Rxc6 34. Re4 Kg7 35. Ra4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC sim1"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Miklos, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nd2
Bh6 9. Nb3 Bxc1 10. Qxc1 Kg7 11. g4 Ne8 12. h4 h6 13. Qe3 c6 14. g5 h5 15.
O-O-O Qb6 16. Qg3 a5 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Bg4 20. Qg3 Bxe2 21. Nxe2
cxd5 22. cxd5 Rc8 23. Kb1 Nc7 24. Nc4 Qa6 25. Nxd6 Na4 26. Nc3 b5 27. Nxa4 bxa4
28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Mainz CC sim1"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schwab, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3 a5
9. Nd2 Ne8 10. g4 c6 11. h4 Qc7 12. h5 Nc5 13. g5 Rb8 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. a3 Qf7
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na6 18. Rb1 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nb3 b6 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22.
Nb5 Bd7 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Rxh3 Qd7 25. Rh1 Nd6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Qg4 Rf7 28. Ke2
Bf8 29. Ra1 b5 30. cxb5 Rxb5 31. Ra8 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Kf1 c4 34. Kg2 c3
35. Rc1 Qb4 36. Kg1 c2 37. Qe6 Qxe4 38. d6 Qc6 39. Qb3 Qxd6 40. Qxc2 Qe6 41.
Qc4 Qxc4 42. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC sim1"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tischendorf, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qxa5 12. Ng5 Nxe5 13. f4 f6 14. fxe5
fxg5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rf1 Qc5 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Bxg5 Kc7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Rf7 Qe8 22. Qf3 Kd8 23. Rb3 Kc7 24. Rxc3+ Kb7 25. g3 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Kxc8 27.
Qf6 Kb8 28. Qe7 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Kc8 30. Rh7 a5 31. g4 b5 32. h4 Rf8 33. h5 b4 34.
axb4 a4 35. Kd2 Rf2 36. g5 a3 37. Kc3 Rxe2 38. Rf7 Re3+ 39. Kd2 Rxe5 40. h6 a2
41. h7 a1=Q 42. h8=Q+ Kc7 43. Rxd7+ Kxd7 44. Qg7+ Kc6 45. b5+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Mainz CC sim1"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Zaeck, Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxc4 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bd3 b6 10. e4 h6 11. Qe2 a6 12. a3 Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe4 f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. Qxe7 Qxe7 19. Ng6+ Kg8 20. Nxe7+ Kf7
21. Ng6 Rfe8 22. Ne5+ Kg8 23. f3 Rad8 24. Rd1 Nd5 25. Bd2 c5 26. Be4 cxd4 27.
cxd4 Bc8 28. Rac1 Nf6 29. Bc6 Re6 30. Be1 a5 31. Bh4 g5 32. Bg3 Nh5 33. Bb5
Nxg3 34. hxg3 Kg7 35. Bc4 Ree8 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Nc6 Rd6 38. d5 Bb7 39. Bb5 g4
40. f4 h5 41. a4 Re4 42. Rd2 h4 43. gxh4 Rxf4+ 44. Kg3 Kf5 45. Bd3+ Re4 46.
Rf1+ Kg6 47. Bxe4+ Kg7 48. Rdf2 Bxc6 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. R1f7+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 (1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4
8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1
Nd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Qe4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Be7 20. Rd3
Bxa4 21. Rh3 g6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qxa4 Bc5 24. Bd4 Rf8 25. Bxc5 {1/2-1/2
Speelman,J-Schlosser,P/Lippstadt GER 2000 (25)}) 1... d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6
4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O
11. Re1 Bd7 (11... b6 12. d5 $36) 12. Qe2 Re8 (12... Nb4 $5) 13. Rad1 Nd5 (
13... h6 14. Bc1 Na5 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Re3
Bb3 20. Rg3 Bxc2 21. Bxh6 Nh5 22. Qf3 Kh7 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qf3 f6 25. Ne4 Be7
26. Rxg6 Rg8 27. Ng5+ {1-0 Stanojevic,B-Govedarica,R/Novi Sad 1988/EXT 97 (27)}
) (13... Nb4 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Qh3 Bd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bb3 Qb6 19.
Rc1 Nc6 20. Bc2 h6 21. Bf4 {1-0 Demkovich,A-Le Thi Phuong Lien/Budapest 1997/
CBM 59 ext (21)}) 14. Bd2 (14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11 {Bertok - Keres,
Leipzig (ol) 1960}) 14... Bf6 (14... Ncb4 15. Ne5 $14) (14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Na5
16. d5 $1 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 $36) 15. Ne4 Nxd4 (15... Bxd4 $2 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. a5 $1
Qa7 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qg4 $1 $18) 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bg5 (17. Nd6
Rf8 $1 18. Nxb7 Qc7 $17) (17. Qd3 $5 Qb6 18. a5 Qa7 19. Bc1 $44 {[%csl Ra7]})
17... Qb6 18. a5 Qa7 19. Nd6 Rf8 (19... Bc6 $2 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5
22. Qd2 $18) (19... Reb8 $2 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxf7 $18) 20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Be7 Be6 $1 (21... Rfb8 22. Qd2 (22. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2
Kxf7 25. Rxd5 $11) 22... Bc5 23. b4 (23. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2
Kxf7 26. Rxd5 $11) 23... Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Re8 25. Bc5 Qb8 $11) 22. Qf3 (22. Bxf8
Rxf8 23. Qf3 Bxb2 $44) 22... Bxb2 (22... Rfb8 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25.
Qxe6 $36) 23. Rb1 (23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qe2 Be5 $1 $19) (23. Rxe6
fxe6 24. Qe2 Be5 $1 $19) 23... Qd4 (23... Bd4 24. Rxb7 (24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Nxb7
$14) 24... Qc5 $132) 24. Bxf8 (24. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 25. Qe2 Qe5 26. Rxb2 Qxe2 27.
Rxe2 Rf4 28. g3 Ra4 $132) 24... Rxf8 25. Nxb7 Bc3 26. Re3 $2 (26. Rec1 $1 Bd2 (
26... Bb4 27. Qe2 (27. h3 $16) (27. Rc6 $16) 27... Ra8 28. Rc6 $16) 27. Rd1 $16
) 26... Bg4 $1 27. Qg3 Bf5 28. Rf1 Bd2 $44 29. Nd6 Bg6 $15 30. Rf3 (30. Re8 $5)
30... Bxa5 31. h4 $6 (31. Nf5 Qe4 32. Nd6 $11) 31... Bc7 32. Nf5 (32. Rc1 Qb6 (
32... Bb8 $5 33. Rc6 a5 34. Rfc3) 33. Rb3 $11) 32... Bxg3 33. Nxd4 Bxh4 34. Ra3
Bf6 (34... Be7 $142 35. Ra4 (35. Rxa6 Bd3 36. Ra5 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 $15) 35... Bd3
$17) (34... Bf6 35. Rd1 Ra8 36. Nc6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. Nxe5 Be7
8. Qe2 Be6 9. d3 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 O-O 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qe3 b6 14. Qg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rd2
c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Nh2 h5 19. Rd8+ Kb7 20. Rxa8 Kxa8 21.
Rd8+ Kb7 22. Nf4 Ng6 23. g3 c4 24. bxc4 $2 {A decisive mistake, allowing Black
to conclude the game in style:} Nxf4 $1 25. gxf4 {[%tqu "En","White's pieces
are poorly coordinated. How can Black exploit it?","Use the shaky position of
the enemy rook.","Try to disclose the white king.","g4g3","This pawn thrust
spells a quick end for White.",6]} g3 $1 {[%csl Rd8,Rf2,Rg1,Rh2][%cal Gf8c5,
Gh8d8]} 26. Nf1 (26. fxg3 Bc5+ 27. Rd4 Bxd4+ 28. Bxd4 Rd8 {is hopeless for
White.}) 26... gxf2+ 27. Kh2 ({If} 27. Kxf2 {then} Bc5+ {winning.}) (27. Kg2 {
fails to} Rg8+ 28. Kf3 Bg4+ 29. Kg2 Bd1+ 30. Kxf2 Bc5+) 27... Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 h6 (11... Nb4 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd5 14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f4 Rd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. f5 Qb6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Ng6
Ra7 $15 {0-1 Colas,J-Sansas,A/FRA-ch21 corr 1956/Corr 2000 (37)}) (11... Na5
12. Bc2 b5 13. Qf4 Bb7 14. Rad1 g6 15. Bh6 Nh5 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 Rc8 18. d5 $1
$16 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-Lesiege,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Huzman] (39)}) 12.
Bf4 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bc2 b5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Bb1 Bxe4
18. Bxe4 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Ne7 20. Bb1 Nd5 21. Qd3 g6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Shirov,
A/New Delhi IND 2000/ (72)}) (12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 14. Qg5+ Kh8 15. Qh6+
Kg8 $11 (15... Nh7 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 $44)) 12... Re8 13. Rad1 (13. d5 exd5
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bb4 $11) 13... Bf8 (13... Na5 $5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Qc1 (
15. Qe2 b5) 15... b5 16. Ne5 Bb7 $132) 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. Qd3 $1 Ned5 16. Bc1 (16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc2 f5 18. Bd2 $14) 16... b5 17. Qg3 Bb7 $1 (17... Nh5 18. Qf3
Nhf6 19. Ne4 $36) 18. Bxh6 (18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxh6 Ne4 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qg5 Bxb3
22. axb3 Kh7 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. Rd3 Bh6 25. Rh3 Ng8 $17) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4
20. Qg4 Nf6 (20... Nxc3 21. Rd3 Ne4 (21... Rc8 22. Bg5 $16) 22. Rh3 (22. Rf3
Nf6 (22... Nd6 23. Rh3 $40) 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Bg5 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Bxf7+
Kh7 27. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b3,Gb3h3]} Be7 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 $44) 22...
Qxd4 (22... Nf6 23. Qh4 gxh6 24. Rg3+ Bg7 25. Qxh6 Nh5 26. Qxh5 $18) 23. Qh5 (
23. Bf4 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Bc5 25. Rh8+ (25. Re3 Qa1+ 26. Qd1 Qxd1+ 27. Bxd1 $11)
25... Kxh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qxf7+ $11) 23... g6 24. Nxg6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qg7 $11)
21. Qg5 Qe7 $1 (21... Ne4 22. Qh5 $16) 22. Rd3 Ne4 23. Qg4 (23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24.
Bc1 Rc7 25. Bb2 Rac8 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. f3 Nf6 $44) 23... Nf6 24. Qg5 (24. Qh3
gxh6 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Rg6 Be4 $1 $19) (24. Qh4 $1 gxh6 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Bc2 Bg7
27. Bg6 $1 Rf8 28. Bxf7 $1 Be4 $1 29. Re1 (29. Bg6 Qb7) 29... Bh7 30. Bxe6 $44)
(24. Qf4 gxh6 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Bc2 Bg7 27. Bg6 Rf8 28. Bxf7 Be4 29. Re1 Bh7 30.
Bxe6 Nh5 $1 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7 Qxf7 33. Bxf7 Nxg3 34. hxg3 Rc8 $15) 24...
Ne4 25. Qg4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. e4 cxd4 (
14... Bxe4 15. Ng5 Bd5 (15... Be7 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. d5 $44) 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17.
Nxe6 (17. Re1 Qb6) 17... fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 (18... Be7 19. Qxd5 Qxb5 20. Re1
$40) 19. Qxd5 Qxb5 20. Bg5+ Kc7 21. Ra1 $40) (14... Nxe4 15. Ng5 Bc6 16. d5 $1
Bxb5 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe3 Bxf1 19. Nxf7 Qxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Nxe3 22.
Nxh8 $16 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Polgar,J/Moscow 1994}) 15. Nbxd4 Bd6 (15... Nc5 $2 16.
Bc4 Be7 17. Bb5+ Nfd7 18. Rd1 $16 {Huebner-Georgiev,Kir Moskva 1994}) 16. Bxe6
(16. Rd1 O-O 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Qd3 (19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qd3 Rf6 {
Huebner}) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxd7 Bxh2+ 21. Nxh2 Nxf2 22. Qd6 Nxd1 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24.
Bg5 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Qa7+ {0-1, Sutter-Raetzky (Biel 1995)}) 16... fxe6 17. Nxe6
h6 (17... Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Qa7+ 20. Be3 Ba6 21. Ra1 $16 {Uhlmann,
W-Balcerowski,W/Bad Liebenstein 1963 (21)}) (17... g6 18. Re1 $1 (18. e5 Bxe5
19. Nfg5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. f4 h6 22. Nh3 Bd6 23. Nc5+ Kf8 24. Nxd7+ Nxd7
25. Qe6 Rh7 26. f5 g5 27. Rd1 Be5 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Qc8 30. Qd2 Qc6 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Nechaev,A-Zakharchenko,A/Yalta 1996/EXT 98 (44)}) (18. Bh6 Ke7 19. Neg5
Rc8 20. Bg7 Rc5 21. Qd3 Bxh2+ 22. Nxh2 Rxg5 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Nf3 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2
Kxg7 $17 {0-1 Campos Moreno,J-Adianto,U/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (36)}) (18. Qc4
Qc8 19. Ng7+ Kf8 20. Qe6 Kxg7 21. Qxd6 Qc5 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Re1 Qxe4
25. Qd6 Qd5 26. Qxb4 Ne5 27. Rc1 Kg8 28. Qf4 Nd3 {0-1 Campos Moreno,J-Magem
Badals,J/Barbera del Valles 1995/EXT 97 (28)}) 18... h6 19. Qc4 Ng4 20. e5 $1
Ngxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Qd4 O-O 24. Bxh6 Re8 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Qd5+
Kh7 27. Bf4 Bb7 28. Ng5+ Kh6 29. Qe6 {1-0 Frieditis,G-Pohla,H/corr URS-1chT 
(FS-67/156) 1967 (29)}) 18. Nxg7+ (18. Qc4 Bxe4 19. Nxg7+ Kf8 20. Ne6+ Kg8 $17)
(18. Re1 Bxe4 (18... Kf7 19. Qc4 Kg6 20. Qd3 (20. e5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5+ Nxe5 22.
Nf4+ Kh7 23. Qc2+ Be4 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4+ g6 $15) 20... Ne5 $17) 19. Nd2 (
19. Qc4 Nb6 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. Qd4 (21. Ne6+ Ke7 22. Qb3 Qg8 $19) 21... Kxg7 22.
Rxe4 Rd8 $17) 19... Bd5 $1 $17) (18. e5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 $17) 18... Kf7 19.
Nf5 Bxe4 20. Nxh6+ (20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. Rd1 Qc5 $17) (20. Qc4+ Bd5 $17) 20...
Kg7 21. h3 {'?' Tischb.. '?' Jussupow,Kindermann. Jussupow,Kindermann: ein nur
durch Nervositaet zu erklaerender Fehlgriff, der Schwarz in Vorteil bringt.} (
21. Qd2 $142 Rh7 {[%cal Yg7h8]} (21... Kf8 22. Rd1 Bc7 23. Ng4 Bxf3 24. gxf3
Bxh2+ 25. Kg2 Be5 $17) (21... Bxf3 22. Nf5+ (22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Nf5+ Kh7 24.
Nxd6 Rg8 $17 (24... Rg8 {Jussupow,Kindermann} 25. g3 $17)) 22... Kg6 {'!?'
Jussupow,Kindermann.} (22... Kf8 $1) (22... Kf8 {Jussupow,Kindermann} 23. Qxd6+
Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Rg8 25. Bh6+ Ke7 26. Nf5+ $44) 23. Qg5+ (23. Nxd6 Ne4) 23... Kf7
24. Qg7+ Ke6 25. Re1+ {'~~' Jussupow,Kindermann.} (25. Nxd6 Qg8 $17) (25. Nd4+
{Jussupow,Kindermann} Kd5 26. Nxf3 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 $13) 25... Be5 (25... Kd5 $13
{Jussupow,Kindermann}) 26. Nd4+ Kd5 27. Nxf3 Bxh2+ 28. Kf1 $13) 22. h3 Bxf3 (
22... Kh8 23. Ng5 $1) 23. Nf5+ (23. gxf3 Kh8 $17) 23... Kh8 24. Qxd6 (24. Nxd6
Bxg2 $1 25. Kxg2 Qg8+ 26. Kf3 (26. Qg5 Rg7) 26... Qb3+ 27. Kf4 (27. Ke2 Re7+) (
27. Qe3 Rxh3+) 27... Rh4+ 28. Kg5 Qxh3 $19) 24... Qxd6 (24... Qg8 25. Ng3 (25.
Qg3 Qxg3 26. fxg3 $15) 25... Qd5 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. Bd2 b3 28. Bc3 $11) 25. Nxd6
Rg7 26. g3 Rh7 27. h4 Re7 $36) 21... Rxh6 22. Bxh6+ Kxh6 $17 23. Rd1 Bxf3 24.
Qxf3 Be5 25. Qe3+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27. Qf5 Nf8 28. b3 (28. g4 $5 Bh2+ 29. Kh1
Qe5 $17) 28... Bc3 29. g3 (29. g4 Qe5 $19) 29... Qe5 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. f4 Bc3
32. Kg2 (32. g4 $5 Ne4 33. Kf1 Nd2+ 34. Ke2 Nxb3 35. Kd3 Nc5+ 36. Kc4 Ne4 37.
f5) 32... Ne4 (32... N8d7 $5 33. g4 Nc5 34. g5 Nfe4 $19) 33. g4 Nd2 $19 34. f5
(34. Kf2 Nxb3 35. Ke3 Nc5 $19) 34... Nxb3 35. g5 Nc5 (35... Nd2 36. Rc1 Kg8 $19
{[%cal Yb4b2]}) 36. Kf3 b3 37. h4 b2 38. h5 Bd2 39. Rb1 (39. g6+ Kg7 40. Rb1
Bc1 41. Ke2 Ne4 42. Kd3 Nd2) 39... Bc1 40. Ke2 (40. h6 Na4 41. g6+ Nxg6 42.
fxg6+ Kxg6 $19) 40... Nb3 41. Kd3 Nd2 42. Rxb2 Bxb2 43. Kxd2 Kg7 44. Kd3 Bc1
45. g6 Nd7 46. Ke4 Nf6+ 47. Ke5 Nxh5 0-1

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3
O-O 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 d6 14. c3 bxc3
15. bxc3 Ne7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bb6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Bd2 Ng6 22. h3 d5 23. e5 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 {A surprise from Kramnik. This is
the first time he uses the queen sortie. Black will go later back to c7 with
the queen, but white knight was forced to leave its central position on d4, so
4. ... Qb6 has its advantages and drawbacks.} 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 {
A possible move, but probably not the strongest one. 7.a3 has the logical idea
to prevent Bb4 and also sometimes Nb4, but it is a loss of a tempo and in this
game Kramnik demonstrated its drawbacks. Later in the play-offs Anand
wasbetter prepared and chose a more ambitious way.} (7. Qe2 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9.
a3 Be7 10. O-O-O d6 (10... d5) 11. g4 a6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. f4 b5 15.
Kb1 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Mainz (blitz) 2001/ (28)}) (7. Bd3 {is
considered main move by theory.}) 7... Be7 8. f4 d6 9. Qf3 a6 10. Bd3 O-O 11.
g4 {A typical play in this kind of positions - the advance of the g-pawn is
rather a way to get more space than a direct attack against black king.
However, Black has a solid sicilian position and White must be careful not to
end up with a broken pawn structure.} Nd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. g5 b5 14. h4 {
Although White has space advantage, he might soon have a problem with the king.
After long castle the pawn on a3 will help Black to open the b-file. Probably
Anand decided already to castle kingside later. But he chose an unfortunate
moment later on, so maybe this was the right time to play 14.0-0.} (14. O-O-O
b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Kb1 $13) (14. O-O $5) 14... b4 15. Ne2 (15. axb4 Nxb4 $15)
15... bxa3 16. bxa3 Rb8 17. O-O $2 {[%mdl 64] A tactical blunder. Now Black
wins a pawn.} Nce5 $1 (17... Nde5 {is posible as well of course.}) 18. fxe5
Nxe5 19. Qg3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rxb3 21. Rfc1 Qd7 {A pawn up with no weaknesses
should be enough for a win. But in this rapid match and particulary in this
game Anand produced some miracles.} 22. Nf4 Bb7 23. Rcb1 Qb5 24. Rxb3 Qxb3 25.
Qe1 Qa4 26. Qd1 Qd7 {Hoping to create an attack against the weakened white
kingside.} (26... Qxd1+ 27. Rxd1 $17 {Black's task in endgame is still not
very easy (speaking about a technical win) - White has some initiative on the
queenside thanks to the fact that black bishops are closed and the rook is
passive as well.}) 27. Qg4 d5 28. Nh5 Qd6 29. e5 {This is probably another
blunder, intending to play 30.Bd4 after 29. ... Qxe5. But it happened to be
not so bad after all...} (29. Nf6+ {brings nothing:} Kh8) 29... Qxe5 30. Qd4 (
30. Bd4 Bc5 $1 $19) 30... Qxd4 $6 {Black is winning after this too, but White
has some chances to escape thanks to activity of his pieces. Apparently
Kramnik does everything right. However even in endgame White keeps the
initiative and does not have to worry about the king any longer.} (30... f6 31.
gxf6 gxf6 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Bd4 f5 (33... Bc5 $2 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Bxc5 Qxa1+ 36.
Kg2 Qb2+ 37. Kh3 $18) 34. Bxe5 fxg4 {must be winning as well.}) (30... Bd6 $1
31. Qxe5 Bxe5 32. Rb1 (32. Rc1 Rc8) 32... Bc6 $19 {was probably the easiest
way.}) 31. Bxd4 f6 32. Rc1 Rf7 $6 (32... Bd8 $142) 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Rb1 $1 {
In spite of considerable material advantage, Black has big technical problems
to convert it into a win. White has the initiative and in many cases several
engames can arise with drawish tendentions (different-coloured bishops, rook
endgame with extra marginal pawns for Black, which are sometimes theoretically
drawn as well).} Bxa3 35. Nxf6+ Kf8 36. Rb3 Bd6 37. Rb6 e5 (37... Rxf6 38. Rxd6
Rg6+ 39. Kf2 {and being two pawns doawn White has chances to save the game
thanks to a much stronger bishop and control over dark squares.}) 38. Rxd6 exd4
39. Nxd5 Bxd5 $2 {After this final mistake is a theoretical draw.} (39... Ke8
$17) 40. Rxd5 Rf4 41. h5 {Black loses his d-pawn which means a draw.} Kg7 42.
Kg2 Kf6 43. Kg3 Rf5 44. Rxd4 Kg5 45. Rd6 a5 46. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nc4 Be8 14. Nfe5
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Bf3 Be7 18. Nb6 Bc5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. exd4
Kf8 21. Kf1 Bb5+ 22. Ke1 Ne8 23. a4 Bc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nbd7+ Ke7 26. Nb8 Nc7
27. Nexc6+ Nxc6 28. Nxc6+ Kd6 29. Nb4 e5 30. dxe5+ Kxe5 31. Kd2 Kd4 32. Nc2+
Kc5 33. g3 g6 34. Kd3 Nd5 35. Ne3 Nb4+ 36. Kc3 f5 37. Nc2 Nd5+ 38. Kd3 h6 39.
f4 h5 40. Kd2 h4 41. gxh4 Nxf4 42. Ne1 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 exd5 14. Qd3 (14.
Bg5 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 g6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Bf5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 {
1/2-1/2 Yevseev,D-Yakovich,Y/Samara RUS 2000 (19)}) 14... Nc6 (14... g6 15.
Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Qd4 Nh5 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Qd2 f6 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Be3
Bg4 $19 {0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M-Anand,V/Leon m 1997/ (37)}) 15. Bc7 Qd7 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 g6 18. a4 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Bg7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Qd8
22. Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee A sp 1999/[Poldauf] (22)})
18... Bb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 (20. Nxb5 Ne4 21. Nd4 Bc5 $11) 20... Qxb5 21.
Nxb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rc8 23. Bd3 (23. Nc3 Ng4 24. Bd4 Rc4 25. Rd1 Bf6 $11) (23.
Bc3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Ra7 Ra8 $11) 23... Nd7 24. Bc3 Nc5 25. Bf1 Ba6 26.
Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. Bf5 dxc4 14. Qa4+
c6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxc4 O-O 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel playoff"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 {Often the idea of these systems
with an early ...Qb6 in the Sicilian is to provoke White to retreat the
d4-knight. If the queen is later kicked back to c7, Black argues that the
knight was better placed on d4, so nothing was lost.} 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7.
Qe2 Bb4 {Again, by playing this Black intends to make White's development more
awkward.} 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O-O d6 11. g4 {Noticeably, Anand does not
waste time with Be3, recognising that here Black's queen blocks the path of
the b-pawn, as Kramnik wants to play b7-b5-b4 to prise open the queenside,
based on the weakness a3.  Anand wants to forge forward with his own attack,
and with kings on opposite sides of the board every tempo counts.} a6 12. g5
Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. f4 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. f5 $1 {White must hurry
through on the kingside, and now threatens f5-f6, aand perhaps g5-g6. It is
always vital to consider the order of pawn advances during a pawn storm, for
example h4-h5 and g5-g6 might here be met by f7xg6, h5xg6, h7-h6. Anand's
advance is harder to deal with.} Rb8 18. Bf4 exf5 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Bh3 Re8 21.
g6 hxg6 {Perhaps} (21... Bf6 $142 $5 22. gxh7+ (22. h5 h6 $5) 22... Kh8) 22.
Bxe5 dxe5 23. fxg6 {Now the light square weaknesses are fatal.} fxg6 24. h5 Bf5
$6 (24... g5 {looks pretty gruesome, but was probably a better try.}) 25. hxg6
$3 Bxh3 (25... Bxc2+ 26. Qxc2 $1 Nxc2 27. Be6+ Kf8 28. Rh8#) 26. Rxh3 Bg5 27.
Ne4 Bf4 28. Nbc5 {28...Bh6 can block the h-file, but nothing can block the
a2-g8 diagonal.} 1-0

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel playoff"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. e4 Bb7 10. d5 c4 (10... e5 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Bc5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. b3 Ba6 16. Bb2 Qb8 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Ra1 Qd6 19. bxc4 bxc4 {[#]} 20.
Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxa6 Nxd5 23. Nxc4 $16 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,
M-Dunnington,A/Paris 1996/EXT 97 (35)}) 11. dxe6 (11. Bc2 e5 12. a4 Bd6 (12...
Bc5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. b3 cxb3 17. Bxb3 O-O 18. Bb2
Bb7 19. Bc2 Ba6 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. Nd1 Bd6 22. Ne3 Re8 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Rc1 $36 {
1-0 Khenkin,I-Jonkman,H/Haarlem 1998/EXT 99 (52)}) 13. Nc3 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15.
Ne3 Nb6 16. Nd2 c3 17. bxc3 bxc3 18. Ndc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Bb4 20. Nxe5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Sadler,M/Isle of Man 1995/EXT 98 (53)}) 11... fxe6 12. Bc2
Bd6 {Black has achieved a very convenient 'merano-type" position.} (12... Bc5
13. Ng5 (13. b3 cxb3 14. Bxb3 Nxe4 15. Nbd2 Ndf6 16. Bxe6 Qe7 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18.
Bb3 O-O-O 19. Be3 Kb8 20. Rac1 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kaplun,L-Pohla,H/Beltsy 1977/
MCD (48)}) 13... e5 14. Ne6 Qb6 15. Nxg7+ Kf7 16. Nf5 Nf8 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Nxc4
$16 {0-1 Flohr,S-Thomas,G/Ujpest 1934/HCL (34)}) (12... Qc7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ng5
Nc5 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. Nf7 Be7 19. Nxh8 Rxh8 20. Qg7
Qb8 21. Rd1 Nd3 $17 {0-1 Neiman,E-Borges Mateos,J/Mislata op 2000/Ajelibre (25)
}) 13. b3 $6 (13. Rd1 $142 Qb8 14. h3 O-O 15. a4 Bc5 16. Nbd2 Nh5 17. Nxc4 Ndf6
18. Nce5 Ng3 19. Qe1 Ngxe4 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Nd7 Nxd7
24. Qxe4 $16 {1-0 Gruenberg,H-Loeffler,S/BL9495 1995/GER-chT (39)}) 13... Ne5
$1 14. Nbd2 $2 (14. bxc4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be5 $19) (14. Rd1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 O-O
$36) 14... c3 15. Nb1 (15. Nxe5 cxd2 16. Bb2 Qc7 $19) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 b4
$17 {[%csl Rb1]} 17. a3 a5 18. Qh3 e5 (18... Qe7 $17) (18... Kf7 $17) 19. axb4
axb4 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Qe6+ Qe7 22. Qc8+ Qd8 23. Qa6 (23. Qe6+ Be7 $5 24. Qxe5
O-O 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Rd1 Qe8 $44) 23... O-O 24. Rd1 Ng4 $1 25. Qxd6 Qh4 26. Qc5
(26. Qe6+ $142 Kh8 27. Qb6 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Bb7 29. f3 (29. Rd8 Ba6+ 30. Qxa6 Rxd8
$19) 29... Ba6+ 30. Rd3 (30. Bd3 c2 $19) 30... Qh1+ 31. Qg1 Rxf3+ 32. gxf3
Qxf3+ 33. Ke1 Qxe4+ 34. Be3 Bxd3 35. Bxd3 Qxd3 36. Qxg4 Qxe3+ 37. Kd1 (37. Kf1
Qf4+ $19) 37... Qd4+ $19) 26... Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Rxf2+ (27... Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Qh1+
29. Ke2 Rxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 32. Kc2 Nxe4 33. Kd3 Nf2+ 34. Kc4
$132) (27... Bb7 28. Bd3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Rxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 32.
Kc2 $15) 28. Qxf2 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Qh4+ 30. Kf3 Qh5+ (30... h5 $5 $19) 31. Ke3
Qg5+ 32. Kf2 Qh4+ 33. Kf3 h5 34. Rf1 Qg4+ 35. Ke3 Qxg2 (35... Qg3+ 36. Ke2
Qxg2+ 37. Rf2 Qg4+ 38. Ke1 Bxe4 $19) 36. Bd3 Qg3+ (36... h4 $19) 37. Ke2 Qg4+ (
37... Qg2+ 38. Rf2 Qg4+ 39. Ke1 Bxe4 $19) 38. Ke3 Qg3+ {Anand has accepted the
draw that guaranteed him an overall victory in the match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 {Diese
Variante wird in der Großmeisterpraxis relativ selten gespielt. Die
Alternative 7.Bd3 scheint mir chancenreicher. Mit der Partiefortsetzung möchte
Weiß in der Folge mit f3.g4 eine starke Angriffsstellung aufbauen.} Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 $5 {Nach diesem Zug hängt der Pe4, und Schwarz möchte die normale
weiße Entwicklung stören. Der Nachteil des Zuges ist, dass der Bb4 weitab vom
Königsflügel steht.} (8... b5 9. Bf4 $5) (8... Ng4 9. Bf4 (9. Bg5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4
Qc5 $1 $11) 9... e5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qe2 $5) 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 (10... Bxc3
11. bxc3 d5 12. Bd4 O-O 13. Qg5 $1 $36) (10... d5 11. Bd4 $14 dxe4 $4 12. Bxe5
$18 Qxe5 13. Qd8#) 11. Bd4 Be7 {Das ist eine logische Fortsetzung - nach 11.
Bd4 steht der Läufer etwas überflüssig auf b4, und Schwarz muss sich gegen das
eventuelle Qg5 verteidigen.} (11... h6 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Qf2 O-O 14. Qg3 Bd6 15.
Qe1 Be5 $6 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 $6 17. Qg3 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Portisch,L/Biel 
(izt) 1993/Inf 58/[Anand,V] (56)}) (11... Nc6 12. Bf2 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Bf8
14. f4 Rb8 15. Qe3 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Na2 b4 {1/2-1/2 Rausis,I-Buhr,C/
Hamburg GER 2001/(35)}) 12... O-O 13. Bg3 e5 14. a3 Bxc3 $8 15. Qxc3 d6 16. Na5
$5 Bd7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bh4 Rac8 $1 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. g3 $1 {1/2-1/2
Morozevich,A-Kobalija,M/Russia (ch) 73/226 1998/Inf 73/[Kobalija,M] (49)}) (
11... Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 $2 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxb4 $18 {1-0
Morozevich,A-Gustafsson,J/Internet Chess Club 1999 (22)}) (11... O-O 12. Qg5
Ng6 (12... d6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 $16) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxf6 $14) 12. Kb1 (
12. Qf2 d6 13. g4 O-O 14. Rg1 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc4 16. g5 b4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. f5
bxc3 19. f6 Bd8 20. fxg7 Re8 21. Rd3 e5 {0-1 Motylev,A-Alekseev,E/Tomsk RUS
2001/(28)}) 12... d6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Schwarz sichert die e5-Springerstellung und
entwickelt den Bc8 (noch) nicht. Nach 12...Bb7 hätte Schwarz weniger Spiel auf
der b-Linie.} (12... Bb7 13. Qg5 (13. Na5 d6 14. Nxb7 (14. Ne2 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Ljubojevic,L/Beograd 1995/Inf 65 (14)}) 14... Qxb7 15. f4 Nc6 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 O-O 18. g5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rfd8 20. h4 e5 {0-1 Kovchan,
A-Tregubov,P/Smolensk RUS 2000/(55)}) (13. Qf2 $5) 13... Ng6 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Bd3 O-O 18. h4 f6 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Oms Pallise,J/
Albacete ESP 2000/(48)}) 13. Qf2 {Droht eventuell Bb6. Weiß verteidigt den Pf3
und möchte g2-g4 durchsetzen.} Rb8 {Jetzt sehen wir, dass der Läufer auf c8
besser steht als auf b7 - denn Schwarz hat einen aktiven Turm auf b8. Der Bc8
gelangt in der Folge nach d7 oder spaeter nach e6.} 14. g4 h6 {Solche
Stellungen kennen wir auch aus der Najdorf Variante der Sizilianischen
Verteidigung.} 15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 (16... Qxc4 $6 {Dieser Zug wäre nicht
logisch nach 13...Rb8.} 17. g5 $36) 17. Nd2 e5 18. Ba7 (18. Be3 Qa5 19. Ka1 Be6
$13) 18... Rb7 19. g5 Nh5 (19... Rxa7 $6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}
) 20. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Gd5] Weiß hat einen ausgezeichneten Springer auf d5. Aber
Schwarz hat auch seine Chancen - der Pg5 hängt in vielen Varianten, und am
Damenflügel hat Schwarz etwas Gegenspiel.} Qc6 21. Nf1 (21. Ka1 $5 hxg5 (21...
Qb5 22. b3 cxb3 23. cxb3 {[%cal Gd2b1,Gb1c3]}) 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Nb1 $44 {
[%cal Gb1c3]}) (21. Be3 $5 Be6 $132 (21... c3 $6 22. Nb3 $16)) 21... Be6 $1 {
Natürlich muss Schwarz den starken Nd5 tauschen.} 22. Be3 Bxd5 23. exd5 (23.
Rxd5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 $13) 23... Qb5 24. c3 Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d3]} 25. Bxf4 exf4
$13 {[%cal Gb7b2] Schwarz hat einen Doppelbauern auf der f-Linie, aber sein
positioneller Druck auf der b-Linie ist spürbar.} 26. Rg1 O-O $1 27. Rg2 {
[%cal Gg2b2]} (27. gxh6 Bf6 $132 {[%cal Gf6b2]}) 27... Rfb8 28. Rd2 g6 29. Qd4
{[%cal Rd4f4]} (29. gxh6 Bf6 $132) 29... hxg5 30. Nh2 (30. hxg5 Bxg5 31. Rxg5
$2 Qxb2+ 32. Rxb2 Rxb2+ $19) 30... gxh4 $15 31. Ng4 {[%cal Gg4h6,Gh6g8][%mdl
1024] Weiß hat schon zwei Bauern weniger - aber dafür hat Aktivität am
Königsflügel.} (31. Qxf4 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e1,Ge1b1]} 32. Ng4 $2 Bg5 $19) 31... Bg5
32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Qxf6 Qb6 $6 (33... Qc5 $17) 34. Rde2 Qd8 (34... h3 35. Rxg6+
fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 (36... Rg7 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ $11) 37.
Qh6+ Rh7 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ $11) 35. Qxf4 {Schwarz hat zwar
enen Bauern mehr, aber er muss auch seinen letzten Mehrbauern zurück geben,
weil Weiß gefährliche Angriffschancen am Königsflügel hat.} Re7 36. Qxh4 Rxe2
37. Qxd8+ Rxd8 38. Rxe2 $11 Rc8 {Und in dieser ungefähr ausgeglichenen
Stellung wurde die Partie Remis gegeben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5
15. Bd3 c5 (15... Nxc3 $4 16. Qe1 $18) 16. c4 (16. Re1 Bg4 17. Bd2 cxd4 18.
cxd4 Qd7 $15) 16... Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 $1 {This move is a strong
improvement of the game Leko,P-Adams,M 2001.Black block the passed pawn d6,
occupy diagonal b8-h2 and preserve pair of bishops.It is clear now that White
couldn't pretend for an advantage.} (18... Bf7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Nh4 (21. a4 $5) 21... b5 22. cxb5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Leko,
P-Adams,M/Dortmund GER 2001/ (49)}) (18... b5 19. Re1 Bg8 20. cxb5 Qd7 21. Bf4
$16) 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 (5... Be7 6.
Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. dxc5
$14 {Magem Badals,J-Dizdar,G/Erevan olm 1996}) 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ (7. Bxf6 Nxf6
8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. c3 Qd6 12. Re1 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4
Bf6 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Ne5 $14 {Gligoric,S-Akopian,V Erevan 1989/}) 7... Nxf6 8.
Bxf6 (8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5
Qc6 $1 14. Kb1 Rfd8 $10 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk V Linares m/2 1992 Inf 55/283/}) 8...
Qxf6 9. Bb5+ (9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14.
c3 c6 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Qa4 Be6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 a5 19. b3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Illescas Cordoba,M/Torneo de Pamplona
9th 1998}) (9. Bd3 a6 (9... Bd6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Be4 O-O-O 12. O-O Rhe8 13. c4
c6 14. Rad1 e5 15. c5 Bc7 16. d5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 $14 {Kovalev,A-Dolmatov,S/
BL9293 1993}) 10. Qe2 c5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Kb1 Bd6 13. h4 Bd7 14. Be4 Bb5 $15
{Maier,C-Legky,N/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 a6 $5 {Shirov used this
continuation against Topalov in advanced chess in Lion and won, so Anand
decides to check it out wether Topalov has come to Dortmund with an
improvement!} (10... Bd6 11. O-O (11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. O-O c5 14. Rad1
cxd4 15. cxd4 $14) 11... Bd7 (11... O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. c3 Rb8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Be4 $14 {Morovic Fernandez,
I-Hergott,D/North Bay op 1996}) 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Qe4 g6 $13 {
Kovalevskaya,E-Edzgveradze,N/Moscow-W 1996}) (10... g6 11. c3 (11. Qe2 Bg7 12.
h4 O-O 13. h5 g5 14. c3 Qe7 15. Qe4 Rd8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Ne5 $40 {Kreiman,
B-Zifroni,D/Graz op 1997}) 11... Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O (13. O-O-O $5 {
/\Kb1,h4,h5/}) 13... Rd8 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. f4 $16 {Smyslov,
V-Dolmatov,S/Rostov 1993}) 11. c3 c5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qe2 $146 {Here comes
Topalov's novelty. In the game with Shirov he played Ftacnik: 'Anand has
chosen Shirov's play as an inspiration in this line, white sensibly admitts
the importance to support the most valuable piece in the center.'} (13. Qa4+
Ke7 14. O-O Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Qh4+ g5 18. Qh5 Bd7 {Black
managed to survive white's attack and to convert his material advantage into a
point after very sharp battle.} (18... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 c4 20. fxg5 Qc5+
21. Kh1 cxd3 22. Rxf7+ Kd8 {0-1 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Leon/2001/ (49)})) 13...
cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 ({After} 14... Bb4+ 15. Kf1 {White loses a castling option
but his rook can be brought into play over the h-file.} O-O 16. Qe4 Rd8 17. h4
{[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gh1h3,Gh3f3] with initiative. '|^' Ftacnik.}) 15. O-O ({
After a tempting} 15. Qe4 $5 {black can hold by} Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qf5 $1 {with
slightly worse position.} (16... Qf5 $1 {Ftacnik} 17. Rc1 $14)) 15... Qf4 ({
In case of} 15... Rd8 16. f4 {Black's position is too passive.}) 16. g3 {
'!' Ftacnik.} (16. Rfd1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bc6 18. Rac1 Bd5 $1 (18... O-O $2 19. Rc4
Qg5 20. Rg4 Qe7 21. Qe3 Kh8 22. Qg3 $40 (22. Qg3 {Ftacnik} f5 23. Rd4 (23. exf6
Qxf6 24. Rg6 Qxb2 $13) 23... Bd5 24. b3 $14)) 19. Rc7 O-O $14 {'~~' Ftacnik.})
16... Qxd4 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Qf3 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7] White is regaining a pawn.
Due to unsecure position of the black king Topalov's position is better.} Ke7 {
Ftacnik: 'Black has to be very careful in the defense, despite compact
position the centralized king can easily become indifensible.'} (18... Kc8 {
Ftacnik} 19. Be4 Kb8 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21. Qxf7 $16) 19. Qxb7+ Kf6 20. Rad1 Qa7 (
20... Qg4 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxa6 Rhb8 22. Qc6 Be5 23. b3 $16) 21. Qf3+ Ke7 22. Qg4
g5 (22... Be5 {Ftacnik} 23. Rd2 $14) 23. Bc4 Qb6 24. Rd3 $1 {An excellent
maneuver. This rook has a lot to do on the third rank.} Rad8 (24... Qxb2 25.
Re1 {[%csl Re6]} Qf6 26. Rf3 Qg6 27. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 28. Rxe6+ Kf8 29. Rxd6 $18)
25. Rf3 $1 {Veselin is aiming at the black king.} ({Not so promising was} 25.
Rb3 Qc6 (25... Qc5 {Ftacnik} 26. Qe2 a5 $14) 26. Qe2 a5) 25... Be5 (25... Qxb2
$4 26. Rxf7+ $1 {with the checkmate in two.}) 26. Re1 f6 ({Extremely risky is} 
26... Rd4 $6 27. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Qf5+ Ke7 (28... Bf6 29. Rxe6) 29. Qxe5 Rf8
30. Bxe6 Qd6 $1 31. Qg7+ Kd8 32. Qxh6 $18 {and white is winning '+/-' Ftacnik.}
) 27. Qh5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e5,Gh5f7] White is threatening with 28.Rxe5.
Black has to defend against tacktical blows on every move.} (27. Qe4 $5 {
Ftacnik} Rd4 28. Qg6 $40) 27... Qb4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black's position
is not bad, but white's attack can not be underestimated.'} (27... Qxb2 28. Rb3
{[%cal Gb3b7]} Qd2 29. Rb7+ Rd7 30. Reb1 Rxb7 {'!?' Ftacnik.} (30... Rc8 $5 {
Ftacnik} 31. Rxd7+ (31. Qxh6 Rxc4 32. Qg7+ Ke8 $11) 31... Qxd7 32. Bxa6 $14)
31. Rxb7+ Kd6 32. Qf7 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Bd4 34. Rd7+ Ke5 35. Rxd4
Kxd4 36. Qg7 $3 $40 {'!!' Ftacnik.} (36. Qg7 $3 Ra8 37. Qd7+ Ke5 38. Qc7+ Kf5
39. Qc2+ Ke5 (39... Kg4 40. h3+ Kh5 41. g4+ Kh4 42. Qg6 $18) 40. Qc5+ Ke4 41.
Qc6+ $18)) 28. Rxe5 {'!' Ftacnik.} ({A similar position emerges after} 28. Re4
$5 Qd2 $1 (28... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 29. Rb3 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 $18) 29. Rxe5 Qc1+ 30. Kg2
Qxc4) 28... Qxc4 29. Re1 ({On} 29. Rc3 {black would have sacrificed the queen}
Qxc3 $1 (29... Qxa2 $2 30. Rc7+ Kd6 31. Rec5 $18) 30. bxc3 fxe5 31. Qe2 Rd6 32.
Qxe5 Rh7 {with good drawing chances. '+/=' Ftacnik.}) 29... Qxa2 {With every
pawn capture Vishy is getting closer to desired draw.} 30. Qg6 Rhf8 31. Qxh6
Qxb2 ({In case} 31... e5 {white could conduct the following combination} 32.
Qg7+ Rf7 33. Rxe5+ $1 fxe5 34. Qxg5+ Ke6 ({after} 34... Ke8 35. Qxe5+ Kd7 {
White closes out the game with an incredible} 36. Rc3 $3 {(total domination!)}
Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ {(there is no other choice)} 38. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 39. Ke3 $3 {
Black is forced to trade the queens '!' Ftacnik.} Qb6+ 40. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 41. Kxd4
{the emerged endgame is hopeless for Black '+-' Ftacnik.}) 35. Rxf7 Rd1+ 36.
Kg2 Kxf7 (36... Qd5+ 37. Rf3) 37. Qh5+ Ke6 38. Qxd1 Qxb2 {with big advantage
in the queen ending. After the move which was played in the game the same
tactical idea works.} (38... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 39. h4 $16)) 32. Qg7+ Rf7 33. Rxe6+
$1 $16 {'!' Ftacnik.} Kxe6 34. Re3+ Qe5 35. Rxe5+ fxe5 36. Qxg5 Rdf8 37. Qg4+
Kd5 38. Qd1+ Kc5 39. Qc2+ Kb4 $2 {Very stupid mistake Ftacnik: 'Anand is
probably playing serious innaccuracy in the time trouble, chances for
successful defense were promised after the correct 39...Kb6.'} ({After} 39...
Kb6 $1 40. Qb2+ (40. h4 Rxf2 41. Qxf2+ Rxf2 42. Kxf2 a5 $11 (42... a5 43. h5 a4
$11)) 40... Kc6 41. Qa2 (41. Qxe5 {Ftacnik} Rxf2 42. Qe6+ Kb7 (42... Kb5 43.
Qd5+ Kb6 44. Qd4+ Kb5 45. Qxf2 Rxf2 46. Kxf2 $18) 43. h4 R2f6 $14) 41... Rxf2
42. Qxa6+ Kd5 $14 {White can't exchange his queen for two black rooks to his
advantage,which means that black is very close to a draw here!} (42... Kd5 43.
Qb7+ (43. Qd3+ Kc6 44. Qc4+ Kd6 $11) 43... Kd4 $1 44. Qb6+ Kd3 45. Qxf2 Rxf2
46. Kxf2 Kd2 47. Kf3 Kd3 $11)) 40. Qb2+ $18 Kc5 (40... Kc4 41. Qe2+ Kd5 42.
Qd3+ $1 Kc5 43. Qxa6 $18 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Ga6a7,Ga7f2]}) (40... Ka4 41. Qa1+ $1
Kb4 42. Qxa6 $18 {[%cal Ga6b6,Gb6f2]}) 41. Qxe5+ Kb6 42. h4 a5 43. h5 Rd7 44.
Qe6+ Kc7 45. h6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 {
It takes a couple of tempi to exchange the g6 B. This however opens the h <->,
but the real problem is that White's ^^ has no real targets, and advance in
the [+] may weaken the d4 P.} Bd6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. g3 (10. c3 Nf6 (
10... Qd5 $6 {is an early Q manoeuvre.} 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. f4 Nxe4
14. Bxe4 Qa5 15. a4 Qc7 16. g3 a5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bf2 {
White has some space advantage and the ^^, but Black's position lacks any
weaknesses and c3-c4 only weakens >< b4.} Qc7 21. O-O $14 {Nijboer-Van der
Werf, Wijk aan Zee 1995}) (10... Nd7 11. g3 Ngf6 12. Ng5 Nh7 13. Nf3 Ng5 $5 {
finally exchanging the escaping N.} (13... Nhf6 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O a5 16. Re1)
14. h4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nf6 (15... a5 $6 {- Godena-Guliev, EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001
CBM 84}) 16. Bg2 Qd5 $11 {The _|_ is playable for Black.}) 11. Nxf6+ (11. Bd3
Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. g3 {- 10.g3}) 11... Bxf6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be2
Be7 15. Be5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 {Exchanging the ^^ helps only for Black.} Qxd6 17. h3
O-O-O 18. Bf3 Qf4 19. O-O g5 $132 {Saric-Fontaine, Wch20 Yerevan 2000}) (10. h3
{is too caotious.} Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Qc7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15.
Qc2 Nd5 $11 {Prandstetter-Guliev, Ceske Budejovice 1993}) 10... Nf6 (10... Nd7)
11. Bg2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 (12... Bg5 13. f4 {is similar to the game
continuation.} (13. Bxg5 Qxg5 {is not enough for any real edge.} 14. Qd2 Qb5
15. O-O-O Nd7 16. h4 Nf6 17. Bf3 O-O-O 18. Qc3 Qa4 19. a3 Nd5 20. Qe1 Rd7 $11 {
Candela Perez-Svetushkin, Ciudad de Ubeda op 5th 2000})) 13. c3 Bg5 $5 {
Black wants to provoke the weakening move 14.f4.} (13... Nf6 14. Bg2 (14. Bf3
Qd7 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. h4 Nd5 17. Qe2 c5 {If Black opens up the position, then
White's ^^ gets more space.} 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. O-O-O Qc7 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Rxd8+
Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. Bf4 {Now White's ^^ attacks the <<.} Qc8 24. Qb5 $14 {
V.L.Ivanov-Gershov, Moscow Alekhine op RUS 1996}) 14... Qc7 15. Qe2 a5 16. a4 {
In this P structure playing for c3-c4 is not easy.} O-O 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Re1
Nd5 {The N keeps his stronghold in the [+].} 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Bg5
Be7 22. Bd2 Rd7 $11 {Godena-Borgo, ITA-ch saint Vincent 1998}) (13... Qc7 14.
O-O O-O-O 15. Bg2 Rh5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. b4 e5 20. dxe5
$11 {Franzoni-Campora, Bern 1992}) 14. f4 (14. Bxg5 {gives up the ^^ without a
fight.} Qxg5 15. Bg2 O-O-O $13) 14... Be7 15. Qe2 (15. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 15... Nf6 (
15... Qa5 16. Bg2 O-O-O $13) 16. Bf3 a5 17. Be3 (17. a4 {is again met by} Nd5
$11) 17... a4 {Now Black has gained some space on the << anyway, but White
hasn't weakened his P chain.} 18. c4 (18. O-O-O Nd5 19. Bd2 a3 20. b3 Qa5 $13)
18... Qc7 {Black has also two options for castles.} (18... a3 $6 19. b3 Bb4+
20. Kf1 Qd7 21. Kg2 $14) 19. Kf2 {If White goes to the >>, the black K will
follow him.} O-O 20. Kg2 Rfd8 {Black has to insert pressure on >< d4 not
allowing the breakthrough in the [+] by d4-d5.} 21. Rhd1 Rd7 22. Rd3 Rad8 23.
Qc2 Qa5 24. Rad1 Qa6 25. Bf2 Bf8 {Black simply wants to hold the position, not
making any weaknesses.} 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. Rbd1 Bf8 28. Rb1 Bc5 29. Qc3 Bf8 30.
Qc2 {It is also very difficult for White to go ahead in this type of position.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. c5 Bg4 12. Be2 (12. Be3 Re8 (12... Bxc5 13. dxc5
d4 14. Bxd4 (14. Bd2 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Rc1 Nf4 17. Be4 Qxd1 18. Rcxd1 Rfe8
19. h3 Bh5 20. Rd7 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Ne5 23. Bxb7 Nxd7 24. Bxa8 $16
{1/2-1/2 Computer \-Computer \/It (open) Debrecen (Hungary) 1998 (69)}) 14...
Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. gxf3 Ng5 19. Re7 Rac8 20.
Re3 Rd2 21. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Smyslov,V/Hastings 1988/CBM 11 (21)}) 13. h3
Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bb5 Bf8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Nxc6 Qh4 19. Qf3 Nxc3
20. bxc3 Be4 21. Qg3 Qxg3+ 22. fxg3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Zuckerman,B-Soltis,A/Chicago
1974/MCD (22)}) 12... Ne4 (12... Re8 13. h3 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe2 15.
Rxe2 Nd7 16. Nxd5 Bxc5 17. b4 c6 18. bxc5 cxd5 $15) 13... Bh5 14. Be3 Ne4 15.
Qb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 $11) 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 Bf6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxd4 16.
Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qf6 $11) 13... Bf6 14. h3 (14. Qb3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rb8 $11)
14... Bh5 15. Qa4 Re8 16. Rad1 a6 17. a3 (17. a3 Ng3 18. fxg3 (18. Bd3 Bxf3 19.
gxf3 Nh5) 18... Rxe3 19. g4 Bg6 20. Qb3 Be4 21. g5 $1 (21. Qxb7 Qe8 22. Kf1 Rb8
23. Qxa6 Rxb2 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bb5 exf3 26. Bxc6 Bxd4 27. Rxe3 fxg2+ 28. Bxg2
Rf2+ $1 29. Kg1 Bxe3 30. Kh1 Rxg2 $1 31. Kxg2 Qe4+ $19) 21... Bxf3 (21... Bxg5
22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxb7 $18) 22. gxf6 Bxe2 (22... Be4 23. Qxb7 Na5
24. Qb4 Nc6 25. Qa4 Qxf6 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Bf3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxd4+ 29. Qxd4
Nxd4 30. Bxd5 $16) 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Qxf6 25. Qxb7 Re8 (25... Rb8 26. Qxc7
Rxb2 27. Qc8+ Nd8 28. Rf1 Qe7 29. Nf4 $16) 26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Qxc7 Rxb2 28. Qc8+
Nd8 29. Kh1 Qg5 30. Qg4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 (7. Qxb7 {
verdient Untersuchung:} Bxg2 8. Rg1 dxc4 ({Nach} 8... Nbd7 9. Rxg2 Qc8 (9...
dxc4 {führt zur Hauptvariante.}) 10. Qxc8+ Rxc8 11. Bd2 {ist der a-Bauer des
Schwarzen sehr anfällig.}) 9. Rxg2 (9. Qxa8 {ist ungenau, denn nun hat Schwarz
die Möglichkeit} Bd5 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Nc3 Qxh2 12. Rf1 Bg2 13. Qb7 Kd8 14. f4
Bxf1 15. Qxb8+ Kd7 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 9... Nbd7 (9... cxd3 10. Qxa8
Qc7 11. Nd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Nc4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qb7 {mit Vorteil
für Weiß.}) 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 g6 13. Bxa6 Rb8 (13... Bg7 {
ist schwächer; nach} 14. Bf4 {kontrolliert Weiß das ganze Brett.}) 14. Qc6 Bg7
{mit unklarer Lage.}) 7... Ra7 {Laut A. Morozevich ("New in Chess 6/2001, S.24)
bietet dieser Zug bessere Kampfesaussichten als 7...Dc7.} (7... Qc7 {sieht
aber solider aus:} 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 $6 (9. f4 $5) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2
c5 12. d5 c4 13. Qd1 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Nc6 17. Rg1 g6 $6
(17... Rd8 $5) 18. Bf4 Qxf4 19. Qxc6+ Ke7 20. Qb7+ Kf6 21. Bxc4 Kg7 22. Bd5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Hebden,M-Prie,E/France 2000/EXT 2001 (32). (32)}) 8. Nc3 e6 9. Qc2 {
Zweck des Zuges ist es, nach 9..dc4: 10.Lc4: b5 die Fortsetzung 11.Ld3 zur
Verfügung zu haben.} (9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 {
braucht Schwarz nicht zu fürchten}) ({Die Fortsetzung} 9. f4 dxc4 {Sonst
spielt Weiß 10.c5.} 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 {bringt dem Weißen
noch weniger ein.}) 9... Be7 ({Die Folge} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 c5 {
war nicht nach dem Geschmack von Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24).} 12.
dxc5 Rd7 13. Be2 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Rc7 16. Bb2 {führt in der Tat zu einer
Stellung, die recht freundlich für Weiß aussieht.}) 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O $6 {
Mir scheint es geraten, von dem Umstand zu profitieren, daß Schwarz im
Augenblick nicht gut e6-e5 ziehen kann, weil der Bauer auf h7 hängt, um} (11.
c5 {zu spielen. Weiß fährt im nächsten Zug mit f3-f4 fort und hat Aussichten
auf einen langfristigen strategischen Vorteil. Der Textzug gefällt mir
überhaupt nicht: der König rochiert in verhältnismäßig unsicheres Gebiet; er
stünde am Königsflügel sicherer. Auf jeden Fall begibt sich Weiß der
Möglichkeit, am Damenflügel die Initiative zu ergreifen.}) 11... Nbd7 {Zu
bequemem Ausgleich führte} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 ({falls} 13. Bd3 {
,so} c5 14. dxc5 Rd7 {Morozevich}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 (15...
Be7 16. Kb1 Nbd7 $11 {wird von Morozevich in "New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24,
angegeben.}) 16. Qxe4 Qe7 {, aber natürlich ist auch der Textzug gut spielbar.}
) 12. cxd5 {Weiß vermeidet die Öffnung der Stellung am Damenflügel, und dies
ist sicherlich die richtige Entscheidung. Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.
24) gibt folgende anderen Möglichkeiten:} (12. Kb1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 c5
{Schwarz steht besser.}) (12. e4 dxc4 (12... b5 {ist weniger gut:} 13. c5 (13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Kb1 {führt zur Partiefolge.}) 13... e5
14. exd5 exd4 15. d6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 (16. Qxc3 {ist schwächer; Schwarz antwortet}
Nd5 17. dxe7 Qxe7) 16... Nxc5 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Bd4 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 {(soweit
Morozevich)} Raa8 20. Bc5 Qe6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Kb1 Nd5 23. Rd4 {Hier hat
meines Erachtens nur Weiß Gewinnaussichten.}) 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be3 (
15. e5 cxd4 16. exf6 Bxf6 {ist für Weiß unzuträglich.}) (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3
Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Rd7 18. Rhd1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Qc7 {mit Angiff auf h2 ist ebenfalls
unangenehm für Weiß.}) 15... cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc7 17. a3 e5 {mit deutlichem
Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 12... cxd5 13. e4 {"Weiß muß aktiv spielen, um nicht in
eine minderwertigen Stellung zu geraten." (Morozevich, loc. cit.) In der Tat
ist die Stellung des Weißen nach} (13. Kb1 b5 14. f4 Nb6 15. f5 Rc7 16. Qb3 Nc4
{freudlos.}) 13... Kh8 (13... g6 {ist eine plausible andere Möglichkeit.
Während der Partie schien es Morozevich, daß dieser Zug dem Weißen einen
gefährlichen Angriff einräumt, und auch andere Spieler verwarfen ihn
gefühlsmäßig (Shipov, siehe "New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24; D. Poldauf, "Schach"
9/2001, S.26), aber er ist nicht ohne weiteres zu widerlegen:} 14. Bh6 {
In "New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24, gibt Morozevich eine Menge Varianten an, die
zeigen, daß eine sofortige Erstürmung der Königsstellung des Schwarzen nicht
möglich ist:} (14. e5 Nh5 15. Rhg1 b5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Rxg6+ hxg6 18. Qxg6+
Ng7 19. Bh6 Bf6 20. Rg1 Rf7) (14. Rhg1 b5 15. exd5 b4 16. dxe6 bxc3 17. Bxc3
Nb6 18. exf7+ (18. f4 {ist nicht stärker:} fxe6 19. Bxg6 Kh8 {usw.}) ({von
Morozevich wird nur} 18. d5 Rc7 {angegeben.}) 18... Rxf7 19. f4 Kh8 20. f5 gxf5
21. d5 (21. Bxf5 Nbd5 {ist freudlos für Weiß.}) 21... Qxd5 22. Kb1 Rc7 23. Bxa6
{mit einigen Überlebensaussichten für Weiß.}) (14. h4 b5 15. h5 b4 16. hxg6
fxg6 17. e5 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rf7 19. Rdg1 Nf8 20. exf6 Bxf6 {mit besserer
Steelung für Schwarz.}) {Ich schlage deshalb den ruhigeren Textzug vor.} 14...
Re8 15. e5 Nh5 16. f4 b5 17. Kb1 (17. f5 {ist unzureichend:} exf5 18. Nxd5 (18.
Bxf5 {scheitert an} Bg5+) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxd5 {mit großem Vorteil für
Schwarz.}) 17... Rc7 18. Qe2 {Ich glaube nicht, daß Schwarz erheblichen
Vorteil hat; die Möglichkeit f4-f5 muß stets beachtet werden.}) (13... b5 {
ist laut Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24) nicht besser als der Textzug,
weil nach} 14. e5 {die Fortsetzung} b4 {nichts verspricht:} (14... Nh5 15.
Bxh7+ Kh8 {führt zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 15. exf6 Bxf6 (15... Nxf6 16. Na4 Rc7
17. Nc5 e5 18. Bxb4 exd4 19. Kb1 Qa8 20. Rhe1 Bd6 21. Rc1 a5 22. Ba3 Bxc5 23.
Bxc5 Rfc8 24. Bf5 d3 25. Qxd3 Rxc5 26. Bxc8 $18) 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Kb1 a5 $2 ({
Viel besser ist der von Morozevich nicht angegebene Zug} 17... Qb6 $11 {
, denn nun wird nach} 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 {der Zug} 19. Qf5 {mit} Qxd4 20. Bc3 Qh4 {
widerlegt. Das ändert nichts an dem Urteil ,daß 13...b5 gegenüber 13...Kh8
keine wesentliche Verbesserung bedeutet.}) 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qf5 Bh4 (19... g6
20. Qh3 Bh4 21. Rhg1 Kxh7 22. Bg5 $18) 20. Rhg1 Nf6 21. Rxg7 Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Kh8
23. Bh6 $18 {. Welcher Zug ist nun stärker, 13...Kh8 (bzw. 13...b5) oder 13...
g6? Nach 13...g6 entsteht (meines Erachtens) eine ungefähr ausgeglichene
Stellung. Die Frage muß nun lauten, wie die Lage nach 13...Kh8 zu bewerten ist;
darüber wird in der Folge zu entscheiden sein.}) 14. e5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 14.
Kb1 b5 15. e5 Nh5 16. Ne2 {wird von Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.25)
vorgeschlagen und untersucht. Sie führt zu einem etwa ausgeglichenen Kampf:}
Rc7 17. Qb3 (17. Ba5 Rxc2 18. Bxd8 Rxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Bxd8 20. f4 g6 21. Rc1 $13)
17... Qe8 18. f4 f5 19. Ng3 (19. Rc1 Rxc1+ (19... Rc4 $5) 20. Rxc1 Nb6 21. Rc7
Nc4 22. Bc1 $13) (19. Ba5 Rc8 20. Rc1 $13) 19... Nb6 20. Be2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nc4
$13 {Hätte Schwarz 13...b5 an Stelle von 13...Kh8 gespielt, dann hätte Weiß
diese Möglichkeit nicht zur Verfügung gehabt.}) 14... Nh5 15. Bxh7 (15. f4 {
kam laut Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.25) sehr in Betracht. Nach} b5 ({
Es ist natürlich nicht konsequent nach 13...Kh8 jetzt auch noch} 15... g6 {
zu spielen. Nach} 16. f5 gxf5 17. Rhg1 b5 18. Bxf5 b4 (18... exf5 19. Bh6 Qb6 (
19... Rg8 20. Qxf5 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Qxf5 {
sieht trübe für Schwarz aus, zum Beispiel} Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Nb6 23. Rg4 Ng7 24.
Rdg1 {mit der entscheidenden Drohung 25.Df6.}) 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Kb1 $16 {
hat Weiß eine wohl entscheidende Initiative.}) 16. Be2 b4 {Morozevich gibt nur
diesen Zug an, aber} (16... g6 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Kb1 f5 {führt meines
Erachtens zu einer befriedigenden Stellung für Schwarz.}) 17. Bxh5 bxc3 18.
Bxc3 Rc7 {(soweit Morozevich)} 19. Kb1 {entsteht eine recht unklare Lage.}) (
15. Kb1 b5 16. Ne2 {führt zu der beim 14. Zuge von Weiß angegebenen
Möglichkeit; auch hier steht Weiß nicht schlechter. Indessen ist auch der
Textzug spielbar.}) 15... b5 16. Kb1 (16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qf5 Nhf6 18. exf6 Nxf6
$19 {Morozevich.}) 16... Rc7 17. Qd3 ({Der Versuch} 17. Bg6 {ist nicht ohne
weiteres von der Hand zu weisen:} fxg6 18. Qxg6 Nf4 19. Qg4 ({Die von
Morozevich angegebene Folge} 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qxe6 Nf8 21. Qxa6 b4 {sieht für
Weiß nicht gut aus; seine Bauernstruktur ist ruiniert, und seinen Figuren
mangelt es an Koordination.}) 19... b4 20. Na4 Ne2 21. Rhe1 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxf3
23. Qg4 Rf5 24. f4 Qg8 25. Re3 {, und Schwarz dürfte über keinen nennenswerten
Vorteil verfügen:} Qh7 26. Ka1 {usw.}) 17... Bg5 18. f4 (18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Ba5
Nf4 {führt zum Vorteil für Schwarz (Morozevich).}) ({Ebenfalls unzureichend ist
} 18. Ne2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Qh4 {(soweit Morozevich)} 20. Rc2 Rfc8 21. Rhc1 Rxc2
22. Rxc2 Rd8 {, und Weiß hat keine Verteidigung gegen die Drohung 23...Sf8.}) (
18. h4 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 f5 {verliert auch.} ({Verfehlt wäre dagegen} 19... g6 {
Weiß setzt mit} 20. Bxg6 Nf4 21. Qe3 fxg6 22. Ne2 {fort, Morozevich, loc. cit.}
)) (18. Be3 {wird von Morozevich als Bestes angegeben; er nennt den Zug "den
realistischsten Versuch, Vorteil zu erzielen" ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.25).
Nach} Bxe3 (18... Re8 {sieht nicht konsequent aus:} 19. f4 Nxf4 ({Die
Fortsetzung} 19... Bxf4 20. Bg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nhf6 23. exf6 Nxf6
24. h4 {ist äußerst angenehm für Weiß.}) 20. Bxf4 ({oder auch} 20. Qd2 Kxh7 21.
Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 {Morozevich}) 20... Bxf4 21. Qh3 Bh6 22. Bd3 {In beiden
Fällen hat eher Weiß Angriffsaussichten.}) 19. fxe3 Qg5 20. Rhg1 Qh6 21. Bf5 (
21. Bg6 b4 ({Nach} 21... fxg6 22. Rxg6 Qh7 23. Rxe6 {erhält Weiß Vorteil, zum
Beispiel} Qxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Rxf3 25. Rd1 (25. a3 Nf4) 25... Rf2 26. Rxa6 b4 27.
Nxd5 Rcc2 28. b3 {Zunächst muß der Springer von c3 vertrieben werden, so daß
der Bauer auf d5 nicht mehr hängt.}) 22. Ne2 fxg6 23. Rxg6 Qh7 24. f4 {Soweit
gibt Morozevich die Variante an, und es scheint, daß er die Stellung als
günstig für Weiß beurteilt, wenn auch eine ausdrückliche Bewertung unterbleibt;
ich glaube aber, daß Schwarz nach} Rc6 25. Rc1 (25. Rg5 {verspricht nichts:}
Qxd3+ 26. Rxd3 Rf5 $17 {oder Gewinn für Schwarz.}) 25... Nb8 {besser steht:
Weiß kann den Turm auf g6 nicht ohne weiteres aus der Fesselung befreien.})
21... Rxc3 ({Morozevich gibt nur} 21... b4 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. f4 Nb6 24. Rg5 Nc4
25. Bg4 {an; danach sieht die Stellung des Schwarzen in der Tat ziemlich
verdächtig aus.}) 22. bxc3 exf5 23. Qxf5 Nb6 {ist die Stellung ist für mich zu
schwer zu beurteilen, doch glaube ich, daß ich lieber Schwarz hätte. Der
Textzug genügt zum Ausgleich.}) 18... Bxf4 19. Bxf4 ({Nach} 19. Qf3 Qh4 20. Bc2
Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Rfc8 {hat Schwarz Vorteil, desgleichen nach}) (19. Qh3 Qg5 20.
Bc2 Bxd2 21. Qd3 Qh6 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 f6) 19... Nxf4 20. Qe3 $2 ({Nach} 
20. Qf3 Qh4 21. Bd3 f6 22. Qg3 Qh6 {hat Schwarz Vorteil (Morozevich, loc. cit.)
. Richtig war}) (20. Qg3 Nh5 (20... b4 21. Rdg1 (21. Ne2 Nxe2 22. Bd3 Nc3+ 23.
bxc3 g6 {führt zu einer unklaren Lage.}) 21... g6 22. Qxf4 Kxh7 23. Nd1 {
mit besserer Stellung für Weiß.}) (20... Kxh7 21. Qxf4 f6 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. f4 {
, und auch hier scheint mir eher Weiß die besseren Aussichten zu haben.}) 21.
Bd3 Nxg3 ({Die Folge} 21... g6 22. Qg4 Qe7 23. Ne2 {birgt große Gefahren für
Schwarz.}) 22. hxg3+ Kg8 23. Bh7+ {mit remis.}) 20... Qh4 21. Bc2 $2 {weiß
verschenkt noch ein wertvolles Tempo. Richtig war natürlich} (21. Bd3) 21...
Rfc8 22. Bd3 Nb6 ({Verfehlt ist} 22... Rxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qg3 Qh6 25. Bxb5
{, und Weiß gewinnt (Morozevich, "New in Chess" 6/2001, S.25).}) 23. Ne2 $6 ({
Bessere Aussichten auf Widerstand bot} 23. Qg3 Qh6 24. Ne2 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Nc4
26. Rhg1) 23... Nxd3 24. Rxd3 ({Jetzt scheitert} 24. Qxd3 {an} Qxf2) (24. Qg3
Qh7 25. Qxd3 Rc2 {ist ebenfalls fatal für Weiß.}) 24... Nc4 25. Qf3 Qe4 26.
Qxe4 dxe4 27. Rh3+ ({Nach} 27. Rc3 b4 28. Rcc1 Nd2+ 29. Ka1 Rc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2
31. Ng3 Kh7 {ist Weiß gelähmt und wird schließlich an seinen Bauernschwächen
zugrunde gehen.}) 27... Kg8 28. Rd1 $2 ({Viel zäher war} 28. Nc3 Rd8 (28...
Nd2+ 29. Kc2 Nf3 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. Nxe4 Rxd4 32. Rxf3 Rxe4 33. Ra3 {scheint mir
weniger klar zu sein.}) 29. Rd1 Rcd7 30. Nxe4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Nc5 {
, obwohl Schwarz nach} Rd1+ 33. Kc2 Rd2+ 34. Kc3 Rxf2 35. Nxa6 Nxe5 {
verhältnismäßig leicht gewinnen sollte.}) 28... Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8.
c3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
Rfc8 15. h3 Nd8 16. Rac1 Ne6 17. Ba3 Bf8 18. Nh2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a5 20. Nf1 a4
21. Bb4 axb3 22. axb3 h5 23. Qd3 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 $6 {Topalov hopes to avoid the move Nh4 from the variations
after 9...Be7, but he diminishes control of the center and neglects
development of the pieces.} 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 $1 cxd4 (12... Be7 13.
d5 $1 exd5 14. exd5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. f4 Nd3 17. f5 $1) 16.
f4 $1 $40) 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 (14. Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 Bxe4) 14... Ncb8 15. b4 $1 {
Thanks to the closed character of the struggle black was able to avoid huge
problems, but Anand enjoys pleasant initiative.} h5 16. g5 (16. Nc4 hxg4 17.
hxg4 Nf6 18. Ng5 b5 19. Na5 Qd7 20. f3 Be7 $15) 16... a5 (16... h4 17. Nc4 b6
18. Bd3 $14) 17. bxa5 Be7 (17... Rxa5 18. a4 Nc5 $6 19. Nb3 $16) 18. Nb3 O-O (
18... Na6 19. Bb5 O-O 20. Nh4 Ndc5 (20... Bxg5 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Bxd7 $18) 21.
Nxg6 fxg6 22. h4 $16) 19. Qd2 $6 (19. Bd2 Na6 20. Rc1 Nac5 21. Rc4 f6 22. Nxc5
Nxc5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Qe2 $16) 19... Na6 20. Nh4 Nac5 $1 21. Bg2 b6 22. Nf5 (
22. Nxg6 fxg6 $132) 22... f6 $1 (22... Bxf5 23. exf5 Nxb3 (23... bxa5 24. Nxc5
Nxc5 25. Qe3) 24. axb3 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Qe3 $14) 23. Nh4 Qe8 24. Nxc5 (
24. Qc3 $5 fxg5 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 26. axb6 $15) 24... Nxc5 25. axb6 fxg5 26. Nxg6
Qxg6 27. Qe2 Rfb8 28. Rb1 Bd8 $1 {Topalov plys very well in the defense and
white has to start worrying about liquidation of the tension into complete
equality.} 29. Be3 (29. Bf3 g4 $1 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 Qxg4+
33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 (34. Ke2 $4 Qd3#) 34... Qg4+ $11) 29... Bxb6 30. Rec1 g4
31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rb4 Ba5 (32... Ba7 $5) 33. Rxb8+ Rxb8 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. d6 (
35. Rxc5 Rb1+ 36. Bf1 g3 $1 37. Rxa5 g2 $19) 35... Qxd6 36. Qc4+ $2 (36. Qxg4
$1 Bd2 37. Rd1 $13) 36... Kh8 37. Qxc5 Qh6 $1 (37... Qxc5 38. Rxc5 Bb6 39. Rxe5
g3 40. Kf1 Bxf2 $11) 38. Rd1 $2 (38. Qe3 Qxe3 39. fxe3 Bd2 40. Rc2 Bxe3+ 41.
Kf1 $17) 38... Bb6 $1 (38... g3 $5 39. Qxa5 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 gxf2 41. Rd8+ Kh7 $1
42. Rxb8 (42. Kxf2 Qh4+ 43. Ke2 Rxd8 44. Qxe5 $15) 42... Qg1+ 43. Ke2 Qxg2 44.
Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Kg6 47. Qxf2 Qxe4+ $17) 39. Qxe5 Rf8 40. Rf1
(40. Qh2 Rxf2 41. Qxh6+ gxh6 $17) 40... Qh4 $2 {This move is yet another
tragic prove how difficult it is to manage problems with the time trouble.
With a bit more time in his pocket black would surely have found tyhe winning
move 40...Rf4!} (40... Rf4 $1 41. Qc3 Qh4 $19) 41. Qh2 Bxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qxh2+ (
42... g5 43. Qxh4+ gxh4 44. a4 $1 h3 45. Bxh3 gxh3 46. a5 $11) 43. Kxh2 g5 (
43... Rf6 44. Bh1) 44. Bh1 $1 g3+ 45. Kg2 g4 46. Rd1 Kg7 47. Kf1 Bd4+ 48. Ke2 (
48. Kg2 Be5 49. Rd2 Rf3) 48... Be5 (48... Rf2+ 49. Kd3 Be5 50. Rd2) 49. Rd2 Ra8
50. Bg2 Kf6 51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Ke2 (52. Kc4 $5 Kf4 53. Re2 $15) 52... Kf4 53. Rc2
Ra3 54. Rd2 Re3+ 55. Kd1 Ra3 56. Re2 Ra7 57. Rc2 Rb7 58. Re2 Rb1+ 59. Kc2 Rg1
60. Kd3 $1 Rc1 (60... Rxg2 61. Rxg2 Kf3 62. Rg1 g2 63. a4 Kf2 64. Rxg2+ Kxg2
65. a5 Bb8 66. a6 g3 67. e5 $11) 61. Rd2 Rc3+ 62. Ke2 Rf3 $1 63. Kd1 (63. Bxf3
gxf3+ 64. Kf1 Ke3 65. Rc2 Kd3 $1 $19) (63. Rc2 Rf2+ 64. Kd3 Rxc2 $1 65. Kxc2
Ke3 66. a4 Kf2 67. a5 Kxg2 68. a6 Bb8 69. e5 Kf3 70. e6 g2 71. e7 g1=Q $19)
63... Bc3 64. Re2 Ke5 65. Kc2 Bd4 66. Kd1 Rf8 67. Rd2 Rb8 68. Ke2 Bc3 69. Rd5+
(69. Rc2 Kd4 70. Kd1 Rb1+ 71. Rc1 (71. Ke2 Re1#) 71... Rxc1+ 72. Kxc1 Ke3 73.
Kc2 Be5 74. a4 Kf2 75. a5 Kxg2 76. a6 Kf3 77. a7 g2 78. a8=Q g1=Q $19) 69...
Ke6 70. Kd3 Be5 (70... Rb2 71. Kxc3 Rxg2 72. Rg5 Rxa2 73. Rxg4 Ke5 74. Kd3 $11)
71. Rc5 Rb1 72. Rc6+ Kd7 73. Rc2 Rg1 74. a4 {In a nasty ending Anand is
fighting like a lion and enjoys good chances for a draw.} Ra1 75. Kc4 Ke6 (
75... Rxa4+ 76. Kd5 $11) 76. Kb3 Bd4 77. Ra2 Rg1 78. a5 Bf2 79. a6 Ke5 (79...
Rxg2 80. a7 Bxa7 81. Rxg2 Bf2 82. Kc3 Ke5 83. Kd3 Kf4 84. Ke2 Kxe4 (84... Bd4
85. Kf1 Kf3 86. Ra2 Bf2 87. Ra3+ $11) 85. Rxf2 gxf2 86. Kxf2 $11) 80. Ra5+ Kf6
(80... Kf4 81. Kc4 Rxg2 $2 82. Kd3 Bc5 83. Rxc5 Kf3 84. Rf5#) 81. e5+ $6 (81.
Ra2 Kg5 82. Kc4 Rxg2 (82... Kf4 83. Ra5 $1) 83. a7 Bxa7 84. Rxg2 Kf4 85. e5 $1
$11) 81... Ke6 82. Bd5+ (82. Bb7 g2 83. Bxg2 Rxg2 84. a7 Bxa7 85. Rxa7 Kxe5 $19
) 82... Kxe5 83. Bb7+ Kf6 (83... Kd6 84. Ra2 (84. a7 Bxa7 85. Rxa7 g2 86. Bxg2
Rxg2 87. Ra5 (87. Kc3 Ke5 88. Rf7 Ke4 $19) 87... Ke6 88. Kc3 Kf6 89. Kd3 Rf2
90. Ke3 g3 $19) 84... g2 85. Ka4 $1 g3 86. Bxg2 Rxg2 87. a7 Bxa7 88. Rxg2 $11)
84. Ra4 $4 {Horrible blunder after a long tirering fight, in Dortmund Anand
was clearly out of form.} (84. Ra2) 84... g2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik. McShane} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Na5 (11... Nb4 12. Ne5
h6 13. Bh4 Nbd5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f4 Rd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. f5 Qb6 19.
fxe6 Bxe6 20. Ng6 Ra7 21. Rfe1 Bxb3 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxe7 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd4
$19 {0-1 Colas,J-Sansas,A/FRA-ch21 corr 1956/Corr 2000 (37)}) (11... h6 12. Bf4
(12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bc2 b5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Bb1 Bxe4 18.
Bxe4 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Ne7 20. Bb1 Nd5 21. Qd3 g6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/
New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Hecht] (72)}) 12... Re8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Ne5 Ne7
15. Qd3 Ned5 16. Bc1 b5 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Bxh6 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Qg4 Nf6 21.
Qg5 Qe7 22. Rd3 Ne4 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qg5 Ne4 25. Qg4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Anand,V/Mainz GER 2001 (25)}) (11... Nd5 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Rac1 b6 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Rc7 a5 17. Rfc1 Bb7 18. Qf4 Rad8 19. a3 h6 20. h3 Ba8
21. Ra7 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Rc7 Qd5 24. Ra7 Qc6 25. Rc7 Qd5 26. Ra7 Qc6 {
1/2-1/2 Sundararajan,K-Arnold,L/Budapest HUN 2001/ (26)}) 12. Bc2 b5 (12... Nc4
$6 {Huzman} 13. Qe2 b5 $140 $2 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qe4 $18) 13. Qf4 Ra7 {'!?'
McShane. McShane: 'White's isolated queen's pawn guarantees him an initiative.
Black aims to exchange pieces and soak up the initiative, hence this
prophylactic move.'} (13... Bb7 14. Rad1 g6 15. Bh6 Nh5 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 Rc8
18. d5 $1 $16 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-Lesiege,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Huzman] 
(39)}) 14. Rad1 Bb7 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Combined with the move 13...Ra7
this natural move makes a very strange impression. '} (14... Nc4 15. Qh4 $1 (
15. Ne5 Nxb2 16. Nc6 Nxd1 17. Nxd8 Nxc3 18. Qf3 Rxd8 19. Qxc3 Rad7 $44) (15. b3
{Ftacnik} Na3 16. Bd3 b4 $13) 15... g6 (15... h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Nxb2
18. Ng5 Nxd1 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bf5+ Kg8 21. Nce4 $1 $18) 16. Ne5 (16. d5 Nxd5
17. Be4 Ne5 $1) 16... Nd5 17. Bxe7 (17. Ne4 f6) 17... Qxe7 18. Qg3 (18. Qxe7
Rxe7 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Rfe1 Bb7 $11) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rc7 $132) (14... Rc7 {
Anand} 15. d5 $5 exd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 (16... Rxe7 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
18. Qh4+ Kg8 19. Ng5 $18) 17. Rxd5 Rxc3 18. Bxh7+ $18) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxd5
Rd7 (17... Bd7 18. Rfd1 $16) 18. Rfd1 $36) 15. d5 $1 {[%mdl 68] McShane: 'This
thematic move opens more lines for the White pieces.'} Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 16.
Bxh7+ (16. Qd4 {McShane} Nc6 17. Qh4 g6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rfe1 {with huge
compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) (16. Nxd5 {Ftacnik} Bxd5 (16... Bxg5 {
Ftacnik} 17. Nxg5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ $18) 17. Rxd5 $1 $18) 16... Kxh7 17. Qh4+ Kg8
(17... Kg6 18. g4 $1 $18) 18. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng5 Qxg5 21. Qxg5
$16) (15... exd5 16. Qh4 h6 (16... g6 17. Rfe1 $18 (17. Ne4 $1 $18 {Ftacnik}))
17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 $18 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gd1d4,Gd4h4]}) 16. Nxd5 exd5 $2 (16...
Nxd5 $142 17. Rxd5 {'!' McShane. '!' Ftacnik.} (17. Qh4 g6) (17. Qe4 g6 18. Bh6
Bf6 (18... Re8 19. Qd4 $18) 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44 {/+/=}) 17... exd5 (17... Qxd5
18. Bxe7 (18. Qh4 {McShane wins the bishop, as Qxh7 and Bxe7 are both
threatened.}) 18... Rxe7 19. Qh4 $18) 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh4+ Kg8 (19... Kg6
20. Ne5+ Kf5 21. Qg4+ Kxe5 22. Bf4+ Ke4 (22... Kd4 {McShane} 23. Bd6+ Kd3 24.
Rd1+ Kc2 25. Qe2#) (22... Kf6 {McShane} 23. Re1 Nc4 {to stop Be5 mate} 24. Bg5+
Kg6 25. Bxe7+ {wins.}) 23. Bc7+ Kd3 24. Rd1+ Kc2 25. Qe2#) 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Ng5 Qxg5 {McShane: 'otherwise Black is mated.'} 22. Qxg5 Rd7 23. Rd1 (23. h4 d4
24. h5 Rd6 $44 {/+/=}) 23... Rc8 (23... d4 24. Qc5 Rfd8 25. b3 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}
) 24. Kf1 $16) 17. Qh4 (17. Rfe1 $5 {Ftacnik}) 17... h5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Excellent defensive move full of orignality, but despite this spirited idea
black position is quite shaky.'} (17... h6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 {[%cal Gf3g5,
Rf3d4,Rd4f5,Rd1d3,Rd3h3,Gd1d4,Gd4h4]} Rc7 (19... Re8 20. Rd4 Bf8 21. Rg4+) (
19... Nc4 20. Rd4 $18) 20. Nd4 $1 Rxc2 (20... Re8 21. Rd3 $18) 21. Rd3 Ng4 22.
Rg3 Qd7 23. Qh5 $18) (17... g6 18. Rfe1 $18) 18. Rfe1 {'!' Ftacnik.} (18. Nd4
$5 Ne4 (18... Rc7 19. Bb1 Re8 20. Nf5 $44) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxh5 $16) (18.
Bxf6 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 19. Qxh5 g6 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxb2 $11) 18... Nc6 (
18... Qc8 {[%cal Yc8g4]} 19. Nd4 Qg4 20. Qxg4 hxg4 21. Bd2 $1 (21. Bf5 Rc7 22.
Bxg4 Nc4 23. Nf5 Bd8 $132 {[%cal Yf6g4,Yc4b2]}) 21... Bd8 (21... b4 22. Rxe7
Rxe7 23. Bxb4 $18) 22. Bb4 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Bf5 $16) (18... Rc7 {Ftacnik}
19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Nf5 Nxb2 21. Rc1 Re8 $13) 19. g4 $1 Qd6 (19... Rc7 20. gxh5 Nh7
(20... Ne5 21. Rxe5 Rxc2 22. Nd4 Rc4 23. b3 $18) 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. h6 g6
23. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 24. Bf6 $18) (19... Re8 $142 20. Bxf6 (20. gxh5 $5 Nh7 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qf4 Kg8 23. h6 $40) 20... Bxf6 21. Qxh5 Re6 (21... g6 22. Bxg6
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Re6 $18) 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Re1 Qd7 24.
Bf5 Nd8 25. Re2 $16 {/+-}) (19... Rd7 {McShane: is also a plausible defence,
but after} 20. gxh5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxe4 {White has a
healthy advantage}) (19... Nxg4 $2 {McShane} 20. Qxh5 $18 {wins.} f5 21. Rxd5
$1 Qxd5 22. Bb3 $16) 20. gxh5 Qb4 (20... Nh7 21. Bf4 $1 Qc5 (21... Qb4 22. Qg3
Qxb2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Ne5 Nd8 25. Nd7 $1 $18) 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qg4 d4 24.
Ne5 $36) 21. h6 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Kramnik very correctly insists, that
in order to attack one does not necessarily needs queens on the board.'} Qxh4
22. Nxh4 Ne4 (22... gxh6 23. Bxh6 Rc8 (23... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 24. Nf5 $16) 24. Kh1
(24. Nf5 {McShane} Bc5 25. Kh1 $1 {wins after} Bxf2 26. Rg1+ $1) 24... Kh8 (
24... Bf8 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Bg5 $1 Nh7 27. Be3 $16) 25. Nf5 Ng4 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27.
Re2 $18 {[%cal Gd1g1]}) 23. hxg7 Rc8 (23... Rd8 $5 {Ftacnik} 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25.
Nf5 Re5 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Ng3 f5 29. f3 $16) 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25.
Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Kxg7 27. Rd6 $1 {/\28.Re7 McShane: 'White's initiative
continues into the endgame.'} (27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Nf5+ Kf6 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Rd3
Rc2 31. Rb3 $16) 27... Rc5 (27... Rc2 $1 28. Rg4+ Kh7 29. Rd3 (29. Nf3 Rxb2 30.
Ng5+ Kg7 $13) 29... Ng6 $16) 28. Rg4+ Kh7 29. Nf3 $1 {Ftacnik: 'The Anand's
main worry is not so much the missing pawn, but rather a coordination of white
pieces.'} Ng6 (29... Rc2 30. Ng5+ Kg7 31. Ne6+ Kf6 32. Nd8+ Kf5 33. Rg7 $18)
30. Ng5+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 (31. h4 $5) 31... Rxf7 (31... Kxf7 32. Rdxg6 $18) 32.
Rdxg6+ (32. Rgxg6+ $1 Kf8 33. Rc6 $1 $18) 32... Kh7 (32... Kf8 33. Rxa6 Rc2 34.
Ra8+ Ke7 35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rb4 $18) 33. R6g5 Rxg5 (33... Rc1+ 34.
Kg2 Kh6 35. f3 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Rxb2 37. f4 $18) 34. Rxg5 Rc7 35. a3 b4 (35... Rc2
36. b4 $18) 36. axb4 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Ra5 Rxb2 39. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Gg2b7]}
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Nd2 Bg4 9. Qe1 Be6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd7 13. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WDR Match TV g/60"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.08.13"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. a5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qe1 c4 15.
Na4 Nxe4 16. Bf3 f5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Bb6 Qd5 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bf5 22. Rfe1 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Ra4 c3 27.
bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rec4 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. c4 Kf7 31. Rb4 Rc7 32. Rb6 Kf8 33.
Ke2 Rxc4 34. Rxb7 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 19th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fernandez, Gabriela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
exd5 Rg8 15. Re3 Kb8 16. Rc3 Qa5 17. Rd3 Rg5 18. c4 Rc8 19. b3 Qc5 20. g3 f5
21. Re1 Bg7 22. Nxf5 e5 23. Ne7 Re8 24. h4 Rxe7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Qf5 Qc7 27.
Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 19th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barria Zuniga, Daniel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Nc6 9. Rg1 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5 gxf5 13. exf5 d5 14. gxf6 d4 15.
Bc4 dxe3 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. O-O-O+ Nd4 18. Ne4 Bxf5 19. Ng5 Rxh2 20. Nxf7+ Kc7
21. Nxe5 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rxc4+ 23. Ka1 Nc2+ 24. Kb1 Rc5 25. f7 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 19th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Kh8
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. a4 Bg8 12. a5 a6 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. e3 Qe8 15. Rac1
e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. e4 f4 18. c5 fxg3 19. hxg3 Ng4 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 g5
22. Rc2 Qh5 23. Rd2 Ndf6 24. Qe2 Rce8 25. Red1 Nxf2 26. Qxf2 Nxe4 27. Qe3 Nxd2
28. Rxd2 g4 29. Ng5 Rf5 30. Ne4 Bh6 31. Qe2 Bxd2 32. Qxd2 Ref8 33. Nd6 R5f6 34.
Qe2 Re6 35. Nxb7 Kg8 36. Nd6 Rh6 37. Bxc6 Rf3 38. Bxf3 gxf3 39. Qc4+ Kf8 40.
Qh4 Qxh4 41. gxh4 Rg6+ 42. Kf1 Rg2 43. Bxe5 Ke7 44. c6 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 19th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. b4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nxc3 9. dxc3 e4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. f4 Ng4
15. f5 Bb3 16. e4 Ne3 17. Kf2 Nd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rxd1 19. Be2 Rxh1 20. Nxh1 Rd8 21.
Bc1 Bf6 22. c4 Bd1 23. Bf1 Bc2 24. Ng3 Be5 25. Be3 Bxg3+ 26. hxg3 Bxe4 27. f6
Bd3 28. Bxa7 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Ra8 30. Bd4 Rxa3 31. fxg7 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 19th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 N8d7 12. Rad1 c6 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Rd3
Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. h4 Qb6 17. h5 Rad8 18. Rg3 Bf8 19. Rdd3 c5 20. Bh6 g6 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. d5 Rde8 25. d6 Kg7 26. Ne4 Rh8 27.
Ng5 Rh4 28. Rgf3 Rf8 29. Nxf7 Rxf7 30. Qxe6 Nf6 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Qe7+ Rf7 33.
Qxh4 Qxb2 34. d7 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 19th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bf4 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc1 e5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6
15. Be3 Be6 16. Ne4 Rfd8 17. Bc5 Qf7 18. b3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 19th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Nd7
15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qa3 Rb8 17. h4 Be6 18. hxg5 Rc8 19. Rd2 hxg5 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.
Qe3 Qa4 22. a3 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bf6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. g3 Bf6 26. Kb1 Qa5 27. c3
Qc5 28. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 19th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 h6 12. a5 O-O 13. f5 Bc4 14. Be3 Rfc8 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Qd8 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rac8 21.
c4 Bg5 22. b3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qg5 26. Rc2 h5 27. g3 Qg4
28. Qxg4 hxg4 29. Re1 b5 30. axb6 Rb7 31. Ra2 Rxb6 32. Ra3 Rcb8 33. Re3 Kf8 34.
h3 gxh3 35. Kh2 Ke7 36. Kxh3 Kf6 37. Kg4 Rh8 38. Re2 Rh1 39. Rea2 Rb1 40. Rxa6
R1xb3 41. Rxb6 Rxb6 42. Ra8 Rb4 43. Rc8 Rb7 44. Rc6 Ke7 45. Rc8 Kf6 46. Rc6 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 19th"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. c4 Ne5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qe1 h5 15. h3
Rc8 16. Kh1 h4 17. b3 Qa5 18. f5 Ne5 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Nf3 exf5 22.
exf5 Bxf5 23. Nxh4 Be6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Qd8 26. Rd1 Ng6 27. Bf3 Qd7 28.
Rg5 O-O 29. Qg3 Nh7 30. Bg4 Qd8 31. Bxc8 Bxg5 32. Bxb7 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Re8 34.
Qd4 Qg5 35. Ne4 Qf4 36. Bd5 Ng5 37. Nxg5 Qxg5 38. Rf1 Re7 39. b4 Ne5 40. a4 Nd7
41. a5 Nf6 42. Bc6 Qg3 43. b5 axb5 44. cxb5 d5 45. a6 Qa3 46. Ra1 Ne8 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Nb6 16. Be3 Qh5 17. Rd6 Nc4 18. Rxc6 Nxe3 19. Rxa6 Rab8 20. Qa4
Rb2 21. Re1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 Rb8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. g4 Ne5 13. h4 Nfd7 14. Qg2 b5
15. f4 b4 16. Na4 Nc6 17. Nb3 Bb7 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Qxh1 g6 21. Bd3
Bf8 22. Qh7 Ne7 23. f5 e5 24. f6 Nc6 25. Nd2 Na5 26. b3 d5 27. exd5 Bxd5 28.
Nb2 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Nbc4 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Bc6 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Ne4 Qf8 34.
Rd6 Ba4 35. Rxa6 b3 36. axb3 Bxb3 37. cxb3 Qb4 38. Re6+ Kd8 39. Qe7+ Qxe7 40.
Nc3 Ra8 41. fxe7+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 a6 5. g3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. a4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
a5 b4 16. Nd1 e5 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Ne3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qc4 Qd7
22. Nd5 Qe6 23. a6 Ra8 24. Bc1 Bd8 25. Rd1 f5 26. Be3 Rf7 27. Nxb4 Qxc4 28.
bxc4 Nb3 29. Rab1 Na5 30. Rxd6 Nxc4 31. Rc6 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rd7 33. Rbc1 Kf7 34.
R1c5 Be7 35. Rb5 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Rc7 Rxa6 38. Rxe5 Re6 39. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Ne5 c5 16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Ng4 Rfd8
21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Be3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Bd4 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. g4 b5
27. Kc2 Nd5 28. Kb3 a6 29. a4 f6 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra7 e5 33. Rd7
exd4 34. Rxd5 dxc3 35. bxc3 g6 36. hxg6 Kg7 37. Kb4 Kxg6 38. Rxb5 Re8 39. c4
Re4 40. f3 Rf4 41. Rd5 Kf7 42. Rd3 f5 43. gxf5 h5 44. Kb5 h4 45. c5 Rxf5 46. f4
Rh5 47. Rh3 Ke6 48. Kb6 Rh6 49. c6 Kd5 50. Rd3+ Ke4 51. Rh3 Kxf4 52. Kb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 a6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. Qc2 a5
15. f3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rfc8 17. Rb1 Qd8 18. Rfc1 f5 19. Bd3 a4 20. exf5 axb3 21.
axb3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxf5 23. Ne4 b5 24. Re1 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rcb8 26. Rbc1 Qd7 27.
Bc3 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Ra5 30. f4 Rba8 31. Rcc1 R8a7 32. h3 Qf5 33.
Qd4 Qf6 34. Qe4 Ra1 35. Kh2 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Kg7 37. Rb1 Rc7 38. Rb8 e5 39. Rb7
Rxb7 40. Qxb7+ Kh6 41. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. Ndb5 Be6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Re1 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nc5 14. Qd2 b6
15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Nb4 17. Re2 Qd7 18. Rd1 f6 19. f4 a4 20. e5 axb3 21. cxb3
fxe5 22. fxe5 Nbd3 23. exd6 exd6 24. b4 Nf4 25. Red2 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxb5 27. Rxd6
Qe2 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Rd8+ Qe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd7 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Rf7 33. Rxf7
Kxf7 34. Qxh7+ Kf6 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qc4 Kf6 37. b5 g5 38. g3 Re3 39. Kg2 Nxg3
40. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8.
h4 h6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. h5 Bh7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f3 b5
15. Bb3 a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rd7 a4 23. Ba2 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Qf2 Rf8 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4
Rfd8 28. Rhd1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Kf8 30. c4 Ra5 31. g4 Ke7 32. Bb1 g6 33. hxg6 Bxg6
34. Bc2 a3 35. bxa3 Rxa3 36. Kb2 Ra5 37. Kc3 Rg5 38. Kb4 Rxg4 39. c5 e5 40. Rc4
Kd8 41. Kb5 Kc7 42. Ra4 Rg2 43. Bb3 Rb2 44. Kc4 Bxe4 45. Kc3 Re2 46. Ra7+ Kb8
47. Rxf7 Re3+ 48. Kc4 Rf3 49. Re7 Rf6 50. Rxe5 Bf3 51. Re8+ Kc7 52. Re7+ Kd8
53. Rg7 h5 54. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bxg7
Kxg7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. h3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. O-O Bb7 13. a4 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qc6 20. Rd1 Rb8 21.
c4 Rb6 22. b3 Ra6 23. Qe2 f6 24. Nfd4 exd4 25. f3 d5 26. fxe4 dxc4 27. Nxd4 Qb6
28. Qxc4 Nc6 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Rb1 Re6 32. b4 Rxe4 33. b5 Re7 34.
Kf2 Kf7 35. b6 Rb7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. h4 Kc6 39. Kc4 f5 40. Rb2 Rxb6
41. Rxb6+ Kxb6 42. Kd5 Kc7 43. Ke6 f4 44. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. a3
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. e3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15.
Bd2 Bh3 16. b4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 axb4 18. Bxb4 Ba5 19. Rab1 Bb6 20. Ra1 Ba5 21.
Rab1 Bb6 22. Ra1 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters 5th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2001.10.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ngf3
O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Rae1 Raf8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf7
21. Qe2 e5 22. Rxe5 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 24. g3 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Qb1 26. a3 Qg6 27.
Re7 Rf7 28. Re6 Rf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ Kg8 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33.
Qxa7 Qc6+ 34. Kg1 Qb5 35. b4 Qd3 36. bxc5 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE sim"]
[Site "Stamford Bridge"]
[Date "2001.11.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poobalasingam, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.11.02"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. h3 Qe7 13. Bc3 Rd8 14. Bxe5 Qxe5
15. Nc3 Qg5 16. Kh1 Bf5 17. Qb3 Qh5 18. Rad1 Bxh3 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7
21. gxh3 Ke7 22. Kg2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Kf3 Ke7 26. Ne4 Nd7
27. h4 Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Touzane, Olivier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14.
Bc2 Nxc3 $6 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Surely a wrong decision, as white's center
will become compact and dangerous.'} (14... Nce7 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bb3 Be6 17.
Ne4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. Qf3 c6 20. Bc2 Nf5 21. Rd1 $14 {Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/
Nussloch 1996/Inf 66 (21)} Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/Nussloch/1996/ (27)
}) (14... Nde7 15. Be3 Nf5 (15... Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qd3 Bg6 18. Ne4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Jussupow,A/Nussloch 1996/Inf 66/[Huebner,R] (46)} Nd5 19. Qb3
Na5 20. Qa4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Jussupow,A/Nussloch 1996/ (46)}) 16. Ne2 (
16. Bxf5 {Lutz,Ch} Bxf5 17. d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Jussupow,A/Essen 2001/
CBM 83/[Huzman] (19) Huzman}) 16... Qd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nf4 Nxe3
20. fxe3 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rfe8 $11 {Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Deutschland 75/
(284) 1999/Inf 75/[Lutz,Ch] (22)}) 15. bxc3 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gc2h7]} Bc4 (15... Ne7
16. Ne5 $36) 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rb1 (17. Ne4 Re8 (17... Be7 {Ftacnik} 18. Qd3 f5
19. Ng3 $16) (17... Bxe4 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxe4 $14) 18. Qd3 $16 Kf8 19. Bf4 $14) (
17. Qh5 $5 Qd7 18. Ne4 $36) (17. c4 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 (17... Be6 $5 {Ftacnik}))
17... Bg5 (17... Na5 {Ftacnik} 18. Ne4 $14) 18. c4 $1 (18. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Na5
$13) 18... Bxd2 19. cxd5 Bxe1 20. dxc6 Ba5 21. Qd3 (21. cxb7 Rb8 22. Qh5 $1 f5
(22... Bb6 23. Bxh6 g6 (23... Qxd4 {Ftacnik} 24. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Be3+ $18) (
23... gxh6 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxh6 f5 25. Bb3+ Rf7 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Bxf7 $18) 24.
Bxg6 $18) 23. Bxh6 {'!' Ftacnik.} Qe8 (23... gxh6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8
26. Bb3+ Rf7 27. Qg6+ $18) 24. Qg5 Qd7 (24... Rf7 {Ftacnik} 25. Bb3 Kh7 26.
Bxf7 Qxf7 27. Bxg7 $1 Qxg7 28. Qxf5+ Qg6 29. Qd7+) 25. Qg3 $1 Rf6 26. Bb3+ Kf8
27. Bg5 Rb6 28. Qh3 $18) 21... g6 (21... f5 22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Qg3 (23. Rb5 Bb6
24. Rxf5 Qxd4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Be4 Ke7 28. Kf1 Kd7 29. Bf4 g5
30. Bg3 Bc5 $17) 23... Rf6 24. Bf4 Rb6 25. Rxb6 Bxb6 26. Be5 Qg5 27. Bb3+ Kh7 (
27... Kf8 28. Bd6+ Ke8 29. Qe5+ Kd8 30. Bxc7+ Bxc7 31. Qd5+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8
33. Qf8+ Kd7 34. Ba4+ Ke6 35. Qc8+ $18) 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Bd5 $16) 22. cxb7 Rb8
23. Bxh6 Re8 24. Qf3 (24. Ba4 Re6 25. Be3 Rd6 26. Qe4 Bb6 $13) 24... Re6 $1 {
[%cal Ye6b6]} (24... Qxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 25. Bb3 Re7 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. h3 (27. Rd1
{Ftacnik} Qe5) 27... Qc3 28. Qg4 Qd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Be3 Rd3 31. Bc4 Rxe3 32.
fxe3 Bb6 33. Bd5 Bxe3+ 34. Kf1 $18) 25. Bb3 Rf6 26. Qg4 $6 {'?' Ftacnik.} (26.
Qe4 Rb6 $1 27. Qe5 Qf6 28. Qxa5 (28. Qxf6 {Ftacnik} Rxf6 29. Bd5 $14) 28...
R8xb7 29. Qc3 g5 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} 30. Qh3 Qg6 $17 31. Rb2 $140 Rxb3 32. Rxb3
Qb1+ 33. Rxb1 Rxb1#) 26... Rb6 $1 27. Bg5 (27. Ba2 {Ftacnik} R8xb7 28. Rxb6
Rxb6 29. Be3 $15) 27... Qe8 28. Qf3 R8xb7 $17 29. h4 Qd7 {[%cal Yd7f5]} 30. g4
(30. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Qf5 31. Qd1 Bc3 $17) (30. h5 {Ftacnik} Qf5 $19) 30... Rxb3
$1 {Simplest way to get advantage. Ftacnik: 'Sensible practical decision, the
endgame without pawn will be very unpleasant for the FIDE world champion.'} (
30... c6 {Ftacnik} 31. Kf1 Qxd4 32. Bf6 $15) 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Qxb3 Qxg4+ 33.
Kf1 Qxd4 $17 34. Be3 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Bb6 $1 36. Bxb6 (36. a4 {Ftacnik} Qe5 $17)
36... axb6 37. Qg3 Qc1 38. h5 Qc6+ $1 39. Kf1 $2 (39. f3 Qc2+ (39... Qd6 {
Ftacnik} 40. Qg5 Qxa3 41. hxg6 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 c5 43. Qd5 Qf6 $17) 40. Kf1 Qd3+
41. Kf2 Qxa3 42. hxg6 Qc5+ 43. Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ 45. Ke3 fxg6 $19) (39. Kg1
Qd6 40. Qg5 Kh7 $19 {[%cal Yd6a3,Yd6d1,Yd1h5]}) 39... Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Qxh5+ $19
0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Touzane, Olivier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 d6 5. e4 b4 6. Bd3 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Ne2 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qb1 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. axb4 cxb4 14. O-O e5 15. Ng3
h5 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Ng5 Nxb3 19. f3 Nd2 20. Qa2 b3 21. Qa3 Nxf1 22.
c5 Nd2 23. Bc1 dxc5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Touzane, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1
Ng4 16. Qb3 Kh7 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. b6 Qh5 19. bxc7 f5 20. Nxd6 f4 21. Qxb7 fxg3
22. hxg3 Bf1 23. Nh4 g5 24. Qe4+ Kg8 25. Bf3 Bh3 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. Ng2 Ra6 28.
Bxe5 Nc8 29. c5 Ra7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Ne3 Bd7 32. c6 Bh3 33. Nxc8 Bxc8 34. Qd4+
Kg6 35. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Touzane, Olivier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. O-O
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qb4 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. a3 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qe4 Be8 20. b4 a6
21. h4 h6 22. Rc5 Na7 23. Rfc1 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. a4 Nd6 27.
Qc2 Qf6 28. Rc7 Nf5 29. Rc4 g6 30. Qc1 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rf4 Qe7 33. g3 e5
34. Rg4 h5 35. Rg5 f6 36. Rxg6+ Kf7 37. g4 Kxg6 38. gxf5+ Kg7 39. Kh2 Kh7 40.
Nd2 Qb7 41. Ne4 Qxe4 42. Qc7+ Kh6 43. Qxd8 Qxh4+ 44. Kg2 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qc4+ 46.
Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc3 $1 {An interesting
novelty, questoning the value of the popular idea of playing Rc8 before
castling.} O-O 14. e4 $1 {14 Qb2 transposes to Van-Wely- Polgar 2001, where 14.
..Bb4! gave black an edge.} Ng4 {The only critical response. 14...dxc4 15 e5!
is just bad for black.} 15. exd5 $5 {The point of whites play. This had been
carefully studie by Schandoff, S.B. Hansen and me before the WCC. We concluded
black was already in serious trouble.} Nxf2 16. Rf1 e5 (16... Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Nxf4
18. gxf4 exd5 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Nxd5 g6 21. Rad1 {Is killing. Qc3-h3 is coming,})
17. Bc1 {17 Bg5 Nh3+ doesn't work, but the retreat is fine. Should white
manage to consolidate, his position will be positionally winning.} e4 18. Nh4
e3 {This was missed in our preperations, but still it doesn't change the
evaluation of the position. The idea is that black now has Nh3+ as taking it
allows e2+ winning an exchange. Still white gets fantastic compensation in
many lines.} (18... Qf6 19. Bb2 Nd1+ 20. Kh1 Ne3 {Wins the exchange, but after}
21. Qe2 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Qd8 23. Nxe4 {White has a huge attack. Probably simply
winning. Ba6 is dead, and all whites pieces points in the right direction.})
19. Na4 Bd4 (19... Nh3+ 20. Bxh3 e2+ 21. Nxc5 exf1=Q+ 22. Bxf1 Nxc5 23. Bb2 {
Might not be as convincing as the previous exchange sacrife, but still good
enough. Blacks only chance might be tactical ideaswith b5, but immediately it
fails to} b5 24. Nf5 bxc4 25. Bxg7) 20. Bb2 (20. Rb1 {Wasn't great as} Nh3+ 21.
Bxh3 (21. Kh1 Nf2+) 21... e2+ 22. Kh1 exf1=Q+ 23. Bxf1 Bf6 {Followed by b5 is
good for black.}) 20... Bxb2 21. Qxb2 $4 {Played after a long think, but still
on general ground. It's easy to like the move, Nf5 is coming and that hits
both g7 and e3. And who wants a knight on b2? However chess is a game of
tactics, not of general explanations.} (21. Nxb2 $1 g6 {Else Nf5!} 22. a4 {
Stopping counterplay based on b5.} (22. Qc3 Re8 23. Rae1 Qe7 24. Re2 {With
Rfe1 coming, if b5, white has Qa5! Black is more or less lost here.}) 22... Re8
23. Rae1 Qe7 24. Re2 {Is good for white, but even better seems 22 Qc3!}) 21...
b5 {Now white is dead lost.} 22. Nf5 Qg5 {The move I missed. Defending f5, and
hitting e3. Normally taking e3 is a winning response, but with a4 hanging it's
different.} 23. Nd6 {Hoping for some chances with the passed pawns, but its
nonsense.} bxa4 24. Nxc8 Bxc8 25. Qd4 Nf6 26. Rae1 Re8 27. d6 Nh3+ 28. Bxh3 (
28. Kh1 e2 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. d7 Bxd7 31. Qxd7 Rd8 32. Qxh3 Qf2 {Kills whites
last hope.}) 28... Bxh3 29. Rf4 Qa5 $1 {Exact to the end, this hangs e3, but
there are tactics in the air.} 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 axb3 {Due to the mating
threats I have to give the d-pawn.} 32. d7 Bxd7 33. axb3 Bh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rfc8 12. b3 Qd8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rac1
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Nd5 Kf7 20. Nxb6
axb6 21. a4 g5 22. Kf2 Rc5 23. Rd5 Ke6 24. Ke3 Rg8 25. g3 h5 26. Rcd1 Kd7 27.
R1d2 Ke6 28. Rd1 Kd7 29. R1d2 Ke6 30. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ra3 Re8
15. Re1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Be3 Ba5 18. Na7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxe1 20. fxe4 Nxa7 21.
Rxa7 dxe4 22. Ba4 Bxf2+ 23. Bxf2 Qg5+ 24. Bg3 Red8 25. Rxc7 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Rxd4
27. Qb3 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Rdd8 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. b3 g5 31. Bd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Rxb3
33. Rd5 h6 34. Kf2 g4 35. Rd6 Kg7 36. Bf4 h5 37. Bh6+ Kh7 38. Bd2 Kg7 39. Kg3
Rb1 40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Rf6 Rb2 42. Bf4 Rb1 43. Bg5 Rg1+ 44. Kf2 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 Rxh2
46. Bf4 Rh1+ 47. Kf2 Kg7 48. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 h6 11. Bf4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Rfe1 O-O 16. h4 Qc7 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nb6 20. Ba5 Rad8 21.
Rad1 Qc8 22. Bd2 Nd5 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Rc2 h6 25. Rec1 Rb8 26. Kg2 Rfd8 27. Qc4
Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Nb6 29. R4c2 Rd5 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Re4 Ke8 32. h5 Rb7 33. Be3 Nd7
34. Kf1 a5 35. Bd2 Ra7 36. Bc3 Nb6 37. a4 Rd8 38. Nd2 Rb8 39. Ke2 Nd5 40. Bb2
Nb4 41. Rc1 Nc6 42. Bc3 Rd7 43. Rb1 Rd5 44. Nc4 Bd8 45. f4 Bc7 46. Ne3 Rd7 47.
Nc4 Rbd8 48. g4 Kf8 49. Rf1 Rd3 50. Re3 R3d5 51. f5 Kg8 52. Re4 Rb8 53. Rb1 Bd8
54. fxe6 fxe6 55. Ne3 Bg5 56. Rb2 Rf8 57. Rb1 Rfd8 58. Nc4 Rd3 59. Ba1 Rh3 60.
Nd6 Rf8 61. Rc4 Rh2+ 62. Kd3 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Re1 h6
9. Na3 Bd7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Nh5 12. Bf1 a5 13. b3 Re8 14. Ne3 Qc8 15. Nd5
Ne7 16. c4 Nc6 17. Be3 Kh7 18. a3 Be6 19. b4 Qd8 20. b5 Nd4 21. g4 Bxd5 22.
cxd5 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Nf4 24. Rac1 Qd6 25. Rc3 Bf6 26. Rec1 Bd8 27. a4 Kg7 28.
Rc4 Rh8 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. e5 Qxe5 31. Rxf4 Rf8 32. Re4 Qd6 33. Qg3 Qxd5 34.
Qe5+ Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Bg5 36. Rc4 b6 37. Re2 Rad8 38. Rxc7 Rd4 39. Ra2 Re8 40. Kg2
Ree4 41. Rb7 Bd8 42. Rb8 Be7 43. Rxb6 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Rc6 Rb4 46. Rc7
Bd6 47. Rc6 Be5 48. Rc5 Kf6 49. b6 Bd4 50. Rxa5 Rb2 51. b7 Rxb7 52. Ra3 Kg5 53.
Ra2 h5 54. gxh5 Kxh5 55. Be2+ Kg5 56. Bf3 Rb4 57. Re2 f5 58. Bd5 Kf4 59. Rc2
Rb1 60. Bc6 Rb8 61. Bd5 Rh8 62. Rc4 Ke5 63. Bf3 g5 64. Rc2 Rb8 65. Ra2 Rb4 66.
Rc2 Bb6 67. Be2 Kd4 68. Rd2+ Ke4 69. Rc2 Bd4 70. Bf3+ Kf4 71. Be2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nb5 Bd8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 N5f6 12. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Ne5 Qa5 (15... c5 16. Qf3 (16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qe4
Qe7 20. Ng4 Rfd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Bastia/2001 (52)})
16... cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc8 19. Rhd1 Rd8 20. Ne4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxe4
22. Qxe4 b5 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. g4 {1-0 Chandler,M-Berg,K/Germany/1987/ (35)}) (
15... a5 16. Ne4 (16. c4 a4 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Qa6 20. Ne2 Nb6
21. Rc1 Nfd7 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Dreev,A/Yerevan 2001/ (59)}) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4
Nf6 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. f3 b5 20. g4 Nd7 21. Rhg1 Rad8 22. Bc1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc5 {
1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Summerscale,A/Scarborough 1999/ (39)}) 16. Nxd7 (16. Ne4 Rad8
17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Be5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. g4 f5 22. Qf4 Qd8 23.
Rhg1 {1-0 Lakos,N-Lorincz,I/Hungary 1997/ (45)}) 16... Nxd7 17. Ne4 Rad8 (17...
Qf5 18. Be3 Rad8 19. g4 Qh7 20. Rhg1 f5 21. Qc4 fxe4 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 {0-1
Kharlov,A-Danielsen,H/Copenhagen 1993/ (40)}) 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bc7 Qf5 (19...
Qd5 20. f3 Rde8 21. Be5 Rg8 $14) 20. f3 Rc8 21. Ka1 Nf6 22. Nd6 (22. Be5 Rfd8
23. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 22... Bxd6 (22... Nxh5 23. Qf2 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Rfd8 25. g4 Qh7
26. Qh2 Nf6 27. Be7 Rg8 28. g5 $16) 23. Bxd6 Rfd8 24. Be5 c5 (24... Rd7 25. Qh4
Rcd8 26. Rde1 $13) 25. dxc5 Nxh5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Dreev have overlooked the
original tactical blow on 27th move, position was about equal.} (25... Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Nxh5 (26... Rxc5 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 Rxh5 30. Qxa7 Rh2
31. Qf2 $14) 27. Qe1 Nf6 $11) 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxg7+ $1 (27. Rxh5 $4 Rd1#)
27... Kh7 (27... Nxg7 28. Qh4 Rd5 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qh8#) (27... Kg8 28. Qc7
Rd5 29. Bxh6 Qc2 30. Rc1 Rd1 31. Qd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxc2 $18) 28. Qh4 Rd2 (28... Rd5
29. c4 (29. Bf8 Qc2 30. Qe4+ Qxe4 31. fxe4 Rd2 $14) 29... Rxc5 30. Bc3 $1 (30.
Bf8 Re5 31. g4 Qxf3 32. gxh5 Re4 33. Qh2 Rxc4 34. Qg1 Rg4 35. Qb1+ f5 36. Qc1
$18) 30... Qd3 31. a3 $18) (28... Qd3 29. Bxh6 $1 (29. Bd4 Rd5 30. g4 Qxf3 31.
a3 $18)) 29. Bxh6 $1 Kxh6 (29... Rxg2 30. Qxh5 Rg1+ 31. Bc1+ Qxh5 32. Rxh5+ Kg6
33. Rh6+ Kg7 34. Kb1 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Kxh6 36. Kd2 Kg5 37. Ke3 $18) 30. g4 Qg5 (
30... Qxf3 $2 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Qh8+ (32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qh8#) 32... Kg6 33. Qh6#
) 31. Qxh5+ (31. Qe1 Qd8 32. Rxh5+ Kg7 33. Rh1 Qd5 34. f4 $18) 31... Qxh5 32.
Rxh5+ Kg7 33. a4 Rd3 34. c6 $1 {Anand correctly strives to move his pawns on
the queenside.} (34. Rh3 e5 35. Rh5 Rxf3 36. Rxe5 Rf4 37. b4 $16) 34... bxc6
35. Ra5 Rxf3 (35... Rd7 36. b4 Kf6 37. Kb2 $18) 36. Rxa7 e5 (36... Rf4 37. b4
Rxg4 38. Kb2 $18) (36... Rg3 37. a5 Rxg4 38. b4 $18) 37. a5 Kf6 (37... Rf4 38.
b4 Rxg4 39. Rc7 $18) (37... e4 38. Re7 $18) 38. a6 e4 39. Ra8 (39. Rxf7+ $2
Kxf7 40. a7 e3 41. a8=Q Rf1+ 42. Ka2 e2 43. Qb7+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kf8
46. Qd8+ Kf7 $11) 39... Rd3 (39... Ke7 40. a7 e3 41. Re8+ Kxe8 42. a8=Q+ $18)
40. Re8 Rd5 41. b4 Rd7 42. c4 (42. c4 Ra7 43. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff was extremely popular in Moscow, it helped
Shirov to eliminate Topalov (in their match it came to be in 5 out of 7 games).
} 3. Nxe5 {Nowadays White's main attempt.} ({After} 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O {the most solid is} Bd6 $1 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5
10. Nc3 (10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 $44 {or} (13... Bb4 $5
14. Be3 Re8 $44 {give White little hope for an advantage.})) 10... Nxc3 11.
bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 $5 (12... g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 $11 {is also playable, winning
the P back.}) 13. Qf3 (13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Bc2 $6 g6 16. Qf3 Re4 $1
17. g3 Bb5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qd6 $1 20. Bxe4 fxe4 $17 {Svidler,
P-Ponomariov,R/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 13... Kh8 $1 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6
16. Rfe1 Rac8 $11) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 ({
After the older} 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 (9. c4 Nf6 $132) 9... f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2
Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 $1 14. g3 Bf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Re8 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 19. f4 Nh3+ $1 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Qd3 23. Ne3
Rxb2+ $1 24. Bxb2 Qd2+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ $11 {1/2,Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee/
1999/ still remains a model game. Black has a >>|^ for the sacrificed material,
so White has again turned to the main alternative in the text.}) 8... Nb4 (8...
Nf6 {is also playable and it's not simple for White to get an edge:} 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14. Bc2 (14. Qd3 $5) 14... Nce7
(14... Nxc3 $2 {is antipositional and only strengthens White's [+]} 15. bxc3
Bc4 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rb1 Bg5 18. c4 $1 Bxd2 19. cxd5 Bxe1 20. dxc6 Ba5 21. cxb7
(21. Qd3 $2 g6 22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Bxh6 Re8 24. Qf3 Re6 25. Bb3 Rf6 26. Qg4 Rb6
$17 {Anand,V-Touzane,O/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 21... Rb8 22. Qh5 $1 f5 23. Bxh6
$16) (14... Nde7 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nf4 Nxe3
20. fxe3 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rfe8 $132 {Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Bundesliga
9899/1998/}) 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Ne4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. Qf3 c6 20.
Bc2 Nf5 21. Rd1 Qh4 22. b4 Rad8 23. Bb2 Qf4 24. Qe2 Qh4 25. Qf3 Qf4 26. Qe2 Qh4
27. Qf3 $11 {1/2,Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/Nussloch/1996/}) 9. Be2 {The B is
valuable, after} (9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6 $1 {it's White, who should be glad he has a draw after} 15.
Qxc7 (15. b3 Kf7 16. Qxc7 Rhe8 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 b6 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Rac1
Bd6 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. c5 Bf4 23. Rc3 Be4 $40 {Zhang Pengxiang-Motylev,A/
Shanghai Summit/2001/}) 15... O-O 16. Rxe7 Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 Qxg4+ 19.
Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxg6 hxg6 21. Qh3 Kg8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qb3+ Rf7 $11 {Anand,
V-Sokolov,I/Dortmund/1999/}) 9... O-O (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 (
11... Nd6 $143 12. Bb3 $36) 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Ne5 $14 {is slightly more
pleasant for White.}) 10. Nc3 {Stil the most topical moves.} (10. a3 Nc6 11.
cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 (14. Bf4 Na5 $5 (14... Rac8 {
is also playable}) 15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 $44) 14... Qd6 15. d5 (15. Be3
$142 Bf6 16. Ra2 Rad8 17. d5 Ne5 $13) 15... Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Qg6 $1 $146
18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Ra3 Qe4 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. f3 Qg6 22. Bf2 Be7 23. Ra2 Bc5 $36 {
Dominguez,L-Gelfand,B/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 10... Be6 {Shirov's move is the
most popular, but not the only one.} ({Kramnik shocked Kasparov in Linares
2000 with} 10... b6 $5 {but later the interest declined, as} 11. a3 (11. Ne5
Bb7 12. Re1 $5 c5 $13 {/\} 13. Bf3 cxd4 14. Nxd5 f5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bf4 d3
$1 $132) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rae8 16. c4
Qd8 17. d5 Nb8 18. Ne5 $1 Bf6 19. Bb2 g6 20. Qd2 $14 {is comfortable for White
and} Nd7 $6 {simply costs a P after} 21. Nxd7 Bxb2 22. Nxf8 Bxa1 23. Nxg6 Rxe1+
24. Qxe1 hxg6 25. Qxa1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Olafsson,H/Kopavogur act/2000/}) ({
The second most popular move is} 10... Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 (
13. cxd5 Qxd5 {-10.a3}) {but maybe it will become number 1 due to} 13... Be6 $5
$146 (13... dxc4 $143 14. Bxc4 $14) 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 Na5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17.
c4 Be6 18. Qc2 c5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qc3 Rfd8 22. h3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rd7
24. Bf1 b6 25. Bf4 Rad8 26. Rd6 Nb7 27. Qg3 $1 $132 {Svidler,P-Ponomariov,R/
FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 11. Ne5 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 c6 $5 $11 (12... Bf5 13.
Be3 Bf6 14. Qd2 a5 15. a3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne5 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3
Re8 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Qe7 22. c5 $16 {Svidler,P-Sulskis,S/FIDE WCh Moscow/
2001/})) ({The duel Topalov-Shirov took place after} 11. Be3 Bf5 $5 12. Qb3 c6
13. cxd5 (13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 Be6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 f6 (16... a4 $5 17. Qd1
Na6 $15) 17. axb4 fxe5 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22.
bxa5 Rxa5 $11 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) (13. g4 Bxg4 14. c5
a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nxc3 (16... Nc7 $2 17. Ne5 $1 $16 {loses material.}) 17.
bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne5 (19. Bxb5 $5 Bxf3 20. Qxc6 $14) 19... Bxe2 20.
Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}
23. Qxb8 Qxb8 24. Rxe2 Qe8 25. Nxd5 Qc6 $132) 13... Nxc3 $5 (13... cxd5 14.
Rac1 a5 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Nc5 Bd6 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Nc4
Bc7 21. Na3 Rb7 22. Nb5 Bb8 23. d5 Bd7 24. a4 Be5 25. d6 Qb8 26. Rc7 Rd8 27.
Qc4 Na6 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/} 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qd5 $16)
14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 Nxc3 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Qxc6 (17. Qxa7 $5 Nb5 $13) 17...
Be4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc3 Bb4 20. Qc4 Bd5 21. Qd3 Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Qd7 23.
Rfb1 Qh3 $44 {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/EU-chT Leon/2001/}) 11... c5 {A radical
continuation, critical for its evaluation is the position after White's 15-th
move. Maybe it will be necessary to return to the less ambitious, but more
solid} (11... f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 (12... c5 13. Be3 $1 $36) 13. Re1 Bg8 (13... c5 $5
) 14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 f5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. c4 Bf7 20.
Nb3 b5 $5 21. cxb5 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nxd4 23. Qc4 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 a6
26. Rad1 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Re7 axb5 29. Rxc7 h5 30. Rb7 $11 {1/2,Lutz,
C-Van der Sterren,P/Venlo NED-GER/2000/}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 (13... Bd6
$6 14. a3 $1 $16) 14. a3 Na6 {An important moment. If Black could get his N to
d6 without concessions, he would have an excellent position. But Shirov will
never manage and the Na6 will actually not make another move in the whole game.
} 15. Qc2 $1 {A significant improvement over the older} (15. f4 f6 16. Ng4 Bxg4
17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nc7 21. b4 b6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23.
Qa4 {Baklan,V-Gunnarsson,J/EU-chT Leon/2001/} Ne8 $11 {and Black has at least
equality. The text postpones the committal advance of the f-pawn till Black
misplaces his forces.}) 15... f6 (15... Bd6 16. f4 f6 17. Ng4 $14 {leads to a
position we will see later on, only here Black can't take en passant anymore.}
({Black also has to reckon with the unclear} 17. Qxe4 $5 Re8 18. Bh5 Re7 19.
Nf7 Qc7 20. Nxd6 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 $13)) 16. Ng4 Qd6 $5 $146 (16... Bd6 17. f4 (17.
f3 $143 $6 f5 18. Nf2 Qh4 $40) 17... exf3 (17... Bxg4 18. Bxg4 f5 19. Be2 $14 {
[%cal Yg2g4,Yb2b4] is different from the note above, here Black's B is further
away from its ideal d4-square and White will be the first one to get some play
on the flanks (b4,g4) going.}) 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Nf2 b5 21. b3 Rae8
22. Kg2 $1 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5 27. Be4 Rxe4 28.
Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 $16 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/
Black's temporary initiative is over and his positional weaknesses have become
clear, Shirov saved the game only with his opponent's help.}) ({Also accepting
the pawn sacrifice with} 16... f5 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. f4 Re8 19. Bd2 (19. Be3 $5)
19... Bxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bc3 $44 {is not too enticing, as White fully
controls the dark squares.}) (16... Bxg4 $5 17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rb1 {
deserved attention. Although this is a better version of the 15.f4 position 
(White can play also Bf4 at some moment), White's edge is minimal. Also in the
game Shirov's B aims for d4 via f6.}) 17. f3 $1 ({We have already indicated} 
17. f4 $6 Bxg4 18. Bxg4 f5 {is OK for Black.}) 17... f5 {Consistent.} (17...
Bxg4 $2 18. fxg4 $16 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) (17... exf3 18. Bxf3 $14 {now or a
move later leads to the same type of position Shirov has already had with
Topalov and which he was trying to avoid.}) 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. fxe4 Be5 {An
important intermediate move.} (19... Bd4 $6 20. Kh1 $16) 20. h3 Bd4 21. e5 $5 (
21. Kh1 $2 Qg3 $17 {is not good anymore and otherwise White finds it difficult
to unpin the N, so he gives back the extra P.}) 21... Qxe5 22. Kh1 Bd7 $6 {
Somewhere here the fate of the game was decided. Shirov probably considered
the _|_} (22... f4 $5 23. Nd3 (23. Bd3 $2 Qh5 $40 {[%cal Rf4f3] /\f3}) 23...
Bf5 24. Nxe5 Bxc2 25. Bd3 Bxe5 26. Bxc2 Nc7 $14 {/= devoid of perspectives,
but White's edge remains at best only minimal.}) 23. Nd3 Ba4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
Although this move fits tactically, strategically the exchange of the
light-squared B is very advantageous for White and Black's game will
surprisingly rapidly go downhill.} ({More or less necessary was} 23... Qf6 24.
Bf4 Rae8 25. Rae1 $14 {[%csl Ra6] פa6 White is better, as the Na6 can be
activated only by a weakening g5, but this is incomparably better than the
text.}) 24. Qxa4 (24. Nxe5 Bxc2 25. Bd3 $14 {leads to the _|_, mentioned in
the note to 22...Bd7?!, but Anand rightly wants more.}) 24... Qxe2 25. Rf3 Rae8
{[%csl Re8] Black will have only problems with the R on the e<->.} (25... b5
26. cxb5 $1 (26. Qxa6 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Rae8 $1 $132 {only complicates matters.})
26... Nb4 (26... c4 $2 27. bxa6 $18) (26... Nc7 27. Bf4 Nxd5 28. Qc4 Qe4 29.
Re1 Be3 30. Qa2 $1 $18) 27. axb4 c4 28. d6 cxd3 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qxd3 $16 (30.
Bf4 $5 $16)) (25... Nc7 {fails to} 26. Bf4 $16 {with tempo.}) ({Maybe the best
was the passive} 25... Qe8 26. Qb3 $16 {but White retains a clear advantage.})
26. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1e1] /\Re1,o^d5} h6 {Practically an exchange
sacrifice, but there was hardly anytrhing better.} (26... Bxb2 $2 27. Ra2 $18)
(26... Rf6 {But more practical and much safer is} 27. Kh2 $1 (27. Re1 Qxe1+ 28.
Nxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Bg1+ 30. Kg3 Rg6+ 31. Kh4 {and there is no mate in sight:}
Rxg2 (31... Bd4 32. g4 $1 (32. Re3 $2 Bf6+ 33. Kh5 Rh6+ $1 34. Bxh6 g6#) 32...
fxg4 33. Re3 $1 $18) 32. Qd7 Bd4 33. Kh5 $1 $16) 27... Rg6 28. Bg3 $16 {
[%cal Rd3f4,Ra1e1] /\Nf4,Re1}) (26... Be3 27. Qb3 $16 (27. Rd1 $5 $16 {and the
N again aims for e6 with great power.})) 27. Bd6 $1 (27. Re1 $2 Qxe1+ 28. Nxe1
Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 g5 {immediately forces a draw, as the ambitious} 30. Bd6 Bg1+ 31.
Kg3 $2 {can favour only Black due to} h5 $1 32. h4 (32. Rd3 $2 Rfe8 $19) 32...
f4+ 33. Bxf4 gxf4+ 34. Rxf4 Bh2+ $17 {/=/+ and already White has to fight for
a draw.}) (27. Kh2 {was also possible, but the text is more direct.}) 27... Rf6
28. Nf4 Qe4 29. Ne6 Rexe6 ({The passive} 29... Ra8 30. Qb5 $18 {is out of
question.}) 30. dxe6 Qxe6 (30... Rxe6 31. Bg3 Bxb2 32. Re1 Qc6 (32... Qxe1+ 33.
Bxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 Be5+ 35. g3 $18) 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxf5 {[%cal Re1e7] /\Re7}
Rb6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 $16 {/+-}) 31. Bg3 Bxb2 32. Re1 Qf7 $8 (32... Qc6 33.
Qb5 $1 {/\Re7+-}) 33. Bh4 $1 (33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 $16 {wins the Pa7, but
Anand is still more interested in the 7-th rank and the coordination of his
forces.}) 33... Re6 (33... g5 $2 34. Rfe3 $1 {loses more or less by force after
} (34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rfe3 $1 {-34.Rfe3!}) 34... Qg6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Qd7+ Rf7
37. R8e7 Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Bxg7 39. Re6 Nb8 40. Qd5 $18) 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qc2 Bd4
36. Qxf5 $5 {A clever move, Anand wants the Q off and rightly feels the Pc4 is
poisoned.} (36. Rxf5 Nb8 $16 {still gives Black chances to resist.}) 36... Qxc4
$6 {[%mdl 128]} (36... Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Nb8 (37... Nc7 $143 38. Bg3 Ne6 39. Rd5
$18) 38. Bf2 $5 $16 {/+- gives Black only minimal survival chances, but now
White's trio of attacking pieces will completely dismantle Black's defence.} (
38. Rd5 Nc6 39. Rd7 b6 $16)) 37. Kh2 {White has enough time for useful
prophylaxis.} Qe2 (37... Qc1 $2 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. Be7 Qg1+ 41. Kg3
$18) ({If Black does nothing, e.g.,} 37... b6 38. Rf4 $18 {[%cal Rf4e4,Re4e8] /
\Re4-e8}) 38. Bg3 $1 {[%csl Ra6] Dominates the unhappy Na6.} (38. Qc8+ Kh7 39.
Qxb7 Nc7 $1 $16 {still gives Black some counterchances.}) 38... Qd1 {The Q
can't return to the defence.} (38... Qe8 39. Qd5+ $18) (38... Qe7 39. Qd5+ Kh7
40. Rf7 $18) 39. Rf1 Qb3 40. Qe4 {Doesn't change the result, but} (40. Qg6 $142
$1 $18 {[%cal Rf1e1,Rg3d6] /\Re1,Bd6}) 40... Qb5 (40... Qc4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42.
Rf8 g5 43. Be5 $1 $18) (40... Qe3 41. Qd5+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ g6 43. Qd7+ Bg7 44. Rf7
Qc3 45. Qe7 {[%cal Rg3e5] /\Be5+-}) 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44.
Rf8 {[%cal Rc8f5] /\Qf5} (44. Rf8 c4 (44... Qc6 45. Qf5+ Qg6 46. Rh8+ $1 $18)
45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. Qg4+ $18 {loses the Bd4.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Be7 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. c4 Bc6 14. Qe2
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qb6 16. Rad1 a6 17. Bc7 Qc5 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 b5 20. Qe3 Qxe3
21. fxe3 bxc4 22. Nxc4 h6 23. Rd4 Rfb8 24. Rfd1 a5 25. Kf2 Kh7 26. R1d2 a4 27.
Kf3 Ra7 28. e4 Rb4 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Nc4 Rb4 31. Nd6 Rb8 32. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 a6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Bb3 b5 11. c3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
Bxc5 15. Ne5 g5 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Nd3 Be7 18. Be5 Rfc8 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. f3 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. a4 Bd5 23. Bc2 Bc4 24. a5 Nd5 25. Ne5 Ne3 26. Be4 Nxd1 27. Bxa8
Nxb2 28. Bb7 Rc7 29. Bxa6 Ra7 30. Bc8 Bd5 31. a6 Kf8 32. Ra5 Nc4 33. Nxc4 Bxc4
34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Bd5 36. Rxb5 Rc7 37. Bb7 Rxc3+ 38. Kd4 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Ra4 40.
Kc3 Kd6 41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Rb6+ Ke5 43. Kb3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne2 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Qxc4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf5 Qxe4 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6
f6 15. f4 b5 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Rf2 Qc6 18. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {1890 - Albin. Statistic says: Black
has very small chances to win the game.(18%) and a lot of chances (40%) to
make a draw.} 5. Nf3 (5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,
P-Gelfand,B/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (20)}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6.
Bd3 c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bd6 {0-1 Meitner,P-Albin,A/Vienna 1890/
EXT 99 (41)}) 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/
Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (32)}) (6. Ng3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5
9. Nb3 Be7 {0-1 Steinitz,W-Lasker,E/USA/CAN 1894/MainBase (76)}) 6... Nxf6 7.
Bd3 (7. Bc4 a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Bb3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/
Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (43)}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O {
'?!' Rogers.} (9... Qc7 {(Rogers) is known to be safer.}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5 Qa5+
11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 h6 {1-0 Karpov,A-Speelman,J/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 26/[Rogers] 
(52)} ({This was Speelman's idea - an improvement on the game Tal -Rogers, San
Francisco 1991, which had continued} 12... b6 $6 {Rogers} 13. Bb5 $1)) 10... e5
$146 (10... b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Ne5 {0-1 Zarnicki,P-Hoffman,A/ARG
1995/CBM 49 (37)}) 11. O-O-O e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Bc3 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Bxf2 15. Kb1 $14) 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. a3 Nxe4 (14... Qa2 15. Bc3 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 Bxf2 17. Re2 Bb6 18. Qd5 $14) 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 (15... Qa2 16. Bc3) 16. Re2 (
16. Ng5 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 $14) 16... Qxe4 17. Rxe4 $14 Be6 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Re7
Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Rfe8 21. Rde1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 {Acording to Capablanca this P's
structure (PPP:PP on both sides!) the chaces to win are for the B's sides.
Here the draw for the N's side is promising the more active White's K and R .}
Kf8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Kd2 f6 25. c4 Rc8 26. Kd3 Kf7 27. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 (7...
Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 (10... Nd7 11. Ncd5 (11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6
Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Rf5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/Prague 2001/ (54)}) (11. g3 Nb6 12. Ncd5
(12. f4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 exf4 14. gxf4 f5 15. exf5 Bc8 16. Ncd5 Nd4 17. b3 Nxf5
18. Bb2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Lautier,J/Biel 2001/ (25)}) 12...
Nxc4 13. dxc4 g6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6
19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ng4 fxg4 21. Rxf6 Qxd2 22. Rxe6 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1
Qe3+ 25. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Nedev,T/Panormo 2001/ (25)}) 11... Nb6 12.
Nxb6 axb6 13. Nd5 Na5 14. a4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. b3
Rae8 19. Be3 Kh8 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Nd5 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Antic,D/Herceg Novi 2001/ 
(38)}) 11. a3 Nd7 12. g3 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Bf6 16. Kh1 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 d5 {0-1 Kutuzovic,B-Shariyazdanov,A/Zadar 1998/ (40)})
8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 (9. Nfe3 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 $11) (9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Bb3 Nd4
$11) 9... axb6 (9... Qxb6 10. Ne3 $14) 10. c3 O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 (
12... Be6 $5 13. Bb3 (13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 b5 $11) 13... Re8 $13)
13. Bd2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 (14. Bxe3 Be6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18.
Qh5 $14) 14... Qe7 15. Bd5 Be6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qc2 {White is comfortably
better, but finds it difficult to improve his position.} (17. Qxb6 $2 Ra6 18.
Qb5 Bd7 $19) 17... Qc7 18. h3 (18. c4 $5 Nc6 19. Rf3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. Qb3
$14) (18. Rf3 $6 c4 $1 19. d4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb3 $15) 18... h6 19. c4 Nc6 20.
Qd1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. a4 (22. Qh5 f5 23. a4 Qd7 24. b3 Rf6 25. d4 $1 $14)
22... f5 23. Bc3 $6 (23. Qh5 Rf6 24. b3 Raf8 25. Rf2 $14) 23... Rf7 24. Qb3 (
24. Qh5 Raf8 25. Rf2 $14) 24... Ng6 25. Rf2 Raf8 26. Raf1 f4 27. Bd2 (27. Qb5
Qe7 28. e4 f3 29. g3 Qc7 (29... Qg5 30. Kh2 Qe3 31. Qxb6 Qxd3 32. Qxd6 Qxe4 33.
Qxc5 Qd3 34. Re1 $16) 30. Kh2 $14) 27... f3 $1 {Anand faces serious problem,
but despite everything his chances were probably still quite promising.} 28.
Rxf3 $2 (28. gxf3 Qd7 29. Kh2 Rf5 $40) (28. g3 $1 Qd7 (28... e4 29. dxe4 Qe7
30. Bc3 $1 (30. Qxb6 $2 Ne5 31. b3 Nd3 $17) 30... Qxe4 31. Qxb6 Rd7 32. Qb3 $16
) 29. Kh2 Rf5 30. g4 R5f6 31. e4 $16) 28... Rxf3 29. gxf3 (29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30.
gxf3 Nh4 31. Qd1 Qf7 32. Kf2 Qf5 33. e4 Qxh3 34. Qe2 (34. Ke3 g5 $17) 34... g5
$17) 29... Qc8 30. Kh2 (30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kg3 Rf6 32. Rf2 Qf5 33. f4 Rg6+ 34.
Kh2 Qh5 $19) 30... Rf5 31. f4 Rh5 32. f5 (32. Rf3 Qg4 33. Rg3 Qe2+ 34. Rg2 Qf3
35. Rg3 Qf2+ 36. Rg2 Rxh3+ $1 37. Kxh3 Qh4#) 32... Rxf5 33. Qd1 Qf8 34. Rxf5
Qxf5 35. Qe2 (35. e4 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Nh4 $19) 35... e4 $1 {Black does an
excellent job with his dominating pieces, white's pawn structure will suffer
too much.} 36. Qg4 (36. dxe4 Qe5+ 37. Kh1 Qxb2 $1 (37... Qxe4+ $6 38. Qg2 Qd3
39. Bc3 Kh7 40. Qg4 $11) 38. Kg2 Qc2 $19) 36... Qxg4 37. hxg4 Ne5 38. Kg3 (38.
dxe4 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxd2 40. e5 Nxc4 $19) 38... exd3 39. b3 g6 40. e4 h5 41. gxh5
(41. g5 h4+ 42. Kg2 h3+ 43. Kxh3 Nf3 44. Bc3+ Kg8 45. e5 dxe5 $19) 41... gxh5
42. Kf2 h4 (42... h4 43. Bf4 h3 44. Ke3 Kg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Qd3
Qc7 15. b3 a5 16. Rad1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qc3 Bd6 21.
g3 c5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Be7 24. Qh6 Qe5 25. Rde1 Qf6 26. Qh5 Bf8 27. Re4
Rd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Re1 Qf6 30. Re4 Bg7 31. Rf4 Qe7 32. Rh4 h6 33. Rg4 f5 34.
Rg6 Kh7 35. g4 Rf8 36. gxf5 Rxf5 37. Be4 Rxh5 38. Rxe6+ Kh8 39. Rxe7 Re5 40.
Rxe5 Bxe5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Bb1 Kf6 43. h4 Bf4 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Kg4 Bc1 46. f3 Bd2
47. Kh5 Kf6 48. Bc2 Bc1 49. Be4 Bd2 50. Bd5 Bc1 51. a4 Be3 52. Bg8 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Re1 ({For} 10. b3 {see Adams - Vallejo Pons from
the same event.}) ({and for} 10. h3 {check Shirov - Vallejo Pons, also from
Linares 2002.}) 10... h6 11. h3 (11. Ne4 Ng6 12. h3 b6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Rad1 Ke8
15. a3 a5 16. Kh2 Be6 17. g4 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Markowski,T/Ohrid 2001/CBM
84 (17)}) 11... Ng6 12. Bd2 (12. b3 Bb4 13. Bb2 Ke8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 c5 (
15... Be6) 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nf4 18. e6 fxe6 19. Be5 Rf8 20. Nd4 c6 21. b5
Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Smetankin,S-Markowski,T/Leon 2001/CBM 86 (21)}) 12... Bd7 13. Ne4
Kc8 14. Ng3 c5 15. Nh5 b5 $1 {Black gains space and shows his opponent that he
wants more than just development with say 15. - b6.} 16. Nh2 Kb7 17. f4 Nh4 18.
Re2 (18. g3 Nf5 19. g4 Nd4 20. Rac1 Rd8 $13) 18... Bc6 19. c3 g6 20. Nf6 Be7
21. Be1 Nf5 22. Ne4 Ng7 23. Ng4 Rad8 24. Ngf2 h5 25. Bd2 h4 26. Be3 Ne6 {
[%mdl 32] Vallejo has sung his part of this duet with great musicality. He has
made the right active moves on both flanks. Anand on the other hand has missed
a few notes. The situation is still under control, but it's White who must be
careful.} 27. Nf6 a5 28. N2e4 b4 29. Ng5 Rd3 $6 (29... Nxg5 30. fxg5 Rd3 $36) (
29... Rd3 $6 30. Nxf7 $1 Rf8 31. Ng5 Nxg5 32. fxg5 bxc3 (32... Bb5 33. cxb4
axb4 34. Rc1 c4 35. Bf2) 33. Rc1 $1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 {Kasparov spielt
gerne die sogenannte Klassische Variante, aber auch die andere Hauptvariante
mit 6.Be3 und 7.Bd3.} a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 {Dieser Zug ist heutzutage sehr
populär. Anstelle des Textzuges kann Schwarz mit 8...d6 oder 8...Be7 9.f4 d6
die Scheweninger Variante wählen.} 9. Na4 Be7 {Das ist die beste Fortsetzung -
der Läufer muss früher oder später das Feld b4 verlassen. Die Alternative wäre
hier 9...0-0.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 {Das ist der
Schlüsselzug für Weiß, heutzutage wird dieser Zug oft gespielt - die
Alternative ist 13.e5.} O-O {Dieser Zug ist eine Seltenheit - gewöhnlich
spielt Schwarz 13...c5.} (13... c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. b3 d5
18. e5 (18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Nb4 20. Qc4 Rd6 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Qxc2 23.
Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxe7 Rxa2 $11 {So verlief die Partie Kasparov-Anand, Frankfurt 
(rapid) 2000.}) 18... Nd7 19. f4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Bf3 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Lautier,J/Cannes 2001/CBM 82/[Ribli] (37)}) (13... Qc7 14. e5
Nd5 15. b3 c5 16. Bb2 Rb6 17. Bc4 Nb4 18. Qe2 a5 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Rd2 Nc6 21.
Rfd1 Rd8 22. Bc3 g6 23. Bb5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 d6 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,
A-Epishin,V/Germany 1999/GER-chT (48)}) 14. e5 {Die Partiefortsetzung ist sehr
logisch. In der ersten Runde dieses Turniers spielte Weiß stattdessen 14.Qd3 
(Shirov - Anand).} (14. Qd3 Qc7 15. b3 a5 16. Rad1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 (17... cxd5
$5) 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qc3 Bd6 21. g3 c5 $5 (21... e5 22. Be3 $14) 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Be7 24. Qh6 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Linares 2002/CBM 88
(52)}) 14... Nd5 15. c4 (15. b3 Nf4 16. Bc4 c5 17. Be3 Ng6 18. f4 Rb6 $5 19.
Qe2 d5 20. exd6 Rxd6 21. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 2000/
CBM 76/[Ribli] (41)}) 15... Nf4 (15... c5 16. cxd5 cxd4 17. d6 (17. Qxd4 $5)
17... Bg5 18. f4 Bd8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. b3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Polzin,R-Heissler,J/
Germany 1999/GER-chT (45)}) 16. Bf3 $14 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil und das
Läuferpaar. Andererseits hat die Stellung einen eher geschlossenen Charakter,
und Schwarz besitzt eine wenn auch etwas passive, so doch solide Stellung.} (
16. g3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 c5 18. Bc3 f6 19. Rad1 $14 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Rb6 21. Rd2 Bf6
22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rfd1 Rf7 24. Rd3 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Tregubov,P/Krasnodar
2000/EXT 2001 (68)}) 16... Qc7 17. Re1 Ng6 (17... f6 $6 18. exf6 Bxf6 $2 19.
Bc5 $16) 18. c5 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5] Der Textzug legt die schwarzen Zentrumsbauern
fest.} f6 {Schwarz muss das stolze weiße Bauernzentrum sprengen.} 19. exf6 Bxf6
(19... gxf6 $6 20. Qc2 $16) 20. Be4 Nf4 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gf4d5]} (20... Bxd4
21. Qxd4 $14) 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qc2 {[%cal Gb8b2,Gf6f2] Weiß besitzt spürbar
die Initiative. Die schwarze Bauernstruktur ist geschwächt, aber seine Türme
stehen gut auf den halboffenen Linien.} h6 (22... Rh6 {[%cal Gc7h2,Gh6h2]} 23.
g3 Nd5 $14 (23... Nh3+ $6 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. f4 g5 26. f5 Nf4+ $2 27. gxf4 Qxf4
28. h3 exf5 29. Bd3 $18)) 23. Rad1 Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 24. g3 {Die weißen Figuren
sind besser koordiniert, aber Weiß gelingt es nicht, konkrete Drohungen
aufzustellen.} a5 {Das ist ein für diese Variante typischer Zug. Der Pa6 war
immer ein potentieller Schwachpunkt.} 25. a3 Rff8 (25... Rbf8 26. Re2 $14) 26.
Re2 Qd8 27. Rd4 $5 {[%cal Gd4a4,Gd4h4][%mdl 32] Weiß möchte den Turm auf der
vierten Reihe mobilisieren. In einigen Varianten kann der Pa5 schwach werden.}
Rb7 {Ein guter prophylaktischer Zug. Später kann Schwarz entweder die Türme
auf der b-Linie verdoppeln oder - wie in unserer Partie - Ra8 spielen.} 28.
Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bd3 Qf6 30. Ra4 Ra8 (30... Rfb8 $2 31. Rxa5 Rxb2 32. Qxb2 $18) 31.
Qd2 {[%csl Ra5]} Qd8 32. Bb1 $6 {Es ist verständlich, dass Weiß Qd3 ziehen
möchte, aber der Textzug lässt Schwarz zu Rb5 kommen.} (32. Kg2 $14) 32... Rb5
33. Rh4 Qe7 $2 {Ein auf den ersten Blick natürlicher scheinender Zug. Schwarz
übersieht aber das folgende taktische Motiv.} (33... Qf8 34. Qd3 Nf6 35. b4
axb4 36. axb4 $11) {[#]} 34. Rxh6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 64]} Kg8 (34... gxh6 35. Qxh6+
Kg8 36. Re5 $18) 35. Rh4 $2 {Wieder ein natürlich wirkender Zug. Sein Nachteil
ist aber, dass Weiß anschließend nicht (so einfach) Bg6 spielen kann.} (35.
Bh7+ $1 Kf7 36. Bg6+ $16) 35... Rab8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rb8b1]} 36. Bh7+ Kf7 37.
Qd3 Qg5 $1 {[%csl Gg5] Die Dame steht ausgezeichnet auf g5 - Weiß kann weder
Bg6+ noch Rg4 spielen, und die schwarze Dame kann später über c1 aktiv ins
Spiel eingreifen.} 38. Qd4 {[#]} Rxb2 $1 {[%cal Gg5c1] Damit gewinnt Schwarz
das Material zurück.} 39. Bg6+ (39. Rxb2 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Rxb2 41. Bg6+ Kxg6 42.
Rg4+ Kh5) 39... Kg8 (39... Qxg6 $2 40. Rxb2) (39... Kxg6 $2 40. Rg4 Rxe2 41.
Rxg5+ Kxg5 42. Qxg7+ Kf5 43. Qh7+ Kf6 44. Qh4+ $18 {Und Weiß gewinnt den Turm
- mit 45.Qh5+ oder 45.Qg4+.}) 40. Bh7+ (40. Rxb2 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qxb2) 40... Kf7
41. Bg6+ (41. Rg4 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Nf6) 41... Kg8 42. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 {After many years of experience with
Sveshnikov Sicilian I tend to think that most difficult part of this opening
is to handle possible transpositions.} (11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 (12... Bxd5
$142 13. exd5 Ne7) 13. Qh5 $1 f4 14. c4 $14) 11... Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 (13.
O-O {We reach the position from the previous annotation when White played 13.
c3 instead of the strongest 13.Qh5 followed by 14.c4.} O-O {Black doesn't
necessary need to take on d5.} (13... Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Qh5 e4 {leads to a
very fashionable direction of Sveshnikov Sicilian for last several years.}) 14.
Qh5 f4 {is a transposition to the line which Anand used to play last year, see
14.0-0 instead of 14.exf5 from the game.}) 13... O-O (13... f4 {looks dubious
because of 14.g3.}) (13... b4 $5 {is an interesting alternative. The position
after} 14. cxb4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxb4 16. Qxf5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Ne7 18. Qh5 {needs
more practical tests.}) 14. exf5 {A new try from Anand to fight against
Sveshnikov Sicilian, although it is probably the oldest line of this opening.
In the years 1975-1978 this variation was White's main attempt to play against
5. ... e5 and the final verdict was that Black is okay, so White started to
look for different ways. But as usual in such cases at one point after many
years one discovers that there is still a lot of unexplored territory and the
assessment of a certain line can be reconsidered. It is amazing that most
often after the second wave of popularity, which can last for several years,
the previous evaluation proves to be more or less correct, even if many new
ideas are found.  In the last two decades there were almost no games played on
the high level with this particular line. I've already mentioned with other
occasions that things seem to be far from clear in this line and there is
finally a game from the world top Grandmasters.} (14. O-O f4 15. Rad1 Kh8 16.
g3 {Anand's novelty, which sets Black new problems. On the other hand Black's
position proved to have sufficient resources even after this:} Rg8 17. Kh1 Bf8
18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. gxf4 exf4 (20... fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qe3 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee 2001 (34)}) 21. Nxf4 Bxa2 22. c4 (22. exf5
Rxf5 23. Qe4 Rf7 24. Bh5 Rf6 25. c4 Ne5 26. c5 Rc8 27. cxd6 Bxd6 $17 {0-1
Anand,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 2001 (30)}) 22... fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qe8 24. Bf3 Qxe4
25. Bxe4 Rc8 26. Ne6 Re5 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxf8 b4 29. Nc2 Bxc4 $13 {/= 1-0
Anand,V-Hernandez,G/Merida 2001 (53)}) 14... Bxd5 15. f6 h6 $5 {It is amazing
that this natural move wasn't played in the GM practice before.} (15... e4 16.
fxg7 Re8 17. Be2 Re5 18. Qh6 {is the main line and we can only guess what had
Anand in mind here.}) 16. fxg7 (16. Qf5 {This move can transposes to the main
line from the previous comment, with the insignificant factor that black pawn
is on h6 instead of h7. What is more important, is that White doesn't have the
move Qh6 after being attacked with Re5:} e4 17. fxg7 Re8 18. Be2 Re5 19. Qf4 (
19. Qh3 Qg5 $15) 19... Qg5 20. Qxg5 Rxg5 (20... hxg5 $5) 21. Nc2 {The endgame 
(which can arise after 15. ... e4 as well) is slightly better for White.} Be6
22. Ne3 d5 23. f4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Ne5 25. O-O Rd8 26. Rad1 d4 27. cxd4 Nxf3+ 28.
Rxf3 Bxa2 {1/2-1/2 Diaz,J-Bletz,H/Germany 1995}) 16... Kxg7 17. Nc2 (17. Qf5 $6
Qg5 $1 {ignoring the 'threat"} 18. Qxg5+ (18. Qh7+ $2 Kf6 {it turns out that
White achieves nothing witpushing the king to f6. More than that, now White
queen is in trouble on h7.}) 18... hxg5 19. Nc2 Be6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 a5 22.
Kd2 f5 23. Rha1 Rab8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tokmachev,M-Samojlov,A/Serpukhov 1999 (39)})
(17. h4 $5 {This is a serious alternative to the text. White takes away square
g5 from black queen and prepares Rh3-g3.} Be6 18. g4 Rh8 19. Nc2 Qd7 20. g5 Ne7
21. gxh6+ Rxh6 22. Rg1+ Ng6 23. Qg5 Rah8 24. O-O-O Rh5 25. Qg3 R8h6 26. f4 $1
$40 {1-0 Gunnlaugsson,G-Stoere,T/Nordic-chT5 corr 1993 (34)}) 17... Be6 18. Ne3
(18. a4 {This is an option to be considered, since in the game Black was more
than okay.} f5 $5 $13 (18... bxa4 $6 19. Rxa4 a5 20. Ne3 $36)) 18... d5 19. h4
(19. Bf5 Qg5) 19... Qf6 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5+ Kh7 22. Rd1 (22. Rh3 Qg6) 22...
Rad8 23. Rh3 Qg6 24. Qxg6+ fxg6 25. Ne3 d4 $15 {White's opening strategy
failed and he ended up in a slightly inferior endgame, which Anand hold rather
easy.} 26. Nc2 Rf4 27. Rd2 h5 28. b3 Rd5 ({Deserved attention the following
plan:} 28... Kg7 29. Kd1 a5 30. Ke1 b4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Kd1 Ne5 33. Ne1 Kf6 (
33... Rc8 34. Nd3 Nxd3 35. Rhxd3 Rxh4 36. Rxd4 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 $11) 34. Ke2 Rc8
$15 {/-/+} 35. Nd3 $140 $2 Re4+ 36. Kd1 Rc3 {with a big advantage.}) 29. Kd1
Kg7 30. Ke1 a5 31. Kd1 Kf6 32. Ke1 Rc5 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Kd1 Rd5 35. Ne1 Ne5
36. Ke2 Re4+ 37. Kd1 Rf4 38. Ke2 Re4+ (38... Rc5 39. Nd3 Re4+ 40. Re3 $1 $11 (
40. Kd1 Rc3) 40... dxe3 41. Nxc5 Rxh4 $11) 39. Kd1 a4 (39... Rc5 40. Nc2 Rd5
41. Ne1) 40. Nd3 axb3 41. axb3 Nxd3 42. Rdxd3 Ke5 43. Rdg3 Rg4 44. Kd2 Rc5 45.
f3 Rxg3 46. Rxg3 Kf6 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Kxd4 Rxb3 49. Rg5 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 $5 {
This variation has become extremly popular lately.} c5 8. Be3 {Very logical
move.White has tried 8.Bg5 and 8.Bb5,but did'nt reach any opening advantage} (
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qa4 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13.
Bxe7 Kxe7) 9... gxf6 (9... Bxf6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. Rd1 Bxb5 13.
Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxd4 Ke7) 10. Qa4+ (10. Qb3 Qc7 11. d5 Bd7 12. Bc4
Qf4 13. O-O Rg8) 10... Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Kc7) (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8) 8... Qc7 (8... cxd4) (8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 (9. Qxd4
) 9... Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qf3 $14) 9. Ne5 $5 a6 (9...
cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Nc4) (9... Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. d5) (9...
Bd6 10. Bb5+ Ke7 (10... Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5) 11. Nc4 Bd7
(11... Bf4 12. dxc5 Rd8 (12... Bxe3 13. Qd6+ Qxd6 14. cxd6+ Kd8 15. fxe3) 13.
Qf3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. b4) 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14.
dxc5 Qxd1+ (14... Nxc5 15. Qxd6+ Kxd6 16. O-O-O+ Kc6 17. Bxc5 Kxc5 18. Rd7) 15.
Rxd1 (15. Rxd1 Rhc8 16. Ke2 Nxc5 17. Rd4 Rc7 18. Rhd1 f6 19. c4 Rac8 20. b3 Rd7
)) 10. Qa4+ Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O)
12. O-O-O) 11. O-O-O cxd4 (11... Bd6 12. Bb5 (12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3
$14 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod (open) 1997(Inf 70/275)} (14. Nxe3 O-O
15. d5 b5 $6 16. d6 $1 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60}))
12... axb5 13. Qxa8 cxd4 14. Nxd7 dxe3 15. Rxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxc8+ Ke7 17. Qxb7
Qd2+ 18. Kb1 Qd3+ 19. Ka1 Qxd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rd1+ $16 {Yakovich,Y-Yagupov,
I/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99}) (11... Rb8 $6 $146 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 12. dxc5 Qxe5
13. Bf4 Qxc5 14. Bxb8 b5 15. Qa5 (15. Qf4)) 12. Nxd7 $5 {A new move. However
it doesn't pose black special problem, so Anand's loss is not a result of an
opening!} (12. Bxd4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qb3 (14. Qc4 $1 $14) 14... O-O 15.
Bb6 Qc6 16. Kb1 Bc7 17. Be3 Qa4 18. Qxa4 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/St
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 ext (18)}) 12... Qxd7 $1 (12... Bxd7 13. Qxd4 $14 {
[%csl Rf8]}) 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. g3 (17.
Bxh7 $5 O-O-O (17... g6 $2 18. Bxg6 $18) 18. Be4 Rxh2 19. Rhd1 Rhh8 20. Qd3 $14
) 17... h6 18. Rd1 O-O-O (18... O-O $4 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Bh7+ $18 {[%csl Rd7]})
19. Rc4 Bc6 20. Be4 $1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qf3 Rd6 23. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5]}
Kb8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. h5 $14 {White has slightly better chances
in the endgame due to better pawn structure, but it's hard to believe he is
going to win it in 15 moves!} Kb7 27. Kc2 f5 $6 28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Qe2 f4 (29...
Qf6 30. f4 $1 g6 31. hxg6 Qxg6 32. Qe3 $14 {[%cal Ga2a5]}) 30. g4 g6 31. Qe5 $1
$16 g5 $2 {Now the pawn h6 disappears from the board.} (31... gxh5 32. gxh5 $16
) 32. Qh8 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} e5 33. Qxh6 (33. Qxe5 $5 Qxa2 34. Qg7+ Kc8 35. Qxh6
Qa4+ 36. Kd2 Qb5 37. Qe6+ Kb7 38. b3 $18) 33... e4 (33... Qe7 34. Qg6 Qc5 35.
Qg7+ Kb8 $1 $16) 34. Qg6 $1 {Winning a tempo.} Qc4 35. Qg7+ Kc8 36. Qh8+ Kb7
37. Qg7+ Kc8 38. Qf8+ Kc7 39. Qe7+ Kc8 40. Qe8+ (40. Qxg5 $2 Qd3+ 41. Kb3 e3
42. fxe3 fxe3 $132) 40... Kc7 41. Qe7+ Kc8 42. h6 c5 (42... Qd3+ 43. Kb3 Qb5+
44. Qb4 Qd5+ 45. Ka3 $18) 43. Qe8+ $1 {[%csl Gb5]} Kc7 44. h7 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 a6 8. N5c3
Bg5 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Nd4 12. Nf3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6
15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Bg4 Qa5 20. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 b4 (9... Nd4 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bd3 (12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2
Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Minasian,A/Manila 1992/ (13)}) 12... Nxd5 13. cxd5
Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Be3 f5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. exf5 Qb6 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Nc2 a5
20. Qh5 Bd7 21. g4 h6 22. Re6 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Beshukov,S/Agios Nikolaos 1995/
(35)}) (9... Nxe4 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. cxb5 Nd4 12. b6 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bb7 14. Nc7+
Ke7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nc4 Ne6 17. Na5 Rxc7 18. bxc7 Qxc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Rd1 {
1-0 Mihevc,N-Shumiakina,T/Nova Gorica 1999/ (27)}) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Qg6
12. Qd5 $1 {[%mdl 8] Tactically very soundly based novelty, Shirov will have
his hands full with the defense.} (12. f3 Rb8 13. Ne3 Be7 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Be3
Bh4+ 16. g3 Bg5 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 fxe4 21. Qxd6 Ne5
22. O-O-O Bg4 {0-1 Lendvai,E-Rajcsanyi,Z/HUN 1993/ (38)}) 12... Bb7 13. Nxb4
Rc8 $6 (13... Nd8 14. Qd1 (14. Qa5 Qxe4+ 15. Be3 $14) 14... Qxe4+ 15. Be3 $14)
14. Be3 (14. f3 $5 Be7 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Be3 $16) 14... Be7 15. h4 (15. f3 Bh4+
16. g3 Qh5 17. Bg2 $16) 15... O-O 16. h5 Qg4 17. f3 Qg3+ 18. Kd1 $5 {It is one
of the priviledges of the strong players to chose original, even though risky
continuations. The solid 18.Bf2 was promising convenient advantage.} (18. Bf2
Nxb4 19. Qd2 Qg5 20. Qxb4 Rb8 21. Qd2 $16) 18... Bg5 19. Nxc6 $1 (19. Rh3 Qxh3
20. gxh3 Bxe3 21. Qd3 Bd4 22. Nd5 $16) 19... Bxe3 $6 (19... Bxc6 20. Qd2 Bxe3
21. Qxe3 Bd7 22. h6 $16) 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 Bg5 (21... Rc7 $2 22. Nf5 $18)
22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. h6 gxh6 (23... Bxh6 $5 24. Ke2 $18) 24. Kc2 d5 $6 {Black was
playing the whole game in a very aggressive move, but rather consequently was
choosing the second rate continuations.} (24... f5 $1 25. exf5 Qf2+ 26. Be2 d5
$16) 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Rd8 (26... Qf2+ 27. Kc3 $1 $18) 27. Qc5 $1 Rd2+ 28.
Kb3 Kg7 (28... e4 $2 29. Qf8#) 29. a3 e4 30. Rh3 Qf4 31. fxe4 (31. fxe4 Qxe4
32. Ka2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
a6 9. b3 Ba7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. d3 Qe7 14. Qd2 f5 15.
Rae1 Rae8 16. Bc3 Kh8 17. Nh4 Qg5 18. Kh2 f4 19. exf4 exf4 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21.
Nf3 fxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1
Qa5 16. Nd3 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bg2 Qb5 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Be7 21. Rh4 f5
22. O-O-O b3 23. a3 Rc8 24. c3 Nf8 25. Rh2 Ng6 26. Nb4 Rd8 27. Nd5 Kf7 28. Qd3
Qxd3 29. Rxd3 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Nxf4 Nxf4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxf4 Rd3 34. Rh3
Kg6 35. Bd2 Bd8 36. Rg3 Be7 37. Rh3 Bd8 38. Rg3 Kf5 39. Kd1 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 {So kann Weiß die
populäre 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6-Variante vermeiden.} c5 {Das ist klar die beste
Möglichkeit für Schwarz - er möchte sofort die Zentrumsstellung klären. Die
schwarze strategische Pointe ist, dass nach} 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5 cxd4 8. dxe6 $6
Bxe6 {der schwarze d4-P zwar isoliert, aber auch sehr stark ist.}) 7... Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 dxc4 9. O-O {Weiß kümmert sich nicht um den c5-Bauern und strebt eine
schnelle Figurenentwicklung an.} (9. Nd2 Qxc5 (9... Nc6 $5 10. Nxc4 Qxc5 11. b3
Nb4 12. Qb1 Nfd5 $11) 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Qxc4 e5 (11... Bd7 $2 12. Bxb7 $1 Bxa4
13. Bxa8 Nbd7 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. Qf4 Nh5 16. Qe3 Bc5 17. b4 $1 $16 {1-0 Horvath,
C-Yu Shaoteng/Budapest 2000/CBM 76/[Ribli] (24)}) (11... Nc6) 12. O-O Nc6 13.
Nb3 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Rac1 Bxe2 17. Nbc5 Nd3 18. Nxd3 Bxd3 19.
Rc7 {1-0 Horvath,C-Radocaj,D/Pula 2000/CBM 78 ext (43)}) 9... Nc6 (9... Qxc5
10. Bg5 (10. Be3 Qh5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Qb5
Rab8 16. Rac1 f6 17. Qa4 Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Van Buskirk,C/Philadelphia
2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) (10. Rd1) 10... Bd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qxc4 Bc6
14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Nb5 Nc8
20. a4 h6 21. Rac1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Ribli,Z/Bled
2001/EXT 2002 (23)}) 10. Bg5 Qxc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Das ist die natürliche
Antwort, aber die scharfe Alternative 11..gxf6 kommt auch in Betracht.} (11...
gxf6 12. Ne4 Qb4 $13) 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d8] Schwarz hat einen
Bauern mehr, aber - wie gewöhnlich in der Katalanischen Eröffnung - hat sein
c8-B Entwicklungsprobleme.} (13. Nfd2 Rd8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Rfd1
Bd7 17. Qxc4 Be8 18. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Lyrberg,P/Copenhagen 1998/CBM 65
ext (18)}) (13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nd2 e5 15. Nxc4 Bf5 $15) 13... b5 {Schwarz
verteidigt seinen Plusbauern - wenn er noch zu Bb7 kommt, hätte er eine viel
bessere Stellung.} (13... Rb8 $5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nxc4 Bf5 $11)
14. a4 Ba6 $146 {Der Läufer steht - auf den ersten Blick - sehr schlecht auf
a6, aber Schwarz verteidigt den b5-Bauern und gleichzeitig entwickelt er den
Läufer.} (14... Rb8 15. axb5 Rxb5 16. Qxc4 Rb6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nd2 Bb7 19.
b3 Ne5 20. Qd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nc6 22. Qe3 Rfb8 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Nc5 {1-0
Romanishin,O-Shneider,A/Kherson 1989/CBM 16 (35)}) 15. Nxf6+ (15. Rd6 Rac8 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 {Das wäre - mit Zugumstellung - unsere Hauptfortsetzung.}) (15. Nfg5
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21.
Rxa7 $11) 15... Qxf6 16. Rd6 {[%mdl 2048]} (16. Ng5 Qxg5 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Rxd8
Rxd8 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Rxa7 $11) 16... Rac8 17. Nd2 Nd4 (17...
Bb7 18. axb5 Nb4 (18... Nd4 19. Rxd4 Bxg2 (19... Qxd4 20. Bxb7 $18) 20. Rf4 $18
(20. Rxc4 $16)) 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 22. Ra3 $14) (17... Nb4
18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Rxd6 21. Nxd6 $36) {[#]} 18. Qd1 $13 {
Es scheint, dass Weiß gewinnt, denn es droht 19.Ne4 und es hängt der a6B.} (18.
Qe4 Nf5 19. Rxa6 Qxb2 {[%csl Gb2]} 20. axb5 Qxd2 21. R6a2 $15) 18... Rcd8 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} 19. Ne4 (19. Rxa6 Nb3 $19 {[%cal Rd8d1,Rb3a1]}) 19... Qe5 20. f4 (
20. Rxa6 Nb3 21. Qe1 Nxa1 22. Qxa1 b4 $13) 20... Qxd6 $8 {Schwarz muss die
Dame opfern.} 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. e3 Nf5 23. Qe1 {Schwarz hat Turm, Springer und
Bauern gegen die Dame - in dieser sehr zweischneidigen Stellung wurde die
Partie Remis gegeben.} (23. Qe1 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rb8 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ra2 b6 19. h3 Na5 20. g4 Bg6 21. g5 Be7
22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. c5 Bf8 25. Bg4 Rcd8 26. Rae2 Qc6 27. cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Re6 f4 19. Rxd6 Bg4 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Rae8 22. Bd2 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Re2 25. Be3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rf1+ 27. Kh2
g4 28. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 f6 {This move
looks strange, but combining with the following manoeuvre Ng8-h6-f7 it makes
sence. Comparing to the popular 6...Nh6 this leads to a transposition. Other
main plan is 6...Nf6.} 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf7 {In the game Karpov,
Anatoly-Kallai,Gabor/FRA 1993, this position arised with black's turn to move 
(this can happen, if white plays for example 6.d3, then c3 and d3-d4). However
an extra tempo did not help black, as after 10...e5?! 11.de fe 12.Be3 0-0 14.
Qd2 h6 15.b4 black got a worse position.} 10. h3 d6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Be3 (12.
Bf4 $6 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Qh5 15. Qd3 g5 16. Bg3 Qg6 17. h4 h6 $132 {
1-0 Ribeiro,F-Hernandez,T/Cienfuegos 1996/CBM 52 ext (56)}) 12... Qb6 $6 $146 {
The beginning of a dubious queen manoeuvre.} (12... Qa5 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. f4 $6 (15. a3 $5 {[%cal Yb2b4]}) 15... Qh5 16. Nf1 e5 $132 {0-1 Zaitsev,
V-Samojlov,A/Rybinsk 2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) (12... f5 $5) 13. b3 Qb7 {In this
stage of the game black plays passively, allowing white to develope his pieces
in optimum way and get the initiative on the queenside.} ({Again} 13... f5 {
seems to be the better choice.}) 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nd2 Rad8 ({One more time} 
15... f5 $5) 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Qd2 e5 {This plan is also possible for black, but
here it leads to a worse position.} ({Again} 17... f5 {should have been
prefered.}) 18. dxe5 ({Also favourable for white is} 18. Red1 f5 19. dxe5 dxe5
20. Qc2 $16) 18... fxe5 19. Na4 Be6 20. Qd3 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc4e5,Ge5d3]
threatening 21.Ne5.} Qb5 (20... d5 $2 21. Nxe5 Qxd3 22. Nxd3 dxe4 23. Nb4 $18)
21. Red1 a6 (21... d5 22. exd5 Bf5 23. Qd2 cxd5 (23... Rxd5 24. Qe1 $16) 24.
Nc3 Qb7 25. Na5 Qa8 26. Nxd5 Be4 27. Nc6 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) 22. Qc2 d5 {The
only active plan, that black has, but now white's NN starting to occupy the
weak squares on the queenside.} 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. a4 Qb4 (24... Qb8 25. Na5 $16)
25. Nd3 $1 Qb8 26. Na5 {[%csl Rc6]} dxe4 27. Nxc6 $2 {A big mistake, based on
a miscalculation.} ({After} 27. Nc5 $16 {white controls the whole board.})
27... exd3 28. Rxd3 Bf5 $1 {Probably this move was simply overlooked.} (28...
Qc7 $6 29. Nxd8 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Bf5 31. Nxf7 Bxd3 32. Rc3 e4 33. Nh6+ Bxh6 34.
Bxh6 Rb8 $16) 29. Nxb8 $5 {An interesting decision. Anand decides to go for
the position with material deficit...} (29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qc4 Qc7 31. Nxd8 Qxc4
32. Rxc4 Nxd8 {with dynamic equality.}) 29... Bxd3 30. Qd2 Bf5 31. Qa5 Rxb8 {
Suddenly black is materially ahead...} 32. Qxa6 Rxb3 33. a5 {It's very hard to
evaluate this position...Black's main problem is, that most of his pieces are
on the kingside and it's not easy to stop the advanse of the "a" pawn.} Bd3 ({
Probably the safest continuation for black is} 33... Rbb8) 34. Qe6 Rb7 (34...
Rbb8 $142) 35. a6 (35. Qd5 {[%csl Rb7,Rd3]} Ba6) 35... Bxa6 $4 $18 {Black can
not stand the tension and actually throws the game away!} (35... Rbb8 $14) 36.
Qxa6 Re7 37. Qa2 Bf6 $6 38. Rc6 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge3c5] White wins more
material.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 c6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. h3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Bg6 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Bxe4 17. a3 Red8 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Rc3 Rad8
21. Bc2 Bxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 {Dieser Zug wird heutzutage selten
gespielt - die Fortsetzungen 4.g3, 4.d4 und auch 4.a3 genießen größere
Popularität.} Be7 (4... Bb4) 5. d4 (5. a3 O-O 6. b4) 5... exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7.
Be2 (7. Nc2 {Dieser Springerzug kommt stark in Betracht - damit kann Weiß das
z.B. in unserer Partie folgende Bb4 - Bxc3 verhindern.} Nb4 8. Bd2 Nxc2+ 9.
Qxc2 c6 10. Be2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qa4 a6 15. Be1
Qb6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 {1-0 Suba,M-Rizouk,A/Dos Hermanas ESP 2002/(68)})
7... Bb4 $5 {Hat Schwarz hier durch 4...Be7 und 7...Bb4 wirklich ein Tempo
verloren? Man muss bedenken, dass Weiß Im Falle von 4.d4 (anstatt 4. e3 - das
war die Fortsetzung in unserer Partie) exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 mit 6.Bg5 fortsetzen
kann. In unserer Partie hingegen steht der Bc1 viel passiver.} (7... d5) (7...
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 c6) 8. O-O (8. Qd3 Re8 9. O-O Ne5 10. Qc2 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12.
cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nb5 Ba5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nxc7 Bxc7 16. Qxc7 Bh3 17. f3 Rac8 18. Qa5
Qxa5 19. bxa5 Rc2 20. Re1 Be6 21. e4 Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Paehtz,T-Skalkotas,N/
Thessaloniki 1988/TD (62)}) (8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. exd4 d5 $15) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Re8
(9... d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd4 Be6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bf3 Qg5 15.
Qc5 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Qxc6 {1-0 Rubinstein,A-Cohn,E/Bad Pistyan 1912/HCL 
(24)}) (9... d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. c5 d5 13. c4 Bf5 (13... Be6 14.
Bb2 Rb8 15. Bd4 Ne4 16. Rc1 Qg5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. Be5 Rb5 20. Qd1
Bxa2 21. Bxc7 Bd5 {0-1 Lesiege,A-Mueller,K/Oakham 1992/CBM 30 (59)}) 14. Bb2
Ne4 15. Qd4 f6 16. Rfd1 Ng5 17. Be2 Be6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. c6 {1-0 Shaked,
T-Krush,I/Kona 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) 10. f3 (10. Rb1 Ne4 11. Qc2 d6 12. f3 Nc5 13.
e4 Bd7 14. Be3 b6 15. Rf2 Qf6 16. g4 Qg6 17. Rg2 Ne5 18. h4 $36 {0-1 Filguth,
R-Milos,G/Santiago 1987/EXT 2002 (36)}) 10... Ne5 $13 {Schwarz hat eine
gesunde Stellung, ohne Schwächen. Auf der anderen Seite hat Weiß das
Läuferpaar, und in der Folge kann er mit e3 - e4 ein starkes Bauernzentrum
aufbauen - dafür sind jedoch seine Bauern auf der c-Linie für immer schwach.}
11. e4 (11. c5 $1 $13 {Nun könnte Weiß im Falle von b7-b6, oder d7-d6
wenigstens einen c-Bauern abtauschen.}) 11... d6 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4] Schwarz
verhindert das mögliche c4 - c5 und legt den weißen Doppelbauern fest.} 12. Bf4
Nfd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5][%mdl 32]} (12... b6) 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Qc2 b6 15. Nc6 (15.
f4 Bb7 16. Bf3 Nc5 $15) 15... Qf6 {Der Nc6 steht nur scheinbar aktiv, die
Bauernstruktur ist viel besser für Schwarz.} 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. Nd5 Qd8 (17...
Bxd5 $2 {Das wäre ein großer strategischer Fehler.} 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. Bb5 $36)
18. Rad1 Nc5 $15 {Schwarz kontrolliert die wichtigsten Felder. Zudem hat die
Stellung einen eher geschlossenen Charakter.} 19. Bf2 Bc6 {[%cal Rc6a4,Ra4d1]}
20. Rd2 Nf8 {Schwarz möchte 21...Nfd7 oder 21...Nfe6 ziehen und die Stellung
des Nc5 stärken. Danach könnte er daran gehen, den Nc7 - nach Ba4 - mit c7-c6
zu verjagen.} 21. Bxc5 (21. Re1 Nfd7 22. Bf1 Ba4 $15) 21... bxc5 {Jetzt hat
auch Schwarz seinen Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie, aber seine Stellung scheint
mir harmonischer, zudem steht der Be2 sehr passiv.} 22. f4 (22. Rb1 $5) 22...
Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b1]} 23. Bf3 Bxd5 24. cxd5 (24. exd5 Qf6 $15) (24. Rxd5 Ng6 25.
g3) 24... Qf6 25. g3 (25. Bg4 $5 {Auf diese Weise kann Weiß 25...Nd7
verhindern, bzw. zumindest den Springer abtauschen.}) 25... Nd7 26. Re2 (26.
Bg4 Nb6 27. c4 $132) 26... c4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5d3]} 27. Qa4 Nb6 28. Qxa7
$2 {[%mdl 16384] Weiß gewinnt mit dem Textzug zwar einen Bauern, dafür bekommt
Schwarz jedoch sehr aktives Figurenspiel. Weiß sollte die Finger besser vom
Pa7 lassen und seine Dame zurück ziehen.} (28. Qc2 $5) 28... Qxc3 29. Qxc7 Qd4+
30. Kh1 c3 {[%csl Gc3]} 31. e5 (31. Qxd6 Nc4 $36) (31. Rc1 Nc4 $36) 31... Rec8
(31... dxe5 32. Rxe5 Rec8 33. Qa7 c2 $17) 32. Qe7 (32. Qxd6 Rd8 (32... c2 $2
33. Rxc2) 33. Qa3 Nxd5 $36) 32... c2 $1 (32... Nxd5 33. Qxd6 Rd8 $36) 33. e6 (
33. Rc1 Qd1+ $19) (33. Ree1 Nxd5 34. Qxd6 Rd8 35. Qa3 Qc3 (35... Nb4) 36. Qxc3
Nxc3 $17 {[%csl Gc2]}) 33... fxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 $17 {Weiß hat gar nichts am
Königsflügel - der schwarze Pc2 entscheidet die Partie.} 35. Kg2 $2 (35. Ree1
Nc4 $17) 35... Qb2 $19 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Gb2g2] Gegen 36...c1Q ist kein Kraut
gewachsen.} 36. f5 c1=Q 37. Rxc1 Qxc1 38. f6 {Schwarz kann die weißen
Drohungen am Königsflügel leicht parieren.} Qc7 39. f7 Rf8 40. Bh5 Nc4 {
[%cal Gc4e5]} 41. Bg6 Ne5 (41... hxg6 $4 42. Qh3#) 42. Bxh7 Qxf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Bc2 Be6
15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Na3 Qc6 18. Qd3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qc4 Qxc4
21. Nxc4 e4 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Ne5 Rc2 25. Rac1 Rxb2 26. Rc5 Nf6 27.
Rc7 Ne8 28. Rd7 Nd6 29. Rc1 h5 30. g4 Rf6 31. g5 Rfxf2 32. Rxd6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd1 a5 8. c3 bxc3
9. bxc3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qd3 Ra8 16. Bf2 Qd7 17. Nb2 Rfb8 18. Rfc1 d5 19. e5 Ne8 20. Re1 c6 21. Qc2 Nc7
22. Nf4 Ne6 23. Nbd3 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. e6 Bh6 27. Be3 Nc4 28.
Nxd5 cxd5 29. Bxh6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Rb6 31. Rae1 Raa6 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. Bg5 e6 34.
g4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Nb2 36. Bd8 Ra6 37. Ra1 Kf7 38. Ra2 Nc4 39. Rf2+ Ke8 40. Bg5
Nb6 41. Ra2 Ra8 42. Kg2 Rc8 43. Rb2 Nxa4 44. Rb7 Nxc3 45. Re7+ Kf8 46. Rxh7 Kg8
47. Ra7 Nb5 48. Rxa5 Nxd4 49. Ra7 Rc2+ 50. Kg3 Rc3+ 51. Kh4 Nf3+ 52. Kh5 Nxg5
53. Kxg5 Rh3 54. Kg6 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 (7...
a6 $5 8. e4 b5 $132) 8. e3 ({The main line goes} 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 (9...
b5 $6 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 Na6 14. a4 $5 b4 15. Nb5 Rfc8
16. Nd6 Rc5 17. Nxc4 Qd8 18. Ncd2 Nc7 19. d6 Ncd5 20. Nb3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rd5 22.
Nbd4 Qe8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf3 Rd8 27. O-O Qxd6 28.
Rxa7 h5 29. Ra6 Qe5 30. Rxf6 Bxf6 31. Nc6 {1-0,Yakovich,Y-Handke,F/Stockholm/
2000/}) 10. e4 O-O 11. Nd2 $14 {-A70 Here White has chances for an advantage.})
8... O-O 9. Be2 {Anand has hardly ever played the Benoni, so White chooses a
rarely played and seemingly innocuous system, aiming firstly at finishing his
development.} (9. h3 Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 a6 $6 (12... Bf5 $11) (
12... Ne4 $5) 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. a5 Ne4 15. Ra2 g5 16. Bh2 b5 $2 17. axb6 Nxc3 18.
bxc3 Nb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Rxb6 21. Qd3 Rb3 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Nd2 Bb5 24.
Qf5 Bd7 25. Qf3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Ne4 $16 {Gurgenidze,B-Zaichik,G/Tbilisi/
1991/}) 9... Re8 $146 {Anand's move is new, but other alternatives seem safer
and preferable:} (9... a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 (11. Nd2 $6 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nh5 13.
Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nd7 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. a5 Rab8 17. O-O f5 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Nxe5
Bxe5 20. Na4 g5 21. Rab1 f4 $36 {Cruz,A-Sevillano,E/Baguio City/1987/}) 11...
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. O-O Qc7 14. g4 Nfd7 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Be2 Nbd7 17. Bg3 c4
18. Kg2 Rab8 19. Rae1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Nc5
$44 {|^,Garcia,A-Marte,M/Novi Sad/1990/}) (9... Na6 10. O-O (10. Nd2 Nc7 11.
Nc4 Nfe8 12. a4 f5 $5 13. h4 b6 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. Rh3 b5 $1 17. axb5
Ba6 18. Qa2 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Kf1 Rb4 21. Qxa7 Nb5 $44 {Shamkovich,
L-Planinc,A/Varna/1970/}) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc7 13. a4 Qd7 14. Qb3
Rfb8 15. Qc4 {Belotelov,D-Hasangatin,R/Budapest/1997/} a6 16. Be2 Qe7 {/\Nd7<=>
}) (9... Bg4 $5 $13) 10. Nd2 $1 {With the e8-square taken by the R, White
directly goes for the ><d6.} Na6 (10... a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. O-O $16)
11. Nc4 (11. O-O $142 $5 Nc7 (11... Nb4 12. Nc4 $16) 12. Nc4 Bf8 (12... Ne4 13.
Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bxd6 {/\} b5 15. Nd2 $16) 13. a4 $36) 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13.
Bg3 {[%cal Rc4d6] /\Nd6} (13. Nxd6 $2 Rxf4 14. Nxc8 Rb4 $19 {פ}) (13. Bxd6 $2
Rxc4 $17) (13. O-O $6 b5 14. Na3 Bxb2 15. Nxb5 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Rxf4 17. exf4 Nc7
$11 {/=/+}) (13. Qb3 b5 $5 14. Qxb5 Nb4 $36) 13... Rxc4 $1 {Anand complicates
matters, as he doesn't relish the prospect of suffering under positional
pressure.} (13... Bf8 14. O-O b5 15. Na3 Rb4 16. Bxb5 Bg7 17. Rb1 Rb8 (17...
Bxb2 18. Nc4 $40) 18. Bd3 Rxb2 19. Nc4 Rxb1 20. Bxb1 $14 {/+/-}) 14. Bxc4 b5
15. Be2 (15. Bxb5 $4 Qa5+ $19) 15... Bxb2 16. O-O $1 (16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 Nc7
$13) 16... Bxa1 17. Qxa1 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Ge3,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Ga1h8][%mdl 128]
->,[+],׻ For the sacrificed P White has attacking prospects, the Kg8 is
vulnerable on the dark squares.} Nc7 (17... c4 $2 18. a4 $16) 18. e4 f6 (18...
Qe7 19. e5 $1 (19. Bf3 $143 f6 $15) 19... dxe5 (19... Nxd5 20. exd6 $36 {/\}
Qxe2 21. Re1 $16) 20. d6 $5 (20. Bxe5 Nxd5 21. Bxb5 Bb7 $132) (20. Rd1 Ne8 $5
21. Bxb5 f6 $13) 20... Qxd6 21. Rd1 Qe7 (21... Qe6 22. Bf3 f6 23. Qc3 $1 $36 {
/\} (23. Bxa8 Nxa8 $15) 23... Rb8 24. Qxc5 Qf7 25. Qxa7 Na6 26. Bd5 Be6 27.
Qxa6 Bxd5 28. Qd6 $18) 22. Qxe5 $1 Ne6 23. Bxb5 $36) 19. f4 (19. Re1 $142 $44)
19... b4 $6 {Rather careless, as now White can break through in the [+] and
make life dangerous for Black's K.} (19... f5 $142 $1 20. e5 (20. Bf3 fxe4 21.
Bxe4 Bf5 22. Bf3 b4 $15) 20... Bb7 21. Rd1 $13 {/=/+}) ({Even} 19... Qe7 {
was stronger, than the text move.}) 20. Bh4 Ne8 (20... Kg7 21. e5 $40 {/\} (21.
Bc4 $5 {/\e5->}) 21... g5 22. fxg5 fxe5 23. Rf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. g6+ $18) (20...
Qe7 21. Bf3 $5 (21. Qxf6 Qxf6 (21... Qxe4 22. Qxd6 Qe3+ 23. Bf2 Qxe2 24. Re1
Ne8 25. Qxc5 $18) 22. Bxf6 Ba6 (22... Kf7 23. Bd8 $16) 23. Bxa6 Nxa6 24. e5 c4
$5 $14) (21. Bd3 Nxd5 $15) 21... g5 22. fxg5 fxg5 23. Bg3 g4 24. Be2 Qxe4 25.
Bxd6 $40) 21. e5 $1 Qd7 $5 {[%mdl 256] Cold-blooded defence, opening the
position would play into White's hands:} (21... g5 22. fxg5 (22. Bf2 $5) 22...
fxe5 23. Qb1 $16 {/\Bd3->}) 22. e6 Qe7 23. Bb5 {The most direct continuation.}
(23. Bc4 Bb7 (23... a5 24. f5 $1 g5 25. Bxg5 fxg5 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Qg7 28.
Qf1 Ra7 29. Qf5 $40 {/\Rf7+-}) 24. Qb2 $36 {maintains the squeeze, but with no
immediate decision in sight.}) (23. f5 Bb7 24. fxg6 Bxd5 25. Bxf6 Qxe6 $15)
23... Bb7 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 {Black prepares a countersacrifice to free his
position.} (24... Qxe8 $5 25. f5 $5 (25. Rd1 f5 $5 (25... g5 26. fxg5 Qh5 27.
gxf6 Qxh4 28. f7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. f8=Q+ Rxf8 31. Qg7+ $18) 26. Qf6 (26.
Bf6 $40) 26... Qf8 27. Qe7 Qxe7 28. Bxe7 c4 29. Bxd6 c3 30. e7 a5 31. Bc5 c2 $8
32. Rc1 Bxd5 33. Rxc2 $14) 25... Bxd5 26. Qxf6 $44 {->}) 25. Bxf6 Qf8 26. Rd1
$16 {[%csl Rb7,Gf6][%cal Rf4f5] ->^-,/\f5} (26. f5 $145 $1 Bxd5 27. Bg7 Qe7 (
27... Qxg7 28. f6 $18) 28. f6 Qxe6 29. f7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Bxf7 31. Bh8 $18 {
(Fritz)}) 26... Bxd5 {This was Anand's intention.} ({After} 26... Qh6 27. Bh8
$5 {/\ Black can hardly move at all and White will calmly prepare f5.}) 27.
Rxd5 Rxe6 28. Bg5 (28. Bh8 Qe7 29. Rd1 Re2 30. Kf1 $14) 28... Qe8 (28... h6 29.
f5 $1 gxf5 30. Bf4 Qe8 31. Qb2 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Qe4 33. Qd2 $16) 29. Rd1 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] The growing tension brings tactical mistakes.} (29. Bh4 $1 Qc6 (
29... Re2 30. Rxd6 $18) 30. Qd1 $16) 29... Re2 30. Bh6 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qc3 $8 $36
32. Qxc3 $2 (32. Qb1 Qc2 $15) 32... bxc3 33. f5 c2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... d5
$1 34. Kg1 d4 $36 {/\} 35. Kf1 Rxa2 $17) 34. Rc1 d5 35. Kg1 d4 36. Kf1 d3 37.
Re1 $1 $18 {Black has lost a crucial tempo and now after the R exchange his P
simply fall.} d2 $2 (37... Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Kf7 39. Kd2 c4 40. Kc3 Kf6 41. fxg6 (
41. Kxc4 $4 g5 $19) 41... Kxg6 42. Bc1 $18) 38. Kxe2 gxf5 39. Kxd2 Kf7 40. Kxc2
1-0

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
This move is one of Short's favorite variations, but this game might change
his attitude.} (7... Nd7 8. Qd2 $6 f5 9. Ng3 h5 $5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Rh3 c6 12.
Ng5 Nf6 13. Bc4 Nd5 $15 {Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (7...
c6 $6 8. Qd2 f5 9. Ng3 b6 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nf6 13. Kb1 Qc7
14. Ne5 $16 {Kozma,J-Fichtl,J/CSR-ch Prague 1953 (37)}) (7... Qd5 $6 8. Bd3 Nd7
9. O-O Nf8 10. c4 Qh5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Be4 $36 {
Aronson,L-Khanov,K/URS-ch sf 1957/1-0 (49)}) 8. c4 {This move deserves very
serious attention.} (8. Bd3 b5 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 (9... f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11.
O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. Ne5 $14 {Toth,A-Dobos,J/
Szekszard op 1995}) 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5
$11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Bd5 11. Kb1 c6 12. Nc3
Nd7 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nh4 Nb6 $13 {Stjazhkina,O-Grabuzova,T/49th
ch-RUS (women) 1999}) (8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nxd5 (12.
O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Nh4 h5 16. f4 f5 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Ne5
$14 {Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) 12... cxd5 13. c3 Nc6
14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 $14 {Lutz,C-Morozevich,A/
Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) (8. Qd2 b5 9. Qh6 $6 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ng3 f5
12. Nh5 Bf8 13. Qe3 Nf6 $15 {Sutovskij,E-Morozevich,A/Torneo de Pamplona 9th
1998}) 8... f5 9. Nc3 c5 (9... Bf6 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 O-O 12. Be2 (12. O-O-O Qa5
(12... e5 13. h4 $5 {[%cal Gf3g5]} b5 14. d6 Nc6 $2 15. d7 $1 $16 {Shirov,
A-Topalov,V/Sarajevo 2000}) 13. Kb1 Bg7 14. h4 e5 15. Re1 Nd7 $6 16. Bd3 $1 $16
{Esplana,C-Kastanieda,G/Lima 2000}) 12... e5 13. h4 b5 14. cxb5 Bb7 15. Rh3 Kh8
16. Ng5 Bg7 17. Rf3 Qd7 18. O-O-O e4 $132 {Makropoulou,M-Zatonskih,A/Istanbul
2000}) 10. d5 O-O 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. f3 ({It was
possible to play} 14. Bd3 $5 e4 15. Be2 b5 16. g4 fxg4 17. Ndxe4 Bf5 18. f3
gxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd7 20. Rhg1 $14 {with better prospects.}) 14... Qf6 15. Bd3 b5
16. Rdf1 $1 {[%cal Gg2g4] This move appears to be a novelty. The idea behind
it is just to transfer g4 not letting black to get counterplay on the kingside.
} (16. h3 b4 17. Na4 a5 18. Kb1 Na6 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Rhf1 Bf8 21. d6 $1 $36 {
Wang Zili-Dreev,A/Shenyang 1999}) (16. g4 $6 e4 17. fxe4 fxg4 18. h3 gxh3 19.
Bf1 Bg4 20. Be2 Bd7 $13) 16... h6 17. Kb1 b4 18. Na4 a5 19. g4 $1 $16 {Black's
position deteriorates in a couple of moves!} e4 $5 (19... fxg4 20. fxg4 Qe7 21.
Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Nd7 23. Ne4 $18) 20. fxe4 f4 21. e5 $1 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qc7 23.
Rhg1 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Bd7 24. g5 $18 {Now it's just over.} h5 25. Ne4 Rd8 26.
Nf6+ Kf8 27. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Gc2h7,Gh7g8]} Qc8 28. Nb6 Bf5 29. Bd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. f4 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nb3 Qc8 12. a5 Re8 13. Ra4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qg4 15.
Qd3 Rac8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 c4 {Es ist
interessant, dass Anand dem älteren 13...c4 den Vorzug vor 13... Ld6 gibt.} ({
Dreevs} 13... Bd6 {war lange Zeit populärer, aber zuletzt hatte Schwarz in der
Variante} 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4 e5 16. Qe1 O-O-O 17. Nd5 {einige Probleme.}) 14.
Nd4 (14. Ng5 Nc5 {ist OK für Schwarz.}) 14... Nc5 15. Be3 Rd8 (15... O-O-O {und
}) (15... e5 {wurden häufiger gespielt.}) 16. Qe2 e5 (16... Bd6 17. f4 e5 18.
Ndxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qe7 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rf5 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxb1+
24. Bxb1 Nd3 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bg5 Ne7 27. Rf1 Rd5 28. Qg4 Nxe5 29. Qe6 Nf3+ 30.
Rxf3 Rxg5 31. Be4 Bd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Ra3 Rc5 35. Ra8+ Nc8 36.
Qxg7 {1-0 Kistella,R-Jung,T/Goch 1996/EXT 2000 (36)}) (16... Be7 17. f4 g6 18.
e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qg4 Qb7 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. b3 Be4 23. bxc4 Bxc2 24. Nxc2
Rxd1 25. Rxd1 bxc4 26. Kh1 Kf7 27. f5 exf5 28. Qxc4+ Ne6 29. Nd4 Qd7 30. Rb1
Rc8 31. Qxa6 Nxd4 32. Bxd4 Rc2 33. e6+ Qxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kxe6 35. Ra1 Ba3 36. Kg1
Kd5 37. Bf6 f4 38. h3 Ke4 39. Kf1 Bc5 40. Re1+ Be3 41. Re2 Rc1+ 42. Re1 Rc6 43.
Bh8 Kd3 44. Rd1+ Ke4 45. a4 Rc2 46. Ra1 f3 {0-1 Gasiorowski,R-Lukasiewicz,G/
Krynica 1997/CBM 61 ext (46)}) 17. Nf5 (17. Nf3 $5) 17... g6 (17... Ne6 18.
Rad1 g6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 gxf5 22. dxe6 Qc6 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24.
Qf3 f4 25. Qxc6+ Bxc6 26. Bb6 Kb7 27. Ba5 Rg8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,
A-Maiorov,O/Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000 (50)}) (17... Nd3 18. Bg5 Bc5 19. Rad1 O-O
20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Rxd3 Rdf8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $16 {1-0
Notkin,M-Beshukov,S/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (48)}) 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 (19...
Nxd5 $5 20. exd5 Rxd5 $13) 20. exd5 gxf5 (20... Rxd5 21. Rad1 $36) 21. Qxe5+
Be7 22. d6 Rxd6 23. Qxc5 O-O 24. Qxf5 {Gewinnt einen Bauern, allerdings
entsteht jetzt ziemlich forciert ein Turmendspiel.} (24. Rae1 $5 $16 {würde
ebenfalls deutlichen Vorteil behalten, da der Pf5 nicht wegläuft.}) 24... Rd5
25. Qf4 Qh5 26. h4 (26. Bxf6 Bxf6 $44) 26... Ng4 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 (27... Kg7 28.
Qc7) 28. Bg6 Rxf4 29. Bxh5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Rxg5 31. Bxg4 Rfxg4 32. g3 Rd4 33.
Rad1 Rgd5 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. f4 Rd3 36. Kg2 b4 {Das Turmendspiel wirft trotz
der zwei verbunden Freibauern Probleme auf, da der weiße Turm passiv steht.}
37. Rf2 Kg7 (37... c3 $6 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Re2 {/\ Re8-c8} Rd2 40. Kf3 c2 41.
Re8+ Kg7 42. Rc8 $18) 38. Kh3 (38. Re2) 38... a5 39. Kh4 c3 40. bxc3 bxc3 41.
g4 $2 (41. Re2 {erscheint besser, da dann der weiße Turm hinter den c-Bauern
gelangt.} Kf6 42. Re5 a4 43. Rc5 $18 {und Weiß sollte gewinnen.}) 41... Rd4 42.
Kg5 Rc4 43. Rc2 Rc5+ 44. Kh4 (44. f5 Rc4 $11) 44... Rc4 45. Kg3 Kf6 46. Kf3 Kg6
47. Ke3 Kf6 48. g5+ Kf5 49. Kd3 Rxf4 50. Rxc3 Rf3+ 51. Kc4 (51. Kc4 Rxc3+ 52.
Kxc3 Kxg5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 Qc7
15. Nd6 Nc5 16. Rd2 a5 17. Qe3 Nxb3+ 18. cxb3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Bc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8
21. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Ng5
h6 15. Ne4 Be5 16. Kb1 f5 17. Nd6 Qxc5 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. f4 b5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rhe1 Qc5 23. g4 f4 24. Qe2 f3 25. Qe4 f2 26. Rf1 Rb8 27. Qh7+ Kf7
28. Bg6+ Kf6 29. g5+ hxg5 30. hxg5+ Ke5 31. Qxg7+ Kf4 32. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. e4 Be7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 c4 {
Ftacnik: 'Anand tactically simplifies the center and is not afraid of the
opponent's bishop's pair. '} 14. Bxc4 (14. Bc2 {looks like a perfectly valid
alternative which maintains a strong centre.}) 14... Bxe4 15. Ba6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
Rc7 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bd3 $6 (18. a4 $142) (18. Rfe1 {Ftacnik} Qe7 19. d5 Bxa3
20. c4 Bd6 $13 (20... Bxb2 {Ftacnik} 21. d6 Qd8 22. dxc7 Qxc7 $11)) 18... b5 $1
{'!?' Ftacnik.  An important strategic move. Black grabs light squares on the
queenside, and prepares the manouevre Nd7-b6-d5 or c4. If Black gets time to
achieve this, the pawns on a3 and c3 will become very weak.} 19. Rfe1 (19. Bxb5
$6 Qb8 $1 20. a4 (20. c4 {Ftacnik} a6 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rb1 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Rb7
$11) 20... a6 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 {Black is attacking b2 and h2, and White's
queenside will remain weak in the long term.} (21... Qxb2 $6 22. Bc6 Rfc8 23.
d5 $1 {is fine for White.}) 22. Rb1 Rb7 $1 {is especially unpleasant.}) (19.
Qh3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 20. d5 $5 (20. Bxb5 $2 {Ftacnik} Rb7 21. a4 a6 $17) (20. g4 {
Ftacnik} Bf4 $15) 20... exd5 21. c4 h6 22. Qf5 Qd7 23. Bxf6 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf6
25. Rxd5 Bxa3 $11) 19... a6 20. a4 $5 {This is a reasonable attempt to derail
Black's strategy, though by the end the passed a-pawn turns out to be a
menace! Ftacnik: 'Radjabov was still doing fine with the push of the 'd' pawn
in the center, but he strives for more with the sacrifice at the edge.'} (20.
d5 {Ftacnik} Nc5 (20... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Qe4 $16) 21. dxe6 fxe6
$11) 20... bxa4 21. c4 Qb8 (21... a3 {Ftacnik} 22. Ba1 Qh4 23. g3 Qf6 24. Qg4
Qh6 25. d5 $11) 22. Ba1 Rd8 23. Re4 $6 {This agressive rook ends up looking
misplaced, so perhaps something calmer was called for.} (23. c5 $5 {Ftacnik}
Be7 24. Rb1 $14) 23... Nf6 24. Rh4 Be7 25. Rh3 (25. d5 {Ftacnik} exd5 26. cxd5
Qb3 27. Rh3 (27. Be5 {Ftacnik} Rc5 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Bxh7+ Kf8 $17) 27... Qxd5
28. Qg3 Qxd3 (28... Qb3 {Ftacnik} 29. Re1 Qb4 30. Rd1 $13) 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30.
Rhxd3 Kf8 $11) 25... h6 {Preventing any ideas with Bd3xh7+ and Qf3-h5} 26. Rb1
$2 (26. d5 {Ftacnik} exd5 27. cxd5 Rc5 $1 (27... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 28. Be5 $1) 28.
Rg3 Qd6 $17) 26... Rxc4 $3 {Ftacnik: 'Black spotted the chance to turn the a
pawn into a hero with a breathtaking combination.'} 27. Rxb8 (27. Qd1 {Ftacnik}
Rb4 $19) 27... Rc1+ 28. Bf1 Rxb8 {with a second rook arriving on b1, and his
major pieces offside, White is lost. Of course, the finish still requires some
calculation.} 29. Bc3 Rbb1 30. Qd3 a3 $1 {This key pawn decides the game.} 31.
Qxa6 a2 32. g4 Rxf1+ $1 (32... Ne4 $4 33. Qa8+ Bf8 34. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Rfc1
{threatening Rxc3} 36. Qa8 $1 {and White will remove the pawn next move.}) 33.
Qxf1 ({A desperate attempt to cling on with} 33. Kg2 {is well met by} Rg1+ 34.
Kf3 Rb3 35. Ke2 Rxc3 36. Qxa2 Rxh3 {and the compensation for the queen is more
than overwhelming!}) 33... Ne4 $1 34. Ba1 {The only move, but now the knight
executes a different threat.} Nd2 $1 {winning the queen and the game.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ {This line is getting more and more
popularity these days. Black wants to fight against 0-0-0.} 12. Bd2 (12. c3 Qa6
13. Qf3 {The _|_ without Q can hardly yield anything real for White.} Nbd7 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 {- Svidler-Anand, Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1999 CBM 69} (14... Kxd7 {
- Topalov-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1998 CBM 88})) 12... Bb4 (12... Qa6 13. c4 (13.
Qb3 c5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 {The N on g3 looks pathetic} 16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. Bb4 {1/2:1/2 Emms-Teske, BL 1997}) 13... Nbd7 (13... c5 $5 14. O-O (14.
dxc5) (14. Ne4) 14... cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Bc3 {The battery on
the long /^ is strong, and White's << P majority can be better mobilized.} Be7
18. Rfe1 O-O 19. Nf5 exf5 $1 (19... Bd8 {is strongly met by the devastating}
20. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 21. Qf4 $36) 20. Rxe7 a6 $1 21. Rae1 $14 {Nikolenko-Prizant,
Tula 2000}) 14. f4 (14. O-O Be7 15. Rfe1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Nd6+
(18. Nxc5 $5 Bxc5 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Qe4 O-O $11) 18... Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Nd7 20. Qd3
(20. Bb4 O-O-O 21. b3 Rhe8) 20... O-O-O 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. b3 Rd7 23. Bc3 Rhd8 {
Black has a strong pressure along the d <->.} 24. Qh7 Qb6 25. Qxg7 Nd3 26. Re3
f5 {1/2:1/2 Bologan-Svetushkin, Minsk izt 2000}) 14... Bd6 {Nisipeanu} (14...
c5 $6 {is answered by} 15. d5 $1 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd5 17. O-O {and >< f7 is the
big target.} O-O-O 18. Qe2 Nb6 (18... Nb4 19. Rxf7 Nc2 20. Raf1 Nd4 21. Qe4 Nc6
22. Bc3 Qxa2 23. Qg4 Kb8 (23... Nd4 24. Bxd4 Qxc4 25. Ne2 $18) 24. Qxe6 Ka8 25.
Nf5 $18 {Timoshenko-A.Vajda, Romania 2000}) 19. b3 Rd7 20. Be3 $16 {and
although Black is a P up, his Q and N are completely out of play.})) 13. c3 Be7
14. O-O (14. Ne4 {This leads to mass exchanges.} Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Nxd7
Kxd7 {Surprisingly enough the K on d7 is not that bad!} 17. c4 (17. h5 Qd5 18.
f3 Bg5 19. Qxd5+ exd5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Kf2 Rae8 $11 {Baklan-Epishin, Luebeck
2001}) 17... Bb4 18. Rd1 Rad8 $11 {S.Kudrin-Magem Badals, Beijing 1998}) (14.
f4 $5 Nbd7 15. O-O (15. Nc4 Qa6 16. f5 Nb6 17. b3 Nxc4 18. bxc4 O-O 19. fxe6
fxe6 {Both have weaknesses in the P structure.} 20. O-O {1/2:1/2 Sax-Zontakh,
Zalakaros 1999}) 15... O-O {- Schmaltz-Dautov, FRA-chT2 France 2001 CBM 87}) (
14. c4 Bb4 15. a3 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 {White has in the _|_ only
microscopical advantage.} Nbd7 {1/2:1/2 Gomez Esteban-Magem Badals, Salamanca
1998}) 14... Nbd7 15. Rfe1 (15. f4 {- 14.f4}) 15... Nxe5 16. Rxe5 (16. dxe5 Rd8
17. Qe2 Nd7 $15 {>< d3}) 16... Qc7 17. Rae1 O-O-O 18. b4 {Now both will
advance with their pawns against the enemy K.} Bd6 (18... g5 $5 {was a risky,
but consequent idea, for example:} 19. hxg5 (19. Qf3 gxh4 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bf4
Qd7 22. Nxh4 Bd6 $13) (19. b5 Bd6 $17) 19... Nd7 20. Ra5 b6 21. Qa6+ $1 (21.
Ra6 hxg5) 21... Kb8 (21... Qb7 22. Qxb7+ Kxb7 23. Rf5 $1 exf5 24. Rxe7 $14 {
with a good compensation for the exchange in the _|_.}) 22. Bf4 (22. Rf5 exf5
23. Rxe7 f4) 22... Qxf4 23. Qxa7+ Kc8 24. Qa6+ {White has to be satisfied with
the draw.} (24. Qa8+ $2 {leads nowhere after} Nb8 $1 (24... Kc7 25. Ra7+ Kd6
26. Qb7 Bxg5 27. Ne4+ Ke7 28. Qxb6 $44) 25. Ra7 (25. Ra6 hxg5 26. b5 $1 Rd5 27.
bxc6 Qc7 28. Rb1 Qxc6 $17) 25... Rd7 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 $17) 24... Kc7 $11) 19. R5e2
Bf4 (19... Bxg3 {exchanges White's worst piece.} 20. fxg3 $14) (19... Kb8 {
is not yet necessary.} 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 $14) 20. Ne4 Bxd2 (20... Nxe4 21.
Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Rxe4 Qc7 23. a4 {and White looks quicker on the <<.}) 21. Nxd2 g5
$5 {Black has to create some counterattack on the >>.} (21... Nd5 22. g3 $14)
22. Nf3 (22. Qf3 Nd5) 22... gxh4 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Qf3 Rhg8 25. c4 $1 (25. Qxf7
$6 h3 $1 26. g3 (26. Qxe6+ Kb8 27. Qxh3 (27. g3 Nf4) 27... Nf4 $17) 26... Qxf7
27. Nxf7 Nxc3 $15) 25... Nxb4 26. a3 Na6 {The N is out of play, but is it
worth of a P? It seems, yes!} 27. Re4 (27. Qxf7 $2 Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Rxd4 $17)
27... Qe7 $5 (27... Rg7 28. Rxh4 Rdg8 29. g3 $44) 28. Qxf7 Qxf7 29. Nxf7 Rd7
30. Nxh6 {Now White wins material.} (30. Ne5 Rdg7 $15) 30... Rgd8 31. Rxh4 (31.
Rxe6 Rxd4 32. Nf5 Rf4 $11) 31... Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxe6 Rxc4 {Now a race
of pawns begins with somewhat better chances for White.} 34. g4 Nc5 35. Rf6 (
35. Re3 $14) 35... Nd7 (35... Rc3 36. g5 Rxa3 37. g6 $18) 36. Re6 Nc5 (36...
Rc3 $2 37. g5 Rxa3 38. g6 Ra5 39. f4 $18) (36... Nb6 $2 37. g5 Kd7 38. Rf6 Nd5
39. Rf7+ Ke6 40. g6 Nf6 41. f4 $1 $18) 37. Re7 (37. Re3 Re4 38. g5 Rxe3 39.
fxe3 Ne6 40. g6 Kd7 41. Nf5 Ke8 $14) 37... Re4 $5 (37... Kd8 $1 {was more
precise heading to the >>.} 38. Re3 Re4) 38. Rf7 Ne6 (38... Ra4 39. g5 $1) 39.
f3 Rf4 (39... Ra4 40. Nf5) 40. Re7 Nd4 41. Kg2 Nxf3 (41... Rxf3 $2 42. g5 Kd8 (
42... Rxa3 43. g6 Ra2+ 44. Kh3 Ra3+ 45. Kg4 Ra1 46. g7 $18) 43. Re4 $1 Rd3 44.
g6 $18) 42. Kg3 Rf6 $2 {Now White will gain a vital tempo.} (42... Rf8 {
looks better} 43. Nf5 Nd2 44. Nd6+ (44. Kf4 Nc4 $1) 44... Kd8 45. Rxb7 Rf3+ 46.
Kh4 Rxa3 $11) 43. Nf5 Ng5 (43... Nd2 44. Kf4) 44. Rg7 Ne6 (44... Ne4+ {
deserved serious attention:} 45. Kf4 Re6 (45... Nc5 46. g5 (46. Ke5 Re6+ 47.
Kd4 Nd7) 46... Ne6+ 47. Ke5 Rxf5+ 48. Kxe6 Rf3 49. g6 Rxa3 (49... Re3+ 50. Kf5
Rf3+ 51. Kg4 $16) 50. Rf7 $16 a5 51. g7 Rg3 52. Kd6 $18)) 45. Nd6+ Kd8 46.
Nxb7+ Ke8 (46... Kc8 47. Nd6+ Kb8 (47... Kd8 48. Rxa7 $16) 48. Rb7+ Ka8 49. Re7
$16 {and the white pieces dominate the board.}) 47. Nd6+ Kf8 (47... Kd8 48.
Rxa7 $16) 48. Rxa7 {Now White has two remote passed pawns.} Nd4 49. Ne4 Rf3+
50. Kh4 Ne6 (50... Rf7 51. Rxf7+ Kxf7 52. Kg5 $18) (50... Re3 51. Nd6 $18) 51.
a4 Rf4 52. Nd6 c5 53. a5 c4 54. Nb5 Nd4 55. Nxd4 Rxd4 56. Rc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 {Das ist die Hauptfortsetzung - Schwarz nutzt den Umstand aus, dass er
noch nicht d7-d6 gezogen hat.} 9. Na4 Be7 {Die andere - ebenfalls gut
spielbare - Variante ist 9...0-0. Die Partiefortsetzung ist in letzter Zeit
aber sehr populär. Zudem muss der Bb4 früher oder später ohnehin wegziehen 
(denn nach 9.Na4 hat der Läufer auf b4 keine Funktion mehr).} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 O-O {Das ist Anands Lieblingsfortsetzung, aber
die Alternativen sind auch gut spielbar.} (13... Nxe4) (13... c5) 14. e5 Nd5
15. b3 (15. c4 Nf4 (15... c5 16. cxd5 cxd4 17. d6 Bg5 18. f4 Bd8 19. Rc1 Qb7
20. b3 f6 21. Bd3 fxe5 22. fxe5 Bg5 23. Qh5 Bh6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rf1 Be3+ 26.
Kh1 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 g6 28. Qf3 Qc8 29. Bc4 a5 30. g3 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Polzin,
R-Heissler,J/Germany 1999/GER-chT (45)}) 16. Bf3 (16. g3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 c5 18.
Bc3 f6 19. Rad1 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Rb6 21. Rd2 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rfd1 Rf7 24.
Rd3 a5 25. R1d2 h6 26. Qd1 Rb7 27. Rd6 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Tregubov,P/Krasnodar
2000/EXT 2001 (68)}) 16... Qc7 (16... f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bc5 Rf7 19. Bd6 Rb7
20. Bxf4 Bxb2 21. Bd6 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 $16 {0-1 Aketayeva,D-Paridar,S/Tehran IRI
2002/(54)}) 17. Re1 Ng6 18. c5 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Nf4 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22.
Qc2 h6 23. Rad1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares ESP 2002/The Week in
Chess 381 (42)}) 15... f6 {[%mdl 4] Das ist die (vorbereitete) Neuerung von
Anand. Schwarz beabsichtigt. den starken weißen Pe5 abzutauschen und die
f-Linie zu öffnen.} (15... Nf4 16. Bc4 c5 17. Be3 Ng6 18. f4 Rb6 $5 19. Qe2 d5
20. exd6 Rxd6 21. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 76/
[Ribli] (41)}) 16. c4 (16. f4 $6 c5 17. exf6 (17. c4 Nxf4 $17) 17... Bxf6 $11 (
17... gxf6 18. c4 $13)) 16... Nf4 17. Bf3 (17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 $11) (
17. c5 fxe5 (17... Nd5 18. f4 $14) 18. Bxe5 Rb4 $13) 17... Qc7 (17... c5 18.
Bc3 Qc7 19. Re1 Ng6 $11) 18. Re1 Ng6 {Der Textzug erzwingt den Tausch exf6.} (
18... c5) 19. exf6 Bxf6 $11 20. Be4 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4]} (20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 c5 $2
22. Qd3 Rf6 23. Rad1 $16) 21. Rc1 (21. c5 $5) 21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rf6 {[%cal
Gb8f8,Gf8f2][%mdl 32] Weiß hat Raumvorteil und die bessere Bauernstruktur,
aber Schwarz kann ausreichend Gegenspiel am Königsflügel entwickeln.} (22... c5
) 23. c5 {Der Textzug gewinnt zwar weiteren Raum, überlässt Schwarz aber das
Feld d5.} Rbf8 24. Rc2 a5 {Das ist ein nützlicher Zug - der Bauer stand auf a6
prinzipiell gefährdet.} 25. Rd2 Nd5 {[%csl Gd5] Der Springer ist fest auf d5
installiert. Weiß hat zwar etwas mehr Aktivität, aber die schwarze Stellung
weist keine Schwächen auf.} 26. g3 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b4,Gb4g4]} 27. Bd3 (27. f4 Rb4
28. Qd3 g6 $11) 27... Rb4 {[%csl Gb4]} 28. Bc4 Qa7 {[%cal Ga7d4] Der Textzug
droht zwar nichts, bindet die weiße Dame aber an den Pc5.} 29. a3 {Weiß
vertreibt den Rb4. Der Textzug schwächt aber auch den Damenflügel.} Rb8 30. Re5
Qc7 31. Rde2 Rbf8 {[%cal Gf6f5] Es droht 32...Rf5 mit Turmtausch. - In dieser
Partie erleben wir einen typischen Manöverkampf. Es gibt hier keine großen
Kombinationen zu sehen, sondern vielmehr eine Reihe kleiner positioneller
Pläne.} 32. Bd3 Qd8 33. Rh5 g6 (33... h6 $6 34. f4 $14 (34. Bc2 $14)) 34. Rh4
Qe7 {[%cal Ge7g7,Gg7d4] Schwarz bereitet Qg7 vor. Auf diesem Wege will er die
starke, zentralisierte weiße Dame abtauschen.} 35. Bc2 Qg7 {[%cal Gg7d4]} 36.
Rd2 Rb8 37. Qe5 (37. Re4 $11) 37... Rff8 38. Qe1 $2 {Weiß zeigt sich mit dem
möglichen Endspiel nicht zufrieden. Der Textzug verliert allerdings einen
Bauern.} (38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $11) 38... Rb5 {[%csl Rc5]} 39. Rc4 Qe7 40. h4 Rxc5
$17 {Schwarz hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern.} 41. h5 {Weiß sucht Gegenspiel am
Königsflügel.} gxh5 42. Rxc5 Qxc5 43. Qe5 Rf5 $1 44. Qb8+ (44. Bxf5 Qc1+ {
[%cal Rc1g1,Rc1d2]} 45. Kg2 Qxd2 $17 46. Bxe6+ $6 dxe6 47. Qxe6+ Kg7 48. Qd7+
Kf6 49. Qxc6+ Kg5 $19) 44... Qf8 45. Qa7 Rf7 46. Qd4 (46. Qxa5 h4 47. g4 (47.
gxh4 Qg7+ 48. Kh1 Qf6 $19 {[%cal Rf6h4,Rh4h1]}) 47... Rf4) 46... Qxa3 $19 {
Angesichts von drei Mehrbauern steht Schwarz klar auf Gewinn.} 47. Re2 Qc1+ 48.
Kg2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1
Nf6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. O-O Be6 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Bd7 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Bf3
b5 16. a3 Nbd7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Bf2 Nb6 20. Nc1 Na4 21. Nxa4 bxa4
22. Rd2 Qb7 23. Nd3 Nxe4 24. Nb4 Nxd2 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Qxd2 Rc4 27. Be3 Rfc8
28. c3 Bf8 29. f6 Rg4 30. Rf1 Rg6 31. Nd5 Rb8 32. Rf2 gxf6 33. h4 f5 34. h5 Re6
35. Rxf5 Qxb2 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Nd7 Qxd2 38. Bxd2 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Rf3 Be7
41. Rg3+ Kh8 42. Be3 d5 43. Nc5 Bxc5 44. Bxc5 Rb5 45. Bf8 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 (7...
Ndb4 $1 {-the best move in this position, see comments to the game 1/2-1/2
Stefansson,H-Macieja,B/Paget Parish 2001/CBM 81_01[Tsesarsky,I] (19)}) 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 $6 $14 ({Better seemes} 11... Qb6 12.
Rc1 d4 13. Qc2 (13. Nd2 $6 {-see comments to the game 0-1 Larsen,B-Hansen,L/
Odense 1994/CBM 41[Kortchnoi,V] (42)}) 13... Bd6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16.
Qxc4 h6 17. Bd2 Qxb2 18. Rfd1 Qb6 (18... Rac8 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Bc1 Qc5 21. Qxc5
Bxc5 22. Rxb7 $14 {1-0 Illescas Cordoba,M-Tukmakov,V/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 
(60)}) 19. Qa4 (19. Bxc6 Rac8 20. Qd5 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxd4 Bc5 $11)
19... Rac8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Ba5 Qa6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd4 Bc5 24. Rc4 {
1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Lautier,J/Barcelona 1992/CBM 30 (24)}) 12. Bd2 Bf5 (12...
Re8 13. Rc1 (13. e3 Bf5 14. Bc3 (14. Qb3 Bb6 15. Bc3 Be4 16. Rad1 {1-0
Agdestein,S-Elseth,R/Asker 1988/EXT 97 (26)}) 14... Be4 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Tukmakov,V/Leipzig 1975/MCL (18)})
13... Bb6 14. e3 Bf5 15. Bc3 Be4 (15... Qd7 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2
Chernin,A-Lputian,S/Minsk 1987/URS-ch (17)}) 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 $14 {1-0
Larsen,B-Agdestein,S/Gausdal 1985/MCD (46)}) (12... Be6 13. e3 Qd7 14. Bc3 (14.
Rc1 Bb6 15. Bc3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5] 1-0 Khalifman,A-Lukin,A/St Petersburg 1994/
CBM 43 ext (46)}) 14... Rad8 15. Bd4 (15. Rc1 Bb6 16. a3 Bh3 17. b4 Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 Rfe8 19. Qb3 Qf5 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. a4 a6 22. a5 Bc7 23. Qb2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Comp Fritz 5/Frankfurt 1998/EXT 99 (46)}) 15... Bd6 (15... Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 Bh3 17. Rc1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Re4 21. Ne2 Re5 22.
Qb3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5] 1-0 Larsen,B-Jacobs,B/Lugano 1989/TD (59)}) 16. Rc1
Rfe8 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qc3 b6 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Qd1 Bb4 21. b3 Na5 22. Bc3 Ba3 23.
Rc2 Bf5 24. Rd2 Be4 25. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5] 1-0 Korchnoi,V-Sturua,Z/Basle
SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 324 (67)}) (12... Bb6 13. b4 {-see comments to the
game 1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Plaskett,J/Southend 1999/CBM 71[Alterman,B] (22)}) 13. b4
$1 {Interesting novelty that leads to stable White's initiative.} ({Not badly
also} 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. Be3 $14 {-see comments to the game 1-0 Kramnik,V-Kengis,
E/Riga 1995/CBM 47 [Ftacnik,L](41)} (14. Rad1 Be4 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. e3 Rad8 17.
Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe4+ 20. Kg1 h5 21. Ne2 Qc4 22. Nf4 Qxb3 23.
axb3 d4 24. Ne6 $16 {1-0 Larsen,B-Bareev,E/Naestved 1988/EXT 2000 (50)})) 13...
Bb6 {Timman had decided remain Pb4 alive...} ({Worth of attention the Pb4
capture:} 13... Nxb4 14. Bxb4 (14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Qxb7 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 $11) (14.
Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxb4 Bxa1 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. Bxf8 $11) 14... Bxb4 15. Nd4 Bc8 (
15... Bg4 16. Qb3 $14) 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Rab1 (17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Rfd1 Rb8 19.
Rab1 Bc5 20. e3 Rd8 21. Bf3 Bd7 $132) 17... Bc5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Nf5 Qe5 20.
Qxe5 fxe5 21. Rb5 Bxf5 22. Rxc5 $14) 14. b5 Ne7 15. Bb4 Be4 $6 {This move
looks excellent: the Pd5 is protected, Be4 located well, but next strong reply
refutes the last move...} (15... Re8 16. Nd4 Bg4 (16... Be4 17. Bh3 $16 {
[%csl Re6]}) 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Re1 $14) 16. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Gh3c8] In view ot
f7-f6 weakens e6 square Bh3 is placed very well.} Kh8 17. Nd4 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Gd4e6,Gh3c8]} Re8 (17... Qe8 $143 $6 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 18. e3 (18. Ne6 Rf7 19. a4
Nf5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rc7 22. Bxa7 $1 (22. Rc1 $2 b6 23. Ba3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1
Qh5 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rc8 $132) 22... Qh5 23. Bg2 Rc4 24. Bb6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2
$16)) 18. a4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5]} Bxd4 $1 {Of course, Nd4 is very
unpleasant, and it's exchange makes Black's defence easier.} (18... a6 $143 $5
$16) 19. Qxd4 Nf5 $6 $16 {[%cal Gf5d6]} ({Better was first} 19... a5 20. Ba3 {
and here} Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d6,Gd6c4]} 21. Qd2 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6c4]} 22. Bc5 Nc4 23.
Qd1 Qc7 24. Bd4 $14) 20. Qd2 Qb6 $2 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5,Re4,Rf5] Terrible
mistake: now not only Nf5 and Be4 will be vulnerable, but Qb6 too...} ({
Right was} 20... Nd6 {[%cal Gd6c4]} 21. Rac1 Nc4 22. Qd4 a6 23. Rfd1 ({
Premature is} 23. f3 $2 Bg6 24. e4 axb5 25. axb5 Ra4 26. exd5 Rxb4 27. Rxc4
Rxc4 (27... Rxb5 28. d6 $16) 28. Qxc4 Bf7 29. Be6 Qb6+ 30. Kg2 Bxe6 31. dxe6
Qxe6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. Rd1 Kg8 34. Rd7 Rb6 35. Rd5 $11) 23... axb5 24. axb5 Qc7
(24... Qb8 $2 25. Bd7 Rd8 26. Be6 $16) (24... Ra4 $2 25. Rxc4 $18) 25. f3 Bg6 (
25... Ra4 26. fxe4 Rxb4 27. exd5 $18) 26. Qxd5 $16) 21. Rac1 {[%csl Rd5,Re4,
Rf5] White has decisive advantage: the pair of BB and isolated Pd5, Be4 and
Nf5 are vulnerable...} Nd4 $6 ({Another continuations wouldn't be much better:
} 21... Qd4 22. Rfd1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rac8 (23... a5 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. f3 $18) 24.
Rxc8 Rxc8 25. f3 Bb1 26. e4 $18) (21... Rac8 22. a5 (22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxd5 $16
) 22... Qxb5 23. f3 Bc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Qxb4 27. Qc7 $18)
22. a5 {[%csl Rd4]} 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 {In Delhi, he played Re8 against me. I later narrowly escaped
being eliminated, but of course had new ideas prepared.} 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5
12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nd5 (13. Ne2 {Gelfand-Adams Wijk aan Zee 2002. However, White
seems to be quite comfortable after 13.Nd5, so I stuck to that.}) 13... Nxd5
14. Bxd5 Qd7 15. c3 Bf6 $2 {White is quite happy to get his knight to e3 and
this merely gives him a tempo.} 16. Nh2 Nb8 17. Ng4 Bxd5 {Based on a oversight.
} (17... Bd8 18. Ne3 {is pleasant for White.} (18. Nh6+ Kh8 (18... gxh6 19.
Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxh6 Qd7 (20... f5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. exf5 $14) 21. Re3 $1) 19.
Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf5)) 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bh6 $1 {This intermezzo wins material} (
19. exd5 $2 Qf5) 19... f5 (19... Be6 20. Qf3 $18) 20. Bxf8 Bb7 21. Bh6 Qe6 22.
Qh5 Qg6 23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. d4 {The rest is fairly simple.} cxd4
26. cxd4 e4 27. Bf4 Bd5 (27... d5 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Rac1 $18) (27... Nc6 28.
Red1 d5 29. Rac1) 28. Bxd6 Nc6 29. Bf4 f6 30. Rac1 Kf7 31. Rc5 Ke6 32. Be3 Na5
33. Kh2 Nc4 34. Re2 Nd6 35. Bf4 Nc4 36. Rc2 Rd8 37. a4 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 {This move has
been widely tested in rapid chess! It was played 3 times in Monaco by Leko,
and now, again, in Prague by Anand.} 7. Qa4 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. Bg2 Bd6
10. O-O ({Kramnik tested:} 10. Nc4 dxc4 11. Ne5 {but after:} Bxe5 12. Bxc6+
Bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. dxe5 Qd5 $1 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11 {black has no problems 1/
2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 385 (37)}) 10... O-O
11. Nb1 Ne4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Ne7 15. Nc3 Nf5 16. e3 c5 17.
dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 384 
(25). (24)}) 7... Bb7 8. Bg2 Qd7 9. cxd5 ({Piket tried to postpone the capture
on d5 even more} 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 $6 Nb4 11. Qd1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b3 O-O
14. Bb2 Be7 15. Ne5 Qe6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. a3 Na6 18. Rc1 Rab8 19. e3 Rfd8 20.
Qc2 Bd6 21. Nd3 Ne4 {And black is by no means worse: 0-1 Piket,J-Leko,P/Monaco
MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 385 (47)}) 9... exd5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nb1 Ne4 12. Ng5
{Only this is new. In the aforementioned game, Gelfand played 12.Bf4 against
Leko. This is a fresh idea, but black doesn't encounter any problems here, as
well.} Nxg5 13. Bxg5 Nd8 $1 {Beautiful manoeuver! Anand transfers the knight
to e6 where he will both press on the center and not block the 'c' file - thus
allowing the pawn movement. Of course, the endgame is not dangerous for black.}
14. Qb3 c6 (14... Ne6 $2 {loses a pawn:} 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 c6 17. Qe4) 15.
e4 Ne6 16. Be3 dxe4 17. Nc3 $2 {Going for a very adventerous piece sacrifice!
White should have recaptured the central pawn, although he doesn't have more
that an equality here!} (17. Bxe4 O-O 18. Qd3 g6 19. Nc3 Rfd8 $11) 17... f5 18.
Nxe4 {Consistent.} fxe4 19. Bh3 {black king is stuck in the center, and white
was able to pin black, but Vishy finds a very neat way to untie} Ke7 20. f3
Raf8 21. fxe4 {[%tqu "En","Black is a piece up, but white has a very
unpleasant pressure, can you find a way for black to reduce that tension?","",
"","e6d4","",10]} Nxd4 $1 {This is probably the move white has missed while
entering this sac on his 17th move.} 22. Bg5+ (22. Bxd4 {loses on the spot
after} Qxh3 23. Bxg7 Bc5+ {mating}) (22. Bxd7 Nxb3 23. axb3 Kxd7 $19) 22... Rf6
{the point. Black can sacrifice an exchange and still be up material wise.} 23.
e5 {adding some more oil to the fire.} (23. Bxf6+ gxf6 24. Bxd7 Nxb3 25. axb3
Kxd7 26. Rxa7 Kc8 27. Rxf6 Bc5+ 28. Kf1 b5 29. Ra1 Bd4 {black is much better.})
23... Bxe5 24. Qe3 Qd5 25. Bg2 (25. Rae1 Kd6 26. Bxf6 (26. Bg2 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Nc2 $19) 26... gxf6 $17) 25... Qc5 26. Rae1 Kf7 $1 27. Bxf6 ({Of course not:} 
27. Qxe5 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nxe5) 27... Bxf6 28. g4 Ne6 $1 {Removing the last of
white's active pieces. The game is over.} 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. h4 h6 31. g5 hxg5
32. Bh3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 ({Probably Anand didn't want
to fight for a draw after} 12... Nh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. d5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5
16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Nf4 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Rad1 (19. g3 Ne6 20. Ne5 g5 21. Rad1
Kg7 22. a5 Rd8 23. Bd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Zoler,D/Berlin 1997/CBM 59 ext 
(43)}) 19... Ne6 20. Ne5 Nc5 21. Bd5 Nxa4 22. Ng6 $16 {1-0 Eingorn,V-Stempin,P/
Uzhgorod 1988/TD (39) , but his choice also gives to black a difficult life.})
13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Qa5 (14... Qb4 $5 15. Ba2 $1 (15. Qe2 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17.
Ne5 Nxd4 18. Qe3 Nf5 (18... Nc2 19. Qxh6 Nxe1 20. Qg5+ $11) 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.
Qe2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 h5 $13) 15... b5 $140 16. d5 $1 exd5 (16... bxa4 17. Qe2 exd5
18. Bxd5 $1 $16) 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 (17... Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Nxd2 Ng6 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Ne4 $16) 18. Bxd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxh4 20. Bxc6 $18) 15. d5 $1 {A
typical and very strong breakthrough! The white pieces are ideally placed and
are ready for opening of the position.} Qc5 (15... exd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd2 (16...
Rxd5 17. Bxd5 Bb4 18. Qd3 Bxe1 19. Bxf6 $18) 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Nxd2 $16) 16.
Qe2 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxd5 (18. Nxd5 Bf5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rc1 Qb4 21. b3
$16) 18... Qf8 (18... Rxd5 19. Qe8+ Qf8 20. Nxd5 $16) 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 (19... Nxd8
20. Nd5 $16) 20. Qe8 g5 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22. Qxf8+ ({I think at this moment White
missed his chances for a big advantage. Much stronger was} 22. Bd5 $1 Ne7 23.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Be4 Bb6 (24... Ba5 25. Ne5 $16 {/+-})) 22... Kxf8 23. Bd5 (23.
Be6 $5 Bf6 $1 24. Nd5 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 (25. Nxf6 Kf7 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. Nc5 (27.
Nexg5+ hxg5 28. Nxg5+ Kf6 29. Nxe6 Re8 $17) 27... Bc8 $14) 25... Bg7 $14) 23...
Bd7 24. Ne4 (24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bf6 26. Re3 Rb8 $14) 24... Be7 25. g3 Rd8
$14 26. h4 Bg4 $1 27. Bxc6 Bxf3 28. Bxb7 gxh4 $132 29. Bxa6 Rd4 30. Nc3 hxg3
31. fxg3 Rd2 $1 32. Be2 $6 (32. Re5 $5 Bg4 33. a5 Rxb2 34. Ne4 $16) 32... Bc5+
33. Kh2 Bc6 $44 34. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 {OK, Ivan wants
to play a Steinitz variation. He played a Main Line Spanish against Leko.} 7.
c3 (7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 {Ivan has played a lot of games here recently. I found
5 games in 2001.}) 7... O-O 8. h3 b5 {A very funny move order - Black offers
White a choice.} 9. Bc2 {Later, Michael Adams with our game from Delhi in mind
said - "I see you are still up to the same tricks!"} Bb7 10. d4 exd4 {Of
course, 10...Re8 11.Nbd2 gives White an important tempo in the Zaitsev, so
Black has no choice here.} 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb3 (12. Nbd2 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 {
Followed by b3 and Bb2 can also be considered.}) 12... c5 (12... Bxe4 $1 13.
Rxe4 Nxe4 14. a3 d5 15. axb4 Bxb4 {was perfectly playable for Black}) 13. a3
Nc6 14. Nc3 Nxd4 (14... c4 15. Bc2 d5 16. e5 $16) 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 $14 {
Here White has a highly improved version (the knight is usually on f1) with
the Nc3, so he is better.} Nd7 17. Nd5 Nc5 18. Ba2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 $1 (19. Bxd5
Bf6) 19... Rc8 20. Bf4 Ne6 21. Bg3 {I wanted to keep an eye on d6, but Be3 is
also OK.} Rc2 22. Rab1 Qb6 23. Qd1 $1 Nd4 24. Bb3 Rcc8 25. Bd5 Bf6 (25... Rc2
$2 26. Bf4 $1 Bf6 27. Be3 Rfc8 28. Qd3 $18 {Wins}) 26. Bf4 Qc7 27. Qd2 {
White is making steady progress - soon all Black's pieces will be driven back.}
Be5 28. Be3 Qc2 (28... Ne6 29. f4 Bf6 30. Rec1 $16) 29. Red1 $1 (29. Rbd1 $2
Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Nc2) 29... Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Ne6 31. Rbd1 {White now will expand
with g3 and f4. Black can't double on the c-file since White can always
disrupt that with Bb6} Nc5 32. b3 Rfe8 33. Rc2 g6 (33... Ne6 34. Rdc1 (34. Rxc8
Rxc8 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. f4 Bf6 37. Rxd6 $16) 34... Rxc2 35. Rxc2 $16) 34. Rdc1
Rb8 35. b4 Nd3 36. Rd1 Nf4 37. Bxf4 {White doesn't need the two bishops
anymore.} Bxf4 38. Rc7 Rf8 39. g3 Be5 40. Ra7 h5 {Until now White has played
flawlessly, but now the mistakes start.} 41. Rxa6 {Not a bad move, but the
pawn isn't going anywhere, so why not h4 first?} (41. h4 $18) 41... h4 42. gxh4
(42. f4 Bb2 43. gxh4 $18) 42... Kg7 43. Rd3 (43. Ra7 Bf6 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rd3
$18) 43... f5 44. Rf3 fxe4 45. Bxe4 Rxf3 46. Bxf3 Rf8 47. Kg2 Rf4 48. h5 gxh5
49. Bxh5 Kf6 50. Be2 Bd4 51. f3 Ke5 52. Ra5 (52. Bxb5 Rf7) 52... Rf7 53. Rxb5+
Kf4 54. h4 Ra7 55. Ra5 Rg7+ 56. Rg5 Rxg5+ 57. hxg5 Kxg5 58. Kg3 $2 {Of course,
simply pushing the pawns wins. I thought that White could gain a tempo to move
his king to the queenside by threatening f4.} (58. a4 Kf4 (58... d5 59. Ba6 Kf4
60. Bb7 Ke5 61. Kg3 $18) 59. a5 Bc3 (59... d5 60. Bd1 Ke3 61. Ba4 $18) 60. a6
Bd4 61. Bc4) 58... Be5+ 59. Kf2 Bd4+ 60. Ke1 $4 Bb2 {And here I froze,
realizing that I had blundered a pawn.} 61. a4 Bc3+ 62. Kd1 Bxb4 63. Kc2 Kf6 $2
(63... d5 64. Kd3 Bc5 {This is just an easy draw.}) 64. Kb3 Bd2 65. Kc4 Ke6 66.
Kb5 Kd7 (66... d5 67. a5 Kd6 68. Kb6 $1 $18) 67. Bc4 $18 Kc7 68. Bd5 Be3 69. a5
Bd2 (69... Kb8 70. a6 Ka7 71. Bc4 {wins anyway. White leaves his bishop on d3
and moves the f-pawn forward.}) 70. a6 Be3 71. f4 Kb8 72. f5 Bd4 73. Kc6 Ka7
74. Bc4 Be5 75. Bd3 Kb8 76. Kd7 {I was disappointed to have made such a hash
of a well-played game, but at least I was through to the next round.} 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 {
Another theoretical line continues with 6...e5.} 7. Nc3 Nd7 {Other theoretical
continuation is 7...0-0.} 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 {Also frequently appeares in
practice 9...h6 /\ to prevent the manoeuvre Be3-h6.} 10. O-O {This move is not
the most flexible option and also has bad statistics for white. The main line
10.Bh6 should be prefered. For example see commented game Adams,M-Chandler,M/
Redbus KO Southend 2001/CBM 83 [Gershon]} Nf8 {[%cal Yf8e6]} 11. Bh6 Ne6 $5
$146 {Ftacnik: 'Ivanchuk has such an exceptional positional feeling, that he
can afford solutions, that are not standard. '} (11... f6 12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Ne2
Ne6 14. c3 O-O 15. d4 Rd8 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 c5
20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Rfe1 b6 $11 {0-1 Baklan,V-Mochalov,E/Kiev 1995/CBM 51 (57)}) (
11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 f6 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. c3 Bd7 15. a3 g5 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4
exd4 18. Nfxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 O-O-O 20. Rfe1 Qe5 21. Rad1 g4 $15 {0-1 Wang
Rui-Ni Hua/Suzhou 2001/EXT 2002 (49)}) 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 {An original knight
fianchetto.} 13. Ne2 $6 (13. Nh2 $6 {[%cal Gf2f4]} g5) ({The only way to fight
for the advantage was:} 13. Qh6 $5 f6 14. Nh2 Be6 (14... g5 15. h4) 15. f4 {
as pointed by GM Shipov in ClubKasparov site.}) 13... f6 14. Nh2 {[%cal Gf2f4]}
(14. a3 {Ftacnik} a5 15. c3 g5 $13) 14... g5 $1 (14... O-O {Ftacnik} 15. f4 $14
) 15. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 $1 {Black has consistantly prevented all of white's
active ideas: f2-f4 and b2-b4.} (15... O-O {Ftacnik} 16. b4 Rd8 17. bxc5 Ne6
$11) 16. c3 {A committing move. In the future white will have to play the
break in the centre d3-d4, otherwise the weakness of the Pd3 may become a
factor. However it's not easy to demonstrate a useful alternative plan.} (16.
b4 {Ftacnik} axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 cxb4 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 O-O $17)
16... O-O 17. Ng4 (17. d4 exd4 (17... cxd4 {Ftacnik} 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 f5
$15) 18. cxd4 Qxe4 19. dxc5 Be6 $132) 17... Bxg4 (17... Be6 {Ftacnik} 18. Nh6+
Kh8 19. Qe3 $11) 18. hxg4 h5 19. b4 $2 {Anand in a hurry to carry out the
break on the queenside, but it turns out to be in black's favour.} (19. gxh5
Nxh5 20. Qe3 $11) 19... axb4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. cxb4 hxg4 22. Ng3 Ne6 {An
interesting question here is: Whose weaknesses are the more important, white's
on f4 and d4 or black's on f5?} 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Qe2 (24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nxg4 Nf4
{and black is on top.}) 24... Nd4 25. Qxg4 Nxf5 26. exf5 Rad8 {[%csl Rd3]
White has no compensation for his pawn islands, especially Pd3. Black has a
big advantage.} 27. Ra3 (27. Ra7 Rf7 $1 {[%cal Yf7b7]}) 27... Kg7 (27... Qf7 $1
{Ftacnik} 28. Re1 Rd4 29. Re4 Rfd8 $17) 28. d4 {It's a very depressing
position for white to defend, that's why Anand decides to get rid of his weak
P immediately to get some counterchances. Ftacnik: 'With the passive defence
white was facing only problems and a slow death.'} exd4 (28... Qxd4 {Ftacnik}
29. Qh5 Rf7 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rh3 Ke7 $17) 29. f4 d3 {[%csl Yd4] The threat Qd4
forcing white to exchange QQ and the forthcoming endgame is winning for black.}
30. fxg5 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. g6 {[%csl Gg6] This pawn is white's last hope..
.} Rfd8 33. Rd1 R8d5 $6 ({The winning line seems to be:} 33... d2 34. Re3 (34.
Ra2 R8d5 $19) (34. Rh3 Rxb4 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rf7 c5 37. Rxf6 c4 38. Rf7 Rb6 $1
39. f6 (39. Rc7 Rc6) 39... Rxf6 40. Rxf6 c3 $19) 34... Rxb4 35. Re7+ Kg8 36.
Kf2 b5 37. Ke3 Rbd4 38. Re6 c5 39. Rxf6 c4 40. Rc6 b4 41. f6 c3 $19) 34. Ra5 $1
Rxa5 $2 {It's amazing, but after this obvious exchange there is no clear win
for black...The main factor is that white is actually playing with an "extra"
K.} (34... Re5 35. Kf2 Rf4+ (35... Rxb4 36. Rxe5 Rf4+ 37. Ke3 fxe5 38. Rxd3
Rxf5 39. Rd7+ Kxg6 40. Rxb7 {and the draw is not far away.}) 36. Kg3 Rfxf5 37.
Rxd3 Rxa5 38. bxa5 {White has good drawing chances.}) ({The best decision was
to admit the previous inaccuracy:} 34... Rd8 $1 {White has no move better, than
} 35. Ra3 {and now} d2 {is winning - see 33...d2.}) 35. bxa5 c5 (35... d2 36.
Kf2 Rf4+ 37. Ke3 Rxf5 38. Rxd2 Rxa5 39. Rd7+ Kxg6 40. Rxb7 {White has good
chances to save the game.}) 36. Kf2 c4 {It looks like white should resign, but
it's only from the first glance...} 37. Ke3 Rd5 38. g4 $1 Rxa5 ({An attempt to
play for a zugzwang is not sufficient as well:} 38... Kg8 39. a6 $1 (39. Ke4
Rxa5 40. Kd4 b5 41. g5 fxg5 42. f6 Ra8 43. Ke5 b4 44. Kf5 b3 45. Kxg5 b2 46.
Kh6 Rf8 $1 $19) 39... bxa6 40. Kd2 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd2c3]}) 39. Kd4 b5 40. Rh1
$1 $132 {'!' Ftacnik. Black has 3! connected passed pawns, but white's
counterplay is good enough to keep the balance. Ftacnik: 'Very original
position, white is probably having enough counterplay despite the
threateningly looking chain of black's pawns.'} Ra8 (40... Ra3 {[%cal Gd3d2]}
41. Rh2 $1) (40... Kg8 $2 41. g5 fxg5 42. f6) (40... d2 {Ftacnik} 41. Kc3 Ra2
42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Rd7 $11) 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rd7 $1 {[%mdl 256] putting the R on
the file of the most dangerous black's P.} Rf8 {Preventing white's idea of
g4-g5. On the other hand the black R on f8 fulfills only defensive functions,
and thus does not support it's pawn advance.} ({An amazing position could
arise after} 42... Rc8 $2 43. g5 c3 44. gxf6 d2 45. Ke5 c2 46. Rg7+ Kf8 47. Rh7
{[%cal Rh7h8]} Rc5+ 48. Kf4 $18) 43. Kc3 Rc8 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 44. g5 $1 (44. Rb7
$2 Rd8 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gd3d2]}) 44... Rf8 (44... b4+ 45. Kxb4 c3 46. gxf6 c2
47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Rb8+ $1 (48... Ke8 $2 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rxc8 Kxc8 51. f7
c1=Q 52. f8=Q+ $18) 49. Ka4 Ke8 50. Re7+ Kf8 $11) 45. gxf6 Rxf6 46. Rd5 Rb6 47.
Rd8+ Kg7 48. Rd7+ {Black can not avoid the perpetual.} Kg8 (48... Kf6 $4 49.
Rf7+ Ke5 50. g7 Rb8 51. Rf8 $18) 49. Rd8+ Kg7 50. Rd7+ {Another great escape
for the "slippery" Indian. It contributed greatly to his ultimate victory in
the tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Qe2 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb3 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rac1 a6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Rc8
15. Rfc1 Rxc3 16. Rxc3 b5 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Rc1 Ndf6 19. Rd1 Nd6 20. Nd3 Bd5 21.
Bc2 Be4 22. Nc5 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Nd5 24. Bg3 a5 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. g3 Rc8 27. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. e4 Qc7 {[%cal Yf6g4,Yg4e5]} (
12... Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bg3 Rd8 18.
Nd4 Bb7 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Shipov,S-Karjakin,S/Moscow RUS 2002/ (20)}
) 13. h3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Rac8 $1 15. Rac1 {[%cal Gb3c5]} Qb8 16. Rfd1 (16. Nc5 $2
Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Nd4 $17) (16. Be3 $2 Nb4 $17) 16... Ne5 $6 (16... Nd7 $5 17. Bb1
Nce5 $11) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc5 $14 h6 19. Be3 Rfd8 {[%cal Yf6d7]} 20. b4 Nd7
21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 (22... Qxc8 23. a4 (23. Rc1 Qb7 $11) 23... bxa4 24.
Bxa6 Qc7 25. Qa2 (25. Bb5 a3 26. Qd2 Ra8 $1 $15) 25... Nf6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qxa4 Nxe4 $14) 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rc1 Bd6 $11 26. Qd2 (26. Ra1 Ne5
27. Bf4 $11 (27. Ra7 Qc6 $15)) 26... Ne5 27. Be2 $2 (27. Bxb5 Bxb4 28. Qxb4 Nd3
29. Qc4 Qxb5 $11 (29... Nxc1 30. Ba6 Qb1 31. Bxc1 Ra8 $11)) 27... Rd8 28. Kh1
$6 (28. Qc2 Bxb4 29. Qb1 Bd6 30. Rd1 b4 31. Bc5 Qc6 32. Qxb4 Rb8 33. Qd4 $11)
28... Qxe4 29. Bxb5 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Bxb4 $15 {/-/+} 31. Be2 Ng6 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.
Bxd1 Ne7 34. g3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 Qa5 12. a3 Be7 $1 {An improvement on
our game from Linares 1992.} 13. Kb1 e5 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Be1 $6 {A slip of the
hand} (15. Bh4 Nxe4 (15... Rd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $14) 16. fxe4 Bxh4 17.
Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qc6+ $14) 15... Qc7 16. Bh4 Rd8 (16... Nxe4 $1) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18.
Nd5 {The position White wants. A comfortable edge without risk.} Bxd5 19. Qxd5
Bg5 20. c3 Be3 21. Bd3 O-O 22. Bc2 Bc5 23. Bb3 (23. b4 $5 Bb6 24. Rd3 $14)
23... a5 24. h4 g6 25. g4 $6 (25. g3 {was better - to follow with f4 and e5})
25... Kg7 26. Rhf1 Rde8 27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Be3 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxg5
31. Rd5 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 33. axb4 Be3 {Black should be OK here} 34. b5 Re7 35.
Rfd1 Rb8 36. Bc4 Rbb7 37. Kc2 Kf6 38. Rd6+ Kg7 $2 (38... Kg5 {Why not right
away?}) 39. Rc6 Kh6 40. Kb3 Kg5 41. Rdd6 Kf4 42. Rf6+ Kg3 43. b6 {Now it's
difficult for Black.} Bf4 (43... Bg5 44. Bd5 Bxf6 45. Rxf6 $16) (43... Bd4 {
Waiting doesn't help either since White takes his king closer} 44. Kb4) 44. Ba6
Rb8 45. Rc8 $1 Rxc8 46. Bxc8 Be3 47. b7 Ba7 48. Ra6 Bb8 49. Ra8 Bc7 $2 (49...
Bd6 {doesn't help} 50. Kc4 Kxf3 51. Kd5 Bc7 52. Kc6 Kxe4 53. Bd7 $18) 50. Bg4 (
50. Kc4 {This also wins, but this was a blitz game!} Kxf3 51. Kd5 f5 52. Kc6)
50... f5 51. exf5 gxf5 52. Bxf5 Kxf3 53. b8=Q Bxb8 54. Rxb8 e4 55. Rf8 e3 56.
Bd3+ Kg2 57. Be2 Rd7 58. Rf3 (58. Re8 Kf2 59. Bc4 $18) 58... Rb7+ 59. Kc2 Rc7+
60. Kb1 Re7 61. b3 (61. b4 $4 Re4 $1) 61... Re8 62. Kb2 Re7 63. b4 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{For the final we had switched to the 7-hour time control.  Normally this is
somewhat disorienting, but we did have a rest day to adjust. Nonetheless, we
made our moves pretty slowly!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Karpov used the Petroff as
his main weapon in Prague - he played a total of 6 games with it.} 3. Nxe5 d6
4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 {Morozevich played 7.Re1, but
Short and Shirov stuck to this move. On the rest day, I tried to find
something with which to surprise him, but this difficult after 5 games! So I
decided to just repeat Alexey's approach.} Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 (13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Bg5 {The main line
here.}) 14. Bf4 dxc4 {His improvement.} ({Against Alexey, he was worse after:} 
14... Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Ne5 c6 17. c4 Qd8 18. Bh5 g6 19. Bg4 Bg5 20. Bxg5
Qxg5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Qe1 b6 24. Rd1 f6 25. Ng4 Rxe3 26. Nxe3 $16
{Shirov-Karpov Prague 2002}) 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ (16. Bg5 {Obviously, Bg5
makes no sense here.}) 16... Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 {This position is
equal, but it isn't sterile - Black still has work to do. Once White's knight
finds a place at f4 or e3, Black won't be able to swap peices easily.} 19. h4
$1 Qe7 (19... h6 20. h5 (20. Nh3 Na5) 20... Bxh5 21. Qxh5 hxg5 {Here White can
take on g5, but after Qe7 and Qf6, Black should hold.} {And} 22. Kh2 $1 {
My favourite:} ({I was looking at several moves:} 22. Ra2 Qe1+ (22... Qe7 23.
Re2 Qf6 24. Re3 g6 25. Qh6 g4) 23. Kh2 Rf8) (22. Kf1 Qe7 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Re3 g6
25. Rf3 gxh5 26. Rxf6 Nd8 27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. Bd5 Kf8 29. c4 Ke7 30. Rh6 $14)
22... Rc8 (22... Na5 23. Re1 $1 (23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Rh1 Qf5) 23... Nxc4 (23... Qd7
24. Rh1 $1 Qf5 25. Kg1 Qb1+ 26. Bf1 $18) 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxg5 $16) (22...
Qe7 23. Rh1 $1 $18) 23. Re1 (23. Rh1 Ne7 24. Kg1 Kf8) 23... Ne7 (23... Qd7 24.
Bd3 g6 25. Bxg6 $1 $16) 24. Bd3 g6 25. Qxg5 Rc7 26. Re3 $16) 20. Qg4 h6 21. Nh3
(21. Nf3 Be4 22. Nd2 Bh7 {White can still play Nf1-e3, but I felt this was not
incisive enough.}) 21... Qf6 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Qf3 (23. Qg3) 23... Kf8 (23... Rc8
24. Nf4 Bd7 25. Qg3 $1 $14) 24. Nf4 Bd7 (24... Qxh4 {Black could have taken
here.} 25. Bxf7 Qg4 26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. Bd5 Ne7 $8 28. Bxb7 Rb8 {It isn't easy
for White to contain Black's counterplay, but it isn't easy for Black to take
such extreme measures either when things look under control.}) 25. g3 Re8 26.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 {Here it looks like a dead draw, but White can still press.} 27. Qe4
$1 {The threat of Qh7 forces Black to make some concessions.} g5 $2 (27... g6
28. h5) 28. hxg5 Qxg5 {Most people told me that this was wrong and I shared
this opinion, but perhaps the real mistake was g5.} (28... hxg5 29. Nd5 Qg6 {
Now White can continue in two ways.} 30. Qf3 {I was leaning towards this.} (30.
Qxg6 fxg6 31. Nf6 Bf7 (31... Ke7 32. Nxe8 (32. Ne4 g4) 32... Kxe8 33. Kg2 Ke7
34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Bd5 $14) (31... Na5 32. Bd3 $16) 32. Nh7+ Kg7 33. Bxf7 Kxh7 34.
Bd5 $1 (34. Kg2 Ne7 $11) 34... Nd8 35. Kg2) 30... Bd7 31. Bd3 $14) 29. Bd5 $1 {
A very nice move which allows White to threaten Qb1} Bd7 (29... Qe7 30. Qf5 $16
) 30. Qh7 {Already Black has to lose a pawn} Qf6 (30... Be8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32.
Bg2 $18) (30... Qg7 31. Qb1 $1 b6 32. Qb5 Nb8 33. Qc4 $18) (30... Nd8 31. Bxf7
Qg7) 31. Bxf7 {White wins a pawn, but I saw that the technical task wasn't
going to be trivial.} (31. Qb1 {I checked this for a while, but found that
Black defends with} b6 32. Qb5 Qf5 $1) 31... Ne7 32. Bb3 $1 (32. Ng6+ Nxg6 33.
Qg8+ $1 (33. Bxg6 Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Be4 b6 {I wasn't sure if White could
win this.} {For instance:} 36. f4 Kf6 37. Kf2 Be6 38. Kf3 Bd7 39. g4 Be6 40.
Kg3 Bf7 41. Kh4 Be8 42. g5+ hxg5+ 43. fxg5+ Kg7 {It isn't clear that White can
break through here and Anatoly thought the same.}) 33... Ke7 34. Bxg6 Qf8 35.
Qh7+ Kd8 36. Be4 b6 $16 {Here the presence of queens helps.}) 32... Bf5 {
Well, the queen is trapped, but...} 33. Nh5 Bxh7 34. Nxf6 Bg6 (34... Bf5 35. f3
Kg7 $2 36. Ne8+) 35. Ng4 Kg7 36. Ne3 Be4 37. g4 Kf6 38. Kh2 b6 39. Kg3 Kg5 {
White has brought his king out, but since this was a 7 hour game, I shuffle my
bishop around for a while.} 40. Bf7 Kf6 41. Bc4 Kg5 42. Bb3 Kf6 43. f3 Bg6 44.
f4 Be4 45. Bc4 Bc6 46. Bd3 Bb7 (46... Be8 {Karpov later said that he should
have waited on f7.} 47. Kh4 Bf7 48. Bb5 Be6 (48... Nd5 49. g5+ $1 {However,
this intermezzo wraps it up} (49. Nxd5+ Bxd5 50. Kh5 Kg7 {This is a
fascinating ending.} 51. Be8 Kf8 52. Bg6 Kg7 53. f5 Bf3 $8 (53... Bc6 54. f6+
Kxf6 55. Kxh6 {This is a trivial win}) 54. Be8 Be2 55. Bd7 Kf6 {Now White must
take the bishop back to h3} 56. Bc6 Kg7 57. Bg2 Bd1 {Black has to wait until
Bh3 to bring his own back.} 58. d5 (58. Bh3 Bb3 $8 59. f6+ Kh7 60. g5 Bf7+ 61.
Kh4 hxg5+ (61... Kg6 62. gxh6 Kxh6 63. Bf5) 62. Kxg5 Kg8 63. Bf5 Bc4 64. Bg6
Kf8 {Here White's position is far more imposing than in the one arising in the
note to move 32, but still hard to win.}) 58... Be2) 49... hxg5+ 50. fxg5+ Kg6
51. Bd3+ Kg7 52. Nf5+ Kf8 53. Nxd6 $18) (48... Bg6 49. Nc4 $1) 49. c4 $16) 47.
Kh4 Bf3 $2 (47... Bc6 {Black should still wait}) 48. Nc4 $1 {Now it's over} Nd5
(48... d5 49. Ne3 {Now bishop endgames are trivial - White goes through the e5
square.}) 49. Kg3 Bd1 (49... Bh1 50. Nxd6 Nxc3 51. Nc8 $18) 50. Nxd6 Nxc3 51.
Nf5 Kg6 52. d5 $1 {Finally} Ba4 53. d6 Bd7 54. Kh4 a5 {b5 leads to the same.}
55. Ne3+ Kf7 (55... Kg7 56. Bf5 $18) 56. Kh5 b5 57. Kxh6 Ke6 58. g5 Kxd6 59. g6
{Anatoly resigned.  It may interest the reader to know that this was White's
only win in Prague against the Petroff. Until now, White had 4 losses! 
However, please look at the games closely before rushing to play it - Black
suffered quite a bit!} 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 $1 {Die nach diesem Zug entstehende
Isolani-Stellung ist anscheinend befriedigend für Schwarz.} (11... Qc7 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 cxd4 15. Bd3 h6 16. e4 $36 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Kasparov,
G/Internet 2000/CBM 76/[Lutz] (56)}) 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Qe2 (13. Bd3 b6 14. Be3 (
14. h3 Bb7 15. Qe2 (15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Vyzmanavin,A/Podolsk
1992/CBM 33 (16)}) 15... Rfe8 16. Be3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qf5
Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rac1 Qb4 23. Rc2 h6 24. Rcd2 Re6 25. g3 Qe7
{1/2-1/2 Maric,A-Cosma,E/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 82 ext (25)}) 14... Bb7 15. Qe2
Nd5 16. Ne4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 $15 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/New Delhi/Theran
2000/CBM 81/[Lutz] (58)}) 13... Re8 $1 $146 {Durch die Gegenüberstellung von
De2 und Te8 verhindert Schwarz den Vorstoß d4-d5. In Adianto-Gurevich konnte
dank dieser Idee eine leichte Initiative behaupten.} (13... b6 14. Bg5 Bb7 (
14... Re8 $5) 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc5 19. Rad1
Rfe8 20. Qc2 Bf8 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Ng5 g6 23. b4 Ne6 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Ne4 Be7
26. Bxb6 Rc4 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxb4 29. a5 $14 {1-0 Adianto,U-Gurevich,M/
Batumi 2001/CBM 86 (51)}) 14. Re1 (14. Bg5 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 $11) 14... b6 15.
Bb3 Bb7 16. Ne5 {Weiß läßt Vereinfachungen zu, aber auch sonst hat er wohl
nichts Besonderes} Nd5 17. Bd2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 $11 {Schwarz
hat keine Probleme mehr.} 20. Rac1 Qe7 21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Bc4 g6 23. Bf1 Qd7 24.
h4 h5 25. Qf4 Qd5 26. b4 Be7 27. Re3 Rf8 28. Rce1 Qb3 29. b5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Rd1
31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd8 33. Be2 Qc2 34. Bf3 ({Schwarz kann nach} 34. Bf3
Qxf2 35. Re2 Qc5 {spielen und hat einen Bauern mehr, aber Anand reichte das
Unentschieden zum Matchsieg.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bg5 a5 $5 $146 {Mit dieser Neuerung leitet Anand
das Spiel in taktisches Fahrwasser.} ({Nach dem ruhigen} 11... Be7 12. c5 h6
13. Bh4 Nd7 {konnte Weiß seinen Druck nicht ausbauen:} 14. Bg3 b6 15. cxb6 Nxb6
16. Be2 Bb7 17. O-O Qd7 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Rfc8 20. Qb3 Qd8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22.
Bxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {Sakaev,K-Lutz,C/Istanbul 2000}) 12. b5 (12. cxd5 $6
axb4 13. dxc6 bxc3 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {ist für Weiß nicht erstrebenswert.}) (12. c5
$6 axb4 13. axb4 Be7 14. b5 Nb4 $132 {><c5}) 12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 (13. cxd5 $2
Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bxa3 $17) (13. c5 $2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bxc5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rxc5
Qd6 17. Rc3 Ne4 $17) 13... Bxe5 14. c5 {Wie so oft in dieser Variante setzt
Weiß auf seine Bauernmajorität auf dem Damenflügel.} (14. cxd5 $6 exd5 15. Be2
Qd6 $36 {><a3}) 14... a4 $1 {Ein guter Konter! Anand verhindert Nc3-a4 und
räumt das Feld a5 für seine Dame.} 15. f4 $1 ({Zum Ausgleich führt} 15. Bd3 Qa5
16. Qd2 Bd7 17. f4 (17. O-O $2 Bxb5 $1 18. Bxb5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Ne4
$15 {kostet Weiß einen Bauern.}) 17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rfc8 19. O-O Ne4 20. Bxe4
dxe4 $11) 15... Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 e5 $1 (16... Qa5 $2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd4 $16)
17. Bxf6 $1 (17. fxe5 $4 Qa5 $19 {/\Ne4}) 17... Qxf6 18. fxe5 Qh4+ (18... Qxe5
19. Qd4 $14) 19. g3 Qe4 20. Rg1 Qxe5 21. Qd4 $14 {Trotz des aktiven und
logischen Spiels ist Schwarz der vollständige Ausgleich noch nicht gelungen.}
Qh5 22. h4 Bg4 23. Bd3 Bf3 24. Kf2 Be4 $1 {Dieses Bauernopfer ist erzwungen,
Schwarz braucht die offene d-Linie für sein Gegenspiel.} 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4
Rad8 27. Rc2 $2 ({Chancenreicher war} 27. Qc2 $1) 27... Rfe8 28. Qf3 Qg6 29.
Rgc1 Qd3 $11 30. c6 bxc6 31. bxc6 Qxa3 32. c7 Rc8 33. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 {White has problems finding any advantage in main lines, so he tries
to search for imporvments in side lines. For now, unsuccesfully.} (9. Ne5 Nfd7
10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bc3 {would have led to the main}) 9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11.
Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qe8 $1 {an imprtant move. Black removes his Q away from the
'd' file, enabling him to open up the center against white's Q.} 13. a4 $146 {
The latest attempt to get any advantage in this line.} ({so far, only:} 13. e4
{has been tested} dxc4 14. bxc4 (14. Nd2 e5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4
Bc5 18. Rd2 Ndxe5 19. Na4 Bb4 20. Re2 b5 21. Nb2 Ba3 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Qb3 Bc5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Landa,K/Kaskady SVK 2002/The Week in Chess 400 (76)})
14... Bxc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Ndb1 Bxb1 18. Raxb1 a5 19. Qb3 b5 20. e5
a4 21. Qb2 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Tkachiev,V-Gelfand,B/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 (43)}) ({
an attempt to defend the pawn doesn't help} 13. Nd2 c5 {and the knight is
needed on f3.}) 13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15. Ne4 {White's point. In the cost
of a pawn white wants to get a bishop pair, with the belief that his activity
will win him back the pawn. It's true, but black will be able to exchange too
many pieces in the process.} Nxe4 16. Qxc4 Bd6 $1 (16... Ndf6 17. Ne5 c5 18.
Qd3 Nd6 19. Rdc1 {and white's domination more than compensates for the pawn.})
17. Ne5 f5 {[%cal Gg7g5] the point of Bd6. black threatens g5 now, so white
must spend an important tempo.} 18. h4 c5 19. Bxe4 (19. Rac1 Rc7 $1 {and black
is fine.} ({but not:} 19... cxd4 20. Qxc8 Qxc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxd7 Nc3 23.
Rd2)) 19... cxd4 20. Qxd4 (20. Qxd4 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 fxe4 23. Rd6
Qf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3]} 1. Nf3 {Huzman} d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O
a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 {A new but natural
looking move. In these positions with an isolated queen's pawn, White must use
his lead in development to create pressure, whereas Black aims to soak this up
and eventually exploit the weakness of the pawn.} Na5 (11... Nd5 {Huzman} 12.
Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Rac1 b6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Rc7 a5 (16... Bb7 {
Huzman} 17. Rfc1 Rad8 18. Qf4 Rd7 19. h3 h6 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Rc3
f6 23. Ng6 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I-Husnutdinov,D/Oropesa del Mar 2001/
EXT 2002 (33)}) 17. Rfc1 Bb7 18. Qf4 Rad8 19. a3 h6 20. h3 Ba8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sundararajan,K-Arnold,L/Budapest 2001/CBM 83 ext (26)}) (11... Nb4 {Huzman} 12.
Ne5 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f4 Rd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. f5 Qb6
19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Ng6 Ra7 21. Rfe1 Bxb3 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxe7 Bxd1 24. Rxd1
Rxd4 $19 {0-1 Colas,J-Sansas,A/FRA-ch21 corr 1956/Corr 2000 (37)}) (11... h6 {
Huzman} 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Ne5 (14. Be5 {Huzman} Nxe5 15. Nxe5 b5 16.
Qf4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bb7 20. Qg4 Rad8 $15 {0-1 Bluvshtein,
M-Lesiege,A/Montreal CAN 2002/The Week in Chess 404 (56)}) 14... Ne7 15. Qd3
Ned5 16. Bc1 (16. Nxd5 {Huzman} Nxd5 17. Bc2 f5 18. Qg3 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bd6 20.
Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Barsov,A-Lesiege,A/Montreal CAN 2002/The Week in Chess 404 (79)})
16... b5 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Bxh6 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qg5 Qe7 22. Rd3
Ne4 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qg5 Ne4 25. Qg4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Mainz GER
2001 (25)}) 12. Bc2 b5 13. Rad1 (13. Qf4 {Huzman} Ra7 (13... Bb7 {Huzman} 14.
Qh4 g6 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Ra7 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Bh6
Re8 21. Qg4 Bf8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Rxd5 $18 {1-0 Pert,N-Ganguly,S/
Torquay ENG 2002/The Week in Chess 405 (31)}) 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. d5 $1 Bxd5 16.
Nxd5 exd5 $2 17. Qh4 h5 18. Rfe1 Nc6 19. g4 $1 Qd6 20. gxh5 Qb4 21. h6 Qxh4 22.
Nxh4 Ne4 23. hxg7 Rc8 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Kxg7 27. Rd6 $1 $18
{1-0 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Dortmund 2001/CBM 85/(39)}) 13... Nc4 (13... Bb7 {Huzman
} 14. Qf4 b4 15. d5 bxc3 16. Qh4 h5 17. dxe6 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh5 g6 20.
exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 $13 {0-1 Epishin,V-Hort,V/Hoogeveen 2001/CBM 84 ext 
(39)}) 14. Qf4 Ra7 $5 {[%cal Ya7c7,Yc7d7]} ({If} 14... Nxb2 15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6
16. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rh7][%cal Ye4a8,Ye4h7] threatening mate and the rook on
a8, wins.}) (14... Bb7 {is also playable, but Anand plans to swing the rook
across instead.}) 15. Ne5 Rc7 (15... Nxb2 {Huzman} 16. Nc6 Nxd1 $1 (16... Qd7 {
Huzman} 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qh4 h6 19. Ne4 $1 $18) 17. Nxd8 (17. Qh4 {Huzman} h6
18. Bxh6 Nxc3 19. Bxg7 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ $11) 17... Nxc3
18. Qf3 Rxd8 19. Qxc3 Rad7 $44) 16. Nxc4 bxc4 (16... Rxc4 $2 {Huzman} 17. Qh4
g6 (17... h6 {Huzman} 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Rd3 $1 Nh7 20. Rg3+ Ng5 (20... Bg5 {
Huzman} 21. Qxh6 f5 22. h4 $18) 21. Qxh6 f5 22. h4 $16) 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Bb3 f6
20. Bh6 f5 21. Ng5 Rc7 22. Rfe1 $16) 17. Bxf6 {'!' Huzman.} (17. d5 {Huzman}
Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. Be4 Rd7 $11) 17... Bxf6 18. d5 $1 {[%csl
Gd5] Maintaining an edge, as Black's pieces are not well placed to deal with
this advance.} e5 (18... Bxc3 {Huzman} 19. dxe6 $1 (19. d6 {Huzman} Rc5 20.
bxc3 Bb7 $13) 19... Qe7 20. bxc3 Bxe6 21. Rd6 (21. Rfe1 $5 {Huzman}) 21... Bc8
22. Rfd1 $14) (18... exd5 {Huzman} 19. Nxd5 Rb7 20. Rfe1 $1 $16) 19. Qf3 {
'!' Huzman.} Rb7 (19... g6 {Huzman} 20. d6 Rb7 21. d7 $1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23.
Rd1 $16) (19... Be7 {Huzman} 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qxe5 Bd6 22. Qd4 $16) 20. Qe4 g6
21. Qxc4 Rxb2 22. Bb3 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Yc3a4] '+/-!' Huzman. Now Black is
further inconvenienced by the threat of Nc3-a4, trapping the rook.} Bg5 {
'[]' Huzman.} 23. d6 Be6 24. Qa4 (24. Qxa6 {Huzman} Bg4 $1 (24... Bxb3 {Huzman}
25. axb3 Rxb3 26. Ne4 $16) 25. Na4 Bxd1 (25... Be2 {Huzman} 26. Qc6 Rxb3 27.
axb3 Bf4 28. Nc5 $18) 26. Nxb2 Bg4 27. Nd3 $16) 24... Bxb3 {'?' Huzman.} (24...
Bd7 {Huzman} 25. Qxa6 $16 (25. Qa3 $5 {Huzman} Rd2 26. Ne4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 $16))
(24... Bf5 {Huzman} 25. Qa3 Rd2 26. Nd5 $1 $16 Be4 27. Rxd2 Bxd2 28. Ne7+ Kg7
29. Qxa6 Qd7 $16) 25. axb3 {[%csl Gd1,Gd6] The d-pawn is now extremely strong.
Nevertheless, Kramnik must continue to play with energy to prevent it being
blockaded and rounded up.} Qb6 26. Qg4 {'!' Huzman.} Bf4 (26... Qxb3 {Huzman}
27. Qxg5 Qxc3 28. d7 f6 29. Qg4 Rbb8 (29... Qc7 {Huzman} 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qe7+
$18) (29... Rd2 {Huzman} 30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Rd1 $18) 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. d8=Q Rfxd8
32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qe7+ $18) (26... Qd8 {Huzman} 27. Qc4 Qd7 (27... Rc2 {Huzman}
28. Qd3 Rb2 29. Ne4 $16) 28. Ne4 $16) 27. Nd5 Qd8 (27... Qxd6 28. Nxf4 Qb4 29.
Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rg4,Rg8][%cal Yd5f6] and White will regain the queen with a
winning fork on f6.}) 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. d7 Rxb3 30. Qxf4 {[%csl Gd7] The pawn
ties Black down completely, and Kramnik closes in.} Rb8 31. Rfe1 Qb6 32. h4 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Yh4h6]} h5 {White threatened to advance the pawn to h6,
creating mate threats on g7, but now there are additional possibilities to
sacrifice a rook on g6.} 33. Rd6 Qc5 34. Qf6 Qf5 (34... Qc7 35. Re7 Rbd8 {
and now for instance} 36. Qe5 {threatening Rxg6+} Qc2 37. Rxa6 {and White will
win easily.}) 35. Qxf5 gxf5 {Black's kingside is now damaged beyond repair.}
36. Rxa6 Rfd8 37. Rd6 {[%csl Rf5,Rh5] It won't take Kramnik long to mop up the
kingside.} 1-0

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Cifuentes} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. g5 exf4 14.
gxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rhg1+ Kh8 18. e4 {'!' Cifuentes. Mit
diesem Zug verhindert Weiß den unangenehmen Läuferausfall Bc8-f5 und plant
seine Aktivität (Rd1-d6, Qc2-b3) nach der Prophylaxe Kc1-b1 wiederaufzunehmen.}
(18. Nd4) (18. Qe4) 18... b5 {'[]' Cifuentes. Die Standardantwort, Schwarz
startet sein Gegenspiel ohne Vorbereitung.} (18... Bh3 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Qb3 {
><f7 Short}) (18... Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qb3 $36 Qc7+ (20... Qa6 {Cifuentes}
21. Kb1 Rad8 22. e5 $44) 21. Kb1 Qc6 22. Rge1 e5 23. Rc1) 19. Bd5 Nxd5 (19...
Rb8 $2 {Cifuentes} 20. Qc5 $1) (19... Be6 {Cifuentes} 20. Bxa8 Rc8 21. Qxc8+
Nxc8 22. Kb1 b4 23. Nd4 bxa3 24. Nc6 $1) 20. exd5 b4 ({Nach} 20... Bd7 $6 21.
Kb1 b4 22. Rd4 $1 {entwickelt Weiß einen gefährlichen Angriff:} bxa3 23. Rxf4
$1 {/\Qh7} f5 24. Rh4 Rab8 25. Qc4 $1 Rxb2+ 26. Ka1 $18) (20... Bg4 $6 21. Qe4
Qc7+ 22. Kb1 Rfe8 23. Qd4 Bf5+ 24. Ka1 Qd6 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Ne6 Qe5 27. Rge1
Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 $16 {Mamedyarov,S-Tregubov,P/Dubai 2002}) 21. axb4
Qa1+ (21... Qxb4 22. Rd4 Qd6 23. Qc6 $14 {Short}) 22. Kd2 Qa6 23. Qc6 (23. Nd4
$2 Rd8 24. b5 Qb6 25. Qe4 Bb7 $40 {Akopian,V-Short,N/Groningen 1996}) 23... Rd8
(23... Bb7 $5) 24. Kc3 (24. Qxa8 $2 {Cifuentes} Qc4 $1) 24... Bb7 25. Qxa6 Bxa6
26. Rd4 Rac8+ 27. Kd2 (27. Kb3 $2 {Cifuentes} Rxd5 $1) 27... Bb7 28. Rc1 {
'!' Cifuentes.} Rxc1 29. Kxc1 Kg7 (29... Bxd5 $2 {Cifuentes} 30. Kd2 $1 Kg7 31.
Ne1 f5 32. Nd3 Kf6 33. Nxf4 Ke5 34. Ke3 Rd7 35. b5 Be6 36. Nxe6 Kxe6 37. Rxd7
Kxd7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. f4 $18) (29... Rxd5 {Cifuentes} 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Nd4 Kg7
32. Nf5+ {see game}) 30. Nh4 {Eine Neuerung im 30. Zug - so was sieht man
selten, selbst in unserer informationsüberfüllten Zeit! Die
Stellungseinschätzung bleibt jedoch "alt", Schwarz remisiert mühelos.} (30. Ne1
Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. Nd3 f3 33. Kd2 Bc6 34. Nf4 f5 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. h4 Ke5 37.
Nd3+ Kd5 38. Kf4 Ba4 39. Ne5 f6 40. Nxf3 Bc2 $11 {Van Wely,L-Short,N/Wijk aan
Zee 1997}) 30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Kd2 Ke8 {'!' Cifuentes.} (
33... Be6 $5 34. Nd6 (34. Nd4 {Cifuentes} Bd5 35. Nb5 a6 36. Nc7 Bb7 37. Kc3
Ke7 38. b5 a5 39. Kb3 $1 Kd6 40. Na6 Kd5 (40... Bxa6 {Cifuentes} 41. bxa6 Kc6
42. Ka4 Kb6 43. a7 $18) 41. Ka4 Kd4 42. Kxa5 Bf3 43. b4 Kd3 44. Nc5+ Ke2 45. b6
Kxf2 46. b5 $1 Bd5 (46... Kg2 {Cifuentes} 47. h4 Bd5 48. Nd3 $1 Bb7 49. Nxf4+
Kg3 50. Nd3 $18) 47. b7 Bxb7 48. Nxb7 f3 49. Nd6 Ke1 50. b6 f2 51. b7 f1=Q 52.
b8=Q $16) 34... Bd7 $11 {Short}) (33... a6 {Cifuentes} 34. Kc3 Be6 35. Nd4 Ke7
36. b5 axb5 37. Kb4 Kd6 38. Nxb5+ Kd5 39. Kc3 $16) 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Kd4 Be6 36.
Ke4 Bxf5+ {'=!' Cifuentes.} 37. Kxf5 Kc6 38. Kxf4 (38. h4 {Cifuentes} Kb5 39.
Kxf6 Kc4 40. h5 Kd3 41. h6 Ke2 42. Kg7 Kxf2 43. Kxh7 f3 44. Kg8 Ke1 45. h7 f2
46. h8=Q f1=Q $11) (38. f3 $5 {Cifuentes} Kd5 $1 (38... Kb5 {Cifuentes} 39. h4
Kc4 $1 (39... Kxb4 {Cifuentes} 40. h5 Kc4 41. h6 Kd3 42. Kxf4 $1 Kc2 43. Kf5
Kxb2 44. Kxf6 a5 45. Kg7 a4 46. Kxh7 a3 47. Kg8 $18) 40. h5 h6 $1 41. Kxf6 Kd4
$1 (41... Kxb4 $2 {Cifuentes} 42. Kg7 Kb3 43. Kxh6 a5 44. Kg5 a4 45. h6 Kxb2
46. h7 $18) 42. Kg7 Ke3 43. Kxh6 Kxf3 44. Kg5 Ke3 45. h6 f3 46. h7 f2 47. h8=Q
f1=Q 48. Qe5+ Kd2 $11) 39. b5 Kc4 40. h4 h5 41. Kxf4 Kd3 $1 (41... Kxb5 {
Cifuentes} 42. Kf5 Kc4 43. Kxf6 Kb3 44. Kg5 Kxb2 45. Kxh5 a5 46. Kg4 a4 47. h5
a3 48. h6 a2 49. h7 a1=Q 50. h8=Q+ Ka2 51. Qxa1+ Kxa1 52. Kf5 Kb2 53. f4 Kc3
54. Ke5 $1 Kd3 55. f5 Ke3 56. f6 Kf3 57. Kd6 $18) 42. Kf5 Ke3 43. Kxf6 Kxf3 44.
Kg5 Ke4 45. Kxh5 f5 46. Kg6 f4 47. h5 f3 48. h6 f2 49. h7 f1=Q 50. h8=Q $11)
38... Kb5 39. Kf5 Kxb4 40. Kxf6 Kb3 41. f4 Kxb2 42. f5 a5 43. Kxf7 a4 44. f6 a3
45. Kg8 a2 46. f7 a1=Q 47. f8=Q Qa2+ 48. Kxh7 {, und die assistierenden
Computer beschlossen, daß die Stellung remislich ist.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Nc4 (
14. a3 Rac8 15. b4 Be7 16. Nc4 Nd5 17. Nd4 Rc7 18. g3 Rdc8 19. e4 N5f6 20. f3
Ne8 {1/2-1/2 Tunik,G-Makarov,M/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 56 ext (20)}) 14... Rac8
15. Kf1 Bd5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 a5 (17... b5 18. Nd3 Be7 19. f3 $14) (17...
Bb7 $5 18. Nd3 Be7 19. Bd4 Nd7 $11) 18. Ba6 Ra8 (18... Rc7 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Rxc7
Bxc7 21. Rc1 $14) 19. Bb5 Rac8 20. h3 Be4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. f3 Bg6 (22... Bb7
23. e4 (23. Ke2 Nd5 24. Nc4 $140 Nc7 25. Nxa5 bxa5 26. Rxc5 Nxb5 $19) 23... Rd2
24. Nd3 Bc6 (24... Nxe4 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 $18) 25. Bxc6 Rxd3
26. Ke2 $14) 23. e4 $1 {[%csl Rg6]} Rd2 24. Nd3 h6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nxc5 bxc5
27. a4 Rb2 $8 (27... f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Rxc5 $16) 28. Rxc5 Rxb3 29. Bc6 (29.
Be2 $5 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Rxa5 $16) 29... f5 30. Rxa5 $6 (30. exf5 Bxf5 31.
Rxa5 Rb2 $16) 30... fxe4 31. fxe4 Rb4 32. e5 Be4 $1 $14 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 {[%csl
Re5]} 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Kf3 Rb4 36. Ra7 Rb3+ 37. Kf4 Rb2 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 {Kramnik again tries the idea he played
against Kasparov in Wijk aan Zee,} 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Nge4 b6 14.
Rfd1 Ke7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({More natural than} 14... Ne7 {played by Kramnik
against Kasparov.} 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rf1 h5 17. Rae1 Bf5 18. Ng3 Ne7 $13 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 81/[Wedberg] (46)}) 15. Kh2 (15. g4
{doesn´t quite do the trick.} Nh4 16. f4 Ng6 17. Rf1 (17. Ne2 h5 18. Nd4 Bd7)
17... h5 $36) 15... h5 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nf4 Kf8 {Castling by hand solves all
the problems for Black in this game.} 18. Nxh5 (18. Nd3 Ba6 $15) 18... Rxe5 19.
Nhg3 Be6 20. Rd2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz handicap m1"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beutel, Jens/Comp Fritz7"]
[Black "Anand, V/Comp Fritz7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.08.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Rd1 Nf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. c3 Nd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g5 15.
Bg3 e6 16. Ne3 Nce5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qh3 b5 19. Rd2 Qb6 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Ng4
Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qc5 23. h4 Kf8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rd3 Ke7 26. g3 Bf6 27. Bf3 Rab8
28. Bg2 a5 29. Qf3 Be5 30. R3d2 Rg8 31. Qg4 Rg6 32. a3 Rh8 33. Re1 Kf6 34. Re3
Kg7 35. Rd1 Qc4 36. Bf1 Qa4 37. Qe2 g4 38. Rd2 b4 39. Qc4 Rgh6 40. Bg2 Rb8 41.
f4 gxf3 42. Rxf3 Qb5 43. Qxb5 Rxb5 44. cxb4 axb4 45. Kf2 bxa3 46. bxa3 Rf6 47.
Rxf6 Kxf6 48. Rd3 Rb2+ 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Bf1 Ra2 51. Rb3 Bd4 52. Be2 Kf6 53. Bc4
Rf2+ 54. Kg4 Ke5 55. Bd3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Mainz handicap m1"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, V/Comp Fritz7"]
[Black "Beutel, Jens/Comp Fritz7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.08.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bh2 a6 8. Be2
c5 9. O-O b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Qc6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. e4 d5 15. e5
Ne4 16. Bf4 Nf8 17. Qe3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 c4 19. Bc2 Ne6 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Nh2 Bc8
22. f4 Ng7 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. f5 gxf5 25. Bxf5 Qh6 26. Qe2 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rf8 28.
Raf1 b5 29. Ng4 Qe6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qf3 Qg6 32. h4 Qe6 33. h5 h6 34. Nf6+
exf6 35. exf6 Bh8 36. Re5 Qxf6 37. Qxf6 Bxf6 38. Rxf6 Kg7 39. Rff5 Ra1+ 40. Kh2
Ra2 41. Rxd5 Rxb2 42. Rxb5 Rc2 43. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Nd2 Bb7
15. a4 O-O-O 16. a5 c5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Be4 g4 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Qc3 Kb8 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Qa3 Bc7 25. Be3 Qb7 26. c4 Be5 27. Ra2
Kc8 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Qc6 30. Qa7 f5 31. Ra6 Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Bxc7 33. c6 Rd5
34. Rb1 Ra5 35. Rxa5 Bxa5 36. Ra1 Rd8 37. g3 Rd5 38. Bxh6 Kc7 39. Rc1 Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15.
a3 O-O 16. h4 Ng6 17. b4 Qc7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O-O Rh8 21. Rxh8
Rxh8 22. Kb2 f6 23. g3 Ne5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. e5 dxe5
28. fxe5 f5 29. Qg2+ Kf7 30. Rd3 Qf4 31. Qxb7 Rh2 32. Qf3 Qxe5 33. Re3 Qd4 34.
Re2 Rh8 35. Re4 Qf6 36. Re3 Qd4 37. Qe2 Qc4 38. Qg2 Qd4 39. Qe2 Qc4 40. Qg2 Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 {
The most critical line against Sveshnikov Sicilian.} Bg7 (14... Qd7 15. Nc2 $1
$14 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) 15. Qh5 e4 {Sooner or later Black must make this advance
and White will start his play against Black's central pawn formation.} 16. Bc2
O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 (17... Rc8 {is another plan - to bringthe rook to c5. Here
too, White must protect his d5-pawn with} 18. Bb3 $14) 18. Bb3 (18. Kh1 {
Considered best until Leko's novelty in Dortmund, which might re-evaluate it.
I guess 18.Bb3 will become more popular in the near future, since in the
practice Black didn't demonstrate a clear way here yet.} Rb8 $1 {Leko.}) 18...
Ng6 (18... a5 19. Qg5 $1 (19. Nxb5 a4 20. Bd1 Qc5 {was good for Black in
Nunn-McShane, Hastings 1998}) 19... Ng6 20. Nxb5 a4 21. Bd1 Qc5 22. c4 Qxc4 23.
Nxd6 Qxa2 24. Re2 Qxd5 25. Nxf5 Ra5 26. g4 $16 {1-0 Bruzon Bautista,L-Handke,F/
Oropesa del Mar 1999 (53)}) 19. Nc2 Re8 (19... Nf4 20. Qg5 Nd3 21. Ne3 h6 22.
Qxf5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 {and White has a very good compensation for the exchange,
keeping positional advantage, Acs,P-Malakhatko,V/Yerevan 2001.}) 20. f4 {
Black's problem in these positions is connected with his pawn chain f5-e4. If
speaking from strictly strategical point of view, then in principle White
always has better prospects thanks to the potential weakness of pawn f5 and as
a consequence pawn e4. That's why Black's chances must be connected with a
dynamic play of the pieces.} exf3 21. Rxe8+ (21. Qxf3 f4 22. Nb4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1
Re3 24. Rxe3 Qxe3 25. Qd1 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-De Vreugt,D/Antwerp 1998 (39)})
21... Qxe8 22. Qxf3 f4 23. Re1 Qd7 (23... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Gd8g5]}) 24. Nb4 {
The present game shows that White is better and with Black it is rather a
difficult task to play it against a strong positional player. That's why Black
must find other ways to deal against White's opening plan.} a5 25. Nc6 Re8 26.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Kf1 {[%csl Ra5,Rb5] A stable plus for White, who plays for a
win with no risk at all.} (27. Nxa5 Qe1+ 28. Qf1 Qd2 $132) 27... b4 (27... a4
28. Bc2 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc2d3]}) 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Qe2 Qd7 $6 (29... Qxe2+ {
Black surely has good drawing chances here. Although it is understandable that
Anand wanted to keep counterchances with queens on the board, it would have
been objectively stronger to enter this inferior endgame, which might be just
drawish with some accuracy. The problem is that due to White's dominance on
the light squares and strong pieces, Black is not able to create threats
against the opponent's king.}) 30. Bc2 {[%csl Rb4,Rf4]} Ne5 (30... Bxb2 $2 31.
Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxb2) (30... Kf8 31. Nxb4 Qb7 32. Nd3 $1 (32. a3 $2 Bxb2 33. Bxg6
Bxa3 34. Nc2 Qb1+) (32. Nc6 Qxb2 33. Bxg6 Qc1+ $1 34. Kf2 hxg6) (32. Qd2 Bxb2
$1 33. Bxg6 Ba3 $1 34. Qxf4 hxg6 $1) 32... Qxd5 33. a4 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 31.
Qe4 f3 {Trying to organize some counterplay. However, as mentioned above, it
turns out that Black cannot create anything against white king. On the other
hand it must be added that here Black already had little choice. White is
technically winning.} 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qe4 fxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Ng4 (34... Qg4+ {
Now the endgame should be very difficult, since after} 35. Qxg4 Nxg4 36. Bb3
Bxb2 37. Nxb4 {White has two passed pawns and even many opposite-coloured
bishops endgames can be lost now.}) 35. h3 Ne5 (35... Nf6 36. Qxb4 Nxd5 37.
Qb8+ Qe8 38. Qxd6+ $18) 36. Ba4 {Now the outcome becomes clear. Black loses
too much material (two pawns) without any compensation.} Kg8 37. Qxb4 Ng6 38.
Bc2 Qe8 39. Qe4 Qa8 40. a4 Bxb2 41. Qg4 Kh8 (41... Kg7 42. Bxg6 fxg6 43. Ne7
$18) 42. Bxg6 fxg6 43. Qxg6 Qxa4 44. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Anand/Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ruslan had just taken the lead with a fine win in our 3rd game.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Following our 2nd game. Since he
dominated the play on the first day, I felt that it wasn't enough to try and
come up with some little refinement on our 2nd game. I wanted to go for really
sharp lines to try and fight for the initiative in the match.} 6. f3 $1 {
This skips the Ng4 line and takes the play into sharper lines.} e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
g4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Bb7 (9... Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 {Ponomariov has some experience
with this position, but earlier this year Grischuk had a famous win against
Dvoiris from the Aeroflot open .} (10... Bb7 {Transposing back to the game.})
11. Ndxb5 $1) 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Nb3 N8d7 12. Na5 Qc7 {Of course, Black isn't
going to play Bc8.} (12... Rb8 13. Bf4 Nc8 14. Nxb7 Rxb7 15. Kb1 Be7 16. h4 O-O
17. Ne2 Ncb6 18. Nd4 Rc7 19. Bg5 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 {Blehm,P-Kalod,R/Paget
Parish 2001/ 0-1 (35)}) 13. Kb1 {Maybe technically a novelty, but simply one
of the "useful" moves one makes in the Sicilian - the kingside equivalent is
Kh1.} (13. a3 Be7 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18.
Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxa5 20. Rxb6 Ra7 21. Rd1 {Sharapov,E-Fish,G/ Sevastopol
2000/ 1-0 (80)}) (13. Bf4 Nc8 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. Nxb7 Rxb7 16. h4 Be7 17. Bg5 Ndb6
18. Nd4 O-O 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Bd3 Bf8 21. Qe2 Na4 22. Bc1 {Fedorov,A-Ermenkov,E/
Ohrid 2001/ 1-0 (41)}) 13... Be7 (13... b4 14. Ne2 d5 {The thematic reaction
in the centre.} 15. Ng3 Be7 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. f4 O-O (17... dxe4 18. Nxe4) 18.
Bd3) (13... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Qd4 Rc8 16. Be2 $14) 14. h4 {
Here I already saw the possibility of playing Bg5, but decided to wait a bit.}
(14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 O-O 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Rxd6 Qc7 $44) 14... O-O $6 (14...
Ne5 15. Qd4 $1 Nbd7 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. f4 b4 (17... Nf3 18. Qd3 $16 (18. Qxg7
Bf6 19. Qh6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxe4 21. Bc1)) (17... Nxg4 18. Qxg7 Nxe3 19. Qxh8+
Nf8 20. Re1 $18) 18. Na4 Nxg4 19. Qxg7 Nxe3 20. Qxh8+ Nf8 21. Re1 Qxe4 22. Bd3
Qxf4 23. Qg8 $16) (14... b4 $1 15. Ne2 d5 16. Nd4 (16. Nxb7 Qxb7 (16... Nc4 17.
Qc1 dxe4 18. Ng3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxb7 20. Nxe4 O-O 21. g5 $14) 17. Ng3 O-O $13)
16... dxe4 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. fxe4 O-O $11) 15. Bg5 $1 {The point of the
previous move. White can recapture with the h-pawn and attack on the h-file.
Ftacnik: Anand is treating the opening line with deep uderstanding, black has
to worry about the d6 pawn.} f6 {This weakens the e6 square and gives White an
easy target. The only thing that concerned me was that White has lost some
time.} (15... Nf6 16. h5 $1 {White just continues his attack.} (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (
16... gxf6 17. g5 $16) 17. Qxd6 Rac8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne2 {Black has enough ~/
= with his two bishops.} (19. Nxb7 Rxb7 $44) 19... Na4)) (15... Bxg5 {Ftacnik}
16. hxg5 Rfd8 17. g6 fxg6 18. Qxd6 $16) 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Qf2 Nbc4 18. Nxb7 Qxb7
(18... Nxe3 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxe3 Qxb7 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Qb3 Rac8 $11) 19. Bd4 (19.
Ne2 f5 $1 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bh3 fxe4 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Bd5 Qc8 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 $15
) 19... Rac8 20. Ne2 (20. Qg3 {This stops f5, but White has to take some
sacrifices into account.} b4 21. Ne2 Na3+ $1 (21... Qc6 22. Ka1) 22. bxa3 bxa3+
{At the board, I felt that this was very dangerous and decided to stick to 20.
Ne2. Later analysis confirmed this:} 23. Kc1 {Counter-intuitively, White
ambles off to the other side. The obvious tries don't break through.} (23. Ka1
Rxc2 24. Rb1 Rb2 $3 25. Bg2 (25. Bxb2 Rb8 $19) (25. Rxb2 axb2+ 26. Kb1 Nc4 $19)
25... Rb8 26. Qe1 Nc4 $17) {However, an unusual knight retreat keeps Black
going.} 23... Nc6 $1 (23... Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Rc8+ 25. Kd2) (23... Rc7 24. Ba1
Rfc8 25. Nd4) (23... Qb4 24. Ba1 Rxc2+ (24... Rb8 25. Nc3 Rfc8 26. f4) 25. Kxc2
Rc8+ 26. Nc3) 24. Ba1 (24. Kd2 d5 $1 25. Ke1 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 e5) 24... Nb4 25.
Nc3 d5 $1 {A sample variation follows.} 26. exd5 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Nxa2+ 28. Kd2
Nxc3 29. Kxc3 Bb4+ 30. Kd3 Qxd5+ 31. Ke2 Qxd1+ $1 32. Kxd1 a2) (20. h5 {Ftacnik
} Qc6 21. Bg2 Nf7 $11) 20... Nc6 (20... f5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Qg3 $1 {This
looks fine for White.} (22. exf5 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 (23. Bh3 Nd2+ $1 24. Ka1 (24.
Rxd2 Qxh1+) 24... Rxc2 $19) 23... Nxf3 24. Bg2 Rxf5 (24... Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Ne3
26. Rde1 Bf6 27. Rxe3 Bxd4 28. Ra3) 25. Bh3 Nxh4 26. Ng3 Rcf8 27. Nxf5 Nxf5)
22... fxe4 $140 23. f4) 21. Be3 (21. Bh3 b4 22. g5 {This also looked strong,
but I wanted to get my knight to f4 and for that I have to move my B.}) (21.
Bc3 {Ftacnik} b4 22. Be1 Nd8 $11) 21... Nxe3 (21... f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. g5
N6e5 24. Nd4 $16) (21... Nb4 22. Nd4 (22. c3 Nc6 23. Nf4 $16) 22... e5 23. Nf5
(23. Bxc4+ Rxc4) 23... Nxb2 24. Kxb2 Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Nxc2 26. Kxc2 $16) 22. Qxe3
Qa7 $6 {Probably he just missed White's next. However, his position was
already difficult.} (22... Ne5 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Bh3 $36) 23. Qb3 $1 d5 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Ftacnik: Ponomariov has lost his patience, this tactical solution
has deep flaws in many lines.} (23... Qd7 $142 24. Nf4 Kf7 {No further
commentary is needed.} 25. h5 Na5 26. Qe3 $11 {Ftacnik}) 24. exd5 Na5 25. Qd3
Nc4 {Here I found the simplest way.} (25... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 26. Nf4 exd5 27.
Nxd5 $16) 26. Nf4 (26. Nd4 $5 {Ftacnik} Ne5 (26... exd5 27. Nc6 $16) 27. Qe2
exd5 28. f4 Ng6 29. Ne6 Bd6 30. Qd2 Rfe8 31. Bg2 $16) 26... Ne3 27. Nxe6 (27.
Rd2 {Ftacnik} exd5 28. Nxd5 Bc5 $14) 27... Nxd1 28. Qxd1 $1 {I couldn't bring
myself to calculate Nxf8 since this move wins trivially. White just plays Bd3
and follows up on the kingside - Black is helpless. Ftacnik: In the duel of
champions the former one is chosing the safe sontinuation instead of very
tempting one with 28.Nxf8!?} (28. Nxf8 $5 Nc3+ $1 (28... Nf2 29. Qxh7+ Kxf8 30.
Bd3 $1 (30. Qh8+ {Ftacnik} Kf7 31. Qxc8 Nxh1 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. d6 Bd8 34. d7 Be7
35. Qd6 Qa8 36. Qh2 Qxf3 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Qe8+ Ke6 39. d8=N+ Kd6 40. Be2 Qe4
41. a3 Nf2 $14) 30... Nxh1 (30... Nxd3 {Ftacnik} 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qxc8 Nf4 33.
Re1 $16) 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 33. Qh5#) 29. bxc3 Bxf8 30. Qf5 $18 (30.
g5 Re8 31. Bh3 $16)) 28... Rfe8 29. Bd3 {There is no way for Black to counter
White's attack. White just pushes his kingside pawns.} (29. f4 {Ftacnik} Qf2
30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Bd6 32. Bd3 $16) 29... Qf2 30. f4 (30. Qe1 {Ftacnik}
Qxe1+ (30... Qxf3 $2 31. Be4 Qxg4 32. Rg1 $18) 31. Rxe1 Bd6 32. Re4 $16) 30...
Bd6 (30... Qg2 {Ftacnik} 31. g5 g6 32. h5 Qxd5 33. hxg6 hxg6 (33... Qxe6 34.
Qh5) 34. Bxg6 Qxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Red8 36. Nxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. gxf6 Bxf6
39. c3 $16) 31. g5 $1 {Ftacnik: Black is striggling to avert strong attack,
white pieces are dominating the board.} Rxe6 (31... f5 {Ftacnik} 32. Bxf5 g6
33. Be4 Qe3 34. Qd3 Bxf4 35. Bxg6 Qxd3 36. Bxd3 $18) (31... Bxf4 {Ftacnik} 32.
Rf1 Qd2 33. Nxf4 $18) 32. dxe6 Qxf4 (32... f5 {Ftacnik} 33. Bxf5 Qxf4 34. Rf1
Qc4 35. e7 Bxe7 36. Bxc8 $18) 33. Rf1 Qe5 34. Re1 (34. gxf6 {Ftacnik} gxf6 (
34... Qxe6 35. Bf5 $18) 35. Re1 $18) 34... Qc5 (34... Qf4 35. e7 $18) 35. gxf6
gxf6 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Rg1 Qc7 38. e7 1-0

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Kb1 Qc8 19. f4 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Nc4 Rc8
22. b3 Bd8 23. Rhe1 Kf7 24. Bc1 Rxc4 25. bxc4 e4 26. Bb2 Bb6 27. Re2 Bc5 28. h5
Kf8 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nc5 31. Re1 Rb6 32. Kc1 a4 33. Kb2 Ke7 34. a3 b3 35.
Re3 Kd7 36. Rd1 Kc7 37. Rb1 Kb7 38. Kc3 Ka6 39. Rb2 Rb7 40. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 (15. a4 b4 16. a5 Ra7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Be3 Bb5 21.
b3 Bh4 22. Rf1 Re8 $132 {0-1 Cela,A-Graf,A/Kavala 1997/EXT 2001 (38). (38)})
15... Nxe5 16. a4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 f5 {is the start of the
facinating Graf variation. The results so far seem to favour Black, so Anands
deviation is not surprising.} (17... Bh4 $5) 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20. d6
Bh4 21. Re2 Bg3 22. b4 c4 23. Qd4 Qd7 24. Bd2 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Ponomariov,
R-Beliavsky,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 90/[Wedberg] (52)}) 16... Rb8 (16... b4 {similar
to Cela-Graf above is also a possibility.}) 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3
Bh4 (19... f5 20. e5 {gives more chances to White than the line 16.f4 since
White has the a-file at his disposal.}) 20. Nxh4 (20. Rf1 Bg3 $132) 20... Qxh4
21. f5 {Only move to continue fighting, but with the N on e5 Black has little
to worry about.} (21. Rf1 Bxh3 $11) 21... Ne5 22. Rf1 Bd7 23. Bf4 Ra8 $11 {
Black has a decent Benoni of sorts.} 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. b4 Nc4 26. Qc3 cxb4 27.
Qxb4 Qf6 28. Qe1 Qb2 29. Rc1 Rfe8 30. Qf2 Ra3 $15 31. Bb1 Qxf2+ (31... Qf6 $5 {
and Black can enjoy his activity.}) 32. Rxf2 f6 33. Rf3 Rea8 34. Bd3 $1 Ne5 35.
Bxe5 dxe5 36. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd4
O-O 15. c4 Nf4 16. g3 c5 17. Bc3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rad1 Rb7 21.
Bf3 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 a5 23. a4 Ra7 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Qa6 26. b3 Qc8 27. h3 Rf8
28. Kh2 Rf7 29. Qe2 Bf8 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. f4 Qb6 32. Qc2 g6 33. Be1 Qc6 34. Qg2
Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 h5 36. Kf3 Kh8 37. Bf2 Rb7 38. Kg2 Kg8 39. Be1 Ra7 40. Bd2 Rh7
41. Be3 Rb7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Kg3 Be7 45. Kxg4 Kf8 46. Kg3 Ke8 47.
Kg2 Rh5 48. Bd2 Ra7 49. Rf1 Kf7 50. Rff3 Rh7 51. Rh3 Rxh3 52. Kxh3 Bd8 53. Be1
Rb7 54. Kg4 Kg7 55. Bh4 Bxh4 56. Kxh4 Rc7 57. Kg5 Rb7 58. Rd6 Kf7 59. Kh6 Ke7
60. Rd3 Rb8 61. Kxg6 Rg8+ 62. Kh5 Rg1 63. Kh4 Rg2 64. Rg3 Rf2 65. Kg5 Kd8 66.
Rh3 Kc7 67. Kg4 Rg2+ 68. Kf3 Rb2 69. Ke4 Re2+ 70. Re3 Rf2 71. Rd3 Re2+ 72. Kf3
Rb2 73. f5 exf5 74. Kf4 Rf2+ 75. Rf3 Rxf3+ 76. Kxf3 Kd8 77. Kf4 Ke7 78. Kxf5
Kf7 79. Kf4 Ke7 80. Ke3 Kf7 81. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Duel of the Champions"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.08.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {McShane} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4
Nc6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. b3 Bxc5 12. Bb2 b6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14.
Rac1 (14. Bxf6 {(McShane) is possible, of course, but the loss of the bishop
pair is more significant than the weakening of the Black king.}) 14... Nb4 15.
Ng5 $1 Qe7 16. Ndf3 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qh5 Qf5 (17... h6 18. Nge4 Qe7 19. Nxc5
bxc5 20. Be2 $14) 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nde4 Rfd8 21. Nxc5 bxc5 $11 {
[%csl Rg5]}) 16... h6 17. Nh3 Rfd8 18. Nf4 {McShane: 'The position must be
about equal here, but Anand clearly wanted to win to level the match score.'}
Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Ne5 $36 {/\22Nh5} Nbd5 22. Nh5 (22. Bxa6
$2 {McShane} Nxf4 23. exf4 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qd2 $1 {hits f2 and b2.}) 22... Be7 (
22... Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Qe7 24. Ng4 Qg5 $11) 23. h3 Qc7 (23... Nc7 $1 {[%cal Yb6b5,
Yc7e6]} 24. Nf4 $11) 24. e4 Nb4 25. Nxf7 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'The first of
two knight sacrifices which tear away the black king cover. '} (25. Qf3 Qd8 $1
$132 {[%cal Yd8d2]} (25... b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Nxg7 $1 Qc2 (
28... Kxg7 29. Qg3+ $1 $18 {[%cal Gg3c7]}) (28... Bxe4 29. Qg3 Kh7 30. Nxe6 $18
) 29. Nxe6 $18) 26. Nxg7 $140 $2 Kxg7 27. Bxe6 Qd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Yd2g5,Yd2b2]})
(25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge5g4,Gg4f6,Gg4h6,Ge3h6]} Nxe4 $1 (26... Qc5
27. Bd4 Qa5 28. Bxe6 Nc6 29. b4 $1 Qxb4 30. Nxf7 $18) (26... Bc5 27. Qg3+ Kh7
28. Bxe6 Bxe4 29. Bxf7 $18) 27. Ng4+ (27. Nd7+ f6) 27... Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Ke8 29.
Qh8+ Bf8 30. f3 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Nd2 $1 32. Bg7 Nd5 33. Bxd5 Nf1+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35.
Kh2 Nf1+ $11) 25... Kxf7 26. Nxg7 {'!' McShane.} Bc8 $6 (26... Kxg7 27. Qg4+
Kh8 (27... Kf8 $2 28. Qxe6 Nbd5 29. exd5 Bc8 30. Qe3 $18) (27... Kh7 28. Qxe6
Qd8 29. e5 (29. Qf7+ $5 Kh8 30. Bxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxb7 Bd4 {[%cal Yd8f8,Yf8f2]}
32. Qf7 Bc5 33. Kh2 Qf8 34. Qxf8+ Bxf8 35. f4 $13 {/+/=}) 29... Bd5 (29... Nfd5
$5 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. e6+ Nf6 $11) 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. exf6+ Bxf6 32. Qg4+ $14) 28.
Qg6 (28. Qh5 Kg7 29. Qg4+ $11) (28. Qh5 {McShane}) (28. Qxe6 {McShane} Qd8 {
also defends}) 28... e5 29. Qxh6+ Nh7 30. Qg6 (30. Qe6 $5 Qd8 31. Bxe5+ Bf6 32.
Bc7 Qc8 33. Qxc8+ Bxc8 34. Bxb6 $13 {/=/+}) 30... Qd8 31. Bg8 $1 (31. Bxe5+ Bf6
32. Bxf6+ Nxf6 $17) 31... Bxe4 (31... Qxg8 32. Bxe5+ Bf6 33. Bxf6+ Nxf6 34.
Qxf6+ Qg7 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Qf8 38. Qg5+ $11) 32. Bxe5+ Nf6
33. Qxe4 Kxg8 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. Qxb4 $13) 27. Nf5 {McShane: 'White is only one
piece down now, and is well coordinated. The position is still very
complicated, but Anand must have been satisfied with the practical chances his
sacrifice brought.'} b5 $2 (27... Qf4 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. g3 $44 Qg5 {is very
unclear.} (29... Qxe4 $4 {McShane} 30. Bxf6+)) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxe7 (29. e5
$1 bxc4 30. Nxh6+ Kg6 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Qe4+ Kxh6 33. Bxf6 $16) (29. Nxh6+ Kg6
30. e5 Nh7 $15) 29... Kxe7 $2 (29... bxc4 30. Bxf6 (30. Nxc8 c3 31. Nd6+ Qxd6
32. Bxc3 Qd3 $11) 30... Kxf6 31. Nxc8 Qxc8 32. bxc4 Nc6 33. Qe3 $11) 30. Bxb5
Qc2 $6 (30... Qc5 $142) 31. Ba3 $1 ({Instead} 31. Qxc2 {McShane} Nxc2 32. Bd3
Ne1 (32... Nb4 $4 {McShane} 33. Ba3) 33. Bb1 Ba6 $1 {prevents White trapping
the knight with Kg1-f1, and gives the knight a square on d3.}) 31... Qc3 (31...
Qxb3 32. Qd3 $1 Qxd3 33. Bxd3 $18) 32. Qc4 $1 $18 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qxa3 34. Qxc8 {
McShane: 'Ponomariov has found himself in desperate trouble, despite having
succeeded in exchanging the dangerous dark squared bishop. Anand's immediate
threat is e4-e5, forcing the knight away to play Qc8-e8 mate.'} Qa5 (34... Qxb3
35. e5 Nbd5 36. exf6+ Nxf6 37. Qc7+ Kf8 38. Bc4 $18) 35. Qc5+ Kd8 36. Qd6+ Kc8
37. Qxe6+ Kb8 38. Bc4 Qc7+ 39. e5 Ne4 40. f4 {McShane: 'White has four clear
pawns for a piece and a safer king - a won position.'} Nd2 41. Qxh6 Nxc4 42.
Qf8+ Ka7 43. Qxb4 Nb6 44. e6 Nc8 45. Qd4+ Kb8 46. Qe5 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

{The first round of a historic event. The legendary USSR vs the Rest of the
world match in Belgrade 1970 is still fresh in people's minds and the 2nd
edition in London 1984 was already 18 years ago!  Of course, the Soviet Union
no longer exists and we followed the rapid time control, but nonetheless I was
delighted to receive an invitation to "continue the tradition".  The
conditions were excellent - playing hall in the Kremlin, the hotel a stone's
throw away. All in all, one of my most memorable events.} 1. e4 c6 {For this
event, I had prepared the Caro-Kann defence. I scored 50% with it, this win
compensating being crushed completely by Svidler a few rounds later! The
opening itself was all the rage in Moscow being used by Kramnik, Shirov,
Bareev, Dreev and myself.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 {Svidler beat me with 4.
Nf3 and later a couple of games were played with 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qc1.} e6 5. g4 Bg6
6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 a6 $1 {My second, Ubilava, suggested this to me.
White often plays either Bb5 or Nb5 in this variation and this cuts this
possibility out.  Alternatives are 8...Rc8 (Shirov used this in the last round
against Grischuk) and 8...h5} 9. Nd4 (9. f4 Qh4+ 10. Bf2 (10. Ng3 d4 $1 11. Bg2
dxe3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qf3 {I found a game in my database where White won,
but it's difficult to believe that White can just sacrifice a piece like this,
even if he has some compensation.}) 10... Qxg4 11. Qd2 {Grischuk did this in
the last round, (Shirov had his rook on c8 instead of a pawn on a6), but I
believe that a6 is more useful.}) 9... h5 {The point. Black goes for the White
pawn structure.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. g5 $2 {This lets off Black too easily. More
challenging were:} (11. Na4 hxg4 12. Nb6 Ra7 13. Qxg4 Bxc2 14. Qe2 Bg6 15.
O-O-O Qc7 {White threatened Nc4!}) ({and} 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Bd3) 11... Ne7 {
White can't keep his extra pawn. He has to defend e5, c5, g5 and c2} (11... Qa5
$2 {Too hasty} 12. a3 $1) (11... Rb8 12. Na4 {After the insertion of 11...Ne7
and 12.Bh3, Black has more possibilities here.}) 12. Bh3 (12. f4 Nf5 13. Bg1 (
13. Bf2 Qa5 $1 {Now this works since} 14. a3 Bxc5 15. b4 Bxf2+ {is check!})
13... Rb8 $1 14. Qe2 Rxb2 15. Qxa6 Qc7 $15) 12... Rb8 13. Qd4 $2 {Too late for
this.} (13. Na4 {Whether he liked it or not, White had to try and defend all
his pawns.} Rb4 (13... Bf5 14. Bxf5 (14. Bg2 Ng6 15. O-O (15. f4 $140 Rb4 $1
16. c3 Nxf4 $1 17. cxb4 Nxg2+ 18. Kf2 Nxe3 19. Kxe3 Qxg5+ $19) 15... Nxe5 $15)
14... Nxf5 15. Bd2) 14. c3 Rh4 (14... Re4 15. Bg2 Rxe3+ 16. fxe3 Nf5 17. Qe2
Qxg5 $44) 15. Bg2 Nf5 16. Bd2 f6 {Black seems to have enough compensation here.
}) 13... Bf5 $1 14. Bg2 Bxc2 {Thanks to the intermezzo on the previous move,
Black now threatens Nf5} 15. Qd2 Bg6 16. Na4 Nf5 17. O-O Be7 18. f4 (18. Bf4 h4
$1 19. h3 Rh5 20. Bf3 Rxg5+ (20... Bxg5 21. Bxh5 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxh5 23. Nb6)
21. Bxg5 (21. Kh2 Bh5 $1) (21. Bg4 Rh5 22. Bxh5 Bxh5 {/\ g5|^}) 21... Bxg5 22.
Qc3 Bf4 $15) 18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qa5 20. b3 Rb4 21. Kh1 O-O 22. Rac1 Rfb8 {
White has to lash out, since Black will simply take on a4 and mop up on the
queenside. Even so, I only just realized that f5 was vaguely possible.} 23. f5
{Here I thought a bit, but once I saw Re4, I replied} Bxf5 24. Rxf5 exf5 25. e6
Qc7 {Yes, f6 is possible, but this is simple enough.} 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Re1
Re4 $1 {Keeping it simple.} (27... Qd7 $2 28. Nb6) (27... Kf8 $2 28. Qe6 Rf4
29. g6 Bg5 30. Nb6 Rd8 31. Nxd5 $1) 28. Bxe4 fxe4 (28... dxe4 {is also good,
but White can play Nb6-c4. I wanted to keep the knight out.}) 29. Qh3 g6 30.
Nb6 Rd8 {Controlling the knight.} 31. Rf1+ Kg7 32. Qe6 (32. Nc4 {To get d4 out
of the way} dxc4 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Qxc4+ Rd5 35. Qxe4 {Fails to} Kg7 $1 $19) (
32. Qc3+ d4 33. Qc4 (33. Qh3 e3 $1) 33... Bxg5 $19) 32... Bxg5 ({Of course not.
..} 32... Bxc5 $2 33. Rf6 $1) 33. Rg1 Bf6 (33... Qe7 $1 {Quicker} 34. Qxc6 e3
35. Qa4 d4 36. Qc6 e2 $19) 34. Rf1 Qe7 35. Qxc6 e3 36. Nxd5 e2 $1 {The general
opinion before the match was that the Russians were favourites.   However,
this game along with Ivanchuk's win over Garry and Smirin's win over Karpov
took us to take a 6-4 lead after round 1 which set the tone for the whole
match.  A historic result!} (36... e2 37. Re1 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Bd4+ 39. Ne3 Bxe3#)
0-1

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Nb3 b5 12. g4 h6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Rb8 15. Nc3
a5 16. Rf2 Rb4 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. h4 h5 19. g5 Ng4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 a4 22.
Nc1 Rxb2 23. N1e2 Rb4 24. h5 f5 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Nxa4 Be8 28.
Nb6 Bf8 29. Ng3 Na5 30. Qe2 Qc3 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. f5 Bf7 33. e5 dxe5 34. Nd7 Nc4
35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Rg2 Nxe3 37. Qxe3 Kh8 38. Kh2 Qc4 39. fxe6 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Bxe6
41. Qb6 Bd5 42. Qd8 Qd4+ 43. Rf2 Kg8 44. h6 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd4 46. Qxf6 Bxh6 47.
Qg6+ Bg7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Nxd4 exd4 51. Rf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 f5
15. Nc2 Rb8 16. Re1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qh5 h6 20. Nf5 Qg5 21.
Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nxd6 Be6 23. Nf5 b4 24. cxb4 Rxb4 25. b3 Bf6 26. Ng3 a4 27. bxa4
Rxa4 28. a3 Rb8 29. Bc2 Ra5 30. a4 Rb2 31. Rec1 Kf8 32. Rab1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Rc5
34. Bf5 Bd5 35. Be4 Be6 36. h3 Bd8 37. Bf5 Bd5 38. Rb8 Ke7 39. Bg4 Bc7 40. Rb1
e4 41. Re1 Bxg3 42. fxg3 Bc6 43. Ra1 f5 44. Be2 Ra5 45. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rc1 Re8
15. b4 a6 16. Bxa6 (16. Rc2 d4 17. e4 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Rc5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3
Qe7 $11) 16... Rxa6 17. b5 Rxa3 18. bxc6 bxc6 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 bxc6 20.
Rxc6 Re6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Be5 $1 $14) 19. Rxc6 {Soweit eine der
Hauptvarianten des Abspiels 9.cxd5. Die gegnerische Aktivität zwingt Schwarz
zur Abgabe des Bauern d5 und der Verteidigung des entstehenden Endspiels.} Ra7
$1 {Dieser Zug ist vorsichtiger und wohl besser als das naheliegende 19...Re6.}
(19... Re6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qc1 {Schwarz hat Probleme mit der Verteidigung
seiner neuentstandenen Schwäche e6.} Qa8 $2 {Atalik,S-Short,N/Ohrid 2001} (
21... Ra6 $142 22. Qc6 Qe8 23. Rc1 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Bxf3 25. gxf3 d4 26. e4 $1 {
Atalik}) 22. Ng5 $1 $16 {Atalik}) 20. Rd6 $146 (20. Qb3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bc7 22.
Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxd5 Qe5 25. Rd1 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 g6 $14 {Malakhatko,
V-Pigusov,E/Ohrid 2001}) 20... Rd7 21. Qxd5 Rxd6 $1 {Eine gute strategische
Entscheidung! Anstatt die gegnerische Bauernstruktur mit Bxf3 zu
verschlechtern (aber das weiße Spiel zu erleichtern) behält Anand lieber sein
Läuferpaar und damit auch seine Chancen, ein Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen
Läufern herbeizuführen.} (21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 $14)
22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Rd8 24. Bg3 Bc5 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. Nd4 Bg6 27. Rc7 h6 28.
h4 Re8 29. Nb5 Rb8 30. Nc3 Re8 31. Kh2 Bf5 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Ra7 Bc5 34. Ra1 (34.
Rb7 $2 Be4 $11 {, und Weiß muß die Türme tauschen.}) 34... Rd8 35. Rc1 Rc8 36.
Rd1 Bc2 37. Rd2 Bb4 38. Rd7 Bf5 39. Rd5 Be6 40. Rd1 Be7 41. Nd4 Bd7 42. e4 Rd8
43. Rb1 Bc5 44. Ne2 Be7 45. f3 Bc6 46. Rb6 Bd7 47. Nf4 Bf8 48. h5 Rc8 49. Nd5
Be6 50. Nc7 Bc4 51. Bf4 Rd8 52. Rc6 Bb3 53. Rc3 Ba2 54. Nb5 Be6 55. Nc7 Ba2 56.
Kg3 Be7 57. Nb5 Be6 58. Rc7 Bf8 59. Rc1 Bb3 60. Be5 f6 61. Bf4 Bf7 62. Kg4 Be6+
63. Kh4 Bf7 64. g4 {Ohne diesen Zug kommt Weiß nicht weiter, aber nun sorgt
die Schwäche f3 für das schwarze Gegenspiel.} Be6 65. Kg3 Bf7 66. Rc3 Bb4 67.
Rc7 Be6 68. Rb7 Bc5 69. Nc7 Bc4 70. Rb2 Be7 71. Rc2 Bf7 72. Rc6 Bb3 73. Kf2 Rd3
74. Ke2 Rd4 75. Ke3 Rc4 76. Nd5 Bf8 77. Rxc4 Bxc4 {Ohne Türme sinken die
weißen Gewinnchancen auf Null.} 78. Kf2 Kf7 79. Be3 Bd6 80. Bd4 Bb3 81. Ne3 Bf8
82. Nf5 Bd1 83. Be3 Ba4 84. Bf4 Bc5+ 85. Kg3 Bd7 86. Bc7 Bb4 87. f4 Bc6 88. Kf3
Bd2 89. Bd6 Bc1 90. Bc5 Ba8 91. Bd4 Ba3 92. Be3 Bc6 93. Bd2 Bc5 94. Ba5 Ba4 95.
Bc7 Bd1+ 96. Kg3 Bc2 97. e5 fxe5 98. fxe5 Bb3 99. Bd6 Bb6 100. Bb4 Be6 101. Kf4
Ba2 102. Bc3 Be6 103. Nd6+ Kg8 104. Ne4 Bg1 105. Be1 Bb6 106. g5 hxg5+ 107.
Nxg5 Bc8 108. Bb4 Bd8 109. Nf3 Be6 110. Nd4 Bf7 111. Kg4 Bb6 112. Nf3 Be6+ 113.
Kf4 Bf7 114. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 {This is Short's quiet
system, which can also lead sometimes to wild complications.} c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. cxd5 (10. O-O dxc4 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5
13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxc4 Ncd4 {White cannot keep his
strong ^^.} 17. Nd2 Rc6 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Bc5 $11 {Kosteniuk-Chiburdanidze,
FIDE World Cup-C (Women) 2000}) (10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O $5 Bd3 $1 {
This is the typical defensive method here. Other tries are less impressive.} (
11... b5 $4 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. Nxb5 $18) (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5
14. Bb6 Bb4 (14... Nc6 15. f4 $44) 15. Bf3 $44 {with a very active ^^.}) 12.
Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Qa5 (13... b5 $2 {founders on} 14. Ndxb5 Qxd3 15. Rd1 $18)
14. Nxc6 Nxc6 $11 {and Black has time to finish his development because of the
hanging e5 P.}) 11... Bd3 (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 (12. Qxc4 Rd8 13. O-O Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 Rxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bf3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qa4+ $11 {Mitkov-Garant,
EU-chT 1997}) 12... Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Bb4 (14... Nc6 15. f4 {
(Soln-Sitnik, SLO-chT Ljubljana 1997} g5 $5 16. g3 (16. g4 Nh4) 16... gxf4 17.
gxf4 Bh6 $132) 15. Bf3 $44) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 (13... Qa5) 14. Ndxb5 $5
{Ni Hua-Wu Shaobin, Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup 2001 CBM 85} (14. Qb3 {
Svidler-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1998 EXT 99})) (10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O
dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be4 15. Rac1 Bd5 $11 {Svidler-Anand, Tilburg
Fontys 1998}) 10... Qxd5 $6 (10... b5 $5 11. Nxc6 (11. Qd1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd5
13. Nc3 (13. O-O Nb4 (13... Nf4 $5 14. Nc3 Rc8) 14. Nc3 {- 13.Nc3}) 13... Nb4
14. Rc1 (14. O-O Nc2 $5 15. Nxb5 $1 Be7 $1 $15) 14... Nc2+ 15. Rxc2 Bxc2 16.
Qxc2 Qxd4 $17 {Trygstad-Solozkhenkin, Classics GM Gausdal NOR 2001}) (11. Nxf5
Nxf5 $15) 11... Nxc6 12. Qf4 (12. Qd1 Nb4 13. Na3 Nxd5) 12... Nb4 $1 (12...
Qxd5 13. Bf3 Qd7 (13... Bb4+ 14. Nc3 $16) 14. O-O $14) 13. O-O Nxd5 (13... Nc2
14. Nc3 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 $44) 14. Qf3 Rc8 (14... Be7 15. Nc3 $14) 15. Rd1 Bb4 $13)
(10... Nxd5 {- Bologan-Bareev, RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002}) 11. Nc3 (11. Nd2
Qa5 (11... Qxe5 12. Nc4 Qb8 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. O-O-O Qc7 (14... Bg6 15. Bf3 $16)
15. Bf3 $1 $16) 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. O-O Nd5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bd4 Bb4 16. Rfd1
O-O 17. Nc4 Nc6 18. a3 Be7 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Bb2 $14 {Sikula-Mihalko,
Nyiregyhaza 1999}) 11... Qa5 $6 {This is the clear sign of something went
wrong. Ftacnik: 'Anand has chosen very cautious solution, since accepting the
pawn sacrifice was probably too risky for his taste.'} (11... Qxe5 $5 {looks
risky, but this was the main idea!} 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. O-O) 12. Nxf5 $14 Nxf5 (
12... exf5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. O-O $14 {with an active ^^ and a lead of
development for White.}) 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bb6 Nc6 (14... Bb4 15. Rd1 Ne7 16.
O-O Nac6 17. Na4 $14) 15. f4 {Now White can keep his strong ^^ and the space
advantage.} Be7 (15... g5 $5 {immediately is also interesting:} 16. fxg5 (16.
g3 {Ftacnik} gxf4 17. gxf4 Bh6 $5 18. Rf1 Nh4 19. Ne4 Bxf4 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21.
Nxf7 Rg8 $13) 16... Bg7 17. O-O Nxe5 18. Rad1 $14) 16. O-O-O $1 $14 (16. O-O g5
$5 (16... O-O 17. Rad1 Bd8 18. Bc5 $14) 17. fxg5 (17. g3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bd8 {
is similar to the game continuation, but the white K is not so well placed.}
19. Bf2 Be7) 17... Bxg5 18. Ne4 $14) 16... g5 $5 (16... O-O $6 {allows the
penetration on the 7/th rank.} 17. Rd7 $16) (16... Bd8 17. Bf2 $14) 17. g3 gxf4
18. gxf4 Bd8 (18... Rg8 19. Rhg1 $14) 19. Bf2 {White has to avoid the exchange
of his bishops.} Bh4 (19... Rc8 20. Kb1 Rg8 21. Rhg1 Rxg1 22. Rxg1 Nce7 23. Bf3
$14) 20. Bg1 (20. Bxh4 Nxh4 21. Ne4 Ke7 22. Nd6 $14 {looks also tempting, but
White prefers the fight with the ^^.}) 20... Rg8 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Kb1 Na5 {
'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black pieces would very much welcome some strongholds
or counterplay, but unfortunatelly this move is achieving neither of the goals.
'} (22... Be7 23. Ne4 $14 (23. Bb6 {Ftacnik} Nh4 (23... f6 {Ftacnik} 24. exf6
Bxf6 25. Rhe1 $16) 24. Be4 h6 $14)) 23. Ne4 Nc4 24. b3 $1 Na3+ $6 {Now the N
is in big trouble.} (24... Na5 25. Bc5 $14) 25. Kb2 Nb5 26. a4 Nc7 27. Rc1 $1 {
Ftacnik: 'Svidler's biggest problem was to chose the most efficient way to
increase his considerable advantage.'} Be7 (27... Ke7 $1 {is not an easy move
to find without much time.} 28. Bc5+ Kd7 29. Bd6 $16) 28. Nf6+ $1 $18 Bxf6 29.
exf6 {and the ^^ decides the battle.} (29. Bxb7 $18 {is even nicer!}) 29... Kd7
30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Bc6+ Kd6 32. Ba7 Rbd8 33. Bb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Be2 (7. a3) (
7. Bxf6) 7... Qa5 8. c5 {Eine seltener Zug, meistens wird hier 8.Nf3 gespielt.}
(8. Nf3 dxc4 9. O-O Rd8 10. Re1 (10. Qc1 h6 11. Bd2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Rxd4 13. b4
Qd8 14. Be3 Rd7 $13 {Rogers,I-Dreev,A/Biel (izt) 1993}) 10... b5 11. a3 a6 12.
Bf1 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d5 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qe3 Bg7 18. Qc5
$44 {Kalod,R-Zurek,M/CZE 2000}) 8... Ne4 9. Bd2 $146 (9. Nf3 Bg4 $1 (9... Nxc3
10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qa3 12. Rb1 $16) 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 g6
13. O-O Bg7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. a3 Qc7 16. Rc1 $10 {1/2-1/2 Fedorowicz,
J-Brenninkmeijer,J/Amsterdam 1990}) 9... Qc7 (9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 g6 11. Bf3 (
11. Nf3 Bg7 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O b6 $11) (11. Bb5 $5) 11... Bg7 12. Nge2 O-O 13.
O-O b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. a3 $14) 10. Bf3 (10. Nf3 g6 11. Ng5 $5 Nxg5 12. Bxg5
Bg7 13. Be3 b6 $132) 10... O-O-O $2 {Ein äußerst riskantes Unterfangen, da der
schwarze König auf dem Damenflügel alles andere als sicher ist.} ({Vorzuziehen
war} 10... Nxd4 $1 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nb5 $13) 12... dxe4
13. Bxe4 Bd7 $13) 11. Nge2 g5 {/\Nxd2,g4} 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qa4 Bg7 14. Nb5 $1
$16 (14. Bxg5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxa7 Bxc5 17. Qa8+ Qb8 18. Qxb8+ (18. Qa5
$5) 18... Kxb8 19. Nxe4 Bb4+ $132) 14... Qb8 15. Bxg5 a6 16. Nbc3 Nxd4 17. Bf4
$5 ({Nichts sprach gegen} 17. Bxe7 $5 $16 {, wonach sich der weiße Läufer auf
d6 einnisten könnte.}) 17... Bd7 18. Qa5 Nc6 $2 {Es fällt mir schwer zu
glauben, daß dieser Zug in der Partie wirklich vorkam, denn nach 19.Qxd8+
hätte Schwarz schlicht eine Qualität weniger. Ich nehme an, daß hier die
Zugübertragung versagt hat.} (18... e5 $2 19. Nxd4 exf4 20. Nd5 Qe5 21. c6 Bxc6
22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qxa6+ Kd7 24. Qb7+ $18) ({Zu einer unklaren Stellung führte
die beste Verteidigung} 18... Nc2+ 19. Kf1 e5 20. Rc1 exf4 21. Nxe4 $13) 19.
Qa4 (19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxb8 Kxb8 21. Rd1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne5 Qa5
15. Ne4 Rad8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. c3 c5 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Ka1 Qc7 21.
g4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bf6 23. Nd3 b6 24. Rhf1 Rfe8 25. Qf3 e5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Nxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Nxe5 gxf4 13. Nxd7 O-O-O 14. Qd4
Qxd7 15. Qxf4 Bd6 16. Qc1 (16. Qh6 Qe6 (16... Be5 $5) 17. Qxe6+ Bxe6 18. a5 a6
19. Be4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stern,R-Lamprecht,F/Germany 2000/CBM 75 ext (42). (41)})
16... Kb8 17. O-O Qe7 $6 {Eine plausible Fortsezung besteht in} (17... h5 18.
h4 Qe6 19. Rd1 Rhg8 {mit Ausgleich.}) 18. a5 $6 (18. b4 {lohnte einen Versuch:}
Bxb4 {Wenn Schwarz b4-b5 zuläßt, bekommt Weiß mit dem Springer Zugang zum Feld
d5 und Angriff zu seinem Mehrbauern.} 19. Qf4+ Qd6 (19... Ka8 {scheitert an}
20. Na2) 20. Qxf5 Bxc3 21. Rab1 {, und die Stellung des Schwarzen ist äußerst
unbequem.}) 18... a6 19. Ra4 Bc7 20. Ne4 {Es ist schwer, dem Weißen etwas
Besseres zu raten; die Schwäche des Bauern auf a5 sichert dem Schwarzen
genügend Gegenspiel.} Rd5 21. Rc4 Rxa5 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Qc2 Rb5 24. e3 {Mir
gefällt nach 24...h5 eher die Stellung des Schwarzen etwas besser.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f3 b5
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qxb4
Qc7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. Ne2 c4 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Kb2 Qxa4 21. bxa4 Be7
22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Be2 Nb6 24. e5 Be7 25. a5 Nd5 26. Bd2 f6 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bc3
fxe5 29. Bxe5 O-O 30. Rh3 Rc5 31. f4 Rb5+ 32. Ka2 Rxa5 33. Kb2 Rb5+ 34. Kc1 Ra5
35. Kb2 Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Nf4 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Rd1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Bc5 8. Bb2
O-O 9. a3 a5 10. e4 b5 11. Qe1 Ne8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Kh1 Nc7 14. c4 $146 {
Insbesondere mit dem Bc5 macht der Zug Sinn, da Pd3-d4 etl. mit Tempo erfolgen
kann,} (14. e5 {Für diesen Vorstoß ist Schwarz gut gerüstet.} Bb6 15. Nh2 c5
16. g4 Bg6 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nhf3 $13 {Bezold,M-Kipper,J/Muenster
1996}) 14... dxc4 {aus dem Zentrum zu schlagen, birgt ein gewisses Risiko} ({
es gab diverse Alternativen, z.B.:} 14... bxc4 $5) 15. d4 Be7 16. bxc4 {
Weiß hat das Zentrum besetzt. Schwarz ist in der Pflicht, sich Maßnahmen
auszudenken.} b4 (16... c5) 17. Qe3 Na6 (17... c5 18. d5 $14) 18. Rfc1 e5 {
Eine radikale Lösung.} ({Schwarz konnte auch vorher den Bh5 tauschen, um die
folgende Aussperrung zu verhindern:} 18... Bxf3 19. Nxf3 e5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21.
Bd4 Re8 $14 (21... Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxe5 23. f4 c5 24. Nf5 Nc6 $14)) 19. g4 Bg6 ({
Der Zwischenzug hilft Weiß:} 19... exd4 $2 20. Nxd4 $16) 20. dxe5 Re8 ({
Der Alternative} 20... Bc5 {traue ich auch nicht vollständig:} 21. Bd4 {z.B.:}
bxa3 22. Bxc5 Naxc5 23. Rxa3 Re8 24. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 21. Nb3 Nac5 (
21... bxa3 22. Bxa3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nb4) 22. axb4 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxb4 24. Qe3 h5 (
24... Bc5 25. Bd4 Qb6 (25... Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Nxe5 27. f4 $16)) 25. g5 Bc5 26. Bd4
Qe7 (26... Bxd4 27. Nxd4 c5 (27... Nxe5 28. f4 c5 29. Nb5 Nd3 30. Rf1 $16) 28.
Nf3 $16) 27. Rd1 (27. e6 $5 fxe6 28. Rd1 e5 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nh4 $14) 27... a4
$2 (27... Bxd4 {sieht wie eine Rettung aus:} 28. Nxd4 (28. Rxd4 Nxe5 29. Nxe5
Qxe5 30. f4 Qc5 {[%cal Ya5a4]}) (28. Qxd4 Nc5) 28... Nxe5 29. f4 (29. Ra4 Red8)
29... Nxc4 30. Qc1 Bxe4 $1 31. Qxc4 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qe4+ $132) 28. e6 $1 Bxd4 (
28... fxe6 $2 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Ne5 $18) 29. Nxd4 (29. exf7+ Qxf7) 29... Nf8 (
29... Ne5 30. f4 Nxc4 31. Qc3 $18) (29... fxe6 30. e5 $16 (30. Nxc6 $16)) 30.
f4 ({Weiß konnte auch einen P gewinnen; danach spielt der Bg6 aber wieder mit:
} 30. exf7+ $5 Bxf7 31. Nxc6 Qc7 32. e5 $18) 30... Nxe6 31. f5 Nxd4 32. Qxd4
Bh7 33. h4 {[%csl Rh7]} Red8 $2 (33... Reb8 34. Qd6 $16) {Das war Anand wohl
entgangen} 34. Rxa4 $1 Rab8 (34... Rxd4 35. Rxa8+ $18) 35. Qa1 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1
Qe5 37. Rb4 Ra8 38. Ra4 Rb8 39. Ra3 Qf4 40. Qe1 g6 41. f6 Kh8 42. Qg3 Qc1+ 43.
Kh2 Rb1 44. Qd6 Bg8 45. Kh3 Rb8 46. Rg3 Qb2 47. c5 Rb3 48. Rxb3 Qxb3+ 49. Kh2
Qe3 50. Qf8 Qf4+ 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53. Kf2 (53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kf3 Qd3+
55. Kf4 Qd2+ 56. Ke5 Qb2+ 57. Kd6 Qd4+ 58. Kc7 Qe5+ 59. Kb7 Qb2+ 60. Kc8 $18)
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko.  After my loss to Sasikiran the previous day, I was suddenly
facing a real disaster - not even making the knockout stage. Every game was
now critically important.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {
These days, it's no longer a surprise to see that someone added the Sveshnikov
to their repertoire. Anyway, he had already used it against Hamdouchi in the
first round.} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3
Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 {14.c3 is the quieter alternative.} f5 15.
Qf3 {This line has an extremely forcing character. We now follow the main line.
} bxc4 {Rogozenko: 'Starting a long forced line, considered ok for Black until
the present game.'} 16. Nxc4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. d6 Qf6 20. Bc2 f4
21. Qh3 Rac8 22. b3 Qg5 {I haven't commented on these moves, since they have
all been played before.} 23. d7 $1 {This is where the game really begins.
White used to play Rad1 here, but this move contains an important detail.
Rogozenko: 'White inevitably used to play first 23.Rad1 here, but Anand's
novelty will probably change the evaluation of the entire line. In this sharp
and complicated variation improvements were always in the air, but one could
hardly guess that a novelty will have such a strong impact - Black seems to be
in troubles already.'} (23. Rad1 f5 24. d7 Rcd8 {Has been doing fine for Black
recently, for example Shirov-Topalov Dortmund 2002}) 23... Rc6 {Kasimdzhanov
was surprised, but found this move by elimination. Rogozenko: 'This logical
continuation is refuted by Anand's concrete play. Other possible moves doesn't
bring much relief either.'} (23... Rcd8 24. Nd6 $1 {The point} Bc6 25. Nxe4
Bxe4 26. Bxe4 $18) (23... Rxc4 24. bxc4 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rd8 26. Ba4 $16) (23...
Rc5 24. Rad1 Bd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Bd4 (26... Qa8 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. d8=Q
$18) 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qxf4 Rd8 29. Nb6 Qe6 30. Bxe4 Qxb6 31. Rxd4 Qe6 32. Bd3
Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qh6 $1) (23... Rc7 {Rogozenko} 24. Rad1 Rd8 (24... Bd5 {
Rogozenko} 25. Nd6 $1 (25. Rxd5 {Rogozenko} Qxd5 26. Rd1 Bd4 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28.
Qxf4 Rxd7 29. Bxe4 Bxf2+ $1 30. Kxf2 Qxd1 31. Qf6+ Kg8 {is only a draw for
White}) 25... Rxc2 26. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 27. Nxf5 Rd8 28. Rxd5 {The endgame looks
hopeless for Black, since White has a strong domination on light squares.} Kf8
29. Re1 Rxa2 30. h3 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Bxa1 32. Ra5 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 25. Nd6 Rc3 26.
g3 {or 26.f3} fxg3 27. hxg3 $18 {All these lines show that the move played by
Kasimdzanov remains the only attempt for Black. As it failed too, probably
Black must find an improvement earlier. The open question remains when
exactly?  Quite a blow for devotees of the line 10. ... Bg7.}) 24. Bxe4 Rh6 25.
Qf5 {Forced. White needs to nudge the Black queen to gain time to play h3.} (
25. Qf3 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Re6 $1 {White can't play Qd4 now.} ({Not} 26... Bxa1 27.
Rxa1 Re6 28. Qd4 $16) 27. Qd3 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Rd8 29. Rd1 Qb5 $1 {Thanks to
White's weak back rank, he will lose the d7 pawn} 30. h3 Re7 31. Qf3 Rdxd7 32.
Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxf4 {Black isn't worse here.}) 25... Qh4 (25... Qxf5 {Rogozenko}
26. Bxf5 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 {The pawn on d7 is just too strong.} Rh5 28. Nd6 Bc6 29.
Rc1 $18) 26. h3 Rf6 $2 {Played after a really long think. He had been trying
to evaluate the queen sacrifice line (Qe5 and Qxe6 or even the immediate Qxf6)
I hadn't considered this move at all and now I spent a good 10 minutes on
various tries like 27.Qc5, Qa5 and Qe5.} (26... Rh5 27. Qg4 Bxe4 28. Qxh4 Rxh4
29. Rad1 $1 {Kasimdzhanov and I discussed this briefly. Later, that evening
Kasimdzhanov analysed this very deeply and told me his conclusions at dinner.
Black is in trouble here.} (29. Nd6 {Before the game, I had spent more time on
this move, since it was so study-like, though I was aware that 29.Rad1 was
possible.} Bc6 (29... Bxa1 30. Ne8 Bg7 31. d8=Q Rh6 32. Re1 Bc6 33. Kh2 Re6 34.
Rxe6 fxe6 35. Qd6 Bxe8 36. Qxe6+ Bf7 37. Qxa6 $16) 30. Nf5 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 {
Kasimdzhanov had seen this far, but couldn't see anything better than an
ending a pawn down.} Rxh3 $1 (31... Bxd7 32. Nxh4 $16) 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33. Nxc6
Rd3 34. d8=Q Rdxd8 35. Nxd8 Rxd8 $11) 29... Rd8 30. Rfe1 f5 31. f3 Bc3 (31...
Bc6 32. Rd6 $16) 32. Re2 Bc6 33. Rc2 {This is even simpler.} (33. Rd6 Rxd7 34.
Rxc6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Be1 (35... Bd4 36. g3) 36. Rxe1 Rxe1 37. Rxa6 {
Kasimdzhanov's analyses went even further, but basically White is much better.}
) 33... Bf6 (33... Bg7 34. Nd6 Rxd7 35. Rxc6 Rh6 36. Rd5 $1 Bf8 37. Nxf5 $18)
34. Nb6 Bb7 35. Rc7 Bxf3 36. gxf3 $16) (26... Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Re6 28. Qd5 Bxa1
29. Rxa1 $16 {Now that White has played h3, he can defend the pawn on d7.}) 27.
d8=Q $1 {He hadn't seen this and in fact it took a while before I saw this
move, but what a pleasant surprise it was! I quickly checked it and then
executed it.} (27. Qc5 Bxe4 28. Qxf8+ Bxf8 29. d8=Q Rg6 $1 $19 30. Qxh4 Rxg2+
31. Kh1 Rxf2+ 32. Kg1 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rxa2+ 34. Kg1 Bc5+ 35. Qf2 Bxf2+ 36. Rxf2
Rxa1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Bd3+ $19) (27. Qe5 Re6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Bxb7 Bxa1
30. Rxa1 {White has enough compensation here and in fact Black has to fight
for a draw. However, a clear evaluation is difficult to give.}) (27. Qa5 Bxe4
28. d8=Q f3 {This may be even stronger.} (28... Rg6 {Black has at least a draw
with this move.} 29. Qxh4 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Kh1 Rf2+ {
With a draw}) {and in fact I don't see anything better than} 29. Rfe1 (29. Qxf6
Bxf6 30. g3 Qxh3 31. Ne3 Re8) (29. Rfd1 fxg2 30. f3 Qxh3 $17) 29... fxg2 30. f4
Qxh3 31. Rxe4 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qxa1 33. Kxg2 Rg6+ 34. Qdg5 $15) 27... Rxd8 28. Qa5
{The point, White inverts the order.} Bxe4 (28... Rd7 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. Qd8+
Bf8 31. Ne5 $18 (31. Rae1 Qh6 32. Re8 $18)) 29. Qxd8+ Bf8 30. f3 Bf5 {And
resigned before I could execute 31.Nd6} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After my win against Kasimdzhanov the previous day, we were both back on 50%
and Sasikiran was the sole leader with +2. Al-Modiahki was in 2nd place with
+1, so it was still a very tight race for the 2nd qualifying place.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 {Of course, it's rare to see
anything other than 6.Be3 these days, but he had just beaten Hamdouchi with it,
so I wasn't caught off guard.} Qc7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O
11. Kh1 {Typical Sicilian move. However, if White wanted to threaten e4-e5,
then perhaps he should have started with 11.Qe2.} b6 12. Qe2 {White usually
goes for Qe1-h4, but Al-Modiahki had another idea in mind.} Bb7 {This stops
e4-e5, so that Black doesn't have to pause for e6.} 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. b4 {
Consistent, since White can't go to h4 anymore.} Ncd7 {14...Nxd3 is also fine,
but I felt that the loss of time wasn't really significant, since White still
can't play e5. Also, White's queenside is looking a bit shaky.} 15. a5 b5 ({
I didn't waste too much time on} 15... Nh5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bxa1 18. Rxa1
{It seemed to me that White has enough compensation here.}) 16. Rac1 {White
wants to play c4.} Rae8 {So Black responds in the centre.} (16... e5 {This was
also playable} 17. fxe5 ({Of course not} 17. Nd1 d5) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5
19. Nd1 Nh5) 17. Nd1 e5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Rxc4 $6 (19. Bxc4 Qb8 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21.
Qxa6 Nxe4 22. Rb1) 19... Qb8 20. fxe5 d5 $1 {A nice trick, even if it isn't as
good as I thought.} 21. exd5 ({Of course} 21. exf6 Nxf6 $1 {is better for
Black.}) 21... Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf2 Rxd5 {This looks like a dream
position - all Black's pieces seem ideally placed.} (23... Bxd5 24. Rf4 Ne4 25.
Bxe4 Bxe4 (25... Rxe4 26. Nc3 $1 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Qb7 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11) 26. Bc3
Bd3 27. Rg1 Rf5 28. Rxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 24. Bc2 {Hereabouts, I began
to realize that White's position is quite resilient.} Qd8 (24... Rh5 25. Bf4 $1
(25. Qf4 Qd8 $1 {Followed by Nd5 and Be5} (25... Nd5 26. Qxb8 Rxb8 27. Be4 $11)
) 25... Ng4 26. Bxb8 Nxf2+ 27. Nxf2 Rxb8 28. Be4 Bc8 29. Nd3 {Black has the
two bishops, but it's difficult to see what he can do with it.}) (24... Rfd8
25. Bc3 (25. Bf4 Qa8 26. Nc3 (26. Ne3 Rd2) 26... R5d7 27. Na4) 25... Rh5 26.
Rh4 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qb7+) 25. Bc1 $1 (25. Bc3 Rg5 26. Ne3 Nd5) 25... Re8 26. Nc3
Rh5 27. Kg1 $1 {After some thought, the king gets out of the crosshairs of the
Bb7.} Kh8 $1 {While he was thinking I came up with this move.   One idea is
that Qxf7 isn't check, but in fact the main idea was to pass the move back to
him.I couldn't see any useful moves with the other pieces, so...} 28. Qb6 {
He again invested a lot of time, so at least 27...Kh8 had the desired effect!}
Qb8 29. Rc7 (29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Ng4 $1 $17 31. Rxb7 $2 Bd4+) 29... Ng4 30.
Bf4 Qd8 31. Rc4 {Here I couldn't see anything for Black.} Qh4 $2 {However,
since he was down to 7 seconds, I couldn't resist just bashing out this move.}
(31... Qa8 32. Be4) (31... Qxb6+ 32. axb6 Bxc3 33. Bd1 $1) 32. Bg3 $2 {Since
he was so short of time, he might have wanted to repeat, but...} (32. Qxb7 Nxh2
33. Qc6 $1 {This move kicks Black away from the e-file.} (33. Qxf7 $4 Nf3+ {
even loses}) 33... Rf8 34. g3 $18) 32... Qg5 $1 33. Bf4 (33. Qxb7 Qe3+ 34. Bf2
Nxf2 35. Rxf2 Qxc3 $1 $19) 33... Rxh2 $1 {Of course, Black doesn't have to
return to h4} 34. Qxb7 $2 (34. Bxh2 {This was still playable.} Nxh2 (34... Bxg2
35. Bf4 $1) 35. Ne4 (35. Qxb7 Nxf1) 35... Qh6 $1 36. Nd6 {and now Fritz
recommends:} (36. Qxb7 Ng4 $17) 36... Bd5 $1 {Black seems to be OK.}) 34... Qh5
{Now he had built up some time to think, but it's too late.} 35. g3 Rxc2 {
I saw that 35...Rf2 was quicker, but after all the excitement of the last few
moves, I couldn't bring myself to do it.  Kasimdzhanov beat Sasikiran, so that
all three of us were on +1 going into the last round and Al-Modhiaki and
Hamdouchi on 50%. This produced a situation where 5 of use could theoretically
qualify. In the end, after some adventures, Kasimdzhanov and I qualified for
the knockout stage!} (35... Rxc2 36. Qh1 Qxh1+ 37. Kxh1 Rxc3) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. c4 Qa5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rfd8 19. f4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Ne4 Qd4 23. a4 a6 24. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14.
Qh4 Rb8 15. b3 Qe6 16. Bb2 Nd5 17. Nd2 Ba6 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Rfd1 Nf4 20. Rd6
Qxe4 21. gxf4 Qxe2 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Rxa6 fxe5 24. Ra4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 ({Worth of attention} 10. Ndb5 $5 {and White leaves
with advantage in all variations:} Be6 (10... Ng4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Kh7 13. h3
Nge5 14. a4 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 g5 17. Ndc7 Rb8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 $14
{1-0 Jaracz,P-Agdestein,S/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 330 
(57)}) (10... b6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. c3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Re8 16.
Rb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Malakhov,V/Hyderabad IND 2002/The Week in Chess 414
(42)}) ({After} 10... a4 $5 11. Nxa4 Nxe4 {can be created well known
theoretical position - usually with another moves order.}) 11. h3 Nd7 12. Re1
Bxb3 13. axb3 Nc5 14. Qd2 b6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Nb4 17. Re2 $14 {1-0 Anand,
V-Tiviakov,S/Bastia FRA 2001/The Week in Chess (40)}) 10... Nxd4 ({Here
interesting - and strong- is} 10... a4 $1 {[%mdl 4]} 11. Nxa4 Nxe4 12. Nb5 {
If we'll compare this position with well-known theorerical position after 9...
a4 we can notice the difference: in theoretical one White plays last move 12.
Be3-b6 or 12.Rf1-e1 instead of 12.h2-h3. Aparently, 12.Nd4-b5, but h2-h3 was
played before. Any way, 12.h2-h3 is less dangerous than other moves.} Be6 13.
Bb6 Qd7 14. Re1 Bxb3 (14... Nf6 $2 15. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Nc7 $16 {1-0
Jakubowski,K-Slaby,J/Trzebinia POL 2002/The Week in Chess 390 (19)}) 15. axb3
Nf6 $132) 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. a4 (12. a3 $143 Bc6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nd5 e6 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. Ba2 Qb6 19. Rf2 {Worth of attention the P
sacrifice acception:} Qxb2 $1 (19... Qa7 $2 20. Re1 Na4 21. Qxa7 Rxa7 22. Nxa4
Bxa4 23. f5 $16 {1-0 Motylev,A-Guseinov,K/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (32)})
20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Rf3 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxa2 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rb6 Qxc2 25. Ng4+ f6
26. Nxf6 Qa4 27. Qb2 Rf7 28. Ng4+ Rg7 29. Rxd6 Qb4 30. Qe5 $44) 12... Bc6 13.
f4 {Looks better} ({than} 13. Qd3 Nd7 $1 (13... Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Nd7
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ f6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Malcsev,A/
St Petersburg 1999/CBM 73 ext (33)}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. f4 (16. Nd5
e6 17. Ne3 ({Not} 17. Rad1 $6 Bxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. Qe3 $15 {[%csl Rb3]}) 17...
Nc5 18. f3 Qb6 19. Ng4 e5 20. Qf2 h5 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Kxf7
24. f4 Nxa4 $15 {0-1 Berg,E-Guseinov,K/Patras GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 351 
(55)}) 16... Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rad1 $11) 13... Nd7 ({Badly is} 13... e5 $2
{in view of} 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bc5 $1 (15. Bxe5 Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 f5
18. Qd4+ Nf6 $11) 15... Re8 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rf2 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7][%cal
Ga1f1,Gf1f7,Gb3f7] 1-0 Guseinov,K-Ozolins,A/Dubai UAE 2002/The Week in Chess
390 (22)}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ {White won tempo comparing this position
with position from mentioned above game 1-0 Guseinov,K-Ozolins,A/Dubai UAE
2002/The Week in Chess 390 (22)} (15. Nd5 $5) 15... Kg8 16. Nd5 $6 $11 ({
More promises to White} 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Rad1 $14)
16... Bxd5 ({On} 16... e6 {goes} 17. Nc3 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} (17. Rad1 $6 Bxd5 18.
exd5 e5 19. Qe3 exf4 20. Qxf4 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Rb3,Ge5]}) (17. Ne3 $6 Qb6 18.
Rad1 (18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rad8 21. Rf2 h5 $15) 18... Qxd4 19.
Rxd4 Nc5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Rad8 $15 {[%csl Rb3,Re5][%cal Gc5b3]}) 17... Nc5
18. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6]} Qe7 19. Qxd6 (19. Rfe1 Nxb3 20. cxb3 Rfd8 $11) 19... Qxd6
20. Rxd6 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rb6 Nc5 23. Rb5 Rfc8 24. c3 Rc7 25. Rd1 $14)
17. Bxd5 Qc7 18. Kh1 Rab8 ({Interesting is} 18... Qxc2 19. Rac1 Qe2 20. Rf2 Qh5
{[%csl Rh5] Black Q is repeled to off side position.} 21. Rc7 Nc5 22. e5 $1 (
22. Rxe7 $2 Qh4 $17 {[%csl Re7]}) 22... Rae8 23. Qc4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge5d6,
Gc4f7]} Qf5 24. g4 (24. Kh2 b6 25. g4 Qd3 $1 26. Rc2 (26. Rxc5 Qe3 $19 {
[%csl Rc5,Rf2]}) 26... Qxc4 27. Bxc4 dxe5 28. fxe5 e6 $15) 24... Qd3 25. Kg2 (
25. Rxc5 Qe3 $19) 25... Qxc4 26. Bxc4 b6 27. Bb5 $14 {[%csl Re7]}) 19. Bc4 Qb6
20. Rad1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. b3 Rbc8 23. Kg1 Kg7 24. e5 ({Or} 24. Bd5 e6 25.
Bc4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 d5 $11) 24... dxe5 25. fxe5 Rc7 {Position is equal. But
White tries to complicate the game.} (25... e6 $11) 26. h4 Rd7 (26... e6 $11)
27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. e6 (28. Re1 e6 $11) 28... fxe6 29. Re1 $6 $15 {White chooses
dubious continuation} ({instead of} 29. Bxe6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nc5 31. Bc4 Kf6 $11
) 29... Nc5 30. Bxe6 (30. Re3 Rd8 $15) 30... Rf4 (30... Nxe6 $2 31. Rxe6 Kf7
32. Rb6 Rc8 33. c4 Rc7 34. Rb5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 31. Bc4 Re4 $6 $11 ({Strong is
} 31... Kf6 32. g3 (32. Rf1 Ke5 33. Rd1 e6 34. g3 Rf3 35. Kg2 Rc3 $17) 32...
Rf3 33. Kg2 (33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Ke5 35. Ke2 Ne4 36. g4 Kf4 37. Be6 b6 $17)
33... Rc3 34. Re2 e5 (34... Nxa4 35. Re6+ Kf5 36. Rxe7 Nc5 37. Rxh7 Rxc2+ 38.
Kh3 Rc3 (38... a4 39. Rc7 $16) 39. Rc7 b6 (39... Ne4 40. Rf7+ Ke5 41. Re7+ Kd4
42. Rd7+ Kc5 43. Rd5+ Kb6 44. Rb5+ $11)) 35. Bd5 $15 (35. g4 e4 36. g5+ Kf5 37.
Bg8 b6 38. Bxh7 Ne6 $17 {[%csl Rg2,Rg5,Rh4,Rh7][%cal Ge6f4]})) 32. Rf1 $2 $17 (
{Why not} 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd5 Nc5 34. Kf2 e6 35. Bf3 Kf6 36. Ke3 $11) 32...
e6 33. Rd1 Rxh4 34. Rd8 Kf6 $6 $15 ({Better was} 34... Nxa4 35. Rd7+ (35. Bxe6
Nc3 $17) 35... Kf6 36. Rxb7 Nb2 37. Be2 h5 38. Ra7 Re4 39. Bf3 Re5 $17 {
with clear advantage in the endgame.}) 35. Rc8 Rh5 ({On} 35... b6 $5 {goes} 36.
Rc6 {[%csl Rb6]} (36. Rb8 Nxa4 37. Bxe6 Kxe6 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxb6+ Kd5 $19)
36... Re4 (36... Rxc4 37. bxc4 Nxa4 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. c5 Nxc5 40. Rxb6 a4 41. Ke3
Kd5 42. g4 Kc4 43. Rb8 $44) 37. Rxb6 Nxa4 38. Ra6 (38. Rxe6+ Rxe6 39. Bxe6 Kxe6
40. bxa4 Kd5 41. Kf2 Kc4 $19) 38... Nb2 39. Bb5 Re3 40. Rxa5 Rc3 41. Ra6 Rxc2
42. Bd7 Re2 $15) 36. Ra8 Ne4 37. Re8 Re5 38. Rf8+ Ke7 39. Rh8 Rh5 {[%csl Rb7,
Rh7] White has good counterplay attacking PP h7 and b7} 40. Be2 Rh4 41. Ra8 Nc3
(41... b6 42. Rb8 Nc3 43. Bf3 Rb4 44. Rb7+ Kd6 (44... Kf6 45. Rxh7 e5 46. Rc7
Nb1 47. Kf2 $11) 45. Rxh7 e5 46. Rh6 e4 47. Rxg6+ Ke5 48. Bh5 e3 $44) 42. Bf3 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb7]} b6 43. Rb8 e5 $6 $132 ({Why not} 43... Rb4 44. Rb7+ Kd6 45.
Rxh7 e5 46. Rh6 e4 47. Rxg6+ Ke5 48. Rc6 Kd4 $15) 44. Rxb6 e4 $4 $18 {[%csl
Rh4] Decisive mistake.The Rh4 will go to h6 by force.} (44... Rd4 $142 45. Rc6
Nd5 46. Rc5 Kd6 47. Rxa5 e4 $132) 45. g3 $1 Rh6 {[%csl Rh6]} (45... Rh3 46. Kg2
Rh6 47. Bg4 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 46. Bg4 Kf8 47. Ra6 Nd5 48. Rxa5 Ne3 49. Bc8 Nxc2
50. Re5 Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f3]} 51. Kg2 Nxb3 (51... Rh2+ 52. Kxh2 Nf3+ 53. Kg2 Nxe5
54. Bb7 e3 55. a5 $18) 52. a5 Nd4 (52... g5 53. a6 $18) (52... Nxa5 53. Rxa5
Rh5 54. Rxh5 gxh5 55. Bf5 h4 56. g4 Kg7) 53. a6 Nc6 54. Bb7 Na7 55. Bxe4 g5 56.
Bb7 g4 57. Rg5 Rb6 58. Rxg4 Rb3 59. Rh4 Kg7 60. Be4 h6 61. Rg4+ Kf6 62. Rg6+
Ke5 63. Bb7 Ra3 64. Rxh6 Kf5 65. Rh5+ Kg4 66. Bf3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Be3 b5 14. f3 Be7
15. Be2 Rc8 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. O-O O-O 18. b4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Ne2 Qxd2 21.
Rxd2 Bc6 22. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 exd5 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Rad1 Bg4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Qc2
c5 9. Bf4 cxd4 10. Rd1 a6 11. Nxd4 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qd2 b5 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15.
Qxd6 Qa5 16. Nd2 Rc6 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Qb4 Rc4 19. Qa5 O-O 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Na5
Rc7 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. e3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Na4 c3 26. bxc3 Rb3 27. O-O Rxa3
28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rc8 30. f3 g5 31. Ra3 Nd5 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. Kd2
h5 35. Nb2 Nb6 36. e4 g4 37. Kc2 Nd7 38. Nd3 h4 39. fxg4 Nf6 40. Nf2 Kg6 41.
Ra5 Kg7 42. h3 Rb6 43. g5 Nh5 44. Nd3 Ng3 45. Nc5 Kg6 46. c4 Rb4 47. Kc3 Rb1
48. Nxa6 Nxe4+ 49. Kd4 Nxg5 50. Ra2 Rd1+ 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52. Kd2 Rg1 53. Ke3 f5
54. Rc2 Ra1 55. Nb4 Ra3+ 56. Nd3 e5 57. Ke2 Kf6 58. c5 Ne6 59. Kd2 e4 60. Nb4
e3+ 61. Ke1 Ra1+ 62. Ke2 Nd4+ 63. Kxe3 Nxc2+ 64. Nxc2 Ra2 65. Kd3 Ke5 66. c6
Kd6 67. Nd4 f4 68. Nf3 Rxg2 69. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 (13. d5 $5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bf5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 $14
{1-0 Granda Zuniga,J-Votruba,P/Forli 1988/TD (37)}) 13... Nb4 14. d5 exd5 $1 (
14... Rxc4 15. d6 Bc6 16. Ne5 Rc5 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf4 $5 (18. Ng4 $36) 18...
Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Ng4 $16) 15. Bxd5 Bc6 $1 16. Bb3 (16. Bxc6 Qxd2 (16...
Nxc6 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Qe4 $36) 17. Rxd2 Nxc6 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bd8 (19... Rfd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kf1 Rd3 23. Re3
$14) 20. b4 a5 21. b5 Nb4 22. Kf1 (22. Nxb4 axb4 23. Rd7 b3 $1 $132) 22... Nxd5
23. Rxd5 Bf6 24. Rd7 b6 25. Rd6 Rc4 $11) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nc6
$11 19. Kg2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxg5 24. f4
Bd8 25. Bg4 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bh3 O-O 13. Rc1 c6 14. O-O
Nf6 15. b4 a5 16. Ne5 axb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Ne4 20. Qb1
Qxd4 21. Qxb6 Qd2 22. Bg4 d4 23. Rc4 Rad8 24. e3 Nf6 25. Rd1 Qa2 26. Rdxd4 Rb8
27. Qc5 Rb1+ 28. Rc1 Nxg4 29. Rxg4 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 g6 31. Rc4 Rb8 32. Rc8+ Rxc8
33. Qxc8+ Kg7 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. g4 Qd5 36. Qd4 Qg5 37. h3 h5 38. Kg2 hxg4 39.
hxg4 Qb5 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. g5 Qf5 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. f4 Qg4+ 44. Kf2 Qh3 45. Qe4
Qh4+ 46. Ke2 Qh2+ 47. Kd3 Qg1 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ Kg7 51. Qb2+
Kg8 52. Kd4 Qd1+ 53. Kc5 Qd8 54. Qd4 Qc7+ 55. Kd5 Qd7+ 56. Kc4 Qa4+ 57. Kc5
Qa5+ 58. Kc6 Qa6+ 59. Kc7 Qa5+ 60. Qb6 Qc3+ 61. Kd8 Qd3+ 62. Qd4 Qa6 63. Qc5
Qa8+ 64. Kd7 Qb7+ 65. Kd6 Qb8+ 66. Kd5 Qd8+ 67. Ke4 Qe8+ 68. Kf3 Qa8+ 69. e4
Qa1 70. Qc8+ Kg7 71. Qc2 Qh1+ 72. Qg2 Qd1+ 73. Qe2 Qb3+ 74. Kg2 Kg8 75. Qd2 Qc4
76. Kf3 Qb3+ 77. Kf2 Qc4 78. Qd8+ Kg7 79. Ke3 Qc3+ 80. Qd3 Qe1+ 81. Kd4 Kg8 82.
Qc3 Qb1 83. Qc8+ Kg7 84. Qc3 Kg8 85. Qc8+ Kg7 86. f5 Qg1+ 87. Kd3 Qxg5 88. Qc3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Bg7 12. Re1 O-O 13. e5 Rd8 14. Qc2 b6 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Ba2 {Wir haben eine typische Stellung in der Moskauer
Variante erreicht. Weiß hat Raumvorteil, Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar und steht
zu ...c6-c5 bereit. Bislang galt dieser Stellungstyp als befriedigend für
Schwarz, aber wie die vorliegende Partie zeigt, gibt es ein paar Feinheiten zu
beachten.} c5 {Schwarz sucht direkt die Klärung im Zentrum, obwohl er damit
auch noch warten kann.} (17... Nf8 18. Qe2 (18. h4 {Dautov} Rc7 19. Rd2 Rcd7
20. Red1 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Ne6 $10) 18... Rc7
19. Rd2 Rcd7 20. Red1 g5 $1 $15 {0-1 Dautov,R-Slobodjan,R/Germany 1997/GER-chT/
[Dautov] (41)}) 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nf8 {Schwarz hat ...c6-c5
durchgesetzt, musste dafür aber seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer abgeben. Der weiße
Läufer entfaltet nun Druck entlang der Diagonalen c4-f7.} 21. Qe4 (21. a4 Rd7
22. Bc4 Rcd8 23. Rxd7 (23. Rc1 $5 {kommt in Betracht, um analog zur Partie
beide Turmpaare auf dem Brett zu behalten.}) 23... Qxd7 24. h4 Ne6 25. g3 Qc6
26. Re3 Kf8 27. b3 Ke7 28. h5 g5 29. Qf5 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 a6 32. Qh7
Bxe5 33. Bxa6 Bc3 34. Nc2 Qf3 35. Qd3 Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Dreev,A/Luzern
1997/CBM 62 (35)}) 21... Ne6 22. Bc4 Rd7 {Schwarz verdoppelt die Türme, aber
wie sich bald herausstellen wird, kann er mit der offenen d-Linie wenig
anfangen. Daher sollte er vielleicht überlegen, direkt die Türme abzutauschen.}
(22... Rxd1 $5 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ (24. Re1 {ist nun nicht mehr ganz so
effektiv, da Weiß zwei Türme braucht, einen zur Unterstützung deedes e-bauern,
den anderen , um mittels a4-a5 Aktivität am Damenflügel entwickeln zu können.})
24... Qxd8 25. g3 (25. Bxe6 Qd1+ 26. Qe1 Qxe1+ 27. Nxe1 fxe6) 25... Qd7 $11)
23. g3 Rcd8 24. Rc1 $1 $14 {Ein sehr wichtiger Zug. Weiß weicht dem Turmtausch
aus, da er für seine Türme noch andere Absichten hat. Schwarz kontrolliert
zwar die d-Linie, hat aber keine Einbruchsfelder, da die weißen Leichtfiguren
diese kontrollieren. Will Schwarz mittels ...Sg5 oder ...Sd4 den weißen
Springer abtauschen, so ist e5-e6 unangenehm. Schwarz ist also in den nächsten
Zügen zur Passivität verdammt.} h5 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. a4 Rcd7 28. b3
Bd2 29. Re2 Bh6 (29... Bb4 $5 {kam in Betracht, um a4-a5 zu verhindern.}) 30.
a5 Rb8 31. axb6 axb6 32. Bb5 Rdd8 33. Ra1 {Weiß hat nun die a-Linie erobert.}
Bg7 34. Raa2 Qb7 35. Qxb7 Rxb7 {Nach dem Abtausch der Damen ist der Pe5
anfälliger geworden, so dass Weiß auch etwas in seiner Aktivität eingeschränkt
ist. Ohne die Damen ist auch Springertausch mittels ...Sd4 wieder eine Option,
da nun der potenzielle Vormarsch e5-e6 nicht mehr so stark ist.} 36. Red2 Rbb8
$2 {Aber das ist zu passiv.} ({Schwarz sollte die derzeitige weiße
Figurenstellung ausnutzen und sofort Gegenspiel entwickeln:} 36... Rxd2 37.
Rxd2 g5 $1 38. Rd5 Rb8 39. Bc4 g4 40. Nd2 Rd8 41. Rxd8+ Nxd8 42. f4 gxf3+ 43.
Nxf3 Nc6 44. e6 fxe6 45. Bxe6+ Kh7 $11 {mit Ausgleich}) 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Bc4
$16 {Jetzt kann der weiße Turm am Damenflügel eindringen.} Nf8 $6 {Ein glatter
Tempoverlust.} (38... Nd4 39. Ng5) (38... g5 39. Bxe6 g4 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7 41.
Ng5+ Kg6 42. Ne6) (38... Re8 $5 39. Ra7 g5 40. Bxe6 Rxe6 41. Nxg5 Rxe5 42. Nxf7
Re2 43. Nd6 Bd4 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Rf8 $16) 39. Ra7 Ne6 (39... Rd7 40. Rxd7 Nxd7
41. e6 Nf6 42. e7 Ne8 43. Bb5 $18) 40. Rb7 Re8 41. Rxb6 $18 Nf8 42. Ng5 Re7 43.
f4 Nd7 44. Rb7 Kf8 45. Nxf7 Nxe5 46. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. f4 c5 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. Qc1
Ne7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O
15. O-O Nc5 16. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] This was the second game of the final.} 1. e4 {Kasimdzhanov had lost
only one game so far, but this was when I ambushed him theoretically in the
Sveshnikov. This year, he has been playing the Petroff a lot, including
against Ye Jiangchuan in the quarters, so I looked at that.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 {Kasimdzhanov's chosen line in the
Petroff.} 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 {I spent the morning checking various
lines, but finally decided to follow his game against Ye which took place 4
days earlier.} Na6 10. a3 Re8 {I thought he might switch to f5, but he stays
the course as well.} 11. Nc3 Bf5 {Bg4 was the big hit sometime ago, but
Kasimdzhanov had some new ideas here.} 12. Re1 (12. c5 {Huzman} Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. Rb1 b5 16. a4 Nc7 17. Ne5 Bxc5 18. Nxc6 Qf6 19. axb5 $16
{1-0 Sonkoly,L-Barabas,A/HUN 1998/EXT 2000 (51)}) (12. Be3 {Huzman} Bg6 13. c5
Bc7 14. Ne2 Nb8 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Nh4 Nef6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. b4 Re7
$11 {0-1 Ye Jiangchuan-Kasimdzhanov,R/Hyderabad IND 2002/(58)}) 12... h6 $1 {
Of course, I assumed he didn't want to repeat 12...Qf6 as in Lornje-Meijers
1989, but I looked at 12...Bg4} (12... Bg4 {as in Bologan-Konopka Panormo 2001}
13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nac5 15. Nxe4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bf5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nf6+
Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Qb6 20. b4 Rad8 21. Qf3 Qg6) 13. c5 {Here I thought for quite a
while. There were some tempting possibilities for White, but I couldn't make
them work.} (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qe7 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. Bxd6 Qe6 $1)
15... Qxe4 $1 16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Qb3 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rab8 $1 {Due to the move Bd5,
Black doesn't have to worry about c5} 19. c5 (19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Rd1 {is
probably about equal}) 19... Bd5 20. Qd3 Bf4 $1 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. h4 Bxg5 23.
hxg5 g6) (13. b4 Bxb4 $1 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Qb1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd6 17. Qd1 Nxc4 {
Black has more than enough for a piece.}) 13... Bc7 14. Bd2 {Finally, by
connecting my rooks, I force him to swap the knight on e4, or so I thought.} (
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 (15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd5) 15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 {
I was tempted to go for this exchange sacrifice. It's only a pawn, but the two
bishops and the knight on a6 promise ~/=.} Nb8 {However, if Black immediately
swings his knight around, I didn't see anything convincing.} 17. Bd3 Nd7 18.
Bc4 Qf6 (18... Nf6 19. Bxh6 {Even this isn't clear.} gxh6 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Bxf7
)) 14... Ba5 $6 {This took me completely by surprise. However, it is a mistake.
} (14... Nxd2 15. Rxe8+ (15. Qxd2 Qf6) 15... Qxe8 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 {
This is probably about equal, but White can press on the queenside with b4-b5.}
) 15. Bf4 {I made this move simply because the square was available. Slowly it
began to dawn on me that Black has problems.} (15. Nxe4 {This move also leads
to an advantage for White.} dxe4 16. Bxa6 $1 (16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18.
Qxe4 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxd2 21. Qe5 Rd8) 16... exf3 (16... bxa6 17.
Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Ne5) (16... Bxd2 17. Nxd2 bxa6 18. Qc3 Qd5 19. Nc4 $16) 17. Rxe8+
Qxe8 18. Qxf5 Bxd2 19. Bc4 $1 {This move gives White the edge.} (19. Bd3 g6 20.
Qxf3 Rd8 $11) (19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Ba6 Rxb2 {isn't clear either} (20... fxg2 21.
b4 $16) 21. Qxf3 $140 Be1 $1) 19... fxg2 (19... Rd8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5) (
19... Qe7 20. Qd3 Bg5 21. Qxf3 Rd8 22. Rd1 $16) 20. d5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 $1) (15.
b4 $2 Bxb4 $1 {This works even better because White has moved his bishop to d2.
} 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qb1 Nxd2 $17) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 {White simply wants to
play Ne5 and f3.} Nc7 17. h3 $1 {Of course, to play Bh2, but also so that
White can take his knight to g4.} (17. Ne5 Ne6 18. Be3 f6 19. Nf3 b6 $13) 17...
Ne6 (17... b6 18. Ne5 (18. cxb6 axb6 19. Ne5 Qf6 20. f3 Nd6 $1 21. Bxf5 Qxf5
22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Ne6 $132) 18... Ne6 (18... Qf6 19. f3 $16
) 19. Bh2 Qg5 20. h4 $1 Qxh4 21. f3 $16) 18. Bh2 N6g5 $2 {This takes away a
square that the e4 knight needs to go back.} ({Black could still go on with} 
18... Bh7 $1 19. Ne5 f6 20. Ng4 Nf8 $1 (20... b6 21. f3 N4g5 22. Bxh7+ Nxh7 23.
Re2 $1 (23. Qg6 Kh8 24. Bd6 $36) 23... Nhf8 24. Rae1 $14) (20... Qa5 $2 {
Unnecessaily sidetracks the queen.} 21. Rac1 b6 22. f3 N4g5 23. h4 Bxd3 24.
Qxd3 Nf7 25. Qg6 Kf8 26. Nxf6 gxf6 27. Bd6+ Nxd6 28. cxd6 $16) 21. f3 (21. h4
f5 22. Ne5 Qxh4) 21... Ng5 22. Bxh7+ Ngxh7 {This is pleasant for White, but
perhaps nothing more.}) 19. Ne5 $1 $16 {Now White's advantage assumes serious
proportions.} f6 (19... Bc8 20. h4 Ne6 (20... Nh7 21. f3 Nef6 22. g4 $16) 21.
f3 Nf6 22. g4 $16) (19... Bh7 20. Rab1 Re7 21. h4 Ne6 22. f3 Nf6 23. Ng4 $1
Bxd3 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxd3 $16) 20. Ng4 Qa5 (20... Bxg4 21. hxg4 Nf7 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Rxe4 $16) 21. Ne3 Be6 (21... Bh7 22. h4 Ne6 23. f3 Qxc3 24. Bxe4 Qxc2
25. Bxc2 Nxd4 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rad1 $18) 22. Rac1 {There is no longer any
defence} Nxh3+ (22... Bxh3 23. f4 $18) (22... f5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bxf5 $18 {
Obviously, this just puts off the end}) 23. gxh3 Bxh3 (23... Ng5 24. Kh1 $1 Nf3
25. Rg1 $1 Nxg1 26. Rxg1 $18) 24. Nc4 {The simplest} Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Nd6
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 b5 28. Re3 Bg4 29. Bf5 {and Kasimdzhanov resigned.
Coincidentally, Xu Yuhua also won the Women's World Cup, so that we both
retained our titles. Once in China and once in India!} (29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5
Ne4 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nxc6 {Wins}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12. d4 Bf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bd2 a5
15. Na3 b4 16. Nc2 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 a4 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. h3 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Bg5 22. Nf1 Bf6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Bf4 c5 25. dxc5 Rc8 26. Bd6 Bxc3 27. Rc1
Bb2 28. Rc4 Bc6 29. Ne3 Ra8 30. Rb4 Bc3 31. Rb6 Be8 32. Nc4 Rc8 33. Bf4 g5 34.
Be3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 a6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Bb7
15. O-O O-O 16. Be3 Qe7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. f4 a5 20. Qb3 c6 21. Qa3
a4 22. Rac1 Ra5 23. e4 Ba8 24. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Qc1 {This is a quiet, positional
plan where White simply wants to maintain his space advantage.} Nh6 (5... e6 6.
c4 Bxb1 (6... Ne7 {- Kasparov-Shirov, RUS-The World rapid 2002 CBM 91}) 7. Rxb1
Bb4+ {- Gelfand-Dreev, RUS-The World rapid 2002 CBM 91}) 6. Nf3 (6. h3 {
- Smirin-Bareev, RUS-The World rapid 2002 CBM 91}) (6. c4 Ng4 $1 $132) 6... e6
7. c4 dxc4 $2 {Black has to take on c4, otherwise he will be pushed to the
wall. The real question is, when?} (7... Bxb1 $142 {has to be inserted first.}
8. Rxb1 Bb4+ (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 {- 7..dxc4}) 9. Bd2 (9. Nd2 Nf5) 9... Bxd2+ 10.
Qxd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O (11... Nf5 12. O-O) (11... c5 $2 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxe6
$1) 12. O-O {and Black has counterchances in view of the backward >< d4.}) 8.
Nbd2 $1 {White wants to take back on c4 by the N gaining a vital tempo.} (8.
Bxc4 Be4 (8... Ng4) (8... Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Bb4+ 10. Bd2) 9. Nbd2 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4+
11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O (12... Nf5 13. O-O) 13. O-O {is similar to the
previous note.}) 8... Bd3 (8... Bb4 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 $16 {/\ Nc4}) (8...
Ng4 9. Nxc4 Qd8 10. Bg5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Be7 12. h3 $16 {and the N has to retreat.}
) 9. Bxd3 (9. d5 $5 Qb5 10. d6 $1 Nf5 11. Nxc4 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 Nd7 13. Qc2 $14)
9... cxd3 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. O-O {Now Black's P structure is weakened as well.}
Nd7 12. Rd1 (12. Nc4) 12... Qa6 13. Ne4 Rg8 (13... O-O-O 14. Qf4 $16) 14. Ne1
O-O-O 15. Nxd3 $16 Nb6 {/\ Nd5} 16. Qe3 $1 Qc4 (16... Nd5 {is simply met by}
17. Qf3) 17. Nf4 $6 (17. Qf3 $1 {immediately was more to the point, for
example:} Qxd4 (17... Rxd4 18. Qxf7 $18) (17... f5 18. Nf6 Rg7 19. Nf4 $18) 18.
Ndc5 $18) 17... Nd5 18. Qf3 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 {White has eliminated the strong
blockading N, so his position is still better.} Rg7 20. Nf6 Be7 {[#]} 21. Qxh6
$2 {This allows Black to exchange the strong N and change the P structure.} (
21. Nh5 $1 {keeps the N and Black's weaknesses on the >>.} Bg5 22. Qf3 Rgg8 23.
Ng3 Rxd4 (23... Rd7 24. Ne4 $16) 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxf7 $16) 21... Rg6 $1 22.
Qxh7 Bxf6 $15 23. exf6 Qd5 24. Qh3 Rxf6 (24... Rdg8 25. g3 Rxf6 $15) 25. g3 Qe4
{Although Black is a P down, his heavy artillery is very active, and >< d4 is
weak.} 26. Qg2 Rxd4 $2 (26... Qg4 $15 {keeping the Q and the activity was much
better.}) 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd2 {The R _|_ is still equal, but now Black has
to play carefully.} c5 $6 {Black wants to mobilize his << P majority, but
first he had to improve his rook's position.} (28... Re5 29. Rad1 Rd5 $11 {
neutralizing the pressure on the d <-> was required.}) 29. Kg2 c4 $2 {
Continuing the wrong plan.} (29... e5) 30. Rad1 b5 31. h4 Rf5 32. f4 $16 c3 $6
33. bxc3 Re3 34. Rd8+ Kb7 35. R8d7+ (35. R1d7+ Ka6 (35... Kb6 36. Rb8+ $18) (
35... Kc6 36. Rxa7 $18) 36. Rc8 $18) 35... Kb6 36. R1d6+ Kc5 37. Rd2 a5 (37...
Rxc3 38. Rc7+ Kb4 39. Rxa7 $18) 38. R2d3 (38. Rc7+ Kb6 39. Rdd7 $18) 38... Rxd3
39. Rxd3 Kc4 40. Rf3 {and the march of the h o^ will decide the battle.} Rh5
41. Kh3 Rd5 (41... f5 42. Re3 Rh6 43. g4 $18) 42. g4 {White's pawn on the >>
are quicker than Black's on the other flank.} Rd2 43. a3 Ra2 44. h5 Rxa3 45. h6
Ra1 46. Kg2 Rd1 47. f5 $1 exf5 (47... Rd2+ 48. Kg3 a4 49. fxe6 fxe6 50. g5 $18)
48. h7 Rd8 49. Rxf5 Kxc3 50. Rxf7 b4 51. g5 {and White comes first in the P
race.} b3 52. Rc7+ Kd2 53. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O {Less dangerous for black is} (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4
Qb6) 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. h4 b5 14. Rh3 {Typical
manouver for this kind of positions. Rooks comes to e3 to support f5.} (14. h5
b4 (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. g4 Rac8 18. Rhe1 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Ne4
20. g5 a5 21. Qe3 b4 22. Nd4 $14 {Markun,B-Sebenik,M/Bled 2001}) 15. Na4 Bxd4
16. Qxd4 a5 17. Re1 (17. h6 g6 18. Rc1 Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. c4 bxc3
22. Rxc3 $14 {Khamatgaleev,A-Kosic,D/Patras 2002}) 17... Re8 18. Bb5 Rb8 19.
Bd3 Bb7 20. g4 Rbc8 21. Rhf1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qf2 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 Bc6 25.
Rfe2 {1/2-1/2 Vasilev,N-Kiurkchian,E/Teteven 1991}) (14. Ne2 b4 $6 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. Qxb4 Ne4 17. Qd4 a5 18. Rh3 Ba6 19. Nc3 $16 {Hinks Edwards,T-Morris,C/
Birmingham 2000}) (14. Qe3 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bb7 18. Rh3 Rfc8
19. c3 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qd8 21. g3 $14 {Palac,M-Moreno Carnero,J/Dresden 2002})
14... b4 (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Qe7 19. Bd3
f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Re3 Nc5 22. Re5 Rf8 23. g3 $14 {Beulen,M-Janssen,E/
Netherland 1995}) (14... Bb7 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. b3 b4 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 Qe7
19. Re1 $14 {David,A-Leenhouts,K/Vlissingen 2000}) 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Rb8
17. Re3 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf4f5] This strong move seems to be a novelty. The
idea is just to defend the pawn on s5.} (17. b3 a5 18. c3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20.
Rf3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Bb7 $13 {Schmaltz,R-Janovsky,S/Dortmund 1993})
17... a5 (17... Nb6 $5 18. Nxb6 (18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Nxa6 $2 Bxa6 20. Bxa6 Qa5 21.
Be2 Ra8 22. a3 Rfb8 $40 {[%csl Rb1]}) 18... Qxb6 19. f5 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 exf5 21.
Rxd5 $14) 18. f5 Nb6 $6 {it was necessary to take on f5 with unclear position.}
(18... exf5 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20. Qd6 Rfc8 $13) 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. f6 $16 {After
this move black is deprived of any counterplay, meanwhile white's play on the
kingside is very dangerous.} Qxd4 21. Rxd4 gxf6 $6 {Helping white to get to
black king.} (21... Rb6 22. Rg3 g6 23. h5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. c4 bxc3 26.
Rxc3 $16) 22. exf6 Rb6 23. Re5 Kh8 24. Rg4 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg4g7,Ge5h5]} Rg8
25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Rg5+ Kh8 27. Be2 Bd7 (27... Ba6 28. Bh5 h6 29. Rg7 e5 30.
Rxf7 $18) 28. Bh5 Be8 29. g4 Rc6 30. b3 $1 {[%csl Gc4] White's plan is just to
play Rg7, g5 and Be2-d3 winning a pawn on h7.} Rc3 31. Rg7 Rc7 32. g5 $18 e5 (
32... Rb7 33. Be2 {[%cal Ge2d3]} e5 34. Bg4 $18) 33. Bg4 e4 34. Bf5 Rc3 35.
Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. g6 fxg6 38. Be6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. O-O (12. Qc2 e5 13. O-O g5 14.
Bf2 Nh5 15. g4 Ng7 16. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Izhnin,A/Nikolaev 1995 (63)}
) (12. e4 Nh5 $5 13. O-O Nf4 14. Bc2 e5 15. Re1 Qe6 16. Bg3 g5 $6 17. Bb3 Qg6
18. Nf1 Nf6 19. Ne3 N6h5 20. Qd2 Ng7 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. c5 $36 {1-0 Parker,
J-Kosashvili,Y/Guildford 1991 (53)}) 12... e5 13. e4 (13. Qc2 $142 {
transposing to the above given game Rogozenko-Izhnin, Nikolaev 1993.}) 13...
Nh5 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Nf1 (15. Bc2 Qe6 16. Bg3 {was an worthy alternative, with
unclear position.}) (15. Bf1 $6 f5 $132) 15... f5 $1 {This move I missed.
Otherwise White would have played Nf1-e3 with an edge.} (15... Qe6 16. Ne3 $14)
16. exf5 (16. Bc2 $6 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 (18. fxe4 Qe6 19. Ne3 $140
exd4 20. cxd4 Qxe4 21. Qg4 Rf7) 18... Qf7 $15) 16... Nxd3 (16... Qh5 17. Bg3
Nxd3 {is same as the game.}) 17. Qxd3 Qh5 18. Bg3 Qxf5 (18... Qxf5 19. Qxf5
Rxf5 20. Ne3 Rf7 21. Rad1 $1 $14 {/=} (21. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Ng4
e4 24. fxe4 Re8 $44) (21. Nd5 $6 {This idea doesn't work:} Bxd5 (21... exd4 22.
Nxc7 Rc8 23. Nb5 $1) 22. cxd5 exd4 23. c4 Nc5 24. Rad1 d3 25. Bf2 Rf4)) (18...
Rxf5 {is weaker:} 19. Ne3 Rf7 20. Nd5 $5 c6 (20... Bxd5 21. cxd5 exd4 22. Qxd4
$14) (20... exd4 21. Ne7+ $1)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. a3 {This is one of several ways to meet
the a5-move. On the plus side we can note that b4 is covered which limits the
scope of Bf8. On the minus side it allows a4 by Black and if Black can force
or induce c3, b3 will be a weakness. Take a look at the game Ponomariov -
Aleksandrov, Govenor's Cup 2001 for an illustration of that theme.} (11. Rd1 a4
12. g4 Ne7 13. Kg2 Ng6 14. Rd4 Be7 15. Kg3 h5 16. Bg5 hxg4 17. hxg4 f6 $132 {
1-0 Almasi,Z-Aleksandrov,A/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext/[Hecht] (46)}) (11. a4 Be6 12.
Rd1 h6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Nd4 $36 {0-1 Ernst,T-Rausis,I/Aaland-Stockholm 1997/EXT
98 (50)}) (11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Nfd4 Nf5 13. a4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 Be7 16.
Be3 h5 17. f4 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Marciano,D/Belfort 1997/CBM 62/
[Wedberg] (28)}) 11... h6 (11... Be7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3
h5 16. Nfg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rd5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. c4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Sandipan,C/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (42)}) 12. Re1 {With a3
played this is a good square for the R since Bb4 is no option for Black.} Be7
$146 {The latest fashion in the Berlin is to play for an exchange of N:s on h4.
} (12... Bd7 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bd2 Bc5 18.
Ne4 Be7 19. f4 Rf8 20. g3 $14 {1-0 Sherzer,A-Jonkman,H/Hoogeveen 1998/EXT 99 
(55). (54)}) 13. Ne4 Be6 $6 ({Why not} 13... Nh4 {straight away? The B is not
comfortable on e6.} 14. Nd4 Nf5 15. Nf6+ {is just a gesture} Kf8 $1 $11) 14. g4
Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Nc5 a4 (16... Bc8 17. e6 Bf6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Nd3 $14 {
[%csl Rc7,Ge5][%cal Yc1f4,Yf4c7]}) 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re4 $1 $14 {White's
advantage is not gigantic, but it is something. Black has few chances for
counterplay.} Be7 19. Be3 c5 20. Rd1 Rf8 21. Kg2 Rf7 22. Kg3 b5 23. h4 Rd8 24.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. h5 Kd7 26. c4 (26. b3 {to get a passed P on the a-file.} axb3
27. cxb3 Rf8 28. a4 $1 bxa4 (28... c4 $2 29. Rd4+ $1 $16) 29. bxa4 Kc6 30. f4
Kd5 31. Kf3 $14 {[%cal Ye3d2,Ya4a5]}) 26... c6 27. Rf4 Ke8 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29.
Kf3 (29. g5 hxg5 30. Kg4 g6 31. Bxg5 Bf8 {Can White win this?}) (29. f4 $5)
29... g5 30. Bc1 $5 {[%mdl 4096] Anand plays this part of the game in a truly
enigmatic style. I don't think many players would have come up with the moves
he chooses in this ending.} b4 $2 {Falling into the trap.} (30... bxc4 {
[%csl Gb3,Gc3,Gd3,Gd4][%cal Ye7d8,Yd8a5]} 31. Bd2 (31. Be3 c3 32. bxc3 c4 $11)
(31. Ke2 c3 32. bxc3 c4 $11) 31... Bd8 32. Ke4 Kg7 {Drawish.}) 31. b3 $3 {
With white passed Ps on both wings Black's resources will quickly dry up. An
interesting case of a breakthrough with three against four.} axb3 (31... bxa3
32. bxa4 a2 33. Bb2 $18 {[%cal Yf3e2,Ye2d3,Yd3c2,Yc2b3,Yb3a2]}) 32. a4 Ke8 33.
Ke2 Bd8 34. Kd1 Bc7 35. Be3 $1 Bxe5 36. Bxc5 Bc3 37. Kc1 $18 {Black's extra P
cannot stave off defeat. The threat is to play a5 to force Kd7 and then to
pick h6 with Bf8..} Bg7 38. Bxb4 Bd4 39. Bd6 Bxf2 40. Kb2 Bd4+ 41. Kxb3 Bg7 42.
a5 Kd7 43. a6 Kc8 44. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4
9. Nce2 h6 10. Ng3 e5 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 a5 14. h4 Qc7 15. Nd2 a4
16. Nc4 Nc5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. b3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bf5 g6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. h5
Bg7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qe4 Ndf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. O-O-O O-O 27. Rd2 axb3 28.
cxb3 Rbd8 29. Rhd1 Rd4 30. Qc2 Rfd8 31. Kb1 Qf7 32. Ne4 Ne6 33. Rf1 Qf4 34.
Rxd4 exd4 35. Nb2 d3 36. Nxd3 Qe3 37. Rd1 Qxf3 38. Ndf2 Nd4 39. Qc7 Qf8 40.
Qc4+ Kh8 41. Qa6 Rc8 42. Rc1 Ra8 43. Qc4 Qb8 44. Ng5 Qa7 45. a4 bxa3 46. Ka2
Rf8 47. Nfe4 Qe7 48. Rh1 Qd7 49. Rd1 Qxg4 50. Rxd4 hxg5 51. Rd2 Qg1 52. Nc3 Kh7
53. Qc7 Kg8 54. Qc4+ Kh8 55. Rd1 Qg2+ 56. Ne2 Re8 57. Re1 Kh7 58. Qd3 g4 59.
Qd1 Bf6 60. b4 Re7 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters op 06th"]
[Site "Bastia "]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round of qualification tournament on Corsica.
In order to have good chances to qualify I needed a draw with black against
Vishy.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 {Not a big surprise. This move has become the main one
against Open Spanish after 10th game of Kasparov-Anand match, 1995.} Nc5 10. c3
Be7 {I decided to play safer.} (10... d4 {Kasparov-Anand, New York,1995}) 11.
Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O (12... Qd7 {is the main alternative which reviewed in
details in my opening database in CBM 93.}) 13. Nf1 d4 $5 {This move has got
some popularity after Timman-Kortschnoj,1996 which is also annotated in my
opening database in CBM93.} (13... Bh5 {is the main alternative.}) 14. h3 Bh5 (
14... Bxf3 $2 15. Qxf3 d3 16. Bb1 {is senseless for Black since d2 is
impossible.}) 15. Ng3 Bxf3 {Now it's a different story. White can't go for
afore-mentioned line.} 16. Qxf3 d3 17. b4 $1 {Strong counterblow and probably
the best move in the position.} (17. Bb3 $2 d2 {This is the difference with 14.
..Bxf3?}) 17... dxc2 18. bxc5 Qd7 {This position occuried only twice.} ({
Once I have played} 18... Nxe5 $2 {and only after} 19. Rxe5 Qd1+ 20. Kh2 Bf6
21. Rf5 $1 $18 {realized that Kortschnoj played first 18...Qd7 and sacrificed
the knight a move later.}) 19. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Ga1c1] This is already a new move.
Probably Vishy didn't want to enter complications which had place in
Timman-Kortschnoj,1986. The idea of 19.Bf4 is simple. White wants to win the
c2-pawn playing Rac1.} (19. Nf5 Nxe5 $5 {Timman-Kortschnoj,1996} (19... Qe6 $5
{Ponomariov-Krasenkow,Bled ol, 2002})) 19... Bxc5 ({I could also start with} 
19... Qe6 {[%cal Ge7c5]}) 20. Rac1 Qe6 21. Rxc2 Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d1] The most
logical. Black is taking the d-file. It seems that Black has solved opening
problems, but it's not so simple yet.} 22. Nh5 $6 {Allows 22...f6} ({It would
be more accurate to start with} 22. Rce2 {[%cal Gg3e4,Gg3h5]}) 22... Be7 (22...
f6 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge6e1] This interesting resource makes all the
difference. Now White has to fight for equality.} 23. Qg3 (23. Be3 {
Interesting tactical possibility.} Nxe5 24. Qg3 {[%csl Rc5,Rg7]} Rf7 $1 {
This move looks better than 24...Rd7 since the d8-rook can be useful. See 25.
Bxc5} (24... Rd7 $6 {leads to unclear position after} 25. Bxc5 (25. Rce2) 25...
Nf3+ 26. gxf3 (26. Qxf3 $2 Qxe1+ 27. Kh2 Qe5+ {[%csl Rc5]}) 26... Qxe1+ 27. Kh2
Rff7 {[%cal Gd7d1] Unfortunately now 27... Rd1 is impossible.} (27... Rd1 $4
28. Qxg7#) 28. Bd4 $13) 25. Rce2 (25. Bxc5 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 (26. Qxf3 Qxe1+ 27.
Kh2 Qe5+ {[%csl Rc5]}) 26... Qxe1+ 27. Kh2 Rd1 {[%cal Re1h1] This is the
difference with 24...Rd7. Now the g7-square is covered by the other rook.} 28.
Qg2 Qe5+ {[%csl Rc5,Rh5] and Black wins.}) 25... Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Qxa2 27. Nxf6+
$1 Rxf6 28. Rxe5 Rdf8 $1 {Black gets an extra pawn while White's threats on
the king side are not very serious.}) 23... Rf7 24. Rce2 (24. Bh6 Bf8 $1) (24.
Nxf6+ $2 Rxf6 25. exf6 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 g6) 24... fxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Qc4
(26... Bxf2+ $2 27. Qxf2) 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Bf8 {with advantage for
Black.}) 23. Rce2 {White wants to move the bishop, then to play Nf4 unblocking
his e-pawn.} h6 ({It would be safer to play} 23... Kh8) 24. Bc1 {[%cal Gh5f4]}
({After the game Anand recommended} 24. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Gh5f4,Ge5e6] but it
seems that Black can hold the position with} Bg5 $1 {[%csl Gf4]} 25. h4 (25.
Bf4 Be7 $11) 25... Bd2 $1 26. Rd1 Bg5 $1 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Nf4 $140 (28. Qe4
$142 {[%cal Gh5f4]}) 28... Qc4) 24... Bg5 $5 {I decided to stop Nf4 physically.
Black could also try to ignore the threat.} 25. Bxg5 hxg5 $11 26. Nf6+ $2 {
Vishy is playing with fire. In fact he misses my 30th move.} gxf6 27. exf6 Qd5
$1 28. Re4 $1 {[%cal Gf3h5,Gh5h6] Renewing the idea of Qh5 since Qf5 can be
strongly answered with Rh4!} ({Immediate} 28. Qh5 {is met by} Qf5 29. Qh6 {
[%csl Rg7]} Qg6 $19) 28... Rd6 $1 {Only but sufficient defense.} 29. Qh5 ({
White could try to complicate matters with} 29. h4) 29... Rxf6 30. Rh4 Rh6 $1
$19 {This is the move missed by Vishy in his calculations.} 31. Qxh6 gxh4 32.
Qxh4 Qf5 {[%cal Gc6e5] In this position with good chances for a win I proposed
a draw which allowed me to qualify for last 16.} (32... Qf5 33. Qg3+ Kh7 34.
Qxc7 Qg6 {and despite an exposed king Black has good chances for a win.}) ({
Of course not} 32... Ne5 $4 33. Qg5+) (32... Qd6 {also deserved serious
attention.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Qd5 Qd7 11. Qxd3 bxa4 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. d4 e4 14. Ng5 d5 15. f3
h6 16. Nh3 O-O 17. Nd2 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bd6 19. Nf2 Ng4 20. h3 Nxf2 21. Qxf2 Rf6
22. Qh4 Raf8 23. Qh5 Rf5 24. Qg6 R5f6 25. Qh5 Rf5 26. Qg6 R5f6 27. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 {Popular and
sharp line} Qf7 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 b5 $5 {
Improvement compare to} (16... Ne7 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. h5 a5 20. g5 $40 {
1-0 Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Essen-A 2002/CBM 90 (41)}) 17. Nf4 (17. h5 gxh5 18. Qe2
a5 19. Nf4 g6 20. g4 Ne7 21. Ng2 Kh7 22. Qd2 Ng8 23. Nf4 hxg4 24. Ke2 g5 25.
Nh5 Qf7 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qg6 28. Raf1 g3 29. Nxg3 Qg4+ 30. Ke1 Ra7 31. Ne2
Raf7 32. Qe3 Qg6 33. Rfg1 {1-0 Svidler,P-Bareev,E/Elista 1997/CBM 59/[Svidler]
(33)}) (17. Qe2 Bd7 18. g4 a5 19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. Kd2 b4
23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ Kh8 27. Nd6 Qg8 {0-1 Van den
Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/ (33)}) 17... Ne7 18. Kd2 $146 {Anand
decided to keep king in the centre of th board.} (18. O-O Bd7 19. Rab1 Qf7 20.
h5 gxh5 21. Nxh5 Kh7 22. f4 Nf5 23. Bc1 Be8 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Qd7 26. Be3
Bg6 {1/2-1/2 Firnhaber,I-Kitson,K/corr 2001/IXM (37)}) (18. Rh3 Rf5 19. Qe2 a5
20. g4 Rf7 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. h5 g5 23. Ng2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26.
cxb4 Qa1+ 27. Qc1 Qc3+ 28. Qd2 Qa1+ 29. Qc1 Qc3+ 30. Qd2 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 Davila,
M-Halldorsson,J/corr 1998 (30)}) 18... a5 {Black has to find some counterplay
on the Q side - on the other flank he has many problems.} 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rab1
Qf7 21. f3 Rab8 22. Ne2 Nc6 {It looks for me that Black solved all opening
problems.} 23. Rb2 b4 ({Worth considering} 23... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 24.
axb4 axb4 25. cxb4 c3+ $5 (25... Rxb4 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Rb1 Nc6 $11 {was
enough for equality, but Arthur already pretends for more.}) 26. Nxc3 (26. Kxc3
Na5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 26... Na5 27. Ke2 Nc4 28. Rb3 Nxe3 ({After} 28... Bb5 $5 29.
Nxb5 Rxb5 30. Ra1 {black's position is not bad nevertheless material deficit.})
29. Kxe3 Qf4+ 30. Kd3 Rfc8 31. Qg4 {Anand managed to consolidate his position
and black must sacrifice an exchange, if he wants to keep fire on the board.}
Rxc3+ $5 (31... Qf7 32. b5) 32. Kxc3 (32. Rxc3 $4 Bb5+) 32... Rc8+ 33. Kb2 Qd2
34. Rc1 Kh7 (34... h5 35. Qg5 Qxd4+ 36. c3 Qc4 37. Ra3) 35. g3 {[%cal Gg4f4]}
Rf8 $1 {Black just can't allow white to play Qf4} (35... Ba4 36. Qf4 $5 Qxf4
37. gxf4 Bxb3 38. Kxb3 $18) 36. b5 (36. Kb1 $5) 36... h5 $1 37. Qg5 Qxd4+ 38.
c3 Qc5 39. b6 ({It was good time for white to start attack against residence
of black monarch -} 39. g4 $5 Bxb5 40. gxh5 Bd3 41. Qg1 $1 Qc7 (41... Qxg1 42.
Rxg1 gxh5 43. Rb7 Bg6 44. Rb6 $18) 42. Qe3 $18 {with big chances for victory.})
39... Ba4 40. Rb4 Qf2+ 41. Kb1 Bc6 42. b7 Rb8 43. g4 $6 (43. Qe7 $142 $1 Qa7 (
43... Qxf3 44. Qc7 Rxb7 45. Rxb7 Bxb7 46. Qxb7 $18) 44. Qxe6 $18) 43... Qxf3
44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Rg1 Qf7 46. Kc1 Rxb7 47. Rxb7 Bxb7 48. Qe3 Ba6 49. Rg3 Qf1+
50. Kc2 Qa1 51. Qg5 Qa2+ 52. Kc1 Qa1+ 53. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 $6 {Solider ist} (5... e6) 6.
Qb3 Ra7 ({Auf} 6... b5 {antwortet Weiß} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7... cxd5 8. a4 {ist
äußerst ungünstig für Schwarz.}) 8. e4 Nxc3 9. exf5 Nd5 10. Bd3 {mit
erklecklichem Vorteil.}) 7. Bd2 e6 8. a4 a5 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O (10. c5 $5) 10...
Bd6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. f4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bf3 $6 (15. Be1 {
ist besser.}) 15... Nf6 $6 ({Mit der Fortsetzung} 15... Bxe5 16. fxe5 dxc4 17.
Qxc4 Nxe5 18. Qc5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 b6 20. Qc3 Bf5 21. Qxc6 e5 22. d5 {kann
Schwarz die Initiative ergreifen.}) 16. Be1 Bh7 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Rf2 Bxe5 (19... Be7 $5 {gefällt mir besser.}) 20. fxe5 Bg6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22.
Rc3 $6 ({Eine bessere Art und Weise, um den Besitz der c-Linie zu kämpfen,
besteht in} 22. Rff1 {. Nach} b6 23. Rc6 Rc7 24. Qxb6 Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Qb8 26. Qc3
Rc8 27. Qxa5 Qxb2 {dürfte Schwarz dennoch überleben können.}) 22... b6 23. Rc6
{Jetzt kann Weiß aus dem Besitz der c-Linie keinen nennenswerten Nutzen ziehen.
Auf} (23. Rf1 {folgt} Rc7 24. Qxb6 (24. Rfc1 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Qd7 $11) 24... Rxc3
25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. bxc3 Rb8 27. Rc1 Bd3 $11) 23... Rc7 24. Qxb6 (24. Rxb6 $2
Rc1+ 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Bc2 {kostet den Weißen Material.}) 24... Rxc6 25.
Qxc6 Qb8 26. h4 $6 ({Zum Remis führt} 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. Qxa5 (27. Qd2 Rc2) 27...
Rc1+ 28. Rf1 Qxb2 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kf2 Qb2+ 31. Kg3 Qa3 $11) 26... Qb4 27.
Qc3 Qxa4 28. Bg4 $6 (28. h5 Bh7 29. Rf1 $15) 28... Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. h5 Bh7
31. Bd1 Rc8 32. Rd2 Rc1 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. g4 Be4 35. Ba4 ({In Betracht kommt} 35.
Bf3 Bc2 (35... b3 {wird mit} 36. Bd1 Bc2 37. Ke2 {beantwortet.}) 36. Re2 {
und Weiß dürfte sich ausreichend verteidigen können.}) 35... Rh1 36. Rd1 $2 ({
Nach} 36. Bd1 Ke7 37. Be2 f6 38. Kg3 (38. exf6+ {führt zum Verlust, zum
Beispiel} Kxf6 39. Rd1 Rh2+ 40. Ke1 Kg5 41. Rc1 Rh1+ 42. Kd2 Rxc1 43. Kxc1 Bg2
44. Kc2 Bh3 45. Kb3 Bxg4 46. Bxg4 Kxg4 47. Kxb4 Kxh5 48. Kc5 g5 49. b4 g4 50.
b5 g3 51. b6 g2 52. b7 g1=Q 53. b8=Q Qxe3) 38... fxe5 39. dxe5 Rg1+ (39... Kd7
{wird mit} 40. Rd4 {beantwortet.}) 40. Kf2 {kann Weiß Widerstand leisten.})
36... Rh2+ 37. Kg3 Rg2+ 38. Kh3 Rxb2 39. Rc1 g5 40. Rc8+ $6 (40. hxg6 Bxg6 41.
Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rb8 {leistet zäheren Widerstand, obwohl es zur Rettung der Partie
nicht hinreichen dürfte.}) 40... Kg7 41. Rb8 Rb1 ({Einfacher ist} 41... Re2 42.
Rxb4 Rxe3+ 43. Kh2 Bf3 $19) 42. Rb7 Rh1+ (42... Re1 {gewinnt ebenfalls} 43. Bd7
(43. Bd7 Rxe3+ 44. Kh2) 43... Rxe3+ 44. Kh2 Kf8 (44... b3 45. Bxe6 Rf3 46. Bf5
(46. Bd7 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Rg2+ 48. Kh3 b2 49. Bf5 Rd2 50. Bxe4 dxe4 51. e6 Kf8 {
, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 46... Bxf5 47. gxf5 Rxf5 48. Rxb3 Rf4 49. Rb4 {
ist weniger klar.}) 45. Rb8+ (45. Rxb4 Bf3 {ist aussichtslos für Weiß.}) 45...
Ke7 46. Ba4 f5 {Schwarz hat eine Gewinnstellung.}) 43. Kg3 Rf1 $2 (43... Rg1+ {
dürfte gegenüber der Partie ein Tempo gewinnen; Weiß hat nichts Besseres als}
44. Kf2 Rxg4 45. Bd7 Kf8 46. Rxb4 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Ke7 48. Bc6 ({Nach} 48. Rb7 Rh2
49. Bb5+ Kf8 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Be2 Bf5 {ist die Lage des Weißen hoffnungslos.})
48... Rc2 49. Ba4 Ra2 {. Schwarz steht auf Gewinn.}) 44. Bd7 b3 (44... Kf8 45.
Rxb4 (45. Rb8+ Ke7 46. Bc6 Rf3+ 47. Kh2 f5 48. gxf5 (48. exf6+ Kxf6 49. Rxb4
Rxe3 50. Rb7 e5 (50... Rd3 51. Bd7 Rxd4 52. Rb6 {ist nicht besser für Schwarz.}
) 51. Rb6 exd4 52. Bxd5+ Ke5 53. Bxe4 Rxe4 54. Rxh6 d3 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}
) 48... Bxf5 {sieht gewinnträchtig aus.}) 45... Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Rxg4 47. Rb8+ Ke7
48. Bb5 {führt zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 45. Rxb3 Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Rxg4 47. Rb7 Kf8
(47... Bf5 48. Be8 Kf8 49. Bxf7 Rh4 50. Bg6 {bringt dem Schwarzen nichts ein.})
48. Rb8+ Ke7 49. Bb5 f5 50. Rb7+ Kd8 51. Rd7+ Kc8 52. Rh7 $2 (52. Rf7 Rg2+ 53.
Kf1 Rg3 54. Ke2 Rh3 55. Bd7+ Kd8 56. Bxe6 Rxh5 57. Bxf5 {genügt zum Remis.})
52... Rg2+ $2 (52... f4 {bietet viel bessere Siegesaussichten:} 53. Rh8+ (53.
Rxh6 Rg2+ 54. Kf1 fxe3 55. Rxe6 Rb2 56. Ba6+ Kd8 57. Rf6 g4 {führt für Weiß
zum Verlust.}) 53... Kc7 54. exf4 Rxf4+ 55. Ke3 Rh4 56. Rxh6 Rh3+ 57. Kd2 g4
58. Rxe6 g3 59. Re7+ Kb6 60. Bf1 g2 61. Re6+ Kc7 62. Bxg2 Bxg2 {und Schwarz
sollte gewinnen.}) 53. Kf1 Rb2 (53... f4 {ist jetzt wirkungslos:} 54. exf4 gxf4
55. Rxh6 $11) 54. Bd7+ Kd8 55. Bxe6 f4 56. Rxh6 $2 ({Zum Remis führt} 56. Rd7+
Ke8 57. exf4 gxf4 58. Rf7 f3 59. Rf6 Rd2 60. Bg4 $11) 56... fxe3 57. Bg4 Rf2+
58. Ke1 Bd3 59. Rf6 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Be3 $5 {Keeping a bishop on the
board seems to be very good idea.} (12. Qe3 Qc7 (12... b5 13. Bd3 (13. Qh3 Nxd4
14. Rxd4 Qb6 15. Bd3 $6 f5 16. Ne2 Nb8 17. g4 Nc6 18. c3 b4 $15 {Brustman,
A-Voiska,M/Thessaloniki 1988}) 13... Nxd4 (13... Qa5 14. f5 $1 Nxd4 15. f6 Qd8
16. Qxd4 $16 {Palkovi,J-Marinkovic,S/Cacak 1991}) 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Ne2 Bb7 16.
Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nd4 Nd7 18. Rde1 Rae8 $11 {Damjanovic,V-Marinkovic,S/Belgrade
1995}) 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Ne2 b5 16. Rhe1 Bb7 17. f5 Qxd4 18. Nxd4
Rae8 19. Nf3 Re7 20. Re3 $14 {Ekstroem,R-Quinto,G/Mendrisio 1989}) (12. Bg1 b5
13. Kb1 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. h4 Ncb8 18. h5 Ba6 19. Bd3
$14 {Mitkov,N-Marinkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1991}) (12. g3 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14.
Rhe1 b4 15. Ne2 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. f5 $36 {Adla,D-Mellano,S/ARG 1991}) (12.
Bf2 $5 Qa5) 12... b5 13. Ne2 (13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Rh3 Rab8 17.
Kb1 Ne7 18. Ba7 Rbc8 19. h5 $14 {Vasiukov,E-Zaitseva,L/Moscow 1991}) 13... b4
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 a5 16. g4 Ba6 (16... Qc7 17. Bb5 $5 Ba6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19.
Rhg1 Rfc8 20. f5 Qb5 $5 {[%cal Gb5e2,Gb4b3]} 21. Rg2 $1 $14 {Svidler,
P-Iljushin,A/Ekaterinburg 2002}) 17. Bg2 $1 {Once again white deviates from
trading a bishop!} (17. f5 Qc7 18. f6 Rfc8 (18... Nxe5 $5 19. Qg5 Ng6 $36) 19.
fxg7 a4 $36) 17... Qc7 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Gc2] Taking good care of
c2.} Rab8 20. f5 a4 (20... Nxe5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qe3 Nf7 23. Qxe6 $16 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 21. Rhe1 $1 {[%csl Ge5] White isn't ready to give up a thing! he
has plenty of time so there is no problem in wasting a tempo on defending a
pawn on e5.} (21. f6 $6 Nxe5 22. Qg5 Ng6 23. h4 h6 24. Qd2 e5 $17) 21... Bc4
22. h4 Qd8 (22... b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 Nc5 25. f6 gxf6 26. exf6 Kh8 27. Be5
$18) 23. f6 gxf6 $6 (23... b3) 24. exf6 Kh8 25. g5 $16 {[%cal Gg5g6]} Bxa2+ $5
{Desperation!} (25... b3 26. g6 $1 {[%cal Gf6f7,Gd2h6]} bxa2+ 27. Ka1 fxg6 28.
f7+ e5 29. Rxe5 $18) 26. Kxa2 b3+ 27. cxb3 axb3+ 28. Kb1 Ra8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30.
Qd3 {[%csl Ga6]} Ra4 (30... Qc7 31. Qxb3 Qf4 32. Qd3 $18) 31. Bf2 Qb8 32. Bxd5
$1 {Taking a8 under control.} exd5 33. Qxd5 Qc8 34. Qxb3 Nc5 35. Bxc5 Qf5+ 36.
Qc2 {[%csl Rh8]} 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. b3 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bb2 Re8 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bf8 11. d3 Be6 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15.
Nf3 Qg4 16. Qc4 Nb6 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Rac1 f6 19. b4 a6 20. Nc3 Be6 21. Ne4 Na4
22. Ba1 Bb3 23. Rd2 Bd5 24. Nh4 a5 25. bxa5 Nxa5 26. Rxc7 Nb3 27. Rd1 Nbc5 28.
Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Nf5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxd3 31. Rb1 Rc8 32. Rbxb7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Ra8
34. Rc3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Bxa3 36. Bc3 Bf8 37. Kf3 g6 38. Nh4 Kf7 39. Bd2 h5 40. e4
Nb2 41. Ke2 Nc4 42. Be1 Bc5 43. Kd3 Nd6 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 g5 46. fxg5 fxg5
47. Nf3 g4 48. Ne5+ Kg7 49. Bc3 Kh7 50. Nd7 Bg1 51. Be5 Nf7 52. Bf4 Kg6 53. Ke2
h4 54. Kf1 Bd4 55. Kg2 Bg7 56. Nc5 Be5 57. Nd3 Bxf4 58. Nxf4+ Kg5 59. Nd3 Kf6
60. Kf2 Ne5 61. Nf4 Kg5 62. Ne6+ Kf6 63. Nf4 Ng6 64. Nd3 Kg5 65. Ke3 g3 66.
hxg3 hxg3 67. Kf3 g2 68. Kxg2 Nf4+ 69. Nxf4 Kxf4 70. Kh1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b4 $5 {Karpov is
immediately attacking the hanging pawns in order to weaken their potential.}
Bf6 (13... d4 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf4 Bf6 $11) 14. Rb1 c4 15. Rc1 Re8 (15... Bb2
16. Rc2 Bxa3 $2 17. Ra2 $18) 16. Bc3 Qb6 (16... a5 $5 17. Nd4 (17. b5 Qe7 18.
Bh3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nc5 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Re3 Qf6 22. a4 $11) 17... axb4 18. axb4
Nb6 $11) 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. e3 a5 $1 19. Qd4 Qb5 (19... Qxd4 20. Nxd4 axb4 21.
axb4 Ra2 22. b5 Kf8 $11) 20. Rb1 Bc8 (20... axb4 21. Rxb4 (21. axb4 Ne4 22. Nd2
(22. Qb2 c3 23. Qc2 Qc4) 22... f5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rfc1 $11) 21... Qa6 22. Rb6
Qa7 23. Ra1 Bc8 24. a4 $13) 21. Qb2 axb4 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. axb4 {White's
position is slightly more pleasant, it is black who needs to find compensation
for the positional minuses.} Bd7 24. Ra1 h6 (24... Ne4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb1
$11) 25. h3 Rab8 26. Rfb1 Ne4 (26... Rb7 27. Ra5 Reb8 28. Qa1 Qd8 29. b5 $11)
27. Bxe4 Rxe4 (27... dxe4 $5 28. Kg2 Rbc8 29. Qc2 Re5 30. Ra3 Qg6 31. Ra7 Rd5
32. b5 $13) 28. Kg2 h5 (28... Qg6 29. Ra7 Bf5 30. Rba1 Ree8 $11) 29. b5 h4 30.
Ra6 $1 Qc7 (30... Qxa6 $2 31. bxa6 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 $18) 31. g4 Rxe3 $5 (31... Rb6
32. Rba1 $14) 32. b6 Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 64] The critical tactical moment of the
fight, Anand missed the best move 32...c3! that might have given him full
equality.} (32... c3 $1 33. Qa2 (33. Qc2 Qc4 34. fxe3 Qxa6 35. Qxc3 Rxb6 $15) (
33. bxc7 Rxb2 34. Rf1 Kh7 (34... Re8 35. Rd6 $18) 35. Nf3 Bc8 36. Rd6 $14)
33... Rg3+ 34. fxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Qd3 36. b7 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 33. fxe3 c3
34. Qc2 $1 (34. Qxc3 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) (34. Qf2 Qe4+ $17)
34... Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qxe3 36. b7 $1 {White's b pawn is too strong and black has
no perpetual check.} (36. Rd1 Bc8 37. Ra3 Qxh3+ 38. Qh2 Qxg4 39. Re1 Rxb6 $16)
36... Qxh3+ (36... Qxd4 37. Ra8 Qe5 38. Rxb8+ Qxb8 39. Qh2 $18) 37. Qh2 c2 38.
Rg1 (38. Nxc2 Qf3+ 39. Qg2 Qf4 40. Ra8 $18) 38... Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Rxb7 40. Nxc2
Rb2 41. Rg2 Bxg4 {Desperate meassures in a lost position, white rook is much
stronger than black pawns.} (41... g5 42. Ne3 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 $18) 42. Rxg4
Rxc2+ 43. Kh3 (43. Rg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 g5 45. Kh3 Kg7 46. Kg4 f6 47. Kf5 $18)
43... g6 44. Rd6 Kg7 (44... Rd2 45. Kxh4 Kg7 46. Rg5 d4 47. Rgd5 $18) 45. Kxh4
Rc7 46. Rxd5 Kh6 47. Rd6 Ra7 48. Rgd4 Ra5 49. Rf6 Ra7 50. Kg4 Rb7 51. Kf4 Re7
52. Rd5 Kg7 53. Rfd6 Re1 54. Kg3 Rf1 55. Rd1 Rf5 56. R6d5 Rf6 57. R1d3 (57.
R1d3 Re6 58. Rd7 g5 59. Rf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Anatoly had won the first game in his trademark style - taking a slightly
better position and exploiting my defensive errors.  Now I was in a must win
situation.} 1. e4 {Huzman} e5 {His main weapon in the tournament. He had
beaten Tkachiev and just like in Prague, Shirov again. Of course, he doesn't
really use it as a winning weapon, just wins many games!} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6
4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {Shirov had put Karpov under great pressure with 5.Qe2
earlier, but in a must win situation, such a move doesn't even come to mind.}
d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 {Perfectly suited to my needs. 8...Bg4 leads
to a sharp struggle. Karpov now sank into thought for 5 minutes before playing.
..} Nd6 {Later I asked Yusupov if it had been a mistake to play this move
after 5 minutes thought. He answered wittily: Yes, he should have played it
immediately!} 9. Bf4 {Directed against Bf5.} (9. c3 {Huzman} O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11.
Bf4 Ne8 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nh5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be5 $16 {1-0 Markus,
R-Andrade Ocana,J/ESP 1995/EXT 97 (44)}) 9... O-O (9... Be6 {Huzman} 10. c3 a6
11. Qc2 h6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Bg3 h5 17. h3
Bh4 18. Bxh4 Qxh4 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Lukin,A-Shulga,O/St Petersburg
1997/CBM 61 ext (51)}) 10. c3 g6 (10... Bg4 {Huzman} 11. Nbd2 Bf5 (11... Rb8 {
Huzman} 12. Qc2 f5 (12... g6 {Huzman} 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Re3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf5 16.
Rh3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 c6 18. Nf3 Ra8 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Bh6 Nh4 21. Qf4 Nf5 22. g4 Nh4
23. Nxh4 Bxh4 24. g5 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qb6+ 26. Re3 Re6 27. Rf1 $16 {Weerakoon,
I-Jones,I/Thessaloniki olm 1984}) 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nf7 15. Re3 Bd6 16.
Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Rae1 Qh4 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 c6 21. Re5 $14 {
0-1 Stacy,F-Wolbrecht,G/Chicago 1906/EXT 2002 (47)}) 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 f6
14. Re2 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. h3 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kindij,I-Germek,M/Sarajevo
1951/EXT 2002 (46)}) (10... Be6 {Huzman} 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 f5 13. Qe2 Ne4
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. f3 $14 {1-0 Byrne,R-Reshevsky,S/
New York 1972/MCD (32)}) 11. Na3 $1 {The knight heads for e3. I was quite
happy here - the position is far easier for White to play and there is little
danger of simplifications} (11. Nbd2 Bf5) 11... a6 12. Nc2 Bf6 (12... Bf5 13.
Bxd6 $1 Bxd3 14. Bxc7 $1 {White reverses the order} (14. Bxe7 Bxc2 15. Bxd8
Bxd1 16. Bxc7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {Black has enough compensation here.}) 14... Bxc2
15. Bxd8 Bxd1 16. Bxe7 {Thanks to the attack on the rook, White remains a
healthy pawn up.}) (12... Nf5 $142 {Huzman} 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 $36) 13. Ne3
Ne7 14. Qb3 {This provokes further weaknesses as well as allowing White to
double rooks.} c6 15. h3 {Just a useful move, White now can go to h2 and the
knight has Ng4 available.} Bg7 16. Re2 h6 17. Rae1 {Obviously not Karpov's
best opening day, but still it is striking how helpless Black is.} Be6 18. Qb4
Nec8 (18... Nb5 $142 {Huzman} 19. a4 a5 20. Qb3 Nd6 $16) 19. Ng4 a5 20. Qb3 a4
21. Qb4 {Slightly awkward for my queen, but I wanted to keep the Nd6 (and
consequently the Nc8) tied up.} (21. Qc2 $1 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Nb6 {Karpov has a
knack of saving even hopeless positions and I didn't want to loosen my grip.
However, this was simpler. Now something like:} 23. Qc1 {should be winning.})
21... g5 (21... h5 22. Nge5 $18) 22. Bh2 (22. Be5) 22... Re8 {I saw something
vaguely like Bf8 and Nc4 and decided to bring the queen back.} 23. b3 axb3 24.
Qxb3 {I decided to bring the queen back since some possibilites (21...g5) had
opened up on the kingside.} (24. axb3 Bf8 25. c4 Bxg4 {Leads to quite some
simplification.}) 24... b5 {So that Nd6 can move.} (24... Ne4 25. Qxb7 {Wins})
(24... Ra7 $1 {This protects the Pb7 without weakening c5.} 25. Nd2 {This
still looks grim for Black.}) 25. Nge5 Ra6 26. Qc2 Ne7 {Karpov has managed to
hold on and I wondered briefly how to break through.} 27. Nd2 $1 {Then this
idea hit me - to swing the knight to c5. This turns out to be the final nail
in Black's coffin.} Nc4 $2 (27... Bf5 $1 {Black can still resist with this
move.}) 28. Nb3 $18 Ra7 (28... Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Ra7 31. Nc5 Bc8 32.
Qd2 Qd6 33. h4 $18) 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Nxc6 {Yes, I was back in the match!  After
two draws, I won the two blitz games to retain the Corsica Masters 2002.} 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 {This is a very quiet, positional setup in
order to keep the space advantage.} h6 {Securing the B's place on the b1-h7 /^.
} (4... e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 (6... a6 {- Zvjagintsev-Sargissian, Ubedo op
CBM 75}) 7. Be2 Bg4 (7... c5 $2 8. Nxc5 $16 {- Zvjagintsev-Dautov, Julian
Borowski 1999 CBM 71}) 8. O-O {- Fries Nielsen-Rasmussen, DEN-ch Nyborg 2001
CBM 83}) 5. Nb3 (5. Ngf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c3 {-
Ibragimov-Kharitinov, Russian Cup 1997 CBM 62}) 5... e6 6. c3 {By this
prophylactic move order White is prepared against c5 and avoided a not very
frightening Bxb1.} (6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O $11) 6... Nd7 7. Be3 $5 {
White is still preparing against c5.} (7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be2 Ng6 9. O-O Be7 $11)
7... Ne7 8. f4 $6 {White wants to build up a mighty P chain gaining space on
both flanks. However Black can change a bit the structure and go for a
Gurgenidze System position.} (8. Nf3 {is met by the equalizing} Bg4 $11 (8...
Ng6 9. Nfd2 $1)) 8... h5 $5 {Black wants to blockade the >>, in the Gurgenidze
System g6 and Bg7 doesn't help for Black.} 9. Nf3 h4 10. Be2 Bg4 (10... Ng6 $13
) 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. Nbd2 (13. h3 Bh5 {This is a big difference to
the Gurgenidze System, Black is not forced to exchange his B.}) 13... c5 14. h3
Bh5 $1 (14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 $14 {has some similarities to the abovementioned
system, but even this looks better than the average.}) 15. Bd3 (15. dxc5 $5)
15... Bg6 16. Qb1 c4 $1 {Black has no problems on the >>, and now gains space
on the other flank.} 17. Bc2 b5 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Nf1 a5 20. Ne3 {The exchange
of these pieces emphasizes Black's advantage on the <<.} Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Bxc2 22.
Qxc2 g6 {Black has a successful blockade on the >>, while on the << White is
in a big trouble.} 23. Bf2 b4 $15 24. Be1 Kf8 {/\ Kg7 improving the K's
position and restoring the connection between the rooks.} 25. Nh2 (25. b3 Rc8)
25... Kg7 26. Ng4 Qd7 27. Ne3 Qb5 $6 (27... bxc3 $5 28. bxc3 (28. Bxc3 Na4 29.
Rab1 Rhb8 30. Rdc1 Nxc3 31. bxc3 a4 $15) 28... Rab8 29. Rab1 $11) (27... Rab8
$15 {and further preparation on the << was essential, but in rapid games You
can't keep the high quality until the end.}) 28. Qe2 Rac8 (28... Qd7) 29. b3 $5
Rc7 (29... Qc6 $13) 30. Qg4 Rh5 {At least this R cannot attack the other flank.
} (30... bxc3 {allows White fishing in troubled waters after} 31. f5 $1 $132)
31. Qe2 Qd7 $2 (31... Qc6 {was more to the point.}) 32. Rdc1 (32. Rab1 $1 {
was better, for example:} cxb3 33. Rxb3) 32... Qc8 33. Bd2 $2 {This loses a P.}
(33. bxc4 Nxc4 34. cxb4 axb4 35. Rab1 {was requred.}) 33... cxb3 34. axb3 bxc3
35. Be1 Bb4 36. Rc2 Qd7 37. Qd3 $6 (37. Nd1 a4 38. bxa4 Nxa4 39. Qa6 Ra7 40.
Qe2 Rc7) 37... Rh8 (37... a4 $5 38. bxa4 Nxa4 39. Ng4 Rh8 40. Nf6 Qc6 41. Qf3)
38. Bxc3 Rhc8 39. Bxb4 (39. Rac1 Ba3 40. Ra1 Bb4 $11) (39. Bd2 Bxd2 40. Qxd2
Rxc2 41. Nxc2 Qb5 $11) 39... axb4 40. Rac1 Rxc2 41. Rxc2 Qa7 42. Kh2 Qa1 43.
Ng4 $2 (43. f5 $1 gxf5 (43... Rxc2 44. f6+ Kh7 45. Nxc2 $11) 44. Qd2 $11 {
is not an easy motif to find in time trouble.}) 43... Qe1 $2 ({missing the
easy win after} 43... Rxc2 44. Qxc2 Qxd4 $19) 44. Rc5 (44. Rxc8 Nxc8 45. Qe3
$11) 44... Ra8 45. Qe3 Qxe3 (45... Qg3+ $6 46. Qxg3 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Ra3 48. Nf6
Rxb3+ 49. Kh4 $1 Nc4 50. Rc8 $40) 46. Nxe3 Ra3 47. Rb5 $1 $11 Rxb3 48. Ng4 Nc8
(48... Nc4 49. Rb8 $1 g5 50. f5 $1 exf5 51. Nf6 $11) 49. Rb7 {The white pieces
are very active, and the N on the edge of the board is pathetic.} (49. Rb8 Ne7)
49... Rc3 50. Rxb4 Ne7 (50... Rc4 51. Rb8 Ne7 52. Nf6 Rxd4 53. Re8 Nf5 54. Rg8+
$11) 51. Rb8 Rc8 52. Rxc8 Nxc8 53. Kg1 Ne7 54. Nh2 Nf5 55. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Bd2
Bd7 15. Bc3 Rfd8 16. Nd6 Bc8 17. Ne4 Bd7 18. Nd6 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kostakiev} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c5 7. O-O
O-O 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bxc4 11. bxc4 Ne8 12. e3 Nd6 {The knights
will be dangerously attacking central pawns, but bishops pair promises white
chances for some advantage.} 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 (14. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 15. exd4
Qc7 (15... Nf5 16. Rfe1 Bxd4 17. Rad1 e5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Be4 $14
) 16. Rac1 e6 17. Rfd1 $14) 14... Nf5 {Kostakiev: 'Typical middlegame problem.
Capablanca said that 2 neigbour pawns are stronger being at the same
horizontal. Here Black makes it impossible due to the effective maneouvre
Nf6-e8-d6-f5xd4.'} (14... e6 {Kostakiev} 15. Ne5 $14) 15. d5 {Kostakiev:
'Pushing d4-d5 White closes the diagonal Bg2-a8. So we shall enter to the
field of another typical middlegame position: Backward Pc4 with Bg2. If White
wanted a draw he could continue'} (15. Rfd1 Nfxd4 $1 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qe3 (17.
Bxd4 {Kostakiev} Bxd4 18. Rab1 e5 $11) 17... e5 $11) (15. Rad1 {Kostakiev}
Ncxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe3 (18. Qxb7 {Kostakiev} Rb8 19. Rxd4 Rxb7
20. Rxd8 Rxb2 21. Rd7 Rxa2 22. Bd5+ Kh8) 18... e5 19. f4 Qb6 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21.
Rd2 Nc6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rb1 $14) 15... Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Na5 17.
Rac1 (17. c5 $6 Qxd5 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. g4 Ng7 21. Qe5 Rfc8 $15)
17... b6 18. Ne5 (18. c5 $5 bxc5 (18... Rc8 19. c6 Qxd5 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21. Ng5
Qf6 22. Qxf6 exf6 23. Nh3 $14) 19. Rxc5 Rb8 20. Qe5 Rc8 21. Rfc1 $14) 18... Rc8
19. Rfd1 (19. Qe2 $5 Rc5 (19... Rc7 20. Rfe1 $14) 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. Bh3 $14)
19... Rc5 20. h4 $6 {The idea of attacking kingside is not so bad, but it
fails tactically.} (20. Qe2 Qd6 21. Bh3 $14) 20... Qc7 21. Qe2 (21. Bh3 Rc8 22.
d6 Nxd6 (22... exd6 23. Ng4 $14) 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Qd4 $11) 21... Nd6 22. Nc6 (
22. h5 b5 23. Qg4 Nf5 $15) 22... Re8 23. Re1 (23. Nxa5 Rxa5 24. Bf1 Rc5 $15)
23... e5 $1 (23... Naxc4 24. Qf3 Ne5 25. Qe3 Nxc6 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. dxc6 c4 $15
) (23... Nxc6 24. dxc6 {Kostakiev: 'Pc6 is rather strong point than weakness.
"A White P which can not be captured after having reached to the 6 horisontal
is equivalent at least of 2.1/2 P" , used to say the bulgarian student's chess
coach Radko Bobekov. He menaged the team who became World champion.'} {
Kostakiev: Now 24...} e5 {Kostakiev: 'is not so nice as the idea e5-e4 in the
text because of '} 25. Bd5 $1 e4 26. Qg4 $13) 24. h5 $2 {A consequent move in
the wrong direction, Anand will now get the spare pawn and a winning position.}
(24. Nxa5 Rxa5 25. Qb2 f6 26. h5 Rc5 $15) 24... Nxc6 25. dxc6 e4 $1 26. hxg6
hxg6 27. Red1 Qxc6 28. Rd4 Rce5 (28... f5 29. g4 Nb5 30. Rdd1 Na3 31. Bf1 f4
$17) 29. Rcd1 Nf5 (29... R8e6 30. Bh3 f5 31. Bf1 Nf7 $17) 30. Rd5 Qf6 31. a4 (
31. Bh3 Rxd5 $1 (31... e3 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. fxe3 Qh3 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2
Rxe3 $17) 32. Rxd5 Nd4 $19) 31... e3 32. f4 $2 (32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. g4 exf2+ 34.
Qxf2 Ne3 35. Rd7 Qe6 36. Rd4 Nxg4 $19) 32... Nxg3 33. Qf3 Qxf4 $1 34. Rxe5 (34.
Qxf4 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nxf4 $19) 34... Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 06th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. c3 Ne7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Nd2
Ng6 9. N2f3 Be7 10. Re1 d6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Nd7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rad1 b5
15. Bf1 Bb7 16. Nb3 d5 17. h4 f6 18. Be3 Nxh4 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. b3 Nhg6 23. Bg3 Qc8 24. Rc1 Nf7 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Ba8 27. c5 e5 28.
Nb3 Ne7 29. Na5 Nc6 30. Nc4 Rd8 31. Qc3 Bb7 32. Red1 Qe6 33. Nd6 Nxd6 34. cxd6
Kh8 35. Rb1 Ba8 36. Bc4 Qf5 37. Bd3 Qh5 38. Bxa6 Nd4 39. Rxd4 exd4 40. Qxd4 Bc6
41. a4 Rb8 42. Rc1 Bd7 43. Bd3 Rfd8 44. Bf1 Qa5 45. Bb5 Bxb5 46. axb5 Rxb5 47.
Qe4 Rd5 48. Qe7 h6 49. Bf4 Rh5 50. d7 Kh7 51. Rd1 Rc5 52. Qe4+ f5 53. Qe7 Rc6
54. Bd2 Qa8 55. Bf4 Qa5 56. g3 Ra6 57. Be5 Rg6 58. Rd6 Rxd6 59. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Rab1 Bc6 14. Nd4 Nd7
15. Rhe1 Nxc5 16. Re3 h5 17. Qg3 O-O-O 18. Ke1 Qc7 19. h4 Qa5 20. Kf1 Rd7 21.
Qf4 Rhd8 22. Kg1 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc5 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rb1 Rc7 26. Qc1 Be8 27. Nb3
Qb6 28. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Nbd5 14.
Qb3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 (15... Nfd5 16. a3 h6 17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qd8
20. Re5 Be6 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Ree1 N7f6 $11 {0-1 St Amand,P-Barbeau,S/Quebec
1982/EXT 99 (50)}) (15... Qd6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bh4 Nbd5 19. Bg3 Qd8
20. a3 Re8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Heifez,E-Kranz,A/
Oberpullendorf 2002/CBM 89 ext (28)}) 16. Qc2 h6 (16... Bd5 17. Ne5 h6 18. Bf4
Re8 19. Re2 Be6 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Rae1 Nbd5 22. Bg3 Rc8 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bg3 Nh5
25. Nxd5 Nxg3 26. fxg3 cxd5 27. Bb1 Qf6 28. Ng4 Qg7 29. Bf5 $16 {1-0
Ponomariov,R-Karpov,A/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003/The Week in Chess 429 (76)}) 17.
Rxe6 $146 {'!?' Ftacnik. After this typical exchange sacrifice White has full
compensation. But Black has enough resources for the defence. Ftacnik: 'In the
well known position Topalov chooses the method of a great shock with the help
of the exchange sacrifice. Anand himself has done the same in the game with
Jussupow, but under more favourable conditions.'} (17. Ne5 Re8 18. Bf4 Nbd5 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bh7+ Kf8 21. Bd2 Bd6 22. Re2 Qf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 McDonald,N-Halasz,
T/Aarhus 1990/EXT 98 (32)}) (17. Bd2 Nbd5 18. a3 Rc8 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 c5
20. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Re1 Qd6 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxh6
Rxf3 (25... gxh6 $2 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Re5 $18) 26.
gxf3 gxh6 27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Re5 Rd6 29. Qxe7+ Nxe7 30. Rxc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Jussupow,A/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66/[ChessBase] (64)}) 19. Rad1 (19. Na4 Rc7 20.
Re2 (20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rac1 Bd6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. b4 Rce7 24. Qb2 Nc7 25. a4 Ne6
26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Rcd1 Bd5 28. Bc3 Qc7 29. Bb1 Nd7 30. Qc2 Nf8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lutz,C-Fridman,D/Essen 2002/CBM 90 (33)}) 20... Bd6 21. Rae1 Nh5 22. Bh7+ Kh8
23. Bf5 Nhf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Re3 Nd5 26. R3e2 Nf4 27. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Jussupow,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (27)}) 19... Re8 20. Na4 Rc7 21. Ne5 Bf8
22. Ba5 b6 23. Bd2 Qc8 24. Re2 Rd8 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Ba5 $16 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Jussupow,A/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (48)}) (17. a3 Nbd5 18. Na4
Nd7 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. f4 Nf8 23. Nc5 Rad8 24. Bc1 Bc8
25. Qf2 Ne6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Bc4 Nf8 28. f5 Nh7 29. Bf4 Qb6 30. Bxh6 $16 {
1-0 Bologan,V-Kasimdzhanov,R/Pamplona 2002/CBM 93_01 (41)}) 17... fxe6 18. Qe2
Qd7 (18... Qd6 $5 19. Bd2 (19. Ne4 Qd5 $13) 19... Nbd5 20. Re1 $44) 19. Bd2 (
19. Ne5 Qxd4 20. Ng6 Rf7 21. Ne5 Rd8 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 $17) 19... Bd6 20. Ne4 Nbd5
(20... Nxe4 {Ftacnik} 21. Qxe4 Rf5 22. Nh4 $40) 21. Nxd6 (21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nxd6
Qxd6 23. Re1 $44) 21... Qxd6 22. Re1 Rad8 $1 {By this move Anand prepares
counterplay connected with move c5.} (22... Nf4 $2 {Ftacnik} 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24.
Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Ne5 $18) 23. a3 (23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Rfe8 $17) 23... Rfe8 24.
Bb1 c5 $1 (24... Nf4 {Ftacnik} 25. Qe3 g5 26. Qb3 Qd5 27. Qc2 $15) 25. Ne5 (25.
dxc5 Qxc5 26. Ne5 Qd4 $17) 25... cxd4 26. Qd3 Ne3 $6 {Ftacnik: 'White has
managed to organize some threats and Anand's reaction is not exact. With the
best play white could have been forced into suffering through difficult
endgame.'} (26... Ne7 $5 27. Ba2 Qb6 28. Nf3 Ned5 $17) (26... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 27.
Bxh6 $1 Qxb2 28. Bxg7 Qc3 $1 (28... Nf4 {Ftacnik} 29. Qf3 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Kxg7 31.
Qd3 Nf4 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33. Qxf4 $16) 29. Bxf6 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Nxf6 $17) 27. Nf3 (
27. Ng6 Nf5 28. g4 Ne3 $17 (28... Ne7 29. Bb4 Qc7 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7
32. Ba2 $44)) (27. fxe3 {Ftacnik} Qxe5 $19) 27... Ned5 (27... Nf5 {Ftacnik} 28.
Ba2 Nd5 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 a6 $17) 28. Bxh6 $1 (28. Ne5 $5 Qb6) 28... Nf4
$1 (28... gxh6 $2 {Ftacnik} 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Re5 $18) 29. Bxf4
Qxf4 30. Ba2 (30. Qb3 $1 Qd6 (30... b6 31. Bg6 Re7 32. Rxe6 $36) 31. Qxb7 (31.
Bd3 Nd7 (31... b6 32. Bc4 $44) 32. Ng5 $44) 31... Rd7 32. Qb3 (32. Qb5 {Ftacnik
} d3 $15) 32... d3 33. Rd1 Rb8 34. Qc3 $44) 30... Rd6 31. h4 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Qh6
(31... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 32. Qg6 Qf7 33. Qg3 $15) 32. Bc4 (32. Qf5 $5 Qh5 (32...
Kh8 33. Qc5 Rdd8 34. Ng5 $132) (32... d3 33. Bxe6+ Kf8 34. Qc5 Red8 35. Bb3 $13
) 33. Ng5 d3 34. Rxe6 Rexe6 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 36. Qc5 Ne8 37. Qf5+ $11) 32... Qh7
33. Qb3 d3 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (33... Rb6 $5 34. Qa4 (34. Qa2 {Ftacnik} d3 $15)
34... a6 35. Nxd4 Qxh4 36. Nxe6 Kh8 $17) 34. Rd1 $2 {Ftacnik: 'It is quite
remarkable, that two phenomenal tacticians have neglected th possibility of 34.
Rxe6! with a huge chances for a draw. Most likely explanation lays in the
territory of time trouble before the time control.'} (34. Rxe6 Rexe6 (34...
Rdxe6 {Ftacnik} 35. Bxe6+ Kh8 36. Ne5 Qh5 37. Nf7+ Qxf7 38. Bxf7 Re1+ 39. Kh2
d2 40. Qxb7 d1=Q 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ $11) 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 36. Qb4 Ke7 (36...
Ne8 {Ftacnik} 37. Ng5 $14) 37. Qxb7+ Nd7 38. Bxd7 Rxd7 39. Qb4+ $11) 34... d2
$1 35. Qb4 (35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Qxh4 $17 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Nf3 Qh6 $17) (35.
Qxb7 Qc2 36. Bb3 Qd3 37. Rxd2 (37. Ng5 Qe2 $17) 37... Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Rb6 $19)
35... Red8 $17 36. Ng5 Qc2 37. Bb3 (37. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Qxb3 38. Bxb3 Rc8 39. Kf1
Rcc6 40. Ke2 Rb6 $19) 37... Qc6 38. g3 (38. Qa5 {Ftacnik} Ra8 39. Nxe6 Rxe6 40.
Rxd2 Kh8 41. Bxe6 Qxe6 $17) (38. Kf1 {Ftacnik} Rc8 39. a4 Qa6+ 40. Qb5 Qxb5+
41. axb5 Rc1 $17) 38... Qb6 $1 $19 39. Nxe6 (39. Qc4 Rc6 $19) (39. Qa4 $142 Nh7
40. Nxh7 Kxh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Bc2 Qxb2 $19) (39. Qxb6 {Ftacnik} Rxb6 40. Nxe6
Rdd6 41. Nd4+ Kf8 42. Rxd2 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 Rxb3 $19) 39... Qxb4 40. axb4 Rc8 {
Ftacnik: 'Black has finally managed to defend himself and the pawn on d2 is
for Topalov a very unpleasant nut to crack.'} 41. Kf1 (41. Ng5+ Kf8 42. Ne6+
Kf7 43. Ng5+ Kg6 $19) 41... Kh8 42. Ng5 Rd4 43. Nf7+ Kh7 44. Ng5+ Kh6 45. Nf7+
Kg6 (45... Kh5 $5 {Ftacnik} 46. Ne5 Ne4 47. Ke2 Kh6 $19) 46. Ne5+ Kh7 47. Nf3
Rxb4 48. Nxd2 Rd8 49. Bc2+ (49. Ke2 {Ftacnik} Rxd2+ 50. Kxd2 Rxb3 $17) 49...
Kh8 50. b3 Rbd4 51. Ke1 b5 {Ftacnik: 'The defender has very bad cards with
passive pieces, but also after entangling white will not cope with the
queenside pawn majority.'} 52. Nb1 $6 (52. Nf3 Rxd1+ 53. Bxd1 a5 $19) 52...
Re8+ 53. Kf1 Rxd1+ 54. Bxd1 Ne4 55. Bc2 a5 56. Na3 (56. g4 b4 $19 {[%cal Ye4c3]
}) 56... Nd2+ 57. Kg2 Rb8 58. g4 b4 59. Nb1 Nxb1 60. Bxb1 Rc8 61. Bf5 Rc3 (
61... Rc3 62. Be6 a4 63. bxa4 b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. exf5 Bxd5
15. f6 e4 16. fxg7 Re8 17. Be2 Re5 18. Qh6 b4 19. Nc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qg5 21.
Qxg5 Rxg5 22. O-O Be6 23. Rfd1 Rc5 24. Rxd6 Rxc3 25. Ne3 Nb4 26. a4 Nc2 27.
Nxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Re8 15.
Re1 Bf5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Re1 a5 19. a3 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qf4
Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. f4 c5 8. Ng3 $5
{[%mdl 8]} (8. h4 $6 h5 $1 {- Topalov-Bereev, Candidats semifinal Dortmund
2002 CBM 90}) (8. dxc5 Nec6 9. Be3 (9. f5 $6 exf5 10. Qxd5 {gives finally
Black the lead of development!} Na6 $5 (10... fxg4 11. Qxd8+ (11. Bf4 Bxc2 12.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. Bg2 Nd7 $15 {and White has no real compensation for
the P.}) 11... Kxd8 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. O-O-O+ Kc8 14. Bg2 {Here White's lead of
development looks more dangerous than before.} Na6 15. Rd5 f6 $1 (15... Nd7 16.
Rhd1 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Ndxc5 18. Nb5 $14) 16. Rhd1 Be7 $13) 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $13 {
and Black's pieces are more active.}) 9... Nd7 (9... Na6 10. Nd4 Nxc5 11. Bb5
Qd7 12. Rf1 {/\ f5 to put an end to the career of the B.} h5 13. f5 Bh7 14. h3
a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 $14 {B.Thipsay-J.Goldberg, GBR-chTorquay 2002}) 10.
Ng3 Ndxe5 $1 {This is the typical counterblow in the [+] followed by d4.} (
10... d4 11. Bxd4 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Nxd4 13. Qa4 Bxc5 14. O-O-O $14 {with nasty
pins on the d <->.}) (10... Bxc5 $6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. f5 $16) 11. Nb5 $1 (11.
fxe5 d4) 11... a6 (11... d4 12. Bd2 $1 Bxc5 (12... a6 13. Nd6+ $16) 13. fxe5
Nxe5 14. Qe2 f6 15. Ne4 $14 {Black has no real compensation for the sacrificed
N.}) 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd6 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. O-O $14 {/\ f5 and the d o^
is strong.}) 8... cxd4 (8... h6 9. f5 Bh7 $1 (9... exf5 {opens up the position
for White after the zwischenzug} 10. Nb5 Nec6 11. gxf5 $16) 10. dxc5 (10. Nb5
Nec6 11. c3 (11. fxe6 fxe6 12. c3 a6 $15) 11... a6 $15 {and the N manoeuvre
has failed.}) 10... Nec6 11. g5 hxg5 {Black has to react on this advance.} (
11... Qc7 {allows further advance by} 12. g6 $1 (12. Nb5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+
14. Bxe2 Na6 15. fxe6 fxe6 $13) 12... fxg6 (12... Qxe5+ 13. Qe2 fxg6 14. fxe6 {
- 12...fg}) 13. fxe6 {temporarily entombing the h7 P and ruining Black's [+].}
Bxc5 $5 (13... Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 Bxc5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxd5 Nf3+ (16... O-O 17.
Ne4 $18) 17. Kd1 O-O (17... Bd6 18. Bg2 $1 Nxh2 (18... Nh4 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20.
Bxb7 $18) 19. Bf4 $18 {and Black's pieces on the h <-> look really pathetic.})
18. e7 $18) 14. Qxd5 Qxe5+ (14... Nb4 15. Bb5+ N8c6 16. Qxc5 Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 $16
(17. Kf2 O-O-O)) (14... Nd4 15. Bd3 $18) 15. Nge4 $16 {with well-centralized
pieces.}) 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qg4 $14) 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. f5 Bc5 $5 (
10... a6 11. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 12. exd6 Qxd6 {is met by the cold-blooded} 13. Bg2 $1
{because the B cannot run away.} (13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Be2 (14. Bg2 $2 Rxh2 $1)
14... Nd7 15. O-O e5 $44)) 11. Nd6+ (11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 a6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14.
exd6 e5 {and Black's mighty P [+] advances.} 15. Qe2 Qxd6 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Bg2
O-O-O $13) 11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bg2 $1 (13. fxg6 $6 {is again
premature in view of the aforementioned} hxg6 14. Bg2 $2 Rxh2 $1) 13... f6 $5 (
13... Qe5+ $6 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. O-O $14 {and although Black has
three pawns for the piece, White's ^^ has the future.}) (13... Nd7 14. fxg6
hxg6 15. O-O f6 {- 13...f6}) 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rf2 (16. Qe2 O-O-O
$13) 16... O-O-O $13 {Black's P formation in the [+] has an enormous potential.
} 17. c3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Nb6 (18... Nde5 $5 {deserves attention as well.} 19. Be3
(19. Bf4 g5) 19... Nc4 $13) 19. Nf1 {The position is extremely complicated
with chances for both sides.} Rd7 $6 {This looks a bit slow.} (19... Nc4 20. h3
Qc5 $13) (19... g5 20. h3 Kb8 21. Rb1) 20. h3 f5 21. Rb1 Rf8 (21... Nc4 22. Ne3
$14) 22. Qb3 Rff7 {Black holds the position, but this strategy allows White to
improve his position step by step.} 23. Qc2 Rc7 24. Qd3 Na4 25. Bf4 {provoking
a weakening move, after which the weakness of the long /^ begins to tell.} e5
26. Bh2 (26. Be3 f4) 26... f4 (26... Rcd7 27. Ne3 $14) 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxd5
Rfe7 $2 {Now White can fully consolidate his position.} (28... Nxc3 29. Bxf7
Nxb1 30. Bxg6 Nc3 {gave more practical chances, although after} 31. Kg2 $14 {
White's chances are still preferable.}) 29. c4 (29. Rc2 Na5 (29... Nd4 $2 30.
cxd4 Rxc2 31. Bb3 $18) 30. Rbc1 (30. c4 Nc6 $1) 30... Nc5 $16) 29... Nd4 30.
Nd2 (30. Re1 Nc5 31. Rd2 $16 {deserved attention and the N comes only later.})
30... Nc3 31. Re1 b5 $2 (31... Nc2 {was the best chance, for example:} 32. Rc1
Nxd5 33. Rxc2 (33. cxd5 Ne3) 33... Ne3 34. Rc1 Red7 $14) 32. Ne4 $16 Nxe4 (
32... Nxd5 33. cxd5 Red7 34. d6 Rc4 35. Ng5 $1 Rc5 36. Kf1 $18) 33. Rxe4 {
and White has gained a permanent control over the light squares.} g5 (33... Rc5
34. Bxf4 bxc4 35. Bg5) 34. cxb5 Nxb5 35. Re1 (35. Rb4 Nc3 36. Be4 {controls
the vital >< e4.} Rc5 (36... a5 37. Bf5+) 37. Rfb2 $16) 35... Nc3 36. Bb3 (36.
Be4 {is now met by} Rc4 {and White cannot hold >< e4.}) 36... a5 (36... e4 37.
h4 $1 {>< f4}) 37. Kf1 $1 {/\ Bg1 bringing finally the ^^ into action.} (37.
Bc2 e4 38. h4 e3 39. Bf5+ Kd8 40. Rb2 $16) 37... a4 38. Bc2 Kb7 39. Bf5 (39.
Be4+ $16) 39... a3 40. Rc2 Rc6 (40... Rc4 41. Bg1 e4 42. Rec1 Rec7 43. Bf2 $18)
41. Bg1 $1 $18 Rc4 42. Bf2 e4 43. Rec1 Rec7 44. Be1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8.
Nc4 ({Usually white play here} 8. Bg5 {transfering to a normal Sveshnikov})
8... b5 9. Ne3 b4 $6 {[%mdl 8] This novelty only shows,that Ruslan was really
out of his usual shape ,during Corus tournament.Probably all the commotion
around his match with Kasparov had very bad influence on him.} (9... Be6 10. a3
$6 (10. Bd3 $142) 10... Rc8 11. Be2 $2 (11. Bd3 $142) 11... Nd4 12. O-O Be7 13.
f4 Qb6 14. f5 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Bc4 16. Kh1 Nxe4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Galindo/
Madrid 1941/EXT 99 (22)}) (9... Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13.
exd5 Na5 14. a4 b4 15. Bd2 f5 16. c3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 e4 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. g3 Bd7
20. Rb1 Nb7 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003/The Week in
Chess 428 (20)}) 10. Ncd5 $1 (10. Na4 $143 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Be6 {
and black is ok}) 10... Nxe4 {Obviously it's very clear,that to take this pawn
is very dangerous for black,especially against such a player, like Anand.This
game shows once again his great feeling of developing the initiative.} 11. a3
bxa3 (11... b3 $142 $5 12. cxb3 (12. c3 Nc5) 12... Nd4 13. Bc4 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. b4 Bb7 16. b3 $14 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 12. Rxa3 g6 (12... Be7 13. Bb5 Bb7 14.
Bxc6+ Bxc6 15. Qg4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg7]} Nf6 16. Qxg7 $16) (12... Bb7 13. c3 (13.
Bc4 $5) 13... Nc5 (13... Be7 $140 14. Qg4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg7]}) 14. Bc4 $40) 13. c3
$1 {[%cal Gd1a4]} Bd7 $2 {This is already too optimistic} (13... Bb7 14. Qf3 f5
15. Nxf5 gxf5 (15... Nd4 16. Qxe4 Nxf5 17. Nf6+ $18 {[%cal Ge4b7]}) 16. Qh5+
Kd7 17. Qxf5+ $18 {[%cal Gf5e4]}) (13... Nc5 14. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) ({
Necessary was} 13... f5 $142 {White has a lot of opportunities to seize the
initiative :} 14. f3 (14. Nc4 $5 Rb8 15. Be3 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Nc5 16. b4 f4 $1
$132) (14. g4 $5) 14... Nc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. b5 $36) 14. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Gc4b6]} Rb8 15. Be3 {[%cal Ge3b6]} f5 {Already very difficult to
reccomend something for black} 16. Bb6 Rxb6 (16... Qh4 17. g3 Nxg3 18. fxg3
Qe4+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. Nf6+ $18) 17. Ncxb6 Bh6 18. Bd3 $1 {Easily refuting
black idea,in fact Bd2 is not a serious threat.} O-O (18... Bd2+ 19. Ke2 Bg5
20. h4 $1 Bxh4 (20... Be7 21. h5) 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Rxa6 $18) 19.
Bxe4 fxe4 20. O-O Be6 21. Rxa6 Qh4 22. Qe2 Nd8 23. Ra8 $18 {It was quite
logical to give up here,but Ruslan continues to fight for some moves.} Kg7 24.
g3 $1 (24. Rfa1 $5 $18 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 24... Bg4 (24... Qh3 25. Qxe4) 25. gxh4
Bxe2 26. Rfa1 g5 27. Nd7 $1 Rf5 28. Rxd8 gxh4 {[%cal Gf5g5]} 29. Rg8+ $1 Kf7 (
29... Kxg8 30. Ne7+ {[%cal Ge7f5]}) 30. Ra7 Rf3 31. N7f6+ Ke6 32. Re7+ Kf5 33.
Ng4 Bd2 34. Nge3+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 $5 $146 {A strong prophylactic move. It is very difficult
for Black to found a useful move now.} (16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ra2 b6 19.
h3 Na5 20. g4 (20. Bf1 Qc6 21. d5 Qd6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qd3 c6 24. dxc6 Nxc6 $15
{0-1 Nedev,T-Gustafsson,J/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (85)}) 20... Bg6 21. g5
Be7 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nxg6 (23. Bd3 Qh4 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qg4 Qxg4+ 26. hxg4 Bf4
27. Rae2 Bxe3 28. fxe3 c5 29. Kf2 Nc6 30. Kg3 cxd4 31. exd4 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Nxd4
$17 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gelfand,B/Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Huzman] (36)}) 23... hxg6
24. c5 Bf8 25. Bg4 Rcd8 26. Rae2 Qc6 $1 27. cxb6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Adams,M/
Linares ESP 2002/(27)}) (16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. c4 Qd7 19. Rad1 Bd6 20.
Be3 Rcd8 21. Qc3 Qf5 22. d5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Pavasovic,D/Bled
2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) 16... Bf6 $6 (16... Be4 $5 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Bg4 $1 (18. c4
Qf5 19. Bg4 Qxf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Kxg2 Qxd4 $44) 18... f5 (18... Bh1 $5 19. f3
f5 20. Bh5 g6 21. Kxh1 gxh5 22. Qb1 $1 $44) 19. Be2 b5 20. a4 (20. c4 Qxd4 21.
Be3 Qd6 22. Kxg2 f4 23. Ne4 Qg6+ 24. Ng3 Rcd8 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bf3
bxc4 28. Qb5 Nb8 29. Bxa7 fxg3 30. fxg3 Rd2+ 31. Re2 c6 32. Rxd2 cxb5 33. Bd5
$16) 20... a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Kxg2 f4 25. Ne4 Qxd1
26. Rexd1 fxe3 27. cxb5 Nb4 $11) 17. Nh2 $1 Qa5 18. Bd2 (18. Ng4 Qxc3 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 20. Be3 Rcd8 $132 {[%csl Rd4]}) 18... Rcd8 19. Bf3 h6 (19... Qa6 20. Ng4
Be7 21. Ne3 Bd3 22. Nd5 Bd6 23. Bf4 $36) 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5
hxg5 (22... Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxg5 24. Rb1 $16) 23. Rxe8+ ({White missed good
opportunity to get advantage after} 23. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gc1g5]} Rxe1+
24. Qxe1 Kf8 25. Rb1 Re8 26. Qc1 $1 $16) 23... Rxe8 24. Qd3 Nd8 $1 $14 25. g3
c6 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. Rb1 Re7 28. c4 Qc7 29. Rh1 Nf8 (29... g6 30. d5 cxd5 31.
cxd5 Qd6 32. Qc3 $36 {[%cal Gc3h8,Gh1h8,Gc3c8]}) 30. Qf5 Rd7 31. d5 cxd5 32.
Bxd5 Qd8 33. a4 ({The obvious move} 33. Rh5 $1 {was probably the best option
for White.} Qe7 (33... b5 34. Qxg5 (34. Qe5 $5 bxc4 35. Rxg5 g6 36. Bxc4 Rd4
37. Ba2 $16) 34... Qxg5 35. Rxg5 bxc4 36. Bxc4 $16) 34. c5 (34. Rxg5 g6 35. Qf4
Qxa3 $14) (34. Qxg5 Qxa3) 34... g6 35. Qxg5 Qxg5 36. Rxg5 Kg7 37. c6 bxc6 38.
Bxc6 Rd6 39. Rc5 $16 {and White has an extra pawn and good chances to win the
game.}) 33... b6 34. a5 (34. Rh5 $5 $16) 34... bxa5 $14 35. Ra1 Qf6 $1 36. Rxa5
Rc7 {[%cal Yf8e6,Ye6c5]} 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Kf3 Ne6 39. Ke3 (39. Ke4 Kf8 40. Kf5
Ke7 $14) 39... Kf8 40. f4 gxf4+ 41. gxf4 Nc5 42. Rb5 a6 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Ra8
Kd6 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Kg3 Rd7 47. Rc8 Nd3 {Now Black is threatening by manouevre
Rd8-d6 to exchange the rooks.} 48. Be4 Nb4 $11 49. c5 (49. Rb8 Rd4) 49... Rd8
50. Rc7+ Rd7 51. Rc8 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Ne2 h5 14.
Be3 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. f4 Be6 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Nxe5 9. Nf4 Ne7 10. Qe2 N7c6 (10... Be4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg2 $14) (10... d4
11. O-O-O $1 N7c6 (11... Nd3+ 12. Nxd3 $1 (12. cxd3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5) 12...
dxc3 13. Ne5 $1 cxb2+ 14. Kb1 $1 (14. Kxb2 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qxc5 16. Qb5+ Nc6 $15)
14... Qc7 15. Bg2 $1 a6 (15... Nc6 $2 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qa6 $18) 16. Qc4 $16)
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxd4 Qg5+ 14. Be3 Qxg4 15. Nb5 $14 {^^}) 11. O-O-O Be7 {
Shirov was surely presuming, that if he drags his opponent to irational waters
his would be the advantage of a "home turf". Unfortunatelly for him Anand is
quite universial soldier with excellent calculation and no fear of shadows.} (
11... Qa5 12. Bd4 $5 Nxd4 $2 (12... Nd7 $1 13. Nxe6 $5 (13. Ncxd5 O-O-O $1 (
13... Nxd4 14. Rxd4 O-O-O (14... Bxc5 15. Nxe6 $1 $18) 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nc3
Bxc5 17. Rf4 $13) 14. Nc3 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bxc5 $15) (13. Nfxd5 O-O-O $15) (13. h4
O-O-O 14. h5 Bxc2 $1 15. Qxc2 (15. Kxc2 e5 $15) 15... e5 $15) 13... fxe6 14.
Qxe6+ Be7 15. Bxg7 (15. Nxd5 Bf7 16. Qe4 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 O-O-O 19.
Bg2 Nxc5 20. Qf5+ Kb8 $17) 15... Bf7 (15... Nxc5 16. Qe3 Rg8 17. Bf6 Ne4 18.
Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bb5+ $44) 16. Qh6 Rg8 17. Bg2 O-O-O $13) 13. Rxd4 Nc6 {[#]} (
13... Nd7 14. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Bb5 $18) 14. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (14...
Nxd4 15. Nxd4+ Be7 16. Nxd5 Qxc5 17. Bg2 $16) 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Bb5 Rd8 (16...
Kf8 17. Rf4+ Bf6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. g5 Qc7 20. Qg4 $16) 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxc6+
bxc6 19. Qxc6+ Kf8 20. Qxd5 Qxc5 (20... Bf6 21. Rf4 $18) 21. Rf4+ $1 Ke8 22.
Qxc5 Bxc5 23. Rc4 {1-0 De Vreugt,D-Kallai,G/Germany 2001/ (36)}) 12. Nfxd5 (12.
h4 $5 Bxh4 (12... Qa5 $5 13. h5 Be4 $13) 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 $1 (13... hxg6 14. f4
Nd7 (14... Nc4 15. Bf2 $16) 15. g5 Rh5 16. Bh3 $16) 14. f4 (14. Nxd5 Qa5 $1 15.
Bg2 O-O-O $13) 14... Be7 (14... Rc8 15. g5 $1 d4 (15... Nce7 16. Bh3 $44) 16.
Nb5 Qd5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc8+ Rxc8 19. Qb5 $14) 15. g5 Qa5 $1 $15) 12... exd5
13. f4 (13. Nxd5 Be4 $1 14. Nf6+ (14. Rg1 Bxd5 15. Bg2 Qa5 16. Bxd5 O-O 17. f4
Ng6 $17) 14... Bxf6 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rg1 Bf3 17. Qe1 Rd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bxd1 19.
Kxd1 Nf3 $19) 13... d4 14. h4 (14. fxe5 Bg5 $1 15. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1 dxc3 $19)
14... Nd3+ $1 {This jump of a trojan horse practically refutes white's concept,
for the piece he will be left with foggy prospects of compensation.} (14... Qa5
15. Bxd4 Nd3+ 16. cxd3 Nxd4 17. Qe5 O-O-O 18. Bh3 $15) 15. cxd3 (15. Rxd3 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 dxe3 $19) 15... h5 (15... dxe3 16. h5 Bxc5 $15) 16. f5 Bh7 17. Bd2 (
17. Ne4 dxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd4 $19) 17... dxc3 18. Bxc3 O-O 19. d4 (19. gxh5 Bxc5
20. h6 (20. f6 Bd4 21. fxg7 Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Kh8 $19) (20. d4 Bxd4 21. h6 Qf6 $19)
20... Re8 $19) 19... a5 20. a3 (20. d5 Nb4 21. d6 Nxa2+ 22. Kc2 Bxh4 $19) 20...
Re8 21. Qc4 (21. Qf2 hxg4 22. d5 Nb4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Bd4 Qxd5 $19) 21... Bxh4
22. Bd3 (22. d5 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Bh3 Bf2 $19) 22... hxg4 {Black is
quietly building up the base for the pawn break in the endgame.} (22... Qg5+
23. Kb1 Qxg4 24. Rhg1 Bg3 25. f6 Bxd3+ 26. Qxd3 h4 $19) 23. Kb1 Qg5 24. Ka1 (
24. f6 Bxd3+ 25. Qxd3 Qxf6 26. Rdf1 Qg5 27. Rf5 Qh6 28. d5 Rad8 $19) 24... Rad8
25. Bb1 (25. d5 Ne5 26. Qd4 Nxd3 27. Rxh4 Nxc5 28. Qxg4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 Bxf5 30.
Rxg7+ Kf8 $19) 25... Ne7 26. Bxa5 (26. f6 $5 Nd5 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Bd2 Qh5 (
28... Qxf6 29. Rdf1 Qe7 30. Rf5 $11) 29. Be1 g5 $17) 26... Bxf5 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 {
[%mdl 1024] The material imbalance on the board has reached it's maximum, the
main hero will be the black g4 pawn.} 28. Rhf1 (28. Qb3 Bxb1 29. Kxb1 Bf2 30.
Qxb7 g3 $19) 28... g6 29. Qb3 (29. Bxf5 Nxf5 30. Rd3 g3 $19) 29... Be6 30. Qxb7
Qd5 31. Qxd5 (31. Qa6 Nc6 32. Rf4 f5 (32... Bg3 33. Re4 Bf2 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35.
Ba2 Qd7 $19) 33. Rd3 Rb8 $19) 31... Nxd5 32. Rh1 $6 (32. Rd3 Bf6 33. Rfd1 Kf8
$17) 32... Bf2 $1 {After such move it is not even possible to slow down the
mad rush of the g pawn.} 33. c6 (33. Be4 f5 34. Bg2 Ne3 35. Rd2 g3 $19) 33...
Rc8 34. Rc1 g3 35. Be4 Nf6 (35... Ne3 36. Rc5 g2 37. Bxg2 Nxg2 $19) 36. Bg2 Bd5
(36... Bd5 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Kb1 g2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8.
Ng5 e5 9. Qh5 d6 10. O-O h6 11. Nh3 Be7 12. Kh1 Bf6 13. Ng1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Rdg1 Qf5 18. Qd2 g5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bxh6 Qxf3
21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qd4 Nf6 24. Rxg6+ Kf7 25. Rhg1 Rc8 26. Rg7+ Kf8
27. Qh4 Ke8 28. Qa4+ Kf8 29. Qh4 Ke8 30. Qa4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bc4 a6 11. Bb3 a5 12. Bc4 c6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Nowadays the hight of fashion, after Kramnik's
success with the Berlin against Kasparov in 2000 a lot of people started
playing it (Ponomariov in the last months of 2002 and was successful with it
in Wijk 2003).} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O $11 {
was played already in the first World title match Steinitz-Zukertort in 1886!
The symmetric position doesn't promise White much.}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 (6. Bg5 {
practically disappeared from practice after the strong novelty} f6 $1 7. dxe5
$6 Nxb5 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Re1+ Kf7 10. Qd5+ (10. Bf4 $142 $5) 10... Kg7 11. Bf4
Nd6 12. Nh4 Rg8 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Qh5 Nd4 15. Nd5 b6 16. Nxf6 (16. Rad1 $142 $15)
16... Qxf6 17. Be5 Bg7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Re3 Bb7 20. Rg3 Rae8 21. Kh1 Ne4 22.
Ng6+ Rxg6 23. Rxg6 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Rxf6 Nxh5 27. Rxf2 Kg7
$19 {Socko,B-Lautier,J/EU-chT Leon/2001/}) 6... dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8
9. Nc3 {[%csl Gc8,Ge6,Gf5,Gf8,Gg4] The basic Berlin position. White has a lead
in development and a better P-structure, but a clear road to an advantage is
hard to find. This is because Black has also some trumps-his solid setup has
no visible weaknesses, he has the ^^ and last, but not least firmly controls
the light squares on the >> (e6,f5,g4).} Be7 {One of the many possible
alternatives. Black started playing like this only recently and practice has
proven his setup is viable even without the ^^. All in all the Berlin defence
is not so much about concrete moves and forced variations, but about long-term
plans. Especially Kramnik has studied the nuances of the whole system very
deeply, as the following examples prove:} (9... h6 10. b3 Ke8 (10... Bd7 11.
Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. h3 Ne7 {is not so ideal, after} 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6
16. Ne2 g5 17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. Rxa8 Kxa8 19. h4 g4 20. Nh2 h5 21. Rd8+ Kb7 22. Nf4
Ng6 23. g3 c4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. bxc4 $14 {Socko,B-Kharlov,A/EU-ch Batumi/2002/
Black is still far from full equality.}) 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 a5 13. a4 h5 14.
Ne2 Be6 15. c4 Rd8 16. h3 b6 17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd8+
Kxd8 21. Bc1 Kc8 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. g4 g6 $1 {and Black's fortress
seems unbreakable, e.g.} 25. f4 (25. h4 $6 hxg4 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Ke8 28.
Kg2 {1/2, Deep Fritz-Kramnik,V/Manama m/2002/}) 25... Ke8 26. Kg2 hxg4 27. hxg4
Kf7 28. Kf3 (28. Kh3 Kg7 29. Be3 Kh7 30. Bf2 Kg7 31. Bh4 Bxh4 32. Kxh4 Kh6 33.
Kg3 Kg7 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. f5 g5 $1 37. Ke3 Kf7 $11 {and the extra c6
tempo saves Black}) 28... Bd8 (28... Bh4 29. Ke4 Be1 30. f5 gxf5+ 31. gxf5 Ke7
32. Bg5+ Kd7 {is possibly also sufficient}) 29. Ke4 g5 $5 (29... Be7 30. f5 Bd8
31. Bh6 {[%cal Re4f4,Rh6g5] /\Kf4,Bg5+-}) 30. f5 c6 31. Be3 Kg7 32. fxe6 Kg6
$11 {and as the << break with b4 is insufficient, White has no visible way to
improve his position.}) ({But Black's whole defence hangs on a thin thread and
even a slight change of the P-structure can render the _|_ untenable, as
witness} 9... Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. a3 h6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Ne4 Be6 (13... a4 $142 $5
$132) 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Nc5 a4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re4 Be7 19. Be3 c5
20. Rd1 Rf8 21. Kg2 Rf7 22. Kg3 b5 23. h4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. h5 Kd7 26. c4
c6 27. Rf4 $1 Ke8 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Kf3 g5 30. Bc1 b4 31. b3 $1 axb3 32. a4 $18
{Anand,V-Almasi,Z/Bundesliga 0203/2003/ and after picking up the Pb3 White
went on to win.}) ({Later Almasi tried} 9... Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 (11. Ne4 Bf5
12. Re1 Nd5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Bd2 c5 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na3 Kc8 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Bxb4
cxb4 19. Nc4 a5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Ned6+ Kb8 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Rd7 Rc8 $13 {Shirov,
A-Almasi,Z/Monte Carlo blind/2003/}) 11... Ng6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14.
Rfe1 Nf4 15. Nd4 a5 16. Nce2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd4 a4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re4
axb3 21. axb3 Ra2 22. Bc3 b5 23. Rd2 Be7 24. g3 c5 25. Rde2 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rd1 27.
Be1 g5 28. c4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Rc2 Re4 32. Bd2 $16 {Anand,
V-Almasi,Z/Monte Carlo blind/2003//\} Rxe5 $2 33. g4 $1 Re4 34. Be3 Kd7 35. Kf3
$18) 10. Rd1+ ({Pono's first experience woith the line was} 10. h3 Be6 (10...
h6 {or}) (10... Ke8 {can lead to the above mentioned positions.}) 11. Bg5 Bxg5
12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Rad1 Bc4 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nf3 g5 $5 16. g4 Ng7 17. Nd4 Be6 18.
Ne4 Rad8 19. Ng3 c5 $5 20. Ndf5+ Bxf5 21. gxf5 f6 $1 $11 {Polgar,J-Ponomariov,
R/Benidorm 5' plof/2002/}) (10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Ke7 $11 {/+/= enables Black
to save a tempo in comparison with the game, on the other hand it's to White's
advantage to occupy the <->d with his Ra1, leaving the other R to support his
>>P.}) 10... Ke8 11. Bg5 (11. g3 h6 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Rd8 (13... g5 $5 $13)
14. h3 g5 15. g4 Ng7 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Ne6 19. Ne5 Nf4 20. Re1
Be6 21. Bc1 Nxh3+ (21... Nd5 $2 22. Nd3 b6 23. c4 $1 Nxf6 24. Nb4 c5 25. Bb2
cxb4 26. Bxf6 $16 {Topalov,V-Ponomariov,R/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 22. Kg2 Nf4+
$132) 11... Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Rd3 h6 14. Nf3 $146 {[%cal Rg2g4][%mdl 8] /
\g4 The text is new, but at best only a slight improvement compared to} (14.
Nge4 Rd8 15. Rxd8 Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Ke7 17. f4 $6 {This is premature.} (17. h3 $142
$5 $14) 17... Ne3 18. Rd2 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bh7 20. Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Ne3 22. Kf2 Nc4
{Black already spurns a draw by repetition, but White retains enough
counterchances.} 23. Rd4 b5 24. b3 Na3 25. Nce4 Nxc2 26. Rd2 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nb4
28. a3 Nd5 29. Kf3 $44 {Grischuk,A-Ponomariov,R/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 14... g6 (
{The active} 14... g5 $5 15. Rad1 Ng7 16. Nd4 Nf5 {has its positive (gains
space on the >>) and negative (also weakens the >>) sides, it's difficult to
say if it's better than the text.}) 15. Rad1 Ng7 16. h3 ({The seemingly
promising} 16. Nd4 Nf5 $5 {probably didn't seem enough to Anand, the text fits
his plans as well.}) 16... Be6 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. f4 (18. Nxe6 Rxd3 $142 (18...
Nxe6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 (20... Nxd8 21. f4 Ne6 22. Ne2 $14 {is similar
}) 21. Ne2 g5 22. g3 $14 {_|_ gives White a pleasant _|_, which he can play
for a win without any risk.}) 19. Rxd3 (19. Nxg7 $2 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Rg8 $19)
19... Kxe6 $5 (19... Nxe6 20. Ne4 $14 (20. Ne2 Nc5 $132)) 20. f4 g5 $132) ({
However, the immediate advance of the Pf2 is rather committal, deserving
attention was} 18. Ne4 $5 $14) 18... Bc4 $1 19. R3d2 c5 20. Nf3 (20. Ndb5 Nh5
$11 {[%csl Rf4] and White can't protect the important Pf4.}) 20... Nh5 21. b3 (
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. b3 Ba6 24. Ne4 Nxf4 25. Nxc5 Ne6 $5 $11) 21...
Rxd2 (21... Be6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Ne2 c4 25. b4 $14) 22. Rxd2 {
Logical, but interesting was also the other recapture} (22. Nxd2 $5 Be6 23. Rf1
{/\} Ng3 24. Rf2 Rd8 25. Kh2 Nf5 26. Nde4 $14) 22... Be6 23. Ne2 c4 $1 $132 {
Black exchanges his doubled P and is close to full equality.} 24. Kf2 $1 (24.
g4 Ng7 {/\h5} (24... cxb3 $5 {is also playable, but hardly necessary}) 25. Kf2
{-24.Kf2}) ({Even after} 24. b4 c3 25. Rd4 Bxa2 26. Nxc3 Be6 27. g4 Ng7 $132 {
/= White's advantage is more or less illusory.}) 24... cxb3 25. cxb3 {White
has more space and potentially a more dangerous P majority, but the f5-square
is under strong control.} (25. axb3 a5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gb7b5] gives Black
chances to create a more dangerous outside o^ on the a<->.}) 25... c5 $6 (25...
Rd8 $142 $5) 26. g4 Ng7 27. Nc3 h5 {[%csl Rg5] In the future the weakening of
g5 will play a major role, but it's difficult to recommend passive waiting
moves.} (27... Rd8 {is already not ideal due to} 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Nb5 $36 {
e.g.,} a6 30. Nd6 {[%cal Rf3h4,Rf4f5] /\Nh4,f5->}) 28. Kg3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rd8 $2
{[%mdl 18432] This is however a more serious positional mistake, now Anand
coordinates his pieces ideally and shows precise technique.} ({More in keeping
with Black's 27-th move was} 29... Rh1 $5 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nd6 b6 $14 {<=>}) 30.
Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Ng5 {First improve the Nf3...} Ke7 32. Nge4 b6 (32... c4 33. bxc4
Bxc4 34. Nd6 $18 Ba6 35. Nd5+ Ke6 36. Nc7+ $16 {/+-}) 33. Kh4 {[%cal Rh4g5,
Re4d6,Rf4f5] /\Kg5,Nd6,f5 Then the K...} Bd7 {Prevents the aforementioned plan,
but now White activates also his Nc3.} 34. Nd5+ Kf8 ({More active, but weaker
is} 34... Ke6 $143 35. Ndf6 Ke7 (35... Bc6 36. Nd6 {[%cal Rh4g5,Rg5h6] /\Kg5-h6
} Ke7 (36... b5 37. Kg5 Ke7 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 Ne8 40. Nc8+ $18) 37. f5 gxf5
38. gxf5 Ne8 {and White can afford even a P_|_:} 39. Nfxe8 Bxe8 40. Nxe8 Kxe8
41. Kg5 {a plausible line is} b5 (41... Ke7 42. Kf4 Kd7 43. Ke4 Kc6 44. a4 a6
45. f6 Kd7 46. Kd5 $18) 42. Kf4 f6 (42... Kd7 43. Ke4 Kc6 44. f6 $18) 43. e6
Ke7 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. a3 Kc6 46. a4 a6 47. axb5+ axb5 48. e7 Kd7 49. Kd5 c4 50.
bxc4 bxc4 51. Kxc4 Kxe7 52. Kc5 $18) 36. Nxd7 $5 Kxd7 37. Kg5 Ke7 (37... Ne8
38. Nf6+ $1 $18 {-see above.}) 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 Ne8 (39... Kf8 40. Nd6 $18)
40. f6+ $1 Kf8 (40... Ke6 41. Kf4 {[%cal Re4g5] /\Ng5+-}) 41. e6 $1 fxe6 42.
Kg6 $18 {[%csl Gf6] and the o^f6 will cost Black his N.}) 35. Nd6 Ne8 (35...
Ne6 $142 $5 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Bc6 (37... Nd4 38. Kg5 Kg7 39. Nf6 Nf3+ 40.
Kf4 Bc6 41. Nc8 Ne1 42. Ng4 $16 {is also no bed of roses}) 38. Ne3 Nd4 39. Kg5
Kg7 40. Nc8 {loses material, but Black would get at least a whiff of <=>. Now
he will be practically pushed of the board.}) 36. Nc4 b5 (36... Be6 37. Nce3 {
[%csl Re8][%cal Rh4g5,Rf4f5] /\Kg5,f5,פe8}) 37. Nce3 Ng7 38. Kg5 Bc6 39. Nc7
$1 {[%csl Rc5] ><c5} (39. f5 $16 {/+- was also possible, but Anand targets a
new >< and for the time being avoids exchanges.}) 39... a5 (39... Ke7 40. f5
gxf5 41. gxf5 Kd7 42. Na6 $18) 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Bd7 (41... Ne8 42. Nxe8
Kxe8 43. Kf6 {[%cal Re5e6] /\e6+-}) 42. Na6 c4 43. Nc5 Bc8 $8 {The only move,
but now White has achieved full domination.} (43... cxb3 44. Nxd7+ Ke7 45. f6+
$18) 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6] /\Nd6} Bd7 46. Nc5 Bc8 (46... Bb5 47.
a4 $18 {loses both <<P.}) 47. e6 $1 $18 {Despite the simplification this break
is decisive.} c3 (47... fxe6 48. f6 Nf5 (48... Ne8 49. Nxc4 $18 {[%csl Gf6]
[%cal Rc4e5] /\Ne5,o^f6}) 49. Nxc4 {/\} e5 (49... Kf7 50. Nxa5 $18 {[%cal
Ra5c6] /\Nc6}) 50. Nb6 Nd6 51. Nxc8 Nxc8 52. Kg6 Nd6 53. Nd7+ Ke8 54. Nxe5 a4
55. a3 $22 (55. f7+ Ke7 56. a3 $2 Nxf7 $1 57. Nxf7 Ke6 $11) 55... Kf8 56. Nd7+
Ke8 57. Nb6 $18 {[%cal Rb6a4] /\Na4}) 48. e7+ $1 Ke8 (48... Kxe7 49. f6+ Kf8
50. fxg7+ Kxg7 51. Ne4 Be6 52. a3 $18 {and the last Pa3 will decide the game.})
(48... Kg8 49. f6 Ne8 50. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Rc3] loses the o^c3}) 49. f6 Ne6+ 50.
Nxe6 Bxe6 (50... fxe6 $2 51. Nc4 $18) 51. Kf4 {The B must cover d5 and f5 and
is tied to e6.} Kd7 52. Ke5 $1 Bg4 (52... Bxa2 53. Nf5 c2 54. Nd6 c1=Q 55.
e8=Q+ Kc7 56. Qc8+ Kb6 57. Qb7+ Kc5 58. Qb5#) 53. Kd4 Bd1 54. Kxc3 Ba4 {
Now Black can activate his K, but he will lose a piece in the process and
Anand's N will be back on time.} 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Nd5 Kf5 57. Kc5 Ke5 58. a3 (
58. Nc7 $18) 58... Ke6 59. Nc7+ Kxf6 60. e8=Q Bxe8 61. Nxe8+ Ke6 62. Kb5 Ke5
63. Kxa5 f5 64. Ng7 (64. Ng7 f4 65. Nh5 f3 66. Ng3 Kf4 67. Nf1 $18 {The Pf3 is
going nowhere and the Pa3 will decide the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 {other moves are:} (5... d5
$5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 (6... exd5 7. Nc3 $14) 7. Nc3 Qxb3 8. axb3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a5 10.
O-O Na6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Rfc1 O-O-O 13. Bxd6 Rxd6 14. e3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd5 {
1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Kishnev,S/Halkidiki GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 412 (15)}) (
5... c6 $5 6. Bf4 (6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bg2 (9. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6
10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. O-O-O $36 {1-0 Bauer,C-Sokolov,A/Val d'Isere FRA
2002/The Week in Chess 408 (61)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Re8 12. Rad1
Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Gofshtein,Z/Tel Aviv ISR 2002/The Week in Chess
406 (18)}) 6... d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7... cxd5 $2 8. Bxb8 $1 Bc4 9. Qa4+ $1 b5 10.
Qc2 Rxb8 11. b3 $18) 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Karpov,A/Dubai UAE 2002/The Week in Chess 387 (30)}) 6. Nbd2 d5 {
Anand is faithful to his line.} (6... Na5 $5 7. Qc3 {is another story}) 7. Bg2
(7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O ({Kramnik tested:} 10. Nc4 dxc4 11.
Ne5 {but after:} Bxe5 (11... Bb4+ 12. Kf1 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qe8 14. Qxb4 Bxc6 15.
Qxc4 Bb5 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. a4 Ba6 18. b4 Rxd4 19. b5 Qe6 20. Bf3 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Bc8
22. Bb2 Bf5 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. Bc6 Rdd8 25. Bg2 Qh5 26. Bf3 Qh3 27. Bg2 Qh6 28. h3
Rfe8 29. Bf3 Ne4 30. Qxc7 Rc8 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Nd2 33. Kg2 Nxf3 34. exf3
f6 35. Rhc1 Rxc1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Almasi,Z/Monte Carlo MNC 2003/The Week in
Chess 438 (35)}) 12. Bxc6+ Bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. dxe5 Qd5 $1 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11
{black has no problems 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in
Chess 385 (37)}) 10... O-O 11. Nb1 Ne4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Ne7
15. Nc3 Nf5 16. e3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd1 Qd6 19. b4 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (25). (24)}) (7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Bg2 (8. Ne5
Bd6 $1 9. Nxc6 Qd7 $15) 8... Qd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nb1 Ne4 12. Ng5
Nxg5 13. Bxg5 Nd8 $1 {0-1 Khalifman,A-Anand,V/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Gershon] (32)
}) 7... Bb7 (7... Qd7 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb1 Ne4 12. Be3
Ne5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Grischuk,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 410
(81)}) 8. O-O {Vallejo improves on their games from Dortmund, where he played
8.cxd5:} (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 a6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13.
dxe5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. O-O O-O 16. Be3 Qe7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. f4 a5
20. Qb3 c6 21. Qa3 a4 22. Rac1 Ra5 23. e4 Ba8 24. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,
F-Anand,V/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (24)}) 8... Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb1 {A
typical knight transfer. The knight is much better placed on c3, where he can
put pressure on d5 and does not block the way of the dark bishop.} O-O 11. Nc3
(11. Bg5 $5) 11... Na5 $1 {Winning an important tempo for h7-g4} 12. Qc2 h6 {
now the bishop on c1 has no good squares.} 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 c5 $6 {
Trying to expoint white's kingside weakening by striking in the center, but
white is better prepared for an open game.} ({a strong alternative, however,
was to keep the center closed:} 14... Nc4 $5 {[%cal Gc4d6,Yd6e4,Yd6f5]}) 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. Ne5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd4c5]} Rfd8 17. e3 Nc6 18. Qf5 {the 'g'
file will soon become a path for white rook to target the king.} Nb4 (18...
cxd4 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxd4 $16) (18... Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Bh3 Re8 $14) 19.
Kh1 Rd6 20. a3 $1 Na6 $16 {black pieces are completely discoordinated, with
his knight trying to find a place to stay.} 21. Nb5 (21. Rg1 $143 cxd4 22. Rxd4
Nc5 $14 {[%cal Gc5e4]}) 21... Re6 22. Rg1 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 {the unfortunate
knight is finally exchanged, but black is lacking and kind of active plan,
whereas white has an easy way to slowly improve his position.} 24. Bf3 cxd4 25.
Rxd4 Rae8 26. Qh3 Kh8 27. Rdd1 Qe7 28. Rg3 Rxe5 {Anand find the only possible
way to change the nature of the position.} 29. fxe5 Qxe5 30. b4 {and the
decision proves itself right: Vallejo offered a draw, in a clearly better
position.} (30. b4 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Bc8 (31... Qxe4+ 32. Qg2 $16) (31... dxe4 32.
Qd7 $16) 32. Qf1 dxe4 33. Qc4 Be6 34. Qd4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. e5 Nxb5 8.
exf6 Nxc3 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. a4 Qc6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Ne4
Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 Nd7
15. e5 Qc6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Ng5 cxd4 19. cxd4 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6
21. Re1 h6 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Ne5 Qc2 24. Qf3 Nd5 25. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Qc5 9. c4 dxc3 10. Qb3 a6 11. Be2 c2 12. d4 Qd6 13. Bf3 g6 14. Bd2 Qf6
15. d6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Qxc2 Bg7 18. Bxa5 O-O 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Qb3 Qc7 21.
a4 d6 22. a5 Rb8 23. Rec1 Bf5 24. Bd2 Qd7 25. Be3 e5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Bd5 Be6
28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. b4 e4 31. Ra2 Be5 32. g3 Kf8 33. Rc4 f5 34. Rd2
Ke8 35. Rd5 Rd8 36. Rb5 Rd7 37. Rcc5 Bf6 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Kg2 Re8 40. Rc4 Be5
41. h4 Bf6 42. Rbc5 Bd8 43. Rc8 Re5 44. Rxd8 Rxd8 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Rxb7 Red5
47. Rxh7 Rb5 48. Bc5 Rd2 49. Kf1 Ra2 50. Rc7 f4 51. Re7+ Kf6 52. Rxe4 fxg3 53.
fxg3 g5 54. h5 Kf5 55. Re2 Ra3 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. h6 Rxg3+ 58. Kf2 Rh3 59. Re6 Rb7
60. Ke2 Kf5 61. a6 Rh2+ 62. Ke3 Rd7 63. Rd6 Rxd6 64. Bxd6 Rxh6 65. a7 Rh3+ 66.
Kd4 Ra3 67. Bc5 g4 68. Kd5 g3 69. Kc6 g2 70. Kb7 Ke6 71. Bg1 Kd5 72. b5 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1
O-O 14. Ne4 {This may lead to a slightly better _|_, which is rather typical
to the Classical Carto Kann.} (14. c4 {is supposed to be the main line.}) 14...
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 (17. Be3 $143 {White wants to avoid the
exchange of queens, but loses a vital tempo.} Rfd8 (17... Nxh5 $6 18. g4 $40) (
17... Ng4 18. Bc1) 18. Ne5 c5 19. f3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qa5 21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. g4 Bc5
23. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Gershenzon-Kruppa, Dnepropetrovsk 1993}) (17. Be5 b5 {
Black wants to blockade the light squares keeping control over the vital d5
square.} 18. Rd3 Rfd8 19. Rg1 {/\ g4} Ng4 20. Bc7 Rdc8 21. Bf4 c5 22. Ne5 Nf6
23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Rf3 Rd8 26. g4 Rd5 27. Nd3 Qc4 28. g5 hxg5 29.
Bxg5 $13 {Firman-Ekstroem, Lausanne 2001}) 17... Qe4 18. Qxe4 ({Avoiding the
exchange of queens leads nowhere again.} 18. Qd2 $6 Nd5 19. Bg3 Rfd8 20. Rde1
Qf5 21. Nd3 Rac8 22. Be5 c5 23. dxc5 f6 24. g4 Qf3 25. Bd4 Qxg4 26. Be3 Qf5 $17
{Kupreichik-Lobron, Ljubljana/Portoroz 1989}) 18... Nxe4 19. Rhe1 $1 (19. Rhf1
Bg5 {1/2:1/2 A.Sokolov-Dautov, Bled ol 2002}) (19. Be3 Rfd8 20. c4 Kf8 21. g4
Nf6 22. f3 Nd7 23. f4 a6 24. Kc2 Nxe5 25. dxe5 $14 {Stefansson-S.Kasparov,
Tanta City 2001}) 19... Nf6 (19... Nxf2 $2 {falls into the trap:} 20. Rd2 Bh4
21. Ree2 $1 $16) 20. g4 Rfd8 {Black wants to hold the d <-> first before
attacking the [+] via c5.} (20... c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd7 $5 (22. Be3 Rfc8 (
22... Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rfd8 24. Red3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Kf8 26. c4 Ke7 $11) 23. c4 {
White has a P majority on the << and the active pieces, but even so the _|_ is
rather drawish.} Kf8 24. Bxc5+ Rxc5 25. f4 Rc7 26. Rd4 Ke7 27. Red1 Re8 28. b3
{1/2:1/2 V.Gurevich-Khlian, Azov 1995}) (22. f3 Rfd8 {- 20....Rfd8}) 22... Nxd7
23. Rxd7 {penetrating on the 7-th rank deserves attention, for example:} Bxf2
24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Rxb7 $14) 21. Be3 $1 {This is Kasparov's novelty, he wants to
prevent c5.} (21. c3 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. f3 Rxd1+ (23... Nd5 24. Bd2 Bd6 25.
Nd3 Rac8 26. Re2 Kf8 27. Rh1 Rc4 28. Kc2 Rdc8 29. Re4 Nb4+ 30. Nxb4 Rxb4 31.
Bf4 Rb6 32. Be3 Bc5 33. Bf4 Bd6 34. Bd2 Rbc6 35. a4 $14 {Kalezic-Mateuta,
Bucharest Blue Autumn 2002}) 24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. Nd3 Be7 26. Bc1 Rd8 27. Kc2 f6 {
/\ Kf7 bringing the K into action.} 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. a3 b5 {against c4} 30. Nxd5
Rxd5 31. Rxd5 {1/2:1/2 Lutz-Dorfman, Bled ol 2002}) (21. f3 c5 (21... Rac8 {
preparing c5 is not so necessary.} 22. c3 {/\ Kc2} Kf8 23. Kc2 Nd5 24. Bc1 c5
25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 {The P structure is somewhat better for White.} b5 27. a3
Kg8 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 $14 {Shirov-Kramnik, RUS-The World rapid 2002}) (21...
Nd7 22. c4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd1+ {Black wants to exchange the rooks, White's
space advantage is not enough for a win in the _|_.} 24. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {
Jenni-Heinig, Bad Worishofen op 2002}) 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. c4 Bf2 (23... Kf8 24.
Kc2 Ke7 25. Rd3 Rac8 26. Red1 Rxd3 27. Nxd3 Bd4 28. Kb3 {b4 and then Kb3 would
be the ideal setup for White.} Nd7 29. Bd2 e5 $11 {Andreev-Bets, Alushta
Golden Autumn 2001}) (23... Rac8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kc2 {at least winning a
tempo.} Kf8 26. a3 {/\ b4 and the P majority on the << is more and more
dangerous.} Ke8 27. b4 Bd6 28. Rd1 Bc7 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Be3 a6 31. Bd4 $14 {
Kovalev-Kruppa, Berliner Summer 1993}) 24. Rf1 Bd4 25. Rd3 Bxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Bxe5 Nh7 28. b3 (28. Kc2 $5 f6 29. Bc3) 28... f6 29. Bf4 f5 {creating
weaknesses in White's camp as well.} 30. Re1 fxg4 31. fxg4 Nf6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33.
Re5 Nxg4 $11 {Lutz-Khenkin, Bundesliga 2002}) (21. Rd3 {/\ Red1 preparing for
the opening of the d <->.} c5 22. Red1 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. c4 Bc7 {This is a theoretically drawish _|_.} 27. f3 Nh7 28. b4
f6 29. Nd3 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Ng5 $11 {Thorteins-Lobron, Reykjavik op 1984}) 21...
Bd6 (21... Kf8 22. f3 Nd5 23. Bd2 $14 {/\ c4 winning back the tempo.}) (21...
Nd5 22. Bd2 {/\ c4} (22. c4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 c5) 22... a5 (22... Bg5 23. c4 $14)
23. c4 Nf6 24. Be3 $14) 22. f3 {This is White's ideal P formation on the >>.}
Rac8 23. c4 a5 (23... Nd7 24. Nd3 $14) 24. a4 $1 {fixing the weakness on the
colour of the B.} Nd7 (24... Bb4 25. Rg1 $36) 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Bc3 Nxe5 {
Black changes the P structure, the N was simply too strong in the [+].} (26...
Kf8 27. Kc2 Ke7 28. b3 $14) 27. dxe5 c5 $6 {Anand wants to blockade the
position keeping it as close as possible. However this weakens his P structure
even more.} (27... Bb6 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rd6 Bc7 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.
Kd3 $14) (27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kc2 $14 {and the B _|_
is defendable for Black.}) 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 $1 {This way the white K can
be centralized.} (29. Rxd1 Rd8 {keeps the white K on the <<.}) 29... Rd8+ 30.
Ke2 $1 Rd7 (30... Kf8 31. f4 Ke7 32. f5 $16) 31. f4 {/\ f5} Bd8 32. f5 Bg5 33.
f6 $1 b6 {[#]} 34. Ra1 $1 {/\ Ra3-b3 with a nice R manoeuvre.} Rd8 35. Ra3 gxf6
36. Rb3 $1 {Just in time! White wants to eliminate Black's << pawns giving
away his pawns on the other flank and let the race begin!} (36. exf6 e5 $1)
36... Bf4 37. Rxb6 Bxe5 (37... fxe5 38. Rc6 $18) 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rb5 Rd4 40.
Rxc5 (40. b3 Rxg4 41. Rxa5 Rg3 42. Rb5 Kg7 43. a5 Kf6 $11) 40... Rxg4 41. b3 (
41. Rxa5 Rxc4 42. b3 Re4+ 43. Kd3 f5 $11) 41... Rg3 (41... e4 $5) 42. Rxe5 Rxb3
43. Rxa5 f5 $2 {This is already a mistake!} (43... Rb4 $2 44. Kd3 $16) (43...
Rc3 44. c5 (44. Rc5 Kg7 45. a5 Kf6) 44... Kg7 45. Kd2 Rc4 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Kd4
Rd1+ 48. Kc4 f5 $14) (43... Kf8 44. c5 Rh3 45. c6 Rc3 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf6
48. c7 Ke5 $11) 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. c5 Rc3 46. Rc8 Ra3 $2 {Now the R _|_ is
extremely difficult for Black.} (46... Kf6 $1 {activating his K was possible.}
47. a5 Ke5 48. a6 Ra3 49. Ra8 f4 50. a7 Ke4 51. c6 f3+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Kg3
Rg2+ 54. Kh4 Rg7 55. Re8 Rxa7 56. Rxe6+ Kf4 $11) 47. c6 $1 Rxa4 48. Re8 $1 Rc4
49. Rxe6 f4 50. Rg6+ Kh7 51. Kd3 Rc5 52. Kd4 Rc1 53. Ke4 Rc4+ 54. Kd5 Rc3 55.
Kd4 Rc1 56. Ke4 Rc4+ 57. Kf3 Kh8 $2 {This is the losing move!} (57... Rc5 $1
58. Kxf4 Rxh5 59. Re6 (59. Rd6 Rc5 60. Ke4 h5 61. Kd4 Rc1 62. Kd5 Kg7 $11)
59... Kg7 $1 60. Ke4 (60. Re5 Rh4+ 61. Kf5 Rc4 62. Re7+ Kf8 $11) (60. c7 Rc5
61. Re7+ Kf6 $11) 60... Kf7 $11) 58. Rxh6+ Kg7 59. Rd6 Kh7 60. Kg4 Kg7 61. Rd7+
Kf6 62. c7 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Ng5 h6 8.
Nh3 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. c4 e5 11. Nc3 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qd7 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Nd4 18. Qg2 Qxg4 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. Nxc8 Qxg2+
21. Kxg2 Raxc8 22. Bd2 g5 23. Re7 Kg6 24. Rxa7 Ne6 25. b4 Rfd8 26. b5 Rxd3 27.
Bc1 Rcd8 28. Raxf7 Rc3 29. Re7 Rd6 30. Nf2 Bf6 31. Re8 Rc2 32. Kh1 Rxc4 33. Re1
Nc7 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rb8 Re6 36. Rf1 Nd5 37. Rc8 Bd4 38. Ng4 h5 39. Rd8 Nf4 40.
Bxf4 gxf4 41. Nf2 Rc3 42. Rf8 Rc2 43. Rxf4 Ree2 44. b6 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be6 14.
Rfd1 Be7 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Re1 Bxg5 17. Nexg5 h6 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. b3 a5 20. Rd4
Ke7 21. c4 Bxe4 22. Rdxe4 c5 23. e6 f5 24. R4e3 Rhf8 25. a4 Rf6 26. Ne5 Nxe5
27. Rxe5 b6 28. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. c3 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 d6 13. a3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. b4
Nc6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Bb3 g6 20. h4 Bg7 21. h5 Nxh5 22.
Nxh5 gxh5 23. Bd5 Ba8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxd4 Rc4 26. Qd3 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qf6 28.
Rad1 h4 29. a4 Rxb4 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd2 Ra4 32. Nxb5 Raxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Be7 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 h4 12. O-O Nd4 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Be6
15. Ne3 hxg3 16. hxg3 Qd7 17. c3 Nc6 18. Re1 Rb8 19. a4 g6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Nd5 Bd8 22. Be3 Kf8 23. b4 Kg7 24. Qd2 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Ne7 26. Qd2 Bb6 27. Red1
Rhc8 28. Bh6+ Kh7 29. Bg5 Ng8 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bf1 Rxe4 32. f3 Nf6 33. Bxf6 Re3
1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13.
Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 (16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. c4
Qd7 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Be3 Rcd8 21. Qc3 Qf5 22. d5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,
T-Pavasovic,D/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) 17. Rb1 (17. Bb5 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.
Bxd6 Qxd6 20. d5 Rd8) 17... Bxd3 (17... b6 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Bg3 Qd5) 18. Qxd3
b6 19. d5 Bf6 (19... Bxa3 20. Ng5 $1 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qb5 (21. Ra1 Bc5 22.
Ng5 g6 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Nxc5 Qxf4 25. g3 Qe5 $11) 21... Qf5 (21... Nb8 22. Qxd7
Nxd7 23. Ra1 Bd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Rxa7 Nc5 $14)) 20... g6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rbd1
Na5 (22... f5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 $44) 23. Bh6 Qf5 24. Qd4 f6 25. Ng3 Qd7 26.
d6 Bf8 (26... Bxd6 27. Ne4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 $16) 27. Ne4 $1 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxh6 29.
dxc7 Bd2 (29... Qxc7 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rd7 $18) 30. Qb4 $1 Rxc7 31. Rxd2 $16)
20. c4 h6 21. h3 Re7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 (22... Rce8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Re1 $14) 23.
Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 {[%csl Rc7]} Re8 26. Bg3 Nf5 $6 (26... c6 $5
27. d6 (27. dxc6 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Nxc6 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rc3 Re6 31. Rxc5 Kf8 $11)
27... Nf5 28. Bh2 c5 $132) (26... Nc8 $5 27. Qd4 Nd6 28. c5 Re4 29. Qb2 Nf5 30.
c6 Qe7 $14) 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxf5 Qxc4 29. d6 $16 Rd8 30. d7 Qc6 31. g3 (31.
Qe5 Kf8 $14) 31... a6 32. h4 b5 {Black's best chance to defend his position is
to create a passing pawn on the Q-side.} 33. Rd5 a5 34. Rxb5 g6 $1 35. Qd5 Qxd7
36. Qxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxa5 Kg7 ({Mit} 37... h5 {(Hecht) erreicht Schwarz
bekanntermaßen die beste Bauernaufstellung am Königsflügel, die weißen
Raumvorteil auf dieser Seite verhindert und, falls erforderlich, Gegenspiel
mit f6 und g5 ermöglicht. Im übrigen geht der schwarze Turm nach a2/a3, um den
weißen f-Bauern anzugreifen, gleich ob der weiße Turm seinen a-Bauern von vorn
oder von der Seite verteidigt.}) (37... h5 {Hecht} 38. Rb5 Rd1+ $5 ({In Frage
kommt} 38... Rd3 $1 39. a4 Ra3 40. a5 Kg7 41. Kf1 Ra2 42. Kg2 Ra3 $14 {was die
Aktivierung des Königs verhindert auf Kosten des Vormarschs des a-Bauern um
zwei Felder.}) 39. Kg2 Ra1 40. Rb3 Ra2 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. f3 Rg2 44.
a4 Ra2 (44... Rxg3 {ist mehr als kritisch wegen der Hinterstellung des weißen
Turms.} 45. a5 Rg1 46. Ra3 Re1+ 47. Kf4 Re7 48. a6 Ra7 49. Ra5 Ke7 (49... Kg7
50. Ke5 g5 ({Die Freibauernbildung} 50... f6+ 51. Kd6 g5 52. Kc6 gxh4 53. Kb6
Ra8 54. a7 Kg6 55. Kb7 Rxa7+ 56. Kxa7 h3 57. Kb6 h2 58. Ra1 Kg5 59. Rh1 Kf4 60.
Rxh2 Kxf3 61. Rxh5 Ke4 62. Kc5 f5 63. Rh8 f4 64. Kc4 Ke3 65. Kc3 f3 66. Re8+
Kf2 67. Kd2 Kg2 68. Ke3 $18 {kommt zu spät und zeigt einen der typischen
Abläufe in diesem Endspiel.}) 51. hxg5 Kg6 52. Kf4 $18) 50. Kg5 $18 {mit den
Ideen f4-f5 i.V. mit evtl. Kf6 bzw. Kh6.}) 45. Rb4 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 $16 {gefällt
mir wegen der Aktivierung des weißen Königs viel weniger als die
Klammeranmerkung zu 38...Td1+}) 38. a4 (38. Rb5 {(Hecht) ist die Alternative})
38... Rd1+ $6 (38... Rd4 $1 39. Kf1 h5 40. Ke2 Rb4 $16 {Judging by the endgame
theory, Black has considerable chances to save the game.}) 39. Kg2 Ra1 {
'?!' Hecht.} (39... h5 $1 {Hecht} 40. Rb5 Ra1 41. a5 Ra3 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Ke1
Kf6 {vergleiche die Anmerkung zu 37...h5!}) 40. g4 {'!' Hecht. Hecht:
'Verhindert praktisch h5 und sichert Raumvorteil, was die schwarzen Chancen
auf Gegenspiel verringert.'} Kf6 41. Kg3 Rc1 {'?' Hecht. Hecht: 'wurde
vielfach und wohl zu Recht kritisiert.'} 42. Rb5 g5 $2 (42... Rc4 $142 {Hecht}
43. a5 Ra4 {und ist sicher hartnäckiger}) 43. Rf5+ Kg6 44. h5+ $16 {/+- Hecht:
'Weiß hat eine Superaufstellung erreicht, denn alles ist gedeckt. Doch sind
die Verhältnisse nicht ganz so wie in Holzke-Niedermaier,BL02/03 (#40 in der
Endspieldatenbank), weil dort der weiße König sich frei bewegen kann. Hier
gibt es trotz berechtigter weißer Hochstimmung eine Schwierigkeit.'} Kg7 {
'!' Hecht.} 45. a5 Ra1 $2 (45... Rc4 $1 {I considered that move as the most
essential to Black's defensive strategy.P. Leko argues that White is still
nearly winning after Hecht: 'was den weißen König immobil macht. Und'} 46. Kf3
{'!' Hecht.} (46. f4 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 f6 (47... gxf4 {Hecht} 48. Rxf4 Ra3 49. Rf5
f6 $1 (49... Ra4 50. g5 $1) 50. Rb5 Kf7 51. Rb7+ (51. Ke2 Ra4 52. Kf3 Ke6 53.
Rb6+ Ke5 54. a6 Ra3+ $11 {ändert nichts}) 51... Ke6 52. Rb6+ Ke5 53. a6 Kf4 $11
) 48. Rd5 (48. Rb5 Ra3 49. f5 Ra4 50. Ke3 Kf8) 48... Ra3 (48... gxf4 49. Rd7+
Kf8 50. a6 $18) 49. f5 Ra4 50. Ke3 Kf8 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Kc3 Rxg4 53. Kb3 Rg1
$132 {[%cal Yg5g1]}) (46. f3 Rc2 $14) 46... Ra4 47. Ke3 $1 Rxg4 48. Kd3 Kf8 $5
(48... Ra4 49. Kc3 Kf8 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. Kb4 Ke7 52. Kb5 Ke6 53. Rc5 Kd7 54. Kb6
Rb1+ 55. Rb5 $18) (48... Rh4 49. Kc3 Rxh5 50. a6 Rh1 51. Ra5 Rc1+ 52. Kb4 Rc8
53. a7 Ra8 54. Kb5 h5 55. Kb6 Kg6 56. Kb7 Rxa7+ 57. Rxa7 {'+-' Hecht.} h4 58.
Kc6 f6 59. Kd5 Kf5 60. Rh7 Kg4 61. Ke4 h3 62. Rh8 $18) (48... f6 {Hecht} 49.
Kc3 Kf7 50. Kb3 Ke6 51. a6 Kxf5 52. a7 Rh4 53. a8=Q Rxh5 54. Qc8+ Kf4 55. Qe6
Rh4 56. Qxf6+ $18) (48... Rh4 49. Kc3 Rxh5 50. a6 Rh1 51. Ra5 Rc1+ 52. Kd4 Rc8
53. a7 Ra8 54. Kc5 h5 55. Kb6 Kg6 56. Kb7 Rxa7+ 57. Rxa7 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Rb7c6,Rc6d5]}) 49. a6 Ra4 50. Rf6 Kg7 51. Rc6 Ra2 $132) 46. Kg2 {'+-!' Hecht.}
Re1 (46... Ra4 {Hecht} 47. f3 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1b1,Gb1b5] mit jetzt
freiem König und klarem Gewinnplan}) 47. f3 Re6 48. Kf2 Kf8 49. Rb5 Kg7 50. Rf5
Kf8 51. Rc5 Kg7 52. Rb5 Kf8 53. Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} Re5 54. a6 Kg7 55. a7 Ra5
56. Rb7 Ra3 57. Ke2 Kf6 58. Kd2 Ke6 59. Kc2 f6 60. Kb2 {[%cal Gb2b6]} Ra4 61.
Kb3 Ra1 62. Kb4 Kd6 63. Rh7 Ke5 64. Kb5 Ra2 65. Kb6 Kd5 (65... Kd5 66. Rh8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {A very popular move order lately. The main purpose
is to avoid Sveshnikov Sicilian.} g6 {Although Kasparov has very good memories
in Dragon against Anand (remember their New-York match in 1995), this choice
is rather surprising, as Kasparov didn't play any more Dragon games after that
match. Sveshnikov aficionados are forced to play either 3...e5, or 3...Nf6, in
case they wouldn't like to have any other line of Opening Sicilian.} 4. d4 {
Now White switched to the Opening Sicilian. This is main advantage of 3.Nc3
comparing with most Anti-Sicilian lines. It is more flexible.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 (8... Na5 $2 {was refuted by Fischer almost
half a century ago:} 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (10... Rxf7 11. Ne6 {wins the
queen}) 11. Ne6 $1 dxe6 (11... Kxe6 12. Qd5+ Kf5 13. g4+ Kxg4 14. Rg1+ {
and mate}) 12. Qxd8 $18 {Fischer-Reshevsky, New York, 1958.}) 9. h3 {A
surprise from Anand, I suspect a pleasant one for Kasparov. Vishy doesn't feel
like entering the main lines. Dragon must have been a surprise again for him,
after so many years...} Na5 (9... Bd7) 10. O-O b6 {This is a simple set-up for
Black, enough for equality. As usual in lines where White castles short in
Dragon (the so-called Classical Dragon), Black has a good play right from the
opening. Nevertheless White's position contains certain poison - he hopes to
create some pressure in the center. Black needs to be careful and play
precisely, otherwise he might easily end up in a position with no counterplay.}
11. Re1 {White also chooses a clear plan. He intends Bg5, followed by Nd5.
After that it is likely that the e-file will be opened and White will get his
pressure on e7.} (11. Qd3) 11... Bb7 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Bh4 Qd7 $1 {
Kasparov succeeds to improve even in such a sideline of Dragon. As we'll see,
by controling square f5 Black is taking measures against White's plan with Nd5.
Strictly speaking, this is not a novelty, though. In the game
Aleksis-Abramovic given below Black also played 14...Qd7! (although the
position was reached by a slightly different move order), but later White won
convincingly and that's why nobody payed attention to 14...Qd7 before.} (14...
a6 {was the usual move, considered a must, after which White can be happy with
his position:} 15. Nd5 e6 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 g5 $2 17. Nf5 $1 {the
difference to the game - White can play Nf5, threatening besides Nxe7 also Qg4.
} Re8 18. Bg3 $16) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {and although it is about
equal, White has practically no risk of losing and can slowly try to make
progress.}) 15. Qd2 (15. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 16. exd5 g5 17. Bg3 Bxd5 {and Black is
just a pawn up, since White cannot exploit the unprotected position of Black's
bishop on d5.}) 15... Nh5 $146 {In opposite to the previous game played with
this position, Kasparov takes full advantages of his rook on f8.} (15... Rfe8
16. Rad1 Nh5 17. Nde2 b5 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. Bxg3 a5 20. e5 Qc6 21. f3 a4 22. exd6
exd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxd6 Ra8 $6 25. bxa4 bxa4 26. Rd3 Qe8 27. Kh2 h5 28.
Qb6 Ba6 29. Re3 Qd7 30. Be5 Bh6 31. Qf6 Kh7 32. Ne4 Qe8 33. Ng5+ {1-0 Aleksic,
N-Abramovic,B/Barcelona 1991.}) 16. f3 (16. Nde2 g5 17. Bg3 f5 $5 18. exf5 Qxf5
$36) 16... e5 $5 {A very powerful play by Kasparov. Suddenly White is facing
serious problems in a relatively safe opening variation.} 17. Nde2 ({Kasparov
would have surely enjoyed the position after} 17. Ndb5 d5 18. Nxa7 ({or} 18.
exd5 a6 19. Na3 b5 $17) 18... d4 19. Ncb5 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 {when white knights
are stuck on far away from the king.} (20... Rxf5 {followed by Raf8 with
strong initiative as well.})) 17... f5 {Black's chances are already preferable
from the practical point of view - he has the initiative. However, White
didn't make any obvious mistakes and his position surely contains enough
resources.} 18. Red1 {A strange-looking move. The rook might be needed either
on e1 or f1.} (18. Rad1 $5) 18... fxe4 19. fxe4 g5 20. Bf2 g4 (20... Nf4 $5 21.
Qxd6 $140 $2 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Qf7 $17 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb7e4]}) 21. h4 (21. Qxd6
$2 Qf7 22. Be3 (22. Bh4 gxh3 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 $17) 22... gxh3 23. Rf1
Nf6 $1 (23... Nf4 $5) 24. g3 (24. Rf3 hxg2 {[%csl Rg1]}) 24... Nxe4 $5 $17 25.
Nxe4 $140 $2 h2+ $19) 21... Nf4 22. Qxd6 {Otherwise White's pressure on the
d-file is worth little, but taking on d6 is surely a "walking on the edge
strategy".} (22. Bg3 $5 {[%cal Gd1f1]}) (22. Ng3 $5) 22... Qf7 (22... Nxe2+ $5
23. Nxe2 Qf7 {[%cal Gb7e4]}) 23. Nxf4 $1 {A concrete approach. Anand improves
Black's pawn structure, but on the other hand with his next move Anand forces
the trade of queens, which favours White - his king won't be in danger anymore,
at least not very soon.} exf4 24. Qd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf7 {Even in endgame
Black's position is preferable thanks to his very strong kingside pawns, but
with accurate play White has no real problems to make a draw. He still
controls the d-file and if Black ever takes on c3 and e4, then arising endgame
with opposite-coloured bishops will be drawish.} 26. Rd6 (26. Rad1 Raf8 $5)
26... Kh7 27. Rad1 Re8 {Kasparov tries to avoid the inevitable trade of his
bishops.} ({After} 27... Bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxe4 {most precise is} 29. Re1 $11) 28.
Rd7 Ree7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Bd4 Rd7 31. Nd5 {The most precise way to draw the
game.} (31. Bxg7 $2 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Kxg7 33. Nc3 Kf6 $19) 31... Bxd5 32. Bxg7
Bc6 {No more resources to fight. Finally the previsible opposite-coloured
bishop endgame will arise.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. Rd1 Rac8 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 c6 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Bf1 Bb7 18. Be2 Qc7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Rd4 Bc5 21. Qd2
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc5 23. Nb5 Ba6 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Nxa7 Bxe2 26. Kxe2 Rb8 27. b4
Rd7 28. Nc6 Rb6 29. Na5 cxb4 30. Rb1 b3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Nxb3 Rb7 33. Nc5 Rb2+
34. Bd2 Rc2 35. Nb3 Ra2 36. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Kh1 a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 d5 15.
Ne5 dxe4 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bg5 e3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. Bxe3 Nd7 21.
Nd5 f6 22. h3 Bh5 23. Bf4 Ra7 24. Rfe1 Bf7 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nf5 c4 27. dxc4
bxc4 28. b4 Bg6 29. Nd6 Raa8 30. c3 Nb6 31. Ra5 h6 32. Rea1 Bd3 33. Rxa6 Rxa6
34. Rxa6 Nd5 35. Bg3 Kh7 36. b5 Rb8 37. Ra7 Ne3 38. Nxc4 Re8 39. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Nbd2 e6 9. h3 h6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. c5 Qc6
15. Qg3 Qa4 16. O-O Qc2 17. Rfd1 Qxb2 18. Bd3 Qc3 19. Bxf5 Qxg3 20. Bxg3 exf5
21. Rab1 Ra7 22. Rb6 g5 23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Kg7 25. Nf3 Re8 26. Ne5 Re7 27.
f3 Nh5 28. Rxd5 Nf4 29. Rd7 b5 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. d5 Re7 32. c6 Rxe5 33. c7 Re8
34. d6 Ne6 35. Re1 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nc3
Nb4 9. Qd1 Qf5 10. Bf4 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Qxa6 Bb4 14. Qc6+ Kf8
15. e4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4+ 17. Ke3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Bxb5 Rb8 20. Kd3 Bb2
21. Bc4 Ke7 22. Rb1 Rb7 23. Ne5 Rb6 24. Nc6+ Rxc6 25. Rxb2 Rb6 26. Re2 Rb1 27.
d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. f3 Nf6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Ne2 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Nd4 Qb7
15. Qe1 Bd7 16. g4 a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. Bd3 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 h5 21. f5 hxg4
22. fxe6 Nxe6 23. Nf5 Bb5 24. Bf2 Rh5 25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26. exd6 Bxd3+ 27. Rxd3 Rf5
28. Rg1 Ra4 29. Bg3 Rf3 30. Rd1 Qb5 31. Qe5 Re4 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc4 34.
d7+ Kd8 35. Rgd1 f5 36. Be1 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Bd3 b5 13. h3 h4 14. f4 Qc7 15.
Rhe1 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rh5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Be2 Rf5 21.
Bf3 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Rd3 Kf8 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. Re3 Bd6 26. Nd2 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4 a5 13. c5 Be7 14. Bb2 Ne6 15. Na4
Bf6 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Ne5 Nf4 18. f3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ng5 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Qd2 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bf7 25. Qxf5 Ne6 26. Qg4 d4 27. Rd1 Re8
28. h3 h5 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Nc4 Nxc5 32. bxc5 Bxc4 33. Qf2 Qe5 34.
Bxd4 Qe2 35. Qg1 Rd7 36. Re1 Qd3 37. Be5 Re7 38. Rd1 Qf5 39. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 g6 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rg2 f5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. c3
Qc6 22. Na5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Ng6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. Rfe1
Nf4 15. Nd4 a5 16. Nce2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd4 a4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re4 axb3
21. axb3 Ra2 22. Bc3 b5 23. Rd2 Be7 24. g3 c5 25. Rde2 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rd1 27. Be1
g5 28. c4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Rc2 Re4 32. Bd2 h5 33. Kf3 Rd4
34. g4 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 Rd3+ 36. Be3 Ra3 37. Rc1 Kd8 38. Ke2 Ra2+ 39. Kd3 Ra3+
40. Kc2 Ke8 41. Rh1 Ra2+ 42. Kb3 Re2 43. Ra1 Kd7 44. Kc3 Bf8 45. Kd3 Rb2 46.
Rd1 Ke8 47. Rd2 Rb3+ 48. Ke2 Be7 49. Ra2 Rc3 50. Ra4 Kd7 51. Kd2 Rb3 52. Ra8
Rb2+ 53. Kc3 Re2 54. Rg8 Ra2 55. Kd3 Ra3+ 56. Kc2 Ra2+ 57. Kb3 Re2 58. Rg7 Kd8
59. Ka4 Ra2+ 60. Kb3 Re2 61. Rh7 Ke8 62. Kc3 Ra2 63. Rh8+ Kd7 64. Rg8 Re2 65.
Kd3 Ra2 66. f3 Ra3+ 67. Ke4 Rc3 68. Rg7 Kd8 69. Bxg5 Rxc4+ 70. Ke3 Bxg5+ 71.
Rxg5 Rc3+ 72. Ke2 Kd7 73. f4 Rc4 74. Ke3 Rc3+ 75. Kd2 Rc4 76. f5 exf5 77. gxf5
Re4 78. e6+ Ke8 79. Rg8+ Ke7 80. Rg7+ Ke8 81. Rxc7 c4 82. Kc3 Rf4 83. Rf7 Re4
84. Kb4 Kd8 85. Rd7+ Ke8 86. Kc5 Rf4 87. Rc7 Kd8 88. Kd6 Rd4+ 89. Ke5 Rh4 90.
Rc5 Ke8 91. Rc6 Kd8 92. f6 Rh5+ 93. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qc1 Qg5 14. a3
Nc6 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. f4 Qd5 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nc5 Rhg8 20. Rg1 Qd6
21. Kf2 Kb8 22. Rgd1 Qe7 23. Bb5 Ne5 24. Nxd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 f5 13. c5 Bxb5 14. axb5 e4
15. c6 Nd7 16. Be2 Ne5 17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 Bf6 19. Kh1 b6 20. Ra2 Qc7 21. f4
Ng6 22. b3 Ne7 23. Bc4 Rae8 24. Re1 Nc8 25. Rae2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Qf7 27. Re6 Re8
28. Qe2 Kf8 29. Ba3 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qe7 31. Bd5 g6 32. Qc2 Qc7 33. Bb2 Qg7 34.
Bxf6 Qxf6 35. c7 Qd4 36. Bb7 Qxf4 37. Qc4 Qf2 38. Bxc8 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40.
Kf3 d5 41. Qf4 Qc3+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Na5 Nf4 15.
Nxb7 Qc7 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nxd6 Rcd8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxe5 21.
Qxe5 Bxd6 22. Qe4 Rfe8 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Re3 26. Bxa6 Rxf3 27.
b4 Re3 28. b5 Kf8 29. b6 Ke7 30. b7 Bb8 31. Bb5 Re5 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. Rd1+ Kc7
34. Rd7+ Kb6 35. Bd3 Rxg5 36. Rxf7 h5 37. Be4 Rg1+ 38. Ka2 g5 39. b4 g4 40.
Rf6+ Kc7 41. Rxf4 Kb6 42. Rf6+ Ka7 43. b5 Ra1+ 44. Kxa1 Be5+ 45. Ka2 Bxf6 46.
Kb3 Be5 47. h3 gxh3 48. Kc4 Kb6 49. Kd5 Bg3 50. c4 h2 51. Kd4 Bf2+ 52. Kd5 Bg3
53. Bh1 h4 54. Bg2 Bf4 55. Kd4 Bg3 56. Bc6 Bf2+ 57. Ke5 Kc5 58. Bd5 Bg3+ 59.
Ke6 h1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 a6 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. f3 Rc8 21.
e4 d6 22. Ne2 Rc6 23. b3 Kf8 24. a4 h6 25. h4 Nd7 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Nc2 Nc5 28.
Rb1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Na3 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nd3 33. Bd2 d5 34.
exd5 exd5 35. Rb3 Nc5 36. Rb5 Ne6 37. Bb4 d4 38. Bxe7+ Kxe7 39. Rb7+ Kf6 40.
Rd7 h5 41. f4 g6 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Ke2 Kg8 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. Rd5 Ke7 46. Ke4 Rc6
47. Kd3 Ra6 48. Nb5 Ra1 49. Nxd4 Ra3+ 50. Kd2 Rxg3 51. Nxe6 Kxe6 52. Rd4 Ra3
53. Rd3 Ra4 54. Kc3 Kf5 55. Rd7 f6 56. c5 Ra8 57. Rg7 Kxf4 58. Rxg6 Kf5 59. Rg7
Ke6 60. Kb4 f5 61. Rg6+ Kd5 62. Rd6+ Ke5 63. Rh6 f4 64. Rxh5+ Ke4 65. Rh7 Rf8
66. Re7+ Kd5 67. Rd7+ Kc6 68. Rd6+ Kc7 69. Kb5 f3 70. Rd1 Rb8+ 71. Kc4 Rh8 72.
Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 f5 13. Qb3 Rf7 14. Ng5 b6 15.
Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nf8 21.
Rf1 Ng6 22. Qc3 Be8 23. f3 Qd6 24. Ng3 exf3 25. Rxf3 Rxa2 26. Nf1 Ra8 27. Bf2
Nf4 28. Re1 Bh5 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Bg3 Qf7 31. Qxc6 Ra7 32. Bxc7 Rxc7 33. Qxb6
h6 34. Ng3 Rb7 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Rf1 Qe8 37. Qxe8 Bxe8 38. Rf2 Kg6 39. Ne2 Kg5
40. Nc3 Bc6 41. Rd2 h5 42. Kf2 h4 43. Ke3 Kg4 44. Rf2 g5 45. Kd3 Rb8 46. Nd1
Rb3+ 47. Nc3 Bb5+ 48. Kc2 Bc4 49. Rf3 Rb4 50. Nd1 Kh5 51. Ne3 Ba2 52. Rf6 Rxd4
53. Rh6+ Kxh6 54. Nf5+ Kh5 55. Nxd4 Bc4 56. b4 Kg4 57. Kd2 Kf4 58. b5 Bxb5 59.
Nxb5 h3 60. g4 Kxg4 61. Ke3 Kh4 62. Nd4 Kg4 63. Ne2 Kf5 64. Kf3 Ke5 65. Kg4 d4
66. Ng1 d3 67. Nxh3 d2 68. Nf2 Kd4 69. Nd1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a3 h6 11. Nc3 Bf8 12. Ba2 Nd4 13. Nh2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Ng4 Nf4 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. c3 Ne6 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. g3 h5 20. Nh2 h4 21. Qf5 Bd5 22.
Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nf3 Rbd8 24. gxh4 Qxd3 25. Qg4 Nc5 26. Bg5 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd6 28.
h5 Nf4 29. Re3 f5 30. Qh4 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Qd5 32. Kxe2 f4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxe8
Qd3+ 35. Ke1 Qxf3 36. Qe7 Rf6 37. h6 Qg2 38. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe5 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. c4 O-O 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bc3 Bb4 20. c5 Qb5 21.
Bxb4 Qxb4 22. a3 Qb3 23. Nd2 Qd3+ 24. Kc1 Rfd8 25. Nf3 Qb3 26. Qe2 Rd5 27. Ne5
Rad8 28. Rh3 Qa2 29. Rhd3 Nd7 30. f4 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Qc4+ 32. Kb1 Rxd4 33. Rxd4
Rxd4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Rxc5 37. Rxb7 Rxe5 38. Rxf7 Rxh5 39.
Rf4 Ra5 40. Re4 e5 41. Rc4 Kg6 42. Rxc6+ Kf5 43. b4 axb3 44. Kb2 e4 45. Kxb3 e3
46. Rc2 Re5 47. Re2 Ke4 48. Kc4 Rf5 49. a4 Rf2 50. Re1 Rxg2 51. Ra1 Rc2+ 52.
Kb3 Rc8 53. a5 e2 54. Kb4 Kf3 55. a6 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4
8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. O-O f5 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Qxe7+
Bxe7 15. dxc5 Bxd6 16. Rd1 Ke8 17. cxd6 Be6 18. Bg5 Kd7 19. Re1 h6 20. Be7 g5
21. Re5 Rhg8 22. a4 b6 23. b4 a6 24. Rc1 f4 25. c4 fxg3 26. hxg3 a5 27. c5 axb4
28. cxb6 Rxa4 29. Rce1 Bd5 30. Bf6 b3 31. b7 Rb4 32. Re7+ Kxd6 33. Rh7 c5 34.
Rxh6 Rxb7 35. Be5+ Ke7 36. Rd1 b2 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Rxb2 Rxb2 39. Bxb2 Ra2 40.
Bf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
Nh3 Qf6 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Nh5 Qg6 25. Ng3 Be6 26. Re1 Re7 27. Bxe6
fxe6 28. Re4 Rf7 29. Qe2 e5 30. Rg4 Qe6 31. f4 Qb3 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. dxe5 Nxe5
34. Re4 Nd7 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Ne5 37. Re4 Nd3 38. Rd4 Nf4 39. Kh2 Ne6 40.
Rd6 Nc5 41. Rd5 Rc7 42. c4 b6 43. Nf5 Ne4 44. Rd4 Nf6 45. g4 Rc5 46. Kg3 h5 47.
Ne3 hxg4 48. Nxg4 Nxg4 49. Kxg4 Ra5 50. Rd7 Rxa3 51. Rb7 Kh7 52. h5 Ra4 53. Kg5
Rxc4 54. Rxa7 Rc5+ 55. Kg4 Kh6 56. Ra6 Rg5+ 57. Kf4 Rb5 58. Ra7 Rxh5 59. Rb7
Rb5 60. Rd7 g6 61. Kg4 Rb4+ 62. Kg3 Kh5 63. Rh7+ Kg5 64. Rd7 Rb3+ 65. Kg2 b5
66. Rd5+ Kh4 67. Rd4+ Kh5 68. Rd5+ g5 69. Rd4 Rc3 70. Rb4 Rc5 71. Kg3 Kg6 72.
Rb1 Kf5 73. Rf1+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rf2 Rc6 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rc1 f6
21. b3 Rc3 22. Re2 a5 23. Bg3 a4 24. Be1 R3c6 25. c4 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 h5 20. f3 Bc5 21.
g4 Rad8 22. Nb3 g6 23. a3 Kg7 24. Qc4 Bd6 25. Qe2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qe7
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O a5 11. d4 c5 12. c3 b6 13. Qf2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rae8
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Rad1 g6 17. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Middelfart SIS-MH Masters"]
[Site "Middelfart"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O d5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Bb2 cxb4 14. axb4
Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Qxd2 16. Bc3 Qd8 17. b5 Na5 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. Qa3
Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qxa5 Qxa5 23. Rxa5 Kf8 24. Be2 Ke8 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26.
gxf3 Rb8 27. Rxa7 Rxb5 28. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Middelfart SIS-MH Masters"]
[Site "Middelfart"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {The idea of
this move is quite simple: Black want to meet move 7.Qg3 with f5} 7. Qg4 f5 8.
Qg3 Ne7 {Interesting, but very risky move.} ({As usual black continue} 8...
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 $13) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2 {Quite rare move} ({
Much more popular is move} 11. Kd1 {with possible continuation} Bd7 12. Qh5+ (
12. Nf3 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Ba4 14. Ne1 Qc7 15. h4 Nbc6 16. Bg5 O-O-O 17. Bf6 Rd7 18.
f4 Rg3 19. Rh3 Rxh3 20. gxh3 d3 21. Bxd3 d4 22. Ke2 Nd5 $132 {1-0 Ernst,
T-Akesson,J/Sverige (ch) 74/312 1998 (39)}) 12... Kd8 13. Ne2 dxc3 14. Qf3 Nbc6
15. Qxc3 Nxe5 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Ke1 e5 19. Nb5+ Bxb5 20. Bxb5 f4
21. g3 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rh8 $13 {0-1 Ernst,T-Brynell,S/SVE-ch Haninge 1997 (27)})
11... Nbc6 12. Qh5+ Ng6 $146 ({Worth considering} 12... Kd8 $5 {for example}
13. f4 (13. Bg5 $142 $5 dxc3 14. f4) 13... dxc3 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qh4 b6 16. Qf2
Ba6 17. h4 Kd7 18. Rh3 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Borovikov,V/UKR t-ch Alushta 2002 (18)
}) 13. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Re8] Anand taking advantage of the fact that Black's king
temporarily ( at least! ) stuck in the  centre.} (13. f4 dxc3 14. Nxc3 Nd4 $5
15. Kd2 Bd7 $132) 13... Qxe5 (13... dxc3 14. f4 $1) 14. f4 Qg7 (14... Qc7 $5)
15. h4 $5 {Important move, Anand wants to use this pawn for active operation
on the king side} (15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rb1 $14) 15... dxc3 16. Rd1
d4 (16... Rh8 $142 $5 17. Qf3 d4 18. h5 $140 Nge5 19. fxe5 Qxg5 20. Nxd4 Nxe5
$132) 17. Qf3 {[%cal Gh4h5]} (17. Qh6 Qxh6 18. Bxh6 $14 {[%csl Rd4]}) 17... e5
({Possibly, Black should have preferred} 17... a6 $5 {[%csl Rb5]} 18. g3 {
[%cal Gf1g2]} (18. h5 Nge5)) 18. Qd5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Nge7 (18... Qf7 $5 19.
Qxf7+ (19. Qd6 Qe6 20. fxe5 Ngxe5 21. Qxe6+ Bxe6 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 $14)
19... Kxf7 20. fxe5 Ngxe5 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 $36 {[%csl Gf1,Gg5,Gh4]}) 19.
Qd6 $1 {In return for the pawn, White get great attacking chances against
black's exposed king.} Bd7 ({Probably, the lesser evil for Black was} 19... Qf7
$5 20. fxe5 Rg6 21. Bf6 (21. Qc7 $5) 21... Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24.
Rxd4 $16) 20. Nxc3 $1 (20. fxe5 $5) 20... Nc8 (20... Rd8 21. Nb5 Bc8 22. Nc7+
Kf8 23. Qh6 $16) 21. Qc7 dxc3 22. Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2h5] The smoke has cleared,
and White has decisive attack.} Rh8 $8 23. fxe5 Qf7 $8 (23... Nxe5 24. Qd8+ Kf7
25. Rxd7+ Nxd7 26. Qxd7+ Kf8 (26... Kg8 27. Bc4+ Kh7 28. Qxf5+ Qg6 29. Qd7+ $18
) 27. Qxf5+ Qf7 28. Qc5+ $18) 24. Bc4 $1 $18 {Removing the only defender
standing between White's army and Black's king. Rest is simple} Qxc4 25. Qxd7+
Kf8 26. Qxf5+ Ke8 (26... Qf7 $142 27. Qd3 {[%cal Rh1f1]} Nxe5 28. Qxc3 Qe6 29.
O-O+ Kg7 30. Rde1 $18) 27. Qd7+ (27. Qg6+ $1) (27. Qd7+ Kf8 28. Rf1+) 1-0

[Event "Middelfart SIS-MH Masters"]
[Site "Middelfart"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 {
Favourite variation by Bobby Fischer;} 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 {[%mdl 4] One of
main lines in this variation by white; There is no clear conclusion of this
variation by opening theory- maybe this attracts white to play it; The
alternative, 9.Rb1, is well developed by theory;} Qa3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Be7
12. Kh1 $6 {12.Rae1 is much more aggresive, as you can find out from the game
mentioned below; In addition, black can't simplify the game by Nxe4 like here,
while black managed to escape anyhow;} (12. Rae1 h6 13. Bh4 Qb4 (13... Nxe4 $4
14. Rxe4 Bxh4 15. Ra4 Qb2 16. Rb1 $18) 14. Kh1 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. e5 Ne4 17.
Rxe4 Bxh4 18. Ra4 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qd8 20. Ne4 dxe5 21. fxe5 O-O {1/2-1/2
Gasiorowski,R-Sakharov,Y/Krakow 1969/EXT 2001 (29)}) 12... h6 $5 {Typical move
in this position- if white draws the Bishop now, black may simplify by Nxe4
blow;} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Black isn't suffering anymore after the trade of white
dark square Bishop;} 14. Rf3 Qb4 {Queen is just getting closer to its camp;}
15. e5 {Just the attempt to mess things up;} dxe5 16. a3 Qe7 17. f5 O-O {
White's attack is blown out, and black probably has decisive advantage already;
} 18. Raf1 Bg5 19. Qf2 exf5 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Rad8 {Black is just
bringing the undeveloped rook in;} 22. Ne4 Bf4 23. g3 Qe6 $1 {By this tricky
move, black is realeasing his bishop;} 24. Rf6 (24. Rh5 Qg6 25. Qf3 f5 26. Nec5
e4 $19) 24... Qd5 25. Qg2 Bg5 $19 26. R6f5 Be7 27. g4 f6 28. h4 {White
continues with 2 pawns down expecting for some miracle;} Qc4 29. g5 fxg5 30.
hxg5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 hxg5 {The position got more simplified; White doesn't have
any chances here, but bluffing;} 32. Rf2 Qe6 33. Nbd2 g4 34. Qg3 Nd4 {Just
bringing the knight in;} 35. c3 Nb5 36. Rg2 Nxa3 37. Qxg4 Qxg4 38. Rxg4 b5 {
White could resign here or even much earlier without making pointless moves;}
39. Nf3 Nc4 40. Rg6 a5 41. Re6 Bf8 42. Nfg5 Ra8 43. Rg6 Be7 44. Ne6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Middelfart SIS-MH Masters"]
[Site "Middelfart"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2003.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4
d6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. a5 Ne7 12. Be3 Ng6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ng3 Bc8 15.
Qe1 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nd2 h5 18. Ne2 h4 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Ng1 Ngf4 21. g3 Ng6
22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Ngf3 Rad8 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Nxg5 Rfe8 26. Nb3 Rd6 27. Nf3 Nf6
28. Nfd2 Rc6 29. Nc4 Rf8 30. Kg2 Ne8 31. Nbd2 Nd6 32. Ne3 Kf7 33. Ndc4 Ke7 34.
f3 Rh8 35. Rf2 Rh5 36. Rg1 Nh8 37. gxh4 Nxc4 38. Nxc4 Ng6 39. Kf1 Kf6 40. Rg5
Rh6 41. Rxg6+ Rxg6 42. f4 Rh6 43. Nxe5 Rd6 44. Ng4+ Kg6 45. Nxh6 Kxh6 46. Ke2
c4 47. dxc4 Rd4 48. b3 Rxe4+ 49. Kd3 Re1 50. Kd4 Ra1 51. Re2 Rxa5 52. Rxe6+ g6
53. c5 Ra2 54. Kd3 Kh5 55. Rc6 a5 56. Rxc7 a4 57. bxa4 Rxa4 58. Kc4 Kxh4 59. c6
Kg4 60. Kb3 Ra8 61. Rf7 Ra6 62. Rf6 g5 63. fxg5 Kxg5 64. c7 Ra8 65. Re6 Rc8 66.
Kxb4 1-0

[Event "Middelfart SIS-MH Masters"]
[Site "Middelfart"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. e3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Bc3 f5 15.
Kh1 Qe8 16. b3 Rf6 17. f4 Rh6 18. e4 Qg6 19. fxe5 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Middelfart SIS-MH Masters"]
[Site "Middelfart"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. c3 (10. Bf4 {- J.Polgar-Leko, Vienna 1996 CBM 55}) 10...
Qc7 (10... a6 11. dxc5 (11. Bf4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. Rd1 $2 Bxf4 $1 {and
Black gets too much for the Q!} 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Bxe6 O-O $1
$17 {with nasty threats on the e <-> against the K in the middle,
Drimer-Barcza, Budapest 1961.}) 11... Bxc5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Ngf3 Nbd5 14. O-O b5
15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 (18. Ba4+ Nd7 $13 ({but not} 
18... Bd7 $2 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Ne5 {and Black cannot escape from the pin.} N5b6
21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rd1 Bd6 23. Bf4 Rb6 24. Rxd6 $18 {Yandemirov-Bartels,
Haraklio op 1993})) 18... O-O $11) (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Ngf3 O-O 13.
O-O Bd7 14. Ne5 Ba4 $6 15. Bf4 Bxb3 {other moves give White tactical chances
based on the b3 B.} (15... Bd6 16. Nxe6 $1) (15... Qc8 16. Ng6 $16 {
Short-Adams, London rapid 1988}) 16. axb3 $14) 11. Bd2 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be3
O-O (12... Bd7 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qe5 {The _|_ can only be slightly better for
White.} Rc8 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. O-O-O Bc6 18. Nfd4 Ke7 19. Rhe1 Rc8
20. Nxc6+ bxc6 {Now at least Black's << P formation is corrupted.} 21. Nd4 $14
{Kotsur-Anastisian, Dubai op 2000}) (12... a6 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15.
Nd3 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O $11 (16... Nxc3 $4 {loses to} 17. Rc1 $18 {1-0 T.
Bauer-Kallai, Szekszard 1993})) 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qe5 Nbd7 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 {
This _|_ cannot be worse for Black.} 16. Ne5 b6 17. Ne2 Ba6 18. Nd4 Rfd8 19. f3
Nfd7 20. Nec6 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Re8 22. Kc2 N7c5 23. Rhd1 Nf2 24. Rd2 Bd3+ 25. Kc1
e5 $11 {Yandemirov-Burmakin, St.Petersburg 1996}) (11. Ne5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ {
is not a good isolani for White.} 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Bd7 15. Rc1 Qd6 16.
Ngf3 O-O 17. O-O {1/2:1/2 Schmid-Petrosian, FRG-SU Hamburg 1960}) (11. Be3 {
This doesn't look very impressive.} Nbd5 (11... Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5
14. Ne5 Nbd5 15. Ngf3 Nf4 16. Qf1 O-O 17. O-O-O b5 $132 {Dvoirys-Kharitonov,
SU-ch U20 Vilnius 1984}) 12. Ne5 a6 13. Ngf3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bc2 b6 16. Nc4
Be7 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Kruppa-Vyzmanavin, SU-ch U26 Lvov 1985}) (
11. Nh3 $5 Bd6 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bf4 {Now White has won
an important tempo.} Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rd4 a5 18.
a3 a4 19. Ba2 {Black has weakened his << without getting anything for it.} Nbd7
20. Nf4 Nc5 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 {Here the _|_ is better for
White because of the weaknesses on the <<.} Ba6 24. h4 Rfc8 25. Rd6 $16 {
Adams-Vyzmanavin, Elenite 1993}) 11... a6 (11... Be7 12. Ne5 (12. O-O-O O-O)
12... cxd4 (12... Nbd7 13. Ngf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 {looks clearly better for White.}
Nd5 15. c4 Nb6 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Nc8 18. O-O a6 19. Qe4 Na7 20. Qg4 $16 {
Thipsay-Mohota, Commonwealth 2003}) 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Ngf3 Bd7) (11... Bd6 12.
Ne5 Bd7 13. Ngf3 O-O 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Ba4 {and White has no real
attacking chances compensating the weakness of d4.} 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Bxa4 Nxa4
18. Nc4 Rac8 19. Nfe5 Nb6 20. b3 Nbd5 $15 {J.Polgar-Karpov, Alma-Ata m3 blitz
1995}) 12. Ne5 Bd7 (12... cxd4 {immediately creating an isolated P looks
better:} 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Nxd7 (15. Ngf3 Bb5) 15... Nbxd7 16. Nf3
Be7 17. O-O O-O $11) 13. Ngf3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 $1 {Now White can already avoid
the isolani!} Bd6 $6 (14... Bc5 {was better, for example:} 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 $1 (
15... Nbxd7 16. Bxe6 $1 $16) 16. Nf3 Qc6 {/\ Qe4}) 15. Nxd7 Nbxd7 (15... Nfxd7
16. Nf5 Be5 17. f4 $36) 16. Nf5 $1 Bf4 $2 (16... O-O 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. O-O Nc5
19. Bc2 $14 {White's strong ^^ has a bright perspective.}) (16... Bf8 $1 {
is not a move which can easily made by a human!} 17. Rd1 (17. O-O O-O-O) 17...
O-O-O $13) 17. Bxf4 (17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Nh5 {- 17.Bf4}) 17... Qxf4
18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Qe4+ {Otherwise White is a healthy P up.} (
20... Nf6 21. Qc5+ Kg7 22. O-O $16) 21. Qe2 Qxg2 22. O-O-O Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Nf6 24.
f4 $1 {White has a lead of development, the black K is in the middle, so let's
open up the position!} Qc5 (24... Qxf4 $2 {opens the f <-> for the R.} 25. Rhf1
Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe6 Ke7 28. Bxf7 Rhf8 29. Rde1 $18) 25. Qf3 Qc7 $2 (
25... Rb8 26. Rhg1) 26. Qe3 $1 Rg8 27. f5 $1 $18 e5 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Rhe1 e4
30. Bc2 Rg4 {[#]} 31. Bxe4 $1 {Destroying the last defensive wall.} Nxe4 32.
Rxe4+ $1 Rxe4 33. Qg5+ Ke8 (33... Kf8 34. f6 $1 $18 {is the point!}) 34. f6 $1
1-0

[Event "Basque Country-World Advanced"]
[Site "Santurtzi"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.05.01"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. dxc5 Qf6 8. Qd4
Nb4 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd1 Bxc5 11. a3 Nd5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Nbd2 Nd7
15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Rac1 O-O 17. b4 Be7 18. Nh4 Rfd8 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. g4 Ra8 21. Nc4
N7b6 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. Rhd1 a5 24. bxa5 Na4 25. Ba1 Rxa5 26. Bb1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Bxa3 29. f4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Basque Country-World Advanced"]
[Site "Santurtzi"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.05.01"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Nf3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. b4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Bh4 e5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Be2 e4 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Rd1 g5 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bg3
Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. O-O b5 24. h3 Rcd8 25. Rfe1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qc2 a6
28. a4 Qb2 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30. axb5 axb5 31. Re5 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Nc4 33. Rxb5 Nd2
34. h4 g4 35. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Basque Country-World Blindfold"]
[Site "Santurtzi"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.05.01"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Qe1 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 dxc5 16. f3 Red8 17. Na4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Qc3 c4 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21.
Bxb6 Bc5+ 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kf1 h6 24. b4 cxb3 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27.
cxb3 Bxb3 28. Rd7 Be6 29. Rxb7 Rxa5 30. Ra7 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Ra2 32. Ke3 a5 33. h4
a4 34. Ra5 a3 35. h5 Ra1 36. Kd2 a2 0-1

[Event "Basque Country-World Blindfold"]
[Site "Santurtzi"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.05.01"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. g3 Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg2 Rfd8 14. Nf3 a5
15. h4 a4 16. a3 b5 17. Qe4 b4 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Bf1 Rd4 21. Qe2 h6
22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. c3 Rd5 24. Qe4 Na6 25. Qxa4 Ng6 26. Bxa6 Nxe5 27. Qe4 Nd3 28.
Bxd3 Rxa1 29. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Basque Country-World Rapid"]
[Site "Santurtzi"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.05.01"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
h6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Nb5 Ke7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O a6
15. Nc3 b5 16. e4 Qb6 17. Qe2 Rhd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Nxd5+ Bxd5 21.
Be4 Nc5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc3 Rad8 24. Qc2 Nd3 25. Rc6 Qa5 26. Rc7+ Kf8 27. Rb7
Kg8 28. Qe2 Qa4 29. g3 Qg4 30. Qe3 Nxb2 31. Nh4 Nc4 32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. Nxf3 Rd3
34. Kg2 Rxa3 35. Re1 Rb3 36. Re4 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Nd2+ 38. Ke3 Nxe4 39. Kxe4 Rd2
40. Ke3 Rb2 41. Ra7 Ra2 42. Rb7 h5 43. h4 g6 44. f3 Ra4 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb6 b4
47. g4 a5 48. Rb7 hxg4 49. fxg4 b3 50. Rxb3 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Basque Country-World Rapid"]
[Site "Santurtzi"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.05.01"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 13. Rac1 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qa8 15.
Bxd7 Rxd7 16. Na4 Bxf3 17. Nxb6 Qb7 18. exf3 Rc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rd8 21.
Kg2 Bf6 22. Qf4 Rcd7 23. Rcd1 Bg7 24. h4 Bf8 25. h5 e6 26. R5d3 d5 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Rh1 Bg7 29. Qh4 d4 30. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Qh5 {Few days later Anand played differently
against Kramnik, but only to repeat a well-known variation and agree to a
quick draw. Sveshnikov Sicilian is a tough nut to crack...} (17. a4 Ne7 18.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bc2 d5 21. Bb3 f4 22. Nxd5 Rd7 23. Nb4 Rxd1 24.
Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Raxd1 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2003. It might appear
that players consumed a lot of energy and agreed to a draw due to lack of time.
In fact things are simpler. They repeated the variation from the game
Topalov-Leko, Istanbul Olympiad 2000, which reached the same position and
continued until move ...87. Topalov was trying to win, but in vain. However,
in Anand's situation it must be said that fighting for another 50 moves,
trying to convert a very slight advantage isn't exactly someone's wish after
two loses in a row in previous rounds of Dortmund. Possibly this is the reason
of choosing the variation.}) 17... Raf7 18. Rad1 {In this particular position
White normally plays 18.Bc2. But it makes no difference, since soon they reach
same positions.} (18. Bc2 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rad1 {is the position from
the game after 20.Bc2.}) 18... Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bc2 e4 $146 {A novelty,
the usual move is first 20...Kh8. However, all these positions are very
similar and equal.} (20... Kh8 21. Rfe1 Rf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rh6 24. Qf3
Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Lalic,B/Zadar 1997.}) (20... Rf6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5
Rh6 23. Qf3 e4 24. Qe3 Qh4 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Be5 27. Rfd1 Rb8 28. R1d2 {
1/2-1/2 Coleman,P-Gullaksen,E/North Sea tt 1st Br04 corr 1998}) 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 Kh8 23. f4 (23. a3 Be5 24. f4 exf3 25. Rxf3 (25. Qxf3 Qg5 $11) 25...
Rg7 $1 26. Rxf5 (26. Bxf5 $2 Rg5 27. Qh3 Rgxf5 28. Rxf5 Bd4+ {[%cal Ge7e1]} 29.
Kf1 Re8 $19) 26... Rxf5 27. Qxf5 Qh4 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Qxe5 Qe7 $11) 23... b4
24. cxb4 Bxb2 25. Bb3 Ba3 {The position is absolutely equal. Anand tried to
prove that pawn f5 is a weakness, but it's too late here to fight for real
advantage.} 26. Qd1 Qa7+ 27. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Re7 29. Kf2 (29. Rxd6 e3 $132
(29... a5 $11)) 29... a5 (29... Rf6 $5) 30. Rxd6 (30. bxa5 $2 Bc5 $17) 30...
Bxb4 31. Rd5 Kg7 32. Ke2 Rf6 33. Rc1 Rg6 (33... h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 34. h4 Kh7
{[%cal Ge7g7]}) 34. g3 Rh6 35. h4 Rg6 36. Rxf5 {Now pawn e4 will be lost
sooner or later, but in the game with little material left Black achieved a
draw without major efforts. Still it is quite impressive that White could
achieve this and in fact force Black to play precisely later on.} Rxg3 37. Rg5+
Rxg5 38. hxg5 h6 (38... e3 $2 39. f5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc1c8]}) 39. gxh6+ Kxh6
40. Rc6+ Kh7 41. Ke3 Rg7 (41... Kg7 42. f5 $36) 42. Be6 Rg3+ 43. Kxe4 Rc3 44.
Bc4 Rh3 45. Ra6 $6 (45. f5 {Unclear why Anand didn't play this natural advance.
The only chance for White to set problems was to advance the f-pawn.}) 45...
Rh6 46. Be6 Rh4 47. Ra7+ Kg6 48. Bf7+ Kf6 {No more problems for Black with the
king on f6.} 49. Bb3 Bd6 50. Rf7+ Kg6 51. Rf5 Rh1 52. Rd5 Re1+ 53. Kf3 Bb4 54.
Bc4 Kf6 55. Rb5 Rd1 56. Rb6+ Rd6 57. Rb7 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Kalashnikov variation.  After my
game against Kramnik I decided to change oppening.} 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 $5 {
Interesting , normally Anand likes to play N1c3.} Be7 7. b3 $5 {Now white
wants to develop black squared bishop to a3 and to exploit black's weakness on
d6.} f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bd3 {Trying to exchange blacks white squared bishop.
But black avoids.} e4 $5 10. Be2 a6 {Forcing white to move back.} 11. N5c3 Bf6
$1 {Now it looks good for Black.} 12. O-O Nge7 13. a3 $1 {Interesting plan.
Now rook transfers from a1 to much more better position on d2. As well any Nb4
are prevented.} O-O {Interesting and fighting continuation. Another possible
game continuation was : d5!?} 14. Ra2 {Now rook came into the play by original
way.} Qa5 $5 {With the idea to transfer queen to e5 and then to try some
active actions in the centre.} 15. b4 Qe5 16. Re1 $1 {Played very quickly. And
seems like the best.Anand is trying to exploit queen's position on e5.} b5 $5 {
The most aggressive answer. Now centre is attacked and white has to decide
what to do!} (16... Kh8 $6 {This was dubious in view of :} 17. Bg4 $1 Bg6 (
17... g6 18. Bh6 Rfd8 19. Rd2 $14) 18. Rae2 d5 (18... Bg5 19. Nxe4 Bxc1 20.
Qxc1 Nd4 21. Re3 Qf4 22. f3 $16) 19. Nxd5 $6 (19. cxd5 $1 Rad8 20. Rd2 $1 $16)
19... Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qa1 $13) (16... Rac8 {With the idea to play Nd4.} 17. Bg4
Nd4 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rxe4 (19. Nxe4 Rxc4 20. Nbd2 Rc7 $13) 19... Rxc4 $17) 17.
cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 (18. Nxb5 d5 $5 (18... Nxb4 19. axb4 Rxa2 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21.
Bxa2 Qxb5 22. Qxd6 Ng6 $13)) 18... Nd4 $2 {Practically interesting but
cybernetically( for computer ) bad.} (18... Qe6 $5 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qd5 Qxd5
21. Nxd5 Ne5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 $44) 19. Bf1 $2 (19. Bc4+ $1 d5 20. Nxd5 $3 Nxd5
21. Bb2 $1 Kh8 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd5 Rae8 25. Rd2 Bb6 26. Rde2
Re5 $1 $13 {Keeping some interesting chances.}) 19... d5 20. Rd2 $1 {Logical
move, now whites pressure looks dangerous.} Be6 $1 {Very strong move! Now
centre is controlled and Black is OK.} 21. f4 (21. Bb2 $5 Qf4 (21... Nec6 $5 {
Now it is not easy for white to find a plan.} 22. Nb5 Qf4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24.
Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Bg4 27. Rd2 Bxd1 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Rxd1 Rc2
30. Bb5 Rac8 $15) 22. Nxe4 (22. Rxd4 $4 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxd4 $19) 22... dxe4 23.
Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Rdxe4 Raf8 27. Bd3 Bd5 28. Nd2 Ng6 29.
Qe2 Qxe2 30. Bxe2 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rf5 $14) 21... Qxf4 22. Rf2 $1 (22. Rxd4 $4 {
Is never good.} Qf2+ $19) 22... Qxf2+ $3 (22... Qh4 23. Rf4 $1 Qg5 24. Rfxe4
$18) 23. Kxf2 Nb5 $3 {Fantastic move. Now Black is out of any danger.} (23...
Nc2 24. Kg1 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Nxe1 26. Qxe1 Bf2 27. Qd1 $18) (23... Bh4+ 24. Kg1
Bf2+ 25. Kh1 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 $18) 24. Kg1 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Bxc3 26. Bb5 (26. Re3 Be5
$44) (26. Bd2 $5 Bd4+ (26... Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Rxa3 28. Qb2 $1 Raa8 29. Qe5 Rf6 30.
b5 $14) 27. Be3 Bxe3+ (27... Bc3 $2 28. Bc5 $16) 28. Rxe3 Nf5 29. Rh3 (29. Re1
Rxa3 $15) 29... d4 $1 {And now it looks unpleasent to play with white.} 30. a4
d3 31. a5 Rab8 32. Qe1 Bd5 $13) 26... Bxe1 (26... Rfb8 $5 27. a4 (27. Be2 Bxe1
28. Qxe1 Nf5 $13) 27... Bxb4 28. Bd2 Bd6 $13) 27. Qxe1 Nf5 (27... Rfb8 {
As well here it was possible.}) 28. Bb2 Rac8 $5 (28... Rf7 {This move was
worth considering.} 29. Qf2 Nd6 30. Qc5 Nxb5 31. Qxb5 Rc8 $13) 29. Ba4 $1 {
Preventing black's rook from coming to the second rank.} Rf7 30. h3 $6 (30. Bb3
$1 {Was much better than the text.} h5 (30... Nd6 $13 31. a4 Kf8 32. b5 Ke8 $13
) (30... Re7 $1 {This was the best answer, and I wanted to play this move.} 31.
g4 $5 (31. Qf2 Nd6 (31... e3 32. Qf3 Rcc7 $13) 32. Qb6 Nc4 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34.
Qd6 Kf7 $13) 31... Nd6 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Qd2 e3 $11) 31. b5 $14) 30... h5 $1 {
Preparing h5-h4 and Nf5-g3.} 31. b5 h4 32. Be5 {Preventing Ng3 and trying to
support passed pawn on b5.} d4 $2 (32... Rb7 $1 33. Kf2 (33. Qa5 e3 34. Qa6
Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Re7 $19) 33... e3+ 34. Kf3 d4 $17) 33. b6 $2 (33. Qxe4 $1 Rc1+ 34.
Kh2 Ne3 35. Qxh4 Rff1 36. Qd8+ Rf8 $11) 33... e3 $1 34. Kh2 d3 35. Qb4 e2 36.
Bc3 Rxc3 $1 {Simplest.} 37. Qxc3 Ng3 38. b7 Rxb7 39. Qa5 (39. Qd4 Rb8 $19) (39.
Qe5 Rb1 $19) 39... Rb8 $1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Rd8
(14... O-O {is the main line.}) 15. Qe2 (15. Nc4 {deserves attention as well.}
Qd5 (15... Qb5 16. Bc7 Rc8 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 {and White
obtains some space advantage in the _|_.} Nb6 20. Bc5 Kd7 21. Rh4 Kc7 22. Ne4
$14 {Timman-Larsen, Amsterdam 1980}) 16. Rhe1 (16. f3 Nb6 17. Ne5) 16... c5 (
16... O-O 17. Ne3 $1 (17. Nf5 Qxf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rxe7 Rfe8 {and >< h5
remains a target.}) 17... Qa5 (17... Qb5 18. Qxb5 cxb5 19. d5 $14 {opening up
the position for the active pieces.}) 18. Nef5 Bb4 19. c3 exf5 20. cxb4 Qxb4
21. Nxf5 $14 {with nasty threats on the >>, >< g7, h6.}) 17. dxc5 Qxd3 18. Rxd3
Nxc5 (18... Bxc5 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd6 $16) 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Rd1+ $14) 15... O-O {[#]} 16. Ng6 $1 Rfe8 ({accepting the sacrifice leads to
sad consequences for Black.} 16... fxg6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 (17... Kh7 18. hxg6+ Kxg6
19. Qxe7 $16) 18. hxg6 $1 {This is the point!} (18. Qxe7 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qxa2+ 20.
Kxa2 Nxe7 21. Bb4 c5 (21... Rf7 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Ne4 $16) 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23.
dxc5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxf2 25. Rd7 $14 {Tal}) 18... Ng8 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Rxh6+
Nxh6 21. Qxe7 Nf7 (21... Nf6 22. g7+ (22. Rh1 Kg8 {Cimmino-Franz, corr 1995})
22... Kg8 23. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Qxb7 $16 {Bologan}) 22. Rh1+ Kg8 (22... Kg7 23.
Rh7+ Kxg6 24. Qe4+ Kf6 25. Nh5+ $16) 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Nh5+ $16) 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7
18. Rd3 (18. c4 $142 {looks even better!} Ree8 19. Qf3 $1 Qa6 20. Rc1 b5 21. c5
{White gives up the vutal d5 square, but he has good attacking chances on the
>>, while Black has nothing on the other flank. The Q on a6 is also out of
play.} Nd5 $2 (21... b4 $5) 22. Ne4 Qa4 23. Rhd1 e5 24. Be3 $1 (24. Bxe5 Nxe5
25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Nd6 Rd7 27. Qh3 Rc7 $11) 24... Re6 (24... Re7 25. Nd6 Nb4 26.
a3 Nd5 27. Nf5 $16) 25. Nd6 Rf6 26. Qg3 Nf4 27. b3 (27. Bxf4 $16) 27... Qb4 28.
Bd2 Qa3 29. dxe5 Nxh5 30. Qh4 $18 {Tseshkovsky-Dreev, RUS-ch 2003}) 18... Ree8
19. Rhd1 (19. Ra3 Qd5 20. Rxa7 b5 21. c3 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. a3 b4 $1 $132)
19... Qd5 $5 (19... c5) 20. Rg1 $1 b5 (20... Nxh5 $2 21. Bxh6 $1 Nxg3 22. Rxg3
$16) (20... Qa5 $5 21. Ra3 (21. c4 b5 $1) 21... Qd5 $1 (21... Qb6 22. Rd1 (22.
Rb3 Qxd4 23. Bc7 Ra8) 22... c5 $13) 22. Rxa7 b5 $44) 21. Qd2 a5 $6 {This plan
is a bit slow.} (21... Nxh5 $2 {opens the lines against his own K.} 22. Bxh6 $1
gxh6 (22... Nxg3 23. Rxg3 $16) 23. Qxh6 Ng7 24. Rh1 $1 f6 25. Ne4 Kf7 (25...
Qxe4 26. Rg3 $18) 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Qg6+ Ke7 28. Rh7 Rdf8 29. Nc3 $1 {There is
no need to hurry taking back the piece immediately.} (29. Rxg7+ Rxg7 30. Qxg7+
Rf7 31. Qg4 Rh7 32. b3 Rh1+ 33. Kb2 Qxd4+ 34. c3 Qd1 $14) 29... Qxd4 30. Rd3
$18) ({fighting back in the [+] by} 21... c5 $1 {was required.} 22. dxc5 (22.
Bc7 c4 $1) 22... Qxc5 23. Rd1 (23. Be3 Qc6 24. Rd6 Qc7 25. Rd1 Nd5 $15) 23...
Qc6 24. Be5 Nd5 $13) 22. Ne2 $1 (22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 {is now met by} Ng4 $1
24. Qf4 Ngf6 $15) 22... b4 $6 (22... Nxh5 $2 23. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Qxh6 $18) (
22... Qxh5 $6 23. Rh3 (23. g4 $5 Qh4) 23... Qf5 (23... Qg6 24. Bxh6 $1 (24. f3
$5 Qh7 $13 (24... Nb6 25. Bxh6)) 24... gxh6 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. Rh1 h5 27. f3 Ndf6
28. Qxa5 $14) 24. g4 $1 (24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Qh7 26. Qc1 Qf5 27. Qh6 Qh7 $11
) 24... Qg6 (24... Qd5 25. Bxh6 $16) 25. g5 $40) (22... c5 $1 {was again the
best answer.} 23. Nc3 $5 (23. Bxh6 Ne4 $17) (23. g4 c4 24. Rh3 e5 $1 $17) (23.
dxc5 Qxc5 24. g4 Rc8 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Ne4 27. Qc1 Ne5 28. Re3 {Bologan} (
28. Rd4 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 g6 30. hxg6 Qxc2+ 31. Ka1 Nxg6 $11) 28... Nxf2 29. Rc3
Qd5 30. h6 Ne4 31. Rh3 Ng6 32. hxg7 Qf5 33. Rhh1 Nxg5 34. Rxg5 Rxc2 $132) 23...
Qxh5 24. g4 {White grabs his chances on the >>, he has to open lines at any
cost.} Qg6 (24... Qh4 25. g5 $40) (24... Nxg4 $2 25. dxc5 $18) 25. g5 (25. dxc5
b4 26. Na4 Ne4 27. Qe3 e5 $17) 25... cxd4 (25... b4 26. Ne2 hxg5 27. Bxg5 $13)
26. Qd1 $1 (26. Rxd4 $2 e5 $19) (26. Ne2 Ne4 27. Qxa5 hxg5 $13) 26... Nc5 $1 (
26... hxg5 27. Rxg5 Qh7 28. Rxd4 b4 29. Be5 $1) 27. gxf6 (27. gxh6 Nxd3 28.
Rxg6 fxg6 29. Qxd3 dxc3 30. Qxg6 Rd1+ 31. Bc1 Re7 $15) 27... Qxf6 28. Bxh6 Qxh6
29. Rxd4 Qf6 30. Nxb5 Rxd4 $11) 23. g4 Ne4 (23... c5 {is now late:} 24. dxc5
Qxc5 25. g5 Ne4 26. Qc1 hxg5 27. Bxg5 f6 28. Bh6 Re7 29. Nf4 $16) 24. Qe3 Ng5 (
24... Nb6 $5 25. b3) 25. Rc1 (25. b3 $2 a4 $17) (25. Bxg5 $5 {deserves
attention} hxg5 (25... Qxg5 26. f4 Qd5 27. g5 $16) 26. h6 (26. f4 gxf4 27. Nxf4
(27. Qxf4 e5) 27... Qg5 $13) 26... g6 27. f4 gxf4 28. Qxf4 $36) 25... Nb6 (
25... a4 {is countered by} 26. c4 $1 Qa5 (26... bxc3 27. Nxc3) 27. c5 {and the
Q is cut off the >>.} Nh7 (27... Nf6 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Rd5 30. Qh4 $14)
28. g5 hxg5 29. Bxg5 f6 30. Bh4 e5 31. Rg1 exd4 32. Qg3 Re7 33. Nxd4 $18) 26.
b3 a4 $2 {Now White's -> is improving by every tempo.} ({The cautious} 26...
Qb5 {looked better} 27. c4 bxc3 28. Nxc3 Qa6 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Ne4 Nd5 31. Qf3
a4 $1 (31... f6 32. Nc5 $14) 32. Nc5 Qa7 33. Nxa4 Nf4 $132) (26... Ra8 {
was also possible:} 27. Bc7 $1 Nc8 28. c4 $1 Qd7 (28... bxc3 29. Nxc3 Qd7 30.
Bf4 $16) 29. Bf4 Nh7 (29... a4 $2 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qxg5 axb3 32. Rxb3 Qa7 33.
Rc2 $16) 30. Ng3 (30. g5 hxg5 31. Bxg5 a4 $132) 30... a4 31. Ne4 Qa7 $13) 27.
Bc7 $1 Qa5 28. f4 $1 {This is the point! White wants to continue his -> on the
>>, the exchange is not so important.} (28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Nf4 (29. c4 bxc3 $44)
29... Ra8 30. Rd2 Nd5 31. Nxd5 cxd5 (31... Qxd5 32. Re2 Nf3 33. Rd1 c5 34. Qe4
Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Nxd4) 32. f3 Rc8 $44) 28... Nh7 29. g5 $1 {This is the
consequent follow-up.} (29. d5 $5 axb3 30. cxb3 Ra8 31. a4 (31. Rd2 Nxd5 32.
Bxa5 Nxe3 33. Bxb4) 31... exd5 (31... Nxd5 32. Bxa5 Nxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxa5 34. Nd4
$16) 32. Qxb6 Qxb6 33. Bxb6 Rxe2 34. Rxc6 Nf6 35. Rd4 $14 {is a better _|_ but
White certainly wants more.}) (29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. c4 $5 (30. f5 Nd5 31. Qf2 Ra8
32. Rd2 exf5 33. Qxf5 Nhf6) 30... bxc3 31. Rcxc3 $44) 29... hxg5 (29... Ra8 $5
30. Bxb6 Qxb6 31. gxh6 (31. Rg1 Kh8) 31... gxh6 32. Rg1+ Kh8 33. Qe5+ f6 34.
Qe4 axb3 35. Rxb3 $14) 30. fxg5 Rd7 (30... axb3 31. cxb3 Ra8 32. Qd2 Qa7 33.
Bxb6 Qxb6 34. g6 Nf6 $14) 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32. Rg1 (32. g6 Nf6 33. h6 fxg6 34. Qg5
axb3 35. cxb3 Qb5 36. Qxg6 Qf5 $13) 32... axb3 33. cxb3 Qa5 34. g6 fxg6 $2 {
opening the lines against his own K cannot be good.} (34... Nf6 $1 {was the
only defence:} 35. gxf7+ (35. h6 fxg6 (35... Qf5 $5 36. gxf7+ (36. Ng3 Qxg6 37.
Ne2 Qe4 $1 38. Qxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Nf4 Red8) 36... Rxf7 {- 35.gf}) 36.
Rxg6 Qf5 37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. hxg7 Nd5 $13) 35... Rxf7 36. h6 Qf5 $1 37. hxg7 (
37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. hxg7 Nd5) 37... Nd5 (37... Rxg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Kb2 $14)
38. Qd2 Ree7 39. Kb2 Rxg7 40. Rdg3 $14) 35. hxg6 $18 Nf6 36. Rg5 $1 Rd5 37. Re5
$1 Ng4 (37... Ra8 38. Nc1 Ng4 39. Qh3 $16) 38. Rxe6 $1 {That was an effective
R manoeuvre.} Rf8 (38... Nxe3 39. Rxe8#) 39. Qh3 Nh6 40. Rxc6 Rdf5 41. d5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bc2 d5
21. Bb3 f4 22. Nxd5 Rd7 23. Nb4 Rxd1 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Raxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Qc7 {Anand is not hesitating to
sacrifice a tempo in order to get the main motive of counterplay with the push
b7-b5.} 12. Kb1 (12. g4 h6 13. Be3 e5 14. Nf5 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Rc8
17. Rhg1 $14) 12... O-O 13. h4 b5 14. a3 $6 {White was certainly not happy
about the need to calculate with b4 by the each move, opening the position in
front of the own king is even worse.} (14. g4 b4 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Qh2 Nxb3 17.
axb3 Bd7 $132) 14... Rb8 $1 15. h5 (15. g4 $5) 15... h6 (15... b4 16. axb4 Rxb4
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 exd5 19. Qxb4 dxe4 20. h6 g6 21. fxe4 $14) 16. Be3 (16.
Bh4 Re8 17. g4 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 exd5 21. Qxb4 dxe4 $13)
16... e5 $1 17. Nf5 (17. Nde2 Nxb3 18. cxb3 b4 $1 19. axb4 Be6 20. Rc1 Qb7 21.
g4 d5 $19) 17... Bxf5 18. exf5 Nxb3 19. cxb3 b4 20. axb4 (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
bxa3 22. bxa3 Rb5 23. Qd3 d5 24. a4 Rb7 $17) 20... Rxb4 {Exactly this was
never supposed to heappen, Anand has managed to open up the queenside and also
to double the white pawns on the b file.} 21. Qc2 (21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Rfb8
23. Rd3 R4b5 24. Qe4 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Qa8+ Rb8 27. Qxa6 Qc3 28. Qe2 d5
$19) 21... Qb7 22. g4 (22. Ka2 Rb8 $19) 22... Rxb3 23. g5 Rb8 $1 24. Bc1 (24.
Na4 Nd5 25. Bc1 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Nc3+ 27. Nxc3 Rxb2+ $19) 24... hxg5 25. h6 (25.
Rd3 d5 26. h6 gxh6 27. Rxh6 Kg7 28. Rh2 d4 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Rxd3 31. Qxd3
Rh8 $19) 25... Qxf3 {Black is already enjoying three spare pawns and a bonus
of an enormous pressure along the b file, the game is decided.} 26. Ka1 (26.
hxg7 Rxc3 27. Qh2 Qe4+ 28. Ka2 Nh5 29. Qxh5 Qa4+ 30. Kb1 Qc2+ 31. Ka2 Ra3+ 32.
Kxa3 Qb3#) 26... Bf8 27. hxg7 Bxg7 28. Rhg1 (28. Qh2 Qxf5 $19) 28... g4 29.
Rxd6 R3b6 30. Rd3 (30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Qd2 Rb8 32. Qg5 Qc6 $19) 30... Qc6 31.
Rdg3 Rb4 32. Qe2 a5 33. Qxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Naiditsch was busy calculating
complicated jumps of the knight on f6, but he completely forgot about the
untypical catching of the queen in the middle of the board.} (33. Qe1 Qb7 34.
R3g2 a4 $19) 33... Re8 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Kb1 g6 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Na4 Be6 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. Qd2 Rc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Rc8 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. c4 f6 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Nd2 Rf7 26. Rc1 {[%mdl 4] The
whole line became very fashionable in the last few months, black is certainly
proving the ability to use his chances.} (26. c5 $5 Rd8 27. cxd6 Bxd6 28. Bg5
Rdf8 29. Bh6 Nf4 30. Qb3 Rd8 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Ne4 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Lautier,J/Aix
les Bains 2003/ (54)}) 26... Qf5 27. Rc3 (27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. a4 Nf4 $11) 27...
b5 28. b3 (28. cxb5 Rxc3 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. bxc3 axb5 31. Kc2 Nf6 $15) 28... Qh3
(28... b4 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Rc2 Nf4 31. Ne4 $11) 29. Rgc1 (29. cxb5 Rxc3 30.
Qxc3 axb5 $17) 29... bxc4 (29... b4 30. R3c2 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Qe3 (32. c5
dxc5 33. Ne4 Qxf3 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 $17) 32... Rd4 33. Ne4 a5 $15) 30. Rxc4 Ra8 (
30... Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Qxh2 32. Qxa6 Ng3 $15) 31. Ra4 Bf8 {Strangely enough black
is well prepared to exploit his chances on the kingside to the maximum.} (31...
Qxh2 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Qxa6 Ng3 $15) 32. a3 (32. Rxa6 e4 $1 33. Nxe4 (33. Qb5
Rxa6 34. Qxa6 exf3 $17) 33... Rxa6 34. Qxa6 Qxf3 35. Ng5 Qxe3 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 $17
) 32... Nf6 33. Bg5 (33. Rxa6 Rxa6 34. Qxa6 Nxd5 $17) (33. Rc6 Qxh2 34. Raxa6
Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Nh5 36. Ra4 Qh1+ $15) 33... Qxh2 34. Rh4 Qg2 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36.
Rg4 $2 {Leko has missed the golden chance to force his dangerous opponent into
move repetition.} (36. Qe3 $1 Qg3 (36... Rf4 37. Rxf4 exf4 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Rc7
Qg1+ (39... Qg5 40. Ne4 Qg1+ 41. Kc2 Qg2+ 42. Kc3 Qxf3+ 43. Kb4 Rb8+ 44. Ka5
$18) 40. Kc2 Qh2 41. Rc8 Rxc8+ 42. Qxc8 Kg7 43. Qxa6 $16) (36... h5 37. Rhh1
Qg3 38. Rcg1 Qf4 39. Qxf4 Rxf4 40. Rxh5 $11) 37. Rch1 h5 38. R1h3 Qg2 39. Rh2
Qg3 40. R2h3 $11) 36... Qh3 37. Rcg1 Ra7 38. R1g3 Qh6 39. Ne4 Rf4 40. Rxf4 (40.
Qf1 Be7 41. Rh3 Qf8 $17) 40... Qh1+ 41. Ka2 exf4 42. Rg4 Bg7 {Apart from the
extra pawn black has all the trumphs in the position.} 43. b4 a5 44. Kb3 axb4
45. Kxb4 Qe1+ 46. Kb3 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7.
N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Qh3 Rg8
14. Re1 $1 {[%mdl 8] [#] This phantastic idea is connected with a series of
sacrifices against the K in the middle.} (14. Nd2 {- Moreno Carnero-Galkin,
EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001}) ({The P on h6 is taboo:} 14. Qxh6 $4 Bf8 15. Qh7 Nf6 16.
Qh3 g4 $19) (14. Bh7 $6 {leads nowhere after} {However Black can try to fight
for more, for example:} g4 $5 (14... Rh8 {and the B has to go back.} 15. Bd3 (
15. Qxh6 $2 Bf8 16. Qh3 g4 $19) 15... Rg8 $11) 15. Qxh6 Bf8 $5 (15... Rh8 $2
16. Ng5 $18) 16. Qh4 (16. Bf4 $5 Qd8 $1 (16... Bxh6 17. Bxc7 Rg7 18. Be4 gxf3
19. Bxc6 $16)) 16... Rh8 17. Re1 (17. Ng5 Nf6 $17) 17... Be7 $1 (17... gxf3 $2
18. Rxe6+ $1 $18) (17... Rxh7 18. Qxh7 gxf3 19. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21.
Bg5+ Nf6 22. Bxf6+ Be7 23. Qg8+ Kd7 24. Qf7 Qd6 25. c4 $1 fxg2 26. c5 $1 $18 {
P.Blatny}) 18. Rxe6 (18. Ng5 Nf8 $17) 18... Nf8 $17 (18... fxe6 $4 19. Bg6+))
14... Bf8 (14... g4 15. Qxh6 $1 gxf3 16. Rxe6+ $1 {[#] is the first one!} fxe6
(16... Be7 17. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 18. Bf4 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1 $18) 17. Qxe6+ Be7 (17...
Kf8 18. Bh6+ Rg7 19. Bg6 Nf6 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Qxd6 Bf5 $1 23.
Qxc6 Rd8 24. Qxf3 Qxg6 25. c3 $16) 18. Qxg8+ Nf8 19. Bg6+ Kd7 (19... Kd8 20.
Bg5 $1) 20. Bf5+ Ke8 {[#]} 21. Bh6 $3 {This brilliant idea is the point!} Qd6 (
21... Bxf5 22. Re1 Kd7 23. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 24. Qg7+ $18 {winnimng back
everything.}) 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qf7 Be7 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxf3 $16
{Anand}) (14... Bb7 $2 {is met by the similar sacrifice:} 15. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 16.
Qxe6+ Kf8 17. Qxh6+ Rg7 18. Bc4 $18 {Kovalev-Ushenina, Alushta 2003}) 15. Qf5 (
15. Rxe6+ $1 {was probably even stronger!} Kd8 (15... fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17.
Qxg8 $18) 16. Rxh6 $5 (16. Re1 $2 Ne5 $1 17. Bf5 g4 18. Qh5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxf5
(19... gxf3+ 20. Kh1 $16) 20. Qxf5 Qd7 $1 $13) (16. Re3 Ne5 17. Qg3 Nxd3 18.
Rxd3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bf5 20. Rc3 Be4 $44) (16. Bh7 {!} Nc5 $1 (16... Rh8 17. Rxh6
Nf6 18. Bxg5 Bxh3 19. Bxf6+ Kd7 (19... Be7 20. Bxh8) 20. Rxh3 $18) (16... Rg7
17. Rxh6 $1 (17. Qxh6 fxe6 18. Bxg5+ Rxg5 19. Qxg5+ Be7 20. Qg8+ Nf8 21. Be4
$14) 17... Nf6 18. Bf5 g4 19. Qh4 gxf3 20. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 Bxf5 22. Rxf5+
$18) (16... Nb8 17. Bxg8 Bxe6 18. Qh5 $142 (18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Nd7 20. Bh7
Nf6 21. Bd3 Kc7 $14) 18... Nd7 19. Bxf7 Nf6 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qh8 Qxf7 22. Nxg5
Qg8 23. Nxe6+ $16) (16... Nf6 17. Rxf6 $1 Bxh3 18. Bxg8 Be6 19. Bxf7 $1 Bg7 (
19... Bxf7 20. Ne5 $18) 20. Rxe6 Qxf7 21. Rxc6 $16) 17. Bxg8 Bxe6 18. Qg3 Qxg3
19. hxg3 Ne4 $1 20. Bh7 Nf6 $14 {Anand}) 16... Ne5 (16... Nf6 $5 17. Bf5 g4 18.
Qh4 Bxh6 $1 (18... gxf3 19. Rxf6) 19. Qxf6+ Qe7 20. Qxc6 gxf3 21. Qd5+ Ke8 22.
Bxh6 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Bb7 24. Qb5+ Kd8 25. Bf4 Rxf2 26. Bg5 $18) 17. Qg3 Nxf3+ 18.
Qxf3 Bxh6 19. Qf6+ Qe7 20. Qxc6 $16) 15... Bg7 (15... Rg6 16. Bd2 (16. h4 Be7)
16... Bb7 17. c4 Rf6 18. Qh7 O-O-O 19. Ne5 $16) 16. h4 $1 Kf8 (16... Nf6 17.
hxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $16) 17. Qh3 (17. Rxe6 {is now not so effective in view of}
Nc5 $1 {Anand} (17... Nb8 18. Bc4 $16) (17... Nf6 18. Qe5 $1 $16) 18. dxc5 Bxe6
19. Qe4 Bd5 20. Qg4 Re8 21. hxg5 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 hxg5 23. Be3 Rh8 $15) 17... Rh8
$1 18. hxg5 (18. Bd2 Bf6 (18... Nf6 19. Ne5)) 18... hxg5 19. Qg4 c5 20. Bxg5 $1
(20. Qxg5 Bb7 21. Bf4 Qd8 22. Qg3 (22. Bd6+ Kg8 23. Be7 Qe8) 22... cxd4 23.
Bd6+ Kg8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 $14) 20... cxd4 21. Rad1 $3 (21. Rxe6 {is again
premature:} Nc5 (21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe6 23. Qf3 Bxe5 24. Qxa8+ Kg7 25. Qf3
Bh2+ 26. Kf1 Qe5 $13) 22. Re7 $1 (22. Be7+ Kg8 $1 $17 (22... Qxe7 $2 23. Qxg7+)
) 22... Bxg4 23. Rxc7 Nxd3 24. Be7+ $14) (21. Be7+ Kg8 $13 22. Be4 Rb8 $13)
21... Bb7 $2 {[#]} (21... Nc5 22. Bf4 e5 (22... Qe7 23. Qg3) 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.
Bxe5+ $16) (21... a5 $142 {which is very difficult to find in a practical game.
} 22. Bb5 $1 (22. Rxe6 Ne5 $1 (22... Nc5 23. Re7 Bxg4 24. Rxc7 Bxf3 25. Be7+
Kg8 26. gxf3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 $14) 23. Nxe5 (23. Be7+ Qxe7 $1) 23... Bxe6 24. Qf3
Bxe5 25. Qxa8+ Kg7 26. Qe4 Bh2+ 27. Kf1 $14) (22. Nxd4 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Ne5 24. Qe4
Ra7 $13) 22... Nc5 (22... e5 23. Be7+ Kg8 24. Qg3 $16) (22... Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5
24. Qe4 Bh2+ 25. Kf1 $16) 23. Bf4 $16) 22. Rxe6 $3 $18 {This time this
sacrifice destroys Black's defensive walls.} fxe6 (22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rc8 (
23... Qh2+ 24. Kf1 $18) 24. Re7 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 f6 (25... Ne5 26. Qf5 $18) 26. Bf4
(26. Rxd7 Re8 27. Be4 Qe5 28. R1xd4 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg5 30. Rd8 $18) 26... Qh1+
27. Ke2 Qxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Kxe7 29. Bf5 $18) 23. Be7+ $1 Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Kd6 25.
Nxd4 $1 {and the K in the middle is doomed.} Qc5 (25... Qd8 26. Nxe6 $1 (26.
Nb5+ Kc6 27. Be2 $18) 26... Qh4 (26... Kxe6 27. Bc4+ Kf5 28. Rxd7 $18) 27. Be4+
Bd5 28. Rxd5+ Kxe6 29. Qxd7+ $18) 26. Bf5 (26. Nb5+ $142 $1 Kc6 27. Be2 $3 Rad8
28. c4 $18 {was even more beautiful.}) (26. Bb5 $4 Rh1+ $19) 26... Qe5 (26...
Bd5 27. Nxe6 Rag8 28. Qxd7+ Kxd7 29. Nxc5+ Kd6 30. Be4 $16) 27. Nf3+ Qd5 28.
Qg3+ Ke7 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Qg5+ Kd6 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Be4 {and materially White
is winning.} Rh5 (32... Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Rad8 34. Nd4 Nc5 35. Qe5 $18) 33. Nh4 Rg8
(33... Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Rg8 35. Ng6+ Kf7 36. Nf4 Re5 37. Qb7 $18) 34. Ng6+ Kd8 35.
Qf7 Re8 36. Bd3 {This game belongs to all the books on combination.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qh3 Ke7 17. f4 h4 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. e5 Qxc3 20. exf6+
Kxf6 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 h6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Ba2 Qd7 13. Be3 Nd8 14. Nh2 Ne6 15. Ng4
c6 16. Rf1 Nf4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 h6 7. Bf4 Bb7 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 d6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Bd3 c5 13. Be4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2003.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.08.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Bd3 g6 14. h4 O-O 15.
Kb1 f6 16. gxf6 Rxf6 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rf7 20. Nd2 Ndf6 21. c4
Ng4 22. Qg1 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bxh4 24. Ne4 Nf4 25. Rxh4 Ng2 26. Qh6 Nxh4 27. Ng5
Nxf3 28. Nxf7 Qf6 29. Qh3 Rf8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Qd7 e4 32. Be2 Qg7 33. Qxd6 Qxh6
34. Qe7 Qg7 35. Qxe4 Ne5 36. c5 a5 37. Bb5 g5 38. d6 Qg6 39. Qxg6 hxg6 40. Re1
Nf7 41. Be8 Kg7 42. Bxf7 Rxf7 43. Rd1 Rf8 44. Kc2 Rc8 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Kc4 Ke6
47. Kb5 Kd7 48. Re1 Re8 49. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2003.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.08.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 Nb4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bf6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Ra2 (16. Bb5 a6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxe5 Qd7 20.
Qf3 f6 21. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Van der Sterren,P/Copenhagen 1984/EXT 2000 
(21)}) (16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Rae8 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qb4 b6 20. Nf3 f6 $11 {
Glek,I-Antonov,V/USSR 1984/Inf 38 (20)}) 16... Rad8 (16... Rae8 17. Rae2 Rxe2
18. Qxe2 Na5 (18... Be6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 h6 21. Bc1 a6 22. Qf3 b5 23. Qg3
$36 {1-0 Herrera,I-Perez,R/Las Tunas 2001/CBM 83/[Huzman] (41)}) 19. Ne5 Qa4
20. Qb2 (20. g4 Be6 21. g5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 c6 23. Qc7 b6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Be5
Rf7 26. Qc8+ Rf8 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Bd6 {1-0 Korneev,O-Perez,R/Albacete 2000/
CBM 78 ext (28)}) 20... c5 21. Bb5 Qb3 22. Qxb3 Nxb3 23. d5 Rd8 24. d6 Be6 25.
Rd1 a6 26. Be2 Na5 27. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Ernst,T-Lev,R/London 1987/TD (39)}) 17. Rb2
Qc8 (17... b6 $2 18. Bb5 $16) 18. h3 b6 ({To my opinion Black waste time for
prophylactic moves.They had to start counterplay immidiately by} 18... Na5 $5 {
[%cal Yc7c5]} 19. Ne5 c5 20. d5 c4 $132) 19. Rbe2 h6 (19... Na5 $142 20. Be5
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 c5 $132) 20. Re3 Na5 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 c5 23. d5 c4 $6 {
This move gives Qd1 exellent place on d4.} (23... Rd6 24. g4 Bh7 25. c4 $16)
24. Qd4 Be6 $2 (24... Qb7 $142 25. d6 Qb8 26. d7 Qb7 27. Rg3 $1 f6 (27... g6
28. Nxg6 $1 Bxg6 (28... fxg6 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Bxc4 $18) 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Re7
Rf7 31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. Qxc4 $18) 28. Nxc4 Qxd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Nxa5 bxa5 31.
Bb5 Rc7 32. Rge3 $16) {[%tqu "En","Find a nice tactical blow that leads to
decisive advantage of White.","","","e5g6","",10]} 25. Ng6 $1 Nc6 (25... fxg6
26. Rxe6 g5 27. d6 $18) 26. Qh4 $1 Bxd5 (26... fxg6 27. dxe6 Rde8 28. e7 Rf6
29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Re6 Qd7 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Qa4 $1 Qd6 33. Bb5 Rxe7 34. Rd1 $18
) 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 (27... b5 28. a4 a6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rb1 Qb8 31. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4
32. Qe4 $18 {[%cal Ge4h7,Gh7h8]}) 28. Bxc4 Qf5 $2 29. Re8 (29. g4 $1 Qd7 30.
Rd1 $18) 29... Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Qf6 31. Qd3 g6 32. c4 Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kg7 34. Qd5
h5 35. c5 bxc5 36. Qxc5 Kh6 37. h4 $1 Nd4 38. Qe7 Qg7 39. Qf8 Ne6 40. Qxg7+
Kxg7 41. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2003.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.08.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. g4
Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. f4 b4 15.
Ne2 e5 16. f5 a5 17. Ng3 a4 18. Nd2 a3 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. b3 Be7 22.
Nh5 g6 23. Ng7+ Kf8 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. fxe6 Nd8 26. exf7 Ne6 27. Ne3 Qc3 28. Nc4
Nf4 29. Qg3 Kxf7 30. Qxc3 bxc3 31. Rg1 h5 32. g5 h4 33. Re1 Kg7 34. Re3 d5 35.
exd5 Bc5 36. Rg4 Bxe3 37. Nxe3 Rhf8 38. Bc4 Rbd8 39. Rg1 Nh3 40. Rd1 Nf2 41.
Re1 Ne4 42. Kc1 Nd6 43. Be2 Rf2 44. Ng4 Rf5 45. Bd1 e4 46. Ne3 Rxg5 47. Bg4 Nf5
48. h3 Nxe3 49. Rxe3 Rxg4 50. hxg4 Rh8 51. Kd1 Kf6 52. Rxe4 h3 53. Re1 Kg5 54.
Rh1 Kxg4 55. Ke2 g5 56. d6 h2 57. Kf2 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2003.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.08.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 ({The choice
between the text and the Scheveningen continuation} 6... e6 {is largely a
matter of taste. However, nowadays lines in the Sicilian with the move e5 are
increasingly popular-not only the Najdorf, but also the Sveshnikov.}) 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O Be6 (8... O-O {is the other critical line of the 6.Be2 Najdorf, it
occurred in the crucial 7-th game of the match.} 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 (10. f4 b5
$1 11. Bf3 Na5 $11) 10... Be6 11. Qd2 a5 (11... b5 12. Bf3 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14.
Rxa4 Bd7 15. Ra3 d5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa3 18. bxa3 exd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Qxd4
Rc8 20. Bg5 $16 {Timofeev}) 19... Rc8 20. Qd3 Re8 21. h3 h6 22. Nd1 Nh7 23. Ne3
Ng5 24. Bg4 Ne4 $132 {Timofeev,A-Kobalia,M/RUS-chT Togliatti/2003/}) 12. Rfd1
a4 13. Nc1 a3 $5 (13... Ra5 {/\d5} 14. Bf3 a3 (14... Qc7 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. a3
Nbd7 17. N1a2 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nb4 Qc5 20. Rd2 Bd8 21. Rad1 Bb6 22. Ncd5
Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rd8 24. Bg4 $14 {Timofeev,A-Rashkovsky,N/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk/2003/
}) 15. b3 $6 (15. Rb1 $142 $1 $14) 15... Qc7 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Rac1 h6 $1 18. h3
Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne2 d5 21. e5 (21. exd5 $142 Nxd5 22. Nxd4 Bg5 23. Nxe6
fxe6 24. Qe2 Nc3 $1 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 $13 {vedie k zhruba vyrovnanej pozicii})
21... Ne4 22. Qe1 {Anand,V-Polgar,J/Mainz act/2003/} Bg5 $36) (13... Qc8 14. f3
Rd8 15. Bb6 Rd7 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Bxd8 Qxd8 18. Bb5 Qa5 19. c4 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rdd8
21. Nb6 Ra5 22. Ne2 a3 23. b3 Kf8 24. Rad1 Ke7 25. Kg1 Ne8 26. Nc3 $16 {
Short,N-Gelfand,B/Budapest/2003/}) 14. Rb1 axb2 15. Rxb2 Qd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17.
Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Bd3 g6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. c4
Nd7 $44 {Timofeev,A-Sakaev,K/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 {
Some 30-40 years ago the main line was} (10. f5 Bc4 11. a4 Nbd7 {Nowadays
especially thanks to Fischer it's known Black has sufficient <=>, his piece
play balances the rather vague light-square weakness on d5. The clever waiting
text-move became popular only later on.}) 10... h6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Anand comes
up with a novelty, the idea behind this inconspicuous move becomes clear, when
we look at the alternatives.} (10... O-O $6 {is typical castling "into it",
after} 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $1 {White has a dangerous ->.} d5 $5 ({Too passive is
} 12... h6 $143 $6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nbd7 15. Rg1 Rfc8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3
Kf8 18. a3 b5 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Qh3 $40 {Short,N-Gelfand,B/Amsterdam/1996/}) 13.
g5 $5 (13. exd5 Rd8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bg5 Nbd7 $13) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. f6 Bd8 16. fxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Be3 $44 {->}) ({Short has dealt a
heavy blow to the other alternative, which was until recently considered
playable:} 10... Nbd7 11. g4 $1 h6 (11... exf4 12. g5 Ng8 13. Bxf4 h6 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 hxg5 16. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 17. Bxd6+ $16) 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7
14. Bg4 $1 $146 (14. Nd5 Qd8 $1 $13 {<=>}) 14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qg4 Bf4 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Rad1 $1 Re8 (19... Rxh2+ 20. Kg1 Qb6+ 21.
Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rf1f4,Rc3d5] /\Nd5,Rf4+-}) 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. Rg6 $16
{Short,N-Ghaem Maghami,E/Tehran m/2003/}) (10... b5 11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5
13. exd5 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4] ><b4,<<}) (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 $36 {is also
pleasant for White, he has taken on f4 directly from c1 and has already made
an important extra move Kh1.}) 11. Be3 {Polgar plays a logical developing move,
but interesting was also} (11. Qe1 $5 {/\} O-O 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14.
Nd4 $1 $14) (11. g4 $6 exf4 {now doesn't make much sense.}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd5
$5 {Original, this transformation is more typical with the pawn still on f2.
However here the position of the P on h6 gives White chances on the >>.} (12.
f5 Bc4 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Rfc8 {leads to the type of positions, mentioned in
the note to 10.f5. Anand has already reached this position by transposition:}
15. Bxc4 (15. Ra4 Bb5 $1 $11) 15... Qxc4 16. Qf3 Qc7 $1 (16... Qc6 $143 17. g4
$1 Nh7 18. Nc1 Bg5 19. Nd3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Ndf6 21. Rg1 d5 22. Nb4 $36 {Asrian,
K-Minasjan,A/ARM-ch/1999/}) 17. Nd2 (17. g4 $6 d5 $1 18. exd5 Bb4 $36) 17...
Qd8 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rac8 21. c4 Bg5 22. b3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6
{Kolev,A-Anand,V/Villarrobledo act/2001/}) 12... Bxd5 $8 (12... Nxd5 $2 13.
exd5 Bf5 14. fxe5 Bxc2 15. Qd2 Bxb3 16. e6 $1 $40 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 13. exd5
O-O 14. c4 $14 b6 (14... a5 15. Rc1 (15. fxe5 dxe5 $13) 15... b6 {-14...b6} (
15... a4 $143 16. Nd2 $36 {/\b4 only helps White to get his <<P moving.})) 15.
Rc1 (15. fxe5 dxe5 $1 $13 {with a dark-square blockade is far from clear.} (
15... Nxe5 $2 16. Nd4 $1 (16. Rc1 $14) 16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nf5 $40 {
This line shows one of the downsides of 10...h6.})) 15... a5 16. Nd2 (16. f5 {
shuts the [+], White's planned >>-> would have good chances for success, if he
would control e4. However, here after} Nh7 {[%cal Ye7g5] /\Bg5<=> Black gets
dark-square play.} (16... Ne4 17. Qc2 Ndf6 (17... Ndc5 $2 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f6
$40) 18. Nd2 $14)) 16... Rfe8 {Black still can't resolve the [+] tension
advantageously,} (16... exf4 $6 17. Bxf4 Ne5 {allows} 18. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d4,
Rd4f5] /\Nd4-f5}) 17. Bd3 $5 {White is better and it's a matter of character,
which plan to choose. There is nothing unexpected in Judit training her sights
on Black's K.} (17. Nb1 {[%cal Rb1c3,Rc3b5] /\Nc3-b5+/= Shipov}) 17... Bf8 (
17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 (18... Bf8 19. Nb3 $36 {[%cal Rb3d4,Rd4f5] /\Nd4-f5}
Ne5 $2 20. Bxh6) 19. Bxe5 $5 dxe5 20. Qf3 {[%csl Gd3,Re7] /\Ne4|^^- In this
position the comparison of the ^- speaks in White's favour (later in the game
it will be different).}) 18. Bc2 $6 {Now Black manages to consolidate.} (18. f5
{[%cal Ya2a4] White wants to stop possible <<<=> with a4.} b5 $5 19. cxb5 Qb7
20. a4 $5 (20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 (21... Qxb5 $2 22. f6 $1 $40) 22. Qd3 Nxe4
23. Qxe4 Qxb5 24. f6 g6 $5 $132 {and despite Black's locked Bf8 matters are
not so clear.}) 20... Qxd5 21. Nc4 $14) (18. Qf3 $5 exf4 (18... g6 $2 19. f5
$16) 19. Qxf4 $36 {[%cal Ye3d4,Yd3b1,Yc1c3,Yc3g3] /\Bd4,Bb1,Rc3-g3 is
unpleasant, as White has clear methods to strengthen his attack and Black
can't finish his regrouping with} g6 $2 (19... Ne5 20. Bb1 a4 21. Bd4) 20. Bd4
Bg7 21. Ne4 $18) 18... exf4 19. Bxf4 g6 $1 20. Ba4 Bg7 {Natural, but possibly
even better was} (20... Nh5 $5 21. Qf3 Ne5 $132) 21. Bc6 (21. Nf3 Nh5 $11) ({
An interesting tactical possibility was} 21. c5 bxc5 22. Nc4 Ne4 $1 (22... Bf8
$6 23. Qf3 $44 {|^<->f}) 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Nb6 Qb7 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44 {[%csl
Ge4] and Black's centralized N compensates for the exchange.}) 21... Rad8 (
21... Rab8 $5 $132) 22. Qf3 $6 {[%mdl 32] After the second inaccuracy Anand
takes over the initiative and gives a model demonstration of dark-square
strategy.} (22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. b3 $11) (22. Bg3 $5 Nh5 23. Bh4 Rb8 $13) 22...
Ne5 23. Bxe5 $8 (23. Qh3 Nxc6 24. dxc6 Nh5 $17) 23... Rxe5 24. Rce1 Qe7 25. Qg3
Ng4 $1 {Control of e5 enables Black to close the <->e.} (25... Nh5 $6 26. Qf2
Qc7 27. Nf3 $36 {gives the <->e to White.}) (25... Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 (
27. Qf2 $5) 27... Qxe4 28. Qf2 Rf8 29. b3 Bd4 30. Qd2 $11 {and Black's forces
are not as well coordinated, as later in the game.}) 26. Nf3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Ne5
$15 {[%csl Rc6,Gg7] Although Black's edge is still not too large, it's
difficult to defend such a position in a rapid game. Just as Larsen said long
ago, Black is better not despite, but because of the ^-.} 28. a3 (28. Nd4 Qg5
$5 $36) 28... Qc7 (28... Qf8 $5 $15 {exchanges the N, but forces the R to
defend the ><b6.}) 29. Nxe5 $2 {This gives Black's advantage a more permanent
form, White should have tried to keep the N on the board with} (29. Nd4 $5 {
The modest} Qe7 $15 {seems better, but Black's edge still remains rather
volatile.} (29... Nxc4 30. Nb5 Qc8 (30... Qb8 31. Re7 $36) 31. Qf2 $1 {/\} Nxb2
$6 32. Nxd6 $1 $40)) 29... Bxe5 30. Qf2 Kg7 $36 {[%cal Yd8h8,Yh6h4,Yf7f5] Now
Black's advanatge is undisputable. White has basic rank problems, which can't
be solved, as g3 only creates further targets for a >>->. His B is a much
better piece, the Bc6 is offside and soon will be missed in the defence.} 31.
b4 {This active attempt gives Black's pieces more open space, but passivity is
not much better. Black can play e.g., Rh8,h5-h4,f5 etc.} axb4 32. axb4 h5 33.
Qe3 $6 {Consistent with White's 31-st move was} (33. c5 $5 bxc5 34. bxc5 dxc5 (
34... Qa7 35. Qg1 $5 $132) (34... Rb8 $142 $5 $36) 35. Qxc5 {Therefore} Rb8 $5
{is better, but here White certainly has more chances to save the game than
later on.} (35... Bxh2 36. Re7 Qd6 (36... Qb8 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qf6 Qf4 39. Rxf7
$11) 37. Qa7 Rf8 38. Be8 (38. Rd7 $2 Qf4 39. Qa4 Qxa4 40. Bxa4 Bg3 $19 {_|_})
38... Qf4 (38... Bg3 39. Rxf7+ Rxf7 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qe6 $11) 39. Rxf7+ (39.
Bxf7 $2 Bg3 $1 $19 {and Black's K hides on g5 or h4.}) 39... Rxf7 40. Qxf7+
$142 $1 (40. Bxf7 $2 Qh4 $1 (40... Qxf7 41. Qd4+ $1 Qf6 42. Qa7+ Kh6 43. Kxh2
Qe5+ $15 {and the Q_|_ with an extra P on one flank gives only practical
winning chances.}) 41. Be6+ Bc7+ (41... Kh6 42. Bh3 $15) 42. Bh3 Qg3 43. d6 $1
{Otherwise the K stays trapped in the corner} Qxd6 44. Kg1 g5 $36 {and despite
the simplification Black's play on the dark squares remains dangerous.}) 40...
Qxf7 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 42. Kxh2 g5 (42... Kf6 43. g4 $1 h4 44. g5+ Kxg5 45. Kh3 $11
) 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. d6 Kxd6 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. g3 $1 Kf6 48. Kf3 $11 {/\
} Kf5 49. g4+ $1)) 33... Qa7 34. g3 {Tries to solve the basic rank problem,
but Anand immediately exploits the new ><.} ({However, it's already too late
for} 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Rb8 {[%cal Ra7c5] /\Qc5} 36. g3 h4 $1 37. cxd6 (37.
gxh4 Qa2 38. Re2 Rb2 $1 39. Rxb2 Qxb2 40. Qg1 dxc5 $19 {[%csl Gc5] o^c}) 37...
Qxe3 38. Rxe3 h3 39. Re1 Bxd6 {[%cal Rf7f4,Rg6g4] /\f5,g5-g4,f4-+ and White's
R remains pinned to the 1-st rank forever.}) 34... h4 $1 35. gxh4 $6 {The Ph4
makes White understandably nervous, but there is no way to resolve the >>
tension advantageously.} (35. g4 Qa2 36. Qe2 Qb3 37. b5 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c7,Rc7a7]
/\Rc7-a7-+}) (35. Re2 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rh8+ 37. Kg2 Qa1 $40 {These lines
illustrate White's main problem-in the long run he can't prevent the
penetration of Black's major pieces into his position.}) ({The text decisively
weakens the >>, but even after the better} 35. Qb3 h3 $1 {White starts running
out of moves:} (35... Rh8 36. Kg2 hxg3 37. hxg3 Qa6 38. Bd7 $5 f5 $15 {is less
convincing.}) 36. Rf1 (36. Kg1 b5+ 37. Kf1 bxc4 38. Qxc4 Qa3 $19) 36... f5 $17
{/-+}) 35... Rh8 36. Qf2 Bf6 37. Rf1 Qe7 $19 {->} 38. Re1 (38. Qxb6 $4 Qe4+ 39.
Kg1 Bd4+ $19) 38... Qd8 39. Re2 (39. c5 Bxh4 40. Qd4+ Bf6 {/\Be5 is similar to
the game.}) 39... Bxh4 40. Qf4 Bg5 41. Qf2 Bf6 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Qb8 $1 $19
{[%cal Rd6c5,Rb8f4] /\dc5,Qf4 Dark-square strategy!} ({Premature was} 43... Be5
$6 44. Rxe5 dxe5 45. d6 $132) 44. cxd6 (44. Qg3 dxc5 45. Qxb8 Rxb8 46. Rc2 (46.
d6 $2 Rb6 $19) 46... Be7 $19 {was a way to prolong the game, although the _|_
is technically lost. Now the -> will decide faster.}) 44... Qxd6 45. Qe3 Rh5
46. Rf2 Be5 47. Qf3 Qe7 {Anand is careful and doesn't want to allow even} (
47... Bxh2 $5 48. Qxh5 (48. Qxf7+ Kh6 $19 {->}) 48... gxh5 49. Rxh2 Qf4 $19 {
although White can't achieve a fortress. White sorely misses his B on f3.}) 48.
Re2 ({More resilient, but insufficient was} 48. d6 Qa7 $5 (48... Bxd6 $17 {/-+}
) 49. d7 Qa1+ 50. Rf1 Rxh2+ 51. Kg1 Qa7+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2 53. Qxf2 Bd4 54. d8=Q
Bxf2+ $19 {and by combining the -> against White's bare K with the advance of
his P Black wins.}) 48... Qg5 {[%cal Rg5c1] /\Qc1} 49. Qf1 Qg3 50. Qf2 (50. Qg2
Qd3 51. Rf2 Qb1+ 52. Qg1 Qe4+ 53. Rg2 Rh8 $1 $19 {/\Rb8-b1}) 50... Qd3 51. h4 (
{After} 51. Re3 Qd1+ (51... Rxh2+ $19) (51... Qc4 $19) 52. Re1 {the most
convincing win is} Rxh2+ $1 53. Qxh2 Qxe1+ 54. Qg1 Qe2 55. d6 (55. Bd7 Qf3+ 56.
Qg2 Qd1+ 57. Qg1 Qxd5+ $19) (55. Ba4 Qe4+ $19) (55. Bb7 Qf3+ 56. Qg2 Qh5+ 57.
Kg1 Bd4+ 58. Kf1 Qd1#) 55... Qh5+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kf1 Qc4+ $19) 51... Qh3+ 52.
Kg1 Rxh4 {[%cal Rh3h1,Re5d4] /\Qh1#,Bd4} (52... Rxh4 53. Qxh4 Qxh4 54. Rxe5
Qd4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.08.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rhe1 Ne5
15. f4 Nec4 16. Qc1 h6 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. Nb3 Qf2 19. Rf1 Qg2 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21.
Qe3 Nc4 22. Qa7 Bxe4 23. Qxa6 Rb8 24. Rg1 hxg5 25. Rxg2 Bxg2 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27.
Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.08.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Nbd4 Be7 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qb7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Nxd6 Ne5 20. f4 Nf3 21. Qf2
Bxd6 22. Qxf3 Bb7 23. Kb1 a4 24. Bd3 Qc7 25. Qf2 e5 26. f5 a3 27. b3 Qc3 28.
Bc1 Qc7 29. Qe2 Bc5 30. Bc4 Bd4 31. g5 Qc6 32. Rhe1 Ba6 33. Bxa6 Rxa6 34. Rd3
Rc8 35. Rh3 Qc7 36. c4 bxc3 37. Kc2 Rd6 38. Rd1 g6 39. Qg4 Rcd8 40. Rdd3 Bb6
41. Qh4 h5 42. gxh6 Kh7 43. Rxd6 Qxd6 44. fxg6+ fxg6 45. Qg4 Qd4 46. Qe2 Qg1
47. Rg3 Qh1 48. Rf3 Qg1 49. Rf7+ Kh8 50. Rf1 Qc5 51. Qc4 Qd6 52. Bg5 Rf8 53.
Qd5 Qb8 54. Rxf8+ Qxf8 55. Qxe5+ Kh7 56. Qg7+ Qxg7 57. hxg7 Bd4 58. Be7 Kxg7
59. Bxa3 Kf6 60. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.08.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2 a5 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Nc1 Ra5 14. Bf3 a3 15. b3
Qc7 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Rac1 h6 18. h3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne2 d5 21. e5 Ne4 22.
Qe1 Nc3 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Bg4 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Ra6 26. g3 Rac6 27. Re2 g6 28. Kg2
h5 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. h4 Bd8 31. f4 Ba5 32. b4 Bd8 33. Kf2 Be7 34. Ke1 Rc4 35.
Kd1 Kf7 36. Rb1 Rc3 37. Rb3 Ke8 38. Rd2 R8c4 39. b5 Bd8 40. Rg2 Ba5 41. Rxc3
dxc3 42. Ke2 Bb6 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Ra5 46. Kg5 Kf7 47. Kh6 Rxb5
48. Rxg6 Be3 49. Rg7+ Ke8 50. Kg6 Rb1 51. h5 Rg1+ 52. Kf6 Rh1 53. Kxe6 Kd8 54.
Kd6 Ke8 55. e6 1-0

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.08.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bb1 Nd7 15. Ne3
Nb6 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Be3 Na4 18. g4 g6 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Qc1 Bg7 21. Ba2 Rc8 22.
Bg5 Qd7 23. Bd5 Nc6 24. c3 Nb6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Kh2 f6 27. Be3 d5 28. b4 Na4
29. Bd2 c4 30. dxc4 dxe4 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Nh4 Nb6 33. a4 bxa4 34. b5 Qxb5 35.
Rb1 Qc6 36. Rg1 Nc4 37. N6f5 Nxd2 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Qxd2 Rfd8 40. Qe2 Bb3 41.
Rg3 Qc4 42. Qe3 Rd3 43. Qb6 Rxg3 44. Kxg3 Qxc3+ 45. Kh2 Qc5 46. Qb7+ Rc7 47.
Qxe4 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nd5
Nb8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bb1 Nc6 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Rae8 21. c3 Ne5
22. Bc2 Bc6 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 c4 25. d4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxd6 Qxd6
28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 g6 30. Re1 h5 31. Qe5 Rd8 32. Kf2 Qc6 33. Qe7 Rd5 34.
Qe8+ Qxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. h4 Rf5+ 37. Ke2 g5 38. hxg5 Rxg5 39. Kf2 Rf5+ 40.
Kg1 Rf6 41. Re5 Re6 42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Kh2 Kg6 44. Kh3 Kg5 45. Kg3 h4+ 46. Kh3
Kh5 47. g3 hxg3 48. Kxg3 Kg5 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Ke3 e5 51. d5 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd2 c4 21. dxc4 bxc4
22. a4 Nh4 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qd1 f5 25. Ng3 e4 26. Ne2 Bf6 27. Rb1 Be5 28. Bh6 Rf7
29. Nf4 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Qh4 31. Ne6 Qxh6 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. b5 Nh5 34. bxa6 Nf4+ 35.
Nxf4 Qxf4 36. Rh1 e3 37. fxe3 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Qxe3 39. Rb7 Qa3 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41.
Bb1 Qxa4 42. Kg2 Qxa6 43. Qe2 Kg7 44. h4 h5 45. Kh3 Ra8 46. Rg1 Qc8 47. f4 Qc5
48. Rg3 Qxd5 49. fxe5 Qh1+ 50. Qh2 Qxh2+ 51. Kxh2 dxe5 52. c3 Kf6 53. Rg2 Ra3
54. Rc2 e4 55. Ba2 Ra4 56. Kg3 Ke5 57. Rb2 Ra3 58. Rc2 Ra4 59. Rb2 Ra3 60. Rc2
Ra4 61. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Bf5 14. d4 Qd7 15.
Be3 Rae8 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qc1 h5 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Nh4 Re6 21. Bd1 f5
22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Bg5 f4 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. gxf4 Qe2 27. f5 Qe4 28.
Rf1 Bf4 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. f3 gxf3 31. Nxf3 Rf8 32. Qe1 Qxf5 33. Kh1 Qh3 34. Qf2
(34. Nh4 {, with the idea 35.Rf3 deserved serious attention. , mit der Idee 35.
Rf3, kam stark in Betracht.}) 34... Nh5 35. Kg1 Rf4 36. Qe3 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 $4 ({
A big mistake elegantly refuted by Black. Correct was Ein grober Bock, der von
Schwarz elegant widerlegt wird. Korrekt war} 37. Kf2 {, and the chances are
about equal. . wonach die Chancen etwa gleich sind.}) {[%tqu "En","White's
last move looks natural but in fact it's a very bad slip. How can Black punish
him for it?","Exploit the shaky position of the white queen and try to expose
the enemy king.","Sacrifice your knight!","h5g3","This powerful blow decides
the game for Black.",5,"De","Der letzte Zug des Weißen wirkt sehr natürlich,
ist aber tatsächlich ein ganz grober Bock. Wie kann Schwarz ihn dafür
bestrafen?","Schlagen Sie Kapital aus der ungedeckten Stellung der weißen Dame
und versuchen Sie, den feindlichen König zu entblößen.","Opfern Sie Ihren
Springer!","h5g3","Ein Kraftzug, der für Schwarz gewinnt.",5]} 37... Ng3+ $1 {
[%csl Re3,Rf3,Gf4,Gg3,Gg4,Rh1] This impressive knight sacrifice breaks White's
defense. Dieses bemerkenswerte Springeropfer durchschlägt die weiße
Verteidigung.} 38. hxg3 ({Or Oder} 38. Kg2 Nxf1+ {, winning. und gewinnt.})
38... Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qxg3+ 40. Kh1 Rh4+ $1 {[%csl Re3,Rf3,Gg3,Rh1,Gh4] Winning
the queen and the game. Gewinnt die Dame und die Partie.} 41. Nxh4 Qxe3 42. Ng2
Qe2 43. Rf5 Qxb2 44. Rc5 Qxa2 45. Rxc6 a5 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Kb1 Bc5 18. h4 O-O 19. Be2 Rfc8 20. Rd2 Bxd4 21. Bxd4
Bxa2+ 22. Kc1 Bb3 23. Kd1 Bxc2+ 24. Ke1 Ba4 25. Be3 Ne5 26. Qh2 Nc4 27. Qxc7
Rxc7 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Kf2 Rac8 30. Kg3 Rc2 31. g5 e5 32. h5 f5 33. gxf6 gxf6
34. Rd6 Kf7 35. Rd2 f5 36. f4 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Rc2 38. Rh2 Rxb2 39. fxe5 b3 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. Ra5 Be6
15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. c4 b6 17. Ra6 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. b5 Nc5 20. Ra3 a6 21. bxa6
Rxa6 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. Bb2 Nfd7 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. Bf3 Qc7 26. h3 h6 27. Ra3 Qd6
28. Ra7 Qb8 29. Ra8 Qc7 30. Ra3 Qd6 31. Ra7 Qb8 32. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nc3 Ne8 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Nd5
Kh8 16. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bg2 Qd7 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. a3 O-O-O 10. e3 Be7 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O Qf5 13. Qxf5 exf5 14. b4 a5 15.
b5 Na7 16. a4 Bb4 17. Ne5 Rhf8 18. Ndc4 Nd5 19. Ba3 f6 20. Nd3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3
Kb8 22. Rc1 Nc8 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Kf2 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. gxf4 g5
28. fxg5 fxg5 29. Rac3 Re7 30. h4 gxh4 31. Rh1 f4 32. Rxh4 fxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Red7
34. Re8+ Ka7 35. Ke3 Rf7 36. Rh8 Rdd7 37. Bh1 Rde7+ 38. Kf2 Rd7 39. Ke3 Rg7 40.
f4 Rg3+ 41. Kf2 Ra3 42. R4xh7 Rxh7 43. Rxh7 Bxh1 44. Rxh1 Rxa4 45. Ke3 Rb4 46.
f5 Rxb5 47. Ke4 Rb2 48. Rf1 Rh2 49. f6 Rh8 50. f7 Rf8 51. Ke5 b5 52. Ke6 b4 53.
Ke7 Rh8 54. f8=Q Rxf8 55. Rxf8 b3 56. Rf1 Kb6 57. Kd7 a4 58. Rb1 c6 59. Ke6 Kb5
60. Kd6 Kb4 61. Kxc6 a3 62. d5 a2 63. Ra1 b2 64. Rxa2 b1=Q 65. Ra6 Qc2+ 66. Kb7
Qh7+ 67. Kc6 Qc2+ 68. Kb7 Qe4 69. Rd6 Kc5 70. Rd7 Qe8 71. Kc7 Qa8 72. Rd8 Qa6
73. Rd7 Qb6+ 74. Kc8 Kd4 75. Rd8 Qc5+ 76. Kb7 Qb5+ 77. Kc7 Kc5 78. Rd7 Qa6 79.
Rd8 Qa7+ 80. Kc8 Qe7 81. Rd7 Qe8+ 82. Kc7 Qe5+ 83. Kb7 Qf4 84. Kc8 Qg4 85. Kc7
Qf5 86. Kd8 Qe5 87. Kc8 Kb6 88. Rb7+ Ka6 89. Rd7 Ka5 90. Ra7+ Kb5 91. Rb7+ Ka6
92. Rd7 Qf4 93. Kd8 Kb6 94. Ke7 Qf5 95. Rd6+ Kb7 96. Kd8 Qe5 97. Rd7+ Kb8 98.
d6 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. c4 c6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Ba6
22. Bf1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rb1 Bh6 25. Qc2 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. dxc6 Bf4
28. Ne2 Qxc6 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Qd2 Re8 31. e5 Nh5 32. Qxa5 Bb7 33. Nh2 f3 34.
Nxf3 Nf4 35. Qd2 Ne6 36. Ng5 Rd8 37. Qe3 Rd4 38. Nxe6 Qxe6 39. Qa3 Qb6 40. Qc3
Ba6 41. a4 Qe6 42. Qa5 Qc6 43. Rb1 Bxc4 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Rb8 Kh6
47. Qf8+ Kg5 48. Qxf7 Qe4 49. Qf6+ Kh6 50. Kh2 Rxa4 51. e6 Ra7 52. Rf8 Qd4 53.
Qxd4 cxd4 54. Rf7 Ra2 55. h4 Re2 56. g4 g5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Re7
h5 60. gxh5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 {That move has became very
popular in last few years.} Nc6 {The most principal continuation.Black is
trying to use some vulnerablity of Qb3.} ({another possibility here is:} 5...
c6 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d5) 6. Nbd2 ({another
continuation} 6. Bd2 {is not dangerous for black in view of:} Bb7 7. d5 (7. Bc3
Ne4 8. a3 (8. Bg2 $2 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 (9. bxc3 Na5 $17) 9... Nxd4 $17) 8... Nxc3 9.
Qxc3 Be7 $132) 7... Ne7 8. dxe6 dxe6 9. Bg2 Nf5 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bf4
Qc8 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fominyh,A-Aseev,K/Samara 2000/CBM
78 (41)} 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bf6 18. Rd2 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Rad8 $14
{1/2-1/2 Fominyh,A-Aseev,K/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (41)}) 6... d5
{That is Anand's favourite.This move has a clear drawback:the pawn structure
is in white's favour,and he may reach advantage if he could transfer his
knight to c3.} (6... Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4
Bxe4 {is another solid option for black.}) (6... Bb7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
e5 {is less promising for black.}) 7. Bg2 {That is probably the most direct
order of moves.} (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O (10. Nc4 dxc4 11.
Ne5 {but after:} Bxe5 12. Bxc6+ Bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. dxe5 Qd5 $1 15. Qxd5
Nxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 385 (37)})
10... O-O 11. Nb1 Ne4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Ne7 15. Nc3 Nf5 16. e3
c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (25)}) (7. Qa4 Bb7 8.
Bg2 Qd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qd1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Be7
15. Ne5 Qe6 $11 {0-1 Piket,J-Leko,P/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (47)}) 7... Qd7 {
Black doesn't move to remove his bishop from a6,because it puts pressure on
white's pawns c4 and e2.} ({there are some alternatives,after which white has
good chanses to reach advantage:} 7... Bb7 8. cxd5 (8. O-O {Gershon} Be7 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rac1 $14 {
1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Tkachiev,V/Biel SUI 2002/The Week in Chess 403 (44)}) 8...
exd5 9. Ne5 a6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Bb7
15. O-O O-O 16. Be3 Qe7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo
Pons,F-Anand,V/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (24)}) (7... Be7 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5
10. Nc4 $6 (10. Ne5 $142 {Gershon} Qd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ndf3 $14 {[%cal Gc1f4]})
10... dxc4 (10... Qd7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. O-O $11) 11. Ne5 Bb4+ $6 (11... Nd5 $1 {
Gershon} 12. Nxc6 (12. e4 Ndb4 13. d5 Nc2+ $19) 12... Qd7 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14.
Nxe7+ Kxe7 15. Qa3+ Kd7 16. f3 Rae8 17. Be3 $13) 12. Kf1 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14.
Bg5 $1 $36 {1-0 Pelletier,Y-Naiditsch,A/Zurich 2002/CBM 91/[Gershon] (38) A
very good move, exploiting the fact black cannot move the N, due to an
unprotected Q.} (14. Qxb4 $6 Bxc6 15. Qxc4 Bb5 $40)) 8. O-O $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
It is very strange,but that natural move is a novelty! More than that,it
improves on white's previous play.} (8. Qa4 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Nb1 Ne4 12. Be3 Ne5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Grischuk,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The
Week in Chess 410 (81)}) 8... Bd6 $6 {That move seems to be not accurate,since
it allows Nf3-e5 is very powerful after that.} (8... Be7 $142 9. Qc3 (9. Ne5
Nxe5 10. dxe5 dxc4 $1 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Rd1 (12. e4 Nb4 {[%cal Gd7d3]}) 12...
Qb5 13. e4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 $15) 9... O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4) 9. Qc3 $1
{[%cal Gf3e5] Ruslan comes with an excellent new idea!The placement of Nc6 and
Bd6 is not comfortable,and he uses that fact!} O-O $6 {That is another
inaccurasy,after which white gets a serious advantage.} (9... Bb4 $142 10. Qc2
Bxd2 $1 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd2 Rd8 13. Rd1 Nf6 $1 {and white has only a slight
advantage here.}) 10. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 $8 11. dxe5 Ng4 (11... d4 $2 12. Qa3 $18 {
[%csl Ra6,Rf6]}) (11... Ne8 12. b3 Rd8 13. Ba3 Ne7 14. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Re8]})
12. b4 $1 {White's play is very enegretically! Now black is forced to take on
c4.} (12. f4 $6 Rad8 13. b3 (13. Qf3 Nh6 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 13... dxc4 14. Nxc4
Nd4 $132) 12... dxc4 $8 (12... d4 $2 13. Qa3 $1 Bb7 14. b5 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7
16. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rg4]}) 13. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh2h3] All black's
minor pieces are in troubles now!} f6 {That move is a sad
necessarity-otherwise there is no way for Ng4.} (13... Rad8 14. h3 Nh6 15. a4
$1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Nd4 (15... Nf5 16. b5 Ncd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxc4 $18) 16.
Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. b5 Bc8 19. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf1c1]}) 14. a4
$1 b5 ({after} 14... Bb7 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qxc4 $16 {white has a great
positional advantage.}) 15. Bf4 $2 {Till that moment,white has played very
strong,but this move is a serious mistake.} ({after the most natural} 15. exf6
Nxf6 (15... gxf6 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bb2 $16) 16. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 17.
Bxa8 Rxa8 18. axb5 Bxb5 (18... Qxb5 19. Ra5) 19. Qxe5 $16 {black has no
visible compensation for an exchange-his king is very weak.}) 15... Rad8 $1 16.
Bh3 $6 {That is another mistake,that allows black to consolidate the position
and keep an extra material.} ({white could reach some compensation for a pawn
after:} 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Qxe5 c6 20. Bh3 $44) 16...
fxe5 17. Nxe5 (17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nxe5 Ngxe5 19. Bxe5 a6 $15) 17... Ngxe5 18.
Bxe5 bxa4 19. Rad1 $2 {It's just unbelievable! White allows black to save a
strong passed pawn on a4!} ({after} 19. Rxa4 Bb5 20. Raa1 a6 $15 {black is
better,but white has a good chanses for a draw due to some weaknesses of
black's pawns chain.}) 19... Qf7 20. Bf4 Bb5 $19 21. Qe3 e5 $1 {Vishi shows an
excellent technic! The most effective way for a win is to give up one
pawn-that would let black to change a lot of material.} ({less clear was} 21...
Rfe8 $6 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Qc5 $17 {and white has some hopes due to activity of
his pieces.}) 22. Rxd8 (22. Bg5 Rd4 {is completely hopeless.}) 22... Rxd8 23.
Bxe5 Re8 24. f4 a6 $1 {Black is not in a hurry.It is very important that all
his pawns are under control now.} 25. Bg2 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qe6 27. Qc5 (27. Qf2 c3
28. Qc5 Qb6 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Qxb6 cxb6 31. Rc1 Rc8 $19) 27... c6 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Yc6d5]} (27... Qb6 $6 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. e6 $17) 28. Rf3 Qe7 $1 {Now the
trade of queens is unavoidable.} 29. Qxe7 (29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. exd6 Rd8 $19) (29.
Qd4 Qxb4 $19) (29. Re3 Qxc5 30. bxc5 Kf7 $19) 29... Rxe7 30. Re3 Kf8 {The king
will stop white's pawn.Now the only black has to do is to activate his rook.}
31. Kf2 Ra7 $1 32. Ra3 Ke7 33. Ke3 Rd7 34. Be4 h6 {[%cal Gd7d1]} ({there was
no reason to hurry:} 34... Ke6 $6 35. Bxh7 Kxe5 36. Bc2 {with some chanses for
a draw.}) 35. Bc2 Rd5 {Now white is not able to save his passed pawn.} 36. Bxa4
(36. Kf4 c5 37. bxc5 Rxc5 $19 {[%cal Gc4c3]}) (36. Ke4 Rd2 37. Bxa4 Rxe2+ 38.
Kf5 Rxh2 39. Bxb5 Rh5+ $1 40. Kf4 axb5 $19) 36... Rxe5+ 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Bc2 c5
{Creating a second passed pawn.The rest is a usual agony for rapid.} 39. bxc5+
Kxc5 40. e4 Kb4 41. Ra2 c3 42. Ke3 Re7 {[%cal Ge7d7,Gd7d2] White's passed pawn
e4 is too far away.} 43. Ra1 Rd7 44. Rb1+ Kc5 $1 (44... Kc4 $143 45. Bb3+ Kc5
46. Bd5) 45. Rb3 Kc4 46. Rb1 Rd2 47. Bb3+ (47. Rc1 a5 48. e5 a4 49. Bg6 a3 50.
e6 Kb3 51. e7 a2 $19) 47... Kc5 48. Rc1 Rd3+ {''Cutting'' white's king.} (48...
Kb4 49. Bc2 Ka3 $19) 49. Kf4 Kb4 50. Bc2 Rd2 51. h4 Rxc2 $1 {A simple,but
elegant final sucrifice.White is not able to stop the pawn.} 52. Rxc2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 e5 8. Nf3
Ng4 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Qe2 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. h3 Nge5 14. Qb5 Qxb5
15. Bxb5 Nxf3 16. gxf3 O-O-O 17. Nd5 Bh4 18. Be3 Kb8 19. Kb1 f5 20. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ba4 d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 f6 17. Nxc7 Nb4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxc7 20. fxe4 dxe4 21.
Qg4 fxe5 22. dxe5 Qd5 23. Bd7 Qxe5 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. Ra4 Nd5 27.
Rxe4 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nxb6
Qxb6 15. b3 c5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qh3 g6 18. Be5 Rfe8 19. Re3 Bf8 20. Qh4 Bg7
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rh3 h5 23. Qg5 Qd8 24. Rxh5 Qxg5 25. Rxg5 f5 26. Rg3 Kf6 27.
Be2 a5 28. Rc3 Rec8 29. a4 Rab8 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rb4 32. Rc3 c4 33. h3
Rcb8 34. Rd6 cxb3 35. cxb3 Rxb3 36. Rcc6 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Re1 38. h4 Rb4 39. g3 Rb2
40. g4 fxg4 41. Kg2 Re4 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Kg3 Rxa4 45. Rxe6+ Kf7 46.
Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rxg6 Ra3+ 48. Kxg4 Rxf2 49. Kh5 Rf7 50. Kh6 Raf3 51. Ra6 R3f6 52.
Rxa5 Rxg6+ 53. Kxg6 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. h3 Bb7
15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. a5 Rc8 18. Ned4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Rdc1 e5 21. Nf5
d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Ne4 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Bf1 Be6 27. Ne3 Rd4
28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. axb6 Rb4 30. Bxa6 Nxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxb2 32. c4 h5 33. c5 Rb5 34.
c6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. Qg3 Rac8 13. Kh1 d5 14. e5 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Ne4 16. Qe3 Bc5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rfd1 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3]} 1. e4 {Cifuentes,R} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5
6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7
13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O (14. exf5 {Cifuentes,R} Bxd5 15. f6 h6 $1 (15... e4 $5 16.
fxg7 Re8 17. Be2 Re5 18. Qh6 b4 $1 (18... Qg5 19. Qxg5 Rxg5 20. Nc2 Be6 21. Ne3
Kxg7 22. a4 b4 $11) 19. Nc2 (19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rc5 (21... d5
22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qxa6 Rxc4 $44) 22. Bb3 Na5 23. O-O Nxb3 24. axb3 Rxc3 $11)
19... bxc3 20. bxc3 Be6 $142 (20... Qg5 $6 {Según Glavina este orden es
impreciso.} 21. Qxg5 Rxg5 22. O-O (22. O-O-O $5 {intentando aprovechar el
orden de jugadas de Van Wely.} Bxa2 23. Rxd6 Rc5 24. Kd2 $14) 22... Be6 23.
Rfd1 Rc5 24. Rxd6 Rxc3 25. Ne3 Nb4 $1 26. a4 Nc2 27. Nxc2 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Van
Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003 (27)}) 21. Ne3 Qg5 22. Qxg5 Rxg5 23. Kd2 Rb8 24.
Rhb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Ra5 26. Rb6 Rxa2+ 27. Ke1 Ra1+ $11) 16. fxg7 (16. Qf5 e4 17.
fxg7 Re8 18. Bc2 Re5 19. Qf4 Qg5 $11) 16... Kxg7 17. Nc2 (17. Qf5 Qg5 $1) 17...
Be6 18. Ne3 d5 19. h4 Qf6 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5+ Kh7 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rh3 Qg6
24. Qxg6+ fxg6 25. Ne3 d4 26. Nc2 Rf4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares
ESP 2002 (49)}) (14. Nc2 $2 {Cifuentes,R} fxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Nf6+ Rxf6 17.
Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bb7 Rb8 19. Bxa6 Rb6 20. Nb4 Qa8 21. a4 Bf7 $1 22. Qf3 Rxa6 $17 {
Akvist-Joksik/Reggio Emilia 1976-77}) 14... f4 {Thanks to Anand's efforts,
this position became fashionable lately and I suspect it will be even more
popular in the near future, since it appears to be like a promising attempt
for White to fight for advantage in Sveshnikov Sicilian, especially because
other tries have failed so far. Actually I believe that due to the relatively
new type of positions, the present game probably opens a new and wide field
for further developments in the theory of Sveshnikov Sicilian.} 15. Rfd1 {
Leaving the other rook on a1 in order to support the advance a2-a4.} (15. Nc2 {
allows the immediate ...f5. However, the arising positions need more practical
tests for the final verdict, since most of the evaluations are based on old
and rather poorly analized games.} f5 {The positional threat now is 16...Bxd5
17.exd5 Ne7, so White should probably bring the second knight to b4, when many
interesting variations need to be checked more carefully. For instance:} 16.
Ncb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 a5 18. exf5 (18. Nc2 Qd7 $13) 18... Bf7 19. Qh3 Qd7 20. Nc2
(20. Nc6 Qxc6 (20... Bc4 $2 21. Bxc4+ bxc4 22. Qf3 Ra6 (22... d5 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5
24. Ne7+ $18) 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Nxa5 $16 {1-0 Tolnai,T-Thallinger,G/Caorle 1989
(47)}) 21. f6 e4 22. fxg7 Kxg7 {is good for Black.}) 20... d5 {is considered
to be fine for Black because of the game Klovans-Timoscenko, 1974, which
continued:} 21. Rad1 Ra6 22. Qg4 (22. a4 Rh6 23. Bxb5) 22... Rh6 23. Qe2 f3 24.
gxf3 Qe7 25. f4 e4 26. Bxb5 Bh5 27. f3 Qc5+ 28. Ne3 exf3 29. Qd3 f2+ 30. Kxf2
Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Kh8 {and in some sources this position is evaluated as winning
for Black. In the game actually Black blundered and White won pretty soon.
While I doubt that the evaluation of the present position is so clear, White's
earlier play can certainly be improved several times, the most noticeable
possibilities are 22.a4 (instead of 22.Qg4) and 30.Rxf2 (instead of 30.Kxf2).
Anyway, it seems to me that after 15.Nc2 f5 Black should be doing fine one way
or another, and that's why in the modern practice White was trying exclusively
to place a rook on d1 (instead of 15.Nc2) and prevent 15...f5.}) (15. Rad1 {
Anand used this move several times, connecting it with the next g2-g3. As
mentioned before, White needs a rook on d1 in order to prevent Black from
playing f7-f5.} Kh8 $13 {/=} (15... f5 16. exf5 (16. Bc2 $5) 16... Bxd5 17. f6
Rxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Rxd5 Ne7 20. Qf3 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $44)) 15... Rb8 {Black
has a lot of other options.} (15... Ne7 {'!?' Cifuentes,R.} 16. Nxe7+ (16. Nc2
Bxd5 17. exd5 f5 $132) 16... Qxe7 17. Nc2 Qd7 (17... Kh8 {Cifuentes,R} 18. Nb4
Qd7 19. h3 a5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 f5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bc2 Rab8 24. Bxa4 Qc7
25. Qe2 e4 26. Bc6 Be5 27. Kh1 Rg8 28. Rg1 Rxg2 $1 29. Rxg2 f3 30. Qf1 fxg2+
31. Qxg2 Rg8 (31... Rxb2 $1) 32. Qf1 Qf7 33. c4 Qh5 34. Ra3 f4 35. f3 (35. Bd7
f3) 35... Bd4 $19 {Pitl,G-Wendt,J/Budapest 2003}) (17... Qd7 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. a4
$6 bxa4 20. Bxa6 f3 $1 21. gxf3 Bh6 22. Ne3 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Rg1 Qe7 25.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Bh3 28. Ng2 Qg5 29. Qf1 Bc1 $17) 18. h3 (18.
Qe2 {Cifuentes,R} Kh8 19. a4 $6 bxa4 20. Bxa6 f3 $1 21. gxf3 Bh6 22. Ne3 Rg8+
23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Rg1 Qe7 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Bh3 28. Ng2 Qg5
29. Qf1 Bc1 $17) 18... Kh8 $13) (15... f5 $6 16. exf5 (16. Bc2 $5) 16... Bxd5
17. f6 Bh6 {An interesting idea, designed to keep the light-squared bishop on
the board. However, White can achieve an advantage thanks to the somewhat
exposed king's position on g8.} (17... Rxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Rxd5 Ne7 20. Be4
$44) 18. Qxh6 Ra7 19. Bxb5 $1 (19. Bxh7+ Rxh7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Rxd5 f3 $1 $36)
19... Rxf6 (19... Bxg2 20. Rxd6 (20. Bc4+ $18) 20... Qxd6 21. f7+ {[%cal Gh6d6,
Gf7g8]}) 20. Qh5 Bf7 21. Qg5+ Rg6 22. Qxd8+ Nxd8 23. Bd3 $16 {[%cal Gd3e4]}) (
15... Kh8 $5 16. Nc2 $140 f5 (16... Rg8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 $13) 17. exf5
Bxd5 18. f6 Bh6 $1 19. Qxh6 Ra7 $13 20. Bxb5 Rxf6 21. Qh5 Bxg2 $1 22. Kxg2 axb5
$132 {[%csl Rg2]}) 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. h3 $1 {It's important to keep the queen on
h5 in order to prevent Black from taking on d5. Later in the game it turned
out that this move is also useful to avoid back rank problems.} (17. Qe2 Bxd5
18. exd5 Ne7 $11) 17... a5 (17... f5 {'!' Cifuentes,R. also doesn't fully
solve the opening problems:} 18. Ncb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 a5 20. exf5 $1 (20. Nc2 $6
{1-0 Pfaffel,T-Steiner,P/Austria 1995 (40)} d5 $1 {Cifuentes,R} 21. exf5 (21.
exd5 Qxd5 $15) 21... Bf7 22. Qg4 Qc6 $44) 20... Bf7 (20... Bxf5 {'?!'
Cifuentes,R. runs into} 21. Nc6 $1 {'!!' Cifuentes,R.} Qxc6 {Cifuentes,R} (
21... Rbe8 {Cifuentes,R} 22. Bxb5 $14) (21... Qxc6 22. Bxf5 h6 23. Qg6 Rf6 24.
Qh7+ Kf8 25. Be4 Qe8 26. Bd5 $16) 22. Bxf5 h6 23. Qg6 Rf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Be4
Qe8 26. Bd5 $16) 21. Qh4 axb4 22. f6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Hawley,M-Kolenbrander,J/
EU-chT1 corr7281 (32)} Bg6 {Cifuentes,R} 23. fxg7 (23. Bxg6 $2 Bxf6 $1) 23...
Qxg7 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 25. cxb4 Kh8 26. Qg4 (26. Rd5 Rf5 $1) 26... Qe4 $1 27. Qh4
$36) 18. Na3 $1 $146 {[%csl Rb5] Anand comes up with a move, which attacks the
newly created weakness on b5, but which in fact is designed in the end to
target the weak pawn on d6.  Starting with this moment White convincingly
increases the positional advantage.} (18. Be2 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qf3 Rg5 {
was good for Black in Ratti,R-Cramling,D/Groningen 1978.}) 18... b4 {A natural
continuation, but maybe it was better to protect the pawn instead of allowing
White to establish a knight on b5.} (18... Na7 $5 {This retreat is quite
typical for Sveshnikov Sicilian. The knight goes to the "ugly" square a7, but
on the other hand White's last move was also Nc2-a3, so both knights
"compensate" each other. Now Black threatens 19...Bxd5 20.exd5 f5.} 19. Bc2 $14
(19. c4 $5)) 19. Nb5 $1 {The knight will prove to be very strong on b5.} bxc3
20. bxc3 $14 {White has a stable advantage and earlier improvements must be
found for Black.} Ne7 (20... Rb7 21. a4 Ne7 22. Bc4 $14) 21. Ndc7 $1 {
Unexpected way to catch Black's bishop on e6.} Rbc8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a4 {
Here Black needs to do something out of ordinary, otherwise he will slowly die
without getting any counterplay. In the game Kramnik's defensive plan failed
to succeed.} Kh8 24. Bc2 {[%csl Rd6]} Rc6 25. Rd2 Nc8 26. Rad1 Qe7 27. Bb3 {
All White's pieces are perfectly placed. There is no doubt about the
evaluation - White has a huge positional advantage. Probably Black should try .
..f3 at some moment to complicate matters, although it is unclear how to
follow up after the simple g3.} Rf6 28. c4 {The start of decisive breakthrough.
} Rh6 (28... Bf8 29. c5 Rxc5 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Qe8+
Bf8 34. Bxe6 $18 {is practically the same as the game.}) 29. Qf3 Bf8 30. c5 $1
{No wonder there is a tactical way for White to convert his advantage.} Rxc5 (
30... dxc5 31. Rd7 (31. Rd8 $5 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 31... Qg5 32. Rf7 Be7 33. Rd7
Kg8 (33... c4 34. Na7 Rd6 35. Rfxe7 (35. Rc7 $5) 35... Nxe7 36. Rxd6 cxb3 37.
Qxb3 Rg6 38. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Re5,Re6,Rh8]}) 34. Na7 Kxf7 35. Nxc6 $18) 31. Nxd6
Nxd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Qd3 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Rh6,Rh8] Total lack of
coordination between Black's pieces. White is winning.} Rc6 35. Qb5 Rc1+ 36.
Kh2 Rf6 37. Qe8+ Bf8 38. Bxe6 f3 {This obviously cannot change anything now.
Black has no pieces for attack, so white king finds a path to enter into
Black's camp without any real danger for White.} (38... Rc2 39. Qd8 Kg7 40.
Qd7+ Kh8 41. Bf5 Bg7 42. Qe8+ Rf8 43. Qh5 h6 44. Qg6 Kg8 45. Qh7+ Kf7 46. Bg6+
Kf6 47. Bh5 $18) 39. g4 Rf1 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh4 Kg7 (41... Rh6+ 42. Kg5 Rg6+
43. Kf5 $18) 42. g5 Rf4+ 43. Kh5 Rg2 44. Bf5 Rxf5 45. exf5 Rxf2 46. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Qc4 Ne5 14. Qb3 Nd7
15. Qc4 Ne5 16. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {Anand also plays the Paulsen with
Black, but avoids the following line by} (4... Nc6) 5. Bd3 {This flexible move
is Anand's favourite choice. While d3 is obviously the best square for the B,
the Nb1 can be developed not only to c3 (see the game!) White was not
interested how Markowski meant to improve on his 2 recent games with Smirin:} (
5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 $1 Bb7 (8... Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 e5 11.
Nf5 $1 Bxf5 12. exf5 a5 13. Bb5+ Nbd7 14. Bg5 O-O 15. c3 bxc3 16. Nxc3 h6 17.
Bh4 Nc5 18. Rad1 Nb3 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Nd4 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Bg5 23. Rc3
$1 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Nb3 25. Rd1 $16 {Smirin,I-Markowski,T/ECC Rethymnon/2003/}) 9.
a4 b4 10. Na2 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. c3 $1 Nd7 13. f3 Nec5 14. Nxb4 a5 15. Nbc6 Bxc6
(15... Qb6 16. Bb5 Nb3 17. Be3 $1 $16) 16. Nxc6 Qb6 17. Bb5 Nb3+ (17... Rc8
$142 18. Be3 Rxc6 19. b4 Rc7 20. Rab1 $1 $40) 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Rae1 Rc8 20. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 Rxc6 22. Qd1 $1 Rc7 23. Qxb3 $16 {Smirin,I-Markowski,T/EU-chT
Plovdiv/2003/}) 5... Bc5 {Even Kasparov used this move recently, which has
greatly helped its popularity.} ({Alternatives are} 5... Nf6) (5... Qc7 {or}) (
5... Nc6) 6. Nb3 Be7 {The modern move, which has become popular only recently.
Black retreats his B to the usual Sicilian square, he has spent a tempo to
chase the Nd4 away from the [+]. This idea is usually implemented with Qb6-c7
in other lines.} ({It's not easy to prove any advantage for White even after
the more active older move} 6... Ba7 {Perhaps White should concentrate more on
the sharp lines with opposite castling as} 7. Nc3 ({Quiet development doesn't
promise White much, as Anand found out recently in a blitz game:} 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rd7 $5 14. h3
Bb7 15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. a5 Rc8 18. Ned4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nc4 $132 {/=/+,Anand,
V-Svidler,P/Cap d'Agde act 5' plof/2003/}) (7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Nge7 10.
Qe2 (10. Re1 $143 $6 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Nd5 a5 $1 13. Rc1 a4 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
Nd2 Nd4 16. Qh5 Ne6 17. Rc3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Nxd5 19. exd5 g6 20. Qh6 f5 $36 {
Comp Deep Junior-Kasparov,G/New York/2003/}) 10... e5 11. Be3 Nd4 $5 12. Bxd4
exd4 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. Kh1 Be6 16. f4 Re8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Bxd5
19. exd5 Nb4 20. f5 Qe7 21. f6 $13 {1/2,Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee/2000/})
7... Nc6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nf6 11. g4 $5 b5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g5
Ne8 14. f4 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 $36 Qb6 $6 18. e5 $1 Bb7 19.
Rhf1 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rd8 (20... g6 $8 21. Nf5 $16) 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. g6+ Kg8
23. Qh3 Nf6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. g7 {1-0,Anand,V-Ninov,K/WchJ Baguio City/1987/})
7. Be3 $5 {Once again White makes a flexible developing move and keeps Black
guessing about the placement of his Nb1 and K.} ({The main move nowadays is
the aggressive sortie} 7. Qg4 {With the B on a7 this would be only a loss of
time, now its a different story:} {Safer is} g6 $142 (7... Nf6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9.
Qh6 Nc6 10. Nc3 $5 (10. O-O $5 {seems risky, but in fact it's not easy to find
concrete compensation for Black, e.g.,} Ne5 11. Nc3 b5 12. f3 b4 13. Nd1 d5 14.
Qe3 Bb7 15. Nf2 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. f4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Bxf4 20.
Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Nc5 Qg5 22. Nfd3 $16 {Psakhis,L-Kurajica,B/Cap d'Agde/1994/})
10... Rxg2 11. Qh3 Rg8 12. Bd2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Qf1 Be6 15. O-O-O Qc7 16.
Ne2 O-O-O 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. f3 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Gd3]
^^,Lutz,C-Milov,V/EU-chT Leon/2001/}) 8. Qe2 d6 {The tempo White has invested
into forcing g6 complicates Black the develoment of his >>, as after ...Ngf6
White can usually play Bh6. However, Black can first develop his << pieces,
his K is safe in the [+] for the time being and premature activity can
seriously compromise White's position. Only concrete and well-thought out play
can promise White an edge:} {Possibly critical for the evaluation of the whole
line is the continuation} 9. O-O (9. a4 Nf6 (9... Nc6 10. a5 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O
12. O-O Re8 $6 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Na4 Bg7 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. c3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18.
Bc2 Qc7 19. h3 Bb5 20. Qd2 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bf4 Rbd8 24. Nd4
Qc5 25. b4 Qc8 26. Bg5 Nc4 27. Qf4 f6 28. Bh6 $16 {Svidler,P-Epishin,V/GER
Cupf Baden Baden/2002/}) 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. a5 Ne5 $5 12. Na4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 e5
$1 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Bh6 Nh5 17. g3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. h4 Qe7
20. O-O O-O 21. Rac1 Ng7 $11 {De la Riva Aguado,O-Epishin,V/Andorra/2003/})
9... Nd7 (9... Qc7 $143 $6 {enables White to open the << advantageously with}
10. a4 b6 11. a5 $1 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Nc3
Qb7 17. Na4 d5 18. Bd3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 $16 {Kotronias,V-Banikas,H/
Athens/2003/}) 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Kh1 $5 (13. f4 h5 14. f5
$6 {is premature due to} gxf5 15. exf5 e5 16. Be4 Ngf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nd4 b5
19. Nf3 Rc8 20. b4 Rg8 21. a4 bxa4 22. Ra1 Nb6 23. b5 axb5 24. Qxb5+ Qc6 25.
Rfb1 Nfd7 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Nxa4 Nc4 $17 {Bartel,M-Markowski,T/POL-ch Warsaw/
2003/}) 13... h5 14. Nd4 Ngf6 (14... h4 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Bg5 Ne5 17. Qe3 Nh5 18.
Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Be2 Rc8 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. Rd1 e5 22. Qd2 Nf4 23. Rfe1 Rc6 24. Bf1
Kf8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 $14 {Zagrebelny,S-Goldin,A/Ashdod op/2003/}) 15. h3
$1 b5 16. a3 Ne5 17. Bg5 h4 18. Qe3 {[%csl Re8][%cal Yf2f4,Ye4e5] Although
Black is active on both flanks, his K is gradually starting to feel
uncomfortable on e8, White is already prepared to act in the [+] with f4 and
e5.} Nh5 (18... Rh5 19. f4 Rxg5 $6 20. fxg5 Nh5 21. Nce2 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23.
Be4 $1 $16 {Macieja,B-Markowski,T/Bermuda/2003/}) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Be2 $14)
7... d6 8. N1d2 {This more modest development has the advantage of not giving
Black a target for <=> with b5-b4, or even Rc8xc3 (as after Nc3).} (8. f4 Nf6
9. g4 $6 (9. N1d2 {-8.N1d2}) 9... e5 10. f5 h5 $1 11. gxh5 d5 $36) 8... Nf6 9.
f4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Anand comes up with an aggressive novelty, until now
White's previous move was usually connected with << play:} (9. a4 Nbd7 10. a5
d5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 (12. Qe2 Qc7 $5 13. c4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5
16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. Bb6 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qf7 20. Qe2 e5 21. Rfd1 Bd7 22.
Nc5 Bc6 23. b4 Bg5 $13 {Lurie,M-Goldin,A/Ashdod op/2003/}) 12... dxe4 (12...
Qc7 $5 $13) 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Bd2 $5 (14. Bd4 Qc7 15. Ra4 e5 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Be3
Nf6 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Nc5 Bg4 20. f3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxc5+ 22. Bxc5 Rd8 23. Qe2 Bd7
24. Rc4 Re8 25. Ne4 $11 {1/2,Ivanchuk,V-Smirin,I/Budapest/1999/}) 14... Qc7 $5
$132 (14... Ne5 15. Bf1 Ng6 16. g3 Bd7 17. h4 Qc7 18. h5 Ne5 19. h6 $36 {
Belikov,V-Goldin,A/Cappelle la Grande/2001/})) 9... b6 $6 {As the above
examples show, this is a typical move for the whole line and also for
Markowski's slow, positional style. However, as White prepares << castling and
a >> P-storm, a more active reaction is probably necessary.} (9... b5 $2 10. a4
$1 $16 {[%csl Rb5] ׫}) (9... Nbd7 $142 10. g4 (10. Qe2 e5 $5 $132 {is less
energetic}) 10... Nc5 $5 (10... e5 $6 11. g5 $36 {/\} exf4 $2 12. Bd4 $1 $18)
11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. g5 Nd7 {[%cal Re6e5] /\e5} 13. e5 b5 $132) ({Maybe Black can
play even the direct} 9... e5 $5 {, as without a N on c3 the weakening of d5
is negligible.} 10. Nc4 (10. fxe5 Ng4 $11) (10. f5 d5 $132) 10... Nbd7 $13) 10.
Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qc7 ({Now after} 11... e5 {White can play} 12. g4 (12. Nc4 $6
Nbd7 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) (12. f5 $5 $32 {is also possible, as now opening the 
[+] is risky due to Black's lag in development}) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. g5
Nd7 15. h4 $14 {|^}) (11... Nbd7 $5 12. g4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 (13. Bd4 $5 $14) 13...
bxc5 14. g5 Nd7 $14 {/<=>}) 12. g4 $1 {This is especially effective before
Black has played Nbd7,now he must develop his N to c6.} Nfd7 13. Kb1 (13. c3 $5
) 13... Nc6 (13... Nc5 $5) 14. c3 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Yd3c2][%mdl 32] White
has finished his development and has time for prophylaxis: the text prevents
Nb4 and also frees c2 for the Bd3 in case Black plays Nc5.} b5 15. Rhf1 (15. g5
$5 {seems more logical, but Anand doesn't go for an all-out >>->, as 0-0 looks
too dangerous anyway.}) 15... e5 $6 {Committal, but what to do with the K?} (
15... O-O-O 16. Nd4 $14 {[%cal Ya2a4] /\a4->}) ({Probably Black should have
taken the plunge with something like} 15... b4 16. Rc1 a5 17. Nd4 O-O $5 $14 {
/~~,<=>}) (15... Nc5 16. Bc2 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 $14) 16. f5 {[%cal Rg4g5]} h6 {
Black can't allow g5 without a fight.} 17. Qf2 Rc8 ({Now [+]<=> is not too
effective anymore:} 17... Nf6 18. Rg1 d5 19. Bb6 (19. h4 $5 $40) 19... Qc8 20.
exd5 Nxd5 21. Be4 $36) (17... Qd8 18. Nf3 {[%cal Rh2h4] /\h4+/-}) 18. h4 b4 {
Black naturally strives for <=>, but in the end it will be White, who will
play on the <->c} 19. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} bxc3 $6 (19... Qd8 $142 $5 20. f6 $1
gxf6 21. Bc4 $44 {/+/-}) 20. Rxc3 Qd8 {[%cal Re7h4,Yc6b4] /\Bh4,Nb4} 21. f6 $1
{[%mdl 576] Tactics and strategy in ideal harmony. This sacrifice paralyses
Black's position.} ({Interesting, but less convincing was} 21. g5 $5 hxg5 22.
hxg5 Bxg5 $142 (22... Nb4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 (23... Bxc8 $6 24. f6 $1 gxf6 25. Bc4
$16 {->}) 24. Qe2 $36) 23. Nc4 Be7 24. Qg2 $44) 21... gxf6 $8 (21... Nxf6 $2
22. g5 $18 {As we see, even the somewhat mysterious 15.Rhf1 nicely fits into
White's plans.}) 22. a3 $1 {[%cal Rd2c4,Rc4b6,Rd3c4,Rc4d5] /\Nc4-b6,Bc4-d5
After the sacrifice there follows a quiet move and suddenly it's clear White
has loads of time and possibilities to strengthen his position on both flanks,
while Black has only weaknesses both on the >> and <<.} Nc5 {Black tries to
solve the situation on the <<, but will suffer on the >>.} (22... Na5 23. Nxa5
Qxa5 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nc4 $40 (25. Bc4 $40)) 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. g5 $18 {
/+/- White regains the P with a winning positional advantage, as Black's K is
permanently exposed and his forces are uncoordinated.} hxg5 25. hxg5 Nd4 (25...
fxg5 $2 26. Qxf7+ Kd7 27. Nb3 $18) 26. gxf6 Bf8 (26... Bd6 27. Qg3 $18 (27. Nc4
$18)) 27. Qg3 ({Also good was} 27. Nc4 {/\} Rc6 28. Nxe5 Re6 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30.
Rb3 Ba8 31. Qxd4 $1 $18) 27... Rh5 28. Bxd4 $5 {Anand exchanges Black's most
active piece and forces matters. However, this is certainly not the only way.}
(28. Nc4 $40) (28. Qg8 $5 {[%cal Rd2c4,Rd3c4] /\Nc4,Bc4}) 28... exd4 (28...
cxd4 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. Be2 $1 Rh6 (30... Bxe4+ 31. Ka2 $1 Bg6 32. Bxh5 Bxh5 33.
Rf5 $18) 31. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 32. Qxe5+ Kd8 33. Qxd4+ Qd7 $8 (33... Ke8 34. Qe5+
Kd8 35. Rd1 $18) (33... Kc7 34. Bg4 $18) 34. Qxd7+ Kxd7 35. Bg4+ $18 {_|_}) (
28... Qxd4 29. Nb3 Qd8 30. Be2 $1 $18 (30. Ka2 $18)) 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. e5 $1 {
This sacrifice opens the centre against Black's K.} Bd5 (30... Rxe5 $2 31. Rxb7
$18) 31. Bc4 Rxe5 32. Re1 $2 {Anand most probably already thought all the work
was done and overlooked Black's following resource. This can happen even to
the very best.} (32. Bxa6 $6 Bxb3 33. Bxc8 Bd5 34. Rf5 Re7 35. Qxc7 Rxc7 36.
Rxd5 Rxc8 37. Ne4 $16) ({The most consistent attacking continuation was} 32.
Bxd5 $142 Rxd5 33. Qg8 {[%cal Rb3h3,Rh3h8] /\Rh3-h8+-} ({An equivalent
alternative is} 33. Re1+ Kd7 34. Qg8 Kc6 35. Nc4 {[%cal Rb3b6,Rg8g2] /\Rb6,
Qg2+-}) 33... c4 $2 34. Nxc4 Qxc4 35. Re1+ $18) 32... Re6 $1 {[] The only
defence, but sufficient for the time being.} (32... Rxe1+ $2 33. Qxe1+ Be6 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kd8 36. Qg8 Ke8 37. Nc4 $18) 33. Rxe6+ {White has to win
the game all over again.} (33. Bxd5 $2 Qxg3 34. Rxe6+ fxe6 35. Rxg3 exd5 $17) (
33. Qh4 Qc6 $13) 33... Bxe6 (33... fxe6 $143 34. Qd3 $40 {/\} Kf7 $2 35. Bxd5
exd5 36. Rb7 $1 Qxb7 37. Qh7+ $18) 34. Qd3 $44 {[%csl Re8] Black's K is still
very vulnerable and White has full compensation for the pawn.} (34. Qg8 $143
Qc6 $1 $13 {/=/+}) 34... Qe5 {[%cal Re6f5] /\Bf5} (34... Bxc4 $6 35. Nxc4 $16)
(34... Qc6 35. Bxe6 {-34...Qe5} (35. Bxa6 $6 c4 36. Bxc4 Bxc4 37. Nxc4 Qxc4 38.
Qxc4 Rxc4 39. Rb8+ Kd7 40. Rxf8 Ke6 $132 {/=})) 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. Nc4 Qxf6 $6 {
Taking the pawn is tempting and very logical.} ({However, deserving attention
was} 36... Kd8 $142 $1 {Here the K is safer, than on the open <->e and also
helps fighting the penetration of White's R with} 37. Rb6 Rc6 38. Rb8+ Rc8 39.
Rb7 Rc7 $5 $11 {Here it's not easy to prove any advantage for White.}) 37. Rb6
Qh4 $2 {The losing move.} (37... Rc6 $2 {already fails to} 38. Qe4+ Re6 39.
Rb8+ $18) ({Necessary was} 37... Qf4 $1 38. Rxa6 $36 (38. Qe2+ Kd8 39. Rxa6 $36
{[%csl Gb1] Here White is clearly better due to his much safer K, but the game
is still not decided.})) 38. Qe2+ Kd8 (38... Qe7 39. Nd6+ Kd8 40. Qxa6 $1 Qe1+
(40... Rc7 41. Qa8+ Kd7 42. Qa4+ $18) 41. Ka2 Qe6+ 42. b3 $18) (38... Kd7 39.
Rb7+ Rc7 (39... Kd8 40. Rxf7 Be7 41. Qe6 Rc7 42. Qd5+ Ke8 43. Rg7 $18) 40. Rb8
$40) 39. Qe5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5d5,Rc4d6] /\Qd5,Nd6 By centralizing his Q White
coordinates his forces and his -> becomes decisive.} Qh3 (39... Qe7 40. Qd5+
Qd7 41. Nd6 f6 (41... f5 42. Nf7+ Ke8 43. Re6+ Be7 44. Nd6+ Kd8 45. Rg6 $18)
42. Qg8 $1 Qe7 (42... Qg7 43. Qe6 $18) 43. Nxc8 Kxc8 44. Rxa6 Kb7 45. Re6 Qd7
46. Rxf6 $18) (39... Be7 40. Nd6 Rc6 41. Rb8+ Kd7 42. Rb7+ Kd8 43. Ne4 $1 ({
even stronger, than} 43. Nf5 $143 $18) 43... Ke8 $8 44. Rb8+ Kd7 45. Qf5+ $1
Re6 46. Qd5+ Bd6 47. Nxc5+ $18) 40. Nd6 {[%cal Re5e8] /\Qe8} Qe3 (40... Kd7 41.
Nxc8 Qf1+ 42. Ka2 Qc4+ 43. Rb3 $18) (40... Qd7 41. Nb7+) (40... Qh1+ 41. Ka2 f6
42. Qe6 $1 (42. Qe8+ Kc7 43. Nxc8 Qd5+ 44. Kb1 Qh1+ 45. Kc2 $18) 42... Ra8 43.
Rb7 $18) 41. Nxf7+ Kd7 42. Qd5+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ (43. Ne5 $18) (43. Qb7+ Ke8 44.
Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf7d6] /\Nd6!+-}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD/McShane"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{KAMPFSCHACH PAR EXCELLENCE On the 13th of December I had an early Christmas
present by way of a chance to play against Vishy Anand in the German
Bundesliga. They say giving's important as well, and I gave it all I could,
but it wasn't quite enough...} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12.
Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4 {[#] I couldn't help smirking when I glanced
over at the second board of the match, where Zbynek Hracek was playing White
for my team against Alexei Shirov and reached the same position! Zbynek chose
15.Rfd1, but Vishy decided to surprise me.} 15. Nc2 {"?!. After this careless
move Black replies ...f5! with the threat 16...Bxd5 and is already better." (
From "The complete Sveshnikov Sicilian" by Yuri Yakovich, Gambit 2002)} ({
Als besser gilt} 15. Rad1 {"This is currently the main line due to the efforts
of Vishy Anand, who played it several times in 2001. White prepares 16.g3 and
prevents 15...f5." (Yakovich)} Kh8 (15... Rb8 $5 16. g3 Qd7 17. Rd2 Bh3 (17...
f5) 18. Re1 Kh8 19. f3 Be6 20. gxf4 f5 21. Kh1 Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne7 23. fxe5 Bxe5
24. c4 Ng6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Bb1 Nf4 27. Qh4 Rg8 28. Nc2 Qg7 $2 (28... Ng6 $13)
29. Ne3 $16 {H.Krieger-R.Deutschmann, Graz 2002, 1:0/39, CDM}) 16. g3 Rg8 17.
Kh1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. gxf4 exf4 (20... fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qe3
exf4 23. Nxf4 Ne5 24. Nc2 $1 (24. f3 Qf6 25. Nd5 Qg6 26. Rg1 Bh6 27. Rxg5 Bxg5
28. Qd4 Rg8 29. Rg1 Rg7 30. Rg3 Qh5 31. Qb6 Qe8 32. Qd4 {- remis, D.Barua-J.
Sriram, New Delhi 2001}) (24. Nd5 Ng4 $1 {V.Anand-P.Leko, Wijk aan Zee 2001,
remis/34}) 24... Qd7 25. Nd4 Bh6 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Ng6+ Nxg6 28. Qxh6 {mit
weißem Vorteil gem. einer Analyse von P. Leko aus Yakovichs o.a. Werk}) 21.
Nxf4 Bxa2 22. c4 fxe4 (22... Ne5 23. Qe3 Rg8 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 $16 {
Anand/Yakovich; der lästige Fesselungszug 24...Bh6!? muß allerdings noch
geprüft werden, CDM.}) 23. Qxe4 Qe8 24. Bf3 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Rc8 26. Ne6 Re5 $1 {
"Black maintains the balance in a sharp tactical fight." (Yakovich)} 27. Bxc6
Rxc6 28. Nxf8 b4 $1 $14 {, V.Anand-G.Hernandez, Merida 2001, 1:0/53}) 15... f5
$1 {Detonating the centre and undermining d5. Black's key idea is to break the
blockade and get the pawns rolling, when supported by the bishop pair they can
become very dangerous.} 16. Ncb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 a5 $1 18. exf5 Bf7 19. Qh3 {[#]}
Qf6 $5 ({"} 19... Qd7 $1 20. Nc2 d5 21. Rad1 Ra6 $1 22. Qg4 Rh6 {and Black has
a strong initiative, Klovan-Timoshchenko, Odessa 1974." (Yakovich) McShane's
Damenzug hat aber auch seine Vorteile}) ({freilich nicht} 19... axb4 $2 20. f6
Bg6 21. fxg7 $16) 20. Nc2 {The blockade is gone, but at the cost of a useful
pawn on f5.} Rab8 ({Das sofortige} 20... b4 $5 {war auch zu bedenken:} 21. cxb4
(21. c4 Rac8) 21... d5) 21. g3 {Chipping away at the pawns as soon as possible.
} Bh6 {Weitere Möglichkeiten waren 21...b4 oder 21...d5.} 22. a4 b4 $5 ({
Bissiger als} 22... bxa4 {, da die Öffnung des Damenflügels auch dem Gegner
Entfaltungsmöglichkeiten bietet, z.B.} 23. Rxa4 Rxb2 24. Rxa5 Rb3 (24... Rc8
25. Ra3) (24... d5 $2 25. Nb4 Rd8 26. Ra6 Rd6 27. Rfa1 $16) 25. Nb4 Rxc3 26.
Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen}) 23. cxb4 d5 $1 {This was my
idea. With the c3 pawn deflected, the central pawns come into their own.} ({
In "Sweschnikow-Manier" unterstreicht Schwarz seine Opferbereitschaft, um die
zentrale Bauernwalze ins Rollen zu bringen. Zögerlich erscheint} 23... axb4 {:}
24. Bb5 b3 25. Nb4 {, und der Schimmel bekommt - ganz im Gegensatz zur Partie
- attraktive Optionen.}) 24. Bb5 Rfc8 $1 {Forcing the knight to a silly square,
as defending from c1 would give the Bh6 plenty to shout about.} 25. Ne1 e4 $5 {
Keeping White's knight passive.} ({Schwarz überläßt den gesamten Damenflügel
seinem Schicksal, überdies war} 25... axb4 $6 {wegen} 26. Nd3 $1 {zumindest
zweifelhaft.}) 26. bxa5 f3 {[#] A remarkable position. Three pawns down the
drain, but three mega pawns in the centre. White's own queenside trio has
potential, but for the moment his pieces are restricted too much. 27.Nxf3 exf3
28.Qg4+ Bg7 29.Qxf3 is interesting but after 29...Qxb2 the position still
looks unclear.} 27. a6 Bg7 28. Rb1 h5 29. b4 Rc7 30. Kh1 Qg5 31. Bd3 $1 {
Giving the piece back to roll the queenside.} ({Eine andere, brachiale
Befreiungsaktion bestand in} 31. g4 {, z.B.} hxg4 (31... h4 $6 32. Nxf3 $1 exf3
33. Qxf3 Rc3 34. Bd3 $16) 32. Qg3 Rbc8 (32... Rcc8 33. Bc6 $1) 33. Rg1 Bh5 $1 {
mit unklarer Stellung (34.h3?! Qxf5!). Das verblüffende Opferangebot des
Inders überrascht den jungen Engländer, der ab jetzt zudem in rasender Zeitnot
ist.}) 31... exd3 ({In fact I could have seriously considered just ignoring it
with} 31... Bc3 {here. Allerdings dürfte Weiß nach dem weiteren} 32. b5 Ba5 33.
Bc2 $1 {am längeren Hebel sitzen.}) 32. b5 $1 {He was pleased with this move,
which keeps me guessing as to which pawn his knight will grab.} d2 $1 ({
Ein Damenrückzug, um die feindlichen Bauern zu stoppen, ist in diesem Moment
unnötig:} 32... Qd8 $2 {/Qf6?!/Qh6?!} 33. Nxd3 $1 (33. b6 $2 Ra7 $1 34. bxa7
Rxb1 35. Nxf3 Rb6 $1) (33. a5 $2 d2 34. Nd3 Ra7)) 33. Nxf3 Qh6 34. Qh4 {[#]} ({
Gegen den sofortigen Vorstoß} 34. a5 {mußte die Ressource} Ra7 $1 {erst einmal
gefunden werden:} (34... d4 $2 35. b6) 35. g4 $5 (35. Qh4 $6 d4 $1 (35... Be8
$5) 36. Qe4 Bc4 $1 (36... Re8 $2 37. Qc2 Bd5 38. Kg1) 37. Rfd1 Qd6 $1) 35...
Qf4 36. gxh5 d4 37. Qg3 Qxg3 38. fxg3 Bd5 $13) 34... Qb6 $2 $138 {Giving up
the trump card to prevent a4-a5. Alternativen:} ({I Klar scheitert} 34... Bc3
$2 {an} 35. b6 $1 Rxb6 36. Qd8+ $18) ({II Jedoch nach} 34... d4 $1 {nebst
Aktivierung des Bf7 (/^a8-f3,/^c4-f1) ist Rettung in Sicht:} 35. Ng5 (35. Kg1
$6 Bc4 $1 {und falls} 36. b6 $2 {so} Bxf1 37. bxc7 Rxb1 38. c8=Q+ Kh7 39. Nxd2
Bxa6+ 40. Nxb1 Bxc8 $19) ({auf} 35. a5 $4 {besetzt} Bd5 {mit durchschlagender
Kraft die vitale, lange Diagonale.}) (35. Qe4 $2 Re8) 35... Qxa6 $1 36. bxa6
Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rxb1 39. a7 Bd5+ {[#] Analyse Allem Anschein nach
enden die enormen, am Brett allemal undurchschaubaren Verwicklungen nun
forciert im Remis:} 40. Qe4 (40. Ne4 d1=Q (40... Kf7 $2 41. Qxh5+ Kf8 42. f6 $1
Bxe4+ 43. Kh3 Bxf6 (43... d1=Q 44. fxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qe5+ Kh6 {/Kf8} 46. Qxe4 $18)
44. Qh6+ Ke7 45. a8=Q Bxa8 46. Qh7+ {plus Qxb1+-}) (40... Bxe4+ $4 41. Qxe4 $18
) 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qxd5 Qf1+ 43. Kf3 Qh1+ 44. Kf4 Qc1+ 45. Kf3 Qh1+ $11) 40...
Bxe4+ 41. Nxe4 d1=Q (41... Rg1+) 42. a8=Q+ Bf8 43. Qd5+ $11) 35. Nxd2 $2 ({
Von McShane's dramatischer Zeitnot ebenfalls beeinflußt entgeht Anand in der
Hitze des Gefechts die Vorentscheidung mittels} 35. Qg5 $1 {(drohend 36.f6,
Damentausch auf f6, dann b6 usw.; oder auch 36.a5)} Kh8 (35... Kf8 36. a5 Qd6 (
36... Qxa5 37. f6 Bh8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Ng5 $18) 37. b6 $18) (35... Kh7 36. Qxd2
$18) (35... d4 36. Nxd2 $18) 36. f6 Bf8 (36... Bxf6 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. a5 $18)
37. Nxd2 d4 38. Ne4 $18) 35... Rc2 36. Rbd1 $2 (36. Qg5 $1 $18 {reichte immer
noch.}) 36... Re8 $2 {[#]} (36... Ra2 37. Kg1 $5 (37. Qg5 Rxa4) (37. Nf3 d4 $1
$132) 37... Re8 38. Nf3 Ree2 39. Rd4 $1 Bf6 40. Qf4 $16) 37. f6 $2 {This
totally disorient(at?)ed me.} ({Die kritische Fortsetzung wird nach wie vor
übersehen:} 37. Qg5 $1 Ra2 (37... Kf8 38. Rfe1) (37... d4 38. f3) (37... Re2 $2
38. a5) 38. Rde1 Rxa4 39. Rxe8+ Bxe8 40. Re1 Bf7 41. Kg2 {und Weiß hält seinen
großen Vorteil fest (+/-/+-)} Ra2 (41... d4 42. Ne4 $1) (41... Rg4 42. Qe7 $1 {
drohend Qb7+-}) (41... h4 42. Re7) 42. Re2) 37... Bxf6 $2 (37... Bh6 $1 {
hätte reichlich Sand ins weiße Getriebe gestreut:} 38. Nf3 (38. Qb4 $6 Qxf6 39.
Kg1 (39. f4 Bf8) 39... d4 $1) (38. f4 $4 Qe3 39. Nf3 Rf2) 38... Re4 39. Qh3
Qxf6 40. Nh4 Be6 41. Qg2 Rxa4 42. Rb1 Bf8 43. b6 Rxa6 44. b7 Bd6 45. b8=Q+ Bxb8
46. Rxb8+ Kg7 $13 {/= mit etwa gleichen Aussichten!}) 38. a5 $1 (38. Qf4 $5 Bg7
39. Rfe1 $16) 38... Bxh4 $2 {Der letzte Fehler.} ({I} 38... Qe6 $2 39. Qf4 $1 (
{After} 39. Qa4 Bg6 {the game would still be up for grabs. One barmy line goes}
40. a7 Bd3 41. Rde1 Qxe1 42. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 43. Kg2 Rxd2 44. a8=Q+ Kg7 {and
according to my computer a draw by perpetual check with Bf1+ is likely! LMS})
39... Bc3 40. Nf3 $16 {/+-}) ({II} 38... Qd8 $5 {mag noch relativ am besten
sein:} 39. Qa4 Rb2 (39... Bg6 40. b6 Qa8 41. b7 Qb8 42. Qb3 Kg7 43. Qb6 Rb2 44.
Nb3 Bd8 45. Qb5 Bf6 46. Rc1 $18) 40. b6 Qa8 41. Qf4 $16) 39. axb6 $18 Bd8 40.
b7 Bb6 {I counted on this flimsy blockade, but now} 41. Rc1 $1 Bg6 42. Rce1 $1
{and when I shuffle my rook across, Re1-e6 forks my bishops. Eine ungemein
spannende und hochkomplizierte Kampfpartie.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bremer SG"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. e5 Bd5 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 h6 16. Bxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 ({black can also start with} 4... c6 {
in order to meet} 5. Nh3 {with} d6 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 5. Nh3 {A modern approach
to playing a Stone-Wall system with white pieces.White is trying to occupy an
important square e5 with both of knights.Nh3 is going to d3 via f4.} c6 6. O-O
Bd6 7. Qc2 ({another common line is:} 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nf3 {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 7...
O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 ({Black can also accept the exchange with a slighty worse,but
quite solid position:} 8... b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nf3 Ne4
12. Rfc1 Re8 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nf4 Nf7 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Rc7 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Yrjola,J-Agdestein,S/Gausdal 1987/CBM 04 (37)}) 10. Rac1 Nh5 (10... Na6
11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qa4 Nh5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. e3 Rc7 17.
Bf3 Nf6 18. Be2 $14 {1-0 Yrjola,J-Petrienko,V/Voronez 1987/EXT 97 (69)}) 11.
Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Bf3 Nhf6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shipov,
S-Glek,I/Groningen 1992/EXT 97 (52)}) 9. Nc3 {Quite a rarely continuation,
which was tried only several times by Peter Lukacs.White is intending to prove,
that black has lost some time(Bf8-d6-s7)and exploit some development advantage
by energetic play,which probably connected with e2-e4.} ({deserves attention
also} 9. a3 $5 Nh5 10. Bd2 Nd7 (10... a5 $5) 11. Bb4 g5 12. f3 f4 13. g4 Ng7
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e3 e5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Rfe1 $36 {1-0 Volkov,
S-Ulibin,M/Dubai 2003/CBM 93 ext (37)}) ({The main here is} 9. Nd2) 9... Bd7 {
There are also 2 ways of development in this system:1)b7-b6 and Bc8-b7 or
Bc8-a6 and) Bc8-d7-e8.Black is going for the second option,which has a clear
drawback:now black has always to worry about the possible exchange on d5,since
he couldn't take with ''e'' pawn.} (9... h6 10. Rad1 g5 11. Bc1 Bd7 12. f3 dxc4
13. e4 Na6 14. a3 b5 15. Nf2 Nc7 16. f4 g4 17. b3 $44 {1-0 Gulko,B-Short,N/
Reykjavik 1990/CBM 18 (34)}) (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 Nd7
13. Rad1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Be5 Nd5 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Lukacs,
P-Moskalenko,V/Budapest 1990/CBM 20 ext (61)}) ({interesting is:} 9... Nh5 $5
10. Rad1 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Bd6 12. e3 (12. c5 $5 Bc7 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. f4 Nf6 15. b4
$14) 12... g5 13. Nfe2 Nd7 14. f3 dxc4 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Lukacs,P-Totsky,L/Budapest 1996/CBM 53 (16)}) ({I could also recommend:} 9...
b6 $5 10. cxd5 (10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. e3 Qe7 $11) (10. Rfd1 Ba6 11. Ng5
Qd7 12. cxd5 (12. Nf3 Qe8) 12... cxd5 $11 {[%cal Gb8c6]}) 10... exd5 11. Bxb8
Rxb8 12. Nf4 Bd6 {with a good chanses of equality.}) 10. Rfd1 $146 (10. Rad1
Be8 11. f3 Bh5 $6 12. Bc1 Qd7 13. Nf4 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. Kh1 dxc4 16. e4 $36 {
1-0 Tsadzikidze,N-Gavasheli,A/Tbilisi 2000/EXT 2004 (41)}) 10... Be8 11. a3 {
That is also a useful move(white's main idea is advancing qside pawns).White
is waiting for Nbd7 to take on d5.} h6 $5 {That move is connected with an idea
of g7-g5,cutting white's knight on h3.} ({An alternative was} 11... Ne4 12.
Nxe4 fxe4 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 Nd7 $14 {with a slighty worse position.}) 12.
Rac1 ({nothing promises} 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nf4 Qd6 $11 {as black's bishop is
already on e8.}) 12... g5 {That is practically forced-otherwise black's
previous move will be a loss of time.} 13. Bd2 f4 $6 {Black is not developed
enough for a such a drastic moves.His king is going to be weak now.} ({after} 
13... dxc4 $6 {white could gain a dangerous initiative by} 14. e4 $1 Bh5 (14...
Bg6 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Be3 $36) 15. exf5 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 exf5 17. Qxf5
Qe8 18. Re1 $36) (13... Bg6 $142 $1 14. f4 g4 15. Nf2 dxc4 (15... Nbd7 16. cxd5
exd5 17. Nd3 $14 {[%cal Gd3e5]}) 16. e4 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 b5 18. Bc3 $44) 14. Kh1
$6 {Freeing a spot for Nh3.} ({Much stronger was:} 14. f3 fxg3 15. hxg3 dxc4
16. Nf2 $16 {with a great advantage.}) 14... Nh5 {Black is trying to keep a
close type of position as long as it possible.} (14... fxg3 15. fxg3 Nbd7 16.
e4 dxc4 17. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 18. Nxg5 $16) 15. gxf4 g4 16. Ng1 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4
18. e3 Rf8 {Now white must play very actively-otherwise black may consolidate
his position by Nb8-d7-f6.} (18... Rf6 19. Qe2 h5 20. f3 $16) 19. Qe2 h5 ({
after} 19... Bh5 $2 {strongly is:} 20. Bh3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg4,Rg8]} ({not} 20.
h3 $2 Bd6 $1 $132 {[%cal Gd8h4]})) 20. f3 $1 {Freeing the way to black's
monarch.Now black's few moves are forced.} ({Inaccurate was} 20. e4 $2 Bg5 21.
Rc2 Bf4 {[%cal Gd8h4]}) 20... Bd6 $1 ({white's attack seems to be decisive
after} 20... gxf3 21. Nxf3 (21. Bxf3 $16) 21... Nd7 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. e4 $40) 21.
fxg4 Qh4 22. Nf3 Qxg4 23. Rg1 Kh8 $8 (23... Bg6 24. cxd5 exd5 (24... cxd5 25.
Nb5 $18) 25. Bf1 Qxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxg6+ $18) 24. e4 ({nothing promised} 
24. c5 Bc7 25. e4 Nd7 {[%cal Ge8g6]}) 24... dxc4 $1 {A brave,and quite the
best decison! Black's position looks very dangerously,but there is no strong
continuations for white!} (24... Nd7 $143 25. cxd5 exd5 26. exd5 Nf6 $16 {
and black has completed development in cost of a pawn.}) 25. h3 {It's
important to avoid a pin of Nf3.} ({after} 25. e5 Be7 26. Ne4 Nd7 {black is O.K
}) {Black's defence is just excellent!} 25... Qg6 $1 (25... Qg3 26. e5 Be7 27.
Ne4 Qg6 28. Nfd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg2f3,Gd2c4]}) 26. e5 $2 {Seizing a space and
reaching an important square on e4.But black is controlling all the squares
around his king!} ({White should take the pawn:} 26. Qxc4 Nd7 27. Rcf1 Nb6 28.
Qe2 $14 {with a solid advantage due to weakness of Kh8 and passivity of Be8.})
26... Be7 27. Qe3 ({black can defend successfully after:} 27. Qxc4 Nd7 28. Rcf1
Nb6 29. Qe2 Nd5 {For instant,} 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Nh4 Qh6 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $11)
27... Nd7 $1 (27... b5 28. Rcf1 Nd7 29. Nh4 (29. h4 $5 $36 {[%cal Gg2h3]})
29... Qg5 30. Qxg5 Bxg5 31. Bxc6 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Rc8 33. Nf3 Rxc6 34. Nxg5 $16)
28. Bf1 Qf5 $1 {That is the best spot for black's queen.} 29. Ng5 ({white is
clearly worse in the endgame after} 29. Nd2 Qf4 $1 30. Nxc4 Qxe3 31. Nxe3 c5 $1
$15 {and black's bishop will get activity soon.}) 29... c5 {Black is already
not satisfied with an equality!} ({There was a forced line:} 29... Rg8 30. Nce4
(30. h4 c5 $1 31. Bh3 cxd4 32. Bxf5 (32. Qxd4 Qxe5 33. Qxc4 Nb6 34. Qxe6 Bc6+
$1 35. Qxc6 Bxg5 36. Rxg5 Qxg5 37. hxg5 bxc6 $17) 32... dxe3 33. Bxe6 Rg6 34.
Bf5 Rg7 $17) 30... c5 31. Nd6 $1 {The only move!} Bxd6 32. exd6 cxd4 33. Qxe6 (
33. Qxd4+ Nf6 $17 {[%cal Ge8c6]}) 33... Qxe6 34. Nxe6 d3 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Nc7
Rd8 37. Rxc4 Ne5 38. Rd4 $11) 30. d5 Nxe5 $2 {Only now black misses an
excellent opportunity of getting advantage!} (30... Qxe5 $142 $1 31. Qd2 $1 (
31. Qxe5+ Nxe5 32. Nxe6 Rf2 33. Be2 Bg6 $17) 31... exd5 $1 32. Re1 (32. Nge4
Nf6 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Nxd5 Bc6 $17) 32... Qd4 $1 33. Qxd4+ cxd4 34. Rxe7 (34.
Nxd5 $2 Bxg5 35. Rxg5 d3 $19) 34... dxc3 35. bxc3 Nf6 36. Rxb7 Bg6 $15) 31.
Nxe6 $1 {Now black's pieces are not coordinated.More than that,they are very
vulnerable!Now the extra pawn is really not important.} Qf3+ (31... Rf7 32. Ne4
$1 Qf3+ 33. Qxf3 Nxf3 34. Rg6 $16 {with a domination.}) 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 (32...
Nxf3 33. Nxf8 Nxg1 34. Ne6 Nf3 35. Bxc4 $16) 33. Re1 $1 Bf6 (33... Nd3 34. Bxd3
Rxh3+ (34... cxd3 35. Nc7 Rxh3+ 36. Kg2 Rh2+ 37. Kxh2 Bd6+ 38. Kh1 Bxc7 39. Re6
$1 Bf4 40. Rf1 $18) 35. Kg2 Rxd3 36. Nc7 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh1 $4 Bd6 $19)
37... Bh4 {fails to} 38. Rh1 $1 Bxe1 (38... Bg6 39. Rxh4 Rf8+ 40. Kg1 Rff2 41.
Ne6 $18) 39. Kxe1 Rxb2 40. Nxa8 $16 {and white has a great chanses of win.})
34. Bg2 Rf5 $8 35. Re2 ({White had also another strong possibility:} 35. Ne4 $5
{[%cal Ge4d6]} Nd3 (35... Bh4 36. Re2 Nd3 37. N4xc5 $16) 36. Nxf6 Rxf6 (36...
Nxe1 37. Nxe8 Nxg2 38. N8c7 Rg8 39. Rxg2 $18) 37. Nc7 Nxe1 38. Rxe1 Rd8 39.
Nxe8 Rf2 40. Re7 $1 Kg8 41. Nc7 $16 Rxb2 $140 42. Ne6 Rd6 (42... c3 43. Be4)
43. Be4 c3 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rf7 $18) 35... Be7 $2 {That loses immediately.} ({
Black could play more resistantly:} 35... Nd3 36. Nc7 Rd8 37. Nxe8 Be5 38. Rxe5
Rxe5 39. Nc7 $16 {although white's position seems to be close to winning.}) 36.
Rge1 $1 {[%csl Re5,Re7,Re8][%cal Ge1e8] A rare way-now all black's minor
pieces are under the fire!} Bd6 (36... Nd3 37. Nc7 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Re7,Re8]})
37. Ne4 Bb8 38. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 g6 14. d5 Ne7 15. b3 c6
16. c4 bxc4 17. bxc4 a5 18. Nf1 Nd7 19. Ba3 c5 20. Ne3 Bg7 21. Bc1 Rf8 22. Bd2
Bc8 23. Ng4 Kh7 24. Qc1 Ng8 25. Ne3 Nb8 26. Ra3 Na6 27. Nh2 Nb4 28. Bb1 Ra7 29.
Nef1 Re7 30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4 f5 32. Ng3 fxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Nxe4 Bf5 35.
Nf3 Nf6 36. Neg5+ hxg5 37. Nxg5+ Kh8 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Ne6 Qe7 40. Rg3 Nh5 41.
Rxg7 Nxg7 42. Bxd6 Qf6 43. Bxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Qe8 10. Ndc4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Both players toy with considerable
risk. Anand has revealed, that the variation was not prepared and he played it
out of immediate inspiration.} (10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Bf4 Qb5 12. Nd3 Bxf4 13. a4
Qd7 14. Nxf4 Nc6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rad1 f5 19. exf6
Nxf6 20. b4 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Granda Zuniga,J/Yerevan 1996/ (60)})
10... dxc4 (10... Be7 11. Ne3 Bd6 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bf3 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qc2 $14) 11. Bxa8 c6 12. Qc2 {It seems that this move is not the
best line, but the main idea 12.b3! allows an easy draw for black.} (12. e4
Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Re1 Qe6 15. Qa4 Nfd7 16. Qa3 Nc5 17. b4 Nd3 18. Bf4 Nxe1
19. Rxe1 b5 20. Qe3 Qc8 21. Bxb8 Qxb8 22. Bxc6 Qd6 23. Bd5 Qxb4 $17 {0-1
Tregubov,P-Kalugin,S/Krasnodar 1998/ (38)}) (12. Qa4 Bxe5 (12... b5 13. Qa5 Nd5
14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Qxa6 Bxe5 16. dxe5 (16. Qxb5 Nc7 17. Qxc4 Nxd4 $11) 16... Nd4
17. e4 Nb4 18. Qd6 Nbc2 19. Rb1 $16) 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Rd1 Nc7 15. Bb7 Bxb7 16.
Qxa7 Qc8 17. Qxb6 Ne6 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Qe3 c5 20. Bc3 Re8 $15) (12. b3 c3 $1 (
12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qe6 15. Qd6 Qxe2 16. Rfe1 Qf3 17. Re3 $14) (
12... cxb3 13. axb3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Ba3 Nc3 16. Qd6 $16) 13. Nc4 (13. Qc2
Nd5 (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qe6 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qc1 Nxf4 18. Qxf4
Nd7 19. Qa4 Bxe2 20. Qxc6 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 $11) 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bf4 f5 16. Bxb8
Qxb8 17. Bxc6 Nb4 18. Qxc3 Nxc6 $11) 13... Bxc4 14. bxc4 Qc8 15. d5 (15. e4
Nbd7 16. e5 Nxe5 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qc2 Qxa8 $15) 15... Qh3 16. f3
$8 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Qh3+ $11 {Anand was realying on this drawing
motif in case nothing better could be found.}) 12... Bxe5 $1 (12... Nd5 13.
Nxc4 Nb4 14. Nxd6 (14. Qc3 Qxe2 15. b3 Nd5 16. Qb2 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Be3
$14) 14... Nxc2 15. Nxe8 Rxe8 16. Bf4 Bxe2 17. Rfc1 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 $16) 13. dxe5
Nd5 14. b3 (14. Qa4 Nc7 15. Bb7 Bxb7 16. Qxa7 Qc8 17. Qxb6 Nd7 18. Qa5 c5 $15)
(14. b4 Nc7 15. b5 Nxb5 16. a4 Nc7 17. Ba3 Nxa8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 $15) 14... Qe7 $1
(14... Qxe5 15. bxc4 Bxc4 16. Ba3 Nc3 17. Bxf8 Nxe2+ 18. Kg2 $16) (14... Nc7
15. Ba3 Nxa8 16. Bxf8 cxb3 17. axb3 Qxf8 18. Rfd1 $13) 15. bxc4 (15. b4 $5 Nc7
(15... Nxb4 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Re8 19. Rfd1 c3 20. a3 Nd5 21.
Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxd5 $14) (15... Re8 16. Bb2 Qxb4 $15) 16. b5 Bxb5 (16... Nxb5
17. a4 Nc7 18. Ba3 Qe8 (18... Qxe5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qxh7 Nxa8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22.
Rad1 $16) 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 $15) 17. a4 Ba6 18. Ba3 Qe8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rfd1 Nxa8
$15) (15. a4 Re8 16. Ba3 Qxe5 $17) 15... Nc7 16. Bb2 (16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Bf4
Nxe5 18. Qe4 f6 $17) 16... Nxa8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 {Black is probably not chosing
the best continuation and I have been critical towards the opponent after the
game. Despite that black has excellent position and genie from India finds
beautiful tricks.} (17... Nd7 $1 18. f4 (18. Rd4 Nc7 $1 (18... Nxe5 19. Re4 f6
20. f4 Qc5+ 21. Bd4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4+ Nxc4 23. Re7 Nd6 24. Rxa7 Bxe2 25. a4 $15)
19. Rad1 Nxe5 20. Re4 f6 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Bd4 Qxc4 23. Qxc4+ Nxc4 24. Re7 Rf7
25. Bxf6 Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Nd5 27. Bd8 Nce3 28. Rc1 c5 $19) 18... Nc5 (18... Qc5+
19. Rd4 Nc7 20. e3 Bc8 21. Rad1) 19. e4 Bc8 20. Ba3 Bg4 21. Rd2 Nc7 $17) 18.
Rd6 f6 19. Rad1 (19. f4 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Qe4 Ne8 22. Rd4 c5 23. Qd5+ Qf7
24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. Re4 Re7 $19) 19... fxe5 20. Qe4 Qf7 (20... Re8 21. f4 Ne6 $1
(21... exf4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24. gxf4 $1 Bxc4 25. Rxb8 Nd5 26. Be5
$15) 22. Qxe5 (22. Bxe5 Nc5 23. Qc2 Nbd7 24. Ba1 Qxe2 $19) 22... Bxc4 23. a3
Qf7 $17) 21. Rd8 {Objectively the best move was modest 21.f3, the defender has
strong mating motives in the attack against the white king.} (21. f4 exf4 22.
Rd8 Ne6 $1 (22... fxg3 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (23... Qxf8 24. hxg3 $13) 24. Rd8+ Ne8
25. hxg3 Nd7 26. Qxc6 Ndf6 $17) 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Bxc4 $19)
(21. Qxe5 Ne8 $1 (21... Qxf2+ $2 22. Kh1 Ne8 23. Qe6+ $1 Kh8 24. Rd8 $18) 22.
Rd8 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxc4 24. h4 Bd5+ $19) (21. f3 Ne6 $1 (21... Bxc4 22. Rd8 $1
Ne6 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qxc4 Nd4 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Kf2 (26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rxd4
Rb7 28. Kf2 c5 $15) 26... c5 27. e3 Nc6 28. Rd7+ Kf8 29. Rc7 $15) 22. Qxe5 Bxc4
23. f4 Nc5 24. Rd8 Nbd7 $19) 21... Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Ne6 $1 23. Rxf8+ (23. Qxe5
Bxc4 $3 24. Rxb8 Bd5+ 25. e4 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qxd1+ $19) 23... Qxf8 24. Bxe5 (24.
Qxe5 Bxc4 $19) 24... Nc5 $1 {White has not achieved anything in the attack due
to the mating threats on f1 and after improving piece coordination Anand wins
easily.} (24... Nd7 25. Qxc6 Ndc5 26. Bd6 Qd8 27. Kg1 Bxc4 $19) 25. Qg4 Nbd7
26. Bb2 (26. Rxd7 $2 Qf1#) 26... Qe7 27. Rd6 h5 (27... Nf8 28. Kg1 h5 29. Qd4
Nce6 30. Qd2 c5 $19) 28. Qd4 Nf6 29. Kg1 (29. Qf4 Nce4 30. Rd4 c5 $19) 29...
Qxe2 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qd8+ $1 {Small shock since black has missed this simple
check. Despite that black elegantly wins with a running excercise towards the
opposite flank.} (31. Qxf6 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Ne6 34. Be5 Bxc4 $19)
31... Kf7 (31... Kh7 $2 32. Qxf6 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 $11) 32. Qxf6+ Ke8
33. Qh8+ (33. Qxc6+ Ke7 (33... Nd7 34. Qa8+ Kf7 35. Qd5+ Qe6 36. Qxh5+ Ke7 $19)
34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qf7+ Kc8 36. Qf8+ Kc7 37. Qf4+ Kc6 38. Qf6+ Ne6 $19) 33... Kd7
34. Qd4+ Kc7 $1 (34... Kc8 35. Qh8+ Kb7 36. Qg7+ $11) 35. Qf4+ Kc8 36. Qf8+ Kd7
37. Bf6 Bxc4 {Anand is a fascinating player and the magic touch of his play in
the most complicated positions reveals, why he sits on the second position of
the world ranking list.} (37... Bxc4 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Qe7+ Kf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. e4 Bb7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Bc3 c5 14. d5
exd5 15. exd5 c4 16. h4 Re8 17. Be2 Rc5 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Bf3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qxg5
21. Bb4 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Rh5 Qxh5 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 6. Nc4 e6 7. g3 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ne3 Rb8 11. a4 Nbd5 12. d3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. c4 Bb7
15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Rfb1 Qb7 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. Bc3 Nd7
21. a5 Rfb8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. Rba1 Ke7
27. Ra7 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O b5 $5 {Interesting continuation,
which is used quite often by German GM Luther. The idea behind black's move is
to prevent c4.} 6. c3 {Not the most dangerous move for black.} (6. a4 b4 7.
Nbd2 O-O 8. Ne5 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 Ba6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6
Qxc6 $15 {Ribli,Z-Luther,T/Tilburg 1994}) (6. b3 $5 Ba6 (6... Bb7 7. c4 dxc4 8.
bxc4 bxc4 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. Nc6 Qe8 $13 {Brunner,
L-Klovans,J/Germany 1997}) (6... Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. Nbd2 bxc4 9. bxc4 O-O 10. Qc2
Ba6 11. Re1 Qa5 12. e4 Rfc8 13. e5 $14 {Siebrecht,S-Bischoff,K/Heringsdorf 2000
}) (6... b4 7. a3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. c4
Qe7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Na3 dxc4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxc4 $14 {Markowski,T-Matlak,M/
Lubniewice 2003}) 7. Ne5 Nfd7 $6 8. e4 c6 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bh6 Bf6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. e5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. c3 $16 {Appel,R-Luther,T/Germany 1994}) (6. Bg5
Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Nb3 a5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne1 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $15 {Mainka,G-Maric,A/Dortmund 1999}) (6. Ne5 O-O 7. Nd2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. Nd3 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qg4 $36 {Pinter,J-Bricard,E/
Montpellier 1996}) 6... a5 (6... O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Re1 (9. a4 bxa4
10. Qxa4 cxd4 11. cxd4 a5 12. Rfc1 Nb6 13. Qc2 Ba6 $11 {Cosma,I-Epishin,V/
Marseille 2003}) 9... Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {Huebner,
R-Hoffmann,M/Germany 1995}) (6... Bb7 7. a4 a6 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Bxa8 10.
Qb3 c6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e4 O-O $11 {Riza,C-Kasinopoullos,D/
Cyprus 1996}) 7. a4 (7. Bg5) 7... b4 8. c4 Bb7 $11 9. Ne5 (9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c5
Nfd7 11. Nb3 Bf6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Ba6 $13) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 O-O {Black
will transfer c5 sooner or later solving all his problems.} 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 (12. dxe5 Nd7 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxe4
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxb2 18. Qxe6+ $14) 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. e4 Nc5 $132)
12... Nd7 13. Bf4 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 (14... Bxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5
Bf6 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Rfd1 $13 {[%csl Gd5]}) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nb3 Ne6 17. Be3 (
17. Be5 $5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Ba6 21. e3 Bc4 22. Nd4 Nc5
$13) 17... Bf6 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Bb6 $2 {Painfull blunder in equal position.} (
19. Bd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxe2 22. Rfe1 Qa6 23. Rac1 $44) 19... d4 $1
$36 20. Bxd4 (20. Bxa5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rfb8 $1 {[%cal Ge6c5]} (21... Qb7+ 22. f3
Qd5 23. Bxb4 Qxb3 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15) 22. Rfc1 Qb7+ 23. f3 Qd5 24. Qd3 Rxa5 25.
Nxa5 Qxa5 $17) 20... Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe4+ 23. Nf3 Rfd8 {[%csl Rb2,
Re2]} 24. Qf4 (24. Qe1 Rac8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Bxb2 $17) 24... Qxe2 25. Rab1
Bxb2 $19 26. Rfe1 Qc2 27. Ng5 Rf8 28. Qe4 Qxe4+ 29. Nxe4 Bd4 30. Red1 Rfd8 31.
Nd2 Bb6 32. Nb3 Kf8 33. Kf3 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rc8 $1 35. Rc1 Rd8 (35... Rxc1 $5)
36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Rc6 Rd6 38. Rxd6 Kxd6 39. f3 Kd5 40. Kd3 f5 41. h3 h5 42. Nd2 (
42. g4 fxg4 43. fxg4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Ke5 45. Kc4 Kf4 46. Kb5 Bd8 47. Kc6 Kxg4 48.
Kd7 Bb6 49. Kc6 Be3 50. Nxa5 Kf3 $19 {[%cal Gg7g1,Gb4b1]}) 42... Bc7 43. Nb3 g5
44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 h4 46. Nd2 Ke5 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ge5g3]} 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. a4 e6 7. d3 Qc7 8. Nc4
Nc6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Re1 Rad8 15.
h4 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ned5 Be7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Ne4 Bg4 20. Nxc5 Qc8 21.
f3 Nb4 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Nc3 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 f6 25. Qd2 Rc7 26. Rac1 Kh8 27. f4 exf4
28. Qxf4 Bg6 29. Re2 Rcd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 {Diese Variante
ist sehr populär in der letzten Zeit. Nach 6...a6 kann Weiß entweder 7.Qd2 und
den Plan 8.0-0-0 spielen, oder mit 7.Bd3 fortsetzen.} a6 7. Qd2 {Früher
glaubte man, dass gegen die Taimanov-Paulsen Variante dieser Aufbau weniger
gut ist, aber heutzutage spielt Weiß in Grossmeisterturnieren gerne diese
Fortsetzung.} Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 $146 {Eine große und wichtige
theoretische Neuerung von Anand! (Anderseits dürfen wir nicht vergessen, dass
dieser Zug in zwei Rapidpartien gespielt wurde.) Der gewönliche Zug statt 9...
Na5 ist 9...Ne5, aber 9...Ne7 ist auch möglich.} (9... Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1
Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 O-O 14. Bf4 Bxc3 15. Bxc7 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 c3 17. bxc3
d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Svidler,P/Cap d'Agde
2003/CBM 98 (32)}) 10. Bf4 {Das war die erste Partie mit 9...Na5, am nächsten
Tag spielte Weiß 10.a3, aber ohne besonderes Ergebnis.} (10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3
Qxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5 15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc5 Rb8 18.
Kd2 Rb5 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Anand,V/Bastia 2003/CBM 98 (33)}) 10... d6 {[%cal
Re6e5,Re5d4,Re5f4]} (10... Bxc3 $2 11. Bxc7 Bxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nc6 13. Bd6 $16) (
10... e5 11. Nf5 $5 (11. Bg3 d6 12. Nde2 Nc4 13. Qd3 Be6 $15) 11... exf4 12. e5
Bxc3 (12... Qxe5 $4 13. Re1 $18) (12... Nh5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 $16) 13.
bxc3 Ng8 (13... Ne4 14. fxe4 Qxe5 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 $14) 14. Qxf4 $44 {
[%cal Rf5d6,Rd6e8,Rd6f7,Rf4f7]}) 11. Nb3 (11. Bg3 e5) 11... e5 12. Bg5 (12. Bg3
Be6 $11) 12... Be6 $11 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c1,Gb4d2] Schwarz rochiert
nicht, er möchte seinen Turm schnell mit 13...Rc8 ins Spiel bringen. Schwarz
hat ein aktives Figurenspiel am Damenflügel und das erschwächte d5-Feld hat
keine Bedeutung.} 13. Kb1 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd3 Bxc3 (14... Rc8 15. Nxa5 Bxa5
(15... Qxa5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 $14) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 $14) 15. Qxc3 Qxc3
16. bxc3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Ke7 $11) 13... Rc8 14. Qe3 b5 $36 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3
Qxc3 16. bxc3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rxc3 (17... Ke7 18. c4 h6 19. Be3 Nd7 $11) 18. Rxd6
Ke7 19. Rb6 Rc7 $11) 15. Bh4 {[%cal Gh4e1,Ge1c3]} (15. Bxf6 gxf6 $15) 15...
Bxc3 (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc1 $13) 16. Qxc3 {Weiss muss die Damen
tauschen, sonst Schwarz bekommt ueberlegenes Spiel.} (16. bxc3 Nd7 $17 {
[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4]}) 16... Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nb7 $1 {[%mdl 32] Schwarz tauscht
nicht den b3-Springer, weil nicht die weißen Bauern am Damenflügel
gerademachen will. Anderseits deckt der Springer den d6-Bauern.} (17... Nxb3
18. axb3 Ke7 19. Kb2 Rc6 $11) 18. Kb2 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kb2 f5 $15) 18... Nd7
{[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5a4,Gd7b6,Gb6a4]} 19. Bf2 {[%cal Gf2a7]} Ke7 20. Ra1 $1 {
[%cal Ga2a4] Weiß bereitet a2-a4 vor.} Ndc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 (21... dxc5 22. a4
Nd6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7+ $11) 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 (22... dxc5 23. a4 $11) 23. a4
bxa4 (23... Rhc8 $5 $15) 24. Rxa4 a5 {[%mdl 4096] Schwarz hat einen enfernten
a-Freibauern, aber Weiß kann den Bauern blockieren.} (24... Rb8+ 25. Rb4 $11)
25. Bd3 Rb8+ 26. Kc1 Bd7 (26... Rxc3 $6 27. Rxa5 $11) 27. Ra3 a4 {[%csl Ga4]}
28. c4 {[%cal Gc1d2,Gd2c3]} Kd8 29. Kd2 Kc7 30. Kc3 {Beide Spieler verbessern
ihre Königsstellung. Die schwarze Stellung ist besser, aber ich sehe nicht,
wie es konkret weitergehen kann, wenn es möglich ist.} Ra5 31. Rd1 Kc6 {
[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc6c5]} 32. Be2 Be6 33. Rda1 Rba8 34. Rb1 Bd7 (34... Kc5 35.
Bf1 $15 (35. Rb5+ Rxb5 36. cxb5 d5 37. exd5 Bxd5 $15)) 35. Bf1 {Der weiße
Läufer ist eine passive Figur und hat nur Verteidigungsfunktionen.} Kc5 36.
Raa1 Bc6 37. Kb2 {[%cal Gb2a3]} a3+ 38. Ka2 {Schwarz hat einen
Positionsvorteil, etwas überraschend in der Partie war es, hier Remis zu
gegeben. Anderseits blockiert der a2K den a-Bauern und Weiß kann seine Türme
befreien. Trotzdem hätte Schwarz seine Stellung am Königsfluegel verbessern
können.} (38. Ka2 g6 $15 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (38... h5 $15)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4 (12. Qc2 c5 13. Ne5 cxd4 (
13... Bh5 14. Ndf3 (14. f3 Bh4 (14... cxd4 15. fxe4 dxc3 16. exf5 cxd2 17. Bxd2
Bh4 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Morovic Fernandez,I/Santos BRA 2003/(17)}) 15. fxe4 Bxe1
16. exf5 c4 17. Bf1 Bxd2 18. Bxd2 Nc6 19. Re1 Qc8 $1 20. h3 Rxf5 21. g4 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Rxf1+ $2 (22... Rf3 $1 23. gxh5 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qf2 25. Bg2 Rd3 26. Rd1
Rf8 $1 $19 {/\27...Rff3}) 23. Rxf1 Bg6 24. Qd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Adams,
M/Dortmund 2002/CBM 90/[Huzman] (27)}) 14... Rc8 15. Be3 c4 16. Be2 f4 17. Bc1
Bd6 18. Nd2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ng5 21. h4 Ne6 $17 {0-1 Hunt,A-Saljova,
S/Maidstone 1994/EXT 97 (57)}) 14. Nxg4 fxg4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. cxd4
Qxd4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be3 Qf6 20. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Bagusis,V-Zalys,I/Montreal
1983/EXT 2002 (25)}) 12... Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 c5 15. Ne5 Bh5 16. f3 cxd4
17. fxe4 fxe4 $1 (17... dxc3 18. bxc3 (18. exd5 cxd2 19. Bxd2 Qxd5 20. Bc3 $36)
18... fxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 $36) 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bc5 $1 (19...
dxc3 $5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. bxc3 Bd6 $44) 20. Nd3 (20. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 21. Kh1 Qf6
$36) 20... Bd6 21. b4 Nc6 (21... Qh4 22. g3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Qg2 $18) (
21... Qc7 22. g4 $1 (22. bxa5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bg3 24. Ba3 Rf6 $40) 22... Bxg4 23.
bxa5 $16) 22. b5 Na5 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qb6 (24... Nc4 25. Qg5 $16) 25. Nc5 (
25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bd5+ Bf7 27. Rxe5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Nc4 $17) 25... Bxc5 26. dxc5
Qxc5+ $2 (26... Rxc5 27. Kh1 (27. Qe3 Re8 28. Kh1 Rce5 29. Qd3 Bg6 30. Bd5+ Kh8
31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qf1 Qc5 $17) 27... Qxb5 28. Ba3 Nc4 $17) 27. Kh1 (27. Qe3
Qxb5 28. Ba3 (28. Qxa7 $5) 28... Rfe8 29. Qxa7 Nc4 $11) 27... b6 $2 (27... Qxb5
28. Ba3 Rfd8 29. Qf4 $44) 28. Qd3 Rcd8 (28... Nc4 29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30. Be4 $16)
29. Ba3 Qg5 30. Qc2 Rd2 (30... Rfe8 31. Bxh7+ Kh8 32. Bf5 Nc4 (32... Rd2 33.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Qe4 $16) 33. Qxc4 Qxf5 34. Bb2 $16) 31. Qc3 (31. Qc1 $1 $18 {
[%cal Ga3b4]}) 31... Re8 32. Bf3 Rdd8 33. Bc6 $1 Nxc6 34. bxc6 $16 {[%cal
Gc6c7]} Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Qd5 36. Bb2 Qf7 37. h3 Rc8 38. Rc1 Qc7 39. Qe3 h6 40.
Qe6+ Bf7 41. Qg4 Bd5 (41... Bxa2 42. Be5 h5 43. Qf5 Qd8 44. Ra1 $1 $18) 42. Be5
Qxe5 43. Qxc8+ Kh7 44. Qg4 h5 45. Qd1 Bxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Qg5+ 47. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc4 d3 14. Be3 Qf6
15. Rd1 Rd8 16. g5 Qf5 17. Bg2 d2+ 18. Nxd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 O-O 20. Qf4 Qe6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rc1 f6 23. Rg1 fxg5 24. Qc4 Rd5 25. Rxg5 Re8 26. Be3 Be4 27. Rxd5
Bxd5 28. Qd4 h6 29. Rc3 Qg6 30. f3 Qh5 31. h4 Re6 32. Kf2 Kh7 33. a4 a6 34. Qf4
Rf6 35. Qg3 Rg6 36. Qf4 Rf6 37. Qg3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Nc1 h5 18. Na2 Bh6 19. Qe2 (19. Qd3 O-O 20. Kd1 (20.
Bxa6 Qa7 21. Bb5 e4 22. fxe4 Ng4 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. Qe2 b3 25. cxb3 Rxb5 26. Qxb5
Rb8 27. Qe2 Rxb3 {1/2-1/2 Gongora,M-Herrera,I/Holguin City 2002/ (66)}) 20...
Qa7 21. h3 Qf2 22. Rxb4 e4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Re1 Nc5 25. Qc3 Qxg2 26. Qd4 Rbe8
{0-1 Iordachescu,V-Navrotescu,C/Bucharest 2001/ (26)}) (19. Qxb4 Qa7 20. Qc3
O-O 21. Nb4 Rfc8 22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Rc8 24. Qd3 d5 25. Bxa6 Rxc6 26. Bb5 Re6
27. Kd1 {1-0 Muhren,B-Papadopoulou,V/Chalkidiki 2001/ (50)}) 19... Qd7 $146 {
[%mdl 8] This move can prove to be an important novelty in the line, where
black is more or less positionaly lost on the queenside and has to look for
compensation of the opposite flank.} (19... O-O 20. Nxb4 e4 21. O-O (21. f4
Bxf4 22. O-O Bg5 23. Bxa6 Qd7 24. b3 Ng4 25. Nc6 Rbe8 26. Rb4 Ne3 27. Rb7 Qg4
28. Qxg4 hxg4 29. Bc4 f5 {0-1 Miroshnichenko,E-Kovchan,A/St Petersburg 2002/ 
(56)}) 21... exf3 (21... Qd7 22. Nc6 Rxb2 23. fxe4 Ng4 24. Ra3 Re8 25. Bxa6 f5
26. e5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Qc4 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/Cap d'Agde 2003/ 
(75)}) 22. gxf3 (22. Qxf3 Ng4 23. Nc6 Qxb2 24. Nxb8 Qxb8 25. Bd3 Qe8 26. Re4
Qd8 27. Qg3 Qxa5 28. Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2001/ (32)})
22... Rfe8 23. Qg2 Qd7 24. b3 Re5 25. Kh1 Rbe8 26. Raa1 h4 (26... Bf4 27. Nd3
Rg5 28. Qf2 Be3 29. Qh4 Qf5 30. Rae1 Rg4 {0-1 Djukic,N-Popovic,D/Obrenovac
2002/ (37)}) 27. Rad1 Rg5 28. Qf2 {1-0 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2001/ (42)
}) 20. b3 (20. Rxb4 Rxb4 21. Nxb4 Qa4 22. Nc6 Qa1+ 23. Qd1 Qxb2 24. Ke2 O-O $13
) 20... O-O 21. O-O (21. Nxb4 e4 22. O-O exf3 23. Qxf3 Ng4 24. Nxa6 $14) 21...
e4 22. fxe4 (22. Nxb4 $5) 22... Ng4 23. Nxb4 (23. Rxb4 Qe7 24. h3 Be3+ 25. Kh1
Qh4 26. Rf3 $14) 23... f5 $1 {Opening the access to the white's king, but 24.
e5!? is not so clear for the defender.} 24. Nc6 (24. Nxa6 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 fxe4 26.
Nxb8 (26. h3 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 Qe3 29. g3 h4 $19) 26... Rxf1+ 27.
Qxf1 Nf2+ $11) (24. exf5 $2 Rbe8 25. Qd1 Rxf5 $1 (25... Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27.
Rxf2 Qxf2 28. Nd3 Qxf5 29. Ra1 $13) 26. Rxf5 (26. Kh1 Ne3 27. Qa1 Nxf1 28. Bxf1
Qe7 $19) 26... Qxf5 $19) (24. e5 $5 dxe5 (24... Nxe5 25. Bxa6 Qc7 (25... Qa7+
26. Kh1 Rbe8 27. Bb5 Re7 28. Qd1 Ng4) 26. Kh1 $16) 25. Nxa6 Rbc8 26. Nb4 e4 27.
Nc6 $16) 24... fxe4 25. Nxb8 (25. h3 $2 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Rf8 27. Qe1 Be3+ 28. Kh1
Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Rf3 $3 30. Bf1 Qf7 31. gxf3 Qf4+ 32. Kg2 Qg5+ 33. Kh2 Bf4#) 25...
Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Rg1 g6 14. Kb1 O-O 15.
h4 Qc7 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Nc1 f6 18. gxf6 Rxf6 19. Rh1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nd3
Qf7 22. Ne1 Ba5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxf3 26. Qd2 Rc6 27. Rxd6
Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Rxe3 29. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5
15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc5 Rb8 18. Kd2 Rb5 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. a4 Rb8 21.
Rb1 O-O 22. a5 Rb5 23. Rxb5 Bxb5 24. Bd4 f5 25. exf6 gxf6 26. g4 Kf7 27. h4 h5
28. g5 fxg5 29. fxg5 Kg6 30. Bf6 Re8 31. Re1 e5 32. Bxe5 Kf5 33. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. Qxh5 Qxd3 16. Na3 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Ne3 O-O-O 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. g3 Rd7 21.
Re2 Rhd8 22. Kg2 a5 23. b3 Kb8 24. Rae1 c6 25. Re3 Rh8 26. R1e2 Bd8 27. Rf3 Bb6
28. Ne3 Bxe3 29. Rexe3 f6 30. Qg6 Rd6 31. Rf5 h5 32. h3 h4 33. Ref3 hxg3 34.
fxg3 Rd2+ 35. Rf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rxh3 37. Kg2 g4 38. Qxf6 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 Rh7 40.
Rg6 Rd7 41. Rxg4 Rd2+ 42. Kh3 Rxa2 43. Rg5 Rb2 44. Rxe5 b5 45. Re8+ Kc7 46. e5
Rxb3 47. Re7+ Kb6 48. Kg4 Rxc3 49. e6 Re3 50. Kf4 Re1 51. Kf5 a4 52. Re8 a3 53.
Ra8 b4 54. g4 Kc7 55. g5 b3 56. Ra7+ Kd6 57. Rxa3 b2 58. Rd3+ Ke7 59. Rd7+ Ke8
60. Rb7 b1=Q+ 61. Rxb1 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 07th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. h4 Nb6 14. Bd2 Nxc4 15.
Nxc4 Qd8 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Be5 Qxh4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 21.
Qxc5 Rac8 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Re4 Qh6 24. Rae1 Rfd8 25. b3 Rd5 26. Qf4 Qg7 27. Nb6
Rf5 28. Qd2 Rc6 29. Nc4 h5 30. Qe3 Qc3 31. Re2 b5 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 {Black has the following
alternatives:} (4... Nc6 $6 {1-0 Svidler,P-Hoffman,A/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/
[Gofshtein,L] (24)}) (4... Nbd7 $5 5. f3 Be7 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 Nb6 $5 8. b3 exd4
9. Nxd4 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Grin,D-Ivanov 2001}) (4... c6 5. f3 $5 (5. g3 b5 $5 6.
dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bg2 a6 (8... b4 $5) 9. a4 Bb7 (9... b4 $132) 10. b3
Nbd7 11. Bb2 Kc7 $11 {0-1 Prandstetter,E-Neumann 2001}) 5... h5 $1 (5... Nbd7
6. Be3 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. Qd2 b4 9. Nd1 d5 10. g5 $1) 6. Be3 Be7 7. a4 a5 8. Nc1
Na6 9. Bxa6 Rxa6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd3 Ra8 12. Qe1 Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
C-Jovanovic,Z 2001}) 5. f3 {White covers the g4 square, preparing to develop
the dark-sqaured bishop to e3 with following Qd2 and long castle. Usually
white fianchettes his light-squared bishop with} (5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 exd4 7. Qxd4
Nc6 8. Qe3 O-O 9. h3 Nb4 10. Qd2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nc3 c6 14.
b3 a5 15. Bb2 Ne8 16. Rad1 f5 $132 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Georgiev,V 2001}) 5... O-O {
Black immediately defines the location of his monarch. While} (5... c6 {
is more flexible, as it keeps more options for black.} 6. Be3 O-O 7. g4 b5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Be2 b4 11. Nd1 exd4 12. Bxd4 d5 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Bf8
15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. b3 Nc7 18. Nf2 Nb5 19. Bb2 Qc7 20. Ne2 a5 21. c3
f6 {1/2-1/2 Kutuzovic,B-Lorscheid,G/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (21)}) 6. Be3 c5 $2
$146 {According to my database, this position appeared for the first time.
This novelty seems very dubios, as black will have serious difficulties to
manage an attack on the queenside. More logical is} (6... exd4 {, which was
played in the previous game.} 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. Ng3 Be6 10. O-O-O c6
11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nf5 d5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. e5 Nd7 16. b3 Ba6 17.
Rhe1 $14 {1-0 Magem Badals,J-Rausis,I/France 1992/EXT 97 (64)}) 7. d5 {Right
decision to close the centre. White will manage an attack on the kingside,
while black will have some serious difficulties to do the same on another
flank.} Nh5 $6 {preparing the exchange of dark-sqaured bishops. Usually black
tries to realize this idea before making a castle.} ({Better was} 7... a6) 8.
Qd2 {preventing Bg5, and, at the same time, intending to castle long. Now it
is clear, that black's 7-th move was unsuccessful. The location of the knight
on h5 plays in white's hands, as white can start an attack on the kingside
with tempo g2-g4.} (8. g4 {Ftacnik} Bh4+ 9. Kd2 Nf6 10. Ng3 Ne8 $13) 8... g6 {
'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Azmaiparashvili is playing too carefully and he
artificially creates a King's indian structure, while his bishop sleeps on e7.
The correct approach was to hurry up with the counterplay on the queenside
with the help of'} ({Maybe better was} 8... h6 {, but, anyway, after} 9. O-O-O
Bg5 10. Bxg5 hxg5 (10... Qxg5 11. Qxg5 hxg5 12. Nb5) 11. g4 Nf4 12. h4 $40 {
white's attack is very dangerous.}) (8... a6 $1 {Ftacnik} 9. O-O-O b5) 9. O-O-O
Qa5 (9... f5 {is met by} 10. exf5 gxf5 11. f4 $16 (11. g4 fxg4 12. fxg4 Nf4 13.
Ne4 $16)) 10. g4 Ng7 11. Ng3 a6 {preparing counterplay on the queenside.} ({
An attempt to start attack immediately, sacrificing the "b" pawn falls:} 11...
b5 12. Bxb5 Na6 (12... Ba6 13. Ba4 (13. Bxa6 $2 Nxa6 {[%cal Ga8b8]})) 13. Bc4
Rb8 14. h4 Qb4 15. b3 f5 (15... Bd8 16. Nce2) 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Bg5 $18) 12. h4
f6 ({After} 12... b5 {white continues to play on the kingside, not worrying
about "a" pawn:} 13. h5 $1 b4 14. Nb1 Qxa2 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh2 Rxf3 17. Qxh7+
Kf7 18. Bh6 $18) 13. g5 {not allowing black to close the kingside.} (13. h5 g5
{and black keeps some chances.}) 13... f5 (13... b5 {doesn't make black's life
easier:} 14. gxf6 Bxf6 (14... Rxf6 15. Bg5 b4 16. Nb1 Qxa2 (16... Rf7 17. Bxe7
Rxe7 18. h5) 17. h5 $40) 15. Kb1 (15. h5 {is also good.} b4 16. Nb1 Qxa2 17.
hxg6 hxg6 18. Rh6 $36) 15... b4 16. Nce2 $40 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) (13... fxg5 14.
Bxg5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Rxf3 $2 16. Qh2 $18) 14. f4 $1 $40 {White has an amazing
development advantage, so he opens up position. Black hasn't almost pieces in
the game, so his chances to parry white's attack are very low...} b5 (14...
fxe4 15. fxe5 Bg4 16. Be2 Bf3 17. Bxf3 exf3 18. h5 $18) 15. h5 $1 {not losing
the time.} b4 16. Nb1 fxe4 {Other continuations don't change an evaluation of
position:} (16... Qxa2 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qh2 $18) (
16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Qxa2 (17... fxe4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe4 $40) 18. hxg6 hxg6
19. Qh2 $40) 17. fxe5 Nd7 $6 {seems strange, as after this move white will
have a material advantage. But it is very difficult to advice black something:}
(17... dxe5 18. d6 Bd8 19. Qd5+ $18) (17... Bg4 18. Be2 $18) (17... Bf5 $5 18.
hxg6 Bxg6 (18... hxg6 19. Qh2) 19. Bg2 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rh6 $18) 18. e6
Ne5 19. hxg6 $18 {[%cal Gd2h2] Black is hopeless against white's battery along
"h" file.} Ng4 {covering the g4 square.} (19... Nf3 20. Qg2 $18) 20. Be2 Rf3 (
20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 $18) 21. Bxf3 exf3 22. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Bd7 9. h3 Qc8 10. Nf4 h5 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Bd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Nc6
15. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 h6 (12... Qe7 13. Bf4 Be6
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qb1 $18 {1-0 Becquer,A-Santalla,A/Havana 1999/
EXT 2000 (34)}) (12... Bg4 13. Bg5 Qc8 (13... Qd7 14. c5 Bc7 15. Nh4 $1 h6 16.
Bd2 Qd8 17. f4 $1 {1-0 Anand,V-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 81/[Huzman] (23)})
14. Nd2 (14. Be7 Bf4 (14... Bc7 15. Qe3 h6 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Bc2 Nf8 18. cxd5
cxd5 19. Qd3 Ng6 20. Nh4 Nxe7 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ng8 23. Bh7 $18 {1-0
Pavlovic,M-Kallio,H/Belgrade 2001/CBM 82 ext (31)}) 15. Bh4 Nd7 16. Bg3 Bxg3
17. hxg3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nf6 19. Qe5 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,
S-Rozentalis,E/Neum 2000/EXT 2001 (25)}) 14... Nd7 15. c5 Bc7 16. Nb3 Nf8 17.
Qd2 Bf5 18. Re1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qg4 20. Bd2 Ne6 $15 {0-1 Antoniewski,
R-Rozentalis,E/Zakopane 2000/CBM 78 ext (45)}) 13. c5 (13. h3 Be6 14. cxd5 (14.
c5 Bc7 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 {1/2-1/2 Zajac,
M-Tadych,A/Krynica 2001/EXT 2003 (18)}) 14... cxd5 15. Ne5 (15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bd2
Nd7 17. Qe2 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zajac,M-Tadych,A/Zakopane 2001/EXT 2002 (21)})
15... Nc6 16. f4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Qf3 f6 20. Ng6 Nxg6 21. Bxg6
Bf7 22. Bd3 a6 {1/2-1/2 Hawelko,M-Garcia Gonzales,G/Polanica Zdroj 1987/CBM 05
(22)}) (13. Rb1 Nd7 (13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qe4 Kf8 17. Qh7 $16
{1-0 Chuprys,V-Marolt,T/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 95 (23)}) 14. a4 b6
15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bc2 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Be6 20. Qe2 $14 {
1-0 Fressinet,L-Dutreeuw,M/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 (55)}) (13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nf6
(14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc5+ 16. Be3 dxc4 $1 (16... Qb6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qf2 $14
) 17. Bxc4 Qb6 18. Bf2 Be6 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Meijers,V/Istanbul 2003/
CBM 96/[Huzman] (19)}) 15. c5 Bc7 16. Rb1 Qe8 17. Rb2 Ne4 18. c4 f6 19. cxd5
cxd5 20. Bb5 Qe6 21. Ng6 Qf7 22. Nh4 g5 23. Nf3 Bf5 24. Bd3 b6 $11 {1-0 Polgar,
J-Mamedyarov,S/Benidorm ESP 2003/The Week in Chess 473 (47)}) 13... Bc7 14. Nh4
$1 {[%mdl 544] It is a typical Anand's idea!You can see the game Anand,V-Piket,
J,2001.} Bxh2+ {Black choose a principal continuation.But after this White
occupied the black squares and would have more than enoughable compensation
for a sacrificed pawn.} (14... Be6 15. f4 $1 Qf6 (15... b6 16. f5 Bd7 17. Ba3
$16) 16. f5 Bd7 17. Nf3 b6 18. g4 $16) (14... b6 $5) 15. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 16. Kg1 Qd8
17. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Ge3g3]} b6 (17... Nd7 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bf4 $44) 18. Qg3 Kh8
19. Qh2 Qf8 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Re1 $16 Nf6 22. Bd6 $1 (22. Qh4 $5 Ne4 23. f3 g5
24. Be5+ f6 25. Qh5 fxe5 26. fxe4 Be6 27. Rf1 Qg7 28. dxe5 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8
30. cxb6 axb6 31. Qg6 $16) 22... Qg8 23. f3 $1 {[%cal Gg2g5] By this strong
move White limits the light pieces of Black and prepares an attack of Kg8 by
g4-g5.} Be6 24. Be5 Qd8 25. g4 Kg8 26. g5 Nd7 (26... hxg5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28.
Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Bg6 $18) 27. Bf4 Nf8 28. gxh6 g6 29. Qg3 (29. h7+ $5
Nxh7 (29... Kh8 30. Be5+ f6 31. Bd6 Qd7 32. Kf2 $16) 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Rxe6 Nf8
32. Rd6 Qe7 33. Kf2 $16) 29... Kh7 30. Bc7 Qf6 31. Be5 Qe7 32. f4 $1 f5 $1 33.
Bd6 Qf7 34. Qg5 Re8 35. a4 (35. Rb1 Nd7) 35... Nd7 36. Rb1 Kg8 37. Qh4 Kh7 38.
Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga6b7,Gb7c6]} bxc5 39. dxc5 Qf6 40. Qxf6 Nxf6 41. Be5
Ne4 42. Bd4 Re7 43. Rb2 Rf7 44. Bd3 {[%cal Ga4a6,Gb2b7]} Re7 45. a5 g5 $6 (
45... Rf7 46. a6 Rd7 47. Rb7 Kxh6 48. Bc2 $16 {[%cal Gc2a4]}) 46. fxg5 Nxg5 47.
Bf6 Nf3+ 48. Kf2 $18 Rf7 49. Kxf3 Rxf6 50. Rb7+ Kxh6 51. Rxa7 Kg5 52. Rg7+ Rg6
53. Rxg6+ Kxg6 54. Kf4 Kf6 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Ndxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.
Qxd6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. a3 Qc8 17. Rd2 Ra6 18. Qb4 e5 19. Rhd1 Be6 20. g5
Rc6 21. Kb1 Rc4 22. Qd6 Rc6 23. Qb4 Rc4 24. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 {White has the following
possibilities to fight for an advantage:} (5. f4 b5 6. Nf3 {See commented game
1-0 Morozevich,A-Chatalbashev,B/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (51)}) (5. Qd2 {
See annotated game 0-1 Shaw,J-Radjabov,T/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (33)})
5... b6 {Black tried also} (5... Nf6 {0-1 Mueller,K-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (45)}) 6. f4 {taking control over the centre.
Another option is} (6. h3 {1-0 Khmelnitsky,I-Ivanov,A/Seattle 2002/CBM 87/
[Gofshtein,L] (47)}) 6... Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 ({Possible alternative is} 7... e6 8.
Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 O-O $132 {1-0 Popov,V-Chepukaitis,G/St Petersburg
RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 333 (26)}) 8. Bd3 {White completes the development,
and, at the same time, strengthens the centre. He had more aggressive
continuation:} (8. f5 $5 {1/2-1/2 Agdestein,S-Rudolf,H/Germany 2002/CBM 89/
[Finkel,A] (53)}) 8... e6 $146 {This position appeared for the first time in
practice. In my opinion, this continuation is too passive. Maybe it was a
right moment to create a counterplay, attacking white's centre with} (8... c5
9. d5 Ngf6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Qd3 b5 12. axb5 Nb6 13. bxa6 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qb6 $44 {
0-1 Papa,S-Sandner,G/Bundesliga 2003 (21)}) 9. O-O Ngf6 ({After} 9... Ne7 {
white can start a typical plan for such positions:} 10. Qe1 $1 $14 {[%cal
Yf4f5,Ge1h4,Ye3h6,Gf3g5]}) 10. e5 {White has completed the development and now
he tries to use his development advantage, increasing space advantage.} Ng4 (
10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. c4 Bb7 13. a5 $16) 11. Bd2 c5 $6 {Black plays
aggressively, that is quite strange, as his king is in the centre...} ({
More normal is} 11... O-O 12. Ne4 (12. h3 Nh6 13. Ne4 (13. g4 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. g5 Bxf3) 13... Nf5 $13) 12... Qe7 (12... f5 13. Neg5 Qe7 14. Qe2 $14) 13.
Qe2 $14) 12. Ng5 $1 {trying to punish black.} ({White could achieve a slight
advantage after} 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 d5 14. Bd3 O-O $14) 12... cxd4 (12...
Nh6 13. Nce4 $1 Nf5 14. g4 d5 15. gxf5 dxe4 16. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 $1 $16)
13. Nce4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxh2 {Black had to sacrifice the knight, hoping to
capture some pawns for it.} (14... dxe5 {doesn't help, in view of} 15. Qxg4 f5
16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxf5+ exf5 18. Bxf5 $18) 15. Nxd6+ Kf8 16. Kxh2 Nxe5 $1 {
That was black's idea.} 17. fxe5 Bxe5+ 18. Kg1 Qxd6 19. Bh6+ $18 {Black has
three pawns for a knight, but his position is lost, due to vulnerable position
of his king and discoordination of his pieces.} Kg8 (19... Ke7 20. Qf3 f5 21.
Bxa6 $18) (19... Bg7 20. Qf3 Ra7 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qf6+ $18 {see the game.})
20. Qf3 Ra7 21. Rae1 Bg7 (21... f5 22. Qe2 $18) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24.
Bxa6 $2 {missing much simplier way to finish the game:} (24. Bc4 $1 {[%cal
Ge1e6]} Qe7 25. Rxe6 Qxf6 26. Rexf6 $18) 24... h5 25. Bd3 Rh7 26. Bxg6 $1 Rg7
27. Bd3 ({Stronger was} 27. Bxh5 {, increasing a material advantage.} Qc5 28.
Qd8+ Kh7 29. Bf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3e4]}) 27... Rxa4 28. Qe5 $2 {giving black some
chances.} (28. Re5 $1 {[%cal Ge5g5] wins immediately.} Ra5 29. Rxa5 bxa5 30.
Rf5 $1 Qb4 31. Re5 $18 (31. Qd8+ $18)) 28... Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Ra5 $1 30. Rxa5 bxa5
31. Kf2 $6 ({Again white missed stronger possibility:} 31. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Gd3e2]
} Rg5 32. Bc4 $1 Rg4 (32... e5 33. Rf1 $18) 33. Be2 $18) 31... Rg5 32. Ra1 {
White needs to transfer the rook to 4-th rank- to a4 or h4:} (32. Rh1 Kg7 33.
Rh4 Rd5 (33... e5 34. c3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh4a4]}) 34. Kf3 $18) 32... Kg7 33. b3
$6 {White plays too slow, allowing black to advance pawns and build defencing
construction.} ({Better was} 33. Ra4 Rd5 34. Kf3 f5 35. Bc4 Re5 36. Bb3 $18)
33... Rd5 $1 34. Kf3 f5 {covering the e4 square.} 35. Bc4 $6 (35. Kg3 $142 Kg6
36. Kh4 e5 $141 37. b4 $1 axb4 38. Ra6+ $18) 35... Re5 36. Kf2 (36. Rd1 $142)
36... Kf6 37. Bd3 $6 ({Stronger was} 37. Rd1 Re4 38. Be2 h4 39. Bf3 Rf4 40. g3
hxg3+ 41. Kxg3 e5 42. Ra1 d3 43. cxd3 Rd4 44. Be2 $18) 37... Rc5 38. Ke2 Kg5
39. Rf1 h4 $1 {Black has succeeded to close all the files for white rook, and
now it isn't so clear if white can win this position.} 40. Kd2 Re5 41. Be2 (41.
Bc4 $1 Kg4 $1 {and black keeps some chances.} (41... Re4 42. Ra1 Rg4 43. Bxe6
Rxg2+ 44. Kd3 h3 45. Bd5 $16)) 41... Rc5 42. Ra1 {White cannot win the game,
not improving his position.} ({He had to try} 42. Bc4 e5 43. c3 dxc3+ 44. Kxc3
$14) 42... e5 43. Ra4 (43. Bc4 Kg4 44. c3 dxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Kg3 $11) 43... Kf4 44.
Rc4 $6 {Black king is very active and his pawns are advanced, so white will be
under a danger in endgame after exchange of rooks.} (44. Bd3 $142 $11) 44...
Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} 45. bxc4 $4 {loses the game.} ({White could achieve a
draw with simple} 45. Bxc4 Kg3 46. Be6 $1 f4 (46... Kxg2 47. Bxf5 h3 48. Bxh3+
Kxh3 49. Kd3 Kg3 50. Ke4 Kf2 51. Kxe5 Ke3 $11) 47. Bd5 f3 $1 48. gxf3 $1 (48.
Bxf3 h3 49. gxh3 Kxf3 50. h4 e4 51. h5 Kf2 52. h6 e3+ 53. Kd3 e2 54. h7 e1=Q
55. h8=Q Qc3+ 56. Ke4 Qxc2+ $19 {[%cal Gd4d3]}) 48... Kf2 $1 (48... h3 $2 49.
f4 Kxf4 50. Kd3 h2 51. Be4 Kg3 52. Kc4 Kg4 53. Kc5 $18) 49. Kd3 h3 50. f4 exf4
51. Ke4 Ke2 52. Kxf4 Kd2 $11) 45... e4 46. c5 Ke5 47. Bc4 ({White had more
chances after} 47. Bb5 $1 f4 $1 (47... Kd5 $2 48. c6 Kd6 49. c3 $1 (49. Ke1 f4
50. Kf2 f3 51. gxf3 e3+ 52. Kg2 a4 53. Bxa4 h3+ $19) 49... dxc3+ (49... d3 50.
Ke3 $11 {[%cal Gb5a4]}) (49... e3+ 50. Kd3 dxc3 51. Kxc3 f4 52. Kd3 f3 53. Kxe3
(53. gxf3 h3 $19) 53... fxg2 54. Kf2 h3 $11) 50. Kxc3 f4 51. Kd4 $1 (51. Kd2 a4
52. Bxa4 f3 53. Ke3 (53. gxf3 h3) 53... fxg2 54. Kf2 e3+ 55. Kxg2 h3+ $19)
51... f3 (51... a4 52. Kxe4 a3 53. Bc4 $18) 52. gxf3 h3 53. Bf1 exf3 54. Bxh3
$11) 48. Ke1 Kd5 49. c6 Kd6 50. Kf1 Kc7 $1 {Zugzwang.} ({But not} 50... f3 51.
gxf3 e3 52. f4 h3 53. f5 a4 54. f6 $19) 51. Ke1 (51. Ba4 f3 52. gxf3 e3 53. Bb5
h3 $19) (51. Ke2 f3+ 52. gxf3 h3 $19) (51. Kf2 f3 52. gxf3 e3+ $19) 51... f3
52. gxf3 h3 $19) (47. c6 $2 Kd6 48. Bb5 f4 49. Ke1 f3 50. gxf3 h3 51. Kf1 e3
$19) 47... a4 48. Ke2 a3 $19 49. Kf2 f4 50. Ba2 Kf6 {Probably black was in
time trouble and missed a simple way to win:} (50... f3 51. gxf3 e3+ 52. Kf1 h3
53. Bc4 e2+ $19) 51. Bb3 Ke7 52. Bd5 Kd7 53. Kf1 Kc7 54. Ke2 Kd7 {Again black
could win easily after} (54... f3+ 55. gxf3 h3 56. fxe4 (56. Kf1 d3) 56... h2
$19) 55. Kf1 Kc7 {Even in final position white is hopeless...} (55... d3 56.
cxd3 exd3 57. Kf2 d2 58. Ke2 f3+ 59. gxf3 h3 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 a6 8. h3
Ba7 9. O-O Ne7 10. d4 Nf5 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Be3 Be6
15. Kh2 d5 16. c5 c6 17. Bf4 Bb8 18. Qd2 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Re7 20. Rfe1 Qb8 21.
Qxb8+ Rxb8 22. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Nb6 8.
Qc2 g6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Ne5 {Anand will have
to create wonders in the middlegame, since he haven't got a shade of advantage
from the opening.} a5 (13... Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. a4 Be6 16. a5 Nc4 $11) 14.
Rfc1 a4 15. Qd1 Nfd7 (15... Qe7 16. a3 Ne4 $11) 16. Nd3 (16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. b4
axb3 18. Qxb3 Nc8 $11) 16... Nc4 $6 (16... Qe7 $11) 17. Nxa4 b5 18. Nc3 (18.
Nac5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxb2 20. Qe1 Qe7 $11) 18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 (19. Bxd3 $6 Nxb2
20. Qc2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 b4 22. Ne2 c5 $11) 19... Nxb2 20. Qb1 Nc4 (20... Na4 21.
Nxa4 bxa4 22. Bf3 Re6 23. Qb7 $16) 21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 $6 {With rapid tempo
many decisions are made on the base of quick jugdement of the position. This
inaccuracy will cost white the whole advantage, which he was getting with 22.
Bxc4!} (22. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 23. Rxa4 c5 24. Rxc4 cxd4 25. exd4 $16) 22... Rxa4 23.
Nxa4 g5 24. Bh2 (24. Bxc4 $2 gxf4 $1 25. Bd3 fxe3 $17) 24... Nxe3 $1 25. fxe3
Rxe3 26. Bf3 (26. Bd3 Bxd4 27. Bxh7+ Kg7 28. Kh1 Qa5 29. Bf5 Nf6 30. Bg1 (30.
Bc2 Ra3 31. Bg1 Ra1 32. Qxa1 Bxa1 33. Rxa1 Qd2 $17) 30... Qxa4 31. Bxe3 Bxe3
$15) (26. Qb2 $5 Qa8 $1 (26... Qa5 27. Nc5 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 Bxc5 (
29... Nxc5 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Rf1 $16) 30. Qe8+ Nf8 31. Rf1 Qa7 32. Qxc6 $16) 27.
Qc2 (27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Bxd4+ $19) 27... Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Qxa4
29. Qe8+ Nf8 30. Kh1 Qxd4 31. Rf1 Qa7 32. Qxc6 $14) 26... Bxd4 27. Kh1 Qa5 {
[%mdl 1024] Graf is enjoying three pawns and very active pieces, the position
is nearly equal.} 28. Nb2 (28. Bg1 Qxa4 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 $17) 28... Qb4 (28... Qb6
29. Bg1 Qxb2 $13) (28... Qd2 29. Bg1 Rxf3 (29... Qxb2 30. Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Bxe3
$13) 30. gxf3 (30. Bxd4 Rg3 $19) 30... Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Bxb2 32. Rxc6 $11) 29. Bg1
Rb3 $2 {The active move that has a serious flaw due to the immediate
counterattack by white.} (29... Qxb2 $1 30. Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Bxe3 Bxc1 32. Bxc1 h6
33. Bb2 Nc5 $13) 30. Qf5 $1 Bxb2 (30... Rxb2 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. Qxd7 $18) 31.
Rxc6 Ne5 $6 {The last weaker move in the game, much tougher defense was
promised by the modest retreat of the queen.} (31... Qe7 32. Rc7 (32. Bxd5 Rc3
33. Be4 Nf8 34. Rb6 Rc4 35. Rb7 Qf6 36. Qxf6 Bxf6 37. Bd5 $14) 32... Rxf3 $1
33. Qxf3 (33. gxf3 Qf6 34. Qxd5 Nf8 35. Rc8 $14) 33... Qe6 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35.
Bxe3 Nf6 36. Bxg5 Kg7 37. Rc5 d4 38. Rc6 $16) 32. Qxg5+ Ng6 33. Bxd5 Rd3 (33...
Kg7 34. Rc7 Qf4 35. Qxf4 Nxf4 36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Bxb3 $18) (33... Ra3 34. Rb6
Qc3 35. Qf5 Nh8 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rxb2 Qxb2 38. Qg4+ Kh6 39. Qf4+ Kg6 40. Bd4
$18) 34. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be6 13. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8.
Qb3 Nb6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Ne4 Be6 13. Qa3 Bd5 14. Rac1 f5
15. Nc5 e5 16. h4 Re8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Qa5 Nd7 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21.
Nd2 e4 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 exd3 24. exd3 Re2 25. Rb1 Bb4 26. Bf3 Rc2 27. Rdc1
Rd2 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Rxd2 Bxd2 30. Kf1 b6 31. Ke2 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. b4 Bxb2
34. b5 Kg7 35. Bd5 h6 36. f4 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ba3 38. Kg2 Bd6 39. Kf3 g5 40. hxg5+
hxg5 41. fxg5+ Kxg5 42. Bc4 Bb8 43. Bb3 Kf6 44. g4 fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Ke5 46. Kf3
Kd6 47. Ke2 Kc5 48. Bc4 Kb4 49. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. d3 Ne6 11. a4 a5 12. h3 O-O 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Bf4 Qd5 16. Nd2 c5 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia TV m"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.01.01"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Kb1 Nxb3 12. axb3 dxe4 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Nc7+
Qxc7 15. Qxb4 Nd5 16. Qxe4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd7 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qb4 O-O-O 20. Bd3
Be6 21. Rhe1 f6 22. Bc4 Bf5 23. g4 Bg6 24. h4 h5 25. Be6+ Kb8 26. Bf5 Bf7 27.
Be4 hxg4 28. fxg4 Be6 29. Bf3 a5 30. Qe4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxh4 32. Rd8+ Bc8 33.
Rd3 Rh8 34. b4 a4 35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Rc3 Qd6 37. Qe4 Qb6 38. Rc4 Be6 39. Rc5 Rd4
40. Qe3 Rxb4 41. Qc3 Rb5 42. Rxb5 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia TV m"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.01.01"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O (16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Rd1 Kh8 (18... b4 {is
nowadays considered the simplest way to equality.}) 19. O-O Rc8 {is a
different line, which transposes to the game (it's the same position as in the
game after move 19).}) 16... Kh8 {A move with very good result for Black,
which was played for the first time by Sulava, but became popular after the
game J.Polgar-Illescas, 1999.} (16... Ra7 {has been the main move lately and
nowadays is analyzed often until forced draw.}) 17. Qh5 (17. Bc2 Ra7 18. Qh5
Raf7 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. f4 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 e4 22. Kh1 a5 23. a3 Qa8 24. Ne3 Qc6 $15
{1/2-1/2 Timoscenko,G-Sulava,N/Oberwart 1995 (32)}) 17... e4 (17... Bf7 18. Qh3
e4 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Rfd1 (20. f3 $2 exf3 21. gxf3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qd2
$15 {0-1 Polgar,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas 1999 (61)}) 20... Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qf6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Leko,P/Monte Carlo 2003 
(39)}) 18. Bc2 Ne7 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. f3 Bf7 (20... Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5
Qb6+ (22... Be5 23. f4 $1 (23. fxe4 $2 f4 24. Bb3 Rc7 $44)) 23. Kh1 Qe3 24. f4
Rc5 25. Rxd6 b4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Schmaltz,R-Chuchelov,V/France 2003 (41)}) 21. Qh3
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 b4 (22... Be5 $5 23. fxe4 f4 24. Nxf4 Qg5 25. Nd5 Bh5 $44) 23.
fxe4 (23. Nxb4 a5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qxb2 $15) (23. Qxf5 {
is critical. For instance:} bxc3 24. bxc3 Bg8 (24... Bg6 25. Qh3 Bxc3 26. Bxe4
Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 $16) 25. Qxe4 {and there is no clear compensation.
}) 23... bxc3 24. bxc3 Bxd5 25. exd5 (25. Rxd5 $2 Rxc3 26. Bd3 fxe4 $19) 25...
Rxc3 26. Bd3 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qg5 28. Rxf5 (28. g3 Rf6 $1 (28... h6 29. Bxf5 (29.
Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Bxf5 Rc1 $11) 29... Be5 {Here White can claim a slight advantage.
}) 29. Bxf5 (29. Rxf5 $4 Rxd3 $1) 29... Rh6 $132) 28... Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30.
Bxf5 Be3 31. g3 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Kb1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. Nxa5 Be6 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nb3 Qxe5 19. c4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb6
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 e6 8. g4
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Na4 Bb7 16. Qxb4 Bc6 17. Nc3 Rfb8 18. Qc4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Qa5 {This queen move
looks a bit slow, Gelfand has improved with bishop's idea in later game.} (
19... Bb5 $5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. c3 Nc4 22. b3 Qa5 23. Rh2 e5 24. Be3 Na3+ 25.
Kb2 Nc4+ 26. Kb1 Na3+ 27. Kb2 b4 {0-1 Iordachescu,V-Gelfand,B/Bermuda 2004/ 
(40)}) 20. f4 $6 (20. Qe3 $5 $14) 20... Ng6 $1 (20... Bb5 21. Qe1 Nf3 (21...
Bxf1 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nd5 Qxe1 24. Nxe7+ $16) 22. Qf2 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 $44)
21. Qf3 (21. f5 e5 $1 22. fxg6 (22. Be3 $2 Qxc3 $19) 22... exd4 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. exd5 Rxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Rb8+ 26. Kc1 Qa3+ 27. Kd2 Qc3+ 28. Kc1 $11) 21... e5
22. Bf2 {Anand must admit, that his 20th move was too optimistic, since
natural exchange on e5 loses.} (22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bf2 Rxb2+ $1 24. Kxb2 Qa3+
25. Ka1 Bxe4 $1 26. Qe3 Bxh1 $17) 22... Qb4 23. b3 Nxf4 24. Be1 Qc5 (24... Qb7
25. Bg3 Ne6 26. Bc4 $14) 25. Bg3 a5 (25... Ne6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qc6 28.
Rh2 Nd4 $11) 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Nd5 Bd8 $1 {[%mdl 32] Excellent move that saves
the dangerous bishop for an attack on weak dark squares.} 28. Qxf4 a4 29. Rh2
$1 Bxd5 30. exd5 (30. Rxd5 $2 Qc3 31. Rd3 (31. Rb5 Rxb5 32. Bxb5 a3 33. Qc1 Qe5
34. Rf2 Qxb5 $19) 31... axb3 $3 32. cxb3 (32. Rxc3 bxa2+ 33. Kc1 a1=Q+ 34. Kd2
Ba5 $19) 32... Rxb3+ $1 33. axb3 Ra1#) 30... Ba5 31. Qd4 Qa3 (31... Qc7 $1 32.
Qc4 Qd8 33. Qe4 Bc3 34. Bd3 $13) 32. h5 Bb6 (32... Rb4 33. Qb2 Qxb2+ 34. Kxb2
Rg4 35. Rg2 $16) 33. Qc3 Ba5 34. Qd4 Bb6 35. Qd3 $5 Re8 36. g6 $1 fxg6 37. hxg6
h6 $2 {Black finally errs with this faulty defensive move while bishop's
transfer to f6 would have been very unpleasant for white.} (37... Bd8 $1 38.
Rf2 Bf6 39. Rxf6 $1 axb3 40. Qxb3 Reb8 41. Bb5 $1 gxf6 $15) 38. Bh3 $1 Bd8 39.
Be6+ Rxe6 (39... Kh8 $2 40. Rxh6+ gxh6 41. Qd4+ $18) (39... Kf8 40. Rf1+ Bf6
41. Rxf6+ gxf6 42. g7+ $18) 40. dxe6 Bf6 41. c3 axb3 42. Qc4 $3 {Extremely
strong move ideally combines defense with an attack, Anand wins with his
mighty e pawn due to black's back rank problems.} Qa5 $5 (42... Rb8 43. e7+ Kh8
44. Rb2 $1 bxa2+ 45. Qxa2 $18) (42... bxa2+ 43. Rxa2 $18) 43. e7+ $1 (43. Qxb3
$6 Qf5+ 44. Kb2 Qxg6 $16) 43... Kh8 44. Re1 Be5 45. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Bd6 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nbd7 13. O-O Ke7 14. e3 a5
15. Rfd1 a4 16. Ne1 Bb3 17. Rd2 Rhe8 18. Nd3 Kf8 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Ne2 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 (12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14.
Qc2 c5 15. Ne5 Bh5 16. f3 cxd4 17. fxe4 fxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bc5 $1 (
19... dxc3 $5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. bxc3 Bd6 $44) 20. Nd3 (20. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 21. Kh1
Qf6 $36) 20... Bd6 21. b4 Nc6 22. b5 Na5 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Nc5 Bxc5
26. dxc5 Qxc5+ $2 (26... Rxc5 $142) 27. Kh1 b6 $2 28. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Anand,
V-Grischuk,A/Bastia 2003/CBM 98/[Huzman] (47)}) 12... c5 13. Ne5 Bh5 (13...
cxd4 14. Nxg4 fxg4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be3
Qf6 20. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Bagusis,V-Zalys,I/Montreal 1983/EXT 2002 (25)}) 14. f3
cxd4 (14... Bh4 15. fxe4 (15. g3 $5) 15... Bxe1 16. exf5 c4 (16... Nc6 17. Ndf3
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 cxd4 19. g4 $1 dxc3 20. gxh5 Re8 21. Bf4 Bd2 $13) 17. Bf1 Bxd2
18. Bxd2 Nc6 19. Re1 Qc8 $1 20. h3 Rxf5 21. g4 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxf1+ $2 (22...
Rf3 $1 23. gxh5 (23. Qd1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Rg3 25. Bg2 Bf7 (25... Bg6 26. Be3 $1
Rxe3 $140 27. Qxd5+) 26. e6 Bg6 $17) 23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qf2 25. Bg2 Rd3 26. Rd1
Rf8 $1 $19 {/\27...Rff3}) 23. Rxf1 Bg6 24. Qd1 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Re8 (25... d4 26.
cxd4 Qxd4 27. Qe2 $11) 26. Bf4 Bd3 27. Qf3 Be4 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Adams,M/
Dortmund 2002/CBM 90/[Huzman] (27)}) 15. fxe4 fxe4 (15... dxc3 16. exf5 (16.
exd5 $5 cxd2 17. Bxd2 Qxd5 18. Bc3 $36) 16... cxd2 17. Bxd2 Bh4 {1/2-1/2 Milos,
G-Morovic Fernandez,I/Santos BRA 2003/(17)}) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 $2 $146
{[%mdl 8192] Bologan makes a new move but unfortunately Black loses in the
main line.} 18. Bd2 $2 (18. b4 $1 dxc3 (18... Bd6 19. bxa5 Bxe5 20. Bh7+ Kh8
21. Rxe5 $18) 19. bxa5 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Ba3 $3 $18 Rf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bxa3 23.
Rf5 Qe8 24. Re1 Bf7 25. Qxc3 $18) 18... Bh4 19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Rae1 (20. Rf5 $5
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Qf6 22. Rf5 (22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Rf5 Qb6 24. cxd4 Nc6 $11) 22... Qb6
23. cxd4 Rxf5 24. Bxf5 Nc6 (24... Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Nc6 26. Bc3 $14) 25. Be3 Rd8
$44) 20... Bxe5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rxe5 Nc4 $1 24. Rxh5 Nxd2 25.
Qxd2 dxc3 $1 $11 26. Qxc3 (26. Qc2 Qe8 $1 27. Rf5 Kxh7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 ({More popular is} 9... Nc5) 10. c3 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 (12... Bxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qg4 Qd5 16. Re1 Rf5
17. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Geller,E-Krasenkow,M/Cappelle la Grande 1992/EXT 97 (26)}) 13.
Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Tarjan,J/Hastings 1977/MCD (42)})
10... Qd7 {More common continuations are: 10...Nc5 and 10...0-0.} 11. Re1 (11.
Qe2 {- see the annotated game Ivanchuk,V-Krasenkow,M/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93 
[Postny,E] (36)}) (11. Bc2 Bf5 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bg4 13. Qf4 Bxf3 14. Bf5
Qd8 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Re1 Nc6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Be3 $36 {1-0 Polgar,
J-Anand,V/Munich 1991/CBM 23 (65)}) 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. a4 O-O (13... Nxd2 $142 14.
Bxd2 O-O {Krasenkow}) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Krasenkow,M/Asti 1996/CBM 57 (34)})
11... Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf5 (12... d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. bxc3 Na4 16.
Bd2 Nd8 17. Nbd4 g6 18. Bxa4 bxa4 19. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Short,N-Motwani,P/Isle of
Lewis 1995/CBM 49 (46)}) 13. Bxf5 (13. Nf1 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 O-O 15. Be3 Ne6 16.
Rad1 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng3 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/
Bogota 1991/TD (27)}) 13... Qxf5 14. Nb3 (14. Nf1 Qd3 (14... Rd8 15. Nd4 Nxd4
16. cxd4 Nd3 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Rd1 Nxe5 19. Qxc7 Nc6 20. Bf4 O-O 21. Rac1 Rc8 22.
Rxc6 Qg4 23. Qxe7 Rxc6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qxd4 $13 {0-1 Henao,R-Cunha
Pereira,S/Buenos Aires 1991/EXT 2000 (38)}) 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Qc1 Kb7 17. Bxc5
Bxc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4 $16 {1-0 Boleslavsky,I-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1966/EXT 99 
(42)}) 14... Rd8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3 $1 $146 {Svidler clearly indicates,
that black still has problems to solve in this position.} (16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Be3
Be7 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 c5 23. dxc5 d4
24. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Borsos,B-Karsa,L/Zalakaros 1991/TD (24)}) 16... Be7 ({
Probably safer was} 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 O-O 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 f6) 17. Nd4
Nxd4 (17... Qg6 18. a4 $36) 18. cxd4 c5 $1 {Typical breakthrough for this
opening variation.} 19. dxc5 d4 20. Bxd4 $1 O-O $2 {This is quite inconsistent.
} (20... Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxd1 22. Raxd1 {I guess, that Anand was concerned about
this position, and indeed, white has excellent compensation for the queen.
However, after} h5 $1 {[%cal Yh8h6] black has sufficient defensive resources,
for instanse:} 23. Rd5 Rh6 24. Red1 Qc8 $14) 21. c6 $6 (21. Rc1 Bxc5 22. Rxc5
Qf4 23. g3 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Re2 $16) 21... Rd5 $6 (21... Bc5 $2 22. Bxc5
Rxd1 23. Raxd1 $18) (21... Bb4 $1 22. c7 $8 (22. Re3 $4 Bc5 23. Rd3 (23. Bxc5
$2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc2 $19 {[%csl Rc5,Rd1]}) 23... Qe4 $17) 22... Bxe1 23.
cxd8=Q Rxd8 24. Qxe1 Rxd4 {and black's active pieces gives him good survival
chances.}) 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. g3 Qe6 {Black captures the Pc6, but still remains a
pawn down without any compensation.} 24. Qd3 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Qe4 g6 ({
Very dangerous for black is} 26... Qc4 27. Bc3 Qxa2 28. e6 $40) 27. Bc3 Qe6 28.
Kg2 h5 {Anand is building his defense on the white squares, which makes
difficult for white to achieve progress in the position.} 29. h3 Rd8 {[%csl
Ra2]} 30. a3 {White's possible plan can be connected with advance of the
kingside pawns (g3-g4,Kg2-g3,f2-f4, etc.).} Rc8 {Threatening 31...Bxa3.} 31.
Re3 Rc4 32. Qa8+ Rc8 33. Qb7 Rd8 34. Ba5 $1 Re8 35. Rd3 $1 Kf8 (35... Qxe5 $2
36. Re3 $18 {[%cal Ge3e8]}) 36. Rd7 $2 {Strange decision. Svidler goes for
simplification, which increases black's drawing chances.} ({Simple and good was
} 36. Bc3 {keeping all the benefits in the position.}) 36... Qxe5 37. Rxe7 {
The position transforms now to queens endgame.} Rxe7 38. Bb4 Qe6 39. Bxe7+ Qxe7
40. Qxa6 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qd4 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2]} 42. Qc8+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Ke6 44. Qc6+
Ke7 45. Qc2 {Now, if there was white's turn, he could play h3-h4 getting good
winning chances, but...} {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","","",
"h5h4","Important move, which gives black reasonable drawing chances, since
the white king will be exposed to checks.",3]} h4 $1 {Important move, which
gives black reasonable drawing chances, since the white king will be exposed
to checks.} 46. g4 Qe5+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kg1 Qe5 49. Qd2 ({Logical was} 49. b3
Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qxa3 51. Qe2+ Kf8 52. Qxb5 $16) 49... Kf8 50. Qc3 Qg5 51. Qe3 $6 (
{It was a right time for} 51. b3 {intending to create a passed pawn.}) 51...
Qd5 52. Kf1 (52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Qxh4 $6 Qd4 $14 {capturing one of white's
queenside pawns.}) 52... Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+ 54. Qf3 Qa2 55. Qb7 Qc4 (55... Qxb2
$2 {was falling into a trap:} 56. a4 b4 57. a5 Qa3 58. a6 b3 59. a7 b2 60.
a8=Q+ $18) 56. Qa8+ Kg7 57. Qf3 Qa2 58. Qc3+ Kg8 59. Kf3 {Svidler decides to
transfer his king to queenside, but this plan does not yield him much.} Qd5+
60. Ke2 Qe4+ 61. Kd2 Qd5+ 62. Kc2 Qg2 63. Qe3 Qc6+ 64. Kd2 Qd5+ 65. Kc2 Qc6+
66. Kb1 Qd5 67. f4 $6 {This move weakens the g3 square, which can be used by
black.} ({Again, why not} 67. b3 {?}) 67... Qg2 68. Ka2 Qg3 69. Qb3 Kf8 {
The weakness of the h3 pawn gives black sufficient counterplay to maintain the
balance.} 70. f5 {The last chance to achieve progress in the position.} gxf5
71. gxf5 Qe5 72. f6 Kg8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6]} 73. Qf3 Kh7 74. Qg4 Qd5+
75. Kb1 Qh1+ 76. Kc2 Qc6+ 77. Kd2 Qxf6 78. Qh5+ Kg7 79. Qxb5 Qf4+ 80. Kc3 Qc1+
{[%mdl 256] Again Anand showed his ability to survive in tough positions.} (
80... Qc1+ 81. Kb3 Qe3+ 82. Ka2 Qxh3 83. Qg5+ Kf8 84. Qd8+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 (11... Bb4 12. Nxe4 (12. Re3 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ba5 16. Rxb7 Bb6 17. Ree7 Nc6 18. Ng5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Sabo Benke,D-Castro,J/Hyeres 2002/EXT 2003 (28)}) 12... Bxe1 13. Neg5
Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qf6 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb1 Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Kg1 Nc6 19. Qd3 h6
20. Nh3 Nb4 21. Qb3 Rc4 22. Be3 Nc2 23. Rf1 Qb6 $44 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Lautier,J/
Cap D'Agde FRA 2003/(36)}) 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Qf5 Nb6 ({The
attempt not to weaken K-side is not good enough as the next game showed} 14...
Nf6 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Qd3 (16. Qxc8 $5 Raxc8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Re3 $14) (16. Nh4
$1 $16) 16... Nh5 17. Qb5 Qc6 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Be7 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Qxc3 21. Qxd5
Nf4 22. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Priya,P/Chennai IND 2004/(48)}) 15. Ng5 g6 16.
Qh3 h5 17. g4 {White has to play very energetically because Black has an
advantage on the Q-side.} Qd7 (17... Qf6 $5 18. gxh5 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Kf1 $13) 18. gxh5 Qxh3 19. Nxh3 Rfe8 (19... gxh5 20. Bf4 Rfd8 21. Kh1 $1 Rac8
22. Re3 $36 {[%cal Ga1g1]}) 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 g5 22. Nh3 $14 Na4 (22... f6
23. f4 g4 24. Nf2 Kf7 (24... f5 25. h3 $16) 25. Kg2 Na4 26. Nxg4 Nxc3 27. Nh6+
Kf8 28. Nf5 $16) 23. Rac1 $1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxc3 (24... g4 $1 25. Ng5 (25. Nf4
Nxc3 $132) 25... f6 $1 26. Ne6 Nxc3 $132) 25. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} (25. Nxg5 $2
f6 26. Nh3 Kf7 $44) 25... Kg7 (25... f6 $1 26. h6 $1 (26. f4 g4 (26... Ne4 $1
27. Nf2 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Rc8 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Rxb7 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 $11) 27. Nf2
f5 28. Nd3 $1 Rc8 29. Ne5 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxf4 31. h6 $18) 26... b5 27. f4 Ne4 28.
fxg5 fxg5 29. Nxg5 Nxg5 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rxg5 Rd8 $14 (31... Rg8 32. h4)) 26.
Rc7 $1 (26. Nxg5 Kf6 27. Rc7 Kxg5 28. Rxc3 Kxh5 {White may count to get
drawing the rook endgame with pawns "f" and "h" in the best case.} 29. Rc7 Rg8+
30. Kf1 Rg4 31. Rxb7 Rxd4 32. Rxa7 Rd2 $14) 26... Ne2+ $2 (26... g4 $1 27. Nf4
(27. Rxc3 gxh3 $14) (27. Ng5 Ne2+ 28. Kg2 Kh6 $1 29. Nxf7+ Kxh5 $11) 27... Nxa2
28. Nxd5 b5 $132) 27. Kf1 Nxd4 28. Nxg5 $16 Kh6 29. Nxf7+ Kxh5 30. Rxb7 {
White has good winning chances as he has an extra pawn and an active rook.} Nf3
31. Rb5 Kg6 32. Rxd5 (32. Nd6 $5 Nxh2+ 33. Ke2 Kf6 34. f3 Ke6 35. Nb7 Rf8 $11)
32... Nxh2+ 33. Kg2 Kxf7 34. Kxh2 Ke6 35. Ra5 Kd6 36. f4 $2 (36. Kg3 Rg8+ 37.
Kf3 Rf8+ 38. Ke3 Re8+ 39. Kd4 Rf8 $16) (36. f3 $1 Rf8 37. Kg3 Rf7 38. f4 $16)
36... Rg8 $1 37. f5 (37. Rxa7 Ke6 38. Ra5 Rg4 39. f5+ Kf6 $11) 37... Ke7 38.
Rxa7+ Kf6 39. Ra5 Rg4 40. a4 Rb4 $4 (40... Rg8 41. Rb5 Rg4 42. a5 Kg5 43. Rd5
Kf6 44. Kh3 Rg1 45. Kh4 Rg2 $11) 41. Kg3 Rc4 42. Kf3 Rh4 43. Ke3 Rg4 44. Kd3
Rf4 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. Ra5 Rh4 48. Kc3 (48. Ra8 $1 $18) 48... Rf4 49.
Kd3 Rh4 50. Ra8 $1 Kxf5 51. a5 Kg6 (51... Ke6 52. a6 Kd7 53. a7 Ra4 54. Rh8 $18
) 52. a6 Kg7 (52... Ra4 53. Kc3 Kg7 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb4 $18 {[%cal Gb4b6,Gb6a7]
}) 53. Ra7+ $1 Kf6 (53... Kg8 54. Rb7 $18) 54. Kc3 $1 Re4 (54... Rh1 55. Ra8
Ra1 56. Kc4 $18) 55. Rh7 Ra4 56. a7 (56. a7 Ke6 57. Kb3 Ra1 58. Kb4 Kd6 59. Kb5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 h6 8. Nh3 Nc6
9. f4 Be7 10. Be3 h5 11. Nf2 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. c4 bxc4 14. dxc4 Nb6 15. Na3 Rb8
16. Nd3 d4 17. Bd2 g6 18. b3 Kf8 19. Nc2 Nd7 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. h3 Nd8 22. Nce1
Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Ke8 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Qc6 26. Rf3 Qa6 27. Qd1 Nc6 28. Qc2 Kd8
29. Re1 Kc7 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Rbg8 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rf7 Kc8 34. Bf4 Bf8 35.
Qf2 Nd8 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. b4 Ke8 38. bxc5 Rh3 39. Qc2 Qc6 40. Re2 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Neg5 {Beyond any
doubt this move is the most crucial for the evaluation of the whole variation.}
(12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 $5 (13. dxc5 Qc7 $5 14. Qc2 (14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qf4+ $1
16. Kb1 Bxc5 17. g3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qc7 19. Rhe1 $14) 14... h6 15. cxb6 axb6 16.
Kb1 Ra5 17. Ned2 Rfa8 18. a3 Nc5 $44 {Solozhenkin,E-Dizdar,G/Paris 1996}) 13...
Nf6 (13... h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Qe2 cxd4
19. Nxd4 h5 $11 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/Monte Carlo 2003}) 14. Qc2 g6 15. h5 $1 Nxh5
$5 16. Nxe6 $1 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002}) (12. Nfg5 h6 13. f4 c5
14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nd6 Nxc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Rd5 $132 {Fercec,
N-Dizdar,G/Pula 1997}) (12. Rh3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g4 $14 {Fercec,N-Golubovic,B/Kastav 2000}) (12. Qe2 c5 (12...
Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. f4 h5 {
1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Nogueiras,J/Havana 2001/CBM 84 (18)}) 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nxe6
$2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Rhg1 Rf6 18. Qg4 Bf8 $19 {Horvath,
A-Golubovic,B/Charleville 2000}) 12... Nf6 (12... h6 13. Rh3 c5 14. Kb1 cxd4
15. Qf4 Qb8 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nc5 $15 {Riegler,P-Dizdar,G/Bled 1994}) 13.
c3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd2c2] Preparing Qc2} Bxf3 14. gxf3 $5 {This is the only
way to fight for an opening advantage. The weakness of white pawns on the
f-file is fully compensated by the open line.} c5 (14... Kh8 15. Kb1 Qd6 16.
Rdg1 $36 {Topalov,V-Dreev,A/Linares 1995}) 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5 17. Rdg1
$6 {This move is a novelty, but it's hardly a very strong one. For some reason
black didn't play the most natural 17...c4 which would probably lead to
black's advantage. Anyway'it was probably better to come to g1 with the other
rook in order to deprive black this possibility.} (17. Qc2 h6 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19.
Rdg1 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qf4 21. gxf6 Bxf6 $11 {Dworakowska,J-Zatonskih,A/Zagan 1997}
) (17. Rhg1 $1) 17... Rfd8 $2 (17... c4 $1 18. Nxh7 (18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Qe2 Rb8
$17) 18... Qd8 $1 (18... cxd3 $2 19. Qh6 g6 (19... Ne8 20. Rxg7+ Nxg7 21. Rg1
Qe5 22. f4 $18) 20. Rxg6+ fxg6 21. Rg1 Ng4 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh5 $18) 19. Nxf8
(19. Qh6 $2 Qxd3+ 20. Kc1 Qxh7 $19) 19... Bxf8 20. Rd1 (20. Bh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxd8
Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rb8 $17) 20... cxd3 21. Qxd3 Qb6 $15) 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20.
Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. Re1 $5 $36 {[%csl Re8] There is no
doubt that white's initiative is very dangerous, but I'm not sure it's enough
for more than equality.} (23. Rd1 Nxh7 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Ke8 26. Qxh7 (26.
Qg6+ Kf8 $11) 26... Qe5 27. Qg8+ Bf8 $13) (23. Bc2 $145 $1 {(Anand)}) 23... Rd6
$1 {A strong defensive move securing the square d7 for the king and taking
good care of e6.} (23... Kd7 $2 24. Bf5 $1 Rg8 25. Bxe6+ Kc6 26. Bxg8 Nxg8 27.
Rhg1 $18) 24. Qh8+ Bf8 25. Bg6+ Ke7 26. Rhg1 Rb6 (26... Qd7 $5 27. Bc2 (27. f4
Rb8 28. f5 Qb5 29. b3 Qd3+ $19) 27... Qe8 28. Rg6 Qf7 $13) (26... Rb8 $142 {
(Anand)}) 27. Bf5 Kf7 $2 {Missing a chance to get an advantage after} (27...
Qf4 $1 28. Rg7+ Kd6 29. Rxe6+ Kd5 30. c4+ (30. Rxf6 Rxb2+ 31. Kxb2 Qd2+ $19)
30... Qxc4 31. Rd7+ Nxd7 32. Qg8 (32. Be4+ Kxe6 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qxc4 Rab8 $19)
32... Rxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Bg7+ 34. Re5+ Kxe5 35. Qxc4 Kxf5+ 36. Kc2 Rd8 $15 {
and black is better, but it's hard to blame Bareev for not entering this line
since it's extremly difficult to calculate this line during the game.}) 28.
Bg6+ Ke7 29. Bc2 Kf7 {Now it's too late for Qf4:} (29... Qf4 30. Rg7+ Bxg7 (
30... Kd6 31. Rf7 Rab8 32. b3 Be7 33. Qg7 Nh5 34. Qh7 $18) 31. Qxg7+ Kd6 32.
Qf7 Re8 33. Rd1+ Kc6 34. Be4+ Kb5 35. c4+ Ka6 36. Rd3 $18) 30. Rg6 $1 {
Starting a forced line leading to a winning position.} Qf4 31. Reg1 e5 (31...
Ke7 32. Rg7+ Kd6 33. Rf7 $18 {[%csl Rf6]}) 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. R1g6 Rab8 (33... e4
34. Rxf6+ Qxf6 35. Qg8+ Ke5 36. Rf7 Bg7 37. f4+ $1) 34. Qg8+ Kd6 35. Rxf6+ Qxf6
36. Rg6 $18 Kc7 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Qh7+ Kb6 39. Be4 $1 {[%csl Gb7] The last
accurate move taking the square b7 under control.} Rd6 40. h5 {Black pieces
desperately lack coordination, so no wonder that the game is over in less than
10 moves.} a6 41. Qf7 Rd2 42. a3 Rd1+ 43. Kc2 Rd6 44. b4 cxb4 45. axb4 Rdd8 46.
Qe6+ Rd6 47. Qc4 Rf6 48. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O (12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4
14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Qf3 $1 $14 {was the idea of Kramnik, when white
can proceed with Bd3 and advance of the kingside pawns.}) 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. h4 $1
{Kramnik is rushing his activity, since the slower method might not bring him
anything.} (14. g3 a5 $5 15. a3 a4 16. Nd2 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nd4 18. Bd3 Bxd2 19.
Rxd2 $11) 14... Bxh4 15. g3 (15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Bg5 $1 18. Nd5
(18. Ne6 $2 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 $19) 18... b5 19. Bg4 $11) 15... Bf6 (15... Be7
16. f4 a5 17. c3 a4 18. Nd2 a3 19. b3 $14) 16. Qf3 Bg5 $5 (16... h6 17. Nxf6+
Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rxd6 $14) 17. Qh5 h6 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nd2 $5 {White was
unhappy about this move, but alternative 19.c3 was much slower and bearable
for black.} (19. c3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. Nd2 exf4 22. gxf4 Ng6 23. Rdg1 Qe7
24. f5 (24. Bd3 Qe3 $1 $15) 24... Rae8 25. Bd1 Qe3 $11) 19... Nd4 20. Bc4 (20.
Bd3 Bxd5 21. exd5 Re8 22. Ne4 (22. c3 Nb5) 22... exf4 23. gxf4 Rxe4 $3 (23...
Nb5 24. Rde1 Kf8 25. Qf5 $16) 24. Bxe4 Qb6 25. c3 Nb5 26. Kc2 Qc5 27. Rh3 Qc4
$13) 20... Rc8 $1 (20... b5 21. Bd3 $1) 21. c3 Nb5 (21... b5 22. Bd3 Nc6 23. f5
Bxd5 24. exd5 Na5 25. Ne4 $13) 22. f5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxc3 $3 {[%mdl 64] Anand
understands the dangers on the kingside so he bravely sacrifices material for
the strong counterplay.} (23... Qb6 24. Ka1 Qe3 25. Nc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxe4 27.
Bd5 $16) 24. Qg6 $1 (24. bxc3 Nxc3+ 25. Kc2 Nxd5 $1 26. exd5 Qa5 (26... Qb6 $6
27. Rb1 (27. Nb3 $6 Rc8+ 28. Kb1 Rc3 29. Qe2 e4 $11) 27... Qc5+ 28. Kd1 $16)
27. Qf3 Rc8+ 28. Kb1 Rc3 $11) (24. a4 Na3+ $1 25. Ka2 Rxg3 26. bxa3 Qa5 $40)
24... Qb6 25. Rxh6 $1 {Kramnik was contemplating the dangerous move 25.a4, but
the tactics is favouring black. Running short of time white obeyed his
intuition and took a draw.} (25. a4 Na3+ 26. Ka2 Rc2 (26... Nc4 $5 27. Bxc4
Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Qc5 29. Qg4 Qxc4+ 30. Kb1 Rc8 $15) 27. Nb3 Qf2 28. Kxa3 Rxb2 29.
Rxh6 (29. Ra1 b5 $1 $19) 29... Ra2+ 30. Kb4 Qb6+ 31. Kc4 Qc7+ 32. Kb4 a5+ $1 (
32... Qb6+ $11) 33. Kb5 Qd7+ 34. Kb6 (34. Kc4 Qxa4+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Bc4 Qxc4+
37. Kxc4 fxg6 $19) 34... Bd8+ 35. Ka7 b5+ $19) (25. Nb3 Qf2 $1 (25... Rxb3 26.
Bxb3 Qe3 27. Qg4 Nd4 $11) (25... Qe3 $17) 26. Rd2 Qf3 $1 $17) (25. Rxh6 $1 Na3+
26. Ka1 Nc2+ 27. Kb1 Na3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Nde2 b6 14. Qe1 Bb7 15.
Qf2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 132]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 {Recently this move became more popular than 9.f4}
Be7 10. Be3 {White moves the bishop in advance, so he could launch an attack
on the king side later} Rc8 {Black tries to create counterplay on the queen
side. Other possibilities are also possible. Firstly 10...0-0 preparing for
the advance of the white pawns on the king side, in this case after g2-g4
black exchanges on d4 11...Nd4 12.Bd4 and frees the d7 square for the knight
by 12...Bc6, secondly 10...h5 deserves attention restricting white's advance
on the king side, for example:} (10... O-O $5 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. h4 (
13. g5 Nh5 $6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bh3 $36 {[%cal Rh3g4] 1-0 Tarjan,J-Mednis,E/Riga
1979/IZT (38)}) 13... Nd7 (13... b5 14. h5 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Kb1 a5
18. f4 Nb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Eslon,J/Linares 1978/MCD (73)})
14. g5 b5 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Rfb8 18. b3 Qc7 19. h5 e5 20. Bb2 Bb5
21. g6 $40 {[#]. 1-0 Dutreeuw,M-Mohandesi,S/Brussels 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) (10...
b5 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 Nc7 14. Rg1 b4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne2 d5 17. Nd4
Bb7 18. e5 $16 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Peters,J/Mentor 1977/MCL (28)}) (10... h5 $5
11. Kb1 (11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 Qb8 13. Nf3 Bd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,
J-Garcia Ilundain,D/Zaragoza 1995/EXT 97 (23)}) 11... Qc7 12. Qf2 b5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bd4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bb6 Qb7 $132 {0-1 Sahu,S-Mednis,E/New York 1984/
MCD (36)}) 11. g4 Na5 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ra5c4,Yc8c4] Black is ready in case of
12.g5 to go to h5, blocking white's pawns on the king side} 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3
{White plays solidly, not forcing matters, counting on his space advantage} Nc4
14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nce2 {[%cal Re2f4,Re2g3] White transfers his knight to the
king side} O-O 16. g5 Ne8 {of course not 16...Nh5 because of the simple 17.Ng3
opening lines on the king side} 17. h4 Qc8 {[%cal Re6e5] With the idea to
throw the white knight by 18...e5} 18. b3 {Driving the rook off the active
square on c4} Rc7 19. Nf4 $5 {This way white defends against e5, in this case
Nd5 would be very unpleasent} Rc3 {Black tries to activize his pieces} 20. Rdg1
b4 {It's hard to give black a good advice here. White's attack is
significantly faster} (20... Bd8 21. Nde2 Rc6 22. h5 $40) 21. h5 Nc7 22. g6 Bf6
{It's not clear how black can defend against white's attack} (22... e5 23. h6
$5 fxg6 (23... hxg6 24. Qh2 $18) 24. hxg7 Rxf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qh2 $40) (
22... fxg6 23. hxg6 h6 24. Nh5 $18 {[%cal Re3h6,Rh5g7]}) (22... h6 23. Nd3 $40)
23. h6 $5 {A typical attacking move, breaking the pawn structure near the
black king} fxg6 24. hxg7 Rf7 (24... Bxg7 25. Qh2 $18) 25. Rxh7 $1 {A final
strike totally demoralizing black's defence} Kxh7 (25... Rxg7 26. Rxg7+ Bxg7
27. Nxg6 $18) 26. Qh2+ Kxg7 27. Nxg6 $18 Rxe3 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 {[%cal
Rh2d6] Black resigned as further material losses are inevitable} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 Nxa4 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. g5 $146 {Topalov
doesn't move his bishop from f1, since he hopes to win a6 pawn or use the
piece on c8-h3 diagonal.} (13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfa1 Nd7 16. Nb3 Rb8 17.
Ba7 Rc8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bxa6 Ne5 20. Be2 f5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Nc4 Qe8 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Kopavogur 2000/ (41)}) 13... O-O 14. h4 Bd7 $5 ({It seems
more natural to develop the bishop to b7, but the pawn e6 could have become
vulnerable.} 14... Bb7 15. h5 Nd7 16. g6 Nc5 17. Rb4 $5 a5 18. Rxb7 $1 Nxb7 19.
gxf7+ $44) 15. Ra1 Nc6 16. Rxa6 Qc7 $6 {It seems, that this move is inferior
to the direct} (16... Rxa6 17. Bxa6 Qa8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Be2 d5 $5 20. exd5
Bxd5 21. Kf2 (21. O-O $6 Qb8) 21... Rd8 22. Qc1 Qb7 $44 {Anand was not sure,
if the compensation would be sufficient.}) 17. Kf2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 (18... Rxa6
19. Bxa6 Ra8 20. Bd3 e5 21. Be3 Be6 22. h5 $14) 19. Be3 Rxa6 20. Bxa6 f5 21.
gxf6 Bxf6 (21... gxf6 $6 22. Rg1+ Kf7 23. Ke1 $16) 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Bc4 (23.
Be2 $5 Qxc2 24. Qxd6 Rd8 25. Qb4 Be6 {when black pieces are very active.})
23... Be8 24. Be2 Bf7 25. Qd2 Bh5 (25... Qc6 $5 26. c4 Bxc4 $1 27. Qc3 (27. Rc1
Bxh4+ 28. Kg2 d5 $1 $17) 27... d5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. b4 $14) 26.
b3 Qe7 27. Kg2 Qf7 (27... Bxh4 $4 28. Rxh4 $1 Qxh4 29. Bg5 $18) 28. Rh3 (28.
Qxd6 Be7 29. Qd1 Qg6+ 30. Kh3 (30. Kf2 $6 Qxe4) 30... Qf6 31. Bg5 Qe6+ 32. Kh2
h6 33. Be3 Qf6 $132) 28... Be7 29. b4 {It will not be easy to get far with the
b pawn, since it can not easily be supported by white pieces.} h6 30. b5 (30.
c4 Qf6 31. b5 Bf7 32. Rg3 $14) 30... Qg6+ 31. Kh2 Qe6 32. Qd3 (32. b6 Be8 33.
Qd5 $14) 32... Be8 $1 33. Qb3 Qc8 (33... Qxb3 $5 34. cxb3 Bd7 35. Rg3 Bxh4 36.
Rg1 Rb8 37. Ba7 Rb7 38. b6 Bf2 39. Ba6 Bxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Bc6 41. Bxb7 Bxb7 42. Bb8
d5 43. exd5 Bxd5 44. Kf2 e4 $11) 34. b6 Bf7 35. Qb1 $2 (35. Qb2 $1) 35... Qc3
$2 {[%mdl 64] Paying back with the faulty move himself, Anand misses ingenious
shot.} (35... Be6 $1 36. b7 Qc3 $3 37. Ba7 (37. b8=Q Qxe3 $1 $15) 37... Qd2 38.
Qd1 Qb4 $11) 36. Bd3 $1 Rb8 (36... d5 37. b7 Bd6 38. Qb6 Qa3 39. Bc1 Qc5 40.
Qxc5 Bxc5 41. exd5 Rb8 42. c4 Rxb7 43. f4 $16) 37. Qg1 $1 {Topalov has managed
to consolidate his position and now is ready to attack on the kingside.} Bc4 $6
38. Qg6 $1 Bxd3 39. Rg3 $1 Bf6 (39... Qxc2+ 40. Rg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 $18) 40.
cxd3 Rxb6 {Desperation, but the threat of 41.Bxh6 was otherwise unstoppable.} (
40... Qe1 41. Bxh6 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kg4 Qf2 44. Bg5 Rf8 45. Kh3 Bxg5 46.
Qxg5 $18) 41. Bxb6 Qb2+ 42. Rg2 Qxb6 43. Rc2 Bd8 (43... Qd8 44. Qf5 $18) 44. h5
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chennai WinTV op 1st"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2004.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gunasekaran, K."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. dxc5 Re8 16. Qc2 e5 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Nd2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rad8 20. Nd6 Re6 21.
Rfd1 Bc8 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Qa5 Qd7 24. Rd3 Rf8 25. Rcd1 Qa7 26. b4 Rg6 27. Nxc8
Rxc8 28. Rd7 Qa8 29. Qb6 Re6 30. Ra7 Qb8 31. Rb7 Qa8 32. Rdd7 Ree8 33. Rxf7 g5
34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. h4 Rb8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rbg7+ Kf8 38. Qc7 Rb7 39. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f4
e5 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. O-O-O Nxe3 11. Qxe3 exf4 12. Qxf4 O-O 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. h4 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qb6 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Rb5 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nc4 20. e5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bd6 25. Rd5 Rf6 26. Bxf5 Rc5 27.
Be4 b6 28. Rdd1 Re5 29. Bd3 h5 30. a3 Kf8 31. Ka2 Ke7 32. Rhf1 Rxf1 33. Rxf1
Re6 34. Rf5 Rg6 35. Rxh5 Rxg2 36. Rh8 a5 37. h5 Bc5 38. Bg6 Bd4 39. Re8+ Kd7
40. Ra8 Rh2 41. Bf5+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Bg6 Ke6 44. Rc7 Kd6 45. Rc8 Bf6 46.
a4 Kd7 47. Rb8 Kc7 48. Re8 Rh4 49. Ka3 Rd4 50. c3 Rd8 51. Re2 Rd7 52. Kb3 Rd5
53. Rf2 Rg5 54. Rd2 Re5 55. Rf2 Rg5 56. Bf7 Be7 57. Re2 Bf6 58. Re8 Re5 59. Rf8
Be7 60. Rg8 Bf6 61. Bg6 Rd5 62. Ra8 Rd7 63. Be4 Re7 64. Bf5 Kc6 65. Rf8 Bg5 66.
Kc4 Re2 67. Rf7 Re7 68. Rf8 Re2 69. b4 axb4 70. cxb4 Re5 71. Bg6 Kd6 72. Rg8
Bf6 73. Rb8 Kc6 74. Rf8 Bg5 75. Kd4 Kd6 76. Kc4 Kc6 77. Rf7 Re7 78. Rf3 Re5 79.
Rd3 Bf6 80. Rd4 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Bf4 Nxb3+ 12. cxb3 Qa5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a3 Be7
15. Kb1 b5 16. b4 Qd8 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b3 O-O 20. Ka2 Qb8 21. Rc1
Qa7 22. Be3 Rac8 23. Bd3 Qb8 24. f4 Rfd8 25. Qf2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+
Nxc8 28. Qc2 h6 29. Nc6 Qb7 30. Nxe7+ Nxe7 31. Qc5 Nf5 32. Bd4 Qc6 33. Kb2 Qxc5
34. Bxc5 Bc6 35. a4 h5 36. g3 f6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. a5 Kf7 40. Kc3
Ke6 41. Kd4 Be8 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Bb6 Ke6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Bd8 Ke6 46. Kc5 Bd7 47.
Bb6 Be8 48. Ba7 d4 49. Kxd4 Kd6 50. Bc5+ Kc6 51. Be7 Bf7 52. Bxf6 Kd6 53. Be5+
Kc6 54. Bg7 Bxb3 55. Ke5 Bc2 56. Kf6 Kd7 57. Kg5 Bd1 58. Kxf5 Bg4+ 59. Kg5 Ke6
60. f5+ Kf7 61. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 Qc8 12. a4 Nc6 13. g4 Nb4 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Kb1 Qc7 16. Qf2 Nf4 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. N3d4 Bd7 20. Rg1 g6 21. Bc4
Qc8 22. Bb3 Qc5 23. Qd2 Qe5 24. h4 Rac8 25. h5 Kg7 26. Qh2 Bxg5 27. Nxd6 Bf6
28. hxg6 fxg6 29. N6f5+ Kh8 30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bh4 Ba6 12. Nc3 d5 13. Qc2 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4
15. Qa4 c5 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 g5 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Rd1 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfd8 21.
Ke2 Rxd4 22. exd4 Nb3 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Be5 Ng4 25. f3 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Rxd1 27.
Nxd1 Kg7 28. Nf2 Kg6 29. g4 f5 30. exf6 Kxf6 31. Ke3 Na5 32. Kd4 Nb3+ 33. Ke3
Na5 34. Kd4 Nb3+ 35. Kc3 Nc1 36. Kd2 Nb3+ 37. Kc3 Nc1 38. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14.
Bc4 Rd8 15. Qg4 h5 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. f4 h4 19. Qg4 Be4 20. Rd1 Qc6
21. Bb3 Bf5 22. Qf3 Be4 23. Qf2 Rh5 24. g4 hxg3 25. hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Qg3
Rfd8 15. Kh1 Ne8 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Be2 Ne8 18. Bb5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 b4 10. Ne2 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Ng3 h5 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Na4 15. c3
bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Rc2 Na7 19. Ng5 Nb5 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nxf7 d4
22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Nxh8 dxe3 24. Qd5 O-O-O 25. c4 Kb8 26. e6 Nac3 27. Rxc3 Bc8
28. Qxf5 Qxc3 29. cxb5 Rxh8 30. bxa6 Rf8 31. Rb1+ Ka7 32. Qe4 Qc7 33. Qd4+ Qc5
34. Qe4 Qc7 35. Qd4+ Bc5 36. Rc1 Rf5 37. Qc4 Re5 38. Qb3 Rxe6 39. a4 Re5 40.
Qb5 Qb6 41. Rb1 Qxb5 42. axb5 Bg4 43. Kf1 Rf5+ 44. Bf3 Bxf3 45. gxf3 Rxf3+ 46.
Ke2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Kb1 Nxb3 12. axb3 dxe4 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. c3
O-O 15. cxb4 axb5 16. Bc5 Qe8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Bxb5 e5 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Qe1
Bf5 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Rf1 Nf2 23. Rxf2 Bxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. h3 Qc8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2
Bf8 16. Red1 Ne7 17. Nfd2 Ng6 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nh7 20. Be3 d5 21. exd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Bd2
Nc6 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Nh2 a5 20. Ng4 Nf5 21. Qf3 Bg5
22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. c3 Nh4 24. Qg3 h6 25. Ne3 f5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Kf1 f4 28. Ng4
Rac8 29. Rad1 Rfe8 30. g3 Nf5 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Nh2 c4 33. Nf3 Kf6 34. Nd2 cxd3
35. Ne4+ Kg6 36. Rxd3 Red8 37. Re2 Ne7 38. Kf3 Ng8 39. h4 fxg3 40. hxg5 gxf2
41. Rxf2 Ne7 42. Kg4 Rc7 43. Rdf3 Nbxd5 44. Bb1 Nf5 45. Nd2 Rf8 46. Rd3 e4 47.
Rxd5 Ne3+ 48. Kh4 Rxf2 49. Rxd6+ Kf7 50. Bxe4 Ke7 51. Rd4 Rd7 52. Rxd7+ Kxd7
53. Nb3 a4 54. Nc5+ Kd6 55. Nd3 Rd2 56. Ne5 Kxe5 57. Bc6 Rxb2 58. Kh5 Rb3 59.
Kg6 Rxc3 60. Bxb5 Rxa3 61. Kxg7 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 h6 12. Bb1 Bh5 13. Qd3 Bg6 14. Qb5 Rb8
15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Rae1 a6 18. Qb3 Rf5 19. Re2 g5 20. h3 b5 21. Rfe1
Rbf8 22. a4 b4 23. Qc2 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bd6 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Nh2 R5f7 27. Qd3 Ne7
28. Qxa6 Ng6 29. g3 Qxh3 30. Qxd6 Qf5 31. Qe6 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Kh7 33. Ng4 Ra7 34.
Ra1 Rc8 35. Ra3 Rac7 36. a5 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. a6 Ra3 39. Ne3 Ra5 40. Kg2
h5 41. Rb6 Ne7 42. Rd6 g4 43. Rd7 Nc6 44. Rxd5 Rxa6 45. Rxh5+ Kg8 46. d5 Nb4
47. Nxg4 Ra2 48. d6 Rd2 49. Rb5 Nc2 50. Rb8+ Kh7 51. Rd8 Ne1+ 52. Kf1 Nd3 53.
d7 Nc5 54. Ne5 Rd5 55. f4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Qe1 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5
15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Kd2 Nb6 18. Rb1 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nc5 O-O 21.
Rhd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5
15. Qf3 d5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd7 18. d6 Rb8 19. Rad1 Rb6 20. Qc3 Rxd6 21.
Bf5 Rxd1 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nc2 Rfd8 24. Ne3 Rd2 25. h4 Be6 26. a3 f5 27. Qc6
R2d6 28. Qc2 Rd2 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Bf6 31. g3 Rc8 32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Qe2 Bc4
34. Qc2 f4 35. Nc3 Bd3 36. Qd1 fxg3 37. fxg3 e4 38. Qg4+ Kh8 39. Qe6 Bd4+ 40.
Kh2 Rf8 41. Nxe4 Bxe4 42. Qxe4 Bxb2 43. Qb4 Bg7 44. g4 h6 45. Qe4 a5 46. g5 b4
47. axb4 axb4 48. Qxb4 Kh7 49. Qe4+ Kh8 50. Kg3 Rd8 51. Qe6 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rd4
53. Kf3 Kh7 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Kg3 Kg8 56. Kf2 Kh8 57. Ke2 Kg8 58. Qg6 Kh8 59.
Qf7 Kh7 60. Kf3 Kh8 61. Qe7 Kh7 62. Qe6 Kh8 63. Qc6 Kh7 64. Qb6 Rd3+ 65. Kg4
Rc3 66. Qe6 Rc7 67. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qe5 13. f4 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8
15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. g3 a6 18. Nd4 Nb4 19. Qb3 a5 20. Kb1 e5 21. fxe5
Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qe4+ 23. Ka1 Bf6 24. Bf3 Qg6 25. Bxb7 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Nc2+ 27. Qxc2
Qxc2 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxd7 Qxc4 30. Rc1 Qe4 31. Ra7 h5 32. Rxa8+ Qxa8 33. h4
a4 34. a3 Qd5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rb8 f6 37. Rb4 g5 38. Bb8 Kg6 39. Kb1 Qd1+ 40.
Ka2 Kf7 41. Rb7+ Ke8 42. Rb4 Kd7 43. Ba7 Qf3 44. Bb8 Kc8 45. Ka1 Qh1+ 46. Ka2
Qd1 47. Ba7 Qd5+ 48. Ka1 Qd6 49. Bf2 Qd1+ 50. Ka2 Qd5+ 51. Ka1 Qf3 52. Rc4+ Kd7
53. Rd4+ Ke6 54. Rd2 Kf5 55. Kb1 Kg4 56. Kc1 Qc6+ 57. Kd1 Kf3 58. hxg5 fxg5 59.
Be1 Qe4 60. Rf2+ Kg4 61. Rd2 Qb1+ 62. Ke2 Kh3 63. Kf1 Qe4 64. Bf2 Qc4+ 65. Ke1
Qe4+ 66. Kf1 g4 67. Be1 h4 68. gxh4 g3 69. Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c4 Bb7 13. Bd3 bxc4 14. Nxc4
d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. O-O-O Qxg2 18. Rhg1 Qxf2 19. Qb4 Bf3 20. Rgf1
Qg2 21. Ne3 Qh3 22. Bf5 Qh5 23. Rd7 Re8 24. Bc2 e4 25. Kb1 Qb5 26. Qd6 Qe5 27.
Qd2 Qf4 28. Ba4 Ng6 29. Bb3 Ne5 30. Qd6+ Kg7 31. Rxf7+ Kg6 32. Rg1+ Kh5 33.
Rxf6 Qxe3 34. Rf5+ Kh4 35. Qf6+ Kh3 36. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. Be3 a6 14. Rc1 b5 15. b3
Nec6 16. Kh2 Rb8 17. f4 Bc8 18. f5 Bd7 19. Bg5 Qa5 20. Rf2 Rfe8 21. g4 Rb7 22.
Kh1 Ne5 23. Qe3 Bc6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qa3 26. Nc2 Nxc2 27. Rcxc2 a5 28.
cxb5 a4 29. bxa4 Qxa4 30. Be4 Rxb5 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 Nd7 34.
fxg6 fxg6 35. h4 Bd4 36. Re2 Ne5 37. h5 Rf8 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bxe7 Rf7 40. Bh4
Qb5 41. Bg3 Nxd3 42. Qc2 Nf4+ 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. Bxg6 Be5 45. Bh7+ Kh8 46. Bf5
c4 47. Qd1 Kg7 48. Rf2 Rd4 49. Qf3 Qxd5 50. Qxd5 Rxd5 51. a4 Ra5 52. Bc2 d5 53.
Rf5 d4 54. Be4 d3 55. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Kh8 10. a3 f5 11. h3 a5 12. Rb1 a4 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. b4 axb3 15.
Rxb3 Ra7 16. Be3 Qe8 17. Qb1 Nd8 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rxb7 Rxa3 21.
Qb6 Nd8 22. Rb8 Ra2 23. Ne4 Qc6 24. Qb3 Ra8 25. Rb6 Qc7 26. Rb1 Nc6 27. Rb7 Qc8
28. Qd5 Ra6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qf5 31. Qxc5 Nd8 32. R7b6 Ra8 33. Rb8 Rxb8
34. Rxb8 h6 35. Qd5 Ne6 36. Rxf8+ Nxf8 37. c4 Ng6 38. Qe4 Qf6 39. c5 Ne7 40. d4
exd4 41. Bxd4 Qg5 42. f4 Qh4 43. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. h3 Nc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Bh6 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne4 c5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rae1 a5 17. a4 Ra7 18. b3 f5 19. exf6+ exf6 20. Qf4 Rd7 21. Re2
Bb7 22. Rfe1 Bd5 23. h4 Qb8 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. Kf1 h5 27. f3 Rc7 28.
Kf2 Rd7 29. Nc4 Kf8 30. g4 Bf7 31. Kg3 b5 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. Ra1 Ra7 34. Nd6 Rb8
35. Ne4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Nxc5 Kg7 38. Kf4 Rb5 39. Re5 Kh7 40. Nd7 Rbb7 41.
Nc5 Rb5 42. Rxf5 Bg6 43. Rg5 Rb6 44. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Rd8 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rb1 f6 14. b4 Be6 15.
Ne3 b6 16. axb6 axb6 17. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. c3 Nc6 14. d4 c4 15. b3
exd4 16. cxd4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Na5 18. Qd3 d5 19. e5 Ne8 20. Nf1 Nc4 21. Ng3 g6
22. a4 Ng7 23. Bb3 Be6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Bg5 Qd8 27. Bxe7 Qxe7
28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Bd1 b4 30. Nd2 Qg5 31. Nb3 Nf5 32. Nc5 Nxg3 33. Qxg3 Qxg3 34.
fxg3 Nd2 35. Ra4 Ne4 36. Rxb4 Nxc5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4
Qe7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bc6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. g3
Rac8 21. Rd6 Rxd6 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 25. a4 Qd5 26. Ra1
Rb7 27. Qe3 Qa5 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. Qd7 Ra8 30. h4 h5 31. Qc6 Ra7 32. Qe4 g6 33.
Kg2 Kh7 34. Ra3 Ra8 35. Qf4 Ra7 36. Qf6 Qd5+ 37. Kh2 Rc7 38. a5 e5 39. a6 Rc1
40. Qf3 e4 41. Qe3 Rc8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Qb6 Qd2 44. Qc5 Qd7 45. Ra5 Qb7 46. Qd4
Qc7 47. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Bd5 15.
Rd1 Qb8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb6 18. Qc6 Bxe5 19. Qxb6 cxb6 20. dxe5 Nd5 21.
Rac1 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. e4 Nxf4+ 24. gxf4 Rc7 25. f5 g5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27.
Rd6 Nxe5 28. Rxe6 Nc4 29. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.05.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 g6 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. h4
c6 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Nf6 18. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304 playoff"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. c3 Nc6 14. d4 Bd7 15. d5
Na5 16. b3 Qc7 17. c4 Rfb8 18. Nf1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rb7 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. Re3 g6
22. Ng3 Ne8 23. Qc2 Rb2 24. Qc3 Bd8 25. Re2 Ba4 26. Bg5 R2b7 27. Bxd8 Qxd8 28.
Nd2 Bb3 29. Re3 Bxa2 30. Rxa2 Nf6 31. Ra1 h5 32. f3 h4 33. Ngf1 Nh5 34. Ree1
Nf4 35. Ne3 Nb3 36. Ra2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 ({Another possible line is} 11... c4
$5 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 $132 {with very complicated game}) 12.
h4 (12. O-O $143 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qh3 Bd7 15. g4 b5 16. Qg3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nc6
18. Rfd1 h6 19. Kg2 Rf7 20. Ng1 Raf8 21. f4 Qb6 22. Ne2 a5 $15 {0-1 Sulc,
D-Drasko,M/Bosnjaci op 2004 (59)}) 12... Nf5 $146 {Interesting novelty, before
Black tried} (12... Bd7 {with possible continuation:} 13. a4 (13. Qg5 f6 14.
exf6 Rxf6 15. h5 h6 16. Qg3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Ne5 Be8 20. g3
Rf8 21. dxc5 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rb1 (23. f4 e5 24. fxe5 Rae8 25. O-O-O Rxe5
26. g4 Bd7 27. Bg6 Bxg4 28. Rde1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bf5 30. Re7 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,
V-Drasko,M/Paris op 2004/(30)}) 23... Rf3 24. Rb3 Raf8 25. Rh2 a5 26. a4 e5 27.
Be2 {Senff,M-Drasko,M/Metz op 2001//1/2-1/2 (50)}) (13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bb5 16. O-O Bxd3 17. cxd3 Nh8 18. h5 Nf7 19. h6 g6 20. Qh4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Cheparinov,I-Matamoros Franco,C/Sevilla op 2004/ (49)}) 13... f6 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. O-O c4 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Rfe1 Raf8 18. a5 Qc8 19. Ne5 Be8 $11 {1-0
Dominguez,L-Matamoros,C/PanAM Rio de Janeiro 2003 (33)}) 13. g4 $5 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 cxd4 $1 {[%cal Gc7c3]} ({Much weaker is} 14... c4 15. Ng5 $1 h6 16. Bxg6
fxg6 17. Qxg6 hxg5 18. hxg5 Qe7 (18... Rf7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. g6 $18) 19. Qh5 {
[%cal Rg5g6]} g6 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Rh7+ $18 {with decisive attack}) 15. cxd4
Qc3+ 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. Rab1 $1 {Great move!} (17. Ng5 $6 h6 18. Nxf7 {leads just
to draw after} Rxf7 (18... Nf4+ 19. exf4 Rxf7 20. Qg6 $16) 19. Qxg6 Rf2+ $1 20.
Kxf2 Qd2+ 21. Kg3 Qxe3+ 22. Kg2 Qd2+ $11) 17... Be8 $1 {Lputian finds best
defense, after} (17... b6 18. Rb3 Qc7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 $1 $40 {white's
advantage is obvious}) 18. Ng5 h6 19. Rxb7 $1 {Avoiding nice trap: after} (19.
Rb3 Qc6 20. Nxf7 Nf4+ $1 21. exf4 Bxf7 22. Bg6 Bxg6 23. Qxg6 Rxf4 $17 {it will
be very difficult to protect white king .}) 19... Qc8 $5 20. Rhb1 $1 ({White
could try also} 20. Rxf7 hxg5 $1 (20... Rxf7 21. Nxf7 Nf4+ 22. exf4 Bxf7 23.
Bg6 Qc4+ $11) 21. Bxg6 Rxf7 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bxf7 Bxf7 24. Kd2 $1 $13 {but
text is stronger}) 20... Nxe5 $5 {Only move!} ({An optional alternative
demonstrates that White's threats are serious:} 20... hxg5 $6 21. hxg5 Bd7 22.
Rh1 Re8 $8 23. Rbb1 $1 Rb8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Rf1 $16) 21. dxe5 $1
(21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. dxe5 f6 23. Nf7+ (23. Bg6 fxg5 24. hxg5 Qc4+ $19) 23... Kxh7
24. exf6 Qxc2+ 25. Kf3 Rc8 $1 $40) 21... f5 $8 22. exf6 $1 (22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.
Rb7+ Qxb7 24. Nxe6+ Kg8 25. Qxh6 $132) 22... Rxf6 (22... Bxh5 23. Bh7+ $1 Kh8
24. fxg7#) 23. Nf7 $1 {Both players making best moves!} Rxf7 (23... Bxf7 24.
Qe5 $18 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 24. Rxf7 Bxf7 25. Qe5 $36 {A critical position of the
variation,since it is the end of series of forced moves.Despite numerous
exchanges, White has maintained an edge.} Qd8 (25... Qe8 $5) 26. Rb7 Qf8 27. g5
$40 hxg5 28. hxg5 g6 29. e4 $5 (29. c4 $5) 29... a5 $1 30. Qf6 Rb8 (30... Qg7
31. c4 $5 (31. e5 $5)) 31. Ra7 $5 Ra8 32. Rd7 {[%csl Gd3,Gd7,Gf6]} Be8 $5 {
Black's position looks cheerless and he sacrifices a pawn to try to improve
the situation.} (32... Qg7 $5) 33. Qxe6+ (33. Re7 $5) 33... Bf7 34. Qe7 Re8 35.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kf3 dxe4+ 37. Bxe4 {Black has managed to avoid immediate defeat
but he has big troubles in endgame.} Re5 (37... Rc8 $5) 38. Kf4 Rc5 39. Ra7 Be8
40. Ra6 (40. Bd3 Bf7) 40... Ke7 41. Bxg6 Bxg6 42. Rxg6 Rxc2 (42... Rc3 $5 43.
Ra6 Rxa3) 43. Ra6 Rc4+ $1 (43... Rc5 44. Kg4 $1 Kf7 $6 45. Kh5 $18 {is
hopeless for Black: he will lose the a5 pawn soon.}) 44. Kf5 Ra4 $8 45. Ra7+ (
45. Re6+ Kf7 46. Re3) 45... Kf8 46. Kf6 Rf4+ 47. Kg6 Ra4 $1 48. Rf7+ ({After
natural} 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Kh7 Rxa3 50. g6 {I don't see how White can win after}
a4 $1) 48... Kg8 49. Rf3 Rc4 50. Rb3 Rc6+ 51. Kh5 Ra6 $3 {Brilliant defense!
Black can allow himself to play passively.} ({Not} 51... Rc4 $2 52. Rb8+ $1 Kg7
53. Rb7+ Kg8 54. Kh6 Rc6+ 55. g6 Rc8 56. Ra7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 52. a4 ({
In the case of} 52. Rb8+ Kg7 53. Rb7+ Kg8 54. a4 Kh8 55. g6 Kg8 56. Kh6 Ra8 {
endgame is drawish}) 52... Ra7 53. Rb5 Kg7 54. Kg4 ({Here} 54. g6 {gives Black
additional defending chance:} Kh8 55. Kh6 Rh7+ $5 56. Kg5 Ra7) 54... Kg6 55.
Kf4 Ra6 $2 {Mistake! Correct} (55... Rf7+ $1 56. Ke4 Re7+ 57. Kd3 Rf7 $1 58.
Rxa5 Rf4 $11 {leads to draw}) 56. Ke4 $1 Ra8 (56... Re6+ 57. Kd5 Ra6 58. Kc4
$18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb5c5,Gc4b5]}) 57. Kd4 ({It looks that} 57. Re5 $1 {
[%cal Ge4d5]} Rb8 58. Rxa5 Rb4+ 59. Kd5 Kxg5 60. Ra8 {was the best way to
victory.}) 57... Rd8+ $2 ({Good or bad, but Black had to play} 57... Rf8 $1 {
activating the rook.For example} 58. Rxa5 ({Or} 58. Ke4 Re8+ $1 59. Kd3 Rf8 $3
60. Rxa5 Rf4 $11) 58... Rf4+ 59. Kc3 Rf3+ 60. Kb4 Rf4+ 61. Kb5 Kxg5 {with good
chances for a draw.}) 58. Kc4 $18 Rd1 59. Rxa5 Ra1 60. Kb3 Rb1+ 61. Ka3 1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bc5 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Rd8 15.
Qe2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Ne3 Qa5 19. Bxe5 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 {Schwarz
spielt gewöhnlich 6...a6, aber der Springerzug ist auch nicht schlecht.} 7. Qd2
(7. Ndb5 $5) 7... a6 8. O-O-O {Dieser Aufbau mit 6.Be3, 7.Qd2 und 8.0-0-0
erinnert mich an den Spielablauf 6.Be3, 7.f3 und 8.Qd2 in der Najdorf-Variante.
Im Folgenden sehen wir einen scharfen taktischen Kampf und konkrete Varianten.}
Bb4 9. f3 Na5 {Dieser Springerzug wurde erstmals in der Partie Grischuk,A -
Anand,V, Bastia 2003, gespielt. Die Alternativen sind 9...Ne7 und
hauptsächlich 9...Ne5.} 10. Nb3 (10. Bf4 d6 11. Nb3 e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8
14. Qe3 b5 15. Bh4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nb7 18. Kb2 Nd7 {1/2-1/2
Grischuk,A-Anand,V/Bastia 2003/CBM 98 (38)}) (10. Qe1 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12.
bxc3 d5 $11) 10... Nxb3+ {Das ist die vorbereitete Neuerung für Schwarz.} (
10... d5 11. Bf4 (11. Kb1 Nxb3 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5
15. Nxa5 Be6 16. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99 (23)' 
(23)}) 12. axb3 dxe4 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Nc7+ (14. c3 O-O 15. cxb4 axb5 16. Bc5 Qe8
17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Bxb5 e5 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Qe1 Bf5 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Rf1 Nf2 23.
Rxf2 Bxd3+ {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Monaco 2004/CBM 99 ext (23)}) 14... Qxc7 15.
Qxb4 Nd5 16. Qxe4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd7 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qb4 O-O-O {0-1 Topalov,
V-Anand,V/Sofia BUL 2004/(42)}) 11... Nxb3+ 12. cxb3 Qa5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a3 Be7
15. Kb1 b5 16. b4 Qd8 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b3 {1-0 Topalov,V-Anand,V/
Monaco 2004/CBM 99 ext (61)}) 11. axb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd4 Qa5 {Die
schwarze Drohung ist 14...Qa1+.} 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Bc4 {Weiß muss gegen die
starke schwarze Springerstellung kämpfen.} Bxc3 (15... Nxc3+ 16. bxc3 (16. Bxc3
Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qg5 $11) 16... Be7 17. Rhe1 $14 (17. Qe3 Rd8 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19.
Bxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 f6 $11)) 16. bxc3 (16. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Qg5 $11) 16...
Ne7 {[%cal Ge7c6,Gc6d4]} 17. Qf2 $14 {[%cal Gd4c5,Gc5f8,Gc5b6,Gb6a5] Weiß hat
das Läuferpaar und positionellen Druck auf den dunkelfarbigen Feldern.
Anderseits ist die schwarze Stellung fest und hat keine Schwächen.} Nc6 (17...
b5 18. Bd3 (18. Bb6 Qxc3 19. Bd4 Qa5 $11) 18... Nd5 19. Kb2 $14) 18. Bc5 Re8
19. Qe3 {Weiß muss den c3-Bauern verteidigen.} e5 20. Bb6 Qa3 21. Bc5 Qa5 22.
Kb2 {Endlich ist Weiß nicht mehr mit der Zugwiederholung zufrieden - er droht
jetzt 23.Bb6 mit Damenfang.} Qc7 23. Bb6 Qe7 24. Qc5 (24. Bc5 Qc7 $11 (24...
Qf6 $11)) 24... Qxc5 25. Bxc5 h5 $1 {[%mdl 256] Ein ausgezeichneter
Verteidigungszug - Schwarz muss natürlich früher oder später mit Be6 den
gegnerischen weißfarbigen Läufer tauschen, aber zuerst öffnet er seine
Grundlinie. Es sieht so aus, als hätte Weiß keinen wirklich nützlichen Zug.} (
25... Be6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd7 b5 28. Rhd1 $14) 26. h3 (26. Rd2 Be6 $11) 26...
Be6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rd7 b5 $11 {Weiß hat einen starken Läufer auf c5 und
einen aktiven Turm auf d7, aber seine Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel ist nicht
besonders gefährlich wegen des Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie.} 29. Rhd1 Rc8 30.
R1d6 (30. c4 bxc4 31. b4 e4 $11) 30... Rxd6 31. Bxd6 {[%mdl 4096]} f6 32. Ka3 (
32. b4 Kh7 33. c4 Kg6 $11 (33... bxc4 34. Kc3 Nd4 35. Bc5 Ne6 36. Kxc4 a5 37.
c3 Ra8 38. Be3 (38. b5 $2 Rc8 39. Rd5 a4 40. b6 Nxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 42. Kxc5 a3
43. b7 a2 44. b8=Q a1=Q $15) 38... axb4 39. cxb4 Rc8+ 40. Kb3 Nc7 $11)) 32...
Nd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8e6,Ge6f4]} 33. Bb4 (33. Kb4 $5 Nc6+ 34. Ka3 $11) 33... Ne6 34.
Rd6 Nf4 $132 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rf4g2,Gf4h3] Plötzlich bekommt Schwarz
Gegenspiel - die weißen Bauern am Königsflügel sind angegriffen.} 35. Rxa6 (35.
Rd2 h4 $17) 35... Nxg2 36. Rb6 Ne1 37. Rxb5 Nxf3 (37... Nxc2+ $13) 38. Rd5 (38.
c4 g5 $1) 38... g5 $17 {Schwarz hat einen einfachen Plan - der Vormarsch des
g-Bauern. Die weißen Bauern am Damenflügel sind zu langsam.} 39. Bc5 g4 40.
hxg4 hxg4 41. b4 g3 42. Kb3 f5 (42... Rxc5 $1 43. Rxc5 (43. bxc5 g2 44. Rd1
Nd2+ 45. Rxd2 (45. Kb4 Nf1 $19) 45... g1=Q) 43... g2 $19) 43. Bb6 f4 $19 44. b5
Rb8 45. Rd6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Bd6 $146 13. b4 (13. Ne5 $5 {
Sveshnikov}) 13... Bxf3 $1 {This is an important intermediate move that
secures the square c4 for Na5.} 14. Nxf3 Nc4 {[%mdl 4]} 15. Bxc4 (15. Qb3 b5
$11) (15. a4 $5 a6 (15... Qf6 16. Qb3 Qf7 17. Ra2 $13) 16. a5 b5 $11) 15...
dxc4 16. Be3 (16. Ne5 $2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qd3 $1 18. Qxd3 cxd3 19. Bb2 Nd2 $1 $17)
16... Re8 (16... Qf6 17. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 $44) 17. Rad1 Qf6
18. Ne5 $1 {Sacrificing the pawn White gives life for his pieces and gets
compensation that is enough for equality.} Bxe5 (18... Rxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
g3 Qxc3 21. Qa4 {[%cal Ga4d7]} c6 22. b5 a6 $5 23. b6 $1 $13) 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
Bd4 $44 Qb5 $1 (20... Qf4 $6 21. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ga4d7]} Rad8 22. Qb5 Nd6 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd7 $36) 21. a4 Qd7 (21... Qc6 22. f3 Nd6 23. Be5 Rad8 24. b5
Qc5+ 25. Bd4 Qa3 26. Qd2 $44 {[%cal Gd2g5]}) 22. Bxa7 Nd6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.
Bc5 Qxa4 (24... Ne4 $5 25. a5 (25. Qe2) (25. Bd4 Qxa4 26. Qe2 Qa2 $15) 25...
Nxc5 26. bxc5 Qe5 (26... Qe6 27. Qb1 Rxa5 28. Qxb7 Rxc5 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Qd8
Kg6 31. h4 h6 $15) 27. Qb1 Rxa5 28. Qxb7 h6 $15) 25. Qxa4 Rxa4 26. Bxd6 cxd6
27. Kf1 $11 Ra6 (27... Ra3 28. Rxd6 Rxc3 29. Rb6 $11) 28. Rd4 b5 29. Rd5 Ra3
30. Rxd6 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 {Interessanterweise ist das schon die zweite Partie in
diesem Jahr zwischen denselben Spielern in dieser Variante.} 10. Kb1 {[%mdl 4]
Das ist die weiße häusliche Vorbereitung - ich muss anmerken, dass Weiß zwei
Tage vorher (!) 10.Nb3 in der Partie Akopjan,V-Anand,V in demselben Turnier
spielte, wonach die schwarze Verstärkung 10...Nxb3 war.} (10. Nb3 d5 11. Kb1
Nxb3 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxa5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2004/23)}) 12. axb3 dxe4 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. c3 O-O 15.
cxb4 axb5 16. Bc5 Qe8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Bxb5 e5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Monaco
2004/CBM 99 ext (23)}) 10... Bxc3 (10... d5 11. Ncb5 (11. exd5 $6 Bxc3 $15)
11... Qe7 12. c3 $5 $13 (12. Nc7+ Qxc7 13. Qxb4 e5 $11)) 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3
Qxc3 12. bxc3 d5 $11) 11... b5 (11... d5 $5 $13) 12. Bf4 $1 Qb6 (12... e5 13.
Nf5 (13. Bg3 d6 $15) 13... exf4 14. e5 Ne4 $5 15. fxe4 Qxe5 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. c4
bxc4 (17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qb4) 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rb8+ 20. Kc1 Nc6
21. Bxc4 $44) 13. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Gf4d6] Weiß hat einen
Entwicklungsvorteil und offensichtlichen positionellen Druck auf den
dunkelfarbigen Feldern.} (13. Be5 $5 $14) 13... Nc4 (13... Nxb3 14. axb3 $14)
14. Qd4 {[%csl Gd4]} d5 (14... Qxd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. Nc5 $14) 15. Bxc4 $1 {
Dieser Zug führt zu Vereinfachungen, wonach Weiß Endspielvorteil bekommt.} Qxd4
16. cxd4 {Auf diese Weise konnte Weiß sich von seinen Doppelbauern auf der
c-Linie befreien.} dxc4 (16... bxc4 17. Nc5 $14) 17. Na5 {[%csl Ga5,Gd4,Ge4,
Gf4]} (17. Nc5 Nd7 $14) 17... Nd7 (17... Bd7) 18. Bc7 O-O (18... Ra7 19. Bd6
$14) 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 {[%csl Ga5,Gc7,Rc8,Gd5,Rd7] Weiß hat ein aktives
Figurenspiel, während Schwarz große Schwierigkeiten mit der
Figurenkoordination hat.} Nf6 21. Rhe1 Bd7 22. Be5 Rfe8 23. Kb2 $1 {[%csl Gb2]
[%cal Gb2c3,Gc3d4] Der weiße König kommt sehr stark ins Spiel - Schwarz hat
keine besonderen Schwächen, kann seine Stellung aber auch nicht verstärken.}
Rac8 24. Bxf6 (24. Kc3 $16) 24... gxf6 25. Kc3 Kf8 26. Kd4 c3 {Mit diesem Zug
opfert Schwarz eigentlich einen Bauern für Aktivität. Die weiße positionelle
Drohung ist 27.c3.} (26... Bf5 27. c3 $16) 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 (27... Kxe8 28. a3 {
[%cal Rd1d3,Rd3c3]} Bf5 29. Nc6 $16) 28. Kxc3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen
Bauern mehr im Endspiel und mit gut bekanntem technischen Spiel hat Weiß
ausgezeichnete Gewinnchancen.} Rc8+ 29. Kb3 Ke7 30. Rd2 {Stufenweise
verbessert Weiß seine Stellung - zuerst verteidigt er den c2-Bauern.} Kd6 31.
Kb4 {[%cal Gc2c4] Die weiße Drohung ist 32.c4 und 33.c5+.} Rb8 32. c3 f5 {
Weiß stellt seinen Bauern auf gut verteidigte Felder - Schwarz kann nur warten.
} 33. a3 f6 34. Rd4 {[%cal Gd4h4,Gh4h7]} h5 35. g3 Be8 36. Nc6 $1 Rc8 (36...
Bxc6 37. dxc6+ Kxc6 38. Rf4 $16) 37. Na5 Rb8 38. Nc6 Rc8 39. Ka5 $1 Bxc6 40.
dxc6+ Kxc6 41. Rh4 Kd6 42. Kb4 Rh8 43. c4 $1 {Weiß tauscht seine schlechten
Bauern.} bxc4 44. Kxc4 {Jetzt ist das Endspiel materiell gleich, aber Weiß hat
deutlichen Positionsvorteil - sein Turm und König stehen viel aktiver als die
schwarzen Kollegen und die schwarze Bauernstruktur ist auch schlecht.} Ke6 (
44... Kc6 45. Rf4 $18 (45. g4 $16)) 45. Kb4 Rb8+ 46. Ka4 {[%csl Ga4]} Rd8 (
46... Rh8 47. Ka5 $16) 47. Ka5 Rd2 48. a4 f4 49. gxf4 $1 (49. Rxf4 $6 Rxh2 50.
Kxa6 Rg2 $132) 49... Rd6 50. Rxh5 Rd4 51. Rc5 Rxf4 52. Rc3 {Der h-Bauer ist
nicht so wichtig, aber Weiß muss seinen f-Bauern verteidigen.} Rh4 53. Rb3 Kd7
54. Rb4 Rxh2 55. Kxa6 Rc2 56. Kb6 (56. a5 $18) 56... Rc6+ 57. Kb5 Re6 58. Re4
Rd6 59. Rc4 Rd5+ 60. Kb4 Rd3 61. f4 $18 {Jetzt ist schon alles einfach - mit
einem Bauern mehr hat Weiß eine technische Gewinnstellung - der gegnerische
König ist abgeschnitten von der c-Linie, während alles in der weißen Stellung
verteidigt ist.} Rd1 62. a5 Rb1+ 63. Ka4 (63. Kc5 $18) 63... Ra1+ 64. Kb5 Rb1+
65. Rb4 Rf1 66. Kb6 (66. a6 $6 Kc7) 66... Kc8 67. Kc6 Re1 68. Kd6 1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 (20.
Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. Ra8+ Bf8 24. Rfa1 Rf7 {is okay for
Black}) (20. Bxb5 d5 21. Ra6 Kh8 (21... f4 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxd5 $14) 22. Qa4
(22. f4 d4 23. cxd4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Bc8 25. Ra3 Bh6 26. Rf3 f4 $15 {0-1 Hector,
J-Rogozenko,D/Goteborg 2004 (56)}) 22... f4 23. Nc2 Bc8 24. Ra8 Re6 $44) 20...
d5 21. Nc2 $146 (21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Nxf5 e4 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxb5 $13 {1-0
Zelcic,R-Sermek,D/Belisce 1999 (34)}) (21. Bxb5 {transposes to 20.Bxb5 d5 21.
Ra6, see above.}) (21. Qh5 e4 (21... Qd7 $5) 22. Bxb5 f4 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxd5
Qxd5 25. Nxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nilsson,J-Binelli,R/SSKK 60 jub corr 1998 (35)})
21... Bc8 (21... f4 22. Bxb5 (22. Qh5 e4 $36) 22... Bc8 23. Ra8 {and Black
still must prove his compensation.}) 22. Ra8 Qd7 (22... Qb6 23. Nb4 Be6 24. Ra6
Qb7 25. Bc2 $14) 23. Nb4 e4 24. Be2 (24. Bc2 d4 $11) 24... Bb7 (24... d4 $5 25.
cxd4 Bxd4 26. Qb3+ (26. Bxb5 Bxf2+ $1) 26... Qe6 (26... Kg7 27. Rd1) 27. Nd5
$13) 25. Ra5 ({Black is doing great after} 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 25... d4 26. cxd4 (
26. cxd4 Qxd4 (26... Bxd4 27. Bxb5) 27. Rxb5 (27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxb5 Bxb2 $11)
27... f4 $5 $44 (27... Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxb2 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rdxd5 Bc3 31. Rxf5
Rxf5 32. Rxf5 $16)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Bb7 13. e5 Nd7 14. e6 fxe6
15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Bd5 c6 17. Ba2 c5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qe6 Bf6 21.
a5 Nd7 22. Qd5 Ne5 23. Nd2 Ng4 24. Nf3 Ne5 25. Nd2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc5 Be7 14. h4 (14.
g4 $2 Bxg4 15. N5a4 Be6 16. Rhg1 g6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Ncd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Rxd5 Rb5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Bh6 Rxb2 23. Bg7 {0-1 Illes,S-Stanescu,C/Miercurea
Ciuc 2002/ (23)}) (14. N5a4 h5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5
Rb5 19. Rhd1 Qa5 20. Kb1 O-O 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Rxb5 axb5 23. Qd5 b4 24. b3 {
1-0 Almasi,Z-Lalic,B/Jahorina 2003/ (46)}) (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 d5 16. exd5
exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxc4 Nxe3 19. Qc6+ Kf7 20. Rxd8 Rhxd8 21. Qe4 Bg5 22.
Qxe5 Rd5 23. Qc7+ Kg8 24. f4 Rad8 25. b3 Bf6 {0-1 Pym,T-Eckersley Waites,T/
Millfield School 2003/ (30)}) 14... Qc8 15. N5a4 Rb8 16. g4 Qc6 17. Nb6 Bd8 $1
(17... Qb7 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nba4 Qc6 20. a3 O-O 21. h5 f5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Qg3
Kh8 24. Rdg1 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 Slobodjan,R-Bruzon Bautista,L/Varadero 2000/ (52)})
18. Ncd5 O-O $6 {[%mdl 4] Svidler misses a golden opportunity to show the
weaker side of white's set up. Taking on b6 would promise black excellent
chances.} (18... Bxb6 $5 19. Nxb6 d5 20. exd5 (20. g5 $2 d4 21. gxf6 Qxb6 $19)
20... Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rh3 O-O 23. f4 f5 $15) 19. c3 Nxd5 (19... Bxb6 $4
20. Ne7+ $18) 20. Nxd5 (20. exd5 Qb7 21. Nxc4 Bxd5 22. Nxd6 Qc6 $15) 20... Rb5
21. Nb4 Qb7 (21... Qd7 22. Nxa6 Be7 23. Nb4 Ra8 24. Kb1 Qc7 $13) 22. Rxd6 a5 (
22... Be7 23. Rxa6 Bxb4 24. Ra7 Qc6 25. cxb4 c3 (25... Rb7 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. a3
$16) 26. b3 $1 Ra8 27. Rd1 $16) 23. Na6 $1 {Anand is certainly not afraid of
concrete tactical solutions, the knight is heading for c5 square.} (23. Nc6 Bc7
24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Rd2 a4 $14) 23... Be7 (23... Bc7 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Rhd1 $16)
24. Nc5 Qc8 (24... Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Rd8 27. Bxe5 $16) 25. Nxe6 fxe6
(25... Bxd6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Rd1 $16) 26. Rb6 $1 Rxb6 27. Bxb6 a4 (27... Qc6
28. g5 $16) 28. a3 Qc6 29. g5 Rb8 30. Ba5 Qb5 (30... Bc5 31. Qe2 Ra8 32. Bb4
Bxb4 33. cxb4 c3 34. Qc2 $16) 31. Bb4 Bxb4 32. cxb4 c3 {Black has to seek
counterplay as his pawn structure is rather misserable.} 33. Qc2 (33. bxc3 Qc4
34. Qc2 Rf8 35. Rd1 Rxf3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Kb2 Kg6 38. Rd2 $16) 33... cxb2+ 34.
Kxb2 Rd8 (34... Rf8 35. Rd1 Rxf3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 (36... Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.
Qc5+ $18) 37. g6+ $1 $18) 35. Rc1 Kf7 36. Qc4 Rd2+ 37. Kb1 Qd7 (37... Qxc4 38.
Rxc4 Rd3 39. b5 Rb3+ 40. Ka2 Rxb5 41. Rxa4 $18) 38. Qc7 Qxc7 (38... Kg6 39.
Qxd7 Rxd7 40. Rc6 Rd3 41. Rxe6+ Kh5 42. Kb2 Rb3+ 43. Ka2 Rxf3 44. Rxe5 Kxh4 45.
Ra5 Rf2+ 46. Kb1 Re2 47. Rxa4 Rxe4 48. Ra7 Kxg5 49. Rxg7+ $18) 39. Rxc7+ {
The rook endgame is also bad for Svidler, since white will quickly create two
passed pawns on the queenside.} Kg6 40. Ra7 Kh5 (40... Rh2 41. b5 Rxh4 42. b6
Rh1+ 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 Rh3 45. Rxa4 Rxf3+ 46. Kb4 $18) 41. Rxa4 Kxh4 42. g6
$1 {A very fine moment, since it is impossible to find a good antidote to this
move.} h5 (42... hxg6 43. Ra6 Kg3 44. Rxe6 Kxf3 45. Rxe5 Kf4 46. Re7 $18) 43.
Ra7 Kg5 44. Rxg7 Rd8 (44... h4 45. b5 Kf6 46. Rh7 Kxg6 47. Rxh4 $18) 45. Kb2
Kf6 46. Rc7 Kxg6 47. b5 h4 48. Rc1 h3 49. Rh1 Rh8 50. a4 Kf6 51. b6 Ke7 52. a5
Kd6 53. Rc1 $1 (53. Rc1 $1 h2 54. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qd2 d6 9. O-O-O f6 10. Bh4 a5 11. Bb5 Be6 12. f4 Qe8 13. Kb1 Qf7 14. Rhe1 Bc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Qxd5 18. exd5 a4 19. dxc6 axb3 20. axb3
bxc6 21. Re2 Rfe8 22. Rde1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Ng4 11. Qe1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nce5 13. Qg3 h5 14. Bg5
Qb6 15. b3 Be6 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Nd5 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Bxd5 20. cxd5 c4
21. d4 Re8 22. Rde1 Qd7 23. Bf4 Rad8 24. c3 b5 25. Bc1 a5 26. a3 Re7 27. Bg5 f6
28. Bd2 Rde8 29. Qf3 f5 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bg5 Rf7 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33. Qxh5 Qxd5 34.
Bf4 Re6 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Kh1 Qe6 37. Rxe5 Qxe5 38. Rd1 Rf8 39. Qf3 Qe7 40.
Qd5+ Kh7 41. Qxb5 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Rf6 43. Qe5 Qg5 44. Rf1 Rg6 45. Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. a4 b6 11. a5 b5 12. Bb6 Qc6 13. f4 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Qb7 15.
e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Be4 Qb8 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. Bxc6+ Kf8 21.
Qf3 Ra7 22. Qe3 Rc7 23. Qf4 Rb7 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Bd4 e5 26. Be3 Qd6 27. Bxb7
Bxb7 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. b4 Qg4 30. Rd2 Qxb4 31. Ne2 f5 32. Ng3 f4 33. Nf5 Qb1+ 34.
Kf2 fxe3+ 35. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. c3 Bc8 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. Ng3 Qe8 17. Be3 Nh5 18. Nxh5 Qxh5 19. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nc3 f5 13. c5 Be8 14. Qe2 Kh8
15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 a6 17. cxd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Ne6 15.
Nf5 Bf8 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Qf3 g6 18. Nh6+ Bxh6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxh6 Nd7 21.
Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qg3 c5 23. c3 Qb6 24. Rad1 Rae8 25. f3 a5 26. Qf2 Qd8 27. Bc1 f5
28. exf5 gxf5 29. d4 c4 30. a4 bxa4 31. Qc2 a3 32. bxa3 f4 33. Qa4 Qc7 34. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd5 Nf6 7. Ne3 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. Bb3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nf5 Qd7 12. g4 g6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. h3 Kg7 17. Kg2 h5 18. f3 Rh8 19. Qd2 g5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. c3
dxc3 22. bxc3 Rh6 23. d4 Rah8 24. Rh1 Qf4 25. Qxf4 exf4 26. gxh5 Rxh5 27. a4
Rc8 28. Rhc1 Kf6 29. Rab1 Rh7 30. a5 Rc4 31. Rb4 Rhc7 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rb1
Rxc3 34. Rxb7 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 Rc3 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 O-O
15. Qb3 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 (15... Rad8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rd3 c5 19. Qf3
Rxd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Qxb7 Nd5 {Black has an active counterplay, winning b7
is rarely good.} 22. Bg3 Qa4 23. Qb3 Qa6 24. Qd3 Qa4 $13 {Adams-Bareev,
Dortmund 2002}) 16. Qxe4 Rad8 17. c4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Bxe5 $6 {White wants
to complicate matters, but in his P structure >< d4 remains a target.} Bd6 $1
19. f3 (19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Qe5 Qd8 $15 {and Black will triple his heavy
artillery on the d <->.}) (19. g4 $5 Be7 (19... Rd7 20. g5 $1) 20. Rd3 Rd7 21.
Rhd1 Rfd8 $15 {and White has no real chances on the >>, therefore he has to
defend >< d4.}) 19... Rd7 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 {- Topalov-Bareev, Dortmund 2002 CBM 90
}) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 {leads to an only slightly better _|_ for White.})
(15. Qe2 Rfe8 {parrying all the tactical threats.} (15... Rad8 {is met by
White's hidden threat of} 16. Ng6 $1 Rfe8 $1 (16... fxg6 $2 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 (
17... Kh7 18. hxg6+ Kxg6 19. Qxe7 $16) 18. hxg6 $1 (18. Qxe7 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qxa2+
20. Kxa2 Nxe7 $11 (20... Nxe7 21. Bb4 c5 (21... Rf7 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Ne4 $16)
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxf2 25. Rd7 $14 {Tal})) 18... Ng8 $1 19.
Bxh6 $1 {White has to play very energetically!} gxh6 20. Rxh6+ Nxh6 21. Qxe7
Nf6 (21... Nf7 22. Rh1+ Kg8 (22... Kg7 23. Rh7+ Kxg6 24. Qe4+ Kf6 25. Nh5+ $16)
23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Nh5+ $16) 22. g7+ (22. Rh1 Kg8 {Cimmino-Franz, corr 1995})
22... Kg8 23. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. Qxc6 $16 {Andonov-Curtacci, corr.
1990}) 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. c4 {- Tseshkovsky-Dreev, RUS-ch 2003 CBM 98} (18. Rd3
Ree8 19. Rhd1 (19. Ra3 Qd5 20. Rxa7 b5 21. c3 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. a3 b4 $1
$132) 19... Qd5 $5 (19... c5) 20. Rg1 $1 $36 {- Bologan-Anand, Dortmund 2003
CBM 97}) (18. Bd6 Ree8 19. c4 b5 $13 {Tal})) (15... Rfd8 16. Rhe1 (16. Ng6 $5)
16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bd2 Qb5 19. c4 Qb6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. f4 Nc5 22. Qc2
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. a3 a5 25. Ka2 Rd7 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Ne4 {This typical
_|_ clearly favours White.} Be3 28. g3 Qd8 29. Nd6 $14 {Marjanovic-Svetushkin,
Bucharest 2000}) 16. Bd2 (16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. c4 (18. g4 Nxe5 19.
dxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 (19...
Rxd1+ {was good enough for a draw.} 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Kc2 $11) (
19... Qb4 {is connected with a counterplay on the <<.} 20. Be3 b5 21. Rc1 Rb8
$132) 20. Be3 Bc5 $1 (20... Qa6 $2 21. f4 b5 22. Rc1 c5 23. g4 $16 {
Bologan-Dautov, Mainz 2002 CBM 89 ext}) 21. Bxc5 (21. Rd6 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxd6
23. exd6 Rd8 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. d7 Qxh5 $15 {Dautov}) 21... Qxc5 $11) 16... Qc7 {
- Ad.Horvath-Mchedlishvili, Rethymnon 2003 CBM 98} (16... Qd5 17. c4 Qd6 18.
Bf4 $14 {wins a lot of tempi for White.})) (15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. g4 $5
(17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $11) (17. Be5 Ng4 18. Qg3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rfd8 20. f4 $14 {
T.Petrosian-P.Nielsen, ACP Blitz}) 17... Rad8 18. Rhg1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf6 20.
Qe3 Qb6 21. c3 Rd5 22. g5 {1/2-1/2 Berkes-Izoria, Aghia Pelagia 2004}) 15...
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qc7 {This is a bit passive.} (17... Qb5 $142 {
- Z.Almasi-Gyimesi, HUN-ch 2004 CBM 103}) 18. f4 (18. c4 Nb6 19. f4 $14 {
with some space advantage and attacking chances on the >>.}) 18... c5 19. Ne4 (
19. Nf5 c4 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 {is not a good exchange for White.} 21. Qf3 Rfd8 $13)
(19. c4 Nb4 $13) 19... c4 20. Qg3 (20. Qh3 $1 {/\ g4-g5 with a P storm would
be more effective against the black K.} Qc6 {is also met by} (20... b5 21. g4
b4 22. g5 c3 $1 {In the interesting P race White will come first after} (22...
hxg5 23. fxg5 Qxe5 24. h6 g6 (24... b3 25. hxg7 $18) 25. Rhe1 $14) 23. gxh6
gxh6 (23... cxd2 24. Qg3 $18) 24. f5 $1 {This is the point, the pawns march
ahead regardless any threats.} cxd2 (24... Qxe5 25. Bxh6 $16) (24... Rfc8 25.
f6 $18) 25. f6 $16) 21. g4 $1 Nxf4 22. Qf3 $1 Nd5 23. g5 $40) (20. Qf3 f5 $132)
20... Kh8 21. Qf3 $6 {White's Q manoeuvres are too sophysticated.} (21. f5 $5
Rad8 22. Rdf1 $36) 21... b5 22. g4 b4 23. Bc1 (23. g5 {is already late because
of} c3 $1 $36) 23... Rab8 24. b3 {White has lost the pace of the ->.} (24. g5
b3 $1 $40 {and in the race this time Black comes first.}) 24... Rfc8 25. Qe2 {
[#]} (25. g5 cxb3 26. cxb3 Nc3+ 27. Nxc3 bxc3 28. Rd3 c2+ 29. Kb2 Qa5 30. gxh6
gxh6 31. Ka1 Bb4 $40) 25... Nc3+ ({missing the forceful} 25... cxb3 $1 26. axb3
(26. cxb3 a5 27. g5 a4 $17) 26... a5 27. g5 a4 $17 {and Black's threats seem
to be more real.}) 26. Nxc3 bxc3 27. Rd4 cxb3 28. axb3 Qa5 (28... Bc5 29. Ra4)
29. Qe4 Rxb3+ $1 {liquidating to an _|_ with a Q versus two rooks.} (29... Bb4
30. Rhd1 $14) 30. cxb3 c2+ 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Kxc2 Qc5+ (32... Qa2+ 33. Bb2 Ba3
34. Rb1 {and White has defended everything.} Bxb2 35. Rxb2 Qa6 36. Kb1 Qf1+ $11
) 33. Rc4 Qf2+ 34. Bd2 a5 35. Rh3 Qg2 (35... Bb4 $1 {Now Black has to play
carefully because in the _|_ two rooks are generally better than the Q.} 36.
Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rd3 Bxd2 38. Rxd2 Qxf4 $11) 36. Rd3 $1 Qxg4 37. Bxa5 Qxh5 {
Black has won a P, but the white pieces are active again and he has a strong
o^.} 38. Bd2 {[#]} f6 $2 {This weakens his own camp.} (38... Kh7 39. Rc7 Bh4
40. Rdd7 Qf5+ 41. Kc3 Kg6 {was the best defensive setup.} 42. Rxf7 (42. b4 Qh3+
43. Kc2 Qf5+ 44. Kb2 Bf2 $11) 42... Qxf7 43. Rxf7 Kxf7 44. Kd4 Bf2+ $11) 39.
exf6 $2 ({Now it is White's turn to miss} 39. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 40. Rc7 $16) 39...
Bxf6 (39... gxf6 $4 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rd7 $18) 40. b4 Qb5 $11 {Now Black is OK
again.} 41. Kb3 Qf5 42. Kc2 Qb5 43. Kb3 h5 44. Bc3 Qf5 45. Kc2 $2 (45. Rd2 {
was the precise plan with drawish consequences.} Bxc3 46. Kxc3 h4 47. Kb3 $11)
45... Bxc3 46. Kxc3 h4 47. Rc5 (47. Re3 h3 48. Rc5 Qg4 $15) 47... Qxf4 48. b5 {
White's hopes are based on his strong o^.} e5 (48... Qf6+ $1 49. Kb4 e5 $17)
49. b6 $1 $11 {Now the o^ is too strong, Black has no winning chances.} Qc1+
50. Kb4 Qb2+ 51. Rb3 Qd4+ 52. Kb5 Qd7+ 53. Ka5 Qd4 54. Kb5 Qd7+ 55. Ka5 Qd4 56.
Rbc3 Qe4 57. R5c4 Qd5+ 58. Ka6 Qa8+ 59. Kb5 Qd5+ 60. Rc5 Qe4 61. Rc7 Qd5+ 62.
R7c5 Qe4 63. R5c4 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Nd5 Bg5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Bh6 12. c3 Ne7 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 Kh8 15.
Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Bd5 Be6 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Rb2 Re8 19. Nd2 f5 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Rfb1
Bc8 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4 Bh6 24. c4 Bc8 25. Rb8 Qc7 26. Ra8 g6 27. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. c3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4
cxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Bb2 h6 19. Ra2 Rfb8 20. Rea1 Qc8 21. Nf1 d5
22. Ng3 Kh8 23. Bc1 Bd6 24. Be3 Qb7 25. exd5 exd5 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. d4 e4 28. Ne5
Re8 29. Bf4 Kh7 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Red8 32. Ne3 Ne7 33. Ra3 Ng6 34. Bg3 Bd6
35. Qa2 Bxg3 36. fxg3 Rd6 37. Rf1 Rf8 38. Rf5 Rxf5 39. gxf5 Ne7 40. Qf2 Ng8 41.
Qf4 Qe7 42. g4 Qg5 43. g3 Nf6 44. Kg2 Rc6 45. Kf2 Kg8 46. Ke2 Kh7 47. Kd2 Kg8
48. Ra1 Kf7 49. Kc2 Kg8 50. Kb3 Kf7 51. Re1 Kg8 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qb7 Rd6 54.
Qc7 Rd7 55. Qc6 h5 56. Qxa6 Nxg4 57. Qxb5 Rd8 58. Nxg4 Qxg4 59. Qb6 Rf8 60.
Qg6+ Qxg6 61. fxg6+ Kxg6 62. b5 Kg5 63. c4 dxc4+ 64. Kxc4 Kg4 65. Rxe4+ Kxg3 {
This is a remarkable example where the isolated pawns are (or should have been)
a perfect match for the connected pawns. Dies ist ein bemerkenswertes Beispiel,
wo die isolierten Bauern die verbundenen Freibauern absolut aufwiegen (bzw.
hätten aufwiegen sollen).} 66. Re5 Kg4 {Black has to preserve both his pawns
in order to avoid trouble. Schwarz muss seine beiden Bauern behalten, um sich
Unanehmlichkeiten zu ersparen.} (66... h4 $2 67. Rg5+ Kf2 68. Rxg7 h3 69. Rh7
Kg2 70. b6 h2 71. d5 Rf1 $5 (71... h1=Q 72. Rxh1 Kxh1 73. d6 $18) 72. d6 Rc1+
73. Kb5 Rb1+ 74. Kc6 Rc1+ 75. Kd7 Rb1 76. Kc7 Rc1+ 77. Kb8 Rd1 78. b7 $1 Rxd6
79. Kc7 $18 {[%cal Rb7b8,Rc7d6]}) 67. Re4+ Kg3 68. Re5 Kg4 69. d5 $5 {A brave
decision, which doesn't change the evaluation of the position, however. Eine
tapfere Entscheidung, die allerdings nichts an der Stellungsbewertung ändert.}
h4 70. d6 h3 71. Re1 h2 72. Kc5 Kh3 73. Kc6 $6 {White places his king on an
unfavourable square. Weiß platziert seinen König auf einem ungünstigen Feld.} (
{Simpler would have been Einfacher gewesen wäre} 73. d7 g5 74. Kd6 g4 75. Re8
h1=Q 76. Rxf8 $11 {when Black has nothing better than give perpetual check. ,
wonach Schwarz nichts Besseres hat als Dauerschach.}) 73... g5 74. d7 g4 75.
Kc7 $6 {Although this is not the decisive mistake yet, it certainly creates
White huge practical problems. Leko probably overlooked Black's 76th move.
Obwohl dies noch nicht der entscheidende Fehler ist, stellt er den Weißen doch
vor große praktische Probleme. Leko hat wahrscheinlich den 76. Zug von Schwarz
übersehen.} (75. Re8 $2 {is bad in view of ist schlecht wegen} h1=Q+ {. Here
we can see that the king is exposed on c6. Hier können wir sehen, dass der
König auf c6 exponiert steht.}) (75. Kd6 $1 g3 76. Re8 Rf1 (76... h1=Q 77. Rxf8
$11) 77. Rh8+ Kg2 (77... Kg4 78. Rg8+ Kf3 79. Rf8+ Kg2 80. Rxf1 Kxf1 81. d8=Q
h1=Q 82. Qf6+ $11) 78. d8=Q (78. b6 $11) 78... Rd1+ 79. Kc7 Rxd8 80. Kxd8 Kf1
81. b6 $11) 75... g3 76. Re8 (76. b6 g2 $19) 76... Rf7 $1 $19 {Pinning the
pawn and winning a decisive tempo. Fesselt den Bauern und gewinnt ein
entscheidendes Tempo.} 77. Rh8+ Kg4 {Compared with a previous line (see 75.Kd6)
the black king can find a shelter on the f-file. Im Vergleich zum vorigen
Abspiel (siehe 75.Kd6) kann der schwarze König in der f-Linie Zuflucht finden.}
78. b6 $2 {Only this is the decisive mistake. Erst das ist der Verlustzug.} ({
However, for a human it would have been practically impossible to foresee that
after Doch für Menschen ist es fast unmöglich vorauszusehen, dass nach} 78. Kc8
Rxd7 79. Kxd7 g2 80. Rxh2 g1=Q {the move der Zug} 81. Rh6 $8 {draws (according
to tablebases). Therefore, from a practical point of view Leko should put his
blame mainly on his 75th move. remisiert (gemäß den Tablebases). Deshalb
sollte sich Leko vor allem über seinen 75. Zug ärgern.}) 78... g2 79. b7 g1=Q
80. Rg8+ Kf3 81. b8=Q {Both sides have promoted their main candidates, but
Black's turn to move proves decisive. Beide Seiten haben ihre Hauptkandidaten
umgewandelt, aber die Tatsache, dass Schwarz am Zug ist, erweist sich als
entscheidend.} Qc5+ 82. Kb7 (82. Kd8 Qe7+ 83. Kc7 Qxd7+ 84. Kb6 Qd4+ 85. Ka5
Rf5+ $40) 82... Rxd7+ 83. Ka6 Rd6+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Ne6 15.
Nf5 Bf8 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Qf3 h6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne3 c5 21. Bd2
Ra7 22. a4 Rf7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qe2 Qb6 25. Ng4 Nh7 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6
28. Ra2 b4 29. Rea1 Rf7 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. Qg4 Qd8 32. Be3 Qf6 33. h4 b3 34. cxb3
Rb8 35. Ra8 Rfb7 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Ra7 Rxb3 38. Qh5 Qg6 39. Qf3 Kg8 40. h5 Qf6
41. Qe2 Rb8 42. g3 d5 43. Kg2 d4 44. Bc1 c4 45. dxc4 d3 46. Qe3 Rc8 47. Qxd3
Bc5 48. Be3 Bxa7 49. Bxa7 Qf7 50. Bb6 Qxh5 51. b4 Ra8 52. Ba5 Qg4 53. c5 h5 54.
c6 h4 55. c7 Kh7 56. Bb6 Rf8 57. Bc5 Rf3 58. Qb1 Rxg3+ 59. fxg3 Qxg3+ 60. Kf1
Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 {Now it's very
fashionable to react to practically any Sicilian (Scheveningen, Najdorf,
Paulsen...) with an English Attack set-up. Kramnik as a relative newcomer to 1.
e4 and rightly famous for his technique, rather than attacking chess doesn't
always oblige. However, in the Armenia-ROW event Anand had quite a few
problems with} (6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 $6 {Possibly this
is the culprit and Vishy will take up the more usual} (9... Ne5) 10. Kb1 $1 (
10. Nb3 Nxb3+ 11. axb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd4 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Bc4 Bxc3
16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Qe3 e5 20. Bb6 Qa3 21. Bc5 Qa5 22. Kb2
Qc7 23. Bb6 Qe7 24. Qc5 $36 {Akopian,V-Anand,V/ARM-ROW Moscow/2004/}) 10...
Bxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Nc4 14. Qd4 d5 15. Bxc4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 dxc4
17. Na5 Nd7 18. Bc7 O-O 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Nf6 21. Rhe1 Bd7 22. Be5 Rfe8 23.
Kb2 $16 {Leko,P-Anand,V/ARM-ROW Moscow/2004/}) 6... a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 {
The road to the Scheveningen was still open, but Anand insists on the Paulsen,
which he recently plays more often.} (8... Be7 9. f4 d6 {-B84,85}) 9. Na4 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf2a7] The only way to fight for an advantage is to target the
weakened dark squares.} Bd6 $5 ({The pawn is too poisoned to contemplate the
masochistic} 9... Nxe4 $2 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 $8 (10... dxc6 11. Qd4 $18) 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Qd4 Be7 (12... Bf8 13. c4 $44 {/+/-}) 13. Bf3 d5 14. c4 $36) ({Another
weaker move is} 9... b5 $143 $6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bc5 $1 bxa4 (11... Bxc5 12.
Nxc5 $14 {[%csl Rc5] ><c5}) 12. Bxb4 c5 13. Ba3 Nxe4 14. Bf3 $36) (9... O-O {
was played already 30 years ago and still can't be considered completely
refuted. Possibly the most unpleasant is} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 (11. Nb6 Rb8 12.
Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 Rf8 $1 $13 {[%cal Rf6e4,Rb4d6] /\Bd6,Ne4}) (11. c4 $5 $44)
11... d5 12. e5 {[%cal Yc2c4] /\c4+/=}) ({Currently the most often played move,
even amongst the top players as Anand himself is} 9... Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 {Perhaps this line seemed to him simply too
passive for such an important game, Black must accurately defend a slightly
worse position after} O-O (13... c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. b3 $5 (15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3
O-O 17. b3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 c4 $5 20. bxc4 Rc6 21. Qh3 Nb6 22. Bd3 g6 $132)
15... O-O (15... Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Be5 $14 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 16. Bd3 $14 {
[%csl Gd3,Ge5] ^^}) 14. e5 Nd5 15. c4 Nf4 16. Bf3 $5 (16. g3 c5 17. Bc3 Nh3+ (
17... Nxe2+ $142 18. Qxe2 Qc6 $11 {/+/=}) 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rad1 Rb7
21. Bf3 $1 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 $14 a5 $6 23. a4 $1 Ra7 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Qa6 26.
b3 $36 {[%csl Ra5,Rd7] ><a5,d7,Ponomariov,R-Anand,V/Mainz act m/2002/}) 16...
Qc7 17. Re1 Ng6 18. c5 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Nf4 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qc2 h6
23. Rad1 Nd5 24. g3 a5 25. a3 Rff8 26. Re2 Qd8 27. Rd4 $14 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/
Linares/2002/}) 10. g3 {The main move, which is also the strongest.} (10. Nb6
Rb8 $1 {is OK for Black:} (10... Bxh2+ 11. Kh1 Qxb6 12. Nxe6 $1 Qxb2 13. Nxg7+
Kf8 14. Nf5 $40) 11. g3 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Bxa6 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Ra8
15. Be2 Bf4 $36 {׻ The vulnerability of White's K plays a more significant
role, than the still sleeping <<P.}) 11... Ne5 12. f4 Qxb6 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14.
Nf5 Qc7 15. Nxg7+ Ke7 16. Bd3 Rg8 17. Nh5 Ng4 18. Qf3 f6 $13 {[%csl Ge7]
Mozaliov,S-Tregubov,P/Smolensk/1997/ and the Ke7 is safe in the centre.}) (10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. g3 {allows Black to play the strong} c5 $1 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1
Be7 $132 {[%cal Yd7d5] /\d5[+]}) 10... b5 (10... Be7 11. c4 $1 {is
advantageous for White, as in the line 9...Be7 10.c4!? Nxe4 the move g3 is
useful (the Ph2 is not en prise, also White sometimes has Bf4). Thus taking
the P is much more risky and also the Hedgehog is uncomfortable:} d6 12. f3 Bd7
13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nb6 Rad8 16. b4 Qb8 17. b5 Be8 18. a4 Nd7 19.
Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Bd4 Ra8 23. Qc3 $16 {(),Kasparov,
G-Polgar,J/Linares/1997/}) ({Also playing with fire is} 10... Nxe4 $6 11. Bf3
Nf6 12. Nb6 $1 Rb8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bf4 Qa7 16. Nd6+ $1 Kf8 17. c4
Ne8 18. Nxe8 Kxe8 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Rb1 $16 {Bologan,V-Granda Zuniga,J/
Aeroflot Moscow/2003}) 11. Nb6 ({The move-order is important:} 11. Nxc6 $6 Qxc6
12. Nb6 {allows} Bb7 $1 13. Nxa8 Qxe4 $15) 11... Rb8 ({Nobody has dared to play
} 11... Qxb6 $2 12. Nxe6 $40 {[%cal Re6g7] /\Ng7 yet, the attack is too strong.
}) 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. a4 {The main continuation.} ({There are only a few
examples with} 13. c4 $5 {, so we can only presume what Anand had on his mind.
Perhaps it was} b4 $5 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 bxc4 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Bxc4 a5 17. Qe2
e5 $2 18. Be3 O-O 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Rfd1 Rc7 21. b3 Qb6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd5 a4
24. Rcd1 axb3 25. Bxb3 Qa7 26. Qf3 Re8 27. Rd6 Re7 28. h4 Qb7 29. Qf5 Qa7 30.
h5 {[%csl Gb3,Rf6] 1-0,Svidler,P-Macieja,B/Bundesliga 0203/2002/ For the final
few moves Black was just a helpless spectator.}) 14. c5 $1 (14. Nxc6 $143 Qxc6
15. Bd3 h5 16. Bd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qd2 h4 21. Qe2
Rh5 22. Kg2 Ke7 $17 {[%csl Rd3] ץd3,Gomez Anadon,D-Korneev,O/Zaragoza/2004/})
14... Bxc5 15. Bxa6 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Ra8 17. Bb5 O-O $5 (17... Nxe4 18. Qg4 Qb7
19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Rac1 Qd5 22. Be3 Nd2 23. Bxd2 Qxd2 24. Rfd1 $36
{Gara,T-Lakos,N/HUN-chW Budapest/2003/}) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $132 {[%csl Rf6,Rg8]
[%cal Yc7e5] and despite the ׻ Black seems to have enough play on the dark
squares and in the [+] to hold the balance}) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Bc5
{Black can't let White keep the ^^, this is more important than any other
considerations.} 16. Bxc5 {Anand faced this position already once before:} (16.
axb5 $5 Bxe3 17. fxe3 axb5 18. Bxb5 O-O $44 {[%csl Re3,Re4] ק} 19. Rxf6 (19.
Bd3 Qb6 20. Qc1 Ra8 $11 {<=> was more logical-Anand.}) 19... gxf6 20. Bxd7 $6 (
20. c4 $44) 20... Ra8 $1 $15 {Shirov,A-Anand,V/FIDE Wch Teheran/2000/}) (16.
Qd3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 O-O (17... bxa4 $6 18. Bxa6 Rb8 {is risky due to} 19. Rxa4
Qxc2 20. Rc4 $1 Qxb2 21. Qc5 $36 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 18. c3 {Now Black
shouldn't change Q, as in the _|_ White has the <->a and pressure against ><b5.
Probably the best is} Qc6 $5 (18... Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. f3 Rb8 21. axb5 axb5
22. Ra5 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ne8 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. c4 Nc7 26. b4 Rc6 27. cxb5 Rcb6 28. Ke3
f6 29. Ra7 R8b7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Kd2 Ne6 32. Ra1 Nd4 33. Ra8 Nxe2 34. Kxe2
Rxb5 35. Ra4 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Beshukov,S/Novgorod/1999/}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5
Rb8 21. f3 (21. Bd3 b4 $5 $132) 21... d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qf2 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Nc7
25. Bd3 Ne6 $11 {Shirov,A-De la Riva Aguado,O/Andorra m 5'/2001/}) 16... Qxc5
17. Bd3 (17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra5 Rb8 {is possibly more accurate, now White
doesn't have to go for the game position, but can try} 19. Qd3 $5 (19. Bd3 {
-17.Bd3}) 19... O-O 20. c3 Qc6 21. Bf3 Rfe8 22. Rfa1 Re6 23. R1a3 Ne8 24. Rb3
Nc7 25. Qe3 $14 {Galkin,A-Beshukov,S/St Petersburg/1997/ Although Black didn't
lose the game in the end, the defence is unpleasant and a maximum of his
efforts is a draw. All in all a type of position Anand was most probably
trying to avoid with his 9-th move (and one in which he finally landed anyway).
}) 17... Rb8 ({The alternative is} 17... O-O 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra5 Rb8 20. c3 (
20. c4 Qb4 21. Rxb5 Rxb5 22. cxb5 d5 $1 23. exd5 e4 24. Bc2 Rb8 25. d6 Rd8 26.
Qe2 Rxd6 27. Ra1 g6 28. Ra6 Rd2 29. Qe1 Qd4 30. Ra4 Qd6 31. Ra6 Qd4 32. Ra4 Qd6
{1/2,Berkes,F-Varga,Z/HUN-ch Heviz/2003/}) 20... Ne8 21. Qg4 Nc7 22. Rd1 Qb6
23. Raa1 Qc6 24. Bf1 d6 25. Qe2 Rfd8 26. Ra7 Ra8 27. Rda1 $14 {Stambulian,
A-Beshukov,S/Krasnodar/2001/ Here the same applies, as to the above-mentioned
Beshukov game: he drew it with careful defence, but White's position is
certainly more pleasant.}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra5 Qb4 $5 ({Macieja's novelty,
designed to avoid the above lines with} 19... O-O {-17...0-0}) 20. Qa1 O-O 21.
Rd1 ({The immediate} 21. Qa3 {allows Black's Q to sidestep the swap with} Qd2
$13 (21... Qd4 $5 $132)) 21... Rfe8 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Anand perhaps didn't like
} 21... Qe7 22. Rxb5 $5 (22. Qa3 b4 23. Qb3 h5 24. h4 Qd6 25. Kg2 Rfc8 26. f3
Kf8 27. Qa4 Qd4 28. Qb3 Qd6 29. Kf1 Kg8 $11 {Black has no problems, as he has
managed to push his P to b4, where it's less vulnerable. White later
overreaches with} 30. Ke2 Qc7 31. Qa4 $6 d5 $1 32. Ra7 Qd6 33. Ba6 Rc7 34. Rxc7
Qxc7 35. exd5 e4 $44 {|^,Jakovenko,D-Macieja,B/EU-ch Batumi/2002/}) 22... Rxb5
23. Bxb5 Nxe4 24. Qa4 $5 (24. Rxd7 Qc5 25. Qf1 Nf6 $11 (25... Qxc2 26. Qe2 Qc1+
27. Rd1 Qc5 $11)) 24... Qc5 (24... Nf6 25. c4 $14 {/\} e4 26. Qa3 $1) 25. Qxe4
Qxb5 26. b4 $14) 22. Qa3 $1 (22. c3 Qb3 $5 {[%cal Yb5b4] /\b4<=>}) 22... Qxa3
23. bxa3 Ra8 $6 {[%mdl 512] Did Black really have to sacrifice a P already?} (
23... b4 $5 24. a4 {[%cal Rd1b1,Ra5b5]} Ra8 {Black shouldn't allow Rb1,
followed by Rb5.} 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1 (26. Bb5 Rc8 $5 {/\} 27. Rb1 Rxc2 28.
Rxb4 Ra2 29. Bc4 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 g5 $11 {/+/=}) 26... Ra5 27. f3 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5
29. Bc4 Nc3 30. Bb3 Kf8 $11 {and the blockade seems good enough to hold the
position.}) 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 4352] This wins a P and Black gets
precisely into a position he was trying to avoid. However, Anand masters the
defence in a tough _|_ very well.} (25. Bxb5 $6 Rxa3 26. f4 $5 (26. Bxd7 Kf8
$11 {/=/+}) 26... exf4 27. e5 Ng4 28. gxf4 g5 29. Be2 (29. Bxd7 Ne3 30. Rd4
Nxc2 31. Rc4 Ne1 $11) 29... Ne3 30. Rxd7 gxf4 31. Bh5 Nxc2 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 $11)
25... Rxa3 26. Rxb5 Kf8 27. Rxe5 $14 {White will have some problems activating
both his B and his K, but it's clear only he can play for a win without the
slightest risk.} d6 28. Rb5 {[%cal Re4e5]} Nd7 $8 {Black must prevent e5.} 29.
Bc4 {[%csl Rf7] Targets f7.} Rc3 30. Bb3 Nc5 {[%cal Yg7g5]} 31. h4 $1 {An
important move in such positions, otherwise Black would gain () on the >> with
g5.} Ke7 (31... Nxe4 $2 32. Rb7 $16) 32. Kg2 h5 33. Rb6 g6 34. Kf1 Nxb3 $5 {
A serious, but well-judged decision. Black was running out of constructive
moves, so rather than wait for Kramnik to improve his pieces, Anand pins his
hopes to the drawish tendencies of R_|_.} (34... Rf3 35. Bd5 Rc3 36. Rb2 Kf6
37. Ke2 Ke7 (37... Ra3 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Rc6 $36 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5}) 38. Ra2 $1
{[%csl Rc3][%cal Ra2a7,Re4e5,Re2d2] /\Ra7,e5,Kd2,צc3} Nd7 39. Ra7 $5 $16 {/\}
(39. Kd1 $16) 39... Rxc2+ 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. Bxf7 $16) 35. cxb3 Rc2 36. Kg2 Rc3
37. Rb8 Ke6 38. b4 (38. Rb5 $5 $14 {is less committal, but the technical
problems remain.}) 38... Rb3 39. b5 Ke5 $1 {Black seeks active <=>.} 40. Rb7 {
Now Black draws, but} (40. f3 Rb2+ (40... Kd4 $6 41. Rf8 $16) 41. Kf1 (41. Kh3
f5 (41... Rb3 $143 $6 42. b6 $1) 42. exf5 (42. b6 fxe4 43. b7 Kd4 44. fxe4 Ke3
45. Rd8 Rxb7 46. Rxd6 Kxe4 47. Rxg6 Rb5 $11) 42... Kxf5 (42... gxf5 43. Rh8
Rxb5 44. Rxh5 $14) 43. b6 Kf6 $14) 41... f5 $132 {is hardly much better,
White's K is too passive.}) (40. Re8+ Kf6 {only repeats moves.} (40... Kd4 $2
41. Re7 $16)) 40... Kxe4 41. Rxf7 Ke5 $1 {[%csl Gd6] An accurate move, now the
R has to return and the o^d6 can advance without the necessity to give up the
>> P.} (41... Rxb5 $143 $6 42. Rf6 d5 (42... g5 $2 43. Re6+ Kf5 44. Rh6 $1 $18)
43. Rxg6 d4 44. Rg5 $14) 42. Rb7 d5 43. Rb6 Kf5 44. Kf1 Rb2 45. f3 d4 46. Ke1
d3 47. Kd1 Ke5 $1 {Only now the K supports the o^.} (47... Ke5 48. Rxg6 (48.
Kc1 Rc2+ $11 49. Kb1 $2 Rc5 $36) 48... Kd4 49. g4 (49. Kc1 Rc2+ $11) (49. b6
Ke3 50. Re6+ Kxf3 $11) 49... Ke3 (49... Rxb5 {[%cal Rb5b1] /\Rb1=}) 50. Re6+
Kxf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Nd5 h6 13. c3 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3
Nd7 16. Ba2 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3
Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. Na5 $5 Qc7 13. Be2 {
White is pursuing active plan of advancing the queenside pawn majority.} (13.
c4 Bg7 14. Be2 O-O (14... h4 15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nf4 17. Bf1 b6 18. Nc6 Kf8
19. b4 Bf6 20. a4 h3 21. g3 Ng2 22. Bxg2 hxg2 23. Ra3 Kg7 24. a5 {1-0 Horvath,
A-Papp,G/Balatonlelle 2004/ (33)}) 15. O-O b6 16. Nc6 Nb8 17. Nxb8 Raxb8 (17...
Rfxb8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Bd3 Kh7 20. f4 e4 21. Be2 Qf5 22. h3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Jenni,
F-Hort,V/Basel 2004/ (62)}) 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Bd3 f5 21. Kh1 Rbe8
22. Bc2 f4 23. Bf2 e4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Bonnet,E-Guidarelli,
L/Paris 2002/ (48)}) 13... Bg7 (13... Ng8 14. O-O Bh6 15. b4 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Ne7
17. c4 Nf5 18. Qf2 Nd4 19. Bd3 f5 20. f4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Apicella,M-Gerard,N/St
Quentin 2001/ (27)}) 14. O-O-O Rc8 {Kramnik will learn to regret his
reluctance to ask Anand for his dark squared bishop with 14...Nb6!?} (14... Nb6
$5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qc3 (16. Nc4 Qc5 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Rhe1 b5 $13) 16... O-O
17. Rhe1 Rac8 $13) 15. Kb1 O-O (15... Nb6 16. c4 O-O 17. Rhe1 $14) 16. Rc1 e4 (
16... Rfe8 17. c4 Nc5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. g4 h4 $13) 17. f4 Nc5 18. Nb3 (18. b4 $2
b6 $1 19. Nb3 (19. Nc6 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Na4 21. c4 Qxc6 $17) 19... Nxb3 20. cxb3 (
20. axb3 Nxd5 $1 $19) 20... Qb7 $15) 18... Na4 19. c3 (19. c4 $5 Ng4 20. Bxg4
hxg4 21. Nd4 $14) 19... Rfe8 {It might have made sense to fight the future
mobility of the c pawn with 19...b5!?} (19... b5 $5 20. c4 Qd7 21. Bd4 Qf5 $13)
20. Rhf1 Nb6 21. c4 Ng4 22. f5 (22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. f5 e3 25. Qe2
a5 $13) 22... Nxe3 (22... Nxh2 23. Rh1 Ng4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Qf2 g3 (25... Nxc4
26. f6 $18) 26. Qf4 gxf5 27. Bd4 f6 28. Nd2 Re7 29. Qxg3 $16) 23. Qxe3 Nd7 (
23... a5 24. Nxa5 Na4 25. b4 Qe7 26. Qb3 Qe5 27. f6 Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxa4
Qf2 30. Qd1 $14) 24. g4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black is strong on dark squares, but his
light ones are burning hot. Any opening of the kingside will greatly expose
black's king.} (24. fxg6 fxg6 25. g4 h4 26. Qg5 Ne5 27. Qxh4 Qb6 28. Qg5 $16)
24... Qb6 (24... h4 25. g5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Ne5 27. Rf4 $16) (24... hxg4 25. fxg6
Nf6 26. Rg1 (26. Rxf6 Bxf6 27. gxf7+ Qxf7 28. Bxg4 Rc7 29. Rf1 Qg6 30. Be6+ $14
) 26... fxg6 27. Bxg4 Nxg4 28. Rxg4 Qf7 29. Nd2 $16) 25. Qh3 Nc5 (25... hxg4
26. Bxg4 $18) 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. gxh5 Nxb3 28. axb3 Qd4 29. Rc2 {It becomes
obvious that success favours white with his domination on light squares.} Rf8 (
29... g5 30. h6 Be5 31. Bg4 Rc7 32. Qh5 $18) 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 {Anand has a lot of experience in this line, since
he used it both with black and with white on numerous occasions.} (10. b3 O-O
11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+
17. Kxf3 Rfd8 $11 {Vouldis,A-Pandavos,E/Greece 1993}) (10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Re8
12. c4 Qc8 13. Bh3 (13. b3 a5 (13... c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Qe5 Rac8
17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rec8 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,
P-Gelfand,B/Moscow 2001}) 14. Bh3 Nd7 15. Qd3 Qd8 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Ne5 $14 {
Topalov,V-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 2001}) 13... Be4 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Bg2 h6 16. Nf3
Be4 17. b3 c5 18. Bb2 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qb7 $11 {Anand,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 1997
}) 10... O-O 11. b3 a5 $5 {Very interesting defensive plan, which is more
typical for Rubinshtein variation with 4...Bd7, than for this line.} (11... c5
12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15. Qf3 Rac8 16. Rad1 a6 $11 {Collas,
D-Lalic,S/Zaragoza 1995}) 12. Bb2 a4 13. Qe2 Ra6 14. Rfd1 Re8 $5 {Preparing
Qa8.} (14... Qa8 $6 15. d5 $14 {[%csl Re7]}) 15. Bc3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Ne4 16. Be1
axb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bf6 $11 {[%cal Gc7c5] It seems that black is doing
fine. All he needs to do is to push c5 when he gets a chance to.} 19. Rd1 (19.
b4) 19... Qa8 20. h4 ({Nothing promises} 20. Ne5 $5 Nc3 (20... c5 $5) 21. Bxc3
Bxg2 22. Ra1 (22. Nd7 $2 Bf3) 22... Qe4 (22... Qb7 $2 23. Nd7 $1 Be7 24. d5
exd5 25. Qg4 {[%csl Rg8]} d4 26. Bxd4 g6 27. Re1 $40) 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Ra7
Bxe5 25. dxe5 c5 $11) 20... Nd6 $6 {Starting very strange manouvres which lead
to serious difficulties for black.} (20... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) 21. g4 g6 22.
c5 Nc8 $6 {This passive move is so untypical of Anand.} (22... bxc5 23. dxc5
Ne4 24. b4 Bd5 25. Qe3 Bg7 $132) 23. Bd2 Ne7 (23... Bxd4 $2 24. Nxd4 Bxg2 25.
c6 $1 Bxc6 26. Qe5 $18 {[%cal Gd2h6]}) 24. b4 Bd5 25. Bg5 Bg7 26. b5 h6 27.
Bxe7 $1 {Great strategical decision. Black simply can't breath.} (27. Bf4 $5)
27... Rxe7 28. c6 $14 Re8 29. Ne5 Qd8 30. Nd7 $1 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 f5 {Playing
with the fire, but an alternative to take on h4 wasn't very tempting either.} (
31... Qxh4 32. d5 Bf8 33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34. d6 cxd6 35. Rxd6 $36) 32. Kh3 $16 {
[%cal Gd1g1,Gh4h5]} (32. g5 hxg5 33. h5 g4 34. hxg6 Qg5 35. Ne5 Qd8 $132) 32...
Qe7 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Rg1 Kh7 35. Qh5 Ra8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Ne5 Bxe5 (37... Rf8
38. Qg3 {[%cal Ge5g6]} Bxe5 39. Qxe5+ Kh7 40. d5 $18) 38. dxe5 Ra3+ 39. Rg3 $2
{Throwing away a fully deserved victory. After correct} (39. f3 $1 {even Anand
wouldn't be able to hold the position.} Rxf3+ (39... Qf8 40. Qh5 $18 {[%cal
Gg1g6]}) 40. Kg2 Rb3 (40... Ra3 41. Qxh6+ Qh7 42. Qf6+ Qg7+ 43. Kf2 Qxf6 44.
exf6 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rh8][%cal Gg1g7,Gf6f7]} Ra2+ $140 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kd2 Ra2+
47. Kc3 Ra3+ 48. Kb4 Ra8 49. Rg7 f4 50. Rxc7 f3 51. Rd7 f2 52. Rd1 Rf8 53. Rf1
$18) 41. Qxh6+ Qh7 42. Qf6+ Qg7+ 43. Kf2 $18) 39... Rxg3+ 40. fxg3 Qg7 $11 41.
Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Qd7 14. d3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Nd2 g5 18. Rh6 Ng4 19. Ne4 Nxh6 20. Nxd6 Qg6 21. Ne4
Bg4 22. Qd2 Nf5 23. Qxg5 Bf3 24. Qf4 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Ng7 26. Be3 Rad8 27. a4 Rd7
28. axb5 axb5 29. Bd4 Re8 30. f3 h6 31. Ra6 Kh7 32. Kf2 b4 33. g4 bxc3 34. Bxc3
Ne6 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. h4 Qd6 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. h5 Red8 40. Kg3 R8d7
41. Ra6 Rd8 42. Kf4 c5 43. Ra5 Rc8 44. Kf5 c4 45. f4 Rdc6 46. e5 Rc5 47. Ra4
Kh7 48. Ke4 R5c7 49. Ra1 Rd7 50. Ra6 Rg8 51. Kf5 Rd3 52. Rf6 Rg7 53. e6 fxe6+
54. Rxe6 Rf7+ 55. Ke4 Rdd7 56. Be5 Rde7 57. Rc6 Rg7 58. Kf3 Rgf7 59. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. f3 g6 15. Nde2
Ne6 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bf8 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Ba2 Rad8 21. b4 Nh5
22. Be3 Be5 23. Ne2 c5 24. c4 cxb4 25. axb4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nf6 27. Nf4 Rc8 28.
Rc1 Rc7 29. Bf1 Rec8 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Ne2 d5 32. Rc1 Qb8 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34.
Bd4 Qc7 35. Qb2 Qb6 36. Bxb6 Bxb2 37. e5 Bxe5 38. Bd4 Nd7 39. Bxe5 Nxe5 40. Nd4
Kf8 41. Nb3 Nd7 42. Na5 Bc8 43. Nc6 Bb7 44. Na5 Bc8 45. Nc6 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 (10... Nxb3 $6 {--> 1/2-1/2 Leitao,R-Sega,C/Sao
Paulo 2002/CBM 88 [Postny,E] (27)}) (10... g6 {--> 1/2-1/2 Baramidze,D-Belikov,
V/Dortmund 2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E] (46)}) ({Popular continuations are:} 10...
Bg4) ({and} 10... Be7) 11. Ng5 {The most aggressive way to meet black's
previous move.} (11. Bxe6 {is the main alternative.}) 11... Qxg5 ({Another
common alternative nowadays is} 11... Bd5 {but requires a strong nerves from
black, since after} 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ {white has a dangerous attack.}) 12.
Qf3 O-O-O (12... Bd7 {--> 1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Mikhalevski,V/Sao Paulo 2002/CBM
90 ext [Mikhalevski,V] (55)}) (12... Kd7 13. Bd5 $36) 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 {Black forces the exchange of queens, going to an endgame with
a piece down, but with strong connected passed pawns.} ({Dangerous for black:} 
15... dxc3 16. bxc5 cxd2 17. Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Bxd2 Qxc5 19. Bf4 $36 {1-0 Sutovsky,
E-Mikhalevski,V/Internet Chess Club 2002/EXT 2003 (34)}) 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5
dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 {The practice shows, that this move is the most
precise one.} ({Not recommended is} 19... Rd5 $2 {as in the game Naiditsch,
A-Rogers,I/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93 [Postny,E]}) ({Possible alternative is} 
19... Be7 {--> 1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Mastrovasilis,D/Topola 2004/CBM 101 
[Postny,E] (41)}) 20. Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 {Shirov has experience to play this
opening variation with both colours!} d3 (21... bxa4 {--> 1/2-1/2 Hracek,
Z-Haba,P/Luhacovice 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E] (38)}) (21... Kd7 22. axb5 axb5 23.
Rfd1 (23. Rad1 {--> 1-0 Shirov,A-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1996/CBM 51 [Shirov] 
(49)}) 23... Ke6 24. Rac1 {--> 1-0 Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Linares 2001/CBM 82 
[Ftacnik] (38)}) 22. axb5 d2 23. c6 $2 $146 {[%csl Rc8] It seems that after
this novelty white is in serious trouble!} (23. bxa6 c2 24. Bxd2 (24. Nxd2 Bxa1
25. Rxa1 Rhe8 26. Rc1 Re4 27. Bc3 Rc4 28. Rxc2 Rd3 29. Rb2 Rcxc3 30. a7 Ra3 31.
Rb8+ Kd7 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Rxd2 34. g4 Kc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,
A-Ponomariov,R/Biel SUI 2004/The Week in Chess 508 (41)}) 24... Bxa1 25. Rxa1
Rhe8 26. a7 Kb7 27. a8=Q+ Rxa8 28. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Gyimesi,Z/Nova
Gorica 2004/CBM 98 ext (28)}) 23... Kb8 $1 {Moving the king out of the mating
net.} 24. Rad1 {The alternatives are not better.} (24. bxa6 c2 25. Nxd2 Bxa1
26. Rxa1 Rhe8 27. Rc1 Re4 28. Bc3 Rc4 29. Rxc2 Rd3 30. Rb2+ Ka7 $19) (24. Nc5
c2 (24... axb5 $2 25. Nd7+ Rxd7 26. cxd7 Rd8 27. Ra2 Rxd7 28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Rc2
Rd4 30. Bxc3 Rc4 31. Bxg7 Rxc2 32. Kf1 $18) 25. Nd7+ Rxd7 26. cxd7 Bxa1 27.
Bxd2 Rd8 $19) (24. Bc5 Rhe8 $1 $19 (24... c2 $2 {[%tqu "En","How can white
save the game?","","","a1a6","",10]} 25. Rxa6 $1 d1=Q 26. Ba7+ Kc8 27. Bd4 Kb8
28. Ba7+ $11) 25. Rxa6 Re1 $19) 24... Rd5 $1 25. bxa6 Rhd8 26. Na1 {Moving the
knight to a blockading square c2, but this blockade is quite shaky.} Ka7 27.
Nc2 Rb8 {White's main problem, is that all his pieces are very passive.} 28.
Rb1 ({Also unattractive for white is} 28. f4 {[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2e2]} Rdb5 29. Ba3
Kxa6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6a5,Ga5a4,Ga4b3] , though it was probably a better
chance.}) 28... Rdb5 $2 {It's quite strange for Anand to miss a simple win.} (
28... Bf8 $1 29. Ne3 (29. Rfd1 Rdb5 $19) 29... Rxb4 30. Nxd5 Rxb1 31. Nxc3 (31.
Rxb1 c2 32. Rb7+ Kxa6 $19) 31... Rc1 $19) 29. Rb3 R8b6 (29... Bf8 30. Rxc3 Bxb4
31. Nxb4 Rxb4 32. Rd3 Rb2 33. Rd1 $11) 30. Rxc3 $1 Bxc3 $2 ({The last
opportunity to get the advantage was:} 30... Rxb4 31. Rd3 Rb2 32. Rxd2 Bc3 (
32... Rxc6 33. Rd7 $11) 33. Re2 Rxc6) 31. Bxc3 Rc5 32. Bxd2 Rxc2 33. Be3 {
White can take now a deep breath of relief. The forthcoming rooks endgame is
drawish.} Kxa6 34. Bxb6 cxb6 35. f4 b5 36. g4 {Creating a passed pawn on the
"f" file, white achieves an easy draw.} Rxc6 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 b4 39. f6 Rc8
40. Kg2 b3 41. Rb1 Rf8 42. Rxb3 {Definitely, not the best game for both
supergrandmasters.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 ({The main alternatives are:} 10... Bg4) ({and} 10...
Be7) 11. Bxe6 {In this game Shirov decided to try positional line, which is
not so popular nowadays.} ({On the previous day Shirov achieved nothing after} 
11. Ng5) 11... Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 {Trying to create a weakness in
black's queenside pawn structure.} ({Another theoretical line goes with} 13.
Ne4) 13... Bb4 {A rare move.} (13... Be7 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 (14... Nxd4 15. Ne4 Ne6
16. Be3 O-O 17. f4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Merano 1981/
MainBase (41)}) 15. axb5 Qxe5 16. bxa6 O-O 17. Qa4 Nc5 18. Qc4 Rfb8 19. Ra5 Qd6
20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Bxb4 23. Ra4 Rb6 24. a7 Bc5 25. Rd1 h6 $2 (
25... Rb7 $11) 26. b4 Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Bxb4 28. Be3 Kf8 29. Rb1 {1-0 Topalov,
V-Kortschnoj,V/Madrid 1996/CBM 53 (29)}) (13... Bc5 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Nfg5 (15.
Be3 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Bxd4 Rd8
21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Be3 Rg8 23. Qh3 fxe5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Gyimesi,Z/
Vrnjacka Banja 1998/EXT 2002 (37)}) 15... Qd5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. axb5 Nxb5 18.
Ng5 Qg6 19. e6 O-O 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Ra4 h6 22. Nf3 Qxf7 23. Rf4 Qh5 24. Re1
Rad8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Be3 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Gyimesi,Z/Ulcinj 1997/EXT
99 (33)}) (13... Rb8 {--> 1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Sokolov,I/Malmo 1997/CBM 60 
[Mikhalevski,V] (40)}) 14. axb5 (14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nf3 Qd5 17. Be3
Rfd8 18. Qc2 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Passerotti,P-Thipsay,P/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (26)})
14... Nxb5 (14... axb5 $2 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Rb4,
Rd4,Rg7]}) 15. Ne4 $146 (15. Qb3 a5 16. Qc4 Nbd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qc6+ Ke7 19.
Nf3 Qd7 20. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Mamedyarov,S/Nakhchivan 2003/EXT 2004 
(26)}) 15... O-O 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 {White keeps small, but stable
advantage thanks to a superior pawn structure.} a5 18. Nfg5 $1 {Exchanging
black's active Ne6.} Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Rfe8 20. f4 f6 21. Nf3 fxe5 22. fxe5 $1 {
This recapture is better than 22.Nxe5. white covers the d6 square, that keeps
black's knight out of business.} c5 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Kf2 h6 25. Rd7 Nc7 $1 {
[%mdl 256] Another example of great defense performed by Vishy Anand. At the
price of a pawn, black achieves harmony for his pieces.} 26. Bxc5 Ne6 {The
knight arrived to an ideal place.} 27. Be3 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Rc8 29. Rd1 Rc2+ 30.
Kg3 Kf7 {All black's pieces are active, which gives him sufficient
compensation for the pawn.} 31. h4 Kg6 32. Rf1 Re2 33. Kh3 Nc5 34. Rd1 ({
A bit more troublesome for black could be} 34. h5+ $1 Kh7 $8 (34... Kxh5 $4 {
[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for white.","","","f3h4","and black's king is
in the mating net.",5]} 35. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rg2g4] and black's king is in the
mating net.}) 35. Rd1 Ne4 36. Rd7 {but, black seems to keep the balance here
as well.}) 34... Ne4 35. Rd7 h5 36. Rc7 (36. Nd4 $2 Re1 {[%cal Re1c1,Re1h1]})
36... Nf2+ 37. Kg3 Nd3 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. e6+ ({After} 39. Ng5+ Ke8 {white
achieves nothing.}) 39... Kg8 40. Ng5 Kf8 41. Nh7+ (41. Kf3 Re1 42. Bf4 Rf1+
43. Ke2 Rxf4 44. Kxd3 Rxh4 $11) 41... Kg8 42. Ng5 Kf8 43. Nh7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15.
Bg5 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Rxe4 Qxf5 18. Bxf6 Qxe4 19. Bd5 Qf4 20. Bxa8 Qxf6
21. c3 c6 22. Qd4 Qe6 23. Qb6 Qc8 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Qxa6 d5 26. a4 bxa4 27. Qxa4
g6 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. b4 Bb6 30. c4 1-0

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. f3 Rd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxd7 Rdxd7 20. Rxe5 h6 21.
Be3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. a4 Kf7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 c6 27.
Rxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 h5 $5 {This is the aggressive
continuation immediately fighting against White's fianchetto setup} 6. h3 {
against h5-h4.} (6. Na4 Bg4 {provoking} 7. f3 {and then} Be6 8. Nxc5 (8. Ne2 h4
9. Nxc5 dxc5 {In these situations Black gives up the ^^ but gets a strong
pressure in the [+] especially against >< d4.} 10. f4 (10. Be3 $6 h3 (10... Nd4
$5) 11. Bf1 Qe7 12. g4 O-O-O $15 {and Black has a strong [+], and a big lead
of development, Mieses-Marshall, Berlin 1908.}) 10... Bg4 $1 $132) 8... dxc5 9.
f4 $5 {looks more active than the previous variation.} exf4 10. Bxf4 Qd7 {
/\ 0-0-0}) (6. Be3 Nge7 (6... h4 $5 {looks consequent.}) 7. Qd2 f6 (7... h4 {
is again logical.}) 8. f4 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Nge2 O-O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bg4 14. Rde1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qa4 Bh3 $11 {Windt-Sieg,
Germany 1988}) 6... a6 {against Na4.} (6... Be6 7. Nf3 $142 (7. Na4 Qd7 (7...
Qe7 8. Nf3 O-O-O) 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 f6 {Black has to keep the
position closed against White's ^^.} 11. Nf3 Nge7 (11... Qd6 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13.
O-O Nge7 14. fxe5 fxe5 (14... Nxe5 15. a4) 15. Ng5 $14 {Olivares-C.Sanchez,
Havana 2000}) 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rdf8 16. c3 Ng6
(16... Nc6 17. b3 Kb7 18. O-O-O a5 $11 {and the white ^^ has no bright future,
Shutzman-Bykhovsky, Tel Aviv 2002.}) 17. h4 (17. Bf3 h4 $15) 17... Bg4 18. Qe3
Rf7 $13) 7... h4 $5 (7... a6 8. O-O (8. Ng5 {is not so dangerous because of
the simple} Bd7) 8... Qd7 9. Ng5 {Now it is much stronger than before.} h4 10.
g4 O-O-O 11. Nd5 $14) (7... Qd7 8. Na4 O-O-O 9. Ng5 $14 {exchanging both
bishops.}) 8. g4 (8. Nxh4 {is met by the typical positional exchange sacrifice}
Rxh4 $1 9. gxh4 Qxh4 10. Rf1 O-O-O {with a nice compensation for the
sacrificed exchange.}) 8... f6 9. Be3 (9. Na4 a6 $142 (9... Nge7 10. c3 Bb6 11.
Nxb6 axb6 12. O-O $14) 10. Nxc5 dxc5 $13 {with enough pressure on the dark
squares.}) 9... Qd7 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O {(Saenger-Schulenburg, Germany
2000)} Nge7 $13) (6... h4 {is certainly met by} 7. g4 {and the fight for the
dark squares begins.} Be6 8. Nge2 (8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nge7 10. Nge2 Ng6 11. Bh2
Nd4 (11... Be3 $5) 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rhf1 (15. Nxd4
Bxd4 16. Bg1 Bxg1 17. Rhxg1 {/\ d4}) 15... Qc6 16. Nd5 Nxe2 17. Qxe2 Qa6 18.
Qd2 Bd4 19. c3 Be5 $11 {Marinkovic-Markovic, Belgrade-A 1991}) 8... Nge7 (8...
Qf6 9. Rf1 O-O-O 10. f4 $14) 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Qd7 11. Ncd5 $14 {/\ c3, d4
gaining control over the [+].}) 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 {This P structure is not
really favourable for White, he can advance by d4, but after that it is not
easy to continue the plan.} Be6 (8... Qg5 9. Qf3 Be6 $13) 9. Nf3 Nce7 (9... Nf6
$5 10. d4 (10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nxe6 (11. Nd5 $2 Nxd5) 11... fxe6 $13) 10... exd4 {
/\ d5 fighting back in ther [+], otherwise the opening of the position would
help only for White.} 11. exd4 d5 12. exd5 (12. e5 Ne4 $13) 12... Nxd5 13. Qd2
Nxc3 $1 (13... Qe7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Ng5) 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 Qd6) 14... Qd6 15.
Qf2 O-O-O $13 {and White has many weaknesses in his camp.}) (9... Nge7 10. Ng5)
10. d4 (10. Ng5 Nf6) 10... Ng6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Ng5 O-O-O 14. Rhf1
(14. Nxe6 fxe6 (14... Qxe6 15. h4 Kb8 16. Bh3 Qe8 17. Rhf1 $14) 15. h4 {
/\ Bh3 would have changed the P structure for White's favour.} Kb8 16. Bh3 $14)
14... h4 $1 15. g4 {Now the g2 B is entombbed.} Kb8 16. Kb1 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Kb1 Rhf8 $11) 16... Rdf8 17. Nf3 {White's play is a bit sophysticated.} (17.
Nxe6 fxe6 $11 {was much simpler.}) 17... Nh7 {/\ Ng5} 18. Nd2 Ng5 19. Nb3 Bxb3
20. axb3 c6 $15 21. b4 Qc7 22. b3 Qb6 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Kb2 f6 {White has to
play carefully, because in the _|_ Black has a good N versus a bad B.} 25. Ra1
Rhd8 26. Ra4 Rd7 27. Qd3 Rdc7 28. Rf2 Ne7 29. Rd2 c5 $5 (29... Rd7 $15) 30.
dxc5 dxc5 31. b5 Nf7 (31... c4 $5 32. bxc4 Rc5 $13) 32. Qc4 (32. bxa6 c4 $1 $15
) 32... Nd6 33. Rxd6 $5 {This is an interesting positional exchange sacrifice
in order to change the course of the game.} (33. Qe6 Rd8 $15) 33... Qxd6 34.
bxa6 $44 Rd7 (34... Qc6 35. axb7 Rxb7 $13) 35. Bf1 {Finally the B comes into
play.} (35. axb7 Rxb7 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. exd5 $44) 35... Rcd8 36. axb7 Rxb7 37.
Ra6 Rb6 38. Rxb6+ Qxb6 39. Qf7 Nc6 40. Qxg7 Nb4 $1 {/\ Rd2} 41. Bc4 (41. g5 Rd2
$1 $132) 41... Rd2 42. Qf8+ Rd8 43. Qf7 Rd2 44. Nd5 $5 {White now wants more
than a draw.} (44. Qf8+ Rd8 $11 {with repetition of moves.}) 44... Rxc2+ (44...
Qd8 45. Nxb4 (45. Qh7 Rxc2+ 46. Kb1 Rd2 $11) 45... cxb4 46. Bd5 Qc8 $11) 45.
Kb1 Qd6 $2 ({The Q _|_ after} 45... Nxd5 46. Kxc2 Nxe3+ 47. Kd3 Nxc4 $11 {
was still drawish.}) 46. Qe8+ Kb7 47. Qb5+ $2 ({missing (probably already in
time trouble) the forceful} 47. Ba6+ $1 Ka7 (47... Nxa6 $2 48. Qf7+ Kc6 49.
Kxc2 Nb4+ 50. Kc3 $18) (47... Kxa6 $4 48. Qa8+ Kb5 49. Qa4#) 48. Bc8 Nxd5 49.
exd5 $18) 47... Ka7 48. Qa4+ Kb8 49. Ba6 (49. Qe8+ Ka7 $11) 49... Nxd5 50. exd5
Rh2 51. Qb5+ Kc7 52. Qb7+ Kd8 53. Qc8+ Ke7 54. Bb5 Kf7 55. Be8+ Kg8 56. Bh5+
Qf8 57. Qe6+ (57. Qc7 Qg7 $1 (57... Kh8 $2 58. Bg6 Qg8 59. Be4 $18) 58. d6 Qh7+
59. Qxh7+ Kxh7 60. Kc1 Ra2 $15) 57... Kg7 58. d6 (58. g5 Rf2) 58... Qg8 59.
Qe7+ Kh8 60. Qxf6+ Qg7 61. Qd8+ (61. Qe6 {was also not enough for a win:} e4 $1
62. Qe8+ Kh7 (62... Qg8 $2 63. d7 Rd2 64. Bf7) 63. Qxe4+ Kh8 64. Qe8+ Kh7 65.
Qe7 Kh8 66. Qxg7+ Kxg7 67. d7 Rd2 68. Be8 Kf6 69. Kc1 Rd5 70. Kc2 (70. e4 Rd4
$11) 70... Ke7 71. e4 Rd4 $11) 61... Qg8 62. Qf6+ Qg7 63. Qd8+ Qg8 {and draw
by repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 e4 7. Nd4 O-O 8.
Be2 Re8 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b6 11. b3 c5 12. Qc3 d5 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bb7
15. f3 Qd6 16. fxe4 Rxe4 17. Bf3 Re7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rf5 Ne8 20. Rd5 Qg6 21.
Rf1 f6 22. d3 Nc7 23. Rd6 Ne8 24. Rd5 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 c5 12. Nde2 Bc6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Nf4
Bf8 15. Rfe1 b5 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc8 19. f3 a5 20. a4 Qa6
21. Ra1 b4 22. c4 bxc3 23. Bxc3 c4 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Rec8 26. Rec1 Rxc4
27. Be1 d5 28. exd5 Rd4 29. Rd1 Rc4 30. d6 Rd8 31. Bxa5 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33.
Bd2 Kf8 34. Ra2 Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Ke8 36. a5 Ba7 37. Ke2 Rc6 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Bb4 Bb8
40. h3 Rg6 41. Bc5 Kc6 42. Bd4 Kb7 43. a6+ Rxa6 44. Rxa6 Kxa6 45. Bxg7 Kb5 46.
Ke4 Kc6 47. Be5 Ba7 48. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. O-O
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qb4 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. a3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qb3 Be8 20. Rxd8
Nxd8 21. Rd1 Nc6 22. Qc3 Qf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 ({In the book "Opening for
White according to Anand" by Khalifman the move} 5. Re1 {is given (plan c3 and
d4). Anand has another opinion and opts for the old Steinitz variation.}) 5...
Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Re1 ({The day before Anand played} 8. Qd3 {
against Vescovi.}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qf3 $1 {[%mdl 4] A
good square for the Q in this line. It supports Nf5 and it gets out of the way
of the R:s in the centre.} (11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. f4 c5 14. Nf3 Bc6 15.
Qd3 d5 $11 {0-1 Plaskett,J-Rivas Pastor,M/Groningen 1979/EXT 2001 (40)}) (11.
Be3 c6 12. Qf3 Ne8 13. Rad1 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd3
Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lasker,E-Steinitz,W/London 1899/HCL (25)}) 11... Re8 (11... c6
12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Re3 Bc8 16. Red3 h6 17. Nde2 Qc7 18.
Ng3 $14 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Callergard,R/Jyvaskyla 1991/EXT 2002 (28)}) 12. Bf4 c6 {
This produces an uncomfortable weakness on d6. But Black needs space - as
always in this line.} 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Nb3 a5 $2 (14... c5 $5 {Why not?} 15.
Rd2 a5 $132) 15. Bxd6 $1 {I believe Black is lost after this.} Bxd6 16. Rxd6 a4
17. Nd2 Qxb2 18. e5 Qxc2 (18... Bc8 19. Rb1 Qa3 (19... Qxc2 20. exf6) 20. Nc4
Qc5 21. exf6 Qxc4 22. Qg3 g6 23. Qe3 $1 $18) 19. Re2 $18 {Winning a piece.} Bf5
20. exf6 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Bg6 22. a3 Re8 23. Qe3 $1 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1
O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d5 11. b3 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nbd7 13. Ba3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. Nd3 h6 23. Rb5 Nd7 24. Qf3 Qd6 25. Rb7 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7
27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. Qa8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 {Diese Variante wird
heutzutage weniger gespielt, die Fortsetzung 5...Qc7 ist viel populärer, aber
Schwarz kann auch 5...Nf6, oder 5...d6 spielen.} 6. Nxc6 {Dieser
Springertausch ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung in dieser Stellung, aber 6.Be2,
oder 6.Be3 sind auch möglich.} bxc6 7. Bd3 (7. e5 {Dieser Zug scheint auf den
ersten Blick zu früh, aber Weiss möchte im Zentrum Raum gewinnen und im Falle
von 7...d5 8.exd6 die bessere Bauernstruktur haben.}) 7... d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1
(9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Na4 Qc7) 9... Bb7 10. Bf4 {Dieser
Läuferzug ist heutzutage das letzte Wort in der Eröffnungstheorie, Weiss
möchte die Zentrumspannung halten und spielt (noch) nicht 10.e5. Die
Alternativen sind 10.b3, 10.e5, 10.Qf3 und 10.Bg5.} (10. Qf3 Be7 11. Qg3 Kf8
12. Bd2 a5 13. Rad1 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Qf3 Kg8 16. Bf4 a4 17. a3 Nd7 18. Qg4 Nf6
19. Qf3 Nd7 $11 {1-0 De Vreugt,D-Bruzon,L/Santo Domingo DOM 2003/(66)}) 10...
Be7 11. Qf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Gf3g3,Gf3h3] Die weisse Dame kommt ins Spiel.
Schwarz muss im folgenden entweder mit Qg3 oder mit Qh3 rechnen.} (11. e5 Nd7
12. Na4 c5 13. c4 d4 (13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Bf1 Qc6 17. Qc2 {
1-0 Morozevich,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 93 ext (44)}) 14. b3 (14. Qg4
Qa5 15. b3 g5 16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. h4 h6 18. Bh7 O-O-O 19. Bxg8 Rxg8 20. Qf4 hxg5
21. Qxf7 Qd8 22. Qxe6 Kb8 {0-1 Kurnosov,I-Kalegin,E/Voronezh RUS 2004/(60)})
14... Bg5 15. Qg4 (15. Bg3 Bh4 16. Qg4 Bxg3 17. Qxg3 g6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Bxb7
Rxb7 20. Re4 Kf8 21. h4 Rg8 22. Rae1 h5 23. Rf4 Qe7 24. Nb2 Kg7 25. Ree4 a5 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Rublevsky,S/Moscow 2002/CBM 91 (68)}) 15... Bxf4 16. Qxf4 h6
17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 a5 19. Rad1 g6 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Rg3 Kg7 22. h4 h5 23. Rg5
Ra7 24. Rd1 Qa8 25. Qf4 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Rublevsky,S/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (37)})
11... Qa5 $146 {Es ist interessant anzumerken, dass Anand diese Variante auch
mit Schwarz spielt. Wahrscheinlich ist die Alternative 11...0-0 sicherer.} (
11... O-O 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Na4 Nb6 (13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4
Be7 17. c5 Qxb4 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Re3 Bc6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Bf6
23. Rh3 {1-0 Todorovic,G-Stojanovic,D/Budva 2002/EXT 2003 (28)}) 14. Nxb6 Qxb6
15. b3 c5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qh3 g6 18. Be5 Rfe8 19. Re3 Bf8 20. Qh4 {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P-Anand,V/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98 (53)}) 12. a3 $1 {[%mdl 4] Mit diesem
kleinen Zug sichert Weiss den Damenflügel und kann später in einigen Varianten
b2-b4 ziehen.} (12. exd5 cxd5 13. Be5 O-O 14. Qh3 g6 $11 {Weiss hat
Angriffschancen am Königsflügel, aber die schwarze Stellung ist fest.}) 12...
d4 (12... O-O 13. Qh3 (13. e5 Nd7 14. Qh3 g6 15. Ne2 c5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4
Nb6) 13... g6 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rab1 $14) 13. e5 {Dieser Zug führt zu
Komplikationen, welche eigentlich für Weiss vorteilhaft sind.} (13. Ne2 e5 $11)
13... dxc3 14. exf6 (14. b4 Qd5 15. exf6 Qxf3 16. fxg7 Rg8 17. gxf3 Rxg7+ 18.
Kf1 $11) 14... cxb2 (14... Bxf6 15. b4 Qb6 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Bd6 $44 {[%csl Rb7,
Gd3,Gd6,Gg3] Weiss hat eine aktive Figurenstellung und der b7B ist
eingeschlossen - das ist eine ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 15.
fxe7 $5 {[%mdl 512] Weiss opfert die Qualität und bekommt dafür eine
dauerhafte Initiative, besonders die schwarzen Felder werden in der schwarzen
Stellung schwach.} bxa1=Q 16. Rxa1 Kxe7 $2 (16... Qc5 17. Qg3 Qxe7 18. Qxg7 Rf8
19. Rb1 $44) 17. Rb1 $40 {[%csl Gb1,Rb7,Gd3,Re7,Gf3,Gf4]} Bc8 (17... Ra7 18.
Qg3 $18 {[%cal Rf4b8,Rb8a7]}) 18. Qg3 {[%csl Re7][%cal Rg3g7,Rf4d6,Rd6e7]} Kf8
(18... Qc5 19. Be3 Qd5 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Be4 $1 Qxe4 22. Bc5+ $18) 19. Bd6+ Kg8
20. Be5 g6 21. Qg5 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rg5f6,Re5h8] Der Materialvorteil hat
für Schwarz keine Bedeutung mehr, da sich sein König im Mattnetz befindet.} h6
22. Qf6 Rh7 23. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Bd6+ {Eine weitere
ausgezeichnete Angriffspartie von Anand!} (25. Bd6+ Re7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qxe7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O h6 12. f3 $6 {Üblich ist mit Grund} (12. e3
) 12... O-O $6 {Stärker ist} (12... Bc2 13. Nxc6 (13. Qd2 {kostet einen Bauern:
} Bxa4) (13. Nxf7 Bxd1 14. Nxd8 Bxe2 15. Nxe6 (15. Nxe2 Rxd8 16. Nf4 Kf7 {
ist angenehm für Schwarz.}) 15... Bxf1 16. Nc7+ Kf7 17. Nxa8 Bxg2 18. Nxb6 Bxf3
{mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 13... Bxd1 14. Nxd8 Bxe2 15. Nxf7 (15. Nxe2 Rxd8 {
mit besserer Stellung für Schwarz.}) 15... Bxc3 (15... Bxf1 16. Nxh8 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 {führt zu etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 16. Nxh8 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 g5 {
mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 13. e4 Bh7 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Qe2 (15. Nd3 $5 {
kommt in Betracht, ebenfalls}) (15. Nxd7 $5) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rfd1
Qe7 18. f4 Rfd8 19. Qf2 $6 ({Besser gefällt mir} 19. h3 {nebst Kg1-h2.}) 19...
f6 20. Na2 $2 ({Nach} 20. exf6 Nxf6 {droht Schwarz sowohl Sf6-g4 wie Lb4xc3,
aber mit} 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qe2 {kann Weiß den Schaden in Grenzen halten,
denn nun scheitert} Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nxe4 {an} 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Bb6) 20... fxe5
21. Nxb4 axb4 22. f5 $2 {Dieser Bauer wird auch noch schwach.} (22. fxe5 {
bietet viel bessere Rettungsaussichten:} Nxe5 23. Bc5 Qg5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (24...
Rxd8 25. Rf1 Bg6 26. Bxb4 Nd3 27. Qb6) 25. Rf1 {usw.}) 22... Nf6 23. h3 Rxd1+
24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qc2 exf5 27. Qc4+ (27. exf5 Kh8 $17) 27... Kh8
28. Qxb4 Qd3 29. Kf2 (29. Ba7 Qxg3 30. Qxb7 {muß versucht werden.}) 29... f4
30. gxf4 exf4 31. Qf8+ (31. Bxf4 Bxe4 32. Qd2 Qc4 {ist auf die Dauer ebenfalls
hoffnungslos.}) 31... Bg8 32. Bxf4 Qd4+ 33. Kg3 Qg1 34. Kf3 Nxe4 35. Be3 Qd1+
36. Kf4 g5+ 37. Kf5 Qd7+ 38. Kg6 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O a6 8.
Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bc6
15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Bf3 Kh8 17. b4 $5 $146 {Smart new move is fixating the pawn
structure on the queenisde, since black might face problems in the potential
endgame.} (17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 (18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. exf6
Qxg3 22. hxg3 Bxf6 23. c3 {1-0 Arutunian,D-Morchiashvili,B/Batumi 2001/ (45)})
18... Qb6 (18... Bd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qh4 Be7 21. f5 Bd8 22. Rd1 Bxf3 23. Rxf3
{1-0 Spasov,V-Stefansson,H/Tanta 2001/ (54)}) 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rd8 21. f5
Bd6 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bxd6 Nxe4 24. Qe5 Nxd6 25. Qxe6 Nc4 26. Qe7 Rxf1+ 27.
Rxf1 Qf6 {1-0 Martic,I-Podinic,V/Subotica 2000/ (27)}) (17. Re2 Qb7 (17... a5
18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Ne4 Qc4 22. Qe3 f5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24.
exd6 Nf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Qe5 {1-0 Mista,A-Stoma,P/Polanica Zdroj 2004/ (30)})
18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Nh6 23. Ne4 Nf5
24. Rd3 Rc8 25. Bc3 Rfd8 26. Red2 h5 {1/2-1/2 Fazulyanov,S-Poluljahov,A/St
Petersburg 2001/ (26)}) (17. Re3 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Rd7 19. Be2 Rg8 20. Bd3 Nh5 21.
Qg4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 e5 23. Qxf7 Bh4 {0-1 Koch,J-Bellaiche,A/Belfort 2004/ (70)})
(17. Nd1 Rg8 18. Nf2 Nd7 19. Bh5 Ref8 20. Ng4 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6 gxf6
23. Qc3 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Bxf7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Qxc6 Qf2 {1/2-1/2
Lautier,J-Dorfman,J/Val d'Isere 2004/ (43)}) 17... Bd8 $2 (17... Rc8 18. e5
dxe5 19. fxe5 Ne8 20. Ne4 $14) 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 (19. Bxe5 Qc8 20. Ne4 Be7
21. f5 exf5 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qd6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Qxf6+ Kg8
$14) 19... Nd7 (19... Nd5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nd6 Ra8 22. Rc1 $16) 20. Ne4 Bxe4 {
Karpov pays dearly for his horrible 17th move, Anand now appreciates pleasant
advantage of the bishop's pair.} (20... Re7 21. Re3 Bd5 22. Rc3 Qb8 23. Nc5 $16
) 21. Bxe4 Qc4 (21... f6 22. Qh3 f5 23. Bd3 Qc6 $14) (21... f5 22. Bd3 Be7 $14)
22. Ba1 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 (23... Nxf6 24. Bd3 Qc7 25. Qh3 e5 26. Bg6 Re7 27.
Bxh7 $18) 24. Bd3 Qd5 25. Qh3 $1 {The defender now has to weaken his kingside
structure to a tragic degree.} h6 (25... g6 26. Bxg6 $18) 26. Qg4 Kg8 (26...
Qg5 27. Qe4 Kg8 28. Re3 $18) 27. Qg6 Qg5 28. Qe4 (28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. c4 Ke7 (
29... bxc4 30. Bxc4) 30. Bg6 $1 $18) 28... h5 (28... g6 29. Qxg6+ Qxg6 30. Bxg6
$16) 29. Bd4 (29. c4 $18) 29... Kf7 (29... Qg4 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Re4 Rh8 32.
Rxg4 Rxh7 33. Bg6+ Ke7 34. Bxf6+ Nxf6 35. Rg5 $18) 30. c4 $1 {[%mdl 32] White
dominates on all parts of the board (a rare situation), black has no power to
stop the rot on the queenside.} (30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Qb7+ (31. Rxf6+ Kxf6 32.
Qf3+ Ke7 33. Qb7+ $18) 31... Kg8 32. Qxa6 $18) 30... h4 31. Be3 (31. Bxf6 Nxf6
32. Rxf6+ Qxf6 (32... Kxf6 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Qb7+ Kd8 35. Rd1 $18) 33. Rf1 $18)
31... Qh5 (31... Qe5 32. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 (32... gxf6 33. Qh7#) (32... Kxf6 33.
Bd4) 33. Rf1 $18) 32. Be2 Qe5 (32... Qg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. cxb5 axb5 35. Bxb5
$18) 33. Qxe5 Nxe5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. Bc5 (35. Bxb5 Rb8 36. a4 $18) 35... Rh8
36. Bxb5 Rb8 37. a4 {Two bishops are supported by the connecetd passed pawns,
black does not have a trace of compensation.} Ng6 38. Bc4 Rhe8 39. a5 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6
14. Ne4 O-O-O {Nowadays the plans with 0-0 are more popular.} 15. g3 Be7 (15...
Nxe4 {is the well-known main line.}) 16. Nxf6 (16. Kb1) 16... Nxf6 (16... Bxf6
$6 17. Qa3 $1 a6 (17... b5 {weakens the <<.} 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Nd2 Rhe8 20. Ne4
Be7 21. Bd6 Nf6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nc5 $16 {M.Pavlovic-Karolyi, Benasque 1998})
(17... b6 18. Rhe1 $14) 18. Ba5 (18. Bf4 $5 Qb6 19. Bd6 $16 {deserves
attention contolling /^ a3-f8.}) 18... b6 {This is the second one.} 19. Bb4 Nb8
{This is not a nice way defending the weak P.} (19... Qb7 20. Bd6 $14) 20. Rhe1
$14 {- Vallejo Pons-Bareev, Plovdiv 2003 CBM 98}) 17. Qe2 (17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6
Rxd6 {Now Black's task is easier.} 19. Qa3 Kb8 20. Ne5 Rhd8 $11 {
Shaposhnikov-Devyatkin, playchess.com 2003}) (17. Ne5 Rhf8 18. Qc4 (18. Qe3 {
The Q is not very useful here.} Nd7 19. c4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 $11
{Vescovi-Leitao, Sao Paulo 2004}) 18... Kb8 19. Qa4 Nd7 (19... Rd5 20. c4 Rxd4
21. Be3 $36) 20. Ba5 {This is the typical provocative move in this system.} Nb6
21. Qb3 Rd5 22. Nc4 $14 {Kulaots-Houska, Port Erin 2004}) (17. Kb1 $5) 17...
Kb8 (17... Rhe8 18. Rh4 (18. Kb1) 18... Kb8 (18... Nd5 $6 19. Rg4 Bf6 20. Re4 {
was a remarkable R manoeuvre!} Kb8 21. c4 Ka8 22. Kb1 Ne7 23. Bf4 Qa5 24. g4
$14 {Hulak-Nikolac, Yugoslavia 1979}) 19. Ne5 (19. Bf4 Bd6 $11) 19... Rf8 20.
Kb1 Ka8 $11) 18. Kb1 Ka8 {Securing the king's place for the middlegame, but in
the _|_ the K is a bit far from the [+].} 19. c4 c5 20. Bc3 cxd4 21. Nxd4 a6
22. Nf3 {The N belongs to e5.} Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Re1 {If White wants more
he usually keeps one pair of rooks.} (24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Ne5 Ne8) 24... Ne8 (
24... Bd6 25. Nd2 (25. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 26. Bxe5 Qa5 $11) 25... Qc6 26. Nb3 Rc8 27.
Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qd2 $14) 25. Ne5 Bf6 26. g4 Bxe5 (26... Nd6 $142 27. Rc1 (27. Rd1
Rc8 28. b3 Nb5 $1 29. Bb2 Na3+ 30. Bxa3 (30. Ka1 Nc2+ 31. Qxc2 Bxe5 $11) 30...
Bxe5 $11) (27. f4 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 f6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11) 27... Bxe5 28. Bxe5 f6
29. Bg3 e5 30. f4 Nf7 (30... exf4 31. Bxf4 $14) 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. c5 Qc6 33.
Bxe5 Re8 $11) 27. Bxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Now a typical CK _|_ has arisen with a
bit better chances for White. Black's >> pawns may become targets.} Qc6 (27...
Qd7 28. f4 (28. Bc3 $5) 28... Qd3+ (28... f6 29. Bc3 Nc7 30. b3 $16) 29. Qxd3
Rxd3 30. Kc2 Rd8 (30... Rg3 $2 31. Rd1 $18) 31. g5 $16) (27... Qa5 28. Bc3 (28.
f4 Rd2 29. Qe3 Qd8) 28... Qc7 $14 {- 27...Qc6}) 28. Bc3 Qd7 (28... Qc7 $1 $14)
29. b3 Qc6 {Black is losing precious time.} 30. Kb2 {White strengthens his
position step by step.} Rd7 31. a4 Kb8 $6 (31... Qc7 32. Qe3 Qd8 33. Kc2 $16)
32. f4 $1 Kc8 33. g5 $1 {White has additional chances on the >>, because some
of the pawns are fixed on the colour of the B.} Qc5 34. Qe3 $1 {White is happy
to go for the _|_, this is the main idea of the entire variation.} Qxe3 35.
Rxe3 Rd1 $2 {Now White crashes through.} (35... Re7 36. f5 hxg5 37. Bxg7 $1
Nxg7 38. f6 $16) (35... Rd8 36. g6 fxg6 37. hxg6 $16) 36. g6 $1 $18 {winning
the important e6 P.} fxg6 (36... f6 37. Rxe6 $18) (36... Rd7 37. f5 $18) 37.
Rxe6 $18 Kd7 38. Rxg6 Rh1 39. Bxg7 Rxh5 (39... Nxg7 40. Rxg7+ Kc8 (40... Kc6
41. Rg6+ $18) 41. Kc3 Rxh5 42. Kd4 $18 {and the black K is cut off the 8-th
rank.}) 40. Be5 Rh2+ 41. Kc3 Rh3+ 42. Kb2 Rh2+ 43. Ka3 h5 44. a5 {fixing the
target >< b7.} h4 45. Rb6 {worsening the enemy K's position.} Kc8 46. Rh6 h3
47. Kb4 Rh1 48. Rh8 Kd7 49. Kc5 h2 50. b4 {and everything is well-defended.}
Kd8 51. Rh7 Kc8 52. Rh5 Kd7 53. f5 Rf1 54. Bxh2 Nf6 55. Rh8 Rxf5+ 56. Kb6 Rf2
57. Kxb7 Rb2 58. b5 $1 axb5 59. c5 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. Na4
Re8 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. b3 Qd6 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rad1 b6 14. Bc3 Qe6
15. Qb2 Bh3 16. Rfe1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a5 18. a3 Nh5 19. e3 Qd6 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Bb2
Nh7 22. Nh4 Qe6 23. Qf3 g6 24. Kg1 Ng5 25. Qg2 e4 26. dxe4 Nxe4 27. f3 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Nd6 29. e4 g5 30. Kh1 gxh4 31. gxh4+ Kf8 32. Bg7+ Ke7 33. e5 Kd7 34. exd6
cxd6 35. Qg4 Kc7 36. Qxe6 Rxe6 37. h5 Ne7 38. Bc3 Kc6 39. Re1 Nf5 40. Re4 Nd4
41. Bd2 Nf5 42. Kg2 d5 43. cxd5+ Kxd5 44. Rxe6 fxe6 45. Kh3 Kd4 46. Kg4 Kd3 47.
Bf4 b5 48. Bc7 b4 49. axb4 axb4 50. Kf4 c4 51. bxc4 b3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Costa Rica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 ({Sometimes Black tried also} 11... Nce7
{with possible continuation} 12. h4 $5 Bd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3 f4 15. Bd2 Nf5
16. O-O c4 17. Be2 Ba4 18. Ra2 {[%csl Rf4] 1-0 Nataf,I-Pelletier,Y/Cap d'Agde
Gp B 2002/ (85)}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 (13... Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6
16. Nh3 Ne7 17. Qe2 a5 $146 ({An improvement in comparison with} 17... Bd7 18.
g4 b5 19. h5 a5 20. g5 $1 Rf5 21. gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {(Lutz,
C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A  2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis] (41)) with strong attack for
White.}) 18. g4 b5 19. h5 gxh5 ({It is too dangerous for Black to continue} 
19... g5 20. f4 $1 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Rg1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rg4g5]}) 20. g5
$5 {Typical move} (20. gxh5 $13 {also worth considering}) 20... hxg5 $8 21.
Nxg5 g6 {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D-Dgebuadze,A/Groningen Harmonie 2002/CBM 93/
[Psakhis] (35)}) 14. h4 Rf5 15. Qh3 $5 ({White employed a similiar plan in the
game Bacrot,E-Apicella,M/FRA t-ch final 2004} 15. Ng1 $5 Qa5 16. Ne2 Raf8 17.
Kd2 Ne7 18. Ng3 Rxf2+ 19. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. Raf1 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxa3
23. Qg5 Be8 24. Nf4 $36 {Bacrot,E-Apicella,M/FRA t-ch final 2004/1-0 (52)}) (
15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Raf8 17. Rh3 (17. Kd2 Be8 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. Qg3 Nd8 20.
Ng5 Bg6 21. Rh1 Qc6 22. Qh4 f4 23. Nxh7 Qa4 (23... fxe3+ $5 24. Kxe3 Re8 (24...
Bxh7 25. Qxh7+ Kf7 $13) 25. Ng5 $140 Nf7) 24. Nxf8 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 Qb1+ (25...
fxe3 26. fxe3 Bd3 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rf1+ Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Qxc3 30. e6+ Nxe6 31.
Nxe6 $11) 26. Ke2 Qd3+ 27. Kf3 Qe4+ 28. Ke2 Qd3+ {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M-Ostenstad,
B/NOR-ch playoff Oslo 2004}) 17... Qa5 18. Kd2 Be8 19. Ng5 Rxg5 20. Qxg5 Bg6
21. Rhh1 Qa4 22. Ra2 Rf5 23. Qg4 Na5 24. Qd1 b6 25. Qb1 Qd7 $44 {1-0
Goloshchapov,A-Dgebuadze,A/Le Touquet op 2004/ (61)}) 15... Raf8 $146 (15...
Qa5 16. Kd2 Raf8 17. Ng5 h6 18. f4 Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Nf3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Rxd4+ 22. Kc1 Rd3 23. cxd3 Qxc3+ 24. Kb1 Qb3+ 25. Kc1 c3 26. Rb1 Qxa3+ 27. Kd1
Qa2 {0-1 Agopov,M-O'Connor,J/ECC t-ch Izmir 2004/The Week in Chess 518}) 16.
Ng1 $5 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg1e2]} Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. Ne2 Qb2 18. Kd2 {[%csl Rb2]})
17. Ne2 Qa4 18. Kd2 Rxf2 $5 (18... b5 19. f3 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gh4h5]}) 19. Bxf2
Rxf2 20. h5 $1 {Refuting his opponent's strategy in the most energetic way.} (
20. Qe3 $5 Rf8 21. Nf4 $16 {looks also great for White.}) 20... Rxe2+ (20...
gxh5 21. Qxh5 h6 22. Raf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nd8 $8 24. Qh4 Nf7 (24... Nc6 25. Qf4
$1 $18) 25. Qe7 Be8 26. Nf4 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) (20... Be8 21. Qxe6+ $18) ({
Possibly Black should have preferred} 20... h6 $5 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 21. hxg6 Ne7)
21. Kxe2 Qxc2+ 22. Kf1 gxh5 (22... Qb2 23. Re1) 23. Kg1 $1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal
Oh3h5,Ga1f1]} Qg6 (23... Ne7 24. Rf1 Qg6 (24... Nf5 25. g4 $1) 25. Qxh5) 24.
Qxh5 Qxh5 25. Rxh5 Ne7 26. Rh3 {White has big material advantage and only
needs to find a plan of breaking through.} Be8 27. Rf3 Ng6 (27... Bh5 28. Rf2
Nf5 29. Rb2 b6 30. a4 $18) 28. a4 $1 b6 (28... a5 29. Rf2 Bc6 30. g3 Ne7 31.
Rb2 Kf7 32. Rab1 $18 {[%cal Cc6a4,Gb2b7]}) 29. Rf2 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6]} a6 (
29... h6 30. a5 b5 31. a6 $18) 30. g3 {[%csl Gf4]} h5 $6 ({Black could have
offered a tougher resistance after} 30... Nf8 $142 $5 31. Rb2 Nd7 {but in any
case White is winning already.}) 31. Rb2 b5 32. axb5 Bxb5 (32... axb5 33. Rf2
$1 Bc6 34. Ra7 {[%cal Ra7c7]}) 33. Rh2 $1 $18 h4 34. gxh4 Ne7 35. Kf2 Nf5 36.
Kf3 Kh7 37. h5 Kh6 38. Kf4 {[%cal Ga1g1,Gg1g5] To be honest, I just don't know
when Black made a mistake. Maybe, the hole variation is bad!?} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 b5 14. Qc2 $146 (
14. e4 {is the more explored move here, but it doesn't seem to post black any
serious problems.} bxc4 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 c5 (17... Ba3 $5) 18.
d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bf6 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxc4 Rb2 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24.
gxf4 Rd2 $11 {1-0 Izeta Txabarri,F-Rodriguez Lopez,R/Palencia 1999/CBM 71 ext 
(36)}) 14... dxc4 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. e4 {turns out that white played Qc2 witout
forcing black bishop to b5 first (with Qa4). The only difference is that
'a2-a4' will now be played without a tempo on the bishop.} Re8 {In order to
equalize, black must play c5 at some point. With his last move Black forsees
the opening of the 'e' file after "c5 d5 exd5".} 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Bf1 {[%csl
Rc4]} Nb6 {Taking the 'd5' square under control. Now white will not be able to
meet c5 with d5.} 19. a4 {Had white played Qa4-c2 (and not Qd1-c2), gaining
the tempo for a4... in this position it would be White's turn, and he'd enjoy
a serious advanatage. Now he's one tempo short, and that's exactly what Anand
needs to equalize.} (19. Nf3 {runs into:} Bb5 $15 {[%cal Gb5a4,Yc8a6]} (19...
c5 $140 $2 20. d5)) 19... c5 20. a5 cxd4 21. Bxd4 (21. axb6 dxc3 22. bxa7 Rb7
23. Qxc3 (23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. a8=Q Qxa8 25. Bxc4 Rc8 $19) 23... Bb4) 21... Nd7 {
Now all the Q side pawns are exchanged, leading to a totally equal ending.} 22.
Bxa7 Rb5 23. Qxc4 Rxa5 24. Qxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 b6 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O Nf6 14. e4 c5
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc4 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rad1 Bd4+ 20. Bxd4 cxd4
21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Rc2 24. Rb1 Rfc8 25. a4 a5 26. Bf1 Nc4 27.
Bd3 Rxb2 28. Rc1 Ba6 29. Rdxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd8 31. Bf1 Rb4 32. f5 Rd1 33.
Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 exf5 35. exf5 Rxa4 36. Rxf7 Rf4 37. Ra7 a4 38. f6 Rxf6 39.
Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nab1 Bg7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Ne7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5
Be6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. O-O f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nc3 Rc4 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Ne2 Qc7
21. c3 b4 22. h3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Be6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Ra4 26. g4 h5 27.
gxh5 Rxa2 28. Ng3 e4 29. Nxe4 Be5 30. Rc6 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. f4 Bc7 33.
Nf6+ Kf8 34. h6 Re2 35. Nh7+ Kg8 36. Ng5 f6 37. Bd5+ Kh8 38. h4 Bf5 39. Kh1 Bb6
40. Nf7+ Kh7 41. h5 Bc5 42. Ra1 Bd3 43. c4 Bd4 44. Rd1 Be4+ 45. Bxe4+ Rxe4 46.
c5 Rxf4 47. c6 Bb6 48. Rb1 Ba5 49. Kg2 Rh4 50. Kf3 Rxh5 51. Rg1 Rh3+ 52. Ke2
Rh2+ 53. Kd3 Rh3+ 54. Kc4 Rh4+ 55. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Marin,M/Stoica"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c4 Be6
15. Qf3 Bxc4 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. g3 Rad8 19. a4 a6 20. Rab1 Bf8 21.
Bf4 Qc8 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Be3 Bg7 24. Rb4 c3 25. a5 Rd7 26. Rc2 Qc7 27. Rb6
Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxc3 Rc4 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc4 33. Qe8+
Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kh6 35. Qf4+ Qxf4 36. gxf4 Rc3 37. Rxa6 Ra3 {Compared to the
classical "tabyias" of this kind of ending, White's weak king side structure
prevents him from putting Black in serious danger.} 38. f3 ({White could have
slightly improved his structure with} 38. f5 Kg5 39. fxg6 hxg6 {but Black's
activity should be sufficient for a draw.}) 38... Kg7 39. Kg3 Ra4 40. f5 (40.
h4 h5 41. f5 (41. Ra7 Kf6 42. a6 Ra2 $11) 41... gxf5 42. f4 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Ra4
44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Rh3 $11) (40. Ra7 Kf6 41. h3 h5 42. a6 Ra2 43. f5 g5 {
and it is not obvious what could White do.}) ({Possibly the most dangerous
continuation would have been} 40. Kg4 {although Black should be able to defend.
} h5+ 41. Kg5 $5 Ra2 (41... f6+ $6 42. Rxf6 Rxa5+ 43. f5) 42. h3 (42. f5 Rg2+
43. Kh4 Rxh2+ 44. Kg3 Ra2 $11) 42... f6+ 43. Kh4 Kf7 44. Kg3 (44. f5 Ra4+ 45.
Kg3 h4+ 46. Kf2 gxf5 47. Ra8 f4 $11) 44... Ra4 45. h4 Ke7 46. f5 gxf5 47. f4
Kf7 {and the weakness of the seventh rank has no serious consequences for
Black:} 48. Ra8 Ra3+ 49. Kf2 Ra4 50. Ke3 Kg6 51. a6 Kg7 52. a7 {(cum altfel?)}
Ra1 53. Kd4 Ra2 54. Kc5 Ra6 55. Kb5 Ra1 56. Kc6 Kf7 $1 (56... Ra2 $2 57. Rc8 $1
Rxa7 58. Rc7+ Rxc7+ 59. Kxc7 $18) 57. Rh8 (57. Kb6 Rb1+ 58. Kc5 Ra1 $11) 57...
Rxa7 58. Rh7+ Ke6 59. Rxa7 {stalemate!}) 40... g5 $1 {/\ h5=} (40... gxf5 41.
Ra7 (41. h3 f6 42. Kf2 Kg6) 41... Kg6 42. a6 {would have allowed White play on
for a while.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. c3 f6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Qxe5 Qd7 17. a4 Bf7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rad1 c6 20. Bc2 Rfe8
21. Qd4 Ra2 22. Rd2 Qd6 23. b4 Ra3 24. Rc1 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be2 Ne5 11. Na4 Rb8 12. Rc1 Be7 13. b4 d6 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd2
Ba8 16. Nb3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Rg8 18. Bd4 Ned7 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. Nb2 e5 21. Bc3 g5 22.
h3 h5 23. Nd3 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. c5 gxf3 26. Bxf3 bxc5 27. Na5 Qb5 28. a4
Qxa4 29. bxc5 Ng4 30. Qe2 Ndf6 31. Ra1 Qb5 32. Rd2 Rbc8 33. Rb2 Qd7 34. Nc4 Qe6
35. Nb6 dxc5 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Nf4 Qd7 38. Rd2 Qa7 39. Rxa6 Qb7 40. Bxg4 Nxg4
41. Qxg4 Qxa6 42. Bxe5+ f6 43. Ng6+ Kh7 44. Nxe7 fxe5 45. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rfe8 14.
Bf4 Bd6 (14... Qd7 15. Rab1 (15. Re3 Bf6 16. Rae1 Re7 17. Bg5 Rxe3 18. fxe3
Bxg5 19. Nxg5 g6 20. e4 $16 {1-0 Yagupov,I-Sorokin,M/St Petersburg 2001/EXT
2002 (66)}) 15... b6 16. d5 Rad8 17. Rbd1 (17. c4 Bf6 18. Bg5 $1 Nb4 19. Qd2
$14 {Matulovic,M-Kapelan,M/Vrsac 40/(382) 1985/[Matulovic,M] (22)}) 17... Na5
18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Qg3 Bf8 20. Ng4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kh8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,
P-Koneru,H/Chennai IND 2004/(34)}) 15. Ng5 g6 (15... f5 16. c4 Qa5 (16... Qxd4
17. Qxf5 $18) 17. Bd2 Nb4 (17... Bb4 18. c5 h6 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Qf7 $16) 18. Qb1 $1 $18) 16. Bd2 (16. Qh3 h5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qd7 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxg5 21. Qxb7 Qd8 22. h3 $14) 16... Be7 (16... Rxe1+ 17.
Rxe1 Qxa2 18. Qh3 (18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bf4 Qd5 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21. Bd6 $1 f5 22. Qh3)
18... h5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bf4 $44) 17. h4 b5 $11 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. a4 a6 20. axb5
axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bg5 h5 $2 {The Nf3 will stay on g5 now with big comfort
creating threats to Kg8.} (22... Na5 $5 23. h5 Nc4 24. h6 c5 $132) 23. Bf6 Bf8
24. Ng5 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg3 $1 Rc8 (26... Qd6 27. Qf3 Qd7 28. d5 Nd8 (
28... Na5 29. d6 Nc6 30. dxc7 Qxc7 31. Qd5 $36) 29. Qe4 $36) (26... Qd7 $5 27.
Qf4 Ra6 28. Ne4 Qe7 $14) 27. Qf4 Qd7 28. Qe4 (28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Re3 $36) 28...
Rd8 29. Re3 Qd5 (29... b4 30. cxb4 Nxd4 (30... Nxb4 31. Rf3 $1 Re8 32. Qb1 f6
33. Qxb4 fxg5 34. hxg5 $16 Qd6 $140 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Rf6 $18) 31. Qe5+ f6 32.
Qe7+ Qxe7 33. Rxe7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Ke8 35. Rxf6 $16) 30. Qf4 Rd6 31. Rf3 (31. Re6
Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rxd6 cxd6 34. Nh3 $1 b4 $1 35. cxb4 Nxb4 36. Nf4 Nc2 37.
d5 Kf6 (37... Kh6 38. Kf1 $16) 38. Nxh5+ Ke5 39. g3 Kxd5 $14) (31. Re8 b4 32.
cxb4 Nxd4 33. Re7 Rf6 34. Qxc7 Ne2+ $132) 31... Nd8 32. Qe3 $1 {[%mdl 32]
White prepares the decisive penetration of Qe3.} b4 (32... Ra6 33. Qe8 (33. Kh2
Qd6+ 34. g3 Qd7 $14) 33... Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Ra2 (34... Qd6+ 35. g3 Qd5 36. Qe7 c6
37. Rxf7+ Nxf7 38. Ne6+ $18) 35. g3 Ra6 36. Qe7 Rc6 37. Rf4 $22 $16) 33. cxb4
Qxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rd7 34. Qe5+ (34. Qe8 Qd6 35. Rf6 Qxf6 36. Qxd7
Qc6 $1 $11) 34... Qxe5 35. dxe5 Rd5 (35... Nc6 36. e6 fxe6 37. Nxe6+ Kh6 38.
Rf4 $16) 36. Rc3 c6 37. Nf3 $16) 34. Rxf7+ (34. Rxf7+ Nxf7 35. Ne6+ Rxe6 36.
Qxd4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Bb4 Bd5 14. Qa3 c5 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Ne4 17. Ne1 Nxc5 18. Qe3 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 {A solid way to avoid the main lines of Queen's
Indian.} h6 4. Bxf6 {Giving the bishop in order to seize space in the centre.}
Qxf6 5. e4 d5 {Anand prefers to get a position of French defense type. Much
more popular here is 5...d6.} (5... d6 6. c3 ({More ambitious is} 6. Nc3) 6...
Nd7 7. Nbd2 (7. Bd3 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h4
h5 $11 {0-1 Biolek,R-Laznicka,V/Olomouc 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (81)}) 7... Qd8
8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 a6 10. e5 d5 11. b4 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Agrest,E/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (48)}) 6. Nbd2 {White
does not want to hurry up with e4-e5 push, completing the development first.} (
6. e5 Qd8 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ne4 Ne7
13. Rc1 b6 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Bb1 g6 17. h4 $36 {1-0 Szeberenyi,
A-Jakab,A/Paks 1999/EXT 2004 (51)}) 6... g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7
$146 (9... b6 10. Re1 c5 11. a3 a5 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Rad1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Na6 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Speelman,J-Brynell,S/
Copenhagen 1996/CBM 54 (79)}) 10. e5 Qe7 11. h4 {White is trying to create a
weakness on black's king position, using his space advantage on the kingside.}
c5 12. Qe2 (12. h5 $6 g5 {followed by f7-f6 gives black a good game.}) 12...
cxd4 13. cxd4 $14 Rd8 {Setting free the f8 square for the knight.} 14. a3 {
Covering b4 against black's possible queen's invasion.} Nf8 15. h5 Bd7 $6 (
15... g5 {seems to me stronger.}) 16. hxg6 Nxg6 {[%cal Gg6f4]} 17. g3 f5 18.
exf6 {Macieja chooses the more principled move.} ({Possible as well was} 18.
Kg2 {[%cal Gf1h1]}) 18... Qxf6 19. Rae1 Rf8 20. Kg2 Rf7 21. Qd1 $2 {This is
just slow and unsuccessful manoeuvre and the turning in this game as well.} ({
After the straightforward} 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. f4 {white could keep
stable advantage.}) 21... Raf8 22. Qc2 $6 {It's hard to blame Macieja for this
move, but considering what happened in the game later, 22.Qb1 would have been
better.} {[%tqu "En","How should black continue?","","","g6f4","This sacrifice
is practically forced, nevertheless it leaves very strong impression.",15]}
Nf4+ $3 {[%mdl 512] This sacrifice is practically forced, nevertheless it
leaves very strong impression.} 23. gxf4 Qxf4 24. Rg1 Bxd4 25. Kf1+ $2 {
It's very hard to choose the right place for the king, especially in
time-trouble, but on h1 the king is much safer.} (25. Kh1+ Kh8 26. Rg2 Bf6 (
26... e5 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. bxc3 e4 30. Be2 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32.
Nf1 {and the endgame is about equal.}) 27. Qc5 b6 28. Qe3 Bxb2 $15) 25... Kh8
26. Re2 Rc8 {That's why 22.Qb1 would have been better.} 27. Qb1 {The
manoeuvres of white's queen are not impressive, but now it's not up to white
already, black is in control.} Bf6 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 28. Ne1 (28. Rg6 e5 29.
Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Nxe5 Qh2 31. Ke1 Qg1+ 32. Nf1 Bh3 $19) 28... e5 29. Ng2 Bh3 30.
Rh1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rg7+ $1 32. Kf1 Rgc7 {The threat Rc1 simply can not be
parried.} 33. Nb3 (33. Kg2 Qg4+ $19) 33... Rc1+ 34. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Qxc1+
36. Re1 Qf4 37. Bb1 e4 38. Ba2 Bh4 39. Re2 d4 {The final stage of this game
played perfectly by Anand.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. Nd4
Nf5 15. f4 h5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 08th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Nxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 h6 14.
Rac1 Bd7 15. Qc5 b6 16. Qxe7 Ncxe7 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. e3 Rad8 19. Bf1 Bxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 08th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 a6 10. c3 Be7 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Rd8+ Kxd8 14.
Nxf7+ Ke7 15. Nxh8 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 08th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6
9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Nd3 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 b6 13. Be2 bxc5 14. bxc5 e5 15.
O-O Qc7 16. Nb4 Re8 17. Bd2 exd4 18. exd4 Bb7 19. g3 Nf8 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Re1
Ng6 22. Be3 Bd8 23. Bf1 Ba5 24. h3 h6 25. Qc2 Re6 26. Bd2 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 Re8 28.
Qa4 Bxb4 29. Qxb4 Bc8 30. Bd2 Qf5 31. Re1 Ne4 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Qa4 Bd7 34. Qc2
Qd5 35. Be3 Ne7 36. Qd2 Qh5 37. Qd1 Qg6 38. Bg2 Nd5 39. Qd2 Qh5 40. Qd1 Qf5 41.
Bd2 Qg6 42. Be3 Bf5 43. Qd2 Ra8 44. Qb2 Qe6 45. Bd2 Bxh3 46. Bxe4 Qd7 47. Qb3
Nf6 48. Bf3 Be6 49. Qd3 Bd5 50. Bf4 Re8 51. Be5 Nh7 52. Re3 Bxf3 53. Rxf3 Ng5
54. Re3 Ra8 55. d5 cxd5 56. Re1 d4 57. f4 Ne6 58. f5 Ng5 59. Rf1 Qd5 60. Bf4
Ra2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 08th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Qe5 Qe7 14.
Nxd4 O-O 15. Rhe1 Rfd8 16. f4 Rd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. Nf5 Bd8 20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd5 Re8 22. c3 h5 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 08th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d4 exd4 10. e5 Ne4 11. cxd4 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Ba3 15.
Qe2 h6 16. Bf4 Na5 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Rad1 Be7 19. h3 a5 20. Nh2 Ra6 21. Ng4 b4
22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Bd2 Rg6 24. Kf1 c5 25. Ne3 Nxe3+ 26. Qxe3 c4 27. g4 Qc2 28.
Rc1 Qa4 29. f4 Rb6 30. f5 Bg5 31. Qe2 Qxa2 32. Red1 Bxd2 33. Rxd2 Qa3 34. Re1
Qxc3 35. Kg2 b3 36. e6 fxe6 37. fxe6 Re8 38. e7 Rxe7 39. Qxe7 Qxd2+ 40. Kg3 Rf6
41. Re2 Qxd4 42. Kh4 Kh7 43. Qd8 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 08th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O
d6 9. f4 Nd7 10. Be3 Ngf6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bf2 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15.
fxe5 Nd7 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nc6 exd5 19. Nxd8 Raxd8 20. b4 Rfe8 21. e6
Nf6 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qxb6 Nd6 25. Bc5 Nfe4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 28. Re1 Rd6 29. Qd4 Kf7 30. c4 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 08th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. h4 d6 10. f3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Ng4 12. fxg4 Qxg5 13. Qf3 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Ne5
15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. O-O-O Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qf2 19. Qh2 Qxe2 20. Qh8+ Kf7
21. Rdf1+ Bf2 22. Qh7 Ke6 23. Kb1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 08th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. a4 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 O-O 14. c4 Bb7 15.
Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Re8 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Rf3 Bf8 19. Qh4 Ne7 20. Rh3 h5 21. Qf2 Qc6
22. Bxb6 Qxa4 23. Na5 Nc8 24. Bc2 Qb4 25. Rb3 Qa4 26. Nxb7 Nxb6 27. Rxb6 Qxc4
28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Rec8 30. Rd2 Rab8 31. Rb1 Qa2 32. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qa8 13. Nbd2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Rac1 Bd5 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Ne1 Rc8 19. Bxd5 Nfxd5 20. Qe4 Nc4
21. Nd3 Rac7 22. Qd4 Rd7 23. Qe4 Rdc7 24. Qd4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 Bb7 15.
d5 Nb8 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Bd3 Nbd7 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. b3
Nd7 22. a4 b4 23. Nd2 Bd8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. a5 Qc7 26. Nc4 Rf8 27. Be2 g6 28.
Bg4 Rad8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Rc1 f5 31. f3 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rdf7 33. Qd2 Qe7 34. Qb2
Bc8 35. Rf1 Rf4 36. Rxf4 exf4 37. e5 f3 38. e6 Bb7 39. Rd1 fxg2 40. Ne3 Qg5 41.
Qd2 Rd8 42. Qd3 Kg7 43. Qe4 Rf8 44. Nxg2 Rf5 45. e7 Rxd5 46. Rf1 Bc6 47. e8=Q
Bxe8 48. Qxe8 Rf5 49. Qd7+ Kh6 50. Rxf5 gxf5 51. Qd6+ Kg7 52. Qxc5 Qd2 53. Qe3
Qd5 54. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 {Dieser Zug wird
relativ selten gespielt. Auf diese Weise vermeidet Weiß die Variante 6.0-0
dxc4 7.Qc2 a6, nach 6...dxc4(?!) spielt Weiß entweder 7.Qxc4 a6 8.Bf4, oder 7.
Nbd2 - in beiden Fällen mit sehr guten Chancen auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} c5 7.
O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 {Dieser Zug wird wenig gespielt, die beliebtere
Fortsetzung ist 8...Nc6, aber auch 8...Qb6!? kommt in Betracht.} (8... Nc6) (
8... Qb6 $5) 9. Nf5 (9. Nf3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Kotronias,V/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (42)}) 9... d4 $5 {Der Nachteil
des Zuges 8...e5 ist die Öffnung der Diagonale für den Läufer auf g2; jedoch
gewinnt Schwarz mit dem Textzug Raum im Zentrum und Weiß kann seinen Springer
nicht auf c3 platzieren.} (9... dxc4 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 $14) 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {
Diese Stellung erinnert mich an eine Variante der Englischen Eröffnung: 1.c4
c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.
Qxc3 e5 10.Nb3 d4. Sowohl dort als auch in unserer Partiestellung besitzt
Schwarz Raumvorteil im Zentrum. Das weiße Läuferpaar hingegen ist nicht viel
wert.} 11. b3 $146 {[%cal Rc1a3,Ra3e7] Weiß möchte seinen Läufer nach a3
ziehen.} (11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a3 (14. c5 Bf5 15. Qa4 Qe7
16. b4 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. a3 Nc2 19. Rac1 d3 20. exd3 Nd4 21. Rfe1 {1-0
Zilberstein,V-Geller,A/Belgorod 1989/TD 89\02 (47)}) 14... Bg4 15. b4 Qe7 16.
Nb3 Rac8 17. e3 dxe3 18. fxe3 Kh8 {0-1 Pereira,J-Vescovi,G/Sao Paulo 2000/ (40)
}) 11... Nc6 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Bxb4 (13. Qd2 a5 14. e3 Rd8 $11) 13... Qxb4 14.
Nd2 Qe7 15. Ne4 Ne8 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5][%mdl 32] Schwarz möchte seinen Springer
auf dem Brett halten und den gegnerischen Springer mit f7-f5 von e4 verjagen.}
(15... Bf5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 $11) 16. Rae1 $6 {Dieser Zug
erscheint mir schablonenhaft, ich glaube, 16.f4!? wäre besser.} (16. f4 $142 $5
f5 17. Nf2 exf4 18. gxf4 Nf6 $11) 16... f5 17. Nd2 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gf5]
Schwarz hat eine starke Bauernmacht im Zentrum.} 18. e3 dxe3 19. Rxe3 e4 {
[%csl Rg2] Nach diesem Zug ist der Bg2 abgeschnitten.} 20. Qc3 (20. f3 Bd7 $15
21. fxe4 $2 Qc5 22. Qc3 Ng4 $19 {[%csl Re3][%cal Rc5g1]}) 20... b5 $1 {[%cal
Gc8b7,Gb7g2,Gb5b4] Ein ausgezeichneter Zug! Schwarz agiert nicht nur am
Königsflügel. Nach 21.cxb5? 21...Nd5 verliert Weiß Material, sonst kann
Schwarz b5-b4 ziehen, mit großem Raumvorteil.} 21. Ree1 (21. cxb5 $2 Nd5 22.
Qc4 Be6 $17) 21... b4 22. Qe3 Bb7 23. f3 Rad8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gd8d2] Alle
schwarzen Figuren stehen ausgezeichnet.} 24. Re2 (24. fxe4 Ng4 25. Qe2 Qd6 (
25... Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qd6 27. Nb1 (27. h3 Qxd2 28. Qxd2 Rxd2 29. hxg4 fxe4 30.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Rxe4 a5 $15) 27... Qh6 28. h4 Rde8 $15) 26. h3
Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Qxd2 28. hxg4 (28. hxg4 Qh6+ 29. Kg1 Rd2 $17) 28... Qh6+ 29. Kg1
Rd2 $17) 24... Bc6 25. h3 (25. fxe4 Ng4 26. Qf4 (26. Qf3 h5 27. h3 Qc5+ 28. Kh1
fxe4 $19) 26... g5 27. Qf3 h5 $19 {[%csl Rf3] Gegen die schwarze Drohung 28...
fxe4 hat Weiß keine Verteidigung; zusätzlich steht seine Dame auf f3 sehr
passiv.}) 25... Nh5 26. fxe4 Qe5 27. Rf3 (27. Kh2 f4 28. gxf4 Nxf4 29. Qg3 Rd3
30. Rf3 Rxf3 31. Bxf3 Bd7 $17) {[#]} 27... Nxg3 $1 {[%csl Re4,Gg3][%mdl 64]
Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Schwarz den Bauern in überlegener Stellung zurück.} 28.
Ref2 (28. Rxg3 f4 $19 {[%cal Rf4e3,Rf4g3]}) 28... Nxe4 (28... f4 29. Qxa7 Nxe4
30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Re2 Qf5 $19) 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 $19 30. Rf4 g5 {[%csl Rf4]} 31.
Qg3 (31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 Qxf5 33. Bxe4 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ $19)
31... Qg7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be3
Re8 (8... d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. f4 Bb4 (11... Nb6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O
f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Rad1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bg4 19. Bxf6
Qxf6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Rb1 Bf5 22. Rbe1 Qb6+ 23. Rf2 Rad8 24. Qxc4 Rd2 25. Ree2
Bd3 26. Qf7 Qc5 27. Qxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rxd2 {1-0 Kobese,W-Nsubuga,G/New York 2001/
(51)}) 12. Be2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh3 14. Bf1 Qh6 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Nxd4
18. Bxd4 Ne6 19. O-O-O Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Bh3 22. Qd2 {1-0 Huch,
R-Hainzinger,J/Austria 2000/ (75)}) 9. Qd2 d5 $5 {Nisipeanu comes with an
honest ambition to prove, that white has used too much time in the opening for
the set up with pawn control of the center.} (9... Bf8 10. O-O-O a6 11. g4 b5
12. g5 Nh5 13. Nce2 bxc4 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 d5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Rxh7 Bd6
18. Qh2 Kf8 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf5+ Bxf5 21. Bd4+ Kf8 22. Bf6 {1-0 Yevseev,
D-Hasangatin,R/Koszalin 1999/ (22)}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5 Bd7 (11... Nbd7 12.
e5 Nxe5 13. Bxe8 Qxe8 14. O-O $16) 12. e5 $1 {Anand choses a right moment for
the advance of his pawn, the square d7 is already occupied by black bishop.}
Bxb5 (12... Nh5 13. g4 Bh4+ 14. Kf1 $16) (12... Bc5 13. exf6 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxb5
15. Nxd5 (15. Nxb5 Nc6 16. Qc3 Qb6 17. Kf2 Qxb5 $11) 15... Nc6 16. Qg4 g6 17.
Rd1 $16) 13. Ndxb5 a6 14. Nd4 (14. exf6 Bxf6 15. O-O (15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6
$17) 15... axb5 16. Nxd5 Nc6 $11) 14... Nfd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. b3 (16. Nf5 Bb4 17.
Qf2 Nc4 18. Qg3 g6 $13) 16... N8d7 17. O-O Rc8 18. Nf5 (18. a3 Nc5 19. Rac1 $14
) 18... Bb4 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Rc6 (20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Ne4 22. Qh3 Re6 23.
Rac1 $16) 21. Rac1 Qc8 $2 {[%mdl 128] Tragical mistake, that is provoking a
sharp white attack on the kingside. All black pieces are concentrated on the
queenside, but black did not manage to get counterplay.} (21... Ne6 22. Bxb6
Rxb6 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxb6 Bc5+ 25. Rxc5 Nxc5 26. Qd6 $18) (21... Nc8 $1 22.
Ne2 Ne6 23. Qd3 $14) 22. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 (22... Rd8 23. Nh5 $18) 23. f5 h6 (23...
Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Ne4 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Rc1 Qh6 27. e6+ Nf6 28. Rc7 Qxe3+ 29. Bxe3
$18) 24. e6+ Kh7 (24... f6 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Qg6 $18) 25. Qe5 Rg8 26. exf7 Rg5
27. Qe7 {Anand concluded the attack with a great elegance, Nisipeanu is
helpless.} (27. Qe7 Rc7 28. f8=Q+ Rxe7 29. Qxe7+ Kg8 30. f6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 a6 10. e3 b5 11. Qa2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nbd7 13. Rd1 c6 14. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O b5 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nb3 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Kb1 d6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. Ka1 Rb8
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Rb1 Be7 19. g4 O-O 20. Nde2 Nb4 21. a3
a5 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. g5 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Bc6 25. Rhe1 Rfe8 26. f5 e5 27. Bf2 d5 28.
exd5 Bd7 29. f6 Bf5 30. Rec1 Red8 31. Bg3 Re8 32. fxg7 Rbd8 33. Be1 Nxd5 34.
Nxd5 Qxd5 35. Qf2 e4 36. Qe3 Qd4 37. Qf4 Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Bc3 Red5 40. Re1
e3 41. Re2 Bxh3 42. Rxe3 Be6 43. Bf6 Rc8 44. Rbe1 a4 45. Kb1 Rf5 46. Kc1 Rf4
47. Re4 Rf3 48. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 {
This poisonous continuation is becoming more and more popular lately, even
though Black could be satisfied with his achievements. The main moves in this
position are considered to be 7.Bd3 and 7.Bg5.} c5 8. Ne5 {The latest fashion!}
(8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 $6 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qa4 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7
13. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11) 9... gxf6 $6 (9... Bxf6 $1 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. Rd1
Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxd4 Ke7 $15) 10. Qa4+ (10. Qb3 $5 Qc7
11. d5 Bd7 12. Bc4 Qf4 $5 13. O-O Rg8 $132) 10... Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7
13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Kc7 $11 {Van den Berg,A-Bohm,H/NLD-chT
1995 (28)}) (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/1/2 final Russia Cup,
Perm RUS 1997 (21)}) (8. Be3 $5) 8... a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Bd7 {This move
was tried on a couple of occasions, but usualy Black prefers not to give up
the bishop that easy.} (10... Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 (11... Rb8 $2 12. dxc5 Qxe5
13. Bf4 Qxc5 14. Bxb8 e5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bxe5 $16 {Campora,D-Belezky,S/
Seville 2005}) (11... Bd6 12. Nc4 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 O-O 15. d5 $14 {
Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1997}) 12. Nxd7 (12. Bxd4 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7
14. Qc4 $1 $14) 12... Bxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc6
16. f4 b5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Be4 Qc7 $11 {Dominguez,L-Dreev,A/Tripoli 2004}) 13.
Qxd4 Bc6 14. Bc4 Rd8 (14... Bxg2 $5 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Qe5 Qc8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18.
Rhe1 Qxe5 19. Rxe5+ Be7 20. Rde1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Ziatdinov,R-Zakharevich,I/
Vladimir 2004}) 15. Qg4 h5 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. f4 h4 19. Qg4 Be4
$132 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/Monaco 2004}) 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7
13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O-O 15. f4 Nb8 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Bb6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 $14
{Korneev,O-Slobodjan,R/Arco 2003}) 12. Be2 $5 {Preparing the kingside castle.}
(12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Bf3 Rd7 17. Bc1 Rhd8
$13 {Kobalija,M-Milov,V/Ajaccio 2004}) 12... O-O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qa5 {
The only way to fight for an opening advantage.} (14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Rad1 Nxe3 16.
fxe3 Bd6 17. h3 Rhe8 $11) 14... Nd5 $1 {Sacrificing a pawn, but getting a very
strong counterplay over the d-file.} 15. Qxc7+ Kxc7 16. dxc5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 f5 (
17... Bxc5 $6 18. Rxf7+ Rd7 19. Rxd7+ Kxd7 20. Kf2 Rf8+ 21. Bf3 $16) 18. b4 g6
19. Bc4 (19. Bf3 Bg7 20. Rac1 Rd3 $11) 19... Bg7 20. Rac1 Bh6 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Gd8d2]} 21. Rfe1 e5 22. Kf2 (22. Re2 Rd2 23. Kf2 Rhd8) 22... Rd2+ 23. Re2 Rhd8
24. Rc2 Rd1 25. e4 Rf8 26. Kg3 Bc1 $6 {This move is inaccurate and permits
White serious winning chances.} (26... fxe4 $142 27. Rxe4 Rf4 28. Rce2 Rc1 29.
Kh3 Rxc3+ 30. g3 b6 (30... Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Bg7 32. Bg8 h6 33. Re2 $14) 31. cxb6+
Kxb6 32. Bg8 $14) 27. Kh3 $1 (27. exf5 $6 Rxf5 28. Rf2 Rg5+ 29. Kf3 e4+ 30. Ke2
Rg1 31. g3 Rf5 32. Be6 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rh1 34. Kg2 Rd1 $11) 27... f4 28. Rf2 Be3
29. Rf3 h5 $6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 30. Kh4 Rfd8 31. Bd5 (31. Kg5 R8d2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2
33. Bf1 Rxa2 34. Kxg6 a5 35. bxa5 Rxa5 36. Kxh5 Rxc5 37. c4 $14) 31... R8xd5 $8
32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Re2 Rd3 34. Kg5 $6 {The idea is correct, but it was
necessary to start with 34.g3 in order to be able to take on f4 after e4 is
pushed by black.} (34. g3 $1 Rxc3 (34... e4 35. Rxf4 Bxf4 36. gxf4 e3 (36...
Rxc3 37. Kg5 a5 38. Kxg6 axb4 39. f5 $18) 37. Kg5 Rd2 38. Rxe3 Rxh2 39. Kxg6 h4
40. f5 h3 41. Kf6 $16) 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Kg5 a5 37. Kxg6 h4 38. Kg5 axb4 39.
Kxh4 Kc6 40. Kg4 Kxc5 41. h4 $16) 34... e4 35. Rfxe3 (35. Rxf4 $2 Rd5+ $19)
35... Rxe3 36. Rf2 f3 37. gxf3 exf3 38. Kxg6 Re2 $1 $11 39. Rxf3 Rg2+ 40. Kh6
Rxh2 41. a4 h4 42. Kh5 (42. a5 h3 43. Kh5 Rh1 44. Kh4 h2 45. Kh3 Kc8 $11) 42...
a5 43. b5 Ra2 44. Rf7+ Kc8 45. Rf8+ Kd7 46. Rf7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. e5 Nxb5 8.
exf6 Nxc3 9. fxg7 (9. bxc3 $2 gxf6 10. c4 d6 11. Bb2 e5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4
Be7 14. Qh5 Qxc4 $17 {Mason,D-Greet,A/Coventry 2005}) 9... Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 (
10... e6 11. Qd5 $1 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 13. Bh6 Qd8 14. Ng5 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qe7 16. f4
$16 {Sukhachev,M-Shishigin,D/Dagomys 2004}) 11. Qd3 $5 {[%csl Gf5] A new move
in the well-known position aiming to take the square f5 under control. The
problem is that White doesn't have time to transfer the knight to f5, so black
has nothing to worry about. Actually it was White, who was looking to equalize
as the game proceeded.} (11. Ng5 Bf5 (11... h6 12. Bf4 (12. Ne4 Be6 13. Bf4
O-O-O 14. Qh5 Rdg8 15. Rad1 Be5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qe2 $14 {Marzolo,C-Lerch,P/
Marseille 2001}) 12... O-O 13. Ne4 f5 (13... Bf5 14. Qh5 Bg6 15. Qh4 h5 (15...
f5 $6 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Qg3 Kg7 18. Re6 Rh8 19. Rae1 $16 {Savchenko,B-Farakhov,R/
Essentuki 2003}) 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 Qc8 19. h3 Rf7 20. Rd3 $36 {
Yurtaev,L-Ivanchuk,V/Frunze 1988}) 14. Nxd6 exd6 15. Bxd6 Qf7 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17.
Qd8 b5 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Qb6 Qg7 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. g3 Be4 $13 {Volokitin,
A-Eljanov,P/Alushta 2002}) 12. f4 (12. a4 Qc6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4
Qxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Linares 2003}) (12. g4 Bg6 13. f4
h6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. f5 Bh7 16. Qd5 e6 $44 {Zeller,F-Pohl,W/Unterkochen 2003})
(12. Qf3 Bg6 13. h4 h5 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. a3 Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 O-O-O $15 {
Mkrtchian,L-Sterliagova,T/Sochi 2004}) 12... Qd7 13. h3 h6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15.
Qf3 Rhg8 16. Be3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. f5 h5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Bf2 Rg7 $13 {
Nedev,T-Eljanov,P/Bled 2002}) (11. Qd5 O-O (11... h6 12. Qh5 e5 13. Nh4 Be6 14.
f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Rdg8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. f5 Bc4 $13 {Nedev,T-Atalik,S/Kansas 2003
}) (11... e5 $6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Ng5 Rg8 14. f4 h6 15. fxe5 $40 {Degraeve,
J-Lazarev,V/Bethune 2002}) 12. Qh5 e5 13. Bh6 f5 14. Rad1 Rf6 (14... f4 $6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qh6 Bf5 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 $16 {Al Modiahki,
M-Doghri,N/Tunis 1997}) 15. Bg5 Rf7 16. Bc1 Rf6 17. Bg5 Rf7 18. Bc1 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A-Van Wely,L/Ciudad Real 2004}) 11... h6 $1 12. Bf4 (12. Nd2 Be6 $5
13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Qg6+ Kf8 15. Qxe6 Qc8 16. Qe4 Kf7 {[%cal Gc8e6]} 17. Qf3+ Kg6
18. Qg3+ Kf7 $11) 12... e5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Nh4 (14. Nd2 c4 $1 15. Qe3 O-O-O 16.
f4 h5 $15) 14... c4 $1 {This move is more accurate than the immediate} (14...
Qd7 {since white is deprived of a possibility to push f4.} 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4
O-O-O 17. Rad1 d5 18. Nf3 $14) 15. Qf3 Qd7 $15 {[%csl Gf5,Rg3,Rh4]} 16. h3
O-O-O 17. Rad1 f6 (17... f5 $2 18. Ng6 Rhg8 19. Nxe5 $18) 18. b3 Kb8 19. Rd2 h5
20. bxc4 (20. Red1 $5 Qc7 21. Nf5 Bxf5 (21... h4 $6 22. Nxh4 Bf7 23. Qf5 d5 (
23... Bh5 $6 24. Nf3 Bh6 25. Rd5 Bf7 $2 26. Rxd6 $3 {[%cal Gg3b8]} Rxd6 27.
Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Nxe5 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 $18) 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Ng6 $14) 22. Qxf5 cxb3
23. axb3 Qxc3 24. Qg6 Bh6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 h4 27. Bxh4 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Bf4+
29. Bg3 Qxf2 $11) 20... Qc6 {After the move in the game the draw is inevitable.
Black's only chance to play for a win was} (20... Qc7 21. Nf5 $140 $6 Bxf5 22.
Qxf5 h4 23. Bh2 Qxc4 $15) 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. c5 $1 $11 dxc5 (22... d5 23. f4 $14
{[%csl Re5,Re6][%cal Gf4f5]}) 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. f4 $1 {Activating the bishop
is more important than the pawn on a2.} Bxa2 25. Ra1 Be6 (25... Bc4 $5 26. fxe5
fxe5 27. Nf3 Re8 28. Nd2 Bd5 29. c4 Bh6 30. cxd5 Bxd2 31. d6 $11) 26. fxe5 fxe5
27. Nf3 Ka7 28. Bf2 Kb6 29. Rb1+ Kc7 30. Bxc5 Re8 (30... Rg8) 31. Bb6+ Kc8 32.
Be3 Kc7 (32... e4 33. Nd4 c5 34. Nb3 c4 35. Nc5 $11) (32... Bc4 $6 33. Nd2 Bd5
34. c4 Bf7 35. Rb6 $14) 33. Bb6+ Kc8 34. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial rap2"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 $5 {Besides Black has two
principales moves: 11...Qc5!? and 11...b6.} 12. Be2 Qe4 $5 ({It deserves
serious attention:} 12... Qc5 $5 {You can see my annotations to game: Bareev,
E-Sakaev,K/Moscow,2001/CBM 86(1-0)(25)}) 13. Rc1 $6 {After this inaccurate
move,White can not receive,even the minimal positional advantage.} ({The most
basic continuation:} 13. Qb3 {For further details you can see my comments to
Karpov,A-Vescovi,G/Sao Paulo,2004/CBM 103(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 13... Qxc2 14. Rxc2
Nd5 $11 15. a3 $146 {According to my database it's a novelty.In previous game
White chose:} (15. O-O Nxc3 (15... Ndb4 $6 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Rc4 Nc6 (17...
Nxa2 $4 18. Ra4 {פa2}) 18. b4 {+/=/=}) 16. Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Anand,V/
Bastia,2000}) 15... f6 $1 {Viswanathan Anand didn't want absolute equality,
after normal continuation:} (15... Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd7 {and so on.}) 16. Bd2 ({
Good enough for equality:} 16. O-O e5 17. Bc4 Kf8 18. Bxd5 (18. e4 $5 Nxc3 19.
Rxc3 Bg4 $140 20. Bd5 $11) 18... Rxd5 19. e4 Rd6 20. Rd2 {and so on.}) 16... e5
{Now black's B begins to work on a /^c8-h3.} 17. Bc4 $6 {It's discrepancy,
which allows to improve a position of the black's pieces.} (17. e4 $5 Nb6 (
17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. O-O Be6 $11) 18. h3 Be6 19. Be3 Kf7 $11) 17... Bf5
$1 {/^b1-h7 Viswanathan Anand wants to reach the weakest place in camp of the
contender- point"d3".} 18. Rc1 Kh8 {Black have hidden the king and now can
quietly begin game on centre and queen side.} 19. Ke2 ({Probably it was a
little better:} 19. O-O Nb6 20. Be2 Bd3 $1 (20... e4 $143 21. Nd4 $8 Nxd4 22.
exd4 Rxd4 23. Be3 $44 {[%csl Ye2,Ge3]}) 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Rc2 Rad8 {=/+/=}) (
19. Nh4 $6 Be6 20. e4 Nc7 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Nf5 Rac8 $36) 19... Nb6 20. Bb5 (
20. Ba6 $143 bxa6 $1 21. Rxc6 Bd3+ 22. Ke1 Nc4 {with obvious advantage of
Black.}) 20... Rd5 $1 $15 {Viswanathan Anand agrees to sacrifice of the pawn,
that to grasp field "d3".} 21. Bxc6 (21. a4 Rad8 {/\a6(><d3)|^}) 21... Bd3+ 22.
Ke1 (22. Kd1 $143 bxc6 {and absolutely not clearly, what to do further.For
example:} 23. Rxc6 $2 Be4 {[%csl Rc6,Rd2,Ge4,Yf3][%cal Gd5d2,Ga8d8,Ge4f3]})
22... bxc6 {Now Rh1 will have a long rest :)} 23. b3 $2 {In my opinion,it was
necessary to take away of the pawn:} (23. Rxc6 Rad8 24. Rc1 Na4 (24... Nc4 $5
25. Bc3 Rb5 {קb2}) 25. b3 Nc5 26. b4 Nb3 (26... Ne4 $5) 27. Rc3 Nxd2 $1 28.
Nxd2 $140 Be4 $8 29. Nxe4 Rd1+ 30. Ke2 Rxh1 31. h3 (31. Rc7 $5 {[%csl Ga3,Ra7,
Gb4]}) 31... Rhd1 $15) 23... c5 $17 {Now we have a material equality on the
board,but Black has a obvious advantage,as Rh1 does not take part in game.} 24.
Bc3 ({Hardly it was better:} 24. a4 a5 25. Bc3 c4 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Nd2 Nb6 {
קa4}) 24... c4 $1 {All Black's pieces (except Ra8) have occupied ideal
positions and are ready to opening a <->b;<->c.} 25. Nd2 cxb3 26. Nxb3 Nc4 {
White can not simultaneously protect all weaknesses.} 27. a4 {Tomi Nyback had
no other worthy alternative:} (27. Bb4 $143 a5 28. Be7 e4 $1 (28... Re8 $6 29.
e4 $1 Rd7 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Nc5 Red8 32. Nxd7 (32. Nxd3 $4 Rxd3 33. Rxc4 Rd1+)
32... Rxd7 $17) 29. Nc5 Rc8 30. Nxd3 exd3 $19) 27... Rad8 {<->d} 28. Bd2 (28.
Nd2 $2 Nxd2 29. Bxd2 Be4 $19 {[%csl Rd2,Rg2]}) 28... Rb8 29. Rc3 ({After:} 29.
e4 Rdd8 30. Rc3 $140 Bxe4 $1 {White gets a very hard endgame:} 31. Rxc4 Rxb3
32. f3 (32. Rxe4 $2 Rb1+) 32... Rb1+ 33. Rc1 (33. Bc1 $143 Bd5 34. Rc7 Ra1 $19)
33... Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Bc2 {[%csl Ra4,Re1,Rh1][%cal Gc2a4,Gd8d1]} 35. Kf2 Bxa4 {
-/+/-+}) 29... h6 {It's important preventive move!} 30. f3 Nxd2 $1 31. Nxd2 {
Also leads to immediate disaster:} (31. Kxd2 Bf1+ (31... Bb5+ $5) 32. Kc2 Bxg2
33. e4 Bxh1 $1 34. exd5 $140 Rd8 35. Rd3 e4 $19) 31... Rb2 $19 32. Rc1 (32. e4
Bxe4 33. fxe4 (33. Nxe4 Rb1+) 33... Rdxd2 $19) 32... Ba6 {[%csl Rd2,Rg2]} 33.
Rd1 Rd3 (33... Rd3 {After this move Tomi Nyback resigns,because of next
variants:} 34. Nf1 (34. e4 Re3+ 35. Kf2 Re2+) 34... Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Rb1+) 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial rap2"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 (12. O-O Bb7 13. g5 (13. b4 cxb3
14. Rab1 Be7 15. Rxb3 Qc7 16. Rfb1 Bc8 17. Rb6 Nd7 18. Rc6 Qd8 19. f4 Rb8 20.
Qc1 O-O 21. Rc4 Bb7 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qd2 Qc6 {
Almagro Llanas,P-Anand,V/Mirabal 2001/ 0-1 (44)}) 13... Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Qg2
g6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qg4 h6 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 e5 20. Ne6 fxe6 21. Qh5+ Kd8
22. f6 Qc6 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Kopavogur 2000/ 0-1 (26)}) 12... Bb7 13. Na4 {
[%mdl 4] The concept is known from the older game of Firman, Anand plays the
line in a pure positional style.} (13. O-O Be7 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Qb4 Qc8 16. Nb6
Nxb6 17. axb6 d5 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. b3 Bc5 21. bxc4 Bxd4 22. Qxd7+
Kxd7 23. Bxd4 Bxc4 24. Bxg7 Rhg8 25. Rfd1+ Kc6 26. Be5 {Firman,N-Markos,J/
Balatonlelle 2001/ 1-0 (63)}) 13... Nd7 (13... d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 Qh4+ 16.
Bf2 Qxg4 17. Rg1 {1/2-1/2 Vescovi,G-Gelfand,B/Bermuda 2005/}) 14. O-O-O Qc7 (
14... d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Rhe1 Rb8 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Nf5 $13) 15. Ne2 Be7 (15...
d5 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Bxb6 Qc6 18. Nc3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qa4 20. Kb1 Bxe4 21. fxe4
Rc8 22. Qc3 $14) 16. Nb6 Nxb6 (16... Rb8 17. Qd4 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Rhf1 $14)
17. Bxb6 Qc6 18. Nc3 O-O 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 (19... Rab8 20. f4 Bc8 21. g5 $36) 20.
f4 {White has got a complete grip on the center and plans to advance kingside
pawns against little resistance.} Qc8 (20... Rab8 21. g5 Bc8 22. h4 $36) 21. g5
d5 $6 (21... Rb8 22. h4 $14) 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5 c3 25. b3 (
25. Kb1 cxb2 26. Qd7 Kf8 27. Re3 Rb8 (27... Bb4 28. Qd4 Be7 29. Rde1 $18) 28.
Qxc8 Rexc8 29. Kxb2 $16) 25... Bb4 26. Kb1 (26. f5 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rb8 28. g6 $18
) 26... Qg4 27. Rg1 $6 {Anand is sometimes lazy at the board, he was certainly
capable of calculating the beautiful combination starting with 27.Bd8!! till
the winning end.} (27. Bd8 $3 Raxd8 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Bf8 30. Ree8 h5 (
30... Qg1+ 31. Ka2 Qc5 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. b4 Ke7 35. b5 Kd6 36.
b6 Kc6 37. Kb3 $18) 31. g6 Qg1+ 32. Ka2 Qc5 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.
b4 fxg6 36. b5 $18) 27... Qe2 (27... Qxf4 $2 28. Rd4 $18) 28. f5 Qe5 29. Qc4 (
29. Rg4 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Ba3 31. Rgd4 $16) 29... Qb5 30. Rd5 (30. Qd5 Qxd5 31.
Rxd5 Re2 32. Rd4 Ba3 33. h4 $16) 30... Qxc4 31. bxc4 Rab8 32. Ka2 Re2 33. Rc1 {
Not the nice move, but the threat of c4-c5 forces blacks hand.} (33. Rb1 Rxc2+
34. Kb3 Rb2+ 35. Rxb2 cxb2 36. Kxb2 Bxa5 37. Rxa5 Rxb6+ 38. Kc3 $14) 33... h6 (
33... Be7 34. h4 Re4 35. Kb3 Rxh4 36. Rg1 $14) 34. h4 (34. c5 $1 Rd2 35. Re5
hxg5 36. Re4 $18) 34... Re4 35. Rcd1 (35. c5 $2 Bxa5 $1) 35... Rxc4 (35... Rxh4
36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kh7 38. Kb3 Be7 39. Ra8 Bxg5 40. c5 $18) 36. R1d4 (36.
Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kh7 38. gxh6 Be7 (38... gxh6 39. Bd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Bxa5 41.
h5 $18) (38... g6 39. Bd4 gxf5 40. Kb3 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Bxa5 42. Rd7 $18) 39. Ra8
gxh6 40. Kb3 Rf4 41. Rxa6 $18) 36... Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Be7 (37... Bf8 38. g6 $16)
38. g6 (38. Rd7 Re8 39. f6 gxf6 40. gxh6 Kh7 41. Ra7 Kxh6 42. Rxa6 Kh5 43. Ra7
$16) 38... Bf6 39. Re4 (39. Rd7 fxg6 40. fxg6 Bxh4 41. Kb3 Bf6 42. Ra7 h5 43.
Kc4 $14) 39... Rc8 {Kulaots is positionally cramped and faces problems on the
basic rank. The pawn on a6 is very weak and will become white's target.} (39...
h5 40. Ka3 Kf8 41. Bc5+ Kg8 42. Bb4 $16) 40. h5 $1 Kf8 41. Kb3 Be7 (41... Rb8
42. Kc4 Rc8+ 43. Bc5+ Kg8 44. Kd5 Bg5 45. Kd6 $18) 42. Rc4 Rb8 (42... Rxc4 43.
Kxc4 Bf6 44. Bd4 $18) 43. Kxc3 Ke8 44. Rc7 fxg6 45. fxg6 Bf6+ (45... Bd8 46.
Rf7 Bxb6 47. axb6 Rxb6 48. Rxg7 Rc6+ 49. Kb3 $18) 46. Kc4 Rd8 47. Ra7 Rd2 48.
c3 Rh2 (48... Rc2 49. Rxa6 Rxc3+ 50. Kd5 Kd7 51. Ra7+ Kc8 52. Rf7 Kb8 53. Bc5
$18) 49. Rxa6 {Now white a pawn will become unstoppable.} Rxh5 50. Ra7 Rg5 51.
a6 Rg4+ (51... Rxg6 52. Rb7 Rg3 53. a7 Rxc3+ 54. Kb4 $18) 52. Kb3 Rxg6 53. Rb7
Rg3 54. a7 Rxc3+ 55. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap2"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 ({More principled continuation is} 3. e4) 3... Be7 (
3... d5 4. e3 c5 {leads to a different type of position.}) (3... h6 4. Bh4 c5
5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Ngf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 {1-0 Georgiev,V-Palo,D/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E] (34)}) 4. e3 {White is building up the most solid
setup, giving respect to the World's best rapid player...} ({Again, more
aggressive is} 4. e4) 4... b6 5. Ngf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Bxf6 {I don't really
understand this move, since there is no need at all to hurry with this
exchange. However, it does not change the evaluation of the position as equal.
Obviously, 7.0-0 and 7.c3 are much more popular.} Bxf6 8. c3 d6 (8... cxd4 9.
exd4 d6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. h4 h6 12. g4 Qc7 13. Rg1 g6 14. a4 a5 15. g5 hxg5 16.
hxg5 Bg7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6+ Kb8 20. Qb5 $14 {1-0
Miladinovic,I-Dervishi,E/Bratto 2004/CBM 101 ext (73)}) 9. O-O (9. Qe2 Nc6 10.
a3 Rc8 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b4 d5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 Rc7 15. Ba6 c4 16. Bxb7 Rxb7
17. e4 O-O 18. O-O Rxb1 19. Nxb1 Qb7 $15 {1-0 Miladinovic,I-Peray,S/Nice 2002/
CBM 91 ext (31)}) 9... Nd7 {Black has pair of bishops, but it does not yield
him anything special, since the position is closed.} 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe2 ({
More consequent would have been} 11. a5 {trying to put pressure on black's
queenside.}) 11... a6 12. b4 {White is trying to grab more space on the
queenside.} Qc7 13. Rab1 d5 14. e4 g6 $5 {Anand decided to keep the pressure
in the centre.} ({Possible alternative was:} 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. Nxe4
Be7 (16... Bd5 $6 17. Rfc1 Qb7 18. Ne5 $1 Be7 19. Nc3 $36)) 15. e5 Bg7 16. h4
$1 {Correctly trying to create a weakness in black's camp.} Rfc8 17. h5 cxd4
18. cxd4 Qd8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. g4 $6 ({Solid enough would have been} 20. Rfc1
Bf8 21. b5 $11) 20... Rc3 21. g5 $6 {If this was the point of g2-g4, then
white is clearly on the wrong track. White is trying to close the position as
much as possible, probably hoping to build a fortress. However, Pg5 will
become a target for black's pieces soon.} Bc6 $6 ({Why not} 21... Bf8 $15 {?})
22. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Bxa4 24. Bxa6 Nf8 25. b5 $1 {[%csl Ra6] Now, both
light-squared bishops are locked...} (25. Bd3 $6 Nh7 26. Qe3 Bf8 {[%csl Rb4,
Rg5][%cal Gf8e7]}) 25... Nh7 26. Qe3 (26. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Yc2][%cal Gc1a1]}
Qe7 27. Ra1 (27. Qc3 $2 Nxg5 $1 28. Ra1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Nh2 (30. Ne1 Qg5+
31. Kf1 Rxa6 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qxa6 Bb3 $17) 30... Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Rd8 $1 32. Rxa4
Bxe5 33. Qe3 Bf4 34. Qxe4 Kg7 $40 {[%cal Gd8h8]}) 27... Qb4 28. Rb1 Qe7 29. Ra1
$11) 26... Bf8 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gf8e7]} 27. Kh2 $2 {It was the last chance to
play 27.Qd3.} ({After} 27. Qd3 Qe7 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Rb1 Qe7 30. Ra1 {Kanep
could achieve a prestigious draw.}) 27... Be7 28. Rg1 (28. Qd3 Bxg5 29. Ra1
Bxb5 $1 30. Qxb5 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Qh4+ 32. Kg2 Qg5+ $19 {[%csl Rd2,Rg2]}) 28...
Bc2 {Now, black's bishop is free, and the white one is locked forever.} 29. Ne1
Bf5 30. f4 Kg7 31. Nef3 Qc7 {Just look at white's bishop! Black is actually
playing with an extra piece.} 32. Kg3 Qc2 33. Nh4 Ra7 34. Nxf5+ gxf5 35. Nf3
Rc7 36. Rg2 Qe4 37. Qd2 Nf8 {The knight is going to g6 and white will not hold
Pf4 for long.} 38. Re2 Qb1 39. Re1 Qb3 40. Re3 Qc4 41. Qh2 Ng6 42. Re1 Qb3 43.
Qh6+ Kg8 44. Rh1 (44. Qh2 Ba3 $19 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ga3c1,Gc1f4]}) 44... Qe3 {
[%csl Rf4]} 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Qh6+ Ke8 {I watched the live relay of this game,
and noticed that Anand spent only few minutes to play this game!} 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial rap2"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O h6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qc2 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 a6 10. Ne5 e6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. d4 b4
15. Na4 O-O 16. Bb2 Nfd7 17. Rd1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qa5 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Nb2 c5 21.
Nc4 Qa7 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. Ra1 Na6 24. Qc4 Bxg2 25. Rxa6 Qb8 26. Bxc5 Bd5 27. Qxb4
Nxc5 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial rap2"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {This game
was played in the last round of the tournament and Khalifman needed to get a
full point wit the black pieces in order to catch up with Vishy. It might
explain his a bit freaky" opening style} (6... Nxf6) 7. Nf3 (7. Bg2 e5 (7... c5
8. Nf3 cxd4 9. O-O Bc5 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Be4 g6 12. Bg2 a6 13. Ne4 Qg7 14. Bd2
Be7 15. Qc1 $44 {Balla,Z-Foldes,G/Temesvar 1912}) (7... Bd6 8. Nf3 (8. Ne2 e5
9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 exd4 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Qxd4 Be5 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qd3
Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bd4 17. f5 $36 {Beliavsky,A-Vaganian,R/Tilburg 1993}) 8... O-O (
8... h6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 c6 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 c5 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Nd2 $14 {
Zatonskih,A-Arribas,M/New Delhi 2000}) 9. O-O Rb8 (9... e5 10. Re1 (10. Bg5 Qf5
11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qf6 13. Nb5 Be5 14. c3 a6 15. Na3 Nb6 16. Qe2 $14 {
Wittmann,W-Galavics,H/Oberwart 2001}) 10... exd4 11. Bg5 Qf5 12. Qxd4 Qxc2 13.
Rac1 Qg6 14. Be7 Bxe7 15. Rxe7 $44 {Tosic,M-Skembris,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1982})
10. Ng5 h6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bf4 b5 14. Qd3 Nf6 $15 {Van de
Oudeweetering,A-Bohm,H/Netherlands 1993}) 8. Qe2 $1 (8. Ne2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10.
Nc3 exd4 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Qxd4 Be5 13. Qd5 Re8 14. Rd1 Nf6 $11 {Kostic,
V-Skembris,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1981}) 8... Qe7 9. dxe5 Qxe5 10. Bf4 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2
c6 12. O-O-O $14 {Georgiev,K-Kurajica,B/Sarajevo 1998}) 7... Bd6 {Under the
different circumstance Khalifman would've probably opted for a safer option:} (
7... h6 $5 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 e5 $11) 8. Bg5 Qf5 9. Bd3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2
(10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 b6 12. Be4 Rb8 13. O-O-O Bb7 $11) 10... Qb6 11. Qe2 $5
{White is ready to sacrifice a pawn for the initiative.} c5 ({In my opinion} 
11... Qxb2 $5 {would've been the most logical continuation, taking into
account black's opening strategy. It's obvious that white has very strong
initiative in that case, but black's position is a rock-solid.} 12. O-O Qa3 13.
c4 O-O 14. Rfb1 c5 $13) 12. Bc3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 O-O $11) 13... Qa5+ 14.
c3 $6 {Overestimating his chances Anand decides to keep the dark-squared
bishops on the board. Better was} (14. Bc3 $5 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 16. c3 Qb6 17.
O-O {with a minimal edge.}) 14... e5 {Black succeeded to get the kind of
position he was looking for to play for a win!} 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Be3 Nf6 17.
Bb1 $6 {Obviously missing 17...Ba3! May be white should play} (17. Bg5 {
forcing black to sacrifice a pawn} e4 18. Bxe4 (18. Bxf6 $6 exd3 19. Qxd3 Bc5
20. Bd4 (20. Ng5 $2 Bf5 21. Qxf5 Be3+ $19) 20... Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxa2 $15) 18...
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 $44 {however black's doing just great after the sac.}) 17...
Be7 $2 {Not taking the chance.} ({The strange thing is that after} 17... Ba3
$142 $1 {I didn't manage to find a satisfactory defense for white!} 18. Qc2 {
Probably the best chance since after both 18.Bd2 and 18.b:a3 white is on the
verge of losing:} (18. Bd2 e4 19. Ng5 Bg4 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Rfe8 $17) (18.
bxa3 Bg4 $1 19. h3 (19. Kb2 e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Bd4 Qf5 $19) 19... Qxc3+ 20.
Bc2 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rac8 22. Qe2 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qxa2+ $19) 18... Bg4
19. Nd2 Bxd1 20. Rxd1) 18. Bg5 h6 19. h4 Be6 $6 {Going for an edngame with a
pawn dawn is anything, but not a winning attempt.} (19... hxg5 $2 20. hxg5 Ng4
21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5+ Kg8 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Qe4 $18) (19... Bg4 $2 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Qc2 f5 22. Nh2 Bh5 23. g4 $18) (19... Re8 $142 $5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Qe4 g6 22. g4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Bg7 23. h5 f5 $1 24. Qe2 fxg4 25. Nd2 $36 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd2e4]}) 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Rfd8 $6 ({
Much better for black was} 22... Ne8 $5 {but white could've forced a draw by
pepetual in that case, so Khalifman decides to play on being a pawn down.} 23.
f4 $5 (23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ $11 (25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Ng6 Bxg5+ 27.
f4 Bh6 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rd7 Nf6 $13) (25. Ng6 Bxg5+ 26. f4 Bh6 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. Nxf8 Kxf8 $13)) 23... g6 24. Rh6 Kg7 25. Bxg6 $1 Bd6 26. Be4 Rh8 (26... Rg8
27. Rh7+ Kf8 28. g6 $16) 27. Rdh1 Rxh6 28. gxh6+ Kh8 29. Bxb7 Rb8 $14) 23. gxf6
Bxf6 24. Rde1 Bd5 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. Be4 $1 $18 {The rest of the game is quite
instructive: pay attention to Anand's knight manouvres!} g6 (26... Bxe5 27.
Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rh8+ $18) 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Ng4 $5 Bg7 29. Rd1 Rad8 30. Ne3 $1
R5d6 (30... Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rc8 32. Rd7 $18) 31. Nc4 Rd5 32. Na5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 34. Kxd1 b6 35. Nc6 a5 36. Kc2 Ke8 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Nd4 Kd6 39. Kc4 Bf6
40. Kb5 Bd8 41. Nc6 Bc7 42. c4 f5 43. f4 Ke6 44. b3 g5 45. Nd4+ Kf6 46. fxg5+
Kg6 47. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Bb4 Bg7
21. a4 d3 22. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O
14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Bxb5 d5 21. Ra6 f4 (21... Kh8 22. Be2 $5 d4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. Nc2 Bd5 25. Nb4
Bb7 26. Ra1 {E.Sveshnikov considers this to be slightly better for White, but
after} Be5 $1 27. f4 Rg8 {Black is obviously completely okay}) 22. Nc2 $5 {
An ambitious, but risky strategy, requiring a careful follow-up, since Black
keeps good attacking possibilities.} ({In the endgame arising after} 22. Rxe6
Rxe6 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Nxd5 {only White can play for a win, although after} e4
{Black should be able to achieve a draw}) 22... Bc8 $146 (22... Rb7 $5 23. Rxe6
Rxb5 24. Nb4 f3 25. gxf3 $1 $13 (25. g3 $140 $2 Qd7 $19)) (22... f3 23. g3 Rb7
24. Na3 Rb6 25. Ra7 Qb8 $44 {1-0 Pecotic,K-Berkley,S/IECC email 2000 (50)}) 23.
Ra8 Qd6 24. Nb4 (24. Bc4 Bb7 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Nb4 Rd7 27. Bb3 {- see 25.Rxf8}
) 24... Bb7 25. Ra7 $6 (25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (25... Kxf8 $5 26. Qh5 Qg6 $44) 26. Bc4
Rd7 (26... Kh8 27. Bxd5 Rd7 28. Bb3 (28. Bf3 Qe7 $44) 28... Qg6 29. Nd5 Rg7 30.
g3) 27. Bb3 Kh8 28. Qh5 $13 {/+/=} Rg7 29. Qe8 d4 30. f3 $14) 25... d4 26. Ba6
$2 (26. Qa4 Kh8 $44) (26. Qh5 $5 Bf3 $140 27. Qxf3 Rxa7 28. Bd3 $11) (26. Bc6
Bxc6 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Nxc6 Qe6 29. Nb4 f3 30. gxf3 Qh3 $11) 26... Bxg2 $1 $19
27. Bc4+ (27. Kxg2 f3+ 28. Kh1 Rxa7 $19) (27. Rxe7 Qg6 $19) 27... Kh8 28. Ra6 (
28. Rxe7 Qg6 29. Re6 Bf6 $19) 28... Qc5 29. Kxg2 f3+ 30. Kh1 Qxc4 31. Rc6 Qb5
32. Rd6 e4 33. Rxd4 {The only way to protect against the advance ...e3.
However, Black is technically winning in the arising endgame, even if White
has practical chances for a draw.} Bxd4 (33... Qh5 $5 34. Rd5 Be5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5
36. Qd4 Qg5 37. Rg1 Rd8 38. Rxg5 Rxd4 39. cxd4 Rxg5 $19) 34. Qxd4+ Qe5 35.
Qxe5+ Rxe5 {White's main problem is his king. Because of that he cannot create
any counterplay without losing material.} 36. Nc2 Rb8 37. Ne3 Rc5 38. h3 (38.
Nd1 Rd5 39. h3 Rd2 $19) 38... Rxb2 39. c4 Rg5 40. Kh2 Kg8 41. h4 Rg6 42. Kh3
Kf7 43. Nf5 Rc2 44. Ne3 Rd2 45. c5 (45. Nd5 h6 46. Ne3 Ke6 47. Nd5 Ke5 48. Ne3
h5 $19) 45... Ke6 46. c6 Rg8 47. c7 Rc8 48. Kg3 Rxc7 49. Kf4 (49. Ra1 Ke5 50.
Ra5+ Kd4 51. Ra4+ Kd3 $19) 49... Rd4 50. Ra1 Rf7+ 51. Kg3 Rd8 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53.
Ng4+ Kd5 54. Nf6+ Rxf6 55. Rxf6 Ke5 56. Rh6 Rg8+ 57. Kh3 e3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. g3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nge7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nf5
15. O-O Qb6 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Kg2 Rc7 18. Qd2 Kd7 19. a4 a5 20. Rdb1 Rhc8 21. Qg5
Rh8 22. Qd2 Rhc8 23. Qg5 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 {White
takes away the b4-square but this allows Black possibilities involving taking
on d4. The alternatives are:} (14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 axb4 18.
axb4 Bd7 {Solid for both. White can hope for some plus due to his space
advantage in the centre.}) (14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 {
A more fluid game than in the previous line. White has chances in the centre
and can try to generate play around the square c5 after exchanging on e5.
Black is on the other hand well advanced on the Q-side.}) 14... exd4 (14... Bb7
15. d5 Nb8 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Bd3 Nbd7 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21.
b3 Nd7 22. a4 b4 23. Nd2 Bd8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. a5 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Nikolic,P/
Germany 2004/EXT 2005 (53)}) 15. Nb3 d3 (15... Bb7 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8
18. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Favaro,E-Royset,P/Buenos Aires 1992/EXT 97 (45)}) 16. Bxd3
(16. Qxd3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bd2 Be6 $11 {0-1 Johansson,M-Nilsson,Z/Sweden
1965/EXT 2002 (45)}) 16... Ne5 17. Bf4 $5 {[%mdl 8] Anand gives away the
spanish B. This is always a slightly surprising decision. Here White gets fast
development and central pressure in return.} (17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Rc1
Qd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rfd8 22. Bc2 Qb7 23. Qb1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Byrne,R-Lein,A/
Amsterdam 1979/MCL}) 17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Re8 (18... Be6 19. Nbd4 Rac8 $14) 19.
Rac1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Bd2 Bd8 $6 {Svidler wants to unsettle Anand with a
P-sacrifice. According to reports he was already considering his position
inferior. Still a daring and/or slightly desperate decision at this early
stage.} (21... Be6 {is solid but maybe not very comfortable.} 22. Na5 Qd7 23.
Nd4 $14) 22. Qxd6 $1 Bb6 23. Ba5 $5 (23. Qc6 Qa7 $132) (23. e5 $1 Nd5 24. Nc5
Bxc5 25. Rxc5 $16) 23... Bxf2+ $1 {White will be better, but the game is
unbalanced at least.} 24. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Qd2 (26. Re1 Qc2+ 27.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Rxe1 29. Bxe1 {is minutely better for White but far from
winning - the black R is strong and unopposed.}) 26... Qg6 27. Nc5 Bf5 28. Qg5
Qxg5 29. Nxg5 $14 {This is better for White. Compared to the previous note
White still has a R on the board.} Re5 30. Nf3 Rd5 31. Rc3 h5 32. Kg3 f6 33.
Kh2 {White makes some preparations before starting his activity. Still in the
end the K is not too happy on h2.} Kf7 34. Nh4 Bh7 35. Nb3 Re8 36. Bb4 g5 37.
Nf3 Be4 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Nfd4 (39. Nfd2 Bf5 40. Rc6 Re6 {After an exchange of
R:s White has nothing.}) 39... Rde5 40. Nc5 Bd5 41. Bc3 $2 (41. Rd7 $5 {
was a better chance.} a5 42. Bxa5 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 Rxc5 44. Bc3 $16) 41... h4 (
41... Re2 $5 {is an option here.}) 42. Nxa6 (42. Rd7 Bxg2 $1 43. Kxg2 Rxc5 44.
Rd6 Re3 45. Rxa6 Rce5 $132 {[%csl Rg2]}) 42... Re2 $1 {Black must act or go
down slowly when White picks P after P.} 43. Nxe2 Rxe2 44. Kg1 Bxg2 45. Nc5
Bxh3 46. Rc6 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rf2 48. Rd6 g4 $2 (48... Rf1+ $1 49. Kh2 Rf2+ $1 50.
Kxh3 (50. Kh1 $11) 50... Kh5 51. Rd4 f5 52. Rxh4+ gxh4 $13) 49. Ne4 $2 (49. Nd3
$1 Rf5 50. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Yd3f4]}) 49... Rf4 50. Rxf6+ Rxf6 51. Nxf6 g3 $11 {
The P:s and the B just makes a draw here.} 52. Nd5 Bd7 53. Kg1 h3 54. Be5 (54.
Ne3 Bc6 55. Nf1 h2+ 56. Nxh2 gxh2+ 57. Kxh2 $11) 54... h2+ 55. Kg2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 {Deviating from the main lines of Queen's Indian.}
c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 cxd4 ({Other possible ways of play are:} 5... d5 {1-0
Kamsky,G-Golod,V/New York 2004/CBM 102 [Golod,V] (46)}) (5... Qb6 {1/2-1/2
Chatalbashev,B-Berkes,F/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 [Finkel] (60)}) 6. exd4 b6 7. Bxf6
$5 {After 5.Bh4 this exchange looks rather weird, but, as usual Morozevich
comes up with an original idea.} (7. c3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 d6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rxe4 Qd7 $11 {0-1
Salov,V-Karpov,A/Alma-Ata 1995/EXT 2000 (40)}) (7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Nfd2 b5 14. Ne3 a6 15. Qe2 Nb6 16.
Bc2 Nbd5 $11 {1-0 Miles,A-Vehi Bach,V/Andorra 1995/EXT 97 (62)}) 7... Qxf6 8.
g3 $146 {This is the idea behind white's previous move. White is intending to
develop the bishop to the long diagonal and put a pressure on black's
queenside.} (8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. c3 Rc8 11. Qe2 d5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5
Qd8 14. O-O-O Kd7 15. Nb3 Kc7 16. f4 Kb8 17. Kb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pulido Sanchez,
A-Cisneros Alomar,J/Palma de Mallorca 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) 8... Nc6 9. c3 g5 $5
{After this move it's becoming clear that Anand is not intending to castle to
the kingside...} ({Possible is} 9... Be7 $11) 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. a4
{Without wasting a single tempo, Morozevich starts an immediate assault
against the black king.} h5 $5 {I guess that this has something to do with
psychology. Anand affords himself to sacrifice a pawn, being aware that
Morozevich would never accept it, since it will lead to a passive position for
white, even if it's temporary. Against a player with more solid style, Anand
would probably choose different continuation...} (12... Qf5 $5) 13. a5 $6 {
White is consequent, but objectively, it was better to grab the pawn, and not
to sacrifice it!} (13. Ne4 Qg6 (13... Qf5 14. Nexg5) 14. Nexg5 Bh6 (14... h4
15. Qe2 Be7 16. Nh3 $16) (14... f6 15. Nh3 Bh6 16. O-O $16) 15. Qb1 $1 (15. h4
$6 f6 16. Nh3 Ba6 17. Bf1 Qe4+ 18. Be2 e5 $44) 15... Qg7 (15... Nxd4 $2 16.
Qxg6 fxg6 17. cxd4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg2 19. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rh8][%cal Gg5f7]})
16. h4 $14) 13... Nxa5 14. b4 Nc6 15. Nc4 $6 {This is too optimistic.} (15. Ne4
Qg6 16. Nexg5 f6 17. Nh3 Qe4+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 {leads to approximate
equality, but Morozevich was certainly playing for more.}) (15. O-O {would
have been more flexible.}) 15... b5 $1 16. O-O $5 {Morozevich remains faithful
to his creative style.} (16. Ne3 d5 17. Qe2 a6 $17 {closing all files on the
queenside.}) 16... bxc4 {As usual, Anand has no hesitation to accept material,
even with a risk to get under dangerous attack.} 17. b5 Nb8 18. Rxa7 d5 {
Closing the diagonal for the white bishop.} (18... Bxf3 $2 19. b6 $1 {[%cal
Ga7c7]} Bd6 (19... Re8 20. Bxf3 $44) 20. b7+ Kc7 21. Qa4 Bxg2 22. Qa5+ Kc6 23.
Qa4+ (23. Rb1 Bb4 24. Rxb4 d5 {and black's king escapes.}) 23... Kd5 24. Qb5+
Ke4 25. Qb1+ (25. Re1+ $2 Kf3 26. Re3+ Kg4 27. Kxg2 h4 $19 {[%cal Gg4h5]})
25... Kf3 26. Qd1+ Ke4 27. Qb1+ $11) 19. Ne5 Rd7 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (19... Bc5 $2
20. dxc5 Qxe5 21. c6 {and black has to give a piece back.}) 20. Qa4 Qd8 21.
Nxc4 {Many spectators at this point thought that white's attack is pretty
dangerous, but Anand shows convincingly, that it's just an illusion.} (21. Nxd7
Qxd7 {parrying the attack, keeping material advantage.} (21... Nxd7 $2 22. Rxb7
$1 Kxb7 23. Qa6+ Kb8 24. Ra1 Nb6 25. Qa7+ Kc8 26. Ra6 Qc7 27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28.
Rxb6 Be7 $11)) 21... dxc4 $1 22. Qxc4+ Qc7 23. Bxb7+ Kd8 24. Qe2 (24. Qd3 $2
Qb6 $19 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7]}) 24... Bd6 (24... Qb6 $2 25. Qe5 {[%csl Rb8,Rh8]}) 25.
Rfa1 (25. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3f6]} Ke7 26. Rfa1 Qb6 {and white's attack evaporates.})
25... Qxc3 26. d5 $2 {This already looks like a complete oversight.} (26. R1a4
{could keep some tension in the position, though black is objectively winning.}
) {[%tqu "En","How can Black win more material?","","","d7b7","Winning another
piece.",3]} 26... Rxb7 {[%csl Ra1] Winning another piece.} 27. dxe6 Rxa7 28.
Rxa7 fxe6 29. Qxe6 Qe5 {All is protected and black is just two pieces up. Here
it was the right moment for resignation.} 30. Re7 Qa1+ 31. Qe1 Qxe1+ 32. Rxe1
Nd7 33. Kg2 {It's very strange that Morozevich kept playing here.} Nc5 34. Rd1
Kd7 35. Rd5 Ne6 36. Kf3 Rf8+ 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. h4 g4 39. Rxh5 Bc5 40. Re5 Rxf2+
41. Kd3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4
$5 {Unusual introduction to the development of the queenside, but the move is
certainly sound.} (8. g4) (8. Qe2) 8... Nbd7 (8... Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Rd8
11. g4 Nfd7 12. Bxd6 Ne5 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Bc5 Qf6 16. f4 Nxg4 17.
h3 Qh6 18. e5 Qh4 19. Bb5 axb5 20. hxg4 Qd8 21. f5 {1-0 Feuerstack,
A-Magalashvili,D/Chalkidiki 2003/ (42)}) 9. g4 Be7 10. Qe2 (10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Be2
O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 $13) 10... h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. a3 {Anand is
willing to slow down advance of the black's b pawn since his knight has no
good squares for the retreat.} Rb8 14. Qg2 Nc5 (14... b4 {or} 15. axb4 Rxb4 16.
g5 Nh5 17. Bd2 Nc5 $11) (14... Ne5 {Nc4}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. Be3 Na4 $6 {
Ponomariov clearly understands the necessity to create some counterplay, but
it might have been more promissing to try the advance of the b pawn.} (16...
Nxb3+ $5 17. cxb3 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bc4 Qc6 (19... d5 20. exd5 Nf4 21. Qc2
$14) 20. Qd2 a5 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Kb1 Ba6 $13) 17. Rd3 $1 g6 18. Kb1 (18. gxh6
Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qh2 Qxh2 21. Rxh2 Bf8 22. Rhd2 Bb7 $13) 18... Bb7 19. Be2
e5 20. Qf2 Bc6 $6 {This moves was heavily criticized in the post mortem, but
Anand's suggestion 20...Nc5 is not much better.} (20... Nc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22.
Rhd1 b4 23. axb4 cxb4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 $16) 21. gxh6 $1 (21. Nd5 Bxd5 22.
Rxd5 Nb6 23. Rdd1 Nc4 24. Bc1 $14) 21... Nb6 22. f4 $1 {Important strategical
moment, the timely f3-f4 is gaining great popularity in many lines of the
English attack. The opening of the position comes at undesirable moment for
black.} (22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Na4 $1 24. f4 $1 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qxf4 $16
) 22... Nf6 $6 (22... exf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Nc4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Ne5
{White has prepared a small surprise for his opponent, he seriously
contemplated sacrifice of the exchange. Black king would become unsafe
anywhere on the board.} (26... Bf8 27. h5 Bxh6 28. Qf6) 27. Nd4 $3 Nxd3 28.
Bxd3 $16) 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rf1 O-O 25. Nc5 $1 Bb7 {[%mdl 2048] A modest
retreat and an admission, that black pieces are poorly coordinated.} (25... Qa7
26. Rd6 $3 Nc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rxf6 $18) 26. Ne6 $1 fxe6 27. Bxb6 Qc6 28. Qg1
$1 Kh7 29. Rdf3 {Ponomariov's position has fallen apart, his survival chances
are negligable.} Qe8 (29... Rbc8 30. h5 $18) 30. Bc5 Bxc5 (30... Nd7 31. Rxf8
Nxf8 32. Qg3 Nd7 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Qg5 $18) 31. Qxc5 Nd7 32. Qe3 Qe7 33. Qg5
Qxg5 34. Rf7+ $1 Rxf7 (34... Kxh6 35. hxg5+ Kxg5 36. Rg1+ Kh6 37. Rxd7 $18) 35.
Rxf7+ Kh8 36. hxg5 {There is not a slightest doubt that endgame is lost for
black. Anand shows his patient side a realizes his advantage mit maximum
security-rather slowly.} Bc6 37. b4 Nf8 38. Rf6 Kg8 39. Bg4 Bd7 40. Kb2 Re8 41.
Nd1 Re7 42. Nf2 Be8 43. Rf3 (43. Nd3 $5 Nh7 44. Nxe5 Nxf6 (44... Nxg5 45. Nxg6
$18) 45. gxf6 Rh7 46. Bxe6+ Kf8 47. f7 Rxh6 48. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 49. Bf7+ Ke7 50.
Bxg6 Ke6 51. Nd3 $18) 43... Rf7 (43... Nh7 44. Nh3 Bc6 45. Re3 $18) 44. Rxf7
Kxf7 45. Kc3 Nh7 46. Nh3 Bc6 47. Kd3 Ke7 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Be2 Ke7 50. Bd3 Kd6
51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Kg4 Nf8 53. Ng1 Nh7 54. Nf3 Kd6 55. Kg3 Be8 56. Kf2 Bc6 57. Ke3
Bd7 58. c4 $1 {At long last white's extra pawn is marching forward and
breaking the resistance.} bxc4 59. Bxc4 Bc8 (59... Bb5 60. Bd3 Kc7 61. Nxe5
Nxg5 62. Nxg6 $18) 60. a4 Bb7 61. a5 Bc8 62. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 {Diese Spielweise ist sehr
populär in der letzten Zeit - Schwarz möchte im Ffolgenden b7-b5, Bb7 spielen
und mit Nbd7 die Entwicklung des Damenflügels beenden. Die traditionelle
Alternative ist 5...Nbd7.} 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. d4 (8. a4 a6 (8... Na6 9.
Nc3 $5 (9. O-O Nb4 10. Qd1 a6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Ng5 c5 {
1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Razuvaev,Y/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 (48)}) 9... Nb4 10. Qb1 Be7
11. O-O a6 12. d4 O-O 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. e3 Qb6 15. Ne4 $1 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
Rc1 a5 18. Nc5 Na6 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Bf1 Qb6 22. Nd2 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Saric,A-Pavasovic,D/Zadar 2004 (70)}) 9. axb5 cxb5 $5 (9... axb5) 10.
O-O Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. e3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Rfd1 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Rotstein,A-Gyimesi,Z/Graz 2004 (28)}) 8... Nbd7 9. a4 (9.
Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 $1 11. O-O Be7 $1 12. Rd1 Qb8 $1 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. e4 Rc8 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc4 $1 19. Qf3 Qe8 $1 20.
Be3 Rc7 $1 {[/\ Rac8]. 1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Ibragimov,I/Russia (ch) 82/423 2001/
[Volzhin,A] (20)}) 9... c5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 4] Schwarz beschäftigt sich nicht mit
dem b5-Bauern, er öffnet die Diagonale des b7-Läufers.} 10. O-O (10. dxc5 b4
11. O-O Bxc5 $15) (10. axb5 cxd4 11. O-O e5 $13) 10... b4 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Nbd2
Be7 13. Rfc1 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Nb3 Bd5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qd3 h6
18. Be3 $11) 13... O-O {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung - er hat Raumvorteil
am Damenflügel und eine gute Entwicklung, die weiße Dame steht nicht so gut
auf der c-Linie.} (13... cxd4 14. Qd3 $11) 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bxf6 (15. Be3) 15...
Bxf6 16. e3 Rc7 17. Qe2 $6 {Dieser Damezug erscheint mir etwas passiv - die
Alternative erscheint mir logischer.} (17. Ne4 $5) 17... Qc8 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 18.
Qb5 a6 19. Qf1 (19. Qa5 $4 Rc6 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rf6d8,Rd8a5]} 20. dxc5 Bxb2 $19
) 19... a5 20. b3 $2 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - Weiß schwächt das c3-Feld
von selbst.} (20. Nb3 Bd5 21. Nfd2 (21. Nxa5 $4 Qa8 $19 {[%cal Ra8a5,Ra8f3]}))
20... Rd8 21. Qb5 Bc6 $6 (21... Qa8 $15) 22. Qe2 {In vorherigen Varianten
konnte Weiß nie Qxa5 spielen, aber hier geht das, obwohl dieser Zug sehr
riskant ist.} (22. Qxa5 $1 Qb8 (22... Qb7 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Ra8 25. Qb5
Qxb5 26. axb5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 cxd4 28. Ne4 $13) 23. Qa6 $13) 22... Qb7 $15 {
[%csl Yc3][%cal Gb7h1] Schwarz hat eine ausgezeichnete Figurenkoordination und
das c3-Feld ist schwach in der weißen Stellung.} (22... Nb6 23. Rxc5 Bxf3 24.
Bxf3 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Bxa1 26. cxb6 Qc1+ 27. Nf1 Qc5 28. b7 $44 {[%csl Gb7]}) 23.
Nc4 Qa8 24. Ra2 {[%cal Ga2c2,Gc1c8] Weiß möchte auf der c-Linie die Türme
verdoppeln.} cxd4 25. exd4 Bd5 26. Rac2 Rdc8 (26... Be4) 27. Qd1 (27. Nfe5 Bxg2
28. Nxd7 Bxd4 (28... Rxd7 29. Nb6 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Be4 31. Qe2 $13) 29. Ncb6 Bxb6
30. Nxb6 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qb7 $19) 27... Qa6 28. Nfe5 $6 $138 {
Weiß ist schon in Zeitnot, er hatte nur noch 3 Minuten Bedenkzeit.} (28. Bf1
Qa7 29. Be2 $15) 28... Bxe5 29. Bxd5 {Dieser Zug verliert eigentlich einen
Bauern, aber Weiß hat kein besseren Zug.} (29. dxe5 Bxc4 30. Qd6 (30. Rxc4 Rxc4
31. Rxc4 Nxe5 $17) 30... Qxd6 31. exd6 Rc5 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. bxc4
Nc5 $19 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5]}) 29... Bxg3 (29... Bf4 $6 30. gxf4 exd5 31. Ne5 Nxe5 (
31... Rc3 $2 32. Rxc3 bxc3 33. Nxd7 Qg6+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ 35. f3 Qxf4 36. Rc2 $18)
32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Qg6+ $44) 30. hxg3 exd5 31. Ne3 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Nf6 $17 {
Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die technische Verwertung des Vorteils ist
noch nicht leicht, weil die schwarze Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel schwer zu
mobilisieren ist.} 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. dxc5 Qc6 35. Qd4 g6 {Schwarz verhindert
die Möglichkeit 36.Nf5.} (35... Kf8 36. Nf5 $15) 36. Qe5 Nd7 37. Qd6 $2 (37.
Qe8+ Kg7 38. Ng4 $15 (38. Nc2 Qxc5 39. Qxd7 Qxc2 40. Qxd5)) 37... Qxd6 38. cxd6
{[%mdl 4096]} Kf8 $19 {Das Springerendspiel ist gewonnen für Schwarz - der
schwarze König kontrolliert den weiße d-Bauern, der b3-Bauer ist schwach und
Schwarz kann am Königsflügel mit h5 und g5 einen ernfernten Freibauern bilden.}
39. Nxd5 Nc5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Rc5b3]} 40. Kf1 Ke8 41. Nb6 Nxb3 42. Ke2 Nc5 43.
f3 h5 44. Ke3 b3 (44... b3 45. Kd2 g5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 $11 20. Re1 $5 {
Introduced by IM Savanovic, with the previously known idea for such positions
Nf1-g3.} (20. Qe2 e4 $11) (20. Be2 Bf7 $11) (20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxe3 22.
fxe3 (22. Nxe3 $2 Rxb3 23. Qc4 Qb6 $17) 22... Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxb3 24. Rc4 Rb5
$11) 20... Rb7 (20... Bxe3 21. Nxe3 $14) (20... Qd7 {with the idea ...Bd8 is
also a playable alternative}) (20... e4 $5 21. Nf1 Ne5 22. Ng3 Bh4 23. Nxe4
Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qg5 26. Be2 Bc5 27. Rf4 Ng6 (27... Rxf4 28. Rxf4
Re8 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Ng6 31. Rf1 Ba7 32. b5 Bc5 (32... Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Qxd5
34. Qe8+ Qg8 35. Qxg8+ Kxg8 36. Ra1 Bc5 37. Ra6 Ne5 38. b6 Nd7 39. b7 $16) 33.
Bf3 Nh4 34. Nc7 Re5 35. Be4 g6 36. Qa1 $18 {1-0 Wiersma,E-Sill,T/Bad Wiessee
2003 (38)}) 28. Rf3 Rbe8 (28... Nh4 29. Rg3 $16) 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxa5 Nh4
31. Bf3 $2 (31. g3 Nf5 $44 {Black has sufficient compensation for a draw. For
instance:} 32. Ra2 Nxg3+ 33. hxg3 Qxg3 34. Bg4 Bf2 35. Qf1 Qxg4 36. Rxf2 Qh4+ {
and White can't escape perpetual:} 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qg5+ 40.
Qg2 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qh6+ 42. Kg3 Qg5+ 43. Kh2 Qh6+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Rf1 Rxf1+ 46.
Qxf1 Qg5+ 47. Qg2 Qc1+ $11) 31... h6 $17 (31... Nxf3 $2 32. gxf3 h6 33. Ra1 $16
{1-0 Dominguez,L-Ramirez Alvarez,A/Buenos Aires 2003 (44)}) (31... h5 $5) 32.
Ra2 (32. Ra1 $2 Rxf3 $19) 32... Nxf3 33. gxf3 Rxf3 $17) 21. Bd3 $146 {A
novelty that fails to impress, since it leads to a forced draw.} (21. Nf1 Rbf7
22. Ra2 Bh4 23. Ng3 e4 $5 $132 {[%cal Gc6e5] 1/2-1/2 Wiersma,E-Ris,R/Dieren
2003 (27)}) 21... Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxe3 (22... Rxb3 23. Qc4 Bxe3 24. fxe3 {
is the same as the game}) 23. fxe3 (23. Qxe3 Rxb3) 23... Rxb3 24. Qc4 Rb2 25.
Qxc6 Qg5 26. Nf4 {The only move, which means that after 21.Bd3 everything is
forced.} (26. g3 $2 Qh5 27. Rh4 Qf3 $19) 26... exf4 27. Rxf4 (27. exf4 Qg4 $11)
27... Rfb8 {It looks like all moves were known by both opponents from their
home preparation. Here is probably where the preparation ended, so why playing
any further? Typical case for the modern chess.} (27... Rfb8 28. Ref1 Rb1 29.
Qxd6 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Qe8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Be3 Bf6 (
14... a6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Ra2 Bf6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. h3 Qe7 20. g4
$16 {[%csl Rf6] 1-0 Rizouk,A-Angulo Martinez,J/Erandio ESP 2004/(33)}) 15. Nd2
Na5 $1 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qa4 ({White is not in time to seize the centre by} 17.
c4 Qd7 18. Nf3 {because Black immediately destroys the pawn pair c4-d4 by} c5
$15) 17... Bd7 18. Qb4 (18. Bf3 Bxa4 19. Bxd5 Rad8 $11) 18... Be7 19. Qb2 Bc6
20. Bf3 Qd7 $11 21. Qa2 Rad8 22. a4 b6 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Qd5 25. Qxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Re1
Bg7 15. Rb1 (15. c3 {is the main continuation}) 15... O-O 16. c4 f4 $6 (16...
bxc4 17. Nxc4 $14) (16... b4 17. Nc2 a5 $14 {/=}) (16... e4 17. Bf1 Qb6 (17...
Ng6 $5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Bxb2 $11 (19... Qg5 $44)) 18. Qh5 (18. Qd2 Rfc8
19. Kh1 Qd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Ramirez Alvarez,A/Santo Domingo 2003 (30)})
18... Rfc8 19. b4 Qd4 20. Rb3 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Rd1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Luther,
T-Van Wely,L/Chalkidiki 2002 (67)}) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 f5 19. Nc4 $1 e4 (
19... Rxa2 20. Na3 $18 {[%csl Ra2]}) 20. a4 f3 (20... Ng6 21. f3 $16) 21. gxf3
Ng6 22. fxe4 Qh4 23. Qf3 fxe4 24. Qg3 Qh6 25. Rxe4 {Three pawns up and
everything well protected. Normally White should be able to consolidate easily,
but Anand failed to achieve that task.} Nf4 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Rbe1 Rf6 28. Be8 (
28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Bf8 30. Ne3 $18) (28. Ne3 $18) 28... Ra7 29. Nb6 {
White's last two moves look a bit strange, but the worst is yet to come.} Rf5
30. Qg4 $2 {[%csl Rf2]} ({White had to take away first square f8 from black
rook:} 30. Nd7 Nh3 (30... Nxd5 31. Rh4 $18) 31. f4 Nxf4 32. Qg4 $18) 30... Rf8
$1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf4h3,Gf4d3] All of a sudden things are unclear. White
managed to lose all coordination between pieces. Now pawn f2 in not longer
protected. Besides, the minor pieces are completely misplaced.} 31. Rf1 (31.
Nd7 Nh3 $13) ({A picturesque position arises after} 31. Rd1 {[%csl Gd3]} Nh3 {
[%csl Rd1,Re4,Rg4,Rh1][%cal Gh3f2] A knight on the edge is certainly not
always a bad piece.  White is lost. He did everything here to arrange the
pieces "conveniently" for opponent's knight. To complete the picture White
should have played Bd3 instead of Be8.}) 31... Be5 $1 (31... Nh3 $2 32. f4 $18)
32. Bd7 $8 Nxd5 {Who could guess five moves ago that Black would create a
mating threat in one? Realizing that he can be even worse must have felt like
a real nightmare for Anand.} 33. Rxe5 $8 dxe5 34. Nxd5 $8 Qd6 35. Be6 {With a
serie of only moves Anand succeeds to save the game.} Re8 36. Rc1 Qxe6 37. Qxe6
Rxe6 38. b3 Rf7 39. Kg2 Rg6+ 40. Kf1 Rh6 41. Kg2 Rg6+ 42. Kf1 Rh6 {A curious
encounter, which probably costed the Indian GM the first place in Wijk aan Zee
this year.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 (19... Bxa3 20.
Ng5 $1 g6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rbd1 Na5 23. Bh6 $44) 20. c4 h6 (20... Ne7 21. Be5 (
21. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 $14) 21... Qf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxc7 Be7 24. Bg3 f6
25. a4 Kf7 26. a5 Rxc4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sebag,M-Roussel
Roozmon,T/Bois Colombes FRA 2004/(41)}) 21. h4 (21. h3 Re7 (21... Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nf5 25. Bb2 Rf8 26. Re5 Nd6 27. Qg3 f6 28. Re6
Rf7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Gelfand,B/Calvia de Mallorca ESP 2004/(36)}) 22.
Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 $14 {[%csl Rc7] 1-0 Leko,P-Anand,
V/Linares 2003/CBM 94/(65)}) 21... Ne7 (21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. Be5 Qf5
24. Qd4 Ng6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. h5 Nf4 28. Nd4 Kf8 29. Re4 Nxh5 30.
Rh4 Ng7 31. Rxh6 $16 {1-0 Leitao,R-Coelho,L/Sao Paulo BRA 2005/(52)}) 22. Rbd1
(22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qd6 24. Qf3 f6 25. Ng4 Ng6 26. h5 Ne5 $11) (22. Ne5 Bxe5
23. Bxe5 Ng6 24. Bg3 Qg4 $132) (22. h5 $5 {This move looks like a logical
development of the idea of the previous Whites move.} b5 23. cxb5 (23. Rxb5 c6
$11) 23... Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Be5 Ra8 $1 26. Rbc1 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28.
Nxe5 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Landa,K/Muelheim Nord GER 2005/(31)}) 22...
Ng6 23. Bg3 h5 24. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Bb2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. c5
bxc5 (27... Ne7 28. cxb6 cxb6 29. d6 Rd8 30. Nd2 $1 Qe6 31. Ne4 $36) 28. Rxc5
Ne5 29. Qb5 ({White misses the tactical chance to get an advantage} 29. Bxe5 $1
Bxe5 30. Ra5 $1 Qd6 $5 (30... c6 31. Rc5 $1 $16) (30... Bd6 31. Rxa7 Bc5 32.
Ra6 Rd8 33. Ng5 $36) 31. Qb5 (31. Rxa7 Qc5 32. Rb7 Qc1+ 33. Qf1 Qxa3 34. Nxe5
Rxe5 $11) 31... Rd8 32. Rxa7 Qxd5 (32... Bf4 33. Ra4 Bc1 34. Qd3 $16) 33. Qxd5
Rxd5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxc7 Ra5 36. Rc3 Ra4 37. g3 f6 $14) 29... Qxb5 30. Rxb5
Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Be5 32. Ra5 Bd6 $1 33. Rxa7 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Rd1 {[%csl Rd5]} 35.
Ra5 Kh7 36. a4 Rd4 37. Kf1 f5 $11 38. Bxd6 (38. Bxd6 cxd6 39. Kg2 Rxh4 40. Ra6
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {In both white games of Anand vs Adams in 2005, Vishy openned with 1.d4
and not with 1.e4 which is his main weapon- Mickey has a very solid opening
repertoire with black against 1.e4, Ruy Lopez or Petroff, so probably that's
the reason why Vishy chose 1.d4 in both...} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5.
b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Nf6 ({In Linares 2005 Vishy went again to the same line, but Adams was
well prepared for it and tried something new:} 12... Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4
15. Bxe4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qc2 h6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Red1 Rfd8
21. Rac1 Qa7 22. Bb2 b5 23. Ra1 bxa4 24. bxa4 $2 (24. Rxa4 $142 $11) 24... Bf6
25. Qd2 c5 $17 {0-1 Anand,V-Adams,M/Linares ESP 2005 (52)}) 13. e4 b5 14. exd5
{Gershon in CBM 102: A new breeze in a well known position. Leko, however,
proves this to be not dangerous.} (14. Re1 {Gershon} dxe4 15. Qc2 {has been
tested many times before, but black does not experience any problems here.})
14... cxd5 {Quite a new approach in this position. But seems like in 14...exd5
black equalizes different ways.} (14... exd5 15. Re1 {Gershon: White's idea is
that he deprived black of the simplifying idea: dxe4, and wants to exploit his
spatial advantage.} Rb8 (15... dxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. c5 (17. Qf3 $5) 17... Rfe8
18. Qb3 Bf8 19. Qa3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bc8 21. Ba5 Qb7 22. Bd8 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5
24. Qa5 Be6 $11 25. Bc7 Be7 26. Rb1 Bd7 27. Nb3 h6 28. Re1 Bf6 29. a3 {1/2-1/2
Bologan,V-Macieja,B/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 no vc}) 16. c5 Bc8 $1 {Gershon: The
bishop has nothing more to do on 'a6', and is transferred to the K's side.} (
16... b4 {is pseudo active, enabling white to open lines on the Q side in the
future (Gershon)} 17. Bb2 {[%cal Ga2a3]}) 17. Nf3 (17. h3 Qc7 18. b4 Re8 19. a4
a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bb2 h6 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Kh2 Ra8 $11 {0-1 Karpov,
A-Sadvakasov,D/Astana KAZ 2004/The Week in Chess 524 (68)}) 17... Ne4 18. Ne5 {
Gershon: the only way to fight for initiative.} (18. Bb2 f6 $11) 18... Nxc3 19.
Qd3 Qc7 (19... Ne4 20. Nxc6 Qc7 21. Nxb8 Qxb8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 {[%csl
Gc5,Gd4] White pawns, supported by the rooks would be very difficult to cope
with here.}) 20. Qxc3 Re8 {Whtie has some visual advantage, due to a bit more
space, however, Black easily throws back White pieces, and equalizes.} 21. a4 (
{In their later game of the tournament (Blitz, in the tiebreaks), Kramnik
played:} 21. b4 {followed by a draw offer, which was accepted.}) 21... b4 {
not allowing the opening of an 'a' file.} 22. Qf3 Bf8 23. Re3 f6 {before White
builds up pressure along the 'e' file, it's time to swap some pieces.} 24. Nd3
Rxe3 25. fxe3 a5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Dortmund 2004/CBM 102/[Gershon] 
(29) The last finesse, not allowing white to fixate a weakness on b4}) 15. c5 {
seems like that's the only way for white to fight for some opening advantage.}
(15. Re1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qc8 (17... Qc7 $142 $1 18. Ne3 (18. Qa4
Rfc8 $17) 18... Qxc3 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rad8 {and black wins d4.}) 18. Qa4
Rb8 19. Qxa7 Qxc4 20. Rec1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ibraev,N-Pedersen,N/Bled 2002/EXT 2003
(38)}) 15... b4 16. Bxb4 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 {17.Nxf1 would stop e6-e5 of black, on
the other hand 17.Bxf1 supports white's plan on a queenside.... Vishy had a
difficult choice.} (17. Nxf1 e5 $140 $2 18. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yg2d5]})
17... e5 {Fearless Mickey! Black is just worse if plays passively.} (17... Qc7
18. Bc3 Nd7 (18... a5 19. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 19. b4 Bf6 20. Rc1 {[%cal Ga2a4,
Gb4b5] and I don't want to be black here :-)}) (17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bc3
e5 20. b4 {and white pawn mass on a queenside looks scary for black.}) 18. Bc3
(18. dxe5 $6 Nd7 {[%csl Yc5,Ye5]}) 18... a5 {This move doesn't stop white
queenside pawns and seems like it only helps white to get connected passers
faster.  I don't like this move, but I don't see any good one....Probably
black's position is just bad here.} (18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. b4 exd4 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Rfd8 23. Be3 $16) 19. a3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. b4 axb4 (
21... exd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 Rfd8 24. Bc3 $16) 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qd5
$1 {Creative move by Adams. Black sacrifices a pawn but activates his pieces.}
(23... exd4 24. Bxd4 Bf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 {in the ending after QxP QxQ white
passers decide the game.} 26. b5 Re8 27. c6 {and black fails to achieve any
counterplay.}) 24. dxe5 Ra8 (24... e3 25. fxe3 Ra8 26. Qb1 $18 {[%cal Gc3d4]})
25. Qc1 {White queen goes to e3!} Ra2 26. Qe3 Rc2 27. Qd4 $1 {transforming the
game to a winning endgame.} Qxd4 {Unfortunately for black the swap of queens
is necessary.} (27... Qb3 28. Bd2 $18 {[%cal Gd2e3]}) 28. Bxd4 Kf8 29. h4 Ke8 {
The pawn moves on a kingside recommended by other commentators don't really
help black- white transfers the king to a queenside and then advances his
passers.} (29... h5 30. Ba6 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e1]} g6 31. Kf1 Ke8 32. Ke1 Kd7 33.
Kd1 Ra2 34. Bc4 Ra3 35. Kc2 $18 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 30. e6 $1 {Otherwise black
king goes to the centre.} (30. Ba6 Kd7 {[%cal Gd7e6,Ge6d5]}) 30... fxe6 $2 {
Decisive mistake by Mickey. He would have good practical chances for a draw if
played 30...f6;} (30... f6 $142 31. Ba6 (31. Be3 f5) (31. g4 {[%cal Gg1g2,
Gg2g3]} Bd8 {[%cal Ge8e7]} 32. Ba6 Ke7 33. b5 Kxe6 34. Bb7 Be7 35. c6 Bd8 36.
b6 Kd6 37. c7 Bxc7 38. bxc7 Rxc7 {and black has good chances to save this
ending.}) 31... Kd8 32. Kf1 {and it seems like the plan mentioned above is
effective here too.} Kc7 33. Ke1 $18) (30... Bf6 $143 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Be3
Ke6 33. Ba6 Bc3 34. b5 Bd2 35. Bxd2 Rxd2 36. Bb7 Rc2 37. Bxe4 (37. c6 Kd6 38.
b6 Rxc6 39. Bxc6 Kxc6 $11) 37... Rxc5 38. b6 Rb5 39. b7 $18) 31. Bxg7 $18 {
Now white can also create a passed pawn on the kingside.} Rc1 32. Bd4 Kd7 33.
Be3 Rc3 34. Bd4 Rc1 35. Kg2 Kc6 36. Be3 Rc2 37. Ba6 Kc7 (37... Rb2 38. b5+ Rxb5
39. Bxb5+ Kxb5 40. g4 Bxc5 41. Bxc5 Kxc5 42. Kg3 {and white wins here easily.})
38. Kh3 Rc3 (38... h5 39. g4 $18 {[%cal Gh4h8]}) 39. Bd4 Rb3 40. b5 Rd3 41. b6+
Kc6 {[%tqu "En","White to move and win. Play like Vishy Anand!","","","a6b5",
"",10]} 42. Bb5+ $1 {A final blow! A new queen of white will appear on the
board shortly!} Kd5 (42... Kxb5 43. b7) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 $5 9. Bd2 $5 {Ein interessantes Konzept. Weiß will unmittelbar am
Damenflügel spielen, um die Schwäche des Pc6 zu betonen. Nachteilig ist aber,
dass er noch nicht rochiert hat.} (9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Bb7 (10... a6 {ist zu
langsam:} 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. b4 Qe7 15. Qb3 {Dies ist
die gleiche Stellung wie in Sokolov,I-Anand,V, jedoch mit dem für Weiß
vorteilhaften Einschub von 0-0 und ...a7-a6. Da Schwarz das notwendige Tempo
zum Gegenspiel fehlt, hat er einfach strategischen Nachteil.} e5 16. Qb1 Nf6
17. Bf5 e4 18. Ng5 Rce8 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rxf3 g6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23.
Qxg6 Qg7 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxe8+ {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Utnasunov,A/St Petersburg
2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne2 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 {/\ ...
c6-c5}) 12... b4 (12... a6 13. b4 $14) 13. e4 Be7 (13... c5 14. e5 $5 Bxf3 15.
exd6 Bd5 $13 {0-1 Lautier,J-Zvjaginsev,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99/[Lutz] (59)}) 14.
e5 Nd5 15. Ng3 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 (16... N5b6 17. Be4 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne4
cxd4 20. Qd3 h6 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Qxd4 Qb6 24. Qc4 Qb8 25. Qd4 Qb6
26. Qc4 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Zvjaginsev,V/Essen 2002/CBM 90 (26)}) 17. Qe4
g6 18. Qg4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. Re1 N5b6 21. Be4 Nc4 22. Bxb7 Nxd2 23. Nxd2
Qxb7 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Nf3 Nc5 26. Qc4 Qd5 27. Qxb4 Qxa2 28. Ne4 Qa4 29. Qxa4
Nxa4 30. b3 Nc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc1 Bb6 33. Kf1 Rd3 34. Rb1 Rc3 35. Rb2 a5
36. Ke2 Bc5 37. Nd2 Bb4 38. Ra2 Kg7 39. Nc4 Rxb3 40. Nxa5 Rc3 41. Nb7 g5 42.
Rb2 Ba3 43. Rb5 g4 44. Kd2 Rc7 45. Nd6 Kg6 46. Rb8 h5 47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Rh8+ Kg5
49. Rf8 Bxd6 50. exd6 Rd7 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kh7 53. Rg5 Kh6 54. Rg8 Rxd6 55.
Kf4 Rd3 56. Ra8 Rb3 57. Ra5 Rb2 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Re5 Rd2 60. Ra5 f5 61. h3 h4+
62. Kxh4 Rxf2 63. Kg3 Rb2 64. hxg4 Rb3+ 65. Kf4 Rb4+ 66. Ke5 Re4+ 67. Kd6 fxg4
68. Re5 Rd4+ 69. Kxe6 Rd2 {0-1 Gustafsson,J-Graf,A/Dresden 2003/EXT 2004 (69)})
9... O-O (9... Bb7 10. a3 a5 11. Ng5 b4 12. Nce4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nf3 c5
15. O-O O-O 16. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Harikrishna,P/Catalan Bay 2004/CBM 98 ext
(16)}) 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4 Qe7 14. Qb3 {Der Pc6 ist
festgelegt und Weiß hätte einigen Vorteil, könnte Schwarz nicht im Zentrum
aktiv werden.} e5 $1 15. dxe5 (15. Qb1 $5 h6 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. dxe5
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bc3 Rg5 23. e4 c5 24. f3 Rg6
25. bxc5 Ra6 26. Re2 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Utnasunov,A/Elista 2000/CBM 79 (26)})
15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb1 g6 18. O-O Qd6 $15 {Schwarz gewinnt einen
wichtigen Bauern am Königsflügel. Andererseits ist der Bb7 nach wie vor
eingeschlossen, so dass Weiß Kompensation hat.} 19. Bc3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21.
Rfd1 Qe7 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qb2 Rd7 28. Kg1 Rd2 29. Qc3 Qd6 {Schwarz versucht methodisch seinen Bauern zu
verwerten, aber angesichts seines Läufers gestaltet sich das schwierig.} (29...
Rxa2 $5 {ist ein prinzipieller Versuch seitens des Schwarzen.} 30. Rd1 {
wird wahrscheinlich Anands Befürchtung gewesen sein.} (30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Qxc6
a6 $17 {gewinnt zwar einen der weißen Minusbauern zurück, aber durch den
Abtausch des Bb7 ist Schwarz auch seine wesentliche Schwäche losgeworden, so
dass er sich nun eines mehr oder weniger gesunden Mehrbauern erfreuen kann.})
30... Qe7 31. Qd4 {mit der Idee Qd7 sieht zumindest in einer praktischen
Partie riskant für Schwarz aus. Aber vielleicht hat Schwarz dennoch Vorteil:}
Ra4 32. Qd7 Kf8 33. Qd4 f6 $17) 30. a3 Rd3 31. Qa1 h5 32. a4 a6 33. axb5 axb5
34. Qa7 $11 {Mit dem Eindringen seiner Dame kann Weiß das Gleichgewicht wahren.
} Qd7 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ f6 37. Qb8 Rd6 38. Ra1 Qe7 39. Ra7 Rd7 40. g3 Bc8
41. Ra1 Rc7 42. Rc1 Bb7 43. Rc5 Qd6 44. Bd5 Bc8 45. Qb6 Bb7 46. Rxb5 Rd7 47.
Rc5 cxd5 48. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 d5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15.
Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxb4 dxe4 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21.
Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. fxe4 h5 26. gxh5 Nxe4 27.
Rd4 Nf6 28. Be2 Nxh5 29. Rh4 g6 30. Rg1 Ke7 31. Ra4 Ra8 32. Bf3 Ra7 33. Rg5 f5
34. Rxg6 Kf7 35. Rg2 Nf6 36. Re2 Rh3 37. Bh1 Ng4 38. Kb2 Kf6 39. Bg2 Rxh2 40.
Bf3 Rxe2 41. Bxe2 Ne3 42. c4 e5 43. c5 e4 44. b4 Rc7 45. bxa5 Rxc5 46. a6 Nd5
47. a7 Nc7 48. a8=Q Nxa8 49. Rxa8 f4 50. Rf8+ Ke5 51. Bg4 f3 52. Rf5+ Kd4 53.
Rxc5 Kxc5 54. Kc3 Kb5 55. Kd2 f2 56. Be2+ Kb4 57. Kc2 Ka3 58. Kb1 e3 59. Ka1
1-0

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Ne5 (13. b4 Bxf3 14.
Nxf3 Nc4 15. a4 (15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 19.
dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Moscow 2004/CBM 102/[Huzman] 
(30)}) 15... Qf6 (15... a6 16. a5 b5 $11) 16. Qb3 Qf7 17. Ra2 Rae8 18. Rae2 c6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Nielsen,P/playchess.com INT 2004/(48)}) 13... Bh5 (13...
Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qh4 15. Rf1 $5 (15. Nf1 Nc6 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. f3 (17. Bg3 Qh6) (
17. e6 $5 Bh5 18. Bg3 (18. Bxc7 Rxe6 19. f3 Qe7 20. Bf4 (20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Bg3
exd3 22. Qxd3 Qc5+ $17) 20... Ne5 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 (22... exd3 23.
Qxd3 Rxe5 24. Qxd5+ $1 $16) 23. Be2) 18... Qf6 19. f3 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 Bg6 21. Qb3
$14) 17... Bxf3 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qh5 20. gxf3 Nxe5 21. Be2 f4 $40 {
0-1 Volokitin,A-Dominguez,L/Bermuda BER 2005/(47)}) 15... Nc6 16. f4 Qe7 17.
Nf3 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Ivanchuk,V/Yerevan ARM 2004/(58)}) 14.
b4 Nc6 {Black starts to fight for control over the square e5.} (14... Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Nc6 16. f4 (16. f3 Qh4 17. Bb2 Nxe5 18. fxe4 fxe4 $17) 16... Qh4 17. Rf1
$14) 15. Ndf3 (15. f4 Qh4 16. Ndf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qh5 $11) 15... Re8 (15... Qe8
16. Bb2 Rd8 17. b5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qg6 20. c4 (20. Bf1 Rfe8 21. c4
d4 $11) 20... Bf3 21. Bf1 d4 22. Qd3 Ng5 23. h4 Be4 24. Qg3 Ne6 $11) 16. Bb2
Qf6 {[%cal Yc6e5,Yd6e5,Ye8e5,Yf6e5]} 17. Qb3 (17. Nxc6 Bxf3 (17... bxc6 18. Ne5
Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qg5 20. c4 Re6 21. Bc1 Qh4 22. Be3 Rg6 $36) 18. gxf3 Qg5+ 19. Kh1
Qh5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxf3+ 22. Kg1 Re6 (22... Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke2
Qxh2 25. Bxe4 Rxe5 26. Kd1 $13) 23. Re3 Rg6+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 Qxh2 26. Bf1
Rg1 $40) 17... Kh8 (17... Rad8 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxe4 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Bxe5 22. b5 $1 (22. dxe5 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nxe5 24. Kf1 Nc4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.
Bc1 $14) 22... Qxf3 (22... Qh6 23. g3 Rf8 24. Qg2 Nxd4 25. cxd4 $16) 23. gxf3
Na5 24. dxe5 Nc4 25. Bc1 Nxe5 26. Kg2 $16) 18. Be2 ({The only chance to fight
for advantage was} 18. Qxd5 Bxe5 $1 (18... Rad8 19. Bxe4 fxe4 (19... Bxe5 20.
dxe5 Qg6 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. Qxd8 Qxd8 23. Nxf5 Nxe5 24. c4 $44) 20. Qxe4 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Bxe5 22. b5 (22. dxe5 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nxe5 $44) 22... Nxd4 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24.
cxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 c5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Kf1 c5 $11) 19. dxe5 (19. Bxe4 fxe4 (
19... fxe4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxb7 Rf8 23. Qxa7 c5 $19) 20. Nxe5 (
20. dxe5 Nxe5) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxb7 Rf8 23. Qxa7 c5 24. Rf1 Bf3 $1
$19) 19... Qg6 20. Bxe4 (20. Nh4 Qg5 21. Nxf5 (21. Bxe4 Rxe5 $15) 21... Rxe5
22. Qd7 Nxf2 $1 23. Kxf2 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Rg8 $17) 20... fxe4 21. Qxe4 (21. Nh4)
21... Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxe5 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. Bc1 $14) 18... Rxe5 ({
Another version of the exchange sacrifice was also possible:} 18... Nxe5 19.
dxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. c4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxb4 22. Rec1 d4 $1 23. Bxd4 Bc5 $17)
20... Bxe5 $11) (18... Bxe5 19. Nxe5 (19. dxe5 Qg6 20. c4 (20. Qxd5 Red8 21.
Qb3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxe5 $17) 20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd2 22. Qc3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 dxc4
24. Qc3 b5 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. e6 Re8 $15) 19... Bxe2 20.
Rxe2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qe6 22. Rae1 Rad8 $11) 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. Nd4 Ng4
$40 {A. Baburin} (20... Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Nc4 $44 {[%csl Rb2]})) 20... Bxe5 $44 (
20... Qxe5 21. g3 f4 (21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 Bxe2 23. c4 Qe4 24. Qc3 d4 25. Qxd4
Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxc4 27. Bc5 $1 $16) 22. c4 Qf5 23. Bxh5 Qxh5 24. c5 Nd2 25.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Be5 27. Qxd2 fxg3 28. hxg3 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Re8 $14) 21. Bxh5
(21. g3 Bf7 $1 (21... Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Bxc3 23. Rae1 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qb6 25. Kg2 $14
{[%cal Gf2f3]}) 22. Bd3 f4 $36) 21... Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 (22. Kh1 Qh4 $19) (22. Kf1
Nd2+ $19) 22... Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qxf2+ 24. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Nf5
Bc8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Nf5 c4 20. dxc4 Nxc4 21. b3 Nb6
22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Nd7 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Nc5 26. Be3 Nd4 27. Rad1 Rab8
28. Bb1 Nxa4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Rxd4 Rb2 31. e5 Nc5 32. Bf5 a5 33. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 d6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nb5 Ne8 15.
a3 h6 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Ne1 Na5 18. Bd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc6 20. e4 Na7 21. Nc3 Nc7
22. a4 Nc6 23. b3 Bf6 24. Nc2 Kf8 25. h4 h5 26. Rb1 Ke7 27. Re1 Nd4 28. Nxd4
Bxd4 29. Ne2 e5 30. f4 f6 31. Rh1 g6 32. Rbf1 Ne6 33. g4 exf4 34. Nxf4 Nxf4+
35. Bxf4 hxg4 36. Kg3 Rh8 37. Kxg4 Rh5 38. Rh3 Rah8 39. Rfh1 Ke6 40. Bd2 Be5
41. Be3 R8h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. O-O (18. h4) 18... f5 19. Qa4 $5 {
The idea of Sankt Petersburg GM M.Novik. White uses the fact that he hasn't
played b2-b3 yet.} Bd7 20. Bb5 Rxb5 $6 (20... Qc8 21. Nc4 $5 (21. exf5 gxf5 22.
f4 exf4 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Nxf4 $14)) (20... Nb4 $1 {Indicated
first by Cifuentes} 21. Bxd7 Nxa2 {The concrete variations show that Black is
doing okay here. Probably it's about equal:} 22. Bb5 (22. exf5 Rxb2 23. Nc4
Nxc3 24. Nxc3 Rb4 25. Qc6 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxd7 27. fxg6 hxg6) 22... Bxe3 (22...
fxe4 23. Bc4 (23. Ra1 $2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qh4 25. g3 Qh5 $17) 23... Bxe3 (23...
Rxb2 24. Nd1 Rd2 25. Bxa2 $14 {[%csl Rg5]}) 24. Nxe3 Rxb2 {is the same as 22...
Bxe3}) (22... f4 23. Nc4 f3 24. g3 Nc1 25. Nxa5 Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 (26. Kh1 Rf7 $1 {
[%cal Gd8c8,Gc8h3] Cifuentes}) 26... fxe2 27. Re1 Rxb2 28. Nc4 Rb8 29. Qa6 Be7
30. Rxe2 Qc8 31. Qxc8 Rfxc8 32. Nb2 $1 $44 {[%cal Gb2d3,Gd3b4]}) 23. Nxe3 (23.
fxe3 Qh4 $36) 23... fxe4 $1 (23... f4 24. Nd5 f3 25. g3 Qg5 26. Ne3 $16 {
[%csl Ra2]}) 24. Bc4 Rxb2 25. Bxa2 Qf6 26. Nd1 (26. f3 $2 Qf4 27. Nd1 Rxg2+ 28.
Kxg2 exf3+ $19) (26. Bd5 Rxf2 $19) 26... Rd2 {followed by ...d5, with
initiative for Black} 27. h3 (27. Qxa5 $2 Rxd1 $19) 27... d5 28. Qxa5 Qd8 $5
$11 (28... e3 29. Nxe3 Rxf2 30. Re1 $1 (30. Rd1 $2 Qf4 $19) 30... d4 31. cxd4
exd4 32. Ng4 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qf3+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ $11)) 21. Qxb5 Nb4 22. Qxa5 Nxa2
23. Qxa2 fxe4 (23... f4 24. Nc2 f3 25. g3 Bc6 26. Rd1 Qd7 27. Ne1 h5 28. Qa3
Bh6 29. c4 $16 {1-0 Novik,M-Filippov,V/Sankt_Peterburg 1994 (48)}) 24. b4 {
It is amazing that all this was known since 1994, when G.Nesis and M.Novik
evaluated the position with advantage for White. They were right: the first
player has plans to advance the b-pawn or/and attack pawn e4, while for Black
it is difficult to create counterplay.} Be6 25. c4 Qc8 26. Qb3 (26. Qc2 {
looks very attractive, but it remains unclear if White can win the following
endgame:} Bxe3 {Forced} 27. Nxe3 d5 (27... Bf5 28. Rd1 $16) 28. cxd5 Qxc2 29.
Nxc2 Bxd5 30. Ne3 Be6 $1 {[%csl Re3]} (30... Bc6 31. Rc1 $16) 31. Rb1 (31. b5
Rb8 32. Rb1 Rb6 33. Nd1 Bc4 34. Nc3 Bd3 35. Rb2 Kg7 $11) (31. Rc1 Rb8) 31...
Rb8 32. Kf1 Kg7) (26. Rd1 $142 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ga2c2,Gd1d5]} Rf7 (26... Kg7
27. Qc2 Qa8 28. Nc7 $16) 27. Qc2 Qa8 28. b5 $16 (28. Qxe4 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Bxd5
30. cxd5 Qa4 $132)) (26. Qb1 $2 Bxd5 {[%csl Gc4]}) (26. b5 Qc5) 26... Kg7 27.
Rb1 (27. Rd1 $142) (27. b5 $5 Qc5 28. b6) 27... Rf7 28. Rd1 {Anand obviously
cannot make up his mind: either to advance the b-pawn, or prepare Qc2.} (28. b5
Qc5 $14) 28... h5 29. Qc2 Qa8 30. h3 $6 (30. Qxe4 $6 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Bxd5 32.
cxd5 Qa4 33. Rb1 Qa2 $132) (30. b5 Bh4 31. g3 $16) 30... Bh4 $1 {Using the
weaknesses created by White's previous move.} 31. Rf1 (31. Rd2 Bxd5 32. Nxd5
Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe1 $132) (31. g3 $5 Bg5 {[%csl Rh3]} 32. h4) 31... Qf8 32. b5 Bc8
33. Nc3 Bb7 34. Ned5 Qc8 35. Qe2 {Threatening 31.Nxe4} (35. Qxe4 Rf4 $1 36. Qe2
Rd4 37. Ra1 Qc5 $44) 35... Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Qc5 37. b6 $2 (37. Nc3 {would have
kept good winning chances. For instance:} Rc7 38. b6 (38. Nxe4 Qxc4 39. Qxc4
Rxc4 40. Nxd6 Rc2 $132) (38. Rb1 $5) 38... Rf7 39. b7 $5 Rxb7 40. Qxe4 Rb3 41.
Qxh4 Rxc3 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Ra1 Ra3 (44... Qc7 45. Qa8 $18) 45. Rb1
Qc7 46. Rb8 Qg7 47. Qxd6) 37... Qd4 38. Qc2 (38. Kh2 Rxf2 39. Rxf2 Bxf2 40. b7
Bg1+ 41. Kg3 (41. Kh1 $2 Qa1) 41... Bf2+ 42. Qxf2 h4+ 43. Kh2 Qxf2 44. b8=Q
Qg3+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 38... Kh7 (38... Bg3 {is also good enough}) 39. Kh2 Rxf2
40. Rxf2 Bxf2 41. Qc1 (41. b7 Bg1+ 42. Kg3 Bf2+ $11) 41... e3 42. b7 Qa7 43.
Qb1 e2 44. Ne7 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Qf2 e5 15.
Nde2 exf4 16. Bb6 Qe7 17. Nxf4 Be6 18. Rad1 g6 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Be2 Rbc8 21. Bf2
h6 22. h3 Rc6 23. Bh4 g5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bg3 Nc4 26. Qd4 Bg7 27. Bxc4 Rxc4
28. Qxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O (9. Bd3 Qd7 (9... h6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Rfe1 O-O-O 12. Bb5 Qe8
13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxa7 $16 {1-0 De Loughry,
D-Parniani/Varna 1962/MCD (45)}) 10. a3 (10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. O-O O-O
13. Bd4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Garrido,J-Llorente Zaro,A/Toledo 2003/EXT
2004 (40)}) (10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Ne5 13. Be2 Bc4 14. Rae1 Bxe2
15. Rxe2 Rae8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tartakower,S-Zuckerbaecker,L/Vienna 1914/EXT 2001 
(26)}) 10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. f3 Rd8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rd1 f5 15. Bf2 Bf6 $11
{1-0 Shiraliyeva,F-Avdeeva,Y/Baku 2001/EXT 2002 (26)}) (9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5
{1/2-1/2 Ljuboschitz,A-Staller,P/Freudenstadt 2002/EXT 2003 (10)} (10... Qd7
11. d5 Bf5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. O-O h6 15. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 Bruun,
J-Sander,R/Gausdal 2000/CBM 77 ext (15)})) (9. Be2 Bf6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Nxe6
Qxe6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bd5 Qd7 15. Bd4 c6 16. Be4 Nc4 $2 17. Bxh7+
$16 {1-0 Zier,L-Sandrin,A/Hastings 1982/EXT 2004 (18)}) (9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6
Qxe6 11. Be2 Ne5 (11... O-O 12. O-O Ne5 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Bd4 c5 15. Be3 Rad8
16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jagodzinska,J-Sosnowska,E/
Poznan 1989/EXT 97 (33)}) 12. O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Bd4 Bd8
16. Re2 c5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Valdes,
M-Fittante,G/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (43)}) 9... a6 {Black chooses the plan with
long castle. It prevents the pin of the Nc6 with the last move. But now White
gets advantage because of his bishops pair.} (9... Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. Nd4 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 Qa4 12. a3 Bf5 13. Re1 Kd7 14. Rxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bxg7 $16 {1/2-1/2
Sciortino,M-Bondielli,G/Porto San Giorgio 2001/EXT 2002 (53)}) 10... O-O-O 11.
Nd4 Rhf8 12. Bb5 Bd5 13. f3 a6 14. c4 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 axb5 16. cxb5 $16 {1-0
Ushakova,I-Jousopkanova,S/St Lorenzo 1995/Juniors (46)}) (9... Bf6 10. Kb1 Qd7
11. h3 h6 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jasny,S-Weissmann,L/
Ostrava 2002/CBM 88 ext (44)}) (9... O-O 10. Bd3 (10. Rg1 Na5 11. b3 c5 12. c4
Qc7 13. Ng5 Rad8 14. Bd3 g6 15. Be4 $14 {1-0 Goebel-Huether,M/Germany 1992/EXT
2002 (25)}) 10... Qe8 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bf6 13. Rhe1 Bd7 14. Be2 Bc6 15. f4
Nd7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Kharitonov,S-Medvedkov,A/St Petersburg 1998/
EXT 99 (46)}) 10. Ng5 Bxg5 {Of course, Black exchanges his passive bishop.} 11.
Bxg5 Qd7 (11... f6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. h4 Ne5 14. b3 O-O-O 15. h5 Rhe8 16. f3 Qc6
17. Qd4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 dxc5 19. h6 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 g6 21. Be3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Forchert,M-Pautz,P/Enger Spenge 1989/EXT 2002 (64)}) 12. b3 f6 {White's last
move can push Black to the idea of short castle with the plan of attacking the
position of the Kc1 by a5-a4.} (12... O-O $5 13. Bd3 a5 14. a4 Ne5 15. Bb5 c6
16. Be2 d5 17. c4 Qc7 18. c5 $13) 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. h3 Qf7 15. Be2 $14 {
The closest plan for White is to open the position by c4-c5, but at first he
exchanges one pair of rooks on the e-file to prevent Black's counterplay.} h5
16. Rhe1 Rhe8 (16... g5 $5 17. f4 g4 18. Bd3 gxh3 19. f5 Bd5 20. gxh3 Ne5 $11)
17. f3 Qg6 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. Kb2 Re5 20. Bf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rd1 $1 {
[%mdl 36]} Bd7 23. c4 Qf5 $2 {This move is typical for Lasker's style! The Qf5
is now in danger and Black hopes that this will draw away White's attention
from the main plan.} 24. Bd3 Qc5 25. Bg6 Rh8 (25... Re7 26. Qd5 h4 27. Qg8+ Nd8
28. Qf8 $16) 26. Be4 Re8 27. c3 $1 {[%csl Rc5]} g5 28. Be3 Qe5 29. Bf2 $1 (29.
c5 f5 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Bd4 Qe2 $11) 29... f5 30. Bd3 Qg7 {Qg7 is now in the
save place but pawns of the king's side are weakened.} 31. c5 dxc5 (31... d5
32. Bc2 Be6 33. Re1 Qf6 34. h4 $1 g4 35. Qf4 $16 (35. Qg5 $16)) 32. Bxc5 Kb8 $6
(32... Re5 $142 33. Qf2 (33. Bf2 Rd5 $132) 33... Rd5 $14) 33. Bc4 Bc8 $6 (33...
Ne5 34. Bf1 f4 35. Bd4 $14) 34. Bd5 Qe5 $2 (34... Rd8 35. Qe2 Ne5 $14) 35. Bxc6
bxc6 36. Bf2 Qe2 37. Ka3 $16 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Kb7 39. h4 g4 40. f4 {[%csl Rc8]}
Re7 41. c4 Rd7 42. Re2 $2 (42. Rxd7 $5 {[%mdl 4096] I don't see how Black
could hold the position in the bishops endgame.} Bxd7 43. Bc5 {[%cal Ga3b2,
Gb2e5]} Be6 44. Kb2 Kc8 45. Kc3 Kd7 46. Kd4 Ke8 47. Ke5 Kf7 48. Ba7 $18) 42...
Rd3 $1 43. Kb4 g3 $132 44. Bc5 Rd7 $2 {[%cal Yd7g7,Yg7g4]} (44... Rd1 $1 45.
Re3 Rf1 46. Rxg3 Rxf4 47. Be7 Rg4 $11) 45. Be7 $2 (45. Re3 Rg7 46. Be7 $16)
45... Rd4 $1 46. Bg5 Re4 $1 47. Rd2 Kb6 $11 48. Rd3 c5+ 49. Ka3 Re2 50. Rxg3
Bb7 51. Bf6 Rxg2 52. Rg5 Rxg5 53. fxg5 (53. hxg5 h4 54. g6 h3 55. g7 h2 56.
g8=Q h1=Q 57. Qe6+ Bc6 58. Qxf5 Qc1+ 59. Bb2 Qe1 $11) 53... f4 54. Be5 f3 55.
Bg3 Be4 56. Kb2 Kc6 57. Ka3 Bb1 58. Bf2 Kd6 59. Kb2 Be4 60. Kc1 Bg6 61. Kd2 Bb1
62. a3 Bg6 63. Bg3+ Kd7 64. Ke3 Bc2 65. Kxf3 Ke6 66. Ke3 c6 67. b4 cxb4 68.
axb4 Kf5 69. Kd4 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Qd3 {A very rare continuation.} (11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. c4 {has been the main field of research lately in the variation 10.
Nxe7.}) (11. Qf3 Nd7 12. b4 (12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 a5 $11) 12... f6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14.
c4 f5 $132) (11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nd7 $11) 11... d5 12. exd5 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
O-O-O d4 14. c3 Qc7 15. Nc2 dxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kupreichik,V-Gorelov,S/Minsk 1985 (62)}) 12... Bf5 13. Qb3 Qxd5 {Usually all
this kind of endgames are equal. White's bishops pair is not enough for
advantage because of the poor knight on a3 and good centralisation of Black's
pieces.} (13... Nfxd5 14. Rd1 f6 15. Be3 Be6 16. Be2 (16. c4 $5) 16... Qc7 17.
Bh5+ $2 g6 18. Bf3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 (19. Qxe6 $142) 19... Rb8 20. b4 O-O $17 {
0-1 Hamer,F-Avrum,F/IECC email 2001 (33)}) 14. Qxd5 Nexd5 (14... Nfxd5 $5 15.
c4 b4 16. cxd5 bxa3 17. b3 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Nb4 19. O-O f6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ruiz
Gonzalez,G-Fluvia Poyatos,J/Lloret del Mar 1997 (28)}) 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 (
16. Nxc4 O-O (16... Ne4 $5) 17. Be2 (17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Be2 h6 19. Bc1 Nf4 $5 20.
Rxd8+ $140 Rxd8 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. O-O Re8 $1 {[%csl Re2]}) 17... Ne4 $11) 16...
O-O 17. O-O Nb4 $5 {[%csl Ra3]} 18. Rfe1 ({A better attempt seems to be} 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. f4 {although the position is close to equal anyway after} Bd3 (
19... Bg6 $2 20. f5 Bh5 21. h3 $18)) 18... Rfe8 (18... Ne4 $2 19. Be7 Rfb8 20.
f3 $16) 19. Rad1 Ne4 20. Be3 Rac8 $11 21. f3 Nf6 22. Re2 Be6 23. b3 e4 24. Rdd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 {This is an interesting way to solve
the opening problems.} (4... Nbd7 {or}) (4... g6 {are more common moves.}) 5.
d3 (5. O-O e6 6. d3 (6. Ng5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Be7 8. d3 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b5 11.
Kh1 Rc8 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nbd2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4
Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stripunsky,A-Wojtkiewicz,A/New York Masters 2004 (28)}) (6.
Re1 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. g4 Bg6
13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Shahade,G/New
York Masters 2002/ChessBase (31)}) 6... Nc6 (6... Be7 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Nxf3 O-O 10. Re1 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. a3 Na5 15. b4 Nc4
16. Bd3 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 Qa7 19. Bc2 b5 {DontCry-Nos/Dos Hermanas
Internet 2002/0-1 (42)}) 7. Nbd2 (7. h3 Bh5 8. Nh2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 d5 10. Bg5 Be7
11. f4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 Be7 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Ne4 b6 17.
Rad1 Rad8 18. Ng4 $14 {Jeremejev,A-Shishkov,A/EST-ch Tallinn 2003/ /1/2-1/2 
(74)}) 7... d5 8. h3 Bh5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O {with excellent play
for Black, Kasimdzhanov - Belov, playchess.com 2004.}) (5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O e6 7.
Re1 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Be3
Qc7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxh5 Nf5 16. Qb3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bc5 $11 {0-1 Houska,
J-Speelman,J/London Staunton mem 2004/ (69)}) 5... e6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nf1 d5 (
7... Bh5 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 a6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bd3 cxd4
14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. c4 Nf4 20.
Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Nf1 Nd4 22. Qe4 {Vadla,Z-Feletar,D/Zagreb 1998/0-1 (34)}) 8. exd5
Nxd5 $146 ({The improvement to the game Kasimdzhanov - Sadvakasov, Calvia (ol)
2004, which continued} 8... exd5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc2
O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Nfd4 $14 {and White has achieved and
eventually converted this typical slight edge.}) 9. Qa4 Bh5 10. Ng3 Nb6 (10...
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd7 $11) 11. Qd1 ({Worth considering was} 11. Qb5 $5 {but in
this case White can't achieve an advantage, for example:} a6 (11... Bg6 12. Bg5
Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Bf3 O-O 19.
Nxc6 $140 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rfd8 $44) 12. Qb3 Bg6 13. Bg5 $5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
O-O O-O 16. d4 cxd4 17. Rad1 d3 $11) 11... Bg6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 (13. Be3 Nd5)
13... O-O 14. a5 Nd5 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. d4 ({In case of} 16. Nh4 $2 {Black has a
pleasant choice:} Bxh4 ({Not bad and} 16... b5 $5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Qg4 Ne5 $1
19. Qh3 Bxd3 $17 {also winning the pawn without special compensation.}) 17.
Qxh4 Nxa5 $17) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 f5 $5 {Black chooses a
concrete principled fight, trying to punish White for a pretentious opening.} (
{But, perhaps the quiet} 18... Rad8 $5 {was a more precise move.}) 19. Qa4 (19.
Re1 $5 {was more to the point. After the possible move} Rad8 (19... f4 20. Ne4
Rfd8 21. Qc4 Rac8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bg4 e5 $13 {[%csl Rc1]}) 20. Qc4 Qd6 21.
Nf1 $1 Bf6 22. Ne3 {White has good chances to equalize.}) (19. Nh5 Bd6) 19...
Rad8 20. Rd1 $6 {[%cal Rd8d1] This move is the main reason for the further
difficulties for White!} (20. Re1 $142 {was still better - White wants to
secure the position of the knight on e4, if Black would use the same plan.})
20... f4 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Bf3 b5 $3 {A very strong answer, which was certainly
overlooked by White.} 23. Qc2 (23. axb6 $2 {costs White his queen after} Nxb6
24. Rxd8 Nxa4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxa4 Qb5 27. Rd4 e5 28. Rd1 a5 $17) 23... Nf6
$1 {[%csl Ge4]} 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qb3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qe2 Bd3 28. Qe1
e5 $1 {[%cal Re5e4] White does not lose immediately, but the pathetic fate of
the c1-bishop does not allow doubts about the assessment of the position.} 29.
Be2 (29. h3 e4 $5 30. Bxe4 $140 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 f3 33. g3 Rf1 $17)
29... Bxe2 30. Qxe2 e4 {White's position is hopelessly passive.} 31. g3 $8 e3
$1 {After this move there is no doubt about Black's overwhelming advantage.} (
31... f3 $143 32. Qf1 Bc5 33. Bf4 Qc6 $15) 32. fxe3 (32. Kg2 Qe6 33. fxe3 Qe4+
34. Qf3 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Rd6 $19 {[%csl Rh3]}) 32... f3 33. Qxb5 $2 (33. Qc2 $8 {
was the only way to stay in the game although it was not a big fun after} Qe6
34. b4 $8 {[%csl Gc5]} (34. Bd2 Qh3 35. Be1 Bc5 $19) (34. b3 Qh3 35. Bb2 Bc5)
34... Qc4 (34... Bf6 $5 35. e4 Qh3 36. Be3 $1 (36. Bb2 Bg5 $1) 36... Bxc3 37.
Ra2 Bd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 a6 $17) 35. Kf2 Bxb4 36. Qa2 Qxa2+ 37. Rxa2 Bxc3
38. Kxf3 Rd1 39. Rc2 Bxa5 $17) 33... f2+ 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Qd5+ ({White couldn't
rescue himself after} 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Qf4 Qc6+) 35... Kh8 36. Kf1 Qh6 ({
Black could also get it from the other side:} 36... Qa6+ 37. c4 Qc8 38. Bd2 Rd8
$19) 37. Bd2 ({Or} 37. h4 Qg6 38. Bd2 Qxg3 39. Qg2 Qd6 $19) 37... Qh3+ 38. Qg2
Qf5 {A nice victory for Anand.} 0-1

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qf4 (9. Qd3 $5 O-O 10. e4 d6 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 a6 14. Rd2
Ne5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Rad1 Ned7 (16... Nxf3+ $142 $14) 17. Nd4 Bf8 18. f4 Re8 19.
Kh1 Rac8 20. h3 Qb8 21. g4 h6 22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Nh7 24. h4 g6 25. Nf3 Ba8
26. Qd4 e5 27. Qe3 $16 {Krasenkow,M-Markowski,T/POL-chT Warsaw/2004/}) 9... Qb8
({Once Black doesn't play the more typical Hedgehog set-up with d6 and Nbd7, a
more usual move order is} 9... O-O 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. e4 d6 12. b3 $14 {/=}) 10.
Qxb8+ {White tries to exploit the fact Black has played Qb8 before castling,
another and perhaps more effective attempt is} (10. Nb5 $5 O-O 11. Qxb8 Raxb8
12. Bf4 Rbd8 13. Rfd1 (13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Ba8 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17.
Re1 $6 (17. Ng5 $36) 17... h6 18. e4 Kf8 19. h4 Ne8 20. Nxe8 Kxe8 21. h5 d6 22.
Bf1 Ke7 23. Nh4 Ne5 24. b3 Nd7 25. f3 Nf6 26. g4 Bc6 27. Ng2 g6 $11 {Korchnoi,
V-Barcza,G/Leningrad/1967/}) 13... d5 14. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng4 $6 16. Bc3
a6 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nb3 d4 19. Bxb7 dxc3 20. bxc3 a5 21. a4 Nf6 22. Rd3 Rb8 23.
Bd5 $16 {Barcza,G-Rossolimo,N/Vrsac/1969/}) (10. Rd1 Qxf4 (10... O-O $142 {
transposes into the note to the previous move.}) 11. Bxf4 Rc8 12. Nb5 $1 $36 {
and White has an extra tempo compared with the game.} (12. Ne5 $143 d6 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bxd6 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rxc4 16. Rd3 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rad1 Rhc8 19.
R6d4 R4c5 20. e4 e5 21. R4d3 R8c7 $11 {1/2,Lengyel,L-Forintos,G/Miskolc/1963/})
) 10... Rxb8 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nb5 (12. Rac1 Na5 $5 (12... O-O 13. Ne5 $5 (13.
Rfd1 $6 Na5 14. b3 d5 15. Ne5 Ba3 $1 $11 16. Rb1 Bb4 17. Nb5 (17. Rbc1 $142 $11
) 17... a6 18. Nd4 Rfd8 19. Rbc1 {Tsesarsky,I-Kharnak,D/Tel Aviv/1997/} Ba3 20.
Rc2 Bd6 $15) 13... d6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nb5 $14 {Tsesarsky}) 13. b3 d5 $132)
12... Ne4 13. Rfd1 ({Until now Black has been doing badly after} 13. Rad1 {
, but the game indicates he can by analogy play the simple} a6 $1 (13... Bc5
14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Bb4 16. Rd3 e5 17. Be3 Ba6 18. Rb3 Bf8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20.
Nxa7 Bxc4 21. Rc3 Bb4 22. Rc2 $16 {Smyslov,V-Tal,M/Moscow/1963/}) (13... g5 $2
14. Nxg5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxb7 f5 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. e3 Bf6 20.
Rd2 a6 21. Rfd1 Rhd8 22. f4 Na5 23. Rc2 Nc6 24. Rcd2 Na5 25. b3 Bc3 26. Rd3 Bb4
27. e4 $18 {Sosonko,G-Van der Sterren,P/NED-ch Rotterdam/1998/}) 14. Nd6+ (14.
Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 (15... Nb8 16. Ndxe6+ fxe6 17. Nxe6+ Ke8 18. Nxg7+ $36)
16. Rxd4 Bf6 17. Bxe4 Bxd4 18. Bxb7 Rxc7 19. Bxc7+ Kxc7 $15) 14... Nxd6 15.
Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. Rfd1 {-13.Rfd1}) 13... a6 14. Nd6+ (14. Nc7+ Kd8 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bf6 17. Bxe4 Bxd4 18. Bxb7 Rxc7 19. Bxc7+ Kxc7 20. Bxa6 Ra8
21. Bb5 Bxb2 22. Rd1 d6 23. a4 $11) 14... Nxd6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 {
See the note to move 10 - compared with 10.Nb5!?, here Black doesn't have to
castle and his K can stay in the [+], where it's naturally better placed in
the arising _|_.} 17. Rad1 Rc7 {[%mdl 256] White has a (), but the position is
too simplified and with a clever defensive manoeuvre Black will gradually
expel the intrusive Rd6.} 18. b3 f6 19. Ne1 Rb8 $1 20. Nc2 Bc8 $1 21. f4 Nd8
22. e4 Nf7 23. R6d2 Bb7 $11 {/+/= White's intiative is over and he retains at
most a slight pull. Transforming it into soemthing concrete is extremely
difficult, but against tail-ender Vallejo Anand feels obliged to try...} 24. a4
a5 $5 {Black is not afraid of the weakness on b5 - he can always exchange
White's N on this square.} 25. h4 Rd8 26. Kf2 Rc5 27. Nd4 Ba8 28. Ke3 Bb7 29.
Bf3 Ba8 (29... Ba6 $5 $11) 30. f5 $6 {[%csl Re5] A very committal move,
handing the e5-square is a serious strategic concession, which can't be fully
compensated by tactical chances.} (30. g4 g5 $5 $132) (30. Nb5 $142 $5 Bc6 (
30... d6 31. Nd4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rf4f5] ><e6,/\f5}) 31. Nd6 Nxd6 32. Rxd6 $14)
30... Re5 $1 (30... Ne5 $2 31. Nxe6 $1 $16 (31. fxe6 $16)) 31. g4 (31. Kf4 Nd6
32. Re2 Rc5 $15) 31... Nd6 $1 {Forces a favourable release of the tension.} 32.
fxe6 dxe6 33. Nb5 Nf7 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Na7 (35. Nd6 $142 $5 Rc5 $11 {/=/+})
35... Bb7 36. Rb1 Kd7 37. b4 $2 {[%mdl 24576] Another violent measure, which
compromises White's P-structure and even worse, directly loses material.} (37.
Nb5 $15) 37... axb4 38. Rxb4 Ra5 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4,Re4] ק} 39. Nb5 Nc6 40. Rb1
Ne5 41. Be2 Rxa4 $17 {/-+} 42. Nc3 Ra3 43. Kd2 Kc6 44. g5 (44. Nb5 $5 Ra2+ 45.
Ke3 Kc5 46. Nc7 Bc8 47. Ne8 Ba6 $1 $17) 44... Ba6 45. gxf6 gxf6 46. Rf1 Nxc4+
47. Bxc4 Bxc4 48. Rxf6 b5 $19 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4] Extra P, strong B and o^ - all
these factors speak for Black. Anand tries his last desperate chance, which
unexpectedly works.} 49. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 50. exd5+ Kxd5 51. Rf7 h5 52. Rh7 e5 {
[%csl Gb5,Ge5] Although White won back one P, his K remains cut off and all
Black's pieces are active and well coordinated. His o^ should decide.} 53. Rxh5
Kd4 {[%csl Rd2]} 54. Rh8 {Protecting the Ph4 from the side doesn't help either:
} (54. Rf5 Rh3 55. h5 Rh2+ $19) 54... Ra2+ 55. Kd1 Rh2 56. h5 b4 57. h6 Kd3 58.
Kc1 (58. Rd8+ Kc3 59. Rc8+ Kb2 60. Rc6 b3 61. Rb6 Ka2 62. Ra6+ Kb1 63. Rb6 b2
64. Re6 e4 $1 $19) 58... Kc3 59. Rc8+ Kb3 60. Rh8 (60. Rc6 e4 $19 {is similar
to the previous note, so Anand decides to keep his R behind the P. However,
this way it remains very passive.}) 60... Kc3 61. Rc8+ Kb3 62. Rh8 e4 63. Kd1
Kb2 64. Ke1 b3 65. h7 (65. Rh7 Kc2 66. Rc7+ Kd3 67. h7 b2 68. Rb7 Rxh7 69. Rxb2
Rh1+ 70. Kf2 Rh2+ $19) 65... e3 66. Kd1 Kb1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] An unbelievable
error. Against a weaker player Vallejo would surely find the rather simple} (
66... Rd2+ 67. Ke1 Rd7 68. Ke2 Re7 $1 69. Kd1 (69. Ke1 e2 $22 $19) 69... Ra7
70. Ke2 Ka2 $19 {[%cal Rb3b2] /\b2}) 67. Rb8 Rxh7 (67... Rxh7 $8 68. Rxb3+ Ka2
69. Rxe3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20. c4 h6 21. h3
Ne7 22. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 {After 16.bxc4 black equalizes easily;} (16. bxc4 c5 (16...
Nb6 17. c5 Nd5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. h4 Rfd8 22. Bd2 Bg7 23.
Rad1 Ne7 24. Qc3 Bb5 25. Bc2 $16 {1-0 Karpov,A-Adorjan,A/Luzern 1989/Inf 48/
[Karpov,An] (38)}) 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nb6 (18... Bf6 19. Ne4 Bxc3 20. Nxc3
Nb6 21. Qd3 (21. Qg4 Qf6 (21... Bxc4 $5 22. Bxc4 $140 Qd4 {and white should
fight for a draw;}) 22. Rac1 Qd4 23. Re4 Qd2 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 {1/2-1/2
Polak,T-Shneider,A/Bern 1995/EXT 2000}) 21... Qf6 (21... Bb7 $5 $10 {Hansen,Cu}
) 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Re4 Rf8 $2 (23... Rd7 $14 {Hansen,Cu} 24. Qe3 g6 25. Re8+ (
25. Rf4 {Dautov} Qg7 26. Re1 $36 {><f6,f7}) 25... Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kg7 27. Ne4
Qe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Nxc5 Bxc4 $10) 24. Rde1 {1-0 Neverov,V-Gurevich,V/Azov
1995/CBM 046/[Hansen,Cu] (36)}) 19. Ba5 Rb8 20. Qf3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Wells,
P-Lautier,J/Austria 1999/EXT 2000}) 16... Nb6 $146 {Black tested 16...Nf6 and
16...c5 in the past;} (16... c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Bf6 19. Rac1 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Nf6 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Bf3 $14 {0-1 Selin,O-Zavgorodniy,S/Alushta 2002/CBM 092
(40)}) (16... Nf6 17. Bg2 c5 18. Rc1 Bxc4 19. bxc4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Bxc5
$2 (21. Bc3 $142 {keeping pair of bishops advantage.}) 21... Rxc5 22. Qxd8 Rxd8
23. Red1 Rdc8 $15 {0-1 Pieniazek,A-Shneider,A/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 
(60)}) 17. Nxb6 {This leads to a good play of black. 17.Ba5 is sharper but
seems like black does well there too;} (17. Ba5 c5 18. Ne5 Bf6 (18... cxd4 19.
Nc6 Qd7 20. Qxd4 (20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxd4 $14 {^^}) 20... Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Bf6 22.
Nc6 $1 $14) 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. dxc5 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 d4 $1
$132) 17... axb6 (17... Qxb6 18. Rc1 $14 {white has more space and better pawn
structure.}) 18. Qc2 h6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Red1 Rfd8 $11 21. Rac1 Qa7 22. Bb2 b5 (
22... Bb7 {[%cal Ge7f6,Ga7a8] and black position looks preferable.}) 23. Ra1
bxa4 24. bxa4 $2 {Serious inaccuracy. White should have played 24.Rxa4 keeping
the balance.} (24. Rxa4 Qb6 25. Bc3 Rd7 $11) 24... Bf6 25. Qd2 $2 {This move
makes things even worse for white.} (25. a5 $142 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4
Qxd4 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Qxc6 Qxa5 {definitely better than in the game, but no fun
anyhow.}) (25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Be4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Rd1 Qc4
$17) 25... c5 26. d5 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Bb7 28. Qe5 Qa8 {and white loses his
central pawn for nothing.} 29. a5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. a6 d4 $19 {Two
connectors decide the game easily.} 32. Rd3 (32. a7 Rd7 33. Qf5 Rcc7 34. Ra5 c4
$19) 32... Rd7 33. h4 Qa7 34. Rb3 c4 35. Rb4 c3 36. Qf5 g6 $2 {Time trouble
blunder. 36...c2 would finish the game on a spot.} (36... c2 37. Rc1 d3 $19)
37. Qd3 {Now white manages to stop black pawns for a while.} c2 38. Rc1 Rc3 39.
Qd2 Qxa6 {There is nothing better- black must trade one of his connectors for
a-pawn of white. Despite of that, black si winning anyhow.} 40. Rxc2 Qc6 41.
Rbb2 Kh7 42. Qd1 h5 43. Kh2 Rc7 44. Rxc3 dxc3 45. Rc2 Qe4 {The winning plan
for black is to get the rook to a third rank then hurting white king as well 
(the principle of two weaknesses: one is passed pawn c3, the other is white
king); White pieces must stay passive and unable to hold the defense.} 46. Rc1
Kg7 47. Rc2 Rc8 48. Rc1 Rc5 {c2-c3 advance is possible but not any necessary-
black wins it easily now transferring the rook to a kingside.} 49. Kg1 Kh7 50.
Qd6 (50. Qc2 Qf3 51. Qd1 Qxd1+ 52. Rxd1 c2 53. Rc1 f6 54. Kf1 g5 {and black is
dead winning here.}) 50... Rf5 $1 {here it is! RxP fails to Qe1+} 51. Qd7 Rf3
52. Qa7 Qd5 $1 {putting the finishing touch. Qd2 is coming next winning more
material. One of the worst games of Indian King Vishy....} (52... Qd5 53. Kg2
c2 {[%cal Gf3a3,Gd5d2]}) 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20. c4 h6 21. h3
Ne7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Ng6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. Kh1 Qc5 27. Rb5
Re1+ 28. Kh2 Qe7 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Qxa3 31. Qf5 Qc5 32. Qc8+ Nf8 33. Qd8 $2
(33. Qb8 {was required, according to Ljubojevic and Fritz}) 33... Kh7 $2 (33...
Qxc4 34. Bxc7 Kh7) 34. d6 Ne6 (34... cxd6 35. Qxf8 $18) 35. dxc7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Be7 9. Bf4 c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Ba2 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Rc1 f6 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Rc7 g5 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Rc1 Kd8 20. R1xc6 bxc6
21. Rxc6 Kd7 22. Ra6 Rhc8 23. Ne1 Rc6 24. Ra5 Bd8 25. Rxd5+ Ke6 26. Rb5 Rb6 27.
Rxb6+ Bxb6 28. Nc2 Rg8 29. f3 f4 30. Bf2 g4 31. exf4 gxf3 32. g3 Kf5 33. Kd3
Kg4 34. Ne3+ Kh3 35. Ke4 Rd8 36. d5 Bxe3 37. Bxe3 Kg2 38. Bxa7 Ra8 39. Bd4 h5
40. d6 f2 41. Bxf2 Kxf2 42. b4 Kg2 43. b5 Kxh2 44. b6 Kxg3 45. b7 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Bd7 12. Bxb7 Bc6 13. Bxa8 Bxa8 14. Rg1 Nbd7
15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxa6 Bb7 20. Qa3 Qc6 21.
Bb4 Nb6 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Kd7 24. f6 Nc4 25. Qc3 Bf8 26. b3 Nb6 27. Qxe5 Rh4
28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6+ Bxd6 30. Rd1 Nc8 31. g6 Rh1 32. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 $2 13. Qd3 {
threatening Nxe6} Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 c6 17. h4 Rf6 18. g3
d5 19. Qxe5 Rxf2 20. Rhf1 Rf6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. h5 Raf8 24. hxg6 hxg6
25. Rh1 {Now Black is losing} Kf7 26. c4 Ke8 27. cxd5 c5 28. g4 Kd8 29. g5 Rf4
30. Rh6 Bxg5 31. Rxg6 Bf6 32. Rh6 Qe5 33. c3 Qxe2 34. Bxe2 Rf2 35. Bg4 b5 36.
d6 Rg8 37. Bh3 b4 38. Rh7 bxc3 39. bxc3 Rg3 40. Re1 Be5 (40... Bg7 41. d7 Rf8 {
would have put up a little more resistance}) 41. Rd7+ Kc8 42. Rf7+ Rxh3 43.
Rxf2 Bxd6 44. Kc2 Kd7 45. Ree2 Kc6 46. Rf6 Kc7 47. Ree6 Rh2+ 48. Kd3 Rh3+ 49.
Kc4 Rh4+ 50. Kb3 c4+ 51. Ka4 Rh2 52. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8.
Nxe3 Qe5 9. Bd3 d5 10. Nd2 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Be6 12. Qa4 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. O-O
f5 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Rad1 Qh6 17. b4 f4 18. b5 fxe3 19. bxc6 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Kb8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. cxb7 Qf6 23. Re1 Bd5 24. Re3 Bc6 25. Qc2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 g5 10. fxg5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Na2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5
15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. c3 Qb6 19. g4 Rd8 20. Ka1 e5 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. gxf5 d4 23. h5 e4 24. f6 e3 25. Qg2 d3 26. fxg7 e2 27. Rb1 Re8 28. g6
fxg6 29. Nb4 Kxg7 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31. Qf2 Rbd8 32. Rhg1 d2 33. Qa7+ Kg8 34. Rxg6+
hxg6 35. Qb6 e1=Q 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxd8
Rfxd8 15. Rfc1 f6 16. Bd3 Bd5 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. f3 Kf7 20. Kf2 a5
21. b3 Rdc8 22. e4 Bb7 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Ke7 25. Ke3 e5 26. Rc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15.
Bxg5 h6 16. Bd2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc3 Bc5 20. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 a5 8. Bb2
axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 c5 11. g3 d6 12. Bg2 e5 13. b5 Re8 14. O-O Nbd7 15.
d3 Bb7 16. Bb2 Nf8 17. Ra1 Ne6 18. e3 Qb8 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. Qb3 Ra8 21. Rxa8+
Bxa8 22. Qa3 Qb8 23. e4 Bb7 24. Bh3 Bc8 25. Bc1 h6 26. Kg2 Bd7 27. Be3 Nd4 28.
Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Bf4 g5 31. Bd2 f5 32. f3 fxe4 33. dxe4 Ne5 34. f4
Nxc4 35. Qa2 d5 36. exd5 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 Qa8 38. Qe2 Qxd5+ 39. Kf2 d3 40. Qe7 d2
41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kf5 44. Qc8+ Ke4 45. Qe8+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rfd1 h6
15. Bh4 dxc4 16. Qg3 Qb8 17. Bxf6 Qxg3 18. hxg3 gxf6 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. Rf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 a6 16. b3 Ra7 17. Qd3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Ne7 8. Ne2
Qd8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Rd1 h6 15.
Bh4 Qb4 16. Be2 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Bxh4 Bh6 20. f4 Nxe5 21. a3 Qb6
22. Na4 Qa5 23. dxe5 Qxa4 24. Qc5 Bf8 25. Qf2 Qa5 26. b4 Qb6 27. Rd4 Bc2 28.
Ra2 Bb3 29. Rad2 Bd5 30. f5 Qc7 31. Bf6 Rh6 32. Qg3 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bf4 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 (12... Bb4 13. Ne4
Be6 14. g4 Bd5 15. gxf5 Bxe4 16. Nd4 $13 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Narciso Dublan,M/
Mondariz 2000/CBM 079/[Hecht] (58)}) 13. Rd3 Be6 (13... c5 14. Re1 Be6 15. Bh2
c4 16. Rd2 Bb4 17. Red1 g5 {1/2-1/2 Lekic,D-Stojanovic,D/Jahorina 2001/EXT 2002
}) 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 g5 16. Bc1 c5 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 {This looks
fine for Black. He has good control over the d-file and has completely solved
the problem with the black K.} 19. c4 Rag8 {Black could also try to open the
game on the Q-side. That is in a way a more logical plan since that is where
he has his P majority.} (19... a6 $5 {[%cal Yb6b5]}) 20. Nd2 g4 21. hxg4 Rxg4
22. Nf1 Rhg8 23. Rg3 $1 {This stops Black attempt to get at the white K.} (23.
g3 $2 h5 $40) 23... h5 24. Re1 a6 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Rd1 Kc6 27. Bf4 Rd8 $6 {
A mistake I believe. Black needs the R:s on the board. Without them it´s an
endgame where white has better P:s.} 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Ne3 b5 30. Kf1 bxc4 31.
bxc4 Kb6 32. Ke2 Ka5 33. Kd3 c6 34. f3 gxf3 35. gxf3 Ka4 36. Bh6 Ka3 37. f4
Kxa2 38. Kc2 $1 $11 {Black K is pinned to the side of the board and the passed
a-P is blocked.} f5 39. Bf8 Bb6 40. Be7 a5 (40... Ka3 41. Bh4 Ba5 42. Be7 Bb4 {
looks like a draw.}) 41. Bh4 a4 42. Be1 Bd8 43. Nd1 Ka3 44. Nb2 Be7 45. Bc3 Bf8
$4 (45... Ka2 $11) 46. Nd3 {Mate is unstoppable.} 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bg5 Rad8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 d6 15.
Bf1 Rfe8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Be2 Bf6 20. Qd3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Bc6 22. b4 Be5 23. Bh5 Rf8 24. Ne2 Bg7 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Rf1 a5 27. Kh1 axb4 28.
axb4 Qa7 29. f4 e5 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. exf5 exf4 32. gxf4 Bf6 33. Bf3 Kg7 34. Bc6
g4 35. Rb1 h5 36. Rb3 Rc8 37. b5 Qe7 38. Qe3 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Bd4 40. Re7 Kf6 41.
Ra7 g3 42. Rd1 Bc5 43. Re1 h4 44. Ree7 d5 45. Red7 dxc4 46. Bd5 Kxf5 47. Rxf7+
Rxf7 48. Rxf7+ Kg6 49. f5+ Kg5 50. Rg7+ Kf4 51. Bf3 Re8 52. Rg4+ Kxf5 53. Re4
Rxe4 54. Bxe4+ Kf4 55. Bd5 c3 56. Bb3 Bf2 57. Bc2 Ke3 58. Bb3 Kd2 59. Ba4 Be1
60. Bb3 c2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. h3 Ne7 12. Be3 Ng6 13. a3 Be7 14. Rd2
a6 15. Re1 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Ne2 Be7 18. Nf4 h5 19. e6 Bd6 20. e7 Kxe7 21.
c4 Bxf4 22. Bxf4+ Be6 23. Bg5+ Kf8 24. b3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qa5 10. Be2 b4 11. Nd1 c4 12. a4 c3 13. bxc3 bxc3 14. Qc1 Nb6 15. O-O Bd7
16. Bf2 Nxa4 17. Be1 Bb4 18. Qe3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Qe2 a5 21. Ra2 Nb6 22. Ne3
Rc8 23. Bh4 h6 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. f5 Rcf8 26. f6+ gxf6 27. exf6+ Kd8 28. Ne5 Bc8
29. Ba6 Nd7 30. N3g4 Qb6 31. Bxc8 Kxc8 32. Qd3 Rhg8 33. Kh1 Rg5 34. Nxd7 Kxd7
35. Ne5+ Kc7 36. Raa1 Qd6 37. Qe3 Rf5 38. Rxf5 exf5 39. Qxh6 Qe6 40. Qg7 Bd6
41. h3 f4 42. Rxa5 Bxe5 43. Qxf8 Bd6 44. Ra7+ Kb6 45. Re7 Bxe7 46. Qxe7 Qe4 47.
Qxe4 dxe4 48. h4 Kb5 49. h5 Kb4 50. h6 Ka3 51. h7 Kb2 52. h8=Q Kxc2 53. Qe8 Kd3
54. Qxf7 c2 55. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. d4 g6 13. h3 Bg7 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Be3
exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qb3 c5 21. a3
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27.
Rxe5 Qf6 28. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Kb1 Rhe8 18. Bc1 a6 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Qf3 c5
21. Nc4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd3 Kb8 24. Rb3 Bc5 25. Rh4 Ka7 26. Na5 e4 27.
Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxb7+ Qxb7 29. Nxb7 Kxb7 30. a3 Rd6 31. Qb3+ Bb6 32. Bf4 Rde6 33.
c4 Kc8 34. c5 Bc7 35. Be3 Bb8 36. c6 Rxc6 37. Qxf7 Rc7 38. Qg6 Re6 39. g4 Rec6
40. g5 hxg5 41. Bxg5 Kb7 42. Ka2 Ba7 43. f3 Bd4 44. Qd3 Rd7 45. h6 gxh6 46.
Bxh6 Bxb2 47. Qf5 Bd4 48. Bd2 Rb6 49. Bb4 Rd5 50. Qd3 a5 51. Bc3 Be5 52. Qe3
Bxc3 53. Qxc3 Rdb5 54. Qd4 Nd5 55. Qg7+ Ka6 56. Qd4 Rb2+ 57. Ka1 Rb1+ 58. Ka2
R6b2+ 59. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 60. Kxb2 Kb5 61. Kb3 a4+ 62. Kb2 Kc5 63. Kc1 Kd4 64. Kd2
Nb6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. Ra2 Qd7 16. Ng5 Na5 17. Bd3 Rae8 18. Rae2 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 b6 20. Qf3 Bg6 21.
Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qe2 h6 23. Ne6 Re8 24. c4 Nb3 25. Bb2 Bxa3 26. Bxa3 Nxd4 27. Nxd4
Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Qd3 29. Bb2 Qxc4 30. h3 c5 31. Ng3 Qb3 32. Be5 a5 33. h4 a4 34.
h5 Kh7 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. f4 a3 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Ne4 a2 39. Ba1 Qd3 40. f6 gxf6
41. Nxf6 Qd2 42. Kf1 b5 43. Ne4 Qd5 44. Kf2 b4 45. Ke3 c4 46. Rf1+ Ke6 47. Rf6+
Ke7 48. Rd6 Qxe4+ 49. Kxe4 Kxd6 50. g4 c3 51. Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "237"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bc2 c4 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15. Ne3 Bc5
16. Qf3 O-O 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. Ne2 Nd6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. a4 b4 21. a5 Qd8 22. Ra4
Ba8 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Rxb4 Qxa5 25. Ra4 Qb6 26. Rb1 Bb7 27. h4 Qd8 28. Qg3 Nc5
29. Nc3 Nxa4 30. Bxa4 f6 31. h5 g5 32. h6 Rb8 33. Nf5 Bc8 34. Ng7 Qe7 35. Qf3
f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. Re1 Rxb2 38. Qg3 e4 39. f4 Bg6 40. Ne6 gxf4 41. Nxf4 Qa7+
42. Kh2 Qf2 43. Qxf2 Rxf2 44. Nxg6 hxg6 45. Nxe4 Nxe4 46. Rxe4 R2f4 47. Re7 c3
48. Bc2 R8f7 49. Re3 Kh7 50. Rxc3 R7f6 51. Ra3 Rd4 52. Bd3 a5 53. Bb5 Rxd5 54.
Rxa5 Kxh6 55. Ra6 Rxa6 56. Bxa6 Kg5 57. g3 Rd6 58. Bc8 Rc6 59. Bd7 Rc7 60. Be6
Kf6 61. Bg4 Ke5 62. Bf3 Rh7+ 63. Kg2 Kd4 64. Ba8 Ke3 65. Bc6 Rc7 66. Ba8 Rc2+
67. Kg1 Kd4 68. Bb7 Rb2 69. Bc6 Ke5 70. Ba8 Kf5 71. Bf3 Ke5 72. Kf1 Kd4 73. Kg1
Ke3 74. Ba8 Ra2 75. Bb7 Rd2 76. Ba8 Rf2 77. Bb7 Ke2 78. Ba8 Ke3 79. Bb7 g5 80.
Ba8 g4 81. Bb7 Ra2 82. Bc6 Rb2 83. Ba8 Kd4 84. Bc6 Rb6 85. Ba8 Ke3 86. Kg2 Rd6
87. Bb7 Rd2+ 88. Kg1 Rf2 89. Ba8 Rf3 90. Kg2 Rf2+ 91. Kg1 Ra2 92. Bb7 Ra4 93.
Kg2 Kd4 94. Bc6 Rb4 95. Kg1 Kc5 96. Ba8 Rb8 97. Be4 Kd6 98. Kg2 Rb4 99. Ba8 Ra4
100. Bb7 Kc7 101. Bd5 Rd4 102. Ba8 Ra4 103. Bd5 Kd6 104. Bb7 Ra7 105. Be4 Ke5
106. Bc6 Ra6 107. Bb7 Rb6 108. Ba8 Rb8 109. Bc6 Kd6 110. Be4 Re8 111. Bf5 Rg8
112. Be4 Re8 113. Bf5 Re2+ 114. Kf1 Ra2 115. Bxg4 Ke5 116. Bf3 Kd4 117. Kg1 Ke3
118. Bd5 Rd2 119. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 8.
Qe2 Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qd5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Qxe4 16. Rxe4+ Kd7 17. Bf4 Rhe8 18. Rd4 Re6 19. Rad1 Rae8 20.
Kf1 Kc6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Bf4 Nxf3 15.
Nxf3 Nxe4 16. Qd4 f6 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Bxe4 Bxd4 19. Bg6+ Kf8 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Re1
Be8 22. Nh4 e5 23. Rd2 a4 24. bxa4 Kg8 25. Bg3 d4 26. Rd3 h5 27. Bxe8 Qxe8 28.
g5 Rc8 29. g6 Rh6 30. Rxd4 Rxg6 31. Nxg6 Qxg6 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. Red1 Kh7 34. Kb1
Qf5 35. Be1 Ra3 36. Rd6 Rh3 37. a5 Rxh2 38. Rc1 Qe4 39. a6 Qa8 40. Bxb4 h4 41.
Bc5 h3 42. Nd3 Rd2 43. Rb6 h2 44. Nf2 Qd5 45. Be3 Re2 46. Rb3 f5 47. a7 Rxe3
48. Rxe3 Qb7+ 49. Rb3 Qxa7 50. Nh1 f4 51. c4 e4 52. c5 e3 53. c6 e2 54. c7 Qxc7
55. Rxc7 e1=Q+ 56. Rc1 Qe4+ 57. Ka1 Qd4+ 58. Kb1 Qe4+ 59. Ka1 Qd4+ 60. Kb1 Qe4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 (17... Qc7 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. a4 Bf6 20.
Rfd1 Be4 21. Rac1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Bxd4 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bd5 Bc5 26.
g3 Kf8 27. Rb1 a6 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Watson,R-Moland Kovash,S/IECC
email 2000/Corr 2002 (29)}) 18. Bd3 (18. Ra2 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Rb2 Qxb3 21.
Rxb3 b6 22. d5 Re8 23. Re3 Bg4 24. Rd1 Bxf3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxf3 Be5 27. g3
Bd6 28. a4 a5 29. h4 g6 30. h5 Kg7 31. Kf1 Re7 32. Be2 Re8 33. Bd3 Kf6 34. Kg2
Re5 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Kf3 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Sulypa,A/Donetsk
1998/CBM 68 (37)}) (18. Qb3 Qb6 (18... Be4 19. Rad1 (19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rac1 b6
21. d5 Qc5 22. Nd2 Bg6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bb2 25. Rb1 Qxa3 26. Qxa3 Bxa3 27.
Ra1 Bb4 28. Rxa7 b5 $11 {0-1 Tratatovici,M-Boim,I/Israel 2002/EXT 2003 (52)})
19... Rfd8 20. d5 b5 21. Nd2 bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qc5 23. Ne3 Bg5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25.
Qxd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Tichonov,J-Pokorny,P/Rakovnik 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) 19. Qxb6
axb6 20. Ra2 (20. Rfd1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Alterman,B/Germany 1999/(20)}) (
20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Bc2 22. Rd2 Bxe5 23. Rxc2 Bxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Erdelyi,Z-Le
Kieu Thien,K/Budapest 2002/CBM 89 ext (28)}) 20... Rfd8 (20... Rfe8 21. Rd1
Rcd8 22. h3 Be4 23. Rad2 Ra8 24. Rb2 Re6 25. Ra2 b5 26. cxb5 Bd5 27. Rad2 Rxa3
$44 {1/2-1/2 Mukabi,J-Pihlajasalo,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (41)}) (20... Bg4
21. d5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bd4 23. a4 Rfe8 24. Rd1 Bc5 $44 {[#]. 1/2-1/2 Karjakin,
S-Andreikin,D/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) 21. d5 (21. Rd1 Be4 (21...
Bg4 22. d5 Kf8 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxc4 25. d6 Rd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxb7 {
1/2-1/2 Eretova,J-Pokorny,P/CZE t-ch 2001 (27)}) 22. d5 b5 (22... Bxf3 23. gxf3
Rd6 24. Bf1 Ra8 25. a4 Be7 26. Bd3 Ra5 (26... Rdd8 27. Rb1 Bc5 $14) 27. Re1 Bf8
28. Re8 $16 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Nielsen,P/Nordic Zonal, Munkebo DEN (3.3) 1998 
(50)}) 23. cxb5 (23. Nd2 Bg6 24. h3 Kf8 25. g4 Bc3 26. cxb5 Rxd5 27. Rc1 Re8
28. Nb3 Bf6 29. a4 Rde5 30. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Jabot,D-Schubert,W/ICCF Email 1999/
Corr 2002 (30)}) 23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Mlacnik,F-Schellmann,F/
Krynica 1999/EXT 2000 (53)}) 21... b5 $11) 18... Bg4 (18... Rfd8 19. Rb1 (19.
Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qa4 a6 (20... Bxd4 $11) 21. c5 g6 22. Rab1 Qd5 23. Rb4 $16 {
1-0 Palac,M-Fercec,N/Pula 2000/CBM 075/(38)}) 19... Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
Rxd4 22. Rxb7 Rcd8 23. Rb5 Qd2 24. Be2 Qc2 25. Rb7 a6 26. Rfb1 $16 {1-0 Koch,
C-Martello,J/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 105 (32)}) (18... Be6 19. Qb1 g6 20. Qxb7
Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. Qe3 Qd6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Muller,
H-Glaubitz,F/IECC 2003/Telechess CBM 97 (30)}) 19. h3 Bxf3 (19... Be6 20. Qb3
Rfd8 21. Rad1 b6 22. d5 Bd7 23. Qb4 Qc5 24. Rb1 Re8 25. Rfe1 g6 26. Rxe8+ {
1-0 Jimenez,J-Gazizov,M/Chessfriend.com 2004/Telechess CBM 103 (26)}) 20. Qxf3
Qd8 (20... Rcd8 21. Rab1 Bxd4 22. Rxb7 g6 23. Be4 Rd6 24. Rb5 Qc7 25. Rd5 Rf6
26. Qd3 Bc5 27. a4 Re8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM
80 (44)}) 21. Rad1 g6 22. Be2 (22. Qxb7 Bxd4 $14 {Black have good compensation
for the sacrificed pawn because Bd4 is much stronger than Bd3.}) 22... Rc7 $1 {
[%cal Yc7d7] Idea of Black is to push White to play d4-d5,after what to
blocade pawn pair c4-d5 on the black squares.} 23. Qd3 (23. c5 Bxd4 24. Qg4 Rd7
25. Bb5 Rd5 26. Bc4 Rd7 27. Rd2 Kg7 28. Rb1 f5 29. Qf3 Qe7 $11) 23... b6 24.
Rd2 Qe7 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Qc3 (26. Qf3 Rcd7 27. d5 Qd6 $11) 26... Rcd7 {[%mdl 4]
} 27. Bg4 (27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Re7 29. Kf2 Bg5 30. Rd3 Rde8 $11) 27... Rxd4
$1 $11 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc5 30. Rd5 Bxc3 31. Rxc5 bxc5 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 Bd6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Very interesting
novelty.Black start to attack Ne5.} 12. a3 (12. f3 Nxc3 (12... Nf6 13. a3 (13.
c5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 d4 $1 $132) 13... Na6 (13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
c5 Be7 16. Bd3 $14) 14. Bg5 (14. f4 c5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. f5 cxd4 17. fxe6 Bxe5
18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Qf3 Qd8 22. Bd2 Bf6 $11) 14...
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Be7 16. Na5 $5 (16. Ne5 c5 17. Bxa6 cxd4 18. Bxb7 dxc3 19. Bxa8
Qb6+ 20. Rf2 (20. Kh1 cxb2 21. Rb1 Rxa8 $15) 20... Bc5 21. Qe2 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2
cxb2 23. Rb1 Rxa8 $11) 16... c5 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxf6 Bb3
$1 20. Qd3 c4+ 21. Qd4 Bxf6 22. Qxb6 axb6 $15) 19... Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc7 $1 (
20... Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxb7 22. Bc4 $1 $16) 21. Qe5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxb7 23. Qxc5
Qxb2 24. Bc4 Qb6 $11) (12... c5 $5 13. fxe4 cxd4 14. cxd5 Bxe5 15. dxe6 Qh4 16.
exf7+ Kh8 (16... Rxf7 17. h3 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 (18. Bxf1 Rf8 $1 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20.
Ne2 d3 $17) 18... dxc3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxb4 cxb2 21. Bxb2 Qf6+ 22. Kg1 Bxb2
23. Qxb7 Re8 $44) 17. h3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Bd2 $1 $16) 13. bxc3 Bxe5 $1 (
13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. c5 Be7 16. Bd3 $16) (13... Na6 14. f4 $36) 14. dxe5
Nc6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) (12. Bf3 $5 f6 13. Nd3 (13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15.
Nd3 c6 16. c4 Ne7 17. c5 Bc7 18. Re1 Bd5 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. Bg4 f5 21. Bg5 Ng6 22.
Bh5 Rae8 $11) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 c6 (15... dxc4 16. Qe4 Bc8 17.
Be2 $36) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... cxd5 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qxb7) 17. Bxd5+ (17. c4 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Qd7 $11) 17... cxd5 18. Qb5 Rf7 $11) 12... Bxe5 $1 13. axb4 (13. dxe5
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. dxe5 Nd3 15. Bxd3 exd3
(15... Qxd3 16. Qxd3 exd3 17. b3 a5 18. a4 $11) 16. b3 Qd4 (16... a5 17. a4 $11
) 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. Qxd3 $11) 13... Bf6 $1 {[%cal Yf6d4]} 14. Nxe4 (14. cxd5
Bxd5 (14... Bf5 15. Bd3 Nxc3 (15... Nd6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bxd6 Bxd3 18. Bxc7 Qxc7
19. Qxd3 $16) 16. bxc3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxd5 18. Ra5 $14) 15. Bd3 Re8 (15... Nxc3
16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 $14) 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 (17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. bxc3 g6
19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Be4 21. Qh5+ Bh7 $17) 17... g6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. f3 (19.
c4 Qg4 20. Bg3 Be4 $11) 19... a6 $11) 14... dxe4 15. Be3 (15. d5 Bf5 16. Qb3
Be5 $132 {[%cal Yd8h4]}) 15... c6 $11 {[%cal Yf6d4,Yd8d4]} 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rfd1
Rfd8 18. b5 {White try to take initiative on the queen's side by pawn
sacrifice.} (18. Qc2 Qxb4 (18... Bf5 $5 19. Ra5 Qe6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Rdxd5 Rxd5
22. Rxd5 $14) 19. Ra4 Qd6 20. Qxe4 b5 $5 (20... Re8 21. Qf3 Qd7 $11) 21. Ra6 (
21. cxb5 Bb3 $17) 21... bxc4 22. Rxc6 Qd7 $11 23. Bxc4 $140 $2 Bf5 24. Qf3 Bg4
$19) 18... cxb5 19. d5 Bd7 (19... Qc7 20. Qa5 (20. Qb4 Be7 21. Qe1 Bd7 22. c5
$1 Bf6 23. Qb4 a6 24. Bd4 $44) 20... Qxa5 21. Rxa5 Bd7 22. cxb5 Bxb2 23. Rxa7
Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Rc8 $11) 20. c5 Qe7 21. Ra3 (21. Qc2 a6 22. Bf4 Bf5 $11) 21...
Bc6 $1 {Black force the move d6.They hope to blocade pawns of White.} 22. d6
Qe5 23. b4 (23. Bd4 $5 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Kf8 26. f3 exf3 27. Bxf3 a5
(27... Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rac8 29. b4 b6 30. Rd5 Rd7 31. Ra6) 28. Kf2 a4 $11 {
[%csl Rc5]}) 23... Qb2 {It will be easier to blocade pawns of White in the
endgame.} 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Ra5 a6 26. Rb1 (26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 f5 28. f3 Kf7
$11) 26... Be5 27. f4 exf3 28. Bxf3 Rac8 $11 29. Ra3 f6 30. Bg4 Bd7 31. Bf3 Bc6
32. Bg4 Bd7 33. Bf3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 {Diese Variante ist
heutzutage wieder populär; der "Nachteil" der Zugfolge 5...Qc7 ist, dass Weiß
kann mit Be3,Qd2,0-0-0 eine gefährliche Angriffsvariante spielen kann.} 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 {Die andere Alternative ist 9...Bb7. Der
Textzug hat Nachteile und Vorteile; der weiße Angriff am Königsflügel mit 10.
e5 und 11.Qg4 kommt schneller, aber die b-Linie ist frei, sodass Schwarz
seinen Turm durch b4 ins Spiel bringen kann.} 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 Rb8
13. Qh3 (13. Nd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1b2,Yc2c4]} Rb4 $5 14. Qe2 Bg5 15. c3 Rb6 16. Bxg5
Qxg5 17. g3 O-O 18. f4 Qe7 19. Nf2 c5 {1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Taimanov,M/St
Petersburg 1997/CBM 58/[Ribli] (82)}) (13. Rab1 Rb4 14. Qe2 Rh4 $5 15. Bd2 O-O
(15... Qb6 $5) 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Bc5 $44 {[%csl Gc5,Gh4][%cal Gc5g1] 0-1
Zapata,A-Bruzon Bautista,L/Decameron 2003/CBM 99/[Ribli Zoltan] (53).}) 13...
Rb4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gb4h4]} 14. Bg7 Rg8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4] Eine ausgezeichnete
Idee: natürlich entsprang dieser Zug einer Hausanalyse. Die Alternative 14...
Rh4 scheint mir auch spielbar.} (14... Rh4 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 (16...
Rb4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. b3 h5 19. Na4 Rg4 20. Qe3 Qg5 21. g3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Rb4 {
1/2-1/2 Belotti,B-Romanishin,O/Reggio Emilia 1998/CBM 63 (59)}) 17. exf6 g5 18.
Qd6 Bb7 (18... Nxf6 19. Qxc6+ Kf8 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Qb8 22. g3 Ng4 23. Qb5
{1-0 Linford,C-Damaso,R/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 99 ext (58)}) 19. g3 Rh6 20. Qb4
Bc8 21. Qd6 Bb7 22. Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E-Navara,D/Lausanne (m/2) 2004/ (22)}
) 15. Qxh7 Rxg7 16. Qxg7 Bf8 17. Qg8 Qg5 $1 $44 {[%csl Gb4,Re5,Gg5,Rg8]
Schwarz hat eine Qualität und Bauern weniger, aber seine Schwerfiguren stehen
ausgezeichnet, da die weiße Dame sich in großer Not befindet und der Pe5 nicht
zu verteidigen ist .} 18. g3 (18. Ne2 Rg4 (18... Nxe5 19. f4) 19. g3 Qxe5 $1
$13 (19... Nxe5 20. f4 Nf3+ 21. Kf2 Qh5 22. Kxf3 $18)) 18... Nxe5 19. f4 Nf3+ (
19... Rxf4 $2 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. gxf4 Qe3+ 22. Kg2 e5 23. Qh8 $18 {Schwarz hat
Initiative, aber der weiße Materialsvorteil wiegt schwerer.}) 20. Kf2 Qh5 {
Es scheint, daß der Kamikaze-Springer lebt und er sehr gefährlich für Weiß ist
.} 21. Bxg6 $5 (21. Be2 $2 Qxh2+ 22. Kxf3 e5 $19 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gc8g4]}) (21.
Re3 d4 (21... Nd4) 22. Rxf3 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 dxc3 24. bxc3 Rb2 $44) 21... fxg6 22.
Rxe6+ $1 {Weiß gibt Material zurück und befreit seine Dame von g8.} Bxe6 23.
Qxe6+ Be7 24. Qxc6+ Kf8 25. Qa8+ (25. Nxd5 $2 Nd4 $1 26. Qc8+ Kf7 $19 {[%csl
Rf2]}) (25. Qxd5 Nxh2) 25... Kg7 26. Qxd5 Nxh2 27. Qxh5 gxh5 $15 {Weiß hat
drei Bauern für den Läufer, aber Schwarz hat Positionsvorteil und Weiß muss um
das Remis kämpfen.} 28. Rh1 (28. b3 Ng4+ 29. Kf3 Bf6 30. Nd5 Rd4 31. Nxf6 Kxf6
32. Rh1 Kg6 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 Kf5 36. c4 Nf6 37. b4 Ne4 (37...
Kg4 38. c5 Kxg3 39. f5 h4 40. c6 Nd5 41. f6 h3 42. f7 h2 43. f8=Q h1=Q $11) 38.
b5 $11) 28... Ng4+ (28... Rxb2 29. Rxh2 Rxc2+ 30. Ne2 Kg6 31. a4 Ra2 32. g4
hxg4 33. Kg3 Rxa4 34. Kxg4 $11) 29. Kf3 Nf6 $1 (29... Rxb2 30. Nd5 (30. Rxh5
Rxc2 31. Kxg4 Rxc3) 30... Rxc2 31. Nxe7 Rf2+ 32. Ke4 Re2+ 33. Kd4 Rxe7 34. Rxh5
) 30. b3 Rb6 31. Ne4 $6 {Die schwarze Drohung ist 31...Rc6, aber es wäre
besser für Weiß, die Springer nicht tauschen.} Nxe4 32. Kxe4 Kg6 {[%mdl 4096]}
33. c4 Re6+ 34. Kf3 Rd6 35. Re1 Rd3+ 36. Kg2 (36. Re3 $2 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Kf5 38.
Kf3 Bc5 39. Kg2 Kg4 40. Kh2 a5 41. Kg2 Bb4 (41... Bd4 42. a3 $1) 42. Kf2 Bd6
43. Kg2 Bc5 $22 44. Kh2 Bf2 45. a3 Bxg3+ 46. Kg2 Bxf4 47. b4 a4 $19) 36... Bf6
37. Re6 a5 (37... Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2 39. g4 $1) 38. Ra6 Kf5 $17 39. c5 $1 (39.
Rxa5+ $2 Kg4 $19 {[%csl Gd3,Rg2,Gg4]}) 39... Bd4 $6 {Weiß ist in Zeitnot und
Schwarz spielt zu schnell - es wäre viel besser, zuerst die Turmstellung zu
verbessern.} (39... Rc3 $1 40. c6 Kg4 41. c7 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Kf3 $1 43. Ke1 Bd4
44. Rxa5 Be3 45. Rd5 Rc1+ 46. Rd1 Rxc7 $19 {[%csl Re1,Rg3,Gh5]}) 40. Rd6 $1 {
[%cal Gd6d3]} Ke4 41. c6 Rc3 42. Kh3 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5]} Bf2 43. Rg6 Bb6 44.
Kh4 Rc5 45. Rd6 Bc7 46. Rd7 Rxc6 47. Kxh5 $15 {Ein große Leistung von Weiß; er
konnte einen Bauern vernichten.} Bd6 48. Kg5 Ba3 49. Ra7 Rc5+ 50. Kg6 Bb4 51.
Ra6 Rc3 52. Re6+ Kf3 53. f5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gf5f6,Gf6f7] Die einzige Hoffnung
für Weiß ist sein starker f-Bauer.} Rc2 54. f6 Rxa2 55. f7 Kxg3 56. Kg7 Rf2 57.
Rg6+ (57. Re8 $5 Rf4 58. f8=Q Bxf8+ 59. Rxf8 Rxf8 60. Kxf8 Kf4 61. Ke7 $11)
57... Kh3 (57... Kf4 58. f8=Q+ Bxf8+ 59. Kxf8 $11) 58. Rh6+ Kg2 59. Rh5 $1 {
[%cal Gh5a5] Die weiße Drohung ist 60.Rxa5 und 61.f8Q mit Remis.} Rf3 60. Rg5+
Kf2 61. Kg8 $1 (61. Rxa5 $6 Bc3+ 62. Kg8 Rg3+ 63. Kh7 Rg7+ 64. Kh6 Rxf7 $15 {
Das Endspiel mit R und B gegen R ist theoretisch Remis.}) 61... Rg3 62. Rxg3
Kxg3 63. f8=Q Bxf8 64. Kxf8 $11 Kf4 65. Ke7 Ke5 66. Kd7 Kd5 67. Kc7 Kc5 68. Kb7
Kb4 69. Ka6 a4 70. bxa4 Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 {Adams had to face this move last year against Kasparov and Anand
had probably prepared some minor improvement later on. However, this riskless
alternative can hardly give White more than a slight initiative, which tends
to evaporate gradually after sensible defensive play.} a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4
O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7 15. Nd4 Qc8 ({Adams is the first to
deviate from the aforementioned game. The main and slightly more popular
alternative to the text-move is} 15... Rc7 16. b3 Rc5 17. a4 Qc7 18. Qb1 (18.
Ra2 Rc8 19. Rad2 Bf8 20. e3 Nd7 21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Ra2 g6 24. Kf1
Nc5 25. Rb1 Bg7 26. Ke2 Kf8 27. h4 Bxd4 $6 (27... d5 $5 28. cxd5 exd5 {[%cal
Yc5e4] /\Ne4<=>}) 28. exd4 Nd7 29. Kd3 e5 30. a5 $1 b5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. b4 {
[%csl Ra6] _|_,><a6,Brook,O-Ward,C/Oakham/1988/}) 18... Nd7 19. e3 (19. Ra2 Nf6
20. Nc2 Rd8 21. Nb4 Qc8 22. Nd3 Rc7 23. Rc1 d5 24. cxd5 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qxc1+
26. Nxc1 Nxd5 $11 {Pigusov,E-Aseev,K/Vilnius/1984/}) 19... Qc8 (19... Nf6 $142
$5 {/\d5=}) 20. Ra2 Nf6 21. Rc2 a5 22. Rcd2 $5 {This is slightly more natural
than Kasparov's choice.} (22. Rdd2 Rd8 23. Nb5 g6 24. Qd1 Ne8 25. Bf3 Qd7 26.
Rd3 Nc7 27. Rcd2 Nxb5 28. axb5 Bf8 $11 {Kasparov,G-Adams,M/ARM-ROW Moscow/2004/
}) 22... d5 $5 (22... Rd8 {transposes into another practical example:} 23. e4 (
23. Nb5 $5 $14) 23... Ne8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Qe2 Nc7 26. Nc2 Re8 27. Ne3 Rf8 28. h3
Qe8 29. Kh2 $14 {()} f5 $6 30. f4 Qf7 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rxd6 $1 Bxd6 33. Rxd6
$44 {|^,Cifuentes Parada,R-Van der Werf,M/Wijk aan Zee op/1995/}) 23. cxd5 Nxd5
24. Nf5 exf5 25. Bxd5 $14 {/=}) 16. b3 Bf6 (16... Re8 17. a4 Qc5 18. Ra2 Bf6
19. Rad2 Rc7 20. Qb1 Be7 21. b4 Qh5 22. b5 $1 $36 {Kasparov} (22. Rc2 Rec8 $11
{Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow-4teams/1981/})) (16... Rc7 17. a4 Re8 18. Ra2 Nd7
$2 19. a5 $1 Nc5 20. Qb1 bxa5 21. Rxa5 Bf6 22. e3 Qd7 23. b4 Rb8 24. Qb2 Nb7
25. Bxb7 Rcxb7 26. Rxa6 $16 {Zifroni,D-Bar,R/ISR-chT/2002/, /\} Rxb4 27. Qxb4
$1 Rxb4 28. Ra8+ Bd8 29. Nc6 $18) 17. e3 $146 {A prophylactic move, by giving
the N extra protection White discourages ideas as} (17. a4 Rd8 18. Qe3 Qc5 19.
Ra2 Bxd4 $1 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Rad2 {1/2,Pigusov,E-Ulibin,M/Dubai op/2002/} Rad7 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Yc5c7,Yb8a6,Ya6c5] /\Qc7,Na6-c5,<=>><b3}) (17. Rd2 Qc5 18. a4
Rd7 19. Rb1 Rc8 (19... Re8 20. e3 d5 $5 $11) 20. e3 Qb4 21. Qd3 h6 $11 {
1/2,Espig,L-Gauglitz,G/Dresden/1985/}) 17... Rd8 18. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Gg4e6,Gd4e6]
Anand tries a interesting novel idea. Contrary to the above examples, White
doesn't play on the <<, but targets e6 and keeps his pieces in the [+] and on
the >>.} g6 19. Rd2 h5 {This "softens" the >>, but otherwise Black would have
to reckon with h4-h5.} ({Black wants to activate his Q via c5, so he spurns} 
19... Rc7 20. Rad1 Rc5 {[%cal Yb6b5] /\b5} 21. a4 Qc7 $14 {/=} (21... Nd7 22.
Qf3 $1 Kg7 23. Nc6 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qb7 $36)) 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. Rad1 Qc5 22.
h4 Rad7 23. Bh3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rd4e6,Rh3e6] /\Ne6,Be6} Re7 24. Qf3 (24. a4
Qb4 25. Qd3 Bxd4 $5 26. exd4 d5 $11) 24... Ree8 (24... d5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 (25...
exd5 26. Ne2 $16 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5}) 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Bg2 $5 {[%cal Rd4e6] /
\Ne6+/-} (27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxd5 $36)) (24... b5 $142 $5 25. Rc2
bxc4 26. Rxc4 Qa5 $132) 25. Qe4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Provokes the following tactics,
as now Black has no suitable way to prevent a sacrifice on e6.} d5 $5 (25...
Qe5 26. Qxe5 (26. Qb7 Qc5 $11) 26... dxe5 (26... Bxe5 27. Nf3 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6}
) 27. Ne2 $36) (25... b5 $2 26. Nxe6 $1 Qa7 (26... fxe6 27. Qxg6 Qe5 28. Rxd6
$1 $18) 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh7 30. Bg8+ $1 $18) 26. Nxe6 $1
dxe4 $1 {[%mdl 256] [] Adams keeps his calm and finds the best defence.} (26...
Rxe6 $2 27. Bxe6 dxe4 (27... fxe6 28. Qxe6+ $18 (28. Qxg6 $18)) 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 (
28... Bf8 29. Rxb8 {/\Rdd8+/-}) 29. Rxb8 Qe5 (29... fxe6 30. Rd7 $18) 30. Re8 (
30. Rxb6 $5 Qc7 31. Rxa6 fxe6 32. Rdd6 $16) 30... fxe6 31. Re7 $16) (26... fxe6
27. Qxg6 $40 (27. Bxe6+ $143 Kh7 28. Rxd5 Qc6 $1 29. Rxh5+ Bh6 $14)) 27. Rxd8
Qe7 (27... fxe6 $2 28. Rxe8+ $18) 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Rd8 Qxd8 30. Nxd8 Bf6 (
30... f5 $2 31. Ne6 $16) 31. Nb7 Be7 $1 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Ge7,Gh3] פb7,/\f5,
Nd7-c5^- Cut off White's N. By preparing its exchange, Black wants to profit
from the strong drawing factor-the ^-.} 32. c5 $5 {Anand wants to prevent the
described idea before Black consolidates his position.} (32. Bc8 Nc6 33. a4 a5
{[%cal Yc6e5,Ye5d3,Yd3c5] /\Ne5-d3-c5}) (32. Bg2 f5 33. f3 exf3 34. Bxf3 Nd7
35. e4 fxe4 36. Bxe4 Nc5 $11) 32... Bxc5 {Adams simplifies the position,
making sure he can hold the minor piece _|_.} ({The text-move seems simpler,
than retaining the B with} 32... bxc5 33. Bf1 (33. Na5 f5 34. f3 exf3 35. Kf2
Kf7 36. Kxf3 Bd6 $132) (33. Bg2 f5 34. f3 exf3 35. Bxf3 Kf7 $11) 33... f5 34.
Bc4+ Kg7 35. Kf1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5] when Black is tied to the defence of his
ק}) 33. Nxc5 bxc5 34. Bc8 Kg7 35. Bb7 f5 36. f3 (36. Kf1 a5 37. Ke2 Nd7 38. f3
(38. Kd2 Ne5 {[%csl Rf2] ><f2}) 38... exf3+ 39. Bxf3 Ne5 $132 {/=}) 36... exf3
37. Kf2 a5 38. Kxf3 Nd7 39. e4 (39. Kf4 Kf6 40. e4 fxe4 (40... Ne5 41. exf5
gxf5 42. Bf3 $1 Nd3+ (42... Nxf3 $2 43. Kxf3 Ke5 44. Ke3 $18) 43. Ke3 Nc1 44.
Bxh5 Ke5 45. Bd1 $36) 41. Kxe4 (41. Bxe4 Ne5 $11) 41... c4 42. Kd4 cxb3 43.
axb3 g5 $132 {/= In these _|_ it's enough for a draw if Black to give his N
for White's last <<P}) 39... Ne5+ 40. Ke3 (40. Kf4 Nd3+ 41. Ke3 Nc1 $132) 40...
c4 $1 41. exf5 (41. bxc4 Nxc4+ 42. Kd4 Nd6 43. Bc6 Nxe4 $11) (41. Kd4 cxb3 $1
42. axb3 (42. Kxe5 $4 bxa2 $19) 42... Nf3+ (42... Kf6 $5 $11) 43. Ke3 (43. Kc5
$2 fxe4 44. Bxe4 Nd2) 43... fxe4 44. Bxe4 Nh2 $132) 41... cxb3 42. axb3 gxf5
43. Ba6 (43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Bf3 Nxf3 45. Kxf3 Ke5 46. Ke3 Ke6 $11) 43... Ng6 {
[%cal Rf5f4] /\f4=} 44. Be2 Kh6 45. Kd4 (45. Bd3 f4+ 46. gxf4 Nxh4 47. Ke4 Ng6
$11) 45... f4 $11 {Now the draw is completely clear, but in Sofia they always
played it out to the very end.} 46. gxf4 Nxf4 47. Bf3 Ng6 48. Kc5 Nxh4 49. Bxh5
Kxh5 50. Kb5 Nf5 51. Kxa5 Nd4 52. b4 Nc6+ 53. Ka4 Nxb4 54. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3
c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Neg5 {Vishy used the game
Topalov-Leko for his preparation, and he definitely liked Black there, while
Topalov was ready for this line and had prepared an improvement.} (11. Bg2 c5
12. Neg5 {with the idea Nxf7, but almost any logical move of black prevents
this threat!} (12. Nfg5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6 $17) 12... Nc6 (12... O-O $142 13.
dxc5 h6 $15) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3 (14. O-O h6 15. Ne4 Qc8 $6 (15... Nb4 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Rad1 Qe7 $15 {^^}) 16. Bc3 Nb4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.
Qb2 $14 {0-1 Foisor,O-Vilela,J/Polanica Zdroj 1982/MCD (75)}) 14... Nd4 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. O-O O-O (16... Nd7 17. Rfe1 $5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg2 19. Qf5 Qf6 20.
Nxe6 Qxf5 21. Nxg7+ Kf8 22. Nxf5 Bh3 23. Nxd4 Kg7 {A draw is the most likely
outcome in this ending.}) 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bd6 $2 {Overlooking simple
tactics:} (18... Qc7 19. Rae1 (19. f4 h6 20. Ngf3 Nd5 $1 $17) ({The same idea
doesn't work here:} 19. Ng4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nhxf7 Qc6+ $17) 19... h6 20.
Ngf3 Rfd8 {Black is just fine here.}) 19. Ng4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nhxf7 $16 {
1-0 Topalov,V-Leko,P/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (36)}) 11... c5 {12.Bg2
would transpose to the game Topalov-Leko, but Topalov had prepared something
much more aggresive for this game.} (11... h6 12. Nxf7 (12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bh3
$5 (13. Qg6+ Kd7 14. Bh3 Qe8 $1) 13... O-O $140 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Ne5 $18)
12... Kxf7 13. Ne5+ Kg8 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. O-O {with the same scenario as in the
game - White is a piece down but has long-term compensation.}) (11... O-O 12.
O-O-O (12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Nxf7+ Rxf7 15. Ne5 Rf8 16. Ng6+ Kxh7 17.
Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Ng6+ Kg8 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 $17) 12... h6 13. h4 c5 14. d5 {Topalov
definitely looked for such scenario in this game - he is simply better than
anyone in such positions.}) 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 {Fritz would agree with
Vishy here! This move "induces bluff"- the Nxf7 sacrifice, and Vishy believed
in Black's defense. From the other moves, 13...0-0 is probably the strongest,
while White has a nice initiative in all the cases.} (13... Bxd5 14. O-O-O (14.
Bb5+ Kf8 $5 {[%cal Gh7h6]}) 14... h6 15. Bc3 $1 hxg5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bc4 Bd4
18. Rhe1+ Be6 19. Bxe6 $18) (13... O-O 14. O-O-O (14. Bc3 g6 15. O-O-O Nxd5 16.
h4 $44) 14... g6 (14... h6 15. h4 Bxd5 16. Bc3 $16) 15. h4 {[%cal Gd2c3,Gh4h5]}
) 14. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Definitely a home preparation by Topalov. The
exclamation mark is for the bravery, on the other hand Veselin probably
analysed it in depth.} (14. Bb5+ Nbd7 (14... Kf8 15. Nxf7 {leads to the same
as in the game, but with the bishop developed to b5.}) 15. Ne6 fxe6 16. Qg6+
Kf8 17. dxe6 Qe8 $1) 14... Kxf7 15. O-O-O Bd6 $1 {The toughest defense. Other
moves lead to clear advantage for White.} (15... Nbd7 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. d6 Bxh1
18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. f3 {[%cal Gf1c4] The Bh1 is dead, after grabbing the bishop,
White will be down an exchange only but still attacking.}) (15... Bxd5 $2 16.
Bc3 Nbd7 (16... Nc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxd5 $18) 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf5+ N7f6 19.
Ne5+ Kf8 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Bxf6 $18 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) (15... Kg8 $6 16. Bc3 Nbd7
17. Qf5 Qe8 $8 18. Bc4 $36) 16. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Gf5,Gg6]} Bc8 $1 {The only move
again! Black moves the bishop to the starting position While there are 4 other
pieces still undeveloped! Many humans would fail to find this move, but Vishy
is Vishy!} (16... Bxd5 $2 17. Bc3 Bxh1 18. Bc4+ $18) (16... Re8 17. Qg6+ Kg8
18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Bxh6 Bf8 {and now the fastest way is the one suggested by
Fritz:} 20. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 21. Bb5 $1 $16 {with BxR and d6 threats - black is
hopeless.}) 17. Re1 $1 {Qg6 check was so tempting....} Na6 {17...Re8 is
possible, but doesn't help much.} (17... Re8 18. Qg6+ Kg8 (18... Kf8 19. Bb5 {
and Bxh6 next;}) 19. Bc4 {with the same Re6 idea as happened in the game.} ({
or and Bc3 then.} 19. Bd3)) 18. Re6 $1 {That's the reason why Topalov needed
the black King on f7 - now BxR loses due to Pxe6 check and then BxN.} Nb4 $6 {
The 18...Nc7 line would lead to very messy position with unbalanced material.
In the 18...Kg8 line I don't see more than a draw for white... In my opinion,
Black's troubles started from this move.} (18... Nc7 19. Qg6+ (19. Bc4 b5 20.
Bc3 Nfe8) 19... Kg8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bc4 b5 22. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 $1 (
23... Qf8 24. Rxc7 bxc4 25. bxc4 Ng4 26. Bc3 Rh7 27. Qc6 $16 {[%cal Gd5d6,
Gh1e1,Ge1e7]}) (23... Rh7 24. Bc3 $1 Qf8 $8 25. Rhe1 $16) 24. d6+ bxc4 25. dxe7
Be6 26. bxc4 Bxc4 27. Bf4 Bf7 {Black manages to survive in this line and the
outcome here is unpredictable.}) (18... Kg8 19. Bc3 Nxd5 (19... Bxe6 20. dxe6
Nc7 21. e7 $1 Bxe7 (21... Qxe7 22. Bc4+ {[%cal Gh4f5]}) 22. Bxf6 $16) 20. Qg6
Qg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rxd6 Nxc3 23. Bc4+ Kh7 24. Bd3+ g6 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Nxf5
gxf5 27. Re7+ Kg8 28. Rg6+ Kf8 29. Rgg7 Nb4 {and I don't see more than
perpetual check.}) 19. Bxb4 (19. Qg6+ Kg8 20. Nf5 Bf8 $17) 19... cxb4 20. Bc4 {
White is bringing his last forces to the attack.} b5 $1 {diverting the bishop
from the attack and gaining a tempo for a pawn. Again, Vishy finds the best
defense!} (20... Kg8 21. Nf5 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Be7 23. Rd1 Qf8 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Rxa7
$16 {An amazing position! Black is a rook up but can't move - almost zugzwang!}
) (20... Kf8 21. Rhe1 b5 22. Bxb5 (22. Qg6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qe8 24. Bxb5 Qxg6 25.
Nxg6+ Kg8 26. Nxh8 Kxh8 27. e7 Ne8 $11) 22... Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rc8 24. e7+ $1 Bxe7
25. Bc4 $16) 21. Bxb5 Be7 $4 {A horrible blunder. Even the best of us catch
black-outs from time to time. Tactical blunders is the main reason why
computers beat humans lately (A good example is Adams vs Hydra). After the
only move 21...Kg8, I can't find any clear way for White's advantage.} (21...
Kg8 $1 22. Bc4 (22. Ng6 $5) (22. Rd1 $5) 22... Rb8 (22... Rh7 23. Rhe1 $16) 23.
Nf5 Rb6 24. Rhe1 {with the threat Rxf6} Kf8 $8 {and Black manages to survive.})
(21... Rb8 22. Qg6+ Kg8 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Bc4 Rh7 25. Rhe1 $18) 22. Ng6 $18 Nxd5
(22... Bxe6 23. dxe6+ Kg8 24. Rd1 $18) 23. Rxe7+ $6 {Topalov just missed an
immediate win here.} (23. Re5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5d5]} Bb7 (23... Be6 24. Nxh8+
Qxh8 25. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 26. Qc6+ $18 {winning all black pieces.}) 24. Qf5+ Kg8
25. Bc4 $18 {winning a lot of material.}) 23... Nxe7 {The fight is still on.}
24. Bc4+ Kf6 {The rook ending in the 24..Be6 line is just hopeless for Black.}
(24... Be6 25. Bxe6+ Kxe6 26. Re1+ Kf6 27. Nxe7 Rc8 28. Nxc8 Qxc8 29. Re4 Qxc2+
30. Kxc2 a5 31. Rc4 $18) 25. Nxh8 Qd4 $1 {The best chance.} (25... Qxh8 26. Rd1
{Black is still up a piece, but completely hopeless against White's attack.})
26. Rd1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qd4+ 28. Ke1 Qe5+ 29. Qe2 (29. Kf1 $2 Bh3+) 29... Qxe2+
30. Kxe2 Nf5 (30... Bg4+ 31. f3 Rxh8 32. fxg4 Nc8 33. Rd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5b5]})
31. Nf7 a5 (31... Be6 32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Nd8+ $18) 32. g4 Nh4 33. h3 Ra7 34.
Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rb6 Rc7 36. Ne5 {Cutting black's knight off. The white pieces are
dominating.} Ng2 37. Ng6+ Kd8 38. Kf1 {Finally trapping this unlucky knight.}
Bb7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Kxg2 {The rest wasn't necessary, but Vishy decided to
continue.} Rd7 41. Nf8 Rd2 42. Ne6+ Ke7 43. Nxg7 Rxa2 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxh6 Rc2
{With a last hope RxB.} 46. Bf7 Rc3 47. f4 a4 48. bxa4 b3 49. g5+ Kg7 50. f5 b2
51. f6+ Kh7 52. Nf5 $1 {Veselin chooses the most elegant way to finish this
game.} (52. Nf5 b1=Q 53. g6+ Kh8 54. g7+ Kh7 55. g8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 {Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net): A kind of modern tabia.}
16. Qc1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This interesting move looks very naturally and needs
future tests.} Na5 (16... Be4 17. Qe3 (17. Be3 Qf5 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Bf3 Bd6 $11)
17... Bg6 18. Bf1 (18. c4 Qf5 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Be3 $14) 18... Kf8 19. c4 Qf5 20.
Qd2 Bd6 21. Be3 $14) (16... Bd6 $6 17. Be3 $16 {[%cal Gc3c4]}) (16... Bf6 $5
17. Qb2 Na5 18. Ne5 Qb3 $1 (18... Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxb7 f6
22. Bf4 Qxc3 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Rec1 Qd3 25. Bxc7 $16) 19. Qxb3 Nxb3 20. Ra2 Nc5
$1 $11) 17. c4 Qe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Qd8 18. Qc3 c5 19. d5 Bf6 20. Ne5 $5
(20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 f6 $14) 20... b6 21. Bd3 $14) {[%tqu "En","Find how
White can exploit the unprotected position of the black pieces on the fifth
rank.","","","e2d1","",10]} 18. Bd1 $1 Qd3 19. Re3 $1 Qxc4 20. Re5 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 {
Black simplifies the position, in this line White doesn't have attacking
chances, as after the more complex} (7... d6 8. e4 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7
11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 $13 {|^>>}) 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 {
White naturally wants to make use of his 7-th move, the immediate} (10. d4 cxd4
11. Qxd4 (11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 $11) 11... O-O $132 {makes it difficult
for him to put Black under pressure.}) 10... Nc6 {Black wants to solve his
problems by further exchanges. If he is not afraid of a typically cramped
position, he can play more in the spirit of the Hedgehog:} (10... O-O 11. d4
cxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 (12... a6 $5 13. Qg4 Re8 14. b3 d6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. a4 Qc7 17.
Qe2 Nd7 18. Rec1 Rac8 19. Rc3 Qb8 20. Re3 g6 21. Qd1 Ba8 22. Re2 Nc5 23. b4 Nd7
$132 {Agrest,E-Ghaem Maghami,E/Calvia olm/2004/}) 13. a4 $5 {is an attempt to
emulate the Beliavsky-Lutz game (see below):} (13. b3 a6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f4 Re8
16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bf6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. g4 Nc5 (19... g6 $142 $5 $13) 20. b4
g6 21. Nc2 Nd7 22. g5 Bg7 23. Ne3 {Vallejo Pons,F-Adams,M/Linares/2002/} f5 $5
$13 {/+/=}) (13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 a6 15. f4 Re8 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Qb3
Qb8 19. f5 e5 20. Nc2 b5 21. Ne3 Bg5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rcd1 Nf6 24. Qd3 Red8
$132 {Psakhis,L-Adams,M/playchess.com/2004/}) 13... Nc6 (13... Nd7 $5) 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Ra2 a6 18. Bb4 $14 b5 $6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a5
d5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. exd5 Qd6 23. a6 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc1
$16 {Chuchelov,V-Medvegy,Z/Bundesliga 0405/2005/}) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 {
Consistent with Black's 10th move.} (12... O-O {allows White to play either}
13. Be3 {, or even keep the knights with} (13. Nb5 $5 $14)) 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. b3
{The text-move achieves precious little, so the question is - how to put Black
under some pressure?} ({The best chance to achieve this seems to be} 14. Rd1 $5
{White wants to force d6 and leave Black defending the ><d6 with the passive
Be7.} d6 ({Still untested, but interesting is} 14... Bc6 $5 15. Bf4 Bc5 $14 {
/\Qe7<=>}) 15. a4 $1 (15. Qe3 Qc7 16. b3 Qc5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bd4
Be7 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Rd3 Bc6 22. Rad1 b5 $132 {Tukmakov,V-Gheorghiu,F/Crans
Montana/2000/}) 15... Qc7 16. Ra2 Bc6 ({more critical is} 16... f5 17. b3 Qc6
$132 {/+/=}) 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Rd7 19. Rad2 Rad8 20. Qe3 Qb7 21. f4 h6 22. h4
a6 23. Bb4 Bf8 24. Kh2 $14 {()|^,Beliavsky,A-Lutz,C/Mitropa Cup Leipzig/2002/})
({Another try to play on the d-file is} 14. Bf4 Bc5 $142 $5 (14... d6 15. Qd3 (
15. Qd2 Qc8 16. b3 Rd8 17. Be3 Bc6 18. a4 Qb7 19. Bd4 a6 $6 20. b4 $1 e5 21.
Be3 $36 {Ehlvest,J-Lindberg,B/Stockholm/1998/}) 15... Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. b3
Bc6 18. b4 e5 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Bf1 a6 22. Rb1 Rdb8 23. Rec1 Qd8 24.
a4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Rb5 Bd7 27. Qd5 $5 $44 {|^,Rausis,I-Womacka,M/Gausdal/
2002/} Bxb5 28. cxb5 Bg5) 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. e5 (16. Be5 f5 17. exf5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2
Rxf5 19. f4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. a3 a5 22. a4 g5 23. h4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Qf6 25.
b3 $13 {1/2,Beckhuis,G-Roeder,M/Muenster/1997/}) (16. Rad1 e5 $5 17. Be3 d6 $11
) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18. Rad1 fxe5 19. Rxe5 d6 20. Re2 Qb7+ 21. Qe4 Qxe4+
22. Rxe4 Rf6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rd8 25. Red3 e5 26. Rd5 Re6 27. c5 bxc5 28.
Rxc5 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rb5 $11 {Gurevich,M-Roeder,M/BL2W 9596/1996/}) 14... Bc5 $1 {
[%csl Gc5] Now Black doesn't hesitate to post his B actively.} 15. Qc3 (15. Qd2
Qe7 16. a3 a5 17. Bb2 Bc6 18. Qd3 f6 19. Re2 Rab8 20. a4 Rbd8 21. Rd1 Qf7 22.
Kh1 Qh5 23. f4 e5 24. f5 Qf7 25. h4 g5 26. g4 h6 27. Bf3 Kg7 28. Rh2 Rh8 29.
Kg2 Qe7 30. Rh3 Rh7 31. Kf1 Rdh8 32. Rh2 Kf8 33. Ke2 Qg7 34. h5 {Davies,
N-Schandorff,L/DEN-chB/1988/}) 15... Qe7 {Anand can afford to be patient.} (
15... f5 16. exf5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxf5 18. f4 Qf6 19. Bd2 d5 20. Rad1 (20. Qxf6
$142 Rxf6 21. Bc3 d4 22. Bb2 $14) 20... dxc4 21. Qxc4 Rd5 22. Bc3 Qf7 $11 {
Schlosser,P-Yermolinsky,A/Groningen op/1996/}) 16. Re2 $146 (16. a3 a5 17. Bb2
f6 (17... f5 $5 18. exf5 (18. e5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f4 20. f3 $13 {/=/+}) 18... Bxg2
19. Kxg2 Rxf5 $132) 18. Re2 Bc6 19. a4 Qf7 20. Ba3 Qh5 21. Rd2 Rf7 22. Bxc5
Qxc5 23. Rad1 Raf8 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rb8 26. Rd6 Rb7 27. f4 Kf8 28. e5 Bxg2
29. Kxg2 fxe5 30. fxe5 Ke7 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Rb8 33. Ke2 Kd8 34. Rd4 Ke7
35. Ke3 Rc8 $11 {<=>,Vaganian,R-Yermolinsky,A/Tilburg/1993/}) 16... a5 17. a4 (
17. Bb2 f6 $11 {can transpose into the above game. Ponomariov puts his pawn on
a4 - if his rook leaves a1, Black can play a4 himself, while on a3 the pawn
would require extra protection (Vaganian went a4 on move 19 anyway). The
drawback is Black's outpost on c5 is now fully secure.} (17... f5 $5)) 17... f5
$5 {Anand chooses the active option.} 18. e5 (18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxf5 20.
f4 $11) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rad8 20. Qf3 (20. Bb2 $6 f4) (20. h4 h6 $11) (20.
Bf4 d5 (20... g5 $5 $13) 21. exd6 Bxd6 $11 {/\} 22. Be5 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 Bc5 $5 {
[%cal Gd8d1] <->d}) 20... d6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Bg5 (22. Bf4 Qd3 $1 23. Rxe6
$140 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rd3+ $36) 22... Rd7 23. Rae1 (23. Rd2 Bd4 (23... Qxd2 $5
24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Rf1 Rfd8 $44) 24. Be3 e5 $11) 23... Qd3 $1 $11 {Again this
active sortie guarantees Black sufficient <=>.} 24. Qxd3 (24. Rxe6 Qxf3+ 25.
Kxf3 Rd3+ 26. Kg2 Rxb3 {leads to the same position.}) 24... Rxd3 25. Rxe6 Rxb3
26. Be7 Re8 $6 (26... Rc8 $5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 $132) ({Although the text-move
draws in the long run, a safer way to achieve this result seems to be} 26...
Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Rf7 $1 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re5 Rb4 (30... g6 31. c5
b5 $1 32. c6 bxa4 33. Rc5 Rb8 $11) 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rxf5+ Ke7 33. Rxc5 Rxa4 34.
Rc7+ $11) 27. Bxc5 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 bxc5 29. Re8+ $1 Kf7 30. Re5 $14 {White wins
a P and Black must still be on his toes.} Rb4 31. Rxf5+ Kg6 (31... Ke6 32. Rxc5
Rxa4 33. Rc7 $14) 32. Rxc5 Rxa4 33. Kf3 Ra2 34. h4 (34. Rc7 a4 35. Ra7 a3 36.
Ke3 Rc2 37. Kd4 a2 $132 (37... Rxf2 38. Rxa3 Rxh2 39. c5 $36)) 34... a4 35. Ra5
a3 36. Ke4 (36. Ke3 Rc2 37. Kd4 a2 38. f4 Kf6 $14 {is similar to the game.})
36... Re2+ 37. Kd4 (37. Kd3 $2 Rxf2 38. Rxa3 $140 $4 Rf3+ $19) 37... a2 38. f4
Kf6 39. g4 (39. c5 $5) 39... g6 40. c5 Rd2+ 41. Ke4 (41. Kc3 Rf2 $132) 41...
Re2+ 42. Kd3 Rh2 {[%csl Rf4,Rg4,Rh4] ׻P} 43. Ra6+ (43. c6 Ke7 44. f5 gxf5 45.
Ra7+ Kd6 46. c7 Kd7 47. gxf5 Rxh4 (47... Rh3+ 48. Kd4 Rxh4+ 49. Ke5 Rh2 $11)
48. Rxa2 Kxc7 $11) 43... Ke7 44. Ke4 ({The last chance was} 44. f5 {, although
even here Black should draw:} gxf5 (44... Rxh4 45. f6+ Kf7 46. g5 $5 $36 (46.
Rxa2 Kxf6 $11)) 45. gxf5 Rxh4 (45... Rh3+ 46. Ke4 Rxh4+ 47. Ke5 $36) 46. Rxa2
Rf4 47. Ra7+ Kd8 48. Rf7 h5 (48... Ke8 49. c6 $1) 49. c6 (49. Ke3 Rc4 $11)
49... h4 50. c7+ Kc8 51. Ke3 Rf1 52. Ke4 h3 53. Rh7 Rh1 (53... Re1+ $5) 54. Ke5
(54. Kf3 Rf1+ 55. Kg4 Rg1+ $1 56. Kf4 Rh1 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kh2 Rf1 59. Rf7 Rf3
60. f6 Kb7 $11) 54... h2 55. Kf6 Kb7 $11) 44... Rxh4 45. Rxa2 Rxg4 46. Ke5 Kd7
$11 47. Ra7+ Kc6 48. Rxh7 Kxc5 49. Rc7+ Kb4 50. Rc1 Kb5 {Although Black's K is
cut off, White can't concentrate his forces for an effective attack of Black's
last P. The following moves allows an immediate draw.} 51. Ke4 g5 52. Rf1 Rxf4+
53. Rxf4 gxf4 54. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bg3 $146 Bd6 17. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Bxg3 18. hxg3 Na5 {
[%cal Yc7c5]} 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qc2 (20. Bf3 Bxa4 21. Bxd5 Rcd8 $11) 20... b6 (
20... Bf5 21. Qb2 (21. Qa4 Bd7 $11) (21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nb3 $11) 21... c5
$132) ({Immidiate attack of White centre} 20... c5 $5 {was also possible.} 21.
Bf3 Qd6 $11) 21. Bd3 h6 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 Qd6 24. Nf3 (24. Bf5 g6 (24... Kg8
$11) 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Ne4 Kg7 $11) 24... Be6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Anand takes
initiative by this strong manoeuvre of the bishop.} (24... c5 25. Ne5 Be6 $11)
25. Ne5 Bb3 26. Qe2 (26. Qc1 $5 c5 27. Qf4 Kg8 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4 cxd4 30. cxd4
Qxd4 31. Ng4 Re7 32. Nxh6+ Kf8 $13) 26... c5 {Bb3 prevents possibility to
defend pawn d4 by Rad1.} 27. Qg4 Rcd8 (27... cxd4 28. Nd7+ Kg8 29. Qf5 Qg6 30.
Qxg6 fxg6 31. cxd4 Red8 32. Ne5 Rxd4 33. Bxg6 $14) 28. Bf5 (28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4
Kg7 $15) 28... cxd4 29. cxd4 Nc6 $1 (29... g6 $2 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Nxg6+ Kg7
32. Nf4+ Kh8 33. Qh5 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qf6 35. d5 $40) 30. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1
Qxc6 $15 {[%csl Rd4]} 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Qf3 Bc4 34. Qe3 Bb5 $1 {[%cal Yd8e8]} (
34... b5 35. g4 $132 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 35. Rd1 Ba4 36. Rd2 Re8 37. Qc3 h5 $1 38.
Qc1 Qe7 39. Qc3 Qg5 $1 40. Bh3 (40. Qb4+ Kg8 41. Bh3 Bb3 $15) 40... Kg8 41. d5
f5 $1 {[%csl Rh3] Bh3 is out of the game forever now!} 42. d6 $6 (42. Rd4 $1
Bd7 43. Rc4 $1 Qe7 44. Rc7 g5 45. Rxa7 g4 46. Qc7 Rd8 47. Qxb6 $11) 42... Bd7
43. Rd1 Qg6 44. Qc7 (44. Qc1 Qf6 $15) 44... Qe6 45. Qxa7 $6 (45. Qc1 g6 $17 {
[%csl Rh3]}) ({After} 45. f4 $5 {Bh3 is complitely out of the game but it at
least protects pawn g2.It will be very difficult to improve position of Black
because pawn d6 gives White good counterchances.}) 45... b5 (45... g5 $1 46.
Qxb6 (46. Rd3 g4 47. Qxb6 Qf6 $17) 46... g4 $17) 46. Qc5 (46. Kh2 $1 g5 47. Re1
$1 Qf7 (47... Qxe1 48. Qxd7 Qe6 (48... g4 $2 49. Qxf5 gxh3 50. d7 $18) 49. Qc7
Qf6 50. d7 Rf8 51. Bxf5 $16) 48. Rc1 $1 (48. Re7 Rxe7 49. dxe7 Be8 $19 {
[%cal Yg5g4]}) 48... g4 49. Rc7 Rd8 50. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge3g5]} Ra8 (50... Qg7
51. Qe7 $18) 51. Qc5 $1 Rd8 (51... gxh3 $2 52. Rxd7 $16) 52. Qe3 $11) (46. f4
g6 $5 $17 {[%csl Rh3]} (46... Qe3+ 47. Qxe3 Rxe3 48. Bxf5 Bxf5 49. d7 $11))
46... g5 $1 47. g4 $2 (47. Qc1 Qg6 48. Qc7 Qf7 49. Qc1 g4 $19) ({Probably the
best chance for White was} 47. Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 48. Qxf5 (48. Rd5 $2 Re1+ 49. Kh2
Qb1 50. Rxg5+ Kf8 51. g4 h4 $19) 48... Bxf5 49. Rd5 Bd7 50. Rxg5+ Kf7 51. Rxh5
Ke6 $5 $17 {But still Black have good possibilities to win pawns d6 and a3 and
convert their advantage into victory.}) 47... hxg4 48. Bxg4 fxg4 $19 49. Qxg5+
Kh7 50. Qh5+ (50. Rd5 Qh6 $1 $19) 50... Kg7 51. Qg5+ Qg6 52. Qc5 Qf6 53. Qa7
Qf5 54. Qd4+ Kg6 55. Qc3 Qe5 56. Qd3+ Kg7 57. Qc2 Rh8 58. Qc7 (58. g3 Rh6 59.
Qc7 Qe4 $1 60. Qxd7+ Kg6 $19) 58... Qh2+ 59. Kf1 Qh1+ 60. Ke2 Re8+ (60... Re8+
61. Kd2 Qh6+ 62. Kd3 Qg6+ 63. Kd2 Qg5+ 64. Kd3 Qf5+ 65. Kd2 Qxf2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 O-O 14. e5
Nd5 15. c4 Nf4 16. g3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 c5 18. Bc3 f5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. f4 Rf7 21.
b3 Rb7 22. Rd3 Ra7 23. h4 g6 24. Ba5 Rb7 25. Rfd1 Bf8 26. Qg2 Qc8 27. Kf1 Ra7
28. Ke1 Rb7 29. R1d2 h5 30. Kd1 Ra7 31. Kc2 Qb8 32. Qf3 Rb7 33. Qe3 Qc8 34. Rd1
Be7 35. a4 Bf8 36. Rd6 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Qb8 38. Rxa6 Rf8 39. Bd2 Ra7 40. Rd6 Qc7
41. Qf3 Rb8 42. Rd3 Qb6 43. Rd6 Qc7 44. Rd3 Qb6 45. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 18th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Mellado,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{La segunda semifinal del XVIII Magistral Ciudad de León nos ofrece un
encuentro apasionante e inédito. Anand , número 1 del mundo, va a enfrentarse
a una de las mayores promesas del ajedrez mundial, el GM de 14 años Magnus
Carlsen de Noruega. Por supuesto a día de hoy, ni los más entusiastas
seguidores de Magnus le conceden demasiadas posibilidades de triunfo. Pero el
encuentro es de capital importancia para la historia del ajedrez, puesto que
Carlsen está llamado a ser el natural relevo de la generación actual de
jugadores, y quien sabe si algún día no se enfrentaran para dirimir ese número
uno mundial que ahora ostenta el GM Indio} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Magnus elige
la Petrov, una sólida defensa habitual en los torneos de élite.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Este viejo sistema lo rehabilitó hace unos años Alexei Shirov,
que le dió buena publicidad consiguiendo algunas bonitas victorias. Anand lo
utilizó hace poco para ganar una partida contra Vladimir Kramnik.} Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 ({Shirov prefirió en esta
posición} 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 a6 14. h4 Re8 15. Rh3 Bc8
16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nb4 Bb7 18. g4 a5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 b5 21. Bg5 Be7 22. h5
Bc6 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Be3 Rb8 {Shirov,A-Morozevich, A Moscú 2002 1-0 (71)}) 10...
Bg4 11. h5 $146 {Anand introduce una nueva jugada en esta posición} ({
Recientemente el GM moldavo Viorel Bologán jugó:} 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nd4 Ne6 13.
Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. f3 a5 16. Kb1 b5 17. Bg5 Bf8 18. h5 d5 19. h6 g6 20.
Bf6 b4 21. Qg5 bxc3 22. Bxc3 d4 23. Bb5 c6 24. Rd1 cxb5 25. Rxd4 Qe7 {Bologan,
V-Motylev,A chessassistantclub.com INT 2004 /0-1 (48)}) 11... Re8 $146 {
una jugada nueva , aunque esta posición solo se había jugado una vez} ({
en esa ocasión las negras optaron por la lógica} 11... h6 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Nd4
Ne4 14. Qe3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Rhe1 Qf6 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Qxe4
Qxf4+ 20. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 21. Kb1 Re8 22. g3 Bg5 23. a4 a6 24. Ka2 Bf6 25. Kb3 Re5
26. Rh1 Re4 27. Kc4 {Obteniendo una posición igualada 1-0 Galego,L-Camejo
Almeida,R 1993}) 12. Bc4 {Carlsen, que hasta este momento ha hecho sus jugadas
rápidamente, está ahora gastando mucho tiempo tiene 13 minutos por 17 de Anand}
c6 $5 {# Carlsen da el peón de d6, un juego concreto propio del estilo de este
prodigio de 14 años.} 13. Bxd6 {Anand captura el peón sin pensarselo un
instante....} Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxf3 {Magnus tambien juega ahora
rápido} ({la jugada esperada era} 15... Ne4 {pero después de} 16. Rd4 Nxf2 ({
una jugada interesante es} 16... h6 {fijando la debilidad en h5 , con algo de
compensación por el peón entregado}) 17. Rf1 $1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh3 19. Rd7 {
y las blancas ganan}) 16. gxf3 Rad8 17. Rd4 {Las blancas tienen un peón de más
aunque su estructura hace muy difícil materializar esta ventaja.} b5 18. Rhd1
Rxd4 19. cxd4 Nd7 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. d5 $1 {# Anand devuelve el peón para forzar
un final con un alfil mejor que el caballo negro.} cxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Bxb5 {
y las blancas tienen mucha ventaja}) 22. Bxb5 Re5 23. c4 Kf8 24. c5 d4 $2 {
después de esto la posición negra parece perdida} (24... Rxh5 25. c6 Ne8) 25.
b4 $1 {las blancas tienen dos fuertes peones pasados en el flanco de dama.} a5
26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Nd5 28. Rxd4 {Anand tiene 17 munutos y una posición
ganada , a Magnus le quedan menos de 4 y su posición parece desesperada.} Rxh5
({Entregar una pieza con} 28... Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Rxc5+ 30. Bc4 Rxh5 31. Rb8+ Ke7
32. Rb7+ {no es suficiente para salvarse.}) {#} 29. c6 $1 Ke7 30. Rxd5 $1 {
Anand remata con dos mazazos la partida. La coronación es inevitable. Una
victoria aparentemente muy fácil para Anand.} 1-0

[Event "Leon 18th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Mellado,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
{Carlsen permite el temido gambito Marshall} d5 {El Ataque Marshall, un
sistema que goza de gran prestigio en la actualidad, y la principal culpable
del auge que han cobrado en los torneos de élite actuales los sistemas
llamados Anti-Marshall.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 ({Este gambito
fue inventado por el GM americano FJ Marshall, quien guardó el secreto durante
años hasta poder emplearlo contra su más peligroso rival, el futuro campeón
del mundo José Raúl Capablanca. La siguiente partida es un clásico de la
historia del ajedrez} 11... Nf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. h3 Ng4 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. d4 Nxf2
16. Re2 Bg4 17. hxg4 Bh2+ 18. Kf1 Bg3 19. Rxf2 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Bxf2 21. Bd2 Bh4
22. Qh3 Rae8+ 23. Kd3 Qf1+ 24. Kc2 Bf2 25. Qf3 Qg1 26. Bd5 c5 27. dxc5 Bxc5 28.
b4 Bd6 29. a4 a5 30. axb5 axb4 31. Ra6 bxc3 32. Nxc3 Bb4 33. b6 Bxc3 34. Bxc3
h6 35. b7 Re3 36. Bxf7+ {1-0 Capablanca,J-Marshall,F New York 1918}) 12. d3 $5
(12. d4 {es la variante principal}) 12... Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 ({
Anand también ha jugado esta posición con blancas.} 14... Qd7 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16.
Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Bxd3 18. Nd2 Rfe8 19. h3 h6 20. Qd4 Bg6 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Nc5
a5 23. a3 a4 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nd3 Re4 27. Qa7 Re2 28. Nb4 Qd6
29. Qd4 {Anand,V-Adams,M/Paris 1992 1-0 (96)}) 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 ({Un
ejemplo muy reciente es} 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20.
h3 Bh5 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Bf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25. Kg3 Rfxe4
26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. f3 Re2 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxb2 30. Bxa6 g5 31. a4 Kg7 32.
a5 Nf4 33. Bf1 Kg6 34. h4 Kf5 35. a6 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H-Aronian,L
Gibraltar 2005}) 16... cxd5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 {# Anand tiene 21
minutos en Reloj !más que al principio de la partida!} 19. Qf3 Rfe8 ({
Kasimdzhanov , clasificado ayer para la final de este Magistral, llegó también
a esta posición el año pasado en la Olimpiada de Calvià ....} 19... Qf5 20.
Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Nd2 Rfe8 22. Bd4 f6 23. Nb3 Kf7 24. Bb6 Rc8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1
Bf8 27. Nd4 Be4 28. f3 Bd5 29. a3 Rb8 30. Bc7 Rb7 31. Bf4 Bc5 32. Kf2 Rd7 33.
Be3 Bc4 34. g4 a5 35. h4 a4 36. h5 Bxd4 37. Bxd4 Rd5 38. Kg3 g6 39. hxg6+ Kxg6
40. Re1 h5 41. Re8 hxg4 42. fxg4 Rd6 43. Kf4 Re6 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,
R-Onischuk,A Calvia 2004}) 20. Nd2 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Bd4 f6 {Como mandan
las reglas clásicas el bando que tiene pareja de alfiles debe colocar su
cadena de peones en las casillas del color del alfil contrario. Por
trasposición se ha llegado a la partida anteriormente mencionada.} 23. f3 {
Esta es la autentica novedad, nada menos que en la jugada 23.} b4 {Las negras
efienden con éxito habitualmente este tipo de finales con peón de menos a
cambio de la pareja de alfiles en posición abierta.} 24. Ne4 Bc7 $1 {Carlsen
12:39 Anand 16:31} 25. Kf2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb8 27. Re2 Kf7 {Anand tiene el doble
de tiempo que su rival: 16 minutos por 8 de Carlsen} 28. Rd1 h5 $1 {Fritz
considera que las blancas tienen gran ventaja, aunque en estas posiciones
donde uno de los bandos mantiene ventaja material durante muchas jugadas, son
seguramente, las que peor valora .} 29. Bc5 {Magnus quiere cambiar un alfil
para privar a las negras de su principal baza: la pareja de alfiles.} Kg6 $1 {
# impidiendo elegantemente la amenaza blanca.} 30. Bd4 {Y Carlsen ofrece
tablas que Anand acepta. Una partida que demuestra lo difícil que resulta
obtener alguna ventaja tangible contra el GM Indio, que ha demostrado una
preparación teórica de altísimo nivel.} (30. Bd6 Rbd8 31. Red2 Bb6+ {y las
negras mantienen sus alfiles Anand 1,5 Carlsen 0,5}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 18th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Mellado,E"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {Anand cambia ahora a la
variante principal, en lugar de 5.Nc3 que le sirvió para ganar la primera
partida.} d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. c4 c6 {es lo que se juega con
más frecuencia}) 8... Re8 9. Nc3 {Una jugada muy poco frecuente, Nos
encontramos en territorio prácticamente virgen} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Rxe1+ 11. Qxe1 h6
{Novedad, una jugada muy lógica que controla g5, donde podrían acceder dos
piezas menores blancas.} 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Bg4 $6 ({la
alternativa es} 14... Bf5 {y a la interesante} 15. Qc3 $5 Qf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17.
dxe5 Qg6 {y a pesar de la pareja de alfiles de las blancas , las negras
parecen tener una posición defendible.}) 15. Qe4 {#} Bxf3 (15... Qd7 16. Bd3 f5
17. Qd5+ Qf7 18. Qb5 Qg6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 {con ventaja blanca}) 16. Qxf3
Qe7 17. g3 {como en la partida anterior: Anand coloca la cadena de peones en
casillas del color del alfil de su rival.} Re8 (17... Nd8 18. a4) 18. Bc3 Nd8
19. a4 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. a5 {Anand ha obtenido otra vez con asombrosa
sencillez una posición claramente ventajosa.} Re8 (21... Bb4 $5 22. Bb2 {
no cambia mucho las cosas} ({pero no} 22. Bxb4 Rxd4 23. Be7 (23. Bxf7+ Kxf7)
23... Nc6 {recuperando la pieza con igualdad})) 22. Kg2 Ne6 23. h4 {Anand,
juga ndo con su habitual rapidez, está dando una clase acerca de como tratar
este tipo de posiciones. Anand 17:12 Carlsen: 6:23} Kf8 24. Bb2 b6 25. h5 Rb8
$6 ({mejor es intentar el recurso} 25... b5 26. Bd3 c5) 26. axb6 axb6 ({
se podía intentar} 26... Rxb6 27. Bc3 (27. Ra2) 27... Bb4 28. Bxb4+ Rxb4 29.
Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxa7 Rc4 {con un final de torres que tal vez sea defendible}) 27.
Bb5 Rd8 (27... c5 $5 28. d5 Nd4) 28. Bc6 Be7 29. c3 {Anand 15:08 Carlsen: 2:44}
b5 30. Ra7 $1 (30. d5 Nc5 31. Ba3 Na4 32. c4 Nc3 33. cxb5 Bxa3 34. Rxa3 Nxd5
35. Ra7 {también parece fuerte pero la jugada de la partida es mejor y más
sencilla.}) 30... Rb8 31. d5 {#} Bc5 32. Ra5 Nd8 33. Bd7 $1 Bd6 34. Bxb5 ({
esperabamos} 34. Rxb5 {la jugada de la partida permite al negro soñar con
salvarse gracias a los alfiles de distinto color}) {después de} 34... c6 $1 {#}
35. dxc6 Nxc6 36. Bxc6 Rxb2 37. Bd5 Rd2 38. c4 Be5 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kd6
41. Rxf7 Bd4 42. Rf5 Rc2 43. g4 Bc5 44. Bf7 Rd2 45. Kg3 Rd3+ 46. f3 Rd2 {
Anand 9:27 Carlsen: 00:24 Carlsen se defiende ya con pocos segundos para cada
jugada} 47. Rd5+ {Anand entra en el final de alfiles de distinto color,
valorando sin duda que debe estar ganado.} Rxd5 48. Bxd5 Ke5 49. f4+ Kf6 50.
Kf3 Bd6 51. Ke4 Bc5 52. Bg8 Bd6 53. Bh7 Ke6 54. g5 Ke7 55. Bg8 {# Quitándole
casillas al rey negro. Y asegurando un camino para penetrar con el propio.} Kf8
56. Be6 Ke7 57. Bg4 Kf7 58. gxh6 gxh6 59. f5 Kf6 60. Kd5 Bg3 61. c5 Ke7 62. c6
Bh2 63. Bf3 Bg3 64. Kc5 Bc7 65. Kb5 Kd8 66. Ka6 Kc8 67. f6 Bd6 68. Kb6 Bc7+ 69.
Kc5 Be5 70. f7 Bg7 71. Kd6 {Y las negras abandonan Anand se enfrentará a
Kasimdzahanov en la gran final de mañana.} 1-0

[Event "Leon 18th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Mellado,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 ({Anand suele jugar en
esta posición} 5... Qc7 {como veremos la diferencia entre esta jugada y la de
la partida es importante si se quiere evitar que las blancas jueguen
posiciones del ataque inglés} 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 {es una de las
posiciones más discutidas en la actualidad.}) 6. Be3 (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 {
es la variente principal contra este orden}) 6... Nf6 7. Qd2 $6 {un orden
dudoso Anand impedirá ahora llegar a las posiciones del ataque inglés} Bb4 $1
8. f3 d5 $1 {#} 9. a3 Qa5 $1 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bf4 ({resulta
interesante la siguiente partida en la que las blancas, a pesar de perder,
obtuvieron buenas posibilidades de ataque.} 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. fxe4 O-O 14. O-O
b6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Ne5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Rf1 Ng6 20. h4 Qe5
21. Nd4 Bb7 22. h5 Nf8 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Nf3 Qxc3 25. Qxh7 f5 26. exf5 Rh8 27.
Rb3 Qc5+ {0-1 Panarin,M-Rublevsky,S/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004}) 12... e5
13. exd5 exf4 14. dxc6 O-O {Carlsen 14:31 Anand 20:54} 15. O-O-O Qxc6 16. c4
Be6 17. Qxf4 Rac8 $6 (17... Rfd8 {impidiendo la siguiente maniobra del blanco
era más fuerte}) 18. Qd6 $1 {Magnus aprovecha la ocasión para cambiar damas en
una posición en la que su principal debilidad es el rey.} Qa4 19. Qb4 $1 Qxb4
20. axb4 Bxc4 21. Nc5 Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 a5 23. Nxb7 axb4 24. Kb2 Rc7 25. Nd6 {
Ahora este final parece un poquito mejor para el blanco debido a la debilidad
del peón de b4.} g6 26. Rd4 Rb8 27. Rfd1 Rb6 28. R1d2 h5 29. Rf4 $1 Nh7 30. Re4
(30. Nc4 Rb8 31. Ne5 {ofrece, según Fritz, mejores perspectivas al blanco.})
30... Nf8 31. Nc4 Rb8 32. Ne3 Ne6 33. Rc4 Rcb7 34. Rd3 Kg7 35. Nd5 Rb5 36. Nc7
Nxc7 37. Rxc7 Re8 38. Rd2 (38. Rdd7 Rf5 39. Re7 Rd8 40. Rcd7 Rb8 41. Rb7 Rd8
42. Rxb4 Rd2) 38... Re3 39. Rc4 Rb7 {# Y Anand ofrece tablas que son aceptadas
por su rival. Un match muy cómodo para Anand, pero seguramente dentro de unos
años las fuerzas de estos jugadores estarán más equilibradas y Magnus
disfrutará de oprtunidades de revancha. ?Quizás en León?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 18th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Mellado,E"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Viswanathan Anand, cuatro veces vencedor en León, campeón mundial de la Fide
en 2000, actual número uno del mundo y uno de los mayores genios que ha dado
el ajedrez se enfrenta hoy, en la gran final de este Magistral 2005, al actual
Campeón del Mundo Fide un auténtico especialista en partidas semirrapidas como
ya ha demostrado en numerosas ocasiones, la última el viernes aquí en León al
eliminar con claridad al español Alexei Shirov. Los enfrentamientos entre
ambos arrojan un aplastante score a favor del indio, nada menos que 6 a 1 en
las siete partidas que estos comentaristas han encontrado en las bases de
datos. Anand es el favorito, pero Kasimdzhanov es un jugador durísimo con el
que en principio tampoco se contaba para ganar el mundial, así que si gana no
sería la primera vez que da la sorpresa.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {Anand es uno de los mejores especialistas en este
sistema.} e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7
13. Na4 Rc8 ({En una partida reciente de Anand con blancas se jugó} 13... Nd7
14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Ne2 Be7 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Bxb6 Qc6 18. Nc3 O-O 19. Rhe1 Rfe8
20. f4 Qc8 21. g5 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5 c3 25. b3 Bb4 26. Kb1
Qg4 {y aquí Anand dice en sus análisis que las blancas ganan con la brillante}
27. Bd8 $3) 14. Qc3 Bxe4 $5 $146 {# Espectacular novedad de Anand, que ha
jugado instantaneamente sorprendiendo visiblemente a Kasimdzhanov} (14... Nd7
15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Bxh4 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. Bd4 e5 19. Be3 Be7 20. Kb1 Qc7 21.
Nb6 Nxb6 22. axb6 Qd7 23. Rh5 f6 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rh2 O-O 26. Rhd2 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Kasparov,G Linares 2005}) 15. fxe4 Nxe4 16. Qb4 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Qxg4+ 18. Kc1 e5
{Anand tiene tres peones y una peligrosa iniciativa por la pieza, que además
tiene ya 8 minutos de ventaja Kasimdzhanov:13:17 Anand 21:51 El caballo
centralizado en d4 no tiene casilla de retirada} 19. Nb6 $1 {jugada intermedia
tocando la torre negra y deja la casilla a4 libre para que la dama de un
peligroso jaque.} exd4 $1 {única si} (19... Rc7 20. Qa4+ {ganando}) 20. Rg1 $1
{otra intermedia mejorando las piezas antes de capturar en la torre de c8.} (
20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Qa4+ Ke7 (21... Qd7 22. Qxc4) 22. Bxd4 f6 23. Re1 d5 {
y las negras tienen compensación por la calidad}) 20... Qe6 $2 {esta jugada
parece ser un serio error} ({Es mejor como indica Fritz} 20... Qh3 21. Qa4+ Kd8
22. Bxd4) 21. Nxc8 {#} dxe3 $5 {Otra jugada inesperada} ({lo más lógico parecía
} 21... Qxc8 22. Qa4+ Ke7 23. Bxd4 f6 24. Ra3 d5 {con una posición parecida a
la del comentario anterior donde las negras parecen tener compensación por
lacalidad}) {la jugada recomendada por Fritz que concede ahora ventaja a las
blancas} 22. Qb8 f5 {Permitiendo que las blancas den jaque a la descubierta.}
23. Nxd6+ Ke7 ({Fritz da como única respuesta para seguir luchando} 23... Kd7
24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Re1 f4 26. Qa7+ Ke8 {con posición complicada}) 24. Qc7+ Kf6
25. Qd8+ Ke5 {Un infrecuente paseo con el rey: esta partida pasará sin duda,
sea cual sea el resultado, a la historia del ajedrez.} 26. Nxe4 Kxe4 27. Ra4 $1
{poniendo en juego la última pieza en juego, además plantea la amenaza Qd3,
según Fritz las blancas tienen la partida ganada.} Qd5 {Anand tiene aún 15
minutos, su rival 1:20} 28. Qe8+ $1 {La mejor continuación} Kf4 29. Rf1+ Kg5
30. Qxe3+ Kg6 31. Qb6+ Kh5 ({No se puede} 31... Bd6 {por} 32. Rd1) 32. Qxa6 c3
33. Qe2+ {A Kasimdzhanov , que tiene la partida ganada, le quedan sólo
segundos en el reloj} Kg6 34. b3 Bc5 35. Rd1 Qc6 36. Qd3 Be7 37. Rc4 Qg2 38.
Qxc3 Qxh2 39. Rc6+ Bf6 40. a6 Ra8 41. Rdd6 Qh4 42. b4 {#} f4 43. Qd3+ Kh6 44.
Qe4 Ra7 45. b5 Qg5 46. Qh1+ Kg6 47. Rd5 Qg4 48. Qe4+ Kh6 49. Qh1+ Kg6 50. Rd1
$1 Qf5 51. Qg1+ Qg5 52. Qxg5+ ({También gana la evidente} 52. Qxa7 f3+ 53. Rd2
Qxb5 54. Qb6 {pero Kasimdzhanov, sin casi tiempo en su reloj, prefiere
asegurar el resultado.}) 52... Kxg5 53. c4 f3 54. Kc2 Be5 55. Rc8 Kg4 56. Re8
Bf4 57. Rg1+ Bg3 58. b6 Rxa6 59. b7 Rb6 60. b8=Q Rxb8 61. Rxb8 f2 62. Rxg3+
Kxg3 63. Rf8 {Y Anand aband ona. Una gran partida de Kasimdzhanov, que ha
jugado de forma casi perfecta para refutar una endiablada novedad teórica de
Anand.} 1-0

[Event "Leon 18th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Qxb4 Qc7 16. Kb1 Nfd7 17. Nb2 d5 18. Qd2 dxe4 19. f4 Nf6 20. Be2 {In a long
theoretical variation this move begins to be relevant for the outcome of the
fight. In is not clear which of the played continuations is the best.} (20. g5
hxg5 21. fxg5 $13) 20... Nd5 21. Nc4 (21. b4 Nd7 22. c4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Be7 24.
g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 g6 27. c5 Nxc5 28. Rh8+ Bf8 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30.
Bc4 Rd8 31. Nc2 Qxe3 32. Nxe3 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Garbisu de Goni,U-Ubilava,E/
Mondariz Balneario 2002/ (43)}) 21... Nd7 (21... Rd8) (21... Be7 $5) 22. g5 $1
{Anand has to advance his pawns in order to benefit from the black's king
location at the center of the board.} Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bd5 24. Rhf1 (24. g6 $1 Bc5
$1 (24... f5 $2 25. Nxf5 Bxc4 26. Qxe4 $1 Qc6 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 exf5 29.
Bf7+ Kd8 30. Be6 Rc7 31. Rd5 $18) (24... fxg6 $2 25. Qg3 $18) 25. gxf7+ Kxf7
26. f5 $1 (26. Rhg1 Kg8 27. Qg3 Nf8 28. b4 $16) 26... exf5 27. Qh3 $1 Nf6 (
27... f4 $2 28. Qf5+ Nf6 29. Ne5+ Kg8 30. Ne6 Qb7 31. Ng4 $18) 28. Qxf5 $16)
24... Bc5 25. Qc3 hxg5 26. Nf5 $5 {[%mdl 128] Heavy blow, that comes at the
difficult moment for black. The defenders pieces are still not properly
coordinated.} Bxc4 (26... gxf4 27. Nxg7+ (27. Qxg7 Rf8 28. Qg5 f6 $11) 27...
Ke7 28. Nf5+ $1 (28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Nf5+ Ke6 30. Ng7+ Ke7 31. Nf5+) 28... exf5
29. Rxd5 Rxh4 (29... f6 30. Qh3 $1 Nb6 31. Rxf5 $18) 30. Qg7 $40) (26... exf5
27. Rxd5 f6 28. hxg5 Nb6 29. Rxf5 $16) 27. Nxg7+ Ke7 28. Bxc4 Rhg8 (28... gxh4
29. Nxe6 $1 Qc6 30. Ng5 $18) 29. hxg5 e3 (29... Bxa3 30. f5 Ne5 31. fxe6 $18)
30. f5 $1 {Anand has clearly achieved everything he could have dreamed about.}
Ne5 (30... e5 31. Ne6 $1 Qa7 (31... fxe6 32. fxe6 $18) 32. f6+ Ke8 33. Nxc5
Rxc5 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxd7+ Qxd7 36. Qxc5 $18) 31. fxe6 Rxg7 32. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7
33. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Leon 18th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Mellado,E"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 {Anand elige una de sus
sicilianas favoritas, la Paulsen} 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 {
Una de las variantes principales de este sistema} Bd6 ({una variante discutida
muchas veces es} 9... Be7 10. c4 Nxe4 11. c5 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. f4 Rb8 14. Bf3
Bf6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rc4 Rd8 18. Rxe4 d5 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Qe2
Bd7 21. b4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Be8 24. Bc5 Rd5 25. Rxe6 Bf7 26. Rxf6 gxf6
27. Nc3 Rxc5 28. bxc5 f5 29. Rf3 Re8 30. Re3 Ra8 31. Qf3 Ra5 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33.
Qh4 Rxc5 34. Qxh7 Qd6 35. Qh8+ Bg8 36. Rg3 Qe6 37. Qg7+ {1-0 Shirov,
A-Miladinovic,I Beograd 1995 A pesar de ganar esta partida Shirov nos comenta
que no considera suficiente el juego del blanco para obtener ventaja.}) 10. g3
Be7 11. c4 {# Un sacrificio temático, las blancas dan el peón de e4 a cambio
de colapsar durante bastantes jugadas el desarrollo del flanco de dama de las
negras.} Nxe4 12. Bf3 (12. c5 {colocando inmediatamente la cuña es la
alternativa. Según Shirov esto es más preciso puesto que todavía no es seguro
que el alfil tenga que ir a la casilla f3.}) 12... Nf6 13. c5 {Alexei Shirov
considera que esta posición la jugada g3 es muy útil para el blanco, por
ejemplo sirve para un eventual Bf4, y es un importante tiempo de más para las
blancas con respecto a su partida conMiladinovic} O-O 14. Rc1 Ne5 {Novedad, se
había jugado} (14... g6 15. Re1 e5 16. Nb3 d6 17. cxd6 Bxd6 18. Na5 e4 19. Bb6
Qd7 20. Nxc6 exf3 21. Qxf3 Ng4 22. h3 bxc6 23. hxg4 Qxg4 24. Qxc6 Qd7 25. Qxd7
{1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Barlov,D Lenk 1989}) 15. Bg2 {Kasimdzhanov 9:06 Anand:15:
26} d6 (15... d5 $2 16. Bf4 {con ventaja blanca. Fritz propone aquí la
desesperada} g5 {sintoma de que las cosas no andan bien para el negro.}) 16.
Nb6 Rb8 17. cxd6 ({Es muy interesante} 17. Bf4 dxc5 ({Una defensa puede ser} 
17... Qd8 18. Nb3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bg4 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. cxd6 Qe6 {
Aunque la posición parece también favorecer claramente a las blancas}) 18. Nc4
Nfd7 19. Re1 Bf6 20. Nb3 g5 (20... b6 21. Qe2) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23.
Rxc5 Nc6 24. Rxg5+ {con posición aplastante}) 17... Qxd6 18. Nb3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 (
19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bc5 Qd8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nxd5 Qd8 {y las negras parecen
estar bien}) 19... exd5 20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Bc5 Qf6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qxd5 (23. Re1
) 23... Qf6 24. Nc5 Nc6 25. Rc3 Rd8 26. Ne4 {Anand tiene casi 5 minutos más
que su rival. Kasimdzhanov: 3:20 Anand: 8:57} ({Fritz prefiere} 26. Qh5) 26...
Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Bd7 29. Ne4 (29. Rd1 Be8 30. Ne4) 29... Rd8 30. Ng5
Be8 $2 {esta jugada cuesta un peón limpio} ({una defensa más interesante es} 
30... Ne5 31. Re1 (31. Bxb7 h6 32. Nf3 Nxf3+ 33. Bxf3 Be6 34. b3 Rd2 {con
contrajuego}) 31... Bc6 32. Bb3 Nf3+ 33. Nxf3 Bxf3) 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Nxh7+ Kg8
33. Ng5 Kf8 34. Bf3 Nb4 35. a3 (35. Bxb7 Rb8 36. Be4 Nxa2 37. Re2 {puede ser
más simple}) 35... Nc2 36. Rd1 {con 14 segundos en el reloj} Nd4 37. Bg4 Bc6
38. h4 Rd5 39. Re1 f6 40. Nf3 Bd7 {# Una jugada inesperada en apuro de tiempo
del rival, Anand quiere quedarse con el alfil contra el caballo} 41. Nxd4 Bxg4
42. Re4 Bd7 43. f3 Kf7 44. Kf2 f5 $6 {Una jugada criticada en la cabina de
comentaristas, las casillas del flanco de rey se debilitan y empeora la
calidad del alfil.} 45. Rf4 Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. Ne2 Bc6 48. Rd4 Rb5 49. b4 Kf6
50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rd2 {dejando la casilla d4 para el caballo} Kf6 52. Kf4 Rb6 ({
Shirov indica que no vale} 52... a5 53. Nc3 Re5 54. b5 Bxb5 55. Nd5+ Ke6 56.
Nc7+ {ganando}) 53. Rd6+ $6 {iniciando una maniobra dudosa} ({Shirov considera
que después de} 53. Nc3 {las blancas deben ganar}) 53... Ke7 54. Rg6 Kf7 55. h5
a5 56. bxa5 Rb3 57. Nd4 Rxa3 58. Nxf5 Rxf3+ 59. Kg5 Kf8 60. g4 Be4 61. Nd4 (61.
Rd6 Bxf5 62. gxf5 Rg3+ 63. Kf4 Ra3) 61... Ra3 $1 {# Anand se salva ahora in
extremis} 62. Re6 Rxa5+ 63. Kf4 Bc6 64. Nxc6 bxc6 65. Rxc6 Ra8 66. Kf5 Kg8 67.
Kg6 Rb8 68. Rc7 {Y tablas Kasimdzanov ha dejado escapar una magnifica
oportunidad de ponerse con ventaja en el match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 18th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 {Nowadays this is a very fashionable line, as
White faces some problems to get an advantage in Marshall lines...} Na5 {
Black attacks White's bishop, thus, making possible the c7-c5 advance.} 11. Ba2
c5 12. Nbd2 {White has two options for development of the queenside knight...
Another one is:} (12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nh2 Nd4 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bg5 $11 {
0-1 Leko,P-Grischuk,A/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 098/[Atlas,V] (36)}) 12... Nc6 ({
Immediate transfer of the light-squared bishop to e6 is possible as well:} 
12... Bc8 13. c3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Bb2
h6 19. Ra2 Rfb8 20. Rea1 $14 {0-1 Leko,P-Anand,V/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103/[Marin,
M] (83)}) 13. Nf1 {transfering the knight either to e3 or to g3.} ({White
hasn't achieved anything special after} 13. c3 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bg5 dxe4 16.
dxe4 c4 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Bb1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Leko,P/Brissago SUI 2004/The Week in Chess 517 (20)}) 13... Bc8 {transfering
the bishop to e6.} 14. Bg5 $146 {This logical move is a novelty. White's idea
is to exchange his bishop for one of Black's light pieces. In this pawn
structure White's dark-squared bishop is usually not so active... According to
my database, this position appeared for the first time. In the previous games
White tried the following continuations:} (14. a4 $146 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3
Qd7 17. Ng3 h6 18. Bd2 Rfb8 $11 {0-1 Gdanski,J-Naiditsch,A/Warsaw 2005/CBM
108_01/[Erenburg] (49)}) (14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bd5 Rc8 16. c3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18.
a4 Qd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 $14 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Beliavsky,A/15th European Team
Championship 2005 - 2005 (50)}) (14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Be3
d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Topalov,V/Linares ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 539 (21)}) 14... Ne8 ({Deserves
attention:} 14... Be6 15. Bxf6 (15. Ne3) 15... Bxf6 16. Ne3 $13) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7
16. Ne3 Nf6 ({Worth consideration.} 16... Be6 $5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 $141 Qc8
19. Qg4 h6 20. Qxe6+ $2 (20. Nxe6 $2 h5 $17) 20... Qxe6 21. Nxe6 Rf6 $17) 17.
c3 {preparing the breakthrough in the centre.} Qc7 (17... Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
Qb3 Qd7 $11 20. Ng5 $6 d5 $15) 18. Nh2 {transfering the knight to g4.} Be6 19.
Nhg4 {White wants to force Black to take on g4. Then he will be able to move
the pawn from "h" to "g" file thus getting an open "h" file, as well as
outpost f5.} Nd7 ({Worth consideration:} 19... Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rad8 $13 {[%cal
Yd6d5]}) 20. Qf3 {Black chooses the most principle way to limit the
possibilities of White's light-squared bishop.} c4 ({Interesting alternative is
} 20... a5 $5) 21. Nf5 Bxf5 $6 {In my opinion, Black shouldn't have exchanged
the light-squared bishop... Now White has some chances to take control over
the light squares.} (21... Rfe8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c6,Ye7f5] is possible as well.})
22. exf5 {[%cal Gf5f6]} f6 {preventing White's f5-f6 strike.} ({Interesting is
} 22... d5 23. f6 Nxf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxf6 Ng6 26. dxc4 bxc4 27. Rad1 Rfd8
28. Bb1 e4 29. f3 $13) 23. a4 $36 {[%cal Ga4b5,Ya1a8,Yf3a8,Ga2c4,Yd5g8,Yc4g8]
Now Black faces some problems, because of the weaknesses of light squares.} d5
24. Ne3 Qc6 {trying to cover the light squares.} ({In case of} 24... Qc5 {
White gets advantage after} 25. dxc4 (25. Red1 $5 $14) 25... bxc4 26. b3 (26.
b4 Qc6 27. Rad1 e4 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxe4 $44) 26... Rac8 27. bxc4 d4 28. Nd5
Nc6 29. Nb4 $1 $16) 25. dxc4 dxc4 (25... bxc4 {isn't better, than the move in
the game:} 26. Red1 Nb6 (26... e4 27. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 28. Qxe4 N7b6 29. a5 Rfe8
30. Qf3 $16) 27. a5 Na4 (27... e4 28. Qe2 $18 {[%cal Ge3d5]}) 28. Bxc4 $16) 26.
Qxc6 Nxc6 27. b4 $1 {covering the c5 square.} (27. b3 $2 Nc5 $1 28. axb5 axb5
29. bxc4 b4 $132) 27... Nb6 {Black doesn't equalize after the following
continuations as well:} (27... Rfd8 28. Bb1 Rac8 29. Be4 $16 {[%cal Ya1a8]}) (
27... cxb3 28. Bxb3+ Kh8 29. Bd5 Rac8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Reb1 $16) 28. a5 Nd7 (
28... Na4 29. Bxc4+ $18) (28... Nc8 {seems a little bit strange, but there
isn't a clear way to get an obvious advantage for White.} 29. Rad1 Rd8 30.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Rd1 Nf7 32. Bb1 (32. Rd7 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Nxa7 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35.
Bxc4 Kf8 36. Bxa6 Nd6 $14) 32... Ncd6 33. Nd5 Ra7 $14) 29. Rad1 Rad8 $2 {
[%cal Gd7b8] allowing white to get a winning position.} ({Black should have
played} 29... Rfd8 {, keeping the a6 pawn protected.} 30. Rd6 (30. Bb1 Rac8 31.
Be4 Ndb8 $14) 30... Ndb8 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Bb1 Ra7 $14) {[%tqu "En","Please
find the best move for white.","","","e3c4","",10]} 30. Nxc4 $1 {geting three
pawns for the knight.} bxc4 31. Bxc4+ Kh8 32. Bxa6 $18 {White has three passed
pawns on the queenside, that are supported by rooks and bishop... Black isn't
able to stop them without material loses...} Ne7 ({Loses as well:} 32... Ndb8
33. Bb7 Na7 34. a6 Nbc6 35. Bxc6 Nxc6 36. b5 Na5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. b6 {[%cal
Ge1a1]} Nc6 39. Ra1 Kg8 40. a7 $18) 33. Bb7 Nxf5 34. g4 Ne7 (34... Nh4 35. Rd6
{[%cal Ge1d1]} Nb8 36. Red1 $18 {[%cal Ga5a6,Ga6a7]}) 35. c4 Nb8 36. a6 Nbc6 (
36... Nec6 {doesn't change anything:} 37. Rxd8 (37. b5 Nd4) 37... Rxd8 38. b5
Na7 39. b6 $18) 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 (37... Nxd8 38. Bg2 $18) 38. b5 Na5 39. Ra1 {
Black resigned in view of the following variation:} (39. Ra1 Nb3 40. Ra2 Nc5
41. Bg2 e4 42. a7 Ra8 43. b6 $18 {[%cal Gg2e4,Yb6b7]}) (39. c5 $18 {wins as
well.}) 1-0

[Event "Mainz CCM5 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.08.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. e4 {The first game, where white
decided to force the crises in the center immediatelly. All previos players
have tried the more circumspect line 12.Bc2!?} (12. Bc2 $5 Bd6 13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. b4 (14. h3 O-O 15. e4 b5 (15... h6 16. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O (2550)-Dautov,
R (2590)/Geneve 1997/}) 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Bb1 Qb8 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20.
Qe3 {1-0 Psakhis,L (2540)-Dokhoian,Y (2400)/Kharkov 1985/ (57)}) 14... Bd6 (
14... Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qxd7 Bf6 19. e4 Rd8 20. Qa4
Bg7 21. Qb3 {1-0 Comp Fritz 5-Dautov,R (2600)/Frankfurt 1998/ (48)}) 15. h3 O-O
16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Be5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Na4 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Rc6
22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Bb3 Rc8 {0-1 Muse,M (2375)-Lau,R (2410)/Germany 1985/ (39)})
12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14. g3 (14. Nf3 O-O 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Rac1
$11) 14... O-O 15. Bc2 (15. f4 $6 e5 16. Nf5 Bc5+ 17. Kg2 Re8 $15) 15... b5 16.
Be3 b4 $5 {Anand has an excellent feeling for the position. He looks for the
counterplay avoiding further confrontation in the center.} (16... Rd8 17. f4 e5
18. Nf5 exf4 19. Rxd6 fxe3 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qxe3 $14) 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. f3 (18.
Ba4 Bxc3 (18... Qc7 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. Na2 $16) 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. f3 (20. Bg5 h6
21. Bh4 Bb7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxe6 Qe8 24. Nf4 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Ne5 26. Nd4 Rfc8
$15) 20... Bb7 21. Nc6 Qc7 22. Bf4 Qb6+ 23. Be3 $11) 18... a5 19. Bd3 (19. Ba4
Ne5 20. f4 Ba6 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Ndxb5 Neg4 23. Bd4 e5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 $11) 19...
Rc8 20. Bb5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nc5 (21... Rxc3 22. Bd2 (22. Qe1 Qc8 23. Bd2 Rc5 24.
Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Ba6 $11) 22... Rc5 23. Bxa5 Qe5 24. Ra3 $14) 22. Ra3 Qc7 23.
Qa2 (23. Qg2 Rd8 24. Rd2 (24. Rb1 Ncxe4 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Qa2 Bxb1 27. Qxb1 Nd5
$17) 24... a4 25. Bf1 $14) 23... Qe5 24. Bf4 Qh5 25. Rf1 (25. Qe2 Ne8 26. Rda1
$14) 25... e5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Black is not afraid to force the crises despite
his vulnerability on the f7 spot.} 26. g4 (26. Nf5 exf4 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8
Rxc8 29. Rxa5 fxg3 30. hxg3 Qe5 $19) 26... Nxg4 27. fxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Bg3 (28. Qg2
Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 exf4 $19) 28... exd4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf4 (30. cxd4 Qxe4 31.
Raf3 Qxd4+ 32. Bf2 Qb2 33. Rg3 Rf8 34. Qc7 Ne4 $19) (30. Rxa5 Qxe4 $19) 30...
Qd1+ 31. Bf1 $2 {Grischuk is brave and avoids the repetition of moves with the
best replay 31.Rf1!} (31. Rf1 $1 Qg4 (31... Qd2 32. Bf4 Qb2 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Be5+ Kh6 35. Rf6+ Kh5 36. Rf5+ Kg4 37. Rf4+ Kg5 38. Rf5+ $11) 32. Rf4 Qg5 33.
Rxa5 h6 34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. exf5 dxc3 37. Rc4 Be4 38. Rxc3 Bxf5 $11)
31... dxc3 32. Rxa5 h6 (32... Rxa5 $2 33. Qf8+ $18) 33. Rh4 (33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34.
Qxb7 Rg8 35. Qb4 Rc6 36. Rf5 c2 37. Bf4 Qf3 $19) 33... Qd4+ 34. Bf2 Qd7 35.
Qxd7 (35. Qg6 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxa5 37. Re5 Qd8 $19) 35... Nxd7 {Black spare pawn
on c3 will easily decide the game.} 36. Rxa8 Bxa8 37. Be3 c2 38. Bc1 Rb8 39. e5
(39. Kf2 Rb1 40. Be3 c1=Q 41. Bxc1 Rxc1 $19) 39... Rb1 40. Ra4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Mainz CCM5 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.08.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
Qb6 9. Nb3 e6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Nd4 O-O 15.
g4 b5 16. Qg2 b4 17. Nce2 Bb7 18. g5 Nfd7 19. h4 Qb6 20. Bc1 Nc5 21. h5 a5 22.
Nf4 a4 23. g6 b3 24. h6 fxg6 25. hxg7 bxc2+ 26. Nxc2 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 a3 28. Bxe5
dxe5 29. b4 Na4 30. Rd3 Rc8 31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Rxa3 Nc3+ 33. Kb2 Nxe4 34. fxe4
Bxe4 35. Rh2 Bf6 36. Rc3 Qb7 37. Qd6 Kxg7 38. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Mainz CCM5 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.08.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4
Qc7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Nd4 Be7 12. g4 O-O 13. h4 b5 14. h5 b4 15. Nb1
Nexg4 16. Bg3 Qc5 17. h6 g6 18. Nb3 Qe3 19. Bxd6 Rd8 20. Bxe7 Rxd2 21. N1xd2
Nf2 22. Bc5 Nxd1 23. Bxe3 Nxe3 24. Na5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CCM5 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.08.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 c6 13. a5 b5 14. a6 Bc8 15. Qc2
Qb6 16. e4 Bxa6 17. e5 Bb7 18. h4 Rfe8 19. h5 Nf8 20. Ra5 Ne6 21. Be3 a6 22.
Qd2 Rf8 23. Bb1 Qd8 24. g3 f5 25. Ng5 Re8 26. Kg2 Bc8 27. Rh1 Ra7 28. f3 Bf8
29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Ra1 Qe7 31. Rh7 Bg7 32. Bc2 a5 33. bxa5 c5 34. dxc5 d4 35.
Bf4 Nxg5 36. Bxg5 Qxc5 37. Rah1 Qxe5 38. Bd3 Bb7 39. Bf4 Qd5 40. Be2 Rxa5 41.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Bh6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Mainz CCM5 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.08.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. b4 e5 15.
Qb3 N5f6 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. Rfd1 Rde8 18. Nc3 exd4 19. exd4 c5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21.
d5 Bxd5 22. Qxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CCM5 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.08.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e5 d5 5. d4 Bg4 6. dxc5 e6 7. Be2 Bxc5 8. Nd4
Bxd4 9. Qxd4 Bf5 10. Qf4 Bxc2 11. Qg3 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bg5 Nge7
15. Rfd1 Nf5 16. Qh3 Qb6 17. Bd3 Nfe7 18. Rac1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ng6 20. Na4 Qb4
21. Nc5 Ncxe5 22. Qe2 Qb5 23. Qxb5+ axb5 24. Nxb7 O-O 25. a3 Rfb8 26. Nc5 Rc8
27. f4 Nc4 28. f5 Nxb2 29. Rf1 exf5 30. Rxf5 f6 31. Bd2 Ne5 32. Bb4 Nbc4 33.
Nb3 Ne3 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Rf2 Rc2 36. Rd2 N5c4 37. Rxc2 Nxc2 38. Bc5 d4 39.
Bxd4 Nxd4 40. Nxd4 Nxa3 41. Kf2 b4 42. Ke3 Nc4+ 43. Kd3 Nb6 44. Ne2 Kh7 45. Nf4
Kh6 46. Kd4 Nd7 47. Nd5 b3 48. Kc3 Nc5 49. Kb2 g5 0-1

[Event "Mainz CCM5 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.08.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nb3
Na5 9. Nxa5 Qxa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3 Qb6
15. Bc3 d5 16. a5 Qa7 17. b4 Rc8 18. Qd2 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Bd6 20. Kf1 O-O 21. Re1
Rc8 22. Qd2 g6 23. Qf2 Qb8 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. g4 h5 26. h3 Bg3 27. Qd4 Be5 28. Qe3
Bf4 29. Qd4 Be5 30. Qe3 d4 31. Qe2 h4 32. Kg2 Bf4 33. Qf2 Qd8 34. Rhe1 Bg3 35.
Qd2 Bxe1 36. Rxe1 Qd6 37. Qf2 Kg7 38. Qxh4 Qxb4 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Qg5 Qd6 41.
Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. h4 Kd7 44. h5 Rf8 45. Qg7+ Kc6 46. Be4+ Kb5 47. h6
1-0

[Event "Mainz CCM5 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.08.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Qc1 {This is a quiet, positional
plan where White simply wants to maintain his space advantage.} e6 6. c4 {
White wants to make profit from the vulnerable b6 Q.} dxc4 (6... Ne7 {-
Shirov-Genov, Plovdiv 2003 CBM 98}) (6... Bxb1 {- Kasparov-Jobava, Rethymnon
2003 CBM 98}) 7. Nd2 (7. Bxc4 Be4 {Black has to keep control over the vital
blockading square d5.} (7... Bxb1 {doesn't look healthy again.} 8. Rxb1 Bb4+ 9.
Ke2 (9. Kf1 {frees the /^ d1-h5, which will be important!} Qd8 10. Qd1 {/\ Qg4}
b5 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. h4 {White uses "French" motifs to
organize an -> on the >>.} Nd7 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Rh3 h5 18. Qf3 Rb8
19. b4 Bc7 20. Ne2 $16 {Conquest-Chipanga, Coventry 2005}) 9... Qd8 10. Nf3 Ne7
11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Bd2 h6 {(Meszaros-Eperjesi, FSIM
Budapest 2003)} 15. Re1 $14) (7... Ne7 8. Ne2 Qd8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11.
Nc3 Nf5 {Black has to blockade not only the d5 square, but the f5 one as well.}
12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Rd1 h6 15. Bh4 Qb4 16. Be2 g5 17. Bg3 $14 {
Shirov-Anand, Monte Carlo 2005}) 8. f3 Bd5 9. Bd3 (9. Bxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 cxd5 {
The exchange of the light-squared B helps usually for Black.} 11. a3 Nd7 12.
Nge2 Ne7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. O-O Be7 15. f4 g6 $13 {Kosintseva-Chiburdanidze,
Krasnoturinsk 2005}) 9... Na6 $13) 7... Qa5 $5 {fighting against Nxc4} (7...
Qd8 8. Bxc4 Ne7 $13 {fighting for the total blockade of >< d5.}) (7... Bb4 8.
Ngf3 Ne7 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Qa5 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nc4
{The exchange of the dark-squared B weakened >< d6.} Qc7 15. b4 $14 {Fluvia
Poyatos-Garcia Luque, Burgos 2003}) (7... Qc7 8. Bxc4 Ne7 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Ng3
Nb6 (10... Bg6) 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 {White is not afraid of exchanging his
bad e3 B.} O-O-O 13. Bxf5 (13. Nb3 {keeps the d3 B, but loses the |^.} Bb4+ 14.
Ke2 Nd5 $13 {Berthelot-Beikert, Vandoeuvre 2005}) 13... exf5 14. O-O Nd5 15.
Nf3 $13) 8. Bxc4 Ne7 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. O-O Nd5 11. Ng3 (11. Nb3) 11... Bg6 12. h4
$5 {White wants to gain space on the >>.} (12. Nb3 Qd8 {and Black can blockade
the vital d5 and f5 squares.}) 12... h6 13. h5 Bh7 14. a3 Qd8 15. Nf3 {The h7
B is very strong, White has to exchange it.} Be7 16. Rd1 Rc8 {/\ c5} 17. Bd3 c5
{Black changes the favourable P structure in order to activate his pieces.} (
17... Bxd3 18. Rxd3 O-O 19. Ne4 f5 $5 $132 {was the other plan keeping the
good P structure, the isolani alive.}) 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxh7 {Now a big
tactical skirmish begins.} (19. Bxc5 Bxd3 20. b4 (20. Rxd3 Nxc5) 20... Nxc5 21.
bxc5 Bh7 22. Qb2 O-O $11 {and Black's light pieces are ideally posted.}) 19...
Bxe3 20. Qb1 Bf4 $1 21. Ne2 (21. Be4 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Ne3 23. Rd4 Qb6 $13) 21...
Nxe5 22. Nxf4 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Nh2+ (23... Qh4 $5 24. Nxd5 Nh2+ $5 (24... Ng5 25.
Nb6 axb6 26. Qd3 $11) 25. Kg1 $1 (25. Ke1 Ng4) 25... Ng4 26. Rd2 Rc5 $1 (26...
Qh2+ $2 27. Kf1 exd5 28. Qf5 Rd8 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. Qxg4 Rxh7 31. Qb4+ $18) (
26... exd5 $2 27. Qf5 Rd8 (27... Qh2+ 28. Kf1 {- 26...Qf2}) 28. Qf4 $16) 27.
Qe4 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxf2+ $11 {and draw by perpetual checks.}) (23... Ng5 24. Bf5
(24. Be4 O-O) 24... O-O (24... Rc5 $5 25. b4 Rb5 26. Bd3 Rb6 27. Nxd5 exd5 28.
Bc4 O-O 29. Bxd5 $11) 25. Nxd5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Ne6 $11) 24. Ke1 $5 {White pushes
it too hard.} (24. Kg1 $1 {was safer and a draw by repetition of moves may
arise.} Nf3+ (24... Qh4 25. Nxd5 Ng4 {- 23...Qh4}) (24... Ng4 25. Nxd5 Qh4 {
- 23...Qh4}) 25. Kf1 Qh4 26. Nxd5 Nh2+ {- 23...Qh4}) 24... Qe7 25. Qe4 Nf6 (
25... Rxh7 $1 $17 {was simple and strong.}) 26. Qa4+ Kf8 {Black's main problem
is the lack of the connection between his rooks.} 27. Rac1 Ra8 $5 {Black gives
up the c <-> but defends the back rank.} (27... Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxh7 29. Rc8+ Ne8
30. Ng6+ $1 fxg6 31. hxg6 Rh8 32. Qf4+ Qf6 33. Qd6+ Qe7 34. Qf4+ $11 {and
White gives again perpetual checks.}) 28. Bb1 Nhg4 (28... e5 $6 29. Nd5 Nxd5
30. Rxd5 $16) (28... Kg8 29. Qb4 $1 Qxb4+ (29... Qe8 30. Rc7) 30. axb4 e5 31.
Nd5 Nxh5 32. Rc7 $44 {The black pieces lack any coordination.}) 29. Qb4 $1 {
White's rooks can penetrate on the seventh rank after the exchange of queens.}
Qxb4+ 30. axb4 e5 31. Nd5 Nxh5 (31... Rb8 32. Nxf6 Nxf6 33. Rc7 {/\ Ba2 >< f7})
32. Rc7 {Black is two pawns up, but the white pieces are very active.} g6 (
32... g5 $5) 33. Ne3 (33. Ba2 $5) 33... Nxe3 34. fxe3 Kg7 $1 (34... Nf6 35. Ba2
Rh7 36. Ke2 {and Black is almost paralyzed!} Re8 37. Rxb7 (37. Rf1 $2 Re7 $1)
37... Re7 38. Rd8+ Ne8 (38... Re8 39. Rxe8+ Kxe8 40. Rxa7) 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40.
Ra8 $16 {creating a dangerous o^.}) 35. Rdd7 {The absolut rule over the
seventh rank!} Rhf8 36. Ba2 {[#]} Rac8 $2 (36... Kf6 $1 {activating the K and
leaving the death zone was the best practical chance.} 37. Rxb7 (37. Bxf7 Kf5
38. Rxb7 Nf6 $13) 37... Kf5 38. Rxf7+ (38. Rxa7 Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Rb8 40. Rxf7+ Nf6
$13) 38... Rxf7 39. Rxf7+ Nf6 40. b5 Kg5 41. Rg7 h5 42. Ke2 Rb8 $13) 37. Rxb7
Rc1+ (37... Rc2 38. Bxf7 (38. Rxf7+ Rxf7 39. Rxf7+ Kh8 40. Bd5 Rxb2) 38... Rxb2
39. g4 (39. Be8+ Kf6 40. Rd6+ Kg5 41. Rxg6+ Kf5 42. Rxh6 Rxe8 43. Rxh5+ Ke4)
39... Nf6 (39... Ng3 $2 40. g5 $1) 40. Rdc7 $1 (40. Re7 Kh8 41. Bxg6 Rc8 $132)
40... g5 41. Bc4+ Kh8 42. b5 $36) (37... Kf6 38. Bxf7 Kf5 39. Rd6 $16) 38. Kd2
Rf1 (38... Rg1 39. Rxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rxf7+ Kh8 41. Bd5 $16) 39. Rxa7 {Now the
strong b o^ will decide the battle, Black's >> pawns are worthless.} Ng3 (39...
Rf2+ 40. Kc3 g5 41. b5 $16) 40. Bd5 Rf2+ 41. Kc3 Nf1 (41... e4 42. b5 $18) 42.
Kd3 Rd2+ 43. Ke4 Rf2 44. b5 h5 45. Rxf7+ $1 {The b o^ will be a queen soon.}
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Nf3 {
This setup doesn't yield any real advantage for White.} (6. Ng5 {is the
interesting main line.}) 6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Be3 $5 {The B is
usually not well-placed here.} (9. c3 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O (11. Be2 {is
extremely passive.} Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qc7 14. Nd3 (14. f4 O-O 15. O-O
c5 $1 16. dxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Be3 Rad8 $11 {H.Steiner-Flohr, Moscow 1946}) 14...
O-O-O $13 {and Black has nothing to fear.}) (11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2 {/\ 0-0-0} a5
13. a3 (13. O-O-O a4) 13... Qd5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 {The bad dark-squared
B has remained.} 16. c4 Qe4 $11 {Velimirovic-Smagin, Zenica 1987}) 11... Bd6 {
/\ Qc7, 0-0-0, -> >>} (11... Be7 {is not so aggressive.} 12. Be2 O-O 13. Ne5
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd7 {is a drawish line.} 15. Bf4 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica-Zelcic,
Solin 1998})) (9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 e6 {- 9.c3}) 9... e6 10. c3 (10. Qe2 {/\ 0-0-0}
Bd6 (10... Qa5+ $5 {against 0-0-0 deserved attention.}) 11. O-O-O Qc7 {/\
0-0-0 and the position remains balanced.} 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. c4 Kb8
15. g4 Bg6 $11 {V.Kotov-Sargissian, Bor 2000}) 10... Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 (
12. O-O O-O $11) 12... Qa5 $1 {fighting against 0-0-0} 13. a4 $6 {This is a
highly unusual plan.} (13. O-O O-O $11 {acknowledging that White has nothing
was wiser.}) 13... O-O 14. Qc2 $2 {White pushes it too hard. The plan with
0-0-0 doesn't look healthy at all.} (14. O-O Rfe8 $11 {/\ e5}) 14... Bxf3 {
corrupting White's P structure, there is no -> on the g <->.} 15. gxf3 Qh5 16.
O-O-O $5 {This was the main idea, but the white K is more exposed because of
the weakening a4 move.} (16. Qe2 Nd5 $15) 16... Nd5 $142 {Black immediately
goes for a counterattack.} (16... Qxf3 {White certainly doesn't bother with
the weak P.} 17. Kb1 $1 (17. Rdg1 Bf4 $1) 17... Rfe8 (17... Bf4 $2 {is already
met by} 18. Be2 $1) 18. Rdg1 e5 (18... Kh8 19. Be2 Qf5 20. Bd3 Qa5 21. Bg5 Nd7
22. Bxh7 g6 23. h4 Kxh7 (23... Qf5 24. h5 $1 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Kxh7 26. hxg6+ $16)
24. h5 Kg8 25. hxg6 f6 26. Rh7 fxg5 27. Rxd7 (27. Rgh1 $2 Nf6) 27... Rad8 28.
Rf7 Re7 29. Qe2 g4 30. Qxg4 $40) 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 $13) 17. Kb1 b5 $1 {
opening up the lines against the white K.} (17... Qxf3 {is again useless.} 18.
Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Nxe3 20. Bxf3 (20. fxe3 Qxe3) 20... Nxc2 21. Kxc2 a5 $11) 18.
Rdg1 f6 {defending against Rg5.} (18... Nxe3 $6 {doesn't loook logical, the N
is excellent on d5.} 19. fxe3 bxa4 20. f4) 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bc1 (20. Qe2 Rfe8)
20... Rab8 {Black's attacking chances on the << look more realistic than
White's on the other flank.} 21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. Qe4 (22. Rg4 $5) 22... Kh8 (22...
f5 23. Qe2) 23. h4 (23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Qh4 (24. Rg2 f5 25. Qh4 a5 26. Rhg1 Rg8 $17
) (24. f4 f5 25. Qf3 a5 $17) 24... f5 $17) 23... f5 $1 24. Qe2 Qf7 {bringing
back the Q towards the <<.} 25. Rg2 Bf4 $1 {Black has a rock-solid position on
the >>, g7 can easily be defended.} (25... e5 $5) 26. Rhg1 Rg8 (26... Bxc1 $2 {
allows the nice zwischenzug} 27. Rxg7 $1 Qf6 28. Kxc1 e5 29. Bxb5 Nf4 30. Qc4
$18) 27. Be3 {The B is not very impressive here...} Qd7 28. Qd2 (28. h5 Bd6)
28... Bd6 {Now Black can avoid already the exchange of the bad B.} 29. Bc2 Qb7
$1 {/\ b4-b3} (29... a5) 30. Bg5 (30. Qd3 b4 31. c4 b3 $1 {and Black's ->
crashes through.} (31... Nc3+ 32. Kc1 $1 (32. bxc3 b3 $17)) 32. Bd1 Nf4 33.
Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Qc3 a5 $1 35. h5 a4 $19) 30... b4 31. c4 {[#]} b3 $1 $19 {
This is the point, White is helpless against the threats on the <<.} 32. Bd3 (
32. cxd5 bxc2+ 33. Qxc2 Qxd5 $19) (32. Bxb3 Qxb3 33. cxd5 Ba3 $19) 32... Bb4
33. Qe2 Qa6 34. Bh6 (34. Kc1 Rgc8 $19) 34... Nc3+ $1 {The nice finish!} 35.
bxc3 Bxc3 36. Kc1 Qa3+ 37. Kd1 Qa1+ 38. Bc1 b2 39. Qe3 Bxd4 40. Qd2 bxc1=Q+ 41.
Qxc1 Qa2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 (7. Nc3 c6
8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nfg5 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 $13 {
Topalov-Anand, Sofia 2005}) 7... c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2
O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 ({Another popular continuation is 13...b5, but in
the latest game played with this move Black didn't manage to equalize and
suffered a defeat, so Vishy chooses more solid approach.} 13... b5 14. Re1 dxe4
15. Bxe4 bxc4 16. bxc4 (16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qc2 h6 19. a4 Qc7 20.
Red1 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Qa7 $11 {Anand,V-Adams,M/Linares 2005}) 16... c5 (16... Nb6
$5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bg2 Rb8 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Bd2 Rb7 $11 {Pelletier,
Y-Gelfand,B/Biel 2005}) 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nb6 19. Ba5 Bf6 20. Rb1 Rb8 21.
Qf3 Qd7 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Ne4 $14 {Bacrot,E-Adams,M/Dortmund 2005}) 14. exd5
exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 $1 {This move is considered to be
the safest path.} 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 {Once again Vishy opts for the
most solid move, even though Black managed to hold also after 19...Bf6 and 19..
.Nd3!?:} (19... Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne5 Rfd8 22. Nd7 $6 Qf5 23. Re5 Qxe5 24.
Nxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Kf8 $11 {Epishin,V-Bagaturov,G/Cappelle la Grande 1997}) (
19... Nd3 $5 20. Rxe7 Bxc4 21. Rd7 Nxb2 22. Rxd8 Nxd1 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd1
Kf8 $11 {Maki Uuro,M-Agopov,M/Helsinki 2002}) 20. Qg4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} Bg5 ({
Of course Black isn't ready to suffer after} 20... Bf6 $6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22.
Qxc4 $16) 21. Qxc4 Nd3 22. Ba3 {Another possible continuation is} (22. Be5 {
but just a move in the game it's hardly dangerous for black.} Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6
24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Qc2 g6 28. Bb7 b4 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5
Rfe8 31. Kf1 Kf8 $11 {Bacrot,E-Lutz,C/Gothenburg 2005}) 22... Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8
{The opponents played a long theoretical line which is considered harmless for
Black. White has a good compensation for exchange, but that's about it. In
other words draw is the most likely result in this line.} 24. Rxe8+ (24. Be4 $6
g6 25. h4 $6 Bf6 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Qc2 b5 28. Bc5 Qc4 $17 {Sammalvuo,T-Veingold,
A/Finland 1997}) 24... Qxe8 25. Bd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gc4g4,Ga3b2]} h5 {Taking
square g4 under control in order to neutralize White's pressure on g7.} (25...
Be7) 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Bb2 Bf6 28. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1f4] Even disrupting Black's
pawn structure is not a fair price for the bishop exchange. Thanks to the
bishop's pair White can keep pressure on Black's position.} Qe7 29. Be3 ({
In my opinion it was better to force Black to play g5 since after a move in
the game the position remains balanced.} 29. Bf4 $1 g5 (29... Qc5 $2 30. Bxf7+
Kf8 31. Qe6 $18) 30. Be3) 29... Rc7 30. h4 Be5 31. Qd3 Bd6 32. Bg5 Qe8 33. Qf3
b5 $1 {White can't capture on h5 if he's got some aggressive intentions, so
it's just about a time to bring the pawn to b4.} 34. Be3 (34. Qxh5 Rxc6 35.
Bxc6 Qxc6+ 36. Qf3 Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 a5 38. Ke4 b4 39. Kd5 Bf8 $11) 34... Qe5 35.
Qd1 Qe8 36. Qxh5 Rxc6 37. Bxa7 $5 {Topalov isn't ready to call it a day yet!
After} (37. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 a5 40. Ke4 b4 41. Kd5 Be7 42. Bc5
Bd8 {the position should be drawish.}) 37... Ra6 38. Bd4 Bf8 39. Be5 b4 40. Qf5
{White keeps some initiative going, but with a couple of accurate moves Anand
shows that it's not more than illusion.} g6 $1 41. Qf4 Qe7 $1 (41... Bg7 42.
Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Qxb4) 42. Bd4 Ra5 43. Qf3 Bg7 44. Bb6 Rb5 $6 {It was much safer
to put a rook on a6 to keep an eye on g6 just in case.} (44... Ra6) 45. Be3 Bc3
$6 46. Bg5 Qa7 (46... Qf8) 47. Qd3 $1 $14 {Diagram [#]} Rb6 (47... Qa6 $2 48.
Bd8 $1 $18 {Followed by Kh2 and Bc4 winning a rook.}) 48. Be3 Qa6 $6 {I think
Anand overlooked White's 52nd move, otherwise he would've chosen 48...Qb8 with
reasonable chances to survive, even though things are not that simple as it
may look like.} (48... Bg7 $6 49. Qxg6 $1 $16) (48... Qb8 49. Bxb6 Qxb6 50. a4
$1 Bf6 51. Bb3 $14) 49. Bxf7+ $1 {[%csl Rb6]} Kxf7 50. Qd7+ Kf8 (50... Kf6 51.
Qd8+ Kf5 52. Bxb6 Qxa2 53. g4+ Ke5 54. Bc7+ Ke4 55. Qe8+ $18) 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52.
Qc7+ $1 $18 {Winning a pawn on g6 and getting an easily winning endgame.} (52.
Qxb6 Qxa2 $11) 52... Kg8 53. Qxb6 Qxa2 54. Qxg6+ Kh8 (54... Kf8 55. Bc5#) 55.
Qc6 $1 Qf7 56. g4 Bg7 57. h5 ({Another winning line is} 57. g5 b3 58. g6 Qg8
59. h5 b2 60. Qb7 Qe6 61. Bf4 Qf5 62. Bd6 Qg5+ 63. Bg3 Qf5 64. h6 Qxg6 65.
hxg7+ Qxg7 66. Qxg7+ Kxg7 67. Be5+ $18) 57... b3 58. Qe4 b2 59. h6 Bf6 {
Diagram [#]} 60. Bd4 $6 {An inaccuracy after which a win isn't that simple.} (
60. g5 $1 Qe7 61. Qxe7 Bxe7 62. Bd4+ Kh7 63. Bxb2 Bxg5 64. Bg7 $18) 60... Kg8
61. Bxf6 $2 {After a move in the game the position is drawish, so Topalov had
to play} (61. Bxb2 $5 Bxb2 62. g5 Kh8 63. f4 $18) 61... Qxf6 62. Kg3 Qb6 $1 63.
Qc4+ (63. g5 $2 Qb8+ $1 $19) 63... Kh7 64. g5 Qg6 $11 65. Qc7+ Kg8 66. Qb8+ Kf7
$1 (66... Kh7 $2 67. Qb7+ Kg8 68. h7+ Qxh7 69. Qxb2 $18) 67. Qb7+ Kf8 68. Qb8+
Kf7 69. Qb3+ Kf8 70. Qf3+ Ke7 71. Qe3+ Kd7 72. Qd4+ Ke6 (72... Qd6+ 73. Qxd6+
Kxd6 74. h7 b1=Q 75. h8=Q Qg1+ 76. Kf3 Qd1+ $11) 73. Qxb2 Qxg5+ 74. Kf3 Qh5+
75. Ke4 Qf5+ $2 {After the move in the game white is winning...again!} (75...
Qg6+ $11) 76. Ke3 Qg5+ 77. f4 $18 Qg3+ 78. Ke4 Qe1+ 79. Kf3 Qf1+ 80. Kg3 Qg1+
81. Qg2 Qb1 82. Qc6+ Kf7 83. Qd7+ Kf6 84. Qg7+ Ke6 85. Qe5+ (85. f5+ $1 Kd5 (
85... Qxf5 86. h7 Qd3+ 87. Kh4 $18) 86. Kg4 $18) 85... Kf7 86. Qh5+ Kf6 87.
Qg5+ Kf7 88. Qh5+ Kf6 89. Qh4+ Kf7 90. h7 $2 {The last mistake! A well-known
principle of queen endgames says that the party who has some extra material
should keep the queen closer to the center. This approach offers a chance to
avoid the perpetual, whereas at the edge of the board the queen can't help the
king...See the rest of the game!} Qe1+ 91. Kg4 Qd1+ 92. Kg5 Qd8+ 93. Kh5 Qd5+
94. Qg5 Qh1+ 95. Qh4 Qd5+ 96. Kg4 Qd1+ 97. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 712]} {A great game. No matter how many improvements for Black we'll
find afterwards, facing Anand's surprising novelty in a practical game was
very tough and 23.Qd2! creates a lasting impression. Especially in a
psychological sense, as up to move 27 Anand hardly spent any time at all!} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 {The Zaitsev was
thoroughly tested already in the K-K matches, White chooses the most
principled continuation, which is just as sharp, as the most complex Sicilians.
} ({A less committal strategic alternative is} 13. d5 {, blockading the [+].
Even here White can fight for an edge:} Nb8 (13... Ne7 $143 14. c4 bxc4 15.
Nxc4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 $36 (17. a5 $5 $36)) 14. c4 ({Jansa's move} 14.
Qe2 {is well met by the P-sacrifice} Nbd7 $1 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17.
Qxb5 Nc5 $44 {/\} 18. Bc2 Ba6 19. Qa5 Bd3 $11) {More critical and consistent is
} 14... c6 (14... bxc4 15. Nxc4 $1 (15. Bxc4 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. b3 Nbd7 {
[%cal Yd8b6,Yb6b7,Yd6d5] /\Qb6-b7,d5<=>}) 15... c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bc2 Qc7
18. Bd2 Nbd7 19. Na5 Rab8 $5 (19... Nc5 20. b4 $1 $14 {/+/-,/\} Ncxe4 $6 21.
Rc1 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Rac8 23. Bf5 $16) 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bc3 (21. b4 $6 d5 $13 {
<=>}) 21... Nc5 $14 {<=> gives Black counterplay, but nevertheless White's
position is more appealing.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. cxb5 $5 cxd5 18.
exd5 Bxd5 $5 (18... Nxd5 19. Ne4 Nf6 ({Safer than} 19... Nb4 $6 20. Bg5 $1 Qd7
21. Bxh6 $1 d5 22. Bd2 Nd3 23. Nfg5 Qf5 {Svidler,P-Grischuk,A/Panormo/2001/}
24. Qh5 $1 Nxe1 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qxe8 fxg5 28. Bxe1 $18 {
[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rf8]}) 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nh2 (21. Bd5 $14 {Svidler}) 21... Nd7
22. Ng4 Qh4 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 h5 25. Ne3 Nf6 26. Qc6 Rb8 27. Nc4 d5 28. Qc7
Re8 29. Nxe5 $16 {Haznedaroglu,K-Dervishi,E/Calvia olm/2004/}) 19. Bxd5 Nxd5
20. Nc4 (20. Ne4 Nb4 $5 21. Nc3 Nd7 $13 {Svidler}) 20... Nf6 $142 $5 {<=>[+]} (
20... Nb6 21. Nxb6 (21. Nfxe5 Qc7 $1 $11) 21... Qxb6 22. Qd5 Nd7 23. Be3 Qb8 {
Svidler evaluates this position as unclear, but a later game didn't confirm
this:} 24. Rc1 $1 Nf6 25. Qb3 Qb7 (25... d5 $5 26. Rc6 $36 {[%csl Gb5] and the
o^ seems far more dangerous, than Black's [+]P.}) 26. b6 Nd5 27. Qb5 $1 Rb8 28.
Rc6 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qd7 30. e4 $1 $16 {Sudakova,I-Pisakov,I/Russia/2002/}) 21.
Be3 $13) 13... exd4 {Black also chooses the most complex continuation.} ({
Manoeuvring in the Breyer spirit is solid, but rather passive:} 13... Nb8 14.
Bd3 c6 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. Ng3 $14 {()}) 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17.
Ra3 c4 $5 {The position resembles a Benoni rather than a Ruy Lopez, as both
sides are playing on opposite flanks, the tension will rise very fast. The
text-move was played by Karpov already in 1986, 4 years later he started to
prefer the even more double-edged} (17... f5 {Black wants to break up White's 
[+] even at the cost of weakening his >>, this position is topical even
nowadays. White's best is the flexible} 18. Nh2 $1 {[%cal Ya3e3,Ye3f3,Yf3g3] /
\Re3,Rf3,Rg3} Nf6 19. Rf3 (19. Rg3 Qd7 $5 {[%cal Yd7f7] Beliavsky,/\Qf7~~})
19... Re5 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. exf5 Bxd5 22. Ng4 Ra7 $5 {Another idea by
Beliavsky, but it hasn't been tested too extensively yet.} (22... Bf7 23. Ne4
Nxg4 24. Qxg4 d5 {allows the extremely dangerous piece sacrifice} 25. f6 $1 h5
26. Qf5 (26. Qf4 $5) 26... Qc8 27. Qg5 $5 dxe4 28. fxg7 Bxg7 29. Bxe4 $44 {
[%csl Rg8] ע} Nc6 30. Bf4 bxa4 $2 (30... Nd4 $1 31. Bxa8 Qxa8 $14) 31. Re3 Nd4
32. Be5 Ne6 33. Qf5 Nf8 34. Rg3 Bg6 35. Rxg6 Nxg6 36. Qxg6 Ra7 37. Bd5+ {
1-0,Nijboer,F-Solleveld,M/Amsterdam/2002/}) 23. Ne4 (23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Ne4
Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Re7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bd5+ Nxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kh7 29. Re6 Rxe6 30.
fxe6 Qe5 $11 {P,Haba-Dervishi,E/AUT-chT2M 3004/2004/}) 23... Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxg4
25. Qxg4 d5 26. Bb1 (26. Bf3 $5 Nd3 27. Rd1 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 $14 {[%csl Gf3,Rf8]
->^-}) 26... Re7 {Morozevich,A-Beliavsky,A/Hyderabad/2002/} (26... Qf6 27. Re6
Qd4 $132 {Beliavsky}) 27. Re6 Rxe6 28. fxe6 Qf6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bd2 Nc6 $13 {
Wedberg}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Qb6 $5 {Adams has never played the Zaitsev
with Black before, so he has obviously prepared this rare and risky move at
home. However, Anand knew more and was still moving fast...} (19... Ne5 $6 {
is inferior due to} 20. Rxa8 $1 Qxa8 21. Nxb5 Qa5 (21... Rc8 22. Nf3 $1 Ned3
23. Rf1 Qa1 24. Bd2 $1 Qxb2 25. Bc3 Qb3 26. Qd2 Qa4 27. Nfd4 $16 {Shirov,
A-Lekic,D/Neum/2002/}) 22. Na3 Ba6 23. Re3 Qc5 24. Rc3 Ned3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26.
Qf3 Ne5 27. Qe2 $14 {Anand,V-Kamsky,G/Las Palmas (7)/1995/ Black is tied down
to the defence of the Pc4 and he doesn't have sufficient compensation for the
P.}) ({Karpov's choice from 1986 was} 19... Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 {
and this still seems playable:} {Later White started to prefer} 22. Re3 {
Black's best is the energetic} (22. Bb2 Qa5 23. Nf5 (23. Re3 Ne5 {[%cal Re5c4]
/\Nc4}) 23... g6 $5 (23... Ne5 $6 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Qxd3 Ra8 27.
Rc1 $1 $36 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/WCh London/Leningrad (14)/1986/}) 24. Nb3 Qa4
25. Qxd3 Ne5 $1 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. f4 Re8 28. Ng3 Bg7 $44 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7] ^^})
22... Ne5 23. N4f3 f5 $5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bb2 Re7 $1 (25... Re8 $6 26. Qb3
fxe4 27. Nxe4 Qa8 28. Qxb5 $16 {[%csl Re8][%cal Re4f6] /\Nf6,צe8}) 26. exf5 (
26. Qb3 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Qa8 29. Qxd3 Bxd5 30. Ng3 Bxg2 31. Qg6 Bf3
32. Nf5 Qe4 33. Nxh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ {1/2,Glek,I-Kuzmin,A/Blagoveshensk/1988/})
26... Rxe3 27. fxe3 Bxd5 28. Qg4 Qg5 $5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. Bc3 Be7
32. Bb4 g6 33. fxg6 Kg7 34. e4 g4 $1 {[%cal Re7g5] /\Bg5<=>} 35. Ke3 gxh3 36.
gxh3 Bg5+ 37. Kxd3 Kxg6 $14 {[%csl Gc6,Gg5] /<=> ^^,Kristensen,S-Alvarez
Villar,H/corr. 2000/ Black managed to hold this _|_ thanks to his ^^ and the
greatly reduced material. However, a line, in which the maximum is a draw
after accurate defence throughout the whole game, is understandably rather
unattractive.}) 20. Nf5 Ne5 ({Black must allow the R to the >>:} 20... Rxa3 $2
21. bxa3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 24. Qg4+ $16 {On the other hand,
once the Ra3 leaves its post, Ra1 becomes an important resource.}) ({A
possible alternative is} 20... g6 {and now:} 21. Nf1 $5 {[%csl Rb4,Rh6][%cal
Rd1d2] /\Qd2,><h6,Nb4} (21. Rg3 Ra1 $5 (21... Kh7 $2 22. Nf3 $1 $40 {/\} Ra1
23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qd2 gxf5 25. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 26. Ng5+ Kg7 27. Nxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28.
Qxh6 $18) (21... Ne5 {-20...Ne5}) 22. b3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 $132) 21... Rxa3 (
21... gxf5 $2 22. Rg3+ Kh7 23. Qh5 Ne5 24. exf5 $1 Bxd5 25. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 26.
f6+ Nbd3 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Qxh6#) 22. bxa3 Nxd5 $8 23. exd5 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 gxf5
25. Bxf5 $36 {[%csl Rf7,Rh6] ׻ Despite the exchange of all R Black must still
defend his K with care.} (25. Ng3 $5 $44)) 21. Rg3 g6 $8 (21... Kh7 $2 22. Nf3
Nbd3 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 26. Ng5+ $1 Kg6 27. Qh5+ $3 {
1-0,Marcinkiewicz,A-Zundel,W/corr. 2002/} Kxh5 28. Nh7 $1 Qxe1+ 29. Kh2 $18 {
It's easy to overlook this even in an e-mail game and such fantastic tactics
make the whole line very dangerous for Black.}) 22. Nf3 Ned3 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6,
Rg8,Rh6] Nearly everybody played like this, but one feels that deserting the
>> (started already with 19...Qb6!?) is fraught with danger.} ({Interesting is
} 22... Nbd3 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Nxe5 $5 Qxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nxe1 26. Nd7 $44 {~~->})
23. Qd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Anand prepared this blow for Kamsky already 10 years
ago and it hit the innocent Adams by ricochet. White's concentration of forces
on the >> will be even more dangerous, if his Q manages to join in.} ({Until
now mostly correspondence players tried 19...Qb6!? and the text-move never
entered anyone's mind (or computer screen!). Previous practice saw} 23. Be3 Qd8
$1 (23... Qc7 $2 24. N3h4 $1 Kh7 25. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 26. Nxh6 Nxe1 27. N6f5 $40 {
[%cal Rd1d2] /\Qd2}) 24. Nxh6+ (24. N3h4 Kh7 $17 {and White has no obvious
follow-up.}) (24. Bd4 Nxe1 25. Qxe1 Ra1 $17) (24. Bxh6 Nxe1 {[%cal Ra8a1] /
\Ra1-/+}) 24... Bxh6 25. Bxh6 Qf6 $13 ({The greedy} 25... Nxe1 $5 {is possibly
even stronger.})) 23... Bxd5 $2 {Adams realized he was trapped in his
opponent's analysis, so after long thought he tries disconcert White with an
unexpected counterblow. However, his luck fails him - although it's very
difficult to foresee, the text-move loses more or less by force.} ({It was
necessary to enter the wild tactical labyrinth with the consistent and
materialistic} 23... Nxe1 $5 {[%mdl 64]} {More complex and dangerous is the
quiet} 24. Nxe1 $5 ({Black holds in the long line} 24. N3h4 Nbd3 25. Bxd3 (25.
Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 27. Kh2 Ne5 $1 $19 {/\} 28. Nxg6 N5f3+ 29. Rxf3
Qxg2#) 25... Nxd3 26. Nxh6+ Bxh6 (26... Kh7 $6 27. Nxf7 $44 {->}) 27. Qxh6
Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Nxc1 29. Nf5 $5 (29. Nxg6 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 fxg6 $11) 29... Qxg3+
30. Kxg3 gxf5 31. exf5 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Nd4 33. f6 Nf5 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxf5+ Kh6
36. Qd7 (36. h4 Re5 37. Qg4 Bxd5 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Kh3 Re3+ 40. g3 Be6+ 41. Kg2
Re5 42. Kf3 Rf5+ 43. Kg2 Re5 $11 {with repetition.}) 36... Bxd5 37. Qxd6 Kg6 (
37... Rad8 $2 38. Qf4+ Kg6 39. h4 $18) (37... Be4 38. Qg3 Rg8 39. Qe3+ Kg6 $11
{is similar to 37...Kg6.}) 38. Qxd5 Kxf6 $11 {_|_ After the exchange of the
<<P Black can even give his R for the Pg2, play Re6 and achieve a fortress
with RvsQ.}) 24... Ra1 (24... Nxd5 25. Nxh6+ $5 (25. exd5 Ra1 $142 $1 (25...
Qa5 $2 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 (26... Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 $18) 27. Qg5 $1 $18 {
and the -> breaks through via g6.}) 26. Bc2 (26. Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rxe1+
28. Kh2 Rxc1 $1 29. Qxc1 (29. Bxg6 $4 Rh1#) 29... Qxf2 $17) 26... Qa5 $13 {/=/+
}) 25... Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Ra1 $142 {-24...Ra1} (26... Re7 $6 27. Bd2 $1 Ra1 (27...
Rae8 28. e5 $1 $40) 28. exd5 (28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 $11) 28... Rxb1 29.
Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Rg7 (30... Kh8 $2 31. Bc3+ $18) 31. Qxb1 Bxd5 32. Bh6 $14
{/+/-} ({or} 32. Bc3 {wins back the exchange and gives White very good winning
chances.}))) 25. Nxh6+ Bxh6 (25... Kg7 $2 26. Rf3 $1 {[%csl Rf7] ->><f7} f5 (
26... f6 27. Ng4 $18) 27. Rxf5 $1 $18) 26. Qxh6 {Arguably the best is} Nxd5 $1
{when even in the post-mortem no win was found:} (26... Rxb1 $2 {loses
beautifully to} 27. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30.
Qe7+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Bg5 Rxe1+ 35. Kh2 $18) 29.
Bh6+ Ke7 30. Bg5+ Kf8 (30... Kd7 31. Qf7+ Kc8 32. Qxe8+ Kc7 33. Qd8#) 31. Qh6+
Kg8 32. Bf6 $1 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 $18 {Despite the huge material advantage Black
can't prevent mate.}) (26... Re5 27. Nf3 $1 (27. Bd2 Rxb1 28. Bxb4 Rxb2 {
already forces} 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 27... Rxb1 (27... Qc7 $2 28.
Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6] /\Ng6 We'll see a lot of this motif yet!}) 28. Rxg6+ $1
fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Nxe5 (30. Qf6+ Ke8 $1 31. Nxe5 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Bc8 $1 {
and it seems White should prudently force the perpetual with} (32... Bc6 $2 33.
dxc6 dxe5 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Kd6 36. Qd7+ Kc5 37. c7 $18) 33. Qh8+ (33. Ng6
$6 Nxd5 $1 34. exd5 Re1 $17) (33. h4 $6 Bg4 $1 $17) 33... Ke7 34. Qh4+ $11)
30... Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 $8 (31... Qc7 $2 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Ng6 $3 $18 {/\} Qg7
34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Nh8+) 32. Qxd6+ Kg8 $11 (32... Ke8 $2 33. Qb8+ Ke7 34. Ng6+
Kd7 35. Qxb7+ Kd8 36. Qb8+ Kd7 37. Ne5+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Ke8 39. Qd7+ Kf8 40. Qd8+
Kg7 41. Qg5+ $18)) 27. Rxg6+ ({The simplest draw is} 27. e5 Rxb1 28. Rxg6+ fxg6
29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ $11) 27... fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Bh6+ $6 ({White still
has} 29. Qf5+ Kg7 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Ke7 32. exd5 Qd4 33. Qf5 Kd8 34. Bg5+
Kc7 35. Qf7+ Kb6 36. Qxe8 Rxb1 37. Qd8+ $11) 29... Ke7 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Bg5+
Kd7 32. Bf5+ Re6 $1 {is already dangerous for White. Maybe Anand saw more, but
from a practical viewpoint it's important that he always had at least a draw.})
24. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White invests more material.} (24. exd5 $6 Nxe1 25.
Nxe1 Ra1 $17 {turns the tables.}) 24... Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qxf2+ (25... Nxe1 26. Nh4
$1 {[%cal Rh4f5,Rh4g6] /\Nf5,Ng6+-}) 26. Kh2 Nxe1 (26... Re5 {again fails to
the consistent} 27. Nh4 $1 (27. Nxe5 dxe5 $13) (27. Be3 Qxg3+ $1 28. Kxg3 Rh5
$44) 27... Rh5 28. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qxh5 Nxe1 (30... Qxe1 31.
Nf5 $1 Qxc1 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qg7+ Ke6 34. Qe7#) 31. exd5 $18 {[%csl Rf8] ->עf8
}) (26... Nxc1 27. exd5 Ncd3 (27... Rxe1 28. Bxg6 $18) 28. Re6 $1 $18) 27. Nh4
$1 {[%mdl 128] Here Anand for the first time spent a few minutes, probably
just to check his old homework. White spurns a draw and continues his -> even
a R down.} Ned3 {This loses quickly.} ({Somewhat more stubborn, but still
insufficient was} 27... Ra7 28. Nf5 $1 (28. Nxg6 $2 Qxg3+ $1 29. Kxg3 fxg6 $13
{/\} 30. Qxg6+ $4 Rg7) 28... Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 gxf5 30. Qf6 $1 Re6 (30... f4+ 31.
Bxf4 Kh7 32. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6h6,Rg5f6] /\Qh6,Bf6}) 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. exf5
$1 $18 {/\} Ree7 33. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 34. Qh8+ Kg5 35. h4#) (27... Re6 28. exd5 Rf6
29. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Rg6] ><g6}) 28. Nxg6 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 (
30... Kh8 31. Bg5 $18) 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Bh6 (32. Bh6 Ra7 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qxe8+
Bg8 35. Qg6 Rf7 36. Bg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ne3 O-O 16. Be2 (16. c3 d5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. O-O Nf4 19. Bg4 Qe7 20. Re1 Ne5
21. Be2 Rad8 22. Ng4 Nc6 {0-1 Cheparinov,I-Sakaev,K/Dos Hermanas 2003/ (42)})
16... Qe7 (16... d5 17. O-O Ng6 18. c4 Nd4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4
Rxf4 22. Qd3 Qd6 23. Rad1 {1-0 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2000/ (40)}) 17.
O-O Rad8 18. Bh5 $5 $146 {Kasimdzhanov has done his homework and is well
informed about the nuicances of the position. His new move strives to prevent
relocation of the black knight to f4 square.} (18. c4 Ng6 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Rab1
Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Sakaev,K/Moscow 2003/}) 18... Kh8 19. Re1 d5 20. a4 Nc4
$6 {This hasty move fails to solve the problems of the position. Much better
results could have been achieved with the fine manouver of the knight 20...
Nd7!?} (20... Nd7 $5 21. Ng4 (21. c3 Be5 $1) (21. Nxd5 Qc5 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Qe2
Nd4 $19) 21... Nc5 (21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Rxb7 Bxe1 24. Qxe1 e5 25. Nxh6
$14) 22. c3 e5 $13) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qg4 Qb4 (22... Nd4 23. c3 Nc2 24. Rxe6
Qxe6 25. Qxe6 Nxa1 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ $18) 23. Qxe6 Rd2 (23... Nd4 24. Qe4
Qxb2 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27. Rab1 Qxc2 28. Rxb7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 $18) (
23... Qxb2 24. Qxc4 Qc3 25. Qe6 $16) 24. Rad1 (24. c3 Qxb2 25. Be8 Rdxf2 26.
Bxf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 $16) 24... Nd4 (24... Rxc2 25. Bf3 Rd2 26. Bd6 $16) 25. Qe4
(25. Bd6 Qb6 26. Qd7 Rdxf2 (26... Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1
Rxf3 30. Bc5 Rxh3+ 31. Qxh3 Qxc5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qe6 $18) 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28.
Kh1 $16) 25... Nf5 26. Be5 $1 {Anand suffers due to the vulnerability of his
king, the exchange of the bishops will expose him wide open.} Rxf2 27. Bf3 (27.
Kxf2 Qc5+ 28. Ke2 Bxe5 29. Rd5 Ng3+ 30. Kd1 Nxe4 31. Rxc5 Rd8+ 32. Kc1 Bf4+ 33.
Kb1 Nxc5 $19) 27... Rd2 (27... Qb6 28. a5 Qa7 29. Kh1 $16) 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (
28... Nxg7 29. Rxd2 Qxd2 30. Rd1 Qa5 31. Qxc4 $16) 29. Qe5+ (29. Rxd2 Qxd2 30.
Qe5+ Rf6 31. Bxb7 $16) 29... Rf6 30. a5 $6 $138 (30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Bxb7 $16)
30... Nh4 $2 {[%mdl 64] Both mistakes are closely related to the time trouble,
white will somehow manage to find a fine refutation.} (30... b5 31. axb6 Qxb6+
32. Kh1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 $16) 31. Qc7+ Rf7 32. Qe5+ Rf6 33. Bh5 $1 Ng6 {Modest
and necessary, since otherwise black king would suffer indignity of beeing
mated.} (33... Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Rd2 35. Rxd2 Qxd2 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Rf8 38.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qf7#) 34. Bxg6 Rxd1 (34... Kxg6 35. Qe8+ Rf7 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37.
Qh8+ $18) 35. Rxd1 Kxg6 36. Qe4+ Kg7 (36... Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Qe5 $18) 37.
Rd7+ Kg8 (37... Rf7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Rf8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Rd7+ $18) 38.
Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 g6 (16... Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 $1 Bxh4 19. g3 {has been
in center of discussions lately. White sacrifices a pawn; next he will remove
the b- and f-pawns from the second rank, clearing for his rook from a2 the way
to the h-file. Leko's move is designed to avoid this variation.}) 17. O-O ({
Now after} 17. h4 {Black simply takes the pawn} Bxh4 {and comparing to the
previous variation the king on g8 instead of h8, as well as White's knight
still on c2 instead of e3 considerably slows down White's attacking potential.}
) (17. Nce3 Kg7 $5 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 Rh8
$5 23. b3 h5 24. Rg2 Kf8 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. Rg2 Kf8 27. Rd2 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Berescu,
A (2439)-Khairullin,I (2517)/Warsaw POL 2005}) 17... Kh8 18. b4 {A logical
continuation, creating a passed pawn on the b-file.} (18. Nce3 f5 $11) (18. Qe2
Bh6 19. Rd1 f5 $13) 18... axb4 ({On the next day Leko played} 18... Bd7 {
but also failed to equalize completely:} 19. Qe2 axb4 20. Ncxb4 (20. cxb4 f5
$14) 20... Na5 21. Rfa1 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qe2 Rc5 24. Ra7 Be6 25. h3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)-Leko,P (2763)/San Luis 2005 (43)}) 19. cxb4 Be6 {
This natural move is nicely refuted by Anand.} (19... f5 $142 {was necessary:}
20. exf5 (20. f3 Ne7 $13) (20. Qe2 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qe1 (22. Qe2 Bxc2 23.
Qxc2 Nxb4 24. Nxb4 Rxb4 $15) 22... Be6 $13) 20... Bxf5 21. b5 Ne7 22. Ncb4 Qc8
$1 23. Qb3 (23. Be2 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qc5 $132 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf5e4]}) (23. Nxe7
Qxc4) 23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qc5 $13) 20. b5 Bxd5 (20... Ne7 21. Ncb4 Bxd5 (21...
f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Ra7 $36) 22. Nxd5 $14 {1-0 Korte,M (2220)-Siegmund,R 
(2130)/Arco 1998 (37)}) (20... Na5 21. Be2 f5 22. f3 Nb3 23. Ncb4 Bxd5 24. Nxd5
$16 (24. exd5 Nc1 25. Ra6 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. g3 (28. Bxd3 Bf4
29. g3 Bxg3 30. Qe2 e4 $36) 28... Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qh6 $15) (24. Qxd5 Nc1 $40 {
1/2-1/2 Heymann,A-Siegmund,R (2142)/Leutersdorf 2000 (36)})) 21. exd5 $1 {
Very concrete approach. White gives up square d5, but secures square c6 for
his pieces. Taking with the piece on d5 would have offered Black more chances
for counterplay.} (21. Bxd5 Ne7 22. Qd3 Qb6 23. Rb1 f5 $132) (21. Qxd5 Ne7 22.
Qd3 f5 $132) 21... Na5 (21... Ne7 22. Nb4 Ra8 (22... Qc7 23. Nc6 Rb7 24. Qd3
Nc8 25. Ra8 Kg7 26. Rfa1 Nb6 27. R8a7 $16) 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qa1 $5 $16) 22.
Be2 {Thanks to his passed pawn and especially because Black cannot organize
counterplay, White has a much easier game.} Ra8 (22... Qb6 23. Nb4 f5 24. Nc6
Nxc6 25. dxc6 $18) 23. Nb4 Nb7 24. Ra6 $1 {Now on c6 goes the rook.} ({After} 
24. Nc6 Qc7 (24... Rxa2 25. Nxd8 Bxd8 $16) (24... Qb6 25. Ra6 $16) 25. Qa1 Rxa2
26. Qxa2 Nc5 27. Ra1 f5 28. Qa7 Bd8 {it is still not easy to win.}) 24... Nc5 (
24... Rxa6 25. bxa6 Nc5 26. Nc6 Qb6 27. a7 $18) 25. Rc6 Ra4 26. Qb1 Qa5 27. Na6
{Anand takes maximul advantage of his passed pawn. The knight cannot be taken 
(that would create a very strong passed pawn on a6), which means that with his
last move Anand chases away the very important defencive piece from c5.
Moreover, from a6 the knight nicely supports the advance of the b-pawn.} Ne4
28. b6 $1 Qxd5 29. Qb5 $1 Qd4 (29... Qxb5 30. Bxb5 Ra5 31. Bd3 Nc5 32. Nxc5
Rxc5 (32... dxc5 33. b7 $18) 33. Rxd6 Rb8 34. Rb1 $16) 30. Rc4 {The Indian
Grandmaster rightly feels that White should trade queens (in order to minimize
Black's counterplay), but unfortunately for White, Black is just in time to
escape.} (30. b7 {Incredibly, but this natural advance does not win:} Nxf2 $1
31. Qb6 (31. Rxf2 $2 Ra1+ 32. Bf1 Ra2 33. Qb6 Qxb6 34. Rxb6 Be3 35. b8=Q Rxb8
36. Rxb8+ Kg7 37. Kh1 Rxf2 38. Rb1 d5 $17) 31... Qxb6 32. Rxb6 Be3 33. b8=Q
Rxb8 34. Rxb8+ Kg7 {and White cannot win:} 35. g3 (35. Rxf2 Ra1+ 36. Bf1 Ra2
$17) (35. Rbb1 Ra2 36. Bc4 (36. Rbe1 $2 Nd3+ 37. Kh1 Nxe1 38. Rxe1 Bf2 $19)
36... Ne4+ (36... Rd2 $5) 37. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 35... Ra2 $1 36. Kg2 Ne4 (36...
Rxe2 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Nb4 (38. Kxe3 $2 Ng4+ $19) 38... Rb2 39. Kxe3 Ng4+ 40. Kd3
$16) 37. Kf3 Ba7 38. Kxe4 f5+ $1 (38... Bxb8 39. Rxf7+ $1 Kg8 (39... Kxf7 40.
Bc4+ $18) 40. Rf2 $18) 39. Kd3 e4+ 40. Kc3 Bxb8 41. Bc4 Rxh2 42. Nxb8 Rg2 {
is probably a draw}) ({Correct was to try trading queens with} 30. Qd3 $1 Qb2
$8 (30... Qxd3 31. Bxd3 Nc5 32. Nxc5 dxc5 33. b7 Rb4 34. Rb1 $18) 31. Qc2 (31.
Rb1 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33. Bf1 f5 $13 34. b7 $140 $2 Qb2 $19 {[%csl Gb7,Gf2]})
(31. g3 $16 f5 $140 32. Qb5 Qd4 33. b7 {and} Nxf2 {doesn't work because of the
simple} 34. b8=Q $18) 31... Qd4 $1 (31... Ra2 32. Qxe4 Qxe2 33. Qxe2 Rxe2 34.
Rb1 $18) 32. Qd1 $1 $16) 30... Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Nc3 $1 (31... Qxc4 32. Bxc4 Nc5
33. Rb1 Nxa6 34. Bxa6 Rb8 35. b7 $16 d5 36. Rb5) 32. Bd3 Qxc4 33. Bxc4 d5 34.
Bxd5 (34. Bd3 $2 e4 35. Bc2 d4 $132) (34. Bb3 e4 35. b7 Bf4 36. Ra1 Kg7 37. Nb4
d4 $1 (37... Rb8 38. Bxd5 $16) 38. Ra8 d3 $13) 34... Nxd5 35. b7 e4 $1 36. b8=Q
(36. Rb1 $2 Bf4) 36... Rxb8 37. Nxb8 e3 38. fxe3 Bxe3+ 39. Kh1 Kg7 $11 40. Nc6
h5 41. Rd1 Nf6 42. Rb1 Ng4 43. g3 Bg5 44. Kg2 Bf6 45. Re1 Nh6 46. Kf3 Nf5 47.
Rd1 Nh6 48. h3 Nf5 49. Rd7 Kf8 50. Na5 Nd4+ 51. Kg2 Nf5 52. Nc4 Kg7 53. g4 hxg4
54. hxg4 Ne7 55. Nd6 Be5 56. Ne4 Ng8 57. g5 Kf8 58. Rb7 f6 59. Nc5 Ke8 60. Nd3
Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
$5 {We shouldn't forget that Svidler was Kramnik's second in his recent match
against Leko. We shouldn't also forget that Kramnik suffered a crushing defeat
with White in Marshall attack in that match. I guess you can figure out the
rest by yourself...} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13.
Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 {This move-order is considered to be the
most principled way to meet Black's set up.} (16. Qe1 $5 Nf6 17. Nd2 Qh5 18.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 $14 {Motylev,
A-Tkachiev,V/Kazan 2005}) (16. Bxg5 $2 Qf5 $19) 16... Qxf1+ $5 {Svidler
decides to deviate from the famous Kramnik-Leko game that we've mentioned
earlier.} (16... Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4
Qg6 $36 {Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Brissago 2004}) 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. f3 {Diagram [#]} (
18. Re1 Rae8 19. Be3 Bh3+ 20. Kg1 f5 21. Na3 f4 22. Bd2 Kg7 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24.
Nc2 Bf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Moraru,M-Florescu,C/Olanesti 1997}) (18. Nd2 $5 Rfe8 19.
f3 g4 $2 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. a4 $14 {Hotting,
A-Elburg,J/IECG email 2002}) 18... h6 19. Nd2 $5 {An exchange sacrifice on e4
isn't a new idea in Marshall variation, but white's last move is a novelty.} (
19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kf2 a5 23. a3 Bd3 $44 {1/2-1/2
Peng Xiaomin-Grischuk,A/Shanghai 2001}) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]
White's got a pawn and a very strong centre for exchange. In my opinion the
arising position is some kind of dynamic equality, but Black has more
obstacles to find the right pass, so I'd pick White if had I been offered the
choice! That's the best of evaluation I can come with at this late hour!} Nc7
21. Kg2 ({Nothing promised} 21. e5 Be7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Kg2 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 $11
{and Black is fine.}) 21... c5 $1 {Black needs open lines for his rooks, so
his last move is perfectly logical in that sense.} 22. e5 Be7 23. Ne4 (23. dxc5
$6 Ne6 (23... Bxc5 $6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. h4 $14) 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. b4 Rf5 26. a4
Raf8 27. axb5 axb5 $36) 23... cxd4 24. cxd4 a5 25. Be3 $6 {Many commentators
regarded this move with an exclaimation mark, but I think it's a dubious idea
after which Black is the only one who can fight for advantage. It was better
to play} (25. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb3a2] even though Black doesn't face any problems
in that case too:} a4 26. Ba2 Rfd8 (26... b4 27. axb4 Rab8 28. d5 Rxb4 29. Kf3
$14) 27. Be3 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc1 Rd7 30. Kf3 Rb8 $11) 25... a4 26. Bd1
Nd5 $6 (26... f6 $1 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Bf3 Rad8 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc7d5]})
27. Bf2 Rac8 28. Rb1 $1 {In certain lines the pawn on b2 is hanging so it's
just the right moment to protect it since Black may hardly improve his
position.} f6 (28... Rfd8 29. Be2 b4 30. Bd1 Nb6 31. g4 (31. d5 $2 Nxd5 32.
Bxa4 f5 33. exf6 Nxf6 $15) 31... Rc7 32. Ng3 Rdc8 33. Nf5 Bf8 34. Bf3 $14) 29.
exf6 Bxf6 (29... Nxf6 30. Nc3 b4 31. Nxa4 Ne4 32. Be3 $14) 30. Nd6 $1 $14 {
From now on Black has to defend very carefully to keep the balance.} (30. Bg4
Rcd8 31. Nc5 Rd6 $11) 30... Rc6 (30... Rb8 31. Bf3 Ne7 32. Rd1 $1 Rfd8 33. Nb7
Rd7 34. Nc5 Rd6 35. Ne4 $14) 31. Nxb5 Rb6 32. Bxa4 Rfb8 33. Na3 Rxb2 {Diagram 
[#]} 34. Rxb2 $2 {Missing a chance to check out Black's defensive resourses
after} (34. Bb3 $1 Rxb1 35. Nxb1 Kf8 36. Kf3 $14 {and White can play for a win.
}) 34... Rxb2 $11 35. Nc4 (35. Bb3 $2 Bxd4 $15) 35... Rxa2 36. Bb3 Rxf2+ 37.
Kxf2 Bxd4+ 38. Ne3 Bxe3+ 39. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. c3 {
This is the quiet positional approach.} (8. c4 {is more aggressive.} dxc4 {
Black has to react in the [+].} (8... Bg6 {/\ Nf5 but this doesn't look an
adequate answer to White's central push.} 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2 Bb4 11. a3 (11. Rc1
Qe7 12. cxd5 (12. Nb1 $5 {/\ a3-b4}) 12... exd5 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 a5 {(Tong
Neo Choo-Dreev, ICC INT 2002)} 15. Nf4 $14) 11... Be7 (11... Bxd2 12. Qxd2 $14)
) 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Qb3 N7b6 {Black controls firmly >< d5.} 11. Na5 Qd7 12. Bd2
Be7 13. Ne1 O-O 14. Nd3 Bxd3 15. Bxd3 Bg5 {depriving White from the ^^.} 16.
Bxg5 (16. f4 $2 Nxf4 $19) 16... hxg5 $11 {Gdanski-Urban, POL-ch 1992}) (8. Re1
{/\ Nf1 continuing the slow manoeuvring play.} Bh7 (8... g5 $6 {is a nervous
reaction weakening his own >>.} 9. Nf1 c5 10. c4 Bg7 11. Ne3 Be4 12. cxd5 exd5
13. Ng4 cxd4 14. Bd3 $16 {Iordachescu-Brumen, Lido Estensi 2002}) 9. Nf1 c5 10.
c4 {White wants to open up the position for his better developed pieces.} dxc4
11. Bxc4 $142 $14 (11. Ne3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe5 13. Nxc4 N7c6 14. Nxe5 Qxd4 15.
Nxc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 bxc6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Be3 c5 $11 {Svidler-Dreev, Elista 1998}
)) 8... a6 $5 {[%mdl 8] Black is not hurrying with the push c5.} (8... c5 9.
Nb3 (9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Ne3 Bg6 15.
Bb2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qd7 {Black has a good play on the << against the weakened
light squares.} 17. Qb3 a6 $15 {Am.Rodriguez-Asrian, Las Vegas 1999}) 9... c4
10. Nbd2 {This was the idea of the provocation, there is no weakness of d4,
White can freely maintain his pressure on the >>.} Nc6 11. Ne1 $1 $14 {/\
Nc2-e3, f4} Be7 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Ne3 Bh7 14. f4 b5 {/\ b4 with the typical
counterplay on the other flank.} 15. a3 (15. f5 $2 {is premature in view of}
Bg5 $1) 15... Qb6 16. Qe1 a5 $142 {Blatny} (16... Bd8 $6 17. Nf3 $14 {
Ibragimov-Kharitonov, Sochi 1997 CBM 062})) 9. Nb3 Rc8 {c5 is really
well-prepared now.} 10. Nh4 Bh7 11. f4 c5 12. Bh5 (12. dxc5 Nc6 (12... Ng6 13.
Nf3) (12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Be4 16. f5 $36) 13. Nf3 Nxc5
14. Be3 Ne4) 12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 g6 (14... c4 15. Nc1 $14) 15. Be2
h5 ({Perhaps it was already time for closing the position by} 15... c4 $142 $5
16. Nc1 h5 17. Bf3 h4 18. Qd2 Be7 $13) 16. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Be4 (17... Be7
18. a4 $16) (17... b5 $2 18. a4 $1 $18) 18. a4 {/\ a5 gaining space on the <<,
there is no breakthrough on the other flank.} h4 19. a5 h3 (19... Be7 20. b4
Nd7 21. Qd2 $16) 20. g3 Bg2 {[#]} 21. Rf2 $5 (21. Re1 Be7) 21... Ne4 (21... Be7
22. Bf3 $14) 22. Rxg2 $1 {This is a nice positional exchange sacrifice
changing the character of the game.} hxg2 23. Kxg2 Bc5 24. Bd3 {White has a
nice ^^, a P and a rock-solid position for the exchange.} Qd7 25. Qf3 Bxd4 (
25... f5 $2 26. exf6 e5 {gives no real attacking chances:} 27. Bxe4 Qh3+ 28.
Kf2 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 30. Kf3 Qh5+ 31. g4 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qxg4+ 33. Kd3 Bxd4 34.
cxd4 Qe6 35. d5 Qxf6 36. fxe5 $16) 26. Bxd4 f5 $2 {This is the decisive
mistake, but White had a very good compensation already.} (26... Qc6 27. h4 $44
) (26... Nd2 27. Qd1 Nc4 28. Qc2 $44) (26... Nc5 27. Bc2 $44) 27. exf6 e5 28.
Bxe4 $1 $18 {Black has some checks, but that's it.} Qh3+ 29. Kf2 Qxh2+ (29...
dxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 Qh5+ 32. Ke3 $18 {and the K escapes.}) 30. Qg2 exd4
31. Bxg6+ Kf8 32. Re1 $1 d3 33. Bxd3 Rc6 34. Re5 $1 Rd6 35. Kf3 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2
Rh6 37. g4 Rhxf6 38. f5 {The white connected passed pawns decide the battle.}
Rf7 39. Kg3 b5 40. axb6 Rxb6 41. g5 Rd7 42. f6 d4 43. Bg6 Rb8 44. cxd4 Rxd4 45.
Re7 Rdb4 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Bf7 Rd4 49. Rg6 Rd3+ 50. Kg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 {Eine beliebte Fortsetzung von Schwarz. Die Alternativen
sind - 9...Na5 (von Anand selbst früher gern gespielt) und die Hauptvariante 9.
..Ne5.} 10. Nde2 b5 (10... d5) 11. Bf4 $5 {Das ist Anands Abweichung von der
Partie Leko,P - Polgar,J (die vier Runden früher gespielt wurde). Polgar
verlor diese Partie, aber natürlich hat sie ihr schwarzes Spiel verbessert,
aber wie?} (11. Kb1 Ba5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qc5 Bb4 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qg3 Ne5 16. h4
Bb7 17. h5 Ne8 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bf4 f6 $1 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Polgar,J/Sofia 2005/
CBM 107/[Ribli] (68)}) (11. Qe1 $5 Ba5 12. Qf2 d5 13. Bc5 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b3,Gb3a5] 1-0 Karjakin,S-Zhang Pengxiang/Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108/
[Ribli Zoltan] (26)}) (11. g4 h6 12. Rg1 $5 Ng6 13. a3 Be7 14. f4 b4 15. axb4
Bxb4 16. Qd4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. g5 {1-0 Leko,P-Polgar,J/San Luis 2005/CBM 110/
[Ribli Zoltan] (25)}) 11... e5 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Kb1 {Es scheint, dass Weiß mit
dem Königszug abwartet, aber er hat auch eine konkrete Drohung - 14.Nxb5!} Ba5
14. Bxf6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 4] Das ist die starke Neuerung von Anand! Weiß
verschlechtert die schwarze Bauernstruktur und plant, gegen den schwachen
Bauern zu spielen.} (14. Qd6 Nfd5 $1 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Ng3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,
V-Nisipeanu,L/Gothenburg 2005/(16)}) 14... gxf6 15. Qh6 {[%csl Rf6,Gh6]} Qb6 (
15... Ng6 16. Qg7 $16) 16. g3 $1 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gh3d7] Sehr einfach und gut
gespielt; die weiße Drohung ist 17.Bh3.} Qe6 (16... f5 17. Qg7 Rg8 18. Qxe5 Qe6
19. Qf4 $16) (16... b4 17. Na4 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nf5 $132) 17... Qc6 18.
Bh3 (18. b3 O-O-O (18... d5 19. Bh3) 19. Qh5) 18... f5 19. Qg7 Rg8 20. Qxe5
Qxa4 21. Bxf5 $40) (16... O-O-O 17. Bh3) 17. Bh3 f5 18. Qh4 $1 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Gh3d7]} (18. Qh5 Qg6 19. Qh4) 18... f6 (18... O-O-O 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Qg5
$18) (18... d5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Nxd5 $18) 19. exf5 $16 {Weiß
hat einen Bauern mehr und es gibt keine Kompensation für Schwarz.} Qf7 20. Ne4
Bxe4 21. fxe4 (21. Qxe4 d5) 21... Nc6 22. Rd6 O-O (22... Rf8 23. Rhd1 O-O-O 24.
c3) 23. Rhd1 Ra7 24. Bf1 {"Der Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr
kann gehen". Weiß möchte nun seine Läuferstellung verbessern.} Rc7 25. Nc1 Bb4
26. R6d5 Rfc8 27. Nb3 Bf8 28. c3 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und besitzt
positionellen Druck auf der d-Linie, aber es gibt noch keinen forcierten
Gewinn.} Kh8 29. g4 {Es ist nur konsequent, dass Weiß seine Bauernmehrheit am
Königsflügel mobilisiert.} Qg7 30. Qg3 Ra8 31. a3 (31. h4 $142 $1 h6 32. Qf3 b4
33. g5 bxc3 34. Qxc3 hxg5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Rd1h1,Rh1h8]}) 31...
Rac8 32. Nc1 {[%cal Gc1a2,Ga2b4]} (32. Nc5 Nb8 (32... Ne7 33. Nxa6 Nxd5 34.
Rxd5 Rb7 35. Bxb5 $18) 33. Nd3 $16) 32... Na5 33. Na2 Nb3 34. h4 {[%cal Gg4g5]}
Nc5 35. Bd3 Na4 {[%cal Ga4b6,Gb6d5]} 36. Bc2 Nb6 37. R5d3 d5 $1 {[%mdl 256]
Schwarz verteidigt sich gut; in der sehr schweren Stellung opfert er einen
Bauern und möchte den Aktionsradius seines Läufer verbessern.} 38. exd5 Bd6 {
[%csl Gd6]} 39. Bb3 a5 40. Qf2 Nc4 41. Qe2 Rg8 42. Rg1 Qh6 43. Rdd1 a4 (43...
Qxh4 44. a4 $1) 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. g5 $1 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern zurück, um
seinen Angriff am Königsflügel einzuleiten.} (45. h5) 45... fxg5 (45... Qxh4
46. g6 $1 Qe4+ 47. Qxe4 Rxe4 48. Rh1 Rg7 49. Rdg1 $18) 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. Qe3 {
[%csl Ge3][%cal Ge3a7,Re3h6] Es "hängt" der Turm auf g5 und es droht die
Dameneindringung auf b6.} Rf4 48. Qb6 {[%csl Rb5]} Rgxf5 49. Qxb5 Rf8 50. Nb4
e4 51. Rde1 Rh4 52. Ka1 e3 53. Qxa4 $18 {Weiß hat wieder zwei Bauern mehr und
der e-Bauer bietet keine Gegenchancen für Schwarz.} Re4 54. Qa6 Rfe8 55. Re2
Qf8 56. Qd3 Qf6 57. Nc2 Bc5 58. Rge1 Qe5 59. b4 Bb6 60. Kb2 h5 61. d6 Qf5 62.
Rxe3 $1 (62. Rxe3 $1 Bxe3 63. Rxe3 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
d6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Ba7 12. d4 g4 13. Bh4 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Kg7 15.
Qg3+ Kh7 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{The oldest Anti-Marshall system.} b4 {A serious decision which proved itself
in the Elite tournaments.} 9. d3 d6 10. a5 {Seems like the only way to fight
for an advantage.} Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 {Black defends the pawn on b4 and gets
ready for openning the "b" file.} ({Another good possibilitiy is} 11... Qc8 {
as in the game Leko-Svidler from the same tournament.}) 12. Nc4 {The concept
of this move has been around for only a couple of years now, but it was enough
to realize that it doesn't promise White anything.} ({Interesting is} 12. Bc4 {
which was played by Kasparov.} Qc8 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16.
Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. Qe2 Bb5 21. Re1 Bxc4 22.
dxc4 h6 23. b3 $14 {Kasparov-Short, 1993.}) 12... h6 {Prepares for... d5! This
move is critical to avoid some White pieces paying a visit to g5.} (12... Bg4
13. Be3 Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bg5 $1 16. Ba4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd4 18. c3 bxc3
19. bxc3 Nb5 20. d4 Qe7 21. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2838)-Grischuk,A 
(2702)/Moscow 2002/CBM 090 (39)}) (12... Nd7 $6 {This is a different plan} 13.
Be3 Bf6 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rb7 16. Qc2 Na7 17. d4 Qb8 18. d5 Bg4 19. Nfd2 h6
20. h3 Bh5 21. Ba4 $16 {1-0 De Firmian,N (2537)-Beliavsky,A (2679)/Copenhagen
2004/CBM 101 ext (41)}) 13. h3 {White's plan is simple - bring the B to e3, so
he is preparing it with h3. Later on the N will come to d2 ,Q on e2. This
sounds like a plan, the problem is that this plan is not dangerous for Black.}
(13. c3 $5 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Ba4 Na7 16. Be3 Nb5 17. Qc2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5
19. Ncd2 c5 20. Bb3+ Kh7 21. Ne4 Bg6 22. Ng3 Nc7 23. Qd1 d5 24. Bc2 Nb5 $13 {
1-0 Shirov,A (2726)-Almasi,Z (2650)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (44)}) 13...
Qc8 14. Be3 Rd8 $1 {As I said, d5 is the main idea here for Black.} 15. Qe2 Bf8
16. Nfd2 $146 {This typical multi-purpose White's manoeuvre is a novelty in
this position. White dreams of advancing d4, and in order to do so e4 must be
protected. In addition, this move defends the B on b3 which makes c3 and d4
possible in the future. And if this was not enough, this move releases the B
of defending the N on c4!} ({Anand himself tried here} 16. Red1 Ne7 17. Nfd2
Ng6 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nh7 20. Be3 d5 21. exd5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2766)
-Shirov,A (2736)/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext}) 16... Ne7 $5 {Black is preparing
for White's d4 and at the same time makes way for his own 'c' pawn.} (16... d5
$6 17. Ba4 $1 dxc4 (17... Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxe5 {and the compensation is
not obvious.}) 18. Bxc6 cxd3 19. cxd3 Bd7 20. Rec1 $16) 17. d4 $1 {The only
way to fight for an advantage. At least White is not worse here!} Ng6 (17...
exd4 $6 18. Bxd4 $36) (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Nc5 $1 $18) 18. d5 $14 {
White is a little better. Very little...} (18. Red1 {Returns to the
Anand-Shirov game.}) 18... Bd7 19. Ba4 (19. c3 $2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe4 $1 $36)
19... Bb5 $1 {A strong idea - if White wants to exchange Bishops, he should
pay for it.} 20. b3 $6 {And white wants to pay the price, but not losing the N
in the process. So he liberates the b2 for it. Unfortunatelly, straightforward
piece exhanges are not enough here.} (20. Bxb5 $2 axb5 $19) 20... Be7 21. Rec1
c6 $1 22. Bxb5 (22. c3 $2 bxc3 23. Rxc3 cxd5 $19) 22... Rxb5 23. Nb6 (23. c3 $6
bxc3 24. Na3 Rc5 $1 25. Ndc4 (25. Bxc5 $2 cxd2 $19) 25... cxd5 26. Nb6 Qb7 27.
Bxc5 d4 $1 28. Bb4 Nf4 29. Qf1 Qxe4 $36) 23... Qb7 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Qc4 {
Here the players agreed to a draw.} (25. Qc4 Qb7 26. c3 d5 $1 {And Black is
not worse.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Na5 $5 {Bologan's
fresh idea since black can not capture the knight.} (13. Nc5) 13... Rc8 (13...
Nd7 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nb4 Qb7 16. Nbd5 Rb8 17. b3 cxb3 18. cxb3 Be7 {and here
Sakaev proposes} 19. Kb2 (19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Nd5+ Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rhc8+ 22. Kb2
$14) 19... Bd8 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Gelfand,B/Merida 2005/ (56)}) (13... Qc8 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 (14... Rb8 15. Qe2 Bxd5 16. exd5 c3 17. b3 Rb5 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4
Be7 20. Rd3 e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. a4 Rb8 23. Bd4 O-O 24. Bxc3 Bg5+ 25. Kb1 Nf2
26. Rg3 {1-0 Najer,E-Ghaem Maghami,E/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/ (56)}) 15. exd5 Bd7
16. f4 Rb8 17. Bd2 f6 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Rhe1 O-O 20. Re4 Bb5 21. Nc6 Rb7 22. Qf3
Bd8 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. g4 {1-0 Sadvakasov,D-Zhou Jianchao/Hyderabad 2005/ (61)})
(13... Qxa5 $2 14. Bb6 Qb4 15. a3 $18) 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. g3 g6 $5 (15... Be7 16.
h3 $1 (16. f4 Bh3 $1 17. fxe5 Ng4 $11)) 16. Rd2 (16. f4 $5 Bh6 17. Kb1 $14)
16... Bh6 17. f4 Ng4 {Kasimdzhanov had a very challenging task do decide on
the best defense. 17...0-0!? might have been the best despite passivity of
black's pieces.} (17... Nh5 $6 18. Rhd1 exf4 $2 19. g4 $1 $16) (17... O-O $5
18. Rhd1 Ne8 $13) 18. Qf3 Rb8 (18... Nf6 19. h3 $1 Bxh3 (19... O-O $5) 20. Be3
Bg4 21. Qf1 Nh5 22. Nxc4 Nxg3 23. Qg2 Rxc4 (23... Nxh1 24. Nxd6+ Kf8 25. Nxc8
Qxc8 26. Qxh1 $18) 24. Rxh6 Rxc3 $1 25. Qxg3 $1 Qe6 26. Kb1 $1 exf4 27. Qxf4
Rc4 28. Bd4 O-O 29. b3 $40) (18... O-O $2 19. Rhd1 $16) (18... exf4 19. gxf4
Rb8 (19... Ne5 20. fxe5 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 dxe5+ 22. Kc1 $16) 20. Bd4 $1 $16) 19.
h3 $5 (19. Bc5 exf4 $1 20. gxf4 (20. Rxd6 Qc7 $1) 20... Ne5 $1 $13) 19... Nf6
$4 {[%mdl 64] Kasimdzhanov has missed a phanstastic resource 19...Nh2! that
would have kept him veru much in the game.} (19... Nh2 $1 $13 20. Rhxh2 (20.
Qe3 Nf3 21. Rd5 (21. Rf2 $6 Nd4 $1 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 O-O $40) 21... exf4
22. gxf4 O-O (22... Ne5 23. Bc5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25. Qc3 O-O 26. Bb4 Rb5 27.
Kb1 Rxd5 28. exd5 Bxf4 29. Rf1 $14) 23. Nxc4 Qc6 24. b3 Rxb6 25. Qxb6 (25. Rxd6
Qc7 26. Qxb6 Bxf4+ 27. Kb2 Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Nxd6 Rd8 30. Nb7 Rd2 $132)
25... Bxf4+ 26. Kd1 Qxb6 27. Nxb6 Ng5 $5 28. Ra5 $16) (20. Qf2 Nf3 21. Nd5 (21.
Rd5 exf4 22. Qxf3 Rxb6 23. Nxc4 Rc6 24. Ne5 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 fxg3+ 26. Kb1 Bg7 27.
Nxd7 Bxc3 28. Rxd6 g2 $1 29. Rg1 Bxd7 30. bxc3 Bxh3 31. Rd3 Be6 32. Rxg2 Ke7 $5
$36) (21. Ba7 $13) 21... Qa4 22. Nc7+ Kf8 $1 (22... Ke7 23. Rxd6 $1 $16) 23.
Rxd6 Qxa2 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Qxf3 Rxb6 $1 26. Nxc4 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 exf4 $5 28. e5
Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qa5+ 30. Kc1 $11) 20... Rxb6 21. f5 O-O $1 $13 (21... gxf5 $2 22.
exf5 Bxf5 23. Nd5 $1 $18)) (19... Rxb6 $2 20. hxg4 Bg7 21. f5 $18) 20. Bc5 $1
exf4 21. gxf4 Rc8 {Black is now helpless against the myriads of threats.} (
21... Bf8 22. f5 $1 gxf5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Re1+ Kd8 25. Nc6+ $18) 22. Bxd6 Qd8
23. Bb4 Qb6 24. a3 Nh5 25. Kb1 (25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bxf4 27. Qe4+ $18) 25...
Bxf4 26. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Bb8 (27... Qb8 28. Rhd1 Qc7 29. Qc3 $18) 28. Rhd1
c3 29. Rd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Nd2 {White tries to fight for an opening advantage
by a pawn sacrifice.} (17. Be3 Na5 $1 (17... Rcd8 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20.
Qa4 Ne5 21. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Rxd7 23. Ne5 Rd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Bologan,V/
Dortmund Stechen 2004 (26)}) 18. c4 (18. Nd2 $5 Bf5 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Ne4 Bd6 21.
Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 c6 24. Rd4 Nb3 25. Rf4 g6 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rb4
Bc2 28. Rd6 a5 29. Rb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Laznicka,V-Stopa,J/Legnica 2004/CBM 103
ext (64)}) (18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Ng4 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Erenburg,S/
Gothenburg SWE 2005/(21)}) 18... Nxc4 $1 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4
Qxe4 22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 $11 {0-1 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Brissago 2004/CBM
103/[Lukacs] (65)}) (17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Be3 Na5 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Bf5 Rb8 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Bacrot,
E/Saint Vincent ITA 2005/(25)}) 17... Bxg2 18. Bg4 (18. c4 $5 Qf5 (18... Qxd4
19. Be3 $18) 19. Bg4 Qxf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Kxg2 Qxd4 22. Nf3 Qxd1 23. Rexd1
Bd6 $11) 18... Bh1 (18... f5 $5 19. Be2 b5 (19... Na5 20. Qa4 $1 Bf8 21. Bf3
Bxf3 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxe8 $16) 20. Bxb5 (20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 (22.
Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Kxg2 Bd6 24. Qf3 Ne7 $11) 22... Qxd4 23. Be3 Qd6 (23... Qf6 24.
Kxg2 f4 25. Ne4 Qg6+ 26. Ng3 Rcd8 27. Qb3 Qf7 $15) 24. Kxg2 f4 25. Ba7 $5 (25.
Ne4 Qxd1 26. Rexd1 fxe3 27. cxb5 Nb4 $11) 25... Qg6+ 26. Kh1 Nxa7 27. Bg4 Bc5
28. Bxc8 Nxc8 29. cxb5 Bxf2 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Ra8 $16) (20. c4 Qxd4 21. Be3
Qd6 22. Kxg2 f4 23. Ne4 Qg6+ 24. Ng3 Rcd8 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bf3 fxe3
$17) 20... Qxb5 21. Kxg2 Bd6 22. Qf3 Ne7 $132) 19. f3 Bh4 $1 (19... f5 20. Bh5
g6 21. Kxh1 gxh5 22. Qb1 $1 (22. Be5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf7 24. Qc2 Rf8 $15) 22...
b6 (22... Bd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 (24... cxd6 25. Qxb7 $16) 25. Qxf5
$16) 23. Be5 $16) 20. Rf1 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qb3 $1 Ne7 (21... Bxf3 $5 22.
Bxf3 Qf5 23. Qxb7 Nd8 24. Qxc7 Bg5 25. Bg4 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. Nc4 $14) 22.
Be5 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 f5 (23... f6 24. Bxc7 Nd5 25. Bd6 f5 26. Bxf5 Bxf3 27. Rf1
$16) 24. Bh5 g6 25. Kxh1 gxh5 $11) (20. Re2 f5 21. Bh5 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxd4 23.
cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 Qxf4+ 25. Kxh1 Rd8 $36) 20... f5 21. Bh5 g6 22. Kxh1 gxh5
23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Qf1 ({Transposition to an equal ending probably was the best
choice for White.} 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Bf6 $11) 24... Bf6 25. Rb1 (25. Qc4
Ne7 $11) 25... Ne7 26. Bg5 (26. Rb5 c5 $15) 26... Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Rg8 {Black
takes over the initiative now.} (27... c5 $5 28. Ne4 (28. Qf2 cxd4 29. Rb5 Rc5
30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxd4+ Qxd4 32. cxd4 Rc8 $17) 28... Rc6 29. Nxc5 b6 30. Na4 (
30. Ne4 $140 h6 31. Rxh5 Qf7 $19) 30... Rg6 $15) 28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Qe2 Ng6 $36
30. Rb5 $6 (30. Qc4 $142 Qd6 31. Rxb7 Qe7 32. Rb1 Nf4 $36) 30... Qc6 $17 31.
Rxf5 (31. Qc4 Qe8 32. Qf1 (32. Rb1 Qe3 $17) 32... Qe3 $17) 31... Qxc3 32. Rd5
Qxa3 $19 33. Kh2 Qf8 34. Qe6 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Rf8 36. Qe2 (36. Rxh5 Qxd2 37. Qxg6
Qe1+ 38. Qg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Rxf3 $19) 36... h4 37. Rd7 Rf7 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Ne4
Qxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Rxf3 41. Nc5 b6 42. Ne6+ Kf6 43. Nxc7 Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 Rd3 45. Nb5
Kg5 46. Nxa7 h3 47. Nc6 Kg4 48. Ra8 Kg3 49. Ra1 h2+ 50. Kh1 Nf4 51. Ne5 Re3 52.
Rd1 Kh3 53. Nf7 Rg3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 $5 {This rare move is a pet line of Dutch
grandmaster Nijboer. White's idea is to avoid multiple trades on d4 trying to
keep more pieces on the board for the kingside attack.} (11. Kb1) (11. Qf2)
11... Bb4 (11... Be7) 12. Bd3 (12. a3 $2 Be7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Ne2 b4) 12... b5
13. Rhf1 {Preparing Rf1-f3-h3.} (13. g4 Nb6 (13... Bb7 14. Rhg1 Rc8 15. Rg3 Re8
16. Rh3 g6 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. g5 Nb4 19. Kb1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bc6 21. Ne2 $16 {
Nijboer,F-Glek,I/France 2003}) 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Ne4 Be7 16. g5 dxe4 17. Bxc4 Qc7
18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Be2 Nb4 $132 {Nijboer,F-Stellwagen,D/Leeuwarden 2002}) 13...
Nb6 (13... f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 $14) (13... Bb7 14. Rf3 Rc8 15. Rh3 f5 16.
exf6 Nxf6 17. Bc5 Rf7 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. a3 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qb6 $13 {Gallagher,
J-Brynell,S/Gausdal 2001}) 14. a3 $5 {A very commiting move, as Black gets a
chance to break through on the queenside by b4.} (14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 $5 (15.
Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 $11) 15... bxc4 16. Nd4 Ne7 $1 17. Nb1 (17. g4 f6 18. exf6
Rxf6 19. Nde2 Rb8 20. Ne4 $1 $36 {Cabrilo,G-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1988}) 17... Rb8
18. c3 Bc5 19. Nc2 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Nd2 f6 23. Nf3 $14 {
Rowson,J-Hoang Thanh Trang/Budapest 1996}) 14... Be7 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6
17. Bd4 $5 ({The immediate} 17. f5 {doesn't seem to be sufficient for
advantage due to} f6 $8 (17... b4 $2 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. f6 $16)
18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Bf5 Rad8 $11) 17... Nc4 (17... b4 $5) 18. Qe2
Rb8 {Black is ready to push b4, so Anand is forced to sacrifice on h7.} 19.
Bxh7+ {Diagram [#]} (19. Rf3 $6 g6 $36) 19... Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rd3 {
It's not so clear which rook White should've transfered to h3, but it seems
that his attack is sufficient only for a draw in any case.} (21. Rf3 f5 22. Rh3
Bc5 (22... b4 $6 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Qg6 Rf7 25. Rh7 Qc7 26. Qh5 Kf8 27. Rh8+ Ke7
28. Bf2 $16) 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rg3 Rg8 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Nxd5+ Qxd5 27. Bxc5+
Qxc5 28. Qg5+ Kf7 $11) 21... f5 22. Rh3 Bc5 23. Rff3 {By playing this move
Anand actually accepts a draw. He could've tried to play on with} (23. Qg6 $5
Rf7 24. Rh7 Qc7 25. Qh5 Kf8 26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kd7 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. e6+ $13
{with a quite messy position.}) 23... Bxd4 24. Rfg3 Rb7 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qxg7+
Ke8 27. Qxf8+ $1 {Diagram [#]} (27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rh7+ Kf8 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Nd4 a6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd3 d5 14. Rhe1
Bh4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Bf6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd3 Qd7 9. O-O-O Qf5 10. Qc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 h5 16. h3 Nc6 17. g4 g6 18. f4 Kd7 19. Bf3 b6 20. Be4 Rag8
21. c4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Ne7 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Rh1 Rxh1+ 25. Bxh1 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5
27. Be4 Bf6 28. b3 c5 29. Kd2 g5 30. Kd3 Kc7 31. Bd5 Kd7 32. Ke4 Kc7 33. a3 Kd7
34. Bd2 Kc7 35. Bf7 Kd7 36. Bd5 a5 37. Bf7 Kc7 38. Be8 Kd8 39. Bb5 Kc7 40. b4
axb4 41. axb4 Kc8 42. Be8 Kc7 43. Bf7 Kd7 44. Bd5 Kc7 45. Be6 Kb7 46. Kd3 Kc7
47. bxc5 bxc5 48. Ba5+ Kb7 49. Ke4 Kb8 50. Bd5 Kc8 51. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Rd1+ {With this check white does not allow the
black king to hide on the queenside by Bc8-d7 and Kd8-c8. On the other hand,
white limits his options as well, since white's rooks are usually placed on e1
and d1.} Ke8 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 {In Berlin defense white always has a problem
to solve about where to develop his bishop. Anand decided not to go for a more
common b2-b3.} ({Appeared in practice as well:} 12. Ne2) ({and} 12. Nd4) 12...
Ng6 (12... Bf5 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 Ng6 16. a3 Be7 17. Nd4 Bd7
18. f4 h5 19. Ne4 h4 20. Kf2 f5 21. Nc3 Nf8 $11 {0-1 Fontaine,R (2525)-Komarov,
D (2565)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (52)}) 13. a3 {Restricting the
possibilities of black's dark-squared bishop.} Be7 14. Rd2 {Anand already
played this position recently, being on the black side and defending
successfully.} h5 $1 $146 {A good move. Even with a waste of tempi it's
recommended for black to fix white's kingside pawns and prepare the
development of kingside rook via h5.} (14... a6 15. Re1 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17.
Ne2 Be7 18. Nf4 h5 19. e6 Bd6 20. e7 Kxe7 21. c4 Bxf4 22. Bxf4+ Be6 23. Bg5+
Kf8 24. b3 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2754)-Anand,V (2786)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM
105 ext}) (14... a5 15. Rad1 a4 16. Ne4 Ra5 17. Nd6+ cxd6 18. exd6 f6 19. dxe7
Kxe7 20. Rd4 Kf7 21. Nd2 Rd5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z (2465)
-Berzinsh,R (2445)/Germany 2004/CBM 100 ext (37)}) 15. Re1 h4 $1 {Fixing
white's kingside and preparing the development of the rook via h5.} 16. Ne4 Be6
17. Bg5 (17. Nd4 Nxe5 (17... Bd5 18. Nb5 Rc8 (18... cxb5 19. Rxd5 c6 20. Nd6+
Kf8 21. Rdd1 Nxe5 22. Nxb7 $16) 19. Nec3 Be6 20. Nd4 Nxe5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bd4
Nc4 23. Rde2 Kf7 24. Rxe6 $14) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bf4 Nc4 20. Rd4 b5 (20... Nxb2
21. Ng5 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nxe6 Nc4 24. Nc5+ Kf7 25. Nxb7 Nxa3 $11) 21. Ng5
$16) (17. Bc5 Rh5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 {leads to identical position as in the game.})
17... Rh5 $1 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Neg5 {Obviously, it's highly recommended for
white to exchange black's strong bishop. On the other hand, black does not
experience any problems with his king anymore. The position is equal.} a5 (
19... Bd5 20. e6 $1 f6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Rd7+ Kf8 23. Rxc7 $1 fxg5 $140 24. e7+
Ke8 25. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f5]} g4 26. hxg4 Rg5 27. Nf5 Rxf5 28. gxf5 Nf4 29. Re4
Nd5 30. Rxb7 Ba6 31. Rb3 $16) 20. Rd4 c5 21. Rd3 Ra6 {Landa managed to develop
both rooks in an unusual way.} 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Rde3 Rb6 $6 (23... a4 $1 {
Fixing white's queenside.} 24. Re4 Rb6 25. Rb1 Ke6 26. Rxa4 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5
28. Rxh4 Re2 29. Rc4 Kd5 30. b3 Rf6 {with sufficient compensation.}) 24. b3 Nf8
(24... a4 {Now it's worse than on the previous move.} 25. bxa4 Ra6 26. Re4 {
Black does not get sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 25. Re4 {[%csl Rh4]}
g5 $6 {After this move the rook on h5 looks miserable.} ({I think, it was
better to admit the mistake and come back with the knight:} 25... Ng6 $14) 26.
Rg4 {[%csl Rg5]} Rg6 27. Nd2 {The knight goes for a long route, which will
cause disharmony in black's forces.} Ne6 28. Nc4 b6 29. Ne3 Rh8 30. Nf5+ (30.
Nd5+ {looks also good, but Anand's choice is more accurate since the knight
from f5 covers an important d4 square.}) 30... Ke8 31. Rd1 f6 {The only way to
realive black's passive rooks.} 32. Re4 Rh7 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Ne3 Rd7 35. Re1 {
Correctly avoiding the exchange of rooks.} Rd6 36. Nc4 Rc6 37. a4 $1 {Fixing
the queenside. All black's pieces are passive, but it's not so easy to make
progress for white as well.} Kd8 38. Re5 Kc8 (38... Nd4 $4 39. Re8+ Kd7 40.
R1e7#) 39. c3 {Covering d4 square.} Kb7 40. g3 {White is going to organize a
passed pawn on the kingside.} hxg3 41. fxg3 Rg6 {Preventing h3-h4 for a while.}
42. Kg2 $6 ({An immediate} 42. Rf1 {would have been much more precise.}) 42...
Ng7 43. Rf1 (43. R1e4 Rcf6 $1 (43... Nh5 44. Rg4 Nf6 45. Rgxg5 Rxg5 46. Rxg5
Ne4 47. Re5 Nxc3 48. h4 $18 {[%csl Gg3,Gh4]}) 44. Rg4 $6 (44. Rd5 Rf8 45. Ne3
$16) 44... Nf5 45. Nd2 Rf8 46. Nf3 Rgf6 47. Rxg5 Nd4 $1 48. cxd4 (48. Nxd4 $4
Rf2+ 49. Kh1 Rf1+ 50. Kh2 R8f2#) 48... Rxf3 49. h4 cxd4 $132) (43. Rd5 $5)
43... Rce6 44. Rf7 Rxe5 45. Nxe5 Re6 {Black got reasonable drawing chances,
since his rook is now active.} 46. Nc4 Ne8 47. Rf5 Re2+ 48. Rf2 Re1 (48...
Rxf2+ $2 49. Kxf2 $18 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gh3h4]}) 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Re4 (50...
Nd6 {Black should strive to a rooks endgame!} 51. Nxd6+ cxd6 52. h5 Re5 53. h6
Rh5 54. Rf7+ Kc6 55. h7 d5 56. Kf3 d4 57. cxd4 (57. c4 Kd6 58. Kg4 Rh1 $11)
57... cxd4 58. Kg4 Rh1 $11) 51. Kh3 Kc6 $2 {After this move black's position
seems to be beyond saving. It was the last chance to play 51...Nd6.} (51... Nd6
52. Nxd6+ cxd6 53. h5 c4 54. bxc4 Rxc4 55. h6 Rxc3+ 56. Kg4 b5 57. h7 Rc8 58.
Rh2 (58. Rb2 b4 59. Rh2 Rh8 60. Kg5 Kc6 61. Kg6 Kc5 {with sufficient
counterplay.}) 58... Rh8 59. Kg5 bxa4 60. Kg6 Kc6 61. Kg7 Rd8 62. h8=Q Rxh8 63.
Rxh8 Kb5 64. Kf6 a3 $11) 52. h5 Kd5 53. h6 Re6 54. Rf5+ Ke4 {[%tqu "En","How
should White continue?","","","f5e5","With this small tactics Anand transforms
the game to an easily won knights endgame.",10]} 55. Re5+ $1 {With this small
tactics Anand transforms the game to an easily won knights endgame.} Rxe5 56.
Nxe5 Nf6 57. Nd7 $1 Nh7 (57... Kf5 58. Nxf6 Kxf6 59. c4 Kg6 60. Kg4 $18) 58.
Kg4 c4 {The last desperate attempt.} (58... b5 59. axb5 c4 60. bxc4 a4 61. Nc5+
$18) 59. bxc4 Kd3 60. Kf5 Kxc4 61. Kg6 b5 62. axb5 (62. axb5 a4 63. b6 cxb6 64.
Nxb6+ Kb5 65. Nxa4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 {This knight manouevre became very fashionable.} 10.
h3 Bf5 {A rare and somewhat risky move. Black attacks the Pc2 and intends to
hide his king on a safe queenside. On the other hand, black's bishop might
become a target for whhite's pawns and knights.} ({More often seen in practice:
} 10... Ng6) ({and} 10... Ke8) 11. Rd1+ (11. g4 $5 {This pawn sacrifice is
definitely a deserving alternative. At a price of a pawn white wins several
tempoes for advancing his pawn majority on the kingside.} Bxc2 12. Nd4 Bg6 13.
f4 c5 14. Nf3 $1 f5 15. Nh4 $1 $44 {1-0 Parligras,M (2560)-Aleksandrov,A (2635)
/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01/[Postny,E] (44)}) 11... Kc8 12. Nd4 (12. Rd2 h6 13. b3
b6 14. Bb2 Kb7 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Nh5 c5 19. a4 Rg8 20. c4
Be7 21. g4 Rae8 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. Ng1 g6 24. Nf6 Bxf6 25. exf6 g5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Ehlvest,J (2631)-Mitkov,N (2539)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (48)}) 12... Bg6 13. Bf4
(13. Bg5 c5 14. Ndb5 a6 15. Nd6+ cxd6 16. exd6 f6 $1 17. dxe7 Bxe7 18. Nd5 Bd8
19. Be3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z (2652)-Sorokin,M (2560)/Moscow 2006/CBM
112_01 (26)}) 13... b6 $6 ({The critical continuation is} 13... c5 14. Nf3 ({
Does not work:} 14. Ndb5 $6 a6 15. Nxc7 (15. Nd6+ cxd6 16. exd6 Nc6 17. Na4 Kd8
) 15... Kxc7 16. e6+ Kb6) 14... Bxc2 $6 (14... Nc6 $142) 15. Rd2 Bg6 16. Rad1
Nc6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Ne5 Nd4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Nb5 $1 $16) 14. e6 $1 Kb7 15. Re1
{Now white is threatening to take on f7 followed by Nd4-e6.} (15. exf7 $6 Bxf7
16. Re1 Nd5 $11) 15... f6 (15... Rd8 $2 16. Rad1 c5 17. Ndb5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 fxe6
19. Rd7 $18) 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rd2 {Black's position looks totally cramped, but
in fact, white does not have any decisive manoeuvre.} h5 18. Bh2 {Anand moves
his bishop away before black plays g7-g5 with tempo.} (18. Nf3 Be8 {[%cal
Gg7g5]}) 18... h4 19. Nf3 Be8 $1 20. Rd4 $6 {This move is actually a waste of
time. The rook on d4 is vulnerable, while black ws intending to play g7-g5
anyway.} (20. Ne4 {was more to the point preventing from black to play g7-g5
developing the kingside pieces.} {Probably Anand was concerned about} Rh5 {
but, I think that after} 21. c4 {white keeps a stable advantage.}) 20... g5 21.
Ne4 Rh6 22. Rdd1 Nf5 {Black's pieces are coming out one after another. White's
advantage is not so obvious anymore.} 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Be7 25. f4 {
Breaking black's pawns chain.} gxf4 26. Bxf4 Rg6 27. Rd2 Rg7 28. Kh1 Rd8 $2 (
28... c5 $14) 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Bd6 $1 {I guess that this small tactics was
overlooked by McShane. Suddenly, white's "e" pawn become a mobile passer.} (30.
g4 hxg3 31. Nxg3 Bg6 $132) 30... f5 31. e7 $1 (31. Bf8 Rh7 32. Nd2 Bf6 33. c3
c5 34. Nf3 Kc6 {is not clear at all.}) (31. Nc5+ bxc5 32. e7 Kc8 33. Bxc5 a6
$14) 31... Bxe7 32. Bxe7 fxe4 33. Bxh4 (33. Rxe4 $2 Bg6 34. Re2 Rh7) 33... Bg6
{Objectively, white's position is winning thanks to the connected passed pawns.
But, from now on, Anand starts a long series of mistakes which caused a total
turnover.} 34. c3 $6 (34. Kh2 Rf7 35. g4 Rf3 36. Kg2 $18) 34... Rf7 35. Kg1 $6
(35. Kh2 $18 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 35... c5 36. Bg5 $6 (36. g4 $2 Rh7 {[%cal Gh7h3]})
({Again} 36. Kh2) 36... Kc6 37. Be3 Kb5 38. Rd1 $2 {After this move the
initiative finally goes to McShane's side.} (38. g4 Rf3 39. Kg2 Kc4 40. h4 Kd3
41. h5 Bf7 42. h6 Bg6 43. Bg5 {[%cal Ge1d1,Gd1d7] was still clearly in white's
favour.}) 38... Kc4 39. Kh2 a5 40. Kg3 a4 41. a3 Bh5 42. Rd2 Rf1 43. Kh4 Re1
44. Bf4 Be8 45. Bg3 Rb1 46. Bf4 Kb3 {In the last 10 moves white didn't make
any step forward, while black is already triumphing on the queeenside.} 47. g4
Rxb2 48. Rd8 Bb5 49. Kg5 Rg2 50. c4 Bxc4 51. Bxc7 b5 52. Bb6 Kxa3 53. Bxc5+ Kb3
{The position looks completely lost for white, but luck goes with the
strongest!} 54. Re8 a3 55. Rxe4 a2 56. Bd4 Rg1 57. h4 a1=Q 58. Bxa1 Rxa1 59. h5
Rh1 60. Kh6 Kc3 61. Re3+ $1 Kd2 ({A nice escape could arise after} 61... Bd3
62. g5 b4 63. g6 b3 64. g7 Rg1 {[%tqu "En","White can resign or...","","",
"e3g3","",10]} 65. Rg3 $3 Rxg3 66. g8=Q $1 Rxg8 {stalemate!}) 62. Re7 Be2 63.
Re4 Kd3 64. Rf4 Kc3 65. Re4 Bd1 66. Kg7 b4 (66... Bxg4 $2 67. h6 (67. Rxg4 $2
Rxh5 $19) 67... Bf5 68. Re5 Bd3 69. Rxb5 Bxb5 70. h7 $11) 67. h6 b3 $4 {
This blunder appears to be rather crucial for the whole Bundesliga season. If
McShane would have won this, then his team Werder Bremen would have won the
match against his main rival for the title - Baden Oos...} (67... Bc2 68. Re6
Rg1 {was winning rather easily.}) 68. Re3+ Kd4 69. Rxb3 Bxb3 70. h7 Rxh7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bb2
Rc8 15. Bd4 Bb5 16. Qd1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Rac1 d4 20. exd4
Qxd4 21. Rxc3 Qxc3 22. Qd1 g6 23. Nc4 Re8 24. h3 Re6 25. a4 h5 26. a5 Kg7 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Ein sehr starker Zug, der den König für das Endspiel schon mal näher
heranführt und Weiß in eine Art Zugzwang bringt.} 27. Qf3 $2 {Das entstehende
Endspiel ist erstaunlich vorteilhaft für Schwarz.} (27. f4 {was a better try
to muddy the water. bot bessere Chancen, das Wasser zu trüben.}) 27... Qxf3 $19
28. gxf3 h4 29. Rd1 Nh5 30. Rd7 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Rd2 $6 {Im reinen
Springerendspiel ist Weiß chancenlos, weil sein König nicht mitspielt.
Allerdings sollte auch} (32. Rxb7 {verlieren, z.B.} Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Rxf3 34. Ne5
(34. Nd6 $5) 34... Rf5 35. Nc4 g5 36. Rb6 Rf3 37. b4 Nf4 38. Rxa6 Nxh3+ 39. Kh1
g4 $19) 32... Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Kf6 34. Ne4+ Ke5 35. Nc5 Nf4 36. Nxb7 Ne6 $1 {
[%cal Ge6d8,Ge6c5,Ge5d6] Dominiert den weißen Springer komplett, was den
Untergang besiegelt:} 37. b4 Kd5 38. b5 axb5 39. a6 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bc6 8.
Nc3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. a3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Qc2 Rc8 16. e4 Bb7 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. a4
Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Ba6 26. Rcc1 Bxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rfd8 28. Rdd1 f6 29. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Ke8 11. Nd4 Nf5 12. Nde2 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14.
h3 h5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nf4 h4 17. Ne4 Rhd8 18. Ng5 c5 19. Nfxe6 fxe6 20. c3 c4
21. Nf3 a5 22. Rde1 a4 23. a3 Rd3 24. Re4 b5 25. Rfe1 Rad8 26. Kf1 c5 27. Ke2
R8d5 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. Rc2 Rd1 30. Nxh4 Nxh4 31. Rxh4 Rg1 32. Rf4+ Ke7 33. Rg4
Rxe5+ 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. h4 Rd1 36. Rf4+ Ke7 37. Re4 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Rxe4+ 39. Kxe4
Kf6 40. Re2 Rd1 41. g3 g6 42. f3 Rd3 43. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{This was a crucial weekend for us. Baden-Baden needed to get past Godesberg
and Porz in order to clinch the title that had slipped out of our hands for
the last two years. This was the first of those games.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 {The Anti-Marshall
that is all the rage in recent years} Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12.
bxc3 Na5 13. Bg5 {A new idea. White allows his bishop to be captured on the
premise that the remaining bishops favor him.} h6 14. Bh4 c5 $1 {Black´s aim
in this line is to "bury" the bishop with c5-c4 and I stick to this plan.
However, there is now a piece sacrifice in the air.} (14... Nxb3 15. cxb3 d6
16. b4 {White could try to go for Nd2-b3}) 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 $2 {Here
however, Kasimdzhanov hesitates.} (16. exd5 g5 (16... d6 $2 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18.
Nd2 {Now the knight on a5 has no square!}) 17. Nxg5 {This is forced} (17. Bg3
d6 {Loses a pawn for very little}) 17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qb6 {Now White can
either take a 3rd pawn} 19. Bxf6 ({or even} 19. c4 Nb7 20. Rb1 Nh7 21. Bd2 {
with good compensation}) 19... Qxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Qxd7 {It doesnt look like
White is worse here}) 16... Qxf6 17. exd5 Qd6 $1 {Of course not d6. Black now
benefits from the d6 square} 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qd2 Nb7 {This is what
Kasimdzhanov missed. The knight heads for d6} 20. dxc4 e4 (20... Qf6 $2 21. Qc3
e4 $8 (21... d6 {would leave the knight without a square}) 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23.
Nd2 Nd6 24. Rab1 $1 $16) 21. Nh2 Qg6 22. Qf4 Nd6 23. Nf1 (23. Ng4 Nxc4) 23...
f5 $1 (23... Nxc4 $2 24. Ng3 Nd6 25. Rab1 $1 {Before Black can get in f5,
White threatens Rb6} Nb5 26. Nxe4 $13) 24. Rab1 (24. Ng3 Qf6 25. Rab1 g5) 24...
Nxc4 25. Ng3 {Kasimdzhanov touched his knight and then realized that Ne3
allows Nd2. So he has to further worsen his position instead of playing, for
instance Rb7} (25. Ne3 Nd2 $1) 25... Re5 $1 26. Rb7 Qf7 {Now the game is over}
27. h4 Qxd5 28. Reb1 Rf8 {The computer wants to start taking pawns, but I
preferred to be methodical} 29. Rc7 e3 $1 30. Rbb7 (30. fxe3 Nxe3 31. Qf3 Qd4
$19) 30... Re7 31. f3 e2 {Happily, Baden-Baden won convincingly on Sunday to
take the German team championship title} (31... e2 32. Nxe2 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxe2 {
leaves Black a piece up}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. b3 1-0

[Event "Venaco op"]
[Site "Venaco"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battesti, Marc Andria"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Bc4 g6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. f5 Bb7 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Qc5 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Nh7 19. e5 d5 20. Nb1 Rf1+ 21.
Bxf1 Bc8 0-1

[Event "Venaco op"]
[Site "Venaco"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Zude, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. g4 Nb6 8. h4 h5
9. g5 Nfd7 10. f4 b4 11. Nd1 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. c4 Bb7 15. Bd3
Qc7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Nf2 Nb8 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. b3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4
22. Bc2 e5 23. f5 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rd4 25. Qg3 Rfd8 26. Rde1 Rd2 27. Bb1 Qd6 28.
Re3 Qd4 29. Rf3 Nc8 30. Qh3 Ne7 31. fxg6 Nxg6 32. Rxf7 Bc8 33. Qf3 Nf4 34. Rf5
Qb2 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. e5 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Rd2 38. Qxf4 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rh2+ 40. Qxh2
Bb7+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Qf2 Qd8 1-0

[Event "Venaco op"]
[Site "Venaco"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Rc3
O-O 15. a3 Rc7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 h6 18. b4 Bd8 19. Qb3 Ne7 20. b5 Rxc3 21.
Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Nc8 23. a4 Nb6 24. Nd2 Qc8 25. g3 Be7 26. a5 Na8 27. h4 b6
28. axb6 axb6 29. Bb4 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Bxb4 31. Qxb4 Nc7 32. Nf3 Qc4 33. Qd6 Nxb5
34. Qxb6 Qd3 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qb6 Nc3 37. Qc7 Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Venaco op"]
[Site "Venaco"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 20. g4 Bd6 21.
f3 a5 22. a4 Rfc8 23. c4 b5 24. c5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nd5 26. Bd6 bxa4 27. Kc2 Nc7
28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. Rxa4 Rab8 31. Rb1 Rb3 32. Rxa5 Rxf3 33. Ra6 Rb4
34. Rd1 Rfb3 35. Ra2 Rg3 36. Rd3 Rxg4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Kc3 Rb7 39. Rc8 Rg5 40.
Rxc6 Rxh5 41. b4 Rh1 42. Kc4 g5 43. Rb6 Ra7 44. c6 Kg6 45. d5 exd5+ 46. Rxd5 f6
47. Kb5 g4 48. Rb7 Ra8 49. c7 Rc1 50. Rb8 Rxc7 51. Rxa8 Rg7 52. Kc6 h5 53. b5
h4 54. Rh8 h3 55. b6 f5 56. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Venaco op"]
[Site "Venaco"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 Nc6 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8.
Ne5 Bf5 9. e3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qb4 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxf2
15. Kxf2 Qxb5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. a4 Qd7 18. Rhf1 e6 19. Kg1 Kh8 20. Rad1 Rg8 21.
e4 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rg7 23. Qh4 Rag8 24. Rd2 Rg4 25. Qf6+ R8g7 26. a5 Kg8 27. h3
R4g5 28. c4 c6 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Rc2 R7g6 31. Qf4 Rf5 32. Qc1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1
Kg7 34. Qc1 Qb5 35. Qd2 b6 36. a6 Qxa6 37. Rc7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qf1 39. Rxa7 Qf5
40. Qe3 Rg5 41. Rb7 Qxe5+ 42. Qxe5+ Rxe5 43. Rxb6 Re3 44. Kg1 Re2 45. Kf1 Rc2
46. Rb3 h5 47. Rg3+ Kf6 48. Rf3+ Ke7 49. b3 f5 50. g3 Kf6 51. g4 h4 52. gxf5 e5
53. Ke1 d4 54. Kd1 Rg2 55. Kc1 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Venaco KO"]
[Site "Venaco"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. f4 b4 13. Kb1 a5 14. f5 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qg5 Rg8 17. f6 g6 18. h4 a4 19. Rh3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Qh6
Rc6 22. Rc1 Qd4 23. Qxh7 Rf8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qxh5 Rg8 26. Rh4 Qc5 27. Rg4 Rf8
28. Qh4 b3 29. c3 a3 30. axb3 Qe3 31. Qe1 Qd3+ 32. Ka2 axb2 33. Kxb2 Kd7 34.
Rd4 Qg6 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. Ra1 Rb7 37. b4 Qg3 38. Ra3 Rc8 39. Rg4 Qh2 40. Rg7 Rf8
41. Qa6 Rxb4+ 42. cxb4 Qxe5+ 43. Rc3 Qe2+ 44. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Venaco KO"]
[Site "Venaco"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2005.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 Bb6 7. O-O d6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qb3 Qf6 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Bd5 f6 12. Bxg8 fxg5 13. Nxg5 Kf8 14. Ne6+ Kxg8
15. Nxc7+ Kf8 16. Nxa8 Bh3 17. g3 Qxe4 18. Qa3+ Ne7 0-1

[Event "Venaco KO"]
[Site "Venaco"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nge2
Nxe2 9. Bxe2 O-O 10. g4 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd5 Qa5 14. dxc6 Be6
15. g5 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxa2 18. c4 Rdb8 19. Qc3 Rb3 20. Qc2 e4 21.
Bd4 exf3 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rd3 fxe2 25. Rxb3 Qa1+ 26. Qb1 Qa4 27.
Re3 Qb4 28. Qe4 Qxe7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Rxe2 Rc8 31. Rd1 Rxc6 32. b3 Qa3+ 33. Qb2
Qe7 34. h4 Rc8 35. Rd4 a5 36. Qa1 Qc7 37. Red2 Qb6 38. Rd6 Qg1+ 39. Kb2 Qe3 40.
Rd8+ Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Venaco KO"]
[Site "Venaco"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Rb1 Ne7 8. e4
c6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e5 Ne4 13. f4 Nf5 14. O-O Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Bf5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Be3 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. Rbe1 Bc5+ 21.
Kh1 e3 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bf3 Rd2 24. Re2 Bd3 25. Bxd2 Bxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxb2 27.
Bxe3 Bxe3 28. Bc4 Rc2 29. Bb3 Rc1 30. Bd1 Ra1 31. a4 g5 32. f5 g4 33. h3 h5 34.
hxg4 hxg4 35. Be2 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Kf8 37. Be2 Bd4 38. e6 f6 39. Bxg4 Ke7 40. Kg2
Bb6 41. Kf3 Bc5 42. Bh3 Bb6 43. Bf1 Bc5 44. Kg4 a5 45. Kh5 Be3 46. Kg6 Bg5 47.
g4 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 Nc5 11. f3 Be7 12. b4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Nb3 a5 15.
bxa5 bxa5 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Nb5 Ne5 18. Qc3 Qb8 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Nxa5 Ba6 21.
Rab1 Bf6 22. Kh1 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 e5 24. Bg1 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 Bg4 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 e5 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 h5 16. Qb3 Bh6 17. Nf3 d4 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Rfxc1 Kg7 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Ra1
Nc5 22. Qb2 Na4 23. Qd2 Nc3 24. Nf3 Qxb4 25. Nxe5 Qe7 26. f4 Ng4 27. Bf3 Nxe5
28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Kg2 Rfe8 30. Qb2 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 b5 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Ra7 Re7
34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Kf1 b4 36. Qb3 Qc5 37. Kg2 Nb5 38. Qa4 Nd6 39. Qb3 Nf5 40.
Kf2 Ne3 41. Qb1 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 c6 (4... Bg7 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d5 Nd4
8. Nge2 Nxe2 9. Bxe2 O-O 10. g4 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd5 Qa5 14.
dxc6 Be6 15. g5 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxa2 18. c4 $18 {1-0 Anand,
V-Gurevich,M/Venaco FRA 2005/The Week in Chess 576 (41)}) 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. c4 a6
7. a4 (7. Nc3 b5 8. a4 bxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. a5 O-O 11. Nge2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 13.
Ba2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bc5 Re8 16. Bb6 Qe7 17. f4 Ned7 18. e5 Ng4 19. h3 Nxb6
20. hxg4 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Kovacs,L-Ftacnik,L/Zalaegerszeg 1979/EXT 2002 (47)})
7... a5 8. Nc3 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Ra3 Bg7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. g4 (12. Nc1 cxd5 13.
cxd5 Nh5 14. Nd3 b6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bb5 f5 $132 {0-1 Arakelyan,A-Harutjunyan,
G/Yerevan 2004/CBM 103 ext (37)}) (12. g4 {Diagram}) 12... Bxg4 $5 13. fxg4
Nxg4 {[/\14...Qh4,14...Nxe3]} (13... Nfxe4 14. Qd1 $1 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. Bf2
$14) 14. Bxc5 (14. h4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 h5 $5 $44 {/\16...Kh7,17...Bh6 Anand,V}) (
14. Bg5 f6 $44 15. Bh4 $2 Bh6 16. Qc2 Ne3 $19) 14... Qh4+ 15. Ng3 dxc5 {
[/\16...Bh6;f7-f5-f4<=>]} 16. Qg2 $5 (16. Bg2 Bh6 17. Qe2 Bf4 $132 (17... f5
18. exf5 gxf5 $44)) 16... f5 17. exf5 (17. Qh3 Qg5 18. Nd1 h5 19. exf5 e4 $132)
17... e4 $5 (17... gxf5 18. dxc6 e4 19. cxb7 Rab8 $13) 18. Ncxe4 Rae8 $44 19.
fxg6 (19. Be2 cxd5 20. cxd5 gxf5 $132) 19... Rf2 $1 20. Qh3 Rxe4+ $4 $138 (
20... Qg5 $1 $11 {(/\21...Qc1;21...Qd2)} 21. Qxh7+ (21. Kd1 Ne3+ 22. Ke1 (22.
Kc1 Nxc4+ $19) (22. Rxe3 Qxe3 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 $19) 22... Ng4 $11) 21... Kf8 22.
Kd1 Ne3+ 23. Ke1 Ng4 $11) 21. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. d3 Nc6 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 a6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nge2 d6
9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Ba7 11. Kh2 Rb8 12. b4 Ne7 13. Bb2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. d4
Ng6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 c6 20. Bg2 Bb6 21. Nf3 Nc4
22. Bc3 d5 23. Bd4 Bc7 24. Qd3 Bd6 25. Rfe1 Ra8 26. Qc3 Bf8 27. Ne5 Ra6 28.
Nxd7 Qxd7 29. e4 Rea8 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Qf3 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Qf4 Ra8 34.
Bc3 Rd8 35. Qd4 Qc6 36. h4 Nb6 37. Re3 Na4 38. Bd2 Qc4 39. Rd3 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Be3 h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. Qe2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. b4 a5 16. Nc4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c5 19. Reb1 Ra4 20. a3 cxb4 21.
axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qb8 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. Nf5 Kh7 25. Rc1 Re8 26. h4 h5 27. Ng3
Kg8 28. Nxh5 Nxh5 29. Qxh5 Qxb4 30. g3 c5 31. Qd1 Rb8 32. Ra1 Qb3 33. Qe2 Qb2
34. Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bg1 f5 18. c4 Nf6 19. Rb1 Nh5 20. g3 f4 21. g4 Nf6 22.
Nd2 Bc8 23. Bd3 h5 24. h3 Bh4 25. Kg2 Bg3 26. Bf2 Bxf2 27. Rxf2 hxg4 28. hxg4
Nxg4 29. fxg4 Qh4 30. Nf3 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 e4 32. Bxe4 Bxg4 33. Qd3 Bh3+ 34. Ke2
Rae8 35. Rg1 Bf5 36. Rxg3 fxg3 37. Nd2 gxf2 38. Kf1 Bxe4 39. Nxe4 Rf4 40. Nxf2
Ref8 41. Ke1 Rxf2 42. Qg6 R2f6 43. Qg4 Rf1+ 44. Ke2 R1f2+ 45. Ke1 R8f6 46. Qc8+
Kh7 47. Qxa6 Ra2 48. c5 Rh6 49. Qd3+ Kg8 50. Qe4 Rh1+ 51. Qxh1 Ra1+ 52. Kd2
Rxh1 53. c6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nf1 Nc4 15.
Qe2 Re8 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Nf5 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. a4 Bc6 21. Bg5 h6
22. Be3 Be7 23. Nh2 Nb6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nh2 g6 26. b3 Qb7 27. a5 Nd7 28. Nf3 Bf8
29. Nd2 Nf6 30. f3 Bd7 31. c4 Be6 32. Bd3 b4 33. Nf1 Nd7 34. Bf2 Nb8 35. Ne3
Nc6 36. Nd5 Kh8 37. Rf1 Nd4 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. f4 Bxd5 40. cxd5 exf4 41. Rxf4
Bd6 42. Rf6 Be5 43. Rc6 Qe7 44. Qf3 Kg7 45. Rf1 Rec8 46. Bc4 f6 47. Re6 Qd8 48.
d6 Ra7 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rc5 51. g5 fxg5 52. Qg4 Bf4 53. Rxf4 gxf4 54. Qxg6+
Kh8 55. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Be3 Bd7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. b4 b6 11. c4 bxc5 12. b5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5
Rad8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. a4 Bd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Bh7+
Kh8 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Bd3 Qc5 23. a5 e5 24. f4 e4 25. Bxe4 d3+ 26. Qf2 Qxc4 27.
Bf3 Qxb5 28. Qxa7 Ba6 29. Qb6 Qc4 30. Rd1 Re8 31. h3 Re6 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. f5
Re3 34. f6 Qf4 35. fxg7 Kxg7 36. Qa8 d2 37. Qxa6 Re1+ 38. Qf1 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Rxf1
40. Rxf1 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 Qc5+ 42. Kh1 Qxa5 43. Rd1 Qe5 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Kf6
46. Bh5 Kg5 47. Bf3 Kf4 48. Bh5 f6 49. Bf3 Ke3 50. Bh5 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7
9. a4 Qxb6 10. a5 Qa7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Nc4 Nc7 15. Na4
Nb5 16. Nab6 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bg4 Qb7 20. Ra4 Nd4 21. Rc4
Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Nb3 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Rh4 Bf6 25. Rh3 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Kg7 27. Re1
Bd4 28. Re2 Rbe8 29. Qg4 Rf5 30. Rf3 h5 31. Qe4 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Rf8 33. Qd3 Rf6
34. g3 g5 35. Qe4 Rf7 36. Kg2 Qb8 37. f3 Qh8 38. Qd3 g4 39. f4 h4 40. Re6 Qh5
41. gxh4 Rxf4 42. Rxe7+ Kf8 43. Qh7 Qxh7 44. Rxh7 Bg7 45. Rh5 Bxb2 46. Kg3 Re4
47. Rf5+ Ke8 48. Rf2 Be5+ 49. Kg2 c4 50. h5 c3 51. h6 Rb4 52. h7 Bh8 53. Kg3
Rb2 54. Rf4 c2 55. Rc4 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Be3 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Qf6 14.
Be3 Bf5 15. Rc1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Re7 18. a3 Rae8 19. h3 h6 20. Rc5
Rd7 21. b4 b6 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Bc1 Nf5 24. Qf3 Re4 25. Bb2 Qe6 26. b5 Re7 27. a4
Nh4 28. Qg3 Ng6 29. Bc1 Kh7 30. Be3 f5 31. Rc6 Qf7 32. Bc1 f4 33. Qg4 f3 34.
Qxf3 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf3 37. gxf3 Nh4 38. Be3 Ra1 39. Kg3 Ng6 40.
h4 h5 41. Rc7 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kh2 Ra1 45. Bg5 Rxa4 46. Bf6
Nf4 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
O-O Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nc5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 O-O 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. a4
Bd7 15. a5 Qa6 16. c4 Qxc4 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. a6 Qe8 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Rxd7 Bc5
21. Rc1 Qe2 22. Rd2 Qe6 23. Qd5 Bb6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rd7 Rac8 26. Rb7 Rxc1+
27. Bxc1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 {White is surely looking left and right
in this line, since the fight for any advantage is pretty elusive and black is
doing fine.} (18. cxb3 axb3 19. a3 Rc8+ 20. Kb1 Bc4 21. f6 Nexf6 22. gxf6 Bxf6
23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nxb3 Rxe4 25. Bd4 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Borriss,M (2442)-Gallagher,J 
(2540)/Germany 2003 (39)}) 18... bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Ne5
22. h4 Ra5 (22... Qb8 23. Rh3 Ra4 24. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Vorobiov,E (2529)
-Magalashvili,D (2423)/Moscow 2005}) 23. Qc3 $6 {Interesting novelty, but
Karjakin unfortunatelly played Anand. The former FIDE world champion will find
a way to refute the new concept.} (23. Qe2 d5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Bxa3 26.
bxa3 Nd6 27. Bc5 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2749)-Vallejo Pons,F (2686)/Monte Carlo
2005 (67)}) (23. Qb4 Qa8 24. Bb6 Ra4 25. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 26. Nc2 Ra8 27. Qd5 Qxd5
28. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Najer,E (2652)-Popov,V (2592)/Moscow 2006 (42)}) 23... Qa8
24. Bg2 (24. Be2 Qxe4+ 25. Ka1 Ra8 $17) 24... Nc7 $3 {[%mdl 128] A real
thunder from the blue, black insists on coming first with his attack.} 25. Qxc7
(25. Bd2 Ra7 26. Rh3 Rb8 $19) (25. Bb6 Rxa3 26. bxa3 Nb5 27. Qxb3 Nxa3+ $19)
25... Rc8 26. Qxe7 (26. Qb6 Nc4 27. Qxb3 Nxa3+ 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Qb2 Rb8 30.
Bb6 Ra6 31. e5 Ra1+ 32. Qxa1 Rxb6+ 33. Kc2 Qxg2+ 34. Kc3 dxe5 $19) 26... Nc4 $1
{Excellent position that explains the reason the black's success. Karjakin is
simply lacking the defenders of his king.} 27. g6 (27. Bd4 Rxa3 (27... Qc6 28.
Nxc4 Qxc4 29. Bc3 Rca8 30. Kc1 Qe2 $19) 28. bxa3 Nxa3+ 29. Kb2 Nc4+ 30. Kc3
Qa5+ 31. Kd3 Qa2 32. Bc5 Qc2+ 33. Kd4 Qf2+ 34. Kc3 Qxc5 $19) (27. Bc1 Qc6 $19)
(27. Bc5 $5 Rxa3 (27... Nxa3+ 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Qxd6 Ra1+ 30. Kb2 Ra2+ 31. Kb1
Rxg2 32. Ba7 Re8 33. Qd7 Ra2 34. g6 Qxe4+ 35. Qd3 Qxd3+ 36. Rxd3 Rxa7 37. Rxb3
$15) 28. bxa3 Nxa3+ 29. Kc1 (29. Kb2 Rxc5 $19) 29... Rxc5+ (29... Qa5 30. Rxd6
b2+ 31. Kxb2 Nc4+ 32. Kc1 Nxd6 33. Qxd6 Rxc5+ 34. Kd1 Qa1+ $15) 30. Kd2 Rc2+
31. Ke1 b2 32. g6 f6 $17) 27... hxg6 28. fxg6 Nxa3+ (28... Rxa3 29. Qxf7+ (29.
bxa3 Nxa3+ 30. Kb2 Rc2+ 31. Kxb3 Qb8+ 32. Kxa3 Qb2+ 33. Ka4 Rc4+ $19) 29... Kh8
30. bxa3 Nxa3+ 31. Kb2 Nc4+ 32. Kc3 Ne5+ 33. Kd2 Qa2+ 34. Ke1 Qxg2 $19) 29.
bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ (30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bd4 Ra1+ 32. Bxa1 Qa2#) 30... Kh7 31.
f8=N+ {White has to play moves worthy of a true wizzard, but his position
remains hopeless.} Rxf8 32. Qxf8 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 (34. Kxb3 Qa4+ 35.
Kc3 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Qc4#) 34... Qa5+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Kd4 (36. Kc3 Rc2+ 37. Kd4
Qc4#) 36... Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Qc4+ (37... Qc4+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{One of the most popular ways to avoid the Marshall Attack.} Bb7 9. d3 d6 10.
a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bd5 {This move was
introduced by Sutovsky less than a year ago. It seems that Black experiences
certain problems in this line.} (15. Nd5 Nb8 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2
Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd2 c4 $13 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Cap d'Agde 2003 
(56)}) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bb1 Nc6 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Rae8 21. c3
Ne5 22. Bc2 Bc6 $11 {Anand,V-Grischuk,A/Cap d'Agde 2003}) 15... Bd7 {A couple
of rounds later Navara opted for 15...Bxd5 and managed to equalize, but
Aronian's choice appears to be quite reasonable.} (15... Rc8 16. c3 Bxd5 17.
exd5 Nb8 18. a4 Qd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Rc7 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23.
Ndc4 $14 {Sutovsky,E-Beliavsky,A/Gothenburg 2005}) (15... Bxd5 $5 16. exd5 Nb8
17. b4 (17. a4 $5) 17... Nbd7 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nfe4 21. Nc6
Qd7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qd4 Rfe8 $132 {Almasi,Z-Navara,D/Wijk aan Zee 2006}) 16.
Bb3 Be6 17. c3 {Once the bishop is on b3 White doesn't mind to trade it as his
queen takes the bishop's place on the diagonal a2-g8.} Bxb3 18. Qxb3 g6 19. Qa2
{[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 $5 {Preventing b4, which would've been played otherwise.
It's a rather risky decision from the strategical point of view as White gets
a great square for the knight on c4, but the alternative was hardly better.} (
19... Qd7 20. b4 a5 (20... cxb4 21. axb4 a5 22. Bd2 Qb7 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Qb3
$14) 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Nd5 $14) 20. a4 b4 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Nh2 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Gh2g4] Starting a fight for the light squares in the center.} Rfd8 (22... h5 $6
23. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Rg5]}) 23. Nhg4 Nxg4 24. Nxg4 Bf8 25. Re3 ({Serious
attention deserved} 25. f4 $5 exf4 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nd5 Qb7 28. Bxf4 $14 {
followed by Ref1, Rf3, Raf1.}) 25... Bg7 26. Rf3 {[%cal Gd2g5]} Qe7 27. Qd5
Rac8 28. Rd1 Rd7 $6 {A dubious decision after which Black has to work very
hard to keep the balance.} ({It was necessary to play} 28... Qe6 $1 {and it's
not so clear how White can benefit from penetrating to f6:} 29. Bg5 (29. Ne3
Bh6 {[%cal Gh6d2]}) 29... Rd7 30. Ne3 (30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Rxf6 Re8
$11) 30... h6 31. Bh4 g5 32. Bg3 Qxd5 33. Nxd5 Rb8 $132) 29. Ne3 Qe6 30. Nc4 $1
{[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc4b6]} Rcc7 31. Bg5 h6 32. Bf6 $1 {Keeping an eye on e7.}
Qxd5 33. exd5 Ne7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Nxa5 $1 ({Less convincing is} 35. Re3 $143
$6 Ra7 36. Nxd6 Rad7 (36... Red7 37. Nb5 Ra8 38. d6 f5 39. cxb4 cxb4 40. Rc1
Kf7 41. b3 $16 {[%cal Ge3e2,Ge2c2,Gc2c6,Gc6b6]}) 37. Nc4 Rxd5 38. Nxa5 bxc3 39.
bxc3 e4 $14 {and Black should survive.}) 35... bxc3 36. bxc3 e4 37. Re3 exd3
38. Rdxd3 ({Also after} 38. Rexd3 Re4 39. Ra1 Ra7 (39... c4 40. Rf3 Rc5 41. Nc6
Rxd5 42. a5 Rc5 43. a6 Re8 44. a7 Ra8 45. Ra6 $16) 40. f3 Rh4 41. g3 Rxh3 42.
Kg2 Rh5 43. Nc6 Rb7 $132 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb7b2] Black has serious
counterchances due to the exposed position of the white king.}) 38... c4 39.
Nxc4 Rxe3 40. Nxe3 Ra7 41. g3 Rxa4 42. Kg2 Bf6 43. Kf3 Bd8 (43... Kg7) 44. Rd4
$1 Ra3 45. Rb4 $6 ({I guess Anand wasn't sure if} 45. Rc4 Bb6 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47.
Nc4 Rxc3+ 48. Ke2 Bd4 49. Nxd6 $16 {is winning for White so he decided to keep
the pressure, but it looks like he missed his best chance to fight for a win
at this point.}) 45... Bf6 46. Rb6 Be5 47. c4 Kg7 48. g4 Ra1 49. Ke4 (49. Rc6
Rc1 50. Ke4 Bh2 51. f4 Bg1 52. Kd3 Rb1 53. Kc2 Re1 54. Nd1 Re4 $14) 49... Bh2
50. Kf3 (50. Rc6 Ra2 51. Nd1 (51. Kf3 Bg1 52. Rxd6 Rxf2+ 53. Kg3 Re2 54. Nf1
Rf2 $11) 51... Rd2 52. Nc3 Rxf2 53. Ke3 Rf1 54. Nb5 Rf6 $14) 50... Ra2 51. Rb1
Be5 52. Rd1 Bc3 $1 $11 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc3b4,Gb4c5] Black's bishos comes to
the diagonal a7-g1 to put pressure on f2.} 53. Rc1 Bd4 54. Rc2 Ra3 55. Kg2 Bxe3
56. fxe3 Rxe3 57. c5 dxc5 58. Rxc5 Rd3 59. h4 Kf6 60. Rc6+ Ke5 61. g5 hxg5 62.
hxg5 Rxd5 63. Rf6 Ke4 64. Rxf7 Rxg5+ 65. Kh3 Rf5 66. Ra7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4
{Mit Zugumstellung haben wir die Variante 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.Be2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4 erreicht. In der symmetrischen Stellung hat Weiß ein
Tempoplus.} Be6 $5 (7... Be7 8. Be3 $1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 dxc4 11.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bxc4 $14 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 (13... a6 $5) 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nb5 (15.
Bb5 $5) 15... Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f3 $1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Manila 
(ol) 1992/(43)}) 8. Be3 (8. Qa4 dxc4 $1 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Nxf7 $2 (
11. Qxc4 Qe7 12. O-O O-O $11) 11... Qe7 $1 12. Nxh8 Nb4 13. Qd1 $6 Nd3+ 14. Kf1
Nxf2 15. Nd5 Nxd1 $1 $19 {0-1 Mohr,G-Haba,P/Oesterreich 2003/(24)}) 8... dxc4
9. Qa4 {Ftacnik: 'The main line of the theoretical discussion in this line is
connected with the move 9.0-0. ' Diese Fortsetzung wird relativ selten
gespielt, die Hauptvariante ist 9.0-0.} (9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qd7
$1 (11... Be7) (11... Bd6) 12. Bxf6 (12. Be5 Be7 13. Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. Bxc4 O-O
15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Nb4 Be4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Nd5 Be6 {. 1/2-1/2
Rublevsky,S-Zvjaginsev,V/Poikovsky ) 2003/ (20)}) 12... Qxd1 $1 13. Rfxd1 gxf6
14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Bg7 18. Re1 Bxb2 19. Bxc4+ Kf6
20. Re4 Rhe8 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Vasilevich,I/St Petersburg 2004/EXT 2005 
(43)}) 9... cxd4 {Eine bescheidene und sichere Fortsetzung, die Alternative 9..
.Qa5 führt zu scharfem Spiel.} (9... Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O-O c3 12. b3 $1)
(9... Qa5 10. dxc5 (10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nb5 $6 cxd4 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14.
Nxa8 Bd6 $17 {0-1 Novosak,J-Poloch,P/CZE 1996/EXT 2000 (51)}) 10... Qxa4 11.
Nxa4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Ndb4 13. O-O O-O-O {0-1 Titov,G-Saltaev,M/Moscow 1983/EXT
2002 (39)}) 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qxc4 Rc8 $146 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Rd1 O-O
14. O-O Be6 15. Qb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Klinova,M-Kantor,L/ISR-ch (Women) 1994/EXT 98
(44)}) (11... Be7 $5) 12. O-O Bd6 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Anand is treating the position
with great deal of optimism and he develops the bishop on theactive square.
His king is still not in the safety so Ivanchuk will win the time to enhance
the pressure of his pieces.'  Mit diesem Läuferzug provoziert Anand den Gegner;
nach meiner Meinung bietet der bescheidene Läuferzug 12...Be7! die beste
Aussicht auf Ausgleich.} (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qxc5 $1 Rxc5 15. Bxc5 $44
) (12... Be7 $1) 13. Nxc6 (13. Ndb5 $1 Be7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Qf4 Qa5 16. a3 $16)
13... Rxc6 14. Qh4 O-O 15. Bxa7 $5 {[%mdl 2048] Ftacnik: 'Very selfconfident
blow, white is sure he can get his bishop out. Objectively bigger problems for
black would offer the simple continuation 13.Bf3.'  Dieser Zug ist sehr
riskant, da der Läufer auf a7 gefangen wird.} (15. Bf3 $5 Rc8 16. Rfd1 $14 (16.
Rad1)) 15... b6 16. Rad1 Bc5 $6 (16... Bc7 17. Bb5 Qa8 18. Ne4 (18. Bxc6 Bxc6)
18... Ne8 19. Rxd7 Rh6 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 (20... Rxf6 21. Qa4) 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22.
Rxc7 $13) (16... Be6 $5 17. Nb5 (17. Bb5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7) 17... Bxa2 18. Nd4
(18. Bf3 Bd5 $1 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxd5 $11)
18... Rc5 19. b4 Re5 20. Nc6 Qc7 21. Bf3 Re6 $11) 17. b4 $6 {Ftacnik: 'The
drawback of the 15th move was the neccesity to find the best continuations.
White did not find the courage to play the strongest continuation 17.Nd5! with
huge pressure on the black's centralized pieces.'} (17. Nd5 $1 Bf5 $1 (17...
Nxd5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd5 Rc7 20. b4 (20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Bb6 Re8 22. Bxc7 Rxe2
) 20... Rxa7 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxa7 22. Rfd1 Kf8 23. Bb5 Ke7 24. a4) 21.
bxc5 bxc5 22. Bb5 Kf8 23. Rfd1 Ke7 24. a4 Rc7 (24... c4 25. Bxc4) 25. f4 c4 26.
Kf2 c3 27. Bxd7 c2 28. Re1+ Kf8 (28... Kf6 29. Rd6#) 29. Bb5 $1 Rxd5 30. Re8#)
18. Qg5 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6) (18. b4 Nxd5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. bxc5 bxc5
) 18... Nxd5 19. Qxf5 Rd6 20. Bb8 Qxb8 21. Rxd5 $16) 17... Be7 {[%cal Ge7h4,
Gc6c3]} 18. Qd4 (18. Nb5 Re6 19. Nd4 Qc7 $1 $15) 18... Rd6 (18... Qc8 19. Ne4
Nxe4 (19... Bf5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qd5 Rd8 22. Qb5 $14) 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7
Bxb4 22. Bf3 f5 $11) 19. Qc4 Be6 {Es ist immer sehr schwer auf dem Brett die
beste Fortsetzungen zu finden.} (19... Rc6 $2 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22.
b5 Bb7 23. Bb8 $16) 20. Qa6 {Die Dame kommt dem Läufer zu Hilfe, aber er
bleibt auf a7 bis zum Ende der Partie...} Nd5 (20... Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc8 22. Qa3
(22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Nb5 Bxa2 24. Bxb6 Bxb4 $11) 22... Qc7 23. Nb5 Qe5 24. Qe3 (
24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Bxb6 $2 Qxe2 $19) 24... Qxe3 25. fxe3 Bxb4 26. Bxb6 Bxa2 $11)
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rfe1 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Ftacnik: 'Serious mistake in the
critical position. Ivanchuk was not suspecting, that the opponent can move
away the rook and start a ferrocious attack.'  Eine optimistische Fortsetzung.
Dabei ist es höchste Zeit für Vereinfachungen mittels 22.Bxb6!.} (22. b5 Rh6 $1
23. h3 (23. Bxb6 Qb8 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6][%cal Rb8h2,Rh6b6]}) 23... Rg6 24.
g4 (24. Bf3 Bxf3) (24. g3 Bc5 25. Kh2 Qg5 26. Qa4 Bxf2 $19) 24... Rh6 25. Bf3
Bxf3 26. Rxd8 Rxh3 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rh3h1,Rh1g1]}) (22. Rxd5
Rxd5 23. Bxb6 Qb8 24. Qc4) (22. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 23. Rxd5 Rxa6 24. Rxd8 Rxa2 25.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bc4 Rc2 27. Bd3 Rd2 28. Be4 (28. Bxh7 $2 g6) 28... Bxb4 $11)
22... Rg6 $1 $40 {[%csl Gd5,Rg1][%cal Gg6g1,Gd5g2] '!' Ftacnik.} 23. g3 (23.
Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxd8 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rxh2 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19) (23. Bf1 Bxb4 24. Re3
(24. Re2 Bxg2 $1 25. Rxd8 Bf3+ 26. Bg2 Rxd8 $19) 24... Bc5 25. Rg3 Qf6 26. Qe2
Bb7 {[%csl Ra7]}) 23... Bxb4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rb4e1]} 24. Bc4 {Ftacnik: 'The
situation has turned completely and white is not seeing the way to fend of
enemy's forces.'} (24. Rf1 Qa8 25. Bxb6 Qxa6 26. Bxa6 Rxb6 27. Rxd5 Rxa6 $19) (
24. Bf3 Bxe1 25. Bxd5 Qe7 {Das wäre nur eine Zugumstellung zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 24... Bxe1 25. Bxd5 (25. Rxd5 Qf6 $19) 25... Qe7 $19 {
[%cal Ge7a7,Ge7e1] Schwarz besitzt Materialvorteil und ein besseres
Figurenspiel, während der a7B schlecht steht.} 26. a4 (26. Bxb6 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Qb4 (27... Qf6+ 28. Kg1) 28. Qa5 Rxb6 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 $17) 26... Rf6 27. f4 Qe3+
28. Kh1 Bxg3 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Anand must have felt some satisfaction, that the
daring white bishop on a7 did never found time to get out.'} (28... Bxg3 $1 29.
hxg3 Qf2 $1) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3
Qd6 15. Nd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd7 {Leko sensibly exchanges the bishops,
since the vulnerability of the d5 square will not be so definite.} (11... Na5
12. Bxf6 (12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
Qxd5 Rxc2 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V (2590)-Gelfand,B (2670)/Chalkidiki 1993}) 12...
Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nxb3 (13... Bg5 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Nc3 Be7 17. Nd5 Bg5
18. Kh1 Bh6 19. Nc3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qb6 21. Kg1 Rc6 22. Qe2 {1-0 Anand,V (2725)
-Gelfand,B (2700)/Dos Hermanas 1996 (42)}) 14. axb3 Bg5 15. Qd3 Bh6 16. Rad1
Rc8 17. Nd2 b5 18. c3 Kh8 19. b4 Ra8 20. Nb3 f5 21. Na5 Rc8 22. Qh3 Rf7 23.
Rfe1 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2700)-Kasparov,G (2805)/New York 1995 (35)}) 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Nd5 (13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Qe3 Nxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. Nd5 Qd7
18. Ng5 Nd4 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. c3 {1/2-1/2 Predojevic,B (2549)-Shirov,A (2714)/
Sarajevo 2005}) 13... Qd8 14. c3 Na5 (14... Nc5 15. Bc2 a5 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Ne3
a4 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kf1 Rd6 23. Ke1
Rb6 {1/2-1/2 Moroz,A (2345)-Yuferov,S (2455)/Belgorod 1989 (82)}) 15. Re1 (15.
Bc2 Nc4 (15... Rc8 $5 $13) 16. b3 Ncb6 17. Ne3 $14) 15... Rc8 16. h3 Nb6 $5 {
The second player should have no problems, even though against the lesser
opponent than Anand ideas with active f7-f5 would surely be attractive.} (16...
Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 $1 $13) 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Re2 Rc6 (19... Qc6 20.
Qd3 b5 $11) 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Rd1 Nc4 (21... Rf6 22. Nd2 b5 $13) 22. b3 $1 Nb6
23. c4 Nc8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] It is very difficult to guess, why Leko felt
compelled to play such a passive move. The natural 23...Nd7! looked perfectly
fine with little chance for white to get any advantage.} (23... Nd7 $1 24. b4
Nb6 25. Ng5 Re8 26. b5 Rc5 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Nxc4 29. Rc2 axb5 $11) 24.
Red2 h6 25. Qe2 Kh7 26. h4 $1 Qb6 27. h5 Qc5 $2 {The defender is blind towards
the main positional threat, white knight will begin its route to g6 square.} (
27... Qc7 28. Ne1 Qe7 29. Qg4 $14) 28. Ne1 $1 Rc7 29. Nd3 Qc6 30. c5 $1 Ne7 (
30... dxc5 31. Nxe5 Qe8 32. Qg4 $18) 31. Qg4 Rf6 32. b4 d5 {Sheer desperation,
but black was otherwise facing very quick process.} (32... Nc8 33. cxd6 Qxd6
34. Nc5 $18) 33. Nxe5 Qa4 34. Qg3 (34. exd5 exd5 35. Rxd5 Nxd5 36. Qe4+ Kh8 (
36... Kg8 37. Qxd5+ $18) 37. Rxd5 Rc8 38. Ng6+ Rxg6 39. hxg6 Qxa2 40. Rd7 $18)
34... Rc8 35. Ng4 Rf7 36. Qd6 Rcf8 (36... Qxb4 37. Ne5 $18) 37. Qxe6 {Anand is
truly spoiled for choice, lesser mortals would surely be tempted by the
trivial 37.Ne5.} (37. Ne5 Rxf2 38. Qxe7 $18) 37... Qxb4 38. exd5 Qxc5 39. d6
Nc6 40. d7 Nd8 41. Qe4+ Qf5 (41... Kg8 42. Rd5 Qb6 43. Re5 $18) 42. Re2 Qxe4
43. Rxe4 b5 44. f3 a5 45. Ne5 {Even the small "blunder" 45.Re8 would already
win.} (45. Re8 Rxd7 46. Nf6+ $1 $18) 45... Rf6 46. Ng6 Rg8 47. Re8 Rf7 48. Rd5
b4 49. Ne7 (49. Ne7 Rgf8 50. Re5 a4 51. Ng6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2
Be6 8. Nbc3 Qd7 {Anand was not yet suspecting the outcome of the battle, so he
is looking for a more challenging continuation than 8...Bc4.} (8... Bc4 9. Bxc4
Nxc4 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6 Qd7 13. Qe4 O-O-O 14. O-O e6 $11 {
Van Wely,L-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo/2001/}) 9. Ne4 (9. Be4 O-O-O 10. Be3 Bf5 11.
O-O Bxe4 12. Nxe4 e6 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 (14. Qc2 {Huzman} f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16.
b4 Rhg8 17. b5 Na5 18. a4 f5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nbc4 21. Rad1 Qg7 22. Nf4 $1
Qf7 23. b6 axb6 24. cxb6 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Volkov,S-David,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/
[Huzman] (57)}) 14... f5 15. exf6 (15. Nc5 {Huzman} Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nd5 17. Rb1
Nce7 18. Qb3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ramirez,C-Borges Mateos,J/Bogota 1997/EXT 98 (48)})
15... Bxf6 $14 {Van Wely - Rustemov, Moscow 2004}) 9... Bd5 (9... Nb4 10. Bb1
Bc4 11. Nc5 {'!?' Huzman.} Qg4 {'/\' Huzman.} 12. h3 $1 {'+/-!' Huzman.} Qxe2+
(12... Qxg2 13. Be4 $1 Nd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qxh1+ 15. Bxh1 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 $18) (12...
Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qxe5 15. Qb5+ Nc6 16. Be4 $44) 13. Qxe2 Bxe2 14.
Kxe2 O-O-O 15. e6 $1 $14 {Kortschnoj - Suetin, Budva 1967}) 10. Be3 $146 {
Kamsky comes up with a novelty. The support of the center is a logical choice
and the only problem was the calculation of the possible forray of the black
queen to the square g4.} (10. O-O {Huzman} e6 11. a3 Be7 12. Qc2 f5 (12...
O-O-O 13. Rd1 Nxe5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Na8 16. Bf4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 f6 $17 {
0-1 Dijankov,O-Nikitin,A/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (47)}) 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Be3 f5 $6
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 $16 {1-0 Volkov,S-Nikitin,A/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (24)}) 10...
O-O-O (10... Qg4 11. O-O Bxe4 12. f3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Qd7 (13... e6 14. Qc1 $18)
14. Qb3 Qd5 15. Qc3 e6 16. Raf1 $16) (10... Nb4 11. Bb1 Qg4 12. O-O (12. Nf4
Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 e6 14. a3 Bb3+ $1) 12... Bxe4 13. f3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 e6 15. Qc1 $1
Nc6 (15... N4d5 16. h3 Qh4 17. Bg5 Qh5 18. Ng3 $18) 16. h3 Qh4 17. Rxf7 $1 (17.
Bg5 Nxd4 18. Bxh4 Nxe2+ $19) 17... Kxf7 18. Bg5 Qh5 (18... Nxd4 19. Qf1+ $18)
19. Ng3 $18) 11. a3 Qe8 {Huzman: '/\12...Ne5,12...f5' Huzman: 'Black is trying
to do without e7-e6 to gain some time.'} (11... f6 12. Nc5 Qe8 (12... Qg4 13.
Nf4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 $16) 13. e6 $1 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bf3 15. Rg3 Qh5 $2 16. Rxf3 $1
Qxf3 17. Be4 Qg4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd3 $18) (11... Qg4 12. O-O Bxe4 13. f3 Bxf3
14. Rxf3 $16) (11... e6 12. Rc1 Kb8 13. O-O Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Ne7 $13) 12. Qc2 {
'!' Huzman.} (12. O-O $2 Nxe5 $1) (12. Rc1 Nxe5 $2 (12... f5 $1 $15 {Huzman})
13. dxe5 Bxe4 14. Qc2 Bc6 15. Nd4 $16) 12... f5 $5 {The logical conclusion of
the Anand's play, black is trying to benefit from the attack against the g2
square.} 13. N4c3 $1 Bxg2 $1 (13... e6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 (14... Rxd5 15. Nf4 $1)
15. Bb5 $16) 14. Rg1 Bf3 15. Bxf5+ e6 16. Bh3 $1 {A good move as pawn h7 was a
tempting object, but the real target remains the pawn on e6. Huzman: 'By
swapping the f-pawn for its "g" counterpart, Black has considerably weakened
his "e6" pawn and landed in serious trouble. Even more so, since he has no
real counterplay.'} (16. Bxh7 Qh5 (16... Nd5 $5 {Huzman} 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Nf4
Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxe6 Rd7 21. Bf5 g6 22. Rxg6 Rxh2 23. Rg1 Rh5 $44) 17.
Be4 (17. Bg6 {Huzman} Qxh2 18. O-O-O $16) 17... Bxe4 (17... Kb8 $5) 18. Qxe4
Qxh2 19. O-O-O $16) 16... Kb8 17. Rg3 (17. Qb3 Nd5) (17. Nf4 $2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4
Rxd4 19. Nxe6 Rh4 $17) (17. O-O-O {Huzman} Qf7 18. Rg3 Bh5 19. Bg2 Bg6 $132)
17... Bxe2 $2 {Anand for some reason disliked his position and with a serie of
mediocre moves he kisses it goodbye. It is hard to explain, why he did not
conclude his concept with the transfer of the bishop to f7 with only somewhat
worse chances.} (17... Bh5 18. Qb3 Bf7 (18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 (19... Rxd5 $2
20. Bg2 $16) 20. Nf4 $14) 19. O-O-O Na5 $13) 18. Nxe2 Nd5 $2 (18... Qf7 19. Bg2
Nd5 20. Nc3 Nce7) (18... g6 $5) 19. Nc3 $1 Nxe3 $6 (19... g6) (19... Qd7 {
Huzman} 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. O-O-O $16 {[%cal Gh3g2]}) 20. fxe3 {Kamsky is free
of all the problems with the pawn strcuture, on the other hand black will not
be able to cope with a weakness of e6 pawn.} Qh5 (20... g6 21. O-O-O Bh6 22.
Ne4 $16) 21. Qe2 (21. Bxe6 Be7 22. Bg4 Qh6 23. O-O-O $2 Nxd4 $17) 21... Qxe2+ (
21... Qh6 22. Qg4 g6 23. O-O-O $1 (23. Qxe6 $2 Be7 24. O-O-O Bh4 25. Rf3 Nxd4
$19)) 22. Kxe2 Re8 23. Rf1 Nd8 {Black is condemned to a heroic defense of the
seriously endangered position.} 24. Ne4 (24. Rgf3 Be7) 24... g6 (24... h6 $2
25. Rg6 $18) 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Rgf3 Bh6 27. Nf7 {Gata is pulled by the prospect
of getting the e6 pawn. Very unpleasant for Anand would have been also the
continuation of the pressure with 27.Ne4.} (27. Ne4) 27... Nxf7 28. Rxf7 Rhe8
29. R1f6 a5 (29... Kc8 $1 30. Rxe6 $1 Kd8 $1 (30... Rxe6 $2 31. Rxh7) 31. Ref6
Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Re7 $16) 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe6 (31. Bxe6 Bg7 32. Bg8 $1 (32. e4
c6 $1 (32... Bxf6 33. exf6 Re8 (33... Rxe6 34. e5 Re8 35. f7 Rf8 36. e6) 34. e5
$18) 33. Rf7 Rxf7 34. Bxf7 Kc7 $16) 32... Re8 (32... Bxf6 33. exf6 Re8 34. f7
Rf8 35. Kf3 Kc8 36. Kf4 Kd7 37. Kg5 Ke7 38. Kh6 Kf6 39. e4 $18) 33. Bf7 Bxf6
34. Bxe8 $18) 31... Rxe6 32. Bxe6 {The bishop's ending is very difficult, but
the defensive possibilities of the defender have not been exhausted.} Bg5 (
32... Bg7 33. Bg8 h6 34. Bf7 g5 35. Kf3 Kc8 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. Kf5 Ke7 38. Bc4 Bf8
39. Kg6 $18) 33. d5 $1 (33. Bg8 $142 {Huzman} h6 34. Bf7 $18) 33... Ka7 $2 {
Probably the decisive mistake, Anand should have strived to get the king in
front of the white pawns at any cost.} (33... Be7 34. Kf3 Bc5 35. Ke4 h6 36.
Bd7 Bf8 37. Be8 Kc8 $1 (37... g5 38. Bd7) 38. Bxg6 Kd7 $16) 34. Bg8 h6 35. Bf7
Kb6 36. Bxg6 Kc5 (36... c6 37. d6 Kc5 38. Bf7 a4 (38... b5 39. b4+ $1 axb4 40.
axb4+ Kxb4 41. e6) 39. Kd3 $18) 37. Bf7 h5 38. Kd3 h4 39. h3 b5 40. Ke4 b4 {
The drawback of this move is the fact, that white will get the control of the
square c4, but the position was hopeless in any case.} (40... Kb6 41. Kf5 Bxe3
42. d6 (42. e6 Bc5 43. Be8 Be7 44. Kg6 Kc5 45. Kf7 Bg5 46. Bc6 Kd6 47. Bxb5 Bd8
48. Bc4 Bg5 49. a4 Bd8 50. b4 axb4 51. a5 $18) 42... cxd6 43. e6 $18) 41. axb4+
axb4 42. b3 Bh6 43. Bh5 Bg5 44. Be2 Bh6 (44... Kb6 45. Kf5 Bxe3 46. e6 Bc5 47.
Kf6 $18) 45. Bc4 Bg5 46. Kf5 Bxe3 47. d6 $1 {The witty tactical motive decides,
black is not able to stop the advancing white pawn.} (47. d6 cxd6 (47... Kc6
48. Bb5+ $1) 48. e6 Kc6 49. Kg6 $18 (49. Bb5+ $18)) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nfxd4 Qd7 16. f3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nb3 Qc6 19. Be3 d5 20. e5 Nd7 21. Bf2 f6
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rb1 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
a5 9. O-O d5 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. a3 Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Re1 Nfd7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15.
Ne5 Nfd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rb8 19. Na4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Qxd4 21.
Bxa5 Qxd1 22. Bxd1 c5 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Bc3 Nd7 25. Bc2 Bb5 26. Nb2 Bf6 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Re3 Bc6 29. Bd1 Bd5 30. Rec3 Rc7 31. Nd3 Rcb7 32. b4 cxb4 33. Nxb4 Be4
34. Re3 Bg6 35. h4 h5 36. Nc6 Rb1 37. Rec3 R8b2 38. a4 Kf8 39. a5 Rxc1 40. Rxc1
Ra2 41. Bf3 Kg7 42. Kg2 Kh6 43. Re1 Nc5 44. Re2 Ra1 45. Re3 Kg7 46. Rc3 Nd3 47.
Be2 Ne1+ 48. Kh3 Bf5+ 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Bxg4 Be4 51. Nd4 f5 52. Be2 Ra4 53. Nb3
Bg2+ 54. Kg3 f4+ 55. Kh2 Bd5 56. Kg1 Ng2 57. h5 Nh4 58. Bd1 Ra3 59. Kh2 Nf5 60.
Rd3 Nd6 61. Rd4 Ne4 62. Bc2 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Bd7
15. Bxa6 Nxb4 16. cxb4 {This move has been known for some time to offer White
sufficient compensation for the exchange, but up to this game it has been
considered that Black should have no problems to hold the position.} ({The main
} 16. Nxb4 {is analyzed very deeply. The verdict is that with accurate defence
Black achieves a draw:} Qa5 17. Qxd6 Rb6 18. Qd3 Be7 19. Nd5 Rxb2 20. O-O Qc5
21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 O-O 23. Bb5 Be8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rb7 Bd6 26. Qa6 a3 {
1/2-1/2 Motylev,A (2651)-Timofeev,A (2611)/Moscow 2004}) 16... O-O 17. O-O Bc6
18. Rxa4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qe8 $146 {The endgame turns out to be in White's favour,
therefore critical remain other moves: 19...f5, 19...g6 and 19...Kh8.} (19...
f5 20. exf5 (20. b5 Kh8 21. exf5 Qd7 22. Qc4 $2 Qxf5 23. f3 Bd8 24. Rc1 (24.
Qc6 Qd3 $132) 24... Qd7 25. b4 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Qf2 27. Qd3 Bb6 28. Rf1 Qh4 29. Rd1
Bd4 $19 {0-1 Norgaard,J (2315)-Horvath,T (2440)/Copenhagen 1984 (38)}) 20...
Rxf5 21. Bd3 (21. b5 $5) 21... Rf8 22. b5 Qd7 23. Qe4 g6 24. g3 Bd8 25. f4 Bb6+
26. Nxb6 Rxb6 27. fxe5 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 dxe5 29. Qxe5 h6 30. h4 h5 {1/2-1/2
L'Ami,E (2353)-Moser,E (2339)/Augsburg 2002}) (19... g6 20. Qc6 Bd2 21. b5 Ba5
22. Bb7 f6 $1 {[%cal Gf8f7]} 23. b4 Bb6 24. Nxb6 Rf7 25. Rd1 (25. Nd5 Rfxb7 26.
b6 Rxb6 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 $11) 25... Rfxb7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Rxb6 28. Qd5+ Kf8
29. h4 R8b7 30. g4 Rxb5 31. Qd6+ Kg7 32. g5 fxg5 33. hxg5 h6 34. Qf6+ Kh7 35.
gxh6 Rxb4 36. Qxe5 Rf7 37. Kg2 Rb6 38. Qd4 Rbf6 39. e5 Rxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Rxf2+ {
1/2-1/2 Barua,D (2520)-Lalic,B (2545)/Ubeda 1998}) (19... Kh8 $13) 20. Qxe8 (
20. b5 Bd8 (20... f5 $5) (20... Kh8 $5) 21. Rc1 Bb6 22. Rc6 Bd4 $13) 20...
Rfxe8 ({Deserves attention} 20... Rbxe8 21. b5 f5 {but this looks much too
artificial.}) 21. b5 {Everything is simple - the pawn goes to b7 and it is
clear that Black has a difficult defence. Maybe he can hold, but only White
can play for a win.} f5 (21... Bd8 22. Rc1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c6]}) 22. b6 $1 (22.
exf5 e4 23. b6 Re5 24. Bc4 Kf8 {leaves Black with more chances to escape.}) (
22. h4 Bxh4 $1) 22... fxe4 23. h4 $6 {Anand demonstrates resources of White's
position, but this unexpectedly offers Black concrete possibilities for
counterplay. The general idea is to distract the bishop either from c1 or from
e7 (the knight can sometimes come to c6 via e7.} (23. Re1 $5 {[%cal Ge1e4,
Ge4c4,Ye1e2,Ye2c2,Rb6b7,Rc2c8]}) ({The most precise move order seems to be} 23.
b7 $1 Kf7 24. h4 $1 Bxh4 25. Rc1 {transposing into 23.h4 Bxh4 24.Rc1 Kf7 25.b7,
see below.}) 23... Bd2 $2 {Understandable desire to control square c1. However,
instead of this Black should have tried to create counterplay, since after the
game move White's rook can be transferred on the c-file anyway.} (23... Bxh4 {
was the only chance:} 24. Rc1 Rf8 $1 (24... Kf7 $2 {is not enough:} 25. b7 Rf8
(25... Ke6 26. Nc7+ Ke7 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Rc8 $18) 26. g3 (26. Rc8 Ke6 27. Nb4
Bxf2+ 28. Kh2 d5 29. Nc6 Rfxc8 30. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 31. Bxc8+ Kd6 $17) 26... Bg5
27. Rc8 Ke6 (27... Bd2 28. Nb6 Ke7 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Nc8+ $18) 28. Nb6 (28. Nb4
e3 29. fxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Kg2 d5 31. Nc6 Rxb7 32. Bxb7 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Rxb2 $11) 28...
Rd8 (28... e3 29. Rxf8 $18) 29. Bc4+ Kf5 30. Bd5 e3 31. Kf1 exf2 (31... e4 32.
fxe3 Bxe3 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Nc8 $18) 32. Kxf2 e4 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Nd7 $18) (
24... Bg5 $5 25. Rc7 e3 $132) 25. g3 Bg5 26. Rc6 (26. Rc7 e3 27. fxe3 Rxb6 $1)
26... Kf7 (26... Rfd8 27. b7 Kf7 28. Rc7+ Ke6 29. Bc4 $16) 27. Rxd6 (27. b7 Ke6
28. Nb6 Bd8 $13 (28... Rfd8 $5)) 27... Rfd8 28. Rc6 e3 29. fxe3 Rxd5 30. Bc4
Bxe3+ 31. Kg2 Rxb6 32. Bxd5+ Ke7 $11) 24. b7 Kf7 25. Rd1 Bh6 26. Nb4 Ke7 27.
Nd5+ Kf7 28. g4 Bf4 29. Re1 g5 (29... Red8 $142 30. Rxe4 g5 (30... Rd7 31. Rb4
$1)) 30. Re2 $1 {[%cal Ge2c2] If not from c1, then from c2!} ({Taking pawn e4
means in some variations to help Black including his bishop into defence:} 30.
Rxe4 Red8 31. Nb4 d5 32. Re2 gxh4 33. Rc2 e4 $13 {[%cal Gf4b8]}) (30. h5 {
looks also strong to me, preventing Black's 30...gxh4, possible in the game.})
30... Red8 ({There is no clear win for White after} 30... gxh4 31. Rc2 ({
White can play} 31. Kg2 {of course, but then it is clear that Black had to
insert 30...gxh4.}) 31... h3 32. Rc7+ ({or} 32. Rc8 Bd2) 32... Kg6 33. Ne7+ Kg5
34. Nc6 e3 35. fxe3 Bxe3+ 36. Kh2 Kxg4) 31. Nb4 $1 (31. Rc2 Rd7 $1) 31... d5 (
31... gxh4 32. Nc6 h3 33. Nxd8+ Rxd8 34. Rc2 $18) ({The idea of the previous
move is:} 31... Rd7 32. Nc6 Rdxb7 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Nd8+ $18) 32. Nc6 Rg8 33.
Nxb8 Rxb8 34. h5 $1 {Black cannot keep his h-pawn alive, which means that
White will create the second passed pawn. Meaning he wins easily.} Ke7 35. Kf1
d4 36. Rc2 e3 37. fxe3 dxe3 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rxh7 e4 40. Bc4 Rd8 41. Rf7+ Ke5
42. Rd7 {In the present game Black missed several possibilities for
counterplay, but White also could have played more accurate. Only the future
practice will show if the endgame after 20.Qxe8 is defensible for Black.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 (5. b3 {is considered to be the
main line these days.}) 5... Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 {This is Black's main reply, he
tries to undermine White's centre, and White can't play d4-d5 now.} 7. dxc5 (7.
d5 $2 exd5 8. Nh4 Bc6 9. Qc2 dxc4 {and Black stays with an extra pawn.}) 7...
Bxc5 (7... bxc5 {is another possible recapture, here is an example of how the
game may continue} 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Rfd1 d6 12. Rab1 Nbd7
13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Bc6 15. Qa3 Qc5 16. Be3 Qh5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxh3 19.
Bg2 Qh5 20. Bf3 Qh3 21. Bg2 Qh5 22. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Gelfand,B/Enghien
les Bains 2003/CBM 096/[Gershon] (22)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 {This is the
main move, the black bishop retreats and opens the route for the black knight
to c5 via a6. Other moves are also possible, for example:} (9... a6 10. Bf4 Be7
11. Rfd1 d6 12. Rd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 e5 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 {
and Black couldn't solve his opening problems in Gurevich,D - Mekhitarian,K
American Continental 2005 1-0(48)}) (9... Ne4 $5 {deserves attention, Black
tries to exchange a few pieces and free himself in the centre with d7-d5.} 10.
Nxe4 (10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d5 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. cxd5
Bxd5 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Istratescu,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084 (59) and Black is close to
equalise.}) 10... Bxe4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc6 15.
Rd2 a6 16. Qd1 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 {is equal 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Lautier,J/Moscow
2001/CBM 086 (29)}) 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 {This is
white's most serious try to get some advantage, the idea of this move is to
cover the e4 square and prevent the black knight to go there. The natural 13.
Rac1 is met by 13...Nce4 and Black doesn't have any problems.} (13. Rac1 Nce4 {
here is how the game may continue} 14. Nd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 a6 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Ra7 $1 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. f3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Karpov,A/
Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 070/(36) and Black didn't have problems to achieve a draw}
) 13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 (14... exd5 {to recapture with the pawn is also
possible, though it looks illogical, Black gets active piece play which
compensates him for the isolated pawn, for example:} 15. Rdd1 Nce4 16. Rac1 Bc5
17. e3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qd3 Qe6 20. Be5 Rac8 21. Bd4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Leko,P/Cannes FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 381 (33). (32) White's advantage is
too small.}) 15. Bg5 {This is white's idea. Mamedyarov already had experience
with this line as he had beaten Gashimov a couple of months earlier.} Nf6 $1 {
This is a new move in this position, in a game that was played a few rounds
before this one, in Wijk aan Zee, Leko simply captured the white bishop and
also gained equality. After the move played in the game, Black wants to jump
with the knight to e4 and exploit the pin of the white knight on c3.} (15...
Bxg5 {is also playable} 16. Nxg5 Nf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 {This is an improvement
that Leko introduced against Aronian, Gashimov captured with the knight and
soon got into trouble.} (17... Nxb7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Nge4 Nxe4 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8
21. Qxe4 h6 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd6 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Rc7 $1 {
and white won in the endgame 1-0 Mamedyarov,S-Gashimov,V/Instanbul TUR 2005/
The Week in Chess 576 (52)}) 18. b4 h6 19. Nf3 Ncd7 20. Nb5 Rfc8 21. Qd2 Rc6
22. Rd1 a6 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. e4 e5 25. Rd3 Rc2 26. Qe1 a5 27. Ra3 Ng4 28. Rd2 Rc1
29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Rd2 Rc1 31. Rd1 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee NED
2006/The Week in Chess 584 (31)}) 16. Rc1 {White protects the queen and
prevents Nce4 from black.} h6 (16... e5 $6 {This move weakens the central
squares:} 17. Rdd1 (17. Nxe5 $2 {is bad due to} Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ne6 {Black
attacks the bishop and the rook, at the same time, White has to give an
exchange}) 17... Qe6 18. b4 Na6 (18... Nce4 $2 {runs into} 19. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 20.
Ng5 Qc8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nd5 {and Black suffers a material loss}) 19. a3 {
couldn't satisfy Black, as his knight is out of play.}) 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ (
18. b4 $6 Rxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. f3 Ncd7 {and Black is slightly
better already, as White's active play only brought him more weaknesses.})
18... Qxd8 19. Ne5 (19. Rd1 Qe8 {is equal.}) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 {Black
coveres the square c6 and his rook also targets the white queen, the position
is equal.} 21. Qd1 Qc7 {An interesting reply, Black threatens to win a piece
by g7-g5, and any move of the white Ne5 would be answered by Qb7+.} 22. b4 Qb7+
(22... g5 $5 {deserved serious attention, as this is Black's only try if he
avoids to avoid a draw.} 23. bxc5 gxf4 24. gxf4 Bxc5 25. Qd3 {the position
remains unclear.}) 23. f3 Ncd7 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. a3 b5 (25... a5 26. Qb3 (26.
bxa5 $6 Bxa3 {ruins White's queenside.}) 26... axb4 27. axb4 $11) 26. Ne4 Rxc1
{The players agreed to a draw, as the position is totally equal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 $5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 {
It's hard to fight for the advantage after the move in the game, so Tiviakov's
opening experiment turned out as a major success.} (7. Nc4 $142) 7... Nd5 (7...
Nxe5 8. dxe5 (8. Bxe5 Qd8 9. Bc4 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qe2 e6 13. O-O-O
$36 {Grabarczyk,B-Alber,H/Offenbach 2005}) 8... Qb4 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd2+
11. Bxd2 cxd5 12. c4 $14 {Karpatchev,A-Mann,C/Germany 1999}) 8. Nxd5 ({Another
possibility was} 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Be5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qd5 11. f3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3
13. Qxd3 f6 14. Bg3 Rd8 15. O-O $14 {Sedlak,N-Benkovic,P/Subotica 2003}) 8...
Qxd5 9. Be2 $5 {A very risky decision, but that's all White has got to keep on
fighting.} Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qxg2 $1 11. Bf3 Qg6 12. d5 {The most logical decision.
White should try to open up the position as soon as possible.} (12. Qe2 $5 Bf5
(12... Qe6 $5) 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Kb1 $36) 12... Bg4 $1 {[%csl Ge4] It's very
important to trade the light-squared bishop.} 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qe2 (14. Rg1 $2
Bxf3 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rd8 ({Greedy.} 15... Qxc2 {was also
possible as after} 16. O-O Qg6+ 17. Kh1 Rc8 {it's not so clear how White
should continue his attack, but it looks quite dangerous for Black.}) 16. Rd1
Qe6 {Sergey is not in hurry to give up material to simplify the position. After
} (16... Rxd1+ $5 17. Kxd1 Qe6 18. Re1 Qd5+ 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Bd4 a6 21. Re3 e6
22. Rb3 Bd6 23. Rb6 Kd7 $132 {the chances should be about equal.}) 17. O-O Rxd1
18. Rxd1 h5 {[%cal Ge6g4,Gh8h6] Intending to bring the rook into play via h6.}
19. Qd3 Qc8 {Black's king feels rather comfortable in the centre.} (19... f6 $2
20. Qg6+ Qf7 21. Rd8+ Kxd8 22. Qxf7 $18) 20. h4 $1 {Otherwise Black could've
pushed his h-pawn to h4 and bring the rook to h5 or f5.} Rh6 21. Kh2 Rg6 22.
Bg3 Rg4 ({White should have sufficient compensation also after} 22... e6 23.
Qf3 Be7 24. Rd4 Kf8 25. Ra4 $13 {[%csl Ra7,Rg6]}) 23. a3 a6 ({The game
could've taken an interesting twist after} 23... g6 24. b3 Bg7 25. c3 g5 26. f3
gxh4 27. fxg4 hxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Qxg4+ 29. Kf2 f5 $13) 24. Re1 c5 25. c3 Rg6 {
Finally deciding to give back a pawn to initiate a trade of the rooks.} (25...
e6) 26. Re5 e6 27. Rxh5 Rh6 28. Rxh6 {White keeps a small plus in the endgame
due to a better bishop and more active queen, but it's hardly enough to pose
Black serious problems.} (28. Rg5 $5) 28... gxh6 29. Qf3 c4 30. Bf4 Qc5 31.
Qa8+ Ke7 32. Kg1 Qf5 $1 {It's important to protect the pawn on f7.} ({After
the careless} 32... Qb5 $6 33. Bd6+ Kxd6 34. Qxf8+ {the king has to come to d5}
Kd5 {so after} 35. Qxh6 $16 {White might be able to promote his h-pawn!}) 33.
Bg3 $6 {Probably Anand didn't manage to find a win after} (33. Bd6+ $5 Kxd6 34.
Qxf8+ Kd7 35. Qxh6 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qxb2 37. Qg7 (37. Qf6 Qxa3 38. h5) 37... Qxa3
38. h5 Ke8 39. h6 Qf8 40. Qg5 f5 $11 {and Black seems to hold, but I guess it
was a better try anyway.}) 33... Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxb2 35. Qxa6 Kf6 (35... Qxc3 $2
36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Qb8+ $18) 36. Qxc4 Qxa3 37. Qd4+ Ke7 38. c4 Ke8 $1 39. Qb6 (
39. h5 Qc5 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 41. Kg2 Kd7 $11) 39... Qc5 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 {The rest is
of no interest as the endgame is completely equal.} 41. h5 Bd4 42. Kg2 Kd7 43.
Bf4 Bg7 44. Be3 Kd6 45. Kf1 e5 46. Ke2 f5 47. f3 Kc6 48. Kd3 Bf8 49. Bc1 Bg7
50. Ba3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Na3 ({A game between Svidler 
(White) and Khalifman, which took place in the Russian superfinal less than a
month ago continued:} 12. Bf4 Qe8 $1 13. Nd4 Ngxe5 14. Nxb5 d6 15. Ba4 Bg4 16.
Qc2 f5 $1 17. Nd2 Qg6 {and White failed to equalize. Black has a very strong
attack here.}) 12... Ncxe5 {A strong novelty from Anand's lab. The point will
be seen on the next move.} ({In a previous game in the very same event,
Sokolov tried to copy Khalif's idea with:} 12... Qe8 13. Nd4 Ngxe5 14. Naxb5 d6
15. Ba4 {and here a slight difference in the knight's position (d4 vs d2)
became evident - Black cannot play f5. After} Bd7 16. b3 Ne7 17. Kh1 d5 18. f4
$1 Ng4 19. e5 f6 20. h3 Nxe5 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Nf3 {Topalov
cashed in on the advantage with ease. 1-0 Topalov,V (2801)-Sokolov,I (2689)/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2006 (37)}) 13. h3 d6 $1 {This is already becoming a
tradition - it crucial games, when he has to beat Topalov, Anand just
sacrifices pieces. The previous time, in San Luis, it ended in a perpetual,
and here the World Champion doesn't even accept the 'gift'.} 14. Qe2 $1 {
A very good practical decision. White of course, doesn't want to repeat Adams'
'achievement' from the game in San Luis, and check the quality of Anand's home
prep. Now the game ends up in a draw fairly easily.} ({After} 14. hxg4 Bxg4 {
the arisen position is dangerous for White only. Here are a few lines to
emphasize the dangers: My good old buddy - fritzie - and me, managed to
reproduce Anand's analysis, and it looks like that (ours, not his):} 15. Nc2 (
15. Bf4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4 17. Bxe5 dxe5 {Threatening Rd8-d6-g6.} 18. Qd7 Qg3+
19. Kh1 Qxf3+ 20. Kh2 Qf4+ 21. Kh1 Qxe4+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ {etc.}) 15... Bxf3 16.
gxf3 Qf6 ({But not} 16... Qh4 $2 17. Kg2) 17. Ne1 (17. Kg2 Qg6+ {And Black has
at least a draw.}) 17... Qg6+ {Here the silicone comes up with a brilliant:}
18. Kh2 $1 Qh5+ 19. Kg2 $1 Qg6+ 20. Kh3 Qh5+ 21. Kg3 Qg6+ 22. Kh4 $3 {A brief
glance will be enough for a human to never even consider to go into such a
position, especially not against an opponent that prepared the whole line at
home, and whose name is Anand. Black, by the way, has no direct win here (we
didn't find any in any case), but Black can simply improve his position, and a
king on h4 is more than sufficient compensation for a piece. The game could
have gone like this:} Rbe8 23. Bf4 Kh8 $1 24. Bc2 Re6 {and White is going to
pay for his excessive apetite.}) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qg3 {Using the
strong sacrifice Black managed to solve all his positional problems, making it
virtually impossible to refrain from using the cliche: "Tactics on a service
of strategy"} Be6 {Now massive piece exchanges follow, resulting in a quick
draw.} 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxb5 Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Rxb5 21. Qe2 Rb8 22.
Bf4 Qf6 23. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Na5 $5 {The older
move 13.Nc5 was replaced by this strange looking knight jump. Surprizingly
enough black is struggling with unpleasant problems.} Qd7 (13... Qc8 14. Nd5
Rb8 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. f4 Rb8 17. Bd2 f6 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Rhe1 O-O 20.
Re4 Bb5 21. Nc6 Rb7 22. Qf3 {1-0 Sadvakasov,D (2612)-Zhou Jianchao (2516)/
Hyderabad 2005 (61)}) 15. Qe2 Bxd5 16. exd5 c3 17. b3 Rb5 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4
Be7 20. Rd3 e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. a4 Rb8 23. Bd4 {1-0 Najer,E (2641)-Ghaem
Maghami,E (2586)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005 (56)}) (13... Nd7 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nb4 Qb7
16. Nbd5 Rb8 17. b3 cxb3 18. cxb3 Be7 19. Kb2 Bd8 20. Rd3 (20. Qg3 $5 $14)
20... O-O 21. g4 Kh8 22. Rc1 Ba5 23. Rc2 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2700)
-Gelfand,B (2724)/Merida 2005 (56)}) (13... Rc8 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. g3 g6 16. Rd2
Bh6 17. f4 Ng4 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bc5 exf4 21. gxf4 Rc8 22. Bxd6 Qd8
23. Bb4 Qb6 24. a3 Nh5 25. Kb1 Bxf4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Bb8 28. Rhd1 c3 29.
Rd7 {1-0 Anand,V (2788)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)/San Luis 2005}) 14. Rd2 $146 {
Anand must have seen the combination with a win of d6 pawn, Gelfand will
attack the knight on a5.} (14. g4 Be7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qa4 17. Nc3 Qd7 18.
Nd5 Qa4 19. Qe1 c3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qd2 Qxa2 22. Qb4 Bxd5 23. exd5 O-O 24. Nc6
Bd8 25. c3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rhe1 Bxg5 28. Qxd6 {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2625)
-Lahno,K (2500)/Wijk aan Zee 2006 (39)}) 14... Be7 15. Rhd1 Rb8 (15... O-O 16.
Bc5 Qc7 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. g4 $14) 16. Bc5 $1 (16. Bb6 O-O 17. g4 Ne8 18. h4 Nc7
$13) 16... Qc7 17. Rxd6 $1 Qxa5 (17... Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Bxe5
$16) 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe7 Rb7 (19... Kxe7 20. Qa7+ Kf8 21. Qxb8+ Ne8 22. Rd8
$18) 20. Bd6 {White has got a pawn for the exchange, but black king is still
on e8 and his pawn structure is vulnerable.} Nd7 (20... Kf7 21. f4 $1 $40) 21.
Qh4 (21. Qe2 $5 Qb6 22. Qxc4 Kf7 (22... Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Kf7 24. Rb1 $18) 23. b3
$16) 21... Qd8 (21... Nf6 22. Qg5 Kf7 23. Bxe5 $16) 22. Qh5+ (22. Qxd8+ Kxd8
23. Bxe5 $16) 22... g6 23. Qh6 Qf6 24. Ne2 Kf7 25. h4 g5 $5 {Gelfand bravely
sacrifices the pawn in order to exchange queens.} (25... Qg7 26. Qe3 $16) 26.
hxg5 (26. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 27. hxg5 Rg8 (27... Kg6 28. f4 exf4 29. Nxf4+ Kf7 30. e5
$16) 28. Rh1 Rxg5 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rh2 $16) 26... Qxh6 27. gxh6 Rg8 28. g4 (
28. g3 Rg6 29. Rh1 Rb6 30. Bc7 Rc6 31. Ba5 Rf6 $14) 28... Rg6 29. Rh1 {
Unpleasant moment for white since his only rook will be doing an unviable job
of protecting weaknesses.} (29. b3 cxb3 30. axb3 Rxh6 31. Kd2 Rh3 32. Ke3 h5
$11) 29... Rb6 30. Ba3 Rf6 31. Rh3 Kg6 32. Kd2 Rf7 33. Ke3 Nf6 (33... Nb8 34.
Rh5 Nc6 35. f4 exf4+ (35... Nd4 36. f5+ exf5 37. exf5+ Nxf5+ 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39.
gxf5+ Kxf5 40. Ng3+ Kg4 41. Ne4 $16) 36. Nxf4+ Kf6 37. g5+ Ke5 38. g6+ $18) 34.
Nc3 Rd7 35. Rh1 Rc6 $14 36. Na4 Rb7 37. Nc3 Rb8 (37... Rd7 $5) 38. Nd1 Ng8 $2 {
Black is restless and strives to clarify the situation. Unfortunatelly for him
his e5 pawn will fall and white's advantage significantly grow.} (38... Rb7 39.
Ke2 Rb8 40. Ne3 Ng8 41. Rh5 Rb5 42. b3 (42. Nd1 Nf6 43. Rh2 Rb7 44. Nc3 $14)
42... cxb3 43. axb3 Nxh6 44. Nc4 Nf7 45. Kd3 Ng5 46. Ke3 Nf7 $14) 39. Rh5 Nxh6
(39... Rb5 40. Nc3 Rb8 41. Rxe5 $16) 40. Rxe5 Nf7 41. Rh5 $16 Rb5 42. Rh1 $1 e5
(42... h5 43. Nc3 Rg5 44. Be7 Ra5 45. gxh5+ Rxh5 46. Rg1+ Kh7 47. Bf6 $16) 43.
Nc3 Rb7 44. Nd5 Re6 45. Bb4 $1 {The bishop will be much more useful on the
square c3.} Kg7 46. Rh2 Ng5 47. Bc3 Kg8 48. Rf2 Rf7 49. Rf1 Re8 50. Ke2 $1 Ref8
(50... Re6 51. Ne3 Rc7 52. Rd1 $18) 51. Bxe5 Nxe4 (51... Nxf3 52. Nf6+ Rxf6 53.
Bxf6 $18) (51... Rxf3 52. Rxf3 Rxf3 53. Bf6 $18) 52. Ke3 (52. Re1 $5 Re8 53. f4
Nf6 54. Nxf6+ Rxf6 55. Kf3 Rh6 56. Re4 $16) 52... Nc5 {The defender misses a
golden chance to complicate matters with a fascinating jump 52...Nd2!?. Anand
will now get a full grip on the position.} (52... Nd2 $5 53. Rf2 (53. Kxd2 Rd8
54. Kc3 Rxd5 55. Bd4 Rg5 56. Rf2 h5 57. gxh5 Rxh5 58. Kxc4 Rhf5 59. a4 Rxf3 60.
Rg2+ $16) 53... Nxf3 54. Nf6+ Rxf6 55. Bxf6 Rxf6 56. Rxf3 Re6+ 57. Kd4 Re2 58.
Kc3 Re4 59. g5 $16) 53. f4 $1 Re8 54. Kd4 Nd7 55. Re1 Re6 56. Re2 (56. Kxc4
Nxe5+ 57. fxe5 Rf2 58. Kd3 Rf3+ 59. Ke4 Rf2 60. Ne3 $18) 56... Nxe5 57. fxe5
Rg7 58. Nf6+ Kf7 59. Kxc4 {White has got three pawns for the exchange what is
usually too much even under less favourable circumstances.} Rg5 (59... Rxf6 60.
exf6 Rxg4+ 61. Kd5 Kxf6 62. c4 $18) 60. Kd4 Rb6 61. c4 Ke6 62. b3 Rb8 63. Re4
h6 64. Nd5 Rbg8 65. Nf4+ Ke7 66. e6 (66. e6 Rxg4 67. Nd5+ Kd6 (67... Kd8 68.
e7+ $18) 68. c5+ Kc6 69. Ne7+ Kc7 70. Nxg8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Glitnir blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Na5 15. Nbd2
bxa4 16. bxa4 g6 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Ne3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Ng7 20. Qe2 Bc8 21. Nec4 Nxc4
22. Nxc4 f5 23. a5 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bf5 25. Nb6 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nh5 27. Be3 Nf4 28.
Rab1 Rf7 29. Kh2 Rbf8 30. Nc4 Qd7 31. Rb6 Bh4 32. Rxd6 Qa4 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34.
Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Rxe5 R4f5 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qxh4 Rxe5 39. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Glitnir blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. h4 Bh6 14. g3 Ne7
15. Nce3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Bb7 17. Bg2 f5 18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nxf5 20. Qd5+ Kh8
21. O-O Qb6 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rf6 24. Qe4 Rdf8 25. f4 Nh6 26. Qe2 b4 27. c4
b3 28. a3 Re8 29. Rfe1 Ref8 30. Rd5 Rg6 31. h5 Rgf6 32. Red1 Qb7 33. fxe5 dxe5
34. Rd8 Qc7 35. Ne3 e4 36. Nd5 Qe5 37. Kg2 Nf5 38. Nf4 Nxg3 39. Qg4 Nf5 40. Ra8
0-1

[Event "Glitnir blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Rg1 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Qf2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. h4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Rg2 b4 20. Nce2 d5 21. Nxf4
dxe4 22. fxe4 Bg4 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Nc4 25. Nd5 Bd6 26. g6 Be5 27. Nb3 Qa7
28. Nd2 Nxb2 29. Qh5 fxg6 30. Qxe5 Nxd1 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. h5 Nc3+
34. Kb2 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Glitnir blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 Bg4 8.
Nc3 g6 9. Nd5 Rc8 10. O-O-O e6 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. Nc4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Be3 b5
15. Ncd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ncb4 17. c3 Nxa2+ 18. Kc2 Bg7 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Kb3 Naxc3
21. bxc3 f5 22. Bh3 Rc6 23. Bc5 Rfc8 24. Rhe1 fxe4 25. Rxd5 Bxc3 26. Bb4 Bxb4
27. Rxe4 Rf8 28. Kxb4 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Glitnir blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. Qd3
exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 13. Kh1 Nh5 14. Rg1
Qh3 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 f5 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Bxf2 19. Ne2 Bxg1 20. Rxg1 f4
21. Bc3 Rad8 22. Bd4 Kh8 23. Qe4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Rc1 Kg8 26. Rxc6 g5 27.
e6 Ng7 28. Bc3 Rd6 29. Rxc7 Nxe6 30. Rxa7 Rfd5 31. a4 g4 32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Ng1 h5
34. a5 Rd7 35. Ra6 R3d6 36. Ra8+ Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Ne2 Rd3 39. Ng1 Ng5 40.
a6 Rd6 41. a7 Ra6 42. Bd4 Ne6 43. Bf2 Nc7 44. Ne2 Nb5 45. Nxf4 Nxa7 46. Nxh5
gxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Nc6 48. Bc5 0-1

[Event "Glitnir blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. h3 h6 13. c4 c5 14. Ne1 b5 15. b4
bxc4 16. bxc5 c3 17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. Nb6 Qb5 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxa8
Rxa8 22. Nc2 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glitnir blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 d6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Ba6 Nxa6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. O-O c5 16. a3 Qd6 17. Re1 Nc7 18. Nd4 b5 0-1

[Event "Glitnir blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3
Qd7 9. a5 a6 10. h3 Rfe8 11. Ng5 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nd4 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qe6
15. b3 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Red1 Bg5 18. Nd5 Rac8 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Qg3 Qg6 21.
Qg4 Re6 22. Rd3 Kf8 23. Rg3 Nf6 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. h4 Ke7 26. h5 Qh7 27. b4 Rh8
28. Rh3 f5 29. Qxg5+ Rf6 30. Re1 fxe4 31. Qh4 Qf5 32. Re2 e3 33. Rexe3 Qxc2 34.
Ref3 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qh6 36. g4 Qg7 37. g5 Rxf3 38. Rxf3 Ke8 39. Kg3 Qh7 40. h6
Qb1 41. Kg2 Qg6 42. Rf6 Qd3 43. Qg4 Ke7 44. Qf3 Qxc4 45. Kg3 Rg8 46. Rf5 Qe6
47. Kh4 Qg6 48. Qg4 Qe6 49. Rf6 Qxg4+ 50. Kxg4 d5 51. Kf5 d4 0-1

[Event "Glitnir blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. e4 Bc8 15.
h3 Bd7 16. b3 Qc8 17. a4 Bxh3 18. Bb2 Bg4 19. Re1 Na6 20. Nb5 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Bd7
22. Nc3 Nb4 23. Qd2 c4 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qh6 f6 26. Rxb4 Ne5 27. Qe3 Qc7 28.
Nxe5 fxe5 29. Reb1 Rac8 30. Rb7 Qd8 31. Nb5 Rc2 32. Rf1 Bg4 33. Qb6 Qxb6 34.
Rxb6 Be2 35. Rc6 Rb2 36. Re1 Bxb5 37. axb5 Rfxf2 38. Bf1 Rf3 39. Re2 Rxg3+ 40.
Kf2 Rbb3 41. b6 Rgf3+ 42. Kg1 Rb1 43. Rf2 Re3 44. Kh2 Rxe4 45. Bh3 Kg7 46. Bc8
h5 47. b7 Kh6 48. Rc7 Ree1 49. Rxe7 Kg5 50. Ref7 Kh4 51. Kg2 g5 52. Rf1 Rxf1
53. Rxf1 Rb2+ 54. Rf2 Rb6 55. Ra2 g4 56. Ra8 Rb2+ 57. Kf1 Kg3 58. b8=Q Rxb8 59.
Rxb8 h4 60. Rb3+ Kf4 61. Bxg4 Kxg4 62. Rb6 h3 63. Rxd6 e4 64. Re6 Kf5 65. Rxe4
Kxe4 66. d6 Kf3 67. Kg1 Kg3 68. d7 h2+ 69. Kh1 Kh3 70. d8=Q Kg3 71. Qd6+ Kf3
72. Kxh2 Ke3 73. Kg2 Ke4 74. Kg3 Ke3 75. Qd5 Ke2 76. Qd4 Ke1 77. Kf3 Kf1 78.
Qd1# 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. h4 f5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Qc4 Rfc8 21. Qxc7 Rxc7
22. Nc4 Ra8 23. b3 g6 24. Rg2 f4 25. Bf2 Ng7 26. Rh2 Nf5 27. Bh3 Ra6 28. h5 Bf8
29. Rdh1 Bg7 30. Bf1 Ng3 31. Bxg3 fxg3 32. Rg2 Nc5 33. Nd2 Ra8 34. h6 Bf8 35.
Bc4 axb3 36. cxb3 Be7 37. Rxg3 Rca7 38. a4 bxa3 39. Ka2 Rf8 40. Rh4 Rf5 41.
Rhg4 Kf8 42. b4 Na4 43. Kxa3 Nc3+ 44. Kb3 Nd1 45. Rg1 Ne3 46. Re4 Rxg5 47. Re1
Nf5 48. b5 Rg2 49. Kc3 Bd8 50. Nb3 Nxh6 51. f4 Nf7 52. R1e2 Rg3+ 53. Kb4 Bb6
54. fxe5 Nxe5 55. Rxe5 dxe5 56. Rxe5 Re7 57. Rxe7 Kxe7 58. Nc5 Rg1 59. Ne4 Rb1+
60. Kc3 Bc7 61. Kd4 Re1 62. Bd3 h5 63. Kc5 h4 64. b6 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Bb8 66. d6+
Bxd6 67. Nxd6 Kxd6 68. Bxg6 h3 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 h6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Bc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nbd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb5 18. Nc4 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Rfb8 20. Rxb5 Rxb5
21. h3 Qf7 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Be3 Qc4 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. Qd2 c5 18. Na5 Qg4 19. Nb7 Qg6 20. Nd6 Rc6 21.
Bf4 f6 22. Nb7 Rf8 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Bg3 Rb6 25. Na5 Bd6 26. Nb3 Be7 27. Re2
Rc8 28. Rae1 Bf8 29. Nc1 d4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Qa5 Qd8 32. Bh4 Qc7 33. Bg3 Qd8
34. Bh4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re3
f6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. g4 Bf7 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Re8 21.
Qg3 Nd8 22. h4 Bg6 23. h5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Qe7 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bg6 Rf8 27. Kf1 Qd6
28. Qe3 Ne6 29. Rxb7 Nf4 30. Kg1 Nxg6 31. hxg6 f5 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Rb8+ Rf8
34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qf3+ Qf6 36. Qxd5 Qxg6+ 37. Kf1 Qxc2 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qxc7+
Kg8 40. Qc4+ Kf8 41. d5 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 g5 45. Qc8+ Kg7
46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. d6 g4 49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. d7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. f4 c5 13. Nf3 Bxc2 14. Rf2
Bg6 15. g4 f5 16. Be3 b6 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Nh4 Kb7 19. Rfd2 fxg4 20. hxg4 Be8
21. f5 Nc6 22. Nf3 Be7 23. Nd5 Rf8 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 25. Ng5 Nxf5 26. Rf1 Nxe3 27.
Rxf8 Bg6 28. Rxa8 Kxa8 29. e6 Nxg4 30. e7 Nf6 31. Ne6 Ne8 32. Nf8 Bf7 33. Nxh7
Nd6 34. Ng5 Bg6 35. Ne6 Kb7 36. Rg2 Be8 37. Nxg7 Bb5 38. Rf2 a5 39. Rf8 c4 40.
e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Be3 Qc4 16. Qd2 Qg4 17. Bc5 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19. f3 c6 20. Re2 Bc8 21.
Rae1 h6 22. Qd4 Bf5 23. Qb4 Qg5 24. Qd4 h5 25. g3 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 h4 27. g4 Bd7
28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Kg2 Be6 30. Qd4 Bc8 31. Re3 Qc7 32. Nc5 Re7 33. b4 Rfe8 34. Nd3
a5 35. a3 Qa7 36. Nc5 Qc7 37. Kh3 axb4 38. axb4 Qd8 39. f4 Ra7 40. f5 Ra2 41.
Qf4 d4 42. cxd4 Qd5 43. Kxh4 Qg2 44. h3 Kh7 45. Qf3 Rh8 46. Qxg2 Rxg2 47. Kg5
Rd8 48. Rd3 Rb2 49. Rb3 Rd2 50. Re4 R8xd4 51. Rxd4 Rxd4 52. e6 fxe6 53. fxe6
Rd5+ 54. Kf4 g5+ 55. Ke4 Kg6 56. Rf3 Rd1 57. e7 Re1+ 58. Re3 Rxe3+ 59. Kxe3 Kf7
60. Kd4 Ke8 61. Ne4 Be6 62. Nxg5 Bd5 63. h4 Kxe7 64. h5 Kf6 65. Ne4+ Kg7 66. g5
Bc4 67. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14. Rh4 Bb7
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Ng5 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxg2 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Rd1 Qxd1+
21. Qxd1 hxg5 22. Rd4 Bc6 23. Rd6 Ne4 24. Qd4 e5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. dxc5 b6 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14.
Be5 Qxc5 15. Ng5 h6 16. h4 Rd5 17. f4 Rad8 18. a3 b5 19. Rde1 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd5
21. Ne4 Qxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. f5 exf5 25. Nf2 Rd7 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Rxd1 Bc5 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. g3 Be4 30. Kc1 Kf8 31. Nf4 Ke7 32. Kd2 b4 33. axb4
Bxb4+ 34. Ke2 Bc5 35. Rc1 Kd6 36. b3 a5 37. h5 Bc6 38. Rd1+ Ke7 39. Nd5+ Ke6
40. Ne3 a4 41. bxa4 Bxa4 42. Ra1 Bb5+ 43. Kf2 Bd4 44. Ra8 Bc6 45. Rd8 Ke5 46.
Ke2 Bb5+ 47. Kd2 Ke4 48. Nxf5 Kxf5 49. Rxd4 Bc6 50. Rc4 Bg2 51. Ke3 Kg5 52. Rc8
f5 53. Rg8+ Kf6 54. Kf4 Bh3 55. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
Be3 a6 9. Na4 d6 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. Nf3 e5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bg5 Nbd7
15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 b5 20. cxb5 axb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2
Nxe5 9. Qe2 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Bf4 Re8
15. Ne3 Qe7 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. c4 Qb6 20. b3 Qb4 21.
Qd3 Qc5 22. Qb1 Rd7 23. Qb2 a5 24. h3 h6 25. Nd5 Ne5 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. Rd5 Qc7
28. Rb5 Qd8 29. Qd4 Bc2 30. Rc1 Nc6 31. Qb6 Qxb6 32. Rxb6 Be4 33. Re1 Rde7 34.
Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxb7 Nb4 37. Rb5 Nxa2 38. Rxa5 Nc1 39. Rb5 g5 40.
Ng2 Re2 41. Ne3 Nd3 42. Ng4 Kg7 43. Rd5 Nc5 44. Rxd6 Ne4 45. Rd5 h5 46. Ne3 Kg6
47. Nd1 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Kf1 Rc2 50. Ke1 Rc1 51. Ke2 Rb1 52. Kd3 f5 53. Kc2
Ra1 54. Kb2 Ra7 55. b4 Rf7 56. b5 f4 57. gxf4 Rxf4 58. Rd4 Kf5 59. Ka3 Ke5 60.
Rd5+ Ke6 61. Kb4 Nd6 62. Rc5 Rf3 63. Rc6 Kd7 64. Nc3 Rf4 65. Nd5 Rxf2 66. Nb6+
Ke7 67. Nc8+ Nxc8 68. Rxc8 Kf7 69. Rd8 g3 70. Rd3 g2 71. Rg3 Re2 72. c5 Ke6 73.
Ka5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. Ba2 Rf8 14. Nf1 d6 15. Ng3
Ne7 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 bxa4 18. Bb1 Bc6 19. Bc2 a5 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Nhf5 Nfg8
22. d4 Nxf5 23. Qxf5+ g6 24. Qg4 Bd7 25. Qf3 Bc6 26. h4 f5 27. h5 fxe4 28. Qg4
d5 29. Be3 g5 30. c4 exd4 31. Rxd4 Nf6 32. Qe2 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Rb8 34. Re1 Rb4
35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. cxd5 Bxd5 37. Bxe4+ Bxe4 38. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Nh4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nd5 11. e4 N5b6 12. Nf5 exf5 13. gxh5 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7
15. Qg4 g6 16. Bh6 f5 17. Rfe1 Qb8 18. Qf3 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd5 20. Rae1 Qd6 21.
Re6 Qb4 22. a3 Qb5 23. Bg5 O-O-O 24. Bxe7 Rde8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qg4 Rxe7 27.
Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Rxe7 Rd8 29. h4 Qxb2 30. Bh3 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33.
Bxf5 c3 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Bxd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd2 g6 21. c3 Ng7 22.
c4 Nf5 23. a4 cxb4 24. cxb5 a5 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qb8 27. Bb2 Bd8 28. g4 Nd4
29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Bc4 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Ng3 Re5 33. Re4 Nf6 34. Rxe5 dxe5
35. Bb3 Qc8 36. d6+ Kg7 37. Qf3 Qxh3 38. Qb7+ Qd7 39. Qb8 Ne8 40. Ne4 Qg4+ 41.
Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Kd2 Nf6 44. Qxd8 Nxe4+ 45. dxe4 Qf4+ 46. Kd3 Qf3+ 47.
Kc4 Qc3+ 48. Kd5 Qxb3+ 49. Kc6 d3 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. d7 Qc4+ 52. Kb6 Qd4+ 53. Ka6
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 b4
9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. h4 a5 14. Bf2 g6 15. Ne3 Bg7
16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bd3 Nd4 18. Nc2 Nc6 19. Ne3 a4 20. Nef5 gxf5 21. exf5 e4 22.
fxe4 Ne5 23. fxe6 Nfxg4 24. e7 Qxe7 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Rg1 h5 27. Be2 Rfe8 28. Bd4
Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxf5 30. Bxg7 Rxe4+ 31. Kd2 Qf4+ 32. Kc2 Rxc4+ 33. Kb1 Rxc1+ 34.
Qxc1 Qxf3 35. Bh6 Qf5+ 36. Ka1 Rc8 37. Qd1 Kh7 38. Bc1 Qc2 39. Qf1 f6 40. Qe1
Kg6 41. Qe3 Kf7 42. Qe1 Rc4 43. Rf1 d5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Nc3 Bc6 8. Bg2
Ne4 9. Bb2 Bb4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8
15. d5 Qb7 16. e4 d6 17. Nc4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nd7 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Rc4 Rfe8 21. Qd4
exd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxe4 24. Nxc7 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 Nce5 14. Rg1 b4 15.
Ne2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Be7 17. Ned4 Ndb6 18. f4 a5 19. Nd2 Qc5 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4
Qxc4 22. b3 Qc5 23. Be3 Qc3 24. g5 Bb7 25. Ne2 Qc7 26. Ng3 O-O 27. f5 Rfc8 28.
h4 a4 29. f6 Bf8 30. h5 d5 31. g6 fxg6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rh1 gxf6 34. Bd4 Bg7
35. Rdg1 dxe4 36. Nh5 e3 37. Nxf6+ Kf7 38. Bxe3 Qxc2+ 39. Qxc2 Rxc2 40. Rh7
axb3 41. axb3 Rc3 42. Bd4 Rh8 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Nd5+ e5 45. Bxe5+ Kf7 46. Nxc3
Rh5 47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. Bd4 bxc3 49. Rf6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bg5 Kh8 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ng8 17. Bf4 f5 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Qd3 Bxf5 20. Qg3 Bg6 21. Bg5
Rb5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. f3 Nh5 24. Qh4 Nf4 25. Ne3 Rh5 26. Qg3 Qd8 27. Kh1 Rg5
28. Ng4 h5 29. h4 Rc5 30. Ne3 Qf6 31. Ra4 Rb8 32. Raa1 Be8 33. Nf1 Bc6 34. Nd2
d5 35. Qg5 Qxg5 36. hxg5 d4 37. Re7 Rxg5 38. Rxc7 Rxg2 39. Rxc6 Rxd2 40. Re1 d3
41. cxd3 Nxd3 42. Re7 Rxb2 43. Bc2 Rxc2 44. Rxc2 b3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 Bf6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14.
Qf4 c6 15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Re8 17. Bf5 Qb8 18. Rd7 Rd8 19. Rhd1 Qe5 20. Qe4
Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rab8 22. g3 g6 23. a4 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. e4 Rb8 13. e5 Be7 14. Be3
b6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rc8+ Bd8 18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Rhc1 Rf8 20. Kd3 Be7
21. R8c6 Rfb8 22. Ke4 a5 23. f4 Bc5 24. dxc5 Kxc6 25. cxb6+ Kb5 26. g4 h5 27.
h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 g6 29. f5 gxf5+ 30. gxf5 Rh8 31. Rc5+ Ka6 32. fxe6 fxe6 33.
Rc6 Rh4+ 34. Kd3 Rd7+ 35. Ke2 Rh2+ 36. Kf3 Rd3 37. Kf4 Rxa2 38. Bc5 Rc2 39. Rc7
Rd8 40. Ra7+ Kb5 41. Be3 Rf8+ 42. Ke4 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 Rd8+ 44. Ke2 Re4 45. Kf3
Rxe5 46. b7 Rf8+ 47. Kg2 Rxe3 48. Ra8 Kc6 49. Rxf8 Kxb7 50. Kf2 Re5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Bb5
Rb8 15. O-O c4 16. Ba4 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nxd7 Nxd7
21. Qb5 Nf6 22. Rb1 h5 23. Bc2 Rd8 24. a4 g6 25. Qb7 Qa5 26. Qe7 Kg7 27. Rb7
Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxd7 Qc3 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 31. Qxd5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 c3 33. Qc6+
Kg7 34. d5 c2 35. d6 Qb2 36. d7 Qe5+ 37. g3 Qf5 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. f4 d5 5. exd5 Ng4 6. d4 Bxd4 7. Nf3 Bf2+ 8.
Kf1 Bb6 9. fxe5 Nf2 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. d6+ Kh8 13. exf6 gxf6 14. dxc7
Bxc7 15. Kxf2 fxg5 16. Qc3+ Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Rxf6 18. Re1 Bb6+ 19. Kg3 Bc7+ 20.
Kf2 Bb6+ 21. Kg3 Bc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8.
d4 Bb6 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. Re1 c5 13. Na3 cxd4 14. Nac4
Qe6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. cxd4 Nd5 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 ({For decades, White's previous
move has been usually played with the idea of continuing with} 5. a3 {. The
development of the bishop to g5 has been a more common reaction against 4...
Bb4, but the past year has featured a surprising boom of the variation played
in this game. 2006 seems to be a continuation of this new trend. In fact, we
shouldn't really wonder about that. Unlike the Nimzo Indian, where White has
tried numerous systems of development, the QI has basically developed along
two main variations: the fianchetto (Rubinstein) system and the a3 (Petrosian)
system. True, in his golden years, Tony Miles was remarkably successful with
the relatively rare 4.Bf4, but, curiously, he did not find too many followers.
Quite naturally, people seem to become bored about such a restricted area of
investigation (just two main variations in a whole opening), which looks like
a reasonable explanation of the rise in popularity of 5.Bg5.}) 5... h6 6. Bh4
Be7 ({The most solid continuation. As we shall see, both opponents had some
experience with this line, although it consisted only of rapid and blitz games.
The more ambitious} 6... g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 {is not without
strategical risk: Black seriously weakens the king side light squares. While
the weakness of the h5-square is obvious, the status of the f5-square
recquires some explanation. For the moment, this square is safely defended by
the e6-pawn, but given the fact that one of White's main strategic ideas
consists of closing the diagonal for the b7-bishop by means of d4-d5, the
eventual exchange e6xd5, making f5 an excellent outpost for the white minor
pieces, cannot be discarded. Here is a game where this nuance was of decisive
importance:} 10. Qc2 ({This is probably better than} 10. Bd3 {when after} Nc6 {
White already has problems finding a good square for the queen, in view of the
possible knight jump to b4.} 11. a3 $6 {is definitely too slow. After} g4 $1
12. Ng1 f5 13. Nge2 h5 {I managed to solve the problem of the h5- and
f5-squared in a very convenient way in the game Ravi-Marin, Calcutta 1997. The
game continued} 14. Nf4 h4 15. Qa4 h3 {when Black's chain of pawns from d7 to
h3 certainly looks impressive. In fact, I do not remember having obtained a
similar structure in any other game.}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O-O Qe7 ({Even though
this could have meant a slight delay in development, the same plan based on} 
11... g4 $5 {would have deserved consideration.}) 12. g4 $1 {Now, Black has to
look forcounterplay on other areas of the board.} Nb4 ({Unfortunately, the
thematical pawn break} 12... h5 $6 13. Rxh5 Rxh5 14. gxh5 g4 {fails to} 15. Qh7
$1 {when Black cannot obtain the desired consolidation of the king side.}) ({
In case of} 12... O-O-O {White can already prevent this tactical operation by
means of} 13. Rh5 {when the rook is not easy to expell from h5.}) 13. Qd2 c5
14. d5 $1 exd5 {Here it is! In order to avoid being left with a passive bishop
on b7, Black has to weaken the f5-square in chronical way.} 15. a3 dxc4 $5 {
With the g-pawn just one step back, this piece sacrifice would have ensured
Black excellent play, but the way it is the situation remains double-edged.}
16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nb5 d5 18. Nbd4 {and the knight soon landed on f5, putting
considerable pressure on Black's position and restricting his attacking
possibilities in the game Ponomariov-Kramnik, Sofia 2005 which was eventually
won by White. I suspect that this game was one of the main reasons for 5.Bg5
becoming popular.}) 7. e3 ({White also adopts a harmonious system of
development. Previously, Bacrot had been successful with} 7. Qc2 {, which
prepares the occupation of the centre by means of e4. The game continued} d6 ({
This neutral move is an indirect, rather subtle, way to question the viability
of the early development of the queen to c2. The most natural way of starting
the counterattack against White's centre is} 7... c5) ({while} 7... d5 {
could eventually transpose to a sharp variation of the Tartakover system of
the Queen's Gambit Declined.}) 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Be2 c5 {Now that the d4-square
has been weakened, the attack against the white centre practically forces
White embark in the following complications.} 10. d5 {Otherwise, Black would
simply capture on d4 obtaining a comfortable version of the Hedgehog, not only
because of White's loss of tempo (e3-e4) but also because of the slightly
misplaced h4-bishop.} exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Nc7+
Ke7 15. Nxa8 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bxa8 17. Rxg7 Ne5 {with a complicated position,
where Black's stability on dark squares offers him reasonable compensation for
the exhchange, Bacrot-Ivanchuk, FIDE GP Dubai 2002. White eventually won after
an interesting fight.}) 7... Ne4 {From the point of view of the general rules
of development, this knight jump might seem illogical in a moment when many of
Black's pieces are still on their initial squares. However, in the absence of
direct contact between the chains of pawns reduces to a certain extent the
significance of development in the classical meaning of this notion. Besides,
if Black intends to display his forces along the first three ranks, any
simplifications are most welcome. The alternatives consist of attacking the
enemy centre with either ...c5 or ...d5, eventually after castling.} 8. Nxe4 ({
The exchange on e7 with} 8. Bxe7 {would solve Black's problems of development
after} Qxe7 9. Rc1 d6 {followed by Nd7, as in the game Mamedyarov-Anand,
Reykjavik, blitz 2006.}) 8... Bxe4 9. Bg3 $5 {Now, Black needs some extra-time
to complete his development. The other side of the coin consists of the fact
that White's dark-squared bishop can easily become his most passive piece, if
the thematic break c4-c5 will not be possible to carry out at the right moment.
} d6 ({This is a very rare move, which can eventually transpose to the more
common} 9... O-O {. However, we shall soon see that Anand had no intentions of
castling short.}) 10. Bd3 Bb7 $5 ({Black preserves his active bishop from
exchange at the cost of losing one more tempo. Previously,} 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3
Nd7 {had been played. The only game where this position was seen continued with
} 12. d5 $6 ({By prematurely defining the central structure, White allows his
opponent obtain adequate counterplay. The more retratined} 12. O-O {should be
preferred when} O-O {would transpose to a game played with the 9...0-0 move
order:} 13. e4 Bf6 14. e5 Be7 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. d5 {with active play for White,
although Black managed to survive in Gelfand-Leko, Monte Carlo 2005.}) 12... e5
$1 {Black does not fear placing another pawn on a dark square. In fact, the
white bishop is more passive thatn his black colleague.} 13. e4 O-O 14. h4 ({
restricting the black bishop but weakening the king side light squares. In
case of} 14. Nd2 Bg5 {eventually followed by ...Bxd2 and ...f5 Black would
have easy play.}) 14... Qc8 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qg4 17. b4 Nd7 18. Nf1 f5 {
with sufficient counterplay, Azmaiparashvili-Rozentalis, Ermioni Argolidas 2005
}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 Bf6 $5 ({This is the first new move of the game. Just
two days earlier,} 12... O-O {had been played, with the continuation} 13. Qe2
Bf6 14. Rad1 e5 15. d5 a5 16. b3 Re8 17. a3 Nf8 {when White's active
possibilities were restricted by the bad placement of the g3-bishop,
Carlsen-Sasikiran, Sarajevo 2006. By refraining from castling, Anand intends
to take advantage of this detail by more direct means.}) 13. Rc1 ({The plan of
preparing the pawn break c5 will prove too slow. Black seems to be able to
hold his own in case of the more resolute} 13. e5 $5 {for instance} dxe5 14.
dxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rfe1 Bd4 $1 ({It is imperative to
maintain the d-file defended. In case of} 17... Bxb2 $6 18. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 19.
Bg6+ Ke7 20. Qf7+ Kd6 21. Rd1+ {White would recuperate the sacrificed material
maintaining a strong attack.}) 18. Be4 {(The only way to take advantage of the
slight lead in development)} O-O $1 ({Black has no time to remove the rook
from the attacked square with} 18... Rb8 $6 {because of} 19. Bc6+ Ke7 20. Rad1
{with deadly pins along the central files or 19...Kf8 20.Rxe6}) 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 {
and the strong centralised bishop keeps Black out of the danger of losing.}) ({
However, the simple developing move} 13. Qe2 {, connecting rooks and making
the threat e5 more realistic deserves serious attention, for instance} g5 $2 ({
In fact, Black should probably refrain from this plan and play} 13... O-O {
which would transpose to the game from Sarajevo.}) 14. e5 $1 {(As always, an
attack on the wing is best answered by a counter-blow in the centre.)} Bxf3 15.
gxf3 {with strong initiative in the centre.}) 13... g5 $5 {Suddenly, White's
minor pieces from the king side start feeling insecure. To a certain extent,
the position starts becoming similar to that from the memorable 6th game of
the final match of the World Championship between Anand and Karpov, back in
1998. Instead of questioning White's domination in the centre, Black starts a
very concrete plan on a restricted wing area. Although Anand managed to win
the game with White, thus equalising the score, he might have understood the
objective merits of Black's approach.} 14. Bb1 ({The bishop is passively
placed here and it could become vulnerable in case of mass simplifications. It
is hard to tell whether White's play was marked by indecision or he simply
relied on the fact that his considerable advantage of space in the centre
would offer him sufficient chances to beat off Black's original play. He could
have chosen between the pawn sacrifice} 14. c5 $5) ({and} 14. e5 {which would
have been probably answered by} g4 {with unclear consequences. In case of the
opening of the position, White's advance in development could become a telling
factor.}) 14... h5 15. h3 Rg8 16. b4 {The continuation of the same policy.
White ignores the immediate threats and builds up an impressive queen side
position. This was the last moment to switch to the alternate approach by
opening the position in the centre somehow, in accordance with the principle
that in case of attacks on opposite wings, the speed of action is of vital
importance.} g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nh2 Bh4 $1 {Not only questionning White's
stability on the king side, but also preparing the development of the queen on
an active square.} 19. Bf4 $1 ({A rather subtle antidote to Black's simple
attacking action. By avoiding the contact of the bishops and depriving the
enemy queen of the important g5-square, White leaves his opponent with
problems defending the courageous g-pawn and completing the development at the
same time. In case of} 19. Nxg4 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qg5 {White would have problems
defending his king side.}) ({Consolidating the g3-square with} 19. Rc3 {
would solve only part of the problem because after} Qg5 {followed by long
castle and the doubling (or trippling) of major pieces along the h-file the
white king would be in serious danger.}) 19... Bg5 ({By pursuing the enemy
bishop, Black aims to get some stability on dark squares and, possibly more
important than that, prevent the capture on g4 with the knight. Black's
development was not sufficient to play the generally desirable} 19... g3 {
because of} 20. fxg3 Bxg3 21. Bxg3 (21. Qh5 $5) 21... Rxg3 22. Qh5 Qe7 23. Ng4
{with strong pressure against the f7-pawn and the brutal threat of driving the
rook on the passive a3-square with Kh2.}) ({Black had a reasonable alternative
in} 19... Qf6 {when after} 20. g3 Bg5 21. Nxg4 Qg7 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. f3 O-O-O {
the vulnerable position of the enemy king would have probably offered Black
adequate compensation.}) 20. Qxg4 Qf6 21. Be3 $1 ({Another fine bishop retreat,
maintaining the tension and thus leaving Black with the same problems of
completing his development. In case of} 21. Bxg5 $2 Rxg5 {followed by long
castle and Rh8 Black's attack would have been too strong.}) 21... Bxe3 ({
This release of the tension is an interesting, but probably not entirely
adequate attempt to change the course of the game. Once again, normal play
would have offered Black compensation for the pawn, for instance} 21... O-O-O
22. f4 Bh4 {and White faces problems defending his numerous weaknesses, such
as the g4- and g3-squares and the e4-pawn, not to speak about his king.}) 22.
Qxg8+ Ke7 23. Qxa8 $1 ({More ambitious than} 23. fxe3 Rxg8 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. d5
c6 $5 {when Black's more flexible structure would entitle him to hope for
equality in spite of the missing pawn.}) 23... Bxa8 24. fxe3 Qg6 {White has
two rooks and a pawn for a queen, which means a considerable material
advantage. However, his pieces are not too well coordinated, which invites him
to prudence in the next phase of the game.} 25. Rf4 $6 ({A hardly noticeable
inaccuracy, marking the turning point in the game. Obviously, White has to
defend his e4-pawn somehow, but the rook is unstable on f4. After the safer} 
25. d5 {White would have retained a solid position, with possibilities of
coordinating his pieces.}) 25... e5 $1 26. Rf5 Qh6 $1 {After these strong
moves, White has problems keeping his position together. The queen is a very
dangerous fighting unit when facing a disorganized army.} 27. Re1 ({Relatively
best.} 27. Ng4 {would have lost the important d4-pawn after} Qg7 28. Nf2 exd4 {
, leaving Black with an excellent outpost for his knight on e5.}) 27... exd4
28. exd4 Qd2 {White's queen side pawns were not given the chance to really
start an attack in this game. On the contrary, they will fall one after
another victims of the greedy black queen.} 29. Nf3 Qxb4 30. Rc1 Bb7 31. Rb5
Qa3 32. Re1 Qc3 33. Rb3 Qxc4 {White has lost two pawns and his coordination
has not become much better. His positionmight be still holdable, but Black's
play is much easier in any case.} 34. Bd3 Qa4 35. Rc3 c5 {Eliminating one more
element of the enemy centre and making the e5-square available to the knight.}
36. Bc4 Qb4 37. Rcc1 cxd4 38. Nxd4 Ne5 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40. Bd5 Bxd5 41. exd5 Qf4
42. Rf1 Nf3+ $5 {By simplifying the position even more Black not only ensures
himself the win of another pawn, but also removes from the position the
possibility of unexpected tactical complications.} 43. gxf3 Qxf5 44. f4 ({Or} 
44. Rcd1 Qc2 {winning either the a2- or the d5-pawn.}) 44... Qxd5 45. f5 Qd2
46. f6 {White puts all his hopes in this far advanced pawn. However, the
f7-pawn will be impossible to capture with a rook because the exposed position
of the king will always offer Black the possibility of a double attack.} b5 47.
Rce1 Kc6 48. Ra1 Qd4+ 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 b4 51. Kg4 {Attacking the f7-pawn
with the king is also quite utopic.} d5 52. Kg5 Qg2+ 53. Kh4 Kd6 54. Kh5 a5 {
White has no defence against the systematic advance of the black pawns.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd2 (11. a4 {would transpose to our game from
Monaco, but it isn´t necessary to commit the a-pawn yet.}) 11... Bf8 12. a3 d6
13. Ba2 Nb8 14. b4 (14. Nh4 {was Topalov´s choice against Adams, but 7 years
later (!) he tries another approach}) 14... c5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Rb1 {Trying to
create some veiled threats on the b-line.} (16. Be3 a5 $1 17. bxc5 a4 {This
looks fine for Black}) 16... Bc8 $1 {The standard manouver in the
Anti-Marshall. The bishop has done its duty on b7 and can now neutralize Ba2.}
17. Be3 Be6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qb2 c4 (19... Nd7 {seems like a reasonable
alternative}) 20. dxc4 Bxc4 {Sane and solid.} (20... Nxe4 $5 {The computers go
for this of course} 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bxh6 $5 Nxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 gxh6 {But the
comps have a point. The pair of bishops and the centrepawns should be more
relevant than some imaginary white kingside attack.}) 21. Nbd2 Bxa2 22. Qxa2 d5
23. Rbd1 d4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Nb3 $6 (25. Bf4 $5 {Seems a much better chance,
especially as white can even fight for the initiative if Black plays the
principled:} Qd7 (25... a5 26. bxa5 Qxa5 {When} (26... Nxa5 27. Qb2) 27. e5 $1
{Followed by e6 annoys in time, before a3 starts dropping.}) (25... Re6 26. Qb1
) 26. Qb1 Rcd8 {leads to a complex position}) (25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Nb3 {leads to
equality.}) 25... Nxe4 26. Bxd4 $2 {This is the real mistake. with 26 Qb2!
white could still certainly keep the damage within limits.} Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Ng5
$1 28. Ne5 (28. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxe1+ 30. Kg2 Rxd8 $19) (28. Rxe8 Nxf3+ 29.
gxf3 Qxe8 $17) 28... Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Qg5+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 $3 {However some exact
calculation finishes the game much more efficiently.} (30... Rxe5 31. f4 Qg6
32. Rxe5 Rc2+ 33. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 34. Nd2 {Leaves Black with a technical task.}) 31.
Rde4 (31. Qe2 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Rc3 $1 34. Rh4 Bd6 $1 $19) 31... Rxe5
$1 32. Rxe5 Bd6 33. Nc5 Bxe5+ 34. Kg2 Rc6 35. Qb3 Rg6+ 36. Kf1 Bg3 {36...Rg3!?
is maybe flashier, but this certainly is good enough. White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{Actually, I am quite puzzled about the fact that nobody enters the Marshall
Attack in top level tournaments any more. To my understanding, this represents
some sort of stagnation of the researching process. The Anti-Marshall systems
are not bad, of course, and offer practical chances for both sides, but, if
objectively speaking White has nothing better than keep his pawn on d3, one
natural question is whether he shouldn't just deviate at an earlier stage of
the game, with, say, 2.f4. Hopefully, the slight decline in White's result in
this tournament will give a new impulse to the investigation of the main line
starting with 8.c3} Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 {is by far more
popular in this position. Anand's desire to try something different is
explainable by the fact that Kamsky had very recent experience with it, just
two days earlier, in his game against Ponomariov.}) 11... Nd8 ({Kamsky remains
faithfull to the regroupment that he employed in his previous game. The main
alternative consists of} 11... Rae8 {eventually followed by ...Bd8 in order to
consolidate the d4-pawn.}) 12. c3 ({A new move. After} 12. Nf1 c5 13. Ng3 Ne6
14. Nf5 Bd8 15. Be3 Bb6 {Black managed to put the d4-square under strict
observation in Zhigalko-Staniszewski, Warsaw 2005. However, the immediate
occupation of the centre carried out by Anand makes the moves a3 and d3 look
like mere losses of time.}) 12... Ne6 13. d4 {[#]} Rad8 $1 {A very instructive
moment. Anand might have hoped that Black would be forced to give up the
centre because of the pressure against the e5-pawn. Instead of that, Kamsky
simply brings another piece into play, underlining the fact that he is 3 whole
tempi ahead in the development, which makes the opening of the position
undesirable for White, even if this would yield him an extra-pawn.} 14. d5 ({
There is no clear refutation of} 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 {but after} Qd6 {
it is quite obvious that Black has excellent compensation for the pawn. For
instance} 16. Ng4 ({Sligthly trickier than} 16. Nef3 {when Black could win his
pawn back with} Nxe4) 16... Nc5 ({Now,} 16... Nxe4 $6 17. Nxe4 Qxd1 {could be
met by} 18. Nef6+ $1 {when after} Bxf6 {there is a reserve-knight available to
provoke the deterioration of Black's queen side with} 19. Nxf6+) 17. Bc2 (17.
e5 {is undangerous because of} Qc6) {and now, even such a "neutral" developing
move as} 17... Rfe8 {leaves White with problems releasing the pressure. By
blocking the centre, White intends to make Black's advance in development lose
part of its significance.}) 14... Nf4 ({In spite of winning a tempo,} 14... Nc5
$6 {is hardly adequate in view of} 15. Bc2 {when Black has problems finding a
favourable way of ensuring stability of his knight, for instance} a5 16. b4 Na4
17. Bxa4 bxa4 18. c4 {when the b7-bishop would be strongly restricted by the
white central pawns.}) 15. Nf1 Ng6 {The knight has reached this square after
jumping around none less than 5 times, slightly more than this usually happens
in this type of structure. The retreat was necessary in view of the positional
threat Bxf4, when Black would lose stability in the centre.} 16. Ng3 {White
has managed to reduce his delay in development to bearable proportions. Black
has to react energetically before his opponent manages to consolidate his
spatial advantage.} c6 $1 {In the following phase of the game, the fight will
be focused around the d5-square. The outcome of this fight will be to a
certain extent determining for the further course of the game.} 17. Bg5 cxd5
18. Bxf6 {Quite logical. White eliminates one of the main defenders of the
d5-square. However, I would allow myself to make a general remark here. Along
the game, we shall see several similar situations: whenever two enemy pieces
will be in contact with eachother, it will be mostly White who will release
the tension, sometimes helping Black to slightly improve his position. Event
though in certain cases such exchanges are compensated by other positional
factors (as is the case with Bxf6), my personal feeling is that the
psychologic tendency favoured Black.} Bxf6 19. Bxd5 Nf4 {The knight jumps back
to the square that was made available by the previous exchange of minor pieces.
} 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rad1 d5 {Black has managed to unblock this pawn
with relative ease. However, this is not by far not the end of the story:
after the exchange of the central pawns, the gravity centre will move to e4.
Here we can appreciate the merits of the exchange on f6, because the black
knight controlled the e4-square, too.} 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 {
White has lost ground in the centre, but he manages to take over the control
of the only open file.} Qe6 {The queen is well placed here, keeping both wings
under control.} 26. Qe4 {[#]} ({The same can be said about Her white Majesty.
Besides creating some threats against the queen side, she blocks the e5-pawn,
putting it under some pressure at the same time, thus causing Black problems
with his regroupment. Usually, the knight is considered to be the best
blocking piece, but after} 26. Ne4 Be7 {we can hardly speak about a blockade,
in view of the threat ...f5 (eventually after the preliminary ...h6). After 26.
Qe4 the position is very interesting from strategic point of view. Both sides
face problems in the desirable process of putting into motion their pawn
majorities. However, there is a significant difference regarding the reasons
for this situation in each case. The immobility of the white queen side pawns
has a relatively stable character: Black's structure on that wing is simply
better. On the contrary, Black's king side majority has no organic deffects.
In order to prevent this dangerous majority from advancing, White employs
piece pressure alone, which is entirely sufficient for the time being but has
a basically temporary character in general. This means that Black will manage
to keep his opponent's activity under control, in the long run he could count
on an advantage. As for White, he should find ways of maintaining his slight
initiative, or to convert it into something of more stable nature.}) 26... Rb8
$1 ({From the point of view of the previous comment, quite a logical move.
Black prevents the infiltration of the enemy queen to b7 and threatens to
unblock his pawns by means of ...h6, ...Bg7 and ...f5. In fact, the control of
the d-file and the h1-a8 diagonal does not yield White anything concrete now,
because all the important squares of these lines of communication are under
strict Black observation. Here is an illustrative line of what could happen if
Black neglects this aspect:} 26... Re8 27. Qb7 Be7 28. Rd7 f5 29. Kh2 {White's
pressure along the seventh rank is quite annoying, counter-balancing Black's
supremacy in the centre. The generally desirable} e4 {would leave Black with
some problems of coordination after} 30. Nd4) 27. Ne2 {By exchanging his
passive knight for the active black knight, White makes some central light
squares available for his major pieces.} Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Re8 $5 ({Now that the
enemy queen has been temporarily removed from e4, Kamsky decides that the rook
does not need to guard the b7-square any more and transfers it to a central
file. The possible usefullness of such a move can be seen from the following
line:} 28... e4 $6 29. Nd2 Rd8 30. Re1 {and Black has to sacrifice a pawn with}
e3 {when his compensation would remain uncertain.}) ({The attempt to make use
of the rook on b8 with} 28... a5 29. Qe4 Qc4 {leads tounclear consequences
after} 30. Qe3 {when the threat Qa7 is quite unpleasant.}) ({However, Black
could have initiated the plan of regroupment based on} 28... h6 {followed by ..
.Bg7 and f5 immediately, leaving for later the decision about where the rook
really belongs.}) 29. Qe4 {The queen gladly returns to this (still) stable
square, taking advantage of Black's slight indecision.} h6 {[#]} 30. g4 $6 ({
This move marks the start of White's gradual decline. Anand probably felt that
he was about to lose stability in the centre and tried to remedy this problems
with the help of the pawns, but he seem to have chosen the wrong pawn! His
last move not only fails to block the black mass of pawns, but also weakens
the king'sposition. According to Mikhail Golubev in Chess Today, Kamsky
recommended} 30. h4 {during the press conference, with the obvious intention
of weakening Black's light squares with h5. Anand suggested} Bg7 31. h5 f5 32.
Qd5 g5 {. Together with GM Constantin Ionescu, we worked out such a
continuation:} 33. Qxe6+ Rxe6 34. g4 $5 f4 (34... fxg4 35. Nh2 {followed by
the installment of the knight on g4 should be avoided.}) 35. Re1 ({White
cannot transfer the knight to e4 yet with} 35. Nd2 {because of} Rd6 {when after
} 36. Kf1 e4 37. Ke2 Re6 {Black is certainly not worse.}) 35... e4 $1 {(This
move implies a pawn sacrifice, but otherwise Black would be clearly worse
after Nd2-e4.)} 36. Nd2 e3 37. fxe3 fxe3 38. Nf1 Bf8 $1 {(The only way to
activate the bishop)} 39. Nxe3 ({The attempt to restrict the bishop with} 39.
b4 {only weakens the c3-square and can be met by} Bg7 $1) 39... Bc5 40. Kf2 Re4
{. Black's activity combined with the weakness of the g4-pawn maintains the
balance even.} 41. Kf3 Rf4+ 42. Kg3 Kf7 $5 ({This neutral move puts White in
some sort of zugzwang. neither} 42... Bd6 43. Rd1 $1) ({nor} 42... Re4 43. Nc2
{are satisfactory for Black.}) 43. Re2 ({What else? In view of the fork on f2,
the only possible knight move would be the passive} 43. Nd1 {allowing} Bd6 $1 {
with strong initiative for Black.}) ({while a waiting move such as} 43. b3 {
could be answered with the same method by} Bb6) 43... Re4 44. Kf3 Rf4+ {
with a draw by repetition.}) ({The other reasonable way of using the temporary
absence of threats from Black's part would consists of advancing the other
marginal pawn with} 30. a4 {aiming to weaken the black queen side structure
and improve the own. In this case, too, White would be out of danger.}) 30...
Bg5 $1 ({This is much more ambitious than} 30... Bg7 {. Because of the
possibility of ...Bc1, White cannot offer the exchange of queens on d5 without
prior capturing the bishop.}) 31. Nxg5 {From the situations mentioned in the
comment on White's 18th move, this is the first major concession. Black's king
side structure becomes more threatening now. On the other hand, it is hard to
recommend anything else for White.} hxg5 32. Qd5 ({But this looks like aiming
for a draw too openly. In fact, it will be precisely in the absence of queens
when Black will be able to advance his strong mass of pawns without fearing to
weaken his king's position. From this point of view, strengthening the control
of the d-file with} 32. Rd5 {looks better, when} f5 $6 {would be at least
dangerous for Black after} 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Qd3) 32... Kg7 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 {
During the last two moves, Black has improved the position of his both
remaining pieces.} 34. Rd7 {After the recent exchanges, the static elements of
the position have become more significant, inclining the balance to Black's
favour already. From the former piece activity, White has only retained the
control of the only open file.} Kf6 35. Kf1 Rc6 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Rd8 e4 {[#]}
38. f3 $2 ({As mentioned in the comments to the game Kamsky-Bacrot from the
previous round, rook endings are rarely suitable to definitive evaluations.
Therefore I shall refrain from naming this move the decisive mistake; I would
just mention that now White has huge problems defending his position. This was
the last moment when Anand could have improved his queen side situation with} 
38. a4 {for instance} bxa4 39. Rd4 Ke5 (39... a3 {does not work because after}
40. Rxe4+ Kd5 {Black has the intermediate} 41. Rd4+ {leading to an obvious
draw after} Ke5 42. bxa3 Rxc3 43. Ra4) 40. Rxa4 f5 41. f3 Kf4 42. fxe4 fxe4 {
and now Black's supremacy in the centre can be met by active queen side
counterplay starting with} 43. c4) 38... exf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rd6 $1 {[#]Black can
ensure the free wandering around of his king because White cannot really
exchange rooks: this would remove the last remaining element of activity from
his position, when the static balance would be hopeless for him.} 40. Re8+ ({
I shall support the rather abstract previous comment with some concrete lines
that I analyzed with Constantin Ionescu:} 40. Rxd6+ $2 Kxd6 41. Ke4 Ke6 ({
Of course, not} 41... Kc5 $2 {because of} 42. Ke5 {when White is suddenly
winning.}) 42. b4 $5 {(In view of Black's threat of creating a passed pawn
with ...f5, White has to look for some queen side counterplay.)} f5+ 43. Kd4 f4
44. c4 ({White cannot defend his fortress passively because after} 44. Ke4 Kd6
45. Kd4 {Black forces the opening of play with} a5 {. Indeed, continuing the
neutral policy with} 46. Ke4 {leads to disaster after} a4 47. Kd4 f3 {followed
by the march of the black king to b3.}) 44... bxc4 45. Kxc4 Ke5 $1 {(Just in
time to push the white king back.)} 46. Kd3 Kd5 47. a4 Ke5 48. Ke2 Kd4 49. Kf3
Kc4 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Kxb5 {and now the pawn break} 52. h4 {does not save
White after} gxh4 53. Kxf4 ({or if} 53. g5 {then} h3 $1) 53... g5+ $1) 40...
Kd5 41. b3 {[#]} ({A depressing image. The numerous weaknesses along the third
rank will soon be very difficult to defend. However, there was no other way of
preventing the enemy king from penetrating through c4-b3. For instance,} 41.
Rc8 {would be met by} Rc6) 41... Rf6+ 42. Kg2 ({Sad necessity.} 42. Ke3 {
allows the exchange of rooks with} Re6+) 42... Rc6 43. Re3 f5 44. gxf5 ({
As in so many other moments of this game, White needs to releasethe tension in
order to get some breathing space, something he would definitely lack after} 
44. Kf3 f4 45. Rd3+ Ke5 46. Ke2 Rd6 47. Rf3 Ke4) 44... gxf5 45. Rg3 Ke4 $1 {[#]
} 46. a4 ({This move comes much too late and in the worst possible form. True,
after} 46. Rxg5 Rxc3 {White cannot defend his third rank with} 47. Rg3 $2 {
because of} Rxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Ke3 49. Kg2 f4 $1 (49... Ke2 {would lead nowhere
because of} 50. Kg3 $1) 50. Kf1 Kf3 {and Black manages to win the h-pawn
without losing his own. However, 47.Rg6 would have faced Black with some
technical problems in view of the reduced quantity of material remaining on
board, although the f-pawn would probably decide the outcome of the battle.})
46... bxa4 47. bxa4 Kf4 48. Rf3+ Ke5 49. Re3+ Kf6 50. Rd3 f4 {Black slowly
increases his spatial advantage, while White is reduced to passivity.} 51. Kf3
Ke5 52. Kg4 Rd6 53. Rxd6 ({This is making things faster and is a possible
consequence of a mistake of calculation, but one can hardly blame Anand for
avoiding such a line as} 53. Rf3 Rd1 54. Kxg5 Rg1+ 55. Kh5 Ke4 {with an easy
win for Black.}) 53... Kxd6 54. h4 gxh4 55. Kxh4 Kd5 56. Kh3 Ke4 57. Kg2 Ke3 $1
({Quite possibly, Anand counted on} 57... Kd3 $4 {when after} 58. Kf3 {the
white king would be just in time to reach the saving c1-square.}) ({After the
accurate} 57... Ke3 {Black wins a decisive tempo, for instance} 58. Kf1 {
(forced, in view of the threat ...Ke2)} Kd3 ({The sadistic} 58... a5 {is also
possible, but not really necessary.}) 59. Kf2 Kxc3 60. Kf3 Kb4 61. Kxf4 Kxa4
62. Ke3 Kb3 63. Kd2 Kb2 {and the a-pawn is unstoppable. After Wijk aan Zee,
this is Anand's second defeat by hands of Kamsky in a relatively short period
of time. The reader might remember that in the mid-nineties these two
outstanding players had to cross swords in two of Candidate's Matches from the
parallel cycles of the FIDE and PCA World Championships. Each of them won one
of the matches to become challenger of the respective version, meaning that
they both remained with a mixture of pleasant and annoying memories. Botwinnik
once wrote that he considered the repeated confrontations along the years with
certain players as making part of a "life-long" match, with the same
psychologic implications as a normal match. Judging from the recent results,
we can state that, at least for the moment, Kamsky managed to deal with this
delicate psychological issue better than his opponent. Which cannot mean that
there will be no further returns of the balance...}) 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 {From the opening variations that are frequently seen
at top level, this is one of the oldest. Commenting on his win (as Black)
against a young Boris Spassky, back in 1966, "the Patriarch" wrote that he
does not understand why his opponent chose a line where during the past 50
years White made only one or two major discoveries. This statement looks
somewhat outdated nowadays. In fact, White does not need to make any
revolutionary discoveries, since his considerable advance of space is not easy
to neutralize. The final outcome of the game ususlly depends on small nuances,
not always too easy to grasp.} e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 {In Botvinnik's
time, Black usually castled long. By transferring the king to the opposite
wing (as frequently happens in modern games), Black intends to keep his
slightly vulnerable pawns safely defended.} 13. Ne4 ({A thematic exchange
aiming to clear the way to the g-pawn and cause Black problems with carrying
out the pawn break ...c5. Anand knew quite well what kind of problems Black
can have after the ensuing simplifications from the following game:} 13. Kb1
O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 (17... Qxg2 {loses to}
18. Bxh6 $1 {or to the simpler 18.Rh(d)g1.}) 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 ({
Of course, not} 19... Nxf2 $2 {because of} 20. Rd2 {, trapping the knight.})
20. g4 Rfd8 21. Be3 Bd6 22. f3 Rac8 23. c4 a5 24. a4 Nd7 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Bc3
Nxe5 27. dxe5 c5 28. Kc2 {Kasparov-Anand, Linares 2003. In spite of the
blocked character of the position, White's advantage of space on the king side
faces Black with serious dangers. Kasparov pushed his pawns prematurely and
reached a rook ending with only vague winning chances, which Anand misplayed
terribly and lost.}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4
Nxe4 {The main difference compared to the game Kasparov-Anand consists of the
fact that the moves Ne5 and ...0-0 are missing. This detail slightly restricts
White's posibilities, forcing him to defend the f2-pawn with the apparently
passive} 18. Be3 {However, as we shall soon find out, Black is better adviced
not to rely on this small achievement too much.} O-O ({One of Black's main
problems in this line is to find a good square for his knight. My personal
feeling is that Anand's plan from the aforementioned game (to exchange it for
the e5-knight) is the most appropriate, although it does not guarantee 100%
equality. Here is a game where Black managed to obtain the perfect d5-square
for his knight, but for several other reasons could not make use of it!} 18...
Nd6 19. b3 Bf6 20. g4 b5 21. Nd2 Kd7 22. Kc2 Bd8 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Ne5+ Kc7 25.
c5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc8 {If Black could jump with his knight directly to d5, his
position would be not worse at all. However, one can only make one move at a
time.} 27. Rh3 $1 Ne7 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rd6 $1 {After the radical activation of
White's rooks, Black was reduced to complete passivity in Kramnik-Bareev, Wijk
aan Zee 2003. In case of 29...Nd5, the knight would stand "nicely" but would
fail to counter White's simple plan: Bd2, followed by the transfer of the king
to e4 and the opening of the king side by means of g5, hxg5 Bxg5 followed by
h6, which would win the f7-pawn. At the same time, Black has no time to expell
the enemy rook from d6 with} Nc8 {because of} 30. Rd4 {followed by Rdf4.}) 19.
Ne5 Bd6 ({A new move, putting the e5-knight under pressure and thus preparing
the thematic break ...c5. The more natural} 19... Rfd8 {, completing the
development, does not promisse complete equality either, for instance} 20. g4
c5 21. f3 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Ng5 24. Rf1 Re8 25. b3 {and White
managed to gradually amplify his advantage of space in Strikovic-Kortschnoj,
Val Maubuee 1990.}) 20. f3 Ng3 ({A questionable decision. It is hard to
refrain from "winning" several tempi by jumping around with the knight, but
the more restrained} 20... Nf6 {, more or less transposing to Kasparov-Anand,
seems a safer choice. In the game, the knight will soon land on a very passive
square.}) 21. Rh3 Nf5 22. Bf2 Rad8 ({By taking the d7-square under control,
Black intends to play ...c5 with all the comfort. One natural question is why
didn't Black place the other rook on d8 with} 22... Rfd8 {After the game
continuation} 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd3 b5 25. b3 {he could try to open a new file on
the queen side with} a5 {. However after the accurate} 26. a4 $1 {Black would
be simply left with an additional weakness on a5, while his counterplay along
the b-file is not too realistic, for instance} bxa4 27. bxa4 Rab8 28. Kc2 {
followed by Rhh1 and Rb1. One can feel the perfect placement of the white
knight.}) ({With hindsight, it is easy to recommend the immediate opening of
the position with} 22... c5 {. Even though White seems to be able to maintain
an advantage, the situation would have been less one-sided than in the game.
Here is a possible continuation.} 23. Nd7 Rfd8 24. dxc5 $1 ({In case of} 24.
Nxc5 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Be3 26. Bxe3 Nxe3 {White's central pawns are suddenly
vulnerable.}) 24... Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Be3 26. Bxe3 Nxe3 27. Rd4 {. Black can now
win his pawn back, but the control of the d-file would leave White on top, for
instance} Nxg2 {(Ledaing to a more unbalanced situation than after the capture
on c4)} 28. Rh2 Ne3 29. Rhd2) 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd3 $1 {It becomes clear now that
Black is reduced to absolute passivity. His knight has no good squares at its
disposal, while after White's last move it is hard to play ...c5.} b5 25. b3
Bc7 26. Rhh1 Bb6 27. Nc5 Rfe8 28. Kc2 bxc4 ({The double exchange that follows
might seem premature, but after a neutral move such as} 28... Kf8 {White could
force the events with} 29. a4 {anyway.}) 29. bxc4 Bxc5 30. dxc5 {The following
phase of the game is a perfect illustration of Siegbert Tarrasch' statement
that if a piece is badly placed, the whole position is bad. Finding a good
square for the knight will cost Black so much time that White will manage to
obtain a decisive advantage on a different area of the board. If we compare
with the position from the game Kramnik-Bareev, we can safely state that the
double pawns are more of a strength than a weakness. Just try to remove the
pawn from c4 and place it on e5: Black would get chances to consolidate with a
further ...Nd5.} e5 31. Rd6 Rb8 32. Rhd1 ({The immediate occupation of the
seventh rank with} 32. Rd7 {looks playable, too, since the counterplay basedon}
Rb4 {can be easily parried with} 33. Kc3 {. Anand might have felt
uncomfortable to move again with his d6-rook and preferred to take the d-file
under even stricter control first.}) 32... Rb7 33. Rd8 {Exchanging one pair of
rooks makes part of White's main plan and pursues two main aims: to prevent a
possible black counterplay and to open new perspectives for the remaining rook.
} Rxd8 (33... Kf8 {could be answered with} 34. R1d7) 34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Rf8 f6 (
{The sophisticated plan of freeing the knight initiated by this move will
result just too slow. The immediate} 35... Ng8 {, creating the additional
threat of ...e4 followed by ...Nf6 deserves being mentioned. White would
probably have to spend a tempo on preventing this idea with} 36. Re8 {but, as
we shall see, this is hardly a loss of time since the rook is well placed on
the e-file.} f6 ({Exchanging rooks with} 36... Re7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 {would leave
Black helpless against the white king's marching in starting with} 38. Kb3 {
and heading for a7.}) 37. Be1 Rd7 38. Bc3 g6 ({Black is not sufficiently well
prepared for this pawn break, but} 38... Ne7 {would just transpose to the game
joyless continuation after} 39. Rf8 Ng8 40. a4) 39. hxg6+ Kg7 40. Re6 $1 {
A very good square for the rook.} Ne7 (40... Rc7 {allows the simple} 41. Rxe5
$1) 41. Rd6 Rc7 42. Kd3 {and Black has no adequate way of capturing on g6, for
instance} Nxg6 43. Ba5 {or 42...Kxg6 43.Bxe5, leaving him helpless against the
centralisation of the white king.}) 36. Be1 Rd7 37. Bc3 {After this accurate
bishop maneouvre it appears that the black rook enjoys no greater mobility
than the knight.} Ng8 38. a4 $1 {With the brutal threat of advancing the pawn
to a6 and transfer the rook to b7.} g6 39. a5 $1 ({White ignores the king side
situation. In case of} 39. hxg6+ {Black would win a tempo with} Kg7 {followed
by ...Ne7, with chances for survival.}) 39... gxh5 40. gxh5 Kg7 41. Rb8 Ne7 42.
a6 Kf7 {The king hurries to support the rook in view of the threat Rb7.
However, White has an additional idea of attacking the a7-pawn.} 43. Ba5 $1 Nf5
44. Bb6 $1 {It is all over now. White's advantage of space is decisive.} Ne3+
45. Kc3 Ke6 46. Rc8 Kf5 47. Rxc6 Nd1+ 48. Kb4 Rd2 49. Bxa7 {I suppose that
Ponomariov played the following sequence of moves by mere inertia. He could
have safely resigned already.} Rb2+ 50. Ka3 Rb1 51. Rb6 Ra1+ 52. Kb3 e4 53.
fxe4+ Kxe4 54. c6 {This was precisely the moment when I incidentally connected
to playchess.com through my mobile phone. I first thought that the position
was filipped, not believing that the game was still on with such advanced
white pawns. The detail that made me understand my mistake was that Black's
next move is legal.} Kd3 {Indeed, with the position flipped, the king would be
in check here.} 55. c7 Rb1+ 56. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 {By leaving the d-pawn on its initial square, Black maintains
the possibility of developing his dark-squared bishop on more active positions
than e7 or f8 or, in certain cases, to break the centre with ...d5, in the
spirit of the "rarely seen" nowadays Marshall Attack.} 10. Nc3 ({If White
prevents the pin of this knight with} 10. a3 {, Black can nonetheless obtain
good play with} Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Nd5 h6 13. c3 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nd7
16. Ba2 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Ng4 {and a draw was agreed in
Kramnik-Anand, Dortmund (m/3-rapid) 2004}) 10... Bb4 11. Ng5 ({The immediate} 
11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 {also left White with structural problems after} Na5 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. exd5 Qd6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qd2
Nb7 20. dxc4 e4 21. Nh2 Qg6 22. Qf4 Nd6 23. Nf1 f5 {in Kasimdzhanov-Anand,
Bundesliga 2005/2006. RR: See also the comments from Anand to this game in
113CBM.}) 11... Rf8 12. a3 ({If White finds himself in a peacefull mood, he
can offer a repetition of moves with} 12. Nf3) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 {The
weakness of the c-pawns will considerably restrict White's active
possibilities.} h6 $5 ({A novelty, aiming to prevent White from opening the
position with an early f4. True, in a previous game where this position was
seen, White did not get any advantage out of this pawn break:} 13... Na5 14.
Ba2 c5 15. f4 exf4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Qxg5 18. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik-Leko,
Brissago Wch m-2 2004}) 14. Nf3 d6 15. Nh4 Bc8 16. Qf3 Na5 17. Ba2 c5 18. Nf5
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 c4 {There is little life left in the position now.} 20. Rd1 Qc8
21. Qf3 Qe6 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Ba3 Ne8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Bb4 Qc7 26. dxc4 Nxc4 27.
Bxc4 bxc4 28. a5 Qe7 29. Rd2 Rc6 30. Rad1 Qe6 31. Qf3 Rb8 32. Rd5 f6 33. R5d2
Rb7 34. Kh2 Kf7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qf3 Kf7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
{Finally! It has been quite some time since I have seen White allowing the
Marshall Attack in super-tournaments.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5
c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qe1 ({This is a rare move.
More customary is} 16. Qf1) 16... Bf5 17. Nd2 h6 ({Bacrot slowly consolidates
his position, relying on his advance of development. Also possible is} 17...
Nf6 {aiming to dislocate the rook from e4, for instance} 18. f3 c5 19. Qe3 h6
20. Qf2 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rad8 22. Re2 Bd3 23. Re3 Qf5 {Shchekachev-Gustafsson,
Austria 2005}) ({The immediate capture on e4 with} 17... Bxe4 $6 18. Nxe4 {
would only help White continue his development.} Rae8 $2 {is impossible now
because of} 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nf6+ {winning a whole rook.}) 18. f3 Kg7 ({
This is a novelty, continuing the policy induced by the previous move. Here,
too} 18... Nf6 {is possible:} 19. Re2 Bd3 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Nf1 c5 {
Zhigalko-Livshits, Instanbul 2005}) 19. a4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rae8 21. axb5 axb5 {
Strategically, White has more than sufficient compensation for the exchange,
in view of his strong centre, the active light-squares bishop anmd the
weakness of the f5-square. His only problem remains the incomplete development.
} 22. Nf1 $6 ({White should not have weakened the e4-square. More consistent
seems to be} 22. Qf2) 22... Qg4 23. Bc2 Re7 24. Bd2 Rfe8 {Black threatens now
to equalize by sacrificing the exchange back with ...Rxe4. Anand's ambitious
continuation is not without risks.} 25. e5 f6 26. h3 $5 Qxh3 27. Qe4 Kh8 $1 {
A rather unaesthetical, but strong defensive move.} 28. Ra6 fxe5 29. Rxc6 Rf8
30. Bd3 Ref7 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rf6 33. dxe5 Bxe5 34. Rc5 Rd6 35. Be4 Rfd8
36. Rxb5 Bg7 {If White could transfer his dark-squared bishop on a favbourable
square, such as f2, his chances would be better, but this is not easy to
accomplish.} 37. Bc1 ({For instance,} 37. Be1 {would be met by} Re6 {pinning
the bishops and forcing favourable simplifications.}) 37... Nf6 38. Bf3 g4 39.
Be2 Re8 40. Bc4 Rd1 41. Bf4 Ne4 {In view of the dangerous situation of his
king, White has to be careful now.} 42. Be2 Nxc3 43. Bxd1 Nxb5 44. Bxg4 Re1 45.
Ne3 Nd4 46. Nc4 Rb1 {This pawn will not be too easy to capture; Anand's
bishops control a lot of important squares.} 47. Bd2 Nb3 48. Be3 Nd4 49. Bd2
Nb3 50. Be3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 {Topalov is showing remarkable skill at using provocative moves in sharp
Sicilian lines. Black has only one piece firmly developed, but he is the first
to start active operations.} 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 {Facing Topalov´s invention
Anand is using a novelty enhancing the control of the center.} (10. O-O-O Qa5 (
10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 Bb7 (12... N7f6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15.
Rhe1 Bb7 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Kb1 h6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Nf5 $16 {0-1 Leko,
P (2763)-Topalov,V (2788)/San Luis 2005 (40)}) 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Bb6 Qxa4 16. Bxd5 Be7 17. Bxb7 Nxb6 18. Rxe6 O-O 19. Rxe7 Qxa2 20. Qd4 Rf6 21.
Bxa8 {1-0 Wang Hao (2519)-Nava,R (2317)/Instanbul 2005}) 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 (12.
g4 Nc5 13. a3 Nxa4 14. axb4 Qc7 15. bxa4 Nd7 16. Nb3 d5 17. Na5 Rc8 18. c4 Ba8
19. c5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qb6 22. Nc4 Qxc5 23. Qd4 Ke7 24. Qxc5+ Rxc5
25. Be2 dxc4 $17 {0-1 Andreev,E (2470)-Sasikiran,K (2670)/Cappelle la Grande
2006 (47)}) 12... Qc7 13. axb4 d5 14. c4 dxe4 15. f4 (15. Kb2 Be7 16. Be2 O-O
17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 g6 19. Nc2 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Bc6 $11 {1-0 Motylev,A (2638)
-Cheparinov,I (2625)/Wijk aan Zee 2006 (42)}) 15... Nd5 16. Nc2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3
Be7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Be2 O-O $17 {1-0 Ponomariov,R 
(2738)-Grischuk,A (2719)/Sochi 2006 (32)}) (10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7
13. Nb2 Qa5 14. a4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. f4 Nxg4 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. f5 Ngxe3 19.
fxe6 Nxd1 20. exd7+ Qxd7 $19 {1-0 Fierro Baquero,M (2273)-Choisy,M (2152)/
Guingamp 2006 (29)}) (10. Bc4 Qa5 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe5 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. f4 bxa3 18. Rad1 Nb6 19. Qa5 Nxc4 20. bxc4
Qb4 21. Qxb4 Bxb4 $17 {0-1 Ewaldt,M (2099)-Ftacnik,L (2612)/Hamburg 2005 (31)})
10... bxc3 11. Nxc3 (11. Qxc3 Bb7 12. Rc1 (12. Nc6 $6 Nxe4 $1 13. fxe4 (13.
Nxd8 Nxc3 14. Nxb7 Nxa4 15. b3 Nc3 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Rc1 $13) 13... Qh4+ 14. Kd1
Rc8 $17) 12... Rc8 13. Qb3 Rxc1+ 14. Bxc1 Qb8 $11) 11... Bb7 12. Be2 (12. Bc4
d5 $5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 12... d5 $6 {The annotator
is probably crossing the silver line of praising the winner, but in my opinion
immediate opening of the center is too risky for Black. The lesser moratls
than Topalov would have preferred 12...Be7 finishing the development with
equal chances.} (12... Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 (14. b4 d5 15. exd5 Bxb4 16.
dxe6 Nd5 17. e7 Nxe7 18. Rab1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nd5 20. Qa3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8 $11)
14... Ne5 $11) 13. exd5 Nxd5 (13... Bxd5 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rac1 $14) 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. O-O (15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Nf5 Be5 17. O-O O-O 18. f4 Bf6 19. Rfd1 $14)
15... Qb8 $1 {In the post mortem Topalov was praising this move, that prepares
Bd6 and prevents b2-b4.} (15... Be7 16. Nf5 $5) 16. Nf5 $1 (16. f4 Bb4 17. Qc2
O-O 18. Rac1 Bc5 $11) 16... Qe5 17. Ng3 Bb4 $1 (17... Qxe3+ $6 18. Qxe3 Bc5 19.
Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rfc1 Nb7 (20... Nd7 21. Bxa6 $1 $16) 21. Nh5 O-O 22. Nf4 $16) 18.
Qxb4 $6 {The first dubious decision by the great Indian player. It was much
better and safer to centralize the pieces, since Black still had to finish his
development.} (18. Qd4 $5 O-O 19. Ne4 Rfb8 20. Rfd1 $14) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Kh1
Rb8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Topalov deserves great praise for playing actively and
striving for win, the much more modest 19...Qb6 was good only for equality.} (
19... Qb6 20. Qa3 f5 (20... a5 21. Nh5 Qb4 22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. Nh5 $14) 21. Nh5
Kf7 $11) 20. Qd6 (20. Qa4 $5 Rxb2 (20... h5 21. Rfe1 Qf2 22. Nf5 h4 23. h3 g6
$15) 21. Rac1 Ke7 $15) 20... Rb6 (20... Rxb2 $2 21. Rac1 $14 (21. Rfc1)) (20...
Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Rac1 Ke7 $11) 21. Qc7 (21. Nf5 Qg5 $1 22. Rac1 $1 (22.
Qc7 exf5 $19) 22... Bb7 (22... Rxd6 23. Rc8+ Qd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nxd6 Ke7
26. Nc4 Rc8 $15) 23. Qc7 exf5 24. Rcd1 (24. Rfe1 O-O 25. Qxd7 Rxb2 26. Rb1 Bc8
$17) 24... O-O 25. Rxd7 Rxb2 26. Qe5 $1 Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 $17) 21... Rc6 (21...
Qc5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Rac1 Nb7 24. b3 $14) 22. Qb7 Rc2 $5 {Daring and
courageous it is Black who plays for a win out of the opening!} (22... Qb6 $11)
23. Qxa6 O-O 24. b3 $2 {It is hard to believe, that Anand has missed the
spirited move 24.Qa4! with an unclear position.} (24. Qa4 $1 Rc7 (24... Rxe2 $2
25. Nxe2 Nc5 26. Qd4 $16) (24... Rd2 $2 25. Qxd7 $18) 25. Bb5 Nf6 $13) (24. Qd3
$6 Qxd3 25. Bxd3 Rxb2 26. a4 Nc5 $15) 24... Ne5 (24... Ra8 25. Qd6 (25. Qd3
Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Rcxa2 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 $15) 25... Nf6 $5 $17) 25. Rae1 (25. f4 $2
Ng4 $1 (25... Nd3 26. Bf3 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 26. Bf3 Nxh2 $19) 25... Qd2 (
25... Qf4 $5) (25... Ra8 $2 26. Bd1 $1 Qc5 (26... Qxe1 27. Qxa8+ Bxa8 28. Rxe1
Rc1 29. Rf1 $14) 27. Qxa8+ Bxa8 28. Bxc2 $16 Nxf3 $2 29. Rc1 $1 $18) 26. Rd1
Qf4 {Black is now exercising so much pressure, that the missing pawn does not
even deserve to be mentioned.} 27. Bb5 (27. Qa7 g6 $5 $44 (27... h5 28. Nxh5 $5
$13) (27... Nc6 $5) 28. Rd4 Qe3 $17) 27... h5 (27... Rxg2 $2 28. Rxd5 $1 (28.
Kxg2 $2 Bxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Rf2 Bxd1 $19) 28... Rxg3 29. hxg3 Qxg3 30. Rd2
Nxf3 31. Qd6 $16) 28. Ne2 (28. Nxh5 $6 Qh4 $1 29. Rxd5 (29. Ng3 $2 Ng4 $19)
29... exd5 30. Ng3 Qf4 $17) 28... Qe3 29. a4 (29. Nd4 Rxg2 $5 (29... Rd2 30.
Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Nc6 Ng6 $5 $44) 30. Kxg2 Ra8 31. Qd6 Rxa2+ 32. Kh3 $13) 29... Rb2
(29... h4 30. h3) (29... Nxf3 $2 30. Rxd5 $1 Nxh2 31. Kxh2 exd5 32. Rf5 $13)
30. Qd6 (30. Ng1 $2 Ng4 $1 31. Nh3 (31. Rxd5 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2 33. Rg5 Rb1 $19
) 31... Qe5 $1 $19) 30... Rc8 31. Rde1 Nxf3 $5 32. gxf3 {Anand must have been
a bit tired of the need to defend very carefuly against myriad of dangers, so
he missed possibly better defense with 32.Rxf3!?} (32. Qg3 $2 Nxe1 $1 33. Qxe3
Nxg2 34. Qg3 $8 Nf4+ 35. Kg1 Nxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37. Re1 Rb2 $19) (32. Rxf3 $5
Bxf3 33. Qg3 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 (34. Qxg2 Qxb3 $17) 34... Qe4+ 35. Qf3 (35. Kg1 h4
36. Qf4 Qg6+ 37. Kh1 h3 $17) 35... Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rxb3+ 37. Kf2 g5 $15) 32...
Bxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qf3+ (35... Rc5 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Bd3+
$1 (37. Qd3+ $4 Rf5+ $19) 37... f5 38. Qh4 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Re5 40. Rf1 $11) 36.
Kg1 Qxb3 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Nxc3 h4 40. Re4 Rb3 {White pieces are
pretty loose and there is no counterplay.} 41. Ne2 (41. Rc4 Rd2 $17) 41... g5
42. Re5 Rd5 43. Rxd5 exd5 44. Bc6 Ra3 45. Nd4 (45. Bxd5 Rxa4 $17) 45... Kg7 46.
Bxd5 Rd3 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Be4 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Rd2+ 50. Kf3 (50. Kg1 Ke5 $19) 50...
Rxh2 51. Ne3 Ra2 52. Bc6 Ra3 {Black now has too many passed pawns and White is
still unable to fully coordinate his pieces.} 53. Kf2 Ra1 54. Bd7 Ke5 55. Kf3
Ra3 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Bc6+ (57. Ng2 h3 58. Bc6+ Kd4 $19) 57... Kf4 58. Ng2+ Ke5
59. Ne3 Ra2+ 60. Kf3 f5 61. Bd7 h3 (61... h3 62. Nxf5 h2 63. Ng3 Ra3+ 64. Kg2
Rxg3+ 65. Kxh2 Kf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {An early deviation from the otherwise
inevitable Anti-Marshall systems. Kamsky seems to have had enough of it here
in Sofia, although the practical results were quite favourable for him.} dxc6
5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 {White choses a radical way
of releasing the king side tension.} (9. hxg4 {does not promisse an advantage:}
hxg4 10. g3 gxf3 11. Qxf3 Qe6 12. Nc4 c5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qf5 Qxf5 15. exf5 f6
16. f4 Bd6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Deviatkin,A (2495)-Fressinet,L (2636)/
playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 100 ext. It should be mentioned that fressinet is
an expert of the Exchange variation with White, too.}) ({White could have
maintained the tension with} 9. Re1 {but then} Ng6 {is considered to offer
Black a good game.}) 9... Bxf3 {This exchange is more or less forced now.} (
9... Ng6 $6 10. hxg4 $1 hxg4 11. Bg5 {This is the difference. The queen's
access to the h-file is denied.} Qe6 12. Nh2 $16 {Pribyl,J-Machacek,P/Havirov
1970/MCD}) 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Rd1 ({Usually, White plays} 12. Be3 {
first. By placing the rook on d1 at such an early stage, White declares his
intention to transfer the king to the more central and safer e2-square.}) 12...
c5 13. Kf1 Bd6 14. Ke2 f6 $146 (14... Nf8 {worked out well in a previous game
where this position was reached.} 15. Be3 ({However, after the knight retreat} 
15. f4 $1 {is critical.}) 15... Ne6 16. c3 Ke7 17. a3 a5 18. a4 Rhd8 19. Rd2 f6
$11 {Sebag,M (2415)-Qin Kanying (2469)/Ekaterinburg 2006}) 15. c3 Kf7 16. Be3
Rhd8 17. a3 a5 18. a4 b6 {Pawn structures of both players are quite solid.
Strictly speaking, the f-pawns are weaker than the c-pawn, but the fact that
the black bishop is restricted by the own structure maintains the balance even.
} 19. Rdc1 {White prepares the opening of the queen side, but this plan will
not yield him any advantage.} ({The alternative consisted of putting pressure
on the g-file aiming to get rid of the double pawns by means of f4.} 19. Rg1
Nf8 (19... Rd7 20. Rg3) 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Bxf4 d5 23. Be3 Rd7 24.
b4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Bd2 axb4 27. Rgb1 Ne6 28. Rxb4 $14) 19... Rd7 20. b4
cxb4 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Rcb1 d5 24. Rxb4 d4 25. Bd2 Rda7 26. f4 {
Finally getting rid of these annoying weaknesses and clearing the f3-square
for the king.} (26. Ra3 {would only lose time in view of} b5 $1 27. Rxb5 Rxa4
28. Rxa4 Rxa4) 26... Nxf4+ 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Kf3 b5 ({In case of} 28... g5 29.
h4 Ra5 30. Rxb6 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Rd6 {it is hard to see how Black can
make any progress, in spite of his extra-pawn.}) 29. Rxb5 Rxa4 30. Rb7+ Kf8 31.
Rg1 g5 32. h4 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Rxa1 34. Rb5 gxh4 35. Rxh5 Ra3 36. Rxh4 (36. Ke2 f3+
) 36... Rxd3+ 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Rxf4 Ke7 39. Rf5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ne3 bxa4 15.
Nd2 Rb8 16. c3 Bb5 17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Nc4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bf6 21. Qd1
g6 22. Nfe3 Nc7 23. Nd2 Bg5 24. c4 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bc6 26. Nf1 f5 27. exf5 gxf5
28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bg5 Qe6 33. Re1 Rxb2 34.
Nh2 f4 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Qh6 Rg6 37. Rxe5 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nc6 {This is an ambitious setup, popularized several years ago
by Joel Lautier. Usually in this variation, Black develops his knight to d7.}
10. Be3 ({Here is a recent example from Lautier's practice:} 10. Bb2 Rc8 11.
Rd1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd6 {Wojtaszek,R (2591)-Lautier,J (2672)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM
109/[Ftacnik]}) 10... cxd4 {It is important to exchange on d4 right now in
order to win time for the further development of pieces.} (10... Be7 11. d5 $5
$146 {Sokolov,I (2706)-Kramnik,V (2777)/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099/[Ftacnik]})
11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qa2 $146 ({Previously, the seemingly more active} 12. Qa4 {
had been played. In fact, the slightly exposed position of the queen offered
Black counterplay after} Be7 13. Ne5 {(otherwise, Black would play at some
moment a6 and b5)} O-O 14. Ba6 b5 15. Bxb5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 {1/2-1/2
Solozhenkin,E (2514)-Ionov,S (2541)/St Petersburg 2003/CBM 095}) 12... Bd6 13.
Bd3 {By placing the bishop on this (again, not very typical) square, Black
prepares the transfer of the knight to g6.} O-O 14. O-O Ne7 15. Rfc1 Ng6 {
This whole plan looks rather time consoming. Besides, the knight is not too
stable on g6.} ({Black's previous play could have ben justified by} 15... Qd7 {
[%cal Yf7f5] planning to break the enemy centre with ...f5, when the
usefullness of placing the knight on e7 is obvious.}) 16. g3 {[%csl Yf4,Gg6,
Yh4][%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5]} Qe7 17. a4 Bb4 (17... h6 18. a5 $14) 18. h4 Rfd8 ({
After} 18... f5 19. Bc4 {Black would more or less be forced to sacrifice an
exchange with} Rxc4 20. Qxc4 fxe4 {but after} 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 $14 {
White would remain in control.}) 19. h5 Nf8 20. h6 gxh6 21. Rxc8 {By giving up
the control of the c-file so soon, White allows his opponent obtain certain
counterplay.} (21. Bxh6 $6 Qf6 {[%csl Yf3,Yh6]}) (21. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Yc1c8,
Ya1h1]} Bc3 22. Rab1 f5 23. exf5 Bd5 24. Qe2 exf5 25. Bxf5 Ne6 26. Kh2 $14)
21... Rxc8 22. Rd1 ({Even here,} 22. Kg2 {is possible because} Rc3 23. Qe2 f5 {
would be strongly met by} 24. exf5 exf5 25. Bc4+ $16 {[%cal Yd4d5]}) 22... h5
$132 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Ng6 25. Ng5 Rd8 26. Bf5 (26. Be4 $5 {[%csl Gd5]})
26... Qf6 27. Bh3 Bc5 {[%csl Yg5]} 28. Bxc5 Qxg5 29. Be3 Qe5 30. Bg2 h4 $36 {
Suddenly, the previously weak h-pawn becomes a dangerous attacking instrument.}
31. a5 hxg3 32. axb6 axb6 33. Bxb6 Qh5 34. Rd3 Ra8 35. Ra3 Rxa3 36. Qxa3 Qd1+
37. Bf1 gxf2+ ({It seems that Black missed a clear win here:} 37... g2 38. Kxg2
Qxd5+ 39. f3 Nf4+ {with decisive attack. In some lines, the b6-bishop would be
hanging, for instance} 40. Kg3 Qg5+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Ke3 Nd5+ {[%cal Yd5b6]})
38. Kxf2 Qxd5 $17 {Black still has winning chances, but the technical task is
anything but easy.} 39. Qe3 Qf5+ 40. Ke1 Be4 41. Bd4 Qe6 42. Kf2 f6 43. Qg3
Qf5+ 44. Ke1 Qa5+ 45. Qc3 Qxc3+ 46. Bxc3 Kg7 47. Be2 Ne5 48. Kf2 Kg6 49. Kg3
Nf7 50. Bc4 Nd6 51. Be6 Bf5 52. Bd5 Ne4+ {Ponomariov wasprobably bored already
and he immediately transposed to a drawn ending.} (52... h5 $5 $15) 53. Bxe4
Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Mongolia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MGL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. c3 Be7
9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. a3 a5 13. b3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Ndxe5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rf1 Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Rxf3 18. Bxf3 Bd7 19. Bb2 Bc5 20. Kf1 Rf8 21.
Kg2 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Bg4 Rf7 24. Rc1 h6 25. h4 Rf8 26. Qd3 Rf7 27. Re1 Rf6
28. Nf3 Rf7 29. a4 Rf8 30. Re2 Bc8 31. Qg6 d4 32. Bxe6+ Kh8 33. Ng5 Qc6+ 34.
Kh2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. Kb1
a4 16. Nbc1 exf4 17. Nxf4 Bxg5 18. Nxe6 Bxe3 19. Nxd8 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Rxd8 21.
Rd4 Nef6 22. Rxb4 Nc5 23. Bg2 Rfe8 24. Nd3 Nfxe4 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Bc6 Re5 27.
Rd4 g5 28. b4 axb3 29. cxb3 Rc8 30. Rxd6 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rg1 Rc5 33. a4
h5 34. Rgd1 g4 35. R6d5 Rc3 36. Kb2 Rf3 37. a5 Ree3 38. Rb5 Rf2+ 39. Ka3 Rxh2
40. a6 Re6 41. Ra5 Re8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Rd7 Kg7 44. Rb7 Re2 45. Rb8 Re8 46. Rxe8
Rxe8 47. b4 g3 48. Rxh5 Ra8 49. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Kb1 f5 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Nc4 a4 20. Rhf1 g6 21. b3 Rfe8
22. f4 Bf8 23. h5 exf4 24. Rxf4 Bg7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qd2 Nc5 27. Qxb4 axb3 28.
cxb3 Reb8 29. Bxc5 Rxb4 30. Bxb4 Qe7 31. Rf2 Qe4+ 32. Kc1 f4 33. Bxd6 Bd4 34.
Rfd2 Be3 35. Nxe3 fxe3 36. Rc2 e2 37. Re1 Qxd5 38. Be7 Re8 39. Rcxe2 Rc8+ 40.
Kb1 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2
Bb7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. a4 c4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Na3 c6 14. b3 cxb3
15. Qxb3 Ng6 16. c4 b4 17. Qa4 Qb8 18. Nc2 Be7 19. d4 O-O 20. c5 exd4 21. Nxb4
Qb5 22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. Nd3 Bf6 24. Bb2 Re8 25. e5 Bxf3 26. exf6 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1
Bd5 28. Bxd4 Nf4 29. Bb2 gxf6 30. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Rae3 f4 20. R3e2 Ne5 21. Ndf3 g5
22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bd2 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. Rd2 Qd6
28. Be2 Re7 29. Bg4 Be8 30. Bh5 Bd7 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. Ra1 Rc4 33. Ng4 Kg7 34. Kh2
Bc8 35. Qe2 b3 36. Ra3 Rec7 37. Ra1 Bd7 38. Qf3 Rc2 39. Rad1 R7c4 40. Re2 Rxe2
41. Qxe2 Rc2 42. Qf3 Rxb2 43. Qc3 Bxg4 44. Bxg4 Rxf2 45. Qxb3 Qb4 46. Qxb4 Bxb4
47. d6 Rd2 48. Rxd2 Bxd2 49. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ne5
Ba4 15. Qd6 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rbb2 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Red8 20. Rd3
Kf8 21. Rbd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Nc3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Be3 Ng4 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qd5 18. f3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Qb7 20. Kg2 c5 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Nf1 Rfd8 24. Qe1 Bd4 25. Rd2 Bf6 26. Rc1 g6 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. b3 b4 29. Nd2 Qa5 30. Rc2 Bc3 31. Qc1 f5 32. Nc4 Qd5 33. a3 a5 34.
axb4 Bxb4 35. Qa1 Qd1 36. Qf6 Qxc2 37. Qxd8+ Bf8 38. Qd2 Qxb3 39. Nxa5 Qa4 40.
Qc3 Qa2 41. Kf1 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 a5 11. Ng3 a4 12. Nc1 d5 13. exd5 Ra5 14. Nd3 Rxd5 15.
Ne4 Nc6 16. Qf2 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 a3 20. Be4 axb2 21. Rb1
Rd7 22. Rxb2 Be7 23. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. f3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15.
Rfd1 Qb8 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Be3 Ba8 19. Bg1 Rg8 20. Qe3 Ned7 21. Nab1
g5 22. Nd2 Bd8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Qe1 Rg6 25. Bd3 Ne5 26. Be2 Rcg8 27. Be3 Rh6 28.
Nf1 Rgg6 29. Qd2 Qg8 30. a4 Bb7 31. c5 dxc5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rb1 Bc6 34. Bxc5
g4 35. f4 g3 36. fxe5 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Bxe4 38. Bd3 Bxg2+ 39. Qxg2 gxh2 40. Bxg6
Rxg6 41. Ng3 Rxg3 42. Qe4 Rg4 43. Be7 1-0

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{El XIX Torneo Magistral Ciudad de León abre el fuego con un match inédito,
Anand cinco veces campeón aquí va a enfrentarse en un encuentro a cuatro
partidas al GM cubano Lázaro bruzón, campeón mundial juvenil en 2000, y uno de
los grandes maestros jóvenes con más proyección mundial. Anand y Bruzón se han
enfrentado antes dos veces hasta ahora, la primera en el supertorneo de Wijk
aan Zee en 2005, en esa ocasión Anand ganó una buena partida con negras. El
segundo enfrentamiento ha sido hace pocos días en la olimpiada de Turín y
acabó en tablas tras un sólido planteamiento con blancas del jugador cubano.
Las partidas se disputarán a 20 minutos con un incremento de 10 segundos por
jugada.} 1. e4 {Bruzón jugó la apertura catalana en las dos partidas
mencionadas contra Anand. en esta ocasión se decide por el peón de rey....} c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {siciliana najdorf} 6. Be2 {Bruzón
opta por la línea más sólida} e5 {y Anand se mantiene dentro de los cauces
clasicos de esta defensa.} (6... e6 {trasponiendo al sistema sheveningen ha
sido durante décadas el arma favorita de Kasparov}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4
Be6 10. Bf3 ({Otro plan estandar en esta posición es} 10. f4) 10... Nbd7 11. a5
Qc7 12. Be3 h6 13. Re1 Rfc8 14. h3 b5 $1 {con esta reacción las negras
obtienen contrajuego suficiente gracias al dominio de las líneas abiertas en
el flanco de dama} 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Na4 Rab8 {
Anand parece haber igualado sin problemas y apenas ha gastado tiempo su reloj
marca 19 minutos mientras Bruzón tiene alrededor de 15.} 19. Bc1 ({la
continuación más normal y esperada era} 19. b3 Bb5 20. c4 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 {tras}
Qb7 {las negras no tienen problemas. la continuación de la partida parece
haber sorprendido a Anand que está pensando mucho su respuesta}) 19... Qb7 ({
una continuación muy interesante es} 19... d5 $5 20. exd5 Rd8 21. Nc3 Bb4 {
con buen juego para las negras}) 20. b3 Be6 21. Bb2 Rc6 22. Qd3 {los tiempos
estan ahora bastante igualados: 10 minutos Bruzón y 11 Anand} Rbc8 23. Re2 Nd7
24. Qd1 ({una posibilidad es} 24. Bg4) 24... Bg5 $1 {impidiendo Rd2} 25. c4 {
bruzón tiena solo 4 minutos Anand conserva aún 10, la ventaja de tiempo
empieza a ser importante} Rb8 26. Ra3 Nf8 27. Kh2 $1 {las blancas preparan g3
y h4 expulsando al alfil y controlando eventualmente al caballo que puede
llegar a g6} Ng6 28. g3 Qc8 29. Bg2 ({A este ritmo las blancas no permiten
variantes azarosas como} 29. h4 Nxh4 30. gxh4 Bf4+ 31. Kg2 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 d5)
29... Bd8 30. Rd2 Bc7 (30... Ba5 31. Bc3 (31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Bb4)) 31. Nc3
Bb6 32. Na4 Ba7 {#} 33. Ba1 $6 ({Fritz ofrece ahora la sorprendente} 33. f4 $1
exf4 34. gxf4 Nxf4 35. Qf3 Ng6 36. e5 {con clara ventaja blanca}) 33... Qb7 34.
Rda2 Kh7 35. Bf3 Nf8 {El blanco esta bien pero apurado de tiempo con menos de
1 minuto en el reloj} 36. Bg4 Nd7 37. Bxe6 $2 ({Bruzón no ha considerado en
toda la partida su mejor opción} 37. f4 {con la que incluso saca ventaja})
37... fxe6 38. Qg4 Nc5 39. Nxc5 Bxc5 40. Ra4 Qxb3 {las negras tienen ventaja}
41. Rb2 {#} Qxb2 $1 (41... Qxa4 $2 42. Rxb8 Qxa1 43. Rb7 {con ventaja decisiva
del blanco}) 42. Bxb2 Rxb2 43. h4 Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 Rf6 $1 45. Ra1 Bb4 $1 {ataca
c4 y prepara a5} 46. Qe2 a5 47. Rf1 $1 Rxf1 48. Qxf1 Kg8 49. Qd1 {las blancas
deben tener suficiente contrajuego para hacer tablas} Rxc4 50. Qb3 d5 {con
ventaja} 51. exd5 exd5 52. Qd3 Rc5 53. Qf5 Rc6 54. Qxe5 Rd6 55. h5 Rd8 56. Qc7
Re8 57. Qd7 Re5 58. g4 Bf8 59. Qa7 d4 {y tablas, buena defensa de Bruzón que,
tras desaprovechar una buena ocasión de obtener ventaja con f4, ha logrado
defender con éxito la posición después del sacrificio de dama de Anand} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 ({
En reciente torneo de sofia se jugó hasta la saciedad} 7... O-O {amagando el
indestructible ataque Marshall}) 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 {sistema Keres} 10. d4 Bf6
11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 exd4 13. cxd4 {Esta posición la discutieron Kasparov y
Karpov en su match de 1990. en los comentarios a esta partida ofrecemos
completas las partidas de tan ilustre antecedente} Na5 (13... Nb6 14. Bf4 bxa4
15. Bxa4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 a5 17. Bd2 Re8 18. d5 Nb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Rb8 21.
Qc4 Qc8 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. Qc3 c5 24. dxc6 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxc6 26. b4 h6 27. Re3
Re6 28. f3 Rc8 29. Rb3 Bb5 30. Rb2 Qb7 31. Nc2 Rg6 32. Qf2 Qe7 33. Ne3 Qe5 34.
Rbb1 Bd7 35. Ra5 Qe7 36. Nd5 Qd8 37. Ra7 Kh7 38. Kh2 Rb8 39. f4 Re6 40. Qd4 Qe8
41. Re1 Bc6 42. Qd3 Qf8 43. Rc1 Bxd5 44. exd5+ Rg6 45. Qf5 Kg8 46. Rac7 Rf6 47.
Qd7 Rd8 48. Qxd8 Qxd8 49. Rc8 Qf8 50. R1c4 Rf5 51. Rxf8+ Kxf8 52. Rd4 h5 53. b5
Ke7 54. b6 Kd7 55. g4 hxg4 56. hxg4 Rf6 57. Rc4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/New
York Lyon (m/18) 1990}) 14. Bc2 (14. Ba2 b4 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Re8 17. Qb3
Rxe4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Be3 Re7 20. Bd5 c6 21. Be6 Nf8 22. Bg4 a5 23. Rac1 Ng6
24. Bh5 Rc8 25. Bg4 Rb8 26. Qc2 Rc7 27. Qf5 Ne7 28. Qd3 Nd5 29. Bd2 c5 30. Be6
Nb6 31. dxc5 dxc5 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Bf4 Re7 34. Ng5 Bd5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxe7
Bxe7 37. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/New York/Lyon (m12) 1990}) 14... b4
15. Nb1 Re8 16. Bf4 c5 17. Nbd2 cxd4 $5 18. Bxd6 {Bruzón piensa mucho en esta
posición: se ha quedado con 8 minutos mientras !Anand tiene más de los 20
iniciales!} Nc6 {Novedad} ({se había jugado} 18... d3 19. Bxd3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Qb6
(20... Qf6 $2 21. Bxb4 {Almasi-Dos Santos Guarapuava 1991 sub-16}) 21. e5 Bc3)
19. Nc4 Nde5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Ncxe5 Bxe5 22. Qd2 {#} Bf6 $6 (22... d3 $5 23.
Bxd3 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qxd3 25. Qxb4 Bxe4 {es una continuación que asegura
igualdad, según fritz}) 23. Qxb4 $5 (23. e5 $1 {daba clara ventaja al blanco}
Be7 24. Qd3 g6 25. Bb3 {con una posición muy prometedora}) 23... Rb8 24. Qd2 {
Anand 14:15 Bruzón:03:41} g6 25. Bd3 a5 {Las negras tienen algo de
compensación, pero fritz materialista como siempre da ventaja clara a las
blancas} 26. Re2 $1 Qb6 27. Qf4 $1 Rbc8 28. Rae1 $1 {en tres jugadas Anand ha
reforzado la posición y está listo para iniciar acciones en el centro y el
flanco de rey.} Bg7 29. e5 Re7 {Anand piensa aquí bastante el plan más fuerte
mientras bruzón espera con sólo un minuto en el reloj} 30. Nh2 Qc6 31. Be4 Qc4
32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Rd2 d3 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxd3 Rxb2 36. Rd8+ Bf8 37. Ng4 h5 {
Anand 3:30 Bruzón: 1:00} (37... Rxa4 $2 38. Rc1 {con ataque decisivo}) 38. Nf6+
Kg7 39. Ne8+ Kh6 40. Nd6 Bxd6 41. Rxd6 (41. exd6 Rd2 (41... Rcc2 42. d7 Rxf2
43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rg8+ Kh7 45. Ree8 $1 {ganando}) 42. Re7 Kg7 43. Rdd7 Rf4 44.
f3 h4 {con buenas posibilidades de salvación}) 41... Rxa4 42. Rf6 Kg7 {y
tablas. Gran defensa de Bruzón} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 ({Una
continuación original y agresiva es} 6... h5 $5 {#} 7. h3 Ne4 $146 8. e3 Qa5+
9. Nd2 Qf5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Be2 g6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bg7 15. b4
Ne6 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 b6 $15 {Tomashevsky,E-Morozevich,A/
Russia (ch) 2005}) 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({Es también muy
sana para las negras} 9... exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qe4
Bf6 14. a4 Rac8 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qa2 17. Rxb7 a5 18. Rb6 Ne7 19. Nd4 Rc4
20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bh3 Kh8 22. Bxe6 Qxe2 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Rc1 Qxc2
26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Nxc2 Nd5 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V Polanica Zdroj 2000 1/2-1/2})
10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Qxb2 12. Bxc6+ (12. Nd2 Qb5 13. Rb1 Qf5) 12... bxc6 13.
Bd4 Qb5 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bc3 Ba6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qc2 Qf5 $1 {las negras
cambian damas: ahora la situación de su rey deja de ser un problema y se
incrementa la fuerza de la pareja de alfiles} 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Nd2 f4 20. Nf3
({no consigue nada} 20. Ne4 {después de} Rg6) 20... c5 21. Rac1 h5 $1 22. Kf1 (
{la alternativa es} 22. Be5 {a lo que puede seguir} fxg3 23. fxg3 h4 24. Kf2
hxg3+ 25. hxg3) 22... fxg3 23. hxg3 Rg4 $1 {la torre puede pasar ahora al
flanco de dama} 24. Ne5 $1 {bruzón busca el cambio de uno de los alfiles negros
} Ra4 25. Nc6 Rd6 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. Rc2 h4 {#} 28. Bd2 $1 (28. gxh4 Rxh4 29. f3
Re6 {y las negras tienen ventaja}) 28... hxg3 {Y Anand ofrece tablas Buena
defensa otra vez del gran maestro cubano.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Nf4 Nc6 14. f3
Ne5 15. Nh5 Be6 16. Bf2 Bf7 17. Ng3 b6 18. a4 a5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. f4 b5 14. Rf3 Rac8 15.
Rc1 b4 16. a4 Ng6 17. Rcf1 Ne4 18. Rh3 f5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qh5 Bxe5 21. fxe5
Qxc2 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Rg3 Qxd2 24. Rxg6 Rg8 25. Rxe6 Kxe6 26. Qxf5+ Ke7 27.
Qf7+ Kd8 28. e6 e3 1-0

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 20. Rf1 Bg3 21. f5
Ne5 22. Ng5 Bh4 23. Qh5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 f6 25. Bf4 Qe8 26. Qxe8 Rxe8 27. Ra7 Kf8
28. Rfa1 h6 29. Kf2 Re7 30. b4 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 cxb4 32. Bd2 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Bxb7 34.
Bxb4 Ke7 35. Ke3 Bc8 36. Bd1 Kd7 37. Be2 Nc4+ 38. Kf4 Ke7 39. g4 Bd7 40. h4 Be8
41. g5 hxg5+ 42. hxg5 Ne5 43. g6 Nc4 44. Kf3 Bd7 45. Kf2 Bc8 46. Ke1 Bd7 47.
Kd1 Bc8 48. Kc2 Ba6 49. Kb3 Kd7 50. Bc3 Ne5 51. Kb4 Ke7 52. Bxe5 fxe5 53. Bxb5
Bc8 54. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Bb1 Rc8 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Rad1 Na5
15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Bc5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. b4 Be7 21.
d6 Bd8 22. Nd5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rfe1 Kg7 25. h3 f5 26. Ne7 f4 27. Rd5 Rc3
28. Re4 Rxa3 29. Rxf4 f6 30. Rh5 Bxe7 31. dxe7 Re8 32. Rg4+ Kf7 33. Rxh6 Rxe7
34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b3 Nb7 15. a4
Rab8 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Nf1 Nd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 c4 20. Be3 f6 21. Ra7 Rb7 22.
Rea1 Nf7 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Ra7 Qc8 25. Qd1 Re8 26. Qa1 f5 27. N3d2 Bd8 28. Ra8
Qc7 29. Ra7 Qc8 30. f3 Bg5 31. Bxg5 Nxg5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Ne3 Nf6 34. Qa6 Qxa6
35. Rxa6 f4 36. Ng4 Bxg4 37. Rxd6 Kg7 38. hxg4 Ra8 39. Bf5 Ra3 40. Rc6 Nxd5 41.
Rc5 Ne3 42. Rxb5 Ra1+ 43. Bb1 Kf6 44. Ra5 Rxa5 45. bxa5 1-0

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. dxc5 e6 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. Bg2 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rxc5 13. Qb3 b6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Ne4 Rc7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Kg2 h6 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Qf4 Rc2
21. b3 Rdc8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. a4 g5 24. Rac1 Rb2 25. Rc7 g4 26. Bc6 Rc2 27. Rd4
a5 28. e4 Ne8 29. Rb7 Rxb7 30. Bxb7 Kf8 31. e5 Rc5 32. Rxg4 Rxe5 33. Rh4 Kg7
34. Rd4 Rc5 35. b4 Rc7 36. Bf3 e5 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Re4 Nd6 39. Rxe5 axb4 40.
Re2 Rc4 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. Bd5 Rc5 43. Rd4 Ra5 44. Bb3 b5 45. Rxb4 bxa4 46. Bxa4
Rc5 47. Bb3 Rb5 48. Rxb5 Nxb5 49. f4 f6 50. Kh3 Kf8 51. Kg4 Nd6 52. Kf3 Ke7 53.
g4 Ne8 54. Ke3 Nd6 55. Kd4 Ne8 56. h4 Nd6 57. Kd5 Ne8 58. Kc6 Nd6 59. Bd5 Ne8
60. Kc5 Nd6 61. Bc6 Nf7 62. Be4 Nd6 63. Bd3 Nf7 64. Kd5 Nd6 65. h5 Nf7 66. Bg6
Nd6 67. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {. Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6
7. dxe5 Nf5 {La Variante Berlinesa, que tras un sueño de más de medio siglo,
resucito de la mano de Kramnik que la convirtió en su arma principal en el
match que le enfrentó a Kasparov en Londres en 2000.} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8
({el principal experto de esta variante se enfrentó a ella con blancas en
Turín:} 9... Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. b3 h5 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5+ Ke8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 $16 {Kramnik,V-Aleksandrov,A Turin
(ol) 2006}) 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 ({Esta variante está en el repertorio de
Topalov con ambos colores:} 11... Nd5 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. Re2 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bxe4 15.
Rxe4 c5 16. a3 cxd4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rxd4 Be7 19. Be3 a6 20. Rad1 h5 21. c3
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. f4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Kf2 g6 26. Kf3 Ke7 27. Bd4 Bxd4
28. Rxd4 a5 29. Rd5 b6 30. Ke4 a4 31. Re5+ Kf6 32. f5 gxf5+ 33. Rxf5+ Kg6 34.
Rd5 Rf8 35. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 12. Bd2 Be7
$146 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Be3 h5 {Una medida típica para
frenar la expansión de la mayoría de peones blanca, o, cuando menos para
lograr si se produce las máximas simplificaciones posibles.} 17. Rd2 Ne6 18.
Ne4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 {Las blancas han coseguido el cambio de la pareja de alfiles,
algo que en principio les beneficia.} b6 20. Nd4 {Anand: 15:40 Topalov: 10:55}
Nxd4 21. Rxd4 {Las blancas simplifican en busca de un final con un peón más en
el flanco de rey} c5 22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Ng5 (23. Ng3 Be6 24. f4 h4 25. f5 Bc8 $1 {
y las negras están mejor} ({pero no} 25... hxg3 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rxg3 $17))
23... Ke7 24. Rf3 Be6 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Rfd3 Kxe5 27. Re3+ ({otra posibilidad
tal vez menos precisa es} 27. Re2+ Kf6 28. Rf3+ Kg6 29. Re7 Rhe8 30. Rfxf7 Rxe7
31. Rxe7 Rd8) 27... Kf6 28. Rd7 Rhf8 29. Rxc7 g5 30. Kf1 h4 {[#]} 31. a4 $1 ({
la más directa} 31. Ra3 Rfd8 32. Rf3+ Kg6 33. Rfxf7 Rd2 {permite mucho
contrajuego a las negras}) 31... Kg6 32. Ree7 {Anand 10:00 Topalov 2:50} Rad8
33. Ke2 $1 {[#] limitando el contrajuego negro} a5 {una jugada que parece
desesperada, pero las negras tienen problemas en todos los casos} (33... Rfe8
34. Rxa7 f5) 34. Rc6+ f6 35. Rxb6 Rd4 36. b3 c4 (36... Rfd8 37. Ree6 Rd2+ 38.
Ke3 Rxc2 39. Rxf6+) 37. Ree6 cxb3 38. cxb3 Kf5 39. Re3 Rc8 40. Rf3+ Ke4 (40...
Ke5 41. Rb5+ Ke6 (41... Ke4 $2 42. Re3+ Kf4 43. g3+) 42. Re3+ Kd6 43. Rxa5 Rc2+
44. Kf1 Rd1+ 45. Re1 Rdd2 46. Rf5 {y las blancas deben ganar}) 41. Re6+ Kd5 42.
Rfxf6 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 (43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Rxf4 Kxe6 45. Rc4 Rb2) 43... Rd1+ 44. Re1
Rdd2 45. Kg1 Rb2 46. Rf5+ Kd4 47. Rxg5 Rxf2 48. Rg4+ Kd3 49. Re5 Rfc2 50. Rxa5
{Y Topalov abandona, una gran demostración técnica de Anand} 1-0

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Bd7
15. Ra7 Ra8 16. Qa1 Qb8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qa5 Qxa5 19. Bxa5 Rc8 20. Ra1 Ra8 21.
Kf1 Kf8 22. Ra2 Ra7 23. Ke2 f5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Kd1 h6 26. g3 g5 27. Bd2 Rxa2 28.
Bxa2 gxf4 29. gxf4 Be8 30. Ba5 Bd8 31. c4 dxc3 32. Bxc3 Bf7 33. d4 c6 34. Bb1
Bxd5 35. Bxf5 Bf6 36. Kd2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 19th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Anand elige una
variante sólida en vista de la situación del marcador} ({es la variante más
utilizada por el GM indio} 6. Be3) 6... Nbd7 {una línea poco habitual} (6... e5
{jugó Anand en la primera partida de su match con Bruzón en este torneo}) 7.
O-O g6 8. Be3 b6 {novedad} (8... Bg7 {se ha jugado en varias partidas}) 9. Nd5
Bb7 10. c4 e5 $6 {una posición inédita en la que aparecen a la vez jugadas que
pertenecen aparentemente a diferentes esquemas} ({no es recomendable} 10...
Nxe4 11. Bf3) ({la continuación más sana es} 10... Bg7) 11. Nc2 Bxd5 12. exd5
Bg7 13. Nb4 O-O 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. b4 {[#] Anand ha jugado con increible rapidez
el raro esquema elegido por el negro y además parece haber conseguido una
posición ventajosa.} h5 16. a4 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rb1 Ne4 19. Qc2 f5 20. Rb5
{Fritz da gran ventaja a las blancas, sin duda el campeón mundial ha
arriesgado quizás en demasía acuciado por la necesidad de ganar.} Kh7 21. Rfb1
Nec5 22. Bd2 e4 23. Bxa5 Qc8 24. Bb4 {Anand 18:20 Topalov: 13:40} Qe8 25. a5 f4
26. Re1 Qf7 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 28. Rxc5 {Anand sacrifica la calidad por el
peón de e4 y consigue una posición con gran ventaja y sin apenas riesgo.} dxc5
29. Qxe4 Rfe8 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Rd1 Qd6 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Bd3 Kh6 34. h4 {las
blancas amenazan Rb6 con ataque de mate} Bf8 {[#]} 35. g4 $1 {la forma más
rápida de precipitar los acontecimientos} fxg3 ({pierde} 35... hxg4 36. Qxg4
Qg7 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. h5) 36. Qf6 gxf2+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kf1 Qg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39.
Qxh5+ Kg8) 37... Qg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qxg6 Qxg6+ 41. Bxg6 Re1 42.
Kxf2 Rxb1 43. Bxb1 {La posición es muy favorable a las blancas que tienen tres
peones por la calidad, pero la realización técnica de esta ventaja no es nada
fácil. Anand puede jugar con las tablas y el torneo en la mano....} Bd6 44. Ke3
Kg7 45. h5 Bc7 46. Be4 Kh6 47. Bg6 Kg5 48. Ke4 Ra6 {Anand: 10:50 Topalov 4:04}
49. Be8 Ra8 50. Bg6 Bd6 51. Ke3 Bf4+ 52. Kf3 Bh2 53. Ke3 Bd6 54. Ke4 Bc7 55.
Ke3 Kf6 56. Ke4 Bg3 57. Kf3 Bd6 58. Ke3 Ra6 59. Ke4 Bc7 60. Be8 Ra8 61. Bg6 Kg5
{Y se acuerdan tablas} (61... Kg5 {[#] en este momento Fritz indica que las
blancas ganan con} 62. Ne5 $1 Ra6 (62... Bxa5 63. d6 Kf6 64. Kd5) (62... Rxa5
63. d6 Bxd6 64. Nf7+) 63. Be8 Kf6 64. Nd7+ Ke7 65. Nxc5 Rxa5 66. Ne6 Kxe8 67.
Nxc7+ Kd7 68. Ne6 Ra1 69. c5 {ganando}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Guerra Roig, Joan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Nc3 Qb6 9. Nb3 d6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. c5 Ng4 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bc1 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Qe7
15. N5e4 Rd8 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. Qa4 Rb8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Ne4 Nb4 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solaesa Navalpotro, Luis Julio"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Ne5 Re8 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bh2 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. O-O-O a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Rc1 Re7 20. Qc2 a3 21.
b3 f5 22. g4 Ng7 23. Ne2 Rf8 24. Nf4 Ne6 25. Nd3 f4 26. Ne5 c5 27. Qd2 fxe3 28.
fxe3 cxd4 29. exd4 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxe5 31. Rhd1 Qe4+ 32. Ka1 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Rd7
34. Rcd1 Rf2 35. Kb1 Rb2+ 36. Ka1 Rh2 37. Kb1 Rxh3 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Rh1+
40. Kc2 Rh2+ 41. Kc3 Rxa2 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kh6 44. Rxb7 Rg2 45. Ra7 Rxg4
46. Rxa3 Kg5 47. Ra5+ Kf6 48. b4 h5 49. b5 Rg1 50. Ra4 Ke6 51. Rb4 Kd7 52. b6
Kc8 53. b7+ Kb8 54. Kd3 g5 55. Ke3 h4 56. Kf2 Rc1 57. Kg2 Rc7 58. Rg4 Rg7 59.
Kf3 Kxb7 60. Rc4 Rc7 61. Rb4+ Ka6 62. Kg4 Rc5 63. Rb3 Rb5 64. Re3 Ka5 65. Rc3
Kb4 66. Rc1 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. f3 h5 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. a4
g6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. h3 Bf8 13. f4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. e5 Bf5 19. Qf2 Nh7 20. g4 hxg4 21. Ng3
gxh3 22. Nxf5 hxg2 23. Qxg2 Kh8 24. Ng3 Rad8 25. Nge4 Rd4 26. Rde1 c4 27. Kh1
Qd8 28. Re3 Be7 29. Rh3 Kg7 30. f5 Rh8 31. f6+ Kg8 32. fxe7 Qxe7 33. Qh2 Kg7
34. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Nc3
Bd6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. a3 f5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qc2 a6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 g5 15. h4
g4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nf4 Kf7 18. g3 Bd7 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rc1 Rfb8 21. Qa2 Bxf4 22.
exf4 b4 23. Nb3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Bb5 25. Nc5 Nd7 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. O-O b4 28. a4
Nxc5 29. Rxc5 b3 30. Qa3 Qb7 31. Rb1 Ra7 32. Rc3 b2 33. Rc2 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
c3 Bc5 9. Nd2 d6 10. Kh1 e5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. f4 Be6 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15.
Qxd5 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nc1 Qa5 19. Nd3 Qxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21.
fxe5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. Qb3
Ra7 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. a4 b4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Nb3
Ne4 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Rfc1 h5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. Be1 a5 21. Rd1 Rd7
22. Rac1 Qc7 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bf2 Re8 25. b3 Re6 26. h4 Ne5 27. Qd4 Nc6 28. Qf4
Qd8 29. Bf1 Qc8 30. Bb5 Rde7 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Rc2 Re5 33. Rd3 Kg7 34. Rd1 Qc7
35. Rd3 Kh7 36. Rd1 Ne8 37. Rcd2 Ng7 38. Qg5 Rd7 39. Qf6 Re6 40. Qb2 Ne8 41.
Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 Nf6 43. Rd2 Ne5 44. Qd4 Qb7 45. Be2 Kg7 46. Qd8 Nc6 47. Qb6
Qe7 48. Bc4 Nd7 49. Qb5 Rf6 50. Bd5 Nde5 51. e4 Nxf3 52. Kxf3 fxe4+ 53. Kg2 e3
54. Re2 Na7 55. Qb7 exf2 56. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Qxc5+ 58. Kg2 Qc2+ 59. Kg1 Qf5
60. Bc4 Nc8 61. Qb5 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Rb8 12. Bd4 O-O 13. Qg5 Ng6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Qxf6 Be7 16. Qd4 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Qd2 d6 19. Nbd4 Bd7 20. f4 Rfc8 21.
f5 Ne5 22. Nf4 Qb7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nfxe6 Kh8 25. Nf4 Qxe4 26. Re1 Qb7 27. Bd3
b3 28. axb3 Bf8 29. Be4 Qa7 30. Nfe6 Bxe6 31. Nxe6 a4 32. Qe3 Qa5 33. Qh3 Qa7
34. Rhf1 axb3 35. cxb3 Qe7 36. Re2 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. h4 Bd7
9. g3 Ne7 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. h5 h6 12. Nh2 Nc8 13. Ng4 Nb6 14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. Qf3
Ba4 16. O-O Kb8 17. Re1 Ka8 18. Qg4 Rg8 19. f4 Be7 20. Qh3 Bd7 21. g4 f6 22.
Nf3 Nb3 23. Rb1 Rgf8 24. Qg3 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Bd6 26. Nf1 Nxc1 27. Rbxc1 Be8 28.
Nh2 Qe7 29. Rc2 Nd7 30. Rf2 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Bc7 32. Ref1 Bd7 33. Nf3 Rg8 34. Nh4
Be8 35. Kh2 Kb8 36. Bh3 a6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Ng6 Bxg6 39. hxg6 Qd7 40. Rf7 Qb5
41. R1f2 Rde8 42. Qxg5 Bd8 43. Qd2 Bh4 44. R2f3 a5 45. Kg2 a4 46. Bg4 Qc6 47.
Rh3 Bd8 48. Rh7 Re7 49. Qf2 Qe8 50. Kg3 Ka7 51. Rh2 Qd7 52. Rh7 Qe8 53. Rh5 Qb5
54. Rxe7 Bxe7 55. Bxe6 Rf8 56. Bf7 Qb3 57. Rh1 Rd8 58. Kg4 Qb5 59. Rh7 Bf8 60.
e6 Qc6 61. Qe3 Qc7 62. Rh5 Rd6 63. Qe5 Qb6 64. e7 Bxe7 65. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Rhe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CCM6 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Bd7 16. O-O Ne7 17. Ra2 Rc8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd5 Rc5 20. b3 Rxc3 21.
Rxa5 Be6 22. Nb4 Rfc8 23. Ra1 Qd7 24. Qe2 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxb3 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27.
Rxb1 g6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Bd8 30. Qd3 h5 31. h3 Qc6 32. Rb3 Qc4 33. Qf3 Qc6
34. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CCM6 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rg1 Rc8 12. g5 hxg5 13. Rxg5 Kf8 14. Ne5 Qe7
15. Bf3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Rh5 Rxh5 18. Bxh5 Kg8 19. O-O-O Qh4 20. Be2 Qxf2
21. Rf1 Qg2 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe5 24. Nc5 Ba8 25. Rd1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4
27. e4 Nf6 28. Bc3 Ng4 29. Rg1 Nf2 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Bf6 Nd3+ 32. Nxd3 cxd3 33.
Kd2 c5 34. Rh7 Ke8 35. Kxd3 Bb7 36. h4 Rc6 37. e5 Ra6 38. h5 Ra4 39. Rh8+ Kd7
40. h6 Be4+ 41. Ke3 Bf5 42. h7 Bxh7 43. Rxh7 Rxa2 44. Rxf7+ Kc6 45. Re7 Kd5 46.
b3 1-0

[Event "Mainz CCM6 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 21.
Qh5 Rxd4 22. Bxe6 c5 23. Qxh6 Ka7 24. Rae1 Nd3 25. Re3 Rd6 26. h4 Nf4 27. hxg5
Nxe6 28. f3 b4 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Kg1 Nf4 31. Qf8 Rd2 32. Re7 Qd6 33. Qf7 Ne2+ 34.
Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Mainz CCM6 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 f5
15. Nc2 Rb8 16. Re1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Nb4 Qc7 20. Bb3 a5 21.
Nd5 Qb7 22. a3 Be6 23. Ne3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 f4 25. Nd5 Rbc8 26. Rad1 Rc5 27. Rd3
f3 28. gxf3 Qf7 29. Qd1 Rc4 30. Ne3 Rh4 31. Ng2 Rh3 32. f4 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 exf4
34. f3 Qb3 35. Re2 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Qc2 Qd5 38. Ne1 bxc3 39. bxc3 Qc5+ 40.
Kf1 Bxc3 41. Re7 Bg7 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43. Rc7 Bd4 44. Nd3 Rf5 45. Nf2 Rh5 46. Nd3
Rxh2 47. Nxc5 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Bxc5 49. Rxc5 Rxf3 50. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz CCM6 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bg5 {So one more Svesh game in our Black dominated match! Also noch eine
Sveshnikov-Partie in unserem von Schwarz dominierten Match!} a6 8. Na3 b5 9.
Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 {The crowd was excited once again... Well, I
consider this game as one of the rare examples of perfect play by one of the
sides. Die Zuschauer waren wieder in heller Aufregung... Nun, ich betrachte
diese Partie als eines der seltenen Beispiele für perfektes Spiel von einer
der Seiten.} Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O {Rogozenko: 'This is the main move,
which lately is usually connected with c2-c4. In the match Anand intended to
play variations with c2-c3. In that case a worthy alternative is to start with
13.c3 and leave the kings in the center for a while. It is worth noticing that
Anand played both plans, with c2-c4 and c2-c3, preferring the latter in rapid
games.'} (13. c3 {Rogozenko} f5 14. Nc2 {and here Black cannot achieve the
variation from the game. Instead he must choose between 14...Bb7, 14...Qb7 and
14...Qg5, trying to use the fact that pawn g2 is not protected. However, in my
opinion after all these moves White has more possibilities to fight for
advantage than in the variation from the game. Anand already had experience in
this line as well:} Bb7 (14... O-O 15. Qh5 $14) (14... Rb8 $6 {This is dubious
here because of} 15. Ne3 {Without castle short Black cannot take on e4 and
continue ...f5, since the rook is absent from f8 to support the f-pawn.} fxe4
16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Qh5 $16) 15. Ne3 fxe4 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19.
Qg4 Rxd5 20. Qxg7 Qxg7 21. Nxg7+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Ke6 23. Ne3 Rd7 {This is a
well-known, once popular variation, where Black's compensation is enough for a
draw.} 24. Ke2 f5 25. f3 f4 26. Nc2 Rg8 27. Rhg1 Bd5 28. Kf2 Bxa2 29. Nd4+ exd4
30. Rxa2 dxc3 31. bxc3 Rd6 32. Rga1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2715)-Kramnik,V 
(2710)/Moscow (rapid) 1994 (57)}) 13... O-O 14. c3 {Rogozenko: 'By not wishing
to play the most principled and sharp 14.c4 Anand practically agrees that he
couldn't prepare anything serious against Sveshnikov for this match. In the
system with c2-c3 White believes he will be able to fight for advantage in a
positional manner, without tactical complications. The course of the match
showed that Black has little to fear and is doing okay from the strategical
point of view.'} ({In his long career of fighting against Sveshnikov Sicilian
the Indian GM tried various lines, sometimes very rare. Here is one example:} 
14. Qf3 {Rogozenko} f5 $1 15. exf5 d5 16. Qxd5 Bb7 17. Qb3 e4 18. Be2 Qg5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2770)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Wijk aan Zee 1998 (30)}) 14... f5 15.
Nc2 Rb8 ({The ambitious} 15... f4 {(Rogozenko) is a very committing move,
requiring long and precise analysis, since after the advance of the f-pawn
Black's hopes are usually connected only with the kingside attack.}) 16. exf5 {
Another try after Re1 which didn't bring any sucess in the previous Sveshnikov
encounter. Ein neuer Versuch nach Te1, dem in der vorigen Sveshnikov-Begegnung
kein Erfolg beschieden war.} ({The fourth game of the match went} 16. Re1 {
Rogozenko} fxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 (17... a5 $6 18. Nd4 $1 Bd7 19. Qh5 h6 20. Nf5 $16
{1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2755)-Khalifman,A (2690)/Moscow (rapid) 2002 (45)}) 18. Bd5+
Kh8 19. Nb4 Qc7 20. Bb3 a5 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. a3 Be6 23. Ne3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 f4 25.
Nd5 Rbc8 26. Rad1 Rc5 27. Rd3 f3 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2779)-Radjabov,T (2728)/
Mainz (rapid) 2006 (50). with initiative for Black.}) 16... e4 17. Re1 Bxf5 18.
Ne3 Bg6 19. Nd5 Qe5 20. Bc2 {All is theory. Nothing to comment on yet. Alles
Theorie. Noch nichts zu kommentieren.} a5 $5 21. f4 {Now Black's bishops don't
look so exciting, but soon they will be back into the play. Nun wirken die
schwarzen Läufer nicht sonderlich berauschend, doch bald werden sie wieder ins
Spiel eingreifen.} Qe6 $5 22. Qd2 Kh8 $5 23. a3 {Rogozenko: 'A novelty, which
in fact represents computer's suggestion. With the bishop pair, stable center
and possibilities for queenside activity it is clear that Black has a healthy
position and can be optimistic about the future.  After the match Anand said:
"I am surprised to see how difficult it was for White to equalize in
Sveshnikov Sicilian".'} (23. Rad1 {Rogozenko} f5 24. Qe2 (24. Qf2 Rb7 25. a3
Qc8 26. Bb1 Qc5 27. Ne3 b4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Lanc,A (2570)-Ruefenacht,M (2493)/ICCF
Email 2001 (30)}) 24... Qf7 25. Rd2 Rfc8 26. a3 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Nxb4 d5
29. Nxd5 Rxb2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2655)-Nedev,T (2514)/Panormo 2001 (35)})
23... f5 24. Bb3 Qc8 $1 {After this move Black has in fact some edge.
Rogozenko: 'The computer still "believes" that White is somewhat better, which
is completely wrong. Anand: ""two moves after opening theory, I was
struggling".' Nach diesem Zug hat Schwarz tatsächlich ein kleines Plus.} 25.
Qf2 ({After} 25. Ne3 {Rogozenko} Qc5 26. Bd5 {White had more chances to avoid
troubles.}) 25... Qc5 $5 (25... Bf7 $5 {Transposing into the same position
almost. Führt praktisch zu derselben Stellung.}) 26. Rad1 Bf7 $1 {Now Anand
was not sure what to do. To keep the bishop under such an unpleasant pin on b3
was not to his liking. And then he decided to go for Bc2. Rogozenko: 'It is
amazing how after producing a novelty prepared at home and then without making
any visible mistakes White got in a very unpleasant situation. The knight is
pinned, Black has a clear play connected with ...b5-b4. On top of all White
cannot organize any counterplay.' Jetzt war Anand nicht sicher, was er tun
sollte. Den Läufer auf b3 in einer so unangenehmen Fesselung zu behalten,
sagte ihm nicht zu, und dann entschied er sich für Bc2.} 27. Bc2 {Here after
the games ...b4 was suggested by Mr Poldauf, but as we both pointed out with
humor, does Black need a second way to win the game!? Nach den Partien wurde
an dieser Stelle von Dirk Poldauf ...b4 vorgeschlagen, doch wie wir beide
humorvoll feststellten, braucht Schwarz etwa einen zweiten Weg, die Partie zu
gewinnen?} ({The computer-like move} 27. Re3 {Rogozenko is not really an
option for a human, especially since Black keeps all pluses of the position.
He can choose the right moment for ...b5-b4 and White will be left with the
usual problems to neutralize Black's increasing initiative.}) (27. g4 $6 {
Rogozenko} b4 $17 {[%csl Rb3]}) 27... Bxd5 $5 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Rxd5 b4 $1 30.
Rxc5 {Rogozenko: 'Unfortunately for White, due to the position of his rook on
e1, he is not able to exchange all queenside pawns.'} (30. axb4 {Rogozenko}
cxb4 (30... axb4 31. Rxc5 $11) 31. cxb4 (31. Rxa5 bxc3 $17 32. bxc3 Bxc3 $19 {
[%csl Ra5,Re1]}) 31... axb4 32. b3 Rbc8 33. Re2 {was a good way for White
offering decent chances to hold a draw.}) 30... bxc3 $1 31. bxc3 Rbc8 $1 {
Rogozenko: 'Using the fact that White cannot take on a5.'} 32. Rxc8 (32. Rxa5
$2 {Rogozenko} Bxc3 $19) 32... Rxc8 33. Rd1 Bf8 $3 {A super important move
that probably won the game. After this Black gets the a3 and c3 pawns by force,
and it's hard to defend with White. Ein superwichtiger Zug, der die Partie
wahrscheinlich entschied. Danach gewinnt Schwarz forciert den a- und c-Bauern,
und die Stellung ist mit Weiß kaum zu verteidigen.} 34. Kf1 (34. Bb3 Bxa3 35.
Be6 Rxc3 36. Bxf5 a4 (36... e3 {Rogozenko} 37. Kf1 Bc5 {'-/+' Rogozenko.
Rogozenko: 'is the same as 36.Bxf5'} 38. Ke2 a4 39. g4 a3 40. g5 Kg7 $1 (40...
Rb3 $2 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Be6 $132 {[%cal Gd8g8]}) 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43.
Ra8 Rb3 $17) 37. Rd7 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 a3 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rd7 e3 $17) ({The most
precise way is} 34. Rd5 {Rogozenko} Rxc3 35. Bd1 Rxa3 36. Rxf5 Bb4 37. Kf2 {
and Black cannot create anything dangerous:} Ra1 38. Ke2 a4 39. Re5 a3 40. Rxe4
Rb1 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 a2 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Ke4 Bc3
47. Kd3 Bf6 48. Bc2 h5 49. g3 {and White waits with the rook on the a-file.
Winning a piece with} Rxc2 50. Kxc2 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Bxa1 {brings Black nothing
either, due to the "wrong" square h1.}) 34... Rxc3 {It's hard to defend this
position with White. But in fact I think practically Black is already winning.
Still, he needs to make some strong and exact moves though. Diese Stellung ist
mit Weiß schwer zu halten. Tstsächlich glaube ich aber, dass Schwarz praktisch
bereits gewinnt. Allerdings muss er noch ein paar starke und genaue Züge
machen.} 35. Ba4 Rxa3 36. Bd7 Ra2 37. Re1 (37. Bxf5 {Rogozenko} e3 38. Rd8 ({or
} 38. Bd3 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 a4 $19) 38... Kg7 39. Bg4 Rf2+ 40. Ke1 a4 $19) 37... Bb4
38. Re2 Bd2 $3 {'-+!' Rogozenko. A fantastic resource - Black is winning now.
Rogozenko: 'The advance of the a-pawn will decide easily now.' Eine
phantastische Ressource - jetzt gewinnt Schwarz.} 39. Kf2 a4 40. Bxf5 e3+ 41.
Kf3 a3 {The a-pawn is simply unstoppable. Der a-Bauer ist einfach unaufhaltsam.
} 42. g3 Rb2 43. Be6 Kg7 44. Rg2 a2 45. Bxa2 Rxa2 46. Rg1 Bb4 $1 {The last
finesse Die letzte Feinheit.} 0-1

[Event "Mainz CCM6 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxd4 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 20. hxg4 Rxf3
21. Kg2 Rf7 22. Rae1 Rd7 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 h5 26. Be3 a6 27.
gxh5 gxh5 28. b3 Kf7 29. Kf3 Re7 30. Rg1 Re5 31. Rd1 g5 32. a3 g4+ 33. Kg2 Rf5
34. b4 Ke7 35. Bc5 Kd7 36. Rd4 b5 37. Rd1 Bf4 38. Re1 Re5 39. Rd1 h4 40. d6 h3+
41. Kf1 g3 42. fxg3 Bxg3 43. Kg1 Rf5 44. Ra1 Rf3 45. Kh1 Rd3 46. Rf1 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Mainz CCM6 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4
exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4
22. b4 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rac1 Rac8 28.
h4 Kh8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qb2 b4 31. Red1 Qg7 32. Nxd4 Rfd8 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34.
Qxb4 Rcd5 35. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Qf6 38. Qe4 Rd8 39. hxg5 Qxg5
40. Kh3 Rf8 41. Nh4 Rg8 42. Qf5 Qxf5+ 43. Nxf5 Kh7 44. g3 fxg3 45. fxg3 Ra8 46.
Kg4 Ra5 47. Nh4 Kg7 48. Ng2 Kf6 49. Nf4 Rg5+ 50. Kh4 Kf5 51. Nh5 Rg4+ 52. Kh3
Ra4 53. Nf4 Ra1 54. Ne2 Rh1+ 55. Kg2 Re1 56. Kf3 Rd1 57. Kg2 Kg4 58. Kf2 Rd3
0-1

[Event "Mainz CCM6 m"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Ng5 Ng6 8.
f4 c4 9. dxc4 Ba6 10. b3 Bc5 11. e5 d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nc3 Rhe8
15. Nce4 Bf8 16. Nxh7 Bb4 17. a3 Ba5 18. Nhg5 Bb6+ 19. Be3 f6 20. Nh3 c5 21.
Qg4 Ne7 22. Ng3 Nc6 23. Nf2 Bb7 24. Nd3 g5 25. Rae1 f5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Qxf5+
Kb8 28. fxg5 Ka8 29. Bf4 Qg7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qf6 Qd7 32. Re1 Rg8 33. Qe6 Qd4+
34. Kh1 Qg7 35. Qf6 Qh7 36. Qh6 Qd7 37. Qe6 Qd8 38. Qd5 Qf8 39. Qd6 Qxd6 40.
Bxd6 Rxg5 41. Nxc5 Bxc5 42. Re8+ Bc8 43. Rxc8+ Kb7 44. Rc7+ Kb6 45. Rd7 Bxd6
46. Rxd6 Ra5 47. a4 Re5 48. h4 Kc7 49. Rd2 Re4 50. g3 Nd4 51. Kg2 Kc6 52. h5
Kc5 53. Kh3 Kb4 54. h6 Ne6 55. Rd5 Re1 56. Kg4 Nf8 57. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rfd1 d6 13. Na4 Ba3 14. Bc1 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Ne4 16. Qf4 Bxc1 17. Rdxc1 Rb8 18. a3 Na6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qe7 21. Qd2
e5 22. d5 Bc8 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Rb1 f5 25. b4 Qf6 26. Nd2 e4 27. Nf1 Re7 28. Qd2
Rf8 29. Rcc1 axb4 30. axb4 Bc8 31. Qc3 Qf7 32. Nd2 Nb8 33. Nb3 Nd7 34. Nd4 Ne5
35. Nc6 Nxc6 36. dxc6 f4 37. c5 bxc5 38. bxc5 d5 39. Qd4 Be6 40. Rb7 Qh5 41.
Re1 Qe8 42. Qa4 Ref7 43. Rf1 f3 44. exf3 exf3 45. Bh1 Bh3 46. Ra1 Qe4 47. Qa5
Re7 48. Rbb1 Qf5 49. Qc3 g5 50. Re1 Re4 51. Rxe4 dxe4 52. Rd1 Qf6 53. Qe3 Qxc6
54. Qd4 Re8 55. Re1 Kf7 56. Qc4+ Re6 57. Qc2 Qd5 58. Qc1 Bf5 59. Rd1 Qe5 60.
Re1 Qf6 61. Qe3 g4 62. h4 Re5 63. Kh2 Rd5 64. Rc1 Rd3 65. Qf4 c6 66. Qc7+ Kg6
67. Qf4 e3 68. h5+ Kg7 69. Rb1 exf2 70. Rb7+ Rd7 71. Rxd7+ Bxd7 72. Qc1 Qe5 73.
Qd2 Qxh5# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. e5 Bf8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. Qg3 c5 15.
c3 h5 16. h4 Bg7 17. Nh3 Rg8 18. Bf4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bg5 Kd7 21. Rad1
Raf8 22. Qe3 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. f3 Kd6 27. Rde1
d4 28. Kf2 Be4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Ra5 Bb7 31. Nf4 Rc8 32. Re2 Rh6 33. Nd3 Rc6
34. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bd7 13. c3 Bf6 14. Be3 b4 15.
Ra6 Ne7 16. Bc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. Qa4 Rb8 20. d4 Ng6 21. Qc6
Ne7 22. Qa4 Ng6 23. d5 Nh4 24. Nxh4 Bxh4 25. Qc6 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. g3 Bg5
28. Bxg5 Rxg5 29. Ra7 Rc8 30. Rfa1 Rf5 31. Ra8 Rf8 32. R8a4 Qf6 33. Rf1 Rf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. Bf3 b6 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Bc5 16. Qf4 Rb8 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Bc1 Rbb8 20. Qg3 f5 21.
exf6 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nxf6 23. Rxe6 Ng4 24. Ree1 Rbe8 25. Nd5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Bf2
27. Bf4 g5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qa4 14. Be2 Nc6
15. Nxe6 g5 16. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 h5 11. h3 Nbd7 12. O-O g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nxg4 b4 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. e5 bxc3 17. exf6 cxb2 18. Rb1 Qxf6 19. Be5 Qh6 20. Bxh8 Qxh8 21.
Rxb2 O-O-O 22. Qb1 Bd6 23. g3 Ba6 24. Qe4 Ba3 25. Qxc6# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nd2 Bc2 11. Rf1 Bb4 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 a5 14. Be3
Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Bc5 16. Bd2 Ke7 17. Rfd1 Rhd8 18. Kf1 Nb6 19. b3 Nd7 20. Bc3 Ba3
21. Bf5 f6 22. e3 Nc5 23. Ke2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bb4 25. Bb2 Ne6 26. a3 Bd6 27. Ra1
Nc5 28. Bc2 g5 29. Bc3 Ne6 30. Bb2 Bc5 31. Bc3 Bd6 32. Ra2 Nc5 33. Ra1 Ne6 34.
Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Zoler, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15.
Ne3 b4 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bd5 Rab8 21. h4
h5 22. Ndf1 Kh7 23. Nf5 Rb6 24. Re3 Bh6 25. Rf3 Bf4 26. N1g3 Kg6 27. Nxh5 Kxh5
28. Ng7+ Kg6 29. Nxe8 Bg4 30. h5+ Bxh5 31. Rh3 Bg4 32. Rh8 Bg5 33. Rg8+ Kh7 34.
Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 cxd4
15. exd4 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Rad1 Rxe5 20. Bg3 Rh5 21.
Rd4 Nf6 22. Bc7 Qa3 23. Bd6 Qa6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bc7 Bd5 26. g4 Rg5 27. h3 Qb7
28. f4 Bxb3 29. Qxb3 Rd5 30. Qf3 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxf4
34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qxa7 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38. Kf3 Qf6+ 39. Kg3 g5
40. Qa8 Qf4+ 41. Kh3 Kg7 42. Qd5 b4 43. Qb3 Qd4 44. Qb1 Qc4 45. Qf5 Qc3+ 46.
Kg2 Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Qf6 48. Qd5 h5 49. Qb5 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qh4+ 52. Kg2
Qxg4+ 53. Kh1 Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. Kh1 h4 56. Qd5 h3 57. a3 bxa3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Livshits, Gaby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Be3 d6 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. a4 Bb7 14. Be2 Nc8 15.
Bd4 c5 16. Bxc5 Qc6 17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Qxe4 19. Bf3 Qxc4 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bd5
Qc7 22. Ra2 Ne7 23. Bf3 d5 24. a5 d4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Rfd8
28. Qc3 Qd6 29. h3 Nf5 30. Be2 Nd4 31. Bc4 Rdc8 32. Qd3 Rc6 33. b3 Rd8 34. Qe3
Nf5 35. Qe4 Rc5 36. Kh1 Re5 37. Qb7 Re7 38. Qxa6 Qf4 39. Qb6 Ng3+ 40. fxg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Re1 d6 12. h3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxg5
hxg5 16. Bxg5 exd4 17. Bd5 Bd7 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Ra3 Re5 20. Bh4 Be6 21. Rg3+
Kh7 22. Nd2 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nf5 25. Qb1 Ne4 26. Qxe4 Qxh4 27.
Qxf5+ Kh8 28. Rg4 Qh6 29. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Qxb4 Nfxd5
15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. f4 O-O 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rxd8 Bxb4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. a3 Be7
21. Na5 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 e4 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Bc4 e3 26. Re1 Re8 27. Bxa6
Ng2 28. Re2 Nf4 29. b4 Nxe2 30. Bxe2 Re4 31. c3 Rf4 32. Kc2 Rf2 33. Kd3 Rxh2
34. a4 f5 35. gxf5 h5 36. Nc6 h4 37. a5 h3 38. a6 Rxe2 39. Kxe2 h2 40. a7 h1=Q
41. a8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qe8 Qg2+ 43. Kd3 Qd2+ 44. Kc4 e2 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qe8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bd7 12. Kh1 Bc6 13. Bf3 Nbd7 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qe2
Ba8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nb6 18. Nd2 Nfd7 19. Bf2 Bg5 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Rab1 Qc7
22. Nf1 Nfd7 23. h4 Be7 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. g4 Nh7 26. Rg1 Qd8 27. Qe1 Nc4 28. Ned5
Re8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bh5 Nf6 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. hxg5 Bxg5 33. Qe2 Nd2 34. Bxf7+
Kxf7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Rxg5 Re7 37. f6 Nxb1 38. fxe7 Qxe7 39. Nxb1 Bxe4+ 40. Kg1
Rxc2 41. Be3 Rxb2 42. Nd2 Bb7 43. Qg6 Bc6 44. Rh5 Bd7 45. Ne4 Qe6 46. Qh7+ Kf8
47. Qh8+ Qg8 48. Nxd6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Be7 9. Bf4 c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Rfc1 g6
15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rd8
21. Rac1 f6 22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Ke2 Rd5 24. R4c3 Rb5 25. R1c2 a5 26. f3 exf3+ 27.
gxf3 g5 28. e4 h5 29. h3 Rd8 30. Bf2 f5 31. Rd3 Bf6 32. Be3 a4 33. Rdd2 Re8 34.
e5 Be7 35. Rc4 Ra8 36. Kd3 Rb3+ 37. Rc3 Rxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Ke6 39. Rg2 Rg8 40. Kc4
b5+ 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Rg1 g4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. Bf4 c5 46. dxc5 Bxc5
47. Rg2 Bb6 48. e6 Kxe6 49. Ke4 Bd8 50. Rc2 g3 51. Rg2 Bf6 52. Kf3 Bh4 53. Bd2
Rf8+ 54. Kg4 Bf6 55. Bf4 Be5 56. Bxe5 Kxe5 57. Re2+ Kd4 58. Kxg3 Kd3 59. Rh2
Re8 60. Rh5 b4 61. axb4 Re3+ 62. Kf2 Re2+ 63. Kf1 Rxb2 64. Ra5 Rxb4 65. Ke1
Rb1+ 66. Kf2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Re8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. a3 Rad8
15. b4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Bf8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Nf1 Bg7 19. Ne3 e5 20. Bf1 exd4 21. Bxd4
Ne4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. c5 f5 24. Nc4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qe3 Qd4
28. f3 Nc3 29. Qxd4+ Rxd4 30. Re7+ Kh6 31. Rxb7 Rd1 32. Rxa7 Nd5 33. Kf2 Rd2+
34. Ke1 Rb2 35. g3 Ne3 36. Bd3 Rxh2 37. b5 cxb5 38. c6 Nc2+ 39. Kf1 Nd4 40. c7
Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rc1 42. Ke3 Ne6 43. Bxb5 Nxc7 44. Bd3 Nd5+ 45. Kd4 Rd1 46. Rd7 Nf6
47. Rd6 Nh5 48. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chennai sim"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Siddharth, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
Bg4 9. Nge2 c6 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nh7 13. Bg3 Bh4 14. Bh2 Re8
15. b4 Ndf8 16. b5 Qa5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qb3 Red8 19. Rac1 Be7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qa4 Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rc2 Ne6 25. Rb1 Rc7 26. Rb8+ Nhf8 27.
f4 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Kf2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chennai sim"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Victor, KAD."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Nbd5 10. O-O Nxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rad1 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qc7 15. f5 e5 16. Ndb5 Qb8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 a6 19. Nc3 Bxf5 20. Rxe5
Bd3 21. Qe3 Bd6 22. Rh5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. e4 c5 15.
d5 Nb6 16. Bb3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Qc4 Bxb2 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rxc5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rd7 23. Rc2 Bg7 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Rcd2 b5 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Rd3
Rd6 28. Ne1 Rc8 29. g3 Ke7 30. Ng2 Rc3 31. R3d2 Kd7 32. Ne3 b4 33. Ke2 Ra6 34.
Rb1 Ra4 35. Rb3 Rc5 36. Kd3 Bc3 37. Rc2 Rca5 38. Rcxc3 bxc3 39. Rb7+ Kc8 40.
Rxf7 Rc5 41. Rf8+ Kd7 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Rb7 Rxa2 44. Rb1 Rd2+ 45. Ke4 c2 46. Rc1
a5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rde1 b5 17. c5 O-O 18. Ne2 Rfe8 19. g4 e5 20. Qf5 exd4 21. g5
hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nh7 23. Bf4 Qc8 24. Nexd4 Nxc5 25. Qc2 Bf8 26. Reg1 Re4 27. Be5
f6 28. h6 fxe5 29. hxg7 Be7 30. Nxe5 Bd6 31. f4 Bxe5 32. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Ba2
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Nd2 b6 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. Ne2 d5 13. Re1 Ndc6 14. f4 e5 15. b4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Kh1 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4
Nd4 22. Rc1 Nb5 23. Qg4 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Nc3 25. Bb3 Qd4 26. Qf3 Qxb4 27. e5 Kh8
28. Bg3 Qe7 29. Qf4 a5 30. Bh4 Qd7 31. Bf6 Rc6 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. e6 fxe6 34.
Qe5+ Rf6 35. Rf1 Qe7 36. Rce1 Rc5 37. Qxf6+ Qxf6 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Rxe6+ Kg7
40. Rxb6 a4 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. Rxh7 axb3 45. cxb3 Ne4
46. h3 Rb5 47. Rh4 Ng3+ 48. Kh2 Rxb3 49. Rf4+ Nf5 50. Rf2 Kg5 51. Ra2 Rb5 52.
Kg1 Nd4 53. Kh2 Re5 54. Rd2 Ne6 55. Kg3 Re3+ 56. Kf2 Ra3 57. Kg1 Nf4 58. Kf2
Kh4 59. Rd4 g5 60. Rd8 Nd3+ 61. Kf3 Nc5+ 62. Ke2 Kg3 63. Rd5 Ne6 64. Re5 Nf4+
65. Kd2 Rd3+ 66. Kc2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nf4 17. Ne5 g5 18. Qg4 Rg8 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Rad1 c5 21. Be4
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Ke7 25. h4 Rd8 26. Re1 Ng6 27. hxg5
h5 28. g3 Qd7 29. Bc1 Kf8 30. Be3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. f4 Ne7 34.
Kf3 Kg6 35. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. Bb3 Qc8 13. d4 Nh5 14. h3 h6 15. Bd2
Be6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qc2 a5 18. Rad1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qe6 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. c4 c6
22. c5 Red8 23. Bc3 f6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxa5 Rd7 26. Rd1 h5 27. Nc4 g5 28.
Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qd2 Qe6 30. Qd6 Bf8 31. Qxe6+ Nxe6 32. b4 Nc8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. g3
Na7 35. Ke2 Nb5 36. Bb6 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nh2 Ned4+ 39. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1k2/1p3ppb/7p/3N4/p3P3/Pn3PP1/6BP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Bh3 f6 2. Re3 Bg8 3. Nb6 Rd1+ 4. Kf2 Rd2+ 5. Re2 Rxe2+ 6. Kxe2 Nd4+ 7. Ke3
Nc2+ 8. Kd2 Nxa3 9. Nxa4 Nc4+ 10. Kc3 Ne5 11. Bg2 b5 12. Nc5 Ke7 13. f4 Nc6 14.
Nd3 Kd6 15. Bf3 Bc4 16. Nb4 Nxb4 17. Kxb4 g5 18. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Bb1 Qa5 14. d5
exd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Qf5 Neg4 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Bf8 20. Rxe8
Rxe8 21. Ne4 Qc8 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf6 25. d6 Rd8 26. d7
Bc5 27. Kg2 h6 28. f3 Kf8 29. Re1 Bd6 30. Kh3 Be5 31. b3 c5 32. Kg4 b5 33. Re4
a5 34. Kh5 Kg7 35. Rg4+ Kf8 36. Kxh6 Ke7 37. Kh7 Rb8 38. Re4 Kf8 39. f4 Bd6 40.
Bg4 c4 41. bxc4 b4 42. Bd1 f5 43. Re2 Be7 44. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 b6 6. b4 Bb7 7. bxc5 bxc5 8. Rb1
Qc8 9. Ne4 Nd8 10. Bf3 Bc6 11. Nh3 Ne6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 O-O
15. d3 Rb8 16. Bf4 d6 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Qa6 h6 19. Be3 g5 20. Nd2 Ng4 21. Kg2 f5
22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Nxb1 Nd8 25. Bd2 Qc6+ 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. f3 Nf6
28. Nc3 Nd7 29. Nf2 Nb6 30. Nfd1 Nd4 31. Ne3 e6 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 d5 34.
Ba5 Na4 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Nd1 Be5 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Kd2 f4 39. g4 Kd6 40. Kc2 Bd4
41. Bd2 e5 42. e3 fxe3 43. Nxe3 Bxe3 44. Bxe3 d4 45. Bd2 Kd5 46. Kb3 Nb6 47. a4
c4+ 48. dxc4+ Nxc4 49. Bb4 Nd6 50. Ba3 Nc4 51. Bb4 Nd6 52. h3 Nb7 53. Bf8 Nc5+
54. Kc2 Ne6 55. Bxh6 Kc4 56. Kd2 Kb4 57. Kd3 Kxa4 58. Kc4 Ka5 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Re1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. Ra3 Nc5 20. Qc4 Qf6
21. f4 Re8 22. Rg3 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Nxe6 24. f5 Nc5 25. Rge3 d5 26. f3 d4 27. Ra3
Rxf5 28. Rd1 Rf6 29. Rxd4 Rb8 30. Rc4 Nb3 31. Be3 c5 32. Kf2 h6 33. Ke2 Nd4+
34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. b4 Rfb6 36. Rb3 Rb5 37. Kd3 Rh5 38. Kxd4 Rxh2 39. b5 Rd2+ 40.
Kc5 h5 41. b6 h4 42. f4 h3 43. Rcc3 h2 44. Rh3 Rc2+ 45. Kb5 Rf2 46. e5 Rxf4 47.
Rxh2 Re4 48. Kc6 Rxe5 49. b7 g6 50. Kc7 Ree8 51. Rg2 Kf7 52. Rf3+ Ke6 53. Rxg6+
Kd5 54. Rf5+ Ke4 55. Rb5 Rh8 56. Rg4+ Kf3 57. Rc4 Ke3 58. Rb3+ Kd2 59. Rg4 Kc2
60. Rf3 Kd2 61. Rg2+ Ke1 62. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15.
dxc5 Qc7 16. Ne5 Bxc5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rab1 Rae8 21.
Qe3 Ba8 22. Re1 f6 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. N2f3 Nc5 20. Ree3 Nbd3 21. axb5
axb5 22. Nxb5 Rxa3 23. Nxa3 Rxe4 24. Nxc4 Nxf2 25. Qe2 Nxh3+ 26. gxh3 Qg6+ 27.
Kf2 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Qxb1 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Qe5 Qc2+ 31. Nfd2 Qd3 32. d6 Qxh3 33.
Qe8 Bc8 34. Ne5 Qe6 35. Qxe6 Bxe6 36. Ne4 f5 37. d7 Bxd7 38. Nf6+ gxf6 39. Nxd7
Kf7 40. Kf3 Bd6 41. Nb6 Ke6 42. b3 h5 43. Nc4 h4 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7
15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Rc2 Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Rcc1 Qa5 19. Na4 Nb5 20. e4 Rcd8 21. e5
Rc8 22. Bd2 Bb4 23. Be3 Na7 24. Qb1 Ba3 25. Rcd1 Rc7 26. f4 Rfc8 27. f5 Nb5 28.
fxe6 fxe6 29. Qd3 Rc2 30. Rd2 Qc7 31. Rxc2 Qxc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Rf2 Rc6 34.
Kf1 a5 35. Ke2 Nc3+ 36. Nxc3 Rxc3 37. Bd2 Rc2 38. Kf3 b6 39. Be1 Rc1 40. Bd2
Rd1 41. Be3 h6 42. Rc2 Ra1 43. Ke2 b5 44. Bd2 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47.
Ra8 Rg1 48. Kf2 Rd1 49. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbbnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBBNRKR w HFhf - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 b6 3. Bb2 c5 4. bxc5 bxc5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c4 Bb7 7. e3 Ba5 8.
Nc3 Na6 9. Be2 Nc7 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3
Qc6 15. d4 Rb7 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Nd5 Qa6 18. Nxc7 Bxc7 19. Nd2 Rb4 20. Qc3 Ra4
21. Rc2 Bb6 22. h3 h6 23. Nf1 Rc8 24. d5 Ba5 25. Qb3 Rb4 26. Qd3 Bd8 27. Ng3
Rcb8 28. Nf5 Kf8 29. e4 h5 30. Qg3 g6 31. Qxd6+ Qxd6 32. Nxd6 a6 33. f4 Bc7 34.
e5 f5 35. Kf2 h4 36. Rd3 Rb2 37. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 38. Kf3 Bxd6 39. exd6 Ke8 40. Re3+
Kd7 41. Re7+ Kxd6 42. Rxf7 Rxa2 43. Rf6+ Kd7 44. Rc6 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Kg1
a5 47. Rxc5 a4 48. Rc6 Rc2 49. c5 a3 50. Ra6 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrnqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRNQBB w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 f5 2. f4 Nb6 3. g3 d6 4. d3 g6 5. c4 c6 6. Nf3 Nc7 7. Qe1 Ra8 8. Na5 e5
9. Qb4 e4 10. dxe4 fxe4 11. Ng5 Na6 12. Qa3 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxe4 Kc7 15.
Rd2 d5 16. Qxf8 Rxf8 17. b3 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Rfe8 20. O-O-O Rxe4 21.
Bxe4 Re8 22. Bf3 Nb4 23. a3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. Rc1 b6 27. a4 Bf6
28. Kd3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnnbrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNNBRKBR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. b3 e5 3. d4 Bf6 4. dxe5 Bxe5 5. Nc3 Nd6 6. f3 b5 7. Nd3 Bf6 8. Qc1
bxc4 9. Nc5 Bf7 10. Bf2 O-O 11. O-O Nb7 12. Nb5 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 d6 14. Bf2 Qc6
15. bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Qxc4 17. Bb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Na6 19. Nxa7 Rb8 20. Rc1 Nc5
21. Nc6 Nxb3 22. Rb1 Rb7 23. Rfd1 Ra8 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Na5 26. Rxb7 Nxb7
27. Bg3 Re8 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rd7 Nc5 30. Rxc7 Ne4 31. Kf1 h5 32. Rb7 h4 33. Be1
Kh7 34. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rknqbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNQBRNB w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd3 Nf6 3. e3 Nd6 4. g4 h6 5. h3 Bb5 6. Ne2 e6 7. a4 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Qd7 9. f3 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 e5 12. Bg3 Nc8 13. dxe5 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Nh7
15. Rxf7 Ng5 16. Rf1 Nxh3 17. d4 Nb6 18. Rc1 a5 19. e6 Rxe6 20. Rxc7 Ka7 21. e5
1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnbbkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNBBKRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ng3 Ng6 3. O-O d6 4. Nce2 Bg5 5. d4 Nce7 6. c4 b5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
cxb5 Bxb5 9. b4 O-O 10. Qc3 Rfd8 11. a4 Bd3 12. Bc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Nf4 14. b5 c6
15. Bc3 cxb5 16. axb5 Rbc8 17. Qa4 Neg6 18. Rfd1 Nd3 19. Ba5 Rd7 20. b6 Qb7 21.
Nf5 axb6 22. Bxb6 Ra8 23. Qb5 Bd8 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxb6 26. Nc3 Qa7 27.
Qf3 Rb8 28. g3 Bc5 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Nd5 Qe8 31. h4 Qe6 32. Qg4 Bf8 33. h5 Nh8
34. Nde7+ Qxe7 35. Nh6# 1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrknbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRKNBRNB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d6 2. f4 Bc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 f5 5. Bc3 Bf6 6. b4 a6 7. Nf2 Qa7 8. O-O Qe3
9. Rbe1 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Ne6 11. Nh4 Kd7 12. Ng2 Bxg2 13. Bxg2 h5 14. Kh1 h4 15.
Nd1 Qd4 16. e3 Qxc3 17. Nxc3 Nf6 18. Kg1 hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Chess960 fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnnqbbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQBBKR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bc6 5. Ng3 a5 6. c4 Nd7 7. Nd3 Nd6 8. Qc2
Qh4 9. Ne2 h5 10. Rd1 Qg5 11. h4 Qf5 12. Qc1 Be7 13. Ng3 Qg4 14. Bc3 Bxh4 15.
Be2 Qg5 16. Qxg5 Bxg5 17. Nxh5 Nxc4 18. Nxg7 Rxh1+ 19. Kxh1 Nf6 20. Nh5 Ne4 21.
Be1 Rd8 22. b3 Ncd6 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Bf3 a4 25. Kg1 axb3 26. axb3 Ra8 27. Nc4
Ra2 28. d5 Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960 fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkrbbnqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKRBBNQN w CAca - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne3 Ne6 3. Ng3 d6 4. c3 Ng6 5. d3 Ngf4 6. Bc2 g6 7. Rd1 Qg7 8. Ngf1
Nc5 9. g3 Nfe6 10. Nd2 Bg5 11. f3 f5 12. Ndc4 fxe4 13. fxe4 h5 14. h4 Bh6 15.
d4 Nd7 16. d5 Nd8 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Rf1 Bb5 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Qg2 Nf7 21. a4 Nxe3
22. Nxe3 Bd7 23. O-O-O O-O 24. Rdf1 Rae8 25. b3 Nd8 26. Bd3 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 Rf8
28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. a5 b6 30. a6 Nf7 31. Qf1 Qe7 32. Nc2 Bxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Qe8 34.
Qf6 Nh6 35. Be2 Kh7 36. Nb4 Ng8 37. Qg5 Qf8 38. Ke1 Qe7 39. Qxe7+ Nxe7 40. Nc2
Kh6 41. Na3 g5 42. Bb5 Bc8 43. Kf2 Ng6 44. Nc2 gxh4 45. gxh4 Ne7 46. Nb4 Kg7
47. Be8 Bg4 48. Na2 Bc8 49. Bb5 Ng8 50. Nb4 Ne7 51. Be2 Kg6 52. Nc2 Ng8 53. b4
Nf6 54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Bb5 Ke7 56. Bd3 Bd7 57. b5 Kf7 58. c4 Kg6 59. Nb4 Ng8 60.
Bf1 Ne7 61. Be2 Kh6 62. Kf2 Kg6 63. Kg3 Kh6 64. Nc2 Kg6 65. Ne3 Ng8 66. Bf3 Nf6
67. Nc2 Be8 68. Bg2 Kg7 69. Kf2 Bd7 70. Kg3 Be8 71. Kf2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Chess960 fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbnrbnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNRBNQ w EAea - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. e4 f6 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Qf1
Ne7 9. Be3 Qg8 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qe6 12. Rd1 Nf7 13. Na4 Qc6 14. Nc5 Nd6
15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nc4 b6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qc4+ Rf7 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21.
Nc3 Nc8 22. Nd5 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rd7 25. Ra6 Ne7 26. Nc3 h6 27. Nb5 Nc8
28. c4 Bf6 29. Kc2 Bg5 30. Bg1 Rf7 31. Kd3 h5 32. Ke2 Rf4 33. Nc3 Rf7 34. Nd5
Kg7 35. Rf1 Rxf1 36. Kxf1 Bc1 37. Ra2 Kf8 38. Ke2 b5 39. Kd1 Bg5 40. Bxa7 Ne7
41. h4 Bh6 42. Bf2 Nxd5 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. exd5 Rc7 45. Bb6 Rb7 46. Ra6 Bf4 47.
Kc2 Bg3 48. Bd8 e4 49. Bg5 Be5 50. Rc6 bxc4 51. Rxc4 Rb5 52. Rxe4 Rxd5 53. b4
Ke6 54. Kb3 Rd3+ 55. Kc4 Rg3 56. Re2 Kd7 57. b5 Rg4+ 58. Kb3 Kc7 59. Be3 Rxh4
60. Rc2+ Kb7 61. Rf2 Bd4 62. Bxd4 Rxd4 63. Rf6 Rg4 64. Rxd6 Rxg2 65. Ka4 h4 66.
Ka5 Kc7 67. Rd4 h3 68. b6+ Kc6 69. Rc4+ Kb7 70. Rc7+ Kb8 71. Rh7 Rg5+ 72. Ka6
Rh5 73. Rb7+ Ka8 74. Ra7+ Kb8 75. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Chess960 fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbkqnrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBKQNRB w GAga - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d3 d5 3. cxd5 Qa4+ 4. Kd2 c6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. e4 Nfd7 7. Ne3 b5 8. Ke2
Ba6 9. Ncd1 Qc7 10. g3 b4 11. f4 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Qc2+ 13. Qd2 Bxd3+ 14. Ke1 a5
15. e5 Ra6 16. Rg2 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Bb5 18. a3 e6 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa6 Nxa6 21.
Nb6 Ke7 22. Nxd7 Rc8 23. Nb6 Rxc1 24. Bb7 Nc5 25. Nc8+ Kf8 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Bf3
Rc2 28. Nf2 Rxb2 29. Nd6 Rb1+ 30. Nd1 Ba4 31. Kd2 Rb3 32. Be2 Ra3 33. Bc4 Ra1
34. Nb2 Bc6 35. Rc8 Ne4+ 36. Kc2 Bd5 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Rc7 Ra3 39. Rxf7+ Kg8
40. Rd7 b3+ 41. Kb1 Nc3+ 42. Kc1 Ra2 43. Rc7 d4 44. Ndc4 Bg7 45. Rc8+ Bf8 46.
Rb8 Kg7 47. Rxb3 Nd5 48. Rb5 Ne3 49. Kb1 Ra4 50. Nxa4 Nxc4 51. Rb7+ Kh6 52. Kc2
Na5 53. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960 fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbqnnrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQNNRB w GAga - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. g3 f5 4. exf5 gxf5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. N1d2 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Bg2 a5 12. a4 Ra6 13. Nfd2 e4 14. Nb3 f4
15. Ncxa5 f3 16. Qxa6 fxg2 17. Qb5 Qe6 18. Rg1 e3 19. Bxe3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5
21. Rxg2 Bf5 22. O-O-O Nb4 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Nd4 Be4 25. Rg1 b6 26. Nab3 c5 27.
Bf4 cxd4 28. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960 fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbnqrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBNQRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Ng3 Ng6 2. e3 c5 3. O-O b6 4. b3 O-O 5. f4 e6 6. Nh5 f6 7. Qg4 Rf7 8. c4 f5
9. Qh3 Qh4 10. Qxh4 Nxh4 11. Re2 Ne7 12. d4 d6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nd3 Nhg6 15.
Nf2 Nf8 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. e4 Ree7 18. e5 Rd7 19. Red2 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Rd7 21. Bc3
Rxd2 22. Bxd2 Nd7 23. h4 Bc7 24. Ng3 Bd8 25. h5 g6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Ne2 g5 28.
g3 Kf7 29. Kf1 Ne7 30. Nh3 Ng6 31. Nxg5+ Bxg5 32. fxg5 Ndxe5 33. Nc3 Bc6 34. a4
Nf3 35. Be3 Nge5 36. Bf4 Kg6 37. Ba2 Nd7 38. a5 e5 39. Be3 bxa5 40. Bb1 Nxg5
41. g4 e4 42. gxf5+ Kxf5 43. Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15.
Ba5 Rc8 16. Bb6 Rb7 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Ra7 19. Nbd2 Bd5 20. Qc2 a5 21. a3 a4
22. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 $5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 {Motylev has
seen his chances against the great opponent in the labyrinth of the extremely
sharp line.} Qxa2 (13... Qa4 14. Be2 Nc6 $2 15. Nxe6 $1 g5 16. Nf6+ {Radjabov,
T-Anand,V/W-ch blitz/2006/ 1-0}) 14. Rd1 Qd5 (14... Qb2 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc6
17. c3 Qa3 18. O-O O-O 19. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4
gxf6 23. exf6 Qa5 24. h4 $1 {1-0 Radjabov,T (2729)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap
d'Agde 2006/ (33)}) 15. Qe3 Qxe5 (15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Be2 Bb4+ 18. c3
Ba3 19. O-O O-O 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 21. exf6 Bc5 22. Rd4 e5 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg3+
Kh7 25. Rf6 Bxd4+ (25... Qd5 26. Rxh6+ Kxh6 27. Bf6 $1 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 $1 $18)
26. cxd4 Qc1+ 27. Rf1 $16) (15... Bc5 16. Nxe6 $5 Bb4+ $1 (16... Bxe3 $2 17.
Nc7+ Kf8 18. Nxd5 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Nd6 Nc6 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Nc7 Rb8 23.
Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd7) (16... Qxe6 17. Qxc5 $1 Nc6 18. Qa3 Qxe5 19. Bd3 Qa5+ 20.
Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Bf5 $18) 17. c3 Qxe6 18. cxb4 O-O 19. Be2 $40) 16.
Be2 (16. Bg3 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qb6 18. Be2 (18. Bd3 Be7 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Bd6 Nf6 21.
O-O Qd8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Qg3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qd6 25. Qxg7 Rf8 26. Rbd1 {1-0
Fier,A (2526)-Fusco,L (2251)/Buenos Aires 2007/ (30)}) 18... Be7 19. O-O O-O
20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxe6 Qa5 23. Nc7 Ne5 24. Nxa8 Nbc6 25. Nb6 Bg4
$17 {1/2 Docx,S (2359)-Roeder,M (2456)/Belgium 2006/ (34)}) 16... Bc5 17. Bg3 (
17. O-O Nc6 18. c3 O-O 19. Bg3 Bxd4 (19... Qd5 $5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 $13) 20. cxd4
Qa5 21. Bd6 $13) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Rd8 {Only the
future games can help to answer the question if the tempting 20...Re8!? is
playable at all.} (20... Re8 $5) 21. Qg3 Qf5 22. Be5 $1 (22. Bxb8 $2 Rxb8 23.
Qxb8 $2 Nxb8 24. Rxd8+ Kh7 25. Rxc8 Qxe4 26. O-O (26. Rxb8 Qb4+ $1 27. c3 Qxc3+
28. Kf2 Qc5+ 29. Ke1 Qb4+ $19) 26... Qxe2 27. Rxb8 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qb6 $17) (22.
Bd3 Nc6 $17) (22. Be7 Qxe4 (22... Re8 $2 23. Nd6) 23. Bxd8 Nc6 24. Bc7 Nd4 $13)
22... Qg6 {Anand has a very sharp eye and he could not have been happy with
the tricky line 22...Nxe5?} (22... Nxe5 $2 23. Rxd8+ Kh7 24. Nd6 Nf3+ 25. gxf3
Qa5+ 26. Kf1 Qxd8 27. Rg1 g5 28. h4 $16) 23. Qh4 Nc6 24. O-O (24. Bh5 $6 Qf5
25. Bxg7 $1 (25. Bc3 g5 $19) 25... Nc5 $1 (25... Kxg7 $2 26. Rf1 $18) 26. Ng3
Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Bf6 Bd7 $15) (24. Bc3 $5 Nf8 $1 25. O-O $1
(25. Bh5 $6 Rxd2 26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. Nf6+ $5 Kh8 28. Qe4 Rd8 $17) 25... Rxd2 26.
Bxd2 f5 $13) 24... f5 $8 (24... Ndxe5 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bh5 $1 Qxe4 27. Qxe4
Ndc6 28. Qf4 $16) (24... Ncxe5 25. Bh5 $1 $16) 25. Bh5 Qh7 26. Bb2 {White
pieces are shooting from all angles so it is not easy for black to improve his
position.} (26. Bf7+ $2 Kxf7 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. Qxh7 Ndxe5 $19) (26. Qg3 $5 fxe4
(26... Kh8 27. Bc7 Rf8 28. Bd6 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Be8 $13) 27. Bg6 Ncxe5 28.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rd4 b5 30. Rxe4 Bb7 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Rd2 $17) 26... fxe4 (
26... Rf8 $2 27. Ba3 fxe4 28. Bxf8 e3 (28... Nxf8 $2 29. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 30. Rd8+
Nxd8 31. Qxd8#) 29. Rd6 $1 (29. Bf7+ Kh8 30. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 31. Bxg7+ $1 Qxg7 32.
Rf6 Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. Qh4 $11) 29... e2 (29... g5 30. Rxe6 gxh4 31. Re8 $18)
30. Bxe2 Qg6 31. Be7 $18) 27. Rf7 Rf8 (27... Nf6 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 (28... Rxd2
29. Bf7+ Kh8 (29... Kf8 30. Ba3+ $18) 30. Rxh6 $18) 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Qxf6 Bd7
(30... Nc6 31. Bf7+) 31. Bg6 $18) (27... e5 28. Bxe5 Nf6 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30.
Rxf6 $1 gxf6 31. Qxf6 Bf5 32. g4 $1 $18) 28. Qf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This blunder
has all the features of undue optimism, Motylev must have believed in the
power of his attack.} (28. Rxg7+ $1 Qxg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Rf6
32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qg6 $11) 28... Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf2 {Rude awakening, as
there is no real follow up..} (30. Qe8+ Qg8 31. Rxd7 Qxe8 32. Bxe8 Bxd7 33.
Bxd7 e3 $19) (30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Qxd7 Qg8 $19) 30... e5 31. Qd5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qg2 Qg6 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Ne4 Nxe4
22. g4 Ng3 23. hxg3 Bb1 24. Qe2 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 h6 26. Qe1 Bc2 27. Bxc2 Qxc2 28.
Qe4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Qe3 Bxg3 31. Kxg3 Re8 32. Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c3 Na5 15.
Bc2 Nc4 16. b3 Na3 17. Ne3 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Rc6 20. Rac1 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 {Not the most frequently played, but a rather logical
move. White immediately puts the enemy queenside under pressure.} ({Usually,} 
10. a3) ({or} 10. Nc3 {are being played.}) 10... h6 ({This move is almost
authomatically played. However,} 10... d6 {is possible too. After} 11. Bd2 b4
12. c3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. cxb4 Bxb2
18. Ra2 Be5 $44 {Topalov,V (2778)-Adams,M (2737)/Sofia BUL 2005/ (1/2-1/2, 26)
Black got what he initially wanted: a characteristic position of the Marshal
Attack.}) 11. c3 ({White has been quite successfull with} 11. Nc3 {lately. By
choosing the rare game move, Anand probably took into account the fact that
Svidler himself had played 11.Nc3 with White, which means that he had a good
understanding of the position.} b4 12. Nd5 Na5 13. Ba2 Bc5 14. Bd2 $1 Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qf6 17. c3 $1 bxc3 18. Bxc3 $16 Qb6 19. Rxe5 $1 Bxf2+ (19...
Nb3 {Bruzon Bautista,L (2677)-Onischuk,A (2640)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/
[Atlas,V] (1-0, 44)}) 20. Kh1 d6 $2 (20... f6 $1) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. b4 $1 $18
{Svidler,P (2738)-Leko,P (2763)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110/[Gershon]}) 11... b4 $146
{Black decides to release the queenside tension, hoping to prove that the
weakness of the c4-square is only relative.} (11... Bf8 12. axb5 (12. Nbd2 $5)
12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 $6 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Na5 16. Nh4 d5 $15 {
Safranska,A (2285)-Adams,M (2615)/London 1991/TD (0-1, 46)}) (11... Bc5 12.
Nbd2 Bb6 13. Ba2 Rf8 14. Nf1 d6 15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 $14 {Topalov,V
(2801)-Anand,V (2792)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2-1/2, 38) White exerts
strong kingside pressure.}) 12. Nbd2 d5 $5 {A brave decision, in the spirit of
the Marshall Attack. However, the objective merits of the move are to be
proved yet.} 13. a5 {Anand decides to maintain the game in a slow manoeuvring
mode. With his last move, he physically prevents the thematical knight jump to
a5. This static approach will prove quite unpleasant for Black.} ({Actually,
the consequences of the acceptance of the sacrifice are not easy to evaluate.
After} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 (14... bxc3 $6 15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. Qf3+ $16
) 15. Rxe5 bxc3 16. bxc3 {Black's compensation for the pawn is restricted by
the weakness of the f7-square. For instance} Nxc3 {can be met by} 17. Qh5 Rf8
18. Bb2 $14 {, when White completes his development and retains an active
position.}) 13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc5 {This seemingly active move does not
really cause White any problems with the defence of the f2-square.} ({The
modest} 14... Bf8 {migh be just better, maintaining the own kingside defended.}
) 15. Qe2 Qe7 $6 {Practically inviting White to play the next move.} 16. Nh4
$16 {Once the black queen's bishop has been developed to b7, this standard
manoeuvre is quite unpleasant, because the f5-square is undefended.} Nd7 17.
Nf5 Qf6 18. Qg4 {White only needs one more move (Nf3) to build up an attack
with his queen and all the minorpieces against the enemy king. Notably, all
Black's minorpieces are relatively uselessly grouped on the other wing.} Ne7 {
This move loses a pawn, but it was hard to give an advice for Black.} (18...
Rad8 19. Nf3 Kh8 (19... Kf8 20. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Yg5h7,Yg5f7]} hxg5 21. Qh5 Kg8
22. Bxg5 $18 {and the black queen is trapped.}) 20. Bg5 $1 (20. Ng5 Rf8 {
and Black is alive.}) 20... Qg6 (20... hxg5 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Nxg5 $18 {[%cal
Yh5h7,Yh7h8]} g6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Nh7 {[%csl Gf6]}) 21. N5h4 Qd6
22. Bxd8 $18) 19. Nxh6+ Qxh6 20. Qxd7 Red8 $2 {Just inviting White to grab
another pawn.} 21. Qxc7 {Black will not really lose a piece, because after
defending the c5-bishop with 21...Rdc8 or 21...Qd6, 22.Qxb7 leaves the queen
trapped to 22...Ra7. However, with two extra-pawns and a better structure,
White will have a relatively easy technical task.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 {This move has been quite popular over the past few
years. Black is trying to play a waiting game, by delaying the development of
his queenside knight. As known, ...Nbd7 can always be answered with Ba5,
whereas Ba5 with a knight on b8 is inefficient because of ...Nc6.} 11. Rc1 Be4
12. Qb3 Nc6 ({The newest trend. For a while,} 12... Nbd7 {was the main
variation.} 13. Ba5 Qa8 $5 {[%csl Ga8,Ge4][%cal Ga8g2] Thismove was designed
by Leko. Black ingnores the threat against the c7-pawn and takes the long
diagonal under firm control.} (13... Qb8 {Gelfand,B-Harikrishna,P/Bermuda 2005/
CBM 106/[Gelfand] (1-0, 38)}) 14. Nbd2 {Nobody has had the courage to capture
the pawn yet, although things might be not entirely clear there.} (14. Nc3 Bc6
{Nielsen,P (2668)-Leko,P (2763)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108/[Ribli] (0-1, 60)}) 14...
Bd5 15. Qe3 Bd6 16. Bh3 (16. Rc2 Qb7 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. b3 $14 {Conquest,S (2505)
-Gomez Esteban,J (2495)/Donostia San Sebastian 2006/ (1-0, 58) Black cannot
obtain counterplay easily.}) 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 Nb6 19. Bxb6 $1
cxb6 20. Bg2 $1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 $14 {Avrukh,B (2653)-Quezada,Y (2505)/Beer Sheva
2005/CBM 110/[Ribli] (1-0, 72)}) 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Rc8 (15... Bd6
16. a3 Nbd7 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 (18. b4 $5) 18... c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rc2 Qb7
21. Rac1 {Black has managed to carry out the thematical break ...c5 under
relatively favourable circumstances, but White retains some pressure.} Bb6 22.
Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. N4f3 Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Rd8 27. Qd3 Ne7 28.
Qe4 Rad7 29. Kg2 {Both sides have taken authoritarian control of one of the
open files, but the difference between the knights' placement s obvious. Black
did not equalise completely yet.} f6 30. h4 e5 31. h5 $14 {Aronian,L (2744)
-Karjakin,S (2678)/Wijk aan Zee 2007 (1-0, 47)}) (15... Nc6 16. Be1 Nb8 {
White has won an important tempo. Everything is ready for the development of
the queen's knight already.} 17. b4 Nbd7 18. a4 Nd5 19. Nbd2 Bg6 20. Nb3 Be4 (
20... Bxb4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Ne5 Qc8 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. axb5 $16) 21. axb5 (21.
Ne5 Bxg2 22. Nxd7 Rd8) 21... Bxb4 (21... axb5 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24.
Nxd7 $16 {[%csl Gf8,Gg2]} Rd8 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. Ndc5 Bxc5 27. Nxc5 Qc6 28. e4 $18
) 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. Nbd2 $16 {Avrukh,B (2633)-Sandipan,C (2546)/Turin 2006/CBM
113 (1-0, 62)}) 16. a3 $146 {Although this move is a novelty technically
speaking, the idea is not new. Just refer to the game Aronian-Karjakin above.}
(16. Bb6 {looks a bit premature. The bishop did not finish his job on a5 yet.}
Rb7 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 (18. Rxc5 Nbd7 19. Rc1 c5 20. Nc3 Bc6 $132) 18... Ra7
19. Nbd2 Bd5 20. Qc2 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2723)-Anand,V
(2779)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007}) (16. Nbd2 Bd5 {Gelfand,B (2723)-Karjakin,S 
(2660)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/[Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 22)}) 16... Bd6 (16... c5
17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Bb6 $16) 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 Nbd7 19. b4 {Now that ...c5 has
become a threat, White prevents it physically.} e5 {Black has to look for some
counterplay in the centre. Otherwise, White would just double rooks on the
c-file, consolidating his advantage. of space.} 20. dxe5 Bxe5 $5 (20... Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Ra2 $14 {[%cal Ya2c2]}) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 (21... Bxg2 22. Qxg2
Qxg2+ (22... Nxe5 23. Qxa8 Raxa8 24. Rxc7 $16) 23. Kxg2 Nxe5 24. Bb6 Rb7 25.
Bd4 $14) 22. f3 $3 {Slightly unaesthetical, but very deep. Black has not
sufficient space for his minor pieces, which justifies the decision of
avoiding the exchange of the light-squared bishops.} Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2
Re8 25. e4 c6 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. Rd6 f6 30. f4 $16 {
Finally, White's structure has recovered its harmony. The pair of bishops and
the higher flexibility offer him a stable advantage.} Re6 31. Rd2 Re7 32. Qd4
Nf8 33. Qd8 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 36. e5 $6 {This
move unnecessarily complicates the fight by giving upa pawn.} (36. Bh3 $1 Nf8
37. Bc8 $16 {would have been simpler.}) 36... fxe5 37. Bxc6 Nf6 38. Bb7 exf4
39. gxf4 Nd5 40. Kf2 Nxf4 41. Ke3 g5 (41... Ne2 {(=, Landa)} 42. Bc7 {[%csl
Ge2][%cal Yc7e5]} (42. Bxa6 Kf7 43. Bb6 Ke6 44. a4 Nc3 45. a5 Nd5+ 46. Kd4 Nxb4
47. Bb7 Kd6 48. a6 Nc6+ 49. Kc3 Bd5 50. a7 $2 Nxa7 51. Bxd5 Nc8 $1 $19 {Landa})
42... Kf7 (42... Nc3 43. Kd4 Nb1 44. a4 $18) 43. Be5 g6 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Bxa6
$16) 42. Bxa6 Kf7 43. a4 Ke7 44. Bxb5 Bxb5 45. axb5 Kd7 46. Ke4 Ne2 47. Bb6 g4
48. Bf2 Nc3+ 49. Kf5 Nxb5 50. Kxg4 Ke6 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Games between Anand and Radjabov always represent a highly interesting fight.
Teimour is a very principled player, fearlessly defending his openings
preferences, while Anand is one of the best theoreticians in the world,
especially dangerous versus such principled opponents.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 {In August
2006 they played a rapid match in Mainz, where Sveshnikov Sicilian served
ideally to Radjabov, who achieved two draws and won one game with it. In my
comments to their fifth encounter from that match I wrote that "without a
consistent home preparation against Sveshnikov Sicilian it is wiser for White
to choose 9.Nd5 rather than 9.Bxf6, where a mistake could be much more costly
for the first player". By choosing 9.Nd5 White does not pretend to achieve any
substantial advantage out of the opening. Instead he hopes to outplay Black in
a quiet strategical battle, with basically no risk of losing. At the moment
when this game was played, Anand was still under the shock of his painful loss
versus Kramnik in the previous round. Thus 9.Nd5 suited perfectly for his
psychological state of mind, which could be described as "ok, White tries
something, but if things go wrong, then it will be a draw".} Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Bd7 {This move became
Radjabov's trademark.} 16. O-O Rb8 17. Ra2 Kh8 18. Nce3 {A pretty harmless
attempt to improve over Karjakin-Radjabov, 2006. It leads to standard
positions, where Black has little to complain about.} (18. Qe2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5
20. Nce3 Be6 $11) (18. Nde3 Qc7 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Rd1 Bc6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5
Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2672)-Radjabov,T (2729)/Cap d'Agde (rapid) 2006 
(42)}) 18... g6 {This typical move is a novelty. The plan ...g6 followed by ...
f5 is a common way to react to the position of White's knights on d5 and e3.} (
18... f5 19. exf5 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Qd5 Qc7 23. b3 $14 {
0-1 Novacek,K (2095)-Kalik,J/Svetla nad Sazavou 1998 (37)}) 19. Qd3 f5 20. b3 {
In the theory there is a similar situation with White's rook on a4 and Black's
bishop on c8. That position is rightly considered to be equal. The slight
difference here formally favours White, but it does not change much in the
assessment of the position.} Bh6 21. Rd1 Qh4 22. f3 Qg5 {For the moment
Radjabov prefers to wait. Black could also consider the exchange on e4:} (22...
fxe4 $5 23. Qxe4 (23. fxe4 Be6 $132 {[%cal Gb8b7,Gb7f7]}) 23... Qxe4 24. fxe4
Be6 25. Nf1 Kg7 {The endgame is equal. For instance:} 26. Ra3 (26. Nde3 Bxe3+
27. Nxe3 Bxc4 28. bxc4 (28. Nxc4 Rxb3) 28... Rb3 $11) 26... Bg5 {[%cal Gg5d8]}
27. Nde3 Bc8 $5 $11 ({Or the simple} 27... Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rf4 29. Nxd6 Be7 $132)
28. Rxd6 $140 $2 Be7 $17) (22... Be6 $11) 23. Nf1 {The evaluation of this
position is a matter of taste. Statistically speaking, White has an edge
thanks to the somewhat better pawn structure - weaknesses on a5 and b3
compensate each other and Black is left with one more weakness on d6. However,
due to the opponent's bishop pair and the central tension it is difficult for
White to make progress, therefore most "Sveshnikov" players would assess the
position as equal. Nevertheless White has ideas to improve. With his last move
Anand is trying to create Radjabov some problems. He frees square e3 for the
other knight, reminding Black of the necessity to protect pawn d6.} Qd8 24. Kh1
$1 {Unexpectedly after this good prophylactic move Radjabov goes wrong.} ({
The immediate} 24. Nde3 {does not reach its goal due to} Qb6 25. Kh1 Rbd8 $11 (
25... fxe4 26. Qxe4 $1 $14 (26. fxe4 Rbd8 $11))) 24... f4 $6 {Teimour hopes
for a King's Indian type of counterplay on the kingside (the advance of the
g-pawn), but now White can quicker develop his play in the center and on the
queenside. Black's main problem will be his poor dark-squared bishop. The
Azerbaijani GM should have continued to keep the tension and wait, since White
cannot create any concrete threats.} (24... Be6 $5 $13 25. Nde3 (25. Bb5 $6 Ne7
$132) 25... Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qb6 27. Rxd6 Bxe3 28. Rxc6 Qxb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 $11) (
24... Qh4 25. Nde3 fxe4 26. Qxe4 $1 (26. fxe4 Rf6 $11) 26... Qxe4 27. fxe4 Rf6
28. Rad2 Bf8 29. Nd5 $14) 25. Nd2 $1 {The knight immediately joins the action.}
Bg5 ({There is simply no time for the advance of kingside pawns:} 25... g5 26.
Bb5 Rg8 (26... g4 {runs into the simple} 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. fxg4 $16) (26... Nb4
27. Nxb4 Bxb5 28. c4 Bd7 (28... axb4 29. cxb5 $16 {[%csl Gd2,Rh6]} Qb6 30. Nc4
Qxb5 31. Qxd6 Bg7 32. Ra5 $18) 29. Nd5 g4 30. fxg4 Bxg4 31. Rda1 Ra8 32. b4 $16
{and White already wins a pawn, while Black is unable to start a dangerous
attack.}) 27. Nc4 $1 Rg6 (27... Rxb5 28. Nxd6 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd6f7]} Rxd5 29.
exd5 $18) 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Nxa5 $16) 26. Bb5 $1 (26. Rda1 {with advantage is
not bad either, but Anand's move looks more convincing.}) 26... Nb4 {Forced.
At least Black keeps material equality by exchanging the queenside pawns.
However, this will only partially solve his problems.} (26... Bh4 {goes
nowhere:} 27. Ba4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd2c4]} (27. Nc4 $4 Rxb5) 27... Bg3 $2 28. hxg3
fxg3 29. Kg1 Qh4 30. Nf1 $18) (26... Ne7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxa5 $18) 27. Nxb4 {
Again Anand's choice seems the most energetic.} ({After} 27. cxb4 Bxb5 28. Nc4
axb4 29. Ra7 Bh4 $5 {Black still has some ideas.}) 27... Bxb5 28. c4 Bxc4 (
28... Be8 29. Nd5 (29. Na6 $6 Ra8 30. c5 dxc5 $13) 29... Bh4 30. c5 $5 dxc5 (
30... Bf2 31. cxd6 Bc5 32. Nc4 Bxd6 33. Qc3 {and Black's position collapses.})
31. Qc3 $16) (28... Bd7 29. Na6 Ra8 (29... Rb6 30. Rxa5 $16) 30. Qxd6 Bc8 31.
Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Nc7 $18) 29. Nxc4 Rxb4 30. Qd5 $16 {The better pieces and
multiple weaknesses in Black's position define White's obvious advantage.} Qc7
(30... Rxb3 $2 31. Nxe5 $18) 31. Nxd6 Bf6 32. Rxa5 Rxb3 33. Rc5 Qb8 (33... Qb6
34. Rcc1 $18 {is even worse. Black is unable to coordinate his forces.}) 34.
Rcc1 $1 ({In the endgame after} 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Bxe5 37.
Rxe5 Rd8 $1 {Black keeps good chances to survive.}) 34... Rb2 35. Qe6 Qb3 $1
36. Qd7 $2 {The mistake which spoiled a good game.} (36. Nc4 {leads to a very
difficult position for Black:} Re2 (36... Rf2 37. Rb1 Rd2 (37... Qa2 38. Rb8 $1
Rxb8 39. Qxf6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ $18) (37... Qc3 38. Qd6 Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. Qc5
$18 {[%csl Rf2,Rf8]}) (37... Qc2 38. Rdc1 Qe2 39. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 38. Rg1
Qa2 39. Ra1 Qb3 40. Ra3 Qb4 41. Ra7 $18) (36... Ra2 37. Rb1 Qc2 38. Rg1 $16)
37. Rb1 Qc3 (37... Qa2 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Qxf6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ $18) 38. Qd6 Kg8 39.
Rbc1 Qb3 ({or} 39... Rc2 40. Rxc2 Qxc2 41. Nxe5 Bxe5 42. Qe6+ $1) 40. Nxe5 Bxe5
41. Qxe5 $16) 36... Rc2 $1 {Thanks to this trade of rooks and White's back
rank problems Black succeeds to hold.} 37. Ne8 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Qa3 $1 (38... Qf7
$2 39. Nxf6 Qxf6 40. Rc7 $18) 39. Rb1 ({or} 39. Rd1 Qe7 {and Black defends})
39... Qa2 $1 ({Again} 39... Qe7 $2 {loses:} 40. Nxf6 Qxf6 41. Rb7 $18) 40. Rd1
Qf7 41. Nxf6 Qxf6 {The triumph of defense: Black kept material equality and
succeeded to exchange all queenside pawns, his bad bishop and a pair of rooks.
Besides, he also brought the queen to protect his king. Things couldn't go any
better than that for Radjabov.} 42. Qc7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The eagerly awaited game betwwen the two highest raited players in Wijk was,
although theoretically interesting, somewhat an anticlimax with it's abrupt
end.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 {In the past two years especially due
to Topalov's efforts the main line lost some of it's peaceful reputation and
again became a fighting weapon.} Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 ({In 2005
Topalov was successful with} 7. Nc3 {, but since then Black has found suitable
antidotes:} c6 (7... O-O 8. Rc1 $5 d5 (8... c6 $6 9. e4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bd3
Nxc3 12. Rxc3 $1 {shows one of the ideas behind 8.Rc1!? - the B can stay on
the c1-h6 digonal, targeting the >>.} c5 13. dxc5 (13. h4 $5 $40 {[%cal Rd3h7,
Rf3g5] /\Bh7,Ng5}) 13... bxc5 $6 (13... d4 $142 $5 $132) 14. h4 $1 h6 15. Bb1
$1 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 d4 18. Ng5 $1 hxg5 19. hxg5 dxc3 20. Bf4 $18 {
->,Topalov,V (2778)-Ponomariov,R (2695)/Sofia/2005/}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 (10.
Nxd5 $143 exd5 11. Bg2 Re8 $1 12. Rc2 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bc3 Rc8 15. Bh3 Rc7
$36 16. Re1 $2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb4 19. Rf1 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Bc5 21.
Rd1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxe2 23. Qc1 Qf6 24. Rf4 Qe7 25. Kg2 Re1 {0-1,Leko,P (2763)
-Adams,M (2737)/Miskolc rpd m/2005/}) 10... Nxc3 (10... Ba3 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. O-O
Nd7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. b4 $1 a5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Bg5 Be4 18. Qxe4
Nxe4 19. Bxd8 Raxd8 20. Rb3 Bd6 21. Rb2 $1 c5 22. Rc2 g6 23. e3 $16 {[%csl Ra5,
Rc5] ><c5,a5,Navara,D (2719)-Goloshchapov,A (2555)/Bundesliga 0607/2007/}) 11.
Bxc3 Bb7 (11... Nd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 Bb7 14. b4 Nf6 15. Qa4 a6 16. Ne5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Red1 Qb6 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21. Bd4 Qb7+ 22. f3 Rxc1
23. Rxc1 $14 {Timman,J (2594)-Wells,P (2480)/London/Crowthorne/2006/}) 12. Qc2
(12. O-O Nd7 13. b4 $5 $11 {/+/=}) 12... Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rfd1
Qe8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 18. Qd3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Ba3 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. Nxc4
Be7 22. Qf3 Qc8 23. Rd3 Nd5 24. a3 b5 $11 {Ftacnik,L (2540)-Efimenko,Z (2620)/
EU-ch Warsaw/2005/}) 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 c5 $1 (10... Bb7 11. Neg5 $1
c5 12. d5 $1 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Re1
Na6 18. Re6 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Bc4 $44 {->,Topalov,V (2778)-Anand,V (2785)/
Sofia/2005/}) 11. Bc3 (11. dxc5 $6 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nbd7 $1 $15 {/\} (12... bxc5 13.
Bc3 Qb6 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rhe1 Rd8 16. Ne5 $36 {Gelfand,B (2717)-Grischuk,A 
(2720)/W-Cup Khanty Mansiysk/2005/}) 13. cxb6 $2 Nc5 $19) 11... Bb7 12. Bd3
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Na6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Qf3
Qc7 19. O-O Qb7 20. Qxb7 Nxb7 $11 {Van Wely,L (2655)-Carlsen,M (2646)/Schagen
m/2006/}) 7... c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 (9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4
dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 $11 {is rightly considered sterile, White's hopes for an
opening advantage are connected only with the text move.}) 9... Nfd7 10. Nxd7
Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O {The first critical opeing position, in which Black's
choice will influence the further course of the game.} Nf6 ({The other main
move is} 12... Rc8 13. e4 {, here Black has also been experiencing some
problems lately:} c5 (13... b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Nc5
$5 Qc8 $6 ({Black should have probably tried the more principled} 17... Nxc5
$142 $5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qe5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxf6 Rfc8 22. Bf1 $44) 18.
bxc4 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rac1 Re8 21. Ba1 Qc7 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Bc3 Ba3 24. Rc2
Bf8 25. d5 $1 $16 {|^[+],Radjabov,T-Karjakin,S/Wijk aan Zee-A/2007/}) 14. exd5
exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 (16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Nc5
20. Nxc5 {1/2,Topalov,V-Aronjan,L/Morelia Linares/2007/} Bxc5 21. Rad1 Qb6 $11)
16... cxb3 17. Re1 b2 (17... Bb5 18. axb3 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxa7 $14 {/\}
Rxc3 $2 21. Nb1 {gives White a small, but more or less permanent pull.}) 18.
Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 $5 (19. Nb3 {was tested later in Linares/Morelia without much
success:} Nd3 20. Re2 Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rfd8 23. Rbd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2
Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nd4 Bc4 27. a4 (27. Bf1 Bd5 28. Bg2 Bc4 {1/2,Carlsen,M 
(2690)-Aronian,L (2744)/Morelia Linares/2007/}) 27... Kf8 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. axb5
Ke7 30. f4 Bc7 $11 {Topalov,V (2783)-Leko,P (2749)/Morelia Linares/2007/})
19... Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Qxc4 Nd3 22. Be5 (22. Ba3 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bd5 h5 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Bb2 Bf6 28. Bc1 $44 {Topalov,V (2788)
-Anand,V (2788)/FIDE WCh San Luis/2005/ gives White compensation for the
exchange, but he can't claim an advantage.}) 22... Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6
Qxf6 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Qc2 b4 {has already been played in the past a
couple of times and Black drew easily, but his task is not so simple after the
refined} 28. Bb7 g6 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Kg7 (30... a5 $2 {has to wait,
Black's P will be vulnerable after} 31. Kf1 a4 32. Ke2 {׫}) (30... Rfe8 31.
Kf1 Kf8 32. Bxc8 (32. Ba6 $142 $1 {is similar to Wang Yue's idea.}) 32... Rxc8
33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd3 Kd6 35. Kc4 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Kxb4 Kb6 $11 {Bacrot,E 
(2729)-Lutz,C (2616)/EU-chT Gothenburg/2005/}) 31. Rc6 Rfe8 32. Ba6 $1 {
Once his K can't cross the <->e, White must already prevent a5.} Kf8 33. Rc2 $1
f5 $6 {׻} (33... Kg7 $142 $5) 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Rf8 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Rc4 Kd6
38. Bxc8 Rxc8 39. Rxb4 Rxc7 40. Ra4 Kc5 41. Kg5 $16 {_|_R,Wang Yue (2626)
-Sokolov,A (2589)/Paris/2006/}) 13. e4 dxe4 {A rare move, but Anand will
perhaps make it fashionable - he used it again in Morelia against the same
opponent.} (13... b5 14. exd5 (14. Re1 dxe4 15. Qc2 Rb8 $1 16. Rad1 Qc8 {
[%cal Yb5c4,Yc6c5] /\bc4,c5<=>=}) 14... exd5 (14... cxd5 15. c5 $1 b4 16. Bxb4
Bxf1 17. Bxf1 $44 {/+/=, Anand,V-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee-A/2005/}) 15. Re1 Rb8 16.
c5 Bc8 17. Nf3 Ne4 {is currently in a crisis due to Topalov's resourceful} 18.
Rxe4 $1 dxe4 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Qe1 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. f3 b4 $6 (22... Bxc5 $142
$5 23. dxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 b4 25. Bb2 Qc2 $14 {/<=>}) 23. fxe4 Qe6 24. Bb2 Bf6
$6 25. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 26. e5 Qa6 27. exf6 Rfe8 28. Qf1 Qe2 29. Qf2 Qxg4 30. h3
Qg5 31. Bc1 Qh5 32. Bf4 Rbd8 33. c6 Be4 34. c7 Rc8 35. Re1 Qg6 36. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4
37. d5 $18 {[%csl Gc7,Gd5,Gf4,Gg2] ^^,o^,Topalov,V (2801)-Aronian,L (2752)/
Wijk aan Zee-A/2006/}) 14. a4 $5 {An ambitious attempt to stop the <=> with b5.
} (14. Re1 b5 {is a line, acceptable for Black - see the previous note.}) ({
The main alternative to the text move is the simple} 14. Nxe4 b5 {Consistent,
otherwise White has a pleasant () in a typical Catalan position.} (14... Rc8
15. Qc2 b5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfe1 $14 {
Onischuk,A (2655)-Ibragimov,I (2582)/Fort Lauderdale/2004/}) {Here the most
principled and dangerous continuation seems to be} 15. Nc5 $1 (15. Nxf6+ Bxf6
16. Bb4 (16. Bxc6 Rc8 17. cxb5 Bxb5 $11) 16... Bxd4 (16... bxc4 $5 17. Bxf8
Qxf8 18. Qe2 Rd8 $44) 17. Bxf8 Bxa1 18. Qxd8 (18. Qxa1 Qxf8 19. Bxc6 Rb8 $11)
18... Rxd8 19. Be7 Re8 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxc6 Rb8 23. c5 Rc8 24.
Rd6 b4 {[%cal Ra6d3,Rd3b1] /\Bd3-b1<=>}) (15. Qe2 bxc4 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Be1 Nb6
18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. a4 Rab8 21. Bf3 Bf6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Qxc4 Qb7 24.
Qxc6 Qxb3 25. Be4 Nb4 26. Qd7 a5 27. Rb1 Qa2 28. Qa7 Qxa4 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Qxa5
Nd5 $11 {1/2,Topalov,V (2783)-Anand,V (2779)/Morelia Linares/2007/}) 15... Bxc5
16. dxc5 bxc4 17. Qe2 Nd5 (17... Qe7 18. Bd4 $14) 18. Be5 Qg5 $2 19. Bd6 Rfd8
20. bxc4 Rac8 21. Qc2 Nb6 22. cxb6 Rxd6 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. Qxa7 Qe7 25. Qa3 c5 26.
Qa7 Rd7 27. Rad1 {1-0,L'Ami,E (2586)-Iordachescu,V (2603)/Vlissingen op/2006/})
14... Nd5 $5 {A natural try, Black wants to use his currently offside Ba6 to
solve his strategic problems by tactical means.} (14... Rc8 15. Nxe4 {[%csl
Ra6] ץa6,()} Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Qd3 h6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 {Teske,H (2529)-Markos,
J (2467)/Pardubice op/2002/} 19. a5 b5 20. c5 $36) 15. cxd5 $8 (15. Bb2 $2 f5
$17) (15. Nxe4 $6 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Bf6 $11 {/=/+}) 15... Bxf1 {Anand in his
preparation probably underestimated the resulting position. After the game
Topalov criticized already this natural reaction and recommended the generous}
(15... cxd5 $5 16. Re1 Rc8 $44 {White's extra N doesn't make itself felt, as
his forces lack coordination.}) 16. d6 $1 {This intermediate move is necessary
to disrupt Black's P-chain.} (16. Bxf1 $2 exd5 $17 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Ge4] [+]} (
16... cxd5 $5)) 16... Bxg2 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Kxg2 f5 (18... Rad8 19. Qe2 (19.
Qe1 $5 f5 20. b4 {is similar to our game and stronger}) 19... f5 20. Nc4 (20.
b4 $1) 20... c5 21. Qe3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rd5 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Nc4 Qd8 $13 {[%cal
Gd8d1] /=/+,Matthiesen,M (2289)-Schandorff,L (2551)/DEN-chT/2002/ With the
open d<-> Black has no problems and already White must take care.}) 19. b4 $1
$146 {[%mdl 8] An important improvement in comparison with the previous
example:} (19. Nc4 Rad8 (19... Rfd8 $5 {/\c5<=>}) 20. Ra2 (20. Qe1 $5 c5 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. b4 $1 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rb4b5] /\b5o^b}) 20... Rd5 (20... c5 $11)
21. Ne3 Rd7 22. Rd2 f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. Rc2 Rdf8 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gf8f1] /=/+,<->f,ע,Sasikiran,K (2670)-Motylev,A (2638)/Moscow Aeroflot op/
2006/ Here Black has managed to open an important file for his R and he has no
problems. Topalov, on th other hand, would like to keep the position more
closed for the time being. He probably realized the strength of the text move
some time ago, without intending to use it in a concrete game against Anand 
(who has never played 13...dxe4 previously). White first of all takes the
sting out of a c5 break, his N is not needed on c4 yet - from d2 it better
supports f3.}) 19... Qd7 $6 {This phase is already decisive for the future
fate of the game, from Anand's lack-lustre play we can see he didn't realize
the importance of the moment. Black starts to make moves out of general
considerations, which however don't counter White's plans. Instead, he should
have energetically sought <=> as soon as possible. Topalov didn't repeat this
line in Morelia - this indicates that he either wanted to avoid the position
after 15...cxd5!?, or found something better for Black at this point. However,
finding concrete improvements is not so easy, as immediate activity can do
more harm, than good:} (19... c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. b5 $16) ({Deserving
attention was a try like} 19... Rad8 20. Qe2 Rd5 {[%cal Yf8d8,Yc6c5,Ye6e5] /
\Rfd8,c5,e5} (20... c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. b5 Rd3 23. Rc1 $14) (20... a5 21. bxa5
c5 22. Qc4 $16) (20... e5 {is interesting, but at this moment White has the
accurate} 21. Qc4+ $1 (21. dxe5 Rd3 22. Rc1 Qe6 $1 $44 {For the P Black has
activated his major pieces and has undeniable <=>. An important component of
it is the fact that White still can't play} 23. f3 $2 Rfd8 24. fxe4 {due to}
Qa2 $19) 21... Qf7 22. dxe5 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 Rd3 24. Rc1 $16 {and he should be
able to gradually consolidate his position.}) {If White continues as in the
game} 21. f3 (21. Nc4 $5 {seems better.}) 21... exf3+ 22. Nxf3 {Black has} f4
23. g4 h5 {/\} 24. g5 Rxg5+ 25. Nxg5 Qxg5+ $44) 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. f3 exf3+ 22.
Nxf3 {[%mdl 32] White has made the first important step - he exchanged the Pe4,
which limited his forces. Although Black can't complain about the formal
material balance, he has serious problems generating any concrete active play.
His Rs lack open <->, pawn breaks either lose material outright, or only
create new ><. On the other hand, White's position has far more potential for
improvement. In the following moves he plans to dislodge Black's Q from it's 
[+] outpost and proceed to concentrate his forces against the ><e6 and Black's
K. Topalov will patiently implement this strategy.} h6 (22... f4 23. g4 $16 {
[%csl Rf4] doesn't help, the Pf4 can also become vulnerable.}) (22... a5 $5 23.
bxa5 bxa5 $14 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb8b1] ><a5 was possibly better. Although the
Pa5 is weak, at least the <->b is open. Later (see move 30) Black won't get
even this chance.}) 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Qc2 {White starts regrouping his forces.
He prepares Re5, after ...Qc4 he will have the reply Nd2.} Rad8 {Anand must
have felt the growing pressure, but he still doesn't want to resort to
desperate measures as, e.g.,} (24... g5 {With the text move he intends to meet
Re5 by preparing ...Rd5, as and exchange of R would greatly favour the defence.
However, Topalov doesn't have to hurry with occupying e5.}) 25. Bd2 $1 $16 {
Takes c5 under control and improves the B.} Qd7 26. Kf2 {White has enough time
to take the sting out of ideas as Qb7, followed by c5.} Rc8 27. Bf4 {White
toys with the idea Be5...} Qd5 28. Re5 {In the end Topalov puts his R on e5
after all - with 26...Rc8 Black's R is farther from d5.} Qd7 29. h4 {White
strengthens his position with prophylactic moves, this one is aimed against a
possible g5.} Ra8 30. Bd2 $1 {Again prophylaxis (stopping a5), but also part
of an active plan - the B goes to c3, once the N is free, it can head for f4.
Also 29.h4 comes in handy, White can fix the >>P with h5.} Rac8 {A very
unpleasant situation: Black can't do much more than mark time.} 31. Qc4 {
[%cal Re5f5] /\Rf5} Kh7 32. Bc3 Qd6 33. Ne1 b5 $6 {Anand can't endure the
massage any longer and tries to break free, but this advance only further
weakens his position.} 34. Qc5 Qd8 (34... Qxc5 35. Rxc5 bxa4 36. Ra5 $16 {
/+- and without Q White is free to concentrate all his forces, inclding the K,
against Black's ק.}) 35. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f4] /\Nf4 Again active prophylaxis,
White stops f4 and his N aims for the dream square. A noteworthy fact is that
from move 20 onwards there was no necessity to give any long and forcing lines.
The games between the world elite are usually far more complex and rarely is
one of the sides completely outplayed without lashing out. Thus, despite the
passivity and the apparent helplessness of Black's position, Anand's
resignation came as a big surprise. Some online commentators even waited 10-15
minutes to confirm that there has been no data transmission error. Although
the Indian GM was understandably disgusted with his position, after all the
material is still equal and converting White's advantage still requires more,
than just simple technique. Topalov immediately after the game said he
considered White's position strategically winning, but he wouldn't have
resigned so early. Subsequently he modified this statement, saying the by
transferring his R to d6 Black could still put up strong resistance. The point
is that to win the game White will once have to at least partially open the
position, something which might give Black some <=> after all.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 {[%mdl 4] The
violent line with 10.e5 has suddenly entered the tournament arena. Many
questions are remaining open...} (13. Be2 Be7 14. Bg3 Bg5 15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qf3
O-O 17. h4 (17. O-O Nbd7 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. h4 Bd8 20. Bf4 Bc7 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Rf3
Qa5 {1/2 Pichler,J (2325)-Yuferov,S (2435)/Moscow 1990/ (74)}) 17... Bd8 18.
O-O Nbd7 19. Kh1 b5 20. Rb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Ra7 22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Qe3 Bxe4 24. Qxe4
Re8 25. Bd3 Nf8 $15 {1-0 Matanovic,A-Minic,D/Kragujevac 1959/ (51)}) (13. Rb3
Qa5 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Kh1 Ng6 17. Qe3 Nxh4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+
Kd8 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. Qf7 Bd6 22. Nxf6 Qe5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 {0-1 Hlusevich,S (2375)
-Doroshkievich,V (2390)/Soviet Union 1986/}) 13... Qxa2 (13... Qa4 14. Be2 $1
Nc6 $2 15. Nxe6 g5 16. Nf6+ {1-0 Radjabov-Anand/W-ch Blitz/2006/}) 14. Rd1 (14.
Rb3 Qa1+ 15. Kf2 Qa4 16. Bb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Bc5+ 18. Nxc5 Qxh4+ 19. g3 Qd8 20.
Qd6 (20. Nd6+) 20... Nxc5 21. Nc7+ Qxc7 22. Qxc7 Nba6 {Kortschnoj,V-Tolush/
URS-ch/1958/0-1 (39)}) 14... Qd5 {This move was suggested by Kasparov. Black
is falling behind in the development, but collecting material on the road..} (
14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be2 Qa4 17. Qf4 Qa5+ 18. c3 g5 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20.
Nf6+ Kd8 21. Qd4 Qc7 22. Bf2 Kc8 $17 {1/2 Nataf,I (2559)-Perunovic,M (2549)/
Herceg Novi 2005/ (49)}) (14... Qb2 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. c3 Qa3 18. O-O
O-O 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 gxf6 23. exf6 Qa5 24. h4
$13 {1-0 Radjabov,T (2729)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde 2006/ (33)}) 15. Qe3
Qxe5 16. Be2 (16. Bg3 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qb6 18. Be2 Be7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rb1 Qd8 21.
Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxe6 Qa5 23. Nc7 Ne5 24. Nxa8 Nbc6 25. Nb6 Bg4 $17 {Docx-Roeder/
BEL-chT/2006/}) 16... Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 $5
{The first truly independent move. Van Wely is ready to part with some
material in order to get his pieces to work.} (20... Rd8 21. Qg3 (21. O-O Qb6
$17) 21... Qf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. Qh4 Nc6 {Motylev,A-Anand,V/Corus/2007/}) (20...
Re8 $5) 21. Bxf8 (21. O-O Qb6 $5) 21... Nxf8 22. O-O {The situation is quite
complex. White has the exchange and initiative, but he sacrificed three pawns
on the road to here.} Bd7 (22... e5 $5 23. Nd6 f6 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26.
Rxb7 Nd4 $13) (22... Qe5 $6 23. Qf2 $1 f5 24. Nd6 $36) (22... Nd7 23. Nd6 Nde5
24. c4 Qb4 25. c5 f5 $13) 23. Nd6 Ne5 $1 (23... Nd8 24. Nc4 $1 Qc7 25. Qb6 Rc8
(25... Qc6 $2 26. Rfd1 $1 $18) 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Ne5 Nc6 28. Nxf7 Ng6 $14) (
23... Qe5 24. Qf2 $1 f6 25. Nxb7 $14) 24. Nxb7 Qc7 25. Nd6 {Anand has managed
to regain one of the pawns, while Black has improved the coordination of his
pieces.} (25. Nc5 Bb5 $1 $11) 25... f6 (25... Qa7 26. Rd4 Nc6 27. Rd3 Qxe3+ 28.
Rxe3 $14) (25... Nfg6 $5 26. Bh5 f6 $13) 26. c4 (26. Qg3 Nfg6 27. Bh5 Qa7+ 28.
Kh1 Kh7 $13) 26... Bc6 27. Ra1 Nfd7 28. Qd4 (28. Bg4 Nc5 $1 29. Qxc5 Nxg4 $11)
28... a5 29. Nb5 Qb6 $6 {Van Wely's desire to exchange the queens is rather
understandable, but much stronger was 29...Qb7! with unpleasant counterplay.} (
29... Bxb5 $2 30. cxb5 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Rc2 Nb3 33. Ra4 $16) (29... Qb7 $1
30. Qd6 (30. Bf1 a4 $1) (30. Nd6 $5 Qb4 31. Rb2 Qc5 $13) 30... Bxg2 31. Bg4 $1
(31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Nd6 Qc6 33. Nf7+ Nxf7 34. Qxd7 Ne5 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 $11) 31...
Nxg4 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Rxg2 Nge5 34. Qe7 Rg8 $13) 30. Qxb6 Nxb6 31. Rd6 $1 Nbd7
(31... Bxb5 $6 32. cxb5 Rb8 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rd6 a4 35. Bd1 $16) 32. Nd4 (32.
Nc7 Rc8 33. Nxe6 a4 34. c5 $16) 32... Be4 33. Nxe6 {Black can now claim only
one pawn for the exchange, white forces are nicely coordinated.} a4 (33... Rb8
34. Rxa5 Rb2 35. Bf1 Rb1 36. Ra7 $1 $18) (33... Kf7 34. Nc7 Rc8 35. Nb5 $1 $16)
34. Nc7 (34. c5 Ra5 $1) 34... Ra5 $2 (34... Rc8 35. Nd5 Ra8 36. Ra3 $14) (34...
Rb8 35. Rxa4 Rb2 36. Bf1 Rb1 37. Nd5 Bd3 38. Ne3 Bxf1 39. Nxf1 Nb6 $14) 35. Ra6
$1 Rxa6 36. Nxa6 {After the exchange of rooks White's chances for a win have
improved even futher.} Bc6 37. c5 $1 Bb7 (37... Kf7 38. Nb4 $5 (38. Bd1 Nd3 39.
Bxa4 Bxa4 40. Rxa4 N3xc5 41. Nxc5 Nxc5 42. Ra5 $16) 38... Ke6 39. Nxc6 Nxc6 40.
Bc4+ Ke5 41. Bb5 Kd5 42. Bxa4 $16) 38. Rc1 $1 (38. Rxa4 $6 Bxa6 39. Rxa6 Nxc5
40. Ra7 $16) 38... Nc6 39. Nc7 Nd4 $2 {The blunder speeds up the decision..} (
39... a3 40. Nb5 a2 41. Bc4+ $18) 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. Rd1 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1
Nb6 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nc1 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. dxe6 Rxd2
22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Nb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Nf5 Rxf7 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 27. Rd8+
Re8 28. Rhd1 Rg8 29. b3 a3 30. R1d5 Qf1 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rxe5 Qxf3 33. Rc5
Qh1 34. Rc4 Qe1 35. Rf4 h5 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg4+ Kf7 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf5
40. Rc4 h5 41. Rc5+ Kg4 42. Rc4+ Kf3 43. Rd4 Qe5 44. c3 Qh2 45. Rd3+ Ke4 46.
Rd4+ Kf5 47. Nd3 Qd2 48. Rd5+ Kf6 49. c4 Qd1+ 50. Nc1 Qg4 51. Rd2 Qxh4 52. Nd3
Qd4 53. Kc2 h4 54. Nxb4 Qb2+ 55. Kd1 Qb1+ 56. Ke2 Qe4+ 57. Kd1 h3 58. Nd3 Qh1+
59. Ke2 h2 60. Nf2 Qg2 61. Ke3 Ke7 62. Rd5 h1=Q 63. Nxh1 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c4 Be6
15. Qf3 Bxc4 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. a4 Qe7 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qh4 21.
Qh3 Qxh3 22. gxh3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 f5 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. Rc6 Rd7 27.
Kg2 Be7 28. Bc3 Bd8 29. Ra6 Bf6 30. Kf3 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. Qe2 e6 9. c3 Be7 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. O-O
h6 15. Rfe1 Qe7 16. Qf3 Rfd8 17. Qg3 Rd7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Re5 a5 20. Rde1 Kh8
21. h3 b6 22. a3 Bh7 23. R1e3 Rc8 24. Rf3 Qe7 25. Qg4 Qd6 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Qh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Ba2 Nd8 14. Nf1 Ne6 15.
Ng3 c5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. dxc5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd1 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21.
Rxd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Bh6 25. Bb2 Bf4+ 26. g3 Rd3 27.
gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 {For Topalov, this variation has been a
fertile territory for research and innovating along the past years.} O-O 12.
O-O Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 b5 15. Qe2 $146 ({This new move leads to an
interesting position. Previously,} 15. Nc5 {had been played, when after} Bxc5
16. dxc5 bxc4 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Be5 Qg5 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. bxc4 {White was in
complete control in the game L'Ami-Iordachescu, Vlissingen 2006. 17...Qd3
looks like an improvement for Black.}) 15... bxc4 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Be1 Nb6 {
A paradoxical situation: For White, it will not be easy to win the pawn back
without making certain strategic concessions, but for Black it will be just as
difficult to give his minimal material advantage a stable character!} 18. Nc5
Qc8 19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. a4 ({A logical move, which, however, weakens the
queenside dark squares. The simplistic} 20. Bxc6 {would have allowed Black
activate his play with} Rac8) 20... Rab8 21. Bf3 Bf6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Qxc4 Qb7
24. Qxc6 Qxb3 25. Be4 Nb4 26. Qd7 a5 27. Rb1 Qa2 28. Qa7 Qxa4 29. Ra1 Qb5 30.
Qxa5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{Svidler is not given the possibility of continuing the theoretical discussion
in the Marshall from the previous round, where he had been sitting on the
other side of the board against Aronian.} Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8
12. c3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 {White decides to play this move with loss of
time, probably relying on the fact that Black has not played ...d6 yet, which
could cause him problems maintaining his stability in the centre. The next
phase of the game will not justify his approach.} cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. e5 Nd5
17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. axb5 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nf3 Nc4 {
Black's excellent development and his mighty light-squared bishop offer him
entirely satisfactory compensation for the pawn.} 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Bf4 Bb4 25.
Qb3 Ba5 26. Rc1 Qe6 27. Ne1 Bc6 28. Ne2 Nxe5 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 {After winning the
pawn back, Black has the better chanecs already, due to his strong pair of
bishops.} 30. Nd4 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Nd3 32. Nxe6 Nxe1 33. Nd4 Nd3 34. Bd6 Nxb2 {
Things have calmed down now. Black's extra-pawn does not have too much
significance because of the presence of opposite-coloured bishops.} 35. f3 Nc4
36. Bb4 h5 37. Kf2 f6 38. Nf5 Ne5 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Nd6+ Ke7 41. Nf5+ Kf8 42. Ke3
g6 43. Nd6 Ke7 44. Bb4 g5 45. Nc4+ Ke6 46. Nxe5 fxe5 47. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 $5 {This interesting move was introduced in practice by Zviaginsev in the
early '90s, but has never been in the centre of the theoretical disputes.
Adopting it for this specific game must have been an over-the-board decision
of Anand, possibly based on the fact that Carlsen had never played the the
Meran variation (6.Bd3) before.} 9. O-O ({The only game where Anand had played
this line before went} 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4
{. White has delayed his castle, for the sake of rapid queenside developemnt,
aimed to prevent the typical counterplay based on ...c5.} Qe7 14. Qb3 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb1 g6 {. It might seem that White's strategy has
been dubious, because castling is connected with a loss of pawn now. However,
after} 18. O-O $5 Qd6 19. Bc3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Rfd1 {White had excellent
compensation in view of the passive b7-bishop and the imobility of the black
queenside, Sokolov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2005.}) 9... O-O 10. b3 ({Carlsen opts
for a quiet way of developing. Several other moves have been tried here, with
no definitive conclusion yet. It should be said that the most principled line} 
10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 {has yielded Black excelent
results in practice.}) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 ({
Curiously, this natural move is a novelty, which is quite suggestive for the
unsettled character of theory in the Zviagintsev line.} 13... f5 {has been
occasionally played before, but it is hard to understand why would Black
weaken the a1-h8 diagonal so easily.}) 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 {The position
is almost symmetrical. By having adopted the modest method of development
based on b3 (compared to Black's ...b5 and ...a6), White has spared a tempo,
which offers him some chances of taking over the initiative. However, in the
long run the light-squared bishop will face difficulties achieving stability,
precisely because the b3-square is not available.} 16. Ng5 ({This knight jump
might be premature. I would prefer continuing the development with} 16. Qe2 {
followed by Rfd1 and Ng5 and/or a4.}) 16... Qxd1 17. Raxd1 $6 ({Quite
illogical. The queen's rook is "designed" to occupy the c-file, eventually
after provoking a weakening of the enemy queenside by means of a4.} 17. Rfxd1
Kh8 18. a4 {looks like a better continuation. Yet, this general aspects might
seem irrelevant, since Black faces problems defending his kingside.}) 17... Kh8
$1 ({This elegant defence solves Black's problems.} 17... h6 $6 {would have
lost apawn after} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 ({or} 18... hxg5 19. Bxg5 {with the same
result.}) 19. Nh7 Rfd8 20. Be4 $5 Bxe4 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nxe4 {without any
compensation for Black.}) 18. g3 ({It is hard to comment on this move. White
spends a valuable tempo on... weakening the f3-square. Probably, Carlsen
wanted to make the threat of winning a pawn with Bxf6, which would not work
now. If} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxh7 $2 {then} Rg8 20. g3 Kg7 {trapping the knight.
Instead of 19.Nxh7, White has several ways of reaching a drawn opposite
coloured bishop ending: 19.Ne4, 19.Be4 or 19.Rd7. Curiously, the engines like
18.g3, too, in fierce competition with... 18.g4.}) 18... h6 19. Bxf6 hxg5 20.
Bb2 ({Another drawback of 18.g3 can be seen in theline} 20. Bxg5 $2 f6 {
, trapping the bishop.}) 20... Rac8 21. Rc1 {Practically admitting the
inaccuracy of his 17th move.} Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Bf3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {White's
temporary initiative has been extinguished completely and now he has to endure
the consequences of his superficial strategy. The f3-bishop is dominating the
board, while his white colleague occupies a passive position on c2. In the
long run, the massive advance of the kingside pawns is likely to increase
Black's advantage. And yet, in symmetrical positions the drawish zone is quite
wide and White should not be in too big danger of losing yet.} 24. a3 b4 {
Of course! The c2-bishop will not be allowed to get to b3.} 25. a4 f5 26. Kf1
f4 ({This active move will be crowned by success after Black's mistaken answer.
In case of the more static} 26... g4 {White would have activated his play with}
27. Ke1 Bd6 28. Bd1 Bb7 29. a5 {followed by Be2. Black's advantage after} Kg8
30. Be2 Kf7 31. Bc4 g5 {would be more of symbolic nature.}) 27. Be4 $2 ({
Instead of panicking, White should have put the enemy king under pressure, too,
with} 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. exf4 Rd2 29. Bg6 {when in view of the weaknes of the
8th rank Black seems to have nothing better than a perpetual.}) 27... Bxe4 28.
Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rb1 30. Bc1 f3+ 31. Kd1 Rxb3 {How much different is this
rook and opposite coloured bishops ending from that from Carlsen's first round
game against Morozevich... White has little hope of surviving.} 32. Rc4 Bd3 33.
Rc8+ Kh7 34. e4 Rb1 35. Kd2 Bxe4 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. Bd2 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 Rb2 39. Be3
Re2 40. Rc1 Ba2 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {The Breyer system has become fashionable lately, but this is
precisely the reason why Morozevich' choice might seem a bit surprising. The
Russian GM usually prefer to play his "own theory".} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7
12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 $5 ({Of course. Instead of the almost
authomatically played} 14... g6 {, Morozevich employs a move that has been
played only once, 51 (!) years ago.}) 15. Nf5 Qc7 ({The old game lost its
theoretical significance after} 15... g6 $2 16. Nh6+ Bxh6 ({Sad necessity. If} 
16... Kg7 {then} 17. Ng5 $1 {and the f7-pawn is impossible to defend, for
instance} Re7 18. Nhxf7 {and the knight is taboo because of the fork on e6.})
17. Bxh6 {. After giving up his bishop, Black had an awful position in
Burstein-Thomson, Moscow ol 1956.}) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh2 c5 18. Qf3 c4 {
Black clears the c5-square for his queen's knight. With his next moves, White
will put pressure on the f6-square, in order to take advantage of the
predictable departure of the knight from d7.} 19. Bg5 Re6 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Bxf6
(21. Nh6+ Kh8 {offers White absolutely nothing.}) 21... Rxf6 22. Ng4 Re6 23.
Nge3 {After this voluntary retreat, White can hardly claim an advantage.} ({
As known, playing on both wings increases the chances for success. Therefore,} 
23. b4 {(one of Fischer's favourite moves in the closed Spanish) deserves
serious attention.} cxb3 {(Maybe Black should refrain from this capture, but
this would mean to withdraw with his best placed piece.} 24. axb3 {[%csl Ge6,
Gf7][%cal Yb3b4,Yc2b3] followed by b4 and Bb3, when the pressure against the
black kingside would become quite annoying..}) 23... Qa5 24. a3 g6 {Black
enjoys almost absolute stability on dark squares, while White's activity has a
temporary character. We can conclude that the opening experiment has been
crowned with success.} 25. Nd5 $5 {Rudolf Spielmann used to call this "a
passive sacrifice", meaning that Black is not forced to accept it. By simply
continuing his development, he will gradually take over the advantage.} Rd8 ({
After} 25... gxf5 $2 26. exf5 {followed by Qg3+ and Qxe5, White's attack would
become very dangerous, especially that the black queen is far away from the
kingside.}) 26. Qg3 Rd7 27. Nfe3 Qd8 28. Qf3 Bg7 ({Black could undermine
White's centre with} 28... f5 $5 {The threat of fxe4 forces White give up a
piece immediately with} 29. exf5 $5 {, which would lead to a rather unclear
situation, for instance} Red6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qg4 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5
Rxd5 34. Qxg6+ Bg7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Re3 Rd6 (36... Nd7 37. Rf3+ Nf6 38. g4 $44)
37. Rg3 Qe7 38. Qf5+ Bf6 39. Rg6) ({Morozevich' decision to increase the
pressure by indirect means is more technical in principle, as it will
practically force White to make an awful positional concession. Nevertheless,} 
28... Red6 {might have been even better and if} 29. g4 {then} Bh6 $17 {[%csl
Gf4,Gh4] and White's position is anything but appealing.}) 29. a4 Red6 30. axb5
axb5 $17 {Now Black really threatens ...f5, questioning White's stability in
the centre.} 31. g4 {Anand did not find any constructive way to sacrifice a
piece after ...f5, and decides to prevent it by mechanical means. However, the
dark squares are seriousloy weakened now and Black's advantage becomes even
more obvious.} Qh4 ({Possibly premature. The queen was well placed on d8,
keeping the d5-knight under pressure and defending the queenside (the
a5-square in first line).} 31... Bh6 $5 {followed by ...Bxe3 deserves serious
attention.}) 32. Ra1 Ne6 33. Qg3 Qxg3+ 34. fxg3 {White has spoiled his pawn
structure, but has solved the problem of the f4-square at least.} Nc5 $2 ({
By neglecting the defence of the b5-pawn, Black offers his opponent strong
counterplay.} 34... Nc7 {, exchanging the active knight, would have preserved
some advantage.}) 35. h4 h6 36. Ra5 {Black has problems defending his
queenside now.} Bc6 37. Nb4 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxb5 {The position has
changed in radical way. Suddenly, Black's initiative is not easy to develop,
while his pawns are hanging.} Nd2 ({When embarking this line, Morozevich might
have overlooed that} 39... Nxg3 {loses material to} 40. Kg2 Ne4 41. Nxc4) 40.
Kg2 e4 41. Re2 Bf8 42. Ned5 {White dominates the board now. Black can do very
little for survival.} e3 43. Nxe3 Re6 44. Nbd5 Nb3 45. Nf4 Rc6 46. Nxc4 Rxc4
47. Rxb3 Kg7 48. Rb5 Bc5 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Be7 51. Kf3 Bd8 52. Re4 Rc6 53.
Kg4 Rd2 54. Rd5 Rxd5 55. Nxd5 Re6 56. Rxe6 fxe6 57. Nf4 Kf7 58. Nd3 Bc7 59. Kf3
1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O {A relatively peacefull variation has been played. Each
side plays its own opening. Black developed like in a normal Slav, while White
adopted a Catalan setup.} 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 $5 {In spite of the
fact that this move has been played several times along the past decades, it
might have come as a surprise for Anand. You do not see such abrupt changes in
the character of the position at top level.} Bxh4 ({The attempt to maintain
the tension in the centre with} 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 {allowed White retain
an advantage with the slightly surprising simplifying manoeuvre} 14. Nxf5 $5
exf5 15. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 16. Bd2 Rfe8 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 $14 {would just
improve White's structure.}) 17. Nxe4 $1 Rxe4 18. Bxb4 Rxd4 19. Bc3 {The
bishop is more active than the knight and White's mobile centre is likely to
become threatening soon.} Re4 20. f3 Re7 21. e4 f6 22. Red1 Kf7 23. Kf2 Ke8 24.
g4 Ne5 25. Kg3 Nf7 26. h4 $14 {Grabarczyk,M (2509)-Giesen,D (2209)/Germany
2004/EXT 2005 (1-0, 51)}) 13. gxh4 Nef6 14. e4 (14. Qxb6 $5 axb6 15. Bf4 {
leads to similar play as in the game, for instance} b5 16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. e4 Bg6
18. f3 Nf8 {Black refrains from preparing ...e5, but this will leave White
with more freedom of action.} 19. Bc5 Bh5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Ng6 22. Nb6 Rab8
23. Re3 Nxh4 24. Rb3 h6 25. Bh1 Kh7 26. Kf2 Rg8 27. Ra7 $16 {Landa,K (2584)
-Najer,E (2677)/Tomsk RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 618 (1-0, 48)}) 14... Bg6 ({
Generally speaking, it is recomendable not to release the tension with} 14...
Qxb3 15. axb3 Bg6 {because this would leave the c5-square not sufficiently
well defended.} 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bd6 a6 18. d5 $6 ({Probably premature.} 18.
Na4 $5 Rad8 19. f3 h6 20. Rad1 {planning b4 and Nc5 would have been more
consequent.}) 18... cxd5 19. exd5 e5 $13 {Kludacz,M (2203)-Kononenko,T (2361)/
Warsaw 2001/CBM 082 ext (0-1, 46)}) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rad1 {
White's pair of bishops and his advantage of space compensate for the double
pawns.} b5 ({A novelty over} 17... e5 {which was played in the most recent
example with this line, Georgiev-Smeets, Wijk aan Zee 2007.} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19.
f3 Bh5 20. Bxe5 (20. Kf2 $5 $14) 20... Rxe5 21. a4 Re7 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Ne2 Bg6
24. Red1 Nh5 25. Ng3 c5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Kf2 Nxg3
30. hxg3 f6 31. Ke3 $14 {White certainly has reasons to play for a win,
because he is a pawn up on the kingside, while on the other wing Black cannot
create a passed pawn, Georgiev,V (2525)-Smeets,J (2538)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/The
Week in Chess 638 (1-0, 68)}) 18. Bd6 {Quite an irritating bishop. Black
cannot easily question its stability on this active square.} e5 19. d5 Nh5 20.
Bf1 f6 21. b3 Nf4 {Black hurries to take advantage of the bishop's departure
from the kingside, but the knight will not enjoy the desired stability on this
square.} 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Bf7 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. Red1 Rc8 $6 {Probably
underestimating White's next move.} ({Maybe he should have played} 25... cxd5
$5 {, forcing White to take a concrete decision in the centre.} 26. Nxd5 (26.
exd5 Rc8 {and the knight cannot go to e2 already, because the d5-pawn is
hanging.}) 26... Bxd5 27. exd5 Rc8 {and the active and stable f4-knight offers
Black good counterplay.}) 26. Ne2 $1 $16 Nxe2+ 27. Bxe2 cxd5 28. exd5 Nf8 29.
Bb5 Raa8 30. Be7 Ng6 31. d6 {White's activity looks threatening. The next
phase of the game will be played by Aronian in the best spyrit of romantic
chess.} Nxe7 32. Bd7 $3 {The pawn is more dangerous on the d-file, because it
cannot be stopped by the bishop too easily.} ({Black would have had all the
chances to defend his position after} 32. dxe7 Be8) 32... Nc6 ({Black has to
accept the sacrifice. If} 32... Rcb8 $2 {(the only square along the back rank
where the rook will not be attacked after White's next move) then} 33. dxe7 Be8
34. Be6+ Bf7 35. Rxb7 $3 $16) 33. Rxb7 Nd4 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rdb1 {Threatening
to exchange Black's remaining rook, when the passed pawns would be impossible
to stop.} Rf8 36. Rb8 Be8 37. a5 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nd2+ 39. Ke1 Nxb1 40. a6 Bc6 41.
a7 {An incredible position. Black is lost in spite of being two whole pieces up
} Kf7 42. d7 Ke7 43. Rxf8 Kxd7 44. a8=Q Bxa8 45. Rxa8 h5 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rxg7
Kf5 $2 ({This move shortens Black's suffering. After} 47... Nc3 48. Rh7 {
the h-pawn would have decided the game.}) 48. Rg3 {The knight is trapped now.
There is no defence against Rb3.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h3 $5 {A new move. White intends to take advantage of
Black's delaying ...b5 by carrying out the standard g4 by other means than an
early f3. The f-pawn is reserved a different fate.} b5 11. g4 O-O ({
Eliminating the central pawn with} 11... b4 12. Nd5 Nxe4 {is not without
strategical risk. After} 13. Qxb4 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Nef6 15. Ra5 {the weakness of
the light squares leaves Black with problems consolidating.}) 12. Kb1 Qc7 13.
Bg2 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. f4 Bc4 16. g5 Nh5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5
Bd6 {This is the position both sides have been aiming for. White has more
space, but the impetuous advance of his kingside pawns have left numerous
weaknesses behind.} 20. Na5 ({This looks more like a defensive move 
(preventing the advance of the a-pawn) rather than an attempt to activate
White's play. Indeed, the knight's efficiency on c6 would be questionable. The
optimal regroupment for White would involve the transfer of the knight to e4,
in order to safely block the e5-pawn and put the d6-square and the enemy
kingside under pressure. However, this manoeuvre is not easy to achieve,
because the best placement of the queen is precisely the d2-square. For
instance, after} 20. Qe1 {Black can radicaly prevent White's plan with} e4 $5 {
when} 21. Bxe4 Ng3 {reveals the main drawback of Anand's novelty, the weakness
of the g3-square.} 22. Rg1 Rfe8 {Black's activity has reached alarming heigths
and White will soon lose the exchange.} 23. Nd2 Qd4 24. c3 Qe5 25. Bc2 Qf4 {
. The white queen is trapped, which forces} 26. Qxg3 {, leading to a small
material advantage for Black.}) 20... f5 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Rhf1 Re8 23. Rxf6
Nxf6 24. Nb3 {Now that the danger of ...a5 has dissapeared, the knight hurries
to join the rest of his army, freeing the queen from her defensive task.} e4
25. Nd4 Re5 26. c3 Qc5 27. Qe2 Nxd5 28. Bxe4 Nf6 29. Nb3 Qc7 30. Nd2 Qe7 31.
Qd3 Bc5 32. Bg2 {In spite of opposite castles, both kings are in relative
safety, while in case of simplifications the presence of opposite coloured
bishops would make a draw highly probable. Therefore, the oponents decided to
shorten the process.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3
b5 ({This rare move is generally underestimated by theory. 8...Rb8 is supposed
to be the main line when only after 9.Qe2 Black defends the pawn with 9...b5.
I had a pleasant experience against the over-ambitious} 8... Bb4 9. Qe2 b5 10.
Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Ba3 Nxc3 14. Qg4 g6 15. Rac1 h5 16. Qf3
Nd5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Bc5 Ra6 19. a4 b4 20. Bf1 Rc6 21. Rxc4 {and Black soon
collapsed under the pressure in Marin-Graf, Sanxenxo 2004.}) (8... Nd5 {
is another sideline, possibly unjustly doomed by older theory. In a recent
game Black managed to hold his own:} 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Nde4 Be7 12.
Nc5 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Nxb7 Qc8 15. Nc5 O-O {. Black's better development
compensates for his structural deffects, Kramnik-Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2007.})
9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 {The position is highly
assymetrical. In the long run, Black's queenside pawns could become dangerous,
but for the moment he has to solve the concrete problem of completing his
development.} Rb8 ({A new move.} 12... c6 {was played in Khalifman-Shulman,
Khanty Mansiysk 2005. Black managed to survive the opening and obtained a
better rook ending with a queenside majority.} 13. Qd4 Qc7 14. a4 $1 (14. b3
Be6 15. bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Qe4 Bd5 19. Qg4 O-O 20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. Rac1 Qb6 22. e6 f6 23. Bd4 Qb7 24. Bc5 Rfe8 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Rc6 Rd6 27.
Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qd4 Qxe6 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Re4 31. a3 Ra4 32. Rd3 Kf7 $17 {
Khalifman,A (2653)-Shulman,Y (2565)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111 (0-1, 64)})
14... c5 (14... Rc8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra7 $16) 15. Qf4 $5 {/\e6} Rc8 16. axb5
axb5 17. Ra6 Be7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Rb6 Qa7 22. Rxb5 $16)
13. a4 ({Aiming to activate the queen's rook, but weakening the b4-square. The
main alternative was} 13. Rd1 {, developing the other rook and maintaining a4
in reserve.}) 13... Bb4 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bd2 Bc5 {Black has managed to obtain
some stability now, but his problems are far from being over.} 16. axb5 axb5
17. Ba5 {This way of developing the bishop is characteristic for the main
lines where Black captures on c4 after castling.} c6 18. Qd2 {Black cannot
castle because the d7-bishop is hanging. He cannot play ...Be6 because of the
hanging c6-pawn. This means that he is far behind in development still.} Rc8
19. Rac1 h5 (19... Be6 {is still impossible because of} 20. Bxc6+ $1 Rxc6 21.
Qd8+ {, winning the h8-rook.}) 20. b4 Ba7 21. Ra1 Rh6 22. Qc3 Bf5 (22... Be6 {
[%csl Ge5]} 23. Bxc6+ Rxc6 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxd8 Kxd8 26. Rxa7 $18) (22... Re6
23. Bh3 $16) 23. e6 $1 Rxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Bd8 Qb7 25. Bg5 Rg6 26. h4 $16 {
[%csl Gg6]}) 24. Qxg7 Bg4 25. Rd2 $6 ({White misses an elegant combination:} 
25. Bxc6+ $1 Rexc6 {and now, after the unexpected} 26. Bd8 $1 {most of Black's
pieces are hanging.} Qf8 27. Qe5+ Be6 (27... Re6 28. Qxb5+ Rec6 29. Bf6 $18)
28. Qxb5 $3 ({In case of} 28. Rxa7 Rxd8 {White has nothing better than} 29.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Qf6+ $1 Ke8 31. Ra8+ Rc8 32. Qxe6+ fxe6 33. Rxc8+ Ke7 34. Rxf8
Kxf8 {, when the c-pawn seems to save the day for Black despite his material
disadvantage (Aagaard).}) 28... Bb8 29. Ra6 $1 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Rxc6 $1
Bc7 32. Ra6 Qg7 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Qc5+ Bd6 35. Ra7+ Bd7 36. Qxc4 $16 {(+-
Aagaard)}) 25... Bb8 26. h3 (26. Qg8+ Qf8 27. Qg5 Qe7 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. f3 $1
Bf5 30. e4 Bg6 31. Bh3 $16 {Aagaard}) 26... Be5 27. Qg8+ Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29.
Rc1 Bf5 {Black has repelled the attack and can look into the near future with
optimism. His queenside pawns will become threatening soon.} 30. e4 Bh7 31. Bb6
Bf6 32. h4 Bxe4 33. Bh3 Bd5 34. Bxe6 fxe6 {"Winning" the exchange does not
absolve White from problems.} 35. Bc5+ Be7 {Unblocking the pawns.} 36. Bxe7+
Kxe7 37. Rb2 Kd6 38. Kf1 c5 39. Ke2 cxb4 40. Rxb4 Kc5 41. Rcb1 Bc6 {White's
resignation might look a bit premature, but in fact there is nothing he can do
against the enemy pawns supported by all Black's pieces.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 ({Topalov deviates from} 9... Be6 {, which led him to defeat in
the second-round game against Ivanchuk.}) 10. Re1 {Curiously, both players had
previous experience with this position, but with... reversed colours!} b5 ({
This and the next move are aimed to prevent an early installation of the enemy
knight on d5.} 10... Na5 {places the knight on an unfavourable square, which
could be felt after} 11. Bf1 Be6 12. Nd5 {(Preventing the activation of the
knight with ...Nc4. The e4-pawn is taboo because of the threat Bb6.)} Bxd5 13.
exd5 b5 14. b3 $1 {and White had the better chances in Topalov-Gelfand,
Linares 1994.}) (10... h6 11. a3 Be6 {is also met by} 12. Nd5 {for instance} b5
13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. c4 {and White has the initiative,
while Black still needs some time to reach an active square with his queen's
knight, Short-Anand, Monaco rapid 1993.}) 11. Bf1 ({A safe square for the
bishop. The most recent game in this line went} 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Nd7 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. c3 Nc5 16. Bc2 a5 {. Black takes full advantage of
the lack of pressure along the f1-b5 diagonal in order to carry out his
standard minority's attack. White tried} 17. b4 {but after} axb4 18. cxb4 Ne6 {
the weakness of the d4-square offered Black good play in Jakovenko-Khairullin,
Moscow 2006.}) 11... Rb8 {The b6-square is well defended now, which enables ...
Nxe4 in case of an early jump of the White knight to d5.} 12. Bg5 Ng4 ({
Black prevents the undesirable exchange Bxf6, which would leave the d5-square
without its natural defender. Another logical possibility was} 12... b4 {and if
} 13. Bxf6 {then} bxc3 14. Bxe7 Nxe7) 13. Bd2 ({A novelty. White avoids the
exchange of the relatively passive e7-bishop. Black had no problems after} 13.
Bxe7 Nxe7 14. a3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 Nf6 {in Short-Ehlvest,
Horgen 1995.}) 13... Be6 14. Nd5 {Finally, White has installed his knight in
the centre, but Black is well coordinated and is not forced to capture on d5
at once.} h6 15. h3 Nf6 16. c4 Qd7 17. b3 Bd8 $1 {A multi-purpose move. Black
clears the e7-square for his knight and prepares the activation of his bishop
along the g1-a7 diagonal.} 18. Rc1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Bd3 Bb6 {Black has
successfully solved all his opening problems. We can conclude that after his
painful defeat against Ivanchuk, Topalov did his homework quite well.} 21. Nh4
g5 22. Nf3 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nh2 Ng6 25. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 $5 {This move has a relatively short history (it was
introduced in 2003 by Kramnik against Anand), but has been submitted to a
thorough investigation over the past few years. White makes a generally useful
move, inviting Black to define his intentions.} Be4 17. Qa4 {A rare
continuation, successfully employed by Grischuk (true, in rapid games).} Qf5
18. Bg3 Bc2 ({After} 18... Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bg4 Qg6 21. dxe5 Bf5 22. Bf3 {
White exerted unpleasant pressure over Black's position in Grischuk-Nielsen,
Monte Carlo 2006.}) 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 a6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Re5 ({A new
move. Grischuk preferred} 22. Ra2 {when after} Ba4 23. c4 Bb3 24. Rae2 Kf8 25.
c5 {Black found it very difficult to free himself from the pin along the
e-file in Grischuk-Volokitin, Foros 2006.}) 22... f6 23. Ra5 {With only rooks
on board, this manoeuvre would ensure White considerable advantage. However,
in the presence of minor pieces, the rook could easily remain misplaced on a5.}
Bd3 24. Ne1 Bb5 25. a4 Be2 26. Nc2 c5 {Black decides to solve the problem of
his double pawns in radical way.} 27. dxc5 Kf7 28. c6 {Preventing the complete
isolation of the rook on a5 after an eventual ...c6, but the extra-pawn
becomes vulnerable now.} Red8 29. Ne3 Rd2 30. Rb1 Bd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Nf5
Rxc6 {Black has successfully solved hisproblems. The position is about equal.}
33. Nd4 Rb6 34. Re1 Bd3 35. Rc5 Rd6 36. Re3 Bb1 37. Nc6 Re8 38. Nd4 Rc8 39. Re2
Bd3 40. Re1 Rd7 41. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{At this stage, we were both tied in the lead with +2.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 {Magnus choice had come as a surprise to me, so I decided
not to repeat my usual systems. I had seen some games of Leko with 12.d5 and
felt that it was a better try.} Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 (13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 {and Leko got an advantage against both Kramnik and Adams in
2005.}) 14. b4 {Following Leko's game against Mamedyarov.} cxb4 15. cxb4 Nac4
16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 $1 {Leko went for Bh6, but in fact there is no need for
this move.} Nb6 18. Be3 {In fact, the bishop belongs on e3.} Bd7 19. Rc1 Rc8 (
19... Qb8 {This may be worth considering, to first play Qb7 and then Rc8.}) 20.
Rxc8 Bxc8 (20... Nxc8 21. Qc2 Nb6 {comes to the same thing.}) 21. Qc2 Bd7 22.
Rc1 {This forces the knight back to a8.} Na8 (22... Qb8 $2 23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qxb8
Rxb8 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rc7) 23. Qd2 (23. Ne1 {I was initially attracted to
this move, but} Bg5 24. Qd2 (24. Bxg5 Qxg5 {and here White has to deal with
both Rc8 and Bxh3}) 24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qb8 {though even here} (25... f5 26.
Nf3 fxe4 27. Ng5 $16) 26. f4 {gives White a nice edge.}) 23... Qb8 (23... f6
24. Ne1 {with the idea to play Nd3 and Nc5!}) 24. Bg5 $1 {Exploiting the fact
that f6 is impossible.} Bxg5 (24... Qd8 $1 25. Qe3 (25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qe3 Rc8
$1) 25... Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Qe7 27. f4 $36) (24... Bd8 25. Bxd8 Qxd8 26. Qh6 f6 (
26... Qf6 27. Ng5 Qg7 28. Qh4 Rc8 (28... Re8 29. Ne6 $1) (28... Kh8 29. Nxh7 $1
Qxh7 30. Qe7) 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Nxh7 $1) 27. Rc6 $1 Bc8 28. h4 $1 Rf7 29. h5
Rg7 (29... g5 30. Nxg5 fxg5 31. Rxd6 $16) 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Nh4 g5 32. Nf5 Bxf5
33. exf5 {Now White's rook can never be dislodged from c6.}) 25. Nxg5 Rc8 26.
Rf1 h6 27. Ne6 $1 {An aesthetically pleasing move, but White has no other way
to keep the pressure.} (27. Nf3 Kg7 $11) 27... Kh7 {The best try.} (27... fxe6
28. dxe6 Be8 29. Qxh6 $1 (29. e7+ Kg7 30. Qd5 Rc4 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Nc7
33. Rc1 Nb5 34. Qc8 Qxc8 35. Rxc8 Kf7 36. Ra8 Kxe7 37. Rxa6 Nc3 {Will be very
difficult technically.}) 29... Nb6 30. e7+ (30. f4 Nc4 31. f5 Qa7+ {followed
by Qe3 is too messy.}) 30... Nc4 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. f4 (32. Bd1 {The computer
even suggests Bd1 winning!} Bc6 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. f4 Rg8 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Qf8+
Kh7 37. Rf4 $1 {and Black has nothing better than to give up the exchange.}
Rxf8 38. exf8=Q Qxf8 39. Rxf8 $18) 32... Qa8 33. Rf3 (33. f5 gxf5 34. Rxf5 Qxe4
35. Rf6 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 e4 37. Rf4 {and White wins.}) 33... Qxe4 34. f5 gxf5 35.
Rg3 $18) 28. f4 Qa7+ 29. Kh2 Be8 (29... fxe6 30. dxe6 Be8 31. f5 gxf5 (31...
Qd4 $2 32. Qxd4 exd4 33. f6 Nb6 34. f7 Bxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 {By not taking on f5,
Black has to return to g8.} 36. Rd7 Nc4 37. e7 Re8 38. Rxd6 Rxe7 39. Rxd4 Rc7
40. Rd6 $1 $18) 32. exf5 Qd4 33. Qxd4 {This is what I intended.} (33. Qe1 {
This is harder to work out over the board.} e4 34. Qh4 {This seems to win.} (
34. f6 Qe5+ 35. Kh1 (35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Nb6 {Again, its not completely
clear.}) 35... Bg6 36. f7 Rf8 37. Qh4 d5 $1) 34... Qe5+ 35. Kg1 e3 36. Qe7+ Qg7
37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. f6+ Kg8 39. Rf3 $18) 33... exd4 34. f6 Nb6 35. f7 Bxf7 36.
exf7 (36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Rf4 d5 38. e7 Re8 39. Bc2+ Kg7 40. Rg4+ Kh8 41. Rg6 Nc4
) 36... Rf8 37. Be6 $1 {Before Black can play d5 or Nc4} Nc4 38. Rd1 Ne5 39.
Rxd4 Nxf7 40. Rf4 $1 ({Not} 40. Bxf7 $2 Rxf7 41. Rxd6 Rf4 $1 42. a3 a5 43. bxa5
Ra4) 40... Kg7 41. Bxf7 Rxf7 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kg3 {White wins the pawn
ending.} Ke6 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. g4 d5 46. h4 d4 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Kf5 49. g6
Kxg6 50. Ke4 $18) 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 (31. Ng5+ Kg8 32. exf5) 31... f6 (31...
fxe6 32. dxe6 {would transpose to the above note}) 32. Re1 $1 {The rook is
going via the 4th rank.} (32. Rf3 Bf7 33. Rg3 Rg8) 32... Nc7 (32... Nb6 33. Re4
Nc4 (33... h5 34. Qe1 Nc4 35. Bd1 $18 {Black has no defence against Bxh5.}) 34.
Nf8+ $1) 33. Rc1 {Now White can use the pin.} Bd7 34. Rc3 e4 (34... Ne8 35. Rg3
Bxe6 {White threatened Nf8} 36. Rg6 $1 $18) 35. Rg3 (35. Qc1 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Rxc3
37. Qxc3 Be8 38. Qxf6) 35... Nxe6 (35... Rg8 36. Rxg8 Kxg8 37. Qxh6) 36. dxe6
Be8 37. e7 $1 Bh5 (37... Qxe7 38. Bg8+) 38. Qxd6 {In addition to being my best
win in Morelia/Linares, this win gave me a one point lead in the tournament.} (
38. Qxd6 Re8 39. Qxf6 Qxe7 40. Bg8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qd1 $5 ({
As expected, Morozevich takes the first chance to avoid a theoretical dispute
on the well known paths. Anand had some experience against the popular
continuation} 7. Qc2 {, although it only consisted of blitz games: against
Ivanchuk and Gelfand, at Monte Carlo in 2003}) 7... c5 ({The only game where 7.
Qd1 had been played before continued with} 7... Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne4
10. Qe3 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 {and White's compact centre offered him the
more pleasant position in Tkachiev-Gaspariants, Biel 2003.}) 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. Bg2
Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Be7 {The position is typical for the Catalan opening.
White's chances for an advantage are connected with the weakness of the light
squares from Black's queenside.} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8+ ({Carried out before
Black's castling, this exchange is aimed to misplace the enemy rooks. Indeed,
the natural development would consist of Rac8 and Rfd8, occupying both open
files. The main alternative was} 13. Qc2 {but after} O-O 14. Rfd1 Qe8 {White
has no obvious way to take advantage of the temporary passive placement of the
black queen.}) 13... Rxd8 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Nb5 ({A more natural continuation
would have been} 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 (15... exd5 {is less favourable than in the
game, because White has not given away his fianchetto-bishop.}) 16. Nc6 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Rd7 18. b4 {eventually followed by the consolidation of the c6-knight
with b5. White would have retained a stable advantage.}) 15... f6 16. Bxd5 exd5
17. Nf3 Kf7 18. Nfd4 a6 19. Nc3 Rc8 {The absence of the white light-squared
bishop makes itself felt. The weakness of the e6-square is hardly relevant now,
while the black rook have the c8-square at their disposal (no Bh3 available),
making the fight for the c-file just even.} 20. Rfd1 Rhd8 21. f3 b5 22. a3 Bf8
23. Be3 Nd7 $1 {The knight is heading for c4, a square which has been
indirectly weakened by the advance of the white a-pawn.} 24. Nc2 Ne5 25. Bd4
Rd7 26. Kf2 Nc4 27. Ra2 Na5 28. Bb6 Nc4 29. Bd4 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 {A peaceful
variation, showing that Anand is not completely unhappy with his tournament
situation.} 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b4 a5 18. c3 axb4 19.
axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nc7 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Qb2 Ra8 23. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nh4 Nxb3 14. Nf5 Qe6
15. axb3 {For the second time in a row, Anand treats the Anti-Marshall in a
peaceful way.} d5 {Black is better developed and will have little trouble
extinguishing White's light initiative on the kingside.} 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. dxe4
Kh7 18. Qg3 Rg8 19. f3 Ne8 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. Ne3 {The exchange of knights would
have led to an obvious draw in view of the presence of opposite coloured
bishops.} Bxe4 {This trick has more of an aesthetic valuea, because White can
get the pawn back with his next move.} 22. Bc3 ({Remarkably, White cannot
defend both his attacked pieces after} 22. fxe4 $2 Nxe4) 22... Bg6 23. Qxe5
Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Rgd8 25. g4 f6 26. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb2 {The position is characteristic for the
English Hedgehog lines, but the knight's development on d2 deprives White from
the possibility of maintaining the centre under pressure.} Qc7 12. Rac1 h6 13.
Ne4 Nb4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qb1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 O-O 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rc3 Ne7 19.
Rd1 Bc6 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 {White will not be able to maintain the blockade
on d6. At the same time, Black's only weakness, the d7-pawn, is safely
defended, which yields White's advantage a rather symbolic significance.} Nf5
22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Bh3 Ne7 24. Nd4 Rc7 25. e4 Rfc8 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2 a6 28. Ke3
Bb7 29. Rcc2 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Bxc6 31. Bf1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Be3 Nb6
15. Nd2 Ne8 16. c3 Nd7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Nd6 19. Qf2 Re8 20. a5 b6 21. axb6
axb6 22. Qf3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nf8 24. Bf2 c5 25. h4 Qd8 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Re1 Rd8
28. Re2 Bh6 29. Bh3 Qb7 30. h5 Re8 31. Bg2 f5 32. Qd3 Qc7 33. e5 Nf7 34. Bd5
Ne6 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Bg3 Qc6 37. c4 Re7 38. Qd5 Qe6 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Nf3 g5
41. Rg2 Kf8 42. fxg5 Bxg5 43. Nxg5 Nxg5 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Bf4 Nf3+ 46. Kf2 Re8
47. Qc7+ Re7 48. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. a4 bxa4
15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. O-O Nd4 18. Ra2 Ne6 19. Qe2 a4 20. Ncb4 Nc5 21. Nd3
Ne6 22. Rfa1 Rc8 23. N3b4 Nc5 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Kh8 26. Na6 Nxe4 27. Nb6
Rxc3 28. Rxa4 f5 29. bxc3 Nxc3 30. Qc6 Nxa4 31. Rxa4 e4 32. Nd5 Qa8 33. Nab4
Qb8 34. g3 Bh6 35. Nb6 Qe8 36. Ra8 Qf7 37. N4d5 g6 38. Qxd6 Rxa8 39. Nxa8 Qf8
40. Qc6 Bg7 41. Nac7 Be5 42. Ne6 Qg8 43. Qd7 Qb8 44. Nd8 Qb2 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46.
Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qb2 O-O 14. Bg2 Re8
15. O-O Nc3 16. Re1 h5 17. g5 Be4 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Bxc3 Bxf3 20. exf3 dxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qxg5 22. f4 Qxf4 23. Re4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Ne3 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Ba3
Nba6 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. f4 f6 18. Rhf1 b6 19. g4 Nc7 20. h4 g6 21.
Kc2 Rhf8 22. Bc6 f5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27.
Be4 Ne8 28. Bxf5 Nd6 29. Bxe6 Rf2 30. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. g6 Nf6 20. gxf7+ Kh8 21.
Rxg7 Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Bh6 Ng4 24. Rxg4 Rxf7 25. Qxa8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Be3 Ba6 21.
Bxa6 Rxa6 22. c4 d5 23. Rac1 h6 24. cxd5 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Nxd5 26. a3 b5 27. Bb2
f6 28. g3 Kf7 29. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 b4 13. c3 Rc8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Nf1
d5 16. exd5 b3 17. Bxb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxd5 19. Qd1 e4 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe2 Re8
22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Ne3 Ba8 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Ndf1 Ne4 26. Nd2 Nd6 27. Ndf1 Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14.
Bf4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxc7 Bc5 18. Be5 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Rg8 20.
Rfe1 Rc8 21. Rd2 b6 22. Re3 Rc4 23. Rf3 Ke7 24. Kh2 Be8 25. Ra3 Ra4 26. Rdd3 g5
27. Rxa4 Bxa4 28. Ra3 Bxc2 29. Rxa7+ Kd6 30. Bxb6 e5 31. Bc7+ Ke6 32. Ra6+ Kf5
33. Rc6 Bb1 34. a4 d4 35. a5 d3 36. Rd6 Rg6 37. Rd8 g4 38. Bb6 g3+ 39. fxg3 Ke4
40. b4 Ba2 41. b5 Bc4 42. a6 Bxb5 43. a7 Bc6 44. Ba5 Ke3 45. g4 e4 46. a8=Q
Bxa8 47. Rxa8 Rd6 48. Kg3 Ke2 49. Bb4 Rb6 50. Ra2+ Kd1 51. Bd2 Rc6 52. Be3 Rf6
53. h4 Ke1 54. h5 Rd6 55. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qc2 Bb4+
15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 O-O 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. O-O c5 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Nd3 21.
Rcd1 Nb4 22. Qb3 Rac8 23. a3 Nbd5 24. Qc4 Nb6 25. Qc2 Nbd7 26. Rfe1 b5 27. e4
Nf8 28. Bh3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rc7 30. e5 N6d7 31. Qe4 c4 32. Rd6 Nc5 33. Qa8 Nd3
34. Rd8 Qc5 35. e6 Nxf2 36. exf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bf5 20. Nd2 Be6 21.
Bd4 Bb8 22. Qg2 Qh5 23. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
Ba3 9. Rc2 c5 10. Bc1 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd6 Qb8 14. Rd1 b5
15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. Bg2 Ba6 17. O-O Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rac8 19. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Qe7 11. h4 Nd7 12. Rh3 a6 13. Rf3 Rg8 14. Qf4 g5 15.
hxg5 hxg5 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. g4 f4 19. Rh3 c5 20. Nf3 c4 21. Qh7 Qxh7
22. Bxh7 Rg7 23. Rh5 Nf8 24. Rah1 b5 25. Rxg5 Raa7 26. Bg8 Rxg5 27. Nxg5 Rg7
28. Nf7+ Ke7 29. Nd6 Bd7 30. Rh8 Rxg4 31. Bf7 Rg7 32. Bh5 Rh7 33. Rxh7+ Nxh7
34. Kc1 Ng5 35. f3 Bc6 36. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2
b6 9. e4 Na5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. f4 f5 15. Qc2 g4
16. Rad1 Ng7 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Ng3 h5 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Nc6 22.
Ree1 Qc7 23. d5 Nd8 24. Ne2 Qe7 25. Ng3 Qf6 26. Nf1 Nf7 27. dxe6 Bxe6 28. Ne3
Rad8 29. Bf1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 h4 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Nd6 33. Bd3 Nh5 34. g3 Re8
35. c4 Kf7 36. Qa4 Re7 37. Qc6 hxg3 38. hxg3 Ng7 39. a4 Nge8 40. a5 Qb2 41.
axb6 Qb3 42. Rd2 axb6 43. Bf1 Ne4 44. d6 Nxd2 45. Qd5+ Kf6 46. Qxd2 Rd7 47. Qd5
Nxd6 48. Qe5+ Kf7 49. Qd5+ Ke7 50. Qe5+ Kd8 51. Qh8+ Kc7 52. Qa8 Qb1 53. Qa7+
Nb7 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 d6 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Rc8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5
Nd7 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Nh2 Rc7 18. f4 Bh4 19. Qg4 c4 20. Nf3 cxd3 21. Nxh4 dxc2
22. f5 Nac4 23. Bh6 Bc8 24. Nh5 Nxb2 25. Bg5 gxh5 26. Qg3 Rxc3 27. Nf3 Kf8 28.
Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qg5 Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc6 32. Qe7 Rd7 33. Qe8 Kb7 34. f6
Rcc7 35. Ng5 Nd3 36. Rec1 Nxc1 37. Rxc1 d5 38. f7 dxe4 39. f8=Q Rd1+ 40. Qf1
Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Nc4 42. Ke2 Rg7 43. Rxc2 h6 44. Rxc4 bxc4 45. Nxe4 Rxg2+ 46. Ke3
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Ba2 h6 15.
Nh2 Bf8 16. Nhg4 Ne6 17. Nf5 Kh7 18. Qf3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qf6 20. Qh3 Kg8 21. g3
Rad8 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Nd4 24. c3 Nc2 25. Re2 Nxa1 26. g5 Qg6 27. Nxh6+ gxh6
28. f5 Qg7 29. Rg2 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Bxe4 31. Rg3 Qe5 32. gxh6+ Kh7 33. Qg4 Be7 34.
Bxf7 Bxf5 35. Qg7+ Qxg7 36. hxg7 Rg8 37. Bxg8+ Kxg8 38. Bh6 d5 39. Rf3 Be6 40.
Rf8+ Kh7 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. g8=Q+ Bxg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxh6 44. Ra8 Nb3 45. Rxa6+ Bd6
46. Kf1 Kg5 47. Ke2 Kf5 48. Ra8 Ke6 49. a4 bxa4 50. Rxa4 c5 51. Kd3 c4+ 52. Kc2
Bf4 53. Ra8 Nc5 54. Rc8 Kd6 55. Rf8 Be5 56. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
Ba3 9. Rb1 c5 10. Bg2 d5 11. O-O Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bc3 Qe7
15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. e3 a5 18. Red1 Ra7 19. Bb2 Bb4 20. Qc2 a4 21. Qf5
a3 22. Ba1 Be2 23. Rdc1 Qe4 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. dxc5 d4
28. cxb6 Rb7 29. exd4 Bf8 30. Qh4 Be7 31. Qh6 Bf6 32. Rc3 Qe4 33. Rbc1 Rxb6 34.
Re3 Qf5 35. d5 Nb4 36. Rce1 Rbb8 37. Re5 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 f6 39. Bxb8 Nd3 40. Re2
Rxb8 41. Qe3 Qxd5 42. Rd2 Rd8 43. Qe7 Qd6 44. Qe4 Qd5 45. Qe7 Rc8 46. Rd1 Qf5
47. Qa7 Qf3 48. Rf1 Ra8 49. Qe7 Ne5 50. Rc1 Rf8 51. Qxa3 Qe4 52. Rc7 Nf3+ 53.
Kf1 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. Bg5 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Be5 16. Bf3 h6 17. Be3 c5 18. Nf5 Nb6 19. a4 b4 20. a5 Nc4 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Bxf5 23. Qxc4 Bd6 24. Rac1 Rec8 25. Bf4 Bd7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Re1 Bb5
28. Qc2 c4 29. Qd2 Re8 30. h4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rc8 32. Qd4 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34.
Qb6 Qa3 35. Qb7 Qc5 36. d6 Rd8 37. Qb6 Qxd6 38. Rc1 Qd2 39. Kg2 Re8 40. Rd1 Qc2
41. Rd8 Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kh7 43. Qd5 Bd3 44. Qxf7 Be4 45. Qf4 Bd3 46. Qe3 Qb1 47.
Qd4 Qc2 48. h5 Qd2 49. Be4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. Nc1 Nd7 18. Be3 f5 19. Nd3 fxe4 20. Nb4 Qc4 21. Nxe4
Nf6 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 e4 24. Rd4 Rad8 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27.
fxe4 Nxe4 28. Re1 Rf5 29. b3 Bf7 30. Bb6 Nc3 31. Nd3 Rd5 32. h3 Rd7 33. Kh2 Bg6
34. Ne5 Re7 35. Bc5 Re6 36. Bb4 Nd5 37. Nxg6 Rxg6 38. Bd2 Kf7 39. c4 Ne7 40.
Re5 h4 41. Bg5 Nc6 42. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 O-O 11. N2f3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Rac1 d6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. h4 Nd7 17. Ng5 g6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. b3 Qc6 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. h5 g5 23. h6 Bf6 24. Kg1 Be7 25. Qc3 e5 26. Rd5 f5 27. Rcd1 g4 28. Nh2
Rf6 29. e4 Qc8 30. b4 cxb4 31. Qb3 Kf8 32. c5 dxc5 33. Qc4 f4 34. Rxe5 fxg3 35.
fxg3 a5 36. Rf5 Rxf5 37. exf5 Qa6 38. Qe4 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Nxg4 Qd6 41.
Kf2 Qd4+ 42. Qxd4 cxd4 43. Ne5 a4 44. Nd3 Be7 45. Kf3 a3 46. Nc1 Bg5 47. Nb3 d3
48. Nc5 Bxh6 49. g4 Kf7 50. Nxd3 b3 51. Ne5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qg2 Qg6 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Ne4 Nd5
22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxg5 Qe6 26. g4 Bd3 27. Rd1 Qe1+
28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Re2+ 30. Kg3 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Kg7 32. Bd8 f6 33. Kg3 Kf7
34. Kf4 Ke6 35. Ke3 Bb1 36. a4 Bc2 37. a5 Bd1 38. Kf4 Bc2 39. Kg3 Bd1 40. h3
Be2 41. f4 f5 42. Kh4 Bf1 43. b4 Bg2 44. Kh5 Bf3 45. Bc7 Kf6 46. Bd8+ Ke6 47.
Kg5 h6+ 48. Kg6 fxg4 49. f5+ Kd7 50. hxg4 Bxg4 51. f6 Be6 52. f7 Bxf7+ 53. Kxf7
Kxd8 54. Ke6 Ke8 55. Kxd5 Kf7 56. c4 bxc4 57. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 fxe4 22. dxe4 Bf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 24. Kg3 Rfxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. f3 Re5
27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 a5 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Bxd5 Rg5+ 31. Kf4 Rxd5 32. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 Rfd8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. c3 Qc7 18. g3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20.
Ne1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Be7 22. Ng2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Borras Duran, Pere"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Nge2 Na6
9. g4 c6 10. Ng3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Be2 b5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Be3 Qb6 16. Rb1 Qb4 17. O-O Nfd7 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Kg2 a4 20. a3 Qb3 21. h4 Qb7
22. Na2 Nb3 23. Nb4 Raa8 24. g5 Nd4 25. Qg4 Nc5 26. h5 Qd7 27. Qh4 Rxb4 28.
axb4 Nd3 29. Rh1 Bf8 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Ne2 Ra7 32. Nxd4 Bg7 33. Nc6 Be5 34.
hxg6 fxg6 35. Nxa7 Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Qxa7 37. Rbc1 1-0

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Candela Perez, Jose"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nf3
Bc7 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. a5 Rb8 15. Nc4
Nf8 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Bb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Nd2 b4 20. Bb5 Red8 21. Nc4 Ng6
22. Bg3 Ne4 23. f3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Ne5 25. Kf2 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qf6 27. Rd2 Ra8 28.
a6 Ra7 29. Ra4 Rb8 30. axb7 Rbxb7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Qf4 Bd8 33. Qxf6 Bxf6 34.
b3 Bc3 35. Re2 f6 36. f4 h5 37. Kf3 Ra1 38. e4 g5 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxg5 Kg7 41.
Be8 c4 42. Ba4 Bd4 43. Ke4 Ra3 44. Kf5 cxb3 0-1

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bf1 Bb7 12. c3 Qc7 13. a4 a6 14. Ne4 N5f6 15.
Bg5 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nc5 Red8 18. Qc2 a5 19. Ne5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rd5 21.
Nd3 Rad8 22. b4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 axb4 24. cxb4 e5 25. Qc3 e4 26. Nb2 Bc8 27. Nc4
Bf5 28. Nd6 Bg6 29. Rea1 Qe7 30. Ra7 Nd7 31. Bc4 Rh5 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Ra8 Nf8
34. h3 h6 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Ra7 Kh7 37. Bxf7 Rg5 38. Qf4 Qb8 39. Bxg6+ Rxg6 40.
Rb7 Qa8 41. Qxe4 Ne6 42. f4 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Nd4 44. f5 Rf6 45. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1
c5 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qd6 h6 14. Bf4 Na5
15. b3 Nb7 16. Qd4 d5 17. Rac1 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qd4 Qd5 20. Be5 Qxd4 21.
Bxd4 Nd5 22. Bb2 Na5 23. Nd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 Ne7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rc1 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Nac6 29. Bb2 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Nc6 31. Bc3 h5 32. Kf3 b5 33. Ke4
f6 34. h3 Kf7 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g6 37. f3 a6 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ba3 b6 11. dxc5 Bb7 12. Be4 Qc7 13. Nd4 bxc5 14. Bxc5
Ne5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rc7 18. Rab1 Qc8 19. Bd4 Nc4 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Nd4 a6 22. Rb4 e5 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. h3 f6 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. Rxd6 Nxd6 27.
Qd3 Rd7 28. Qc2 Rc7 29. Qa4 Rxc3 30. Rb6 Qc7 31. Rxa6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 e4 33. Nd4
Qb8 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 b5
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bb4 bxc4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Re1 Bd5 20. Rc1 g6
21. Qa4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Rd8 24. Qxc6 Qxa2 25. Red1 Kg7 26. Qc4 Qb2
27. Rb1 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. g3 Qa5
15. Kb1 Ng6 16. Rdf1 Bg7 17. gxh6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxh4 19. gxh4 O-O-O 20. Rxf7
Bxe4 21. Rhf1 Bd5 22. a3 Qxa3 23. c4 Bc6 24. Bg4 Kb8 25. Bxe6 Rhe8 26. Re1 d5
27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxd5 30. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bxb5 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qb8+ 17. Kg1 Qxb5 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. e4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 cxd4
21. cxd4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rd7 25. Ra6 e5 26. exf5 exd4
27. g4 d3 28. Rc6 h5 29. Rc3 d2 30. Rc2 Rfd8 31. gxh5 Kf7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ke2
Re7+ 34. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Qxc3 15. bxc3 d5 16. Be2 g6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rhe1 Re8 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Re2 f6
21. Rde1 Kf7 22. Kb2 Rac8 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Bd4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Ne8 26. Be5 Rc6
27. h4 Nd6 28. Bf4 Nc4+ 29. Kc1 Bf5 30. Bg5 Re6 31. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bluesette"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bf4 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Bf5 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Be3 Bc7 16. Bf4 Bb6 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Be5 Qg6 19. Qf4 Be4 20. Qg3 Rfe8
21. Bd4 Bc7 22. Qxg6 Bxg6 23. Nc5 a5 24. b3 Bf5 25. f3 h5 26. g3 f6 27. Kf2 Kf7
28. Na4 g5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bb6 Bxb6+ 31. Nxb6 Rb8 32. Na4 Rb5 33. Rd1 Be6 34.
Ke3 c5 35. Kd2 c4 36. bxc4 dxc4 37. Kc1 Rf5 38. Rf1 Re5 39. Rf2 Re3 40. f4 gxf4
41. Rxf4 Re1+ 42. Kb2 Re2+ 43. Ka3 Rxh2 44. Nc5 Bg4 45. Ne4 f5 46. Rf2 Rxf2 47.
Nxf2 Kf6 48. Ka4 Kg5 49. Kxa5 f4 50. gxf4+ Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Boffman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O
8. h3 Nh6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. g4 d6 11. exd6 Qe4 12. dxc7 Qxc4 13. Bg2 Re8 14. Bxh6
gxh6 15. O-O Qe6 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. Qxh6 Qf8 18. Qxf8+ Rxf8 19. Nd4 a6 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Nxc6 Bb7 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rab1 Ra7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. c8=Q Rxc8 26.
Nxc8 Rc7 27. Nd6 Kg7 28. c4 Kf6 29. Rc1 Ke5 30. Nf5 f6 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Boro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d3
c6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. a4 Be6 13. Qc2 h6 14. b4 Na6 15. Rab1
Qc8 16. Rfc1 Bh3 17. a5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. b5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 b6
22. Nc7 Nxc7 23. Rxc7 Rfd8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Be3 Rab8 26. Rb5 g5 27. Nd2 f5 28.
f3 f4 29. Bf2 Bf8 30. Nc4 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rc6 Nxd3 33. exd3 Rxd3 34. Nxe5
Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Ra8 36. Rbxb6 fxg3 37. hxg3 Ra1 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Cap78red"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1702"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5
9. exf5 Bxf5 10. g4 e4 11. Nd4 Bxg4 12. hxg4 Qf6 13. Be3 c5 14. Ne6 Nf4 15.
Nxf4 Nd7 16. Ne6 Ne5 17. Be2 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Rh3 Rfe8 20. Qxd3 Rxe6 21.
dxe6 Qxe6 22. Qd5 Re8 23. O-O-O Kh8 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Rdh1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Re7
27. Kc2 Kg8 28. Kd3 b6 29. f4 Rd7 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 d5 32. cxd5 Rxd5+ 33.
Ke4 Rd7 34. f6 Rf7 35. Kf5 a5 36. Bh6 Rd7 37. Ke6 Rd8 38. Rg3+ Kh8 39. Bg7+ Kg8
40. f7# 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Capanand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15.
a5 Qa7 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. e5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qe4 b5 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. Bd3 g6 23. dxc5 Nd7 24. c6 Nc5 25. Qe3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 a5 27. Nd4 Ba6
28. Qe3 Qc7 29. c4 Rb8 30. h3 Ree8 31. Qxh6 Qxe5 32. Nf3 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Rxa5 Bc8 35. Rc5 f6 36. Nd4 e5 37. Nb5 Re6 38. Rd1 Rb6 39. Rd8 Rexc6 40. Rxc8
Re6 41. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "CurdRice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Kg2 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Rxc7 20. Nd2 f6 21. f4 Kh8
22. Qf3 a6 23. h4 Bf7 24. Rcd1 Qd7 25. g5 Rg8 26. Kh2 Qe8 27. Qg3 Re7 28. Rc1
Bg6 29. b4 Qd7 30. Rc5 Rge8 31. h5 Bf7 32. h6 Qd6 33. hxg7+ Kg8 34. Nc4 Qe6 35.
f5 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Different"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 a5 8. d3
Na6 9. e4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nfd7 13. d4 Ne6 14. a3 Be7 15.
Rd1 c5 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Be3 Rc8 18. h4 Ne4 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bc5 21. Nd4
Qc7 22. Rab1 Qxe5 23. Nxe6 Bxe3 24. Nxf8 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27.
Nd7 Bc6 28. Nb8 Qc5+ 29. Kf3 Bb7 30. Rdc1 Qxa3+ 31. Kf2 Qd6 32. Bf3 a4 33. Nc6
g5 34. hxg5 Bxc6 35. Rxb6 a3 36. Rbxc6 Qe5 37. R6c2 Qxg5 38. Ra1 Qe7 39. Rca2
h5 40. Bxh5 d4 41. Rxa3 Qc5 42. Bf3 Qc2+ 43. Be2 Qb2 44. R1a2 Qb6 45. Rd3 Qf6+
46. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "DukeBishop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 h6 8. e4 Bh7
9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 Bb4 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15.
b4 Na6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rab1 Nd5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Na5 Bxb1 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21.
Rxb1 d4 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Nc5 Rd5 24. Kf2 d3 25. Rd1 d2 26. Nab3 a5 27. Nxa5 f5
28. Nab3 Rcd8 29. b5 Rc8 30. Ne6 Rc4 31. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 32. Nxd2 Rxa4 33. Nb3 f4
34. h4 Ra2+ 35. Kg1 Rb2 36. Nbd4 Rb4 37. Kh2 Ra4 38. Kh3 a6 39. bxa6 Rxa6 40.
Nxf4 Ra4 41. Nfe2 g6 42. g4 Kf7 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. Nb5 Rb4 45. Nbc3 Rb3 46. Ne4+
Ke5 47. Nf4 Rb6 48. h5 gxh5 49. Nxh5 Ra6 50. Nf2 Ra3 51. Ne4 Ra6 52. Nd2 Ke6
53. f4 Ra3+ 54. Nf3 Kf7 55. f5 Ra5 56. Kh4 Rc5 57. Nf4 Rc4 58. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ecalevol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8. Nf3 Na6
9. g4 Nac7 10. Rg1 a6 11. a4 b6 12. h4 Rb8 13. h5 Bd7 14. g5 g6 15. Be3 Ng7 16.
hxg6 fxg6 17. Nh4 b5 18. b3 Nh5 19. Nf5 Nf4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bf1 bxc4 22.
Bxc4 a5 23. Kd2 Bc8 24. Kc2 Na6 25. Rg3 Nb4+ 26. Kd2 Ba6 27. Qf1 Bxc4 28. bxc4
Nbd3 29. Nb5 Rb6 30. Ra3 Nb4 31. Rg4 Qg7 32. Ra1 Qd7 33. Rg3 Qe7 34. Qd1 Qd7
35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. Rxg4 Nfd3 37. Rg2 Nf4 38. Rh2 Rf7 39. Rah1 Nh5 40. Rxh5 gxh5
41. Rxh5 Rg7 42. Rh6 Rg6 43. Rxg6+ hxg6 44. f4 Na6 45. fxe5 dxe5 46. Bf2 Rb8
47. Bg3 Re8 48. Na7 Nb8 49. Bf2 Nd7 50. Nc6 Kf7 51. Kd3 Rh8 52. Nxa5 Ra8 53.
Nb7 Rxa4 54. Bxc5 Nxc5+ 55. Nxc5 Ra3+ 56. Kd2 Rg3 57. Ne6 Ke7 58. c5 Rg4 59.
Kd3 Rg3+ 60. Ke2 Ra3 61. c6 Kd6 62. Nd8 Ra2+ 63. Kd3 Ra3+ 64. Kd2 Ra2+ 65. Kc3
Ra3+ 66. Kb4 Re3 67. Nb7+ Kc7 68. Nc5 Re1 69. Nb3 Rxe4+ 70. Kc5 Re3 71. d6+ Kc8
72. Na5 Rd3 73. Nc4 Rc3 74. Kd5 e4 75. Nb6+ Kd8 76. c7+ 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "ElliotSurprise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nxe5 c5 11. Nc6 Rd7 12. Nxe7+ Rxe7 13. f3 Ba6 14.
Nc3 c6 15. Na4 c4 16. Nc5 Bb5 17. a4 Re5 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 f6 20. Nxe5 fxe5
21. axb5 cxb5 22. Ra6 g6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Raxa7 Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27.
Rxh7 Ke8 28. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "GreatBendini"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1856"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 g6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3
b6 9. Bc4 e6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb3 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. h4 Nc6 15. h5
Rh8 16. hxg6+ fxg6 17. Bxh6 Kg8 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxh8 Qxh8 21.
Bxd5 Bd7 22. e6 Be8 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. d5 Be8 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Qxh8+ Kxh8 27.
Kd2 Kg7 28. Ke3 Rd8 29. Ng5 Kf6 30. Ne4+ Ke7 31. Kf4 c6 32. Ke5 cxd5 33. Rxd5
Rxd5+ 34. Kxd5 Bb5 35. Ng5 Bd3 36. Ke5 Bb1 37. a3 Ba2 38. g4 Bb3 39. f4 Bc2 40.
f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Knightgold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Rac1 Be6 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2
Rfc8 15. Rfe1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Red1 b4 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Qxa4 23. Qc8+ Bf8 24. Bc6 Qd1+ 25. Kg2 h5 26. Bxf6
exf6 27. Qb7 Qxe2 28. Bd5 Be7 29. Qxb4 Kg7 30. a4 Qg4 31. Qb7 h4 32. h3 Qd4 33.
g4 Bd8 34. g5 Bc7 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Bb3 Kg5 37. Qxc7 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kg2
Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kg2
Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "MikeMike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Bf4 c5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 O-O 14. Rad1
Bf6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qc4 Rd4 20. Rxd4
cxd4 21. Bd2 Qb7 22. Qd3 g6 23. h3 Qc6 24. Re2 Bg7 25. a4 Rc8 26. Be1 Bf6 27.
Kf1 Qd6 28. Kg1 Qc6 29. f4 Qd6 30. g3 Qc6 31. g4 Qd6 32. Bd2 Qc6 33. g5 Bg7 34.
f5 gxf5 35. Qxf5 Bf8 36. Bf4 Bc5 37. Kh2 Bd6 38. Rf2 Qc7 39. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 40. Kg2
Qc6+ 41. Kg3 Qc7+ 42. Kg4 Rd8 43. h4 Rd6 44. Re2 Rd8 45. Kh5 Qc6 46. Re7 Qg6+
47. Qxg6+ hxg6+ 48. Kh6 Rc8 49. Rd7 Kf8 50. Rxd4 Rxc2 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. Ra8 Rh2
53. Kg7 Rxh4 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55. Rxa6 Rg4 56. Ra5 Ke7 57. Rb5 Rf4 58. a5 Kd6 59.
a6 Rf1 60. a7 Ra1 61. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "PVAjedrez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3
Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3 Rfd8 18. Ba6 c5 19. Qa4 Rdb8 20. b3 Qc7
21. Rd2 Rb4 22. Qa3 Rab8 23. c4 Qe5 24. Qb2 Qe3 25. Rhd1 R4b6 26. Kb1 Qg5 27.
f4 Qe7 28. Bb5 a6 29. Bd7 Bxc4 30. Qe5 Bxb3 31. axb3 Rxb3+ 32. Ka1 Qf8 33. Ba4
Ra3+ 34. Ra2 c4 35. Qd6 Qg7+ 36. Qd4 Qxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Re3 38. Rd1 h5 39. f5 gxf5
40. Bc6 Rb6 41. Bf3 h4 42. h3 Reb3 43. Rc1 c3 44. Ra5 Rd6 45. Ka2 Rb2+ 46. Ka3
Rdd2 47. Rxf5 Ra2+ 48. Kb3 a5 49. Kxc3 a4 50. Ra5 a3 51. Kc4 Rd8 52. Kb3 Rb2+
53. Kxa3 Rdb8 54. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "RodAug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Ne1
d6 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Nd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 dxc5 15.
Nf4 Bd7 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Rb2 Re8 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. Re1 Re6 21. a4
Ne7 22. Nf4 Rec6 23. a5 bxa5 24. Qa4 Be5 25. Qxa5 Qxa5 26. Bxa5 Bc7 27. Bxc7
R8xc7 28. Ra1 a6 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 h6 31. R8xa6 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 h5 33. Kg2 Rd7
34. Kf3 Rc7 35. h4 Rc8 36. Nh3 Rc7 37. Ng5 Nc6 38. Ne4 Ne5+ 39. Kg2 Nd7 40. Rd6
Kf8 41. Ra6 Ke7 42. Ra5 Ke6 43. f3 Ke7 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Kf8 46. Kg3 Kg7 47.
g5 Kf8 48. Kg4 Ne5+ 49. Kf4 Nd7 50. Nf6 Nxf6 51. gxf6 Ke8 52. Ke5 Rc6 53. Ra8+
Kd7 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. Rd7 Ke8 57. Rd6 Rc7 58. Kd5 Ra7 59. Kxc5 Ra2
60. Rxd4 Rxe2 61. Re4+ Rxe4 62. dxe4 Kd7 63. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Russianbear"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3 Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8.
Nb3 Bc7 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. h4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. g4 h5 14. g5 Qe4
15. Qxe4+ dxe4 16. Nfd2 f5 17. c4 f6 18. Rhg1 Kf7 19. g6+ Ke7 20. f4 exf3 21.
Nxf3 b6 22. Kc2 Rh6 23. Rg2 Nf8 24. Rdg1 Re8 25. Kd3 Kd7 26. Nbd2 a6 27. a3 Bd6
28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. c5 Bc7 31. d5 Be5 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. dxc6+ Kxc6 34.
exd4 Kd5 35. Nb1 Kc6 36. Nc3 f4 37. Kc4 f3 38. Rf2 Rxg6 39. d5+ Kd7 40. c6+ Kc8
41. Rb1 Rg4+ 42. Kc5 Re5 43. Rfb2 Rb4 44. axb4 a4 45. b5 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shanbhag, Vinod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a6
9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. e3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nd2 Rab8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5
Ne7 16. Nc4 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. e4 f5 19. Kh1 f4 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. Nd2 Rf8 22.
Nf3 Qg4 23. Ng1 f3 24. Qd1 Nf4 25. Rc1 Ne2 26. Rc2 Nxg3+ 27. fxg3 Bxg1 28. Kxg1
Rf7 29. Bc1 Rbf8 30. Be3 h5 31. Kf2 Qh3 32. Ke1 h4 33. Bf2 Qxh2 34. gxh4 Qh3
35. Kd2 Qg4 36. Kc1 Qd7 37. Rg1 Qa4 38. Rc3 a5 39. Qxa4 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "ThreeEagles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
Bd7 9. Bb3 Qa5 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. O-O Ne5 12. a4 Kb8 13. Ndb5 Rc8 14. Bxa7+ Ka8
15. Nd5 Qxa7+ 16. Nxa7 1-0

[Event "Anand Charity sim"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wetvader"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.04.21"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 d6 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 h6 11. Be2 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Bb7
15. O-O Qa8 16. Nb5 Qxa1 17. Rxa1 c6 18. Nxd6 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. dxc6 Bxc6
21. b5 Ba8 22. Nc8 Bb7 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Bxb6 Nd7 25. Be3 f6 26. c5 Nb8 27.
Bc4+ Kf8 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 g5 30. c6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 {In this opening variation White has the
bishop pair, but Black an easy development and no weaknesses. Therefore
White's edge is insignificant. On the other hand Black's chances to win are
practically inexistent, while with White one can hope to use the bishop pair
later on. In other words the position suits Kramnik's style perfectly. However,
Anand doesn't have any psychological discomfort playing strictly for a draw in
such positions, especially after a thorough opening preparation for this
particular variation, which has lately become Kramnik's specialty.} Qe7 {
Following Kramnik's own recipe. Before exchanging on c4 Black makes another
useful move.} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Rc8 (14... Qe7 $5)
15. Bf1 Bb4 16. Bd2 Ne5 (16... Nd5 17. Bg2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Be1 N7b6 20.
Rd4 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2750)-Gelfand,B 
(2733)/Monte Carlo 2007}) 17. Bg2 Qb6 18. Qb3 Nc4 19. Be1 Ba5 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
Rab1 Nxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxb7 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2766)-Gelfand,B
(blindfold rapid) (2733)/Monte Carlo 2007 (51). and Kramnik managed to convert
his advantage in endgame.}) 12. Bd2 ({White could try to change tha character
of the position with} 12. c5 $5 Bc7 13. f4 $13) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 {
Earlier this year Kramnik himself felt very comfortable with the black pieces.
Anand's opening choice is quite provoking: now Kramnik must show something
against his own play. He comes up with a small improvement, but it doesn't
change the evaluation of the entire variation as being very drawish.} 14. dxc5
$146 (14. Be2 Rac8 15. Bf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Nb5
Rc4 20. a3 a5 21. Nc3 Bd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. d5 e5 24. Rac1 f5 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B (2733)-Kramnik,V (2766)/Monte Carlo (rapid) 2007 (76). Black's initiative
wasn't enough for a win.}) 14... Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Be1 a6 17. Rac1 Rc7 ({
Black could already deprive White of the bishop pair with} 17... b5 18. Bf1
Nce4 19. Bg2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Be5 {but White still keeps an edge after} 21. Qb3
Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 {since his pieces are more active and Black's
queenside pawns will need protection (in such a situation the pawns are better
placed on b6 and a5 instead of a6 and b5).}) 18. Qb1 Rfc8 19. Bf1 {This is the
type of position White is usually aiming for in the present variation. After
the inevitable exchange of several pieces White will remain with the bishop
pair and will try to convert the minimal advantage.} Ncd7 20. Bg2 Ne5 21. Ne4 (
{The preparatory move} 21. a3 {is not perfect: Black might effectively use the
c4-square later. For instance:} b5 $5 22. Ne4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Nxe4
25. Bxe4 Nc4 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2]} 26. Bd3 Qb7 $5 $11 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb7b2]})
21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bb4 $1 {This move, depriving
White of his bishop pair, needed precise calculation from Anand.} 25. Qc8+ Kh7
26. Bc3 (26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb7 {wins a pawn, but} Qe1+ 28. Kg2 f5 {forces a
draw:} 29. Qc7 (29. Bf3 $2 Nd3 $19) (29. Bc2 $2 Qd2 $1 (29... Ng4 $2 30. Qf3
Qd2 31. Bb3 $16) 30. Bb1 Qd1 $19) 29... Ng4 30. Qf4 e5 ({or} 30... Qd2 31. h3
e5 32. Qf3 Nf6 33. Bb7 Qxb2 34. Bxa6 Qxa2 $11) 31. Qf3 Nxh2 32. Kxh2 fxe4 $11)
26... Bxc3 27. Qxc3 {White still has some pressure due to his strong bishop,
which attacks Black's queenside pawns. Therefore Anand transfers the knight to
d5, thus neutralizing the activity of his opponent's bishop.} Ng4 $1 28. Bf3 (
28. Qc8 Qb4 $132) 28... Nf6 29. Qc8 Nd5 30. a3 (30. e4 $6 {leaves White with a
poor bishop:} Nb6 31. Qc2 e5 {[%csl Rf3] and at some moment Black might think
of playing for advantage: after all as a rule the queen with a knight is more
powerful than a queen with a bishop.}) 30... a5 31. h4 b6 32. Qc6 Qd8 {Black
has transferred the knight to d5, placed the queenside pawns on the dark
squares and protected everything. The position has become completely equal.}
33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Qc3 Qd7 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 $5 ({The usual move order is} 17... Re6 18.
Qf1 Qh5 {, but Leko seems to have not been prepared to face Kramnik's recent
experiment} 19. f3 $5 {Kramnik,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2759)/Yerevan 2007/[Marin]/
CBM 118 (1-0, 45)}) ({Anticipating a bit, Leko's main idea is to place the
rook on the less exposed e7-square, leaving the d5-knight unpinned. However,
the immediate} 17... Re7 $6 {can be met by} 18. Bg5 $1 {, provoking
simplifications, since the rook is now... exposed on e7!}) 18. Qf1 ({Not
suspecting anything. The main alternative is} 18. a4 {, which, together with
18.Bd1 and 18.c4 was covered in detail in the comments to the game Morovic
Fernandez,I (2580)-Adams,M (2660)/Santiago 1997/CBM 057/[Blatny,P] (1/2-1/2,
42).}) 18... Re7 $5 $146 {Since attacking along the h-file does not seem like
a realistic project and Black is mainly aiming for strong pressure along the
e-file, this looks like a strong novelty.} ({Most of the games where this move
order was employed, transposed to the main variation after} 18... Re6) ({
It should be said that} 18... Bh3 {fails to force a draw by repetition because
of} 19. Bd1 $1) 19. a4 ({The difference can be seen after} 19. f3 $2 Nxe3 20.
Qf2 {and now, with his rook not attacked, Black has several good continuations.
My favourite is the simple} Rfe8 21. fxg4 Nxg4 $15 {with active play.}) 19...
Rfe8 20. Bxd5 {It is clear that White cannot stand the pressure anymore.} Qxd5
21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf4 $5 {This simple tactical trick reveals the only relative
drawback of Leko's novelty. With the rook on e6, Black could capture on f4
with a crushing attack.} Rxe1 ({But now,} 22... Bxf4 $2 {loses to} 23. Rxe7 $1)
23. Rxe1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Bf8 {White has managed to simplify the position, but
his chances for converting the minimal material advantage are questionable
because of Black's strong pair of bishops.} 25. Qe4 {Of course, the active
black queen cannot be tolerated on its dominating position.} f6 26. Qxd5+ cxd5
27. Bc7 Kf7 28. Bb6 {Threatening to trade the dark-squared bishops, which
would radically incline the balance to White's favour.} Bd6 29. Bc5 {White's
draw offer looks a bit premature, although I cannot suggest a concrete way to
strengthen his position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bd3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne4 18. Nf5 Qg5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qb5 Ba6
21. Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 (9. Bg5 {Khairullin,I (2543)-Inarkiev,E (2628)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116/
[Marin] (0-1, 64)}) 9... Bg4 {Black parries the threat of axb5 by developing a
piece and putting additional pressure on the enemy centre.} ({The main
alternative is} 9... Rb8 10. Na3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2678)-Shirov,A (2699)/
Foros UKR 2007/CBM 119/[Marin] (0-1, 46)} (10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 $5 {Adams,M 
(2734)-Shirov,A (2699)/Elista 2007/CBM 119/[Marin] (1/2-1/2, 26)})) 10. h3 {
Anand chooses a plan based on the quick release of the tension in the centre.}
(10. Bg5 {is an important alternative.}) 10... Bh5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8
13. d5 Na5 ({The other possible retreat is} 13... Ne7 14. Bc2 Bg6 15. Qe2 c6
16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Na3 Rb8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Nd2 b4 21. cxb4 d5 22. Bb5
Qb7 23. exd5 Nexd5 24. Ndc4 Ne4 {and, although his position looked a bit shaky
all the way, Black managed to hold his own in Leko,P (2670)-Adams,M (2670)/
Dortmund 1998/CBM 066 (1/2-1/2, 33)}) 14. Bc2 c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 {The structure
is typical for the Yates variation (9.d4 Bg4 10.d5) of the classical Spanish.
There are significant differences in the piece placement, though. The black
king's bishop is on b6 instead of e7 and its colleague is cut off from its
natural e6- or b7- squares. It is too early to say what influence these
differences will have on the evaluation of the position.} 16. Re1 $146 {
Although the threat against the e4-pawn was not real yet (Bxe4 followed by
Qxd6), White makes a generally useful move, waiting for Black to define his
intentions.} (16. Bg5 Bd8 {A good way to recycle one of the bishops.} 17. Na3 (
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxe5 Bxd1 19. Nxc6 Bxc2 20. Nxa5 Kd7 $44 {[%csl Ga5,Rc6,Ge4]
[%cal Yc2e4,Yh8a8]}) 17... O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf3 (18... Bxf6 $5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 (
19... Bxd1 20. Nxc6 Bxc2 21. Nxa5 Bxe4 22. Re1 $14) 20. Qxh5 Qc5 {[%csl Gh5]
[%cal Ye5h2]} 21. Qe2 b4 $44 {/+/= Black has strong pressure against the enemy
queenside, but cannot aim for more than a draw.}) 19. Qxf3 Bxf6 20. Qe2 (20.
Bd3 $1 Rb8 21. Nc2 $14 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yc2b4]}) 20... Rb8 21. Bd3 b4 22. cxb4
Rxb4 23. Qd2 Qb6 $13 {Majdan,J (2256)-Stefanova,A (2499)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM 111
ext (1-0, 47). Black is very stable on dthe ark squares, but his back rank is
slightly vulnerable.}) 16... h6 {This move might be not necessary yet.} (16...
O-O 17. Bg5 Bd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxf6 $14) 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20.
Qxh5 Nc4 $44 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Ye5b2]}) 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Na3 {We can notice the
absence of the light-squared bishop from the queenside.} Nc4 {The only way to
defend the b5-pawn, but it will cause structural modifications.} 19. Nxc4 bxc4
{At the same time, the pin on the f3-knight is unpleasant, forcing White to
weaken his king's position. (Notice that the other bishop prevents White from
unpinning himself with Qe3!)} 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nh4 d5 $6 {This move only opens
lines and diagonals for the enemy pieces.} (21... Nh7 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Yh7g5,
Yg5e6]} 22. Nf5 Bd8 $132 {[%cal Yf8e8,Yd8g5] , preparing the occupation of the
dark squares weakened by the advance of the g-pawn, looks entirely viable for
Black.}) 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Be4 Qc5 $6 {This loses a pawn without too much
compensation.} (23... Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc5 25. Re2 Re8 26. Nf5 {leaves White with
a pleasant control of the light squares, but his queenside structure is less
favourable. Black might be slightly worse (maybe not even that), but very much
in the game.}) 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Bd3 27. Nf5 $14 {/+/-.
White has an extra-pawn and an active position. Black's counterchances, based
on his pair of bishops, are not too realistic.} Ra8 28. Kg2 Ra5 29. Re8+ Kh7
30. Nd6 f6 31. Be3 Ra6 32. Nb5 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Rb6 34. Nd4 Rxb2 35. Re7 h5 36.
Ne6 hxg4 37. Rxg7+ Kh6 38. hxg4 Re2 39. Re7 Be4+ 40. Kg3 Rc2 41. Nf8 Bd3 42. f4
Rc1 43. Rf7 Rg1+ 44. Kh3 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Be4+ 46. Kf2 Rh3 47. Ne6 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Kg6
49. Rg7+ Kh6 50. f5 Rxc3 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. Rxf6 Bf3+ 53. Kf2 Bxg4 54. Ng5+ Kg8
55. Rg6+ Kf8 56. Nh7+ Kf7 57. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Nfg5 Rb8
15. d5 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd7
21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. Qc3 Bf8 23. Qe3 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 c5 25. Bc3 h6 26. h4 a6 27. Re2
Qb5 28. Re3 Rd8 29. Qg4 Qc6 30. Qe2 Qb5 31. Kh2 Qc6 32. Re4 Qb5 33. Bd2 Qc6 34.
Rc4 Rd5 35. Be3 Qb5 36. Qc2 h5 37. Qe4 Qd7 38. Ra4 Qc6 39. Ra5 Rd6 40. Qxc6
Rxc6 41. Kg2 f6 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Ra4 Be7 44. Rc4 Ke6 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. Rxg4 f5
47. Rxg7 Bxh4 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. Rg8 c4 50. Bd4+ Kf7 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rh7 Be7 53.
Rh3 Bb4 54. Bc3 Bc5 55. b4 Bxf2 56. Kxf5 Ke8 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. Kd5 Rd6+ 59. Kxc4
Kc6 60. Rf3 Bb6 61. a4 Rd7 62. Be5 Kb7 63. Rg3 Bc7 64. Rg7 Rxg7 65. Bxg7 Bd6
66. b5 axb5+ 67. axb5 Bc7 68. b6 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 b6 {Alekseev is bravely introducing a new way
of handling the problem in the fashionable 10.h4 line.} 11. Nd4 (11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qe2 Qe8 $11) 11... Bb7 (11... Bxh4 12. g3 Bf6 13. Bg2 d5 14.
Bf4 Bb7 15. Nf5 $13) 12. Bg5 $1 Bf6 (12... Bxg5 $2 13. hxg5 Qd7 14. f4 $16) (
12... h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Re1 Qf6 $11) 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qf5 (14.
Bxf6 Nxf4 15. Bxd8 Raxd8 16. Rg1 Ne6 $11) 14... Bxg5+ (14... Nxh4 $2 15. Bxf6
Nxf5 16. Bxd8 Nxd4 17. Bxc7 $16) 15. hxg5 Re8 {The whole opening idea for
Black would have been perfect had there been the precise move 15...Qc8!?} (
15... Qc8 $5 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Rh2 Rce8 18. Bd3 f6 $11) 16. Qg4 (16. Bc4 $5
Qe7 (16... d5 17. Nf3 c6 18. Qh3 $16) 17. Rhe1 Qf8 18. Qh3 $14) 16... Nf8 $2 {
This passive move is not a critical inaccuracy, but certainly not a good
choice.} (16... c5 $5 17. Nb5 (17. Nf5 Bc8 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qxd6
Qxg5+ 21. Ne3 Be6 $11) 17... d5 18. Bd3 a6 19. Na3 b5 20. Kb1 Qe7 $11) 17. Bb5
$1 Re4 18. f4 g6 (18... Qc8 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Bd3 $16) 19. Bd3 Re3 20. f5 c5 (
20... Qe7 21. Kb1 $14) 21. Ne2 {[%mdl 128] Anand should have been brave and
tested the tempting attack after 21.fxg6!? It is not a winning idea, but with
best play White could have kept some advantage.} (21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Kb1 $16) (21.
fxg6 $5 fxg6 (21... cxd4 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 (22... Kg7 23. Qxd4+ (23. cxd4 $6 Qe7
24. Qf5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rf1+ $14) 23... Re5 24. Rh5 Rc8 (
24... Bxg2 25. Qh4 $1 $18) 25. Qh4 $18) 23. Qf5+ Kg8 (23... Ke7 24. Bb5 $18)
24. Rxh7 Re7 25. Bc4+ d5 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Bxd5+ Kg7 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. gxf6+
Kxf6 30. Bxb7 $16) 22. Nb5 (22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Bc4+ $14) 22... d5 23. Qf4 Qe7 24.
Nd6 $14) 21... c4 $5 {Black is fighting hard with complicated tactics in the
moment, when the simple swap on f5 was quite a safe option.} (21... gxf5 $5 22.
Qxf5 (22. Bxf5 Rxe2 23. Bxh7+ Nxh7 24. Qxe2 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Nf8 $15) 22... Re5
23. Qf2 Qxg5+ 24. Kb1 Rae8 $11) 22. fxg6 (22. Qxc4 Qxg5 23. Kb1 Rae8 $11) (22.
Bxc4 Re4 23. Qf3 Qxg5+ 24. Kb1 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd4 $11) 22... cxd3 23.
gxf7+ Kxf7 (23... Kg7 $2 24. Ng3 $1 Re5 25. Nf5+ Kxf7 26. Rxd3 $16) 24. g6+ $6
(24. Qf4+ Kg8 25. Qxe3 dxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxg5+ 27. Kb1 Kh8 $11) 24... hxg6 (24...
Nxg6 $2 25. Rxh7+ Kf6 26. Qd4+ Re5 27. Rf1+ $18) 25. Qf4+ Qf6 26. Qxe3 dxe2 27.
Qxe2 Re8 (27... Qg5+ 28. Kb1 Qxg2 $2 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ $18) 28. Qc4+ Kg7
29. Rdf1 $6 {Anand must have been somewhat frustrated by the outcome of his
attacking efforts. Objectively the best move was swapping the pesky rook and
looking for counterplay on the queenisde.} (29. Rhe1 $1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxg2 31.
Qc7+ Kh6 32. Qxa7 Qf2 33. Qe7 Nd7 $11) 29... Qg5+ 30. Kb1 Bd5 (30... Ne6 $5 31.
Re1 b5 32. Qd3 Bxg2 33. Rh2 $13) 31. Qd4+ Re5 32. Rf2 Qe3 $6 (32... Ne6 $1 33.
Qa4 Qe7 $15) 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Rd1 Be6 35. c4 $6 {The final phase of the game
was not played with any accuracy. White uses tactics to free his pawn mass,
but the simple swap of the rooks was probably safer.} (35. Kc1 $1 d5 36. Kd2
Re4 37. Re1 $11) 35... Bxc4 (35... Bg4 36. Rdf1 Nd7 $17) 36. b3 Be6 37. Rxd6
Bf5 (37... Nd7 38. Kb2 Nf6 39. Rc6 Ne8 $15) 38. Kb2 Nh7 39. Rdd2 Re7 40. Rfe2
Rc7 (40... Rxe2 $2 41. Rxe2 $11) 41. c4 Nf6 42. Rd4 Kh6 43. a4 Kg5 $15 {
Black could have played on without any risk...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O Rc8
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Nce4 18. Be1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxd1 20. Bxd1
Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Ne4 23. Be1 g5 24. Kf1 b6 25. Ke2 Bf6 26. Bc2 Nd6
27. b3 Kf8 28. Bd3 Ke7 29. g4 Bb2 30. a4 f6 31. b4 e5 32. f3 Bc1 33. Bc3 Kd8
34. b5 Ba3 35. Bd2 Ke7 36. f4 gxf4 37. exf4 exf4 38. Bxf4 g5 39. Bxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. h4
h6 9. Bd2 c4 10. Qg3 Bd7 11. h5 g5 12. f4 f6 13. Nh3 Qc7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O
Be8 16. Rae1 Rd7 17. Qh2 f5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Nd8 20. Rf4 Rg7 21. Rh4 Nh6
22. Nh3 Qe7 23. Nf4 Qxa3 24. Rh3 Qf8 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 Qe7 27. Ra1 a6 28.
Be1 Rg8 29. Qh4 Qxh4 30. Bxh4 Bf7 31. Bf3 Nc6 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. Bf6 Na7 34. Ke2
Nb5 35. Kd2 Nc7 36. Rb1 Kc6 37. Be7 Ne8 38. Nh3 b5 39. Ra1 Kb7 40. Bg5 Rh8 41.
Nf4 Ng8 42. h6 Nc7 43. Rh1 Rh7 44. Bh5 Bxh5 45. Rxh5 Kc6 46. Ng6 Ne8 47. Nf8
Rh8 48. h7 Ng7 49. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. d3 Bf6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Ne4 Nxd3 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh6
Nxe1 15. Qxe1 Ne7 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Qe3 Ng6 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Nxg6
hxg6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qe4 Qe8 23. g3 Rb8 24. h4 Rb6 25. Kh2 Rd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6
27. Qb7 d5 28. Qxa6 Qd7 29. Qa3 d4 30. cxd4 exd4 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. g4 e5 33. f3
f5 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxf5 Kf6 36. Kg3 Qxf5 37. Qxb5 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 h4 39. Qb6+ Kf5
40. Qb7 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 h3 42. Qf7+ Kg5 43. Ke2 Qg2+ 44. Kd3 Kh4 45. Qh7+ Kg3 46.
Qg7+ Kf2 47. Qxe5 h2 48. Kxd4 Qg1 49. Kd3 Qd1+ 50. Kc4 0-1

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bd2
Bd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Nh3 O-O-O 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Be8 14. Nf4 Kb8 15.
a4 Ka8 16. Bc1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qxe6 Qg7 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Qg3 Bf5 21. Nh5
Qe7 22. Nxf6 Qxe2 23. f3 Rhf8 24. Bxh6 Rxf6 25. Bg5 Rff8 26. Rf2 Qe8 27. Bxd8
Qxd8 28. Re2 a6 29. Qg5 Qd6 30. Kf2 Ka7 31. a5 Rh8 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Qg5 Qd6 34.
Qg3 Qd8 35. Qg5 Rxh4 36. Qxd8 Nxd8 37. Re5 Bxc2 38. Rxd5 Ne6 39. Re5 Nc7 40.
Rc5 Rh7 41. Rxc4 Rd7 42. Re1 b5 43. Rc6 Kb7 44. Rb6+ Ka7 45. Rc6 Kb7 46. Rb6+
Ka7 47. Rc6 Kb7 48. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. a3
Rb8 16. Be1 a5 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Bf1 bxa3 19. bxa3 a4 20. Nc4 Na5 21. Bxa5 Bxf3
22. Qe1 Nd7 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bf8 26. Rxa4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Rb8 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. a3 h6 15. Ng3
Be6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 d3 19. Bxd3 Ne5 20. Ned4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
Rc8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qg6 e4 25. Ne5 Bc5 26. Qf7+ Kh7 27. Qg6+ Kg8
28. Bxh6 Re7 29. Rad1 Qe8 30. Bg5 Qxg6 31. Nxg6 Rec7 32. b4 Ba7 33. Rd6 Kh7 34.
Ne5 Rc2 35. Bh4 Rc1 36. Kf1 Nd5 37. Bg5 e3 38. fxe3 Bxe3 39. Nf3 Nf4 40. Bxf4
Bxf4 41. Rdxe6 R8c6 42. Rxc6 Rxc6 43. h4 Bc1 44. g4 Bxa3 45. Re4 g6 46. Ke2 Rc4
47. Ng5+ Kg7 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Re6 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O d5 13. a5 d4 14. axb6 dxe3 15.
Qxe3 Nd7 16. Na4 Rc8 17. Na5 Bg5 18. Qd3 Rb8 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. c4 h4
22. c5 Qh6 23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 Nf6 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Nc5 Ng4 28.
Rf1 Ne3 29. Qd6 Re8 30. Nxe6 Qg6 31. Rf2 h3 32. gxh3 fxe6 33. b7 Qxe4+ 34. Bf3
Qd4 35. b8=Q Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Qb7 Nd5 1-0

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Bd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nc5 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Bg5 h5 19. Qf4 Be5 20. Qf3 f6 21. Bd2 Qf7
22. Rad1 Nd7 23. Bf4 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Nb6 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Bxd6 Nxd5
28. Bc5 Re5 29. Nh4 Kg8 30. Nf3 Re8 31. Nd4 Kh7 32. Qd3+ Qg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34.
f3 Nf4 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. Bb4 Ne6 38. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 20th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. Nxb4 d5 12. Nxa6 $5 {[%mdl 4] This
entertaining variation is a bit dubious for White. Despite his huge
development advantage and three pawns for the piece Black probably has better
chances.} Bxa6 13. exd5 Bd6 {A new, but very logical idea of winning a tempo
with the help of an attack against the h2 pawn.} (13... exd5 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Nxd5 (15. Re1 Be7 16. Bg5 Re6 17. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nxd5 19. c4 Qe5 20. Qa5
Qxg5 21. Qa8+ Bd8 {0-1 Ter Karapetian,A (2103)-Babuiian,L (2413)/Tbilisi 2007})
15... Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bd6 17. Qe4+ Ne5 18. f4 Qc6 19. Qd4 Ng4 20. Qxg7 Nxe3 21.
Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Rf2 Ng4 23. Rd2 Qc5+ 24. Qd4 Kc7 25. Qxc5+ Bxc5+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27.
Rxf2 Bxf2 {0-1 Ljubicic,F (2404)-Rezan,S (2414)/Zadar 2006 (68)}) (13... Be7
14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Rf7 20.
c3 Nc5 21. Qc4 Qa8 22. Nc7 Rxa4 23. b4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nfxe4 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 {
0-1 Faibisovich,V-Liberzon,V/Grozny 1969 (29)}) 14. h3 exd5 (14... O-O 15. Bxa6
Rxa6 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bb7 (16... Bxe2 17.
Qxa8+ Qd8 18. Qe4+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Bxe7 20. Rfe1 $16) 17. Qc4 Bc6 (17... Qxc4 18.
Bxc4 Rc8 19. Bb5 Bc6 $11) 18. b4 Qb7 $6 {In the rapid game Topalov had little
time to judge the consequence of the principled move 18...Rc8! properly.} (
18... Rc8 $1 19. b5 (19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qh4 O-O $17) 19... Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Bf3 (22. Qc6 Rxc6 23. bxc6 Qxc6+ 24. Kxh2 Qd6+ $15) 22... Qxf3+
23. Kxf3 Rxc4 24. a5 Be5 $15) 19. Rad1 Be7 $2 (19... Bxb4 20. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 (
20... Kxd7 21. Qxf7+ Kc8 22. Bg4+ Bd7 23. Rd1 Bxg4 24. Qc4+ Kb8 25. Qf4+ Kc8
26. Qxg4+ $18) (20... Qxd7 21. Qxb4 Qb7 (21... Qd5 22. Bf3 Qe6 23. Bxc6+ Qxc6
24. Bf4 $18) 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 f6 24. Re1 $18) 21. Bf3 Qc8 22. Qe4+ $16) (
19... Ne5 $1 20. Qd4 O-O-O 21. f4 Ng6 22. a5 $13) 20. b5 Bxg2 21. Rxd7 $1 {
Anand is a great tactician and this big shot decides the game in White's
favour.} Kxd7 (21... Qxd7 22. Kxg2 $18) 22. Qg4+ (22. Qd4+ Ke8 23. Qxg7 Bxf1
24. Qxh8+ Bf8 25. Bxf1 Rxa4 26. Bc5 $18) 22... Ke8 23. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxa4
25. b6 $1 {Black can not really complain in the material sense, but the
coordination of his pieces is pretty miserable. He will get no time to build
up any real defence against the advance of the white b-pawn.} Ra5 (25... Rb4
26. Ra1 Kd7 27. Ra7+ Kd6 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Bc5+ $18) 26. Rd1 Bg5 27. b7 Ke7 28.
Bb6 Re5 29. Bd8+ $1 (29. Bd8+ $1 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. b8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Bd7 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Rec1 Be7 25. Rc2 a5 26. Qd3 Bxb3 27. axb3 axb4
28. Ne3 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bg5 31. Nd5 Qd7 32. Ra6 Rc8 33. Qd3 Kh7 34.
Kh2 Rc1 35. g3 Bd8 36. Kg2 Rc8 37. h4 Rc5 38. Ne3 Be7 39. b4 Rc8 40. Rb6 g6 41.
Qxb5 Qxb5 42. Rxb5 Bd8 43. Rb7 Kg7 44. Nd5 Rc4 45. Rd7 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. a3
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. b4 Rfd8 14. Rd1 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Bb2 a5 18. Rac1 Qxe4 19. dxe4 Bd6 20. h4 Rf8 21.
c4 axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. c5 Be7 24. Bc3 Bf6 25. Ra1 Rc2 26. Rd3 Kf7 27. Rd7+
Kg6 28. Rxc7 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. e5 Bd8 31. Rd7 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Bxh4 33. Rf1
Rc4 34. Kg2 Kf5 35. Rh1 Bg5 36. Rxg7 h6 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Rd7 Rxb4 39. Rd1 Rc4
40. R1xd4 1-0

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. Nd2 h6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Nf3 g4 21. Bxh6
gxf3 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bd1 Bg4 24. a4 Rd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg1 Kg7 27. h3 Bxh3
28. Bxf3 Be6 29. Ra6 Rc8 30. Rea1 Be7 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Bg5 33. Ra1 Ne7 34.
Kf1 b4 35. Ke1 bxc3 36. bxc3 Nd5 37. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bg7 10. h4 Nfd7 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qh5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Qh8+ Kd7 16. Qxe5 Bb7 17. O-O-O Kc8 18. Qg7 Qe7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Kc7 21.
Nd6 Rf8 22. Be2 a6 23. Bf3 Ba8 24. Qh7 g4 25. Be4 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Nf6 27. exf6
Kxd6 28. Qh2+ g3 29. fxg3 Qxf6 30. g4+ Kd7 31. Qg3 Bb7 32. Qe3 Rg8 33. Bf3 Qg5
34. Qc3 Kc8 35. b3 Rd8 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Ka1 Rd7 38. Qxc4 Kd8 39. Qc3 Qf4 40.
Rb1 Kc8 41. Rb4 Qd6 42. Rc4 Kb8 43. Kb1 Ka7 44. Rb4 f6 45. Ka1 e5 46. dxe5 Qxe5
47. Qxe5 fxe5 48. Kb2 a5 49. Re4 Re7 50. g5 Bc8 51. g6 Bf5 52. g7 Rxg7 53. Rxe5
Bd7 54. Rxa5+ Kb6 55. Re5 Rg4 56. Re2 c5 57. Kc3 Kb5 58. Kd3 c4+ 59. Kc3 Rg3
60. Kd4 Rg4+ 61. Kc3 Rg3 62. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bb7 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nc3 Nxc6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rd1 b4 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rd6 Be6 21.
Be3 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Be5 23. Ra6 Bc4 24. Ra5 Bc3 25. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Re1 Bf8 9. Bf1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. f3 h6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bf2 d5 15.
exd5 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Qd7 15.
Ng3 c4 16. b4 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd8 18. c4 Nf7 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Qb3
Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Bf4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ng5
g6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e3 Nc6 17. Rae1 Rc8 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Kh1 Nde2 20. Qxd8
Rcxd8 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. a3 Nf5 24. Bf4 Nd5 25. Be5 Rfd7 26. Rc1 Kf7
27. Rfe1 b5 28. Bf1 Rb7 29. Rc6 b4 30. axb4 Nxb4 31. Rc3 Rbd7 32. Kg2 Nd3 33.
Bxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Ne2 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Ng5 c5 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 Rf8 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Bd2 Qe8 19. b3 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Qxh5 21. Nh2
Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Bc6 23. Nf1 Bd7 24. Ba5 Be8 25. Ne3 Bh5 26. f3 Bg5 27. c4 Rc6 28.
b4 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Rfc8 30. Kf2 Be8 31. cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. Qf1
Rd8 16. Be1 a5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Nfd2 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Ra6 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Nbd2 bxa3
22. bxa3 Be7 23. Rab1 a4 24. Qf1 Nb8 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Nc3 c5 27. dxc5 Nxc3 28.
Bxc3 Nxc5 29. Bb4 Bf8 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Ne5 Ra7 32. Rbc1 Rac7 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 f6 35. Nf3 e5 36. Ne1 Kf7 37. Rc4 Nb3 38. Rh4 Bxb4 39. Rxb4 Ra7 40. Kf3
Rc3 41. Nd3 Rc2 42. Rb6 Ra2 43. Nb4 Rxa3 44. Nc6 Rc7 45. Nd8+ Kg6 46. Ne6 Re7
47. g4 Rxe6 48. Rxe6 Nd4+ 49. Rxd4 exd4 50. Re4 dxe3 51. fxe3 Ra1 52. h3 a3 53.
Ra4 a2 54. Kg2 Kf7 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. e4 Kd7 57. h4 h6 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 Kc7
60. Kh2 Kb7 61. Ra3 Kc6 62. gxf6 gxf6 63. Rc3+ Kb5 64. Rc2 Kb4 65. Rf2 Rh1+ 66.
Kxh1 a1=Q+ 67. Kg2 Kc4 68. Kf3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Gelfand is a renowned Najdorf specialist. However, for
such important events he seems to prefer more solid openings. He defeated
Kasimdzhanov with the Petroff Defence in the third and last game of their
play-off in Elista, but it should be said the result of the opening was
anything but encouraging for Black. Gelfand ist anerkannter Najdorf-Spezialist.
Doch bei derart wichtigen Veranstalungen scheint er solidere Eröffnungen zu
bevorzugen. Mit Russisch schlug er in der dritten und letzten Tiebreak-Partie
in Elista Kasimdzhanov, allerdings muss man sagen, dass das Resultat der
Eröffnung für Schwarz alles andere als ermutigend war.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 {White
starts advancing his kingside pawns, openly declaring his intentions to mate
the enemy king. His own king is out of any immediate danger. Weiß beginnt,
seine Bauern am Königsflügel vorzurücken, womit er offen seine Absichten
erklärt, den feindlichen König mattzusetzen. Sein eigener König schwebt in
keiner unmittelbaren Gefahr.} Re8 {Black has several ways to continue his
development. Schwarz hat diverse Wege, seine Entwicklung fortzusetzen.} (10...
Bg4 {looks an active continuation, but after sieht nach einer aktiven
Fortsetzung aus, doch nach} 11. Be2 {he has problems maintaining the tension
without making any other concession. The immediate threat is Nxe5 Bxe2, Nxf7!.
Capturing on f3 would open the g-file for attack, so that the slightly
unappealing hat er Probleme, die Spannung ohne irgendeine weitere Konzession
zu halten. Die unmittelbare Drohung lautet Nxe5 Bxe2, Nxf7!. Das Schlagen auf
f3 für die g-Linie für den Angriff öffnen, so dass das leicht unansehnliche}
Qc8 {is necessary. However, White has failed to prove anything concrete in
practice so far. nötig ist. Allerdings ist es Weiß bisher nicht gelungen, in
der Praxis etwas Konkretes nachzuweisen.} 12. Kb1 (12. b3 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf8 {
Topalov,V (2778)-Kramnik,V (2753)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107/[Huzman] (1/2-1/2, 52)})
12... Re8 13. h5 Bf8 $13 14. Rde1 a6 15. h6 g6 16. Nxe5 $6 {If this is
necessary, White's whole strategy is mistaken. Wenn das nötig ist, ist die
gesamte Strategie von Weiß verfehlt.} dxe5 {White has practically no
compensation for his spoiled pawn structure. Weiß hat praktische keine
Kompensation für seine entwertete Bauernstruktur.} 17. f3 Be6 18. Bg5 Qd7 19.
Qe3 Bd5 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. b3 b5 22. Bh4 c6 $15 {Jakovenko,D (2667)-Wang Hao 
(2610)/Taiyuan 2006/ (1-0, 58)}) 11. h5 Bf6 (11... Ng4 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3
Bf6 {loses too much time and leaves Black underdeveloped and under serious
pressure after verliert zuviel Zeit; Schwarz bleibt unterentwickelt und unter
ernsten Druck nach} 14. Qf4 h6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Rde1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 d5 18. g4
$14 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)-Mamedyarov,S (2674)/Baku 2005 (0-1, 43)}) 12. Nh2
$146 {This is a thematic manoeuvre in this variation. White clears the way for
the f-pawn and hopes to question the stability of the f6-bishop with a further
knight jump to g4. However, nobody retreated with the knight in this concrete
position yet. Dies ist ein thematisches Manöver in dieser Variante. Weiß macht
den Weg für den f-Bauern frei und hofft, mit einem weiteren Springersatz nach
g4 die Stabilität des f6-Läufers in Frage zu stellen. In dieser konkreten
Stellung allerdings ist noch niemand mit dem Springer zurückgegangen.} (12. Kb1
h6 (12... a6 13. Nh2 {Svidler,P (2740)-Kramnik,V (2739)/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 
(1-0, 48)}) 13. Nh2 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18.
Qxg5 hxg5 19. Be4 Rab8 {Karjakin,S (2660)-Dominguez,L (2638)/Cuernavaca 2006/
CBM 112 (1/2-1/2, 50). Despite his seemingly active position, White has to be
careful, because too many of his pawns are placed on light squares. Trotz
seiner scheinbar aktiven Stellung muss Weiß aufpassen, da zu viele seiner
Bauern auf weißen Feldern stehen.}) 12... h6 13. Be2 Be6 14. f4 {However, this
might be a bit exaggerated. Black did not do anything wrong yet (he just
developed in natural way) to deserve such a treatment. White weakens his
central squares, while his centralisation is far from optimal. Just look at
his knight. Aber dies könnte ein wenig übertrieben sein. Schwarz hat noch
nichts falsch gemacht (er hat sich einfach natürlich entwickelt), um eine
solche Behandlung zu verdienen. Weiß schwächt seine Zentralfelder, während
seine Zentralisation bei weitem nicht optimal ist. Man betrachte nur seinen
Springer.} (14. b3 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gf2f4] fails to bother Black because of
kann Schwarz nicht beunruhigen wegen} Qd7 15. f4 $6 Ng4 $15) (14. g4 {might be
a better way to continue the attack. könnte ein besserer Weg sein, den Angriff
fortzusetzen.} Nc4 (14... Qd7 15. g5 $40) (14... Qe7 15. Rdg1 $40) ({The
greedy Das gierige} 14... Bxa2 {does not lose the bishop as it might seem, but
does not prevent White's attacking plan in any way. verliert nicht, wie man
meinen könnte, den Läufer, verhindert aber auch in keinster Weise den weißen
Angriffsplan.} 15. f4 $1 (15. b3 a5 16. Kb2 a4 17. Kxa2 $2 axb3+ $40 18. Kxb3
Qd7 19. Ra1 Qe6+ 20. Kb2 Nc4+ 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 $19) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. g5
$36) 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. b3 (16. Rhg1 Re5 17. b3 Rd5 {somewhat reduces White's
attacking potential. reduziert das weiße Angriffspotential ein wenig.}) 16...
Bb5 17. Rhg1 $40) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 {After the elimination of White's
light-squared bishop, Black can regroup easier. Nach der Eliminierung des
gegnerischen weißfeldrigen Läufers kann Schwarz sich leichter umgruppieren.}
16. b3 $6 {White's desire is to force the bishop to choose between the two
available diagonals as soon as possible, but this move weakens the c3-pawn.
Weiß möchte den Läufer so bald wie möglich zwingen, sich zwischen den beiden
verfügbaren Diagonalen zu entscheiden, doch dieser Zug schwächt den c3-Bauern.}
(16. g4 {was better, although less efficient than in the previous comment,
because White has weakened his squares along the e-file prematurely, allowing
Black to provoke favourable simplifications. war besser, wenngleich weniger
wirksam als im vorigen Kommentar, da Weiß verfrüht seine Felder in der e-Linie
geschwächt, wodurch Schwarz vorteilhafte Vereinfachungen herbeiführen kann.}
Qe7 17. Rde1 Bh4 18. Bf2 Qf6 $13) 16... Bb5 ({This is the kind of move one
plays without too much thought. However, Black had here the stunning Dies ist
die Art von Zug, die man ohne allzu großes Nachdenken spielt. Aber an dieser
Stelle hatte Schwarz das verblüffende} 16... c5 $3 {(suggested by Frederic
Friedel during the live transmission on Chessbase.com) at his disposal. The
idea is simple: to clear the queen's way to a5 and deprive the white bishop of
access to d4. With his knight on h2 and his bishop relatively inactive and
slightly hanging, White would have faced serious problems of coordination. 
(vorgeschlagen von Frederic Friedel während der Liveübertragung auf Chessbase.
com) zur Verfügung. Die Idee ist einfach: der Dame wird der Weg nach a5
freigemacht und dem Läufer der Zugang zu d4 verwehrt. Mit seinem Springer auf
h2 sowie seinem relativ inaktiven und leicht hängenden Läufer hätte Weiß vor
ernsten Koordinationsproblemen gestanden.} 17. Rhe1 (17. bxc4 Qa5 $40 18. Kb2
$2 Qb4+ $1 $19) (17. Kb2 b5 $1 18. Ng4 b4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $36 20. bxc4 $2 bxc3+
21. Qxc3 Rab8+ $19) (17. Ng4 Be6 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Ye6g4]} 18. Nxf6+ {
(Unfortunately, forced) (Erzwungen, leider)} Qxf6 $17 {[%csl Yg4,Yh5] but this
would leave his light squares desperately weak. , doch danach wären seine
weißen Felder hoffnungslos schwach.}) 17... b5 18. Ng4 Be6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.
Qxd6 Qxc3 21. Qe5 Qa5 $36) 17. Rhg1 $6 {A mysterious move. Anand might have
wanted to prepare Ng4xf6+ followed by g4-g5. Ein mysteriöser Zug. Vielleicht
wollte Anand Ng4xf6+ nebst g4-g5 vorbereiten.} (17. Ng4 Bd7 $1 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6
$17 {[%csl Yg4,Yh5]}) (17. Rhe1 Bh4 18. Bf2 Bxf2 19. Qxf2 a5 $132 20. a4 $6 Bd7
{[%cal Yb7b5]}) (17. g4 {was still to be preferred. war noch immer vorzuziehen.
} Qe7 $13) 17... Re4 {Yummy! What a square... Lecker! Was für ein Feld...} 18.
Ng4 Qe7 19. Rde1 Re8 20. Bf2 Qd8 $15 {Just in time. To be compared with the
way Grischuk exchanged rooks, keeping his kingside defended at the same time.
Gerade rechtzeitig. Zu vergleichen mit der Art und Weise, wie Grischuk die
Türme tauschte und gleichzeitig die Verteidigung seines Königsflügels
aufrechthielt.} 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Re1 $6 Rxe1+ $6 $15 ({Black had the simple
tactic Schwarz hatte den einfachen Trick} 22... Rxf4 $1 {winning a pawn. , was
einen Bauern gewinnt.} 23. Nxf6+ (23. Qxf4 $2 Bg5 $19) 23... Qxf6 $17 {After
the game, Anand stated that both opponents calculated the same way out for
White, which does not work actually. I do not know which variation that could
be. Nach der Partie sagte Anand, dass beide Gegner denselben Ausweg für Weiß
berechnet hätten, der tatsächlich aber nicht funktioniert. Ich weiß nicht,
welche Variante das sein könnte.}) ({Personally, I would prefer Black's
position even after Ich persönlich würde die Stellung von Schwarz sogar nach} 
22... Rxe1+ {The light squared bishop looks sooo powerful! He could retreat
with his bishop to f8 and then make some progress in the centre (b6, c5, etc..)
bevorzugen. Der weißfeldrige Läufer sieht sooo mächtig aus! Er könnte mit
seinem Läufer nach f8 zurückgehen und dann Fortschritte im Zentrum machen (b6,
c5 usw...)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{An excellent way to play for a win with Black, although it should be said
that White's cooperation is needed, too. In case of 6.Bxf6 (as played just one
day earlier by Kramnik against Svidler), play takes a positional course.
However, Aronian is not the kind of player to refrain from a sharp battle,
especially when he has the white pieces. Eine ausgezeichnete Möglichkeit, mit
Schwarz auf Gewinn zu spielen, obwohl gesagt werden sollte, dass dabei auch
die Kooperation von Weiß nötig ist. Im Fall von 6.Bxf6 (wie nur einen Tag
zuvor von Kramnik gegen Svidler gespielt), nimmt die Partie einen
positionellen Verlauf. Doch Aronian ist niemand, der vor einem scharfem Kampf
zurückschreckt, vor allem, wenn er die weißen Figuren hat. Un excelente método
de jugar para ganar con negras, aunque cabe decir que la colaboración de las
blancas es esencial. En caso de 6.Bxf6 (como se había jugado un día antes en
la partida Kramnik - Svidler), el juego entraría por cauces posicionales. Sin
embargo, Aronian no esel tipo de jugador que huya de una lucha aguda,
especialmente cuando tiene blancas.} 9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 {Black is a pawn up,
but White has a strong centre and better prospects of transferring his king to
a safe location. In the next phase of the game, both players have to
permanently take into account the standard pawn moves (White's) d5 or f3 and 
(Black's) ...b4 or ...c5. For a while, however, play continues with natural
developing moves. Schwarz besitzt einen Bauern mehr, doch Weiß hat ein starkes
Zentrum und bessere Aussichten, seinen König an einen sicheren Ort zu
verfrachten. In der nächsten Phase der Partie müssen beide Spieler ständig die
gegnerischen Standardbauernzüge berücksichtigen, d5 oder f3 (Weiß) und ...b4
oder ...c5 (Schwarz). Für eine Weile aber geht es mit natürlichen
Entwicklungszügen weiter. Las negras tienen un peón de ventaja, ero las
blancas disponen de un fuerte centro de peones y de la posibilidad de llevar a
su rey a una residencía mas segura. Durante la sigíente fase de la partida,
ambos jgadores deberán tener permanentemente en cuenta las jugadas típicas de
peones d5 o f3 (de las blancas) y ...b4 o ...c5 (de las negras). Por algún
rato, el juego continúa con jugadas naturales de desarrollo.} 11. Be2 Bb7 12.
O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bg3 (16. f3 Nh7 {Werle,J 
(2514)-Smeets,J (2537)/Leeuwarden 2005/CBM 110/[Lutz] (1-0, 40)}) 16... Nd7 (
16... Nh7 {Kramnik,V (2770)-Akopian,V (2660)/Dortmund 2000/CBM 078/[Lutz] (1-0,
41)}) 17. f3 {This move is almost unanimously played here. White finally
establishes a centre of pawn tension and aims to open the f-file for his
king's rook. The only (but significant) drawback of this move is that it
weakens the king's residence. Dieser Zug wird an dieser Stelle fast
ausschließlich gespielt. Weiß errichtet endlich ein Zentrum mit Bauernspannung
und möchte die f-Linie für seinen Königsturm öffnen. Der einzige (aber
gewichtige) Nachteil dieses Zuges ist, dass er die Königsresidenz schwächt.
Esta jugada se efectúa casi unanimamente. Por fin, las blancas crean un punto
de tensión de peones, aspirando a abrir la columna de f para su torre. La
única (pero importante) desventaja de esta jugada es que debilita seriamente
la posición del rey blanco.} c5 $5 $146 ({An interesting novelty. Previously,
Aine interessante Neuerung. Bislang galt Una interesante novedad.
Anteriormente,} 17... Qb6 {was considered best. See for instance Onischuk,A 
(2638)-Lastin,A (2590)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (0-1, 38), containing also a
small survey on the queen move. Anand decides that the best way of taking
advantage of the vulnerability of the enemy king is to keep the queen on her
initial square. als Bestes, siehe zum Beispiel Onischuk,A (2638)-Lastin,A 
(2590)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (0-1, 38), worin auch eine kleine Übersicht
bezüglich des Damenzuges enthalten ist. Anand beschließt, dass sich die
Anfälligkeit des feindlichen Königs am besten ausnutzen lässt, indem die Dame
auf ihrem Ausgangsfeld bleibt. era considerada como la mejor jugada. Anand
decidió que la mejor manera de aprovecharse de la vulnerabilidad del rey
enemigo es mantener la dama en su casilla inicial.}) 18. dxc5 ({The generally
desirable Auf das generell wünschenswerte La generalmente deseable} 18. d5 {
can be strongly met by kann stark puede ser fuertemente contestada por} Be5 $1
{when White is in some sort of trouble: folgen, wonach Weiß in gewissen
Schwierigkeiten steckt: cuando las blancas pasarían por algunos apuros:} 19.
Bxe5 $6 ({After Nach Después de} 19. f4 Bd4+ {the black dark-squared bishop is
much more active than his direct rival. ist der schwarzfeldrige Läufer des
Nachziehenden weit aktiver als sein direkter Rivale. el alfil negrod e
casillas oscuras es mucho mas activo que su rival.}) 19... Nxe5 20. f4 $2 Qxh4
$1 {with decisive attack. mit entscheidendem Angriff. con ataque decisivo.}) ({
Finally, Schließlich findet} 18. Nxb5 {can be strongly met by die starke
Erwiderung} cxd4 {for instance , zum Beispiel} 19. Nxd4 $2 {The most
principled continuation, which, however, loses almost by force. Die
prinzipiellste Fortsetzung, die allerdings fast forciert verliert.} (19. Qxc4 {
looks better from practical point of view, although Black has excellent play
anyway. sieht aus praktischer Sicht besser aus, wenngleich Schwarz auch dann
ausgezeichnetes Spiel hat.} Ne5 20. Qb3 {The knight cannot be captured because
the h4-pawn would remain desperately weak. Der Springer kann nicht geschlagen
werden, weil dann der h4-Bauer hoffnungslos schwach bliebe.} gxf3 21. gxf3 {
. This weakens the king's position, but otherwise the e5-square would remain
under Black's strict control. . Dies schwächt die Königsstellung, doch
andernfalls würde Schwarz das Feld e5 fest im Griff haben.} Ng6 {with a nice,
but possibly not better position for Black. mit schöner, aber möglicherweise
nicht besseren Stellung für Schwarz.}) 19... Qb6 20. Bf2 g3 21. Be3 Qd8 $3 {
Now that the bishop has been driven away from the defence of the h4-pawn, the
queen switches back to the kingside. Nun, da der Läufer von der Verteidigung
des Bauern h4 verdrängt wurde, fährt die Dame wieder zum Königsflügel.} 22. Bg5
{The natural reaction. Die natürliche Reaktion.} (22. f4 Bxd4 {followed by ...
Qxh4 is not much more appealing.}) 22... Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Qb6 $3 {Apparently,
the oscilations of the black queen correspond to the high degree of
uncertainty typical to any lady. In fact, each time Her Majesty pursues a very
precise aim. Now, it's a pin again. Das Hin- und Her der schwarzen Königin
gleicht scheinbar jenem hohen Maß an Unbestimmtheit, wie sie für jede Dame
typisch ist. Tatsächlich verfolgt Ihre Majestät jedes mal ein ganz genaues
Ziel. Diesmal ist es wieder eine Fesselung.} 24. Be3 e5 $1 {and und} 25. Rd3 {
does not save the day because of rettet den Tag nicht wegen} cxd3 $1 $19) 18...
Qe7 19. Kh1 $6 {This move is aimed to enable the capture on b5, but the king
is even worse placed here than on g1. Dieser Zug soll das Schlagen auf b5
ermöglichen, doch hier steht der König sogar noch schlechter als auf g1.} (19.
Nxb5 $2 {is impossible because of ist unmöglich wegen} Qxc5+) (19. Bd6 $6 {
is also not entirely adequate: reicht ebenfalls nicht ganz aus:} Qxh4 20. fxg4
Be5 (20... hxg4 $2 21. Rf4 $16) (20... Nxc5 $5 $13 21. Bxc5 $2 Be5 22. Rf3 hxg4
$19) 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. gxh5 b4 $132 {[%csl Ye4] and Black has good control in
the centre, and attacking chances on the kingside. For instance, und Schwarz
hat gute Kontrolle im Zentrum und Angriffschancen am Königsflügel. Zum Beispiel
} 23. Nb5 Bxe4 24. Qc1 Bxg2 $1 25. Kxg2 Kh7 $40) (19. Rd6 {[%csl Yb5] is a
better way to put the b5-pawn under pressure, but has the drawback of
obstructing his own bishop. Black can calmly answer with ist ein besserer Weg,
den b5-Bauern unter Druck zu setzen, hat aber den Nachteil, den eigenen Läufer
zu verstellen. Schwarz kann ruhig} a6 $13 {antworten.}) (19. Rf2 {[%csl Yb5]
[%cal Yg3d6] looks logical. White threatens Nxb5 and, in certain cases, Bd6.
However, things are not so rosy for White. sieht logisch aus. Weiß droht Nxb5
und in gewissen Fällen Bd6. Dennoch stehen die Dinge nicht so rosig für Weiß.}
a6 20. fxg4 (20. Bd6 $6 {is premature yet. ist noch verfrüht.} Qxh4 21. g3 Qg5
{With the rook on f2, the infiltration to h3 simply loses the queen to Rh2.
Mit dem Turm auf f2 verliert die Infiltration auf h3 einfach die Dame wegen
Rh2.} 22. f4 Qg6 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 $44 {Black has a pawn for the exchange, the
c5-pawn is weak and the pair of bishops very active. Schwarz hat einen Bauern
für die Qualität, der c5-Bauer ist schwach und das Läuferpaar sehr aktiv.})
20... hxg4 {[%cal Yd7e5]} (20... Ne5 $5 $44) 21. Bd6 Qxh4 $36 {Concluding, I
could not find an entirely adequate continuation for White, which adds a lot
of value to Anand's innovation. Unterm Strich konnte ich keine ganz völlig
ausreichende Fortsetzung für Weiß finden, was Anands Neuerung deutlich
aufwertet.}) 19... a6 20. a4 Bc6 {Black has stabilized the position and
threatens to win the c5-pawn with ...Nxc5. Since 21.Rd6 can be strongly met by
21...Be5!, White is forced to resort to radical measures. Schwarz hat die
Stellung stabilisiert und droht, mit ...Nxc5 den Bauern c5 abzuholen. Da auf
21.Rd6 stark 21...Be5! folgen kann, ist Weiß zu radikalen Maßnahmen gezwungen.
Las negras han conseguído de estabilizar laposición y amenazan ganar el peón
de c5 con ...Nxc5. Dado que 21.Rd6 puede ser fuertemente contestada por 21...
Be5!, las blancas tienen que recurrir a medidas extremas.} 21. Nd5 $6 {Aronian
tries to change the generally unfavourable course of events by radical means.
Aronian versucht, den generell ungünstigen Lauf der Dinge mit radikalen
Mitteln zu ändern.} (21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Bxg4 (22. Nd5 {does not work at all now:
geht jetzt gar nicht:} exd5 23. exd5 Nxc5 $1 24. dxc6 Ne4 $1 25. Be1 g3 26. Rf4
f5 $17 {and the white king is in a very bad situation. und der weiße König ist
in einer ganz schlechten Lage.}) 22... Nxc5 {[%csl Rd3,Ye4,Gh1][%cal Rb5b4,
Ra8d8] leads to a very pleasant position for Black. All his minor pieces are
placed on excellent squares, while the enemy king remains exposed. führt zu
einer höchste angenehmen Stellung für Schwarz. All seine Leichtifiguren stehen
auf ausgezeichneten Feldern, während der feindliche König weiter exponiert
bleibt.}) 21... exd5 22. exd5 {Normally, this kind of operation would yield
White an advantage... Normalerweise würde eine derartige Operation Weiß
Vorteil einbringen... Normalmente, tal operación debería ofrecer a las blancas
ventaja...} Be5 $1 {... but only with a safer king's position! With this
already familiar to us move, Anand forces his opponent to release the kingside
tension and consolidates his advantage. ... aber nur mit einer sichereren
Königsstellung! Mit diesem uns bereits vertrauten Zug zwingt Anand seinen
Gegner, die Spannung am Königsflügel aufzuheben, und konsolidiert so seinen
Vorteil ... pero ¡solo en caso de tener una posición segura de su rey! Con
esta jugada familiar ya, Anand fuerza a su contrincante a abandonar la tensión
del flanco de rey y consolida su ventaja.} ({After Nach} 22... Nxc5 $2 23. dxc6
{the e4-square is not available for the knight, if compared with a similar
line from the previous comment. hat, im Vergleich zu einem ähnlichen Abspiel
im vorangegangenen Kommentar, der Springer nicht das Feld e4.}) 23. f4 Bg7 24.
dxc6 Nxc5 {Both White's bishops are very passive. The c6-pawn in conjunction
with certain rook activity along the d-file will prove insufficient to level
the balance. Beide weißen Läufer sind sehr passiv. Der c6-Bauer in Verbindung
mit gewisser Turmaktivität entlang der d-Linie wird nicht ausreichen, um die
Bilanz auszugleichen. Ambos alfiles blancos están muy pasivos. El peón de c6
en combinación con algo de actividad alargo de la columna d no resultarán
suficientes para mantener la igualdad.} 25. Rd5 Ne4 26. Be1 Qe6 27. Rxh5 f5 {
White has temporarily won a pawn, but his rook is miserably placed. Anand went
on winning convincingly. Weiß hat vorübergehend einen Bauern gewonnen, aber
sein Turm steht miserabel. Anand fährt die Partie überzeugend nach Hause. Las
blancas han ganado un peón de forma temporar, pero su torre queda muy mal
colocada. Anand acabó imponiendose con confianza.} 28. Kh2 Rac8 29. Bb4 Rfe8
30. axb5 axb5 31. Re1 Qf7 32. Rg5 Nxg5 33. fxg5 Rxc6 34. Bf1 Rxe1 35. Bxe1 Re6
36. Bc3 Qc7+ 37. g3 Re3 38. Qg2 Bxc3 39. bxc3 f4 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qa6 fxg3+ 0-1

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Qa4 {A rare continuation, aiming to take Kramnik "out of the
book". Eine seltene Fortsetzung, die Kramnik "aus dem Buch" werfen soll. Una
jugada poco frecuente, cuyo probable propósito es de sacar a Kramnik del
"libro de aperturas".} Bd7 {This is the most normal reaction, aiming to
question the stability of the enemy queen on the right wing. Dies ist die
normalste Fortsetzung, mit der die Stabilität der feindlichen Dame auf dem
rechten Flügel in Frage gestellt werden soll.} ({However, Allerdings ist auch} 
16... Bd6 {is also possible. möglich:} 17. Bc4 (17. Be3 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yc3c4]
} Qa5 18. Qb3 Qb6 $11) (17. c4 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Bxd6 cxd6 $132 {[%csl Yc4]
}) 17... Qa5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qb3 Bg6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Bd5 Qc7 {Kryvoruchko,
Y (2581)-Frolyanov,D (2498)/Yerevan 2006/CBM 114 ext (1/2-1/2, 53). As so many
times in this opening, the position is only optically better for White. Black
had no special problems maintaining the equilibrium. Wie so oft in dieser
Eröffnung ist die Stellung nur optisch besser für Weiß. Schwarz hatte keine
sonderlichen Problemen, das Gleichgewicht zu halten.}) 17. Qc2 ({This seems to
be a new move. Dies scheint ein neuer Zug zu sein. Esta jugada parece ser
nueva.} 17. Rab1 {was played a couple of times. wurde einige Male gespielt.
fue jugada un par de veces anteriores.} Bf6 (17... Qf5 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Rb5 Qf6
20. Rxb7 Nd8 21. Qxd7 Nxb7 22. Be5 Qd8 23. Qg4 Nd6 24. h4 Rb8 25. c4 f6 26. c5
fxe5 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. dxe5 Be7 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxg6+
Kh8 33. Re4 Rxf3 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Rg4+ {1-0 Shirov,A (2723)-Gelfand,B (2700)/
Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext}) 18. Qd1 b6 19. Ba6 (19. Ne5 {[%cal Yd1d7,Ge2f3]}
Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ne7 {White has more space and the pair of bishops, but Black has
the more compact structure and acceptable stability on the light squares. Weiß
hat mehr Raum und das Läuferpaar, Schwarz dafür die kompaktere Struktur sowie
annehmbare Stabilität auf den weißen Feldern.}) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21.
Qf1 Bd8 22. Bb5 $6 ({The exchange of the light-squared bishops is part of
Black's plan, because it weakens the c4-square. This detail makes this move
questionable. Der Tausch des weißfeldrigen Läuers ist Bestandteil des
schwarzen Plans, weil dies das Feld c4 schwächt. Dieses Detail macht diesen
Zug fragwürdig.} 22. Bd3 $1) 22... Na5 23. c4 (23. Bd3 {[%cal Yc3c4] also
fails to maintain the pressure, because of} Bf5 $1) 23... Bxb5 $1 $11 {Palac,M
(2571)-Nikcevic,N (2448)/Cannes 2007/CBM 116 ext (1/2-1/2, 26)}) 17... Qf5 18.
Qxf5 {The exchange of queens solves Black's problems of coordination. Der
Tausch der Damen löst die schwarzen Probleme mit der Koordination.} (18. Qd2 {
might be a better try, when Black should probably play könnte ein besserer
Versuch sein, wonach Schwarz wahrscheinlich} Bd6 {, aiming to simplify the
position anyway. spielten sollte mit der Absicht, die Stellung trotzdem zu
vereinfachen.}) 18... Bxf5 19. Bb5 {This move has the same drawback as in the
game Palac-Nikcevic: it is likely to lead to the exchange of the light-squared
bishops, making Black's defence easier. Dieser Zug hat denselben Nachteil wie
in der Partie Palac-Nikcevic: Er wird wahrscheinlich zum Abtausch der
weißfeldrigen Läufer führen, was die schwarze Verteidigung erleichtert.} ({
However, after the immediate Doch auch nach dem sofortigen} 19. d5 Na5 20. Nd4
Bd7 {White has no easy way to make further progress either. fällt es Weiß
nicht leicht, weitere Fortschritte zu erzielen.}) 19... Bd7 20. d5 Ne5 $1 21.
Bxd7 Nxd7 {Anand's experiment did not work out too well. Kramnik played
relatively quickly and obtained an entirely satisfactory position. White's
centre could become more of a weakness if Black is allowed to install his
minor pieces on c5 and d6. Anands Experiment hat nicht sonderlich gut
eingeschlagen. Kramnik spielte relativ schnell und erhielt eine völlig
befriedigende Stellung. Wenn es Schwarz erlaubt wird, seine Leichtfiguren auf
c5 und d6 zu platzieren, könnte das weiße Zentrum eher zu einer Schwäche
werden. El experimento de Anand no funcionó muy bien. Kramnik jugó
relativamente rápido y obtuvo una posición enteramente satisfactoría. El
centro de peones de las blancas puede volverse débil sí las negras
conseguírían instalar sus piezas menores en c5 y d6.} 22. Bxc7 $5 {White tries
to maintain his initiative, but further simplifications will make the position
slightly dangerous for him. Weiß versucht, seine Initiative zu behaupten, aber
weitere Vereinfachungen werden die Stellung leicht gefährlich für ihn machen.
Las blancas intentan mantener la iniciativa, pero las simplificaciones
adicionales harán que la posición se vuelva ligeramente peligrosa para ellas.}
Rxc7 23. d6 Rxc3 24. dxe7 ({Anand probably discarded Anand verwarf} 24. Rxe7 {
on general ground. With every subsequent exchange of pieces, the e7-pawn
becomes weaker. wahrscheinlich aus allgemeinen Erwägungn. Mit jedem folgenden
Tausch wird der e7-Bauer schwächer.} Rxe7 25. dxe7 Nf6 26. Nd4 ({After Nach} 
26. Rd1 Ne8 {the weakness of the first rank makes Rd8 impossible and forces a
prophylactic move such as macht die Grundreihenschwäche Rd8 unmöglch und
erzwingt einen prophylaktischen Zug wie} 27. h3 {when after , worauf nach} f6 {
[%cal Yg8f7] the pawn is in danger. der Bauer gefährdet ist.}) 26... a6 ({
More ambitious than Ehrgeiziger als} 26... Ne8 27. Nb5 Rc5 28. Nxa7 f6 $11 {
with plain equality. mit glattem Ausgleich.}) 27. h3 Ne8 28. Rb1 Rc7 $1 (28...
b5 $6 29. a4 $1) 29. Re1 f6 {and White has to resort to certain tricks in
order to save the pawn (although the final success is not guaranteed yet!).
und Weiß muss zu gewissen Tricks greifen, um den Bauern zu retten (obwohl der
endgültige Erfolg noch nicht garantiert ist!).} 30. Kf1 Rd7 $5 (30... Kf7 31.
Ne6 $5 Rxe7 32. Nd8+ Kf8 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Nxb7 {and the vulnerability of the
a6-pawn prevents Black from taking full advantage of his more active king. und
die Anfälligkeit des Bauern a6 hindert Schwarz daran, seinen aktiveren König
voll zur Geltung zu bringen.}) 31. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Ga6,Gb7][%cal Yb3c5]} b6 $5
32. Re6 Rb7 {and White is still struggling. und Weiß muss noch immer strampeln.
}) 24... f6 {With queens on board, the e7-pawn would most probably ensure
White's win, but in the endgame it is more of a source of worries. Mit Damen
auf dem Brett wäre der e7-Bauer höchstwahrscheinlich ein Siegespfand für Weiß,
im Endspiel aber ist er eher ein Sorgenkind. Con damas en el tablero, el peón
de e7 aseguraría lo más probable la victoria de las blancas, pero en el final
el peón es una debilidad mas que nada.} 25. Rad1 (25. Rac1 {, aiming to invade
through c7, might be safer. mit der Absicht, auf a7 einzudringen, ist
vielleicht sicherer.}) 25... Rc7 $1 {Possibly underestimated by Anand.
Möglicherweise von Anand unterschätzt.} 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. f4 Nc6 28. Nxc6 bxc6
29. Rd6 c5 30. Ree6 c4 31. Rc6 Rexe7 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxe7 Ra4 34. Rb7 {
White will lose a pawn, but the drawish tendency of this type of ending is
well-known. In the "theoretical" position, White's f-pawn stands on its
initial square. The way it is, it could easily become a weakness, but also
ensures White a stable advantage of space on the kingside. Weiß wird einen
Bauern verlieren, doch die Remistendenz dieses Endspieltyps ist wohl bekannt.
In der "Theoriestellung" befindet sich der weiße f-Bauer noch auf seinem
Ausgangsfeld. So wie es steht, könnte er leicht zur Schwäche werden, sichert
Weiß aber andererseits einen stabilen Raumvorteil am Königsflügel. Las blancas
perderán un peón, pero la tendencía de acabar en tablas de este tipo de
finales es bien conocida. En la posición "teórica" el peón blanco de f se
encuentra en su casilla incial . Una vez avanzado a f5, puede volverse débil,
pero también asegurar una estable ventaja de espacio de las blancas en el
flanco de rey.} h6 (34... h5 $5 {looks more active, but hardly changes the
evaluation. sieht aktiver aus, ändert aber kaum die Bewertung. parece más
activa.}) 35. f5 Rxa3 36. Kf2 h5 37. g3 a5 ({It might seem that Man könnte
meinen, dass} 37... h4 $5 {would have offered more chances to keep White under
pressure, by keeping the king's access to the f5-pawn open. However, White can
avoid troubles by relatively simple means: bessere Chancen geboten hätte, Weiß
weiter unter Druck zu setzen, da dem König Zugang zum Bauern f5 eröffnet wird.
Doch Weiß kann Probleme mit relativ einfachen Mittel vermeiden: ofrecía más
posibilidades de presionar a las blancas, por mantener abierto el acceso del
rey negro hacía el peón de f5.} 38. gxh4 $1 Kh7 39. Kg2 Kh6 40. h5 a5 {Black
plans to advance his pawn to a2 and then win the f5-pawn, thus creating a
passed pawn on the f-file, which would ensure a win. This plan would work
against passive white play. Schwarz plan, seinen Bauern nach a2 vorzurücken
und dann den f5-Bauern abzuholen, womit er einen Freibauern auf der f-Linie
bekäme, der den Sieg garantieren würde. Gegen passives weißes Spiel würde
dieser Plan funktionieren.} 41. Ra7 a4 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 a3 44. h3 Ra1 (
44... Kxh5 45. Rxg7 Rb2 46. Ra7 Rb3+ 47. Kf4 $1 $11 Kh4 $2 48. Rh7#) 45. Kh4 a2
46. Ra8 {Threatening mate in 1. Droht einzügig matt.} Kh7 47. Ra7 Rf1 (47...
Kg8 48. h6 gxh6 49. Kh5 $132) 48. Rxa2 Rf4+ $1 49. Kg3 Rxf5 {After the capture
on h5, the endgame would still be a draw, but would face White with slightly
bigger technical problems than the ending from the game. Nach dem Schlagen auf
h5 wäre das Endspiel noch immer remis, aber Weiß stünde doch vor leicht
größeren technischen Problemen als in der Partie.}) 38. Ra7 a4 39. h4 $1 {
White is out of any danger now. The kingside is practically frozen and the
huge advantage of space prevents the standard plan: push the pawn to a3, in
order to leave the a2-square available for the transfer of His Majesty. If
Black tries to do so, he would lose the g7-pawn, after which White's
counterplay (for instance g4) is much more dangerous than in the standard
position (pawns on f2, g3, h4 and symmetrical for Black). Jetzt ist Weiß aus
dem Schneider. Der Königsflügel ist praktisch eingefroren, und der riesige
Raumvorteil verhindert den Standardplan: Bauern nach a3 vorstoßen, um das Feld
a2 für den Transfer Ihrer Majestät freizulassen. Wenn Schwarz dies versucht,
würde er den Bauern g7 verlieren, wonach das weiße Gegenspiel (z.B. g4)
weitaus gefährlich ist als in den Standardpositionen (Bauern auf f2, g3, h4
und symmetrisch für Schwarz). Ahora, las blancas se encuentran fuera de
peligro. El flanco de rey ha sido bloqueado y su gran ventaja de espacio
impide el plano estandar de las negras: avanzar el peón hasta a3, para dejar
la casilla de a2 libre para Su Majestad. Si las negras intentarían llevar a su
rey al flanco de dama, perderían su peón de g7, cuando el contrajuego de las
blancas (por ejemplo, con g4) sería más peligroso que en las posiciones
habituales (con peones blancos en f2, g3 y h4 y simetrico para las negras).}
Ra2+ 40. Kf3 a3 41. Ke3 Ra1 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Kg2 a2 {This move somewhat
restricts the activity of White's pieces (Kf2? loses to ...Rh1 and things like
that), but there is no place to hide for the black king either. Dieser Zug
schränkt die Aktivität der weißen Figuren etwas ein (Kf2? verliert wegen ...
Rh1 und solche Sachen), allerdings gibt es auch kein Versteck mehr für den
schwarzen König. Esta jugada restringe la actividad de las figuras blancas 
(por ejemplo, Kf2 pierde por ...Rh1! y otras cosas por el estilo), pero ahora
no queda manera de esconder a su proprio rey en elflanco de dama.} 44. Kh2 Ke8
45. Kg2 Kd8 46. Kh2 Kc8 47. Kg2 Kb8 48. Ra3 Kb7 49. Ra4 Kb6 50. Ra8 Kc5 51. Ra7
Kd5 52. Ra4 Ke5 53. Ra5+ Ke4 54. Kh2 {Actually, this move is not forced.
decades ago, Kholmov has proven that even without the f5-pawn White can hold a
draw. The only winning chance for Black is to create a passed pawn on the
f-file, but this is impossible in case of accurate defence from White.
Tatsächlich ist dieser Zug nicht erwungen. Vor Jahrzehnten schon hat bewiesen,
dass Weiß selbst ohne den Bauern f5 remis halten kann. Die einzige
Gewinnchance für Schwarz besteht darin, einen Freibauern in der f-Linie zu
bilden, doch dies ist bei genauer Verteidigung von Weiß nicht möglich. En
realidad, esta jugada no es forzada. Decadas atrás, Jolmov demostró que las
blancas pueden defender aunque les falte el peón de f5. La única posibilidad
de ganar para las blancas sería crear un peón pasado en la columna de f, pero
esto es imposible de realizar ante una defensa corecta de las blancas.} Kf3 55.
Ra3+ Kf2 56. Ra4 Kf1 57. Kh1 ({But this is an important move. In case of a
neutral move such as Dies ist allerdings ein wichtiger Zug. Im Fall einer
neutralen Fortsetzung wie Pero esta es una jugada importante. En caso de una
continuación neutra como} 57. Ra5 $2 {, Black can simplify to a won pawn
ending with kann Schwarz in ein gewonnenes Bauernendspiel abwickeln mit las
negras simplificarían a un final de peones ganado con} Re1 58. Rxa2 Re2+ 59.
Rxe2 Kxe2 {, for instance , zum Beispiel , por ejemplo} 60. Kg2 Ke3 61. g4 Kf4
$1 62. gxh5 Kg4 {and it is all over. und alles ist vorbei. y todo se acabó.})
57... Ke1 58. Kg2 {But now, there was no need to get back on the second rank.
Jetzt aber war es nicht nötig, auf die zweite Reihe zurückzugehen. Pero ahora
no había necesidad de volver a la segunda fila.} Kd1 (58... Rd1 {is very much
the same as in the game. verläuft ganz ähnlich wie in der Partie. sería muy
parecida a la continuación de la partida.}) 59. Ra7 Rc1 60. Rxa2 Rc2+ 61. Rxc2
Kxc2 62. Kf3 {This is the difference. The white king is active enough now.
Curiously, he will have to use this activity to get... stalemated!! Das ist
der Unterschied. Jetzt steht der weiße König aktiv genug. Kurioserweise wird
er seine Aktivität dazu nutzen müssen, sich... pattsetzen zu lassen! Esta es
la diferencía. El rey blanco está activo ahora. Curiosamente, su actividad le
servirá por quedar... ¡ahogado!} Kd3 63. g4 hxg4+ 64. Kxg4 Ke4 {Did Anand
miscalculate anything? Hat Anand sich irgendwie verrechnet? ¿Se le había
escapado algo a Anand?} 65. Kh5 $1 {Not really! nicht wirklich! Realmente, no.}
Kxf5 {and, entirely in accordance with the Sofia rule, the players had to
split the point. und die Spieler mussten, in völliger Übereinstimmung mit der
Sofia-Regel, den Punkt teilen. y, completamente conforme con la ley de Sofia,
los jugadores se repartieron el punto.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 {There was a time when one could play the
Reynolds Attack just by inspiration. Now, (almost) everything is deeply
analyzed... Es gab mal eine Zeit, da konnte man den Reynolds-Angriff einfach
nach Inspiraton spielen. Heute ist (fast) alles tief ausanalysiert... Hubo un
tiempo cuando era posible jugar el Ataque Reynolds por pura inspiración. Ahora
(casi) todo está tan bien analizado...} c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4
Nc5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf5 {The more active continuation. Die aktivere Fortsetzung.
} (16. Nf3 {looks slightly more refined, by aiming to take advantage of the
weakness of the e6-square, but Kasparov proved that Black can ignore the
threat Ng5 with sieht etwas raffinierter aus mit der Idee, aus der Schwäche
des Feldes e6 Vorteil zu ziehen. Doch Kasparov wie nach, dass Schwarz die
Drohung Ng5 ignorieren kann, und zwar mit} Be7 $5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)
-Kasparov,G (2804)/Linares 2005/CBM 106/[Lutz] (0-1, 36).}) 16... g6 $5 $146 {
Immediately questioning the stability of the enemy knight. Stellt sofort die
Stabilität des feindlichen Springers in Frage.} ({Inserting the moves Der
Einschub der ZÜg} 16... Rd8 17. Qe2 {before playing vor} g6 $6 {is not an
improvement for Black. ist keine Verbesserung für Schwarz:} 18. Bg5 $1 Qb6 (
18... gxf5 19. Bxf6 {[%csl Rd8,Rh8]}) 19. Ne3 Be7 20. Ned5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qc7 (
21... Bxg5 22. Qxe5+ {[%csl Rg5,Rh8]}) 22. Bxe7 (22. Bh6 $16) 22... Qxe7 {
Ehlvest,J (2593)-Milman,L (2473)/ICC INT 2006/CBM 114 ext (1-0, 67)} 23. Rad1
O-O 24. a3 $14) ({Black can capture the central pawn with Schwarz kann den
Zentrumsbauern mit} 16... Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 {, but White generally obtains a
strong initiative for the small material investment. Here is a recent example.
einsacken, doch Weiß erlangt generell eine starke Initiative für die geringe
Materialinvestition. Hier ein aktuelles Beispiel.} 18. Qg4 $5 (18. a4 Qc6 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qg4 g6 22. Nh6 Nf6 23. Qg3 Bxh6 24. Bxh6 Kf7 25.
f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Re8 27. Bg5 Re6 $132 {Lautier,J (2630)-Kramnik,V (2775)/Monte
Carlo 1996/CBM 052 ext (1/2-1/2, 35)}) (18. Re1 g6 19. Nh6 Nf6 20. Bf4 Bd6 21.
Bxe5 O-O-O $1 $15 {Klimov,S (2509)-Yevseev,D (2550)/St Petersburg 2005/CBM 106
(0-1, 32)}) 18... Nf6 (18... Qc6 $2 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Nxg7+ $1 $18 {
unexpectedely leads to mate in two, with the cooperation of White's queen and
bishop. führt unerwartet zweizügig zum Matt, unter Zusammenarbeit von Dame und
Läufer von Weiß.}) (18... Nd6 19. Rad1 $36) 19. Qh3 g6 (19... Rd8 $5) (19...
Kf7 $5) 20. Bg5 gxf5 21. Bxf6 Rg8 22. Rfe1 Qc6 $2 (22... Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Rxf2+ $1
24. Kxf2 Qb6+) 23. Rxe5+ Kf7 {Optically, it seems that White's pieces are
hanging, while the g2-square is under pressure. Optisch sieht es so aus, als
ob die weißen Figuren hängen, während das Feld g2 unter Beschuss steht.} 24.
Be4 $3 {The strongest move, leading to a forced win for White. Der stärkste
Zug, der zu einem forcierten Gewinn für Weiß führt.} Qxf6 (24... fxe4 25. Qxh7+
Rg7 (25... Bg7 26. Qh5+ Kxf6 27. Qf5#) (25... Kxf6 26. Rf5+ Ke6 27. Qf7+ Kd6
28. Rd1+ $18) 26. Bxg7 Bxg7 27. Rf5+ $18) 25. Rxf5 Bxe4 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qh4+
Kf5 28. Qxh7+ Rg6 29. Re1 Rd8 (29... Bxg2 30. Qh5+ Kf6 31. Re6+ $1 $18 {
[%csl Yg2,Yg6]}) 30. Qh5+ Rg5 31. Qf7+ {1-0 Akopian,V (2700)-Ippolito,D (2397)/
Gibraltar 2007/CBM 116 ext}) 17. Nh6 {Rather straightforward. Ziemlich direkt.}
({The main alternative is} 17. Bg5 {when Black's best continuation is} Nfxe4 (
17... gxf5 $2 18. Bxf6 $16 {[%cal Yc3d5,Yd1h5]}) (17... Qc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19.
Ne3 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Rd5][%cal Ya2a4]}) 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bf6 gxf5
$5 (20... Rg8 $6 21. Ng3 Bb7 22. Re1 $36) 21. Bxh8 (21. Qh5+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7
23. Bxh8 Bd6 $1 24. Rfd1 Bd3 $19 {[%csl Gh8]}) 21... Bd6 $15 {Black has a nice
domination in the centre, while his king is safe now. Schwarz hat eine schöne
Dominanz im Zentrum, während sein König jetzt sicher steht.}) 17... Bg7 {
Strategically, Black is more than OK. He has a mobile queenside majority and
the d4-square at his disposal for the knights. Besides, all his pieces are
actively placed; with one exception, the king: His Majesty cannot be
transferred to the kingside, while long castling involves certain dangers.
Strategisch ist die Stellung von Schwarz mehr als okay. Er hat eine mobile
Damenflügelmajorität und das d4 Feld für seine Springer zur Verfügung.
Außerdem stehen alle seine Figuren aktiv, mit einer Ausnahme, dem König: Ihre
Majestät kann nicht zum Königsflügel überführt werden, während die lange
Rochade gewisse Risiken birgt. Estrategicamente, las negras están muy bien.
Tienen una mayoría móvil de peones en el flanco de dama y disponen de la
casilla de d4 para sus caballos. Además, todas sus figuras están muy activas.
Con una sola excepción, el rey, que no puede ser llevado al flanco de rey,
mientras que el enroque largo supone ciertos peligros... Hay ciertas
situaciones semejantes (incluso el caballo en h6) en las Sicilianas.} 18. Qf3
Ne6 19. Qh3 (19. Rad1 Nd4 $1 20. Bxd4 $2 exd4 21. Rxd4 $2 Qe5 $1 $19 {[%csl
Rd4,Gf6,Rh6]}) 19... Bc8 $5 20. Qh4 $6 ({Anand's next move was not easy to
anticipate, but objectively speaking the slightly riskier Anands nächster Zug
war nicht leicht vorauszusehen, aber objektiv gesehen kommt das leicht
riskantere} 20. Qg3 {comes into consideration. The queen does not feel
uncomfortable after in Betracht. Die Dame fühlt sich nach} Nh5 21. Qh4 Bf6 22.
Qg4 {, for instance nicht unwohl, zum Beispiel} Nd4 23. Nd5 {and one can feel
that Black's pieces have neglected the control of the crucial d5-square. und
man spürt, dass die schwarzen Figuren die Kontrolle des kritischen Feldes d5
vernachlässigt haben.}) 20... Qe7 21. Rfe1 (21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Nd4 23. Qd1
Be6 $15 24. Nd5 $6 Qd6 $1 $17 {and White loses stability in the centre. und
Weiß verliert die Stabilität im Zentrum.}) 21... Nd5 $1 {The culmination of
Black's defensive plan. After the exchange of queens, the king will feel much
safer and Black would maintain the favourable aspects of his position. Der
Höhepunkt des Verteidigungsplan von Schwarz. Nach dem Damentausch wird sich
der König viel sicherer fühlen, während die günstigen Aspekte seiner Position
erhalten bleiben. La culminación del plano defensivo delas negras. Después del
cambio de damas, el rey se sentirá mucho más seguro, mientras que los aspectos
favorables de la posición persistirán.} 22. Qxe7+ Nxe7 23. Nd5 ({Since the
remote times when I played 1.e4, I remember that it is always useful to play
Seit den fernen Zeiten, als ich noch 1.e4 spielte, habe ich mir gemerkt, dass
es immer nützlich ist, Desde los tiempos que yo jugaba 1.e4, me acuerdo que en
las Sicilianas siempre es útil jugar} 23. a4 {before jumping with the knight
to d5. However, there is a small tactical detail here: after einzuschalten,
bevor man mit dem Springer nach d5 hüpft. Hier gibt es aber ein kleines
taktisches Detail: Nach antes de saltar con el caballo a d5. Sin embargo, en
esta posición hay un pequeño detalle: después de} Nf4 {the h6-knight feels
uncomfortable. fühlt sich der h6-Springer nicht wohl. el caballo de h6 se
siente muy incómodo.}) (23. Ng4 h5) 23... Bb7 24. Ng4 {Hoping to get some
counterplay against the e5-pawn in case of the immediate double capture on d5.
Hofft, im Fall des sofortigen Doppelschlagens auf d5 etwas Gegenspiel gegen
den e5 Bauern zu bekommen. Esperando obtener contrajuego contra el peón de e5
en caso de la captura doble inmediata en d5.} Nd4 25. Bd1 (25. Bxd4 exd4 26.
Nc7+ Kf7 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Yd4d3]} 28. e5 d3 29. Bd1 {looks quite
unattractive for White. Black's pawns will be hard to stop in the near future.
sieht ziemlich unattraktiv für Weiß. Die schwarzen Bauern werden in naher
Zukunft schwer zu stoppen.}) 25... Nxd5 26. exd5 O-O-O 27. Bg5 Rxd5 $17 {
White has lost an important pawn without any compensation. However, Black's
kingside structure is far from optimal, which offers White chances to stay
alive for a while. Weiß hat ohne jegliche Kompensation einen wichtigen Bauern
eingebüßt. Doch die gegnerische Struktur am Königsflügel ist bei weitem nicht
optimal, was ihm Chancen bietet, eine Weile am Leben zu bleiben. Las blancas
han perdido un importante peón sin compensación alguna. Sin embargo, la
estructure negra del flanco de rey es algo imperfecta, lo que les permite a
las blancas sobrevivir por algún rato.} 28. b3 c3 29. Ne3 Rc5 30. Rc1 Rc7 31.
b4 Kb8 32. h3 h6 33. Bh4 Nf5 (33... c2 $5 34. Be2 (34. Nxc2 Rhc8 $19) 34... Rc3
$19) 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. Bc2 Rc4 36. Be7 e4 37. Bb3 Rd4 38. Bc5 (38. Rxc3 $2 Rd7
$1 $19 {[%csl Rc3,Re7]}) 38... Rd3 39. Be6 Bc8 40. Bb3 Re8 41. Bf7 Re5 42. Be3
Re7 43. Bg6 Be6 44. h4 Bxa2 45. Bxf5 Bd5 46. Bc5 Re8 47. f3 Kb7 48. fxe4 Bc6 {
White has managed to win his pawn back, but his king is very exposed. Weiß ist
es gelungen, seinen Bauern zurückzugewinnen, doch sein König ist sehr
exponiert. Las blancas han conseguído recuperar el peón, pero su rey se
encuentra muy expuesto.} 49. Kf2 Rd2+ 50. Ke3 Be5 ({Not the only good move.
Black could have created a second passed pawn with Nicht der einzige gute Zug.
Schwarz hätte einen zweiten Freibauern bilden können mit No es la única jugada
buena. Las negras podían haber creado un segundo peón pasado con} 50... a5 $5 {
since , denn ya que} 51. bxa5 $2 {is impossible because of ist unmöglich wegen
es imposible por} Rd5 $1 {winning one of the bishops. mit Gewinn eines der
beiden Läufer. ganando uno de los alfiles.}) 51. Kf3 Red8 52. Re3 Rg8 53. g4
Rh2 54. h5 Rd8 55. g5 Rxh5 56. Be7 Re8 $6 ({Slowing down the rhythm. Black
would have obtained a practically decisive attack with Verlangsamt den
Rhythmus. Mit Bajando un pcoo el ritmo. las negras podían haber obtenido
ataque practicamente decisivo con} 56... Rd2 {for instance hätte Schwarz einen
praktisch entscheidenden Angriff erlangen können, z.B. por ejemplo} 57. Rcxc3
Rhh2 {Threatening mate in two and practically forcing the next move. Droht
Matt in zwei und erzwingt praktisch den nächsten Zug. Amenazando mate en dos y
practicamente forzando la jugada siguíente.} 58. gxh6 Be8 $1 {when the king
cannot survive the combined attack of all Black's pieces. Anand's failure to
win this game might have been caused by the fact that he expected to achieve
his goal by purely technical means, not by a sharp attack. If this is true,
Morozevich's merit consists of having faced his mighty opponent with such a
dificult psychological task. , wonach der König dem kombinierten Angriff
sämtlicher schwarzen Figuren nicht überleben kann. Anands Versäumnis, diese
Partie zu gewinnen, wurde vielleicht verursacht durch die Tatsache, dass er
erwartete, sein Ziel allein mit technischen Mitteln zu erreichen, nicht mit
einem scharfen Angriff. Wenn dies zutrifft, besteht die Leistung Morozevichs
darin, seinem mächtigen Gegner eine derart schwierige psychologische Aufgabe
vorgesetzt zu haben. y el rey no puede sobrevivir al ataque combinado de todas
las figuras negras. El fracaso de Anand puede haber sido causado por el hecho
de que el esperaba ganar por métodos puramente técnicos y no por un ataque
agudo. Si esto es verdad, es el mérito de Morozevich de haberle provocado a su
fortisimo rival un problema sicológico tan complejo.}) 57. Kg4 Rh2 58. Bf6 Rg2+
({Anand's decision to force a draw looks premature. He could have maintained
his advantage with Anands Entscheidung, Remis durch Zugwiederholung zu
forcieren, wirkt verfrüht. Er hätte seinen Vorteil behaupten können mit La
decisión de Anand de frozar las tablas parece premátura. Las negras
conservarían la ventaja después de} 58... Rg8 59. Kf3 ({If Nach After} 59. Bxe5
Rxg5+ {Black would win the f5-bishop because of the pin of the central pawn.
würde Schwarz aufgrund der Fesselung des Zentralbauern den f5-Läufer gewinnen.
las negras recuperarían el alfil de f5 por la clavada del peón entral.} 60. Kf4
(60. Kf3 Rxf5+ $17) 60... Rf2+ 61. Rf3 Rxf3+ 62. Kxf3 Rxf5+ $17) 59... Rxg5 $1
60. Bxg5 hxg5 $17 {with total domination. mit totaler Dominanz. con dominación
total.}) 59. Kh3 Rh2+ 60. Kg4 Rg2+ 61. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 {Earlier in this tournament, Svidler
managed to put the Marshall Attack under strong pressure in his game against
Leko. Now, he finds himself on the other side. Zuvor in diesem Turnier war es
Svidler in seiner Partie gegen Leko gelungen, den Marshall-Angriff unter
starken Druck zu setzen. Nun findet er sich auf der anderen Seite wieder. En
una ronda anterior de este mismo torneo, Svidler conseguió poner el Ataque
Marshall bajo fuerte presión en su partida contra Leko. Ahira, le toca
defender el punto de vista del otro bando...} 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 $5 {This was
one of Fischer's favourite move orders. White prevents the standard move ...
Qh4. Dies war eine der Lieblingszugfolgen Fischers. Weiß verhindert den
Standardzug ...Qh4. Este era un orden de jugadas preferido por Fischer. La
idea de la jugada es de prevenir la incursión de la dama enemiga a h4.} Bf5 ({
This move has been played before, but it remains an open question what Anand
could have prepared against Dieser Zug wurde auch schon zuvor gespielt, doch
es bleibt eine offene Frage, was Anand wohl gegen Esto sa había jugada antes,
pero queda abierta la pregunta que podía haber preparado Anand contra} 13...
Qd7 {followed by ...Qh3, with probable transposition to the main lines. nebst .
..Qh3 vorbereitet haben könnte, mit möglichem Übergang zu den Hauptabspielen.
seguído por ...Qh3, con transposición probable a las variantes principales.})
14. d4 Qd7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Qc2 (17. Qb1 Bf5 18. Bc2 $6 {gives
Black a powerful attack after} Bxc2 19. Qxc2 f5 {Naiditsch,A (2654)-Gustafsson,
J (2588)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118/[Jan Gustafsson] (0-1, 25)}) 17... Bf5 18. Qc1
Re7 ({Svidler deviates from Svidler weicht ab von Svidler se desvía de} 18...
h5 {, which had been played by Anand himself! In Leko - Anand, Cap d'Agde 2003
Black won, but this was just a rapid game and Anand might have drawn his own
conclusions despite the favourable result. , was Anand selbst gespielt hatte!
In Leko - Anand, Cap d'Agde 2003, gewann Schwarz, doch war dies nur eine
Schnellpartie, und Anand hatte womöglich trotz des günstigen Ergebnisses seine
eigenen Schlussfolgerungen gezogen. , que fue jugada por el mismo Anand. En
Leko - Anand, Cap d'Agde 2003 las negras ganaron, pero esta fue solo una
partida a ritmo rápido y puede que Anand haya sacado sus proprías conclusiones
a pesar del desenlace final favorable.} 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Nh4 Re6 21. Bd1 {
The exchange on g4 will improve Black's structure, justifying the move ...h5
and offering him attacking chances. Der Tausch auf g4 wird die Struktur von
Schwarz verbessern, den Zug ...h5 rechtfertigen und ihm Angriffschancen bieten.
} (21. Qd2 Rfe8 22. Qd3 $14 {[%cal Yb3c2,Ga2a4] , with similar play as in our
main game, deserves attention. mit ähnlichem Spiel wie in unserer Hauptpartie
verdient Aufmerksamkeit.}) 21... f5 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Bg5 f4 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25.
Rxe6 Qxe6 $44 {Leko,P (2722)-Anand,V (2766)/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 098/[Atlas,V] 
(0-1, 45)}) (18... Bd3 19. Nf3 Qf5 20. Qd1 (20. Nh4 $5) (20. Qd2 $5) 20... h6
21. Nh4 Qh7 22. Bd2 (22. Qd2 $5) 22... g5 23. Ng2 Qg6 24. a4 $14 {Iordachescu,
V (2606)-Aronian,L (2649)/Mainz 2003/CBM 095 ext (1/2-1/2, 54)}) (18... h6 19.
Nf1 $6 {The knight stands passively here. Hier steht der Springer passiv.} (19.
Nf3 $1 {as in our main game, should be preferred. wie in unserer Hauptpartie
ist vorzuziehen.}) 19... Bh3 20. Qd2 Qf5 21. Qd1 Qe4 22. f3 Qg6 23. Bxd5 cxd5
24. Qd2 Re6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rfe8 $36 {Iordachescu,V (2633)-Vajda,L (2539)/
Budva 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2-1/2, 42)}) (18... Re6 {This move eventually led to
a fascinating position, but only with White's kind cooperation. Dieser Zug
führte letztlich zu einer faszinierenden Stellung, doch nur unter freundlicher
Mithilfe von Weiß.} 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Ng5 $6 ({Once again, Erneut ist} 20. Nh4 $1
{should be preferred. vorzuziehen.}) 20... Rg6 21. f3 $2 Bxf3 $3 {It is
curious that such an attacking player as Shabalov missed this combination. Es
ist kurios, dass ein derartiger Angriffskünstler wie Shabalov diese
Kombination ausließ.} 22. Nxf3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rxg3+ 24. Kf2 Qh3 $40 {Shabalov,A
(2608)-Aronian,L (2675)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (0-1, 47)}) 19. Nf3 ({The first
new move of the game. Previously, Der erste neue Zug der Partie. Bislang wurde
La primera jugada nueva de la partida. Anteriormente se había jugado} 19. Nf1 {
was played. gespielt. (Almasi-Gyimesi, Kazincbarcika (Hungary) 2005). En vez
de colocar el caballo pasivamente en la primera línea, Anand utiliza su
caballo para poner cierta presión sobre el flanco de rey enemigo, lo que en la
partida causará algunas debilidades en el teritorío de las negras.} Rfe8 20.
Qd2 Bh3 21. Bc2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Bb3 R3e7 25. Rae1 {
1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z (2628)-Gyimesi,Z (2595)/Kazincbarcika 2005/CBM 107. Rather
than placing it passively on the back rank, Anand uses his knight for putting
the enemy kingside under some pressure, which will eventually cause some
weaknesses in Black's camp. Statt seinen Springer passiv auf der Grundreihe zu
platzieren, setzt Anand ihn aktiv ein, um den feindlichen Königsflügel etwas
unter Druck zu setzen, was letztlich einige Schwächen im schwarzen Lager
verursachen wird.}) 19... Bg4 20. Nh4 Rfe8 21. Qd2 h6 22. Qd3 {Black exerts
his usual pressure against the e3-bishop, but White is fully developed and
retains his extra-pawn. Anand's opening experiment has been crowned with
success. Schwarz übt seinen üblichen Druck gegen den e3-Läufer aus, doch Weiß
ist voll entwickelt und behauptet seinen Mehrbauern. Anands
Eröffnungsexperiment ist von Erfolg gekrönt worden. Las negras ejercen su
típica presión sobre el alfil de e3, pero las blancas están plenamente
desarrolladas y mantienen el peón de ventaja. El experimento de apertura de
Anand fue coronado por éxito.} g6 23. Bd1 Bh3 $6 {Possibly underestimating the
next move. Unterschätzt womöglich den nächsten Zug.} ({Black should have
maintained some tension with Schwarz hätte eine gewisse Spannung
aufrechterhalten sollen mit} 23... h5 $5) 24. Bf3 $1 $14 {Finally, the
weakness on g2 is safely defended and White can think about active operations
on the opposite wing, where he has an extra-pawn. Endlich ist die Schwäche g2
sicher verteidigt, und Schwarz kann an aktive Operationen am anderen Flügel
denken, wo er einen Mehrbauern besitzt.} g5 {If not followed by a concrete
attacking action, this move will just leave the kingside desperately weak.
Falls nicht von einer konkreten Angriffsaktion gefolgt, wird dieser Zug nur
den Königsflügel hoffnungslos schwächen. Sí no será seguído por un plano
coherente de ataque, esta jugada dejará al flanco de rey desesperadamente
débil.} 25. Ng2 Bf5 26. Qd1 Nf6 {A clear sign that Black ran out of
constructive plans. Ein klares Zeichen, dass Schwarz die konstruktiven Pläne
ausgegangen sind.} 27. a4 {Since the e-file is under severe Black control,
Anand creates a queenside diversion. It is interesting that this will be just
a prelude to a... kingside attack, one of Mikhail Tal's favourite methods. Da
die e-Linie fest in schwarzer Hand ist, startet Anand eine Ablenkung am
Damenflügel. Interessanterweise wird dies nur den Auftakt zu einem ... Angriff
am Königsflügel darstellen, eine der Lieblingsmethoden Mikhail Tals. Dado que
la columna d e se encuentra bajo fuerte control de las negras, Anand inicia
una diversión en el flanco de dama. Es interesante que esta acción será solo
un preludio de un ataque sencillo en el flanco de...rey, un método favorito
del gran hechicero Mijail Tal.} Ne4 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra6 Qb7 30. Qa1 Bc8 31.
Ra8 $16 Bb8 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Yb8a7]} 32. Bc1 $1 Nf6 (32... Ba7 $2 33. Rxc8 $1
$18 {[%csl Ga7,Ge4]}) 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Qa3 Rd7 {[%cal Yb8a7]} 35. Ra5 Ba7 {
Black has managed to hold his own on the queenside, but his coordination is
rather poor. Schwarz hat es geschafft, sich am Damenflügel zu halten, doch
seine Koordination ist ziemlich schwach. Las negras resistieron bién en el
flanco de dama, pero su coordinación es muy pobre.} 36. Ne3 $1 {Black has no
adequate way to parry the simple threat Nf5. Schwarz hat keine ausreichende
Parade gegen die einfache Drohung Nf5. Las negras no tienen remedio adecuado
contra la amenaza sencilla Nf5.} Qc7 (36... Re7 37. Bxc6 $18) ({or oder o} 
36... Rc7 37. Qd6 $18 {are equally hopeless. sind gleichermaßen hoffnungslos.
serían igualmente malas.}) 37. Nf5 c5 38. Nxh6+ Kh7 39. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {It is
refreshing to remember that in the Ruy Lopez there are other playable lines
than the Marshall Attack. Es ist erfrischend, sich daran zu erinnern, dass es
im Spanier auch noch andere spielbare Varianten als den Marshall-Angriff gibt.
Es agradable ver que en la apertura Ruy Lopez quedan variantes jugables, otras
que el hiperanalizado Ataque Marshall.} 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3
O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Be3 ({Previously, Leko had tried Zuvor
hatte Leko Leko había jugado anteriormente} 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 {
Leko,P (2741)-Karjakin,S (2591)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 102 (1/2-1/2, 30) , but
against Anand he might have considered that the weakening of the kingside was
not really recommendable. versucht, Leko,P (2741)-Karjakin,S (2591)/Dortmund
2004/CBM 102 (1/2-1/2, 30), aber gegen Anand mag er überlegt haben, dass die
Schwächung des Königsflügels nicht wirklich zu empfehlen war. , pero parece
que contra Anand considero la debilitación delflanco de rey demasiado
arriesgado.} ({A more recent example in this line is Ein aktuelles Beispiel in
dieser Variante ist} 15. Be3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2678)-Shirov,A (2699)/Foros
2007/CBM 119/[Marin,M] (0-1, 46). The comments to this game also contain a
survey of the position with doubled pawns on the f-file as well as some notes
to Leko's game. Dominguez Perez,L (2678)-Shirov,A (2699)/Foros 2007/CBM 119/
[Marin,M] (0-1, 46). Die Kommentare zu dieser Partie enthalten auch eine
Übersicht zu dieser Stellung, dazu ein paar Anmerkungen zu der Leko-Partie.}))
13... exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 $1 {Despite the apparent danger involved, this is the
correct move. Trotz der offensichtlich damit verbundenen Gefahr ist dies der
korrekte Zug.} (14... Qe8 {is slightly inferior, see Anand,V (2765)-Shirov,A 
(2700)/Groningen 1997/CBM 063/[Anand] (1-0, 42) ist einen Tick schwächer,
siehe Anand,V (2765)-Shirov,A (2700)/Groningen 1997/CBM 063/[Anand] (1-0, 42)})
15. Qc2 (15. Bd5 Qe8 16. Qc2 Bxf3 {was examined in Berelovich,A (2541)
-Grischuk,A (2712)/Germany 2003/CBM 095/[Wedberg] (1/2-1/2, 47). The most
important thing to remember is that after wurde untersucht in Berelovich,A 
(2541)-Grischuk,A (2712)/Germany 2003/CBM 095/[Wedberg] (1/2-1/2, 47). Das
Wichtigste, was man sich merken muss, ist, dass nach} 17. Bxc6 Qe6 18. gxf3 {
Black has Schwarz} Qg6+ $1 19. Bg5 (19. Kh1 $2 Ng3+ $1 $19) 19... Qxg5+ 20. Kh1
Nf6 $11 {hat.}) 15... Qe8 {Miraculously, Black managed to defend his pieces.
White retains some initiative, but Black's better structure allows him count
on equality. Auf wundersame Weise ist es Schwarz gelungen, seine Figuren zu
verteidigen. Weiß behauptet etwas Initiative, doch dank seiner besseren
Struktur kann Schwarz auf Ausgleich zählen. Como por milagro, las figuras
negras quedan defendidas. Las blancas mantienen ligera iniciativa, pero la
estructura más sólida de las negras les permite contar con igualdad.} 16. Ba4 {
[%csl Gc6][%cal Yb5c7]} ({The immediate Das unmittelbare} 16. Rfe1 $5 {,
completing the development, deserves attention. The force of all White's
threats (Ba4, Bd5, Nxc7 /\ Bd5) is increased, while the usefulness of the rook
move is beyond any doubt. Here is a possibly critical line: , womit die
Entwicklung abgeschlossen wird, kommt in Betracht. Die Kraft sämtlicher weißer
Drohungen (Ba4, Bd5, Nxc7 /\ Bd5) wird verstärkt, während die Nützlichkeit des
Turmzuges völlig außer Zweifel steht. Hier ist ein möglicherweise kritisches
Abspiel:} Ba5 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nf6 20. Ba4 Qd7 21. Bg5 d5
22. Qd2 $1 (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd2 Qd6 $1) 22... Nh5 $5 (22... Qd6 23. Bf4 Qd7
24. Be5 $14) 23. Qd3 Rb6 (23... Qd6 24. Qf5 $36) 24. Bc2 g6 25. Bh6 {Despite
his structural defects, White exerts strong pressure with his bishops. The
position remains strategically unbalanced, but for the time being White has
some initiative. Trotz seiner strukturellen Defekte übt Weiß mit seinen Läufer
starken Druck aus. Die Stellung bleibt strategisch unausgewogen, im Moment
aber hat der Anziehende etwas Initiative:}) 16... Bd7 {Now, White does not
have to care about the exchange on f3 anymore, but Black has achieved
satisfactory stability, too. Nun muss sich Weiß nicht mehr um den Tausch auf
f3 sorgen, doch auch Schwarz hat zufriedenstellende Stabilität erlangt.} (16...
Bxf3 $2 17. gxf3 Nf6 {leaves the c6-knight pinned. White can win a pawn in
several ways, but maybe he should just preserve the pin with lässt den
c6-Springer gefesselt. Weiß kann auf mehrere Arten einen Bauern gewinnen, aber
vielleicht sollte er einfach die Fesselung aufrechterhalten mit} 18. Nc3 $5 {
for instance , zum Beispiel} Nb4 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qa2 $1 $16 {[%cal Yf1c1]} Nb4
$2 21. Qc4 $1 $18) 17. Rfe1 (17. Nc3 f5 $6 {This looks like an unnecessary
weakening move. Dies sieht aus wie eine unnötige Schwächung.} (17... Nxc3 18.
bxc3 $14 {[%csl Yb6,Gd4] would leave the b6-bishop out of play for a long time,
exposing the kingside to possible attacks. However, it would not have been
easy for White to make progress. würde den Läufer b6 lange Zeit vom Spiel
ausschließen, während der Königsflügel möglichen Angriffe ausgesetzt wäre.
Allerdings hätte Weiß nicht ohne Weiteres Fortschritte machen können.}) (17...
Nf6 18. Rfe1 Qd8 {would be simplest, maintaining the character of the position
unchanged. wäre am einfachsten, womit der Charakter der Stellung unverändert
bleibt.}) 18. Nd5 (18. Rfe1 $1) 18... Na5 $6 (18... Ne7 $5) 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20.
b4 Nb7 {[%csl Yb7]} (20... Nc6 $2 21. Qxc6 $1 $18) 21. Rfc1 $16 {Becerra
Rivero,J (2546)-Friedel,J (2480)/ICC INT 2006 (1-0, 37)}) 17... Nb4 18. Qc4 Ba5
$11 {Again, Black's pieces are defended, while the b5-knight is hanging.
Wieder sind die Figuren von Schwarz verteidigt, während der b5-Springer hängt.}
19. Nc3 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 d5 21. Qf1 Nc6 {Black has a stable position and has
solved the problem of his potentially passive bishop (...Bxc3 can be played
soon). Schwarz besitzt eine stabile Stellung und hat das Problem seines
potentiell passiven Läufers gelöst (...Bxc3 kann bald erfolgen).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{Two rounds earlier, Anand broke Svidler's defence in the Marshall Attack by
seemingly simple means. Now, he wisely avoids his opponent's specific
preparation, at the same time proving that there is some life left in the Anti
Marshall systems, too. Zwei Runden zuvor überwand Anand Svidlers Verteidigung
im Marshall-Angriff mit scheinbar einfachen Mitteln. Jetzt geht er klug der
spezifischen Vorbereitung des Gegners aus dem Weg, wobei er gleichzeitig
beweist, dass auch in den Anti-Marshall-Systemen noch einiges Leben steckt.
Dos rondas antes, Anand derrumbó la defensa de Svidler en el... Ataque
Marshall con aparente facilidad. Ahora, él decide evitar la preparación
especifica del contrincante, demostrando al mismo tiempo que queda vida
todavía en los sistemas Anti Marshall.} b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 ({In the next
game when he faced this variation, Grischuk deviated with Als er sich in der
nächsten Partie dieser Variante gegenübersah, wich Grischuk ab mit} 10... Be6 {
(Leko-Grischuk, 8th round) (Leko-Grischuk, 8. Runde)}) 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 {
White immediately prepares the occupation of the centre with pawns. Weiß
bereitet sofort die Besetzung des Zentrums mit Bauern vor.} ({The main
alternative is Die Hauptalternative ist} 12. Nc4 {, aiming to establish a
blockade on the light squares. This is an entirely different approach, which
did not score too well in practice. I will mention just one game played at top
level, in which the drawbacks of this move will become obvious. , mit der eine
Blockade auf den weißen Felder angestrebt wird. Dies ist eine gänzlich andere
Herangehensweise, welche in der Praxis nicht allzu gut gepunktet hat. Ich
werde nur eine Partie auf Topniveau erwähnen, in welcher die Nachteile dieses
Zuges zutage treten werden.} Nc6 {The knight stands in the bishop's way now.
Nun steht der Springer dem Läufer im Weg.} 13. c3 {Maybe White should refrain
from this move, but how else to fight for an advantage? Vielleicht sollte Weiß
diesen Zug unterlassen, aber wie soll er sonst um Vorteil kämpfen?} Rb8 14. h3
h6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bf4 (18. Qxd4 {is not too
favourable because of ist nicht sonderlich günstig wegen} b3 19. Bb1 d5 {
, opening the position in a moment when White's pieces stand in each other's
way on the queenside. , was die Stellung in einem Augenblick öffnet, wo sich
die weißen Figuren am Damenflügel gegenseitig im Weg stehen.}) 18... Be6 {
But now, the knight is vulnerable on c4. Jetzt aber steht der Springer auf c4
unsicher.} 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Bb1 (20. Qxd4 {leaves the knight unstable after
macht den Springer instabil nach} b3 21. Bb1 Rb4) 20... Bg5 $1 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 {
[%csl Gh3] Suddenly, it is not easy for White to win the pawn back. Plötzlich
fällt es Weiß nicht leicht, den Bauern zurückzugewinnen.} 22. Bd3 Ne5 $17 {
Morozevich,A (2721)-Leko,P (2740)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext (0-1, 98)})
12... Nc6 {This move is rarely played. Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt.} ({
The main continuation is Die Hauptfortsetzung lautet} 12... Rb8 {. Once again,
13.Nc4 is an important variation, but I will only investigate . Erneut ist 13.
Nc4 eine wichtige Variante, aber ich möchte lediglich} 13. d4 {, which is in
accordance with Anand's plan in the main game. analysieren, analog zu Anands
Plan in der Hauptpartie.} Qc7 (13... bxc3 {makes less sense, because it
removes the permanent threat of shutting off the enemy bishop. ergibt weniger
Sinn, da es die permanente Drohung aufhebt, den feindlichen Läufer auszuperren.
} 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bf6 18. Ba3 $16 {Palac,M 
(2566)-Candela Perez,J (2435)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext (1-0, 41)}) 14. Nf1
b3 $5 {The most ambitious continuation. Die ehrgeizigste Fortsetzung.} (14...
exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Bg5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rc1 b3 20. Bb1 Ng6
21. Ne3 $16 {Megaranto,S (2439)-Almasi,Z (2650)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (1-0, 55)
. and White has developed his pieces in a very harmonious way, while Black's
far advanced pawns are more of a source of worries. und Weiß hat seine Figuren
sehr harmonisch entwickelt, während die weit vorgerückten Bauern von Schwarz
eher ein Sorgenquell sind.}) 15. Bb1 c4 {An interesting situation. If Black
will manage to consolidate in the centre, White will play the rest of the game
without his light-squared bishop and queen's rook. However, Black's
coordination is far from perfect yet, and the c4-and e5-pawns need permanent
care in order to allow him to carry out the plan. Eine interessante Situation.
Wenn es Schwarz gelingt, sich im Zentrum zu konsolidieren, wird der Anziehende
den Rest der Partie ohne seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer und Damenturm spielen.
Doch die Koordination von Schwarz ist bei weitem noch nicht perfekt, und die
Bauern c4 und e5 bedürfen der permanenten Obhut, damit er seinen Plan
ausführen kann.} 16. Ne3 Bb7 ({Black can consolidate his e5-pawn with Schwarz
kann seinen Bauern e5 konsolidieren mit} 16... Nd7 $6 {, but after , doch nach}
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qd5 {the c4-pawn is doomed. geht
der Bauer c4 verloren.}) 17. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 $6 (18... Rbd8 $5) 19.
dxe5 Bxf3 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Bd6 23. Be4 $44 {[%csl Ya5]
Neelotpal,D (2462)-Addison,B (2251)/Edinburgh 2003/CBM 095 ext (1-0, 39). It
is Black who has problems with piece placement now. Nun ist Schwarz derjenige,
der Probleme mit der Figurenpostierung hat.}) 13. d4 $1 $146 {The most
consequent. Am konsequentesten.} (13. Nf1 Rb8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nd5 Na5 {[%cal
Yb4b3]} 16. cxb4 $6 (16. Nd2 $5) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Rxb4 $15 {Jackson,S (2190)
-Lematschko,T (2305)/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (0-1, 32)}) 13... bxc3 14. bxc3
{White has succeded in winning space in the centre, while keeping his
"Spanish" bishop active. Weiß ist es gelungen, Raum im Zentrum zu gewinnen und
gleichzeitig seinen "spanischen" Läufer aktiv zu halten.} exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 {
Black made certain concessions in the centre, obtaining the b4-square for his
queen's knight in exchange. Schwarz hat im Zentrum gewisse Zugeständnisse
gemacht, dafür aber das Feld b4 für seinen Damenspringer bekommen. Las negras
hicieron ciertas concesiones en el centro, obteniendo en cambio la casilla de
b4 para su caballo dama.} 16. Bb1 Bg4 {Chess history is full of examples where
the Spanish pair of bishops delivered decisive blows against Black's kingside.
Therefore, Grischuk decides to transfer his own bishop to g6, anticipating an
eventual attack. Die Schachgeschichte wimmelt vor Beispielen, wo das spanische
Läuferpaar entscheidende Schläge gegen den schwarzen Königsflügel anbrachte.
Daher beschließt Grischuk, in Erwartung eines eventuellen Angriffs seinen
eigenen Läufer nach g6 zu überführen. La historía del ajedrez esta llena de
ejemplos en los cuales la pareja de alfiles "Española" entregó golpes
decisivos contra el flanco de rey enemigo. Grischuk decide transferir su alfil
de casillas blancas a g6, para anticipar un eventual ataque.} 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4
Bg6 {Black only needs to advance his d-pawn in order to establish a harmonious
cooperation between all his pieces. Schwarz muss nur noch seinen d-Bauern
vorücken, um eine harmonische Kooperation zwischen all seinen Figuren
herzustellen. Las negras solo necesitan avanzar su peón de d para que todas
sus figuras colaboren de forma harmoniosa.} 19. d5 $1 {After this well-timed
move, Black's bishop will remain out of play for a long time. Considering also
the immobility of the otherwise beautifully placed b4-knight and White's
advantage of space we can evaluate the position as favourable for White. Nach
diesem wohl getimten Zug wird der schwarze Läufer lange Zeit außer Spiel
bleiben. Wenn wir auch noch die Unbeweglichkeit des ansonsten schön
platzierten Springers b4 und den weißen Raumvorteil dazu nehmen, können wir
die Stellung als günstig für Weiß einschätzen. Después de esta jugada muy
oportuna, el alfil negro quedará fuera del juego durante largo rato. Teniendo
en cuenta además la inmovilidad del esteticamente colocado caballo de b4 y la
ventaja de espacío de las blancas, podemos concluír que las blancas están
mejor.} Nd7 $6 {Too straightforward. Zu direkt.} ({Before moving for the
second time with an already developed piece, Black should think whether he
could bring some other piece into play. This abstract thought could bring to
mind the move Bevor er zum zweiten Mal mit einer bereits entwickelten Figur
zieht, sollte Schwarz überlegen, ob er eine andere Figur ins Spiel bringen
könnte. Dieser abstrakte Gedanke einen auf den Zug} 19... Rb8 $5 {, which is
useful anyway. In this case, White would still have had to prepare the
desirable knight jump to c4, since bringen, welcher sowieso nützlich ist. In
diesem Fall müsste Weiß den wünschenswerten Springersatz nach c4 noch
vorbereiten, denn} 20. Nc4 $2 {loses a pawn to verliert einen Bauern wegen}
Nbxd5 $1 {and we can see how important it is to leave the king's knight on f6
for just one more move. und wir sehen, wie wichtig es ist, den Königsspringer
noch einen Zug länger auf f6 zu lassen.}) 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Bf4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 $1 (
{Avoiding the trap Umgeht die Falle} 22. Nfd2 $2 Bf6 $1 23. Ra3 N4xd5 $1 $17)
22... Rxb6 23. Nd2 Bg5 ({The main alternative was Die Hauptalternative war} 
23... Bf6 24. Ra3 {Grischuk might have thought that the bishop prevents the
activation of his colleague with an eventual ...f6, while there seem to be no
stable squares available along the f6-a1 diagonal. However, Grischuk mag
gedacht haben, dass der Läufer die Aktivierung seines Kollegen mit eventuellem
...f6 verhindert, während es entlang der Diagonalen f6-a1 keine stabilen
Felder zu geben scheint. Doch} Bd4 {is entirely possible. White would play ist
absolut spielbar. Weiß würde spielen} 25. Be3 ({Avoiding the traps Vermeidet
die Fallen} 25. Nb3 $2 Bb2 $17) ({or oder} 25. Nf3 $2 Nxd5 $1 $17) 25... Bxe3
26. Raxe3 {with a similar position as in the game. mit ähnlicher Stellung wie
in der Partie.}) 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Nc4 Rbb8 26. Qd2 {After the exchange of
queens, Black's position will lose any trace of dynamism. Nach dem Damentausch
wird die schwarze Stellung jegliche Spur von Dynamik einbüßen.} ({The d6-pawn
is indirectly defended. Der d-Bauer ist indirekt verteidigt.} 26. Nxd6 $2 {
drops a piece to verliert eine Figur wegen} Qe5 $1) 26... Qxd2 27. Nxd2 f6 28.
Nc4 {After the simplifications, Black finally managed to make a diagonal
available for his bishop. However, this is not enough yet to question the
stability of White's c4-knight. The bishop needs to be transferred to the
remote a6-square... Nach den Vereinfachungen ist es Schwarz endlich gelungen,
eine Diagonale für seinen Läufer verfügbar zu machen. Doch reicht dies nicht
aus, um die Stabiltät des weißen c4-Springers in Frage zu stellen. Dazu müsste
der Läufer auf das entfernte Feld a6 überführt werden... Después de las
simplificaciones, las negras han conseguído por fin abrir una diagonal para su
alfil. Sin embargo, esto no es suficiente todavía para cuestionar la
estabilidad del caballo blanco en c4; sería necesarío el traslado del alfil a
la remota casilla de a6...} Rfd8 29. f4 Bf7 30. Ra3 {White's advantage is
obvious, but it is not easy to make further progress. Black's strong pressure
against the d5-pawn makes the thematic central break e5 difficult to carry out,
but a slower plan based on Rg3, h4, g5 would be unpleasant for Black. Der
Vorteil von Weiß fällt ins Auge, aber es nicht leicht, weitere Fortschritte zu
machen. Der starke Druck von Schwarz gegen den d5-Bauern erschwert den
thematischen Zentrumsdurchbruch e5, aber ein langsamerer Plan basierend auf
Rg3, h4, g5 wäre unangenehm für Schwarz. La ventaja de las blancas es obvía,
pero no será fácil progresar. La fuerte presión de las negras contra el peón
de d5 dificulta la ruptura temática e5, pero las blancas disponen de un plan
más lento de expansión, basado en Rg3, h4, g5, que podría resultar bastante
desagradable para las negras.} g5 {Grischuk aims to obtain a blockade on the
dark squares, but seriously weakens his king's position. The main defect of
his plan is that the knight will not be able to take advantage of the
e5-square. Grischuk will eine Blockade auf den dunklen Felder errichten,
schwächt aber ernsthaft seine Königsstellung. Der Hauptmangel seines Plans
liegt darin, dass der Springer nicht in der Lage sein wird, aus dem Feld e5
Vorteil zu ziehen. Grischuk intenta obtener un bloqueo en casillas negras,
pero la posición de su rey quedará muy débil ahora. El principal defecto de su
última jugada es que la casilla de e5 no podrá ser aprovechada por el caballo.}
31. h4 gxf4 32. Rf3 Be8 33. Rxf4 Kg7 {Black only needs two tempi (...Bxa4-b5)
in order to obtain a playable position... Schwarz braucht nur noch zwei Tempi 
(...Bxa4-b5), um eine spielbare Stellung zu erhalten... Las negras solo
necesitan dos tiempos (...Bxa4-b5) para obtener una posición satisfactoría...}
34. h5 $3 ({A fantastic move. All White's pieces (with the exception of the
e1-rook) were placed on optimal squares already, but the attack did not seem
strong enough yet. For instance, after the immediate Ein phantastischer Zug.
Alle weißen Figuren (mit Ausnahme des Turms e1) standen bereits auf optimalen
Feldern, aber der Angriff schien dennoch nicht stark genug zu sein. Zum
Beispiel ist nach dem sofortigen Una jugada fantastica. Con excepción de la
torre de e1, todas las figuras blancas se encuentran en posiciones óptimas,
pero su ataque no parece demasiado peligroso todavía. Por ejemplo, después de} 
34. Ref1 Bxa4 35. Rxf6 Bb5 {the situation is not entirely clear. The
intervention of the modest h-pawn radically inclines the balance to White's
favour. die Situation nicht gänzlich klar. Durch die Intervention des
bescheidenen h-Bauern neigt sich die Balance radikal zu weißen Gunsten. la
situación no es enteramente clara. La intervención del modesto peón de h
inclinará la evaluación de la partida a favor de las blancas.}) 34... Bxa4 ({
If Black blocks the h-pawn with Falls Schwarz den h-Bauern blockiert mit Sí
las negras bloquean el peón enemigo con} 34... h6 {, the weakness of the
g6-square would make itself felt after , würde sich die Schwäche des Feldes g6
bemerkbar machen nach , la debilidad de la casilla de g6 se haría sentir
después de} 35. Ref1 Bxa4 36. Rxf6 Bb5 37. Rg6+ {with a decisive attack. mit
entscheidendem Angriff. con ataque decisivo.}) 35. h6+ Kxh6 36. Rxf6+ Kg7 37.
g5 {The d6-pawn will perish soon and with it - any hope of maintaining a
reasonable position. Black is in big trouble now. Der d6-Bauer wird bald
fallen und damit - jegliche Hoffnung, eine ordentliche Stellung zu behalten.
Schwarz ist jetzt in großen Schwierigkeiten. El peón de d6 perecerá pronto y,
con él, toda esperanza de salvar la partida.} Rf8 38. Rxd6 Bc2 39. Ne5 Rf4 40.
Rf6 (40. Rd7+ $5 Kg8 41. d6 Bxb1 42. Rxb1 Rxe4 43. Re7 Rd8 44. Rd1 $16) 40...
Rh4 (40... Nxd5 $5 {On the last move before the control, Grischuk does not
find a curious tactical resource: Im letzten Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle entgeht
Grischuk eine kuriose taktische Ressource:} 41. exd5 Re4 $3 {White's pieces
are hanging suddenly, but he can maintain an advantage with Plötzlich hängen
die Figuren von Weiß, doch er kann Vorteil behaupten mit} 42. Rxe4 Rxb1+ 43.
Kf2 Bxe4 44. d6 Rb8 45. d7 Rd8 46. Ke3 {. However, Black can hope, because of
the reduced amount of material left on the board. Allerdings kann Schwarz
angesichts des reduzierten Materials auf dem Brett hoffen.}) 41. d6 Bxb1 42.
Rxb1 Rxe4 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Re7 Rd8 45. Rd1 c4 46. d7 Rf4 47. Rf1 Rff8 48. Rxf8+
Kxf8 49. Rxh7 c3 50. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 $5 {This move was played only once before. Since for
the time being both sides are playing a watch and wait game, Black prepares in
advance the thematic central break ...e5. Hasta ahora, esto se ha jugado solo
una vez.Dado que por el momento ambas partes están practicando un juego de
espera, las negras preparan con antelación la típica ruptura ...e5.} 11. Rd1
$146 ({White will fail to prove an advantage with this neutral move. In the
only previous game where 10...Bd6 was played before, White answered with Las
blancas no obtendrán ventaja con esta jugada.} 11. Bg5 {. Unexpectedly, this
leads to a transposition to the line 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bg5, which was played in
several games already. This might be a tricky transposition when preparing a
variation.} Nbd7 12. Nbd2 ({The only game where 10.Bd2 was played continued
with} 12. Rd1 Qb8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Kg1
c5 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb6 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Be7 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. a4 {
Speelman,J (2570)-Browne,W (2540)/Wijk aan Zee 1983/MCD (1/2-1/2, 63)}) 12...
Rc8 $5 {[%cal Yc7c5]} (12... h6 $6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 (13... Qxf6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15.
Nxd7 Qd8 16. Nxf8 Bxf1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf1 $18 {Kirov,N (2470)-Pisa Ferrer,
J (2355)/Olot 1992/TD (1/2-1/2! 61)}) 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Nb3 Be4 16. Qc3 Qe7 17.
Rac1 Bd5 18. Ne5 (18. Ne1 $5) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Qc5 $14
{Ricardi,P (2480)-Soppe,G (2460)/San Fernando 1993/EXT 98 (1/2-1/2, 40)}) (
12... c5 $6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $2 (13... gxf6) 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Nxd7 Qd8 16. Nxf8
Bxf1 17. Qxh7+ Kxf8 18. Rxf1 cxd4 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7 $16 {Huebner,R (2605)
-Eng,H (2345)/Germany 1985/GER-chT (1-0, 36)}) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 (13... Qxf6 {
works out better tactically than in the previous lines, but is still bad:} 14.
Ne5 $1 Bxg2 15. Nxd7 Qh6 {This square was not available in one of the lines.
The queen is out of the knight's reach in case of both Nxf8 and Nxe6.} 16. Kxg2
Rfd8 {Unexpectedly, the knight is trapped, because of the pin along the d-file.
However, after} 17. Nf3 Rxd7 18. Qc6 $16 {White has a dream position.}) 14. Nb3
Be4 15. Qc3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Qe3 f5 $13 {Bauer,C (2571)-Bologan,V (2652)/
Belfort 2002/CBM 090 (0-1, 40)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 e5 $132 14. Nbd2
(14. Nc3 {fails to prevent Black's freeing plan:} exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qb7+ 17. Kg1 c5 {In case of} 18. Ndxb5 {, Black has} Bxg3 $1 $11) 14... exd4
15. Nxd4 (15. Nb3 $5 {does not stabilize the queenside either:} c5 16. bxc5 Rc8
$132) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 $1 {Just in time.} (16... Qb7+ $2 17. Qc6 $16) 17.
bxc5 (17. Nf5 cxb4 (17... Re8 $5) (17... Be5 $6 18. bxc5 $5 Bxa1 19. c6 Be5 (
19... Nb6 20. Rxa1 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Gf5]}) 20. cxd7 Nxd7 21. Nf3 {[%csl Gd7,Ge5]}
Qb7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Nxe5 Qd5+ 24. Nf3 $16) 18. Nf3 Bc5 $13) 17... Bxc5 18.
N2b3 Ba3 19. e4 Ne5 20. Nf5 {White has no advantage at all. In fact, Black's
position looks more appealing already.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 {We can notice
that for each game Anand prepares a different variation against the Marshall.
This might look like a speculative attitude, but maybe there is no other way
to counter such a well-analyzed opening. Podemos observar que Anand elige un
sistema diferente para cada partida en la cual se enfrenta con elAtaque
Marshall. Esta estratégia puede parecer un poco especulativa, pero tal vez es
el mejor método cuando se trata de una apertura tan profundamente analizada.}
Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 15. g3 $146 ({Earlier, White played Anteriormente, las blancas
habían jugado principalmente} 15. Bxd5 {mainly. The idea behind Anand's
novelty remains unclear, especially since the game will end soon. . La idea
detrás de la novedad de Anand quedará en oscuridad, porque la partida acabará
pronto en tablas.} cxd5 16. Nd2 Bd3 (16... b4 17. Nf1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Re3
Rfc8 20. Bd2 Bg6 $13 {Todorovic,G (2415)-Pavlovic,M (2420)/Vrnjacka Banja 1990/
EXT 97 (0-1, 31)}) 17. Rf2 (17. Re3 Qh4 18. f4 Bf5 $44) 17... Qc7 (17... b4 $5
{Kotronias,V (2550)-Sokolov,I (2625)/Elenite 1992/CBM 032/[ChessBase] (0-1, 56)
}) 18. g3 Rae8 19. Nf1 Bg6 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Nxd5 Bxg3 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. hxg3 $16
{Georgiev,K (2595)-Nikolic,P (2630)/Wijk aan Zee 1988/CBM 005 (1-0, 39)}) 15...
Qc7 16. Kf2 {An ingenious move, but if a king move is necessary with the whole
queenside undeveloped, something must be wrong with White's whole plan.} ({
Continuing the development with the natural} 16. Nd2 {would lead to a forced
draw after} Bd3 17. Rf2 $8 (17. Re1 $2 Bxg3 $17 18. hxg3 $6 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Nf4
20. Rg1 Qh3#) (17. Rg2 $2 Ne3 $19) 17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ne3 19. Qe1 Qxg3+ 20.
Kh1 Qh4+ (20... Rae8 21. Qg1 $1 {[%cal Yf2h2,Gd2e4]}) 21. Kg1 Qg3+ $11 {
[%csl Ge1]}) ({The thematic} 16. a4 {is also insufficient:} Rae8 17. axb5 axb5
18. Nd2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Rg2 Re1+ 21. Nf1 Qh4 22. Qd2 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1
Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Re8 $1 $11 {I do not exclude the possiblity that Black could find
an improvement somewhere, but since a draw is guaranteed, it is OK from the
opening's point of view already.}) 16... Qd7 17. Bxd5 {This exchange is forced
now.} (17. Nd2 $2 {is bad because of} Bd3 18. Re1 Qh3 $40) 17... cxd5 18. Nd2
Bd3 19. Re3 Bg6 {Aronian is confident about his position and rightly so.} ({
He could have forced a draw here with} 19... Qh3 20. Kg1 (20. Rxd3 $2 {leads
to mate after} Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh3+ $5 {although 21...Bxg3 does not look "bad"
either.}) 20... Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 $11 {Black cannot play for more
than a perpetual with} Rae8 $6 23. Nf1 $8 Bxf1 24. Qxf1 Re6 25. Qg2 $1 $18) 20.
Nf1 a5 21. a3 {Black has the usual compensation, based on his pair of bishops
and more active position. Besides, the white king's position is weaker than in
the normal lines. Las negras tienen su acostumbrada compensación, por su
pareja de alfiles y la posición más activa.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{At the moment when this game was played Anand was leading the tournament with
6 points out of 9, a full point ahead of Gelfand and 1,5 points ahead of
Kramnik. It was clear that this encounter represented practically Kramnik's
last chance to fight for maintaining his World Champion title.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {This aggressive set-up represents
White's most ambitious attempt to meet the Semi-Slav. Its drawback is that
unfortunately there is no clear way for advantage here: everywhere Black keeps
counterplay. Kramnik prepared a novelty for this highly important game, but it
didn't shake Anand's preparation: the position remained very complex.} dxc4 7.
e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O ({For almost a decade Khalifman's} 10. h4 {
has been en vogue, but lately White often returns to the "old" 10.0-0.
Although in my opinion 10.h4 still remains White's most principled move, in
the latest games Black achieved good results after} g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 $13) 10...
Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 {Anand is confident and plays the main line, which he used
before as well.} ({In round 7 (four days previous to the present game) Gelfand
played against Kramnik} 11... h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 {and now instead of the
commonly established 13.Be5 Rh1 14.Qc1 the World Champion produced a novelty,
playing immediately} 13. Qc1 {which after} Rg8 14. Rd1 Bb4 15. Qe3 Qe7 {
Kramnik-Gelfand, Mexico City Wch 2007 (40) led to a position where the Israeli
GM had to show all his creativity in order to escape with a draw.}) 12. Nxd7
Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 ({Anand already faced in practice} 14. a4 {which after}
e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 $1 {is established as good for Black.}) 14... Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. b3 $146 {A logical novelty: anticipating opponent's
long castling White starts to open the queenside. Actually we are witnessing
the amazing homework of the world's best players. Kramnik's second in Mexico
Van Wely played this position with Black and might have felt that 17.b3 is the
right direction for White. On the other hand, Anand's second P-H Nielsen is
also a specialist of this opening line and (as revealed by Anand) during their
preparation process the Danish GM pointed out the move 17.b3. So Anand was
well prepared to meet it and continued to play very quickly.} (17. Ne4 O-O-O
18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 (19. b3 f6 20. bxc4 fxe5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,S (2504)-Van
Wely,L (2675)/Netherlands 2006 (51)}) 19... Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 21. Qh5 Rxd4 22.
Bxe6 c5 $36 {0-1 Radjabov,T (2728)-Anand,V (2779)/Mainz (rapid) 2006 (36)})
17... O-O-O $5 {An immediate answer by Anand, which probably came as an
unpleasant surprise for Kramnik.} ({During their analysis both opponents must
have concluded that} 17... c5 {is dangerous for Black. In fact the advance of
the c-pawn is the most natural reaction and possibly Kramnik paid more
attention to 17...c5 than to 17...0-0-0.}) 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. c5 Qa5 $1 {
In connection with the next move, an interesting exchange sacrifice.} (19...
Qc7 20. a4 $44) 20. Ne4 Qb4 (20... Nc4 {keeps the extra pawn, but due to the
passive bishop on b7 and potentially weak black king White has compensation.})
21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. cxd6 Nd7 {Again Anand refrains from 22...Nc4, possibly
because of psychological reasons: if Kramnik achieved this position in his
preparation, he must have mainly looked at 22...Nc4. Up to this point White
spent 17 minutes and Black only 7! The entire idea to sacrifice the exchange
was prepared by Anand and his second Peter-Heine Nielsen at home. Considering
that it was Kramnik who introduced the novelty, such a deep preparation
impresses a lot. The next few moves are very important for both sides,
especially for White, who must find a constructive plan.} 23. a4 {In my
opinion this is a critical moment. The natural advance of the a-pawn is
perhaps too committing, since the exchange of the pawns on b5 (Anand will soon
force that) will offer Black advantages too: the bishop b7 will become active
and Black will remain with two passed pawns. If White cannot create an attack,
then maybe he should have refrained from 23.a4.} (23. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Gf1d1,
Ga1c1,Gd3h7]}) 23... Qxd6 {The position calmed down and it is time to evaluate
it. The material is approximately equal and both sides have their strategical
trumps. In the middlegame Black can create pressure on d4, while his queenside
pawns may prove very strong in the endgame. On the other hand the black king
is more vulnerable to almost any kind of further tactical complications.
Apparently in such an open position White should be able to coordinate his
rooks and create some threats, but this is extremely difficult to achieve: if
Black will succeed in finding an active and safe square for the knight, then
he can be optimistic about the future. White doesn't have many pieces left to
create big threats and the exchange of queens would be a catastrophe for him:
in the endgame Black will have a large advantage.} 24. Bf3 {Since the long
diagonal will soon be open, White can hardly avoid the exchange of bishops.} ({
In such an important game giving up another pawn with} 24. Qc2 {looks scary,
even if after} Qxd4 (24... Kb8 25. Qh7 $36) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rfd1 $13 {
White has open files and diagonal for his active pieces.}) 24... Nb6 {Forcing
White to clarify the situation on the queenside.} 25. axb5 {White naturally
opens the position, but as mentioned already, Black can be happy too: now he
will remain with two potentially very strong passed pawns.} cxb5 (25... axb5 $2
{opens files only for opponent's pieces and is obviously weaker} 26. Qc2 $16)
26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 {After the exchange of the bishops White's future hopes are
mainly connected with creating pressure on the a-file.} 27. Qh5 {For the
moment White cannot do much on the a-file: the a6-pawn is difficult to attack 
(and easy to protect). Besides, Black has counterplay in the center against
pawn d4. Having realized that there is no direct attack on the queenside
Kramnik goes for opponent's weaknesses on the other wing.} (27. Qf3+ Nd5 $1 (
27... Qd5 28. Qf6 $36)) 27... Nd5 $5 {Anand didn't resist the temptation to
activate the knight.} ({After} 27... Qxd4 28. Qxh6 {(possibly White must try
something else here)} {Black can force the exchange of queens with} Rh8 29.
Qxg5 Qh4 $1 {Then after} 30. Qxh4 (30. Qe5 $2 Nc4 $17) 30... Rxh4 31. g3 Rh8 {
the endgame looks dangerous rather for White, in spite of his passed pawn on
the h-file.}) 28. Qxh6 Nf4 {Optically Black's plan looks very strong. However,
it is far from clear if Anand's move brings any benefits, since White defends
against concrete threats.} 29. Kh1 $1 {The correct way. White will have to
play f3 and therefore the king must stay on h1 in any case.} (29. Qxg5 $4 Ne2+
30. Kh1 Qxh2+ $1 31. Kxh2 Rh8+ {and mate}) (29. Rfe1 $4 Qd5 30. f3 Qxd4+ 31.
Kh1 Nd3 $19) 29... Qd5 30. f3 Rd8 {The rook finds the right place on d7: it
will be active on the d-file and at the same time protect f7 (and the entire
7th rank).} 31. Qg7 Rd7 ({Another reasonable possibility was to limit the
activity of White's queen by playing} 31... Qf5 {with different ideas to
exchange queens. E.g.} 32. Rfd1 Nh5 (32... Qg6 $2 33. Qe5 Qf5 34. Qe1 $16) 33.
Qh6 Nf4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf5g6]} 34. Qg7 $11) 32. Qf8 {Kramnik finds and
wisely uses all the new resources of the position. He had to decide for his
queen between squares g8 and f8. In the first case the queen would have kept
an eye on pawn g5, while in the game White has the resource Qf8-a3. In such
cases players mainly rely on their intuition.} (32. Qg8 $5) 32... Ne2 $5 {
It is curious that a quarter of all Black's moves were made with this knight,
which always searches for a better square. With its last move the knight also
takes away square c1 from the rooks.} (32... Qd6 33. Qg8 $13 (33. Qg7 Qd5 $11 {
Anand})) (32... Qxd4 33. Rfc1 $36) 33. Rfe1 $1 Nxd4 (33... Qc4 $6 34. d5 $1 $16
{/\} exd5 $2 35. Qe8) 34. Red1 {The World Champion keeps the rook on the
a-file, still hoping for an attack.} ({Anand admitted that he was more afraid
of} 34. Rad1 {with pressure in the center. In both cases the position is some
sort of dynamic equality.}) 34... e5 {Black is just one step away from the
dream consolidation (...Qd6 and ...f6). However, as often happens in
double-edged positions, the direct way to achieve the goal rarely works out
smoothly.} (34... Qd6 $142 35. Qg7 Qf4 $13) 35. Rac1 {According to the plan,
although this turns out to be an inappropriate moment to remove the rook from
a1.} ({The extremely tense battle had its negative effects: both players missed
} 35. Qh6 {with a double attack on a6 and g5. Then after} Qd6 36. Qxg5 f6 {
(Anand's intention)} 37. Qg8 {things are no longer so rosy for Black: in
contrast to the game he runs into the risk of losing too.}) 35... Qd6 36. Qg8 (
36. Qc8+ Kb6 37. Ra1 a5 {(or even 37...Ra7) and White gets nowhere. With such
a strong knight Black has little to fear.}) 36... f6 37. Rc8 {In order to
justify his previous play White must do something against the black king.} a5
$1 {Finally the tension reaches its top. Black is very solid and Anand starts
showing his ambitions. Notice that the advance of the a-pawn is also a very
useful move from the defense's point of view: the black king gets additional
squares.} 38. h3 {A necessary loss of tempo.} (38. Rdc1 $2 Nc6 $1 {[%cal Gd6d1]
} 39. h3 Ne7 $19) 38... a4 39. Qe8 {Kramnik waits for Black's further pawn
advances, which would offer White additional targets for attack.} (39. Rdc1 Nb3
({The risky} 39... a3 {looks possible too, since after} 40. Ra8 Kb6 41. Qc8 {
[%cal Ga8a6] Black has} Rb7 {and after} 42. Rb1 {we have again a sort of
position where both players must keep the status quo.}) 40. Ra8 $1 Kb6 (40...
Rc7 $4 41. Qb8#) (40... Nxc1 $4 41. Qc8+ Kb6 42. Ra6#) 41. Qc8 Rb7 42. Rc3 $13
b4 $140 $2 43. Qc4 $18) 39... Kb6 {It turns out that White has a powerful
construction and Black cannot advance his pawns too far.} (39... a3 40. Ra8 Kb6
41. Qc8 Rb7 42. Rb1 Qc7 43. Qe8 $13 {/=}) 40. Rb8+ Ka5 (40... Rb7 41. Ra8 $11)
41. Ra8+ {With a draw offer accepted by Anand, who wisely decided not to take
any risk. Perhaps in a different tournament situation he could have considered
more seriously 41...Kb4, but objectively Black has little reason to continue.
Of course under the tournament circumstances this draw may be considered a
psychological victory for Anand. Nevertheless the game features a great fight
from both players, who showed impressive skills and were equally good.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {For some reasons, Morozevich refrains from his trademark French
Defence again. Por algunas razones, Morozevich evita de nuevo su arma favorita,
la Francesa.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 {Sicilians with opposite castles do not necessarily feature sharp
attacks, where everything is decided by the speed of action. In the Najdorf
systems where Black plays ...e5, the relative weakness of the d5-square
becomes one of the main themes. Play can take a strategic course and the
kings' position may become a auxiliary factor, determining players to adjust
their plans in accordance to small tactical details. No siempre las Sicilianas
con enroques en flancos opuestos llevan a ataques agudos, donde todo está
decidido por la rapidez de acción. En las líneas de la Najdorf, donde las
negras juegan ...e5, la relativa debilidad de la casilla de d5 se vuelve el
factor estratégico determinante, mientras que la posición de los reyes se
convierte en un elemento auxiliario; mientras llevan a cabo sus planes, los
jugadores tienen que contar siempre con algunos detalles tácticos.} 9. g4 Nb6
10. g5 Nh5 {After the early advance of White's g-pawn, White has increased his
control over the d5-square, but Black has got his share, too: the f4-square.
Después del avance temprano del peón de g, las blancas han incrementado su
control sobre la casilla de d5,pero las negras han recibido lo suyo, también:
la casilla de f4.} 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Qf2 {
White forces one more defender of the d5-square to abandon his position. Las
blancas fuerzan a otro defensor de la casilla de d5 a abandonar su puesto.} Nc4
16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {White has fulfilled the first part of his
plan. The d5-square is all his, and his bishop is more active than Black's.
However, in order to achieve full strategic success, he needs to transfer the
knight to d5 and this is by no means easy. Moreover, his kingside weaknesses
offer Black excellent targets for counterplay. Las blancas han llevado a cabo
la primera parte de su plan. La casilla de d5 está plenamente bajo su control.
Sin embargo, para obtener un éxito estratégico total, necesitan llevar el
caballo a d5, lo que no resulta muy fácil. Además, las debilidades del flanco
de rey ofrecen a las negras posibilidades de contrajuego.} f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 ({
One of those small tactical nuances I was speaking about prevents Black from
winning a pawn with Una de los pequeños matices tácticos de los que hablaba
impide a la negras ganar un peóncon} 19... Nxf6 20. Rd3 Nxe4 $2 {because of por
} 21. Qg2 $1) 20. Qe2 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 {We can see that, for practical
reasons, the black bishop cannot be considered "bad". We are far from the
endgame still and the presence on board of all major pieces requires concrete
evaluation. The bishop is very useful in the middlegame because it neutralizes
White's pressure along the d-file, while the similar weakness of the f3-pawn
is more difficult to defend. Podemos ver que el alfil negro dificilmente puede
ser considerado "malo". Hasta el final queda mucho y en el medio juego el
alfil es muy útil por neutralizar la presión de las blancas sobre la columna
de d. La debilidad equivalente en f3 es algo más difícil de defender.} 22. Rd3
Qd7 23. Nc1 Rcf8 24. a3 $1 {This is not just a prophylactic move, ensuring
White against back rank problems. The main strategic purpose is to clear the
a2-square in view of the knight's transfer to d5. Esta no es solo una jugada
profiláctica, evitando eventuales problemas por la última fila. La idea
principal detrás del avancedel peón de a es abrir camino para el caballo hacía
la casilla d5.} Kh8 {But this might be just a loss of time. En cambío, esta
parece una pérdida de tiempo.} 25. Na2 Qh3 26. Rg3 Qh5 27. Qg2 Rh4 28. h3 {
White has managed to neutralize Black's kingisde pressure in satisfactory way.
Soon, the knight will become one of the main actors. Las blancas hanconseguído
neutralizar las presión de las negras de forma satisfactoría. Pronto, el
caballo se convertirá en uno de los actoresprincipales.} Qh6 29. Rb3 b5 ({
We can notice here the meaning of White's advantage of space. Black's pieces
do not have easy access from one wing to another. Therefore, such a simple
attacking move like Rb3 will cause the chronic weakness of the queenside. The
alternate way of defending the pawn would be Podemos ver quí la importancía de
la ventaja de espacío de las blancas. Las figuras negras notienen acceso fácil
de un flanco al otro y una amenaza tan sencilla como la creada por Rb3 causará
la debilitación crónica del flanco de dama negro. La 'nica alternativa de la
jugada del textosería} 29... Rb8 {but after pero después de} 30. Nb4 {there is
no way to defend the rook in order to parry the threats Nxa6 and Nc6. The rook
would have to move again, but after, say, no hay manera de defender la torre
en vista de las amenazas Nc6 o Nxa6. Las negras tendrían que mover de nuevo
con la torre,pero después de, por ejemplo,} Re8 31. Nd5 b5 {White has achieved
his aim with considerable gain of time. ls blancas lograrían lo mismo que en
la partida, pero con ganancía de tiempo.}) 30. Nb4 Rh5 31. Qf1 Rh4 {
Threatening ...Rxe4. Amenazando ...Rxe4.} 32. Qg2 Rh5 {An important moment of
modern chess history. Anand's most dangerous trailers, Kramnik and Gelfand,
had finished their games hours earlier and a draw would have maintained his
comfortable lead in the tournament. The ambitious decision to play on will
lead to a slightly irrational position, without any safety net for White.
Therefore, Anand deserves the highest praise for the way he chose to climb up
to the highest peak of the chess pyramide. This is the kind of World Champion
the public needs. Un momento importante de la historía moderna del ajedrez.
Los principales perseguídores de Anand, Gelfand y Kramnik, habían acabado ya
sus partidas horas antes. Por esto, unas tablas por repetición le permitiría a
Anand a mantener su comfortable liderazgo en el torneo. Su decisión de
continuar a jugar llevará a una posición algo iracional, sin red de seguridad
alguna para las blancas y merece el más alto halago. Este es el tipo de
Campeón de Mundo que el publico añora.} 33. Nxa6 Bh4 34. Rg4 Bf6 35. Qe2 Rxh3
36. Rxb5 Bd8 37. Rb8 Qf6 38. Nb4 Rxf3 39. Nd5 Qf7 40. Qa6 {Each side has
created two connected passed pawns. The fact that they will have to be
advanced makes the situation very sharp, because the kings will remain
vulnerable. On general ground, White should be better, because of is
dominating knight, but concretely the position remains unclear. Cada parte se
ha creado dos peones pasados. El hecho de que se trata de peones de la guardía
del rey amplifica el carácter agudo de la posición. Generalmente, se puede
decir que las blancas están mejor, por su fuerte caballo, pero concretamente
nada está muy claro todavía.} h5 41. Rg2 h4 $2 ({The speed is an important
factor in this kind of situations, but two central pawns are too high a price
to pay for just one tempo. La velocidad es un factor esencíal en este tipo de
posiciones, pero dos peones centrales son un precio demasiado alto por solo un
tiempo. era necesarío} 41... Qe6 {was necessary.}) 42. Qxd6 Be7 43. Qxe5 {
The essential thing now is that White has a central passed pawn as well,
meaning that he does not need to weaken his king's position yet! The game is
practically decided. La diferencía esencíal es que las blancas se han creado
un peón pasado en el centro, lo que quíere decir que no van a tener que
debilitar su posición de rey avanzando uno de los peones del flanco de dama.
La partida está practicamente decidida.} Rxb8 44. Qxb8+ Kh7 45. Qc7 Bf8 46.
Qxf7 Rxf7 47. Rg4 Rf1+ 48. Ka2 Rh1 49. e5 Bc5 $6 ({Just losing time. Esta
jugadacausará solo pérdida de tiempo.} 49... h3 {would have been more stubborn.
White would win the bishop by advancing his e-pawn, but Black's passed pawns
would have maintained some incertitude still. hubiera ofrecido mejores
posibilidades prácticas. Las blancas hubieran ganado el alfil al avanzar su
peón de e, pero los peones negros quedarían bstante peligrosos, dejando algo
de incertitud en la posición.}) 50. e6 Kh6 51. Rc4 $1 {The start of a well
calculated variation. It appears that the bishop has no stability at all. El
inicío de una variante calculada con exactitud. Resulta que el alfil no tiene
casillas buenas para retroceder.} h3 ({After Después de} 51... Bf8 52. Rc8 Rf1
53. e7 Bxe7 54. Rh8+ Kg5 55. Nxe7 {White's pieces keep the enemy pawns under
control, while the formidable queenside group of pawns is ready to advance.
las figuras blancas mantienen los peones enemigos bajo control, ientras que
sus propríos peones están listos para avanzar.}) 52. Rxc5 h2 53. Ne3 Ra1+ ({
A last try. After Un último intento. Después de} 53... Rg1 54. e7 h1=Q 55. e8=Q
{White has a decisive material advantage and the safer positionof the king.
las blancas mantendrían una ventaja material decisiva y la posición más segura
del rey.}) 54. Kxa1 h1=Q+ 55. Ka2 Qe4 56. Re5 $1 {A last trick, ensuring the
promotion of the e-pawn. Un último truco,asegurando el avance del peón.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {
Given the tournament situation, Anand chooses the safe (nowadays) Marshall
Attack. A couple of decades ago, this comment would have been pure nonsense.
Teniendo en cuenta la situación favorable en el torneo, Anand elije el seguro 
(hoy en día) Ataque Marshall. Hace unas docenas de años, este comentarío no
hubiera tenido ningún sentido.} 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 {Black is in no
hurry to consolidate his centre with ...d6, because he wants to keep the
possibility ...d5, in the spirit of the Marshall Attack in reserve. Besides,
the a3-f8 diagonal could be useful still, in case of an eventual Nc3, which
could eventually be answered with ...Bb4. White will try to combine the
pressure against the b5-pawn with the central plan c3 and d4, although this is
connected with a loss of time. Curiously, the variation had been seen twice
this year in games played between the same opponents, but with... reversed
colours.} 11. axb5 {It is not easy to decide which is the correct move order.}
({En Wijk aan Zee 2007, la partida entre los mismos contrincantes, pero con
colores inversos, continuó} 11. c3 b4 {Anand,V (2779)-Svidler,P (2728)/Wijk
aan Zee 2007/CBM 117/[Marin] (1-0, 21)}) (11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. c3 {Anand,V (2779)
-Svidler,P (2728)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Mihail Marin] (1/2-1/2, 47)})
11... axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. c3 Bf8 ({Deviating from another game where
Svidler had black and which continued} 13... d6 {White immediately took
advantage of the fact that the a3-f8 diagonal has been closed and answered} 14.
Na3 {Ivanchuk,V (2750)-Svidler,P (2728)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Mihail
Marin] (1/2-1/2, 44). True, this did not offer him an objective advantage.})
14. d4 d6 {Finally consolidating the centre, now that the possibility of ...d5
has been physically removed. The position is typical for the Zaitsev system.
La posición se ha vuelto típica para la Variante Zaitsev.} ({What about the
e4-pawn? Is it not hanging? The first thought is that} 14... exd4 {is simply
bad because of} 15. e5 {, winning space for White in the centre. However,
Black can answer with the unexpected} Na5 $5 {, maintaining a playable
position.} 16. Bc2 {The only way to keep Black under pressure.} (16. exf6 $2 {
is simply bad because almost all White's pieces are hanging:} Bxf3 17. Rxe8
Qxe8 18. gxf3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Qe1+ 20. Kg2 Qxc1 21. Na3 d3 $19) (16. Ba2 {
leaves the e4-square available to the knight.} Ne4 17. cxd4 d5 $132 {and
Black's position looks normal.}) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 (17. Qxf3 Nc6 $1 $15 {
maintains Black's material advantage, without making any important concession.}
) 17... Nd5 18. Qxd4 $14 {White has advantage of space in the centre and a
mighty pair of bishops. However, he is slightly underdeveloped (which is
compensated by the fact that Black's already developed knights are unstable)
and has kingside weaknesses. Generally, the position looks shaky for Black and
it is not the kind of stuff one should embark in when a draw brings you closer
to the World Crown.}) 15. d5 {After Black's previous move, the threat against
the e4-pawn became real. Therefore, White should do something about it.
Svidler's move looks like a radical solution, but half-measures seem to offer
Black good counterplay in the centre. Which is quite logical, since he is in
fact a tempo up compared to the normal variations.} (15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4
$132 {[%csl Gc2]}) (15. Nbd2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. d5 c6 $132) 15... Na5 16.
Ba2 c6 17. Na3 {Black has the more flexible structure, but White intends to
play b4, forcing ...Nb7, when the knight would remain passive for a long time.
Las negras tienen estructura más flexible, pero las blancas amenazan con b4,
cuando la retirada ...Cb7 dejaría al caballo pásivo por largo rato.} Qc7 $1 {
Solving the problems of coordination by simple tactical means. Resolviendo los
problemas de coordinación por medios tácticos sencillos.} 18. Qe2 (18. b4 {
would be answered by sería contestado por} Nc4 {, for instance por ejemplo} 19.
Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 $2 (20. dxc6 $11) 20... cxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qc4 {
recovering the pawn with excellent play. recuperando el peón con excelente
juego.}) (18. dxc6 Bxc6 {[%cal Yc7b7] would solve Black's problems of piece
coordination.}) 18... cxd5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd1 Nf6
{In the long run, Black's centre should offer him the better chances, but a
draw brings Anand a step closer to his goal. A largo plazo, los peones
centrales les asegurarían a las negras mejores posibilidades, pero unas tablas
le acercan a Anand a su meta.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The analysis of this game was done while it was in progress and in
time-pressure, so the reader might forgive me for any potentional mistake.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9.
Be2 Bb7 10. h4 ({This early pawn sacrifice variation seemed to be in fashion
in the latest Wch. Earlier} 10. O-O {was on the choice:} Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12.
Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc1 Rg8 14. Rd1 Bb4 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 Bxc3 18. bxc3
g4 19. Kh1 c5 20. hxg4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 e5 22. Rdd1 Nxg4 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. f3 Rg6
25. a4 a5 26. axb5 a4 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Rab1 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxc4 a3 31.
Ra1 h3 32. Qe2 hxg2+ 33. Qxg2 O-O-O 34. Qa2 f5 35. Qxa3 fxe4 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37.
fxe4 Bxe4+ 38. Kg1 Bd3 39. Bxe5 Rg6+ 40. Kf2 Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/
Mexico City 2007.}) 10... g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 $5 ({A not very often met move.
Usually Black opts for} 11... h5 {and the latest example is} 12. O-O Nbd7 13.
Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qc5 17. Bd6 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. e5
Nd7 20. a5 Qa7 21. Ne4 c5 22. Ng5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qa4+ Kf8
26. Rd7 Bd5 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. b3 Kg7 30. bxc4 Ba8 31. Qc2 g3 32.
Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qe2 gxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rd8 35. Qg3 Kf8 36. Qe5 Ke8 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38.
Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qg7+ {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Svidler,P/
Mexico City 2007.}) 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 ({The alternative is} 12... Nbd7 13. Nxf6+
Nxf6 14. e5 Nd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be7 17. a4 Bxh4 18. axb5 Bxg3 19. fxg3
cxb5 20. Bh5 Qd5 21. Rf3 $13 {Grigoryan,A-Hrabusa,M/Sibenik 2007.}) 13. Bxg4 b4
({Also playable is} 13... Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Be2 Qb6 16. a4 Bb4 17. Be5 Nd7
18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Be3 c5 $13 {Khalifman,A-Acs,P/Hoogeveen 2002.}) 14. Na4 c5 15.
d5 ({The main move 'must' be considered to be the 'obvious'} 15. Nxc5 {. A
likely continuation can be} Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Bxe4 18. Ba4+ (18. O-O
Nc6 19. Be2 (19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Ba4 O-O-O $13 21. Bxc6 $2 Bxc6 22. Rxc4 Rd2 23.
Rb1 f5 $17 {Rogozenko,D-Spiess,G/Dresden 2007}) 19... Bd5 20. Rfc1 Na5 $13 {
Van Wely,L-Vallejo Pons,F/Khanty Mansyisk 2005}) 18... Bc6 19. Bxc6+ Nxc6 20.
O-O-O Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Rd6 Ne7 $13 {Maki Uuro,M-Koskinen,H/
Finland 2005. But it seems that Grischuk had done his homework too!}) 15...
exd5 ({Black could easily go astray with} 15... Nd7 $2 16. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 $6 17.
Qh5+ Ke7 18. d6+ Kf6 19. Nxc5 Rxg3 (19... Nxc5 20. Be5#) (19... Rg6 20. Nxe6 $1
Kxe6 21. Qf5#) 20. fxg3 {1-0 Schenk,A-Stephan,J/France 2003. Black had no
answer to} (20. fxg3 {:} Nxc5 21. O-O+ Kg7 22. Rf7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Bxe4 24. Rh7# {
. Actually, the text-move is a 'logical' novelty.})) 16. exd5 (16. O-O $2 dxe4
17. Qe2 Qd3 $1 {.}) 16... Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O-O Rxg4 ({C.Lutz proposed 
(back in 2003)} 18... Bxg2 19. Rhe1+ Be7 20. Bd6 (20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Rd7 Rxg4
22. Rexe7+ Kf8 23. Rxf7+ Kg8 $13) (20. f3 Kf8 21. Rg1 f5 $13) 20... Nc6 21.
Bxe7 (21. f3 Kf8) 21... Nxe7 22. Rd7 Rxg4 23. Rexe7+ Kf8 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. Nxc5
Bc6 $13 {. Anand's move looks rather OK also.}) 19. Rxd5 Nd7 20. Re1+ Kd8 21.
Red1 (21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Red1 Rc8 23. Rxd7+ Ke8 24. Rb7 Re4 $1 {is fine for
Black.}) 21... Rd4 22. R1xd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Bd6 $1 {A good exchange,
making Black's queenside pawns more vulnerable.} Ke8 $2 ({Black should have
opted for} 24... Be7 25. Kc2 Rc6 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. b3 cxb3+ 28. Kxb3 Rg6 29.
g3 Rf6 30. f4 a5 $11 {. Obviously the 'natural'}) (24... Bxd6 $6 25. Rxd6 f6
26. Ra6 Rc7 27. a3 $14 {would be nice for White.}) 25. Re4+ $1 Kd8 26. Bxf8 {
Of course White is not obliged to go for the repetition draw.} Nxf8 27. a3 $1
bxa3 ({Forced:} 27... a5 28. axb4 axb4 29. Nb6 Rc6 30. Nxc4 $16) (27... f5 28.
Rd4+ Ke7 29. axb4 Ne6 30. Rd5 $16 {.}) 28. bxa3 {White has got the advantage,
mainly because of Black's bad pawn-structure.} Rc6 $1 ({Black's rightly
activates his rook in order to attack the enemy pawns.} 28... f5 29. Re5 Ng6
30. Rxf5 Nxh4 31. Rf8+ Kd7 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. g3 Nf3 34. Kc2 $16 {is not a
solution to his problems.}) 29. Nb2 Rf6 30. Re2 $2 ({A poor move. The natural} 
30. f3 c3 31. Nc4 {with advantage to White, was strong and 'easy' to play. it
must be noted that White faces the notorious time-trouble and naturally he
feels uncertain about such 'early' pawn advances.}) 30... c3 $1 31. Nd1 (31.
Nc4 Ne6 (31... Rf4 $2 32. Ne5 f6 33. Nf7+ Kd7 34. Nxh6 (34. g3 Ra4 35. Ra2 h5
$13) 34... Rxh4 35. Ng8 $16) 32. g3 h5 $11 {.}) 31... Ra6 32. Ra2 Ng6 33. g3
Rc6 34. Kc2 Ne7 {It seems that Black has worked his way out, but White can
still win a pawn with a neat combination.} 35. Nxc3 $1 Nd5 36. Kd3 Rxc3+ $1 {
Opting for a rook ending, where Black's active rook will compensate for his
lost pawn.} (36... Nxc3 $2 37. Rc2 $16 {.}) 37. Kd4 a5 $1 {Securing an
important outpost on the b3-square.} 38. Kxd5 a4 39. Kd4 Rb3 40. Kc4 Kc8 41.
Rc2 Kd7 (41... Rxa3 $4 42. Kb4+ {.}) 42. Rc3 Rb2 43. Rf3 Ke6 {Black's activity
is obvious. There is not much that White can do, except torture Black for a
long time! Actually no-one can be sure if White has at his disposal a 'secret'
winning plan and I believe that this ending will be under the microscope for a
long time ahead.} 44. g4 Ke7 45. Kd5 {Threatening 46.Rf4.} Rb3 $1 46. Ke4 (46.
Re3+ Kf6 {.}) 46... Rb2 47. Kf5 Rb5+ 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. Rd3 Rb2 50. f3 Ra2 51. Ke4
Rh2 52. Rd4 ({The last chance. After} 52. h5 Ra2 53. Kd4 Rc2 $1 (53... Kg5 $2
54. Kc4 Kf4 (54... f5 55. Kb4 fxg4 56. Rd5+ Kf4 57. fxg4 Kxg4 58. Kxa4) (54...
Rb2 55. Rd5+ Kf4 56. Rf5+) 55. Kb4 f5 56. Kxa4 fxg4 57. fxg4 Kxg4 58. Rd5 $18)
54. Rc3 Rb2 55. Kc4 Kg5 {Black seems to have sufficient counterplay to keep
the balance (active king and rook).}) 52... Rxh4 53. Rxa4 Rh1 $1 {The rook
belongs behind the passed pawn.} 54. Rb4 ({A theoretical draw arises after} 54.
Ra8 h5 55. Ra6+ Kg7 56. gxh5 Rxh5 57. a4 Rh1 58. a5 Ra1 {.}) 54... Ra1 55. a4
Kg6 56. Kd5 Ra3 57. Kc6 (57. f4 f5 58. gxf5+ Kxf5 59. Kc4 h5 $11 {.}) 57...
Rxf3 58. a5 f5 $1 {Securing the draw.} 59. a6 Ra3 60. gxf5+ (60. Kb5 fxg4 61.
Rxg4+ Kf5 62. Ra4 Rb3+ 63. Kc6 Rb8 64. a7 Ra8 65. Kb7 Rxa7+ 66. Rxa7 h5 $11 {.}
) 60... Kxf5 {According to the 'Nalimov Databases' this is a drawn position.}
61. Kb6 h5 62. Rb5+ Kg4 63. Ra5 Rf3 64. a7 Rf8 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 h4 67.
Kc5 h3 68. Kd4 h2 69. Rh8 Kg3 70. Ke3 Kg2 71. Rg8+ Kf1 72. Rh8 Kg1 73. Rxh2
Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 {Nowdays, the Marshall Attack can hardly be considered an aggressive weapon.
White can make a draw almost by force, if he really wants to. Hoy en día, el
Ataque Marshall dificilmente puede ser considerado como unarma agresiva. Las
blancas pueden entablar de manera casi forzada, si esto es lo que quíeren de
verdad.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Nd2
{Instead of sticking to his small material advantage, White hurries to
complete his development and... win the World title. En vez de mantener su
ventaja material, las blancas se apresuran a completar su desarrollo y a...
ganar el título mundial.} Nf4 ({The immediate capture on d3 offers White
chances of retaining some initiative.} 14... Bxd3 15. Nf3 Bg6 16. Bg5 Qd7 {
This was played in the first game where 14.Nd2 was seen.} (16... Nf6 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. Rxe5 h6 19. Qxd8 $6 (19. Bh4 $14 {would have maintained better
chances because of the pair of bishops.}) 19... Rfxd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rc5 (
21. Re2 $5) 21... Rd2 $11 {Azarov,S (2556)-Pinter,J (2512)/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 
(1/2-1/2, 40)}) 17. Ne5 $6 {White risks to fall behind in development now.} (
17. Bh4 Rfe8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Bg3 $14 {[%csl Yd4,Gd5]}) ({The more neutral
developing move} 17. Qd4 $5 {was also possible}) 17... Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rfe8 19.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rd1 Bf5 23. Bg3 {Byrne,R (2515)
-Angantysson,H (2400)/Reykjavik 1982/MCD (1/2-1/2, 50)} {and now Black had the
sepctacular} Nxc3 $5 {forcing White to simplify to a dead draw with} 24. Bxf7+
(24. Qxd7 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxg3+ 26. hxg3 Rxd7 $17) (24. Qxc3 $2 Qxd1+) 24... Kxf7
25. Qxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27. bxc3 $11) 15. Ne4 (15. Qf3 Qd7 ({The
immediate} 15... Nxd3 {looks risky in view of} 16. Qxf5 Nxe1 17. Ne4 {[%cal
Ye4g5] , but White's initiative might be enough for just a draw:} g6 18. Qg4
Nd3 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Rd1 Kg7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxd3 f5 23. Qh3 Qxe4 24. Rd7+ Kf6
25. Rd6+ Kg7 $11) 16. Ne4 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nxd3 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe7 Rad8 20. Qxd6
Rxd6 {[%csl Rb3,Rg4][%cal Gd3c1] 1/2-1/2 Smirin,I (2555)-Adams,M (2610)/
Tilburg 1992/CBM 032}) 15... Nxd3 16. Bg5 (16. Qf3 Bg6 17. Re2 Bc7 18. Bg5 Bxe4
19. Rxe4 Qxg5 20. Qxd3 Rad8 $11 {Polgar,J (2715)-Adams,M (2723)/Enghien les
Bains 2003/CBM 096 (1/2-1/2, 26): We have reached a position with the other
pair of opposite bishops than in the main game:}) ({Skipping the bishop's
development to g5 could cause White troubles:} 16. Nxd6 $2 Qxd6 $32 17. Be3 Qg6
18. Rf1 Nxb2 $17 {Bluvshtein,M (2447)-Onischuk,A (2657)/Montreal 2003/CBM 097 
(0-1, 40)}) 16... Qd7 17. Nxd6 (17. Qxd3 $4 Bxh2+) (17. Re3 $6 {[%cal Gd1d3]}
Bxe4 $8 18. Rxe4 Rae8 $32 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. Rxg4 Be5 (20... c5 $5 $17) 21. Rb1
h5 22. Rh4 Nxb2 23. Be3 Nd3 (23... Bxc3 $5) 24. Rd1 Nb2 25. Rb1 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nb2
27. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K (2515)-Nunn,J (2435)/Dubai 1986/TD. A more
spectacular draw than in the game, but not a really forced one.}) 17... Qxd6 {
All this has been played before and most of the games ended in draws after one
of the following moves.} 18. Bc2 Qg6 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Be3 {Opposite coloured
bishops, symmetrical position, no significant weaknesses for any side... Yes,
a draw is the most likely result. Long live the new Champ! Alfiles de distinto
color, posición casi simétrica, ausencia de debilidades importantes... Si, las
tablas son el resultado más probable. ¡Viva el nuevo Campeón!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5
Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. f3 g5 15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. Nde4 Nh5 17. Qd1 Nf4 18. a4 Rf7 19. b3 Raf8 20. Ra2 Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. b3 O-O-O 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. c5 Qa5 20. Ne4 Nc4 21. Be2
f5 22. Bxc4 fxe4 23. Bxe6+ Kb8 24. Re1 Qc3 25. Rxe4 Qb2 26. f3 Rf4 27. Qc1
Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxd4 29. Rxf4 gxf4 30. g4 fxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Qc7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ne5 Qb5 13. a4 Qd5 14. Qe2
Qe4 15. a5 a6 16. f3 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Rc8 18. Ra4 Nd5 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. c4 Ne7 21.
Bb6 Nc6 22. b4 Ne5 23. c5 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Bb8 25. Kc4 h5 26. h4 Rh6 27. Ra2 Bc7
28. Rd1 e5 29. Kb3 Re6 30. Rad2 f6 31. Rd5 Re7 32. Ka4 g6 33. Kb3 e4 34. fxe4
Rxe4 35. Rd7 Re7 36. R7d3 Kf7 37. Kc4 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Rd5 Bf4 40. Bd8 Re4+
41. Kb3 Kg6 42. Rd7 Rb8 43. Bc7 Bxc7 44. Rxc7 h4 45. Rd6+ Kf5 46. Rb6 Ree8 47.
Rcxb7 Rxb7 48. Rxb7 Re6 49. Rf7+ Ke4 50. b5 g4 51. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Ne7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. Rd2
b6 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Ng3 Kb7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Rd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 c6
21. g4 Kc7 22. Rd1 Be7 23. Ne1 Nh4 24. Kh2 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Bg5 27. Bc1
c4 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. bxc4 Rf8 31. Kg1 Rf4 32. Rd6 Re4 33. Nd3
Rxc4 34. Rxe6 Rxc2 35. Re7+ Kd8 36. Rxa7 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nh2+ 38. Ke1 Nf3+ 39. Kf1
Nh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Nef6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bd6 b5 18. b3 e5 19. d5 b4 20. dxc6 bxc3 21.
cxd7 Nxd7 22. Re2 Nf6 23. Bb4 Nh5 24. Bxc3 Nf4 25. Re3 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 f6 27. a4
Rac8 28. f3 Bf7 29. b4 Rc4 30. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Albert Dasmas, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1
Bf5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5
15. Re6 Nf6 16. c3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20. Bf4 Nd5 21.
Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Be5 b5 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 h6 26. h3 Re7 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aretxabaleta Saez, Julen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bf4 Qb7 12. Bh6 Rd8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qf4 Ra7 15.
Rfe1 Ra8 16. e5 Ng8 17. Ne4 Qa7 18. Re3 f5 19. exf6+ exf6 20. Rae1 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Becking, Franz Josef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d5
e5 9. e4 O-O 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nc2 f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. b3
Rf8 16. Be3 Bg5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. h4 Be7 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Kh2 Nf6
22. Rad1 Rf7 23. Rd3 Qd7 24. Rf3 Raf8 25. Ne4 Qg4 26. Re1 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bendayan Claros, Aaron Arturo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. c3 Nd7 10. h3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nf8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rxe8
Rxe8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Be6 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd3 Qc7 20. a4 a6
21. c4 Qb7 22. axb5 axb5 23. c5 Bc7 24. Qa2 Kf7 25. Nb4 Nd7 26. Bc3 Nb8 27. h4
Bd8 28. Bd2 Bc7 29. h5 Qc8 30. g3 Qd7 31. Be3 Qe8 32. Qa8 Qd7 33. Kf1 Qe8 34.
g4 Qd7 35. Ke1 g6 36. hxg6+ hxg6 37. f3 Qe8 38. Qb7 Qd7 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. Qa8 Qe8
41. Kd3 Qd7 42. Kc2 Qe8 43. Nd3 Qd7 44. Nb4 Qe8 45. Bd2 Qd7 46. Bc3 Qd8 47. Qa1
Qh8 48. Qa7 Qd8 49. Bd2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Cubillo Munoz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 c5 8. d5 a6
9. Nf2 Rb8 10. a4 Ne5 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. h3 Nh5 13. f4 Nd7 14. g4 Ng3 15. Rg1 Nxf1
16. Rxf1 Qa5 17. Ncd1 b6 18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. Ra3 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rxb2 21. Nd3 Rc2
22. Nf2 Nb6 23. Kd1 Rxc4 24. Bd2 Rd4 25. Ke2 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Nc4+ 27. Kc3 Nxa3
28. Ra1 Bd7 29. Rxa3 Rb8 30. Kd3 Rb4 31. Ke3 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Bxa4 33. g5 Bb3 34.
Kd3 a4 35. Kc3 Kf8 36. Ng4 Bd1 37. Ne3 Bb3 38. f5 f6 39. h4 Kg7 40. Kb2 h6 41.
gxh6+ Kxh6 42. fxg6 Kxg6 43. Nf5 e6 44. dxe6 Bxe6 45. Nxd6 c4 46. Ne8 a5 47.
Nc7 Bc8 48. Nd5 Bb7 49. h5+ Kxh5 50. Nxf6+ Kg6 51. Nd7 a3+ 52. Kxa3 c3 53. Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Escobar, Jose Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 c6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Ne5 Re8 13. Bh3 Ra8 14. Rac1 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nh5 16. Be3 g6 17. f4 Qb8 18. Bf2 Bf8 19. e4 Rd8 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nb5
Bc8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxc8 Rdxc8 24. Nc7 Rab8 25. Nxd5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27.
Rd1 Kg7 28. Kf1 f5 29. exf6+ Kf7 30. Ke2 Nxf6 31. Nxf6 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Kxf6 33.
Ke2 Ke6 34. Kf3 Bg7 35. b3 Kd5 36. g4 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Bh4 b5 39. Bd8 Bc3
40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ferrando Perello, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Be7 8. e3
Ne4 9. Bd3 Ndf6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. a4 h6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15.
g4 Bd6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Be7 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ferro Curao, Manuel Jao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. e4 b6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 a5 15. Rac1
Nb8 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rfe1 Qd8 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne5 Ra7 20. Ng4 Qd8 21. Bg3
Ba6 22. Qe3 f5 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Be5+ Kg6 25. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Garcia Sanchez, Jose Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Qd5 f6 8.
exf6 Nxf6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bd2 a5 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ Be6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qxe5 Rf5 19. Qe4 c6 20. Bg4 Rf6
21. a3 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Re8 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Qc2 Qc5 25. Rd3 b5 26. b3 Re4 27.
Rc1 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rg4 29. h3 Rg6 30. Rcd1 Qf5 31. Kh1 Qg5 32. Rg1 Qf5 33. Rd2
Qe6 34. Qd3 Ra8 35. Rf1 Rh6 36. f4 Re8 37. Rf3 Qe7 38. f5 Qe5 39. Qd4 Qc7 40.
e4 Qe7 41. Rf4 Rh4 42. Rdf2 Rxf4 43. Rxf4 Qe5 44. Qxe5 Rxe5 45. Kh2 Kf7 46. Kg3
Rc5 47. Rh4 Rxc4 48. Kf4 Rc2 49. g3 c5 50. Rxh7 c4 51. Rh8 c3 52. Rc8 Rc1 53.
g4 c2 54. Kg5 Re1 55. Rxc2 Rxe4 56. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gil Garcia, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b4 c6
9. Qa4 Nbd7 10. b5 d5 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Nbd5 14. Bb2 Qh5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 f4 18. Rfc1 fxg3 19. hxg3 Ne4 20. Rc7 Rf7 21.
Rac1 Bd7 22. Rxb7 Raf8 23. Rcc7 Bc8 24. Rxa7 g5 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27.
Qe3 Qf6 28. Ne5 Nd6 29. Qc3 Qf5 30. Qc5 Qf8 31. a4 Qd8 32. b6 Ba6 33. Bh3 Nf5
34. Bxf5 exf5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gomez Benitez, David Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. a4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qd3 b4 14. Na4 Qa6 15.
Qb3 Nc6 16. Nc5 Qxa1 17. Nxb7 Qa2 18. Nxd6+ Ke7 19. Qe3 Kxd6 20. Ne5 Rhc8 21.
Nxf7+ Ke7 22. Ng5 Nd8 23. Re1 h6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. d5 Ra6 26. b3 Rc3 27. Qe5
Qxc2 28. Bh3 Rf3 29. Bxe6 Qc3 30. Bc8+ Qxe5 31. Rxe5+ Kd8 32. Bxa6 Rxb3 33. d6
Ra3 34. Bc4 Rc3 35. Bf7 Kd7 36. Rb5 Kxd6 37. Rxb4 Rc7 38. Bb3 Ra7 39. Kg2 Kc5
40. Rb8 Kd4 41. h4 Ke4 42. Rd8 Rb7 43. Bc2+ Ke5 44. Ra8 Rc7 45. Bg6 Rb7 46. Ra1
Rc7 47. Re1+ Kd6 48. f3 Rc3 49. g4 Kc5 50. Kg3 Kd4 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Ng8 53.
Kg4 Ne7 54. Be4 Nc8 55. f4 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hickman, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O a6 9. d5 Na5 10. Ng3 b5 11. Bh6 Bd7 12. h4 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b4 14. Nb1 Qe7
15. Nd2 c6 16. dxc6 Be6 17. h5 Rfc8 18. Qg5 Nd5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Kb1 Rxc6 21.
Bd3 Rac8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ngf1 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxd6 Rxc2
27. Ne3 Re2 28. Ng4 Rxg2 29. Rxa6 Rcc2 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Ra8+ Nc8
33. Nd5 Ke8 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lopez Gallego, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Qa5 15.
Kb1 Nb4 16. a3 Rxc3 17. axb4 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxb4 19. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mariano Ribon, Calabia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. Nd2 Bh6 11. Nb3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 b6 13. c5 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Rf2
Rf6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. a4 g5 18. Nb5 Nf8 19. Qc7 Bd7 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxa7 Ra8
22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rf7 24. Rc2 Nc8 25. Rac1 Na7 26. Ba6 Re7 27. Rc7 Kf7 28.
b5 Nd7 29. Rb7 Nc8 30. Rcc7 Ke8 31. Rc6 Nc5 32. Nxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Bxc8 Kd6 36. Kf1 h5 37. Ke2 Kc7 38. Be6 Kd6 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Kc4
Kd6 41. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Marquinez Cabrejas, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bxb7 Bxb7 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. Qxb7 Rd8 11. Nf3 c5 12. Qxd7+ Rxd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. Ke2 O-O 15. Ne5 Rd5 16. Nd3 Bb6 17. Rd1 e5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rc8 20.
Ne1 Rb5 21. b3 e4 22. c4 Rh5 23. h3 g5 24. Rd6 Kg7 25. Rad1 g4 26. hxg4 Rg5 27.
Ra6 Rc7 28. Rd4 Rxg4 29. b4 Nd7 30. c5 Ne5 31. a3 h5 32. Rd5 f6 33. b5 Kf7 34.
b6 axb6 35. cxb6 Rb7 36. Ra7 Rxa7 37. bxa7 Rg8 38. Ra5 Ra8 39. Nc2 Nc6 40. Ra6
Ne7 41. Nd4 Kg6 42. Nb5 Nc8 43. a4 Kf5 44. Rc6 Ne7 45. Rb6 Nd5 46. Rb8 Nc7 47.
Nxc7 Rxa7 48. Rb5+ Kg4 49. Nd5 Rxa4 50. Nxf6+ Kg3 51. Nxh5+ Kxg2 52. Nf4+ Kg3
53. Rg5+ Kh4 54. Rd5 Ra2+ 55. Rd2 Ra1 56. Rd4 Ra2+ 57. Kd1 Kg3 58. Rxe4 Kf3 59.
Re5 Ra1+ 60. Kc2 Ra2+ 61. Kb3 Ra1 62. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Martin Manzano, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. axb5 cxb5 8. b3
Qc7 9. Na3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 c3 11. Bxb5+ Nd7 12. O-O cxd2 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. Nc4 Qd8
15. Bxd5 e6 16. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Maza Broto, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Qd3 Nf5 14. Rg1 O-O-O
15. g4 Ne3 16. Bxe3 dxe3 17. Rg3 Na5 18. Qxe3 Nc4 19. Qc5+ Kb8 20. Nd4 Rc8 21.
Qb4 Qa6 22. h4 f6 23. exf6 e5 24. fxe5 Rxg4 25. Rxg4 Bxg4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Kd2
Re8 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Meruvia Meruvia, Juan Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Rab8 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. b3 Rfc8
15. Rfd1 Nbd7 16. e4 Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Ne1 Nf8 19. a4 Qd8 20. f4 Ned7 21. Na2
Bd4+ 22. Kh2 Be2 23. Rdc1 Ba6 24. Bc3 e5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Qd2 e5
28. fxe5 dxe5 29. b4 Ne6 30. b5 Bb7 31. Nd3 Qe8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Moya Albaladejo, Jose Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
Qd3 O-O 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bb5 Ndb8 14. O-O a6
15. Ba4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Na7 17. Rac1 c6 18. Bb3 Nb5 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21.
Nc4 Nf6 22. a4 Nc7 23. Bf4 Nce8 24. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Munuera Sanchez, Jorge Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 Bd6
15. Ng4 Nxe4 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Ne3 c4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bd3 20. b4 Nc6 21.
a4 Nxb4 22. Ba3 a5 23. axb5 Be5 24. Bb2 Bf6 25. b6 Reb8 26. Ra3 Rxb6 27. Nexc4
Rc6 28. cxb4 Bxc4 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. bxa5 Ra6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33.
Rg3+ Kh6 34. Re7 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navarro Perez, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. Nd2 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 f5 13. Ba3 f4 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. c5
Nf6 16. f3 g5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. Rb1 Rf7 21. Nb6 Rb8 22.
a5 Bf8 23. Nb5 h5 24. Rf2 Rg7 25. Na7 Bd7 26. Bb5 Nf6 27. Rc2 Bxb5 28. Nxb5 g4
29. Kh1 gxf3 30. gxf3 h4 31. Rbc1 Ne8 32. Qf1 h3 33. Qxh3 Nh4 34. Bb4 Qg5 35.
Rf1 Rd8 36. Be1 Be7 37. Bxh4 Qxh4 38. Qxh4 Bxh4 39. Rg1 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Be1 41.
Nc4 Kf7 42. Kf1 Bb4 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Rb2 Bc5 45. Kd3 Kd7 46. Rg2 Ke7 47. Rg6 Ra8
48. h4 Bb4 49. Re6+ Kf8 50. h5 Rd8 51. h6 Rd7 52. Kc2 Bc5 53. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Palomino Menendez, Salvador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Bc5 7. b4 Qb6 8.
bxc5 Qc7 9. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pardo Simon, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O Bxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. Be3 Ne6 10. f4 d4 11. Bd2 c5 12. f5 Nc7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. f6 g6 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. Re1 Nb4 17. a3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Be6 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Qg4 Ne6 21. Bh6 b5
22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd5 24. Rae1 c4 25. Qh3 c3 26. b4 Rec8 27. Bc1 Qd8 28.
Rh4 Nf8 29. Ree4 Qe8 30. Qg3 Ne6 31. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pastor Gomis, Jose Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 a6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Nf3 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qb6 9. Bc3 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. h3 c5 12. d5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Bd7
15. Rc1 Kg7 16. h4 h5 17. Be2 Bb5 18. c4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bd7 20. Ne5 b5 21. f4
f6 22. Nd3 Rc8 23. a3 Bg4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. cxb5 Nd7 26. b6 Rab8 27. Rc2 Rxb6
28. Rhc1 Rb3 29. Rc3 Rcb8 30. Rxb3 Rxb3 31. Rc3 Rb1 32. Ke3 Rh1 33. Nxc5 Nxc5
34. Rxc5 Re1+ 35. Kd3 Rg1 36. Rc2 Ra1 37. Rc3 Rg1 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pastor Gomis, Jose Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. f3
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. h4 d5
15. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Perez Ferris, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A94"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. b3 O-O 8. Qc2 Ne4
9. Ba3 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qb2 g5 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. e3
Be8 16. Rfe1 Bg6 17. f4 g4 18. c5 Nde8 19. b4 Nc7 20. a4 Rfb8 21. b5 a6 22.
bxc6 bxc6 23. Qa1 a5 24. Rb1 Na6 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28.
Qb1 Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Na2 Ne8 31. Bf1 Nec7 32. Nb3 Kf8 33. Na5 Be8 34. Kf2
Ke7 35. Ke1 Bd7 36. Kd1 Kd8 37. Nb7+ Kc8 38. Nd6+ Kb8 39. Kc2 Ka7 40. Kb3 Kb8
41. Nf7 Be8 42. Ne5 Kb7 43. h3 h5 44. h4 Kb8 45. Nd3 Ka7 46. Ndxb4 Bd7 47. a5
Be8 48. Nxa6 Nxa6 49. Bxa6 Kxa6 50. Ka4 Bd7 51. Nb4+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Perez Pardo, Adrian Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. Nge2 a6 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Ng3 Na5 12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nc6 14. d5 Nb8
1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Poazuelo, Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bb7 14. b4 Bd6
15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. bxa5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Ba3 Re3
21. Nb3 Ra8 22. Bb4 h6 23. Nc5 Kh7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nd5 26. a3 g5 27. Rd1
c6 28. Rd4 Kg6 29. c4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Ra7 31. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rasskin Friederichs, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. c5 g5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. Qb3
Rf7 16. Rfc1 Bf8 17. Nf2 Nh4 18. Rc2 h5 19. Rac1 Rg7 20. h3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxh3
22. Nxh3 g4 23. fxg4 Qh4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rf7 26. Rf1 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Qg3+
28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ribes Peris, Alvaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qc1 e6 14. Qf4 f5 15. d5
Ne5 16. Nd4 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Bb3 Bd7 20. Rad1 a5 21. a4
Rac8 22. Qh4 Qc5 23. Bf6 d5 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Nxf5+ Bxf5 27.
Rxd5 Nf3+ 28. gxf3 Rxe1+ 29. Kg2 Rxc2 30. Qd4+ Kf7 31. Rxa5 Rcc1 32. Rxf5+ gxf5
33. Kg3 Rc7 34. Kf4 Re6 35. Kxf5 Rcc6 36. f4 Rcd6 37. Qc4 Rc6 38. Qd5 Ke7 39.
Kg4 Rg6+ 40. Kf3 b6 41. f5 Rgf6 42. b4 h5 43. Kf4 h4 44. Kg5 Rh6 45. Qe5+ Kf7
46. b5 Rcd6 47. Qc3 Kf8 48. f6 Rh7 49. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rodriguez Gonzalez, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. c3 Nd7 15.
h4 e6 16. h5 Qe7 17. g4 Nc5 18. Bc2 d5 19. Qh3 Bh8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. exd5 exd5
22. Bxg6 Rxf4 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. O-O-O Qf7 25. Bc2 Bg7 26. Nf5 d4 27. Bxf4 Qxa2
28. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Soler Nadal, Jose Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 a6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Nf8 12. Rab1 g6 13. a4 Ne6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Nb3 Rec8 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. Ne5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Re8 21.
Rb6 Bc8 22. Rfb1 Nf6 23. a5 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Qd2 Qg4 26. Qe2 Qg5 27. Qf3
Ree7 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 h5 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 f5 32. Kd2 Kf7 33. R1b3 Kf6
34. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tonus, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. b5 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
Ne8 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ba3 Kh7 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxc5
Qc7 22. Qd7 Bf6 23. Rd1 Kh8 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Bxe7 Bxe7 26. Rd7 Bb4 27. Rxc7
Bxc3 28. exf5 gxf5 29. e7 Rb8 30. g3 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Torino Caballero, Luis Ferrand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nd7 4. d4 c6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Ne6 fxe6 9. Bxh6 Nb6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Bf6 13. Nd2 Qd4 14. Qb3
b5 15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Benidorm sim"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Valverde Caballero, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.11.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Be3 b6 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. e4 Qc8
15. b3 Qh3 16. f3 h5 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Qc3+ e5 21.
Rcd1 Ne6 22. f4 Nd4 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Qxd4+ f6 25. f5 g5 26. Nf4 gxf4 27. Rxf4
Rg8 28. Rh4 Qxh4 29. gxh4 Kh7+ 30. Kf2 Rf7 31. Kf3 Rg4 32. h3 Rg8 33. Qxd6 Rg1
34. b4 Rg8 35. c5 bxc5 36. bxc5 Re8 37. c6 Ree7 38. a4 Kh8 39. a5 Kh7 40. Ke3
Kh8 41. Kd4 Kg8 42. Qg3+ Rg7 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qd6 Rgf7 45. Qg3 Rg7 46. Qf3 Kh6
47. Kd5 Rgf7 48. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. c4
Nc7 9. Rg1 Nd7 10. Nf3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15.
Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Bd5 17. Be2 Rc8 18. b3 Nf6 19. Ne5 Ne4 20. Qb2 e6 21. g5 Qd6
22. h4 Nc3 23. Rg3 Nxe2 24. Kxe2 Rc7 25. Rc1 Qa6+ 26. Ke1 Rfc8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7
28. Bf4 Bf8 29. Ng4 Bb4+ 30. Bd2 Bd6 31. Rc3 Bg2 32. Ne3 Bf3 33. Nc4 Bd5 34.
Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qa3 Qh2 37. Be3 Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Qb1 39. Qxa7 Qb2+ 40.
Kd3 Qb1+ 41. Kc3 Qe1+ 42. Kb2 Qe2+ 43. Ka3 Kg7 44. Bf4 Qb5 45. Be5+ Kf8 46.
Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 14. Bh3 c5 15.
Bb2 e6 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Nb3 Re8 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb6 20. Rac1 Qd5 21. Rxc6
Qxc6 22. Bg2 Qc2 23. Rd2 Qb1+ 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. Rxb1 Rxe2 26. Bxb7 Rxa2 27. Bc5
Rb8 28. Nc1 Ra5 29. Nb3 Ra2 30. Nc1 Ra4 31. Bc6 Rc4 32. Nd3 Rc3 33. Nf4 Nd7 34.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 35. Bb5 a5 36. Bd6 Rb3 37. Ba4 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Bc7 Na6 40. Bd8
Ra1 41. Bb5 Nb4 42. e4 a4 43. d5 exd5 44. exd5 a3 45. Bf6 Rd1 46. Be2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Bd5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxe4 d5 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxd4 Qf6 19. Nd2 b4 20. Qxd5 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Rb5 22. Qf3 Qg6 23. Ra4 Bb7 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. fxg3 Rd8 26. Rf2 f6 27. g4
Rb2 28. Nf1 Rb1 29. Kh2 Bc6 30. Ra3 Rd3 31. Ng3 Rc1 32. Nf5 Bd7 33. Re2 Bxf5
34. gxf5 Rdxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Re6 Rc5 37. Rxa6 Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. a4 Nc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. f3 c4
15. Kf2 Rac8 16. a5 Kf8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Bb4 19. Nc3 Bc5 20. Ra4 Bxe3+ 21.
Kxe3 Rc5 22. Rb4 Rc7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rdc8 25. c3 Ke7 26. g3 g6 27. f4
exf4+ 28. gxf4 h5 29. Rd4 Nb8 30. Rbxc4 Nc6 31. Rd5 Rd8 32. Bf3 Rcd7 33. b4 Na7
34. Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. e5 Nb5 36. Rc8 Na3 37. Be4 Nb5 38. c4 Nc3 39. Rb8 Nxe4 40.
Kxe4 h4 41. h3 Rc7 42. c5 Rd7 43. Rc8 f5+ 44. exf6+ Kxf6 45. c6 Re7+ 46. Kf3
Ke6 47. cxb7 Rxb7 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. Rc5+ Kf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 dxe4 7. Qe2 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7
14. Bf4 Rhe8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. g4 Bf8 17. Kg2 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Rb5 20.
Re2 f5 21. gxf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 Bd6 23. Nxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxb2 12. Rd1 Na6 13. O-O exd5 14. Qxe7+
Kxe7 15. cxd5 Nc5 16. Bf4 d6 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Bf3 Rhe8 19. Be3 Kf7 20. Rd2 Bc3
21. Rc2 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Re7 23. Rd1 Rae8 24. e3 Bd3 25. Rc3 Bg6 26. Be2 Kg8 27.
f3 Rf8 28. e4 Bh5 29. g4 Be8 30. h4 a5 31. h5 Bd7 32. Kg2 Rfe8 33. Bf1 Rf8 34.
Rdc1 Ref7 35. Re3 Re7 36. Be2 Rfe8 37. Kg3 h6 38. Rcc3 Kf8 39. Bf1 Kg8 40. Bg2
Kf8 41. Rc1 Kg8 42. Rce1 c6 43. dxc6 Bxc6 44. Rb1 Rb7 45. Rc3 Bd7 46. Bxc5 dxc5
47. Rxc5 a4 48. a3 bxc5 49. Rxb7 Be6 50. Rc7 Rb8 51. Rxc5 Rb3 52. Rc6 Kf7 53.
Bf1 Rxa3 54. Bc4 Bxc4 55. Rxc4 Ra1 56. Kf4 a3 57. Ra4 a2 58. e5 Ke6 59. Ra6+
Kf7 60. Kf5 Rf1 61. Ra7+ Kf8 62. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 63. Ke6 Kg8 64. Ra4 Rb3 65. Rd4
Rb6+ 66. Ke7 Rb7+ 67. Ke6 Rb6+ 68. Kf5 Kf7 69. Rd7+ Kf8 70. Rc7 Ra6 71. Rd7 Rb6
72. Rd6 Rb4 73. Ra6 Kf7 74. e6+ Kf8 75. Ra8+ Ke7 76. Ra7+ Kf8 77. Rf7+ Kg8 78.
Rd7 Kf8 79. Rd5 Ke7 80. g5 Rb7 81. gxh6 gxh6 82. Rc5 Ra7 83. Rb5 Rc7 84. Rd5
Ra7 85. Rb5 Rc7 86. Ra5 Rb7 87. Ra6 Rb5+ 88. Kg6 Rg5+ 89. Kxh6 Rg1 90. Kh7 Kf6
91. h6 Rg2 92. Kh8 Rg1 93. h7 Rg2 94. Rb6 Rg1 95. Rb8 Kxe6 96. Rg8 Rh1 97. Kg7
Rg1+ 98. Kf8 Rf1+ 99. Ke8 Ra1 100. Rg6+ Kf5 101. Rf6+ Kg5 102. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Re8 9. Qd3 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Rfc1 h6 13. Ne1 e5 14. Nc2 bxa3
15. bxa3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. e3 Nc5 18. Qc2 a4 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Rb4 Ng4 21.
Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Ne5 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Rd1 Rbd8 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Nxa4 Qa5 27. Bh3
Ne6 28. Qb3 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nfg5 30. Bg4 Rcd8 31. h4 Nh7 32. Bf3 Rd7 33. b6 Nf6
34. Rb5 Qa8 35. Nc3 Nc5 36. Qb4 Re5 37. a4 Qc8 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40.
Bxd5 Re7 41. Qc4 Qf5 42. a5 Kf8 43. Bf3 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. a6 bxa6 46. b7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 c5 13. a3 a5 14. b4 cxb4
15. axb4 Nc6 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Rxa5 Nxa5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Kd7 20. Rxb7 Ra8
21. Rb3 Kc6 22. Kg2 Ra2 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Rc3 Ra5 25. Kg3 Kd6 26. Kh4 Bxe3 27.
fxe3 Ra1 28. Rd3+ Ke6 29. Rc3 Rf1 30. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. Rf2 Nbd7 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Nh7 15. g5
hxg5 16. hxg5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Qh5 Be3 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Qh4 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2
Rfc8 22. Nd2 Qb6+ 23. Re3 Qxb2 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxa8
Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxb7+ Nd7 30. Qxa6 Qxc2+ 31. Qe2 Qc3 32. Qg4 Nf6 33.
Qxg7 Qb2+ 34. Kg3 Qxa2 35. Qg5 Qe2 36. Bf3 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qc3 38. Kf2 Qc5+ 39.
Kg2 Qc8 40. Kf2 Qh8 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. Qd2 Qg7+ 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Qc2 Ne8 45. Qc1
Qh8 46. Kg3 Kf6 47. Qc8 Qf8 48. Qc1 Qg7+ 49. Kf2 Qg5 50. Qc8 Ke7 51. Qb7+ Kf8
52. Qc8 Qe7 53. Kg3 Qc7 54. Qa8 Ke7 55. Kf2 Nf6 56. Kg3 Qb6 57. Kg2 Qd4 58.
Qb7+ Kf8 59. Qc6 Qd2+ 60. Kg3 Kg7 61. Qb7 Nh7 62. Qc8 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qe2 Nge7 9. Be3 b5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. O-O dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd4
15. Qc4 Nxb3 16. cxb3 a5 17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qc5 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Nc8 21.
Ne3 Nd6 22. Bf3 Ke7 23. Re1 Rc8 24. Rh5 h6 25. Nd5+ Kd8 26. Ne3 f6 27. Rh4 Rac7
28. Rd4 Rc1 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Ke7 31. Kd2 g5 32. h4 f5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34.
g3 Rc5 35. Bg2 g4 36. Bh1 Be8 37. Bg2 Bf7 38. Nc4 Nxc4+ 39. Rxc4 Kd6 40. Rxc5
Kxc5 41. Bb7 Kd4 42. Bc8 Bg8 43. Bd7 Ke4 44. Bc6+ Ke5 45. Bd7 Kd6 46. Bc8 Kd5
47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Ba6 Bf7 49. Bb5 Bg6 50. Bc4 Be8 51. Bb5 Bf7 52. Bc4 Kd6 53. Kf4
Be8 54. Ke3 Bc6 55. Kd4 e5+ 56. Ke3 Be4 57. Bf7 Bd5 58. Bg6 Ke6 59. Bh7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bxa6 Ra8 14. Bxb7 Rxa4
15. Bxc6+ Kf8 16. Nxa4 Ne4 17. Bb7 Nd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rc6 Qd7 20. Rc8+ Bd8
21. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bxc4 Nxe4 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Ne5 Be7 13. Rd3 Nbd7 14. Rg3 Kh8 15.
Rd1 Nd5 16. Bc1 f5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rh3 Kg8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qe6+ Rf7 21.
Qxc6 Nf6 22. Qe6 g6 23. Bf4 Qc8 24. Re3 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Bb4 26. Na2 Bf8 27. Be5
Ne4 28. f3 Ng5 29. Rc6 Rd7 30. Rdc1 Nf7 31. Bg3 Nd8 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Kf7
34. Nc3 Bg7 35. Be5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 a6 37. Kf2 d4 38. Nb1 Ne6 39. Rc6 b5 40. a5
Rd5 41. Rxa6 Rxe5 42. Rb6 Nc5 43. a6 Re7 44. Rxb5 Nxa6 45. Rd5 Rb7 46. Rxd4
Rxb2+ 47. Nd2 Nc5 48. Kg3 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Nd5 e6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Rc1 e5 14. e4 c5 15.
Ng5 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Ng8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. fxe5+ Kg7 20. e6 Bxe6 21.
dxe6 Rxe6 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rcd1 Nf6 24. Bh3 Nxe4 25. Qd3 Re5 26. Bg2 Rd8 27.
Rfe1 Nf6 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxb7 a5 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Bf3 Qc7 32. Re1 Re8 33. Qe3
Qd7 34. Qe6 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd4 c6 11. e4 cxd5 12. exd5 Nac4 13. b3 Nd6 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Nd4 Bh3 21.
Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Bxe7 Re6 27.
Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bc5 b6 29. Ba3 Bf6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ne7 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Ne1
Kd6 34. Nc2 b5 35. Kd3 a6 36. Ke4 Kc5 37. f3 a5 38. h3 a4 39. g4 axb3 40. axb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Qe8 8. g4 a5
9. Nge2 Na6 10. Ng3 c6 11. g5 Nd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd6 f5 14. gxf6 Rxf6 15.
Qd2 Nf8 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Qxa5 Nd4 19. O-O-O c5 20. Nd5 Rf7 21. Ne2
Nb4 22. Nec3 Nbc6 23. Qa3 Ra7 24. Qxc5 Rxa2 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Ra1+ 27. Nb1
exd4 28. Bd3 Be6 29. f4 Kh8 30. e5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nge7 8.
h4 f5 9. h5 Rf8 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Rh7 Rf7 12. Rxg7 Rxg7 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nxc6
Nxc6 15. Nd5 Qe6 16. Be2 Ne5 17. f4 c6 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 Rf7
21. Bh6+ Ke7 22. Bf4 Qe6 23. Ng8+ Kf8 24. Nh6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. f4 g6 10. Bd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. a4 Nh5 14. Qe2 a5 15. axb5
axb4 16. Na4 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxb4 Nxa4 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. bxc6 Nc3 21.
Qb2 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Qc5 23. Qa8+ Kg7 24. O-O d4 25. Qb7 dxe3 26. c7 exf2+ 27.
Kh1 Qe3 28. Qg2 Qxd3 29. Rxf2 Qc4 30. Qb7 Nd1 31. c8=Q Nxf2+ 32. Kg2 Qd4 33.
Qcc7 Nxf4+ 34. Kf1 N2xh3 35. Qxf7+ Kh6 36. Qxh7+ Kg5 37. Qbe7+ Kf5 38. Qef7+
Ke5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne8 9. a3 Bg5 10. b4 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 b6 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. Qc2 axb4 15.
Rxb4 Nc5 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nxb6 Ra3 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Rfb1 h6 20. Be2 Qc7 21. f3
Qa7 22. Kh1 Ra5 23. Nxd7 Nfxd7 24. Bf1 Qa6 25. g3 Ra3 26. Bh3 Nf6 27. Bf1 Rd8
28. Kg2 g6 29. Nb5 Ra2 30. R4b2 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Kg7 32. Ra2 Qb6 33. Qd2 Nb7 34.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Nc5 36. Ke3 Ne8 37. Be2 Kf6 38. Ra5 Ke7 39. Na7 Kf6 40. Nc6
Rd7 41. f4 exf4+ 42. gxf4 Rb7 43. Rb5 Rxb5 44. cxb5 Nd7 45. Kd4 g5 46. Bg4 Nb6
47. e5+ Kg7 48. fxg5 dxe5+ 49. Nxe5 hxg5 50. Nc4 Nxc4 51. Kxc4 Kf6 52. Kc5 Ke7
53. b6 Nd6 54. Kc6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. b3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qb1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nc5 19. Qc2 a5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21.
Qb5 Qb7 22. Rd4 Bf8 23. h3 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd7 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Nd2 e5 27. Bb2 Rc5
28. Qd3 Rd5 29. Qe2 b5 30. Nf3 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 f6 32. Qc2 Nc5 33. Nd2 Qd5 34.
Ba3 Qd3 35. Qc1 b4 36. Bb2 a4 37. bxa4 Nxa4 38. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. f4 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Rc8 14. f5 exf5
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxf5 Bb4 17. Qxd7 Nbxd7 18. Ne2 Nb6 19. Ng3 Nfd5 20. a3 Be7
21. Ne4 Rfd8 22. Bd2 Nc4 23. Rac1 Nxd2 24. Rxc8 Nxb3 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rf5 Nc7
27. d5 Nd4 28. Rf1 Nxd5 29. Rd1 Bb6 30. Kh1 Ne3 31. Rc1 h6 32. Nd6 Ng4 33. g3
f5 34. Nxb7 g5 35. b4 Kf7 36. a4 Ne6 37. a5 Be3 38. Nd6+ Kf6 39. Rc6 f4 40.
gxf4 gxf4 41. Nb5 Ke5 42. h3 Nf2+ 43. Kg2 Ne4 44. h4 Nd2 45. Rc1 f3+ 46. Kg3
Ne4+ 47. Kxf3 Bxc1 48. Nxa7 Nd4+ 49. Kg4 Nf6+ 50. Kh3 Bd2 51. a6 Bxb4 52. Nc8
Ne6 53. a7 Nc7 54. Nb6 Kf5 55. a8=Q Nxa8 56. Nxa8 Ba5 57. Kg3 h5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 Nxb3 12. axb3 h5 13. Nc3 h4 14. Nge2 h3 15. g3
b4 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. f3 a5 18. Bf4 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Bg7 20. g4 Ra6 21. Ne3 Ne7 22.
Rd2 Nc8 23. e5 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Ng3 Kf8 26. f4 Kg8 27. f5 Qg5 28. Qe2 dxe5
29. Rd7 Nd6 30. fxg6 Rxg6 31. Nef5 Nxf5 32. Rxf5 Qxg4 33. Qxg4 Rxg4 34. Rxb7 a4
35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. Rfxf7 Ra2 37. Rfc7 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rf4+ 39. Ke1 Rxh2 40. Nh5
Rh1+ 41. Ke2 h2 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. N2f3 Nc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5
Rxa3 22. Nxa3 Ba6 23. Re3 Rb8 24. Nd4 Nbd3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Nc6
Rxb2 28. Bxb2 Qxb2 29. Nb1 g6 30. Nd2 h5 31. Nf3 Bc4 32. Qa4 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+
34. Kg1 Qxe4 35. Na5 Bxd5 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Nd2 Bd5 38. Kf1 Bh6 39. Nb1 d2 40.
Nc3 Bg7 41. Nd1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 Nb8 17. Nxc4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nxc6 20. Rd7 Bf6
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bd5 Nb4 23. Rxa7 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Rfd8 25. Rb1 Rxd5 26. Rxb6 Rf5
27. Rb2 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rc1 29. a4 Ra1 30. f4 h5 31. Rbb7 Rc5 32. Rxf7+ Kg6 33.
Rg7+ Kf5 34. Kh3 Ra2 35. Rh7 Ke4 36. Rac7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 h4 38. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 39.
Kg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 Qb8 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. c5 Bf8 18. b4 Ra8 19. a4 Rec8 20. Qb3 b6 21. Bc3 a5
22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Ne4 25. Bxa5 Qxa5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd7 Rc3
28. Qb8 Rc2 29. Rf1 Qc3 30. Ne5 Rc1 31. Bb5 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Qe1 33. Nd3 Qa1 34.
Ne5 Nd2 35. Qb5 Nxf1 36. Qxf1 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Bd2 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. b4 Qd7 17. Ng3 a5 18. Rb1 Rfb8 19. c3 axb4 20. axb4 Ne8 21. Qb3
Nc7 22. Ra1 h6 23. Qb2 Rf8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 Rxa1+ 26. Qxa1 Qc8 27. bxc5
dxc5 28. c4 b4 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Ne8 31. Qb2 Qd7 32. Qb1 Bf6 33. Ne2 Qa4
34. f4 Ba1 35. Kf2 Nc7 36. Ke1 Na6 37. Nc1 Bc3 38. Nb3 Qd7 39. Ke2 Qf7 40. Be3
Qh5+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Kf3 Qh5+ 43. Kg3 Qg6+ 44. Kf2 Qh5 45. Qf1 Qe8 46. Qd1 Qa4
47. Qb1 Qd7 48. g4 Qd8 49. Ke2 Qh4 50. Qf1 Qd8 51. f5 e5 52. f6 Qxf6 53. Qxf6
gxf6 54. Bxh6 Bd4 55. h4 Nb8 56. Be3 Nd7 57. Bxd4 exd4 58. g5 fxg5 59. hxg5 Kf7
60. e5 Nxe5 61. Nxc5 Kg6 62. Nb3 Nc6 63. Kf3 Kxg5 64. Ke4 Kf6 65. Kd5 Ne5 66.
Kxd4 Ke6 67. c5 Nc6+ 68. Ke4 Ne7 69. d4 Nd5 70. Kd3 Nc3 71. Kc4 Nd5 72. Nd2
Ne3+ 73. Kxb4 Kd5 74. Nb3 Nf5 75. Kb5 Ne7 76. Na5 Ng6 77. c6 Ne7 78. c7 Kd6 79.
Nc6 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc4 Ne7 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Nh4 Kh8 12. Nxg6+ fxg6 13. Be3 b5 14. Nd2 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Qe7 16. Qe2 h6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rf2 g5 19. g4 Nh7 20. Raf1 Rxf2 21. Rxf2
Nf6 22. Nf1 a5 23. a3 c5 24. Ng3 g6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. Bd5 Rf8 28. Ba2
Qd8 29. b4 Qc8 30. Qd2 h5 31. gxh5 Bxh3+ 32. Kh1 Qg4 33. h6+ Kxh6 34. Nf1 Nxe4
35. dxe4 Bg2+ 36. Kg1 Bxe4+ 37. Rg2 Bxg2 38. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 axb4 40. axb4
c4 41. Bb1 d5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Qh4 16. Qf3 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Na3 c5 20. d5 Ng6 21. Nc4
Qf6 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Ra6 c4 25. Ba4 g6 26. Qe2 f3 27. Qxc4 Qg5 28.
Rg1 Qd2 29. Rd1 Qxb2 30. Bc6 Qxf2 31. Ra2 Qe3 32. Qd3 Qf4 33. Rf1 f2 34. d6 Be3
35. Qe2 Rb6 36. Bd5 Rxd6 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 38. Kh3 Rf6 39. Qg4 Qh6+ 40. Kg2 Rf4 41.
Qd7 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Na5 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qe1 Rc8 12. Rd1 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Rd3 Nc4
15. Bc1 Qb6 16. Nd5 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nxb2 18. Nxb6 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Bxb6 20. f5 Rc2
21. Bh6 Be2 22. Qa1 f6 23. Qb1 Rcc8 24. Re1 Bh5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rc1 Rd8 27.
Qb5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Bg6 29. Qh3 d5 30. e5 fxe5 31. Qe6 Bxd3 32. Qxe5 Rd6 33. Rc8+
Kf7 34. Qh8 Bg6 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Rc1 Be3 37. Rf1+ Ke5 38. Qf8 Ke6 39. Qg8+ Ke5
40. h4 d4 41. h5 Be4 42. Qg7+ Ke6 43. Qf7+ Ke5 44. Qxe7+ Kd5 45. Qxb7+ Ke5 46.
Qe7+ Kd5 47. Qxa7 Rh6 48. Qd7+ Ke5 49. Qe8+ Kd5 50. Rf8 Rc6 51. Qd7+ Kc4 52.
Re8 Bd5 53. Rd8 Be4 54. Qg4 Bc2 55. Qf3 Rc5 56. g4 Kd3 57. Kg2 Kd2 58. Rb8 Kc3
59. Re8 Kd2 60. Kg3 Rc3 61. Kg2 Bd1 62. Qe4 Bc2 63. Qd5 Bd1 64. g5 Bxh5 65.
Rxe3 Kxe3 66. Qe5+ Kd3 67. Qg3+ Kc4 68. Qc7+ Kb4 69. Qxh7 Bf3+ 70. Kf2 Bd5 71.
Qe7+ Kc4 72. Qc7+ Kd3 73. Qe5 Rc2+ 74. Kg3 Bxa2 75. g6 Bc4 76. g7 Rc1 77. Kf2
Rc2+ 78. Kf3 Rc1 79. Qe4+ Kc3 80. Qc6 Rg1 81. Qh6 d3 82. Kf2 Rg4 83. Qf6+ Kc2
84. Qc6 Kc3 85. Kf3 Rg1 86. Qc5 Rg6 87. Qe5+ Kb3 88. Ke3 Re6 89. Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. h3 Ng6 14. Ra7 c5
15. Qa1 Rb7 16. Ra8 h6 17. Qa5 Qxa5 18. Rxa5 Ne7 19. Ra6 Rd8 20. Rfa1 Rb8 21.
Ra7 Bb7 22. R7a5 Ra8 23. R1a2 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. c4 b4 27.
Ba4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Nh4 g6 31. Nhf3 Nd7 32. Ke2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
fxe3 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. O-O
Bf6 15. Bd4 Rb8 16. b3 Be6 17. Qd2 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 a5 19. Rfd1 Rb4 20. Qc5 Qb6
21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Rac1 Ra8 23. Rd4 Rb4 24. Rcd1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Ke7
27. Ra4 Bd7 28. Rd4 Kd6 29. Ke3 Kc5 30. a3 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 g6 14. Rab1
c5 15. Qb2 b6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Qa3 Qf6 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Rfe1 a6 21.
Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Rb2 Rfe8 23. Reb1 Rac8 24. h3 Kg7 25. Ne1 Qf6 26. Nd3 Qf5 27. Nf4
Rc6 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd1 Rec8 30. Rbd2 Nf6 31. Qb2 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rd4
Kg8 34. Nd3 Rxc3 35. Qxb5 Rc2 36. Rf4 Qe6 37. Rf3 Ne4 38. Nf4 Nc3 39. Qb3 Qe4
40. Nxd5 Nxd5 41. Rxd5 Qe6 42. Rf4 R2c3 43. Qb5 Qc6 44. Qxc6 R3xc6 45. Rd7 Rf8
46. g4 Rcc8 47. Kg2 Rcd8 48. Rfxf7 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15.
a3 Rac8 16. e5 b5 17. Ba2 c5 18. d5 c4 19. h4 Nc5 20. h5 exd5 21. hxg6 d4 22.
Rxd4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Kh8 26. gxf7 Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Bxe5
28. Re4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qxc3 31. Qd6 Qc6 32. Qe5+ Kh7 33. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rb1 a5
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. g3 c5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Qd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17. h3 Bd7 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Rd1 Bf5 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Nc3 Qd6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Ne7 26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Kh2
Be6 28. Bf3 Nf5 29. Bg4 Nd6 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Re1 b5 32. Nf3 Re8 33. Bxe6 fxe6
34. f5 exf5 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8 36. Nxb5 Kf7 37. Ne1 g5 38. Nd3 Ke7 39. b4 axb4 40.
Nxb4 Ke6 41. a4 Nd6 42. Nc7+ Kd7 43. Ncxd5 Bxd4 44. a5 Nb5 45. Nb6+ Kd6 46. Na4
h5 47. Nc2 Ba7 48. Ne3 f4 49. Nc4+ Kd5 50. Ncb6+ Ke4 51. Nc5+ Kd4 52. Ne6+ Ke5
53. Nxg5 Nd6 54. Nf3+ Ke4 55. Ng5+ Kf5 56. Nf3 Ke4 57. Nd7 Nc4 58. Nf6+ Kf5 59.
Nxh5 Nxa5 60. Ng7+ Kf6 61. Ne8+ Ke7 62. Nc7 Kf6 63. Nd5+ Kf5 64. Nd2 Nc6 65.
Nc4 Ke4 66. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. Bxb4
cxb4 9. O-O a5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d6 12. e4 Nc6 13. Rad1 e5 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15.
Nf1 Rad8 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rc1 Qb8 21.
Qxd4 Qa7 22. f4 Rc8 23. e5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qb8 25. Qxb6 dxe5 26. d6 Bxg2 27. Qxb8
Rxb8 28. Kxg2 Rd8 29. fxe5 f6 30. e6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e3
b5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. h4 Qe8 14. Bf4 Bd8 15.
h5 f6 16. h6 e5 17. hxg7 Kxg7 18. Be3 Bg4 19. a4 Ne7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Ng6
22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Rda1 exd4 24. Bxd4 Ne5 25. Qf4 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 c6
28. e5 Rc8 29. exf6 Rf7 30. Ra8 Qe6 31. R1a7 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Qd7 33. Qxc6 Kg8 34.
Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bh4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6
9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Ngf3 Bd6 11. Be2 Nge7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd1 h5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15.
hxg3 g5 16. Bc2 h4 17. gxh4 g4 18. Nh2 Rxh4 19. g3 Rh3 20. e4 Kf7 21. Re1 dxe4
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Re2 Rch8 25. Ndf1 Nd5 26. Qd2 R8h6 27. Rae1 Qc8
28. f3 f4 29. Nxg4 R6h5 30. gxf4 Rxf3 31. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rh1+ 33. Kf2 Rxe1
34. Rxe1 Qxg4 35. Qe2 Qh4+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kf2 Nce7 38. Qf3 Qh2+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+
40. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Re2 Nd5 43. Rc2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. f4 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. g4 b5 13. O-O-O Rc7 14. Rhg1
Qe7 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. g5 Bb7 17. Rg3 Nb4 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qg4 Rfc8 20. Qh4 Nf8 21.
a3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 h5 23. gxh6 Qxh4 24. Rxh4 Nh7 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. N2f3 Re8 27. Ng5
e5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Ndf3 Nh5 30. Rg1 Kh8 31. Nh3 Bc8 32. Nf2 Nf4 33. Nxe5 Ne2
34. Re1 Nd4 35. Neg4 Nf3 36. Nf6 Rd8 37. Nd5 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Advanced rap m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 a5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
h3 Re8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Nd4 Nh5 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Bf1
Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. f4 f6 24. Qb3 Qf7 25. Bb6 a4 26. Qa2 Rd7 27. Be2 g6 28.
e5 Bc7 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Bg4 f5 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. Rd8 Ree7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Red1 c5 35. Be2 c4 36. R1d6 Be4 37. Kf2 Re6 38. R8d7+ Rxd7 39. Rxd7+ Re7 40.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Bd5 43. Ke3 b4 44. Kd2 c3+ 45. bxc3 bxa3 46.
Kc1 Ke6 47. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Advanced rap m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd4 Bc4 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nf4 18. Kh2 c5 19. Nf5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Ne6 21. f3 Bb5 22. Rd2 h5 23. Kg3 Bc6 24. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 Bf8 {
[%mdl 8] This system is examined by GM I.Stohl in CBM 118 (annotations to
Iljin-Nepomniachtchi), by GM D.Rogozenko in CBM 120, as well as in annotations
to Inarkiev-Aronian in this issue, which I wrote a couple of weeks ago. The
opening theory is developing so quickly that they are somewhat out of date
already! Particularly, the text move, which I suggested in those annotations,
has now undergone a thorough test at the highest level. Sit and enjoy!} 15. Bg3
Bg7 16. Bd6 Bf8 {An early draw?} 17. Bxf8 {Not yet! Black's uncastled king
gives White some compensation for the pawn.} Rxf8 $6 {I don't like this move.}
(17... Kxf8 $5 {(leaving the line of fire) will probably be tested in future
games, e.g.} 18. b3 cxb3 (18... b4 19. Na4 c3 20. d5 {[%cal Cc6d5,Rd1d4]}) 19.
axb3 Kg7) 18. b3 (18. d5 $5 cxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 {[%cal Ye8c8]}) 18... b4 (18...
cxb3 19. axb3 $36) 19. Na4 c3 20. a3 a5 21. d5 $5 {A typical breakthrough.} Qe7
(21... cxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 $2 {loses to} 23. Bb5 {with a deadly pin.}) (21...
Qf6 22. Qd3 {and White keeps initiative.}) 22. d6 Qf6 23. e5 $1 Qf4 {The pawn
is untouchable as both} (23... Nxe5 24. Nc5) ({and} 23... Qxe5 24. Ba6 Qxe1+
25. Qxe1 Bxa6 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qe4 {[%cal Oe4c6,Re4b4] are unsatisfactory for
Black.}) 24. Bd3 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5] The white pawn wedge is now extremely strong.}
bxa3 {Again Black can't capture the e5-pawn:} (24... Nxe5 25. Re4 Qf6 26. axb4
$16) ({The attempts to free his b7 bishop also fail:} 24... c5 $2 25. Bb5 {or})
(24... Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qe2 Nb8 (27... Ra8 28. Nxc3 $1) 28.
d7+ $1 Kd8 29. Rad1 {[%cal Ca6a7,Cb8d7,Ya4c5,Yg2g3] with a deadly attack for
White.}) 25. Qe2 $1 {It's time now to protect the pawn, simultaneously
preventing ...Bb7-a6.} (25. Rxa3 Nxe5 {is now less clear, e.g.} 26. Re4 (26.
Nc5 Ng4 $1) 26... Qd2 $1 $13) 25... Qd2 {Black decides to simplify the game at
any cost.} (25... O-O-O 26. Nxc3 f6 {looks quite desperate. White can continue}
27. Bc4 $1 (27. Ne4 $143 Qxe5 $1) 27... Nxe5 (27... Qxe5 28. Qd2) 28. Ne4 $1
Kb8 29. Rxa3 f5 30. Nc5 Ng4 31. g3 Qxd6 32. Rxa5 Qd2 33. Rea1 {with a strong
attack.}) 26. Rxa3 Qxe2 (26... f6 $5) 27. Rxe2 g4 $6 {This attempt to activate
the f8-rook is probably too slow.} (27... Ba6 $5 {was probably better:} 28.
Bxa6 c2 $1 29. Rxc2 Rxa6 $14 {[%cal Od7e5,Ca4c5,Cc5a6,Yf7f6]}) 28. Nxc3 Rg8 29.
Ne4 Kd8 30. Nd2 c5 (30... Rg5 31. f4 gxf3 32. Nxf3 $16) 31. Bb5 $1 Bd5 32. Nc4
Rg5 33. Rea2 {The e5-pawn has played its part. It's now time for the invasion!}
Nxe5 (33... Bxc4 34. bxc4 Rxe5 35. Kf1 $18 {[%cal Ya5a8,Oa3a5,Ce5h5,Ch5h2,
Ya5a7]}) (33... Rb8 34. Rxa5 {and Black is nearly in zugzwang!}) 34. Nb6 $1 Rb8
35. Rxa5 {[%cal Rb6d5,Ra5a8]} Be4 36. Ra7 f6 37. R2a6 {Missing a forced win
but keeping a decisive advantage anyway:} (37. Nd7 $1 Rxb5 38. Nxf6 {[%cal
Ce5c6,Cc6a7,Ra7a8,Ra7e7]} Nc6 39. Rf7 Kc8 40. Nxe4) 37... Rg8 38. Rc7 (38. Ba4
$5 {[%cal Yb6d7]}) 38... Rf8 39. Rxc5 Rf7 40. d7 Nxd7 41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Bxd7
Kxd7 {Slowly but surely White brings home his material advantage:} 43. Rc3 f5
44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Rh7 Bd5 46. Rxh6 Bxb3 47. h3 gxh3 48. Rhxh3 Bd5 49. Rc2 Ke5
50. f3 Kf6 51. Kf2 Rb4 52. Re2 Kg6 53. Kg3 Ra4 54. Rh4 Ra7 55. Rb2 Kf6 56. Rhb4
Ke5 57. Re2+ Kf6 58. Rd2 Ke5 59. Re2+ Kf6 60. Kf4 Ra3 61. Rd2 Ra5 62. Re2 Ra3
63. Kg3 Ra8 64. Rc2 Ke5 65. Rh4 Rg8+ 66. Kh2 Ra8 67. Re2+ Kf6 68. f4 Ke7 69.
Rh7+ Kd6 70. Kg3 Rg8+ 71. Kh3 Rg4 72. g3 Rg8 73. Rd2 Rc8 74. Kh4 Rc3 75. Rg7
Ra3 76. Rc2 Bc6 77. Rc1 Rb3 78. Rg1 Bd5 79. Kg5 Kc5 80. Kf6 Kd4 81. Re1 Rb6 82.
Rd7 Rc6 83. Ke7 Ra6 84. Rd6 Ra7+ 85. Kf6 {[%cal Cd4c5,Cc5d6,Re1e6]} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5
{The initial idea of the Deferred Steinitz Defence was to refrain from
advancing this pawn in order to avoid weakening the queenside. However, over
recent years, the last move has become popular, owing to Mamedyarov's efforts.}
9. Bc2 ({Mamedyarov was also confronted with the more active} 9. Bb3 {when he
answered} Nf6 {Alekseev,E (2634)-Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Moscow 2006/CBM 112/[Roiz,
M] (1/2-1/2, 49)}) 9... exd4 {With the bishop more passivley placed on c2,
Black is under no immediate pressure. However, giving up the centre so easily
remains a risky decision. However, the uncertain character of the ensuing
positions seems to suit Mamedyarov's style, since he has always escaped dry
out of what looked like deep waters.} ({Paradoxically, Mamedyarov suffered his
only defeat in this line with the more solid} 9... Nf6 10. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 O-O (12... Ng4 $5 {is a critical move, although some players
might be discouraged by the fact that Black is not completely developed yet.}
13. Bc5 Qh4 14. h3 Bf8 {Parma,B (2530)-Keres,P (2615)/Yerevan 1971/EXT 99 (0-1,
42)} 15. Bxf8 Nxf2 16. Qe2 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Qg3+ 18. Kh1 Qxh3+ 19. Qh2 Kxf8 20.
Nd2 {Black has three connected pawns for the knight, but his weakened
queenside leaves open the question as to whether he has sufficient
compensation.}) 13. Nd2 Be6 $6 (13... Qe7 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Nb3 axb4
17. Bc5 Qe8 18. cxb4 Nh5 {>< f4} 19. g3 Bh6 $132 {Tiviakov,S (2625)-Giorgadze,
G (2590)/Kropotkin 1995/CBM 047/[Ernst] (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 14. Nf3 $1 $14 {
[%csl Ge5]} Ng4 {Black plays this move under less favourable circumstances.
With the knight on f3 already, there is no counterplay available.} 15. Bc5 Re8
16. h3 Nh6 17. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Gh6] Karjakin,S (2660)-Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Wijk
aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (1-0, 34). White has the more active piece and the better
pawn structure.}) 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 (11. d5 {is an important alternative.}
Ne5 12. Nbd2 Bh6 {I do not like this move too much. With several of his pieces
on their initial squares, Black moves with his bishop for the second time.} (
12... Ne7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 O-O {[%cal Gd8d7,Gc7c5,Gf7f5] offers Black
acceptable development, but it is questionable still whether this will balance
White's pair of bishops and advantage of space in the centre.}) 13. h3 Bxd2 14.
Bxd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 g5 {A logical sequel of the previous moves, but the same
evaluation as after 12...Bh6 applies here.} 16. a4 (16. f4 $6 {This allows
Black maintain his stability in the centre and weakens his own king's position.
} gxf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Nf6 $132 {Jakovenko,D (2710)
-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Moscow 2007 (1/2-1/2, 29)}) 16... Ne7 (16... b4 17. a5 {
[%cal Ga1a4,Ga4b4]}) 17. Bxg5 $1 (17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qe2 N7g6 20.
Bxg5 h6 21. Be3 Qc8 $44 {[%csl Gf3,Gh3]}) 17... Rg8 18. Kh2 Rxg5 19. f4 Rg6 20.
fxe5 dxe5 21. Qh5 Rf6 22. Re2 $14 {Black's stability on the dark squares does
not compensate completely for his structural defects.}) 11... Nge7 12. Nc3 O-O
13. Rc1 Kh8 $146 {Black makes a generally useful moves, hoping that White will
not find a way to get out of the pin too easily.} ({Previously, he had played} 
13... f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxb5 (15. Bxf5 $5 Rxf5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ng5 {
might be a better try.} Qd7 18. f3 Nxd4 19. Qd1 Rxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 21. Ne4 c5
22. Bf6 $14 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gb2b4] Black has some compensation for the
exchange, but the vulnerable position of his king leaves him struggling.})
15... axb5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Rxc6 Kh8 $44 {Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2709)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 14. Qd2 $1 {Anand does not
fear the exchange on f3, because this will strengthen his control over the
centre.} Bxf3 {Otherwise, White would play Bd1 anyway.} 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Ne2 {
White starts to clear the c-file, in order to underline the main drawback of
combining ...b5 with ...exd4.} f5 17. Bd1 fxe4 18. fxe4 d5 {This is the only
way to justify the development of the king's knight on e7, but now the
queenside weaknesses will become even more relevant, while the bishop will
remain passive on g7.} 19. e5 Nf5 20. Nf4 (20. Ng3 $5 {looks like a better
chance for a stable advantage.} Nh4 (20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 $14) 21. Bg5 Nf3+ 22.
Bxf3 Rxf3 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 $14 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc1c7,Gh2h4]}) 20... Nxe3
21. fxe3 $14 {White has improved his structure, but his king's position has
been weakened. Besides, after} Bh6 $132 {the enemy bishop becomes active.
Eventually, Mamedyarov will again survive in his "lucky variation".} 22. Qc3
Nd8 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Bxf4 25. exf4 Ne6 26. Rd7 Rxf4 27. Bb3 Nxd4 28. Bxd5
Re8 29. e6 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Ra7 Rd3 32. Rxa6 Rd2 33. b4 Re7 34. a4 bxa4
35. b5 Rb2 36. b6 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3
Ba5 9. Qc4 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. g4 Qxg4 12. dxc5 Nd5 13. Qc2 Qf5 14. Qc4 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg2 Bd7 17. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Nf3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 c5 17. e3 Nf6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. cxd5
Nxd5 22. Rac1 Bc5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Qc3 Rcd8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. b4 Bd6 27. Nc6
Qd7 28. h4 Bb7 29. Nd4 Be5 30. f4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Qe8 32. Kf2 h6 33. Qa3 a6 34.
Rc7 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. d5 Qxd5 37. Qc3 Qd7 38. Qd4 Qc7 39. Qc3 Qf7 40. a3 b5
41. Qe5 Kh7 42. Qd4 Bd5 43. Bc3 Qg6 44. Qd1 Qf7 45. Qd4 Ba8 46. Qe3 Qb7 47. Bd4
Qh1 48. Ke2 Be4 49. Kd2 Kg6 50. Qe1 Qf3 51. Qe3 Qf1 52. Qe2 Qb1 53. Qe3 Qc2+
54. Ke1 Qc4 55. Qc3 Qd5 56. Bxg7 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3
b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Rfc8
15. Rfc1 a5 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. h3 Rc7 20. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 8.
Bc4 e6 9. Nf1 Nd7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. h5 Be4 12. g5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nfd7 14. Ng3 Bd5
15. Qe2 Be7 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Kf1 Qc7 18. Kg2 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5
15. Rad1 {Anand has a compact opening repertoire, so finding an advantage is
not easy. Polgar has made a sensible choice, Black has to fight for complete
equality.} b5 (15... f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Ne3 Rf7 18. Nc4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxc4
20. Qxc4 Qf6 21. Qd5 Rd8 22. c3 h6 23. Nd2 Kh8 24. Ne4 Qg6 {1/2
Solodovnichenko,Y (2537)-Czakon,J (2484)/Castelldefels 2006 (79)}) 16. Ne3 Nxb3
(16... Nxe4 17. Qd3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxd6 Nd4 21. c3 $14)
17. axb3 Qc7 18. Rd3 Nb4 {Black is hurrying with the knight move as otherwise
the white queen would complicate the counterplay.} (18... Rfd8 19. Qd2 $14) 19.
Rd2 Qe7 (19... f6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. h4 $14) 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Nf5 $6 {The idea
of forcing the bishop to take on f5 is not bad, but somewhat better chances
were promised by the more standard move to d5.} (21. Ra1 Qb7 22. c3 Nc6 23. Nd5
$14) 21... Bxf5 22. exf5 Rfe8 23. c3 Nc6 24. Qe4 Na5 (24... Qc7 25. h3 Na5 26.
Qb4 Nc6 27. Qg4 $14) 25. Qd5 Qf6 $6 {Anand was struggling to get his
tournament going and this dubious decision reflects his desire to fight. It
was objectively better was to equalise with the help of the 25...e4! advance.}
(25... e4 $1 26. Nd4 Qe5 27. Nc2 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxb3 29. Nb4 Nc5 $11) 26. Re2 (
26. Ra1 e4 $1 27. Rxa5 exf3 28. Rd1 fxg2 29. Rxa6 $11) 26... Rc8 (26... Qxf5 $2
27. Ra1 $18) 27. Nd2 $6 {We should not be too harsh on Judit, since the
relocation of the knight is not bad. The sad part lies in a missed chance to
punish her great opponent with the precise 27.Ra1! gaining a serious advantage.
} (27. Ra1 $1 Rc5 (27... e4 28. Rae1 Qd8 29. g4 Qd7 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qc6
32. Qxc6 Nxc6 33. Kg2 $16) 28. Qd1 Nb7 29. Rxa6 Qxf5 30. b4 Rc7 31. Qd5 $16)
27... Qxf5 28. Ne4 (28. b4 $1 Nc6 29. Ne4 Qe6 30. Red2 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Red8 32.
f3 $14) 28... Qe6 29. Nxd6 Rcd8 $1 {The flow of the game has changed and
suddenly White has to look for ways to equalise matters.} (29... Qxd5 30. Rxd5
Rcd8 31. Red2 Rf8 32. b4 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Nc4 34. Kf1 $14) 30. Red2 (30. Qxe6 $2
Rxe6 31. Red2 Nxb3 $17) 30... Nxb3 31. Nxe8 (31. Rd3 h5 32. Nxe8 Rxd5 33. Rxd5
Qg4 $15) 31... Rxd5 32. Rxd5 h6 33. Rd8 (33. Rd6 Qf5 34. Rxa6 Qc2 35. Rad6 Qxb2
$15) 33... Kh7 34. Nd6 $6 {[%mdl 1024] The mislocated knight will not decide
the issue, Anand was better in any line. On the other hand the idea to
counterattack the f7-square will turn into a pipe dream and White will go
under.} (34. Nc7 Qg6 35. R8d3 Nc5 36. Rd6 Qc2 37. R6d2 Qb3 $17) 34... Nc5 (
34... e4 $6 35. Re8 Qg4 36. Re1 f5 37. Nf7 $11) 35. h3 (35. g3 Qb3 36. Rd2 Na4
$17) 35... Qg6 {The other very strong idea was to assault the b2-pawn with
both black pieces.} (35... Qb3 $1 36. Rd2 Na4 $17) 36. g3 (36. Nc8 Ne6 37. R8d6
Qg5 38. Kh2 e4 $17) 36... Ne6 $1 37. Rd7 (37. Ra8 Ng5 38. h4 Nf3+ $19) 37...
Ng5 38. h4 Qe6 {Black could already choose between three different lines with
variable levels of catastrophe for White.} (38... Qc2 39. Rf1 (39. Ne8 Nh3+ 40.
Kg2 Nxf2 41. R7d2 Qxd1 42. Rxd1 Nxd1 $19) 39... Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Qd3 $19) (38...
Qh5 39. Ne8 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nd4 $19) 39. Rb7 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 (40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Ke2
Qg4 42. Ke3 Nxh4 $19) 40... Qg4 {Repeatedly Anand refused to contemplate the
move Qb3, even though here it was the strongest line winning outright.} (40...
Nxh4+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Kd2 Nf5 44. Nxf5 Qxf5 45. Ke3 $17) (40...
Qb3 $1 41. Ra1 Qd5 42. Kf1 Qxd6 $19) 41. Rd5 (41. Rh1 Nd2 42. Kh2 Qf3 43. Rxf7
Qd5) 41... Nxh4+ 42. Kf1 Qf3 43. Rd2 Nf5 44. Nxf5 $8 (44. Rd7 Nxg3+ 45. Ke1
Qh1#) 44... Qxb7 {In the end the decision will fall in the endgame, where
White has perilously little material for the enemy queen.} 45. Ke2 a5 46. Ne3
a4 47. Rd5 (47. Nd5 Kg6 48. f3 Kg5 49. Rd1 h5 $19) 47... b4 48. cxb4 (48. Rxe5
bxc3 49. bxc3 Qa6+ 50. c4 a3 $19) 48... Qxb4 49. Rd2 f5 50. Rc2 (50. Nxf5 $2
Qg4+ $19) 50... Qb3 51. f4 exf4 52. gxf4 Qb4 53. Nc4 (53. Nxf5 Qb5+ $19) 53...
g5 {White has no more hopes even for resistance.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 {Topalov is convinced,
that the counterplay against the d5-pawn will compensate for the missing light
squared bishop.} (12... Rc8 13. Kb1 Bg7 14. c4 O-O 15. Be2 Re8 16. Rc1 b6 17.
Rhf1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bg5 Rb8 20. Rc2 e4 21. Qf4 e3 22. g4 a5 23. Rg1 a4
24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. gxh5 Be5 26. Qg5 Qb6 {0-1 Li Wenjun (2342)-Wu Shaobin (2496)/
Shenyang 1999/ (46)}) (12... Bg7 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. Na5 O-O 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. Nb6
Nxb6 17. Bxb6 Qe7 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. c4 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Be3 {1-0 Dolzhikova,
K (2248)-Batsiashvili,N (2316)/Herceg Novi 2005/ (80)}) 13. Qa5 (13. c4 $6 Rc8
14. Na5 Nfxd5 15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 Bh6 17. Qxh6 Rxh6 18. Nxb7 Kd7 $11) 13...
Bh6 (13... Nfd7 14. Kb1 Bh6 15. Bf2 $16) 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qb4 $5 {
Anand demonstrates his exceptional feeling for the pieces. The vulnerability
of the h6-rook is helping to lessen the pressure against the d5-pawn.} Kf8 (
16... Nfxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd2 Qc7 (18... Nf4 19. g3 Qf6 20. gxf4 Qxf4 21.
Qd5 Rc7 22. Nd2 $14) 19. c4 Nf4 20. g3 b5 21. cxb5 Ne6 22. Be2 Rh8 23. Rc1 $16)
17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 $1 {The fixed queenside has helped the first player to avoid
problems with his king. On the other hand any activity on the kingside is
desirable for White.} Rh8 (18... g5 $6 19. Bd3 g4 20. f4 $16) 19. Rc1 Qc7 20.
Bh3 Rce8 21. Rhd1 (21. Rhe1 Nbd7 22. Re3 Ra8 $13) 21... Re7 {Topalov in the
role of a defender must be very careful about timing of the strategic advance
with his e5 pawn.} (21... e4 $6 22. c5 $1 Nbxd5 (22... dxc5 23. Nxc5 Qd6 24.
fxe4 Rxe4 (24... Nxe4 25. Qd4+ Nf6 26. Nxb7 $18) 25. Qa3 Qe5 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 27.
Qd3 $18) 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd4+ Nf6 25. cxd6 Qb8 26. Nd2 exf3 27. d7 Re7 28.
Rc8 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Rxc8 30. Ne4 $16) 22. a3 (22. c5 Nbxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd2
Qc6 25. Na5 Qc7 (25... Qb5 $2 26. cxd6 Ree8 27. Bf1 $18) 26. Nb3 $11) 22... Rd8
(22... e4 $6 23. c5 $1 dxc5 (23... Nbxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qd4+ $16) 24. Nxc5
Nbxd5 25. Ne6+ fxe6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qb3 $16) 23. Nd2 Nbd7 $6 {Innaccuracies
against the world champion can have the impact of real mistakes. Black must
have been very unhappy about the missed opportunity to equalise with a timely
23...e4!} (23... e4 $1 24. Qc3 (24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rxe4 26. Bg2 $11) (24.
f4 $6 e3 25. Nf3 e2 26. Re1 Rde8 $17) 24... Na4 25. Qc2 (25. Qd4 exf3 26. Rf1
Qc5 $15) 25... Nc5 26. fxe4 Nfxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 $11) 24. Qc3 a5 (24... Nc5 25.
b4 Ncd7 26. g4 $14) 25. Bxd7 (25. g4 $5) 25... Nxd7 (25... Rdxd7 26. Rf1 Qb6
27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rc7 29. Qf3 $14) 26. f4 Nf6 {[%mdl 256] Topalov has lost
confidence in his position and the next few moves will push him slowly under.
Objectively speaking his chances were still very fair after the correct 26...
Nc5!?} (26... Nc5 $5 27. Re1 f6 $11) 27. Rf1 b6 (27... b5 $5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 (
28... dxe5 29. Qf3 $16) 29. Nf3 Rf5 30. Nh4 (30. Nd4 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 Qxc4 32.
Ne6+ fxe6 33. Qxf6+ Kh6 $11 (33... Kh7 $2 34. Rc1 $16)) 30... Re5 31. cxb5 $14)
28. h3 Qd7 $6 (28... b5 $1) 29. f5 $1 {In the post mortem Anand claimed this
position to be strategically winning. True enough it comes very naturally for
White to enhance the pressure.} (29. fxe5 dxe5 (29... Rxe5 30. Nf3 Rf5 31. g4
$18) 30. Rce1 $16) 29... Rf8 (29... gxf5 $2 30. Qe3 Nh7 31. Nf3 $16) 30. Qe3 e4
(30... a4 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 f6 33. g4 $16) 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Re5 (32...
Nxg4 $2 33. Qg5 Nf6 (33... e3 34. f6+ $18) 34. Rh1 Nh5 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rxh5 $18
) 33. Rf4 $1 {White is already spoiled by the pleasant choice of promising
attacking ideas.} (33. Rh1 Nxg4 34. Qh3 Qxf5 (34... gxf5 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Qh4+
Kg6 37. Rcg1) 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Rcf1 Nf2 37. Qh4+ $16) 33... Qd8 34. g5 Nh5 (
34... Nd7 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rh1 $18) 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rxe4 Rfe8 37. Ka2 $1 {
Black has no squares along the e file so it is not necessary to worry about
the pin.} a4 38. Rc3 (38. Re1 Rxe4 39. Nxe4 Qc7 40. Rc1 $18) 38... Qc7 39. Qd4
Qc5 (39... Rxe4 40. Nxe4 Qd7 41. Nf2 Qf5 42. Re3 $18) 40. Qxc5 {Topalov never
really began believing in his position even though he played many reasonable
moves and kept his chances alive.} (40. Qxc5 bxc5 41. Rce3 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. e4 Be7 15.
Nbd2 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. Qd2 Bxg5 19. Nexg5 h6 20. Ne4 Ne3 21. fxe3
Bxe4 22. exd4 Bd5 23. Nh4 Nb6 24. Be4 Rc8 25. Ng2 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bd2 b4 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bf8 14. Qf2 Bd7 15.
g4 $1 {Carlsen had little to lose by playing aggressively against the world
champion. Some even insist, that 14...Bd7 was not the best move for Black.} e5
16. Nf5 exf4 (16... Be6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. f5 Bc4 20. Rg1 Ne7 (20...
hxg5 21. b3 f6 22. bxc4 $13) 21. gxh6+ Kh8 22. Rg2 d5 23. Rag1 d4 24. Qg3 Ng6
25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Bxd4 Bxh6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Bg7 29. Bc3 $14 {1/2
Kristiansen,J (2445)-Horvath,J (2540)/Novi Sad 1990 (41)}) 17. Bxf4 {The
defender has done nothing wrong, so it is no surprise that the violent line 17.
Bb6 is not dangerous for him.} (17. Bb6 Qc8 18. g5 Nxe4 19. Nh6+ (19. Bxe4 Bxf5
20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf4 Qg6 $17) 19... gxh6 20. Nxe4 hxg5 21. Rg1 (21. Nxg5 Ne5
$17) 21... Ne5 $2 (21... h6 22. h4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 $15) 22. Rxg5+ Bg7 23.
Rag1 Nxf3 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Qxf3 {1-0 Houtsonen,P (2146)-Lehtinen,A (2155)/
Tampere 1999}) 17... Be6 18. Rad1 (18. g5 Nd7 19. Bg2 Nb4 $13) 18... Ne5 19.
Bxe5 {In the higher chess sense such an exchange should not be the best line.
White is giving up the control of the dark squares hoping, that his
magnificent knights will offer chances for a kingside attack.} (19. g5 Nfd7 20.
Bg2 Nb6 $13) 19... dxe5 20. g5 Nd7 21. Nd5 Qc6 (21... Bxd5 22. exd5 e4 23. Bg2
Rbd8 24. d6 Qc5 25. Qf4 $16) (21... Qc5 22. Nfe3 $1 Be7 (22... b5 23. Bh5 g6
24. Bg4 $16) 23. Qg2 $14) 22. Bg2 {The young star was criticised for this
retreat, but otherwise Black would always be able to take the f5-knight at a
suitable moment.} (22. a5 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. Bg2 Re5 25. f6 $14) 22... Qc5
23. Qh4 $1 (23. Qxc5 $6 Nxc5 24. Nc7 Rec8 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 $15) 23... Qxc2 24. Rc1
Qxa4 {Anand likes the idea of indirectly pinning the queen on h4 along the 4th
rank. It is most likely, that Black can hold after the greedy 24...Qxb2, but
that would be quite risky.} (24... Qxb2 25. Rc3 g6 26. Rh3 h5 27. Bf3 (27. gxh6
Kh8 28. Ng7 Bxd5 29. exd5 Be7 30. Qe1 Rf8 $15) 27... Qc2 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Qxh5
Qxe4+ 30. Rff3 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 $11) 25. b3 {In this
charged position each move can be worth its weight in gold. The direct 25.Rc3
was praised as the best move, but Anand would not have had to take on d5 as
suggested by some grandmasters.} (25. Rc3 g6 $1 (25... Bxd5 26. Rh3 h6 27. gxh6
g6 (27... Bxe4 28. Bxe4 g6 29. Bd5 Qb5 (29... Qxh4 30. Nxh4 $18) 30. Ne3 Kh8
31. Rxf7 $16) 28. h7+ Kh8 29. exd5 Qb5 (29... Qxh4 30. Nxh4 g5 $1 31. Rxf7 gxh4
32. Rxd7 Re7 (32... e4 33. Bf1 Bg7 34. Rxh4 e3 $11) 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Be4 Rf8
$11) 30. Ne3 Be7 $11) 26. Rh3 (26. Nfe3 Rec8 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Rh3 h5 29. gxh6
Qd4 $17) 26... h5 27. gxh6 (27. Bf3 $2 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qxh4 29. Nxh4 e4 $19)
27... Bxf5 28. Nc3 Qd4 29. exf5 Qxh4 30. Rxh4 g5 $15) 25... Qa5 (25... Qxb3 26.
Rc3 Qa4 27. Rh3 h6 28. gxh6 g6 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. Qxf6 Kh7 31. Qg7+ Bxg7 32.
hxg7+ Kg8 33. Rh8#) 26. Rc3 (26. b4 Bxb4 27. Ra1 Qc5 28. Rfc1 Qf8 $17) 26... g6
27. Rh3 h5 28. Bf3 {[%mdl 128] This pure aggression is correct since the whole
position cries for the decision on the kingside.} (28. gxh6 Qd8 (28... gxf5 $2
29. Rg3+ Kh7 30. Qg5 $18) 29. h7+ Kh8 30. Qg3 Rc8 $15) 28... Bxd5 29. exd5 Bg7
$1 {Anand knows better, than to let his young opponent roam freely on the
light squares with 29..gxf5?} (29... gxf5 $2 30. Qxh5 Bg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxf5
Re7 33. d6 Re6 34. Rh7 $18) 30. Bxh5 (30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Be4 Rf8 $17) 30... gxf5
(30... gxh5 31. Qxh5 Qxd5+ 32. Rff3 (32. Kg1 Qc5+ 33. Rf2 Qc1+ 34. Rf1 Qc5+ $11
) 32... Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 31. Bxf7+ $5 {A truly
ingenious idea, as Carlsen steps up his attack with a spectacular sacrifice.} (
31. Rxf5 Qxd5+ 32. Rhf3 Rf8 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Nf8 $17) 31... Kxf7 32. g6+
Kg8 (32... Kxg6 $2 33. Rg1+ Kf7 34. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 35. Qg5+ $18) 33. Qh7+ $2 {
Youth mixed with impatience and excitement! White must have been frustrated,
that despite his heroic efforts the chances remain balanced. The necessary 33.
Rxf5 allowed Black to sacrifice the queen in order to avoid perpetual, but
chances would stay about equal.} (33. Rxf5 Qxd5+ (33... Qa1+ $5 34. Kg2 Qb2+
35. Rf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 (36. Qxf2 Nf6 37. d6 Rbd8 38. Rd3 $13) 36... Nf8 37. Rg3
Rbd8 38. Qe4 $13) 34. Rhf3 Qd1+ (34... Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Nf8 36. Qc4+ Ne6 37. Rf7
$11) 35. Rf1 (35. Kg2 $2 Qd2+ 36. Rf2 Qh6 $19) 35... Qd5+ $11) 33... Kf8 34.
Rxf5+ Ke7 (34... Nf6 $2 35. Rxf6+ Bxf6 36. Qf7#) 35. Qxg7+ Kd6 $1 {This moment
was surely pleasant for Anand, suddenly his king looks much safer than White's!
} (35... Kd8 36. Qf7 Qe1+ 37. Rf1 Qe4+ $17) 36. Rf7 (36. Rf6+ Nxf6 37. Qxf6+
Kc5 38. Qf2+ Kb5 $19) 36... Qxd5+ 37. Kg1 Rbd8 38. Rh7 Qd4+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kf1
Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qg4+ 41. Kf2 Rg8 $19) 39... Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Rg8 {The game is over as
the knight on d7 still holds the Black's position together.} 41. Rf6+ (41.
Rxd7+ Qxd7 42. Qf6+ Qe6 $19) 41... Kc7 (41... Nxf6 42. Qxf6+ Kd5 $19) 42. Qe7
Qe4+ {A real battle of great chess minds. Carlsen deserves lot of credit for
his spirited attack!} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. e4 e5 15. d5
Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bh3 g6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rab1 Ba6 20. a4 Rb7 21. Re2 Rbe7
22. Qc2 h5 23. Ne1 Bg7 24. Ng2 g5 25. Bf5 Bc8 26. Rbe1 Bxf5 27. exf5 Rxe2 28.
Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Qf6 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31. Qe4 Qe5 32. Qd3 Bh6 33. f3 h4 34. Qe4
hxg3 35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. hxg3 g4 37. fxg4 Kf8 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Kf3 Bg5 40. Ne1 a5
41. Nd3 f6 42. Nf2 Ke8 43. Ne4 Ke7 44. Nxg5 fxg5 45. Ke4 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Hardly a big surprise here. Kaum eine große Überraschung
an dieser Stelle.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 {Kramnik had played 10...c6 a few days
earlier against Peter Leko. Ein paar Tage zuvor hatte Kramnik gegen Peter Leko
10...c6 gespielt.} 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4
16. Kb1 g6 17. Qh3 h5 {Following the game Svidler-Kramnik from Mexico. It
isn't easy to deviate after 15.Qf5, so I had to go down the main line and wait
for the inevitable improvement. Folge der Partie Svidler-Kramnik aus Mexico.
Es ist nicht leicht, nach 15.Qf5 abzuweichen, daher musste ich das
Hauptabspiel herunterspulen und die unvermeidliche Verbesserung abwarten.} 18.
Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 Bd6 23. Qf2 hxg4 $1 (23...
Ng7 {Svidler-Kramnik Mexico 2007}) 24. fxg4 (24. h5 g3 $17) 24... Qxg4 25. Reg1
(25. Ref1 $5) (25. h5 Bg3 (25... Qg3 26. Qf1 Nf4 27. Nf3 Nxh5 28. Rg1 Qxe1+ $1
29. Qxe1 Bf4 30. Qh4 Bxe3 31. Rg2) 26. Qg2 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxf4 29.
Rf1 Re8 30. hxg6 Qxf1+ $1 31. Qxf1 Re1+ 32. Qxe1 Bxe1 33. Nf3 $11) 25... Qh5
26. Nf3 Re7 {Here I thought for a while, but decided that White wasn't better
here. Hier überlegte ich eine Weile, kam aber zu der Entscheidung, dass Weiß
an dieser Stelle nicht besser steht.} 27. Bg5 (27. Ng5 Rae8 (27... Ng7 $5 28.
Nf3 Rae8 29. Rg5 Rxe3 30. Rxh5 Nxh5 $44) 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rg5 Qh8 30. Bc1 Qf6)
27... Ree8 $1 28. Be3 {The problem is that I need g5 for the other pieces, but
the bishop needs to stay there to stop Black doubling on the e-file. Das
Problem ist, dass ich g5 für die anderen Figuren brauche, aber der Läufer dort
bleiben muss, um Schwarz an der Verdopplung in der e-Linie zu hindern.} Re7 29.
Bg5 Rd7 (29... Bc5 30. Nd4 Ree8 {was an alternative if Black wanted to keep
the rook on the e-file. war eine Alternative, wenn Schwarz den Turm in der
e-Linie behalten wollte.}) (29... Ree8 {Taking the draw was of course possible.
Taking the draw was of course possible.}) 30. Nd4 {Still, White has enough
compensation for the pawn. Black will find it difficult to activate his queen
without allowing h5. Trotzdem hat Weiß genug Kompensation. Schwarz wird es
schwer fallen, seine Dame zu aktivieren, ohne h5 zuzulassen.} Nxd4 (30... Nc5
31. Nf5 Ne4 32. Qd4 Bf8 33. Ng3 Nxg3 34. Rxg3 Re8 (34... c5 35. Qa4 Rd6 36. Rf1
$44) 35. Qxa7 c6 $11) 31. Qxd4 Bf8 (31... c6 32. Qe3) 32. Qe3 c6 (32... Rd6 {
I thought this was stronger. I glaube, das war stärker.} 33. Rf1 c6 34. Qf2 Rd7
35. Rhg1 Re8 36. Qxa7 $11) 33. Qh3 Rd6 34. Bf4 Re6 (34... Rf6 35. Rg5 Qe2 36.
h5 Rxf4 37. hxg6 Bh6 {Later Später} 38. b3 $1 {The computer suggests this calm
move. Der Computer schlägt diesen ruhigen Zug vor.} (38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rf5+ (
39. Qd7+ Qe7 40. Rf5+ Rxf5 41. Qxf5+ Kg7 $19) 39... Ke7 40. Rxf4 Bxf4 41. Qh4+
Kd7 42. Qxf4 Re8 $11) 38... Rf2 39. gxf7+ Kf8 40. Qxh6+ Ke7 41. Qg6 {Black
will have problems with his king. Schwarz wird Probleme mit seinem König haben.
}) 35. Rg5 Qh8 36. h5 {With major pieces on the board, Black can hardly use
his extra pawn, now he should try to swap a pair of rooks. Mit Schwerfiguren
auf dem Brett kann Schwarz seinen Mehrbauern kaum verwerten, jetzt sollte er
versuchen, ein Turmpaar zu tauschen.} Rae8 37. Bd2 Bc5 38. Rg3 (38. a3 Be3 39.
Bxe3 Rxe3 40. Qd7 R3e7 $11) 38... Re2 39. Kc1 (39. Qd7 R8e7 (39... R2e7 40. Qg4
Re2 41. Kc1 Rf2 42. b4 Ree2 43. bxc5 Rxd2 44. Qc8+ Kg7) 40. Qc8+ Re8 41. Qd7
$11 (41. Qxb7 Rxd2)) 39... Qg7 (39... R8e6 40. a3 Rf2) (39... Rxd2 40. Kxd2
Qh6+ 41. Kd1 g5 42. Qf5 {forces further concessions from Black. erzwingt
weitere Zugeständnisse von Schwarz.}) 40. a3 Bd6 (40... Rxd2 41. hxg6 $1 (41.
Kxd2 g5 42. Qf5 Re5 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Rf1 {is awkward as well. ist ebenfalls
nicht schön.})) 41. Rgg1 $2 {As soon as I made this move, I saw that Rg4 would
have been stronger. Direkt als ich diesen Zug gemacht hatte, sah ich, dass Rg4
stärker gewesen wäre.} Bc5 $6 (41... R2e6) 42. Rg3 Bd6 43. Rg4 $1 R8e6 (43...
R2e6 44. hxg6 Rxg6 45. Bh6 Qh7 46. Qf3 Ree6) (43... Rxd2 44. Kxd2 (44. hxg6
Ree2 45. gxf7+ Kf8 46. Rxg7 Rxc2+ $11) 44... g5 45. Rf1) 44. hxg6 Rxg6 45. Rxg6
fxg6 46. Be3 $1 {He had completely missed this. Das hatte er komplett
übersehen.} Qe5 {Amazingly White doesnt have a forced win. Verblüffenderweise
hat Weiß keinen forcierten Gewinn.} 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Bd2 $1 {This wins the b7
pawn. Dies erobert den b7-Bauern.} (48. Rf1+ Ke8 49. Qxg6+ Kd8 50. Qg8+ Qe8 51.
Qxe8+ Kxe8 52. Bxa7) 48... Qf6 49. Qxb7 Rh2 50. Re1 {Not really a mistake, but
White should have just taken the a7 pawn. Nicht wirklich ein Fehler, aber Weiß
hätte einfach den a7-Bauern nehmen sollen.} (50. Qa8+ Kg7 51. Qxa7+ Kg8 52. Re1
$16 {With his a-pawn, White must have a large advantage. Mit seinem a-Bauern
muss Weiß großen Vorteil haben.}) 50... Qf2 51. Kb1 $2 (51. Rd1 {Here I simply
missed that Bf4 could be met by Qb4+. Here I simply missed that Bf4 could be
met by Qb4+.} Qf6 52. Qa8+ (52. Kb1 Qf3) (52. Qxc6 Rxd2) 52... Kf7 53. Qxa7+
Kg8 54. Qa8+ Kg7 55. Qb7+ Kg8 56. Qc8+ Kf7 57. Qd7+ Kg8 58. Be3) (51. Qc8+ $2
Kg7 52. Qd7+ Kg8 $11) 51... Qxd2 {Now it seems to be a draw. Jetzt scheint es
remis zu sein.} 52. Rf1+ Kg8 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qxg6 (54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Rf7+ Kh6
56. Qh8+ Kg5 57. Qf6+ Kh5 $1 (57... Kh6 $11) 58. Rh7+ Kg4 59. Qxg6+ Kf3 {
Now White must even work for the draw. Nun muss Weiß für das Remis sogar
arbeiten.}) 54... Qg2 $8 {The only move, but it holds. Der einzige Zug, aber
er hält.} 55. Qe8+ Qg8 56. Qxc6 Bf8 57. Qa8 (57. Qc8 Bg7 58. Qc7 Rh7) 57... Bc5
58. Qxg8+ Kxg8 59. Rf5 Rd2 60. c4 Kg7 61. b4 Be7 (61... Be7 62. Rxd5 Rxd5 63.
cxd5 Kf6 64. c4 Ke5 65. Kc2 Kd4 (65... Bd8 66. Kb3) 66. Kb3 {If the Black
bishop could now go to c7, Black could even start thinking of winning, but as
it is Bd6 is met by c5 and d6 and Bd8 by d6. Wenn der Läufer jetzt nach c7
gehen dürfte, könnte Schwarz sogar langsam ans Gewinnen denken, so aber wird
Bd6 mit c5 nebst d6 und Bd8 mit d6 beantwortet.} Bd6 (66... Bd8 67. d6 $11) 67.
c5 {This is a simple draw. Dies ist ein simples Remis.} (67. Z0 Bc7 68. a4 Bf4
69. a5 Bg3 70. a6 (70. d6 Bxd6 71. c5 Bg3 72. c6 Kd5 73. b5 Kd6) 70... Bh2 71.
b5 Kc5 72. Kc3 Bg1 73. Kd3 Kb4 74. d6 Bc5 75. d7 Bb6 $19)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {A move that Shirov
added to his repertoire last year. Ein Zug, den Shirov letztes Jahr in sein
Repertoire aufgenommen hat.} e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7
11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nb3 {The course of his game against Karjakin was favourable
for White. Der Verlauf seiner Partie gegen Karjakin war günstig für Weiß.} Rc8
{I found this idea only shortly before the game, but it seemed to me similar
enough to Movsesian-Kasparov, Sarajevo 2000. Diese Idee fand ich erst kurz vor
der Partie, sie erinnerte mich aber sehr an Movsesian-Kasparov, Sarajevo 2000.}
(12... b4 13. Nb1 Be7 14. N1d2 Qc7 15. Qh3 e5 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Nba5 Bc8 18. Qg3
{Shirov,A (2739)-Karjakin,S (2694) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) 13. Qh3 Rxc3 $1 {
The point. Die Pointe.} 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Kb1 Be7 16. e5 {Well, so much for
Movsesian-Kasparov. That was with the pawn on f3. Nun, so viel zu
Movsesian-Kasparov. Das war mit dem Bauern auf f3.} dxe5 17. f5 $6 (17. fxe5 $1
Nd5 (17... Nxe5 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Be4 $36 (20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Qxf6
Bxg2 22. Bf5 {also looks unpleasant for Black. wirkt ebenfalls unangenehm für
Schwarz.})) 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rd2 Nxe5 20. Qg3 Nxd3 (20... Nc4 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22.
Bxc4 bxc4 23. Nc5 h6 24. Qh4 $1 Nxc3+ 25. Ka1 Bd5 26. Rxe6 $1) 21. Qxc7+ Nxc7
22. cxd3 {Black has some compensation here. Hier hat Schwarz einige
Kompensation.}) 17... Nd5 18. Bxe7 (18. Bd2 exf5 (18... N7b6 19. fxe6 Na4 20.
Ka1 Ndxc3 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. Nd4 $1 Bc8 (22... exd4 23. Rxe7 $18) 23. Ne6+ Bxe6
24. Qxe6) 19. Bxf5 N7b6 {looks fine for Black. sieht gut aus für Schwarz.})
18... Kxe7 19. fxe6 fxe6 $6 (19... Nxc3+ $1 20. Kc1 (20. Ka1 Nxd1 $1 {The
point - Qc3 is threatened. Die Pointe - es droht Qc3.}) 20... Nf6 (20... Nxd1
21. exd7 Nc3 22. Qg3 $1 $18) 21. Rd2 (21. Qg3 Nxd1 22. Qxg7 (22. Rxd1 g6 23.
exf7 Kxf7) 22... Nf2 $1) 21... e4 22. exf7 {and und} Qe5 {look good for Black.
sehen gut aus für Schwarz.} (22... Kxf7 $6 {Falls for a nice tactical trick:
Falls for a nice tactical trick:} 23. Bc4+ $1 Qxc4 24. Rd7+ Nxd7 25. Qxd7+ Kg6
26. Qd6+ Kf7 27. Qd7+ $11) ({but both but both} 22... Qd6 23. Rf2 Bd5 (23...
Kxf7 24. Qh5+)) {for e.g. denn z.B.} 23. Be2 Nxa2+ 24. Kb1 Nc3+ 25. Kc1 Bd5 $17
) 20. Qg3 g6 (20... Nxc3+ 21. Ka1 {Already this move is possible. Schon ist
dieser Zug möglich.} Kf7 22. Rf1+ (22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Rf2+ N5f6) 22... Nf6 23.
Rde1 Na4 24. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 25. Rxe5 Bxg2 {The two pawns should give Black enough
compensation, but nothing more. Die zwei Bauern sollten Schwarz genügend
Kompensation geben, mehr aber nicht.}) 21. Rd2 (21. Qh4+ N7f6 22. Rd2 e4 $1)
21... Rc8 (21... Nxc3+ 22. Ka1 Rc8 23. Qg5+ Nf6 24. Rf2 Ncd5 25. Rxe5 {is just
unclear. ist einfach unklar.}) 22. Qg5+ $2 {I thought this was the decisive
mistake, but White still has a resource left. Dies hielt ich für den
entscheidenden Fehler, aber Weiß hat noch eine Ressource.} (22. Qh4+ {This was
easier though Das war einfacher, denn} N7f6 (22... Ke8 23. Qxh7 $18) 23. Rf2 e4
24. Bxe4 Nxc3+ 25. Kc1 Qe5 26. Rxf6 Nxa2+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Bd3 Qc3+ 29. Ke3
Qe5+ $11) 22... Ke8 23. Qg4 $2 (23. Bxg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Ke7 25. Qg7+ Kd6) (23.
Rf2 e4 $1) (23. Qh6 $1 {This comp move still seems to hold. Dieser Computerzug
scheint noch zu halten.} Nxc3+ (23... N7f6 24. Kc1) (23... N7b6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25.
Bxg6+ $1) 24. Ka1 Nf6 25. Qh4 Ncd5 26. Qg5 Nd7 27. Be4 {White has a fair
amount of counterplay here. Hier hat Weiß eine ordentliche Menge Gegenspiel.})
23... Nxc3+ 24. Ka1 Bd5 $17 25. Re3 (25. Qb4 a5 26. Qxa5 Ra8 $1) 25... Nf6 26.
Qh4 Qe7 (26... Qg7 $5) 27. Bf1 {White was in time pressure already. Weiß war
bereits in Zeitnot.} (27. Qg3 Bxb3 (27... e4 28. Be2 b4 $17) 28. Bxg6+ hxg6 29.
cxb3 Nfe4 30. Qxg6+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rc2 Rc5) 27... Bxb3 28. cxb3 Nce4 $1
29. Rb2 (29. Rxe4 Qa3 30. Bd3 (30. Rb2 Rc1+ 31. Rb1 Rc2 $19) 30... Qc1+ 31. Bb1
Qxd2 32. Re2 Qxe2 33. Qxf6 Kd7 $1 $19) 29... Rc1+ 30. Rb1 Qc5 {A good way to
start the tournament. Ein guter Weg, ins Turnier zu starten.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {One round earlier, I had lost to Topalov without much of a fight, so in
this game, I was very keen not to repeat the experience. Eine Runde zuvor
hatte ich gegen Topalov ohne großen Kampf verloren, daher war ich in dieser
Partie sehr darauf erpicht, dieses Erlebnis nicht zu wiederholen.} e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 {Occasionally I play the Berlin, but lately, I have no reason at
all to depart from my favourite Marshall. Gelegentlich spiele ich auch die
Berliner Verteidigung, aber in letzter Zeit hatte ich keinerlei Anlass, auf
meinen geliebten Marshall zu verzichten.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 O-O {One interesting psychological point that I have noticed is that in
this position, most white players hesitate for the first time in the game,
even though they are well-prepared for the Marshall. Ein interessanter
psychologischer Aspekt, den ich bemerkt habe, ist, dass in dieser Stellung die
meisten Weißspieler zum ersten Mal in der Partie zögern, obwohl sie auf den
Marshall gut vorbereitet sind.} 8. c3 {The moves 8.d4, 8.d3, 8.h3, 8.a3 and 8.
a4 are all played regularly as well. White players are always coming up with
small subtleties on these various lines, so as to give their opponents
something to worry about. Die Züge 8.d4, 8.d3, 8.h3, 8.a3 und 8.a4 kommen
ebenfalls regelmäßig zur Anwendung. Die Weißspieler warten immer mit kleinen
Feinheiten in diesen verschiedenen Abspielen auf, um ihren Gegnern ein wenig
Anlass zur Sorge zu geben.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1
Bd6 13. g3 {Quite a rare choice by White. Eine recht seltene Fortsetzung von
Weiß.} Re8 {Previously 13...Bf5 has been played, not without success, but
after seeing that 13...Re8 leads to interesting play, I decided to try it.
Zuvor wurde 13...Bf5 gespielt, nicht ohne Erfolg, aber nachdem ich gesehen
hatte, dass 13...Re8 zu interessantem Spiel führt, beschloss ich, es zu
versuchen.} ({It would also be interesting to try the mischievous Interessant
wäre es auch, das verschmitzte} 13... h5 14. Qxh5 Re8 {zu versuchen.}) 14. d4 (
{After Nach} 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. d4 Ra7 16. Nd2 Re7 17. Nf3 f6 {Black solved
his problems successfully in the game Almasi - Yakovenko. konnte Schwarz in
der Partie Almasi - Yakovenko seine Probleme erfolgreich lösen.}) ({The
attempt Der Versuch} 14. d3 {is not so strong since after ist nicht so stark,
denn nach} Bf5 {it is not easy for White to evelop his pieces harmonously.
fällt es Weiß nicht leicht, seine Figuren harmonisch zu entwickeln.}) 14...
Rxe1+ {Slightly more accurate was 14...Ra7. Einen Tick genauer war 14...Ra7.}
15. Qxe1 Ra7 16. Be3 {In my preparations, I did not consider this interesting
move. Diesen interessanten Zug hatte ich in meiner Vorbereitung nicht
berücksichtigt.} ({A serious alternative was Eine ernste Alternative bildete} 
16. Nd2 Re7 17. Qf1 {after which Black should play very acurately, to obtain
compensation. wonach Schwarz sehr genau spielen muss, um Kompensation zu
erhalten.}) 16... Re7 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Nf1 {Of course, White could take the
knight on d5, but this is usually rather drawish. Natürlich könnte Weiß den
Springer auf d5 nehmen, aber dies ist meist sehr remislich.} h5 {I was pleased
with this move, after which it is possible to put the wind up White a little.
Von diesem Zug war ich angetan, denn danach wird es möglich, Weiß ein wenig
Gegenwind spüren zu lassen.} ({It would not be good to try to win the pawn
back with Nicht gut wäre der Versuch, mit} 18... Bh3 {because of den Bauern
zurückzugewinnen, wegen} 19. Qe2 {after which White obtains control of the
white squares. I did not wish to determine the position of the bishop just yet.
wonach Weiß die Kontrolle über die weißen Felder erlangt. Ich wollte die
Position des Läufers einfach noch nicht festlegen.}) 19. a4 {The most natural
move. Am natürlichsten.} ({It was also possible to transfer the queen to a
better post by Möglich war auch die Überführung der Dame auf einen besseren
Posten durch} 19. Qd1 Bg4 20. Qd3 {The possible Darauf gibt} g6 {then gives
Black typical compensation for the pawn. Schwarz typische Kompensation für den
Bauern.}) 19... Be6 {An important resource. Before going to its ideal square
on h3, the bishop tries another role. All of a sudden the bishop on b3 finds
it has an insolent opponent. Eine wichtige Ressource. Bevor der Läufer sein
Idealfeld auf h3 bezieht, versucht er sich in einer anderen Rolle. Plötzlich
stellt der Läufer auf f3 fest, dass er einen frechen Antipoden hat.} 20. Bd1 {
An interesting idea, but it seems too artificial to me. Eine interessante Idee,
scheint mir aber zu künstlich.} ({I expected Ich erwartete} 20. Bc2 Bh3 21. Qe2
g6 {with similar play to the variation 19.Qe2. mit ähnlichem Spiel wie in der
Variante 19.Qe2.}) 20... h4 {20...Bg4 is too academic. Understanding that this
was a rare chance to carry out the typical Marshall attack, I decided to take
my courage in my hands.  20...Bg4 ist zu akademisch. Begreifend, dass dies
eine seltene Chance war, den typischen Marshall-Angriff durchzführen,
beschloss ich, mein Herz in die Hand zu nehmen.} 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf3 {
The central defender returns to his post... Der Zentralverteidiger kehrt auf
seinen Posten zurück...} Bh3 23. Bxd5 {...so as to exchange itself off! At
first, I was surprised by this move, but after some thought, I started to
understand that Black does not have so many pieces left with which to attack,
whilst with the enemy queen passive on e8, White could very well try to nick a
couple of pawns with his queen, and then return the queen to the defence. ...
um sich selbst abzutauschen! Zunächst war ich von dem Zug überrascht, aber
nach einigem Nachdenken begann ich zu verstehen, dass Schwarz nicht mehr so
viele Figuren zum Angriff bleiben, während Weiß mit der feindlichen Dame
passiv auf e8 durchaus versuchen könnte, mit seiner Dame ein paar Bauern
einzuheimsen und diese dann anschließend zur Verteidigung zurückzuführen.} cxd5
24. Qd1 {There is no sense in inviting f5 by playing 24.Qe2, since Black
intends to play the move anyway. Keinen Sinn hat es, mit 24.Qe2 zu dem Zug ...
f5 einzuladen, da Schwarz dies sowieso beabsichtigt.} f5 {It is interesting
that when it first surveys this mess, the computer likes White. Only after
being given some time to realize the seriousness of the threats against the
white king does it change its mind and pronounce the position as likely to end
in a draw. Interessanterweise gefällt dem Computer, wenn er dieses Chaos zum
ersten Mal durchforstet, zunächst Weiß. Erst wenn man ihm etwas Zeit gibt, die
Ernsthaftigkeit der Drohungen gegen den weißen König zu realisieren, schwenkt
er um und verkündet, dass die Position wahrscheinlich in einem Remis enden
wird.} 25. Bg5 ({Possible is Möglich ist} 25. Qb3 {after which I was intending
to play , wonach ich} Qf7 26. Bg5 Re4 {. After beabsichtigte. Nach} 27. Bxh4
Kh7 28. Qd1 {we reach a position similar to the game, in which it is difficult
to say who benefits from the position of the black king on h7, after erreichen
wir eine Stellung ähnlich der Partie, in der es schwer zu sagen ist, wer von
der Position des schwarzen Königs auf h7 nach} Qg6 29. Bd8 {. profitiert.})
25... Re4 26. Bxh4 Qg6 {I very much wanted to lure the bishop to d8. Ich
wollte den Läufer unbedingt nach d8 locken.} 27. Bd8 f4 {Despite being two
pawns down, I very much liked my position. With such a strong bishop on h3,
there will always be a draw, even if the worst comes to the worst. Trotz der
zwei Minusbauern gefiel mir meine Stellung sehr. Mit so einem starken Läufer
auf h3 hat man Remis immer in der Tasche, selbst wenn es zum Schlimmsten kommt.
} 28. Qd3 {It is hard to know what to suggest for White, since many moves
which at first sight seem OK actually lose. Es fällt schwer, etwas für Weiß
vorzuschlagen, da viele Züge, die auf den ersten Blick in Ordnung erscheinen,
tatsächlich verlieren.} ({For example, the stupid Zum Beispiel das dumme} 28.
Bb6 {because of wegen} Re8 29. Bc5 Bc7 {and the bishop on c5 has turned into a
spectator. , und der Läufer auf c5 hat sich in einen Zuschauer verwandelt.}) ({
I think the best decision would have been Ich glaube, die beste Entscheidung
wäre} 28. Bh4 f3 29. Qxf3 Rxh4 30. Qxd5+ Kh7 31. Ra8 Qe4 (31... Qb1 {leads to
perpetual check. führt zu Dauerschach.}) 32. Qxe4+ Rxe4 33. Ne3 {after which
White can hope to draw, thanks to that pawns he has managed to grab. gewesen,
wonach Weiß hoffen kann zu remisieren, dank der Bauern, die er einheimsen
konnte.}) 28... Qh5 29. Nd2 {This loses. Dies verliert.} ({It was essential to
stay put, eg. Weiß musste auf der Stelle treten, z.B.} 29. Bb6 Bb8 30. Bc5 {
Despite the fact that Black's position is very strong, nothing decisive is
apparent. Now it is all easy. Trotz der Tatsache, dass Schwarz eine sehr
starke Stellung hat, ist nichts Entscheidendes in Sicht. Jetzt ist alles
einfach.}) 29... Re2 30. Nf3 ({No better is Nicht besser ist} 30. Bh4 {because
of wegen} Rxd2 31. Ra8+ Bf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxd2 Kg8 {The black queen and
bishop easily finish off the enemy king. Dame und Läufer von Schwarz bringen
den feindlichen König leicht zur Strecke.}) 30... Re3 {This simple
pseudo-sacrifice decides the game. Dieses einfache Pseudo-Opfer entscheidet
die Partie.} 31. fxe3 Qxf3 32. Qc2 fxg3 33. hxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 h5 10. f3 {A relatively rare move. Ein relative seltener Zug.} h4 11.
Bf2 Bb7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O (14. e5 c5 15. Nxb5 Qa5+ {Possible
since White hasn't castled. Möglich, da Weiß nicht rochiert hat.} 16. Nc3 h3 {
looks rather unpleasant for White. sieht ziemlich unangenehm für Weiß aus.})
14... e5 $1 {Now White was threatening e5 and Ne4. Black has equalized, so
White should look for an improvement earlier. Nun drohte Weiß e5 und Ne4.
Schwarz hat ausgeglichen, daher sollte der Anziehende vorher nach einer
Verbesserung suchen.} 15. a4 a6 16. d5 Rh6 {Inspired by Paco Vallejo's rook
against Topalov from Morelia 2006. Black is not really looking at castling
kingside, and the rook is incredibly useful on the 6th rank. Inspiriert durch
Paco Vallejos Turm gegen Topalov aus dem Turnier Morelia 2006. Die kurze
Rochade hat Schwarz nicht wirklich auf dem Plan, und der Turm ist unglaublich
nützlich auf der 6. Reihe.} 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 {The
problem for White is that Black has so much space especially in the kingside
where White needs f4 to get things going. Das Problem für Weiß ist, dass
Schwarz so viel Raum hat, vor allem am Königsflügel, wo Weiß f4 braucht, um
die Dinge in Gang zu bekommen.} 20. Qc1 Rg6 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe3
Nb3 $6 (23... Ne6 $1 {The other route to get to d4, but allows White the
possibility of b3 which I hoped to avoid The other route to get to d4, but
allows White the possibility of b3 which I hoped to avoid} 24. b3 (24. Nd5 Kf8
25. b3 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Nd4) 24... b4 $1 (24... cxb3 25. Nxb5 Qa2 {Not a very
human move to make. Kein besonders menschlicher Zug.} 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Nf5 (27.
Bc4 Nf4) 27... h3 28. gxh3 b2 29. Qb6 Be8 30. Qb4+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6
Kxg6) 25. Nd5 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Qb7 {and it seems White can't take the b4 pawn:
und es scheint, als könnte Weiß den Bauern b4 nicht nehmen:} 27. Nxb4 (27. Bc4
Nd4 28. Qe3 Qa7 29. Kh1 Qa3 30. Qd2 h3 $1) 27... Nd4 $17) 24. Qb6 (24. f4 $1 {
Shipov suggested this move and it does seem to hold. Shipov suggested this
move and it does seem to hold.} gxf4 (24... exf4 25. Qb6 h3 26. Bh5 Rh6 27.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qc7+ Ke8 29. Qe5+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Qxg5+ Rg6 32. Qe7+ $11)
25. Qh3 Qa7+ (25... Kf8 26. Qxh4 Kg7 $4 27. Rd8 $1) (25... b4 26. Bh5 (26. Nd5
Bxd5 27. exd5 Nd4) 26... Nd4 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qe6+ {seems to be
a draw. scheint remis zu sein.}) 26. Kh1 Nd4 27. Qxh4 Qc7 (27... Qe7 28. Qh8+
Kd7 29. Bh5 $1 (29. Ra1 Qg5 $1 30. Ra7+ Ke6 31. Qc8+ Kf6 32. Qh8+ Rg7 33. Qd8+
Kg6) 29... Qf6 30. Qb8 Rg5 31. Ra1 Rxh5 32. Ra7+ Ke6 33. Qc8+ Kd6 34. Qf8+ Ke6
$11) 28. Bh5 (28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ Rf6 (29... Kf8 30. Qh8+ Rg8 31. Qh6+ {
with enough compensation. mit genug Kompensation.}) 30. Bg4) 28... Rg7 29. Bg4
{followed by Ra1 seems to give White enough play. nebst Ra1 scheint Weiß genug
Spiel zu geben.}) (24. Nd5 Kf8) 24... Nd4 {Now White has little choice but to
enter the endgame. Nun bleibt Weiß kaum etwas anderes, als ins Endspiel
überzugehen.} 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nxb5 (26. Qxd4 Qd8 27. Qh8+ (27. Nxb5 Bxb5 28.
Qe5+ Kf8 29. Qxb5 Qb6+ {transposes to the game. führt zur Partie.}) 27... Kd7)
26... Bxb5 27. Qxb5+ Qc6 28. Qe5+ Re6 (28... Qe6 29. Qb8+ Ke7 30. Qa7+ Kf8) 29.
Qxd4 (29. Qb8+ Ke7 30. Qa7+ Kf8 31. Qxd4 Qb6 {comes to the same thing. läuft
auf dasselbe hinaus.}) 29... Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Bxc4 Rxb2 {Black needs to
keep the king on the first rank. Schwarz muss den König auf der ersten Reihe
halten.} 32. g3 (32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Be2 Kd6 34. Kf2 Kc5 35. Ke3 Rb1 36. g3 (36.
Bd3 Rh1 37. Kf2 f6 38. Bf1 Kd4 $19) 36... Rh1 $17) 32... f6 (32... Ke7 33. gxh4
(33. e5 Rc2 34. Bb3 (34. Bd3 Rc3 35. Be2 Ke6) 34... Re2 $1) 33... gxh4 34. f4
f6 35. e5 Rd2 $1 {This excellent move takes away d5 and d3 from the white
bishop. Dieser hervorragende Zug nimmt dem dem weißen Läufer d5 und d3.} (35...
Rb4 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Ba6 Kf5 38. Kg2 $1 Kxf4 39. Bc8 $11) (35... f5 36. Bd3
$1 Ke6 37. Bc4+ $11) 36. Bg8 (36. Kh1 f5 37. Ba6 Rd4 38. Kg2 Rxf4 39. Bc8 Kf7
$19) 36... h3 $1) 33. Be6 Ke7 34. Bg4 (34. Bf5 Kd6 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. f4 Re2 $1
{again the key. wieder der Schlüssel.}) (34. Bh3 Kd6 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. f4 Re2
37. Bg2 Kc5 38. Kf1 Rb2 39. e5 f5 40. Bh3 Rb4 41. Ke2 Rxf4 42. Ke3 Re4+ 43. Kf3
Rxe5 44. Kf4 Re2 45. Kxf5 Kd5 46. Kg4 Ke4 47. Kxh4 Kf4 $1) 34... Re2 $3 (34...
Kd6 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. f4 Rd2 37. Bh3 Kc5 38. e5 Rd4 39. exf6 Rxf4 40. Kg2 {
Once the king escapes from the first rank, its a draw. Wenn der König einmal
von der ersten Reihe wegkommt, ist es remis.} Rxf6 41. Bc8 $11) 35. gxh4 gxh4
36. h3 {Now a fortress is no longer possible, so Black wins. Nun ist eine
Festung nicht länger möglich, also gewinnt Schwarz.} Kd6 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. f4 Kc5
39. e5 Rb4 40. exf6 Rxf4+ 41. Ke2 Kd4 42. Bf3 Rxf6 43. Bb7 Rb6 44. Bc8 (44. Bg2
Rb3) 44... Ke4 45. Bg4 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Ke3 47. Kf1 Kf4 48. Ke1 Kg3 49. Kf1 Rf2+
50. Ke1 (50. Kg1 Rf7 $1 {wins gewinnt.}) 50... Rf4 51. Bc8 Rf8 52. Bg4 Kg2 53.
Ke2 Re8+ 54. Kd3 Kf2 55. Bf5 Re3+ 56. Kd4 Kf3 57. Bg4+ Kf4 58. Kd5 Re5+ 59. Kd4
Rg5 (59... Rg5 60. Be6 Rg6 61. Bc8 Rd6+ 62. Kc5 Rd2 {Now the king is far
enough. Nun steht der König weit genug weg.} 63. Bg4 Kg3 64. Bf5 Rh2 65. Kd4
Rxh3 {wins. gewinnt.}) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nxe5 O-O 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. Nd3 Bd4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Rb1 d6 14. c4 c5
15. b4 Qf7 16. Kh1 Rf8 17. f4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Rb6 21.
Rc1 Qd5 22. Qf3 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Na5 Rc8
15. Nc6 Nxd5 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nc6 19. c3 {The whole line
was tested before without much progress for White.} (19. Rd2 Ke7 20. a3 Nd4 21.
Kb1 Rhd8 22. Bd3 f5 23. Re1 Kf6 24. Red1 Ne6 25. c3 Nc5 26. Bc2 $11 {1-0
Quezada,Y (2502)-Colovic,A (2418)/Havana 2005 (56)}) 19... Ke7 20. Rd1 (20. Rd2
Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Be2 f5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa6 Na5 25. Bb5 Nb3+ 26. Kb1 Nc5
$11 {1/2 Mecking,H (2570)-Evans,L (2545)/San Antonio 1972 (40)}) 20... f5 21.
Bd3 {Leko prefers to develop the pieces first as the queenpawn advance is not
promising any gains.} (21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa6 Rc7 23. Bd3 (23. Bb5 a3 $1 $15)
23... g6 $11) 21... g6 22. Rhe1 Rhd8 23. Bf1 (23. a4 Rd5 24. Bf1 Rc5 $11) 23...
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Na5 25. a4 Nc4 {Anand prefers the exciting position to the
safer, but slightly tedious defence after taking the a4-pawn.} (25... bxa4 $5
26. Bxa6 Rc5 27. Kc2 Nb3 $11) 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rd5 Kf6 28. Rxb5 (28. Be2 Ne3
29. Rd6+ Ke7 30. Rb6 Nxg2 31. Bxb5 Rc5 $13) 28... Ne3 29. Rb6+ (29. Be2 Nxg2
30. Rb7 h5 $15) 29... Kg5 30. Ba6 Rd8 31. b4 Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 4096] The endgame
position is not without dangers for Black since White is playing with a bishop
and a seriously assymetric pawn structure. Anand had to find some exact moves
to maintain the balance.} (31... Nxg2 $1 32. Rc6 (32. Re6 Ne1 (32... Kf4 $6 33.
b5 Ra8 34. Bb7 Rb8 35. Bc6 $1 (35. Re7 Ne1 36. Kd2 Nxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Kxf3 38. Rxe5
f4 39. Ke1 h6 40. c4 Kg2 $17) 35... Ne3 (35... Ne1 36. Re8 $16) 36. Kb2 Rd8 37.
Kb3 Rd1 38. Kb4 $16) 33. Rxe5 Nxf3 34. Re2 f4 $11) 32... Nf4 $1 (32... Ne1 $6
33. b5 Ra8 34. Rc8 $1 Ra7 35. c4 (35. Rc4 Nxf3 36. Rb4 Ne1 37. b6 Rxa6 38. b7
Nd3+ 39. Kb1 Nxb4 40. b8=Q Nd5 41. Qxe5 Nf4 $14) 35... Nxf3 36. c5 Nd4 37. b6
$1 Rxa6 38. b7 Ra1+ 39. Kb2 Ra5 40. b8=Q Rb5+ 41. Qxb5 Nxb5 42. Rd8 $16) 33. b5
(33. Kc2 e4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Rc5+ Rd5 36. Rxd5+ Nxd5 $11) 33... e4 34. fxe4
fxe4 35. Rc8 (35. b6 e3 36. b7 e2 $17) 35... Rd6 36. Rc6 (36. Re8 Nd3+ 37. Kc2
Kf4 $15) 36... Rd8 $11) 32. Rc6 Nxg2 33. b5 Ra8 34. Bb7 $2 {The analyses after
the game have shown, that Black's position was critical after the rook advance
to c8.} (34. Rc8 $1 Ra7 (34... Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Ne1 36. b6 Nd3+ 37. Kd2 Nc5 38. b7
Na6 39. c4 e4 (39... Kxf3 40. c5 e4 41. Ke1 $18) 40. c5 e3+ 41. Ke2 Ke5 42. c6
(42. Kxe3 f4+ 43. Kf2 Kd5 44. Kg2 g5 45. Kh3 h5 46. Kg2 Kxc5 47. h4 gxh4 48.
Kh3 Kd4 49. Bf5 $18) 42... Kd6 43. Kxe3 Kxc6 44. Kf4 Kc7 45. Kg5 $18) 35. Rc4+
$1 Ke3 (35... Kxf3 36. Ra4 Ne3 37. b6 Rd7 38. b7 Rd8 39. Bb5 Rb8 40. Ra8 Rxb7
41. Bc6+ $18) 36. Ra4 Ra8 37. b6 Rb8 38. b7 Ne1 39. Rc4 Nxf3 40. h3 $18) 34...
Rb8 35. Rc7 $6 (35. Ba6 $5 e4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. b6 e3 38. Bf1 (38. b7 e2 39.
Bxe2 Rxb7 $11) 38... Kf3 39. Bxg2+ Kxg2 40. Kd1 Kf3 41. Rf6+ Ke4 42. Ke2 $14)
35... Ne1 36. Rxh7 {It seems that Leko has completely lost his way in the
sharp ending, but this capture might be stronger than the obvious move to e7.}
(36. Re7 Nxf3 37. Bxf3 Kxf3 38. Rxe5 f4 39. Kd2 Kg2 $17) 36... Nxf3 37. c4 e4
38. Kc2 $2 {Only this meek move seals the fate of Leko's game. The idea of the
pawn advance 38.c5!? with good chances for a draw was surprisingly well hidden.
} (38. Re7 Ne5 39. Bd5 e3 40. h3 (40. Kd1 Rh8 41. b6 Rxh2 42. b7 Rb2 $19) 40...
Nxc4 $1 (40... Rh8 41. b6 Rxh3 42. b7 Rh8 43. Kd1 $11) 41. Bxc4 Rc8 $19) (38.
c5 $5 Re8 (38... e3 39. Re7 Nd4 40. c6 Nxb5 41. c7 Nxc7 (41... Rxb7 42. c8=Q
Rxe7 43. Qc4+ Kg5 44. Kd1 $11) 42. Rxc7 $11) 39. b6 e3 40. Ba6 Nd4 41. Kb1 (41.
b7 Nb3+ 42. Kd1 Nxc5 $17) 41... Rb8 (41... e2 42. Bxe2 Rxe2 43. b7 Nc6 (43...
Re8 $2 44. Rh4+ Ke5 45. Rxd4 $1 Kxd4 46. c6 $18) 44. Rc7 Re4 45. Rxc6 Rb4+ 46.
Kc2 Rxb7 47. Rxg6 $14) 42. b7 Ke5 43. Re7+ Kd5 44. Rxe3 Kxc5 $11) 38... e3 39.
Kd3 g5 40. Ke2 (40. Re7 Ne5+ 41. Ke2 Rh8 $19) 40... Nd4+ 41. Ke1 (41. Kd3 e2
42. Re7 Rxb7 $19) 41... Rd8 {The coordinated assault of the black pieces will
put the white king under unbearable strain.} (41... g4 42. b6 Ne6 43. Rc7 Nd8
44. Bg2 Rxb6 $19) 42. Re7 (42. Bd5 Nxb5 43. Rb7 Nd4 $19) 42... Nc2+ 43. Kf1
Rd1+ 44. Ke2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 Nd4 {A truly fascinating ending!} (45... Nd4 46. b6 (
46. h3 Rd1+ 47. Kg2 e2 $19) 46... Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Rb2 48. Kf1 Nf3 49. Bxf3 Kxf3
$19) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {In their previous encounters Topalov used more
frequently (and successfully) 3.Nf3.} Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 b6 ({In the first
round of the same tournament Aronian played} 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Nc5 {but after} 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nxc5
dxc5 14. O-O Nd7 15. f4 {failed to solve all the problems and lost, 1-0
Topalov,V-Aronian,L/Morelia 2008 (35).}) 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9.
Qd3 O-O 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Ne7 {A small trick. White can't keep the extra pawn
since 12.dxe6 loses the knight to c3 after 12...Qxd3.} 12. Bd2 Rc8 $146 (12...
Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qxd5 14. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Timman,J/Netherlands 1979 (47).
leaves White with advantage thanks to his bishop pair.}) (12... Bxd5 13. Nxd5
Nexd5 14. Rac1 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qc2 $14 {
The control over the c-file secures White better prospects.}) 13. e4 {The most
aggressive continuation.} ({In the event of} 13. Rfd1 {Black can already take
on d5 with the bishop} Bxd5 {since} 14. Nxd5 Nexd5 15. Rac1 {brings White
nothing anymore:} Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nc3 $1 {and Black makes full use of his rook
on c8.}) 13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxe4 {This small combination is the only way to
solve the problems.} (14... exd5 15. Bxf6 {is of course unacceptable for Black.
White has a clear advantage after} gxf6 16. Nd4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 $16
) 15. Bxg7 {A counter-sacrifice: before dying the bishop takes an important
pawn.} ({Bad for White is} 15. Qxe4 Rxc3 16. Ng5 Ng6 17. Qd4 Rc8 {and the pawn
on d5 is still pinned.}) 15... Kxg7 16. Qxe4 Bxd5 17. Qg4+ Ng6 {After the more
or less forced sequence of moves we reach a position where thanks to his
better pawn structure and a slightly vulnerable king on g7 Topalov has some
objective reasons to fight for the advantage. On the other hand all this
should not be overestimated: Black will place the queen on f6 and his pieces
will control most important files and diagonals. Therefore the position is
very close to equal.} 18. h4 ({The alternative} 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. h4 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 Rc3 21. Be2 $1 {looks preferable. If then} (21. Bg2 Rc2) 21... Kh8 {
White continues} 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. h5 {with initiative}) 18...
Bxf3 {The easiest decision. Anand eliminates a potentially dangerous attacking
piece.} 19. Qxf3 (19. Bxf3 f5 20. Qa4 Ne5 21. Bg2 (21. Qxa7+ $2 Rf7) 21... Rf7
$11) 19... Qf6 20. Qb7 Qe7 {In an endgame the vulnerability of black king is
not a factor anymore and Vishy cleverly exploits this factor.} 21. Qe4 Qc5 22.
Rad1 ({The last real chance to fight for the advantage was} 22. Rac1 {after
which Black should probably continue} Qe5 ({rather than} 22... Qxc1 23. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 24. Kh2 {and the rooks are bad defenders of the black king})) 22... Rfd8
23. Rfe1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc7 25. Bf3 Qe5 {The same simple strategy: the exchange
of pieces favours Black, who won't feel any problems with the king after that.}
26. Qb4 Qc3 27. Qg4 f5 28. Qh5 Qf6 29. Bg2 e5 {Considering the fact that
Topalov was short on time Anand makes some attempts to fight for the
initiative.} 30. Bh3 {Veselin immediately notices the newly created weakness -
the f5-pawn.} Rf7 ({After} 30... f4 31. Bg2 Rf7 32. Qg4 fxg3 33. fxg3 Qf2+ 34.
Kh2 {Black's aggressive play could easily backfire: White has a very
unpleasant threat to advance the h-pawn.}) 31. Qe2 $11 e4 (31... f4 32. h5 Ne7
33. Rd7 fxg3 34. fxg3 $14) 32. Rd5 f4 (32... Ne5 33. Kg2 $14) 33. Rf5 (33. Qxe4
$2 fxg3 34. fxg3 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxg3 $40) 33... Qa1+ 34. Kh2 fxg3+ 35. fxg3 Rxf5
36. Bxf5 Nxh4 $1 37. Bxe4 (37. gxh4 $2 Qe5+ 38. Kg2 Qxf5 $17) 37... Qe5 38.
Qg4+ Ng6 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qxa7 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15.
g4 Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. Bg2 Na5 $5 {[%mdl 8] Ivanchuk has a creative
mind. In a well known position he comes up with a strong novelty.} (18... g6
19. h4 Bf8 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. h5 Ba8 22. f5 Ne5 23. Bd4 Ncd7 24. hxg6 fxg6 25.
fxe6 Rxe6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Re7 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Nd4 $11 {1-0 Radjabov,T 
(2682)-Babula,V (2604)/Saint Vincent 2005 (39)}) (18... Bf8 19. Rad1 Nb4 20.
Rd4 d5 (20... Nc6 21. Rc4 Nc5 $13) 21. exd5 exd5 22. Rd2 {1/2 Galkin,A (2569)
-Jakovenko,D (2557)/Batumi 2002}) 19. Rad1 {Anand was unable to find a weak
side to the manoeuvre by the knight. Especially winning the pawn on b6 would
have been strategically risky.} (19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Na5 (20... Rbc8 21. b3 Na5
22. Bb2 Nc6 $11) (20... e5 21. fxe5 Ncxe5 22. Nd5 $14) 21. Be3 $11) (19. Nd2
Nc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. f5 $5 (21. Bxb6 $2 Nxb6 22. Qxb6 Bxe4 $19) 21... Ne5 22.
f6 Ng4 23. Qf4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bf8 $11) (19. Bxb6 $6 Nxb6 20. Nxa5 Ba8 21. Rfd1
d5 22. exd5 Bc5 $15) 19... Nxb3 (19... Nc4 20. Bc1 e5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 f6
$13) 20. cxb3 Bc6 21. b4 (21. f5 Ne5 22. Qe2 b5 23. f6 Bf8 24. axb5 axb5 25. b4
Rec8 $11) 21... b5 22. a5 (22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Rfc1 Qb7 $11) 22...
Rbc8 23. f5 {White was facing the risk, that without active play it would have
been Black trying to open up the centre.} (23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Kg1 d5 $11) 23...
Ne5 24. Qg3 Bf8 (24... Kh8 25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Rg8 27. Qh3 Bd8 $13) 25. Bd4 (
25. f6 g6 26. Rf4 Nc4 $13) 25... exf5 $1 {A concrete and very sound decision
to open up the a8-h1 diagonal.} 26. exf5 Qb7 27. Bxc6 (27. Rf2 $5 g6 28. Kg1
Bg7 $11) 27... Qxc6+ 28. Qg2 {Anand sensibly decided to exchange the queens
and navigate towards an equal endgame.} (28. Kg1 Qc4 29. f6 g6 $15) 28... Qxg2+
29. Kxg2 Nc6 30. Nd5 Ne7 (30... Re4 31. Bc3 Rg4+ 32. Kh3 Rxg5 33. f6 Rg6 34.
Rc1 $13) 31. Bc3 (31. Bc3 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc4 33. Kg3 Re3+ 34. Rf3 Re2 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 {The main line of the Sveshnikov Sicilian
in the past few years.} 18. Qe2 $146 {A novelty in a position that has been
played about hundred times in practice. The main continuations are 18.0-0 and
lately 18.h4. 18.Qe2 is an attempt to improve on Karjakin's idea from the game
versus Shirov a few months ago at the World Cup. In that game the Ukrainian
intended to transfer the queen to the h-file. Anand keeps the possibility to
advance the h-pawn in a situation where the capture on h4 would be
unfavourable for Black.} (18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Qe2 $146 (20. f4) 20... f5
21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kd1 Rb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Shirov,A/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (102)}) 18... f5 {The most principled answer.} (18... Be6
19. h4 Bxh4 20. g3 Bg5 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kd1 $44) 19. h4 $1 Bxe3 ({
Taking on h4 clearly favours White:} 19... Bxh4 20. exf5 Bxf5 (20... gxf5 $4
21. Qh5 $18) 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. g3 Bg5 (22... Be7 23. Bb5 $1 $16) 23. Bd3 Rxb3 (
23... Rf8 $2 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh7#) (23... Rf7 24.
Bxg6 Rg7 25. Be4 $16 Rxb3 $140 26. Bxh7 Rxh7 27. Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qc2+ $18) 24.
Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qc2 Qb8 (25... Rb5 26. Qxf5 $18) 26. O-O $16 {Black doesn't have
sufficient compensation for the exchange, since apart from threatening to take
on f5, White also threatens 27.Nb4.}) 20. Qxe3 fxe4 (20... f4 $5) 21. h5 ({
Nothing is achieved by} 21. Qxe4 Ne7 22. h5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 {in view of} Rf4 24.
Qd3 Rxa4 25. bxa4 Qg5 26. O-O (26. hxg6 $2 Qc1+ $19) 26... gxh5 {[%cal Gh5h4,
Gh4h3]} 27. Be4 Qe7 28. Rd1 Rb6 29. Qd5 Bg4 30. f3 Be6 31. Qxa5 Rb2 $132) 21...
g5 (21... gxh5 22. Rxh5 Bf5 23. Qh6 $36) 22. Qxe4 Bb7 ({Black could also seek
compensation in variations like} 22... Ne7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxa5 {For
instance:} Rf4 $5 ({After} 24... Bb7 25. Qe3 Qc7 (25... Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bc6 27.
Qxg5 $16) 26. Ra7 Qc6 27. f3 g4 28. Be2 {White keeps the extra pawn, although
the position remains rather sharp.}) 25. Qe2 (25. Qe3 $4 Rxc4 26. bxc4 Rb1+ $19
) 25... Qc7 26. Ra2 (26. Ra1 Rxb3 $1) (26. Ra3 Bb7 $44) 26... Rxc4 (26... Bb7
$5 $44) 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. bxc4 Rb1+ 29. Ke2 Rxh1 30. Ra8 Rxh5 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 $11
) 23. Qe3 e4 {Played after long thought. Black must look for dynamic play and
Shirov sacrifices a pawn in order to free the e5-square for the knight.} ({
Again} 23... Ne7 {is possible and can lead to some of the previously mentioned
variations.}) 24. O-O Ne5 25. Rfa1 (25. Qxe4 {also gives Black resources for
counterplay:} Bc6 (25... Rf4 26. Qe3 Rh4 27. f4 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 $1 Bxd5 29. Qd4+
$16) 26. Raa1 (26. Ra2 a4 (26... Rf4 27. Qe3 Rh4 28. f4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 $16) 27.
Qd4 axb3 28. Rb2 Qe8 $132) 26... a4 $5 (26... Rf4 27. Qe3 Rh4 28. f4 gxf4 29.
Nxf4 a4 30. Rad1 $16) 27. Qd4 axb3 28. Rfb1 Qe8 $132) 25... Qe8 $1 ({The
alternative} 25... Nxc4 26. bxc4 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Rb2 {offers certain chances to
survive, although Black's task would have been unpleasant after} 28. Rxa5 {E.g.
} Qf6 ({or} 28... Rbxf2 29. R5a4) 29. Rf1 Qf5 30. Ra4 $16) 26. Rxa5 Qxh5 27.
Qxe4 Rbe8 {Shirov has activated all his pieces and achieved some compensation
for the pawn.} 28. Be2 Qh4 $2 {Pity. This very strange decision can be
explained only by the fact that Alexey was having problems with the time on
the clock.} ({After the correct} 28... g4 {(threatening check on f3)} 29. Qd4
Qg5 $1 {Black prepares the advance of the g-pawn, with sufficient play for the
pawn. For instance:} (29... Re6 $2 30. Nf4) 30. g3 (30. Ra7 $2 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 g3
$40) (30. b4 g3 31. fxg3 (31. f4 Qh4 $19) 31... Qxg3 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1
Bxd5 34. Rxd5 (34. Qxd5 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 34... Kg8 $44 {[%cal Ge8f8]} (
34... Rf8+ 35. Bf3 Kg8 36. Qf2 Qf4 $44 {/=})) 30... Re6 {and White's extra
pawn is of little importance for the moment, since the main battlefield is on
the kingside.}) 29. Qxh4 gxh4 {In the endgame which arises, with a pawn down
and doubled h-pawns Black obviously has a tough struggle for a draw.} 30. Ne3
h3 {The best practical chance.} 31. gxh3 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Rh5 Rg8+ (33...
Ref8 34. Ra2 $16) 34. Kf1 Rgf8 35. Nd1 $1 (35. Ra2 $4 Rxe3 $19) ({Weaker is} 
35. Ra7 Be4) 35... Rd3 36. Rh4 $1 Bf3 37. Rd4 {Unfortunately for Shirov, White
is right in time to protect everything.} Rxd4 38. cxd4 Rf4 (38... Bxd1 39. Rxd1
Rf3 40. Rb1 Rxh3 41. Ke2 Rh5 42. b4 Rb5 43. d5 h5 44. Kd3 Rxd5+ 45. Kc4 $18)
39. Ne3 Rxd4 40. Ra4 $1 {Powerful play by Anand, who skilfully neutralizes
Black's activity.} Rd3 (40... Rxa4 41. bxa4 $18) 41. Rf4 Bh5 42. b4 d5 43. Kg2
Bg6 44. Nf5 $1 Kg8 (44... Bxf5 45. Rxf5 Rb3 {Wouldn't have changed the result:}
46. Rf4 Kg7 47. h4 Kg6 48. Kf1 Rb2 49. Ke1 {and Black is paralyzed, while the
white king will soon chase away the opponent's rook from the b-file.}) (44...
Rb3 45. Ne7 Be4+ 46. f3 $18) 45. Ne7+ Kg7 46. Nxg6 Kxg6 47. Rf3 $1 {The
quickest win.} Rd1 48. Rb3 d4 49. Kf3 d3 50. Ke3 Rh1 51. b5 Rxh3+ 52. f3 Rh1
53. b6 Re1+ 54. Kxd3 Re8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Ke4 h5 57. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Bc6 $146 {This attempt at improvement leads to a quiet
position, in which White gets the bishop pair as a compensation for Black's
extra pawn.} (10... Na6 {- see Radjabov - Leko in this issue.}) 11. Ne5 Nf6 12.
Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Nc3 {It was too risky to take the
exchange:} (15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Nc3 b5 $1 17. Qa6 (17. Nxb5 Nxe2+ 18. Kf1 Nxc1
19. Raxc1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qxh2 $17) 17... Rb8 18. Rxd4 Rb6 19. Qa5 cxd4 20. Nxb5
Qe4 $17) 15... b5 $5 16. Qa6 b4 (16... Rb8 $5 17. Bf4 Qb6 (17... Rb6 18. Qxa7 {
[%cal Rf4c7]}) 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Bc7 b4 20. Bxb6 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1
Nxc3 23. Rd3 axb6 24. Rxc3 $11 {_|_}) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rb8 19. Bf4 Qb6 20.
Qc4 $44 d6 21. e3 Nb5 {[%csl Rf4]} 22. g4 Nc7 23. Be4 g6 24. Rd2 Rbd8 25. Qe2
$6 (25. Rad1 $44 {was more accurate.}) 25... d5 $1 {Giving back a pawn but
lifting the blockade.} 26. Bxc7 ({After} 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxd5 (27. Bxd5 c4)
27... c4 {it is Black who can play for a win but he was satisfied with a draw.}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 O-O
15. Qxa4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bd7 17. Qa2 a5 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. O-O Qb8 20. Bc4 Kh8 21.
b3 f5 22. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nbd7 13. O-O O-O-O
14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Bc1 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Kc7 17. h3 Rhe8 18. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bc5 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 d6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Re3 Re7 19. Qh5 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21.
c4 c6 22. Rg3 Rd8 23. Rc1 b4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. c5 a5 26. Ra1 Ba6 27. Rxa5 Bxd3
28. Rxg5 Kh7 29. Rg4 Be2 30. Rg3 Rd2 31. Ba4 Rc7 32. Rb3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd4 34.
Re3 Rd2 35. b3 Ra2 36. Ra8 Bb5 37. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 Qc5 15.
Qd3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Nf4 Qxe5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5
Rad8 22. Rad1 Bd6 23. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Qxd6 Be7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5
O-O 15. Qd2 Qxf2 16. Bc4 Qh4 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. a3 Bf6 19. Kb1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4
21. g3 Qg5 22. Rhf1 Qe3 23. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.
Qd5 Qc6 15. c4 Bf6 16. g4 g6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. c3 c5 19. Kc2 Ng7 20. h5 Re4 21.
hxg6 fxg6 22. g5 Be7 23. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
O-O e6 9. c4 Nf4 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5
h6 15. Nf3 b6 16. Qe3 Ba6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Ne4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Rfe8 21.
d6 Qc6 22. Qf4 Re6 23. Rad1 Rde8 24. Ng3 Be2 25. Nxe2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27.
Qh4 Re8 28. h3 a5 29. Qg4 Re4 30. Qg3 Qb5 31. Nh4 Qe2 32. Rd5 Qxa2 33. Nf5 Qa1+
34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qf3 Re5 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Rd3 b5 39. Nc6 Re2 40.
Nxa5 Rxf2 41. Nb7 Re2 42. Rc3 Re5 43. Kg3 b4 44. Rc1 Re3+ 45. Kf4 Rxb3 46. Nxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Ne4
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. c6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nd7 Rfe8 20. Nb6 Rc2 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Bxb2 25. Bxe4 Bxc1 26. Rd7 Kf8
27. Bc6 Re6 28. Rc7 Bb2 29. e4 g5 30. Kg2 Be5 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Bd5 Re7 33. Ra8
Rc7 34. Rxa6 Rc2 35. Ra3 Bd4 36. Rf3 f6 37. h4 h6 38. Rf5 b4 39. h5 Kf8 40. Kf1
Ke7 41. Bb3 Rc5 42. Rd5 Rxd5 43. exd5 f5 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. f3 Be5 46. g4 fxg4 47.
fxg4 Ke7 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Kc4 Kf6 50. Kb5 Ke5 51. Kc6 Bf8 52. Kd7 Bd6 53. Ke8
Kf6 54. Bc2 Bc5 55. Bf5 Bd6 56. Kd7 Ke5 57. Be6 Bc5 58. Bg8 Bd6 59. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 f5 19. Kc2 f4 20. Kd3 fxe3 21.
Kxe4 exf2 22. Rdf1 Rf8 23. Rxf2 Bd6 24. Re2 Rf4+ 25. Kd3 Kd7 26. Nh4 Rd8 27.
Ng6 Rg4 28. Rh4 Rxh4 29. Nxh4 Rf8 30. Ng6 Rf5 31. g4 Rf3+ 32. Re3 Rf2 33. Re2
Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Rc1 Bg7 18. Be4 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bh6 N7f6 21. Qd4 Rg8
22. Bg5 Be7 23. Nc5 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rb8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6 Rf8 27. Rcd1 Rf7
28. Ne5 Rg7 29. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5
Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Bd8
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bb6+ 17. Kh1 Bd4 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. h3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rd4 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Nfg4 23. Kg1 Rf2 24. Qxf2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Rd8 26. Kg1 g5 27. Ne2
g4 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. e5 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 e6 12. g3 Be7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Rac1 e5 18. d5 Nbd7 19. Bf3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21.
Qa3 b6 22. b4 e4 23. Be2 Nb7 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. d6 Rxa7 26. dxc7 Rc8 27. c5 bxc5
28. b5 cxb5 29. Nxb5 Rxa2 30. Bf1 g5 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Nd8 33. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8
34. Nc3 e3 35. f3 g4 36. f4 g5 37. fxg5 Nh7 38. Ne4 Re8 39. Bg2 Kg7 40. Kf1 e2+
41. Ke1 Re5 42. Rc1 Nxg5 43. Rxc5 Rxc5 44. Nxc5 f5 45. Kxe2 Kf6 46. Ke3 Nf7 47.
Nd3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
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{My decision to annotate this game was driven more by a general interest in
blindfold chess than the game itself. Although interesting, it contains far
too many mistakes.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 {In recent times, this
attempt to avoid the beaten track has been a rare guest in elite events.} h6 {
After 4...c6 White can try to steer the game into rare lines of the QGD with 5.
e3 or 5.Nbd2. The text move practically forces White to exchange on f6, since
as far as I can see, the gambit 5.Bh4 Bb4 (followed by dxc4) does not give him
any advantage.} 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 {Now the natural Slav move 6...c6 is not
so good, because of 7.a3 with the idea of advancing e4 in one move. By
comparison with the normal Moscow Variation, here White does not have to worry
about the pawn on c4, but on the other hand, he has to reckon with the
tempo-gaining advance g5, since the natural square of the Nf3 on d2, is
occupied.} Nd7 7. Rc1 {Against Grischuk in Mexico City I played 7.g3, which is
in principle more logical. This time I decided to try out another plan.} c6 8.
a3 {Trying to advance e4. Of course, it was also possible to play the simple
e3, but that is not why White put his knight on d2.} g5 {Of course! Now White
has to choose between several interesting and cimplicated possibilities,
something which is far from easy without sight of the position.} 9. h3 {
As I came to understand only after the game, the threat of g4 is not so
terrible, since then Ng1 and h3 gives White good play on the kingside. This
being the case, it would be interesting to continue with the straightforward 9.
e4.} ({The other way} 9. e3 {I liked less, since after the simple} Bg7 {
it is not clear why White put the pawn on a3.}) ({A possible continuation after
} 9. e4 {would be} g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({the alternative is} 10... Qf5 {, which after
} 11. Ng1 ({Note that} 11. Nh4 {is bad because of} Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5
12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6 {leads to an obscure position.}) 11.
Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({Bad is} 12... c5 {because of} 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4 {
with the initiative, in view of Black's backward development.}) 13. c5 Qd8 14.
Nd2 Rg8 {The resulting position is in the spirit of Morozevich's French
Defences, and is very hard to assess. Black's plan is to play a4 and b6,
breaking up the white centre, whilst White will develop his remaining pieces
quickly and start an attack, utilising the temporary lack of communication
between the black pieces.}) 9... h5 {Logical. After 9...Bg7 10.e4 0-0 1.Bd3
Black has gained no benefit from his kingside expansion and the position must
be assessed as better for White. With the text move, Black continues his plan
to fighting for the centre by means of a flank diversion.} 10. cxd5 ({The
position after} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7 {followed by c5 at the right moment, is
not too great for White.}) 10... exd5 {There are plenty of reasons not to take
with the c-pawn, one being 11.Qa4, with ideas of e4 or Ne5.} 11. e4 g4 12. e5 {
It is always possible to open the h-file, but the presence of the pawn on h3
changes a lot.} Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 {An interesting decision. I expected 13...Nb6.}
14. g3 f6 {This daring break is the whole point of Qg5! It is noteworthy that
after the game, I rather emotionally described it as terrible, whereas Vishy
thought it correct. As usual, the truth probably lies somewhere in between. Of
course, f6 is objectively the strongest move, but in a practical game,
especially a blindfold game, it is harder for Black to play the resulting
irrational position. For his sacrificed pawn White gets maybe not full, but
long-lasting compensation, and many ways to muddy the waters. After 14...Nb6
and a further Bd7 and long castling, Black would be doing well from a
positional point of view.} 15. e6 {The quiet 15.exf6 somehow doesn't look
right, even though it is arguably just as good.} Nb6 16. Rc3 ({The move} 16.
Bd3 {does not bring anything out of the ordinary. Black can simply take on e6
and after 17.Ng6 move the rook to g8. The text move looks right.} Bxe6 17. Ng6
Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({Stronger than the unusual-looking} 17... Qg8 {
After for example} 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({is dangerous because of the unexpected} 18...
Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4 {with strong threats.}) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8
21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5 {White can count on equality.}) 18. Bd3 Re8 (18... Nc4 {
is dangerous because of} 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({but another
possible choice was} 18... Bd6 {Anand said that he was afraid of} 19. Rxe6 Kxe6
20. Nf5 {which I also thought dangerous during the game, but after the simple}
Kd7 {it is not obvious how White can continue his attack. Probably the
strongest for White is 19.Kf1 with the idea of taking on e6 in more favourable
circumstances. The position would be unclear.}) 19. Ng6 Rg8 {An unfortunate
choice.} ({Black had the option of the tempo-winning} 19... Nc4 {After} 20. h4
{both} Qh6 ({and} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4
22. d5 {lead to intractable complications. For lovers of such assessments, I
can add that the computers thinks Black's position the more pleasant in almost
all lines.}) 20. Nf4 {Now the white pieces achive some harmony.} Bh6 {A
mistake which I failed to exploit, thanks to my love of "long" moves.} ({
He should go over to defence with the accurate} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22.
hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Pure flashiness. 21.Nb3 was much
stronger, after which Black would be in trouble.} Rgf8 ({Bad is} 21... Rg7 {
because of} 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3 {The presence of the valuable
move Nb3 changes the assessment of the position.}) 22. Nb3 {Around here I
realised that with the move 21.Bh7 is had just created disharmony amongst my
own pieces and that on my planned} (22. Bg6 {Black has the simple} Bf7 {
and after} 23. h4 Qxg6 24. Nxg6 Bxg6 {White has trouble maintaining the
balance. Deciding not to panic, I went for this practically only move.}) 22...
Bf7 {Evidently, my strange play confused not only me, and over the next few
moves, my opponent is also put off by 21.Bh7.} ({After} 22... Kd6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6
24. Rxe6+ Kxe6 {the results of the white pieces' trip to the corner of the
board would be nothing for Black to fear.}) 23. Nc5+ Kc8 ({More accurate is
the aggressive} 23... Kd6 {After} 24. Nxb7+ Kc7 25. Nc5 Qg7 {White would
probably have to force perpatual check by means of} 26. Qd3 ({since} 26. Bf5 {
is not good in view of} Bxf4 27. gxf4 Rxe3+ 28. fxe3 gxh3 29. Qe2 Nc4 {when
Black has the advantage on account of the bad position of the white king.})
26... Bxf4 27. gxf4 gxh3 28. Qa6) 24. Nce6 Bxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nc4 {
And this is a serious mistake. We both missed the idea of Kd7 in this position.
After Black has kicked the rook back to e2 and shut out the bishop with f5, he
has sufficient counterplay for equality.} 27. hxg4 {A mistake caused by the
aforementioned blindness. A technically winning position could have been
achieved by both Kf1 and h4.} hxg4 28. Rh4 {Here I was happy with myself, and
especially with the coordination of my pieces. As already stated, this could
have been disrupted by Kd7, but in this game, luck was on my side.} Nxb2 29.
Qc2 Nc4 30. Bf5 Kb8 31. Rxg4 {This very important pawn finally disappears from
the board. Admittedly, to get rid of it I for some reason gave away my whole
queenside!} Qc1+ {The final mistake in this rather error-filled game. Neither
of us noticed that the a3-pawn was hanging.} ({After} 31... Nxa3 32. Qd3 Qc1+
33. Qd1 Bd2+ 34. Ke2 Qxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Bc3 {White is in no way better, if indeed
he is not worse.}) 32. Qxc1 Bxc1 33. a4 {Now it is a different matter
altogether.} Bb2 34. Ke2 a5 35. Bc2 {Black loses the f6-pawn and White will
queen.} Na3 {An attempt to divert attention from the pawn on f6, but it does
does not work and the pawn eventually falls.} 36. Bb3 f5 37. Rh4 Rf7 38. Kd3
Bc1 39. Rh1 Bg5 40. Ra1 Nc4 41. Bxc4 dxc4+ 42. Kxc4 {The rest is easy.} f4 43.
g4 f3 44. Re5 Bh4 45. Rh1 Bxf2 46. Rf5 Rd7 47. Rxf3 Bxd4 48. Rd3 c5 49. g5 Rg7
50. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8.
Qxh6 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Qb4 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Rab1 e5 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4
e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 Qe6 19. f4 Ra2 20. Qd1 Ba1 21. e5 c5 22.
exf6 Bd4+ 23. Rf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qd5 25. Bb2 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 c4 27. Bc2 Bf3 28.
fxg7 Re8 29. Be5 f6 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. g8=Q+ Kxg8 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Bc6 15.
Qe2 Nd7 16. Bd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nc5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15.
Nf3 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Nd3 Rfd8 18. Re1 Qe8 19. e3 g5 20. Rc2 g4 21. Qc1 Qe7
22. Rd1 Ne4 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Bb8 25. Ne5 Ng5 26. Qa1 Nf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28.
a4 h5 29. b4 h4 30. b5 Bb7 31. Rdc1 Kg6 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qf6 34. Qd4 e5
35. Qb4 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rd7 37. Qa5 Rh8 38. Qxa7 f4 39. exf4 exf4 40. gxf4 Rdh7
41. Qb6 Qxf4 42. bxc6 Qf3 43. cxb7+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
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1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d3 d5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 c4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 cxd3 14. cxd3 a5
15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 a4 17. e5 Ne8 18. e6 f6 19. Rff1 Nc7 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Kh1
axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bf8 24. Qc2 c5 25. d4 Nxe6 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rd1
Ne4 28. Bd4 Qc8 29. Qa2 Qb7 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Qd3 Rc3 32. Qf1 Rxb3 33. Ra1 Qc6
34. Qe1 Rb8 35. Rc1 Qb5 36. Qe3 Re8 37. Qf4 Qd7 38. Rc7 Qd6 39. Qc1 Qe6 40. Ra7
Rc8 41. Qb1 Qc6 42. Ra1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20. Bf4 Nf6 21.
Qe3 Qb6 22. Be5 Qa6 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. dxc5 Ng4 25. Qd4 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxc5 27.
Qd7 Rf8 28. Rc2 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Nd3 Rfd8 31. b3 Ba3 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. Re2
Rcd8 34. Kc2 Bb4 35. Nf3 a5 36. Rh4 Rd1 37. Kb2 Be7 38. Rhe4 Rf1 39. Kc2 Ra1
40. Kb2 Rdd1 41. Re1 Rab1+ 42. Kc2 Rbc1+ 43. Kb2 Bc5 44. R4e2 Rb1+ 45. Kc2
Rbc1+ 46. Kb2 Rb1+ 47. Kc2 Rbc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Rhe1+ Kd8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rdd1 Re8 18. gxf6 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Nxf6 20. Rd1+
Bd7 21. Bxf7 Qxh2 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Be6 Bxf2 24. c3 Rc7 25. Nxf6 Qh6+ 26. Kb1
Qxf6 27. Qxf2 Ke8 28. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qf2 b4 14. Ne2 bxa3 15.
Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxa3 Nb4 17. Ned4 Ke7 18. Kd2 Rhc8 19. Rha1 Rab8 20. Be2 Ne4+ 21.
Kc1 Nc5 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 23. Kd1 h6 24. Rb3 Ba8 25. Bxa6 Rg8 26. Bb5 g5 27. Rxb4
gxf4 28. Rba4 Bb7 29. Ra7 Kf8 30. Bf1 Kg7 31. R1a3 Bc8 32. Kc1 Rb4 33. Rc7 Rb6
34. Rb3 Rxb3 35. cxb3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15.
b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 exd4 19. Bxd4 a5 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Qd2 Ba6
22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Nd7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Ne4 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rb6 Bc8 30. Rxc6 Bb7 31. Rxc5 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rc7 Ba8 34.
Bc2 Rb8 35. g3 a4 36. a3 Be5 37. Rc5 Bg7 38. Kf1 Bf8 39. Rc7 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4
41. Bxe4 Bxa3 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3
Bc5 9. e3 d6 10. Nge2 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bc3 Bg4
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bxe4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qb1+ g6
21. Qxb6 Rfa8 22. Qd4 Qf3 23. Nc3 Re8 24. h3 Bf5 25. Qf6 Kg8 26. Rab1 Rxe3 27.
Rxb7 Bc8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qxc8 Rxc3 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. Qd8+ Kf5
33. Qxa5 Rxa3 34. Qb4 Ke5 35. Qd2 Rd3 36. Qg5+ Qf5 37. Re1+ Kxd5 38. Qxf5+ gxf5
39. Kg2 Ra3 40. h4 Kd4 41. h5 d5 42. h6 Ra7 43. Kf3 Rh7 44. Re6 Kc3 45. Rc6+
Kd3 46. Kf4 Rf7 47. Kg5 Ke2 48. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Be6 21.
Bd4 Bb8 22. Qg2 Qh5 23. f3 Qg6 24. a3 h5 25. Re2 Rd5 26. Rae1 Rfd8 27. Ne4 Bd6
28. Qf2 Rf5 29. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nd4 9. Nd2 d6 10. e3 Nf5 11. Nc4 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 b5 16. Na5 Ne7 17. O-O Bg4 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qxe5 Qd6 21.
d4 Be2 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Re1 Bd3 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Rc1 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bb4
Re8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Re4 31. Ke2 f5 32. f3 Re5 33. d6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bf1 e5 15. b5
Re8 16. Na2 Ne4 17. Bd3 Nexc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. dxc5 Kg8 20. e4 Nxc5 21. exd5
e4 22. Qg4 cxd5 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Nb4 Qd6 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. f4 d4 27. Nxd3 dxe3 28.
Ne5 Qxb5 29. Ng4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7
15. Re1 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
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{La primera semifinal de esta XXI edición del Torneo Magistral Ciudad de León
enfrenta al GM español Paco Vallejo nada menos que con el actual campeón del
mundo y viejo conocido de la afición leonesa, Viswanathan Anand. Anand y
Vallejo se han enfrentado antes en quince ocasiones, seis de ellas han sido
jugadas a ritmo clasico y Vallejo ha logrado empatar en todas e incluso estuvo
punto de ganar una de ellas. Sin embargo, a ritmo rápido el resultado a favor
de Anand es abrumador: el campeón mundial se ha anotado el punto en 7 de las
nueve partidas acabando las otras dos en tablas. El último duelo entre ambos
tuvo lugar en Mónaco 2007 donde el doble enfrentamiento se resolvió con dos
vistorias para Anand. Al ritmo que se juega en León, 20 minutos con un
incremento de 10 segundos tras cada jugada, El GM indio es desde luego el gran
favorito ...... Veremos.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 {Una
sorpre sa para Vallejo que ha empleado con negras últimamente esta defensa,
por ejemplo en la final del torneo de Dos hermanas contra Vesselin Topalov} 5.
Nxe5 ({Topalov jugó contra Paco dos veces en la citada final} 5. c3 O-O 6. d4
Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 g5 ({En otra de las partidas Paco prefirió} 9...
Bd7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 {Y después de grandes
complicaciones Topalov acabó ganando lo que a la postre le dió la victoria
final en el torneo.}) 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 {
y la partida acabó en tablas después de muchas jugadas.}) 5... Nxe5 6. d4 c6 7.
dxe5 Nxe4 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd6 Nf6 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Bf5 {Esta jugada es una
novedad teórica de Vallejo} ({En una antigua partida de Boris Spassky las
blancas continuaron} 11. Bg5 Qxd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 Qe5 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Kh1
O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 {y las negras están muy bien en Krogius,N-Spassky,B Tbilisi
1959}) 11... Qxd6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14. Nc3 Kf7 {Las negras no
parecen tener ningún problema en este final. Como nos tiene acostumbrados
Anand ha obtenido una clara ventaja de tiempo: los relojes marcan 18 mn. para
él y 12 mn. para Paco.} 15. Bf4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Bd4 17. Rd3 ({Una alternativa
interesante es} 17. Ne2) 17... e5 18. Bg5 e4 {Anand sigue jugando muy rápido y
además su posición es totalmente satisfactoria: con su última jugada permite
el cambio de torre y peón por dos piezas. en general las posiciones
resultantes son valoradas como de igualdad por Rybka.} 19. Nxe4 $5 Nxe4 20.
Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rfd1 ({En caso de} 21. c3 Bb6 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Rd1 Be7 $1 {
Las blancas no pueden ocupar la séptima fila con} 24. Rd7 $2 Nd6 $1 {y las
negras ganan.}) 21... c5 22. Kf1 Re8 23. c3 Bf6 {Anand juega con ambición.} ({
Conducía a la igualdad total.} 23... Bxf2 24. Rf3+ Ke6 25. Rxf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2)
24. Rd7+ ({era muy interesante la sutil} 24. Rd5 $1 {y contra} b6 25. Rd7+ Re7
26. Rxe7+ Bxe7 27. Rd7 {las blancas estarían un poco mejor}) 24... Re7 25.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 26. Rd7 Nd6 $1 {esta jugada no sería posible de haber forzado b6
con 24.Td5} 27. Rc7 c4 28. Ke2 Ke8 29. f4 Kd8 30. Rc5 g6 31. g4 Kd7 32. Kf3 h6
{Anand mantiene una importante ventaja de tiempo 12 mn. contra 4 mn.} 33. h3 b6
34. Rd5 Ke6 35. Re5+ Kd7 36. Rd5 g5 $5 {Anand no repite jugadas, la ventaja de
tiempo en una posición de desequilibrio material justifica este intento de
ganar una partida que seguramente debe estar igualada} 37. f5 Bf6 38. Rd2 b5 {
Las negras siguen arriesgando, ahora las blancas logran activar la torre y la
posición se agudiza.} 39. Re2 a5 40. Re6 Bg7 41. Rg6 Be5 $1 {entragando el
peón de h6 para concentar toda la fuerza de sus piezas contra los peones del
flanco de dama blanco} 42. Re6 (42. Rxh6 b4 43. h4 gxh4 44. Rxh4 bxc3 45. bxc3
{Era una posibilidad, en la posición resultante es dificil valorar que peones
pasados valen más.}) 42... Bg7 43. Rg6 Be5 44. Re6 Bf4 $1 {de nuevo Anand
esquiva la repetición de jugadas.} 45. Rxh6 Bc1 46. b3 cxb3 47. axb3 a4 {
la carrera de peones está servida, el peón a tiene evidente peligro, pero....}
48. bxa4 bxa4 49. Rh7+ Kc6 50. f6 {las blancas también tienen un peligroso
elemento en f6} a3 {Vallejo tiene menos de un minuto en el reloj} 51. f7 a2 52.
f8=Q a1=Q {La posición ha dado un vuelco,: el ataque al rey pasa a ser el
factor que puede decidir la partida.} 53. Qg7 Bf4 {planteando peligrosas
amenazas} 54. Qc7+ Kd5 55. c4+ $1 Kd4 56. Qa7+ {y las blancas eluden todo
peligro tras el cambio de damas. Ambos Grandes Maestros acordaron tablas.
Anand ha luchado por la victoria exprimiendo todas la posibilidaes que ofrecia
la posición y sin eludir en ningún momento el riesgo -así son los campeones de
mundo.- pero Paco ha estado a la altura de las circunstancias y casi sin
tiempo a desplegado un juego brillante.} ({lapartida pudo haber continuado así
} 56. Qa7+ Qxa7 57. Rxa7 Nxc4 58. Ra4 Bd6 59. h4 gxh4 60. Rxc4+ {y tablas})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 e6 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. c3 Bd6 8. f4
g6 9. Qf3 Nh5 10. g4 Ng7 11. Qh3 h5 12. Bd3 Kf8 13. Ndf3 Kg8 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.
O-O-O Be8 16. Rdg1 Ne7 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. Qg4 Nef5 21.
Qd1 b5 22. Be2 Rh4 23. Ngf3 Rh3 24. Bf1 Rh8 25. h4 b4 26. c4 dxc4 27. Bxc4 f6
28. Qb3 fxe5 29. fxe5 Be7 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. h5 Qd7 33. d5 Qa4 34.
Qxa4 Bxa4 35. h6 b3 36. Rxg6 bxa2+ 37. Ka1 Bb3 38. Rh5 Ke8 39. Rxf5 Bxd5 40. e6
Be4 41. h7 Ba3 42. Rg8+ Ke7 43. Rf7+ Kxe6 44. Ng5+ Kd5 45. Rxb8 Rxb8 46. bxa3
1-0

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {Anand tiene un repertorio muy amplio, para esta partida elige la
defensa Caro-Khan planteo sólido apropiado cuanto el marcador es favorable.} 2.
d4 d5 3. e5 {la continuación que plantea una lucha más compleja.} Bf5 4. Nf3 e6
5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 ({la continuación clásica es} 6... c5 {pero con} 7. c4 {
las blancas luchan inmediatamente por la iniciativa} Nbc6 8. Na3 dxc4 9. Nxc4
Nd5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Ne3 Be4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxe5 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Nd2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 {as blancas lograron
la victoria en la partida también jugada a ritmo rápido Volokitin,A (2645)
-Karpov,A (2668) Cap d'Agde 2006}) 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Nc8 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O
11. Be3 a6 12. Ne1 f6 {las negras atacan por fin el centro blanco} 13. f4 fxe5
14. fxe5 Bg5 15. Qd2 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 {Los tiempos están más o menos igualados:
aproximadamente 18 minutos para cada uno} Ne7 17. Nd3 {Las blancas parecen
disfrutar de algo de ventaja gracias a su mayor dominio del espacio.} b6 18. g4
{Paco elige la continuación más agresiva: desvía el afil de la defensa de e6}
Bxd3 (18... Bg6 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bd3 {parece bastante prometedor para el blanco}
) 19. Bxd3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 c5 $5 ({la captura en a5 no convence a Anand:
efectivamente tras} 20... bxa5 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Qe8 23. Nxa5 {y las
blancas disfrutan de una clara ventaja}) 21. dxc5 bxa5 ({El dominio del blanco
sería total después de} 21... bxc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Qd7) 22. g5 $1 {
Rybka opina que las blancas tienen clara ventaja tras esta ruptura} Nc6 (22...
hxg5 {podría encontrase con} 23. Qh3 $1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qxf5 Qe7 26. e6
Nf6 27. c6 Re8 28. Nd4 {y la ventaja del blanco parece aplastante}) 23. gxh6
Qh4 ({a} 23... Ndxe5 24. Nd4 $1 {sería muy fuerte}) 24. hxg7 Ndxe5 $2 ({
las negras todavía podían luchar con} 24... Kxg7 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Rg1+ Kf7 {
y aunque la posición blanca es preferible no se vislumbra un victoriainmediata.
}) 25. Nxa5 $1 {Paco encuentra la continuación que lleva de manera forzada a
la victoria según Rybka. Paco tiene esta vez tiempo suficiente en el reloj: 8
mn. por 10 de Anand.} Qd4 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Rf8+ $1 {la continuación más
fuerte, el final es desesperado para las negras. Anand abandona. Muy buena
partida de Vallejo que derrota por primera vez en su vida a Anand y mantiene
todas sus opciones ante la cuarta y decisiva partida. Paco está mostrando una
preparación tanto técnica como anímica de primer nivel.} (27. Rf8+ Rxf8 28.
gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 29. Bxa6 Nxc2 30. c6 {y el peón pasado blanco le cuesta una pieza
a las negras.}) 1-0

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Rara vez abandona Anand su favorita 1.e4...} d5 2. c4 d4 {Paco elige
continuación más agresiva. La posición se transforma en una especie de benoni
con los colores cambiados.} 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nd7 {Las
negras inician de inmediato la maniobra estándar en este tipo de posición, el
caballo se dirige a la casilla c5.} 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4 exd4 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Nb3
Ne6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bf6 14. Re1 a5 {Iniciando de nuevo la
lucha por la casilla c5} 15. Bd2 c6 ({es muy interesante} 15... a4 16. Na5 c6
17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Nc5 {y las negras no parecen tenr problemas.}) 16. a4 Ra7
({anticiparse a la continuación de la partida con} 16... c5 {es la alternativa
que recomienda Alexey Shirov} 17. Bd5 Qb6 {no parece molestar a las negras})
17. c5 Bd7 18. Qc2 {!!Y Anand ofrece tablas!! Todo se decidirá en el desempate
a rápidas. El desempate se jugará a dos partidas de 5minutos más 3 segundos de
incremento por jugada. En caso de nuevo empate el match se decidirá tras una
muerte súbita.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Ra4 Qb7 18. Rfa1 e5 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. R4a3 a5
21. R1a2 Qb4 22. Kf2 Qc4 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. Ke2 Qc6 25. Bd2 Qc5 26. Be3 Qc6 27.
Bd2 Nd7 28. Qd5+ Qxd5 29. Nxd5 a4 30. c3 e6 31. Nb4 Nb6 32. Be3 Nc4 33. Rxa4
Rxa4 34. Rxa4 Nxe3 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 37. Kf2 h5 38. h4 Bh6 39. Rd7
Be3+ 40. Ke2 Bc5 41. Nd3 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Bd4 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 g5 45. h5 Rd2
46. Nc1 Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Rf4 48. Rxd6 Rxg4 49. Ne2 Rxe4 50. Kd2 Rh4 51. Ng3 Bf2 52.
Nf1 Rxh5 53. Ke2 Bd4 54. Ng3 Rh4 55. Rd8 Rh2+ 56. Kf3 Rf2+ 57. Ke4 Rf4+ 58. Kd3
Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. g4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. g5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21.
h6 g6 22. Qe5 f6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. c4 Qxa2 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Qe7 Rac8+ 27. Bc3
Rxc3+ 28. bxc3 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
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{La final de la XXI edición del Torneo Magistral Ciudad de León, enfrenta al
campeón del mundo, número 1 del ranking mundial y siete veces ganador en León
Viswanathan Anand contra el jugador más en forma del momento: el genial GM
ucraniano, reciente vencedor en Sofia y número 2 mundial en la próxima lista
de la FIDE, Vassily Ivanvchuk. Anand e Ivanchuk son viejos conocidos que
llevan casi dos décadas enfrentándose en los torneos más importantes del mundo.
Las bases de datos recogen 114 enfrentamientos de los cuales 63 han sido a
ritmo clásico y 51 a ritmos rápidos: Anand domina en ambas modalidades por
+15-6=42 y +12-8=31 respectivamente. Sin duda la Final 2008 en León ofrece uno
de los encuentros más emocionantes que puede disfrutar el buen aficionado.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 {Ivanchuk es famoso por su enciclopédico conocimiento de la
teoría de aperturas: para la ronda de hoy elige el sistema Scheveningen} 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 ({
fue tema principal en el ya lejano match Kasparov-Anand jugado en las Torres
Genelas de Nueva York en 1995.} 10. a4) 10... O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13.
a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. f5 $5 {Anand introduce una
novedad} ({En partida reciente entre dos jovenes talentos emergentes se
produjo una lucha espectacular.} 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Ne4 Nh5 20. Qe3
Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nc5 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bd4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Qh3 Bxc5 26. Re5
Bd4 27. Re4 Bf6 28. Qh5 g6 29. Bxg6+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bh5 Rd2+ 32. Kh1 Bg7
33. Bxf7 Kxf7 34. f5 Rxh2+ 35. Qxh2 Rh8 36. fxe6+ Ke7 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Qxh8+
Bxh8 39. Kg2 Qd5 40. Rff4 Bxb2 41. c4 bxc4 {0-1 Ni Hua -Jakovenko,D Nizhniy
Novgorod 2007}) 17... e5 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Bg5 Nh5 20. Qh4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 ({
No conduce a nada} 21. Qxh5 Bd2 22. Rd1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 d5 $1 {y las negras
están bien.}) 21... Nf6 {El juego ha sido hasta aquí rapidísimo: Anand 17mn.
Ivanchuk 19mn.} 22. Rf3 Qc5 23. Rg3 Rg8 {El enroque del negro es seguro.
Ivanchuk domina las sutilezas dee la posición extraordinarimante e inicia
ahora el contrajuego en el flanco de dama.} 24. Rh3 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Rb1
Rc7 {las negras parecen haber creado amenazas muy peligrosas pero...} 27. Rh6
$1 {Anand encuentra un bonito recurso que mantiene el equilibrio.} d5 $1 {
Ivanchuk juega a ganar:} ({sólo da tablas} 27... Rxc3 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6+
Rg7 30. Qd8+ Rg8 31. Qf6+ {y las blancas dan jaque perpetuo.}) 28. exd5 ({
contra} 28. Rxf6 {las negras evitan las tablas con} Qe7) 28... Qb6 29. Na4 Qd6
30. Rh4 Bxd5 31. Nc3 Rb8 {renovando la amenaza de capturar en c3. Ambos
jugadores tienen 7 minutoa en el reloj para el resto de la partida.} 32. Qc1 {
Anand pasa a la defensiva, las piezas de Ivanchuk están
perfectamentecoordinada s.} e4 $1 {la jugada más agresiva} ({la alternativa es
retirar el alfil con por ejemplo} 32... Ba8) 33. Bxe4 (33. Nxd5 Qxd5 34. Qf4
Rcc8 35. Bxe4 {es quizás una defensa más tenaz} Nxe4 36. Qxe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4
Rxc2 {las blancas sostienen el final.}) 33... Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Qc6 35. Qe3 {
la posición es incierta: Anand tiene por fin ventaja de tiempo: Ivanchuk
dispone de tan solo 2 mn. para el resto de la partida} Qxc2 36. Rg1 $6 ({
es mejor} 36. Re1 {aunque tras} f6 {las negras estarian mejor.}) 36... f6 $1 {
las negras están mejor tras esta jugada que se adelanta las amenazas blancas.}
37. Qd4 Rd7 {la mejor jugada, según Rybka la posición es ya muy favorable al
negro.} 38. Nxf6 $2 gxf6 39. Qxf6+ Rg7 40. Rg4 Qxb2 $1 {el detalle que se le
ha escapado a Anand. Las blancas abandonan. Una lección magistral de Ivanchuk.}
0-1

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Anand suele utilizar la
Najdorf cuando necesita ganar con negras.} 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 {Ivanchuk elige
una continuación sólida que ya ha empleado en ocasiones anteriores} Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 ({Topalov jugó contra Ivanchuk} 9... Be6 {y aqui el GM
ucraniano introdujo una original maniobra} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3
Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Qc3 Nb8
19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rd3 {con ventaja blanca, que Ivanchuk convirtió en un punto
en la partida Ivanchuk,V -Topalov,V Morelia/Linares 2007}) 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd2
Rc8 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. f4 $5 {Ivanchuk juega en gran estilo asumiendo muchos
riesgos a pesar de que el marcador le favorece: Todo un regalo para el público.
} ({la jugada normal es evidentemente} 13. Rfd1) 13... Nbd7 ({no} 13... Bxf1 $2
14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Rxf1 {con gran ventaja blanca}) (13... h6 14. Nf3 Bxf1 15.
Rxf1 {las blancas tienen compensación a largo por la calidad}) 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Rf5 Bb4 {Anand se ha defendido con gran ingenio su posición está fuera de
peligro y ofrece buenas posibilidades de hacerse con la iniciativa.} 16. Rd1
Rd8 $1 {Las negras están ya mejor debido a la dificultad de las blancas para
coordinar la acción de sus piezas. Los relojes indican que ambos jugadores
disponen de 13 mn. para el resto de la partida.} ({las negras no ganan
material tras} 16... Bxb3 17. axb3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 {por que las blancas
tienen} 19. Nxf7 $1) 17. Qe1 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 $1 ({contra} 18... Nxe4 $6 {
las blancas tienen el recurso} 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Qxb4 {con posición
complicada.}) 19. Qg3 Bxf5 {por fin Anand gana la calidad su posición es ahora
muy favorable.} 20. exf5 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Re1 Nxb3 23. axb3 b5 24. h3 Rac8
25. Nxe5 Re8 26. b4 Qd6 {Ivanchuk abandona: el match está al rojo vivo.} 0-1

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Rad8
15. Bd3 {variando ligeramente el orden empleado en la primera} Rfe8 16. Kh1 Rd7
{finalmente por transposición se ha llegado a la misma posición que el la
primera partida} 17. Nd1 {Anand intenta un nuevo plan en lugar de 17.f5 que
resultó inofensiva para las negras.} g6 ({también se puede jugar inmediatamente
} 17... d5 {después de por ejemplo:} 18. Be5 (18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 Rc8 {y las
negras tienen todo bajo control.}) 18... Qd8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ne3 Bc6 {
y la posición mantiene un tenso equilibrio.}) 18. Bc3 ({se había jugado} 18. f5
e5 19. Bc3 Kh8 20. Ne3 Bxe4 21. fxg6 Bxg6 22. Nf5 Nd5 {y las negras acabaron
ganando tras oscuras complicaciones en la partida Socko,B -Ftacnik,L Graz 2008}
) 18... Nh5 19. Qh3 Bf6 20. e5 $5 {empieza el baile} dxe5 21. fxe5 Bg5 22. Qg4
Qd8 23. Nf2 Bh4 24. Re2 Qg5 $6 {una decisión precipitada : el final resultante
es favorable a las blancas.} 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 {Las blancas
están mejor gracias a la pareja de alfiles y sobre todo a la posible ruptura
a4 que dejará muy débil el flanco de dama de las negras.} Rc8 28. g4 $1 {
dejando el caballo sin juego} Ng7 29. a4 $1 {golpeando los puntos débiles de
las negras.} Rd5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 Be7 32. Ra7 b4 $1 {la mejor defensa:
antes de que las blancas jueguen Tb7} 33. Bxb4 Bxb4 34. Rxb4 Rxe5 35. Rbb7 Rf8
36. b4 Ne8 37. Rb8 $6 (37. Ra5 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Nf6 39. Kf3 {y las blancas están
mejor}) 37... Nf6 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. b5 Nxg4 40. b6 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 Nxd3 42. b7
Re1+ $1 {es importante que rey esté en g2 para dar un doble en e1} 43. Kg2 Rb1
44. cxd3 (44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. b8=Q Rxb8 46. Rxb8 Ne1+ 47. Kf2 Nxc2 {y las negras
están mejor}) 44... Kg7 45. Kf3 Rb4 46. d4 $1 {Las blancas llevan rápidamente
el rey en ayuda del peón de b7} g5 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Kd3 h5 49. Kc3 Rb1 50. Kc4
g4 51. Kc5 h4 52. Kc6 Rc1+ 53. Kd6 Rb1 54. Kc6 Rc1+ 55. Kd6 Rb1 56. Kc6 {
Las blancas no pueden jugar a ganar} ({veamos una línea ilustrativa} 56. Kc7
Rc1+ 57. Kb8 g3 58. hxg3 hxg3 59. Ra2 Kg5 60. Rb2 f5 61. Ka7 Rc7 62. Ka6 Rxb7
63. Rxb7 f4 64. Rg7+ Kh4 65. Rf7 Kg4 {y los peones negros decidirían la lucha.}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ivanchuk domina por igual todas las aperturas.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 {Un sistema que se ve menos entre la elite que 4.Dc2 que se ha
convertido en el arma principal contra la defensa Nimzoindia.} O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6.
Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. d5 (11. Bg5 Bb7 {
nos llevaría a una posición clásica muy del gusto por el ex-campeón mundial
Anatoly Karpov.}) 11... Nc5 $2 {Un error . Ivanchuk trae preparada una fuerte
novedad contra lo hasta ahora aceptado como correcto por la teoría} ({el
camino más seguro nos lo muestra Anatoly Karpov en la siguiente partida} 11...
Bxc3 12. dxe6 Bb4 13. exd7 Qxd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. h3 Bb7 17. Be3 Rae8
18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Bc6 $1 {y aquí las negras debieron jugar} Bf4 $1
21. Bxf4 Rxe2 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Nd4 Re5 $1 $11 {con igualdad según los
analisis de la partida Portisch,L-Karpov,A San Antonio 1972.}) 12. Rd1 Qe8 13.
Nb5 $1 exd5 $2 {esta es la jugada perdedora} (13... Na6 14. d6 {es muy
favorable al blanco pero mejor que la continuación de la partida}) 14. Nc7 Qe4
15. Rd4 $1 {una fuerte novedad que recomienda el ordenador y que refuta la
defensa negra. Ivanchuk ha encontrado un hueco increible en la preparación del
campeón del mundo.} ({Hasta aquí se había jugado las blancas jugaron en una
antigua partida del GM inglés Stuart Conquest} 15. Nxd5 {y tras} Qxe2 16. Nxf6+
gxf6 17. Bxe2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 {la partida acabó en tablas tras 42 jugadas
Conquest,S -Zaichik,G Tbilisi 1988}) 15... Qg6 (15... Qxe2 16. Bxe2 {y las
negras pierden material}) 16. Nh4 {Anand abandona. Ivanchuk Campeón del XXI
torneo Magistral Ciudad de León.} 1-0

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rhe1 Re8 18. Nde2 Qa5 19. Nf4 Rec8 20. Ncd5 Qxd2
21. Rxd2 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. e5 Be6 25. exd6 Rc6 26. Na4 exd6 27.
b3 Rec8 28. Nb2 Rc5 29. Ree2 Re5 30. Nd3 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qe7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bf3
Kf7 15. O-O-O a5 16. Rhe1 a4 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Bd6+ Kf7 19. Rd4 Ra5 20. Rb4
Ba8 21. Re5 Ra7 22. Rf4 Rc8 23. Ree4 a3 24. b3 c5 25. Rc4 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rc6 27.
Bxc5 Rac7 28. Bxa3 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Kb2 e5 31. Kb3 d5 32. Bb2 Ke6 33. Rc3
Rg4 34. g3 Ne4 35. Rc7 Nd2+ 36. Kc3 Ne4+ 37. Kd3 Nxf2+ 38. Ke2 Ne4 39. Rc6+ Kd7
40. Rb6 Nd6 41. Kf3 Re4 42. Bc1 Rc4 43. Rb2 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 Nc4 45. Bd2 Ra3 46.
Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rxg7 Rxa2 48. Kd1 Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Ra2 50. Kd1 d4 51. Bc1 Ra1 52. Rxh7
e4 53. Rh4 Nb2+ 54. Kd2 Nc4+ 55. Kd1 Kd5 56. Rh5+ Kc6 57. Rh4 Nb2+ 58. Kd2 e3+
59. Ke2 Rxc1 60. Rxd4 Rxc2+ 61. Kxe3 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Qxb4 Nfxd5
15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. f4 O-O 17. fxe5 a5 18. Qe1 a4 19. Nd4 Bh4 20. Qe2 Qg5+ 21.
Kb1 Qxe5 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. a3 Rab8 24. c3 Nc4 25. Qxc4 Qxf3 26. Bd3 Rfc8 27. Qe4
Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxc3 29. Rd2 Rxa3 30. Bd5 Re3 31. Ka2 Bf6 32. Rc1 Reb3 33. Bxb3
axb3+ 34. Ka3 Bg5 35. Rcd1 Bxd2 36. Rxd2 Rb6 37. Rd3 Kf8 38. Ka4 Ke7 39. Rxb3
Rxb3 40. Kxb3 h5 41. gxh5 f5 42. Kc4 f4 43. Kd4 d5 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Kd4 Kc6 46.
Kd3 Kc5 47. Kc3 d4+ 48. Kd3 f3 0-1

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. e4 Nc7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e5 Ne6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
Rxd5 Nc6 16. Qe4 Qb7 17. a3 Na5 18. Nh4 Nb3 19. Nf5 Rae8 20. Qa4 Nxa1 21. Rxd7
Qb8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe5 24. Bf1 Qd5 25. Qd7 Qb3 26. Qxa7 Qd1 27. Be3
Nc2 28. Rd7 Ned4 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Qb7 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Ne1+ 32. Kg1 Nf3+ 33. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. f5 Bc4 15.
Qg3 Kh8 16. a3 Rb8 17. Qh4 a5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Nb6 21. Re3
Nbxd5 22. Rh3 a4 23. Be4 axb3 24. cxb3 Kg8 25. Rxd5 h6 26. Bxf6 Qc1+ 27. Ka2
Bxf6 28. Qf2 b4 29. a4 Qh1 30. Bc2 Qc1 31. Be4 Qh1 32. Bc2 Qc1 33. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Ng3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ng4
Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. Ne4 Ne5 26. Nfd6 Red8 27. Qh5
Bxe4 28. Nxe4 h6 29. Qf5 Re8 30. Qxf4 Rac8 31. Qf5 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Rad1
Nb6 34. Bb3+ Kh8 35. Kf1 g5 36. f3 Rc6 37. Rd3 Bg7 38. Red1 Be5 39. Rd8 Rxd8
40. Rxd8+ Kg7 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Re8 Bxc3 43. Re7+ Bg7 44. Nc5 Nc8 45. Re8 Bc3
46. Bd5 Rc7 47. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15.
h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1 Qa5 17. Bh6 Rxc3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxh5 Rxb3 20. Qxa5 Rxb2+
21. Ka1 gxh5 22. f4 Be6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. fxe5 Rb5 25. Qc7 Rxe5 26. Qxe7+ Rf7
27. Qxd6 Rxe4 28. Rh1 Rf5 29. Qe7+ Kg6 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Rd1 Rd5 32. Rxd5 exd5
33. Qxh5 b5 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxd5 Ra4 36. Qg5 Rc4 37. Kb2 Rb4+ 38. Kc1 Ra4 39.
a3 Rc4 40. Kd2 Rd4+ 41. Ke1 Ra4 42. Kf1 Rc4 43. Kg1 Rc6 44. Qd5 Rg6 45. a4 bxa4
46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qxa4 Kg5 48. c4 Kf5 49. c5 Ke5 50. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Rd1 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Be3 Ng4 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qd5 18. h3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 c5 20. Nf4 Qf5 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Qa5 e5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nd3 Bb6 27.
Qc3 Bd4 28. Qe1 e4 29. Nf4 Bxb2 30. Rd1 Be5 31. Nd5 Qe6 32. Qa5 Rd6 33. Ne3
Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 h6 35. Kg2 Qc6 36. Ne3 g6 37. Qb4 Kg7 38. Kh2 Bc3 39. Qe7 Bd4
40. Qb4 Qc5 41. Qd2 Bxe3 42. fxe3 b4 43. Kg2 a5 44. Kf2 a4 45. Qb2+ Kg8 46. Qd2
b3 47. axb3 axb3 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qd2 Qb6 50. Qb2+ Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Kh1 Qh5
15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. g3 Nhf6 17. Kg2 Rc7 18. f3 Rec8 19. Rf2 Kf8 20. Rfd2 h5 21.
h4 Ne5 22. Nce2 Ng6 23. Nc2 Ne8 24. Ne3 b5 25. f4 Kg8 26. f5 Nf8 27. Nf4 g6 28.
fxe6 fxe6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Bxe5 Rc6 31. Kf3 Bf6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34.
Rxd8 Kf7 35. Rb8 N8d7 36. Rb7 Rb6 37. Ra7 Rd6 38. c5 Rc6 39. b4 e5 40. Nfd5 Kf8
41. a3 Ke8 42. Nxf6+ Nxf6 43. Rg7 e4+ 44. Ke2 a5 45. Rxg6 Kf7 46. Rg5 axb4 47.
axb4 Ra6 48. c6 Rxc6 49. Rxb5 Rc1 50. Rc5 Rb1 51. b5 Rb3 52. Nc4 Ke6 53. b6 Nd5
54. Rc6+ Ke7 55. Rc5 Ke6 56. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 {This must have come as a big surprise to Anand. Ivanchuk has employed the
Marshall Attack extremely rarely. With the exception of a game played in 2004 
(which he lost!) his previous experience with it dates back to 1994. At the
same time, Ivanchuk is known for his ability to play almost any existing
opening...} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14.
g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 {Following the classic main line} (
{For} 17... Qh5 {see Ponomariov,R (2718)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126/
[Marin] (1-0, 41)}) 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f3 $5 {This unexpected move, which leaves
the e3-bishop undefended, was brought into limelight by Kramnik in 2007,
although it had been played before just once.} Rf6 (19... Nxe3 {Kramnik,V 
(2772)-Aronian,L (2759)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 118/[Marin,M] (1-0, 45)}) 20. Qe2 $6
$146 {My feeling is that Anand designed this not very meritorious novelty
over-the-board, possibly influenced by the opening surprise he had been
confronted with.} ({Previously,} 20. Bd1 {had been played.} Re8 21. Bf4 Rxe1
22. Qxe1 Re6 23. Be5 Bh3 $5 $146 ({An improvement over} 23... Bxe5 $6 {,
played in the game where 19.f3 had been tried for the first time.} 24. dxe5 Bf5
25. f4 {White has managed to consolidate his position and is a clear pawn up.}
Qg6 26. Qf2 f6 27. c4 $1 bxc4 28. Nxc4 Bd3 29. Bb3 $16 {Segovia Becker,M-Henao,
L/IECG email 1995/E-Mail 2000 (1-0, 37)}) 24. Qf2 ({The over-ambitious} 24. f4
{leaves the e5-bishop in an uncomfortable situation.} Qg6 25. Qe4 Bf5 26. Qg2
Bf8 27. Bb3 f6 28. Bb8 Kh8 $44 {and Black is ready to develop his initiative,
while the b8-bishop cannot return into play easily.}) 24... Bxe5 25. f4 Bxd4 $1
{This intermediate capture wins the pawn back with approximate equality.} 26.
Bxh5 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nf6 28. Bf3 Kf8 29. Re1 Rd6 $11 {Jakovenko,D (2710)
-Svidler,P (2732)/Moscow 2007/CBM 122 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) 20... Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxf3
{Anand may have thought that Black has problems of coordination, because of
the pin along the d1-h5 diagonal and only now realized that Black's activity
is quite threatening already.} 22. Bxd5 {Sadly, the only move that keeps White
in the game.} ({His first intention might have been} 22. Bf2 $2 {[%cal Gb3d1] ,
which indeed looks promising, but there is a tactical problem with it:} Nf4 $3
23. gxf4 Bxf4 24. Bg3 Bxg3 $40 {and White is in trouble. There are several
good answers against} 25. Bd1 {, the most forcing being} Bxh2+ $5 26. Qxh2 Qg5+
27. Kh1 Rf4 {[%cal Gf4h4]} 28. Re5 Rf1+) (22. Bd1 $2 {is also bad because of}
Bxg3 $1 $40) 22... Qxd5 $11 {(/=/+) Black is better developed and has a firm
control over the light squares. In the Marshall Attack, these factors tend to
compensate for White's extra pawn, but here material is equal!} 23. Bf2 Rf6 24.
b3 ({For long term purposes, it might have been useful to get rid of the
a-pawn with} 24. a4 $5 {, opening the a-file at the same time.}) 24... Qf5 25.
Rad1 {White has obtained a centralized position of his pieces, but the
vulnerability of his king invites him to prudence.} h5 $36 26. Rd3 h4 27. Re3 (
27. gxh4 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 30. Kg3 Rxa2 $15) 27... Rg6 28. c4
hxg3 29. hxg3 bxc4 30. bxc4 c5 $5 {An interesting decision. From the strategic
point of view, it looks not too desirable to leave White with a defended
passed pawn in the centre. Ivanchuk must have thought that the stability of
his bishop is a high priority (in view of the permanent threat of c4-c5
followed by Re7).} 31. Qf3 ({Personally, I would see no reasons to refrain from
} 31. d5 {, although Black would retain a pleasant position.}) 31... Qh3 (31...
Qxf3 32. Rxf3 cxd4 {is more or less drawish, but only Black can be better,
because of his better structure.}) 32. Qg2 Qd7 33. dxc5 $6 {This seems an
invitation to trouble. White will soon lose his c4-pawn and will be left
struggling.} (33. d5 $5) 33... Bxc5 34. Re4 Qc7 35. Kh2 Rh6+ 36. Kg1 Rf6 37.
Be3 Rd8 38. Kh2 Bxe3 39. R4xe3 Rh6+ 40. Kg1 Qc5 {Ivanchuk tries to find the
best way to win the pawn.} ({After} 40... Qxc4 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. Rxe8+ Kh7 43.
Qe4+ Qxe4 44. Rxe4 Rd6 45. Ra4 {the more active placement of his rook allows
White to count on a draw.} Kg6 46. Ra5 Kf6 {The transfer of the king to the
queenside is the only chance to keep the fight on, although it is rather time
consuming.} ({Black does not get anywhere with} 46... f5 47. Kg2 Kg5 48. Kf3)
47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Kf3 Kd7 49. Kf4 Kc7 50. g4 Kb6 51. Rh5 $15 {[%cal Gh5h7]}) 41.
Qf2 Qh5 42. Qg2 Rd2 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. R8e2 Qc5+ 45. Qf2 Rxe2 46. Rxe2 (46. Qxc5
Rxe1+ $17) 46... Qxc4 47. Qf5+ g6 48. Qe4 Qc5+ 49. Kg2 Rh5 50. Rc2 Qb6 51. Rd2
{Having used the permanent blackmail of trading queens, White has obtained a
centralized position, which makes the weakness of his kingside less relevant.}
Rb5 52. a4 Rb4 53. Qe7 Qc6+ 54. Kh2 Rb7 55. Qh4+ Kg7 56. Qd4+ f6 (56... Qf6 57.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 58. Rd6+ Kf5 59. Rxa6 $11) 57. a5 g5 58. Qd5 Qb5 (58... Qxd5 59.
Rxd5 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Rb2+ {The only way to activate the rook, but it is
insufficient.} 60. Kh3 Ra2 61. Rc5 Kg6 62. g4 Ra3+ 63. Kg2 Kf7 64. Rc7+ $1 Ke8
(64... Ke6 65. Rc6+ Ke5 66. Rxa6 $11) (64... Kg6 $11) 65. Rc6 $5 (65. Rc5 Kd7
66. Rf5 Ke6 67. Rc5 $11) 65... Rxa5 66. Rxf6 Kd7 (66... Ra2+ 67. Kg3 a5 68. Rf5
$11) 67. Kg3 Kc7 68. Kf3 Kb7 {[%cal Ga5b5,Ga6a5]} 69. Rf7+ $1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O {Usually Black protects
the pawn with 12...Rb8 or 12...a5. Although Radjabov's move has also been
played on the GM level, judging from Anand's reply it must have came as a
surprise to the Indian.} 13. Ncxb4 {This principled reply is not the strongest
continuation, since Black will regain the pawn and the simplification of the
position will lead to a quick draw.} ({Both} 13. g3) ({and} 13. Be2 {lead to
usual positions of the 11.c4-system. Black will have to protect Pb4 soon
anyway.}) 13... Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Qb6 15. Nd5 $146 {The best move under the
circumstances.} (15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Nd5 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Rxb2 $15 {1/2-1/2 Torres
Samper,R (2119)-Nunez,A (2205)/Benidorm 2003 (35)}) (15. Nd3 $6 {doesn't keep
the extra pawn due to} Qd4 $17) 15... Qxb2 16. Bd3 ({After} 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17.
Bd3 {Black has an important check} Qc3+ {with good play. For instance} 18. Ke2
Rb8 19. Rb1 Be6 $132) 16... Bd8 {As usual when Black manages to transfer the
dark-squared bishop to the queenside he has no problems at all.} 17. O-O Be6
18. Qb3 (18. Bc2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bb6 20. Rab1 Qxc2 ({or} 20... Qd4 $11) 21. Rxb6
Rac8 $11) (18. Qa4 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Bb6 20. Rab1 (20. Qc6 $2 Bxf2+ $17 21. Rxf2 $2
Qxa1+ $19) 20... Qd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 $11) 18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Rb8 20. Rfb1 Bxd5
21. cxd5 a5 {Strictly speaking the game is over. The remaining moves can be
explained by the fact that in Bilbao players were not allowed to offer a draw.}
22. Ra4 Bb6 23. b4 (23. Rc1 Bc5 {brings White nowhere either.}) 23... axb4 24.
Raxb4 Ba7 25. Rxb8 (25. Rb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Ra8 $11 {[%cal Ga7c5]}) 25... Rxb8
26. Rxb8+ Bxb8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. g3 Ba7 30. h4 Bd4 31. Kf3 Ba7 32.
Ke2 Bd4 33. Kf3 Ba7 34. Ke2 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 g6 14. a5 Bf6
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Qc3 Qb8 18. g3 Be7 19. Bf4 Bb4 20. Bxb8 Bxc3 21.
Bxa7 Bxb2 22. Bc5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rfb8 24. h4 Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. a6 h5 27. a7
Rb7 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Kf3 f6 30. Ra6 Rc7 31. Kf4 Kg6 32. f3 Rcc8 33. g4 fxg4 34.
fxg4 hxg4 35. Kxg4 Rh8 36. Rxc6 Rae8 37. Bd6 Re4+ 38. Bf4 Rxd4 39. Ra6 Ra8 40.
h5+ Kh7 41. Kf5 Rb4 42. Bb8 Rbxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 {This pawn
sacrifice appears regularly in top level tournaments. At first sight it does
not look very promising. However, practice shows time after time that Black
can experience difficulties as he is behind in development.} exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5
9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 {Defending the Bb7. Anand had already played this
position just a few weeks beforehand.} 11. a3 {Covering the b4-square against
a possible knight move. This quiet move is White's last word in this
fashionable variation.} (11. e4 Nc7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e5 Ne6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
Rxd5 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2775)-Anand,V (2798)/Mainz GER 2008/The Week
in Chess 717 (33)}) ({Also seen in practice is:} 11. Bg5) (11. Nh4 Bxh4 12.
Rxd5 {but, didn't yield White any advantage.}) 11... Nf6 12. Bg5 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Another fine novelty from the "Topalov team kitchen". White is
intending to exchange on f6 before Black's queenside kinight is developed to
d7.} (12. Nc3 d5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. e4 d4 15. e5 Nxe5 $1 ({After} 15... dxc3 $2
16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Re1 {Black's king will be stuck in the centre.}) 16. Nxe5
Bxg2 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Re1 Nxe5 20. Rxe5+ Kf8 21. Kxg2 dxc3 22.
bxc3 g6 23. Rae1 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2788)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow RUS 2008/
The Week in Chess 720 (28). ... and White's compensation was sufficient only
for equality.}) 12... d5 $6 {Taking into account what happened in the game
later, it is easy say that this move is the source for Black's troubles.} (
12... O-O 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bf4 (14. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Nd6 Qc7 {
is not dangerous for Black.}) 14... Nc6 {might be an improvement for Black.
Without any doubt, the theoretical discussion in this line will continue.}) 13.
Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxc3 (14... d4 $2 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 17. Qxc8+
Bxc8 18. Nd2 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) (14... Qe6 $2 15. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 16. Ng5 Bb3 17.
Nxe6 Bxc2 18. Rd2 {and White wins material.}) 15. bxc3 Na6 $1 (15... O-O 16.
Ng5 g6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {with a long-lasting initiative.}) 16. Nh4 g6 (
16... Qe6 $6 17. Nf5 O-O-O (17... O-O 18. c4 $16) 18. Nxg7 Qf6 19. Nf5 Nc7 20.
a4 $16 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {White has got back the pawn and
has a long-lasting initiative thanks to the activity of this pieces. Another
factor is that Black's king is less protected compared to his counterpart.
Still, Black's position is defendable.} O-O 19. Rad1 Nc7 {Transferring the
knight to e6.} 20. Rd7 Ne6 21. Qe4 (21. Qa4 c4 22. Rxa7 Nc5 23. Rxa8 Nxa4 24.
Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Ra8 $44) 21... Qe8 $2 {This move is already a critical
mistake. Instead of this, Black had two playable options.} (21... c4 22. Qf3
Qc5 23. Ng2 Rae8 (23... Qxa3 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Qxa8+ Nf8 26. Ne3 Qxc3 27. Qd5 {
Black's queenside pawns would definitely decide the game in the event of an
exchange of queens. Meanwhile, White is in possession of an initiative.}) 24.
Ne3 (24. Rxa7 $4 Ng5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gg5h3,Gg5f3]} 25. Qg4 (25. Qf6 Re6 $19)
25... h5 $19) 24... Ng5 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. R1xd5 Ne4 27. Rd4 Nxc3 28. Rxc4 Rc8 {
and Black should hold the endgame.} (28... Nxe2+ $4 29. Kf1 $18 {[%csl Re2]}))
(21... Nd4 22. Qe7 Nc6 23. Qf6 Nd4 24. Re7 Qc6 (24... Nc6 25. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 26.
Re4 {[%cal Ge4h4,Gh4h8]} Qf5 $8 27. Qxc6 $16) 25. Qg5 Ne6 26. Qe5 Rad8 {
and Black is only slightly worse.}) 22. Nf3 c4 (22... Nd4 23. Ne5 Nc6 24. f4
Nxe5 25. fxe5 Qe6 26. R1d6 Qh3 27. Rc7 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Rae8 28. Rxa7 {Black is
pawn down in a worse position. Nevertheless, this was the least of the evils
for him.}) 23. Qh4 $1 {This move is even stronger than the capture of Pc4.
White's attack is very strong.} (23. Qxc4 Nc5 $16) 23... Nc5 (23... Rd8 24. Ne5
{[%cal Ge5g4,Gg4f6]} h5 25. Qf6 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 {with total domination. One of
the threats is 27.Re7 followed by 28.Nxg6+-.}) 24. Re7 Rd8 (24... Qa4 25. Rd6
$1 Qc2 (25... Qxa3 26. Ng5 h5 27. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 28. Qxc4+ Kh8 29. Rh7#) 26. Ng5
h5 27. Rf6 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 25. Rf1 $1 {A crushing defeat for Vishy Anand.} ({
Black resigned in view of the following variation:} 25. Rf1 Qc6 26. Ng5 h5 27.
Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qxd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {I guess, this came as a total surprise for
Vishy Anand as Magnus had never played the Jaenisch as Black.} 4. d3 fxe4 5.
dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {Anand deviates from his
game versus Radjabov, probably suspecting deep preparation by Magnus. The move
in the text was played by Carlsen as White, once more versus Radjabov. All
this adds even more interest to this encounter.} (9. Bg5 Qe8 $1 10. Bxf6 Rxf6
11. Nd3 Bd4 12. Nd2 (12. c3 Bb6 13. e5 $5 {This is my suggestion from a
previous CBM, worth being tested in future games.} Rh6 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. c4 d5
16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Gd3b4]}) 12... Ba6 13. Rb1 $6 (13. c4 c5 14. Rc1
$1 Bb7 15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Rce1 d6 18. f3 {and Black still has to
justify the pawn sacrifice.}) 13... d6 14. c4 c5 15. b4 Qf7 16. Kh1 Rf8 17. f4
Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2799)-Radjabov,T (2735)/Morelia/
Linares MEX/ESP 2008/The Week in Chess 694 (22)}) 9... d6 10. Nd3 Bd4 {Black
is hoping to compensate for the lack of a pawn by his pair of bishops and the
opened f-file.} 11. Ne2 (11. Nb4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Nd5 Nxe4 14. f3 Nf6 15.
Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 11... Bb6 12. Bg5 ({Black keeps reasonable
compensation also after} 12. Ng3 Ba6) 12... Qe8 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Ng3 Qf7 {
This novelty is the first choice of "Rybka". Even though, I am not sure that
this is a real improvement over Radjabov's choice.} (14... Ba6 15. Kh1 Bxd3 16.
cxd3 Rxf2 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Nf5 Bb6 19. Qg4 (19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qc3 Qd7 $11)
19... Qf8 20. Rf1 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2690)-Radjabov,T (2729)/Monte
Carlo 2007/CBM 117 ext (36)}) 15. b3 {Preparing to meet Bc8-a6 with c2-c4.} Be6
16. Qd2 Rf8 17. Rae1 Rh6 18. Qc3 {Covering the f6-square is important against
the transfer of Black's queen to the h-file.} (18. c4 $2 Qf6 {[%cal Gf6h4]} 19.
h3 Bxh3 $1 20. gxh3 Qh4 21. Re3 Qxh3 22. Rfe1 Bd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh6g6,Rg6g3]
White is simply helpless against the threat Rh6-g6-xg3.}) 18... Rf6 $6 (18...
Qe7 $6 {[%cal Ge7h4]} 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qh4 21. h3 $16) ({Worth
consideration is:} 18... Qd7 $5 {with the idea 19...Bh3!}) 19. Re2 $2 {The
reason for not capturing the Pc6 remains unclear for me.} (19. Qxc6 Bd7 (19...
Bxf2+ 20. Nxf2 Rxf2 21. Nf5 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 $16) (19... h5 20. h3 h4 21. Nf5 Bd7
22. Qc3 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Re2 $14) 20. Qc3 Rxf2 (20... h5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22.
exf5 Rxf5 23. Re2 $14) 21. Nxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 $16) 19... Bg4 20.
Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] And this is just a tactical oversight.} (20. Ree1 Rxf2 21.
Nxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 Qe7 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Kh2 $11) {
[%tqu "En","How can Black win material?","","","b6e3","The rook is trapped.",5]
} 20... Be3 $1 {The rook is trapped.} 21. h3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Bc8 23. f4 h5 $1 {
This pawn will kick away the white knight from g3 and the Pe4 will become a
target.} 24. f5 h4 25. Ne2 Re8 $2 (25... d5 $2 26. Ne5 Qh5 27. Ng4 R6f7 28. Ne5
{and the rook can't escape.}) ({But, after the correct} 25... Qe7 $1 26. Nf2 (
26. Qf4 Bxf5 $19) 26... d5 27. Ng4 R6f7 {Black's rook is getting the f7 square.
Meanwhile, White's position in the centre is collapsing.}) 26. Nf2 d5 27. Ng4
Rxe4 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Nc1 Bxf5 $2 {Allows White to escape with a draw.} ({
After} 29... Re5 $1 30. Nd3 Rxf5 {Black could still be a pawn up. It is
difficult to say whether Black can win this or not but, his advantage is
indisputable.}) 30. Qf2 {[%csl Ra7,Rf5] Double threat.} Bg6 31. Qxa7 Rf4 {
Black does not have more than a draw now.} 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Nd3 Bxd3 34. cxd3
Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 {Not the best game from both brilliant players.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Na2 Be7 11. Nh4 Be4 12. Nc3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. b3 f6 18. Bd2 Kd7 19. Rfc1 Rhc8 20. Ne1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Ba3 22. Rc2 Nc8 23. Nd3 Ne7 24. Nc5+ Bxc5 25. Rxc5 b6 26. Rc2 h5 27. f3
Nc6 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Ke2 b5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Ra2 Rxb3 32. Bxa5 Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd3
e5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf2 Nh7 14. Nf5 O-O 15.
Kh1 Bxf5 16. exf5 Rc8 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Bd4 Rfe8 20. a4 Qd7 21. a5
Re7 22. Qf2 Qa4 23. Ra1 Qc6 24. Qg3 Qd5 25. Qh4 Rce8 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. Qh4 Kg8
28. Qg3 Kf8 29. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 {This move has
become popular in recent years and pushed aside the previous main line 6.Qd2.
After the exchange of queens White often gets a slightly preferable position
without any risk.} bxc6 {The best recapture. I myself played 6...dxc6 and it
was a long fight for me to squeeze half a point.} (6... dxc6 7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. f3
Be6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Bc3 f6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 c5
15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I (2564)-Postny,E (2571)/Germany 2006/
CBM 111 (43)}) 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Qxf3 (10... Qxb2 $4 11.
Bc3 Qxc2 12. Bxg7 Bg4 13. Rc1 $1 Qxc1+ 14. Nxc1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 $18) 11. gxf3 Ne7
12. Rg1 {The opened g-file is a reward for White's spoiled pawn structure.} O-O
{Aronian deviates from his own game versus Radjabov which was played just few
rounds before.} (12... Ng6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne5 15. Be2 g6 16. f4 Nd7 17.
Bf3 c5 18. e5 Ra7 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ne4 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T 
(2744)-Aronian,L (2737)/Bilbao ESP 2008/The Week in Chess 722 (34). Black is
slightly worse, but he managed to hold it relatively easily.}) 13. Be3 {
Exchanging Black's active bishop.} Bxe3 {This exchange improves White's pawn
structure. However, if Black makes another move, after the exchange on b6 he
might get a permanent weakness on d6.} 14. fxe3 c5 15. O-O-O Bb7 {I think that
it is more precise to put the bishop on e6.} (15... Be6 {Now I assume that
White should keep his knight. In Black will exchange on b3, he will solve all
his problems, as White's queenside pawn structure will be damaged as well.} 16.
Nd2 f5 17. f4 Rf6 $11 {[%cal Gf6h6]}) 16. Bb5 Bc6 (16... f5 $6 17. e5 $1 Rfd8 (
17... Bxf3 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5]}) 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. e4 $1
fxe4 $140 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Rge1 d5 23. Nxc5 Bxc2 24. Kxc2 Rdc8
25. Rxe7 Rxc5 26. Rxd5 Rxc4+ 27. Kb3 Rcc8 28. Ree5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 17. e5
Rfd8 18. exd6 cxd6 {Now White has a target, the Pd6.} 19. Bxc6 (19. e4 f6 (
19... Bxb5 $6 20. axb5 {followed by c2-c4 would give White a strong defended
passed pawn.}) 20. c4 Kf7 21. Rg2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg2d2] This endgame might
be a torture for Black due to permanent weakness on d6.}) 19... Nxc6 20. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2c4,Gd2e4]} d5 21. Nb3 c4 22. Nd4 Nb4 {Aronian decides to keep the
knights on the board.} ({A worthy alternative would have been} 22... Nxd4 23.
Rxd4 Re8 24. Kd2 Re5 {with a slightly worse but defendable position.}) 23. Nb5
g6 (23... Ra6 $6 24. e4 Rh6 25. Rg2 {[%cal Gg2d2] The pin along the d-file is
unpleasant for Black.}) 24. Rg4 $1 $14 Rdc8 25. e4 {White has to break Black's
pawn chain in order to make the Pc4 a target.} h5 26. Rf4 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Rc5 28.
f4 ({After} 28. Rdd4 Rg5 29. Rxc4 Rg2 30. h4 Rd8 31. b3 Rdd2 {Black's activity
compensates the lack of a pawn.}) 28... Ra6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rd7 Rd5 31. Rc7
Na2+ 32. Kb1 Nb4 33. Nd4 {Obviously, White has good grounds to play for more
than a repetition of moves.} Rf6 (33... Rad6 34. c3 Nd3 35. Rxc4 $16) 34. Rxc4
{[%tqu "En","How should Black continue?","","","d5g5","With help of this
tactical trick Black's rook is getting access to white's weak kingside pawns.",
5]} Rg5 $1 {With help of this tactical trick Black's rook is getting access to
White's weak kingside pawns.} 35. b3 Rg4 36. Ne2 $2 {The turning point in the
game.} (36. Nf3 $1 {Protecting both Ph2 and Pf4.} Nd5 ({Probably better is:} 
36... Rg2 {but, White has good chances to be on top after} 37. Re5 Rf2 38. Rxa5
Nxc2 39. Rxc2 Rxf3 40. Rb5 R3xf4 41. a5) 37. Rc5 Nxf4 38. Rxa5 Nd3 39. Re3 Nf2
40. Rc5 Rg2 (40... Nd1 41. Re1 Rxf3 42. Rxd1 $18) 41. b4 Ng4 42. Rb3 Rf2 43.
Ng5 Nxh2 44. b5 $18) 36... Rh4 {[%csl Rh2]} 37. Rc5 Rxh2 38. Rxa5 h4 {[%csl
Gh4] Black is a pawn down; however, in this position not the quantity but the
quality of pawns is more important.} 39. Rg5 Rf2 40. Rxb4 Rxe2 41. f5 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} ({After} 41. Re5 $2 Rxe5 42. fxe5 Rf1+ 43. Kb2 g5 $19 {
Black's pawns are faster than the white ones.}) (41. Rg1 $1 {was the correct
move. The position is very sharp however, it seems that a draw would be a
correct result in this case. Here are few sample variations:} h3 42. Rh1 h2 43.
a5 Ra6 (43... Rg2 44. Kb2 Rd6 45. Ra4 Rdd2 46. b4 Rxc2+ 47. Kb3 Rb2+ 48. Kc3
Rbc2+ (48... Rg1 49. Ra1 $11) 49. Kb3 $11) 44. Ra4 Kf6 45. b4 Rc6 46. a6 Rexc2
47. a7 Rc1+ 48. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 49. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 50. Kb2 {and Black does not have
more than a perpetual check.}) 41... h3 42. Rh4 h2 {White's rook is stuck on
g5 and can't help the other rook in the defence.} 43. Kb2 Rc6 44. fxg6 fxg6 45.
Ka3 Rcxc2 46. Rg3 {White is not able to avoid the small tactical trick that
will promote the black pawn.} (46. Rgg4 Rc1 $19 {[%cal Gh2h1]}) 46... Ra2+ 47.
Kb4 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for Black.","","","e2e4","This is the
trick.",3]} Re4+ $1 {This is the trick.} 48. Rxe4 h1=Q {White could already
resign, but Anand decided to fight until the bitter end.} 49. Reg4 Qb7+ 50. Ka5
Qd5+ 51. Kb4 Qd6+ 52. Kb5 Qb8+ 53. Ka5 Rf2 54. Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rg7+ Ke6 56. R7g6+
Kd5 57. R6g5+ Kd4 58. b4 Rf4 59. Rg1 Rf3 ({More precise play would have been} 
59... Qa7+ 60. Kb5 Qb7+ 61. Ka5 Kc4 62. Rc5+ Kb3 63. Rg3+ Kb2 $19) 60. Rc5 Qa8+
61. Kb5 Rf6 62. Rd1+ Ke3 63. a5 Qe8+ 64. Kc4 Qa4 65. Rd3+ Ke2 66. Re5+ Kf1 {
No more checks for White.} 67. Red5 Qc2+ 68. Rc3 Rf4+ 69. Rd4 Qa2+ 70. Kc5 Rf5+
71. Kb6 Qe6+ 72. Kb7 Rb5+ 73. Kc7 Qe7+ 74. Kc6 Qb7+ 75. Kd6 Rh5 {A pity for
Vishy Anand to spoil such a promising position.} 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8.
O-O e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. c4 O-O 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 Ba3 14. Rfd1 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. f3 Kf8
21. Kf2 a5 22. Rad1 Ke7 23. Re2 Rxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Rh8 25. h3 Nd7 26. Nc3 Nc5 27.
f4 Ne6 28. Ke3 g5 29. fxg5 Nxg5 30. Ne2 Ne6 31. Nd4 g6 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Rd4 c5
34. Re4+ Kd6 35. Kf3 a4 36. Re3 axb3 37. axb3 Rh4 38. Rd3+ Ke7 39. Re3+ Kd6 40.
Rd3+ Ke7 41. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8.
Ne5 Rc8 9. f3 g6 10. g4 Be6 11. e3 Bg7 12. h4 h5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15.
Bd3 O-O 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Ne2 Rfc8 21. Rxc6
Rxc6 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Kg2 e5 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nd4 Qc8 27. Ne2 Qf5
28. Nd4 Qc8 29. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 hxg5
15. Nxa3 Rxa3 16. O-O Nc6 17. Rb5 Ra4 18. Nxg5 Ndxe5 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc3 Nc6
21. Rxf7 Ra5 22. Rxg7 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Qd3 Rxa2 25. h4 Ra1+ 26. Kh2 Bd4 27.
Qg6+ Kd8 28. Rf7 Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Bg1+ 30. Kg3 e5 31. h5 Nd4 32. Qf6+ Kc7 33.
Qxe5+ Kb6 34. Qd6+ Ka7 35. Qc5+ Kb8 36. Qd6+ Ka8 37. Qd8 Nf5+ 38. Kh3 Kb8 39.
Ne6 Ra3+ 40. Kg4 Nh6+ 41. Kf4 Bh2+ 42. Ke4 Nf7 43. Qf8 Nd6+ 44. Kd4 Ka7 45. Nc5
Ra5 46. h6 Bg1+ 47. Kd3 Bf5+ 48. Qxf5 Nxf5 49. h7 Ra3+ 50. Nb3 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bh8
52. Kxf5 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Kd2 b6 12. a3 Nc6 13. e4 d6 14. d5 Na5
15. Nd4 e5 16. Nb5 Kd8 17. Kc2 Nb7 18. b4 Bd7 19. Nc3 Ke7 20. h4 f6 21. Bh3
Bxh3 22. Rxh3 Nd8 23. Rhh1 Nf7 24. Nd1 a5 25. Ne3 Kd7 26. Kd3 Ra7 27. c5 bxc5
28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Rab1 Nd6 30. Rhc1 Rb7 31. Rxb7 Nxb7 32. Nc4 Ra8 33. f4 exf4
34. gxf4 Nd6 35. e5 Nxc4 36. Kxc4 fxe5 37. fxe5 Re8 38. Re1 Rb8 39. Rf1 Ke7 40.
e6 Kd6 41. Rf7 Rd8 42. e7 Re8 43. Rxg7 c6 44. dxc6 Kxc6 45. Rxh7 Rg8 46. Rg7
Rh8 47. Rg4 Kd7 48. Re4 Ke8 49. a4 Rh5 50. Kb5 c4+ 51. Kxc4 Rf5 52. Kd3 Rf3+
53. Kd2 Rf2+ 54. Ke3 Rf1 55. Kd3 Rf3+ 56. Kd4 Rf5 57. Kc4 Rh5 58. Kd3 Rc5 59.
Ke3 Rf5 60. Ke2 Rc5 61. Kf3 Rc1 62. h5 Rh1 63. Kg4 Rg1+ 64. Kf5 Rh1 65. Kg6
Rg1+ 66. Kh7 Rg2 67. h6 Rg5 68. Kh8 Rg6 69. h7 Rg5 70. Re6 Rg1 71. Re5 Rg4 72.
Rxa5 Kxe7 73. Ra8 Kf7 74. a5 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 {Kramnik's choice in the first game of
the match surprised everyone. Nowadays it is practically impossible to fight
for a real advantage in the Exchange Variation. Even if White achieves a
slight plus, a strong player with Black holds the position without major
effort.} cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O ({White's
only hope in this system is to force on his opponent a weak pawn on c6. The
following variation is an example how Black can end up in a worse position:} 
9... Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bc7 $1 Qxc7 13. Qxb4 {White plays Na4
and Rac1 next and Black will have to suffer under positional pressure.}) 10.
Bxc6 (10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Rc8 $11) 10... Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Rc8 ({After} 11...
bxc6 12. O-O $14 {White achieves his goal} ({but not} 12. Qxc6 Qa5+ 13. Qc3
Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rfc8 15. Rc1 Ne4 $11)) 12. Ne5 {It seems that White will
finally force Black to take with the pawn on c6, but Anand's answer shows that
Black can avoid that.} Ng4 {The most precise, even if the alternatives 12...
bxc6 and 12...Ne4 are playable as well. Black's move doesn't make any
positional concessions.} 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Qb4 ({Taking the other pawn is
weaker, since it leaves the b2-pawn without protection:} 14. Qc5 Rxc6 15. Qxa7
Rc2 16. O-O (16. Qxb7 $2 Qa5+ 17. b4 Re2+ 18. Kf1 Qa3 $19) 16... Be2 $1 (16...
Rxb2 17. Rab1 {loses the b7-pawn without any compensation}) 17. Rfc1 Rxb2 18.
Rab1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R (2537)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2556)/
Havana 2002 (22)}) 14... Rxc6 15. Qxb7 $146 {White must take the pawn,
otherwise his entire opening concept is senseless. Curiously, 16.Qxb7 is a new
move. Difficult to say whether Kramnik really hoped to win the resulting
endgame, or whether he just wanted a "smooth" start of the match. The future
course of events showed that in any case his strategy was mistaken: Anand made
an easy draw in this game, while the match became much tougher for Kramnik
than expected.} (15. O-O Qb6 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bf5 18. f3 h5 19. Rxc6 Rxc6
20. Re1 Qa6 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bg6 23. b3 {1/2-1/2 Nussbaecher,A (2120)
-Seibold,T (2105)/Bayern 2002}) 15... Qc8 16. Qxc8 (16. Qb3 $2 Qa6 $1 (16...
Rc1+ {is a mistake in view of} 17. Kd2 {with advantage}) 17. f3 Bf5 $17 {
[%csl Re1]}) 16... Rfxc8 17. O-O {The control over the c-file together with
the opposite-coloured bishops make White's task to convert the extra pawn
practically impossible.} a5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. b3 (20. e4 dxe4 21.
fxe4 Rc2 22. b3 f6 ({or even} 22... Rd8 23. d5 f6 24. dxe6 Re8)) 20... f6 21.
e4 (21. Rad1 Rc2 $11) 21... dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rc2 24. e5 (24. d5 e5
25. Rd2 Rdc8 $11) (24. a4 Rc3 $11) 24... fxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxa2 $11 26. Ra1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Rd5 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Rc5 Ra7 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Bc2 32. Bxa5 Bxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. Qc2 Nd7 {A rare continuation.} (9... f4 {is the most common}) (9...
O-O) (9... Qa5) (9... Qh4+) (9... Qf6 {have been seen in practice, too.}) 10.
e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 N5f6 12. c6 {It is useful to spoil Black's pawn structure.}
bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 {[%cal Yc8a6] It Black neglects White's bishops, they can
become formidable like in the following game:} (13... Qc7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O
Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Qxe5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bd3 c5 21. Rf1 Bd7
22. Bf4 Qh5 23. Bd6 Bc6 24. e5 Nd7 25. Qf2 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L-Kluger,G/
Budapest 1962/MCL (54)}) 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 $6 Ng4 15. Bg1 O-O 16. h3 Nge5 17.
Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bh2 Qc5 (18... Qg5 $1 $36) 19. Qd2 e5 20. Bg1 Rxf1+ $5 21. Kxf1
Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Qe7 23. Qe3 Nb6 $44 {1/2 Moehring,G-Neukirch,D/Annaberg-Buchholz
1965/EXT 1999 (28)}) 14... Ba6 (14... O-O $5 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Be2 $142 Nc5 $140
16. c4 Qc7 17. e5) 15... Ba6 16. c4 Qc7 17. Bc3 Ng4 (17... Nc5 $15) 18. e5
Ndxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 $15 {Gilman-Lepsenui/corr 1966}) 15. c4 (15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16.
c4 O-O $11) 15... Qc5 (15... Qc7 16. Bb4 $1 {preventing ...Nc5}) 16. Bd3 Ng4
17. Bb4 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 {After the queen exchange Black's attack loses its
strength. Mutual weaknesses and control of the dark squares will now be
crucial.} O-O-O 19. Qxe3 (19. Be7 $143 Qb6 $1 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 $36 {[%csl Re1] S.
Shipov}) 19... Nxe3 20. Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Ndf6 $6 (21... Nde5 $6 22. Be2 h5 23.
h3 h4+ (23... Nxf3 24. gxf3 Ne5 25. Kf4 $1 $14) 24. Nxh4 Nf6 {-game}) (21...
Nge5 $5 22. Be2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rhc1 Nde5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rc5 Rd3+ 27.
Kh4 $1 Ng6+ 28. Kg5 Kb7 29. Rb1 {S.Shipov} Rc8 $1 30. Rc3 Rd2 $132) 22. Bb1 $1
{[%cal Re4e5] Black probably underestimated this move.} h5 (22... Ne3 23. Ne5
$16) 23. h3 (23. e5 $2 h4+ $1 24. Kf4 g5+ $1 25. Nxg5 Rd4+ $40 {S.Shipov})
23... h4+ {Black must give up this pawn to prevent collapse.} (23... Ne3 24.
Ne5 $16) 24. Nxh4 Ne5 25. Nf3 $1 {"You are welcome to recapture on c4", White
says, "but then beware of my bishop pair and rooks attacking your weaknesses!"}
Nh5+ 26. Kf2 Nxf3 (26... Nxc4 27. Rc1 (27. Ba2 Nf4 28. Rhd1 $5 $16) 27... Nf4
28. Ba2 $1 Nd3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Ne3 31. Ne5 $16) 27. Kxf3 e5 28. Rc1 $6 (
{Less greedy} 28. Bc2 {was more appropriate, e.g.} Rh6 (28... Bxc4 29. Rhd1 $16
{S.Shipov}) 29. Rhd1 Rf6+ 30. Ke3 Nf4 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Rg1 Rg6 33. g4 Nxh3
34. Rh1 Nf4 (34... Ng5 35. Rh8+ Kc7 36. Bd3) 35. Bc3 Rg5 36. c5 {and White's
bishop pair guarantees him a clear advantage.}) 28... Nf4 $132 29. Ra2 Nd3 30.
Rc3 Nf4 31. Bc2 (31. Rf2 $5 {was a better contribution to the harmony of
White's arrangement but the position was still far from clear after} Rh6 $1 {
The rest was much worse:} (31... Rd1 32. Bc2 {S.Shipov}) (31... Rd4 32. Kg3 {
[%cal Yg3h2,Yc3g3]} Rxc4 (32... Rhd8 33. Be7 R8d7 34. Bg5) 33. Kh2 $1 $16 Rd8 {
[%cal Yd8d1]} 34. Bc2 $1 $16) 32. h4 $5 (32. Kg3 Rd1 33. Bc2 Rh1 $1 {
preventing Kg3-h2}) (32. Be7 Rd7 33. Bg5 {doesn't work due to} Nxh3 $1 34. Bxh6
Nxf2) 32... Ne6 $1 33. Ke3 (33. Kg3 Rdh8) 33... Rg6 {with strong counterplay.})
31... Ne6 (31... Rh6 $5 {[%csl Rf3] (S.Shipov) was good here, too:} 32. Be7 Rd7
33. Bg5 Rg6 34. h4 Rf7 35. Kg4 Ne2 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Bxc4 {[%cal Rc4e6]}
38. Bb3 $1 Bxb3 39. Rxe2 $14) ({but probably even simpler was} 31... Rd4 32.
Bc5 (32. Bb3 Ne6 {[%cal Re6g5]}) (32. Ra1 Rd2) 32... Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Rb2
Rd8 35. Bxa7 Rd2 36. Be3 Re2 {with sufficient counterchances.}) 32. Kg3 {
The king quickly runs to h2!} Rd4 (32... Rh6 33. Kh2 c5 34. Ba5 Rd4 $44 {
, containing White's bishops, was probably more accurate}) ({After the text
move} 32... Rd4 {Black's compensation for the extra pawn is hardly sufficient,
e.g.} 33. c5 Nf4 34. Re3 $16 {but the position remains quite complicated and
not so easy to play under time pressure. Therefore Vishy Anand accepted
Vladimir Kramnik's draw offer.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 $5 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 (14.
Be4 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxd4 Rg8 $132) 14... Bb7 $5 15. Bxb5 $1 Bd6 $5 16.
Rd1 (16. Nxd4 $5 Qxd4 (16... Rg8 17. g3 $1 {is the computer improvement on the
above-mentioned game.}) 17. Rd1 Bxh2+ $1 (17... Qc5 $2 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rac1 Qb8
20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Qb5+ Ke7 22. Rxd6 $1 {wins immediately.}) 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19.
Kg1 Bxg2 $1 20. Bxd7+ Ke7 21. Kxg2 Rhg8+ {usually black just mates in such
scenarios, here black has to find a perpetual.} 22. Kf3 Qh5+ 23. Ke3 Qc5+ 24.
Kd2 Rad8 $1 25. Rf1 (25. Qf1 Rxd7+ 26. Ke1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Qh5+ 28. Ke1 Qh2)
25... Rxd7+ 26. Ke1 Rc8 $1 27. Qe3 Qa5+ 28. Bd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qe5+ 30. Qe2 Qa5+
$11) 16... Rg8 17. g3 $1 Rg4 $1 18. Bf4 (18. Nd2 Ke7 $3 19. Bxd7 (19. Qxg4 Qxb5
{is just bad for white.}) 19... Rag8 $1 20. Bb5 (20. Qb5 Qc7 {just intensifies
the pressure against g3.}) 20... d3 $5 {The most solid.} 21. Qxd3 Rxg3+ 22.
hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kf1 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Qd4 $1 25. Nc4 Bb4 26. a3 Bg2+ $1 27. Kxg2
Qg4+ {forcing perpetual.}) 18... Bxf4 19. Nxd4 $5 (19. Rxd4 {is also very
complicated.}) 19... h5 (19... Rg6 $5 20. a4 $5 {Maybe this cool computer-move
is what Kramnik was planning on?} (20. Bxd7+ $6 Kxd7 21. Nxe6+ Bd6 $1 22. Nf4
Rg5) (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qc4 Ke8 25. Rh7
Bd4 $1 26. Rxb7 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Qxb7 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+ Kh8
31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qe5+ Kh7 34. Kxf2 Rf8+ 35. Kg1 Qb6+ 36. Kg2 Rf2+
37. Kh3 Qh6+ 38. Kg4 Qg6+ {with perpetual.})) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22.
Qd3 Rg7 $5 (22... Bc8 $2 23. Rh7 $18) (22... f5 $2 23. Qc3 $18) (22... Bxg3 $5
{This seems to be just a forced draw} 23. hxg3 h4 $1 24. Rd6 (24. Kf1 $2 hxg3
25. fxg3 Rg5 $1 {wins for black.}) 24... Qc5 25. b4 Qe5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxd8+
Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qf8+ Rg7 30. Qh8+ Rh7 31. Qf8+ {with a perpetual.}) 23.
Rxg7 Kxg7 24. gxf4 Rd8 $1 (24... Kh6 25. a4 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Bg2+ (26... Rg2 27.
Qd2 Rxh2 28. Ra3 $14) 27. Ke2 $16) 25. Qe2 (25. Qc4 $2 Rd4 $19) (25. Qb3 $5 Kh6
26. a4 (26. Kf1 $2 Bd5 27. Bc4 Bxc4+ 28. Qxc4 Rd2 {and f2 collapses.}) 26...
Rg8+ 27. Kf1 Rg2 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Rxh2 $11) 25... Kh6 26. Kf1 Rg8 27. a4
$1 (27. f5 $2 Bg2+ $1 28. Ke1 Bc6 $1 29. Qd2+ Kh7 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Ke2 Qb5+
32. Kf3 Rg4 33. Re1 Qc6+ 34. Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Kf3 (35. Kd1 Rd4 36. fxe6 Rxd2+ 37.
Kxd2 Qb4+ 38. Kd1 Qd4+ $19) 35... Rd4 $19) 27... Bg2+ 28. Ke1 Bh3 $1 (28... Bc6
{is enough for a draw.}) 29. Ra3 $2 (29. Rd1 $1 Bf5 $5 {An amazing move. White
is ok, but would you be able to calmly play Qf1 or h3?} (29... Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Rg2
31. Qe3 $1 (31. Ke1 $2 Bg4 $1 32. Qf1 Rxh2 {and whites position collapses.})
31... Rxf2+ 32. Be2 Rxe2+ $5 (32... Qa5+ 33. Kc1 Qc7+ 34. Kb1 Bf5+ 35. Bd3 $1
Bxd3+ 36. Qxd3 {also fails short.}) 33. Qxe2 Bg4 34. Qd3 Qxb2+ 35. Qc2 Qd4+ 36.
Kc1 Bxd1 37. Qxd1 $11) (29... Bg4 $2 30. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 31. fxe3 Bxd1 32. Kxd1)
30. Qe3 $2 Rg1+ 31. Bf1 Qa6 $1) 29... Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc2 Bg4 $2 {
Despite being 75 minutes ahead on the clock, by now I had caught up. I wanted
to provoke f3} (31... Bf5+ $1 32. Rd3 $1 (32. Kb3 Rc1 $1 33. a5 (33. Ra2 Bc2+
$1 34. Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 Qxf2+ 36. Kb3 Qe3+ 37. Kc2 Qxf4 38. a5 Qxh2+ $19)
33... Qd5+ $1 {This move wins, but there are a lot of incredibly difficult
moves in the winning line.} (33... Rc2 $6 34. Qxc2 $1 Bxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Qc5+ 36.
Kb1 Qxb5 37. a6 Qd5 38. a7 Qa8 39. Ka1 $1 Qh1+ (39... Kg6 40. b4 $1) 40. Ka2
Qd5+ $11) (33... e5 $6 34. Ra4 $1 {I had come upto here in my calculations and
didnt see a way forward} Be6+ (34... Qc5 $1 35. Bc4 Bc2+ 36. Qxc2 Rxc2 37. Kxc2
Qxf2+ {But this is a good version for white compared to earlier lines.}) 35.
Bc4 {Oddly enough black dosent have a win:} Bg4 36. f3 Bf5 {Followed by Rd1
seem to secure counterplay for a draw.}) 34. Bc4 (34. Ka4 Bc2+ 35. Kb4 (35. b3
Bxb3+ 36. Rxb3 Qd4+ 37. Rb4 Qa1+ $19) 35... Qd6+ 36. Kc4 Bd1+ $19) (34. Kb4
Qc5+ 35. Ka4 (35. Kb3 Bc2+ 36. Ka2 Qd5+ 37. Bc4 Qh1 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 $19) 35...
Bc2+ 36. b3 Bxb3+) 34... Qb7+ 35. Ka4 (35. Bb5 Bc2+ 36. Ka2 Qh1 {mates.}) 35...
Rc2 $3 {This quite move is the point} 36. Ba6 Qd7+ 37. Qb5 Rc4+ 38. Kb3 Qd3+
39. Ka2 Qb1+ 40. Kb3 Rc2 41. Ra2 $8 Be4 $3 42. Bb7 Qd1 43. Ka3 Bxb7 44. Qxb7
Rc4 45. b3 Qd6+ 46. Kb2 Qd2+ 47. Ka3 Qxa5+ 48. Kb2 Qc3+ 49. Ka3 Rc5 $19 {
and finally all white resistance is broken.}) (32. Bd3 Rg2 $5 (32... Bg4 $5 33.
f3 $8 Bh3 {transposes to the game.}) 33. Bxf5 Rxf2 34. Bd3 Rxe2+ 35. Bxe2 Qe4+
36. Bd3 Qxf4 37. a5 Qxh2+ 38. Kb1 h4 39. a6 Qg1+ 40. Ka2 Qa7 $19 {and despite
the mess, blacks pawns should prevail.}) 32... Rg4 $5 {This could be best} (
32... Ra1 $6 {is preferred by the computers, but:} 33. Qe3 Bxd3+ 34. Qxd3 Qxf2+
35. Qd2 {is the usual story, black cant swap queens due to whites passed pawns.
}) 33. Kb3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxf2 {keeps winning chances for black.}) 32. f3 $2 {
Returning the favour.} (32. Rd3 $1 {was a golden opportunity, as black has
nothing more than:} Bf5 33. Kb3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxf2 (34... Qxf4 35. Qe3 {
as usual cant be allowed.}) 35. Qd8 $1 {securing a perpetual.}) 32... Bf5+ 33.
Bd3 Bh3 $6 {Played instantly since this was my reason for provoking f3, but
there was a stronger move:} (33... Bxd3+ $1 {this wins the house instantly.}
34. Rxd3 (34. Qxd3 Rg2+) 34... Qc4+) 34. a5 (34. Qe4 Rg2+ 35. Kd1 Qg1+ 36. Qe1
Qxh2 $1 $19 {and Rg1 cant be stopped, winning instantly.}) (34. Qd2 Rg2 35. Be2
Bf5+ 36. Kc1 Qg1+ 37. Qd1 Qxh2 38. Kd2 {Here many moves win, but I will give
the comp line because its funny} h4 $1 39. a5 Qxf4+ 40. Kc3 h3 41. a6 h2 42. a7
Rxe2 43. Qxe2 h1=Q 44. a8=Q Qc7+ $1 {This wins, but also the only move which
doesnt lose!} 45. Kb4 Qb6+ 46. Ka4 Qh4+ $1 $19) 34... Rg2 35. a6 Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2
Bf5+ 37. Kb3 (37. Bd3 Bxd3+ 38. Rxd3 Qc4+) (37. Kc1 Qxf4+ 38. Kd1 Qd4+ 39. Kc1
Qe5 $1 $19) 37... Qe3+ 38. Ka2 Qxe2 39. a7 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 Qf1+ 41. Ka2 Bb1+ (
41... Bb1+ 42. Kb3 Qxf3+ {is simple enough.}) 0-1

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 {In the late '70s, Korchnoi
frequently resorted to this "rare" variation. He managed to put Karpov under
serious pressure during their match in Baguio 1978 and even won a crucial game
towards the end of the match. Nowadays, this has become White's main weapon
against the Queen's Gambit Declined, at least in top level events.} O-O 6. e3
Nbd7 ({Kramnik had played several games with} 6... c5 {, two of them against
Anand himself.} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 {Leko,P 
(2741)-Kramnik,V (2770)/Brissago 2004/CBM 103/[Lukacs] (1-0, 69). This must
have been a very painful defeat, in an "almost" drawn ending.}) 8... Nc6 9. Rc1
{1/2 Kramnik,V (2809)-Anand,V (2752)/Leon 2002/CBM 090/[Dautov] (33)} (9. Qc2 {
1/2 Anand,V (2752)-Kramnik,V (2809)/Leon 2002/CBM 090/[Dautov] (48)})) 7. a3 {
A generally useful move, inviting Black to capture on c4.} ({Another important
line is} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O ({With the bishop on d3
already,} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 {is less appealing already.}) 10... c4 11. Bc2 b5 {
with a very complicated position, offering chances for both sides.} 12. e4 Nb6
13. Re1 (13. Qe2 {Kempinski,R (2619)-Ogaard,L (2379)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM
110/[Konikowski] (1-0, 23)}) 13... Be6 14. Qb1 Kh8 15. Be5 Bf6 $1 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. e5 Qh6 18. Re3 $132 {Kortschnoj,V (2659)-Lputian,S (2605)/Wijk aan Zee
2000/CBM 075/[Kortschnoj] (0-1, 47)}) 7... c5 {I have the feeling that part of
the initial spirit of the Queen's Gambit has been lost. Our forefathers tried
to maintain the tension in the centre for as long as possible, making a lot of
useful moves in the meanwhile.} ({Even in the '60s, there was some theoretical
dispute after} 7... c6 8. h3 {Not the only move, of course.} (8. Rc1) (8. Qc2)
8... a6 9. c5 b6 10. b4 a5 ({In a recent game, Black chose a much simpler plan
and obtained full success, true, against a much weaker opponent.} 10... bxc5
11. bxc5 Ne4 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Qd2 f6 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Rxc3 e5 $1
$19 {Simeonidis,I (2268)-Shneider,A (2543)/Corfu 2007/CBM 120 ext (0-1, 18)})
11. Bd3 (11. b5 {Larsen,B} Bb7 $15) 11... Ba6 12. b5 $1 (12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Rfb1 axb4 {1/2 Larsen,B-Spassky,B/Palma de Mallorca 1968/
MCD}) (12. Bxa6 $2 {Larsen,B} Rxa6 13. b5 cxb5 14. c6 Qc8) 12... cxb5 (12...
Bb7 {simply loses a tempo over Larsen's comment.} 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O c5 15.
Na4 Qa7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Be5 $14 {Portisch,L-Hartoch,R/
Amsterdam 1969/MCL (1-0, 89)}) 13. c6 {Now, Black will have to sacrifice
either an exchange or the queen, with unclear compensation.} Rc8 ({Maybe} 13...
Qc8 14. Nxb5 Qxc6 15. Rc1 Bxb5 16. Rxc6 Bxc6 $44 {is slightly better.}) 14.
Bxb5 Rxc6 $5 (14... Bxb5 15. c7 $1 $14) 15. Bxc6 Qc8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. O-O Bxc6
$14) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 {To me, this does not look like a
reason not to play the Bf4 line. White has a comfortable form of the isolani
and, at least for the time being, play is rather one-sided. True, in practice
Black has lost relatively rarely and Kramnik himself had held this position
against none other than Kasparov.} 11. Be5 {Otherwise, the bishop may well
remain out of play and White may risk losing control of the d4-square.} Bf5 {
Not a very frequent move. Before starting the fight for the d4-square, Black
makes a natural developing move. Its concrete meaning will become clear later.}
({Kramnik did not seem keen to repeat the line he had employed in a blitz game
at the highest thinkable level.} 11... Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 (15... Rac8 {is less acurate because after} 16. Kd2 {
Zvjaginsev,V (2664)-Lputian,S (2638)/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 095/[Dautov] (1-0, 35)}
Ne6 17. Nf5 $14 {Black cannot play ...Kf8.}) 16. Kd2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 $5 ({A
better chance for an advantage than} 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. exd4 $11 {Kasparov,G 
(2838)-Kramnik,V (2802)/Moscow 2001/CBM 087/[Dautov] (1/2, 24)}) 17... Bxe6 18.
Bd3 Kf8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Ke7 21. g5 Rh8 22. Kc3 $14 {Zvjaginsev,V-Vescovi,G/
Poikovsky 2003 (1/2, 29)}) 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 {The most logical continuation.
In this case, White does not get anything by maintaining the tension.} (13. O-O
Be4 $6 ({It looks more natural to drive the enemy knight away from the
d4-square with} 13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd6 {, winning time for the development at
the same time.}) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd4 Qd6 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd6
Rxd6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Rc1 $14 {Tregubov,P (2609)-Goloshchapov,A
(2563)/Germany 2008/CBM 123 (1-0, 60)}) 13... Qxf6 14. Nd4 ({The bishop proves
useful on f5 in case of} 14. Qd4 Qc6 15. Rd1 $2 Bc2 $1 {[%cal Gc5b3] and Black
wins an exchange.}) (14. Qxd5 Qxb2 15. O-O Rac8 {is entirely acceptable for
Black.}) 14... Ne6 $146 {At first sight, this looks like a risky novelty.
Black immediately puts the enemy knight under pressure, without preserving his
bishop from exchange.} ({Previously} 14... Be4 15. Rc1 Ne6 {had been played
and Black did not face problems achieving a draw.} 16. f3 Bg6 17. O-O Rac8 18.
Qd2 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Bc2 21. Kf2 Rc7 {1/2 Flumbort,A (2516)
-Goloshchapov,A (2555)/Germany 2007/CBM 123. Kramnik must have found a reason
to deviate from this game, since his move really implies a high degree of
responsibility.}) 15. Nxf5 (15. Nxe6 fxe6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ga8d8,Ge6e5,Gd5d4]})
15... Qxf5 16. O-O Rfd8 {The opening has come to an end and time has come to
draw the first conclusions. Black's position looks very harmonious and his
piece activity seems to compensate for the relatively weak d5-pawn. Botvinnik
once wrote that if you have pawn weaknesses, you should keep at least one
knight on board. However, the central break ...d4 will not be easy to carry
out and the bishop's pressure will prove slightly more disturbing that Kramnik
may have expected.} 17. Bg4 Qe5 18. Qb3 (18. Bxe6 fxe6 (18... Qxe6 {would lead
to a typical isolani position without minor pieces, where Black is in great
danger. One should study Karpov's games in order to get a full picture,
especially Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Karpov,A (2700)/Merano m/9 1981/MainBase/[Hecht]
(0-1, 43), where White had the isolani.}) 19. Qb3 {and the safer position of
the white king is compensated for by Black's possibility of creating a passed
pawn in the centre.}) 18... Nc5 ({Kramnik did not feel prepared to embark on
such a sharp line as} 18... d4 19. Qxb7 (19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. exd4
Rxd4 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 $11) 19... d3 {, where Black has to prove
still that his far advanced pawn is strong enough to compensate for the
material deficit.}) 19. Qb5 b6 {The knight enjoys some stability now, because
b4 can be met by ...Ne4, with further occupation of the c3-square. However,
the pressure against the d4-square has been somewhat released.} 20. Rfd1 ({
In many of his games, Karpov placed the queen's rook on d1 in such positions.
Here, after} 20. Rad1 Rd6 21. Rd4 a6 {White can play the flexible} 22. Qe2)
20... Rd6 21. Rd4 (21. Rac1 {seems like a more logical complement of the
previous move. After} Rad8 22. b4 Ne4 (22... Ne6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc7 $16) 23.
Rd4 {White has better chances to maintain the tension for a longer time.})
21... a6 $1 22. Qb4 {Because of the exposed position of the a1-rook, the queen
has to retreat to this square, preventing a further b4, which increases the
stability of the knight on c5.} (22. Qe2 Nb3 $17) 22... h5 23. Bh3 ({If Anand
had foreseen Kramnik's plan, he may have preferred} 23. Be2 {However, after}
Rad8 {followed by ...a5 and ...Ne6, Blacks position looks entirely viable.})
23... Rad8 24. g3 g5 $5 {Black decides to win space on the kingside massively,
making the white king feel a bit insecure.} 25. Rad1 {Curiously, this strong
concentration of forces around the d4-square does not prevent the thematic
pawn break, because the bishop does not participate.} ({The only way to
maintain the structure intact would have been} 25. Re1 g4 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. Rdd1
{, when ...d4 is impossible because of exd4, with a double attack against the
queen. However, after a neutral move such as} Kg7 {White would have problems
increasing his pressure, partly because his rooks are bound to stay on d1 and
e1.}) 25... g4 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. R4d3 d4 $11 {The position simplifies now. The
theoretical superiority of the bishop over the knight is compensated for by
Black's advantage in space and his stability on the dark squares.} 28. exd4
Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 ({Apart from inviting
Black into the Meran with the text-move, Kramnik equally often played also} 6.
Qc2 Bd6 {Here he preferred positional follow-ups (7.Bd3, 7.b3), his most
recent try was} 7. e4 ({Kramnik never played the ultra-sharp} 7. g4 {, but he
had to face it lately:} Nxg4 8. Rg1 Nxh2 9. Nxh2 Bxh2 10. Rxg7 Nf8 11. Rg2 Bd6
12. e4 Ng6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nd2 c5 18.
dxc5 Bd7 19. b4 O-O-O 20. Rg3 e5 21. Rd3 $13 Be6 $2 22. Ra3 a6 23. c6 $1 bxc6
24. c5 Qg5 25. Rxa6 Kd7 26. Bc4 $18 {->,Morozevich,A (2788)-Kramnik,V (2788)/
Tal mem Moscow/2008/}) 7... Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7
Qa5+ 12. Ke2 $5 Kxe7 13. g3 cxd4 (13... Rd8 $5) 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. Qxd4 Rd8 16.
Qf4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rac8 $5 {/\} (17... Ba4 18. b3 Rd2+ 19. Kf1 $5 (19. Qxd2 Qxe5+
20. Qe3 Qb2+ 21. Qd2 {1/2,Laznicka,V (2594)-Atalik,S (2564)/Polanica Zdroj/
2007/}) 19... Qc3 20. Re1 Be8 21. Bxb7 Rad8 22. Kg2 $14 {Atalik}) (17... Be8
18. Rhd1 Qb6 (18... Kf8 $5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 $1 21. Rd1 Qb6 $1 22.
Bc6 $5 (22. Ng6+ hxg6 23. Qxb8 Ne4 $1 24. Rd8 Qxf2+ 25. Kd1 Qf1+ 26. Kc2 Qxc4+
27. Kb1 Qf1+ $11) 22... Qxb2+ 23. Kf1 $44 {[%csl Gc4] o^c4 is a line,
mentioned by Kramnik.}) 19. b3 Rac8 $5 (19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8
22. Bxb7 Qa5 23. Qe3 Qxa2+ 24. Kf1 Qa5 25. Bf3 $16 {Kramnik,V (2772)-Gelfand,B
(2733)/Dortmund/2007/}) 20. Rac1 h6 21. Qe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc7
24. f4 Nd7 25. Nf3 h5 26. Nd4 a6 27. a4 g6 28. a5 Nb8 $1 29. Rc1 Nc6 $14 {
/=,Ramesh,R (2470)-Savchenko,S (2571)/Benasque/2007/}) 18. Rhd1 Ba4 19. b3 Rc5
$11 {Krasenkow}) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 {Already the choice of
Rubinstein's older move in Game 3 must have been the first surprise for
Kramnik, as Anand avoided it in his earlier practice.} ({Recently he tried
Zvjaginsev's} 8... Bd6 {with success:} 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Kh8 18. g3 h6
19. Bxf6 hxg5 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Bf3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 b4
25. a4 f5 26. Kf1 f4 27. Be4 $2 (27. gxf4 gxf4 28. exf4 Rd2 29. Bg6 $132) 27...
Bxe4 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rb1 $17 {/-+,Carlsen,M (2690)-Anand,V (2779)/
Morelia/Linares/2007/}) ({However, his main choice always used to be} 8... Bb7
{and now:} {His last game in this line against Kramnik went} 9. a3 (9. O-O a6
10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf5 (
16. Nf3 Be7 17. Ng5 O-O $1 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne6 Qb6 $44) 16... g6 $5 $146 (
16... Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qg4 $5 Nf6 19. Qh3 $44) 17. Nh6 Bg7 18. Qf3 Ne6
19. Qh3 Bc8 20. Qh4 $6 (20. Qg3 $5 $13) 20... Qe7 21. Rfe1 Nd5 $1 22. Qxe7+
Nxe7 23. Nd5 Bb7 24. Ng4 Nd4 25. Bd1 Nxd5 26. exd5 O-O-O 27. Bg5 Rxd5 $17 {
1/2 Morozevich,A (2758)-Anand,V (2792)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120 (61)}) 9... Bd6
({Anand in his practice adopted also the more usual} 9... b4 {-for more
details see Carlsen-Aronian, Bilbao 2008 (CBM 126).}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 a6 (
11... a5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 Re8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rad1
Rad8 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Nd4 Nh5 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. f4 f6
24. Qb3 Qf7 25. Bb6 a4 26. Qa2 Rd7 27. Be2 g6 28. e5 $1 $16 {Kramnik,V (2785)
-Anand,V (2801)/Moscow exh/2007/ Although this was only a rapid "advanced
chess" game and Anand later against Gelfand successfully played the stronger
main move, preparing for Bonn he probably nevertheless felt this line would
better suit his opponent.}) 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16.
dxe5 (16. Ne2 $5 Bxb4 17. Ng3 g6 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. e6 Nde5 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Bf6 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Bd6 24. Bb3 $36 {Svidler,P (2746)-Karjakin,S (2732)/
Baku/2008/}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 Qe6 19. f4 Ra2 20. Qd1 Ba1 $1 21.
e5 c5 $3 22. exf6 Bd4+ 23. Rf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qd5 25. Bb2 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 c4 $19
{Gelfand,B (2737)-Anand,V (2799)/Nice blindfold rpd/2008/}) 9. e4 c5 10. e5 ({
The second main branch} 10. d5 {is often directly connected with the 8...Bb7
line, e.g.,} c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Bb7 ({However, this
move-order forces White to reckon with other alternatives as well:} 13... Bd6 {
and especially}) (13... Bc5 $5)) 10... cxd4 11. Nxb5 ({The gambit} 11. Ne4 Nd5
12. O-O $44 {is in itself quite rare and Anand could be almost sure this
wouldn't occur in Bonn.}) 11... axb5 {An important crossroads, where Black has
two alternative options:} ({The least played is} 11... Ng4 {, but even here
White doesn't seem to have a clear road to an undisputed advantage:} 12. Qa4
Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Qb6 14. O-O Bc5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. hxg4 Bd5 17. Nf3 (17. Nb3 O-O $1
18. Qxd7 Bxb3 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rfb8 $44 {
leads to an _|_, which Black should easily hold despite the material deficit.})
17... Qb7 18. Qf4 O-O 19. g5 Rfd8 $1 $44 {[%cal Yd7f8,Yf8g6] /\Nf8-g6} 20. Be3
Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nxe5 24. Be4 Rab8 25. b3 f5 26. gxf6
$11 {1/2,Moiseenko,A (2632)-Hoffmann,M (2477)/Bad Wiessee/2006/}) (11... Nxe5 {
occurs about as often, as the text-move, here Black also holds his own:} 12.
Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ ({An old, but inncuous try is} 13. Qf3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Rb8 15.
Qg3 Qd6 16. Nf3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Bd6 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Bd2 Be5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 Ke7 22. Rac1 Rhc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {Ragozin,V-Botvinnik,M/Moscow/1946/})
({After} 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. Rf3 Bb7 18. Rg3 {
the best is} Rxa2 $5 19. Rxa2 Qxa2 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd7 Be7 22. Nxf8 (22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxg7+ $11) 22... Bxf8 23. h4 Qa1+ 24. Kh2 Qc1 25. Qe5 Qxb2 26.
h5 Qb4 27. Bxb5 Bd5 28. Bd3 Qe7 29. Kh3 Qc5 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4
Qc5 $11 {Sasikiran,K (2536)-Abdulla,A (2367)/BCF-ch Scarborough/1999/}) 13...
Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. a4 (17. b3 Kd7 $5 $13) 17...
Qc4 18. b3 Qd3 19. Qf3 Qe4+ $1 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. b4 Ke7 22. f3 (22. Ke2 e5 (
22... Rfc8 23. Rhc1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Nc3+ 25. Kd3 Nxa4 26. Kxd4 Rd8+ 27. Kc4 $14 {
/=,Kruppa,Y (2561)-Vysochin,S (2494)/Kiev/2000/}) 23. Rhc1 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 Rfb8
25. Rc4 Ke6 $132 {1/2,Dias,S (2470)-Czukor,J (2450)/corr/2003/}) 22... Nc3 23.
Bxc3 dxc3 24. Ke2 Rfd8 25. Rhd1 c2 26. Rdc1 (26. Rxd8 Rxa4 $1 27. Rc8 Rxa1 28.
Rxc2 Rb1 $11) 26... Rd4 27. Rxc2 Rxb4 $11 {Kramnik,V (2751)-Kasparov,G (2812)/
Wijk aan Zee/1999/ However, Anand was not interested how Kramnik intended to
improve on this game - instead he wanted to present some new ideas of his own!}
) 12. exf6 gxf6 (12... Qb6 {is the move, played already in Botvinnik's times:}
13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. O-O Nc5 $6 (14... Bb7 $142 15. Re1 O-O $14) 15. Bf4 Bb7 16.
Re1 Rd8 $2 ({Safer is simplification with} 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
$14 {, but this doesn't fully solve Black's problems with his vulnerable K,
characteristic for the whole 12..Qb6 line.}) 17. Rc1 Rd5 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5
Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 f6 22. Qg3 $1 fxe5 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Rc7 $18 {
Botvinnik,M-Euwe,M/WCh Den Haag/Moscow/1948/ With the text move Black a.o.
prepares a relatively safe haven for his K in the [+] on e7 - we can follow
this motif in many games with this line, including this one.}) 13. O-O (13.
Nxd4 $143 Qb6 14. Be3 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Bc5 16. Bxb5 e5 $1 17. Bxd7+ Bxd7 $44 18.
Qf3 Qa6+ 19. Ne2 Rg8 (19... Be7 $1 {[%cal Yh8g8,Yd7c6,Yf6f5] /\Rg8, Bc6,f5|^}
20. Kg1 Bc6 21. Qh5 Rg8 22. Ng3 Qd3 23. Rd1 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 $15 {Chernin})
20. Bxc5 Bc6 21. Qf5 $1 (21. Qh5 $2 Bxg2+ 22. Ke1 Bxh1 23. Qxh7 O-O-O 24. Rc1
Kb8 25. Qxf7 Bd5 26. Qh5 Qd3 27. Qh4 Bc4 {0-1,Alterman,B (2585)-Chernin,A 
(2615)/Groningen/1993/}) 21... Bxg2+ 22. Ke1 Bxh1 23. Rd1 $1 Qe6 (23... Qc6 24.
Qxh7 Qxc5 25. Qxg8+ Ke7 26. Qg4 $13) 24. Qxh7 Qg4 25. Qd3 Bc6 26. Qd6 Qe6 27.
Qc7 Rc8 28. Qa7 Ra8 $10 {Chernin}) 13... Qb6 14. Qe2 {White for the time being
ignores the Pd4 and proceeds to activate his pieces first.} ({Too soft is} 14.
Be4 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxd4 Rg8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Bc5 19. Be3 Rd8 (19...
Qb6 20. Nc2 Ke7 $11) 20. Rad1 Nc4 21. Bf2 Qb6 22. b3 Bxd4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Rc1
Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rg5 26. Qxc4 Rgd5 $11 {Kamsky,G (2695)-Kramnik,V (2710)/Linares/
1994/}) 14... Bb7 $1 {Anand demonstrated this idea already in game 3. Although
this position arose in earlier games, it was mainly via the different
move-order 12...Qb6 13.0-0 Bb7!? 14.Qe2 gxf6, so the World Champion deserves
full credit for the text-move. The alternatives are:} (14... Ba6 {is somewhat
weaker due to} 15. a4 $5 (15. Rd1 $44 {is also unpleasant}) 15... Nc5 16. axb5
Bb7 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nxd4 $1 Qd6 19. b6 $1 Nxd3 ({Po} 19... Qxd4 $2 20. Bb5+
Ke7 21. Be3 Qd5 22. f3 $18 {->}) 20. Qxd3 Qxb6 21. Be3 Qb7 22. f3 Be7 23. Rc1
$1 (23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Nf5 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Ne3 Bc6 28. Rc1 Bd7
29. Rc7 Ke7 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. b3 Kd8 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Nxf6 Kxf6 34. Rxd7 Rc3 $44 {
<=>,Bareev,E (2675)-Karjakin,S (2658)/WCht Beersheba/2005/}) 23... O-O 24. Nc6
$36 {+/-}) ({Less clear is the situation after} 14... b4 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Bf4 h5
$5 (16... Bb7 17. Be4 Ba6 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Rac1 e5 20. Bh6 $44 {Here Lutz give
the unforced, but pretty line} Qe6 21. Re1 Rg8 22. Nxd4 $5 Bxd4 23. Rc6 Qxa2
24. Qxd4 $1 exd4 25. Bd5+ Ne5 26. Bxa2 $16) 17. Rac1 Rg8 18. Nh4 (18. Nd2 Bb7
19. Be4 f5 20. Nc4 Bxe4 21. Nxb6 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 d3 23. Rxd3 Rxf2+ $44 {De Jong,
J (2237)-Delemarre,J (2464)/Leeuwarden/2004/ promises Black at least a draw.})
({Also unclear is} 18. Bg3 Rxa2 19. Nxd4 h4 20. Bxh4 Bb7 21. Nf3 Rxb2 22. Qxb2
Bxf3 23. Bf1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rg4 25. Bg3 $13) 18... Rg4 (18... Rxa2 $5) 19. Bg3
Ba6 20. Nf3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxa2 22. Qh7 Rxb2 23. Qxh5 Rxg3 24. hxg3 b3 $13 {
Dreev,A (2657)-Pavasovic,D (2597)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2008/ Although Black went on
to lose the game, at this moment he can harldy be worse.}) 15. Bxb5 ({The
first practical reaction of the chess world to Game 3 came already one day
earlier, than Game 5 was played. After} 15. Bf4 {(allegedly recommended by
Mikhalchishin)} Bc6 16. Rfc1 Nc5 {White played the ambitious} 17. Bg3 ({
A risky attempt to achieve more than} 17. Nxd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rd8 19. Be3 Bc5
20. Qc2 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxc6+ Qxc6 23. Rxc6 O-O $11) 17... Rd8 18. Rc2
Qb7 19. Re1 Rg8 20. Nh4 Rg5 21. f3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc5 23. Rce2 Qd7 $15 {
Moiseenko,A (2678)-Colovic,A (2458)/ECC Kallithea/2008/ Although White won,
this is definitely no refutation of the whole line.}) 15... Rg8 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Anand is the first to deviate from Game 3 and present Kramnik with a
new surprise instead of} (15... Bd6 {Kramnik's choice was the natural} 16. Rd1
({The direct} 16. Nxd4 $2 {runs into} Rg8 $1 (16... Qxd4 $6 17. Rd1 Bxh2+ 18.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Bxg2 20. Bxd7+ Ke7 21. Kxg2 Rhg8+ 22. Kf3 Qh5+ 23. Ke3 Qc5+ {
can lead to a perpetual, even after the fighting} 24. Kd2 Rad8 25. Qf1 Rxd7+
26. Ke1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Rd8+ 28. Bd2 Qb4 29. Qe2 Qxb2 30. Rc1 Qxa2 $11 {a draw
is the most plausible result.}) 17. Nf3 Ke7 18. Bxd7 (18. a4 $2 Ne5 19. Ne1
Rxg2+ $19) 18... Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rg8g2,Rd6h2,Yd5h5] /\Rg2,Bh2,Qh5} (18... Ba6 19.
Qc2 $13 {would be a relief for White, the exchange is not interesting at this
point.}) 19. Rd1 (19. Bg5 Rxg5 $1 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Kxd7 $19)
19... Bxh2+ $5 (19... Qh5 20. Rxd6 $5 $132 {/\} Bxf3 $2 21. Rxe6+ Kxd7 22. Rd6+
$1 Kxd6 23. Bf4+ $40) 20. Kf1 (20. Nxh2 Rxg2+ 21. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 20... Ba6 21.
Rd3 Qf5 22. Ne1 Rad8 $17) (16. a4 $5 {is a possible alternative, protecting
the Bb5 improves White's chances in the coming tactical skirmish.}) 16... Rg8
17. g3 (17. Rxd4 $2 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qxd4 $17 {->}) (17. a4 $5) 17... Rg4 $1 $146
(17... Bc5 $2 18. b4 $1 Bxb4 19. Nxd4 Bd5 20. Rb1 Qc5 21. Be3 Rxa2 22. Qd3 Ra3
23. Qxh7 Rf8 24. Nxe6 {1-0,D'Israel,D (2259)-Gerbelli Neto,E (2234)/Americana/
2000/}) 18. Bf4 (18. Bxd7+ $6 Kxd7 19. Ne5+ fxe5 20. Qxg4 Qc6 21. f3 Qxf3 $17 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Ge6,Gf7] [+]}) (18. Nd2 Ke7 $1 19. Bxd7 (19. Qxg4 Qxb5 $36) 19...
Rag8 20. Bb5 (20. Qb5 Qc7 21. Nc4 Qxd7 (21... Bxg3 $2 22. hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kf1
Rg1+ 24. Ke2 {leads nowhere for Black.}) 22. Nxd6 Kxd6 $11 {/=/+}) 20... d3 21.
Qxd3 Rxg3+ 22. hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kf1 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Qd4 $44) 18... Bxf4 (18... Ke7
$2 19. Bxd6+ Qxd6 20. Nxd4 $1 $18 {/\} Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1) 19. Nxd4 {
At this moment Anand was an hour(!) up on the clock, but now he had his first
long think...} ({After} 19. Rxd4 {Shipov recommended} Kf8 $5 (19... Bxf3 $6 20.
Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Rd1 $1 $16) (19... O-O-O 20. Rad1 Bd5 21. Bc4 $1 Bb7 $5 $14) 20.
Bxd7 Rd8 21. Rad1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rxg3+ 24. Kh2 Bxf3 25. Qe3 Rg2+
26. Kh3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rxb2 $11) 19... h5 $5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Qd3
Rg7 $1 ({Black wants more, than an equal _|_ after} 22... Bxg3 23. hxg3 h4 24.
Qd6+ $5 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bd5 $11) 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. gxf4 Rd8 $44 {Kramnik,V (2772)
-Anand,V (2783)/WCh Bonn (3)/2008/}) 16. Bf4 {Kramnik still played this move
quite fast.} ({After} 16. Rd1 {Black can transpose into Game 3, but he also has
} Ra5 $5 (16... O-O-O 17. Bf4 $14 {is not ideal. We have already indicated
Black's K feels safer in the [+].}) 17. Bxd7+ (17. a4 Rxb5 $1 18. axb5 Ne5 $44
{|^}) 17... Kxd7 18. Rxd4+ Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Qd2 Bh3+ 21. Kh1 Bg2+ $11)
16... Bd6 17. Bg3 f5 {Anand continues to harass the Bg3. Here his preparation
once again proved to be deeper, than his opponent's - now Kramnik thought for
about 45 minutes.} ({A serious positional error is} 17... Bxg3 $2 18. hxg3 $36
{[%csl Re8,Gg1] , as here the Kg1 is far safer, than it's counterpart}) 18.
Rfc1 $5 {An interesting fighting reaction.} (18. Rfd1 $6 f4 19. Bh4 {allows}
Ra5 $1 $36 {/\} 20. a4 Rxb5 21. axb5 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Rxh2 24. Nf3
Rh1+ 25. Kg2 Rxh4 $17 {->}) (18. Nxd4 f4 (18... Rxg3 19. hxg3 Qxd4 20. Rfd1 Qb6
21. Rd2 Ba6 $13 {/= is risky, bur perhaps also possible.}) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Qf5+ Kg7 22. Bd3 Qc6 $5 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ $11 {leads to a
perpetual.}) ({Other moves, deserving attention, are} 18. a4 {, or}) (18. Ne5
$5 d3 $5 (18... Bxe5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qe2 $14 {/\} f4 $2 21. Qh5+) 19. Bxd7+ (
19. Qxd3 Bxe5 20. Bxd7+ Kf8 $15) 19... Ke7 20. Qe1 (20. Nxd3 $6 Bxg3 21. hxg3
Rxg3 {->}) 20... Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Kxd7 $132) 18... f4 19. Bh4 Be7 {The bishop's
role on d6 is over, so it returns to free the e7-sqaure for Black's K.} ({
Takticku pointu 18.tahu bieleho ukazuje variant The tactical points of White's
18-th move are:} 19... Ra5 $6 20. a4 Rxb5 $2 21. axb5 (21. Qxb5 $5 $16) {/\}
21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Rxh2 24. Ra8+ $1 Bxa8 25. Rc8+ $18) ({, or} 
19... Bd5 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Rac1 $36 {[%cal Yb5c6] /\Bc6} Bxf3 $2 22. Qxf3 Qxf3
23. Rc8+ $18) 20. a4 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Ke7 $1 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Yg8g2] The possible
threat Rg2 again enters the equation.} 22. Ra3 {White boosts his >>, but on
the other hand disconnects his rooks and Black can turn his attention to the
<-> c.} ({Rybka pleads for the radical} 22. g3 $5 $13 {/+/= This weakens the
long <->, but removing the P from g2 enables White to actively use his N in
the near future.}) 22... Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 23. Rxc8 {Another debatable
decision.} ({With all R on the board after} 23. Rd1 {, the <->c would not play
such an important role.}) 23... Rxc8 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Qg4 (25. Qd2 Qd6 (25... f3
$5 26. Nxf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qd5 $44) 26. Rd1 (26. b4 Ne5 $36 {is at least
unclear, White's o^ still don't play a major role.}) 26... Ne5 27. Kf1 (27.
Qxf4 $4 Nf3+ $19) 27... f3 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 $11) 25... Qe5 {Black
intuitively keeps his Q closer to his K.} ({Another interesting alternative is
} 25... Qc2 $5 {[%csl Gd4] to support the o^d4} 26. Bxd7 (26. Qxf4 d3 $44 {
and it's already reasonable to bail out with} 27. Nf5+ exf5 28. Re1+ Kf8 (28...
Kd8 29. Qxf5 Bc6 30. Bxd3 $44 {/+/=}) 29. Bxd7 d2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ $11)
26... Kxd7 27. Qxf4 Ke8 $44 {/\} 28. Qxd4 $2 Rc4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh4] and Black
wins the stray Nh4}) 26. Nf3 Qf6 {[%cal Yd7e5] /\Ne5 This move is also
connected with a hidden trap.} 27. Re1 (27. Nxd4 $2 Qxd4 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Rxd4
Nxg4 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rxb7 Rc1+ 32. Bf1 Ne3 $1 $19 {Suprisingly enough, this
motif occurs later in the game!}) ({Harmless is} 27. Bxd7 Kxd7 28. Nxd4 Ke7 29.
Rd1 Rc4 $11 {Kramnik still wants more and keeps the tension.}) 27... Rc5 $5 {
Black insists on Ne5.} (27... Rc2 28. b4 (28. Rd1 Rxb2 29. Nxd4 Qg6 30. Qxg6
hxg6 31. Nxe6 Rxb5 32. axb5 Kxe6 $11 {is drawish}) 28... Rc3 {-27...Rc5!?} (
28... Rb2 $6 29. Rc1 $1 Rxb4 30. Ne1 $36 {/\Rc7})) 28. b4 Rc3 {[%cal Rb7f3,
Yd7e5] /\Bf3,Ne5} 29. Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black's forces already exert
unpleasant pressure, but the text-move is an unforced and decisive tactical
miscalculation.} (29. Bxd7 Kxd7 30. Nd2 Qg6 $15) (29. Nd2 $5 $13 {still leads
to a murky position and the outcome of the game remains open.}) 29... Qxd4 30.
Rd1 Nf6 31. Rxd4 Nxg4 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rxb7 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Ne3 $1 $19 35. fxe3 (
35. h3 Rxf1+ 36. Kh2 Rxf2 $19) 35... fxe3 (35... fxe3 {[%cal Re3e2] /\e2} 36.
Rc7 $8 Rxc7 37. g3 Rc1 38. Kg2 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rf2+ $19 {a Black remains a whole
R up.}) 0-1

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 {This
invention of Oleg Romanishin first saw the light of day fifteen years ago.
Since then this variation has been adopted by many top players including Anand
and Kramnik.} 7. Qb3 {This move leads to more complicated play.} (7. Qxf5 exf5
{Black's pawn structure is somewhat spoiled. However, the pawn on f5 prevents
from White the advance e2-e4. Practice has shown that it's very difficult for
White to achieve anything reliable. Here are a few relevant examples from the
practice of both players:} 8. a3 Be7 (8... Bd6 9. Nb5 (9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 c6
11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 g6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. f3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxh4+ 16. g3 Bxg3+ 17.
hxg3 cxd5 18. Rc1 Kd8 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 $44 {1-0 Kasparov,G 
(2815)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Moscow 1998/CBM 067 ext (41)}) 9... Be6 10. e3 Nc6 11.
Bd2 Ne4 12. Bd3 a6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Ke2 Kd7 15. Rhc1 Rhc8 16. Be1 Ne7 17. Ng1
b5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bh4 Nfd5 20. Bxe7 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2790)-Anand,V (2770)/
Frankfurt 1998/CBM 065 ext}) 9. Bf4 (9. Bg5 Be6 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O
h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Ne2 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Nf6 19.
Rcc1 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2812)-Kramnik,V (2751)/Linares
1999/CBM 070}) 9... c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Ba2 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 f6 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Rc7 g5 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Rc1 Kd8 20. R1xc6
bxc6 21. Rxc6 Kd7 22. Ra6 Rhc8 $15 {0-1 Topalov,V (2757)-Anand,V (2786)/Monte
Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (45)}) 7... Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
sensible novelty. Black's queen does not have many squares available,
therefore the idea of g2-g4 is quite annoying for him. From the psychological
point of view this was another unpleasant surprise for Kramnik. In an already
critical match situation he had to face another fresh opening idea from
Anand's team.} (9. e3 Rd8 10. Be2 e5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. g4 Qxe5 13. dxe5 Bxb3 14.
exf6 Be6 15. f4 gxf6 16. O-O-O Kg7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2735)-Anand,V 
(2725)/Monte Carlo 1996/CBM 052 ext (76)}) 9... b6 $1 {The best reply. It is
logical to develop the light-squared bishop to the long diagonal.} (9... Rd8
10. g4 Qa5 (10... Qg6 $6 {is too awkward to be true. The queen might be in
real danger.}) 11. e3 e5 12. Bc4 exd4 13. Bxf7+ Kh8 (13... Kf8 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. O-O-O $16) 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. O-O-O $16) (9...
e5 $2 10. g4 Qg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxb4 $16) (9... Bd7 10. g4 Qa5 11. a3 (11.
Rc1 $6 Qb6 {[%csl Rd4]} 12. e3 Na5 13. Qd1 Bc6 $132) 11... Nd5 12. Rc1 Bd6 (
12... Be7 13. e4 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 {Black's queen on b6 looks horrible.
}) 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Bg2 $14) (9... h5 {is actually possible to
prevent g2-g4. However, after} 10. e3 {White can get a superior version of the
above-mentioned game Ivanchuk-Anand. The inclusion of the moves h2-h3 and ...
h7-h5 clearly favours White.}) 10. g4 Qa5 11. Rc1 (11. Bg2 $6 Ba6 $1 (11... e5
$2 12. dxe5 Be6 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. O-O-O $16) 12. O-O
Rad8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb5 15. Qxb5 Bxb5 16. Rfe1 Ne4 $11) 11... Bb7 (11...
Ba6 $2 12. a3 Be7 13. Qa2 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb2b4] and the threat b2-b4 is
simply unanswerable.}) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 {Now it's time for White to
swap queens, otherwise he will have troubles along the a8-h1 diagonal.} 14.
Qxd5 Nxd5 {Not an easy choice for Kramnik. Both recaptures have their
advantages and downsides.} (14... exd5 15. Bd2 (15. Nd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17.
e3 Rfd8 {[%cal Gc6e7,Ge7d5] +/=/=}) 15... Ne4 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. e3 (17. b4 a5 $1
18. b5 Nd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8e6]} 19. Rxc7 $2 Ne6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17 {[%cal Gc8c2,
Gc8c3]}) 17... Na5 18. b4 Nc4 $1 $11) 15. Bd2 $1 {White should keep his pair
of bishops.} Nf6 {[%cal Gc6d4]} (15... f5 {to my mind, creates no counterplay,
but weaknesses in Black's camp.}) 16. Rg1 {Moving the rook away from the
dangerous diagonal. White has lost his right to castle; however, it does not
have real significance without queens on the board.} Rac8 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Bb4
c5 $2 {This nervous push from Kramnik does not work. Black does not have
enough resources for such active play.} (18... Rfe8 {would have been
acceptable.} 19. Bxe7 (19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 Ned5 21. Bd2 Ne4 22. Nc6 a5 23. f3
Nxd2 24. Kxd2 Ne7 {keeping a slightly worse but defendable position.}) 19...
Rxe7 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 c5 $1 22. dxc5 (22. b4 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. dxc5
bxc5 $11) 22... Rec7 23. c6 Ne4 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 24. g5 Nxg5 25. Rxg5 f6 26. Rg4
fxe5 27. Rgc4 Kf7 $11) 19. dxc5 Rfd8 (19... bxc5 20. Bxc5 Ne4 21. b4 Nxc5 22.
bxc5 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rc7 24. Kd2 Rfc8 25. Rc3 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rb1 $16) 20.
Ne5 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 bxc5 (21... a5 22. Bd2 Rd5 (22... Ne4 23. cxb6 Nxd2 24. Rxc8
Nxc8 25. b7 Ne7 26. Rg3 {and Black is now forced to play} Rb8 {and get a
hopeless endgame with a pawn down.}) 23. Nd3 bxc5 24. Rc4 Nc6 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26.
Nxc5 Nd4 27. Nd3 $16) 22. Rxc5 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd3 $16 Nd5 25. Bd2 (25.
Kd1 {looks more natural but, probably it makes no real difference compared to
the move in the text.}) 25... Rc2 26. Bc1 {Black's activity is only temporary.
Very soon his rook and knights will be driven away and the extra pawn will
tell.} f5 (26... Nc5 27. Kd1 Nxd3 28. exd3 $16) 27. Kd1 Rc8 28. f3 Nd6 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Gd6c4]} 29. Ke1 $1 a5 30. e3 e5 $6 ({After the solid} 30... a4
{Anand's task would have been much more difficult.}) 31. gxf5 e4 (31... Nxf5
32. e4 Nh4 33. Rg4 Nxf3+ 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. Kxf3 Nxg4 36. hxg4 $18) 32. fxe4 Nxe4
33. Bd2 a4 34. Nf2 Nd6 35. Rg4 {Finally White's dreaming rook joins the action.
} Nc4 (35... Nxf5 36. Nd1 (36. e4 $6 Re8 37. Rg5 g6 {and Black is still alive.}
) 36... Nb6 37. Rb4 Rc6 {would have been more stubborn, though, objectively
Black is lost.}) 36. e4 $1 {White does not have to worry about his Pb2, his
central pawns are storming forward with decisive effect.} Nf6 37. Rg3 Nxb2 38.
e5 Nd5 39. f6 Kf7 (39... g6 40. e6 Nxf6 41. Bc3 $18 {[%csl Rb2,Rf6]}) 40. Ne4
Nc4 41. fxg7 (41. Rxg7+ Ke6 42. Ng5+ Kf5 43. f7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Gg5h7,Gg7g8]
won a bit quicker.}) 41... Kg8 42. Rd3 Ndb6 43. Bh6 Nxe5 44. Nf6+ Kf7 45. Rc3
Rxc3 46. g8=Q+ Kxf6 47. Bg7+ {Excellent technique by the World Champion!} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The situation before the 7th game was disastrous for Kramnik: in the first
half of the match he lost three games and the other three ended in draws. The
most interesting thing is to watch how Anand plays without any intention to
make a quick draw (which in such a match situation would bring him closer to
the final victory).} 1. d4 {Marin} d5 2. c4 c6 {In the first half of the match
Kramnik preferred the Nimzo Indian.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 {Marin: 'Even with an
advantage of 3 points, it would be slightly premature to start playing for a
draw by exchanging on d5.'} dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 ({Marin: Over the past years,
there has been a lot of pressure on Black in the line starting with} 6. Ne5 {
However, in his previous match, Kramnik solved his opening successfully with
the rare line} e6 7. f3 c5 $5 8. e4 Bg6 {Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/
Elista 2006/CBM 115/[Marin,M] (1/2, 31)}) 6... e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9.
Qe2 Bg6 {This system was Kramnik's main weapon two years ago in the previous
World Championship match against Veselin Topalov.} 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12.
e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 ({In the event of} 14... Bg6 15. Ng5 Re8 {
White can use the position of his knight g5 in order to make progress on the
other side:} 16. Bxg6 (16. f4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Kh1 Be7 (19...
Rc8 20. g4 $1 Qd7 21. Rg1 Be7 22. Nf3 $5 Rc4 23. Rg2 $40 {0-1 Topalov,V (2813)
-Kramnik,V (2743)/Elista 2006(63)}) 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. h3 (21. Rg1 Qc7 22. Rac1
Qd7 $11) 21... Qc7 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Rg1 Qc7 24. Rgc1 Qd7 25. Qb3 {1/2-1/2
Jakovenko,D (2671)-Rublevsky,S (2688)/Moscow 2006}) 16... fxg6 17. a5 $1 $11 {
/+/=} Bxa5 {then the concrete variations starting with} 18. Qf3 {are in
White's favour.}) 15. Ne1 ({Still} 15. Ng5 {remains an option, although now
Black is not forced to retreat the bishop yet and instead can continue} Nf8 (
15... Bg6 {would transpose to 14...Bg6 15.Ng5 Re8})) 15... Bg6 {Kramnik
deviates from his playoff rapid game versus Topalov.} (15... Rc8 16. f4 ({
A critical variation is} 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh3 g6 18. g4 {and it is not so
simple for Black to maintain the balance.}) 16... Bxe1 17. Rxe1 Bg6 18. Bf1 Rc2
19. b3 Qa5 20. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/Elista 2006 (47).
with approximate equality.}) 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nd3 Qb6 {Marin: 'Finally, a new
move. Kramnik may have thought that his knight should not be weaker than the
enemy bishop, because the white central pawns are blocked on dark squares.
However, the further course of the game proves that he underestimated the
difficulties awaiting Black.'} ({Marin: The slightly passive looking bishop
retreat} 17... Be7 {Marin: 'led to an uneventful draw after'} 18. Bd2 (18. a5
$5) 18... Rc8 19. Rfc1 Nb8 20. Rxc8 (20. b4 $5) 20... Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. b3
b6 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Nxb4 a5 25. Na2 Rc8 26. Rc3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Banusz,T (2389)
-Erdos,V (2454)/Budapest 2004}) 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. b3 {White is marginally
better thanks to his space advantage. But Black has no weaknesses and his only
problem later will be to gain some space for his king.} Rac8 20. Ba3 {Marin:
'The pressure exerted by the bishop from d6 will not be easy to neutralize.'}
Qc3 $6 {Marin: 'Since Capablanca, it has been known that the tandem queen +
knight tends to be stronger than a queen and a bishop. Apart from this
abstract statement, there is a concrete reason to criticize Black's last move.
The relative weakness of the white queenside pawns can be taken advantage of
only with the help of the queen!'} (20... Qb6 $6 21. Rfc1 $5 (21. Rac1 Nb8 22.
Bc5 Qa6 $11 {[%cal Gc8c7]}) 21... Rxc1+ (21... Nb8 22. Bc5 Qa6 23. b4 $14) 22.
Rxc1 Nb8 23. Bc5 Qa6 24. Bd6 Nc6 25. h4 $14) (20... Qa5 $1 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22.
Qxc1 (22. Rxc1 b5 $1 {Here is where the queen proves useful.} 23. Bd6 bxa4 24.
bxa4 Nb6 $132) 22... Nb8 23. Bd6 Nc6 24. Qb2 Rc8 25. Rc1 a6 26. h3 Na7 {
and Black has little to fear.}) 21. Rac1 Qxe3 {Here Kramnik offered a draw,
which, after about 10 minutes thought, Anand declined. Indeed, Black must
still defend accurately before complete equality is achieved.} 22. fxe3 $14 {
Marin: 'Now, Black has no possibilities of successfully fighting for the only
open file.'} f6 {Until the end of the game Kramnik will defend very precisely.
He starts with bringing his king to g6.  Marin: 'The only constructive plan.'}
(22... Nb8 23. Bd6 Rc6 (23... Nc6 24. Rc3 Na5 25. Rfc1 $14) 24. Rxc6 Nxc6 25.
b4 a6 26. Rc1 $14) 23. Bd6 ({After} 23. exf6 {both 23...gxf6 (followed by the
further advance of the f- and g-pawns) and 23...Nxf6 (taking control over
square e4) would have equalized.}) 23... g5 {Otherwise White plays 24.h4.} 24.
h3 Kf7 25. Kf2 Kg6 (25... Nb8 26. Bxb8 (26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Rc1 $14
) 26... Rxb8 27. Rc7+ Re7 28. Rfc1 Rbe8 29. Kf3 Kg6 30. g4 $14) 26. Ke2 {
Black has solved the problem of his king, but he still must do something on
the queenside. White's plan is Kd3 and e4-e4, opening the position, after
which the domination of the bishop against the knight will become decisive.}
fxe5 $5 {Marin: 'An important decision. Black is in no immediate danger yet,
but his position certainly looks passive. We have to give credit to Kramnik's
strategic feeling that warned him to force matters before it was too late.  '}
27. dxe5 b6 {Forces Anand's next move, since White cannot allow 28...Nc5.} 28.
b4 $1 Rc4 $5 {Finally the black rook got an available square on the c-file and
Kramnik immediately uses it. On the other hand he didn't have much choice,
since on the next move this would not have been possible anymore (White
intended 29.Kd3).  Marin: 'This is the point behind Black's plan. He is ready
to give up a pawn in order to provoke general simplifications and obtain a
fortress. '} 29. Rxc4 {Unfortunately for White, he must exchange rooks.} (29.
Kd3 $2 Rec8 $132) 29... dxc4 30. Rc1 Rc8 {Black's idea is clear: in order to
win the c4-pawn Anand will have to exchange the second pair of rooks, after
which he won't be able to penetrate into Black's position (after all, his
doubled e-pawns are far from beautiful).} 31. g4 ({Since ...Kf5 was not a big
threat yet (due to the check on f1), White could have considered} 31. Kd2 {
in order to blockade the c-pawn with the king and then try to penetrate with
the rook somehow or put Black in zugzwang (K on c3, R on f1). But Black always
have some counterplay ideas, sometimes even by advancing the g-pawn himself. A
possible variation is} a6 (31... g4 32. hxg4 c3+ {seems premature because of}
33. Kc2 $1 (33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Kxc3 Kg5 35. Kc4 a6 $13)) 32. Kc3 b5 {[%cal
Gd7b6]} 33. a5 Kf5 34. Rf1+ Ke4 35. Rf7 Nxe5 $132) 31... a5 $1 {Marin: 'A
radical way to clear up matters on the queenside.'} ({The main alternative was
} 31... a6 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 c3 {but here, too} 34. Kd1 {
looks unpleasant (compare with a further comment). Black may try} Nf6 $5 35.
exf6 Rd8 36. fxg7 Rxd6+ 37. Kc2 Kxg7 38. Kxc3 $14) 32. b5 (32. bxa5 bxa5 33.
Rb1 c3 (33... Nc5 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rb5 Rd5 $11) 34. Kd3 Nc5+ 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36.
Rc1 (36. Rb5 Rc4 $1) 36... Rd5+ 37. Ke4 (37. Kxc3 Rc5+ 38. Kd2 Rxc1 39. Kxc1
Kf7 40. Kc2 Ke7 41. Kc3 Kd7 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Kc4 Kb6 $11) 37... Rc5 38. Kd4 Rd5+
39. Kc4 Rxe5 40. Rxc3 Kf6 $11) 32... c3 $1 {Marin: 'An essential move. The
pawn is doomed anyway, but it is essential that Black exchanges ALL the pieces,
otherwise the fortress would not resist.'} ({In the event of the "neutral"} 
32... Kf7 $2 {White would obtain excellent winning chances with} 33. Kd2 Kg6
34. e4 {(This move will prove useful at at least two moments)} Kf7 35. Kc3 Kg6
(35... Nc5 36. Rf1+ Kg6 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rd1 Rxe5 39. Rd4 $1 {This is the
first moment when the pawn is better placed on e4 than on e3. White threatens
Rxc4 followed by Kd4, trapping the rook.} Rc5 40. Rd6 $18) 36. Kd4 Kf7 37. Rxc4
Rxc4+ 38. Kxc4 Ke8 39. Kd4 Kf7 40. Ba3 Kg6 41. Bc1 {And now, the pawn does not
interfere with the bishop's action on two wings.} Nc5 42. Be3 Nd7 (42... Nxa4
43. Kc4 Nb2+ 44. Kb3 Nd3 45. Bxb6 $18) 43. Kc3 $22 Kh6 44. h4 $18) 33. Rc2 Kf7
34. Kd3 {Marin: 'Practically agreeing to a draw.'} ({A last attempt to play
for a win would be} 34. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Ge2d1,Gd1c2]} Ke8 $1 {We will see that
the king is needed in the centre.} (34... Rc4 35. Kd3 Rxa4 36. Rxc3 $16) 35.
Kd1 Rc4 36. Kc2 Rxa4 37. Kxc3 Kd8 38. Kd3 Ra2 39. Rc7 Nc5+ $1 {This active
move is enabled by the king's presence on d8. Otherwise, White would simply
take on c5.} 40. Kc3 Ne4+) 34... Nc5+ $1 {Without the minor pieces things are
even simpler.} 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 37. Kxc3 {The only way to try
something for White is to come with the king to the kingside and play h3-h4.
But this brings no further progress either, since Black can simply not react
at all and after h4xg5 blockade it with ...g7-g6. White's king has no way to
attack the black pawns and the draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Vladimir Kramnik was three points down so this game was actually his last
chance to come back in the match.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5.
e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxb5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A very unusual move order.} (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7
13. O-O a6 {leads to a well-known theoretical line}) (10... gxf6 $143 11. O-O
Bxb5 $6 12. Ncxb5 $1 Nc6 (12... a6 13. a3 $1 Be7 14. b4) (12... Na6 13. Qf3 Be7
14. e5 Qb6 15. exf6 Bc5 16. Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2590)-Portisch,L (2512)/
Bazna 2007/CBM 118 ext (22)}) 13. a3 Be7 (13... Nxd4 14. axb4 Qxb5 15. Qxd4 {
[%csl Gd4,Re8] Die Qd4 ist aktiv und der schwarze König steht angreifbar in
der Mitte.} Ke7 16. Ra5 Qd7 17. Qe3 b6 18. Rh5 $36 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2639)
-Sargissian,G (2611)/Merida 2005/CBM 109/[Ribli] (30)}) 14. Rc1 Rg8 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Nd6+ $36 {1/2 Beliavsky,A (2650)-Georgiev,K (2658)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003
(134)}) 11. Ndxb5 (11. Nb3 $5 {S.Shipov} Qb6 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bd4 Bxc3+ 14.
Bxc3 (14. bxc3 Qc6) 14... Nc6 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 11... gxf6 12. O-O Nc6 13. a3
Bxc3 14. Nxc3 $11 {Quite a simple position has arisen. Black's double pawns
are not a sufficient reason for White to claim any advantage here.} Rg8 (14...
O-O $5 $11) 15. f4 Rd8 16. Qe1 (16. Qe2 $5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nd4 $11 18. Qf2 $140
Nb3) 16... Qb6+ 17. Rf2 Rd3 $6 (17... Kd7 {[%cal Yd7c8] A.Korotylev} 18. Rc1
Kc8 19. Na4 Qd4 20. Nc5 Kb8 21. b4 $36) (17... Nd4 $5 18. Kh1 Nb3 19. Rd1 Rxd1
20. Nxd1 Ke7 $11 {S.Shipov}) (17... h5 $5 {[%cal Yh5h4,Yh4h3]}) 18. Qe2 Qd4 19.
Re1 (19. Nb5 $1 Qe3 (19... Qd8 20. e5) 20. Qxe3 Rxe3 21. Rd1 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Rb5c3]} Rb3 22. Nc3 $36 Ke7 $140 23. Rd3 {[%cal Rc3d5]}) 19... a6 $6 (19... Ke7
$5 20. Nb5 Qc4 $11 {A.Korotylev}) (19... Kf8 $5 {S.Shipov} 20. g3 $5 (20. Nb5
Qd8 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rd5 $1) 20... Kg7 21. e5) 20. Kh1 (20. Nd5 $5 exd5 21.
exd5+ Kd7 22. dxc6+ Kxc6 23. g3 $14 {(now Black's double pawns are isolated)})
20... Kf8 21. Ref1 Rg6 {This rook risks to find itself out of play.} (21... Kg7
$5 22. f5 exf5 $5 (22... Kh8 $5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rxf6 $140 Rd2) 23. Rxf5 Rd2
$132) 22. g3 $1 {[%csl Rg6]} (22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 (23. Rxf5 $4 Rd2) 23... Rg4
$11) 22... Kg7 (22... Rh6 23. Rd1 $1) (22... f5 $5 23. e5 (23. exf5 exf5 $11)
23... Kg7 $11) 23. Rd1 $5 {White wants to regain the d-file.} Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1
Kh8 25. Nc3 (25. Qc2 {[%cal Yf2d2] looks more accurate. Fortunately for Black,
he has enough time to consolidate his position:} Rg8 26. Rd2 Qb6 27. Qc3 (27.
Rd7 Rd8 $1 28. Rxf7 $4 Kg8 29. Rxf6 Qd4) 27... Kg7 28. Ne3 Rd8 29. Nc4 Qc7 $11
{(A.Korotylev). White probably saw this variation and decided to try something
else.}) 25... Rg8 26. Kg2 Rd8 {Black has kept control of the d-file and
White's kingside threats are only enough for a draw.} 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kh8
29. Qh5 Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. e5 (32. f5 $5 Qe5 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qh5
Kg7 35. Rf4 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Rxb2 37. Nd1 Rb3 (37... Ra2 $143 38. Nf2 exf5 39. Rxf5
Qb2 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qh4 $36) 38. Ne3 {S.Shipov} (38. Kg2 $2 exf5 39. Rh4 Kf8)
38... Qxf4 $1 39. gxf4 Rxe3+ 40. Kg2 Rxe4 $11) 32... f5 (32... fxe5 33. Qg5+
Kh8 34. f5 $36 {S.Shipov}) 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ (34. h4 Qe3 {[%cal Yd8d3]} 35.
Qg5+ Kf8) 34... Kh8 35. Qf6+ (35. h4 $6 Qe3 36. h5 Rd2 $1 37. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 38.
Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Ke2 Qxb2+ 40. Kd3 Qb6 41. h6 Qd8+) 35... Kg8 36. Re2 Qc4 37. Qg5+
(37. h4 Rd3 {[%cal Rd3c3]} 38. Rf2 Qc5 $11) 37... Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 ({The whole match situation had become
much worse for Kramnik since the 4th game where he preferred the more solid
Queen's Gambit by playing} 4... Be7 {. This time, he simply could not afford
to play for just equality with Black.}) 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {Despite his
advantage on the score table, Anand does not shy away from complications,
probably aiming to maintain the initiative in the match.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3
b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {Both players are well-versed in the subtleties of this modern
tabyia, having played it with reversed colours, too!} 10. Qc2 $5 {A relatively
rare move.} ({The main stream of theory goes} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7
(12. Nxf7 $5 {(Topalov's sensational novelty, experimented with successfully
against none other than Kramnik!)} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16.
Bg4 h5 $5 $146 (16... Raf8 {Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/
[Krasenkow] (1-0, 44)}) 17. Bxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 Bh6 19. h4 $44 {Shirov,A (2740)
-Karjakin,S (2732)/Foros 2008/CBM 125/[Krasenkow] (1/2, 36)}) 12... Nxd7 13.
Bd6 a6 {Recently, both opponents had had this position with opposite colours
compared to their match game.} 14. Re1 {Radjabov,T (2735)-Anand,V (2799)/Wijk
aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 85)} (14. a4 {Kramnik,V (2799)-Aronian,
L (2739)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 110)})) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1
{White is in no hurry to get castled and prefers to strengthen the pressure in
the centre. The queen's rook obviously is useful in the centre, but even the
other rook may be activated with an eventual h4.} ({In the event of the hurried
} 11. O-O {Black has obtained good results with} Nh5 {, which is enabled by
the fact that without a rook on d1} 12. d5 {is not that strong.} ({Or,
similarly,} 12. a4 a6 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 {Lugovoi,A (2500)-Sakaev,K 
(2600)/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 056/[Lutz] (1/2, 37)}) 12... Nxg3 13. fxg3 Bg7
14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qg6 c5 18. Ne4 Rxf3 19. Rxf3 Nxe5 $17
{Grabuzova,T (2340)-Korneev,O (2560)/Linares 1998/CBM 062 ext (0-1, 43)}) 11...
Bb4 {An important decision. Black creates some indirect pressure on the
e4-pawn (and somewhat inhibits d5) by undermining the c3-knight. An even more
important aspect is that he prepares the e7-square for his queen. In other
games, Her Majesty has preferred the b6-square.} (11... Qb6 12. O-O Nh5 $6 {
Prematurely weakening the control over the centre.} ({For} 12... Be7 {see below
}) 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 O-O-O (14... Bg7 15. a4 a6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. e5 O-O-O
18. Qg6 Rhg8 19. Qxe6 Qc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne4 $36) 15. b3 {We shall see this
move more than once. White enlarges the horizons of his light-squared bishop
and of his queen and makes the black queenside majority less threatening.} cxb3
16. axb3 a6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Bb4 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Qb6 22.
b4 $44 {Chernin,A (2620)-Pavasovic,D (2495)/Feldbach 1997/EXT 98 (1-0, 44).
White has the safer king's position, more active pieces and a more compact
structure. Quite enough to compensate for the minimal material deficit.}) (
11... Be7 12. O-O Qb6 ({The queen is somewhat out of play after} 12... Qa5 {
, leaving the kingside slightly weakened.} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rf8 15. f4 Nd7
16. Bg7 Rg8 17. Bxh6 b4 {This weakening move is more or less necessary in
order to establish some connection between the queen and the kingside. However,
in Amigues,E (2391)-Godena,M (2530)/Marseille 2007/CBM 116 ext (0-1, 31) White
could have retained an advantage with the simple} 18. Nb1 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc4]})
13. b3 ({White can also play simpler with} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. h4 $44
) 13... cxb3 14. Qxb3 {This move drives the queen away from the kingside,
where she is supposed to sustain the attack.} (14. axb3 $5) 14... a6 15. Ne5
O-O 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e5 Rad8 18. Bf3 {White decides to keep the queenside
under pressure, but, being a pawn down on that side, his chances of success
are questionable.} b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Qc2 c5 $15 {Sargissian,G (2630)
-Anastasian,A (2574)/Yerevan 2005/CBM 107 (0-1, 42)}) (11... Nh5 {has not been
tried yet, but} 12. d5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 $36 {seems to offer White strong
initiative.}) 12. Ne5 Qe7 $146 {A novelty. Kramnik plays the least committal
move, refraining from clarifying the situation in the centre and keeping open
the possibility of castling on either side.} (12... Rg8 $6 {is illogical, as
it fails to contribute to the development and gives up the right to castle
short.} 13. O-O Qe7 14. a4 a6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d5 $40 {Van Wely,L (2643)-Dao
Thien Hai (2555)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (1-0, 26). In fact, in his
notes to this game, Lutz had recommended Kramnik's move as a possible
improvement for Black, so that "novelty" may not be an entirely accurate
description of 12...Qe7.}) (12... Nxe5 {offers White additional possibilities.}
13. dxe5 ({After} 13. Bxe5 {, Black should not castle because of 14.h4, but}
Qe7 {is likely to transpose to the game.}) 13... Nd7 14. h4 Qe7 (14... Rf8 $5 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge2h5,Gh1h7]} 15. hxg5 hxg5) 15. hxg5 Qxg5 16. Kf1 Be7 17. Rh3
Qg7 18. f4 O-O-O 19. Bf2 $44 {Necesany,Z (2410)-Bucker,J (2482)/ICCF Email
2001/Corr 2004 (0-1, 34)}) (12... O-O $6 13. h4 $1 $36 {[%csl Gh1]}) 13. O-O (
13. h4 {would be strongly met by} O-O-O {when White would remain with problems
finding a safe place for his king.}) 13... Nxe5 (13... O-O-O $6 {looks too
risky now that White has not lost a tempo with the self-weakening move h4.} 14.
a4 a6 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Bxc4 $1 $16)
15. Nxd7 Rxd7 (15... Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. d5 $40 {White has strong threats.
For instance, Black has no time to launch a counterattack with} h5 $2 {because
of} 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 20. Bxc4 $18) 16. Be5 Rg8 17. axb5 axb5 18.
b3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 (20. Bxf6 Qb4 $5) 20... Nxe4 21. Qc2 {[%cal
Gc2e4,Ge2b5]} Nd6 22. Rfe1 $5 $40 {[%cal Gd4d5,Ge2g4] Despite his two extra
pawns, Black finds himself under strong pressure.}) 14. Bxe5 (14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
a4 h5 $5 $132) 14... O-O {After a wait-and-see game, both players have
eventually castled short. White has to find a way to build up an attack before
Black opens the centre with ...c5.} 15. Bxf6 {After this exchange, White will
practically be fighting for equality. Anand may have thought that the tempo
lost by the enemy queen would offer him attacking chances, but in the game
things will prove to be less simple than that. However, it is not easy to
suggest a more constructive plan.} (15. f4 $6 Nd7 $1 {leaves the bishop
terribly misplaced.}) (15. b3 {looks logical, because it aims to make the
d3-square available for the bishop, in view of a further exchange on f6
followed by e5, Bd3, Ne4, etc. However, it leads to unclear consequences.} cxb3
16. Qxb3 ({White has to put the bishop under some pressure, because} 16. axb3 {
would allow} Nd7 17. Bg3 e5 $132) 16... Nd7 (16... a5 $6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e5
$40 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gc3e4,Gf2f4]}) 17. Bg3 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5]} Nf6 {(/\=)} 18. e5
$5 Bxc3 $8 (18... Nd5 $2 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. f4 $40) 19. exf6 Qb4 $13 {White
obviously has compensation for the missing pawn, because of his huge advantage
in space on the kingside, but it is not easy to suggest a clear-cut
continuation of the attack. The problem is that avoiding the queen exchange
would lose the d4- and possibly the f6-pawn.}) 15... Qxf6 16. f4 $5 (16. e5 Qf5
17. Ne4 Be7 {[%cal Gc6c5] looks relatively safe for Black, because Bd3 is not
available and the queen feels more or less OK on f5.}) 16... Qg7 (16... gxf4
17. e5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rxf4 $36) 17. e5 (17. f5 Rad8 18. e5 f6 $5 $132 {
The weakness of the dark squares in White's camp will soon be felt.}) 17... c5
$1 $132 {Although White is better developed, he faces serious problems
maintaining his stability in the centre.} (17... f5 $6 18. exf6 Qxf6 {would
unnecessarily weaken the kingside, leaving White with more than one way to
develop his initiative.}) 18. Nxb5 cxd4 19. Qxc4 a5 20. Kh1 $5 {A
multi-purpose move. The king evacuates the dangerous g1-a7 diagonal and clears
the g1-square for the rook, hoping for a sequence such as ...gxf4, Bf3 Bxf3,
gxf3! followed by Rg1 with an attack.} Rac8 21. Qxd4 {White is a pawn up now,
but the e5-pawn is as good as lost and Black's bishops are very active.} gxf4 (
21... Bc5 $5 {[%csl Gg1] may have been a better try, to retain a small
advantage.} 22. Qa4 (22. Qd2 $6 gxf4 23. Bf3 Be3 $1 24. Qe2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxe5
$17) 22... gxf4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxe5 25. Qxf4 (25. Rxf4 Rfd8 26. Rff1
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxb2 $15) 25... Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Rfd8 $15 {The bishop is more
active than the knight and the f- and e-pawns may soon become dangerous.}) 22.
Bf3 Ba6 (22... Bxf3 $2 23. gxf3 $16 {[%cal Gd4f4,Gf1g1]}) 23. a4 $6 {Anand was
getting short of time by now and started playing simple moves.} (23. Qb6 $5
Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Rc5 25. Qa4 Rxe5 26. a3 Bc5 27. Qxf4 $11 {We have reached the
same type of position as in the game, but White is not a pawn down anymore.})
23... Rc5 24. Qxf4 Rxe5 25. b3 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rxb5 $15 {/-/+ Black's chances
for success depend very much on his possibility of advancing the f- and
e-pawns. With queens on board, this is not easy, of course.} 27. Be4 Bc3 {
Kramnik was not left with too much time either. He seems to have considered
that with opposite coloured bishops on board he should play for an attack with
queens, but this plan will prove not realistic.} ({From the point of view of
my previous comment,} 27... Qg5 {[%cal Gg5f4,Gf7f5] deserves serious attention.
}) 28. Bc2 Be5 29. Qf2 (29. Qf3 $5) 29... Bb8 {[%cal Gb5h5] Not a very happy
regrouping. If the bishop does not help to deliver mate, it will just be
passive and exposed.} 30. Qf3 {[%csl Rh5]} Rc5 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. g3 Kh8 (32...
Rxb3 $2 33. Bh7+ $1 $14) 33. Qb7 {It appears that White is better regrouped
now and Black's progress is far from easy.} f5 {This is not such a good moment
to start advancing the pawns, because they will be submitted to strong
pressure.} 34. Qb6 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rf5]} (34. Qxg7+ $6 Kxg7 $17 {[%cal Gg7f6] is
precisely what Black would be dreaming of.}) 34... Qe5 35. Qb7 ({Anand misses
a forced way out of troubles with} 35. Bxf5 $1 exf5 (35... Rxf5 36. Rxf5 {
[%csl Rb8]} exf5 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ $18 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37.
Qg6+ Qg7 38. Qe6+ Qf7 (38... Kh8 39. Rxf5) 39. Qxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rd8+ Rf8 41.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Rxf5+ Kg7 43. Rxa5 $11 {and Black will probably not even get
the R+B vs R ending.}) 35... Qc7 $6 {With the king far from the central pawns,
the exchange of queens helps White to reach a safe zone.} (35... Rg8 $5 {
[%csl Rg3] would have kept White under pressure.}) 36. Qxc7 Bxc7 37. Bc4 Re8 (
37... a4 38. Rd7 $132) ({Black does not seem to be well regrouped for} 37... e5
38. Rd7 Bb6 $5 (38... Bd8 39. Bd3 {leaves the black king somewhat exposed, for
instance} f4 40. gxf4 exf4 {The capture with the rook is not possible because
of the hanging bishop on d8.} 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rg1+ Bg5 43. Rxh6 $11) 39. Rd6
Be3 40. Ra6 {Black will lose his extra pawn, while the exposed position of his
king makes it difficult to capitalize on the better structure.}) 38. Rd7 a4 39.
Rxc7 axb3 40. Rf2 Rb8 41. Rb2 $11 h5 (41... Rc2 42. Rxc2 bxc2 43. Bxe6 Rb1+ 44.
Kg2 c1=Q 45. Rxc1 Rxc1 46. Bxf5 $11) 42. Kg2 h4 43. Rc6 hxg3 44. hxg3 Rg8 45.
Rxe6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {This time, Kramnik chooses a more ambitious
continuation than in the 8th game.} Bb4 {It is too early still to judge
Anand's opening choice from a psychological point of view. The Nimzo Indian
can lead to such a wide range of types of position that we cannot anticipate
which of the players will feel more at home.} 4. Nf3 {Previously, Kramnik had
played this move just once, which makes it almost such a big surprise as had
been Anand's 4.f3 (as a coincidence, same move number, same square...).
However, the difference of style between the opponents is quite clear. Anand's
intention had been to give play an irrational character as soon as possible,
while Kramnik aims for purely technical positions. And yet, Anand could not
have been taken unaware, as can be seen from a further comment...} c5 {Frankly
speaking, this seems a bit like playing into Kramnik's hands.} (4... b6 {
would have offered better chances for unclear play, which yielded Anand two
important wins in his games with black.}) 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O ({It is
possible that Anand had not paid too much attention to the game he had lost
against Kramnik in a blindfold encounter:} 6... Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9.
Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Ne3 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Ba3 Nba6 15. O-O-O
Ke7 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. f4 f6 18. Rhf1 b6 19. g4 Nc7 20. h4 $16 {Kramnik,V (2766)
-Anand,V (2779)/Monte Carlo 2007/CBM 117 ext (1-0, 30). Or maybe he relied on
the fact that his main repertoire was well analysed?}) 7. Bg2 d5 {The most
solid continuation, but also the least ambitious. White is given the
opportunity to play a slightly more pleasant position at virtually no risk.
Just what Kramnik must have prayed for...} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17.
Qb4 Qh5 {We have reached a modern tabyia. The pawn structure is almost
symmetrical and White's pair of bishops seems to be compensated for by the
stability of Black's minor pieces, something not really unusual in the Nimzo
Indian. However, there is an element that slightly favours White. His queen is
actively placed, being a permanent threat for the enemy queenside pawns, while
the black queen is somehow out of play. Indeed, there is not much to be
attacked on the kingside. First of all, the white structure is quite compact
in that area, while the king is an useful defending piece.} 18. Re1 $5 $146 {
It took me a lot of time to get some idea about the purpose of this
interesting novelty. Obviously, White anticipates ...Be2, but it is far from
clear how this will influence the further course of the game. My feeling is
that Kramnik wanted to provoke the advance of the black c-pawn, in order to
get the a5-square for his queen.} ({The older continuation is} 18. Be3 {
, which was tried at the highest thinkable level} Be2 {(Justifying the queen's
placement on h5, in view of a further exchange of bishops with ...Bf3)} 19. Rd2
Rab8 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qd6 Rfc8 ({A possible improvement over} 21... Bf3 {
when White managed to win a pawn after} 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8
25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc7 {, although he could not deal
with the technical problems, connected with the weaknesses on both wings,
Kasparov,G (2851)-Anand,V (2769)/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 075/[Wells] (1/2, 56)})
22. Rb1 h6 23. e5 Bf3 $11 {Now, the exchange of bishops is entirely possible.}
24. a4 Ra8 25. Qd4 b5 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rd3 {1/2 Bacrot,E (2675)-Leko,P (2741)/
Moscow 2004/CBM 102}) ({The latest word in theory was (up to this game)} 18.
Bf4 {The game that may have inspired Kramnik continued with} c5 ({The other,
possibly better, pawn move played here is} 18... e5 {as in Najer,E (2648)
-Jakovenko,D (2671)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116 (0-1, 50), which I have commented in
the notes to Grischuk,A (2726)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120/
[Marin] (1-0, 61)}) (18... Be2 {Grischuk,A (2726)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico City
2007/CBM 120/[Marin] (1-0, 61)}) 19. Qa5 $1 e5 20. Be3 Be2 21. Re1 Nc4 ({
The exchange operation initiated by this move will fail to equalise. It is
worth mentioning that} 21... Rfc8 $5 {would lead to a position from our main
game, but with an extra tempo for Black! Meaning that for the sake of
obtaining this structure, Kramnik gladly lost a tempo...}) 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23.
Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rad8 25. Rae1 Rd7 26. Qb5 Rfd8 ({If Black had defended the
pawn with} 26... Rc7 {he would have lost the control of both open files after}
27. Rd2 $14) 27. Qxc5 $14 {Cheparinov,I (2670)-Carlsen,M (2714)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122 (1/2, 80)}) 18... c5 {If my supposition was
correct, then Kramnik's opening experiment has been crowned by success.} ({
One critical alternative is} 18... Be2 {but in this case Black would have
faced some problems of coordination after} 19. h3 $5 {The bishop's retreats
along the d1-h5 diagonal are prevented (...Bf3? drops a piece to g4)} Rfd8 (
19... c5 20. Qb3 $5 {would not solve Black's problems, because the queen would
remain out of play on h5. Besides, once the queen's access to b5 has been
obstructed, the threat g4 becomes real.}) 20. Bf4 Rac8 (20... e5 $6 {would
lose a pawn without compensation after} 21. g4 Qg6 22. Bxe5 $16) 21. g4 Qb5 22.
a4 Qa6 23. a5 $14 {with advantage for White on both wings.}) 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20.
Be3 $5 {Another interesting moment.} ({Kramnik probably discarded the immediate
} 20. Bf4 {because of} e5 21. Be3 Be6 {and Black's bishop has reached
stability with economy of time.}) 20... Be2 21. Bf4 $5 {Once the enemy bishop
has abandoned the favourable diagonal, this move makes more sense although it
may seem a loss of time. The idea is to provoke ...e5, in order to leave the
queen completely out of play on h5.} ({After} 21. h3 Nc4 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2
Nxg2 24. Kxg2 {the queen can return into play with} Qe5 $11) 21... e5 22. Be3 {
Kramnik does not wish to change the character of the position.} ({Optically,
it may seem that White keeps a tiny advantage after} 22. Bxe5 Nc4 23. Qa6 Qxe5
24. Rxe2 Qxc3 {. However, the position has simplified and the c-pawn provides
Black with counterplay.}) 22... Bg4 $6 {A straightforward attempt to recycle
the pieces that have remained isolated on the kingside. However, White is
allowed to establish control over the f1-a6 diagonal and increase his
queenside pressure. However, it is not easy to recommend a worthy alternative.
Black should probably had chosen a line where White is allowed to win a pawn,
but the technical difficulties remain quite big.} (22... Nc4 23. Qa6 Nxe3 (
23... Bd3 24. Rad1) 24. Rxe2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 $14 {Black would probably have to
give up the c5-pawn as Carlsen did.}) (22... f6 23. Bxc5 $5 Nc4 24. Qb5 Rab8
25. Qd7 Rxc5 26. Rab1 $3 {An elegant move, leaving Black completely
uncoordinated despite his extra piece.} Rb6 (26... Rf8 27. Rb7 Qf7 28. Rxe2 $14
) (26... Rxb1 27. Rxb1 h6 (27... Nb6 28. Qxa7 $16) 28. Bh3 $40) 27. Bh3 $1 Kf8
28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Be6 {[%cal Ge1e2]} Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxe2 $14) (22... h6
23. h3 $14 {[%csl Re2,Rh5]}) 23. Qa6 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%cal Ga2a4,Ga4a5]
White has en easy way to develop his queenside initiative now.} f6 24. a4 Qf7
25. Bf1 {[%csl Gc4]} Be6 26. Rab1 $1 {White develops his last piece,
preventing the occupation of the c4-square. Black is in big trouble. If he
loses the a7-pawn, the game will be as good as gone.} (26. a5 $6 Bc4 27. Bxc4
Nxc4 (27... Qxc4 $4 28. axb6 $1 $18) 28. Rab1 Rc7 $1 $14) 26... c4 $6 ({
Black cannot transpose to the previous note with} 26... Rc7 $2 {because of} 27.
Rxb6 $1 $18) ({The tactical point behind 26.Rab1 is that} 26... Bc4 $2 {
is impossible:} 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 (27... Nxc4 28. Rb7 $18) 28. Rxb6 $1 $18) (26...
f5 {[%cal Gf5f4] has been widely recommended, but Black's position remains
critical after the simple} 27. exf5 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 27. a5 Na4 (27... Nd7 28.
Rb7 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Qd6 ({For many spectators, Anand's
resignation may have seemed a bit premature. However, from the psychological
point of view, it looks like one of his best decisions in the whole match. He
simply decided to forget as soon as possible about this horrible day and get
prepared for the next, decisive game...} 29. Qd6 Bf7 30. Qb4 Rab8 31. a6 $18)
1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In order to better understand what happened over the board, you need to know
the situation before this game took place: it was the 11th game in the WCh
match. Anand was leading 6-4 and needed only a draw to retain his WCh title. 
Um die Ereignisse am Brett besser zu begreifen, muss man die Ausgangssituation
vor dieser Partie wissen: es ist die elfte Partie des WM-Matches gewesen,
Anand führte mit 6-4 und brauchte nur ein Remis, um seinen Weltmeister-Titel
zu verteidigen.} 1. e4 $1 {An exclamation mark for the well-timed change in
opening - until this point in the match, Anand had played only 1.d4. The game
move has two advantages at the same time: firstly the effect of surprise, and
secondly in recent years Kramnik has rarely replied to 1.e4 with anything but
the Petroff. Ausrufezeichen fuer den rechtzeitigen Wechsel der Eröffnung - bis
jetzt hatte Anand im Match nur 1.d4 gezogen. Der Partiezug hat gleich zwei
Vorteile: erstens Überraschungseffekt und zweitens hat Kramnik gegen 1.e4 in
letzten Jahren selten etwas außer Russisch gespielt.} c5 $1 {Of course there
can be no question of a Petroff. If you have to play for a win, there is no
better choice than the Sicilian.  Von Russischer Partie kann natürlich keine
Rede sein. Wenn man auf Gewinn spielen muss, gibt es keine bessere Wahl als
Sizilianisch.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Kramnik decides on
the Najdorf Variation. On one hand, the decision is the correct one - it is
one of the sharpest variations in modern theory and offers Black good
counter-chances. On the other, it is perhaps a little ambitious when facing
Anand, who plays the Najdorf himself and certainly knows all about it. I would
rather have considered the Ragozin or the Dragon variations.  Kramnik
entscheidet sich für die Najdorf-Variante. Einerseits ist die Entscheidung
richtig - es ist eine der schärfsten Varianten in der modernen Theorie und
bietet Schwarz gute Konterchancen. Auf der anderen Seite, gegen Anand, der
selbst Najdorf spielt und mit Sicherheit darüber alles weiß, war es vielleicht
ein wenig übertrieben. Ich würde eher Ragozin oder die Drachen-Variante in
Betracht ziehen.} 6. Bg5 ({Nowadays Heute gilt} 6. Be3 {is considered to be
the main move, but the variations which arise after it are sharp and
complicated - exactly what Kramnik was aiming for in this final game and what
Anand wanted to avoid. als Hauptzug, doch die Varianten, die danach entstehen,
sind scharf und kompliziert - genau das, was Kramnik in dieser letzten Partie
anstrebte und Anand vermeiden wollte.}) 6... e6 7. f4 Qc7 $1 {The correct
decision! After 7....Qb6 there are far too many forced drawing variations,
whereas after 7....b5 and 7....Nbd7 White too can play relatively without risk.
Richtige Entscheidung! Nach 7....Qb6 gibt es viel zu viele forcierte
Remisabwicklungen, während nach 7....b5 und 7....Nbd7 Weiß ebenfalls relativ
risikofrei aufspielen kann.} (7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 ({Nor does Auch} 8... Nc6 {
achieve a playable position: bringt keine spielbare Stellung aufs Brett:} 9.
O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Nb6 $14 {Kramnik -
Svidler (Wijk aan Zee, 2004)}) 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 {White has various ways to
play for a win, but we have to assume that in this specific match situation
Anand would bank on safety first and choose the long drawish variation. Weiß
hat unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten, auf Gewinn zu spielen, aber es ist zu
vermuten, dass in dieser spezifischen Matchsituation Anand auf Nummer sicher
gehen würde und die lange remisliche Variante wählen würde.} Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O
18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 Kh8 20. Rg3 Rd7 21. Qh6 Rf7 22. Qh5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qa5 24.
Kf1 Qd8 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Kf3 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Ke3 Bc5+ 30.
Nxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kd2 Qf2+ 32. Kc3 Qd4+ 33. Kc2 Qf2+ 34. Kc3 {Vallejo Pons -
Kasparov (Moscow, 2004). This long variation is almost forced; if Black tries
to deviate, he risks getting into a losing position. Of course, Kramnik would
not have wanted such a development. Diese lange Variante ist fast forciert,
will Schwarz ausweichen, so riskiert er, in eine verlorene Stellung
hineinzukommen. Solch eine Entwicklung wäre natürlich für Kramnik unerwünscht.}
) (7... b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O {Leko -
Ivanchuk (Monaco, 2001). It is clear that White has a very strong initiative
thanks to his lead in development. Es ist offensichtlich, dass Weiß dank
seines Entwicklungsvorsprungs eine sehr starke Initiative hat.}) (7... Nbd7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 $14 {This is one of the main
positions in the 6.Bg5-Najdorf. As you can see, White's central position is
very solid. Das ist eine der Hauptstellungen im 6.Bg5-Najdorf. Wie man sieht,
steht Weiß sehr solide im Zentrum.}) 8. Bxf6 (8. Qf3 b5 9. O-O-O (9. Bxf6 gxf6
10. e5 (10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Bb7 (11... h5 12. Ng3 h4 13. Nh5 Nd7 14. g4 Bb7
15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Rhe1 Be7 18. Qh3 Kb8 19. f5 e5 20. Nb3 a5 21.
Qxh4 a4 22. Nc1 a3 23. b3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qc3 26. Nd3 d5 27. Qf2
dxe4 28. Qb6+ Ka8 29. Qa6+ Kb8 30. Qb6+ Ka8 31. Qa6+ {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D 
(2621)-Hillarp Persson,T (2491)/Malmo SWE 2008/The Week in Chess 704}) 12. Qh5
Qc5 13. e5 Bc8 14. Ng3 f5 15. Ngxf5 exf5 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 Qxe6
19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Rhe1 Qf6 21. Qf3 Ra7 22. Qf2 Rb7 23. Ba4 Bg7 24. c3 bxc3 25.
Bb3 Nd7 26. Re2 Re8 27. Rc2 Rc7 28. Qf3 Re4 29. g4 Qe7 30. gxf5 Re1 31. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 32. Rc1 Qxc1+ {0-1 Nepomniachtchi,I (2613)-Khismatullin,D (2566)/
Krasnoyarsk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 670}) 10... Bb7 11. Qh5 b4 $1 $132) 9...
b4 10. Nce2 Nbd7 11. g4 (11. e5 $4 Bb7 $19) 11... Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ng3 Rc8
14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Bg7 16. h5 Nd7 $132 {Naiditsch - Vachier Lagrave (Moscow,
2006). Black reached a playable position with counter-chances. Schwarz
erreichte eine spielbare Stellung mit Konterchancen.}) 8... gxf6 {Now White
has a whole host of options. To be honest, I don't like the move in the game.
White may well exert immediate pressure on the e6-pawn, but in return Black
gets the e5-square for his pieces. I would prefer the traditional 9.Qd2.  Nun
hat Weiß eine Menge an Möglichkeiten. Mir gefällt der Partiezug ehrlich gesagt
nicht. Zwar übt Weiß sofortigen Druck gegen den Bauern e6 aus, doch dafür
bekommt Schwarz das Feld e5 für seine Figuren. Ich würde das traditionelle 9.
Qd2 vorziehen.} 9. f5 (9. Qh5 $6 {lets Black easily achieve good play. lässt
Schwarz leicht zu gutem Spiel kommen.} Qc5 10. Qxc5 dxc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. g3 Ke7
13. Bg2 Ra7 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. a4 b6 16. Nd2 Rad7 17. Nc4 Bc7 $132 {Kamsky -
Svidler (Baku, 2008)}) (9. Qd2 Nc6 (9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 {The development of
the bishop to b7 has a major disadvantage - the e6-square is weakend. Die
Entwicklung des Läufers nach b7 hat einen großen Nachteil - der Punkt e6 wird
geschwächt.} 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. f5 $14 {Khalifman - Lautier 
(Moscow, 2001)}) 10. O-O-O (10. Nb3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Rg8 14. g3
O-O-O 15. O-O-O d5 16. exd5 Rxd5 $15 {Kamsky - Paragua (Las Vegas, 2008)})
10... Bd7 11. Kb1 h5 12. Bc4 O-O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb3 Kb8 15. Rhf1 Qc5 16.
Qd3 h4 17. Qh3 Be7 18. f5 $14 {Topalov - Anand (Dortmund, 1997)}) (9. Be2 Nc6
10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 h5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Nf5 $2 {It is not so easy to crack open
Black's position; in fact it is easier to end up at a disadvantage. so leicht
kann man die schwarze Stellung nicht knacken, man kommt eher in Nachteil} exf5
13. Nd5 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ Kd8 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Qb3 Be7 17. Qxb7+ Qc7 18. Qxc7+
Kxc7 19. exf5 $15 {Shirov - Akopian (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2007)}) 10... Bd7 11.
O-O-O {And there arises the same sort of position as after 9.Qd2. Es entsteht
der gleiche Stellungstyp wie nach 9.Qd2.} h5 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Nb3 Kb8 14. Bf3
Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Qe3 h4 17. Rd3 Qc5 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Re1 $14 {Spraggett -
Rodshtein (Cappelle la Grande, 2007)}) 9... Qc5 (9... Nc6 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Bc4
(11. Be2 $5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. Bh5+ Ke7 13. Qxd4 Qc5 14. Qd1 Bh6 $15) 12... Qf7
13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. O-O $14 {Van der Wiel - Hou Yifan (Wijk aan Zee,
2007)}) 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rg8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Bb3 O-O-O 15. g3 Be7 16. Na4
Rg5 17. Rd3 $14 {Radjabov - Grischuk (Sochi, 2008)}) 10. Qd3 (10. fxe6 $6 {
In this position, the exchange of pawns does not achieve much, because Black
is controlling both the h5- and the c4-squares. In dieser Stellung bringt der
Bauerntausch eher wenig, weil Schwarz das Feld h5 sowie auch das Feld c4
kontrolliert.} fxe6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nb3 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh5+ Ke7 14. Qf3 Bh6
$15) 12... Qe3 $15 {And White is forced to exchange queens. Und Weiß ist
gezwungen, die Damen zu tauschen.}) 10... Nc6 11. Nb3 $1 {The only move, or
else Black will get some counterplay. Der einzige Zug, ansonsten kommt Schwarz
zu Gegenspiel.} (11. O-O-O $2 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bd7 $15 {Black is
simply better, thanks to his control of the dark squares. Dank der Kontrolle
der schwarzen Felder steht Schwarz einfach besser.}) (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O
Rb8 $15) 11... Qe5 12. O-O-O exf5 $6 {This looks suspect. Black opens up the
position with his king in the centre and at the same time offers a whole range
of squares to the white knights. Instead of this, Black should try to
stabilise the position. Das sieht verdächtig aus. Schwarz öffnet die Stellung
mit dem König im Zentrum und bietet gleichzeitig den weißen Springern eine
Menge Felder an. Stattdessen sollte Schwarz versuchen, die Stellung zu
stabilisieren.} (12... Bd7 13. Kb1 (13. Nd2 b5 (13... Bh6 14. Kb1 Bxd2 $2 15.
Qxd2 Ke7 16. Be2 h5 17. Qe3 $1 $14 {The threat is 18.Nd5! exd5 19.Rxd5 winning
the queen. At the same time,White wants to double rooks on the d-file. Black
is simply badly placed.  Es droht 18.Nd5! exd5 19.Rxd5 mit Damengewinn,
gleichzeitig will Weiß seine Türme auf der d-Linie verdoppeln. Schwarz steht
einfach schlecht.}) 14. Nf3 Qc5 15. Kb1 (15. e5 $2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 $15 {
Obviously White does not have enough for the sacrificed pawn. Weiß hat
offensichtlich nicht genug für den geopferten Bauern.}) 15... h5 $132) (13.
fxe6 fxe6 14. Kb1 b5 (14... O-O-O 15. Nd2 Qc5 16. Na4 Qf2 17. Nc4 Kb8 18. Nab6
$36) 15. Be2 h5 $132) 13... b5 (13... O-O-O 14. Nd2 Qc5 15. Na4 Qd4 16. Qxd4
Nxd4 17. Nb6+ Kc7) 14. Be2 (14. a3 $6 {Gives Black something to attack on the
queenside. Gibt Schwarz ein Angriffsziel am Damenflügel.} Rb8 $132) 14... h5 {
It turns out that b4 is hardly a threat. Es stellt sich heraus, dass b4 gar
keine Drohung ist.} (14... b4 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Qxa6 $18) 15. Bf3 Rc8 $13 {
I think this would have been exactly the correct position for Black - there is
no forcing line, the position is unclear, both sides have roughly equal
chances. Ich denke, das wäre genau die richtige Stellung für Schwarz gewesen -
es gibt kein forciertes Spiel, die Stellung ist unklar, beide Seiten haben
ungefähr gleiche Chancen.}) 13. Qe3 $1 {Very strong! White makes the d-file
available for his rook. The obvious move 13.Nd5 leads to unwanted
complications: Sehr stark! Weiß macht die d-Linie für den Turm frei. Der
offensichtliche Zug 13.Nd5 führt zu unerwünschten Komplikationen:} (13. Nd5
fxe4 (13... Bh6+ 14. Kb1 Kf8 15. Nb6 fxe4 16. Qxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rb8 18. Bxa6
Ke7 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Nxc8+ Rbxc8 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd4 $14) 14. Qxe4 $1 Be6 (
14... Qxe4 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nxe4 Bg4 17. Re1 Be6 18. Kb1 $11) 15. Nc7+ Ke7 $3
(15... Kd7 16. Nxa8 $3 Bh6+ (16... Qxe4 17. Nc5+ Ke7 18. Nxe4 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxa8
20. Nc3 $16) 17. Kb1 Rxa8 18. Qxh7 $16) 16. Qxe5 fxe5 17. Nxa8 Bh6+ 18. Kb1
Rxa8 $44 {Of course Anand did not want to go into anything like this. Auf so
etwas wollte sich Anand natürlich nicht einlassen.}) 13... Bg7 {Anything else
is much worse: Alles andere ist viel schlechter:} (13... h5 14. Kb1 Bh6 15. Qf2
fxe4 16. Nxe4 $1 $16) (13... fxe4 14. Rd5 Qe6 (14... Qe7 15. Nxe4 $16) 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bd7 17. Bc4 $16) 14. Rd5 Qe7 (14... Qe6 15. Rxf5 $16) 15. Qg3 Rg8
(15... O-O 16. exf5 Re8 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Rd4 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rxe3
21. Nd5 Re5 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. g4 $18) 16. Qf4 $1 (16. Qh4 fxe4 17. Qxh7 Kf8 18.
Qxe4 f5 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Be5 $132) (16. Qxd6
$2 fxe4 17. Qxe7+ Nxe7 18. Rh5 f5 19. Rxh7 Be6 $15) 16... fxe4 {16....Be6
would be better, in order to set a more difficult task for his opponent.
Besser wäre 16....Be6, um den Gegner vor eine schwierigere Aufgabe zu stellen.}
(16... Be6 $1 17. Rd1 (17. Rxd6 $2 Bh6 18. Qxh6 Qxd6 19. Qxf6 Rd8 $17) (17.
exf5 $4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qe1#) (17. Bd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 $1 19. Rxf5 (19. Bxf5
Bxc3 20. Bxe6 fxe6 $19) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qg5+ $19) 17... fxe4
18. Nxe4 Kf8 19. Nxd6 Bg4 $1 20. Bc4 $1 (20. Qxg4 $4 Bh6+ $19) 20... Bxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Nxb7 (24. Bxb7 Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Rd8 $15)
24... Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Ng4 $132) 17. Nxe4 f5 $2 {This is the decisive error! Black
had to play 17....Be6, to bring the game to the position which might have
arisen after 16....Be6 17.Rd1 fxe4. Das ist der entscheidende Fehlgriff!
Schwarz hätte 17....Be6 spielen müssen, um die Partie zu der Stellung zu
führen, die nach 16....Be6 17.Rd1 fxe4 hätte entstehen können.} (17... Be6 $5
18. Nxd6+ (18. Rxd6 f5 $17) 18... Kf8 19. Rd1 {->16....Be6. ->16....Be6.}) 18.
Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Kb1 $1 {Now it is all over - Black can do no more.
Jetzt ist es vorbei - Schwarz kann nichts mehr machen.} (20. Bd3 Nb4 21. Qxf5
Rc7 $15) 20... Qe1+ (20... Nb4 $2 21. Rxf5 Qe1+ 22. Nc1 $18) 21. Nc1 Ne7 22.
Qd2 {The exchange of queens is forced. Der Damentausch ist erzwungen.} Qxd2 (
22... Qe6 $4 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8#) 23. Rxd2 Bh6 24. Rf2 Be3 {Black can only
be worse. It was clear that he could no longer win the game and so Kramnik
offered a draw in this position. Schwarz kann nur schlechter stehen. Es war
klar, dass die Partie nicht mehr zu gewinnen war, deswegen bot Kramnik in
dieser Stellung Remis an.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5
15. Qf3 d5 {Radjabov remains true to his beloved variation.} 16. cxd5 fxe4 17.
Bxe4 Rb8 18. Rfd1 f5 {A very rare move, played only twice in 2006.} ({However,
the main} 18... Qd7 {still remains a reasonable option for Black, since his
chances to draw are very high. For example:} 19. d6 Rb6 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. Rac1
Bf8 22. Rc7 Qxc7 23. Bxh7+ Kg7 24. dxc7 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Bxa3 ({worse is} 25...
Rc6 26. Nc2 f5 27. Ne3 e4 28. Bb1 Rxc7 29. g4 $1 {1-0 Galkin,A (2616)
-Khairullin,I (2533)/Moscow 2006 (60)}) 26. bxa3 Rc6 27. Be4 Rxc7 28. Bd5 Rc3
29. h4 Bf5 (29... Rxa3 $5) 30. Bb3 a5 31. a4 {1/2-1/2 Istratescu,A (2628)
-Khairullin,I (2554)/Plovdiv 2008} (31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Rc4 $11)) 19. d6 Qf6
20. Bc6 Be6 21. Bd5 Rbd8 22. Qb3 Bf7 (22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Kh8 24. Rad1 {
secured White a large advantage in Vehi Bach,V (2385)-Kosintseva,T (2479)/
Kusadasi 2006.}) 23. Nc2 Rxd6 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Ne3 f4 (26...
Qg6 27. a4 $1 bxa4 28. Qxa4 $14) 27. Rd1 Qg6 28. Nd5 Bf8 $146 {In order to
achieve an advantage White must blockade his opponent's central pawns (by
taking control over the square in front of the black e-pawn). Bringing the
bishop to d4 looks like a good idea, but only if Black succeeds in avoiding
some static positions without counterplay.} ({In the game Bobras,P (2535)
-Yakovich,Y (2583)/Port Erin 2006 Black won after having been lost on the way:
} 28... Kh8 29. Nc3 (29. f3 e4 $132) 29... f3 (29... e4 $2 30. Nxe4 $16 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 30. g3 Qf5 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Nd1 Kg7 33. Ne3 Qg6 34. Qc3 {White
has a clear advantage.} Qb1+ 35. Rd1 Qe4 36. Rd5 Be7 37. h4 Bf6 38. Kh2 h5 39.
Qc8 Be7 40. Qxa6 Bxh4 41. gxh4 $4 (41. Qe6 Bf6 42. Nf5+ Kg6 43. Nd6 $18) 41...
Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Kh7 43. Nf5 Rg7+ 44. Nxg7 Qg5+ {and White got mated.}) 29. f3 Kh8
{A natural move, but Radjabov connects it with the wrong idea to double on the
g-file.} (29... Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Kg7 {was more precise, with good chances to
equalize. For instance:} 31. Nc3 Bd4 32. Ne4 Rc7 {and Black solves his
problems.}) 30. Nc3 Rg7 $2 {This will turn out to be the decisive waste of
time.} (30... Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Bd4 {was necessary, and if White continues
similarly to the game} 32. Ne4 {then} Rc7 {and again Black controls the c-file
and should have no problems to hold the balance.}) 31. Rd2 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Bd4 33.
Ne4 Rc7 34. Rc2 $1 {This move is possible due to Radjabov's mistake 30...Rg7.
Now Black doesn't have any activity and cannot exploit the centralized
position of his bishop. After the inevitable exchange of rooks at some moment
White's Q+N will be much stronger than Black's Q+B.} Rc6 35. Qd3 Kg7 36. b3 h6
37. g4 $1 {Black's position is more difficult than it appears. White prepares
the attack on the kingside and there is nothing Black can do to prevent it.}
fxg3 (37... Qe6 38. h4 Qd7 (38... Qc8 39. Nd6 $16) 39. h5 $16 Qc7 $140 40. Ng5
$1 hxg5 41. Qg6+ Rxg6 42. Rxc7+ $18) 38. hxg3 Qe6 39. Kg2 Qc8 40. Rxc6 Qxc6 41.
Qd2 $16 Qe6 ({After} 41... h5 42. Qg5+ Qg6 43. Qe7+ Qf7 44. Qd6 Qg6 45. Qd7+
Qf7 46. Qc6 Qg6 47. Nd6 {White wins material.}) 42. g4 Qc6 {The centralized
bishop on d4 is completely out of play and Black has nothing better than to
wait.} 43. Ng3 Kh7 44. Nf5 Bb6 45. Qd3 Kh8 46. Qe2 Bc7 47. Qd2 Kh7 (47... e4 {
runs into mate after} 48. Qd4+) 48. Ne7 Qc5 ({After} 48... Qd6 49. Qc2+ Kh8 50.
Nf5 Qb6 {White must be careful to avoid} 51. Nxh6 $2 Qxh6 52. Qxc7 Qd2+ {
with a draw, but 51.Qe4 instead keeps the position winning.}) 49. Qd3+ Kh8 50.
Qd7 {The final stage of attack: White penetrates with both pieces, creating
decisive threats.} e4 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Qxe4 Bb6 54. Kh3 h5 55. g5+
$1 Kxg5 56. Ne7 Kf6 57. Nd5+ Kg7 58. Qe5+ Kh6 59. Qf6+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh6 61. Ne7
1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 {A well-known theoretical position (see e.
g. CBM 124, annotations to Svidler - Karjakin), in which the World Champion
applies an interesting novelty:} 12. Ng5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 520] GM Vadim
Zviagintsev played this move against me in a similar position. It had also
been played on move 11 (instead of 11.a3) several times.} (12. b4 {is common
and, in my opinion, good enough for some edge.}) 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.
Kg1 Qxg5 15. f3 Ngf6 16. e4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] White has sacrificed a pawn but
obtained a bishop pair and a strong pawn centre. It is curious that the
sacrifice of the h2 pawn is becoming quite popular in the Meran system - see e.
g. Kramnik-Shirov in CBM 127.} Qh4 17. Be3 (17. Qf2 $5 {was played by
Zviagintsev in the above-mentioned game (in a different position) but here it
is not so worthwhile due to} Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 e5 ({or} 18... c5) 19. Be3 exd4 20.
Bxd4 c5) 17... e5 18. Ne2 Nh5 {Here is a game played at the Aeroflot Open next
day:} (18... Rad8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Bf2 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rfd1 exd4 23. Nxd4
c5 (23... Ne5 $5) (23... g6 $5) 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nd6 Bc6 26. Bf1 c4 27. Be3 g4
28. Bh6 gxf3 29. gxf3 Ne5 30. Be2 Nh5 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Nc8 Nf4 34.
Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Nb6 Bc6 36. Ke3 g5 37. Rd1 f6 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. Bf1 $14 {1/2
Gajewski,G (2581)-Salem,A (2473)/Moscow RUS 2009/The Week in Chess 746 (69)})
19. Qd2 {[%cal Re3g5]} h6 20. Rfd1 Rae8 $6 {Starting a dubious plan of
kingside counterplay with insufficient forces.} (20... Ng3 {M.Leskiv} 21. b4 $5
) (20... a5 $5) 21. Bc2 Re6 22. Bf2 Qe7 (22... Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. dxe5 Nxe5
25. Bb3 Rg6 26. Bd4 g4 $5 27. Kf2 $1 $14 {[%csl Rg6]}) 23. g4 $1 {Very bold.} (
23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 Rg6 25. Nf5 $44 {was simpler but less energetic.}) 23...
Rg6 24. Kf1 Nhf6 25. Ng3 Nxg4 $5 {Logical, even if this piece sacrifice is not
quite correct. Otherwise, after, say,} (25... Qe6 26. Nf5 {the position of
Black´s pieces is very awkward.}) 26. fxg4 Qh4 27. Nf5 Qxg4 (27... Qh3+ 28. Ke1
Rxg4 29. Qe3 Qh2 (29... Qg2 30. Qe2 {[%cal Rf5e3]}) 30. Ke2 exd4 31. Qxd4 Ne5
32. Rh1 Qf4 33. Qe3 $16) 28. Qc3 $1 (28. Ne7+ $143 Kh7 29. Nxg6 fxg6 $132 {
[%cal Gf8f2]}) 28... Re8 29. Qg3 Qh5 30. Qh4 Qf3 31. Rd3 Qg2+ 32. Ke2 exd4 (
32... Rg4 33. Rg3 $1 $18) 33. Rg3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder.} (33.
Ne7+ {was now quite appropriate, e.g.} Rxe7 (33... Kh7 34. Rg1 Qxg1 35. Bxg1
Rxg1 36. Rg3 Rxg3 37. Qxg3 Rxe7 38. Qd6 $18) 34. Qxe7 Rf6 (34... Qg4+ 35. Rf3
Rf6 $2 36. Qd8+ $1 Nf8 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Rg1 $18) 35. Rf1 Qg4+ 36. Ke1 c5 37.
Qd8+ Kh7 (37... Nf8 $2 38. Qxf6 gxf6 39. Rg3) 38. e5 Rg6 39. Rg3 (39. Qh4 $143
Qe6) 39... Qf4 $1 40. Qxd7 Qc1+ 41. Bd1 Rxg3 42. Qxb7 Re3+ 43. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 44.
Be2 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Qxe2+ 47. Rf2 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qh5+ 49. Kg1 Qg5+ 50.
Qg2 {Uff!} Qxe5 51. Rxf7 {and this unusual position should be favorable for
White}) (33. Rxd4 $143 Ne5 34. Rg1 Qf3+ 35. Kf1 c5 $132) 33... Rxg3 34. Qxg3 (
34. Nxg3 Ne5 35. Qh1 Qxh1 36. Rxh1 c5 {is also poor.}) 34... Rxe4+ 35. Kd2 Rg4
$1 {White probably overlooked this move.} (35... Qxg3 $143 36. Bxg3 Re6 37.
Nxd4 $44) 36. Qxg2 Rxg2 37. Ke2 c5 $19 {5(!) pawns for a piece are more than
enough. The rest is clear.} 38. Rg1 Ne5 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 40. Kd2 h5 41. b4 $6 Nc4+
42. Kc1 Nxa3 43. Bd1 cxb4 {7-0 for the moment!} 44. Bxh5 g6 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46.
Nxg6+ fxg6 47. Bxg6 Ke7 48. Bxd4 {White has eliminated most of the enemies but
the remaining ones easily bring Black the victory.} Kd6 49. Bd3 Nc4 50. Bg7 a5
51. Be2 Be4 52. Bf6 a4 53. Bg7 Kd5 {[%cal Yb4b3,Ya4a3]} 0-1

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Nxd5 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nc6 20. Rd2 Ke7
21. Bd3 Rhd8 22. Rhd1 g6 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Be4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Nd4 27.
b4 f5 28. Bd3 h4 29. c3 Ne6 30. Bf1 Nf4 31. Kc2 Kf6 32. g3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Nh5
34. Rd5 Nxg3 35. Bxb5 e4 36. fxe4 Nxe4 37. Bd3 g5 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Kd2 g4 40.
Ke3 Rc8 41. Kxe4 Rxc3 42. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 {From the Slav Defence
the game transposes to a Catalan type of position. White's logic is clear -
the pawn on a4 is fully justified when Black has both pawns on a6 and c6 (the
advance ...b7-b5 is not possible anyway). Black's standard methods to fight
for equality are connected with either ...a5, or ...c5, but that means a loss
of tempo. In 2008 this variations started to gain popularity again, first of
all thanks to its safety.} dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 {The approved method to fight for
equality: Black simplifies the position and achieves an almost equal endgame.}
8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Ne3 {Stronger than 11.Nxc4. White
is not afraid to double his pawns. More important for him is to exchange both
Black's developed pieces.} Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 {The doubled pawns on
e2 and e3 do not represent a weakness, since Black has other worries than to
attack them. What matters is White's pressure on opponent's queenside. The
opening of the f-file is a plus for White.} c3 $146 (13... Nd7 14. Nxc4 Rb8 15.
O-O Ke7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. a5 f6 18. Rfd1 b6 {1/2-1/2 Gajewski,G (2581)-Swiercz,
D (2472)/Chotowa 2009 (65)} 19. Nd6 $1 $16) (13... Bd7 14. Nxc4 (14. O-O $5)
14... Bc6 15. O-O Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxf7 Rhf8 19. Ng5 h6 20.
Nf3 $16 {1-0 Ragger,M (2518)-Schneider,I (2486)/Berlin 2009 (34)}) 14. b4 $1
Nd7 15. Nd3 (15. Nxd7 $6 Bxd7 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Be4 Ke7 $132 {[%cal Gh8b8]})
15... Rb8 {The Chinese Grandmaster prepares the advance of the b-pawn, trying
to escape from the pressure on the long diagonal. However, the unusual pawn
formation (White's doubled pawns and the extra pawn on c3, which is still
alive) required a non-standard solution.} ({The critical move is} 15... Nf6 {
with the idea to prevent the advance of the e-pawn after 16...Ng4 or 16...Nd5.
For instance:} 16. Rc1 ({A move like} 16. Bf3 {cannot be problematic for Black:
} Nd5 17. e4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 {followed by 19...Bd7}) 16... Ng4 17. Rxc3 ({
Surprisingly} 17. e4 Ne3 18. Bf3 c2 {works out for Black:} 19. Kf2 Nd1+ $1 20.
Ke1 Ne3 21. Kd2 Nc4+ 22. Kxc2 ({or} 22. Kc3 b5 23. Rxc2 Ke7 $11) 22... e5 {
and Black has good chances to equalize completely.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Bf3 Nd5 19.
Bxd5 exd5 20. Rc7 {White has clear compensation, but it's not clear whether
it's enough for a reasonable advantage.}) 16. O-O b5 (16... b6 $142 17. Rfc1
Bb7 18. Rxc3 $14) 17. axb5 Rxb5 (17... axb5 18. Ra7 $16) 18. Rfc1 Ne5 (18...
O-O $142 19. Rxc3 Nf6 $14) 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc3 $16 ({Already here Anand had
the possibility} 20. b5 $5 {The point is that after} axb5 (20... Rxb5 21. Bc6+
Bd7 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Rxc3 O-O) 21. Rxc3 O-O (21... Ke7 22. Ra8 b4 23. Rcxc8
Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Rb5 25. Rc7+ Kf6 26. Be4 {is winning for White}) 22. Ra8 Bd7 23.
Rc7 Rxa8 24. Bxa8 {the black bishop is suddenly trapped:} Be8 25. Rc8 Kf8 26.
Bc6 $18 {Therefore after 20.b5 Black must give up the exchange: 20...Rxb5 21.
Bc6+ Bd7 22.Bxb5 Bxb5 23.Rxc3 and hope to escape with an exchange down.}) 20...
O-O 21. Bc6 {[%csl Rc8]} Rd8 22. e4 {[%csl Re5]} Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 $2 (23... g5 {
or 23...g6 was necessary, after which the move Kf8-e7 becomes possible.}) 24.
b5 $1 $18 axb5 25. Ra7+ Kf6 ({It turns out that after} 25... Kf8 26. Rc7 {
Black has no defence against the threat 27.Rd3 Rxd3 28.Rxc8+ and 29.exd3.
That's why Black needed to remove the pawn from g7. In that case Black could
now play Kf8-g7, when taking the bishop on c8 would have been without check.}
Ba6 {is answered by} 27. Ra3) (25... Bd7 26. Rd3 $18) 26. Rf3+ Kg6 27. Rfxf7
Rg8 28. Rfc7 Rh5 (28... b4 29. Ra8 b3 30. Raxc8 (30. Rcxc8 $2 b2) 30... b2 31.
Rxg8 b1=Q 32. Rgxg7+ Kh6 (32... Kh5 33. Be8+ $18) 33. Rxh7+ Kg5 34. Rcg7+ Kf6
35. Rf7+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kg4 37. Kg2 {[%cal Gf7f4]} Rxe4 38. Rhg7+ Kh5 39. Rf6 {
[%cal Gg7g5,Gc6e8]} Rxe2+ 40. Kh3 $18) 29. h4 Kf6 30. Ra8 Rc5 31. Rcxc8 Rxc8
32. Rxc8 b4 33. Bd7 (33. Bd7 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 b3 35. Ba6 b2 36. Bd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is interesting first of all for its rook endgame.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7
10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ne1 Bg6 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nd3 Qb6 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. b3 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qc3 21. Rac1 Qxe3 22.
fxe3 f6 23. Bd6 a5 $2 $146 {A bad attempt to improve on Kramnik's play.} (23...
g5 24. h3 (24. Bc7 $5) 24... Kf7 25. Kf2 Kg6 26. Ke2 fxe5 27. dxe5 b6 28. b4
Rc4 29. Rxc4 dxc4 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. g4 a5 32. b5 c3 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. Kd3 Nc5+ 35.
Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 37. Kxc3 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Kramnik,V (2772)/
Bonn 2008}) 24. Bc7 $1 $16 {After this move everything becomes clear. White
will double rooks on the c-file and then remove the bishop from c7, thus
forcing Black to give up the c-file. Perhaps Ivanchuk had a similar idea in
mind in the event of 23...g5 too, but Anand's 23...a5 only made 24.Bc7 even
more powerful.} fxe5 25. dxe5 b6 26. Rc3 Rf8 27. Rfc1 $1 Rf5 28. g4 Rf7 (28...
Rg5 29. h3 Ra8 (29... Nxe5 $2 30. Bxe5 Rxc3 31. Bxc3 $18) (29... Re8 30. Kg2
Nxe5 31. Bxb6 $18) 30. Kg2 Nxe5 31. Bxb6 Kh7 32. Rc8 Ra6 33. Bd8 $18) 29. Bd6
Nc5 (29... Rxc3 30. Rxc3 g5 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. Re8 $18) 30. Bxc5 bxc5
31. Rxc5 Rcf8 (31... Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rb7 33. Rb5 Ra7 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. e4 dxe4 36.
Ke3 $18) 32. Rxa5 Rf3 33. Ra7 g5 ({More chances to survive are offered by} 
33... Rxe3 34. Rcc7 Kh7 $1) 34. Re1 (34. Rcc7 $2 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 R1f2+ $11) 34...
d4 35. exd4 Rxb3 36. Rf1 $1 Rd3 (36... Rc8 $142) 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. a5 Rxd4 39.
h3 Kg8 40. a6 Ra4 41. Kf2 Ra5 42. Kf3 Rxe5 43. Re7 Kh7 44. Re8 Ra5 45. Rxe6
Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Rxh3 {This apparently simple endgame is in fact more complicated
than it seems.} 47. Kd5 $2 ({The only winning move is} 47. Kd4 $1 {Then after}
Rg3 (47... Ra3 48. Kc5 Ra4 49. Kb6 $18) 48. Kc5 Rxg4 {White has} 49. Re5 $1 {
again the only winning move. This is why the rook is better placed on e6 than
on c6. A few variations:} Ra4 (49... Kh6 50. a7 Ra4 51. Kb6 {[%cal Ge5a5]} Rxa7
52. Kxa7 Kh5 53. Kb6 Kg4 54. Kc5 Kf4 55. Kd4 g4 56. Re7 g3 57. Rf7+ Kg4 58. Ke3
g5 59. Rf8 $18) 50. Kb5 Ra1 51. Rxg5 Kh6 52. Rc5 g5 53. Kb6 Kh5 ({Even simpler
is} 53... g4 54. a7 Rxa7 55. Kxa7) 54. Ra5 Rb1+ 55. Kc7 Rc1+ 56. Kd7 Rd1+ 57.
Ke7 Re1+ 58. Kf7 Rf1+ 59. Kg7 Rd1 60. a7 Rd8 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Rxa8 g4 63. Kf6
$18) (47. a7 Ra3 48. Re7 Kh6 49. Kd5 g6 50. Kc6 Rxa7 51. Rxa7) 47... Rc3 $1 ({
Both} 47... Ra3 48. Kc5) ({and} 47... Rg3 48. Kc6 Rxg4 49. a7 Ra4 50. Kb7 {
lose for Black.}) 48. Rb6 (48. Rc6 {does not win:} Rg3 49. Kc5 (49. a7 Ra3 50.
Rc7 Kh6 51. Kc6 g6 {and now Black escapes thanks to the idea Rxa7 stalemate!
The only move to prevent that is} 52. Kd7 {but then just} Ra1 {and Black waits
until the white king leaves the seventh rank, after which he takes on a7 with
stalemate.}) 49... Rxg4 {With the rook on e6 White would have played here 50.
Re5, see 47.Kd4. Now this is a draw:} 50. Kb5 (50. a7 Ra4 51. Kb6 g4 52. Rc4 (
52. Kb7 g3 53. a8=Q Rxa8 54. Kxa8 g5 55. Kb7 g2 56. Rc1 Kg6 57. Kc6 Kf5 58. Rg1
Kf4 59. Rxg2 g4 $11) 52... Rxc4 53. a8=Q Rf4 {here Black places the rook on f6,
gives up the g4-pawn and achieves a theoretical draw.}) 50... Rf4 51. a7 Rf8
52. Ra6 Ra8 53. Kc6 g4 54. Kb7 Rf8 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8 Kg6 $1 {It is
important to realize here that only this move achieves a draw. That's why with
the pawn on g6 instead of g7 Black would be lost.} 57. Kc6 (57. Ra5 g3 58. Kc6
g2 59. Ra1 Kf5 60. Rg1 g5 61. Rxg2 Kf4 62. Kd5 g4 63. Kd4 Kf3 $11) 57... Kf5
58. Kd5 g3 $11) (48. Kd4 {achieves nothing due to} Rc1) (48. a7 {is a draw due
to stalemate:} Ra3 49. Re7 Kh6 50. Kc6 g6 {and then take on a7.}) 48... g6 $2 {
As indicated by Ivanchuk, now White is winning again.} ({Black had to wait
until White plays Rc6 and then attack the g-pawn:} 48... Rc1 49. Rc6 (49. a7
Ra1 50. Rb7 Kh6 51. Kc6 g6 52. Kc7 Ra2 53. Kb8 Rxa7 $11) 49... Rg1 50. Kc5 Rxg4
$11 {see 48.Rc6}) 49. Kd6 $2 (49. a7 $2 Ra3 50. Rb7+ Kh6 {followed by 51...
Rxa7 is a stalemate again:}) ({But with the pawn on g6} 49. Rc6 {wins:} Rg3 50.
Kc5 Rxg4 51. Kb5 Rf4 52. a7 Rf8 53. Ra6 Ra8 54. Kc6 g4 55. Kb7 Rf8 56. a8=Q
Rxa8 57. Rxa8 $18 {As mentioned above, with the pawn on g7 the position would
be a draw because of 57...Kg6. But now White is winning:} Kh6 (57... g3 58. Kc6
g2 59. Ra1 Kh6 60. Kd5 Kg5 61. Rg1 Kf4 62. Rxg2 g5 63. Kd4 g4 64. Rf2+ Kg3 65.
Ke3 Kh3 66. Kf4 g3 67. Rf3 $18) 58. Ra5 $1 g3 59. Ra3 Kg5 60. Rxg3+ Kf5 61. Kc6
g5 62. Kd5 Kf4 63. Rg1 g4 64. Kd4 Kf3 65. Kd3 g3 66. Rf1+ Kg2 67. Ke2 $18)
49... Kh6 $11 {Now it is draw again and the evaluation won't change anymore.}
50. Rb8 {Other attempts don't win either.} (50. Rc6 Rg3 51. Kc7 Rxg4 52. a7 Ra4
53. Kb7 Rxa7+ 54. Kxa7 g4 55. Kb6 Kg5 $11) 50... Ra3 51. Ra8 Kg7 (51... Ra4 52.
Kc6 Rxg4 $2 53. a7 $18) 52. Kc5 Ra1 53. Kb6 Rb1+ 54. Ka7 Rb4 55. Rb8 Rxg4 56.
Rb5 Ra4 57. Rxg5 (57. Kb6 g4 58. a7 g3 $11) 57... Rb4 58. Rc5 Kh6 59. Rc6 Kh5
60. Rb6 Rf4 61. Rb5+ g5 62. Kb6 Rf6+ 63. Ka5 Rf7 64. Kb6 Rf6+ 65. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1
Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 Nf6 11. h3 {This move (keeping the h2 pawn and
preventing ...Nf6-g4) was played by Aronian against Morozevich (see CBM 117,
with GM M.Marin's annotations). Below you will see other practical examples.} (
11. Rg5 {is the main theoretical line - see my survey in CBM 127.}) 11... Qf5
$6 $146 {Hardly a good novelty. In the endgame White keeps a small but clear
edge due to his better pawn structure.} (11... e5 $6 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Rg5 $1 {
[%cal Rg5e5,Rf1g2]} Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rf5 (15. Bd2 d4 16. Bg2 Qf6 17. exd4
Bxd4 18. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Chytilek,R (2320)-Franta,J/Litomysl 1996/EXT 1998 (25)}
) 15... Qh1 16. Bd2 d4 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. O-O-O O-O 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Rg5+ Kh8 21.
Rxd4 Qxf1+ 22. Rd1 Re1 23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Be5+ {1-0 Tisdall,J (2492)-Sidselrud,S
(2150)/Norway 2002/EXT 2003}) (11... h6 $5 {, preventing Rg7-g5, looks quite
good for Black:} 12. Bd2 (12. Qe2 $5 Qxe2+ (12... Qf5 $5) 13. Bxe2 Kf8 14. Rg1
dxc4 15. e4 Bb4 16. f3 b5 17. Kf2 a6 18. Bf4 Bb7 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. b3 cxb3 21.
axb3 $44 {1-0 Le Quang,L (2542)-Neelotpal,D (2485)/Cebu City 2007/CBM 120 ext 
(38)}) 12... e5 (12... Bd7 13. Qb3 Ke7 14. c5 Bc7 15. Qxb7 $14 {1-0 Le Quang,L
(2583)-Garnelis,J (2188)/Vung Tau 2008/EXT 2009 (37)}) 13. Rg3 (13. cxd5 exd4
14. exd4 Kf8 15. Rg1 Bf5 16. Qb3 Re8+ 17. Be3 Rg8 $132 {1/2 Siebrecht,S (2451)
-Haba,P (2546)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127 (37)}) 13... Qh5 14. cxd5 exd4 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Qxe4+ Qe5 17. Qxe5+ Bxe5 18. Rf3 cxd5 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. exd4 Bd6 21.
Kf1 Be6 $11 {1/2 Aronian,L (2744)-Morozevich,A (2741)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM
117/[Marin,M] (29)}) (11... Kf8 $5 12. Rg5 (12. Rg1 $143 Rg8 13. Rxg8+ Kxg8 14.
Bd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf1 Bf5 $17 {0-1 Splichal,S (2167)
-Michenka,J (2351)/Karvina 2003/EXT 2005 (41)}) 12... Qh1 {needs testing}) 12.
Qxf5 exf5 13. cxd5 cxd5 (13... Nxd5 $5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd2 $14) 14. Nb5 Bb4+
15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ke7 17. Bd3 Be6 (17... Bd7 $5) 18. Nc7 $5 {A good idea
- to exchange the theoretically "bad" e6 bishop, in fact, the main defender of
the black pawns, using the opportunity that Black can't recapture with his f7
pawn.} Rag8 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Rxg8 Nxg8 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Too "subtle".} ({
Any beginner would play the simple} 20... Rxg8 {, and he would be right:} 21.
Rc1 Rg2 22. Ke2 Rh2 23. Kf3 $1 (23. Rc7 Rxh3 24. Rxb7 Rh2 {[%cal Rf6g4]}) 23...
Rxh3+ 24. Kg2 Rh5 25. Rc7 Rg5+ 26. Kf3 Ng4 {[%cal Rg4h2] - Black's counterplay
must be strong enough to survive.}) 21. Ke2 (21. Rc1 Ne7 22. Rc7 Rb8 {[%cal
Ye6d6]}) 21... Ne7 22. Kf3 $1 (22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Kf3 {was probably
insufficient for the victory. GM M.Carlsen decides to keep rooks on the board.}
) 22... Rc8 23. a4 $1 Rc7 24. a5 h6 25. h4 Kf6 26. h5 Nc8 27. Kf4 Nd6 28. Rg1
Rc8 29. f3 Ke6 {Black is completely passive.} 30. Rg7 Rh8 31. Bc2 $1 {The "two
weaknesses", attacked by the stronger side, should be as far from each other
as possible, then it is more difficult for the defender to hold both;
therefore - h6 and d5, rather than f5.} Rc8 32. Bb3 Rh8 33. Rg1 Rc8 34. Rg7 Rh8
35. Rg2 Rc8 36. Rg1 $22 {The black knight must prevent e3-e4, the rook can't
leave the 8th rank in view of Rg8-h8, and if it leaves the c-file, White plays
Rc1 threatening Rc5 and Rc7; finally, pawn moves create new weaknesses.} Ne8 $1
{The lesser evil.} (36... Rb8 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 39. dxc5 Nc4 40. e4
fxe4 41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Kxe4 $18) (36... Nc4 37. Bxc4 dxc4 (37... Rxc4 38. Rg7)
38. Ra1 {[%cal Ya1a4,Ya4b4]}) (36... b6 37. axb6 axb6 38. Ra1 $16) 37. e4 fxe4
38. fxe4 Nf6 39. e5 $1 Ne4 $1 (39... Nxh5+ 40. Ke3 {[%cal Rg1h1]}) ({The
endgame after} 39... Rg8 40. Rxg8 Nxg8 {is very difficult for Black:} 41. Bd1
Ne7 42. Bg4+ f5 43. Bh3 $22 b6 (43... Nc6 44. Bxf5+ Ke7 45. Bc8 Nxa5 46. Kf5)
44. a6 b5 45. Bf1 b4 (45... Nc6 46. Bxb5 Nxd4 47. Bd3 $22 $16) 46. Bd3 Nc6 47.
Bxf5+ Ke7 48. Ke3 {and White should gradually win.}) 40. Ke3 b6 $6 {Black
unnecessarily opens up the a-file for his opponent. "Don't move pawns on the
side where you are weaker!"} (40... Ng5 $142 $14 41. Rf1 $140 Ne4) 41. axb6
axb6 42. Kd3 (42. Bd1 $5 Rc4 (42... Ra8 43. Bc2 Ng5 44. Rf1) 43. Bg4+ $1 (43.
Rg8 Rb4 $132) 43... f5 (43... Ke7 44. Bf3 Rb4 45. Bxe4 dxe4 46. Rg2 $16) 44.
exf6+ Kxf6 45. Bf3 {[%cal Rg1g6]} Kf5 46. Bxe4+ dxe4 47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. Kxe4 Rc2
49. d5+ Ke7 50. b4 {with a promising rook ending.}) 42... Nf2+ 43. Ke2 Ne4 44.
Ke3 f6 $6 (44... Ng5 $5 {was still possible although White could now invade
along the a-file:} 45. Ra1 f6 $1 46. exf6 Ne4 47. f7 $1 Rf8 48. Ra6 Rxf7 49.
Rxb6+ Nd6 {with good drawing chances (S.Zagrebelny).}) 45. Rg6 Rc1 46. Rxh6 $2
(46. exf6 $1 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Nxf6 48. Bxd5+ Kf5 (48... Kxd5 49. Rxf6 b5 50. Rb6
$18) 49. Bf3 {(I.Ganiev)} Rb1 50. Kc3 (50. Kc2 $143 Rf1 51. Be2 Rf2) 50... Re1
51. Kc4 {and White should gradually win}) 46... Rh1 47. Bc2 Rh3+ $2 {Obvious
but wrong!} (47... Re1+ $1 48. Kd3 (48. Kf4 Rf1+ 49. Kg4 Rg1+) 48... Rh1 {
and White can't make any progress (S.Zagrebelny).}) 48. Kf4 $1 Rh4+ 49. Kf3 {
When a rook and a knight are jumping around your king, you must sometimes
display real acrobacy!} Nd2+ 50. Ke2 $2 {This move seriously complicates
White's task.} (50. Kg3 $142 $1 Rxd4 51. Rxf6+ Kxe5 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. h6 Rc4 (
53... Ne4+ 54. Bxe4 dxe4 55. h7 Rd8 56. Rh5 Rh8 57. Kf4 $18) 54. h7 Rxc2 55.
Re5+ $1 (55. Rf8 $143 Ne4+ 56. Kg4 Rh2 57. h8=Q Rxh8 58. Rxh8 Kd6) (55. h8=Q
$143 Ne4+ $1 56. Kf4 Rf2+ 57. Ke3 Kxf5) 55... Kxe5 56. h8=Q+ Kd6 57. Qf8+ Kc7
58. Qf7+ Kb8 59. Qxd5 Nf1+ 60. Kh4 {- with his pieces scattered all over the
board, Black can't organize successful defence.}) 50... Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Nc4 52.
Rxf6+ Ke7 53. Bg6 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 (54. Ke1 $5 Rxd4 55. h6 Rh4 (55... Nxe5 $143 56.
Rxb6 Rh4 (56... Nxg6 57. Rxg6 Rh4 58. Rb6) 57. Bf5) 56. Bf5 d4 57. Re6+ (57.
Rc6 d3 $1) 57... Kf7 58. b3 Ne3 59. Rf6+ Ke7 60. Bc8 Rh2 61. Rd6 $16) 54...
Rxd4 55. b3 $1 (55. h6 Rh4 56. Bf5 {is now impossible due to} Rh1+ 57. Kc2 Ne3+
58. Kd3 Nxf5 59. Rxf5 Rxh6 $11) 55... Nxe5 56. Rxb6 Rh4 ({The rook endgame
after} 56... Nxg6 57. hxg6 {should be winning for White.}) 57. Bf5 $1 Nf3 $2 (
57... Rh1+ 58. Kc2 (58. Kd2 Nc4+ $3 59. bxc4 Rxh5 $11 {S.Zagrebelny}) 58... Nf3
{[%cal Rf3d4]} 59. Bg4 ({or} 59. Rb7+ Kf6 60. Bg6 Ne5) 59... Rh2+ 60. Kc3 Ng5 {
and White can hardly win.}) 58. h6 $1 {The pawn finally moves forward!} Nd4 59.
h7 $1 Nxf5 60. Rb8 Nd4 61. Kb2 $1 Kd6 62. h8=Q Rxh8 63. Rxh8 {This is a
technically winning endgame but some work still has to be done.} Kc5 64. Rh5
Nc6 65. Rh4 Nb4 66. Ka3 {White must disorganise Black's defence. First, he
forces the advance of the black d-pawn, then he must try to push his own pawn
at an appropriate moment.} d4 (66... Nc2+ 67. Ka4 d4 68. Rh5+) 67. Rh5+ Nd5 68.
Kb2 Kc6 69. Ka3 Kc5 70. Rh4 Nb4 71. Rh8 Nc6 $2 {This makes White's task much
easier.} (71... Nd5 72. Rd8 $1 $18 {[%cal Ya3b2]}) (71... Nc2+ $142 72. Kb2 Nb4
73. Rc8+ Nc6 ({or} 73... Kd5 74. Ka3) 74. Ka3 Kd5 {It is still difficult for
White to reach victory; e.g.} 75. b4 $2 ({first he must play} 75. Rc7 Kd6 76.
Rh7 {etc.}) {is premature and leads to a draw after} 75... d3 76. Rh8 d2 77.
Rh1 Kc4) 72. Rh5+ Kd6 73. b4 {Now, with the black king cut off, everything is
over.} d3 (73... Ne5 74. Kb3 Kd5 75. b5 $18) 74. Rh3 Ne5 75. Kb3 d2 76. Kc2 Nc6
77. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 e6 10. b3 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Ne7 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nf6 15. g5
Nh5 16. Bg2 e5 17. Bf3 b5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Be6
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. O-O Nxf4 25. Qxf4 c6 26. h5 cxd5 27. h6 Qe6 28.
exd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qf6 Qe5 31. Qxe5 dxe5 32. Rc5 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
Bxd6 N7b6 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Qd4 Ke7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21.
Qg7 Rhg8 22. Qxh6 Qf4 23. Qh3 Na4 24. Ne5 Qxe5 25. Bf3 g4 26. Qh4+ Qg5 27.
Qxg5+ Rxg5 28. Bxb7 Rc7 29. Bxa6 Nxb2 30. Re2 Ra5 31. Rxb2 Rxa6 32. Kf1 Ra4 33.
Rd2 e5 34. Rc3 Rd7 35. Rdc2 Rd4 36. h3 gxh3 37. Rxh3 Ke6 38. Ke2 Rg4 39. Rh6+
Rg6 40. Rxg6+ fxg6 41. Kd2 Kd5 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kb4 Rd3 44. Rxc4 Rd2 45. Rc5+
Kd4 46. Rc4+ Kd5 47. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Bd5
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxc5 18. e3 Qb6 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. a4 Rfc8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Bf1 g6 23. Qxb5 Bxe3 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Rc4 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Bc5 27.
Kg2 Nd5 28. Be2 Be7 29. b3 Rb8 30. Bf3 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 Ng4 13. e6 Qb8 14. exd7 Bxf3 15.
g3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qxd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Qf5 20. Rd5 Qe4 21. f3
Qxe2 22. Rd2 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qe6 24. Rxd4 Qc6 25. Qd5 e5 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Rd6
Rxd6 28. cxd6 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 Nd3 30. Rc3 exf4 31. Rxd3 fxg3 32. Kxg3 Kg7 33. Rc3
Rd8 34. Rc6 a5 35. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nbd7 11. f3 Qe7 12. Qa4 Nh5 13. Bf2 f5 14. Bd3 O-O
15. Qc2 c5 16. h3 Ng7 17. a4 e5 18. d5 Bc8 19. e4 f4 20. a5 Rb8 21. axb6 axb6
22. Nb1 Nf6 23. Na3 Bd7 24. Kd2 Ra8 25. Nb5 h5 26. Qb2 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Rxa1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Kg2
Rd8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 c5 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 a5 19. Kg3 h6 20. Nh4 g5 21.
Ng2 Ng6 22. f3 a4 23. Rh1 Kd7 24. h4 h5 25. hxg5 hxg4 26. Rxh8 Nxh8 27. f4 Ng6
28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Nxg4 Bf5 30. Ne3 Be4 31. b3 axb3 32. cxb3 Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf - a very
sharp opening. Some lines have already been analysed all the way to a draw.} 6.
Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 {The Poisoned Pawn - one of those variations
which have already been calculated until the end.} 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11.
fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17.
Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 {Until here everything is very well-known.} Rd7 {
One of the main moves, together with ...Kh8. Normally they transpose. But...}
20. Bd3 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty which, I think, really deserves
attention... I am wondering, what did Grischuk prepare if Anand had first
played 19...Kh8!?} f5 21. Qh6 Kh8 (21... Rf7 {might be a possible improvement.}
22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Ng5 Rg7 24. Nxe6 Rf7 {and Black probably holds everywhere,
though the position is really complicated, even for engines.} 25. Kf1 (25. Kh1
Qc4 $1 {and Black holds.}) 25... Bh4 $1 {and Black is fine.}) 22. Ng5 Bc5+ 23.
Kh1 {It looks like Black has some problems. He should probably look for
improvements earlier. (21...Rf7 for example.)} Qa5 (23... Qd5 {was another
possibility, but Black's position looks really risky.} 24. Rh3 Rg7 25. Be2 Be7
$1 26. Rh5 Qc5 27. Nxh7 Kg8 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rh3 {with a big advantage for
White.}) 24. Rh3 Qc7 25. Nxe6 Qd6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Rf1 Rf7 28. Qh5 Qe7 {
So far the players played very well. Now Grischuk committed an inaccuracy.} 29.
Rhf3 (29. Bxf5 $1 {White shouldn't be afraid of any ghosts.} e4 30. Rb3 Bd6 (
30... Ba7 31. Rbb1 Qf8 32. g4 {and White is winning.}) 31. Rbb1 {with a big
advantage.}) 29... f4 30. Be4 Rg7 31. Rb3 Ba7 32. Rd3 $2 {I don't understand
what happened, maybe it was time trouble, but it is an obvious blunder.} (32.
Qh6 {with advantage.}) 32... Bg4 33. Qh6 Be2 (33... Be2 34. Rc1 Bxd3 35. cxd3
Rg8 {with equality.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Nb7 14. c4 c5 15.
dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rab1
Rf7 22. Qe2 Bf8 23. Bd2 Bd6 24. Bc3 Kg8 25. Qd2 Qf8 26. Be2 Rd8 27. Rd1 Rc8 28.
Rdc1 Rd8 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Bf1 bxa4 21. bxa4 d5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. c4 dxe4 25. c5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 e3 27. fxe3 Rcd8
28. Nc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Qd4 Rf8 32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Rb1 Ng3 34.
e4 Qg5 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe5 Rf8 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qc3 Qc7 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5
Nxe4 15. Qb3+ c4 16. Qxc4+ Qxc4 17. Nxc4 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ncd2 Ra1 20. f3
Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bg5 22. Nb3 Rb1 23. Bd2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bd5 25. Nd4 Be3+ 26. Bf2
Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Ba2 28. h4 Bb1 29. c3 Kf7 30. Kf2 g6 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. Kf4 h5 33.
Kg5 d5 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Bc2 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Bd3 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Ke5
Bc4 40. Be3 Kg7 41. Kd4 Kh7 42. Kc5 Kg8 43. h6 Kh7 44. Kb4 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h5 14. f4 hxg4 15.
hxg4 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21.
g5 Bf7 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qf2 d5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Be3 Bxg5 26. Qg3 Be7 27. Bg2 g5
28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxg5 Qf7 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Qg3 Qc4+
34. Kg1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 f6 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
c3 Kh8 16. Qb3 c5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra2 Qc6 21. Rea1
c4 22. Qc2 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Nb6 24. Ra6 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Ba7 Ra8
28. b3 Na3 29. b4 Nc4 30. Ne1 h6 31. Nc2 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34.
Bxe3 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Rxc3 36. Rb6 Bxb4 37. Rxb5 Rc4 38. g4 Kh7 39. Kg2 Kg6 40.
Rb7 Bf8 41. Rb8 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Rb6+ Bd6 45. Rb7 Be7 46. Rb6+
Bd6 47. Rb7 Bf8 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb8 Bd6 51. Rb7 Bc7 52. Ra7 h5
53. Rb7 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Bd6 55. Rb6 Ba3 56. Rb7 Bc1 57. Bxc1 Rxc1 58. Kg2 Kh6
59. g5+ fxg5 60. Rb6+ Kh5 61. Rb7 Kg6 62. Rb6+ Kf5 63. Rb7 g6 64. Rf7+ Ke6 65.
Rf8 Rc3 66. Ra8 g4 67. Rg8 Kf5 68. Rf8+ Ke6 69. Re8+ Kf6 70. Rf8+ Ke7 71. Rg8
Rf3 72. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 Rd8 17. Ne4 O-O 18. g3 b5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Ne5
c5 22. cxb5 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Nc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bf6 26. Qb3 a6 27. Rc1 axb5
28. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O e5 8. a3
a5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 a4 11. b4 axb3 12. Nxb3 f5 13. a4 f4 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Bc3
Rb8 16. Qb1 g5 17. Qb2 Ng6 18. Nbd2 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Ra7 Bf6 21. Ba5 Qc6
22. Rc7 Qd6 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Rxc5 O-O 25. Bc7 Rb7 26. Na5 Ra7 27. Qxb5 Bd7 28.
Qb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Ra6 30. Nc4 g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Nfd2 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.
Ba5 Be6 35. Rb1 f3 36. g3 Bg5 37. Rb6 Rxa5 38. Nxa5 Bxd2 39. Rxe6 Bxa5 40. Rf6
Kg7 41. Ra6 Bb4 42. Rc6 h5 43. c3 Be7 44. d4 h4 45. Kh2 Bg5 46. d5 Be3 47. fxe3
f2 48. Kg2 hxg3 49. Ra6 Nh4+ 50. Kf1 Nf3 51. Ra1 Kf7 52. c4 Nd2+ 53. Kg2 Nxe4
54. c5 Nxc5 55. Kxg3 Ne4+ 56. Kg2 Ke7 57. Ra6 Nc5 58. Rc6 Ne4 59. Re6+ Kd7 60.
Rxe5 Nf6 61. e4 Ng4 62. Rf5 Kd6 63. Rxf2 Ke5 64. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Ng6 11. c4 Be7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. g3 O-O
15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rc2 a5 20. a3 Bb6 21. Qg4
a4 22. Re1 Qa7 23. Rf1 Qb8 24. Re1 Ba5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. axb4 Raa8
28. Rd2 Rdb8 29. Rd4 c5 30. bxc5 Rxb2 31. Rd2 a3 32. Ra1 Nxe5 33. Rxb2 Nxf3+
0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bh6
Rfd8 15. h4 Be6 16. Qg5 Qxc3 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rd5 19. Qf6 Rxf8 20. Be4 Rh5
21. Rac1 Qa5 22. f3 Rb5 23. a4 Rb6 24. d5 Bf5 25. d6 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qxa4 27. h5
Qxe4 28. Qe7 Qb4 29. h6 Rc6 30. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Rd1 Bd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Rxd3
Bc5 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Rxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Rc1
Rhd8 21. Qh4+ Kf8 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Qxh7 b5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kf8 26. Qh8+
Ke7 27. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Nbd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 a5 11. b3 Re8 12. g4 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Na4 d5 15.
dxe5 Nxe4 16. f4 Ba6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Rf2 g6 20. Nb2 Ra8 21. Ne2
Bh4 22. Rg2 Nb6 23. c4 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4
c5 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. Bxf7+ Kd8 17. Kb1 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Nec5 20. Qe3
Rh4 21. Rhe1 Re4 22. Qh3 Qf4 23. Qh8+ Kc7 24. Qxa8 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qxf7 26. Bc3
Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Bf6 28. Qxa7 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qf2 30. Qa5+ Kc6 31. Rb1 Qxg2 32. Qb5+
Kc7 33. Qa5+ b6 34. Qa7+ Nb7 35. Rd1 Qf3 36. Rc1 Qf4 37. Rd1 Ndc5 38. Rb1 Qf6
39. Qa3 Ne4 40. Qb4 Nbc5 41. Qd4 Qf3 42. Qg7+ Nd7 43. Qd4 g5 44. Rd1 Ndc5 45.
Rc1 Qf4 46. Rd1 Qxh2 47. Qg7+ Kc6 48. Qg6+ Kb7 49. Qf7+ Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51.
Rg1 Nd3 52. Kb1 Ndf2 53. Kc2 g4 54. a4 g3 55. Kb3 Kc6 56. Kb4 Nd3+ 57. Kc4 Ne5+
58. Kb4 Nf3 59. Rxg3 Nxg3 60. a5 bxa5+ 61. Kxa5 Kc5 62. c4 Ne4 63. Ka4 Nd4 64.
Ka5 Nc3 65. Ka6 Ne6 66. Kb7 Na4 67. Ka6 Nb6 68. Kb7 Nd7 69. Ka6 Nd8 70. Ka5 Nb6
71. Ka6 Kc6 72. c5 Nc4 73. Ka7 Ne6 74. Kb8 Nd8 75. Ka7 Nb7 76. Kb8 Na3 77. Ka7
Nb5+ 78. Ka6 Nc3 79. Ka7 Nd5 80. Ka6 Nb4+ 81. Ka7 Kc7 82. c6 Nc5 83. Ka8 Ne4
84. Ka7 Nd6 85. Ka8 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
g6 9. Qd1 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Be1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 h5 19. Be2 Nce4 20. Qa4 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 b6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. g3 a5 24. Kg2 Rd8 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qg5
Kh7 28. Bd4 Kg8 29. Kg1 Bh8 30. Bxh5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxh8 Kxh8 33. Be2
Kg7 34. Kf1 e5 35. Bc4 Nf6 36. h4 Ne4 37. Ke2 Nd6 38. Bd5 f6 39. Kf3 g5 40.
hxg5 fxg5 41. Kg4 Kf6 42. f4 gxf4 43. exf4 e4 44. a4 Ke7 45. Kh3 e3 46. Kg2 Nf5
47. Bc4 Nd4 48. g4 Kf6 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Bd3+ Kf6 51. g5+ Ke6 52. Kg2 Kd6 53. Bc4
Ke7 54. Kg3 Kf8 55. Bd3 Kg7 56. Be4 Kf7 57. f5 Kg7 58. f6+ Kf7 59. Bd5+ Kg6 60.
Kg2 Ne2 61. Kf3 Nf4 62. f7 Kg7 63. Bc4 e2 64. Bxe2 Ne6 65. Kg4 Nc5 66. Bb5 Kxf7
67. Kf5 Ke7 68. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Ba3 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. Qc2 exd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. b4 Ne6
22. Nb3 Bg7 23. Bb2 bxa4 24. Na5 c5 25. Qxa4 Qc7 26. Qa1 Rb8 27. d5 Bxb2 28.
Qxb2 Nef8 29. Qc3 Ba8 30. Rb1 Qb6 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Qc7 33. Nc4 Red8 34.
Nfd2 Rb7 35. Rb3 Ra7 36. Ra1 Nb6 37. Rxa7 Qxa7 38. Ra3 Qb8 39. Qa5 Nxc4 40.
Nxc4 g5 41. Rb3 Qc8 42. Rg3 h6 43. h4 Ng6 44. hxg5 h5 45. Rf3 h4 46. Qa7 Rf8
47. Nxd6 Qg4 48. Rxf7 Qd1+ 49. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Na4 O-O
15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Rxc6 Rac8 17. Qc1 Rxc6 18. Qxc6 Bd3 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. Qc7 Qxa4
21. Qxe7 Qxa2 22. Qb4 Bc4 23. h3 a5 24. Qb6 Qb3 25. Qxb3 Bxb3 26. Rc7 Rb8 27.
Bd2 a4 28. Bc3 h5 29. Ra7 Rc8 30. Kh2 h4 31. g3 hxg3+ 32. fxg3 g5 33. g4 Kg7
34. Kg3 Kg6 35. Ra6 Bd1 36. Ra7 Bb3 37. Ra6 Bd1 38. Ra7 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Bd4 Bh3 14. Bxh3
Qxh3 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qf5 17. Qe3 e6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qb6 Qe5 20. b3
Qxe2 21. Rfd1 Qb2 22. Qxd6 a5 23. Qd4 Qa3 24. Rd3 a4 25. c5 axb3 26. Rxb3 Qa7
27. Rab1 Rac8 28. Rxb7 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Ra7 Rfc8 31. Kg2 Rf5 32. Rb2 Rc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Ne2
O-O-O 15. g3 d4 16. Qc4 Nf5 17. Bg2 Na5 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Bxc6
Kxc6 21. Kf2 d3 22. cxd3 Rxd3 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. h4 Nc4 25. a4 b6 26. Ra1 Kd5 27.
Ra2 Ke4 28. Re1 Nh6 29. Kg2 Ng4 30. Ng1+ Kf5 31. Nf3 a5 32. Ng5 Kg6 33. Rae2
Rb3 34. f5+ exf5 35. e6 f6 36. e7 Re8 37. h5+ Kxh5 38. Ne6 Kg6 39. Nc7 Kf7 40.
Nxe8 Kxe8 41. Re6 Rc3 42. Bf4 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Nce5 44. Bxe5 Nxe5 45. Re3 Nd7 46.
Rd6 Rc7 47. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8.
Bf4 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qa3 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Red8 19. Rc1 Be8 20. Bb3 Nfd5
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Bc2 f6 24. Nf3 Bg6 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Bd2 Kf7 27.
a4 Nge7 28. Ka2 g5 29. Ng1 Nf5 30. Ne2 Nh4 31. Rg1 Kg6 32. Kb3 Rc8 33. Nc3 Nf5
34. Ne2 h5 35. h3 Rc6 36. a5 Rc7 37. Re1 Nh4 38. Rg1 Rd7 39. Kc2 Ne7 40. Bc3
Nc6 41. g3 Nf3 42. Rd1 Kf5 43. Rd3 g4 44. h4 Ne7 45. Nf4 Nd5 46. Nxd5 Rxd5 47.
Re3 Nxd4+ 48. Bxd4 Rxd4 49. Rc3 Rd7 50. Rc4 e5 51. Kc3 Rd6 52. Rb4 b6 53. axb6
axb6 54. Kc2 Ke6 55. Rb5 Kd7 56. Rb3 f5 57. Rb5 Ke6 58. Kc3 e4 59. Kc2 Rd3 60.
Rxb6+ Kd7 61. Rh6 Rf3 62. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 63. Kc3 Ke6 64. b4 Rf3+ 65. Kc4 Rxg3 66.
b5 Rg1 67. b6 Ke5 68. Rg5 Rc1+ 69. Kb5 e3 70. Rg8 Kf4 71. b7 Rb1+ 72. Kc6 e2
73. Re8 Kf3 74. h5 g3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Kb1 g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. c4 Rb8 20. Rg4 Ng7 21. h4
Nf5 22. Bf2 Bd8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bd3 b4 25. Qb3 Bb6 26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb4
Bxf2 28. Qa4 Ne3 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Bc4 Nb6 31. Qd1 Bd4 32. Bb5 Nc8 33. a4 Na7 34.
Qd3 Rb7 35. Rc4 Rfb8 36. Rb4 Nc6 37. Rb3 Na5 38. Rc3 d5 39. f4 Nc4 40. fxe5
Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Rxb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. e6 fxe6 44. b4 Rb7 45. Kc1 e5 46. Qh3 Kf7
47. h5 Rc7 48. Kd1 d4 49. Qf3+ Ke6 50. hxg6 Ne3+ 51. Kd2 hxg6 52. Qf6+ Kd5 53.
Qxg6 Rc3 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. Qh7+ Kf4 56. Qh2+ Kf5 57. Qh7+ Kxg5 58. Qg7+ Kf4 59.
Qh6+ Ke4 60. Qg6+ Kf4 61. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8.
Qc2 exd5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Ne2 Ndxc5 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd4
Bg6 15. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7
8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxe7 Kxe7 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. Bf1 Re8 14.
Re3 d6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 d4 9. Qc2 e5 10. Nf3 Re8 11. e3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Nxc5
15. exd4 exd4 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qxa7 Be4
21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qxd2 24. c5 Qf4 25. f3 Re8 26. Qa6 d3 27.
Rad1 Re2 28. Qd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3
e6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Re8 14. Bh2 Bd8 15.
f4 b6 16. a3 a5 17. Qc2 Qb7 18. g4 Bc7 19. Kg2 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ra8
22. Rxa8+ Qxa8 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 bxc5 25. dxc5 Ne4 26. f5 Bxh2 27. fxe6
fxe6 28. Kxh2 Kf7 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Kg3 Ne5 31. Nc3 Nd3 32. b5 cxb5 33. c6 Ke7
34. Nxb5 e5 35. Kh4 Nf2 36. Kg5 Nxh3+ 37. Kxg6 Nf2 38. g5 Nd1 39. c7 Kd7 40.
Nd6 Kxc7 41. Nf5 Kd7 42. Kxg7 Ke6 43. Kg6 Nf2 44. Nh6 Nd1 45. Ng4 Nc3 46. Kh7
Kf5 47. g6 Kxg4 48. g7 Kf3 49. g8=Q Kxe3 50. Kg6 Kd3 51. Qd8+ Kc2 52. Qb6 Kd3
53. Qd6+ Kc4 54. Qxe5 Kd3 55. Kf5 e3 56. Kf4 Ne2+ 57. Kf3 Nd4+ 58. Kg2 Nc2 59.
Kf1 Nd4 60. Qe8 Nc2 61. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Santiago de Chile m"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.04.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nc3 f5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 d6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15.
Nb3 g5 16. Bd3 e4 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Rfe1 g4 21. Bf1 Rg8
22. g3 Nf3+ 23. Nxf3 gxf3 24. Qd2 h5 25. c5 Qe5 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Rg7 28.
cxd6 cxd6 29. Bb5 h4 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Nd1 Nxd5 32. a3 hxg3 33. fxg3 Kg7 34.
Ne3 Nxe3 35. Rxe3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Rec3 Rh8 38. h4 Rg7 39. Rc7 Rhg8 40. Rxg7
Rxg7 41. Rc8 Kd5 42. Rf8 Kxd4 43. Rxf5 Rc7 44. g4 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 Rg2+ 46. Kh3 Ke3
47. h5 Rg1 48. g5 f2 49. g6 d5 0-1

[Event "Santiago de Chile m"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.04.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2
O-O 9. f4 c5 10. Nde2 d4 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. h3 Nh6 13. O-O Nf5 14. g4 Nh4 15. Bh1
Ng6 16. c3 dxc3 17. Nexc3 Be6 18. Be3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rc8 20. Rc1 b6 21. Qe2 f6
22. Rfd1 Qe8 23. e6 f5 24. g5 Kh8 25. h4 Bd8 26. h5 Nge7 27. a3 Nxd5 28. Bxd5
Be7 29. Kg2 Bd6 30. b4 cxb4 31. h6 Ne7 32. Qb2 Qg6 33. hxg7+ 1-0

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. c3 a6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. h3 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Nh4 Ne8 14. d4 Bd7 15.
Bb3 Nf6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Rf1 Be6 19. Rf3 c5 20. Rg3+ Kh7 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Rg6 Nxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. a4 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nf6
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Bc3 e5 18. Nd2 Qb8 19. Nc4 Bc5 20. Qe1 Ng4 21. Rd2
Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. h3 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Nf6 26. b4 Bf8 27. f4 Bb7
28. fxe5 Ne8 29. Nbd6 Nc7 30. Ne3 Ba8 31. b5 Nd8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Bxd6 34.
exd6 Qxd6 35. Qe3 Kf8 36. Qd4 Qg6 37. Bb4+ Kg8 38. Kh2 f6 39. Qc4 Bb7 40. Be7
Nf7 41. Qc7 1-0

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Bd3 e5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Bg1 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 dxe5 16. Bg1 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Qe1 Be6 19. b4 Rc8 20. a5 Qd4 21. Na4
Ne3 22. Rf2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Re2 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 Rc6 27. Re4
Rf1+ 28. Qxf1 Rh6+ 29. Rh4 Rxh4+ 30. gxh4 Qxh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 8.
Bc4 Nd7 9. Nxh5 Bxh5 10. g4 Bxg4 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Qxg4 Nf6 14.
Qe6 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 h6 17. Ne6 Kf7 18. Nc5 e5 19. Bxe5 Bxc5 20. dxc5
Rhe8 21. f4 Ng4 22. Kd2 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Raf1+ Ke6 25. Rhg1 g5 26. hxg5
Rxg5 27. Re1+ Kd7 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Re5 Rg8 30. Rxd5+ Kc6 31. c4 g4 32. Ke2 g3
33. Kf1 Rf8+ 34. Kg1 a5 35. b3 Rf2 36. Rd6+ Kxc5 37. Rd5+ Kb6 38. Rb5+ Ka6 39.
a4 b6 40. c5 bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 O-O 12. b3 Bb7 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rcd1 c4 20. Rxd5 Qc7 21.
bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qf3 f6 25. Rc1 Qc6 26. Ne2 Qxf3 27.
gxf3 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Kf7 29. e4 f5 30. Nd3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Be7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Kf3
g5 34. Kg4 Kf6 35. Kh5 Bf8 36. h3 h6 37. a5 Be7 38. Kxh6 Bd8 39. Nc5 Bxa5 40.
Nxa6 Bd2 41. Kh5 Ke5 42. Nc5 Be3 43. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rhe1 O-O
15. Nf5 exf5 16. Qxe7 Qc7 17. dxc5 Rfe8 18. Qd6 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 Nce4
21. Nxf5 Nxf2 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rf1 N2e4 24. Re1 Nxh5 25. Bc3 Nhf6 26. Bd4 a6
27. Re3 Re6 28. a4 Ne8 29. Rb3 N4d6 30. Ne3 f5 31. Rb6 Kf7 32. b3 Re7 33. Bc5
Rd7 34. Rb4 g5 35. Kb2 h5 36. a5 f4 37. Nf1 Nf5 38. Nh2 Nh4 39. Bf2 Nxg2 40.
Nf3 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kf5 42. Rh6 Ne3 43. Be1 Nf6 44. Rh8 g4 45. Nh4+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 d6 8. f4
O-O 9. Nb3 Na5 10. g4 Nxb3 11. cxb3 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. g5 Bd7 16. h4 Bc6 17. Rh2 a6 18. Rc1 g6 19. Rhc2 Rd7 20. b4 h6 21. Rxc6
bxc6 22. Rxc6 a5 23. b5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Kg7 25. b6 Bd8 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Rb8
28. d7 Rxb6 29. Bd4+ e5 30. fxe5 Kf8 31. Bc5+ Kg7 32. Bxb6 Bxb6 33. Bg2 e3 34.
b4 axb4 35. axb4 Kf8 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bf4 Qb6
15. Qe3 Rd8 16. c3 Be6 17. Ra3 Bd5 18. O-O f6 19. Qg3 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qf6 22. Qg3 e5 23. Nc2 Qf4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Bf7 26. Rfa1 a6 27. b4
Rac8 28. Ra5 Rd2 29. Rb1 Bb3 30. Rxe5 Rf8 31. Rf1 Rxb2 32. Rxe4 Ba4 33. f3 Re2
34. Nd5 Rc2 35. c4 Bb3 36. Ne3 Re2 37. Rf2 Re1+ 38. Rf1 Re2 39. Rb1 Ba4 40. Nd5
Rd2 41. Rbe1 Rf7 42. R1e2 Rxe2 43. Rxe2 Kf8 44. Kf2 Bc6 45. Nb6 Rf6 46. Rd2 Ke8
47. Nc8 Rf4 48. Ke3 Rf6 49. Nd6+ Ke7 50. c5 Rf8 51. Nc4 Bb5 52. Na5 Rb8 53. Rd6
b6 54. Rxb6 Rxb6 55. cxb6 Kd6 56. h4 1-0

[Event "Miskolc m"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2009.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Indien"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {First surprise of the match! Anand played the
Gruenfeld-defence with black seven years ago against Karpov.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3
dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {This is the "Hungarian Variation", which was used
by Hungarian grandmasters succesfully in the early of seventies.} 8. Bf4 b5 9.
Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 11. Bd3 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rac1 Nbd7 15.
Ne5 {#} Rfc8 $1 {15. Ne5 was a novelty, but Anand found the best plan. The a8
rook defends the a6 pawn and Black is still waiting for all of his
posibilities.} 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Nb6 (17. Bd6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20.
dxc5 Bd5 {with counterplay}) 17... Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Nd5 19. Ba5 (19. Bc5 $5) 19...
Bh6 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. Nxc4 Bf8 22. g3 Rc8 23. Ne5 Nf6 {Black has slightly
better position and time to improve his standing with Bd6, Kg7, g5, h5, and
after this or h4 or Bb8-a7. Anand wants to use his advantage too quickly. But
White's position is strong enough.} 24. Bf1 Bd5 25. Nd3 {#} Rc4 $6 {Consequent
but dubious. After the game Peter said that here he calculated three moves 
(Nf4, Pb3 and Bd8), but he had only three minutes left...} 26. Bd8 $6 (26. b3
$1 Rxd4 (26... Rc2 27. Re2 $1 $14) 27. Bb6 Re4 28. Rc1 Nd7 29. Be3 {+/=}) 26...
Ne4 27. Nf4 Rc8 28. Nxd5 {#Anand had only half minute (against two and half
for Leko) and maybe for this reason he offered a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miskolc m"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2009.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indien"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The second surprise of the match: the Gruenfeld
Defence again, but with reversed colours!} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 {Kramnik's favourite variation, which played as Black very
succesfully by the Indian grandmaster Ganguly, who is member of Anand's team.}
Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 $1 {A very strong move, but it is
not exactly a novelty. Anand's idea is to create some weaknesses in Black's
camp after 12...f6, or disturb the development of the black pieces.} Re8 13. d6
Bd7 14. Bh6 {#} Qd8 {Not a bad idea, but Black has no time to build up his
defence. It is very difficult to offer a better choice, because we don't
believe in the move 13...Bd7. Now the fans of the Gruenfeld must to show
something good against White's hyperagressive plan!} (14... Bf6 15. h4 (15. e5
Bh8) 15... Bc6 16. h5 Nd7 17. Ng5 $40 {Palo-Ivanchuk, Skanderborg 2003}) (14...
Bh8 15. h4 Bc6 16. h5 Bxe4 17. Ng5 Bd5 (17... Bf5 18. Be2 {+/-}) 18. Nxh7 $1 {
with attack.}) 15. h4 f6 16. e5 $1 $16 {+/-. After this move Black never can
play Pg5 and open the dangerous b1-h7 diagonal.} Bc6 17. h5 g5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. exf6+ Qxf6 {#} 20. h6+ $1 {The final nuance: the black K must go into the
corner, and the endgame is winning for White.} Kh8 21. Qxg5 Rf8 22. Qxf6+ Rxf6
23. Ne5 Rf5 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rh4 $1 $18 {The best place for the
rook: White threatens with different manouvres, for example: Rg4-g7, or to
push ahead his passed free pawn, or attack the black pawns on the queenside.}
Rf6 (26... Rd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Rf4 Kg8 29. Rf6 $18) 27. Bb5 Ne5 28. Rh5 Nf7
29. Rxc5 Rxh6 30. d7 {#The rest is simple.} a6 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. Rc7 b5 33. Rc6
Kf6 34. Rxa6 Rh5 35. Rb6 Rc5 36. Bxb5 Rxc3 37. a4 Ke7 38. a5 Rg8 39. Kf1 Ra3
40. a6 Nd8 41. Be2 Rg5 42. Bc4 Rc5 43. Bxe6 Rca5 44. Bc4 Ra1 45. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 46.
Ke2 {#So Anand leads 1.5-0.5 after the first day, with good play.} 1-0

[Event "Miskolc m"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2009.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indien"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 d5 {Of course, Peter didn't want to play again his favourite Grunfeld
defence because of his lost second game.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 {
Peter has chosen the Anti-Meran System, which is Anand's prefered weapon but
with Black!} Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11.
Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Bd6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Nd2 $5 {This is a well-known position
where White sacrifices a pawn to sharpen the fight.} Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Qxe4 18. f3 Qg6 {While the target of White are the black
squares around the black king Leko starts immediatly counterattack against the
g2 square.} 19. Bxa3 h5 $1 {#} 20. Qd2 $146 {A harmless novelty. Black has
more dangerous threats, which is why Anand has to exchange the queens.} (20.
Bc5 h4 21. e4 Qg3 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 a6 24. f4 f6 25. Re3 {1/2-1/2
Czarnota-Balogh, Baden Baden 2009}) 20... Qg3 21. Bc5 (21. Qb4 $6 O-O-O 22. Bb2
(22. Rf2 h4) 22... a6 23. Rfc1 h4 24. Rxa6 h3 $1 25. Raxc6+ Bxc6 26. Rxc6+ Kd7
27. Qb7+ Ke8 $19) 21... h4 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 a6 24. e4 f6 25. Ra4 Rd8 $1
26. f4 Kf7 27. Kh2 $1 Rd7 {Inaccuracy. Thought the position is very close to
equal, Black could have more hopefully continuations, for example:} (27... Rh5
$5 28. Kh3 Bc8) (27... Rh6 $5) 28. Ra3 $1 {with the idea b4, Rh3} Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miskolc m"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2009.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Indien"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {An intresting "provocation": Anand is not afraid
to play Grunfeld with black!} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8.
Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Nxc5 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Qa3 {#} Rfe8 $146 {Novelty: the rook gives his place for the queen
but Leko finds the weak point of this plan.} (15... Rac8 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rac1
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxe5 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Rcd1 Qf6 21. Rd5 $14 {Alterman-Pelletier,
Bad Wiessee 1997}) 16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Bd2 $1 {+/=. This unpleasent "comeback" of
the dark squared bishop does not give other choice to Anand to play a worse
endgame.} Bxe5 (17... Rac8 18. Bb4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxe5 20. Rac1 Qh6 $1 21. g3
Na4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bb7 {+/=}) 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Bf1 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Ne6 {#} (22... Ne4 23. Bb4 Qb8 24. Qe3 {+/-}) 23. Qg3 $1 {
Keeping the queen is the strongest plan. At same time in my opinion (IM
Meszaros) changing the queens was a reasonable possibility. The pair of
bishops means a serious advantage in positions like this (symmetrical pawn
structure, the central pawns are absent) and Black cannot easily build a
fortress on the queenside because of the too advenced a6-b5 pawns. We have to
mention that the time pressure helped neither the attacking nor the defending
side! Time-wasting calculations of variations or a sure and longtime advantage
in the endgame? Peter chose the first option.} f6 $5 24. Bc3 Qd8 25. h4 Kf7 26.
Qe3 h5 27. a3 Qd5 {#} 28. Qb6 $2 (28. Qh6 Bc6 (28... Qe4 29. Qh7+ Ng7 30. Bd2
$1 $16) 29. Qh8 Ng7 30. Qc8 Nf5 31. Bb4 {+/-}) 28... g5 $1 {Anand begins
counterplay on the king-side, reason is changing the pawns.} 29. hxg5 fxg5 30.
f3 h4 31. Qe3 h3 $1 32. gxh3 Qxf3 33. Qxf3+ Bxf3 34. Kf2 Be4 35. Ke3 Bf5 36.
Be5 Kg6 37. Bg2 {#} (37. b4 {+/=}) 37... Nc5 $1 $11 {After this move White
cannot save his pawns from the change on the queenside.} 38. Bd6 (38. b4 Nd3
39. Bg3 Nb2 $1 40. Kd4 Be6 41. Bb7 Nc4 42. Bxa6 Nxa3 $11) 38... Nd3 39. b3 Ne1
40. Bb7 Nc2+ 41. Kd2 a5 42. Bg2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Bc5 Na1 45. Bd5 Bxh3 46.
Bxb4 Bf5 47. Bc5 Nxb3+ 48. Bxb3 Be4 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Ba4 Bh1 51. Bc2+ Ke6 52.
Kf2 Kd7 53. Kg3 Kc6 54. Be3 Kb7 55. Kg4 Ka8 {#} 56. Kxg5 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miskolc m"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Indien"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {It is not surprise for us: Anand keeps on
playing Grunfeld with Black.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8.
Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 {The main line of the "Hungarian
variarion". It looks like the World Champion is unsatisfied what happened in
the fourth game after} (11... Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Nxc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Qa3 $14) 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 {was played by Kasparov against Leko,
but Peter showed the right defensive plan and kept the balance.}) 13... Bd5 14.
Qe3 Bxb2 15. Rad1 e6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nd3 Bg7 18. Nb4 Nf6 19. Bf3 $146 {
Reasonable continuations are still} (19. Bd6) ({or} 19. Be5) 19... Rc8 {
Anand does not hurry to escape from the pin with his queen, he is waiting for
Leko's committment.} 20. c6 Qa5 $1 {#} 21. Qc5 $2 {Too agressive, which can be
explained by the standing in the match and not by the objective quality of the
position! This move destroys the pawn structure on the kingside and the white
queen will feel uncomfortable after the next movies of Black. Better was} (21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5 $44) (21. a3 {unclear}) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3
Rfe8 23. Bd6 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rd6 Qa3 $1 {The c6 passed pawn does not
mean serious danger for Black, therefore Anand starts a counterattack with his
queen.} 26. Rd3 Qb2 $1 27. Rb3 Qe2 {#} 28. Nxa6 $1 {The best chance to save
the game!} ({After} 28. Re3 Qc4 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. Ra3 Nd5 $1 31. Nxd5 exd5 32.
Rxa6 Rfd8 {the connected passed pawns give good winning chances for Black.})
28... Qxa2 29. Ra3 Qb2 30. Qc3 $1 {At this moment Peter understood he has to
fight for draw, because his pieces are uncoordinated and Anand's knight on d5
can be very powerful. Peter's idea is to exchange all pieces and queenside
pawns except one pair of rooks. If Peter can do it the rook endgame only with
the pawns on the kingside is a famous drawish position.} Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Nd5 32.
Rc5 Ra8 33. c7 {#} Rfc8 ({For example} 33... Rxa6 $6 34. c8=Q Rxc8 35. Rxc8+
Kg7 36. Rb1 b4 37. Rb8 Ra3 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. R1xb4 Nxb4 40. Rxb4 h5 41. h3 {
and this is the dream position.}) 34. Rc6 Ra7 35. Rd6 Kg7 36. Rc1 b4 37. Rd8 (
37. Rb1 $6 Rxa6 38. Rxa6 Rxc7 39. Ra8 Rc4 40. Rb8 Kf6 $15 {this was Anand's
plan, as he told the audience after the game.}) 37... Raa8 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39.
Rb1 Kf6 {#} 40. Rb3 $4 {Because of the time trouble (under one minute) Peter
starts an incredible series of mistakes.} (40. Nxb4 Nxc7 41. Rc1 Ke7 42. Na6
Kd7 43. Nxc7 Rxc7 44. Ra1 $11) 40... Ke7 41. Nxb4 Nxc7 $2 {A fatal mistake
without punishment.} (41... Rxc7 42. Nd3 (42. Nxd5+ $2 exd5 $19) 42... Kf6 $17)
42. Rc3 Kd6 {#} (42... Kd7 43. Rd3+ $1 Ke7 44. Rc3 $11) 43. Rd3+ $4 {Peter
told us after the game, he was waiting for Kd7, but Anand played Kd6 and in
his big time trouble he mixed up the two saving moves.} (43. Na6 $11) 43... Nd5
44. Kg2 Rc4 45. Nxd5 exd5 {The rest is simple.} 46. Ra3 d4 47. Ra8 Rc7 48. Kf1
Ke5 49. Rd8 f5 50. h4 Rc1+ 51. Kg2 Rc6 52. Re8+ Re6 53. Rd8 Rd6 54. f4+ Kd5 55.
Re8 Re6 56. Ra8 d3 57. Kf3 Kc4 58. Rc8+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Miskolc m"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indien"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 {Anand follows a new
line.} Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. Rd1 {Anand fights
against his favourite weapon.} cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
b6 {#} 16. Rac1 $146 (16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qf4 20.
Qh3 g5 21. Qxh2 Qxh4 22. Qxh4 gxh4 23. Kh2 $11 {Jussupow-Sebag, Moscow 2008})
16... Bb7 17. Bg3 $5 {Typical plan in these structures. Black can not move
with his Ra8 from the corner and prepares the e5 square for his f3 knight.}
Bxg3 (17... Bxf3 $6 18. gxf3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 $14) 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Ne5 Red8 20.
Ba2 Rac8 21. Nc4 $1 {Very good choice which suits for the result of the match.
Anand trying to win without any risk.} Qb4 22. Ne3 {#} Re8 (22... Nf8 23. d5
exd5 24. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 25. Ncxd5 Qe4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nxb6 $14) (22... Qa5 23.
d5 $1 exd5 24. Rd4 {unclear}) 23. d5 $1 {Anand can not improve the position of
his pieces, so here is the time to break the centre.} Nf8 $6 (23... exd5 24.
Ncxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 (25... Rxc8 $2 26. Bxd5 $16) 26. Bxd5 Qxa4 27. b3 $1
Qb4 (27... Qb5 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Bc6 Re7 30. Nf5 Re5 31. g4 $16) 28. Bc6 $36)
24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Bd5 $1 {The World Champion exploits brilliantly the power of
d5 square.} Nxd5 26. Ncxd5 Qb3 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Qc4 $1 Nc5 {#} (28... Qxb2 $2
29. Qc6 Kf8 30. Nxb6 $18) 29. Qxb3 {After the game both side was agree that
after} (29. a5 $1 Qxb2 30. axb6 {White wins.}) 29... Nxb3 30. Nxb6 Be6 31. Rd6
a5 32. Nbd5 Nc5 33. Nc7 Rb8 34. Nxe6 fxe6 $1 {Very clever decision what gives
good chances for draw.} 35. Nc4 Nxa4 36. Rxe6 Nxb2 37. Nxa5 Nd3 $1 38. f3 {#}
Kf7 {Peter told us after he had touched his king he saw the following variation
} (38... Rb1+ 39. Kh2 h5 $1 40. Re2 Rf1 $1 {with the idea Nf2 with an easy
draw.}) 39. Re2 h5 40. Nc4 {White has still serious advantage, but after
mutual inaccuracies in the time trouble the game ends draw.} Kf6 41. Nd6 Rb1+
42. Kh2 Nc5 43. Ne8+ Kf7 44. Re5 Nb7 45. Nc7 g6 46. Nd5 Rb5 47. Re7+ Kf8 48.
Rd7 Nc5 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Nf4 Ne6 51. Rd7+ Ke8 $1 52. Rh7 Nxf4 53. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miskolc m"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 {Peter could have chose the
extremly sharp Botvinnik Variation with 5....dxc4, but it is not his style.} 6.
Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 {This is the newest tendency -
previously 9....Bd6 was the most accepted continuation.} 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5
12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Rc1 h5 {Some weeks ago Karjakin tried} (14... O-O {
against Carlsen, but after} 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1
Bf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd1 $1 Rd6 22. Rc5 Kf8 23. Kf1 h5 24. Ne3
Ke7 25. Ke2 Bg7 26. Nc2 Bh6 27. Ra5 $1 Rd7 28. Rxe5+ Kd6 29. Ra5 Bg7 30. f4 $1
Bxb2 31. e5+ Ke7 32. Nb4 $16 {he could not equalize the position and lost the
game.}) 15. h3 Bh6 16. Rc2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rc8 19. Rd1 Ke7 {
#The point of Leko's plan: instead of castling his king participates in the
fight.} 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21. Nd5+ Nxd5 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. exd5 {#} Rd8 $1 {Fine
move: Peter sacrifices a pawn for exchanging the rooks.} ({After} 23... cxd5
24. Rxd5 f6 25. Ra5 $14 {Black has difficulties because of his weaknesses (a7
pawn, g6 pawn, e6 square).}) 24. dxc6 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Kd6 26. Ba4 Bc1 27. b4 a6
28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Ba3 {#White's extra pawn does not mean any advantage.
With this draw the World Champion has won the match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miskolc m"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Looks like Leko does not want to play against the Grunfeld defence
again.} c6 {A new guest in the match. The Caro-Kann defence is a prefered one
for both sides.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7
8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 dxc4 10. Nc3 {Peter sacrifices a pawn for the initiative. He
has advantage of development and after some moves he will have pair of bishops.
The question is these pluses will be enough to force the win?} a6 11. O-O-O Qa5
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bf3 Be7 17. Rd2 g5 18.
g3 gxf4 19. gxf4 {#} Nh4 $1 {A very important novelty. Thought White has some
compensation for the pawn, for the advantage White has to find a new way.} (
19... Nb4 20. Kb1 Rg8 21. Rhd1 Nd3 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bc6+ Kf8 24. Ba7 Rc8 25.
Be4 Nxf4 26. Na4 $1 $14 {Leko-Cheparinov, Elista 2008.12.}) (19... Rg8 20. Rhd1
Nh4 21. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 (21... Rxc6 22. Rd8+ Bxd8 23. Rxd8+ Ke7 24. Rxg8 Rxb6 25.
Ne4 $16 {/\ Nf6}) 22. Ne4 $36) 20. Be4 Rg8 21. Kb1 (21. Rhd1 Rg4 22. Rd7 Rxf4
23. Rxb7 Nxe5 24. Bc7 $1 $44) 21... Rg4 22. Rf1 Ng6 23. f5 $1 Ngxe5 24. fxe6
fxe6 25. Bxh7 Nd7 26. Be3 {#} b5 (26... Rd8 $1 {was better. After} 27. Be4 (27.
Bc2 Nc5) 27... Nc5 28. Bxc6+ bxc6 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Bxg1 Nd3 $15
{Black has an extra pawn.}) 27. Bc2 Nce5 28. Ne4 Nd3 $1 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Nf2
Rg2 31. Nxd3 Rxd2 32. Bxd2 Nf6 33. Bc1 $1 Rd8 34. Ne5 Rd5 35. Nc6 Rh5 36. Re1 (
36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. h4 Ne4 {with attack.}) 36... Kf7 {#} 37. Bf4 $6 {Inaccuracy.
Peter would have reached some advantage with good play. After} (37. Ne5+ Ke8
38. Ng6 Kd7 39. Nf4 Rxh2 40. Rxe6 $14 {White is better, though the a6 pawn is
weak, and Black can keep the draw.}) 37... Nd5 38. Bg3 Bf6 39. a3 Rf5 40. Ne5+
Bxe5 41. Bxe5 a5 42. Bg3 a4 43. Kc2 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qb3 cxd4 13. exd4 Qa5 14. Rd1 Rac8
15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qa4 18. Bb4 Rfd8 19. Bc5 h6 20. Bb5 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Rc7 22. Be2 Nc8 23. Bxa7 Rc2 24. Bc4 Rxb2 25. Bc5 Ne4 26. Re1 Ncd6 27. Ba3
Rd2 28. Bf1 Rxd4 29. Bc1 Nd2 30. Bb2 Rd5 31. Rad1 Nf5 32. Be2 Nxb3 33. Rxd5
Rxd5 34. Rb1 Nbd4 35. Bf1 Nc6 36. Bc3 Rd7 37. g4 Nfe7 38. f4 Nd5 39. Bd2 Kf8
40. Kf2 Ke7 41. h4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 13. Bf2 Ng4 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
Be2 Ngxe5 16. O-O Bg7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 Rf8 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Rb3 Rxf1+ 21.
Kxf1 Nc4 22. Rxa3 Nxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Be5 24. Rf3 Bxg3 25. Rf7+ Kd6 26. hxg3 b5 27.
Rh7 Bb7 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Ke2 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rxh6+ Rf6 32. Rh5 Re6+ 33.
Kd1 g4 34. Nb3 Nf6 35. Rf5 Ne4 36. Kc1 Nc3 37. a3 Re3 38. Rf6+ Ke5 39. Rxa6
Rxg3 40. Nc5 Rxg2 41. Nd3+ Kd4 42. Ne1 Re2 43. Nd3 Rh2 44. Ne1 Ne4 45. Kb2 Rh1
46. Nd3 Nc3 47. a4 Nxa4+ 48. Ka3 Ra1+ 49. Kb4 Rb1+ 50. Ka3 Nc5 51. Nxc5 Kxc5
52. Rg6 Rg1 53. Kb3 g3 54. Rg4 g2 55. Kb2 b4 56. Rg5 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Ne7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Qa4 c5 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Qd7 Re8 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. Rad1 exd5 20. Qxf5 d4 21.
Bc1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rfe1 f6 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. b4 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 cxb4 27.
Rxd4 Ke6 28. Rc4 a5 29. Be3 Bd6 30. Kd2 a4 31. Kc2 Kd5 32. Rd4+ Kc6 33. Bd2 Bc5
34. Rg4 Rb8 35. Rxg7 b3+ 36. axb3 axb3+ 37. Kb1 Rd8 38. Ba5 Rd3 39. Rg3 Rxg3
40. fxg3 Kb5 41. Bd2 f5 42. Bh6 Bd6 43. Kb2 Kc4 44. Kc1 Be5 45. Kd2 Kd4 46.
Be3+ Kd5 47. Bh6 Kc4 48. Be3 h5 49. Bb6 Bc3+ 50. Kc1 Bd4 51. Bc7 Kd3 52. Bd6
Ke2 0-1

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nb6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b3 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bb2 c5 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Nb1 Bxb2 21.
Qxb2 Rec8 22. Qe5 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Na3 a5 25. Kf1 a4 26. b4 Nd7 27. Rd4
cxd4 28. Rxc7 Nf6 29. b5 dxe3 30. Rxe7 exf2 31. Kxf2 Nd5 32. Re4 Nc3 33. Rc4
Nxa2 34. Ke3 Rd8 35. Rxa4 Nc3 36. Rc4 Nd5+ 37. Kd3 Ra8 38. Nc2 Kf8 39. Kd4 Nb6
40. Rc6 Rd8+ 41. Kc5 Nd7+ 42. Kb4 Ke7 43. Na3 h5 44. Nc4 h4 45. b6 hxg3 46.
hxg3 Nxb6 47. Nxb6 Rd1 48. Rc3 f5 49. Kc5 g5 50. Nd5+ Kf7 51. Kd6 Kg6 52. Ke5
Re1+ 53. Ne3 f4 54. gxf4 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Kf6 56. Rc5 Ke6 57. Re5+ Kd7 58. Ke4 Ra1
59. Rh5 Ra4+ 60. Ke5 Ra1 61. Rh6 Re1 62. Kd4 Ra1 63. Nc4 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Ke7 65.
Ne3 Rc1+ 66. Kd5 Re1 67. Re6+ Kf7 68. Re4 Ra1 69. Ke5 Re1 70. Kf5 Re2 71. Re5
Re1 72. Re6 Re2 73. Rf6+ Ke7 74. Nd5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bg5 Ne4 8.
cxd5 Bxd5 9. Be3 g6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qa4 Bg7 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1
Qb4 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Qe2 e6 18. a3 Qb3 19. Bb1 Rfd8 20. Ba2 Qb5 21.
Rd3 Nf5 22. Qd2 Na5 23. Rc3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rac1 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 h6 27. h3
a6 28. Qc7 Rd7 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Qxc7 Qxb2 32. Qxf7 Nxe3 33. fxe3
Qxa3 34. Qxe6 a5 35. d5 a4 36. d6 Qd3 37. d7 a3 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. exd4 Qxd4+ 40.
Kh1 a2 41. Qxa2 Qxd7 42. Qb2 b5 43. Qb4 h5 44. h4 Kg7 45. Kh2 Qc7+ 46. g3 Qe5
47. Qb3 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qc4 49. Qb2+ Kh7 50. Qf6 Qc8+ 51. Kh2 Qb7 52. g4 hxg4 53.
h5 Qc7+ 54. Kg2 gxh5 55. Qf5+ Kg8 56. Qg5+ Qg7 57. Qxb5 Qf7 58. Qg5+ Kh7 59.
Qe3 Qf6 60. Qe4+ Kg7 61. Qd5 Kh6 62. Qd2+ Kg6 63. Qd3+ Kg7 64. Qd5 Qf7 65. Qe5+
Kg8 66. Qg5+ Kh7 67. Qe3 Qd5+ 68. Kg3 Kg6 69. Qe8+ Qf7 70. Qe4+ Qf5 71. Qe8+
Kg7 72. Qe7+ Kh6 73. Qe3+ Qg5 74. Qe6+ Qg6 75. Qe3+ Kg7 76. Qe5+ Kh7 77. Qe7+
Qg7 78. Qe4+ Kh6 79. Qe6+ Qg6 80. Qe3+ Kg7 81. Qe7+ Qf7 82. Qe5+ Qf6 83. Qe4
Kf7 84. Kg2 Qb2+ 85. Kg3 Qa3+ 86. Kg2 Qc5 87. Qh7+ Ke6 88. Qg6+ Kd7 89. Qf7+
Kc6 90. Qe6+ Kb7 91. Qb3+ Kc7 92. Qf7+ Kb6 93. Qb3+ Ka5 94. Qa2+ Kb6 95. Qb3+
Qb5 96. Qe3+ Kb7 97. Qe7+ Ka8 98. Qa3+ Kb8 99. Qf8+ Ka7 100. Qa3+ Kb6 101. Qe3+
Qc5 102. Qb3+ Kc7 103. Qf7+ Kd8 104. Qg8+ Kd7 105. Qf7+ Kc6 106. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. Re3 e5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qd7 20. g3
Qe6 21. Rf3 Kd7 22. b4 Ke7 23. Qh4 Rdg8 24. Rd1 Rg6 25. Rf5 h6 26. c4 Rg5 27.
c5 Rxf5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. b5 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Qxh6 Qb1+ 33.
Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. c3 Rc8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Nd2 h5 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Rf1 Re8 20. h3 Kg7 21. b4 cxb4
22. cxb4 d5 23. Ne3 Bg5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rfd1 Qd7 26. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Ra3 Rb8 20. Qd2 h5 21. Ng5 Bh6 22.
Nf1 Nfd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rea1 Qe7 25. h4 Ra8 26. Qd1 Ra6 27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28.
Ra3 Ra8 29. Qa1 Qf8 30. Nf3 Bxe3 31. Nxe3 Bb7 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qxa8+ Bxa8 34.
Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nd7 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Nc4 f6 11. a4 Nf8 12. c3 a5 13. Nxa5 Rxa5 14. b4 Bxb4
15. cxb4 Ra8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Rfb1 O-O 18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. a5 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Rxd4 23. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Classic rap 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 d6 8. a4
a5 9. Na3 exd4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Nc2 Be6 16. Rfb1 c5 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Rfb8 19. f3 f5 20. bxc5 Rxb1+
21. Rxb1 Rxa4 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rb8+ Kg7 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Rd8 d5
27. g4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. h3 h6 13. Nf4 h5 14. Re1
Rd8 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Rae1 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Rxd4 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. Bd6 Rhd8 23. Ba3 Rd2 24. c3 Rc2 25. R6e3 Rdd2 26. Rf3 b6
27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Kg6 29. Be7 Re2 30. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Re1 Ne7 11. h3 b6 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bf4
Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxc7 Rc8 17. Be5 Kd7 18. g4 h5 19. a4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bb7
21. c3 Bd6 22. Bd4 Rh6 23. Kg2 a6 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25. b4 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Kf7 27.
Ree1 Rc7 28. Kg3 Rh8 29. Be5 Rd7 30. Bd4 Rc7 31. Re3 Re8 32. Kf4 Rh8 33. Kg5
Rh6 34. Rf3+ Kg8 35. Be5 Rc4 36. Rf4 Kh7 37. Rxc4 dxc4 38. b5 axb5 39. a5 bxa5
40. Rxa5 Bc6 41. Ra7 Rg6+ 42. Kh4 b4 43. cxb4 c3 44. g5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Ne4 Ngf6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nc4
Bxd2+ 15. Nfxd2 Qc7 16. O-O-O b5 17. Ne3 Rhe8 18. g4 Nd5 19. Nxd5+ cxd5 20. g5
b4 21. Kb1 a5 22. Qe3 a4 23. Rh3 Rec8 24. Rc1 a3 25. b3 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27.
Rxc3 bxc3 28. Nf1 hxg5 29. hxg5 Rh8 30. Ne3 Nb8 31. Re1 Kd6 32. Nd1 Nc6 33.
Nxc3 Nxd4 34. Rd1 e5 35. Na4 Rh2 36. c3 Nf3 37. Nb6 Rxf2 38. Nc4+ Kc6 39. Nxa3
Nd2+ 40. Kc1 Ne4 41. Rd3 Rxa2 42. Nc2 Ra5 43. b4 Ra7 44. Ne3 Rd7 45. Ng4 f6 46.
gxf6 gxf6 47. Kc2 Kd6 48. c4 d4 49. Ra3 Ke6 50. Kd3 f5 51. Ra5 fxg4 52. Kxe4 d3
53. Rxe5+ Kf6 54. Rf5+ Ke6 55. Re5+ Kf6 56. Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f5 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4
Bxf5 15. Bxd5 Qc8 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. Bxa7 Rb5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Kb1
Ra8 21. b3 Rba5 22. a4 Rb8 23. Bc1 Rxa4 24. Bb2 Raa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Rxa3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4
Nf6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. h3 Be6 14. Ba2 Nc7 15.
c4 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ne6 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. Rc1 Rad8
22. Ba1 b6 23. d5 Nc5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bb1 e6 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Qe3 exd5 28.
Qh6 d4 29. Nh4 d3 30. Nf5 Ne6 31. Ne3 Qf4 32. Qxf4 Nxf4 33. Kh2 Rc8 34. Rd1
Rfd8 35. g5 Rd4 36. Rd2 Ne6 37. Nd5 Rcxc4 38. Nxb6 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
h3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. d5 b6 14. Bd3
Ba6 15. b3 c6 16. Rhe1 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bb7 18. Bg5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions rap"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nb6 14. Bf3
Nxd5 15. Qa4+ c6 16. Qxc4 Qd6 17. Rb1 b5 18. Rxb5 cxb5 19. Qxb5+ Kf8 20. Qxd5
Rb8 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Kd2 Rb2+ 23. Kd3 Bh6 24. Bf6 Bg7 25. Bg5 Bh6 26. Bf6 Bg7
27. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions sim"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Almada, Enrique"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 a5 7. b3 d6 8. d4
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Be2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Nh4 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Qe6 17. g4 Rad8 18. Nf5 g6 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd6 24. Qc2 f6 25. Rd1 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Champions sim"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O a6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e3 Rb8 8. d4 b5
9. cxb5 axb5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb5 Bd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qb6 15.
Nb3 Na5 16. Nxc5 Bxb5 17. axb5 O-O 18. Na6 Rbc8 19. Qa4 Nc4 20. Nxb4 Nd6 21.
Nc6 Rfe8 22. Bd2 Nxb5 23. Ba5 Qc5 24. Bb4 Qb6 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nh5 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. e5 Kg7 18. exd6 Nxg3 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. hxg3 Qd6 21. Nc3
Nxd4 22. Nd5 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 b4 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Qd3 Rfd8 26. Ra6 Bb5 27. Rxb6
Bxd3 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Ne5 Bf5 30. Rc7 Be6 31. Nc6 Rb6 32. Nd4 Rd6 33. Nxe6+
Rxe6 34. Kf1 Re4 35. b3 g4 36. Rb7 Kg6 37. f3 gxf3 38. gxf3 Re3 39. Rxb4 Rxf3+
40. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Qe1 Bf8 14. Qf2 Rb8 15.
Rad1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Bc5 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21.
Ne4 Nxe5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Bg6 Rg8 25. Bxh7 Kxh7 26. Qh4+ Kg6 27.
Rd3 Qh5 28. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Corsico m"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.10.31"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 Be6 15.
Na4 N6d7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nc5 Nb6 19. Ra1 f6 20. Qc3 Bf7 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Ra1 Qb8 23. Nd2 Nc4 24. Ndb3 Ra7 25. e4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Bd5 27. Bxd5+
cxd5 28. Re1 Qd6 29. Qf3 Kf7 30. g3 g6 31. h4 Re7 32. Ra1 Rc7 33. Ra6 Qd8 34.
Qf4 Kg7 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxc7+ Kg8 37. Kg2 Qf5 38. Qe7 h6 39. Nc1 g5 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. N1d3 Nd2 42. Qe2 Nc4 43. Ne5 Kg7 44. Ng4 Ng6 45. Qe6 Qxe6 46. Nxe6+
1-0

[Event "Corsico m"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.10.31"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qc3 f6 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nb7 19. Qe2 e5 20. e4 Qe6 21. Rd5
Rc7 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. h3 Bf8 25. Ne1 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qc4+
Qf7 28. Qc6 Nc5 29. Ba3 Nxb3 30. Bxf8 Nd4 31. Qa8 Qxf8 32. Qxa7 Qb4 33. Qa8+
Kf7 34. Nf3 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Qc5 36. Qb7+ Kg6 37. Qd7 Kh6 38. a4 Qc1+ 39. Kg2
Qg5+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsico m"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2009.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.10.31"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. a3
Nc6 9. e3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O h6 13. b4 Qa7 14. Ne4 Nh5 15.
Bd6 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Nf6 19. Rd2 Be8 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. e4
Ng4 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Na5 24. e5 Bc6 25. Re1 h5 26. h3 Nh6 27. Nd4 g6 28.
Nxc6 Nxc6 29. Bf3 Nf5 30. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Corsico m"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2009.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.10.31"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8.
Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 g5 11. Bg3 f5 12. O-O-O f4 13. f3 Nd6 14. exf4 gxf4
15. Bf2 Bf5 16. Qc5 Ne7 17. Ne2 Bg6 18. Qc3 Qd7 19. g3 fxg3 20. Nxg3 Nb5 21.
Qb3 a6 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. h4 Na5 24. Qb4 Qc6+ 25. Kd1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. d5 Qf6
28. Qxc4 Qxf3+ 29. Kc1 Rf4 30. Qa2 Nd6 31. b3 Qc3+ 32. Kd1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c6 {A rare reply to a
rare system. Both players were probably trying to avoid major theory.} 7. Qb3
e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 (9... b6 {is the main move in this position.}) 10.
Na4 {[%cal Yd2b4] Otherwise Black pushes ...e6-e5 and equalizes.} (10. e4 dxc4
11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 $6 {1-0 Zagoriansky,E-Rokhlin,Y/Moscow 1944/EXT 1999 (40)}
b5 $1 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Qc2 (14. Qa3 $2 a5) 14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5
$36) (10. Rfe1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bf4 {1/2 Malaniuk,
V (2525)-Stambulian,A (2394)/Krasnodar 2004/EXT 2006}) (10. cxd5 exd5 {OK, no .
..e6-e5 but the Karlsbad structure with White's Bd2 is safe for Black:} 11. Qc2
Re8 12. b4 Ne4 13. b5 Nb6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. a4 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Be6 17. a5 Nd7 18.
Nb3 c5 $11 {1/2 Trifunovic,P-Bogdanovic,R/Belgrade 1952/EXT 2000 (23)}) 10...
Re8 $6 {To be followed by a strange retreat (11...Qd8). Black didn't like} (
10... a5 {but it was probably the best option.}) 11. Bb4 Qd8 12. Bd6 $1 dxc4
13. Qxc4 Nb8 $6 (13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Be5 $14) 14. Qc5 b5 $6 (14... a5)
15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Rac1 $6 (16. a4 $1 Na6 17. Qa3 $16 {was a severe punishment of
Black's opening strategy. After the text move he gradually consolidates his
position, and the white queen and bishop get trapped in the opponent's camp.})
16... a5 17. Bg3 $6 (17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Rb7] was probably a
quite comfortable "must".}) 17... Nbd7 (17... e5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 18.
dxe5 (18. Bxe5 $143 $6 Nfd7 19. Qd6 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 18... Nh5 19. Rfd1
Nxg3 (19... Nd7 20. Qd6 $1 Nxg3 21. e6 $3 Rxe6 22. Qxg3 $11) 20. hxg3 Nd7 $15)
18. Qd6 Bf8 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Rec8 21. Be5 b4 22. Na4 Nd5 {[%cal Yc6c5]}
23. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] An unfortunate decision - to block the c-file.
Besides, White's c5-pawn now becomes weak, and his bishop on g3 badly
restricted.} (23. Rfd1 $142 c5 $140 24. Bb5 Nxe5 (24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26.
e4 N5b6 27. d5 $14) 25. dxe5 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Rc5]}) 23... Nxc5 24. dxc5 f6 25.
Bg3 e5 26. Rfd1 Ba6 $1 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Nd2 a4 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 29. e4 $6 (29.
Ne4 $142 {in order to control the c3-square or provoke ...f6-f5, which frees
the g3 bishop. Black, however, keeps the better prospects after} Kf7 ({but not
the premature} 29... a3 30. b3 f5 $2 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Nc3 33. Rd2)) 29...
Nc7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Yc7b5,Ya4a3,Yc7e6]} 30. f3 $6 (30. Nc4 Ne6 $17) (30. f4 $5
) 30... Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Obvious but bad!} (30... a3 $1 31. b3 Nb5 {
[%cal Rb5c3]} 32. Nb1 Nd4 33. Kf1 Ra5 $17) 31. Rb1 a3 {Too late!} (31... Be3+
32. Bf2 Bd4 (32... Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ne6 34. Nc4 Nxc5 35. Rbc1 Ne6 36. Rd6 $44)
33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Nc4 $11) 32. Nc4 $1 {With the black bishop on f8 this would
lead to the loss of the c5-pawn.} Nb5 33. Be1 $1 {Attacking the b4-pawn and
protecting the c3-square. The game now moves towards a draw.} axb2 34. Rxb2
Rca8 35. Bxb4 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Kf1 Bf8 38. Nd6 Nd4 39. Be1 Rc2 40. Bf2
Nb3 41. Nb7 Nxc5 42. Nxc5 Bxc5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rd8+ (44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Rd7+
Kh6 46. Rf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 Rad8 17. Rxb7 e6 ({The main move} 17... f5 {was examined
in CBM 128, annotations to Mamedyarov - Grischuk by GM L.Ftacnik.}) 18. Bc7
Bxf3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty rehabilitates the 17...e6 line.} (18...
exd5 19. Bxd8 dxe4 20. Be7 Re8 $6 (20... Nxe7 $142 21. Rxe7 exf3 22. Bxf3 Bxf3
23. Qxf3 a5 $1 $132 {Ftacnik}) 21. Bb5 $1 (21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Rxb3
Rd5 24. Ba3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Nd4 $14 {1-0 Chernin,A (2600)-Horvath,
J (2505)/Hungary 1992/CBM 034/[Ftacnik] (36)}) 21... Rxe7 (21... exf3 22. Bxc6
fxg2 23. Bxe8 $1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 $18 {Chernin}) 22. Bxc6 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 exf3 24.
Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 a5 26. h4 $1 gxh4 27. Re1 $18) (18... Rd7 $6 19. Bb5 {
Ftacnik}) 19. Bxf3 Rd7 20. dxc6 $5 {This queen sacrifice leads to a drawish
position but} (20. d6 Qa6 21. Rb1 Nd4 {doesn't offer White any real chances
either.}) 20... Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc2 22. Bd6 g4 $1 23. Bxg4 Qxc6 24. Rc7 Qb6 25.
Rd7 Rd8 (25... Rc8 26. Bh5 $132) 26. Bc7 Rxd7 27. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 axb6 29.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3
e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 {For this line - see CBM 109,
annotations to I.Sokolov - Eljanov.} Qe7 (11... Nc6 12. Qe3 Be6 (12... Qe7 {
- game}) 13. Bb5 (13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qc5 Ba6 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Qc3 f5
18. Nh2 Rae8 19. O-O-O Rxe4 $17 {1/2 Anastasian,A (2565)-Rade,M (2436)/
Kallithea 2008/CBM 127 (71)}) (13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Qc1 Qb4 16. b3 N4e5
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O Rad8 $36 {1/2 Sokolov,I (2691)-Eljanov,P (2639)/
Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Krasenkow] (30)}) 13... Nb4 14. O-O c6 (14... Qe7 15.
Rfc1 c6 16. Bf1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. b3 Be6 19. a3 Na6 20. e5 Nc7 21. Ne4 Nd5
22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc8 24. Ne4 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Rd1 Nd5 28.
Nxc8 Raxc8 29. Re1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {1/2 Scibior,A (2179)-Schmidt,W (2399)/
Poznan 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) 15. Be2 Nc2 16. Qh6 Nxa1 17. Ng5 Re8 18. e5 Qc7 19.
Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qf6+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qf6+ Kf8 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25.
hxg4 Kg8 26. Rxa1 Qe7 27. Nce4 Nd7 28. Qf4 Nxe5 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 31.
Rd1 a6 32. Nf3 Nxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qe2 {1/2 Braun,A (2540)-Hoolt,S (2187)/Hengelo
2007/CBM 119 ext}) (11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 {1/2 Bronznik,V (2410)-Sulypa,A (2488)/
Elancourt 2004/EXT 2005}) 12. Qe3 (12. Be2 Nc6 13. Qe3 Be6 14. O-O Rad8 {
1/2 Broomfield,M (2362)-Lalic,B (2509)/Coulsdon 2007/CBM 120 ext}) (12. O-O-O
$5) 12... Nc6 (12... f5 $5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nc5 Qxe3 16. fxe3 N8d7
$1 17. Nxb7 Rae8 18. O-O (18. Kf2 $5 Nd5 19. Bc4 $14 {I.Sokolov}) 18... Rxe3
19. Rae1 Be4 20. Na5 Bd5 21. b3 Nc5 $11 {1/2 Sokolov,I (2691)-Sutovsky,E (2674)
/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (56)}) 13. Bb5 Nb4 (13... f5 $6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. exf5
(15. O-O $142 $14 {Gleizerov}) 15... Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Bxf5 17. O-O Rae8 18. Rae1
Bd3 $1 19. Rf2 Nd5 $1 $11 {1-0 Gleizerov,E (2552)-Iordachescu,V (2567)/Khanty
Mansiysk 2007/CBM 121 Extra (53)}) 14. Rc1 Be6 (14... f5 $6 15. a3 a6 16. Be2
f4 (16... Nc6 17. Nd5 Qxe4 18. Nxc7 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Ra7 20. Nxa6 $1 $16) 17. Qd2
Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. O-O $14) 15. b3 a6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. O-O f6 {
Black has almost equalized but White still retains some space advantage.} 18.
Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bf1 Bf7 20. Nh2 $5 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yh2g4][%mdl 32]} Be6 21. f4 Nd4
$2 {A central outpost is not always the best for the knight! It was much more
important for it to control the crucial e5-square.} (21... Rd7 $142 22. f5 $140
Bf7 23. Ng4 Ne5) 22. f5 Bf7 23. Ng4 gxf5 ({Perhaps} 23... Nc6 {(admitting his
mistake) was relatively better.}) 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qf2 $1 fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Loses on the spot.} (25... Bh5 26. Nd5 $1 $16) (25... f4 $142 $16 {Anand}) 26.
Rxe4 Qd6 27. Rd1 c5 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. b4 $1 {The poor knight will now be
simply lost!} f5 30. bxc5 fxe4 31. Qxf7 Nf3+ 32. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. b3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb2 c6 15.
f4 {Ambitiously fighting for space, but weakening the g1-a7 diagonal...} ({
The more restarined} 15. Qc2 {does not confront Black with problems.} a5 16.
Rad1 Qe7 17. h3 Qc5 18. Re2 Be6 19. Red2 Bg7 20. Ne2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 a4 $132 {
Laylo,D (2504)-Li,C (2590)/Manila 2008/CBM 126 Extra (0-1, 70)}) 15... Bg7 16.
e4 {This looks strong, but Black has not exhausted his resources yet.} Nc4 $1 {
An elegant way to simplify the position.} 17. bxc4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Rb1
Qxc3 20. Qxd7 Rab8 $146 ({This may be more reliable than the previously played
} 20... b6 {when Black was struggling still, despite the presence of opposite
bishops.} 21. Qxc6 Rac8 22. Qa4 Qxc4 23. Qxa7 Bc3 24. Rec1 Ra8 25. Qxb6 Rxa2
26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Bf1 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 $14 {Maletin,P (2576)-Negi,P (2615)/St
Petersburg 2009 (1/2, 44)}) 21. Rec1 Qa3 22. Rd1 Re7 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rbe8
25. Bf3 Bf8 26. e5 Rc7 27. Rd3 f6 28. exf6 Re6 29. Bg4 Rxf6 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31.
Bxd7 b6 {Now is a better moment to play this move.} 32. Rd1 Rd6 $1 {And,
finally, the pawn is sacrificed only on the occasion of the exchange of the
last remaining pair of additional pieces.} 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4
exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4
22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Re6 Bc8 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5
28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. Qd5 axb5 30. h3 Kh8 31. Qxb5 Rf8 32. Ra6 Qg7 33. Rd6 d3 34.
Qb6 Qe5 35. Bg6 d2 36. Bxf5 Qxf5 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Qxd2 Rf7 39. f3 h5 40. Rd5
Qg6 41. Qa5 Rg7 42. h4 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Qxb2 44. Rxg5 Rxg5 45. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Ne5 a6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15.
f4 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bg2 Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rxa7 Qxa7 22. Qa1 Qe7 23. e4 Ra8 24. Qb2 Ra5 25. e5 Qh4 26. Qe2 Ra3 27. f5 Rxc3
28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qe4 Qd8 30. Qg6 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Re3 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kh8
34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 Na5 14. Bxa5 Qxa5
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Be4 Qb4 18. Rd2 Ra7 19. h3 b6 20. Rad1 b5 21.
axb5 Qxb5 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. Qc6 Rb7 24. Rc2 Qxc6 25. Nxc6 Kg7 26. Rdd2 h5 27. Bf3
h4 28. Na5 Rd7 29. Bc6 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Be7 31. Nc4 g5 32. Rd1 f5 33. Nb6 Bc5 34.
Nxc8 Rxc8 35. Ba4 Rb8 36. b3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nab4
15. Bc1 Nb6 16. Qb3 N4d5 17. Nb5 c6 18. Na3 Nb4 19. e4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
Nc4 Qd8 22. Be3 b5 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Nd3 Qb7 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. f3 bxa4 27. Qxa4
Qb5 28. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 {This (quite natural) move had not been tested in serious
practice before last year's game Aronian - Movsesian.} (9... Ng4 {was usually
played - see e.g. Aronian - Van Wely (annotations by GM L.Aronian) and Bacrot
- Karjakin (annotations by GM D.Rogozenco) in CBM 122.}) 10. e6 Nxc5 11. exf7+
Kxf7 12. b3 $4 $146 {[%mdl 16384] White apparently mixed up something.} (12.
Bc2 {was recommended by Levon Aronian himself in the above-mentioned
annotations but he failed to prove any advantage over the board:} g6 13. O-O
Bg7 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Nd4 Qd6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5
20. Bb3 Bf5 21. Ra1 Be4 $11 {1/2 Aronian,L (2757)-Movsesian,S (2732)/Nanjing
2008/CBM 128 (49)} (21... Ra7 $5 {[%cal Ya7e7]})) 12... Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qg5 $17
{Black has obtained the bishop pair and an attack.} 14. g3 (14. Rg1 $2 Bd6) (
14. Kf1 Bf5 $17 {is quite poor, too.}) 14... Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f3,Rb5b4] Even
stronger than} (14... Bh3) 15. Bb2 Qf3 16. Rg1 Bg4 {[%csl Re1]} 17. a3 Re8 {
[%cal Rf8c5][%mdl 128]} 18. Rc1 (18. b4 a5 $1 19. Na2 (19. bxa5 Bc5 {[%cal
Rc5e3,Rd5d4]} 20. Rf1 (20. Nd1 d4 $1 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qe2#) 20... Bh3 $19
) 19... axb4 20. axb4 (20. Nxb4 d4 21. Bxd4 c5) 20... Ra8 21. Bc3 d4 $1 22.
Bxd4 Rxa2 $1 $19) 18... b4 $1 19. axb4 Bxb4 $19 {[%cal Ye8e4,Yh8e8,Yd5d4]
White is practically in zugzwang!} 20. h3 {Desperation.} Bxh3 21. g4 Bxg4 22.
Rg3 Qf5 23. Qd4 Re4 24. Qa7+ Qd7 25. Qb6 c5 {One of those games which show
that world champions are humans, too. :(} 0-1

[Event "HUN-chT 0910"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Haladas"]
[BlackTeam "Aquaprofit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. f3 Bxe5 14. Ne2
Nc6 15. Bd5 Rad8 16. Kc2 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rcd1 Na5 19. Nf4 Nc4 20. Bc1 f5
21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nd5 Kf7 23. Kb3 Na5+ 24. Kc2 Nc4 25. Kb3 b5 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 27.
Bg5 Rd7 28. g4 Re6 29. f4 Bg7 30. Rxe6 Kxe6 31. gxf5+ Kf7 32. Ne3 Rxd1 33. Nxd1
Bf8 34. Kc2 h6 35. Bh4 Bd6 36. Kd3 Bxf4 37. a4 Ne5+ 38. Ke4 bxa4 39. Kxf4 Nc4
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Re1 b4 13. Nbd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15.
Nf1 Bb6 16. Be3 Ne7 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. Reb1 Nh5 19. Ba4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Bxe3 21.
Nxe3 Nhf4 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. d4 Re8 24. Kh2 Qb7 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27.
f3 Re8 28. Qa2 Ne6 29. Nd5 Qb5 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Ra8 32. h4 g5 33. Kg3 c5
34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kg4 Kg7 36. g3 Ra2 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Nd8 39. e5 dxe5 40.
fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Kf7 11. h4 Qa4 12. Qd3 c5 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. h5 Rhc8 15.
Rb2 Kg8 16. Nf4 Rc6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qg3 Rf8 19. h6 g6 20. Nh5 cxd4 21. Qh4 Rf7
22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Ne8 Ng8 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Qd8 Rc8 26. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Rfd1 Ng4 13. b3 Ne5 14. Qe4
Rab8 15. Rac1 Bf5 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 b6 19. Nd5 f6 20. Qe3 Rfe8
21. f4 Nf7 22. Qc3 Be6 23. e4 Bxd5 24. exd5 f5 25. Re1 b5 26. Bf1 b4 27. Qd2 a5
28. Re3 Nd8 29. Rce1 Nb7 30. h4 Nc5 31. h5 Kf7 32. Re6 Rb7 33. Qh2 Rg8 34.
hxg6+ hxg6 35. g4 Qd8 36. gxf5 gxf5+ 37. Bg2 Rh8 38. Rh6 Rxh6 39. Qxh6 Qg8 40.
Re3 Qg6 41. Qh8 Qg7 42. Qh5+ Qg6 43. Qh4 Qg4 44. Qh7+ Ke8 45. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rfc8 12. Rb1 a6 13. a3 Qh5 14. Ne3 Ng4 15.
Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Re1 Rab8 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Be6 19. Rc2 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21.
Qd2 Ng4 22. h3 Nf6 23. Rec1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qe5 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. f4 Qa1 27. a4 Kg8
28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rxb7 h5 31. Bf3 Qe1 32. Kg2 a5 33. h4 Qd1 34. f5
gxf5 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Re1 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15.
Qc1 Bb7 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Qd1 Rbe8 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Be3 Re7 21. Qh5 g6
22. Qh6 Qg7 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Bxe3 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rxe3 Nd3
28. Rg3 h6 29. h4 Nf4 30. Qg4 Bc8 31. Qd1 Qxe5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qd2 Kg7 34.
Re1 Bb7 35. Qc2 c5 36. Qc1 c4 37. Bc2 Rh8 38. Qe3 Rh4 39. Qb6 Bd5 40. Qd8 Ne6
41. Qe7 Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. Rge3 Nc5 44. g3 Rh8 45. Rd1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Qe2 b5 18. c5 Rfd8 19. Nf1 Ng4 20. Ne1 Ngf6 21. g4
Nd5 22. Nf3 Nf8 23. Rg1 Nh7 24. Ne5 Bg5 25. Ng3 Rac8 26. Ne4 Nf4 27. Qf3 Nd5
28. Nd6 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Ng5 30. Qe2 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qxd6 32. Rc1 f6 33. Ng6 Nf4 34.
Qe3 Nd5 35. Qb3 Kf7 36. Rdc2 Rc7 37. f4 Nxf4 38. Qg3 e5 39. dxe5 fxe5 40. Qb3+
Nge6 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 42. Rxc6 Qd4 43. Nxf4 Qe4+ 44. Qc2 Qxc2+ 45. Rxc2 exf4 46.
Kc1 Kf6 47. Rc6 Ke5 48. Ra6 f3 49. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Qf3 b5 8. Nge2
a5 9. a3 Be6 10. g4 Bxb3 11. cxb3 Ne8 12. Ng3 Na6 13. Nf5 b4 14. Na4 bxa3 15.
bxa3 Rb8 16. Rb1 Nec7 17. h4 Ne6 18. g5 Nd4 19. Qg4 Nxf5 20. exf5 Bd4 21. f6
Qc8 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1 d5 25. Kf1 e4 26. dxe4 dxe4 27. Qg4 c5
28. Rg3 Kg8 29. Kg2 Nc7 30. Bf4 Rbc8 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. Nb2 Rb7 33. Nc4 a4 34.
Nd2 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 e3 36. fxe3 Bxe3 37. Nc4 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 axb3 39. Rg3 Rb8 40.
Rxe3 b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. O-O-O Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qc7 12. f4 O-O 13. Rhg1 e5 14. f5 a5
15. a3 a4 16. Na1 d5 17. g4 d4 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. g5 Na5 20. Rg4 Nc5 21. Kb1 f6
22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Rdg1 g6 24. Qh4 Qg7 25. Nf3 Rd6 26. fxg6 Bxg4 27. gxh7+ Kh8
28. Rxg4 Qf6 29. Qg3 Rf8 30. Nxe5 Nxd3 31. cxd3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc6 13. f3 Bc5+ 14. Kf1 Ke7
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bf2 Bxf2 18. Kxf2 Rhc8 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Ne2 Ne5 21.
Ke3 a5 22. a3 Be8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Rc2 a4 26. Ba2 b4 27. axb4 Rxb4
28. Kd2 h5 29. Kc3 Rb8 30. Rd2 h4 31. Nd4 Kf6 32. g3 Rc8+ 33. Kb4 Rc1 34. f4
gxf4 35. gxf4 Nc6+ 36. Nxc6 Bxc6 37. f5 Ke5 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Rh3
Rxb2+ 41. Ka3 Re2 42. Rxh4 Bxe4 43. Bc4 Rc2 44. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nb3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qa4 16. h4 g4 17. h5 Nge5 18. Be2 gxf3 19. gxf3 Be6 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. Bxc4
Qxc4 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd4 f6 24. Kf2 O-O-O 25. Rhb1 Bd7 26. Rb4 a5 27. Rb6 Qc4
28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Rdg8 30. Rab1 Bc6 31. c4 Rg5 32. Rh1 Rhg8 33. Rb2 Rg2+
34. Ke3 Rxb2 35. Bxb2 Rg2 36. Bc1 Rxa2 37. Kd4 Ra1 38. Kc3 Rb1 39. Kc2 Rb4 40.
Bxh6 Ba4+ 41. Kd2 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Bf8 Kd7 44. h6 Rg8 45. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5
Bc5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Bd4 15.
b4 a5 16. Ne2 Bb2 17. Rb1 Bxa3 18. bxa5 Bc5 19. Rxb7 cxd5 20. cxd5 Rxa5 21. g4
Ra3 22. Bc1 Ra1 23. Kf1 Nb6 24. Bb5 Qc8 25. Bc6 Nc4 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. Be3 Ra3 28.
Bxc5 Rxf3 29. Bxd6 Nxe4 30. Bxf8 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bc2 Be6 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 g6 18. Qf3 Nh5 19. Bb3 Kg7 20. Bg5 f6 21.
Be3 Nf4 22. g3 Ne6 23. Qg4 Nf8 24. h4 Bb6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. h5 Rad8 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Rh1 Nc5 30. Rh4 Rh8 31. Rah1 Nxb3 32. Qh3 Qf8 33. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. h3 Qd7 14. Nh2 c5 15.
Bg5 Ne8 16. Qf3 Nc7 17. Nf5 f6 18. Bd2 d5 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. Ng4 c4 21. Bc2 d4
22. a3 Ne7 23. cxd4 Nxf5 24. exf5 Bd5 25. Qg3 exd4 26. Bf4 Rfe8 27. h4 Rxe1+
28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. h5 h6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1
Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. b3 a5
21. c4 Be6 22. f4 a4 23. Kf2 c5 24. Nf3 c6 25. Rb2 axb3 26. axb3 b5 27. Ra2 Rd8
28. Ra7+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Rd3 30. Rxc6 Rxb3 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxh4 Bd5 33. Rc7 c4
34. Nf3 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Rc5 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Rc2 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. g3 c3 40.
Kg4 Rc1 41. Kg5 c2 42. Kf6 Rg1 43. Rxc2 Rxg3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Rxh3 46. e6
Rf3 47. Rxf7+ Kh6 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kd6 Rd3+ 50. Kc7 Rc3+ 51. Kd8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O f5 12. b4 Qe7 13. Bb2 c5 14. Nd2 Qg5 15.
f4 Qg6 16. Nf3 Ndf6 17. Rad1 Ng4 18. Qb3 Qh6 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxf3 21. h3
Bxe2 22. hxg4 fxg4 23. e4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1
g6 15. Be4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Bd5 exd4 18. Qb2 Be6 19. Qxb7 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qb6
21. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. e3 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qc2 h6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 Be6
15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rac8 17. h3 Bf6 18. b3 c3 19. b4 Rfd8 20. b5 Ne7 21. Nd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nf5 23. Rd3 d4 24. g4 Ne7 25. exd4 Nd5 26. Bg3 f6 27. Bf3 Qa5 28.
Rb3 Bf7 29. Be4 Qa4 30. Rf3 Qa5 31. Kh2 Rc4 32. Rd3 Qa4 33. h4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4
Qxd4 35. Rb1 Re8 36. Bf3 Qc5 37. Qd3 Nb6 38. Rc1 Na4 39. Bc6 Rc8 40. Qd7 Rf8
41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Bxd6 Rd8 43. Bb4 Rd3 44. b6 Nxb6 45. Rxc3 Rxc3 46. Bxc3 Bd5
47. Bb5 Bc4 48. Bc6 Bd5 49. Bxd5+ Nxd5 50. Bd4 a6 51. Kg3 Kf7 52. Kf3 g6 53.
Ke4 Ke6 54. Kd3 f5 55. gxf5+ Kxf5 56. Kc4 Nf4 57. Kb4 Ng2 58. Ka5 Nxh4 59. Kxa6
Nf3 60. Bb6 Nd2 61. a4 Nc4 62. Kb5 Nd6+ 63. Kc6 Nc4 64. Kc5 Nd2 65. Kd5 Nb3 66.
Kc4 Nd2+ 67. Kb4 h5 68. a5 Ke6 69. a6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nc3 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bf5 c4 14. bxc4 dxc4 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. a4 Rc7 17. e4 g6 18. Bh3 Nf6 19. d5 Re8 20. Kh1 Bc5 21. f3 Bc8
22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qd2 Nh5 24. Ne2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. g4 Ng7 27. Qc3 Bf8 28.
Ba3 Bxa3 29. Qxa3 h5 30. Rg1 hxg4 31. Rxg4 Qe7 32. Qe3 b4 33. Rcg1 c3 34. Qh6
Qe5 35. Rh4 Kf8 36. Nf4 c2 37. Nd3 Qd4 38. Nc1 Qc3 39. Rf4 b3 40. Qxg6 Re7 41.
Rf6 b2 42. d6 Ke8 43. Qxg7 bxc1=Q 44. Rxc1 Qd2 45. Qg8+ Kd7 46. Qg4+ Re6 47.
Rxf7+ Kc6 48. Qg1 Rg6 49. Qf1 Kxd6 50. Rf5 Ke7 51. Rd5 Qe3 52. Re5+ Kf8 53.
Rf5+ Kg8 54. e5 Qd2 55. Rf6 Rxf6 56. exf6 Kf7 57. Qg1 Rg8 58. Qa7+ Kxf6 59.
Qb6+ Kf7 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Qb6+ Kf7 62. Qb7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nb4 14. Qd2
Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Nd5 16. Rac1 c5 17. Ba5 Nf4 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Rcd1 g5 20. g3 Ne6
21. h3 h5 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. Rd5 Kg6 24. Nh2 b4 25. Nf1 Bd8 26. Bxd8 Rexd8 27. Ne3
a5 28. Kf3 a4 29. Ke4 h4 30. f4 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 f5+ 32. exf6 gxf4 33. gxf4 Kxf6
34. Rf5+ Kg6 35. Re5 Kf6 36. Nd5+ Kf7 37. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Rb1 c5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3
Be6 15. O-O Rab8 16. Qa4 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Rb1 Rxb1+ 20. Bxb1
Qb6 21. Qc2 g6 22. Qc1 Kg7 23. h3 c5 24. Bc2 cxd4 25. exd4 Qa5 26. Qb2 Qc7 27.
Bd1 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. f3 Nd7 14. Rad1 f5
15. Ng3 Rae8 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Rf8 19. Re1 h6 20. e5 Qb4 21.
Re2 c5 22. e6 Nf6 23. a3 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Nb5 d3 26. Rd2 a6 27. Nd4 Ne4
28. Rxd3 Nxg3 29. hxg3 Nf5 30. Nf3 Nxg3 31. Rxd5 Re8 32. Rd6 Kf8 33. Rxb6 a5
34. Nd4 Ke7 35. Ra6 Kf6 36. Rxa5 Rd8 37. e7 Re8 38. Nc6 Nf5 39. Ra7 Ke6 40. b4
Kd6 41. b5 h5 42. a4 h4 43. a5 Kc5 44. Rb7 Nd6 45. Rb8 Rxb8 46. Nxb8 Kxb5 47.
a6 Kb6 48. Kh2 Ka7 49. Nd7 Kxa6 50. Kh3 Kb7 51. Ne5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. b3 d5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nhf6 17. h3 b5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Rab1 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. g4
Rfd8 22. g5 Ne8 23. Bc1 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qa3 25. Bc1 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa3 27. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bb5
Bc6 15. Ke2 a6 16. Bxc6 Nbxc6 17. Nd4 Rfd8 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5
Nd4+ 21. Ke3 e5 22. Rc1 a5 23. Rhd1 Nc2+ 24. Ke2 Nd4+ 25. Ke1 f6 26. f3 Kf7 27.
Nb3 Nxb3 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. axb3 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 h5 31. h4 b4 32. Rc5 Kh6 33. Kd2
g5 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Ke3 Kg6 36. g3 Ra7 37. f4 exf4+ 38. gxf4 h4 39. Kf3 h3
40. Kg3 Rh7 41. Rc2 Rh8 42. Rh2 Re8 43. Kf3 Rh8 44. Kg4 Re8 45. f5+ Kg7 46. Kf4
Rh8 47. Kg4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Be3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15.
g4 Bd3 16. Bxd3 Nxd3 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Rd2 h5 19. g5 Ne8 20. d5 b6 21. dxc6 Nxc6
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Nd6 24. b5 Na5 25. c5 Ndc4 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Bxb6 Nxb6 28.
Rxa5 Nc4 29. Ra7 e6 30. Rc7 Nd6 31. b6 Rb8 32. Rc6 Nf5 33. Na4 Ne7 34. Rc5 Nd5
35. Rb5 Rb7 36. Ne1 Nf4 37. Nc5 Rb8 38. b7 Ne2+ 39. Kf1 Nd4 40. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd3 exd4 14. Qxb5 Bd7
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ba4 Rfe8 17. Rd1 Ra8 18. Nbd2 dxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6
21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. e5 Qc6 23. Qd3 Bb7 24. Nb3 Ba6 25. Qd2 Bc4 26. Nbd4 Qd7 27.
Qf4 Qa4 28. Qd2 Ba5 29. Rc1 Qa3 30. Nc6 Bb6 31. Ncd4 Bc5 32. h4 Bf8 33. Re1 Qa6
34. h5 Bd3 35. Qf4 c5 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. Qxf5 Qe6 38. Qd3 Rd8 39. Rd1 Qg4 40. Qe3
Qxh5 41. e6 fxe6 42. Qxe6+ Qf7 43. Qc6 Qf5 44. Re1 d4 45. cxd4 cxd4 46. Qc4+
Qd5 47. Qd3 Bb4 48. Re5 Qa2 49. g3 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qc3 51. Qe4 d3 52. Re8+ Rxe8
53. Qxe8+ Bf8 54. Qe6+ Kh8 55. Qf7 Qf6 56. Qd5 Qd6 57. Qxd6 Bxd6 58. Kf1 Kg8
59. Ke1 Bb4+ 60. Kd1 Bc3 61. Nh4 Kf7 62. Nf5 g5 63. g4 Ke6 64. Ne3 Ke5 65. f3
Kf4 66. Nd5+ Kxf3 67. Nxc3 Kxg4 68. Kd2 h5 69. Kxd3 Kf3 70. Ne4 g4 71. Ng5+ Kf2
72. Ne4+ Kf3 73. Ng5+ Kf4 74. Ne6+ Kg3 75. Ke2 h4 76. Kf1 Kh2 77. Nd4 Kh1 78.
Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qb3 Na5
15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Qd3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Kxf7 18. Qh6 Qc8+ 19. Kb1 Qf5 20. Rhe1 Bc6
21. Ka1 Bxe4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. g4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qg6 27.
Qf4 Bc2 28. Rc4 Bd3 29. Rcc1 Rhe8 30. Qc7 Ne5 31. Qxb7 Rd7 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. Bg3
Qf7 34. Qa4 Bb5 35. Qe4 Nd3 36. Rg1 Bc5 37. Qh4 Bxg1 38. Rxg1 Ne5 39. Bf4 Ng6
40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Qb4 Red8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. g3 c5 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. O-O Bc6
15. Qd1 h6 16. Be3 c4 17. Bd2 b5 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. Rfd1 Be4 21. Ba5
Qd5 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Ne1 c3 24. bxc3 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Ne4 26. Qb2 Nxc3 27. Rd3
Na4 28. Qb3 Red8 29. Ne3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxd4 31. Rxb5 Rd2 32. Rb4 Nc3 33. Rxb6
Nxe2+ 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Rd6 e5 36. a4 Rc3 37. Nd1 Rcd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Qd3 Qd6 14. Rad1 b4 15.
Na4 Nd7 16. c4 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Qc4 23. Qe3 Qg4 24. Qc5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Na3 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qd3 f5 21.
Nc4 fxe4 22. fxe4 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. Ne5 Rbd8 25. Qb3 Rd6 26. exd5 Rxd5 27.
Ng4 Kh8 28. Rae1 Qc6 29. Rg2 Ng6 30. Rc1 Qa8 31. Kg1 Nh4 32. Rg3 Bxd4 33. Bxd4
Rxd4 34. Ne5 Rdf4 35. Qe3 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Qe4 38. Re1 Qd4+ 39. Kf1
g6 40. b3 Kg7 41. Rd3 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qg5+ 43. Rg3 Qd2 44. Nd3 Nf5 45. Rf3 Nd4 46.
Rfe3 Nc2 47. Re7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15.
Bd4 Bc6 16. Qe3 dxe5 17. fxe5 g6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 20. c3 Ng7 21. g4
Rad8 22. Kh1 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Qxb2 25. Rab1 Qa2 26. Rxb7 Qxa4 27. Ra7
a5 28. h4 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. h5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Ra1 Ne6 33. Rxa5 Nxd4
34. Bf1 Rd8 35. Bg2 Nc6 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Bxd5 Nxe5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. g5 Nd3
40. Kh2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bb3 Re8
15. Re1 e4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Rc5 Be6 18. Re5 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Qc7 20. Rf5 Nd5 21.
Rc1 Qb6 22. Re5 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Re8 25. Nxe4 Rxe5 26. Nc5 Re7 27.
Nd3 f5 28. Kf1 g5 29. Rc4 Kg7 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxg4 b6 32. b4 Nf6 33. Rc4 Re6
34. h3 Ne4 35. Ke2 Nf6 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. h4 Ke7 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ke2 Nd7 40. Rc1
Kf6 41. Ra1 Ne5 42. Rxa7 Nxd3 43. Kxd3 Rd6+ 44. Kc3 Kf5 45. f3 Re6 46. Kd3 Rd6+
47. Ke2 Rh6 48. Kd3 Rd6+ 49. Kc3 Re6 50. Kd3 Rd6+ 51. Ke2 Rh6 52. Rb7 Rh2+ 53.
Kd3 b5 54. Rb6 Rxb2 55. Rxc6 Rxb4 56. Rc5+ Kf6 57. Kc3 Rb1 58. Kc2 Rf1 59. Rxb5
Rxf3 60. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Nbc3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nxb3 15.
axb3 b4 16. Qf3 Nxd5 17. Bxd8 bxc3 18. exd5 cxb2 19. Bf6 bxa1=Q 20. Rxa1 Rfe8
21. h3 a5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxa5 Re1+ 24. Kh2 Rae8 25. Ra7 R1e7 26. Qc3+ f6 27.
Qa5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Ne5 Bc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 Na5 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. b4 cxb3 15.
Nxb3 Nd5 16. Ba3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qb3 Qa4 21.
Qxa4 bxa4 22. c6 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rxc6 24. Rxa4 Rc4 25. Rfa1 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Rd8 27.
Rd4 f5 28. h3 Kf7 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bg5 Nb6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Rc1
d3 15. Qd2 g6 16. Nc5 Be8 17. Bxd3 Kb8 18. b4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Qc3 Rd8 21.
Be4 Nd5 22. Qb3 Qxe5 23. Rcd1 Bc6 24. Nd3 Qd4 25. b5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 c6 27. Nc5
cxb5 28. Rxd4 Nc3 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxb7 Nxa2 31. g3 Nc3 32. Re7 a5 33. Bc6
Rd6 34. Bxb5 Nxb5 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Rxb5 Rd5 37. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Na3 c5 19. d5 Ng6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ra6
Ra8 22. Qa1 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. f3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Ra1 g6 27. Qe2 Rb8
28. Bd3 Bd8 29. Ra6 Bf6 30. Bb5 Qe7 31. Bc6 Kg7 32. Qd2 Be5 33. b4 Qf6 34. b5
Bxc3 35. Qc2 Qd4 36. b6 Qb4 37. b7 Bd4 38. Kg2 Rxb7 39. Bxb7 Qxb7 40. Rxd6 Qe7
41. Rc6 Qg5+ 42. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c6 14. Rad1 Qb6
15. e4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Nxa6 19. Nc4 Bb4 20. f3 Ne8 21.
Bf4 Nf6 22. Na2 Ra8 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Bd6 Rfd8 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Nb6 Rxc7 27.
Nxa8 Rd7 28. Nb6 Rd8 29. Nc4 Ra8 30. Rd2 Kf8 31. Rc1 Ke7 32. Rc3 Nd7 33. Rb3 b6
34. f4 h5 35. Kf3 g6 36. Ne3 Kd6 37. h3 b5 38. d5 cxd5 39. exd5 e5 40. axb5 e4+
41. Ke2 Nd3 42. Rc3 N7c5 43. Nc4+ Ke7 44. Ke3 a4 45. b6 Rd8 46. Ne5 Rxd5 47. b7
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. c3 Nd7 12. h4 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15.
Bh3 Nf6 16. Qd3 b5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. O-O a5 19. Bg2 Rfc8 20. Bf3 b4 21. c4 g6 22.
Kg2 a4 23. Ng1 Qc6 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Rfd1 Nc5 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Nh3 Ne6 28. Qe3 Nd4
29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Qxd4 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Nf4 Bh6 33. e5 Rd8 34. Rd1 Bxf4
35. gxf4 Rxc4 36. exd6 Rxf4 37. d7 Rxh4 38. Bc6 Rc4 39. Bxa4 Kg7 40. Re1 Rd4
41. Re8 R8xd7 42. Bxd7 Rxd7 43. Re4 Ra7 44. Rxb4 Rxa2 45. Rb8 g5 46. b4 Ra3 47.
b5 Rb3 48. b6 h4 49. f3 Kf6 50. Kf2 Kf5 51. Kg2 Kf4 52. b7 f5 53. Kh2 Rb2+ 54.
Kg1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. h3 c6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. g4 Be4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nf8
15. b4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rab1 a6 19. a4 Nh4 20. b5 axb5 21.
axb5 Qg6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfc1 h5 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Qxc6 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 hxg4 27.
h4 Qf5 28. Qd6 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Ra2 30. Rf1 Rxe3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qg5 g3 33. Qxe3
gxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Qg4+ 36. Rg2 Qxd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe4 38. Rf1 f5 39. Kg1
d4 40. Rgf2 d3 41. h5 Qg4+ 42. Rg2 Qd4+ 43. Kh1 d2 44. Rgg1 f4 45. Kg2 Qe3 46.
Rh1 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "255"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. c3 Be4 11. Re1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bd2
cxd4 15. Nxd4 N7f6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Ndf3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. c4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5
Nb4 21. Bc3 f6 22. a3 Na6 23. Ng4 e5 24. b4 Qc8 25. Ne3 Nc7 26. Rac1 Rfe8 27.
Bb2 Bf8 28. h4 Qe6 29. Qf3 Qc6 30. Qg4 Qe6 31. Qf3 Qc6 32. Qg3 Rd3 33. h5 Red8
34. h6 g6 35. Qh4 Qe6 36. c5 Nd5 37. Qc4 Nf4 38. g3 Qxc4 39. Rxc4 Nh3+ 40. Kg2
Ng5 41. c6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 f5 43. Bxe5 Bxh6 44. Bf4 Nf7 45. Bxh6 Nxh6 46. Ra6
R3d7 47. Rc1 Nf7 48. Rc5 Re8 49. Rd5 Rb7 50. Rda5 Ree7 51. Nd5 Re5 52. f4 Re2+
53. Kf3 Rd2 54. Ke3 Rg2 55. Rxa7 Rxa7 56. Rxa7 Rxg3+ 57. Kd4 h5 58. b5 h4 59.
b6 Nd6 60. Ke5 Nc4+ 61. Kf6 Nxb6 62. Nxb6 h3 63. Nd5 h2 64. Ne7+ Kh8 65. Ra8+
Kh7 66. Ra7 h1=Q 67. Nxf5+ Kh8 68. Nxg3 Qh4+ 69. Kxg6 Qxg3+ 70. Kf5 Qd3+ 71.
Kg4 Qe2+ 72. Kf5 Qd3+ 73. Kg4 Qg6+ 74. Kf3 Qb6 75. Re7 Qc6+ 76. Kg4 Qc8+ 77.
Kf3 Qc5 78. Re3 Kg7 79. a4 Kf6 80. Re5 Qa3+ 81. Kg4 Qxa4 82. Kf3 Qd1+ 83. Kg3
Qg1+ 84. Kf3 Qh2 85. Rg5 Qh3+ 86. Ke4 Qc3 87. Re5 Qc2+ 88. Kf3 Qh2 89. Rg5 Qh1+
90. Ke3 Qf1 91. Re5 Qe1+ 92. Kf3 Qd2 93. Rg5 Qd3+ 94. Kg4 Qe4 95. Kg3 Qe3+ 96.
Kg4 Qe2+ 97. Kg3 Qe3+ 98. Kg4 Qf2 99. Rf5+ Ke6 100. Re5+ Kd6 101. Kf5 Qf3 102.
Kg5 Qg2+ 103. Kf5 Qg3 104. Ke4 Qg4 105. Ke3 Qg2 106. Rg5 Qf1 107. Re5 Qh3+ 108.
Ke4 Qg2+ 109. Ke3 Qg3+ 110. Ke4 Qf2 111. Kf5 Qg2 112. Ra5 Qc2+ 113. Kg4 Qe2+
114. Kg5 Qe1 115. Re5 Qg1+ 116. Kf5 Qg2 117. Ra5 Qh3+ 118. Kg5 Qg3+ 119. Kf5
Qd3+ 120. Kg5 Qd4 121. Re5 Qg1+ 122. Kf5 Qa1 123. Ke4 Qa3 124. Rg5 Qc3 125. Re5
Qe1+ 126. Kf3 Qf1+ 127. Kg3 Qg1+ 128. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qg3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 O-O 14. axb5 axb5
15. Bg5 c6 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Qf3 Qe6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Ra6 Rfc8 21.
Ng3 d5 22. Rc1 Bd4 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Rcxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 dxe4 26. dxe4 Ra8 27. g4
Ke8 28. Rxf6 Ra2 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Rf5 d3 31. Rd5 Rxb2 32. Rxd3 Ke7 33. Kg2 Ke6
34. Kf3 f6 35. Ke3 b4 36. f4 Rc2 37. Kd4 h6 38. f5+ Kd6 39. e5+ fxe5+ 40. Ke4+
Ke7 41. Kxe5 Re2+ 42. Kd4 Rc2 43. Kd5 Kf6 44. Rd4 Rc3 45. Rxb4 Rxh3 46. Rb6+
Kf7 47. b4 Rg3 48. Rxh6 Rxg4 49. b5 Rb4 50. b6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Be6 8.
Bxe6 fxe6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d4 Qe7 11. Qd2 a6 12. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bc4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb3 a5 13. c4 e5 14. dxe5
Bxe5 15. Rb1 Re8 16. Bc2 Bd4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kf8 22. b3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Ra4 Ra8 19. Be3 Rxa4 20. Bxa4
Nf4 $146 {Anand feels like blocking the weak pawns at once.} (20... Ra8 21. b3
g6 {allowed White trade queens and somewhat improve his structure with the
thematic sacrifice} 22. f4 {although this did not cause Black too much damage:}
Nxf4 23. Qf3 Nh5 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. f3 Kg7 26. Bf2 Nh5 {1/2 Wang Hao (2624)
-Adams,M (2724)/Liverpool 2007/CBM 120}) 21. Rg1 g6 22. Bb3 Rb8 23. Rg4 Ne6 24.
Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rg1 c5 26. d5 Qf6 {White has an extra pawn and a seemingly solid
centre. However, the chronic weakness of the white kingside and Black's
optimal coordination (see his next move!) offers him excellent compensation.}
27. b3 c4 $1 {Only this new sacrifice puts all the pieces to work.} 28. Bxb6
Rxb6 29. bxc4 Rb2 30. c5 Rxf2 31. Rf1 Rb2 32. Qe1 dxc5 33. e5 Qf4 34. Rf2 Rxf2
35. Qxf2 c4 36. d6 Qxe5 37. d7 Qc7 38. Qd4 Qd8 39. Kg2 c3 40. Qxc3 Qxd7 {
It is not entirely sure whether Black can win this position, but many players
may have felt like giving it a try. The white king is somewhat exposed, which
suggests a global attacking plan, Q+K with the aim of trading queens somehow.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 {[%mdl 512] A double-edged pawn sacrifice but otherwise White
can't fight for an advantage.} (9. Qb3 {is harmless due to} Ne4 {, e.g.} 10.
Bd3 (10. Bf4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 c4 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14. axb4 a5 $1 15. bxa5
Rxa5 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Nb6 18. Rb1 Na4 19. Kd2 b5 $15 {0-1 Laznicka,V 
(2596)-Sargissian,G (2667)/Germany 2006/CBM 116 (32)}) 10... Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6
12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Qc2
Bd6 19. a3 Qd8 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Na4 b6 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Bf5 Bxf5 25.
Qxf5 g6 26. Qd3 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Wang Yue (2736)-Eljanov,P (2720)/Elista 2008/CBM
128 (75)}) 9... Qxa2 (9... Ne4 {gives White an extra tempo compared to the 9.
Qb3 line:} 10. O-O Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. h3 O-O 15. Ne5
$14 c5 $6 16. Nb5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 c4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nd6 $16 {
1-0 Gelfand,B (2758)-Jakovenko,D (2736)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134 (30)}) 10.
O-O Qa5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 (11... O-O 12. f4 $5 (12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Qg3
Nxe5 15. Qxe5 f6 16. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qh5 h6 19. Qg6 Rf6 20. Qe8+
Rf8 21. Qg6 Rf6 22. Qe8+ {1/2 Navara,D (2719)-Aronian,L (2744)/Wijk aan Zee
2007/CBM 117}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bb4 Qd8 16. c4 Nxe5 17.
fxe5 Be6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bd6 $44 {0-1 Riazantsev,A (2661)
-Alekseev,E (2715)/Moscow 2009/CBM 134 (46)}) 12. dxe5 Ng4 (12... Nd7 $5 13. e6
$5 (13. Bf4 Nc5) (13. f4 Nc5) 13... Ne5 $1 {and Black is apparently OK.}) 13.
Bf4 f6 $1 14. e4 $6 {Sacrificing a second pawn without sufficient compensation.
} (14. exf6 $5 Nxf6 15. Qb3 {[%cal Ye3e4]} Be7 $5 16. Ra1 (16. e4 d4) 16... Qb4
17. Qc2 O-O 18. Ra4 Qb6 19. Be5 $44) 14... fxe5 15. Bg3 Bxc3 $1 (15... d4 $6
16. Nd5 $1 Bd6 $1 (16... cxd5 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Qxg4 O-O 19. Bxe5 Rc7 20. exd5
$16) (16... O-O 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 20. Bxe5 $16) 17. h3
$6 (17. Bh4 $1 {[%cal Rc1a1]} cxd5 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Qxg4 O-O 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21.
Qxd6 Qd2 22. Be7 $1 Rg8 23. Qa3 Rc1 24. g3 $16) 17... O-O 18. hxg4 cxd5 19.
exd5 Kh8 20. Be4 Bd7 $17 {1-0 Chatalbashev,B (2499)-Brancaleoni,M (2314)/
Genova 2005/CBM 107 ext (35)}) 16. Rxc3 d4 17. Ra3 Qc5 18. Qd2 O-O 19. h3 Nh6
$6 {A wrong route for the knight makes it passive.} (19... Nf6 $17 20. Ra5 $140
b5 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qc2 Bb7 {[%cal Yf6d7]}) 20. Ra5 b5 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qc2 Rf6
23. Qc5 Nf7 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc5 {[%csl Ga5,Ra8,Gc5,Rc6,Re5,Rf7,Gg3] Suddenly
it is not easy for Black to make progress!} Be6 (25... Re6 26. Bc2 Kf8 27. b4
$44 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]}) 26. Kf1 (26. f4 $5 $44 {but White needn't hurry.}) 26...
h6 27. Ke2 a6 28. b4 Bb3 (28... g5 $5) 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 {White has
recaptured one of the pawns and has sufficient compensation for the second,
due to his better pawn structure and active pieces.} Rg6 31. g3 Rg5 32. Re7 c5
33. bxc5 (33. h4 $5 Rh5 34. bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd7 Bc4 36. Rxd4 Bxd3+ 37. Kxd3 $14 {
[%csl Ge4,Gf2]}) 33... Rxc5 34. Rd7 Be6 35. Rd6 Bxh3 36. Raxa6 Rf8 $6 {Black
starts playing with fire and barely saves the game.} (36... Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Kf7
38. Rd6 Be6 39. Rxd4 h5 $14) 37. f4 Rc1 38. Rxd4 (38. Kf2 $1 $16) 38... Bf1+
39. Kd2 Rfc8 40. Bxf1 Rxf1 {[%mdl 4096]} 41. Rd7 Rcc1 $6 (41... Rf2+ $1 42. Ke3
Rfc2 (42... Rcc2 43. Rb7) 43. f5 R8c3+ 44. Kf4 (44. Rd3 b4) 44... Rf2+ 45. Ke5
Rc5+ 46. Kd6 Rc8 $14) 42. Rb7 Rcd1+ 43. Ke3 Rfe1+ 44. Kf3 h5 45. f5 $6 {
Passed pawns must go forward!} (45. e5 $1 Rd3+ 46. Kf2 Red1 47. Ra2 $16 {
[%csl Ge5]}) 45... Rd3+ 46. Kf4 Rf1+ 47. Ke5 Rxg3 {[%csl Gh5]} 48. Rxb5 Kh7 49.
Rb8 Rg4 50. Raa8 Kh6 51. Rh8+ Kg5 52. Rh7 Kh4 53. Rah8 Rg5 54. Rg8 Rfg1 55. Ra8
Re1 56. Rg8 Rg4 57. Rgxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 Bd7 {A rare move.} ({The main line goes} 
11... O-O 12. Bg5) 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nxb5 $5 {This had been played only once
before, in a game between lower rated players.} (13. Bg5 {is almost
unanimously played here.}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Ne5 15. dxe5 Bxb5 16. Bc4 Bxc4
17. Qxc4 dxe5 18. Nxe5 {White has won a pawn, but Black is better developed.
Dominguez will manage to maintain his minimal material advantage until deep in
the endgame, but the reduced material left on board will not offer him
realistic winning chances.} Qd6 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Ra3 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. e5
Nd5 23. g3 h6 24. Re1 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Rxb4 26. Rc3 Rb7 27. Rc6 Bd4 28. e6 fxe6 29.
Rexe6 Kf7 30. Re2 Bxb2 31. Bf4 R4b6 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Rb7 34. Bf4 Bf6 35.
Kg2 h5 36. Rc2 g6 37. Be3 Rd7 38. Rc4 Be5 39. h3 Bg7 40. f4 Bf6 41. Kf3 Bg7 42.
Rb4 Bf6 43. Ke4 Re7+ 44. Kd3 Rd7+ 45. Ke4 Re7+ 46. Kf3 Rd7 47. Rb5 Rc7 48. Rd5
Ke6 49. Ra5 Kf7 50. Ra6 Re7 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. hxg4 Re6 53. Ra5 Re7 54. Rb5 Bg7
55. Bc5 Rd7 56. Ke4 Rd1 57. Rb7+ Kg8 58. Be3 Rd8 59. Bc5 Rd1 60. g5 Re1+ 61.
Kd5 Rd1+ 62. Kc6 Rc1 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Kd3 Rd1+ 66. Ke2 Rd5 67. Ba7
Ra5 68. Kf3 Ra3+ 69. Kg4 Ra4 70. Bb8 Ra3 71. Be5 Bxe5 72. fxe5 Re3 73. Kf4 Re1
74. Ra7 Kf8 75. Ra3 Kf7 76. Re3 Ra1 77. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 Nc6 $5 {Nakamura had
a recent game against this type of plan, but with different move order. He
deviates now slightly, although the structure in the centre will become
similar to his previous game soon.} ({In case of} 6... c6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. c4 d5 {
play would transpose to Grischuk,A (2736)-Nakamura,H (2708)/Bursa 2010/CBM 134/
[Marin] (1/2, 42).}) 7. a3 d5 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. e3 a5 11. b5 Na7 12.
Qe2 a4 13. Rfc1 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Nc8 16. Bc3 Ncd6 17. cxd5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3
Bxd5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qa5 22. Rac1 Qxe5 23. Rxc6 Qb2 24. Qd3
Rfd8 25. R1c2 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. Nb1 Rd3 28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. R2xc3 Rdd8 30. Rb6
Kf7 31. Rb4 Rd2 32. Rcc4 Rd3 33. Rxa4 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 d6 11. exd6 Be6 12. Qd1 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Be3
Ba7 15. a4 Nb3 16. Ra3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nc5 18. Nbd2 Rfd8 19. a5 Rac8 20. b4 Nd7
21. Ng5 Nf8 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. g3 Na7 24. c4 d5 25. Red3 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Nc6 27.
Rab3 g6 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1 {is more common, preparing a
possible retreat of the queen to b1.}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 ({With the actual
placement of rooks,} 12. cxd5 {was never played, maybe because the queen would
feel unsafe after the opening of the d-file. With Rad1 instead of Rfd1, 12.
cxd5 usually leads to the hanging pawns structure.}) 12... Nxc5 13. cxd5 Nxd5
14. Bc4 $146 (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Karpov,A (2619)-Anand,V (2788)/Corsica 2009 (1/2,
41)}) 14... Nb4 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. a3 Nc6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ne4 Bb8 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20.
Qxa6 Nde5 21. Rac1 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 f5 23. Ng3 f4 24. exf4 Bxf4 25. b5 Bxc1 26.
Rxc1 Qf7 27. bxc6 Qxf3 28. Bd4 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qxa7 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qc6+
32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {A relatively new plan. Traditionally, Black is
supposed to strive for ...b5, as in the game Dominguez-Nakamura from the same
tournament. The advance of the a-pawn aims to increase Black's control on dark
squares, which is a plan more typically employed in the systems with a delayed
...Nxd4 (answered by Bxd4).} 11. O-O a4 12. Bd4 Bd7 $5 $146 {Ivanchuk chooses
the most solid regrouping, which, curiously, was never tried before. Usually,
Black develops his bishop to e6, putting pressure on the c4-pawn, which cannot
be defended with b2-b3 easily, because a new weakness would appear on b3.} (
12... Be6 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 $14 {Almasi,Z (2691)
-Tiviakov,S (2643)/Reggio Emilia 2007/CBM 122/[Tiviakov] (1/2, 38)}) (12... Qa5
{This seems to be a specialty of GM Mircea Pârligras.} 13. Qe3 Be6 14. Nb5 Bd7
(14... Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Qb4 {Not finding a favourable way to defend c4, White
started the perpetual attack against the enemy queen:} 16. Bc3 {with a draw
after a few repetitions in Seel,C (2493)-Parligras,M (2547)/Muelheim 2009 (1/2,
21).}) 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4 17. e5 Nd5 18. cxd5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bxb5 $11 {
Fridman,D (2630)-Parligras,M (2611)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (1/2, 31). Black has
absolutely no problems. In fact, it is White who has remained a bit over
extended.}) 13. Rfe1 Bc6 14. Qe3 ({Refraining from} 14. f3 {, which would
unnecessarily weaken the e3-square.}) 14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%cal Gd8b6]}
16. Nd5 e6 17. Nc3 {White has spent two tempi for the sake of provoking a
slight weakness in Black's structure.} Qb6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nf6 {Black
opts for maximum safety again.} ({In his days of glory, Bent Larsen used to
employ such a setup:} 19... e5 20. Bf1 Nc5 {Ivanchuk might have feared a
kingside attack starting with} 21. Re3) 20. Bf1 h5 21. Re3 Rd7 22. h3 Rad8 {
Black is perfectly regrouped and has a solid position. Of course, he cannot
display any form of activity, but finding a constructive and risk free plan
for White is far from easy. Therefore, negotiations of peace were initiated
soon.} 23. Qc2 Kh7 24. Rf3 Kg7 25. Re3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O c4 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Qe2 Qe6 11. Qe3 Qxe3 12. fxe3 e5 13. b3 f6 14. Na3 Bxa3
15. Bxa3 O-O-O 16. Rf2 Kc7 17. Nh4 Rd7 18. Kf1 Be6 19. Ke1 Ne7 20. Rb1 Nbc8 21.
g3 Nd6 22. e4 b5 23. Ng2 Nec8 24. Ne3 Nb6 25. Bb4 Ra8 26. g4 a5 27. Ba3 Kc6 28.
Nf5 Nxf5 29. gxf5 Bf7 30. Rg2 b4 31. Bc1 cxb3 32. axb3 Bh5 33. Rg3 Kb7 34. Ra1
g6 35. fxg6 Bxg6 36. Rf3 Rd6 37. cxb4 axb4 38. Rxa8 Nxa8 39. d3 Rc6 40. Rf2 Nc7
41. Be3 Nb5 42. Bd1 Nc3 43. Bg4 Rd6 44. Bh6 Rxd3 45. Rxf6 Nxe4 46. Rf3 Rd4 47.
Be3 Rd6 48. h4 Ra6 49. h5 Be8 50. Rf8 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Bb5+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Kxe4
Rxf8 54. Kxe5 Bd3 55. Bc5 Re8+ 56. Kf6 Kc6 57. Bxb4 Rb8 58. Be7 Rxb3 59. Be6
Rb1 60. Bf8 Rf1+ 61. Kg7 Kc7 62. h6 Kd8 63. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {A highly committal move. White wins space on the
queenside and the tempi spent on advancing the a-pawn will be retrieved thanks
to the relatively unsafe situation of the bishop. At the same time, Black is
deprived of the freeing move ...Na5 forever. On the other hand, Black no
longer has worries on the queenside and he can even hope that at some point
the a5-pawn will become weak.} Ba7 ({Accepting the sacrifice with the king
uncastled is dangerous.} 10... Nxa5 11. Rxa5 $1 Bxa5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bg5 f6
14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bh4 c5 16. h3 h5 17. Nbd2 $1 {Simply developing. Black's
position is a complete mess despite his big material advantage.} (17. hxg4 {
unnecessarily exposes the white king, allowing Black to develop his h8-rook at
the same time.} hxg4 18. e5 gxf3 19. Bxf6 fxg2 20. Re1 Qd7 21. exd6+ Kf8 {
Ponkratov,P (2489)-Papin,V (2475)/St Petersburg 2008/CBM 123 Extra (1/2, 27)
and Yatsenko,A (2483)-Ponkratov,P (2530)/Satka 2008/CBM 125 Extra (1/2, 30)})
17... Rb7 18. Bd5 Rg7 19. e5 $1 $40 {A thematic break, clearing the e4-square
for the knight.} Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Ne4 Rh6 22. Qf3 Rgg6 23. Rd1 Kf8 {
In Dolmatov,S (2608)-Sivokho,S (2469)/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 60),
the simplest win would have been} 24. Bf7 $1 $18) 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 {
In view of the threat dxe5, when the a7-bishop would be hanging (...Bxe3 exf6!
is good for White), Black has to lose another tempo.} ({Giving up the centre
looks like a concession:} 12... exd4 {Timofeev,A (2663)-Halkias,S (2583)/
Dresden 2007/CBM 118/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 41}) 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Re1 {An important
splitting point. White has made flexible developing moves so far and Black
needs to define his intentions.} Re8 (14... Nd7 $6 {is too passive:} 15. Bd5
Rb8 16. b4 $14 {Aagaard,J (2467)-Godena,M (2547)/Bratto 2007/CBM 120 ext (1-0,
31)}) ({Previously, Black prepared ...Re8 with} 14... h6 {, which seems quite
playable.} 15. Bc2 Re8 16. d5 ({It is hard to find a constructive move that
maintains the tension. For instance,} 16. Qb1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gd2f1]
overprotecting e4 in order to prepare Nf1-g3, allows} exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 $15 {
and the bishop does not have at his disposal the b1-square for retreat.}) 16...
Ne7 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. b4 Ng6 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Nf4 21. Ba4 Rf8 22. b5 axb5
23. Bxb5 Bc8 24. a6 Bd7 25. Na3 Nh7 26. Bf1 f5 $132 {Luther,T (2526)
-Kazhgaleyev,M (2594)/Cappelle la Grande 2008/CBM 122 Extra (0-1, 52)}) ({
For once, giving up the centre with} 14... exd4 {worked out relatively well,
but personally I would refrain from such a radical method.} 15. cxd4 Nb4 16.
Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nd3 18. Re3 Nf4 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Ng6 22. exf6
Nxh4 23. Nxh4 Qxf6 $13 {Bologan,V (2692)-Caruana,F (2652)/Reggio Emilia 2009 
(0-1, 41)}) 15. Ng5 {A logical reaction, aiming to punish Black for having
omitted ...h6.} (15. Nf1 $6 {is not possible because of} exd4 16. cxd4 Rxe4 $15
) ({However, the solid} 15. Bc2 {deserves attention. It may seem that Black is
a tempo up if compared with Luther,T (2526)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2594)/Cappelle la
Grande 2008/CBM 122 Extra (0-1, 52), but how is he going to use it? Please
take into account also that in the said game ...h6 enabled ...Nh7 followed by .
..f5, which hardly makes its omission such an important gain..}) 15... Re7 $146
(15... Rf8 {looks a bit passive, but is not necessarily bad.} 16. Nf1 Ne7 $2 {
But this is a blunder.} ({Black could return to familiar paths with} 16... h6
17. Nf3 Re8) 17. dxe5 Bxe3 (17... dxe5 18. Qxd8 $18 {leaves Black's rooks
overloaded.}) 18. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {Kosteniuk,A (2517)-Kosintseva,N (2518)/Konya
2009/ (1-0, 30)}) 16. d5 {A similar combination of Ng5 and d5 was employed by
Kamsky in his match against Topalov. The opening was different (Zaitsev Ruy
Lopez), but the structure quite similar.} Nb8 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Nf1 {It may
seem that chaos is reigning in Black's camp. However, after the following pawn
break it becomes clear that White has made some important startegic
concessions, while Black only needs a few tempi to get coordinated.} c6 $1 {
Questioning White's advantage in the centre and preparing to connect rooks in
a rather unusual way, along the seventh rank!} 19. Ne3 ({We can notice the
first negative effects of a4-a5:} 19. dxc6 Nxc6 $15 {leaves the pawn at
Black's mercy.}) 19... cxd5 20. exd5 h6 21. Nf3 Rc7 $1 {Being better developed,
White still has some hopes of getting the initiative by means of a pawn break.
The only one that could be figured out is c3-c4, against which is directed
Shirov's last move.} 22. Nd2 (22. c4 $6 Rc5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ga5,Gc4,Gd5] would
leave several white pawns hanging.}) 22... Nbd7 23. c4 Nc5 (23... Rc5 {is
slightly effective now:} 24. Ba2 {[%cal Gb2b4]} bxc4 25. Ndxc4 $13) 24. Bc2 (
24. cxb5 axb5 $17 {[%csl Ga5,Gd5]}) 24... b4 $1 $17 {It appears that White's
attacking operation has ended in a fiasco. Instead of opening the queenside,
he has been left with a potentially bad bishop, while Black has a fantastic
blockade on the dark squares. This means that the result of the opening (let
us say, after 21 moves) has been anything but satisfactory for White.} 25. Ndf1
({During the press conference, Anand said that he also considered} 25. Nb3 {
, slightly questioning Black's stability on the dark squares, but realised
that after} Bc8 {re-developing the bishop and connecting rooks, White would
have achieved nothing:} 26. Nxc5 $6 Rxc5 $17 {[%cal Gc5a5]} 27. Qd2 Rb7 {
[%cal Gc5a5]}) 25... Bc8 26. Ng3 g6 27. b3 {White has more or less completed
his useful moves, but in the long run risks being crushed by Black's kingside
majority, while on the queenside there is nothing going for him.} Nh7 $6 {
Anand confessed that when he saw this move he briefly considered resigning.
Indeed, Black's plan is rather intimidating: he will simply set his kingside
majority in motion. And yet, the text move is premature. The fact is that
Black's queenside situation is not 100% safe. The b4-pawn cannot be defended
by its colleague (we can see one of the positive sides of a4-a5) and will need
the support of a more important piece, the queen's rook probably. Also, if
White manages to exchange the c5-knight without allowing the other black
knight to replace it, the c5-square will have to be secured by the second rook.
Obviously, this will reduce Black's attacking potential and somewhat spoil his
coordination. Playing ...Nfd7 does not look too appealing, because it would
practically cut Black's position in two parts without comunication, leaving
the king exposed. However, other useful moves are available, before declaring
war on the kingside.} ({One natural continuation is} 27... Rab7 $5 {
preventively defending b4.} 28. Qd2 h5 29. Kh1 h4 30. Ngf1 Nh5 $17 {White can
do little else but sit and wait for the attack to come.}) 28. Ne4 $1 {Suddenly,
White gets back into game.} f5 $6 {Black seems to be hypnotised by the a5-pawn.
By accepting that his rook is decoyed to c5, he will somewhat spoil his
coordination. After the text move, all three results become possible, for the
first time since the opening.} (28... Nxe4 {would have been safer.} 29. Bxe4
Nf6 30. Nc2 (30. Bd3 $6 {allows the knight transfer to c5:} Nd7 $1 31. Qd2 Nc5
32. Rab1 {In order to maintain the threat against the b4-pawn, White has to
leave the c2-square available for the knight.} Qg5 $1 $17 {Followed by ...Rab7
and a slow kingside attack.}) 30... Rab7 31. Qd2 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Bf5 33. Re2 Bxc2
34. Qxc2 Qg5 $15 {/= It is hard to say whether Black retains an advantage, but
at least he cannot possibly be worse.}) 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Qd2 Rb7 31. Bd3 $1 {
A strong move, clearing the c2-square for the knight and indirectly defending
the a5-pawn.} f4 {Black has to place his whole bet on the card of attack.} ({
In his initial calculations, Shirov might have overlooked the fact that after} 
31... Rxa5 $6 32. Rxa5 Qxa5 {White opens the position with} 33. c5 $1 $16 {
underlining Black's poor coordination.}) ({Anand stated that the last safety
net for Black consisted of} 31... Bd7 32. Nc2 Qg5 {Indeed, it seems that after
having secured the b4-pawn, Black will play at his own leisure, but in fact
White can get counterplay immediately:} 33. f4 $1 Qxf4 34. Qxf4 exf4 35. Nd4
Kf7 36. Rf1 $14 {With the knight far from the c5-square, Black's blockade
fails to impress, while White's pieces are very active.}) 32. Nc2 Qg5 33. Ra4 {
White cannot use half measures either.} (33. Kh2 $6 Qh4 34. Bf1 Ng5 $40) 33...
Bxh3 34. Bf1 ({Anand recommended} 34. f3 {, but after} Nf6 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36.
Nxb4 Rxa5 $132 {[%cal Ga5a3] the temporary insufficient defence of the g2-pawn
offers Black counterplay.}) 34... Nf6 $6 {The knight returns into play without
a clear plan.} (34... Qg4 $1 {, planning ...Ng5, would have been more
constructive.} 35. f3 (35. Rxb4 Ng5 36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Kg1 Qg4 $11 {leads to a
draw by repetition.}) 35... Qg3 36. Rxb4 Rxb4 37. Nxb4 Ng5 38. Qf2 Rxa5 39.
Qxg3 fxg3 $13 40. gxh3 $2 Nxf3+ $19) 35. f3 $6 ({Anand mentioned the following
drawing line:} 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. Qxb4 (36. Nxb4 e4 37. Nxa6 Rc8 38. c5 e3 $13)
36... Bxg2 37. Bxg2 f3 38. Ne3 Ng4 39. Qb8+ $11) 35... e4 $1 {Suddenly, Black
has strong threats again. The knight's placement is entirely justified now.}
36. fxe4 Re7 37. Nd4 Nxe4 38. Qd3 Bf5 39. Ne6 $2 {This could have been the
decisive mistake, but it eventually was the winning move.} (39. Rxb4 Rc8 $13)
39... Rxe6 $4 {Time trouble panic.} ({Anand said that he did not see how to
save the game after} 39... Ng3 $1 {Indeed, here are some illustrative
variations:} 40. Qd2 Bxe6 41. dxe6 (41. Rxe6 Rxe6 42. dxe6 Qh5 43. Bd3 f3)
41... Qf6 42. Rxb4 Rh5 43. c5 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Qh4 $19) 40. dxe6 $18 {Black is an
exchange down for nothing. Besides, his king is exposed.} Re5 41. Rxb4 Qd8 42.
Qd4 f3 43. gxf3 Ng5 44. Rxe5 Nxf3+ 45. Kf2 Nxe5 46. Rb6 Bxe6 47. Be2 Qf6+ 48.
Ke3 Qg5+ 49. Qf4 Qg1+ 50. Kd2 Qa1 51. Rxd6 Qxa5+ 52. Kd1 g5 53. Qd4 Kf7 54. Rd5
Bxd5 55. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. c3 Be7 13. Bg2 Qc4 14. Bf1 Qd5
15. Bg2 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qc1 Na5 18. Qe3 Bf8 (18... Bd6) (18... Bf5) 19. c4
Qd8 (19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Nd2 $18) 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 (22.
c5 $1 Be6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Rad1 Bd5 26. Bd3 $36) 22... Qf6 (22... f6
$1 23. Nd3 (23. Ng4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Ne3 Be6 $11)) 23. Qg3 (23. c5 $1 Be6
(23... Bxh3 24. Qg3 $1 (24. Qxh3 Qxf4 25. Bd3 g6 26. Re4) 24... Bf5 25. Bg5 Qe6
26. Bh5 g6 (26... Bg6 27. Bg4 Qd5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxg6 $18) 27. d5 $18) 24.
Qg3 $16) 23... Nc6 (23... c5 24. d5 Bd6 25. Bh5 g6 26. Re3 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Nxc4 29. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 30. Bg4 Qc2 31. d6 $18) 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. d5 (25.
Bxc7 Re4 (25... Bc2 26. Rd2 Na5 27. c5 $1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ (29. Nf6+
Kh8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Be5) 29... Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Be5 Nxd4
33. Nf7+ (33. Bxd4 Rxe2 34. Rxe2) 33... Kg8 34. Bxd4 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2
Qxd4 37. Ng5 bxc5 38. Qf3 $16) 26. d5 (26. Bf3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 h5 $132) 26...
Nd4 27. Bf1 Bxg4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. hxg4 Ne2+ 30. Bxe2 Qxe2 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Qf3
Qxc4 33. d6 Qb5 34. Rd1 $14) 25... Na5 (25... Bc2 26. Rd2 (26. Rc1 Nd4) 26...
Na5 27. Rxc2 (27. Bxc7 Nxc4) 27... Qxc2 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Ne5 $36)
26. Bxc7 Bc2 $2 (26... Bc5 $1 27. Bf1 h5 28. Rxe8+ (28. Ne3 Qxg3 29. Bxg3 Bd7)
28... Rxe8 29. Ne3 Qxg3 30. Bxg3 Bd7) 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 $1 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ Kh8
30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Be5 $1 Qg6 (34... Qd2
35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Bc3 $1 Qc2 37. Nd6 $18) 35. Bg4 (35. Qxg6 hxg6 36. d6 Rxe5 37.
Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nxe5 (38. d7 Ree8 39. Ng5 Nd4 (39... Nc5 40. dxc8=Q Rxc8 41. Bf3)
40. c5 Nxe2+ 41. Rxe2 Red8 42. dxc8=Q Rxc8 43. cxb6 axb6) 38... Bxd6 39. Nxg6
$16) 35... Rxc4 (35... Rcd8 36. Nf5 $16 (36. Qxb3 Qxh6 (36... Bd6 37. Be6) 37.
Be6 $16)) 36. Qxb3 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6 39. f4 (39. Qe3) 39... Bxe5
40. fxe5 gxh6 (40... Qe4 41. d6 (41. Nf5 Qxe5+ 42. Qg3 Qxd5 43. Qb8+ Qg8 44.
Qxa7 Qf8 45. Qxb6 Rc3 46. a4 h5) 41... Qf4+ 42. Qg3 Rh1+ 43. Kxh1 Qxg3 44. Nf7+
Kg8 45. e6 (45. d7 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Kxf7 47. d8=Q Qxe5+ 48. g3 Qb2+ 49. Kg1 Qxa3
50. Qd5+) 45... Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qc1 47. d7 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 Qc1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50. Be2
Qf4+ 51. Bf3 Qd4+ 52. Kg3) 41. Qe3 Qb1 42. d6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Qf4 Rf1 45.
Bf3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rfe8 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Bf1 {This looks a
bit passive.} (13. Bd3 {and}) (13. e4 {are more ambitious.}) 13... e5 $5 {
A logical reaction. Previously, this had only been played in a game without
too much relevance because of the big difference of strength between the
opponents.} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 dxc4 $1 $146 (15... g6 $6 {leaves Black with
structural deffects.} 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. f3 $14 {Neverov,V (2561)-Delabaca,R 
(2212)/Paleohora 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1-0, 58)}) 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18.
bxc4 Rxd1 19. Nxd1 c5 {Black's superior activity compensates for White's
bishops pair and the potentially dangerous kingside majority.} 20. e4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxc4 23. Qc2 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 g6 25. Ne3 Qe5 26. Qa3 Re7 27. g3
Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. Bc4 Rd7 30. Qc1 Rd4 31. a4 Qd6 32. Qa1 Kg8 33. a5 Qf6 34. Qa2
Kg7 35. axb6 axb6 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Bb5 Rd8 38. Bc4 Rd7 39. Bb5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The first game is of course always a tense affair. Months of preparations
culminate to this moment. Would Vishy stick to the Grunfeld, which he employed
so regularly over the past year? Or was he just hiding his real intentions?} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Apearantly not!} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Bc4 {Re-opening the discussion which was thought to be closed after the
Kamsky-Topalov match. In that match Veselin switched from 7.Bc4 (game 1) to 4.
Qb3 (game 3) before realizing that 1.e4! (games 5 and 7) refutes Grunfeld
altogether.} c5 8. Ne2 {Protecting the centre from e2 so that Bg4 can be
answered with f2-f3.} Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 ({Two weeks later Vishy opted
for} 10... b6 $5 {but instead of} 11. dxc5 Qc7 {which gives Black normal
compensation, Veselin played the consolidating moves Qd2, Rac1 and Rfd1 and
obtained a pleasant position.}) 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Rac1 ({We thought this would come as a small suprise
but since Vishy replied more or less instantly this wasn't the case. Against
Kamsky, the game continued} 16. f4 f6 17. e5 Bd7 $5 {and Black was fine because
} 18. Nxd4 Nc6 {offers White no hopes for an advantage. This reveals one of
the points behind White's last move; both ...f6 and ...Bd7 look strange here,
and in the meantime White takes the c-file.}) 16... Qd6 $5 ({A logical novelty,
while preparing moves such as Nc6 and Bd7 the queen also controls the
e5-square.} 16... Bb7 {was played by Carlsen two years ago but it leaves the
Black king a bit vulnerable against the upcoming f4-f5.}) 17. f4 f6 18. f5 Qe5
{Both players were still blitzing their moves! By now the adreneline level
started to rise rapidly within our camp since we had considered Black's last
move to be very risky.} 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nh5+ Kg8 ({A difficult choice!} 20...
Kh8 {clears g8 for the rook but may not be better than the text.} {After} 21.
h4 Rg8 {White can continue his attack with the brutal} 22. Nxf6 $5 (22. Qe1 {
also deserves attention, threatening Nxf6 followed by e5, and if this is not
working than hxg5 followed by Qh4 looks attractive as well.}) 22... Qxf6 23. e5
Qxe5 24. f6 Be6 ({even without queens the black king can be in danger;} 24...
Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 dxe3 26. Rc7 $1) 25. f7 Rgf8 26. Rce1 Qd5 (26... Qd6 27. Rf6 {
wins the piece back with ongoing attack.}) 27. Be4 Nc4 28. Qf2 Rxf7 (28... Qd8
29. Bd5 $3 {is a nice move on the interference-theme; 29...Bxd5 gives up
control over the d4-square while 29...Qxd5 gives up f6.}) 29. Bxd5 Rxf2 30.
Bxa8 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 $1 (31. Kxf1 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 gxh4 33. Re2 Kg7 34. Rd2 Nf5 {
should be a draw.}) 31... d3 32. Rf8+ Kg7 33. Rd8 {and although this is a very
interesting ending I am sure the editor wont be happy if I continue analysing
it. In any case it's clearly not pleasant for Black.}) 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5
23. Rf3 Kf7 $2 ({From various sources I read that Black could have saved his
skin with} 23... Bd7 24. Rg3 Rac8 {however, this runs into the powerfull} 25.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Re1 $1 {once again preparing e5, while} Rc3 27. Rxg5+ Kf7 28. e5
Rxd3 29. Qf4 $1 {with e6 to follow, is another important point. A better
alternative, now that 23...Bd7 24.Rg3 has been included, is to move the king
to f7. After the more or less forced line 24...Kf7 25.Bc4+ Nxc4 26.Rxc4 Rh8 27.
Rxd4 Be8 28.Rd7+ Kf8 I have been unable to find a win for White but I wouldn't
be suprised if it's there for the taking.}) 24. Nxf6 $1 {We have entered a new
era in chess where it is possible to win a game by doing your homework, and
doing it well. I wonder what thoughts Steinitz and Lasker would have on all of
this?} Kxf6 ({Or} 24... Qxf6 25. Rh3 {and despite having many moves all of
them fall short;} Bd7 (25... Ke8 26. e5 $1) (25... Kg8 26. Rh5 $1) (25... Bb7
26. e5 $1 Qxe5 27. Rh7+ Kf6 28. Re1) 26. Rh7+ Ke8 27. e5 $1) 25. Rh3 Rg8 (25...
Qf4 26. e5+ $1 {clears the road to Black's king} Kxe5 27. Qe2+ Kd5 28. Rf1 {
winning heavy material.}) 26. Rh6+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Ke8 28. Rcc7 {A remarkable
picture!} Kd8 29. Bb5 $1 {Finishing the game in style! The bishop cannot be
taken and at the same time Qxc7 is prevented.} Qxe4 (29... a6 30. Rce7 $1 Qc5 {
loses elegantly too -amongst others-} 31. Qxg5 $1) 30. Rxc8+ ({Black resigned,
he is a piece down after} 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Qc1+ Nc6 32. Bxc6 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3
dxe3 34. Bxa8 {. Obviously, after this first game spirits where high in our
team. What could possibly go wrong?}) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {Anand allows the Queen's Indian - if he played} (3.
g3 {directly, he would have to reckon with a possible transposition to the
Benoni with} c5 {see Aronian-Topalov, Linares 2010 (CBM 135).}) 3... d5 4. g3 {
While closed games did bring Anand success in Bonn 2008 and Topalov certainly
expected 1.d4, the Catalan until now figured only in a few Anand's blitz games.
Running a bit ahead, it seems a psychologically astute choice - Topalov
usually strives for the initiative from the beginning, while in the Catalan
most of Black's ambitious choices are connected with taking a P and holding on
to it, while trying to survive White's initiative. As we saw in numerous games
earlier (For example in Game 1, or Topalov-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2008 to name
a few), Topalov is more comfortable with sacrificing material himself, than
defending. This game offers further proof.} dxc4 {The most solid moves are} (
4... Be7 {and}) (4... Bb4+ {Topalov most often played the latter move and
turned to it in Game 7, albeit even then he connected it with an attractive
sacrificial concept.}) 5. Bg2 a6 {If MegaBase is complete, Topalov previously
played this only once. Possibly he was counting on the effect of surprise and
in a sense this calculation paid off to certain extent - Anand's play in the
transition from the opening to the middlegame wasn't quite ideal (see move 15).
However, the general character of the resulting positions will still fit him
fine enough.} 6. Ne5 ({A more usual continuation is the pawn sacrifice} 6. O-O
$5 b5 ({After} 6... Nc6 {White has recently been successful with} 7. Bg5 $5 Be7
8. e3 Nd5 (8... Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 b5 13. b3 $44
Be7 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Rxc4 Nb4 16. a4 Qe8 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bd6
20. Qc2 $36 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2733)-Potkin,V (2619)/Villarrobledo rpd/2009/}) 9.
Bxe7 Ncxe7 (9... Qxe7 10. Qc1 Nb6 11. Nfd2 Qb4 12. a3 Qb5 13. Nc3 Qf5 14. Nce4
e5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 exd4 17. Nd6+ cxd6 18. Bxc6+ Ke7 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Qc7+
Kf6 21. e4 Qh5 22. Qxd6 Rhd8 23. Qf4+ Ke7 24. Qc7+ Kf8 25. Rfd1 Rac8 26. Qxb7
Bxd5 27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Qxd4 $18 {Landa,K (2655)-Vallejo Pons,F (2696)/Lugo/2009/
}) 10. Ne5 (10. a4 Rb8 $13) 10... b5 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Qc2 Bb7 14.
Nd3 Qd6 15. Qb2 Qb6 16. e4 Nf6 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. b4 Be8 20. e5 Nfd5
21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Ra5 $14 {Pelletier,Y (2589)-Fressinet,L (2658)/EU-chT Novi
Sad/2009/}) 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. a4 (8. e4 Nf6 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8
12. Nc3 c6 13. Bf4 ({More principled is} 13. d5 $5 {recommended also by Avrukh
in his acclaimed repetoire book. His main line runs} Be7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2
O-O 16. Bh3 Qc8 17. Nf3 Na6 18. Ng5 Nc7 19. Bf4 Nfe8 20. Rd1 $5 $146 Bb7 21.
Qe3 h6 22. Nf3 Na6 23. Ne5 Nec7 24. Ng6 Bc5 25. Qd2 Rf6 26. Ne5 $44) 13... Be7
14. Qa1 Nbd7 15. d5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxd5
exd5 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Qa3+ Be7 22. Qa7 g6 23. Nxb5 d4 {1/2,Radjabov,T (2656)
-Topalov,V (2735)/Linares/2004/ is the game I mentioned above.}) 8... Bb7 9. b3
{Therefore Black tries to keep the position closed with} c3 (9... cxb3 10. Qxb3
$32 ({or} 10. axb5 $5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Qxb3 $44 {is considered risky for
Black due to White's lead in development.})) 10. e4 {and now:} {A better
chance is} b4 $5 ({After} 10... Nf6 {the critical move is} 11. Nxc3 $1 (11.
axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxc3 b4 $132 {and even forcing play doesn't give
White an advantage:} 14. Nb5 c6 15. d5 $5 cxb5 16. dxe6 Qxd1 17. exf7+ Ke7 18.
Rxd1 Bxe4 $1 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Ng6+ Kxf7 22. Nxh8+ Kg8 23. Re8 Nbd7
24. Bd2 Kxh8 25. Bxb4 Kg8 $11 {Hera,I (2526)-Pavasovic,D (2601)/Nova Gorica/
2008/}) 11... b4 12. Na2 Nbd7 (12... Bxe4 $2 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qf3 f5 15. Qh5+
$18) 13. Bf4 $1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe4 $6 (14... Nd7 $142 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Rc1 c5
17. dxc5 $36) 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qe1 f5 17. Nxb4 c5 18. Nd3 cxd4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20.
Bxd4 Qd7 21. Qa1 Bd6 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Bh6 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qxd3 25. Qe5 $16 {
/+-,Inarkiev,E (2676)-Naiditsch,A (2700)/Poikovsky/2009/}) 11. exd5 Bxd5 12.
Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 c6 $5 (13... Bg7 $6 14. Nxc3 $1 bxc3 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8
17. Rac1 Ra7 18. Rxc3 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Qxd4 20. Re3 Ke7 21. Qh3 $40 {Buturin,
V-Novikov,I (2500)/USSR/1986/}) {, but even here White is better after} 14. Be3
Bg7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Nxc3 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qa5 18. Rac1 $14 {Peto,P (2095)-Dutra
Neto,A (1972)/corr/2001/}) 6... c5 ({Black can also deviate with} 6... Bb4+ 7.
Nc3 Nd5 {, but he must reckon with} 8. O-O $5 ({Kramnik's attempt to improve
upon} 8. Bd2 b5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O $13) 8... O-O ({Nobody has yet tried
the risky (or foolhardy?), but perhaps playable} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1
Qxd4 11. Qa4+ b5 12. Qa3 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Bxc7 $5 Be5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16.
Bxa8 Qc7 $13 {/\Qe7,Nd7-c5}) 9. Qc2 b5 {An interesting try is} 10. Be4 $5 (10.
Nxd5 exd5 11. b3 c6 12. e4 f6 13. exd5 $5 fxe5 14. bxc4 exd4 15. dxc6 {leads
to a draw almost by force after} Qd6 $1 (15... Be6 $6 16. cxb5 d3 17. c7 Qd4
18. Qa4 Nd7 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 {Kramnik,V (2769)-Morozevich,A (2758)/
WCh Mexico City/2007/} 21. Rac1 $1 $18) 16. c7 d3 17. Qb3 bxc4 18. Qxc4+ Be6
19. Bf4 Bxc4 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Rac1 Ra7 22. cxb8=Q Bxb8 23. Rxc4 Rd7 24. Rd1
Ba7 25. Rd2 Bxf2+ $11 {1/2,Winkler,T (2619)-Nasybullin,V (2605)/corr/2007/})
10... Bb7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Qe8 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd7 16.
Nf3 e5 17. b3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 {Gelfand,B (2755)-Morozevich,A (2751)/Biel/
2009/ Here Marin recommends} 19. Rd1 $5 Nb6 20. Bb2 $14 {[%csl Gg2,Rh8] White
is somewhat better due to his safer K.}) 7. Na3 $5 {[%mdl 512] With this move
White goes for a gambit after all!} ({The alternative is} 7. Be3 Nd5 8. dxc5 {
Black's best is} Nd7 $1 (8... Nxe3 $6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. fxe3 Ke8 11. c6 bxc6
12. Nxc4 a5 13. Kf2 Ra6 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Rac1 Ke7 16. Rhd1 g6 17. Nb3 $16 {
Wang Yue (2734)-Savchenko,B (2644)/WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2009/}) 9. Bd4 Nxe5 10.
Bxe5 f6 ({Interesting is also} 10... Bxc5 $5 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bc3 Qc7 13. e4 $2
(13. e3 $11) (13. Bxd5 $5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qh5 O-O-O 16. Nd2 $13) 13...
Nf4 14. Bf1 b5 15. Nd2 Bxf2+ $1 16. Kxf2 Qc5+ 17. Kf3 e5 18. h3 Nh5 19. g4 f5
$1 $40 20. Qe1 fxg4+ 21. Ke2 g3 22. b4 cxb3 23. Nxb3 Nf4+ {0-1,Erbe,U (2240)
-Makovsky,P (2457)/corr/2005/}) 11. Bd4 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 (13. Nd2
Qxc5 14. Rc1 b5 15. b3 Bb7 16. O-O Ne3 $1 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2
Rd8 20. Rc2 c3 21. Rf3 Rxd2 22. Rxe3 Rxd1 23. Rexc3 Ke7 24. Rc6 Rd6 25. Rc7+
Rd7 26. R7c6 Rd6 27. Rc7+ {1/2,Ivanchuk,V-Kuporosov,V/USSR/1986}) 13... Nxc3
14. Qd6 Nd5+ $5 (14... Nb5+ 15. Bb4 $44 {/+/=}) 15. Kf1 Kf7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Qxd5+ Be6 18. Qxb7+ Kg6 {1/2,Kund,W (2239)-Overton,D (2288)/corr/2004/ Here
White can give a perpetual, continuing the fight} 19. Qb4 Qc7 $44 {[%csl Rf1]
עf1 is not without risk}) 7... cxd4 8. Naxc4 Bc5 ({Another continuation is
the attempt to quickly develop the Bc8, countering the pressure on the /^h1-a8:
} 8... Ra7 {/\b5} 9. Bd2 (9. a4 b6 $13) 9... b6 10. O-O (10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Bxb7
Rxb7 12. O-O (12. Na5 Ra7 $5 (12... Rc7 13. Qxb6 Bc5 14. Qb3 O-O 15. O-O Qd5 (
15... Ne4 $5 $132) 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Nd3 Bb6 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Kf8 22. Nc4 Ba7 23. Nd3 $14 {Bykhovsky,A (2445)-Kaidanov,G 
(2345)/Irkutsk/1983/}) 13. O-O Ne4 $1 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Qc2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qd5 17.
Nf3 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bb6 (18... O-O 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22.
Nxd4 Rd7 23. Nb3 Rfd8 24. f3 Kf8 25. Kf2 $14 {Dizdar,G (2545)-Novikov,I (2590)/
Luzern WChT/1997/}) 19. Nfxd4 Rd7 $11) 12... Bc5 13. Bb4 Qe7 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15.
Qf3 Rc7 $5 (15... Re7 16. b4 $1 {/\} Qxb4 17. Nd3 Qxc4 18. Rfc1 Qxc1+ 19. Rxc1
O-O {Wojtkiewicz,A (2554)-Van Wely,L (2647)/Ledyards/2006/} 20. Ne5 $14) 16.
Rfc1 b5 17. Nd3 Qe7 18. Nce5 O-O 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. a3 Nd5 22. Qe4
Rd8 23. h4 h6 $44 {1/2,Pavlovic,M (2520)-Perunovic,M (2579)/Zlatibor/2008/
Here White's pressure compensates for the missing P, but not more than that.})
10... Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Rc1 Ne4 $5 (12... Bc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Be3 $5 O-O 15.
Bxd4 Bxb4 16. Bxb6 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Nbd7 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. Nd3 Be7 20. Nb6 Rb7 21.
Nc8 Ba3 22. Rc3 Bb2 23. Nxb2 Rxb2 {Van Wely,L (2625)-Robson,R (2455)/Moscow/
2009/} 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Rc8 $14) 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bc5 15. b4 Bd6 16. Qe4
Rc7 17. Ndf3 O-O 18. Nxd4 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Rd7 $1 20. e3 Rd5 21. Qc7 a5 22. bxa5
Rxa5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {Tkachiev,V (2609)-Atalik,S (2560)/Moscow/2005/}) 9. O-O
O-O 10. Bd2 {[%cal Gg2b7,Gc4b6,Ge5c6] White's compensation is based on his
lead in development and << pressure. The text move is his most usual try, but
in Game 6 Anand came up with the almost unexplored} (10. Bg5 $5 h6 ({White's
idea is to prevent Black from closing the /^ h1-a8 with Nd5. Thus also} 10...
Nbd7 $5 {deserves attention, but White retains compensation after} 11. Rc1 $32)
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Qa4 (13. Na5 Nd7 $11) 13... Nc6 14. Rac1 (14.
Bxc6 $5 bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rb8 16. Nd6 e5 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. Qe4 Qe6 19. f4 $14)
14... e5 15. Bxc6 b5 $5 16. Qc2 ({Being a point up, Anand has no reason to go
for} 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 e4 $44) 16... Qxc6 17. Ncxe5 Qe4 18. Qc6 Bb7 19.
Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rc2 Rfe8 21. Rfc1 f6 22. Nd7 Bf5 23. N7c5 Bb6 (23... Bxc5 $5 24.
Rxc5 Bxd3 25. exd3 Re2 26. R1c2 Rae8 27. Kf1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Kf7 {/\} 29. Rc5 Re5
30. Rc6 Re6 31. Rc7+ Re7 $11) 24. Nb7 Bd7 25. Nf4 (25. Nd6 Re6 26. Nc8 $5 $14 {
is a typical computer suggestion, Anand makes a more human choice.}) 25... Rab8
26. Nd6 Re5 27. Nc8 Ba5 28. Nd3 Re8 29. Na7 Bb6 30. Nc6 Rb7 31. Ncb4 a5 32. Nd5
a4 33. Nxb6 Rxb6 $11 {Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805)/WCh Sofia (6)/2010/}) (
10. Qb3 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Nd3 b6 $5 13. Rac1 Rb8 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Qa3 Bb7
16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Ba5 Qg5 18. Bc7 Rb4 19. Bd6 Ra4 20. Qb3 Rb4 21. Qa3 Rc8 $5 22.
Nd2 Ra4 23. Qb3 Rb4 24. Qa3 Ra4 25. Qb3 Ra5 26. Nc4 Rb5 27. Qa3 Qd8 28. e3 {
1/2 Le Roux,J (2485)-Edouard,R (2597)/Nimes 2009/CBM 132 (41)} N5b6 $1 $36)
10... Nd5 ({It's too late for} 10... Ra7 $6 11. Ba5 $1 b6 12. b4 bxa5 13. bxc5
Rc7 14. Rb1 $36) (10... Nbd7 11. Nd3 $44 {/+/= causes Black more problems with
development.}) 11. Rc1 Nd7 (11... Qf6 $143 12. Nd3 Be7 $2 13. e4 $1 Nc7 14. Bf4
Nb5 15. e5 Qf5 16. Nb6 $18 {Gelfand,B (2703)-Aronian,L (2649)/Bastia rpd/ 2003/
}) (11... b5 $6 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Ba5 $36) (11... b6 12. Qb3 (12. Nd3 Be7 13. Qb3
Nd7 14. e4 dxe3 15. Nxe3 N7f6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nf4 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rc8 $11) (12.
e4 $5 dxe3 13. Bxe3 $44) 12... Nd7 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nxf4 16.
gxf4 Ra6 (16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 f6 $5 18. Nd3 Bb7 $11) 17. Qc6 Qa7 18. Qb5 Nb8
19. Na3 Qe7 20. Nc2 f6 21. Nd3 Bd7 22. Qc4 Ra7 23. Nxd4 $36 {Gustafsson,J 
(2614)-Berkes,F (2619)/EU-chT Gothenburg/2005/}) 12. Nd3 Ba7 ({After} 12... b6
{White has more than one way to retain his |^:} 13. Na5 (13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. b4
$5 {/\} Rb8 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Na5 Rb5 17. Nc6 Qb6 18. Nxd4 $14) 13... Qf6 (
13... Re8 14. Nc6 (14. Qa4 $5 $36 {/\Nc6}) 14... Qf6 15. b4 Bb7 16. Nxc5 (16.
Na5 $6 bxa5 17. bxc5 Bc6 18. Bxa5 e5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nb4 Bc6 21. Bc7 a5 22.
Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd6 Nf6 {Kiss,P (2435)-Beliavsky,A (2645)/HUN-chT/1999/} 24. Rb1
$132) 16... bxc5 17. Na5 $14) 14. Nb3 $5 (14. b4 Bd6 15. Nc4 Bb8 16. e4 dxe3
17. Nxe3 Bb7 18. Qb3 Ne5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. a4 Rfd8
$17 {Kiss,P (2400)-Istratescu,A (2622)/HUN-chT/2005/}) 14... Rb8 15. Bxd5 exd5
16. Bf4 Rb7 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Rc2 f6 19. h4 $1 $14 (19. Rfc1 g5 20. Nbxc5 bxc5
21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Bg4 $132)) (12... Be7 13. Nf4 $1 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Nb6 15.
Be5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e3 $5 $32 {|^}) 13. Ba5 (13. Na5 N7f6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15.
Rc2 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Bb5 17. a4 Bxd3 18. exd3 Re8 $11 {/=/+,Vidit,S (2356)
-Venkatesh,M (2462)/Nagpur/2008/ forces White's N to retreat from a5 without
achieving anything concrete.}) (13. Qb3 {[%cal Yc1c2,Yf1c1] /\Rc2, Rfc1<->c}
Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Ba5 Qf6 $13) 13... Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 (14... h6 $5 {is
maybe more useful, than the text move. However, even here White has undeniable
compensation.}) 15. Qa3 $6 $146 {[%mdl 40] This shocking move initiates a
daring concept and was a product of longer thought. It clearly indicates
Anand's preparation was over and he was out on his own. However, it's hardly
the best choice.} ({As far as I know, this position has occurred only once in
previous practice and White played the straightforward} 15. Nce5 $5 Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Qf6 (16... h6 $5 17. Nd3 Re8 $13) 17. Nd3 b6 $6 (17... Qf5 $142) 18. Bb4
Rd8 19. Bxd5 (19. Qa3 $5 e5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rc7 $36) 19... Rxd5 20. Rc7 Bb7
$6 (20... Rd7 21. Qc2 Qd8 22. Rc1 $36) 21. Be7 Qf5 22. Rxb7 $1 (22. Qc2 $2 e5
23. Rc1 h6 24. Nb4 d3 $1 25. exd3 Rd7 $40 {Gulko,B (2559)-Shulman,Y (2606)/
USA-ch Tulsa/2008/}) 22... Rxb7 23. Qc4 Rc5 (23... Rb8 24. Qc7 $16) 24. Bxc5
bxc5 25. Qxa6 $14 (25. b4 $5 $36 {Grischuk,A (2756)-Khairullin,I (2617)
RUS-chT 17th 2010 (6) 1-0 This position reminds one of a recent game, in which
the blockading Nd3 also played a major and positive role, albeit in a
different Catalan line.})) ({Various annotators suggested alternatives such as
} 15. Rfd1 $44) (15. Rfe1 {[%cal Yg2d5,Yc4b6] /\Bd5,Nb6} b6 (15... b5 16. Nce5
Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb7 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Bb6 20. Bd2 $44) 16. Bb4 Nc5 $132) (15.
Rc2 $5 $44 {has the same idea of protecting e2. Here} b6 $6 16. Bb4 Nc5 {
runs into} (16... Nxb4 17. Qxb4 $5 $14) 17. Bxd5 Qd8 $1 (17... exd5 $2 18. Nxb6
$1 $16) 18. Qa3 Qxd5 19. Nxb6 Bxb6 20. Bxc5 Bb7 21. f3 $36) 15... Qxa3 16. bxa3
(16. Nxa3 $5 {was not Anand's intention, but objectively it's at least no
worse than the text move.}) 16... N7f6 $6 ({Topalov's reaction is not ideal,
after the universally recommended} 16... Nc5 17. Nd6 b6 $15 {it's White, who
is fighting for equality.} (17... Nxd3 18. exd3 b6 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. Bb4 $11 {leads to a drawish _|_, the doubled extra P doesn't play a big
role.})) 17. Nce5 Re8 18. Rc2 b6 {Chases away the nagging Ba5, but restricts
the Ba7.} 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Rbd8 21. f4 $44 {White controls the <->c and
the [+] and has again reasonable compensation. Objectively the situation is
roughly balanced, but Topalov still feels he should play for more than
equality with his extra P and gradually his position starts to deteriorate. In
the following phase Anand inconspicuously, but completely outplays his
opponent.} (21. a4 $44) 21... Bb8 (21... b5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Bb6 24. Bf3
$44 {^^}) 22. a4 a5 ({Black still wants more than} 22... Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nc6 Bc7 (25... Bd6 26. Nxd4 $11 {[%cal Re2e5] /+/=,/\e4-e5}) 26.
Nxd4 Bd7 27. e4 Ne7 28. Nb4 b5 29. axb5 (29. Nxa6 Bb6 $17) 29... Bb6 30. Bc3
Bxb5 $11) 23. Nc6 {Rules out the possibility of Ba6.} Bxc6 24. Rxc6 h5 {
Striving to keep the tension, Black starts to lose thread.} (24... e5 25. fxe5
Bxe5 26. R1c4 Nc3 27. Bxc3 (27. Bf3 Nd7 $15) 27... dxc3 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Bf3
$11) (24... h6 $5 {was also more solid, than the text-move - here the h-pawn
won't be en prise.}) 25. R1c4 (25. Bf3 $5) 25... Ne3 $6 {Topalov is still
unable to hit the brakes and his position starts sliding downhill - now White
will be already better.} (25... Ng4 $5 26. Bf3 (26. Rxd4 $2 {already allows}
Ba7 $17) 26... e5 $132) ({Engines mostly suggest the ugly} 25... Ba7 $13 {
and this is also better, than the text move. Although it puts the B on a funny
square, it enables Ne7-f5, later Bb8 can follow once again.}) 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27.
Bf3 ({Anand feels his opponent's indecision and refrains from} 27. Rxb6 $5 $14
{/\} Rxd3 $6 28. exd3 e2 29. Rb1 Ba7+ 30. d4 $16) 27... g6 $6 {This rules out
e5.} (27... Rd6 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Rc6 $14) (27... h4 $5 28. Rxb6 hxg3 (28... h3
{strives to create back-rank tactical chances, but after} 29. Rb5 e5 30. fxe5
Rxe5 31. Rc1 $5 $16 {White's << play is more dangerous.}) 29. hxg3 e5 30. fxe5
Nd7 $14 {/<=>}) (27... Nd7 28. Bxh5 g6 29. Bf3 f5 30. Kg2 $14) 28. Rxb6 Ba7 (
28... Re7 $142 $5 $14 {still holds on to the ><a5.}) 29. Rb3 $1 (29. Rb7 Rxd3
30. Rxa7 Rd2 31. Rcc7 Rf8 32. Rxa5 Nd5 $14 {/<=> Anand wants to take the P
under better circumstances.}) 29... Rd4 {Better tries were} (29... h4) ({or} 
29... Re7 $5) 30. Rc7 Bb8 31. Rc5 Bd6 (31... Rxa4 $2 32. Bc6 $18) 32. Rxa5 Rc8
33. Kg2 Rc2 34. a3 Ra2 $6 {This quickly loses by force.} (34... Kg7 35. Ra7 $16
{/+-}) ({The more resilient} 34... Nd5 $5 {was Black's last chance:} 35. Ra8+ (
35. Bxd5 Rxe2+ $1 (35... Rxd5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Nb4 $18) 36. Kf3
Rxh2 37. Kxe3 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. a5 Ra2 40. a6 Bxa3 41. a7 Bf8 42. Rb7 Ra4
$14) (35. Kh3 $16) 35... Kg7 36. a5 $16) 35. Nb4 $1 $18 {Now Black must either
take, or leave the <->a. In both cases the game is over.} Bxb4 (35... Ra1 $2
36. Nc2 $18) (35... Rxa3 $2 36. Rxa3 Bxb4 37. Ra8+ $18) (35... Rad2 36. Ra8+
Kg7 37. a5 $18 {is equally hopeless.}) 36. axb4 Nd5 37. b5 Raxa4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4
39. Bxd5 exd5 40. b6 Ra8 41. b7 Rb8 42. Kf3 d4 43. Ke4 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 {After an opening catastrophe in game one, Anand made his choice in
favour of a more solid Slav Defence.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5
6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 ({The main and much sharper line goes as follows:} 7... Bb4
8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+
14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 {and so on. White's king is not safe, but normally the
bishop is slightly superior to black's three extra pawns.}) 8. e4 Bg6 {Anand
is repeating the line that was employed also by Kramnik in the World
championship match in Elista 2006.} ({Another interesting line} 8... cxd4 9.
exf5 Bb4 10. Bxc4 dxc3 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {should be prepared carefully beforehand.
}) 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 {White has
an advantage in space and normally can torture his opponent for quite some
time in this endgame. Black's main problem is the Bg6 which is out of play.
However, Anand obviously came well prepared, and doesn't mind suffering a bit.
After all, Black doesn't have any weaknesses, but needs to be careful and
patient. The overall statistics reflects the objective evaluation of this
position: few wins for White, most of the games were drawn, zero wins for
Black.} a6 14. Rc1 {Topalov deviates from his game against Kramnik.} (14. Ke2
Rg8 15. Rhd1 Rc8 16. b3 Bc5 17. a5 Ke7 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 f6 21.
Rd3 Rc6 22. h4 Rgc8 23. g4 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/
Elista 2006/CBM 115 (31)}) 14... Rg8 $1 $146 {A novelty, but the idea itself
isn't new. The rook protects the Pg7, so that the dark-squared bishop will be
developed.} (14... Rc8 15. Ne2 Bb4+ (15... Rg8 16. h4 h6 17. Kf2 Rc6 18. b4 $1
$16 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z (2610)-Bindrich,F (2512)/Germany 2008/CBM 124 (29)}) 16. Kf2
O-O 17. h4 h5 18. Nf4 Kh7 19. Rhd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mareco,S (2526)-El Debs,F 
(2480)/Campinas BRA 2010/The Week in Chess 794 (26)}) 15. h4 h6 16. Ke2 {
I tend to think that this is not the best square for the king.} (16. Kf2 {
I suggest this as an improvement. This move seems to me more flexible, as in
some variations White can use the e2 square for one of his minor pieces. This
idea can be seen if Black follows the same plan as in the game. For instance:}
Bd6 17. h5 (17. Ne2 Ke7 18. h5 Bh7 19. Ba2 f6 20. Be3 Rgc8 $11) 17... Bh7 18.
a5 Ke7 19. Na4 f6 20. Be2 $1 Rgc8 21. Bc3 {Blocking the c-file and preparing
toexert pressure along the d-file.} Bg8 22. Rhd1 $16 Bf7 $140 $2 23. Rxd6 $1
Kxd6 24. Bb4+ Ke5 25. Ke3 $18 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf3f4] Obviously, Black's
defence can be improved along the way, but one thing is clear - this position
is not a piece of cake for the second player.}) 16... Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 $1
{Fixing the queenside, and at the same time provoking Anand to go for the pawn.
} Ke7 {Declining the challenge, just following the general plan of development.
} (18... Bb4 {Now White obviously wouldn't like to play 19.Ra1, but has to be
ready to sacrifice the pawn and play for an initiative. To my mind he has two
interesting options.} 19. Nb5 $5 (19. Na4 Bxa5 20. b4 (20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5
Bd8 22. Rhd1 {yields White sufficient compensation, but I fail to realse how
he can create any reasonable threat.}) 20... Bd8 21. b5 Bf6 22. Be3 Ke7 23.
Rhd1 Rgd8 24. Bd3 Rdc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Bxa6 Rc2+ $11) 19...
axb5 20. Bxb5 {Here Black must be very careful.} Rxa5 $1 (20... Bxa5 $2 21. Bc5
$1 Rc8 22. Rhd1 Rc6 23. Ba3 $1 Ne5 24. Bd6 $1 f6 25. b4 Bd8 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27.
Bxc6+ bxc6 28. Rxc6 $18) (20... e5 $2 21. Bc5 $1 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Ke7 23. Rc7 Rgd8
24. Rd1 Rxa5 25. Rdxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7+ Kf6 27. Rxb7 $18) 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22.
Rhd1 Rb5 $1 (22... Ke7 $2 23. Rc7+ Ke8 24. Rxb7 Bc5 25. Rc1 Ra7 26. Rxa7 Bxa7
27. Bxa7 $18) 23. Bc5+ (23. Bb6+ $2 Ke7 $1 24. Rc7+ Kf6 25. Rxb7 Bc5 26. Bd8+
Rxd8 27. Rxb5 Bd4 $17) 23... Ke8 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rc7 Rxb2+ 26. Ke3 g6 27.
Rdd7 gxh5 28. Re7+ Kd8 29. Red7+ $11) 19. Na4 f6 20. b4 $1 Rgc8 (20... Bxb4 $6
{would have been risky as it opens too many lines for White's pieces.} 21. Rb1
Bxa5 22. Rxb7 Rgb8 23. Bc5+ Ke8 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Bxe6 Rc2+ 27.
Ke3 $14) 21. Bc5 (21. Nc5 Bxc5 (21... Nxc5 $6 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6
24. Bxc5 {In spite of the opposite coloured bishops, White keeps winning
chances here as soon as rooks are on the board.}) 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Ba2 Nd7 {
White has a certain compensation for the pawn, but not more than that.}) 21...
Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rc7 {The safest.} (22... Rc6 $6 23. Rhd1 Rac8 (23... Nxc5 24. Bd5
exd5 25. exd5 Nxa4 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Rxc6 {is bad for Black since his pieces
are discoordinated.}) 24. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 25. Nb6+ Rxb6 26. cxb6 Bg8 27. e5 $1
fxe5 28. Rd1+ Ke7 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. Be4 Rxa5 31. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Yg8][%cal
Gc1c7]}) 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 (24. Bd5 $5 {is interesting from the aesthetic
point of view, but brings White nothing.} Ne5 (24... Nxc5 $6 25. Bxb7 $1 $14)
25. f4 Nd3 $1 26. Kxd3 exd5 27. f5 dxe4+ 28. Kxe4 Ke8 $1 29. g4 Re7+ 30. Kf4
Rd4+ 31. Kf3 Rd3+ $11) 24... Rdxd7 {Black has solved his problems. All he
needs to do is to bring the dreaming bishop into the game.} 25. Bd3 Bg8 {
Anand just follows his plan.} (25... f5 $1 {was a good alternative.} 26. c6
Rxc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Rb1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rd4 30. Rb7+ Kf8 (30... Kf6 $4 31. e5+
Kxe5 32. Bxh7 $18) 31. Ke3 Ra4 32. Rb8+ Kf7 {Now White must give a perpetual
check, as he can't go for the bishop:} 33. Rh8 $2 Rxa5 34. Rxh7 Kg8 $19 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 26. c6 {Trying to get to the Pa6.} Rd6 $1 (26... bxc6 27. Rc5 $14
{[%csl Ra6][%cal Gh1b1,Gb1b6]}) 27. cxb7 Rxb7 28. Rc3 Bf7 29. Ke3 (29. Rhc1 {
was pointed out by some annotators as an improvement, but I doubt whether
White has real winning chances here. For instance:} Bxh5 (29... Be8 30. Rc7+
Rd7 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Bxa6 Ra7 $11) 30. Rc7+ Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Rd7 32. Rc8 (32.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. Bxa6 Kc6 34. Ke3 e5 $11) 32... Ra7 33. Rg8 g5 34. Rb8 Be8 35.
Rb6 Bd7 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Bxa6 Kd6 $11) 29... Be8 30. g4 e5 31. Rhc1 Bd7 32.
Rc5 Bb5 $1 {The most direct way to solve Black's last problem - the Pa6. The
exchange of bishops leads to a drawish double rook ending.} 33. Bxb5 axb5 34.
Rb1 (34. Rc7+ Rd7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Kd3 Rd7+ $11) 34... b4 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Kd3
Rba7 37. Rxb4 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 {Since Topalov decided not to offer or accept
draws, the only way is to force the three move repetition. Therefore, the game
continued a bit more.} 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43.
Ke3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 {[%mdl 256]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ {Topalov wisely deviates
from the variation that had led him to defeat in the previous game with Black.
Eperienced match players from the past took this as a golden rule. Even if the
position itself had been ok, it is better to avoid unpleasant memories. One
famous example about what can happen in the contrary case is the Candidates'
match between Spassky and Geller in 1968. The latter stubbornly played the
same line against the Closed Sicilian and lost the first 3 games with Black.
When he decided to operate a change, it was too late already: the match was
basically lost.} 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 (7. Nc3 $5 O-O 8. a3 (8. Bg5 {Gelfand,B 
(2758)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Moscow 2009/CBM 133/[Marin,M] (1/2, 81)}) 8... Be7 {
0-1 Carlsen,M (2810)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135/[Marin,M] (38)}
) (7. O-O $5 O-O 8. Bg5 {Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Alekseev,E (2711)/Foros 2008/CBM
125/[Marin,M] (1-0, 53)}) 7... Bxd2+ (7... Ra6 $5 {Marin,M (2551)-Kortschnoj,V
(2611)/Reggio Emilia 2008/CBM 122/[Marin,M] (1/2, 58)}) 8. Qxd2 {Previously to
this game, the text move was considered as a preliminary step to the queen's
activation to g5. As we will see, Anand will go a bit further with the
abstract understanding of this position.} c6 9. a4 b5 10. Na3 $5 $146 ({
Deviating from} 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 {Kramnik,V (2743)-Topalov,V (2813)/
Elista 2006/CBM 115/[Marin,M] (1-0, 75).  ***It appears that Anand considered
8.Qxd2 as the start of a general redistributing of forces. The knight is
employed for putting pressure on b5 and c4, while the queen will set up
pressure along the d-file (after 0-0 and Rfd1), maintaining the threat of Qg5
in reserve. Apart from being objectively strong, his novelty has the practical
advantage of leaving Black with a rather narrow choice, resulting in a
relative ease of predicting the next few moves during home analysis.}) 10...
Bd7 {There is nothing better than this awkward move, which places the bishop
in the way of its colleagues.} (10... Ba6 {leaves the c6-square vulnerable,
allowing} 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. axb5 $16 {White retrieves the pawn,
maintaining the better structure and a strong bishop.}) 11. Ne5 Nd5 {This is a
first critical moment. The knight move looks natural, but causes a big loss of
time, allowing White increase his domination in the centre. Besides, the
kingside defence is weakened, which will prove a decisive factor in the end.
Black had two other ways of removing the pin along the long diagonal.} (11...
Ra7 $6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qg5 {(We can see that White did not
give up the idea of the queen incursion completely; he only kept it in reserve
for a favourable moment!)} O-O 15. Qxb5 Qxd4 16. Rd1 Qg4 {(Sadly, the only
available square for the queen, leaving the left wing vulnerable.)} 17. Nxc4
$16 {Black will lose the a5-pawn, while his poor coordination prevents him
from getting enough counterplay.}) (11... Ra6 12. O-O (12. axb5 cxb5 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qxb5 Qxd4 16. Nxc4 ({With the rook on a6,} 16. Rd1 {
is ineffective because of} Qb6 $1 {with complete simpilifications and a
probable draw after} 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Nxc4 Rb4 19. Nxa5 Rxb2 $11) 16... Ne4 {
[%cal Ge4d6] (Hitting f2 and threatening to exchange the active white knight
with ...Nd6, which would more or less equalise.)} 17. e3 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 {
. The a5-pawn is indirectly defended because of ...Nd3+ followed by ...Nxb2,
while otherwise Black seems more or less OK.}) 12... O-O 13. Rfd1 Be8 14. Rac1
$44 {Black is in no immediate danger yet, but it is far from clear, how he
will get to complete his development.}) 12. e4 Nb4 {The evaluation of this
move depends on the depth of the examination. Optically speaking, this looks
like a great square for the knight. Practically, it does not do much, failing
to defend Black's own pawn chain or put pressure on a4, in order to force the
releasing of the tension. Concrete analysis proves that Black could not play
the more desirable moves, though:} (12... Nb6 {attacks a4, more or less forcing
} 13. axb5 {, but this works out well for White because the knight is
vulnerable on b6:} cxb5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qg5 Qxd4 (15... O-O {is relatively
better, with just a bad position after} 16. Qxb5 {, when} Qxd4 $2 {drops a
piece to} 17. Rd1 $18) 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Qxb5+ N8d7 (17... N6d7 {loses a rook to}
18. e5 $18) 18. Nxc4 $18 {and one of the knights will be lost.}) ({***} 12...
Nc7 {would be a good consolidating move if Black could get castled in time, but
} 13. d5 $16 {In case of general exchanges, the f7-square and the a8-rook
would be forked by the queen. After the text move, the possibility of ...Nd3+
forces White to get castled before initiating active operations, but, as
mentioned before, the long term effects of the knight's presence on b4 are
unfavourable for Black.}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 {White has completed his
development and all his pieces are placed on optimal squares. One may argue
that the queen's rook and knight could desire a better fate, but their latent
pressure against the b5-pawn and along the a-file is quite useful.
Anticipating a bit, it will not take long before these pieces will emerge into
play very effectively.} Be8 {Black evacuates the d-file anticipating the
central break.} (14... N8a6 $6 15. d5 $16) (14... Qe7 $5 15. Qe3 {renewing the
threat of d5.} Be8 16. d5 f6 (16... Qd6 17. Nxc6 N8xc6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. axb5
$16) 17. dxc6 (17. Nxc6 N8xc6 18. dxc6 bxa4 19. e5 $14) 17... fxe5 18. axb5
Bxc6 19. bxc6 N8xc6 20. Rac1 Nd4 21. Nxc4 $14 {Black's knights stand actively,
but they are not 100% stable, because both the a5 and the e5 pawns are weak.})
15. d5 $1 Qd6 (15... Qb6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 $44) (15... f6 16. dxc6 (16. Ng4
$36) 16... Qxd2 17. Rxd2 fxe5 18. axb5 Bxc6 19. bxc6 N8xc6 20. Nxc4 $14) 16.
Ng4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} (16. dxc6 $5 {also looks strong:} Qxe5 17. axb5 {Black's
queenside is paralysed and Black has to return the piece, but this will not
even the chances.} Bxc6 18. bxc6 N8xc6 19. Nxc4 Qc5 20. Qc3 {White has the
same kind of domination as at a later stage in the game. The a5-pawn is
vulnerable and the threat of e4-e5 followed by the occupation of the d6-square
quite annoying. In case of} e5 21. Rd7 $16 {, Black cannot fight for the
d-file with the help of the rooks, because this would cost him the a5-pawn.})
16... Qc5 17. Ne3 {The knight has reached a stable square, from where it
consolidates White's control over the d5-square and increases the pressure
against the c4-pawn.} N8a6 {Finally, Black has started developing. However,
this is not done in the optimal way. The knight would be so much more useful
closer to the d4-square, while on the edge of the board it is passive and
causes difficulties with keeping a5 well defended.} 18. dxc6 bxa4 {Black's
extra pawn on the a-file will not be too threatening in the middlegame, but
Topalov probably wanted to shield his other a-pawn with its colleague.} ({After
} 18... Bxc6 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Naxc4 Bxc4 21. Rac1 $16 {The a5-pawn would be
more vulnerable, but Black would have exchanged one pair of minor pieces. All
in all, the objective evaluation of the position would remain the same.}) 19.
Naxc4 Bxc6 20. Rac1 {[%cal Gc4d6,Ge4e5,Ge3g4,Gd2g5]} h6 {[%csl Gg5]} (20... Qe7
{would hardly be a solution because of} 21. Nxa5 $16 {retrieving the pawn and
questioning Black's queenside stability.}) ({***In the event of a neutral move
such as} 20... Rab8 {(it should be mentioned that there are not too many of
this kind available), White could play} 21. Nd6 Qa7 22. Ng4 {threatening Qg5
followed by e5 with attack.} f6 {would weaken the e6-square and can be met with
} 23. Bf1 $16 {followed by Bc4. Play would have acquired different contours
than in the game, but the essence would have remained the same.}) 21. Nd6 Qa7 {
[%csl Ga7,Gg8]} (21... Qh5 22. f4 $16 {[%csl Gh5]}) 22. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Gg4h6]}
Rad8 (22... f6 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Ga7g7]} 23. e5 $1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 f5 25. Nxh6+ $1
gxh6 26. Qxh6 Qe7 27. Rc4 $40 {With his e6-pawn weak and Rh4 coming, Black is
in deep trouble.}) ({Speelman} 22... Nc5 23. Rc4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6][%cal
Ge4e5,Gg4h6]} (23. Nxh6+ $6 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Ncd3 $132)) 23. Nxh6+ $1 $18 gxh6 24.
Qxh6 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gc1c4,Gc4g4]} f6 (24... Qe7 25. e5 Bxg2 26. Rd4 $18) 25. e5
$1 Bxg2 26. exf6 {[%cal Gh6g6,Gf6f7]} Rxd6 (26... Bf3 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. f7 $18)
(26... Qh7 {can be met by} 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Rc4 {threatening Rh4, when} Rg8 29.
Nf7+ $1 {leads to mate.}) 27. Rxd6 Be4 (27... Bd5 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Rc4 Bxc4 30.
Rd4 $18 {In this line, White has preserved precisely the necessary amount of
pieces for a win. Black cannot prevent mate on h7 or g7 at the same time.}) 28.
Rxe6 {[%cal Ge6e7]} Nd3 {[%csl Ga6,Ge4]} 29. Rc2 Qh7 30. f7+ $5 Qxf7 (30...
Rxf7 31. Re8+ {leads to mate.}) 31. Rxe4 {The material balance is more or less
even, but Black's king remains desperately weak and the general coordination
is very poor.} Qf5 (31... Nxf2 32. Rf4 {[%csl Gf2]}) 32. Re7 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 {As it seen
many times in previous World Championship matches, the theoretical discussion
continues. Topalov makes a second attempt to crack this line.} a6 14. Rc1 Rg8
15. h4 h5 $5 $146 {Once again Anand makes a new move before Topalov gets a
chance to show what he has prepared against Anand's choice in game three.
Compared to 15...h6, here Black's light-squared has a bit more space as it
won't be driven away by h4-h5. On the other hand, Ph5 might become a target.
My personal feeling is that 15...h6 is more precise.} ({In game three there
followed:} 15... h6 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 Ke7 19. Na4 f6 20. b4 Rgc8
21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rc7 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rdxd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V 
(2805)-Anand,V (2787)/Sofia BUL 2010/The Week in Chess 808 (46)}) 16. Ne2 $1 {
Topalov reacts accordingly. After 15...h5 this manoeuvre makes sense, - the
knight is heading to f4.} (16. O-O Bd6 17. f4 Rc8 18. Ba2 Ke7 19. f5 Bh7 $11) (
{The same plan as in game three won't yield White anything:} 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. a5
Ke7 18. Na4 f6 $11 {and the bishop returns into play via f7. The same would
occur in the event of 16.Kf2.}) 16... Bd6 (16... Bc5 $6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nf4
Rc8 (18... Nxa4 $2 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Bxe6 $18) 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. a5 Kf6 21. Rhd1
$16 {is exactly what White is striving for. Black's bishop is stuck on g6
since it has to protect the Ph5. Meanwhile, White is going to develop his play
on the queenside.}) 17. Be3 {At this point there was an electricity cut in the
playing venue. The game was stopped and resumed in about 15 minutes when the
electricity came back. It seems that this incident didn't affect both players
much.} Ne5 18. Nf4 Rc8 {Black should keep the knight on e5 to protect the Bg6.}
(18... Nxc4 $6 19. Rxc4 b5 20. Rc2 Bxf4 {Otherwise the exchange on g6 will
ruin Black's structure.} 21. Bxf4 bxa4 22. Kf2 f6 23. Bd6 {[%cal Gh1a1,Ga1a4,
Gc2c7] White is clearly better. Black's rooks lack coordination.}) 19. Bb3
Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Ke7 ({Black is not in time to cover the Pe6 and bring his
light-squared bishop into a play:} 20... Kd7 21. Ke2 Re8 22. Rd1 $16 f6 $2 {
[%cal Gg6f7]} 23. Be3 $18 {[%cal Ge3c5]}) 21. Ke2 Rc8 22. Bd2 $2 {A natural
move, but it allows the trick that now follows.} (22. Rd1 $1 Rc6 {[%cal Gc6b6]}
(22... Bb4 23. Be3 $16 {[%cal Ge3d4]}) (22... Bc5 23. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2c3]})
23. Be3 Bc5 24. Bd2 $1 f6 (24... Rb6 25. Bc3 $1 Nxf3 (25... Rxb3 26. Bxe5 Bxe4
27. fxe4 Re3+ 28. Kf1 Rxe4 29. Nd3 $16) (25... Bd6 26. Ba2 $16) 26. Bxe6 $1
Rxe6 27. Nxe6 Ng1+ 28. Kf1 Kxe6 (28... fxe6 29. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Rg1]}) 29. Rd5
Ba7 30. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Rg1]}) 25. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. f4 Bxe4 28.
fxe5 Kxe5 29. Be3 {I believe Black can still hold this position with tenacious
defence, but it would be an unpleasant task for Anand.}) {[%tqu "En","How can
Black equalise?","","","f7f6","This strong move solves black's problems. The
Pe6 can't really be captured and Anand is bringing his light-squared bishop
into play.",10]} 22... f6 $1 {This strong move solves Black's problems. The
Pe6 can't really be captured and Anand is bringing his light-squared bishop
into play.} 23. Nxg6+ {White must grab the bishop, otherwise after 23...Bf7 he
can forget about any advantage.} (23. Nxe6 Bf7 24. Nd4 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Rc2 26. f4
(26. Rb1 Nc4 27. Kd3 Rxb2 $15) 26... Ng4 27. Rb1 Rc4 28. Kf3 Rxa4 {Black is at
least not worse.}) (23. Bxe6 Rc2 24. Rb1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Bxf4 26. Rd1 Bxd2 (26...
Rxb2 27. Kd3 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Bxd2 29. Kxd2 $11) 27. Bd3 Rxb2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 29.
Kxd2 a5 $11) 23... Nxg6 24. g3 Ne5 (24... Bxg3 $2 25. Rg1 Nf4+ 26. Kf1 Bh2 27.
Rxg7+ Kd6 28. Rxb7 $18) 25. f4 Nc6 $11 26. Bc3 Bb4 {The exchange of bishops
favours Black.} 27. Bxb4+ Nxb4 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Rd2 g5 (29... Na5 30. Rc2 Rd8 {
[%cal Gd8d4]} 31. Rc7+ Kd6 32. Rc3 Nxb3 33. Rxb3 Kc7 $11) 30. Kf2 (30. hxg5
fxg5 31. e5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd2d6]} h4 32. Rd6 hxg3 33. fxg5 (33. Rxe6+ $6 Kd7
34. Rd6+ Kc7 35. fxg5 Re8 36. Kf1 Rxe5 $15) 33... Rf8 34. Rxe6+ Kd7 35. Rd6+
Ke7 (35... Kc7 $2 36. Rf6 $1 $16) 36. Re6+ Kd7 $11) 30... g4 {Not the only
option, but it makes sense to fix the Pg3 as a potential target.} 31. Rc2 Rd8
32. Ke3 Rd6 33. Rc5 Nb4 {Black's tandem of rook + knight creates sufficient
counterthreats, so White doesn't have time to capture the Ph5.} 34. Rc7+ Kd8
35. Rc3 Ke7 36. e5 Rd7 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Ke2 Nc6 39. Ke1 {A slightly strange
manoeuvre of the king from e3 to e1, but it doesn't change the estimation of
the position as equal.} Nd4 40. Bd1 a5 41. Rc5 Nf5 42. Rc3 Nd4 43. Rc5 Nf5 44.
Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 {Anand repeats the
line, which brought him success in Game 2. The notes to that game also contain
a more comprehensive coverage of the opening phase.} c5 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Naxc4
Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 $5 {[%mdl 32] The first minor surprise, but on the
whole a part of Anand's strategy - he is the first one to deviate despite the
successful outcome of the previous encounter (this tendency was seen also in
the Slav - games 3,5, and 8). Such an approach makes it more difficult for the
opponent to focus his preparation. The strategic idea behind the text move is
to increase White's << pressure by preventing Nd5.} ({Game 2 went} 10. Bd2 Nd5
11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Ba5 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa3 $6 Qxa3 16. bxa3 {
Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805)/WCh Sofia/2010/} Nc5 17. Nd6 b6 $15) 10... h6 {
Topalov didn't think too long about this natural reaction.} (10... Nbd7 11. Rc1
$5 $44 (11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Qc1 Qe7 15. Qh6 Rb8 16. Rac1
$13)) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Played almost immediately by Topalov, but
in fact this natural recapture is a novelty.} (11... gxf6 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Qd2
Kh7 (13... Kg7 {seems more natural, but Black probably didn't want to reckon
with ideas as} 14. Nf4 $5 {/\Nh5}) 14. Rac1 Ra7 15. Qf4 (15. Na5 $5 b6 16. Nb3
e5 17. f4 $44 {|^}) (15. b4 b6 16. a4 $44) 15... Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe4+ f5
{[%csl Re5]} ({><e5} 17... Kg7 $142 18. Qxc6 Rc7 19. Qa4 e5 $5 $132) 18. Qxc6
Rc7 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Na5 Ba8 (20... Be4 $5 $14) 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Rc1 Qd6 23.
Nc6 Bg5 24. f4 Bf6 {Raetsky,A (2399)-Panchanathan,M (2441)/Biel/2004/} 25. Qxa6
Qd5 26. b4 $16 {In our game we will later see a similar distribution of
material and a fight of the ^^ against NN.}) 12. Nd3 Ba7 (12... Be7 $6 13. Nb6
Ra7 {[%csl Ra7] צa7} 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Rc7 $36 (15. f4 $5 Bc6 16. Ne5 $44)) (
12... Qe7 13. Rc1 Ba7 (13... Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Na5 $14) 14. Na5 Bb6 15. Qd2
{[%cal Gc1c8] Here it's difficult for Black to unravel his forces, White
intends to double on the <->c. The natural} e5 {invites a tactical solution}
16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Ndxe5 $5 Bxe5 18. Nb6 Nc6 19. Nxa8 Qd8 20. Rc5 Bd6 21. Rd5 Be6
22. Nb6 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 $14 {/<=>}) 13. Qa4 {Anand played this almost instantly
- he proceeds to pile up his pressure.} ({The more straightforward} 13. Na5 {
practically wins the P back immediately, but after} Nd7 14. Nxb7 Bxb7 15. Bxb7
Rab8 {[%csl Ga7,Gb7];Beliavsky,A (2619)-Pavasovic,D (2597) HUN-chT 0809 2008 
(2) 1-0 Black eases his task by simplification. While ^- do not always mean
full equality in the Catalan, achieving the model situation as in} {is far
from simple. After} 16. Bg2 (16. Bxa6 $6 e5 {[%cal Rf6a6,Re5e4,Rb8b2] /\e4,
Rb2|^}) 16... Ne5 (16... Rfc8 $143 17. b4 $1 Ne5 18. Qa4 $36) 17. Rb1 a5 $5
$132 {the position is approximately balanced.}) 13... Nc6 {Even now Black
prefers to return material.} (13... b5 $2 {fails tactically to} 14. Qb4 bxc4
15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Nb6 17. Qc7 $18) (13... Bd7 $6 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6
16. Qxb7 e5 17. Nd2 $1 (17. f3 Rfb8 18. Qxa6 $2 Bc5) 17... a5 18. Rac1 $36 {
gives White an ideal position and justifies his opening idea.}) (13... Qe7 {
deserves more attention:} 14. Na5 $5 (14. Rac1 Nd7 $13) (14. Qb4 Nc6 $5 (14...
Qxb4 15. Nxb4 a5 16. Nd3 a4 17. Rac1 $44) 15. Bxc6 Qxb4 16. Nxb4 bxc6 17. Nxc6
f6 $132) 14... Bb6 15. Rac1 $44 {/\} Bd7 $6 16. Qb3 $36) (13... Nd7 14. Qb4 e5
15. Rac1 $44 {and again it's difficult for Black to unravel without
concessions.}) 14. Rac1 {Again in the spirit of the previous move White spurns
material.} ({However,} 14. Bxc6 $5 {is an interesting alternative. Although
after} bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rb8 16. Nd6 (16. Rac1 $5 Bb7 17. Qa4 {[%cal Yc4a5,Ya5c6] /
\Na5-c6 is perhaps more promising.}) 16... e5 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. Qe4 Qe6 19. f4
(19. b4 $6 Re8 20. g4 Rbc8 $15) 19... exf4 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rxf4 $14 {
Grischuk,A (2756)-Khairullin,I (2617) RUS-chT 17th 2010 (6) 1-0 /<=> White's N
is the better minor piece, it's still a far cry from} (21. gxf4 Rc2 22. Kf2 Kf7
$132)) (14. Rfc1 {is another plausible idea - we will mention this later on.})
14... e5 {Black also insists on freeing himself, other moves seem weaker:} (
14... b5 $6 15. Qa3 $1 bxc4 16. Rxc4 $36 {advantageously regains the piece.}) (
14... Rb8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nce5 $14) (14... Bd7 15. Nd6 Ne5 16. Qa3 Bc6 17.
Nxb7 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Gb7] |^ and once again White will remain
with a superior N against ץa7.}) 15. Bxc6 {Here already White has practically
no choice.} b5 $5 {The point of the previous move.} ({After the docile} 15...
bxc6 $6 16. Ncxe5 $14 {/+/- White will soon win another P.}) 16. Qc2 ({Anand
was still playing quite fast and rejects the double-edged} 16. Bxb5 axb5 17.
Qxb5 e4 18. Nf4 d3 $5 (18... Ba6 19. Qd5 g5 20. Nh5 Qg6 21. g4 Qe6 $5 22. Qxe6
fxe6 $44) 19. exd3 Ba6 $44 {Landa}) 16... Qxc6 17. Ncxe5 {[%csl Ga7,Gc8,Gd3,
Ge5] White has regained the P, giving rise to the aforementioned interesting
NN:^^ position. Black is forced to swap Q (otherwise he would have serious ->
chances) and his P (d4,<<) are rather vulnerable. However, White has a
weakness of his own on e2 and while his N are currently very active, the
potential of the ^^ can't be underestimated. All in all, at the very best
White can be only microscopically better.} Qe4 {[%cal Rc8h3] /\Bh3} (17... Qxc2
$143 18. Rxc2 Bf5 {gives White a slightly better version of the game position.
Other Q-retreats also allow Qc6 under more favourable circumstances.}) (17...
Qe6 18. Qc6 $14) (17... Qb7 18. Qc6 Qb8 $6 {is too artificial:} 19. Nd7 $16) (
17... Qd5 18. Qc6 (18. Qc7 $5) (18. Nc6 Re8 19. Nf4 Qd6 $5 $132) 18... Bb7 19.
Qxd5 Bxd5 {is similar to the game.}) 18. Qc6 Bb7 (18... Bf5 19. Qxe4 (19. Rfe1
Rfe8 {is hardly an improvement.}) 19... Bxe4 {-18...Bb7}) 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rc2
({Rybka here gives the unforced, but pretty line} 20. Nd7 Rfe8 21. Rc7 Bf5 22.
Rfc1 Rxe2 23. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. Nf8+ Kg8 26. Nd7+ $11 {, but White
prefers to keep the tension. Here it's time to recall 14.Rfc1 - if White's R
would be now on a1 instead of f1, he could consider developing his initiative
with 20.a4!?}) 20... Rfe8 {[%cal Re8e5] /\Re5} ({Black naturally seeks
counterattacking options, as he can't fight for the <->c:} 20... Rac8 21. Rfc1
Bf5 $4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nc6 Bg4 25. f3 $18) 21. Rfc1 f6 {
Chases away the active Ne5, but slightly weakens Black's position. The text
move was by no means forced, there was a number of plausible alternatives:} (
21... Bf5) (21... a5) (21... Bd5) (21... Bb6 $5 $132 {/\Bd8-f6 All these moves
lead to a balanced position.}) 22. Nd7 {Heads for c5 and starts the N carousel.
} ({More ambitious seems to be} 22. Nc6 Bb6 23. a4 $5 (23. Kf1 a5 24. a4 $6 b4
$36 {[%cal Ye4d5,Yd5b3] Shipov; /\Bd5-b3}) 23... bxa4 (23... Kf7 24. a5 Bc7 25.
Kf1 (25. b4 Bd6 $132) 25... h5 26. Ra1 Rec8 (26... h4 $5 27. Nxd4 Bd6 $44) 27.
f3 Bf5 28. Rac1 $14) 24. Rc4 {[%cal Yc4b4,Yb4a4] /\Ra4, Rb4} a5 25. Rxa4 Bf5 $5
$132 (25... Kh7 26. b4 $5 Rac8 (26... axb4 27. Rxb4 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Ba5 29. Rb7
Rxe2 30. Rxf6 $14) 27. Nxa5 Rc3 $44)) 22... Bf5 ({Simpler was} 22... Re7 23.
N7c5 (23. Rc7 $2 Kf7 24. N3c5 Bf5 $17 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7]}) 23... Bxc5 24. Rxc5
Rae8 $11 {, but Topalov treasures his ^^ and also wants to keep the game going.
}) 23. N7c5 Bb6 {An ambitious continuation, which however doesn't seriously
disturb the balance.} ({In the spirit of his previous move, Black spurns} 23...
Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxd3 25. exd3 Re2 26. R5c2 Rae8 27. Kf1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Kf7 {
Black is prepared to oppose White's R on all the squares from c5 to c8:} 29.
Rc5 Re5 30. Rc6 Re6 31. Rc7+ Re7 32. Rc8 Re8 $11 {White has no clear way to
improve his position - his K can't pass the <->e and moving the Pf2 weakens e3.
}) 24. Nb7 $5 {[%cal Rb7d6,Yc2c6] /\Nd6,Rc6 White avoids simplification and 
(for the time being) finds a way to continue the fight.} Bd7 (24... Re6 $2 25.
Rc6 $1 Ra7 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. Rc6 Rxb7 28. Rxe6 $14 {/+/- and in this _|_ White
can torture his opponent endlessly - Black exchanged the wrong B.}) ({
Interesting was} 24... Bg4 25. f3 Bf5 $5 (25... Bd7 26. Kf2 Re3 27. Nd6 $14)
26. Rc6 (26. Nd6 Bxd3 27. exd3 Re3 28. Rc6 Ba5) 26... Rxe2 27. Nf4 Rxb2 28.
Rxb6 Rb8 29. Nd5 Kh7 30. a4 d3 $44 {<=>}) (24... Rxe2 $2 25. Rxe2 Bxd3 26. Re6
$18) (24... Rac8 25. Nd6 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Bxd3 $8 27. exd3 Re6 28. Rc8+ (28. Rc6
$2 Bd8 29. f4 f5 $1 {[%cal Rg8h7,Rd8e7] /\Kh7,Be7}) 28... Kh7 29. Nf5 g6 30.
Nh4 $14 {|^}) 25. Nf4 {Anand plays it safe.} ({Over the board it's difficult
to decide for the computer-like sortie} 25. Nd6 Re6 26. Nc8 $1 Bd8 27. Rc5 (27.
Kf1 $5 $14 {/\Rc5}) 27... Re8 (27... Kf8 $2 28. Nf4 $1 Re8 29. Nd6 $18 {
[%csl Re8] traps the R.}) (27... Be7 28. Rc7 $16) 28. R1c2 $14 {and the Nc8
cramps Black and limits his options.}) 25... Rab8 ({Chasing away the N without
exchanges, but simpler was} 25... Rac8 $142 $1 {and Black is fine:} 26. Nd6
$142 (26. Nd5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 d3 (27... Bh3 28. Rd2 (28. Nxb6 $2 d3) 28... Ba7
29. Nf4 Bd7 $13) (27... Ba7 28. Rc7 Bh3 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ $11)
28. exd3 Bh3 29. Ne3 (29. Rc1 Bd4 30. Nf4 Bg4 31. Kg2 g5 $36) 29... Bxe3 30.
fxe3 Rxe3 31. Nc5 Rf3 32. Rf2 Re3 33. Rc2 $11) 26... Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Re5 $132)
26. Nd6 (26. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 (26... Bc8 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Nfe6 $36) (26... Bf5 27.
Nxa6 $1 Ra8 28. Nc7 Bxc7 29. Rxc7 Re5 (29... Rxa2 30. Nh5 $40) 30. Rd1 $5 $14)
27. Rxc5 g5 28. Nd5 $1 Kf7 29. R1c2 $14 (29. Kf1 Kg6 30. f3 Re5 31. Nb4 $14))
26... Re5 27. Nc8 {There was no need to hurry with this.} (27. h4 g5 28. Nd3
Re6 29. Nf5 Ree8 $5 30. Nd6 Re6 $11) ({Perhaps the most promising was} 27. Nd3
$5 Re6 28. Nc8 Re8 $5 (28... Ba5 29. b4 Bd8 30. Rc5 $14 {[%cal Rc5d5] /\Rd5 is
similar to the 25.Nd6 line above.}) 29. Nxb6 Rxb6 30. Rc7 Rd6 31. R1c2 $14) ({
Landa suggests} 27. h3 {/\} g5 28. Nd3 Re6 29. Nf5 h5 30. g4 {, gaining an
outpost for the N.}) 27... Ba5 $1 (27... Bd8 28. Na7 $1 {[%cal Ga7c6] /\Nc6+/=
simplifies the position in White's favour.}) 28. Nd3 (28. Na7 $2 {is not good
any more due to} Rbe8 $1 $36 {/\} 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Bd2 $1 $17) 28... Re8 {
The Nc8 understandably makes Black nervous.} (28... Re6 $143 29. b4 Bd8 30. Rc5
$14 {-27.Nd3 transposes to a line, pleasant for White.}) 29. Na7 {The N
continues its dance, but after the tex t-move White's slight pressure
dissipates.} ({Shipov recommends the more ambitious} 29. Nd6 Re6 30. Nf5 Bb6
31. h4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Yh4h5] /\h5,><f5 , but even here after} h5 32. Nf4 Re5
33. Nd6 Bg4 34. Kg2 g5 $13 {Black gets sufficient <=>.}) 29... Bb6 ({Black
could have already played} 29... Ra8 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxe2 {but with
White's strong Nd3 the extra P isn't worth much. Moreover, White has motifs
with trapping Black's R:} 32. Kf1 (32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. Rc6 Rd2 35.
Rxa6 Bc3 $1 $11) 32... Rd2 33. R1c2 Rxc2 (33... Rxd3 34. Ke2 Rc3 35. bxc3 dxc3
36. Kd1 $14) 34. Rxc2 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Nc5 d3 37. Nxd3 Kd7 $11) 30. Nc6 Rb7
{[%csl Rb6,Gd7] Topalov quickly decided to fight on, preferring to keep the
more valuable Bd7, rather than the ineffective Bb6.} (30... Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxe2
32. Rc8+ (32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Rc8+) 32... Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kf7 34. Kf1 (34. Ra8 a5
35. Rb8 $44) 34... Rd2 35. Rc6 (35. Ke1 $2 Ba5 $19) 35... Ba5 36. Rxa6 Bc3 $11)
31. Ncb4 a5 32. Nd5 a4 {Gains more space on the <<, but Black had other
equally satisfactory moves:} (32... Be6 33. N3f4 (33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34. b3 Bg4 $11)
33... Bf5 $132) (32... Bg4 $11) (32... Bf5 $5 $11) 33. Nxb6 {Anand releases
the tension, after this the game inexorably heads towards a peaceful outcome.
However, White can hardly claim an advantage even after more ambitious
continuations:} (33. h4 Be6 (33... Bg4 $5 34. N3f4 Ba7) 34. N3f4 Bf7 35. h5 Kh7
$13) (33. N3f4 Bf5 34. Rc6 Bd8 $132 {/\} 35. Rd1 $6 g5 $1 36. Nxf6+ Bxf6 37.
Rxf6 Rf7 $15) 33... Rxb6 $11 {After 12 N-moves in a row and 13 overall (!) by
this one piece the game settles down.} 34. Nc5 Bf5 35. Rd2 (35. Nd3 $6 Be6 36.
Nb4 Bc4 $15) 35... Rc6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6c1,Ge8e2] Despite the loss of the
^^, Black's ><d4 is compensated for by his pressure on the <->c and e.} 36. b4
axb3 (36... Rc7 37. f3 Rce7 38. Kf2 Bg6 39. Re1 Bf7 {[%cal Yf7c4] /\Bc4<=>})
37. axb3 b4 $1 {[%cal Re8c8] /\Rec8 An accurate move, allowing White to play
b4 would cement his outpost on c5, so that he can turn his attention to the
><d4.} (37... Rc7 38. b4 Rce7 39. Nb3 $1 $14) 38. Rxd4 $8 {The only way to
meet the pin on the <->c, but it results in a liquidation of the <<.} Rxe2 39.
Rxb4 Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rc6c5] /\Rc5} 40. Rbc4 (40. Rb5 Rd6 41. Rb4 $5 Rdd2 42. Rh4
Rc2 $44 43. Rc4 Ra2 44. Rh4 Rec2 45. Nd3 Bf5 46. Rxc2 Rxc2 47. Nb4 Rb2 $11)
40... Rd6 41. Re4 ({Another possible draw results after} 41. Rh4 Rc2 42. Ra1
Ra2 43. Re1 Re2 44. Re4 Rb2 45. b4 (45. Rh4 Re2 $11) 45... Rdd2 46. Rh4 Re2 47.
Nd3 Rxe1+ 48. Nxe1 Bd7 49. f3 Bb5 50. Rd4 Rb1 51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Rb1 $11)
41... Rb2 42. Ree1 (42. Rh4 Rc2 $11 {-41.Rh4}) 42... Rdd2 43. Ne4 Rd4 (43...
Rd3 44. Rb1 {transposes to the game.} (44. Rc3 $11)) 44. Nc5 Rdd2 (44... f5 $6
45. Ne6 Re4 46. f3 $1 Rxe1+ 47. Rxe1 {/\Nf4} g5 48. f4 gxf4 (48... Rxb3 49.
fxg5 hxg5 50. Nxg5 $14) 49. Nxf4 $14) 45. Ne4 Rd3 46. Rb1 (46. Rc3 Rxc3 47.
Nxc3 Rxb3 48. Nd5 $11) (46. Nc5 $2 Rf3 $19) 46... Rdxb3 47. Nd2 Rb4 48. f3 {
White creates an airhole for his K, avoiding any possible danger. The rest is
not interesting anymore.} g5 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. Rd1 (50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Rd8 {
/\Kf2=}) 50... Kf7 51. Kf2 h5 52. Ke3 Rc2 53. Ra1 Kg6 54. Ra6 Bf5 55. Rd6 Rc3+
56. Kf2 Rc2 (56... Rc2 57. Ke3 {repeats the position.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {A small surprize. This is the first
time in the match when Topalov abstains himself from giving up the tension in
the centre. Not for too long, though, as we will see.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
O-O c6 {A rock solid variation. Did players deviate from their general
strategy of mutual agressiveness, embarking boring play? Not really...} 8. Bf4
{The closed systems of the Catalan opening tend to be transpositional, but
move orders remain important.} ({If White intends to play the Romanischin
system mentioned below, he should move his bishop away from d2 at once. After} 
8. Nc3 $6 dxc4 {it is not easy to retrieve the pawn, since after} 9. Ne5 {
the d4-pawn would be hanging.}) ({The variation mentioned in the notes to
Black's 9th move usually arises in the following move order:} 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1
Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 (12... b5 $2 13. Nxb5 $16) 13. Nxc4
Nxf4 14. gxf4 Rc8 15. e3 Nf6) 8... dxc4 {Played four moves later than in the
previous Catalan games, but with very different plans.} ({In case of the solid
} 8... Nbd7 {, White has a choice between the "normal" 9.Qc2 followed by Rd1
and the following line popularized by Romanischin (among others):} 9. Nc3 b6
10. Qb3 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rac1 {Romanishin,O (2615)-Ribli,Z (2610)/
Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM 037/[Dautov] (1-0, 27)}) 9. Ne5 b5 $5 {Finally, we can
recognize Topalov's style. The former World Champion sacrifices a clear
exchange for far from obvious compensation. The move is not entirely new,
though.} ({The thematic reaction is} 9... Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 {White
has been allowed to consolidate his space advantage, but the kingside
weaknesses as well as Black's bishops' pair make the position double-edged.
The following series of moves has not been met in practice, but is entirely
viable and leads by a transposition to a position mentioned above:} b6 12. Nc3
Bb7 13. e3 Nd7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 {This is an important tabyia, which I
used to consider as favourable for White in my first year with the Catalan.
Practice taught me to think differently.} 16. Rac1 (16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Rac1 {
allows a surprising regrouping:} Bd6 18. Qa4 Bb8 19. a3 Qe7 20. b4 f6 21. Nf3 {
1/2 Marin,M (2561)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2522)/Cala Galdana 2001/CBM 084 ext.
Fearing the threat of ...h6 followed by ...g5, I offered a draw which was
fortunately accepted.}) ({Another version of the same plan is:} 16. a3 Bd6 17.
Nxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 Qe7 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. Ne4 h6 21. Rdc1 g5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Nd2
Kg7 $132 {Komljenovic,D (2479)-Pogorelov,R (2439)/Calvia 2004/EXT 2005 (0-1,
48). In both cases, the weakness of the double pawns consists of the fact that
Black can undermine the f4-pawn, which does not have sufficient defenders
around it.}) 16... Nd5 17. Qa4 {This was supposed to weaken the queenside
before the bishops gets to b8.} b5 $1 $11 18. Qxa7 bxc4 19. Qxb7 Nb4 {A draw
by perpetual is inevitable now.} 20. a3 Rb8 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Ra8
24. Qb7 {1/2 Marin,M (2556)-Gurevich,M (2634)/Mondariz 2002/CBM 091 ext}) 10.
Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 $5 $146 ({The first game in which Black embarked this
line went} 11... Ba6 {Although Black eventually got a good position, the
bishop stands worse on a6 than on d7.} 12. Bxa8 ({White does not get much by
refusing the present:} 12. a3 {[%cal Gb1c3]} Rc8 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15.
e3 Bb7 $132) 12... Qxa8 13. Qc2 (13. a3 $5 {may be an improvement of the same
kind as in the main line.} Qc6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. f3 Rd8 16. Qc2 $14 Rxd4 17. Be3
$1 Rd7 18. Bxa7) 13... Qc6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. f3 e5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. d5 {Aiming,
at the cost of one pawn, to avoid the opening of the position before the
queenside development gets completed.} Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. e4 f5
$132 {Gelfand,B (2750)-Ivanchuk,V (2748)/Nice 2010 (1/2, 33)}) 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 {
For the sacrificed exchange, Black has a dangerous bishops' pair, a space
advantage on the queenside and a superior development. White's problems of
coordination is caused by the fact that he has reverted the natural order of
queenside development (he played with the bishop first, putting it on an
exposed square and leaving the knight on its initial position).} 13. f3 {
I do not understand this move. It weakens the king and does not contribute to
the development. Anand is reported to have played it almost instantly, but I
wonder whether this was part of his preparation, or just over the board
inspiration, aiming to confuse his opponent. In my opinion, he should have
looked for a way to complete his queenside development.} (13. Nc3 {leads to
unclear consequences after} b4 14. Na4 Qd5 (14... Qc6 $6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5
Qxc5 17. Bd6 $16) 15. a3 Bc6 16. f3 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Qxd4+ 18. e3 Qxb2 19. axb4
Nd5 $44) ({While analyzing the position far from my laptop, I felt that White
should prepare the knight's developing with} 13. a3 $1 {I am not sure that
Black's compensation would have been entirely adequate in this case. Here is a
possible variation:} Qc6 14. Nc3 a5 15. Bg5 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. d5 $36 {
When saving the lines in ChessBase, I was very dissapointed to find out that
13.a3 was Rybka's first suggestion, while the whole line (with the exception
of 15.Bg5) gets its absolute blessing. I am not sure what all this means. Do
we human tend to become robotized, or have the engines improved so much as to
generate coherent dynamic-strategic concepts?}) 13... Nd5 14. Bd2 {White's
position looks awkward, but Black has to act with energy in order to avoid
being pushed down with e2-e4.} e5 $1 15. e4 {Who has said "A"...} (15. dxe5 {
would open too many lines and diagonals:} Bh3 {[%cal Gf8d8,Ge7c5]}) 15... Bh3
$1 {Sacrificing even more material in order to maintain the initiative, but,
what is quite remarkable, continuing to play fast, as a clear sign that the
whole plan had been thoroughly been analyzed at home.} 16. exd5 (16. Re1 Nb4 {
[%cal Gb4d3]} 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Nc3 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd8b6]} 19. dxe5
Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qf2 21. Rg1 Qxb2 $44) (16. Rf2 {[%cal Gc5f2]} Nc7 $5) 16... Bxf1
17. Qxf1 exd4 {White has a piece for a pawn, but his kingside is chronically
weak and the opposite wing quite hard to develop. The position is highly
irrational and almost impossible to evaluate with absolute accuracy.} 18. a4 $1
{The only chance to get some piece activity.} Qxd5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rxa7 ({
Instead of this greedy move, which weakens the back rank, White could have
considered} 20. Qc1 $5 {, defending b2 and planning Na3.}) 20... Re8 $1 {
Defending the bishop and continuing to develop.} 21. Kh1 $5 {This looks a bit
unexpected, because the king does not stand very well on the back rank. Its
practical merits are connected with the fact that it caused Topalov to think
for a relatively long while for the first time in the game.} ({Kasparov
suggested} 21. b3 $5 {forcing Black to leave the e8-rook undefended.} Qxb3 22.
Qe1 h6 {[%csl Gg5,Gh7] ><g5} 23. Rxe7 (23. Na3 c3) 23... Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Qxb1+
25. Qe1 ({After} 25. Kg2 Qb2 $11 {, White is forced to give perpetual check.})
25... Qb2 {Black'߆ advanced pawns may well ensure a draw.} ({It also may be
possible to allow the queen swap with} 25... Qc2 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ Qxe4 28.
fxe4 Kg6 {but this ending requires many days of analyzis. I cannot help
remembering my ending from the game Shulman,Y (2639)-Marin,M (2556)/Reykjavik
2009/CBM 130/[Marin] (0-1, 55).})) (21. Kg2 {looks more natural than the text
move, but it is hard to say whether it really is an improvement.} Bd6 ({
With the king on g2,} 21... Qxb2 $2 22. Qxc4 Qxb1 $2 {does not check and loses
to} 23. Rxe7 $1 $18) 22. Bc1 ({After} 22. Na3 $6 Bxa3 23. bxa3 d3 $1 {[%cal
Ge8e2,Gh7h6] , the king stands worse on g2.}) 22... Bc5 23. Ra2 h6 $44 {
White remains under the same kind of pressure as in the game.}) 21... Bf8 {
A solid move, which offers White a relatively wide choice, though.} (21... Bd6
{would have been more restrictive, prevening Rc7. White would probably have
chosen from one of the plans mentioned below, when the difference between ...
Bf8 and ...Bd6 dissapears.}) (21... Bc5 {is not too accurate because of} 22.
Ra5 {when the hanging bishop and c4-pawn force Black to release the pressure
against the b2-pawn:} Qc6) ({Black could have transposed back into the
variation starting with 21.b3:} 21... Qxb2 22. Qe1 h6 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qxe7
Qxb1+) 22. Rc7 {This looks strong, because it forces the d-pawn to advance,
giving up the control of the c3-square. Still, this does not offer an
advantage because of the lack of communication of the rook with the rest of
the pieces.} (22. Na3 $5 Bxa3 23. bxa3 h6 $44 {looks threatening.}) (22. Bc1 $5
Bc5 23. Ra2 {[%cal Gb1d2] may be the critical continuation, inviting Black to
prove his compensation.}) 22... d3 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. Ra7 h6 25. Nd2 Bb4 $1 {
A remarkable decision. Being a piece down, Black aims for piece exchange. The
essence is to question White's stability on dark squares, for which
eliminating the enemy bishop is essential.} 26. Ra1 {Anand feels the danger
and transfers his rook to d1 in order to ensure the knight's relative
stability.} Bxc3 27. bxc3 Re2 28. Rd1 Qa4 29. Ne4 {Only after the d2-square
has been taken under control White decides himself to activate his knight. Had
he done this earlier, ...f5 would have been quite annoying.} Qc2 $6 {Finally
giving White the opportunity to get some symbolic advantage.} (29... f5 $1 30.
Rd2 $8 (30. Nd2 Qa2 31. Nb1 Rf2 32. Qg1 Qe2 $19) (30. Nd6 Qc2 31. Nxc4 Rf2 32.
Qg1 Qe2 33. Rxd3 Rf1 $17) 30... fxe4 31. Rxe2 dxe2 32. Qxe2 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxc3
34. Qxe4 {With the black king exposed, Black should not make himself too many
hopes of advancing his passed pawn, but a draw is guaranteed, of course.}) 30.
Rc1 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Qxg2 Qxc1+ 33. Qf1 Qe3+ 34. Qf2 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qe3+
36. Kg2 f5 37. Nf2 {White has simplified the position even more and achieved
satisfactory stability. Finally, he can play for 2 results only, which must
have been quite refreshing for Anand after such a turbulent opening. The next
phase of the game is illustrative for the force of the far advanced d-pawn,
which compensates the missing material and entitles Black to count on reaching
a draw.} Kh7 38. Qb1 Qe6 39. Qb5 g5 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Kg6 42. Qb7 d2 43.
Qb1+ Kg7 44. Kf1 Qe7 45. Kg2 Qe6 46. Qd1 Qe3 47. Qf3 Qe6 48. Qb7+ Kg6 49. Qb1+
Kg7 50. Qd1 Qe3 51. Qc2 Qe2 52. Qa4 Kg8 53. Qd7 Kf8 54. Qd5 Kg7 55. Kg3 Qe3+
56. Qf3 Qe5+ 57. Kg2 Qe6 58. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 {Two years ago against Kramnik Anand
played 4...e6 and Kramnik opted for Meran with 5.e3. It is very likely that
Topalov would have gone for the sharper 5.Bg5.} dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 {Topalov
also plays 6.e3, but undoubtedly 6.Ne5 is more ambitious and offers more
chances to fight for an advantage (although as is usually the case, it is
altogether more risky).} e6 7. f3 c5 {This is Anand's "Black secret weapon"
for the match in Sofia, which worked relatively well in games 3 and 5. However,
the present game ended in a drama and it was the last Slav game of the match.
As the World Champion admitted later, he didn't expect Topalov to be so
consistent and keep playing this variation as White after making previously
two draws. However, the course of the game shows that Black is suffering and
the price for every mistake is too high. In his match strategy Anand obviously
took a lot from Kramnik, who played same openings in 2006 against Topalov. The
motto is: the best result when playing Black is a draw! One must say that such
an approach is indeed very effective in World Championship matches (let's just
remember Kramnik's "discovery" of the Berlin endgame in his match versus
Kasparov), only that it doesn't necessary suit everyone. Later Anand showed
flexibility by changing his openings with both colours.} 8. e4 Bg6 ({The
variation} 8... cxd4 9. exf5 {favours White}) 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 ({Here is
the reason why taking with the bishop is no better:} 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bxc4 Qa5 13. Qe2 {and in Pelletier,Y (2525)-Smyslov,V (2500)/Zuerich 1998
the players agreed to a draw already. After} Bc5 {Black achieves good
counterplay on the dark squares.}) 10... Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13.
Bxc4 {The big question of this endgame is: does White have a real advantage,
or is Black able to slowly equalise? I must admit that in spite of the fact
that the position happened three times in Sofia, there is no clear answer to
this question yet. My feeling can be expressed in the following way: a good
player, who is ready to suffer for a draw with Black, should be able to
achieve it with precise play.} Rc8 {Fearing improvements from Topalov, Anand
is the first one to deviate.} ({Previously in games 3 and 5 Anand played} 13...
a6 {but in spite of achieving two draws must have remained not completely
satisfied with the resulting positions.}) 14. Bb5 {Topalov continues in the
most principled way, taking advantage of the fact that Black doesn't control
the b5-square.} ({In the earlier practice more often White retreated the
bishop to a2} 14. Ba2 {but all (!) those eight games (all played among GMs)
ended in a draw.. Here is a very recent example:} a5 15. h4 h5 16. Ke2 Rg8 17.
Nb5 Bc5 18. Bc3 b6 19. Rhd1 Ke7 20. Rd2 f6 21. Rad1 Rgd8 22. Na7 Rc7 23. Nb5
Rcc8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 {White's advantage proved to be only marginal:} Be8
26. Be3 Rc6 27. Bf4 e5 28. Be3 Rdc8 29. Bd5 Rc2 30. b3 Bf7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32.
Rxc2 Rxc2+ 33. Rd2 Rc7 34. Rd5 Ke6 35. Kd3 Rc6 36. g4 g6 37. Rb5 Rd6+ 38. Ke2
Rc6 39. Kf2 f5 40. exf5+ gxf5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Ke2 Rg6 43. Rd5 Ke6 44. Rb5
Kf5 45. Bg5 Rc6 46. Bd8 Kf4 47. Bg5+ Kf5 48. Bd2 Rg6 49. Be3 Rg2+ 50. Bf2 Rg6
51. Rd5 Ke6 52. Rd1 Rg2 53. Kf1 Rg8 54. Rc1 Kd5 55. Rc7 Kd6 56. Rc4 Kd5 57. Rc1
Nc5 58. Rd1+ Ke6 59. Rc1 Kd5 60. Rd1+ {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J (2646)
-Mastrovasilis,D (2574)/Rijeka 2010}) 14... a6 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ke2 f6 17.
Rhd1 Ke8 (17... Kc7 {looks risky, but has no direct refutation:} 18. e5 (18.
Ba7 Be8 $1 (18... Bd6 19. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga1c1,Ga7c5]} (19. Rac1 {
brings nothing yet in view of} Kd7 {[%cal Gd7e7]})) 19. Rac1 Bc6 {now White
can give checks with the knight on b5 or d5, but Black holds somehow.}) ({
The nice-looking sac} 18. Nb5+ {doesn't work:} axb5 19. Rac1+ Kd7 20. Be5+ Bd6
21. Rxd6+ Ke7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bg3 $11) 18... Be7 (18... f5 $2 {allows now}
19. Nb5+ $1 axb5 20. Rac1+ Kb8 (20... Kd7 21. Be3+ Bd6 22. Rxd6+ Ke7 23. Bg5+
Kf7 24. Rd7+ $18) 21. Ba7+ $1 Kxa7 22. Rxc8 bxa4 23. Rdd8 $18) 19. Ba7 Be8 20.
Rac1 Bc6 21. a5 fxe5 22. Ne4 $44) (17... Bd6 $2 {loses a pawn:} 18. e5 fxe5 19.
Bxe5 Rc6 20. Bxg7) 18. a5 $146 {It is hard to believe that Anand didn't
analyze at home this obvious move, nevertheless he sank into deep thought
after it.} ({Previously White tried two other moves:} 18. Bb6 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5
{in CBM 119 this variation was evaluated as being equal, which was confirmed
in practice:} 20. Rd6 ({Also after} 20. Rac1 Rc6 {[%cal Ge8e7]} 21. Rd4 Rf8 (
21... Ke7 22. Rb4 Rb8 23. Nd5+ $1 Kd6 24. Rxc6+ Kxc6 25. Rb6+ Kd7 26. Nb4 $16)
22. Rcd1 Rc7 23. Ke3 Ke7 {Black slowly achieves equality.}) 20... Ke7 21. Rad1
Be8 22. R6d3 a5 23. Ke3 Bc6 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Na7 Rc7 26. Nxc6+ R5xc6 27. R1d2
Rc4 28. b3 Rc3 29. h4 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bocharov,D (2614)-Amonatov,F (2574)/
Voronezh 2007 (60)}) (18. Rac1 Rc6 (18... Be7 $5) 19. Na2 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 Be7 21.
Bb6 e5 22. Nd3 Bf7 $2 (22... Kf7 {[%cal Gf7e6]}) (22... Rf8 $5) 23. Rc1 Bd8 24.
a5 $16 Ke7 25. Rc8 Re8 26. Rb8 Bc4 27. Rxb7+ Kf8 28. Ke3 $18 {1-0 Maletin,P 
(2545)-Amonatov,F (2650)/Novokuznetsk 2008 (49)}) 18... Be7 {One of many
possibilities to develop the bishop. Its drawback is that it takes the
e7-square away from the king. Other ways of development are:} (18... Bb4 {
This prepares 19...Ke7 and looks like the best.} 19. Ra4 (19. Na4 Ke7 (19...
Bxa5 $6 {is risky due to} 20. Nc5 $36) ({but} 19... Rc2+ 20. Kf1 Ke7 {is
perfectly playable.}) 20. Rac1 {and now the simplest way to equality is} Be8
21. Bc5+ Kf7 $11) (19. Bb6 Ke7 $11 {[%cal Gg6e8,Ge8b5,Yb4c3]}) (19. Rac1 Bxa5 (
{or} 19... Ke7 20. Na4 {which leads to 19.Na4}) 20. Na4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ke7 22.
Bc5+ Kf7 23. Bb6 Bxb6 24. Nxb6 Re8 25. Ke3 $44 {[%csl Rg6]}) 19... Be7 (19...
Bxc3 20. Bxc3 $14) 20. Bb6 Kf8 {[%cal Gg6e8,Yf8f7] The rook on a4 prevents
White from playing 21.Rd7. Next Black plays Be8-c6 and Kf7, solving all his
problems.}) (18... Bc5 $6 {Now compared with the above game Bocharov-Amonatov
this move leads to a position with a tempo down for Black and therefore is
clearly worse than after 18.Bb6:} 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rac1 {The pawn on a5 is a
clear achievement for White:} Rc6 (20... Rxa5 21. Na4 $36) ({Probably Black
must defend a slightly inferior position after} 20... Rf8 21. Na4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1
Rf7 $14) 21. Na4 $1) ({And finally} 18... Rc6 $5 {with the idea Bd6 and Ke7
also seems playable. After} 19. Na4 Bd6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ke7 22. Bc5 Be8
23. Bxd6+ Kxd6 24. Nb6 Bb5+ 25. Ke3 e5 {White's plus is insignificant.}) 19.
Bb6 Rf8 $1 {After the previous move this is practically the only way to bring
the king's rook into play. Anand combines two ideas: he either prepares Rf7,
then remove the bishop from e7 and plays Rf7-d7, or Black can also activate
his pieces by advancing the f-pawn.  The evaluation of the position remains
typical for the entire opening variation: White is trying to increase the
pressure and break through; Black is not far away from equality. In fact
Topalov achieved the most White could do in this variation - he prevented
Black from connecting the rooks and bringing the Bg6 into play. In such
positions and especially against White's energetic play Black is practically
walking on the edge and must defend very accurately to avoid a quick disaster.
And Anand typically is using all the defensive resources of Black's position.
However, in the following part of the game both players made some errors and
even bad mistakes. All that should not be regarded as separate episodes, but
rather as a part of a very complex World Championship match. The enormous
tension of such a match is not just an indispensable part of the game; it
often plays the decisive role for the final result. Let's not forget that in
this game both opponents strictly follow their match strategy and try to prove
the correctness of their opening choice. The outcome of such a tough
psychological battle is extremely important and needless to say, it puts an
additional pressure on both opponents.} ({Compared to 18...Bb4, here} 19... Kf8
$2 {is just bad in view of} 20. Rd7 $16) (19... f5 20. e5 Bg5 21. Rd4 $14) 20.
Rac1 (20. Rd2 f5 21. e5 f4 $11 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf8f5]} (21... Bg5 {is
unnecessary:} 22. Rd4)) 20... f5 {With the rook on c1 Black is tempted to
activate the bishop via g5.} (20... Rf7 {works well in the event of} 21. Na4
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bd6 {and Black is close to equality. On the other hand, as
mentioned by GM S.Shipov, after 20...Rf7 Black doesn't want to play 21...Bf8
in view of 22.Na2! Rxc1 23.Rd8+! Ke7 24.Nxc1, with obvious advantage. Thus 21..
.Rf7 can be regarded as a sort of waiting move, after which in some lines the
idea Bf8 and Rd7 might work.}) 21. e5 ({After} 21. Na4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 fxe4 23.
Rc8+ Kf7 24. Rc7 exf3+ 25. gxf3 Ke8 {[%cal Gg6h5] Black has sufficient for
equality and counterplay and therefore White has little better than to go for
a draw:} (25... Kf6 $5) 26. Rxe7+ ({or} 26. Rc8+ $11) 26... Kxe7 27. Bc5+ Kf7
28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Nc5 Ke7 30. Nxb7 e5 31. Nc5 Be8 $11) 21... Bg5 (21... f4 $2
22. Ne4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxe4 (23... Rf5 24. Rc8+ Kf7 (24... Kd7 25. Rc7+ Ke8 26.
Bd4 $18) 25. Bd4 $18) 24. fxe4 $16) 22. Be3 (22. Ra1 $2 Bf4 $132) 22... f4 $6 {
Possibly Anand simply missed White's reply.} ({After} 22... Bxe3 23. Kxe3 f4+
24. Kd4 Ke7 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Kxe4 {there is still a long way for Black before
securing a draw, nevertheless this was objectively the right way.}) 23. Ne4 $1
(23. Nb5 $1 {is similar. The knight comes with tempo to d6.}) 23... Rxc1 24.
Nd6+ Kd7 $8 (24... Ke7 25. Bxc1 Rb8 (25... Bc2 26. Rd4 Bb3 27. g3 $1 $18) 26.
Rd4 $18) 25. Bxc1 $16 {With the knight on d6, exposed king and pawn weaknesses
on b7 and f4 White's advantage is obvious.} Kc6 26. Bd2 {Now it is Topalov who
starts to play inaccurately.} ({Stronger is} 26. Rd4 Kc5 (26... b5 27. axb6
Kxb6 28. g3 $18) 27. Rc4+ Kd5 28. Bd2 $5 Kxe5 29. Nxb7 Be7 (29... Rb8 $2 30.
Bc3+ {and mate next}) 30. Rc7 Re8 31. b4 $16) 26... Be7 {Anand rightly feels
that opposite-coloured bishops will offer Black good chances to escape.} 27.
Rc1+ (27. Bb4 $142 Rd8 28. Rd4 $1 Bxd6 29. Bxd6 {and with rooks on the board
Black is still struggling.}) 27... Kd7 (27... Kd5 $2 28. Rc7 Bxd6 29. exd6 Kxd6
30. Rxb7 $16) 28. Bc3 ({Again better is} 28. Bb4 {although now Black has real
chances to draw in variations like} Rd8 ({or} 28... Bxd6 29. Rd1 (29. Bxd6 Rc8
$11) 29... Rd8) 29. Rd1 (29. Nxb7 Rb8 30. Bxe7 Rxb7 31. Ba3 Rb5 $132) 29...
Bxd6 30. Rxd6+ (30. Bxd6 Rc8 $5 31. Bf8+ Ke8 32. Bxg7 Rc5 33. b4 Rc4 $132)
30... Kc8 31. Rxe6 Bf7 32. Re7 (32. Rb6 Bc4+ 33. Ke1 Rd5 34. Bc3 Rb5 35. Rd6
Rd5) 32... Rd7 {with a draw.}) 28... Bxd6 29. Rd1 (29. exd6 Rc8 $11) 29... Bf5
30. h4 (30. Rxd6+ Kc8 {[%cal Gf8d8]} (30... Kc7 31. Bd4 $14)) 30... g6 (30...
Kc7 $142 31. exd6+ (31. Rxd6 Rd8 $11) 31... Kd7 32. Rd4 (32. Bxg7 Rg8) 32...
Rf7 33. Rxf4 Kxd6 $11) 31. Rxd6+ Kc8 32. Bd2 (32. Rd4 h6 33. Bb4 (33. Rxf4 Bd3+
34. Ke3 Rxf4 35. Kxf4 Kd7 $11) 33... Rf7 34. Bd6 (34. Rxf4 Bd3+ 35. Ke3 Rxf4
36. Kxf4 Kd7 37. Bf8 h5 38. Kg5 Ke8 39. Bc5 Kf7 $11) 34... g5 $14) 32... Rd8
33. Bxf4 Rxd6 34. exd6 {Considering the earlier inaccuracies, Topalov has
achieved the most White could: winning the f4-pawn and creating a passer on d6.
The endgame is certainly far from simple, but with accurate defence it's
probably a draw.} Kd7 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. Kd4 Ke8 37. Ke5 Kf7 38. Be3 Ba4 39. Kf4
Bb5 40. Bc5 Kf6 41. Bd4+ Kf7 42. Kg5 Bc6 43. Kh6 Kg8 44. h5 {Vishy has
defended accurately and continues to do so, until blundering on move 54. The
endgame was analysed by Karsten Mueller in the online edition of ChessBase
Magazine and the variations below are based on his analysis.} Be8 (44... gxh5
$2 45. Kxh5 e5 (45... Bd7 46. Be5 Bc6 47. Kh6 $18 {and White wins like in the
game: the bishop comes to g7, the g-pawn goes to g6 and the king breaks
through to e7.}) 46. Bxe5 Be8+ 47. Kh6 Bc6 48. g4 Bd7 49. Kh5 Kf7 50. f4 Ke6
51. Kh6 Kf7 52. f5 Kg8 53. Bd4 Bc8 54. Kg5 Kf7 55. Kf4 Bd7 56. Ke5 Ba4 57. g5
Bd7 58. Be3 Bc8 59. f6 Bh3 60. Kd5 Bd7 61. Kc5 Ke6 62. Bf4 Be8 63. Kb6 Bc6 64.
Kc7 $18) 45. Bc5 (45. g4 gxh5 46. gxh5 Bc6 $11) 45... gxh5 46. Kg5 Kg7 $1 47.
Bd4+ Kf7 48. Be5 (48. Kxh5 Bb5 49. Kh6 Bd3 $11) 48... h4 49. Kxh4 Kg6 50. Kg4
Bb5 51. Kf4 Kf7 52. Kg5 Bc6 $4 {Blundering in the moment when the draw was
closer than ever. Obvioulsy it's because of tiredness and tension. The correct
way is to control/blockade with the king pawn d6 (in order to prevent the
white king to come to e7) and protect the pawn h7 with the bishop.} (52... Bd3
53. Kh6 Ke8 54. Kg7 Kd7 55. g4 Bc2 56. f4 Bg6 57. Kf6 Be4 58. f5 exf5 59. gxf5
Bd3 60. Kg5 h6+ $5 61. Kf6 Bc2 62. Bg3 Bd3 63. Ke5 h5 64. Bh4 Bc4 65. Kd4 (65.
f6 Bf7 66. Bg3 Be6 67. b4 Bf7 68. Kf5 h4 69. Bh2 h3 70. Kg5 Ke6 $11) 65... Bf7
66. Kc5 Bg8 67. Bg3 Bh7 68. f6 Bg8 69. Kb6 Bd5 70. f7 Bxf7 71. Kxb7 Bc4 $11)
53. Kh6 Kg8 54. g4 {Realising what he has done Anand resigned. The game shows
clearly the tremendous difficulty of playing long games under constant
pressure.  This game, together with the next one where Anand missed the
victory more than once, were very tough for Anand. Nevertheless he showed a
great capability to control himself and succeeded ing playing very well the
last game, winning the match and keeping the World Champion title.} ({The game
could continue} 54. g4 Be8 55. g5 Bc6 56. Bg7 Be8 57. f4 {and Black is in
zugzwang. The bishop can't control both d7 and g6 any longer:} Bc6 58. g6 hxg6
59. Kxg6 Be8+ 60. Kf6 Bd7 61. Ke7 $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The 9th game was one of the tensest of the championship so far, where we
could see that both players get very tired and nervous. Anand desided to stop
the Catalan debate and used his other weapon - the Nimzo with 4.e3. The
champion was also better prepared and quickly got some edge in a complicated
position with two rooks for queen. Later Topalov had some ways to equalize,
but the position was too complicated. Anand also did not play perfectly.
Nevertheless after the second time control he got winning position (for the
second time in the game), but he erred on move 53 and the game was drawn.
Another disappointment for the World Champion.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {
Anand refuses the Catalan, which brought him two wins, and opts for another
complicated opening - the Nimzo.} Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O {
A very famous position, which was played in other World Championships as well.
Here some very big theory starts, with thousands of games played.} cxd4 {
One of the main moves.} (7... Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {and}) (
7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {are other big main lines.}) 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 {
Developing the bishop first, which is much more flexible in this case.} 10. Bg5
Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 {So far everything was simple, both players were
developing, but now Anand has a choice - which he already made at home.} 13.
Bd3 {Not forcing anything yet.} (13. Qb3 {is what Kramnik managed to beat
Kasparov with, in London back then in 2000. However, later Black found a way
to deal with it.} Be7 (13... Bxc3 $1 {is safer}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 (14... Bxf6 $5)
15. Bxe6 $1 {Is how Kramnik-Kasparov from the other World Championship Match
went.}) 13... Re8 14. Qe2 Bxc3 {Black has already made all useful moves, so
now it is time for this exchange. White get's the bishop pair, but Black is
solid and has an easy development.} 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 {Trying to attack the
queen that has just appeared on c7.} (16. c4 {is too early-} h6 $1 {and if} 17.
Bh4 {then} Nh5 $1) 16... Nh5 $1 {Typical way to meet all Bh4's.} 17. Ng5 (17.
Bxh7+ {doesn't work:} Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 $1 19. g4 $1 Qf4 $1 20. gxh5+ Kh6 {
and Black will take over.}) 17... g6 18. Nh3 $5 $146 {A new move. It seems a
little bit ugly, but White protects the f4-square, which is more important.} ({
Another possible and more logical way of solving the problem is} 18. Qd2 {
but then Black is still able to go to f4, though this time with his queen.} Qf4
$5) (18. Nxh7 $4 Nf4 $1) 18... e5 {This breakthrough seems very good, but in
fact now this pawn is kind of pinned and the pin is actually pretty anoying
for Black.} (18... Qd6 $5 {first, made sense, avoiding f3.} 19. f3 $2 Rxc3 $1)
19. f3 $1 {protecting e4 and bringing the bishop to f2.} Qd6 (19... exd4 20.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kg7 22. Bf2 $1) (19... Bd5 $5 20. Qd2 (20. g4 Nhf6 21. Bg3
h5 22. Nf2) 20... Bc4 21. Bb1 Qd6) 20. Bf2 exd4 $6 {Topalov just ignores the
pin and sacrifices his rooks for White's queen. I think it was not needed.} (
20... Nhf6 $1 {Seems much safer and better to me. Now exd4 and also e4 are
threats. I think Black more or less equalizes:} 21. Qb2 exd4 $5 {seems fine
for Black. White knight looks odd on h3, and in case of cxd4 the black knight
will enjoy the d5-square.} (21... e4 $5)) 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nf8 23. cxd4
{White also had an option of taking with the bishop, which was strong, but
Anand decides to go for a safe option.} (23. Bxd4 $1 {Black may try to
transfer one of two knights to e6, but in both cases White will meet it with
Re3 and the bishop will be free to go to e5.} Ng7 (23... Bc6 24. Re3 Ne6 25.
Be5 {And white is better.}) 24. Re3 Nge6 25. Be5 Qc5 26. Rce1 Nd7 27. Bg3 Nf6
28. c4 $1 {and all the threats are neutralized and White's advantage is big
and clear.}) 23... Nf6 24. Ree1 Ne6 25. Bc4 $1 {Very clever. White wants to
play Bg3 without giving up the d4-pawn.} Bd5 26. Bg3 Qb4 $1 {Topalov rightly
decides to enter some complications} (26... Qd7 {was bad due to} 27. Be5 $1)
27. Be5 $1 Nd7 $1 {The point of ...Qb4. Now the position gets complicated, and
it seems that objectively Black is holding, though I may be wrong.} 28. a3 $6 {
Those moves are always nice to make - it seems not to change the position much,
but it offers the opponent a choice and confuses him a bit.} (28. Bxd5 $1 {
however, was objectively stronger.} Nxe5 29. Bxe6 Nd3 $1 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rd1
fxe6 {Now White has a choice: to grab the pawn, or not to and have a better
piece cooperation. White has winning chances in both cases, but I would prefer
to take the pawn.} 32. Rc7+ (32. Rc2 $5 Kf6 $1 {protecting g5. Now White has
nothing better than exchanging the knights} 33. Nf2 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 {and White
has winning chances, but because Black will have a passed pawn on the
queenside I think he should draw this.}) 32... Kf6 33. Rxa7 Qb2 $1 {Protecting
f2 and keeping and eye on a2.} (33... Qxd4+ $6 34. Kh1 Qb2 $2 35. Rd7 $1) 34.
Rf1 $1 Qxd4+ 35. Nf2 h5 36. Ra3 $1 Nxf2 37. Rxf2 h4 {and here White will
slowly unpin and then be having very fine winning chances.}) 28... Qa4 (28...
Qb2 $1 {was equalizing easier, for example} 29. Bxd5 (29. Rb1 Qc3 $1 30. Bxd5
Nxe5 31. Bxe6 Qxd4+ 32. Nf2 Nd3 33. Rf1 Nxf2 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxf2 h5 $1 36.
Rc1 a5 37. g3 h4 {with equality.}) 29... Nxe5 30. Bxe6 Nd3 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rd1
fxe6 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxa7 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 h5 {and the difference between the
knights is the reason, why Black holds this position easily.}) 29. Bxd5 Nxe5
30. Bxe6 Qxd4+ $2 {Topalov probably couldn't calculate all the complications
of ...Nd3! till the end and opted for the "safe" option. In fact now Black's
position becomes critical - he is maybe already lost.} ({However the
complications after} 30... Nd3 $1 {are in his favour. Black seems to be equal
in all lines. For example} 31. Rc4 $5 (31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ng5+ $2 Kg7 33. Rc7+
Kh6 $1 {and it is not the black king, but White, who will be in trouble.})
31... Qxa3 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Ng5+ Kf6 34. Ne4+ Ke7 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. Rc7+ Kd8
37. Rxh7 Qb2 38. Nf2 Ne2+ 39. Kh1 a5 {with counterplay that is enough for
equality.}) 31. Kh1 fxe6 32. Ng5 $1 {Finally the knight is back!} Qd6 33. Ne4
$2 {Anand decides again not to calculate everything, but to play simple
positional chess.} (33. Rc8+ $1 {was winning immediately!} Kg7 34. Rec1 Kh6 (
34... Qd2 35. R8c7+ Kg8 36. Ne4 {and White wins}) 35. h4 Qd4 (35... Kh5 36. Rh8
h6 37. Re1 $18) 36. g3 $1 Nd7 37. Kg2 $1 {and it is clear that Black is lost.})
33... Qxa3 34. Rc3 Qb2 {Probably not the best square, but without a computer
it is hard to see which square is best and why.} 35. h4 ({The immediate} 35.
Rc8+ $1 {was also possible} Kg7 36. Rc7+ {and Black is losing a pawn - h7 or
a7... or both..}) 35... b5 $2 {I am curious, why Topalov touched this pawn and
not the a-pawn, which fits much more with queen b2.} (35... a5 $5 {was more
logical than pushing the b-pawn, but perhaps it is not quick enough.} 36. Rc8+
Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kg8 38. Rd1 Nd3 $1 39. Rd7 Nc5 40. Ra7 Nd3 41. Kh2 Qe2 42. Rd2 Qe3
43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Nxh7+ Ke8 45. Nf6+ Kd8 46. Ne4 {and Black's position seems
horrible - but may in fact be holdable..}) ({The clever} 35... Qb4 $5 {is
interesting too}) (35... Nf7 {is safe, but I think Black shouldn't be passive,
and his chance is in pushing the pawn - the a-pawn, not the b one...}) 36. Rc8+
Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Ng5 Ke8 39. Rxh7 {A safe move.} (39. Nxe6 $1 {was winning,
for example} Nxf3 $5 40. Rd1 $1 Nd2 41. Rxa7 $1 Qe5 42. Rxh7 $3 Qxe6 43. Ra1 $1
Qc6 44. Ra8+ $1 {and after playing five moves in a row with an exclamation
mark White wins!}) 39... Qc3 40. Rh8+ $2 {Anand lets the black king escape, on
the famous 40th move. Probably Anand thought, that Black has to repeat the
moves, missing 41...Nd3! after 41.Rd1.} (40. Re2 {was winning for White. Black
has no perpetuals whatsoever, and White will eventually get to Black's king.
For example} b4 41. Nxe6 b3 42. Kh2 $1 a5 43. Rc7 Qa1 44. Rb7 Qc3 45. Rb5 Nc4
46. Rb8+ $1 Ke7 47. Rxb3 $1 Qxb3 48. Nd4+ Qe3 49. Rxe3+ Nxe3 50. Nc6+ {winning.
That was, of course, just one of the possible lines.}) (40. Re4 {would win as
well}) 40... Kd7 41. Rh7+ (41. Rd1+ Nd3 $1 {could be, what Anand missed.})
41... Kc6 42. Re4 {Even though the black king is out of the dangerous zone,
his position is still tricky and difficult to play.} b4 $6 ({The immediate} 
42... Kb6 $1 {is much stronger, e6 is untouchable due to ...Nxf3! while Kb6 is
neccesary in any case.} 43. Re7 Nc6 44. R7xe6 b4 45. Nf7 Ka5 $1 {and it will
eventually finish in a draw.}) 43. Nxe6 Kb6 44. Nf4 Qa1+ (44... Qc1+ $1 {
was drawing in a study like way:} 45. Kh2 Nc6 46. Rh6 b3 47. Rxg6 Qd2 $3 (47...
b2 $2 48. Nd3 b1=Q 49. Nxc1 Qxc1 50. Ree6 $18) 48. Rc4 b2 49. Rgxc6+ Kb7 50.
Rc7+ Kb8 51. Rc8+ Kb7 52. R4c7+ Ka6 $1 {with a draw. Strangely enough White
can't get anything more.}) 45. Kh2 a5 46. h5 gxh5 {Now it's over for Black
again.} (46... g5 $5 {was perhaps stronger, but it is not clear if it was
enough to save the game. However, over the board it is not clear if it is
better than gxh5, so we should forgive Topalov.}) 47. Rxh5 Nc6 48. Nd5+ Kb7 49.
Rh7+ Ka6 50. Re6 Kb5 51. Rh5 Nd4 52. Nb6+ $1 {Nice check, forcing the black
king to stay inside the mate zone. Now White is totally winning, for about the
third time in this game...} Ka6 53. Rd6 Kb7 54. Nc4 $6 {Making things a bit
more complicated, though White is still winning.} (54. Nd5 $1 {centralizing
the knight was much simpler, and Black can resign.}) 54... Nxf3+ 55. gxf3 Qa2+
56. Nd2 Kc7 57. Rhd5 $6 {Again an inaccuracy:} (57. Rhh6 $1 {was stronger.
White will play Kg3 and Ne4 and mate Black.}) 57... b3 58. Rd7+ Kc8 59. Rd8+
Kc7 60. R8d7+ Kc8 61. Rg7 $1 {Here all Anand's fan were relieved again - he
seemed to have found a win. But...} a4 62. Rc5+ $6 {Okay, just repeating the
moves, nothing wrong yet...} (62. Rdd7 a3 63. Kg3 Qa1 64. Rc7+ Kb8 65. Rb7+ Kc8
66. Nxb3 Qg1+ 67. Kf4 Qh2+ 68. Ke3 Qe5+ 69. Kf2 Qh2+ 70. Kf1 Qh3+ 71. Ke2 Qh2+
72. Kd3) 62... Kb8 63. Rd5 Kc8 64. Kg3 $2 {This and the quick next move give
away the win for the last time in this game. But to be honest, it wasn't so
easy anymore, especially for someone, who played for some five to six hours
already. And, well, White had easier wins earlier in this game...} (64. Rdd7 {
was an easy move, but the win wasn't easy to calculate:} a3 65. Kg3 Qa1 66. Ra7
Qg1+ (66... Qe5+ 67. f4 Qe1+ 68. Kf3 Qh1+ 69. Kf2 Qh2+ 70. Ke3 $18) 67. Kh3
Qh1+ 68. Kg4 Qg1+ 69. Kf5 Qc5+ 70. Ke4 Qb4+ 71. Kd3 Qd6+ 72. Kc3 Qe5+ 73. Kxb3
Qb2+ 74. Kc4 Qc2+ 75. Kb5 Qb2+ 76. Kc5 Qe5+ 77. Kb4 Qd6+ 78. Kc3 Qe5+ 79. Kc2
Qc5+ 80. Kd1 {And the king managed to hide. Black had other possibilities of
checks, but White always manages to hide somewhere.}) 64... Qa1 65. Rg4 $2 (65.
Rdd7 {was probably still winning, but Anand played Rg4 almost instantly.} Qe1+
66. Kg4 $1 {and I will just trust my Fritz, who says that White is winning...})
65... b2 {Now it is already over, Black will draw easily.} 66. Rc4+ Kb7 67. Kf2
b1=Q 68. Nxb1 Qxb1 69. Rdd4 {Black doesn't need his pawn to make a draw.} Qa2+
70. Kg3 a3 71. Rc3 Qa1 72. Rb4+ Ka6 73. Ra4+ Kb5 74. Rcxa3 Qg1+ {With rooks on
a3 and a4, it is obvious that there is a perpetual check.} 75. Kf4 Qc1+ 76. Kf5
Qc5+ 77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc1+ 79. Kf2 Qd2+ 80. Kg3 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qc1+ 82. Kg3
Qg1+ 83. Kf4 {A very comlicated game, full of fight, but also mistakes.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In tenth game Anand, who played Black, decided that he has suffered enough in
the Slav and went for the Grunfeld, as he did in game one. Topalov again chose
the main line with 7.Bc4, but this time Anand surprised him with the rare 10...
b6!?. The World Champion quickly equalized after mutual inaccuracies, but then
when there was no need, he went into a worse endgame. I couldn't find a win
for Topalov, but it all didn't look not so funny for Anand. At the end Topalov
lost track and it was he who had to make a draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 $1 {Yes! Anand
tried all posibilities in the Slav endgame, where in all games he had to
suffer, but in all games he achieved draws (though one he lost due to blunder).
Now his team apparently managed to recover the sharp and tricky Grunfeld!} 2.
c4 g6 $1 (2... c6 $4 {Luckily 1...Nf6 wasn't a joke from Anand, who here could
have still gone back to Slav!}) 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O {This position was instantly reached
by both players. We saw it in game one, so it was obvious that Anand's
improvements is coming.} b6 $5 {But I couldn't expect the improvement to come
so quickly! Anand, as he did in his other black games, deviates very early - a
very interesting strategy. The move is a very rare one, which is not seen
recently in the top levels of chess. Not suprisingly Topalov was out of his
preparation already here!} (10... Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6) (10... Bg4
11. f3 Na5) 11. Qd2 {Played pretty quickly... I guess Topalov trusted Anand on
the main and in my opinion more critical capture of the pawn and decided to
play solid and positional.} (11. dxc5 {as I said, is in my opinion the
critical continuation. I guess Anand's analysis start with} Qc7 $1) 11... Bb7
12. Rac1 {I think White should try to trade dark squared bishops with Bh6, but
it is not so easy to achieve without the preparatory Rac1 and Rfd1, which lose
some time. This is the advantage of this line compared to Na5, which was
played in game one: now d4 is under pressure.} (12. Rad1 {seems more natural
with the idea Bh6, but in fact White has no time to start any attack:} cxd4 (
12... Rc8 $5) 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Bh6 Bxh6 (14... Ne5 $5) 15. Qxh6 Nb4 $1 {
covering the d3-square and thus taking over the initiative.}) 12... Rc8 13.
Rfd1 (13. e5 {seemed interesting to me at first, but Black quickly starts his
counterplay with} cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bd3 Qd7 {preparing the exchange of
both rooks.}) 13... cxd4 {Anand plays logical and simple chess. His plan is to
develop everything and maybe exchange rooks.} (13... e5 {is interesting, but
not so simple:} 14. d5 (14. dxc5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Na5 16. Bd3 bxc5 {should be
slightly better for White, but nothing special.}) 14... Na5 15. Bd3 {and now
Black wants c4 and f5-f4. Then he will regroup his pieces and perhaps even
enjoy some advantage. However he is not in time to achieve everything:} f5 (
15... c4 16. Bc2 f5 17. Bg5 $1 Qd7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 $1) 16. Bg5 $1 Qd7 17.
c4 $1) 14. cxd4 {White would like to attack: Bh6, change the bishops and then
try to get to Black's king. However it won't be possible, because Black is
ready to distract him.} Qd6 $5 {Provoking e5, which I at first thought White
wants to play anyway. However, White has no time to start the attack, and then
the disadvantage of the move - the weakness of the d5-square - will tell.} (
14... e6 {seems more logical to me, but Anand (and his seconds!?) thought that
...Qd6 is better.} 15. Bh6 (15. e5 Na5 16. Bd3 Qd7) 15... Na5 (15... Qh4 $5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f3 Rfd8) 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. h4) 15. d5 {This move probably took
Anand out of his preparation. White advances in the centre and his plans
depend on where black knight goes.} (15. e5 $5 Qd7 (15... Qb4 {as what I
thought, was Black's idea, but here White has a strong move:} 16. Rc3 $1 {
the idea being that} Nxe5 $2 {doesn't work due to} 17. Bxf7+ $1 Nxf7 18. Rxc8
Qxd2 19. Rxf8+ $1 {The point.}) 16. e6 $5 {has already been played in a game
by two amateurs. I must say I like this move very much, but probably Black is
fine:} (16. Bh6 $2 Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Qg4) (16. Bd3 Na5 {is fine for Black})
16... fxe6 17. Nf4 Nd8 $1 (17... Rxf4 {was played in that game, but Black does
not have enough compensation after} 18. Bxf4 Nxd4 19. Bf1 $1) 18. Qe2 {and
White is planning Qg4 and h4-h5. Also d5 may sometimes be an option. I think
Black can deal with those threats by playing} (18. h4 $4 {is logical but fails
to the beautiful tactic} Rxf4 $1 19. Bxf4 Rxc4 $1 20. Rxc4 Qd5 $19) 18... Qd6
19. Qg4 Be4 $1 {and if} 20. h4 {then the non-standard} (20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 21.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rfe8 $11) (20. a4 {is too slow} Kh8 21. h4 Bf6 22. h5 Bf5
23. Qf3 g5 $1) 20... Bf5 21. Qe2 h5 $1 {and now that e6 and g6 are well
protected, Black is able to get his knight back into play and take over the
initiative.}) (15. Bh6 {is logical. I guess Anand planned} Qb4 $1 {Now White
doesn't have a way to keep his advantage without trading queens, but the
arising ending, should also be good for Black.} 16. Qxb4 (16. Qe3 Na5 17. Bd3
Nc4 {with counterplay}) (16. Rc3 Nxd4 $1 {This trick leads to a draw by force:}
17. Nxd4 Rxc4 18. Rxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf5+ $1 {beautiful, but it only
secures the perpetual} ({Another beautiful line is} 20. Rc1 Qa4 21. Rc7 Rc8 $1
22. Rxb7 Qxa2 $3 23. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. h3 {with some advantage for
Black.}) 20... gxf5 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qxe7 Qc8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25.
Qf6+ {with perpetual.}) 16... Nxb4 17. Bg5 $5 Rfe8 18. a3 (18. f3 $5) 18... h6
$1 (18... Nc6 $2 19. d5 Na5 20. Bb5) 19. Bh4 g5 $1) 15... Na5 {This move is
simpler. He now wants to break up the white centre with ...e6 (or ...f5!?) and
White is unable to avoid that.} (15... Ne5 {is possible, but more risky and
complicated} 16. Bb3 Ng4 (16... Ba6 $5) 17. Bf4 Be5 18. g3 $5 {is very
creative and interesting. It almost forces} (18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Ng3) 18... Bxf4
19. gxf4 {with a scary looking pawn mass. The position is unclear, though I
would prefer being White here.}) 16. Bb5 $1 {Clever move, trying to avoid e6.}
(16. Bd3 {is toothless. Black easily gets comfortable play with} e6 17. Bf4 Be5
(17... Qd7 $5 {is also possible} 18. Nc3 Rc5 $1) 18. Bxe5 (18. Bh6 Rxc1 19.
Rxc1 Rc8) 18... Qxe5 19. dxe6 Qxe6) 16... Rxc1 (16... e6 $2 {is bad due to} 17.
dxe6 Qxe6 18. Bd7 Qxe4 19. f3 $1 {winning the exchange.}) 17. Rxc1 Rc8 $2 {
A logical follow-up, but I think it is inaccurate. Black should have played e6
as quickly as possible.} (17... e6 $1 {I don't know how White can get anything
here, for example} 18. Bf4 {is answered with} Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc3 Rc8 $1
{with the idea} 21. dxe6 (21. d6 Rd8 22. Rd1 Bc6 $11) 21... Qxe6 22. Bd7 Rd8 $1
) (17... f5 $5 {was perhaps also possible, but too tricky.}) 18. h3 $2 {
Forgiving Anand for his inaccurate last move.} (18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Nd4 $1 {
as a logical way to prevent ...e6. Now White has a pleasant advantage, though
Black should hold this position.} a6 {is probably the best:} (19... e6 {
is logical, but White is not forced to take on e6 and may get an advantage with
} 20. Qc1 $5 (20. Be2 $5 {is simpler and also nice for White} exd5 21. Nb5 $1)
20... Bd7 21. Nc6 exd5 22. Bf4 $1) (19... Bd7 {I don't like. The arising
endgame is dangerous for Black:} 20. Bxd7 (20. Qd3 $5 {is also possible and
gives White some advantage after} Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 f6) 20... Qxd7
21. Nc6 $1 Nxc6 22. dxc6 Qxd2 (22... Qxc6 $4 23. Qd8+ Bf8 24. Bh6 $18 {is the
trick.}) 23. Bxd2 Be5 24. f4 Bb8 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Kf3 Ke8 27. e5 Kd8 28. Ke4 {
and Black needs just one extra tempo to play e6 and Kc7, but he is not in time:
} Kc7 29. Bb4 $1 {and maybe Black holds this, but the ending is not easy for
him, to say the least.}) 20. Be2 e6 $1 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. a4 $1 {fixing the b6-
and a6-pawn and securing slight but pleasant advantage.}) 18... Rxc1+ {Now
Anand is easily equalizing} (18... e6 $2 {immediately blunders a pawn:} 19.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. dxe6 $1 Qxd2 21. exf7+ $1) 19. Qxc1 e6 (19... f5 $5 {is also
possible; now White can transpose to the game or play sharp} 20. Nd4 $5 (20. f3
fxe4 21. fxe4 e6 {transposes to the game}) 20... Bxd4 $1 (20... f4 $2 {looks
clever and smart, but it is in fact bad due to} 21. Bxf4 Qb4 22. Ne6 $1 Qxb5
23. Qc7 {and white is dominating.}) (20... fxe4 21. Nc6 $1 {with advantage})
21. Bxd4 Qb4 {and it is a draw.} 22. Bc3 $5 {setting a small trap:} (22. Qa1
Qxb5 23. Bh8 Kf7 24. a4 Qc5 25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. Qg8+ Kd7 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Qg8+ $11
) (22. Qc7 Qxd4 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Qxe7+ Kh6 25. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 22... Qxe4 $1 (
22... Qxb5 $2 23. Qh6 $1 Kf7 24. Qxh7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6+ Kd8 26. Qxf5 $16 {Falling
into a trap is almost never good..}) 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. Bc6 Qb4 25. Qe3 {
with equal position.}) 20. Nf4 exd5 21. Nxd5 f5 {Nice move. Black is already
doing very fine.} (21... Qe5 {is also possible, with the idea to send the
queen to a1.} 22. Bd3 f5 (22... Qa1 $5) 23. Qc2 $5 (23. Bf4 Qa1 $1 {with a
nice endgame for Black.}) 23... h6 $5 {Now the piece is hanging and Black has
equalized.} 24. f4 Qd6 25. Bf2 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qxf4 (26... Qxd5 27. g4 $1 $11)
27. g4 $5 Bd4 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kg8 {with
perpetual check.}) 22. f3 {I actually thought, that it was a mistake to let
Black exchange f-pawns and give him the nice e5-square. In fact the position
is equal anyway.} (22. Bf4 {is not giving White anything:} Qc5 (22... Be5 23.
Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qg5 $1 Kg7 {is also equal, but it looks scary for Black after
let's say} 25. Qd8 fxe4 26. Qd7+ Kh8 27. Ne7) 23. Qxc5 bxc5 {with equality.})
22... fxe4 23. fxe4 Qe5 24. Bd3 Nc6 $6 {Allowing a small trick. But I can
understand how much Anand wanted to bring back his knight, which has been on
the edge for such a long time.} (24... Bxd5 $5 {is actually a good move.
Black's idea is not to win the pawn, but to get some blockade on dark squares.}
25. exd5 Bf8 $1 (25... Qxd5 26. Qc8+ $11) 26. Bf1 Nb7 {and it will be White
who will have to beg for the draw.} (26... Kf7 $5)) (24... Qa1 {still remains
my favourite.}) 25. Ba6 $1 {Nice trick, which doesn't give White anything
objectively, but confused Anand.} Nd4 $2 {This move only looks tricky and
entertaining. In fact it only leads to a worse ending. I guess Vishy thought
that the arising endgame is easily drawn, so he didn't bother calculating ...
Bxa6. But in fact the endgame is very difficult for Black, and he has to
suffer.} (25... Bxa6 $1 {leads to a draw and I guess, if Anand would know that
there are some real problems in the ending he got, he could easily calculate
this move until a draw.} 26. Qxc6 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 (27. Bc1 Bb7 $5 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29.
Qe7+ Kg8 $11) 27... Be5+ 28. Bf4 (28. Nf4 Qc3 {and white can give perpetual,
but nothing more.}) 28... Bxf4+ 29. Nxf4 Qe5 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qxa7+ Kg8 32. g3
Qb2+ 33. Ng2 Bf1 {and again White is forced to give perpetual check.}) 26. Qc4
$1 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. exd5 Be5 {Black gets some blockade, but White also
has his own ideas. First he brings his king into the center.} 29. Kf2 Kf7 30.
Bg5 Nf5 31. g4 Nd6 32. Kf3 Ne8 {The beginning of a suspicious plan. Maybe
Black should have kept the knight where it is and also his queenside pawns on
their places. It is not for nothing that they say that knight is the best
blockading piece... But well, to be honest I don't see a clear way for Black
to draw... Neither did Vishy and maybe that's why he decided to do at least
something.} ({One way to play is} 32... Bf6 33. Bf4 Ke7 {and it seems to be
that if White allows Black to play g5 and h6 it will be a fortress. So} 34. g5
$1 Bd4 $5 {setting a trap..} 35. Bd3 $1 (35. h4 {would be giving White a big
advantage, but Black has a strong idea:} b5 $1 36. Kg4 Bc5 37. h5 Bd4 {with
fortress (if I am not mistaken...)}) (35. a4 Nf7 {and Black is holding. The
fact that the pawn is already on a4 is to Black's advantage.}) 35... Nf7 36.
Bc2 {And maybe Black is drawing this, but White still has h4-h5 ideas so the
game is not over.}) 33. Bc1 Nc7 {As I already said, the knight probably
doesn't belong here. But on the other hand if it stays on d6 White will slowly
push the pawns on kingside, and then once a weakness on g6 is created, he can
exchange dark squared bishops.} 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Ke4 b5 {A weakening move, it
weakens the pawns and the c5-square. But again as I said, waiting moves do not
bring joy either.} 36. Kd4 a6 37. Be2 {Topalov doesn't hurry.} Ke7 38. Bg5+ Kd7
39. Bd2 Bg3 {Trying to avoid h4-h5, but White also has other ideas, like g5,
Bg4-e6(c8)} (39... Na8 $5 {transfering the knight to... somewhere interesting.}
40. h4 Nb6 41. h5 (41. g5 $5 Na4 42. Bg4+ Ke7 43. Bc8 Nc5 {and thanks to the
trick} 44. Bb4 Ne6+ $1 {Black holds.}) 41... Na4 42. g5 Ba3 {and thanks to
some odd tricky checks from c5 or b2 Black holds his g-pawn. But White has a
lot of possibilities here and can try to trick Black.}) 40. g5 $1 Bf2+ 41. Ke5
{Just losing a tempo. But of course it is tempting to play such a move.} (41.
Ke4 $1 {was more precise. But I think with precise play Black is still able to
hold this position.} Bc5 $1 {I think Black should give up his dreams to stop
h4-h5.} (41... Ne8 42. Bg4+ Ke7 43. Bb4+ Nd6+ 44. Kf4 Bg1 {otherwise Be6 is
coming} 45. h4 {and h5 is coming, after which White has a choice to play h6 ,
exchange on g6 or just stay on h5. Black is may be holding, but it is hard to
believe. Actually I think, White should push h5 and then Be6-g8-xh7 should
give him a winning advantage for example:} (45. Be6 Ke8 $1) (45. Bc8 $2 a5 $1
$11) 45... Bf2 46. h5 Bg1 47. Be6 gxh5 48. Bg8 Bh2+ 49. Kf3 Kf8 50. Bxh7 Kg7
51. Bc2 Be5 52. Be1 Kf7 53. Kg2 Ne8 54. Kh3 Ng7 55. Kh4 Bd4 56. Bb4 Bf2+ 57.
Kh3 Bd4 58. Kg3 {and Black eventually cracks.}) 42. h4 b4 $1 {Black's idea now
is Nb5!-c3. Did Anand see it and that's why played Ne8-c5 and b5, a6??} 43. h5
Ke7 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Bd3 Nb5 $1 46. Kf4 Nc3 {probably is a draw.}) 41... Bg3+
$1 42. Ke4 (42. Kf6 {seems good, but Black draws with} Nxd5+ 43. Kg7 Bf4 $1 44.
Bxf4 Nxf4 45. Bg4+ Kd6 46. Kxh7 Ke5 47. h4 a5 48. Kh6 b4 49. Bd1 (49. Bd7 Ke4)
49... Kf5 50. Kg7 Nh3 51. Kh6 Nf4 $11) 42... Ne8 43. Bg4+ Ke7 44. Be6 {A bad
move, but I don't see any way for White to win anymore.} ({For example} 44. Kf3
Bd6 (44... Nd6 {looks good, but White is not forced to take the bishop and
after} 45. Bb4 $1 {Black is pinned, but maybe... maybe he still holds here as
well! To be honest I am unable to analyze it to the end.}) 45. Ba5 $5 {trying
to be tricky.} (45. Bc8 Nc7 46. Ke4 (46. Ba5 Nxd5 47. Bxa6 Bb4 $1 48. Bxb4+
Nxb4 49. Bxb5 Nxa2 $11) 46... b4 $1 47. Bb7 a5 48. Bc6 Na6 $1 {jumping back
into the game!} 49. Kd4 Nc5 50. Be1 Kf7 {and I don't see how White can make
progress.}) 45... Bc7 $1 (45... Nc7 46. Ke4 $1 {and b4, a5 is not possible.})
46. Bc3 a5 47. Be6 b4 48. Bd4 Nd6 49. Bf6+ (49. Bg8 Kf8 $1 50. Bxh7 Kf7 $11)
49... Kf8 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kd3 b3 52. axb3 axb3 53. Be5 Ne8 54. Bb2 Bf4 55. Kc4
Bxg5 56. Kxb3 Nd6 {with a draw.}) 44... Nd6+ 45. Kf3 Nc4 $1 {Anand uses the
opportunity to suddenly activate his pieces.} (45... Be5 46. Bb4 {was probably,
what Topalov was hoping for, but as I said earlier, even this may be holdable.}
) 46. Bc1 (46. Kxg3 Nxd2 {is of no danger for Black. For example:} 47. Bg8 Kf8
48. Bxh7 Kg7 49. Kf4 Nc4 50. Bxg6 Kxg6 51. h4 b4 52. Ke4 a5 53. Kd4 Nd6 54. Kc5
Ne4+ 55. Kb5 Nc3+ 56. Kxa5 Nxa2 57. d6 b3 58. d7 b2 59. d8=Q b1=Q {and it is
still a draw.}) (46. Bb4+ Bd6 47. Bc3 Be5 $11) 46... Bd6 47. Ke4 a5 48. Bg4 Ba3
49. Bxa3+ (49. Bf4 Bd6 50. Bc1 {is already the best White can do.}) 49... Nxa3
{In this ending it is only White who has to be careful.} 50. Ke5 Nc4+ 51. Kd4
Kd6 52. Be2 Na3 53. h4 Nc2+ 54. Kc3 Nb4 55. Bxb5 (55. Kb3 Kc5 56. d6 {would
lead to a draw as well, but White doesn't have to make it here.}) 55... Nxa2+
56. Kb3 Nb4 57. Be2 $1 Nxd5 58. h5 {White of course makes a draw, but it is
remarkable after seeing the whole game, that it is he who has to go for it.}
Nf4 59. hxg6 $1 hxg6 60. Bc4 {No Sofia rule can forbid players to agree a draw
in this position. Another draw, but this time it was Anand who was a little
bit more lucky.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In today's game Anand went for the English Opening (1.c4) and managed to get
a slight advantage. But then due to some very slight and unabvious
inaccuracies he was left without any constructive plan. After that Topalov not
only equalized, but also took over the initiative in the endgame. It seemed
that Anand would hold easily, and he indeed did. But then all of a sudden the
World Champion decided to try his luck and gave away a pawn for some activity.
Objectively Anand was in a great danger, but in order to get some real winning
chances Topalov had to find a sequence of abstract computer moves. Not
suprisingly he didn't and the game ended in a draw.} 1. c4 {Anand in his last
white game (of the classical chess part at least) decided not to enter any
main theoretical lines and just get some positional position.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {One of the main moves.} ({Recently} 4... Nd4 {has become
very, simplifying the position a little.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3) (4... Bc5 {and}
) (4... Bb4 {are main alternatives}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 {Black has to
remove the knight from the centre to have control over the d4 square and in
order not to give away the e-pawn.} (6... Be7 $2 7. Nxe5 $1) 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 {
White first gets some space advantage on the queenside, and only later decides
to develop. Well, why not?} (8. Rb1 $5 {is even more tricky and clever}) ({
while} 8. d3 {is more consevative.}) 8... O-O {I remember in his game against
Vallejo, Topalov went for ...g5 in a similar position. Now the position is a
little bit different, but also the situation is not the same...} (8... g5 {
here allows} 9. d4 $1) 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 {White can't avoid making this move.}
f6 ({Another main option is} 10... a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 {and here Black has a
fine position, as long as he doesn't play} Nd5 $4 {which is punished by} 13.
Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 14. e3 Ne6 15. e4 {winning a piece - which is too much for a
World Championship match.}) (10... Nd4 {is also an option.}) 11. Ne4 $5 {
Not the main move, but a very clever one. White is planning Nc5 and remains
flexible with his queenside development.} Qe8 $5 {The queen frees the
d8-square for the rook and herself goes to f7 or h5.} (11... Qd7 {was played
much more often.}) (11... a5 {is also interesting, now after} 12. Nc5 (12. b5
Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 {should be fine for Black}) 12... Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 {Black
wants to push his pawn to a4 and get a nice outpost for his pieces on b3.
However a pawn on a4 also has it's disadvantages and the b3 square can be
covered with the knight from d2 if needed.}) 12. Nc5 $146 {A new move, but the
position was played only once, so it is hard not to make a novelty here.} ({
I would actually think that it would be more flexible to play} 12. Rb1) ({or} 
12. Qc2 $5) 12... Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2 {was another option, so
that White has a free b-file, but now the bishop is on the odd diagonal and
will not be supporting d4 later.}) 14... Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 $1 {Good regrouping.
Now the bishop can go to d5 and Black has a very solid position while White's
two bishops are not really important yet.} 16. Rab1 (16. d4 {to open the
diagonals for the bishops is not dangerous:} exd4 17. Rfd1 Bd5 {is a safe way
to equalize} ({while} 17... Nf5 {is more adventurous.} 18. g4 $1 Nh6 19. h3 f5
$1 20. g5 Nf7 21. h4 Bd5)) 16... Ba2 $1 {Why not distract a rook of the World
Champion himself?} 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 {With idea to give the other rook
some freedom on the 8th rank.} 19. Qb2 Rb8 {I don't like this move. I think
Black will play b6 anyway one day, so why to wait, until White is fully ready
for that?} (19... b6 {is fine and good in my opinion. Black will then double
on d-file, put his bishop on d5 and then think what to do next.}) 20. Rfd1 Be6
(20... Bd5 {is not good due to} 21. e4 $1 Be6 22. d4 $1 {and the position
opens up with an advantage for White.}) 21. Rd2 {White plans Qb1 and Rb2,
which I like. But now the bishop on c3 has no squares to run in case it is
attacked, which I don't like...} (21. e4 $2 {is now too slow because of} Bg4 $1
) ({while} 21. Qb1 $5 {is possible, preparing Rd2, but not allowing Black to
exchange the c3 bishop.}) 21... h6 $6 {To be honest, I don't like this move,
not only because Black can change a knight for the bishop instead, but also
because for me it seems like a weakening move, since I don't think that Black
is planning ...g5 or ...f5.} (21... Nd5 $5 {To exchange a bishop seems logical
to me - I don't see problems for Black after that. Only thing he has to do is
to prepare b6 when b7 will be attacked.}) 22. Qb1 {Anand is patient and
doesn't want to simplify the position, even if it leads to some advantage for
him. He threatens d4, and also Rb2 now becomes and option.} (22. e4 $5 {
with the idea d4 was already possible. I think White would get a slight
advantage after} Bg4 {(what else?)} 23. d4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 exd4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 (
25... Rbd8 $6 26. Bc3 Ne5 27. Be2 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Nd3 $2 {fails to} 29. Qc2 $1
Nxc1 30. Bc4) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Nc6 28. Qc3 {and the position would be
better for White anyway. But now h6 also proves to be clearly weakening.})
22... Nd5 {Allowing White to regroup nicely. But Black's position remains
solid.} (22... Qh5 $5 {Trying to fight with d4 is better. Now White has a lot
of options:} 23. d4 {is still possible, though now White has to sacrifece a
pawn or exchange one of his two nice bishops.} ({Perhaps better is} 23. Rb2 $5
b6) ({or} 23. a4 $5 Bh3 24. Bh1 {In both cases White must be slightly better
due to the queenside pressure.}) 23... exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 $5 (25. Bxd4
Rbd8 26. e3 Bd5 {exchanging the important bishop.}) 25... Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxe2
27. Re1 Qc4 28. Be3 {with some compensation.}) (22... b6 {was an option, but
then why is the rook on b8?} 23. cxb6 (23. Rb2 $5 Rbd8 24. Qc2 $5 Bd5 25. Qa4
Kh8 26. Bb4 {with some pressure, but no threat..}) 23... axb6 24. d4 $1 {
is definetely an option and after} Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 {
White has two bishops and some edge.}) 23. Rb2 $1 (23. Ba1 Nde7 24. d4 Rbd8 $1
{and now d2 is not protected. That was probably the idea of Topalov.}) 23... b6
({After} 23... Nxc3 24. Rxc3 {Black has no comfortable way to protect the b7
soldier.}) 24. cxb6 ({The immediate} 24. Bd2) ({or} 24. Be1 $5 {made sense and
in my opinion were more clever.}) 24... cxb6 {Now Black can forget about the
weakness on c7.} (24... axb6 {was also possible, but after} 25. Be1 (25. Bd2)
25... Nde7 26. Rbc2 (26. a4 $5) 26... Rd6 27. Bb4 Nxb4 28. axb4 c6 {White has
some pleasant pressure on c6 and later on the a-file and the b6-pawn.}) 25. Bd2
{Strange, but I think it is in fact an inaccuracy. Now Black has an
opportunity to get a powerfull construction: rook d6 and queen d7.} (25. Be1 $1
{was more precise the idea being} Rd6 ({best is probably} 25... Nde7 26. Rbc2 (
26. a4 $5 Rc8 27. Rbc2 Rdd8 {and White has some pressure, though Black is
solid and should be fine.}) 26... Rd6 27. Bb4 Nxb4 28. axb4 (28. Qxb4 $5) 28...
Rc8 {and White has a clearly better version than what he got in the game. But
still, Black is very solid.}) (25... Rc7 {is a possibility, but White is
clearly better after} 26. e4 $1 Nde7 27. d4 $1 exd4 28. Nxd4 Bc4 $1 29. Rd2 {
with his two bishops and better pawn structure.}) 26. Nd2 $1 {and the rook
will be kicked out of d6.}) 25... Rd6 26. Rbc2 (26. Be1 {was still interesting,
with the idea of Nd2.}) (26. a4 {is also a possible, keeping in mind some a5
ideas.}) 26... Qd7 {Now Black has a very solid formation, and it is hard for
White to find a plan.} 27. h4 {Maybe a useful move, but maybe waste of time} ({
Something like} 27. Qb2 Rd8 28. Be1 {threatening d4} Nde7 {and now} 29. Bb4 {
is again a better version of the game.} Nxb4 30. axb4 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Nxc6 32. Ng5
$5 hxg5 33. Rxc6 {and after b5 White will enjoy a small but pleasant advantage.
}) 27... Rd8 28. Qb5 (28. Qb2 {immediately makes sense, since I don't think ...
Nde7 is a bad move. However, it allows} Bg4 $5) 28... Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 {
Now Black achieves his ideal setup with his light pieces (that he actually
initialy had...)} 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 $1 32. b5 (32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Nd2 {
was an option, but Black has no problems whatsoever.}) 32... Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Be6
34. d4 $5 {White has no advantage anymore, and this interesting move doesn't
change the evaluation, only the position.} e4 (34... exd4 35. Rd2 Nf5 36. e4 $1
{was the point.}) 35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 $6 {The knight is not doing anything
on this central square anyway, and it may in fact be just loss of a tempo.} (
36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Bxe4 {would keep the position equal. For example} Kf7 38. e3
Rb4 39. Bd3 Bd7 40. Ne4 Kf8 41. Nc3 Rb3 42. Bc4 Rb4 43. Bd3 Rb3 44. Bc4 Rb4 {
(for Sofia rules, if you want)}) 36... Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3 {At first
sight it seems that White should be better, because his b-pawn holds both
Black's queenside pawns. In fact it will be a weakness later, because Black
has better pieces. If White had a knight on d4 than it would be another story..
.} g5 $1 {Exchanging some pawns and threateng g4 later.} 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4 {
Otherwise g4 will fix the white pawns.} (40. Nd2 g4 $1) 40... gxf4 41. exf4 (
41. gxf4 {is the move White would like to play, but the problem is that Black
can attack the pawn immideately.} Nf5 42. Kf2 Rd3) 41... Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5 {
Here it became clear, that it is already Black who may be better.} 43. Bf3 (43.
Nd2 $5 Ra4 {and Black keeps some pressure.}) (43. g4 $5 {was perhaps the most
precise way to equalize:} Nh4 44. Ke3 Ra4 45. f5 Nxg2+ 46. Rxg2 Bd5 47. Nc3 $1
Ra3 48. Rc2 $1 {and the position is drawn.}) 43... Bd5 44. Nd2 Bxf3 45. Nxf3
Ra4 46. g4 $6 {Inaccuracy: White weakens his kingside pawns as well now. But
of course in return he gets some activity...} (46. Rd2 $1 Ke7 47. Kg2 Ra3 $1 (
47... Nd6 48. Nd4)) 46... Nd6 $6 (46... Ne7 $1 {was more precise, winning a
pawn.} 47. Kg3 {Trying to stick to the pawn may end badly:} (47. Rd2 $5 {
is objectively safer. Now Black wins a pawn, but it will still probably end in
a draw.} Rxf4 48. Kg3) (47. g5 Nd5 $1 48. gxf6 Kxf6) 47... Nd5 48. f5 Ne3 $1
49. Nh2 Nc4 50. Rb3 Ra3 $1 51. Rf3 $1 Ra5 $1 {and the pawn is lost, though
this position looks pretty much like, what happened in the game.} 52. Rc3 Nd6
53. Rc7+ Ke8) 47. Kg3 Ne4+ (47... Ra3 $5 {would keep some pressure, but the
position is drawn.}) 48. Kh4 $1 (48. Kg2 $2 Nc5 $1 49. Kg3 Nd3) 48... Nd6 {#}
49. Rd2 $2 {A heart-stopping winning attempt that could have backfired.} (49.
Kg3 {would be a draw. I don't think Topalov would play on with} Ra3 $5 {
although Black has still a more pleasant position.}) 49... Nxb5 50. f5 Re4 {
If Black had a win, then it was very difficult. Topalov plays like a human,
but that's not enough.} (50... a5 {is most straightforward, but White
equalizes after the precise} 51. Rd5 $1 (51. Kh5 $2 Rf4 $1 52. Nh4 Nd4) 51...
Rb4 52. Kh5 Nc3 $1 (52... a4 53. g5) 53. Rd7+ Ke8 54. Rd3 $1 Ne4 55. g5 fxg5 (
55... a4 56. Kg6 $1) 56. Nxg5 Nxg5 57. Kxg5 a4 58. Rh3 $11) (50... Nc3 $5 {
was in my opinion the best chance. Black just brings his knight to the center,
from where it will defend the kingside. I believe White holds after} 51. Kh5 {
Probably the best idea is that after} (51. Rd7+ {actually leads by force to an
interesting ending-} Ke8 52. Rb7 (52. Rd3 $2 Ne4 53. Kh5 Nf2 54. Re3+ Re4 $1
55. Ra3 Nxg4 56. Rxa7 Ne3 57. Kg6 Nd5 $19) 52... Nd5 53. Kh5 Rf4 54. Nh4 a5 55.
g5 fxg5 56. Kxg5 a4 57. Ra7 b5 58. Ra5 Rb4 59. Ng6 (59. f6 $2 Nxf6 60. Kxf6
Rxh4 61. Rxb5 Kd7 $19) 59... Kd7 60. f6 Nxf6 61. Kxf6 {and maybe White can
draw this, but I am not sure.}) 51... Rf4 (51... Ne4 {is probably more
critical, and the position is unclear, with Black having some winning chances
after} 52. Rd7+ Ke8 53. Rc7) 52. Nh4 Ne4 {White sacrifices the knight and
draws in a study like way:} 53. Rd7+ Ke8 54. Rxa7 $1 Ng3+ 55. Kg6 $1 Rxg4+ 56.
Kxf6 Rxh4 57. Ke6 $1 Re4+ 58. Kd5 $1 {and wins the b6-pawn with a draw. It is
however not easy to find, to say the least.}) (50... Rf4 $1 51. Kg3 Rb4 $1 52.
Rd7+ Ke8 53. Rb7 Ra4 $1) 51. Kh5 $1 Re3 52. Nh4 Nc3 53. Rd7+ $1 Re7 54. Rd3 $1
{Winning some tempos for knight g6.} Ne4 55. Ng6 {#} Nc5 $1 (55... Rc7 56. Kh6
{looks a bit scary for Black, but it is still drawn.}) 56. Ra3 $5 {Vishy keeps
on trying. Well, it is his last white game in the classical part of the match,
so why not?} (56. Nxe7 Nxd3 57. Nc8 b5 58. Nd6+ $1 {is an easy draw.}) 56...
Rd7 57. Re3 Kg7 58. g5 b5 59. Nf4 b4 (59... fxg5 60. Kxg5 {is also equal, but
it looks tricky for Black.}) 60. g6 $1 {White is threatening Kg4 and Nh5+} b3
$1 {Closer to promotion, more destruction.} 61. Rc3 {Setting a trap...} Rd4 $1
{Of course not falling in it!} (61... b2 $4 62. Rxc5 $1 b1=Q {and the queen
will not help, when after two moves there will be a mate on board...} 63. Ne6+
Kg8 64. Rc8+) (61... Rc7 {was another drawing line.} 62. Nd3 (62. Nd5 $5 b2 63.
Nxc7 b1=Q 64. Rxc5) 62... Ne6 63. Rxb3 Nd4 64. Ra3 Nxf5 65. Nf4) 62. Rxc5 Rxf4
63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf3 ({A blunder like} 64... Rxf5+ $4 65. Kh6 {doesn't
really belong in World Championships.}) 65. Rb8+ ({It is still possible to get
too ambitious:} 65. Kh6 $4 Rh3# {and Black is first to mate. But, as I said,
this is not for World Champions...}) 65... Kg7 {...and in view of perpetual
check the players agreed to a draw. Anand didn't manage to win the last white
game, and Topalov always had a solid position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this game Anand chose the solid QGD and after employing a relatively
unknown idea, at least for Topalov, he easily equalized. Topalov, on the other
hand, wanted to finish the match today. He took risks and displayed great
self-confidence. However, with strong strikes 30...e5! and 31...f5! Anand took
the initiative. Then something absolutely unbelievable happened: In less than
five minutes, despite having more than half an hour left on his clock, Topalov
committed suicide with 31.exf5? and 32.fxe4??. Anand obtained a decisive
attack as a result, which he converted with great precision to the end.} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 e6 $1 {A Queen's Gambit Declined! And a classic World Championship
opening. Remember the famous Capablanca-Alekhine match? Or Karpov-Kasparov? To
be honest, before the game I tried to guess the opening, and believe it or not,
I actually managed to predict it! After all, which opening could be more solid
or trustworthy than the good ol' Queen's Gambit?} 3. Nf3 ({I had expected} 3.
Nc3 {in Kasparov style.} Nf6 (3... Be7 {is how to avoid it-} 4. cxd5 exd5 5.
Bf4 {and there are plenty of games to study. For example, Kasparov-Karpov 1985
as well as 2009!}) 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {The point being that later White will
develop his knight to the far more flexible e2, planning f3 and e4.} Be7 6. e3
c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 (5. Bf4 {is another main-line with thousands of games played.}) 5... h6
{It is important to include this little move.} 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 {The
Lasker Defence! The solidest of the solid.} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 {
A new little nuance.} (10. Bd3 {was more popular previously, but here Black
has an interesting idea:} Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 $5 12. O-O (12. Qc2 $5) 12... e5 $1
) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 {One of the two main moves.}
({Hundreds of games have been played with} 13... e5 {as well. The position is
always between slightly better to equal.}) 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 ({
I thought that} 16. Qa4 $5 {was slightly stronger, but mainly for
psychological reasons.}) 16... Nf6 $1 {An idea from the Polish player,
Grabarczyk, which was probably a surprise for Topalov.} (16... a5 {was used to
be one of the main moves here, as well as ...Bb7 and ...Ba6.}) 17. dxc5 (17.
Bc6 {covers the c6-square, and can thus be answered with} cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 $1)
17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 {So, let's stop and evaluate the position. Black has
a weak pawn on c5 and later possibly on a7 as well. On the other hand, his
bishop, which will be developed to b7 on the next move, will be much better
than the white knight. All in all the position is about equal.} 19. Qc2 {
An ambitious move. Topalov is not satisfied with the very slight advantage he
would obtain after 19.b3.} (19. b3 {was played twice against the inventor of
16...Nf6.} Bb7 20. Qf4 (20. Qe5 Rbc8 (20... Bxf3) 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. e4 Qd6 $1
$11) (20. Qh4 $5) 20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 Rd2 23. R1c2 Rbd8 24. g3 {
and White is a little better, but Black should draw this without any real
problems.}) 19... Bb7 20. Nd2 (20. Rxc5 $6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rxb2 $1 {is a trick
that you will have to remember, because I don't want to mention it on every
move.}) (20. e4 {can be answered with the sharp} f5 $5 {Now, one of the
possible lines is} 21. Nd2 Rfd8 22. exf5 Bxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Qg5+ 24. Rg3 Qxd2 25.
Qxc5 exf5 $11) 20... Rfd8 21. f3 {This is slightly weakening, especially
considering that later White would also play g3. However, White has to
restrict Black's bishop, so the move is justified.} (21. Rxc5 $4 Rxd2 $1) 21...
Ba6 $146 {Until now, they were following a German correspondence game from
2000, but now Anand accidentally plays a novelty, and a good one at that.
Since White is blocking the h1-a8 diagonal, why not bring the bishop to
another?} 22. Rf2 {Another fighting move.} (22. Rc1 {seemed more logical to me,
but here Black could immediately draw, among the other possibilities, which
would favor the World Champion.} Qd7 23. Nb3 c4 {and White would to exchange
the annoying c4-pawn for either b2 or a2.} (23... Bd3 $11)) 22... Rd7 {Simply
doubling on the d-file.} (22... Rd5 23. e4 Rd7 {only look clever. White
doesn't mind playing e4 anyway.}) 23. g3 {A committal move, but White needs
space for his king. Here it became clear to me, that it was not Anand, but
Topalov who may be in trouble.} Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 {Anand smartly decides to
avoid making any committal moves, while it is not yet clear. He prefers to
wait for Topalov to do part of the job.} ({More aggressive moves were also
possible. For example,} 24... h5 $5 25. Ne4 (25. h4 e5 26. e4 $6 g5 $1 $19)
25... Bd3 26. Qa4 Bxe4 (26... c4 $5 27. Nd2 e5 28. Nxc4 Qe6 {is unclear}) 27.
Qxe4 Rd2 {with equality}) ({Or} 24... e5 $5 25. e4 h5 26. Nc4 h4 27. Ne3 Qe6 {
and here White can play the non-standard} 28. gxh4 $1 {with an unclear
position.}) 25. Qc1 (25. Qa4 {was dangerous.} Qg5 (25... Bb5 $11) 26. e4 $6 (
26. Ne4 $1 $11) 26... Qe3 27. Qa5 Qe1 28. Qxc5 Be2 $1 29. Nb3 Rd1 30. Kh3 R8d3
{and White is in danger to say the least.}) 25... Ba6 $1 {The c5-pawn was
hanging, and Vishy decides to come back with the bishop and ask Topalov, what
he thinks.} 26. Ra3 {I had no doubts, that Topalov would play on.} Bb7 $1 {
Now that c5 isn't in any danger, Vishy returns the bishop to its rightful spot.
Now the bishop also smiles towards White's king, who will suffer a lot in this
game!} 27. Nb3 (27. e4 {can be answered by} f5 $1 28. Qc2 g5 $1 {and the
bishop smiles again!}) 27... Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 {Of course!} 29. Nc4 {If any
other move had been played, then 29...g5! was strong.} ({For example} 29. e4 g5
$1 {and now let me demonstrate how White could end up if he calculated badly.}
30. Re3 Rd4 31. h3 h5 $1 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 f5 $1 34. gxf5 g4 $1 {opening
the diagonal for the bishop and winning.}) ({or} 29. Rc3 g5 30. Nb3 g4 31. e4
gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 f5 33. Nxc5 Qg7 $5 {and it is clear, that the white king is not
the happiest piece on board.}) 29... e5 $1 {Played instantly. Anand is playing
it safe. 29...g5 was possible here as well, but it would lead to a
double-edged position.} ({For instance} 29... g5 $5 30. e4 (30. h3 f5 31. Kh2 (
31. g4 h5 $1) 31... h5 {with an unclear position.}) 30... g4 (30... f5 $5) 31.
Qxh6 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rd4 33. Nd2 Rcd7 34. Kg2 Qd8 35. Rf4 $1 Rxd2+ 36. Kh3 Bxe4
$3 37. Rxe4 R2d4 38. Ra4 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd4 40. Re5 Rd5 41. Re4 Rd4 {is a truly
beautiful draw.}) 30. e4 {Other moves were possible, but then Black would be
able to play e4-f4 securing the d3 square for a rook, or make some other
useful move.} f5 $1 31. exf5 $2 {Crazy.} (31. Nd2 $1 {was the right move.} fxe4
32. Nxe4 {Now Black can choose between equalizing or keeping his bishop and
the pressure with} Rd4 $5 (32... Bxe4 33. fxe4 Rd4 $11)) 31... e4 $1 32. fxe4
$4 {Even crazier. Without any calculation, it seems pretty obvious, that it is
very dangerous to expose your king this much. So it was even more surprising,
that Topalov played this and the previous move so quickly!} ({Something like} 
32. Re3 {was essential, but it is clear that} exf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg5 {is not really
what White wants. Black is clearly better.}) 32... Qxe4+ {From now on Anand
never let Veselin escape, nor gave him a single reason to hope.} 33. Kh3 Rd4
34. Ne3 Qe8 $3 {THE move, that Vishy had to find. I assume that it was the one
that Topalov had missed.} 35. g4 h5 $1 {It is hopeless for White. All Black's
pieces are ready to meet alone with the white king.} 36. Kh4 g5+ $5 {Vishy
chooses the most elegant way to keep his title.} (36... Qd8+ 37. f6 hxg4 {
was winning as well.}) ({but surprisingly} 36... hxg4 $4 {loses the advantage.}
37. Nxg4 {and White's king doesn't feel so bad anymore with a knight on g4 to
keep him company, and a queen coming to g5.}) 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4+ 39.
Kh3 Re7 $1 {Anand again goes for the most beautiful solution.} ({For example} 
39... Kh7 {to avoid checks, was winning too.}) 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ (41. Rxa8
{Now I can imagine how happy Vishy was while executing his moves.} Rxe3+ $1 42.
Rxe3 Rh4+ $3 43. Kxh4 Qg4# {Ohh, what a picture!}) 41... Kh7 $1 {Naturally not
taking the rook which would turn the tables upside down.} 42. Rg3 Rxg3+ 43.
hxg3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Qxg2 Bxg2 {At this point, some people
got very nervous, screaming that they had found a draw. The calm World
Champion, however, had seen everything in advance.} 47. Kxg2 (47. Rf7+ Kg6 $1
48. Rg7+ Kxf5 49. Rxg4 hxg4 $1 50. Kxg2 Ke4 51. Kf2 Kd3 {and the pawn ending
is hopeless.}) 47... Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c4 $1 {Our human Champion is as precise as
an engine.} 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6 Kg8 $1 {It is zugzwang!} 51. Nh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Qe4
(52... Qf3 {would win as well, but Anand decided that today was Zugzwang Day!}
53. Kh4 Qe4+ $1 54. Kxh5 Qd5+ $19) 53. Kh2 Kh7 $1 {Zugzwang again!} 54. Rd6 Qe5
55. Nf7 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3 Qg7 $1 {Great and flawless play by Anand! A perfect game
to defend one's title with.} 0-1

[Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Bb3 d6 8. Re1
h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. h3 d5 14. Qe2 Qd7 15.
Nh4 Rd8 16. Nhf5 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qd3 18. Kf1 Ree8 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Ke2 Red8 21.
f3 a5 22. a4 R3d7 23. Ne3 Ne8 24. Ngf5 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Nc4 Rd3 27. Bd2
Bc5 28. Red1 f6 29. Be1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 g5
34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Nd2 Nb8 37. b4 axb4 38. Nb3 Bb6 39. cxb4 c6 40. Kc4
Nd7 41. a5 Be3 42. b5 cxb5+ 43. Kxb5 Nb8 44. Nc5+ Bxc5 45. Kxc5 Nd7+ 46. Kb5
Kd6 47. Bb4+ Ke6 48. a6 bxa6+ 49. Kxa6 Kf7 50. Kb7 f5 51. exf5 e4 52. Kc6 Ne5+
53. Kd5 Nd3 54. Bd2 Nf2 55. Bxg5 Nxh3 56. Be3 1-0

[Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
d4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. Kh1 Qf4 14. Qd2
Qxd2 15. Nxd2 d5 16. e5 c5 17. Rad1 c4 18. Bc2 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. f4 d4 21.
cxd4 Bxd4 22. b3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Be3 24. f5 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Re8 27.
Rd5 Bf4 28. Rd7 Rxe5 29. g3 Be3 30. g4 Bb6 31. Nd2 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Kf3 Ba5
34. Rd5 b6 0-1

[Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. exd5 a5 16. h4 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. O-O-O Bxb3 19. cxb3 Re8 20. h5 Qf6 21.
Kb1 gxh5 22. g4 h4 23. g5 Qf5+ 24. Ka2 h3 25. Rh2 Kg8 26. Rdh1 Rac8 27. Qxd6
Rc2 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Rxh3 Re1 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14.
Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qa6 Bc8 19. Qxa7 Qxe2 20.
Rfe1 Qf3 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Qe4 Qa6 23. Rab1 c5 24. Bc7 Rd7 25. Rb6 Qa7 26. Bd6
Qxb6 27. Bxf8 h6 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qxc5 Qa6 30. h3 Bb7 31. c4 Qxa2 32. Qf5 Qa4 33.
Qe6+ Kh7 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. Bc5 Rd2 36. Kg1 Qd3 37. g4 Rd1 38. Bb4 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1
Qxh3 40. Qf5+ Kh8 41. f3 Qxf3 42. Qxf3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Ne7 6. Re1 Ng6 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Bf1
Qc7 9. c3 Rc8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rc1 Qf4 14. a3 Be7 15.
g3 Qb8 16. h4 f5 17. h5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nh8 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Nf7 21. Qxd7
Kh8 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Qxe7 Rc7 24. Qh4 Rc2 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Qc7 27. Bc4
Nh6 28. Nfd2 b5 29. Bxb5 Qc2 30. Qe7 Rg8 31. Qxb7 Qxb2 32. Qxa7 Nf5 33. Qc5 Nd4
34. Bc4 Rd8 35. h6 Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Be2 d6 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Qd2 h6 13. h3 Bf5 14. d5 Ne7 15.
a4 Qd7 16. Bf1 Ng6 17. Be3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nh2 Nh4 20. f3 Bh7 21. Bf2 Ng6
22. a5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Qb4 Qc8 26. Bd3 Ne7 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7
28. Nf1 Kg8 29. Ne3 c6 30. dxc6 Nxc6 31. Qd2 Qd8 32. Be1 b6 33. axb6 Qxb6 34.
b3 a5 35. Bf2 Qa6 36. Bg3 Nb4 37. Kh2 Qc6 38. c3 Na6 39. Nc4 a4 40. Qa2 axb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Arctic Stars Final"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "2010.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.08.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Na6 $5 {A rare continuation that had never been played by a top
player until now.} 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Nf3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1
Nc7 15. Qa5 Ne8 16. e3 Bg4 17. Rd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e6 19. Rdc2 Nd6 20. a4 f5 21.
Qe1 a5 $2 {#Anand was severely critical of this move after which "Black just
loses a pawn".} 22. Bc3 $6 {Fortunately for Black, the Norwegian's reply is
not decisive (yet).} ({Black would indeed lose a pawn by force if play had
continued with} 22. cxd5 $1 exd5 ({If} 22... cxd5 $2 23. Rc7 Qe8 24. Ba3 Bf8
25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxb7) 23. Rc5 {And the a5 pawn falls. For example} Qc7 {
is unplayable due to} 24. Bxd5+ $1) 22... dxc4 23. Bxa5 cxb3 24. Rb2 Rdc8 25.
Rxb3 Bf8 26. Rcb1 Ra7 27. Kg2 Nc4 28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Nd6 30. Qc3 Rca8 31.
Qc2 Ra6 32. h4 {White already starts softening up the opponent's kingside.} h5
{#} 33. e4 $1 R8a7 34. exf5 Nxf5 ({Anand could not retake with the pawn with} 
34... exf5 $2 {because of} 35. d5 $1 {and things go downhill very quickly.})
35. Re1 Ra5 36. Qb3 Kf7 37. Re4 $6 Ne7 (37... b5 {would have been better.} 38.
axb5 cxb5) 38. Qc2 Nd5 39. Rc4 Ra8 40. Re5 $1 Ne7 {#} 41. Bxh5 $1 {The bishop
is untouchable.} Rxe5 (41... gxh5 $2 42. Qh7+ Kf6 (42... Ke8 43. Qxh5+ Kf8 44.
Rxa5) 43. Rg5 {Threatening Qg7 mate.} Rxg5 44. hxg5+ Kxg5 45. Qg7+ Kf5 46. Qf7+
Kg5 47. Rc5+ {and Black loses the queen or is mated.}) 42. dxe5 Qd5+ 43. Bf3
Qxe5 44. Re4 Qd6 45. h5 $1 Rf8 46. Qb2 b5 47. axb5 cxb5 48. Qxb5 Nf5 49. Qb7+
Kf6 50. Qh7 gxh5 51. Bxh5 Qd5 52. Bf3 Qd2 53. g4 Ng7 {#} 54. g5+ $1 ({After} 
54. g5+ $1 Qxg5+ 55. Rg4 {ends it.}) 1-0

[Event "Arctic Stars Final"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "2010.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.08.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4
Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nb3 Bb7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Bc8 21. Qc2
Qc7 22. Na5 Bd7 23. Rc1 h6 24. Nd2 Na4 25. Ndb3 Rb8 26. Ra1 c5 27. bxc5 Nxc5
28. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. b3 {Though b3 is not an unusual idea in
the Berlin, it is normally played in the place of h3.} Be7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rad1
a5 14. a4 b6 15. Ne4 c5 16. c4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Kf1 Rd8 {
The last major pieces come off, and the draw is clearly on the horizon.} 20.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Ke2 Ke8 22. Kd3 Bd8 23. Bc1 f6 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nd4 26. Nxd4
cxd4 27. exf6 gxf6 28. g5 c5 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. gxf6 Bf5+ 31. Kd2 Bb1 32. Kd1
d3 {#} 33. Kd2 (33. Bf4 Bc2+ 34. Kd2 Bxb3 35. Bc7 Kf7 36. Kxd3 Bxa4 37. Bxb6
Kxf6 {would be much the same as the game, albeit by a different move order.})
33... Kf7 34. Kc3 Kxf6 35. Bf4 Ke6 36. Bc7 Ba2 37. Bxb6 Kd6 38. Bxa5 d2 39.
Kxd2 Bxb3 40. Kd3 Bxa4 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Carlsen is ready to play a rich position
without claiming an opening advantage. The modest move 4.d3 is helping to
avoid the unbeatable Berlin Defence.} d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8.
Re1 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 Ne7 {The theory in this new territory is
just being created. It is worth noticing that both GMs are helping themselves
with analogous motifs from the Ruy Lopez.} (11... Rb8 12. d4 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14.
Bc2 c5 15. b3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. h3 g6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nh2 b4 21.
c4 Nfg8 22. f4 $11 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2684)-Marcelin,C (2495)/Challons
2009 (33)}) (11... g6 12. h3 (12. d4 Bg7 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Bd2 Rb8 16.
dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Nd2 a6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. cxb5
Rxb5 $17 {0-1 Mullon,J (2458)-Postny,E (2648)/Nancy 2010 (55)}) 12... Na5 (
12... Bg7 13. d4 Rb8 (13... a6 14. a3 b5 15. Bc2 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Qd2 Kh7 18.
Rad1 Qe7 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Nd2 c5 21. f4 cxd4 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Nh5 24. Bxg7
Nxg3 25. Qf2 Kxg7 26. Qxg3 Rac8 $11 {1-0 De la Villa Garcia,J (2470)-De Souza
Haro,P/San Sebastian 1994 (57)}) 14. Bc2 a6 15. Be3 Kh7 16. Qd2 b5 17. Nh2 d5
18. f3 Be6 19. Qf2 exd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. e5 $14 {0-1 Shanava,K (2522)-Beinoras,
M (2426)/Pardubice 2008 (39)}) 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. b3 Rc8
17. Bb2 Nb4 18. Bb1 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. d5 Nb4 21. Bc3 a5 22. Re3 Rc5 23. a3
Na6 24. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P (2474)-Nyback,T (2565)/Germany 2008 (49)}) (
11... a6 12. d4 b5 13. Bc2 g6 14. h3 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Rubinetti,J (2415)-Van
Riemsdijk,H (2390)/San Pedro de Jujuy 1981}) 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 c5 {It seems,
that this active advance in the centre is a new move, so far Black has tried
only the more modest 13...c6.} (13... c6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nf5 Nxe4 16. Nxh6+
gxh6 17. Rxe4 Be6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Re1 c5 21. a4 Red6 22. Kf1
Bg7 23. g4 Rd3 24. Kg2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Khairullin,I (2544)-Aleksandrov,A (2618)/
Moscow 2008 (40)}) 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4 a6 (15... exd4 16. cxd4 c4 17. Bc2 Qb6 18.
a5 Qa6 19. Bd2 $14) 16. a5 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 $1 {Anand has
decided to open up the centre in a situation in which all his pieces are
already developed.} 19. exd5 (19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bc5 $1 (20... Re5 21. Qf3
$14) 21. Qxd5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Rad8 23. Qxf7+ (23. Qh5 Rxd4 24. Qxg6 Rd3 25. Bxf7+
Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 23... Qxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nf5 Bb4 26. Re3 Rd1+ 27.
Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kh2 Re5 $11) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 {Nearly all very strong
players simply love piece activity. Black did not have any problem with
eliminating the dangers after the modest 20...Ne7. The move in the game is
somewhat more ambitious.} (20... Ne7 21. Bd2 Nexd5 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Qxe8 Qxc1+
24. Bxc1 Bxe8 $11) 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 {The current World
Champion would love to beat his young rival, but with the help of the
interesting move 23...Ne5!? he could have only forced the repetition of moves.}
(23... Ne5 $5 24. Nf3 (24. f3 Nd3 25. Bb2 Re3 26. Ba3 Nc5 $15) (24. Bb2 Neg4+
25. hxg4 Nxg4+ 26. Kh3 Nxf2+ 27. Kh2 (27. Kh4 Be7+ 28. Kh5 Bg4#) 27... Ng4+ 28.
Kh3 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Ne3+ 30. Ne6 (30. Kh2 Bd6 $17) 30... Bd6 31. Ne4 Ba3 $15)
24... Nfg4+ 25. hxg4 Nxg4+ 26. Kh3 Nxf2+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ $11) 24. Nc2 (24. Bb2
Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Ne4 26. Bc2 Nxf2 27. c4 Be5 28. Nb3 Bxa1 29. Nxa1 Ne5 $11) 24...
Rf1 25. Be3 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Be5 {More play could have been kept in the position
after the logical move 26...Ne7.} (26... Ne7 27. c4 Nf5 28. Bb6 Nxg3 29. fxg3
Be5 30. Nc2 Ne4 31. Kg1 Bxg3 $11) 27. Bd4 (27. Nc2 Bxc3 28. Bb6 Nf4 29. Ne3 $11
) 27... Bxd4 28. cxd4 Ne7 29. Nc2 (29. d6 Nc8 30. Nc2 Nxd6 31. Ne3 $11) 29...
Nfxd5 30. Ne4 b6 {It is quite easy to guess why Anand was not eager to fix the
pawns of the queenside on the light squares. Seemingly the logical exchange on
b6 is unfortunately marred by a serious problem.} (30... b5 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. g3
Kf8 $11) 31. Ne3 $1 (31. axb6 Nxb6 32. Nc5 Bb5 $11) 31... Nxe3 (31... Bc6 32.
Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Nc3 Bc6 35. axb6 $18) 32. axb6 $1 N3f5 {A
sufficient defence was also tied in with the knight check on f1, but the
defender would have suffered in a slightly worse position.} (32... Nf1+ $5 33.
Kg1 Bc6 34. Nd6 Nd2 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Be6 a5 37. b7 Bxb7 38. Nxb7 a4 $11) 33.
Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Carlsen is also only human and thus fallible. His natural
right to err is used at a very unfortunate moment, since with the witty 33.d5!
serious problems were rather awaiting Black. Bad form is often manifested by
erroneous decisions in critical moments.} (33. d5 $1 Bc8 (33... Nc6 34. dxc6
Bxc6 35. Nc5 Nd6 36. Nxa6 $16) 34. g4 Nd4 35. Nd6 Bb7 36. Nxb7 Nc8 37. Ba2 (37.
Bc4 Nxb6 38. Bxa6 Nxd5 $11) 37... Nxb6 38. d6 Kf8 39. Kg3 Ke8 $11) 33... Nxd4 (
33... Bc6 34. b7 Bxb7 35. Nxb7 Nxd4 36. Bc4 Nb5 37. Nc5 $11) 34. b7 (34. Nxd7
Nxb3 35. b7 Nc6 36. b8=Q+ Nxb8 37. Nxb8 a5 $19) 34... Nec6 35. Ba4 Be8 $1 {
White must have missed the fact that the plan of recovering the piece thanks
to the mighty b7-pawn will fail due to the trapped knight on the b8-square!} (
35... Bf5 36. Nxa6 Bd7 37. Nc5 Be6 38. Na6 $11) 36. Nxa6 (36. b8=Q Nxb8 37.
Bxe8 Kf8 38. Ba4 Ke7 $17) 36... Kf8 37. Kg3 (37. Bxc6 Nxc6 38. b8=Q Nxb8 39.
Nxb8 Bb5 40. Kg3 Ke7 41. Kf4 Kd6 42. g4 Kc7 $19) 37... Ke7 38. Kf4 Ne6+ {
Black could already enjoy the choice of punishment for his unfortunate enemy.
It his difficult to find fault with the conservative and careful approach from
the game.} (38... Nb8 39. Nxb8 Bxa4 40. Ke3 Bc6 41. Kxd4 Bxb7 $19) 39. Ke3 Ned8
40. Bxc6 Nxc6 41. h4 (41. b8=Q Nxb8 42. Nxb8 Bb5 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. g3 Bf1 45. h4
Kc7 $19) 41... Kd6 42. g4 Bd7 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 g6 45. f4 Be6 {After fixing
the pawns on the kingside Black is ready to force the win with the spare
bishop.} (45... Be6 46. Kd3 Bd5 47. Ke3 Nb8 48. Nxb8 Bxb7 49. Kd4 Kc7 50. Ke5
Kxb8 51. Kf6 Bd5 52. f5 Be4 53. fxg6 fxg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {The usual Catalan, one of Kramnik's
speciailities, with white pieces!} dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 {Clearly the most fashionable move.} O-O ({
The tempting} 10... a6 {seems to lead by force to the following continuation:}
11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qxc4 Qxd4 14. Bxc6 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 bxc6 {with a
slightly better endgame for White according to practise, due to Black's weak
pawn structure and rather bad pieces coordination.}) 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6
13. Nb5 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 (14... exd5 $6 {is just wrong in my opinion, as it
is positionally weak and there is no tactical reason to play it:} 15. Nc3 Rfe8
16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. a3 Nbc6 18. b4 Bb7 19. Rdc1 {and White was better in
Huzman-Cornette, Montreal 2008.}) 15. a4 Na5 16. Ne5 Rbd8 17. Nxa7 (17. Bxd5 {
has already been tried, but it looks like Black simply equalized by force:}
Bxb5 $1 18. Bxe6 (18. axb5 {is more or less the same sketch:} Rxd5 19. b4 Nb3
20. Nc6 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Ra8 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Ra1 Ra8
26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Rodshtein-Macieja, Copenhagen 2010}) 18... Be8 19.
b4 fxe6 20. bxa5 Rxd4 {and after more and more simplification, draw was agreed
in Grischuk-Gelfand (Sochi 2008) later on.}) 17... Nb4 18. Rac1 Rxd4 19. Rxc7
$146 {There comes the novetly! Actually, the impression I had is that both
players had more or less analyzed the rest of the game. After Kramnik's
perfect defense, Anand took some time in order to try to find out some ideas,
but could not disrupt the solid leader.} (19. Nb5 {has been played twice, and
twice gave White an edge. But according to Rybka 4, Black can defend with} Bxb5
20. axb5 f6 21. e3 Rdd8 $1 $146 (21... Rd2 22. Nf3 {was better for White in
Prohaszka-Csonka 2010.}) 22. Nf3 Rf7 {and Black seems to hold in spite of his
slightly misplaced knights on the border.}) 19... Bxe2 20. Rfc1 f6 $1 {Looks
like Kramnik knew that the following simplifications are leading to a draw.}
21. Nec6 Naxc6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. R7xc6 Rfd8 24. h3 R8d6 {This is where Anand
spent the most of time (about 25 minutes). Taking into account that Kramnik
had more time on clock at this moment, the most logical explanation would be
that Anand couldn't find any "real try" at home. After having a new look at
the position over the board, he probably drew the same conclusion.} 25. Rxd6
Rxd6 26. Rc6 (26. b4 {was the other logical try, and I guess Black should hold
after} Rd4 $5 27. Rc2 (27. Re1 Rd2 28. Ra1 Kf7 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Ba6 $11) (
27. Rb1 e5 $11) 27... Bd1 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Ra4 31. Ra8 Ra1 32.
Kh2 Be2 {and I believe White has no winning chances, as it is very difficult
to bring the so-needed King help the a-pawn.}) 26... Rxc6 27. Bxc6 e5 $1 {
Maybe not the only move to hold, but an important one from the technical
aspect. Black should gain some space and at the same time not let White go f4
and create Black and isolated pawn on e5 in the event of ...e5 move.} 28. f4
exf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Kf2 Bc4 31. b4 g5 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. h4 {Setting a
definite draw.} gxh4 34. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Woah! No Ruy Lopez, no Petroff, thank you!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 (8... Kf8 {has also been
quite popular recently.}) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 $5 Qa5 $5 (11... Nc6 {
is the main possibility. In both cases, there are some side-moves to explore,
while it could go} 12. Nf3 Qa5 {getting back into the game. So there might be
some differences.}) 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. h5 $1 (14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4
Bd7 {is the usual (less fascinating) concept!}) 14... g5 ({Without entering
big calculation, I would say that Black has enough time to take on c3, so} 
14... dxc3+ 15. Ke2 {cannot help him defending.}) (14... Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 gxh5 16.
Rab1 {would be very dangerous for Black: White will go Rxh5, Rxh6, and Ng5-Nh7
in the event of ...Rf8. Still, maybe this is the line to be checked, as the
game looks clearly in White's favour.}) 15. Qf6 Rf8 (15... Rg8 $5 16. Qxh6 g4
17. Ng5 dxc3+ 18. Ke2 Nxe5 19. Qf6 Qd8 {could be a possibility of defense, the
rook on g8 making a huge difference in this final position!}) 16. Qxh6 g4 $5
17. Ng5 Nxe5 18. Nh7 Rh8 19. Ke2 $1 {This is the proof that taking on c3
earlier could hardly help. After this prophylactic move, Black suffers huge
troubles. White's king is in perfect position and Black has problems in
finding solutions.} Nxd3 (19... Qxc3 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Qg5 $1 Kd6 22. Qf4 $18)
20. cxd3 Bd7 (20... Qxc3 21. Rhc1 Qb2+ 22. Kf1 {just wins.}) 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22.
Qg5 dxc3 23. Ne4+ ({The sylicon move} 23. h6 $1 {was winning! For instance:}
Bb5 (23... Qa4 24. Nxg4+ Ke8 (24... Kd6 {no longer works due to} 25. Qe5+ $18 {
and c3 is hanging.}) 25. Qg7 Ke7 (25... Qc2+ 26. Kf1 Qxd3+ 27. Kg1 Ke7 28. Qf6+
Kd6 29. Ne5 $18) 26. Qf6+ Kd6 27. Qe5+ $18) (23... Kd6 24. Ne4+ $1 Kc6 25. Qe5
$1 Qa3 26. Rhc1 $18) 24. a4 $1 Ba6 (24... Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Qa6+ 26. Ke3 Qb6+ 27.
Ke2 Qb2+ 28. Kd3 $18) 25. Nxd5+ Kd6 26. Qe7+ $1 Kxd5 27. Rh5+ f5 28. Qd7+ Kc5 (
28... Ke5 29. Ke3 $3 $18 {followed by d4+ and Qg7 mate (or Qd4 mate).}) 29.
Rxf5+ exf5 30. Qxf5+ Kb6 31. Rb1+ $18) 23... Ke8 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Nxg4+ Kd6 26.
Ne5 {White is threatening Nc4+.} f6 $8 {The only way to get some counterplay!}
27. Qxf6 Raf8 28. Qg7 $4 {Crazy move! Losing an exceedingly important tempo.
Difficult to know what Anand missed.} (28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qa4 {would be a
totally different story, as it would be White to move! And for instance, after}
30. Kf1 Qc2 (30... Qd4 31. Qf3 Bb5 32. Rh3 c2 33. Rc1 Qb2 34. Qf4+ e5 35. Qd2
$18) 31. Qf4+ $1 Kc6 32. h6 {White should win.} (32. Rh3 $5)) 28... Qa4 (28...
Qb6 $1 {might be best!! Typical computer move, forcing White to go Nf7+
according to the engine, as} 29. Qxd7+ $2 Kxe5 {should be much better for
Black, whose king is going to move back to d6 or f6 depending on White's move.}
) 29. Nf7+ (29. Qg3 $5 {was still very tricky: probably that's why Black
should rather go 28...Qb6!} Qc2+ 30. Kf1 Bb5 $5 (30... Qxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 32.
Kxf2 Kxe5 33. Rae1+ $5 Kd4 34. Ke2 {should win for White.}) 31. Nf7+ Ke7 32.
Nxh8 Qxd3+ $8 33. Qxd3 Bxd3+ 34. Kg1 Rxh8 35. Rh3 $1 {Lucky move.} Bc4 36. Rxc3
Rxh5 {and Black keeps drawing chances, but I believe White should be winning.})
29... Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Qc2+ 31. Kf1 Qxd3+ 32. Kg1 {The difference between 29.Nf7+
and 28.Nf7+ has been huge, but White should hold a draw anyway.} Qd2 33. Qg7 c2
(33... Rc8 $5 34. h6 c2 35. Qg3+ e5 36. Qa3+ Ke6 37. Qc1 {and White holds
thanks to the following idea:} Qc3 38. h7 Qxa1 39. Rh6+ $8 {Phew!} Kf5 40. Qxa1
c1=Q+ 41. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 42. Kh2 Rc8 43. h8=Q Rxh8 44. Rxh8 $14) (33... Rh6 34. Rh3
c2 35. Qg3+ Ke7 36. Qa3+ Ke8 37. Rf1 $132) 34. Qxh8 c1=Q+ 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36.
Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 $5 (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 {is more common.}) 9. Bd2 (9. Bb5+ {and}) (
9. Bxf6 {are the 2 other options.}) 9... Qc5 (9... O-O {is also possible.}) 10.
Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Bxc3 Nxe4 15.
Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 Qb5 {was critical recently: Grischuk-Morozevich 2009,
Moiseenko-Romanov 2010.}) 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15.
Kh1 $5 $146 {This prophylactic move could make some differences in many lines.}
(15. f4 e5 16. f5 Nd4 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Be7 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Nxb3 26. Bxb3 Qe3 27.
Qf3 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rc8 29. a4 Rc5 30. g3 Kf8 31. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Wang-Gelfand,
Romania 2010}) (15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bf4 17. Ne2 e5 $6 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. f3 Be6
20. Bf2 Rfd8 21. Nc5 Ne5 22. Qb1 Bc4 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8
26. Qc1 Ne3 27. Bxe3 fxe3 28. Qxe3 $18 {and Kramnik eventually beat Lautier in
a blind game in Monte Carlo, 1998.}) 15... Be5 $5 {Strange at first sight, but
played very fast by Anand. This looks like the same scenario as their first
game. Tere Anand was White, played a novelty, and Kramnik drew with much more
time on clock.} 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 e5 18. f5 Rfd8 19. Qe2 b6 20. Nd2 ({
Launching an attack like} 20. g4 {would be met by} h6 21. Rg1 (21. h4 Nh7 22.
Be1 a5 $132) 21... Nd4 $1 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bc6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 $44) 20...
Bc8 21. Nf3 Bb7 22. Rae1 a6 23. Bc4 b5 24. Ba2 h6 25. Bd5 $5 {Here I guess
Kramnik realized that he has no advantage, and tried this shot in spite of the
fact it's only making draw.} Nxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. f6 $1 {[#]} Qxf6 ({Of
course not} 27... gxf6 $2 {which would be terrible because of} 28. Nh4 {
and a winning attack (Qh5, Re3).}) 28. Nxe5 Qe6 29. Nxf7 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Rd7 {
The coolest move, making a draw at once. Here let's just write down some funny
computer ideas.} (30... Rf8 $6 {would give White a chance:} 31. Ref2 $1 (31.
Kg1 $11) 31... Re8 32. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 33. Rf7 Re7 $8 34. Rf8+ Kh7 35. Rh8+ Kg6
36. Rf6+ Kh5 (36... Kg7 37. Rxc6+ Ree5 $8 38. Rc7+ Kxh8 39. h3 $1 $16) 37.
Rhxh6+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kg4 39. Kh2 Ne5 40. Rh8 Rg7 41. Re6 Kf5 42. Rxe5+ Rxe5 43.
Rh5+ Kg4 44. Rxe5 Kxh4 45. Re2 $14 {is given by the computer at a decent depth,
which should be drawn anyway.}) (30... a5 31. Re6 $1 b4 32. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 (
32... Kh7 $5 33. Bxg7 $1 Ba6 34. Rfe1 Bb7 35. Rf1 $1 $11) 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Rg7+
Kh8 35. Bf6 Rf8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rg7+ Kh8 $11) 31.
Ne5 Re7 32. Ree1 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Re8 35. Re1 Kh7 36. Bc3 Rxe1+ 37.
Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4
Nb6 16. axb5 cxb5 {Nice to see Magnus playing the same line again!} 17. d5 Rc8
18. Ra3 $146 (18. Bb2 {was Shirov move in round 3.}) 18... Nh5 19. Nf1 g6 $1
20. N1h2 {Probably the first unprecise move.} Bg7 21. Bg5 $6 Qd7 22. Be3 $6 {
Somehow, White's 2-3 last moves were just bad.} Nc4 $6 ({Both} 22... Nxd5 23.
exd5 e4 {and}) (22... Na4 {followed by ...f5 are given near by winning for
Black by the engine!}) 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. Nhf1 Nf4 {Also here,
Black is doing very fine.} 26. Bb6 Rcc8 27. Ne3 f5 28. f3 Rf8 29. Kh2 Rf7 $2 (
29... Nd3 30. Rf1 Bh6 {would make White's task much harder, for instance:} 31.
Qb1 Nf4 32. c4 $5 Ne2 $1 (32... bxc4 $6 33. Nexc4 Ne2 34. Be3 {is OK for White.
}) 33. c5 Bf4+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Nxf1 36. Ndxf1 {and White keep some
chances.}) 30. c4 $1 {Now White espaces. I think that Carlsen underestimated
his position and didn't believe he should try something too rough, or he
overestimated and thought he has enough time for preparing his attack with
moves like 29...Rf7.} bxc4 31. Nexc4 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rcf8 33. Be3 Bh6 34. Rf1 Bg7
35. Qa4 Qe7 36. b5 axb5 37. Qxb5 Bc8 38. Qb6 Qg5 39. Rf2 Qh4 40. Bxf4 ({
The defensive} 40. Nf3 $5 Qh5 41. Ng1 {could be a much better try, as Black
has huge problems with the d6-pawn, but just leads to a weird draw by force:}
Qh4 $8 42. Nxd6 Bxh3 $8 43. gxh3 Nxd5 $8 44. Qb3 Rxf2+ 45. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 46. Kh1
Qf4 47. Qxd5+ Kh8 48. Ra8+ Bf8 49. Rxf8+ Qxf8 50. Qxe5+ Qg7 $8 51. Qe8+ Qg8 52.
Qa4 Qa2 $8 {and draw.}) 40... Rxf4 (40... exf4 $5 {holds thanks to the trick}
41. Nxd6 Qg3+ $3 42. Rxg3 fxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Be5+ 44. Kh4 Rxf2 45. Nxc8 Bf6+ 46.
Kg3 Be5+ {and draw!}) 41. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 42. Kg1 Bh6 43. Rf3 Qg5 44. Qc6 Rxf3 45.
Nxf3 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 Bd7 47. Qxd7 Qxc4 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 $5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 $5 8.
a4 $5 {A rare move.} a5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nb4 11. Be3 $146 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 N8a6 14. d5 {White has to go for this kind of moves at some point, in
order to open the game and take advantage of the two bishops. But Black is
extremely solid anyway.} Nc5 15. Qe2 Qe8 $5 (15... cxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. Rfd1 {
would be slightly better for White, though Black is, once again, very solid.
But slowsly White will be able to improve his position.}) 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. dxc6
{This moves is quite logical. Somehow I feel like the best way to try to
punish Black for his slightly awkward play (...Qe8) would be to keep the
tension. The problem is that I don't see know (not so easy to find a plan for
White without taking on c6). So let's say the next move is fine!} Qxc6 18. e5
Qc7 19. Bf4 (19. Bg4 {followed by f4 is also possible, but I believe after} e6
20. f4 Rcd8 21. Kh2 $5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nb5 Qb8 {Black should get a draw.}
) 19... Ne6 (19... Rcd8 $5) 20. Bg3 Rfd8 21. Bg4 Qc6 22. Nb5 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2
24. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 fxe6 26. Nd4 Rxb2 27. Nxe6 Bh6 28. Rd8+ (28. Rd7 $1 Kf7
29. Nd8+ Kf8 (29... Ke8 $2 30. e6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Re1 32. Rb7 {would be bad for
Black, due to Rb8-mate problems (White is threatening Nf7).}) 30. e6 Rb1+ 31.
Kh2 Re1 32. h4 (32. Nf7 Bc1 $8 33. Ne5 Bb2 $8 34. Nc4 Bf6 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Nxb6
Rxe6) 32... Re4 33. f3 Rc4 34. Kh3 {and I believe White has some chances.})
28... Kf7 29. Nd4 Nc2 30. Nc6 Nb4 31. Nd4 Nc2 32. Nc6 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {After the World Championship, Anand seems to be listening to Fischer,
who a long time ago anounced that the best move was 1.e4!} e5 {No Dragons, no
Najdorfs, Carlsen is still faithful to the Breyer Defense, that remained
uncracked since his last tournament in Bilbao.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {As promised: Breyer. Since
my early childhood I always liked this knight maneuvre. Nowadays this
variation is pretty popular and with Carlsen fighting for the black side, I am
afraid the popularity of the line will only increase.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7
12. Bc2 Re8 ({the rare} 12... c5 {was tried by Carlsen once in a rapid game
against Jan Smeets. He managed to win the game, but I doubt that the opening
had something to do with the result.}) 13. a4 ({Earlier the main move was} 13.
Nf1 {having in mind the typical Spanish maneuvre. However, nowadays not
everybody is convinced that this is the way to play.} Bf8 14. Ng3 g6) 13... Bf8
14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 ({Statistically the main move is} 15. b3 {and it was
successfully played by Anand a few times last year. However objectively it's
hard for White to prove his advantage.}) 15... Nb6 {Forcing White to take on
b5 (or play a5, which is considered to be an achievement for Black),
underlining the disadvantage of White's last move.} 16. axb5 {#So far Magnus
has already had the position three times, two of them against Vishy.} axb5 {
The main move, but sort of a surprise!} (16... cxb5 17. d5 Rc8 {was discussed
in Shirov-Carlsen and Anand-Carlsen in Bilbao. In fact it seemed that both
times Carlsen had no opening problems. I think this time he decided to fight
his curiousity and go for the solid axb5.}) 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 $5 {finally a real
surprise} (17... Bxa8 {was played in yet another Anand-Carlsen in Arctic rapid
2010.}) 18. Nb3 Nc4 $146 {A new move, with the idea to take back on e5 with a
piece and thus keeping the options of d5 and c5.} 19. dxe5 {Good move - it's
hard to see what else White could do.} Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 {Black did take on
e5 with piece, and he did keep option of d5 and c5, but still I have the
feeling he may be slightly under pressure.} 21. f3 Re8 22. Be3 Bc8 {both sides
are simply trying to improve their pieces.} 23. Bf2 Be6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Qd2 Qb8
26. Bf1 h6 27. Ra1 Qb7 28. Ra5 {Here it seemed as if White was about to get
something real with Qa2 in the air, but Black is just in time with the
counterstrike.} ({White could have tried} 28. Nb3 $5 {Now Black has to prevent
Ra7} Ra8 {and the key move} (28... Qb8 $5 {with the idea} 29. Ra7 c5) 29. Ra5
$5 {White intends Qa2, and then to take on a5 with the pawn, which leads to a
strategically very complicated position, but I believe Black should be able to
hold the a-pawn, e.g.} Rxa5 30. bxa5 $5 Qa6 31. Bb6 Be8 $1 {or any other
bishop move, intending Nd7, should be fine for Black. So all in all I believe
Black should always have enough counterplay in this line.}) 28... d5 $1 (28...
Ra8 29. Qa2 Rxa5 30. bxa5 Qa6 31. c4) 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Nb3 Be6 31. Nc5 Bxc5
32. Bxc5 {Here, too, it seemed to me that White has the advantage, but in fact
Black is very solid and with strong play Carlsen easily managed to equalize.}
Rd8 33. Ra1 Qb8 34. Rd1 Qg3 $1 {It's always nice to annoy the king of World
Champion, at least a little bit.} 35. Bf2 Qe5 36. c4 bxc4 37. Bxc4 Rd7 38. Bxd5
{Black equalized, so it's time to fix the result.} Rxd5 39. Qe1 Qxe1+ 40. Rxe1
Rd2 41. Bc5 Kh7 42. Rf1 $1 {A strong "Sofia rule" plan.} Bc4 43. Rf2 Rxf2 44.
Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Our first game since the match, I wasn't sure what he would aim for.}
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 {Continuing
from the 12th game in Sofia.} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 ({In Sofia and also in the
Olympiad, he went for} 9. Rc1) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 {
Ivanchuk beat Jakovenko recently with this move, so I guess its sort of
topical.} Be6 13. c5 b6 14. Rc1 bxc5 15. Qa3 (15. Rxc5 Nd7 16. Rxc7 Rdb8 {
Black has good compensation.}) 15... Nd7 16. Bb5 Bg4 $1 {The point of Black's
play.} 17. Bxd7 (17. Nd2 Qg5 (17... c6 18. Bxc6 Rac8 $1 19. Bxd7 cxd4 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. Bxc8 Qxa3 22. Bxg4 dxe3 $17)) 17... Rxd7 {This works tactically.} 18.
Qxc5 (18. Rxc5 Qe4 19. Ke2 Rd6 (19... Re8 20. Rhc1 Rd6 21. h3 Bxf3+ 22. gxf3
Qxd4 $15) 20. h3 Bc8 {harder to find, but either way Black is better} 21. Rhc1
Ba6+ 22. Kd1 Qg6) (18. Ne5 cxd4 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Nc6 (20. Nxg4 h5 {traps the
knight}) 20... Re6 21. h3 Bh5 22. Nxd4 Ra6 23. Rxc7 Rxa2 24. O-O a5) 18... Qe4
19. Rg1 {This move caught me by surprise, however it doesn't really improve
White's position} Re8 {This move implies an exchange sac, but it felt very
promising.} (19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Qc6 Rb8 $1 22. Qxh6 g6 23. Qf4 (23.
Rg3 Qh1+ 24. Kd2 Rb2+ 25. Rc2 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Rd6 $1 $19) 23... Qxf4 24. exf4 {
The computer really likes Black's position, but I am not sure his edge is so
great.}) (19... f6 20. Qc2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Rg3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 {
I thought this was too small an edge.} 24. Rg4 Re8 25. Rf4 {and White's rook
escapes to the queenside.}) 20. Qb5 (20. Ne5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. h3 (22. Qb4
Qxe5 23. h3 c5 $17 24. Qxc5 d3 $1) 22... dxe3 23. hxg4 (23. Qxe3 Qb4+ 24. Kf1
Qb5+ 25. Ke1 Rd3 26. Qxd3 (26. hxg4 Rxe3+ 27. fxe3 Qa5+ 28. Kf2 Qxa2+ 29. Kf3
Qd5+ 30. Kf2 Qxe5 31. Rc4 Qb2+ 32. Kf3 a5 33. Rgc1 a4 34. R4c2 (34. Rxc7 a3 $19
) 34... Qf6+ 35. Ke2 Qg5 36. Ra2 Qxg4+ 37. Kf2) (26. Qe4 Qb2 $19) 26... Qxd3
27. hxg4 c5) (23. fxe3 Rd3 24. Kf2 Bxh3 $1 {stronger} (24... Rd2+ 25. Kg3 Be6
$15) 25. gxh3 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 h5 $1 {wins}) 23... exf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qf4+ 25. Ke1 Rd4
$1 $19 26. Qc3 Re4+ 27. Kd1 Qf2 $19) (20. Ke2 f5 $1) 20... Rdd8 21. Qe2 Rb8 {
As soon as I made this move, I was annoyed I didnt go for ...c5. However, it
seems that ...Rb8 is by no means worse.} (21... c5 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf5 24.
dxc5 $1 (24. Rxc5 Rb8 $1 25. Rc1 Rec8 $19) 24... d4 25. Rg3 {and it seems that
White is holding} d3 26. Qd2 Re5 27. e4) 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 (23. Qxf3 Qxd4
$19) 23... Qf5 {The problem for White is that his king still can't get to
safety.} 24. f4 (24. Rg3 Rb1 25. Rxb1 (25. Kd1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Rb8 27. Qc2 Qe6
$19) 25... Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Qxa2 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. Kg2 Rb2 29. Qf1 Qc4 $1 {seems to
clinch it} (29... a5 30. Qa6 $1)) 24... Rb1 25. Rxb1 (25. Qd1 Reb8 26. Kd2
R8b2+ 27. Kc3 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Rb6 $1 (28... Rxf2 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Qg1+ Kf8
31. Qxf2 Qxh3 32. f5 {this is too messy}) 29. Kd2 Qxh3 {Black can slowly
advance his h-pawn whilst harassing White's king.}) 25... Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Rb8 27.
Ke2 Qf5 $1 {Not allowing White's king to get to safety.} (27... Rb2+ 28. Kf3
Qxa2 29. Qf1 {Black is still better, but White's king is safe.}) 28. Rh1 Rb2+
29. Kf3 h5 $1 {The key move, now it's over.} 30. a4 (30. Rh2 h4 $1 31. Kg2 Rb1
$19) 30... Qe4+ 31. Kg3 h4+ 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. Qg4 (33. Rg1 Qxe3 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7
35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Qe8 {wins.}) 33... Rg2 (33... Qe7+ 34. Qg5 Qxe3 {wins as
well.}) 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc3 O-O 15. Qe3 b5 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rhd1 Qe7 19. Kc2 a5 20. Bf3
Rac8 21. Qe5 g6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Rc5 24. Qd7 Qg5 25. Qd4 Rfc8 26. Ra3 Rb5
27. Rd2 Rb4 28. Kd1 Rcb8 29. Ke2 Qb5 30. Ke1 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. Qxb2 Rxb2
33. Rxa5 c3 34. Rc5 Rb1+ 35. Ke2 Rc1 36. Kd3 Kg7 37. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 38. Kxc3 f5 39.
Kd4 Kf6 40. Bd1 h5 41. Bf3 h4 42. Be2 {The wrong outside pawn. Normally an
extra piece will win fairly easily in an endgame, but that may not be the case
if the attacker has very few pawns. If one of them is, in addition, a "wrong
colored outside pawn" then it can easily become impossible:} g5 $2 {After this
the path of the black king to the kingside is blocked and the extra pawn can
repeatedly use the sharp endgame weapon of zugzwang to win the day.} (42... e5+
{on the other hand keeps all options open and draws:} 43. Kd5 (43. Ke3 g5 44.
Ba6 (44. h3 e4 45. Kd4 g4 46. hxg4 fxg4 47. Bxg4 Kg5 48. Bh3 Kf4 $11 {and the
black counterplay is sufficient to draw.}) 44... f4+ 45. Kf3 e4+ 46. Kxe4 h3
47. gxh3 Kg7 $11) 43... e4 (43... h3 $2 {would be premature:} 44. g3 f4 45. g4
(45. Ke4 Kg5 46. Bf3 $18 {wins prosaically}) 45... Kg5 46. Kxe5 Kh4 $5 {
Black sets a clever little stalemate trap, which can, however, be circumvented.
} 47. Bf3 (47. Kxf4 $2 g5+ 48. Kf5 {patt}) 47... g5 48. Bd1 f3 49. Ke4 f2 (
49... Kxg4 50. Bxf3+ Kh4 51. Be2 g4 52. Kf4 Kh5 53. Bb5 $18) 50. Be2 f1=Q 51.
Bxf1 Kxg4 52. Bb5 Kh5 53. Be8+ Kh6 54. Kf5 {and in this constellation White
can win in spite of the wrong colored bishop:} Kh7 55. Kf6 Kh8 56. Bg6 Kg8 57.
Bd3 Kh8 58. Kf7 g4 59. Be4 g3 60. hxg3 $18) 44. Bd1 Kg5 $1 {The king uses this
route to either convert the white g-pawn into a wrong-colored h-pawn, or to
eliminate it altogether:} 45. Ke5 f4 46. Kxe4 ({Even after} 46. h3 f3 47. gxf3
exf3 48. Bxf3 Kh6 {White cannot gain anything from his outside pawn, e.g.} 49.
Kf6 Kh7 50. Bd5 Kh8 $11) 46... h3 47. g3 (47. gxh3 Kh4 48. Bg4 f3 49. Kxf3 g5
50. Bf5 Kh5 $11) 47... fxg3 48. hxg3 h2 49. Bf3 h1=Q 50. Bxh1 Kg4 $11) 43. Ba6
$1 g4 ({Now the white king can cut off Black's path after} 43... e5+ 44. Kd5 e4
45. Bf1 g4 46. Kd4 Kg5 47. Ke3 h3 48. g3 f4+ 49. gxf4+ Kf5 50. Ba6 g3 51. Bc8+
Kf6 52. Bxh3 gxh2 53. Bg2 $18) 44. Bb7 $1 e5+ (44... f4 45. Ke4 f3 46. g3 $18)
45. Kd5 $1 f4 (45... e4 46. Kd4 h3 47. g3 f4 48. Kxe4 $18) 46. Ke4 {and Anand
resigned because in the end all of his pawns will fall, e.g.} (46. Ke4 h3 47.
g3 fxg3 (47... f3 48. Bc8 f2 49. Ba6 Ke6 50. Ke3 $18) 48. hxg3 h2 49. Ke3 $18)
1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{An uneventful game for the two players who had had a poor 4th round in
Nanjing. The reigning world champion failed to find a fantastic save, shown
later by Dr. Karsten Mueller, and suffered an upset, while Gashimov, who had
been squeezing Carlsen for most of the game and had even had him on the ropes,
somehow failed to convert his advantage into the full point. Both players were
recovering from the shock of the previous day.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
e3 g6 5. Nf3 {This line is becoming quite popular in Nanjing!} Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5 (8. b3 {was famed Blackburne's choice back in 1887! However,
in spite of its historical value, this is considered typical and even
detrimental according to modern theory.}) 8... cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bc8 $5 {
An odd choice by Gashimov.} (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 {might give White
better prospects due to his bishop pair.}) 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. a4 Rfc8 {Black has now successfully completed his
development. The position is about equal and Gashimov's only care is the
positional maneuvers which he handled accurately.} 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 e6 18.
Rca1 Bf8 19. Qa2 Rcb8 20. Nd1 Ne4 21. Be1 Rb7 22. Ba6 Rb6 23. Bd3 Rb7 24. Ba6
Rb6 25. Bd3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A rest day proved to be sufficient for the world champion, however it didn't
appear so for China's number one after a bad 5th round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
g3 {Once more the Catalan! In the last years it has become popular at all
levels in chess. Everyone from first category players to the very elite seems
to have it in their repertoire!} d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ $5 {The Closed Catalan. One
should not forget that this was Anand's main weapon against Topalov, so it
should be no surprise that he knows every possible sortie in this variation.}
5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Ne5 {A rare
continuation.} Nfd7 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 c5 $5 {Vishy seems ambitious today!
He appears reluctant to go for an equal position with ...Nd7. The bishop on e5
is misplaced, and Anand is trying to take advantage of it by putting his
knight on c6 to have the d4 and e5 squares simultaneously under attack. In the
meantime, he has also weakened the h1-a8 diagonal. A risky decision by the
world champion!} 13. Qa4 $6 {It seems that Wang has overestimated his chances
in this position. This just helps Black to develop his pieces more comfortably.
} (13. dxc5 {was preferable and would open some space for the bishop on e5.}
Nc6 14. Bc3 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qa4 {and White is better.}) 13... Qd7 14.
Qxd7 $2 {But this is too much. The local hero is going astray. Letting the
knight in with an attacking tempo over the bishop on e5? As mentioned earlier,
this doesn't seem to be Wang's tournament.} Nxd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rfe1 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Rad8 18. e3 f6 $1 {Simple and logical. Black's bishop pair and his
center offer him better chances.} 19. f4 $2 {The Chinese GM might have felt
frustrated by his own play. White's position is hopeless now and Anand slowly
but safely converts his advantage.} fxe5 20. fxe5 Bd3 21. Rad1 Bc2 22. Rc1 Bg6
23. h4 Rfe8 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Rcd1 Bf8 26. Re2 g6 27. b3 Bg7 28. Ng5 Bxg2 29.
Kxg2 Rxe5 30. Nf3 Re7 31. Red2 Red7 32. Rd3 h6 33. a4 Kf7 34. Ng1 Ke6 35. Ne2
g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. g4+ Ke6 39. Ng3 Rh8 40. Kg2 Rhd8 41. R3d2 Be5
42. Rf2 Bxg3 43. Kxg3 Rf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Rh1 c4 47. Rh6+ Ke5 48.
bxc4 dxc4 49. Ke2 c3 50. Rc6 Rd2+ 51. Ke1 Ra2 {A painful defeat for Wang Yue
and a fine comeback for Anand.} 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O ({Anand has started playing the Berlin
more regularly only recently. In Bilbao Carlsen (after losing to Kramnik in
round 1) didn't feel confronting the famous endgame and opted for the quiet} 4.
d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3
Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 c5 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18.
Nxd4 d5 $1 19. exd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 (20... Ne7 21. Bd2 Nexd5 22. Rc1 Re8 $1
$11) 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 (23... Ne5 24. Nc2 Neg4+ $11) 24.
Nc2 Rf1 25. Be3 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Be5 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Ne7 $11 {Carlsen,M 
(2826)-Anand,V (2800)/Bilbao/2010/ Is he now going to face the challenge?})
4... Nxe4 5. Re1 {Having a comfortable lead in the tournament at this point,
White doesn't want to bang his head against the (Berlin) Wall.} ({Getting an
edge after} 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 {
is no mean task:} {The most usual continuation is} 10. h3 (10. Ne2 Ne7 (10...
Be7 11. Rd1 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Be3 a5 14. a4 Bd7 15. h3 h5 16. f3 Rd8 17. g4
hxg4 18. hxg4 Bc8 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Be7 21. Bd2 b6 22. Bf4 Bd8 23. b3 Be6
24. Nd4 Bd7 25. c4 Rh7 26. Rd3 c5 27. Nb5 Be6 $14 {/=,Inarkiev,E (2669)
-Jakovenko,D (2725)/Astrakhan/2010/ and Black is still pretty solid.}) 11. h3
Ng6 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 c5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Nc3 Be7 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. c4 a5 18. a4
c6 19. Nc3 Be7 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rfe1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nf4 23. Ba3 b6 24. Nd6+ Kf8
25. Kf1 g5 26. Bc1 Kg7 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Nd2 (28. Ke2 $5) 28... Bxd6 $1 29.
exd6 Rd8 30. Ne4 {Efimenko,Z (2683)-Malakhov,V (2725)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/
Here} Bf5 $1 31. f3 f6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. Re2 Kf7 $11 {would have
drawn the game and won the critical match between the best teams of the
olympiad.}) {and} 10... Be7 {to mention just the main ones, played by the
elite GM's.} ({Carlsen himself with Black prefers the rather rare} 10... b6 11.
Rd1 (11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf4 c5 13. Rad1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 c6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Ne4 Be7
17. f4 f6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Ng3 Nh4 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Kf1 c4 22. Ke2 Rd8 23.
Rd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 c5 25. Bc3 fxe5 26. fxe5 Kd7 27. Ke3 Ke6 28. Ke4 g6 29. a4 a6
30. f4 Nf5 $11 {Radjabov,T (2751)-Carlsen,M (2786)/ECC Kallithea/2008/}) 11...
Bb7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. a4 Ne7 (13... c5 14. a5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. axb6 axb6 17.
Nd5 c6 18. Nxb6 Rb8 {Saric,I (2567)-Efimenko,Z (2683)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/
} 19. Nd7 $1 $36) 14. a5 c5 15. Nb5 (15. axb6 axb6 16. Nb5 $36) 15... a6 16.
Nd6+ cxd6 17. exd6 Nd5 18. c4 Nxf4 19. d7+ Kd8 20. Ne5 Be7 21. axb6 Ne2+ 22.
Kf1 Nd4 23. dxc8=Q+ Kxc8 {Polgar,J (2682)-Carlsen,M (2826)/Kristiansund rpd/
2010/} 24. Re1 Rf8 $1 25. Ng6 $13) ({However, Anand recently played} 10... h5
11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 b6 15. Ne4 c5 16. c4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+
Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Kf1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Ke2 Ke8 22. Kd3 Bd8 23. Bc1 f6
$5 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nd4 $11 {Shirov,A (2749)-Anand,V (2800)/Bilbao/2010/})
({Here Black has quite a number of moves, which have been tested extensively
in the past decade:} 10... Ne7) (10... a5)) 5... Nd6 ({Definitely the main
move this time. Two months earlier, Anand was probably surprised by Carlsen's
5-th move and went for the slightly dubious} 5... Nf6 $6 6. Nxe5 Be7 (6... Nxe5
7. d4 $1 $36) 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be2 (9. Ba4 $5) 9... d6 10. Nf3 (10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. h3 $14) 10... Re8 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Qd2 h6 13. h3 Bf5 14. d5 Ne7 15. a4
Qd7 16. Bf1 Ng6 17. Be3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nh2 Nh4 20. f3 Bh7 21. Bf2 Ng6
22. a5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Qb4 Qc8 {Carlsen,M (2826)-Anand,V 
(2800)/Kristiansund rpd/2010/}) 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 {The more contemporary
approach, leaving the Pd2 free to join the fray.} (7. Bd3 {was tested already
in the first World Championship match in 1886! After} O-O 8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5
c6 10. b3 {already Zuketort found the best defence} Ne8 $1 11. Qf3 (11. Bb2 d5
12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 h6 14. Rae1 Bd6 15. R5e2 Be6 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Qh5 Nf6 18.
Qh4 Nd7 19. Qh5 Nf6 {1/2,Torre,E (2535)-Gelfand,B (2680)/Moscow olm/1994/})
11... d5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Re2 Nc7 ({Less harmonious is} 13... Nd6 14. Ba3 Be7
15. Qf4 Be6 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Re5 b6 $6 18. R1e3 Rfe8 {Ni Hua (2629)-Karjakin,S
(2645)/Tiayuan/2005/} 19. Rh5 f5 20. Rg3 Nf7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. h3 Qf6 23. Bxf5
g6 24. Qf3 $1 $16) 14. Na4 (14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rae1 Ne6 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5
18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Bxc5 b6 20. Ba3 Bd7 21. Qg3 c5 22. c3 Be6 23. Bb2 Qd7 24.
Bc2 Re8 25. h3 b5 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Rc8 28. Bd3 Bf5 {Steinitz,W-Zukertort,J/
WCh USA/1886/}) 14... Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Ne6 16. c3 Qd6 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Bb1 Rae8
19. d4 Nf4 20. Re3 g6 $11 {Shirov,A (2710)-Ivanchuk,V (2700)/Monte Carlo
blindfold rpd/1995/}) ({Harmless is} 7. Ba4 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Nc4 $1 10.
Re1 d5 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Qh5 Re8 14. Nf3 Rxe1+ 15. Nxe1 c6 16. c3 g6
17. Qf3 Bf5 18. Bf4 Nc8 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Nxd6 22. f3 h5 23.
Kf2 a5 24. Rc1 {1/2,Ye Jiangchuan (2670)-Ivanchuk,V (2719)/Shenyang/2000/})
7... Nf5 {From the 3 plausible options Anand chooses the least usual one.} (
7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {Two rounds later the World Champion went for} Ne8
(9... c6 10. d4 Ne8 11. d5 d6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bf4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Bc4 Rfe8
16. h3 Bh5 17. a4 Bf8 18. a5 Bg6 {Meier,G (2659)-Onischuk,A (2688)/Lubbock/
2010/} 19. a6 $5 $36) (9... Bf6 10. Re1 c6 (10... Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. Nd5
Bh4 13. g3 {1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Ponomariov,R (2734)/Sestao 2010/The Week
in Chess 825} c6 14. gxh4 cxd5 15. Qg4 $13 {/+/=}) 11. d4 Nf5 12. d5 d6 13. Ne4
(13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. c4 c5 16. Bd3 Nd4 17. Be3 h6 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. c3
Nf5 20. Bd2 Nh4 21. Re3 Rfe8 22. Rae1 {Fedorov,A (2611)-Sturua,Z (2514)/Dubai/
2009/} Ng6 $11) 13... Be5 14. c3 Qb6 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. a4 cxd5 17. a5 Qc7 18.
Bxd5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. a6 Rfe8 21. axb7 Qxb7 22. g3 $14 {Jansa,V (2521)
-Bindrich,F (2401)/CZE-chT/2006/}) 10. Nd5 (10. d4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 $11) 10...
Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. c4 $146 ({This novelty leads nowhere, but also} 
13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 {isn't much - in a symmetrical and
relatively closed position with only one open <-> the ^^ doesn't promise White
a tangible pull.} 16. d3 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qd6 18. g3 Rce8 19. Bd2 Kg8 20. Bh3 Qc5
$11 {Vallejo Pons,F (2696)-Hansen,S (2552)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/}) 13... Nf6
14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Ba3 Bd6 $11) 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Ba3 Re8
18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Bb2 Be5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nc2 Rae8 23. Rxe5 Rxe5
24. Qc3 Re8 25. Qd4 b6 26. f3 Rd8 27. Ne3 Ne8 28. f4 Nc7 29. f5 Ne8 $1 30. Re1
Nf6 $11 {Gashimov,V (2719)-Anand,V (2800)/Nanjing/2010/}) ({Another safe line
is} 7... O-O 8. d4 (8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 {-7...Ne5}) 8... Nf5 9. c3 (9. Nf3 d5 {
transposes into our game.}) 9... Nxe5 10. Rxe5 (10. dxe5 d6 $11) 10... d6 (
10... g6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Nf3 c6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Ng7 16. Bd3 Be6
17. Bh6 Qd7 18. Nh4 Rae8 19. Qc2 Bf7 20. g3 b6 $11 {Al Modiahki,M (2556)
-Aronian,L (2737)/Sochi/2008/}) 11. Re1 d5 $1 (11... c6 12. Nd2 (12. d5 $5 Bf6
13. Na3 $13 {is the only attempt to bring some imbalance into the position.})
12... d5 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Bd3 Bf6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Be5
Bxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Rae1 Bf7 {Ragger,M (2528)-Aronian,L (2741)/
Heraklio EU-chT/2007/}) 12. Bf4 (12. Nd2 Nh4 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Be2 Re8 15. Nxh4
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxh4 $11 {Neubauer,M (2453)-Sargissian,G (2673)/EU-chT Heraklio/
2007/}) 12... Bd6 $11 (12... Nh4 $11)) 8. Nf3 $5 {[%mdl 2080] Carlsen
indicates he wants to keep more pieces on the board and attempts to develop a
pull without any risk. Glancing ahead, he will be surprisingly successful in
the positional manoeuvring struggle.} (8. c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4
d5 $11 {once again transposes into the 7...0-0 line from the previous note.})
8... O-O (8... Ncd4 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nh4 11. Qe4 Ng6 12. c4 O-O 13. d4 d6
14. Nc3 c6 15. f4 $6 (15. Qc2 $11 {/+/=}) 15... Bf6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Qd3 d5 18.
cxd5 cxd5 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. Bg1 Be6 21. Rac1 g6 $15 {Llaneza Vega,M (2514)
-Pashikian,A (2652)/EU-ch Rijeka/2010/}) 9. d4 d5 10. c3 (10. g3 {It seems
worth forcing c3 after all and after} Bf6 $5 (10... Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5
13. c3 Ng7 14. Bg2 f6 (14... h6 $142) 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. h4 $1 gxh4
18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Ne3 hxg3 21. fxg3 $16 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5,Baklan,V 
(2654)-Buhmann,R (2591)/AUT-chT/2010/}) (10... Bd6 11. Nc3 Nfe7 12. Nb5 Bf5 13.
Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Nh4 Be6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Bg2 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. h4
Re7 20. Qa4 Rae8 21. Qb5 $36 {Baklan,V (2654)-Grandelius,N (2515)/Reykjavik/
2010/}) 11. c3 Re8 $11 {the tension should gradually dissipate.}) (10. Bf4 Bd6
11. Qd2 (11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. c3 Ne7 {1/2,Jovanovic,Z (2535)-Brkic,A (2544)/
CRO-chT Sibenik/2009/}) 11... Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Qd6 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. c3 Nd6 15. Ne5
Ne4 16. Qe3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. c4 {Sprenger,J (2511)-Pliester,
L (2383)/NED-chT/2009/} Nc5 20. Nc3 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Be6 $11) 10... Bd6 {The most
natural, but not the only and perhaps not even the best move.} (10... g6 11.
Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qc2 a5 17. Nb3
b6 18. Qd2 Rbe8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Re1 Re7 21. Nc1 f6 22. Bd3 g5 23. Re2 h5 24.
Qc2 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Nce7 $11 {Kovacevic,A (2582)-Hammer,J (2633)/Khanty-Mansiysk
olm/2010/}) (10... Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Nd2 Bf6 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. Nf3 Bf5 15.
Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 {1/2,Luther,T (2545)-Buhmann,R (2563)/
Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/} Ng6 18. Qf5 c6 {/\Qc8=}) 11. Bd3 (11. Nbd2 Qf6 $1
12. Bd3 h6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Qc2 Nfe7 16. b4 Ng6 17. Ng3 Bg4 18.
Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Re1 Rf8 $5 20. Be2 Nf4 $11 {Nijboer,F (2562)-Meier,G (2663)/
EU-ch Rijeka/2010/ was already very comfortable for Black.}) 11... Nce7 (11...
Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nbd2 Qd8 15. Nf1 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Bd2
Be6 $11 {Kreisl,R (2380)-Jovanic,O (2552)/Zadar/2009/} 18. Re1 $11 {/+/=}) 12.
Nbd2 (12. g4 $6 Nh6 {is too wild, but apart from the text-move}) (12. Qc2 g6
13. Nbd2 {is interesting as well.}) 12... c6 $146 (12... Ng6 13. Nf1 Nfh4 14.
g3 $1 (14. Ne5 f6 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Ng3 f5 $1 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Qf3 Qf7 19. Ne2
Nh4 20. Qh3 Ng6 21. Qf3 f4 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. g3 g5 24. g4 c6 $17 {McEwan,K 
(2142)-Cox,J (2378)/BCF-chT/2010/}) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 c6 16. Ne3 Re8 (16...
f5 17. Ng2 $14) 17. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yc3c4,Yh2h5,Ye3f5] /+/=,/\Nf5,h4-h5,
b3,c4 is a better version of the game position and White still has a nagging
pull.}) 13. Nf1 {Structurally the position is symmetrical like an exchange
French, or Petroff. Therefore getting anything tangible requires extra effort,
on the other hand Anand perhaps enjoyed a false sense of security of the
"nothing cah happen here" type. In fact it's still Black who has to tread with
some care.} Ng6 14. Qc2 (14. g3 $5 h6 15. h4 {deserves attention - this, just
as the alternative on move 12, prevents the simplifying Nh4.}) 14... Nfh4 15.
Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qd8 {Seems unnecessarily passive.} (16... Qf6 $142 $5 17. Ne3
Re8 {is solid, for example} 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Qh5 Nf8 20. Bd2 g6 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22.
Qxg4 h5 $11 {and as in Vallejo-Hansen above, the ^^ have no direct targets and
Black should hold the balance.}) 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Bd2 Nf8 19. Nf5 {[%csl Gf5]}
Bc7 (19... Bxf5 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Bh3 $14 {is already
more unpleasant than the line above, so Black decides to suffer the intruder
on f5. Objectively both moves are roughly equivalent and White already has
some pressure.}) 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Re1 Be6 22. Qc1 (22. f4 {[%cal Rf5g7,Rf4f5]
/\Ng7,f5} Qd8 23. Ne3 $14) (22. Qd1 $14) 22... f6 (22... Qd7 $2 23. Nxg7 $1 {/\
} Kxg7 24. Bh6+ Kh8 25. Qg5 f5 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Rxe6 $1 Nxe6 28. Bxf5 Re8 29.
Bxe6+ $18) (22... Qd8 $5 $14 {postpones weakening the >>, now} 23. Bg5 f6 {
wins a tempo.}) 23. Qd1 (23. Nxg7 $2 Kxg7 24. Bh6+ Kf7 25. Qd1 Kg8 $17 {
is too inconcrete.}) 23... Qd7 24. Qf3 Re8 25. h4 Bf7 {With hindsight one can
recommend the immediate swap} (25... Bxf5 $142 26. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Qe8 {
, although even here White can definitely continue probing after} 28. Bd2 $14 (
28. Qe3 $5)) 26. Rf1 $1 {An excellent move, avoiding simplification is more
important than the <->e, on which Black has no points of entry anyway.} Bg6 ({
After some thought Anand discarded} 26... h5 27. g4 $1 hxg4 28. Qxg4 $36 {
and decides to eliminate the Nf5 after all.}) 27. h5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Qf7 29. Kg2
(29. Bd3 g6 {tranposes, as} 30. g4 $6 Ne6 31. Re1 Re7 {allows Black <=> in
connection with Ng5.}) 29... g6 30. Bd3 f5 31. Rh1 {Now Black will have a
tactical defence, so this was the right time for} (31. g4 $142 $1 $36) 31...
Ne6 32. hxg6 (32. g4 Bf4 (32... fxg4 $5 33. Qxg4 Rf8 34. f3 g5 35. Re1 Nf4+ 36.
Bxf4 Qxf4 37. Re7 Qxg4+ 38. fxg4 Rf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Bxh7 Bf4 $11) 33. hxg6 {
-32.hg6}) 32... hxg6 33. g4 (33. Be3 Qf6 {/\Ng5}) 33... Bf4 $1 (33... f4 34.
Qh3 $36) 34. Be3 (34. gxf5 Bxd2 35. fxe6 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rxe6 $11) (34. Bxf4 $6
fxg4 35. Rh8+ $8 Kxh8 36. Be5+ Kg8 37. Qxg4 Nf8 38. f4 Qh7 $15) 34... fxg4 $6 {
After this slip White retains a pull.} (34... Bxe3 $142 {/\} 35. fxe3 (35. Qxe3
$2 fxg4 36. Qh6 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Ng7 $1 $19) 35... Ng5 36. Qf4 fxg4 $1 37. Rh6 (37.
Qxg5 $4 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Qg2+ $19) (37. Qxg4 Rxe3 38. Rh6
Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 Nxf3 $11) 37... Qxf4 38. exf4 Re3 39. Bf1 Ne6 40. Rxg6+ Kf7 41.
Rxg4 Re1 $11) 35. Qxg4 Kg7 36. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f5] Due to the threat Rf5
Black can't maintain his blockade on f4} Bxe3 (36... Kf6 37. Qh4+ g5 38. Qg4
$16 (38. Qh3 $16)) 37. fxe3 Nf8 ({More active was} 37... Rf8 $5 38. Rf5 Qe7 39.
Re5 Qf6 40. Qg3 $14 (40. Qxg6+ Qxg6+ 41. Bxg6 Nxd4 $11)) 38. Rh3 (38. Qg5 Qf6
39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Rh3 Re7 41. Rf3 Qg7 $14) 38... Kg8 $6 $138 {Now Black's
coordination gets disrupted even more.} (38... Qf6 $142 39. Rf3 Qd6 40. Qh4 Re6
$5 41. Rh3 Rf6 42. e4 Qf4 (42... dxe4 $2 43. Bc4 $18) 43. Qxf4 Rxf4 $14) 39.
Rf3 Qe6 40. Qf4 (40. Qg3 $16 {[%cal Yd3c2,Ye3e4,Rd3f5] /\Bf5,Bc2,e4|^}) 40...
Kg7 ({Not ideal, somewhat better and more resilient was} 40... Qe7 $16) 41. b3
$6 {[%cal Yc3c4] /\c4} ({Strategically sound, but} 41. Rh3 $142 Qf6 42. Qh6+
Kg8 43. Bxg6 $1 $16 {/+- wins a healthy P.}) 41... Qe7 (41... b5 $6 42. Rh3)
42. c4 Rd8 43. Rh3 (43. c5 $1 {()}) 43... Rd6 44. Qh6+ Kg8 (44... Kf7 $142 45.
cxd5 cxd5 46. Rf3+ Kg8 (46... Rf6 $2 47. Qg5 Rxf3 48. Qxd5+ $18) 47. e4 g5 $1
48. Qh5 Kg7 49. exd5 (49. e5 $2 Rh6 50. Qg4 Ne6 $36) 49... Ng6 (49... Rh6 50.
d6 $1 Rxd6 51. Rg3 Rd5 52. Rh3 $16) 50. Kf2 $14 {/+/-}) 45. cxd5 cxd5 46. e4 $1
$16 {This break wins more space and gives White a permanent strategic
advantage due to his superior P-structure.} Qg7 47. Qe3 Qe7 (47... dxe4 $2 48.
Bc4+ Ne6 49. Qxe4 $18) 48. e5 {[%csl Rd5,Ge5,Rg6]} Rc6 49. Qh6 Qg7 50. Qh4 a6 (
50... Ne6 51. Qg4 {[%cal Yg2f2,Yf2e3] /\Kf2-e3 forces the N back sooner or
later anyway.}) 51. Rf3 Qd7 {Black must temporize.} (51... g5 52. Qh5 Ng6 53.
Bxg6 Qxg6 54. Qxg6+ Rxg6 55. Kg3 $18) 52. b4 $5 b5 53. a3 Qc7 54. Kg3 Kg7 55.
Bb1 $1 {Getting ready to target ><d5.} Nh7 56. Ba2 $6 (56. Kg2 $142 $1) 56...
Qd7 $6 ({The only chance was} 56... Rc1 $1 57. Bxd5 Ng5 $14 {/<=> , but after
about 5 hours of play it's very difficult to find such computer-like ideas.})
57. Bb3 Rc1 58. Kh2 Rb1 59. Bc2 Rb2 60. Rc3 $18 {[%csl Rb2] Now the Rb2 is cut
off and White is virtually winning...} Qf7 61. Kg3 (61. e6 $1 Qxe6 62. Rc7+ Kf8
63. Qh6+ (63. Qxh7 Qe2+ 64. Kg3 Rb3+ $1 65. Bxb3 Qe3+ 66. Kg4 Qe4+ 67. Kg5 Qf5+
$11 68. Kh6 $4 Qh5#) 63... Ke8 64. Qxh7 $18 {and now there is no perpetual, as
Black's K doesn't control g7 anymore.}) 61... Nf8 62. Rf3 Qe6 63. Qd8 $2 (63.
Rf6 Qe8 (63... Qg8 64. Rf2 Nh7 (64... Qe6 65. Rh2 Kf7 66. Qh8 Ke7 67. Qg7+ $18
{/\} Qf7 68. Qxf7+ Kxf7 69. Bxg6+) 65. Qe7+ Kh8 66. Qd6 $18) 64. Rf2 Ra2 (64...
Qe6 65. Rh2 $18 {-63...Qg8}) 65. Qf6+ Kg8 66. Qd6 $5 (66. Bb3 Rxa3 67. Rf3 Rxb3
68. Rxb3 Ne6 69. Kf2 $1 $18) 66... Rxa3+ 67. Kh2 Ne6 (67... Rc3 68. Bb3 $1 $18)
68. Rf6 Ra2 69. Rxe6 Rxc2+ 70. Kg3 Rc3+ 71. Kh4 g5+ 72. Kxg5 Rg3+ 73. Kf4 Rf3+
74. Kg4 $1 (74. Kg5 $2 Rf5+ 75. Kxf5 Qh5+ $11) (74. Kxf3 $2 Qh5+) 74... Qf8 (
74... Qf7 75. Qd8+ Kh7 76. Qh4+ Kg8 77. Qg5+ Kf8 78. Qh6+) 75. Qxf8+ Rxf8 76.
Rxa6 $18) 63... Nd7 64. Rf2 $2 (64. Bd3 $5 Rb3 65. Be2 $16 {still keeps
White's winning chances alive.}) 64... Ra2 {Now Black has enough <=>, as
White's K is vulnerable as well.} 65. Kh2 (65. Rh2 $2 Rxa3+ 66. Kf2 Qf7+ 67.
Ke1 Ra1+ 68. Bd1 Nf8 $17) 65... Qg4 $11 (65... Nxe5 66. dxe5 (66. Qf8+ Kh7 67.
dxe5 Qxe5+ 68. Kh3 Rxa3+ 69. Rf3 Qh5+ 70. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 66... Qxe5+ 67. Kh1 (
67. Kg2 Rxc2 68. Qf8+ Kh7 69. Rxc2 Qe4+ 70. Kf1 Qxc2 71. Qe7+ $11 {and already
White has to give a perpetual.}) 67... Qh5+ 68. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 66. Qe7+ Kh6 67.
Qd8 (67. Qe8 Qh4+ $11 {is the same.}) (67. e6 $4 Rxa3 $19) 67... Qh5+ 68. Kg2
Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 (10... Bb7 {is also possible - of course.}) 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. Ne5 $5 $146 (12. Nc3 {had been played few times.}) 12... Nxe5 $5 {
I'm near by putting a new "N" after this move, as this is actually the move
showing a new idea!} (12... Rc8 13. Nc6 $1 {has actually already been played
with another move order. White gains the bishop pair, but the practise has
showed no problem at all for Black. So probably some new ideas were coming in
case this position would happen!}) 13. dxe5 Rc8 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. h3 {Maybe this
move can be improved, though I doubt it.} Nxf2 $1 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Be3 (17.
Ke1 f6 $1 {offers Black big compensations. Somehow, it is better to bring
White's king to e3 for one move and then remove it, rather than hiding it
forever on e1. Here probably Black would even be much better.}) 17... Bxe3+ 18.
Kxe3 b5 ({Another computer line is:} 18... f6 19. Kf2 b5 20. Qd2 b4 21. Nxd5
fxe5+ 22. Ke1 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Rac1 $14 {and White enjoys
some space advantage.}) 19. Qd3 Rc4 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Qg5+ $6 {This
simply looks wrong or too optimistic - still, that's why we like Topalov's
games!} (21... Qb6+ 22. Kf3 Rc5 {was probably the best chance, not so far from
equalizing, for instance:} 23. e4 Qc7 24. Qe3 Bc8 $1 25. Qf4 Be6 {with
"drawing counterplay".}) 22. Kf2 Qxe5 $6 {The logical continuation now. But
probably not the best.} 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qd6 $6 (24. Qd4 $1 {might give White
good winning chances, for instance:} Qe6 $5 (24... Qh5 25. h4 {doesn't help.})
(24... Qf5+ 25. Kg2 Bb7+ (25... Re8 26. Rd2) 26. Kh2 {and White's queen has
control of the f2-square. I believe this kind of position should be
technically winning for White, as his king is not in the drafts anymore.}) 25.
g4 (25. h4 $5) 25... c3 $5 26. bxc3 $1 Qxe2+ 27. Kg3 Bb7 28. Rd2 Qe7 29. c4 $16
{Here some engines give a "+/-" evaluation, some other a decisive advantage. I
believe the reality is inbetween. This should be technically winning but
White's weak king gives Black some chances to draw.}) 24... Qf5+ 25. Ke1 Qxh3
$1 {Now Black draws.} 26. Qxa6 Qxg3+ 27. Kd2 Qf4+ 28. Kc2 Qe4+ 29. Kc1 Qe3+ 30.
Kb1 Qe4+ 31. Kc1 {An exciting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 $5 {Oh, a Carlsen's fan!} Nd6
6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 ({Anand tried} 7... Nf5 {against Carlsen, and this
time went for a more peaceful line.}) 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 (9. d4 {is the other
move, known as just equal. But who knows which were Carlsen's ideas two days
ago?}) 9... Ne8 $5 (9... Bf6 {is also possible, of course.}) 10. Nd5 Bd6 11.
Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. c4 $146 {A drawing novetly for my eyes, though the idea
itself is quite interesting.} (13. Nf5 d5 $11 {has been played several times.})
13... Nf6 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxd7
Qxd7 20. Bb2 Be5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Now Black equalized, and Anand played the rest
of the game quite fast.} 22. Nc2 Rae8 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qc3 Re8 25. Qd4 b6 26.
f3 Rd8 27. Ne3 Ne8 28. f4 (28. Rc1 Nc7 29. Nf5 Qxf5 30. Rxc7 h6 {would just be
equal, for instance:} 31. Rxa7 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Re8 $1 {with clearly enough
counterplay to make a draw.}) 28... Nc7 29. f5 Ne8 30. Re1 Nf6 31. Ng4 Nxg4 32.
Qxg4 h6 33. Qf4 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Kf2 f6 36. g4 Qc6 37. Qe3 Kh7 38. a4 Qd6
39. Kg2 a5 40. Qe8 Qb4 41. Qg6+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 e5 12. Ba2 e4 13. Nd2 b6 14. Bb2 Bf5 15.
Qe2 Bg6 16. Rfc1 Rad8 17. a4 Bh5 18. Qb5 Rfe8 19. Ba3 g5 20. Nf1 Nd7 21. Ng3
Bg6 22. Rd1 Na5 23. Rd2 h5 24. Rad1 h4 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Nf1 Rb8
28. Rd7 Rxb5 29. Rxc7 Rb2 30. Bd5 Reb8 31. Rxa7 Nb3 32. a5 Bh5 33. Re1 Be2 1-0

[Event "Zuerich sim"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hesse, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
Re8 9. Nc3 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf6 14. Bf4 Nf8
15. c5 Qd5 16. Qc2 Qf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. Rac1 Re2 19. a4 (19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bxf6
Nxf6 21. Ne5 bxc5) 19... Ne6 (19... bxc5 20. Rxc5 g6 21. Rcc1 Ne6 22. Be5 Be7
23. Nd2 Bb4 24. Nc4 Rd8 25. Bf6) 20. Bd6 (20. Be5 Be7 21. d5 Nxc5 22. b4 cxd5
23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Bc3 Re8 26. Ne5 Bxa4 27. Bxd5 Bxd1 28. Bxf7+ Kf8
29. Bxe8 Kxe8 30. Rb8+ Bd8 31. Nc6 Kd7 32. Rxd8+ Kxc6 33. Rxd1 g6 34. Ra1)
20... Rc8 21. b4 Re4 22. b5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Rxa4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Ra5 26.
Rb1 f6 (26... Ba8 27. bxc6 Rxc5 28. c7 Nxc7 29. Bd6 Rc3 30. Be5 Rc5 31. Bd6 Rc3
) 27. Bc3 Ra4 28. Rd6 (28. Rd7 Rc4) 28... Nxc5 29. bxc6 Ba6 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31.
Re1 (31. Rb4 Ra3 32. Bd4 Ra5 33. Rb1 h6 34. f3 Ke7 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rd7+ Kf8
37. Re1 g5) 31... Ne4 32. Rd7 Nxc3 33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Ree7 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 (11. Bf4 $5 Kc8 12. Rad1 $1 (12. a3
$2 {ist einfach zu langsam.} b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 c5 $132 {Motylev -
Ponomariov (Motril, 2008). Schwarz plant Bc6-Kb7 mit guter Stellung.}) 12... b6
13. Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 $14 {und Schwarz hatte Probleme mit seiner
Entwicklung in Anand - Topalov (Monte Carlo, 2005).}) 11... Kc8 (11... c5 $5 {
Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt, doch er ist nicht viel schlechter als die
Partiefortsetzung.} 12. Rd1 ({Betrachtung verdient} 12. Bb2 $5 {mit der Idee,
den anderen Turm nach d1 zu stellen. Womöglich hat Schwarz die Möglichkeit 12..
..Nd4!?} Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Rad1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Kc8 15. Kg2 Be6 $15 {Schwarz
kann nur besser stehen.}) 13... cxd4 14. Ne4 c5 15. c3 $1 {Man muss dynamisch
spielen, ansonsten wird man einfacht schlecht stehen.} dxc3 16. Bxc3 Kc7 17.
Rad1 Be7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 $3 (18... Be6 19. f4 g6 20. Nxf7 $3 Bxf7 21. e6 Bxe6 22.
Bxh8 Rxh8 23. Rfe1 $18) 19. exd6+ Kc6 20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Be5 Bxh3 22. Bg3 Be6
$11 {Es sieht so aus, dass Schwarz sich halten kann.}) 12... Kc8 {Es ist
offensichtlich, dass mit dieser Zugfolge Schwarz etwas gewonnen hat, nämlich
dass der weiße Turm a1 nicht so leicht ins Spiel kommt.} 13. a4 (13. Bb2 Be6
14. Nd5 g5 15. c4 b6 16. Rd2 Kb7 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Motylev - Zhou
Jianchao (Ningbo, 2010)}) 13... a5 14. Nd5 ({Auch nichts bringt} 14. g4 Ne7 15.
Rd3 Bc6 $1 $11 ({Aber nicht} 15... g5 $2 16. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 17. Rad1 $18)) 14...
g5 $1 {Schwarz kann das Feld f6 aufgeben - der weiße Springer wird hübsch
aussehen und keine Beschäftigung haben.} 15. Bb2 Be6 {Der Läufer e6 ist
unantastbar - die Felder d4 und f4 sind beide unter Kontrolle der schwarzen
Bauern.} 16. c4 b6 $132 {Svidler (2735) - Ponomariov (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 12.
Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 {Dies gilt als Hauptzug, eine gute Alternative ist ...c5.
Weiß hat nun mehrere Fortsetzungsmöglichkeiten.} (13... c5 14. Rfe1 ({Nach} 14.
Nd5 a5 $1 15. a4 c4 $1 {wurde Weiß praktisch gezwungen, den Bauer zu opfern:}
16. e6 fxe6 17. Nf4 cxb3 18. cxb3 Bd6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Be8 $15 {, wonach
Schwarz eindeutig besser stand in Stellwagen - Efimenko (Wattenscheid, 2008).})
14... a5 $5 $146 {Der Zug ist vielleicht nicht schlecht, aber mir gefällt die
sofortige Überführung des Springers nach g6 besser.} (14... Ne7 {Die
Überführung des Springers nach g6 ist ein typisches Manöver - von dort aus
kontrolliert er das Feld f4.} 15. Nd2 (15. Ne2 Ng6 $11 {Leko - Jakovenko 
(Jermuk, 2009)}) 15... Be6 16. Nde4 c4 17. Kh2 cxb3 18. cxb3 Ng6 19. Nb5 Bd7
20. Nec3 Bc5 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Nxa3 Re8 $11 {Motylev - Volokitin (Wijk aan Zee,
2009)}) 15. a4 {Weiß kann vielleicht Schwarz erlauben, a4 zu spielen.} (15. g4
$5 Ne7 16. Nd2 h5 17. f3 a4 18. Kg2 $14) 15... Ne7 {Nachdem die Züge a5 und a4
gespielt wurden, ist es sogar noch besser für Schwarz.} 16. Ne2 Ng6 $132 {
und Schwarz hatte gutes Gegenspiel in Motylev - Ponomariov (Khanty-Mansiysk,
2009).}) 14. Rfe1 (14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 $132 {Anand - Kramnik 
(Mainz, 2001)}) (14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ng3 (15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 c5 17. c4 a5 18. a4 h4
$11 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 15... Nf4 16. Nd4 a5 17. a4 b5 18. Kh2
bxa4 19. bxa4 Nd5 20. Rd3 Nb6 $132 {Shirov - Kramnik (Astana, 2001)}) (14. Nd4
$5 c5 15. Nde2 a5 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. g4 $1 $16 {Efimenko
- Naiditsch (Subotica, 2008)}) 14... c5 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. h4 $2 {Erstaunlich. Es
gab schon eine Partie, in der Weiß h4 gezogen hat und überhaupt nichts hatte.
Die Schwächung der weißen Felder darf man nicht zulassen, selbst wenn der
Computer die Stellung als gut bewertet!} (16. Ng3 $5 Be6 (16... Bc6 $6 17. Re3
Kb7 (17... Be7 $2 18. Nf5 $14) 18. e6 $14) 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. g4 Be7 $132) 16...
Be7 {Eine Neuerung, unklar wozu man sie braucht, wenn Schwarz nach 16...Bg4
besser steht?!} (16... Bg4 $1 {Die nächsten Züge sind forciert, Weiß landet in
einem schlechten Endspiel.} 17. Nh2 (17. Rd3 $2 {hat keine selbstständige
Bedeutung, Weiß kann sowieso kein h5 spielen.} Kb7 $15) 17... Bxe2 18. Rxe2
Nxh4 {Schwarz will nun Rg8-g5-Bg7 spielen.} 19. Re4 Be7 20. e6 (20. g3 Ng6 21.
e6 f5 22. Ree1 Rg8 23. Rd7 Kb7 $15 {Die weiße Initiative kompensiert nicht den
Bauern.}) 20... fxe6 21. Rxe6 (21. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 $17) 21... Bd6 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23.
Rxh6 (23. Bxh6 $4 Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Rxh2 25. Re8+ Kb7 $19) 23... Nxg2 24. Kxg2
Rxg7+ 25. Kf1 Kb7 $15 {Leko - Jakovenko (Jermuk, 2009). Schwarz hat klar die
besseren Aussichten. Bei richtigem Spiel muss sich Weiß jedoch verteidigen
können.}) 17. e6 {Eine interessante Abwicklung. Weiß bekommt am Ende das etwas
bessere Endspiel, doch es ist fraglich, ob es gewonnen ist.} (17. h5 $5 Nh4 (
17... Nf8 18. Nf4 Bg4 19. Kh2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Kb7 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. f4 $14) 18.
Nxh4 Bxh4 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 Rh7 21. Bc3 Kb7 $11 {und die schwarze Stellung
ist in Ordnung.}) 17... Bxe6 (17... fxe6 $2 18. h5 (18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Bc3 Nxh4
20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Nf4 Kb7 22. Nxe6 Bc6 $132) 18... Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Bxg7
Rh7 21. Be5 $16) 18. h5 $1 {Man kann auf g7 nicht gleich nehmen, weil der
Bauer h4 hängt.} (18. Bxg7 Rg8 $1 {Stärker als 18...Rh7, weil von nun an
Schwarz auf Vorteil spielt.} (18... Rh7 19. Bc3 Nxh4 20. Nf4 $1 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3
Kb7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 $11) 19. Bxh6 Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Nf4 Bf5 $15)
18... Nh4 19. Nf4 $1 (19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Bxg7 Rh7 (20... Rg8 21. Bxh6 Rh8 22.
Bc1 Rxh5 23. Nf4 $18) 21. Bb2 Bg4 22. Rd5 Kb7 $11) 19... Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 {
Das Problem für Schwarz ist, dass seine Läufer gefesselt sind.} Bd6 (20... Bf6
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxe6 Rg8+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kh2 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rg5 25. Rxf6 Rxh5+
26. Kg3 Kb7 $11) 23... fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rg5 25. Rxf6 Rxh5 26. f4 Kb7 27. Rd7 $14)
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf8 23. Bxg7 ({Vielleicht konnte man versuchen, auf
langzeitige Initiative zu spielen:} 23. Rd5 $5 Rf7 (23... Rxf3 24. Bxg7 $18)
24. Rg6 Bf8 25. Kg2 Kb7 26. Be5 Re8 27. f4 $14 {Offensichtlich hat Weiß einen
stabilen Vorteil, die schwierige Frage ist nun, wie man weiterkommt.}) 23...
Rf5 24. Re8+ {Es ist notwendig einen Turm zu tauschen, weil sonst der weiße
König unter Beschuss kommen wird.} (24. Rxh6 $4 Rg5+ $19) (24. Bxh6 Rxh5 25.
Kf1 (25. Re8+ {führt zu Zugumstellung, aber auch nicht weiter.}) 25... Kd7 26.
Rg6 Re8 $11) 24... Kb7 25. Rxa8 Kxa8 {Der andere Vorteil des Türmetausches ist,
dass der schwarze König nun so weit wie möglich vom Zentrum entfernt ist.} 26.
Bxh6 Rxh5 27. Be3 Kb7 28. c4 Kc6 29. Kg2 {Es gibt nichts Besseres. Weiß hat
die Absicht, mittels Rh1 die Türme zu tauschen, weil mit den Türmen seine
Chancen schlechter aussehen.} (29. f4 $2 Rf5 $11) (29. Rd3 a6 30. Kg2 Rh4 $11 {
/\b5 - es gibt kein Durchkommen für Weiß.}) 29... Rh2+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2
Rxd1 32. Kxd1 {Das entstehende Endspiel ist nun wirklich leicht zu halten: der
schwarze König kommt nach f5, Schwarz spielt a6-c6-b5, tauscht einen Bauer,
kann danach sogar den Bauern c5 aufgeben - der weiße König wird nicht in die
schwarze Stellung eindringen können.} Kd7 33. Bg5 Ke6 34. a4 c6 35. a5 $5 {
Weiß will a6 spielen, und den Bauern a7 fixieren, wonach er taktische Motive
wie Bd8-Bb6 haben wird.} bxa5 $1 {Richtige Entscheidung!} (35... Kf5 $4 36. Bd8
bxa5 37. Bxa5 Kf4 38. Ke2 $18 {Wenn die Bauern auf b3 und c4 stehen, ist das
Endspiel verloren. Wenn sie auf a4 und c4 stehen, dann ist es Remis.}) 36. Kc2
a4 $1 37. bxa4 Kf5 38. Be3 a6 $1 $11 {Nun kann Weiß machen was immer er will,
er wird die schwarzen Barrikaden nicht stürmen können.} 39. Kd3 Be7 40. Ke2 Bf8
41. Kf1 Be7 42. Kg2 Bd6 43. Kh3 Be7 44. Kg3 Bf6 $1 {Es ist viel wichtiger, dem
weißen König nicht zu erlauben, über die h-Linie bis nach h7 durchzukommen.} (
44... Bd6+ 45. Kh4 Be7+ 46. Kh5 Bd6 47. Kh6 Kf6 48. Kh7 Kf7 49. Bg5 Be5 50. Kh6
$18 {Der König kehrt zurück und Weiß kommt zu f4-f5.}) 45. Bxc5 Bd8 46. Be3 Be7
47. Kg2 Bd8 48. Kf1 Bc7 49. Ke2 Bd8 50. Kd3 Ba5 51. Kd4 Bb6+ 52. Kd3 Ba5 53.
Ba7 Be1 {Der weiße König kommt nicht nach d4 oder b4.} 54. Bb6 Kf4 {Schwarz
hat drei Felder für seinen König - e5, f5, und f4.} 55. Be3+ Ke5 56. Bc5 Kf4
57. Ke2 Ba5 58. Ba7 Kf5 59. Ke3 Be1 60. Bb6 Bc3 61. Bc7 Be1 62. Bd6 Bc3 63. f4
Be1 64. Be5 Ba5 65. Bd4 Bb4 66. Be5 Bc5+ 67. Bd4 Bb4 68. Ba7 Bc3 69. Kd3 Be1
70. Be3 Ba5 71. Kd4 Bb6+ 72. Kc3 Ba5+ 73. Kd3 Bc7 74. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 b5 17. Rfe1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rc7 19. Qh4 Rac8 20. Re4 Qf5
21. Rae1 Qf6 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qe2 Qc3 24. Rxe7 Rxc4 25. Re3 Qf6 26. Qf3 Rf4 27.
Qe2 Kg7 28. g3 Rf5 29. h4 Rc5 30. Rd3 Re5 31. Qd2 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rc2 33. a3 Qf5
34. Rd4 Qf3 35. a4 Re2 36. Qf1 Ra2 37. Qe1 a5 38. Rf4 Qxd5 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Rd4
Qe5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Qc4 Ra1 43. Rf4 d5 44. Qa6 Rd1 45. Qa7 Qe6 46. Kh2 d4 47.
Rxd4 Rf1 48. Kg2 Ra1 49. Qxa5 Qc6+ 50. Qd5 Qxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4
Rc8 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bb2 d5 18. exd5 exd4 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4
Nxd5 22. Nxd4 Nxb4 23. Nf5 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Be4 25. Qd4 Bxf5 26. Nd6 Qd8 27. Nxf5
f6 28. Rd1 Rc2 29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. Qg4+ Bg7 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Rxd7 Qf8 33. Ba3 Qg8
34. Qxa6 Qe8 35. Qa7 Qg8 36. Be7 Rc8 37. Qa6 Qe8 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40.
Qa6 Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Kh2 Rc6 43. Qb3 Rc8 44. Bd6 Qg6 45. Qb7 Rd8 46. Bg3
Rg8 47. h4 Qf5 48. Qc7 Qd5 49. Ra5 Qe4 50. Qd7 Qc4 51. Qf5 Qc8 52. Qf3 Qd7 53.
Bf4 Qf7 54. g3 Re8 55. Be3 Rg8 56. Ra6 Re8 57. Ra7 Re7 58. Qa8+ Qf8 59. Ra6 Re8
60. Qc6 Rc8 61. Qf3 Qf7 62. Ra7 Qe6 63. Qb7 Qg8 64. Bf4 Rd8 65. Qa6 Re8 66. Rc7
Ra8 67. Qc6 Re8 68. Be3 Rb8 69. Bd4 Qf8 70. Qc3 Re8 71. Rc6 Qf7 72. Bxf6 Rf8
73. Bxg7+ Qxg7 74. Qe3 Qb2 75. Kg2 Qb7 76. Qxh6 Qf7 77. Rc2 1-0

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe1 O-O 8. d3
e6 9. Kh1 b6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Qh4 Ne8 12. Qh3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd1 f5 15.
c4 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Qd7 17. Rae1 Nc7 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. exf5 exf5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21.
Qf3 d5 22. Rf2 Rbb8 23. Rfe2 Rf7 24. a3 d4 25. Nd1 Qd5 26. Qg3 Rff8 27. h4 Rfe8
28. h5 gxh5 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Ne6 31. Rxa7 Kh8 32. Nf2 Bf6 33. Nh3 h4 34.
Qf2 h6 35. Ng5 Nxg5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Bxg5 Bxg5 38. Qe2 Qd6 39. Qh5+ Qh6 40.
Qf3 Rc8 41. Qxf5 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6+ 43. Kh3 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Nh4 13. g3 Ng6 14. a4 Ne5
15. Ra3 a5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bg2 h6 19. c4 Nf6 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Nb5 Nc5
22. Rae3 Bf6 23. Bf3 Bd7 24. b3 Rb8 25. Kg2 Re8 26. Ba3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxb5 28.
cxb5 b6 29. Bg4 g6 30. h4 Bg7 31. Be2 Qf6 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Qf3 Re8
35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. d6 Qxd6 37. Qe4+ Kf8 38. Qa8+ Ke7 39. Qg8 Qf6 40. Qc8 Qd6
41. Qg8 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 Qxd2
15. Rxd2 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. b3 Be7 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ne8 20. g4 Nd6
21. Ra4 h6 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kc6 27. Bd2
Ra8 28. Bc3 f6 29. h4 b6 30. axb6 Bxb6 31. h5 a5 32. Bd2 Bd8 33. Ra3 Ra7 34.
Ra4 Ra8 35. Be1 Ra7 36. Bc3 Ra8 37. Ne3 Ra7 38. Kd2 Nf7 39. Ke2 Ng5 40. Nd5 Ne6
41. Kd3 Ra8 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Bd2 Nd4 45. f4 exf4 46. Bxf4 Ra7 47.
Ra1 Ne6 48. Bg3 Ng5 49. Bf4 Nf7 50. Ra4 Rb7 51. Ra1 Ra7 52. Ra4 Rb7 53. Ra1 Ra7
54. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O (4. d3 {ist eine alternative Fortsetzung.
Man bekommt spielbare Stellungen, doch keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.} Bc5 (4... d6
$5 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Re8 $132 {Es entsteht ein
typischer Spanier mit d3.}) 5. c3 {Weiß hat mehrere Möglichkeiten, jedoch
keine davon bringt ihm einen Eröffnungsvorteil.} (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 (6. Nxe5
$4 Qd4 7. Be3 Qxe5 8. d4 Qxe4 9. dxc5 Qxg2 $19) 6... Bd6 $1 {Der beste Weg zum
Ausgleich.} (6... Qe7 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O {Schwarz
hat keine Schwiriegkeiten.} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Qf5 Rfd8 13. Rhf1 a4 14. a3 b5
$132 {Sutovsky - Aronian (Caleta, 2005)}) (6... Bxe3 $2 {verbessert die weiße
Bauernstruktur und öffnet die f-Linie.} 7. fxe3 Qe7 8. O-O Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10.
Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5 g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 $16 {Sutovsky - Carlsen (Crete, 2007)}) 7. h3 c5 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O $11 {Perunovic - Fressinet (Budva, 2009)}) (5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6
7. O-O Bd7 8. c3 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Nd2 f5 $11 {Carlsen - Wang Yue (Baku, 2008)}) (5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6
8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Ng3 (13. a4 Bb7 14.
Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 h6 16. Nh2 d5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 $11 {Leko -
Kramnik (Moscow, 2007)}) 13... Bb7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 d5 $11 {Anand -
Kramnik (Moscow, 2007)}) 5... O-O 6. Bg5 (6. O-O {->5.0-0}) 6... d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6
({Schwarz kann auch aktiv spielen:} 7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bxc6 bxc6
11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. N2b3 Bb6 $132 {Svidler - Ivanchuk 
(Sochi, 2008)}) (7... Bd7 $1 {Meiner Meinung nach ist das die beste
Fortsetzung.} 8. Ba4 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13.
Nxd4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. Qh5 Kg7 16. O-O-O Rae8 $132 {Azarov - Georgiev 
(Dresden, 2007)}) 8. Nc4 Ne7 $132 {Vachier Lagrave - Alekseev (Biel, 2009)}) (
4. Nc3 {führt zum Übergang ins Vierspringer-Spiel.} Bb4 (4... Nd4 $5 {ist
ebenfalls spielbar.}) 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 10.
Bh4 a6 11. Bxc6 (11. Ba4 Nd8 $15 {Der weiße Läufer auf a4 steht sehr schlecht.}
) 11... bxc6 12. d4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g5 15. Bg3 Nd7 $11 {Shirov -
Erenburg (Sochi, 2006)}) (4. Qe2 {Eine weitere Nebenvariante, die jedoch sehr
selten anzutreffen ist.} Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 d6 $11 {Man gelangt in eine
typische Stellung hinein, wo der Zug Qe2 wenig Sinn macht.}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4
Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 ({Eine andere
prinzipielle Fortsetzung ist} 9... Bd7 10. h3 (10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1
a5 $132) 10... h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6
$132) 10. h3 h5 {Zuletzt hat Schwarz gute Ergebnisse in dieser Variante gehabt.
} (10... Be7 {führt zu einer passiven, aber haltbaren Stellung.} 11. g4 (11.
Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 $1 {Es is wichtig, den gegnerischen Springer gleich zu
vertreiben.} 13. Nf3 (13. Nge4 b6 14. Rfd1 Ke7 15. Kh2 h5 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nf4
Kf8 18. Nxh5 Rxe5 19. Nhg3 Be6 20. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Anand - Kramnik (Leon, 2002).
Ich denke, Schwarz steht sogar etwas besser hier. Der weiße h-Bauer ist sehr
weit von dem kritischen Feld h8 entfernt, während die schwarzen Türme mit dem
Läufer am Damenflügel für einige Unannehmlichkeiten sorgen könnten.}) 13... h5
14. Rad1 (14. Ne2 Ke7 15. Nf4 g6 $1 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8 19.
Ng5 Ke7 20. Rd1 a5 21. a4 Bf5 $132 {Timman - Kritz (Amsterdam, 2002)}) 14...
Ke7 15. Ng5 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 h4 $11 {
Shirov - Alekseev (Moscow, 2008). Wie üblich in dieser Stellung: der schwarze
Bauer h4 neutralisiert die weiße Überlegenheit am Königsflügel und die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen.}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 h5 14. f3 Be6 ({
Eine andere Verteidigungsmethode ist} 14... a5 {um die weißen Bauern zu
zwingen, weiße Felder einzunehmen.} 15. a4 b6 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Bf4
c5 19. Bg3 Rd8 20. c4 Bc8 21. b3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bd8 $14 {
Kotronias - Kritz (Port Erin, 2007). Weiß hat einen symbolischen Vorteil und
Schwarz muss die ganze Partie leiden, doch bei korrekter Verteidigung kann man
Remis halten. Es ist jedoch zu empfehlen, wie Wang Yue gegen Adams zu spielen
- dort ist es einfacher, das Remis zu erreichen.}) 15. Be3 Be7 $11 {Wie die
letzten Analysen zeigen, ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.}) (10... Ne7 {Zuletzt
hat dieser Zug wieder an Popularität gewonnen, aber ich verstehe nicht warum.
Das ist eine verschlechterte Version der 10....Be7-Variante - Schwarz steht
ebenfalls passiv, gibt dabei Weiß Chancen zu spielen. Dagegen bringt 10...Be7
die Partie bei normalem Spielverlauf zum unausweichlichen Remisresultat.} 11.
Ne4 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bd2 $14 {Weiß hat sich entwickelt, Schwarz steht immer
noch auf der Grundreihe.}) 11. Bg5 {Der logische Versuch, die Schwächung des
Feldes g5 auszunutzen.} (11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 ({Spielbar ist auch} 12...
Be6 $5 $146 {Nach dem prinzipiellen} 13. Ng5 {gleicht Schwarz forciert aus:}
Bc4 $1 14. Rfe1 Rd8 $1 15. Rxd8+ (15. b3 Ba6 16. Rxd8+ {->15.Rxd8}) 15... Bxd8
16. b3 Ba6 17. e6 Bxg5 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bxg5 Re8 $11) 13. Nd4 (13. Nxh4 $6 {
Weiß kann nicht besser stehen, besonders weil er nicht zu g4 kommt.} Bxh4 14.
Ne2 Bd7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nd4 Bf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bf4 Ke7 $11 {
Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Wijk aan Zee, 2009)}) 13... Nf5 14. Nce2 Nxd4 $1
15. Nxd4 (15. Rxd4 Bf5 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Nd4 Bg6 $15) 15... a6 $1 {und Weiß muss
die Notbremse ziehen und e6 spielen.} 16. e6 (16. Rfe1 c5 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Rd2
Rd8 $15) 16... Bxe6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bb6 Bd8 20. Bd4 Bf6 $11 {
Das Endspiel ist leicht Remis zu halten.}) ({Wenig bringt} 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Nf4
Bd5 $1 {Schwarz bekommt eine problemlose Stellung.} 13. Nxd5 (13. Ng5 Be7 $15)
13... cxd5 14. Bf4 c6 15. g3 Be7 16. Rfe1 Rg8 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nh6 19. Nh2
g5 20. Be3 Kd7 21. Rad1 Ke6 $132 {Bruzon - Miles (Varadero, 2000)}) (11. Rd1 $2
{Dieser Turm hat auf der d-Linie nichts zu suchen. Schwarz bekommt so viel
Zeit wie er will, um seine Pläne zu verwirklichen.} Be7 {Sicherer Zug.} ({Auch
} 11... h4 {sieht nicht schlecht aus.} 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Rh5 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 $132) 12. Ne2 {Die Überführung des Springers über e2 bringt wie
immer nichts. Man hätte besser zurück zu klassischen Stellungen kommen sollen.}
(12. g3 Be6 13. Ng5 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 g5 17. Bd2 c5 18.
Bc3 c4 $11 {Inarkiev - Smirnov (Dagomys, 2009)}) (12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd2 Rd8 $11
14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Ne2 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ng5 f6 19. Nf4 Nh4
20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Nxd5+ cxd5 22. Rxd5 Re8 23. g3 Re1+ 24. Kh2 c6 25. Ra5 b6
26. Rxa7 Kxg5 27. gxh4+ Kxh4 28. Rxg7 Re2 29. Rg2 c5 30. f3 Re3 31. Rf2 Kg5 32.
Kg3 h4+ 33. Kg2 Kf4 34. Rd2 Re1 35. a3 Ke3 36. Rf2 Kf4 37. Rd2 Ke3 38. Rd3+ Kf4
39. Rc3 Re2+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 41. a4 Kg3 42. f4+ Kxf4 43. a5 bxa5 44. Rxc5 a4 45.
Rc3 Ke4 46. Ke1 Rh2 47. b4 Kd4 48. Ra3 Kc4 49. Rxa4 Rxh3 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kg1
Rxc2 52. b5+ {1/2-1/2 So,W (2669)-Wang Yue (2756)/Guangzhou 2010/CB47_2010})
12... Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 {Die Stellung mit dem Läuferpaar kann Schwarz
theoretisch nicht verlieren, besonders wenn der Bauer schon auf h5 steht und
g4 verhindert.} 14. Bf4 Be7 (14... Be6 {ist ebenfalls nicht schlimm, aber wozu
auf zwei Ergebnisse spiele, wenn man kostenlos Gegenchancen haben kann?} 15.
Nd4 $14 {Nach dem Nehmen auf e6 wird Weiß einen symbolischen Vorteil haben,
das Endspiel ist jedoch sehr remislich.}) 15. Nd4 a6 {Typische Reaktion, wenn
man ...c5 vorbereiten will.} (15... c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Bxc7 $14)
16. e6 (16. c4 c5 17. Nf3 Bf5 $15) 16... Bd6 $1 (16... Bxe6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Bxc7 Rc8 19. Be5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rd6 Ke7 22. Rad1 Rc7 $11) 17. exf7+ Kxf7
$132 {Schwarz steht auf keinen Fall schlechter.}) 11... Be6 (11... Be7 {
ist ebenfalls gut spielbar} 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ng5 Nd4
16. Rfd1 Ne6 $1 (16... Nxc2 17. Nxd5+ cxd5 18. Rac1 $1 $18) 17. Ngxe6 Bxe6 18.
h4 Rad8 19. f3 g6 20. Kf2 Bf5 21. c3 f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z 
(2629)-Kholmov,R (2464)/Pardubice CZE 1999 (37)}) 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 Be7 13.
Rd2 Rd8 $1 {Korrekte Entscheidung! Schwarz muss so schnell wie möglich den
Druck der weißen Türme auf der d-Linie neutralisieren.} (13... Bxg5 14. Nxg5
Rd8 (14... h4 15. Rfd1 $14) 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. g3 $1 $14 {
Weiß hat h4 verhindert und damit die Beweglichkeit seiner Bauernstruktur
beibehalten. Das garantiert ihm einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 14. Rfd1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2
h4 $1 $11 {Leko - Alekseev (Elista, 2008). Damit ist der Königsflügel
zugemacht und der weiße Mehrbauer praktisch neutralisiert.}) 12... Be7 13. g3 {
Weiß kann nicht gleich g4 spielen, will den Vorstoß jedoch vorbereiten, indem
er zuerst Kg2 spielt. Wie man leicht sehen kann, hat Schwarz jedoch nichts zu
befürchten.} (13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nh6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 $1 16. Nh2 Rg8 17. f3 h5
$17) 13... f6 $5 $146 {Eine interessante Neuerung, bis jetzt wurde nur 13...
Rd8 gespielt.} (13... Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Bf4 (16. Bxe7 Kxe7
17. Kg2 f6 $1 {ist wohl am einfachsten.} 18. exf6+ gxf6 $11) 16... Bb4 17. Ne2
Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Be4 $132 {Svidler - Leko (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 14.
exf6 $6 {Diese Stellung kann man nicht auf Gewinn spielen. Die einzige Chance
ist 14.Bf4.} (14. Bf4 $5 Rc8 $1 {Schwarz muss dieselbe Strategie anwenden, als
wenn Weiß die Bauern getauscht hätte.} (14... g5 {Der Versuch aktiv zu spielen
kann nur Schwierigkeiten bringen.} 15. exf6 $1 (15. Bd2 g4 16. hxg4 (16. exf6
Bxf6 17. Ng5 (17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nfg5 Bd5 $132) 17... Bxg5 18. Bxg5 gxh3 $15)
16... hxg4 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng5 Bd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Re1+ Kd7 $11) 15... gxf4
16. Ng5 $1 {Das ist der wichtige Trick!} (16. fxe7 fxg3 17. fxg3 Nxg3 18. Ng5
Kxe7 19. Re1 Rh6 20. Re5 Re8 $15) 16... fxg3 17. Nxe6 Kf7 18. fxe7 gxf2+ 19.
Kxf2 Kxe6 20. Re1+ Kf6 21. Rad1 Nxe7 22. Rd7 Nd5 23. Nxd5+ cxd5 24. Ree7 $14)
15. Re1 Kf7 $11) 14... gxf6 15. Bf4 Rc8 $1 {Am einfachsten. Der Turm steht
zwar passiv, aber das wird sich bald ändern.} (15... Bd6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Ne4
Ke7 18. Re1 $36 {Weiß hat doch eine kleine Initiative, obwohl Schwarz mit
genauen Zügen ausgleichen kann. Doch die Partiefortsetzung ist genauer.}) 16.
Kh2 Kf7 {Weiß hat überhaupt keinen Vorteil.} 17. Rd2 Rcd8 ({Schwarz kann schon
daran denken, um Vorteil zu spielen:} 17... Bb4 $5 18. Re1 Rhe8 $132) 18. Rxd8
Bxd8 19. Rd1 Re8 $11 {Das Problem ist, dass Weiß keine Figur ziehen kann, ohne
Schwarz neue Möglichkeiten zu eröffnen. Der Springer c3 kontrolliert das Feld
d5, der Springer f3 hat kein Feld zu gehen, und der Läufer steht auf f4 am
besten. Doch etwas Konkretes kann man daraus nicht machen.} 20. Nd4 {Der
Springertausch ist immer zugunsten von Schwarz. Nachdem sich die Stellung
vereinfacht, kann er das Remis forciert erzwingen.} Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bf5 22. Rd2
Be7 23. Nd1 {Wenn man den Bauern nimmt, dann ist es noch lange nicht klar, wer
um Vorteil spielen kann:} (23. Bxc7 Bb4 24. a3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Re1 $1 {Es droht
Be4.} 26. f3 Rc1 $11 {Das Einfachste im Remissinne. Weiß hat auf jeden Fall
keine Gewinnchancen.}) 23... Rd8 $1 {Mit dem Läuferpaar geht Schwarz überhaupt
kein Risiko ein.} 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Ne3 Be4 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Be7 {Dies
füehrt zu einem absolut remislichen Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern. Ob
Schwarz auf mehr in dieser Stellung hoffen kann, ist zweifelhaft.} (27... Ke6
28. Kg3 c5 29. f3 Bg6 30. Kf2 $11) 28. Bxc7 Bc5 {Weiß kann den Springer nicht
wegziehen.} 29. c3 (29. Bf4 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 Bxc2 31. Bxa7 Kg6 $11) 29... Bxe3 30.
fxe3 $11 Ke6 31. Kg3 a6 32. Kf4 Bc2 33. e4 Bd1 34. a3 Be2 35. Bb6 Bd1 36. Bd4
Be2 37. Be3 Bd1 38. Bd4 Be2 39. Be3 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Playing against the Sicilian with Anand wasn't an ideal decision.
Ponomariov's latest successes (Dortmund 2010 being the best example) were
connected mainly with closed openings, also in Wijk after this game he
refrained from 1.e4.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 {In Wijk we saw mostly open Sicilians, with
Najdorf being the most trendy choice.} ({The only exception in the main
tournament didn't bring White anything after} 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5.
O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. d3 Nf8 $5 ({An interesting alternative to
the more common} 8... e5) 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 Ne6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 b6
$132 ({or} 12... e5 $5 {can lead to similar positions.})) 9... b6 10. Nh2 Ne6
11. Rb1 O-O 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6 Be6 16. b3 Qd6 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f6 19. Rf3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rf7 21. Rbf1 Raf8 22. Nf3 h6 23. Nh4
Kh7 24. R4f3 c5 25. Qe1 f5 $11 {Grischuk,A (2773)-Vachier-Lagrave,M (2715)/
Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Ponomariov
chooses a restrained line at an important crossroads. White has of course
numerous alternatives:} ({After} 6. f3 {the elite nowadays usually prefers the
full-blooded Najdorf continuation} e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 {and now:} Nbd7 (8...
h5 {allows White to change tack and shift his attention to the << with} 9. Nd5
Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 (11... g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O {allows the
unpleasant} 14. Na5 $1 Qc7 15. c4 h4 16. Rac1 Nh5 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nc6 a5 19.
Qe1 Bf6 20. b3 Nb8 21. Qf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nxc6 23. Bxb6 Qc8 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Be3
$36 {Pruijssers,R (2484)-Van Kampen,R (2443)/Wijk aan Zee C/2011/}) 12. c4 ({
White shouldn't avoid this natural move,} 12. Rc1 a5 13. a4 $6 {led to
problems after} g6 14. Bb5 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. h3 b6 17. c3 Kh7 18. Na1 Ng8 19.
b4 Ne7 20. Rc2 Nf6 21. c4 Nf5 22. Bf2 Bh6 23. Qe1 axb4 $15 {Pruijssers,R (2484)
-Van Der Werf,M (2439)/Wijk aan Zee C/2011/}) 12... b6 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Bg7
15. Rac1 a5 16. Na1 O-O 17. Nc2 Nh7 18. Na3 Nc5 19. Nb5 Qe7 (19... Qd7 $5) 20.
Rce1 f5 21. Bd1 $14 {[%csl Gb5] /~~ This complex position resembles our game,
but here it's more difficult for Black to develop >> activity and White with
his strong Nb5 can claim an edge. After the impetuous} e4 $6 22. Bc2 Bxb2 {
White could have increased his advantage with} 23. Bxe4 $1 (23. fxe4 fxe4 24.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bh6 $6 Qh4 27. Bxf8 $2 Nxf8 28. g3 Qxc4 29. Nxd6
Bd4+ {0-1,Nijboer,F (2584)-Navara,D (2708)/Wijk aan Zee B/2011/}) 23... fxe4
24. Bxc5 $16) ({Straightforward play on opposite flanks} 8... Be7 9. Qd2 O-O
10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 {has been analysed too deeply and as a
consequence players look for sidelines.} {After} 13. gxf6 ({The main
continuation is} 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 $13 ({or} 15... Bxb3 $5 16.
cxb3 a4 $132)) 13... bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7
18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Rg2 $146 ({This novelty doesn't dramatically
alter the position.} 20. c3 {is similar:} g6 21. Kb1 Nh5 22. Rg2 Bh3 23. Rgd2
Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rb8 $132 {Schloegl,D (1796)-Prokopenko,A (2300)/corr/2009/})
20... Bh3 21. Rgd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe6 23. Rff2 h6 {1/2,Anand,V (2810)-Grischuk,
A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/ a draw was a logical outcome - neither player can
carry out an active plan without extreme risk.}) 9. Qd2 (9. g4 b5 (9... Nb6 $5
10. Qd2 d5 11. O-O-O $5 d4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Qe3 Nbd7 15. h3 $1
$44 {Topalov,V (2702)-Ivanchuk,V (2709)/Monte Carlo blind rpd/2000/}) 10. g5 b4
11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1 Qa5 16. f4 g6 $13 {
With the K still on e8 the <->h is not so dangerous and the position is very
complex.}) 9... b5 10. O-O-O h5 $5 {combines the ideas of the previous lines -
prophaylxis with << play:} 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. g3 (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14.
Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qb4 (15. g3 g6 {-12.g3}) 15... Be7 16. a4 Qf2 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18.
Rxd2 bxa4 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Na5 Rb6 21. Bb7 Kd7 22. Bc6+ Kc7 23. c3 Ra6 24. Nc4
Nd7 25. Re2 Nc5 $132 26. f4 $6 e4 27. f5 Rb8 28. Kc2 Bf6 29. Ra1 Rxc6 $1 30.
dxc6 d5 $44 {Bacrot,E (2709)-Sutovsky,E (2676)/Antwerp/2009/}) (12. Bd3 $5 {
/\f4 is possibly the best chance to fight for an advantage.}) 12... Nb6 13.
Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 g6 16. Bh3 Bh6 17. f4 Rc4 18. Qa5 Qxa5 (18...
Qf2 $5 19. Rd2 Qa7 $13) 19. Nxa5 Re4 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Rhe1 (21. Nc6 Rxd5 22.
Bc8 Rc5 23. Rxd6 O-O $132 {/\} 24. Rxf6 Kg7) 21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1+ Kf8 23. Nb7
Kg7 $11 {1/2,Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)-Grischuk,A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) ({
Anand had to face some side lines in Wijk:} 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 $5
9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Qe3
Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rhc1 b4 22.
cxb4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 axb4 25. f5 Rc8 $132 {Vachier-Lagrave,M (2715)
-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) (6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nce2 ({
More usual is the positional} 9. a4) ({If White has aggressive intentions he
mostly prefers} 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 $5 $13) 9... Qc7 10. b3 e5 $1 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12.
exf5 d5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18.
Be3 Nc6 $11 {1/2,Carlsen,M (2814)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) (6. Be3
e5 7. Nf3 (7. Nb3 {is the standard choice.}) 7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 $5
(9... Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 $132 {is played more often, but this is a viable
alternative.}) 10. Nd5 (10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd2 $6 Rc8 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. f4 Nbd7 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Rf5 Bb4 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Qe1 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 $17 {Ivanchuk,V (2740)
-Anand,V (2803)/Leon rpd/2008/ However, White's Q belongs to e2 or d3 in this
line.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qb3 (13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Qxf3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. b3 h6 20. Be3 Bg5 $11 {
Turko,S (1958)-Zuev,K (2186)/corr/2008/ leads to a boring position, but the
text-move is no better.}) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 b5 $5 15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. Qc3 f5
$132 17. Qc7 Rf7 18. Nd2 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd8 20. Rc6 $6 (20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. f3 $11
{/=/+}) 20... Bd7 21. Rxd6 Bc7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. f3 f4 24. Bc5 {Nepomniachtchi,
I (2733)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/} Rc8 $1 25. b4 a5 $15 {/-/+}) ({
The most aggressive} 6. Bg5 {was featured in Wijk only in the B and C groups -
see the notes to Ganguly-Spoelman, Wijk aan Zee B 2011.}) 6... e5 {Najdorf or
Scheveningen is a difficult choice, but still more or less a matter of taste.}
(6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 (10... Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {
is the main line, championed by Kasparov and many others.}) 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Qe1
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Qg3 b5 $6 ({This is probably dubious. Black plays} 14...
g6 {more often, but the P-sacrifice} 15. f5 $5 {is fraught with danger and
barely anyone dared to accept it. However, as White has the |^ in any case,} e5
16. Be3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. f6 Bd8 19. c4 $5 $44 {is perhaps worth a closer
look.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qxc2 19. Bd3 Qc7 20.
b4 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qd1 e5 23. Ra7 Qd8 24. Bg1 exf4 25. b5 $16 {[%csl Gb5]
o^b5, Efimenko,Z (2701)-Navara,D (2708)/Wijk aan Zee B/2011/}) 7. Nb3 ({
With the B already on e2,} 7. Nf3 {is even less effective, than after 6.Be3.
An illustrative example is} h6 (7... Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 $11 {is also playable}) 8.
O-O Be6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bf1 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfe8
15. Rac1 Qb4 16. h3 Bd8 $1 17. Nb1 Ba5 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 19. c3 Ba5 20. b4 Bc7 21.
Nbd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {/=/+,Navara,D (2580)-Hracek,Z (2601)/CZE-ch
Luhacovice/2003/}) 7... Be7 8. O-O {This natural move is played twice as often,
as all the other continuations combined.} ({For the alternatives} 8. Be3 {and})
(8. g4 {see the notes to Carlsen-Nakamura, Wijk aan Zee 2011.}) 8... O-O {
The most flexible reaction.} ({Some time ago Anand used to play} 8... Be6 9. f4
Qc7 10. Kh1 {and now:} {Anand in 2003 introduced the novelty} h6 {, but didn't
quite manage to equalise after} (10... O-O $6 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $1 d5 13. g5
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f6 Bb4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Be3 $40 {is
still considered dangerous for Black.}) ({Less clear is} 10... Nbd7 11. a4 ({
After} 11. g4 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14. Bg4 {the new idea from
correspondence chess circles} Ndf8 $1 $146 (14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qg4 $16 {Short,N (2690)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2500)/Teheran/2003/}) {
rehabilitates the whole line.} 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. g6 Nf6 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 {
[%csl Gf7,Rh1] leads to a position, in which White's K is more exposed, than
Black's:} 18. Nd2 (18. Nd5 Qc4 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. c3 Ke8 22. Re1 Nc5
23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 f5 26. Be3 Kd7 27. a4 Ne4 28. Ra3 Rcg8 $17
{Marczell,P (2572)-Gerzina,M (2541)/corr/2008/}) 18... Rh3 19. Rf3 Rah8 (19...
Rh4 $5 $36) 20. Rxh3 Rxh3 21. Nf3 Qc4 22. Kg2 Rh5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 g5 25.
h3 Bd8 26. Ne2 Nf4+ 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Rc1 Ke7 29. d4 Ke6 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Rc4
Kd6 32. a4 Bb6 $15 {Solozhenkin,E (2508)-Kanep,M (2515)/FIN-chT/2007/}) 11...
O-O 12. a5 Rac8 13. f5 Bc4 14. g4 h6 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 d5 17. Bxc4 dxc4 (
17... Qxc4 $5 18. exd5 $13) 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Rg1 Kf8 20. Qf3 Bb4 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Bxd2 23. Bxd2 Qd6 24. Qg2 Nf6 25. Rad1 Ke7 $2 (25... Ne8 $5 $14) 26.
Rge1 (26. Bc3 $142 $1) 26... Kd7 27. Bc3 $16 {Zherebukh,Y (2450)-Onischuk,V 
(2469)/Kharkov/2007/}) 11. Be3 (11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd4
Nc6 $132) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. c4 b6 15. Rc1 a5 16. Nd2
Rfe8 17. Bd3 (17. Nb1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne4 $132) 17... Bf8 {Polgar,J (2718)-Anand,
V (2774)/Mainz rpd m/2003/} 18. Qf3 $5 $14 {For more details see my notes in
CBM 97, in any case after this game Anand switched to the text-move.}) 9. Be3 {
The main move, but White has tried other ideas as well.} (9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 ({
While the N is still on b8, after} 10. f4 {Black can play} exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 {
Here a4 is more or less redundant and} 12. Kh1 d5 {equalises easily.}) 10...
Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Be3 h6 (12... Rfc8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be2 Qc6 15. f3 d5 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Be6 19. Rfc1 Rd8 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Nd2 f5 22. b4
Bf6 $132 {Bajarani,U (2331)-Smirnov,P (2575)/Voronezh/2009/}) 13. Re1 Rfc8 14.
h3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Bc1 Qb7 (19...
d5 $5 20. exd5 Rd8 21. Nc3 Bb4 $11 {is playable, but Anand wants to keep more
tension.}) 20. b3 Be6 21. Bb2 Rc6 22. Qd3 Rbc8 23. Re2 Nd7 24. Qd1 Bg5 25. c4
Rb8 26. Ra3 Nf8 $13 {Bruzon Batista,L (2226)-Anand,V (2803)/Leon rpd/2006/ led
to a complex, but roughly equal position.}) (9. f4 b5 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Yc8b7] is good for Black, the Bc8 aims for the long diagonal to harass the Pe4.
}) ({More refined is} 9. Kh1 Nc6 $5 (9... b5 {has a bad reputation due to} 10.
a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 $1 bxa4 $6 (11... Nbd7 {or}) (11... b4 {is less risky, but
still doesn't fully solve Black's opening problems.}) 12. Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 Nxe4
14. Na5 $1 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Rh3 g6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6
{Kasparov,G (2785)-Anand,V (2735)/Las Palmas/1996/} {and now} 20. g4 $1 Qc8 21.
Bd5 Nh4 22. Rg1 $1 g5 23. Rxh4 $1 gxh4 24. g5 Bg7 25. g6 $40 {gives White a
crushing attack.}) ({Later Black started to play the more restrained} 9... b6
10. Be3 Bb7 {with a complex struggle after} 11. f3 b5 $5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. c4 Rab8 $132 (18... a5
$13)) {After} 10. f4 (10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2 a5 $1 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 $5 ({
J.Polgar's} 13... Ra5 {can be met by} 14. Bf3 a3 15. Rb1 $5 axb2 16. Rxb2 Qa8
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxa5 Rc8 22. Nb3 Rxc2
23. Kg1 $14 {Kulaots,K (2530)-Womacka,M (2461)/Gausdal/2003/}) 14. Rb1 $5 (14.
b3 Qa5 $36) 14... axb2 15. Rxb2 Qc8 (15... Qd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18.
exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Bd3 g6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. c4 Nd7 $44 {
Timofeev,A (2575)-Sakaev,K (2655)/Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 16. f3 Na5 17. a4 h6 18.
N1a2 Re8 19. Bb5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nb4 Rd8 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24.
Qxd5 Rxa4 25. Rxb7 Rd7 {Moucka,J (2485)-Gooshchin,D (2468)/corr/2008/}) {
the aforementioned consideration still works and Black has} 10... b5 $1 11. Be3
(11. Bf3 Na5 $11 ({or even} 11... Bb7 {is also fine for Black.})) 11... Bb7 12.
a4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. Qd4 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa1 (15... Ng6 16. Rxa8
Qxa8 17. Rf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. c4 Bb7 21. Nf3 Qc8 22. Rf1 Qe6
23. Qd2 Bf6 24. Bd4 Ra8 $11 {Stimac,Z-Shields,G/corr/2006/}) 16. Qxa1 Ng6 17.
Rf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qa4 Qa8 20. Nd2 Qxa4 21. Bxa4 Ra8 22. Nxe4 Rxa4 23.
Nd2 Bf6 24. b3 Ra2 25. c4 Be5 26. Nb1 Ra8 27. Rf1 $11 {1/2,Chovanec,M (2398)
-Borstnik,A (2360)/corr/2008/ Black's pieces are far too active to make the
o^b count for more than equality.}) 14... Nc6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Qd2
Ne5 $1 {Now the position requires repetition, the ambitious} 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Re1 $6 {backfired after} Ng6 20. Rff1 b4 21. Nd5 Nxe4 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxb4
Nh4 24. Bf3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Qd7 $1 26. Bf4 Ra4 27. Qb6 Nf6 28. Qxd6 Qg4 29. Nd4
Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qc8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh1]
/-/+,ע Carlsen,M (2814)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)/Wijk aan Zee/ 2011/ White's K
is permanently vulnerable and Black fully exploited it after he gradually
managed to coordinate his attacking forces.}) 9... Be6 (9... b5 $6 {is still
premature due to} 10. a4 ({or} 10. Nd5 $5 {The Latvian GM Lanka has devised an
interested theory of so called "signal" moves - A certain move is a signal for
a concrete reaction by his opponent. In this line his idea applies quite well
and we can identify a few pairs of signal moves: After White's 0-0 Black can
castle himself without risk, after Be3 the best reaction is Be6 (see
Carlsen-Nakamura!). White usually postpones the f4 advance until Black has
committed his B to e6, but tries to play it before Be3, so that he can retake
directly Bc1xf4. On the other hand, Black invariably postpones b5 until White
has played f4.})) 10. Nd5 {A relatively rare move in a well-known position.} ({
The most popular continuation is} 10. Qd2 Nbd7 (10... b5 {again isn't ideal
due to} 11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nd5 $36) 11. a4 {and now:} {Roughly equivalent is} Nb6
$5 ({After} 11... Rc8 12. a5 {However, the simplest is} Nc5 $5 ({The more
complex} 12... Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qe1 ({or} 14. Nc1 {occurs more often.}))
13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 (14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. f3 c4 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Bb4 18.
Nc3 (18. Bd2 Bxd2 (18... Be7 $5 {/\f6,Kf7=}) 19. Rxd2 Kf8 20. Kf2 Ke7 21. Ke3
Rc6 22. g3 g5 23. Rh1 h6 24. h4 Rg8 25. g4 Rb8 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rh5 b5 $132 {
Laznicka,V (2434)-Baramidze,D (2487)/Obrenovac/2004/}) 18... Bc5 19. Kf2 Kf8
$11 {Geller,E (2620)-Portisch,L (2625)/Las Palmas/1976/}) 14... Qxd2 (14... c4
$5) 15. Rxd2 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. b3 Be7 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ne8 20. g4
Nd6 21. Ra4 h6 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kc6 27.
Bd2 Ra8 28. Bc3 f6 29. h4 b6 $11 {Adams,M (2723)-Anand,V (2804)/London/2010/
Formally White is somewhat better in this _|_, but he couldn't make any
tangible inroads.}) 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 ({Prophylaxis
against} 15. Nc1 d5 $1 16. Bb6 Qe8 {Subsequent tries with} 17. Nxd5 (17. exd5
Bb4 18. d6 Qd7 19. Nd3 Qxd6 (19... Bxd6 $5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bb5 $11 {is even more convincing.}) 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Ne4 Qxd2
22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd2 Be6 24. f3 Rc4 25. c3 Kg7 26. Re1 Rfc8 27. Kf2 h5 $11 {
Leko,P (2722)-Shirov,A (2697)/Dortmund/2002/}) 17... Nxe4 18. Qe1 f5 {also
didn't promise White an advantage:} 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. b3 Bf7 21. c4 Rfe8 22.
Nd3 Bh5 23. f3 Ng5 $132 {Smeets,J (2669)-Giri,A (2677)/Bundesliga/2010/}) 15...
Rc6 16. Kh1 (16. Nc1 d5 $1 $11) (16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Qe1 Bd8 18. Bf2 b5 19. Na2 Be6
20. Nb4 Rc4 21. Nc1 Be7 22. b3 Rc7 23. Ne2 Qb7 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Rd3
d5 $11 {Motylev,A (2674)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2602)/Novokuznetsk/2008/}) 16... Qc8
17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc4 20. Qd3 e4 21. fxe4 Rxe4 22. c4 Re8 23.
Bg1 Bf8 $11 {Jakovenko,D (2742)-Carlsen,M (2772)/Nanjing/2009/ Black's
centralised pieces are very active and already White has to tread with care -
see the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 133.}) (10. f4 {is not too dangerous, after}
exf4 11. Bxf4 ({This costs White a tempo. A more fighting choice is} 11. Rxf4
Nc6 12. Nd5 {but even here after} Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Rb4 Qc7 15. a4 Nfd7 $13
{Black has typical [+]<=>}) 11... Nc6 12. Kh1 d5 $11 {we get a position,
mentioned already in the note to White's 9th move (there the P was on a4). A
similar situation can arise also from the Scheveningen line, in which Black
plays a quick e6-e5 (there his P is on a7). In all cases he can claim equality.
}) (10. a4 {allows Black to play also} Nc6 $5 (10... Nbd7 {will in all
probability soon transpose into the 10.Qd2 lines.}) 11. a5 ({There is the
sterile line} 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rfd1 Bxb3 15. cxb3
Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bg4 b6 21. Bf3
Nd4 22. Bxd4 {1/2,Huebner,R (2635)-Anand,V (2725)/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 11...
Nb4 (11... Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nxa5 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bg4
Qe7 17. Qd5 {gives White compensation for the P, although after} g6 $44 {
he probably can't claim an advantage.}) 12. Bb6 Qd7 (12... Qc8 13. Bf3 Nd7 14.
Be3 Nf6 15. Ra4 d5 $5 16. exd5 Rd8 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. dxe6 (18. Qe2 $6 Nfxd5 $36 {
Spaan,N (2195)-Marcet Bisbal,A (2319)/Sitges/2002/}) 18... Rxd1 19. exf7+ Kxf7
20. Rxd1 $44) 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Re1 Bd8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Ba7 Rfe8 17. Re2 Rc4 18.
Nd2 Rcc8 19. Nf1 Nc6 20. Bb6 Bd8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nxa5 23. Bxa5 Bxa5 24.
Rxa5 e4 $11 {Campora,D (2545)-Chandler,M (2575)/Biel/1987/}) 10... Nbd7 {
The best reaction, other moves are:} (10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 ({
We have already mentioned the motif} 12... Nd7 13. Na5 $1 $14) 13. f4 exf4 (
13... a4 14. fxe5 axb3 15. Rxf5 Rxa2 16. Raf1 $1 $36 dxe5 (16... Rxb2 $6 17. e6
$1 Rxc2 18. Qd3 {/\} fxe6 $2 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Bg4 $1 $18) 17. Bc4 Bd6 (17...
Rxb2 18. Bxb3 {[%csl Rb2] צb2}) 18. Bxb3 $14) 14. Rxf4 Bg6 15. Ra4 b6 16. Nd4
Bf6 17. Bb5 $5 (17. Rc4 Re8 18. Re1 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Na6 20. Bf3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1
Nb4 22. Qg3 b5 23. Rc3 Qf8 $132 {Svidler,P (2650)-Gelfand,B (2665)/Tilburg/
1996/ See the notes by Svidler in CBM 56.}) 17... Nd7 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Rf1 Rfe8
20. c3 $14 Ne5 $6 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Rf4 Bb1 23. Bd4 $40 {Horchman,J (2369)
-Tinture,L (2403)/corr/1999/}) (10... Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 $13 {/+/=
leads to a similar position, as in the game, but this version is slightly
better for White.}) ({Black has also the brave} 10... Nxe4 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Nc7
Nc6 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 {White's material advantage is only small and in practice 
(OTB, as well as corr.) he has found it very difficult to convert it, with
Black's [+] control being an important compensating factor. A possible example
is} 14. c4 a5 15. a4 Qc8 16. Bf3 f5 17. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 18. Qe2 Ra6 19. Be3 Nb4
20. Nd2 Bg4 21. f3 exf3 22. Nxf3 Bf6 $36 {Ayrosa,P (2323)-Cunha,E (2111)/corr/
2008/ However, we still lack top level games in this line.}) 11. Qd3 ({White
must already protect the Pe4 and after} 11. f3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 {Black has an
important extra tempo in comparison with 10...Nxd5 above.}) ({Swapping the bad
B with} 11. Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 {gives Black control of d5 and comfortable play. An
ilustrative example from the Najdorf Stone Age is} 12. Bf3 Rfd8 13. Qd2 Rac8
14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rac1 Ng6 18. Qe3 Nh4 19. Nd2 d5 20.
exd5 Bxd5 $36 {Evans,L-Rossolimo,N/New York/1965/}) 11... Bxd5 ({The usual
choice, as} 11... Rc8 12. c4 $1 {already allows} Bxd5 13. cxd5 $14 {with a
nagging edge.}) ({However, Black can also consider} 11... b5 $5 12. a4 Bxd5 13.
exd5 Qc7 {, White had nothing after} 14. Rfc1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. axb5 axb5
17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Bxb5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb5 20. b3 Rd8 21. Ra8 Rbb8 22. Rxb8 Qxb8
$11 {Voros,J (1956)-Cacko,J (2258)/corr/2006/}) 12. exd5 Nc5 $5 {With this
active sortie Black strives to change the P-structure. This gives him better
chances to achieve full-blooded <=>, than slower alternatives such as} (12...
Ne8 {or}) (12... Re8 13. c4 Bf8) 13. Qd2 (13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rad1 (14. c4 e4 15.
Qc3 Qc7 16. a3 Bd6 17. h3 Nd7 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Qd8 21. b4 b6
22. Bd1 Re5 23. Ba4 Nf6 24. Bc2 Rfe8 $132 {Paragua,M (2526)-Bu Xiangzhi (2714)/
Beijing/2008/}) 14... Bd6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qf5 h6 (16... e4 $5) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 e4 20. g3 b5 21. Rfe1 Re5 22. Kg2 Rae8 $11 {[%csl Gd6,
Gg4] Ivanchuk,V (2730)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Cap d'Agde/1998/ The ^- practically
guarantee Black a draw.}) 13... Nfe4 {Concrete play, which fits in well with
the previous move.} (13... Qc7 14. f3 {limits Black's chances, passive
strategy can get him into serious trouble:} Nfd7 $6 (14... h6 15. c4 Nh7 $6 {
is also not ideal, after} 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. g4 $1 Qe7 19. Qg2 Rfe8
20. Rae1 Nf8 21. g5 $40 {Apicella,M (2435)-Brunner,L (2500)/Debrecen EU-chT/
1992/ White unleashed a strong and direct attack.}) (14... a5 $142 $5 {
deserves attention}) 15. Na5 $1 b6 16. Nc6 Bf6 17. b4 Nb7 18. Rac1 Nd8 19. Rfd1
{Short - Kovaljov, Ottawa 2007. White has a strong attack.} Re8 20. a4 Nb7 21.
Bd3 Nd8 22. Qe2 $16 {Short,N (2683)-Kovalyov,A (2510)/Ottawa/2007/}) 14. Qb4 {
Other moves allow Black to swap his (still) passive B via g5.} a5 {[%mdl 36]
Gains a tempo and fits in with Black's dark-square strategy.} ({However, even} 
14... b6 15. f3 Nf6 {can't be condemned outright:} 16. Qd2 (16. Rad1 Nfd7 17.
Qd2 Qc7 18. Nc1 b5 19. b3 Nb6 20. a3 f5 21. g3 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rf5
24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 $44 {Short,N (2663)-Efimenko,Z (2688)/Wijk aan Zee B/
2009/}) (16. c4 Nh5 17. Qd2 f5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Bf1 f4 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qe2 e4
22. Qxe4 Bf6 $44 {Voitsekhovsky,S (2493)-Kokarev,D (2574)/Kazan/2008/}) 16...
Qd7 17. c3 a5 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Nc1 e4 20. f4 b5 21. h3 Bd8 22. Kh2 Bb6 23. Rb1
Rfb8 24. g4 Na6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 $13 {Short,N (2674)-Hillarp Persson,T (2618)/
Malmo/2009/}) 15. Qb5 (15. Qc4 Rc8 (15... Bg5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 $11)
16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb5 f5 18. c3 {1/2,Svidler,P (2735)-Grischuk,A (2710)/
Poikovsky/2005/ This is similar to our game and comfortable for Black after} b6
$11 {/=/+ The draw offer came at the right moment...}) 15... Qc7 ({A solid
move, although Black can perhaps afford even} 15... b6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Nfd7
18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Bf2 Qe7 20. Nc4 f5 21. Qc6 b5 $5 22. Nxd6 Ra6 23. Bxb5 Rxc6 24.
dxc6 e4 25. cxd7 Nxd7 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bxd7 Rf8 28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Bc5 $11 {
Milos,G (2620)-Sadvakasov,D (2612)/World Cup Khanty Mansiysk/ 2005/}) 16. Qc4 {
Around here the fight starts turning in Black's favour. Ponomariov plays an
unusual move, but it quickly transpires that it's not connected with a new
concept and White starts to slip up. However, it seems Black has nothing to
fear anyway:} (16. Rfd1 b6 (16... a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 $1 axb3
20. cxb3 Qd8 21. Rac1 $14 {Svidler,P (2710)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Haifa rpd/1998/})
17. f3 (17. Qc4 $6 f5 18. Bd3 Qd8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 e4 22. Bf1
Bf6 23. Rab1 Be5 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Nd7 $36 {Svidler,P (2713)-Polgar,J (2677)
/Dos Hermanas/1999/ was ideal for Black. See Ftacnik's notes in CBM 71.}) 17...
Nf6 18. Qc4 a4 $5 (18... Qb7 $143 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. Qc4
f5 23. c3 $14 {[%cal Rb2b4]} Rab8 $2 24. b4 $1 Kh8 25. Rab1 Nf4 26. bxc5 dxc5
27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Re1 $16 {Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/UKR-ch Rivne/
2005/}) 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Bf2 a3 22. Qb3 axb2 23. Rxb2 Bd6 24.
Bg3 e4 $132 {/=/+,Drake Diez de Rivera,P (2537)-Yaroshenko,Y (2514)/corr/2006/}
) (16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 (18... Bd6 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Kh1 f5 21.
Bd3 a4 22. Bd2 g6 23. a3 Rf7 24. Bc3 Nf6 25. Qc4 Raf8 26. Qxa4 e4 27. Bc4 $5
$14 (27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Qxe4 Bxh2 $44 {Szuecs,C 
(2605)-Hertel,P (2652)/corr/2002/})) 19. c4 a4 20. b4 cxb4 $5 (20... axb3 21.
Qxb3 e4 $11) 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Qxd7 (22. Bxd8 Qxb5 23. cxb5 Rxd8 $36) 22... Rxd7
23. Bd3 Bd8 24. Bf2 Ba5 25. g4 h6 26. h4 $13 {Zor champ-Relic,R/playchess.com/
2006/}) (16. Nxc5 Nxc5 $5 $11 (16... dxc5 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Rad1 $11 {/+/= is a
slightly better version of the previous lines.})) 16... Rac8 (16... f5 $5 {
is also playable, Black has little to fear after} 17. f3 (17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18.
Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Nxc5 Rac8 $1 $11 20. f4 exf4) 17.
Rfd1 $6 {The first inaccuracy, which enhances Black >> expansion.} (17. f3 $142
Nf6 (17... Bg5 $2 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. h4 $18) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 (18... b6 $5) 19.
Rad1 {leads to roughly equal positions of the type we have already mentioned
in the note to White's 16th move.}) 17... f5 $1 {Anand doesn't miss his chance
to grab the initiative.} 18. c3 {White will need this move sooner or later.} (
18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 Qd8 $15) (18. f3 Bg5 $1 $15) 18... Qd8 19. Qb5 {Admits
the opening has not gone well.} ({It's difficult to compare this move with} 19.
Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Qb5 b6 $15 {, which is similar to Svidler-Grischuk above.}) 19...
b6 20. Nd2 (20. Nxc5 Nxc5 $15 (20... bxc5 $5)) ({Perhaps White should have
tried} 20. f3 $5 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Nd2 {, although even here Black is fine
after} Nd7 $15) 20... Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6 22. Rab1 (22. f3 Bg5 $36 {is
unpleasant, but now Black activates his B and White will have to exchange it
anyway later on under less attractive circumstances.}) 22... e4 23. b4 Nd7 24.
Rb3 Be5 $36 {[%csl Ge5]} 25. a3 Rf7 $5 {[%cal Gf7d7,Yd8h4] Black is in no
hurry and frees his Q.} 26. c4 {There is no other constructive plan.} axb4 27.
axb4 Ra8 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga8a1] <->a,ףb5 White's problem is his lack of
effective <=> and the fact his Q can't return to the defence.} 28. Bc3 {
A concession, but it's difficult to suggest an improvement.} Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Ra2
30. Re3 g6 31. Bf1 Qf6 32. Rde1 Kg7 {Visibly enjoying his position, Anand
misses the more energetic} (32... f4 $1 33. Rxe4 (33. R3e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 f3 $19
) 33... f3 34. gxf3 (34. g3 Qb2 $19 {[%csl Rf2]}) 34... Qxf3 35. Re8+ Kg7 36.
R8e2 (36. R1e2 Ra1 $18) 36... Rxe2 (36... Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Rxf2 {also wins}) 37.
Rxe2 Ne5 $19 {[%cal Rf7f5,Rf3g4,Rf3f4] ->,/\Qf4, Qg4, Rf5 with a decisive
attack.}) 33. R3e2 Ra3 $17 {Keeps the Qb5 offside} 34. Qc6 h5 35. Re3 Ra7 $1
36. h3 h4 37. Rb3 Ra2 {[%cal Rf6d4] /\Qd4} 38. Rbe3 g5 $6 ({Prolongs the game,
once again Black had a strong tactical solution} 38... Rxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 Qd4 {
[%cal Rf5f4] /\f4} 40. Rd1 (40. Ke2 f4 (40... Ne5 41. Rd1 Nxc6 42. Rxd4 Nxd4+
43. Kd2 Kf6 $19) 41. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 42. Kd2 Qd4+ $19 {->}) (40. g3 hxg3+ 41. Kg2 f4
42. Qxd6 Ne5 $1 $19) 40... Qxd1 41. Qxd6 Qd2+ 42. Be2 Qd4 43. Qf4 Ne5 44. Kg1
Rd7 {/\Nc4-+}) 39. R3e2 Ra7 40. Qc8 (40. Rc2 $1 $15 {/-/+ at least prevents
the immediate centralisation of Black's N.}) 40... Ne5 41. Rc2 $2 ({The final
error.} 41. Qb8 $142 {was more resilient.}) 41... Rf8 42. Qe6 Qd8 $1 $19 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Ra7e7,Rf8f6] /\Rf6, Re7} 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 (44. Rxc5 Re8 45.
Qxf5 dxc5 46. Rxe4 Rf7 $19) 44... Rf6 45. Qxe5 dxe5 46. d6 g4 {The rest is
agony, as White's o^ are not getting anwhere.} 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. g3 (48. Rxe4
g3 49. Rg4+ Rg6 $19) 48... hxg3 49. fxg3 Qa5 50. Rec1 Qa3 51. Rc3 Qb2 52. R1c2
Qb4 (52... Qb4 53. c6 Ra1 $19 {leads to a quick mate.}) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 h6 12. Bf4 Bd5 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Bd6 Nxc5
15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. e3 Nb3 17. Bc4 Nxc1 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Qc5
21. O-O Qc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 ({The line chosen by Black at a later moment bears
some similarity with the following Nimzo-Indian old-fashioned tabyia:} 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5
11. Qf3 Nc6) 3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 $5 {Switching back to Nimzo-Indian
patterns. The reader should also refer to my article on the Accelerated
Bogo-Indian, published on this same DVD. In those lines, the moves ...Nf6 and
Nf3 are missing.} ({In an article published in CBM 137, I focused on the
old-fashioned line} 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Qxc4 Qd5) 5... b6 6. e3
Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 {Setting tension in the centre.} ({One important
alternative is} 8... d6 {, continuing to control the e4- and d5-square with
pieces.}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 {The attacking setup initiated by this move was
famously introduced into grandmaster practice by Pillsbury (true, with his
dark-squared bishop outside the pawn chain, which makes the plan even more
effective).} (10. a3 {helps Black transpose to an acceptable form of the
Nimzo-Indian line mentioned in the introduction.} Bd6 (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4
12. Qc2 {1/2 Cvitan,O (2541)-Kurajica,B (2540)/Zadar 2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 11.
Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 {The insertion of the moves a3 and ...a5 induces some
difference, but does not necessarily favour White.} 13. Nb5 {The knight
occupies the weakened b5-square, but leaves the e4-square insufficiently well
defended.} (13. Qf3 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd4 Re8 {Having developed the
bishop not necessarily favours White, who will have to think for a good answer
after a possible ...Ne4.} 16. Rae1 Qd7 {OK, the e4-square has been defended,
but once the rook contact has been established along the e-file, it is not so
easy to carry out the kingside attack anymore.}) 13... cxd4 $6 {An unnecessary
concession.} (13... Be7 {[%cal Gf6e4,Gf7f6] /\...Ne4}) 14. exd4 Ne7 15. f5 $36
Ne4 $2 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. f6 $40 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Kortschnoj,V (2600)/Zuerich
(blitz) 2006/CBM 113 ext (1-0, 23)}) 10... Nbd7 11. f4 c5 {The most active
continuation, fighting for queenside space.} ({Twelve years ago, Anand carried
out another plan:} 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ba6 {This would work out well if the
c6-square were not so weak.} 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd3 Ra8 15. Nc6 {This causes
Black serious problems of coordination.} Qe8 16. b4 $1 {Taking advantage of
the fact that the capture on b4 loses an exchange, a direct consequence of the
previous move sequence.} Ne4 17. Rfc1 Nb8 18. Nxb8 Qxb8 19. bxa5 bxa5 {Black
has a dream knight, but his queenside has been left in ruins.} 20. Rab1 Qc8 21.
Be1 $14 {Piket,J (2619)-Anand,V (2781)/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 069 ext (1/2, 25)})
12. a3 $146 {A logical novelty. Black has to give up his bishop immediately. 
(Previously, only games between low rated players had reached the position
before this move).} Bxc3 13. Bxc3 c4 14. Bc2 b5 {The strategic plot has become
clear: White will attack on the kingside, while Black will aim at increasing
his space advantage on the other wing. The central area also plays an
important part, by establishing some sort of connection between wings. If
Black plays ...Ne4, in order to neutralise the c2-bishop, White can consider
opening up the wy for the other bishop with Bxe4 ...dxe4, d5! At some point,
White may even sacrifice a pawn with e3-e4, in order to unblock the d-pawn.}
15. Rf3 Ra6 16. Rg3 {White's desire to set up pressure against the g7-square
as soon as possible is understandable, but his last move allows Black an
optimal regrouping.} ({Maybe he should combined attack with prophylaxis:} 16.
Qe1 $5 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gc3a5] (preventing ...Qe7) Maybe he feared that after}
Ne4 $6 {he would not find a favourable form of carrying out his attack, but
this would in fact lose a pawn to} 17. Bxa5 $1 {[%csl Gd7] , because the
d7-knight is hanging.}) 16... Qe7 $1 17. Qe1 Rfa8 {Black has achieved a very
harmonious regrouping. It should be noticed that his space advantage allows
the a6-rook to keep both wings under observation (compare this with the
complete lack of communication between White's wings).} 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Ng4 {
White has to hurry.} ({There is no time for neutral moves already:} 19. Kh1 $6
Na4 $5 $36 (19... Ne4 $6 20. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 21. d5 $1 $36 Nxd5 $2 22. Rxg7+ $1)
20. Bxa4 bxa4 21. f5 Ne4 $17) 19... Nxg4 (19... Ne4 $2 20. Nh6+ {This is
possible only at this instant when the sixth rank has been obstructed by the
black queen's knight.} Kh8 21. Rxg7 $18) 20. Rxg4 Nd7 $1 {Aiming to replace
his absent colleague by taking over the control over the e4-square.} 21. e4 {
This looks logical, but may be not entirely satisfactory.} ({Things also are
far from clear after} 21. Qg3 g6 22. f5 b4 $132) 21... dxe4 (21... Nf6 $5 {
may be more promising.} 22. Rg5 (22. Qh4 Qd7 23. Rg3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. d5
Rg6 $1 $15) 22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxb5 {[%cal Gd4d5]} (24. d5 f6 25. Rh5
Rd6 26. Qh4 h6) 24... Qd7 25. Rxa5 (25. Re5 Bd5 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 25... Rxa5 26.
Bxa5 e3 $44) 22. d5 (22. Rg5 $5) 22... f6 23. Bxe4 {[%cal Ge4h7]} Re8 24. Qg3
Nc5 25. Bf5 Nd3 {This knight has already carried out several small tasks in
the game and now is offered for an exchange in order to reduce White's
attacking potential.} 26. Bxd3 {Settling for a draw.} (26. Rh4 $5 h6 (26...
Qc5+ 27. Kf1 Re3 28. Bxh7+ Kf8 29. Qg4 {The position remains unclear, but
White seems to be better coordinated for creating dangerous threats against
the enemy king. The thematic combination} Re1+ $2 {fails to} 30. Bxe1 $1) 27.
Rxh6 Bxd5 $13) 26... cxd3 27. Qxd3 Rd6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. f5 Rxd5
31. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 {Repeating Wang Hao's game from the 3rd round vs
Kramnik. I had in mind a trap and was curious to see if I could get it in.} Ne7
10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nec6 13. Ne2 Na5 (13... e5 {(Krasenkow) looks
more accurate} 14. O-O Be6 15. Qa4 a6 (15... Na5 16. Nd4 $5 {- the same idea
that we see in the game! -} exd4 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. d5 a6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Rac1
Rac8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Qxc4 {1-0 Leon Varela,L (2165)-Santana Montero,P (1959)/
Telde 2009/EXT 2011}) 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Na5 18. Qa4 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Nxc5 20.
Qb4 {1-0 Hernandez Carmenates,H (2544)-Guliev,L (2454)/Santa Cruz de la Palma
2007/CBM 120 ext (46)} b6 $11) 14. Qb4 {Kramnik went 14.Qa4 the previous day.}
e5 15. O-O (15. Rd1 {Krasenkow} Na6 16. Qa4 Be6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Rd5 Rab8 19.
O-O Bxd5 20. exd5 Rb5 21. d6 Qc6 22. c4 Rxc5 23. Qb4 Rxc4 24. Qxa5 Qxd6 $11 {
1/2 Monacell,J (2458)-Ingersol,H (2409)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/
Telechess CBM 135 (31)}) 15... Be6 $2 {...and I get lucky - 15...Na6 has also
been played here.} (15... Na6 $5 {Krasenkow} 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. c6
Nc4 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. Qb7 {1/2 Moskalenko,V (2575)-Delchev,A (2613)/Benidorm
2007/CBM 121 Extra (41)} g6 $11) (15... a6 $5 {Krasenkow} 16. Bd3 Nbc6 17. Qb6
Qxb6 18. cxb6 Be6) 16. Nd4 $1 $146 {The point. Krasenkow: 'Not a new idea but
a novelty in this particular position. White gets two pawns for a piece and a
strong pawn centre.'} (16. Rfd1 {Krasenkow} Bb3 17. Rd6 Nbc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19.
c4 Rab8 20. Qc3 Nxc4 21. Rb1 Ba2 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nc1 Nxd6 24. cxd6 Qxd6 25.
Nxa2 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qb3 $11 {1/2 Cebalo,M (2509)-Marinkovic,S (2388)/Budva 2009/
CBM 130 (35)}) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 Nbc6 (17... a6 18. Be2 Re8 {is the
computer's suggestion.} 19. Qc3 (19. Bf2 Nbc6 20. Qc3 Qf4 $1 {Not easy to
understand at first sight, but the queen is well placed on f6} 21. Rab1 Qf6)
19... Nd7 (19... Nbc6 20. d5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qe5 (21... Qe7 22. Bd2 $1 Qxe2 23.
dxc6 Nxc6 24. Rfe1 Qb5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. a4 $18) 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. dxc6 Nxc6
24. Kf2 Rae8 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Rfe1 $16) 20. Rab1 b5 (20... Nf6 21. Rb6 Nc6 22.
Rfb1 Nd8 23. Bg5 $16) 21. d5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd2 $1 Rxe2
25. Bxa5 Nxc5 26. Rfc1 $1 {with a huge endgame edge} Nb7 $140 27. Bb4 a5 28.
Be1 Nd6 29. Bg3 Nf5 30. Bf4 $1 Nh4 (30... Ree8 31. Bc7) 31. Kf1 $1 $16) 18. Qc3
Ne7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 $2 {A good example of the wrong rook.} (19... Rfd8 20. Bf2
Nac6 21. Rab1 (21. d5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 {White is
better due to the two bishops, but Black is extremely solid}) (21. Bg3 Qa5 22.
Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Rab1 Ba2 $1) 21... Qf4 (21... Rd7 22. Bh4 $1) 22. d5 $14 (22. Bg3
Qf6 23. Bd6 Nc8)) 20. Bf2 a6 (20... Nac6 21. Bg3 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Bd6 $18
{The difference - with the rook on f8, Black is lost.}) (20... f5 {(Krasenkow)
was the logical way to parry the 21.Bg3 threat but it is a weakening move, and
White obtains a clear advantage regaining the piece by means of} 21. d5) (20...
b6 {Krasenkow} 21. c6 a6 22. Bxa6 Naxc6 23. d5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Rac1 $16
{[%csl Ga6,Gf2]}) 21. Bg3 {Krasenkow: 'The threat of the invasion of this
bishop to d6 decides the game.'} Qc8 22. Bf1 b6 (22... Nac6 23. Bd6 $18) 23.
Rab1 Nb3 24. Rxb3 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 bxc5 26. d5 {The rest isn't difficult.} Ng6 27.
Qb6 f5 28. Bxa6 Qd7 29. Bb5 Qf7 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qxc5 Rc8 32. Qd4 Rfd8 33. a4
{A nice win before the rest day - on +2, I was feeling confident at this stage!
} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {Known as the Breyer. It usually considered among the safest
lines in the Ruy Lopez for Black specially in comparison to the Zaitsev and
the classical Chigorin.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14.
Bg5 {Not the most common one. 14.Ng3 is the main alternative.} (14. Ng3 g6 {
leads to a rich position in which a lot of territory has so far remained
unexplored.}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 c5 $5 (15... g6 {is the safest continuation} 16.
N1h2 Qc8 (16... Bg7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Qd2 g5 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bg3
Nh5 22. a4 c5 23. Nh2 c4 24. Nf1 Nf4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rd1 Bf6
28. Ne3 Rd8 29. Nf5 Qf8 30. Qe1 Bc8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33. Qd1 Bxf5
34. exf5 Bf6 35. Be4 Qc5 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. Bxd5 Be7 39. Ke2 Kg7 40.
Kf3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Bc5 42. Bc6 b4 43. f3 bxc3 44. bxc3 Bf2 45. Kd5 Kxf5 46. Kxc4
Ke6 47. Bd5+ Ke7 48. Kb5 f6 49. Kc6 h5 50. c4 h4 51. Bg8 Be3 52. Kd5 Bf2 53. c5
Kd7 54. Be6+ Kc7 55. Bf5 Be3 56. c6 Bf2 57. Be4 Be1 58. Ke6 Bf2 59. Kxf6 Kd6
60. Kf5 Bg3 61. c7 Kxc7 62. Kxe5 {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,V (2734)-Svidler,P (2735)/
Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137}) 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. a4 Bg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Bc6 21.
Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Nc5 23. Qe3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ne6 25. Bg3 f6 26. b4 Kh7 27. Nd2
Rd8 28. Nb3 Be8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,A (2620)-Sasikiran,K (2688)/Guangzhou
2010/EXT 2011}) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. a4 $146 {To my surprise, this very natural
move is a novelty. However, I am strongly doubtful about its strength.} (17.
N3h2 {is what has been examined, though in general, Black has no problem to
keep the balance.} Qc7 (17... Be7 $6 18. Ne3 Nh7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nf5 $14 {
1-0 Romanishin,O (2485)-Gligoric,S (2575)/Odessa 1975/MCD (55)}) (17... Qb6 18.
Qf3 Re6 19. Ne3 c4 20. Nhg4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6 22. Rad1 Rae8 23. b3 cxb3 24.
axb3 Qc5 25. Nf5 Qc6 26. b4 g6 27. Nxh6+ Bxh6 28. g5 Bg7 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. Bxf6
Rxf6 31. Qe3 Qb6 32. Bb3 Bc8 33. Rd5 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Kf8 35. Rc5 Rd6 36. Rg3 Be6
37. Bxe6 Rexe6 38. Rg5 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rd3 40. Rg3 Rdd6 41. Rf3 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,
L (2580)-Abramovic,B (2475)/Tallinn 1983/MCD}) 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Ne3 c4 20. Nhg4
Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rae8 22. Red1 Nc5 23. Rd2 Rd6 24. Rad1 Ne6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. a4
Bf8 27. axb5 axb5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Nf4 30. Rxb5 Rb8 31. Ba4 Ra8 32. b3
cxb3 33. Bxb3 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. Qe3 Rxc3 36. Qb6 Qxb6 37. Rxb6 g5 38. Bg3
Rc7 39. Rb5 Bd6 40. f3 Kg7 41. Bf2 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M (2615)-Smejkal,J (2615)/
Biel 1976/IZT}) 17... c4 18. N3h2 Re6 (18... g5 $5 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Qf3 Qd6 21.
Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 $13 {In return for his weakened kingside, Black can outplay
White's dark-squared bishop. Although this is not of very much interest to the
mind of a human player!}) 19. Qf3 Qb6 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bg3 Bg5
23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Nc5 26. f3 Rd8 27. Re2 Bc6 28. axb5 Bxb5 $5
{Anand was definitely playing for a win. He has an eye on d3 and is trying to
activate his pieces to compensate for his broken pawn chain.} 29. Bf2 Nd3 30.
Rd2 Rc8 31. Bb1 (31. b4 {could let White get rid of his weak b2-pawn}) 31...
Rd6 32. Be3 Rcc6 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Rdd1 Rb7 36. Ra5 f6 37. Ke1 Bc4
38. b4 Bb5 39. Kd2 h5 40. Bc5 Kf7 41. Rc1 Bc4 42. Be3 Bb5 43. Bc5 Rxc5 $5 {
Anand tries to complicate things, even though the evaluation of the position
remains the same.} 44. bxc5 Bc4 45. Rd1 Rb2+ 46. Kc1 Rc2+ 47. Kb1 Ke7 48. c6
Kd8 49. Ra4 Bb5 50. Ra2 Kc7 51. c4 (51. Rxc2 $4 dxc2+ 52. Kxc2 Ba4+ 53. Kd2
Bxd1 54. Kxd1 h4 $19 {[%csl Ga6] and Black's remote passer would decide the
game.}) 51... Rxc4 52. Rc1 Rd4 53. Rd2 Ba4 54. Rc5 Bc2+ 55. Kb2 Rd6 56. Kc3 h4
57. g3 $4 {Unbelievable! I cannot really find an explanation for this blunder!}
(57. Rf2 Rxc6 58. Rxc6+ Kxc6 59. Rf1 a5 60. Ra1 a4 61. Ra2 {and White is just
on time to construct a fortress.}) 57... hxg3 58. h4 (58. Rg2 d2 59. Rxd2 Rxd2
60. Kxd2 g2 $19 {[%csl Gg2]}) 58... g6 59. Rd5 Rxc6+ 60. Kb2 Rb6+ 61. Kc3 Rb3+
62. Kc4 Rb1 63. Rg2 Bb3+ 64. Kxd3 Bxd5 65. exd5 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6
15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Rg2 Bh3 21.
Rgd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe6 23. Rff2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nce2 Qc7 10. b3 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 d5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18. Be3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {A "dull" game between the 2nd and 3rd ranked in the table.} e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {#"Marshall
Attack" is not a new visitor in games between these two giants. It is one of
Aronian's main weapons when he wants to play it "safe".} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5
Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 {This is considered as the main
line.} Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 {#This position has been
examined several times at the top level. For instance the latest encounters in
this line went as below:} 18. Qf1 {Anand stays faithful to old principles of
the line! He does not leave any room for Black to create counterplay, on the
other hand, White also stays too passive and is not able to take advantage of
his material superiority.} (18. a4 Re6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf1 Bf5 21. Qd2 Bh3
22. Bd1 Qg6 23. Bc2 Qh5 24. Bd1 Qg6 25. Bc2 Qh5 26. Qd1 Bg4 27. Qd3 f5 28. Bd2
f4 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Bd1 Qf7 31. Bc2 Qh5 32. Bd1 Qf7 33. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 (33)
Shirov,A (2739)-Aronian,L (2783)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139}) (18. Bc2 f5 19. f3 Bh3
20. Bf2 Nf4 21. gxf4 Bxf4 22. Bg3 Qg5 23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Nf1 h5 25. Qc2 h4 26.
Qf2 Bxf1 27. Qxf1 hxg3 28. Qh3+ Qh6 29. Qxh6+ gxh6 30. hxg3 Bxg3 31. Re6 Rxe6
32. Bxe6 Re8 33. Bxf5 Re2 34. a4 Rxb2 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ra6 h5 37. Rxc6 h4 38.
Rb6 Kg7 39. Bd7 Be1 40. Rxb5 Rxb5 41. Bxb5 Bxc3 42. d5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Shirov,A 
(2749)-Aronian,L (2783)/Shanghai 2010/CBM 138}) 18... Re7 19. a4 Rfe8 20. axb5
axb5 {Nothing new yet. Aronian faced this position before against Bacrot.} 21.
Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 h5 {#} 24. Rec1 $146 {Anand is the first to
deviate from Bacrot-Aronian, however, his try to enable his majority on the
queenside does not seem that successful in face of Black's pair of bishops and
full piece activity.} f6 25. b3 g5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Bc7 28. Na5 Bxa5 29.
Rxa5 Bd7 30. b4 Rb8 31. Rc4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Kg6 33. Ke2 Bg4+ 34. Kd2 {The position
is a draw in spite of White's extra pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. d5 {White must play dynamically,
otherwise Black will be better due to his superior pawn structure.} Na6 (12...
Nd7 {is the main continuation here but the text move usually leads to similar
positions as the knight comes to c5 anyway.}) 13. h4 $6 $146 {A dubious
novelty.} ({Here is the variation, in which 12...Na6 makes difference
comparing to 12...Nd7:} 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6 15. O-O O-O-O (15... Nc5 {
leads to the 12...Nd7 line}) 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. dxe6 Bxf3 {(which would be
impossible with the knight on d7 due to 18.exd7+)} 18. gxf3 Nc5 19. h4 (19. e4
Nxe6 20. Rfe1 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Bh2 Rdf8 23. Kg2 Rh5 24. Rad1 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 gxf4
26. Rd5 Re5 $11 {1/2 Porper,E (2476)-Friedel,J (2524)/Edmonton 2008/CBM 125
Extra (47)}) (19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Nxe6 21. Bg3 h5 22. f4 Nc5 23. Rad1 Rde8 $15
{1-0 Tregubov,P (2649)-Maletin,P (2576)/Ulan Ude 2009/CBM 132 (58)}) 19... Nxe6
20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Kg2 Rhf8 22. Rad1 Rf5 23. Rd5 Rdf8 $11 {1/2 Wang Yue (2689)
-Adams,M (2729)/Baku 2008/CBM 124 (33)}) (13. Nd4 Nac5 {again leads to the
main 12...Nd7 line.}) 13... Qf6 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Nc5 17.
Qg6+ Ke7 $17 {Black's king is much safer than White's.} 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. Qxf6+
Kxf6 20. Rhd1 exd5 $6 {Perhaps it was better to refrain from this capture as
now the c5 knight can't move.} (20... Rae8 $17) 21. cxd5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Rae8 (
22... Nd3+ $6 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxc7 $44) 23. Rc3 Re4 (23... Rh7 {[%cal Rc5e4]}
24. Ra3 $1) 24. Rd4 Rhe8 25. Ra3 Bc8 $6 {Unnecessarily giving up the a7-pawn,
after which White equalises.} (25... Kf5 $5 $36 26. Rxe4 $140 Kxe4) 26. hxg5+
hxg5 27. Rxa7 R8e7 28. Kf1 Bg4 29. Nd2 Rxd4 30. exd4 Nd3 31. f3 Bf5 32. a3 Nf4
33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Ne4+ $1 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxc7 Rxd4 37. Rc6 Ke5 38. Rxb6
Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Rb3 Kxd5 41. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 {Shirov displays the same readiness to defend his
point of view as in the case of the New Arkhangelsk.} 11. Bc4 $5 Nxc3 $146 ({
Deviating from his the game played just the day before:} 11... cxd4 $146 12.
Qxd4 $1 {Aronian,L (2805)-Shirov,A (2722)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141/[Krasenkow]
(1-0, 53)}) 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. c4 Bb4 17. Qc2
Bb7 18. Rfd1 bxc4 ({Before releasing the tension, it might have made sense to
complete his development with} 18... Rac8 $5) 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd4 $36 Rab8
21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Rbd8 24. Bh5 Rxd6 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15.
Qe3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rhc1 b4
22. cxb4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 axb4 25. f5 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. g5 Nf8
28. h4 exf5 29. Bxd5 g6 30. Bb3 Qb7 31. e6 Nxe6 32. Nxe6 Qh1+ 33. Kc2 Qh2+ 34.
Kb1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. e4 c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Surprisingly, this move, which can hardly be regarded as unusual or
paradoxical, had apparently been never seen in practice!} (12... e5 {is
usually played.}) ({Other known options:} 12... Qe7) (12... Rd8) (12... a6) 13.
d5 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e5 {is harmless, e.g.} Qe7 15. b4 $6 Nd7 {[%csl Rb4,Re5]}
) 13... Nb6 14. b3 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. h3 {Black needs his light-squared
bishop to fight for the d5 square; therefore it made sense not to prevent ...
Bc8-g4:} (16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Rfd1) 16... Nxc4 17. bxc4 Re8 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rc8
20. Qf4 b5 $5 {[%mdl 32] It is logical to open up the position for Black's
bishops.} 21. e5 g5 $5 22. Qg3 (22. Qe3 $5) (22. Qe4 $5) 22... bxc4 23. Red1
Rc6 $1 {[%csl Gc6] The most useful position of the rook: it protects the
kingside and retains the possibility of attacking the e5-pawn by means of ...
Rc6-e6.} 24. Ne3 (24. Rxc4 Qb8 $15) 24... Qc7 25. Nxc4 $6 {This modest capture
allows Black to comfortably arrange his pieces and seize the initiative.} (25.
h4 g4 $1) (25. Nd5 $5 Qb7 26. Ne3 $11 Be6 $6 27. h4) 25... Be6 $15 26. h4 $6 {
This move makes little sense when Black can reply ...g5-g4.} (26. Nd6 {is not
dangerous either due to} Rd8 {[%cal Rg7e5]} (26... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb8b2]})) (26.
Rd6 $5 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxd6 (27... Bxe5 28. Rxc6 Bxg3 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Rxc5 Bb6
31. Rc2 $15) 28. exd6 Qc6 29. h4 $15) 26... g4 27. Nfd2 Rd8 28. Re1 Rd4 29. Qe3
Qd8 30. g3 Qd5 31. Na5 Rc8 (31... Ra6 $142 $1 {[%csl Ga6] A.Korotylev} 32. Ndc4
Bf8 $17) 32. Ndc4 {White is keeping a blockading setup.} Rb8 33. Qe2 Bf8 34.
Ne3 Qe4 35. Nb3 {Giving up a pawn but getting rid of Black's bishop pair. In
the resulting position White will have some compensation due to the weakness
of Black's kingside.} Bxb3 36. axb3 Rxb3 (36... Qxe5 37. Qa2 $15) 37. Qa2 Qb7
38. Qc2 Rb2 39. Qf5 Qe4 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Ra1 $6 (41. Red1 $142 $15) 41... c4 {
[%csl Gf1]} 42. Rxa7 Bc5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Rf1 c3 45. Rc8 Bd4 46. Rc7 Rxe5 47.
Rxf7+ Kg6 48. Rd7 Bxe3 49. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd2 $2 (49... Rb6 $1 {, and
Black should win by exploiting both his passed pawn and White's pawn
weaknesses (e3, g3), e.g.} 50. Rc7 (50. Rd4 h5 51. e4 Rc5 52. Rdd1 c2 53. Rc1
Rf6 $1 54. Rfe1 Rf3 $19) 50... Rxe3 51. Rf4 $1 {A.Korotylev} h5 $1 (51... Rxg3+
$143 52. Kf2 Rd3 53. Rxg4+ Kf6 54. Rf4+ Ke5 55. Rfc4 Rb2+ 56. Ke1) 52. Kf2 Rd3
53. Rc5 Rb2+ 54. Kg1 Rd1+ 55. Rf1 Rxf1+ 56. Kxf1 c2 57. Ke1 Rb1+ 58. Kd2 Rg1
59. Rxc2 Rxg3 60. Rc6+ Kf5 61. Rc5+ Kf4 62. Rxh5 Ra3 63. Ke2 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Kg3
$19) 50. Rc7 {[%cal Rc7c6,Rc7c3]} (50. Rc7 c2 51. Rc6+ $11 Kh5 $140 52. Rff6)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
{An interesting choice by Nepomniachtchi. He had had difficult times against
Karjakin in this line on the other side of the board.} O-O 9. O-O Qc7 (9... Nc6
10. Re1 b5 (10... Be6 $6 11. Nd5 b5 12. Bb3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nxd5 15.
Qxd5 Bf6 16. Red1 Rfd8 17. a4 Ne7 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
h4 h6 22. Bg5 $1 $14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2760)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720)/Moscow
2010/CB00_2011 (49)}) 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nd5 Rc8 16. c3 g6 17. Qd3 Bg7 18. b4 f5 19. Nd2 Bh6 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. f3 Kg7 22.
Nf1 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Ree1 Qd7 25. Ng3 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Ne4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2760)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720)/Moscow 2010/CB00_2011 (52)})
10. Nd5 $6 {Nepemniachtchi deviates from the main continuation} (10. Bb3 Be6
11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 b5 14. Ne1 (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. a3 $14
) 14... Qb7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 f5 19. Rad1 fxe4
20. Qxe4 Rc4 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. a3 b4 $6 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. b3 $14 {1-0 Akopian,V
(2678)-Morozevich,A (2732)/Bursa 2010/CBM 134 (46)}) 11... Rc8 12. Ng5 Bc4 13.
f4 Nbd7 14. fxe5 $6 dxe5 15. Rf5 $6 Bb4 $1 16. Rd1 Rd8 $17 17. Qe1 h6 18. Nf3
Be6 19. Qg3 Bxf5 20. exf5 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Re1 Nxb3 23. axb3 b5 24. h3
Rac8 25. Nxe5 Re8 26. b4 Qd6 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Anand,V (2803)/Leon 2008/
CBM 124 Extra}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qb3 $146 (13. Rc1 Bg4
14. h3 Bh5 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Qxf3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. b3 h6 20.
Be3 (20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4) 20... Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qg3 f6 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24.
hxg4 Kf7 25. f3 Ke7 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Ke3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 {1/2-1/2
Turko,S (1958)-Zuev,K (2186)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011}) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 b5
15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. Qc3 f5 17. Qc7 Rf7 18. Nd2 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd8 {Black achieved
a comfortable position without any difficulties. This puts more questions on
White's 10th move.} 20. Rc6 $6 {The exchange sacrifice is not really a big
help for White.} Bd7 21. Rxd6 Bc7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. f3 f4 24. Bc5 Bd6 $6 {
This move diminishes Black's chances to consolidate his advantages.} (24... Rc8
$1 25. b4 (25. Nb3 Bd8 26. Kf1 a5 27. Bf2 Rdc7 $17 {Black will invades White's
second rank with no difficulties} 28. Bb6 Rc2 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Nxa5 Rxb2 31.
Rd1 b4 32. d6 Rxa2 33. Nb7 b3 $1 34. Rb1 Rda8 $19) 25... a5 {[%csl Yc5]} 26. a4
(26. a3 a4 $1 {[%csl Rd2]} 27. Kf1 Bd6 28. Bb6 (28. Rc1 $4 Rdc7 $19) 28... Kf7
29. Ke2 Rb7 30. Ba5 (30. Bf2 Rbc7 $19) 30... Rc3 {and Black's advantage seems
to bring the full point home.}) 26... axb4 27. axb5 Ba5 $1 28. Bf2 (28. Nb3
Rxc5 $19) 28... Bd8 {In comparison to the game we can see a great improvement
for Black on the queenside. His rooks thanks to the open files in there might
be able to turn the favor for him.}) 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Nb3 Rc8 27. Rf1 Kf7 28.
Na5 Rc2 29. Rf2 Rc1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 g5 (31... Kf6 32. h3) 32. Nc6 Kf6
33. b4 Rd7 34. h3 h5 35. Kf2 Rg7 36. Kf1 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Kf2 g3+ {It is a
an unavoidable fortress.} 39. Kf1 (39. Kf1 Rh7 40. Kg1 Rh6 41. a3 Rh7 42. Na5
Ke7 43. Nc6+ Kd6 44. Na5 Rf7 45. Nc6 Rc7 46. Kf1 {and Black cannot improve.} (
46. Kh1 $4 a5 47. bxa5 Rxc6 48. dxc6 Kxc6 49. Kg1 Kb7 {[%csl Rg1]})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid-Valencia exh"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2011.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc3 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 Ne7 14. Rfd1 Rb8
15. Qf4 Bc6 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc8 18. e4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nexd5
21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Rac1 Qb7 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Nb5 Ne4 26. Rc6 Nc5
27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Na6 29. Rd4 Rbb8 30. Nd6 g6 31. h4 Rfd8 32. Rf4 Rd7 33.
Ne4 Rc7 34. Rd6 Kg7 35. Nf6 Re7 36. Rfd4 Nc7 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. R4xd5 b5 39. Rd7
Rxd7 40. Rxd7 h5 41. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid-Valencia exh"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2011.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.02.01"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Nbd2 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 b5
15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Qxc6 Bd7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qd3 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 b4 20. e4 Nb6 21.
axb4 Qxb4 22. Rfd1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 a4 24. Rd6 Rc6 25. Rad1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rb8 27.
Rd4 e5 28. Rb4 Bc6 29. Nd2 Nd7 30. Rxb8+ Nxb8 31. Bf1 Nd7 32. f3 Kf8 33. Kf2
Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. b3 axb3 36. Nxb3 Ba4 37. Nd2 Nb6 38. Nc4+ Nxc4+ 39. Bxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be7 14.
Rfd1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Kh2 h5 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nc5 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bc8 20. b4
h4 21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. g4 hxg3+ 24. Kxg3 b6 25. Nd3 Be6 26. a3 Bd5
27. Nd4 Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. f4 Be4 30. Kg4 f6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. h4 Nh8 33. Ng3
Bh7 34. f5 Nf7 35. Kf4 Nd6 36. Nf2 Bg8 37. Nfe4 Ne8 38. h5 Kg7 39. Nf2 Ba2 40.
Ng4 Bb1 41. h6+ Kh7 42. c3 Nd6 43. Nxf6+ Kxh6 44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Kf6 46. Nh5+
Ke7 47. Nxc6+ Kf8 48. Ng3 Nb5 49. Ne2 Bd3 50. a4 Bxe2 51. axb5 Bxb5 52. Nxa7
Bd7 53. c4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Be8 55. Nb5 c6 56. f6+ Kd7 57. Nd6 Bg6 58. c5 bxc5 59.
bxc5 Bb1 60. Nc4 Ba2 61. Nb6+ Ke8 62. Kd6 Kf7 63. Kxc6 Kxf6 64. Kd6 Bb1 65. c6
Bd3 66. Nd7+ Kg7 67. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 e6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 13. Kc2 Be7
14. e4 h5 15. Be3 g6 16. Rad1 Kb7 17. Rd3 c4 18. bxc4 c5 19. e5 Kc6 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. h4 Rd7 22. f3 Rd8 23. g3 Rb8 24. Bh6 Rh8 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Rd1 Kc7 27.
Bf2 Kc6 28. Bg1 Kc7 29. Be3 Rd8 30. Rb1 a6 31. Bf2 Kc6 32. a4 Kc7 33. g4 Rh8
34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Rg1 Rh8 36. Ke4 Kc6 37. Rh1 Bd8 38. Rd1 Bc7 39. Rb1 Ba5 40. Rd1
Rd8 41. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 15. Bxb4
Qb6 16. Ba3 Qxd4 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Nb1 O-O 21. Nd2 Ne5
22. Be2 Rfc8 23. Kh1 c4 24. Rc1 Qc6 25. f3 Nd3 26. Rb1 Nxb2 27. Bxb2 c3 28.
Bxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Nc4 Rc7 31. Rfc1 Bd4 32. Na5 Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Ra7 34.
Rc7 Ba8 35. Rxa7 Bxa7 36. Bxa6 f5 37. exf5 exf5 38. Bb7 Bb6 39. Nc4 Bxb7 40.
Nxb6 Kf7 41. Kg1 Ke6 42. Kf2 f4 43. Nc4 Kd5 44. Nd2 Kc5 45. Ne4+ Kb4 46. Nd6
Bd5 47. Nf5 Kxa4 48. Nxh6 Kb4 49. Ng4 Be6 50. Nf6 Kc4 51. h3 Kd4 52. Nh7 Ke5
53. Nxg5 Bc4 54. h4 Kf5 55. Nh3 Bf7 56. Ke2 Bc4+ 57. Kd2 Bf1 58. h5 Bxg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh1 Nf3 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Kh1 Nf3 20. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bc1 Na5 13. O-O d6 14. Ba3 Be6
15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Re8 17. c5 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Bxb7 Rxc5
21. Re1 h6 22. Ba6 Rd6 23. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. a3 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5
Bd8 22. b4 axb3 23. Nxb3 Qa8 24. Bd6 Rb6 25. Rc5 Nd4 26. Bxe5 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3
Qxa3 28. Bc2 Qa8 29. Bd4 Rbe6 30. Rg5 g6 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Bb3 Bf6
34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Qf4 Qa5 36. Re3 Qd2 37. e5 Nd5 38. Qf3 Rdd8 39. Rg4 Re7 40.
Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe5+ 42. g3 Red7 43. Rgd4 Qf6 44. Qe2 Nc3 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 c5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. f5 c4 17. Bxc4 Qc5+ 18. Rf2 Nf6 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Ng3 gxf5 21. Qe2
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd2 24. Raf1 Rxb2 25. Nf5 Kh8 26. Qh4 Rxf2 27. Rxf2
Qxc3 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qe7 Qc8 31. Rf6 b6 32. Qxe5 Qc5+ 33. Qxc5
bxc5 34. Rc6 Re8 35. Rxc5 Re7 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. a4 Kg6 38. Ra5 h5 39. Kg3 f6 40.
Kf3 Rc7 41. Ke4 h4 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Rc7 46. g4
Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Rc3 48. Kg2 Rc2+ 49. Kh1 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rc1+ 52. Kg2
Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nb8 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15.
d4 Nbd7 16. Qc2 g6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Na5 8. d3
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bc6 11. e5 Qc7 12. Qd3 f5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qh3 dxe5
15. Be3 e4 16. Ne6 Qc8 17. Nxc5 Nf6 18. Bd4 Kf7 19. Rae1 a5 20. Re2 b5 21. Nb3
bxc4 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Rfe1 Qd8 24. Qh4 e6 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Nxc4 Nd7 27. Qxe7+
Kxe7 28. Ne3 Rhb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. c4 Bc6 31. Rd2 e5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 f4
34. Nd5+ Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2 37. Rd4 Rxc2+ 38. Kf1 f3 39. gxf3 exf3
40. Rd6 g5 41. Rxh6 Rxa2 42. h3 a4 43. Rf6 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 a3 45. Ra6 a2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14.
f4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qf2 Rhe8 17. Bd3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. f4 Rb8 14. Kf2
b5 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rac1 a4 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rc2 Bd6 19. Rhc1 b4 20. Qc4 Qa7 21.
e3 Ba6 22. Qc6 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Rc3 Bb7 25. Qc4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qa2 27. R1c2
Qa8+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 (13. dxc5 Qxc5
14. Qb3 Bg4 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bc2 b6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Bd1 Nd3 {
1/2 Hort,V (2600)-Donner,J (2500)/Havana 1971/MCD}) (13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rb1 b6 15.
Qa4 Rfc8 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Nb3 a6 18. Be2 Nc4 19. dxc5 b5 20. Qb4 a5 21. Qxb5
Rab8 22. Qa6 Ra8 23. Qb5 Rab8 24. Qa6 Ra8 25. Qb5 {1/2 Dimitrov,R (2365)
-Nikolov,S (2403)/Sunny Beach 2009/CBM 132 Extra}) (13. Rb1 Be6 14. dxc5 Rab8
15. Qa4 Qxc5 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qg4 Qd6 $11 {1/2
Eingorn,V (2580)-Li Wenliang (2330)/Luzern 1993/CBM 038 (47)}) (13. a4 Bg4 14.
h3 Bh5 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Rb1 c4 17. Bf5 b6 18. e4 Qf6 19. g4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bg6 {
1/2 Eingorn,V (2600)-Skembris,S (2442)/Bad Woerishofen 2004/CBM 099 ext}) (13.
h3 Be6 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. e4 cxd4 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 Rd6 19. cxd4
Qd7 (19... Rcd8 $11 20. d5 Qc7 21. dxe6 Rxd1 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. Rbxd1 Rxd1 24.
Rxd1 Nd8 25. Ne5 Nxf7 $1 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Be6 Qc2 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Nf8+ Kg8 $11
) 20. Bxe6 fxe6 (20... Rxe6 $1 21. Rxe6 fxe6 $11) 21. Qb3 b6 22. Re4 $14 {
1/2 Uhlmann,W (2535)-Averbakh,Y (2515)/Polanica Zdroj 1975/MCL (41)}) 13... Rd8
{Hardly the best.} (13... Be6 14. Rb1 (14. e4 $142) 14... c4 15. Bc2 Qa3 16.
Qd2 Rab8 17. e4 Ne7 18. Ne5 b5 19. f4 f6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nc6 Rbe8 22. Rxb5
Bf7 $44 {0-1 Hesselberg,L (2131)-Savu,I/ICCF WS 2005/ICCF CBM 125 (44)}) (13...
Qd6 14. Rb1 (14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bg4 $5) 14... b6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd2 Rd8
17. Rbc1 Bg4 18. Nd4 Ne5 $11 {1/2 Van Scheltinga,T-Muhring,W/Amsterdam 1950/
EXT 1998 (46)}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. d5 {[%csl Gd5]} Ne7 (16... Qxc3
17. dxc6 $5 Rxd1 18. Raxd1 Be6 19. cxb7 Rb8 20. Rd6 $44) 17. Ne5 (17. Qb3 $5
Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qxb7 Qxc3 20. Ne5 Rf8 (20... Nd6 21. Qe7 $14) 21. Rac1
Qb4 22. Qxb4 cxb4 23. Nc6 a5 24. Rc5 $14 Ra6 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Ra8 27. Nc6
Rxa2 28. Nxb4 Rb2 29. Nc6 Rd2 {1/2 Feige,M (2245)-Neidhardt,C (2420)/Germany
2000/CBM 075 ext (58)}) 17... Bf5 18. Bf3 $1 {It is essential for White to
keep this valuable bishop.} Ng6 19. Nxg6 (19. Nc4 $6 Qxc3 20. Rc1 Qd4) 19...
Bxg6 20. Qb3 b6 (20... Re8 $5 21. Qxb7 Qxc3) 21. Re3 Bf5 (21... Re8 22. Rae1
Rxe3 23. Rxe3 a6 {[%cal Yf6d6,Yb6b5]} 24. d6 $1 Rd8 25. Qxb6 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6
27. Re8+ Kh7 28. h4 $14) 22. Rae1 Qd6 (22... Bd7 $142 {[%cal Yd8e8]}) 23. h3 {
This enables Black to simplify the position and equalise.} (23. Qa4 $5 Bd7 24.
Qa6 $14) 23... Bd7 {[%cal Yd8e8]} 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 b5 $1 26. Re5 Rab8 27.
R1e3 c4 28. Qc2 b4 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. g3 Qb1+ 31. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33.
Re8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Rxd5 36. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rac1
Rfd8 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Be2 Rd5 17. Nb3 Rad8 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1
Nb4 21. Na5 Nd3 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Nxb7 Ndxf2 24. Be2 Bxa4 25. Bd4 Bb5 26. Bxb5
axb5 27. Kf1 Nd3 28. Ke2 Nb4 29. Bb6 Bf6 30. Bd4 Be7 31. Bb6 Nd5 32. Ba5 Bf6
33. b3 Bb2 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Be5 36. h3 f5 37. Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. g3
Bb7 9. d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 d6 {For this line - see Spoelman
- So in CBM 141.} (12... exd5 $142 13. Nxd5 (13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxd5 Bc6 $1 {W.So}
15. f4 Nc7 $11) 13... Nc7 $1 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd7 Rfe8 16. Qa4 Qa6 17. Qc2
Ne6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rd3 $36 {0-1 Martinovic,S (2511)-Zelcic,R (2538)/
Marija Bistrica CRO 2011/The Week in Chess 847 (105)}) 13. Bg5 (13. Qa4 exd5
14. Nxd5 $1 (14. exd5 Bb6 (14... Bxc3 15. Nxc3 (15. bxc3 $6 Qc8 16. Nf4 Nc7 $1
17. Bh3 Qb8 $1 $11 {0-1 Spoelman,W (2547)-So,W (2673)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM
141/[So,Wesley] (34)}) 15... Nc7 16. Rd1 Ba6 17. Bg5 $1 $14 {W.So}) 15. Re1 Nc7
16. Qxc4 Re8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Ba6 19. Qa4 c4 20. h3 Rc8 21. Rbd1 Nd7 $132 {
1/2 Lehnhoff,H-Caire,F/LSS 2006/Telechess CBM 127 (29)}) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5
Re8 16. Nc3 Bb6 17. Bf4 Nc7 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Qxc4 Qd7 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Nb5
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 c4 25. Be3 $1 $14 {1-0 Laznicka,V (2601)
-Spoelman,W (2448)/Liverpool 2008/CBM 126 Extra (75)}) (13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qa4
$14 {W.So}) 13... exd5 (13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qa4 Bb6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17.
Nf4 Qe5 18. Qxc4 Rfe8 (18... Nc7 19. Ng6 Qh5 20. Nxf8 {1/2 Damaso,R (2485)
-Gomez Esteban,J (2490)/Leon 1997/CBM 059 ext} Ba6 21. Qa4 Bxf1 22. Nd7 $16)
19. Rfd1 Nc7 20. Rd2 Ba5 21. Rbd1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 $14 {1-0 Paramos Dominguez,R 
(2405)-Giorgadze,G/Mondariz 1997/EXT 1999 (25)}) (13... Nc7 $5 14. e5 $5 dxe5
15. d6 Bxg2 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Rad8 (19... e4 $5
20. Kg1 Rae8 $132) 20. d7 e4 21. Kg1 Qe7 22. Rbd1 $14 {1-0 Vaisser,A (2522)
-Zakhartsov,V (2608)/Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011/The Week in Chess 855 (29)}) 14.
Nf4 (14. Nxd5 {is simpler; White keeps an edge due to his control of the
d5-square:} Bxd5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Qe6 (16... Rab8 17. Qxc4 Nc7 18. Nf4
Rfe8 19. Qc2 Qd8 20. Rfd1 Ne6 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. Qd3 $14 {1/2 Bluvshtein,M (2590)
-Van der Werf,M (2439)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141 (104)}) 17. Qc6 Nc7 18. Nf4
Qe5 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20. Qa4 Bb6 21. Qxc4 Rfd8 22. b3 Qe8 23. Rd3 Nb5 24. Ra1 Nd4
25. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Popov,S (2477)-Savic,M (2535)/Mataruska Banja 2007/CBM 118
ext (82)}) 14... Nc7 15. Nh5 $6 (15. Qa4 $1 Bb6 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bc8 (16...
Ba6 17. Nh5 Qe8 18. Qa5 $1 Nxh5 19. Qxc7) 17. Qc6 $1 Bd7 18. Qxd6 Nb5 19. Bxf6
$1 Nxd6 20. Bxd8 Raxd8 21. Nxd5 $14) 16. Nfxd5 Ncxd5 17. Nxd5 Qe8 $1 18. Qxc4 (
18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Bxf6 Bxd5 20. exd5 gxf6 21. Rfc1 $14) 18... Nxd5 19. exd5
Qd7 20. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Rb6]}) 15... Nce8 $1 16. exd5 (16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Rab8 {[%csl Rb2]}) 16... h6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 19. Qa4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bc8 21. Qxc4 Bf5 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Gf5,Gf6] Black
has activated his pieces; his prospects are now even better due to the control
of the b-file and weakness of White's c3-pawn. Pay attention to the awkward
position of White's queen!} 22. Rbe1 Rab8 23. Re3 Bd7 (23... Rfe8 $15) 24. Rfe1
Rb2 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Rfe3 $6 (26. Bf1 Rfb8 $15) 26... Qf5 (26... Bb5 $5 27. Qe4
Re8) 27. Rf3 Rb1 28. Rfe3 Rfb8 29. Be4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qf6 31. Rb1 Re8 32. h4 g5
33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qd3 Qe5 35. Rb7 Bg4 36. Bg6 Re7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 {[%mdl 4096]}
38. Be4 Qe5 39. Qe3 (39. c4 {may be the lesser evil.}) 39... Kg7 40. f4 Qe7 41.
Kf2 Qf6 42. Kg1 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bf5 44. Bg2 c4 45. Kf2 Bd3 46. Qg3+ $2 (46. Qd2
$15) 46... Kf8 47. Qg5 Qxc3 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qxd6 Qd4+ 50. Kg3 c3 51. Qe7 c2
52. Qg5+ Bg6 53. f5 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 Nce5 14. Rg1 Be7 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bd4 b4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Ne2 e5 21. Be3 a5
22. Ng3 g6 23. Nf3 a4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rd5 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. a3 O-O 28. Rc1
Qa6 29. Qd2 Nf6 30. Rxe5 Rd8 31. Bd4 Be6 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. h3 Bc4 34. Ne7+ Bxe7
35. Rxe7 Bd3+ 36. Ka1 Bc2 37. Qf4 Rdc8 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Qxc7 Nxe4 40. Re1 Re8
41. Ng5 Rf8 42. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qh3 Nf8 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qh4 N8d7 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. a3 Nh5 20. Rfd1 Bxg5 21.
Nxg5 Qe7 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Nf3 N8d7 24. Ne1 Rab8 25. f3 Nb6 26. b3 d5 27. exd5
exd5 28. Ne2 d4 29. Qg5 Nbd5 30. Ng3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Nfd5 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Ne4
N7d5 34. h4 Nc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. a4 b4 37. a5 Kf7 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxd4 Nxc2
40. Rxf4+ Kg7 41. Nxc2 Rxc2 42. Rd1 Rc7 43. Rd6 Ra7 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb7
46. Rxb4 Kf6 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 h6 50. g4 Kc5 51. Rc4+ Kd5 52. Rb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 cxd4 8. a5
Qd8 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Qa4 d5 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd2 Rfc8 14. Nb3 e6
15. Rd1 Nd8 16. e3 Qxa4 17. Rxa4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bd2 f5 20. Bc3 Rc7 21.
Kf1 Kf7 22. Bb4 Nc6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Ba3 e5 25. a6 b5 26. Rb4 exd4 27. Rxb5 dxe3
28. Rb7 Rxb7 29. axb7 Rb8 30. Rxc6 Rxb7 31. Na5 Rd7 32. fxe3 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rh1
34. Nc4 Rxh2+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ra6 Rc2 37. Rxa7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Bf6 39. Rc6 Kg7 40.
Ne5 Rd2 41. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 (9. Qf4 $5 {is an interesting try, as we can check:} c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2
11. Qxd2 $14 {this is the key idea. White will maintain castling possibilities,
and still try to pressure Black's weakened kingside.}) (9. Bc1 $5 c5 10. Bd3
Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. h3 Ne4 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qf3 $13 {As in the
1981 game Tal-Vooremaa, another great performance by the great Ex-World
Champion, even tho Black's position should be around ok here.}) 9... Nxd2 10.
Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 (11. h4 {among other ideas, this is a direct try against
Black's king. For example:} Nc6 12. h5 $5 g5 13. f4 {Funny thing - I just
realised this was the idea I used to play all the time on the Internet against
this variation, when I was just a kid. Of course, I thought I was a genius for
that, since I used to win many games in the following endgame:} cxd4 (13... c4
$5 14. Be2 f5 $1 $13) 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. fxg5 Qxg5+ (15... Qa5+ 16. c3 Nb3+ 17.
axb3 Qxa1 18. g6 $13) 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. g4 $13 {followed by c3-Nf3, creating
some pressure on the g5-weakness. Back then, it was so exciting to get to move
17 without making a single move from my head!}) 11... Nc6 {As in many
positions in the French Defence, both sides have a big variety of moves and
plans to follow, specially in this Winawer structures (arriving mostly after 1.
e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3). Just to show how rich the
position is, White has tried moves like Rab1, Rhb1, h4, Qf4, Bb5, as well as
the game move, dxc5.} (11... Bd7 $5 {is also possible, with the idea of
Bc6-Nd7-Qe7and O-O-O.}) 12. dxc5 {White releases the central tension, and will
try to create play in the b-file, and consolidate a blockade with Qf4-Nd4.
With 12.dxc5, Anand chooses to play this structure, since he avoids any ...
cxd4 ideas (when cxd4 would be forced, and Black could play something like
Qa5+/b6-Ba6.} Qa5 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rhb1 O-O-O $2 (15... b6 $5 {
and suddenly castling kingside becomes an option, since White's forces are
focused on the queenside.} 16. Qf6 (16. Nb5 O-O $1 17. h4 Ne7 $13) 16... O-O
17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rb4 Rfc8 19. Bxg6 $2 (19. Rh4 Qf8 $1 {that's why Rfc8} 20.
Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Rg4 Qf8 $13) 19... Be8 $3 $17 {
[X c3, Bg6]}) 16. Rb5 $2 (16. Nb5 $1 {Now Black couldn't stop White's activity:
} Kb8 17. Nd6 b6 18. Rb5 Qa3 (18... g5 19. Qg3 Qa3 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nxf7 Na5 22.
Qe3 $1 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 $16) 19. Qe3 $1 {Rxb6 coming, and Nxf7 as well, since
Rhf8 is not pinning the N anymore} Ka8 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nxf7 $18) 16... Qe7 17.
Rab1 b6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. R5b4 g5 20. Qe3 Qc5 {Nakamura was able to hold the
position so far, and the endgame won't present any problems for him.} 21. f4
gxf4 (21... Qxe3+ $5 22. Kxe3 Kc7 $11 {was another way to treat the position,
Rhg8 to come.}) 22. Rxf4 Rhg8 (22... Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Be8 24. g3 Rd7 $1 $11 {
/\ Kd8-e7, Rc7}) 23. g3 (23. Qxc5 $6 {winning the pawn could backire:} bxc5 24.
Ba6+ Kc7 25. Rxf7+ Rd7 26. Rf2 c4 $1 $44 {when the B on b5 remains out of play.
Besides, Rg5 comes and e5 becomes a real weakness as well.}) 23... Qxe3+ 24.
Kxe3 Rg5 $2 {Nakamura's will to play actively could have been punished, had
Anand reacted correctly on his 27th move.} (24... Be8 $142 25. Rh4 Rh8 26. Rf1
$14 {[X h6]}) 25. Rxf7 Rxe5+ 26. Kf4 Rh5 27. g4 $2 (27. h4 $1 {it's hard to
believe Anand didn't play this appealing move, leaving the h5-R out of play
for a decent time.} d4 {forced to let the R live} (27... Rg8 $2 {could have
been the reason why Anand played 27.g4} 28. Bh7 $1 e5+ 29. Kf3 d4+ 30. Kf2 $18
{[X Rh5]}) 28. Rxa7 b5 29. a4 $1 Rc5 30. Bxb5 $16 (30. axb5 $4 {as my grandma
says - it's never too late for something to go wrong:} Rf8+ 31. Kg4 Bg2 {
and the subtle h5# threat decides in Black's favour:} 32. Rh7 Rg8+ 33. Kf4 $19
{with e5-e4 to follow})) 27... Rxh2 28. Rxa7 Rd7 $1 {Nakamura takes his
chances and precisely equalises within the next moves:} 29. Ra6 (29. Rxd7 Kxd7
30. Rxb6 Kc7 31. Rb1 Kd6 $13 {and Black's central advance clearly compensates
for his pawn down.}) 29... Kc7 30. Kg3 (30. Raxb6 $6 Rh3 $1 $132 {when White's
K could become a target for Black.}) 30... Rd2 31. Rbxb6 Bb7 32. Rxb7+ Kxb7 33.
Rxe6 {The best possible chance for Anand, but not enough for a win.} Rc7 34.
Rxh6 Rxc3 35. Kf4 Rf2+ 36. Ke5 Rg2 37. Rg6 Ra3 38. Kxd5 Rxa2 {Starting here,
White holds the initiative with the pawns, but the position must be a
confortable draw already.} 39. Be4 Re2 40. c4 Rad2+ 41. Ke5+ Kc7 42. Kf5 Rf2+
43. Kg5 Rd4 44. Bd5 Kd7 45. Kh6 Re2 46. Rg7+ Kd6 47. g5 Re5 48. Rf7 Rh4+ 49.
Kg6 Rg4 50. Rf5 Rg1 51. Kf6 Rxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Rf1+ 53. Kg6 Ke5 54. Kg7 Rf4 55. g6
Kf5 56. Bf7 Rd4 57. c5 Rd8 58. c6 Rc8 59. Bd5 Rc7+ 60. Kh6 Kf6 61. Kh5 Ra7 62.
Bf7 Kg7 63. Kg5 Ra5+ 64. Kf4 Rc5 65. Be8 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 {The game had started as an
English opening, but eventually reached a symmetrical Tarrasch tabyia. This
transposition used to be popular some 30-40 years ago, but at some point
strong players seemed to have lost faith in White's chances for an advantage.
In the present game, the variation proved an effective surprise weapon,
especially with restricted time for thinking. The previous generations had
established that both sides should refrain from inflicting on the opponent an
Isolani with an early exchange in the centre. They failed to find a way,
though, of maintaining a long term edge. Nowadays, players are used to getting
just a minimal or microscopic opening advantage, which may bring the tabyia
into the limelight again.} 6. a3 {Still following the old main line. If Black
develops his bishop, White would play dxc5 followed by b4, gaining space and
time. We can state that he would get a reversed Queen's Gambit Accepted with 2
extra tempi.} a6 {Black's most natural choice.} (6... Ne4 {is an important
alternative, aiming to break the symmetry, which famously was employed by
Fischer in the final part of his Candidates' final.} 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 (8.
Qxc3 $5 {, which was played in some later games, but none of them at the same
high level, may be a better chance for an advantage.}) 8... Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10.
Bd3 h6 11. O-O Na5 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 15. e4 Bb7 {With
easy play for Black. After having traded all the knights, he hardly can have
space problems. In Petrosian,T (2640)-Fischer,R (2760)/Buenos Aires 1971/
Candidates (0-1, 39) Black's queenside counterplay proved faster than White's
kingside attack.}) 7. dxc5 {It is hard to find another useful waiting move.}
Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 {is best answered by}
d4 $1 $11 {With a complete simplification of the position.} 12. exd4 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Bxd4 14. O-O {1/2 (14) Ljubojevic,L (2605)-Tal,M (2625)/Bugojno 1978/MCL})
(10. Be2 {gives away a tempo for nothing:} dxc4 11. Bxc4 {Andersson,U (2605)
-Chandler,M (2575)/Tilburg 1992/CBM 032/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 28)}) 10... Qe7 {
It is instructive to notice that both players develop their queens according
to the concrete circumstances. Black can occupy the safe e7-square, because he
has developed his king's bishop already.} 11. Rd1 ({Once again, developing the
king's bishop would unnecessarily lose a tempo:} 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13.
O-O (13. Ne4 $5) 13... Rac8 14. Qe2 Bb8 15. Rac1 (15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17.
Ne4 {was recommended by Ivkov, failing to notice a simple tactical blow:} Bxh2+
$1 18. Kxh2 Nxe4 $17) 15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 17. f4 Bb8 18. Bb3 Ba7 $15 {
Olafsson,F (2550)-Ivkov,B (2520)/Novi Sad 1976/EXT 99 (0-1, 41)}) 11... Rd8 {
We can see that, with some exceptions, Black is confined to imitate White's
play, even after the central tension has been relieved partially. The truth is
that useful waiting moves are not so numerous. The rook opposition along the
d-file is not without some inconvenience for Black, though.} ({It is risky to
release the tension completely, ignoring White's extra tempo with respect to
the game from the previous comment:} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Ne4 $14 {
This way of clearing diagonals for the bishops, which can be met in the notes
to this game more than once, is known from the old games of Rubinstein already.
} Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rfe8 15. Qg4 g6 16. h4 $40 Rad8 17. h5 e5 18. Qg3 Bb8 $2 (18...
Be6 $8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Be2 $16) 19. hxg6 {1-0 Mchedlishvili,M 
(2540)-Essing,A (2286)/Batumi 2002/CBM 090}) 12. Be2 {White had finished his
waiting moves, but, happily, now is a good moment for developing the bishop.}
d4 {The most principled, but somewhat risky, answer, finally breaking symmetry.
} ({Since he also had no waiting moves left, Black only had a reasonable
alternative:} 12... dxc4 {The main problem with this move is that the
subsequent exchange, which was not possible at earlier stages, forces Black
into worsening the position of one of his developed pieces, allowing White to
gain time.} 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {This looks like the lesser evil. Black will be
able to regroup with his knight to f7 (after ...f6), although this would
slightly weaken his kingside.} (13... Qxd8 {looks like a mere losing of time.}
14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Ne7 17. Ng5 $40 {Chernin,A (2475)
-Rashkovsky,N (2400)/Sverdlovsk 1984/MCL (1-0, 31)}) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 {
Several games between strong players have been played from this position. It
is hard to say whether White's advantage is more than symbolic, because the
symmetrycal character of the structure, but play generally is one-sided,
offering Black no reasons for joy.} Bd7 (15... a5 16. Qxc4 axb4 17. axb4 Bd7
18. O-O Rc8 19. Qb3 f6 20. b5 $14 {Foisor,O (2430)-Lputian,S (2530)/Sochi 1985/
MCD (1/2, 46)}) (15... f6 16. Bxc4 Nf7 {Keres,P (2600)-Parma,B (2510)/Dortmund
1973/MCL (1/2, 23)}) 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. Ne5 {Huebner,R (2630)-Ftacnik,L (2580)/
Polanica Zdroj 1995/CBM 049/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 68)}) 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. O-O {I do not know how this happened, but White has completed his
development first! True, the strong d4-bishop exerts some pressure and White
will need a tempo to exchange it, but the sudden transformation of the
position remains remarkable.} e5 {Not only gaining space and preparing to
complete the development, but also parrying the threatened knight move to d5.}
16. Na4 {The knight on the edge does not always stands  badly, especially if
it has such an appetising square available as b6.} Be6 {The most natural way
of developing the bishop, but there are two important alternatives.} ({Aronian
must have felt confident against} 16... Bg4 {, which he had faced in the past:}
17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Nd5 {The exchange its counterpart
immediately takes advantage of the available space.} Qd6 21. h3 Nf6 22. Rxd4
exd4 23. Rd1 Qe5 (23... Nxd5 24. Rxd4 Re8 25. Qd2 $16) 24. f4 Qe6 25. Qf2 $1 ({
After} 25. Qd2 b5 26. Qxd4 {, Black managed to save the game with the calm} Kh8
$1 {Aronian,L (2610)-Ftacnik,L (2602)/Germany 2003/CBM 093 (1/2, 32)}) 25... b5
26. Rxd4 bxc4 (26... Nxd5 27. cxd5 $16 Rxd5 $2 28. Qf3 $1 $18) 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6
28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qc5 $16 {The weakness of the back rank will cause Black to
lose a pawn, with a pretty difficult endgame to hold.}) (16... Bd7 {aims to
find some relief in successive exchanges.} 17. Bxd4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4
({It does not make sense to refrain from this exchange, because after} 19. Qc2
{Black can complete his development with} Rad8 {, when an exchange on d4 is
hard to avoid anyway, Kasparov,G (2735)-Schulte,O (2370)/Hamburg 1987/CBM 002 
(1/2, 30) By exchanging at once, White reserves himself the possibility of
transferring the queen to other squares than c2, according to necessity.})
19... exd4 20. Bd3 Rd8 (20... Ng4 {Merino Garcia,R (2285)-Estremera Panos,S 
(2400)/Montanchez 1998/EXT 2003 (1/2, 26)} 21. Qd1 $5 $146 Ne5 22. Be4 Nxc4 23.
Re1 Qd7 24. Qd3 Nd6 25. Qxd4 Re8 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Bd3 $14 {With chances of
getting an endgame with a superior minor piece.}) 21. Qd1 g6 22. Re1 Qd7 {
Pira,D (2365)-Zelcic,R (2495)/Montpellier 1996/EXT 2004 (1-0, 70)} 23. Qf3 $5
$146 Kg7 24. g3 $5 {The pawn is safely blocked and all White's pieces are
slightly more active than Black's. Technical players will certainly enjoy the
squeezing phase, although the success is far from being guaranteed.}) (16...
Bxb2 $6 {is not to be recommended:} 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Qxb2 {Black not only
has lost his main trump, the d4-outpost, but also handed the initiative to his
opponent completely.}) 17. c5 $1 $146 {Unlike in Kasparov's simul game quoted
above, it is best to delay the capture on d4, which would speed up Black's
development.} (17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Rd1 g6 $13 {
Kongevold,H-Johnsen,S/Gjovik 1991 (0-1, 46)}) 17... Qc7 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Bxd4 {
Now that the queen's rook has been forced to lose a tempo on a more or less
useless move, it is a good moment to carry out the exchange.} Rxd4 20. Rxd4
exd4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. h3 g6 23. Qb2 {The barrier created along the d-file by
the white knight in collaboration with the c5-pawn causes Black problems in
defending his central pawn.} Qf4 $6 {As will be revealed in a comment below,
this is not a good square for the queen.} (23... Qe5 {would have maintained a
playable position.} 24. Nc4 $5 ({With the queen on e5,} 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. Re1 f5
{is rather unclear.}) 24... Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Kg7 26. Qd2 $14 {Although Black has
no immediate problems, the endgame is likely to be dangerous on account of the
advanced white majority and the vulnerability of the b7-pawn.}) 24. Bf3 $1 {
Unexpectedly, the b7-pawn cannot be defended in a satisfactory way.} d3 {
Searching for practical chances.} (24... Ne4 $2 {does not work because of} 25.
Rxd4 $18 {This is when the queen proves to be misplaced on f4.}) (24... Bxh3
25. Qd2 $16) 25. Qd2 Qd4 26. Bxb7 $16 {The advanced d-pawn is no adequate
match for the strong queenside majority.} a5 27. Bf3 axb4 28. Qxb4 $1 {Aronian
unblocks the enemy pawn, but ensures the advance of his own c-pawn as well.} d2
29. c6 Qe5 30. Nd7 $1 {An elegant simplifying operation, leaving White with an
extra pawn in a technical position.} Nxd7 31. Qxd2 Qc7 32. Qd4 Rc8 33. cxd7 Rd8
34. Qb2 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb4 Qd3 38. a4 {White counterplay
could have avoided the ensuing tactical operation, but Aronian may have been
confident that the resulting position with an extra piece is winning.} Bxh3 39.
Qb2+ Kg8 40. Be2 Qe4 41. gxh3 Qxa4 {Black's saving chances are connected with
the colour of the h8-corner, which is opposite to that of the bishop. With
queens on the board, though, White also has attacking ideas.} 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43.
Qe5+ Kg8 44. Bf3 Qd7 45. Bd5 Qxh3 {Practically giving up any resistance. Anand
may have overlooked the following simplifying manoeuvre.} 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47.
Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kh6 (49... Kf8 {leads to disaster after:} 50.
Qf6+ Ke8 51. Bc6+) 50. Qe3+ Qxe3 51. fxe3 {The rest is simple.} Kg5 52. Kg2 Kf5
53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Bg8 h6 55. Bf7 Kf5 56. Be8 h5 57. e4+ Kf6 58. Ke3 h4 59. Bd7
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {After my 100% record with the French Defence was ruined against
Karjakin, (to be fair I was not even close to retaining it) I had to play
something else.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Declaring my readiness to suffer in a
slightly worse ending against the World Champion.} 4. Qe2 {A surprise; Anand
avoids the Berlin endgame from time to time, but usually with 4.d3.} a6 {
For whatever reason I suddenly got very creative here, and started considering
several reasonable and unreasonable options like ...Qe7, ...Bd6 and ,,,g6.
After a while I came to my senses and played a normal move.} 5. Ba4 Be7 {
Most sensible people play ...b5 first here, and indeed it makes sense not to
give White the option of retreating the bishop to c2.} 6. c3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8.
d4 Bd7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. c4 {Black should be a little bit worse
here. However, as my position seemed a whole lot sounder than it did at this
point in the blindfold game, (notably, no tripled pawns) I was not that
worried.} g6 (11... a5 {here or on one of the next few moves makes little
sense to me, as White will soon play b4 anyway, and I will have given up the
b5-square and possibly the a-file for very little.}) 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Rb1 Ng7
14. b4 {I was playing way too quickly around here to consider subtleties like
the possibility of playing c5 here, which closes the position and makes it
hard to create anything serious on the queenside for White in the near future.
However, when I hit upon this idea a few moves later I also remembered a game
Anand-Short with the same structure, which Anand won in good style so I did
not really regret choosing another plan.} (14. Ne1 {followed by Nd3 is
desirable strategically, but it allows} Bg5 {and after exchanging the
dark-squared bishops Black must be fine.}) 14... f5 15. Be3 Rb8 (15... Nf6 16.
Rfd1 {with c4-c5 to come looks very pleasant for White as I don't really want
to take on e4. Thus, the knight is better placed on d7.}) 16. Rfd1 {
Considering what happened in the game, it might be suggested that the rook
should have been put on c1 instead. The rook would be very useful on d1 if the
centre was to be opened, but as soon as I close the position with f4, the rook
is naturally not doing much here.} (16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 f4 {works out well
for Black.}) 16... Qe8 17. a4 f4 {There isn't really much else for Black to do
here. Without the light-squared bishops White will never be mated on the
kingside of course, but at least I will manage to create some counterplay and
not give White a free hand on the kingside.} 18. Bd2 g5 19. h3 (19. Ne1 Qg6 20.
f3 h5 21. Nd3 g4 {was another option for White. White is clearly at least ok
here, but as long as White is not breaking through on the queenside any time
soon Black certainly has chances.}) 19... h5 20. Nh2 Qg6 21. f3 Ne8 $1 {
It is important to put this knight on f6 (it was just an obstruction on g7)
rather than the other knight, which has a very useful defensive function on d7.
} 22. Rdc1 Nef6 23. Kf1 $2 {The critical moment, where Anand chooses the wrong
defensive plan.} (23. Nd1 {with the intention of putting this knight on f2 and
stopping g4 would be one move too late:} g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26.
fxg4 Bh4 $1 {followed by ...Nf6 with a very strong initative.}) (23. Kh1 g4 24.
Rg1 {would have been better, as Black is not breaking through any time soon,
and White might even have ideas of playing g3 some day. On the other hand,
White is clearly not going to do any serious damage on the queenside either,
with the knight on h2 and rook on g1.}) 23... Kf7 24. Ke1 $6 {The continuation
of a bad plan. White has not enough time to protect everything after Black
invades on the g-file.} g4 25. Kd1 gxh3 26. gxh3 Rg8 27. Kc2 Qg2 28. Rh1 Qxe2
29. Nxe2 Rg2 30. Kd3 Nb6 {Now White is losing a pawn by force.} 31. Rbg1 Rbg8
32. Rxg2 (32. Ng4 Rxg1 33. Nh6+ Kg6 {just doesn't work.}) 32... Rxg2 33. a5 (
33. Nc3 Nxc4 {is no better.}) 33... Nxc4 34. Bc1 b5 35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Nf1 Nh7 {
Intending ...Bh4 followed by ...Ng5, and} 37. h4 (37. Rg1 Rf2 {doesn't help.})
37... Nf8 38. Bd2 Ng6 39. Be1 Na4 {White is almost in complete zugzwang. As is
easy to see, neither of his knights can move, and after} 40. Rg1 (40. Kd2 Nb2 {
his king is stalemated too.}) 40... Rxg1 41. Nxg1 Bxh4 {Black does not have an
immediate breakthrough, but with two extra pawns the game is obviously decided.
} 42. Bd2 Ke7 43. Nh3 Kd7 {...c7-c6 is next, and White has no chances of
saving the game. A nice, smooth win, even if it was not Anand's finest hour.}
0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd3 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Nb4 9. Qb3 Qd5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Be2 f5 14. Ng3
c5 15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. d5 a6 17. Be2 Nf6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nh3 b5 20. Rhe1 Rb8 21.
Nh5 Rb6 22. Kb1 Rg8 23. N3f4 Kf7 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rd3 Bd6 26. Nh5+ Kf7 27.
Red1 Ke7 28. Rh3 Rxg2 29. Ng3 Bxg3 30. Rxh7+ Kf6 31. hxg3 Rxf2 32. Bh5 Bb7 33.
Re1 Be4 34. Rf7+ Kg5 35. Bd1 Rd6 36. Kc1 Rdd2 37. g4 Bxc2 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Rf1
Rxb2 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 $5 {An odd choice by Anand. It is clear that the World Champion had
something in mind.} Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14.
Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 {Nothing new for Giri so far. He had examined the same
position in an encounter not long time before this game} 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3
b6 18. Rab1 $1 $146 {A good novelty by Anand. It creates the greatest amount
of difficulty for Black. Nevertheless, Black should be able to hold. The other
continuations have not created any difficulties for Black.} (18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.
Re1 Qf8 20. Qb3 h6 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qb5 Bxa2 23. c4 Qa3 24. h4 Qc3 25. Re8+
Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ Kg8 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+
{1/2-1/2 (31) Jovanovic,Z (2526)-Giri,A (2624)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136}) (18. h3 h6
19. Rab1 Qc6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qf8 22. Qa4 Be6 23. Re3 {1/2-1/2 (23)
Dominguez Perez,L (2712)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 18... Qd8
$2 {Giri blunders away a pawn instantly.} (18... Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qc6 20. Re7 $5
(20. c4 $5 dxc4 21. d5 Qd7 22. d6 h6 23. h3 (23. Re7 Qf5 24. h3 Be6 {Black is
just safe}) 23... Qb5 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qf3 Qxd4 27. Qxa8 Qd1+ 28.
Kh2 Qxd6+ 29. Kg1 Be6 {and Black is far from any danger.}) 20... f6 {[%csl Ge5]
} 21. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3]} Bd7 22. Nf1 a5 23. Ne3 Be6 24. h4 Rc8 25. h5
h6 26. c4 Kh8 (26... dxc4 $4 27. d5 Bxd5 28. Nf5 $18) 27. Qd3 Qd6 28. Rxg7 Kxg7
29. Qg6+ Kh8 (29... Kf8 $4 30. Qxf6+ Ke8 31. Nf5 $18) 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+
Kh8 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 (32... Kg8 $4 33. Nf5 $18) 33. Nf5 Qd7 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+
Kg8 $11 {Even though this exciting line is not all that forced, however it
reveals the strength behind Anand's novelty and the difficulties Black might
face in this line.}) 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rxb6 Bg4 21. Rb7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h6 23.
Rxa7 Rxa7 $2 {The last and final mistake. 23...Rc8 was mandatory, the rest is
just a piece of cake for Anand.} 24. Qxa7 Qc8 25. Kg2 Qc6 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Qb1+
Kg8 28. Qf5 Qc4 29. a4 $1 Qxa4 30. Qxd5 Qa6 31. Qe4 Qc4 32. d5 Qxc3 33. Qe8+
Kh7 34. Qxf7 Qe5 35. h4 h5 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. dxe6 Kg6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "Tashkent m"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.03.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 {I personally don't play this
variation, but if I'm not mistaken, this is a novelty. The more popular} (11.
Qxd3 {suggests a slight edge for White thanks to a better development and
control over e5.}) 11... O-O 12. Rb1 {A very subtle move: the Rook wins a
tempo on its way to the e-file.} Rb8 {Good move. Black avoids weakening of his
white squares, and plans b7-b5-b4 at an appropriate time. The weakness of the
superficial 12...b6 is clear from the following variation:} (12... b6 13. Qa4
Qd7 $2 14. Rxe7 {and wins.}) 13. Rb2 b5 {Another alternative to stabilize the
situation on e-file is} (13... Qd7 14. Rbe2 Bd6 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qc2 Rfe8 {
with a roughly equal play.}) 14. Rbe2 a5 {Black is trying to press on the
queenside where he has some advantage.} 15. h3 Bd6 16. Ne5 {Perhaps the only
way to pose any problems to Black.} Bxe5 {An important decision. After the
exchange of Knights, Black would have a passive and slightly worse position.} (
16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. d4 Qd7 19. Qd3) 17. dxe5 d4 18. cxd4 {Perhaps
better was the following wait-and-see variation:} (18. Bb2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 b4 20.
Bb2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Re4 Qd5 23. Qc2 {with equal play.}) 18... Nxd4 19.
Re4 f5 {White's attack looks dangerous, but Black has sufficient resources to
defend.} (19... Qd5 20. Qh5 Ne6 21. d4 (21. Rh4 Qxd3) 21... Rfe8 22. Rh4 Nf8 {
with a comfortable play for Black. Black's last move opens up the position,
which White's Bishop stronger.}) 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bf4 Rbd8 22. Qd2 c5 {
A brilliant move. Despite the severe time trouble, Rustam is very precise in
calculating the consequences of this move.} 23. Bg5 Qg6 24. Rg4 h5 25. Rg3 Nf5
26. Bxd8 Nxg3 27. Bxa5 {The point of Black's idea was:} (27. Be7 Nf5 28. Bxf8
Nh4 {and White suddenly loses.}) ({The attampt to go for a better endgame} 27.
Qg5 {wouldn't work either, because of} Qxd3 ({weak is} 27... Qxg5 28. Bxg5 Nf5
29. Re5 {and the R+B pair dominates}) 28. Be7 Ne2+ 29. Rxe2 Qxe2 30. Bxf8 Kxf8
31. Qxc5+ Kg8 {with a draw}) 27... Nf5 28. Qf4 Nd4 29. Qe4 {The following line
would have kept a slight advantage:} (29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. fxg3 Ra8 31. Bb6 Rxa2
32. Bxc5) 29... Qf7 30. f3 {You can't call this a mistake, because} (30. Kh1 {
is hard to find under this time control. The point is that now after} Qxa2 (
30... Qxf2 31. Qd5+ Qf7 32. Qxc5) 31. Bb6 Rf5 32. Bxc5 {there is no 32...Nf3})
30... Qxa2 31. Bb6 Rf5 32. Kh1 Qd5 33. Rc1 Ne6 34. Re1 {Black's position is
considerably better, The white Bishop hardly feels well, while black pieces
are well coordinated. If there were more time, I think we'd have seen} Kf7 {
or the more precise} (34... Qxe4 35. Rxe4 (35. dxe4 Rf8 {the pair of connected
pawns is very dangerous}) 35... Kf7 {with excellent winning chances for Black
in either case.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent m"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.03.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ {The Catalan structure was Anand's
main weapon in his world championship match vs Topalov.} 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2
O-O 7. Ngf3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Qe7 {The wait-and-see move. The other option
to solve opening problems was} (9... Nbd7 10. Nd3 c5) 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Qa4 Na6 {
The Black runs out of natural developing moves, so Anand had to develop his
Knight to a6.} 12. c5 {A very strong decision posing serious troubles for
Black. White gains space on the queenside, and takes advantage of bad
positions of black B and N.} bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 {Practically the only way to
stabilize the position. The following line would lose immediately:} (13... Nxc5
14. Qb4 Qd6 15. Rxc5) 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. f4 Nb8 {Black tries to relocate his
Knight to a better position.} 16. Qa5 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. e4
Qe7 20. e5 Nd7 21. Nd4 {White has achieved a total domination with a
strategically winning position. Black can only hope for some counterplay on
the kingside.} Kh8 {Preparing to open up the g-file.} 22. Re1 {A strong move
reinforcing the e5 square and countering Black's idea to open the g-file.} g5
23. f5 g4 24. f6 Qf8 {The position looks hopeless for Black, but there is no
immediate win in view for White. This is why White starts to gradually
strengthen his position.} 25. Re3 a6 26. Bf1 Qd8 27. Qxd8+ {Besides the Queen
exchange, White had two interesting alternatives: 1) to try to keep the Queens
on the board in order to attack on the kingside; and 2) to move his Knight to
a5, where it would put some serious pressure on Black's queenside, as well as
block the a-pawn. For example:} (27. Qc3 Qc7 28. Rce1 a5 29. Bd3 Rg8 30. Bb1
Rg5 31. Qc2 Rh5 32. Ne2) (27. Nb3) 27... Rxd8 28. b4 a5 {Now or never! Black's
passive maneuvering would have allowed White to strengthen his position to a
maximum, and then make the decisive b4-b5 move. For example:} (28... Rg8 29.
Nb3 Rg5 30. Rce1 Rb8 31. Na5 h5 32. Bd3 Nf8 33. R1e2 {White's plan is to
centralize his King to d4, freeing the Rook from defending e5, and prepare
b4-b5.}) 29. b5 Rdc8 30. a4 cxb5 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Nxc6 bxa4 {
Black's position is lost, but White has some technical issues to solve,
alongside his severe time trouble.} 34. Bb5 Nb6 35. Ra3 Rc8 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ke2
Kh7 38. Bd3+ {With this move, White loses advantage. The direct} (38. Kd3 {
wouldn't work because of the strong} Nc4 39. Ra2 Rxc6 40. Bxc6 Nxe5+ {and
tables turn.}) ({Only the subtle preventive Rook move would have kept the
decisive advantage for White:} 38. Ra2 {With the King then marching to c5.})
38... Kh6 39. Nxa5 Nd7 40. Rxa4 Nxe5 {Now tables have turned, White has to
suffer a long passive defence without even a guaranteed draw. Considering the
time control, this mission can be called impossible.} 41. Nb7 Kg5 42. Nd6 Rd8
43. Nb7 Rb8 44. Ra7 Kxf6 45. Ke3 Rc8 46. Ra3 Rc1 {Now the black Rook intrudes
into White's back rank, posing real threats.} 47. Nd6 Re1+ 48. Be2 Rh1 49. Ne8+
Ke7 50. Bb5 Nc4+ 51. Bxc4 dxc4 52. Ng7 (52. Nc7 {would have kept some hope for
White. Now the Knight is trapped.}) 52... Rxh2 53. Ra7+ Kf8 {A painful loss,
after which Vishy Anand fully seized the initiative in the match.} 0-1

[Event "Tashkent m"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.03.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 {This is a position from Rustam's recent game
in Aeroflot Open. His opponent wasn't familiar with the theoretical subtleties
of this variation.} (10. Nd4 $6 c5 11. Nf3 Be6 12. a3 Ng4 13. Bf4 d5 14. h4 Bd6
15. Ng5 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Nf6 17. c4 Qb8 18. Qd2 dxc4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe3 Kh8 {
and Black seized the initiative, and had a stable advantage, although the game
subsequently ended in a draw. 1/2 Ivan Salgado Lopez (2626)-Rustam
Kasimdzhanov (2681)/Moscow RUS 2011 (34)}) 10... c6 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Bd3 d5 {
A more reliable continuation was the immediate exchange on e3:} (12... Nxe3 13.
Qxe3 Bf6) 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. h3 {Not an obvious, but a very strong response. Now
Black has to choose between the calm Nf6, admitting that 12...d5 was not
correct, and the sharp} Bxf4 {After a long thought, Black goes for the most
principal decision, because after 14...Nf6 White would be able to just develop
a kingside attack.} 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qxf4 Nxf2 17. Ng5 f6 {A decisive mistake.
} (17... Qf6 {would have kept a playable position} 18. Qh4 Qh6 19. Qxf2 Qxg5
20. Bd3 {although White's advantage is obvious due to a comfortable play on
the kingside.}) 18. Nf7+ {A brilliant move, which Vishy executed in seconds.
Now White has a forced win.} Rxf7 19. Bg6 Nxd1 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Re1 {Occupying
the e-file, which Black is unable to block without serious material loss.}
Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 Be6 23. Rxe6 Qb6+ 24. Kc1 Qg1+ 25. Re1 1-0

[Event "Tashkent m"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.03.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 {An interesting
opening idea.} (6. Nf3 {leads to a well-studied position, in which Black's
plan is the exchange of black-squared Bishop and then d6 followed by e5. Now
this plan doesn't work because White has time for e4 and f4.}) 6... O-O 7. Ne2
d5 8. cxd5 {I don't particularly like this decision, because it opens the
diagonal for Bishop on c8, as well as gives up the pressure in the centre. An
interesting alternative was} (8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 {keeping positional pressure.
}) 8... exd5 9. Nbc3 {I think} (9. O-O {was more flexible. White maintains the
possibility to exchange the bad Bishop.}) 9... Rd8 10. O-O Bxc3 {A very
interesting decision: Black exchanges his black-squared Bishop, increasing
control over white squares.} 11. Nxc3 b6 {Frankly, I have no understanding of
the idea behind this move. That's why Vishy Anand is the World Champ, and
Anton Filippov is not.} 12. a3 Be6 13. Rc1 Na5 14. Nb5 Nc4 15. b3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2
c5 {Another alternative is} (16... Rdc8 17. Qb2 c6 18. Nc3 Bf5 {with a
comfortable play.}) 17. Qb2 {The active} (17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qa5 {would have
posed some trouble for Black in view of the central pawns' vulnerability.})
17... Qd7 18. a4 a6 19. Na3 (19. Nc3 {was more natural. Apparently, Rustam's
decision came from the necessity to use this final chance to fight for a win.})
19... Rac8 20. Rfd1 Bh3 {Now White's position suffers from the fact that
almost all white pieces are on the queenside.} 21. Bh1 Qf5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. b4
cxb4 24. Qxb4 h6 25. Qb6 {After opening up the position, the bad location of
the N on a3 is even more apparent. That's why White should have continued} (25.
Nb1) 25... Ne4 26. f3 {Perhaps more preferable for White was} (26. Qb2 {
without weakening the King's position.}) 26... Nf6 {Anand misses the forced} (
26... Nd2 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxd2 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rf1+ 30. Ke2 Rxh1 31. Qd8+ Kh7
32. Qxd5 Rxh2+ 33. Ke1 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Ke2 Rxf3 {winning.}) 27. Qxa6 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 d4 {White is in big trouble, and has to find very precise moves to
save the game, which is still possible.} 29. Qb6 Rc8 30. Re1 {The decisive
mistake. The totally inhuman [considering the time trouble]} (30. Ra1 {or the
more human}) (30. Qb2 dxe3 31. Bg2 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 e2 34. Kf2 Qh3
{would have kept a glimmer of hope for White.}) 30... Qd3 31. Nb1 {and now
Black wins the game in a style:} Rc1 $1 {with forced mate in 5.} 0-1

[Event "Tashkent sim"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Igonin, Temur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.03.28"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1
f5 9. Bd2 h6 10. b4 g5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15.
a4 $146 ({RR} 15. f4 g4 16. e3 dxe3 17. Bxe3 a6 18. Re1 axb5 19. cxb5 c6 20.
bxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxa2 22. Bd5 Ra6 23. Rb8 Qc7 24. Qb3 Ra3 25. Rxc8 Rxb3 26.
Rxc7 Rxd3 27. Bf7 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Bd4 29. Kf2 Rb8 {Klinger,S (2186)-Riedel,W 
(2227)/Bayern 2006/EXT 2007/1-0 (39)}) 15... f4 16. a5 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bh3 18. Rfc1
fxg3 19. hxg3 Qf6 20. Be1 h5 21. c5 h4 22. cxd6 hxg3 23. f3 Qxd6 24. Be4 Qf4
25. Bd2 Qh4 26. e3 Bg2 0-1

[Event "Tashkent sim"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tokhirjanova, Hulkar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.03.28"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
d6 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Ne7 11. a4 b6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Bb4 h6 15. Nf3
Kh7 16. a5 Be6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Ra1 f4 20. Ra7 Bh3 21. Nde4 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Qe6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rf7 25. Qd2 Nf5 26. Rfa1 Nd4 27. Bxd6 cxd6
28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Nxd6 f3+ 30. Kh1 Qd7 31. Nxc8 Qh3 32. Rg1 Nxe2 33. Qe1 Nxg1
34. Qxg1 Qxc8 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters 24th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The world champion, Vishy Anand, drew the black pieces in the in the drawing
of lots held by international arbiter Joaquín Espejo in the celebrated halls
of Hotel Conde Luna. The match which will pit him against Alexei Shiron in a
best of six games played at 40 minutes per game with a 30-second increment
after each move.} 1. e4 c6 {The Caro Kann defense that Anand has employed with
great success against Shirov in the past with four victories and four draws. A
result that is nothing to spit upon.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Shirov, true to himself,
employs the most agressive system.} Bf5 4. Nf3 (4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 {
is a variation much to Alexei's taste, but which has not yielded good results
against the Indian GM.}) 4... e6 5. Be2 Ne7 {A continuation used by the
Vietnamese phenom Le Quang Liem, never played by the two protagonists however.}
(5... Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Be3 Bg6 8. Nh4 Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. f4 f5 {
was an interesting struggle which ended in a draw in Shirov,A (2690)-Anand,V 
(2725) Wijk aan Zee 1996.}) ({y} 5... c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9.
Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Ne2 c5 {led to an equal game that Anand was able to turn to his favor in
Shirov, A (2710)-Anand,V (2770) Linares 1998.}) 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 {
[#] This is the idea behind Ne7, reserving the d7 square for the queen's
knight.} 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na3 c3 12. bxc3 Nd7 {[#]} 13.
Nb5 {A new idea prepared in advance by Shirov if one is to judge by the little
time spent.} ({In the aforementioned game they played} 13. Bb5 Qxc5 14. Nc4 O-O
15. Qxd7 Qxb5 16. Nd6 Qb6 17. Qxb7 Nxe5 18. Qxb6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 axb6 20. Nxf5
exf5 21. Rfb1 Ra6 {and only Black can aspire to anything in Naiditsch,A (2684)
-Le Quang Liem (2681) Dortmund 2010.}) 13... O-O 14. Nd6 Nxc5 15. Bb5 Bg4 ({
Of note was} 15... Be4 {pressuring the e5 pawn as in the game and keeping the
option of capturing the knight on c6.}) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]We can now take
stock of the opening: Anand seems to be about equal but it did take over
twelve minutes while his opponent still has his initial 40 minutes almost
intact and a strong knight on d6 which may give Black a serious headache in
the future.} 17. h3 ({Not} 17. Qd4 $6 {since after} Bxf3 18. Qxc5 Qg5 $1 19. g3
Qh5 {and White is starting to get into trouble.}) 17... Bh5 18. g4 $5 {Shirov
fights for the initiative.} Bg6 19. Qd4 Nb7 $1 ({Another option was to play
against e5 with} 19... Nd7 20. Rad1 f6 21. Rfe1 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rf3
24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 {and now both} e5 ({as well as} 25... Rd8 26. Qe5 {
seem to give White an advantage.}) 26. f4) 20. Rad1 c5 $1 21. Qa4 $6 (21. Qe3 {
was safer, keeping c5 under attack and control of the kingside.}) 21... Nxd6
22. Rxd6 ({Not} 22. exd6 Qf6 23. Kg2 Qxc3 {and White would have to deal with
both his material deficit and kingside weaknesses.}) 22... f5 $5 {highlighting
the weakened kingside, though also giving White full control of the d-file.}
23. Rd7 Qe8 (23... Be8 {was less convincing due to} 24. Rxe7 Bxa4 25. Rb1 fxg4
26. Ng5 Bc6 27. hxg4 {even though the position doesn't give White anything
clearcut.}) 24. Rfd1 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rf7 $1 {Anand neutralizes White's rook
activity.} 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Ng5 Qf5 $1 {[#]} 28. f4 ({After a long think,
Shirov decides to forgo} 28. Nxe6 Qxe5 29. Rd7 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Be4+ 31. Kg3 Qxc3+
({not} 31... Qg1+ $2 32. Kf4 {winning.}) 32. Kh2 Qe5+ {and Black holds.}) 28...
Re8 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 30. Rd7 {[#]} Rf8 $1 ({Capturing the h3 pawn with} 30... h6
$6 {would be less precise since after} 31. Nf7 Bxh3 {White can play} 32. Nd6 $1
({Not the superficial} 32. Rxa7 $2 Rf8 33. Kh2 Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Kxh3 g6
$1 {which leads to a won pawn endgame by Black.}) 32... Ra8 33. Rc7 {and White
gets the advantage.}) 31. Re7 {As a result of Black's perfect defense, Shirov
liquidates into an equal rook endgame, in which White is the one who must play
with care.} h6 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxf4 34. Ra6 Rf3 $1 {Anand chooses the
continuation that gives him the most practical chances: if the h3-pawn is
eliminated, the position could become perilous for White.} 35. Rxa7 Rxh3 36. e6
Re3 37. Re7 (37. a4 {seems drawn after} Rxe6 38. a5 Re2 39. Rc7 Ra2 40. Rxc5 g5
41. c4 Kg7 42. Rb5 Kg6 43. c5 {and White would have no trouble holding the
draw,}) 37... Kf8 (37... g5 38. Kf2 Rxc3 39. Re8+ Kg7 {[#]} 40. Rh8 $3 {
A study-like move that forces the draw.}) (37... Rxc3 {leads to a draw.} 38.
Re8+ $1 Kh7 39. Kf2 $1 Rc4 40. Kf3 Rc1 41. Kf2) 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Re7 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters 24th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 {[#]A good sign! All the chess
fans are tired of the boring chess in Kazan and this choice of opening in this
Rapid match is the least they could expect!} h6 {Shirov deviates from his
"pet" line. He is addicted to the "Botvinnik system"!} 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 {
This is the "tabiya" position of the Moscow variation.} 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7
10. Qc2 $5 {[#]An odd choice by Anand. The following moves are considered as
the main line. Anand's main plan is to opt for an early d5 breakthrough by
means of Rd1. However, one should not forget that Anand had chosen this
against Kramnik in his WCh match in 2008!} (10. h4) (10. Ne5) (10. O-O) 10...
Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 $5 $146 (11... Bb4 {Is what everyone consider as "theory" in
this position.} 12. Ne5 {is the line Anand tried against Kramnik, which only
brought him an ending a pawn down, which he then managed to save successfully.}
(12. O-O $5 {transposes to one of the most fashionable lines in this system.})
(12. h4 g4 13. Ne5 Rg8 {1/2-1/2 Feller,S (2649)-Spiess,G (2429)/Germany 2010/
CB00_2011 (54) is one of the many other options in this line which has already
been examined in practice.}) 12... Qe7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. f4 Qg7 17. e5 c5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Bonn 2008/CBM
127 (45)}) 12. d5 {Anand goes after his plan.} Nxg3 (12... cxd5 13. exd5 exd5
14. Nxd5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bg7 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Nf5 Kf8 {could be another
alternative. White's compensation for the "gambit" pawn is indisputable. The
position is rich in tactics and attack and counter-attacks. I believe that in
order to play this position with Black, one has to have deep analyses.}) 13.
hxg3 {[#]} Qb6 $4 {I do not understand what is going on! I cannot believe my
eyes. Shirov's plan reminds me of the Botivinnik system but this is the Moscow
Variation isn't it?!} (13... exd5 14. exd5 cxd5 (14... Bb4 $2 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16.
O-O {is just bad for Black. White has serious threats and Black cannot handle
them all.The position is almost winning for White. This becomes one of many
positions in the Moscow variation that shows just how fast Black can lose.})
15. Nxd5 Bg7 {transposes to what we have already seen.}) 14. dxe6 $1 fxe6 15.
Nxg5 {White is winning at this point.} Bc5 (15... O-O-O 16. Nxe6 $1 Bc5 17.
Nxd8 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1 Rxd8 (18... Bxg3 {also loses to} 19. Bg4 Rf8+ 20. Bf5) 19.
Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Bg4 {is winning for White.}) 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Nxe6 $1 Ne5 $1 {
Shirov tries to collect himself. He makes the most of his position.
Unfortunately for him, this is not enough against the world champion!} (17...
Nf6 18. Nf4 {loses on the spot.}) 18. Nxc5 (18. Ng7 {could have been another
way to triumph!}) 18... Qxc5 19. Be2 $6 {too timid. Silicon minds cry to bring
the knight to f4 and I believe they are right about it!} (19. Ne2 Rad8 (19...
Nd3+ $4 20. Rxd3) 20. Nf4 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qd4 22. Rh5 {White does not need to
castle!} Nd3+ 23. Nxd3 Qxe4+ 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Bxe2 cxd3 26. Bf3 $1 {[#]White
will collect the pawn on d3 after which Black's position will fall apart.})
19... Raf8 20. O-O Rhg8 21. b4 $5 (21. Qd2 Rxg3 22. Qxh6 Rfg8 23. Qh4+ R3g5 {
would have been another story, inspite of the fact that White is still much
better.}) 21... Qxb4 (21... cxb3 22. axb3 {and White's threat of Nd5 is
decisive.}) 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Qxh6 Bc8 24. Qh4+ (24. Nd5+ cxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc7 26.
Qh4+ Kf7 27. Bh5+ Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 {Does not seem
conclusive enough to me. Anand seeks a more convincing continuation.}) 24...
Ke6 (24... Kf7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 (25... Rg7 26. Bh5+ Kf6 27. Qh6+ Ng6 28. e5+ $1 {
freeing the e4 square for the knight.} Qxe5 29. Rfe1 {And Black's torture
would be over!}) 26. Nd5+ $1 {We will see this move over and over again! This
is the main outcome of Anand's 21.b4!?} cxd5 27. Rxd5 Qb6 28. Qh6+ Ng6 29. e5+
Kf7 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. Rf6+ {seals his fate.}) 25. Qh6+ (25. Nd5 $1 cxd5 26. Rxd5
Qb6 (26... Qc7 27. Rfd1 {is also winning.}) 27. Qh5 $1 {would have finished
things earlier.}) 25... Ke7 26. Qh5 Kf6 (26... Be6 27. Nd5+ cxd5 28. Qxe5 Qd6
29. Qc3 b4 30. Qe3 {could have been another way for Black to lose!}) 27. Qh4+ (
27. Nd5+ cxd5 28. Rxd5 {and White wins!}) 27... Ke6 28. Nd5 $1 {Finally! Anand
plays this move, now the curtains fall!} cxd5 29. Rxd5 Qb6 (29... Qc7 30. Rfd1
{would not change anything.}) 30. Qh5 Qb8 (30... Qc7 31. f4) 31. Rfd1 (31. f4)
31... Rf6 32. Rxe5+ $1 {A beautiful final blow!} Qxe5 33. Bg4+ Rxg4 34. Qe8# {
[#]A deserved final picture for an exciting battle. It is a pity that Shirov's
self-destructive blunder made this battle a "one-sided" affair!} 1-0

[Event "Leon Masters 24th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 {This is by far the most aggressive approach
to the Caro-Kann Advance, and has led to many a tactical slugfest. The idea is
obviously to gain space and time over the bishop, as well as promote dangerous
options if the pawns start rolling forward on the kingside. Though of
questionable reputation, it is also a favorite of Shirov's.} Bd7 5. c4 e6 {
This line doesn't see much grandmaster play, and it is hardly surprising
considering the awkward bishop on d7 and the unattractive development problems
Black will need to solve.} 6. Nc3 c5 $3 $146 {[#]Astonishing really, and if
ever there was an opening novelty deserving of exclamation points, this is it.
It isn't so much that Black is winning (he is not), but what it does to the
evaluation of the position from both White's and Black's perspective. Instead
of the old quiet behind the lines fight expected from Black while White tried
to open lines and crack Black's position, now Black's pieces are about to take
a very serious life of their own while White's g4 pawn looks like a very
questionable weakness.} 7. cxd5 ({Though the engines don't condemn Shirov's
choice, they do have a slight preference for} 7. Nf3 {Still, the question
would remain: what the heck is that pawn doing on g4?}) 7... exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5
{[#]} 9. Bg2 $6 {Shirov starts to go astray, but one cannot blame him for not
wanting to take on d5 and potentially go down in flames. Unfortunately for him,
that is exactly what happens.} (9. Qxd5 Qb6 10. Bc4 Be6 (10... Bxf2+ {is also
possible, but leads to nothing decisive after} 11. Ke2 Be6 12. Qb5+ Nc6 13.
Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nf3) 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qf3 {protecting f2 and g4,
though Black's chances are to be preferred due to the slightly better
development and bishop pair.}) 9... Ne7 10. h3 Qb6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nf3 $2 {
A mistake that allows} d4 $1 {however the position was probably compromised as
it was.} 13. Ne4 Bb5 14. Qd2 Nbc6 {Threatening Bb4.} 15. a3 Ng6 16. b4 Be7 17.
Bb2 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters 24th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {Opta Anand por la
antiMoscú en lugar de la Moscú que se vió en la segunda partida.} Qxf6 7. e3
Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 {Lo más empleado en esta
posición.} O-O ({Alexei ya tuvo esta posición llevando las piezas más claras:} 
11... Bc7 $5 12. Qc2 (12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E (2675)
-Dreev,A (2630)/Elista 1998}) 12... O-O 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd7
16. f4 Be8 17. Nc5 Bd6 18. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2710)-Dreev,A (2650)
Linares 1995. Parece mejor 11...Ac7 que la empleada por Shirov en esta partida}
) 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Qe2 b6 {El planteamiento negro no parece muy ambicioso
teniendo en cuenta la desventaja en el marcador.} 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Ba6 $5 $14 (
{La ligera ventaja clásica de la que gozan las blancas con mas espacio, les
asegura un medio juego plácido.} 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. a3 (16. Ba6)) 15... Bxa6 16.
Qxa6 Rfd8 17. a3 c5 18. h3 {Limitándose a mejorar la posición.} cxd4 $6 (18...
Qe7 {es lo más natural.}) 19. Rxd4 Qc7 $5 ({No satisface:} 19... Qe7 20. Qb7 $5
{y la clavada es bastante desagradable.}) 20. Rad1 e5 $6 ({Era mas precavida y
correcta:} 20... Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxa7 Qd1+ 24. Kh2 Qd6+
25. g3 Nd3 26. Qa8+ Qf8 {con suficiente contrajuego} 27. Qc6 Nxb2) 21. Qc4 $1 {
Muy preciso. Ahora se ve claro que sin damas las torres blancas son muy
superiores y será dificil evitar su penetración.} Qxc4 22. Rxc4 f6 {es difícil
sugerir algo mejor.} 23. Kf1 $5 {!y Anand ofrece tablas!} ({?Por qué no} 23.
Rc7 Nc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxa7 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 {evitando la entrada del caballo
blanco por h4? la respuesta es sin duda} g5 $1 27. Rc7 h5 (27... Ne4 28. Rc2)
28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nd3 {con buen contrajueg o para tablas. Seguramente la
intuición de Anand vio todo esto y por ello.... !Tablas!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters 24th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 {
Un procedimiento temático desde la partida Nimzovich-Capablanca del legendario
torneo de Nueva York 1927.} ({Sin embargo, en esta posición concreta se había
jugado mucho más} 7... e6 {como en la siguiente partida de Shirov, jugada en
el reciente torneo de Lublin brillantemente ganado por el GM español.} 8. Nd2
Qa6 9. c4 Nd7 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Nf4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Nxc4 14. Rxc4 g6
15. O-O {Y pese a intentarlo Alexei tuvo que conformarse con el empate en la
jugada 38. Shirov,A -Roiz,M Lublin 2011}) ({No es recomendable} 7... Qxb2 {por}
8. e6 $1 Qxa1 9. Qb3 Qxd4 10. Qxb7 fxe6 11. Be3 Qa4 12. Qxa8 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Qd8
14. Ngf3 Nf6 15. O-O g6 16. Rb1 Nbd7 17. Qxc6 Bg7 18. Ng5 {1-0 Perunovic,M
-Lalith,B Dubai op 2009}) 8. Qf3 e6 9. Ne2 c5 {Anand, sin duda bien preparado
contra esta variante que su rival había empleado pocos días antes, realiza con
rapidez una serie de jugadas naturales que parecen suficientes para
neutralizar la iniciativa blanca. Sin embargo, el desequilibrio introducido
por las jugadas h4 y h5 mantiene la incertidumbre sobre los acontecimientos
inmediatos y futuros.} 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nd2 Nge7 12. Nb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 {
Las piezas negras ocupan las casillas idoneas} 14. O-O Be7 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16.
g3 b6 17. Nf4 {la única posibilidad del blanco es crear alguna amenaza en el
flanco de rey, bien penetrando con la Q por las casillas negras, bien jugando
en algún momento "g4"} g6 18. Nh3 O-O 19. Qf4 Qe2 $1 {Neutralizando todo
intento de actividad en el flanco de rey} ({Contra la natural} 19... Rac8 {
las blancas pueden intentar} 20. Qg5 Rc2 21. Nf4 Kh7 22. g4 hxg4 23. h5 {
con algo parecido a un ataque}) 20. Rfd1 {Shírov juega esta jugada, más bien
neutra, después de casi 20 minutos de reflexión.} ({Nada arregla empujar a la Q
} 20. Rfe1 Qg4 $1) 20... Rac8 21. Rd2 Qg4 $1 22. Qxg4 hxg4 {Y las negras, que
dominan la columna "c" y pueden presionar en "d4", tienen sin duda una cómoda
ventaja.} 23. Ng5 a5 24. f3 Rc4 ({Más energica parecía} 24... gxf3 $1 25. Kf2
a4 26. Nc1 Nc6 27. Nxf3 f6 $1 {con idea de responder a} 28. Ne2 {con} Nfxd4 $1
29. Nfxd4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 fxe5+ 31. Kg1 exd4 {con ventaja en el final de torres.}
) 25. Kf2 Rfc8 $5 ({Tampoco es clara} 25... a4 26. fxg4 axb3 27. gxf5 Nxf5 28.
Nf3 {y si} Ra8 29. axb3 $1 Rxa1 30. bxc4 dxc4 31. d5 {debe conducir a la
igualdad}) 26. fxg4 Nh6 27. Rad1 {hay que dejar la humilde casilla "a1" para
el caballo} ({no es posible} 27. Kf3 $2 a4 {y las blancas pierden pieza}) 27...
a4 $6 (27... Nxg4+ $1 {con idea de} 28. Kf3 Nf5 $1 {y a} 29. Kxg4 Ne3+ 30. Kf3
Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Rc2 $1 {da mucha ventaja a las negras}) 28. Na1 Nxg4+ 29. Kf3 Nh6
30. Kf4 $5 {Dejando la casilla f3 para reagrupar el caballo} Nef5 31. Nf3 b5 ({
No servía por poco} 31... Ng4 {porque tras} 32. Kxg4 Ne3+ 33. Kf4 Nxd1 34. Rxd1
Rc1 {las blancas disponen de} 35. Re1 $1 {única pero suficiente para mantener
el equilibrio}) 32. Ne1 $2 (32. Rd3 {para "g4"} Rc1 $1) ({por supuesto} 32. g4
$2 {no es posible por} Nxg4 $1 33. Kxg4 Ne3+) ({pero tal vez} 32. Re2 $1 {
mantenia el precario equilibrio.}) 32... f6 $1 {De repende Anand abre la
posición y el Rey blanco se va a encontar bajo el fuego de todas la fuerzas
negras} 33. exf6 e5+ $1 34. Kxe5 ({un final divertido podría ser} 34. Kg5 Kh7
35. dxe5 Nf7#) 34... Ne3 ({Es aun más fuerte} 34... Re8+ 35. Kf4 Rc6 $1) 35.
Rb1 Re8+ 36. Kf4 Rc6 37. Kg5 Re4 38. Kxh6 Rg4 $4 {deja escapar al K blanco} ({
forzaba el mate} 38... Ng4+ 39. Kg5 Nxf6 {por ejemplo:} 40. Kh6 Rg4 41. Re2 Rc7
{y mate en dos jugadas}) 39. Rf2 $4 {Shirov, casi sin tiempo, no encuentra la
continuación de problema} (39. f7+ $1 Kxf7 40. Kh7 $3 Rxg3 41. Nd3 Rc7 42. Ne5+
Kf6+ 43. Kh8 Rc8+ {y las negras dan jaque continuo}) {Ahora todo termina
rápidamente,} 39... Nf5+ 40. Rxf5 gxf5 41. Kh5 Rc7 {Y Shirov abandona ante el
inminente mate. Anand se proclama campeón del Magistral de León por octava vez.
} 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters 24th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.06.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. e4 {Apartándose de la cuarta partida en la que Anand optó por la más
habitual 9.0-0.} dxc4 ({Parece peor la alternativa:} 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ (
10... Qe7 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. c5 Qc7 14. Qe2 b6 {Van der Sterren,
P-Halldorsson,J Reykjavik 1996} 15. b4 $14) 11. Kf1 Qd8 12. c5 $14 {Beliavsky,
A -Sveshnikov,E Sochi 1986}) 10. e5 Qd8 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. Qe2 ({Se ha probado
la natural:} 12. O-O O-O (12... b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rac1 $14 {Sulypa,A -Bioret,
N Sautron 2005}) 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Bb3 $14) 12... Nb6 13. Bd3 (13.
Bb3 {evidentemente también es jugable} Nd5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rac1 $14 {
manteniendo las blancas una mínima ventaja espacial.}) 13... Nd5 {Hay que
"tocar" la casilla f4 para que no sea tan cómodo jugar para lasblancas.} (13...
O-O 14. Qe4 g6 15. Qf4 {sería algo molesto y Shirov sabiamente no lo permite.})
14. g3 (14. Qd2 O-O {Y a la dama blanca le cuesta más alcanzar algún objetivo
de ataque}) 14... Qa5 15. Rc1 Nxc3 ({Es interesante} 15... Bb4 {con idea de
empeorar la ubicación de la dama blanca. Si} 16. Qd2 O-O $11) 16. bxc3 Bd7 17.
O-O c5 {Alexei ha salido de la apertura con bastante solvencia.} 18. Rb1 Bc6 $6
{Pero ahora comete una pequeña imprecisión.} ({Era mejor} 18... b6 $1 {sin
problemas aparentes,}) 19. Be4 $1 {Combinando la presión en la diagonal h1-a8
y la entrada de la torre por b7 Anand consigue cierta presión.} O-O (19... Qa4
$5 20. c4 $1 {con idea de d5 no acaba de gustar a las negras.}) 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Rb7 $14 Bd8 $1 {Buena reacción de Shírov que recicla el alfil en vez de
defenderlo.} ({Si} 21... Rfb8 22. Rfb1 (22. Rxe7 Qd8) 22... Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Bd8)
22. Qc4 $1 Bb6 $1 {Ambos contendientes juegan con exactitud y mejoran al
máximo sus piezas.} 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Bxc5 25. Nd4 ({Es algo mejor} 25.
Kg2 {y tras:} Rfd8 26. Rc7 Bb6 $1 27. Rxc6 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rc5 $11 {
tampoco tendrían demasiados problemas las negras para empatar.}) 25... Rab8 26.
Rfb1 Bb6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. a4 (28. Kg2 Rd8) 28... Rd8 {La lucha se encamina
hacia las tablas irremisiblemente.} 29. a5 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 (30... Rd5 {
Según declaró Jaime Santos daba mayores posibilidades a las negras...pero
estos humildes cronistas opinan lo contrario.} 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb7 Rxa5 33.
Rxf7 $14) 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb7 Kg6 33. Rxa7 Ra4 34. Kg2 Re4 35. f4 Re2+ 36. Kh3
Ra2 37. Rc7 Rxa5 38. Rxc6 Ra2 39. Rc7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy sim"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Boleslav, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.06.12"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
e4 c5 16. Nde2 Nc6 17. Nd5 e5 18. f4 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Kh1
Qb6 22. Rce1 c4 23. Bc1 c3 24. Qc2 Bb5 25. Rf3 f5 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Nd2 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Ne3 d5 12. Qf3 d4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Bc2 Be6
15. Rd1 Bb6 16. h3 Rad8 17. Bb3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qb4 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Bd2 Qxb3 21.
Bc3 Bc5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxa7 Qxb2 26. Raa1 Rb4 27.
d4 Rxd4 28. Rdb1 Qc2 29. Rxb7 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rc1 Re6 32. Rc7 g6 33.
R7xc6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a4 {A rare continuation, with the idea to prevent ...d5xc4 and ...
b7-b5 (as well as the immediate ...b7-b5).} (9. cxd5 {is the most standard
reply to ...Nb8-d7 in such positions, going back to Rubinstein. After} cxd5 {
Black's knight can't immediately occupy the most comfortable c6-square.}) 9...
Re8 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 (10... b5 $6 11. axb5 Nb6 12. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 13. bxc6
e6 $6 (13... Nbd5 $1 14. Ng5 $36 {S.Atalik}) 14. e4 Rc7 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Be3
Rxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. d5 $16 {1-0 Atalik,S (2584)-Trkulja,G (2317)/Sarajevo
2007/CBM 118 ext (21)}) 11. d5 (11. Re1 $5) (11. Bb3 $5) 11... Nb6 $6 (11...
Ne8 $5 {S.Atalik}) 12. Ba2 Bf5 13. Nh4 (13. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye3e4]}) 13...
Ne4 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qc2 Nxd5 17. Qxe4 e6 18. Bb1 $16 {1/2
Chuprikov,D (2416)-Skorchenko,D (2476)/Voronezh 2005/CBM 106 ext (30)}) 10.
cxd5 {Still!} (10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. cxd5 Rg5
$132 {0-1 Escobedo Tinajero,A (2397)-Almeida Saenz,A (2365)/Mexico 2001/EXT
2004 (32)}) (10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. b3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. c5 Nbd7 15.
Bd2 Ne4 16. Rfc1 e5 $132 {1-0 Lev,R (2460)-Postny,E (2260)/Israel 1999/EXT
2000 (51)}) 10... cxd5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qe2 $6 {An unfortunate idea - to put the
queen in front of Black's rook.} (12. a5 b5 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bb4 Nb8
$1 {[%cal Yb8c6]}) (12. Qb3 $5 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Ne2 {[%cal Yd2b4] was
probably the best attempt to fight for an advantage.}) 12... Bb7 13. Rfd1 e5 $1
{Black's a8-rook can't move but he doesn't need it to create counterplay.} 14.
dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15. Nxe5 $142 Rxe5 16. Be1 d4 $140 17. Bc4
$1) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qb8 $1 {[%cal Rd5d4] White's poor queen has no
retreat which will prevent ...d5-d4!} 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. exf4 {[%csl Gd5] Black
now has practically an extra pawn in the centre. Together with White's
queenside weaknesses (the b3-square e.g.) that is quite enough for a victory.}
Nd7 $1 19. a5 Nc5 {[%cal Re8e1]} 20. Bf1 b5 21. f3 Nb3 22. Rab1 (22. Ra2 d4 23.
Ne4 Bd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rb3d2]}) (22. Ra3 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2,Rb5b4]} 23. Bf2
Nc2 24. Rb3 d4 25. Ne4 Bd5 26. Rbd3 f5 27. Nc5 Rac8 $1 28. Nxa6 Bb7 $19) 22...
Nxa5 {Winning a pawn.} 23. Bf2 Nc4 24. Bd4 Ne3 25. Rd3 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rac8 27.
Bd3 Kg7 28. Kf2 Nc4 29. Ne2 Nd2 $2 {A tactical mistake complicating Black's
task. However, White misses his chance.} (29... a5 $142 $19) 30. Rd1 $2 (30.
Bxb5 $1 Rxe2+ 31. Bxe2 Nxb1 32. Rd1 Nc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Ra1 $17) 30... Nb3
31. Rb4 Nc5 32. Rd4 Bc6 33. f5 a5 34. Bb1 b4 35. h4 Ba4 36. Rh1 Bb3 37. fxg6
hxg6 38. h5 Ne6 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Rd2 Bc4 41. Rh4 Kf6 42. Rh6 Rg8 43. Nd4 Nxd4
44. Rxd4 a4 45. Rh7 a3 46. bxa3 bxa3 47. Rf4+ Ke5 48. g3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. Nc4
Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nhf4 14. Bb3+ Kh8
15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Nh4 f5 17. Nxf5 Qg5 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Qh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 Nxd3
21. Nf3 Rf6 22. Rad1 Nxb2 23. Rd2 Na4 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nxc3
27. Re1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Nh4 Qf6 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. Qf3 Bd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Na4 Nxa4 21.
Bxa4 Be6 22. Rfc1 Rfd8 23. f3 d3 24. Rc3 f5 25. Rd1 fxe4 26. fxe4 Bxa2 27. Bxc6
Rab8 28. Rdxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxb2 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33.
Kf3 Rb3+ 34. Kf4 Rb2 35. g3 Rxh2 36. Rxa7 Kf6 37. e5+ Kg7 38. Bd7 Kf8 39. Ra8+
Kg7 40. Ra7 Kf8 41. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 {Diese Umgruppierung ist ein wenig umstritten und
sieht man heute eher selten, aber sogar Anand selbst hat schon so gespielt.}
11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Ba2 Bf8 15. Nh2 Nc5 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 {
Man hat den Eindruck, dass Weiß derart ein Tempo gewinnt.} ({Bisher hat sich} 
16... Ne6 17. Nf5 Kh7 {bewährt, der Plan ist ...Nxg4 und ...g6.}) 17. Qxg4 Ne6
18. h4 $1 Bc8 19. h5 {Das hätte nicht geeilt, Weiß verliert die Kontrolle über
g5.} ({Einfach} 19. Nf5 {sieht gut aus.}) 19... c6 20. Nf5 Kh8 ({Hier würde} 
20... Ng5 $1 {das Spiel nahezu ausgleichen.}) 21. Be3 d5 22. Qf3 $1 Ng5 {
Das ist im Prinzip ein Bauernopfer.} ({Vermutlich war} 22... Bb7 {Aronian zu
passiv.}) 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Ne3 Re6 $5 ({Korrekt ist} 24... f5 $1 {So
verbleibt nur} 25. Nxf5 $5 ({nach} 25. exf5 Bc5 {besitzt Schwarz genügend
Spiel für den Bauern.} 26. Nxd5 $2 (26. Bxd5 $2 cxd5 27. Qxd5 Qe7 $19) 26...
cxd5 27. Qxd5 Qe7 28. Qxa8 Bb7 $19) (25. exd5 f4 26. Nf1 Bg4 {sofort zum Remis}
) 25... Bc5 {, aber auch dann ist es fraglich, ob Weiß Vorteil besitzt.}) 25.
exd5 Rf6 26. Qe2 Bh3 $5 {Der Angriff ist vermutlich gefährlicher als er
aussieht, aber objektiv unkorrekt.} 27. dxc6 Rd8 28. b4 Rd4 29. c3 Rdf4 30. Bd5
Bd6 (30... Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 $18) 31. f3 (31. Be4 $6 Rxf2 32. Qxf2
Rxf2 33. Kxf2 f5 34. Bd5 f4 $36) 31... e4 $1 32. Bxe4 Rh4 $1 33. Kf1 $2 (33. g4
g6 34. hxg6 h5 35. Nd5 Bxg4 36. fxg4 Rxg4+ 37. Bg2 Rxg6 38. Ne3 Rg3 39. Ra2 h4
40. Nf1 h3 41. Nxg3 Qxg3 42. Qf2 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 hxg2+ 44. Qxg2 Rxg2 45. Rxg2 {
Vielleicht hält Weiß geradeso remis.}) ({Nach} 33. Nf1 $1 {steht Weiß wohl auf
Gewinn, aber in einer Schnellschachpartie ist noch vieles möglich.} Re6 (33...
Bc8 34. Qe3 Qxh5 35. Qb6 Rh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Ke2 Re6 38. Kd2 $18) 34. Qf2 Bc7
35. Re2 f5 36. Bd5 Bxg2 37. Qxh4 Qxh4 38. Rxe6 Qd8 39. Ne3 $18) 33... Bf4 $2 ({
Nach} 33... Qxh5 $1 {wäre Weiß in Schwierigkeiten gewesen, denn} 34. gxh3 $2 (
34. Kf2 Qg5 35. Rh1 Bxg2 36. Nxg2 Qg3+ 37. Ke3 Qg5+ 38. Kf2 {mit remis}) 34...
Rxh3 {ist schon besser für Schwarz.}) 34. gxh3 Rxh3 35. Qg2 Rg3 36. Qf2 Re6 37.
Nf5 Rh3 38. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Avoiding the famous "Berlin" endgame
that arises after 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8 Kxd8.} Bc5
5. O-O Nd4 6. Ba4 {Normally, White takes on d4, as later on he can win a tempo
by atacking the black bishop. Here is the most recent example:} (6. Nxd4 Bxd4
7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14.
Bg3 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Re1 (16. Ne3 $5 Nh5 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. d4 {is, perhaps,
more promising.}) 16... Nh5 17. Bf2 Nf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2764)
-Kramnik,V (2781)/Dortmund 2011/CB30_2011 (50)}) 6... Nxf3+ (6... Qe7 7. c3
Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. b4 Bb6
14. Nc4 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E (2563)-Adams,M (2745)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003
(26)}) 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. Qg3 (8. Nc3 c6 9. Bb3 d6 (9... b5 10. h3 a5 11. a4 b4 12.
Ne2 d5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Ng3 $14) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 {
Black is not worse in this endgame. The damaged pawn structure is well
compensated for by the pair of strong bishops.}) 8... d6 9. Bg5 {Carlsen
doesn't wish to develop the knight so far, keeping in mind both options Nc3
and Nd2.} c6 10. Bb3 Nh5 $1 (10... Be6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 Re8 13. Kh1 $36 {
[%cal Gf2f4]}) 11. Qh4 Nf6 {Black doesn't mind repeating moves. Meanwhile, the
next move is ...h7-h6. This way he gets rid of the unpleasant pin.} 12. Nc3 {
Of course, the game doesn't end so soon by the boring repetition of moves.
Objectively, the position is equal anyway. The whole opening line can be
considered as harmless for Black.} (12. Kh1 h6 13. Bd2 ({The piece sacrifice
doesn't work:} 13. f4 $4 hxg5 14. fxg5 Ng4 $19) 13... a5 14. Nc3 {would lead
to the same position as in the game.}) 12... h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. f4
Ng4 {Anand correctly offers the queen swap, otherwise he might come under
attack.} (15... b5 $6 16. a4 $1 (16. f5 a4 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Be3 $1 (
18... axb3 $2 19. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf3g3]}) 19. Qxe3 axb3 20. Rf3 Nh7
21. Qh6 Qf6 22. Qh5 Kh8 23. Rh3 Qg7 24. Rg3 Qf6 $11) 16... b4 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18.
Rab1 Bg4 19. Rxb2 Bxe2 20. Re1 Bh5 21. f5 $16 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gh2h3,Gg2g4]}) (
15... Bxc3 $2 {This concrete attempt to trap White's light-squared bishop
doesn't work.} 16. Bxc3 $1 (16. bxc3 $2 Nd7 $1 (16... a4 $2 17. fxe5 dxe5 18.
Bxh6 $1 axb3 19. Bxg7 $1 Nh7 20. Bf6 Nxf6 21. Qg5+ $1 Kh7 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23.
Qxf6 $18) 17. Qg3 (17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. fxe5 Nxe5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 19. a4 Be6 $11)
17... a4 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. d4 (19. Bxh6 $2 Ng4 $17) 19... axb3 20. dxe5 Kh7 21.
cxb3 dxe5 $11) 16... a4 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bxe5 bxc4 20. Rxf6 $1 $16)
16. Qxd8 {It was possible to avoid the exchange of queens, even though White
can't claim an advantage in any case.} (16. Qg3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 a4 {No, White
doesn't lose a piece as it seems at first glance.} (17... exf4 18. Bxf4 a4 19.
Bxd6 axb3 20. Bxf8 b2 21. Rab1 Kxf8 22. h3 Nf6 23. Rxb2 {An engine evaluates
this position as equal. I would prefer White.}) 18. f5 h5 (18... axb3 $2 19.
Qxg4 {[%csl Rh6]} b2 20. Rab1 Qf6 21. Rxb2 $16) 19. Bc4 b5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bh6
Ng4 22. Bd2 Nf6 $11) 16... Rxd8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. a4 Be6 {Neutralising White's
pressure on the Pf7. The position is completely equal.} 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2
Bb6 21. Nf4 Re8 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rff1 Nd7 {Again, Black is ready to
repeat moves, but Magnus is still searching for more...} 25. g4 d5 26. Rae1 e5
27. Nh5 dxe4 {I would prefer 27...Rf8, not getting the isolated pawn. However,
it doesn't change the evaluation of the position as equal.} 28. Rxe4 Rf8 29.
Ree1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Just a blunder. For Magnus it was definitely not his day.}
(29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Ng3 Rf2 31. Re2 $11) {[%tqu "En","White's last move was a
grave mistake. Why?","","","g7g6","",5]} 29... g6 $1 30. Ng3 $8 Bf2 {That's it.
Black wins an exchange for nothing.} 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Ne4 Rf7 33. Kg2 (33.
Bxh6 Rh7 $19 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gh7h3]}) 33... g5 34. Nd6 Rf6 35. Nxb7 Rb8 36.
Nxa5 Rxb2 {After Black activated his second rook it's clear that White had no
chance to biuld any fortress.} 37. Rc1 Ra2 38. Nc4 Rxa4 39. Rb1 e4 40. Nb2 (40.
Bc3 Re6 41. Rb7 Ra2 42. Bb2 exd3 43. cxd3 Ne5 $1 $19) 40... Ra2 41. dxe4 Nc5
42. e5 Re6 43. Kf3 Rxe5 44. Be3 Nd7 45. Nc4 Rb5 46. Rd1 Rd5 47. Rc1 Ra4 48. Nd2
Ne5+ 49. Ke2 Nc4 {In the technical part of the game Anand is convincing as
usual.} 50. Nf1 Ra3 51. c3 Kh7 52. Bd4 c5 53. Be3 Kg6 54. Rc2 Ra1 55. Bc1 Rd7
56. Ng3 Ra6 57. Kf2 Rd3 58. Kg2 Re6 59. h4 gxh4 60. Nh5 Ne3+ (60... Kh7 61. Nf4
Rg3+ $19) 61. Bxe3 {A funny position when Black gets into a fork no matter
which rook he captures with, but the forthcoming rook endgame is easily won
for him.} Rexe3 62. Nf4+ Kg5 63. Nxd3 Rxd3 64. c4 Rg3+ 65. Kh2 Rxg4 66. Kh3 Rf4
{[%cal Gg5f5,Gf5e5,Ge5d4]} 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. a3 Rd8 14. Rfe1
a6 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Nc5 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Bc8 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Be7
21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Be3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Ke7 24. f3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. g4 h5 27.
Kf2 g6 28. Bg5+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{The fashionable Moscow system. It is one of the most complicated lines
nowadays, so who else did you expect to play this?!} 9. Ne5 Nbd7 {A rare
choice by Anand.} 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. d5 Bb7 12. a4 a6 13. Be2 Bxc6 $146 {This
perfectly logical move is a novelty. The other alternative has also been a
successful one in practice, nevertheless there might be something in there
that Anand did not like!} (13... Bg7 14. dxe6 (14. O-O O-O 15. Bf3 {Was this
what caused Anand to refrain from this continuation?}) 14... Bxc6 15. exd7+
Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Kh1 O-O 21. f4
gxf4 22. Bxf4 f5 23. b4 Qd6 24. Bf3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd8 26. Rf2 c3 27. Rf3 Bxd5
28. Rd3 Nxd3 {0-1 (28) Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)-Gelfand,B (2733) Nalchik 2009})
14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Qxa8 17. O-O (17. Nxb5 $6 {does not
yield anything after} Bb4+ {and castles.}) 17... Qc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 (19.
Bf3 N7b6 20. Ne4 Bc5 21. Kh1 b4 22. Qe2 {White plans to move his bishop and
play f4, hoping for a devastating attack. Black is a pawn up and has a very
strong majority on the queenside, which is balanced by his exposed king,
making the position unclear.}) 19... Qxd5 20. Qa1 Bg7 21. Rd1 Qc5 $1 {Covers
the a3-f8 diagonal.} 22. Qa8+ Ke7 23. Qb7 Rd8 24. Bf3 Bxe5 $2 (24... Qc8 25.
Qxb5 Qc7 26. Qb4+ Ke8 {seems quiet safe for Black.}) 25. Bxe5 $2 {Returns the
favour.} (25. Bc6 Kf6 (25... Bxg3 26. hxg3 b4 (26... Kf6 $4 {losing to} 27. Qc7
$18) 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kf6 {seems like a piece up position for White to
me!}) 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Bxg3 28. hxg3 b4 29. Be8 Qf8 30. Ba4 Qd6 31. Qf3+
Kg7 32. Qe3 {also seems like a piece up position to me! The position is far
from winning but it seems more promising for White than the game.}) 25... Qxe5
26. Bc6 Kf6 $1 27. Bxd7 Qxb2 28. Rf1 c3 29. Qc7 Ra8 (29... Rxd7 30. Qxd7 c2 31.
Qd2 b4 32. f4 Kg6 {is also drawish.}) 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. f4 Ra1 32. fxg5+ Kxg5
33. Qg7+ Kh5 34. Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Qf7+ Kg5 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Qf7+ {
A nice battle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {This is the Tabiya move of the "Schliemann
Defence". It is a rare guest at the top though, it has been seen in the
repertoire of Azeri Super-GM Teimor Radjabov, who is using it successfully.
What, I wonder, did Ivanchuk choose to abandon to try it instead?!} 4. d3 {
This is the solidest approach. There are a lot of fireworks in this opening,
from Anand refrains from facing.} (4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6
Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qd6 11. Ne5+ c6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. c3 Bxc4 14.
Qxc4 Qd5 15. Qb3 {1-0 (66) Karjakin,S (2776) -Nisipeanu,L (2659) Medias 2011.
This is what has to be investigated and will become one of the main positions
in this developing opening.}) 4... fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O {There are other
options such as:} (6. Qd3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. O-O O-O
{1/2-1/2 (46) Karjakin,S (2760)-Aronian,L (2801) Moscow 2010. Which yields
positions similar to the Spanish Exchange.}) (6. Be3 $5 {was another
interesting recent novelty by another Azeri Super-GM!} Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxe5 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. O-O-O {1-0 (23) Gashimov,V (2760)
-Azarov,S (2648) Khanty Mansiysk 2011. With a much preferable position for
White.}) 6... Bc5 7. Nc3 ({Another alternative is} 7. Qd3 d6 (7... Nd4 {
This rare move is bound to become fashionable, both as a result of Black's
success and the engines' support of it.} 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Nd2 a6 10. Ba4 Qe7 11.
Nf3 Bb6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 d6 $132 {1/2-1/2 (31) Nisipeanu,L 
(2659) -Radjabov,T (2744) Medias 2011}) 8. Qc4 {would lead to a long
theoretical battle.}) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd5 Kh8 10. c3 {A rare choice but
still a lot of theory.} Ne7 11. Nxf6 gxf6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ng6 {White's
doubled pawns on the e-file are Black's compensation for his backward pawn on
f6. Tit for tat!} 14. Nd2 c6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Rf2 Qb6 17. Nf1 Rf7 {Both parties
are regrouping their pieces.} 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Re1 d5 ({The greedy} 19... Bxa2 {
could causes Black some problems such as} 20. Ng3 {However after} Be6 {White
has nothing more than "compensation".} (20... Ne7 $2 21. b3 $1 Bxb3 (21... Qxb3
22. Ra1 {and the bishop is trapped.}) 22. Rb1 Qxe3 23. Rxb3 {with a winning
position for White.})) 20. Ng3 $6 {I believe that this where Anand starts to
go astray. The position is still balanced but it is Black now who is dictating
the game. This is a fact that Anand seemed to refuse to acknowledge during the
game.} (20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bf5 {would have resulted in a dynamic equilibrium.} (
21. Ng3 $6 e4 22. Bb1 Ne5 {causes White trouble.})) 20... d4 21. exd4 exd4 22.
e5 $2 {Optimism? miscalculation? This is too much. Anand loses a pawn and the
pin on f2 will become a deadly weapon in Black's hand.} dxc3 23. Bxg6 Rxg6 24.
bxc3 Bg4 25. Qh4 fxe5 26. Ne4 Be6 27. Kh1 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Qb2 29. Rd1 Qe2 30. h3
h6 $6 {This just makes things a bit shaky. Instead, Ivanchuk could place his
bishop on tthe excellent post of d5. This multi-purpose move closes the d-file
and attacks the g2 point at the same time.} (30... Bd5 $1 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qe7+
Bf7 {And White's queen retreat is mandatory.} 33. Qh4 h5 $1 {followed by ...
Bd5 which this time is deadly because this time Black's king is sheltered on
the h-file. Who can blame Ivanchuk for not seeing this in time trouble?!}) 31.
Kh2 Qe3 $6 {This seems like a waste of time but it is crucial to take drastic
measures from a human point of view.} 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rb8 $6 (33. a4 {could
keep White in the game.}) 33... Rg7 34. Rf8 Qg5 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36. g4 Bxa2 {
Ivanchuk could have played this after trading queens and made it easier on
himself.} 37. Qxe5 Qe6 38. Qf4 Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Nd3 Qc7+ 42.
Ne5 Qd6 43. Kg3 a5 $1 {The free pawn has to be pushed!} 44. Qf4 a4 45. g5 hxg5
46. Qxg5+ Kf8 $1 {After time trouble, Ivanchuk's nerves are calm. This is the
most accurate.} 47. c4 c5 48. Qf5+ Ke7 49. Kg2 Bb3 $6 {Loss of a tempo?} 50.
Qe4 b6 (50... a3 {would have sealed White's fate much earlier.} 51. Qxb7+ Ke6
52. Qxb3 Qd2+ 53. Kf3 a2 $3 {And Black wins!} 54. Nd3 Kf5 $3 {Look at the
position! It is insane!}) 51. Ng4+ {Now Black is clearly winning and Ivanchuk
gradually converts his advantage.} Qe6 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53. Qb8+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kg6
55. Qf4 Bc2 56. Qh6+ Kf7 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Qc1 Be4+ 59. Kg3 Qd6+ 60. Kh4 Qe7+
61. Kg3 Qd6+ 62. Kh4 Kf7 63. Qb2 Bf5 64. Qf2 Kg6 65. Qa2 Bxg4 66. hxg4 Qd8+ 67.
Kg3 Qd3+ 68. Kh4 a3 69. Qa1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. Qa3 Qe7+ 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Bf4 f6 15. Rc1 g5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. h4 h6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Kd2 Bf8
21. Ne1 Kf7 22. Nd3 Kg6 23. Nc5 Be8 24. g3 Kf5 25. Rc3 Bd6 26. Ra3 Rh7 27. Ra6
Kg4 28. Nd3 Rc7 29. b4 Bd7 30. b5 Be7 31. bxc6 Bxc6 32. Ra5 Bd8 33. Nb4 Ba8 34.
Rc5 Rd7 35. a3 Bb7 36. Nd3 Ba6 37. Nb4 Bc4 38. Rc8 Be7 39. Ra8 Rb7 40. Nc6 Bxa3
41. Rxa7 Rxa7 42. Nxa7 Bb4+ 43. Kc2 Kf3 44. Nc8 Bb5 45. Kd1 Ba4+ 46. Kc1 Ke2
47. Kb2 Bd7 48. Nb6 Bc6 49. Nc8 g4 50. Kc1 Bd7 51. Nb6 Be6 52. Na4 Be1 53. Nc5
Bf5 54. Na4 Bxf2 55. Bxf2 Kxf2 56. Nc3 Be4 57. Kd2 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bd2 bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Qd8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc4 Qc8 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qe3 Be6 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. a5 Qc6
22. Nb6 Rb7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rac1 Qe8 25. b4 cxb4 26. Bxb4 d5 27. Bc3 Bd6 28.
f4 dxe4 29. fxe5 exd3 30. Qe3 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Qxd3 Bc5+ 33. Bd4 Qb5 34.
Rc3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Bxd4+ 36. Rxd4 Rb5 37. Rc1 Rxa5 38. e6 Rb5 39. Rc6 a5 40. h3
h6 41. Ra6 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 $146 {Both a novelty and the computer's first choice!} (16.
Nxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 {was just equal in Van Wely-Leko (2008).}) 16... cxd4
17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rfd1 (20. Rfe1 {is no improvement
after} Rfd8 21. Nf1 Na4 22. b3 Nb2 23. Re7 Nxc4 24. Rxb7 Nd2) 20... Na4 $1 21.
Rab1 Rfd8 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Be2 Bd5 24. Nf1 Be6 25. Ne3 f5 (25... Bb3 {is a
different route with the same destination.} 26. Rd3 (26. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 26... Rxd3
27. Bxd3 Ba2 28. Ra1 Be6) 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Ba6 Rb8 29. b4 Nc3 30.
Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Ng2 (32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Nxd5+ Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 {
should just be a draw, as Black has not enough weaknesses.}) (32. Nxd5+ Rxd5
33. Ke3 Rd7 {should also be nothing special, though White stands a little bit
better.}) 32... Rd7 33. Rc2 Rc7 34. Ne3 Rxc2+ 35. Nxc2 f4 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Ke2
fxg3 38. hxg3 Ne7 39. Ke3 Nf5+ 40. Nxf5 Kxf5 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Bc4+ Ke7 43. f4 f6
44. Bd5 Kd6 45. Bf3 Be6 46. Ba8 Bf5 47. Bf3 Be6 48. Ba8 Bf5 49. Bf3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
$146 (20. Kf2 {was played in Motylev-Malakhov 2011, with a draw a few moves
later.}) 20... Kxd8 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Bd2 (23. b3 $5 {was the way to
keep all the pawns:} Bf5 24. Nd1 $1 {The c2-pawn is untouchable. But White's
knight is still far from the f4/h4-squares, and I believe Black should hold
just playing passively. For example:} Be6 (24... Bxc2 $2 25. Ne3 Bf5 {The only
move.} 26. Ng2 $1 $16) 25. Bc1 b6 {and Black will face} 26. Ne3 {by playing}
Bf7 ({or} 26... Rg5 $5) 27. Ng2 Ne8 28. Nf4 Rg5 {and I don't see how White can
get more than some strategical draw. Black's rook still has many squares,
especially f5.}) 23... Bf5 24. Nd1 Bxc2 25. Ne3 Bd3 26. Ng2 Ne6 {Black had to
give up the h-pawn, which is a good achievement by White (by far worth the
c2-pawn). Even so, Black is up a pawn, though I think the position is a dead
draw. White cannot risk too much on the kingside since he's a pawn down, and
Black cannot insist either, since White's majority is simply stronger than
Black's. Furthermore, White is simply much more active. My feeling is that the
position is equal.} 27. Rxh5 Rg7 28. Bc3 Ke7 29. Rh6 Rf7 30. g4 Bb1 31. a3 f5 {
A drawish move, and though he is not worse by any means, Black can never hope
for more.} 32. g5 $1 {Giving a second pawn, but White clearly has enough
activity to draw.} Nxg5 33. Nf4 Ke8 34. Rg6 Nh7 35. Rg8+ Rf8 36. Rg7 Rf7 {
Naka's famous comment after the game, "Thanks to Kramnik I was able to just
play something silly like the Berlin and draw against the World Champion
relatively effortlessly." actually says a lot : )} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Rd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 a6
15. h3 Bc6 16. Ne1 $146 Qc7 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. b3 Ra7 20. Bg3 Qc8 {
Maybe a good move, especially since the World Champion played it, but I simply
don't like it. I feel Black shouldn't be so passive.} (20... Ng6 {was one
decent option, followed by ...Rad7.}) 21. Na4 ({An option for White was simply
} 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nf3 Nd7 {and then a move like} 24. g4 $5 {
with a space and structural advantage. However, Black is still extremely solid
and has no special weakness. Though White's play on the white squares should
be quite easy, I believe Black should hold.}) 21... Re8 22. Bh4 (22. Bxe5 $1 {
was simply strong in my opinion:} dxe5 23. Nf3 (23. e4 $5) 23... e4 {The
"tactical" way, but I'm not sure it is a good idea for Black!} (23... Qc7 24.
e4 $5 {seems simply very unpleasant for Black to me. Maybe Black should hold,
but without a light squared bishop, I would not like to play that position
with Black.}) 24. Ne5 h5 (24... Qc7 25. Ng4 {looks very good for White:} Qc6
26. Nc3 Nxg4 27. hxg4 f5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Rd5 g6 30. Ne2 {and Black is under
huge pressure.}) 25. g4 $5 {A logical option, though there are some others.
All Black's pieces stand on the queenside, so White tries to act on the
kingside! Somehow, White's pieces should get there faster.} ({The engine
suggests} 25. Nc3 {but after} Qc7 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29.
Qxe4 Red8 {I don't think White can be so much better.}) 25... Qc7 26. Qb2 hxg4
27. hxg4 Qc8 (27... g5 28. Rd7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Qe5 {
is much better for White (maybe even winning): all Black's pawns are hanging!})
28. g5 Nh7 29. g6 fxg6 30. Nb6 $1 Qc7 31. Nbd7 Ng5 32. Kg2 {and Black is in
huge trouble.}) 22... Ned7 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. f4 Qc7 25. Nf3 Rad8 26. e4 Nb8 27.
e5 {Maybe too early.} ({Something like} 27. Qd3 Nc6 28. Qe3 {in order to
centralise all the pieces might be better. Black is always under pressure,
since e5 may come at any moment, and maybe White can start pushing the
kingside pawns (g4 and so on) sooner or later. Of course Black is very solid,
but the position seems pretty tough to play for him.}) 27... dxe5 28. fxe5 Rxd2
29. Qxd2 Rd8 30. Qe1 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 Nh7 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Nf2 (33. Qa5 {would
have been the only chance to get some advantage, but after} Nc6 $1 ({After} 
33... Qa7 34. Qd8+ $5 {(not the only way)} Nf8 35. Nb2 Nbd7 36. Nd3 Qb7 37. Nd2
Qc6 38. Kf2 {maybe Black is suffering a little bit.}) 34. Qb6 (34. Qxa6 Qc7 $11
) 34... Qd7 35. Nf2 Nd4 36. Qd6 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Qb7 38. Ne4 Ng5 {I guess Black
draws by force.}) 33... Qc7 {That position is simply equal.} 34. Ne4 Nf8 35. h4
Nbd7 36. Nf2 Ng6 37. Nd3 Ne7 38. Qe4 Qc6 39. Nf2 Qxe4 40. Nxe4 Nc6 41. Kf2 Kf8
42. g4 Ke7 43. g5 a5 44. Ke3 Ncxe5 45. Nxe5 Nxe5 46. Nxc5 hxg5 47. hxg5 f5 48.
gxf6+ gxf6 49. a3 f5 50. Kd4 Nc6+ 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. b4 axb4+ 53. axb4 e5 54. Nb3
e4 55. b5 Nd8 56. c5+ Kd5 57. Nd4 Kxc5 58. Nxf5 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+10:3600+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O {
First surprise!} Nf6 ({Normally people play} 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 {which is
supposed to be fine for Black.}) 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bg5 $1 $146 (9. Ne5 {was the
usual move, but after} Rb8 $1 {Black was fine in Halkias-Fressinet (2010).})
9... Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 exd5 12. Rfe1+ Be6 13. Bxd5 (13. Ba6 $1 {was
simply strong in my opinion: I don't know how Black should defend. Of course
White isn't winning, as Black can play either ...bxa6 and ...Kf8, or ...0-0
and ...Be7 (to sac the exchange) which only gives White a small yet stable
plus. Aronian probably judged the move insufficient, but I think it may be
best, since Black was just fine at some point in the game, in my opinion.})
13... O-O 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 {An interesting try... but the more I look at
it, the more I prefer my 13.Ba6!} (15. Rxe6 {should be slightly better for
White "by default", due to the pawn structure and better activity, but after
something like} Qd7 16. Re2 Kh8 {it should of course not be a big deal at all.}
) 15... Qe8 (15... Qe7 {first made sense: what is White supposed to do here?
Anyway, Black's queen will go to f7, and 16.Nd5 is just equal. So why not win
a tempo just in case 16.Ne4 is played?} 16. Qb3 (16. Nd5 Qf7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11
) 16... Rad8 $1 17. Qxb7 Nd4 {and Black has enough counterplay to compensate
for his pawn structure.}) 16. Ne4 (16. Qb3 Rd8 (16... Qf7 $5 17. Qxb7 Nd4 {
is also possible.}) 17. Qxb7 Nd4 {is unclear.}) 16... Qe7 $6 (16... Rd8 $1 17.
Qb3 Qf7 18. Qxb7 Nd4 {was again the way: Black has good counterplay.}) 17. Qb3
Rab8 $6 {Black is being too passive. He should play ...Rd8 at some point. But
from a human point of view it is probably extremely difficult to sac the b7
pawn: Black's structure becomes extremely ugly as a result. In fact, it is
possibly only at home that one can to evaluate whether ...Nd4 will give enough
counterplay. Or maybe Anand evaluated correctly but felt that passive play was
enough to equalise. Difficult to say! But in Bilbao everyday somebody loses
for being too passive! This round was Anand's turn...} (17... Rad8 {should be
played, again. Though Black lost some tempi, he should hold:} 18. Qxb7 Nd4 19.
Neg5 $5 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 $1 21. Qb7 Rfb8 22. Qe4 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Rxa2 $11) 18.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Ng5 {Now Black is under pressure.} Qb4 $6 {Not accurate, since
it seems Black has to play ...g6 on the next move, which is not good news.} (
19... Kh8 {seems quite logical, but somehow Black needs to play ...Nd4 in good
circumstances in order to equalise at some point, which he is unable to do:}
20. Rc1 (20. Re3 $5) 20... Qd7 21. Nxe6 Nd4 22. Nc5 $1 {and White is still
quite dominating thanks to his space advantage.}) 20. Qc2 Rg6 $6 {Too
artificial, but of course playing 20...g6 is a very unpleasant choice.} (20...
g6 21. Re4 Qe7 22. Rde1 e5 (22... Nd8 23. h4 {is very unpleasant for Black who
is just defending.}) 23. f4 Rf5 24. b4 $1 {and Black's position looks simply
bad.}) (20... Rh6 $2 21. Rxe6 $18) 21. Re4 Qa5 (21... Qe7 {should be the only
move, but of course after something like} 22. h4 Rd8 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd8
25. Qb3 {Black has huge problems.}) 22. h4 {Now it gets disastrous.} Re8 23.
Rd7 h6 24. b4 $5 (24. Re3 $18) 24... Qf5 (24... Qb5 25. a4 Nxb4 26. Qxc7 Nd5
27. axb5 Nxc7 28. Nf3 Nxb5 29. Ne5 Rf6 30. Rg4 $18) 25. Rxe6 $1 {Of course a
terrible tournament for the World Champion, but let's not forget how difficult
it is to play somewhere just months before a World Championship match!} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 (6. Nb1 {was
Aronian-Vallejo, in round 1 in Sao Paulo.}) 6... Ba6 {A rare but quite logical
move.} (6... Nf6 {or}) (6... e6 {are the two main options played.}) 7. Nf3 e6
8. Ng3 c5 9. d5 $146 Be7 $6 {Not only strange, but also not so good.} (9...
exd5 10. exd5 Nf6 {should be played. I suppose Anand had some cool idea
prepared here, since he played very fast and the computer likes Black!}) 10.
Bf4 exd5 11. Qxd5 $5 (11. exd5 {should also be good.}) 11... Qxd5 12. exd5 Nh6
(12... Nf6 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. d6+ Kd8 16. Ne5 {followed by 0-0-0 is
definitely good for White.}) 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Nf5 Bf6 (15...
Bg5+ 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. h4 $16) 16. Nxh6+ Kg7 17. Nf5+ Kg6 (17... Kh8 18. d6 $16
) 18. g4 c3 19. bxc3 bxc3 {A logical move. Somehow Black needs the b-file in
order to get some tactical possibilities. That's why, even not taking into
account the fact 20.d6 seems to win easily, I cannot understand Anand's next
move.} (19... Bxc3 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. d6 $16) 20. Bxa6 $4 {
Developing Black's knight, which will happily go to b4, while the b8 square
will be free for the rooks.} (20. d6 {seems crushing, and I have no idea what
Black can do:} Bxf1 21. Rhxf1 Nd7 {(the only difference I see with Bxa6, but
anyway, the knight is supposed to go to b4!)} 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. g5 $18) 20...
Nxa6 21. d6 h5 $2 {A weird move! Opening lines in favour of White. Most
probably Black was afraid of something after 21...Rab8. I guess Anand also saw
something, since he took on a6. But I cannot see it myself!} (21... Rab8 $1 {
just draws, for example:} 22. d7 Rb2 23. N3h4+ Kg5 24. f4+ Kxg4 25. Rhg1+ Kxf4
26. Rgf1+ Kg5 27. Rg1+ Kf4 $11) 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Rd5 Nb4 (23... Rfb8 {seems
like the good choice again, but it seems White still wins, even though it is
complicated:} 24. Rf5 (24. Rxh5+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. g5 (26. Ng5 Bxg5+ 27.
Rxg5 Rb2 {and Black will get a draw.}) 26... Bg7 27. Nxg7 (27. Rh7 $2 Rb2 $19)
27... Kxg7 28. Kc2 Rb2+ 29. Kxc3 Rab8 30. Nd2 Ra2 {with enough counterplay for
a draw.}) (24. Nc6 hxg4 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Ne1 Rb2 27. Nd3 Nb4 28. Nxb4 cxb4 29.
Rg1 b3 30. Rxg4 Bg7 $11) 24... Bxe7 (24... Rb2 25. Nd5 {seems winning for
White since no tactic is working.}) 25. dxe7 Nb4 26. gxh5 $1 Na2+ 27. Kc2 Rb2+
28. Kd3 c2 29. Ng5+ $1 Kh6 (29... Kg8 30. h6 c1=R 31. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 32. Kc3 Rb6
33. h7+ Kh8 34. Rxf7 Na2+ 35. Kc4 Rb4+ 36. Kxc5 Rc8+ 37. Kd6 Rbb8 38. Ne6 Nc3
39. Nf4 $18) 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. Rf8 $1 c1=Q 33. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 34. Kc4
Rbb8 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Nd8 $18) 24. Rxh5+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 26. g5 Bd4 27. Rg1 (
27. Rd1 $1 {seems stronger to me:} Na2+ $8 (27... Rfb8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxd4
cxd4 30. Rxd4 $18) 28. Kb1 Rab8+ 29. Kxa2 Rb2+ 30. Ka3 Rfb8 31. N5xd4 cxd4 32.
Nxd4 Rd2 33. Rc1 Rxd4 34. Rxc3 Rxd6 35. Rch3 $18) 27... Rab8 28. g6 Nd3+ $2 ({
After} 28... fxg6 29. N5xd4 Nd3+ $1 30. Kc2 cxd4 $1 {White should be better,
but it's not entirely clear. It looks like the game should carry on with} 31.
Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Rhh6 Nb4+ 33. Kd1 d3 34. Ne5+ Ke8 35. f4 Rb7 36. Rg3 $16) 29. Kc2
Nf4 30. N3xd4 cxd4 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. g7+ Kg8 33. gxf8=Q+ (33. Ne7+ Kh7 34.
gxf8=N+ $8 (34. gxf8=Q $2 Rb2+ 35. Kd1 $8 Rb1+ $11) 34... Rxf8 35. Rg4 Ne6 36.
Nc6 $18 {Total domination! I don't know whether Anand failed to realise that
Ne7+ matters, or whether he simply missed the knight promotion! I suppose the
first option is much more probable.}) 33... Kxf8 34. Nxd4 Nd5 $6 (34... Rb2+ $8
35. Kxc3 Rb6 {and Black will recover a pawn, which is not entirely lost,
though it should be.}) (34... Rb6 35. Rb1 $1 $18) 35. Nb5 $5 (35. Rb1 $18)
35... Rc8 36. Rg4 a5 37. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 38. Rc4 Ke8 39. dxc7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.17"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

{HAARSTRÄUBENDE KOMPLIKATIONEN (Praxis und Analyse) Im vorentscheidenden
Meisterschaftsduell zwischen Werder Bremen und Baden-Baden im Bremer
Weserstadion war die folgende ebenso packende wie wechselhafte Partie am
Spitzenbrett ein absolutes Highlight.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4
5. a4 e6 {Mit dieser speziellen Slawisch-Version, einem Mixtum von Slawisch
und Halb-Slawisch, hat Eljanov schon verschiedentlich experimentiert.
Mittlerweile haben sich immer mehr Nachahmer gefunden.} 6. e4 $5 ({"Some like
it hot!" Nach zwei Jahren Bundesliga-Abstinenz probiert der Champ mit dem
aggressiven, doppelten Aufzug seines Königsbauern - ähnlich dem Slawischen
Gambit [5.e4 ("As far as I am concerned, 5.e4 just loses a pawn, but some
die-hards just keep on playing it!" Matthew Sadler in 'The Slav`, 1997) 5...b5
6.e5 Sd5 7.a4 e6 8.Sg5!?] - ein zweischneidiges Opfer des Bauern c4 für
Initiative. Im Gegensatz zum Slawischen Gambit indes wird die Verteidigung in
der vorliegenden Form ihren schwarzfeldrigen Läufer (durch Tausch auf c3)
abgeben, was den Angreifer wegen der Schwächung der dunklen Felder (z. B. d6)
begünstigt.  Solider, allerdings auch wesentlich ruhiger ist} 6. e3 {, was
nach der üblichen Folge} c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 {eine für Weiß
angenehme Isolanistellung ergibt, die nahezu identisch ist mit einer Variante
des Angenommenen Damengambits, z.B.:} 10. Re1 (10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Qe4
Nf6 13. Qh4 Nb4 14. Bg5 b6 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Ne5) 15... Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Ba6 17. Rd2
Bb7 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Rd3 Rfe8 22. Rh3 h5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6
24. Qxh5 g6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 $11 {, remis/65, Anand,V (2811) - Howell,
D (2633), London 2011}) 10... O-O 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bg3 (16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Bc3 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rae8 19. Rd3
h6 $14 {/=}) 16... Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bf6 $11 {, remis/36, Korobov,A (2660) -
Eljanov,P (2712), Kiev 2011}) 6... Bb4 7. e5 (7. Bg5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. e5
Ne4 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Nd2 $5 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nb6 13. Qg4 Bd7 $6 (13... Rg8 $13) 14.
Qxg7 O-O-O 15. Qxf7 $14 {Kempinski,R - Eljanov,P, Bundesliga 09/10, remis/48})
7... Nd5 8. Bd2 (8. Qc2 c5 (8... b5 $5) 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc5
12. Qe4 Bd7 13. Qg4 Nc6 14. Qxg7 O-O-O 15. Qg4 Rhg8 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxg2
$13 {/=, remis/66, Vitiugov,N (2726) - Eljanov,P (2683), Saratov 2011}) 8... b5
9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 {Der in diesem Stellungstyp übliche
Springerausfall mit solchen Ideen wie beispielsweise Dh5, Sg5-e4 und h4 nebst
Th3-f3.} h6 ({Die sofortige Befragung des Springers erscheint mir am
sichersten. Eine auch schon von Eljanov praktizierte Alternative ist} 11... Nc6
{, z.B.} 12. Qh5 (12. h4 Qc7 13. Rh3 Bb7 14. Rf3 Nd8 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nd6 Ne7
17. Rg3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Qh5 Ne6 20. Qxf5 Qe7 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Be2 a5 23.
Qf6 Rfe8 24. d5 Bxd5 25. Rxb5 Qxf6 26. exf6 Red8 $15 {remis/57, Akopian,V 
(2712) - Eljanov,P (2716), Jermuk 2009}) 12... Qe7 (12... g6 $2 13. Qh6 Qe7 14.
Ne4) 13. h4 (13. Be2 b4 14. Bxc4 (14. O-O bxc3 15. Be3 $13) (14. Nxh7 $2 g6 15.
Qh6 bxc3 16. Nf6+ Qxf6 17. exf6 Rxh6 18. Bxh6 Nxd4 $17 {0:1/72, Stupak,K (2502)
- Volkov,S (2595), St. Petersburg 2010}) 14... bxc3 15. Be3 h6 16. Ne4 O-O 17.
O-O Ncb4 $13 {Rapport,R (2540) - Raznikov,D (2384), Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 13...
b4 14. Bxc4 bxc3 15. Bc1 (15. Be3) 15... Ncb4 (15... Nxd4 $6 16. O-O Nc2 17.
Ra4 $1 Bd7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rf4) 16. O-O a5 $6 (16... Nb6 17. Ba3 a5 18. Rfc1
h6 19. Rxc3 $4 (19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Ne4 $14) 19... O-O $4 (19... g6 $19) 20. Ne4
$18 N6d5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Rg3+ {1:0, Braun,A (2542) - Raykhman,
A (2372), Deizisau 2011}) 17. Ba3 (17. Nxh7 $5) 17... Rb8 $2 (17... Bb7) 18.
Bxd5 exd5 19. e6 $1 $18 g6 20. exf7+ Qxf7 21. Rfe1+ {1:0, Morozevich,A (2763)
- Khairullin,I (2638), Jurmala (rapid) 2012} (21. Nxf7 gxh5 22. Nxh8)) 12. Qh5
({Nach} 12. Ne4 O-O {und z.B.} 13. Nd6 Bd7 14. Qg4 f5 $13 {macht die schwarze
Stellung einen zuverlässigen Eindruck}) 12... g6 $6 {Eine sehr verpflichtende
und riskante Lockerung des Königsschutzes. Wie Eljanov mir gegenüber am darauf
folgenden Tag zugab, hatte er seine Vorbereitung vergessen und die Varianten
durcheinander gebracht: "I completely forgot my preparation after 12.Qh5 and
was happy to get back into the game at all."} ({Die Kernfrage, die sich in
dieser kritischen Situation m.E. stellt, ist ob Schwarz jetzt mit der kurzen
Rochade Weiß zu einlenkenden Aktionen veranlassen kann, etwa zum Springeropfer
auf f6 oder Läuferopfer auf h6, wonach letztlich aber nie mehr als weißes
Dauerschach herauszuspringen scheint. Prüfen wir also} 12... O-O {und nun z.B.:
} 13. Ne4 (13. h4 Nc6 14. Ne4 f5 $5 (14... Nce7 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Rh3 Qe8 17.
Qxh6 Nf5 18. Rg3+ Nxg3 19. exf6 Nf5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qh5+ $11) 15. Nd6 Bd7 16.
Bxh6 (16. Nxb5 $2 Nxe5) 16... Be8 $1 $15) 13... Nc6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 f5
16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qh6+ {remis, Iljushina,O (2356) - Gunina,V (2457), Dagomys
2010. Hier mag es Klärungsbedarf geben.}) 13. Qh3 {Nun ist der Verteidiger
angesichts seiner luftigen Königsstellung zu "Klimmzügen" genötigt.} f5 $2 $146
{Dieser waghalsige Aufzug mit weiteren Schwächungen im Gefolge vermag
überhaupt nicht zu überzeugen.} ({Alternativen, z.B.: I} 13... Kf8 $5 {mit der
Idee} 14. Ne4 Kg7 {ist prüfenswert:} 15. g4 (15. Be2 Nc6 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. O-O a5
$13) 15... Bd7 ({Nicht jedoch} 15... Bb7 $6 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. O-O a5 18. Nd6 Bc6
19. f4 (19. Bxh6+ $1 Kg8 (19... Rxh6 20. Qxh6+ Kxh6 21. Nxf7+ Kg7 22. Nxd8 Rxd8
23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxa5 $16) 20. f4 {/\f5->+-}) 19... f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Rf3
Nf8 $2 (21... Rh7 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh5 Qf8 24. Qg6 Qg8 25. Qxg8+ Rxg8 26. Rxa5
$16) 22. Rg3+ Ng6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxg6+ Kxg6 25. Qxf5+ {1:0, Andreev,K (2330)
- Karasik,M, St. Petersburg 1997}) 16. Nd6 Nc6 17. Bg2 (17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Bxc4 (
18. Nd6 Nxd4 $1) 18... Nxe5) 17... b4 $13) ({II} 13... Bb7 $5 14. Rb1 (14. Ne4
Nf4) (14. Be2 Nxc3 15. Nxe6 Qe7 16. Bxc3 fxe6 17. Bf3 Nc6 18. Rb1 a6 19. O-O
Nd8 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. d5 Qf7 $13) 14... Bc6 15. Ne4 Kf8 $13) ({III} 13... Nxc3
$4 14. Nxf7 $18 Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Kg7 16. Qxa8) 14. exf6 e5 {Mit offenem Visier
provoziert Eljanov haarsträubende Verwicklungen. Indes ist eine befriedigende
Alternative auch nicht in Sicht - oder? Hierzu ein paar Anregungen:} ({I} 14...
Nc6 15. Be2 $1 (15. Ne4 $6 e5 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Ra6 Nb6 18. f3 Qd5 $13) (15. f7+
$6 Ke7) 15... e5 (15... Qxf6 $2 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qg3) 16. f7+ Ke7 (16... Kf8 17.
Ne6+) 17. Qg3 exd4 18. O-O $16 dxc3 (18... d3 19. Bf3 Kf8 (19... Qd6 20. Rfe1+
Kd7 21. Re8 Qxg3 (21... Bb7 22. Bg4+ Kc7 23. Ne6+ $18) 22. Rxh8 Qd6 23. Bxd5
Bb7 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Nh7 $18) 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21. Ne6+ Bxe6 22. Rxe6 $18) (18...
hxg5 19. Bxg5+ Nf6 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Rfe1+ Kxf7 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 (22... Qxf6 23.
Qc7+ $18) 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Ra6 $1 $18 Qd5 25. Rxc6+ Qxc6 26. Qf4+ Kg7 27. Re7+
Kg8 28. Qf7#) 19. Bxc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc4 $3 (20. Qxc3 $6 Qd4 21. Qf3 hxg5 22. Qxc6
Bd7 (22... Qd6 $4 23. f8=Q+) 23. Qxg6 Qf6 24. Qe4+ Qe6 $14) 20... bxc4 (20...
hxg5 21. Rae1+ Kf6 22. Qxc3+ Nd4 (22... Qd4 23. Qf3+ Kg7 24. Re8 Bf5 25. Qxc6
Rhxe8 26. fxe8=Q Rxe8 27. Qxe8 $18) 23. Rd1 $18 (23. Re4 $18)) (20... Ne2+ 21.
Bxe2 hxg5 (21... Qd6 22. Rae1 $18) 22. Rad1 Nd4 23. Qe3+ Kxf7 (23... Be6 24.
Rxd4 Qc7 25. f4 Kxf7 26. Bxb5 $18) 24. Rxd4 Qe7 25. Re4 Qf6 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Re5
Bf5 28. Bxb5 Rac8 29. Re1 $18) 21. Rae1+ Kf6 22. Qxc3+ Qd4 (22... Kxg5 23. Rd1
$18 Bg4 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 25. f4+ Kf5 26. Re1 Rd4 27. h3 Kf6 28. Re4) 23. Qf3+ Bf5
(23... Kxg5 24. Re4 $18) 24. Ne6 $1 Qd6 (24... Ne5 25. Qxa8 $18) 25. f8=Q+
Raxf8 26. Qc3+ Ne5 (26... Nd4 27. Nxd4 Kf7 (27... Kg5 28. f4+ Kh5 29. Re5 $18)
28. Qxc4+ Kg7 29. Ne6+ $18) 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. f4 Kf7 29. fxe5 $18) ({II} 14...
Qxf6 $2 15. Ne4) 15. f7+ $2 {Verlockend, aber weniger gut! Allerdings ist
darauf eine Widerlegung am Brett nicht so einfach zu finden. Man sehe z.B.:} ({
I} 15. Qh4 $2 Nc6 (15... Qxf6 $143 16. Qe4 Bb7 17. dxe5) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4
Kf7 $13) ({II} 15. g4 $3 {ist der (eigentlich logische) Schlüsselzug. Er
versperrt die Diagonale c8-h3 und gewinnt ein wichtiges Tempo für den starken
Entwicklungszug Lg2. Weiß behält so die Trümpfe in der Hand und droht, seinen
Druck (mit Lg2, 0-0 etc.) auf den unrochierten König und aufs Zentrum
entscheidend zu verstärken. Allem Anschein nach ist Schwarz dagegen machtlos.
Man sehe z.B.:} Nd7 (15... exd4 16. Bg2) (15... Nc6 16. Bg2) (15... Qxf6 {
Der Bauer ist wegen Se4 nebst dxe5 vergiftet.} 16. Ne4 Qe7 (16... Qe6 17. dxe5
Qxe5 (17... Qxg4 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Bxh6+ Kg8 20. Nxc8 $18) 18. Bg2 Nc6 19. O-O)
(16... Qc6 17. dxe5) 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. O-O $18 {und Schwarz geht
an seiner offenen Königsstellung nebst etlichen Schwächen zugrunde (} Nd7 20.
Rfe1 O-O-O 21. Nc5 Qd6 22. Nxb7 Kxb7 23. Be3 a6 24. Red1 N7f6 25. Bd4 {)}) (
15... Qd7 16. Bg2) (15... h5 16. Qf3 ({oder} 16. Bg2 Bxg4 17. f7+ Ke7 (17...
Kf8 18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19. Qxe6) 18. Qg3 (18. Qh4 Nc6 19. Ra6) 18... Nc6 19. Ra6)
16... Bxg4 (16... Nc6 17. Bg2) (16... Nb6 17. f7+ Kf8 18. Qe4) (16... hxg4 17.
Qe4) 17. Qe4 $18) 16. Bg2 $18 (16. f7+ $2 Ke7) {Weiter könnte folgen:} 16...
Bb7 (16... N7xf6 17. dxe5 Nxg4 18. e6 $18 O-O 19. Qxg4 hxg5 20. Qe4) 17. Ne6
Qc8 (17... Qb6 18. g5 exd4 19. O-O) 18. g5 (18. O-O N7xf6 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Nc5)
18... Kf7 (18... a5 19. O-O Ra6 20. f4 $18) 19. gxh6 N7xf6 20. Ng5+ Ke7 21.
Qxc8 Rhxc8 22. dxe5 Ng4 (22... Nd7 23. O-O Nc5 24. f4 Rf8 (24... Rh8 25. f5
gxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxh6 27. Rf7+ Ke8 28. Rxb7 Nxb7 29. Bxd5)) 23. h7 Nxe5 24. O-O {
/\Rfe1+-}) 15... Kf8 16. Ne6+ $6 (16. g4 {wäre jetzt von vergleichsweise
minderer Qualität (aber immer noch besser als der Textzug), z.B. wegen} Kg7 $5
(16... Nc6 $2 17. Bg2 exd4 18. O-O Kg7 (18... Bxg4 19. Ne6+ Bxe6 20. Qxe6 dxc3
21. Be3 $18) 19. f8=Q+ $1 Rxf8 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. Qxh6+ Kf7 22. Qh7+ Ke8 23.
Rfe1 Qd6 24. Bg5 Nce7 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Bxa8 $18) 17. Nf3 (17. Ne4 Nc6) 17...
Nc6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 $14 {. Nun nach dem Partiezug nebst der Abwicklung
mit Damentausch kommt Schwarz glimpflich davon.}) 16... Ke7 17. Nxd8 Bxh3 18.
gxh3 Rxd8 19. dxe5 Kxf7 20. Bg2 Nc6 21. O-O ({Auch in Betracht kam} 21. Ra6
Nxe5 22. O-O Nc7 23. Ra2 Nd5 $13 {/=}) 21... Nxe5 {Das stattliche Springerpaar
in der Mitte konkurriert mit dem Läuferpaar.} (21... a5 $5) 22. f4 ({Der
Vorstoß f4-f5 liegt zwar auf der Hand, aber Weiß hatte in} 22. Ra6 $5 {eine
beachtliche Alternative, z.B.} Nc7 23. Ra3 Rac8 24. Bxh6 a6 $13 {/=}) 22... Nd3
23. f5 gxf5 $5 ({Überraschend. Der Analyserunde vor Ort erschien es
einleuchtender, den Königsflügel mit} 23... g5 {geschlossen zu halten, z.B.}
24. Ra6 N3f4 $5 25. Bxf4 (25. Rxh6 $6 Nxg2 (25... Rh8) 26. Kxg2 a5 $1 27. Rh7+
Kg8 28. Rb7 (28. Rh6 Rd7) 28... Rdb8) 25... gxf4 26. Rfa1 {mit etwa gleichen
Chancen, z.B.:} Rd7 (26... Nxc3 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 $13 {/=}) (26... Rg8 $6 27. Rg6
Rgd8 (27... Nxc3 $2 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Raa6) 28. Raa6 Rd7 29. Kf2 $14 (29. Rxh6
Rg8)) 27. Kf2 (27. Rxh6 Rg8) 27... Rad8 $13 {/=}) 24. Rxf5+ Ke6 25. Rh5 a5 26.
Rxh6+ Ke5 $13 {/=} 27. Be1 $5 (27. Rh5+ Ke6 28. Rh6+ Ke5 29. Rh5+ $11) 27...
N5f4 {Die Qualität "hängt" nun zwei Züge lang, aber jedesmal muß Weiß genau
prüfen, ob er damit gut bedient wäre.} (27... Kf5 $142) 28. Bg3 (28. Bxa8 Rxa8
29. Bg3 Ke4 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Kf2 $13 {/=}) 28... Kf5 $6 (28... Ra7 $142 29.
Rh5+ Ke6 30. Rxb5 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 a4 32. Ra3 $14) 29. Rf1 $6 ({Vermutlich war
hier ein geeigneter Moment zu} 29. Bxa8 $1 {, z.B.} Rxa8 30. Kh1 $5 Ke4 31. Rb6
a4 32. Rxb5 a3 33. h4 Ne2 34. h5 Nxc3 35. Rb8 Ra6 36. h6 Rxh6 37. Rxa3 $16)
29... Kg5 30. Rb6 Rab8 31. Ra6 (31. h4+ Kf5 32. Bb7 Rd5 33. h5 $14) 31... Rf8
$6 (31... a4 32. h4+ Kf5 $5 $14 ({Jedoch nicht} 32... Kg4 $2 {wegen} 33. Rf6 $1
$18 {, z.B.} Ne2+ (33... Rf8 34. Bf3+ Kh3 35. Bxf4 Nxf4 36. Bg2+ Nxg2 37. Rxf8
Rxf8 38. Rxf8) 34. Kh1 Nxg3+ 35. hxg3 Kxg3 36. Be4 Kxh4 37. Rh6+ Kg5 38. Rg6+
Kh5 39. Rf3 Kh4 40. Kh2)) 32. h4+ Kg4 33. Bf3+ Kh3 {Nach abenteuerlicher Reise
der gebotene Schlupfwinkel für den Wanderkönig.} (33... Kf5 $2 34. Rxa5 $18)
34. Bd1 $2 {Darüber zeigte sich Anand später im Interview sehr unglücklich und
meinte überdies, daß Schwarz hiernach zwar einige Chancen bekommen hätte, doch
wähnte er sich nach der Zeitkontrolle wieder auf der sicheren Seite.} ({
Klar den Vorzug verdiente} 34. Rxa5 $142 Rg8 (34... b4 $4 35. Rg5 $18) 35. Kh1
$16) 34... Rg8 (34... b4 $2 35. Rxa5 ({oder auch} 35. Rf3 Rg8 36. Kh1 $18 Ne5
37. Rxf4 Rxg3 38. Be2 $1) 35... Rg8 36. Rg5 $18) 35. Rf3 $2 {Danach gerät der
Weltmeister in große Verlustgefahr.} ({Auf das bessere} 35. Rxa5 $142 {kann
Schwarz mit} Rbe8 {(=) unweigerlich Dauerschach bzw. Stellungswiederholung
oder Patt forcieren:} 36. Rxb5 (36. h5 Ne2+ 37. Bxe2 Rxe2 $11) (36. Ra2 $2 Nc1
37. Raf2 Nfe2+) 36... Rxg3+ (36... Ne2+ 37. Bxe2 Rxe2 38. Rg5 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rf8
40. Rxf8 Nf2+ 41. Rxf2 (41. Bxf2 Rxh2+ 42. Kg1 Rh1+ 43. Kxh1 $11 {patt}) 41...
Rg1+ 42. Kxg1 $11 {patt}) 37. hxg3 Ne2+ 38. Bxe2 Rxe2 39. Rf3 (39. Rfb1 $6 Rg2+
40. Kf1 Kh2 41. Rf5 Rg1+ 42. Ke2 Rxb1) 39... Re1+ 40. Rf1 Re2 $11) 35... Rbd8
36. Kf1 Ne5 37. Rxf4 Rxd1+ 38. Ke2 Rgd8 39. Rxa5 $2 ({Daß dies eigentlich der
Verlustzug ist, war beiden Akteuren im Eifer des schweren Gefechts nicht
bewußt. Weiß vertilgt den a-Bauern in einem denkbar ungünstigen Moment und
stellt damit seinen Turm ins Abseits. Erforderlich war der Entlastungstausch} 
39. Rd4 $8 {!, und nach dem weiteren} R8xd4 40. cxd4 Rxd4 41. h5 {vermag sich
der Anziehende um Haaresbreite zu behaupten:} b4 (41... a4 42. h6 Ng4 43. Rb6 (
43. h7 Rd8 44. Rb6 Rh8 45. Rxb5 Rxh7 46. Ra5 $11) 43... Rd5 44. h7 Rh5 45. Rxb5
Rxh7 46. Ra5 $11) 42. Rxa5 Nf7 43. h6 b3 44. Rb5 Nxh6 45. Rh5+ Kg2 46. Rxh6 c3
47. Be5 c2 48. Rg6+ Kh3 49. Rg3+ Kh4 50. Bf6+ Kh5 51. Rxb3 c1=Q 52. Rh3+ Kg6
53. Bxd4 Qc4+ 54. Rd3 $11) 39... R1d2+ {Nun aber gerät das weiße Oberhaupt in
eine tödliche Zange.} 40. Ke3 ({Falls} 40. Kf1 {, so kann beispielsweise} Ng4 (
{oder} 40... Nd3 41. Rf3 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Nc1+ 43. Kf2 R8d2+ 44. Ke3 Rd3+ 45. Ke4
Nb3 46. Bc7+ (46. Rxd3 cxd3) (46. Ra2 Nd2+) 46... Rxf3 47. Kxf3 Nxa5 48. Bxa5
Kxh4 $19) 41. Rxg4 (41. Re4 R8d3) 41... Kxg4 42. Rxb5 Ra2 43. Ke1 Rd3 44. Rc5
Rxc3 45. Kd1 Kf3 $19 {folgen}) 40... Ng4+ {Diagramm [#]} 41. Ke4 ({Die
Königsjagd nach} 41. Kf3 R2d3+ 42. Ke4 Re8+ 43. Kf5 Rd5+ 44. Kg6 Ne5+ {(-+)
entzieht sich wegen diverser Möglichkeiten freilich am Brett der
Vorausberechnung, aber daß sie für Weiß kein gutes Ende nimmt, dürfte kaum
überraschen, z.B.:} 45. Kf6 (45. Kg7 Rd7+ 46. Kh6 Re6+ 47. Kg5 Rg7+ 48. Kf5
Rgg6 49. Ra7 (49. Rxb5 Nf7 50. Rxc4 Rgf6#) 49... Rgf6+ 50. Kg5 Nf3+ 51. Rxf3
Rxf3 $19) (45. Kh7 Re7+ 46. Kh6 Re6+ 47. Kg7 Rd7+ 48. Kg8 Ree7 49. h5 Rg7+ 50.
Kf8 Rh7 51. Rh4+ Kg2 52. Ra2+ Kf3 53. Rf2+ Ke3 54. Kg8 Rdg7+ 55. Kf8 Rd7 56.
Ke8 Rde7+ 57. Kd8 Nc6+ 58. Kc8 Re8#) (45. Kf5 Nc6+) 45... Rd6+ 46. Kg5 Rg6+ 47.
Kf5 Ree6 {(-+) ist Zugumstellung zur Variante 45.Kg7/48...Tgg6}) 41... Re8+ ({
Hier hatte Eljanov gleich nach der Zeitkontrolle reichlich Gelegenheit, die
Varianten durchzurechnen. Nicht zuletzt verfügte er noch über die - übrigens
auch von vielen Kiebitzen vor Ort erwartete - Alternative} 41... b4 $142 $1 {
mit Bauerndurchbruch (zwar von Eljanov angedacht, aber als zu kompliziert
eingestuft), z.B.} 42. cxb4 (42. Rf3 Re2+ 43. Kf4 b3 $19) 42... c3 43. Ra3 (43.
Rc5 c2 44. Rc3 Re2+ 45. Kf5 Ne3+ 46. Kg5 Nd5 $19 {ist Zugumstellung}) 43...
Re2+ 44. Kf5 Ne3+ 45. Kg5 c2 46. Rc3 Nd5 $19 47. Rfc4 (47. Rff3 Rg8+ 48. Kh5
Kg2 49. Bf4 Rh8+ 50. Kg5 Rf8) 47... Nxc3 48. Rxc3 Rd5+ (48... Rd1 $2 49. Bf4+
Kg2 50. h5) 49. Kg6 Kg4 $19) 42. Kf5 Ne3+ $2 ({Vergibt endgültig den Gewinn,
während} 42... Rd5+ 43. Kg6 Ne5+ {unter Zugumstellung wieder zur vorigen
Variante 41.Kf3/44...Se5+ (-+) geführt hätte. Aber all das wurde von Eljanov
am Brett nicht gesehen. "...I might have had some chances, but in the end I
was happy with the result." Nun, Werder Bremen war jedenfalls weniger mit dem
Ergebnis zufrieden, bedeutete es doch das Aus im Meisterschaftsduell.}) 43. Kg6
$11 Nd5 44. Rxb5 ({Oder auch} 44. Rd4 Rxd4 45. cxd4 Re6+ 46. Kg5 Rb6 47. h5 c3
48. h6 {und wie in der Partie rettet der h-Bauer} Rb7 49. Be1 c2 50. Ra3+ Kg2
51. Ra2 Rc7 52. h7 Rxh7 53. Rxc2+ $11) 44... Nxf4+ 45. Bxf4 Rd3 (45... Rf2 46.
Bg5 Re6+ 47. Kg7 Ra2 48. Bf6 $11) 46. h5 Rxc3 47. h6 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.18"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Be1 Qe7 13. Nbd2 Rfc8 14. e4 Bb4 15.
e5 Ne8 16. Nf1 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 Bb7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qd2 a5 20. Ne3 Nb8 21. Bf1
Ba6 22. Rec1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{I have played a lot of games with Anand in my chess career. And it is only my
2nd win against the World Champion, the 1st one was 23 years ago in Moscow at
the GMA open in 1989. I have lost 2 games as well, so after this game the
score is equal. Frankly speaking, I was not expecting the World Champion to
appear in Baden-Baden for the 2 last games of the 2011/12 Bundesliga season.
So both of us had to play this game without any preparation.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (
2. c3 {took place in our last encounter in Wijk aan Zee in 2010, that game
ended in a draw after a long fight. So in the present game I decided to play
something else.}) 2... d6 3. Bb5+ {Check on b5 is a very solid move, the only
realistic way for Black to play for a win after it is the move Nd7.} Nd7 {
Having played the Dragon as Black for a long, long time I have had to face
Bb5+ in countless encounters. I have also regularly played ...Nd7, so I was
well acquintated with the main ideas after it. Of course, 3...Bd7 is the
strongest move in the position, but Black doesn't have real chances to win
after it. And understandably, Anand wanted to get winning chances, going into
a complex position. But his strategy finally backfired on him.} 4. d4 cxd4 (
4... Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O
11. Qd3 Be6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Nc5 15. Qe2 axb5 16. Qxb5 Ra3 17. e5
Qa8 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. Qf1 Bf5 20. Re3 dxe5 21. Qc4 Nd3 22. Rxd3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2
Tiviakov,S-Ivanchuk,V/Montreal 2007/The Week in Chess 663 (22)}) 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {Nowadays this position is quite popluar, we see it often in
the tournaments of all levels, incl. top ones. The character of the game is
very close to the Maroczy System, which I played for many, many years with
Black. The main difference here is that White doesn't have his bad
light-squared bishop. But a bishop is a bishop, so Black must use the his
advantage of the pair of bishops opening the play on the queenside.} e5 {
Another plan is to play ...Nf6, ...g6, developing his bishop to g7. The setup
with g7-g6, Bg7 was once played against me by Ivanchuk, but he also failed to
equalise. See above for the game!} 8. Qd3 h6 (8... b5 {took place in my game 5
years ago against Babula. It was a decisive game, I had to win it in order to
qualify from the Individual European Championship into a World Cup. Although
White manages to get slightly better position here, still I prefer this move
to the continuation which took place in the current game.} 9. Na3 Qb6 10. O-O
h6 11. b3 $14 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qb7
17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Qc6 20. Ne3 Rab8 21. Rec1 Bf8 22. Rc3 Be6
23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qa4 25. f3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 g6 27. Nf1 h5 28. Be3 Kg7 29.
Nd2 Be7 30. Qc4 Qa3 31. Nb3 Rb4 32. Qc3 Bd8 33. Bd2 Rb8 34. Qc4 Qb2 35. Bc1
Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 37. Bd2 Qh4 38. Qxa6 Bf2 39. Qxd6 Bg3 40. h3 Rc8 41. Nc5 Bf2
42. Rc1 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Babula,V/Dresden 2007 (42)}) (8... Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10.
Bg5 $14 {gives White full control over the square d5 and the slightly better
position.}) 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 ({Now it is impossible to free himself by} 
10... b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 {because it is losing after} 13. Qxe4 Bxb5
14. Nxe5 $18) 11. a4 b6 $6 ({11...b6 came as a complete surprise for me. This
move is wrong, I couldn't have expected the World Champion to play so badly
from this moment until the end of the game. Even playing without any
preparation you would expect more resistance... In the current game the World
Champion was playing like a beginner. Even playing in open tournaments you
would have worked much harder to win than in this game. 11...b6 is aimed
against a4-a5, but in this positon it is a weakening move, later in the game
we'll see how White exploited the weakness of this pawn. It is also a loss of
time, allowing White to develop the bishop c1 to a3, attacking the weak pawn
on d6.} 11... O-O $142 {was much better, although still after it White has
pleasant play with slightly better chances. I had a similar position on the
board just one month ago in a tournament in Mashhad (Iran) against the
talented Iranian player Darini and he played much better against me than the
World Champion.} 12. a5 $14 (12. Be3 $5 b6 (12... Ng4 13. Nd5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f5
15. Nb6 Bc6 16. Nxa8 fxe4 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nb6 Bg5 19. Qb3 Rf3 20. gxf3 Bf4
21. c5+ Kh7 22. Qe6 Qh4 23. h3 h5 24. Rad1 e3 25. Qf5+ g6 26. Rd7+ Bxd7 27.
Qxd7+ Kh6 28. Nd5 e2 29. Re1 Bh2+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 31. Kxh2 Qd2 32. Nf6 Qf4+ 33.
Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Ng4+ hxg4 35. hxg4 Qf6 36. Rh1+ Kg5 37. Qd2+ Qf4 38. Qxf4+ {
1-0 Ferraro,F-Llanos,G/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 2005 (38)}) 13. h3 Qc7 14. Nd2
Rab8 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. f3 Rc7 18. Nf1 Rbc8 19. b3 Qb8 20. Bd2 b5
21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rb7 23. Ne3 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bf8 26. b4 Rxb5
27. Rc8 Qb6 28. Kh2 d5 29. Nf5 g6 30. Bxh6 gxf5 31. Bxf8 Qb7 32. Rd8 dxe4 33.
Qf2 Rd5 34. Bd6+ Kg7 35. Qg3+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg6 37. Rh8 Ng4+ 38. hxg4 {1-0
Shabanov,Y-Khmelnitsky,S/Pardubice 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) (12. b3 $6 b5 $1 $11 13.
axb5 (13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. Rf1 Nf6 16. Rd1 Ng4 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Qd3 Ng4 {
1/2-1/2 Klinova,M-Gaponenko,I/Belfort 2003/CBM 097 ext (18)}) 13... axb5 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Rb8 16. Be3 (16. Bb2 Qb7 17. Ra1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5
Rxb5 20. Nd2 d5 21. Bxe5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bd4 Rxb3 24. g3 Rd3 25. Be3 Rd5
26. Ra8+ Kh7 27. Ra7 Re5 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 f6 30. Kh3 Kg6 31. Rc7 Bd6 32. Rd7
Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Re7 f5 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Re8 Re5 37. Rh8 Kg6 38. Ra8 e3 39.
fxe3 Rxe3 40. Rf8 Rb3 41. Kf2 Rb6 42. Kf3 Rf6 43. Rh8 Rf7 44. Kf4 Ra7 45. Kf3
Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Ra4 47. Kf3 Rg4 48. Rf8 Rc4 49. Ke3 Rc6 50. Kf3 Rf6 51. Rh8 Rf7
52. Kf4 Ra7 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Rxh5 Ke5 55. Rh8 Ra3+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58.
Kg2 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Ra2+ {1/2-1/2 Arribas Robaina,M-Pazos
Gambarrotti,P/Havana 2005/CBM 106 ext (60)}) 16... Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. Rc1 (
18. Nd2 Qxb5 19. Qc3 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Darini,P/Mashhad 2012 (19)}) 18...
Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Rc7 Bf8 21. Nd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc8 f6 24. Kf1 Kf7
25. Ke2 Bb4 26. Nc4 Be7 27. Nd2 f5 28. g3 h5 29. Nc4 Nxe3 30. Nxe3 f4 {1/2-1/2
Oratovsky,M-Soffer,R/Tel Aviv 1994/EXT 1997 (30)}) (12. Rd1 b6 13. b3 Bc6 14.
Ba3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Ne1 Qd7 17. Nc2 Qb7 18. f3 Nh5 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Qf1 g6
21. Ned5 f5 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rd3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. axb5 Bxb5
27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Qd1 Bf6 29. Ra2 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Re8 31. Rxd6 Rbe5 32. Bb4 Qxa2
33. Rxf6 Qf2 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Qd6+ Kg5 {0-1 Krantz,C-Hedman,E/
Sweden 2009/EXT 2011 (36)}) 12... b6 (12... Qc7 13. Be3 Bc6 14. b3 Rac8 15. Nd2
Rfe8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bb6 Qe7 18. Na2 Nh5 19. Nb4 Bd7 20. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kelemen,
A-Beltre,A/Parsippany USA 2004/The Week in Chess 488 (20)}) (12... Rc8 13. Be3
Bc6 14. b4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nfd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5+
Bxd5 20. Nc5 e4 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bf6 25. Bd4
Rd8 26. Nb3 Kf7 27. Bxf6 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Kxf6 29. Nc4 Bd5 30. Nb6 Ke5 31. Kf1 Bc6
32. Ke2 Kd4 33. Kd2 g5 34. g3 h5 35. h4 g4 36. Nc8 Kc4 37. Ne7 Kxb4 38. Ng8 Be8
39. Nf6 Bg6 40. Nd5+ Kxa5 41. Nf4 Bf7 42. Ke3 Kb5 43. Kxe4 a5 44. Kd4 a4 45.
Kc3 Ka5 46. Nd3 b5 47. Nb4 a3 48. Nc6+ Ka4 {0-1 Zayats-crafty/Internet Chess
Club 2001/Computer & Internet 2011 (48)}) 13. axb6 (13. Rd1 Be6 14. axb6 Qxb6
15. Be3 Qb7 16. b3 (16. Rab1 Ng4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3
Rfc8 21. Qc3 a5 22. Qc2 g6 23. b3 Bf6 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Qc1 Qg7 26. Ne1 e4 27.
Qa3 Be5 28. Nc2 h5 29. h3 Qa7 30. Qa4 Qc5 31. Re1 Rab8 32. Qd7 Rc7 33. Qa4 Kg7
34. Re3 Rcb7 35. Rd1 g5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kf1 Kh6 38. Rh3 f4 39. Re1 e3 40. fxe3
Rxb3 41. Qc6 Rf8 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43. Ke2 a4 44. Reh1 fxe3 45. Rxe3 Bf4 46. Re6+
Kg5 47. Ra1 Rb2 48. Kd3 Rfb8 49. Ra3 Kf5 50. Re7 R8b3+ 51. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 52. Ke2
a3 53. Rf7+ Kg5 54. Rg7+ Kf6 55. Ra7 Rb2 56. Kf3 Rxc2 57. Kxf4 Rxc4+ 58. Kf3
Rg4 59. Kf2 Rg3 60. Ra6+ Kf5 61. Kf1 Ke5 62. d6 Ke6 63. Ra8 Kxd6 64. Rd8+ Kc6
65. Ra8 h3 66. gxh3 Rxh3 67. Kf2 h4 68. Ra6+ Kd5 69. Kg2 Rc3 70. Ra5 h3+ 71.
Kh2 Rb3 72. Kg1 Rd3 73. Kh2 Rd1 74. Ra8 Rd2+ 75. Kg3 h2 76. Rh8 c4 77. Rh5+ Kd4
{0-1 Bouvier Rybka 2.3.1 mp-HITMANx21 Rybka 2.3.1 mp/3m + 0s, rated 2007/
Computer & Internet 2011 (77)}) 16... a5 (16... Qxb3 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Rdb1 Bxd5
19. cxd5 Qc7 20. Nd2 Rfb8 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Rc6 Ng4 23. Nc4 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 a5 25.
g3 a4 26. Rc4 Qd7 27. Qc2 Bg5 28. Rcxa4 Rxa4 29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Bxe3 31.
fxe3 Kf8 32. h3 h5 33. Kf2 Rb7 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Kf3 g6 36. Ra1 Kf6 37. Ra6 Ke7
38. Ra1 Kf6 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Asakawa,R-OlegGR,R/3m + 0s, rated
2007/Computer & Internet 2011 (40)}) 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Rdc1 Bd7 20.
Rc2 Rcb8 21. Ra2 Rb4 22. Nd2 Qc8 23. Rba1 Qa6 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26.
g4 Rb8 27. Kg2 Bc6 28. f4 Nd7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 exf4 31. Bxf4 Nc5 32. Qb1
Ra3 33. Qe1 Bf8 34. h4 Nxb3 35. Qb1 Raa8 36. Qc2 Nxd2 37. Bxd2 Ra3 38. Bc1 Rab3
39. Qe2 R8b4 40. Qa2 Be7 41. h5 Rb8 42. Qe2 Bf6 43. Qe4 Be5 44. c5 Rc3 45. Be3
Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Rbb3 47. c6 Kf8 48. c7 Rxc7 49. Ke2 Rcc3 50. Bf4 Rb2+ 51. Kd1 Bxf4
52. Qxf4 Rh3 53. Kc1 Rg2 54. Qxd6+ Kg8 55. Qb8+ Kh7 {0-1 Sebi-chess Rybka 2.3
LK mp 32-Takker Rybka 2.1d3 mp/William Fuller's Scheveningen system 2007/
Computer & Internet 2011 (55)}) 13... Qxb6 14. Be3 (14. Nd2 Bc6 15. b3 Nh5 16.
g3 Nf6 17. Ba3 a5 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Kg2 Bf8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rdc8 22. Rfc1
Nd7 23. Rc4 Qb5 24. Bxd6 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qc2 Rb8 27. Ra1 f6 28. Raa4 Rxc4
29. Rxc4 Qa6 30. Nf1 Qb5 31. Rc3 Bb4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 34. Ne3 Qd3
35. Qc4 Qd2 36. Nf5 Bf8 37. d6 Kg6 38. Qe6 Qd3 39. Ne7+ {1-0 Nikolaev,L-Baltag,
I/Kiev 2010/CBM 136 Extra (39)}) 14... Qb7 15. Rfb1 (15. b4 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Be6
17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. b5 axb5 21. cxb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rb8
23. b6 Qc8 24. Qb3 f5 25. Nc4 f4 26. Bd2 f3 27. Ra7 fxg2 28. b7 Qe8 29. Nb6 Bd8
30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Ra8 Rxb7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxb7 Qe8 34. f3 Qa4 35. Qc8+ Kh7
36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Kxg2 Qd1 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Bb4 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 Qc1 41. Bxd6 Qe1+
42. Kg4 Qg1+ 43. Kf5 Qg5+ 44. Ke4 Qf4+ 45. Kd3 Qxf3+ 46. Kc4 Qe2+ 47. Kc5 e4
48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Be5 Qe3+ 50. Kc6 Qa3 51. d6 Qa4+ 52. Kb7 Qb3+ 53. Kc7 Qb4 54.
Kd7 e3 55. Ke8 Qb8+ 56. Ke7 Kh8 57. d7 Qb4+ 58. Ke8 Qc4 59. Qf8+ Qg8 60. Qxg8+
{1-0 Bluearrow Rybka 2.1d3 mp-Bouvier Rybka 2.3.1 mp/16m + 0s, rated 2007/
Computer & Internet 2011 (60)}) 15... a5 16. h3 Rfb8 17. Nd2 a4 18. Ra2 Qb4 19.
Rc1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bb5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Raa3 Kf8 25. f3
Ke8 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Nb1 Bd8 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Nc3 Bd7 30. b3 Kb7 31. bxa4 Ba5
32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. Rxb5+ Ka6 35. Rb2 Rc4 36. Ra2 h5 37. Ke2 Rb4 38.
Bd2 Rb3 39. Bxa5 Kxa5 40. Rc2 Rb6 41. Rc7 Kxa4 42. Rxf7 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Kb3 44.
Rxg7 Kc4 45. Rg5 Kd3 46. Rxh5 Ke3 47. Kg1 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Kf2 49. Rg5 {1-0
Bryzgalin,K-Womacka,M/playchess.com INT 2005/EXT 2007 (49)}) 12. b3 $1 {
Now it is possible to play this move. The difference is that after 11...0-0 12.
b3?! b5!! equalizes the position (see Tiviakov - Darini).} Ra7 $6 ({Again I
don't like the move played by the World Champion. It is too artificial to be
good, also the rook doesn't belong to be on d7. Besides the current game, this
position had only been seen once in tournament practice before.} 12... Bc6 13.
Ba3 (13. Nh4 $5 g6 14. Nf3 b5 $14 {allows Black to free himself}) 13... Ra7 (
13... Qd7 14. Rfd1 Qb7 $14 {deserves the most serious attention}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Nd2 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nc4 O-O 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Bf6 21.
Raf1 Be5 22. Rf5 Re7 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Bb2 Bxf1 27.
Bxe5 Bb5 28. Bg3 Qe7 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. Qc3 Qg6 31. Qf3 Bd7 32. Qd3 Bb5 33. Qf3
Bd7 34. Qd3 Bb5 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. h3 Qd4+ 37. Kh2 Bd3 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8
40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Koch,J/Arnhem 1987/EXT 97 (41)}) 13.
Rd1 Bc8 $6 (13... O-O {is impossible because Black loses the d6-pawn after} 14.
Ba3 Bg4 15. Bxd6 $16) ({But} 13... Bg4 {was the better alternative than the
text. The bishop on c8 (later b7) is placed passively, not preventing the
realisation of the white 'dream' plan with the transfer of his knight to e3.
The bishop g4 is pinning the knight f3.} 14. h3 (14. Be3 Rb7 $14) (14. Ba3 Rd7
15. h3 Bh5 $14) 14... Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Be3 Rd7 $14) 14. Ba3 ({Besides the
text White has several other good options.} 14. Be3 $5) (14. Ne1 $5 {/\Nc2-e3})
(14. Nd2 $5) 14... Rd7 15. Nd2 ({Now White is able to realise his main
strategic idea in this position - transfer of the knight to e3 (as in the game
Tiviakov - Babula as well) where it will occupy a completely overwhelming
position, preventing f7-f5 and going to d5 when necessary.} 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nc2
$16 {leads to the similar position as the text.}) 15... O-O 16. Nf1 Bb7 ({
Anand continues to play passively when I would have tried to create some
counterplay transferring the knight to f4-e6, also with a possibility to
activate the e7-bishop, moving it to g5. For example,} 16... Nh5 17. Qf3 (17.
Ne3 Nf4 18. Qc2 Bg5 $16) (17. Nd5 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 $14) 17... Nf4 18. Ne3 Bb7
19. Ncd5 Bg5 $16 {but everywhere White's advantage not only is unquestionable,
but it is also huge!}) 17. Ne3 Re8 ({Here again} 17... Nh5 18. Ned5 Bg5 $16 {
was called for.} (18... Nf4 19. Qe3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f5 22. Rad1
fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf4 24. Qe2 $16)) 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 (18... Bf8 $5 {deserved
attention.}) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 $6 ({We all know one of the main chess principles -
not to exchange your own good pieces. The bishop on b7 is the only good piece
in the black position. Black should have refrained from exchanging it for as
long as possible. It is difficult to understand why the World Champion made
such a mistake!!} 19... Bg5 {was better, after which White can play, for
example,} 20. Bb4 {preparing a4-a5}) (19... Bf8 {doesn't attack the square d5
and White can play} 20. Qe3 (20. Bc1 $5 {/\Be3}) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 $16 {
with a huge advantage.}) 20. Qxd5 (20. cxd5 $6 {lookes interesting, but,
unfortunately, I cannot put my rook on c6 easily. E.g.} Qa8 21. Rac1 Rc8 22.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 $14 {and Black holds the game.}) 20... Qa8
({After} 20... Bg5 {my idea was to put my queen on c6 when Black will be
completely paralysed.} 21. Qc6 $5 Re6 22. Rd5 $16) 21. Qxa8 {It was also
possible not exchange on a8 but make an improving move.} Rxa8 22. Rd5 f6 (22...
Rc8 23. Rad1 Rc6 24. g3 {could have led to the similar position as in the game
with the difference being the position of the black rook - c6 instead d8.}) 23.
Rad1 Rad8 $6 ({Missing the last chance to fight for a draw:} 23... Kf7 $5 {
when White has to make a choice whether to win the pawn on d6 or to increase
the pressure. After} 24. Bxd6 (24. g3 Ke6 25. f4 g6 $16) 24... Bxd6 25. Rxd6
Rxd6 26. Rxd6 b5 $16 {Black has some drawing chances in the rook ending.}) 24.
g3 $1 {Now Black is not able to prevent the advance f2-f4-f5 after which his
position will be completely lost.} g5 ({or} 24... Kf7 25. f4 g6 (25... Ke6 26.
f5+ $18) 26. f5 $18 {and White is winning, Black is almost in zugzwang}) 25. f4
gxf4 26. gxf4 Kf7 27. Kf2 (27. f5 $6 Rg8+ 28. Kf2 Rg4 {gives Black counterplay.
}) 27... exf4 28. Kf3 Ke6 29. Bc1 $18 Rc8 30. Bxf4 {White has a winning
position. Normally, two weaknesses are enough to win the game. Here in this
position Black has 4 weak pawns: b6, d6, f6, h6. Also the black bishop is very
bad. The only thing White has to do in this game: demonstrate technical
accuracy and not to blunder anything. Luckily, I had lot of time at my
disposal, since my play was very easy. I didn't have to think a lot making
difficult decisions.} Bf8 (30... Rc5 31. Be3 Rxd5 {loses either pawn b6 or h6.}
32. cxd5+ $18 (32. exd5+ $18) (32. Rxd5 $18)) 31. h4 $1 {Fixing the pawn on h6
and securing the square g6 for the rook.} Rc6 ({or} 31... Rc5 32. Be3 $18 {><b6
}) 32. h5 Rb7 33. Be3 Rb8 (33... b5 34. cxb5 axb5 {loses because White gets a
passed pawn 'a'. E.g.} 35. a5 $1 $18) 34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Rg1 Bg7 (35... Rg7 36.
Rg6 Rxg6 37. hxg6 $18 {loses as well.}) 36. Rg6 Rf7 37. Be3 Rd7 38. Rf5 {
Look at this position - complete White domination!} Rf7 39. Kg4 ({White is not
in a hurry to win the pawn h6 since Black in no way can defend it.} 39. Ke2 $5
{moving the king to the queenside was a good idea as well.}) 39... Bf8 40. Bxh6
Bxh6 41. Rxh6 {White has won a pawn and the passed h-pawn must decide the
outcome of the game.} Rg7+ (41... Rg8+ $5 {was a more stubborn defence, then
White wins after} 42. Rg6 Rxg6+ 43. hxg6 Rf8 44. a5 (44. Rh5 Rg8 45. Rh6 Ke5
$16) 44... bxa5 45. Rxa5 Rg8 46. Kf4 Rxg6 47. Rxa6 Rh6 48. b4 (48. Rb6 Kd7 $18)
(48. c5 Rh4+ 49. Kg3 Rxe4 50. Rxd6+ Ke7 51. Rb6 Kd7 $16) 48... Rh1 (48... Kd7
49. Kf5 $18) 49. c5 Rh4+ 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. c6 $1 Rf4+ 52. Kg3 Rxe4 53. c7 Rc4 54.
Ra7 f5 55. b5 $18) 42. Kf4 Rf8 43. a5 $1 ({Stronger than} 43. e5 dxe5+ 44.
Rxe5+ Kf7 45. Rf5 Ke6 46. a5 Rg1 47. Re5+ $18 {although White should win here
as well.}) 43... Rg1 ({or} 43... bxa5 44. e5 dxe5+ 45. Rxe5+ Kd6 (45... Kf7 46.
Rf5 Kg8 47. Rfxf6 Rxf6+ 48. Rxf6 a4 49. bxa4 Rc7 50. Rxa6 Rxc4+ 51. Kg5 $18)
46. Rxa5 $18 {winning}) 44. axb6 Rb1 (44... Rf1+ 45. Kg4 Rg8+ 46. Rg6 Rxg6+ 47.
hxg6 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Rxg6 49. Rd5 $18 {is hopeless for Black as well.}) 45. b7 (
45. Ra5 Rxb3 46. Rxa6 Rb8 47. c5 $18 {is another win for White.}) 45... Rxb3
46. e5 dxe5+ 47. Rxe5+ Kd6 (47... Kf7 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Ree7 $18) 48. Rf5 Ke6 (
48... Ke7 49. Rh7+ Rf7 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7 51. Rb5 $18) (48... Rxb7 49. Rhxf6+ Rxf6
50. Rxf6+ Ke7 51. Rxa6 Rc7 52. Ra4 {could have prolonged the resistance, but
with 2 extra pawns White should win.}) 49. Rh7 Rd8 (49... Rb8 50. Rc5 {
(threatening mate on c6, White saves his b7-pawn)} Rb6 51. Rcc7 $18) 50. Rd5 {
Black resigned since after exchange on d5 Black cannot stop both white passed
pawns b7 and h6. It was a very easy win for me, one of the easiest games in
recent months.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 O-O
9. Bd3 a5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. h3 Na6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Nf3 Naxc5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Rc1 a4 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nb3 19. Ne2 Nxc1 20. Nxc1 Bf5 21. Bxf5
Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. g4 f6 24. gxf5 Kf7 25. Kf2 Rfe8 26. Ne2 Rac8 27. Rc1 h5
28. Kf3 Rg8 29. Be1 Rg7 30. Ng3 h4 31. Nf1 Ke8 32. Bf2 Kd7 33. Ne3 Rcg8 34. Ng4
Rb8 35. Be1 Rh8 36. Rc2 Rhg8 37. Rg2 Kd6 38. Rh2 Rh8 39. Re2 Kd7 40. Rg2 Kd6
41. Bb4+ Kc7 42. Ne3 Rxg2 43. Nxg2 Kd7 44. Be1 Rc8 45. Bf2 Rb8 46. Ne1 b4 47.
axb4 Rxb4 48. Nd3 Rb3 49. Ke2 Ke8 50. Be1 Rb8 51. Kd1 Kf7 52. Kc2 Rh8 53. Kc3
Rh5 54. Kb4 Ke8 55. Kxa4 Kd7 56. Ka5 Rxf5 57. Kb6 Rh5 58. Kb7 Rh7 59. Ba5 Rg7
60. Nc5+ Ke8 61. Kxc6 Rg3 62. b4 Rxh3 63. b5 Rh1 64. b6 Rb1 65. b7 Rxb7 66.
Kxb7 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Massoni, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nf3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qa4 e6 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. Rc3 a6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. a3 b5 18. Qd1 Na5 19. Rc5 Qd7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Kg7 22. Rec5 Bd5 23. Bg3 Nb3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. e4 Bc4 27.
Bf3 Qd8 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 a5 30. d6 Be6 31. h4 Qd7 32. Qe1 Bf5 33. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Massoni, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nd5 a6 7. Ba4 Nxd5 8.
exd5 b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. c3 O-O 11. Qxa4 Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qc2
Bxc6 15. Qe2 a5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 axb4 18. cxb4 Ra3 19. Qc1 Rxd3 20. Nd2
Qa8 21. f3 Bd5 22. Kh1 Qa3 23. Qxa3 Rxa3 24. Rfc1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Kf8 26. h4 Ke8
27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Kd7 29. b5 c5 30. bxc6+ Rxc6 31. Rg4 g6 32. h5 Ke6 33.
hxg6 hxg6 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Avetik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bf4 c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 g5 19. Be3 a6 20. Nd6 Nxe5 21.
Bxc5 Kf8 22. b4 f5 23. Nb7 Rdb8 24. Na5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Rb5 26. Nb3 Ke7 27. Rd6
Nc4 28. Rd3 Na5 29. Nd4 Rxc5 30. Re3 Rd5 31. Nxe6 Nc4 32. Rc3 Kxe6 33. Rxc4
Rad8 34. Kg2 Rd2 35. Ra4 R8d6 36. Kf3 Rc6 37. Re1 Rc3+ 38. Kg2 Rc6 39. Ra5 Kf6
40. h3 Kg6 41. g4 f4 42. Ra3 h5 43. Kf3 Re6 44. Ra5 h4 45. Rc1 Rexe2 46. Rxa6+
Kf7 47. Rc7+ Re7 48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49. Rg6 Rd5 50. Ra6 Rd2 51. a4 Ra2 52. a5 Ra4
53. Ra8 Kf7 54. a6 Kg7 55. a7 Kh7 56. Ke2 Kg7 57. Kd3 Kh7 58. Kc3 Kg7 59. Kb3
Ra1 60. Kc4 Ra5 61. Kb4 Ra1 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Kc6 Ra1 64. Kd6 Ra6+ 65. Kc7 Ra2
66. Kb6 Rb2+ 67. Kc6 Ra2 68. Rd8 Rxa7 69. Rd7+ Rxd7 70. Kxd7 Kf7 71. Kd6 Kf6
72. Kd5 f3 73. Kd6 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grigoryan, Avetik"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nfd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 c6 17. e4 Nb4 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. h4 b5 21. axb5
cxb5 22. Qe2 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bc3 Qb7 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Bxa5
Ra8 28. Qd2 Bf8 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxa5 31. Nd4 Ra4 32. b3 Ra2 33. Rxb5 g6
34. Kf3 h5 35. b4 Bg7 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Nc6 Bc3 38. Rb7 Kg8 39. Re7 Rb2 40. Re4
Kg7 41. Rf4 f6 42. Re4 g5 43. Re2 g4+ 44. Ke3 Rb3 45. Ke4 Bxb4 46. Nd4 Rc3 47.
Rb2 Bc5 48. Nf5+ Kg6 49. Nd4 Bxd4 50. Kxd4 Rf3 51. Ke4 Kh6 52. Rc2 Kg6 53. Rb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rac1 b5 15.
Qd3 a6 16. b3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Nb1 Qd7 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Nd2
Qb7 22. Nf3 b4 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Qd1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qc8 26. Bb2 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Bxd7
28. e4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 f5 30. Bd3 Bb5 31. d5 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Qd7 33. Qxa6 Qxd5 34.
Qc4 Qd7 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Bxd4 Kf7 37. Kf1 Bf6 38. Bc5 Be7 39. Bd4 Bf6 40. Bc5
Be7 41. Bd4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. h3 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Be3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxa4 21.
Qxa4 bxa4 22. Rb1 Rc7 23. Bb6 Rcc8 24. Bc5 Ba8 25. Bxa6 Rcd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rb4 Nd7 28. Bf2 c5 29. Rxa4 Bc6 30. Ra2 Ra8 31. Bc4 Rxa2 32. Bxa2 Bxe4 33. Bb3
Kf8 34. Ba4 Ke7 35. Bxd7 Kxd7 36. Bxc5 h5 37. Kf2 f5 38. g3 Ke6 39. Bf8 g6 40.
c4 Bc6 41. Ke3 Bg2 42. h4 Be4 43. Kd4 Bg2 44. Kc5 Bf1 45. Kb4 Kd7 46. Kc5 Ke6
47. Kb4 Kd7 48. Kc5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4
Bd7 16. a5 Qxa5 17. g4 Nf6 18. f4 Nexg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. f5 h5 21. Bg5 Qb4 22.
f6 Bh8 23. Qd2 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Ne2 Re5 26. Bh4 Ne3 27. Nxd4 Nxg2 28.
Kxg2 Rxe4 29. Nf3 Bf5 30. Rac1 Rbe8 31. Nc4 Rg4+ 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Ne3 Bxf1 34.
Nxg4 hxg4 35. Kxf1 gxf3 36. Rc7 Re5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 g5 39. Rxf7+ Kg6 40.
Rf8 Bxf6 41. Bg3 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 O-O 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qd3 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Nb6
Qxc2 22. Qxa6 Rcd8 23. a5 Qxb2 24. Qb7 Qe5 25. Nc4 Qxd5 26. Qxe7 Qxc4 27. Rfc1
Qb5 28. Qc5 Qa6 29. Qxb4 Nd5 30. Qxe4 Rfe8 31. Qc4 Qa8 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. Qd4
Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Nf6 35. h3 Ne4 36. Re1 Nf6 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A very nice and complicated game, truly in the spirit of a final!} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. f3 $5 {A good sign! I do not remember Anand ever trying this rare
line. The line is quite new and fresh and hardly has anything one could call
its "history"! On the other hand, Mamedyarov has some quite "decent"
experience with both colors. Does Anand have something spectacular up his
sleeves in this "cutting-edge" opening?!} d5 {To be expected, as Mamedyarov
plays the Gruenfeld frequently.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 {This is the "tabiya" of this opening.} Nc6 (8... Be6 9. d5 Bc8 10. Bh6
{1-0 (78) Mamedyarov,S (2657)-Eljanov,P (2592) Dubai 2004 is one of "Shak"'s
successful experiences in this line.}) (8... e5 {used to be the main line but
not nowadays!}) 9. O-O-O Qd6 {A rare choice which seems acceptable .} ({
This is one of the main lines in which the theory is highly developed. There
are many games in this line including the controversial...} 9... f5 10. h4 fxe4
11. h5 gxh5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bh6 Nec4 14. Qg5 Rf7 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rd4 Qd6 17.
Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Qxh5 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bf5 20. fxe4 Bg4 21. Nge2 Qd2 {0-1 (21)
Mamedyarov,S (2724)-Kurnosov,I (2602) Moscow 2009 Remember the story?}) 10. Kb1
({The assault with} 10. h4 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. g4 Qc6 {led to a wild position in 1/2-1/2 (49) Grischuk,A (2760)
-Mamedyarov,S (2761) Moscow 2010}) (10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Na3 {Only Ivanchuk can
play this move!} (11. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 {1-0 (53)
Mamedyarov,S (2657)-Petrosian,T (2539) Antalya 2004}) 11... e5 12. d5 Nd4 13.
Kb1 c6 $1 {1-0 (33) Ivanchuk,V (2768)-Sutovsky,E (2700) Ningbo 2011}) 10... Rd8
11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 Ne5 $6 $146 {A dubious novelty! What was worrying "Shak "
so much that he felt compelled to deviate from the usual (and fine)
continuation which has been played recently? Anand's preparation?!} (12... a6
13. Nc3 Na5 14. Bd4 Nbc4 (14... e5 $5 15. Bxb6 cxb6 {with unclear play}) 15.
Qf2 e5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 $1 {And Black was fine in the game (38)
Gustafsson,J (2647) -Mekhitarian,K (2529) 1/2-1/2 Reykjavik 2011}) 13. Qc2 $1 {
Anand was ready, and reacted accordingly. White wins a pawn and now Black has
to prove that he has enough compensation for his "sacrificed" material.} c6 14.
Nxa7 {What else?! A knight's retreat!!?} Rxa7 15. Bxb6 Ra8 16. Ne2 $6 {Anand
chooses the safest continuation which in my opinion is too optimistic. He
could have gone for the more aggressive:} (16. f4 Ng4 17. Nf3 Re8 18. h3 Nf6
19. Ne5 Qd6 20. dxc6 Qb4 21. Bc4 $1 Qxb6 22. Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Qc4 e6 24. c7 {
and White dominates with a winning attack.}) 16... Re8 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Be3 Bd7
19. dxc6 ({Another option was:} 19. f4 Ng4 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bb5 Nxe3 22. Bxc6
Nxc2 23. Bxd7 Ne3 24. Bxe8 Nxd1 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxd1 Bxc3 27. bxc3 e5 28.
Rd7+ Ke6 {White has 2 pawns more after this more or less forced move order,
however he also has to deal with many practical issues in this "rook ending",
for which, Vishy may not have had enough time on the clock.}) 19... Qxc6 20.
Bb5 Qe6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 {Though Anand's modest play has
reduced his advantage, on the other hand he achieves an "easy" ending which he
can conduct blindfolded.} Ne5 24. Nd5 Rac8 {It is true that White's extra pawn
is doubled but the two on the b-file are doing their defensive duties pretty
well and do not allow the knight on e5 any specific "jump". As my mentor GM
Nigel Short always points out: "A pawn is a pawn"!} 25. Rd2 e6 26. Nb6 Rcd8 27.
Rhd1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 f5 29. Nc4 fxe4 $6 30. fxe4 $6 (30. Nd6 {could have sealed
Black's fate on the spot.}) 30... Rf8 31. h3 Rf1+ 32. Kc2 Nc6 33. Rd1 Rf7 34.
Rd6 Re7 35. Bc5 {Anand has started a dominating plan in the center in spite of
Mamedyarov's bold defence.} Rf7 $6 {This makes things easier for Anand.} (35...
Rc7 {was more stubborn in face of the the "poisoned" e6 pawn.} 36. Rxe6 $4 Kf7
37. Rd6 Bf8 {and now White is the one seeking a draw.}) 36. Rxe6 Bd4 $4 {
The final blunder, and now it is all over.} 37. Rxc6 $1 Rf2+ 38. Kd3 bxc6 39.
Bxd4 Rxg2 40. Ne5 Rg3+ 41. Kc4 Rxh3 42. Nxc6 h5 43. b4 {The pawn will queen of
his own "volition"} 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2011.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 {The Queen's Gambit Declined! One the
most solid variations against 1.d4. Now one wonders what Shak's reaction will
be. He needs to win...} 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. g4 $5 $146 {This aggressive
move has been tried by Mamedyarov in some other games with a similar "flavor".
For example, against Ponomariov if I am not mistaken. This "flank attack" is
becoming playable thanks to our Super GMs and engines!} dxc4 (7... c5 $5 {
could be another reasonable move following the known principle which states:
"in order to face a flank attack one must seek counter play in the center."})
8. Bxc4 c5 9. g5 Nh5 10. Be5 a6 ({The greedy} 10... Bxg5 {is possible but that
is the engines' taste, not the World Champion's!}) 11. Bd3 (11. dxc5) 11... g6
12. h4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 {White's arsenal is focused on Black's king, however,
lack of coordination and the well-placed knight on h5 which hinders White's
onslaught for several moves. In the meantime Black gets a strong initiative
thanks to his strategical advantages: his pair of bishops, and better pawn
structure.} b5 14. Nh2 $2 {Mamedyarov plays for the win at any cost and
gambles "all in" wtih his position. Unfortunately for him, he has to "bet" it
against Anand!} Ra7 $1 {Masterfully played! Black brings in his troops with
the highest amount of efficiency.} 15. Qe2 c4 $1 {This move wins a pawn by
force.} 16. Bc2 Qa5 17. O-O b4 18. Ne4 Qxe5 19. Ng4 Qc7 20. Rad1 a5 $6 (20...
Bd7 21. Rd4 Bb5 {was more accurate.}) 21. Rd4 Ba6 22. Rfd1 c3 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24.
R4xd3 $6 {I suppose Mamedyarov is still counting on a mistake by Anand,
otherwise he would have captured the Bishop with his Queen.} Qc4 25. Nef6+ Bxf6
26. gxf6 Qc5 $2 {Finally it comes! Anand makes a mistake, not only losing his
edge but even handing White a dangerous initiative.} (26... h6 $5 27. bxc3 (27.
Nxh6+ $4 Kh7 28. Ng4 Qxa2 {is winning for Black.}) 27... bxc3 28. Rc1 Rb7 29.
Rcxc3 (29. Nxh6+ $4 {is still a blunder.} Kh7 30. Ng4 Rb2 $19) 29... Rb1+ 30.
Kh2 (30. Kg2 $4 Qe4+ 31. f3 Nf4+ {loses the queen}) 30... Qe4 31. f3 Qb7 32.
Qg2 (32. Rc2 $2 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 (33. Kxh1 Ng3+ {loses the queen}) 33... Qb1 {
with a devastating attack for Black which would finish the game very soon})
32... Rb2 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Qxf3 {And Black still has the upper hand. One
should not forget that with the clock ticking away, all these accurate moves
can fade away in an instant!}) 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Rd8 $2 {Mamedyarov returns
the favor. He could grab the dangerous c3 pawn and after consolidating his
position on d and c file try to invade Black's weak back rank.} (28. Rc1 Qb5
29. Rcxc3 Qb8 30. Qd1) 28... h6 {Anand reacts cautiously...} 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30.
Qc4 Qb4 $1 {Since the tables turned, Vishy does not give "Shak" a single
chance to come back.} 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. f3 Qb7 33. Qf8 $2 {Mamedyarov stays
close with the threat of mate, nevertheless it remains just a "threat" until
the end of the game.} Ra8 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 {The dusts has settled, the back rank
is covered and the "dangerous" (remember?) c-pawn will triumph.} 35. Ne5 Nxf6 (
35... c2 {was even quicker}) 36. Qf4 Nd5 37. Qd4 Qb2 38. Nd3 Qe2 39. Re1 Qxf3
40. h5 {A spectaculart game, but one has to switch off the engines and enjoy
the dramatic course of the game!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc6 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Ke2 Qb5+ 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Kd3
Rfb8 21. Kc2 Na5 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. b3 Ke7 24. Kc3 Kd7 25. Rb2 Kc6 26. Rhb1 Rd8
27. b4 cxb4+ 28. axb4 Nb7 29. Nc4 Nd6 30. Ra1 Ne4+ 31. Kc2 Nxf2 32. Rb3 Rg8 33.
Ra6+ Kc7 34. Rxa7+ Rb7 35. Rxb7+ Kxb7 36. g3 Ng4 37. Rd3 Rg5 38. h4 Rg7 39.
Rd7+ Kc6 40. Ra7 Ne5 41. Nxe5+ fxe5 42. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. Na3 Nec6 8. c4
cxd4 9. Nb5 a6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Nbxd4 Be4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Nd2 Nbc6 16. N4b3 Qc7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 Qb6 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Qc5 Qc7
21. Qd6 Qb6 22. Qc5 Qc7 23. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e5 Be6 11. Qd1 Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd5 14. Be3 Na5 15.
Nd2 c5 16. Bf3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Rc1 e6 20. Qa4 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Qd5 22. Rxc4 Qxf3 23. Rfc1 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qe4+ 27. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Surprisingly, this hasn't appeared before. I wouldn't
claim that this novelty is overwhelming, but it definitely expands the room
for theoretical discussion in this topical line.} (8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O
cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bc7 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5
exd5 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Ba5 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Short,N (2658)-Fridman,D (2655)/
Caleta 2011/CB05_2011 (32)}) 8... Nd5 $6 (8... a6 $5 {is worth being checked
in practice.} 9. a4 c5 10. d5 {The best way to fight for an initiative.} (10.
dxc5 Nh5 11. Bd6 Nxc5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Nxc4 a5 $11) 10... exd5 11.
Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qe5 $1 (13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qc2 Qb6 $11) 13... Qe8 (
13... Be6 14. Ng5 $14) 14. Bxc4 $14) (8... c5 {is the best continuation, Anand
adopted this as well in the London Chess Classic.}) 9. Bxc4 $1 {White doesn't
mind exchanging his bishop and spoiling the pawn structure. The advantage in
development and space will yield him a long-lasting initiative.} Nxf4 10. exf4
c5 (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 c6 {would be too passive. The control over the square d5
is Black's only trump. All his pieces are on last three ranks and the
light-squared bishop has no prospects.}) 11. dxc5 (11. d5 $6 Nb6 12. b3 exd5
13. Nxd5 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Be6 $11) 11... Qc7 {[%csl Rf4]} (11... Nxc5 12. Qe2 Bd7
13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne5 $14) (11... Bxc5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qc2 (13. Bxh7+ $2 {
doesn't work} Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 {and the knight will cover from f6.}) 13... g6
14. Be4 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rd2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rad1 $14)
12. g3 Qxc5 13. Qe2 Nb6 (13... a6 14. Rac1 b5 15. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7
17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qc6 Rb8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Re6 Qd8 22. Ng5 Bb7 23.
Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qd6 Nf8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 {Black holds, but the whole variation is
frightening for him along the way.}) 14. Bd3 Qh5 (14... Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16.
Rac1 $16 {Black's queen is vulnerable.}) 15. Qe3 Bf6 16. Ng5 $1 Bxc3 {This is
a human decision. An engine prefers the other knight.} (16... Bxg5 $5 17. fxg5
Bd7 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rd4 {Threatening 21.Bd3 Qh5 22.Rh4.} h6 21. f4
Rfd8 22. Bd3 Qh5 23. Bh7+ $1 (23. g6 fxg6 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 25. g4 Qh3 26. Qxg6+
Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 (27... Kf7 $4 28. Bg6+ Kf6 29. g5+ Ke6 30. Re1+ {mating.}) 28.
Qf5+ Kg8 $11) 23... Kh8 (23... Kxh7 24. Qd3+ $16 {[%csl Rd8,Rh7]}) 24. Be4 $14)
17. bxc3 h6 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Ne5 Bd7 21. c4 Qe7 {Finally the queen
has found a safe shelter.} 22. Qe4 Bc6 $5 {Anand is ready to sacrifice a pawn
to release the pressure and complete the development.} (22... Rab8 23. Bd3 g6
24. h4 Na4 25. h5 Nc5 26. Qf3 $16) 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 Rac8 25. Qe4 Rc7 26.
Rfd1 Rfc8 27. Rd4 g6 {Black has a good blockade against the c-pawn. However,
the evaluation is clear - White is much better, the only question is whether
he can win it or not.} 28. Rad1 Qf6 29. Qc2 Rc5 30. Qb3 Qe7 31. Bf1 R5c7 32.
Qb5 Rc5 33. Qb4 R5c7 $6 {I don't think that Black should allow the exchange of
queens, at least under these circumstances.} (33... Kg7 {was a good stand-by
move.} {If White insists on a queen swap by} 34. Rd8 R8c7 35. Qc3+ e5 36. fxe5
Qxe5 37. Qxe5+ Rxe5 {then the c-pawn will never go forward.}) 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35.
Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. c5 {Now the passed pawn becomes dangerous.} Nd5 38.
Bc4 Nf6 39. Rc8 Rd7 40. Bb5 $2 {Wasting time.} (40. c6 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Bb5
Nd5 43. a4 Nb4 44. Ra8 {White can't promote the c-passer, so has to exchange
it for the a-pawn.} a5 45. Rxa5 Nxc6 46. Ra8 Nd4 47. Be8 {This must be winning
for White. Black's knight on d4 is harmless.}) 40... Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. a4 a6
43. Bc6 (43. Bxa6 Rxa4 44. Bb7 Rc4 {makes Black's defensive task easier.})
43... Rc1 44. Ra8 Rxc5 45. Rxa6 Rc2 46. a5 (46. h3 Nd5 47. Bxd5 exd5 {This
endgame would end in a draw as the a- and d-pawns will be exchanged.}) (46. Bf3
{will be met by the same idea} Nd5) 46... Ng4 47. Be8 Kf8 48. Ra8 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1
Ra2 50. Bb5+ Kg7 51. a6 Nxh2 52. Rc8 Nf3+ 53. Kf1 Nd4 54. Bc4 Ra3 55. Rc7 Nf5 {
[%cal Gf5e3]} 56. Bxe6 {Admitting that the all the advantage faded away.} Rxa6
57. Bxf7 Kf6 58. Bc4 Ne3+ 59. Kf2 Nxc4 60. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. e3
Rd8 9. Bd6 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd6 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Rfd1
Be7 15. Be2 h6 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. a3 Qe7 20. Nd6 Be8 21.
Nxe8 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxe8 23. Qb3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Bf3 g6 26. Qa4 a6 27. g3
Bg7 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. Kg2 Be5 30. b4 Qc7 31. Qxc7 Bxc7 32. b5 axb5 33. Nxb5 Bb6
34. Nd6 Bc5 35. Nxb7 Nxb7 36. Bxb7 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. a3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7
15. Be2 c5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rxc5 Qxc5
21. Ne1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Ne4 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nd3 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27.
f3 Nf6 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Kf8 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. e4 Kd6 33. Ke3
Nc5 34. Nf4 Nd7 35. Nd3 Nc5 36. Nf4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Qa5 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Na5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Rd3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rc7 20. Be4
Rfc8 21. Rb3 b6 22. Kf2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ke2 Kg7 25. Rd1 Rc3 26. Rd3 Rc2+
27. Rd2 R2c3 28. Rd3 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 R2c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 a6
9. a4 h5 {This looks a bit too early.} 10. Bg5 exd5 11. cxd5 Qc7 {[%cal Yf6h7]}
(11... Nbd7 $144 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Qd2) 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rb8 (13... Re8 {
is the main theoretical line.} 14. O-O Nh7 (14... Nf8 15. Rac1 N8h7 16. Be3 Qe7
17. Nh1 Bd7 18. Nf2 Reb8 19. Nd3 Ne8 20. b4 c4 21. Ne1 b5 22. axb5 (22. Nc2
$142) 22... axb5 23. Nc2 Nc7 24. Ra1 f5 25. Nd4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nf6 27. Bf3 Qe5
$132 {0-1 Gallagher,J (2509)-Huschenbeth,N (2279)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (34)}) (
14... Rb8 {[%cal Yc5c4,Yb7b5]} 15. Rfc1 Nh7 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Rab1 Ne5 18. Be3 h4
19. Nh1 f5 20. Nf2 Qa5 21. b4 cxb4 22. Na2 fxe4 23. f4 Nd3 24. Nxd3 exd3 25.
Bxd3 Bf5 26. Rxb4 b5 $13 {1/2 Jussupow,A (2665)-Kotronias,V (2615)/Germany
1996/GER-chT (90)}) 15. Bh6 (15. Be3 $5 f5 16. Rad1 h4 17. Nh1 fxe4 18. Nxe4
Ndf6 19. Nhf2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21. Nc3 Qa5 (21... h3 $5) 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5
gxf5 24. Bh6 Qc7 25. Kh1 Re5 26. Bf4 Re7 27. Qf2 $16 {1-0 Svetushkin,D (2571)
-Vouldis,A (2539)/Kallithea 2003/CBM 095 ext (42)}) 15... Bh8 (15... Bd4+ 16.
Be3 Bg7 17. Rfc1 b6 18. Rab1 f5 19. b4 h4 20. Nh1 Ndf8 21. a5 b5 22. bxc5 dxc5
23. d6 Qxa5 24. Bxc5 $16 {1-0 Thaler,T (2506)-Butze,R (2457)/ICCF 1999/CBM 114
(41)}) 16. Rac1 (16. Be3 f5 17. Rad1 h4 18. Nh1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 fxe4 20. f4 Ndf6
21. h3 Bd7 22. f5 Bxf5 23. Qe1 $44 {1-0 Svetushkin,D (2491)-Dochev,D (2391)/
Kavala 2002/CBM 089 ext (33)}) (16. Nh1 $5 Ne5 17. Nf2 Qe7 18. Be3 f5 19. Rae1
Qf8 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nh3 Nf6 23. Rb1 Re7 24. b4 $14 {0-1
Dragomarezkij,E (2490)-Kovalev,A (2440)/Minsk 1998/CBM 064 ext (53)}) 16... Qa5
(16... Rb8 17. Nh1 Qa5 18. Nf2 Ne5 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Rb1 b5 22. b4 c4
23. Be3 Qe7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rfb1 Qf6 27. Bd2 g5 28. Ra5 Rab8 29.
Rba1 $14 {1-0 Haika,G (2339)-Mikrut,D/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 103 
(40)}) 17. Nh1 c4 $6 (17... Ne5 $5 18. Nf2 f5 {A.Dreev}) 18. Ra1 Nc5 (18... Qb4
$5) 19. Bxc4 Qb4 20. Qe2 g5 21. h4 gxh4 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Nf2 Bd4 24. a5 Qd8 25.
Be3 $16 {1-0 Dreev,A (2679)-Kotronias,V (2536)/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072 (58)}) ({
Other options:} 13... Nh7 14. Bh6 h4 (14... Rb8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O Kg8 17.
Qh6 Qd8 18. Nh1 c4 $6 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Be2 Qb6+ 21. Nf2 Qxb2 22. Qe3 Qb4 23.
Bxa6 $1 $18 {1-0 Gallagher,J (2514)-Balogh,T (2421)/Charleville 2000/CBM 079
ext (29)}) 15. Bxg7 (15. Nf1 Ndf6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. a5 Rae8 19. Nc4
Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Nb6 b4 22. O-O h3 23. g3 Qe7 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Rfe8
26. Bxe8 {1-0 Linna,A (2505)-Scuderi,A (2336)/ICCF 1999/CBM 114}) 15... Kxg7
16. Nf1 Qd8 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Ndf6 20. O-O Bd7 21. Nc4 Ne8 22. a5
Rb8 23. Nb6 Nc7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qd4+ Nf6 26. Qxb4 $16 {1-0 Iljushin,A (2520)
-Marholev,D (2402)/Figueres 2007/CBM 120 ext (48)}) (13... c4 $5 {deserves
serious attention:} 14. Bh6 (14. O-O $142 Rb8 {- game}) 14... Rb8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. O-O h4 17. Nh1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf2 Nc5 20. Qg5 b4 21. Na2 Nb3 22. Rad1
c3 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Rd3 c2 25. Qe3 Qb6 $17 {0-1 Quinteros,M (2510)-Moreno
Carnero,J (2370)/Villa Ballester 1997/EXT 1998 (57)}) 14. O-O c4 15. Be3 (15.
f4 $6 Nh7 16. Bh4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qd4 $17 {
0-1 Campos Moreno,J (2498)-Marholev,D (2407)/Binissalem 2004/EXT 2006 (36)}) (
15. Bh6 h4 16. Nh1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf2 b4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na4 Nc5 21.
Nxc5 Qxc5 {1/2 Christiansen,L (2590)-Fedorowicz,J (2555)/San Francisco 1991/
CBM 023}) (15. Rfc1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 cxb3 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1][%cal Yb3b2]
} 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. Rab1 Nfd7 21. Nf1 Ba6 22. Nd4 b2 23. Rc2 Nb3 24.
Nxb3 Qxb3 25. Bxa6 Qa2 26. Qd1 Qxa6 $17 {0-1 Salvador Marques,C (2375)
-Cutillas Ripoll,P (2457)/ICCF 2003/CBM 110 (48)}) (15. Rac1 b5 16. axb5 (16.
b4 $5 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nb6 (17... Ne5 $5) 18. Nb2 Nfxd5 $2 19. exd5 c3 20. Nd1 Na4
21. Kh1 f5 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Bd3 Qb6 {1/2 Svetushkin,D (2530)-Shirazi,K (2399)/
Metz 2005/CBM 105 ext (32)} 24. Bc2 $18) 16... axb5 17. b4 Nh7 18. Be3 h4 19.
Nh1 f5 20. Nf2 (20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nf2 Ne5 22. Rfe1 Qf7 23. f4 (23. Nh3 Re8 24.
Nf4 Ng6) 23... Ng4 24. Bd4 Nxf2 25. Bxf2 h3 $132 {0-1 Bosch,J (2465)
-Stellwagen,D (2543)/Hilversum 2006/CBM 113 (41)}) 20... Qd8 21. f4 fxe4 22.
Nfxe4 Ndf6 23. Nf2 Bd7 24. Bf3 Ra8 25. Ra1 Nh5 26. Nfe4 Qe7 27. Rfe1 N7f6 $132
{1-0 Sachdev,T (2419)-Gomes,M (2325)/Chennai IND 2011/The Week in Chess 888 
(37)}) 15... h4 16. Nh1 h3 $146 (16... Nc5 17. Bxc4 Ncxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19.
fxe4 Qxc4 20. Nf2 Qc7 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Re8 24. Nd3 Qe7 25.
Rae1 Bd7 26. e5 $14 {1-0 Svetushkin,D (2569)-Markidis,K (2370)/Kavala 2006/CBM
113 ext (60)}) 17. Nf2 hxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5 19. f4 Nhf6 {The position is very
complicated. White has a space advantage but his king is quite weak.} 20. Bf3 (
20. a5 $5) 20... Re8 (20... Nc5 $5) 21. a5 Qd8 $6 (21... b5 $142 22. axb6 Nxb6
23. Bd4 Nbd7 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 22. Ne2 $6 (22. Na4 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb6] was a way
to exploit Black's inaccuracy.}) 22... Nh7 23. Ng3 b6 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Bd4
Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qf6 27. Ne2 Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Bb7 29. Ra3 Nf6 30. Nc6 Rbc8 31. Na5
Ba8 32. Nc6 {It was quite possible to play on by means of, say,} (32. Rc1 {
[%cal Yb2b3]}) {but GM V.Anand was apparently just looking for any excuse to
make a draw in nearly every game of the Tal Memorial.} 32... Bb7 33. Na5 Ba8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. Nxb5
Nxe4 9. Bxc4 Nd6 10. Bd3 Nxb5 11. Bxb5 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Bg3 Rb8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 18. Bc4 Be7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Bc6 22. Rd2 a5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Be3 Ke8 25. f4 a4 26. Ba7 Ra8 27. Be3
Rb8 28. Ba7 Ra8 29. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. Bb6 Qe8 16. Nc1 d5 17. Nxd5 Nxe4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe1 f5 20. b3 Bf7 21.
c4 Rfe8 22. f3 Nc5 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Nd3 Nxb6 25. axb6 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Nf4
Rc6 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. Rad1 Rxb6 31. Rd8 Rc6 32. R1d4 Rc8 33. Rxc8
Qxc8 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qd7 36. Kf2 h6 37. Ke3 a5 38. h3 b6 39. Qe5 Qc6 40.
Qe4 Qc5+ 41. Kd3 Qg1 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Qf3 Qc5 45. g4 Qd6+ 46. Ke3
Qe5+ 47. Kd3 Qd6+ 48. Ke3 Qe5+ 49. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Nb4 14. Bg5 b6 15.
Bd3 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Ba6 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Rd3
Rfe8 22. Rh3 h5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxh5 g6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qd2 Re4
28. Rd3 Rae8 29. b3 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Re2 31. Qd1 Qf5 32. Qf1 R8e4 33. Rad1 Qe6 34.
Rxe4 Qxe4 35. g3 Kg7 36. h4 a5 37. Rd4 Qe6 38. Qg2 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Re4 40. Rxe4
dxe4 41. Qh1 Qxb3 42. Qxe4 Qb2 43. Kg2 b5 44. h5 bxa4 45. Qxa4 Qb7+ 46. Kg1
Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qb7+ 48. Kg1 Qd5 49. Qa1+ Kh7 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 51. Qa4 Kf5 52. Kh2
Ke6 53. Qe8+ Kd6 54. Qd8+ Kc6 55. Qa8+ Kd6 56. Qd8+ Ke5 57. Qg5+ Ke6 58. Qe3+
Qe5 59. Qb6+ Ke7 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Qc6+ Kg7 62. Qc4 Qh5+ 63. Kg2 Qe5 64. Kh2
Qh5+ 65. Kg2 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. a4 g5 13. Nc4 h6 14. f3 f4 15. Ba3 Ng6
16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rf7 18. a5 h5 19. b6 g4 20. Nb5 cxb6 21. axb6 g3 22. Kh1
Bf8 23. d6 a6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Na5 Kh8 26. Bc4 Rg7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 gxh2
29. Nc4 $2 (29. Rc1 Nd7 30. Bf2 $18) 29... Qe8 $11 30. Bd5 h4 31. Rf2 h3 32.
gxh3 Rc8 33. Ra5 $6 (33. d7 Qxd7 34. Bxf8 $17) 33... Nh4 $19 34. Kxh2 $2 (34.
Rxh2 Nxd5) 34... Nd7 $2 (34... Nxd5 35. exd5 Qg6 $19) 35. Bb4 $17 Rg3 36. Qf1
Qh5 37. Ra3 a5 $6 (37... Nxb6 $1 38. Rc3 Nxd5 $19) 38. Be1 $11 Rxc4 39. Bxc4
Bxd6 40. Rxa5 $2 (40. Rd3 Bc5 41. Be6 $11) 40... Bc5 $19 41. Be2 Bxb6 42. Rb5
Bd4 $2 (42... Bxf2 43. Bxf2 Nxf3+ $19) 43. Bd1 $2 (43. Rd5 Nf6 44. Rd8+ $17)
43... Bxf2 $19 44. Bxf2 Nxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxf3 46. Rb1 Rg6 47. Rxb7 Nf6 48. Rb8+
Kh7 49. Rb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8.
Rd1 e5 9. b4 cxb4 10. cxb4 Nge7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. b5 Ne5 14. Nxd4
Rac8 15. Nd2 d5 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rbc1 Qb6 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. exd5
Nd6 21. Qf1 Rc8 22. N2b3 Nec4 23. Ba1 Na3 24. Qe1 Rd8 25. Qe7 Re8 26. Qg5 Naxb5
27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qf4 Qb6 30. Rc1 h5 31. Nc5 Qd8 32. Qb4 Qe7 33.
a4 b6 34. Na6 Qf6 35. Re1 Rc8 36. Qb1 Rc4 37. Nb4 Qc3 38. Nc6 Rxa4 39. Qd1 b5
40. Kh2 Qf6 41. Qd2 Ne4 42. Qe3 Qd6+ 43. Kg1 Qxd5 44. Nxa7 Qb7 45. Qd3 Qxa7 46.
Rxe4 Rxe4 47. Qxe4 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qc3 49. f4 Qc5 50. Qd3 b4 51. f5 h4 52. Qd7 g5
53. Qd8 Qxf5 54. Qd4+ Kg6 55. Qd6+ Qf6 56. Qxb4 Qf4+ 57. Qxf4 gxf4 58. Kg1 Kf5
59. Kf1 Ke4 60. Ke2 f3+ 61. gxf3+ Kf4 62. Kf2 f6 0-1

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Rac1
a6 15. a3 Nh5 16. Be5 Nf6 17. Bg3 Kf8 18. e4 Ke8 19. Bf1 g6 20. Bf2 e5 21. Nc2
Nb3 22. Rb1 b5 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. a4 Nd2 25. axb5 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Bc5 27. Nc4 Bxf2+
28. Kxf2 axb5 29. Nxb5 Kf8 30. Nxe5 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Nxe4+ 32. Kg1 Nd2 33. Rc1 Ra2
34. Na3 Rxb2 35. Nac4 Nxc4 36. Nxc4 Rc8 37. Ra1 Rc2 38. Ne5 Rc1 39. Rxc1 Rxc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nce4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Bd3 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Bc2 Rc8 19. Qb1 h6 20. Nf3 Be8
21. Be5 Bc6 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Be5 Qb6 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7
15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Rfc1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. exd4 Rxb1 22. Nxb1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf8 25. g3 Ne6 26. Nb3 Rb4 27.
Rc6 Ra4 28. Nc5 Rc4 29. Rd6 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Ra6 Rc7 32. Rd6 Rc5 33. Ra6
Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. Rd1 a5 14. a4 Nf6
15. Qe2 Nd5 16. h4 Re8 17. c3 Qb6 18. Bf3 h6 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Qc4 Rd7 21. Rb1
Red8 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Be1 Qb6 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Be1 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 {A very rare system, which should not be dangerous for Black.}
Qa5 (9... Bxc3+ {is quite possible, e.g.} 10. Bd2 Qa5 $1 11. Rb1 (11. Bxc3
Qxc3+ 12. Nd2 a6 13. Rc1 Qa5) 11... a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. dxc6 Be6 14. Bxc3
Qxc3+ 15. Qd2 {1-0 Korinek,J (1721)-Salazar Moran,A (1503)/Lechenicher
SchachServer 2011/CBM 145 (23)} Qc4 $1 $132) (9... a6 {is the main
continuation:} 10. Be2 $1 {leads to a modification of the 8.Be2 system with
Black's pawn on a6 instead of a7, which is rather favourable for White as
Black's queen can't go to b6 later on:} (10. Ba4 {gives Black an excellent
position after} b5 11. dxc6 Qxd1+ ({or} 11... bxa4 12. O-O Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6)
12. Kxd1 bxa4 13. Kc2 (13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxc5 Bxc3 15. Rc1 O-O-O+ 16. Kc2 Bf6
$132) 13... f5 $1 14. e5 Be6 15. Be3 Bd5 16. Bxc5 Bxc6 17. Bd4 O-O {0-1
Hermlin,A (2375)-Veingold,A (2430)/Parnu 1982/EXT 2002 (35)}) 10... Bxc3+ 11.
Bd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 f6 15. h4 O-O 16. f4 (16. h5 $5 g5
17. h6) 16... h5 17. O-O Bg4 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Kh7 $13 {1/2 Gustafsson,J 
(2634)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)/Germany 2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 10. Rb1 a6 (10...
Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 a6 {- 9...Bxc3+}) 11. Bxc6+ (11. Be2 {is now hardly appropriate:}
Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bxc3 dxc3 15. O-O Qxa2 16. Qd4 O-O 17. Bd3
Qa3 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Rxc3 Qa5 20. h4 Bd7 $13 {1/2 Emmenecker,P (2175)-Vareille,
F (2406)/France 2008/EXT 2010 (34)}) (11. Ba4 b5 12. dxc6 Bxc3+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ (
13... bxa4 14. Qc2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 $14) 14. Qxd2 (14. Nxd2 bxa4
15. O-O Be6) 14... Qxa4 15. O-O Qxe4 16. Rbd1 O-O {0-1 Martic,Z (2364)-Brkic,A
(2606)/Bol 2011/CBM 144 Extra (18)} 17. Qh6 Qg4 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Ng5 Qh5 20.
Qxh5 gxh5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Kf1 Rc8 $11) 11...
bxc6 12. O-O (12. dxc6 $6 Qxc3+ 13. Nd2 Qd3 {M.Pein}) 12... Qxa2 13. Rb2 $146 (
13. Be3 cxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. Bxe7 Rxd5 17. Nd4 Bd7 $15 {1/2
Niederwieser,P (2162)-Kratschmer,H (2098)/Austria 2006/CBM 115 ext}) (13. Bg5
$5 cxd5 (13... h6 $2 14. dxc6 $1 hxg5 $140 $2 15. Rb8 $3 Rxb8 16. c7 $18) 14.
Ra1 $1 (14. exd5 h6) 14... Qc4 15. Ra4 Qb5 16. exd5 h6 17. c4 Qb6 18. Bf4 O-O {
- White's compensation for the pawn can only be enough to equalise.}) 13... Qa5
(13... Qc4 14. d6 Ra7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Nd2 Qxc3 18. Rc2 Qe5 19. dxe7
$14 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6] S.Shipov}) 14. d6 {White tries to keep Black's king in the
centre.} (14. dxc6 O-O $11 {[%cal Yc8e6]}) 14... Ra7 $1 {The most accurate
defence.} (14... Qd8 $143 15. Bf4) 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 $142 {but Black can
accurately equalise anyway:} Rd7 $142 (15... O-O 16. Ne5 ({rather than} 16.
dxe7 Rxe7 17. Bd6 Rd7 18. e5 Qxc3 19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. Qa4 Bf8 $11) 16... Bxe5 17.
Bxe5 Re8 18. Rd2 {[%csl Ge5] is quite risky for Black}) 16. Rd2 $1 (16. Rb8 O-O
17. dxe7 Rxe7 18. Bd6 Rd7 19. e5 Rdd8 {[%cal Yc8e6]}) 16... exd6 17. Bxd6 $1 (
17. Rxd6 Qd8 18. e5 O-O) 17... Bxc3 18. Rc2 Rd8 {[%cal Yc8e6]} 19. Qc1 Rxd6 20.
Rxc3 O-O 21. Rxc5 Qd8 $11) 15... exd6 16. Qxd6 Rd7 17. Qxc6 (17. Qb8 O-O 18.
Ne5 Rb7 $1 19. Rxb7 Bxb7 20. Qd6 (20. Qxb7 Bxe5 $15) 20... c4 $1 21. Bf4 c5 $13
) 17... Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 {It is now White who should be worrying about
equality. Black's bishop pair and a-pawn can easily become dangerous.} 19. Bf4
Rb7 20. Rc2 $6 {Too passive.} (20. Ra2 $142 O-O (20... Rb3 21. c4) 21. Rxa6
Bxc3 22. Ra8 Bb4 23. Bd6 Rd8 24. e5 $11) 20... O-O 21. Bd6 Re8 22. Nd2 f5 (
22... Bd7 $1 {, indicated by numerous commentators, was a better way to play
for a win. If} 23. Ra1 (23. Bxc5 Rc8) (23. Rfc1 a5 $1 24. Bxc5 a4 $44 {[%csl
Ga4]}) {then already} 23... f5 $1 24. f3 $140 Bb5 $1 25. Bxc5 Bd3 26. Rcc1 Rb2
27. Be3 fxe4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Bc5 Ree2) 23. f3 (23. Bxc5 Rc7 24.
Bb4 fxe4 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Ra2 {looks enough for a draw.}) 23... fxe4 ({It was
the last moment for Black to play} 23... Bd7 $1 {[%cal Ya6a5,Ya5a4,Yd7b5,Yb5d3]
} 24. Re1 $5 (24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxc5 a5 $15 {
K.Sakaev}) (24. Bxc5 Rc8) (24. Rfc1 a5 25. Bxc5 a4 $44) 24... a5 25. e5 a4 26.
Ra2 {S.Shipov} Bf8 {- the initiative belongs to Black, White should defend
accurately to draw the game.}) 24. Nxe4 Bf5 {White now should not lose, of
course, but it was quite appropriate for Black to make a few more moves. A
possible continuation could be} (24... Bf5 25. Ra1 (25. Bxc5 Rc8 $1 26. Bd6 a5)
(25. Re1 Bxe4 26. fxe4 a5) 25... Bxe4 (25... Rb3 26. Rxa6 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Bxc3
28. Rc6 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Rxe4+ 31. Kd3 $11) 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxa6 Rc4
28. Kf1 $1 {the most accurate} Bxc3 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Rc8 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Re1+ 32.
Kd3 Rd4+ 33. Kxc3 Rxd6 34. Kc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 e5 $1 {This move might be the best reaction to White's
concentration of forces in the centre. The first player is well mobilised, but
his pieces are too passive.} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 {The honest ambition to open
up the position at the moment, when White should be better prepared for the
real contact of pieces is laudable. Gelfand obviously does not believe in any
real chances of getting an advantage against the isolated d5-pawn after 12.
dxe5.} (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Ne2 (14. h3 Bd7 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Rxc8 (
16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Qa5 18. Qe1 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Ne2 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bukavshin,I (2502)-Rublevsky,S (2682)/Taganrog 2011 (45)}) 16... Qxc8 17. Qb1
Qb8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Nxc3 Qd6 22. Ne2 $11 {0-1
Pavlovic,M (2541)-Rublevsky,S (2684)/Valjevo 2011 (34)}) 14... Bd7 (14... Bg4
15. f3 Bh5 (15... Bd7 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rc3 g6 20. Bb1
Bb5 21. Re1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 d4 23. Rd3 dxe3 24. Rdxe3 Qc5 $15 {0-1 Meszaros,M 
(2414)-Gurevich,M (2617)/Forni di Sopra 2011 (39)}) 16. Bc3 Qd6 (16... Re8 17.
Qd2 $14) 17. Bxe5 (17. h3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rc3
Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek,R (2593)-Perez Garcia,R 
(2432)/Burguillos 2008 (53)}) 17... Qxe5 18. Qd2 Rfe8 (18... Bg6) 19. Rc3 Bg6 (
19... Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. g4 Bg6 22. f4 Qe7 23. f5 Nxg4 24. fxg6 hxg6 $11)
20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd4 $14 {1-0 Aronian,L (2763)-Morozevich,A (2774)/Yerevan
2008 (56)}) (14... Ne4 15. Bb4 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bc3 Bg4 17. Bxe5 Qxd1 18.
Rfxd1 Bxe2 19. Rd7 Rac8 20. Rdc7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 f6 22. Bd4 Rf7 23. Rc8+ Rf8 24.
Rc7 Rf7 25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Khismatullin,D (2659)-Jakovenko,D (2726)/
Moscow 2010}) 15... Re8 16. f3 Qh4 17. Nf4 g5 18. Be1 (18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. g3 Qh6
20. Nd5 Bh3 $11) 18... Qh6 19. fxe4 gxf4 20. exd5 fxe3 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3
$14) (14... Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Ne5 17. Qc2 $18 {.}) (14... Ng4 15. h3
Nf6 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd7 19. Nd4 Rfc8 20. Qa5 Qd6 21. Be2 g6
22. Bf3 h5 23. Qd2 Qa3 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Dreev,A (2705)
-Godena,M (2527)/Warsaw 2005 (58)}) 15. Bc3 Qb8 16. h3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Bxc3 18.
Rxc3 Qe5 19. Rfc1 g6 20. a4 Kg7 21. a5 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A (2580)-Antoniewski,R (2585)/Germany 2011 (36)}) 12...
dxe4 {The exchange of the pawns on the e4-square must be better than the
slightly reckless swap on d4.} (12... exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 h6 15. Nxd4
Nf6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Ba3 18. Rc4 Qxd5 19. Qc2 Be7 20. Bc3 Rad8 21. Re1
Rfe8 22. Be4 Qb5 23. Bf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shankland,S (2580)-Erenburg,S (2616)/
Philadelphia 2012 (66)}) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 $146 {[%mdl 4] Anand has
done his homework and it is obvious that the whole system underwent serious
scrutiny before the match. The knight move might be more precise than the
simple 14...exd4 as it leaves White more options to fight for an advantage.} (
14... exd4 15. Rc4 (15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Rc4 h6 17. Rxd4 (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd4 Be7
$11) 17... hxg5 18. Rxd6 Qe7 19. Bb1 (19. Bd5 Bg4 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22.
Bxf3 g4 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Re4 f5 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 19... Bg4 20.
Re1 Bxf3 21. Rxe7 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rfd8 23. Rde1 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Goganov,A (2480)
-Rublevsky,S (2682)/Taganrog 2011 (37)}) 15... Nc5 (15... Nf6 16. Bb1 Bg4 17.
Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 g5 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Kg7 22. Qxb7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A (2688)-Matlakov,M (2630)/St Petersburg 2011 (46)}) 16. Bg5
f6 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Bc1 Bxh2+ 19. Nxh2 Qxd5 20. Rxd4 Qf7 21. Ba3 b6 22. Rd6 Rb8
23. Rxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxc5 Re6 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A (2710)
-Antoniewski,R (2559)/Warsaw 2011 (65)}) 15. dxe5 (15. Bg5 exd4 $11) 15... Nxe4
16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Be3 Bf5 {The presence of opposite coloured bishops together
with a perfect pawn symmetry is a significant equalising factor.} (17... Be6
18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Nd4 $14) 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Nd4 (19. Bf4 Rad8
20. Rc7 Rfe8 21. Bxd6 (21. h3 Nb5 22. Rxb7 Nc3 23. Bg3 Nxa2 $11) 21... Rxd6 22.
Rxb7 g6 23. Ng5 Rf6 $11) 19... Rfe8 20. Nxf5 (20. Bf4 Re4 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. g3
Re2 $11) 20... Nxf5 21. Bc5 (21. Rc7 b5 22. g4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rac8 24. Rfxf7
Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rxe3 $11) 21... h5 {Under the microscope the bishop might aspire
to be stronger than the knight, but in real life chess the position is fully
balanced.} 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Kf1 f6 24. Bb4 Kh7 25. Rc5 (25. Rc5 Kg6 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 (3. Nc3 d5 {was a slight surprise from Game 1 -
Gelfand was a King's Indian fan in his younger years, but until the WCh match,
the Grünfeld featured in his repertoire only with White.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 $5 ({The more common} 9. O-O cxd4
10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 $11 {has a drawish
reputation}) 9... Qa5 (9... a6 {is also playable, after} 10. Be2 $5 Bxc3+ 11.
Bd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 $44 {the situation is similar to
the more theoretical position with the P on a7 - White has compensation, but
hardly more than that.}) 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxa2 13. Rb2 $146 (
13. Be3 {is harmless:} cxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. Bxe7 Rxd5 $15 {
Niederwieser,P (2162)-Kratschmer,H (2098)/AUT-chT/2006/}) 13... Qa5 14. d6 Ra7
15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 $5 Rd7 (15... O-O 16. Ne5 $1 Qxc3 $5 (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 $44)
17. Rc2 Bxe5 18. Rxc3 Bxc3 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. dxe7 Rxe7 21. Bd6 Rfe8 $44 {/+/=
Shipov}) 16. Rd2 (16. Rb8 O-O 17. dxe7 Rxe7 18. Bd6 Rd7 19. e5 Rdd8 $11 {
[%cal Yc8e6,Ye6g4]}) (16. e5 O-O $132) 16... exd6 17. Bxd6 Bxc3 18. Rc2 Bf6 19.
e5 Be7 $11 {[%cal Ye8g8] /\0-0}) 15... exd6 16. Qxd6 Rd7 17. Qxc6 Qc7 $11 {
Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/WCh Moscow/2012/}) 3... d5 ({After} 3... Bg7 4.
e4 O-O {Game 8 indicates that Anand, instead of the standard Sämisch, might
have intended} 5. Ne2 (5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 e6 10.
b3 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Ne7 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nf6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bg2 e5 17.
Bf3 b5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23.
cxd5 Qd7 24. O-O Nxf4 25. Qxf4 c6 $132 {Anand,V (2791)-Grischuk,A (2733)/
Linares/2009/}) 5... d6 6. Nec3 $5 {White can develop his Nb1 to a3, or more
usually to d2 after Be3. Practical results speak in White's favour, but the
examples are still scarce here:} Nc6 (6... e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Be3 f5 9. c5 Nd7 10.
cxd6 cxd6 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. Qb3 Rf7 $5 13. O-O-O fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Bf5 16. Nc3 {Leroy,D (2286)-Hunt,A (2431)/Hastings/2009/} Qf8 $1 $132 {/\} (
16... Bd7 17. Kb1 b5 18. Ka1 a5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 a4 21. Qa3 Rb7 22. Nxd6
Rb3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Ne4 Rxa3+ 25. bxa3 Nf6 26. d6 Qa5 27. Kb2 Nd5 28. Bc5 Nc3
29. Bb4 Nxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qd8 31. d7) 17. g4 Bh6 $15) 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2 e6 $5 (8...
c6 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nd2 e6 12. Qb3 b5 13. dxc6 b4 14. Nd5 $1 exd5 15.
cxd5 $44 {Varga,Z (2410)-Grigore,G (2430)/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1992/}) 9. f4 Ned7
10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Re1 h5 14. h3 b5 $1 15. e5 dxe5 16.
fxe5 Nfd7 17. e6 Ne5 18. Nxb5 Ncd3 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1 Kg8 {Nakamura,H 
(2710)-Svidler,P (2739)/Amsterdam/2009/} 21. d6 $13) ({Presumably unhappy with
the opening, in Game 8 Gelfand went for} 3... c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O
7. Nec3 $5 Nh5 ({Played after long thought, but rather bizarre.} 7... e6 {
is more natural.}) 8. Bg5 (8. g4 $5 Nf6 9. h4 e6 10. h5 a6 11. a4 exd5 12. cxd5
Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Kf2 Re8 17. h6 Bh8 18. g5 {
Ivanisevic,I (2655)-Aliyev,T (2258)/Wheeling/2012/ This game was played 3 days
later.} Nh5 $5 {/\} 19. f4 Ng4+ $1 20. Bxg4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxe4 $44) 8... Bf6 9.
Bxf6 exf6 (9... Nxf6 $1 10. Qd2 e5 $132) 10. Qd2 (10. g4 $5 {/\} Nf4 11. Qd2 g5
12. h4 $14) 10... f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. g4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Qf6 $4 (
14... Nf6 15. Kc2 $36 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yh2h5]}) 15. gxh5 Qxf3+ 16. Kc2 Qxh1 17. Qf2
{[%cal Rf1g2] 1-0,Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/Moscow/2012/}) (3... e5 4.
dxe5 Nh5 {came into the limelight after Leko's win against Kramnik (1998).
It's played rarely nowadays, although perhaps} 5. Nh3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7
Qxe7 8. Nc3 O-O (8... Nxe5 $2 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Qd4 d6 11. f4 c6 12. Nc3 c5 13.
Qe3 Bxh3 14. fxe5 Be6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Qh6 Bxc4 17. g4 Ng7 18. e3 Bxf1 19. Ne4
f6 20. Rxd6 $18 {Khismatullin,D (2584)-Isajevsky,A (2441)/Kazan/2006/}) (8...
Qxe5 9. g4 Ng7 10. f4 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Qc3 Ne8 14. O-O-O Ne7 15.
Nf2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 d6 17. h4 c6 18. h5 cxd5 19. Kb1 Nf6 20. Bg2 Qe7 21. h6 $1
$36 {Votava,J (2530)-Jansa,V (2475)/Bundesliga/2006/}) 9. g4 Ng7 10. f4 d6 (
10... Qb4 11. Qd2 d6 12. exd6 $14) 11. exd6 Qh4+ 12. Nf2 Bxg4 13. dxc7 Nf5 $5
$14 {/~~ is not fully clear.}) ({Recently Black has been quite successful with
another exotic continuation} 3... Nc6 $5 4. d5 (4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 $1 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13.
O-O Nb7 14. c4 c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 f6
20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rab1 Rf7 $11 {Anand,V (2791)-Carlsen,M (2776)/Linares/2009/})
4... Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 (6... c6 7. f4 Ned7 8. Be3 e5 $5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10.
Nh3 e5 11. f5 Qa5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 a5 15. Ng5 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1
17. Qxa1 d5 18. Ne6 Qd6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Qxb4 21. Bd3 e4 22. Bb5 Bd6 $13
{Kramnik,V (2780)-Navara,D (2722)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3
(8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6 12. Kh1 Bg4 $11) 8... O-O 9. Be2
Nc5 10. Nf2 e6 (10... c6 $5) 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bf3 Qe7
15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Nb6 $1 $132 {[%cal Rd5d4] Grischuk,A 
(2773)-Giri,A (2686)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7.
Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 {An important branching point.} ({A more popular try is} 8...
Nc6 9. O-O-O {and now:} {Probably more promising is the new idea} Qd6 $5 ({
After} 9... f5 {White has lately with some success concentrated on the
positional} 10. e5 $5 (10. h4 {is double-edged and doesn't promise much.})
10... Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 (12... N4d5 13. Ng5 $5 (13. Nf4 $14 {Svidler}
) 13... Nxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Bd5 15. h4 Qd7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. h5 $5 h6 19.
Nh3 g5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. h6 Bh8 22. h7+ Kf7 23. Bxg5 Ke8 24. Rh6 $44 {
Ivanisevic,I (2645)-Gabrielian,A (2554)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 13. Nf4 (13. Ng5
$5 Nc4 14. Qc1 $13 {Svidler}) 13... Bf7 14. a3 a5 (14... N4d5 15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Bc4 Rad8 17. h4 Nxf4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf4 Qb5 20. h5 (20. Qc3 e6 21. h5
gxh5 $1 $132 {/\} 22. Rxh5 c5) 20... g5 21. Bxg5 (21. h6 $5 $14 {[%csl Rg8]})
21... Bxe5 22. Qc3 {Zhao Xue (2496)-Laylo,D (2516)/Moscow/2011/} Qa4 $5 $132)
15. Bb5 $1 (15. d5 Bxe5 16. axb4 (16. Bd4 $5) 16... axb4 17. Nb5 Ra5 18. Bxb6 (
18. Qxb4 Rfa8 19. Na3 Bd6 20. Qd4 Ra4 21. Qd2 Bxa3 22. bxa3 Rxa3 23. Bd4 Qa4 {
0-1,Gongora Reyes,M (2468)-Abreu Delgado,A (2473)/Albacete/2010/}) 18... cxb6
19. Qxb4 $2 (19. Qe3 $15 {Svidler}) 19... Rfa8 $40 {Motylev,A (2647)-Svidler,P
(2728)/Wijk aan Zee/2007/}) 15... c6 16. d5 Bxe5 17. Bxb6 cxb5 18. Rhe1 Bf6 19.
Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Na6 21. d6 exd6 (21... Qxd6 $2 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qc5 {
Bitan,B (2311)-Vokarev,S (2501)/Bhubaneswar/2010/} 24. Nxe7+ Kf7 25. Qh4 Kg7
26. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 27. Re6 $18 {[%cal Rd1d7,Rh4g5]}) 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qg7
24. Qb6 $36 {White has a dangerous initiative, but still no direct win after}
b4 $5) 10. Kb1 (10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 Qe6 $5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Nb4 16. b3 Qb6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Na4 Qa5 19. d5 Nb8 20. Qc5 Qxc5+ 21.
Nxc5 c6 $15 {Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Negi,P (2641)/Caleta/2012/}) 10... Rd8 11. Nb5
Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 (13. dxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7
17. Bxb5 f5 $5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne2 (19. a3 Rb8 $1 $44) (19. b3 gxf5 $32 {/\}
20. Ne2 $2 Bxb3) 19... Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 gxf5 21. b3 (21. Bc3 Bc4 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4
$11 23. Nd4 Ne3+ 24. Kd3 Nxg2 25. Nxf5 Nf4+ 26. Kc4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kf7 $11 {
Vitiugov,N (2729)-Giri,A (2714)/Reggio Emilia/2011/}) 21... c5 22. Be3 c4 $1
23. Bxb6 Bxb3+ 24. Kd2 Rb8 25. Rb1 e6 26. Ke3 Ba2 $1 27. Rc1 Rxb6 28. Bxc4 Bxc4
$11 {So,W (2653)-Lou,Y (2428)/Ho Chi Minh City/2012/}) 13... Na5 (13... Ne5 $5)
14. Bd4 Nbc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Qf2 $6 e5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bxa5 Nxa5 19. h4
Qd6 20. h5 b5 $36 {Gustafsson,J (2647)-Mekhitarian,K (2529)/Reykjavik/2011/})
15... Nxc4 16. Qc1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Nge2 Bb7 19. b3 Nb6 20. h4 c5 21. dxc6
Qxc6 22. h5 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Qe3 Nd7 $13 {Mekhitarian}) ({The immediate} 
8... Qd6 {enables White to castle short after} 9. f4 Rd8 10. Nf3 Qb4 11. a3 $5
(11. Qc2 Nc4 12. Bf2 c5 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Ndxe2 Nc6
17. a3 Qa5 18. e5 Rac8 19. Kb1 b5 $11 {Jobava,B (2704)-Caruana,F (2736)/Moscow/
2012/}) 11... Qb3 12. Bd3 Nc4 (12... Nc6 13. Bc2 Qc4 14. b3 $36 {[%csl Rc4]})
13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Nd5 Qa4 16. O-O e6 {Ding,L (2679)-Sethuraman,S 
(2546)/Ho Chi Minh City/2012/} 17. Nxc7 $5 Rb8 18. e5 Bd7 19. f5 $1 $40) 9. d5
c6 10. h4 (10. O-O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 $5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rc8 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qe7 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Nge2 e4 19. d6 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7
21. fxe4 Rf2 22. Kb1 Rxg2 23. Nf4 Rf2 24. Nd3 $11 Rg2 25. Nf4 Rf2 26. Nd3 Rg2 {
1/2,Akobian,V (2571)-Khachiyan,M (2462)/Los Angeles/2005/}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5
N8d7 {The safest move, played quickly by Gelfand.} ({After} 11... h5 {White
has the energetic} 12. g4 $1 {/\} hxg4 13. h5 $40 {and he has an almost 100%
score with his kingside attack.}) ({For a change,} 11... f5 12. h5 Na6 13. Bh6
f4 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. g4 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 Kg7 17. Qh2 Rh8 18. Rxh8 Qxh8 19. Qxh8+
Kxh8 20. O-O-O Bd7 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kb2 Kg7 24. Nh3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]
[%cal Rh3g5,Rg5e4] Delchev,A (2640)-Ganguly,S (2578)/Turin olm/2006/ gives
White a substantial endgame advantage.}) 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 ({Now White
gets a better pawn structure, but taking "positionally" towards the centre
opens a file against the the king and is needlessly risky:} 13... hxg6 14. Bh6
(14. O-O-O $5 $36) 14... Nfxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd1 (16. Qh6+ Kf6 17. Ne4+ Ke7
18. Qg5+ Ke6 19. Qg4+ Ke7 20. Qg3 Qc7 21. Qg5+ f6 22. Qxg6 Be6 $13) 16... Be6
17. Qh6+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ Ke7 19. Qg5+ f6 20. Rh7+ Rf7 21. Nxf6 Rxh7 22. Nxh7+ Kf7
23. Qh6 Qh8 24. Bd3 Nf4 25. Ne2 Nbd5 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Kf2 $14) 14. O-O-O ({
Castling is the usual and sensible choice, but Gelfand was undoubtedly
prepared even for} 14. d6 {His intention might have been} e4 $5 (14... Be6 15.
Nh3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 Rc8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rh4 Qe6 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. a4 Qb3 21. a5
Nbd7 22. Bd3 e4 23. Bb1 $36 {Laznicka,V (2593)-Areshchenko,A (2644)/Moscow/
2007/} (23. Nxe4 $5 $16)) (14... Nh5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. O-O-O $14)
15. O-O-O (15. fxe4 Re8 $44) 15... Be6 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Nh3 $13 (17. fxe4 $2
Rxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 $32 {->}) (17. Bh6 Bxh6 {/\} 18. Qxh6 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Na4
$40)) 14... Bd7 15. Kb1 {This side-step is more or less necessary, but it cost
Anand a precious 15 minutes.} (15. Nh3 Rc8 16. Kb1 e4 17. Nf4 exf3 18. gxf3
Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nfe2 b5 22. Ng3 b4 $132 {Gofshtein,L (2500)
-Roiz,M (2355)/ISR-chT/1999/}) 15... Rc8 16. Ka1 ({Until now White has more
often than not played} 16. d6 {This was played by Anand's second Nielsen, as
well as Gelfand's compatriot Postny, so we can safely assume the challenger
was still in his preparation.} Bf5+ (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4+ Rxc4 18. Nge2 Be6 (
18... Bf5+ $6 19. Ka1 Be6 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Bd8 23. N2c3 Rf7
24. Qe3 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qa6 26. b3 Rc8 27. Na4 $16 {Nielsen,P (2680)-Tazbir,M 
(2500)/Helsingor/2009/}) 19. g4 (19. Bh6 Bxh6 (19... Qd7 $2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qe3 b5 22. b3 Rcc8 23. Qxe5 Rce8 24. Qd4 Kg8 25. Ka1 a5 26. Nf4 b4 27. Na4 Bf5
28. g4 Bc2 29. Qc4+ {1-0,Postny,E (2434)-Mikhalevski,V (2532)/Givataim/2000/})
20. Qxh6 Rc6 21. Ne4 Qd7 22. N2g3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 $11 {Knobel, R}) 19... Qd7
20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 b5 22. Ng3 {Thaler,T (2554)-Toro Solis de Ovando,G (2600)
/corr/2002/} b4 23. Nce4 Rcc8 $132) (16... Be6 17. Nh3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bg5 Be6 20. Nf2 e4 $5 (20... Qd7 21. Qb4 a6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Bd3
$16 {Hillarp Persson,T (2530)-Wojciechowski,P (2159)/Jersey/2004/}) 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Nxe4 Qe5 $132) (16... e4 $5 $13 {is a yet untested try, analogous to
our game.}) (16... Na4 17. Ne4 $5 $14 (17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bd7 19. Bc4+ Rxc4
20. bxc4 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 e4 $44)) 17. Ka1 e4 18. Bh6 (18. g4 Be6 19. g5 Nh5 20.
Nxe4 Rf5 $5 $44 ({or} 20... Qd7 $44 {[%cal Yd7a4,Yb6a4,Yf8f5,Yf5b5] is unclear
to say the least - White's kingside forces are uncoordinated.})) 18... Bxh6 (
18... e3 $2 19. Bxe3 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Rc2 21. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 22. Qxc2 Qxe3 23. Qb3+
$16 {Postny,E (2432)-Greenfeld,A (2570)/Tel Aviv/2001/}) 19. Qxh6 Rf7 20. Nh3
exf3 21. gxf3 (21. Ng5 Rd7 22. gxf3 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxh7 Rc7 $11) 21...
Qf8 (21... Rd7 $5) 22. Ng5 (22. Qd2 $5) {Postny,E (2491)-Serebro,A (2297)/
ISR-chT/2002/} 22... Qxh6 23. Rxh6 Rd7 $11) ({The usefulness of 16.Ka1 can be
seen in the line} 16. Bh6 $2 Nbxd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Bf5+ 18. Bd3 Bxh6 $15 {/\} 19.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rxh6 $2 Rd6 $19) 16... e4 $5 $146 {[%cal Gg7a1][%mdl 12] A
natural and thematic novelty - Black opens the long dark diagonal.} (16... Na4
17. Nge2 e4 18. d6 Re8 (18... Qa5 $142 $5 {transposes to a line we will
analyse below.}) 19. Rc1 $2 (19. Bd4 $142 $13 {/+/=}) 19... Qa5 $6 (19... exf3
20. gxf3 Nxb2 $1 21. Kxb2 Rxe3 $1 22. Qxe3 Nd5 23. Qxa7 Qf6 24. Qa5 Qxf3 $40)
20. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qxa4 22. Nc3 Qb4 $2 (22... Qc6 $132) 23. Nxe4 $16 {
Hillarp Persson,T (2450)-Aberg,A/Stockholm/2002/} {/\} Nxe4 $2 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25.
Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh1+ $18) 17. Bd4 {The pawn is extremely poisoned.} (17. fxe4
$2 Rxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 $17) (17. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf1 $1 19. Rxf1 Nc4
$19 {->}) ({Gelfand started thinking now, presumably he had prepared mainly for
} 17. d6 {Here} Na4 18. Nge2 Qa5 {leads to a position we have already
mentioned in the previous note:} 19. Bd4 Nxc3 $5 (19... Nc5 $6 20. Nc1 Ne6 21.
Nb3 Qb4 $2 (21... Qf5 $142) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxe4 (23. Qh6 $1 Bg7 24. Qxh7+
Kf7 25. Qh4 Rxc3 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Qxd7 Nc5 28. Qb5 $18) 23... Qxd2 24. Nxf6+
Rxf6 25. Nxd2 Ng5 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. Bd5 Rxd6 28. Nc4 Rf6 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Bd5
$16 {Feller,S (2640)-Salgado Lopez,I (2623)/FRA-chT Belfort/2012/}) 20. Bxc3 (
20. Nxc3 Be6 21. a3 Rfd8 $132 {/\} 22. Qf4 exf3 23. Bxf6 $2 Rxc3 $17) 20... Qa4
$13) 17... Na4 {Black proceeds with his play, but he had other plausible
options:} (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nge2 exf3 20. gxf3 Qa5 $13 (20... b5 $5)
(20... Bf5 $13)) ({Even the simple} 17... exf3 18. Nxf3 (18. gxf3 $5) 18... Bf5
$132 {deserves attention.}) (17... Re8 $5 {/\} 18. fxe4 Rxc3 $1 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 {
was suggested by Shipov:} 20. Qe1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qf6 22. Nf3 Ng5 23. Qh4 Nxf3
24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Qxh8 26. Rxh8+ Kg7 27. Rxe8 Nxd4 28. Rb8 Kf6 29. Rxb7
Bf5 30. Rxa7 Nxd5 31. b3 Ne3 $13) 18. Nge2 {Declines the sacrifice.} (18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qg5 21. Kb1 (21. Ne2 Rc2 22. Rb1 Rfc8 $44) 21...
Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxg2 23. Ne2 $5 (23. Nf3 Rc2 24. Ka1 Rxb2 {already forces White
to find} 25. Nd2 Rxd2 26. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qe5+ $11) 23... Qxe2
24. Ka1 Rc4 25. Qf6 Qxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Nxb2 27. Kxb2 Rxe4 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Kf7
30. d6 Be6 $132 {leads to an endgame, in which a draw is a likely result.})
18... Qa5 $1 (18... exf3 $143 19. gxf3 Qa5 {is weaker, the pawn swap gives
White the extra possibility} 20. Nxa4 Qxa4 (20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxa4 22. Bh3
$36) 21. Nc3 Qa5 22. Qh2 $1 $40) 19. Nxe4 {Anand finally takes the pawn, but
this shouldn't have given him an advantage.} (19. fxe4 $6 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 (20.
Nxc3 Nxe4 $1 $17) 20... Qa4 $36 {/\} 21. Ng3 $6 Rxc3 $1 22. bxc3 Nxe4 (22...
Nh5 $5 $17) 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 $40 {[%cal Re4b4,Rf8f2]}) (19. Rh4 exf3 20. gxf3 b5
$132) 19... Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ (20. Rxd2 $6 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Rfe8 {[%csl Re4]} 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b3 Nc5 $11) 20... Rxf6 {Activates the second rook as well.} (
20... Bxf6 21. Rxd2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc2 23. b3 $14 {gives White more chances to
untangle his kingside forces.}) 21. Rxd2 Rf5 $5 (21... Rd6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b3
Nb6 24. Nf4 Rc1+ 25. Kb2 Re1 $44 {was also interesting, but the text move is
more concrete - Black doesn't allow Nf4.}) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 $32 23. d6 (23. b3 Nb6
24. d6 Rd5 $11) (23. Rh4 Nb6 24. Rhd4 $2 Nc4 25. R2d3 Re5 $17 {[%cal Rc4e3,
Rd7f5]}) 23... Rfc5 $6 {Inaccurate.} ({Gelfand admitted that after} 23... Nb6
24. Nc3 {he had overlooked} Rd5 $1 (24... Nd5 $2 25. Bb5 $1 $16) 25. Rd3 (25.
Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Bb5 Nxc3 27. Bxd7 Rd8 $11) 25... Bf5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Bd3 Nxc3
28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rd1 Rc8 $11) 24. Rd1 a5 (24... Rc2 25. b3 Nb6 (
25... Nc3 $2 26. Nxc3 {/\} R8xc3 27. Bd3 Rxg2 28. Rhe1 $18 {[%csl Gd6][%cal
Re1e7]}) 26. Rh4 $36) (24... h5 $142 {[%cal Yg7f6]}) (24... Nb6 $5 $14) 25. Rh4
$1 (25. b3 Nb6 $14 {only helps Black, Whtte needs to activate his rook.}) 25...
Rc2 (25... Re5 26. b3 Nc5 27. Nd4 $14 {/+/-}) 26. b3 Nb2 (26... Nc3 27. Nxc3 {
/\} R8xc3 $2 28. Bd3 Rxg2 29. Re4 $18) (26... Nc5 27. Kb1 $16 {/\} Bf5 28. Nd4)
(26... Nb6 $5 {was less forcing.}) 27. Rb1 (27. Rdd4 $5 a4 28. bxa4 Nxa4 29.
Rxa4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Rd2 31. Rb4 $14 {/+/-}) 27... Nd3 28. Nd4 Rd2 (28... Nb4 29.
Nxc2 Rxc2 30. Re1 Rxa2+ (30... Bf5 31. Rxb4 axb4 32. g4 $18) 31. Kb1 Bf5+ 32.
Kc1 $16 {and there is no perpetual in sight.}) 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Re1 (30. Re4
$2 Re8 $1 $11) 30... Rd2 $6 (30... Kf6 $142 $1 31. Re7 (31. Rxh7 Rxd4 32. Rxd7
Rc2 $132) 31... Bf5 32. Nxf5 Kxf5 $14 {/+/-}) 31. Kb1 ({After} 31. Re7+ Kf6 32.
Kb1 Bf5+ 33. Nxf5 {Black already can't go with his king to g6 as on move 33 in
the game. However, White has to reckon with} Rd1+ $5 34. Kb2 Rd2+ 35. Ka3 Rcc2
36. Ka4 Rxa2+ 37. Kb5 gxf5 $14 {and the final result is still open.}) 31...
Bf5+ 32. Nxf5+ gxf5 33. Re7+ Kg6 ({A difficult choice - after} 33... Kf6 34. f4
$5 {[%cal Rh4h6]} Rxd6 (34... Rd1+ 35. Kb2 Rxd6 36. Rxb7 Rg8 37. Rhxh7 Rxg2+
38. Ka3 $16 {is similar}) 35. Rxb7 Rg8 36. Ra7 Rxg2 37. Rh6+ Rg6 38. Rhxh7 $16
{White has good chances to convert his advantage. However, now he could have
won practically by force.}) 34. Rc7 $6 $138 (34. d7 $142 $1 Rcc2 (34... Rd8 35.
Rhxh7 $18) 35. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 (35... Rb2+ 36. Kc1 Rxa2 37. Rc8 Rf2 38. Re6+ Kh5 (
38... Kf7 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. Rg8+ $18) 39. g4+ fxg4 40. Rc5+ Kh4 41. d8=Q+ Kg3
42. Kd1 $18) 36. bxc4 h5 37. Kc1 Rd4 38. Kb2 Kf6 39. Rh7 Ke6 (39... Kg6 40. Kc3
Rd1 41. d8=Q Rxd8 42. Rxb7 $18 {[%csl Gc4]}) {Perhaps even simpler is} 40. Kb3
$5 ({Here I.Sokolov and Atalik prove that White wins the pawn-endgame after} 
40. Kc3 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Kd4 Ke6 (42... Kd6 43. c5+ Kc6 44. f4 h4 45. Ke5
$18) 43. c5 (43. Kc5 Ke5) (43. f4 b6 44. c5 b5 45. c6 Kd6 46. c7 Kxc7 47. Kc5
b4 48. Kb5 Kd6 49. Kxa5 Kc5 $11) 43... f4 44. Ke4 a4 45. a3 h4 $1 (45... Kd7
46. Kxf4 Kc6 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kxc5 49. Ke4 $18) 46. Kd4 Kd7 47. Kc3 Ke6 (
47... Kc7 48. Kb4 Kc6 49. Kc4 b6 (49... Kd7 50. Kb5) (49... Kc7 50. Kb5) 50.
cxb6 Kxb6 51. Kd4 Kc6 52. Ke4 Kc5 53. Kxf4 $18 {-47...Ke6}) 48. Kc4 Ke5 49. c6
$1 bxc6 50. Kc5 Ke6 51. Kxc6 Ke5 52. Kc5 (52. Kb5 $2 Kd4 53. Kxa4 Ke3 54. Kb4
Kf2 55. a4 Kxg2 56. a5 h3) 52... Ke6 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Ke4 Kc5 55. Kxf4 Kc4 56.
Ke4 Kb3 57. f4 Kxa3 58. f5 Kb3 59. f6 a3 60. f7 a2 61. f8=Q a1=Q 62. Qf7+ Kc2
63. Qf2+ Kb3 64. Qb6+ Kc4 65. Qe6+ Kb4 66. Qd6+ Kb3 67. Qd5+ Kb4 68. Qd4+ $18)
40... Rxd7 (40... Rd2 41. c5 (41. Ka4 Rxa2+ 42. Kb5 Rd2 43. Kxa5 Rxd7 44. Rxd7
Kxd7 45. Kb6 Kc8 46. f4 h4 47. c5 Kb8 48. c6 $18) 41... Rxd7 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43.
Kc4 Kc6 44. f4 $18) (40... f4 41. Ka4 $18) 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Ka4 Kc6 43. Kxa5
Kc5 44. f4 h4 45. a3 $1 b6+ 46. Ka6 Kc6 47. Ka7 Kc7 48. a4 Kc6 49. Kb8 $18)
34... Re8 35. Rh1 $2 {Finally throws away the advantage.} (35. Re7 Rd8 $142 $5
$14 {/+/-} (35... Rc8 36. d7 {-34.d7!}) (35... Rxe7 36. dxe7 Kf7 (36... Re2 37.
Re4 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Kf7 39. exf5 Kxe7 40. g4 $18) 37. Rxh7+ Ke8 38. Rh5 $18))
35... Ree2 $132 36. d7 Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Rxa2 (37... Rxa2 38. Kd1 (38. Kb1 Rab2+ $11
) 38... Rad2+ 39. Kc1 Ra2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200+30:20/3600+30:900+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 {Once again Anand chooses not
to go for the main move 5...Nbd7.} 6. b3 {Exactly the same system as in game 2.
} (6. Qc2 {is also very popular, while Gelfand already played 6.Bd3 and 6.c5
in the past. Later in the match, he came back to the 6.c5!? line - and won!})
6... Bb4 $5 {Black considers White's bishop will be misplaced on d2, since it
would be more logical to put it on b2 later.} (6... c5 $5 {is also possible: a
typical reaction against systems with b3. One option for White would have been:
} 7. Bb2 (7. cxd5 $5) 7... Nc6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 {is known to be
slightly better for White.}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (50) Cheparinov,I (2669)-Zhukova,N (2412) AZE 2011}) 7. Bd2
Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 {The main move.} (10. Rc1 {was played in
game 2 of the match.}) (10. e4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 {is supposed to be fine for
Black.}) (10. Re1 $5 {is kind of a latest fashion move, which both players had
surely analysed quite deeply.}) 10... e5 $5 (10... h6 {is the main move
according to theory, but 10...e5 worked very well for Black in all the
previous games so far, while here after} 11. Rae1 Re8 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 $1 e5
14. exd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Ne2 {Black failed to equalise in
Zhou-Jakovenko (2011).}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 {Of course taking on e5, which
was possible in the 10.Rc1 line (see game 2) would no longer make any sense
with the rook on a1 and the queen on c2.} exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15.
h3 $5 {A very logical move played only once. Against almost all other moves,
Black would go 15...Bg4 and simply equalise.} (15. Qc4 Bg4 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17.
gxf3 Nxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36) Avrukh,B (2632)-Wang,H (2684) Dagomys RUS 2008}) (
15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Qb2 Rc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (70) Aleksandrov,A (2636)
-Kharlov,A (2511) RUS 2009}) (15. Nxd4 Be5 $11) 15... Bd7 {Again played very
fast by Anand.} 16. Rad1 ({There was no hurry to play ...h6, since after} 16.
Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. Qd2 Rc5 $1 {it seems Black equalises.}) 16... Re8 17.
Nxd4 Rc8 18. Qb1 h6 {We reached the typical setup in the kind of structure in
which White is up a pawn that he cannot really hold. The only question is
always: can White force Black to capture the pawn back in poor conditions?} 19.
Nf5 {Of course after taking the bishop pair, White has a very (very) slight
advantage, but it doesn't seem enough at all. It seems to me that after 19.Nf3
White would have decent chances to get some advantage, though Anand had been
playing very fast until 18...h6, which should mean he has some precise idea
against 19.Nf3.} (19. Nf3 $5 Nxd5 ({Of course it would be possible to delay ...
Nxd5, but after a move like} 19... Qc7 {White could go} 20. Bc1 {and slowly
reorganise his pieces, and it looks clear to me that Black should have some
problems, though maybe solvable.}) 20. Be4 $1 (20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bxh6 $2 {
doesn't work because of} Nc3 $17) 20... Bc6 21. Nd4 {and White can take the
bishop pair, and I don't see exactly how Black can equalise, e.g.} Qb6 (21...
Nc3 $2 22. Bh7+ (22. Nxc6 Nxb1 23. Nxd8 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Rcxd8 $11) 22... Kh8 23.
Bxc3 {and according to the engine Black is still in the game with} Bxg2 $1 {
but after} 24. Nf5 $8 Bxh3 (24... Be4 25. Qc1 $8 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qg5+ 27. Ng3 $16
) 25. Bxg7+ Kxh7 26. Nxd6+ Kxg7 27. Nxe8+ Qxe8 28. Rfe1 {White is clearly
better.}) 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bd3 $14 {However maybe Anand had some
idea which I am just missing! I'm also not sure on how easy the calculation of
21...Nxc3 is over the board.}) 19... Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rc5 21. Rfe1 (21. Rc1 $5 {
is an interesting option, but whatever Black plays he is very close to
equality. At least much closer than in the 19.Nf3 line is Black doesn't have a
clear way to exchange some pieces.}) 21... Rxd5 22. Bc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bc5 24.
Qc2 Bd4 $1 {Now the position is absolutely equal.} 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qc8 g6 27.
Bg4 h5 (27... Nxg4 $4 28. Re8+ $18) 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bf3 b6 30. Rc1 Rd6 31.
Kf1 a5 32. Ke2 Nd5 $5 {The most dynamic.} (32... Kf8 {is also equal.}) 33. g3 (
33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rc6 Re5+ 35. Kd3 b5 $5 $11 {White's king can never advance
all that easily due to some problems he would have with the 2nd rank!}) 33...
Ne7 34. Be4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 {This move (considered absolutely
harmless by the classical Sveshnikov theory) was picked up in the mid-2000s,
mostly by Russian players (Morozevich, Svidler, Malakhov, later Nepomniachtchi)
as well as Movsesian and other top GMs, and it turned out that it was not
stupid at all. The fact that Black has no better reply than 11...b4 means that
the position stabilizes, many of Black's dynamic possibilities of counterplay 
(existing after 11.c3) now disappear, and his static weaknesses (the d6-pawn
and d5-square) become more essential. The price White pays for that is the
weakness of dark squares in his own camp. Objectively, 11.c4 hardly gives
White a more promising position than other Sveshnikov systems but it leads to
very quiet positional play, which is often quite annoying for Sveshnikov
adherents, mostly active and usually tactical players.} b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 {
This move has two ideas: either to simply play Bf1-g2 strengthening the centre
or to continue more ambitiously: h2-h4, Bf1-h3 (with the idea to exchange the
light-squared bishops, which would be extremely favourable for White), and in
the event of ...Bc8-e6 (the exchange Bh3xe6 f7xe6 is generally satisfactory
for Black) - simply Ke1-f1-g2 keeping pressure. In my opinion, the latter is
White's most principled plan, crucial for the evaluation of the whole 11.c4
system. All other plans (13.Be2, 13.Qf3 etc.) should not be dangerous for
Black.} ({White can btw. start with} 13. h4 {restricting Black's dark-squared
bishop.}) 13... a5 ({More popular is} 13... Bg5 $5 14. h4 Bh6 {activating the
bishop - see previous remark.}) 14. Bg2 {Taken aback by Boris Gelfand's
opening choice, Vishy Anand avoids main theoretical lines.} (14. h4 $1 Be6 15.
Bh3 {is in the centre of theoretical discussions nowadays.}) 14... Bg5 15. O-O
Be6 16. Qd3 {A typical plan. Subsequently, White puts on d1 either his queen's
rook (keeping an option to play f2-f4) or his king's rook (and then plays
a2-a3 if a good opportunity arises). Alternatives:} (16. b3) (16. h4 Bh6 17. b3
) 16... Bxd5 {One of many possible plans.} (16... Bh6 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. f4 exf4
19. gxf4 g6 20. Nde3 Qb6 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. b3 Qc5 $11 23. f5 Ne5 24. Qe2 Bc8 25.
Qe1 Re8 26. Nd5 Bg7 27. Qh4 $14 {0-1 Nakhapetian,P (2418)-Zhigalko,S (2487)/
Herceg Novi 2006/CBM 114 ext (59)}) (16... Ne7 17. Nde3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qc7 19.
Rad1 Rfd8 20. b3 Nc6 21. Nc2 a4 22. Rd2 axb3 23. axb3 Qb6 24. h4 Ra2 25. Rb1 h6
26. Kh2 Qc5 $11 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2706)-Timofeev,A (2690)/Irkutsk 2010/
CBM 138 (54)}) (16... Qb8 17. Rad1 (17. f4 $6 Bd8 18. Kh1 a4 19. b3 h6 20. Rad1
Qb7 21. Nde3 Bb6 22. Nf5 Rfd8 23. Qe2 axb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Rd2 Kh7 $15 {
0-1 Borisek,J (2541)-Moiseenko,A (2715)/Porto Carras 2011/EXT 2012 (31)}) 17...
Qa7 $1 (17... g6 $2 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Bh6 20. Qg3 $1 f5 (20... Bg7 21. f5 $5
$40) 21. Nde3 $1 Qc7 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Ne3 Rff8 25. Nd5 $16 {
1/2 Kindermann,S (2542)-McShane,L (2619)/Germany 2004/CBM 100/[Meyer,CD] (56)})
18. b3 Rad8 19. h4 Bh6 20. a3 bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nd4 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. cxb5 Qb7 24.
Rfe1 Rb8 25. Bf1 Rfc8 $11 {1/2 Broniek,M (2226)-Noble,M (2414)/Lechenicher
SchachServer 2008/Telechess CBM 137 (53)}) (16... Rb8 17. b3 Qd7 $5) 17. cxd5 (
17. exd5 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8a6,Ya6c5]} (17... Nd4 $5 {S.Shipov}) 18. h4 Bh6 19. a3 (
19. c5 dxc5 {is hardly good for White}) 19... Na6 20. axb4 {1-0 Iljiushenok,I 
(2314)-Dubov,D (2116)/Moscow 2008/EXT 2010 (47)} axb4 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Nxb4
Ra8 23. Nc6 Qd7 24. b4 f5 $132) (17. Qxd5 Qb6 $11) 17... Nb8 {[%cal Yb8a6,
Ya6c5]} 18. a3 {White must urgently develop some activity.} (18. h4 Bh6 {
doesn't change much} (18... Be7 $143 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nd7 21. Rfa1 Nc5 22.
Qc4 Rb8 23. b4 axb4 24. Nxb4 Qb6 25. Nc6 $14 {1-0 Jakubowski,K (2502)-Bobras,P
(2554)/Czechia 2009/CBM 133 Extra (83)})) 18... Na6 (18... bxa3 {may be even
simpler:} 19. Nxa3 Nd7 20. Nc4 Qc7 {[%cal Yf8b8,Yd7c5]} 21. f4 $6 (21. Ra3 $11)
21... Bf6 22. Rac1 Rfb8 23. Qe3 {1/2 Libiszewski,F (2495)-Sebenik,M (2573)/
Sibenik CRO 2012/The Week in Chess 917 (37)} exf4 24. gxf4 Rb4 $36) 19. axb4
Nxb4 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. h4 Bh6 22. Bh3 ({In reply to} 22. Qc4 {Black can even
sacrifice his weak b-pawn:} b3 $1 23. Qxb3 Bd2 {, and White can't make any use
of his own b-pawn, which will be safely blockaded, attacked and eventually
captured (indicated by several commentators).}) 22... Qb6 23. Bd7 (23. Qc4 {
can now be met by} Qc5 ({there is nothing wrong with} 23... Rfb8 24. Qc6 Qd8 {
, of course}) 24. Qxc5 dxc5 {, and Black's c-pawn is as strong as White's
d-pawn.}) 23... b3 24. Bc6 Ra2 $5 25. Rxa2 bxa2 26. Qa3 (26. b3 Rb8 27. Ba4 Rc8
28. Ra1 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. Qc2 g5 $5 31. Qxa2 (31. Qxc1 Qd4 32. Qxg5+ $11)
31... gxh4 32. gxh4 Qd8 $11) 26... Rb8 (26... Qd4 $5 27. Qxa2 Qxe4 28. Qa3 Rd8)
27. Qxa2 {It was now Black who could continue fighting:} (27. Qxa2 Qxb2 (27...
Qd4 28. Qa4) 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. Ra1 g6 {etc. but this is hardly a serious
attempt against the World Champion.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 $1 {The c-pawn
advance at this moment is one of the great discoveries in the Slav with 5...a6.
Black is ready to prove, that White's move 6.Qc2 is only a somewhat dubious
contribution to the battle with tension on the c4,d4/c5,d5 box.} 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 {Black is making a smart
choice with swap of the knights, as the ambitious recapture with the rook will
cost White a vital tempo.} (11... Rc8 $6 12. Nxe6 (12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Qd3 Bd6
14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krush,I (2449)-Delchev,A 
(2572)/Andorra 2003}) 12... fxe6 13. e4 d4 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Na4 $6 (15. e5 $5
Nxe5 16. Be3 Bc5 (16... Nc6 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Rd1
Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1 $40) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21.
Bxd1 $14) 15... Na5 16. Qb6 Nc4 17. Qxd4 Qxa4 18. b3 e5 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. bxc4
Bc5 $44 21. Be3 (21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Rab1 $16) 21... O-O 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rab1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M (2633)-Bareev,E (2729)/Wijk aan Zee 2003 (36)}) 12. Rxd4 (
12. exd4 Be7 (12... Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17. Qd2
Rg8 18. Rac1 h4 19. Qe3 hxg3 20. Qxg3 Qb8 21. Qe5 Nd7 22. Qe3 Qd6 {1-0
Grischuk,A (2704)-Rublevsky,S (2649)/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004 (51)} 23.
Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Bc4 Qf5 25. d5 $18) 13. Bg5 (13. Qb3 b5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Bf3 Rd8
16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 O-O 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Be5 Qa5 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21. Rdc1 Rc8 22.
Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 $16 {1-0 Fridman,D (2562)-David,
A (2580)/Turin 2006 (91)}) 13... O-O 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bf3 Rb8 (15... Qd6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B (2527)-Malakhatko,V (2555)/Bergamo 2004}) 16. Rac1 Kh8
17. h3 h6 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Be5 Rc4 20. Be2 Rc6 21. a4 b4 22. Na2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Volkov,S (2636)-Motylev,A (2674)/Novokuznetsk 2008 (42)}) 12...
Bc5 (12... Bd6 13. e4 Be5 (13... O-O 14. exd5) (13... Rc8 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qd1
Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bc5 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Re4+ Be7 19. Qd4 Nf6 20. Re3 O-O 21. c4 $16
{1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2659)-Hossain,E (2413)/Kolkata 2004 (47)}) 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Bb5 Bxc3 18. Qe4+ Kf8 19. Bxd7 $16) 13. Rd1 Qe7 $5 {
The ability to analyse with the help of computers is enhanced before the world
title match by the impact of grandmasters checking as many lines as possible.
In practice Black had nothing to worry about after the natural 13...Rc8, but
there might be something under the surface that these great masters understand
better.} (13... Rc8 14. e4 (14. Qd3 O-O 15. b3 Qd7 16. Bb2 Bf5 17. Qd2 d4 18.
Na4 dxe3 19. Qxd7 exf2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd7 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Ba3 g6 23. Rac1 b6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Li,C (2703)-Bu Xiangzhi (2668)/Beijing 2012 (43)}) 14... Nxe4 15. Qa4+
Bd7 16. Qb3 Nxf2 17. Rxd5 Ng4+ 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qb4 Qe7 21. Bf4
Rc6 $19 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Aronian,L (2786)/Moscow 2009 (25)}) 14. Bf3 (
14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rfd8
$44) 14... O-O {Black may try to hold on to the d5-pawn, but it does not mean
that his life will reamain easy. The sacrifice of the d5-pawn for the
initiative is not an unknown guest in the 1.d4 openings.} (14... Rd8 15. b3 O-O
16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe3 19. Qe2 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bg5 21. Re5 Qf6
22. Re1 h6 (22... Bf4 23. Re4 Qh6 24. g3 Bc1 25. Bd4 {1-0 Ragger,M (2614)
-Kobalia,M (2672)/Aix-les-Bains 2011 (73)} Bg5 26. a4 $14) 23. h4 Qg6 24. hxg5
Rc2 25. Qe3 Rxb2 26. gxh6 Qxh6 27. Qxh6 gxh6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lenic,L (2623)
-Rublevsky,S (2678)/Aix-les-Bains 2011 (29)}) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17.
Rxd5 Rac8 18. Bd2 {[%mdl 4] The last thing Gelfand would like is to play with
a spare pawn, but very crumpled pieces. White is giving up on the spare pawn
in the interest of the immediate mobilisation of the pieces.} (18. Qd3 Rcd8 $1
(18... Rfd8 $6 19. g3 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qf3 b5 22. b3 Qe6 23. Bb2 $16) 19.
e4 f5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 fxe4 23. Rad1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 h6 $11)
18... Bxe3 19. Bc3 Bb6 20. Qf5 Qe6 $1 21. Qf3 {The polite retreat admits, that
White will not be able to fight for a real advantage. After the natural
exchange of the queens Black would get ample counterplay against the f2-pawn.}
(21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Rd2 (22. Rd7 Rxf2 $17) 22... Rcd8 23. Re2 Rf5 24. g3 Rdf8
25. Rf1 e5 26. Kg2 (26. Bxe5 Re8 27. Rfe1 Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rfxe5 $11) 26... Bd4
$11) 21... f6 22. h4 (22. Rad1 Qc6 23. h4 Rfd8 $11) 22... Qc6 23. h5 Rfd8 24.
Rxd8+ {Gelfand will be able to perform at least a small dance to show his
ambition, hoping to get a small advantage.} (24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11) 24... Rxd8 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Re1 Kf7 27. g4 Bd4 $1 {All rook
endgames are drawn and it is even more valid in case of truly equal positions.
Anand is forcing the game into the calm waters of full equality.} 28. Rc1 (28.
Kg2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rd5 $11) 28... Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rd4 (29... Rd4 30. Rxc6 Rxg4+
31. Kf1 Ra4 32. a3 Ra5 33. Rc7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Gelfand/Huzman"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 {In the three previous
games of the match, I did not manage to achieve a real advantage after either
6.b3 or 6.Qc2. For this game, I and my seconds prepared a new continuation.}
Nbd7 7. Qc2 $5 {The idea of this useful move is prophylactic. Practice in
recent years has shown that after 7.b4, Black equalises with 7...b6, and after
7.Bd3, the reply 7...e5 is strong, and gives Black good play. After the text,
White is ready to react differently to each of these Black plans.} b6 ({
The play assumes a different character after} 7... e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 fxe6
10. Bd3 Ngf6 (10... Nde5 $5) 11. Ng5 Nxc5 12. Bxh7 Nxh7 13. Qg6+ Kd7 14. Nf7 {
0-1 Radjabov,T (2650)-Grischuk,A (2732)/Bastia 2003/ with advantage to White.})
8. cxb6 Nxb6 9. Bd2 c5 10. Rc1 {The threat of 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nxd5 forces
Black to clarify the pawn structure.} ({The immediate opening of lines does
not bring anything real} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Be7 $11 {Black's pawn majority
in the centre gives him good counterchances.}) 10... cxd4 ({If} 10... c4 {then}
11. b3 {White is better prepared for queenside play, thanks to his better
development. Evidently, Anand was not ready for the usual passive play and
preferred a different type of pawn structure, one seemingly harmless for Black.
} cxb3 {Black must agree to this exchange, to avoid a weakness on c4.} 12. axb3
Bb7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne5 {White preserves a small positional
advantage, thanks to his better placed pieces.} Rc8 (15... Qb8 16. Na4 $14) 16.
Qb2 $14) 11. exd4 Bd6 {In this position, White has the choice between playing
for a positional advantage and an interesting attempt to exploit the tactical
features of the position.} 12. Bg5 (12. Na4 $5 {This move forces matters,
since Black's reply is practically forced.} Nxa4 (12... Bd7 13. Nc5 $14) (12...
Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne5 $14) 13. Qc6+ Bd7 14. Qxd6 {At this critical moment,
Black has a choice between 14..Nb2 and 14..Ne4} {The continuation} Ne4 {
leads to simplifications and a small white advantage in the endgame.} (14...
Nxb2 {looks dangerous. After} 15. Qa3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Ba5 $36 {White
keeps the enemy king in the centre, which gives him a dangerous initiative.})
15. Qa3 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 $5 (16. Nxd2 Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11) 16... Qe7 17. Qxe7+
Kxe7 18. b3 Nb6 19. Rc5 f6 $14 {White has a small initiative, but Black
retains a defensible position.}) 12... O-O 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. O-O Qb8
$6 {A rather risky strategic decision by Anand.} ({After} 15... Bf4 {taking
the important c1-square away from White, Black has practically equalised.} 16.
Rcd1 (16. Rb1 Nbd7 17. b4 (17. Qe2 a5) 17... Rc8 18. Qb3 Nb6 {is ok for Black})
16... Nbd7 17. Na4 a5 18. Nc5 Qb6 $11) {Black gives White a difficult
positional choice: either to play for an attack by means of 16.Bf6, in return
for giving Black two bishops and pawn control of the centre, or to follow
general positional lines of playing against the bad bishop on c8, which means
choosing 16.Bg3. I decided on the second course, in full accordance with my
conception of chess strategy, which was formed under the influence of Akiba
Rubinstein, my favourite player of the past.} 16. Bg3 $5 (16. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 17.
Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5] This is the best way to continue the attack. Black
faces a difficult defence.} ({After} 17. Qe2 Rc8 {/\Bf8 White achieves nothing.
}) 17... Rc8 (17... Kg7 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qd6 22.
Qf4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 $14) (17... f5 18. Ng3 Qd8 {[%cal Gd8f6]} 19. Nh5 Nd7 20. g4
$1 $40 fxg4 $140 21. Qd2 $18) 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 (19... Qxc8 20. Nf4 $36
) 20. Ng3 Nd6 21. Nh5 Bg7 22. Qf4 $36 Ne4 23. Qg4 Ng5 24. Nxg5 fxg5 25. Nxg7
Kxg7 26. f4 $36 {Despite the numerous exchanges, White retains a dangerous
initiative.}) 16... Rc8 17. Qe2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 {The computer does not give
White the advantage here, and so many commentators assessed the position
incorrectly as a result. Despite the apparent simplicity of the position,
Black needs to defend carefully, against a range of White ideas, involving
doubling rooks on the c-file and putting the knight on e5. White can also
advance on the queenside with a3-b4, or attack on the kingside with g4-g5. No
small role is played in Black's problems by the passive bishop on b7, which
remains out of play, as a result of Black's previous decisions.} ({The attempt
to play for the attack with} 18. fxg3 {is unconvincing in this position, and
only weakens the pawn structure, without giving real attacking chances.}) 18...
Qd6 ({Black's problems are not solved after} 18... Rc7 19. Rc2 Qa7 {Now I
considered two possibilities for White:} {In my opinion, the direct plan of
queenside play is even stronger:} 20. Rfc1 ({An interesting setup is} 20. Qe5
Bc6 (20... Rc6 21. Qf4 Nbd7 22. b4 $36) 21. Qf4 Rac8 22. Rfc1 {White keeps the
status quo on the queenside and may develop play on the other wing, exploiting
his better-placed pieces and the communications between them.}) 20... Rac8 21.
b3 Nbd7 22. Na4 {In order to bring the Bb7 into play, Black has to play ...a5.
Then after Bb5, White can at any moment take play into a favourable knight vs
bad bishop position.} Rxc2 23. Rxc2 a5 (23... Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qb8 25. Nc5 $36)
24. Bb5 Qb8 25. Bxd7 Rxc2 (25... Nxd7 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. dxc5 Bc8
29. Qe3 {In my opinion, Q+N are stronger than Q+B in this position. Even if
Black manages to play f6 and e5, White, with the help of the break f4, can
solidly blockade the central pawns and the white queenside pawns will decide
the game.})) 19. Rc2 ({The tempting move} 19. Ne5 {turns out to be
pseudo-active} {The continuation} Rc7 20. Rc2 Nfd7 21. Rfc1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qd8 {
gives Black good play.}) 19... Nbd7 ({The formation} 19... Nfd7 20. Rfc1 Rc6 {
insures Black against immediate unpleasantness, but White retains the
possibility of play on both the queenside, with b3-a4, and on the kingside,
with the help of the advance g4-g5. And the simple exchange of rooks by means
of 21.Nd1 would retain the advantage for White in the endgame.}) (19... a5 {
is premature, since surrendering control of b5 helps White's play:} 20. Rfc1
Qe7 21. a3 $14 Nc4 $140 22. Na4 $1 $36) ({White's queenside play is only
helped by} 19... Nc4 20. Na4 Nd7 21. Rfc1 $36) 20. Rfc1 Rab8 $6 {A planless
move, allowing White to seize the initiative on the queenside.} ({The attempt
to organise counterplay by means of e6-e5} 20... Re8 {allows White to fight
for the advantage in two ways: allow or prevent the move 21..e5} 21. Na4 (21.
Ne5 $5 Qb4 22. Qe3 {/\a3-b4,Na4} Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Ne2 $14 {and White has
a classic advantage}) 21... e5 {White keeps a small advantage after} 22. dxe5 (
22. Nc5 {is no good:} Nxc5 23. dxe5 (23. dxc5 Qc7 $15) 23... Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxe5
25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Rc7 {because of the nice tactic} Re8 $1 28. Rxb7
Qe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kh2 Ng4+ 31. Kh3 Nxf2+ 32. Kh4 Rh1#) 22... Nxe5 23. Nc5
$14) ({In my opinion, the best setup for Black was} 20... Rc7 $1 {/\Rac8. Now
great accuracy is required of White, to obtain even a minimal advantage.} {
I would have had to find the only move} 21. Qe1 $5 {to retain the initiative} (
{Black's position is such that nothing comes from} 21. Nb5 Rxc2 22. Nxd6 Rxc1+
23. Ne1 Rb8 {and only Black can be better}) ({White gets no advantage from} 21.
a3 Rac8 22. b4 a5 $1 $132 {this accurate move, requiring good calculation,
allows Black to achieve an equal game.} 23. bxa5 Qxa3 24. a6 Rxc3 (24... Bxa6
25. Bxa6 Rxc3 26. Bxc8 Qxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Ne1 Rxc8 $11 {is also good
enough for equality}) 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27. axb7 Nb8 {Black
neutralises the b7-pawn without any problems.} 28. Qe5 Nfd7 29. Qe2 Nf6 $11) ({
The immediate} 21. Na4 {allows Black to exchange the most problematic piece,
the Bb7} Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Bc6 $1 23. Nc5 Bb5 24. a3 ({No problems are posed by} 
24. Bxb5 axb5 25. a3 b4 26. a4 b3 $1 $132) 24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 a5 26. Qb3 Qb8
27. Qxb8+ Rxb8 {Black can maintain the balance in the ending without great
problems.}) 21... Rac8 22. Na4 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 {/\b4-Nc5} Bc6 24. Nc5 Qb8 25. b4
$36) 21. Na4 ({White can also permit himself to strengthen the position by
means of} 21. Qe3 $5 Nb6 22. b3 $14 {and Black is completely without
counterplay.}) 21... Ne4 $6 ({Better was} 21... Rxc2 {Now both 22.Qc2, and 22.
Rc2 retain the advantage for White, but Black can defend more easily.} 22. Rxc2
(22. Qxc2 Rc8 {Principled.} 23. Nc5 ({The queen sacrifice gives White nothing:
} 23. Qxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rxc8+ Nf8 25. Nc5 Qb6 (25... N6d7 $5 26. Nxa6 Nb6 27. Rc2
Nc4 $11)) {A stronger move is} 23... a5 {White can fight for the advantage in
two ways:} ({The immediate attempt to break out leaves White with some
advantage:} 23... e5 $5 24. Bf5 $5 (24. Nxe5 $2 Nxc5) ({No advantage comes from
} 24. dxe5 Qb6 $1 25. exf6 Rxc5 26. Qd2 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Nxf6 $11 {[%cal Gf6e4]})
24... exd4 25. b4 d3 26. Qb2 Rc7 27. Bxd3 $14) 24. a3 (24. Qb3 Ba6 $1 {[%csl
Gg1]} 25. Ne1 $1 (25. Bxa6 $140 Qxa6 26. Nxa6 $2 Rxc1+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28. Kh3
Nxf2+ 29. Kh4 Rh1+ 30. Nh2 Rxh2#) 25... Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Ne4 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.
Qb5 Qc7 $1 {With the help of active counterplay, Black can count on equalising,
but here too, great accuracy is required of him.} 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Nf3 Qc1+ 31.
Kh2 Qd1 $1 $11 {Only this move saves the day!} 32. Ne5 (32. Bxe4+ dxe4 33. Nh4
Qxd4 34. Qxf7 Qf6 35. Qxf6 gxf6 $11) 32... Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 24... e5 25.
Qb1 $1 {Thanks to this excellent move, White can continue to fight for the
advantage.} (25. dxe5 Qb6 26. exf6 Rxc5 {leads to equality.}) 25... Nxc5 26.
dxe5 Qe7 27. exf6 Qxf6 28. Bh7+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nd7 31.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Bf5 Nb6 33. Bxc8 Nxc8 34. b5 $14) 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 (30. Qxb4
Qe7 31. Bf5 Rc7 32. Qf4 $36) 30... Na4 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Qa2 Nb6 33. Bd3 {
White has a minimal advantage.}) 22... Bc6 {Black seizes the opportunity to
exchange the passive bishop, but even this does not promise full equality.} (
22... Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc2 Bb7 25. a3 $14 (25. Nc5 $5 $14)) 23. Nc5 Bb5
24. Bxb5 {Best} axb5 ({White has a serious initiative after} 24... Rxb5 25. a4
Rb4 (25... Rb6 26. Ne5) 26. Ne5 $36 Rxd4 (26... Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Rb8 28. Qc2 $14 {
White has a free advantage.}) 27. Ncxd7 Nxd7 28. Rc8+ Nf8 29. Qh5 Qe7 30. Nc6
Qc5 31. Rc7 Ng6 $8 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Qe5 $5 (34. b3 $14) 34...
Rxa4 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qe8 $16) 25. Ne5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Qa6 27. b4 Qa4 {In my
opinion, White has an indisputable advantage, but Black retains chances of a
successful defence.}) 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 ({A pawn is lost after} 22... Rxc8 23.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 $16) 23. Qc2 $1 {A logical and strong move -
White consistently follows his policy of exploiting the bad bishop on c8 which
will be especially noticeable in the endgame.} ({Karpov's suggestion also
looks strong:} 23. Qe1 $1 {White's queen emerges very effectively on a5, after
which Black's defence is extremely difficult.} Bb7 24. Qa5 $16) ({Less
convincing, although also leading to an advantage, is} 23. Qe3 Bb7 24. Qf4 $14)
23... g5 $2 {This looks strange, but it is hard to suggest a sensible
continuation for Black.} ({White has a clear advantage after} 23... Bb7 24. Nc5
Rc8 25. b4 $16) ({The most stubborn looks to be} 23... Ndf6 {Now White has
several promising ways to develop the initiative:} 24. Nc5 {is tempting:} ({
After} 24. a3 Bd7 25. Nc5 a5 26. Ne5 Be8 {Black manages to regroup
successfully, and it is not easy to develop White's advantage, eg.} 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. Rd1 Qd5 29. b3 Bb5 30. a4 Bc6 {Black retains chances of counterplay.}
31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Nxc6 Qxb3 33. Qxb3 Rxb3 34. Ra1 Rd3 35. Nxa5 Rxd4 36. Nb3 Rd3
37. Rb1 $14) ({It is promising to play the preliminary} 24. Ne5 {with the idea
of a subsequent penetration on the c-file, combined with Nc5.} Bd7 25. Nc5 {
However, in this case Black retains defensive resources.} {An interesting move
is} Be8 $5 (25... Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. dxc5 Bb5 (27... Rxb2 {is bad:} 28.
Nxd7 Nxd7 29. c6 $18) 28. Bxb5 axb5 {White has the advantage, although it is
not fully certain that it suffices for victory. Black transfers his knight
from f6 to c7, with chances of a successful defence.}) 26. Nxa6 {is risky:} (
26. Qe2 Rb4 $132) 26... Ra8 27. Nc7 Rc8 $1 {and it is hard for White to unpin.}
) 24... Nxc5 {however, the concrete circumstances allow White to play for the
maximum:} 25. dxc5 $1 ({White should maintain a small positional advantage
after} 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Bd7 27. b3 Bb5 28. Bc2 $14 (28. Ne5)) 25... Qc7
26. Qc3 Ng4 $1 {Black must be ready for active counterplay in the centre} 27.
Re1 a5 28. c6 $5 {Leading to a clear white advantage, without complications} (
28. Nd4 $5 {Stronger} Bd7 ({White has the advantage after} 28... e5 29. Nb5 Qd8
30. f3 Ba6 (30... d4 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Qxa5 $18) 31. fxg4 Bxb5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5
33. Rxe5 $16) 29. c6 Be8 30. Qc5 h5 $1 $132 {however, the cold-blooded} 31. b3
$1 {leaves Black's counterplay adequate} (31. Rc1 $5 {leads to sharper play,
where White also retains chances of an advantage} h4 32. Be2 Nxf2 33. Kxf2
Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 h3 35. gxh3 Qxh3+ 36. Ke1 Qg3+ 37. Kd1) 31... h4 32. gxh4 Qh2+
33. Kf1 Qh1+ (33... Qxh4 34. Nf3 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxg2 36. Rg1 $16) 34. Ke2 Qxg2
35. Nf3 d4 36. Rf1 $16)) 24. Qc7 {White carries out his plan consistently.} ({
White also has the advantage after} 24. Nc5 f5 25. b4 $16) 24... Qxc7 $6 (24...
Bb7 {is bad:} 25. Bxe4 Qxc7 26. Bh7+ $1 {An important intermediate move.} Kxh7
27. Rxc7 Kg7 28. Rxd7 Bc6 29. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 30. Ne5+ Ke8 31. Nxc6 Rc8 32. Ne5
Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 34. Nc5 Rxd4 35. Ned3 $16) 25. Rxc7 {White has a
strategically winning position. It is hard for Black to avoid the exchange of
both his knights for White's bishop and knight, after which the positional
idea of the whole game will be seen in full relief - the advantage of the
knight over the bad bishop on c8.} f6 $2 {Leading immediately to a hopeless
position for Black, however, as Anand said, in a bad position, all moves are
bad.} ({After} 25... Nef6 26. Nc5 Ra8 27. b4 {Black is helpless.}) ({Black
also has a difficult position after} 25... g4 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 $16 {/\Be4}
) ({If} 25... Nd6 26. Nc5 Nf6 27. b3 {Black is paralysed and material losses
are unavoidable.}) 26. Bxe4 $1 {This timely exchange leads to a position where
White's two knights dominate.} dxe4 27. Nd2 f5 28. Nc4 Nf6 ({Also bad is} 28...
Kf8 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 e5 31. c6 Be6 32. Rb7 Rc8 33. Nxe5 $18) 29. Nc5 Nd5
30. Ra7 Nb4 (30... Nf6 31. b3 $18) 31. Ne5 $6 {Not the most accurate, but good
enough to win.} (31. Nd6 Nd5 (31... Nxa2 32. Rc7 $18) 32. b3 $18 {White's
winning plan is: a4-a5, transfer the Kg1 to the centre to neutralise the black
PP and after the exchange on c8, White plays Ra6 and the queenside PP decide
the game.}) 31... Nc2 $1 {Anand seizes the micro-chance offered him.} 32. Nc6
Rxb2 33. Rc7 Rb1+ $2 ({Black could have obtained chances to save the game by} 
33... e3 $142 34. fxe3 Nxe3 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Ne5 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1
Rf2 39. Ncd3 $18 ({After} 39. Nf7+ Kg7 40. Nxg5+ Kg6 41. Nh3 Rf1+ 42. Ng1 f4
43. gxf4 Rxf4 {little material remains, but White retains chances to win after}
44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rg3)) 34. Kh2 e3 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ {White organises a
mating attack with minimal forces.} Kh8 37. Ne5 ({Also possible is} 37. Nd7 Kg7
38. Nce5 {/\39.Nf6+ Kxf6 40.Rf7#} Nxd4 39. Nf6+ $1 {This effective move,
forcing mate, would have pleased the spectators.} ({I would probably have
played} 39. fxe3 $18) 39... Kxf6 40. f4 Nf3+ 41. gxf3 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 g4+ 43. fxg4
fxg4+ 44. Kxg4 h5+ 45. Kf3 Rf2+ 46. Ke4 {and mate is unavoidable.}) 37... e2 (
37... exf2 38. Nxe6 Rh1+ (38... f1=N+ 39. Kh3 g4+ 40. Kh4 $18) 39. Kxh1 f1=Q+
40. Kh2 $18) 38. Nxe6 $1 {I was pleased that in the world championship match,
I managed to play a game in the style of Akiba Rubinstein, where the whole
strategic thread was followed from beginning to the end.} (38. Nxe6 e1=Q (38...
Rh1+ 39. Kxh1 e1=Q+ 40. Kh2 $18) 39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. Rg7#) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 ({In Game 3 Gelfand went for the Grünfeld with} 
3... d5 {and although the opening didn't go too badly for him, he got into
serious trouble later on. Probably suspecting a potent improvement by his
opponent, he decided to deviate early on.}) ({Black's move forces a Benoni
structure immediately, as after} 3... Bg7 4. e4 c5 {White can consider} 5. Ne2
{with a possible transposition to Maroczy lines.}) 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 (
6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 {is the most usual Sämisch/Benoni set-up, but Anand has
something else on his mind.} e6 (7... h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7
11. Nh3 Nh7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nf2 h5 14. O-O f5 15. Rae1 g5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17.
Nfe4 Nf7 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nf7 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bd3 $16 {Mamedyarov,S (2731)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nge2
Nbd7 11. Ng3 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rac1 b4 15. Nd1 a5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17.
Ne3 Nb6 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. f4 Raa8 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23.
Rxc5 Nfd7 24. Rc2 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. d6 Qe6 $13 {/=/+,Dreev,A (2711)
-Khairullin,I (2642)/St Petersburg/2011/}) 6... O-O 7. Nec3 $5 {Rather unusual,
but the underlying idea is sound enough. Instead of bothering to find a good
square for the Ne2, White will rather look for another post for his Nb1 - it
might go to a3, or more probably to d2 after Be3(g5).} ({The more standard
alternative is} 7. Nbc3 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 ({Inserting} 9... a6 10. a4
h5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nh7 {allows White to flick in} 13. a5 $1 Qc7 14. Bh6 b6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Be2 bxa5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Rxa4 Bd7
21. Rxa5 $36 {Gupta,A (2587)-Vorobiov,E (2592)/Kavala/2010/}) 10. Be2 h5 {
More enterprising is} 11. Bg5 $5 {a recent high-level encounter featured} ({
Too soft is} 11. O-O a6 12. a4 h4 13. Nh1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bd4 (14... f5 $5) 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qg5 17. Rad1 f5 18. exf5 Nf4 19. g3 Rxf5 20. Bd3 Nh3+ 21.
Kg2 Nf4+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Nf4+ {1/2,Spassky,B (2565)-Polgar,J (2595)/
Budapest m/1993/}) 11... Qb6 12. Qb3 $146 (12. Qd2 Nh7 13. Bh4 $5 (13. Be3 h4
14. Nf1 Ne5 15. g4 Qd8 16. h3 b5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. O-O-O Rb8 20. Nh2
Qa5 {Thaler,A-Pavlovic,M (2461)/Biel/2000/} 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nf3 $132) 13...
c4 (13... g5 14. Bxg5 Nxg5 15. Nxh5 Nh7 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 Qd8 18. h4 a6 19.
O-O-O b5 20. g5 b4 21. Nb1 Qe7 22. Rdg1 Rg8 23. h5 Kf8 24. g6 $44 {Sandipan,C 
(2585)-Caspi,I (2417)/Zuerich/2009/}) 14. Bxc4 Ne5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f4 Ng4 17.
Bxg4 hxg4 18. Nge2 Nf6 19. Bf2 Qb4 20. Ng3 Qc4 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 b5 23. a3
a5 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Rfe8 26. Bd4 Nh5 $11 {Gupta,A (2580)-Atabayev,M (2355)/
Dubai/2011/}) 12... Qc7 $1 13. O-O Nh7 14. Be3 a6 15. a4 h4 16. Nh1 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. Bd2 (18. f4 Re8 19. Bf2 Bd4 $5 $132) 18... f4 19. Nf2 Ne5 20. Nce4 Nf6
21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. a5 Rae8 25. Rae1 Bc8 $13 {
Tomashevsky,E (2738)-Grischuk,A (2761)/Moscow Tal mem/2012/}) 7... Nh5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] After long thought Gelfand comes up with a novelty.} ({Instead of the
provocative text-move, more natural is} 7... e6 {, which has been Black's most
usual choice in the past:} 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4
Nbd7 12. Be2 Nh7 13. O-O Re8 14. Qd2 h5 15. h3 f5 16. Kh1 Ndf6 17. Bd3 h4 18.
Bf4 Nh5 19. Bh2 f4 (19... Ng3+ 20. Bxg3 hxg3 $132) 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 g5
22. Qd2 Be5 23. Ne2 Qf6 $44 {Gil Capape,J (2400)-Cortes Bueno,J/Spain/1992/})
8... Na6 9. Be2 Nc7 10. a4 Nfe8 11. Qd2 f5 12. O-O Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxc5 Rf7
15. dxe6 $6 (15. d6 $5) 15... Nxe6 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. N1c3 Be6 19.
Bf2 Bf8 20. Rad1 a6 21. Na3 Nd4 $36 {Sadler,M (2667)-Tkachiev,V (2634)/Enghien
les Bains/1999/}) ({Also interesting is queenside development with} 7... Na6 $5
8. Be2 Nc7 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Na3 Nfe8 13. Qd2 e6 14. a5 b5
15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Rfb1 Qb8 17. Ra2 Rb4 18. Bg5 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bd3 Rf7 21.
dxe6 Nxe6 22. Nd5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Nf6 $1 $15 {Laznicka,V (2596)-Polzin,R (2480)/
Bundesliga/2007/}) 8. Bg5 {I suspect both players were more or less out of
their preparation, as the position has an unforced character and can hardly be
analysed at home in great detail. Therefore Anand proceeds with caution and
opts for a reasonanble, but not too obvious move his opponent might not have
taken into account.} ({The main test of Black's concept must be} 8. g4 $5 {
, although this tempting move is quite double-edged. It occurred only 3 days
later and led to a tactical fight after} Nf6 9. h4 (9. Be3 $5) 9... e6 10. h5
a6 11. a4 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Kf2 Re8
17. h6 Bh8 18. g5 b5 $2 (18... Nh5 $5 $132 {/\} 19. f4 Ng4+ $1 20. Bxg4 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Qxe4 22. Bd2 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qd3 24. Rhd1 Ng3 $1 25. Qf3 Nh1+ 26. Rxh1
Qxd2+ 27. Kg1 Qb2 $44) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Naxb5 Rxb5 21. Nxb5 Neg4+ 22. fxg4
Nxe4+ 23. Kg2 Ng3 24. Re1 {1-0,Ivanisevic,I (2655)-Aliyev,T (2258)/Wheeling/
2012/}) 8... Bf6 {Anand was surprised by this move, as exchanging the
dark-squared bishops might be a mixed blessing: While strategically sound, it
might somewhat weaken the kingside defences.} ({Instead he suggested the
reasonable} 8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Bh4 Nd7 $13) 9... f5 $5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qd2 f4
12. Bf2 Nd7 $132 {[%cal Yd7e5]}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Be3 $5 {[%csl Rf6,Rh5][%cal Yg2g4]
seems more to the point, leaving Black's kingside pieces looking rather
awkward.}) 9... exf6 {Anand in his notes said that after the swap on f6 he
envisioned the position on move 12 as favourable for White. However, he
doesn't discuss} (9... Nxf6 $5 {, which seems at least a very decent
alternative:} 10. Qd2 e5 $132) 10. Qd2 $5 {Once again a safe choice.} (10. g4 {
is very committal. While} Nf4 11. Qd2 g5 12. h4 Nd7 13. Qh2 h5 (13... Ne5 14.
Nd2 h5 {-13...h5}) 14. gxh5 (14. hxg5 fxg5 15. gxh5 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qf6 $44 {
is a position Anand definitely wanted to avoid.}) 14... Ne5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4]}
15. Nd2 Kh8 $13 {is probably objectively unclear, Black's powerful knights are
difficult to dislodge and in practice his position is easier to play.} (15...
b5 $5 16. cxb5 a6 $44)) 10... f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 (11... Re8+ 12. Kd1 Bxf5 13. g4
{- 11...Bxf5.}) (11... Qh4+ 12. Kd1 (12. Qf2 Qe7+ 13. Qe2 (13. Kd1 Bxf5 14. g4
Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nf4 {is a line White wants to avoid, therefore he controls the
f4-square.}) 13... Qh4+ $11) 12... Bxf5 (12... Ng3 $2 13. Qf2 Nxf5 14. Qxh4
Nxh4 15. Nb5 $16) 13. g4 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Ng7 (14... Ng3 $2 15. Qe1 $18) 15. Kc2
Nd7 16. Qe1 $5 {is Shipov's suggestion, the resulting endgame after} Qxe1 17.
Rxe1 $11 {/+/= gives White a small, but riskless edge.}) 12. g4 $1 {Once the
position becomes more concrete, Anand doesn't hesitate. After other moves
Black is perfectly OK:} (12. Na3 Qh4+ $5 (12... Re8+ 13. Kf2 Nf6 $11 {/=/+})
13. Kd1 Ng7 $36) 12... Re8+ $6 {Inaccurate, as it chases the king into a safer
place.} (12... Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Ng7 (13... Nf6 14. h4 $36 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yh4h5]})
14. h4 h5 15. Kd1 Nd7 16. Kc2 Ne5 17. Be2 $14 {Anand}) (12... Qh4+ $142 $5 13.
Kd1 (13. Qf2 Re8+ 14. Be2 Qg5 $1 {/\} 15. gxf5 $2 Qc1+ 16. Nd1 Nf4 $19) 13...
Bxb1 {transposes into the 11...Qh4+ line.}) 13. Kd1 (13. Be2 $6 Qh4+ 14. Kd1
Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nf6 (15... Ng7 $5) 16. Nb5 Na6 17. Nxd6 Re7 18. a3 {[%cal Yd1c2]}
Rd8 19. Nb5 h5 $1 20. gxh5 (20. g5 Ne4 $1 21. fxe4 Qxe4 $17 {is a beautiful
line Gelfand considered and hoped for...}) 20... Nxh5 $44) 13... Bxb1 14. Rxb1
Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A heavy tactical error, which loses by force. Black had to
retreat modestly:} (14... Nf6 15. Kc2 $36 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yh2h5]} (15. h4 $40)) (
14... Ng7 15. h4 $36 {Although White is better in both cases, the game is
still far from over. Gelfand wants to avoid this an secure the f4-square for
his knight...}) 15. gxh5 $1 ({With the text-move possible, there was no need
to calculate and evaluate the consequences of} 15. Kc2 Nf4 16. Ne4 Rxe4 $5 (
16... Qe5 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Bd3 $14) 17. fxe4 Nd7 $44) 15... Qxf3+ 16. Kc2 Qxh1
17. Qf2 {[%cal Rf1h3,Rf1d3]} (17. Qf2 {Resignation is hardly premature, as
after} Nc6 (17... Na6 18. a3 $5 $18 (18. Bd3 Nb4+ 19. Kd2 Nxd3 20. Kxd3 $18) (
18. Bh3 $18)) 18. dxc6 $8 {White's minor pieces dominate Black's rook:} (18.
Bd3 $4 Nd4+ 19. Kd2 Qf3) 18... Qxc6 19. Bg2 (19. Bd3 Re5 20. Rf1 $18 {->})
19... Qc8 (19... Qd7 20. Nd5 $18) 20. Rf1 $18 (20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rf1 $18)) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {After the fiasco in game seven in the Semi-Slav, Anand changes his
opening.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {I suppose that Anand expected 3.Nf3, but also here
Boris had a slight surprise up his sleeve.} Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 {In game eleven Anand came up with a less common, but
well prepared 8...Bd7. However, we are currently in game nine.} 9. exd4 b6 10.
Bg5 Bb7 {Neither player is looking at this position for the first time.} 11.
Qe2 (11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Nh5
17. Ng5 g6 18. Nh3 e5 19. f3 Qd6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805)/
Sofia 2010/CBM 136 (83)}) (11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. Rac1 Qc6 16. f3 Rac8 17. Bd3 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T 
(2567)-Gelfand,B (2701)/Leon 2001/CBM 086 (26)}) 11... Nbd7 {This position is
very standard and may arise both from the Nimzo-Indian and the Panov Attack in
the Caro-Kann. White has an isolated pawn, which is normally a drawback.
However, as long as there are a lot of pieces on the board, he is in
possession of an initiative.} 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 {This is,
obviously, stronger than 14.Rxc3. In general, in this type of position the
exchanges favour Black.} Qc7 15. c4 Bxf3 $2 {This is a typical idea, but it
works only if Black may follow with e6-e5 thrust, forcing White to make a
concession in the centre. The developing move 15...Rfe8, played by Anatoly
Karpov among others, is the recommended continuation.} (15... Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h6
17. Bd2 (17. Bh4 Nh5 $11) 17... Bxf3 (17... Qd6 18. Bc3 Ng4 19. h3 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Ngf6 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. fxg3 Red8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek,R 
(2721)-Meier,G (2650)/Mulhouse 2011/CBM 142 Extra (27)}) 18. Qxf3 e5 19. Qg3 $6
(19. d5 Nc5 20. Bb1 $13) 19... exd4 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Bf4 Qc6 $15 {0-1
Portisch,L (2630)-Karpov,A (2725)/Bugojno 1978/MCL (40)}) (15... h6 16. Bh4
Rfe8 {is also perfectly playable.}) 16. Qxf3 Rfe8 {Now Anand realised that 16..
.e5 doesn't work in view of 17.Bf5, so he continues the development like
nothing had happened. Of course, without the e6-e5 thrust the exchange on f3
makes no sense. White now has a clear advantage. During the game some online
commentators claimed that White's position is already nearly winning thanks to
the strong centre and powerful bishops. I wouldn't be so harsh, the whole
fight still lies ahead.} (16... e5 $2 17. Bf5 Rce8 18. c5 $1 exd4 19. c6 Ne5
20. Qf4 Nh5 (20... Nd5 21. Qxd4 Ne7 22. Bd7 $18) 21. Qxd4 f6 (21... h6 22. Qh4
$1 hxg5 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qxg5 f6 25. Qg3 $18) 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Bd7
$18) 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bh4 Qd6 19. c5 $6 {Critical moment. After a long
meditation Boris decided to force matters. This is quite a human decision,
after the forthcoming massive simplifications White will keep winning chances.
However, it would have been more unpleasant for Anand if Gelfand could keep
the tension and try to improve his position step by step. The breakthrough
c4-c5 is always on the agenda, and the threat is usually stronger than the
execution.} (19. a3 $1 {I like this move, which covers the b4-square. It's not
easy at all to make a useful move for Black.} Qe7 (19... e5 $6 20. Bf5 exd4 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc2 $1 Rd8 24. Rcd2 Qe5 25. Qg3 {An extra exchange
should prevail eventually.}) (19... Qc6 $2 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. c5 $1 bxc5 22. Bb5
Rc7 23. Bg3 Rb7 24. Bc6 Rb6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. dxc5 $18 {A good illustration of
the bishop's power.}) 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Rcd1 Kh8 {It seems that the best Black
can do is just to wait, but from a psychological point of view this is very
unpleasant.} (21... Qc6 $6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. c5 $1 bxc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bb5
Rc7 26. dxc5 Re7 27. c6 Ne5 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Re3 h5 30. Rc3 {Black's rooks are
paraysed, I don't think he can hold this position.}) 22. Bf1 Kg8 23. h3 {
White doesn't have anything decisive and should slowly improve his position.
Meanwhile, Black has to be very careful not to blunder some breakthrough in
the centre. It would have been a difficult task even for such a great defender
as Anand.}) 19... bxc5 {Now the play becomes forced for a while.} 20. dxc5 Rxc5
21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd6 Rxc1+ 23. Rd1 Rec8 {Black has sufficient material
equivalent for the queen. Without the a-pawns it would be just equality.
However, the Pa7 will soon become a target for White's queen.} 24. h3 Ne5 25.
Qe2 Ng6 $1 {A good example of great chess understanding. It's important for
Black to eliminate White's bishop. It's unlikely that a lone queen will break
Black's fortress. Spoiling the pawn structure is less significant.} 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. Rxc1 ({An interesting alternative was} 27. Kh2 $5 {Now Black should
be careful, the exchange of rooks is not as safe for him as in the game.} {
So, it seems that after 27.Kh2 Black has to keep the rooks:} R1c2 $1 (27...
Rxd1 $2 28. Qxd1 Rc7 {In the game the same position arose with the queen on e2.
The difference is huge. After} 29. Qd8 {Black is not in time to regroup.}) (
27... R8c2 $2 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Rxc1 (29. a4 $2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Rxf2 31. Qd4 Ra2
32. Qxa7 Nf4 33. Qa8 e5 34. a5 Ng6 35. a6 e4 {The a- and e-pawns will be
exchanged and the draw is inevitable.}) 29... Rxc1 30. h4 $1 Rc5 (30... Ne5 31.
Qa3 Rc7 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. f4 Nc4 34. Qc3 f5 35. h5) 31. Qa3 Rc7 32. h5 Ne5 33.
Qg3+ Kh7 34. f4 Nc4 35. Qc3 {In both cases Black's construction is too shaky
to be true.}) 28. Rd2 R2c7 {He should hold with tenacious defense.}) 27...
Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc7 {The rook is going to be tied to the defence of the Pa7.} 29.
Qb2 Kg7 ({It was possible to play} 29... f5 {immediatly. The penetration of
White's queen is not dangerous as everything is protected.} 30. Qf6 Nf4 31. g4
Nd5 32. Qd4 f4 {and Black holds.}) 30. a4 {Running the pawn to a6 which will
allow White to put his queen even on b7.} Ne7 31. a5 Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 32. a6
Kh7 33. Qd4 (33. g4 $5 {was perhaps a better try, but it's still not enough
against the correct defence. Here is how the game could proceed:} Kg7 34. Kg3
Rc3+ 35. f3 Rc6 36. Qb7 Rc7 37. f4 h5 $1 (37... Rc3+ $6 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Ke1
Rc7 40. f5 {Black should not allow this as now the knight and all the fortress
is under pressure.}) 38. g5 (38. gxh5 f5 39. Kh4 Kh7 40. Qb8 Kg7 $11) 38...
fxg5 39. fxg5 Kg6 40. h4 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 Rc7 42. Qb2 {[%cal Gb2h8]} Kh7 43. Qb8 (
43. Qe2 Kg6 44. Qe4+ Kg7 45. g6 fxg6 46. Qxe6 Nf6 $11) 43... Kg7 44. Kf3 Rc3+
45. Ke2 Rc7 {White is not able to make further progress.}) 33... f5 $1 34. f4 (
34. g4 f4 {is not dangerous for Black.}) 34... Rd7 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Qh8 Nf6 37.
Qb8 h5 $1 {This move fights against the advance g2-g4. The g5-square will be
covered by a neat tactical trick that Anand obviously saw in advance.} 38. Kh4
Kh6 39. Qb2 Kg6 40. Qc3 Ne4 41. Qc8 (41. Qf3 Nf6 42. Qg3+ Kh7 43. Qg5 $4 {
falls into a trap.} Ne4 44. Qxh5+ Kg7 $19 {[%csl Rh4,Rh5][%cal Gd7d8,Gd8h8]})
41... Nf6 42. Qb8 Re7 43. g4 {The last chance to break through.} hxg4 44. hxg4
fxg4 45. Qe5 Ng8 $1 {[%mdl 256] Precision till the end.} ({It wasn't too late
to lose the game:} 45... Nd5 $2 46. Qg5+ Kh7 47. f5 f6 48. Qd2 $18) 46. Qg5+
Kh7 47. Qxg4 f6 {Now it's a safe fortress for Black.} 48. Qg2 Kh8 49. Qe4 Kg7 {
A certain disappointment for Gelfand who got a great position out of the
opening. Anand proved once again that he is a great defender and therefore a
really tough nut to crack.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Offensichtlich wollte Anand nicht in die
Hauptvarianten der Sweschnikow-Variante gehen.} e6 {Das ist wohl der
interessanteste Zug von allen moeglichen. Prinzipielle Alternativen sind 3...
g6 und 3...Qb6.} (3... g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. d3 Qe7 8. Be3 Nf6
9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd2 Nf8 11. Bh6 f6 12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Nh2 Ne6 14. Ne2 $14) (3...
Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc6 $1 {Weiß muss sofort auf c6 nehmen, im nächsten Zug wäre
es zu spät.} (5. O-O Nge7 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 Na5 8. e5 d5 9. exd6 Nf5 10. Bb3 Nxb3
11. axb3 Bxd6 $11 {Simonian - Inarkiev (Warsaw, 2010)}) 5... Qxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Qc7 8. O-O a6 9. Re1 d6 10. Bg5 $1 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qd2 $14 {Akopian
- Roy Chowdhury (Port Erin, 2006)}) 4. Bxc6 $1 {Das ist die moderne
Fortsetzung, die sicherlich auch die besten Chancen für Weiß bietet.} (4. O-O
Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 d5 9. e5 d4 $132) 4... bxc6 5. b3 {
Das ist eine Nebenvariante, die zu nichts führt. Die prinzipielle Fortsetzung
ist 5.d3.} e5 $5 {Ein seltener, aber interessanter Zug. Normalerweise spielt
man 5...Ne7.} (5... Ne7 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. O-O f6 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 d5 $132 {Dolmatov
- Sherbakov (Moscow, 1992)}) 6. Nxe5 {Die prinzipiellste Antwort.} (6. O-O $6
d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qf6 12. Qc4
Rc8 13. Nc3 Qxf3 14. Qa6 Qg4+ 15. Kh1 Qf3+ 16. Kg1 $11) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6
10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Na3 Ne7 $11 {Melamed - Strutinskaya (Ukraine, 1996)}) 6... Qe7
7. Bb2 {Nach diesem Zug gleicht Schwarz forciert aus. Der Zug 7.d4, den Anand
später im Schnellschach gespielt hat, sieht stärker aus.} (7. d4 d6 8. Nxc6
Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7 11. Na5 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Be4 (12... Bh3 13. dxc5
dxc5 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rg5 $16 {Anand - Gelfand 
(Moscow, 2012)}) 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Ba8 16. Bf4 $14 {/\Nb5})
7... d6 8. Nc4 {Der Bauer c6 ist tabu.} (8. Nxc6 $4 Qc7 $19) 8... d5 $1 {
Es ist sehr wichtig, die lange Diagonale zu schließen, bevor Schwarz auf e4
nehmen kann.} (8... Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 $1 {Mit den Damen auf dem Brett ist die
Stellung von Schwarz sehr gefährlich.} (9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Nf6 (10... Ba6
11. d3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 O-O-O 13. Nd2 $14) 11. Re1 Be7 12. d3 Be6 13. Nbd2 Kd7 $11
) 9... Nf6 (9... Qg6 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Ne2 $14) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3
Qg6 12. Qf3 $16 {Shaposhnikov - Bocharov (Kazan, 2001)}) 9. Ne3 (9. Ne5 f6 $1
10. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 a5 $3 13. Bc3 d4 14. Bxa5 Bd7 $17) 9...
d4 {Nun ist die lange Diagonale zu.} 10. Nc4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Be6
13. d3 (13. Nba3 Nf6 $11 {Der Springer auf a3 macht nichts.}) 13... Nf6 {
Das Nehmen auf c4 käme zu früh. Weiß hätte genug Zeit, um sich zu entwickeln
und einen kleinen Vorteil zu bekommen.} (13... Bxc4 14. dxc4 Nf6 15. Nd2 O-O-O
16. Rae1 Bd6 17. h3 {Um ...Ng4 zu verhindern.} Rhe8+ 18. Kd3 $14) 14. Nbd2
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 {Man könnte denken, dass Weiß Vorteil hat, weil Schwarz
Schwächen am Damenflügel hat. Doch in Wirklichkeit kann Weiß den Bauern c5
nicht angreifen, weil Schwarz über sehr gute Verteidigungsresourcen verfügt,
nämlich Nd5-Nb4.} (15. a4 {Die Idee a4-a5-a6-Ra5-Ba3 ist offensichtlich zu
langsam.} Re8 16. Kf1 Nd5 17. a5 Nb4 18. Rc1 Kb7 $15) 15... Be7 16. Kf1 (16. a4
Rhe8 17. Kf1 Nd5 18. a5 Nb4 19. Rac1 Bg5 $15) (16. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 17. dxe4 f5 (
17... Bxc4+ 18. bxc4 Kd7 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Ba3 Rb6 21. Kd3 Rhb8 22. Rb3 $14) 18.
e5 (18. exf5 Bxf5 $15 {Die Schwäche des Bauerns c2 macht sich bemerkbar.})
18... Bd5 $132) 16... Rhe8 17. Ba3 {Das positionelle Opfer auf e6 bringt Weiß
nicht genug Gegenspiel.} (17. Rxe6 $6 fxe6 18. Re1 Bf8 19. Nf3 h6 20. Na5 Kc7
21. Ne5 Nd5 22. Naxc6 Rd6 23. Na5 Ra6 24. Nec4 Be7 $15 {Weiss hat einen Bauern
für die Qualität gewonnen, doch seine Figuren sind alle passiv und Schwarz
steht besser.}) 17... Nd5 {Der Springer geht nach b4, um die Wirkung des
Läufers zu neutralisieren.} 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Re2 (19. Bxb4 cxb4 {Schwarz kann
nun auf c4 nehmen und dann ...f5 spielen. Weiß hat keinen Vorteil. Wenn er
versucht, aktiv zu spielen, kommt er selbst in Gefahr.} 20. a3 $2 Bxc4 21. bxc4
bxa3 22. c5 f5 $1 {und Schwarz kommt in Vorteil.} 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. cxd6 Rxe1+
25. Kxe1 Kb7 26. Rxa3 c5 $17) 19... Bxc4 20. bxc4 (20. dxc4 f5 21. Ng3 g6 22.
Rae1 Kd7 $15 {Die Stellung von Schwarz ist angenehmer, weil er Raumvorteil hat.
Die Schwächen der schwarzen Bauernstruktur können nicht ausgenutzt werden.})
20... f5 21. Bxb4 (21. Ng3 g6 22. Rae1 Kd7 $11) 21... cxb4 {Erzwungen.} (21...
fxe4 $4 22. Ba5 exd3 23. cxd3 Rd7 24. Rae1 $16) 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24.
Nb3 c5 25. a3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen, weil nach 25....bxa3 Weiß 26.
Rxa3 und dann 27.Ra5 spielt.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Nimzoindisch hat Gelfand auch früher schon gespielt.
Prinzipiell hat diese Eröffnung einen Nachteil - Schwarz wählt aus, was aufs
Brett kommt.} Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd7 $1 {
Das Rufzeichen ist nur für die Überraschung! - das ist am wichtigsten. Rein
objektiv ist er eher schwächer als die Alternativen, daran ändert auch diese
Partie nichts.} 9. a3 {Ist es überhaupt sinnvoll, diesen Zug einzuschieben? Im
Falle man später auf c5 schlägt, ist es besser der schwarze Läufer ist schon
nach a5 getrieben. Entwickelt sich das Spiel aber so, dass der Springer von c3
verschwindet, dann stünde der Läufer ziemlich einsam auf b4.} (9. Qe2 Bc6 10.
Rd1 Bxc3 $5 (10... Nbd7 $6 11. d5 $1) (10... Qe7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bd2 $14) 11.
bxc3 Nbd7 12. Bb3 Qa5 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qh5 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Qg4 17. Bg3
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 19. Rad1 (19. Red1 $5) 19... Qb6 20. Ba4 Red8 21. Bh4 Nc5
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Nxa4 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. Qxh7 Qc5 27. Rxe6+
fxe6 28. Qg6+ {1/2-1/2 (28) Jussupow,A (2585)-Feller,S (2522) Moscow 2008})
9... Ba5 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bc6 11. Ne5 Bd5 12. Be2 cxd4 13. cxd4 $14) 10. Qe2
Bc6 11. Rd1 Bxc3 $5 {Neuerung, aber die Idee ist gar nicht neu. So wurde schon
gespielt ohne den Einschub von a3 (s.o. Jussupow-Feller), und auch mit der
schwarzen Dame auf e7.} (11... Nbd7 12. d5 $1 {sollte Weiß ein kleines Plus
geben.}) 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 ({Jussupow hatte} 13. Bb3 {gespielt (mit dem
Bauern auf a2), später spielte es eine Rolle, dass die weiße Dame ungedeckt
war.}) 13... Qa5 $1 {Die Dame agiert als Störenfried, vor den eigenen Linien
steht sie besser als zum Beispiel auf e7.} 14. c4 (14. e4 {ist sicher spielbar,
führt aber zu einer ziemlich unklaren Stellung. Am Brett war es für Gelfand
vermutlich bereits schwer einzuschätzen, mit welcher Antwort zu rechnen sei,
und Anand war hier natürlich noch in seiner Vorbereitung.} Qxc3 (14... c4 15.
Bc2 Qxc3 16. Rb1 $44) 15. Bd2 Qb3 $44) (14. Bd2 {kam schon eher in Frage.})
14... cxd4 15. exd4 Qh5 16. Bf4 $1 Rac8 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 (17. gxf3 {
ist auch spielbar, gefällt mir aber weniger, vielleicht wird die geschwächte
weiße Struktur doch mal eine Rolle spielen.}) 17... Qxf3 18. gxf3 $14) 17. Ne5
{Der Tausch eines Springerpaares schränkt die weißen Spielmöglichkeiten ein.
Das Bauernduo c4/d4 wird anfälliger. Aber Gelfand, der bereits an 9.a3 über
eine halbe Stunde nachgedacht hatte und nun wenig Zeit besaß, wollte hier wohl
intuitiv die Stellung vereinfachen.} (17. Nd2 $142 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 {allerdings
könnte Schwarz mit} Ne4 {den Tausch eines Springerpaares erzwingen, wenngleich
unter ungünstigeren Umständen als in der Partie.}) (17. Rab1 $5) (17. a4 {
hat Gelfand selbst in der Pressekonferenz vorgeschlagen.}) 17... Qxe2 18. Bxe2
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rfd8 20. a4 $6 {Dafür ist noch keine Zeit, denn die weißen
Figuren stehen nicht optimal.} (20. f3 $5 {kontrolliert e4, aber man macht
solch einen Zug nicht gern.} Nd7 21. Bg3 Nb6 {würde a3-a4 unterbinden, aber
diese Stellung lässt sich besser spielen als die Partie.}) 20... Ne4 $1 {
Jetzt gleicht Schwarz völlig aus.} 21. Rd3 f6 $1 22. Bf4 Be8 23. Rb3 Rxd4 24.
Be3 Rd7 (24... Rd7 25. Bxa7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.05.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 5. d3 {Das ist die prinzipielle
Fortsetzung. In der 10. Partie spielte Anand 5.b3.} Ne7 6. b3 d6 $5 $146 {
Auch das alte 6...Ng6 sieht gut aus.} (6... Ng6 $5 7. Bb2 {Sowohl nach 7...f6
wie auch 7...d6 kann Weiß nicht 8.e5 spielen.} f6 (7... d6 8. Nbd2 (8. e5 $2
dxe5 9. Nbd2 (9. Nxe5 Qf6 (9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qd5 11. Qe2 Qxg2 $17) 10. Nc4 $16
) 9... f6 10. a4 Nf4 11. g3 Nd5 $17 {Lakos - Peter (Hungary, 2000)}) 8... e5 9.
Nc4 $11) 8. Nbd2 (8. e5 $2 fxe5 9. h4 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qg5 11. Bg3 Be7
$15) 9... d6 10. h5 Nf4 11. g3 Nd5 $17) 8... e5 9. Nc4 d5 10. Ne3 Be6 $132) 7.
e5 {Weiß versucht etwas Neues.} Ng6 (7... dxe5 $5 {Es ist nicht klar, wie Weiß
den Bauern zurückgewinnen würde.} 8. Bb2 (8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nc4 Qxa1 10. Bb2 Qxa2
11. Nc3 Qa6 12. Nd6+ Kd7 13. Nxf7 Rg8 $19) 8... f6 9. O-O Nd5 $15 {Wenn Weiß
den Bauern c5 mit dem Läufer von a3 angreifen will, kommt immer wieder der
Springer nach b4. Ich denke, Schwarz hat bessere Chancen.}) 8. h4 (8. Bb2 {
-> 6...Ng6}) (8. exd6 Qf6 9. d4 Bxd6 10. Nc3 Qf5 (10... cxd4 11. Bg5 Qf5 12.
Qxd4 Bc7 13. Qxg7 Ba6 14. Qd4 $14) 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 O-O-O $132) 8... Nxe5 {
Der stärkste Zug.} (8... dxe5 $2 9. h5 Nf4 10. g3 Nd5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nc4 $14)
(8... h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. Nc3 $132) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2
{Das Problem für Schwarz in dieser Stellung ist, dass er sich kaum bewegen
kann. Er hat zwar einen Bauern mehr, doch ohne Springer kann er überhaupt
keine Aktivität zeigen. Der Bauer c5 ist eine dauerhafte Schwäche und falls
Weiß später an den Bauern ran kommt, wird seine Stellung besser sein.} c4 $1 {
Die direkteste und einfachste Lösung des Problems.} (10... Qd4 11. Rb1 Be7 (
11... f6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qf3 $16) 12. Nc4 f6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Be3
Qd5 16. O-O $44 {Weiß hat Kompensation wegen der Unbeweglichkeit der schwarzen
Bauernstruktur.}) 11. Nxc4 Ba6 {Die Idee von Schwarz ist es, ...e4 zu spielen.}
12. Qf3 {Weiß kann nicht rochieren, weil der Bauer h4 hängt.} (12. h5 e4 13.
dxe4 Bxc4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. bxc4 Rd4 $11) (12. O-O Qxh4 13. Nxe5 Bd6 $132) (
12. Bb2 Bxc4 13. dxc4 (13. bxc4 $2 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 $15) 13... Qa5+
14. Kf1 (14. Qd2 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 $15) 14... Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 $11) 12... Qd5 $1
{Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, doch er bekommt dafür ausgezeichnetes Spiel.} ({
Passive Verteidigung führt zu einer schwierigen Stellung:} 12... Rc8 13. Bb2
Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qa5+ {Wenn Schwarz langsam spielt, steht er einfach etwas
schlechter, weil Weiß die bessere Bauernstruktur hat.} 15. Kf1 Ba3 (15... Be7
$2 16. Qg3 Bf6 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Rh3 $16) 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4
18. Qg3 O-O 19. Qxe5 $14) (12... Bxc4 $4 13. Qxc6+ Ke7 14. Ba3+ Kf6 15. Qf3+
Kg6 16. Qg4+ Kh6 17. Bc1+ $18) 13. Qxd5 {Weiß hatte keine Wahl.} cxd5 14. Nxe5
f6 15. Nf3 e5 {Für den Bauern hat Schwarz nun drei Vorteile: starkes Zentrum,
das Läuferpaar und die c-Linie.} 16. O-O (16. c4 e4 $1 17. dxe4 dxc4 18. bxc4 (
18. O-O cxb3 $11) 18... Bxc4 $44 {Nun steckt der weiße König im Zentrum fest
und wird das Angriffsziel der schwarzen Figuren.}) 16... Kf7 {Schwarz will
seinen zweiten Turm ins Spiel bringen, dabei steht der König am besten näher
zum Zentrum.} 17. c4 Be7 18. Be3 {Weiß hat keine Wahl, das Nehmen auf d5 führt
nur zur Schwierigkeiten.} (18. cxd5 Rhd8 19. Be3 Bxd3 20. Rfd1 Rxd5 $15) 18...
Bb7 {Schwarz will nun mit a5-a4 fortfahren.} 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 a5 (20...
Rhc8 {führt ebenfalls zum Ausgleich.} 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bb6 Bxb3
24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 $11) 21. Bc5 Rhd8 22. Bxe7 {Die nächsten Züge wären wohl
22...Kxe7 23.Rc7 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 und wegen der Drohung ...a4 oder ...Bxf3 hat
Schwarz genug Kompensation um völlig auszugleichen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand playoff +1-0=3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.05.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 {With the queen on c2 White can claim to have at least
minimally better development. Black is conceding as much, but the disadvantage
is so small as to be nearly negligible.} exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. b3
$146 {The modest novelty is unpleasant for Black, as he must have concentrated
on the line with 13.Nxd4 Qh4 leading to the battle similar to Karpov-Kramnik/
Las Palmas/1996.} (13. Re1 Nf6 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 15. Be4 Nf6 16. Nf5 {1/2-1/2
Shankland,S (2580)-Kaidanov,G (2598)/Philadelphia 2012} Bb4 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Ne3
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Be6 $15) (13. Nxd4 Qh4 (13... Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxd4
16. Qd2 Qh4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Nf6 19. Bc4 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Re5 Rac8
22. Bb3 Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Rohde,M (2555)-Kelleher,W/Boston
1988 (59)}) (13... Ne5 14. Nf5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be5 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Ng3 Rd8 18. f4
Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qc3 Qg5 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Qd4 Bf5 23. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Oms
Pallisse,J (2528)-Cuartas,J (2534)/Barcelona 2010 (47)}) 14. Nf3 (14. f4 Nf6 $1
15. Nb5 Rd8 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Bd2 Rxd5 18. Be1 Qh5 19. Bc3 Bf5 (19... Ng4 $2
20. h3 $1 Ne3 $2 21. Rae1 $1 Nxc2 22. Re8#) 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22.
Rad1 Nd5 23. Bd2 Rc8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I (2645)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2575)/
Leon 1995 (48)}) 14... Qh5 15. Bh7+ (15. Be2 Nf6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Re1 Rac8 18.
Qd1 Rfe8 19. Be3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxa7 Bb4 22. Bb5 Bxe1 23. Bxe8 Bxf2+
24. Bxf2 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y (2474)-Fridman,D (2550)/Essen 2000}) 15... Kh8
16. Qf5 g5 $1 (16... Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 $1 (18. Bxc8 $6 Rfxc8 19. Rd1
Rc5 20. Be3 Rxd5 (20... Rb5 $1 $10) 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd1 Nxe3 23. Rxd6 Ng4 24.
h3 Nf6 25. Ne5 Kg8 26. g4 Rc8 27. Kg2 Kf8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Rohde,M-Ramayrat,C/
USA-op (03)/1987 (52)}) 18... Bg4 (18... b6 19. Bb3 Bb7 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Be3
Be7 22. Bf4 Bxd5 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Kf1 Rfe8 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc6 Bc5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanisevic,I (2636)-Beliavsky,A (2617)/Porto Carras 2011 (29)}) (18...
Nxd5 $2 19. Rd1 Nb4 $8 (19... Be6 $2 20. Bb3) 20. Bb3 Bc7 (20... Be7 21. Ne5
Kg8 22. Ng6) (20... Bc5 21. Ne5 Kg8 22. Nd7) 21. Be3 $36 {/\ Bc5} Nc6 22. Bc5)
19. Bb3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh5 (20... Nd7 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. f5 $1 Re4 24.
Bd2 Nd7 25. Rae1 Rd4 26. Be3 Rb4 27. Rd1 Kg8 28. Rd4 $1 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 $16 Kf8 (
29... Rc8 $5) 30. Rc1 Nf6 31. h3 $1 $16 {1-0 Chernin,A (2620)-Savchenko,S 
(2580)/Bratislava 1996 (47)}) 21. Be3 Nf4 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Bc4 Kg8 24. a4 Ng6
25. Rac1 Nh4 26. f4 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2665)-Piket,J (2570)/Nussloch 1996 (63)
}) (16... Nf6 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Rd1 $16) 17. h4 $5 (17. Be3 Ne5 (
17... Nb6 $4 18. Bd4+) (17... Kg7 18. Bd4+ f6 $13 19. Qe6 Bf4 20. Qe4 Ne5 21.
Bxe5 fxe5 22. Rac1 Rf7 23. Rc3 g4 24. Nh4 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1 Qg5 27.
Qc2 $16 {1-0 Onischuk,A (2687)-Perez Rodriguez,L (2483)/Monterrey 2010 (44)})
18. Qf6+ Kxh7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 $16) (17. b3 $5 Kg7 18. Bb2+ f6 19. Qe6
Bf4 20. Qe4 Nc5 21. Qe7+ Rf7 22. Qxc5 Kxh7 23. Rfe1 Bg4 24. Re7 Bxf3 25. Rxf7+
Kg8 26. h3 Kxf7 27. Re1 $16 {1-0 Golod,V (2515)-Fridman,D (2480)/Rishon Le
Ziyyon 1997 (30)}) (17. Bd2 $5) 17... Nb6 (17... Ne5 $6 18. Qf6+ Kxh7 19. Nxe5
(19. Qxd6 $2 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Qxf8 $2 Bh3 $19) 19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxh4
21. Bd2 $16) 18. Qf6+ Kxh7 19. Qxd6 Bg4 20. Nh2 (20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Qb4 Bf5 22.
hxg5 $16) (20. hxg5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 hxg5 22. Kg2 g4 $10) 20... Rad8 (20... Qxh4
21. Qb4 Bh5 22. Qxh4 gxh4 $10) 21. Qb4 Bf5 22. hxg5 (22. g4 $2 {does not work}
Qxh4) 22... Nxd5 23. Qxb7 (23. Qd2 Rg8 24. gxh6 $140 $2 Bh3) 23... hxg5 24. Qb3
$1 Rh8 (24... Kg6 25. Qf3 Qh6 26. Qg3 Rh8 27. Bd2 Nf6 $132) 25. Qf3 (25. Qg3
Kg6 26. Be3 Rh7 $17) 25... g4 26. Qg3 Nf6 27. f3 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A (2775)
-Kramnik,V (2765)/Las Palmas 1996 (38)} Rhg8 $11) 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 (14. Nxd4
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Re8 16. Bb2 Re5 17. Rfe1 Rxd5 18. Qf3 Re5 $11) 14... Bxe5 15. Re1
Re8 {For the moment Black must be careful, as White can claim a small pull on
his position.} (15... Qxd5 16. Ba3 Rd8 (16... Re8 $2 17. f4 $18) (16... Bd6 $2
17. Be4 $18) 17. Bc4 Qa5 18. Qg6 Rd7 19. Qh5 Qxa3 20. Qxe5 Rd8 21. Rad1 $14)
16. Bb2 (16. f4 Bf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Re1 Bg4 20. Qc5 Rc8 21. Qb5
b6 $14) 16... Bd7 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. g3 Rac8 {Anand might have anticipated the
strong move of the white queen to the b4-square.} (18... a5 19. f4 Bc7 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 $14) 19. a4 $2 {Gelfand's unfortunate move only weakens his
position with the immediate consequence of facing unpleasant challenges.} (19.
Qb4 $5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Kg2 $14) 19... Qf3 $1 20. Be4 (20. Qe2 Qxd5 21.
Bc4 Qd6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qxh6 Bg7 24. Qd2 Bc6 $15) 20... Qxb3 21. Reb1 (21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rc4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd4 26. Rd1 Rxa4 $17)
21... Bxg3 $2 {[%mdl 64] The position is full of dangerous tactics, but the
great grandmasters have no time to do a proper job of calculating intriguing
variations. Black could have claimed a serious advantage after the clever move
21...Rc4!?, but it vanished in the heat of the fight.} (21... Rc4 $5 22. a5 (
22. Bxd4 $2 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxb3 Bxa1 $19) 22... Bf6 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24.
Bxd3 Rc5 $17) 22. Ra3 $1 Qb6 (22... Qc4 23. Rc1 Bf4 24. Qxf4 Qe2 25. Rxc8 Bxc8
26. Bg6 fxg6 27. Qxd4 Qg4+ 28. Qxg4 Bxg4 29. Re3 $11) 23. Bxd4 {The world
challenger is rising to the occasion with the best moves, suddenly it is time
for White to take some care about his own safety.} Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qd6+ 25. Rg3
Rxe4 26. Bxg7 Kh7 $6 {Anand must have felt some trepidation about the dangers
of White's g-file battery. Objectively stronger was the move 26..Rg4 taming
down the most dangerous tendencies of the enemy pieces.} (26... Rg4 27. Qxh6
Qxh6+ 28. Bxh6 Rxg3 29. Kxg3 b6 $11) 27. Rxb7 $1 Rg8 (27... Rg4 28. Qxh6+ Qxh6+
29. Bxh6 Rxg3 30. Kxg3 Bxa4 31. Bf4 a6 $14) 28. Qxh6+ $6 {The match went into
playoff and the level of excitement in each rapid game is difficult to imagine
or reproduce. Under the circumstances it has become impossible for White to
find the cool and dangerous solution in 28.Qd3!} (28. Qd3 $1 Qf4 (28... f5 29.
Bb2 $16) 29. Kg2 (29. f3 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Bh3+ 31. Kf2 Bf5 32. fxe4 Rxg7 33. Rxf7
Rxf7 34. exf5 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 Qxf5 $11) 29... Rxg7 (29... Qf5 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31.
Qxe4+ f5 32. Qe5 Rxg7 33. d6 $16) 30. Rxd7 Qe5 31. d6 Qd4 32. Qb3 $14) 28...
Qxh6+ 29. Bxh6 Rxg3 30. Kxg3 Bc8 31. Rc7 Kxh6 32. Rxc8 Rxa4 {Both players must
have been happy aftere surviving an unpleasant scares in relevant sections of
the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand playoff +1-0=3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2012.05.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5
a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. Bg2
Bg5 15. O-O Be6 16. Qd3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. a3 Na6 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nxb4
axb4 21. h4 Bh6 22. Bh3 Qb6 23. Bd7 b3 24. Bc6 Ra2 $11 {Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,
B (2727)/WCh Moscow/2012/ Anand abandoned further attempts to get an advantage
in the Sveshnikov after Game 5}) 3... e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 {Anand returns to
the continuation from Game 10 with a new idea up his sleeve.} ({Game 12
featured} 5. d3 Ne7 6. b3 d6 7. e5 Ng6 8. h4 $5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 c4 $1
11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Qf3 Qd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Nxe5 f6 15. Nf3 e5 16. O-O Kf7 17.
c4 Be7 18. Be3 Bb7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Bc5 Rhd8 $44 22. Bxe7 {
1/2,Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/WCh Moscow/2012/}) 5... e5 {Gelfand
remains true to his rare reaction.} ({However, in the Tal memorial Radjabov
had success with the more standard} 5... d6 6. e5 $5 dxe5 (6... d5 7. d3 Ne7 8.
O-O Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. Bb2 fxe5 13. Na4 e4 14. dxe4 d4
15. e5 Nf4 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Re4 Bd7 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Ne1 Rf5 20. Nd3 Raf8 21. f4
Be8 22. Qe2 Nh4 23. Bd2 Qd8 24. Rf1 $16 {Caruana,F (2770)-Radjabov,T (2784)/
Moscow blitz/2012/}) 7. Nxe5 Qd5 $5 (7... Qd4 8. Nc4 $1 Qxa1 9. Nc3 {[%csl Ra1]
[%cal Ye1g1,Yd1f3,Yc1a3]}) (7... Qg5 8. Nf3 Qxg2 9. Rg1 Qh3 10. Bb2 f6 11. Qe2
e5 12. Na3 Ne7 13. O-O-O $44 Ng6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Rg3 Qh6+ 17. Kb1
Be7 18. Ndb5 cxb5 19. Rxd7 a6 20. Bc1 Qxc1+ 21. Kxc1 Bxa3+ 22. Kb1 Kxd7 23. b4
$1 $14 {Hracek,Z (2510)-Araslanov,F (2260)/Pardubice/1993/}) 8. Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1
Qf5 10. Nc3 (10. Na3 Nf6 11. d3 Nd5 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Qf6 15.
Rb1 Nc3 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Qe1 Bd6 18. Bxc3 Rxb1 19. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 gxf6 21.
Ke2 Kd7 22. Rb1 Kc7 23. g4 h6 24. Nd2 h5 $11 {Grischuk,A (2761)-Radjabov,T 
(2784)/Moscow Tal mem/2012/}) 10... Nf6 11. d3 Be7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14.
Be1 O-O 15. Ne4 f6 16. h3 e5 17. Kg1 Rb8 18. Kh2 Qg6 19. Ng3 Qf7 20. Bc3 Bd7
21. Rhe1 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Bf8 23. Ng1 Rbd8 24. Bb2 Nd5 $132 {McShane,L (2706)
-Radjabov,T (2784)/Moscow Tal mem/2012/ Black's piece play compensates his
compromised pawn-structure.}) (5... f6 6. O-O Ne7 $5 (6... e5 7. c3 d5 8. Qe2
dxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 (9... Ne7 $1 $13) 10. d3 Ne7 11. c4 Qd8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Qe2
Bg4 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. h3 Be6 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Ba3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxf8 Rxf8
20. f4 $1 $16 {Naiditsch,A (2689)-Jakovenko,D (2736)/Moscow blitz/2009/}) (6...
Nh6 7. d4 Nf7 8. Ba3 cxd4 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. Qxd4 $14) 7. Nh4 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. d3
O-O 10. f4 g5 $5 (10... d6 11. Nd2 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Rxf8+ Bxf8 14. Qe1 Be6
15. Nhf3 h6 16. Qg3 Bg7 17. Rf1 {1/2,Adams,M (2731)-Radjabov,T (2670)/FIDE WCh
Tripoli/2004/} g5 $11 {[%cal Ye7g6]}) 11. fxg5 fxg5 12. Bxg7 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1
Kxg7 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. Nc3 g4 16. Nd2 Qa5 17. Ncb1 Ba6 18. Qf2 Rf8 19. Qe3 Qb4
$132 {[%cal Yb4d4] 1/2,Adams,M (2726)-Zhang Pengxiang (2640)/Merida/2008/}) 6.
Nxe5 {The most principled follow-up.} (6. O-O d6 {trsnsposes to lines, which
are considered satisfactory for Black:} 7. Re1 (7. c3 f5 $1 $132) 7... Be7 8.
d3 Nf6 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ba3 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bg4
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne4 Qa5 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Qc1 Nd3 19. Qg5 Nxb2 20. Qxc5 Qxc5
21. Nxc5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rd5 23. Rac1 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Nd3 $11 {Timman,J (2665)
-Sveshnikov,E (2525)/Tilburg/1992/}) 6... Qe7 7. d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (7. Bb2
d6 8. Nc4 d5 $5 (8... Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Qg6 12. Qf3 Bd7
13. Ne4 (13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. d4 d5 15. Kb1 f5 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. c3
Bd6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. c4 {Shaposhnikov,E (2525)-Bocharov,D (2403)/Kazan/2001/}
Bf8 $1 $132) 13... Be7 14. Ng3 $36) 9. Ne3 (9. Ne5 f6 10. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 11. Kf1 a5
{[%csl Rc6]}) 9... d4 10. Nc4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Be6 13. d3 Nf6 14.
Nbd2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Kf1 Rhe8 17. Ba3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Re2 Bxc4 20.
bxc4 f5 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nb3 c5 25. a3 {1/2,Anand,V
(2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/WCh Moscow/2012/} bxa3 26. Rxa3 Kb7 27. Ra5 a6 $11)
7... d6 (7... f6 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ {Anand's intention was the more enterprising} 9.
Kd2 $5 {[%cal Rh1e1]} (9. Be3 Ba6 10. c4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 Qxd4 13.
Nxd4 Ne7 14. a3 Bxd2+ (14... Ba5 $132) 15. Kxd2 c5 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 d6 18.
b4 c4 19. Kc3 Nd5+ 20. Kxc4 Nxe3+ 21. fxe3 Kd7 22. Rhd1 $14 {Nouro,M (2330)
-Pudas,T (2313)/Helsinki/2012/ This game was played about 3 weeks later.}) 9...
Ne7 10. Re1 $13 {White's king may find safety on b2, or even return to the
kingside via e2.}) 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7 11. Na5 $1 {White
can fight for the initiative only by returning the pawn.} (11. d5 Ne7 $1 12.
Nxe7 Bxe7 {[%csl Rd5]} 13. Nc3 (13. c4 $4 Bf6) (13. Rd1 Bf6 14. c3 Kd7 $44)
13... Bf6 14. Bb2 Kd7 15. Rhd1 Ba6+ 16. Kf3 Rhe8 17. Re1 Bb7 $11) 11... Bxg2
12. Rg1 Bh3 (12... Be4 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 $5 (14. Na3 O-O-O $13) 14... Bxc2
15. Be3 $44 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ra1c1,Rc3a4]}) 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 O-O-O {
Activating the rook and taking the king out of the centre is the right
reaction, but it cost Gelfand 5 minutes.} 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 Nh6 16. Rad1 Rxd1
17. Rxd1 Nf5 $132) 15... Bd6 {[%mdl 512] Another 6 minutes for this sacrifice,
which enables Black to finish his development and harass White's king.} ({
However,} 15... Nf6 $5 {/\} 16. Nb5 Rd7 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Bg3 a6 (18... h5 $5
19. c4 a6 20. Na7+ Rxa7 21. Rxd5 Rh6 $132 {Shipov}) 19. Na7+ Rxa7 20. Rxd5 Rd7
$11 {was perhaps possible as well.}) 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rg5 (17. Rxg7 Nh6 18.
Rg3 {/\} Re8+ 19. Re3 Rxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Nf5+ 21. Kf4 Rd2 22. Ne4 Rxc2 23. Nc4 $14
{/~~ is a typical computer recommendation, it's hard to believe Black doesn't
have enough play against the exposed king.}) ({Nielsen suggests} 17. Nc4 $5
Re6+ (17... Rg6 18. Ne4 $36) 18. Kd2 Bf5 19. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Gc1,Rc5,Rc8]
[%cal Yd2c1] and this seems to give White an edge - the main factor is his
safer king.}) 17... Nf6 $5 18. Rxc5+ Kb8 19. Nc4 (19. Nb5 Rd7 20. Nd4 $5 $14)
19... Re8+ 20. Ne3 {White prefers to keep his king as safe as possible.} ({
The engines heartlily recommend} 20. Kf3 Rd4 21. Rg1 (21. Nb5 $5) (21. Kg3 Be6
22. f3 $5 $14) 21... Bg4+ 22. Kg2 Bc8 $5 $14) 20... Ng4 (20... Nh5 21. Rd1 $5
Bg4+ (21... Nf4+ $2 22. Kf3 Rf6 23. Ne4 $18) 22. f3 Nf4+ 23. Kf2 $16 {/+/=})
21. Ncd5 Nxe3 (21... Nxh2 22. Rh1 Bg2 23. Rxh2 Bxd5 24. Rxh7 $16) 22. Nxe3 (22.
fxe3 $5 Bg2 23. c4 Rde6 24. Rb5+ Kc8 25. Rc1 $1 Rh6 26. Rc5+ Kb8 27. Nf4 Rxh2 (
27... Be4 28. h3 $14) 28. Rh5 Rxh5 29. Nxh5 Be4 30. Rg1 $14 (30. Nxg7 Rg8 $44))
22... Bg4+ $1 {This intermediate check gives Black at least equality, but he
is running short of time and the fight continues.} 23. f3 (23. Kf1 Bh3+ 24. Ke1
Rh6 $132 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Yh3c8]}) 23... Bc8 {[%cal Rc8a6]} 24. Re1 {The best
way to continue the fight.} Rh6 25. Rh1 Rhe6 (25... Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7f3,Rh6h3]}
26. h4 Rhe6 27. Rc3 f5 $11) (25... Rd6 $5 $132) 26. Rc3 f5 27. Kd2 (27. f4 $6
Re4 $36 {[%csl Rf4]}) 27... f4 28. Nd5 g5 (28... Rd6 29. Rd3 Bf5 30. Rd4 Be6
31. c4 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Re5 33. Rb4+ Ka8 34. Rxf4 Rdxd5+ $44) 29. Rd3 (29. h4 Bb7
(29... Rh6 $13) 30. Rd3 Rh6 $132) 29... Re2+ 30. Kc1 Rf2 (30... Bb7 $5 31. h4
g4 32. Nxf4 (32. fxg4 $6 f3 $36) 32... Rf2 $44) 31. h4 Ree2 $6 {Now White can
continue the fight.} (31... Bb7 $142 {[%cal Rf2f3]} 32. hxg5 Ree2 {Here White
can't protect c2, after} 33. Kb2 Rxc2+ 34. Ka3 Rxa2+ 35. Kb4 Rad2 $11 {the
most likely result is a draw.}) 32. Rc3 (32. Nb4 g4 $44 (32... a5 $2 33. Nc6+
Kc7 34. Nd4 $18)) 32... Bb7 33. Rd1 gxh4 34. Nxf4 Re8 35. Rh1 Rc8 (35... Bxf3
36. Rxh4 Re4 37. Rc5 h5 $14 {and it's difficult to make progress with White.})
36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37. Rxh4 (37. Nd3 Rxf3 38. Rxh4 Bf5 $1 39. Rf4 (39. Kd2 Bxd3 40.
cxd3 Rf2+ $14) 39... Rxf4 40. Nxf4 Kc7 $14 {[%csl Gh7] Both rook and minor
piece endgames give White only limited practical winning chances - here the
distant passed pawn distract at least one piece from the queenside.}) 37... Bf5
38. Rh5 (38. Nd3 Rxf3 {-37.Nd3}) 38... Bxc2 39. Rb5+ Ka8 $8 40. Nd5 $6 {
[%cal Rd5c7][%mdl 4096]} (40. Ne6 $142 $1 a6 41. Ra5 {/\} Bd3 42. Nc5 $36 {
gives White better winning chances, now the endgame is drawish.}) 40... a6 $8
41. Ra5 Kb7 42. Nb4 Bg6 43. Nxa6 Rxf3 $11 {/+/= Black is again close to full
equality, but down to 10-second increments on his clock. White continues to
press, as he runs almost no risk of losing.} 44. Nc5+ Kb6 (44... Kc6 $142 $1)
45. b4 Rf4 46. a3 Rg4 (46... Rf2 47. a4 Kc6 $1 $132 {[%cal Yc6d5,Yd5c4]}) (
46... h5 $4 47. Ra6+) 47. Kd2 h5 48. Nd7+ Kb7 49. Ne5 Rg2+ 50. Kc3 (50. Ke3 Be8
$11 (50... h4 $5 $132)) 50... Be8 51. Nd3 h4 52. Re5 Bg6 53. Nf4 Rg3+ 54. Kd4 (
54. Kb2 h3 55. Nxg6 Rxg6 56. Rh5 Rg2+ 57. Kb3 Rg3+ 58. Ka4 Kc6 59. Rh6+ Kd5 60.
b5 Kc5 61. Rh4 Rf3 62. Rh5+ Kb6 63. Kb4 Rf4+ 64. Kb3 Rf3+ $11) 54... Bc2 55.
Rh5 Rxa3 56. Rxh4 Rg3 {This is a theoretical draw, but not so simple to defend
in practice, being desperately and permanently short of time.} (56... Ba4 $5 {
stops the P from advancing further.}) 57. Nd5 Rg5 (57... Bd3 $11) 58. b5 Bf5 (
58... Bd3 $1 59. b6 Bg6 {[%cal Yg6f7] forces a draw immediately.}) 59. Rh6 Bg4
(59... Bd3 $5 $11 {was still possible.}) 60. Rf6 (60. Rh7+ Kb8 61. Nb4 Bf3 $1
$11 (61... Rxb5 $4 62. Nc6+ Kc8 63. Na7+)) 60... Rf5 61. Rb6+ Ka7 62. Rg6 Bf3
63. Rg7+ Kb8 64. Nc3 Bb7 65. Kc4 Bf3 66. Kb4 Bd5 67. Na4 {[%cal Yb4a5,Ya4c5,
Yb5b6]} Rf7 68. Rg5 Bf3 (68... Bh1 69. Nc5 Rf1 {/\} 70. b6 Rb1+ 71. Ka5 Ra1+
$11) 69. Nc5 Kc7 70. Rg6 Kd8 $6 {Black runs away form the pawn, fearing mating
threats.} ({After} 70... Bb7 $5 71. b6+ Kb8 72. Rg8+ Bc8 {White achieves his
maximum, but still has no effective way to improve his position.} 73. b7 Rxb7+
$11) 71. Ka5 (71. b6 $5) 71... Rf5 $4 {Runs into a decisive fork. After other
moves Black should still hold.} (71... Bh1 $14) (71... Ra7+ $14) 72. Ne6+ Kc8
73. Nd4 $1 Rf8 74. Nxf3 Rxf3 75. Kb6 $18 Rb3 (75... Rf8 {/\Kb8=} 76. Ka7 $1
Rf7+ 77. Ka8 Rf1 78. Ra6 {[%cal Rb5b8]} (78. Rc6+ Kd7 79. Kb7 $18) 78... Rb1
79. b6 Rb2 80. Ka7 $18 {[%cal Ya6a1,Ya1c1]}) 76. Rg8+ Kd7 77. Rb8 {[%cal Rb6a7,
Rb5b6] Here the theoretical win is very simple, White just forces his passed
pawn through.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand playoff +1-0=3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2012.05.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 {White is playing a peaceful line with the advantage of the
potential of the bishop pair It does not offer much, but even some plus is
much appreciated at the time of "near perfect" opening preparation.} (9... Be7
10. Bd2 a6 11. a4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Be2 Qc7 14. g3 Rd8 15. Rc1 Nb8 16. Bf3
Nc6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Qb3 e5 19. Bg2 cxd4 20. exd4 O-O $11 {1/2 (35) Buhmann,R 
(2606)-Ipatov,A (2591) Germany 2011}) 10. h3 {There is some merit also in the
alternative defence with 10.g3.} (10. g3 O-O (10... Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Bg2 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. h4 Nf6 17. Bg5 Bc7 18. Rad1 Bb6
19. Bf4 Bc7 20. Bg5 Bb6 {1/2 (20) Varga,Z (2473)-Ilincic,Z (2479) Budapest 2009
}) 11. a3 Re8 12. c5 Bc7 13. f4 Nh7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 f5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17. b5
axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Nxc5 20. dxc5 d4 21. Bc4 dxc3 22. Bxc3 $14 {
1-0 (34) Tregubov,P (2556)-Marcelin,C (2441) Clichy 2006}) 10... O-O {Anand
was happy with the prospect of near equality and chose the most simple line.
Alternatives are toying with opening of the centre 10...dxc4 or the
preparatory queen move 10...Qe7.} (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 (11... O-O 12. Qc2
Qe7 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Bd2 Nb6 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Be2 a6 17. Rac1 e5 18.
e4 Rc6 19. Bg5 Rfc8 20. Bg4 $14 {1/2 (68) Likavsky,T (2486)-Rogic,D (2571)
Austria 2012}) 15. Bf1 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rac1 Rcd8 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8
20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11 {1-0 (52) Carlsen,M (2835)-Gelfand,B (2739) Wijk aan Zee
2012}) 12. Bb3 e5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 Qe5 17. f4 exf3
18. Rxf3 Ng4 19. cxb7+ Kb8 20. hxg4 Rh1+ 21. Kf2 Rxa1 22. Ne2 $11 {1-0 (38)
Carlsen,M (2826)-Gelfand,B (2744) Moscow 2011}) (10... Qe7 11. Re1 (11. c5 Bc7
12. f4 Ng8 (12... Nh5 13. Ne2 f5 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 g5 17. fxg5 Nh7
18. h4 Nxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Nf4 Nf6 21. Rf3 $16 {1-0 (32) Movsesian,S (2702)
-Motylev,A (2683) Sochi 2012}) 13. b4 a6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Ndf6 16. Ng5 Qd7
17. Bc4 Ne7 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 $11 {0-1 (63)
Sargissian,G (2683)-Brunello,S (2581) Caleta 2012}) (11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5
13. Qc2 Bc7 14. d5 e4 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 g5 17. Ng3 g4 18. Be2 Rb8 19. hxg4
Qe5 20. Qxc6 $16 {1-0 (41) Gustafsson,J (2643)-Zhu Chen (2472) Caleta 2012})
11... O-O 12. Bd2 Rad8 13. c5 Bb8 14. f4 Nh5 15. Qf3 f5 16. Re2 Nhf6 17. Qg3
Kf7 18. Rf2 $14 {0-1 (70) Santos,L (2370)-Antunes,A (2510) Portugal 1997}) (
10... a6 11. Re1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bf1 O-O 15. b3 Be5 16. Bb2
Nce4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rad1 b5 $11 {1/2 (20)
Lupulescu,C (2655)-Kempinski,R (2604) Germany 2012}) 11. Qc2 Qe7 (11... e5 12.
Qb3 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 e4 14. Be2 Nb6 15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 $14) 12... exd4 13.
exd4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Bc7 16. Bxg6 Qxd4 17. Ne2 Qh4 18. Ng3 Rad8 19.
a4 Nbd5 20. Bb1 Rfe8 $11 {1/2 (50) Aleksandrov,A (2606)-Deviatkin,A (2577)
Mumbai 2012}) 12. Rd1 Rac8 {The defender of the chess crown is banking on
simplicity, since he has already won the second playoff game.} (12... dxc4 $5
13. Bxc4 Rfd8 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Rac8 $11) 13. c5 Bb8 14. f4 Ne8 {The
ambitious pawn grip calls for immediate action. Black will need to organise
counterplay on the kingside.} (14... Nh5 15. Qf2 b6 16. b4 $14) 15. Rb1 (15.
Qf2 a5 16. a3 b5 17. b4 a4 18. Ra2 $14) 15... g5 16. b4 f5 $6 {Anand has
played the game rather nervously and several of his choices could be
criticised. The more concrete pressure against the f4-pawn might have been
better.} (16... gxf4 17. exf4 Qh4 18. Rf1 b5 19. a4 a6 20. Be3 $14) 17. b5 $1
gxf4 18. exf4 $6 {Gelfand was playing his potentially last game of the match
with the white pieces. His nerves must have been stretched to the utmost.
Under more relaxed circumstances he would probably have realised the strength
of the intermediate swap on the c6-square.} (18. bxc6 $1 bxc6 19. Ba6 Rd8 20.
exf4 Nef6 21. Rf1 $16) 18... Nef6 $2 {The knight move is definitely a second
rate move. Black had to fight against White's initiative on the queenside
preferably with the timely exchange of the b5-pawn.} (18... cxb5 $5 19. Rxb5
Ndf6 20. Qb3 b6 $11) 19. bxc6 $1 bxc6 20. Ba6 Rc7 21. Be3 Ne4 22. Rb2 g5 $6 {
Anand has not played the transposition into the middlegame with confidence.
His attempt to complicate matters on the kingside smacks of desperation.} (
22... Re8 23. Rdb1 Qf6 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rb3 $16) 23. Rdb1 (23. Nxe4 $1 fxe4
24. fxg5 e5 25. Qd2 exd4 26. Qxd4 $18) 23... gxf4 24. Bxf4 e5 {Both great
players must have operated under some delusion or they simply could not
perform on their usual level. Anand is rushing the conflict towards a
completely hopeless position.} (24... Rcc8 25. Bh6 Rcd8 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Bxf8
Rxf8 28. Rb7 Qg7 29. Qd1 $16) 25. Bxe5 (25. Nxe4 $5 exf4 26. Nd6 Qf6 27. Qf2
$18) 25... Nxe5 26. Rxb8 $2 {Gelfand must have wondered after the match what
prevented him from cashing in on his excellent play with the help of the
simple exchange on e4.} (26. Nxe4 $1 Nc4 (26... fxe4 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxb8 $18
) 27. Bxc4 fxe4 28. Ba6 Qf6 29. Rxb8 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 $18) 26... Ng6 27. Nxe4 fxe4
(27... dxe4 $6 28. R8b7 $16) 28. Qf2 {A truly tragic picture for the
challenger, the lion's share of his huge advantage is gone.} Qg7 29. Kh2 (29.
Be2 Rcf7 30. Qe3 Nf4 31. Bg4 $14) 29... Rcf7 30. Qg3 Nf4 31. R8b3 {Objectively
speaking Black is already enjoying very good chances to draw the game.} (31.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 (31... Kxf8 $2 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 Rxg7 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. Rxg7 Kxg7
36. Bb7 e3 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. Kf3 e2 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Bxc6 Nxg2 41. Kxe2 Nf4+ 42.
Ke3 Nxh3 43. Bb7 $16) 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rb7+ Kg6 (33... Rf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.
Bb7 Ke6 36. Bxc6 e3 37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Nxd4 39. Be8 $16) 34. Rc7 Rf6 35. Rxa7
Ne6 $11) 31... Qxg3+ 32. Rxg3+ Kh7 33. Rd1 (33. Kg1 Ne6 34. Rd1 Kh6 $11) 33...
Ne6 34. Be2 Rf2 {Anand must have been very happy about the turn of events. His
chances to defend the position are very real.} 35. Bg4 Nf4 36. Rb1 Rf7 37. Rb8
Rxa2 (37... e3 38. Re8 (38. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rxa2 $11) 38... e2 39. Rf3 Rxg2+
40. Kh1 e1=Q+ 41. Rxe1 Rd2 42. Re6 Rxd4 43. Rf2 $14) 38. Rc8 e3 {This clever
counterplay is necessary as Black must compensate for the opponent's
increasing activity.} (38... Rf6 39. Rd8 Rf7 40. Rd6 e3 41. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1
Rd2 43. Rxc6 Rxd4 44. Rd6 $14) 39. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Rd2 41. Rxc6 Ne6 $1 {
The defender of the throne is playing to his usual standard again. His feeling
correctly told him to exchange the rooks and simplify the position.} (41...
Rxd4 42. Rd6 Kg7 43. c6 $14) 42. Rf3 (42. Kg1 Nxd4 43. Rd6 Rg7 $1 44. Re8 (44.
Rd8 a5 $11) 44... Rxg4+ 45. hxg4 Nf3+ 46. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 42... Rxf3 43. Bxf3
Nxd4 44. Rc7+ Kh6 {The king might have done a better job on the g6-square, but
the position remains fine.} (44... Kg6 45. Bxd5 Kf5 46. c6 Rc2 47. Rxa7 Nxc6
$11) 45. Bxd5 Rc2 46. Be4 Rc3 47. Kh2 Kg5 48. Rd7 Nf3+ $6 {[%mdl 4096] A small,
but significant step in the wrong direction. Black could have virtually forced
a draw with the precise knight move to e6.} (48... Ne6 $1 49. c6 a5 50. Rd3 Rc4
51. Bd5 Rc2+ 52. Kg3 Nf4 $11) 49. Bxf3 (49. Kg2 Nh4+ 50. Kf2 Rxc5 $11) 49...
Rxf3 50. Rxa7 {Objectively stronger must have been to transfer the rook to g3.}
(50. Rg7+ Kh5 51. Rg3 $1 Rf7 52. Ra3 Kg5 53. Kg3 Rg7 54. h4+ $14) 50... Rc3 51.
Rc7 (51. Rg7+ Kf4 52. Rg4+ Kf5 $11) 51... Kf5 $2 {Both stars are obviously
tired after the difficult match. Anand is certainly capable of spotting the
stalemate idea after 41...Kh4!, but conditions are extreme.} (51... Kh4 $1 52.
Kg2 Rxc5 $11) 52. c6 (52. Rc8 Rc2+ (52... Ke6 53. c6 Rc4 54. Kg3 $18) 53. Kg3
Rc3+ 54. Kh4 Ke6 55. Rc7 Kf5 56. Rc6 Re3 57. Rc8 Rc3 58. c6 Ke6 59. Kg4 $18)
52... Ke6 53. h4 Kd6 54. Rc8 Ra3 55. Kg2 Re3 56. Kh2 (56. h5 Re5 57. h6 Rh5 58.
Rh8 $18) 56... Ra3 57. Kg2 Re3 58. h5 Re5 (58... Re7 59. Kf3 Re1 60. Kf4 $18)
59. h6 Rh5 60. Rh8 Kxc6 61. Rh7 $4 {If you need living proof of the maxim
"Chess is a tragedy of a single tempo" look no further. Gelfand managed to
improve his position to the winning rook endgame, but sheer nervousness has
lured him into losing a precious tempo with this absurd move.} (61. h7 $2 Kb7
62. Kg3 Rh1 $11) (61. Kg3 $1 Rh1 (61... Kd6 62. h7 Ke7 63. Ra8 $18) 62. Kg4
Rg1+ 63. Kf5 Rf1+ 64. Kg6 Rg1+ 65. Kh7 Kd7 66. Rg8 Rh1 67. Rg6 Ke7 68. Kg7 $18)
61... Kd6 $1 62. Kg3 Ke6 63. Kg4 Rh1 {An extremely exciting game with lots of
content, but also horrible omissions by both players. Gelfand's failure to
realise his huge advantage at least twice in this game has decided the issue
of the chess title.} (63... Rh1 64. Ra7 Kf6 65. h7 Kg6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand playoff +1-0=3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.05.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 ({So far, Gelfand had invariably defended with} 2... Nc6 {
, aiming for the Sveshnikov variation, known nowadays for its drawish
tendencies. That was a valid match strategy as long as the score was equal,
but in this last game he desperately needed to win. Hence, a proposal of
playing the sharper Najdorf variation!}) 3. Bb5+ {Of course. Anand had allowed
the open Sicilian only once in this match!} Nd7 {This way, Black hopes to get
the bishops pair without spoiling his structure, as this had happened
previously in the match.} 4. d4 Ngf6 {The most principled continuation, aiming
to provoke Nb1-c3 before capturing on d4, in order to block the c2-pawn.} (4...
a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bf4 {Jones,G (2578)-Bologan,V (2671)
/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142/[Jones,G] (1-0, 34)}) (4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {Tiviakov,S (2673)-Anand,V (2799)/Germany 2012/CBM 148/
[Tiviakov] (1-0, 50)}) 5. e5 $5 {An active move, but the ulteriour course of
the game suggests that Anand played it with the secret hope of exchanging as
many pieces as possible!} ({Previously he had tried} 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7.
Qd3 h6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 $5 (10... Bb7 {is the main move, for
instance:} 11. a4 Qa5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. O-O b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Nc4
Qxd5 {1/2 Peng Xiaomin (2657)-Bologan,V (2641)/Beijing 2000/CBM 078}) 11. a4 b4
12. Nd5 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 O-O 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. O-O Nf6 18.
Qd3 d5 $36 {(1-0, 37) Anand,V (2817)-Sasikiran,K (2689)/Bastia 2011/EXT 2012})
(5. O-O $5 {is an ambitious alternative, which Anand may have considered under
a different match situation.} cxd4 (5... Nxe4 6. Re1 Nef6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ng5
e6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. Bxe6 O-O 11. Qe2 $36 {Jones,G (2578)-Shirazi,K (2403)
Aix-les-Bains 2011 (1-0, 39)}) 6. Qxd4 a6 (6... g6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9.
Rd1 {Bologan,V (2669)-Suba,M (2516)/Sanxenxo 2004/CBM 105/[Psakhis] (1-0, 51)})
7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 {Ovetchkin,R (2475)-Paragua,M (2529)/Alushta 2004/CBM 103/
[Atlas,V] (0-1, 80)}) 5... Qa5+ {This is quite popular, but I get the feeling
that Black develops his queen too soon.} (5... cxd4 {looks safer:} 6. Qxd4 dxe5
7. Nxe5 a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $11 {Barle,J (2430)-Kozul,Z (2580)/Bled 1996/CBM 051
ext (1/2, 62)}) 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 $6 {This offers Black an easy game.} (7. O-O
$6 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. bxc3 d5 10. c4 cxd4 11. Ng5 h6 12. e6 hxg5 13. exd7+
Kxd7 14. Bxg5 $6 Qc7 $15 {(1-0, 31) Szieberth,A (2334)-Popov,V (2534)/Cappelle
la Grande 2000/CBM 074 ext}) (7. a4 $6 Nxc3 8. bxc3 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. exd6
e6 11. O-O Bxd6 $15 {Marciano,D (2495)-Marin,M (2545)/Ubeda 1996/CBM 051 ext 
(0-1, 44)}) ({The critical continuation is the rare} 7. Rb1 $1 {indirectly
defending the bishop and inviting Black to weaken his position.} a6 (7... Nxc3
8. bxc3 Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qa3 10. exd6 {is way too dangerous for Black.}) 8. O-O (8.
Bxd7+ $5 Bxd7 9. O-O $32) 8... Nxc3 (8... d5 $2 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Nxd5 $16 {
Chernov,V (2433)-Fressinet,L (2658)/Heidelberg 2010 (0-1, 96)}) 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7
10. bxc3 {The rook move proves useful now.} e6 11. Bf4 d5 12. Rxb7 Bc6 13. Qb1
$1 $36 {Chernov,V (2504)-Mutschnik,I (2449)/Germany 2008/EXT 2009 (1/2, 40)})
7... Nxc3 (7... Nxd2 $2 {would help White to develop:} 8. Qxd2 e6 9. exd6 Bxd6
10. O-O-O $16 {Browne,W (2530)-Levy,D (2350)/Skopje 1972/EXT 2000 (1-0, 22)})
8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 Qa6 $15 {Black has a comfortable position. White cannot
castle and the space advantage is not easy to maintain. In the long run, the
light-squared bishop will cause White lots of troubles.} 10. exd6 {Other moves
do not change the character of the position dramatically.} (10. d5 Qc4 11. Qd2
(11. exd6 exd6 12. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 f6 14. b3 Kf7 15. a4 Bf5 $15 {Arencibia,
W (2534)-Zhang Zhong (2607)/Linares 2001/CBM 081 (0-1, 51)}) 11... Qe4+ 12. Kf1
Bh3 13. Qd1 Bg4 14. exd6 O-O-O $36 {Arkhipov,S (2515)-Lau,R (2530)/Lippstadt
1993/EXT 1998 (1/2, 51)}) (10. Qd2 f6 11. exd6 exd6 12. a3 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O-O
14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. d5 Qc4 $15 {Gomez Lopez,R (2218)-Suba,M (2509) Mondariz 1999
(0-1, 27)}) 10... exd6 11. Qe2+ {More exchanges.} Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 f6 {Not a
very spectacular move, but quite an effective one. Black restricts the enemy
minor pieces and prepares an optimal square for the king on f7. The relative
weakness of the e6-square is not relevant, since White has no light-squared
bishop left.} 13. b3 $146 {Probably an over-the-board novelty. Anand could not
have planned to play this position in advance.} ({In the following two games,
Black managed to reach the famous Steinitz endings, with two bishops against a
knight and a bishop, with symmetrical pawn structure, 3P vs 3P on each side.} 
13. Rhe1 Kf7 14. Rad1 (14. Kf1 Be7 15. Rad1 Rhe8 16. dxc5 Bb5+ 17. Kg1 dxc5 $17
{Sion Castro,M (2384)-Vera,R (2440)/Ciudad Real 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2, 47)})
14... Re8+ 15. Kd2 Rxe1 16. Kxe1 Bf5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Rd8 Rg8 19. Kd1 Be7 20.
Rxg8 Kxg8 $17 {Mantovani,R (2377)-Gallagher,J (2519)/Mendrisio 1999/EXT 2000 
(0-1, 39)}) 13... Bb5+ {I am not sure whether this was necessary.} ({The king
was exposed on e2, so why not} 13... Kf7 $5) 14. Kd2 Bc6 15. Rad1 Kf7 ({
13...Bb5+ would have made sense if Black had continued with} 15... Bxf3 {
, but this would make White's defence easier.}) 16. Kc1 Be7 17. d5 {White has
managed to gain space, but this does not spoil Black's coordination. Besides,
the white chain on light squares may become vulnerable.} Bd7 18. Bb2 b5 19. Nd2
a5 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21. Re3 f5 $6 {This looks strategically wrong, or at least
inconsequent with the 12th move. Black should have kept the kingside structure
intact, maintaining the possibility of a further expansion with ...g7-g5.} (
21... Bf8 22. Rde1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 a4 $15) (21... a4 $5 $15) 22. Rde1 g5 23. c4
b4 24. g3 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 $6 {If things had been under control on the
kingside, this would have been the correct decision. In endings with an
advantage and only one open file, the active side is adviced to exchange only
one rook, in order to avoid the opponent's counterplay while keeping active
possibilities for himself. Here, the situation is a bit different, since the
kingside has been weakened and the e1-rook can cause some troubles.} (25...
Rxe8 $15) 26. Nf3 Kg6 {Heading for h3-g2. This plan looks dangerous, but Anand
will find some unexpected saving tactics.} 27. Re6+ Kh5 28. h3 Bf7 29. Rf6 Bg6
30. Re6 Re8 $6 {Black creates a tension which he is not really prepared for.} (
30... a4 $5) 31. Bf6 g4 32. hxg4+ Kxg4 33. Nh2+ Kh3 34. Nf3 f4 (34... Kg2 $2 {
loses to} 35. Nh4+ Kxf2 36. Nxg6 Rxe6 37. dxe6 hxg6 38. e7 $18) (34... Bh6+ 35.
Kb2 f4 36. Rxe8 Bxe8 37. Ng5+ Kg4 38. gxf4 Kxf4 39. Ne6+ Kf3 40. Be7 {is at
least not worse for White.}) 35. gxf4 Kg4 36. Ng5 Ra8 37. Re3 Kf5 (37... Kxf4
$2 {unexpectedly loses:} 38. Ne6+ Kf5 39. Rf3+ Kg4 (39... Ke4 $6 40. Ng5#) 40.
Rf4+ Kh3 (40... Kh5 $6 41. Rh4#) 41. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Gf8] A strong quiet move,
winning the bishop.}) 38. Bb2 a4 39. Ne6 {Finally reaching this square with
the knight and absolute overall stability.} Bh6 40. Rh3 Bxf4+ 41. Nxf4 Kxf4 42.
Bf6 {White has little troubles reaching a draw now.} Ra7 43. Re3 Be4 44. Bh4
axb3 45. Bg3+ Kf5 46. axb3 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Ra6 49. f3 Bb1 50. Kd2 h5
51. Kc1 h4 52. Bxh4 Kf4 53. Bg5+ Kxg5 54. Kxb1 Kf4 55. Re6 Kxf3 56. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand-The World"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "The World"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. a4 e5 11. Nd2 e4 12. Be2 Re8 13. Ba3 Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7 15.
c4 Nf8 16. Rb1 Ng6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rfc1 Bg4 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Be2 Bg4 21. Bf1 Be6
22. Be2 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. e3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. a3 Be7 15.
Qa2 a5 16. Nf3 h5 17. Rc1 h4 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Bd3 O-O-O 21. gxh4 g4
22. Nd2 Bxh4 23. g3 Be7 24. Ke2 Rh3 25. Qc3 Rdh8 26. Rhf1 Bd6 27. Nb3 Bc7 28.
Nbc5 Rh2 29. Kd1 Bd6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Rh1 34.
Ra1 Qb8 35. Kc2 Rxf1 36. Rxf1 Rh2 37. Be2 Bf5+ 38. Kd2 Kd8 39. e4 Bxe4 40. Bxg4
b6 41. cxb6 Qxb6 42. Be2 Bf5 43. g4 Be4 44. g5 Bf5 45. Ra1 Rxf2 46. Ra8+ Kd7
47. Ke3 Rh2 48. Qa3 Rh3+ 49. Bf3 Be4 50. Ra7+ Qxa7 51. Qxa7+ Ke6 52. Qc7 Rxf3+
53. Ke2 Kf5 54. Qxf7+ Kxg5 55. Qg7+ Kf5 56. Qd7+ Kg5 57. Qg7+ Kf5 58. Qd7+ Kg5
59. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. h3 Nh4 13. Bf4 Be7 14. e6
f6 15. Nf7 Rg8 16. Bxc7 Bxe6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Kf7 19. f3 Rgd8 20. Bg3 Nf5
21. Bf2 Nd6 22. b3 b6 23. Ne2 Nb7 24. c4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27.
Nc3 Ke7 28. Kf1 c5 29. Ke2 Nc6 30. Kd2 Kd7 31. Bg3 Bf7 32. Nb5 Bg6 33. Nc3 Bf7
34. Nb5 Bg6 35. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8
15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nd5 exd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qxb2 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rdd8 23. Rxa6 Qb4 24. Rb6 Qc4 25. Nd4 Ra8 26. Nb5 Red8 27.
Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Rxa4 30. Rd1 Nh7 31. Ne8 Be5 32. Bg3 Bxg3 33.
hxg3 Ng5 34. Rd8 h5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. e5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Ra2 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Kf2
Ra2+ 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Rd2 Ra5 43. Nd5 Ne6 44. Kf2 Rb5 45. f4 Rb3
46. Rd1 Rb2+ 47. Kg1 Ra2 48. Kh2 Ra4 49. Nf6 h4 50. Rf1 g5 51. f5 Nc5 52. Re1
Nd3 53. Re2 Ra5 54. gxh4 gxh4 55. Nd7 Nc5 56. Nxc5 Rxc5 57. Re4 Rc3 58. e6 fxe6
59. fxe6 Kf8 60. Rxh4 Re3 61. Rh8+ Kg7 62. Re8 Kf6 63. g3 Re4 64. Kg2 Re3 65.
Kh3 Re4 66. g4 Re1 67. Rf8+ Kg7 68. Re8 Kf6 69. e7 Kg7 70. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. a3 Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rad1 Re8
15. Rd3 Nf8 16. Rb3 Qc8 17. Rc1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. h4 h5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
f6 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. Rd3 Qf7 24. Bf4 Rad8 25. Rcd1 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. a4 Red8
28. b3 R6d7 29. R1d2 Rd6 30. Rd1 R6d7 31. R1d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. h4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bg7 15.
Qc2 c5 16. b3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Rab8 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Bf3
Qc7 22. Red1 Nd7 23. Bg2 Rbc8 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Nde2 Bf8 26. h5 Nf6 27. hxg6 hxg6
28. Bg2 Ba8 29. Bf3 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Na4 Rc7 32. Nxb6 Bxe4 33. Kg2 Rb8 34.
Na4 d5 35. cxd5 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Nxd5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Rb5 39. Nb2 Rf5 40.
Nc4 g5 41. Rd4 Kg7 42. Rg1 Bc5 43. Re4 Kf6 44. Rxg5 Rxg5 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Ne3
Ba7 47. Rc4 Rxc4 48. Nxc4 Kf6 49. b4 e5 50. a4 Ke6 51. b5 e4+ 52. Kxe4 axb5 53.
axb5 Bxf2 54. b6 f5+ 55. Kf3 Bxb6 56. Nxb6 f4 57. Nd5 Kxd5 58. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Ra4 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qb5 21.
Bd3 Qc5 22. Rc4 Qd6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Qf3 Rfd8 26. f5 Qd3 27.
Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Bf4 f6 29. Bxc7 Bxc7 30. Rxc7 Rxb2 31. Ra1 Rf3 32. Raa7 Rbxf2 33.
Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rhg7+ Kh8 36. Rgb7 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 R1f2+ 38. Kg1 Rf1+
39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ne4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bb6 14. Rfd1 Nc6
15. Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. g3 Nc6 20. Bb5 Rc8 21.
Rc1 Ne7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Nc5 b6 25. Nd3 g5 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Ke2
f5 28. Kd2 Kf6 29. Kc3 Ng6 30. f4 gxf4 31. exf4 e5 32. fxe5+ Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Kxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 {
A rare continuation, considered (perhaps undeservedly) second-rate. It was
examined in annotations to Mamedyarov-Kamsky by GM Igor Stohl - see his survey
in CBM 149.} 8. d5 (8. Bb5 $5) 8... Ne5 (8... Nb8 9. a4 $5) 9. Bd4 (9. f4 Ng4
10. Bb5+ (10. Bd4 Nf6 $6 (10... O-O {- game}) (10... Bxd4 $5 11. Qxd4 O-O) (
10... e5 $5) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6
16. Qe1 Rfd8 17. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2736)-Timofeev,A (2631)/Eilat ISR
2012/The Week in Chess 937 (33)}) 10... Bd7 11. Bd4 (11. Qxg4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
Bxb5 13. Bd4 Rf8 14. a4 Nxa4 15. Qd1 Nb6 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Be5 Qd7 $13 {Gupta,A 
(2652)-Zhu,C (2472)/Caleta/2012/ (23)}) 11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 $5
14. a4 a5 15. Bf3 c6 16. Nge2 cxd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bc6 $132 {
1/2 Khismatullin,D (2584)-Yandemirov,V (2520)/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext (51)})
9... O-O 10. f4 Ng4 (10... Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Qd4+ Nf6 {Laurentius,L-Alexander,C/Warsaw olm/1935/} 15. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Gd5,
Ge4,Gf4] I.Stohl}) (10... c5 $6 11. Bxc5 $1 Nec4 12. e5 f6 {Nikcevic,N (2459)
-Sarthou,G (2385)/Creteil/2002} 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa3 Nxd5 15. Rd1 $16) 11. Nf3 (
11. h3 $6 e5 $1 12. Bxb6 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxg3+ 14. Kd2 axb6 15. hxg4 exf4 16. Qf3
Bxg4 17. Qxg3 fxg3 $15 {A.Mikhalchishin}) (11. Bxg7 {is the most popular move
but, surprisingly, White doesn't get too much:} Kxg7 12. Be2 {Probably the
right way to play but still not very promising.} (12. Qd4+ {is a bit premature:
} Nf6 (12... f6 13. h3 (13. Nf3 e5 14. dxe6 Qe7 $5 15. f5 (15. h3 Rd8 $132)
15... Rd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 gxf5 18. O-O-O c6 $132 {0-1 Goganov,A (2525)
-Yandemirov,V (2398)/Kazan RUS 2012 (28)}) 13... e5 14. Qd2 Nh6 15. fxe5 fxe5
16. Nf3 Nf7 17. Be2 Bd7 18. O-O Qe7 19. Rf2 c6 20. Raf1 $14 {1/2 Svetushkin,D 
(2514)-Ionescu,D (2377)/Bucharest 2005/CBM 108 ext (62)}) (12... Kg8 $5 13. Nf3
(13. h3 Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 {1/2 Cebalo,M (2476)-Bentivegna,
F (2324)/Bratto 2009/CBM 132 Extra (99)} Qd6 $11 17. Nb5 $140 Qe7) 13... e6 14.
O-O-O exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Rhe1 Qf6 $11 {1-0 Varga,
P (2478)-Isepy,J (2282)/Sarospatak 2003/EXT 2005 (33)}) 13. Nf3 (13. O-O-O c6 (
13... e6 $5 14. g4 c5 15. Qxc5 Nxg4 16. dxe6 Qf6 $132 {I.Stohl}) 14. h3 (14.
dxc6 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 bxc6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Rd2 c5 $132) 14... Qc7 (14... cxd5 $142
$5 15. e5 Ne8 16. g4 $44 {I.Stohl}) 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. Nf3 $14 {
1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2725)-Kamsky,G (2720)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 149/[Stohl,Igor] (43)}
) 13... e6 {is even simpler:} (13... c6 14. dxc6 (14. O-O-O Bg4 15. dxc6 Bxf3
16. gxf3 bxc6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ba6 Nh5 20. Ne2 Kf6 $11 {
1/2 Yang,D (2432)-Kudrin,S (2543)/Philadelphia 2011/CBM 143 Extra (48)}) 14...
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 bxc6 16. Be2 c5 17. Nb3 c4 18. Na5 Be6 19. O-O-O Rac8 20. Bf3
Nfd7 21. f5 {1/2 Dreev,A (2676)-Smirin,I (2676)/Biel 2002/CBM 091}) 14. O-O-O
exd5 15. e5 (15. exd5 Qd6 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Rd2 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Qc6+ 19. Qc3 Rxd5
20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rc2 Rd6 $15 {1/2 Postny,E (2563)-Boros,D (2401)/Budapest
2004/EXT 2005 (59)}) 15... Ng8 16. h4 {1-0 Jakab,A (2354)-Csaszar,G (2075)/
Budapest 2000/EXT 2001 (22)} h5 $13) (12. a4 a5 13. Qd4+ Nf6 14. Be2 e6 15. g4
$6 c5 16. Qxc5 exd5 $17 {1/2 Hermesmann,H (2122)-Bruemmel,A (2287)/Travemuende
2002/EXT 2004 (34)}) 12... e5 $5 (12... Nf6 13. Nf3 $1 (13. Qd4 e6 $1 14. O-O-O
exd5 15. exd5 (15. e5 $5 Ne8 16. g4 Qe7 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5
f6 $13 {V.Golod}) 15... Re8 $1 16. Bf3 Kg8 17. Nge2 Qe7 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rhe1 c5
$1 $132 {0-1 Bykhovsky,A (2481)-Golod,V (2523)/Modiin 2002/CBM 092/[Golod,V] 
(25)}) 13... c6 (13... e6 $5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. O-O) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O $14 {
1/2 Piazzini,L-Castillo Larenas,M/Buenos Aires 1935/HCL (48)}) 13. Bxg4 Qh4+
14. g3 Qxg4 15. Qxg4 (15. fxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Re8 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. O-O Bxf3 19.
Rxf3 Rxe5 $15 {1/2 Bykhovsky,A (2481)-Tyomkin,D (2482)/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 092/
[Tyomkin,D] (31)}) 15... Bxg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 exf4 18. gxf4 Rae8 19. O-O-O
f6 $13 {[%cal Ge8e7,Gf8e8,Gb6c4,Yc4d6] D.Tyomkin}) 11... Nf6 $146 {I don't
like this move. Black is constricted so he should not avoid exchanges.} (11...
c5 $6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd2 e6 14. d6 $16 {1-0 Benitah,Y (2421)-Lagarde,M 
(2200)/Aix les Bains 2007/CBM 120 ext (45)}) (11... Bxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 {- see 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qd4+ Kg8 13.Nf3}) 12. Qd2 {Probably not the best plan.} (12. a4 $5
) (12. Be2 $5 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O) 12... e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O-O c5 $1
{A good equalising idea.} 15. Be5 (15. Bxc5 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 (16. Rxd2 Rfc8 17.
Bxb6 axb6 {[%csl Ra2,Re4]}) (16. Kxd2 Rfc8 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5
Bxd5 20. a3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bh6 $36 {[%csl Rd2]}) 16... Rfc8 17. Bd4 Nh5 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. f5 Bxa2 $11) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 (16... Ng4 $5) 17. Bd3 Ng4 (
17... Nh5 $1 18. g3 Bg4 19. Bxg7 Bxf3 20. Rf1 Nxg7 21. Rxf3 Ne6 $11) 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Re1 Bc4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Red1 Re8 22. Bc2 Nh5 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 (24.
b3 $142 Ba6 (24... fxe4 $6 25. Nxe4) 25. exf5 $14 {White's pieces are placed
better so he keeps some chances.}) 24... Ng3 25. Rd6 (25. b3 {is too late due
to} Ne2+ $11) 25... f6 26. Nd2 Bf7 27. a4 Bh5 28. Rg1 Rad8 29. Nde4 Rxd6 30.
Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096]} Re5 31. Nde4 $6 (31. Nxb7 Nd5 $1 32. Bd3 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Be2
34. Bc2 Bf1 {[%csl Rg1]}) (31. Kb1 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Nxb7 c4 $44 {[%csl
Rb7]}) (31. Bd1 $1 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Nxf5 33. Nxb7 $11) 31... Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Be8 33.
Nc3 Bc6 $15 {Black has taken over the initiative; now his pieces are more
active.} 34. g4 $6 (34. b3 $142 {[%cal Yc1d2]} Re3 35. Kd2 Rg3 36. Ne2 Rxg2 37.
Rxg2+ Bxg2 38. Nf4) 34... Nc4 $6 {It was more essential to activate the rook
rather than the knight:} (34... Re3 $1 35. h4 Rh3 {, and White is in a big
trouble.}) 35. Bd3 Ne3 (35... Na5 $1 {was still very strong.}) 36. Rg3 b6 37.
Kd2 Nd5 {The knight has to ungloriously retreat; meanwhile, White has
consolidated his position.} 38. Bb5 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Bxb5 40. axb5 c4 41. Rxc4
Rxb5 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Kc3 a5 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {During the whole tournament Carlsen consistently
and mostly sucessfully avoided any heated theoretical debates in the openings,
opting for lines such as 2.d3, or a quick exd5 against the French Defence.} ({
Also in this game he avoids the Open Sicilian with} 3. d4 {, his last Najdorf
against the World Champion was rather disappointing:} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nce2 Qc7 10. b3 e5 $5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12.
exf5 d5 $1 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18.
Be3 Nc6 {1/2,Carlsen,M (2814)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 3... Bd7 {
The most solid response and the result of our game will hardly change this
long-standing verdict.} ({However, there have been some recent developments
after the more enterprising} 3... Nd7 $5 {- see the notes to Bologan-Topalov,
ECC Eilat 2012.}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {This continuation is White's best
chance to fight for an opening edge - he puts his pawns on the light squares,
as he has just exchanged the light-squared bishops.} (5. O-O {occurs only
rarely in top-level games and is generally considered too soft:} Nf6 (5... Nc6
6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Rd1 e5 $5 9. b4 cxb4 10. cxb4 Nge7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bb2
O-O 13. b5 Ne5 14. Nxd4 Rac8 15. Nd2 d5 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rbc1 Qb6
19. Rxc8 Nxc8 $5 20. exd5 Nd6 21. Qf1 Rc8 $44 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5] Short,N (2698)
-Anand,V (2811)/London/2011/}) 6. Qe2 ({Simply boring is} 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6
8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3
Rfc8 15. a3 Bd8 16. Qb1 Ne7 17. Rec1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Rc8 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8
21. Qxc8 Nxc8 $11 {1/2,Kuzubov,Y (2623)-Areshchenko,A (2691)/UKR-ch Kiev/2012/}
) 6... Nc6 7. Rd1 g6 8. c3 Qg4 9. Re1 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe2 11. Rxe2 dxe5 12. Na3
Bg7 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. d3 O-O 15. a4 b6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. g4 Nf8 19.
f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne6 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rad1 Bg5 23. Kf2 Bf4 24. h4 h6 $11 {
Mamedov,R (2634)-Negi,P (2664)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 5... Nf6 {Black intends to
develop his kingside first and possibly use the c-file before he plays Nc6.} ({
The alternative is} 5... Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 $5 {
seems more testing, as after} (9. Be3 {commits the bishop, Black has
reasonable counterplay after} Nf6 10. h3 $5 (10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6
13. Nde2 (13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18.
Bf2 Qxd5 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Rcd1 Rac8 21. Qb1 Qc7 22. Rfe1 Nd7 $11 {Adams,M (2722)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2725)/London/2012/}) 13... Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. Bf2 Qe7
16. b3 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nb4 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bg1 h5 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Nde2 Qc7 22. Qd2
Red8 23. Nd1 Nc6 24. Ne3 f5 $5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nc2 Qf7 27. Nf4 Ne7 {Tiviakov,
S (2656)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Hoogeveen/2012/ (30)} 28. Rfd1 $13) 10... O-O 11.
O-O a6 12. a4 Rfc8 13. b3 e6 (13... Qd8 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Na5
17. Qc2 Rab8 18. b4 Nxc4 19. bxc5 Na3 20. Qb3 Nxb1 21. Nxb1 dxc5 22. Ne6 Qa5
23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd5 Qa4 27. Qb2+ f6 28. Ra1 Qxe4 29.
Ra7 {1-0 Spasov,V (2581)-Georgiev,K (2423)/Sunny Beach 2012/CB37_2012}) 14. Rc1
d5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 a5 (17... Qd8 $5 $11 {prevents both a5 and
Ne4.}) 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Rf3 Qd8 20. Nc5 Rcb8 21. Bf2 Nc7 22. Qe2 Rb4 23. Kh2 Be7
$14 {/<=>,Carlsen,M (2826)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)/Moscow/2011/}) 9... Nf6 10.
f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 {White can develop his bishop more actively with}
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nd5 exd5 $6 (
18... Qd8 $1 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qxb2 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rdd8 23. Rxa6 Qb4 24. Rb6 Qc4 25. Nd4 $14 {/+/-,Caruana,F 
(2773)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ This game was played earlier.
Although Black's position is quite playable, Anand presumably wanted to give
the encounter with Carlsen a different character.}) 6. Nc3 g6 (6... Nc6 7. d4 (
7. O-O g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 10. Nde2 Qe6 $5 $13 {Kasparov,
G (2851)-The World/Internet/1999/ leads to complications, which Black
ultimately doesn't have to fear. See the notes to this game in CBM 74.}) 7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 {and now:} {More often than not Black avoids these complications
and simply develops with} g6 {Now White can avoid the continuation from
Kasparov-The World with} (8... Qg4 {is an attempt to force quick
simplification:} {However, here Black has to reckon mainly with} 9. Qxg4 (9.
O-O Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxd4 (10... Rc8 11. Nde2 g6 12. f3 Bg7 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 O-O
15. Rac1 b6 16. Nd5 Rfd8 17. Nec3 e6 18. Nf4 Nc5 19. Nfe2 a6 20. Rd2 Rd7 21.
Rcd1 Bf8 22. Bf4 Rcd8 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. h3 h6 25. Bf4 Rcd8 26. g4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Be7
28. Be3 Rb7 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Bf4 b5 $132 {Rozentalis,E (2623)
-Alterman,B (2580)/ISR-chT/2010/}) 11. Rxd4 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Rc1 g6 14. Nd5
h6 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Rdd1 a6 17. b4 e6 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Ke7 20. c5 Be5 21.
Rd3 Rc6 22. a4 Rhc8 23. a5 dxc5 24. Bxc5+ Ke8 25. Rcd1 Bf6 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Ke2
Rcc8 $11 {Cheparinov,I (2621)-Lupulescu,C (2546)/EU-ch Warsaw/2005/}) 9... Nxg4
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 {A more enterprising try is the sacrificial} g5 $5 (11...
Rb8 12. h3 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Na4 (14. O-O-O e6 15. Na4 h5 16. Rd3 Rh6 17.
Rhd1 Rg6 18. g3 Rf6 19. f3 Rg6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rh6 22. a3 Be7 23. Kc2 Rh2+
24. R1d2 Rh1 25. Rd1 Rh2+ 26. R1d2 Rh1 27. c5 Rb5 28. b4 a5 29. Rb3 $14 {
Laznicka,V (2593)-Gashimov,V (2658)/Moscow/2007/}) 14... e6 15. Ke2 Kd7 16.
Rhd1+ Kc7 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Rad1 Rhd8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. a3 a5 21. c5 Be7 22. Kd3
f5 23. f3 Rd8+ 24. Kc2 Rb8 25. Kc3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rf8 27. b4 axb4+ 28. axb4 Bh4
29. Nb6 Rf7 30. Kb3 Bf2 31. Rd6 Bd4 32. Nc4 Rf1 33. Na5 $18 {Ni Hua (2705)
-Shengelia,D (2569)/ESP-chT Sabadell/2008/}) 12. Bxg5 Bg7 $5 (12... Ne5 13. b3
Rg8 14. Bh4 Rg4 (14... Bg7 15. Kd2 a5 16. Rab1 a4 17. Nxa4 Bh6+ 18. Kc2 Rg4 (
18... Rxg2 $142 $132) 19. Bg3 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rxa4 21. Rb8+ Kd7 22. Kb3 Ra7 23.
f3 Rg5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rd1+ Ke6 26. a4 $36 {Zhang Zhong (2608)-Petrosian,T 
(2581)/Tiayuan/2005/}) 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Kd2 Ng6 17. f3 Rg5 18. f4 $142 (18. Rag1
Bd4 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. h4 Ra5 22. Rc2 Rg8 23. Be1 Ne5 24. Nf4 Ra3 25.
Ke2 Bd4 $44 26. Bb4 {1/2,Baklan,V (2585)-Atalik,S (2585)/YUG-chT Vrnjacka
Banja/1998/}) 18... Rg4 (18... Ra5 19. a4 Rb8 20. Kc2 f5 21. Rae1 Kd7 22. Rhf1
e6 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Ne4 Rbf8 25. Rd1 d5 26. Nc5+ Kd6 27. Nd3 $14 {/+/-,Soltau,
A (2632)-Ugge,A (2567)/corr/2005/}) 19. Raf1 h5 20. Nd1 Bh6 21. Nf2 Bxf4+ 22.
Ke2 Rg5 23. Nh3 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. Ng5 $14 {/~~ Atalik}) 13. Ke2 Rb8 14.
Nd1 (14. Rab1 $5 Rg8 15. Bf4 Bd4 $44) 14... Rb4 15. Rc1 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Ba3 17.
Rb3 Rxb3 18. axb3 Kd7 19. Ne3 Rg8 20. h4 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxg2 22. Kf3 Rg8 23. Ra1
Bb4 $11 {Jansa,V (2490)-Trapl,J (2340)/Ostrava/1976/}) 9. Nde2 Bg7 10. f3 {
- 5...Nc6 , which transposes back to Caruana-Anand, mentioned above.}) 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 ({The other main try is} 9. h3 {, when} Qc7 $5 {has
recently become popular:} 10. Qe2 (10. b3 {allows the simplifying operation}
Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5
Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Rf8 18. Nxe4 (18. O-O Na6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Rad1 Kd7 21. Re3 Rac8
22. Rd4 Rf4 23. Nd5 Rf7 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxe4 e6 27. Ne3 Nc3 28. Red4
e5 29. R4d3 Ne4 30. Re2 Ke6 $11 {Bologan,V (2665)-Naiditsch,A (2712)/ESP-chT
Melilla/2011/}) 18... Rf5 (18... Nc6 19. Rd1 Rf5 20. O-O O-O-O 21. f4 Rdf8 22.
g3 Kd7 23. Nc3 a6 24. Nd5 b5 $132 {Movsesian,S (2751)-Dominguez Perez,L (2717)/
Wijk aan Zee/2009/}) 19. O-O Kd7 20. Rad1 Na6 21. Rfe1 Raf8 22. Re2 Re5 23. g3
Nc5 $11 {1/2,Movsesian,S (2711)-Svidler,P (2741)/EUCup Ohrid/2009/}) 10... Nc6
11. Nc2 O-O 12. O-O a6 (12... Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2 $5) 14... Qa5 15.
Ne3 Nd4 16. Qe1 Ne6 17. Rb1 Nf4 18. Ba1 b5 19. Ncd5 Qxe1 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Rfxe1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Kf8 23. Kf1 Nd3 24. Red1 Nc5 $11 {Alavkin,A (2460)-Kokarev,
D (2603)/Kazan/2009/}) 13. Bd2 e6 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Be3 $146 (15. Ne3 Nd4 16.
Qd3 Nd7 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Qb1 Rac8 19. b4 Nd7 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. f4 b5 $132 {
/=/+,Malakhov,V (2715)-Hracek,Z (2606)/EU Cup Ohrid/2009/}) 15... Ne5 16. Na3
Rac8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Nab1 d5 19. f4 Nc6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Qf2 $6 (21. g4 Ng3 22.
Qf2 Nxf1 23. Bb6 Qb4 24. Bc5 $11) 21... d4 $1 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 g5 $1 24.
fxg5 Bxe5 25. Qf2 Bf4 (25... Ng3 $1 26. Rfe1 Bd6 $40 {Safarli}) 26. Ne4 Bxc1
27. Rxc1 Qe5 28. Re1 Kh8 29. Nbd2 $36 {Tiviakov,S (2656)-Hou,Y (2623)/
Hoogeveen/2012/}) (9. O-O Nc6 $132 {once again leads to Kasparov-The World.})
9... Qc7 $5 {With f3 instead of h3 this move is still rare - Black doesn't
have the blow on e4 from the previous note!} ({The standard continuation is} 
9... O-O 10. Be3 (10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 d5 $1 {is Ivanchuk's brilliant idea,
Black easily equalised in the stem game} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Be3 exd5
15. cxd5 Na6 16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Ne2 Qe7 {1/2,Delchev,A
(2577)-Ivanchuk,V (2704)/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/}) (10. Bg5 {is rare and for a
good reason - here Black easily gets a good position with the accurate} Nc6 $1
(10... Rc8 11. b3 Qd8 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nde2 a6 14. a4 Nd7 $132) 11. Nde2 a6 12.
a4 Qc7 $1 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 b5 $1 15. cxb5 axb5 16. O-O (16. Nxb5 Nxe4 $36)
16... bxa4 17. bxa4 Rfc8 (17... Nd7 $5 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Yd7c5,Yd7b6]}) 18. Rfb1
Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxc3 20. Kh1 Qc5 (20... Rc5 $15) 21. Rd1 Rc4 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Qd3
Rc3 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. h3 Qa6 26. Qe1 Rc4 27. a5 Nc5 28. Rab1 {Gharamian,T (2471)
-Savchenko,S (2545)/Metz/2007/} Na4 $15 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ra4c3]}) 10... Rc8 (
10... Nc6 $5 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 {transposes to a satisfactory position from
the 5...Nc6 lines, mentioned in the above notes.}) 11. b3 a6 12. a4 e6 (12...
Nc6 13. O-O Qd8 14. Rb1 e6 15. Nde2 Qa5 16. Qxd6 Ne8 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Qe1 Rd3
19. Nd1 Qb4 20. Nc1 Rd7 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Nf2 Nc2 23. Bc5 b6 24. Bxb6 Na3 25.
Ncd3 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 $14 {Balogh,C (2664)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2705)/Saint Louis/
2012/}) 13. Rc1 (13. Nde2 Nc6 14. O-O d5 $1 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Re8 17. Bf2
Rad8 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bd4 a5 21. Ra2 Rb8 22. Ne2 Qb7 23. Qa1 Nh5
$17 {Laznicka,V (2610)-Wojtaszek,R (2635)/CZE-chT/2007/}) 13... Nc6 14. O-O d5
15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5 cxd5 (17... Nxd5 $142 $5 $11) 18. Bd4 Rd8
19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Ne2 Ne8 21. Rc3 Nc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Ne6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6
25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. Qe3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Qe7 28. Rc6 e5 $132 {Ni Hua (2625)
-Areshchenko,A (2570)/Moscow/2005/}) (9... Nc6 10. Nde2 {and we are again back
in Caruana-Anand.}) 10. b3 Qa5 {Black's idea is to lure the bishop to b2
instead of its usual deployment on the c1-h6 diagonal (e3 or g5).} (10... Nc6
11. Be3 Qa5 12. Rc1 Nh5 13. Nde2 $5 ({White avoids the endgame after} 13. O-O
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qc5 $11 {/+/=}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Qd5 Qa6
16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Kh1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nd5 Qd8 (19... Qxd2 $142 $14) 20. Rfd1
Be5 21. Ndf4 Qe8 22. c5 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 dxc5 24. Rxc5 (24. Nd3 $1 $36) 24... Rd8
25. Qe1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 {Kasparov,S (2500)-Varga,C (2349)/Pardubice/2007/} Bd6
$132) ({A similar type of position arises after} 10... O-O 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qd2
Nc6 13. Rc1 $11 {/+/=,Loaiza,Y (1902)-Ramirez,H (2089)/Puerto Boyaca/2012/
White's space advantage gives him a slight pull.}) 11. Bb2 (11. Bd2 {also
deserves consideration, but} Nc6 {is still fine for Black after} 12. Nd5 (12.
Nde2 O-O $132) 12... Qd8 13. Bc3 e6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. O-O Rd8 $11) 11... Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2 $146 {[%mdl 40] Although
objectively this novelty is not particularly dangerous, it's in keeping with
White's strategy to avoid excessive simplification and retain fighting chances.
} (13. Kh1 Nd7 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxc3 17. Qxe7
a5 $44) 14. Nd5 Rfe8 15. Bc3 Qd8 16. Nb5 (16. Qd2 $142 $5) 16... Bxc3 17. Ndxc3
a6 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Nc2 Rac8 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Qe3 Nce5 22. Rac1 b5 23. f4 Ng4 {
Bolshagin,V (2061)-Kokarev,D (2583)/Moscow/2011/} (23... Qxe3 24. Nxe3 Nd3 25.
Rcd1 bxc4 26. Rd2 Nb4 27. Nxc4 Nb6 $11) 24. Qf3 $13) (13. Nd5 Nxd5 {is simpler:
} (13... Qc5 14. b4 Qxc4 (14... Nxb4 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Rf2 $5 Qxc4 (16... Nd7
$5 $132) 17. Qa4 a5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. axb4 $14) 15. Nxc6 Nxd5 16.
Rc1 Qxa2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exd5 bxc6 19. Qd4+ $44 (19. dxc6 $44)) 14. exd5 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 b5 $11 {<=>}) 13... Rfd8 {Anand returns to the idea of
pushing d5 either after preparation (e6), or directly as in the game.} (13...
Nd7 14. Kh1 (14. Bc3 $6 Qxc3 15. Nxc3 Bxd4+ $15) 14... a6 $13) 14. Bc3 (14. Kh1
$5 {/\} Qb6 (14... Nd7 $5) 15. Qd2 {prevents the following central break.
However, Black's position remains solid and he can react differently already
on move 14.}) 14... Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 $1 16. Nxc6 ({This is the only way to keep
the tension in the position.} 16. exd5 $143 Nxd5 $1 17. cxd5 Rxd5 {wins the
piece back and already Black can claim a slight edge:} 18. Qe1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4
Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 (20... Qxd4 21. Qxe7 Rd7 22. Qe2 Rad8 $15) 21. Qxe7 Rad8 $15
{[%cal Ra2h2,Gd8d2]}) (16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {-16.exd5}) 16... bxc6 17. Qe1 $1
{[%cal Rc3a5]} Rdc8 $6 ({Leaving the d-file perhaps isn't a direct mistake,
but it's certainly unnatural. The most logical response was} 17... a5 {/\} 18.
e5 Nd7 $5 19. e6 (19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bd4 Qb4 21. Bc3 Qb6 $11) 19... d4 20. Bd2
$5 (20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qa7 23. exd7 Rxd7 $11) (20. exf7+ Kxf7
21. Bd2 e5 22. Ng3 Kg8 23. Ne4 Nc5 $11 {/<=>}) 20... Nc5 $5 (20... fxe6 21. Nf4
e5 22. Ne6 $44) 21. exf7+ Kxf7 $11) 18. e5 Ne8 (18... Nd7 $143 19. e6 Bxc3 (
19... fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 e5 22. cxd5 $36) 20. Nxc3 Nf6 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Rd1 $5 $14 dxc4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 cxb3 25. f4 $40 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 19.
e6 $5 {[%mdl 128] Carlsen possibly felt his opponent's insecurity and goes for
a direct attack. His approach pays off with surprising speed, but Black could
have defended better.} ({The alternative was} 19. f4 e6 $5 {is safer.} (19...
dxc4 20. f5 $1 {[%cal Re5e6]} (20. bxc4 Qa6) 20... gxf5 21. Rxf5 $44) (19...
Nc7 20. f5 e6 21. f6 Bf8 $13)) 19... fxe6 20. Nf4 (20. Bxg7 {is harmless:} Nxg7
21. Nf4 Qc7 22. Nxe6 Qd6 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11) 20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 $44 d4 (21...
Ng7 22. Rae1 (22. Qe5 Qb8 $11) (22. c5 Qc7 23. Nd3 $5 $44 {[%csl Re5]} (23.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxe6+ Kf6 25. Nxc7 Rxc7 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Ge7] [+]})) 22... d4
23. Qd2 c5 24. g4 {transposes back to the game}) 22. Qd2 $5 (22. Qe1 c5 23.
Nxe6 Rc6 24. Nf4 e6 25. Nd3 a5 $14 {/<=> is pleasant and almost riskless for
White. However, here Black's defence is simpler than in the game, so Carlsen
ambitiously envisages a different route for his queen.}) 22... c5 23. Rae1 Ng7
24. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf5] Limits Black's knight and prepares the follwing
manoeuvre, which is easy to overlook.} Rc6 $2 {And sure enough, Anand goes
astray and fails to meet White's most dangerous idea. Black had better options,
leading to balanced positions:} (24... Qc6 25. Nh3 (25. Re5 $44 {[%cal Yh1g2,
Yf1e1]}) 25... Rf8 26. Qh6 Rxf3 27. Kg1 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qe4 29. Qxh7+ (29. Ng5
$4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh1 Qh5) (29. Rf4 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 29... Kxh7
30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Nxe4 Rc8 32. Ng5 Rc6 33. Rf7 Rd6 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Rf4 $14 {
[%csl Rc5,Re6,Re7,Rg7]}) (24... Rf8 {White would have possibly preferred to
change his plan with} 25. Nd3 $44 (25. Nh3 Rf6 $5 (25... Qc6 {-24...Qc6}) 26.
Qh6 g5 27. Qxg5 Qc6 28. Ng1 $5 (28. Nf4 h6 29. Qe5 Raf8 30. Re4 Qd6 $36) 28...
a5 29. Re5 $13)) (24... Qd6 25. Re4 (25. Nh3 e5 26. Qh6 Ne6 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28.
Qxg5 Qf6 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rc7 $11) 25... a5 $5 (25... Rf8 26. Nd3 $44 (
26. Kg2 $44)) 26. Rfe1 Rf8 $132 {[%cal Ya5a4]}) 25. Nh3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd2h6,
Rh3g5] Suddenly Black is in trouble - his queen joins the defence one move too
late.} Ne8 (25... Qd8 26. Qh6 Kh8 27. Ng5 Qg8 28. Re4 {[%cal Re4f4]} Rf8 (28...
e5 29. Rxe5 Ne6 30. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Re7]}) 29. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Rg1g3,Rg3h3]} Rf6
30. Rg3 Ne8 31. Rh3 Rf7 $8 32. Rxe6 $5 (32. Nxf7+ Qxf7 33. Re2 $14 {/+/-})
32... Rxe6 33. Nxe6 Nf6 34. Nxc5 g5 35. Rg3 $16) 26. Qh6 Nf6 27. Ng5 d3 $6 {
Hastens the end.} (27... Qa6 28. Re5 Qc8 29. Rfe1 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ (30. Qh3 $5 $40
) 30... Rxf8 31. Nxe6 Rfc8 32. Nf4 $16) 28. Re5 $1 Kh8 (28... Qc7 29. Nxe6 Rxe6
(29... Qxe5 30. Qg7#) 30. Rxe6 $18) (28... Qd8 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 d2 31.
Rd1 Qd3 32. Qe3 $18) (28... Rd8 29. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31.
Rh5) 31. Qxh7 d2 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kf8 34. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Re5g5,Rh5g6]})
29. Rd1 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Rd8][%cal Gg5f7] Here White has no immediate mate, but
Black remains completely paralysed, as due to Nf7 he has no access to the
d8-square.} Qa6 30. a4 $5 (30. Rxd3 Qxa2 31. Re1 $1 Re8 (31... Kg8 32. Red1 Qa5
33. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5h7]}) 32. Red1 Qb2 33. Rd8 Rc8 34. Nxe6 Ng8 35. Rxc8
Rxc8 36. Qe3 $18 {also wins, but Carlsen doesn't want to give Black even the
slightest chance.}) (30. a4 Qc8 31. Rxd3 Qg8 32. Rde3 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Re6]}) 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 b4 14. O-O bxc3 15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Bg4 Ncb4 17. Nxe6 g6 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Qh6 Kg8 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Bf6
Nxf6 22. exf6 Nd5 23. Bf3 Nxf6 24. Bxb7 Rd8 25. Ra6 Qxg7 26. Qg5 Rd7 27. Bf3
Ne8 28. Bc6 Rd6 29. Qe7 Qf8 30. Qxa7 Nf6 31. Qc5 Nd7 32. Qxc4 Nb8 33. Rb6 Nxc6
34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 Qb4 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. d5 Qd4 40.
d6 Qd2 41. d7 c2 42. h4 Qd1 43. Qf4+ Kg7 44. Qc7 Kh6 45. Qf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. h3 Ne8 13. f4 f6 14. Qb3 Nc7 15.
e4 Kh8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. f5 gxf5 18. Bxf5 e6 19. Bd3 e5 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5
Qd7 22. Rf2 exd4 23. Na4 Qc6 24. Bf4 Rad8 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nb6
Ne6 28. Qxd5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Rc2 Bf8 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Rc4 Re4 33. Nd5 Kf7
34. Bd2 d3 35. Rb4 Re2 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Rf4 Ke6 38. Ne3 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Be7 40. Kf3
b5 41. Rd4 Bd6 42. Bb4 Be5 43. Rd5 Nb7 44. b3 Ra1 45. a3 a5 46. Bf8 Bd6 47.
Bxd6 Nxd6 48. Rxd3 Rxa3 49. Nc2 Ra2 50. Nd4+ Ke7 51. Nc6+ Ke6 52. Nd8+ Ke7 53.
Nc6+ Kd7 54. Nd4 Ke8 55. Nc6 Kd7 56. Nd4 Kc8 57. Rc3+ Kb7 58. Rc5 Rf2+ 59. Ke3
Rxg2 60. Rd5 Kc7 61. Rc5+ Kd7 62. Rh5 Ke8 63. Nxb5 Nxb5 64. Rxb5 Rg3+ 65. Kf4
Rxh3 66. Kg4 Rc3 67. Rxa5 Kf7 68. Rb5 Kg6 69. Rb8 Rc1 70. b4 Rc4+ 71. Kg3 Kf5
72. b5 Rc3+ 73. Kg2 Kf4 74. b6 Rc2+ 75. Kf1 Rb2 76. b7 f5 77. Kg1 Rb1+ 78. Kg2
Rb2+ 79. Kg1 Rb3 80. Kg2 Rg3+ 81. Kf1 Rg7 82. Kf2 Kg4 83. Kg2 h5 84. Kf2 h4 85.
Kg2 h3+ 86. Kh2 f4 87. Ra8 Rxb7 88. Rg8+ Kf3 89. Ra8 Re7 90. Ra1 Re5 91. Ra8
Kg4 92. Rg8+ Kf3 93. Ra8 Re1 94. Ra7 Rd1 95. Ra8 Ke3 96. Kxh3 f3 97. Ra3+ Kf2
98. Ra2+ Ke3 99. Ra3+ Ke2 100. Ra2+ Rd2 101. Ra1 Kf2 102. Kh2 Re2 103. Ra8 Ke3+
104. Kg3 Rg2+ 105. Kh3 Rd2 106. Kg3 Rg2+ 107. Kh3 Rd2 108. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. h3 Nc4 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qa5
15. O-O O-O 16. Rfb1 Ba4 17. Qe2 Qxc3 18. Bg5 Nd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne1 f5 21.
Qf3 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. g4 fxg4 24. hxg4 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. Nd3
Ne4 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Rab1 b6 31. f3 Kg7 32. a4 Nd7 33. Nb4 Nb8 34.
Kf2 Kf6 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 Ke7 37. Ke3 Rg8 38. Kf4 Rgd8 39. d5 Rxc1 40. Rxc1
a5 41. Nc6+ Nxc6 42. Rxc6 exd5 43. exd5 Rxd5 44. Rxb6 Rd4+ 45. Kg5 Rxa4 46. Ra6
Ra1 47. Kh6 a4 48. Kxh7 a3 49. g5 a2 50. Kg7 Kd7 51. Kf8 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O Re8 9. Bd2 Bf8 10. b4 f6 11. a4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qb1 Qd7 14. Rd1 Bf7 15.
h3 Rad8 16. Be1 Bh5 17. g4 Bf7 18. c4 c5 19. b5 Nc8 20. Qc2 Re6 21. Kf1 Ne7 22.
Nh4 Rd6 23. Ke2 Re6 24. f3 b6 25. Bf2 g6 26. Nhg2 Rd6 27. Bg3 Bg7 28. Bh4 a6
29. Bf2 a5 30. Bh4 Qe8 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Bh6 33. Bf2 R6d7 34. h4 Nc8 35.
Rh1 Nd6 36. h5 g5 37. Ne3 Bf8 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. dxc4 h6 40. Be3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Nh3 e4 15.
fxe4 Ng4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. Na3 Bxh3 20. Be3 Qc8 21. Rc1
Qg4 22. Rxh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Nf3+ 24. Ke2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Bxb2 26. Nb5 Bxc1 27.
Bxc1 Nxd5 28. exd5 Rae8+ 29. Be3 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 c6 13. Be3 Nfg4 14. Bd4 c5 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nce3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qa5 20. Rc2 Bf5 21. Qd2
Qd8 22. Rcc1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rfd1 h5 25. h4 Bg4 26. Ne3 Bd7 27. Bf3 Bd4
28. Nd5 b4 29. Rc4 Be5 30. Kg2 Ra8 31. Ne3 Ra7 32. Rcc1 Qe7 33. Nc4 Be6 34. Rc2
Bf5 35. e4 Be6 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Qe3 Ra5 38. Be2 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Rxc5
Rxa2 41. Bc4 Qd1 42. Qh6 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Rfe1 a5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Rb8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Qb6 20. a4 bxa4 21.
Bxa4 Rc8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Na4 Qc7 24. c3 Nf6 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Qxc7 R6xc7 27.
Red1 g6 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd6 Rc4 31. b3 Ne4 32. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 {Anand has had some direct experience
with the line as Black, even though his opponent has chosen a less logical
setup with 11...c3.} (11. c3 Nd7 12. h4 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. Bh3
Nf6 16. Qd3 b5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. O-O a5 19. Bg2 Rfc8 20. Bf3 $11 {0-1 Naiditsch,
A (2689)-Anand,V (2788)/Moscow 2009 (54)}) 11... Nd7 {We may easily witness
the splitting of players into two distict groups depending on their preference
for the black knight's move. The main atraction for the d7-square seems to be
the control of the b6-square and the prospect of a timely Nf6. With 11...Nc6
Black is controlling the vulnerable spot d4 with better chances for active
counterplay.} (11... Nc6 12. Be2 (12. Ne3 g6 13. Ncd5 Bh6 14. c3 O-O 15. Bc4
Rc8 16. O-O Nb8 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Qh4 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. Nc4 Nc5 21. Ncb6 {
1-0 Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Shabalov,A (2523)/Las Vegas 2011 (30)} Rc6 $11) (12.
Bc4 g6 13. Ne3 Bg7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. c3 Bh6 18. Qd3
Rad8 19. Rad1 Kh7 20. b4 Ne7 21. c4 Bg5 $11 {1-0 Predke,A (2450)-Lastin,A 
(2611)/Samara 2011 (51)}) 12... g6 13. Ne3 (13. O-O Bh6 14. Na4 b5 15. Nab6 Rb8
16. a4 O-O 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 Kg7 19. c3 Ne7 20. Qd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Brkic,A (2592)-Fercec,N (2452)/Zagreb 2011 (66)}) 13... Bh6 14. Ncd5
Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qb6 16. Qb1 f5 17. c3 fxe4 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Bd5 Ne7 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. Qxe4 Qxb2 22. O-O Qxc3 23. Rfc1 Qd4 24. Qxb7 $14 {1-0 Demchenko,A (2578)
-Gabrielian,A (2545)/Belorechensk 2012 (56)}) (11... g6 12. Bc4 Bh6 13. a3 (13.
O-O O-O 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Ba2 (16. Rfd1 Kg7 17. Bb3 Qh4 18. Nb6 Rcd8
19. Bd5 Nb4 20. Qe2 Nxd5 21. Nbxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Heberla,B (2531)-Olszewski,M 
(2526)/Warsaw 2012 (60)}) 16... Kh8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Ne2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxa4 20.
Bb3 Qb4 21. Qxd6 Qxe4 22. Nc3 Qf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Hou,Y (2617)-Ju,W (2518)/Jermuk
2012 (42)}) 13... O-O 14. Ba2 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. O-O Nd4 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Kg1
Kh8 19. Rae1 b5 20. Nb4 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Fedorchuk,S (2639)-Van Kampen,R (2565)/
Korinthia 2012}) 12. Bc4 {It does not make sense to play active moves for
their own sake, but in our position the bishop should rather go to the a2-g8
diagonal.} (12. Be2 g6 13. O-O Bh6 14. a4 Rc8 (14... b6 15. Bc4 Qc8 16. Qd3 Kf8
17. Ne3 Qc5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nc4 Qd4 20. Rfd1 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 $16 {1-0 Smith,B 
(2444)-Shyam,N (2502)/Philadelphia 2012 (30)}) 15. a5 O-O 16. b4 Nf6 17. Re1
Kg7 18. Ra3 Rc6 19. Bf1 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $14 {1-0 Saric,I (2586)
-Cvitan,O (2554)/Otocac 2010 (83)}) 12... g6 13. a4 Bh6 (13... Rc8 14. Ba2 Bh6
15. O-O O-O 16. Qe2 Qh4 17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. a5 Rg8 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. axb6 Rc6 21.
Nd5 Rf8 22. Rd3 {1-0 Heberla,B (2539)-Nitin,S (2387)/Mumbai 2011 (67)} Bxd5 23.
Bxd5 Rxb6 24. b3 Qe7 $11) 14. a5 Rc8 15. Ba2 (15. Qe2 Qg5 16. Ne3 Bxc4 17. Nxc4
Qxg2 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Qxh1+ 20. Qf1 $11) 15... O-O 16. O-O Kg7 {The
position is well defined, with White's main asset in firm control of the
d5-square. Black is ready to generate counterplay on the kingside, but he has
to worry about the safety of the d6-pawn. The king steps away from problems
along the light-squared diagonal as well as avoiding moves of the knight from
d5.} 17. b4 (17. Re1 Qh4 18. Ne3 Qe7 $14) 17... Rc6 18. Qd3 Qg5 19. Rfd1 Rfc8
20. Bb3 f5 {Nakamura is a tactical virtuoso, he is usually striving for lots
of dynamic contact between pieces. A more positional player woul have used the
moment for the swap of one knight on d5 with 20...Nf6!} (20... Nf6 $1 21. Qf3 (
21. Nxf6 Rxc3 22. Ne8+ Kh8 $19) 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 $11) 21.
exf5 gxf5 {The American player has no aversion to taking risks, otherwise he
would have strongly considered the alternative 21...Bxf5!? with even chances.}
(21... Bxf5 $5 22. Ne4 Qh4 23. f3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nf6 25. Rf1 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Be3+
27. Kh1 Bd4 $11) 22. Ne2 (22. Ba4 e4 (22... Rc4 23. Ne2 e4 24. Qa3 $16) 23.
Qd4+ Kf7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nb6 Rg8 26. g3 h4 27. Nxd7 hxg3 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29.
Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Rxd6 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rc8 $11) 22... f4 (22... e4 23. Qg3 $1 (23.
Nef4 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxf4 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxd7 Bg7 27. Rab1 h4 $11) (23. Qd4+
Ne5 24. Qa7 Kh8 25. Qxb7 Rg8 26. g3 Rg7 $11) 23... Qxg3 24. Nxg3 Kf7 25. Nxh5
$14) 23. Ndxf4 $6 {Anand is the world champion, but his tender age of over 40
is sometimes felt in the ease of his decisions. It is very tempting to try
conquering the dangerous adversary on his own tactical turf. The combination
is original, attractive but objectively much weaker than the positional
solution with 23.Nec3!} (23. Nec3 $1 Bf5 (23... Nf6 24. Nxf6 Rxc3 25. Qxd6 Qxf6
26. Bxe6 $16) 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. f3 $16) 23... Bxb3 24. h4 Qg4 (24... Bxc2 $2 25.
hxg5 Bxd3 26. gxh6+ Kxh6 27. Nxd3 $18) (24... Qe7 $2 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ $18
) (24... Qxh4 25. Qg6+ $18) 25. f3 Bxc2 26. fxg4 Bxd3 27. Nxh5+ (27. Nxd3 hxg4
$17) 27... Kg8 28. Rxd3 {The smoke has cleared and White even managed to win a
pawn. Unfortunately the black pieces are coordinated so well, that he does not
have to fear the future.} Bf8 29. Kh2 (29. g5 Rc4 30. g3 Rxb4 31. Rc3 Rc6 $11)
29... Rc4 30. Kh3 Rxb4 (30... Re4 31. Neg3 Rxb4 32. Nf5 Rc6 33. Rad1 Nc5 34.
Re3 $14) 31. Rf3 Rc2 (31... e4 32. Re3 d5 33. Rd1 Rc5 34. Nhf4 $14) 32. Nc3 {
Anand keeps playing with ambition, otherwise he would probably have accepted
near equality after the clever move 32.Raf1!?} (32. Raf1 $5 Rxe2 33. Rf7 Re1 $1
34. Rxf8+ (34. R1f5 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Rb3+ 36. Kf2 d5 37. Rxd7 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39.
Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Kg3 Rb3+ 41. Kh2 Bg1+ 42. Kh1 Bf2+ $11) 34... Nxf8 35. Rxe1 b5 36.
axb6 Rxb6 37. Nf6+ $14) 32... e4 $1 33. Rg3 Rd2 34. Re1 d5 35. Nf4 Rbd4 36.
Ncxd5 {The dangerous pawn mass is eliminated and White will hope for the
better coordination of his pieces in the sharp endgame.} (36. g5 Bd6 $15) (36.
Nfxd5 Bd6 37. Rge3 Rxd5 38. Nxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxe4 Rxa5 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. g5 $11)
36... Rxd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxe4 Rxa5 39. g5 {[%mdl 4096]} (39. Rd3 Nc5 40.
Re5 Nxd3 41. Rxa5 Nc5 42. Ra1 b5 43. Rb1 Nb7 44. g5 b4 $17) 39... Ra3 $2 {
Time trouble has spoiled more games than anybody could possibly count.
Nakamura is hoping to ease his situation with the help of a rook exchange.
Unfortunately his impulsive decision is completely wrong and pushes him to the
edge of a losing position.} (39... Rd5 $1 40. Re8 Kf7 41. Ra8 Kg6 $11) 40. Re8
$6 {The champion must have been quite unhappy about letting his golden chance
slip away. The best was to accept the challenge and swap on a3 with excellent
chances for a win.} (40. Rxa3 $1 Bxa3 41. h5 Bf8 (41... b5 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re6
Nc5 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Kg4 $18) 42. h6 a5 43. Re8 Kf7 44. Ra8 b6 45. Ra7 Ke6 46.
Kg4 Ne5+ 47. Kh5 $18) 40... Rxg3+ 41. Kxg3 b5 42. Rd8 {It is simply impossible
to calculate the position all the way to the solution over the board, so the
players must use their intution. Anand will do fine, but on several instances
better lines will escape his attention.} (42. h5 $1 b4 (42... Kf7 43. Ra8 b4
44. Rxa6 b3 45. Ra7 Ke6 46. Rb7 Nc5 47. Rb6+ Ke5 48. h6 $18) 43. Rd8 Nc5 44.
Kg4 b3 45. h6 b2 46. Rb8 Nd3 47. g6 b1=Q 48. h7+ Kg7 49. Rxb1 Ne5+ 50. Kh5 Nxg6
51. Rb6 Nf4+ 52. Kg5 Nd5 53. Rb8 $16) 42... Nc5 (42... Ne5 43. Ra8 b4 44. h5
Nd7 45. Rd8 Ne5 46. Kf4 Nc6 47. Rc8 Ne7 48. Rb8 a5 49. Ke4 $16) 43. Rb8 {
It is easy to criticise after analysing the position with the help of engines.
Let us just agree on the fact, that 43.Kg4! would have been challenging for
the defender.} (43. Kg4 $1 b4 44. h5 b3 45. h6 b2 46. Rb8 Nd3 47. g6 $16) 43...
Kf7 (43... Nd7 44. Rb7 Nc5 45. Rb6 Nd7 46. Rxa6 b4 47. Ra5 $16) 44. g6+ (44.
Rb6 b4 45. Rxb4 a5 46. Rb5 a4 47. Kg4 $16) 44... Kg7 45. Kg4 b4 (45... Ne4 46.
h5 b4 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. g7 Bxg7 49. Rxb4 $16) 46. h5 $2 {The chess game is
eternally rich and charming, since even world champions can miss the best
continuations. After this wrong choice White will not be able to win any more.}
(46. Rxb4 Kxg6 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Rb8 $16) 46... b3 47. Kf5 (47. h6+ Kxh6 48. Rxf8
Kxg6 49. Kf3 a5 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kd2 $11) 47... Bd6 48. Rb4 $2 {We all know the
frustration, when a good position is slipping away and a bit is missing for
the success. Anand got so frustrated, that he now overstepped the line dividng
safety from risk.} (48. Rb6 $1 Be5 49. Kg5 (49. g4 Kh6 50. Rxb3 Nxb3 51. Kxe5
Kg7 52. Kd5 $11) 49... Ne4+ 50. Kf5 Nd6+ 51. Ke6 b2 52. Rb3 Nc4 53. Rb7+ Kh6
54. Rh7+ Kg5 55. g7 b1=Q 56. g8=Q+ Kh4 57. Qd8+ Kg4 58. Qg8+ Kh4 $11) 48... a5
49. Rb6 (49. Rh4 Kh6 50. g4 Be7 51. Rh2 Nd3 $19) 49... a4 $1 50. Rxd6 (50. h6+
Kxh6 51. Kf6 Be5+ 52. Kf5 a3 $19) 50... b2 51. Rb6 (51. Rd1 a3 52. Re1 Kf8 $19)
51... a3 {Suddenly White finds himself gazing at the unusual exception to the
rule. Rook and extra pawn, advanced structure on the kingside - it all
miraculously pales against the rolling black pawns supported with the
perfectly placed knight.} (51... Nb3 $4 52. Rb7+ Kg8 53. Kf6 $18) 52. Kg5 Ne4+
53. Kf4 a2 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxb2 (55. Rb8+ Ke7 56. g7 Nf6 57. Rb7+ Ke8 58.
g8=Q+ Nxg8 59. Rb8+ Kf7 $19) 55... a1=Q 56. Rb8+ Ke7 $1 57. Kxe4 Qe1+ $6 {
The game is so rich in missed opportunities, that the final nervous play of
Nakamura can be viewed as somewhat justified conclusion to the game. Naturally
the queen would have won in the fight against the rook.} (57... Qa4+ $1 58. Ke5
(58. Kd3 Qd7+ 59. Ke3 Qe6+ 60. Kf3 Qf5+ 61. Kg3 Qe5+ $19) (58. Kf5 Qc2+ 59. Kg5
Qd2+ 60. Kf5 Qd5+ $19) 58... Qc6 $1 59. g7 (59. Rb1 Qc3+ 60. Kf4 Qd2+ 61. Kf5
Qc2+ $19) (59. Rb2 Qf6+ $19) 59... Qd6+ $19) 58. Kf3 Qc3+ $2 {After this move
the tragedy is complete and the point will be split. White could still have
won with the exact check 58...Qd1!} (58... Qd1+ $1 59. Ke3 (59. Kg3 $6 Qd6+ $19
) 59... Qc1+ 60. Kd3 (60. Kf3 Qc6+ 61. Ke3 Qe6+ 62. Kf3 Qf5+ 63. Ke3 Qe5+ $19)
60... Qf1+ 61. Ke3 Qxg2 62. Rb5 Qc6 63. g7 Kf7 64. Rg5 Qc1+ $19) 59. Kg4 $1
Qd4+ 60. Kh3 $1 Qd3+ {White could have build up a fortress after the better
check 60...Qe3+. The fight is fortunately over.} (60... Qe3+ 61. g3 Qe5 62.
Rb7+ Kf6 63. g7 Qxh5+ 64. Kg2 Qd5+ 65. Kf2 Kg6 66. g8=Q+ Qxg8 67. Rb4 Qf7+ 68.
Rf4 $11) 61. Kh4 Qe4+ 62. g4 Qe1+ 63. Kh3 Qe3+ 64. Kh4 Qe1+ 65. Kh3 Qe3+ {
In many respects a fascinating game, despite the mistakes and omissions!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2848"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The clashes between the top rated player and the current World Champion are
always the centre of attention.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {As
usual, Magnus doesn't wish to enter the main line, trying, and mostly
succeeding, to outplay his opponents in the long-term battle. His choice for
the current game is understandable, as the opening knowledge of the World
Champion is way better.} Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 {Anand likes to play with knights, so
he doesn't mind allowing the exchange that now follows.} ({To avoid the
exchange of the bishop that happened in the game, Black can play} 5... O-O) 6.
Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 {Carlsen deviates from his previous game.} (7. O-O Bd7 8. c3
Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 f5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (59) Carlsen,M (2765)-Wang Yue (2689) Baku 2008}) 7... axb6 8. c3 Bd7
9. Ba4 {White's only chance for an advantage is to keep the pair of bishops,
that might tell in the long run. Therefore, he should hide his light-squared
bishop from the exchange. Still, the position is equal.} Ne7 (9... O-O 10. Bc2
Ne7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qd2 Ra5 16. Qxf4 Rxh5
17. O-O-O Rxh1 18. Rxh1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (34) Short,N (2702)-Aronian,L (2648)
Reykjavik 2004}) 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 ({In the following game
Black performed some original rook manoeuvres:} 12... Bc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh2
h6 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Re6 17. g3 Rf6 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. Be3 Ra5 $1 $132 {
1/2-1/2 (48) Efimenko,Z (2637)-Almasi,Z (2640) Germany 2005}) 13. Re1 Re8 14.
d4 Bc6 $1 {Attacking the Pe4 and forcing White to make a slight concession:
either to close the centre by d4-d5 or to exchange pawns.} 15. dxe5 (15. d5 Bd7
16. c4 Nh5 $132 {[%cal Gh5f4]}) 15... dxe5 {It's obvious that Black is not
experiencing any problems.} 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 $146 (16... Raxd8 17. a4 Nh5 18. Be3
Nhf4 19. Red1 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (24) Balogh,C (2561)-Georgiev,K (2649) Sibenik
2007}) 17. g3 Nd7 {The knight is heading to the d3-square. In fact, only Black
can be better here.} 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 (19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. a3 $11) 19... Nf8
20. f3 Nfe6 21. h4 {Magnus is not bothered by anything.} Bb5 22. a3 Rd7 $6 {
It was more consistent to put the bishop on d3.} (22... Bd3 23. Bd1 b5 {
Even if this position is equal, everyone would like to be on the black side.})
23. b4 $1 Nd3 $6 (23... Ba4 $1 24. bxc5 Bxc2 $11 {Opposite coloured bishops
promise a future draw.}) 24. Reb1 Ba4 25. Bxa4 Rxa4 {Anand has achieved the
favourable exchange of bishops, but his knight is ensconced on d3, and just a
headache for Black.} 26. Kf1 b5 27. Ke2 Ra6 28. h5 {Fixing the kingside, just
in case.} c5 $6 {It's clear that Anand got worried that he may eventually lose
his Nd3. So, he decided to liberate it now, before it is too late, even at a
price of a pawn. In fact, concrete variations do not support his choice.} (
28... Rc6 {[%csl Rc3]} 29. c4 ({Also after} 29. Rb3 f6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Nf1 Rcd6
32. Rbb1 Rd8 33. Rd2 Ke7 34. Rbd1 Nb2 {the knight escapes.}) 29... b6 $1 (29...
bxc4 $2 30. b5 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 30. cxb5 (30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rcd6 32. c5
bxc5 33. Nc4 Nxb4 34. Nxd6 cxd6 $11) 30... Rc2 31. a4 Nb2 32. Rc1 {[%tqu "En",
"Black can make a forced draw. How?","","","d7d2","",5]} Rdxd2+ $1 33. Bxd2
Nd4+ 34. Ke3 (34. Ke1 Nd3+ 35. Kd1 Nb2+ $11) 34... Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nb2+ $11) 29.
bxc5 Ndxc5 30. Rxb5 Na4 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. Nb1 {Now Black has a long fight for a
draw.} f6 33. c4 b6 34. Rd5 Nac5 35. Rc2 Rc6 {All Black's pieces are well
placed. It's now up to White to show some plan of improvement.} 36. Rb2 Kh7 37.
Rb4 g6 $5 {This is controversial. It is, normally, recommended for the
defending side to exchange pawns, but now Black gets some weaknesses on the
kingside.} (37... Kg8 {[%cal Gg8f7] would be more natural.}) 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39.
Rd2 h5 40. Nc3 $5 {Of course, every existing engine would condemn this move.
On the other hand, it seems impossible for White to achieve any progress only
by manoeuvering. Magnus is trying to activate his pieces and create some
threats against Black's vulnerable king.} Rxa3 41. Nd5 Kf7 42. Nxb6 Nb3 $1 {
The knight is heading to d4.} 43. Rd7+ Ke8 {Before playing 42...Nb3, Anand had
to bear in mind that his king might be in danger on the back rank.} 44. Rb7
Nbd4+ 45. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 46. Kd1 Kd8 $2 {After long meditation Anand decided to
keep his active pieces as they are and not to take the pawn. However, this
loss of tempi could bring him to the verge of losing.} (46... Ra1+ 47. Kd2
Nxf3+ 48. Kc3 Ng5 49. Nd5 Nxe4+ 50. Kb2 Rd1 51. Re7+ Kd8 52. Rh7 Kc8 53. Ne7+
Kc7 54. Nxc6+ Kxc6 {Black's compensation is sufficient for a draw.}) 47. Rd7+
$2 (47. Kc1 $1 {was very strong. The idea is to bring the king to b2, and push
away Black's rook from the a-file. After that White's rook will get an
opportunity to join the attack via a4.} Ne6 (47... Nxf3 48. Rg7 $1 Ne1 49. Rb5
Nd3+ 50. Kc2 Nc5 51. Nd5 $18) (47... Rxf3 $2 48. Ra4 $18 {[%csl Rd8][%cal
Ga4a8]}) 48. Kb2 Rxf3 (48... Ra6 49. Rb5 {[%cal Gb6d5]} Nc7 50. Rb3 $18) 49.
Ra4 Nc7 50. Raa7 $1 Rxg3 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd6 53. Rd8+ Kc5 54. Nxc7 Rb6+
55. Kc2 h4 56. Rd2 Kxc4 57. Nd5 {with good winning chances.}) 47... Ke8 48. Rb7
Kd8 $2 (48... Ra1+ $1 {- see 46...Ra1.}) 49. Nd5 $2 ({It was the last chance
for} 49. Kc1 $1) 49... Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Rb2 (51. Kc1 {Now it wasn't so
effective.} Rc2+ 52. Kd1 R6xc4 53. Rxc4 Rxc4 54. Rh7 Rc6 {and Black will
eventually hold.} (54... Nxf3 $4 55. Rh8+ Kd7 56. Nb6+ $18)) 51... Rxb2+ 52.
Rxb2 Nxf3+ 53. Kd3 Ng5 54. Rb8+ Kd7 55. Rb7+ Kd6 56. Nxf6 Ra6 {Black is safe
now. Suddenly, all his pieces are well placed.} 57. Ne8+ Kc5 58. Rc7+ Kb4 59.
Rb7+ Kc5 60. Rc7+ Kb4 61. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 {Black wants to get the
bishops pair, which may tell later taking into account the white weaknesses
along the c-file. In doing so, he neglects his kingside development slightly.}
({The by far most popular move is} 12... Bb4 {See for instance two games
annotated by Finkel:} 13. O-O O-O (13... a6 {Degraeve,J (2586)-Lampen,T (2315)
Chalkidiki 2002 CBM 092 [Finkel,A] (0-1, 29)}) 14. Rb3 {Rechlis,G (2525)
-Zueger,B (2448) Ohrid 2001 CBM 084 [Finkel,A] (1-0, 63)}) 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.
Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 {White has an excellent blockade on dark squares and some
lead in development. However, Black has some long term plusses, such as his
bishops pair and the more compact structure.} Qh4+ 16. Bf2 (16. Qf2 Be7 17.
Qxh4 Bxh4+ 18. Kd2 Bd8 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Rb8 Rxb8 21. Rxb8 O-O 22. Rc8 Bb7 23.
Rb8 Bc6 24. Rc8 Bb7 {1/2 Shirov,A (2714)-Morozevich,A (2694) Biel 2011. Now
and in other positions below, the bishops will provide the vulnerable
queenside with entirely adequate defence.}) 16... Qd8 17. Bb6 {Deviating from
a previous game of Nakamura.} (17. O-O Qc8 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. Rfb1 O-O
21. Rb7 Qc8 22. Qc3 Bd8 {Typically, the bishops can display effective activity
from the back rank, especially if they act in tandem.} 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Rb8
Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Bc7 26. Ra8 Bd7 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Nc3 g5 $132 {Karjakin,S (2776)
-Nakamura,H (2774) Monaco 2011 (1/2, 124)}) 17... Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qd4 Rc8 (
19... Rb8 20. O-O Rc8 {does not make much sense to me: why would he lose one
tempo when behind in development already?} 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. f5 $36 {Kurnosov,
I (2657)-Andreikin,D (2689) Sochi 2012 (1-0, 55)}) 20. Rxc8 $146 (20. Ra7 Qh4+
21. g3 Qh3 22. Rxd7 {Nice, but enough for a draw by perpetual (at least
judjing from the course of this game)} Kxd7 23. Qa4+ Rc6 24. Qxa6 $8 {[%cal
Ga6b7]} Rxc3 25. Qb7+ Ke8 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Qa4+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ Kc8
30. Qa6+ Kd7 31. Qa4+ {1/2 Solodovnichenko,Y (2598)-Ikonnikov,V (2537) Ghent
BEL 2012}) 20... Qxc8 21. O-O Qc6 22. Rb1 $6 {This is much too slow. White
will need two (!) more tempi to free the b6-square for his rook, leading to
the complete loss of his advance in development.} ({To me, the critical
continuation is} 22. f5 Be7 (22... exf5 $2 23. Nxd5 $18) 23. Rf3 {, when Black
would still have to find a way to bring his king into safety.}) 22... Be7 23.
Qe3 (23. f5 f6 $1) 23... O-O 24. Bd4 Rc8 {Black has completed his development
and retains some strategic trumps. Therefore, White starts the peace
negotiations.} 25. Rb6 Qc4 26. Rb7 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qc4 28. Rb7 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. a3 Nb8 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Ng3 g6 15.
c3 c5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. h3 Nd7 18. a4 Qb6 19. Nh2 Nf6 20. Ng4 {Giri: I thought
if he loses so much time I should punish him, and and I calculated a lot on
what if he takes, and not what if he doesn't.} Reb8 21. Re3 Qd8 22. Nf5 b4 23.
Rg3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb7 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Nxg4 27. Rxg4 Bf8 28. Qb7 Rb8 29.
Qd5 Nc7 ({Anand: My original idea was} 29... Nf4 {and after} 30. Bxf4 ({
At the last minute I saw} 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 32. Nxd6 {and with
enough pawns he is fine.}) 30... exf4 {the knight on f5 is basically doomed.})
30. Qc6 Ne8 31. Qxa6 Nf6 $2 ({Anand: after} 31... Qb6 {I get the game but with
two extra tempi and probably I'm just winning, or at least a better endgame.})
32. Rg5 $1 {Anand: This looks stupid, because he blocks the bishop -- blocks
everything -- but I cannot do anything with it.} Qb6 33. Qc4 Ne8 34. Rg3 Qb3
35. Qxb3 Rxb3 36. Bd2 Ra3 37. d4 Rxa4 38. dxe5 dxe5 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Rd3 Nf6
41. Ng4 Nxg4 42. hxg4 Rxe4 43. g5 Ra4 44. Kf1 Ra6 45. c4 Rd6 46. Ke2 Rxd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {A common approach
nowadays. This way White avoids the Marshall attack and other variations which
have been analysed until the endgame.} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {White wants to keep
his bishop on the important a2-g8 diagonal.} (8. a4 {is more common. I have
had myself several games here as Black, where I played either 8...b4 or 8...
Bd7.}) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 $146 {This move hadn't appeared beforehand but, of
course, it is a standard one in these Ruy Lopez positions. However, I find it
as an inaccuracy. White hasn't played c2-c3 followed by d3-d4 yet, therefore
the Pe4 is not a target so far. This means that Black's rook might be not very
useful on e8. Instead, I prefer the plan adopted by Levon Aronian.} (9... Na5
10. Ba2 c5 {White can't really make use of the d5-square. Meanwhile, Black
seizes some space.} 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Qd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Anand,V (2792)-Aronian,L (2750) Mainz 2007}) (9... h6 10. Re1 Be6
11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 Qe8 13. d4 Nh5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 Bd6 17.
b4 a5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Nd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (93) Balogh,C (2641)-Ragger,M (2655)
Austria 2013}) 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 {The knight is heading to the d5-square.} h6
{Covering the g5-square.} 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 (13... fxe6 {is possible,
but then the rook is rather pointless on e8. In such case it should be on f8,
at least on the opened f-file, like in the above-mentioned game Balogh-Ragger.}
) 14. Nd5 Re8 {Black has neutralised the dangerous bishop, but he has lost a
couple of tempi.} 15. c4 Nb8 {In Breyer style.} (15... Nd4 $5 {was an
interesting alternative. In general, simplifications help Black to equalise.}
16. Be3 (16. Nxd4 exd4 $11 {[%cal Gc7c6] The pawn on d4 is not weak at all.})
16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Re6 18. Rac1 c6 {and White has only a minimal advantage
at best.}) 16. Bd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 c6 18. Qb3 (18. Rc1 cxd5 19. exd5 Nd7 {
The c6-square gives White nothing special.} 20. Rc6 Nb8 21. Rc3 Nd7 $11) 18...
cxd5 (18... c5 $5 {was an option, getting a different type of structure.} 19.
a4 (19. Qc2 Nd7 20. b4 Rc8) 19... b4 20. a5 Nd7 21. Be3 f5 {In both cases
White should be slightly better, but the position is full of strategical
nuances.}) 19. Qxd5 Nd7 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Rc3 $6 (21. Rc6 Nb6 22. Qb3 Qb7 23.
Rec1 Rac8 24. Qc2 Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Qb8 {[%cal Ge8c8]} 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rc8
28. Ra7 Na4 29. b4 Rc2 30. Rxa6 Ra2 $11) (21. Ba5 $1 {[%csl Yc7] would be more
troublesome for Black, eyeing the c7-square.} Nf6 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Rc3 Qa7 (
23... Qb7 24. Rec1 $14) 24. Rec1 $14) 21... Nf6 22. Qb3 Qb7 23. Rec1 Rac8 24.
h3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 d5 {Black has achieved this favourable advance and is very
close to equalising.} 26. Nxe5 dxe4 27. d4 Qd5 28. Be3 {White still has
chances thanks to his control over the c-file.} Bd6 29. Ng4 Re6 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6
31. Kh1 $5 {I guess this move puzzled Caruana a bit. Now there is the threat
of 32.Qc6, which wasn't possible before, in view of Bd6-h2+.} Be7 {It was more
logical to offer the exchange of bishops straight away, but the move in the
text is not bad either.} (31... Bf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Qe3 g5 34. Rc5 Qa2 35.
Rc8+ Kg7 36. Qc3 Rxf2 37. d5+ Rf6 38. Rc6 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. d6 Qf4+ $11) 32.
Qc7 Re6 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Bd6 $2 {Only this is the decisive mistake. It was
necessary to swap bishops.} (34... Bg5 35. Rh8+ Kg6 {White doesn't have more
than equality here, for example:} 36. Qf8 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Qg5 38. Rg8 Kh7 39.
Rh8+ Kg6 $11) 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Qg8 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gh8h6] Now Black's
position collapses.} Kf6 37. Rh7 Ke7 38. Qxg7 Qh5 {[%tqu "En","How should
White continue the attack?","","","e3g5","The bishop delivers the final blow.",
5]} 39. Bg5+ $1 {The bishop delivers the final blow.} Kd7 (39... Qxg5 40. Qxf7+
Kd8 41. Qd7#) 40. Qxf7+ Qxf7 41. Rxf7+ ({After} 41. Rxf7+ Ke8 42. Rf6 Rxf6 43.
Bxf6 {two extra pawns are easily enough for a win.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was in the 4th round. I had just beaten Fabiano Caruna the previous day,
which made a perfect start for the New Year. Dies war in der 4. Runde. Gerade
am Vortag hatte Fabiano Caruna geschlagen, was einen perfekten Start für das
neue Jahr abgab.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {We went for the Slav Defence, which was
no big surprise. We played this many time before, with reversed colours as
well. Wir wählten die Slawische Verteidigung, was keine große Überraschung war.
So haben wir viele Male zuvor gespielt, auch mit umgekehrten Farben.} 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 {He goes e3 actually more often, but recently he has been
playing Bg5 a bit. Er wählt häufiger e3, aber in letzter Zeit hat er auch ein
wenig Bg5 gespielt.} Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 {I went for 8...
Bd6, already one idea was exactly what happened in the game. I wanted to see
if he would give me a chance to play 11...Rc8. Ich wählte 8...Bd6, eine Idee
war bereits genau das, was in der Partie passiert. Ich wollte sehen, ob er mir
die Chance geben würde, 11...Rc8 zu spielen.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8
{This is actually an amazing move. Dies ist in der Tat ein erstaunlicher Zug.}
({It used to be that everyone played automatically, in order to play c5,
Früher war es so, dass jedermann, um c5 zu spielen, automatisch} 11... a6 {
and then recently I noticed some games with 11...Rc8. zog, und dann fielen mir
kürzlich ein ein paar Partien 11...Rc8 auf.}) ({Let's imagine the position of
the game line after Vergegenwärtigen wir uns die Stellung des Partieabspiels
nach} 11... a6 12. Ng5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. f3 {0-1 (53) Anand,
V (2791)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 2009. There are many games played with this.
White has good compensation with the pair of bishops and the weak dark squares
in return of the extra pawn. In fact I lost a game to Aronian in 2009, though
I was winning. But I managed to confuse myself: Damit wurden viele Partien
gespielt. Für den Mehrbauern hat Weiß gute Kompensation mit dem Läuferpaar und
den schwachen dunklen Feldern. Tatsächlich verlor ich im Jahr 2009 gegen
Aronian, obwohl ich auf Gewinn stand. Aber ich schaffte es, mich selbst zu
verwirren:}) 12. Ng5 {This is the typical reaction and a very logical move.
Dies ist die typische Reaktion und ein ganz logischer Zug.} ({Already one
point of 11...Rc8 was shown in a game between Topalov and Kasimdhanov, a few
months back, where after Eine Pointe von 11...Rc8 wurde bereits in einer
Partie zwischen Topalov und Kasimdhanov gezeigt, ein paar Monate zuvor, wo nach
} 12. b4 {Black played Schwarz trotzdem} c5 {anyway. It's interesting: In the
whole line Black wants to play c5 without even bothering to protect the
b5-pawn. So there is an implied pawn sacrifice in every one of these moves.
spielte: Es ist interessant: In dem ganzen Abspiel will Schwarz c5 durchsetzen,
ohne sich um die Deckung des b5-Bauern überhaupt zu kümmern. Jeder dieser Züge
beinhaltet somit ein Bauernopfer.} 13. bxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Rxc5
16. f4 Nd5 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3 Rxc3
22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxb5 Bxa3 25. Kg2 g6 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rd7 Rxd7
28. Bxd7 Kg7 29. e4 Kf6 30. Kf3 a5 31. e5+ Ke7 32. Ba4 Bc5 33. h3 Bb6 34. Bb5
Bc5 35. Ba4 Bb6 36. Bb5 Bc5 37. Ba4 {1/2-1/2 (37) Topalov,V (2752)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2684) London 2012}) {Our big point, which we found while
preparing for the match against Gelfand, was the move Unser großer Wurf, den
wir bei der Vorbereitung auf das Match gegen Gelfand fanden, war der Zug} 12...
c5 $1 {So it looks like that for almost all what White does, Black can just
play c5. So the advantage of 11...Rc8 is that for the next move you have no
difficulty remembering... Es sieht also so aus, dass bei nahezu allem, was
Weiß tut, Schwarz einfach c5 spielen kann. Der Vorteil von 11...Rc8 liegt ergo
darin, dass man für den nächsten Zug keine Schwierigkeiten hat, sich zu
erinnern...} ({After 11...Rc8 12.Ng5 looks even stronger then after 11...a6,
because if you play Nach 11...Rc8 seiht 12.Ng5 sogar noch stärker aus als nach
11...a6, denn wenn man} 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 {then the R on
c8 is worse than the pawn on a6. spielt, dann steht der R auf c8 schlechter
als der Bauer auf a6.}) {He went Er zog.} 13. Nxh7 ({instead of statt} 13.
Bxh7+ {I give one variation, just to illustrate the thing: Ich gebe eine
Variante an, nur um die Sache zu illustrieren:} Kh8 14. Be4 Nxe4 15. Ngxe4 Bb8
$44 {and in fact, ...Qh4 is coming and the Rc8 and the black bishops are
perfectly placed. und dann steht ...Qh4 ins Haus, und der Rc8 und die
schwarzen Läufer sind perfekt platziert.}) {and I went , und ich wählte} 13...
Ng4 {This is the first point: Instead of taking the knight on h7, Black simply
moves his own. Dies ist die erste Pointe: Statt den Springer auf h7 zu
schlagen, bewegt Schwarz einfach seinen eigenen.} 14. f4 {Levon was very much
finding the way at the board. So he decided to go f4 instead of h3, which has
to be said is a little bit safer. Levon fand den Weg praktisch am Brett.
Deshalb entschied er sich für f4 statt h3, was zugegebenermaßen ein bisschen
sicherer ist.} ({I give a variation with Ich führe eine Variante mit} 14. h3 {
This line is self evident and in fact if you analyse with the computer a
little bit, it will show all the direct lines. an. Diese spricht für sich, und
wenn man ein bisschen mit dem Computer analysiert, wird dieser all die
direkten Abspiele zeigen.} Bh2+ $1 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Be4 (16. d5 Rfd8 $44) 16...
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qxe6+ Kxh7 19. Qxd7 cxd4 20. exd4 Bb8 21. Kg1 Bh2+ 22. Kh1
$11 {The main line ends in a draw, which is quite satisfactory from Black's
point of view. Das Hauptabspiel endet mit Remis, was aus der Sicht von Schwarz
völlig zufriedenstellend ist.}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 {After this I actually
could not remember, what we had prepared. This was a bit of a problem, because
this is not the position where you could make a half move or a position that
plays itself. You have to make an exact move, because there is a rook hanging
on f8 and a lot of action. You have to do the right thing. And there are some
possibilities. I was considering moves like 15...e5, 15...Nde5, 15...Qh4, etc.
But none of them made a lot of sense. And then I got the key. Though I could't
remember the variations, I rememberd that in some lines my knight gets to d3.
So I mainly rembered the position where my knight gets to d3 and from this I
managed to reconstruct and find this move ...Bc5. Hiernach konnte ich mich
tatsächlich nicht mehr daran erinnern, was wir vorbereitet hatten. Das war ein
gewisses Problem, denn dies ist keine Stellung, wo man einen Halbzug machen
kann oder sich die Position von selbst spielt. Man muss einen genauen Zug
machen, da auf f8 ein Turm hängt und eine Menge los ist. Man muss das Richtige
tun. Und es gibt einige Möglichkeiten. Ich erwog Züge wie 15...e5, 15...Nde5,
15...Qh4 usw. Aber keiner davon war besonders sinnvoll. Und dann bekam ich den
Schlüssel. Obwohl ich mich nicht an die Varianten erinnern konnte, wusste ich
noch, dass in einigen Abspielen mein Springer nach d3 kommt. Also erinnerte
mich also hauptsächlich an die Stellung, wo mein Springer nach d3 kommt, und
daraufhin gelang es mir, die Sache zu rekonstruieren und diesen Zug ...Bc5 zu
finden.} ({I remembered the line Ich erinnerte mich an das Abspiel} 15. Nxf8
Bxf8 16. h3 dxc3 17. hxg4 Nf6) 15... Bc5 $1 16. Be2 {I think this is the real
mistake. Ich glaube, dies ist der wirkliche Fehler.} ({I give a line, which is
fairly straight forward: Ich gebe ein Abspiel an, was ziemlich geradlinig ist:
} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxf8 Nxd3 {Black is very, very comfortable with the knight
on d3, but it might be not enough. White might get some sort of half playable
position like the variation here: Schwarz steht sehr, sehr bequem mit dem
Springer auf d3, aber es ist vielleicht nicht genug sein. Weiß könnte eine
halbwegs spielbare Stellung bekommen, wie in der Variante hier:} 18. h3 Qd4+
19. Kh1 Ndf2+ 20. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 21. Kh2 Kxf8 22. Qh7 Nd3 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ f6
25. Qg3 Kf7 26. Be3 $11) {Again it took me a while, not too long, but the
essential idea was very clear. So I found Erneut brauchte ich eine Weile,
nicht allzu lang, aber die Kernidee war glasklar. Daher fand ich} 16... Nde5 $3
{This is simply a brilliant move. So if there is a single move of which I am
really proud in this game, it is move 16. Dies ist einfach ein brillanter Zug.
Wenn es also einen Zug gibt, auf den ich in dieser Partie wirklich stolz bin,
dann ist es der 16.} ({Here I was thinking again: Hier überlegte ich erneut:} 
16... Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nxh2 (17... Nde5 18. fxe5) {but the problem with that is ,
aber das Problem dabei ist} 18. Ng5 $1) 17. Bxg4 ({Now, after Nach} 17. fxe5 {
I have habe ich jetzt} Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qg1+ 19. Rxg1 Nf2#) 17... Bxd4+ 18. Kh1
Nxg4 {And here, the game which kept on coming to my mind was the famous
classic Rotlewi-Rubinstein. For me, it's just a classic. I imagine for Gelfand
also. He would have rememberd it effortlessly, first of all he knows his
classics and secondly it is Rubinstein. he is one of his big heroes.
Rubinstein's main point was to invade with both rooks, but except for this it
is very similar. Und hier war die Partie, die mir ständig in den Sinn kam, der
berühmte Klassiker Rotlewi-Rubinstein. Für mich ist es einfach ein Klassiker.
Ich vermute, für Gelfand auch. Er sich mühelos daran erinnern können, erstens
kennt er seine Klassiker, und zweitens ist Rubinstein einer seiner großen
Helden. Rubinsteins Hauptpointe war, mit beiden Türmen einzudringen, aber
davon abgesehen ist es ganz ähnlich.} 19. Nxf8 {Here the alternatives were
very clear. In fact, for the rest of the game, there is not much commentary to
give. I will just highlight one or two key things. Hier waren die Alternativen
ganz klar. Tatsächlich ist für den Rest der Partie kein großer Kommentar mehr
erforderlich. Ich werde lediglich ein oder zwei Schlüsseldinge betonen.} (19.
Ng5 f5 20. h3 Rf6 21. Nf3 Rh6 $19) 19... f5 $1 {This move I like very much.
Here, I didn't take much time, because the ideas are very obvious. The queen
is coming to h4, or it's going to f6, capturing the knight and White really
has never a defence. So this was also very easy. Dieser Zug gefällt mir. Hier
brauchte ich nicht viel Zeit, denn die Ideen sind sehr offensichtlich. Die
Dame kommt nach h4, oder sie geht nach f6, Schlagen des Springers, und Weiß
hat nie wirklich eine Verteidigung. Das war also ziemlich einfach.} 20. Ng6 Qf6
21. h3 ({The only thing is, on Das Einzige ist, auf} 21. Ne5 {you have to find
muss man} Nxh2 $8 $19 {It's the only move, but it wins. finden. Es ist der
einzige Zug, aber er gewinnt.}) 21... Qxg6 {The other thing is, though Black
is attacking very slowly, Qf6, Qxg6, Qh5 and so on, there is very little White
can do, because of the power of my bishops and the knight on g4. Die andere
Sache ist, obwohl Schwarz sehr langsam angreift, Qf6, Qxg6, Qh5 und so weiter,
gibt es sehr wenig, was Weiß tun kann, und zwar aufgrund der Kraft meiner
Läufer und des Springers auf g4.} 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 $2 {This loses
immediately, but the alternative would not have changed the result... Dies
verliert sofort, aber die Alternative hätte das Ergebnis nicht verändert...} ({
There was an alternative here Es gab hier eine Alternative:} 23. Rf3 Nf2+ 24.
Kh2 (24. Rxf2 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qxg2#) 24... Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Bxc3 (
26... Nd3 $19) 27. bxc3 Rxc3 $19) {After Nach} 23... Be3 {it finishes
immediately. So, one of the best games of my life obviously! Especially
against a giant like Levon. I was very happy, it was a rest day, very nice...
fällt sofort der Vorhang. Also, eine der besten Partien meines Lebens,
offensichtlich! Zumal gegen einen Giganten wie Levon. Ich freute mich sehr, es
war ein Ruhetag, sehr schön...} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 (8. Nc3 {would have transposed to Karjakin,S (2780)-Wang Hao (2752)/Wijk
aan Zee 2013/CBM 153 (1-0, 42), in which a completely different line was
played: 5.Nc3.}) 8... Re8 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. d5 {Ambitious, but not
really effective as the game proves.} (11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bh2 a6 13. a4 d5 14. Ne5
c6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. c3 a5 $11 {Landa,K (2643)-David,A (2548)/Clermont-Ferrand
FRA 2003/ (1/2, 48)}) 11... c6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bc4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Bb3 d5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxb2 21. Rab1
Qxc2 22. Rxb7 Red8 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nd4
$146 {The Reti Openng is highly transpositional, which makes it possible that
games contain more than just one novelty! This is such a case and White's last
move is only the first (but also the most important) new move.} (8. Be3 Qxb3 9.
axb3 {Speelman,J (2605)-O'Cinneide,M (2285)/Bunratty 1998/CBM 062 ext/
[Speelman,J] (1-0, 42)}) (8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 exd5 10. Nd4 Bd7 $5 11. Nc3 Na6)
8... Bh7 9. cxd5 exd5 ({One important point behind the novelty is that here
Black has no time for the intermediate exchange of queens:} 9... Qxb3 $2 10.
dxc6 $3 $16) 10. Qxb6 {I find this to be a concession, strengthening Black's
queenside..} (10. Nc3 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 ({Or else} 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Nc2 a6 13. b4
Rc8 14. Be3) 11... Nbd7 12. e4 {in both cases with chances for an enduring
pressure.}) 10... axb6 11. Nc3 b5 $1 $146 {Black's novelty over a not very
relevant game, which had reached this position via a different move order.
Black immediately puts his pawns into motion, restrcting the white minor
pieces.} (11... Bd6 {Dossett,C-Murtagh,D (1889)/Port Erin 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/
2, 15)}) 12. Bd2 b4 13. Nd1 Bc5 14. Nc2 Na6 15. Rb1 O-O {As in many other Reti
lines, White has managed to keep the h7-bishop somewhat out of play, but the
situation on the queenside is not too promissing for him. There is simply no
minority's attack available!} 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Bf3 bxa3 18. bxa3 Ra7 {The
pressure along the b-file is easy to neutralize for the time being. A slow
manoeuvring phase follows.} 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Rb2 Ne6 21. Rfb1 Re7 22. Bg2 Bf5
23. h3 g5 24. Bf1 Bg6 25. Na2 Nh5 26. Bb4 f5 27. Nc1 {Black's progresses
certainly look more notable than Black's, but decision making is not easy.} Rf7
(27... f4 $5 28. g4 Nf6 29. Bg2 h5 30. Bf3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxb4 32. axb4 (32.
Rxb4 Nc5 33. Kg2 Na4) 32... Be8 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Ge8d7]}) 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Nd4
$1 {White decides that he had enough of passivity and sacrifices a pawn in
order to get some dedent coordination.} Rxa3 30. Nf3 (30. Rc2 $5 $44 Na4 (30...
Ra5 31. Nb5) (30... Na6 31. Rb6) 31. Ncb3 f4 32. g4 Nf6 33. Na5) 30... Re7 31.
d4 f4 $1 (31... Ne4 32. Rxb7 $16) 32. g4 (32. dxc5 Bxb1 33. Rxb1 fxg3 $17)
32... Bxb1 33. Rxb1 Ne4 34. gxh5 Nf6 35. h4 Nxh5 36. hxg5 hxg5 $15 {Black
retains a minimal material advantage, but White's position remains very
compact.} 37. Nd3 Nf6 38. Nc5 Ne4 39. Nxe4 dxe4 40. Ne5 c5 41. Nc4 Ra4 (41...
Ra4 42. e3 Rb4 (42... cxd4 43. exd4) 43. Rd1 cxd4 44. Rxd4 b5 45. Rd8+ Kh7 (
45... Kg7 46. Nd6) 46. Nd2 Re5 {[%cal Ge5g5,Ge5b5]} 47. Rd4 Rxd4 48. exd4 Rd5
49. Nxe4 Kg6 50. Nc3 Rxd4 51. Nxb5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 (5. Nf3 {is the main line.})
5... Bg4 $1 (5... c6) 6. f3 {White doesn't want to allow the pin after 6.Nf3.
His plan is Bc4 and Nge2 because the knight sometimes goes to f4 or g3.} Bd7 $5
{This looks a slightly weird place for the bishop, but nowadays this is the
most popular move.} (6... Bf5 {could have been met by} 7. g4 Bg6 {and} 8. f4 $1
e6 9. f5 exf5 10. g5 (10. Qe2+ Be7 (10... Kd8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. O-O-O $36 {
Houard-Prie, Saint Affrique 2007}) 11. g5 {White has huge initiative for the
pawn, for example:} Nd5 {- 10.g5}) 10... Nd5 11. Qe2+ (11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Qf3
Nxc3 13. Qxb7 Qxb5) 11... Be7 12. Qe5 $1 ({if} 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. Bxb5+ c6 14.
Nxd5 cxb5 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 Nc6 $44 {Nataf-Sanchez, Belfort 2012; and
Black has some compensation with his two strong bishops.}) 12... c6 13. Qxg7
Rf8 14. Bc4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc7 16. O-O-O Na6 17. Nf3 $14) 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Nge2 e6
9. Bb3 (9. O-O Be7 (9... Bb4 10. a3 $142 (10. Ne4 Be7 11. Kh1 Bc6 12. Nxf6+
Bxf6 13. Bc3 Bb5 14. Bxb5+ Qxb5 15. d5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nf4
c6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rfe1+ Kf8 21. Rad1 Na6 22. Re4 Kg7 23. Rxc4 Rad8 $15 {
Bedouin-Prie, Chartres 2005}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 $5 O-O 12. Rb1 Qc6 13. Bd3
$14) 10. Kh1 (10. Be1 O-O 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Qc6 13. Bb3 b5 14. axb6 cxb6 15. d5
$1 Qc8 16. Nf4 e5 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. Kh1 Bf5 19. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 20. Bg3 Qe3 21. Re1
$18 {Hamdouchi-Borgo, Lugano 2012}) 10... O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. c3 Rfd8
14. Qc2 Be8 15. N2g3 Nd5 16. Rae1 g6 17. Nf2 Kg7 18. Qc1 $36 {Gharamian-Prie,
Belgium 2011}) (9. Be3 Nc6 (9... Be7 10. Bf2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. d5 exd5 13.
Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 $11 {Lahno-Skripchenko, Istanbul 2012}) 10. a3 (10. O-O
$5 Na5 11. Bd3 Qxb2 12. Qe1 $44) 10... Ne7 ({if} 10... Bd6 11. Qd3 {and the
black queen is in trouble.}) 11. O-O Ned5 12. Bf2 Be7 (12... O-O-O $6 {is too
risky because of} 13. b4 $1 h5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Nf6 16. Bd3 (16. Bh4 $5 {
is also possible exploiting the unpleasant pin.}) 16... Ng4 17. c4 e5 18. c5
Qh6 19. d5 $36 {looks very dangerous for Black.} Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Qe3 21. Ng3 g6
22. Nf1 Qd4 23. Rc1 $16 {Edouard-C.Bauer, Switzerland 2012}) 13. Bb3 $142 (13.
Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nf4 Be6 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. b3 Bf6 18. Qd3 g6 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re2 Rd6 21. Rae1 Re8 22. Qd2 Qb5 23. Qf4 Bh8 24. a4 {1/2
Brkic-Stevic, Plitvicka Jezera 2013}) (13. Ne4 Bb5 14. b3 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe4
16. fxe4 Nf6 17. Nc3 $14 {Iv.Saric-Papaioannou, Istanbul 2012}) 13... O-O 14.
Ne4 $14) 9... Nc6 $146 (9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Na6 12. Nf4 (12. O-O Rfd8
13. Bf2 c5 14. Qf4 Rac8 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. Rad1 (18.
Ng3 Nb4 19. Bb3 Be6 20. a3 $2 Nd3 $1 21. cxd3 Qxb3 22. Ne4 Bd4 $17 {
Orlovska-Ramiro Ovejero, Cambados 2008}) 18... Nb4 $132) 12... c5 13. d5 Rfd8
14. Qe2 Nc7 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 $13) 10. Be3 Na5 (10... Bd6 11. Qd2)
11. O-O Nxb3 12. axb3 {Black has gained the bishop pair but his main problem
is the badly placed queen.} Be7 (12... Bd6 13. Ne4) 13. Nf4 O-O 14. Re1 (14.
Nd3 Rfd8 15. Re1 {- transposes to the game}) 14... Rfd8 ({After} 14... c6 {
Black wants to solve the problem of his queen but now the d7 bishop will die.}
15. Nd3 $14) 15. Nd3 $1 {This is a very useful place for the knight, because
it controls the two important e5 and c5 squares. The knight is ready to move
to c5 or e5.} Qd6 (15... Nd5 16. Bf2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 $36) 16. Bf2 Bc6 (16... Be8
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 a5 19. c4 b6 20. Qg4 $36) 17. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 18. fxe4 f5 $6
{A slightly dangerous move, but Loek wants to play actively.} ({After} 18... b6
19. c4 {White has very attractive central pawns.} Bb7 20. b4 $14 {White has
gained some space.}) 19. exf5 exf5 20. c4 Be4 $2 {Black didn't want to allow
d5, but now he loses a pawn.} (20... Bh4 $5 {is an interesing tactical move}
21. d5 (21. g3 $5) 21... Bxf2+ 22. Nxf2 Bd7 23. Qd4 b6 (23... c5 24. Qh4 Re8
25. Nd3 $16) 24. Nd3 a5 {blockading White's queenside pawns.}) 21. Nc5 Qg6 (
21... Bf6 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Rxe4 c5 24. d5 Bxb2 25. Ra2 Bf6 (25... Be5 26. Qh5)
26. Rae2 $16 {Black has regained the pawn, but White has a strong protected
passed pawn and the e-file for his rooks.}) 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qb1 (23. Qc2 $2
e3 $1) 23... Bf6 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 c6 26. Kf1 Rd7 27. Ke2 a6 28. Kd3 Rad8
29. Rae1 Kf7 (29... h5 $5) 30. Be3 (30. g4 $5) 30... h5 (30... Bxd4 31. Rxd4
Rxd4+ 32. Bxd4 c5 33. Re4 Rd7 34. b4 cxd4 35. Rxd4 $16) 31. Rf1 Kg6 32. b4 (32.
h3) 32... Rd6 33. h3 $1 {The main plan is coming with g4.} R6d7 {Black is only
sitting and waiting.} 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rf8 $2 {This loses immediately.} ({
However after} 35... Be7 36. Re6+ Kh7 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Bg5 Rde8 39. Bxe7 Rxe7
40. d5 $16 {leads to a hopeless rook endgame.}) ({still} 35... Kh7 $142 {
was the best, but} 36. g5 Be7 37. Kc3 {and Black faces a long and unpleasant
endgame.} (37. c5) 37... Rc8 38. Re6 Kg8 39. Rf5 Rf8 40. Rfe5 Bd6 41. Re4 $16)
36. g5 $1 Bxd4 37. Re6+ $1 (37. Re6+ Bf6+ 38. Kc2 Kf7 39. Re4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O d5 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 9. d4 e4 10. Nh4 f5 11. g3 Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bxd4+
15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qd2 Nxb5 17. Qxd5+ Rf7 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxb5
exf3 21. Rxf3 a6 22. Qb3 Qc5+ 23. Be3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. g4 b5 14. Rg1 Nb6 15.
Na5 Rc8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Kb1 Nf4 18. a3 Qc7 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Qc5 22. Rg4 Rfe8 23. h4 Bf8 24. Rxf4 Nxd5 25. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. e3 {This line (and the whole 6.Bg5 system in the Petrosian QI),
topical about a decade ago, was finally considered harmless. Now we have some
new practical examples at the GM level but they hardly change that verdict.}
Nd5 {A new twist.} (9... O-O 10. Bxc4 c5 (10... Qc8 11. d5 $5) 11. dxc5 $1 (11.
O-O-O $6 cxd4 12. Nxd4 $6 Qc8 13. Ba2 Rd8 14. f3 Nc6 $15 {0-1 (32) Bagirov,R 
(2516)-Graf,A (2623) Batumi 2002 CBM 090 [Ftacnik,L]}) 11... Qc7 $1 {[%cal
Yc7c5]} (11... Bxc5 $6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 {1/2 (20) Gelfand,B (2695)
-Karpov,A (2745) Dortmund 1997 CBM 060 [Gelfand,B]} 14. Rd1 $1 Qc8 15. Qa4 $16
{B.Gelfand}) 12. Be2 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. b4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 exf5 16. O-O $14 {
1-0 (51) Szabo,V (2380)-Manheimer,G (800) Lechenicher SchachServer 2009}) (9...
Bxf3 $5 {leads to a complicated, roughly equal positional fight:} 10. gxf3 b5 (
10... Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O {1/2 (32) Cebalo,M (2512)
-Van der Wiel,J (2503) Hoogeveen 2005} 14. Bd3 $14) 11. Bxf6 (11. Rg1 c6 12. a4
a6 13. f4 g6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Bg2 Ra7 16. d5 $5 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. O-O-O $1
$44) 17. O-O-O Qf5 18. Qxf5 gxf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Bh4 $13 {1/2 (42)
Sokolov,I (2647)-Leko,P (2707) Prague 2002 CBM 089 [Ftacnik,L]}) (11. f4 c6 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bg2 a6 14. O-O-O (14. h4 h5 15. Ke2 Ra7 16. Bf3 g6 17. Ne4 Be7
18. Qc3 Rf8 $13 {1/2 (27) Werle,J (2563)-Swinkels,R (2511) Netherlands 2010})
14... Be7 $5 $15 {[%cal Yf7f5]} (14... Qc7 $143 15. f5 exf5 16. Qxf5 $36 {
1/2 (49) Akobian,V (2610)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2486) Montreal 2008})) 11... Bxf6
12. a4 (12. Qe4 O-O $1 13. Qxa8 Nc6 $17) 12... c6 13. axb5 (13. f4 a6 14. Bg2
Ra7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 g6 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Rd8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rdc1 Rb7
$13 {1/2 (47) Almeida Quintana,O (2452)-Gongora Reyes,M (2454) Havana 2005})
13... cxb5 14. Qe4 O-O 15. f4 Rc8 (15... Nc6 16. Nxb5 e5 $1 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18.
Nc3 {1/2 (21) Gelfand,B (2695)-Lautier,J (2660) Biel 1997 CBM 060 [Gelfand,B]}
Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Nd5 Bh4 $1 21. Nb6 Bxf2+ $3 22. Kxf2 Qe6 $1 23. Qxe6
fxe6+ 24. Ke1 axb6 $11) 16. Bh3 $1 (16. Bg2 Nc6 17. O-O Rab8 18. Bh3 b4 19. Na4
{1/2 (23) Bacrot,E-Gershon,A/Bermuda 1999/ (23)} Na5 20. Nc5 Qb5 $15) 16... Nc6
17. d5 Nd8 18. Rd1 $44) 10. Ne5 Qd8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O
14. O-O Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 {The position has been considerably simplified. It
is hardly possible for White to take advantage of Black's backward c7-pawn
although Black should be careful.} 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 (16... Rfc8 {looks more
logical but the problem is that White can prepare d4-d5 in reply to ...c7-c5:}
17. f3 Qd6 18. e4 c5 19. d5 exd5 (19... e5 $5 {still may be enough for a draw})
20. Bxd5 Qe7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rd5 Rd8 23. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8] 1-0 (57)
Zhigalko,A (2582)-Rodshtein,M (2642) Istanbul TUR 2012}) 17. Be2 a5 18. f3 Qe7
19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qb3 {White prevents ...c7-c5 but Black's position is very
solid, and he decides to wait.} Rd6 21. Rc3 Rc6 22. Bc4 h6 23. Rdc1 Rd8 24. Qc2
Kh8 25. Qf2 Kg8 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. h3 Qd6 28. Qh4 Qe7 29. Qg3 Qd6 30. Qf2 Kg8 31.
Qh4 Kf8 $6 {A sudden inaccuracy. Black gives White a chance to make progress.
It was necessary to remove the rook from d8, say,} (31... Ra8) 32. b4 $1 axb4
33. axb4 Qd7 (33... b5 $5 34. Bxb5 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Ra8 36. Bf1 Ra1 $132) 34. b5
Rd6 35. Bf1 Rc8 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Qa2 {[%mdl 32] The queen invasion along the
a-file is absolutely harmless; it is rook that should go there.} (37. Qc2 $142
Rd7 38. Ra1 (38. Qh7 $5)) 37... Rd7 38. Qa7 Ba8 39. Qa6 Rdd8 40. Kh1 g6 41. Qa7
Rd7 42. Qa1 Kg8 43. Ra3 {Finally! But the position has changed in Black's
favour so he now easily holds his ground.} Bb7 44. Ra7 c6 $1 45. Rc3 (45. bxc6
Bxc6 46. Qa6 Rb8 47. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11) 45... Qd8 46. bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qc4 Qb8 14. Nd5 b5
15. Qc6 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qb7 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Rd1 Na4 20. Qb3 Qc6 21.
Qd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 Bc5 23. Bg3 Nb6 24. Bd3 Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rhf1 O-O-O 27.
Bf2 Bxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxd5 29. g3 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Nd5 31. Nh4 f4 32. Rd2 Ne3+ 33.
Ke2 Nc4 34. Rd1 fxg3 35. b3 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. hxg3 Nd6 38. Kd3 b4 39. c4
bxc3 40. Kxc3 Kd7 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. b4 Nf5 43. Nxf5 Kxf5 44. a4 Ke6 45. g4 Kd5
46. Kc3 Ke4 47. Kc2 Kd4 48. Kb3 e4 49. b5 axb5 50. axb5 e3 51. Kc2 Ke4 52. Kd1
Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
$5 {This move has become very popular nowadays. White's plan is Qf3 followed
by 0-0-0 and g4.} (8. f3) ({or} 8. Qd2 {were the main lines.}) 8... Be7 9. Qf3
O-O (9... Nbd7 {Black wants to develop his queenside first.} 10. g4 h6 11.
O-O-O b5 {looks more flexible.} (11... Rc8 {/\ Rxc3} 12. Nd5 (12. Kb1 $2 {
is met by the typical exchange sacrifice} Rxc3 $1 13. bxc3 Qc7 $36) 12... Bxd5
13. exd5 Nb6 14. h4 (14. Kb1 e4 (14... Qc7 15. c3 Nc4 (15... Nbxd5 $2 16. Rxd5
Qc6 17. c4 $1 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 $16) 16. Bc1 $14) (14... Nc4 15. Bc1) 15. Bxb6 (15.
Qg2 $6 Nbxd5 $15) 15... Qxb6 (15... exf3 16. Bxd8 Bxd8 17. Nd2 $14) 16. Qe2 $14
) 14... Qc7 15. c3 Nbxd5 $1 16. Bd2 (16. Rxd5 $6 Qc6 17. Bg2 e4 18. Qf5 g6 $1 (
18... Nxd5 $2 19. Bxe4 $18) 19. Rxd6 (19. Qf4 Nxd5 20. Qxe4 Nxe3 $19) 19...
gxf5 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Nd4 Nxg4 $1 (21... Rc7 22. Nxf5 Nxg4 23. Bb6 Rc6 24. Bd4
Nf6 25. Bxe4 $44) 22. Nxc6 bxc6 $15) 16... Nb6 (16... Nb4 17. g5 Nd7 18. Kb1
Qc6 19. Bg2 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Nc6 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Be3 $44) 17. g5 Nfd7 18. gxh6
gxh6 19. Kb1 $44 {Kamsky-Gelfand, Kazan m/3 2011}) 12. Kb1 (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13.
exd5 Nb6 14. Rg1 Nc4 15. h4 Nh7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bd3 gxh4 (17... Nxe3 18. fxe3
gxh4 (18... Ra7 19. Rdf1 Bf6 20. h5 Nf8 21. Nd2 $44 {Kuipers-Deepan
Chakkravarthy, Vlissingen 2011}) 19. Rdf1 Nf6 20. Rxg7 Ra7 $13) 18. Qh5 (18.
Rxg7 $2 Ng5 $17)) 12... Qc7 $13) 10. O-O-O Qc7 (10... b5 {is also possible} 11.
g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Nd2) 13. exd5 Bc8 14.
Bd3 a5 15. Nd2 (15. Nc5 a4 (15... dxc5 16. d6 Ra7 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Rhe1 $44)
16. Kb1 (16. Ne4 Ba6 17. g5 b3 18. a3 Qc8 19. c3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nd7 21. Rg1 f5
22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $15 {Shirov-Volokitin, Eilat 2012})) 15... Bg5 16.
Kb1 (16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe3 Qf6 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Ne4
Ra6 22. Rhg1 Nd7 23. Qe2 Rb6 24. Rg3 g6 $13 {Harikrishna-Leko, Wijk aan Zee
2013})) 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 $146 (12. g5 Nfd7 (12... Ne8 {is too passive} 13.
Kb1 a5 14. a4 Na6 15. h4 Nb4 16. h5 $16 {Fedorchuk-Bajarani, Nakhchivan 2011})
13. Kb1 a5 {- 12.Kb1} (13... b5 14. Bd3)) 12... a5 $5 13. a3 ({On} 13. a4 Na6 {
is the typical knight move after a5 a4.}) ({I think} 13. g5 $5 {is the best
move} Nfd7 {and only now} 14. a3 a4 (14... Nb6 $5 {Compared to the text move,
this is an extra choice.}) 15. Nc1 b5 $6 {is not so strong compared to the
game!} 16. Bxb5) 13... a4 14. Nc1 ({The computer suggests} 14. Na1 {, but it's
not a human move.}) 14... b5 $1 {Very strong and ambitious!} 15. N1a2 (15. Bxb5
Qb7 16. N1e2 Ra5 17. Bxa4 Rxa4 $1 18. Nxa4 Nxe4 19. Kc1 d5 $40) (15. g5 {
is already too late, because of} b4 $1 16. gxf6 (16. axb4 $2 a3 $1 17. gxf6
axb2 $19) 16... bxc3 17. fxe7 cxb2 18. e8=Q+ Rxe8 19. Nd3 Qc3 20. Nxb2 Qxa3 $40
) 15... Bxa2+ 16. Nxa2 (16. Kxa2 $2 {is not possible, because of} b4 $1 17.
axb4 a3 $19 {Black crushes White's queenside.}) 16... Qxc2+ 17. Ka1 Nc6 18. Rc1
$6 (18. Bd3 {pushing back the black queen.} Qb3 19. Nc1 Qe6 20. g5 Nd7 21. Bxb5
Nc5 $132) 18... Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxb5 Nc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rc4 Na5 (
22... Nd4 $5 23. Bxa4 Bh4 24. Nc1 Bxf2 25. Nd3 Bg3 {Black's chances look
completely good.}) 23. Rxa4 Rcb8 $6 {Until this Black played almost the best
moves, but now he makes some mistakes.} (23... Bh4 $142 {puts some pressure on
the kingside.}) 24. Bc4 e4 $2 {This is a very nervous move. He wants to
activate his bishop from f6, but White can protect his queenside easily and
soon the e4 pawn will fall.} ({Black should hold the position by} 24... Rd8 25.
Kb1 Bh4 26. f3 Bf2 27. Nc3 Bd4 28. Nb5 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Ra6 $13) 25. Bd5 Bf6 26.
Nc3 (26. Bxa8 $2 Rxb2 27. Rxa5 Rb8+ 28. Nc3 Bxc3+ 29. Ka2 Rb2+ 30. Ka1 Rxf2+
31. Kb1 Bxa5 32. Bxe4 Bd2 $15) 26... Ra6 27. Rc1 {White defends his position,
the e4-pawn is lost.} c4 $2 (27... g6 28. Ka2 Rab6 (28... Kg7 29. Rc2 $16) 29.
Rc2 Nb3 30. Bxb3 Rxb3 31. Rxe4 $14) 28. Ka2 ({Perharps} 28. Bxc4 $1 {was the
strongest, but the text move also keeps the advantage.} Rab6 (28... Rc6 29. Ba2
Nb7 30. Rb4 $16) 29. Rxa5 Rxb2 30. Ra8 (30. a4 $5) 30... Rb1+ 31. Rxb1 Bxc3+
32. Ka2 Rxa8 33. Bd5 Rc8 34. Rb7 Rd8 35. a4 g6 36. Bxe4 $14) 28... Nb3 29. Rc2
Nc1+ $1 {Black tries to create some tricks, but White can avoid them easily.} (
29... Rxa4 30. Nxa4 $16) 30. Kb1 (30. Rxc1 $2 Bxc3 31. Rxa6 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rc2+
$11) 30... Rxa4 31. Nxa4 Nd3 32. Bxc4 h5 (32... Ne1 33. Re2 Nf3 34. Ka2 $16)
33. Bxd3 exd3 34. Rd2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Re8 36. Rxd3 Re4 37. Nc3 Rxg4 38. b4 g5 39.
Nd5 $18 {Now the rest is an easy technical job.} Be5 40. Kc2 Kf8 41. a4 Rc4+
42. Kb3 Rd4 43. Rxd4 Bxd4 44. f3 f5 45. Kc4 Bf2 46. Kd3 (46. b5 g4 47. fxg4
fxg4 48. a5 g3 49. Nf4 $18) 46... g4 47. Ke2 Bd4 48. Ne3 g3 49. f4 Kf7 50. Kf3
Ke6 51. b5 Bb6 52. Nc4 Bc5 53. a5 Bd4 54. a6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 $5 {A relatively new trend in the Four Knight
Scotch.} ({The traditional move is} 10. Bg5 {. The apparenly modest game move
is not without venom. Since one of White's ideas is a blockade on c5, Bc1-g5
is not always necessary. The bishop may go to f4, in order to provoke an
exchange for the d6-bishop. Taking the g4-square under control is important in
order to prepare Qf3 followed by Rad1 with some piece pressure against the
hanging pawns.}) 10... c6 {Some sort of half-waiting move, consolidating d5
and preparing the queen's activation to b6 or a5.} (10... Re8 11. Qf3 c6 {
bears similar ideas.} 12. Bf4 Be6 (12... Bd7 {1/2 Kramnik,V (2801)-Aronian,L 
(2825)/Moscow 2012/CBM 149/[Postny,E] (40)}) 13. Ne2 Bd6 {In his comments to
the Kramnik-Aronian game, Postny fails to see any shadow of a problem for
Black. In practice, though, Black has not been doing well afterwards.} 14. Rfe1
Qb8 (14... c5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf4 Rab8 18. b3 $14 Qb6 19. Re5
Qd6 20. Rg5 $5 Rbd8 $2 21. Qg3 Qf8 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {Muzychuk,M 
(2466)-Zhao Xue (2549)/Istanbul 2012/CBM 150 Extra (1-0, 31)}) 15. b3 Bd7 16.
Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 d4 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Nxf4 c5 20. Bf1 Bc6 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. g4 {
White has achieved a nice blockade, but his advantage, if any, is
microscopical.} f5 $6 (22... a5 $1) 23. gxf5 Kf7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Nxb4 Ba4 26.
Bg2 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 $2 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Bc6 Bxc6 30. Nxc6 d3 31. Kf1 $16 {
Rublevsky,S (2693)-Najer,E (2664)/Eilat 2012/CBM 151}) ({Since Nc3-e2-f4(d4)
is a permanent threat,} 10... Be6 {exposes the bishop a bit too early.} 11. Qf3
(11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Nd4 c5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. c4 Qc7 15. Bg5 Be5 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bh4
Kh8 18. Rae1 $14 {Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Caruana,F (2786)/Bucharest 2012 (1/2, 32)}
) 11... Be7 12. Ne2 (12. Bf4 c5 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. b3
Qa5 17. Rfe1 c4 $132 {Sengupta,D (2539)-Venkatesh,M (2511)/Kolkata 2012 (1/2,
88)}) 12... Nd7 (12... c5 13. c3 Rb8 14. b3 Rb6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bg5 {1/2
Filippov,A (2617)-Sokolov,I (2699)/Sibenik 2012}) 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Re1 Nc5 15.
Nh5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qh4 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qf6 19. Rac1 $14 {Kravtsiv,M (2589)
-Harutyunian,T (2358)/Yerevan 2013 (1-0, 40)}) 11. Qf3 ({A prehistoric game
went} 11. Ne2 {, but this is pointless in the absence of a bishop on e6.} Re8
12. c3 Bd6 13. Nd4 Bc7 14. Bg5 Qd6 $17 {Tinsley,S-Lasker,E/Leipzig 1894/EXT 99
(1/2, 42)}) 11... Bd6 12. Re1 {White stays flexible, too. Although Bf4 is the
main idea, it is useful to keep Bg5 in reserve.} (12. Bf4 Rb8 (12... Be6 13.
Ne2 c5 14. c3 Rb8 15. b3 Re8 16. Rad1 Rb6 17. Rfe1 Bc8 18. Ng3 {Mueller,K 
(2529)-Gonda,L (2528)/Germany 2012/CBM 151 (1-0, 42)}) 13. b3 Rb7 14. Ne2 Re8
15. Rad1 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 c5 17. Ng3 Rbe7 18. c3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Ba6 $11 {Chadaev,N 
(2580)-Adams,M (2723)/Konya 2012/CBM 149 Extra (1/2, 39)}) 12... h6 13. Bf4 {
Now there is no reason to delay this thematic move.} Bxf4 (13... Rb8 14. b3 (
14. Na4 Be6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. b3 c5 $11 {Le Roux,J (2517)-Bacrot,E
(2710)/Caen 2011/CBM 144 (1/2, 34)}) 14... Rb4 15. Bd2 $2 (15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16.
Qe3 {[%cal Gc3a4]} c5 17. Qe7 $36) 15... Rh4 $36 {Rogulj,B (2415)-Ljubicic,L/
Zagreb 1993/EXT 2002 (0-1, 24)}) 14. Qxf4 Be6 {Now that the f4-square has been
occupied, this move looks safe enough.} ({Black went down incredibly quickly
for a correspondnce game after} 14... Nh5 $6 {(Just pointless)} 15. Qe5 Qh4 16.
Re3 Bd7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 $2 18. Qxe8+ $1 {1-0 Martyniak,J-Ciesla,S/POL-ch3 corr
1961/Corr Nr. 1}) 15. Ne2 $146 {Very concrete. White threatens Nd4.} (15. Rad1
{looks too neutral.} Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. b3 c5 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Bf3 d4 {
Maybe a bit premature.} (19... g5 $5 20. Rd2 Kg7 21. Red1 d4 22. Na4 Rdc8 {
[%cal Gh6h5,Gg5g4]} 23. c3 dxc3 24. Nxc3 c4 $11) 20. Na4 c4 (20... Rdc8 21. Re5
Nd7) 21. Nc5 Bf5 22. bxc4 Bxc2 23. Rd2 d3 24. Nxd3 Bxd3 25. Red1 Rb4 26. Rxd3
Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxc4 28. Ra3 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc7 30. Ra5 $14 {Boim,I-Turner,M/
Oakham 1994/EXT 2000 (1/2, 35)}) (15. Na4 {is a bit too straightforwardly
playing for the c5-square.} Qa5 16. b3 c5 17. Re5 Qc7 (17... c4 $5 18. Bxc4 $2
Qb4 19. a3 Qb8 {The queen needs to pin the rook from a defended square, which
explains the apparent loss of a tempo.} 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Rf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Nf6)
18. c4 (18. Rae1) 18... Nd7 19. Rf5 {Mayer,J (2222)-Silberschlag,J (2262)/
Saarlouis 2001/EXT 2006 (1/2, 66)} Qxf4 (19... Qb8 $5) 20. Rxf4 g5 21. Rf3 Ne5
22. Re3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 dxc4 24. bxc4 Rfc8 $15) (15. b3 {Looks like a nice
flexible move.} Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. Na4 Rfe8 18. Nc5 $14 Nd7 {Zigo,V (2270)
-Svihel,K (2155)/Czechia 2005/EXT 2007 (1/2, 30)} 19. Rxe6 $1 Nxc5 20. Rxc6
Nxd3 21. cxd3 Re2 22. Rc7 a6 23. Rc6 Ra8 24. Rd6 $14) 15... Qb8 {With this and
his next moves, Anand allows the strategically unpleasant exchange on e6 for
no obvious reason.} (15... c5 16. c4 Qb6 17. b3 Rad8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 $11 {
Black's activity compensates for the minimal structural deffect. Either ...
a5-a4 or ...c5-c4 may slve the problem completely in the near future.}) 16. b3
Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Rfe8 (17... Bd7 18. c4 a5 {looks safe enough to me. The
f4-knight is permanently exposed to ...g7-g5 and Black's queenside counterplay
should level the chances.}) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 {It also looks a bit strange to keep
the passive rook.} (18... Rxe6 19. c4 a5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Rc1
Ra7 {[%cal Gg7g5]}) 19. Bg6 Re7 20. c4 Nd7 21. Rac1 Nf8 22. Bd3 {Black's
position is quite unpleasant. He has all sort of weaknesses and there is a
danger that White creates an outside passed pawn on the queenside.} Kf7 {
The king will not find a good square until the end of the game.} ({To me, it
makes more sense to develop it to a dark square, the best one being g7:} 22...
g5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. b4 Kg7) 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rc6 Nf6 26. a4 e5 27.
f3 $1 {Restricting the enemy centre.} Rd8 28. Kf2 e4 29. fxe4 (29. Bb1 $5)
29... dxe4 30. Bc4+ Kg6 ({Maybe it would have been a better idea to keep the
king close to the main theatre of operations with} 30... Ke8) 31. Ke3 Kh7 {
The difference of king activity adds to the other strategic plusses. Black's
position is very difficult already.} 32. Rc5 Red7 33. a5 Rd2 34. Re2 Rd1 35. a6
Nd7 36. Rc7 Ne5 37. Be6 Kg6 38. Rxa7 R1d6 39. Ba2 Nc6 40. Rb7 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Nd4
42. Bf7+ Kf5 43. Re1 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Kf4 45. Bc4 g6 46. a7 Kg3 47. Bf1 Nf3+ 48.
gxf3 exf3 49. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Be3 d5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5
15. Bxb6 axb6 {Adams had dismissed} 16. f4 {but then thought, "Black has so
many options that one of them must be good, but which one? Let's see what
happens!"} ({Adams revealed that his first thought was} 16. Nd2 {is a draw,
but such is life - move on.}) {Suddenly Vishy was also faced with a dilemma -
all kinds of exchange sacs on e4 are possible and the rook can also simply
retreat to e8, but the World Champion claimed his decision was also impulsive:
"For some reason I started to like the idea of} 16... Rh5 {and decided it was
worth a punt." - Adams: "I was very suspicious of Rh5 - I was completely
unable to refute it in any way, but it looked a very funny move."} 17. e5 Nd7
18. Qe2 Rh4 19. e6 {After this things looked dicey for Anand, but} Nc5 $1 {
showed he had the situation under control, even if he still felt Black needed
to be very accurate in the play that followed.} 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Nd2 Nxd3 22.
Qxd3 Rxf4 23. Qxh7 Bf5 24. Qh5+ Bg6 25. Qe5 Rf6 26. Nf3 Kg8 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. a3
$5 ({Vishy joked "it would have been a reasonable bluff just to play} 28. Rad1
{and see if I have the guts to take on a2!"}) 28... Raf8 29. Rad1 Qf5 30. Qe3
Qf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Re6 Be4 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxb2 35. Rd7 Rff2 36. Rg4
Rf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Rb4 Ra2 39. Rxb6 Rxa3 40. Rxb7+ Kg8 41. c4 Ra4 42. c5 Ra5
43. Rc7 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 a5 $5 {
Caruana's trainer Vladimir Chuchelov had recommended the night before instead
of the previous grandmaster choice of 20...Nxg4. There are five games with
this move in the online database. Three were drawn and two won by White.} 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Ne3 {Anand continued to play relatively quickly, but he lived
to regret it - lamenting this "careless" move which allowed Caruana to
equalise with 23...d5!} axb4 23. cxb4 d5 {Anand in the press conference: "I
should have at least thought about this.!} 24. exd5 Bd7 25. Qb1 $146 {A
novelty. Caruana emphasised that both sides had a lot of options and he'd
barely looked at this move.} ({Predecessor:} 25. Ng4 Qg5 26. d6 Ra6 27. Qd3 e4
28. Rxe4 Rxd6 29. Qe2 Rd2 30. Qe1 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 g6 32. Bb3 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Qf6
34. Rf1 Rd4 35. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (35) Colin,S (2113)-Suto,J (2382) ICCF email 2005}
) 25... g6 26. d6 Rad8 {Caruana said he thought "maybe this wasn't the best"...
} 27. a4 Bxd6 28. axb5 {... but after the crucial} e4 $1 {he was visibly
confident in his position as he left the stage.} 29. Bxe4 Qf4 30. Nf1 Bxb5 31.
g3 Qf6 32. Bg2 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Bxf1 34. Qxf1 Bxb4 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 Bd6 37.
Kg2 Kg7 38. Bf3 Bf8 39. Qe2 Qe7 40. Qxe7 Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 c5 4. Bxb4 cxb4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 a5 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. a3 Na6 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Nde4
Ne8 15. b3 Qb6 16. e3 d5 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. N5a4 Qc7 19. c5 Nf6 20. Re1 Nd7 {
Among all the subtleties discussed in the press conference it was this
position that provoked the strongest emotions. Georg Meier played} 21. Bf1 ({
but Anand described} 21. e4 $5 {as "very complicated" and "the only way we
could have got anything. I don't know if White's better, but it seemed like
the move to play." A possible line would be} dxe4 22. Nxe4 e5 23. Nd6 exd4 24.
Re7 {and suddenly both sides have chances. Vishy's less technical description
of the positions after 21.e4 was "a mess", but instead we got a tidy and
bloodless draw.}) 21... b6 22. cxb6 Nxb6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Na4 Bxa4 25. bxa4
Rac8 26. Qd2 Qd6 27. h4 g6 28. Bb5 h5 29. Red1 Qf8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kg1 Kg8 32.
Kg2 Kg7 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 (6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nd2
Nfd7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 17. f4 Ng6 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Qa8 20. Bf2 Ngf8 21.
Qe2 Qb8 22. Red1 $14 {(),Carlsen,M (2848)-Polgar,J (2705)/London/2012/ See the
notes to this game in CBM 152.}) 6... Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10.
Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] We have already
mentioned this position in the notes to Carlsen-Polgar. Anand's novelty is a
radical, but logical attempt to solve the opening problems Black has faced
after other moves:} (13... a4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b6 (15... O-O 16. c5 d5 17.
O-O Rd8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qh5 Ra5 20. g4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qh4 d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4
24. Rad1 Qxc5 25. Kh1 $18 {[%cal Rd2f3,Rd2e4] D'Costa,L (2411)-Edouard,R (2531)
/Palma de Mallorca/2008/} Qc3 26. Bf2 Rad5 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Qc4 29. Qxh7+
Kf8 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Bh4 Ne2 32. Bg6 Rh5 33. gxh5 {1-0 D'Costa,L (2411)-Edouard,
R (2531)/Palma de Mallorca 2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. O-O
O-O 19. g4 Ba6 (19... f6 $5) 20. Qh4 Rfe8 21. Rf3 Nf8 22. Rh3 b5 (22... Na5
$142 $5 {/\} 23. e5 Nxc4 $13) 23. e5 dxe5 24. Be4 h6 25. f5 f6 26. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
27. Qxh6 $40 {Morozevich,A (2748)-Leko,P (2732)/Tashkent/2012/ For more
details see the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 152.}) (13... O-O 14. O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. g4 (16. c5 $5 d5 17. e5 $36) 16... Rfc8 17. g5 Ne8 18. c5
Ne7 (18... a4 $5 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. Nc5 Na5 $132) 19. a4 d5 20. f5 dxe4 21. fxe6
Bxe6 22. Nd4 Bd5 $2 (22... Qe5 $5) 23. c4 Bc6 {Fuhrmann,A (1649)-Berkley,S 
(1756)/corr/2001/} 24. Rxf7 $1 $40 Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Ne6 $16) 14. O-O (14.
f5 {is a double-edged attempt to deny Black the g4-square:} a4 15. Nd2 {
Risky, but possibly more promising is} Bc5 $5 (15... Nd4 16. Bxd4 (16. Qd3 Bd7
$1 $32 {|^}) 16... exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. a3 Ba5 (
20... Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bxf5 {doesn't win a pawn due to} 22. Rae1+ Kd7 23. Rhf1
Bg6 24. Bh3+ Kd8 25. Rf4 $11 {/+/=}) 21. Rf1 $13 {/=}) 16. Bg5 (16. Nb5 Qe7 17.
Rd1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Nfxd4 Bd7 $36) 16... a3 (16... Nd4 17.
Qd3 Qb6 18. Rb1 $13) 17. Bxf6 axb2 18. Rb1 gxf6 19. Nd5 Qa5 $5 $13 {/=/+ with
strong counterplay on the dark squares - White's K is no safer than Black's.})
14... Bxc3 {It's impotant to flick in this exchange.} (14... a4 $143 $6 15. Nb5
$1 Qe7 16. a3 Bc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qf2 b6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg5 $36) 15. bxc3
a4 16. Nd2 ({The text move allows the subsequent sortie, but after} 16. Nc1 $6
Ng4 17. Bd2 (17. Nd3 $142) 17... Na5 $36 {White's knight looks extremely stupid
}) 16... Ng4 $1 {Exchanging the strong dark-squared bishop gives Black a
promising position - White will be hard pressed to find compensation for his
queenside weaknesses.} 17. Rab1 ({In my opinion a more accurate move was} 17.
f5 $142 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f6 (18... Na5 19. f6 $132) 19. c5 $5 (19. Rab1 Na5 {
tranposes to the game}) 19... dxc5 20. Qxc5 Ra5 (20... b6 21. Qa3 Ne7 22. Rfd1
O-O 23. Rab1 $132) 21. Qe3 Ne7 22. Rab1 O-O 23. Rfc1 $11 {/<=> Black is OK,
but his forces are not fully coordinated yet and White can claim (a slightly
uneasy) equality.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. f5 f6 $1 {Black is behind in
development, so Anand hardly even considered the greedy} (19... Nxc4 20. Nxc4
Qxc4 21. Qg5 Rg8 22. Rfd1 $44 {[%csl Ra8,Re8,Rg8] -> Here Black's king may run
into all sorts of trouble on e8. On the contrary, after the text-move Anand
will soon safeguard his king and White's space advantage on the kingside won't
give him attacking chances, but only counterplay at most.}) 20. Rb4 Bd7 21. Bf3
Qc5 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rc4][%mdl 4112] With a better pawn-structure Black
willingly goes into an endgame. Glancing ahead, this factor should have
ultimately decided the game much later on.} 22. Kf2 Kd8 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Yd8c7]
Another good move - the king aims for its ideal square c7.} 23. Bd1 Kc7 $5 {
Anand sacrifices a relatively unimportant pawn.} ({After} 23... a3 24. Nb3 (24.
Be2 Kc7 $15) 24... Nxb3 25. Bxb3 Bc6 26. Bc2 $15 {White is passive, but
breaking into his position is a tough task.}) 24. Bxa4 Nc6 25. Bxc6 $8 Bxc6 26.
Qxc5 {Again probably a concession, as the open d-file will pose White more
problems than the c-file.} (26. Ra1 Ra6 $44 {Black is fine here, but must
still work to achieve something more tangible.} (26... g6 $5 $44)) 26... dxc5
27. Rb2 Ra3 28. Nb1 Ra4 29. Nd2 Rd8 $1 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rc4,Re4][%cal Gd8d1]
|^} 30. Re1 (30. Ke3 $5 Rd6 31. g4 {[%cal Yf1g1] might have spared White a
tempo.}) 30... Rd6 {[%cal Yc6e8,Ye8f7]} 31. g4 $1 {Defending purely passively
is not only against human nature, but probably objectively hopeless in the
long run. Therefore Fridman correctly seeks counterplay even at the cost of
further opening the position.} Be8 32. Rg1 h6 (32... Bf7 33. g5 $132) 33. h4
Ra3 34. Nb1 Ra8 35. g5 Rad8 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg7+ (37. Na3 Rd3 38. Rg7+ R8d7
39. Rg8 Kd8 40. Rb6 $132 Rxc3 41. Re6 Rxa3 (41... Re7 $2 42. Nb5 Rc2+ 43. Ke3
Rxe6 44. fxe6 Ke7 45. Rg7+ $1 $18) 42. Rgxe8+ Kc7 43. Rxf6 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Raxa2
45. Re7+ Kb8 46. Rb6 $11) 37... R6d7 38. Rxd7+ (38. Rg8 $5 Bf7 39. Rg7 $13 Bxc4
40. Rg6 {and once again it seems that Black's attack is good enough only for a
draw.}) 38... Rxd7 39. Re2 Bf7 40. Rd2 {White seeks salvation in a minor piece
endgame. While simplification is often a good defensive method, here without
rooks his counterplay tends to be less effective. However, this is in all
probability still not the decisive mistake...} (40. Na3 $5 Rd3 (40... Bh5 41.
Rb2 Rd3 42. Nb5+ Kd8 43. a4 (43. Na7 Rf3+ 44. Kg1 Rxc3 45. Rxb7 Rxc4 46. Nc6+
Ke8 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rc7 Rxe4 49. Nd8 $132) 43... Be8 44. a5 Bc6 45. Re2 h5 46.
Re1 $132 {[%cal Ye1g1]}) 41. Re3 Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd8 43. Ke3 Rg8 (43... Ra8 44.
Rg2 Kd7 45. Rg7 Ke7 46. Nb5 Kf8 47. Rg2 Bxc4 48. Nd6 Ra3 49. Rg6) 44. Nb5+ Kc6
45. Rd2 Bxc4 46. Nd6 Rg3+ (46... Ba6 47. Nf7 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rxc3 49. Rd6+ $132) (
46... Bxa2 47. Nxb7 Kxb7 (47... Bc4 48. Nd8+ Kc7 49. Ne6+ $11) 48. Rb2+ $1 Kc6
(48... Kc7 49. Rxa2 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rxc3 51. Ra6 $44) 49. Rxa2 Kb5 50. Rb2+ $132)
47. Kf2 Rxc3 48. Ne8 $132 {/\} Bd3 49. Nxf6 {[%cal Yf6g4]} h5 50. Nd5 Ra3 51.
Rxd3 Rxd3 52. f6 Ra3 53. f7 Rxa2+ 54. Ke1 Ra8 55. Ne7+ Kb5 56. Ng6 Kc4 57. f8=Q
Rxf8 58. Nxf8 $11) 40... Bxc4 41. Rxd7+ Kxd7 42. a3 Kc6 43. Nd2 Bf7 44. c4 $6 {
Trying to stop Black's king, but creating another weakness.} (44. Nf1 $142 $1 {
/\} Kb5 45. Ne3 $15 {[%cal Re3g4] /\} h5 46. Ke2 (46. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 47. exd5 c4
$19) 46... Ka4 (46... c4 $6 47. Kd2 Ka4 48. Kc2 $11 Kxa3 $2 49. Nd5 $18) 47.
Nd5 Kxa3 48. Nxf6 b5 49. Nd7 b4 50. cxb4 cxb4 51. Nxe5 b3 52. Nf3 $1) 44... b5
45. Ke3 $2 {Only this puts White on the verge of defeat.} ({A considerably
stronger move was} 45. cxb5+ $142 Kxb5 46. Ke3 c4 {[%cal Rc4c3]} (46... Ka4 $2
47. Kd3 Kxa3 48. Kc3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Yd2c4,Yc4b6,Yb6d7,Yb6d5]} Ka4 49. Nc4 Bh5
50. Nb6+ Kb5 51. Nd5 Kc6 52. Nxf6 Bf3 53. Kd3 Kd6 $11 {and it's already Black,
who scrapes a draw.}) 47. Nb1 $8 Ka4 48. Kd2 Kb3 49. Nc3 Kxa3 50. Kc2 Kb4 51.
Na2+ (51. Kb2 Kc5 52. Kc2 {- 51.Na2+}) 51... Kc5 52. Nc3 Kd4 53. Kd2 $15 {
and the tricky knight with its numerous forks still seems to save the day:} h5
(53... Be8 54. Nd5 c3+ 55. Kc1 $1 Bf7 56. Nxf6 Bb3 57. h5 Ke3 58. Ng4+ Kxe4 59.
Nxh6 $11) (53... Bg8 54. Kc2 {/\} Ke3 55. Nd5+ $11) 54. Nb5+ Kxe4 55. Nd6+ Kf4
56. Nxf7 Kxf5 57. Nd6+ Kg4 58. Nxc4 Kxh4 59. Ke2 $11) 45... b4 $1 {The main
problem is now Black will have a passed b-pawn, which is far more dangerous
than the Pc4 from the previous line - his B controls b1.} (45... bxc4 $2 46.
Nb1 $11) 46. Kd3 Kb6 (46... bxa3 $2 47. Kc2 $11 {[%cal Yc2b3,Yb3a3]}) 47. Kc2 (
47. axb4 cxb4 48. Nf1 Ka5 49. Ne3 Ka4 50. c5 Be8 $1 51. Kc2 Ka3 52. Kb1 Bb5 $19
) 47... Ka5 48. Kb3 Bh5 $2 {Anand returns the favour and squanders a
half-point.} ({As all the engines and commentators pointed out, the winner was
} 48... Be8 $1 {[] with zuzwang motifs:} 49. Nf1 (49. Ka2 Ka4 50. Nb3 bxa3 51.
Nxc5+ Kb4 $19 {and contrary to the game, White knight doesn't have access to
d7.}) 49... Ba4+ 50. Kb2 Bc6 $1 (50... Bd1 51. Ne3 Bf3 52. Nd5 Bxe4 53. Nxf6
Bxf5 54. Kb3 bxa3 55. Kxa3 e4 56. Nd5 Be6 57. Ne3 Kb6 58. Kb3 Kc6 59. Ka4 $1
$17) 51. axb4+ (51. Nd2 Ka4 52. axb4 Kxb4 $1 (52... cxb4 $2 53. Nb3 $11 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 53. Kc2 Ba4+ 54. Kb2 (54. Kd3 Bb3 $22) 54... Bd1 55. Nf1 Bf3 56.
Nd2 Be2 $19) 51... cxb4 $5 52. Nd2 Kb6 53. Kc2 Kc5 54. Kd3 Ba4 55. Nf1 h5 56.
Ng3 (56. Ne3 Bb3 $22) 56... Bd1 57. Kd2 Bf3 58. Kd3 b3 59. Kc3 b2 60. Kxb2 Kxc4
$19) 49. Ka2 $1 Ka4 (49... Be8 50. Nb3+ Kb6 51. Kb2 Bf7 52. Nd2 $11 {and the
king already won't penetrate via a4.}) 50. Nb3 bxa3 51. Nxc5+ Kb4 52. Nd7 $11 {
The counterattack is just in time.} Bf7 53. Nxf6 Bxc4+ 54. Ka1 Kc3 55. Ng4 Kd4
56. Nxh6 Kxe4 57. Ng4 Kf4 58. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nf1 Re8 8. Ng3
Bf8 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 Ng6 14. c4 c5 15. d5
b5 16. cxb5 Qxb5 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Re3 g6 20. a4 Qa6 21. a5 Rab8 22.
Nc4 Rb4 23. b3 Reb8 24. Bd2 R4b5 25. Ra3 h5 26. h4 Nf6 27. Nf1 Bh6 28. Re1 Kh7
29. g3 Qc8 30. f3 Qh3 31. gxf4 Qxf3 32. Qd1 Qh3 33. fxe5 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35.
exf6 Rf3 36. Qe2 Bxd2 37. Ncxd2 Rf4 38. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bb7 13. b4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb7
15. c3 Qc7 16. Re1 f5 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. a4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nd8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Qd2 $6 {commented: "Usually when you make sophisticated moves
like this it means you've lost track somewhere" (the blunt 22.Rc1 may be
better). After that Adams equalised with energetic play in the centre, where
he pushed his e-pawn...} h6 23. Nf3 Qf7 24. Qa2 Qf6 25. Nd2 Nf7 26. Qa6 e4 27.
dxe4 fxe4 28. Qxb5 e3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 $1 {Nice geometric move.} 30. Qb6 (30. Rxe3
Qxa1+ 31. Qf1 Qa7 32. Qe2 $11) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qc3 32. Qe3 Qxb4 33. Nf3
Qc5 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35. Re7 ({After} 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Nd4 Nd6 37. Nc6 {Black has
the only move} Ra8 {to equalise, as} 38. Rxc5 Ra1+ $1 39. Kf2 Ne4+ {loses a
rook.}) 35... Rd8 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Kf7 38. d6 c4 39. Re7+ ({Adams:} 39.
Rc5 {immediately was no good because we have to wait to move 40 to offer a
draw!}) 39... Kf6 40. Rc7 Rxd6 41. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nd7 15.
Bg5 Ngf6 16. a4 {Anand identified} Rab8 $6 {as a mistake.} 17. Qe2 Bxb3 18.
cxb3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rfd1 Rec8 22. Ne1 b4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24.
Rxd5 Rb6 $6 {Anand: "The rook just gets in the way. It's already unpleasant
for Black. He may objectively be ok, but it's not a fun position to play."} 25.
g3 Bf8 26. Qe3 Rb7 27. Nd3 Rcb8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Rc4 f5 30. Kg2 fxe4 31. Qxe4
Qf7 32. Qf3 Be7 33. Ra5 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Bd8 35. Rd5 Rb6 36. Ke4 Kf7 37. g4 Ke6
38. f4 exf4 39. Nxf4+ Kd7 40. Rd3 Rb5 41. Nd5 {Anand had thought the white
knight was never going to get to d5, but when it did he explained the time the
players were taking with, "White is very close to winning."} Ba5 $1 {Anand was
pleased with some accurate moves around this stage.} 42. Kf4 h6 43. Re4 Bd8 44.
Kg3 h5 {Caruana accepted Anand's draw offer.} (44... h5 45. h4 {It's worth
noting as a curiosity that Houdini rates this line as better for White than
any other position that occurred in the game.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. c4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh7
Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 {was flagged as an inaccuracy by Meier, who'd
missed Anand's later zwischenzug 20.Qg3!} (16... f5 $5) 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. Kb1
Be4+ 19. Ka1 Bc2 20. Qg3 $1 Kh7 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. b3 {White was on top, and
there were flashes of the Anand of old as he moved quickly and confidently.}
Qc6 23. Bc3 Bg6 24. Rd6 Qe4 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Rd2 Qf5 27. Qe5 f6 28. Qxf5 Bxf5
29. Ba5 {playing 29.Ba5 instantly and with a flourish. It was clear the
champion felt it would just be a matter of time before he picked up one or
more of Black's pawns and converted a full point. The curious thing for this
observer, at least, was that Meier was also playing quickly, with the players
reaching the time control with 30 minutes to spare each. He explained
afterwards that it wasn't a case of confidence in his position but simply that
it was relatively straightforward to play, and his one idea was to push his
h-pawn as he did in the game.} Rf7 30. Red1 g5 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Rd7 Rcf8 33.
R1d6 Kg6 34. Bd2 e5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Be3 Rc7 37. Ra6 h5 38. Kb2 h4 39. Ra5 Rd7
40. Bxc5 {Anand regretted playing this, since it allowed Meier to play} ({
it seems Meier was correct to point out that} 40. Kc1 {wouldn't be a huge
improvement after} Be4 $1) 40... Rd1 $1 {and use his rook to harass White's
kingside pawns.} 41. Ra6 Bc8 42. Rxa7 Rh1 43. Rc7 Bf5 44. h3 Rh2 45. a4 Rxg2
46. a5 g4 47. hxg4 Bxg4 {Despite Anand's disappointment it's not clear that
either player went far wrong in the ending. When Adams and Fridman discussed
the game in their press conference they realised it was White who had to be
careful as the h-pawn couldn't be stopped. It looked daunting, but both
players had seen the drawing lines.} 48. a6 h3 49. a7 Bf3 50. Rd7 h2 51. Rd5 $1
{ensured White also queened and Meier was unable to prevent the white queen
and bishop from delivering perpetual check. All in all, despite the misgivings
of the participants, it seems it was objectively a well-played game.} Bxd5 52.
cxd5 h1=Q 53. a8=Q Rg1 54. Qg8+ Kf5 55. Qe6+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Fridman is a great expert on the Petroff Defence. During
his chess career, he has played in this opening more than 80 games and has
good statistics. I think, this move didn't come as a surprise for the World
Champion.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {The main line. Lately another move
became popular} (5. Nc3 $5 {By the way - an amusing miniature with Anand's
participation went thus:} Bf5 $4 6. Qe2 $18 {Black resigned. Zapata-Anand/1-0
Biel 1988.  After the normal move 5...Ne4xc3 the position contains a lot of
theory. Let's leave it for another time.}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 {This move is considered the main one, and leads to a long struggle.
White has at his disposal also another interesting opportunity:} (9. cxd5 $5
Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 {Black must act very precisely for a draw.} Bf5 12.
Nc3 (12. Ne5 $5 {[Blatny,P]} g6 13. f3 $13 (13. Qf3 h5 (13... Qxd4 14. Nc3 Qxe5
15. Bf4 Qa5 16. b4 Qa3 17. Nd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. fxe4 Be6 20. Nxc7+ Bxc7
21. Bxc7 f6 22. a3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Smyslov,V/Reggio
Emilia8687 1986/CBM 04}) 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd6 17. Bg5 Rde8
18. Bf6 Rhg8 19. Nc4 Bf4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Kb8 22. Rac1 Rc8 $14 {Grosar,
A-Puljek Salai,Z/Ljubljana op 1992/TD/1-0 (45)}) (13. g4 Bh4 14. Re2 Bxf2+ 15.
Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Qe3 Bxb1 17. Nxg6+ Be4 18. Nxh8 Nxg4 19. Qc3 Qd6 20. Qd2 f5 21.
h3 Qg3+ {0-1 Rogulj,B-Forintos,G/AUT-chT2S 9697 1997/EXT 99}) 13... Nf6 14. Qe3
O-O-O $1 (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3 Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19.
Bf2 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Ge7][%cal Ge5f7,Ge5d3,Gd3b4]} Bd6 $1 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Nxb4 (
21. Red1 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Ne2 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rxd3 26. Rxa7
Rd2 27. Bh4 Nd5 $15) 21... Bxb4 22. Rec1 (22. Rac1 Rd3 23. Re3) 22... Bxc3 23.
Rxc3 Nd5 24. Rd3 b6 25. Rad1 {1/2 Anand,V (2769)-Kramnik,V (2758)/Linares 2000/
CBM 076/[Blatny,P]}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 $1 $11 14. Re5 (14. Qxc7 Bd6 $11)
14... Qc6 15. Qa5 Rd8 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Rb5 Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Ra8 20. d5
Bd7 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Bg3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Bd4 a6 26. Re5 Rfe8
27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Be3 Rd8 29. f3 f6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. h4 {1/2 Naiditsch,A (2678)
-Kramnik,V (2772)/Dresden 2008. Having remembered the big computer analysis
Black reached a draw without play. Anand didn't want to force the game.}) 9...
O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 {I like this
move more than the drawing line:} (14. Bf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 $1 {and the
position quickly simplified:} 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. h4
Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21. h5 Bxh5 22. Qxh5 hxg5 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Rd3 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2
26. Qxg5 (26. Rh3 Qf4+ 27. Kh1 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 {1/2
Grischuk,A (2763)-Chadaev,N (2580)/Astana 2012/CBM 149 Extra}) 26... Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Rh3+ Kg7 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Rh3+ Kg7 32. Rg3+ {
1/2 Ni Hua (2661)-Wang Yue (2714)/Danzhou 2011/CBM 143}) 14... Qxd5 15. Bf4
Rac8 {Now this move has become automatic.} (15... Bd6 $5 {Huzman} 16. c4 Qe4
17. Be3 (17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 Qc2 $11) 17... Rad8 18. Ra2 Bg6 (18... Bf4 $2
19. Nd2 $18) 19. Qc1 (19. Qb3 Bf4 (19... b6 20. Rd2 Na5 21. Qc3 $14) 20. Bxf4
Qxf4 21. d5 Na5 22. Qc3 b6 $11) 19... Na5 20. c5 Be7 21. Bb5 (21. Rb2 $5 b6 22.
Ne5 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Bxc5 23. Bf3 Qf5 24. Nxg6 Bxa3 25. Ne5 c5 $132) 21... Qd5 $2
(21... c6 22. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Ra5]}) 22. Rae2 $2 (22. Bxe8 $1 Qxa2 23. Ba4 {
/\24.Bf4} Qc4 (23... Bf8 24. Bf4 $18) (23... Bf6 24. Bf4 Nc6 25. Bxc7 Rc8 26.
Qe3 h6 (26... Qe6 27. Be5 $18) 27. Bd6 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qc4 29. Qb3 Qxd4 30. Qxb7
$18) 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Bf4 $18) 22... c6 23. Bg5 cxb5 $1 24. Bxe7 Rc8 $1 25.
Re5 Qd7 26. Bd6 (26. d5 $2 Nc4 27. d6 f6 28. Rd5 Bf7 $17) 26... f6 $1 27. Rxe8+
(27. Re7 $4 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qxd6 $19) 27... Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ {1/2 Kasparov,G (2838)
-Karpov,A (2688)/New York 2002/CBM 093/[Huzman]} (28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $15 {[%cal
Ya5c4,Yg6f7,Yf7d5] In the final position only Black can play for a win but the
match situation guaranteed the victory for Karpov in the case of a draw in
this game.})) 16. h3 {Moving the adjecent pawn doesn't bring results:} (16. g3
$6 b5 (16... Bf6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Bh3 19. Qd3 g5 20. Be3 Qd5 21. Bf1 Bxf1
22. Qxf1 Ne7 23. Rab1 Nf5 24. a4 a6 25. Qd3 b5 26. Na3 c6 27. Nc2 Qf3 28. Qd1
Qxd1 29. Rexd1 Nd6 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Nb4 bxa4 32. Nd3 a3 33. Rb4 Ne4 34. Ra4 c5
35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. dxc5 Red8 37. Rxa3 Rc6 38. Ra2 Rxc5 39. Rxa6 Rcd5 40. Ra2 Kg6
41. c4 Rd4 42. Rc2 Be7 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45. Be3 Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Bxe3 47.
fxe3 Rxe3 48. c5 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. c6 Ra8 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 h5 53. Rc5+ Kd6
54. Rxg5 h4 55. gxh4 Kxc6 56. Rf5 Kd6 57. Rxf7 Ke6 58. Rf4 Ke7 59. Kg4 Rf8 60.
Ra4 Kf6 61. h5 Kg7 62. Kg5 Rf7 63. Rf4 Rxf4 64. Kxf4 Kh6 65. h4 Kxh5 66. Kf5
Kxh4 {1/2 Gashimov,V (2719)-Wang Yue (2732)/Nanjing 2010/CBM 139}) 17. Nd2 Na5
18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne3 Qe6 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24.
Qxb5 c6 25. Rxe8+ {1/2 Karjakin,S (2720)-Smeets,J (2657)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM
135}) 16... h6 {This symmetrical move is correct. Of course, all this is all
well-studied theory.} 17. Nd2 Na5 $5 {This move was a novelty in 2008! The
first to use it was Fridman himself, playing against Gharamian. Now this move
is popular, and in the database we can find a lot of interesting games.
Earlier in this position, Black played in a different way:} (17... Qd7 $5 {
Kasparov,G (2813)-Motylev,A (2651)/Moscow 2004/ 1/2, and Karjakin,S (2576)
-Gelfand,B (2693)/Pamplona 2004/ 1/2}) 18. Bf3 (18. Nf1 Qb3 19. Ne3 Qxd1 20.
Bxd1 Bd7 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. hxg4 {1/2 Gharamian,T 
(2555)-Fridman,D (2630)/Germany 2008/CBM 126 Extra}) 18... Qd7 19. Ne4 Rcd8 20.
Ra2 $1 $146 {Alexei Shirov used this idea but in a slightly different version.
( Shirov,A (2749)-Gashimov,V (2719)/Sestao 2010/ 0-1 )} (20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bh5
Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 cxd6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qe4 Qf7 26. Re1 Rf8 27. Re2
Nc4 28. a4 Nb6 29. Qc2 Nd5 30. c4 Nf4 31. Re3 Rc8 32. c5 dxc5 33. dxc5 b6 34.
Ne4 bxc5 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Nxc5 Qd5 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. Rxb3 Rc8 39. Nd3 Nxd3 40.
Rxd3 Rc4 41. Rd6 Rxa4 {1/2 Akopian,V (2696)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)/Nalchik 2009/
CBM 130}) 20... b6 {A stable move. Black has an idea related to the attack on
the white center:} (20... Be6 21. Rae2 c5 $5 22. d5 $1 Bxd5 23. Rd2 Kf8 24.
Nxc5 Qf5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxc5 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Bg3 $14 {Two bishops
guarantee superiority for White.}) 21. Rae2 {All white pieces are ready to
participate in the attack!} Bxa3 $1 {A principled decision. Probably Fridman
was still in his home analysis.} 22. Bg4 $1 {This move puts Black before
maximum problems. Anand's opening preparation was deeper.} Rf8 $2 {This is a
human move.} ({The only correct decision is} 22... Be6 $1 {and in all
variations the balance remains:} 23. Bxh6 f5 24. Ng5 (24. Bg5 Rc8 25. Bh5 fxe4
26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe4 Bf8 $5 $44) 24... Bc4 25. Bxf5 Bxe2 26. Qb1 Bd3 $3 27.
Rxe8+ (27. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 gxh6 29. Qe5 hxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32.
Qg5+ Kh8 $11) 27... Rxe8 28. Qxd3 (28. Bxd3 gxh6 29. Bb5 Qg7 30. Qa2+ Kf8 31.
Qxa3+ Qe7 32. Ne6+ Kg8 33. Qa4 c6 34. d5 cxb5 35. Qg4+ Kh8 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37.
Qg4+ Kh8 $11) 28... Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6+ 30. g3 gxh6 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33.
Qh7+ Ke8 $11) (22... Bxg4 $4 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxg4+ Qxg4 26.
Rxe8+ $18) 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Bxc7 $16 {White has a pawn center and
strategically located pieces. Black's knight and bishop are located very badly.
} Rd7 (24... Rd5 $5) 25. Be5 $1 {Energetic move! Anand correctly sees tactical
possibilities in this position.} f6 $1 {Only move!} (25... Nc4 $2 26. Ng3 $1
Qg6 27. Qa4 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 $18) 26. Ng3 Qe6 27. Qa4 $6 {I think that's a little
mistake. White could play positionally:} (27. Bf4 $1 Qd5 28. Re6 $1 $36 Rff7
29. Qg4 Kh7 30. Nh5 $16 {All white pieces are in the attack. Victory is near.})
27... Nc4 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({Black had a good chance for a draw after
} 27... fxe5 28. Rxe5 Qf7 29. Rf5 Re7 $3 30. Ra1 Qb3 31. Qxa3 (31. Qxb3+ Nxb3
32. Rxa3 Rxf5 33. Nxf5 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Nd2 $1 $14) 31... Qxa3 32. Rxa3 $14) 28.
Bd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Not difficult, but beautiful tactics! I think, the final
part of the game does not need comments. Anand easily realized his large
material advantage.} b5 29. Rxe6 bxa4 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Rxa4 Nb6
33. Ra6 Bxc3 34. Nf5 Bb4 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Rea2 Nc8 37. g4 g6 38. Nxh6+ Kg7 39.
g5 fxg5 40. Ng4 Rxd4 41. Rc2 Ne7 42. Rxa7 Bd6 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Re2 Bb4 45. Re5
Bd6 46. Rxg5 Ke6 47. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 ({Recently I annotated 2 games with the more
enterprising} 3... Nd7 {and CBM 153 features a theoretical article about the
newest developments in this line:} 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 (5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. c4 b5 10. Nfd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qb8 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be7
14. Nc3 O-O 15. b3 Bc6 16. Ba3 a5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. f3 Ra7 19. Kh1 Rb7 20. Rdb1
Rc8 $132 {Bologan,V (2695)-Topalov,V (2751)/Eilat/2012/CBM 151/}) 5... Ngf6 6.
c3 g6 7. Bc2 Bg7 8. d4 Qc7 9. a4 O-O 10. d5 b6 11. c4 e6 12. Nc3 exd5 13. cxd5
Re8 14. h3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Be3 Re8 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Rac1 Re7
20. Qd2 Qd7 21. b3 Bc8 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Gb5] (),Caruana,F (2786)
-Topalov,V (2769)/Bucharest 2012/CBM 152/}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 ({The move
order} 5... Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 {allows White to avoid the
line from our game with} 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 $5 (10. O-O Qe6 {transposes}) 10...
O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 h6 (13... Qc7 $5 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. b3 Nc5 16.
Rb1 Rac8 17. Qc2 Qa5 {is more popular and somewhat stronger, the active
knights make it difficult for White to achieve any progress:} 18. Be3 Qc7 19.
Rfd1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Na2 Nc6 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Be3 Rdd8 {1/2,Burne,N (2509)
-Marez,S (2407)/corr./2011/}) 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Rc1 Re8
18. Nd5 exd5 $6 (18... Qd8 $142) 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qxb2 21. dxc6 bxc6 22.
Rxc6 $36 {Caruana,F (2773)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ was an
experience Anand was definitely not intent on repeating.}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O {This has gradually gone out of fashion after the game
Kasparov-World.} (9. f3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2 Rfd8
14. Bc3 Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe1 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2780)/
Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 151.}
{Here Anand recommended} Re8 $5 (17... a5 $13 {is also better than Black's
choice 17...Rdc8?!}) {/\} 18. e5 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 e5 $11)
({The other main move here is} 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6 (11... Nxe4 $5
12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 {is already mentioned in the notes to Carlsen-Anand -
here too Black is doing fine after} 14. Bc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+
17. Nxc3 Rf8 18. O-O Na6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Rad1 Kd7 21. Re3 Rac8 22. Rd4 Rf4 23.
Nd5 Rf7 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxe4 e6 27. Ne3 Nc3 28. Red4 e5 29. R4d3 Ne4
30. Re2 Ke6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Nc4 Rf4 33. b5 Rd6 (33... Rc7 $5) 34. Nxd6 Nxd6 $44
{Bologan,V (2665)-Naiditsch,A (2712)/ESP-chT Melilla/2011/}) 12. Nf3 O-O 13.
O-O a6 (13... Rfc8 14. Re1 a6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Ne3 18. Rxe3
Kxg7 19. a4 Qa5 20. Rd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qe1 Rc5 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Qe2 Qf6
25. Rf3 Qe6 26. Qb2+ Qe5 27. Qxe5+ Rxe5 28. Re3 b5 $11 {Bologan,V (2732)-Le
Quang,L (2693)/Astana blitz/2012/}) 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nxd5 17.
Bxg7 Ne3 18. Rxe3 Kxg7 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Qb2+ Kg8 21. Rd1 b5 22. cxb5 Qxb5 $132 {
Bologan,V (2732)-Gelfand,B (2738)/Astana rpd/2012/}) ({With the knight on f6
instead of c6, the move} 9. Nde2 $6 {exposes the Pc4 and White must reckon with
} Qc6 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Re4]} 10. Qd4 O-O $15) 9... Nc6 10. Nde2 {White has
already no simple way to reach the ideal setup from Caruana-Anand.} (10. f3 $2
Nxe4 $1 $17) (10. Be3 $2 {- the B belongs in g5 on this line, moreover here
Black has the immediate} Ng4 $36) (10. Nc2 O-O {is less harmonious and doesn't
promise White anything:} 11. Qe2 (11. b3 Nh5 12. Bd2 Rac8 13. Qe2 f5 14. exf5
Qxf5 15. Rac1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. f3 b5 $36 {
Chudinovskih,A (2389)-Naiditsch,A (2638)/Moscow/2008/}) 11... a6 12. b3 (12.
Bd2 Rab8 13. Rac1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nd5 e6 16. Ncb4 exd5 17. Nxc6 Rb6 18.
exd5 Nxd5 19. Qf3 {1/2,Tkachiev,V (2615)-Gelfand,B (2695)/Groningen/1997/})
12... Qc7 13. Bd2 e6 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. f4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Be1 Rac8 18. Kh1
Red8 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Ne3 Rf8 21. Ne2 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. b4 Nd7 24. a3 Nb6 25.
Bc3 e5 $132 {Marusenko,P (2406)-Shipov,S (2658)/Port Erin/1999/}) 10... Qe6 $5
{A forcing attempt to disrupt White's plans.} ({We have already mentioned} 
10... O-O 11. f3 {in the note to move 5.}) 11. Nd5 $5 {White more or less must
go for the complications.} ({Black gets an excellent position after the
unprincipled} 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Nf4 Qc8 13. Nfd5 Nxd5 $5 (13... e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Ne2 $2 (17. Qd1 $1 $11) 17... Qc6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19.
b3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. c5 Ng4 $17 {Damljanovic,B (2554)-Stohl,I 
(2600)/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 14. Nxd5 e6 15. Ne3 Ne5 16. Bd2 Qc6 17. f3 f5 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bc3 Nc5 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. Kh1 Ne4 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qd3
Rf8 $15 {[%csl Ge4] Velicka,P (2455)-Dydyshko,V (2520)/CZE-chT/2000/}) 11...
Qxe4 ({The same goes for Black: after} 11... Rc8 12. f3 O-O 13. Rb1 {his 10th
move doesn't make much sense, as the Q must retreat anyway.}) 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13.
Nxa8 Qxc4 14. Nc3 (14. Be3 Rxa8 15. a3 Nd5 16. Rc1 Qe4 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rcd1
Nxe3 19. fxe3 f5 20. a4 a6 21. Nf4 b5 $15 {Knoeppel,B (2127)-Vyzharov,I (2178)/
corr/2007/}) ({The main continuation here, played already by Kasparov in 1999
and subsequently others (mainly Rublevsky) is} 14. Nb6+ $5 axb6 15. Nc3 {
[%csl Rb6,Rb7] White's rooks are currently passive and doubling the b-pawns
creates a potential target for the future. However, Black is holding his own
here and even has a wider choice of playable alternatives:} e6 $5 (15... b5 16.
Be3 Rd8 $5 (16... Ra8 17. Rc1 Ke8 18. b3 (18. a3 b4 19. b3 Qh4 $6 (19... Qg4 $5
20. Nb5 Kf8 {/\} 21. a4 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Ne4 $36 {[%csl Rc3]}) (19... Qa6 $11)
20. Nb5 Kd7 21. Bc5 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. Bxb4 Nf4 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Bd2 f5 26.
a4 h6 27. Rd1 e6 28. h4 $14 {Rublevsky,S (2662)-Van Wely,L (2646)/Frankfurt
rpd/2000/}) (18. Bg5 Qg4 (18... Kf8 19. a3 b4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qd4 22.
Nxf6 Qxf6 23. axb4 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Qd3 Qf5 26. Qc3 f6 27. b5 Nd8 28. Rfe1
Ne6 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Rb4 d5 31. g4 Qe5 32. Qxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 d4
$11 {Leitao,R (2587)-Georgiev,K (2676)/Poikovsky/2001/}) 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4
Qxe4 21. b3 Qd4 22. Qe2 Qe5 23. Be3 b4 24. Rfd1 Kf8 25. Qc4 Kg8 26. Rd5 Qe6 27.
Rc2 Ne5 28. Qb5 Ng4 29. Rd3 Bh6 30. Qxb7 Rf8 31. Re2 Rc8 32. Rd1 Nxe3 33. Rde1
Rc3 34. Qb8+ Rc8 35. Qa7 Qe4 36. fxe3 Rc3 $36 {Fester,A (2483)-Claridge,J 
(2275)/corr/2000/}) 18... Qg4 19. f3 Qh5 (19... Qd7 20. Nxb5 Rxa2 21. Ra1 Ra6
$132) (19... Qf5 $5 $13) 20. a4 b4 $2 (20... bxa4 21. bxa4 $14 {Rublevsky}) 21.
Nb5 Kf8 22. Bf2 Qd5 23. Qc2 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Rfd1 Ne8 26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Na7
Nxa7 28. Bxa7 Bc3 29. Bd4 $16 {Rublevsky,S (2662)-Vuckovic,B (2427)/Herceg
Novi/2000/}) 17. Rc1 b4 18. Na4 (18. b3 Qa6 19. Na4 Ke8 20. Bb6 Ra8 21. Re1 Kf8
22. Rc2 Qb5 23. Be3 Nd5 $15 {Stefanov,P (2449)-Roca,A (2569)/corr/2000/}) 18...
Qb5 19. a3 Ke8 20. Qb3 e6 21. axb4 Nd5 22. Nc3 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Ndxb4 24. Rfd1 d5
25. Bb6 Ra8 $11 {/=/+,De Sa Nobrega,A-Walsh,H/corr/2000/}) (15... Ra8 16. Be3
$142 $5 (16. a4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 (17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 Ra6 19. Be3 {Ansell,S 
(2371)-Bates,R (2376)/West Bromwich/2004/} Nc5 20. b4 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 e6 $13 {
/=/+}) 17... Qxe4 18. Qb3 f5 19. Bg5 Qb4 20. Qf7 Be5 21. h3 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4
23. Qxh7 Bxb2 24. Qxg6 Qe4 25. Qf7 Bd4 26. Qb3 f4 27. Qf7 Be5 28. h4 b5 29. h5
Qc4 $132 {Kasparov,G (2851)-The World/Internet MSN/1999/ For more details
about this game see the notes in CBM 074.}) 16... b5 17. Rc1 {transposes to a
potentially dangerous branch of the 15...b5 line.}) 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 {
is an idea, similar to our game:} 18. Qe2 (18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Rab1 (19. Bxb6
Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bc3 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Rfd1 d4 23. Bd2 b5 24. a3 Ra8 25. Bc1 Ra5 26.
f4 Ne7 27. Kf2 Kc6 $36 {Neumann,P-Baer,W/corr/2009/}) 19... d4 20. Bd2 Ra8 21.
a3 Ne5 22. Rfc1 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Rbc1 Na4 25. Rb1 f5 26. h3 Rc8 27. Rdc1 Rf8
28. Re1 f4 29. Kf1 Be5 $44 {Kelbl,J-Svartbo,M/corr/2007/ The endgame is viable
for Black even with 2 sets of doubled-pawns and he went on to win!}) (18. Bxb6
Bxb2 19. Rb1 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Be5 21. f4 Bxf4 22. Rf1 e5 23. g3 Bg5 24. Rxf7+ Be7
25. Be3 Ke6 26. Rf2 Rb8 (26... d5 $5 27. Rxb7 d4 $44) 27. Rfb2 Ra8 28. Rc2 Nd8
29. Bb6 Nc6 30. Be3 Nd8 31. Bb6 Nc6 32. Be3 {1/2,Ionescu Brandis,I (2286)
-Sudakova,I (2392)/Predeal/2006/}) 18... b5 19. Rad1 Qc4 20. Qd2 Qb4 (20... d5
$5 $11) 21. Qd3 d5 22. Rc1 Qa4 23. Rfd1 (23. Rc5 b4 24. Rb5 Qa6 $132) (23. Bc5
Ra8 $5 24. Rc2 Ke8 $13) 23... b4 24. Bc5 $6 (24. b3 Qxa2 25. Bc5 Qa6 26. Qe3
$44) 24... Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Qf3 f5 27. Qf4 Be5 28. Qh4 Qc2 29. Bxb4 Qe4 $15
{Rublevsky,S (2670)-Motylev,A (2574)/YUG-chT Novi Sad/2000/}) 14... Rxa8 15.
Bg5 (15. Re1 Rc8 16. h3 e6 (16... h6 17. Be3 Ke8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Qd2 Qh4 20.
Nb5 a6 21. Nd4 Kg8 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxa6 Bxb2 26.
Qxc6 Qb4 27. Re2 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Be5 29. Qc2 $14 {/+/-,Antonio,R (2547)
-Rytshagov,M (2529)/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 17. Be3 Nd5 $5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qa4
Qa5 20. Qb3 Qb4 21. Qd1 b6 22. Rb1 d5 23. a3 Qb5 24. a4 Qb4 25. Bd2 Qh4 26. b4
Ne5 27. a5 b5 28. Be3 a6 29. Bc5 Nc4 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Qe2 Qe5 32. Qf3 Qf5 33.
Qe2 Bc3 34. Red1 Ke8 35. Rb3 Be5 36. Re1 Qf4 37. g3 Qd2 38. Qf1 Rxc5 39. bxc5
Qxa5 40. Qe2 Kf8 41. h4 Bc3 42. Rc1 Bd4 $36 {/-/+,Fasano,D (2260)-Fabri,L/corr/
2009/ This game could have been Anand's initial inspiration for his 16th move.}
) 15... e6 $146 (15... h6 $143 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bd4 18. Qf3 f5 19. b3 Qc2
20. Rae1 e5 21. Rc1 Qb2 22. Qg3 Qd2 23. Qxg6 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxd5 25. Qxf5+ Qe6
26. Qxf2 $16 {Pergel,L (2342)-Antok,D (2201)/HUN-chT/2002/}) 16. Re1 (16. Qf3
$5 Qg4 17. Qe3 Qf5 $13 {[%cal Yf6d5,Yf6g4]}) (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qf3 Ke7 18.
Rfe1 Be5 $1 $15) 16... Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 4128] Materially Black is doing fine,
with his king in the centre it's important to consolidate his position. Anand
thwarts White's attacking ambitions and forces simplification even af the cost
of breaking up his pawn-structure - we have already seen similar versions of
this idea above.} 17. Nxd5 {It's difficult to suggest an effective improvement.
} (17. Qf3 Rf8 (17... f5 $6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qh3 {is a bit loose and gives
White some targets}) 18. Bd2 $5 (18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 {would probably
transpose into the game}) {seems slightly artificial, Black shouldn't worry
unduly after} 18... Nxc3 ({It's not easy to say what can White achieve even
after a move like} 18... h5 $5 $13 {[%cal Yc4g4]}) 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ke7
$11 (20... f5 $5 $11 {But perhaps this way the way to retain more tension on
the board, as in the endgame only Black can be better.})) 17... Qxd5 18. Qxd5 (
18. Qg4 Qf5 (18... h5 19. Qf4 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qa5 $11 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23.
Rab1 b6 24. Rxb4 Bc3 $13) 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. Rad1 d5 $13 {/=/+}) 18... exd5 19.
Rad1 h6 20. Bc1 d4 $11 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6] /=/+ Even though they are doubled,
Black's central pawns control important squares and restrict White's forces.}
21. Rd3 Rc8 22. Rb3 b6 23. Kf1 Ne5 24. Ra3 a5 $5 {The engines like this move.
Although it creates a weakness on b6, Black's rook remains poised to invade.
However, Anand criticised his choice, recommending the less committal} (24...
Rc7 {instead. Black is OK here, but it's to early to speak about a tangible
advantage yet after} 25. Rd1 $13 ({Anand didn't like} 25. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Ye2d1]
, which is also a plausible idea.})) 25. b4 {This attempt to bail out leads to
a worse, but probably tenable rook endgame.} ({A solid alternative is} 25. f4
Nc4 26. Rd3 d5 27. b3 Nd6 28. Bb2 Nb5 29. a4 Nc3 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Rxd5+ Kc6
32. Rd3 Kc5 33. Re4 b5 34. axb5 Kxb5 35. Rd5+ Kb6 36. Rd6+ Kb5 $11 {with
repetition.}) 25... Rc2 $1 (25... axb4 26. Ra7+ Kc6 (26... Rc7 27. Rxc7+ Kxc7
28. Bd2 $14) 27. f4 Nd3 28. Rd1 $13) 26. bxa5 bxa5 (26... Nc4 $6 27. Rb3 (27.
Rf3 Ne5 28. Rb3 bxa5 29. f4 Ng4 30. h3 Nf6 31. Rb7+ (31. Rb2 Rxb2 32. Bxb2 Nd5
{[%cal Rd5c3]}) 31... Kc6 32. Rxf7 Nh5 $132) 27... Nxa5 (27... bxa5 28. Rb7+)
28. Rb2 $1 (28. Rxb6 d3 $44 {[%cal Rd3d2,Rg7d4,Ra5c4]}) 28... Rxb2 (28... Rc6
29. Rbe2 $14) 29. Bxb2 Nc4 30. Bc1 $14 (30. Ba1 $5 $14)) 27. Rxa5 $5 {
Consistent, as other moves give Black the initiative:} (27. Rd1 Nc4 28. Rf3 Ke6
$36) (27. Bf4 Nc4 28. Rb3 Rxa2 $15 (28... a4 $5 29. Rb7+ Kc6 30. Rxf7 g5 $44))
27... Nd3 28. Ra7+ Kc6 29. Rxf7 Nxe1 30. Kxe1 Rxc1+ (30... Be5 31. Bxh6 d3 32.
Rf3 Re2+ 33. Kd1 Rxa2 34. Bf4 $5 $11) 31. Kd2 Rg1 32. Rxg7 Rxg2 33. Ke1 $2 {
After a series of forced moves Naiditsch goes astray. Misplacing the king
loses by force, as it gives Black extra tempi.} (33. Ke2 $15 {retains good
drawing chances, as the winning plan from the game is now too slow:} {/\} Rxh2
(33... d3+ 34. Kxd3 Rxf2 35. Rxg6 Rxh2 36. a4 $132 {[%csl Ga4] /=}) 34. Rxg6 h5
35. a4 Rh1 36. a5 h4 37. a6 h3 38. Rh6 (38. Rg7 Ra1 39. Rh7 $11 {is similar})
38... h2 (38... Kc7 39. a7 Kb7 40. Rxd6 h2 41. Rd7+ Ka8 42. Rh7 $11) 39. Rh7 {
and Black must allow a swap of the passed rook pawns with a theoretical draw.}
Kd5 40. a7 Ra1 41. Rxh2 Rxa7 42. Kd2 Kc4 43. Rh3 $11) 33... Rxh2 34. Rxg6 Rh1+
$1 $19 {Anand had it all worked out and played the rest of the game with
lightning speed.} 35. Kd2 (35. Ke2 h5 36. a4 h4 37. a5 h3 38. a6 h2 39. Rh6 Kc7
$1 ({Or} 39... d3+ 40. Kd2 Kc7 $1 41. Rh7+ Kb8 $19) 40. Rh7+ Kb8 41. Rb7+ Ka8
42. Rh7 d3+ 43. Kd2 d5 $22 44. Rh5 Ka7 45. Rh6 d4 $22 46. f4 Ra1 $19) 35... h5
36. Rh6 h4 37. a4 (37. f4 h3 38. f5 h2 39. f6 (39. Rh7 Ra1 $19) 39... Kd7 $19)
37... h3 38. a5 ({White's tragedy is his Pf2 can never move:} 38. f4 h2 39. f5
Ra1 $19) 38... h2 39. a6 Kc7 $5 (39... Kb6 40. Rxd6+ Ka7 41. Rh6 d3 $22 $19)
40. Rh7+ Kb8 41. Ke2 d3+ 42. Kd2 (42. Kxd3 Rd1+) 42... Ka8 43. Rh5 (43. a7 d5
$22 $19) 43... Ka7 44. Rh6 d5 45. Rh8 Kxa6 46. Rh6+ Kb5 47. Rh8 Kc4 48. Rc8+
Kd4 49. Rh8 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
N1d2 Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nb4 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Bb5
15. Bf2 e5 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 exf4 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Ne5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21.
Nf5 g6 22. Qb6 Rac8 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rxd6 Rc8 26. c5 Ng4 27.
Rd4 g5 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rcc4 Rce8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxe4 32. Rd5 Re6 33. Rxe6
Rxe6 34. Bd4 f6 35. b4 Rc6 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. Ra5 Nd2+ 38. Ke1 Nb3 39. Rd5 Nxd4
40. Rxd4 Rxg2 41. Rd6 f5 42. Rxa6 g4 43. Rf6 gxh3 44. Kf1 f3 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 f5 19. f3 Rae8 20. Qc4 Re6 21.
Rc1 h6 22. Qb3 Qc8 23. Qd5 Rd6 24. Qc4 Qe8 25. b4 f4 26. Bf2 Rd7 27. Qe4 Qf7
28. b5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Nd4 30. Rxe5 Nb3 31. Rc2 b6 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 fxg3 34.
hxg3 Na5 35. Rc3 Nb7 36. Re6 Nd6 37. g4 Ra8 38. Re5 Nf7 39. Rf5 Kg8 40. d4 Ra4
41. e4 Nd8 42. d5 Nf7 43. Bg3 Ra7 44. Bf4 Nd8 45. Kg3 Nf7 46. e5 Rxd5 47. e6
Rxf5 48. gxf5 Nd6 49. Bxd6 cxd6 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Rd8 b5 52. f6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bb2 e5 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Bb5 e4 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. a5 Nf8 19. axb6 axb6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. c4
Ng6 22. Bc3 Qe7 23. Nf1 Ne5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Ng3 Qc7 27. h3 g6
28. Qb2 Nd3 29. Qa1 Ne8 30. Nxe4 Qb6 31. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. h3 O-O 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nxb3 14. axb3
c5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nc4 b6 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 a4 21.
f4 axb3 22. cxb3 g6 23. Kh2 b5 24. Na5 Qh4 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rf2
Rd3 28. Nb7 Rd5 29. Rc2 c4 30. b4 Rd4 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. Nc5 Rd1 33. g4 Kf8 34. f5
gxf5 35. gxf5 Ke7 36. Kg3 h6 37. Kg4 Re1 38. Kf4 Rh1 39. Kg4 c6 40. h4 Re1 41.
Kf4 Rg1 42. f6+ Kf8 43. Kf5 h5 44. e6 fxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Bf1 h6
15. Be3 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 21.
Bd3 c5 22. Be5 Qb6 23. c3 a5 24. b3 Red8 25. Rab1 Nd7 26. Bf4 Bf8 27. Ne5 Nf6
28. Qe2 Rac8 29. Qf3 Qa7 30. Bxh6 c4 31. Bf1 cxb3 32. axb3 d4 33. c4 Qa8 34.
Qxa8 Rxa8 35. Bg5 Bb4 36. Red1 Rac8 37. Nf3 Bc3 38. Bd3 Rc5 39. Bd2 Rb8 40.
Bxc3 dxc3 41. Rdc1 a4 42. Rxc3 Nd5 43. Rcc1 Nf4 44. Bf1 axb3 45. Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5
Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Ne7 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Bxb7
Qxb7 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qf3 a5 18. Nc5 Qb5 19. Nd3 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Qxb4
21. Bg5 Rdb8 22. Rad1 Qb5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. b3 a4 25. Rd3 e5 26. Rd5 Qa6 27. Bg5
axb3 28. axb3 h6 29. Bc1 e4 30. Qe3 Qb7 31. Rfd1 Rab8 32. Rd7 Qxb3 33. Qxb3
Rxb3 34. Rd8 Rb8 35. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Rad1 Bg4
15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Rd2 Na5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Be6 20. b4 h6 21.
b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 d5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxe5 Rxc2 26. Nc3 Bc6 27.
Qd4 Qe6 28. Qd8+ Be8 29. Re1 Qf5 30. Qd4 Bc6 31. g4 Qc8 32. Rb1 Qe6 33. Nxc6
bxc6 34. Qd8+ Ne8 35. Qd3 Qb3 36. Qd8 Qe6 37. Qd3 Qb3 38. Re1 Nf6 39. Ra1 g5
40. Rb1 Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Qxb2 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4 Qa3 44. Qe5 Qb4 45. Kg2 c5 46.
Kf3 Qc4 47. Ke3 Qf1 48. f3 c4 49. Ne4 Qe1+ 50. Kd4 Qa1+ 51. Nc3 Qf1 52. Qf5 Nd7
53. Qe4 Qxh3 54. Nd5 Qg3 55. Ne3 Qf2 56. Kc3 Nf6 57. Nf5+ Kh7 58. Qb7 Qe1+ 59.
Kxc4 Qe6+ 60. Kd3 Nd5 61. Nd4 Nf4+ 62. Kd2 Qa2+ 63. Ke3 Qa3+ 64. Kf2 Qa2+ 65.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. c5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Rab1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. e3 Nd7 20. Na5 Nxc5
21. Nxb7 Nxb7 22. Rxb7 Bf6 23. Rdb1 Bxd4 24. exd4 a5 25. Ra7 Rd5 26. Rbb7 Rf5
27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Rc5 Rxd4 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Rxa5 f4 31. a4 g5 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33.
a5 fxg3 34. hxg3 Ra4 35. a6 h5 36. Kf3 Ra3+ 37. Kg2 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. a7 Kf6
40. Rh8 h3+ 41. Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 {The old
strategic maxim indicates that it is often very sensible to meet a flank
attack by the opponent with a counterblow in the centre. The drawback of this
continuation lies in the fact that Black is slightly behind in development. On
the other hand White's pawn structure on the kingside is exposed, so
counterplay will nearly always be possible.} 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 h5 $5 {
The pawn advance to h5 is becoming a problem for White in lines where he wants
to achieve the g2-g4 thrust. It does not have to be only preemptive like in 6.
h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5!?, here it serves a bit different purpose.  Of all the other
moves tested in our position 9...Nxc3 is faring the worst while 9...Qa5 feels
like a bit of a concession. Black players have invested a lot of energy into
the idea 9...Bb4 with fairly decent results. Gelfand has prepared excellently
for the World Championship match against Anand and his solution with 9...h5!?
might very well be the fruit of his serious work.} (9... Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O (10...
Nc6 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O (13... Bd6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bf4 e5 16.
Be3 O-O 17. Qg3 Nb4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qxc2 20. Rac1 Qd3 21. a3 Qxg3 22. Bxg3
Nc6 23. Bd6 $11 {1/2 (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2705)-Le Quang,L (2703) Saint
Louis 2012}) 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. c3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. b4
Qd8 20. Rad1 $16 {1-0 (72) Van Kampen,R (2570)-Donchenko,A (2401) Groningen
2012}) 11. O-O {This line was considered to be critical for the outcome of the
opening fight. Black can choose between two forms of exchanging the knight c3
with both moves able to claim some merit.} Nxc3 (11... Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Qc7 (13... Qa5 14. Qd6 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bb4 Qa4 18. Rad1
c5 19. Bxc5 Bb7 $15 {1/2 (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2699)-Gordon,S (2535) England
2012}) 14. Qd4 e5 15. Qe3 Be6 16. Rb1 Nc6 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Rxb6 Na5 19. Ba3
Rfd8 20. Bb4 Nc6 21. Rxb7 Nxb4 22. cxb4 Rac8 $11 {1/2 (50) Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2711)-Negi,P (2638) Leon 2012}) 12. Nxc3 Qc7 (12... Nc6 $6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14.
Na4 e5 15. c3 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (47)
Alekseev,E (2716)-Karjakin,S (2721) Nalchik 2009}) 13. Qd4 (13. Ne4 Nc6 14. c3
Be7 15. f4 f5 16. gxf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. b4 Be8 20. Qc4 Bf7 $11
{1/2 (24) Shirov,A (2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2722) Biel 2011}) 13... Nc6 (13...
Bd6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb6 Bc6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Bd4 $11 {
0-1 (63) Pikula,D (2547)-Georgiev,K (2675) Cetinje 2010}) 14. Qc4 Rd8 15. Be3
Bd7 16. Qb3 Ba5 17. Na4 Rab8 18. Nc5 Be8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. c3 Qc8 21. Ne4 $14 {
0-1 (41) Howell,D (2634)-Kraemer,M (2520) Germany 2013}) (9... Qa5 10. Bg2 (10.
Bd2 Nc6 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bxc6 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16.
Nxc3 bxc6 17. O-O-O c5 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rac8 20. Re3 $14 {1/2 (57) Fierro
Baquero,M (2386)-Sebag,M (2519) Nanjing 2009}) 10... Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qf3 f5 15. Rad1 fxg4 16. Qxg4 Nc6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qxg3
19. fxg3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Be8 $11 {1/2 (42) Kokarev,D (2616)-Fedoseev,V (2506)
Samara 2012}) (9... Nxc3 {Black will have to hope, that he can hold a slightly
worse endgame type position. Understandably the line is not very appealing for
really strong players.} 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxc3 Bd7 12. Be3 (12. Bg2 Bc6 13.
O-O Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd7 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Rd1 Ke8 17. Be3 Be7 18. c3 $14 {1/2 (60)
Sokolov,A (2575)-Weber,U (2420) Bad Wiessee 2012}) 12... Bc6 13. O-O-O+ Nd7 14.
Rg1 Kc7 15. Bf4+ Kb6 16. Bg2 Be7 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nf6 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. g5 Nh5 22. Be3+ Kc7 23. Bxc6 Kxc6 $11 {1/2 (51) Amonatov,F (2643)
-Vorobiov,E (2606) Ulan Ude 2009}) 10. g5 {The g-pawn advance may seem to be
quite timid, but White is not able to get an advantage with an immediate
action in the centre.} (10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g5 (11. Nf4 hxg4 12. Qxd5 Bd7 (12...
Nc6 13. Qxd8+ (13. Bc4 Qe7+ 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Bf5 $15) 13... Nxd8 14. Nd5 Bd6
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. c3 Ke7 $11) 13. Bc4 Qe7+ 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Qf5 Qb4+
16. c3 Qxc4 17. Qc8+ Ke7 18. O-O-O $18 Nd7 19. Rxd7+ Kf6 20. Bd4+ Kg5 21. Rd5+
{1-0 (21) Sutovsky,E (2675)-Najer,E (2663) Netanya 2009}) 11... Be7 12. Nf4
Bxg5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. c3 Qe7+ 15. Be2 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qd3 g5 18. Bd6 Qf6
19. O-O-O (19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bb6 Ne5 $11) 19... O-O-O 20. Qe3 Rd7 $2 (20... Bxa2
$1 21. Bh2 Qf5 $11) 21. Bh2 $16 {1-0 (32) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Popov,V 
(2565) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 10... Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 4] It has to be stressed, that
development of the bishop to b8-h2 diagonal is the main conceptual idea of the
9...h5 advance.} (10... Qa5 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Be3 $14) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O {White is living with a
seriously exposed pawn structure on the kingside. That simple fact greatly
complicates any ideas of his early action in the centre.} (13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Be3
Be6 $11) 13... Nc6 (13... Be6 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Qxh5 $14) 14. Qxd5 $6 {Anand had
only a slight chance of deciphering the problems of this unknown position. The
most natural solution might not be the best and both knight moves to f4 or c3
should have been preferred.} (14. Nf4 Qxg5 15. Qxd5 (15. Nxd5 $2 Qg6 $17) 15...
Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd4 $11) (14. Nc3 d4 15. Nd5 Bf5 16. c3 Re8 17. cxd4 Be4 $11)
14... Be6 $6 {Taking the h3-pawn would have promised Black somewhat better
chances!} (14... Bxh3 $1 15. Bf4 (15. Bxh3 $2 Bh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19) (15. Rd1
Qc8 16. Be3 Be5 $15) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qb6 18. Nxh5 (18. Rh1
Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qxb3) 18... Rad8 19. Qb3 Qc5 $15) 15. Qf3 (15. Qe4 Re8 16. Qh4 Qa5
17. Qxh5 Bc4 18. Be3 g6 19. Qg4 Ne5 20. Qd4 Rad8 $11) 15... Re8 16. Be3 {
Anand Understands very well, that he should finish his development first,
otherwise counterplay from centralised black pieces could become dangerous.} (
16. Qxh5 Bc4 17. Re1 Nb4 18. b3 Nxc2 19. bxc4 g6 20. Qh4 Nxe1 21. Bb2 Be5 22.
Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe1 Qd2 24. Kf1 Rae8 25. Bf3 Rxg5 26. Bxb7 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qd1+
28. Re1 Qd3+ $11) 16... Bc4 17. Rfe1 (17. Rfd1 $2 Ne5 $19) 17... Nb4 18. Rac1 (
18. Nd4 $5 g6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Nc6 Rxb7 21. Nxd8 Rd7 22. Nb7 Nxc2 23. Rec1 Nxe3
24. fxe3 Be6 25. Bc6 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bxa6 Rxb2 28. Bc4 $14) 18... Be5 (
18... Qa5 19. Red1 (19. Bd2 Qe5 $1 (19... Qxa2 20. Qxh5 Qxb2 21. g6 fxg6 22.
Qg4 $1 $16) 20. Bf4 Bxe2 21. Bxe5 Bxf3 22. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2
Nxc2 25. Re7 Rd8 $11) 19... Rad8 20. Nf4 $14) 19. Nc3 {The early middlegame
seems to become quite dangerous for Gelfand. White could have opted for the
promising and logical centralisation of the rook 19.Red1!} (19. Red1 $1 Qe7 20.
a3 Nc6 21. b3 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 g6 23. Qc4 $14) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 21. Qxh5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $2 {Any exception from the rules is not trivial even for the
best players in the world. Objectively speaking White should have preferred
taking the knight on b4 and leaving his king somewhat exposed. Unfortunatelly
for Black all the lines are indicating serious problems for him.} (22. cxb4 $1
Be4 (22... Qd5 23. c4 Qc6 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 Qf3 26. Qxf3 Bxf3 27. Kh2 (27.
Ra1 Ra5 28. a4 Re4) 27... Rxa2 28. Kg3 Be4 29. Rc7 $16) (22... Bc6 23. Rcd1 Qc8
24. Rd4 $16) 23. Qg4 Qd6 24. c3 $16) 22... Qd5+ 23. Kg1 (23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3
Nxa2 25. Rb1 Nxc3 26. Rxb7 Rac8 $14) 23... Nc6 $1 {The knight retreats to the
centre with the idea of ...Ne5 instead of the possible, but definitely more
dangerous capture on a2.} (23... Nxa2 24. Rcd1 Qf5 25. Bd4 b5 26. Re3 $14) 24.
Red1 (24. Bf4 g6 25. Qg4 Qc4 26. Qf3 Qxa2 $11) 24... Qxa2 25. g6 fxg6 26. Qxg6
Qf7 $6 {Safety first especially against the tactically very gifted world
champion! Unfortunately we have to note that queen retreat was not the best
solution. The move 26...Ne5! would toy with similar ideas under better
circumstances for Black.} (26... Ne5 $1 27. Qg2 (27. Qg3 Qf7 28. f4 Nc6 $11)
27... Qf7 28. Qd5 Rac8 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bd4 Re6 $11) 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rb1
b5 (28... Re7 29. Bc5 Rc7 30. Bb6 Re7 31. Kg2 $14) 29. c4 $1 b4 {Gelfand is
logically taming the beast of the enemy's initiative. He is sitting without a
pawn and his knight is a weaker piece than the white bishop. Fortunately for
him all the white pawns are isolated, which will prove to be an important
factor in Black's defence.} (29... bxc4 30. Rb7+ Re7 31. Rb6 Ne5 32. Rd5 a5 33.
Rbb5 Nc6 34. Rdc5 $14) 30. c3 bxc3 (30... a5 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Bc5 Rad8 33.
Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rb3 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Bxb4 Rxc4 $14) 31. Rbc1 Red8 32. Rxd8
Rxd8 (32... Nxd8 33. Rxc3 a5 34. Bc1 a4 35. Kf1 Ne6 36. Ke2 $14) 33. Rxc3 a5
34. Kf1 {The verdict in the position should acknowledge White's edge, but also
note excellent drawing chances for Black.} (34. Ra3 Rb8 35. Bd2 Ne5 36. Bxa5
Nxc4 37. Rf3+ Ke6 38. Bc3 $14) 34... Ke6 35. Ke2 Rh8 (35... Nd4+ 36. Kf1 Nc6
$14) 36. Bb6 Rh4 37. Re3+ (37. c5 Kd5 38. Rg3 a4 $11) 37... Kf5 38. Ra3 Rxc4
39. Bxa5 Nxa5 40. Rxa5+ Kf6 41. Ra6+ Kf5 42. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Rc1 Nh7 15.
Bd3 Qf6 16. Nb3 Nf8 17. Kh2 {Der König deckt h3 und verhindert
Läufereinschläge.} g5 {Mutig gespielt, denn das Feld f5 könnte sich leicht als
Schwäche erweisen.} 18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Kg1
Nfg6 {Bis hier hat Weiß sicher nichts falsch gemacht und steht vielleicht
geringfügig vorteilhaft, aber beginnend mit dem nächsten Zug findet der
Weltmeister keinen guten Plan.} 23. Nfd2 ({Z.B.} 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Na5 {
kann besser gefallen.}) 23... Nf4 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. c5 ({Und hier stärker} 25. g3
{, denn} Nxh3+ $2 26. Bxh3 Bxh3 {scheitert an} 27. g4 $1) 25... Red8 26. Qe1
Nc6 27. Nf3 $6 ({Stattdessen ist} 27. cxd6 {ausgeglichen.}) 27... d5 $1 {
Schwarz hat den weißen c-Bauern ideal blockiert und besitzt im Zentrum ein
Übergewicht.} 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Rxe5 $6 {Das Qualitätsopfer war sicher so
geplant, aber Weiß erhält keine ausreichende Kompensation.} ({Nach dem besseren
} 29. Rd3 Be6 {sind aber die schwarzen Steine ebenfalls vorzuziehen.}) 29...
Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Be8 31. Na5 Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Ne7 $1 {Verteidigt gegen die Gabel auf
c6 und macht die d-Linie für den Rd8 frei. Noch wichtiger: der Springer strebt
nach c6, womit der Bauer c5 erneut blockiert wird.} 33. a3 Rbc8 34. Nd3 Nc6 35.
Nb7 Rd4 36. Nd6 Rd8 37. Re1 Bd7 38. g4 Be6 39. Re3 Kf8 40. b4 Ne7 41. Bg2 $2 {
Es war klar, dass Schwarz mit ...Nc8 den Nd6 abtauschen will, aber nun kann er
nachfolgend zusätzlich ein Turmpaar tauschen.} ({Mehr Widerstand leistet} 41.
Nb7 R8d7 42. Nd6 {und Weiß ist noch lange nicht verloren.}) 41... Nc8 $1 42.
Nxc8 Bxc8 43. Ne5 Re8 $1 44. Rd3 Rxd3 45. Nxd3 Re2 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 c4 {Anand was most likely using one of the lines prepared for the
match against Gelfand. These great players will unlikely to meet again in the
battle for the world crown, so using "secrets" is not that dangerous.} (9...
Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {Is usually considered the main position worth serious
practical investigation.}) 10. Qd1 Rc8 (10... Be7 11. a4 a6 12. axb5 axb5 13.
Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Ndb8 18. Qxb5 $18 {
1-0 (47) Lukasiewicz,G (2270)-Sliwa,B (2280) Myslenice 1988}) 11. Nc3 b4 12.
Na4 {Black is actively fighting against the dangerous white knight on c3. Part
of the attraction for the defender might be the tempting idea of 12.d5 when
the unplayed 12...Nde7!? might lead to unpleasant counterplay with the c-pawn.}
(12. d5 Nb8 (12... Ne7 $5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nb1 c3 $1 $132) 13. dxe6 fxe6 14.
Nb1 Qa5 15. Nbd2 (15. Bf4 Be7 16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Nxc4 Qa6 19. Nfe5
Bb5 20. b3 $14 {1-0 (63) Gross,G (1871)-Becking,S (2402) Germany 2008}) 15...
Be7 16. b3 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Qh5 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Ne5 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Qxg4 21. Qd4 Qxd4
22. Bxd4 $14 {0-1 (36) Holemar,D (2326)-Jurasek,M (2299) Czechia 2008}) 12...
Be7 (12... Qa5 13. a3 bxa3 14. Bd2 Qb5 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. bxa3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4
18. Qc2 Qe5 {0-1 (43) Radulov,I (2405)-Inkiov,V (2475) Sofia 1991} 19. Rfd1 Be7
20. Rab1 $11) 13. Bg5 h6 {[%mdl 4] The only real precedent in this position
was the game between lesser Dutch players, that was not played very exactly.
Anand would like to see his bishop on f6 for the counterplay on the dark
squares.} (13... O-O 14. e3 Na5 15. Re1 Qe8 (15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 Bc6
$11) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxf6 Ba4 18. b3 cxb3 (18... gxf6 $1 19. dxc5 Bc6 $11) (
18... Bb6 19. bxa4 gxf6 20. d5 Rd8 21. Nd4 f5 $11) 19. axb3 (19. Nd2 $1 gxf6
20. dxc5 b2 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Rab1 $14) 19... Nxb3 {1/2 (27) Eising,J (2355)-De
Wit,J (2395) Amsterdam 1984} 20. Nd2 gxf6 21. Nxb3 Bb6 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh4 $11
) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Re1 Qa5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd2 $44)
15. a3 O-O 16. e3 $1 {The exchange of the pawn on b4 could be very desirable,
but it would fail to a nice tactical idea. Gelfand is correctly keeping the
tension and lets Black decide about the best way to defend.} (16. axb4 Nxd4 $1
17. Nxd4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qxd4 $11) 16... a5 $6 {In the future the choice of the
world champion will hardly find many followers. It was much wiser to sacrifice
the pawn fo the piece activity, that would promise approximate equality.} (
16... bxa3 $5 17. Rxa3 Nb4 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Rxa7 Qb6 20. Ra1 Be7 21. Na4 Qb7 $11
) 17. Nc5 Be8 (17... bxa3 18. bxa3 Nb8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Rfc1 e5
22. Rab1 exd4 23. Nxd4 $14) 18. Rc1 (18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Qxc4 Qb6 21.
Rfc1 Bb5 22. Qc3 Nd3 23. Rcb1 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Qxa5 Qxa5 26. Rxa5 Rb8 $11
) 18... Na7 $2 {The moment of emotional panic, as Anand was unable to find
real equality. The knight retreat to a7 is anti-positional and does not even
pretend to aspire for the title of the best move. It was much more sensible to
include the move undermining White's pawn structure 8...e5!?} (18... c3 19.
bxc3 bxa3 20. Ne1 (20. Qb3 Be7 21. Qxa3 Nb8 22. Qa1 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Na6 $11)
20... Be7 21. Ned3 Nb8 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. c4 $14) (18... e5 $5 19.
Rxc4 exd4 20. exd4 Na7 21. Nb7 Qb6 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Ne5 bxa3 24. bxa3 Na7 25.
Nc4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Nbxa5 $14) 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxc4 $6 {It is much
easier to find the courageto criticise the best players in the world with the
help of objective, cold chess engines. Gelfand chooses a good, but surely not
the best move in the position, as two other ideas could have aspired to that
title.} (20. Nd2 $1 Bb5 (20... Rxc5 $2 21. dxc5 Bxb2 22. Nxc4 Qxd1 23. Rcxd1
$18) (20... e5 21. Nb7 Qe7 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxc4 Bb5 24. Nba5 $16) 21. Nxc4 e5
22. Nb7 Qe7 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Nba5 Bf6 (24... Bc7 25. Re1 $16) 25. Qb3 Rc7 26.
Rfd1 $16) (20. Qe1 $5 Rb8 (20... Rxc5 21. dxc5 Bxb2 22. Rxc4 Bc3 23. Rxc3 bxc3
24. Qxc3 Bc6 25. Nd4 $16) (20... e5 21. Nb7 Qb6 22. Nxe5 c3 23. Nd3 (23. bxc3
Bxe5 24. dxe5 Bb5 25. Nd6 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxf1 27. Rc1 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Nc6 $14)
23... Bc6 24. Nbc5 $16) 21. Qd2 Bb5 22. Qxb4 Qe7 23. Rfe1 $16) 20... Bb5 21.
Rxb4 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Nc6 (22... e5 23. Rb7 exd4 (23... Rc7 24. dxe5 Be7 25. Rxc7
Qxc7 26. Nd3 $16) 24. Nd7 dxe3 25. Rxa7 (25. Nxf8 Rc7 $11) 25... Qe7 26. fxe3
Bxb2 27. Qf2 $14) 23. Rb7 {A subtle, but significant inaccuracy, as White had
much better play if he had kept his rook on the board.} (23. Rc4 $1 Qe7 24. Qc1
$14) 23... Rc7 $1 24. Qa6 (24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qc4 Qa5 $11) 24... Rxb7 25. Qxb7 (
25. Nxb7 Qc7 26. Nc5 e5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qxc5 29. exf6 Rb8 $11) 25... Qa8
$1 {Anand can afford to offer the queen exchange on the nearly forbidden
square a8. Fortunately for him White can not really benefit from the pressure
along a8-h1 diagonal due to the check on a1.} 26. Qxa8 (26. Qc7 Rc8 27. Qd7 Rd8
$11) 26... Rxa8 27. Ne1 (27. Kf1 Nb4 28. Nd2 Ra7 $11) 27... Ra1 28. Bxc6 (28.
Kf1 Nb4 29. Ke2 Bd8 30. Ned3 Nxd3 31. Nxd3 $11) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Nd3
$1 {The smoke has cleared and the game has drifted into a positional draw,
since neither side can hope to improve the position without undue risk.} (30.
b3 Be7 31. Ba4 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Kf8 $15) 30... Rd1 31. Bb5 Be7 (31... g5 32. b3
Rb1 33. Bc4 $11) 32. h4 g6 33. Bc4 Kg7 34. b3 $1 {Black will be unable to come
closer with any of his other pieces, so the active rook alone has no chance to
do any real harm.} h5 35. Kf3 Rd2 36. Nf4 (36. b4 Kf6 37. Nc5 Bxc5 38. bxc5 Ke7
$11) 36... Bd6 37. Ne2 Rc2 38. Bd3 Rb2 39. Bc4 Rc2 40. Bd3 Rb2 {The opening
phase of the game was very exciting and offers new material for investigation.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Anand vs Kramnik - could this be a prelude to a world championship match
later? Only time will tell.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Probably a
wise choice against Kramnik, who has analysed the Berlin ending to death. Will
anyone be brave enough to take on his main-line Berlin in London? Watch this
space. Sergey Karjakin said in a interview that he had recently studied the
Berlin with Kramnik - such an experience he felt was like a "masterclass" in
the opening.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {This slow method of playing the Ruy
Lopez has become quite popular lately. White turns the game into a manouvreing
battle - he need not fear the two bishops as the position is closed for at
least the time being.} O-O 7. O-O Re8 (7... Bg4 {was a blitz game of Magnus
Carlsen's against the aforementioned Karjakin. I have seen the video of this
game and Carlsen acts rather out of character, being quite disrespectful
towards his opponent - almost yawning at times.  However what it does
demonstrate is how much raw chess talent Carlsen has, as he's able to outplay
a world class player with seemingly no effort whatsoever.} 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Re8
10. Be3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. h4 f6 16. Ne3 Bf8
17. Kg2 Nc5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Rh1 Qd7 21. Rh3 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nf4+
23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Ne4 Kf7 27. Rh7 Rh8 28. Qh3 Rxh7 29.
Qxh7 Rh8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Nxf6 Qf7 32. Nh7+ Rxh7 33. Qxh7 Qd5+ 34. f3 Qe5 35.
Kf1 Qe3 36. Qh3 Bxb2 37. Re1 Qd2 38. Qh6+ Bg7 39. Qg6 Be5 40. f6 {1-0 Carlsen,
M (2837)-Karjakin,S (2779)/Astana 2012/CBM 149 Extra}) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Kh1 a5 {
Practically forcing White's next, as otherwise Black will gain useful space on
the queenside with ...a4} 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nfd2 {Of course, White
needs this move to ever make progress. The plan is to play f4. Realising this,
Kramnik decides to force matters.} b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. c3 $1 {More or less
forced.} ({The problem is that after} 14. Na3 {the knight is really on the
wrong route. Eventually white may be able to play c3, followed by Nc2, but
what then? Besides, there is a problem even with that plan:} Ba6 $1 15. c3 $6
Bxa3 16. Rxa3 b4 $1 17. Rxa5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxd3 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Re1 Qc6 {
with strong pressure.}) 14... bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 {The smoke has
cleared and both players are left with a potentially strong passed-pawn.
However although both the white pawn on a5 and the black pawn on d3 are
solidly blockaded, the position will remain quite sharp while the possibility
of disturbing these blockades remains in the position.} 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 $6 (
{Naturally my instincts would be drawn towards the move} 18. f3 $1 {which
would seem to stabilise the position. I believe that this is slightly
preferable to the move played in the game, as it gives white more options of
defending the kingside - he can play Bg1, Bf2 etc.} Nh5 19. Qc3 ({White has
many other options of course, like} 19. Nc4) 19... Qh4 20. Kg1 Nf4 21. Bxf4
Qxf4 22. Nb3 {although the position would remain unclear.}) 18... Nh5 19. Rfc1
Nf4 20. Rc6 $36 Ne2 ({As Anand explained in the post-mortem, he had seen the
possibility of} 20... Nxh3 $1 21. gxh3 Qd7 22. Rac1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ {
with a draw, but saw no way to avoid it. However it's entirely possible that
Kramnik still had notions of tournament victory - at this stage he was only
half a point behind the leader Fabiano Caruana.}) 21. Qd5 {The critical moment
of the game.} ({White is so well placed on the queenside that the possibility
of sacrificing the exchange with} 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Qc4 {was certainly on
Anand's mind - if he can launch up the b-pawn quickly Black may get into
serious trouble. Black would then have a difficult decision to make - give up
on the d-pawn, or let the a-pawn come through.} {Perhaps wisest is to indeed
to jettison the d-pawn with} Qa8 23. Qxd3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. b4 c5 $1 {
After which White's position rather falls apart, which proves that Anand was
sensible to avoid complications just yet. He is rewarded with a huge blunder.})
21... Qb8 $4 {A real howler, Kramnik overlooks something rather obvious.} (
21... Qxd5 22. exd5 Red8 23. Rxc7 Rxd5 24. b4 {was the way forward, with
another completely unclear endgame in prospect. Objectively the chances are
equal, but i'd probably be White - as Kasparov said in the Caruana-Kramnik
game, White has the better practical chances - Black has more options while
White's way is obvious - at some point he will try to put a knight on c5 or b6.
} Rb5 $1 {It's important not to allow the knight to b3} 25. Rb1 f5 $13) 22.
Rxa6 $1 {All of a sudden the game is over. It's easy with chess to become
obsessed with strategy, positional play, opening preparation and so on. But
horrible blunders decide the games more often than we think.} Rxa6 23. Qxd3
Qxb2 24. Rb1 Rd6 25. Qxe2 Qa2 26. Qb5 c6 27. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 Bc5 13. Bc4 Ng4 14. Re2 Na5
15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 h6 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nxe5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21.
Bf4 Be6 22. Rc1 Bd6 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Re3 c5 25. Nd3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Red8 27. Nf4
Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxb2 32. Rxa6 Rxb3 33.
Rc6 Rc3 34. a5 Kf7 35. a6 Ke7 36. a7 Ra3 37. Rxc5 Rxa7 38. Rb5 Ra4 39. Rb7+ Kd6
40. Rxg7 Kc5 41. Rc7+ Kd4 42. Rd7+ Kc3 43. Rc7+ Kd3 44. Rb7 Kc3 45. Rc7+ Kb2
46. Rc6 b3 47. Rxh6 Kc3 48. Rb6 b2 49. Rxb2 Kxb2 50. g4 Kc3 51. Kg3 Re4 52. Kh4
Kd4 53. Kg5 Ke5 54. Kg6 Re2 55. g5 Rxg2 56. h4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. Ba3 Re8 13. dxc5 Na6 14. Bxa6 Bxa6
15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. c4 e5 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. c5 Nc4 21. Qa4
Nxa3 22. Qxa3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe6 24. Rb7 Re7 25. a4 a6 26. h3 h6 27. Qd5 Qxd5
28. Rxd5 Kf7 29. f4 exf4 30. exf4 Kf6 31. c6 Rc8 32. Rd7 Re4 33. Rbxc7 Rxc7 34.
Rxc7 Rxa4 35. Ra7 Rxf4 36. Rxa6 Rc4 37. c7+ Kg5 38. Ra7 Rc2 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40.
Rxg7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. h3 h6 14. d4 c5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 Ba5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bb7 21. Ra2 Bc7
22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Nd2 Kf8 27. Bc5 Nd7
28. Ba3 g6 29. f3 Ke8 30. b3 cxb3 31. Nxb3 Nc8 32. Bd3 Bc6 33. c4 bxc4 34. Bxc4
Ba4 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Bxc5 Nb6 37. Bxb6 Bxb6 38. Ne2 Ba5 39. Nc1 Ke7 40. Nd3 Bc3
41. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Be7
21. d6 Rxd6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Rac1 Nd5 24. Bc5 Ra6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Red1 Nf4 27.
Rc7 Rxa2 28. g3 Ne6 29. Rxb7 Kg8 30. Ne5 Re8 31. Rd5 f6 32. Nc6 Kh7 33. Kg2 Rc8
34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 a5 36. Rdd7 Rg8 37. Rd6 Kg6 38. Ra6 h5 39. h4 Rc8 40.
Raa7 Rc2 41. Rxg7+ Kf5 42. Rgb7 Rcxb2 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Rxa5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game started Anand had 1.5 points from 4 games.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. Qxd3 Nd7 {Anand plays the Caro-Kann with both colours. Let's see some
games played by the World Champion.} (10... Nf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ (11... Nbd7 12.
O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 (14. c4) 14... a5 15. c4 (15. Ne4 a4 16. g4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd5 $11) 15... a4 16. Rd3 Rc8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5
19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxh6 $11 gxh6 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kh7 24. Qf6 Rg8
25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Qe7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kh7
31. Qf7+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V Frankfurt Rapid 1998}) 12. Bd2 (12. c3 Qa6
$1 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 (14... Kxd7 $5 {Topalov, V - Leko,P Tilburg 1998}
) 15. Ne4 Nf6 $1 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. a3 Qb5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Bg3 f5
$11) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qb5 18. Be5 Qd5 19. Rh3 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Ke7 21. O-O-O
Rhd8 22. Rg1 h5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand, V
Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 12... Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Nxe5 (15... O-O
$6 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Nxd7 $14) 16. Rxe5 Qc7 17. Rae1 O-O-O (17... Nd7 18. R5e4
Nf6 19. R4e2 O-O 20. Qf3 Rfd8 21. Nf5 $14) 18. b4 Bd6 19. R5e2 Bf4 20. Ne4 Bxd2
21. Nxd2 g5 $13 {Anand,V-Khalifman,A Rapid Dubai 2002 1-0 (56)}) 11. f4 Bb4+ (
11... Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne2 {It seems to be that
g4 is coming} Rad8 16. Qf3 (16. g4 $2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Ne4 $1 19. Qf4
Nxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qa5 $1 $17) 16... h5 $8 17. Rhg1 c5 18. g4 Bxe5 $1 (18... cxd4
19. gxh5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. h6 g6 22. h5 Rc8 23. c3 $16) 19. dxe5 Nxg4 20.
Ng3) 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 (13. h5 {White takes care of his h-pawn} Ngf6 14. Be3
O-O (14... Qa5 $5 {preventing White from castling long} 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O
O-O 17. f5 e5 $11) 15. O-O-O c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. c4 a6 19. Kc2
$11 {Landa,K-Okkes,M NED ChT 2006 1-0 (40)}) 13... Ngf6 (13... Bxh4 $6 {
Nobody has captured this pawn yet. White would have very good compensation for
the pawn.} 14. O-O-O Bxg3 (14... Be7 15. Nh5 Kf8 16. Qg3 Rh7 17. f5 exf5 18.
Ng6+ fxg6 19. Qxg6 $18) 15. Qxg3 Kf8 16. c4 Ngf6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. g4 $40) 14.
Qe2 $146 {A new move. It is not easy to say if the novelty is dangerous or not.
According to my brief analysis, Black has several options to get counterplay
after 14.0-0 c5 (14...0-0 15.f5 Bd6!) 15.dxc5 Bxc5 (15...Nxc5!?). I hope we
will soon see many games which will help us to evaluate Anand's novelty more
precisely.} (14. O-O-O O-O 15. Ne4 (15. c4 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Qf3 a5 18. Kb1
Bb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Nd7 $11 {
Svetushkin,D-Lauber,A Bundesliga Berlin GER 2010 1-0 (33)}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4
f5 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qd5 (18... Qa5 19. Kb1 Rad8 20. g4 $14) 19. c4 Qd7 20.
Bb4 Qe8 21. Bd6 $16 {Smeets, J-Lauber,A Bundesliga Forchheim GER 2012 1-0 (64)}
) 14... c5 (14... O-O 15. f5 $5 {I think this is the point of Anand's idea.
Otherwise White transposes to the line 0-0-0} (15. O-O-O) 15... Bd6 $1 {
It seems to me that after this move Black is out of danger.} (15... Nd5 $6 16.
O-O-O Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qg4 $16) 16. fxe6 (16. O-O-O $6 Re8 $1
17. Rhe1 Qc7 18. Kb1 exf5 19. Nxf5 Nxe5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. dxe5 Qe6 $15) 16...
fxe6 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc7 $11) 15. dxc5 {
Black should have chosen between 15...Bxc5 and 15...Nxc5. Ding Liren's idea is
not correct.} Qc7 $6 (15... Bxc5 $5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. c4 (17. Ne4 Nxe5 18. fxe5
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd5 20. Qg4 (20. Qxd5 exd5 $11) 20... h5 $5 21. Qxh5 Qxa2 22. Qg4
Rfd8 23. Bg5 Ba3 24. bxa3 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qa2+ $11) 17... Qc7 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Kb1
Rad8 $13) (15... Nxc5 $5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 (18. Kb1 Rfd8) (18.
Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qc7 $11) 18... Rfd8 19. Rhe1 (19.
f5 $6 Rd5 20. Rhe1 Rad8 $15) 19... a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Qf3 Rac8 (21... Nb3 $5 22.
axb3 (22. Be3 Na5 23. Bd4 Nb3) 22... axb3 23. Ne2 $1 Qa5 24. Kc1 Qa1+ 25. Kd2
Qxb2+ 26. Ke3 Qc2 $44) 22. f5 a3 23. b3 Bd6 24. c4 Re8 25. Re3 exf5 26. Qxf5
Re6 27. Nh5 Nxh5 28. Qxh5 Rce8 (28... b5 $5)) 16. b4 (16. Nxd7 $6 Nxd7 17. b4
O-O 18. h5 b6 19. cxb6 axb6 $44) 16... O-O 17. O-O a5 18. a3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7
20. Ne4 axb4 (20... Qxe5 $6 21. Bf4 Qd5 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Bd6 Rfe8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7
25. Nd6 $16) (20... Nxe5 $5 {probably it is the best black option to keep
fighting} 21. Bf4 f6 22. Rad1 axb4 23. axb4 Rfd8 24. Nf2 $14) 21. cxb4 Qxe5 $6
(21... Nxe5 $5 22. Bf4 f6 23. h5 $14) 22. Bc3 $40 Qc7 23. Rad1 Rad8 (23... Rxa3
$2 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ $18) (23... Ra6 $5 24. h5 f6 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Qxe6+
Kh8 27. cxd6 $1 (27. Rxd6 $4 Nxc5 $17) 27... Qxc3 28. Qxd7 $16) 24. Qg4 $16 {
Black's chances of survival are minimal} g6 $6 (24... e5 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+
Bxf6 27. Rdf3 Qd7 28. Qg3 Be7 29. Bxe5 $16) 25. Nd6 {White has several ways to
win. I would like 25.h5 as the most convienient one.} (25. h5 $1 g5 26. Nd6 $18
b6 27. Qd4 e5 28. Qc4 Bf6 29. c6) 25... e5 26. Qc4 $18 {The game is over. Only
a miracle can help Black.} Nb6 27. Qe4 Nd7 (27... Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxe5
f6 30. Qxd6 $18) 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qf5 Bf6 30. Qxh5 Qc6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Qxe5
1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Qd8 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. g3 b6 18. Rac1 bxc5 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Nxc5 Bd4 21. b4
Qxb4 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Rb1 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 25. Bxb1 Bxc5 26. Qe5 Bb6 27. Be4
Bd7 28. h4 Rc8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qf6 Bc6 31. Bd3 Rd8 32. Bc2 Rd2 33. Bh7+ Kxh7
34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qe7+ Kh8 39. Qf6+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {This line in the Scotch has
become very popular nowadays.} Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 (6... d6 {is another main line.})
7. Qe2 O-O {A very logical move. Black's idea is waiting with d6, because in
some variations he can play d5 immediately.} 8. Be3 d5 {This is the point!} 9.
O-O-O d4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 (11... Qd6 {is also possible going out of the
pin.} 12. Kb1 Qe6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd6 $13) 12. f3 (12. Nd5 $5 {was an
interesting alternative to exploit the pin} g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 d3 $5 {
Black tries to complicate matters, otherwise White can play a simple f3, Kb1
and h4 with a comfortable position.} 15. Rxd3 Nb4 16. Rd1 Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18.
h4 $36 {with some pressure on the kingside.}) 12... Be6 13. Kb1 ({The immediate
} 13. Na4 {was also possible}) 13... Qe7 $6 ({If} 13... a6 $5 14. Na4 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Ba7 {the B has escaped and the a4 N is out of play.}) ({but} 13... Ne5 $1
{was the best, followed by Ng6 to resolve the pin. For example:} 14. Qe1 ({
in the case of} 14. Na4 d3 $1 {is a great positional P sacrifice} 15. cxd3 Bxb3
16. axb3 Bd4 {with Black's initiative.}) 14... Ng6 15. Bf2 c5 {and Black is
fine.}) 14. Na4 {Now the b6 B can't play and White can take it at an
appropriate moment.} Nb4 15. Qe1 g5 $6 {This move creates some weaknesses in
the black king's position. After h4 not only the g5 P, but sometimes the f6 N
can also be unprotected.} ({The immediate} 15... c5 {was better} 16. c3 (16. e5
$2 {doesn't work, as} Bxb3 17. axb3 Qxe5 {with a healthy P up.}) 16... Bxb3 17.
axb3 Nc6 $13 {and the fight continues.}) 16. Bf2 c5 17. c3 $6 {This allowed a
tactical blow, which was actually missed by Fressinet.} ({Probably} 17. Bb5 Nc6
18. h4 g4) ({or} 17. h4 g4 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. Qd2 {was the best, for example:} Kh7
20. c3 Rad8 21. cxd4 Bxb3 22. axb3 cxd4 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qc2 {but over the
board it is very difficult to find these lines.}) 17... dxc3 ({The computer
suggests the fantastic sacrifice with} 17... Nxa2 $5 18. Kxa2 d3 $3 {Probably
they missed this great quiet move.} 19. Bxd3 {This is forced, otherwise the a4
N can get into trouble after Qd7.} c4 {However things are far from clear after}
20. Kb1 (20. Be2 cxb3+ 21. Kb1 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 b6 $13 {with very good practical
chances for Black!}) (20. Nbc5 cxd3+ 21. b3 Rec8 $132) 20... cxd3 21. Nac5 Bc4
22. h4 Nd7 23. Nd2 $1 Bb5 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc4 {The d3 P is doomed, but Black
wants to create some counterplay.} Be6 26. Na3 f5 27. hxg5 fxe4 28. fxe4 Bg4
$132) 18. Qxc3 c4 (18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxb3 20. axb3 c4 $1 (20... Qxe4+ 21. Bd3
) 21. Bc5 $1 (21. Qf3 Bxf2 22. Nc3 $1 Rad8 23. Bxc4 Bd4 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. h4 {
is also very dangerous for Black.}) 21... Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc4 Qe7 24.
Rde1 Nc6 25. h4 $36) 19. Nbc5 $1 (19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rad8) 19... Nfd5 20.
Qa3 (20. Qe1 Rec8 21. Bxc4 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qd4 25.
Bxd5 Qd3+ 26. Ka1 Nc2+ 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. h4 $16 {and White is very near to the
win.}) 20... Rac8 21. Bxc4 (21. exd5 Bf5+ 22. Kc1 Ba5 $3 {/\ Nc2} 23. Bxc4 (23.
d6 Qe5 24. g3 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Rxd3 Red8 27. Rhd1 Qe2 28. Bd4 Rxd6 29.
Nc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rcd8 $132 {is a typical variation suggested by Mr Houdini3!})
23... Qd6 24. Bg3 Qg6 25. Rd2 Bb1 26. b3 Na6 27. Rhd1 Bb4 28. Qb2 Nxc5 29. Qxb1
Bxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Qxb1+ 31. Kxb1 Nxa4 32. d6 $14) 21... Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23.
Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Bxd5 $6 (25. exd5 {was correct, because} Bf5+ 26. Ka1
Nc2+ 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. Qc3 $14 {with a healthy P up.}) 25... Bxd5 26. exd5 Qg6+
27. Ka1 Nc2+ 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 {Suddenly Black becomes very active and he has good
compensation for the P.} 29. Qxa7 Qxg2 30. Rb1 {A very difficult endgame with
major pieces. In such situations the most important thing is the king's
position and the P race.} Qxh2 {In a practical game it is very difficult to
find and calculate the best move.} ({Maybe} 30... Qxf3 $1 {was easier} 31. Qxb7
Kg7 {Black's plan is Re5, the K goes out from Qb8+} 32. Qb5 Re5 $132 {gains
back the P with active pieces.}) 31. Qxb7 Rb8 (31... Re3 $5 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33.
Qc4 Qd2 34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxf3 {with a very sharp and double-edged rook
ending.}) 32. Qc6 Qe5 33. a4 Rb3 {Threatening Ra3 mate.} 34. Ka2 Rxf3 $6 {
An inaccuracy, which allows Rd1.} (34... Rd3 {was better preventing the d-P
from advance.}) 35. Rd1 $1 {Suddenly after this move White's d-P becomes very
fast and dangerous.} Rf2 36. Qb5 Qd6 37. a5 Rc2 38. Qb6 Qd7 39. Rd4 Kg7 40. a6
Rc7 41. b3 h5 42. d6 Rc6 43. Qb7 Qe8 44. Ka3 $1 Rc1 45. Qd5 $1 {Anand plays
very precisely.} f6 (45... Ra1+ 46. Kb2 $18) 46. Re4 Qd8 47. Re7+ Kh6 48. Kb2
Qc8 49. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 c5
15. Qg4 Qd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bb4 Ra4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. dxc4 Rc8 21.
Qg3 Rxc4 22. Bxd6 Rxc2 23. e5 Be7 24. Qd3 Rxb2 25. Qxd4 a3 26. h4 Rb8 27. Ra1
Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. exd6 Rd8 30. Rxa3 Rxd6 31. Ra7 Kf8 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Ra7+
Kf8 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Be3 Bf8
21. d6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Bd4 Ne8 24. Rc1 Kg8 25. Kf1 Nc7 26. Rd1 Ne8 27.
Be3 a6 28. Nh4 Be5 29. b3 Nf6 30. Nf5 Re8 31. Bd4 g6 32. Nd6 Bxd6 33. Bxf6 Re6
34. Bc3 f5 35. h3 h5 36. Re1 Kf7 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3 b5 40. f3
Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Bb3 Be6 12. h3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Nh5
15. Rad1 h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Qc2 c5 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21.
Qd3 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nc4 23. b3 Ne5 24. Qb1 h5 25. Bb2 h4 26. Nf1 d5 27. exd5 Nxd5
28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Rcd8 30. Rde1 Nc6 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Nxc6
Qxc6 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Qb2+ f6 36. Qd2 g5 37. Qe2 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Ng5 Ndf6 14. c5 Bc7 15.
f4 Ne4 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Be8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 Qc8 20. Qc4 Bf7 21. Bd2
Nf6 22. a3 h6 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nd5 26. b5 Ba5 27. b6 Rf8 28.
Bf1 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Ra3 30. Ra2 Rxa2 31. Qxa2 Nc3 32. Qb3 Nxb1 33. Qxb1 Qd7 34.
e3 Ra8 35. Bc4 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ra3 37. Qc1 Ra8 38. Qc2 Qf7 39. Qe2 g5 40. Qb2 gxf4
41. exf4 Qf6 42. Kf2 h5 43. h4 Rd8 44. Ke3 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Bf8 11. Kh1 b6 12. g3 Ba6 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 g6 15.
Nh4 Bh6 16. Ng2 Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 Qg5 21. Rf3
Rad8 22. Qf1 Rd6 23. Qf2 Qf6 24. Rf1 g5 25. Rh3 Qd4 26. f6+ Qxf6 27. Rf3 Qe6
28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Ne3 Rd7 30. Rf8+ Kg7 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Nf5 h6
34. Nxh6+ Kh7 35. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g3
b6 9. Bg2 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. b4 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 d6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Qa4
Rfd8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nb8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Bd4 f5 21. Nd2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rb7 23. e4 g6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f4 Nd7 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Rc3 b5 28.
Rce3 Nf8 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nf3 Rc2+ 31. R1e2 Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Ng6 33. Rc2 Bf6 34.
Be3 Ne7 35. h3 h5 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Nxd4 e5 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Nf3 e4 40. Nd4 Kf6
41. h4 Ke5 42. Ne2 Ra7 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Nd4 Rd7 45. Rxb5 Rc7 46. Nxf5+ Nxf5 47.
Rxf5 Rc2+ 48. Rf2 Rc3 49. Ra2 Rb3 50. a4 Rxb4 51. a5 Kc7 52. a6 Kb8 53. Ra5
Rb2+ 54. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 b4 8. O-O d6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Qe1 c5 14. Nh4 g6 15.
Nhf3 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Nd7 17. Ra1 Qe7 18. b3 Kh8 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Rf2 Nh5 21. Qh3
Qe6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Rg2 Kg7 24. Rf1 h6 25. Qh4 Ng8 26. g5 h5 27. Rgf2 Qg4+ 28.
Qxg4 hxg4 29. Ne1 f6 30. Rg2 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. e4 Ne7 33. exf5 Nxf5 34. Rxg4
Nc6 35. Rf2 Ncd4 36. Ne4 Ne3 37. Rh4 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 Rxf2 39. Nxf2 Rf8 40. Re4
Rxf2 41. Rxe3 Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Rxe1 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. Kxe2 Rxh2+ 45. Kd1 Kg6 46. Rf3
Kxg5 47. Rf7 d5 48. Rd7 d4 49. Rd5 c4 50. bxc4 Kf4 51. Kc1 b3 52. cxb3 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. e3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c5 f5 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. e4 fxe4 15.
Bxe4 Rb4 16. Kg2 Qf6 17. f3 Rxb2 18. Bxb2 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Nc2 Bxa1 21.
Rxa1 Rb8 22. Nd4 Rb2+ 23. Kh3 Rd2 24. Nb3 Rf2 25. g4 Bf1+ 26. Kg3 Rg2+ 27. Kh4
Rxh2+ 28. Kg5 Bc4 29. Na5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Kh1 f6 11. b3 Nc5 12. Ng1 Ne6 13. Ne2 b6 14. f4 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qf3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Bd6 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qd6 21.
Qf3 Re5 22. h3 Rae8 23. Rf5 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Qe5 25. Qf1 a5 26. Rb1 c5 27. Qf2 Rd8
28. g3 Rd6 29. Kg2 Qc3 30. Qe2 Re6 31. Qd1 f5 32. exf5 Re3 33. f6 h5 34. f7+
Kf8 35. Kh1 Qe5 36. Qf1 Qxg3 37. Qf5 Qxh3+ 38. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 39. Kg2 Re3 40. Kf2
Re5 41. c3 Kxf7 42. d4 Rf5+ 43. Ke3 g5 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 7. O-O b6 8. a3
O-O 9. Be3 f6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 e5 12. Nbd2 Nf7 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nfd2 f5 15.
f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. Ra6 h5 18. Qa1 g4 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxa7
Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Qg5 23. Bxb6 Re8 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Ncd2 Re6 26. Kf2 Rg6 27. Ke1 Ng5
28. Kd1 Ne6 29. Kc1 Bf8 30. Qb8 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rg2 32. Qc8 Qg6 33. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e3
a5 9. a3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne8 12. O-O Bf6 13. d4 Nd6 14. Ne5 a4 15. Nd3
axb3 16. cxb3 Re8 17. a4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rc1
Qb6 22. Rc3 Ne4 23. Rd3 g6 24. Qc2 Re7 25. Rd4 Ng5 26. Qc3 Ne6 27. Rd2 Qc5 28.
Rc1 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 f5 30. h4 Kf7 31. Bf3 Kf6 32. Bd1 h6 33. b4 g5 34. b5 cxb5
35. axb5 Rd7 36. Bf3 Rad8 37. Kh2 d4 38. exd4 Nxd4 39. Rb2 Nxf3+ 40. Rxf3 Rd2
41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. Rfb3 R8d5 43. Rxd2 Rxd2 44. Kg2 g4 45. b6 Ke6 46. Kf1 Kd6
47. f3 gxf3 48. Rxf3 Rd5 49. Rb3 Kc6 50. Ke2 Rb5 51. Rd3 Kxb6 52. Rd6+ Kc7 53.
Rf6 Rd5 54. Ke3 b5 55. Rg6 b4 56. g4 fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. Be3 ({In the past,} 9. h3 {was more popular. Here is an example from a
game between two future grandmasters.} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. Be3 Ne6
13. Bb3 Nd7 {Pachman,L-Ciocaltea,V (2470)/Moscow 1956/MCD (1/2, 32)}) 9... Nd4
$146 {Quite a daring knight move. Some would fear that the resulting kingside
majority would offer White chances for an attack. Maybe this would be true if
the game had started with the English Opening move order, meaning that the
bishop would be on g2 rather than a4.} (9... Nd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 c5 13. Qg4 Re8 14. Rae1 $14 {Puc,S-Bozic,A/Ljubljana 1947/EXT 2004 (1-0,
34)}) (9... Nb4 10. d4 exd4 11. Bxd4 {Lheureux,J-Balourdet,L/IECG Email 2000/
Corr 2002 (1-0, 46)}) 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 g6 15. Rae1 Bg7 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Qd2 a5 18. f4 Qb4 19. Qc2 Qc5 20. Qf2 Rae8
21. Bd1 f5 22. Bf3 {The bishop has reached the optimal diagonal finally, but
Black is perfectly mobilised, too. If allowed to consolidate with h3-h4
followed by g2-g3, White may retain some advantage. Aronian finds the simplest
way to neutralise White's (still only incipient) attack.} Bh6 23. Qh4 (23. g3
g5 $132) 23... Bxf4 $1 24. Qxf4 fxe4 25. Qg3 exf3 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxf3 Qf5
28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Re2 30. Rf2 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Re2 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Rf1 Re2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8.
Qd3 b5 $5 {A very logical move. Black attacks White's P centre in order to
lessen the pressure against d5.} 9. Nc3 (9. Na3 {has also been played, but} Qb6
10. O-O h6 11. b3 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3
Qb7 17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 $132 {and Black looks nicely placed,
Tiviakov-Babula, Dresden 2007.}) 9... bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 (11. Qc6+ {
leads only to repetition of moves after} Bd7 12. Qc4 Be6 $11) (11. Nd5 Qa5+ 12.
Qc3 (12. Bd2 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qb5 $13) 12... Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 h6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bb2
Nf6 16. O-O Be7 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Nd2 Rc6 $13 {D.Howell-Shanava, Istanbul ol
2012}) 11... h6 {This important move avoids B or Ng5.} ({In the event of} 11...
Nf6 $6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. O-O {followed by Nd5 with a slight
advantage for White.}) 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 $146 {The first novelty in the game.
The idea can be seen in the next moves.} (13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rfc1 Kd7 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rhc8 $11 {
Yu Ruiyuan-Zhou Jianchao, Tianjin 2013. Black equalised.}) 13... Be7 14. Ne1 $5
{A very typical plan in these P structures. The white N goes to c2-e3 and d5.}
O-O 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfc8 17. b3 {A prophylactic move, Carlsen prepares for
Bd2.} ({The immediate} 17. Ned5 {is probably too early, as} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
19. Qxd5 Rab8 (19... Qb4 20. b3) 20. b3 Rc2 21. Be3 Qb4 {and it is not so easy
to improve the position with White.}) 17... a5 18. Bd2 Qa6 {Anand decides to
exchange the Q.} 19. Be1 Nd7 20. f3 {Carlsen protects the e4 P, which wasn't
hanging at the moment, but after the exchange of Q, than Ncd5 Nc5 and the P is
protected.} Rc6 21. Qxa6 Rcxa6 22. Ned5 $1 (22. Ncd5 {was also possible} Bd8 (
22... Bg5 23. Nc4 $14) 23. Rac1 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) 22... Bd8
23. Nb5 {This is the point of why Carlsen put the e3 N on d5.} Rc8 (23... Rc6 {
was more precise} 24. Rac1 (24. Bf2 Rb8) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nf6
27. Nxd6 Nxd5 {and still Black can hope for equalisation.}) 24. Bf2 (24. Rac1 {
was an interesting alternative.} Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bb6+ 27. Bf2 $14)
24... Kh7 {A prophylactic move, which avoids Ne7 checks.} 25. Kf1 $14 {Another
logical move by Carlsen. The K is coming towards the centre.} Rcc6 $6 (25... g6
{was another option preparing for Kg7.} 26. Rac1 Rac6 27. Be3 $14) 26. Rac1 Bg5
27. Rc3 (27. Rxc6 $1 {was stronger} Rxc6 28. Ndc7 Rc2 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxd6
$16 {and White is better.}) 27... Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxc3 29. Nxc3 Rc6 30. Be1 Nc5
31. Nb5 (31. h4 $5 Bd8 (31... Be7 32. Ke2 $14) 32. Nb5 Nb7 33. Ke2 $14) 31...
Nb7 32. h4 Be3 33. Ke2 Bc5 34. h5 Bb4 35. Bd2 $6 ({In the event of} 35. Bxb4
axb4 36. a3 bxa3 37. Nxa3 g6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Nc4 {is still also slightly
better for White.}) 35... g6 36. a3 Bxd2 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Kxd2 h5 39. g3 f6
40. Na7 Rc7 41. Nb5 Rc6 42. Ke2 Kf7 $11 {Anand has made some precise moves, so
he has levelled the position.} 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Ke6 45. Rd3 Rc4 46. Rb3 d5
47. Kd3 Rc6 48. exd5+ Kxd5 49. Rc3 f5 50. Nc7+ Kd6 51. Ne8+ Kd5 52. Rxc6 Kxc6
53. Ng7 Nd6 54. Nxh5 e4+ 55. fxe4 Nxe4 56. Kd4 Kb5 57. g4 fxg4 58. Kxe4 g3 59.
Nxg3 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 {The main line is 12.g5, but
nowadays the text move has become very popular. Actually Anand was the first
to play it himself in 2006 against Morozevich.} Nb6 (12... b4 {is the other
possibility.} 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 {with a
slightly better position for White. Now we can understand the main idea behind
the 12.Rg1 move, that the R will join the battle from g4!}) 13. Na5 $1 {
A very typical reaction in this 12.Rg1 line. White avoids Nc4 and also
prepares for a positional P sacrifice after Nd5.} Rc8 ({In the event of} 13...
Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Kb1 ({or} 18. Bd3 {
. White has sacrificed a P, but the d5 square and the B pair give a nice
compensation for that. White's plan is Rg4 and c4, or Be4.})) 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Kb1 Nf4 {Topalov prevents Nd5, so b4 is threatening now.} (15... b4 {is too
early, as} 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qxa5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 {and Black
cannot protect the e6 P. For example:} Kf7 $2 20. g6+ $1 hxg6 21. Qg2 $18 {
and White wins.}) (15... g6 {was a game between Anand-Karjakin} 16. Nd5 (16. a3
$5 Qc7 (16... Nf4 {is transposing to the game.}) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19.
Qxd5 Qxa5 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21. Rg4 Rb8 22. Rh4 $1 {A very strong move. Now Black
can't avoid Rxh5 and Qe4 with a decisive attack.} Qc7 23. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 24. Qe4
f5 25. Qxf5 Bf8 26. g6 $18 {with a winning attack, Ter Sahakyan-Y.Wei, Athens
2012.}) 16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. c4 (19. Bd3 $5) 19... Nf4 (
19... Rb8 20. Rg4 Ng7 21. h4 Nf5 22. Bf2 Bd8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bd3 b4 25. Qb3
$44 {Anand-Karjakin, Nice rapid 2009}) 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Qa7
$13 {with a double-edged fight.}) 16. a3 g6 $146 {The first novelty in the
game.} (16... Qc7 {was an alternative} 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5
20. Qxd5 Qxa5 21. Bd3 g6 22. h4 Rc5 23. Qe4 Re5 24. Qxf4 Rb8 25. c3 Qb6 26. Bc2
a5 27. Bb3 $36 {and White has some initiative, Dominguez Perez-Van Wely, Wijk
aan Zee 2010.}) 17. h4 Qc7 (17... d5 {could have been met by} 18. Bxf4 exf4 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxa5 22. Bd3 Rfd8 23. Qb3 Rc5 24. Be4 $14 {
and White is slightly better, because his B is stronger, than his opponent's.})
18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 {This is forced, otherwise Nc6 is
very unpleasant.} 21. Qxd5 Qxa5 (21... Qxc2+ $2 {is only a check,} 22. Ka1 {
and now we can understand 16.a3, otherwise White gets mated on the back rank
with Qc1.}) 22. Rg4 $1 {The R comes immediately into play. White wins back the
P, then thanks to his better B and the attack with h5, his chances are better.}
(22. Bd3 {transposes to 16...Qc7.}) 22... Rc5 23. Qb3 d5 ({In the event of} 
23... Rf5 24. Bd3 {followed by Rxf4.}) 24. Rxf4 {Now we can understand Anand's
17th move. The g5 P is protected} Qc7 25. Rfd4 Qh2 {Topalov wants to
complicate the play, he tries to create some counterplay with his Q in the
opponent's position.} ({After} 25... Rd8 {White can continue with} 26. f4 $1 {
and White's position is more promising, he threatens with Bg2 or f5.}) 26. c3 {
A deep cold-blooded reaction. Anand doesn't hurry with the takes on d5. The
plan will be understandable on the next move.} Rd8 27. Qc2 $1 {This is the
point of c3. White would like to exchange the Q, as the endgame is much better
to him.} Qg3 {Of course...} (27... Qxc2+ $6 28. Kxc2 f6 29. f4 $16 {followed
by Bg2 and the d5 P is lost.}) 28. f4 {Prepares for Bg2.} Bd6 $6 ({Probably} 
28... Qxh4 {should have been played, however White has also a slight advantage
after} 29. Bg2 Rc4 $1 30. Bxd5 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 $14 {but still Black has some
drawing chances after} Kf8 {.}) 29. Bg2 Bxf4 30. Bxd5 {White has a big
advantage, because his B is much better and the f7 P is also very weak.} Kg7
31. Qe4 $1 $16 {A very strong move again... Anand protects the d5 B and
prepares for Rf1!} Qe3 (31... Be5 $2 {loses to} 32. Rf1 $1 Bxd4 33. Qxd4+ $18)
32. Qh1 $1 {Of course... White doesn't change Q, as he hopes for some attack.}
Rd7 33. R1d3 $6 (33. Qf1 $1 {was the best and in the event of} Be5 34. R4d3 $1
Qf4 35. Rf3 $1 $18 {White wins.}) 33... Qe5 $2 {Loses immediately, but Black's
position was already difficult.} (33... Qf2 34. Qe4 $1 (34. Rf3 $2 Qxd4 $1 35.
cxd4 Rc1+ {and Black escapes.}) 34... Qxh4 35. Bb3 $1 {and Black's position is
hopeless.}) ({Maybe} 33... Qe2 {gives the best chance, but after} 34. Rd1 {
White can improve his pieces.}) 34. Qf3 $1 $18 Bh2 35. Be6 {A very pretty
winning move, although it wasn't the only one.} ({The simple} 35. Bb3 $18 {
was also good.}) 35... Re7 36. Re4 Rxe6 37. Rxe5 Rcxe5 38. Rd8 Re4 39. Ka2 Bf4
40. Rd7 Kg8 41. Ra7 {This was a nice win by Anand!} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 {This line is very popular nowadays. White wants to avoid the sharp
8.a4 lines and tries to play positionally.} O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 ({The other main
lines are} 10... Bb7) ({and} 10... h6) 11. Re1 ({One month ago} 11. h3 {
was tried} Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 (12... c5 13. dxc5 (13. d5 c4) (13. Re1 {transposes
to 11.Re1.}) 13... dxc5 14. Qe2 {is similar to the text move.}) 13. Qb1 (13.
Re1 exd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Be3 h6 $13) 13... exd4 (13... h6 14. Re1) 14. cxd4 Nc4
15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 (16. e5 dxe5 (16... Bxf3 $2 17. exf6) 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18.
exf6 Bxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 (21... Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qd5+
23. e4 Qh5 {with perpetual checks.}) 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. fxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rf2 Rg3+
25. Kh2 Qd6 $13 {with a very unclear fight.}) 16... Rb8 17. Nxc4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4
Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. Bd2 Ba7 $13 {and Black looks OK,
Ponomariov-Giri, Zug 2013.}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 $146 {A logical
novelty.} (13. h3 cxd4 {Probably Anand didn't want to allow this move.} (13...
Nc6 14. d5 (14. dxc5 dxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4) 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5
axb5 {and Black hasn't got any problems.}) 14... Ne7 (14... Na5 15. b3 $14) 15.
a4 Bd7 {with a typical Ruy Lopez middlegame.}) 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 (15. Bxd4
Bb7 $11) 15... Bb7 16. Nf5 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 {and Black looks nicely placed.})
13... dxc5 14. Qe2 Ng4 {Nakamura would like to take advantage of White's
missing h3 immediately.} 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng5 (16. h3 {was an interesting
alternative} Nxe3 ({or} 16... Bc4 17. Qd2 Nxe3 (17... Qxd2 18. Bxd2) 18. Qxd8 (
18. Nxe3 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Be6 20. Nf3 f6 21. Nd5 Nc4 $11) 18... Raxd8 19. Nxe3 Bc7
(19... Be6 $2 20. Nxe5) 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 Nc6 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Ba4 Re6 24.
Rac1 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) 17. Nxe3 Nc4 18. Red1 Qc7 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nxb2 21. Bb3 c4 22. Qxb2 cxb3 23. axb3 f6 {with a nearly equal
position.}) 16... Nxe3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 (17... Rxe6 $6 {is dubious because of} 18.
Nxe3 $14 {followed by Nd5.}) 18. Nxe3 c4 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. Ng4 Rf8 {A very
unusual position in Ruy Lopez. Black has doubles e-pawns, but thanks to the
weak f2 P he gets enough counterplay.} 21. Re2 (21. Rad1 Nc6 $11) 21... Rad8 $1
22. Rd1 (22. Qxe5 $2 {doesn't work because of} Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf2 $1 24. Rxf2
Rd2 $15 {and White is in a big trouble.}) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 (23... Qd6
24. Bc2 Nc6 $11) 24. Bc2 (24. Rd2 $5 Nc6 $11) 24... b4 $2 {A very ambitious
move, but he missed White's strong answer.} ({The simple} 24... Nc6 {was the
correct} 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. h3 Kf8 $1 28. Qxh7 Qd2 $44 {and Black
has good counterchances.}) 25. cxb4 $2 {Spoiling the sudden chance.} (25. Rd2
$1 {was the strongest move:} Nc6 26. Ba4 $1 bxc3 27. bxc3 g6 28. Qh6 Rxd2 29.
Qxd2 $16 {and Black faces a very unpleasant endgame.}) 25... Nc6 (25... c3 {
was also possible, but after} 26. bxc3 (26. bxa5 $2 cxb2) 26... Qxc3 27. h3 (
27. h4 $5) 27... Nc6 28. Bb3 Nd4 29. Re3 Qxb4 30. Nxe5 Rf8 31. Qg4 {it is very
difficult to play with Black.}) 26. Ba4 $6 ({Still} 26. Rd2 {gives the best
chance} Nd4 27. Ne3 a5 $44) 26... Nxb4 27. Qxe5 Qe7 $1 {A very strong
cold-blooded move by Nakamura!} 28. Qh5 Nxa2 (28... Nd3) ({or} 28... Rf8 {
were also promising for Black.}) 29. g3 $2 {A decisive mistake probably in
time trouble.} (29. Ne5 {was the last chance, which sometimes threatens with
Nc6 fork.} g6 (29... Nc1 30. Rc2) 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Nf3 Nc1 32. Rd2 Nd3 33. Bc2 {
and White can hold his position.}) 29... Nc1 $1 $19 {A very strong N move,
followed by Nd3. White's position is already hopeless.} 30. Rc2 Nd3 31. e5 Rf8
32. Rxc4 (32. Bc6 Rf5 33. Qe8+ Qxe8 34. Bxe8 h5 $19) 32... Bxf2+ 33. Kg2 (33.
Nxf2 Qa7 $1 $19) 33... Bc5 34. Bc6 Rf5 35. Qh4 Ne1+ 36. Kh3 Qf7 37. Rxc5 Rh5
38. Bg2 Rxh4+ 39. gxh4 Qf5 {A great win by Nakamura!} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 {This
retreat has been fashionable for a while after 6.Be3 e5, thanks to the efforts
of Dieter Nisipeanu. However, there is a lot of practical material with the
current position as well.} h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O (
11... Rc8 12. O-O Nh7 13. Be3 h4 14. g4 O-O 15. Qd2 Rc6 16. Rac1 Bg5 {Motylev,
A (2655)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)/Yekaterinburg 2013/ (1/2, 40)}) 12. O-O b5 {
Black cannot afford to delay his counterplay, facing the risk of being
submitted to a blockade on the light squares.} 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Nxb5 Qb8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd3 Qc8 18. Nxd6 $146 (18. b3 Bxh3 19. c4 h4 {
Naiditsch,A (2685)-Urkedal,F (2438)/Stockholm 2011/CBM 140 Extra (1-0, 49)})
18... Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxc2 20. Nc3 Qxb2 21. Nd1 Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Ne3 g6 24.
h4 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Rc1 Kg7 27. Rc5 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Rb2 29. Kg1 Rb1+ 30. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Bd2 Re8 9. a4 f6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne3 Ne6 14. Nh4 a5
15. b3 Qd4 16. Nhf5 Qc5 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Kh1 Rad8 21.
Qe1 b6 22. g4 Kf7 23. Rg1 g5 24. h4 Rg8 25. Qe2 Ke7 26. Raf1 h6 27. Rg2 b5 28.
Rh2 Rg7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rb1 bxa4 31. bxa4 Qxa4 32. Qe1 Ra8 33. Qc3 Kd7 34.
Nc4 c5 35. Rh6 Rf7 36. Ne3 Qc6 37. Qa3 a4 38. c4 Qd6 39. Kg2 Qf8 40. Rbh1 Qd6
41. Rh8 Rff8 42. R8h7+ Kc8 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Rd8 45. Rc1 Rd7 46. Rh3 Ra5
47. Rc4 Qa6 48. Rh1 Qb5 49. Qc3 a3 50. Ra1 a2 51. Qd2 Rh7 52. Rcc1 Rh8 53. f3
Kd7 54. Rxa2 Rxa2 55. Qxa2 Qxd3 56. Rxc5 Qd1 57. Rxc7+ Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. Qa4+ {Ever since I have
started studying the Catalan, I got to know that such early checks do not
offer White much. There was a strong temptation to question this long
established rule, but it failed every time. This game will confirm the old
evaluation.} Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bc6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 (9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {
At the cost of spoiling his structure, Black keeps all his pieces on optimal
positions.} ({In a historic game, he got into unexpected problems after} 10...
Nxf6 11. dxc5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bxc5 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Nc3 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Ke7 16. b4
Bxb4 17. Nxa7 Rc7 18. Rfc1 $36 {Kasparov,G (2690)-Kortschnoj,V (2610)/London
1983/Candidates/[ChessBase] (1-0, 46). Black lost the b7-pawn soon and after a
tough defence, the game.}) 11. Nc3 b5 $132 {Inkiov,V (2485)-Pinter,J (2575)/
Zagreb 1987/CBM 004/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 36)}) 9... Rc8 10. Be3 {Quite provocative.}
({The cautious} 10. Qd3 {does not offer much either:} cxd4 (10... Be7 11. Rd1
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Be3 Qc6+ 16. Kg1 Ne5 17. Na5
Qc7 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qxb7 {Kurajica,B (2520)-Todorovic,G (2435)/Biel 1991/EXT
2000 (1-0, 74)} Qxb7 20. Nxb7 Nc4 $15) 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bc5 13. Nb3 O-O
14. Bf4 Bb4 15. Nb5 {Alburt,L (2535)-Pinter,J (2540)/Taxco 1985/IZT (1/2, 55)}
Qb6 $11 {[%cal Gf6d5]} 16. Be3 Nc5) (10. Bg5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 h6 13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rfd1 $6 (14. Qxf6 {is somewhat better, but does not cause Black
problems.} Nxf6 15. Rfd1 Ke7 {In fact, with his king ready for centralisation,
Black may even get the better chances in the long run.}) 14... Qxf4 15. gxf4 {
[%csl Gf4]} Bb4 16. Rac1 Ke7 17. a3 $6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20.
bxc3 Rc8 (20... Nc5 21. f5 $5) (20... b6 $15) 21. Bxb7 Rxc3 22. Ra1 Nc5 $15 {
Bacrot,E (2709)-Kortschnoj,V (2623)/Odessa (rapid) 2007/CBM 119 (1/2, 51). As
we see, Korchnoi did not abandon his old line despite the unfavourable result.}
) 10... b5 $1 11. Qd3 (11. Nxb5 $2 Nb6 12. Qb3 c4 $19) 11... b4 12. Nb1 c4 $5 {
Usually, Black does not release the tension so easily in this structure, but
the bishop's presence in front of the e2-pawn will cause White problems
setting his centre in motion.} 13. Qc2 (13. Qxc4 $2 Bxf3) 13... Be7 14. a3 $146
{This novelty is not too impressive.} (14. Bg5 Be4 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Nbd2 Bc6 17.
Qc2 Nb6 18. Rac1 Ba4 19. Qb1 c3 20. Nb3 Bb5 $17 {Vaulin,A (2490)-Sherbakov,R 
(2580)/Elista 1997/CBM 059/[Hecht] (0-1, 78)}) 14... b3 $5 {Anand correctly
evaluates that White will not get any profit from the control of the c3-square.
} (14... a5 15. axb4 axb4 {looks entirely acceptable, though.}) 15. Qc1 Nb6 16.
Nc3 Nfd5 {As we see, both knights are ready for undermining the blockade on c3.
} 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Ne5 $6 ({White would win a tempo over the game with} 18. Re1
{[%cal Ge2e4]} Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Be4 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Na4 {, but this is not
that relevant for the evaluation of the position since} 22. e4 {is strongly
met with} f5) 18... Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Na4 $17 {This knight paralyses
the white queenside.} 21. Re1 f5 22. f3 Bg5 23. e3 Bf6 {White has two minor
pieces installed on stable squares, but they are both exposed to an exchange
at a moment that can be chosen by Black at his own convenience.} 24. e4 {
This looks like premature activity and will only make things worse.} Bxe5 25.
dxe5 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Qd3 {The most ambitious approach, keeping the mighty knight.
} ({However,} 26... Nxc3 {is also quite promising} 27. Qxc3 Qd3 28. Re3 Qxc3
29. Rxc3 Rfd8 $17) 27. Re3 Qd5 28. Qe1 Rfd8 29. Rc1 Qb5 30. Rd1 Rd3 {Black's
domination on the light squares is overwhelming now.} 31. Rexd3 (31. Rc1 Qd5 {
[%cal Gc8f8]}) 31... cxd3 32. Bd4 Qc4 33. Be3 Nxb2 34. Rc1 d2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Qd2 c5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e6 {For this line - see Gelfand - Grischuk in CBM
154.} 11. d6 {The World Champion goes for the most principled although
double-edged line.} e5 {[%csl Rd6]} 12. h4 Be6 13. Nh3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 512]} (
13. h5 g5 14. h6 Kh8 15. Nf3 f6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Nh2 Qd7 18. Nf1 Nd8 19. Rd1 Nf7
$13 {1-0 (49) Akesson,R (2466)-Boros,D (2457) Budapest 2008}) 13... Qxh4 {
Black accepts the pawn sacrifice, which leads to big complications.} (13... f6
$5) 14. O-O-O Qxe4 (14... Nd7 15. Bb5 $44) (14... h5 15. f3 $44) 15. Bd3 (15.
Ng5 $142 Qf4 16. Qxf4 exf4 17. Nxh7 Rd8 18. Ng5 Nd7 (18... Bxa2 19. Kb2 Be6 20.
Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bc4 $44) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bc4 Nf8 21. Rhe1 Kg7 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23.
Rxe6 {keeping some pressure in the rook ending.}) 15... Qa4 16. Ng5 Qxa2 17.
Qe3 (17. Qxa2 Bxa2 18. Kb2 Be6 19. Rxh7 Nd7 20. Rh4 {was also possible,
keeping good compensation for the material. With the queens on the board,
White's king can be as vulnerable as Black's.}) 17... Qa3+ 18. Kd2 Qb2+ 19. Bc2
$1 (19. Ke1 Qxc3+ 20. Kf1 Qd4) 19... Bf5 20. Rc1 $6 {White takes a risk, which
pays off.} (20. Nxh7 {lead to a perpetual after} Bxc2 $1 21. Qh6 $1 Bxd1+ 22.
Kxd1 Qb1+ {V.Anand}) 20... Rd8 $2 {A natural but losing move.} (20... Nc6 $1 {
was correct:} 21. Nxh7 Rfd8 $1 22. Nf6+ (22. Qh6 f6 $1 23. Nxf6+ Kf7) 22... Kg7
23. Nd5 Rh8 $1 24. Ne7 $1 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Qb5 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28.
Qxe5+ Kg8 {, and Black keeps an advantage. However, he failed to find such a
subtle defence over the board.}) 21. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 192]} Kxf7 22. Qxe5 Rxd6+
$8 (22... Kg8 $2 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rh1+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ $18 {
M.Golubev}) 23. Qxd6 Nc6 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Rd7 $1 {This is probably what Black
overlooked.} Re8 26. Qf6 $1 Bxd7 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rh1 Re2+ 30.
Kxe2 Nd4+ (30... Qxc2+ 31. Ke3 $18) 31. cxd4 Qxc2+ 32. Ke3 Qc3+ 33. Kf4 Qxd4+
34. Qxd4 cxd4 {Black has avoided mate but the endgame is hopeless for him.} 35.
Ke4 a5 36. Kxd4 a4 37. Kc3 b5 38. Kb4 Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. g4 Be8 41. f4 Kf6
42. Rh6+ Kg7 43. g5 Bg6 44. Rh3 Bf5 45. Re3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 d5 {
A rare line. Usually Black plays ...d5 after castling short.} (7... O-O 8. O-O
d5) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxc6 (9. Ndb5 {is not dangerous for Black:} Nxc3 10. Qxd8+
Nxd8 11. bxc3 (11. Nc7+ $2 Kd7 12. Nxa8 Nxe2 13. Kxe2 b6 14. Rd1+ Kc6 $17)
11... O-O 12. O-O Bf5 $11) 9... bxc6 10. Na4 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 {Black has other
options which gives him an equal game.} (11... Rb8 12. Bd2 (12. e4 $5 Nc7 13.
Be3 Ne6 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. b3 Rd8 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 $14) 12... Nb6 13. Nc3
Nd5 14. Na4 Nb6 (14... Bf5 $5) (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Nc3 Nd5 16. Qc1 (16. Na4 $11)
16... Nb4 $1 17. Rd1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Qxd3 19. Be1 Qf5 (19... Qa6 $5 20. b3 c5 21.
Rb1 Bf5 22. e4 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 $15) 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Qc2 Ba6 (21... Be6 22. Rac1
Bxa2 23. b4 Be6 24. Nc5 $44) 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rfd8 24. h3 Qc4 25. Rd4 Qe2
{1/2 Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2534)-Abreu Delgado,A (2480) Holguin 2002}) (
11... Nb6 12. Nc5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Qc1 Bd3 17.
Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Bb4 (19. Bc3 Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Rb8 $11) 19... Qe2 20. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qxb2 $15 {0-1 Van Scheltinga,
T-Tarjan,J Wijk aan Zee 1974 0-1 (29)}) 12. g4 $1 {The only chance to play for
an advantage.} (12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Qc1 Qd6 14. Rd1 Qf6 (14... Rfd8 {it seems that
Black has better chances} 15. Bf3 Nb4 $15) 15. Bf3 Qe5 16. Qc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6
Rxb6 18. Bc3 Qb5 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Kf1 b4 23. Ke1 {
1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Atalik,S Bad Wiessee 2003}) 12... Be6 (12... Bd7 {This move
deserves attention. Black should have played ...Nc7 with the following ...Ne6,
...Nd4. Let's see the game.} 13. e4 Nb6 (13... Nc7 $1 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Rb1 Ne6
16. Nxe6 Bxe6 $11) 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. Nd3 $6 (15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Be3 $14) 15... c5
16. Bf4 e5 $2 (16... Qc6 $1 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Rac1 Bc4) 17. Be3 $14
{Godes,D-Carmel,E Tel Aviv 2001 1-0 (37)}) 13. e4 Nb4 14. Nc5 $1 Bxa2 $2 {
It is very difficult to explain this move. It can be assumed that Anand didn't
see or underestimated 16.Qa5.} (14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 (15. Bxd1 $2 Bxa2 $17)
15... Nc2 16. Nxe6 $8 (16. Rb1 $2 Bxa2 $18) 16... fxe6 17. Rb1 Bd4) (14... Qd6
$5 15. Be3 (15. Nxe6 $6 Qxe6 16. Qb3 Qxe4 17. Bf3 Qd3 18. Rd1 Qxb3 19. axb3 a5
20. Rd7 e6 $15) 15... Rfb8 16. a3 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Na2 (18... Bxa3 $2
19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rb3 $18) 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Rxb2 Bc4 21. Rfb1 Rb6 22. Rxb6 axb6
23. Rxb6 Nc3 24. Rxc6 Nxe4 $1 25. Nxe4 Bd5 $11) 15. Qa4 $1 Qd4 (15... a5 16.
Rxa2 Nxa2 17. Qxa2 $16) 16. Qa5 $1 {We can evaluate this position as very
dangerous for Black. All this is a consequence of one bad move 14....Bxa2.}
Rfd8 (16... Be5 17. Rd1 Bxh2+ 18. Kg2 Bc7 19. Qxc7 $1 ({Not so clear} 19. Rxd4
Bxa5 20. Rxb4 Bxb4 21. Na6 Bd6 22. Rxa2) 19... Qxc5 20. Bh6 a5 21. Bxf8 Rxf8
22. Rac1 Qg5 23. Rc3 $16) 17. Kg2 $6 (17. Rd1 $1 {After this move Anand could
resign very soon.} Qxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kg2 Rb8 (19... Nc2 20. Qa4 Ne1+ (
20... Nxa1 21. Qxd1 $18) 21. Kg3 $1 $18) (19... Rd4 20. Be3 Rc4 21. Rxa2 Nxa2
22. Qxa2 $18) 20. Bf4 Rxa1 21. Bxb8 $18) 17... Bc4 18. Rd1 $1 Bxe2 (18... Qxd1
19. Bxd1 Rxd1 20. Qxb4 Bf1+ 21. Kf3 $18 (21. Kh1 $4 Bh3+ 22. Qe1 Rxe1#)) 19.
Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Be3 Rc4 21. Re1 $1 $16 Bxg4 22. b3 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Nd3 $6 (23...
Nc2 $1 {The world champion's last chance to escape was a fortress. He could
try to achieve a fortress after} 24. Rc1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxc6 e5 27. Rd6
$6 (27. Qd5 Re8 28. b4 Be6 29. Qd6 Kg7 30. Rc7 Kg8 31. h4 {I believe that
gradually White will win this position}) 27... Kg7 28. Rd8 $2 Rxd8 29. Qxd8 Be6
{Despite the computer assessment +2, I have serious doubts that White can win.
Especially if he plays} 30. f4 $2 Bb6 (30... Bxb3 $5 31. f5 f6 32. Qc7+ Bf7)
31. Qb8 exf4 32. Qxf4 Bxb3) 24. Re3 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 e5 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. Qxa7 Bf8
28. Qb7 $18 {Compare this position with the position after 23...Nc2.} c5 29.
Rd5 f6 30. Rd2 Re8 31. Ra2 Re7 32. Qb6 Rf7 33. f3 Bh5 34. Ra8 Kg7 35. Rxf8 Rxf8
36. Qxc5 g5 37. b4 Ra8 38. b5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Nd5
Bc5 9. e3 a6 10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rc1 f4 15.
exf4 exf4 16. Rc4 Ng6 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qa1 Bd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21.
Qxd4 f3 22. Bh1 Be6 23. Nc3 c6 24. d6 Bd5 25. Ne4 Qd7 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Qe3 Qf7
28. h4 Qf5 29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Re1 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5+ Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Rxd6
34. Re3 Rdf6 35. Kg1 a5 36. Nh3 b5 37. Nf4 Rxf4 38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Kf1 Kf7 40.
Ke1 Kf6 41. Kd2 a4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Bxf3 Rxa2+ 44. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1
Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 Nf6 11. Bd2 Ng4 12. Nd1 Nxh2 13. Bg2 Qf6 14. Rxh7 Rg8
15. Bh3 Nf3+ 16. Kf1 Ng5 17. Rh4 Nxh3 18. Rxh3 e5 19. Rh1 Bf5 20. Qb3 dxc4 21.
Qxb7 Bd3+ 22. Ke1 Qf3 23. Qxa8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. Nd2 g6 17. a4 h5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 Bh6 20. Ra3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 b4
22. Ra4 Nc6 23. Rea1 Rab8 24. Ra6 Rec8 25. Ba4 Nd8 26. Qe1 Qe7 27. Nf1 Ra8 28.
Bb5 Rxa6 29. Bxa6 Ra8 30. Ne3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qa7 32. Ra4 Qb6 33. Qa1 Nc6 34. h3
Ne7 35. Bc4 Rxa4 36. Qxa4 Bxc4 37. Qxc4 Kg7 38. g3 Ng8 39. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. h3 Bxf4 14. hxg4 Bd6
15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Bd5 Re8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Re4 Bf8 21.
Rae1 Rf6 22. Qd1 h6 23. a3 a6 24. Nf3 b5 25. Ne5 Qc7 26. f4 Bd6 27. cxb5 axb5
28. Nf3 Qd7 29. g5 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Rh6 31. Qe2 Rf8 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Qf3 Bc7 34.
Re8 Bd8 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. g4 g6 38. g5 Bg7 39. R1e4 c4 40. Rxf8+
Kxf8 41. Nxd4 cxd3 42. Nf3 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. f4
Bb7 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Kb1 a4 18. Qxb4 Rfc8 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Qd2 d5 21. e5 Ne4 22.
Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rhe1 Bd5 24. Nxe4 Qc4 25. Nc3 Bf3 26. Qd3 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qc6 28.
Ne4 Rab8 29. h5 Rd8 30. Qe3 Qb5 31. Rd3 Qc4 32. Nd6 Qd5 33. Ba7 Qh1+ 34. Qc1
Qxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Rb4 36. Be3 f6 37. a3 Rbb8 38. c4 fxe5 39. fxe5 Rf8 40. c5 Rf3
41. Kc2 Ra8 42. Bd2 Rf2 43. Kc3 Ra6 44. Kc4 Rf8 45. Kb5 Raa8 46. Kc6 Rfd8 47.
g6 Rab8 48. Ba5 Rf8 49. Bb6 Rf2 50. Kd7 Bg5 51. b4 axb3 52. Rxb3 hxg6 53. hxg6
Rff8 54. a4 Bf4 55. Kxe6 Ra8 56. a5 Bh2 57. c6 Rf1 58. c7 Re1 59. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Nc4 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Nb6
15. Ne3 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd5 19. Qd3 Nf4 20. Nc4 Qe7 21.
Qf3 Qf6 22. g3 Nd5 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Kf1 Rd7 25. Rd3 Rfd8 26. c3 Rc8 27. Ne3 c5
28. dxc5 Nxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rxc5 30. c4 b5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Rc1 Ra5 33. Rc2 f5 34.
f4 Kg7 35. Ree2 Rad5 36. Kf2 h5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rc3 Rd1 39. Rcc2 a5 40. Rc5 a4
41. bxa4 R1d4 42. a5 Ra4 43. Rec2 Rd3 44. R5c3 Rd1 45. Rc5 Ra3 46. Rb5 Rh1 47.
Kg2 Ra1 48. Rd2 Kg6 49. Re2 Kf6 50. Rd2 Rc1 51. Re2 Rc8 52. Kh2 Rc1 53. Kg2 Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. Be3 Bb6 12. a4 Be6 13. a5 Bd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4
15. b3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qe2 Bxc4 18. bxc4 g5 19. Rfb1 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21.
Qe3 a6 22. Ra3 c5 23. c3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Rad8 25. Rd1 c4 26. Kf2 cxd3 27. Ke1 f5
28. exf5 e4 29. Kd2 Rf8 30. g4 g6 31. Rf1 gxf5 32. gxf5 Rd5 33. Rb3 Rdxf5 34.
Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Rb4 Rf2+ 36. Kd1 Rf3 37. Rxe4 Rxh3 38. Kd2 Rh2+ 39. Kxd3 Ra2 40.
Rg4 Rxa5 41. Rxg5+ Kf7 42. e4 Ra3 43. Rc5 b4 44. Kc2 Rxc3+ 45. Rxc3 bxc3 46.
Kxc3 Ke6 47. Kb4 Ke5 48. Ka5 Kxe4 49. Kxa6 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. a3 Ne7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Be6 15.
Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 c4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Qxf6 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bxc4 Rac8
21. Bd3 Nf8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. Ke2 Na4 25. Nb3 Nb2 26. Na5 Nxd3 27.
Kxd3 d5 28. Rc1 dxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Rc3 30. Kxe5 Rxe3+ 31. Kf4 Rxa3 32. Ne4 Kg7 33.
Nb7 Rd5 34. Nbd6 f5 35. c4 Rdd3 36. Nxf5+ Bxf5 37. Kxf5 Rab3 38. Nc5 Rdc3 39.
Nxb3 Rxb3 40. c5 Rxb4 41. c6 Rb8 42. c7 Rc8 43. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rab8 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bf4 Rbc8 14. Rfd1 Nd5
15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rab1 Rfd8 17. Qe4 Ndb4 18. a3 Nd5 19. e3 g6 20. f4 Bg7 21. Qf3
a5 22. Bf1 a4 23. Nc1 b5 24. d4 cxd4 25. e4 Nc7 26. Nd3 e5 27. f5 Na6 28. g4
Qd6 29. Rbc1 b4 30. Rc4 bxa3 31. Rxa4 Nc5 32. Rxa3 Nxd3 33. Bxd3 Nb4 34. Bxb4
Qxb4 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. g5 Qb6 37. Ra6 Qxb2 38. f6 Bh8 39. Qe2 Qc3 40. h4 Rb8 41.
Ra2 Rb6 42. Rc2 Qa3 43. Kg2 Bxf6 44. gxf6 Rxf6 45. Rf1 Qe7 46. Rc7 Qxc7 47.
Rxf6 Qe7 48. Qf2 Kg7 49. Rc6 Rd8 50. Qg3 Rd7 51. h5 Rc7 52. Rxc7 Qxc7 53. Qg5
h6 54. Qg3 Qd6 55. Kh2 Qf6 56. hxg6 fxg6 57. Kg2 h5 58. Qh3 Kh6 59. Qc8 Qg5+
60. Kh1 Qf6 61. Qc1+ Qg5 62. Qf1 Qh4+ 63. Kg2 Qg4+ 64. Kh1 Kg5 65. Bc2 Qh4+ 66.
Kg2 Qf4 67. Qc4 h4 68. Qc8 Qd2+ 69. Kf1 Kf4 70. Ba4 Kg3 71. Qf8 Qf4+ 72. Qxf4+
Kxf4 73. Bc2 g5 74. Kg2 Ke3 75. Kh3 d3 76. Ba4 Kxe4 77. Kg4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. c3 {Not exactly a new move, but not
one which I had spent much time analysing. The main focus of attention in this
position has been 12.c4.} Kh8 {I spent a long time deciding between this move
and the principled 12...Na5. As usual, I probably maid the wrong choice.} 13.
Bc2 {This move may look passive, but it has a purpose: White is planning Nb3
and d4, when he can recapture on d4 with a piece.} ({During the game I was
most worried about} 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4) 13... Qd7 ({I spent some time trying
to make} 13... f5 {work, but I couldn't find sufficient compensation after} 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bd6 16. Re1 {, and next Nf3 covers everything.}) ({I was
also considering} 13... b4 14. c4 Nf4 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. d4 Ncxd4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 exd4 {, and felt it was very dangerous for Black, but in fact it
isn't easy for White to prove any advantage.}) 14. Nb3 a5 {Taking measures
against d4.} 15. a4 ({After} 15. d4 a4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rfd8 18. Qd3 g6 {
, Black has total control over the white squares.}) 15... bxa4 16. Rxa4 Ncb4 {
At this point I'm already committed to a pawn sacrifice. For the pawn I
eliminate White's bishop, and I was happy my king would finally feel secure.} (
{I can't afford to allow White's rook to h4:} 16... Nb6 17. Rh4 $1 f5 {, and
here I stopped calculating when I saw Ng5 with what seemed to be a tremendous
attack. Instead, the machine suggests} 18. d4 $5 {a move which, to put it
mildly, I find shocking. Since I don't understand much in this position, I'll
trust Houdini and say White has an advantage.}) 17. Rxa5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 {
Too hesitant.} ({I should have played the energetic} 18... g5 {, when the
position is completely unclear and Black has full compensation for the pawn.})
19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nbd2 g5 {A little bit late, but it's still okay.} (20... c5
21. Ne4 Nd5 {was also a perfectly viable option. Black keeps reasonable
compensation.}) 21. Nh2 {In hindsight this looks like a mistake, but during
the game it was the move I expected.} (21. d4 g4 22. hxg4 Qxg4 {It seems risky
for White to allow this, and I felt like I would have a strong attack here,
but White has more than sufficient defensive resources. A possible variation is
} 23. Ne4 Rg8 24. Ng3 h5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5 {, and White
has a perpetual with} 28. Re8+ Rg8 29. Re5 {, but nothing more.}) 21... Rd8 22.
d4 exd4 ({I spent a lot of time on} 22... Qc6 {, but wasn't satisfied with} 23.
Qe4 (23. Ndf3 Rxd4 $1 {exploiting 2 pins, is the point behind Qc6.}) 23... Qxe4
24. Nxe4 exd4 25. Ng4 {, when I even felt I would be worse, which is of course
not the case, but Black also won't be better.}) 23. cxd4 Bb4 24. Re2 ({I was
mostly concerned about} 24. Ng4 {, when I planned the simple} Nd5 {The machine
is very optimistic for Black, but during the game I had no ambitions beyond
equality.}) 24... Qxd4 25. Ndf1 $2 {This is the first very serious mistake
Vishy made, and after it he is on the verge of losing.} ({Although it looks
risky, White should bite the bullet with} 25. Qxc7 {, when he will probably
survive. For example,} Qd5 26. Nhf3 Na8 27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Qd1 {is a variation I
gave in the press conference after the game, and White has gotten over the
worst of it.}) 25... Qc5 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 {This endgame is extremely unpleasant
for White. Black's advantage is enduring and there is no way for the defender
to release the tension.} 27. Rc2 Bd6 28. Ng4 Kg7 29. Bd2 Kg6 {I can calmly
start advancing on the kingside.} 30. Nge3 f5 31. Nc4 {Trades don't ease
White's defensive task. The bishop pair is a tremendous force even in
simplified positions.} Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Ra8 33. Rc1 f4 34. Bc3 h5 35. Nd2 Bd5 36.
f3 $2 {After this I encroach even more on White's territory.} Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Be3
{Now the situation has become really critical for White. Only with extremely
accurate play can he attempt to hold the balance. His next move, however, was
a blunder which loses immediately.} 38. Ke2 $2 Bc4+ {Now it's all over.} 39.
Ke1 (39. Kd1 Bf1 {picks up all White's kingside pawns. The tactical point is}
40. Nxf1 Bxc1 41. Kxc1 Ra1+) 39... Re8 40. Kd1 ({During the game I started to
get worried by the clever} 40. Be5 $5 {, which would have been a great last
chance. After} Bb5 41. Bxc7 {, I would have to find the study-like} Re7 $3 {
, and the bishop on c7 is trapped!} ({Instead, something like} 41... Bb6+ $2
42. Ne4 {gives Black nothing}) 42. Bd8 (42. Kd1 Ba4+ 43. b3 Bxb3+ 44. Nxb3 Bxc1
{wins.}) 42... Rd7 43. Ba5 Bxd2+ 44. Bxd2 Re7+ {and White is completely
dominated.}) 40... Bxd2 41. Kxd2 Re2+ {Mopping up White's kingside.} 42. Kd1
Rxg2 43. Bd4 Be2+ 44. Ke1 Bxf3 45. Rxc7 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rh2 47. Rg7+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. Nc5 Bxe4
15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxc6+ Kd6 19. Rc1 Kxc6 20. Nxe6+ Kd7
21. Nxf8+ Rhxf8 22. Bxd4 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxg7 Ke6 25. Bxf6 Kxf6 26. Rxh7
Kg6 27. Rh4 Rc2 28. Rxb4 Rxa2 29. Kf1 Ra3 30. Ke2 a5 31. Rb6+ f6 32. Rb5 a4 33.
bxa4 Rxa4 34. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 {The always popular Zaitsev line. White has many
choices here and there are a vast number of games played in this line.} 11.
Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 {This is one of the main lines. A hugely debated line is of
course 12.a4.} h6 13. Ba2 $5 {Although this is a known theoretical move it's
not the main line. Usually after 13...h6 White goes 14.Bc2, I remember well
the "old days" basic rule here, that if Black goes 12...h6 then Bc2 and if 12..
.g6 then 13.Ba2 is very much the main idea. Anand of course has something in
his mind , let's see...} Nb8 {The standard reply to put pressure on the
e4-pawn.} 14. Qb3 $5 {Another way of playing this position and in my opinion a
more natural might be:} (14. d5 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nh2 Nbd7 17. Qf3 Nc5 18.
Ng4 Ra7 $5 {now in two recent games White's approach was different:} 19. Nf1 $5
(19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. b4 Na4 22. Bb3 Nxc3 23. Re3 Na4 24. Nf1 Rd8
25. Ng3 d5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Rd3 Rad7 28. Nh5 Be7 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Bxd5 Rxd5
31. Bxh6 R5d6 32. Ng7 (32. Re1 $5 Nb6 33. Be3 Rd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Nd5
36. Rg7 Bd6 37. Rxf7 e4+ 38. g3 Be5 39. h4 $14) 32... Bf8 33. Nf5 Rd1+ $1 (
33... Bxh6 34. Nxh6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 $1 R8d7 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 37. Rf3 Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kh7
39. Rg3 (39. Ng3 $1 $16) 39... Rd7 40. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (64) Kurnosov,I (2645)
-Matlakov,M (2673) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2012}) 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Bxh6 36.
Nxh6 Nb6 $14 {This looks more defendable then in the game}) 19... Nfxe4 $5 $146
{this move produces a lot of complications:} (19... Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rd7 21. b4
Na4 22. Rd1 Qf6 (22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxc3 24. Qd3 Nxd1 25. Qxd1 d5 26. Bb2 d4
27. Qf3 e4 28. Qf5 $13) 23. Rd3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Red8 $1 (24... d5 25. exd5 Nb6
26. Ne3 Red8 27. Bb2 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rad1 Be6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7
Bxd7 32. Bd5 Bc8 33. c4 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (44) Bauer,C (2639)-Kuljasevic,D 
(2561) Graz AUT 2013}) 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Bb2 Be7 $1 27. Rad1 Bg5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 $1
29. Bxd5 Kf8 $15) 20. b4 (20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. Qxg3 Kh8 22. Be3 Rae7 23. Qh4 f5 $1
$13 (23... Rd7 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. Bxc5 $16)) (20. Be3 $5) 20... Na4 21. Rxe4 (
21. Bxh6 Naxc3 22. Be3 Rd7 23. Bb3 $13) 21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 h5 23. Be3 Rc7 24.
Nh6+ gxh6 25. Bb1 f5 26. Qxf5 Nxc3 27. Qxh5 $13) 14... Qd7 {At first an odd
looking move, but actually it is not clear if Black can do any better then
this move.} (14... Qe7 $5 $146 {(Milos Pavlovic)} 15. a4 $1 Bc6 16. d5 Bd7 17.
c4 $14) (14... Re7 15. dxe5 $5 $146 (15. a4 Qe8 $13) (15. Nh4 c5 16. Ng6 (16.
dxc5 $1 dxc5 17. c4 b4 $5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qxb4 Rc7 20. Qc3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxh4
22. Bb1 Nc6 23. c5 $14) 16... Rc7 17. Nxf8 Qxf8 18. Nf3 exd4 19. cxd4 c4 $1 (
19... Nxe4 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Bf4 Re7 22. Ne5 c4 23. Qc2 Nf6 $15 {1-0 (53) Van
Kampen,R (2570)-Arvola,B (2285) London ENG 2012. Black eventually lost the
game, but I didn't see anything wrong with his position in a couple of ways,
that I mentioned in my comments.}) 20. Qc2 Re7 21. d5 (21. e5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nc6
$19) 21... Qe8 22. Bf4 Rxe4 $17) 15... dxe5 16. c4 $1 $14 {This looks to me
like the correct way of playing this position, Black is somehow cramped, while
White has already started activities.} c6 $2 (16... Nbd7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5
$16 {Black doesn't have enough compensation}) 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nxe5 $1 $18
Rxe5 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 $18) 15. Qc2 {Only now when the black knight is
deprived of its desired d7-square, does White retreat and defend the pawn on
e4.} c5 16. d5 c4 $1 {Taking advantage of the fact that the white structure is
a3, c3 thus helping Black.} 17. b3 cxb3 18. Bxb3 Qc7 19. a4 Rc8 20. c4 {
Now due to the akwardly placed queen on d7 White managed to come out with the
clear and typical play of the Ruy Lopez.} b4 $5 $146 {It was only here that we
had a new move, it is interesting to see who evaluated this position better.} (
20... Nbd7 {This was played in an earlier game.} 21. Ba3 Qa5 22. Nf1 bxc4 23.
Bxc4 Nb6 24. N1d2 (24. N3d2 $5 $146 Qxa4 (24... Rc7 25. Qb3 $16) 25. Qxa4 Nxa4
26. Reb1 Rcb8 27. Bxd6 (27. Ng3 $5 Bc8 $1 $13) 27... Bxd6 28. Rxa4 a5 29. Ng3
$1 g6 30. Be2 Bb4 31. Nc4 h5 32. Bf3 $14) 24... Qxa4 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Reb1 Rc7
27. Bxd6 (27. Bb4 $5 a5 28. Rxa4 axb4 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Rxb4 Nd7 31. Ne1 g6 32.
Bb5 Nc5 33. Nd3 Nxd3 34. Bxd3 f5 35. f3 Bb7 {White has some pressure but Black
should be able to hold}) 27... Bxd6 28. Rxa4 a5 29. Rb6 (29. Bd3 $1 $146 {
[%cal Gd2c4]} Nd7 30. Nc4 Nc5 31. Ra2 Bf8 32. Bc2) 29... Bc5 30. Rb5 Bb4 31.
Raxb4 axb4 32. d6 (32. Nxe5 Ba6 33. Ra5 Re8 34. Rxa6 Rxe5 35. f4 Re8 36. d6 $13
) 32... Rd7 33. Rxb4 Ra7 34. Rb6 Ne8 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Nxe5 Nxd6 37. Rxd6 Ra1+
38. Kh2 Rxf2 $15 {0-1 (90) Kamsky,G (2714)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Moscow RUS 2007})
21. a5 $1 {Preventing of course ...a5} Nbd7 22. Qb1 Rcb8 23. Bc2 Bc8 $1 24. Ra4
Be7 25. Re3 Bd8 $1 {To me this looks perfectly ok for Black.} 26. Rxb4 Qxa5 27.
Ba3 Qc7 {Firm control of the c5-square as well as a harmonious position of the
black pieces, gives me the impression that his opening problems, if they ever
existed, are gone.} 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rb3 Ra8 {A bit optimistic but playable.}
(29... Rxb3 30. Qxb3 Nc5 31. Qe3 Nfd7 32. Nb3 Nb7 $13 {[%cal Gc7b6]}) 30. Ne1
$1 Nc5 31. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 32. Nd3 Qa5 {Black has forced White to exchange a
bishop for a knight and is hoping to get a bishop on b6.} 33. Qc1 Nd7 34. Ra3
Qc7 35. Ba4 $1 Bg5 $1 36. Bc6 Rb8 37. Qc2 $6 (37. Qe1 $1 {This looks more
precise} Nf6 (37... Bxd2 38. Qxd2 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Nf6 40. Qe3 $14) 38. Nf3 Nh5 39.
c5 Nf4 40. Nxf4 (40. Nxg5 hxg5 41. Nxf4 gxf4 42. cxd6 Qxd6 {again this is not
clear}) 40... Bxf4 {The position is far from clear.}) 37... f5 $5 {A bold
reaction, but the alternative appears good:} (37... Nf6 $1 {a perfectly
sensible move, the position looks very much ok for Black to me, for instance...
} 38. Nf3 (38. Nf1 Nxe4 39. Nxe5 Nc5 40. Nf3 Bf6 $15) 38... Nxe4 39. Ndxe5 Bf5
40. Nxg5 hxg5 41. Nf3 Ng3 42. Qd2 Rb1+ $15) 38. exf5 Nf6 39. g4 $1 {Anand is
somebody who will usually refrain from such moves.} e4 (39... Qa7 $5 {
preventing c5} 40. Kg2 (40. c5 e4 41. Nb2 Bxd2 42. Qxd2 Qxc5 $13) 40... h5 41.
Nf3 hxg4 $1 42. Nxg5 gxh3+ 43. Nxh3 Bxf5 44. Rb3 Bxh3+ 45. Kxh3 Rxb3 46. Qxb3
e4 47. Nf4 Qxf2 {and Black can't lose, of course such lines are not easy to
see in a tournament game.}) 40. Ne1 Qe7 $1 41. Ng2 Qe5 {Black did have an
interesting possibility, but from psychological point of view it's not easy to
give up the nice dark-squared bishop.} (41... Bxd2 $5 42. Qxd2 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 (
43. Ne1 h5 44. g5 Nh7 45. h4 Bxf5 {Black is fine}) 43... Qe5+ 44. Qf4 Qb2 45.
Re3 Qc1 46. Kg3 Qh1 {with an attack for Black.}) 42. Nf1 e3 $6 (42... Rb2 43.
Qc3 Qxc3 44. Rxc3 h5 45. Nge3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Bh4 47. Ng3 {and the black
initiative is diminished, although this was still better than the choice made
in the game.}) 43. Ngxe3 Bh4 $2 44. Rb3 $1 Rxb3 45. Qxb3 Qf4 46. Nd1 Ne4 47.
Qe3 {With two pawns down and the rooks already exchanged, Black is simply lost.
} Ng5 48. Kg2 Qxc4 49. Nd2 Qc1 50. Nc3 Nf7 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Nf3 Ne5 53. Nxh4
Qxc3 54. Ng6 Qf3+ 55. Kg1 Bxf5 56. gxf5 Qxf5 57. Nxe5 dxe5 58. Qe6 Qb1+ 59. Kh2
Qc2 60. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 {This line has become very
popular nowadays.} (5. c3 {is another possibility} a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 {.})
5... a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 {Black does not go for c4 and puts
pressure on the d4 P.} (8... Be7 9. dxc5 {is also popular.}) 9. Be3 Be7 ({
Before Gelfand tried} 9... cxd4 {against Carlsen. Now he wants to improve with
the text move.}) 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 $146 {The first novelty
by Gelfand. He is one of the greatest experts in this line. Last year in his
match against Anand the Sveshnikov Variation was his main weapon with Black.} (
{Before only} 12... Bd7 {was played.} 13. a3 (13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 (14...
Nxd4 $5 15. Bxd4 Bc6) 15. h3 Rfe8 (15... Nxd4 $5 16. Bxd4 Bc6 $13) 16. Nb3 h6
$5 17. Rd2 (17. Na4 Nd4 $13) 17... Bc8 $5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 {
Fressinet-Radjabov, Cap d'Agde 2006, with an equal position.}) 13... Qc7 14. b4
Rfd8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. g3 Be5 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. h3 Be8 19. Nxc6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Bxc6 21. Bb6 Qb8 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. Bd4 $14 {Lu Shanglei-Yu Yangyi, Danzhou 2013,
with a slight advantage for White.}) 13. h3 {Preventing ...Ng4.} Bd7 14. Rc1
Rc8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Na4 Rcd8 17. Qb6 Qxb6 (17... Qc8 {was an interesting
alternative, if Black wants to keep the Q on the board.} 18. Qa5 (18. Qb3 Qc7 {
is only a repetition.}) 18... Qb8 19. Nc5 Bc8 {and Black has a solid position.}
) 18. Nxb6 Be8 19. a3 {White has gained some space, but it is not easy to
maintain the pressure.} Ned7 20. Nb3 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 {Threatening
with Na5.} ({In the event of} 22. Na5 Nd7 {Black has arrived just in time.})
22... Rb8 {A prophylactic move. Now Black wants to play Ba4.} 23. Bc5 ({
Probably} 23. g3 {was the most exact answer} Ba4 24. Nc5 (24. Bc5 Rfe8 25. Bxe7
Rxe7 26. Nc5 Bc6) 24... Bc6 25. Bg2 Rfc8 26. Nd3 {with only a slight advantage
for White.}) 23... Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bc6 {The exchange of the dark-squared B helps
Black, because after Rfc8 and Kf8-e7 his K comes quickly to the centre.} 25. b4
Rfc8 26. Red1 Kf8 27. f3 Ke7 $11 {With a few precise moves Gelfand has
levelled the position.} 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. c5 Ba4 31. Rd3 Rd8 32.
Ke3 Bb5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rb6 Rxa3+ 38.
Kf4 f5 39. Rxb5 Kf6 40. h4 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 {Alternatives seen in practice:} (9... N7f6) (9... N5f6) (9...
N5b6) (9... Nxc3) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Bb7 {[%csl Rb7] The bishop will be
passive here.} (11... Nf6 12. O-O Bf5 {This is a better square for the bishop.}
(12... Bb7 13. Bb4 {was probably the best of all} (13. Qc2 Bd6 (13... a5 $5)
14. Bb4 a5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rac1 c6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc3 g6 {1/2 (25)
Bischoff,K (2561)-Tischbierek,R (2507) Austria 2004} 19. Qb3 $14) (13. Rc1 Qd7
(13... a5 {again was appropriate}) 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Nf4
a6 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rcd1 Nd7 22. e4 $14 {0-1 (44)
Janssen,R (2484)-Tiviakov,S (2601) Dieren 2004})) (12... Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 (13...
Bf5 $5) 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 $5 Qf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 c6 19.
Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Ra1 $14 {1-0 (38) Ponomariov,R 
(2734)-Kramnik,V (2807) Wijk aan Zee 2003 CBM 093 [Ftacnik,L]}) 13. Bb4 (13.
Nf4 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Be1 a4 18. Qc3 c6 19. Qd2
Bd6 20. Qe2 Bxf4 21. exf4 Bh3 $11 {1/2 (26) Grigoriants,S (2594)-Wells,P (2499)
Dresden 2007}) 13... a5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18.
Qb3 Rad8 19. Qb5 Qd6 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Qb5 Qd6 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Qb5 {1/2 (23)
Martinovic,S (2515)-Papp,G (2534) Chur 2010}) 12. Bb4 $1 {[%mdl 32] White
decides to get rid of his passive bishop at once, not giving Black a chance to
prevent this exchange by means of ...a7-a5.} (12. O-O Re8 (12... a5 $5 13. Qc2
Nf6) 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Nb5 c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 Nd7
19. Rfe1 c5 20. Bc3 $14 {1-0 (45) Milov,V (2632)-Cheparinov,I (2550) Dos
Hermanas 2004 CBM 099 ext [Milov,V]}) 12... Nf6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3
Nf6 15. O-O {[%cal Yb2b4]} Ne4 16. Nf4 $5 $14) 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 c6 (14...
Bxb4 $5 15. axb4 c6 {makes sense after White has removed his rook from a1}) 15.
Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Nf4 $14 Bc8 $6 {This idea to improve the position of
the bishop simply doesn't work. Alas, Black shouls defend passively, e.g.} (
17... Rc7) 18. Qa4 Rc7 {It was probably better for Black to admit his mistake
and play} (18... Bb7) 19. f3 $1 Be6 20. e4 dxe4 $6 ({The position after} 20...
Qd7 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. e5 Ne8 23. f4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4] is difficult for Black,
according to GM A.Korotylev, but the text move is even worse.}) 21. fxe4 Qd7 (
21... b5 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nd3 $16 {[%cal Yd3c5] A.Korotylev}) 22. d5
$1 cxd5 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Bh3 $1 Kh8 26. e5 Ng8 27. Bxe6 Rdd8
({After} 27... Re7 28. Bxd5 Rd8 {White should convert his extra pawn but it
was more stubborn than allowing White's rook to invade the 7th rank.}) 28. Rc7
d4 29. Bd7 $1 {Black decided that further resistance was senseless.} ({In the
event of} 29. Bd7 Ne7 30. Rd1 Nd5 31. Rb7 Rdb8 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Rxd4 Ne7 34.
Bb5 {White wins a pawn, and his rook again breaks to the 7nd rank.}) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {A sideline, but nowadays the Ruy Lopez quite
often even at the highest level isn't only about the Berlin and classical
closed systems (Chigorin, Breyer etc.). Nakamura himself lately successfully
experimented with other systems:} (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 (4... d6 5. c3 Bd7 {
is the Deferred Steinitz, which usually leads to a heavy manoeuvring struggle
after} 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 ({Only one of the numerous options. In his
book "Dynamic Opening Strategy" Jansa recommends} 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. d5
Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 {with a King's Indian without the
light-squared bishops. Although this should give White an edge, Black has} Rf7
$5 14. c4 Qf8 15. Nc3 Bh6 16. Bf2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. b4 g5 19. c5 Rg7 20. Qe2
Nf6 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Na4 Qf7 23. Rac1 Rag8 $132 {Stehno,P (2366)-Radulski,J 
(2502)/Brno/2005/}) 8... Nf6 (8... h6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Bc5 Re8 13. Re1 b6 14. Ba3 Na7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Nb5 18.
Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qa4 Nd6 20. Qc6 Rc8 21. Rad1 Kh7 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Qb7 Nd6 24. Rxd6
$5 cxd6 25. Qxa6 $44 {Caruana,F (2774)-Ivanchuk,V (2755)/Thessaloniki/2013/})
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 $5 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. d5 (14. Be3
Bc8 15. Qe2 Bh6 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qg7 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Qc1 h6 20. Ba4 b5
21. Bc2 Nh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Rg1 Qf6 25. Qe3 Rg6 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27.
Nxe5 dxe5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. b4 Be6 32. Bb3 Qg5 $11 {
Landa,K (2570)-Yandemirov,V (2500)/Novgorod/1997/}) 14... Ne7 15. Nh2 Bh6 16.
Qf3 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qg7 18. Qe3 Nh5 $5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Nf3 Ne7 $132 {Caruana,F (2774)-Andreikin,D (2713)
/Moscow/2013/}) 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 {is the Neoarkhangelsk,
with Shirov, Caruana and Nakamura being the most prominent members of the fan
club:} {Another important branch is} 9. a4 ({After} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 {
the currently most topical move is} Re8 $5 ({Caruana used to play} 10... h6 11.
h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Rc1 Nh7 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Nb3 Nf8 17. Kh2 g5
18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Kg1 Nfg6 $13 {Anand,V 
(2780)-Caruana,F (2757)/Zurich/2013/ For details see the notes to this game in
CBM 153.}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 $5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Na5 15.
Nf1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qe6 17. b4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Ne1 $1 $36 {
[%csl Rh5] Movsesian,S (2700)-Onischuk,A (2675)/WChT Ningbo/2011/ This
impressive strategic game was annotated by Movsesian in CBM 144.}) 11. Re1 (11.
h3 Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qb1 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nxc4
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. Bd2 Ba7 $11 {Ponomariov,R 
(2733)-Giri,A (2727)/Zug/2013/}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 (13. dxc5 dxc5 14.
Qe2 Ng4 $5 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng5 Nxe3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe3 c4 19. Qh5 Qc7 20.
Ng4 Rf8 21. Re2 Rad8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Bc2 b4 {by ucinne celilo
25.Vd2!, slabsie} (24... Nc6 $142 $11) 25. cxb4 $6 (25. Rd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Re5]}
) 25... Nc6 26. Ba4 Nxb4 27. Qxe5 Qe7 $36 {Anand,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2775)/
Stavanger/2013/ Nakamura went on to win an impressive game.}) 13... Nc6 14.
dxc5 dxc5 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 Nb4 (17... b4 18. Ba4 Bd7 $11) (17...
Nd4 18. cxb5 Ba5 $5 $132) 18. cxb5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Bxb5 20. Nfd2 Bc7 21. Ra3 Bxc4 (
21... Qe7 $5 $11) 22. Nxc4 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Nxe4 24. Ra7 Nd6 $6 (24... Nd5 25. Bf3
Nxe3 26. fxe3 Nd6 $11 {still holds the balance}) 25. Ba4 Rec8 26. Nxe5 Nb5 27.
Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Bd2 Nc2 29. Nc6 $1 $36 {Ponomariov,R (2733)-Caruana,F (2772)/Zug/
2013/}) 9... Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 ({Black
doesn't trust the positions after} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 {anymore.})
14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Re8 ({Nakamura's idea, but even after the older} 15...
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 Nf4 21. Bb3 Ne6
22. Bxe6 {the novelty} Qxe6 $5 {promises Black sufficient compensation and
counterplay after} 23. d5 Qf6 24. Qe2 Bxe3 25. fxe3 h6 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Rc3 Ra8
{1/2, Craciunescu,V (2513)-Parushev,A (2259)/corr/2011/}) 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Nh5 18. Ba4 $5 (18. f4 Qh4 19. Ra3 Nxf4 20. Rg3 Qf6 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Ba4 Qxf3
23. Rxf3 Re7 24. Bd2 Nf6 25. e5 dxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 $11 {Leko,P (2735)-Nakamura,
H (2769)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) 18... Rf8 (18... Re6 $142 $5 19. Kh1 Qh4 {
seems more critical}) 19. Bc6 Qf6 20. Ra4 Nf4 21. Kh1 d5 22. exd5 Ng6 23. Re4
Ne7 24. Rc4 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bf4 Nxd5 28. Bxd5+ Qxd5 29. Qe2 $14
{Grischuk,A (2779)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Thessaloniki/2013/ Although at this point
White's extra pawn doesn't play a decisive role, Black is the one who must
fight for a draw - and he didn't manage to hold the position after protracted
defence.}) ({Although Nakamura hasn't tried the text move yet, he has already
employed the similar} 3... Nge7 4. Nc3 $5 (4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4
{is a line, which could arise also in the game - we will have a closer look at
it below.}) 4... d6 ({But} 4... g6 {is rather unpleasant for Black\;} 5. d4
exd4 6. Nd5 $5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. O-O Kg7 11. Nd5 d6
12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nb5 Rxe4 15. Nbxc7 $14 {Svidler,P (2750)
-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice rpd/2010/}) 5. d4 a6 6. Be2 $5 (6. Bc4 b5 7. Be2 exd4 8.
Nd5 Ne5 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd1 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qd1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 Qb6
15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. a4 Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Be3 Rfe8 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2725)-Nakamura,H (2783)/London/2012/ Black
has comfortable equality here and got into trouble only later by trying too
hard.}) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 g6 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg3 Be6 (
11... Bg7 $142) 12. O-O Ne7 $6 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Rad1 (14. f4 $5) 14... Qd7 15.
Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 O-O-O 17. b4 Qc6 (17... Nc6 $5) 18. Rfd1 g5 19. a4 Ng6 20.
Bf1 Ne5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2709)-Nakamura,H (2767)/Zug/2013/} 21. b5 $40) 4. O-O
(4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 (5... d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 {is the Deferred Steinitz
from the previous note}) 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Nge7 {gives White the
interesting extra option} 9. d5 $5 (9. O-O {can transpose from 4.0-0.}) 9...
Na5 10. Bd2 c5 $5 {Probably the best.} (10... Bxb2 $2 11. Bxa5 Bxa1 12. Nc3
Bxc3+ (12... Bb2 $2 13. Qc2 $1 Ba3 14. Nb1 Bd6 15. e5 $18) 13. Bxc3 Rf8 14. Ng5
$40) (10... Nxb3 11. Qxb3 O-O 12. Bc3 d6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nc3 Rb8
16. Qb4 Re8 17. Rac1 Ng8 18. Rfe1 $14 {Duda,J (2380)-Dragun,K (2420)/Warsaw/
2012/}) 11. d6 Nec6 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Qd2 (14. O-O $5 $14 {seems
more flexible}) 14... Nb4 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. O-O Nc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 b4
19. Na4 Qa5 20. b3 c4 21. Qe3 {Ponomariov,R (2734)-Blagojevic,D (2514)/
Istanbul olm/2012/} Rae8 $5 $132 {/\} 22. Nb6 Nxd6 23. Nxd7 Rxe4 24. Qd2 Rd8 $1
25. Qxd6 Re6 $11 {[%csl Rd7] /=/+}) (4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. O-O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Qe3 (12. f4 Nh5 13.
f5 Rfe8 14. Qe3 Qe5 15. Rd7 $6 Nf6 16. f4 Qxf5 17. exf5 Rxe3 18. Rxc7 Rb8 $15 {
Volokitin,A (2558)-Malaniuk,V (2556)/Warsaw rpd/2002/}) 12... Rfe8 13. f4 Rad8
14. f5 a5 15. Rxd8 Qxd8 16. f4 b5 $6 (16... Nd5 $5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Rxe3
19. dxc6 bxc6 $132) 17. Rd1 Qc8 $6 18. Qd4 Nh5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. f5 b4 21. Na4
$40 {Gopal,G (2604)-Sokolov,I (2654)/Sarajevo/2010/}) 4... Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6
$5 {A rare move, which Anand played very fast. White obviously wants to avoid
the following unclear modern line, but the position he is heading for is no
less complex in a strategic sense.} (6. Ba4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 (
9. Bc2 O-O ({White has to reckon with} 9... d5 $5 10. exd5 Nb4 $132 {as well.})
10. d5 Na5 11. Nc3 (11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 d6 13. Nb3 c5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd2 Qd8
16. Nc4 a5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Bb3 Nc8 19. Rb1 {Palac,M (2475)-Arkhipov,S (2500)/
Kecskemet/1991/} Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Bb5 c4 $132) 11... d6 {gives White an
extra tempo compared to 9.Bb3. However, it's still not easy to prove an
unequivocal advantage:} 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Rb1 c5 14. dxc6 Naxc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16.
Be3 Rc8 17. a4 Nb4 18. Bb3 bxa4 19. Bxa4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22.
Qxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Brodsky,M (2545)-Murey,J (2440)/Rishon Le Ziyyon/1998/}) 9...
O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 (10... d6 {allows} 11. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Yc1g5]} h6 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7
13. Be3 Kh7 14. Rc1 f5 15. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rh7] /\} Bb7 $4 16. Ng5+ $1
hxg5 17. Bxg5 d5 18. exd5 $18 {[%cal Rd3h3,Rd5d6]}) 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 (12. d5
Nc4 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. b3 N4e5 18. Nxe5 dxe5
19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. b4 Nd4 $11 {Karjakin,S (2723)-Aronian,L (2786)/
Moscow blitz/2009/}) 12... c5 {A more testing move is} 13. Bg5 $5 (13. dxc5
dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Be4 (17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19.
g4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 21. exf6 Nb4 22. Bd1 Bc6 $15 {Smeets,J (2651)-Karjakin,
S (2725)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/}) 17... Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd5 19. Bg5 Nc6 20.
Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 {Smeets,J (2651)-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/}
c4 $1 {[%cal Yb7c5,Yc5d3]} 22. Rad1 Nb4 $15) 13... h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 cxd4
$5 (15... Nc4 16. b3 Na3 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qh5 Kg7 $5
(20... Bg7 $6 21. Rad1 c4 22. Be2 c3 23. Nxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxd6 $16 {Polgar,J 
(2710)-Banusz,T (2563)/Warsaw rpd/2011/}) 21. Rad1 Be6 22. Kh1 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\
} Ra7 $6 23. f4 f6 24. e5 $1 Bxd5 25. fxg5 $40) 16. Nxd4 Nc4 17. Rb1 Re8 $1
$132 {A.Kuzmin} (17... Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rac8 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Bd3 $14 {Gopal,G (2584)-Nezad,H 
(2408)/Caleta/2010/})) (6. Bc4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 {leads to the same
position after the natural} 9. Bb3 O-O) 6... dxc6 7. d4 {Logical central play.}
(7. d3 {is too tame:} Ne7 8. h3 c5 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rfe1
b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Bh6 Qf7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Nh2 Rad8
19. f4 b5 20. Nb2 f5 $5 $132 {Zagrebelny,S (2510)-Margolin,B (2385)/Alushta/
1994/}) 7... exd4 {A natural reaction.} (7... Bg4 $143 8. dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1
Bxe5 10. Na3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Nc2 $14 {leads to an inferior endgame:} Ne7
13. Be3 g5 14. Bc5 Rg8 15. h3 Rg6 16. a4 Bd6 $6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19.
axb5 cxb5 20. Nd4 {[%csl Rb5]} Kd7 21. Ra2 $14 {/+/-, Stanojoski,Z (2450)
-Mitkov,M (2398)/Struga/2005/}) 8. cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 {Although the text move has
still been played, we are gradually entering less charted waters.} (9. Nc3 Bg4
$5 (9... O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Qb3 b6 12. d5 $6 (12. Ne5 $5 c5 13. Rad1 $14) 12...
cxd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be5 Nh4 16. Nxh4 $6 (16. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3
Kxg7 18. Rad1 $13) 16... Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. h4 g4 22. Nh2 {Abergel,T (2517)-Kosten,A (2497)/Nimes/2009/} g3 $36 {
[%csl Gb7,Gg7]}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 (12... Bxd4 13. Rad1 c5
14. b4 Qe8 (14... b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 $16) 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 $14) 13.
Bg5 Qd7 (13... fxe4 $142 $1 14. Qxe4 Rf7 15. Rfe1 Qd7 $11 {/=/+} 16. Bxe7 $6
Re8) 14. Bxe7 (14. e5 $5) 14... Qxe7 15. e5 Rad8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Nd5 Qf7 18.
dxc5 Bxe5 19. Rfe1 Rde8 {1/2, Chandler,M (2535)-Spassky,B (2610)/Vienna/1986/})
9... O-O 10. Nc3 h6 {[%csl Gc8,Gd4,Ge4,Gg7][%cal Yc8e6,Yf7f5] Patiently
prepares Be6, or f5. Although White has a mobile pawn centre, the position is
not fully clear, as advancing the pawns could enhance the strength of Black's
bishop pair.} 11. Qb3 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty, which complicates
Black's development.} (11. Be3 f5 (11... Be6 $5) 12. Qd2 $2 (12. Qb3+ Kh8 $13)
12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 {Cuartas,J (2517)-Panesso Rivera,H (2335)/Pamplona/2012/}
Rxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Nf5 $40) ({A possibly promising alternative is} 11. Bf4 $5 {
[%cal Yf4e5]}) 11... g5 $5 {A dynamic and provocative reaction.} (11... Qd6 {
also prevents Bf4, but Black lacks other active ideas after} 12. Rd1 {Nakamura
seeks more direct counterplay.}) 12. Rd1 (12. Be3 {is somewhat more flexible,
as White has no better square for his bishop, while his rooks might still be
deployed differently.}) 12... b6 {[%csl Rc6] A calm and slow move, which
nevertheless has a drawback - c6 becomes potentially vulnerable.} ({Engines
recommend the straightforward} 12... Be6 $5 13. d5 (13. Qxb7 a5 {[%cal Rd8d7,
Rf8b8]} 14. d5 $8 cxd5 15. exd5 Rb8 16. Qa7 Nxd5 17. Qxa5 c6 $44 {[%csl Ge6,
Gg7]}) 13... cxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Qxb7 (15. Be3 g4 $5 $132) 15... Qd6 16. Qb3
Rab8 17. Qc4 Rfe8 $32 {~~ Black has good compensation for the sacrificed pawn,
but it's still not easy to opt for such a radical solution.}) 13. a4 {In a
distant endgame the insertion of a4 and a5 can be advantageous for White, but
it doesn't substantially improve his chances in a complex middlegame.} (13. Qc2
{[%cal Gc2c6] allows} f5 $132) ({More logical was} 13. Be3 Qd6 (13... Be6 14.
d5 $36) 14. Rac1 $14 {[%cal Yd4d5,Yh3h4] It seems that White is slightly
better, future active plans can be well timed pawn advances as d5, or h4.})
13... a5 14. Be3 Ng6 {Risky, Black leaves Pc6 unattended.} (14... Qd6 $5 {
[%cal Yd6b4,Yd6g6] deserves attention, the queen aims for g6, or even b4. After
} 15. d5 g4 $132 {the position remains very unclear.}) 15. d5 {Stabilising the
centre, but Black is ideally placed to control the e5-square.} ({More
dangerous for Black was} 15. Ne2 $142 $1 $14 {[%cal Ye2g3,Yg3h5,Ya1c1,Gc1c7] /\
} Qf6 16. Qc2 Bxh3 17. Ne5 $1 $36) 15... c5 16. Nb5 g4 $5 {Just as in move 11,
a very dynamic and concrete continuation.} (16... Ba6 17. d6 (17. Nd2 Qd7 $11)
17... Bxb5 18. dxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxb5 Rfd8 $132 {is roughly balanced - Black's
active pieces compensate for the holes in his pawn structure. Nakamura is more
ambitious.}) 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bd2 {A safe move.} (18. d6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19.
dxc7 $2 Qh4 20. gxf3 Qh3 $19) 19... Qf6 (19... Qh4 $5 20. Kg2 (20. Kf1 Ne5 $132
) 20... Qf6 21. dxc7 Nh4+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3 $11 {is similar to the main line.}) 20.
dxc7 Qxf3 {[%csl Gc7,Rg1] gives White a powerful passed pawn, but his king is
very exposed. An unforced sample line is} 21. Qd5 Nh4 22. Kf1 Rae8 23. Nd6 Re6
24. c8=Q Rxc8 25. Nxc8 Rxe4 26. Nd6 Qg2+ 27. Ke2 Qf3+ $11 {/\} 28. Kd2 $4 Rd4+
$19) (18. Bc1 {is a computer idea, but it's not without risk - White can miss
the Ra1 on the kingside:} Nh4 (18... Qd7 $5 19. d6 c6 20. Nc7 Rab8 $13) 19.
Nxh4 Qxh4 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Rc1h6,Rh4f5]}) 20. Re1 (20. f3 Qg3
21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bxb5 24. axb5 f5 $11) 20... Be5 21. g3 Qh5
22. Ra3 $1 $13) 18... Qd7 $1 {A good positional move, preparing c6.} (18... Ne5
19. Nxe5 Bxe5 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Ra1d1,Rd2h6,Re5c6]}) 20. f3 Bh5
21. Bxh6 Qh4 22. Qe3 $1 $14) (18... Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. f3 (20. Re1 $5 {
[%cal Yd2c3,Yd2f4] might be even stronger}) 20... Bd7 21. Bc3 $14) 19. Rac1 $6
{Loses a tempo} ({A more useful move was} 19. Re1 $142 $5 {/\} c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6
21. Nh2 (21. Bc3 Bxf3 22. Bxg7 Nh4 $5 23. gxf3 Kxg7 24. Kf1 $11) 21... Be6 22.
Qc2 $13 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 19... c6 {Direct, but Black could also have played} (
19... Rad8 $5) ({, or} 19... Rfe8 20. Re1 c6 $15) 20. dxc6 (20. Na3 Rfe8 $5 21.
Nc4 Rab8 $36 {and White has no obvious way to advantageously retain the
central tension.}) 20... Qxc6 21. Bc3 $6 {This could have cost White an
exchange.} (21. Qe3 $142 Rfe8 22. Re1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Bc3 $15 {/<=>
Black's extra pawn doesn't play a major role yet and White has counterplay.})
21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rad8 $5 {[%mdl 32] Nakamura plays for a strategic
advantage.} (22... Nf4 $1 {with the forced follow-up} 23. Rd6 Qc8 24. Bd2 Ne2+
25. Kg2 Nxc1 26. Bxc1 {nets Black an exchange. Not a difficult line to
calculate, but the evaluation of the final position is not so simple.
Nevertheless it seems Black has reasonable winning chances after} Rd8 27. Qd5
$5 (27. Rxb6 c4 $17) 27... Rb8 28. Bxh6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Qe6 $15 {
/-/+}) 23. Rxd8 (23. Bxg7 $2 {runs into} Nf4 24. Nd6 {The beautiful point is}
Rxd6 $1 (24... Kxg7 25. Qc3+ f6 (25... Kh7 $2 26. Qf6 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Rd5
$18) 26. Nf5+ $132) (24... Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nxc1 26. Qc3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28.
Bxf8 Qg6+ 29. Kf1 Na2 30. Qc4 $11) 25. Bxf8 Rd2 $3 (25... Rxd1+ $2 26. Rxd1 $16
) 26. Kh1 $8 (26. Rxd2 Qg6+ 27. Kf1 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1#) 26... Qd7 27. Rg1+ Kxf8
28. Rg3 (28. Rg4 Nd3 $19 {is similar}) 28... Qd8 $1 29. Rg4 Nd3 $19 {Black
wins all the material back with interest and a continuing attack.}) 23... Rxd8
24. Rd1 Rd7 $15 {Fights for the open file, but Black had also the simple} (
24... Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Nxc3 Nf4 $36) 26... Qf6 $15 {The
distant passed Ph6 gives him an advantage in almost any endgame.}) 25. Rxd7
Qxd7 26. Qd5 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Transposing to a knight endgame only increases
Black's advantage.} (26. Bxg7 $142 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ f6 28. Qe3 Qh3 29. Nd6 Nh4 (
29... Ne5 30. Nf5+ $11 {[%cal Yf5g3]}) 30. Nf5+ Nxf5 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Qe7+ Kg6
33. Qe8+ Kg5 {doesn't lead to a perpetual, but after} 34. Kg2 $15 {Black faces
a very tough technical task.}) 26... Qxd5 27. exd5 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne5 $6 (28...
Kf8 $142 $1 {is more flexible and stronger, after the analogous} 29. Nd6 {
Black's knight has an alternative route} Nf4 $1 30. c4 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nc3 $19 {
[%csl Ga5,Gh6][%cal Rc3a4]}) 29. Nd6 Kf8 30. Kh2 $2 {White was fighting for a
draw and decentralising the king doesn't feel right, moreover it fails
tactically.} ({It is probably insufficient to play} 30. Kf1 b5 $1 (30... Ke7
31. Nc8+ Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 $11 {already works, as Black doesn't have
the manoeuvre from the game.}) (30... Nxf3 31. Ke2 Ne5 32. f4 $44 {allows
White to achieve full coordination with excellent drawing chances.}) 31. Nxb5 (
31. axb5 a4 32. Nb7 a3 33. Nxc5 a2 34. Nb3 Ke7 $19 {[%csl Ga2,Rb5,Rd5,Gh6]
[%cal Ye7d6] and White's pawns are blockaded, while Black's will decide.})
31... Nc4 $17 {[%cal Rc4b6,Rb6a4] Black will take the Pa4, transfer his knight
to d6 and support one of his passed pawns with his king - he should win this
in the long run.}) ({It seems that the best try was} 30. f4 Nd3 31. Nc8 Nxf4
32. Nxb6 (32. c4 Ke8 33. Nxb6 Kd8 34. d6 Ne6 35. Kg2 Ng7 36. Kh3 Ne8 37. d7 Nf6
38. Kh4 Ke7 $1 $17 {and Black takes on d7 only after White moves his Pf2})
32... Ke7 33. Kf1 h5 34. d6+ Kxd6 35. Nc4+ {although even here} Kc7 $5 (35...
Ke6 36. Nxa5 Nd5 37. Nb7 c4 38. Nd8+ Kf6 39. Nb7 Nxc3 40. Nd6 $15) 36. Nxa5 Nd5
37. Nb3 Kd6 $17 {gives Black good winning chances.}) 30... Ke7 $1 31. Nc8+ (31.
Nf5+ Kd7 32. Nxh6 b5 33. axb5 a4 34. Nf5 a3 35. Ne3 Nxf3+ 36. Kg3 Ne1 $19 {
[%csl Ga3][%cal Ga3a1]}) 31... Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nd2 $1 $19
{[%csl Rb6]} 35. Na8+ Kb7 36. d6 {White must ditch the passed pawn for free to
save his knight, the resulting endgame is hopeless.} Kc6 37. Nc7 Kxd6 38. Nb5+
Kd5 39. Kg3 Kc4 (39... Nc4 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rc4b6] is simpler}) 40. Nd6+
(40. f3 f6 $5 41. f5 Nb1 42. Nd6+ Kd3 43. Ne4 c4 44. Nxf6 Nxc3 45. Nd7 Nd5 {/\}
46. f6 Nxf6 $1 47. Nxf6 c3 $19) 40... Kxc3 41. Nxf7 c4 ({An easier win was} 
41... Kd4 $1 42. Nd6 (42. f5 c4 $19 {transposes to the game}) 42... Ne4+ 43.
Nxe4 Kxe4 44. Kg4 c4 45. f5 Ke5 $19 ({, or} 45... h5+ 46. Kg5 c3 47. f6 c2 48.
f7 c1=Q+)) 42. f5 (42. Nd6 $5 {is better, but also loses by force to} Kd3 $1
43. f5 (43. Nb5 c3 $19) 43... c3 44. f6 c2 45. f7 c1=Q 46. f8=Q Qg1+ 47. Kh3 (
47. Kh4 Qh2+ 48. Kg4 Qg2+ 49. Kh4 Nf3+ $19) 47... Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Nf1+ 49. Kf4
Qh2+ 50. Kg4 Qg2+ 51. Kh4 Qg5+ 52. Kh3 Qh5+ 53. Kg2 Qh2+ $1 54. Kf3 (54. Kxf1
Qh1#) 54... Nd2+ 55. Kg4 Qg2+ $19 {- White gets mated, or loses his queen.})
42... Kd4 43. Nd6 ({As} 43. f6 {fails to} Ne4+ {, Black's win is already
trivial.}) 43... Ke5 44. Nb5 Kxf5 45. f3 h5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21.
Rd3 Bc7 22. Bd2 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. h4 Rd7 27. Kf1
Kg8 28. b4 b5 29. Ke2 h5 30. g3 Bb6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Rc6+ f6 34.
Ne6 Kf7 35. Nc5 Rc7 36. Rd6 Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40.
Rxa7 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4
Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6 16. Rfe1 Qxc4 17. Bxe5 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 fxe5 19. Rxe5 b6 20. Nd4
Bd7 21. Rae1 Rac8 22. R1e3 Rc4 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rfc8 25. Re7 Rxc3 26. h4
Rxe3 27. fxe3 a5 28. Rb7 Rc2 29. Rxb6 Rxa2 30. Ra6 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6
15. Rxb7 Bd6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Qd4 Rf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. O-O+ Kg8
21. Qg4 Qe3+ 22. Bf2 Qe5 23. Bg3 Qe3+ 24. Bf2 Qe5 25. Bd4 Qxh2+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+
27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Bg4 Nc6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxd5 Rd8 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc6
Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Rxc2 34. Be4 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Na6 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Qb3 c4 14. Qxb7 Nc5
15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Rb6 17. Rab1 Qb8 18. Na4 Ra6 19. b3 Nfe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qc1 Qb5 22. Bc3 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Qb4 24. Na4 cxb3 25. axb3 Rb8 26. Qc7 Ra5 27.
Rfd1 Rab5 28. Qxa7 Be5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Nb2 Qxb3 31. Nd3 Qxb1 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33.
Kh2 Re8 34. Qa2 Rb7 35. Qa6 Rd7 36. Nf2 Rdd8 37. Qd3 Bg7 38. g4 Rd7 39. g5 h5
40. gxh6 Bxh6 41. Ng4 Bg7 42. f5 gxf5 43. Qxf5 Rde7 44. Qf3 Re4 45. Kg2 Rxg4+
46. Qxg4 Rxe3 47. Qc8+ Bf8 48. h4 Re5 49. h5 Rxd5 50. h6 Rg5+ 51. Kf3 Rg6 52.
h7+ Kxh7 53. Qxf8 Rf6+ 54. Ke4 Rf1 55. Kd5 Rf5+ 56. Kxd6 Rf6+ 57. Kd7 Rf5 58.
Qd6 Rg5 59. Qf4 Kg6 60. Ke7 Rf5 61. Qg4+ Rg5 62. Qe4+ Rf5 63. Qd3 Kg5 64. Qg3+
Kh5 65. Ke8 Kh6 66. Qg4 Rf6 67. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Qe3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 e5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Ra8 15.
Be2 Rc8 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Rc1 Qd7 21.
Rdc2 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 (4. c4 d4 $5 (4... c6) 5. d3 e5 6. b4 a5 $6
7. b5 c5 8. bxc6 Nxc6 9. Na3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Nb5 Nec6 13. Ne4
Qe7 14. e3 Rd8 15. a3 Na6 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Re1 $16 {Jobava,B 
(2678)-Stevic,H (2612) Porto Carras 2011 1-0 (35)}) 4... c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 {
A slightly passive move.} (6. c4 dxc4 $5 {Probably Carlsen didn't want to play
this line} (6... O-O {leads to the main line}) 7. a4 Na6 $5 $146 (7... O-O 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 hxg5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxg5 Qxd4 14. Bxc6
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 bxc6 {1/2 (15) Adianto,U (2605)-Tkachiev,V (2620) Jakarta 1996})
8. Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qc3 $8 (12. Qxc4 $2 Qxc4
13. Nxc4 Nc2 14. Rb1 Nxd4 $17) 12... a5 13. e3 Ne4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd6
16. Nd2 $2 (16. b3 O-O $6 17. Nxa5 Nc2 18. Ra2 Nxd4 19. Nxb7 $16) 16... e5 17.
Nb3 exd4 18. exd4 O-O $11 {Kunin,V (2537)-Volokitin,A (2695) ChT-AUS 2012 0-1 
(53)}) 6... O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 ({A more cautious move is} 9. Nbd2
Ne4 10. Nh4 (10. e3 {This move has very good statistics} Rc8 (10... Ndc5 $5 {
might be a reasonable novelty}) 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nh4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Ne5 $14 {Nikolic,P (2657)-Votava,J (2546)
Germany 2007 1-0 (72)}) 10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb4
Bf6 (13... a5 14. Qxb7 a4 15. Qb5 {1/2 (15) Kortschnoj, V (2595)-Nunn,J (2625)
Amsterdam 1988} axb3 16. axb3 Rb8 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Ra3 Rfc8 $44) 14. Nf3 Qb6 15.
Qxb6 axb6 {1/2 (15) Bogner,S (2569)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2680) Belfort 2012})
12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18.
Bc3 Qc8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Kg2 Qc8 22. h3 $14 {Nakamura,H (2783)
-Leko,P (2737) London 2012 1/2 (73). The rook endgame was very instructive.})
9... dxc4 $1 {This underestimated move isn't a novelty, but it hadn't been
played before by titled players. 9...Ne4 was considered as the main line. I
think that White will stop playing 9.Nc3 because of 9...dxc4!} (9... Ne4 10. e3
(10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nf3 Nb6 15. Bxd4 Bxd4
16. Qxd4 Qxd5 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. Qxe7 Rfe8 19. Qf6 Qe4 20. e3 (20. Rfe1 $1 Nd5
21. Qb2 g5 22. Kg1 $16) 20... Nd5 $44 {Tazbir,M (2444)-Jasnikowski,Z (2403)
ChT-POL Karpacz 2008 1-0 (59)}) 10... a5 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Nd2 (14. Qb5 Qb6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qb1 Rfc8 18. Rc1 axb3 19.
axb3 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qxb3 $11) 14... Nf6 15. bxa4 Rxa4 16. a3 Qd7
$11 {1/2 (40) Fedoseev,V (2546)-Levin,E (2499) St Petersburg 2012}) 10. bxc4
Nb6 11. c5 (11. Qb3 {I think that this move is more reliable than 11.c5} Be6
12. d5 $1 (12. Ne5 $6 Nxc4 $1 (12... Qxd4 $6 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nc7 Rad8 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Rac1 $44) 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Bxc6 Bxc4 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bf3 Qxd4 $17)
12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Nbxd5 (13... Nfxd5) 14. Ng5 Qb6 (14... Nxc3 $5 15. Nxe6
Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxg3+ 17. fxg3 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rab1 $44) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Qxb3 18. axb3 Kxg7 19. Rfc1 $44 {White has enough
compensation for the sacrificed pawn to get an equal game.}) 11... Nc4 12. Bc1
{In order to avoid trouble White should play carefully.} ({One might recommend
} 12. Qb3 Nxb2 13. Qxb2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Ne4 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11)
12... Nd5 $146 ({It seems to me that the world champion could have tried to
get some advantage following G. Aring:} 12... Ne4 $1 13. Qb3 Na5 (13... b5 $5 {
Gleizerov,E} 14. cxb6 (14. Rd1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be4 16. a4 a6 (16... Qd5 $1 17.
axb5 cxb5 18. Qb3 (18. Ne1 $2 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qxc5) 18... Qb7 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20.
Nxg2 Rfd8 $15) 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3
Rfd8 22. Be3 Rab8 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxd4 25. Rb4 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 $11 {
Gleizerov,E}) 14... Na5 15. Qb2 axb6 $15) 14. Qb4 b6 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rd1 Qd5
17. cxb6 $2 (17. Bf4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 $11) 17... axb6 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qxb6 cxd4
20. Rac1 Rfc8 $15 {1-0 (56) Wagner,F (2249)-Aring,G (2205) Gerlingen 2011}) 13.
Qb3 (13. Nxd5 $6 {leads to an inferior position:} Qxd5 $5 (13... cxd5 14. Bf4
Qd7 15. Qb3 b6 $15) 14. Qb3 Be4 15. Bf4 b5 $15) 13... Na5 14. Qa3 (14. Qb2 Nc4
$11 (14... b6 $5)) 14... Nc4 {Vishy Anand agreed to a draw.} (14... b6 $5 15.
Re1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Be4 17. Be3 Qd5) 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 (7...
Nd7 {is the main line}) 8. Ne5 ({Another line is} 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 {Black must not hurry with ...Nd7. In some lines he can play ...c5 and ...
Nc6.} Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. c4 $6 b5 14. cxb5 Qd5 15. Kb1 cxb5 $15
{0-1 (45) Zapata,A (2496)-Macieja,B (2595) Greensboro USA 2013}) 8... Bh7 9.
Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O (14. Qe2 $5
{For this line see the recent game Anand,V-Ding Liren Paris/Saint Petersburg
2013. It would be interesting to see what Magnus had prepared after 14.Qe2.})
14... O-O (14... c5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Rfd8 20. h5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Kc2 Qd7 24. b3 $14 {Inarkiev,
E (2693) -Eljanov,P (2702) Poikovsky RUS 2013 0-1 (48)}) 15. Ne4 {This line
isn't considered as a dangerous one for Black.} (15. c4 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17.
Qf3 a5 18. Kb1 Bb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 $11 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8
23. Qe2 Nd7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Ne4 b6 (25... Qxe5 $1 26. Rd1 Qa5 27. Rd6 (27.
Qd3 $2 Ra8 $17) 27... Nf8 $15) 26. g4 Nxe5 27. g5 $13 {Svetushkin,D (2570)
-Lauber,A (2517) Berlin GER 2010 1-0 (33)}) (15. Qf3 $5 Qc7 16. c4 (16. Rde1 $6
c5 17. d5 $6 Nxd5 18. c4 Nb4 $1 (18... N5b6 19. Ng4 Nxc4 20. Bc3 Qc6 21. Nxh6+
Kh7 22. Qd3+ Kxh6 23. Qe2 g6 $5 (23... Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg4+
$11) 24. h5 g5 25. Qxc4 Nb6 $13) 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Ne4
(22. f5 Bf6 23. fxe6 Ne5 $17) 22... Nf6 23. Bc3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 $15 {Kroeze,
F (2446)-Lauber,A (2417) Germany 2008 0-1 (45)}) 16... Rac8 (16... a5 17. Kb1
Rad8 18. Bc1 Rfe8 19. Ne2 c5 (19... h5 $5 {! Lucacs,P} 20. c5 g6 21. Nc3 Bf8
$13) 20. g4 cxd4 21. g5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Nh7 23. gxh6 $40 {Topalov,V (2707)-Dreev,
A (2676) FIDE Wch k. o. New Delhi/Teheran 2000 1-0 (43)}) ({Black can't play} 
16... c5 $6 {due to} 17. d5 $1 Rae8 (17... Nxe5 $4 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $18)
18. Rhe1 exd5 19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Bc3 $16 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf5
Rd8 $2 (23... c4 24. d6 Qc5 25. Kb1 $16) 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 {1-0 (24)
Movsesian,S (2666) -Iordachescu,V (2594) FIDE-Wch k.o. New Delhi/Teheran 2000})
17. Rhe1 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nh5 N7f6 20. Ng3 (20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. g4 $40 {
Erenburg}) 20... Nd7 21. Nh5 N7f6 22. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5 $44 {
Roiz,M (2512)-Erenburg, S (2494) Tel Aviv 2002 0-1 (32)}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4
Nxe5 (16... Nf6 {seems to be a risky decision.} 17. Qe2 Qd5 18. g4 h5 (18...
Qxa2 $2 19. g5 Ne8 20. gxh6 Bf6 21. Rdg1 $18) (18... Qe4 19. Rde1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2
Nd5 21. g5 $14) 19. gxh5 (19. g5 $5 Qe4 (19... Ne4 $4 20. c4 Qxd4 21. Be1 $18)
20. Rhe1 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd5 22. c4 Nb6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Ba5 $14) 19... Qe4 20.
Qf2 $6 (20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. h6 $1 gxh6 $8 (21... Nf2 22. Rhg1 Nxd1 23. Rxg7+ Kh8
24. Kxd1 $18) 22. f5 Kh7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rde1 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Rf2+ 26. Kc1 Rg8
27. Nd3 Rf6 28. Re2 $14) 20... Qf5 21. Rdg1 Nxh5 $11 {Fercec,N (2477)-Zelcic,R
(2531) Zadar 2004 1/2 (36). White has no attack anymore.}) 17. fxe5 Qd5 18.
Qxd5 $146 {According to Carlsen, after the exchange of queens there is nothing
to discuss.} (18. Qg4 $5 {The only way to continue the game} f5 $5 {It seems
to me that Black has good counterplay.} (18... Kh7 19. b3 $6 (19. Kb1 $1 c5 20.
Bg5 $1 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Bc1 Rae8 (23... Qf5+ 24. Qxf5+ exf5
25. Rd5 $16) 24. Rhf1 Qc6 25. Rf3 $14) 19... c5 (19... a5 $5 20. Bg5 f5 21.
exf6 Bxf6 22. Rde1 a4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Re5 Rg6 $1 $11) 20. Bg5 f5 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. c4 Qc6 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe4+ Kh8 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rhf1 Rxf1 27. Rxf1
Rd8 $11 {Mrdja,M (2360)-Zelcic,R (2591) Zagreb 2008 1-0 (56)}) 19. Qg6 (19.
exf6 $6 Rxf6 20. Kb1 Rf2 21. Rhg1 (21. Bxh6 $4 Rxg2) 21... h5 $15) 19... Qxa2
20. Bxh6 Rf7 {The position is complicated and both sides have their good and
bad points.} 21. h5 (21. g4 f4 22. Rhf1 Raf8 23. Rxf4 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kd2
Qa2 26. Kc1 Qa1+ $11) (21. Bg5 a5 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxe6 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25.
Kb1 Qe4+ 26. Ka2 Qa4+ $11) 21... a5 22. Bf4 a4 23. h6 a3 24. Kc2 Qxb2+ (24...
c5 $5) 25. Kd3 Qb5+ 26. Ke3 Qd5 27. g3 $1 Raf8 28. Rh2 Qb3 29. Rdh1 Qxc3+ 30.
Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 $11) 18... cxd5 $11 19. h5 b5 20. Rh3 a5 21. Rf1
(21. Kc2 b4 22. Kd3 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Bb4 $11) 21... Rac8 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Rgf3 Kg8
24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qxc4 {
A harmless line of the Reti opening. I would even say it is favourable for
Black, who gains tempi for development by attacking White's prematurely
advanced queen.} Nge7 8. O-O (8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qa4 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. O-O a6 14. Rfc1 Rad8 15. Qd1 f5 16. Na4 Bd5 $15 {1-0 (59) Vukic,
M (2491)-Jakovljevic,V (2375) Jahorina 2003}) 8... O-O ({Or} 8... h6 9. d3 Be6
10. Qa4 O-O 11. Be3 (11. Rd1 Nd4 12. Rb1 c6 13. b4 a5 14. Rd2 b5 15. Qa3 c5 16.
Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxb5 cxb4 18. Qb2 Rb8 19. a4 Bd5 $17 {0-1 (37) Managadze,N (2459)
-Vorobiov,E (2598) Paleochora 2009}) 11... Nd4 12. Rac1 c6 (12... c5 $143 13.
Nd2 Nd5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. Ne4 f5 19.
Qc4+ Rf7 20. Nd2 $16 {1-0 (48) Bezold,M (2495)-Raetsky,A (2455) Werfen 1996})
13. Rfe1 a5 14. Nd2 f5 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Na4 Bf7 17. Nc5 Qc7 $15 {1/2 (20)
Kokarev,D (2495)-Kruppa,Y (2547) St Petersburg 2004}) 9. d3 h6 (9... Nd4 10.
Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne4 Be6 12. Qc2 (12. Qb5 b6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 a6 15. Qa4 c5 16.
Nd2 Ra7 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Bd2 Nd5 $15 {0-1 (36) Seul,G (2415)-Heyken,E (2375)
Germany 1993}) 12... Bd5 (12... b6 $5) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf6 Bxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Bxe4 {1/2 (16) Schmidt,W (2500)-Boey,J (2435) Nice 1974}) (9... Be6 10. Qh4
f6 (10... Nf5 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 $1 (11... Rfxd8 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Nge4 Nfe7 14. Bg5
h6 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 {1-0 (40) Stein,L-Averbakh,Y Riga 1970 URS-ch 
[ChessBase]} 17. Bxe7 $16 {L.Stein}) 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Ng5 {L.Stein} Nfd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 fxe6 17. Bxb7 $11) 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Bh6 Qd7 13.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. b5 Ne7 18. Qb4 a5 $15 {
0-1 (73) Klimm,W (2212)-Slobodjan,R (2550) Arco 1999}) 10. Bd2 (10. Qh4 Nf5 (
10... g5 $2 11. Bxg5 {1-0 (57) Cheng,B (2406)-Kaidanov,G (2577) Arlington USA
2013} hxg5 $140 12. Nxg5 Bf5 13. Be4) (10... Nd4 $5 {[%cal Yc7c6]}) 11. Qxd8
Rxd8 12. Nb5 Rb8 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nc3 Nfd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. f4 Bg4 17. Rf2 exf4
18. Bxf4 Rd7 19. h3 {1/2 (19) Huzman,A (2390)-Khmelnitsky,S Soviet Union 1986})
10... Nd4 $6 {[%mdl 32] Black wants to reach the classic setup: Nd4, pawn on
c6; in the event of N(B)xd4 exd4 he will be able to pressurise White's
backward e2-pawn along the e-file. However, this move is rather ill-timed:
White now solves the problem of his queen and consolidates his position.} (
10... Nf5 11. Rac1 (11. Na4 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rfe1 c6 14. e3 b5 15. Qc1
bxa4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Re4 Qxd3 18. Bxh6 $14 {1/2 (38) Obukhov,A (2487)
-Yevseev,D (2589) Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 11... Re8 12. Ne4 Ncd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Rfe1 c6 15. e3 Ne6 16. Bb4 Bf8 17. Bc3 Bg7 18. f4 $36 {1-0 (33) Martinovic,S 
(2427)-Rubil,M (2060) Sv Filip i Jakov 2009}) (10... Be6 {is probably the
accurate move order:} 11. Qa4 Nd4 (11... f5 12. Rac1 Nd4 13. Qa3 c6 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Na4 Bd5 16. Bb4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Re8 18. Bxe7 {1/2 (18) Shilov,S (2330)
-Vanek,P (2210) Czechia 1999}) 12. Rfc1 a5 (12... c6 13. Ne1 Nd5 14. Kf1 Nb6
15. Qd1 a5 16. e3 Nf5 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Re8 20. a4 Bd5 $11 {
1/2 (41) Loginov,V (2532)-Lukin,A (2440) St Petersburg 1999}) 13. Qd1 Re8 14.
Ne1 c6 15. e3 Ndf5 16. a3 Nd6 17. Na4 f5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bd5 $15 {1/2 (59)
Kavalek,L (2565)-Bisguier,A (2420) El Paso 1973}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 c6 (
12... Be6 $2 13. Qc1 {[%cal Rd2h6,Re4c5]}) 13. Bb4 (13. Qc1 $1 Kh7 14. Bb4 {
was more to the point. It looked difficult for Black to develop his pieces but
perhaps he could simply play} Be6 (14... Bg4 15. h3 $1 Bxe2 $140 $2 16. Re1
Bxd3 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc5) 15. Nc5 Bc8 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6]} 16. Nb3 Re8 $11)
13... Be6 14. Qc1 (14. Qc5 Nd5) 14... Bd5 {The initiative again belongs to
Black.} 15. a4 (15. Qc5 Nc8 {[%cal Yf8e8,Yb7b6,Yc6c5]}) 15... b6 (15... a5 16.
Ba3 b6 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Re2] was more solid}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a5 {White's only
chance is counterplay on the a-file.} Rab8 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qf4
Rd8 21. h4 Kh7 22. Nd2 Be5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qh3 Be6 25. Qh1 {[%csl Rh1]} c5 $15
26. Ne4 $6 (26. b3 {, stopping Black's queenside pawns, was probably more
appropriate.}) 26... Kg7 27. Ng5 b5 {[%cal Yc5c4] Black doesn't fear the
exchange of his light-squared bishop: his queenside play is more important.}
28. e3 $5 {[%mdl 512] An attempt to complicate matters. Otherwise White's
position is just bad, e.g.} (28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bh3 Qf6 {[%cal Yc5c4]} 30. b3 (
30. Rec1 c4 31. dxc4 d3) (30. Rac1 c4 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. Rxc4 d3 33. exd3 Rxb2
34. Qg2 Rxd3 $17) 30... c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. dxc4 d3 33. Ra2 Bc3 34. Rf1 d2 $17
) 28... dxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]} (29... Bxb2 30. Rae1 Rb6 {was quite
possible but White kept drawing chances, e.g.} 31. Bd5 $1 Bd4 (31... Bxd5 32.
Rxe7 Bxh1 33. Nxf7 $1) 32. Rxe6 $1 (32. R3e2 Qf6) 32... fxe6 33. Rxe6 Qf8 $1
34. Qg2 Rdd6 35. Kh2 $1 (35. Re2 Rf6) {, and the endgame after} 35... Rxe6 36.
Nxe6+ Rxe6 37. Bxe6 Bxf2 {is rather drawish.}) 30. Re2 c4 $1 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32.
Be4 (32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Rc1 Qc5 {[%csl Rb2]}) 32... cxd3 33. Rd2 Qb4 $6 {
The critical moment of the whole match.} ({Black could have kept good winning
chances by means of} 33... Rf8 $1 34. Bxd3 (34. Qg2 Qb4 35. Rad1 Rxf2 $1 36.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 $2 Qd4+) 34... Qd6 35. Qg2 Rxf2 $1 36. Rxf2 Rf8 37. Raf1
Bxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Rxf2 39. Qxf2 Qxd3 {(indicated by GM K.Landa and other
commentators)}) 34. Rad1 Bxb2 $6 (34... Rf8 {was possible here, too, but White
had a reply} 35. Kh2 $1 (35. Bxd3 Qd6 $1 36. Qg2 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rf8 38. Rdf1 {
led to the above-mentioned line}) 35... Bxf2 36. Rxd3 {since complications
after} Qxb2 $6 37. R1d2 Qe5 38. Qg2 Bb6 39. Rd7+ {are dangerous for Black.})
35. Qf3 {White recaptures the pawn on d3 and keeps the balance due to the
opposite-coloured bishops and Black's unsafe king.} Bf6 (35... Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Ye6e5] was a relatively better chance.}) 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rd8 (
37... Bd4 38. Qe2 Rf8 39. Rf3 {- after the exchange of rooks Black has no
winning prospects.}) 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Bd3 Qd4 40. Bxb5 Qf6 41. Qb7+ Be7 42.
Kg2 g5 43. hxg5 Qxg5 44. Bc4 h4 45. Qc7 hxg3 46. Qxg3 e5 47. Kf3 Qxg3+ 48. fxg3
Bc5 49. Ke4 Bd4 50. Kf5 Bf2 51. Kxe5 Bxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {Carlsen decided not to repeat the Caro-Kann as in game 2. This time
he goes for the Berlin Defence - the opening that will serve him well until
the end of the match as his main weapon against 1.e4.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {Not the main
line, but quite fashionable. In previous years 9.Nc3 or 9.Rd1 was played
nearly automatically.} Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 {This move was employed several times
by grandmaster Hammer, one of Carlsen's seconds.} ({A really complicated and
double-edged position arises after} 10... Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5
14. Kf2 b6 15. f5 Kb7 16. c4 c5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Nc3 $13 {1/2-1/2 (39) Giri,A 
(2737)-Nakamura,H (2772) Paris 2013}) 11. Nc3 ({The following game from the
European team championship was played just one day prior to the World
championship encounter:} 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15.
Rd3 h6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. c4 a6 20. Ne3 b5 21. b3 g5 22.
Bg3 Be6 23. Rad1 Kb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42) Caruana,F (2782)-Grischuk,A (2785)
Warsaw 2013}) (11. Bg5 Kc8 12. g4 $6 {Too early.} (12. Nc3 {would transpose to
our game Anand-Carlsen.}) 12... h6 13. Bxe7 (13. Bd2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Bc3
h5 $15 {1-0 (67) Ganguly,S (2651)-Hammer,J (2647) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 13...
Nxe7 14. Kh2 Re8 15. Nbd2 b6 16. Re1 c5 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. h4 Kb7 $15 {0-1 (44)
Sutovsky,E (2692)-Hammer,J (2606) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 11... Kc8 12. Bg5 {
After witnessing many games in this line, it seems that both sides are
satisfied with the exchange of dark-squared bishops.} h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2
(14. a4 a5 15. Rd2 c5 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20.
axb5 Nd5 21. c4 Nb6 22. h4 $14 {[%cal Gd2d3,Gd3g3,Gd3f3] 1/2-1/2 (33) Berg,E 
(2587)-Hammer,J (2630) Achaea 2012}) 14... c5 15. Rad1 $146 (15. Ne4 b6 16. Ng3
Bc6 17. Nh2 Ng6 18. Re1 Nf4 19. f3 Kb7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nhf1 g6
$11 {1-0 (102) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Almasi,Z (2691) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) 15...
Be6 16. Ne1 $6 {Clearly, a step in the wrong direction.} ({In a very recent
game an attempt to improve White's play was made:} 16. Ne2 Ng6 (16... Bxa2 $2
17. b3 c4 18. Nfd4 c5 19. Nb5 cxb3 20. cxb3 Bxb3 21. Rb1 c4 22. Ned4 {with a
strong initiative.}) 17. Ng3 b6 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. a3 a5 20. Re1 Kb7 21. Nh2 Ne7
22. f4 g6 23. Nf6 Rgd8 24. Red1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Kc6 $11 {1-0 (49) Gorbatov,A 
(2360)-Pranizin,G (2187) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 16... Ng6 17. Nd3 (17. Re2 {
was possible, but then the whole idea of doubling the rooks along the d-file
makes little sense.}) 17... b6 18. Ne2 $6 {Inviting the opponent to take the
risky decision. Objectively, it was bettter not to allow Carlsen to grab the
pawn. Perhaps, Anand just didn't believe that the move that now follows would
work so well for Black.} (18. b3 {was, objectively, the safest.} c4 19. bxc4
Bxc4 20. f4 Kb7 (20... Bxd3 $6 21. Rxd3 Nxf4 22. Rf3 g5 23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 g4
25. Rxf7 Ng5 26. Re7 $44) 21. a4 {White is slightly worse, but the material
balance is not broken.}) ({The aggressive attempt} 18. f4 $6 {will leave White
a pawn down, fighting for a draw.} c4 19. Rf1 (19. Nb4 Nxf4 20. Nc6 Re8 $15)
19... cxd3 20. f5 Nxe5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Re1 (22. cxd3 Rd8 23. Re2 Nxd3 24. Rf7
e5 25. Rxg7 Kb7 $15) 22... Nc6 23. Rxd3 Re8 24. Rg3 Re7 $15) 18... Bxa2 $1 {
Accepting the challenge.} (18... c4 $6 19. Ndf4 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 c3 21. Nxe6 $1 (
21. bxc3 Bxa2 $15) 21... cxd2 22. Nxg7 Rd8 23. f4 Kb7 24. Kf2 {with good
compensation for the exchange. The Pd2 will, most likely, fall.}) 19. b3 c4 20.
Ndc1 cxb3 21. cxb3 Bb1 {The bishop is coming out, so White should desperately
look for some compensation.} 22. f4 (22. Rd7 Rg8 $3 {A great prophylactic move,
shown immediately by the engine.} ({After} 22... Nxe5 $6 23. Re7 {White will
get back one of the pawns, and keep the activity.}) 23. Nc3 Nxe5 $1 {This also
requires precise calculation.} 24. R7d5 Bc2 25. R1d2 Nc6 26. Rxc2 Nb4 27. Re2
Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rd8 $17 {Rook + two pawns should overcome White's knights.}) (22.
e6 fxe6 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. Rd7 (24. g4 Ne5 25. gxf5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd2 27. fxe6 $1
Rd8 28. e7 Re8 29. Rxd2 Rxe7 $17) 24... Nf4 25. Rxg7 Rh7 26. Rdd7 Rxg7 27. Rxg7
Kb7 $17) 22... Kb7 23. Nc3 ({After} 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rhe8 25. Rg3 Re7 {
White's compensation is not sufficient.}) 23... Bf5 24. g4 Bc8 $17 25. Nd3 h5 {
Opening the h-file is one of the basic ideas for Black in the Berlin endgame.}
26. f5 Ne7 ({An attempt to break White's kingside pawn chain straight away is
not recommended:} 26... Nh4 $6 27. Kf2 g6 28. Rc1 $1 hxg4 29. hxg4 gxf5 30. Nb5
c5 31. Nd6+ Kb8 32. b4 fxg4 33. bxc5 {In such a mess anything can happen,
White is really active.}) 27. Nb5 hxg4 $6 {This is an important moment. At
first sight it looks that Black can open the h-file first and then figure out
the right move. In fact, Magnus should have played 27...a6 without delay, it's
important to kick away White's active knight.} (27... a6 28. Nd4 hxg4 29. hxg4
a5 $1 30. Rc1 (30. e6 fxe6 31. fxe6 Re8 $1 $17 {[%csl Re6]}) 30... a4 31. Nb5 (
31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Nf2 Ra5 $17) 31... Nc6 32. Nb4 Nxb4 33. Rxc7+ Kb8 34. Rd6 Nd5
$1 35. Rxd5 a3 36. Rd6 (36. Rc1 a2 37. Rdd1 Bb7 38. Kf2 Ra5 39. Nd6 Rxe5 $19)
36... Bb7 37. Rxb6 Ra7 38. Rbxb7+ Rxb7 39. Rxb7+ Kxb7 40. Nxa3 Kc6 $19) 28.
hxg4 $6 {Anand automatically recaptures, missing an interesting tactical
opportunity.} (28. Rc1 $1 Nd5 $1 {is the best reply. Now White has two options.
In both cases he is objectively fighting for a draw, but, with correct play
should eventually make it.} (28... Nc6 $2 29. Rdc2 Bxf5 (29... Bd7 30. Nb4 $1
Nxb4 $140 $2 31. Rxc7+ Ka6 32. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc1a1]}) 30. Rxc6 Bxd3
31. Rxc7+ Ka6 32. Nd6 Ka5 33. hxg4 $36 {[%csl Ra5]}) 29. Nc5+ (29. e6 fxe6 30.
Ne5 a5 $1 (30... a6 $4 {runs into a spectacular mate:} {[%tqu "En","Can you
spot the combination?","","","c1c7","",3]} 31. Rxc7+ $1 Nxc7 32. Nd6+ Ka7 33.
Nc6#) 31. hxg4 c5 32. Nf7 Rf8 33. Re1 $1 exf5 34. Nbd6+ Kc6 35. gxf5 Ra7 $1 36.
Nxc8 Raxf7 37. Re6+ Kc7 38. Nd6 Rxf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Rg6 $15) 29... bxc5 30.
Rxd5 gxh3 (30... Bxf5 $6 31. Rdxc5 Rac8 32. Nxc7 $132) 31. Rdxc5 h2+ 32. Kh1
Kb8 $1 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 33. Nd4 Bb7+ 34. Nc6+ Kc8 35. Rd5 Bxc6 36. Rxc6 Rb8 37.
Rdc5 Rb7 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 $15) 28... Rh4 $6 {Again Black should have
kicked away the knight.} (28... a6 29. Nd4 a5 30. Rc1 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 $17 {
is the position Black should strive for. Both of his rooks are in the action.})
29. Nf2 Nc6 (29... a6 $2 {is now runs into} 30. Nd6+ $1 cxd6 31. exd6 Nc6 32.
d7 {winning back the piece and White is not worse anymore.}) 30. Rc2 a5 $1 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} (30... g6 31. Kf1 $3 {is extremely difficult to figure out for a
human player.} (31. Rdc1 $2 Bd7 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rxc7+ Kb8 34. Rxd7 Ne2+ {
is the problem for White.}) 31... gxf5 32. Rdc1 Bd7 (32... Rh6 33. g5 Rg6 34.
Nd6+ $1 cxd6 35. Rxc6 Be6 36. Rc7+ Ka6 37. exd6 $44) 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. Rxc7+ Ka6
({No more fork on e2 after} 34... Kb8 $2 35. Rxd7 $16) 35. Ra1+ Kb5 36. Rxd7
$132) (30... a6 31. Rdc1 Bd7 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6 axb5 (33... Be8 $2 34. Nd4 {
would lose a piece as White's knight is taboo.}) 34. exd7 Rh6 35. Nd3 Rah8 (
35... Rd8 $2 36. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 $2 37. Rxc7+ Ka6 38. Ra1#) 36. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 37.
Rxc6 Kxc6 38. Ne5+ Kc5 39. Nf7 Rf8 40. d8=Q Rxd8 41. Nxd8 Kb4 42. Ne6 Kxb3 43.
Nxg7 b4 44. Nf5 Kc3 45. g5 b3 46. Ne3 Kd3 47. Nd1 Kc2 48. Ne3+ $11) 31. Rc4 $1
{An immediate doubling of the rooks would give White no benefit, so Anand
finds a useful move, preventing the advance a5-a4.} (31. e6 $6 fxe6 32. fxe6
Bxe6 33. Rxc6 Kxc6 34. Nd4+ Kd7 $1 35. Nf3+ Kc8 36. Nxh4 Bxb3 {It's difficult
to give a clear estimation of this position, but three connected passers are
really dangerous.}) (31. Rdc1 $6 Bd7 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6 Be8 $17) 31... g6 (
31... Bxf5 $6 32. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 33. Nd4+ Kb7 34. Nxf5 $132) 32. Rdc1 {Now White
must pay great attention to specifics as his kingside chain of pawns is about
to collapse.} Bd7 33. e6 (33. Nd4 $2 Nxd4 34. Rxc7+ Ka6 35. Rxd7 Ne2+ $19)
33... fxe6 34. fxe6 Be8 35. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] An excellent resource, not
obvious at all, as White allows his opponent to capture a pawn with check!}
Rxg4+ 36. Kf2 Rf4+ $6 (36... Rd8 $1 {would make White's task more difficult.}
37. Ke3 Rd5 (37... Rg2 38. Rh1 $1 Rd5 39. Rh7 $1 Rxb5 40. Nd6+ Ka6 41. Nxb5
Kxb5 42. Rh8 {The bishop is trapped.} Rg3+ 43. Kd2 Rxb3 44. Rg4 {With the next
move White will capture the bishop and the Pe6 will not allow Black to advance
his queenside pawns comfortably. With correct play this mess should end in a
draw.}) 38. Nbc3 Re5 39. Kf3 Rgxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe6 $1 41. Rxe6 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Nxe6
{In this endgame White's chances for a draw are higher than Black's for a win,
but against Magnus this won't be easy to prove.}) 37. Ke3 Rf8 (37... g5 38. Nd4
Nb4 39. Ne2 $1 (39. Rxc7+ $6 Ka6 {[%cal Gb4d5]} 40. Rg7 Nd5+ 41. Kd3 Rd8 42.
Rxg5 Rh4 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4,Re4] and all White's centralised pieces, including the
king, are under serious pressure.}) 39... Bc6 40. Nxf4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Nd3+ 42.
Kf5 Nxc1 43. Rxc1 {[%csl Ge6] The strong passed pawn guarantees White
sufficient counterplay.}) 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Rxc7+ Ka6 40. Kxd4 Rd8+ {The time
trouble has passed and White can be definitely happy with the latest
developments. He is still a pawn down, but not worse anymore thanks to his
active pieces and the strong e6-passer.} 41. Kc3 $5 {Anand goes for the safest
move, protecting the Pb3 and already having in mind the forthcoming exchange
of the minor pieces. The alternative 41.Ke3 was more ambitious, from a human
point of view more risky for both sides! Objectively, the position would
remain equal as well.} (41. Ke5 $4 Rf5#) (41. Ke3 {Here Black's general idea
is to sacrifice the bishop for the e-pawn, to grab the Pb3 and roll forward
two connected passed pawns. Here is a sample line:} Rd5 42. Rh7 (42. e7 $2 Rf7
$17) 42... Bb5 43. Rf7 Rh8 44. Rcc7 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 (45. Kf4 Be8 46. Rfe7 Rh4+ 47.
Ke5 Re3 48. Rxe8 Rhxe4+ 49. Kf6 Rxb3 50. e7 Rf3+ 51. Kxg6 Rfe3 52. Ra8+ Kb5 53.
Kf7 Rf3+ 54. Kg6 Rfe3 $11) 45... Be8 46. Rf3 Rh2+ 47. Kg3 Rh3+ 48. Kxh3 Rxf3+
49. Kg4 Rxb3 50. Rc8 Ba4 51. Kf4 Rb1 52. Nd6 Ka7 53. Rc7+ Ka6 54. Rc8 $11)
41... Rf3+ 42. Kb2 Re3 43. Rc8 {This is the way minor pieces will be exchanged.
The forthcoming double rook endgame is drawish, since Black's extra pawn has
no significance.} Rdd3 $1 {Magnus is trying the last practical chance. Keeping
all the rooks on the board, Black is hoping to target the Pb3.} (43... Rxc8 44.
Rxc8 Rxe4 45. Rxe8 {The e- and g-pawns will be swapped and the position is
completely drawish.}) 44. Ra8+ Kb7 45. Rxe8 Rxe4 46. e7 Rg3 47. Rc3 Re2+ 48.
Rc2 Ree3 {[%csl Rb3]} 49. Ka2 $1 {Now Black can't capture the Pb3, as he
always has to keep an eye on the e-pawn.} g5 50. Rd2 Re5 51. Rd7+ Kc6 52. Red8
Rge3 53. Rd6+ Kb7 54. R8d7+ Ka6 55. Rd5 Re2+ (55... g4 56. Rxe5 Rxe5 57. Rd4 g3
58. Rg4 $11) 56. Ka3 Re6 57. Rd8 g4 58. Rg5 Rxe7 59. Ra8+ $1 ({It's never too
late to go astray:} 59. Rxg4 $2 Rf2 60. Ra8+ Kb7 61. Rag8 Re1 {could give
Black winning chances.}) 59... Kb7 60. Rag8 {Now the rook is trapped for an
exchange, the draw is inevitable.} a4 (60... Rf2 61. R8g7 $11) 61. Rxg4 axb3
62. R8g7 Ka6 63. Rxe7 Rxe7 64. Kxb3 {A very rich in content, hard-fought
battle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow/Mueller,Ka"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 {A harmless
continuation, examined, beside the main line, in the opening survey in CBM 152.
} (6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ {is the start of major theoretical research here.}
) 6... c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Be3 (9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4 11. Ndb5 Qxd1+
12. Bxd1 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. a4 Bc6 16. O-O Nd7 17. a5 a6 18.
Ba3 {1/2 (18) Babula,V (2590)-Khenkin,I (2603) Germany 2003 CBM 093 [Krasenkow]
}) 9... Nc6 (9... Ne4 {is simpler, e.g.} 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. Bxd4
O-O 13. Bd3 h6 (13... g6 $142) 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rab1 Bc7 16. Be4 Qe7 17. Rfe1
Bd6 18. Qa4 {1-0 (36) Yermolinsky,A (2530)-Shulman,Y (2623) Philadelphia 2008}
Rb8 $1 $11) 10. Qd3 (10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qc2 (12. Qc1 e5) 12... Ng4
13. Qc1 O-O 14. Be2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Ne7 16. O-O Nf5 17. Qe4 Qxc5 $11 {1/2 (41)
Polgar,Z (2560)-Portisch,L (2580) Budapest 1993}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 $1
$11 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bc7 {A bit too passive.} (13... Qe7 $5 {A.Korotylev
}) 14. Nxc6 (14. Ndb5 O-O 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nb5 Qe5 18. Qf2 {
A.Korotylev} f6 {[%cal Ye5c5,Yc6e5,Yc8d7]}) 14... bxc6 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8 16. Be2 (
16. g3 $5 Bg5 17. Bg2 Bxe3+ 18. Kc2 Bd7 19. Rhe1 Bc5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. c5 $44)
16... Ke7 ({Here, too,} 16... Bg5 {was more to the point.}) 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Ne4
Bb6 (18... Bc7 19. Nc5 Be8 20. Na6 Be5 21. Rd3 {(A.Korotylev) is dangerous for
Black, e.g.} f5 22. Rb3 Rf8 23. Rb7+ Kf6 24. Nb4 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]}) 19. c5 f5
20. cxb6 fxe4 21. b7 $1 Rab8 22. Bxe4 Rxb7 $14 {A consequence of Vishy Anand's
minor inaccuracies. Still, this simplified position should be drawn but it
requires accurate defence from Black - something in Magnus Carlsen's style!}
23. Rhf1 Rb5 24. Rf4 (24. Rd4 $5 {was recommended by GM A.Korotylev but it is
still nothing special after} a5) 24... g5 25. Rf3 h5 26. Rdf1 Be8 27. Bc2 Rc5 (
27... Re5 $5 28. Kd2 Rd5+ 29. Ke2 $6 h4) 28. Rf6 {[%csl Gf6] The activation of
this rook is a progress for White but Black's position is still defensible.} h4
29. e4 a5 30. Kd2 Rb5 31. b3 Bh5 32. Kc3 Rc5+ 33. Kb2 Rd8 (33... g4 {[%cal
Yg4g3] was simpler:} 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Be8 {[%cal Gh8h2] A.Korotylev}) 34.
R1f2 Rd4 {This active continuation is possible but more complex.} 35. Rh6 (35.
Bb1 Kd6 {[%cal Yh5d1]} (35... Bd1 $143 36. Rf8) (35... g4 $5 36. g3 hxg3 37.
hxg3 Rd2+ 38. Rxd2 Kxf6) 36. Rf8 Kc7 37. Rh8 Bd1 $132) 35... Bd1 36. Bb1 Rb5
37. Kc3 c5 38. Rb2 e5 39. Rg6 a4 $6 (39... g4 $142 40. Bd3 (40. Rh6 a4 41. bxa4
Rxb2 42. Kxb2 Rd2+ 43. Kc1 Rxg2 44. Kxd1 Rxh2 {, and White must give the
bishop back by means of} 45. Bd3 g3 46. Bf1 $11) 40... Rxb3+ 41. Rxb3 Bxb3 42.
Rxg4 c4 43. Be2 Kd6 44. Rxh4 Kc5 {with sufficient counterplay}) 40. Rxg5 Rxb3+
41. Rxb3 Bxb3 {[%mdl 4096]} 42. Rxe5+ Kd6 43. Rh5 Rd1 44. e5+ Kd5 45. Bh7 Rc1+
$6 {The resulting rook ending is still drawn, but matters are very close now.}
(45... Ra1 $5 {is much easier, e.g.} 46. Bg8+ (46. Rxh4 Kxe5 $11) 46... Kc6 47.
Bxb3 Rxa3 48. Kc4 axb3 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Kxc5 Ra2 51. Rb6 Rxg2 $11) 46. Kb2 Rg1
(46... Re1 {is playable as well, e.g.} 47. Bg8+ (47. e6+ Kd6 $11) 47... Kd4 48.
Rxh4+ Kd3 49. Rh3+ (49. Bh7+ Kd2 50. Re4 Rxe4 51. Bxe4 c4 52. h4 c3+ 53. Kb1 (
53. Ka1 Bc4 54. Kb1 Bd5 $11) 53... Bd5 54. Bc2 Bb3 $11 {and Black draws by
eternal hunt - continually offering the exchange of bishops..}) 49... Kd4 50.
Bxb3 axb3 51. Rh4+ $1 (51. Kxb3 c4+ 52. Kc2 Re2+ 53. Kd1 Rxg2 54. e6 Rg1+ 55.
Ke2 Rg2+ 56. Kf3 Rg6 $11) 51... Kd3 52. Kxb3 {but even here after} Rb1+ 53. Ka2
(53. Ka4 c4) 53... Re1 {Black's passed c-pawn should save him, e.g.} 54. Rh3+
Kd4 55. g4 c4 56. g5 c3 57. Kb3 Rb1+ 58. Kc2 Rb2+ 59. Kc1 Rg2 60. Rh8 Rxg5 61.
e6 Rg1+ 62. Kc2 Rg2+ 63. Kb3 Rb2+ 64. Ka4 Rb7 $11) 47. Bg8+ Kc6 48. Rh6+ Kd7
49. Bxb3 axb3 50. Kxb3 Rxg2 51. Rxh4 Ke6 $2 {Now Black's king is too far away
from the passed a-pawn.} ({The rook belongs behind the passed pawn:} 51... Re2
$1 {and White can not win, e.g.} 52. a4 (52. Rh5 Re3+ 53. Kc4 (53. Ka4 Kc6 54.
Rh6+ Kd5 55. e6 c4 56. h4 c3 57. Kb3 c2+ 58. Kxc2 Rxa3 59. e7 Re3 60. Rh7 Kd6
61. h5 Rxe7 62. Rxe7 Kxe7 63. h6 Kf7 64. h7 Kg7 $11) 53... Rxa3 54. Kxc5 Ke6
55. Kd4 Ra4+ $11) (52. Kc4 Rxe5 53. a4 Kc6 54. Rh6+ Kb7 55. a5 Re4+ 56. Kxc5
Re2 $11) 52... Rxe5 53. Kc4 Kc6 54. Rh6+ Kb7 55. a5 Re4+ 56. Kxc5 Re2 {[%cal
Ge2h2] and Black has reached a version of Vancura's draw, e.g.} 57. Kb5 Re5+
58. Kb4 Re4+ 59. Kc5 Re2 60. h4 Re4 $1 {[%cal Ge4h4] The rook must attack the
pawn so that White's rook can not break free.} 61. Kd5 (61. Rb6+ Kc7 62. Rb4
Re5+ $11) 61... Rg4 62. Ke5 Ka7 63. Kf5 Rc4 $1 64. Rh7+ Kb8 65. h5 Rc5+ 66. Kg6
Rc6+ ({Of course not} 66... Rxa5 $2 67. Rf7 $18 {[%cal Gh5h8]}) 67. Kg7 Rc7+
$11) (51... Kc6 $2 52. a4 Re2 53. Rh6+ (53. Kc4 $2 Rxe5 54. Rh6+ Kb7 55. a5 Ka7
56. h4 Re4+ 57. Kxc5 Rf4 $11) 53... Kd5 (53... Kb7 54. e6 $18) 54. a5 c4+ (
54... Rxe5 55. a6 Re7 56. h4 c4+ 57. Kb4 Rc7 58. Rh5+ Kd4 59. Ra5 Ra7 60. h5 c3
61. Kb3 Kd3 62. Rd5+ Ke4 63. Rd6 Rc7 64. Kc2 Ke5 65. Rg6 Kf5 66. Rb6 Kg5 67. h6
Kh5 68. Rb3 Kxh6 69. Ra3 Ra7 70. Kxc3 $18) 55. Kb4 Rb2+ 56. Kc3 Rb3+ 57. Kc2
Kxe5 58. a6 Ra3 (58... Kd4 59. Rh4+ Kc5 60. a7 Ra3 61. Rh7 $18) 59. h4 Kd4 (
59... Kf5 60. Rc6 Kg4 61. Rxc4+ Kh5 62. Rc6 Kxh4 63. Kb2 Ra5 64. Kb3 Kg5 65.
Kb4 Ra1 66. Rc5+ Kf6 67. Ra5 Rb1+ 68. Kc5 Rc1+ 69. Kb6 Rb1+ 70. Rb5 $18) 60.
Rd6+ Kc5 61. Rg6 Kd4 62. h5 Ra2+ 63. Kb1 Rh2 64. a7 Rh1+ 65. Ka2 Rh2+ 66. Ka3
Rh1 67. Rg2 Ra1+ 68. Ra2 $18) (51... Rg5 $2 52. Re4 Ke6 53. a4 Rg1 54. a5 Rb1+
55. Ka2 Rb8 56. a6 Ra8 57. Ra4 Kxe5 58. a7 $18) 52. a4 Kxe5 53. a5 Kd6 (53...
Rg7 54. a6 Kd5 55. Ra4 Ra7 56. h4 c4+ 57. Kc3 $18) 54. Rh7 $1 {[%cal Gh7a7,
Ga5a7] Magnus Carlsen cuts Black's king off from the queening square a8.} Kd5 (
54... Rg8 55. a6 Ra8 56. a7 Kc6 57. h4 Kb6 58. h5 Rxa7 59. Rxa7 Kxa7 60. h6 $18
) 55. a6 c4+ 56. Kc3 Ra2 57. a7 Kc5 58. h4 (58. h4 Ra3+ 59. Kb2 Ra6 (59... Rb3+
60. Ka2 $18) 60. h5 Kb4 61. Rb7+ Kc5 62. h6 Kc6 63. Rg7 Kb6 64. h7 Rxa7 65.
Rxa7 Kxa7 66. h8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3
O-O 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. Bg5 $5 {The reason why we are quoting the following
2 games will soon become clear...} h6 10. Bh4 Be6 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12.
Nbd2 Nh5 13. Re1 (13. Bd5 Qd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxe5 $5 Bxd1 16. Nxc6 Be2 17.
d4 Bxf1 18. Nxf1 $44) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Ne7 $6 (14... Qf6 15. Nf1 Ne7 $13)
15. Nf1 Ng6 16. d4 Bb6 17. Ne3 Bxf3 $2 (17... Bd7 $142 $1) 18. gxf3 (18. Qxf3
$1 exd4 19. Qh5 $40) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. Ng4 Qg7 (20... Qxd4 $142 21.
Qxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxh6+ Kh7 23. Nxf7 Bf6 $14) 21. e5 $36 {Carlsen,M (2714)-Shirov,
A (2739)/WCh blitz Moscow/2007/}) 11. Nbd2 g5 (11... Bxb3 12. axb3 Nb8 $6 (
12... Re8 $142 {leads to Spraggett-Fedorchuk, all this after} 13. Re1 {
tranposes to the position from our game.}) 13. d4 $16) 12. Bg3 Bb6 13. Re1 Nd7
14. Nf1 Qf6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. d4 Nb6 19. b3 h5 20. h3
h4 21. Bh2 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Rf1 Rh8 25. Ne1 c5 26. f3 Be6 27.
f4 exf4 28. Ref3 $1 $40 {Carlsen,M (2813)-Ponomariov,R (2737)/Nice blindfold
rpd/2010/}) 4. d3 {A popular and legitimate attempt to retain the tension and
avoid quick simplification. Although this line had already appeared in a few
of their previous encounters, Anand spurns the surprise factor and after Game
4 is unwilling to enter the complex Berlin endgame (or queenless middlegame?)
with} (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4
Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16.
Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 $11 {Carlsen,M (2870)
-Anand,V (2775)/WCh Chennai/2013/ is insipid and rather boring - but who can
blame Carlsen, who already had a 2-point lead at that moment...}) 5... Nd6 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne1 (16. Ne2 $5 Ng6 17. Ng3 b6 18.
Nh5 Rg8 19. a3 a5 20. Re1 Kb7 21. Nh2 Ne7 22. f4 $14 {Gorbatov,A (2360)
-Pranizin,G (2187)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2013/ This is a subsequent example, played
only after Chennai.}) 16... Ng6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Ne2 $6 Bxa2 19. b3 c4 20. Ndc1
cxb3 21. cxb3 Bb1 22. f4 Kb7 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. g4 Bc8 $15 {/-/+,Anand,V (2775)
-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/2013/}) 4... Bc5 {This active move is very
topical right now, as I already mentioned in the notes to Navara-Caruana (CBM
157).} ({The more restrained} 4... d6 {has also featured in the opponent's
previous encounters:} 5. O-O Be7 (5... Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Bg7 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Bb3 Be6 12. h3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Nh5 15. Rad1
h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Qc2 c5 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Qd3 exd4
22. Nxd4 Nc4 23. b3 Ne5 24. Qb1 h5 25. Bb2 h4 26. Nf1 d5 {Anand,V (2783)
-Carlsen,M (2868)/Stavanger blitz/2013/}) 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Re1 Re8 9.
Nf1 Bf8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 c5 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4 a6 16.
a5 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. exd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22.
bxc3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. Nc2 Rf1 25. Be3 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Be5 $11 {Carlsen,M 
(2826)-Anand,V (2800)/Bilbao /2010/ Carlsen later overpressed and lost - see
the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 139.}) 5. c3 ({In Game 7 Anand tried} 
5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {and ran into the rare, but clever} Bg4 $5 ({Usually good
enough for equality, there is also the more standard} 6... O-O 7. O-O Re8 (7...
Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg3
Nd7 15. h4 f6 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Kg2 Nc5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Rh1 Qd7 21.
Rh3 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Ne4 $16 {
[%csl Ge4,Rg7][%cal Gh1h8] Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S (2779)/Astana blitz/
2012/}) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 (9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5
cxb5 14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 {Anand,V (2780)
-Kramnik,V (2810)/Zuerich 2013/} 18. f3 $5 $13 {Gormally}) 9... Bf8 (9... a5
10. b3 Bf8 11. Kh1 b6 12. g3 Ba6 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 g6 15. Nh4 Bh6 16. Ng2
Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 Qg5 21. Rf3 Rad8 22. Qf1 $14
{Anand,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2813)/Stavanger blitz/2013/}) 10. Kh1 f6 11. b3 Nc5
12. Ng1 Ne6 13. Ne2 b6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qf3 Bxc4 18.
bxc4 Bd6 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qd6 21. Qf3 Re5 22. h3 Rae8 $11 {Anand,V (2783)
-Hammer,J (2608)/Stavanger blitz/2013/}) ({Carlsen himself had to face the
more risky} 6... Be6 {- something he was unwilling to repeat with Black:} 7. b3
$5 (7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5
Rxf5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. Qg4 Rf8 18. Ne4 Qf7 19. a4 h5 20.
Qe2 Be7 21. a5 Qg6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Kh1 Rf3 $132 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Aronian,L 
(2816)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) (7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Bd2 b6 10. Ng5 Qe7
11. O-O a5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. b3 O-O 17.
Kh1 Bb4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bd6 20. Qf2 Rae8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rae1 Re6 $11 {
Caruana,F (2782)-Navara,D (2705)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) 7... Ng4 8. O-O f6 9.
Qe2 Qd7 10. Nc4 g5 11. Rb1 b5 12. Ne3 h5 13. c3 Qh7 14. d4 Bb6 15. Nc2 O-O-O
16. a4 exd4 17. Nfxd4 (17. cxd4 $5 $36) 17... Bd7 18. b4 $6 (18. f3 Ne5 19. Kh1
$14) 18... Rhe8 19. Re1 a6 20. Ra1 Kb7 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Ra8
24. Rxa8 Rxa8 $132 {Carlsen,M (2837)-Bacrot,E (2713)/Biel/2012/}) 7. h3 Bh5 ({
Black is in no hurry to play} 7... Bxf3 $143 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nc4 O-O
11. O-O Rfe8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. b4 Bf8 16. Qg4 b6 17. g3 f6
18. Bc3 Bd6 19. Ne3 Kh8 20. Kg2 a6 21. Qf3 Ne7 22. h4 b5 23. Rfb1 Qd7 24. h5 h6
25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 $14 {Adams,M (2733)-Fressinet,L (2696)/Bundesliga/2012/})
8. Nf1 (8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Nh4 O-O-O $5 12. Nf5 Qf8 13. O-O
Bf7 14. b3 g6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. f4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Qd6 20.
Ne2 Rhf8 $132 {Sjugirov,S (2641)-Maletin,P (2598)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2013/ This
is another game, played only after the match.}) 8... Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 $5 ({
Only now, although also} 9... Bg6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nf8 $1 $13 {seems
playable.}) 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14. Kb1 b6 15.
h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 20. Rh7 Rh8 21. Rdh1
Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8 $11 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/
2013/}) ({White's move order avoids} 5. O-O Nd4 $5 (5... d6 6. c3 {- 6...d6})
6. Ba4 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. Qg3 d6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Bb3 Nh5 11. Qh4 Nf6 12. Nc3 h6
13. Bd2 a5 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. a4 Be6 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. Nf4 Re8 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rff1 Nd7 25. g4 d5
$11 {Carlsen,M (2823)-Anand,V (2817)/Moscow rpd/2011/ See the notes to this
game by Postny in CBM 144.}) (5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. c3 Bd7 9.
Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bc6 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. g3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. f3 Nfe6 21. h4 Bb5 22. a3
Rd7 (22... Bd3 $1) 23. b4 Nd3 $6 (23... Ba4 $1 24. bxc5 Bxc2 $11) 24. Reb1 Ba4
25. Bxa4 Rxa4 26. Kf1 $13 {[%csl Rd3] Carlsen,M (2848)-Anand,V (2775)/London /
2012/ See the notes to this game by Postny in CBM 152.}) 5... O-O 6. O-O (6.
Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. Bg5 Re8 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 e3 (16... Qd5 $142 $1 $13 {/=/+})
17. Nb3 Bb6 (17... Bd6 $5 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. Qxe3 Bxe5 20. Qxg5+ Kf8 21. Qh6+
Kg8 $11) 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Rd1 g4 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Nc6 (21. O-O Ne4 22. Nd4 $14)
21... Qf8 22. Nbd4 Qc5 (22... Bc8 $1 23. O-O Ba6 $13) 23. Ne5 $36 {Ivanchuk,V 
(2717)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Wijk aan Zee/2001/}) 6... Re8 {An interesting move;
given the chance, Black can later play d5 in one move.} ({Earlier Magnus
played the standard continuation} 6... d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 ({Perhaps better than
the more usual, but somewhat provocative} 7... a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 {, mentioned
shortly in the notes to Navara-Caruana, CBM 157.}) 8. Nc4 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10.
Ba4 Ng6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nhf4 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Nh4
f5 17. Nxf5 Qg5 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Qh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 Nxd3 21. Nf3 Rf6 22. Rad1
Nxb2 23. Rd2 Na4 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nxc3 27. Re1 h6 {1/2,Anand,
V (2817)-Carlsen,M (2823)/Moscow rpd/2011/} 28. e5 $44) (6... d5 7. Nbd2 $5 (7.
exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. a4 Bf5 13. Ne4 Be6
14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. b5 Nb8 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. c4 Nbd7 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nc5 20.
d4 exd4 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Nxd4 Re8 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. Rd1 Rc8 $132 {Sjugirov,S 
(2610)-Bacrot,E (2706)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 dxe4 9. d4
Bd6 10. Bg5 (10. Nxc6 $6 Qe8 11. Na5 $2 Qb5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Qd2 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2
Qxf1 15. Qf4 Bf3 16. gxf3 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 exf3 18. Qh2 Qe1+ {0-1,Neumann,
G-Anderssen,A/Berlin/1864/}) 10... Qe8 (10... h6 $13) (10... Ba6 11. Re1 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ng4 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Nd2 $142 $14) 14... Rfe8 15. Rd7
Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Na3 e3 18. fxe3 Rd2 $44 {Riemann,F-Anderssen,A/Breslau/
1877/}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Re1 Ba6 15. b3 Rae8 16. Re3
Bf4 17. Rh3 h6 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. Re1 Qg6 20. Qd1 Kh7 21. g3 {Gu,X (2369)-Zhao,X 
(2495)/Jiangsu Wuxi/2011/} Bg5 $13) 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qf6 10. Qe2
Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Ne7 14. f4 c6 15. Bc4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6
17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxe4 21. Rd8+ Nf8 22. Bd3
Re1+ 23. Kg2 a5 24. Ra8 Rd1 25. Bc4 $44 {/+/=,Radjabov,T (2735)-Carlsen,M 
(2733)/Morelia/Linares/2008/ See the notes to this game by Radjabov in CBM 123.
}) 7. Re1 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f4 Qb8 {[%cal Rf6e4,Rb8b2]} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Ne4 Qxb2 18. f5 Red8 19. Bc4 Be8 20. Qh5 {Carlsen,M (2826)-Howell,D (2633)/
London/2011/} Qb6+ {/\c5~~/=/+}) 7... a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2 d5 $1 {
illustrates what we said in the note to Black's 6th move:} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4
(11. Bb3 $142) 11... b4 12. Ng5 $6 h6 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Qf3 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 {Zhao Dindin-Kosteniuk,A/WChJ Szeged/1994/} Qf6 17. d4 g6 $36 {[%cal
Rc8f5]}) 9... d6 (9... d5 $2 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 $16) 10. Bg5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Formally this is a novelty. However, as we have seen in the notes
above, Carlsen himself has used the bishop sortie in very similar positions on
at least 3 occasions. He must have been familiar with the nuances, as the
diffrence between his games with Shirov and Ponomariov is only the insertion
of Re1 and Re8; Magnus finds a way to profit from this.} (10. a4 b4 (10... Bb7
11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Ba2 Qd7 17.
h3 Bb6 18. Nh2 d5 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Nf4 $6 (20... c5 $13 {[%cal Yc5c4]})
21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nf3 c6 23. d4 $1 $36 {[%cal Yf3e5] Bauer,C (2645)-Marciano,D
(2514)/SUI-chT/2011/}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. Nd2
Rb8 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Bxb3 bxc3 $6 (17... Rb7 $142 $132 {[%cal
Yb4c3,Ye8b8]}) 18. bxc3 Rf8 19. Bg5 Ne8 {Garbisu de Goni,U (2463)-Glavina
Rossi,P (2440)/Barcelona/2005/} 20. Red1 $36 {[%cal Yd3d4]}) 11. a5 (11. d4 $5
exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 $132) 11... bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. h3 Ba7 14. Nbd2 Ne7 15. Nf1
Ng6 16. Ng3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. d4 Be6 19. Bd2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nf6
(21... Rb8 $11) 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qc2 $14 {Pedersen,C (2443)
-Antonsen,M (2446)/Helsingor/2013/}) ({Anand has already played the typical} 
10. Nbd2 Bb6 (10... Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. axb3 d5 (12... h6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qd7 16. h3 a5 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. b4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Ne7 20. Kh2 Qc6
21. g3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Leko,P (2730)/Beijing/
2013/}) 13. Qc2 h6 (13... Qd7 14. Ng3 h6 15. h3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe6 17. Nh4 a5
18. Nhf5 Bf8 19. Nf1 Red8 20. Be3 Ne7 21. N5g3 Ng6 22. Red1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc6
$11 {Fedorchuk,S (2660)-Buhmann,R (2578)/FRA-chT Haguenau/2013/}) 14. Ng3 a5
15. h3 Qd7 16. Be3 Bf8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. g4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ne7 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. c4 b4 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Qc8 26. Nxe7+ Bxe7 27. Kh2
Ra6 $15 {Radjabov,T (2793)-Aronian,L (2809)/London Candidates/2013/ See the
notes to this game by Krisztian Szabo in CBM 154.}) 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13.
h3 h6 14. d4 (14. a4 Bd7 15. d4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 c5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19.
c4 Qc8 20. cxb5 c4 21. Rc1 Bxb5 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Qc2 Rc6 24. Ba4 Bxa4 25. Qxa4
Nf4 26. Re3 $11 {Zhigalko,A (2615)-Navara,D (2703)/ECC Rhodes/2013/}) 14... c5
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 Ba5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bb7 21.
Ra2 Bc7 22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Nd2 Kf8 27.
Bc5 Nd7 28. Ba3 g6 29. f3 Ke8 $11 {Anand,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2809)/Paris/St
Petersburg/2013/}) 10... Be6 (10... h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 Bd7 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd7] leads nowhere}) 11... Bb6 $5 (11... g5 {might be playable, but
this move is risky and would certainly follow Anand's preparation. Black has
to reckon not only with} 12. Bg3 ({, but also with the piece sacrifice} 12.
Nxg5 $5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 $44)) 12. Nbd2 (12. a4 $5) 12... Be6 13. Nf1 ({The idea
is to play} 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11) 13... Bxb3 (13... Nb8 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 (15... Rxf6 16. d4 $14) 16. a4 $14) 14. axb3 Qe7 15. Ne3 Qe6 {/\} 16. Bxf6
Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Qxf6 $11) 11. Nbd2 {White's immediate reaction is rather soft.} (
11. Bd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yf6f5,Ye7g6] is
unclear at the least - Black has a strong bishop and can show some potential
kingside ambitions of his own.}) ({Instead of the slow developing move Giri
points out the more ambitious and principled} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 (11... Rxe6 $143
12. d4 exd4 $8 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 12. b4 (12. d4 exd4 (
12... Bb6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 $14) 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Nc3 h6 15.
Be3 Na5 $14 {[%cal Ya5c4,Yc7c5] /~~}) (12. a4 $5 {/\} b4 13. d4 $14) 12... Bb6
13. a4 $14 {Here White has chances to get a pull.}) (11. d4 Bxb3 12. axb3 exd4
13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qd2 c5 $132) 11... h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13.
Bxf6 Rxf6 14. b4 Bb6 15. a4 Ne7 $11 {[%csl Gb6]}) 12... Bxb3 13. axb3 Nb8 $5 {
A Breyer-style manoeuvre to combat the annoying pin.} (13... Bb6 14. Nf1 g5 15.
Bg3 d5 16. exd5 $6 (16. Qe2 $142 $13) 16... Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. h3 (18. Qc2
Rad8 19. Rad1 Nh5 $11 {/=/+}) 18... Rad8 19. Rxa6 Qxd3 20. Qc1 Re6 (20... b4 $5
$36) 21. Kh2 Ne4 $6 (21... Nh5 $36) 22. Rxb6 cxb6 23. Rd1 Qe2 24. Re1 {1/2,
Spraggett,K (2631)-Fedorchuk,S (2603)/Metz/2007/}) (13... a5 $5 $13 {is also
possible, then Black can consider either g5, or unpinning as in the game.}) (
13... Qe7 {[%cal Ye7e6]} 14. Nf1 Bb6 $11 {transposes to the 10...h6 line.}) 14.
h3 {Just as on move 11, White plays it slowly - and doesn't achieve anything.}
({Gleizerov suggested} 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ra3 {, but after} Nc6 17.
Qe2 Ra7 18. Rea1 Rea8 $11 {[%cal Ya6a5] Black gradually prepares the
liberating a5.}) (14. d4 Bb6 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. b4 c6 $11 {[%cal Yd8c7,Ya6a5] is
a similar story.}) 14... Nbd7 15. Nh2 (15. b4 Bb6 16. Nb3 Nf8 $11 (16... c5 $5
$132)) 15... Qe7 16. Ndf1 {Abandons the b4 and Nb3 idea.} {Puts the bishop on
a less exposed square.} Bb6 ({Black doesn't need complications as} 16... a5 17.
d4 $5 exd4 (17... Bb6 18. Ng4 $14 {[%cal Rf1e3,Re3d5,Re3f5]}) 18. cxd4 Bb4 19.
Re3 Qe6 20. Rc1 $13) 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. b4 (18. Nf5 Kh7 {[%cal Yg7g6] is just a
loss of time.}) 18... a5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 32] Gets rid of his only weakness.
Purposeful strategic play by Black has solved his opening problems without any
concessions.} 19. bxa5 Bxa5 20. Nhg4 (20. Nf5 Bb6 21. Qd2 d5 $5 $11 {/\} 22.
Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Ne7+ (24. hxg4 d4 25. cxd4 exd4 $132 {[%cal Yc7c4] /
=/+}) 24... Kh7 25. exd5 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qxe7 27. Bxe7 (27. hxg4 f6 28. d4 Qd6
$11) 27... Nxf2 28. Kxf2 f6 29. d6 c5 $5 {[%csl Re7]}) 20... Bb6 21. Bxf6 $5 {
Anand realises he has nothing at all and decides to simplify the position - in
other words to bail out. The engine also praises his judgement, further
"attacking" attempts such as} (21. Qf3 $143 Nxg4 22. Nxg4 Ra4 $5 {might leave
the bishop misplaced} (22... Nf8 $15 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ye6b3,Ya8a2] Giri}))
21... Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ (22. Nf5 Rxa1 $5 23. Nxf6+ (23. Qxa1 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Qf6 $15
{[%csl Rf2,Rg4]}) 23... Qxf6 24. Qxa1 d5 $11) 22... Qxf6 23. Qg4 (23. Qe2 $142
$1 {[%cal Re3d5] is more accurate, White avoids the doubling of the pawns after
} Bxe3 (23... c6 24. g3 Qe6 25. Kg2 $11 {Formally Black has the better minor
piece, but in practice it's difficult to suggest, how he can make inroads.})
24. Qxe3 $11) 23... Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qe7 $1 (24... Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 $11 {more or
less forces a draw, but Magnus rightly feels he runs no real risk by playing
on.}) 25. Rf1 c5 $11 {/=/+ The position is almost equal, but the only one who
can try something is Black.} 26. Kh2 c4 (26... Qb7 $5) 27. d4 $1 Rxa1 ({
This doesn't win a pawn, so perhaps} 27... g6 28. d5 Kg7 {was slightly
preferable.}) 28. Rxa1 Qb7 (28... exd4 29. exd4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Ra8+ Kh7
32. Rb8 $11) 29. Rd1 ({A more prudent move is} 29. d5 $5 {and Black has no
obvious way to make progress.} g6 (29... b4 30. Ra4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qb3 32. Qd7
Rf8 33. Ra6 Qxc3 34. Qxd6 Qxe3 35. Qxe5 {and it's Black who has to tread with
care.}) (29... Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Qxa8 31. Qd7 Qb8 $8 $11) 30. Qh4 Kg7 31. Rf1 $11 {
Giri}) 29... Qc6 (29... exd4 30. Rxd4 Re6 31. Rd5 $132 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6]}) 30.
Qf5 (30. d5 $11 {was again an option}) 30... exd4 {Black has no other way to
proceed.} 31. Rxd4 Re5 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. Kh1 (33. Rd5 Qe7 34. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 35. Qf4
{/\} Qxf4+ 36. exf4 f5 37. exf5 d5 38. Kg3 d4 39. Kf3 $1 $11 {Gleizerov}) 33...
Qe7 34. Qg4 Kh7 35. Qf4 g6 36. Kh2 Kg7 37. Qf3 Re6 38. Qg3 $6 {Forcing matters,
but this is a concession, which improves Black's prospects. After} (38. Qf4 Rf6
39. Qg3 $11 {/=/+ he has a comfortable endgame, but still nothing tangible.})
38... Rxe4 39. Qxd6 Rxe3 (39... Qxd6+ 40. Rxd6 Rxe3 41. Rd5 b4 42. cxb4 Rb3 43.
b5 Rxb2 44. Rc5 Rb4 45. b6 Rxb6 46. Rxc4 {is a theoretical draw}) 40. Qxe7 Rxe7
41. Rd5 Rb7 42. Rd6 {[%mdl 4096] In the rook endgame White's active rook
almost compensates for the extra pawn. His drawing chances are higher than
Black's winning chances, but the fight is still on.} (42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ke6
44. Ke4 $44 {/\} f5+ 45. Kd4 Rd7 46. Rxd7 Kxd7 47. Kc5 Ke6 48. Kxb5 Kd5 49. Ka4
$1 {holds, but the last move is not easy to see in advance:} (49. Kb4 g5 50. b3
g4 $1 51. bxc4+ Kc6 $19) 49... g5 50. b4 cxb3 (50... g4 51. hxg4 fxg4 52. Ka5
Kc6 53. Ka6 Kc7 54. Ka7 Kc6 55. Ka6 $11) 51. Kxb3 f4 52. c4+ Kc5 53. Kc3 h5 54.
Kd3 $11) 42... f6 (42... h5 43. Kg3 f6 $15) 43. h4 Kf7 $6 {Magnus admitted he
missed White's idea.} (43... h5 $142 $1 44. Kg3 Re7 45. Rb6 Re5 46. Rb7+ (46.
Kf3 Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Rb7+ Ke6 {[%cal Ye6c6]} 49. Rg7 g5 $15) 46... Kh6 47.
Rb6 Rf5 48. Rd6 g5 49. hxg5+ Rxg5+ 50. Kf3 Rf5+ 51. Kg3 Kg5 $15) 44. h5 $1 gxh5
(44... g5 45. Kg3 Ke7 (45... Kg7 46. Kf3 f5 47. Rg6+ Kh7 48. Rf6 f4 49. g3 fxg3
50. Kxg3 Re7 51. Kf3 $1 (51. Rb6 $143 Re3+ 52. Kg4 Re4+ 53. Kf5 Rf4+ 54. Ke5
Rf7 $5) 51... Re1 52. Rb6 $11 {[%csl Rb5,Rh6]}) 46. Rc6 Rd7 47. Rb6 Rd3+ (47...
Rd5 48. Kf3 $132 {[%csl Rb5,Rf6]}) 48. Kh2 Rd5 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Kf3 $11) 45. Rd5
Kg6 46. Kg3 {With the split kingside pawns it should be a draw again.} Rb6 47.
Rc5 f5 48. Kh4 (48. Kf4 h4 49. Rxf5 $4 Rf6 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. Kg4 Ke5 52. Kxh4
Ke4 53. Kh5 Kd3 54. Kxh6 Kc2 55. g4 Kxb2 56. g5 b4 57. g6 bxc3 58. g7 c2 59.
g8=Q c1=Q+ $19) 48... Re6 (48... Kf6 $5 49. Kxh5 Re6 50. Rxb5 Re2 51. Rb4 Rxg2
52. Rxc4 Rxb2 53. Kh4 {is a TB draw without White's pawn. However, achieving a
rook endgame with extra f+h pawns is Black's dream and gives him more
practical chances, than the text move should have done...}) 49. Rxb5 Re4+ 50.
Kh3 Kg5 51. Rb8 (51. b3 {was suggested by Nakamura. White holds after} Re3+ 52.
Kh2 Rxc3 53. bxc4 Rxc4 54. Rb8 {, even achieving the aforementioned endgame
with f+h pawns is almost impossible.}) 51... h4 52. Rg8+ (52. b3 $5 $11 {
was still possible}) 52... Kh5 53. Rf8 Rf4 54. Rc8 Rg4 55. Rf8 Rg3+ 56. Kh2 Kg5
57. Rg8+ $6 {Complicates the issue.} ({Just sitting tight with} 57. Rc8 $1 Rg4
58. Rc7 (58. Kh3 h5 59. Rc7 Rg3+ 60. Kh2 f4 61. Rxc4 Kg4 62. Rc8 h3 $15 {/\}
63. Rg8+ $4 Kh4 64. Rxg3 fxg3+ 65. Kg1 hxg2 66. b4 Kg4 67. b5 Kf3 68. b6 h4 69.
b7 h3 70. b8=Q h2#) (58. Rg8+ Kf4 59. Re8 $5 $11 {also seems good enough} (59.
Rh8 $2 Ke3 60. Rxh6 Kf2 61. Kh3 Rg3+ 62. Kxh4 f4 $17)) {holds the balance:}
58... h5 59. Rc8 Re4 60. Rg8+ Kf4 61. Rh8 Re2 62. Rxh5 Ke4 63. Rh8 $5 Rxb2 64.
Rd8 $11) 57... Kf4 $1 58. Rc8 (58. Rh8 h3 $1 59. gxh3 Rg6 $36) 58... Ke3 59.
Rxc4 f4 60. Ra4 $2 {Loses a tempo and the game, as White's queenside pawns
enable Black's king to hide from side checks.} ({Engines and numerous previous
annotators pointed out the right way:} 60. b4 $1 {[]} h3 61. gxh3 Rg6 62. Rc8
f3 63. Re8+ Kf2 (63... Kd3 64. Rf8 (64. b5 $5 $11) 64... Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Ke3 66.
b5 Rb2 (66... Rg6 67. Re8+ Kf2 68. c4 $11)) 64. b5 Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Rg1+ 66. Kh2
Rb1 (66... Re1 67. Rxe1 Kxe1 68. b6 $11) 67. c4 Rb2 68. Kh1 {/\} Kg3 69. Rg8+
Kxh3 70. Kg1 $11) (60. Rc7 $2 Kf2 $19) 60... h3 $1 61. gxh3 Rg6 $19 62. c4 (62.
Ra8 f3 63. Re8+ Kf2 64. b4 Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Rg1+ 66. Kh2 Re1 {and Black has a
crucial extra tempo in comparison with the above note:} 67. Ra8 Ke3 68. Re8+
Kd2 69. Rf8 Ke2 70. Re8+ Kf1 71. Rf8 f2 72. Kg3 Re3+ 73. Kh2 Ke1 74. Kg2 Re2
$19) 62... f3 63. Ra3+ Ke2 {No side checks, the game is decided.} 64. b4 f2 65.
Ra2+ Kf3 66. Ra3+ Kf4 67. Ra8 (67. Ra1 Re6 $19 {[%cal Re6e1] and again no side
checks!}) 67... Rg1 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{We have just reached the half-way point of the match. Carlsen was leading by
4-2.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Carlsen repeats his main weapon, the
Berlin Defence, which he employed successfully in the 4th and 6th games of the
match.} 4. d3 {Anand avoids the 4.0-0 Nxe4 "endgame line", like in the 6th
game.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 {Anand's favourite move.} (5. c3 {and}) (5. O-O {are other
lines.}) 5... dxc6 6. Nbd2 {The position has some similarities to the RL
Delayed Exchange Variation with 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3.} Bg4 $5 {
A rare, but interesting move.} ({The most recent games continued with} 6... Be6
{followed by Nd7.}) ({Anand had two successful games with} 6... O-O 7. O-O Re8
8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Kh1 (9. a4 a5 10. b3 Bf8 11. Kh1 {A possible plan is Ng1-e2 and
f2-f4.} b6 12. g3 {/\ Nh4} Ba6 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 g6 15. Nh4 Bh6 16. Ng2 {
/\ f4} Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 $36 {with some
initiative, later White managed to win, Anand-Aronian, Stavanger blitz 2013.})
9... a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 (11. b3 $5) 11... Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14.
c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4 20. Rc6
Ne2 21. Qd5 Qb8 $4 {Until this point the game was balanced, but here suddenly
Kramnik blundered, allowing White's strong reply.} ({The correct choice would
have been} 21... Qxd5 22. exd5 Rec8 {Black is under pressure, but with tough
defence it should be an equal endgame.}) 22. Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 23. Qxd3 {and after
a few moves Black resigned, Anand-Kramnik, Zuerich 2013.}) 7. h3 Bh5 {Of
course Carlsen saves his bishop pair.} (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10.
Nc4 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. b4 Bf8 16. Qg4 b6
17. g3 f6 18. Bc3 $14 {with a comfortable position for White, Adams-Fressinet,
Germany 2012.}) 8. Nf1 {White employs the typical Ruy Lopez regrouping of the
knight to g3 before castling, especially since the bishop is on h5.} ({In case
of} 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxe5 $2 {is not working because of} Qd4 $1) 8... Nd7 {Black
is also following his typical plan. He prepares for f6, Bf7 and sometimes
Nf8-e6.} 9. Ng3 Bxf3 {An interesting decision to give up the B now.} (9... Bg6
$5 {was an interesting alternative. Black plans f6 then transfers his B to f7.
For example} 10. O-O O-O {and Black has a comfortable position.} ({Still} 10...
f6 {is too early, as} 11. Nh4 Bf7 12. Nhf5 O-O 13. Qg4 $36 {and White has some
initiative.})) 10. Qxf3 g6 $1 {A very important positional move. In normal
cases when the white N is on g3 the ...g6 move is very good, as the N can't
move to f5 or h5. If Black had castled, g6 isn't so good, because White has an
attack with Bh6 and h4-h5, but now Carlsen wants to castle to the queenside.}
11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O {Finally both sides have finished their
development. White has a slight advantage thanks to his slightly better pawn
structure, but this can hardly be exploited. A slow, positional manoeuvring
fight begins, where both players try to improve their pieces. The game is
balanced.} 13. Ne2 {The N is not so useful on g3, while from e2 it can be
support a d4 or an f4.} Rhe8 14. Kb1 {Another useful move. Sometimes Black's
idea is Qe6 followed by f5 and without Kb1 the a2 P is unprotected.} b6 {
Carlsen also makes a useful move, he prepares for Kb7.} 15. h4 Kb7 ({I think} 
15... h5 $5 {was easier, but Carlsen doesn't worry about White's threats on
the h-file.}) 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 ({In case of} 17. fxe3 $5 {Black can
regroup to the kingside with} Rg8 $5 18. g4 (18. Rdf1 {could have been met by}
f5 (18... Rdf8 $5) 19. hxg6 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxg2 {and Black hasn't got
any problem.}) 19... fxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxg6 {with an equal position.}) 18... gxh5
$1 {This is the point of the Rg8!} (18... Rdf8 19. Rdf1 Nc5 20. Qf6 $14 {
maybe a little bit unpleasant for Black.}) 19. gxh5 (19. Rxh5 Nf6 $11) 19...
Rg5 20. Ng3 Rdg8 21. Nf5 Qf6 {White has a strong N on f5, but Black controls
the g-file with his rooks, so the position is balanced.}) 17... Nc5 {The N is
ready to go to e6, or sometimes even Na4 and Qb4 could be a threat.} 18. hxg6
hxg6 19. g3 ({If} 19. Rh7 {Black uses the same motif as in the game with} Rh8
20. Rdh1 Rxh7 21. Rxh7 Qf6 $11 {followed by Rh8 with a completely drawish
endgame.}) 19... a5 (19... Rh8 $11) ({or} 19... Qf6 $11 {was also fine, with
an equal position.}) 20. Rh7 (20. f4 {could have been met by} f5 $1 21. exf5
gxf5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 {with a fully drawish ending.}) 20... Rh8 21.
Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 $1 {Black prepares to exchange the rooks with Rh8.} 23.
f4 Rh8 $1 {The most precise move.} ({The natural} 23... exf4 $6 {was dubious,
as} 24. Qxf4 $1 Qxf4 25. gxf4 {and suddenly the endgame is better for White.
His rook is very active and his pawn structure is also better.} Rd7 26. Kc1 $14
{Followed by Ng3, Kd2-e3 then f5 later on. But of course Carlsen doesn't allow
such chances.}) 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf3 ({The fork with} 26. d4 $2
{does not work in view of} Qxe4 $17) 26... f5 $1 {After this the draw is
inevitable.} 27. exf5 gxf5 28. c3 Ne6 29. Kc2 Ng5 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Ng5 32.
Qf2 Ne6 {A tidy draw, Carlsen preserved his 2 point lead!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {This is the first time 1.e4 was played by Carlsen during the match. He
had already tried 1.Nf3 and 1.c4.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Another Berlin
Defence! This is the 4th time in the match already, but it is the first time
from Anand with Black.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {A very solid decision by Carlsen.
He has 2 points advantage, the draw is good for him, so it was a logical
opening choice.} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 ({Recently
Carlsen himself played the another line with} 9... Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 (10... d6 11.
Re1 Bg5 {White has some space advantage due to his d5 P, but that's all.
Exchanging the dark-squared B is favourable for Black.} 12. Nc3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1
Nf6 14. Qd4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Red1 a5 19. f3 Kg7
20. Kf2 a4 21. Rd4 Ra5 22. Rcd1 Rc5 23. R1d2 Ra8 {the computer considers the
position to be slighty better for White, but in the game Black could hold his
position, Leko-Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2013.}) 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bd3
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf6 15. Na4 Re8 16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qd7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. c4
Re8 $11 {with an equal endgame, Karjakin-Carlsen, Moscow 2013.}) 10. Re1 Re8 (
10... Nf5 {is another main move.}) 11. c3 {This move shows that Carlsen is
happy with the draw.} (11. Bf4 {was the only critical move} Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 (
{The greedy} 12... Bxd4 $5 {could have been met by} 13. c3 (13. Bxd6 $5 cxd6
14. Nc3 $44 {was also interesting.}) 13... Bf6 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qe4 $1 d5 $1 {
Otherwise Qd5.} 16. Qxd5 d6 17. Na3 Rb8 {and Black's two bishops give some
counterplay for his weaknesses.}) 13. Nc3 $1 {Otherwise Black can play d5 and
equalise more easily.} Bxd4 ({Now} 13... d5 $2 {is not working, as} 14. Nxd5 $1
$16) 14. Nd5 c6 (14... d6) 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16. Nxc8 Qf6 $1 17. Qb4+ c5 18. Qd2
Rxc8 19. c3 (19. Re1 g5 $1 20. Bxg5 Bxf2+ $1 21. Qxf2 Qxg5 22. Bb5 Nd6 23. Bxd7
Rd8 $11 {Guseinov-Sargissian, Warsaw 2013}) 19... Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxd7
Qc7 (21... Rc7 $11) 22. Rd1 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 $11 {with a
completely drawish endgame, Kasimdzhanov-Leko, London 2012.}) 11... Rxe1 12.
Qxe1 Ne8 $1 {A typical idea. Black wants to equalise with d5.} 13. Bf4 d5 14.
Bd3 {Of course... White doesn't want to allow Bf5.} ({For example} 14. Nd2 {
could have been met by} Bf5 $1 $11) 14... g6 {Anand prepares for Ng7 then Bf5.}
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 {White improves his pieces and he has a positional trick
too.} c6 $1 {A great deep move!} ({The immediate} 16... Bf5 {could have been
met by} 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qb5 $1 $14 {and White created some unpleasant
threats on the queenside.}) 17. Re1 $146 {Basically this is the first novelty
in the game, but in this positional line it does not determine the result.} ({
Before} 17. Be5 {was tried} Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Nb3
Qxe5 22. Rxe5 f6 23. Re2 Kf7 $11 {with a symmetrical drawish endgame,
Rozentalis-Bruzon, Montreal 2013.}) 17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 $1 {
Another good positional move. Anand prepares for Ne6 or sometimes in the Qd7
then Re8 plan is also useful.} 20. Be5 {Carlsen doesn't mind the exchange of
pieces.} Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 {Carlsen creates some threats
on the dark squares. Now Anand needs to play some exact moves.} Qd8 $1 ({
In the event of} 23... Qg7 {White has a nice initiative after} 24. Qf3 $1) 24.
Qe5 ({Now} 24. Qf3 {White can answer with} Ng5 $1 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
$11 {and Black is OK.}) 24... Ng7 25. Qxe8+ $1 {The only move, but it wasn't
so difficult for Carlsen. Now all the pieces will be exchanged.} ({Of course} 
25. Nf6+ $4 Qxf6 $1 $19) (25. Nh6+ $4 Kf8 $19) 25... Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ $1 Qxe8 27.
Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 b5 31. b4 Kf7 32. h3 h6 33. h4 h5 {
A high level positional game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 $1 {"I should have played 1.d4 from the start. That was one of my
greatest mistakes in my preparation", Viswanathan Anand after the match. "Ich
hätte von Anfang an 1.d4 spielen müssen. Dies war einer meiner größten Fehler
bei der Vorbereitung", Viswanathan Anand nach dem Wettkampf.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 ({In the match
Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008 Im Wettkampf Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008, kam} 7... Nxd5
{was played. aufs Brett.}) 8. e3 c4 $5 {In any case the choice of opening by
Carlsen should have ben no surprise, since his previous trainer and confidant
GM Simen Agdestein had already played this at the start of the year and even
revealed after the game, "that the Norwegian national team had recently been
lookng into this variation", Ian Rogers.  Allerdings sollte die Eröffnungswahl
von Carlsen keine Überraschung sein, da sein früherer Trainer und Vertrauter
GM Simen Agdestein bereits Anfang des Jahres so gespielt hat und nach der
Partie sogar verriet, "dass die norwegische Nationalmannschaft sich kürzlich
gerade mit dieser Variante beschäftigte", Ian Rogers.} 9. Ne2 (9. g4 Nc6 10.
Ne2 {leads to the game by transposition. führt durch Zugumstellung zur Partie})
({For Bezüglich} 9. g3 Nc6 10. Nh3 {see Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013 siehe
Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013}) ({Once can hardly recommend Kaum zu empfehlen ist
} 9. e4 $6 dxe4 10. Bxc4 (10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qc1 (11. Qd2 $5 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Ne2 b5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. O-O Bd5 $15) 11... Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Ne2 Re8 (13... b5 $5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7) 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bb3 $6 (15. Bb5
a6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 b6 17. Kf2 Ba6 $17 {Grover-Zhou
Weigi, Dubai 2012}) 10... O-O 11. fxe4 (11. Ne2 exf3 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. O-O Nbd7
14. Bb3 Rc8 15. c4 Re8 16. Rf2 Nh5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ne4 Ndf6 19. Nc3 h6 $15 {
Jambrich-Nemchenko, email 2010}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6
15. Bd3 Be6 (15... Qxc3 16. Qb1) 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Qc4 20. Qh3 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Nd5 22. Bd2 g6 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Bh6 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Re4
$15 {Gerola-Kunzelmann, corr 2012}) 9... Nc6 (9... O-O 10. g4 (10. Qc2 $6 Nc6
11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qa5 13. e5 Re8 $17) 10... Nc6 {is a transposition of
moves. ist Zugumstellung.}) 10. g4 ({Abzuraten ist von} 10. Ng3 {cannot be
advised:} h5 $5 {(Michail Krasenkow, chesspro.ru). (Michail Krasenkow,
chesspro.ru).} 11. h4 ({Compare: Man sehe:} 11. Qc2 h4 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Kf2 g6 (
13... b5 $5 $17) 14. g4 hxg3+ 15. Nxg3 Be6 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bg2 Nb3
19. Rae1 O-O-O $17 {Joergensen-Sadowski, email 2006}) (11. e4 h4 12. exd5 hxg3
13. dxc6 Rxh2 14. Rg1 Kf8 $17) 11... Qc7 $5 (11... Na5 12. e4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qa5
$15 {Marusenko-Pavlov, Kiev 2010}) 12. Kf2 Na5 13. Qe1 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nd5 $15) 13... Nb3 $15) 10... O-O (10... Na5 $5 {is perhaps somewhat more
flexible (Krasenkow), see Kortschnoj-O'Kelly and Aghasuryan-Mekumyan. ist
vielleicht etwas flexibler (Krasenkow), siehe Kortschnoj-O'Kelly und
Aghasuryan-Mekumyan.}) (10... h6 {leads to Kasparov-Polgar. führt zu
Kasparov-Polgar.}) 11. Bg2 Na5 ({Zeitverlust wäre} 11... Qe7 $6 {would be a
waste of time:} 12. Nf4 (12. O-O $5) 12... b5 (12... Na5 13. O-O Nb3 14. Ra2)
13. O-O h6 14. h4 (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bxg4 16. Qe1 $14) 14... Rd8 $6 (
14... Qd8 $5 15. e4 Ne7 {would be more solid wäre solider}) 15. g5 hxg5 16.
hxg5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. f4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Re2
Qd7 23. Re5 $16 {Nikitin-Belinkov, Moskau 1966}) 12. O-O Nb3 {Anand must have
been satisfied with his choice of opening; he obtained exactly the sort of
position he needed since he was trailing in the match - complicated and sharp.
Mit seiner Eröffnungswahl dürfte Anand zufrieden gewesen sein, er bekam genau
den Typ Stellung, den er bei seinem Rückstand im Wettkampf gebraucht hatte -
kompliziert und scharf.} 13. Ra2 {In contrast to the Botvinnik Variation White
does not need a rook on e2 in order to get in e3-e4. Im Unterschied zur
Botwinnik-Variante braucht Weiß keinen Turm auf e2 um e3-e4 durchzusetzen.} ({
The move Der Zug} 13. Rb1 $5 {has been less explored, but in view of the
counterplay for Black on the b-file it looks to make more sense and would
perhaps have been less pleasant for Carlsen to face. ist weniger untersucht,
erscheint in Anbetracht des schwarzen Gegenspiels auf der b-Linie sinnvoller
und wäre für Carlsen vielleicht unangenehmer gewesen.}) 13... b5 (13... h6 {
see Kasparov-Polgar siehe Kasparov-Polgar}) (13... Qa5 14. g5 Nd7 (14... Nh5 {
(Krasenkow)} 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Qh4 g6 17. e4 Rae8 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bc6 20.
h4 $14) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qe1 $5 (16. h3 Na4 $5 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3
Nc8 19. Re2 Ne7 {Bernasek-Hera, Österreischische Liga 2012/13} 20. f4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfe1 $11) 17. Qe1 f6 18. gxf6 Nxc1 19.
Qxc1 Rxf6 $15) 16... f6 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3) (16... Na4 17. Rc2
Bd7 18. Ng3) 17. gxf6 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rxf6 19. Ng3 Na4 20. Rc2 Be6 21. e5 Rf7 22.
f4 Raf8 23. Qe3 $14) 14. Ng3 (14. a4 {hardly fits in here ist kaum am Platze}
bxa4 15. Ng3 (15. Rxa4 a5 16. g5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ra2 Nxc1 20.
Qxc1 a4 21. e5 Rb8 22. f4 Rb3 $15 {(Pavel Maletin, ruchess)}) (15. Nf4 Bb7 16.
Rxa4 Re8 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 a5 $15) 15... Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qa5 17. e4 Rb8 18. g5
Ne8 $15) ({Etwas sinnvoller erscheint} 14. g5 {seems to make more sense:} Nd7 (
14... Nh5 15. e4 f6 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Be3 a5 18. Nc1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rb8 20. Rb2
Qe7 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. e5 Bf5 23. Kh1 Bd3 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Bg5 $11 {Fessler-Vozda,
corr 2012}) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bf4 (16. e5 $2 Bf5 $17 {Gardner-Shabalov, Calgary
2012}) 16... a5 (16... f6 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe1 $11) 17. Qe1 Ra7 18. Qg3 $11)
14... a5 15. g5 ({Kaum besser wäre} 15. e4 {would hardly be any better, see
Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk 2013. siehe Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk
2013.}) 15... Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 ({After Nach} 16... Nc7 {then ist} 17. Be3 Rb8
18. Qe1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bb7 22. Qg3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8
24. Rd1 Bc6 $11 {is possible (Maletin). möglich (Maletin).}) 17. Qxc1 Ra6 (
17... Rb8 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rb1 $11) 18. e5 Nc7 $6 {Carlsen is too
optimistic. He wants to maintain the tension and over-estimates his position.
Carlsen ist zu optimistisch. Er will die Spannung aufrechterhalten und
überschätzt seine Stellung.} ({Two alternatives appear more prudent:
Vorsichtiger erscheinen zwei weitere Alternativen:} 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Rxa6 Bxa6 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. Qc3 Nc7 23. f4 Nb5 (23... Rb8 24. Ra1) 24. Qe3 Qxd4
25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd5 c3 {(Krasenkow)} 27. Rc1 c2 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Kf2 g6 30.
Ke3 Rc4 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. Kxd4 Rxd3+ 33. Kc5 Rc3+ $11) (18... g6 19. f4 Ng7 20.
Rb2 Rb6 21. Qb1 {(Krasenkow)} Qd7 $1 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 (23. Rxf5 gxf5 24.
Nh5 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Qc2 b4 28. Bxd5 Kh8 29. Ra2
b3 30. Rxa3 bxc2 31. Ra1 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Rxc2 Kg8 35. Ra2 $16
) 23... gxf5 24. h4 h6 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Bxf5 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Rg2 Qxc3 28.
Bxc8 Qxd4+ 29. Rff2 Qxe5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Qc1 Re8 32. g6 $11) 19. f4 $2 ({
The critical moment! Black had more difficulties after Der kritischer Moment!
Mehr Schwierigkeiten hatte Schwarz nach} 19. Rb2 $5 Qe7 20. Rb1 {(Krasenkow) ,
so as to finally bring this rook to b1: , um diesen Turm endlich auf b1 zu
bringen:} Rb6 21. f4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 (23... g6 24. Qe3 $5 Bd7
25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxb4 28. Rbf1 $14 {(Maletin)}) 24. Qa3 Na6
25. Bxd5 $5 (25. Rb2 Qb7 26. Rfb1 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qd7 28. Qb6 $14 {(Maletin)})
25... Qd8 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 Qxd5 28. Qc5 $14) 19... b4 20. axb4 ({For
equality Zum Ausgleich reichte} 20. a4 {was sufficient, to deprive Black of
the b5-square for his knight: um Schwarz das Feld b5 für den Springer
wegzunehmen:} b3 (20... Rb6 21. f5 bxc3 22. Raf2 Na6 (22... Rb3 23. e6 fxe6 24.
f6 Rb2 25. Rf3 {(Maletin)} e5 26. Rxc3 exd4 27. Qxb2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Ne6 29. Nf5
gxf6 30. Bxd5 Kh8 31. gxf6 Qxd5 32. f7+ Nd4 33. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Kg7 35.
Nf5+ Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf7 37. Rxa5 Rc7 38. Kf2 c3 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Rg1 $11) 23.
f6 Nb4 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 {(Maletin)} Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28.
Rf6 Nd3 29. Qxc3 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 31. Qxa5 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 33. Ng3 Bxf1
34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+ $11) 21. Raf2 Bd7 22. f5 Bxa4 23. f6 Bd7 $1 (23... g6 $2
24. Qf4 Re8 (24... Ne6 $2 25. Qh4 Kh8 26. Bh3) 25. Qh4 Ree6 26. Nf5 gxf5 (26...
Qf8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 h5 29. Bh3 Be8 30. Bg4 $18) 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Qg8
29. Rf3 Ne8 30. Rh3 Nxf6 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Qxh7+ Qxh7 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. gxf6
$18 {(Maletin)}) 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 (26. Nf6 Ne8 27. Nxd5 Be6
28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Rg8 $11 {(Maletin)}) 26... Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Qg8
{(Maletin)} 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nf4 (30. Qh6+ Qh7 31. Qf8+ Qg8 32. Qh6+ Qh7 $11)
30... Bf7 31. Nxd5 Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qf8 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kh8 35. Nf6 Kg7 $11)
({A more energetic move seems to be Energischer erscheint} 20. f5 $5 {(Boris
Gelfand, chesspro)} bxc3 $5 (20... b3 21. Raf2 $40) (20... Nb5 21. axb4 axb4
22. Rxa6 Bxa6 23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 $1 (24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. cxb4 Nd6 $11 {
(Krasenkow)}) 24... Qb6 25. Qh4 h5 26. Nxh5 bxc3 27. Kh1 $1 Nxd4 28. Ng3 Ne6
29. Nf5 $1 gxf5 30. Qh5 $1 Qb7 31. Bh3 d4+ 32. Bg2 $18) 21. f6 g6 22. Qxc3 (22.
Qf4 Ne6 23. Qh4 Qb6 24. Ne2 Qb3 25. Nc1 Qb6 26. Ne2 $11) 22... Rb6 23. Qxa5 Rb3
$11 {(Maletin)}) ({And Auch} 20. Raf2 $5 {is also interesting, so as to
mobilise all his resources: ist interessant, um alle Resourcen zu mobilisieren:
} Nb5 (20... bxc3 21. Qxc3 a4 22. Qe3 Rb6 23. f5 Rb3 24. Qf4 Rd3 (24... c3 25.
f6 Ne6 26. Qh4 Ba6 27. Bh3 $16) 25. Nh5 Nb5 26. e6 Rxd4 27. Qe5 Qxg5 28. Nf4
$16) (20... b3 21. f5 Kh8 22. Nh5 Rb6 23. Qe3 $16) 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 Nxd4
23. f5 Bb7 (23... Nb3 24. Qd1 Bb7 25. Qh5) 24. Nh5 {(Maletin)} Qb6 25. Qe3 Qa7
26. e6 fxe6 27. Qe5 Bc8 28. b5 Nxb5 29. f6 Ra2 (29... Qd4 30. fxg7 Rf5 31. Qb8
Qc5 32. Kh1 $18) 30. Bxd5 Qb6 31. Bxc4 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Nd4 $11) 20... axb4 21.
Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 (22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. f5 g6 24. Qd2 Nc6 $11) 22... b3 (22... bxc3
23. Qxc3 g6 24. Qe3 (24. f6 Nc7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Ne2 $11 {(Maletin)}
) 24... Nc7 25. h4 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Ne6 28. Rf6 Qa5 29. Kh2 $11) 23.
Qf4 (23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 Kh8 $5 25. Qh4 b2 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28. Bf1 Qd1
$1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Bf5 32. Qxf7 Nc7 $15) (23. Nh5 Nc7 24.
Qe3 Kh8 25. h4 $11) (23. h4 $5 {(Alexej Dreev, chessnews.ru)} Nc7 24. h5 Ne8 (
24... Nb5 $6 25. f6 Be6 26. g6 hxg6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qg5 Nxc3 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30.
Nh5 $18) 25. Qf4 (25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Kh8 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Nf4 Nc7 $15) 25...
Qa5 26. h6 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nh5 Bf5 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 f6
32. e6 Qa2 33. Rf2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe1 35. Nxf6 Bxe6 $11 {(Maletin)}) 23... Nc7 (
23... Kh8 $6 24. Nh5 Nc7 25. e6 Ne8 (25... fxe6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. f6+ Kg8 28.
f7+) 26. exf7 Rxf7 27. f6 g6 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Ng7 Kg8 30. h4 $14) 24. f6 $5 (24.
Qh4 Kh8 25. Nh5 Nb5 (25... b2 26. f6 g6 27. Ng7 Nb5 {(Mikhail Golubev, chess
today)} 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Qxb2 Ne4 30. h4 Kg8 31. Qb4 Qc7 $11) 26. e6 fxe6 27.
f6 gxf6 28. Nxf6 Qe7 29. Rf2 Rf7 30. g6 Rg7 31. Nh5 Kg8 $11) 24... g6 (24...
gxf6 25. Qh4 f5 (25... Kh8 26. Rxf6 Ne6 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rh6 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qf3
30. Rf6 Qg4 31. Qh6 Kg8 32. Rb6 Be6 33. Kf2 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Ke3 Kg7 36.
Rb5 $11) 26. Nh5 Ne8 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Rf3 Ng7 29. Rh3 Re8 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31.
Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 b2 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7 $11)
25. Qh4 Ne8 {Magnus Carlsen has defended more or less accurately and is hoping
for the best.  Magnus Carlsen hat sich mehr oder weniger akkurat verteidigt,
und hofft auf das Beste.} 26. Qh6 (26. Ne2 Be6 27. Nf4 Qa5 28. Nxe6 ({Maletin
gives Maletin gibt} 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 b2 30. e6 (30. Ne6 Qa1 31. Nxf8 Kxf8
32. e6 Nd6 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. exf7+ Nxf7 35. Qh3 Kd8 36. Qg2 b1=Q 37. Qxd5+ $11)
(30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. e6 Qa1 32. e7 Nxf6 33. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. gxf6 Kg8 $11) 30...
Nd6 (30... Qa1 31. e7 b1=Q 32. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 33. Nxd5) 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Qh6 Nf5
33. Rxf5 b1=Q+ 34. Rf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 $11 {with equality in each case. jeweils
mit Ausgleich an}) 28... fxe6 29. Bh3 Nc7 (29... Qa6 30. Qf2 Rf7 31. Qb2 Ra7
32. Bg4 Kf8 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. Qh4 b2 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qh3 Kf8 $11) 30. f7+ Rxf7
31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6 36. Qf7+
Kd8 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qe7+ Kb8 39. Qxe6 $11) 26... b2 27. Rf4 $5 (27. Ne2 Be6
28. Nf4 Qa5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Bh3 Qa6 31. Bg4 Rf7 32. Qh3 Nc7 33. Qg2 Qa2 34.
Qc2 Rf8 35. f7+ Kg7 36. Qf2 $11) 27... b1=Q+ 28. Nf1 $4 ({Anand overlooks
Black's reply. Anand übersieht die schwarze Antwort. Zum Ausgleich reichte} 28.
Bf1 {was enough for equality:} Qd1 $1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Bf5
32. g6 $1 (32. Bh3 Bg6 33. e6 Nxf6 34. gxf6 Qxf6 $15) 32... Bxg6 33. Rg5 Nxf6 (
33... Qa5 34. Rg3 Qa3 35. h4) 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Rxd5 Qf3 36. Rc5 Qxc3 37. Rxc4
$11 {(Krasenkow)}) 28... Qe1 $1 ({But not Aber nicht} 28... Qd1 $4 29. Rh4 Qh5
30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Bxd5 $18) 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Since Carlsen had won the previous game too, he had 3 points advantage and
actually this was the last game of their match.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {
A logical decision by Carlsen. He avoids the sharp lines after 3.d4. Apart
from this, Carlsen usually employs this move.} Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 ({A few months ago they had a game against each other with
} 7... e5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 h6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 Be7
14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfc8 17. b3 {and White had a stable position,
Carlsen-Anand, Stavanger 2013.}) 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O {The most
natural move.} (10. Rd1 Bc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Rac8
15. Nd4 Be8 16. b3 Qc5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. h3 Nd7 20. Be3 Qa5 $11 {
and Black has a completely fine position, Fressinet-Ponomariov, Elancourt 2013.
}) 10... Bc6 ({The immediate} 10... O-O {could have been met by} 11. e5 dxe5
12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Rad1 {White has gained some space, but thanks to his stable
position, Black can hold the game.}) 11. Qd3 {White prepares for Nd4.} (11.
Rad1 {transposes to 10.Rd1.}) 11... O-O 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. b3 $146 {Carlsen would
like to stabilise his position.} (13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Bg5 b6 16. Nxc6
Rxc6 17. Ne2 Qa8 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Be3 Nd7 20. b3 Qb7 $11 {Schoeneberg-Danailov,
Leipzig 1986}) 13... Qc7 14. Nxc6 ({The natural} 14. Rfd1 {was also possible.}
Rfd8 15. Nxc6 (15. Rac1 Be8 {and Black can keep his B.}) 15... Qxc6 16. Rac1 {
similar to the game.}) 14... Qxc6 15. Rac1 h6 (15... Rfd8 16. Rfd1 {and White
is solid.}) 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. h3 (18. Rfd1 Qc7 {is also similar.})
18... Qc7 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 {White is threatening with Nd5!} ({In the event
of} 20. Qg3 {Black can reply with} Qg5 ({or} 20... Bf8 {.})) 20... Kf8 (20...
Bg5 {was easier, but I think Anand didn't want to exchange the bishops so
quickly.} 21. Be3 (21. f4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Ne5 $11 {
with a balanced middlegame.}) 21. Qb2 Kg8 22. a4 (22. Qd2 {was a repetition of
moves.}) 22... Qh5 23. Ne2 Bf6 {After the B exchange suddenly the d6 P will be
very weak.} ({Probably} 23... Qg6 $1 {was more exact, as} 24. f3 b6 {followed
by Nc5 and the e7 B is able to hold the d6 P.}) 24. Rc3 $1 {The R is very
useful on the 3rd rank.} Bxd4 25. Rxd4 {Now White has a comfortable position,
because the d6 P can be attacked by tripling on the d-file.} Qe5 26. Qd2 Nf6 (
26... Nc5 {was also possible} 27. Re3 Qf6 28. a5 {and still Black needs to
play some exact moves.}) 27. Re3 Rd7 28. a5 Qg5 $2 {A mistake, which allows
White's strong reply!} (28... Rcd8 {was important to protect the d7 R.}) 29. e5
$1 Ne8 30. exd6 $2 {White returns the error, but I think Carlsen was only
thinking about the draw and becoming the new World Champion.} ({Nevertheless} 
30. Nc3 $1 {was the strongest answer. White keeps the tension and the N is
ready to go to e4 or a4 too.} Rc6 31. f4 Qe7 32. Red3 $16 {and Black is in a
big trouble.}) 30... Rc6 {Now Black immediately gains back the d6 P.} 31. f4
Qd8 32. Red3 Rcxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Kf2 {I think
Carlsen wanted this endgame, which is an easy draw for him without any problem.
} Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Kc5 Kc7 40. Nc3 Nf5 41. Ne4 Ne3 42. g3 f5 43.
Nd6 g5 44. Ne8+ Kd7 45. Nf6+ Ke7 46. Ng8+ (46. Nh5 {was also possible, but
White didn't want to risk} Kf7 47. Kb6 Kg6 48. Kxb7 Kxh5 49. Kxa6 gxf4 50. gxf4
e5 51. Kb6 exf4 52. a6 f3 53. a7 f2 54. a8=Q Kh4 (54... f1=Q $6 55. Qe8+ {
and the e3 N is lost.}) 55. Qf3 f1=Q 56. Qxe3 f4 57. Qe6 h5 {with a drawish
queen endgame.}) 46... Kf8 47. Nxh6 (47. Nf6 Ke7 {was a repetition of moves.})
47... gxf4 48. gxf4 Kg7 49. Nxf5+ exf5 50. Kb6 Ng2 51. Kxb7 Nxf4 52. Kxa6 Ne6
53. Kb6 f4 54. a6 f3 55. a7 f2 56. a8=Q f1=Q 57. Qd5 {Carlsen has achieved his
aim; he has no way to lose, the position is completely drawn.} Qe1 58. Qd6 Qe3+
59. Ka6 Nc5+ 60. Kb5 Nxb3 61. Qc7+ Kh6 62. Qb6+ Qxb6+ 63. Kxb6 Kh5 64. h4 Kxh4
65. c5 Nxc5 {and Magnus Carlsen is the new World Champion! Congratulations to
him!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. d4 c5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 h5 14. Qg3 d4 15.
Ne4 h4 16. Qf3 Qd5 17. c4 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxb7
Ne5 22. Qxa8 Bd6 23. c5 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Bxf4 26. b4 Nc6 27. Bb5 Kd7
28. Rfd1 e5 29. a3 f5 30. Kf1 Kc7 31. Ke2 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bxc6 d3+ 34. Kf1
Kxc6 35. Kg2 Kd5 36. Rg1 Be5 37. Rad1 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 f5 40. Kg2
Kd4 41. c6 f4 42. b5 Bc7 43. Rb1 d2 44. Kf1 Kd3 45. a4 e3 46. fxe3 fxe3 0-1

[Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. e3 Rad8 16. a4 a6 17. Rac1 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Na5 Qxa5 20. Bxb7 Qb6 21.
Bf3 Rc8 22. Qe4 Bb4 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. Qb7 Qxb7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bf3 Rfc8 27. e4
g6 28. Kg2 a5 29. d5 exd5 30. e5 Ne4 31. Rxd5 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 Nc5 33. Nd3 Nxd3
34. Rxd3 Rc8 35. Rd7 Kf8 36. Rb7 Rc5 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40.
Rb7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rfd8
15. h4 Be8 16. Qe4 g6 17. h5 Rd5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Bc2 Rc5 21. Qe3
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxc3 23. Bd3 Bf6 24. Bb2 Bxe5 25. Bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rac1 Qa5 27. Red1
Bd4 28. Qe2 Bc6 29. Be4 Rd6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rb1 c5 32. g3 Rd5 33. Kg2 Re5 34.
Qd2 Qd8 35. Rb3 Qd5+ 36. f3 Qc4 37. Rd3 Rh5 38. g4 Rd5 39. a3 Qb5 40. Qc2 Rd8
41. Rb3 Qa6 42. Rc1 Kg7 43. Qc4 Qd6 44. Rh1 Bf6 45. Re3 Qc7 46. Re2 Rd4 47. Qc1
Qc6 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Rb1 Rxg4+ 50. Kf2 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 Bg6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nh2 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. Bf1
c5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qa5 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Qe2 Qa6 21. Qg4 Kh8
22. Qh5 {This type of positions are hard for computers and amateurs to
understand. It seems that Black is solid and he will be able to gradually
increase the pressure on the c-file and at the same time he will hold on to
his kingside with a bishop on f8. Yet this is many times not the case, a swift
sacrifice many times changes the situation.} Kg8 23. Bxh6 $1 {A bolt from the
blue.} gxh6 24. Ng4 $1 {The accuracte follow up.} Bf8 {It seems that this
should defend. After all the h6 pawn cannot be taken.} 25. Re3 $1 {This is the
point of the combination; surprisingly the f7 pawn is impossible to defend and
the simple threat of Rf3 is unstoppable.} (25. Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Qd3 $19)
25... Rc4 26. Rd1 {An amazing move. Anand takes his time to increase the
pressure and first defends d4.} Qb6 $2 (26... Rc2 {was the last chance to
create some counterplay.} 27. Rf3 Qe2 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 {and it looks like Black
should be checkmated soon, but it is not yet so easy.}) 27. Rf3 {The rest is
routine.} Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxf7 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qxg4 31. Rxf8+ {An
important intermediate move seals Black's fate.} Rxf8 32. Qxg4+ Kf7 33. Qa4 Rd8
34. h5 Nf8 35. Qf4+ Ke8 36. Qxh6 d4 37. Kf1 Rd5 38. Qf6 1-0

[Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxc5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. e3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Kd2 Nc4+ 18. Kc1 b5 19. Nd4 Rab8 20. Rd1
Rfc8 21. Kb1 a5 22. Be2 Kf8 23. Ka2 b4 24. Rc2 bxa3 25. b3 Nd6 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8
27. Kxa3 Ke7 28. Kb2 Rc5 29. Bd3 g6 30. h4 Kf6 31. g3 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33.
Nxf5 Kxf5 34. Rd4 Ke5 35. Ra4 h5 36. Rd4 f6 37. Ra4 Ke6 38. Rd4 Ke5 39. Ra4 Ke6
40. Rd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Qa5 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bd2 Qh5 11. Rc1 Bh3 12. Ne3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 e6 14. Nc2 d5
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qxb7 Rf7 20. Qa6 f4 21. f3
fxe3 22. Bxe3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. b4 Qb5 25. Qxb5 Nxb5 26. Rc6 e5 27. Rfc1
Nd4 28. Rc8+ Rf8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. Rc4 Rb7 32. a4 a6 33. Kf2 Bf8
34. Bd2 Kf7 35. e3 Ne6 36. Bc3 Bd6 37. Rc6 Bxb4 38. Bxe5 a5 39. f4 Nc5 40. Bd4
Nxa4 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. g4 Kd7 43. Ra6 Nc3 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Nb5 46. Be5 Ra7
47. Rh6 Ke8 48. Rb6 Na3 49. Bd4 Rc7 50. e4 Rd7 51. Bf6 Nc4 52. Rb8+ Kf7 53. e5
Nxe5+ 54. Bxe5 Bd6 55. Bxd6 Rxd6 56. Ra8 Kf6 57. Rxa5 Rd4 58. h3 Rb4 59. Kg3
Rc4 60. Kf3 Rb4 61. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 dxc4 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Ned2 e5 12. e4 Qe6 13. Rc1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qf6 15.
Nxc4 O-O 16. Nf5 Nb6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qd6 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Na5 Bc8 23. b3 Kf8 24. f4 Rd2 25. a4 f6 26. Re1 Rc2 27. e5 Rc5
28. b4 Rc3 29. exf6 gxf6 30. b5 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Rxc4 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. a5 Rc5 34.
Bf3 Bd7 35. Ra1 Rc3 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rc3+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 $5 (8... Ba7 {is a far more common retreat, and it has been seen at the
top level many times. Anand himself played it against Aronian in 2011.}) 9. Bb2
O-O 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 {is more common but Black seems to be
fine in this variation. Anand's move tries to lock in the light-squared bishop
for at least a little longer.}) 10... Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5
14. Bd3 Bb7 {Something has obviously gone wrong for White. If he castles he is
basically simply a tempo down in a symmetrical position, not to mention that
he would rather have put the f-rook on the d-file rather than his queenside
rook. These little details would give Black an edge.} 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Rac8 $1 {A strong move.} 17. Qb1 $2 {Anand plays the human move, but he runs
into quick trouble.} (17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qb1 Nxb4 $1 (18... f5 $2 19. Bxf5 exf5
20. Qxf5 {is not playable for Black. White has sufficient material and a
strong king-side initiative.}) (18... a5 $6 19. h4 $1 $13) 19. axb4 Bxb4+ 20.
Ke2 f5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qxf5 Rf8 {is a crazy position that is nearly
impossible to evaluate. A sample crazy variation:} 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Rd7 Rc2+ (
24... Bd5 {is not a move anyone is going to find.}) 25. Kd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8+
27. Kxc2 Be4+ 28. Kb3 Qd5+ 29. Kxb4 $11 {and there is apparently nothing more
than a perpetual.}) 17... f5 18. Bd3 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. O-O Nc4 {White is
passive. His kingside and his queenside are both under fire and he has no
clear plan.} 21. Be2 Be4 22. Qa1 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 b4 $1 $19 (23... Rc2 24. Qxb5 {
doesn't quite work.}) 24. axb4 Rc2 {A decisive fork, and the point of 23...b4.
Now the game is over.} 25. Qb3 Rxe2 26. Nd4 Bd5 27. Qd3 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
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1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 b6 11. e4 bxc5 12. Bf3 Qh3 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Bg2 Qf5
15. Bxa8 Ba6 16. Bg2 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 d6 18. Bf4 Nd3 19. Bh3 Qh5 20. Qxd3 Qxh3 21.
Qe2 Re8 22. Re1 h6 23. Nd2 g5 24. Be3 Ng4 25. Nf1 Ne5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Rb8
28. b3 Qe6 29. Nd2 Nd3 30. Qxd3 Qxe1+ 31. Kg2 Rb4 32. Ne2 Qa1 33. Qc2 a5 34.
Nc4 a4 35. Bd2 axb3 36. axb3 Rb8 37. Nf4 Ra8 38. Nh5 Qa2 39. Qe4 Qxb3 40. Qxa8+
1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8. a3
a5 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 d4 11. Qe2 a4 12. b4 Na7 13. Nc4 Nec6 14. Bc1 Be6 15. Bd2
Nb5 16. h3 Nd6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. c3 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Na7 20. d4 Qc8 21. Rfc1 Bxh3
22. dxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe6 24. exd6 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxd6 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. e5 Nc6
28. Re3 Nd8 29. Nd4 Ra6 30. b5 Rb6 31. Qc4 Ne6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rd5 Rd8 34.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Rd3 Qe7 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Rxe5 38. Rd7 Qe6 39. Qxb7 Rf5 40.
Rd2 Qb3 41. b6 Rf6 42. Qa7 Rxb6 43. Rd4 Rf6 44. Qa8 Qb2 45. Rf4 Rxf4 46. gxf4
Qxa3 47. Qe8 Qb3 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Re1 a5 14. bxa5 Qxa5
15. Nb3 Qxc3 16. Nfd4 Qc4 17. a4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4
21. Bxd4 Ba6 22. Reb1 Kd7 23. Rb6 Rhb8 24. a5 Bb5 25. f3 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Kc8 27.
Kf2 Kb7 28. Ke3 h5 29. g3 g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. Ra2 Rh8 32. Rf2 Rh7 33. Kd4 Kc8
34. Kc5 Kd7 35. Rf4 Be2 36. Rf2 Bb5 37. Rf4 Rg7 38. Rf6 Rh7 39. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e4 $5 {Reversed Budapest Gambit! Quite an unexpected
choice.} dxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. Nc3 {Generally in the Budapest Gambit the bishop
is developed first as it provokes e6.5.Nc3 allows the extra option of 5...Bf5}
(5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3) 5... Nc6 (5... Bf5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Qe2 Qd4 8. f3 exf3 9.
Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nxf3 {Is a typical way of playing in these lines.}) 6. Bc4 e6 7.
Bb2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ncxe4 {The drawback of the extra tempo (b3) is that it
stops one of the most typical plans in these lines i.e the a4-Ra3-Rh3!} Nxe4 (
9... h6 $5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 {With no weaknesses and
extra control over the centre I would take the black pieces.}) 10. Nxe4 e5 $2 {
I was very surprised when Anand blitzed out this move within seconds.It opens
the diagonal for c4 bishop plus allows white the opportunity to attack with f4.
After the normal b6 I would infact prefer black's position} (10... b6 {& Black
can simply play Bb7-Qd7-Rad8 whereas it isn't clear how white should develop
an initiative.} 11. Qg4 {is simply met by} Nd4) 11. f4 exf4 12. Qh5 $2 {
I absolutely see no reason for playing Qh5 before Rf4.} (12. Rxf4 $142 Be6 13.
Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 $40) 12... Nd4 $2 {Black had an opportunity to neutralize
the attack by playing Be6. The same wouldn't have been possible after Rf4
because then White queen could go to g4 !} (12... Be6 $142 $1 13. Rxf4 Bxc4 14.
bxc4 Nd4 $132) 13. Rxf4 {Anand sank into a deep thought here and his second
Peter Leko on the live feed remarked "This is not usual for Vishy to spend so
much time, he likes to play fast. I think he definitely feels some pressure
here."} g6 (13... Be6 {was the lesser of the evils.} 14. Nxc5 Bxc4 15. Rxd4 Be2
$1 16. Rxd8 Bxh5 17. Rd5 Bg6 18. Re1 Bxc5+ 19. Rxc5 $16) 14. Qe5 $18 {Black is
already lost now as white's attack is too strong.} b6 15. Raf1 Bf5 16. g4 (16.
Rxf5 $5 gxf5 17. Rxf5 $18) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nf6+ Kh8
20. c3 (20. Ne8+ Kg8 21. Qh8+ {Wasn't this more pretty? :)}) 20... Nc6 21. Ne8+
(21. Ne8+ Nxe5 22. Rxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Bc2 O-O-O 13. dxe6 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 fxe6 16. Qe2 c4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. a4 b4 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bf4 Bc5
22. Be4 Rd4 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Be3 Rd3 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qg4 Re8 27. Rac1 Rd4
28. Qxg7+ Re7 29. Qf6 Re4 30. Rfd1 Rc7 31. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
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1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
O-O b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. d3 Be7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 c5
15. Ba5 Qe8 16. Nbd2 N5f6 17. Rab1 Bd5 18. Qd1 Ra8 19. b4 Ra6 20. e4 Bc6 21.
Nb3 cxb4 22. Qd2 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Qc2 Nc3 25. Ra1 Nf6 26. Ne5 Nfd5 27.
Nd3 Rc6 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Re1 Rc4 30. f3 Qd7 31. Qf2 Bd6 32. Bb6 Qf5 33. Qe3 h5
34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. Bxa7 Ra8 37. Bc5 d4 38. Nxd4 Bxc5 39. Nxf5 Bxe3+
40. Nxe3 b3 41. Nd1 Rc8 42. Nxc3 Rxc3 43. Rd1 b2 44. Nxb2 Rxf3 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46.
Rd5 Rb3 47. Nd3 g6 48. Rd7 Kg7 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. Ke3 Ra2 51. h4 Kf6 52. Rb7 Ra5
53. Nc5 Ra3+ 54. Kf4 Ra1 55. Ne4+ Kg7 56. Nd6 Rf1+ 57. Ke3 Kf8 58. Rxb5 Ke7 59.
Ne4 Re1+ 60. Kf4 Kf8 61. Rb8+ Kg7 62. Rb7 Rf1+ 63. Ke3 Kf8 64. Nd6 Rf6 65. Rb8+
Ke7 66. Ne4 Rf1 67. Ke2 Rf5 68. Rc8 Re5 69. Kf3 Rf5+ 70. Kg2 Re5 71. Ng5 Re2+
72. Kh3 Rf2 73. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Recently Anand had some games with this
opening in the World Championship match against Carlsen, who usually chose
this move against him.} 4. d3 {Anand avoids the Berlin Variation; usually he
chooses this reply.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3) ({and} 5. O-O {are the other lines.})
5... dxc6 6. h3 {A logical decision. White wants to avoid Bg4.} Be6 {A very
ambitious answer. Nakamura would like to castle on the queenside and he tries
to attack on the kingside.} ({However} 6... O-O {is more popular. Black's
typical plan is Re8, Nd7-f8 and f6, Ne6 with a balanced game.}) 7. Nc3 Qd6 8.
O-O O-O-O 9. a3 {A nice move. White prepares for b4 followed by Na4.} ({
The logical} 9. Na4 $2 {does not work, because of} Nxe4 $1 {.}) 9... Nh5 {
Nakamura immediately starts his attack against the white K.} ({The natural} 
9... Kb8 {was an interesting alternative,} 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 {and now} Nxe4 {
is not so good, as} 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bb2 $1 $14 {and White is very active.})
10. Na4 $1 {The black N has gone from f6, so White is ready to remove Black's
dark squared B.} Bb6 ({In the event of} 10... f6 $6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Ng5 $1
fxg5 13. Be3 $1 {An important intermediate move.} Qe7 14. Qxh5 $14 {and White
has a comfortable position.}) 11. Nxb6+ axb6 12. a4 $1 {Another strong move by
Anand. He wants to play a5 then a6 and tries to open the a-file. Now White's
attack looks quicker.} f6 13. Be3 ({The immediate} 13. a5 {could have been met
by} bxa5 14. Rxa5 b6 {followed by Kb7, Ra8 and Black is solid.}) 13... Nf4 {
Now Black is also ready to play for g5-g4!} 14. a5 $1 b5 15. d4 $6 {A mistake,
which underestimated Black's strong reply!} ({White should have played} 15. a6
$1 b6 (15... bxa6 16. Rxa6 $18 {and White has a winning attack.}) 16. Bxf4 (16.
d4 $5 {was also interesting. Here thanks to the a6 White is much better than
in the game.} Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxh3 18. Re1) 16... exf4 17. Re1 $16 {and White
has a powerful position.}) 15... Nxh3+ $1 {A very strong sacrifice. Nakamura
immediately spotted his great chance!} 16. gxh3 Bxh3 17. dxe5 ({Still} 17. a6 {
was also an interesting option} bxa6 $1 18. Rxa6 Qe6 (18... Qd7 19. Nd2 $1) 19.
Nd2 $1 Qf7 20. Kh2 Bxf1 21. Nb3 $3 {a typical variation by Mr. Houdini 4!})
17... Qe6 18. Nd2 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Qxe5 {The position has completely changed.
Black has a R and 2 P against a B and a N. Nevertheless the position is still
balanced.} 20. c3 (20. a6 {is already not so important, as} b6 {and later the
a6 P can be weak.}) 20... Kb8 21. a6 b6 22. Qg2 Rd6 $5 {A very ambitious move.
Nakamura prepares for f5 followed by Rg6.} ({The natural} 22... Rhe8 {was also
possible.}) 23. Nf1 $6 {A logical move, but it is an inaccuracy.} ({In the
event of} 23. Nb3 Re8 (23... f5 $6 {is not so good here, as} 24. exf5 Qxf5 25.
Nd4 Qg6 26. Bf4 {and White has defended against Black's attack; his position
is more promising.})) ({or even} 23. Bd4 Qe6 24. b4 {was also interesting with
an unclear fight.}) 23... f5 $1 24. exf5 Qxf5 {Suddenly the white K is very
weak. Black is threatening with Rg6 and h5-h4.} 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. Qe4 Ka7 $1 {
A very nice cool-blooded move! Now the K is safe and Black is ready for the
attack on the kingside.} 27. Kg2 h5 28. Qf5 {White wants to exchange the Qs,
but Black avoids this.} (28. Rh1 Rd5 $1 {and White's position is very
unpleasant.}) 28... Qe8 {Of course, Black doesn't exchange.} 29. Qe4 Qf7 30.
Kh1 (30. Qf5 Rf6 {and Black is winning.}) 30... h4 31. Ne2 (31. Nf5 {is also
not helping for White, as} Re6 32. Qd3 c5 $1 {and the f5 N is in big trouble.})
31... Re8 32. Qg4 Rg6 33. Qh3 Qd5+ 34. Kh2 Rxe3 $1 {The final beautiful
tactical blow!} 35. fxe3 Qd2 36. Qf1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bg2 g5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Rd1 Bc7 16. Ne2 Nf8 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. h4 e5 21. d5 Ng6
22. dxc6 Qa5+ 23. Nc3 O-O 24. cxb7 Qc7 25. Nd5 Qxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. b4 gxh4
28. Bf1 Bg5 29. Rh3 Rd8 30. Bc4 Rbb8 31. Rhd3 Rdc8 32. Bb3 Rb7 33. a4 a6 34.
Rb1 Nf8 35. Nc3 Ng6 36. Nd5 Nf8 37. Nc3 Ng6 38. Nd5 Nf8 39. Nc3 Ng6 40. Nd5 Nf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4 Bb4
9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 a4 14. Qc2 a3 15. b3
Nbd7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. h4 Nb6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh3 Re8 21. Rhe1 Rad8
22. Bg4 Qd6 23. Ne2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Nd7 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. exf4 f5 27. gxf6 Nxf6
28. Re5 Nxg4 29. fxg4 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qe7 31. Rh1 Rf8 32. h5 Qf7 33. h6 Qf3 34.
Re1 gxh6 35. e6 Re8 36. g5 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first classical game after the World Championship match and I
was anticipating a tough fight. But unfortunately the Berlin wall is just too
solid :)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7.
Be3 $5 {A surprising choice as Carlsen on the previous day used this line with
the white pieces to defeat Caruana in a brilliant way!} Bd6 8. Nbd2 (8. Nc3 c5
9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 b6 17. Qh5 d5 18. d4 c4 19. b3 Qc6 20. Raf1 O-O-O 21. bxc4
Qxc4 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Rxf7 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. exd5 g6 26. Qg4+ Kc7 27. Qe6
Kb7 28. Qe7+ Qc7 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. d6+ Ka6 31. Bf4 Rc8 32. Kh2 Rc4 33. Bg3 Rc8
34. Qd3+ Kb7 35. c4 Qc6 36. Qb3 Ka8 37. a4 Re8 38. a5 Kb7 39. c5 Kc8 40. axb6
axb6 41. d5 Qxc5 42. Qa4 Re3 43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ Ke8 45. d7+ Kd8 46. Bh4+ Re7
47. Qc8+ {1-0 (47) Carlsen,M (2872)-Caruana,F (2782) Zurich SUI 2014}) 8... O-O
9. O-O Re8 10. Nc4 Nf8 11. d4 {A questionable decision. The game now
immediately peters out to a draw.} (11. a4 $5) 11... exd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3
b6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Rxd6 Bxe4 18. Ne1 Rad8 $11 {
The game is completely drawish now.} 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8
22. f3 Bd5 23. a3 Nc6 24. Kf2 f6 25. Nd3 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Kd2 Kd7 28. Nf4
Bf7 29. b3 Ne7 30. h4 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Bf4 Kc6 33. Bg3 Bf7 34. Bf4 Bg6 35.
Bg3 Bf7 36. Bb8 a6 37. Bf4 Bg6 38. Bg3 Bh5 39. Bf2 Bf7 40. Bg3 Bg6 {Not much
happened in the game. White didn't get anything out of the opening and the
game was soon equal.A typical berlin affair.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nh5 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bd2 g6 11. Kd1 Kh8 12. h3 Ndf6 13. Kc2 Bd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. g4
Ng7 16. Nh2 Ng8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 f6 19. Nf1 Rf7 20. Ne3 Qf8 21. h4 Bd8 22.
Qh2 Bc7 23. h5 g5 24. h6 Ne8 25. Bg3 Ne7 26. Nf5 Ng6 27. a5 Ne5 28. Be2 Bxf5
29. exf5 Qe7 30. Be1 Qd8 31. Ne4 Re7 32. Qg2 b6 33. Bc3 b5 34. cxb5 axb5 35.
Bxb5 Bxa5 36. Bc6 Raa7 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Ra4 Nc7 39. Rha1 Na6 40. Nd2 Nb4+ 41.
Rxb4 cxb4 42. Nc4 b3+ 43. Kxb3 Ree7 44. Qg3 Qb8+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. Ng3 Ne8 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. Bb5 Ne5 15.
Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qd5 Nf6 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Bxe5 Bxe3+
21. Kb1 Nd5 22. Nf5 Bd2 23. Bxg7 Nf4 24. Ne2 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rxd3 26. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Kh1 d5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. f4 Bb7 13. Qe1 h6 14. Bh4 O-O
15. e5 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne2 c5 18. c3 a5 19. Ng1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. c4
Nc7 22. b3 a4 23. Nf3 Rfa8 24. Rb1 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Rf2 Qd7 27. Rxa2 Rxa2
28. h3 Na6 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Nb4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qf8 Nd3 33. f5 exf5 34.
Qd6 Qa7 35. Qxd5 Nf4 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Kh2 Qb7 38. Qd3 g6 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Kf2 Qa8
41. Qc2 Qa1 42. Qd2 Qb1 43. Qc3 Kg8 44. Ne1 Ng5 45. Qc2 Qa1 46. Nd3 Ne4+ 47.
Ke3 Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qh2 49. Ne1 Qxe5 50. Ke2 Qg3 51. Qd3 Qf2+ 52. Kd1 Qb2 53. Qc2
Qd4+ 54. Ke2 h5 55. Qd3 Qe5 56. Kf1 Qf4+ 57. Ke2 Kg7 58. Qe3 Qe5 59. Nd3 Qh2
60. Nxc5 Qxg2+ 61. Ke1 Ng5 62. h4 Nf3+ 63. Kd1 Qg4 64. Kc2 f4 65. Qe7 Qf5+ 66.
Kc3 Ne5 67. Qg5 Qxg5 68. hxg5 h4 69. Ne4 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5
15. Qc4 Rc8 16. Qb5 b6 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Nh5 19. g3 g6 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bd2
Ra8 22. f4 Ng7 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Qc4 Nf5 26. Bf2 Rxb2 27. Rab1 Rb4
28. Rxb4 cxb4 29. Qc6 Bd6 30. c4 bxc3 31. Qxc3 e4 32. Bg4 Bb4 33. Qb3 e3 34.
Bxe3 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Re8 36. Qd4 Bd6 37. Kg2 Qc7 38. Rd2 h5 39. Re2 Rxe2+ 40.
Bxe2 Qc2 41. Qc4 Qd2 42. a4 Qe3 43. Qd3 Qe5 44. Bf3 Kg7 45. Bd1 h4 46. Qf3 hxg3
47. hxg3 Qd4 48. g4 Qd2+ 49. Kf1 Bc5 50. Bb3 Qc1+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52. Kd1 Bb4 53.
Qe3 Bd6 54. Bc2 Qa1+ 55. Ke2 Qh1 56. Qc3+ Kg8 57. Qc8+ Kg7 58. Qc3+ Kg8 59.
Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qc3+ Kh7 61. Qf3 Qh2+ 62. Kd3 Kg8 63. Qe4 Bb4 64. Kc4 Qc7+ 65. Kb5
Qb7+ 66. Kc4 Qc8+ 67. Kd3 Qc3+ 68. Ke2 Qe1+ 69. Kf3 Qf1+ 70. Ke3 Bd6 71. Kd4
Qf2+ 72. Kd3 Bb4 73. Qe3 Qg2 74. Qe4 Qd2+ 75. Kc4 Qc3+ 76. Kb5 Qc5+ 77. Ka6
Qc8+ 78. Kb5 Bd6 79. Bd1 Qc5+ 80. Ka6 Qc8+ 81. Kb5 Kh7 82. Bc2 Qc5+ 83. Ka6 Bc7
84. Kb7 Qb6+ 85. Kc8 Bd6 86. Qc4 Qb8+ 87. Kd7 Qf8 88. Qe4 Qb8 89. Qc4 Qf8 90.
Qe4 Qb8 91. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. b4 b5 32. g3 Kf6 33. Kf3 Ke6
34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{This is one of the ways to avoid the Marshall.} Bb7 9. d3 d5 {Still, if Black
insists on sacrificing the pawn, he can do just that.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 {
Anand repeats the move he employed last year against Caruana.} ({After} 11.
Nxe5 {Black has a choice between} Nxe5 ({or} 11... Nd4) 12. Rxe5 Qd6 {In both
cases he has adequate compensation.}) (11. c3 {has appeared numerous times as
well, but Black has achieved fine results after} Qd7) 11... Qd7 $146 {Levon
immediately comes up with a novelty.} (11... f6 12. c3 (12. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4
Bb4 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. d4 exd4 16. Bxb4 Ndxb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nxd4 Nf4 19. Nxc6
Bxc6 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (50) Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2696) Tashkent 2012}) 12... Kh8 13. Bc2 (13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 {is worthy to
be checked in practice. The isolated pawn is a drawback, but White will have
some dynamic play exploting some weak spots in Black's camp.}) 13... Qd7 14.
Nb3 a5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Ncb4 17. Rxa5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 $44 {
0-1 (47) Anand,V (2786)-Caruana,F (2774) Moscow 2013}) (11... Nf4 12. Ne4 Na5
13. Bxf4 exf4 14. d4 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. c4 Bb4 18. Nc3 bxc4 19.
bxc4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (24) Giri,A (2737)-Tomashevsky,E (2706)
Elancourt 2013}) 12. Nxe5 {Accepting the challenge.} Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nf6 (13...
Nf4 $6 14. Nf3 {and now the piece sacrifice} Nxh3+ $2 {doesn't work in view of}
15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Bd5 Qg4+ 17. Kf1 Qh3+ 18. Ke2 {The king escapes safely.}) 14.
Re1 {The rook should go back as it is vulnerable in the centre.} Rae8 {Black
doesn't have immediate threats, but the activity of all his pieces normally
yields him enough play to maintain the balance, which is quite typical for
this line.} 15. Nf3 Bd6 (15... Qf5 $6 16. Nh4 {and the queen has to go back,
losing time.}) 16. Be3 Re7 $6 {This is too innocuous. Black's play should be
somewhat more dynamic.} (16... Nd5 {It's recommended for Black to get one of
the opponent's bishops.} 17. a4 (17. Bd2 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Qf5 19. Qg4 Qe5 {
With a double threat on h2 and b2.} 20. Nf3 Qxb2 21. Re1 $11) (17. Bxd5 Bxd5 {
[%csl Gd5,Gd6] is clearly okay for Black.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. fxe3
Re8 $5 (19... c5 {is also perfectly playable.}) 20. Ng5 {Some exciting
variations could arise here.} Qe7 $1 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 (21... Kh8 $6 22. Bxe8 Qxe3+
23. Kh1 Qxg5 24. Qg1 $8 (24. Qg4 $4 Qe5 $19 {[%cal Ge5h2,Ge5e8]}) 24... Qf5 {
[%csl Rh3]} 25. Qe3 Bc5 26. d4 Bxd4 27. Qg3 $14) 22. Bxe8 (22. Qf1 Qxe3+ 23.
Kh1 Qxg5 24. Bd5+ Bf4 25. Bxb7 Qg3 26. Qg1 Re2 27. Rf1 Rxc2 28. Rf3 Rc1 29.
Rxg3 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Bxg3 $11) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxg5 24. Qe2 g6 $1 25. Rf1+
Kg7 26. axb5 Qg3 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Kg1 Bc5+ 29. Kf1 Qg5 30. bxa6 Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2
Qc1+ 32. Ke2 Qxc2+ 33. Kf3 Qxd3+ 34. Kg4 Qc4+ 35. Rf4 Qe6+ {Black gives a
perpetual check.}) 17. d4 (17. a4 {It also makes sense to open the a-file, but
after} c5 {it won't be easy for White to play d3-d4 and perform the
simplifying idea that Anand realised a couple of moves later.}) 17... Rfe8 (
17... Nd5 18. Bd2 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Qf5 20. Qg4 $16 {Black doesn't have the move
Qf5-e5 as in the line 16...Nd5.}) 18. c3 h6 {Probably Levon underestimated the
consequences of the move that now follows. On the other hand, it seems that
White is already better. The pressure along the e-file doesn't bring Black any
dividends.} (18... Nd5 19. Bd2 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd3 Bb6 23.
Qg4 $14) 19. Ne5 $1 {Sacrificing back the pawn just at the right moment.} Bxe5
20. dxe5 Rxe5 (20... Qc6 21. f3 Rxe5 22. Qd2 $14) 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Red1 {
White's two bishops are not going to allow Black to enjoy this endgame.} Nf6 $6
{I think here was the last chance to change the course of the game.} (22... Nc5
$5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd7 Re2 25. Bxf7+ (25. Rxf7 Bd5 26. Rf5 c6 27. Rb1 g6 $14
{getting rid of the pin across the fifth rank}) 25... Kh7 {Black is a pawn
down, but has decent chances to hold thanks to his active rook.}) 23. c4 $1 c6
$6 {This is an ugly move to play, but Black's position is really unpleasant.} (
23... bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nd5 25. Bd4 R5e7 26. Rac1 Nf4 27. Bf1 $16) 24. Rac1 R5e7
25. a4 $1 bxc4 26. Bxc4 {Now White enjoys the pair of powerful bishops and the
superior pawn structure.} Nd5 27. Bc5 Re4 28. f3 R4e5 29. Kf2 {Slowly, but
surely Anand improves his position.} Bc8 30. Bf1 R5e6 31. Rd3 {The rook is
going to find some penetration squares on the b-file.} Nf4 32. Rb3 Rd8 33. Be3
(33. Rb8 Ree8 34. Ba3 Nd3+ 35. Bxd3 Rxd3 36. Rxc6 {was also great for White,
but, at least here Black has some hope thanks to the opposite coloured bishops.
}) 33... Nd5 34. Bd2 Nf6 (34... Bd7 35. Bxa6 Ra8 36. Bc4 Rxa4 37. Ra3 Rxa3 38.
bxa3 {The passed a-pawn will most likely decide the game in White's favour.})
35. Ba5 Rde8 36. Rb6 Re5 37. Bc3 Nd5 38. Bxe5 Nxb6 39. Bd4 $1 (39. Rxc6 Nd5 40.
Rc5 $18) 39... Nxa4 {The knight will not be able to come out alive from a4,
but I wouldn't even put a question mark to this move, as Black's position is
beyond saving anyway.} 40. Rxc6 Rd8 41. Rc4 Bd7 (41... Nxb2 42. Bxb2 Rd2+ 43.
Ke3 Rxb2 44. Rxc8+ $18) 42. b3 Bb5 43. Rb4 Nb2 44. Bxb5 axb5 45. Ke3 Re8+ 46.
Kd2 Rd8 47. Kc3 {A very good game by Anand, which definitely gave him a boost
of confidence from the very beginning of the Candidates tournament.} (47. Kc3
Nd1+ 48. Kc2 {[%csl Rd1] capturing the knight.}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:11:11"]
[BlackClock "1:54:04"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:27] Topalov-Anand was a classic clash,
in which the Bulgarian sidestepped the massive preparation he knew Anand would
still have stored up from his World Championship match, and played a flexible
Reti setup. This led to uncharted waters as of 7...Bd6. Black gave a pawn to
complete his development and play against the fractured pawn structure, which
was enough to keep the balance but no more.} e5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 6. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Bd6 $146 {[%emt 0:
01:55]} (7... exd4 8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qh5 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. f3 a6
13. O-O-O Bd7 14. g4 Qc5 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. e4 Be6 17. Nd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 c5 19.
Nf5 Qe6 20. Qa4+ b5 21. Qa5 g6 22. Rhe1 Qc6 23. Bf4 gxf5 24. exf5+ Be7 25. Bd6
Nd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxe7+ Kf8 28. Rd7+ Ke8 29. Qe1+ {1-0 (29) Nogueiras
Santiago,J (2482)-Abreu Delgado,A (2459) Havana 2004}) 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:08:17]}
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Qe4 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 11. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:06:34]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 12. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 13. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]
} g6 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:15:23]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 15. Qxe5+ {
[%emt 0:14:21]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 16. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxc3+ {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 17. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Ke2 {[%emt 0:03:23]}
Rac8 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 19. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 20. a4 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 21. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:
53]} 22. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. axb5 {[%emt 0:02:16]}
axb5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 24. Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Rxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:
01:23]} 27. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]
} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 30. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:03:38]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:08:
38]} 32. Ra1 {[%emt 0:05:06]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 33. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} f6
{[%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 35. g3 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:31]}
37. e4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 38. f3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rg1+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 42.
Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 43. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 45. Kg3 {[%emt 0:
00:58]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:01:48]} 46. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:54]}
47. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Kf4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Kg3 {[%emt 0:
00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52.
h4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} gxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 54. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:04] It is almost ironic that when they
shook hands on move 54, with their bare kings, their game was the first to end,
despite having the most moves played of all the skirmishes in the round.} Kxf3
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 {This continuation is not
worse than} (5... Bf5) 6. Nbd2 {A quiet move preventing the doubling of
White's pawns but slowing down his development.} Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9.
Ne5 (9. O-O {is usually played. The exchange of knights doesn't change the
evaluation of the position as equal.}) 9... Bh5 10. Nxd7 (10. Ndf3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. b3 Ne4 $11 {1/2 (64) Agrest,E (2591)-Shirov,
A (2709) Gibraltar 2006}) 10... Nxd7 (10... Qxd7 $143 11. Nb3 O-O 12. O-O $14 {
E.Grivas}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 {The knight has no better square but now its
invasion of c5 is not threatening.} (12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Qd3 c5 14. dxc5 Qxd3 15.
exd3 Bxc5 16. d4 Be7 $15 {0-1 (55) De Jong,M (2358)-Van Kampen,R (2560)
Haarlem 2012}) (12. Ne4 Qb6 13. b3 a5 14. e3 Qa6 15. Qxa6 Rxa6 16. Bd2 Ba3 17.
Bc3 Bg6 18. Rad1 Rfa8 19. Rd2 Rb6 20. Rfd1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 a4 $132 {1/2 (60)
Alekseev,E (2714)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) Jermuk 2009}) (12. e3 e5 13. Nb3 exd4
14. Nxd4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qc5 Nd5
$11 {1/2 (88) Vitiugov,N (2691)-Inarkiev,E (2683) St Petersburg 2012}) 12... a5
{[%cal Ra5a4]} (12... Bd6 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be3 Kh8 15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Qc2
Bb4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rcd8 21. f4 f5 22. Bd2 $14 {1-0 (75)
Rashkovsky,N (2535)-Najer,E (2535) St Petersburg 1998}) (12... Qb6 13. e4 a5
14. Be3 a4 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. a3 e5 $11 {1-0 (68) Vaganian,R (2670)-Kulaots,K 
(2576) Moscow 2005 CBM 106 [Huzman]}) (12... Nb6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. a3
Qb6 16. Rd3 Rfd8 17. e4 Nf6 $11 18. Be3 Ng4 $132 {0-1 (36) Nebolsina,V (2284)
-Cramling,P (2520) Clichy 2006}) (12... Rc8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Ba5 Qb8
16. Rac1 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. e3 Bb6 20. Bb4 Bg6 21. Qxb5 Bxe3
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Bd6 Rd8 25. Be7 Rd7 26. fxe3 Rxe7 $11 {1/2 (51)
Harikrishna,P (2672)-Le Quang,L (2635) Ha Long City 2009}) 13. a4 (13. e4 a4
14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bf6 16. Bf4 Qd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Bd6 Rfd8 19. Rab1 e5
$15 {0-1 (53) Oganian,M (2317)-Dastan,B (2402) Porto Carras 2013}) 13... Bb4 {
[%csl Gb4] Immediately exploiting the new outpost on b4. Black had many other
moves, some of them quite enough for equality:} (13... h6 $143 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Bb4 21.
Bxb4 axb4 22. a5 $14 {1-0 (39) Dreev,A (2697)-Dobrov,V (2515) playchess.com
INT 2006}) (13... Nb6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. e4 Nb4 16. Qc4 b6 17. h3 Kh8 18. Be3 Rc8
19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Nd2 c5 $11 {1/2 (33) Aghasaryan,R (2443)-Andriasian,Z (2598)
Yerevan 2013}) (13... e5 $5 14. Rd1 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. e4 $2 (16.
Qc3 $142 Bf6 17. Nc5 $11) 16... Qd3 $1 $15 17. Qxd3 Nxd3 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. Bc3 f6
20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Nc5 $15 {0-1 (31) Goldin,A (2600)-Bareev,E (2675)
Beersheba 2005 CBM 110 [Huzman]}) (14. Qc2 Bg6 15. e4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 (16...
Ne5 $1 17. Rd1 Bh5 $132) 17. Rd1 Bf6 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nb3 Nb8 20. Qc5 $14 {
1-0 (45) Chuchelov,V (2538)-Tan,M (2416) Belgium 2012}) 14... Qc7 15. Bd2 Rfd8
16. Be1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Bc3 Ne5 $1 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Rd2 Qb6 $11 {1/2 (36)
Grivas,E (2509)-Caruana,F (2598) Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 14. e4 e5 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A new but quite obvious continuation.} (14... Qe7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. f4
Kh8 17. Rf2 f6 18. Bd2 e5 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. d5 Rac8 22. Rc1 $14
Nb6 $6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 cxd5 25. Bh3 $1 {1-0 (37) Ivanchuk,V (2769)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2697) Istanbul 2012}) 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Kh8 (16... Bg4 {
[%cal Yg4e6] was quite good. Black is planning to bring his h5-bishop into
play by means of ...f7-f6 and ...Bh5-f7.}) 17. e5 $6 {Too aggressive.} (17. f4
$142 f6 18. Bf2 $11) 17... Re8 18. f4 f6 $1 {[%mdl 32]} 19. exf6 Nxf6 $15 {
White's centre has been destroyed, and the weakness of the light squares
remains.} 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Re4 (21... c5 $5 22. Be5 $140 Ng4) 22. Re3 $6 (
22. Qd3 $142 Qe8 23. Re3) 22... Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Qe8 24. Bb6 $6 (24. Bd4 Rd8 $1
$17 {[%cal Ge8e1,Gd8d1]} (24... Qe4 $143 25. Nc5)) 24... Qh5 25. Bd4 {White
has simply lost a tempo, and Black quickly activates his forces.} Re8 {[%cal
Re8e2]} 26. Rf1 $6 (26. Be5 Qf3 $17) 26... Ng4 27. Qc2 c5 $1 {A deadly blow.}
28. Nxc5 (28. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Nxc5 Ne3 $19) 28... Rc8 {[%cal Rb7b6,Rb4c5,Gc8c2]
The pin is decisive.} 29. Rd1 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:04:51"]
[BlackClock "1:23:48"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08] A fabulous and exciting game, which was unfortunately
rather short. Kramnik busted out his Vienna which is a sharp and interesting
line, accepting a pawn sacrifice for which White obtains a strong initiative.
Anand's opening was not the best and it allowed Kramnik a creative and
powerful counterplay that resulted in a perpetual check.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:52]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:09:15]}
Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:
01:18]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:00]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 11. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 12. Kf1
{[%emt 0:00:17]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:
03]} 14. Rh3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Ne5
{[%emt 0:02:48]} 16. h5 {[%emt 0:08:12]} (16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Rc2 Bd7 18. Rd2 Qc7
19. Rc2 Qd6 20. Rd2 Qc7 21. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Grischuk,A (2746)-Kramnik,V 
(2781) Moscow 2011}) 16... Qd6 {[%emt 0:09:27]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:01:17]} 18. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:
10:05]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 20. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 21.
Ne2 {[%emt 0:07:21]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:03:58]} 22. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nd4 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} 24. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:
18]} 26. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 27. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} 29. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:08"]
[BlackClock "1:18:36"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:
31] Andreikin's anti-Berlin left much to be desired and he was slowly
outplayed by Anand. He was able to pull himself together and organize a solid
defense, but Black's position was always superior. The simplification to the
endgame was well timed by the Russian and although it is arguable that Anand
could have pressed the final position a little, it was surely a drawn endgame.}
Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} (6. h3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Nc3 c5 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nc4
Be6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 b6 17. Qh5 d5
18. d4 c4 19. b3 Qc6 20. Raf1 O-O-O 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Rxf7 Rd7
24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. exd5 g6 26. Qg4+ Kc7 27. Qe6 Kb7 28. Qe7+ Qc7 29. Qe4 Qd7 30.
d6+ Ka6 31. Bf4 Rc8 32. Kh2 Rc4 33. Bg3 Rc8 34. Qd3+ Kb7 35. c4 Qc6 {Carlsen,M
(2872)-Caruana,F (2782) Zuerich 2014 1-0}) 6... Bxe3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 7. fxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:48]} O-O $146 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} (8... Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14.
exf5 g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 Qxe4 19. Qxa7 Bxf5 20.
Raf1 Bh3 21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qa3 Kc8 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 26.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxd8+ Kf7 28. Qd2 Ke8 29. Ne1 Qc4 30. Qd3 Qb4 31. Nf3 Qxb2 32.
Nxg5 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Qf6+ 34. Nf3 Bf5 35. Qd4 Qf7 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qe5+ Kd7 38.
Qd4+ {Sutovsky,E (2655)-Carlsen,M (2714) Heraklio 2007 1/2-1/2 (86)}) 9. Qe1 {
[%emt 0:02:48]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 10. Qc3 {[%emt 0:14:44]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:02:33]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 14. a5 {[%emt 0:
00:52]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:10:16]} 15. Ra2 {[%emt 0:06:34]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 16.
axb6 {[%emt 0:12:41]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. Qa1 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Nb7 {
[%emt 0:02:39]} 18. Qc3 {[%emt 0:08:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 19. bxc5 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 20. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:02:30]}
21. Rfa1 {[%emt 0:02:25]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:26]} 22. d4 {[%emt 0:27:17]} exd4 {
[%emt 0:05:45]} 23. exd4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 24. Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:
08:25]} 26. Raa7 {[%emt 0:04:59]} h6 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 27. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:09]}
Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 29. Rc3 {
[%emt 0:03:43]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 30. Re3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 31. h3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qc4
{[%emt 0:02:13]} 33. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Be4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 34. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:02:26]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:06:42]} 35. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:
01:36]} 36. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qxd3+ {[%emt 0:07:41]} 37. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. d5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 39. Ke4
{[%emt 0:00:42]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Kc4 {[%emt 0:29:20]} Rc5+ {[%emt 0:03:13]} 42. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rxd5+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:51:11"]
[BlackClock "0:23:17"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:25]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11.
Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (11. Ne2 Be7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc8 15.
Bf4 c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Nxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxc7 Rac8 21.
Bd6+ {1/2-1/2 (21) Fressinet,L (2710)-Giri,A (2749) Germany 2014}) 11... Be7 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} 12. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 13. Ng5 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:00:24] Anand prepared a long variation against the Berlin
endgame, but Karjakin responded in the most logical and ultra-solid way. The
Indian player was unable to prove any kind of advantage and the players agreed
to a draw in a position that already seemed completely locked up by Black's
passive but untouchable pieces.} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 17. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Kg2
{[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 19. bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:
09:47]} 20. Rxd8+ $146 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (20. Rb1 b5 21. Kg3 Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23.
Re4 a6 24. Rb3 Ng6 25. Ra3 f6 26. Rxa6 Nxf4 27. Kxf4 Rexe5 28. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 29.
Kf5 Kf7 30. Ra7 g6+ 31. Kg5 e4+ 32. Kh6 Rxc4 33. Rxc7+ Ke6 34. g5 Rxc2 35. Kxg6
Rxf2 36. Rxc6+ Kd5 37. Rb6 Kc5 38. Re6 Kd4 39. Rd6+ Kc5 40. Re6 Kd4 41. Rd6+
Kc5 42. Re6 {1/2-1/2 (42) Karjakin,S (2786)-Grischuk,A (2764) Moscow 2013})
20... Kxd8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 21. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:23:50]} 22.
Bg3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} g5 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 23. c4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:
06:47]} 24. Kf3 {[%emt 0:14:47]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:23:40]} 25. a3 {[%emt 0:08:06]}
Na4 {[%emt 0:09:06]} 26. Ke4 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 28. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:06:53]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 29. c3 {[%emt 0:09:46]} Ng7+ {[%emt 0:03:45]} 30. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne6
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Bf2 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 ({While the Candidates featured only one
Berlin endgame, in Shamkir the players were more willing to give it a try.
White even managed to claim a prominent victim - the World Champion! - but
otherwise the defence mostly held good:} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13.
Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Qe4 fxg5 17. Bd3 Kf8 18. Qxd4 c6 19. Nc3 Qf6
20. Qe4 d5 21. Qxh7 Qh6 22. Re1 Bd7 $11 {Abasov,N (2516)-Bacrot,E (2722)/
Shamkir-B/2014/}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 {
Lately White has often tried an early Rd1 to limit Black's options, concerning
the placement of his king. Black in turn has started to preempt this with the
text move.} (9... h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Bd7 ({Fashion, but there is not too
much wrong with} 11... Ne7 {- see the notes by Postny to Azarov-Naiditsch in
CBM 148}) 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4 $5 $146 (13. e6 Bxe6 14. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be7
16. g4 Nh4 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Bg3 g5 20. Bxh4 gxh4 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Kg2
Rd8 23. c3 h5 24. f3 Bc8 $11 {Caruana,F (2779)-Ponomariov,R (2756)/Elancourt/
2013/}) 13... Be7 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Kg2 Be6 17. f3 b6 18. b3 c5 19.
c4 Rd7 (19... Ke7 $5 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. Kxg3 Rd4 $132) 20. Bg3 Be7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7
$6 (21... Kxd7 22. f4 g6 23. Rf1 $14) 22. Nc3 Kd8 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rd1 Kc8 $2 (
24... c6 25. Nxe7 Rxe7 26. f4 $36 {[%cal Yf4f5,Rg3h4]}) 25. Nxc7 $1 Rd8 26. Nd5
Re8 27. Be1 Bd8 28. Bc3 $16 {Caruana,F (2783)-Carlsen,M (2881)/Shamkir/2014/
White went on to cleanly convert his extra pawn.}) ({However, the queenside
king transfer also seems viable:} 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Rd1 Kc8 12. b3 b6 13.
Ne2 c5 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. Ne1 h5 16. c4 Kb7 17. Nf4 h4 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Nc2 Be7 20.
Rd3 Bg5 21. Ne1 a5 22. Nf3 Bd8 23. a4 Kc8 24. Rad1 Rh6 25. Nh2 Rh5 $11 {
Nakamura,H (2772)-Radjabov,T (2713)/Shamkir/2014/}) 10. Nc3 h5 $5 11. Bf4 (11.
Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Bf4
a6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Nd5 Rd7 $1 22. Nxe7 Rxd2 23. Rxd2
Kxe7 $11 {Caruana,F (2783)-Karjakin,S (2772)/Shamkir/2014/}) 11... Be7 12. Rad1
Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 (14... h4 15. Re4 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Ra4 a6
18. Nce4 Bc8 19. Nf3 Rh8 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nexg5 Ke7 22. Rf4 c5 23. Kh2 b6 24.
g4 hxg3+ 25. fxg3 Nh6 26. Re4 Bb7 $11 {Motylev,A (2685)-Bacrot,E (2722)/
Shamkir-B/2014/}) 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 (18. Re3 Rg6
19. Rg3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Kg2 c5 23. Bc1 Ra6 24. a3 Ra4 25.
f4 g6 26. Rd3+ Ke8 27. Kf3 b6 28. Rd1 Rc4 29. Bd2 Ra4 30. Bc1 Rc4 {1/2,
Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Bacrot,E (2723)/Elancourt/2013/}) 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ $146 (20. Rb1 b5 21. Kg3 Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Re4 a6 24. Rb3 Ng6
25. Ra3 f6 $132 {Karjakin,S (2786)-Grischuk,A (2764)/Moscow rpd/2013/}) 20...
Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 {Black prefers to hold the fortress.} (22... Nxc3
23. Rh7 Rg6 24. f4 Ke8 (24... Rxg4 25. Kf3 Rg6 26. f5 $44) 25. Kf3 Rh6 26. Rxg7
Kf8 27. Rg5 Rh1 $13 {is perhaps playable, but more risky.}) 23. c4 Nc3 24. Kf3
Rg6 25. a3 (25. Rh8+ $1 Kd7 26. Rf8 {is the only try to play for a win} {/\}
Rg7 27. e6+ $1 fxe6 (27... Kxe6 28. Re8+ Kd7 29. Rb8 b5 30. Rb7) 28. Be5 Rh7
29. Bf6 $14) 25... Na4 26. Ke4 Nc5+ 27. Kf5 Ne6 28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. c3 Ng7+ 30.
Ke4 Ne6 31. f3 c5 32. Bf2 a6 33. Be3 b6 {1/2, Anand,V (2770)-Karjakin,S (2766)/
Candidates Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/}) 4... Bc5 ({This position arose in the
Candidates tournament 5 times and every single game followed the current trend:
Black ignored the alternative} 4... d6 {and actively developed his bishop.
Round 7 featured 2 of these games.}) 5. c3 (5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6
8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Re8
15. Re1 Bc7 16. Nc2 Bg4 17. Qd2 d4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Ba4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 dxc3 21.
Qxc3 Nxd7 22. d4 Rc8 23. Qb3 Ba5 24. Re2 exd4 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Nxd4 Nc5 27.
Qf3 Qe4 28. Nf5 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rd8 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 $14 {/=, Topalov,
V (2785)-Andreikin,D (2709)/Candidates Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/ The extra pawn
gave White a slight edge, but was not enough to win the game.}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6
6. Be3 ({For} 6. h3 {and for more details about this line see the notes to
Carlsen-Caruana, Zurich 2014 in CBM 159.}) 6... Bxe3 ({In the notes to the
aforementioned game I stated that Black usually tends to retain the bishop
pair. Just as Caruana played in a similar position one move later, here the
most popular response is} 6... Bd6 $5 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4
Qe7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. c3 Bc8 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 c5
17. N4f3 b6 18. Re3 Nh7 19. Nf1 Nf8 {1/2, Nepomniachtchi,I (2706)-Kramnik,V 
(2780)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/}) {However, Anand calmly proves Black's
position is fully viable even without the Bc5:} 7. fxe3 Qe7 (7... Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Qg3 Qf6 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Qh4 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Rf1 Nd7
15. g4 a5 16. a4 f6 17. Rg1 h6 18. Ke2 Nf8 19. h4 Ne6 20. Nf3 c5 21. Rg3 Ke7
22. b3 b6 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2656)-Ponomariov,R (2737)/RUS-chT Dagomys/
2010/}) 8. O-O O-O $146 (8... Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5
13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5 g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 (18. f6
$5 Qxe4 19. Rf2) 18... Qxe4 19. Qxa7 Bxf5 20. Raf1 Bh3 21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qa3 Kc8
23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxd8+ Kf7 $11 {
Sutovsky,E (2655)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Heraklio/2007/}) 9. Qe1 Ne8 10. Qc3 f6 11.
b4 (11. Nbd2 c5 $11 {[%cal Yb7b6,Ye8d6]}) 11... Nd6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 b6 14.
a5 Kh8 15. Ra2 Rab8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qa1 Nb7 $1 18. Qc3 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20.
Ra7 Rfc8 21. Rfa1 b5 $132 {=, Andreikin,D (2709)-Anand,V (2770)/
Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/}) (5. Nbd2 {also allows the simplifying} Nd4
6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 (7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O d5 $1 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. Qe1
Re8 12. Ng5 Re7 $11 13. Kh1 h6 14. Nxf7 $2 Rxf7 15. c3 Bb6 16. f4 Nd5 17. fxe5
Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qh5 $19 {Kotronias,V (2588)-Mastrovasilis,A (2537)/
Vrachati/2011/}) 7... Bb6 8. d4 Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 c6 11. Bd3 d5 $1 12. exd5
exd4 13. dxc6 dxc3 14. bxc3 Rd8 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Qc2 bxc6 17. a5 Bxa5 18. Nc4 {
Motylev,A (2685)-Abasov,N (2516)/Shamkir/2014/} Be6 $1 19. Nxa5 Ng4 20. Bxh7+
Kh8 21. g3 Qxa5 $132) 5... O-O 6. O-O d6 (6... Re8 $5 {gained in popularity
due to the 6th Game of the Anand-Carlsen match (see the notes in CBM 158).
More currently it was played on the very same day in the Candidates:} 7. Nbd2
a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Qb3 Nf8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Be3 Ng6 14.
Nfd2 Bf8 15. d4 Qe7 16. dxe5 Be6 17. Qc2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxe5 19. Nd2 $6 a5 $1
$132 {/=/+,Karjakin,S (2766)-Aronian,L (2830)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/
For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 160.}) 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {
Completely sidesteps the possible swap on c6. This has lately become Black's
main move, replacing both} (7... Bb6 {(see the notes to the aforementioned
game Anand-Carlsen)}) ({and} 7... a6 {(mentioned briefly in the notes to
Navara-Caruana in CBM 157).}) 8. Re1 {The drawback of the knight transfer to
g6 is that White can expand in the centre. Although he will play d4 later on,
this won't be too effective. The immediate advance is played more often and
seems to offer more chances to fight for an edge. However, it had already
featured in Svidler's previous practice and hadn't brought him any advantage:}
(8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. b3 $5 (10. Re1 Bg4 (10... c6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qc2
Ng6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rc8 15. Ng3 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Bd2 Ne5 19.
Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bxc4 h5 21. Qb3 h4 22. Nf1 Nh5 23. Rac1 (23. Nh2 $142 $14) 23...
Qf6 24. Ne3 Nf4 $44 {Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2433)-Pijuan Herranz,M (2261)/
Catalunya-chT/2013/}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 a5 15. Bd3 Re8
16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf1 Ndf8 19. Ng3 Ne6 20. Be3 Ngf4 21. h4 f6 $1
$132 {/=/+, Svidler,P (2747)-Karjakin,S (2786)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/}) (10. h3 d5
11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rd1 (14. Nb3 f6 15. Be3 Qd7 (15... Qe7
$5 $15) 16. Rac1 a6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 (18... Qe8 $13) 19. dxe5 Rg6 20.
Kh2 Qe7 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Bxe4 Qxe5+ 23. f4 Qxe4 24. Qd2 Qd3 25. g4 {Svidler,P
(2752)-L'Ami,E (2648)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/} Re8 $5 $11) 14... Bxd4 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. f3 Bd5 20. b3 a5 21. Ba3 Rfd8 22.
Rac1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 h6 $11 {Andreikin,
D (2709)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/ This game was
played earlier in Round 3.}) (10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nb3 (12. Qb3 d5 13. e5
Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. b4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Bc3 Ra8 20.
e6 $6 (20. dxc5 $142 Nxc5 21. Rab1) 20... fxe6 21. Qe2 Rf7 22. Qxe6 Nf8 23. Qe2
c4 $15 {Durarbayli,V (2584)-Bacrot,E (2722)/Shamkir-B/2014/}) 12... d5 13. e5
Ne4 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. Qxb7 Nxb3 19.
axb3 Qd3 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. Ra3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 $11 {/=/+,
Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Karjakin,S (2778)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 10... d5 $1 ({
Black should stake his claim in the centre.} 10... a6 {is too passive:} 11. Bd3
Ng6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Nc4 Ba7 15. h3 Bd7 16. e5 b5 17. Ne3 dxe5 18.
dxe5 Nh5 19. Be4 $16 {Vokarev,S (2454)-Kokarev,V (2062)/Pavlodar/2012/}) 11. e5
Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Be4 16. Be2 $5 (16. Qe3 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxd4 $11) 16... f6
17. b4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Kh8 $6 (18... h6 19. b5 Na5 $132) (18... d4 $5 $13) 19. b5
Ne7 20. Ng5 Ng6 21. g3 Qe7 22. e6 Rf5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qd7 Raf8 25. Qxe7 Nxe7
26. Ba3 Re8 27. Rad1 $36 {Caruana,F (2775)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Dortmund/2012/ For
more details see Caruana's notes to this game in CBM 150.}) 8... c6 (8... a6 9.
Ba4 Ba7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. h3 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. d4 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 (
15... Nxe4 16. Nxg6 {1/2, Areshchenko,A (2691)-Ponomariov,R (2726)/Kiev/2012/}
hxg6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 $132) 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bf4 e3
20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rd2 22. Rc1 Kf8 (22... c5 $5 23. Kf1 f6 {/\} 24. Ke1
Rdd8 25. exf6 Bxg2 $11) 23. Kf1 (23. b4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yc2b3]}) 23... Ke7 24.
Ke1 Red8 25. g4 g5 26. b4 h6 27. Bb3 $14 {Movsesian,S (2699)-Hammer,J (2605)/
WCup Tromsoe/2013/}) 9. Ba4 Bb6 {In this concrete position a new move,
although later we will transpose back into a known position.} (9... Ng6 10. Nf1
d5 $5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Ng3 (12. Nxe5 $142 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nxe5 14. Kg1 $13)
12... Qb6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Rf1 Ne5 18. b3
Nc6 19. Bb2 Nxd4 (19... a5 $5 $36) 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. Nf5 Bf4 22. Kh1 g6 23. g3
Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Bh6 25. Bd3 Rac8 $11 {[%cal Gc8c1,Ge8e1] /=/+, Duda,J (2557)
-Sargissian,G (2675)/EU-ch blitz Warsaw/2013/}) 10. d4 {The central thrust,
which has been mentioned already in the note to move 8.} ({More restrained
moves promise little:} 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 Re8 {and now} 12. d4 {once again
transposes into a line, which we will look at in more detail in the note to
Black's 11th move.} (12. Nf1 d5 $11)) (10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 (11. Bc2 Ng6 12. h3
Re8 $11 {[%cal Yd6d5]}) 11... b5 $5 (11... Ng6 $11) 12. Ne3 d5 $132) 10... Ng6
11. h3 {Standard prophylaxis and morevoer a theoretical move, but Anand's
astute reaction will pinpoint its drawbacks.} (11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bc2 exd4 13.
Qxd4 (13. cxd4 d5 $11 (13... Re8 $5 $13)) 13... h6 $5 $11 (13... d5 14. exd5
Qxd5 15. Bg5 $32)) 11... exd4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 40] A strong novelty, which in
connection with Black's next moves demonstrates an effective strategy of
blockading and undermining White's centre.} ({Anand's choice is more
enterprising, than the previously played} 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Bc7 (12... h6 13.
a4 Bc7 14. Nf1 Nh7 15. Ng3 Ng5 16. dxe5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxe5 18. Be3 Bb6 19.
Rad1 Be6 20. Qe2 h5 21. Bxb6 {1/2, Kobalia,M (2637)-Alekseev,E (2700)/RUS-chT
Dagomys/2010/} Qxb6 22. Rxd6 h4 $13) 13. Nf1 d5 $5 14. Bg5 (14. exd5 e4 15. d6
Qxd6 16. N3d2 Bf5 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Bxe4 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Bxc4 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. a4 Bd5 24. Bd2 Nf8 25. Rab1 b6 $11 {Robson,R (2628)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2757)/St Louis rpd m/2014/}) 14... exd4 (14... dxe4 15.
Rxe4 $1 h6 (15... Bf5 16. Re3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rae1 $14) 16.
Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ng3 Rd8 18. Qe1 exd4 19. Nh5 Qd6 20. Rxd4 Qf8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22.
Rd1 Qf8 23. Rd2 c5 24. Re2 Bd7 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Nxg7 $1 $16 {Gopal,G (2553)
-Mamyrbay,A (2017)/Sharjah/2014/}) 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 (16... Qd6 $11)
17. Qb3 hxg5 18. Bxg6 Nd5 (18... Qd5 $5 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Bd3 g4
$11) 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Bc2 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5
Qb6 25. Qd3 $14 {Bok,B (2540)-Michalik,P (2577)/Groningen/2013/}) 12. cxd4 {
A natural recapture.} (12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Bc2 d5 $11 {poses Black no problems
whatsoever, but perhaps White should have preferred this modest line...}) 12...
d5 $1 13. e5 $6 {Again very natural, but after this move it seems that already
White is fighting for equality!} (13. exd5 $5 {is playable, but certainly not
in White's intentions:} Nxd5 (13... cxd5 $11) 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Bc2 Re8 $132)
13... Nh5 {[%cal Yh5f4] Contrary to the similar positions from the 8.d4 line,
here Black doesn't have the active move to e4. However, his move is effective
as well, the knight heads for the f4 outpost. Due to 11.h3 White can't prevent
this or subsequently chase the knight away with g3.} 14. Nf1 (14. Bc2 Nhf4 15.
Nb3 (15. Nf1 {-14.Nf1}) 15... f6 $1 {is also fine for Black, e.g.} 16. Bxg6
Nxg6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bg5 Qf7 $11 {/=/+}) 14... Nhf4 (14... f6 15. e6 Re8 16.
g3 $5 {[%csl Rh5]} Rxe6 17. Rxe6 Bxe6 18. Ne1 Nxg3 19. Nxg3 $13) 15. Bc2 ({
Houdini recommends} 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qd2 {This chases the knight from f4, but}
Ne6 17. Bc2 f6 $13 {[%csl Gb6,Gc8,Rd4] /=/+ certainly looks OK for Black.})
15... f6 16. Ng3 (16. exf6 Qxf6 $15) (16. N1h2 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf6
$36 {[%cal Rb6d4,Rf4e2]}) 16... fxe5 17. Bxg6 (17. Nxe5 $142 $1 Nxe5 18. Rxe5
Qf6 $15 (18... Qh4 19. Be3 {/\} Bc7 20. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 $11)) 17... Nxg6
18. Bg5 (18. Nxe5 Qf6 19. Nf3 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. Be3 Bc7 $40) 18... Qc7 19.
Nxe5 $6 (19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... Re8 $5 $15) 20. Rxe5 (20. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kh2 Bxe1
22. Qxe1 Bxh3 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra8e8]}) 20... Rxf3 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxe5 22.
Qd2 h6 23. Be3 $15) 21. Re7 (21. Re8+ Rf8 $17) 21... Bxf2+ (21... Rxf2 $2 22.
Rxc7 Rd2+ 23. Kh2 Rxd1 24. Rxc8+) 22. Kh1 Qxg3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bd4 $15 {
/<=>}) 19... Nxe5 20. Rxe5 h6 $6 {By playing it safe Anand misses a very good
chance.} (20... Rxf2 21. Re8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Kh2 (23. Qh5 Bxd4+ 24. Kh2
g6 25. Qh4 (25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Re1 Qf7 $19)) 23... Kg8 $17 {gives Black a
healthy extra pawn, which he should gradually convert.}) 21. Bh4 $1 (21. Be3
Qf7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yb6c7]}) (21. Re7 $2 Qd6 22. Nh5 (22. Bh4 g5 $19) 22...
hxg5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Qd2 (24. Rxg5 Bf5 25. Ng3 Bh7 $19) 24... Bd8 25. Re1 Rg8
26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Re8+ Kf7 $17 {/-+}) 21... Qf7 (21... g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23.
Rxg5+ Kh8 24. Rh5+ Kg7 25. Qd3 Kg8 (25... Rh8 26. Rg5+ Kf8 27. Re1 $36 {
[%cal Rd3g6]}) 26. Rg5+ $11) (21... Rxf2 $6 22. Re7 Qd6 (22... Qf4 $2 23. Re8+
Kh7 (23... Kf7 24. Qh5+ $18) 24. Qb1+ Bf5 25. Nxf5 $18) 23. Kxf2 Qf4+ 24. Qf3
Bxd4+ 25. Kf1 (25. Ke2 Qxh4 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qf5+ g6 29. Qxc8
Qxg3 30. Qxb7+ Kg8 31. Qc8+ $11) 25... Qxf3+ 26. gxf3 g5 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rxc8
Rxc8 29. Ne2 $14) 22. Nh5 $1 {[%mdl 256] Svidler defends tenaciously.} (22. Qd2
Qf4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd4,Rh4]}) (22. Ne2 g5 23. Bg3 Bc7 24. Qe1 (24. Re3 Bxg3 25.
Rxg3 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Ya8e8] /+-}) 24... Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Bf5 $17)
22... Be6 ({Although objectively Black is still fully OK after} 22... g5 {
the piece sacrifice gives White serious tactical counterchances and the risk
here is greater than after the restrained text move:} 23. Bxg5 $5 (23. Bg3 Bf5
$36 {[%csl Rh5]}) 23... Qxf2+ (23... hxg5 24. Rxg5+ Kh7 (24... Kh8 25. Nf6 $1
$18 {[%cal Rg5h5,Rh5h7]}) 25. Rg7+ Qxg7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd2 ({or} 27. Qh5 $11
{and Black's exposed king guarantees White at least a perpetual.})) 24. Kh1 (
24. Kh2 $143 {exposes White's king and doesn't give him sufficient
compensation after} hxg5 25. Rxg5+ Kf7 {/\} 26. Rg7+ (26. Qd3 Ke8 $17) 26...
Ke8 27. Qd3 Kd8 $1 28. Qg6 Bc7+ $1 29. Kh1 Qf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 24... hxg5 25.
Rxg5+ Kf7 26. Rg7+ Ke8 27. Qd3 Rf5 (27... Rf7 28. Qg6 Bxh3 29. Nf4 Bxg2+ 30.
Nxg2 Bxd4 31. Re1+ Qxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Bxg7 33. Nf3 Rd8 (33... Kf8 34. Ng5 Re7 35.
Nh7+ $11) 34. Ng5 Rdd7 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Qe6+ Re7 $11 {/=/+}) (27... Bf5 28.
Qa3 Qh4 (28... Qe2 $2 29. Nf4 Qe4 30. Qg3 {[%cal Ra1e1]} Ba5 31. Nh5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rg3d6,Rg7b7]}) (28... c5 29. dxc5 (29. Rxb7 $5) 29... Bxc5 30. Qb3 $44)
29. Rf1 $44) (27... Kd8 28. Qg6 {[%cal Rg6d6,Rg6g5]} Bxh3 $8 29. gxh3 Qf3+ 30.
Kh2 Bc7+ 31. Ng3 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxg3 33. Qxg3 Qxg3 34. Rxg3 Kc7 35. Re1 Rf7 $11 {
/=/+}) 28. Ng3 Qxd4 (28... Kf8 29. Rg4 Rf7 30. Rf1 Qxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Bxg4 32. hxg4
Re8 33. Ne3 $11) 29. Rg8+ Kf7 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. Nxf5 Kxg8 32. Nxd4 c5 33. Nf3
$11 {/=/+}) 23. Re3 Bd8 (23... g5 24. Bg3 Bd7 $5 {[%cal Yd7e8] was the last
try to squeeze more out of the position, but this is already unclear after} 25.
a4 $1 {/\} Be8 26. a5 Bd8 27. Qe1 $1 Qxh5 28. Bd6 Qf7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Raa3 $1
$44) 24. Rf3 $1 $11 (24. Bg3 $143 Bg5 $36) 24... Qxf3 {The queen sacrifice
gives Black a solid position he can never lose, but unfortunately he can't
make any progress either, as White defends all his weaknesses.} (24... Bf5 25.
Ng3 $11) (24... Qe8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Re3 Qf7 27. Rf3 $11) 25. gxf3 Bxh4 26.
Kg2 Rf7 27. Rc1 Raf8 28. Rc3 {After a series of natural moves both sides find
it difficult to improve their positions.} Bg5 29. Ng3 Re7 (29... Rf4 30. Ne2
Rh4 31. f4 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Rhxf4 33. Qd2 $11) 30. b4 (30. Ne2 $5 $11 {[%cal
Yf3f4]}) 30... a6 31. a4 Bd7 32. Qb3 Kh8 33. b5 cxb5 34. axb5 Bxb5 35. Qxd5 Rd7
36. Qe4 (36. Qc5 Be7 $11 (36... Rfd8 37. Ne4 Be7 $11)) 36... Bc6 37. Rxc6 (37.
Qg4 Rfd8 {can be dangerous only for White, so Svidler resolves the remaining
tension.}) 37... bxc6 38. Qxc6 Rxd4 (38... Rxd4 39. Qxa6 Rdf4 40. Qd3 Rxf3 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:05] Without a doubt this was a letdown for the
spectators. Aronian quickly went pawn hunting in a very strange opening but as
a result of this his position was completely tied down. Anand didn't have any
good break-through plans but he probably wasn't worried about any plans that
Aronian might have as the Armenian lacked space. An unusual repetition ensued
on move 15 and the game was drawn.} (3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7.
g4 Bg6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bg2 g5
14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rd1 Bc7 16. Ne2 Nf8 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. h4
e5 21. d5 Ng6 22. dxc6 Qa5+ 23. Nc3 O-O 24. cxb7 Qc7 25. Nd5 Qxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7
27. b4 gxh4 28. Bf1 Bg5 29. Rh3 Rd8 30. Bc4 Rbb8 31. Rhd3 Rdc8 32. Bb3 Rb7 {
Caruana,F (2782)-Anand,V (2773) Zuerich 2014 1/2-1/2}) 3... d4 $146 {[%emt 0:
05:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 5. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Qb5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 9. d3
{[%emt 0:02:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:
34]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:04:22]} 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:12:10]}
a5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:09:15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 14. Qd1 {
[%emt 0:05:19]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 15. Ne1 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:
06]} 16. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nc5
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:02:39]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {Before this game, Levon and I were running neck and neck. I had
spent some time checking Topalov's game with Svidler and the Najdorf.} 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {The only argument against this move
was that Topalov had played it with White against Mamedyarov the previous day,
but in the end, I decided to go with it.} e6 {Shakhriyar had played 6...g6,
but I assumed Veselin would go for this.} 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10.
h4 Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 {A bit weakening, but I wanted to stop
...Nc4.} f5 {I was happy to see this, since I felt this weakened the e6-pawn.}
14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 {Since the dark-squared bishop can't easily come to the
long diagonal, I was ready to give up the two bishops} (15. Bd2 O-O 16. Qe2 d5
17. exf5 exf5 18. O-O-O Kh8 {is messier.}) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O
d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ (18... Qa5 {This is trickier than we both thought at the
board.} 19. Nc3 (19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Qxe6 Qa3+ 21. Kb1 Qxd6 22. Qf5+ {and the
king stuck in the centre means that White has enough for the piece}) 19... O-O
20. Qxe6+ Kh8 {Here the comp points out that White has to be extremely precise:
} 21. Kb1 $1 (21. Qxe7 $2 Rfe8 $1 22. Qd6 Rad8) 21... Qxc3 (21... Rfe8 22. Qh3
$1 $18) 22. Qxe7 Rfe8 23. Rh3 $1 {only this move gives White an edge.}) 19. Kb1
Qe7 20. Nf2 $1 {Rerouting to e5.} Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 O-O 23. Qd4 $1 {
I was happy here, since I saw the upcoming bishop ending was pleasant for
White.} Rf5 24. Rde1 $1 (24. Bh3 e5) (24. Rhf1 Raf8 25. Bh3 e5 26. fxe5 Rxe5
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rf1+ Kg8 {and it's not clear how the presence of rooks
helps White.}) 24... Raf8 25. Rhf1 Qd6 {Black can't wait due to the threat of
Bh3.} 26. Re5 Rxe5 (26... Be8 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Bh3 e5 29. Qe3 $1 $18) 27. fxe5
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qe7 29. a4 {Also a good move, but...} (29. Bh3 $1 {was my first
intention and it's simpler since it stops Black rerouting his bishop to g6.
However, I saw that Qa7 was very strong and decided to go for that.}) 29... Be8
30. Kb2 $2 (30. Qa7 $1 {I wanted to play this, but suddenly began to doubt the
pawn races at the board. As the comp shows, my doubts were mistaken, White
wins easily:} Qb4 31. Qb8 Kf8 32. Ka2 Qxh4 (32... Qb6 33. h5 Ke7 34. Bd3 g6 {
the comp defends like this, but this must be nice for White}) 33. Qxb7 Qxg5 34.
Bxa6 Qxe5 (34... h5 35. Qb8 h4 36. Bb5 Qe7 37. a5 h3 38. a6 h2 39. a7 h1=Q 40.
a8=Q $18) 35. Bd3 h5 36. a5 h4 (36... Qd6 {taking the queen back} 37. a6 Bc6
38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. a7 Qe7 40. Qb8 $1 {followed by Bb5}) 37. a6 {but even this
wins, albeit with another intermezzo} (37. Qb4+ $18 {the easiest, simply
collecting the pawn}) 37... h3 38. a7 h2 39. Qb8 $1 {This is important} (39.
a8=Q h1=Q {this is indeed drawn}) 39... Qxb8 (39... Qh5 40. a8=Q h1=Q 41. Qd6+
$18) 40. axb8=Q h1=Q 41. Bg6 $18 {Now White wins the bishop.}) 30... Bg6 31.
Bh3 h6 $2 {It only took me a few seconds to see the zugzwang and now I was
quite excited.} (31... Be4 {Black is still worse, but it's hard to see how
White breaks through.}) 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Qg4 Kf7 34. h5 {And that's it.} Be4 {
Here I saw the next zugzwang coming!} (34... Bf5 {what I suspect he had
overlooked initially is that ...Qg5 loses} 35. Qf4 Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. Bxf5
exf5 38. h6 {and the Black king can't stop both pawns.}) 35. a5 {This move is
vital, it fixes Black's queenside and makes the bishop the only piece which
can move; the black queen is needed to protect both the e6-pawn and the
f6-square.} Bh7 36. c3 $3 {A very nice move to be able to make.} Be4 37. c4 {
And now that Black can't recapture.} Bf5 {There is nothing else.} 38. Qf4 dxc4
39. Bxf5 exf5 40. Qxf5+ Ke8 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qxc4+ Kg7 43. Qd5 $1 {Black's
king is still trapped on the last 2 ranks.} Kf8 44. Kc3 Ke8 45. b4 Qc7+ 46. Kd4
Qe7 47. Qg8+ (47. Qd6 Qh4+ 48. Kc5 {was much simpler.}) 47... Kd7 48. Kd5 Kc7 {
Now White has to be precise.} 49. Qg6 $1 Qh4 (49... Qxb4 50. Qd6+ Qxd6+ 51.
exd6+ {wins easily.}) 50. Qd6+ Kc8 51. Kc5 $1 {The White king now breaks
through via b6.} Qf2+ (51... Qxh5 52. Kb6 Qf7 53. e6 Qf2+ 54. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 55.
bxc5 h5 56. e7 Kd7 57. Kxb7 {and White is faster.}) 52. Qd4 Qf7 53. Qc4 $1 {
Now White's king can move with check.} (53. Kb6 $4 Qc7+ 54. Ka7 b5+) 53... Qg7
54. Kb6+ Kb8 55. Qc5 Qf7 56. Qd6+ Kc8 57. e6 {Topalov resigned, leaving me in
clear first place one point ahead of Aronian.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Both players had a
game with this variation in this Candidates tournament.} e6 ({Two rounds
previously Mamedyarov played} 6... g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2
Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 Na5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nde2 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8
17. Rhf1 e6 $13 {with a sharp position, Topalov-Mamedyarov, Khanty-Mansiysk (8)
2014.}) 7. g4 h6 {This move is transposing to the Keres Attack.} ({In the
previous round Topalov played} 7... Nfd7 {against Vishy,} 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6
10. h4 $5 {A rare, but an ambitious move.} (10. Qe2 {is more popular.}) 10...
Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4
17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 $14 {
and White has a hopeful position, later he managed to win, Anand-Topalov,
Khanty-Mansiysk (9) 2014.}) 8. Bg2 Be7 (8... Qc7) (8... g5) ({or} 8... Nc6 {
are also very common lines.}) 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 (10. Qe2 {is also typical in
this type of lines,} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 O-O 16. Be4 Bg5 17. Rdg1 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Qh4 $13 {with an unclear position,
Shirov-Khismatullin, Loo 2014.}) 10... Nd7 (10... Qc7 {has also been tried} 11.
Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Na5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Nce2 g6 15. Ng3 e5 $6 (15... Nc6 16. Kb1
$14) 16. Nde2 Bc6 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Rhf1 $16 {Van Kampen-Timman, Wijk aan Zee
2013 and Black was in big trouble.}) 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 (13. Bf2
{was more popular, but the text move is also an interesting alternative.})
13... Bh4+ 14. Bf2 Nxe5 15. O-O-O Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Be6 17. Qd4 Qg5+ (17... h5 {
was also played in a correspondence game,} 18. Kb1 Rc8 (18... Qe7 $5) 19. gxh5
Rc6 20. Nd5 Rxh5 $13 {with an unclear position. Black's e5 N is very strong,
Potrata-Emelyanov, ICCF 2012.}) 18. Kb1 O-O-O {They have finished their
development, Black has a really strong e5 N, on the other hand the d6 pawn is
a little bit weak, so the position is balanced.} 19. Bf1 {A logical decision.
The B wasn't already useful on g2, so White would like to activate it from f1.}
Nc6 20. Qf2 Qc5 {The black Q was a little bit out of play on the kingside, so
Mamedyarov brings it to the other side.} 21. Qg3 Qe5 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Qg3 Kb8 {
Black didn't repeat, however White's chances are not worse.} 24. Be2 Ne5 25.
Nd5 Rc8 26. c3 f6 27. Rd4 Rhe8 28. Rhd1 Rcd8 29. Bd3 Nc6 30. Rc4 Qa7 {and draw.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Be7
{[%emt 0:01:37]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:09]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 8.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe8 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Na3 {
[%emt 0:00:14] This way of developing the knight to retrieve the pawn is
common in the Catalan, but mainly in positions where ...Bxa3 is possible.
Curiously, in this position, in which there is no black dark-squared bishop
anymore, it is quite rare.} (11. Qc2 {Kramnik,V (2810)-Carlsen,M (2872) London
2013 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 11... c5 {[%emt 0:13:40] Taking into account the surprise,
Anand played relatively fast, after less than a quarter of an hour. Back
immediately gets rid of his backward pawn.} (11... Rd8 {is a logical
alternative, but it offers White chances to retain the better striucture while
more or less neutralising Black's play on the light squares.} 12. Qc2 Ba6 (
12... Rxd4 13. Be3 Rd5 14. Nxc4 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gb2b3]}) 13. Nxc4 Rxd4 14. Ne5 Rd5
(14... Bb7 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 $14) 15. Qc6 Rad8 16. Qxa6 $14) 12. dxc5 {
[%emt 0:01:50]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:16:
39] Played after 16 minutes. Black had a relatively wide choice, indeed.} (
13... Qc7 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Qa4 Qb7 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxb2 18. Bd4 $14) (
13... Qc6 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. b3 Bxb3 17. Rxc6 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 $14) (
13... Qb4 $5 {Omelka,R (2115)-Dobes,V (2061) Czechia 2011 (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 14.
f3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} (14. Nxc4 Ba6 15. b3 Ng4 16. h4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rad8 18. Qc2
Bb7 $36) 14... c3 $1 {[%emt 0:05:48][%csl Ra3] The point of the previous move.
It is not really unusual for Black to have a pawn less in the 7.Ne5 variation.
Due to the somewhat awkward position of the a3-knight and the vulnerable
c-pawn, Black has good chances of maintaining aproximate equality by dynamic
means. Compare also with c5-c6 from Karjakin-Anand.} 15. bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:57]}
Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 16. Qc1 {[%emt 0:12:21]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:37][%csl Rc3]
[%cal Ga8c8]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:12] (!!) Choosing the
right rook for a certain file is one of the most difficult issues in chess.
Anand rightly decides that he will need the other rook on the d-file. And
remarkably, he used only 3 minutes on his last move, although it leaves the
a7-pawn undefended!} (17... Rfc8 {would offer White chances to keep his extra
pawn and a relatively active position.} 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Rd4 Rc6 20. Kg2 Rac8
21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Rh4 $14) 18. Bxa7 $11 {[%emt 0:26:34] After nearly half an
hour, Kramnik decides to liquidate into a draw.} ({After} 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Rd4 {
the difference is revealed by} Rfd8 $1 {The latent pressure on the d-file
restricts White's active possibilities.} 20. Bf2 (20. Kg2 $4 Nxe3+ 21. Qxe3
Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxa3 $19) (20. Rd3 $5 Nxe3 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxe3 Rd2) 20... h6
$5 {Just a useful waiting move. For instance,} 21. Kg2 {would expose the king
slightly, adding effect to} e5 {(again, this would not be possible without a
rook on d8).} 22. Rd3 e4 $132) 18... Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 19. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} Qxa7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:45]}
21. Ne5 {[%emt 0:08:06] Two rounds later, in the aforementioned game with
Karjakin, Anand once again got a position in which White's extra a2-pawn was
not too relevant. Only that here it will liquidate rather soon into a 0.00
position.} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:50][%csl Gc2]} 22. Nd3 {[%emt 0:07:32]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} 23. Qf2 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:07:37]} 24. Rxa2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} 26. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:18]}
fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. Qe3 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 31. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {An interesting way to handle the opening. Black
delays the development of the Ng8 for a while. In some cases, keeping an
option of Ng8-e7 in mind.} 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 ({I can hardly
recommend the greedy} 13... Bxh4 $6 14. O-O-O Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Kf8 16. c4 $36) 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. Qf3 $1 {This is definitely the most dangerous plan. White
retains a lot of attacking ideas, such as f4-f5 and g2-g4-g5 (after removing
the knight from g3), while developing any serious counterplay on the opposite
side looks quite difficult at this moment. In my opinion, the character of the
position is quite unpleasant for Black, so it is not surprising, that the
World Champion didn't decide to repeat this system again in the match.} ({
Vishy deviates from} 15. Ne4 {which didn't pose Black any problems after} Nxe4
16. Qxe4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. h5 b5 20. Rh3 a5 21. Rf1 Rac8 22.
Rg3 Kh7 23. Rgf3 Kg8 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,
M (2870)/Chennai IND 2013}) 15... Qc7 16. c4 {An important move. Now White is
ready to meet 16...c6 by 17.d5.} a5 {This looks rather slow, but I can hardly
suggest anything better.} (16... c5 17. d5 Bd6 (17... exd5 18. Nf5 $40) 18.
Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nh5 $40) (16... Rac8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Rc1 (18. c5 Nd5 19. Nh5 N7f6
20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. g4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qe4 $14) 18... bxc4
19. Rxc4 c5 20. Rhc1 $14) 17. Kb1 Rad8 (17... a4 18. Ne2 h5 (18... c5 19. g4
cxd4 20. g5 $40) 19. Ng3 g6 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qxf5 $40) 18. Bc1 $1
{Completing the most flexible setup.} ({Correctly not hurrying with} 18. Ne2 h5
$1 19. Ng3 g6 $132) 18... a4 $146 {A novelty which doesn't solve Black's
problems.} (18... Rfe8 19. Ne2 (19. Rhe1 $5) 19... c5 (19... h5 $5) 20. g4 cxd4
21. g5 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V (2707)-Dreev,A (2676)/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 081/
[Lukacs] (44)}) 19. Rhe1 {Now the threat of 20.f5 is unpleasant, so Black is
under pressure.} (19. Rhf1 Bd6 $1 (19... c5 20. d5 Bd6 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. dxe6+
Kxe6 23. Rfe1+ Kf7 24. Nf5 Nb6 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. h5 $36) (19... Rfe8 20. Nh5 Nxh5
21. Qxh5 Rf8 (21... Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bf8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qg5) 22. Rd3
Nf6 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Rg3 $36) 20. Ne2 h5 21. g4 hxg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 f5
24. Qg6 Rf6 25. Qg2 Bf8 $132) 19... a3 ({The standard measures like} 19... Bd6
{are too slow:} 20. Ne2 c5 21. Nc3 cxd4 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. g4 $40) (
{I can only suggest} 19... Rfe8 $5 {as a possible improvement} 20. Ne2 h5 (
20... c5 21. g4 cxd4 22. g5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Nxd4 $40) 21. c5 g6 22. Nc3 {
The position still looks somewhat better for White, but it remains quite
complicated.}) 20. b3 Bb4 {A logical continuation of Black's previous play,
but Black can hardly make any use of his control over the dark squares around
the Kb1.} 21. Re3 $1 {As we can see, the rook would be very useful there.} ({
The modest} 21. Rf1 $6 {could be strongly met by} c5 22. Ne2 b5 $1 (22... h5
23. Nd3 Ng4 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Rfe1 Be7 26. Nc3 $14) 23. g4 (23. cxb5 Nxe5 24.
dxe5 Nd5 $44) 23... bxc4 24. Nxc4 (24. g5 cxb3 25. gxf6 bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Nxf6
$132) 24... Nd5 25. g5 h5 $132) 21... c5 (21... Bd6 22. Red3 $14) 22. d5 $1
exd5 23. cxd5 $6 {This natural move is actually a loss of important time!} ({
A much stronger move would be} 23. Nf5 $1 d4 (23... dxc4 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qg3
Ne8 (25... g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. f5 $18) 26. Nxc4 Qc6 27. Rxe8 Qf6 28. Re5 $16)
24. Re2 Kh8 25. g4 $40 {and Black's extra pawn doesn't help much - the attack
is very powerful.}) 23... Nb6 $1 24. Red3 ({Now} 24. Nf5 {is not strong
anymore and leads only to equality:} Nbxd5 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Qg5
gxh6 28. Qf5+ Kg7 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxh5 Rd6 31. Rg3+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Ng6+
Rxg6 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 $11) 24... Qc8 $2 {A very bad decision by
Dmitry. Letting White push such a strong pawn forward could lead to a fatal
result.} ({At the same time, after} 24... Nbxd5 $1 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5
27. Qxd5 Rd8 {Andreikin could change the unpleasant character of play. For
instance, after} 28. Qc4 (28. Qf3 f6 29. Nc4 Qe7 30. Nxa3 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Qe1+
32. Bc1 Rd1 33. Ne2 Qd2 34. Qe4 Re1 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ $11) 28... Rd1 (28...
Rd4 $5) 29. Ne4 Rd4 30. Qc2 f6 $132 {White is not yet risk-free.}) 25. d6 Rfe8
$6 {Too slow. Now White is totally winning.} ({A pawn sacrifice was called for:
} 25... Qe6 26. Qxb7 c4 27. Nxc4 Rb8 28. Qa6 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Bxd6+
31. Kc2 Bc7 $16 {and Black has some drawing chances due to the weakness of
White's pawns.}) 26. Nh5 $1 $18 Re6 ({Or} 26... Qf5 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxb7 Rb8
29. d7 Red8 30. Qc6 Qxh4 31. Rh3 Qe7 32. Re3 $18) (26... Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Qe6 28.
d7 $18) 27. Nxf6+ ({Missing} 27. d7 $1 Qc7 (27... Nbxd7 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Nxd7
$18) (27... Nfxd7 28. Qg4 g6 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. f5 $18) 28. f5 Rxe5 29. Nxf6+
gxf6 30. Bxh6 $18) 27... Rxf6 28. d7 Qc7 29. Qg4 $1 {Now Black's pieces are
stuck on the queenside and cannot help their monarch.} c4 {A desperate attempt
to create any kind of counterplay.} 30. Rg3 g6 31. h5 cxb3 32. Rxb3 Na4 {
This sacrifice is necessary.} 33. hxg6 fxg6 (33... Nc3+ 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. gxf7+
Kh7 36. Qg8+ Rxg8 37. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 38. d8=Q+ $18) 34. Rxb4 (34. Rd4 {was also
good enough:} Nc3+ 35. Ka1 Nd5 36. Rc4 Bc5 37. Bxa3 $18) 34... Nc3+ 35. Kc2 (
35. Ka1 $2 Nxd1 36. Rc4 Qd6 $14) 35... b5 $5 {The best practical chance. Black
is trying to complicate matters.} (35... Nxd1+ 36. Rc4 Qd6 37. Qxd1 $18) 36.
Kb3 {A human move.} ({However, there are at least 2 other winning possibilites:
} 36. Rc4 bxc4 37. Kxc3 Qa5+ 38. Kxc4 (38. Kc2 Qa4+ 39. Kd2 Qb4+ 40. Ke2 Qb1
41. Qf3 Qxa2+ 42. Rd2 $18) 38... Qa4+ 39. Kc3 Qa5+ 40. Kd3 Qb5+ 41. Ke3 Qc5+
42. Ke2 $18) (36. Bd2 Nxd1+ 37. Kxd1 $18) 36... Na4 37. Qf3 {This move is not
bad at all} ({but} 37. Bd2 {didn't require much calculating:} Nc5+ 38. Kxa3
Nxd7 39. Kb2 $18) 37... Nc5+ 38. Kc2 Na4+ 39. Kb3 {Accepting a draw in such a
winning position is quite surprising, but I guess Vishy was tired after a long
game, so he decided to avoid any unnecessary risk in such an excellent
tournament situation. In fact, the loss of half a point in this game didn't
have any influence on Vishy, as he managed to win the tournament in great
style!} ({Still, the winning lines were not trivial, but not too difficult for
such a great player:} 39. Rc4 bxc4 40. Bxa3 Kh7 41. Be7 Qb8 42. Qa3 Qb7 43.
Bxd8 Qe4+ 44. Kc1 Qxf4+ 45. Kb1 Qf5+ 46. Nd3 cxd3 47. Qxd3 $18) ({Or} 39. Kd2
Qd6+ 40. Nd3 Rf7 (40... Rxd7 41. Bxa3 Nb2 42. Rxb2 Qxa3 43. Kc1 Rfd6 44. Nf2
$18) (40... Nc5 41. Rxb5 Nxd3 42. Rd5 $18) 41. Bxa3 Rfxd7 42. Rb3 Qf6 43. Rc1
b4 44. Bxb4 Nb2 45. Rcc3 Nxd3 46. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 47. Rxd3 Qb2+ 48. Kd1 Qb1+ 49. Ke2
Re8+ 50. Re3 Rxe3+ 51. Qxe3 Qxb4 52. Qb3+ $18) 39... Nc5+ 40. Kc2 Na4+ 41. Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. e3 $5 {[%emt 0:00:05]
This used to be some sort of fashion during the Steinitz-Zukertort World
Championship match, but may look completely outdated some 120 years later.
Some years ago, I started using several systems with an early e2-e3. Apart
from the line played in this gme, I also tried to revive my favourite weapon
from 30 years ago: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3. Somehow, I felt this was not too
professional, but the results kept being unexpectedly good, although on some
occasions it was obvious that my opponents had prepared thoroughly. The
conclusion would be that the position is complex enough to avoid exhaustive
preparation and allow the outplaying of the opponent in the middlegame. After
the last move, Black has a wide choice, but every move has some slight
drawback.} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} (4... b6 {Kramnik,V (2787)-Aronian,L (2830)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 [Krasenkow] (1/2-1/2, 60)}) (4... c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 {
proved being less simple for Black than perfect symmetry would suggest in
Aronian,L (2808)-Anand,V (2817) Monte Carlo 2011 CBM 142 [Marin,M] (1-0, 59)})
(4... Nbd7 {is the most flexible move, keeping the possibility of ...Bb4 if
White plays b2-b3, or ...dxc4 as an answer to Bf1-d3.} 5. b3 (5. Nc3 {looks
best, but then} c6 {would transpose to a Meran. The effectiveness of White?s
move order depends on whether Black has this opening in his repertoire.}) 5...
Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 (6. Bd2 a5) 6... e5 7. dxe5 Bc3 ({The correct move order was} 7...
Nxe5 $1 8. Nxe5 Bc3) 8. Rb1 (8. exf6 $1 Bxa1 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. cxd5 $44) 8...
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {Giertz,N (2280)-Gaponenko,I (2458) Biel 2006 (1/2-1/2,
67)}) 5. b3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} c5 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:44] I find this very simplistic.} (7. Nbd2
{leads to more complex play. I have selected a few games from the final part
of Karpov's career, some of them coming from other move orders. Personally, I
prefer the lines with hanging white pawns, but Karpov also tried other
structures as well.} cxd4 (7... Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 (8... exd5 9. Be2 b6 10. Ne5
Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. O-O
Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. h3 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd6 22. Qg4
$14 {1-0 (60) Karpov,A (2693)-Van Wely,L (2697) Dubai 2002 CBM 089 [Tsesarsky]}
) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bc4 Bf6 14. Qb3 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Nf6 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 $14 {Karpov,A (2616)-Alekseev,E 
(2683) Germany 2013}) 8. exd4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O Bf8
13. Rfd1 Rc8 (13... dxc4 {is premature, clearing the c2-a4 diagonal.} 14. bxc4
g6 15. Nf1 Bg7 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Bc2 $5 Qe7 18. Bc3 Red8 19. Rb1 Rd7 20. Bd3 Nh5
21. Qb2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nb8 23. Ne1 Rcd8 24. a4 Nc6 25. g3 Nh5 26. N1c2 Nf6 27. Bg2
Nb8 {It is hard to explain what Karpov did, it looked as if he was defending
for most of the time, but now he finally carries out the breakthrough} 28. d5
$16 {and it was practically all over in Karpov,A (2740)-Morovic Fernandez,I 
(2605) Las Palmas 1994 (1-0, 39)}) 14. h3 g6 15. Qe3 Bg7 16. Bb1 ({The old
theory went} 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. bxc4 Ne7 18. Ndf3 {Smyslov,V (2600)-Ribli,Z 
(2615) London 1983 (1-0, 65)}) 16... Qe7 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Nxc6 ({The player
with hanging pawns should keep the minor pieces, but probably Karpov disliked} 
18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 {[%csl Gc5,Rd6,Rf6]}) 18... Bxc6 19. bxc4 Qb7 20. f3
Rcd8 21. Ne4 Qb8 $13 {Karpov,A (2651)-Gelfand,B (2720) Moscow 2008 (1-0, 44)})
7... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:06:43]} ({The following game played by one of Karpov's
historic adversaries actually started with the 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 move order.} 7...
exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bb6 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Nb5 Re8 13. Nbd4 Qd6
14. Rc1 Bg4 {Kortschnoj,V (2642)-Sadvakasov,D (2523) Astana 2003 (1/2-1/2, 44)}
) 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:08:52]} Nd7 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:04:07][%cal Gd7c5] This
novelty seems to solve Black's micro-problems.} (8... Bxc5 {wastes some time,
allowing White get the slightly more pleasant position.} 9. Bc4 (9. Be2 Bb4+
10. Nfd2 b6 11. a3 Be7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 Rc8 $11 {Bacrot,E (2721)-Naiditsch,A (2697) Montreal 2009 (1/2-1/2, 25)})
9... Nc6 (9... b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a3 Nd7 13. Nbd2 {The knight does
not do much on d5, and it obstructs the b7-bishop at the same time, making the
threat Nd2-e4 a bit annoying.}) ({With the bishop on c4 rather than on e2 like
in a game above,} 9... Bb4+ $6 {is not dangerous:} 10. Nbd2 Nc3 $6 11. Qc2 $16)
10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb5 (11. Bd3 $5 {may offer better chances for retaining a
small edge.} Nb4 {With queens on the board, White's chances for the initiative
would be bigger.} 12. Be2 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bd7 14. Nc3 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4]}) 11...
Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Ne4 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Be8 $11 {Fedoseev,V (2641)
-Wojtaszek,R (2713) Yerevan 2014 (0-1, 85)}) 9. c6 {[%emt 0:05:34] The only
way to fight for at least some minimal edge.} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:12:15] White has the better queenside structure, but is behind in
development. Black's next move threatens to immediately solve the structural
problems.} a5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} N5f6 {[%emt 0:03:46]}
(11... Nf4 12. g3 Ng6 13. Be2 a4 14. O-O axb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Qc2 $14 {
[%csl Gg6]}) 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:33] This concrete approach would work out
well if White had better development. The way it is, the queen incursion looks
rather risky.} a4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:27]} (12... Qc7 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. O-O Qf4 (14...
Rfc8 $6 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4b6,Gc4d6]} 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rfd1 a4 17. bxa4 Qa5 18. Nc4
Qxa4 19. Bxf6 {[%cal Gc4b6,Gc4d6]} gxf6 $8 $14) 15. Bd3 h6 16. h3 a4 17. bxa4
$14 Nc5 $2 18. Be5 $18) 13. Qxc6 $6 {[%emt 0:06:55]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:10:08]
Fighting for equality, with good chances for achieving it, but hardly for more
than that.} (13... Ra5 $1 {would have seriously questioned the viability of
White's plan.} 14. Qc1 (14. Be2 $2 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gc8b7]} 15. Be5 axb3 $1
16. Bc7 (16. axb3 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Bd7) 16... Rxa2 $1 17. Rxa2 bxa2 18. O-O Qd7
19. Qxd7 Bxd7 $17) 14... Bb7 $36) (13... Ra7 $5) 14. Qxa4 $1 {[%emt 0:09:42]}
Qxa4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 15. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (15...
Rxa4 16. Bb5 Ra8 17. a4 $16) 16. Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 17.
Bd4 {[%emt 0:03:20] It still looks OK for Black, but he has to find a way to
retrieve the pawn at some moment. Excessive simplifications may turn the
a-pawn into a dangerous passer.} Bd7 {[%emt 0:14:52] From a relatively wide
choice of natural moves, this is not the best, but not really bad either.} (
17... Bb7 $6 18. Rc1 $1 Ba3 (18... Ra5 $2 19. Bxa4 Rxa4 20. Rc7 $18) (18...
Nxe4 19. Rc7) (18... Bxe4 19. Bxf6 $18) 19. Rc4 Nb2 20. Bxb2 Bxb2 21. a4 $14) (
17... Ra5 $6 18. Rb1 $1 $14 Bb7 $2 19. Bxa4 $18) (17... Rd8 $5 {may be the
strongest, fighting for active play. The hanging pieces along the d-file may
count later.} 18. O-O (18. Rc1 Ra5) 18... Bb7 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rfd1
Ra5 22. Bc4 (22. Be2 Rad5 23. Be3 Nc3 24. Rxd5 Nxe2+ 25. Kf1 Bxd5 26. Kxe2 Ba3
$44) (22. Bf1 $2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rad5 $19) 22... Ba3 $44) 18. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:04:
37]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 19. Ke2 $14 {[%emt 0:02:21] After the bishop
exchange the king has found a comfortable square in the centre, ensuring White
the more pleasant position.} Nac5 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 20. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:03:15]}
Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 21. Rc2 {[%emt 0:11:38]} Rfa8 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 22. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:04:23]} Rxa2 $5 {[%emt 0:02:18] An interesting practical decision. I
do not believe that Anand trusted 100% he would hold a draw with a rook
against two minor pieces, but he might have considered that playing on the
position with a pawn down would be too dangerous.} (22... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6b4]
would have retained chances to retrieve the a-pawn. True, ...Nb4 is not a draw
yet in view of Rc7, but Black could go slowly with ...f6, ...Kf7, ...e5.} 23.
Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1b7]} Bc5 24. Rb7 Bxd4 25. Rxd7 Bc5 26. Ng5 Bf8 $1 {Surely not
an easy move to find, especially when you evaluate this position in advance.
The point is that} 27. Nxf7 Nc5 {would most likely lead to a draw by
repetition.} 28. Rc7 Na6 {Even though 22...Na6 looks objectively better than
the game continuation, from the practical point of view Black's position was
easier to handle in the game.}) 23. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:33]}
24. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36] It is essential to exchange
one rook, in order to eliminate the main coordinator of the white minor pieces.
} 25. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 26. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5
{[%emt 0:09:28]} 27. Ke3 $16 {[%emt 0:04:01] /+/= This is by far not easy to
win, but I guess I would feel very unhappy if I failed to.} f6 {[%emt 0:01:00]}
28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h5 {
[%emt 0:03:35]} 30. h3 {[%emt 0:04:58] Karjakin plays slightly hesitatingly
during this phase of the game.} (30. h4 $5) 30... Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 31. Nc3
{[%emt 0:01:21]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} ({The thematic} 33... g5 {
would lead to unclear consequences:} 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Nf3 Nxe4 36. Kxe4 Rxe2+
37. Be3 Kf6 38. Nxe5 {White has finally achieved perfect cordination but the
pawn numbers have been reduced drastically. Still, it looks difficult to play
with Black.}) 34. g3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} (34... g5 {once
again deserves attention.}) 35. f3 {[%emt 0:00:56] Still not finding an active
plan.} (35. f4 $1 {would have either gained space or created an important
weakness on e5.} Ra7 (35... exf4+ 36. gxf4 {[%cal Ge2d4,Ge4e5]}) 36. fxe5 fxe5
37. Nf3 Rd7 38. Neg1 Rd3+ 39. Ke2 Rb3 40. Ng5+ Kf6 41. N1f3) 35... Kf7 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} (35... g5 $1) 36. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37.
Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 38. Nb1 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Nb3 {
[%emt 0:01:17]} 39. Nbc3 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:57][%csl Rc1]} 40.
Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Na5 {
[%emt 0:06:36]} 42. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 43. Bc3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 44. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:37]}
45. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g5 $5 {[%emt 0:04:22] Better late than never, they
say, but in the meanwhile White has improved his coordination a bit. So,
better at the right time than late!} 46. hxg5 $6 {[%emt 0:07:21]} (46. Kd2 $1 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge2c1,Gc1d3]} Ra3 47. Nc1 Ke6 48. Nd3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gh4g5]}
(48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Nd3 h4 $132) 48... gxh4 49. gxh4 Kf7 50. Bb4 {[%cal Gd2e3]}
Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Rh2 52. Be1 Ra2 53. f4 exf4+ 54. Nxf4 $16) 46... fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 48. g4 {[%emt 0:08:27]} h4 {
[%emt 0:06:50]} 49. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 51. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 52.
Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} ({When
playing his 46th move, White might have hoped that the pawn ending arising
after} 53. Nxg5 Rxd2+ 54. Kxd2 Kxg5 {would be won, but it is a simple draw.}
55. Ke2 Kf4 56. Kf2 Kg5 57. Kg2 Kg6 58. Kh2 Kf6 59. Kh3 Kg5 $11) 53... Rb2 {
[%emt 0:02:46]} 54. Ke3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 55. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 56. Kd1 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:02:
52]} 57. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Ra2
{[%emt 0:00:22]} 59. Nf2 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 60. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:
02]} 62. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:02:51]} 63. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:08:35]} 64. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 65. Nd1 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 66. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:
43]} 67. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 68. Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:02]}
Ra2+ {[%emt 0:02:11]} 69. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 70. Kh3 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 71. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 72. Bd8+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 73. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (73... h3+ {looks premature, although it is far from
clear whether White can take the pawn:} 74. Kg3 h2 75. Nh1 Rc2 76. Bb4 Kf6 77.
Ba5 (77. Be1 $2 Rc1 78. Kf2 Ra1) 77... Rb2 {Still, one would not embark on
such a variation without being obliged to.}) 74. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:03] In the
meanwhile, White keeps moving the pieces around in a dead drawn position. In
such cases, it is better to call it a day, as one may well lose the feeling
for danger. Which was actually to happen later...} Rc2 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 75. Bd6
{[%emt 0:00:53]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 76. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:
00:44]} 77. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 78. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 79. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 80. Bd8+ {
[%emt 0:01:13]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 81. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 82. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 83. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 84. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 85. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 86. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 87. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 88. Be1 $2 {[%emt 0:00:41]
Not a fortunate square for the bishop.} h3+ $1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 89. Kf1 $6 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} (89. Kxh3 Re2 90. Nd3 Re3 91. Nxe5 Rxe1 92. Nd7+ Ke6 93. Nb6
$11 {[%cal Gb6d5]}) 89... h2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 90. Nh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 91. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:21] A good moment to offer a draw, knowing
that it would assure one's opponent of an overall win in the Candidates.} (91.
Ke2 {Black could play on, of course, but it seems that there would be no way
to break through and no zugzwang available:} Ke6 92. Ng3 Kd6 93. Nf5+ Kc5 94.
Ng3 Kc4 95. Nh1 Kb3 96. Ng3 Kc2 97. Nh1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:03:38"]
[BlackClock "1:07:24"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]
} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:05:25]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:02:19] With the tournament
already in the bag it didn't make any sense for Anand to play for blood or to
show anything new in his preparation. Svidler's Marshall was more than
sufficient to jump into an easily drawn endgame.} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. Re1
{[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:
17]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 16. Bd1 {[%emt 0:02:20]}
Bxd3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 18. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxe4 19. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 20. Rxe8 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:
06]} 22. Bf3 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 23. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 24. a3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (24. b3 Re6 25. c4 Nb4 26.
cxb5 cxb5 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Nd3 29. Rb1 Nc5 30. a5 Re5 31. Be2 Ne6 {1/2-1/2
(31) Shirov,A (2696)-Nyback,T (2599) Jyvaskyla 2014}) 24... Rd8 {[%emt 0:16:09]
} 25. c4 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 26. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Nd3 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} 27. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 28. Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:03:52]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:
16]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 31. Be4 {[%emt 0:06:51]}
Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 32. Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:01:40]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 34. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Le Defi m1"]
[Site "Porto Vecchio"]
[Date "2014.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Massoni, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.05.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 {Die Anti-Sizilianer sind derzeit große in Mode. Da
Lb5 gegen die Paulsen-Variante nicht sinnvoll ist, spielen viele so wie Anand
das hier macht.} Nc6 ({Prinzipieller ist} 3... d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2
Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4
13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Nd4 Qxb2 19.
Reb1 Qc3 20. Qxc3 Nxc3 21. Rxb7 Bg6 22. Bf1 Ra5 23. a4 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Nxa4 25.
Rxa7 Nc5 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. Nc6 Be4 28. c3 Kh8 29. Rd7 Nc5 30. Rc7 Ne6 31. Re7 h6
32. Nd4 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rc8 34. Rxf7 Nxd4 35. cxd4 Rc4 36. Rf4 g5 37. Rg4 Kg7 38.
h4 Kf6 39. f4 gxh4 40. Rxh4 Kg6 {1-0 (40) Adams,M (2753)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2742) Bilbao 2013}) 4. Bg2 Qc7 {In der Hoffnung, das Weiß vielleicht später
noch d4 spielt.} (4... d5) 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 ({Weniger energisch ist} 6. d3)
6... d6 7. c3 {Nun kommt Weiß zu einem Vollzentrum.} Be7 (7... c4 $2 8. Na3)
8. d4 $5 ({Häufiger geschieht auch hier} 8. d3) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 {Analog
zu ähnlichen Varianten im Lb5-System gespielt und tatsächlich eine Neuerung
an dieser Stelle.} 10. e5 (10. exd5 {kommt auch in Betracht.}) 10... Ne4 11.
Nc3 ({Die Alternative war} 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O $11
13. h4 Bd7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Na5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bf4 Bc6 ({
Houdini schlägt} 18... Ba4 19. Bf1 Bc2 {vor.}) 19. Bf1 Bb5 {Die letzten
beiden Züge von Schwarz waren recht nutzlos.} 20. Qh5 {Nun droht entscheidend
Lxh6.} ({Zum Dauerschach führt hier} 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8
23. Qh5 Kg7 $11) 20... Na3 $2 {Verliert forciert.} ({Die einzige Verteidigung
war} 20... Be8 {mit der Idee} 21. Bxh6 (21. Qf3) 21... f5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.
Nf4 Qc6 $17 ({Nicht} 23... Bxh5 24. Nxe6+ Kf7 25. Nxc7 {und falls} Rad8 {so}
26. Nxd5 $18)) 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Nf4 Qd7 (23... Bd8 24. Nh5 ({
Oder} 24. Bh3 $18) 24... f5 25. exf6 {gefolgt von Lh3 und gewinnt.}) 24. Nh5 f5
25. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Le Defi m1"]
[Site "Porto Vecchio"]
[Date "2014.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Massoni, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.05.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. O-O-O g5 13. e5 Bg4 14. Qg3 gxh4
15. Qxh4 Rxe5 16. f3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qg3 Re3 19. h4 h5 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. Kb1
Qe5 22. Qc4 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. Kb2 Ne3 25. Qxc6 Nxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Re8 27. Rd5
Qe2 28. Rd2 Qe6 29. gxh5 Bxh5 30. f4 Kf8 31. Rd5 Bf3 32. c4 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Qf6+
34. Kb1 Re1+ 35. Nc1 Qxf4 36. Qc3 Qxc1# 0-1

[Event "Le Defi m2"]
[Site "Porto Vecchio"]
[Date "2014.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2014.05.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nf5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Rac1
Ba6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qb5 17. Bd6 Rac8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe2 20. Qc3 e5
21. Ra4 f6 22. Re1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxa7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. a3 Kf7 27.
f3 Ke6 28. Kf2 g5 29. Ke3 Bb5 30. Bc7 Ra4 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. Bb6 Rc2 33. Rd2 Rxd2
34. Kxd2 Bf1 35. g3 Bg2 36. Ke3 Bf1 37. a4 f5 38. b4 Bc4 39. f4 exf4+ 40. gxf4
g4 41. Kd4 Ba6 42. Bd8 h5 43. Bh4 Bf1 44. Be1 Ba6 45. Bh4 Bf1 46. Bg3 Ba6 47.
Be1 Bf1 48. b5 cxb5 49. a5 b4 50. Bxb4 h4 51. Be1 g3 52. h3 Kd7 53. Ke5 Bxh3
54. a6 Kc6 55. Kf6 Bg4 56. Kg5 g2 57. Bf2 h3 58. a7 Kb7 59. c6+ Ka8 60. c7 Kb7
61. a8=Q+ Kxa8 62. c8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Le Defi m2"]
[Site "Porto Vecchio"]
[Date "2014.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.05.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 Ne7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Bb6 12. d4 Ng6 13. a4 c6 14. Re1 a5 15.
Qb3 Ba7 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Qc2 h5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
exf5 Rad8 22. Qe4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 h4 27.
g3 hxg3 28. hxg3 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Bc4 e4 31. Kf1 Kf6 32. Ke2 Kxf5 33. Bxf7
b5 34. Be8 bxa4 35. Bxc6 a3 36. bxa3 Bc5 37. a4 g5 38. Bb7 Ke5 39. Bc6 Bb6 40.
Bb7 Ba7 41. Bc6 Bb6 42. Bb7 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Qe3 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Re8
15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxb4 Qc4 19. Bc3 Rxe4 20. Qf5 Rf4 21.
Nd2 Rxf5 22. Nxc4 Rc5 23. Ne3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rad1 Rc5 26. Re2 f6 27. Bd4
Rh5 28. f3 Rb8 29. b3 Rd5 30. Red2 c5 31. Be3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke6 34.
Ke2 d5 35. Kd3 Bd6 36. h3 c4+ 37. bxc4 dxc4+ 38. Kxc4 Rb4+ 39. Kd3 Rxa4 40. c3
Kd7 41. Rb2 Kc7 42. g4 Ra1 43. h4 a5 44. Rb6 a4 45. Ra6 a3 46. Kc4 Rf1 47. Bc5
Bxc5 48. Kxc5 Rxf3 49. Rxa3 Kb7 50. Kd6 Rd3+ 51. Ke6 Rg3 52. Rb3+ Kc8 53. Rb4
Rxc3 54. Kf7 Rc7+ 55. Kg8 g6 56. Rf4 g5 57. Rxf6 gxh4 58. Rh6 Rc4 59. Rxh4 h5
60. Rxh5 Rxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. a4
Nf6 9. a5 d5 10. Bb6 Qd6 11. Nc3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb4+ 14. Nd2 Ne5
15. O-O O-O 16. c3 Qb5 17. b4 f5 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bd7 21. Bb3
Kh8 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qh3 f3 25. Bc5 Bxc3 26. Bc2 h6 27. Bd3 Qa4 28.
Bxf8 fxg2 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rfe1 Bxe1 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Qf4+ Ke7 33. Qh4+ Kf7
34. Qf4+ Ke7 35. Rxe1 Rd8 36. Qxh6 Rd6 37. Qh4+ Kd7 38. Be4 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 Qc6
40. h4 Rd5 41. Qh7+ Kd6 42. Qg6 Qd7 43. Qg3+ Kc6 44. Kxg2 Kb5 45. Re4 Rd3 46.
Qe5+ Qd5 47. h5 Qxe5 48. Rxe5+ Kxb4 49. h6 Rd7 50. Rh5 Rh7 51. Kf3 e5 52. Ke4
Kxa5 53. Kxe5 b5 54. Kf6 Kb4 55. Kg6 Rh8 56. Kg7 Rc8 57. f4 a5 58. h7 a4 59.
h8=Q Rxh8 60. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. a4 c5 13. Qa3 Be6 14. Bd3 Kf8
15. a5 c4 16. Bc2 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Nc6 18. Kd2 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. Rha1 Rxa3 21.
Rxa3 Ke7 22. Ra6 Rb8 23. Ne5 Kd6 24. Nxc6 Kxc6 25. Ra7 b5 26. f3 Kb6 27. Ra1 f5
28. e4 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rf8 30. Ke3 g5 31. e5 h5 32. Rb1 Ka5 33. Ra1+ Kb6 34. Rb1
h4 35. Ba4 Bd7 36. Bd1 Rf1 37. Bc2 Rxb1 38. Bxb1 b4 39. Kd2 b3 40. Bg6 Be6 41.
Kc1 Kc7 42. g3 hxg3 43. hxg3 Kd8 44. Bh5 Ke7 45. Bf3 g4 46. Bg2 Bf7 47. Kb2 Be6
48. Kc1 Bf7 49. Kb2 Ke6 50. Bf1 Bg6 51. Kc1 Bd3 52. Bg2 Be4 53. Bf1 Bd3 54. Bg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 c5 13. b4 Nc6 14. c3 Kh8 15.
Ng3 Qd7 16. h3 a5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. a4 b4 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Qc2
Rfc8 22. Nd2 Na5 23. Rfc1 Qe8 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Ra5 26. Nf1 Nd7 27. Nd2 Nb6
28. Qb3 h6 29. Ra2 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Qxa4 31. Qxe6 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Nc4 Rc6
34. Ra1 Kg8 35. Ra7 Bc7 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Kd1 Bd6 39. Kc2 Be7 40.
Rxd7 Kxd7 41. Nxe5+ Kd6 42. Nxc6 Kxc6 43. f4 Kb5 44. Kb3 Bd8 45. g4 Be7 46. f5
Bd6 47. Bc1 Be5 48. Bb2 Bxb2 49. Kxb2 Kc6 50. e5 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Qc7 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Nf5 exf4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Nb4 15. c4 Bd6 16. a3 Be5 17. Qxb4 d6 18. cxb5 O-O 19. g3 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rfb8
21. gxf4 Bc8 22. Nh6+ gxh6 23. fxe5 Bf5+ 24. Ka1 Ra5 25. Rhg1+ Bg6 26. Qxd6
Qxd6 27. exd6 Raxb5 28. b4 Rd8 29. Kb2 Rxd6 30. Kc3 Rbxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Kc4
Rh5 33. b5 Rxh2 34. b6 Kf8 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Kb5 Rb2+ 37. Kc6 Rc2+ 38. Kb5 Rb2+
39. Kc6 Rc2+ 40. Kb5 Rb2+ 41. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Rc8
15. O-O g4 16. Nh4 Nxg3 17. fxg3 f5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bxf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 O-O
21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Nc4 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qg6 Qh7 25. Qg5 Qe4 26. Qh6+ Kg8
27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Qb1 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Bxc5
bxc5 16. Nxa4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rb8 18. Qc2 Ne8 19. Nc3 Bc8 20. Nc4 g6 21. a4 f5
22. a5 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Ng7 24. a6 Nf5 25. a7 Ra8 26. Qa4 Nd4 27. Bd3 Bb7 28. Qa5
Bxd5 29. Nb6 Bc6 30. Nxa8 Qxa8 31. Qc7 Bh4 32. Qxd6 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1
Qxe4 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. a8=Q+ Qxa8 37. Rxa8+ Kg7 38. Re8 Nc6 39. Rd7+ Kh6 40.
Rd6 Na5 41. Rxe5 Nc4 42. Re2 Nxd6 43. Rxf2 Kg5 44. Kg1 Ne4 45. Rf7 h5 46. Kf1
c4 47. Rc7 Kf5 48. Ke2 Nd6 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Rc5 h4 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. h3 Ke6 53.
Kg4 Nf5 54. Rc6+ Kd5 55. Rxg6 Ne3+ 56. Kxh4 Kc5 57. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. b4 Bxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Rb8 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qxa7 Rb6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. h3 Bh5
15. Bg5 Rfb8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfc1 h5 21.
a4 hxg4 22. hxg4 e4 23. dxe4 Rb2 24. Qd1 Qe5 25. Rcb1 Bxe4 26. Rxb2 Rxb2 27.
Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qd3 Qxg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh4 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh4 32. Kg2 Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. a4 Nf8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. a5 O-O 15.
O-O Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nhf4 17. Qf1 Bg5 18. Ra4 Qe7 19. Nc4 Rcd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Ne3
Bh6 22. Nf5 Qg5 23. g3 d5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Something new, Finally !} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 $5 {Of all the lines
exchange variation was the least expected.} cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3
Bf5 7. Rc1 (7. Qb3 {is the more popular line nowadays}) 7... Rc8 8. Nf3 e6 9.
Qb3 Bb4 10. Bb5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3 $6 a6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qa3 g5 $36)
11... O-O 12. Bxc6 Rxc6 13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qxc8 Rfxc8 {Something has definitely
gone wrong for White.Black has not only solved the opening problems but also
has the intiative. Probably the hybrid of Rc1-Qb3-Bb5 isn't correct and allows
black a lot of time.} 15. Ne5 Rxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. O-O h6 (17... Nh5 $5 {
was an artificial but an interesting option. If black manages to remove the
bishop and consolidate he will clearly be better.} 18. g4 $1 ({Interesting
complications follow after} 18. Bg5 f6 19. g4 fxe5 20. gxf5 exd4 21. fxe6 Rc6
$1 $36) 18... Nxf4 19. exf4 Bc2 20. Re1 $1 f6 21. Nd7 Rc4 22. Nc5 Rxd4 23. Nxe6
Ra4 24. f3 $44 {In my opinion white has sufficient activity for the pawn.}) 18.
h4 Ne4 19. g4 $1 {It is important to play actively and create some quick
counterplay.} Bh7 20. Rb1 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bh2 Nd2 $1 {Engine at first
fails to understand and evaluate the position of Rook vs two pieces. Black is
actually in no danger at all as the activity of black's rook is always
sufficient for a draw.} 23. Rb8+ Kg7 24. Rb7 Be4 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. f3 Nxf3+ 27.
Rxf3 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Rc1+ (28... Rxe3 29. Nxg5 Ra3 30. Nxe6 Rxa2 31. Nc5 a5 $11)
29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Ke1 Rxa2 31. Bd6 a5 32. Nxg5 a4 33. Kd1 Rb2 {Diagram [#]} 34.
Nxe6 $2 {You simply cannot explain such moves. 99/100 times Carlsen would play
the correct move, but apparently even the World Champion blunders! Any other
move would have drawn easily.} Rb6 35. Nf4 $4 {Actually this is the real
blunder ! Carlsen must have been so demoralized by missing Rb6 that he failed
to see that he can still save the game. The point is that immediate 35.Nc5 is
met with a3 and black wins, but White can invert the move order by playing 35.
Kc2! & then Nc5} (35. Kc2 $142 $1 Rxd6 36. Nc5 a3 37. Kb3 $11 {and the king
catches the pawn}) 35... Rxd6 36. Kc2 Rb6 $1 {Now the king is cut off and with
accurate play black managed to win the game} 37. Nxd5 Rb7 38. Nc3 a3 39. e4 Kf7
40. e5 Ke6 41. Kc1 Rc7 42. Kd2 Ra7 43. Na2 Rb7 44. Kc3 Rb8 45. g5 Kf5 {Now
white is in a type of zugwang as any move by King or the knight loses a piece.
Hence white has to slowly give up all of his pawns.} 46. d5 (46. Kc2 Rb2+) (46.
Nc1 Rc8+ 47. Kd2 Kxg5 $19) 46... Kxe5 47. g6 Kxd5 48. g7 Ke6 49. g8=Q+ Rxg8 50.
Kb3 Rg3+ 51. Kb4 Ke5 52. Nc3 Re3 53. Kc4 Kf5 54. Kb4 Kg4 55. Na2 Kf3 56. Nc3
Kg2 57. Nd5 Rf3 58. Nc3 Kf1 59. Kc4 Ke1 60. Kb4 Rh3 {Between these two the d4
games have clearly been more fighting and full of thrill compared to the dry
and ever-boring berlins. So, I hope & wish to see a lot 1.d4 games in the
upcoming WCH match. Fingers crossed ! :)} 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe1 f5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bb5 Qc8 13. Kh1 Ba6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15.
Rg1 Rf7 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. Nd1 Ng6 18. Nf2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. a4 Rc8 21. Rgc1
Rfc7 22. Nh3 Be7 23. Ng1 Bb7 24. Nf3 a5 25. Bf2 Qe8 26. c3 Bc6 27. Qc2 Bd7 28.
Be3 Rb7 29. h3 c4 30. Rg1 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Raf1 Qh5 33. Kh2 Ra8 34. Bc1 a4
35. Rf2 Be8 36. Nd2 Qf7 37. Nb1 Qf8 38. Na3 Bxa3 39. bxa3 Bg6 40. Re1 Rb3 41.
Rff1 Rab8 42. Re3 Qe8 43. Rfe1 Rb1 44. Qf2 R8b3 45. Qa2 Qb5 46. Rg1 Qb6 47.
Rge1 Qd8 48. Rg1 Qh4 49. Rg3 Bh5 50. Qf2 Kh8 51. Rf1 Ra1 52. Qd2 Qe7 53. Re3
Rbb1 54. Ree1 Qb7 55. Qf2 Bg6 56. Qh4 Qd7 57. Bb2 Rxe1 58. Rxe1 Rxe1 59. Qxe1
Qb5 60. Qd2 Qb3 61. Bc1 Qb1 62. Qb2 Qxb2 63. Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O
Ba7 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ng3 Rad8 15.
Qe2 Qd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nd5 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Bf5 20. Ne5 Rxe5 21.
dxe5 Nf4 22. Qf2 Bxc2 23. Qxf4 Qe6 24. b3 Bg6 25. Rac1 Re8 26. Ne2 Nxe5 27. Nd4
Qd5 28. Rcd1 f6 29. Nf3 Qc5+ 30. Kh2 Qxc3 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3
Re7 34. Rd5 e4 35. Kf4 Kh7 36. Ke3 Be8 37. Rf1 Bc6 38. Rd2 Kg6 39. g4 Re5 40.
Kd4 Rd5+ 41. Ke3 Re5 42. Kd4 Rd5+ 43. Ke3 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Be3 Qe8
15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Ne4 Raf8 17. Kg2 Nf6 18. Qe2 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Rf3 20. Kg1 Qxe4 21.
Rfe1 c5 22. Qd3 Qg4 23. Re2 h5 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Rbe1 a5 26. Bd2 Ra3 27. Bc1
Rxa2 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 g6 30. Bf4 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Qc6 Rd6 33. Qxc7
Qd7 34. Re7 Qxc7 35. Be5+ Kg8 36. Rxc7 Rdf6 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. f4
Ke8 40. Kf3 Kd8 41. Ke4 Kc8 42. Ra7 Rd6 43. Ke5 Rd7 44. Ra8+ Kb7 45. Re8 a4 46.
Kf6 Rd1 47. Re3 Rd6+ 48. Kg5 Ka6 49. Ra3 Ka5 50. c3 Re6 51. Kh6 h4 52. gxh4 Re4
53. Kxg6 Rxf4 54. Kg5 Rf2 55. h5 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Rxh2 57. Kg5 Rg2+ 58. Kf5 Rh2 59.
Kg5 Rg2+ 60. Kf5 Rh2 61. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. f4 d6 14. Bxe4
Rxe4 15. Qh5 Qf6 16. fxg5 Qg6 17. Qxg6+ fxg6 18. gxh6 Bf5 19. Rab1 Ra4 20. Rb7
Rc8 21. Re1 Kh7 22. Bxd6 Kxh6 23. Bxc7 g5 24. Be5 Rxa2 25. h3 Rxc2 26. Rxa7 g4
27. Bf4+ Kg6 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Re5 Bf5 30. g4 Bxg4 31. Rg5+ Kf6 32. Rxg4 Kf5
33. Rh4 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Rxc3 35. Bd2 Rf3+ 36. Ke2 Rfg3 37. Ra5+ Ke6 38. Re4+ Kf6
39. Rc5 Rg2+ 40. Kd1 Rd8 41. Rxc6+ Kf5 42. Rf4+ Ke5 43. Rc5+ Ke6 44. Re4+ Kf6
45. Rc2 Kf5 46. Re1 Rd5 47. Kc1 Rf2 48. Rb2 Rc5+ 49. Rc2 Rxc2+ 50. Kxc2 Rg2 51.
Kd3 Rg3+ 52. Be3 Ke6 53. Ke4 Rg4+ 54. Bf4 Rh4 55. Ra1 Rh5 56. Ra6+ Kd7 57. Be5
Rh1 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Bd4 Kd8 60. Ra7 Rd2 61. Ke5 Rd1 62. Bc5 Kc8 63. Bd6 Rc1
64. Ke6 Rc2 65. Kd5 Kd8 66. Bc5 Re2 67. Kc6 Ke8 68. Bd6 Re1 69. Kd5 Kd8 70. Rf7
Re2 71. Kc6 Re1 72. Bc5 Re6+ 73. Bd6 Re1 74. Rh7 Re2 75. Rh8+ Re8 76. Rh2 Re1
77. Rf2 Re6 78. Ra2 Ke8 79. Rf2 Kd8 80. Rf7 Re1 81. Kd5 Ke8 82. Ra7 Kd8 83. Rb7
Ke8 84. Be5 Kd8 85. Ke6 Rc1 86. Rb6 Rc2 87. Bd4 Kc7 88. Rb5 Kc6 89. Rb3 Re2+
90. Be3 Rc2 91. Rb8 Kc7 92. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
a4 Bd6 9. d3 Bc7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bd2 b6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Nc4 Ba8
15. Qd1 Qe7 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Ng4 18. Bc3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 bxc4 21.
Rxc7 Qd6 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. dxc4 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Ne1 Rd7 26. h3 Nf6 27. f3
Bc6 28. Bf1 Rbd8 29. Be2 Ne8 30. Kf2 Nc7 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ Bxa8 33. Nd3 Na6
34. Ke3 f6 35. g4 e5 36. g5 Kf7 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. f4 exf4+ 39. Nxf4 Rd6 40.
Bh5+ Ke7 41. Nd5+ Bxd5 42. exd5 Rb6 43. Bd1 Nb8 44. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O 7. Nxc4 c5 8. d3
Nc6 9. Be3 b6 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Rc1 Bxf3
15. exf3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Rfd1 e6 18. d4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 cxd4 20. exd4 Bxd4+
21. Kg2 Qd5 22. Rc7 a5 23. b3 e5 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 26. f4 Re6 27. Kf3
Bc5 28. Re1 Rd6 29. Rxe5 Rd3+ 30. Kg4 Rd2 31. Rd5 Rxa2 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rdd7
Kf6 34. Rxf7+ Ke6 35. Rxh7 Rc2 36. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxe5
Bd6 9. a3 Na6 10. Nf3 c5 11. e3 dxe3 12. fxe3 O-O 13. Nc3 Nb8 14. Bb2 Nc6 15.
Nd5 Be7 16. Nh4 Nh7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Ng5 19. h4 Ne6 20. Qg4 g6 21. Raf1
Ng7 22. Rf6 h5 23. Qg5 Qd7 24. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bd3 b5 12. f4 Qc7 13. Rhe1 Rb8 14. h3 h4 15.
Kb1 g6 16. Qf2 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qf3 exf4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Kf8 21.
Qxf4 Nh5 22. Qf3 Bf6 23. Re4 Kg7 24. Rg4 Rbe8 25. Rf1 Qe3 26. a4 Qxf3 27. Rxf3
Re1+ 28. Ka2 Rg1 29. Rf2 Be5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Bg3 32. Rd2 Nf4 33. Rd4
Ra8+ 34. Ra4 Rxa4+ 35. Bxa4 f5 36. Rxf4 Bxf4 37. Nd4 Bg3 38. b4 Rxg2 39. Kb3
Bf2 40. c3 Bxd4 41. cxd4 Rg3+ 42. Kc4 Rxh3 43. b5 Ra3 44. Kb4 Re3 45. b6 Re7
46. Kb5 h3 47. Bd1 h2 48. Bf3 g5 49. Kc6 g4 50. Bh1 Re1 51. b7 Rb1 52. Kc7 f4
53. b8=Q Rxb8 54. Kxb8 f3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 c6 12. a4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O Ne8
15. a5 Nd6 16. Qb4 Re8 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Ne5 a6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21.
Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rd8 24. Rc5 Red7 25. Kf1 Rd5 26. Rac1 Kf8 27.
Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd3 R8d7 29. h4 h5 30. f3 g6 31. R1c4 Kd8 32. e4 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Kc7
34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 b6 36. axb6+ Kxb6 37. h5 gxh5 38. gxh5 Rd6 39. Rf5 Rh6 40.
e5 a5 41. d5 a4 42. d6 a3 43. Kc3 Rh8 44. Kb3 Kc5 45. h6 Kd5 46. Rxf7 Kxe5 47.
d7 Kd6 48. Kxa3 Kc7 49. h7 Rb8 50. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nfd7 14. e5 Qc7
15. Re1 e6 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. b3 b6 18. Rad1 h6 19. h4 Na6 20. h5 g5 21. f4 gxf4
22. Bxf4 Nb4 23. Nd6 Nd5 24. c4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Nc5 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Qf3 Rf8 28.
f5 f6 29. fxe6 fxe5 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Qg4 Nxe6 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 33. Nf5 Bf6 34. Qg6
Nf4 35. Qh6+ Qh7 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rd7+ Kh8 38. Bxc6 Rad8 39. Red1 Ne2+ 40.
Kh2 Nd4 41. Nxd4 Rxd7 42. Bxd7 exd4 43. Kh3 Rd8 44. Bf5 Re8 45. Kg4 Re3 46. Bd3
Kg7 47. Kf4 Rh3 48. Rg1+ Kf8 49. Rg6 Ke7 50. Be2 d3 51. Bg4 Rh1 52. Rh6 Rf1+
53. Ke4 d2 54. Rh7+ Ke8 55. Rh6 Ke7 56. Rh7+ Ke8 57. Rh6 Ke7 58. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nh4 Nf8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. h4 Qe7 21. Kg2
Nd7 22. Rd2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. c3 Rad8 25. Rad1 Bb6 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7
Re7 28. Qd1 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Qc5 30. Qd2 Kf8 31. Bg4 Kg8 32. Qxf4 Qe7 33. Qb8+ Kh7
34. Bf3 Qc7 35. Qa8 Bc5 36. Qe8 Qf4 37. Qd7 Qxh4 38. Qh3 Bxf2 39. Be2 Qxh3+ 40.
Kxh3 Be3 41. Kg4 Kg8 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Bd2 44. b5 c5 45. e5 b6 46. Bc4 Kf8
47. Bd5 Ke7 48. Bc4 Bc3 49. Kf4 Bd2+ 50. Kg4 Bc1 51. Bd5 Bd2 52. Bc4 f5+ 53.
gxf6+ gxf6 54. exf6+ Kxf6 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ke2 Ba5 57. Ke3 g5 58. Be2 Bc3 59.
Kd3 Be1 60. Ke3 Bb4 61. Kd3 Be1 62. Ke3 Kd5 63. Kd3 c4+ 64. Kc2 Kd4 65. Kd1 Ba5
66. Kc2 c3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 Na5
9. Re1 b5 10. e5 Ne8 11. a4 b4 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Bg5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Rxe5 f6 16. d6 Nxd6 17. Bh6 fxe5 18. Bxa8 Nf7 19. Bd5 Re8 20. Qf3 e6 21. Be4
Nxh6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 Qd7
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Nf4 Nd6 19. Nd3 f5 20. Bc1 Rdf8 21.
Ne5 Qe6 22. b3 Nd7 23. f4 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Ne4 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Bb2 Rd7 27. Rdg1
Bd8 28. Rg2 Bb6 29. Qd3 Rh7 30. h4 Rd8 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Rdh8 33. Rhg1 Qe7
34. Rg6 a6 35. e6 Rxh5 36. Bxh5 Rxh5 37. Bxg7 Rh2 38. R6g2 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 Qxe6
40. Bd4 c5 41. Be5+ Ka7 42. a4 c4 43. bxc4 dxc4 44. Qd1 c3 45. Qc2 Qc4 46. Rg6
Bxe3 47. a5 Qb4+ 48. Ka1 Qxa5+ 49. Qa2 Qxa2+ 50. Kxa2 c2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nh4 Nf5 8. Nxf5
Bxf5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Be7 11. g4 Bg6 12. f4 f6 13. c3 O-O 14. Nf3 Be4 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rae1 Bh4 21. Re2
Rf6 22. Bc1 Raf8 23. Bg6 Bg5 24. Ref2 Bh4 25. Rf3 e5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. dxe5
Qxg4+ 28. Kh1 Re6 29. exd6 Re1 30. Qd3 Rfe8 31. Bf5 Qh5 32. Bg6 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rad1 c6 14. Rfe1 Nd7
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bd3 Qf8 17. Nxe4 c5 18. d5 Bd4 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Nxd4 Nxc4 21.
Nf5 Ne5 22. d6 c4 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. h4 Bc8 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. h5 Nh8 27. Qf4 f5 28.
Ng3 Nf7 29. Ng6 Qg8 30. Re7 Ng5 31. Nxf5 Be6 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34.
Qe5+ Kh7 35. f4 Bg4 36. fxg5 Bxh5 37. Qe7+ Kxg6 38. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Another berlin ! Both the players stick to
this solid unbreakable line. Perhaps there is some pyschological warfare?} 4.
d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. O-O c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bb3 d5 11.
h3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13. Qf3 Be6 $11 {Black has again managed to equalise
easily. For the next few moves the players keep manouevering to build some
initiative but the game always remained equal. A top level draw !} 14. Nc4 Nd7
15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 h6
21. a4 Kf8 22. a5 Ke8 23. f3 Nf8 24. Bb6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd7 26. Be3 Rd8 27. Kf2
f6 28. Ke2 Nf8 29. Rh1 Ne6 $11 30. g3 Nf8 31. f4 Ng6 32. g5 exf4 33. gxf4 fxg5
34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Bxg5 Rd7 36. Rg1 Kf7 37. Be3 Nf8 38. Bd4 Ne6 39. Ke3 Rd8 40.
Be5 Rh8 41. Rg3 Rh1 (41... Rh5 $142 $1 {Anand could have actually won a pawn
with this move but I guess they both were under severe time pressure.}) 42.
Rf3+ Ke7 43. b4 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Rd1+ 48. Ke2
Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. d4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rd1
Bc5 15. Be3 Bb6 16. a4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb6 19. Qc3 Ba6 20. e4 Bb5
21. Rad4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rae8 23. Rd6 a5 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Qb8 26. Rd5 a4
27. Rc4 Qa8 28. Ra5 Qb8 29. Rcxa4 Rc8 30. Qb4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Qd8 32. Qd4 Qc8 33.
Qe4 g6 34. Ra8 Qc5 35. e6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ne5 6. d4 Nxf3+ 7. gxf3 cxd4
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 g6 10. c5 Bg7 11. cxd6 O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Be3
exd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. exd6 Rfd8 17. O-O-O Rac8 18. Rd3 Rc6 19. Rhd1 Rd7 20.
Bxb6 axb6 21. Kb1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Kg7 23. Kb2 Kf6 24. Kb3 Ke6 25. Kb4 Kf5 26. Rd4
h5 27. a4 Ke6 28. R1d3 Kf5 29. Kb5 Ke6 30. c4 Kf6 31. Rd5 Ke6 32. f5+ gxf5 33.
Re3+ Kf6 34. Ree5 Rdxd6 35. Rxf5+ Ke7 36. Rfe5+ Re6 37. Rxe6+ Rxe6 38. Rxh5 Rf6
39. Re5+ Kd6 40. Re2 Kc7 41. Re7+ Kb8 42. Re2 Kc7 43. h4 Rf5+ 44. Kb4 Kc6 45.
Re1 Rxf2 46. Rh1 Rf6 47. h5 Rh6 48. Rh4 f5 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Ke3 Ke5
52. Kf3 f4 53. Kg4 Rh8 54. h6 Ke4 55. Kg5 Ke3 56. h7 f3 57. Kg6 f2 58. Rh1 Ke2
59. Kg7 Rxh7+ 60. Kxh7 f1=Q 61. Rxf1 Kxf1 62. Kg6 Ke2 63. Kf6 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a4
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 a5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Rb1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6
15. b3 Rfd8 16. Qf3 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Rbe1 e6 19. Nd1 Rdc8 20. Nf2 c5 21. Ng4
c4 22. Bc3 cxb3 23. cxb3 Rab8 24. Bd4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6
Qc8 28. f5 exf5 29. Re7 Qa6 30. Qf4 Rbc8 31. Rfe1 Qxf6 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 g5 34.
Qd2 R8c6 35. Kg1 h6 36. R7e5 f4 37. Rxd5 Qc3 38. Qxc3+ Rxc3 39. Rxa5 Rxb3 40.
Re2 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Ra1 42. Kf3 Rc4 43. Kg4 Rcxa4 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Re5 Ra3 46.
Kf5 Rg3 47. Re2 f3 48. gxf3 Rxf3+ 49. Ke5 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Kh1 Qd8 16. Qf2 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bh2 Bh4 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. g4
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nhf6 23. e5 Nh7 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Qxb7 Rab8 26. Qxa7 Qe6 27. Be4
Nb6 28. Rd6 Qc4 29. Bd3 Qa4 30. Qxa4 Nxa4 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. c4 Rb2
34. Ra6 Rxa2 35. Bd6 Nc3 36. Rxa2 Nxa2 37. Bxc5 Nd7 38. Bd6 Kf7 39. c5 Nb4 40.
Bb5 Nf6 41. c6 Ne4 42. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Bg7 8. d5
Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O d5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Re1 Be6 15.
c5 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc1 a6 18. Nc2 Qa5 19. Ncd4 Qxa2 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Qd4+ Kg8 22. Ne5 Qxb3 23. Nxc6 a5 24. f3 Ng3 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Kh2 Qxd3 27. Qxd3
Bxd3 28. Kxg3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Kf8 30. Ne5 Bf5 31. c6 a4 32. Nd7+ Kg7 33. Ra1 a3
34. Nb6 Ra6 35. Nxd5 Rxc6 36. Rxa3 Be6 37. Nf4 g5 38. Nd3 h6 39. h4 Rc4 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. Ra5 Kg6 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nxc4 Bxc4 44. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Ne5 9. Nf4 c6 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Kh1 a5 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Nce2 Rfd8
15. Ng3 Bf8 16. a4 d5 17. axb5 dxe4 18. bxa6 exd3 19. Nxd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rxa6
21. Rfc1 Nd5 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 a4 24. Rc4 Rda8 25. Nf5 Qe5 26. Ng3 h6 27.
d4 Qe3 28. Qxe3 Nxe3 29. Rc3 Nd5 30. Rc2 Ne3 31. Rc3 Nd5 32. Rc2 Ne3 33. Rc3
Nd5 34. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nxc4 Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bd2 Nfd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qd1 Re8 14. Bc3 c6
15. Rc1 a5 16. a4 Be6 17. b3 b5 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxc6 bxa4 21.
bxa4 Rxc6 22. Bxc6 Re7 23. Bg2 Rc7 24. Qb1 Bf8 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. dxc4 Rxc4 27.
Qd3 Rc2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Na5 Rb8 12. a4 O-O 13. Nc4 b6 14. Kh1 a5
15. b3 Rbe8 16. Qh5 c5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Qg3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21.
Rae1 Qf7 22. f3 Re6 23. Qf2 Qe8 24. Re2 Rff6 25. Rfe1 h6 26. Re4 Qh5 27. Qh4
Qf7 28. Qh3 Kh7 29. f4 Re7 30. Kg1 Re8 31. g4 Rg6 32. Kh1 Rf6 33. f5 Kg8 34.
Qg2 Qf8 35. Rf1 g6 36. Bxh6 Qf7 37. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 {Black starts with 1...d6, allowing White to transpose to the Pirc by
2.e4. If he wants to play the King's Indian, he should play more
straightforwardly with 1...Nf6.} 2. Nf3 {However, White doesn't want to take
advantage of the transposition.} g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 {After an interesting
move order, we are in a King's Indian.} 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 {This move is becoming
more and more popular, many top players have employed it recently.} e5 7. d5 a5
8. Be3 $5 {This setup is less popular, than 8.Bg5, but this plan has been
played by many good players recently. The plan is to play g4, Nd2 and
continuing the development. It's important to know, that the whole 6.h3 system
is played against Black's ...f5.} (8. Bg5 {is more popular.}) 8... Na6 {
Here White usually prepares for ...f5, this can be done in two ways, 9.Nd2 and
9.g4.} 9. g4 ({Ding Liren preferred to start with} 9. Nd2 Nd7 {and Black
decided not to transpose} (9... Nc5 10. g4 {would transpose to 9.g4}) 10. g4 f5
11. gxf5 gxf5 12. exf5 Ndc5 13. Nde4 Bxf5 14. Bg2 Qh4 $1 15. Bg5 $1 Nd3+ $1 {
The only move.} 16. Ke2 (16. Qxd3 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxd3 {Black's activity seems
to compensate for Black's weaknesses.}) 16... Qh5+ $1 17. Bf3 Qxf3+ $1 18. Kxf3
Bxe4+ 19. Ke3 Nxf2 (19... Bg6 $5 $40 {also comes into consideration, after
which White will have to fight hard to avoid losing immediately.}) 20. Qg1 Bxh1
21. Bh6 Rf3+ 22. Kd2 Rf7 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qxf2 Rf8 $44 {Ding Liren-Lin Chen,
Jiaxing 2014}) 9... Nc5 (9... Nd7 {was preferred by Nakamura and he managed to
get a nice position after} 10. h4 Ndc5 (10... Nf6 {may also be interesting})
11. Nd2 Nb4 {Forcing White to give up the B pair.} 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. a3 Na6 (
13... Bxg4 14. f3 $1) 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. g5 Qe7 ({The straightforward} 15... Qf4
$6 {isn't good, because} 16. Ne2 $1 Qg4 17. Qc2 {is promising for White.}) 16.
Qf3 f6 17. Qg3 c6 18. Nf3 (18. O-O-O $5) 18... Nc7 19. O-O-O Ne8 $13 {Wang
Hao-Nakamura, Dubai 2014}) 10. Nd2 c6 (10... Nfd7 {is also possible} 11. Rg1
Kh8 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. g5 f5 14. h4 f4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qd3 $16 {Wang
Hao-Sandipan, Dubai 2014. White has a nice position, because of the Bh3 and h5
plan.}) 11. Be2 Bd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 (13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 a4 15. Qc2 f5 $13
{Bacrot-Ding Liren, Biel 2013}) 13... f6 $146 {This is in practical terms
Ponomariov's novelty. Black tries to undermine White's centre, but White's
position is very stable.} (13... Nc7 14. h5 Re8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Kf1 N7a6 17.
a3 a4 18. Kg2 $36 {Raznikov-Kozul, Skopje 2013}) (13... f5 14. h5 Rf7 15. hxg6
hxg6 16. exf5 Bxf5 $13 {Izzat-Guseinov, Baku 2013}) 14. Nb3 b6 (14... Nxb3 15.
Qxb3 $16) 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qd2 $1 {There is no reason to hurry with h5.} fxg5
(16... f5 17. O-O-O $16 {is a typical better position for White, he will play
h5 and Black can't do anything.}) 17. hxg5 cxd5 (17... Qb6 18. O-O-O $16 {
is hopeless for Black, because he is positionally lost.}) 18. Nxd5 Rf7 19.
O-O-O Rb8 {White has achieved a nice position, his strategy has completely
triumphed, but now he has to find a way to improve the position.} 20. Rh2 Be6
21. Nc3 (21. Qd3 $1 {was very strong. White overprotects the b2 P by Rd2 in
order to play f4 at some point.}) 21... Qb6 22. Nb5 Bf8 $1 {Black takes his
chance. He defends the d6 P in order to play Nc7.} 23. a4 Qb7 $6 (23... Nc7 $1
{was the last chance for Black in connection with the Na6-b4-c6-d4 manoeuvre.})
24. Qc2 {White played this move instead of f3 for two reasons, he wanted to
put pressure on the d6 P and he wanted to play f4, so he decided not to commit
himself to playing f3.} (24. f3 {was good as well.}) 24... Be7 25. Kb1 Qc6 26.
Bd2 Bd8 27. Qd3 Rbb7 28. Rf1 {Having achieved a nice advantage, Anand decides
to break through.} Rf8 29. f4 $1 exf4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Bxf4 Rf7 32. Bd2 Be7
33. Rg2 $1 {This is the second phase of the plan. He exchanges his '"bad" B.}
Qb6 34. Bg4 Bxg4 35. Rxg4 Nc7 36. Rf4 $1 {Now exchanging the Rs, because the K
is left without defenders.} Ne6 (36... Rxf4 37. Bxf4 $40) 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Qd5
Qd8 39. Ka2 Bf8 40. Bf4 Qd7 41. b3 (41. Ka3 Qd8 42. Nxd6+ Bxd6 43. Bxd6 $18 {
was also good.}) 41... Be7 42. Nxd6+ Kf8 43. e5 Nxg5 (43... Bxd6 44. Bg3 $18)
44. Qxc5 {The rest is easy.} Qg4 45. Bc1 h5 46. Qxa5 (46. Qc6 $18) 46... Qg2+
47. Bb2 h4 48. Qb5 Qa8 49. c5 h3 50. c6 Bd8 51. Qd5 Bc7 52. Bc1 Qa5 53. Nb5 Qe1
54. Ba3+ Kg7 55. Nxc7 h2 56. Ne8+ Kh6 57. Nf6 Qe2+ 58. Bb2 Ne4 59. Qxe4 Qxe4
60. Nxe4 h1=Q 61. c7 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 (8. e3 {wird häufiger gespielt.}) 8... Nbd7 9. e3 Qa5 10. Rc1 $5 Ne4 11.
Be2 {Riskant.} ({Forciert zum Remis führt} 11. Qxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Kd1
O-O 14. Bc4 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Rxc3 Qxc3 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Qxg5+ Kh7 19. Qxf6
Qxc4 20. Qh4+ Kg6 21. Qg3+ Kh5 22. Qe5+ f5 23. g4+ Kg6 24. gxf5+ Bxf5 25. Rg1+
Kh5 26. f4 Rad8 27. Ke1 Rxd4 28. exd4 Qxa2 29. Rg5+ Kh4 30. Rg6 Qb1+ 31. Kf2
Qc2+ 32. Kf3 Qd3+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kf3 Qd3+ {1/2-1/2 (34) Miroshnichenko,E 
(2670)-Kuzubov,Y (2627) Dubai 2011}) 11... O-O ({Die Konsequenzen von} 11...
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Kf1 Nxc5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qd6 g5 {sind nicht klar,
sowohl} 16. Nxg5 {als auch} (16. Nd4 {führt zu Verwicklungen, die am Brett
nicht zu überschauen sind. Aber eigentlich kämpft eher Weiß ums Remis.})) 12.
O-O $11 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qd2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 b6 $1 16. c6 Ba6 17. Qd1 ({
Genauer ist} 17. Qe1 Bxf1 18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. Kxf1 {, denn Schwarz wird es kaum
schaffen, die b-Linie für sich auszunutzen.}) 17... Nc5 18. Qxd5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1
$2 {Dies führt ziemlich forciert zu einem für Schwarz besseren Endspiel.} ({
Besser ist} 19. Rxf1 {und nach} Rac8 (19... Ne6 20. Qxa5 bxa5 21. Nd4 $11) 20.
Nd4 {besitzt Weiß die Optionen 21.Nf5 und 21.Be7.}) 19... Rac8 20. Nd4 Qd2 $1 {
Nutzt die Position des Rc1 aus.} 21. Qc4 Rfe8 {Droht 22...Re4!} 22. Qc2 Qxc2
23. Rxc2 Re5 $2 {Dies vergibt den Vorteil während} (23... g5 24. Bg3 Ne4 $1 {
den Läufertausch erzwingt. Allerdings ist es bis zum Sieg noch ein langer Weg.}
) 24. Bg3 $11 Rd5 25. c7 Rd7 {Vielleicht hat Anand zu spät entdeckt, dass} (
25... Ne4 26. Bf4 g5 $2 {sogar wegen} 27. Nc6 $1 {verliert.}) 26. Nb5 $6 {
Sieht logisch aus, ist aber ungenau.} (26. Nc6 {ist gut spielbar,}) ({oder
auch einfach} 26. f3 {, um den Bg3 vor einem möglichen Tausch zu schützen -
jeweils mit völligem Ausgleich.}) 26... a6 $1 {Schwarz gewinnt ein Tempo.} 27.
Nd4 $2 ({Natürlich nicht} 27. Na7 $2 Rcxc7 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 {und der Na7 geht
verloren.}) ({\/Aber} 27. Nc3 {[%csl Ge4] verhindert ...Ne4 und bewahrt
Remischancen, z.B.:} f5 28. Rb2 Nd3 29. Rd2 $1 g5 30. e4 $1 f4 31. Bxf4 gxf4
32. Nd5 Kg7 33. Rxd3 Rcxc7 34. Rd2 Rc4 35. f3 {und trotz der
Damenflügelmajorität ist ein Sieg für Schwarz unwahrscheinlich.}) 27... Ne4 $17
{Jetzt ist der Tausch noch folgenreicher, da Weiß den c-Bauern nicht halten
kann.} 28. Rc6 Nxg3+ 29. hxg3 Rdxc7 30. Rxb6 {Weiß ist aber auch hier nicht
chancenlos.} Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Ra8 32. Rb4 a5 33. Ra4 Rb1 34. Nb3 $2 {Das macht es
Schwarz zu leicht.} (34. Kf3 Rb4 35. Ra3 a4 {würde zu einem langen Kampf
führen, in dem Weiß aber letztlich unterliegen sollte.}) 34... Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Ra6
0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1
Qd6 15. Na2 $5 {Was Caruana's original, and successful, attempt against
Aronian in the Sinquefield Cup. Anand must have his own ideas, and Aronian
surely had an improvement ready.}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. a4 Ne7 17. Ne3 Rb8 {Black in these kinds of positions is
not fighting for any kind of advantage. He is happy having a solid position
and simplifying into a draw. Aronian does this masterfully in this game.} 18.
axb5 axb5 19. c3 Qe6 20. Qb1 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Re1 Bf6 24.
Rae2 c5 25. Nxe5 (25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qa8 27. bxc5 Qa3 {is not really that
dangerous. White is far from advancing his pawns and Black's counterplay is
good.}) 25... cxb4 26. Qxb4 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxd3 {White has a symbolic advantage.
The game is basically over.} 28. h3 h6 29. R1e3 Qd1+ 30. Re1 Qa4 31. Rb1 Qxb4
32. Rxb4 Rfc8 33. Rbxb5 Rxb5 34. Rxb5 Rxc3 {Aronian makes a very solid draw,
though one has to wonder if maybe Anand is saving his best prep for his W orld
Championship match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Played after the rest day, where Paco had shown himself to be the best
"Basque games" sportsman!} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {...and this was a surprise,
the QGA hasn't figured much in Paco's games.} 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6.
Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Nc3 a6 {I remembered a game Karpov-Milov Biel
1997 and tried to follow that.} 10. Be2 {Karpov castled first.} Bd6 11. Nd2
Bxe2 {I think Black is better off playing ...Bd7, even if White has gained
some time.} 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. O-O {Here I was very happy with my position. The
absence of light-squared bishops means that Black's attack will struggle to
have an impact and White has pleasant prospects (for instance, Nd2-c4-a5) on
the queenside.} Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 {Aiming for c6, but as the game shows, White
is quite happy there.} 15. g3 {This could have been played earlier as well.
Now the knight on g6 is misplaced.} h6 {I don't like this move, but its
unpleasant to have to reckon with Bg5 on every move.} 16. Rac1 (16. a3 $5 Bc5 (
16... c6 17. Nc4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bc5 20. Rad1 {and White can play
this directly}) 17. Rac1 {was also very nice.}) 16... c6 17. Nc4 cxd5 18. Nxd5
(18. Nb6 {more or less forces ...Rxc3:} Rxc3 (18... d4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Nd5 $1
) 19. bxc3 dxe4 20. c4 {also was tempting, but I went for the "cleaner" option.
}) 18... Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bc5 20. Rcd1 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 {The point of White's play.
White dominates the d-file (and any exchange of rooks will give White a passed
pawn). The knight on e3 is far superior to the one on g6. Eventually, some
combination of Nf5, Qg4, h4-h5 and the appropriate rook move should be
decisive. Despite the equal material, White has a huge advantage.} Qb4 22. Nf5
Rc4 (22... Qc4 23. Qg4 Qxa2 24. h4 {simply wins.}) 23. Nd6 {Still, no harm
done. White forces the rook back.} (23. a3 Rxe4 24. Qf3 Re1+ 25. Kg2 Qe4 26.
Rxe1 Qxe1 27. Rd1 $1 {is the comp recommendation. I had seen it, but didn't
notice that ...e4 Qh5 traps the queen!} Qa5 (27... e4 28. Qh5 $1 Qa5 29. Nxh6+
$18) 28. Qxb7) 23... Rc6 24. a3 Qb3 25. R5d3 Qb6 26. Nf5 {Having ejected the
queen, White goes back to the Qg4 and h4 plan.} Re8 27. Rd7 {Stopping ...Ne7.}
(27. h4 Ne7) 27... Rf6 (27... Nf8 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxc6 Nxd7 30. Rxd7 Qxc6 31.
Rxf7) 28. Qg4 Qc6 (28... Qxb2 29. h4 h5 30. Qxh5 Qxa3 31. Qg4 Qf8 32. h5 Ne7
33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Rd8 $18) 29. h4 h5 30. Qxh5 Qxe4 31. Rd8 (31. Nd6 $2 Qc2 $1
32. Nxe8 Rxf2 {even wins for Black.}) 31... Qc6 (31... Rfe6 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.
Nd6 {now this wins the exchange, since Qh5 defends Rd1.}) 32. Qg5 Qe6 33. R1d6
{and Paco resigned. My best win of the event.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ {The point of this move is to
force Black's knight to c6, which is not always the most comfortable place for
it.} Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qc2 (11. e4
h6 12. h3 a6 13. Qc2 {led to a draw in Ushenina-Koneru earlier this month in
the Grand Prix.}) 11... h6 12. h3 a6 13. a3 Bf5 14. e4 Bd7 {Forcing e4 has its
pros and cons. f4 is weakened and White doesn't get access to e4 for a knight,
but it reinforces the center.} 15. Rfe1 Ng6 16. Nd1 c6 17. Ne3 Rc8 18. Bc3 cxd5
19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Rad1 f6 22. Qa4 Rf7 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Qf8 {
One can remember the Anand-Vallejo game, with a similar pawn structure;
however here Black is the one better placed.} 25. Qa4 Rd8 26. Ne3 Nf4 27. Rxd8
Qxd8 28. Rd1 Rd7 (28... Qc8 {kept some chances alive, but Anand was surely
happy with a solid position.}) 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Ne1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1
Bb5 33. a4 {forcing a perpetual.} Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Ng3+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+
37. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round, when Vishy had already secured the
1st place.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
e3 (7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 {is another fashionable line nowadays.}) 7...
O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 (11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 {
is a well-known theoretical line, which is quite safe for Black.}) (11. exd4
Nc6 12. Ne4 Qe7 {leads to a position, which may arise also after the text move.
}) 11... Qe7 ({After} 11... Qf5 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. exd4 {the current World
Champion was unable to solve all the problems:} Nc6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. a3 Bd6 (
15... Be7 $5) 16. Ne4 Bf4 17. Rc3 Rad8 18. Rd1 b5 19. Bd3 b4 20. Rc5 Qb6 21. g3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2815)-Carlsen,M (2881)/Dubai UAE 2014 (56)}) (11... Qg6
$6 {looks too risky:} 12. Bd3 f5 13. Ng3 dxe3 14. Qb3 $36) 12. Nxd4 {Levon
Aronian deviates from having an isolated pawn.} ({After} 12. exd4 {Black
should be able to equalise by means of delivering the bishop to b6 at some
point:} Nc6 (12... Rd8 $5 13. Qe2 Ba5 14. Rfd1 Bb6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bxb5 17.
Qxb5 Na6 18. d5 Nc7 19. Qe2 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Erdos,V (2658)-Vallejo Pons,F 
(2705)/Warsaw POL 2013 (24)}) 13. Qe2 Ba5 (13... Bd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Rad8
16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. b4 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2764)-Rahman,Z (2470)/Tromso NOR 2013 
(63)}) 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Qe4 Bb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J (2591)
-Serper,G (2587)/Connecticut 2000/EXT 2001 (42)}) 12... Bd7 13. Qh5 {Not only
connecting the rooks, but also keeping an eye on the a5-spot.} ({White can
also fight for a small advantage by means of} 13. Bd3 $5 Nc6 14. Nb3 Rfd8 (
14... Na5 15. Rc7 Nxb3 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qxb3 $14) 15. a3 Ba5 16.
Nd6 Be8 17. Nxe8 Qxe8 18. Nxa5 Nxa5 19. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gupta,A (2638)
-Parligras,M (2574)/Abu Dhabi UAE 2014 (86)}) 13... Nc6 14. Nb3 {Exchanging
the knights would allow Black to put the light-squared bishop on c6, so White
avoids that.} f5 {This move is somewhat loosening, but Black is trying to
force some simplifications.} (14... Rfd8 $5 {deserves serious attention:} 15.
a3 Bd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfd1 Qe5 18. Qe2 Ne7 {and Black is close to equality.}
) 15. a3 {The most principled response.} ({After} 15. Nec5 Be8 16. Qf3 Bxc5 17.
Nxc5 Bf7 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Be8 {White can hardly achieve
anything special.}) 15... fxe4 $146 {A natural novelty, which doesn't really
change the evaluation of this line. Black still needs some accuracy, but the
position is about equal.} ({In the preceding game Black wasn't experiencing
problems:} 15... Ne5 16. Be2 (16. axb4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Bb5 18. Ned2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4
Qxb4 20. Ncd2 a5 $15) 16... Be8 17. Qh3 Bc6 (17... fxe4 18. axb4 Bc6 19. Nd4
Bd5 20. Qg3 Qf6 $11) 18. axb4 Bxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ramirez,A (2591)-Cornette,M 
(2545)/Cappelle la Grande 2012/CBM 147 Extra (42)}) 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Nc5 {
Levon goes for the most aggressive option. Black has several weaknesses, so
there is no way to keep an extra pawn.} ({After} 17. Qc5 Rfe8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19.
Nc5 Bc6 20. Nxe6 Kh7 21. Rfd1 Rc8 {Black should be able to equalise in this
endgame.}) ({The same after} 17. Qg6 Nd3 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Rac8 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 $11) 17... Nd3 {Vishy doesn't mind exchanging the knights.} 18. Nxd3 ({
In case of} 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qg4 Rae8 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Rcd2 Qf5 23.
Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rd4 b5 25. Be2 Nd3 {Black gives the pawn back in order to
liquidate into a drawish rook endgame.}) 18... exd3 19. Bxd3 (19. Rcd1 Bc6 20.
Rxd3 Rad8 21. Qg6 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Rd8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 19... Bc6 {Black has a
weak Pe6, while the king may be attacked too. Still, White's advantage is not
too big at the moment.} 20. Rc4 (20. Qg6 Qf6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 {leads nowhere.})
20... Rf6 (20... Qf6 $5 {seems a bit safer. For instance,} 21. Rf4 Qxb2 22. Rd4
(22. Rg4 Rad8 23. Qxh6 Rxd3 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Qc8+ Rf8 $11) 22... Rad8 23. Qg6
Rxd4 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. exd4 Qxd4 26. Qg6 Kg8 $11) 21. Be4 {The exchange of the
bishops makes Anand's task easier.} ({I would prefer} 21. Rd1 $5 Rd8 22. Bc2
Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 {with some attacking prospects.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 {
Now, when all Black's forces are mobilised, the position is almost equal.} 23.
Qe2 Rf5 24. h3 Rfd5 (24... Qf7 $5 25. Rc1 Rfd5 26. Qg4 {could transpose to the
text.}) 25. Qg4 R8d6 26. Rc1 Kh7 $6 {This inaccurate move allows White to
regroup the pieces and extend the initiative.} ({It makes sense to restrict
the activity of Rc1 along the open file:} 26... Qd7 $5 27. Kh2 Rg5 28. Qf3 Rc6
$11) 27. Ra4 $1 {The main idea of that move is freeing the central square for
the queen.} a6 (27... b5 28. Qe4+ g6 29. Raa1 $14) 28. Qe4+ Kg8 (28... g6 {
looks quite risky:} 29. Rac4 Rd7 (29... Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 32. f4
Rxb2 33. Qd4 Rb5 34. e4 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc4c8]}) 30. Rc8 $14) 29. Rc8+ Rd8
30. Rac4 $14 {As a result of Black's inaccuracy, White's advantage becomes
significant.} R5d7 31. g3 {Levon is not in a rush, since Black can only sit
and wait.} (31. b4 $5 {could be another way to improve the position.}) 31...
Kf7 $6 {After this passive move Black's position is becoming very dangerous.} (
{Active defence was called for:} 31... Rd1+ 32. Kg2 R1d2 33. g4 (33. b4 $6 Qf8
$1 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Rxd8 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rf1+ $11) 33... Qf7 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $14)
32. Qf3+ $6 {A pointless check,since there is hardly a better square for the
queen.} ({Much stronger was} 32. h4 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Qf6 34. h5 Qf5 35. Qb4 Re7
36. g4 Qf3 37. Qd4 $16) 32... Kg8 33. Qe4 Kf7 $6 {Once again, missing the
aforementioned improvement.} 34. Qg4 {A serious loss of time, which allows
Vishy to activate his queen.} (34. h4 $1) 34... Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Qg5 $1 36. Qb4 {
The only way to keep the queens on the board and fight for a full point.} (36.
Qe2 {would allow Black to get sufficient counterplay:} Qd5 37. Kh2 Qb5 $1 38.
Qc2 Qf1 $11) 36... Kg6 37. h4 $6 {This mistake could have been quite painful
for Levon, but good fortune was on his side!} (37. Rf8 Qd5 38. Qf4 $14) 37...
Qf5 $2 ({Vishy has missed a golden opportunity to solve all his problems:} 
37... Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd5 39. e4 Qd4 40. Qf8 Qxe4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qg8+ Kg6 $11)
38. Rf8 $1 Qd5 (38... Rf7 39. Rxf7 Qxf7 40. Qe4+ Qf5 41. Qxb7 a5 $16) 39. Qg4+
Kh7 40. Kh2 h5 ({Avoiding the hopeless rook ending:} 40... b5 41. h5 g5 42.
hxg6+ Kg7 43. Qf4 Qh5+ 44. Kg2 Qxg6 45. Ra8 Qf5 46. Rxa6 Rd2 47. b3 Qxf4 48.
gxf4 $18) 41. Qf4 Qc6 $2 {Finally, Black commits the decisive mistake.} ({After
} 41... Qd3 42. Qb8 Re7 43. Qc8 Qd5 $16 {Black's position is still difficult,
but there is no forced win for White.}) 42. Qb8 $1 $18 {A decisive penetration
of White's queen. Now the king is hopeless.} Rd1 43. e4 Rc1 ({Or} 43... Qxe4
44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kf6 46. Rf8+ Ke5 47. Qxh5+ $18) 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qf4 Rc5
46. e5 ({Black resigns in view of} 46. e5 Rc4 47. Qg5+ Kf7 48. Rh7 $18 {
with a mate in a few moves.}) 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Skomorokhin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2014.10.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Nf4 g6 14. Qd3 Nb8 15.
Bf6 Rh7 16. Ke2 Nbc6 17. g4 hxg4 18. h5 Nf5 19. Rag1 Nce7 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21.
Rxh7 Nxf4+ 22. Kd1 Qa4 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Rxg4 Rc8 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Qg5 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Skomorokhin, Roman"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.10.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 c5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8
15. Qb5 dxc3 16. bxc3 Bc5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Ng4 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Rf3 Qh4 21.
h3 Qe1+ 22. Bf1 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rfe8 24. Qd1 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2014.10.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2014.10.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 a5 8. Rb1
Nge7 9. Ne1 Be6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Nc4 Rb8
15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b5 19. Nd2 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Qa5 21.
Qb1 Nec6 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Rb2 b4 24. Nce4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nb3 Qb6 27.
Nbc5 Bh3 28. Qa2+ Kh8 29. Rfb1 Qc6 30. Na6 b3 31. Nxb8 bxa2 32. Nxc6 axb1=Q+
33. Rxb1 h6 34. Nxd4 f5 35. Ne6 fxe4 36. Nxf8 Bxf8 37. dxe4 Kg7 38. e3 h5 39.
f3 Kf6 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Rc1 Ke5 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rc6 Bd7 44. Rc4 Be6 45. f4+ Kd6
46. Rd4+ Ke7 47. f5 Bd7 48. g4 hxg4 49. Kg3 Bg7 50. Kxg4 Bf6 51. Rc4 Bb5 52.
Rc2 Bd3 53. Rc6 Be2+ 54. Kg3 Kf7 55. h3 Be5+ 56. Kf2 Bd3 57. Kf3 Bf6 58. Rc5
Bg7 59. Rc7+ Kf8 60. Rd7 Bc2 61. Kg4 Bf6 62. e5 Bxe5 63. Kxg5 Ba4 64. Ra7 Bb3
65. h4 Bd6 66. Kg6 Bc5 67. Ra8+ Ke7 68. f6+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2014.10.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.10.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O f5 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Nf4 Bxf4
15. exf4 Nf6 16. Be3 Kf7 17. f3 Qd6 18. Rf2 Rac8 19. Bf1 Rc7 20. Rc1 Rhc8 21.
Rfc2 Na5 22. b3 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Nc6 25. Qc5 Qc7 26. b4 Nd7 27. Qc3
Qd8 28. a4 Nb6 29. b5 Ne7 30. Qc5 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Qxc4 Qa5 33. Kf2 Nd5
34. Bc1 Qc3 35. Qxc3 Nxc3 36. Ke3 Nxa4 37. d5 exd5 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. Ba3 a6 40.
bxa6 bxa6 41. Bf8 a5 42. Bxg7 Nb6 43. Kc5 Nc4 44. Bc3 a4 45. Kb4 a3 46. Kb3 Ne3
47. Kxa3 d4 48. Bb4 Ng2 49. Bd2 Nh4 50. Kb3 Nxf3 51. Kc2 Kd5 52. gxf5 gxf5 53.
Ba5 Ke4 54. Bc7 Nh4 55. Kd2 Ng6 56. Kd1 Nxf4 57. h4 Nh5 58. Ke2 f4 59. Kf2 Nf6
60. Bd8 Ng4+ 61. Kf1 d3 62. h5 f3 63. Bg5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2014.10.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.10.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. e3 d6 5. Ne2 (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O a6
8. d4 Ba7 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Rb8 13. a4 Bg4 14. f3
Be6 15. Qd2 c6 16. Kh1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. b4 Nf5 20. Nc5 Bd5 21.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nd6 23. Qf4 a5 24. Bc3 axb4 25. Bxb4 Ne8 26. Nd3 h6 27. h4
Qf6 28. Bc5 Qxf4 29. Nxf4 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Nf6 31. g4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nd3 Ra8
34. Re5 Nh7 35. f4 Bxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rxa4 37. Kf3 Ra3 38. Ke2 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Nf6
40. g5 Nd7 41. Re8+ Nf8 42. Rb8 Rc3 43. Nd3 Rb3 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Re8 Ne6 46. Nd3
Nxg5 47. Ke3 Ne6 48. Ke4 Rb5 49. Ne5 Nxc5+ 50. Kf4 Ne6+ 51. Kf5 Nc5 52. Kf4
Rb4+ 53. Kf5 Ne6 54. Nd7 Rb5+ 55. Ne5 Rb4 56. Nd7 Rd4 57. Re7 b5 58. Ke5 Rd5+
59. Ke4 Rxd7 {0-1 (59) Miezis,N (2548)-Fedorchuk,S (2641) Jurmala 2014}) 5...
a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. b3 h5 {Frech gespielt.} 8. h3 ({Nach} 8. h4 {kann z.B.} Nh6 9.
Bb2 Ng4 {folgen.}) 8... f5 9. d4 h4 10. Bb2 $2 {Gibt die Kontrolle über e3
auf.} (10. Nbc3 $11) 10... hxg3 11. fxg3 Qg5 {Der Aufmarsch der Dame ist
lästig, zudem muss jetzt der Angriff gegen e2 bedient werden.} 12. Nbc3 Nf6 (
12... Qxe3+ $2 13. Kh1 Qg5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qc2 {mit guter
Kompensation.}) 13. Nd5 (13. Bc1) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qxe3+ 15. Kh2 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qc2 {Mit zwei Minusbauern such Weiß sein Heil im
Gegenangriff.} (18. Qxd4 exd4 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rfe1+ (20. Rxd4 O-O-O $17) 20...
Kd8 21. Rxd4 Re8 $15) 18... Qc5 19. Qd2 O-O 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Rc4 Bd7 22. Rh4
Rf6 $19 23. g4 Qd4 ({Möglich war} 23... Re8 {Die Idee} 24. Be4 fxe4 25. Rxf6
gxf6 ({scheitert an} 25... e3 $19) 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qh6+ {mit Dauerschach.})
24. Qxd4 exd4 25. g5 Rg6 26. Rxd4 Rxg5 27. Rc1 {Nach ängstlichem schwarzen
Spiel bekommt Weiß noch Gegenspiel.} Re8 28. Rd2 Bb5 29. Rcc2 (29. Rxc7 $5 {
und} Be2 {mit der Drohung f4-f3} 30. Rd4 Bh5 {wird mit} 31. Bf1 {pariert.})
29... Re3 (29... Re7 $17) 30. a4 ({Die Variante} 30. Rxc7 Be2 31. Rcc2 Bf3 32.
Rc8+ Kf7 33. Bxf3 Rxf3 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Rd7 Rh5 36. Rxd6+ Ke7 37. Re6+ Kf7 {
sieht unbequem für Weiß aus, war aber objektiv vielleicht besser.}) 30... Bd3
31. Rc3 Re2 32. Rxe2 Bxe2 33. Rxc7 f4 34. Rc3 Kf7 35. Bf3 Re5 36. Kg2 Bxf3+ 37.
Kxf3 g5 38. Kg4 (38. h4 Kg6 39. hxg5 Kxg5 40. b4 Re3+ 41. Rxe3 fxe3 42. Kxe3
Kf5 43. Kd4 b6 $19) 38... Kf6 39. Rc8 Rxd5 (39... Re3 $19) 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. h4
gxh4 42. Rxf4 Ke5 (42... h3 43. Kxh3 Rd3+ $19) 43. Rf5+ Kd4 44. Rf7 b5 45. Kxh4
Kc3 46. Rf3+ Kc2 47. axb5 axb5 48. Kg4 Rd3 49. Rf5 b4 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2014.10.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.10.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Be3 d6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Nb3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 b5 12. Qd4 Rb8 13. a3 e5 14. Qd2 Nb6
15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Na5 Qxd6 20. Qb4
Nbd5 21. Nc6+ Ke8 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Nxb8 Rb6 24. exd5 Rxb8 25. b3 Bf5 26. Rd2
Kd7 27. f3 Kd6 28. Rc1 e4 29. b4 Ke5 30. c4 g5 31. d6 g4 32. fxe4 Be6 33. c5
Nxe4 34. Re1 Bd7 35. b5 Rxb5 36. c6 Bxc6 37. d7 Bxd7 38. Rxd7 f5 39. Rxh7 Ra5
40. Re7+ Kf4 41. Rf1+ Kg5 42. Re1 Rxa3 43. R7xe4 fxe4 44. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 {The opening could not have
come as a complete surprise to either one of the players, even though it does
not belong to their main lines. Carlsen has played the Grünfeld over the past
years only occasionally and did not try it in 2014 at all! At the same time,
Anand has tried a wide range of systems against the Grünfeld, the most popular
being the Russian Variation (as in game 10) and the normal (5.e4) Exchange
Variation.} Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 $5 {Even in such a heavily
analysed opening as the Grünfeld, Carlsen finds a way of deviating from the
main theoretical discussion. But this is not really such a miracle, since this
is a very flexible opening with practically unlimited possibilities for
improvising.} ({It would have made little sense checking Anand's preparation
after, say,} 8... c5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e6 11. d6 e5 12. h4 Be6 {when the
former World Champion had delivered a very powerful novelty in a game against
Carlsen's countryman:} 13. Nh3 $1 $146 {Anand,V (2783)-Hammer,J (2608)
Stavanger 2013 CBM 155 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 45)}) 9. Nf3 {The most natural way
of defending the central pawn, even though it allows Black to develop freely
on the next move.} (9. Ne2 {as tried in Hambleton,A (2583)-Berson,J (2021)
Portugal Cove 2013 (1-0, 26) avoids ...Bg4 but places the knight on a not very
active square. Black could obtain good counterplay with} e5 {(not the only
move, most surely)} 10. d5 Nd4 $1 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qh4 13. Bxg7 (13. Qe3
Re8 14. Bd3 Bf5 $11) 13... Qxe4+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Kxg7 16. Rc1 {The
backward pawn should not offer Black too many problems since White is behind
in development.} Bf5 17. Rxc7 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[%cal Gf5e4,Gc8c1]}) ({
Without kingside development, the radical advance} 9. d5 {is not likely to
yield too much:} Ne5 10. Be2 (10. f4 Ng4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nf3 c6 $32 {
Ushenina,A (2501)-Lagno,K (2543) Beijing 2013 (0-1, 37)}) 10... c6 11. Nf3
Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 cxd5 14. exd5 e6 $11 {Gleizerov,E (2536)-Ulibin,M
(2498) Las Palmas 2014 (1/2-1/2, 18)}) 9... Bg4 10. d5 {The only reasonable
continuation.} (10. O-O-O $6 e5 11. d5 Nd4 $15) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxg7 $5 $146 {
Strictly speaking, this looks like a concession since White would be
interested in provoking ...Bxc3, bxc3 with a strengthening of his centre. But
Anand had a concrete idea in mind, which worked reasonably well, at least from
the opening point of view.} ({If} 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. O-O-O ({Defending the pawn
is not necessary.} 12. Be2 {wastes an important tempo and has led to
comfortable play for Black in a few games, the latest being:} c6 13. f4 Nd7 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. dxc6 bxc6 {Moiseenko,A (2707)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Yaroslavl
2014 (0-1, 38)}) 12... c6 ({Even with bishops on the board, the pawn is taboo:
} 12... Nxf3 $2 13. Qf4 $18) 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {[%cal Gg4f6]}) 11...
Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 {This hurried undermining of the centre offers
White the possibility of setting up some pressure.} (13... Nxf3 $2 14. Qc3+) ({
Black could have avoided the weakening of his kingside with} 13... Qd6 $5 14.
Be2 (14. Qc3 $6 Qf6 15. Be2 c6 $15 {leaves the white centre immobile and
vulnerable.}) 14... c6 $132) 14. Qc3 $1 f6 {[%csl Ge6]} 15. Bh3 $14 {This
bishops cuts like a blade, preventing Black from obtaining rapid counterplay.
In the long run, the kingside weaknesses may tell. On the other hand, the
position remains double-edged strategically. Should White allow some exchanges,
he would risk landing into a bad ending, due to his numerous pawn weaknesses.}
(15. dxc6 $6 Qb6 16. cxb7 $6 Rab8 $15 17. f4 $2 Rxb7 $19 {[%cal Gf8c8,Rb7c7]})
15... cxd5 {True to his style, Carlsen clears up matters in the centre at the
first given occasion.} ({The long plan of transfering the knight to d4 (!) is
interesting but probably not entirely sound:} 15... Qb6 $5 16. f4 (16. d6 exd6
17. Rxd6 Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Qxf2 $19) 16... Nf7 {[%csl Gf2]} 17. f3 $1
(17. Rd2 Nd6 {[%csl Ge4] gains an important tempo for developing the
counterplay.} 18. Qd3 cxd5 19. exd5 f5) (17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rd7 Qxf2 19. Rf1 Qe2
20. Rxe7 Rae8 $132) 17... Nd6 (17... cxd5 18. exd5 Nd6 19. Kb1) (17... Rad8 18.
Kb1 Nd6 19. a4 $1 {[%csl Gb5]} cxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf7 21. Bd7 Nd6 22. a5 Qf2 23. Be6
$14) 18. Kb1 (18. a4 $2 cxd5 $17) 18... Nb5 19. Qb3 c5 20. Rc1 Nd4 21. Qe3 (21.
Qd3 Qd6 22. Qe3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rhe1 Rf7) (21. Qc4 Nxf3 22. Qc3 Nd4 23.
Qxc5 Ne2 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rc7 Nxf4 26. Bd7 f5 27. Rxb7 fxe4 $132) 21... Qd6
22. f5 g5 23. Rhg1 Qxh2 (23... Kh8 24. Bg4 $36 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gg4h5,Gh5g6]}) 24.
Bf1 b6 25. f4 h6 26. Bd3 $44) 16. exd5 Nf7 $2 {But this is too straightforward
an attempt to stabilise the position. True, the d6-square is important, but
does not justify abandoning the central e5-square.} (16... Qd6 $5 17. Kb1 Rad8
18. f4 (18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. f4 Nf7 20. Rd4 e5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 fxe5 $11)
18... Nf7 19. Rd4 e5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Rd2 {may offer White some chances for
the initiative. If compared with the similar subline above, all major pieces
are on the board, making Black's position less stable.}) (16... a5 17. f4 Nf7
18. Kb1 a4 {would transpose below.}) 17. f4 $2 {This wastes a tempo, exposes
the f-pawn and obstructs the c1-h6 diagonal. On top, after the knight has
retreated, it does not achieve anything constructive.} (17. Kb1 $5 Qd6 (17...
a5 18. Be6 a4 19. h4 a3 20. b3 Qd6 21. Qd2 $36 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gd2h6]}) 18. Be6
Nd8 (18... Ng5 19. Bg4 {/\x h4}) (18... Rad8 19. h4 $36) 19. Rhe1 $5 Re8 (19...
Qxh2 20. Rh1 Qf4 21. Qa3 Qd6 22. Qe3 $16) 20. Bc8 $1 $36 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5] A
nice move paralysing the black queenside and clearing the path of the h-pawn
for the attack.}) 17... Qd6 {It is not clear yet which piece is best suited
for the occupation of this square.} ({Since the black rooks do not have any
future on the open c-file, it would have made sense to get some space on the
queenside:} 17... a5 $5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Be6 (19. a3 b5 $1 {[%cal Ga8b8,Gd8d6,
Gb5b4]}) 19... Qd6 20. Rd4 a3 21. b3 Nd8 22. Bg4 b6 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga8a5,
Ga5c5]} 23. h4 Ra5 {[%csl Gd5]} 24. Qd2 f5 25. Bf3 h5 (25... Nf7 26. Re1 {
[%csl Ge6]}) 26. Rg1 {Black is under certain pressure but since White does not
have any pawn breaks it looks like the position is statically equal. One more
detail is that the white king is not entirely safe either.} Kh7 (26... Kh6 {
is also possible:} 27. Qd1 Rc5 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Rg5 {Things look dangerous but
} Kh7 $8 {saves the day.} 30. Rxh5+ Kg7 31. Rg5+ Kh7 $11) 27. Re1 Ra7 28. Rc4
Qf6 $13) 18. Qd4 (18. Rd4 {can be met with the paradoxical} f5 $3 {[%csl Rh3]}
(18... Rad8 19. Be6 $14) 19. Re1 (19. Re4+ $2 Kg8 $19 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ga8c8]})
19... Kg8 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qf6 {/\ ...Nd6 with excellent
play for Black.}) 18... Rad8 19. Be6 {It is important to block the e7-pawn.} (
19. Rhe1 e5 $1 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Re3 (21. f4 Nf3) 21... Nc6 22. dxc6 (22. Qa4
Nb4 23. Be6 Rfe8 24. Kb1 Qf4 $1 $11 25. a3 $140 $2 Nxd5 $17) 22... Qxd4 23.
Rxd4 Rxd4 24. cxb7 f5 25. Re7+ Kf6 26. Rxh7 Rfd8 $132) 19... Qb6 20. Qd2 $6 {
This allows Black to solve all his problems.} ({Anand might have avoided the
queen exchange for psychological reasons, since the endgame is supposed to be
Carlsen's chosenterritory, but the only way to keep the pressure was:} 20. Qxb6
axb6 21. Kb1 Nd6 22. Rc1 f5 23. Rc7 Kf6 24. Bd7 {[%cal Gh1e1]} Ne4 25. Rxb7 (
25. Re1 $6 Nc5 26. Be6 Rd6 $15 {[%csl Ge6]}) 25... Rb8 26. Rc7 Nxf2 27. Re1 Ne4
28. b4 Rfd8 29. Kb2 h6 30. h4 $14 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gb2b3] White's queenside
initiative is rather threatening. For Black, creating a kingside passed pawn
with ...g5 would imply big risks for his king.}) 20... Rd6 21. Rhe1 Nd8 {
Everything fits well in Black's position and suddenly, White loses his
stability in the centre.} 22. f5 (22. Bh3 e6) 22... Nxe6 23. Rxe6 Qc7+ $6 {
A bit too timid at a favourable moment.} ({It might have been better to use
the c-file for a well-timed check with the rook while eliminating completely
White's pressure along the e-file:} 23... Rxe6 $5 24. fxe6 (24. dxe6 Rc8+ 25.
Kb1 Qc5 26. fxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Gc8c6]}) 24... Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Qd6 {with chances for
reaching a better ending due to White-s weakened structure.}) 24. Kb1 Rc8 (
24... Rxe6 25. dxe6 Qc5 26. Qc2 $11) 25. Rde1 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rd8 27. Qe3 Rd7 $11
{White's pressure along the e-file should now compensate for the structural
defects. But as in an earlier comment, it is worth keeping in mind that the
endings could be unpleasant for White.} 28. d6 exd6 29. Qd4 Rf7 30. fxg6 hxg6
31. Rxd6 a6 32. a3 Qa5 33. f4 Qh5 34. Qd2 Qc5 35. Rd5 Qc4 36. Rd7 Qc6 ({If} 
36... Rxd7 37. Qxd7+ Qf7 38. Qd6 {the activity of the white queen compensates
for the structural problems.}) 37. Rd6 (37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {would leave the white
pawns exposed to a possible king invasion on the light squares.}) 37... Qe4+
38. Ka2 Re7 {So far Anand has kept things level, but his next two moves give
up the centralising, offering Black some chances to take over the initiative.}
39. Qc1 $6 (39. Rd4) 39... a5 40. Qf1 $6 a4 $15 41. Rd1 Qc2 42. Rd4 (42. Qf3 $5
{[%csl Ge3]}) 42... Re2 $6 {Missing the last chance.} (42... Re3 $1 {[%cal
Ge3a3,Ga2a3,Rc2b3] with the brutal threat of 43...Rxa3!+ 44.Kxa3 Qb3 mate!} 43.
Qd1 (43. Ka1 Rxa3+ 44. bxa3 Qc3+ {[%csl Rd4]}) (43. Rd7+ Kh6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 44.
Rxb7 Rb3 45. Rxb3 axb3+ 46. Ka1 Qxh2 $17 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gg6g1]}) 43... Qxd1
44. Rxd1 Kh6 $15 {Black is better on both wings and White would face an
unpleasant defensive task... even though all rook endings are drawn! Actually
the first match proved not all of them are...}) 43. Rb4 {White has finally
reached absolute stability and is out of any danger.} b5 44. Qh1 $1 Re7 45. Qd5
Re1 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {I am curious why Magnus avoided these
long middlegames in the next games, considering the way this game went.} Bc5 {
The first theoretical crossroads. 0-0, and c3, both seem to lead to similar
positions, but there are many subtle differences. I'll briefly write about a
line in the c3-variation which I feel is an influence on the way Magnus played
here.} 5. O-O (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 (7. Bxc6 {not as good as the Magnus
version because of c3 being already committed.}) 7... a6 {plays into White's
plans. Now we get a setup similar to Carlsen's in the game. It might appear
that in the game Black did not lose a move with ...a6 - but that was possibly
offset by the fact that White tried to play a setup with c3. As you will see,
c3-d4 is not neccesarily the only plan here, so it could be beneficial not to
hurry with it.} (7... Ne7 $1 {is the main line these days, and it has been
very hard for White to prove any advantage. The key idea is that Black avoids
Bxc6 setups, and is willing to concede the centre after} 8. d4 {if not d4,
then Black gets the ideal Ne7-Ng6, followed by ...a6 etc.} exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 {
this is the critical position for the assessment of this line. It appears to
me that Black has been able to get enough counterplay so far, but there's
certainly more room to explore.}) 8. Bxc6 {A couple of excellent
demonstrations of White's play were the following. In both the games, White
avoided an early d4, and instead just focussed on developing his pieces, and
eventually exploiting Black's structural weaknesses. Right now, the weaknesses
appear miniscule, but it makes it incredibly difficult for Black to create
counterplay since ideas like ...d5 just weaken his position further. And White
can eventually try to get in d4 at the right point.} bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Bb6
11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Be6 (12... d5 13. Qc2 $1 {again the queen is wonderful here.
Black is just spoiling his own structure:} dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. c4
a5 17. b3 $14 {1-0 (26) Dominguez Perez,L (2753)-Cox,J (2387) Rhodes 2013}) 13.
Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 c5 15. Qc2 {The queen is always excellent here.} Nd7 16. d4
$1 {since everything is perfectly placed.} cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 a5 19.
b3 Nc5 20. Rd1 $14 {1-0 (55) Svidler,P (2741)-Navara,D (2706) Prague 2012})
5... d6 (5... O-O {isn't possible due to} 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5) ({The main
drawback for 0-0 is} 5... Nd4 {as an extra option, which has often allowed
Black to equalise easily in the past. But as the following recent game shows,
there is a lot more to explore here, and clearly Magnus had some interesting
setup in mind against this.} 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 $5 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Re1 Bc7 16. Nc2 $14
{1/2-1/2 (69) Topalov,V (2785)-Andreikin,D (2709) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 6. Re1
$5 {Already a novelty among decent players! That's pretty impressive in one of
the most widely analysed opening of our times...although I have to admit, it's
not really a new concept. The same thing was tried by Adams after 6.Nbd2 -
actually 9...h6 by Anand would have converted to the Adams - Kramnik game
mentioned below.  I am not sure if there is any subtlety behind delaying Nd2 -
perhaps it could be more flexible in some cases, but I don't think it really
matters. White's main idea is just to play the closed structure after Bxc6,
similar to the Svidler - Navara game mentioned after 5. c3. In the long term
he hopes to exploit the 'queenside' weakening of the strucuture, and hope that
active moves like d5 will only create weaknesses for Black. It's an
interesting concept, and certainly an excellent try against people not
comfortable with long strategic manoevres.} ({The same structure can be got by
} 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 d5 $5 {I prefer} 11. Qe2
{or perhaps he could have included c3 earlier, so Qc2 would have made even
more sense.} (11. exd5 Qxd5 $1 {gave Black a lot of counterplay despite the
broken structure.} 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Bd2 e4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Bf4 Nd6
17. b3 c5 $11 {0-1 (75) Adams,M (2727)-Kramnik,V (2801) Paris/St Petersburg
2013 CBM 154 [Szabo,Kr].}) {Nothing drastic has occured and the slow game
continues. Here, Black went wrong trying to seek activity with} 11... dxe4 12.
dxe4 a5 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Qe1 Qb8 15. Ng3 Qb4 16. b3 Qxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bb4 18. Rd1
Bc3 19. Rb1 c5 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 g6 22. f3 Red8 23. Ndf1 $14 {with a
pleasant endgame in Bartel,M (2651)-Arslanov,S (2396) Moscow 2014.}) 6... O-O
7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 (8. Nbd2 {would run into Ng4...f5 ideas.}) 8... Re8 9. Nbd2
Nd7 (9... h6 {would convert to Adams - Kramnik as mentioned above. There White
continued Nf1, but perhaps it makes sense to play more in Carlsen's style as
well.} 10. a4 {or doing the same thing without a4 - but including a4 never
seems bad to me. Also it's a useful waiting move.} a5 (10... Be6 11. Nf1 {
now d5 isn't possible as in Adams - Kramnik.}) 11. Nc4 Be6 (11... d5 {leads to
strange complications, but White seems to be preferrable in the end:} 12. exd5
e4 13. dxe4 Rxe4 14. Rxe4 Nxe4 15. Be3 cxd5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Ne3 $14) 12. Be3
$5 Bxc4 13. Bxc5 Be6 (13... dxc5 14. dxc4 $14 {the tripled pawns are uglier.})
14. Be3 {and again we have opposite coloured bishops, and perhaps some
pretensions of an edge for white? certainly his play is easier.}) (9... Nh5 {
seems more natural, but I am not sure if White needs to worry much about
Nh5-Nf4 as a plan. He can just continue Nc4...Be3, or try c3-d4.}) 10. Nc4 Bb6
{This avoids Na5 ideas, and also Nxb6 doesn't really seem worrying since it
improves the structure.} (10... a6 11. Na5 $1 $14) (10... a5 11. Bd2 a4 12. Na5
$14) 11. a4 {A really useful move - as you will see soon.} a5 12. Nxb6 {
Somewhat counter intuitive decision...at first the opposite colours seem to
make Black's life easier. But Carlsen had a more long term idea in mind...I
still feel that Black's position should be fairly solid here, but it's not as
obvious as it looks at first sight.} cxb6 $6 ({With hindsight, I'd prefer} 
12... Nxb6 $1 {although I must admit that it's hard to imagine, particularly
in a game, that ...cxb6 could be anything but solid for Black. But another
advantage of this move is that Black can actually play actively with ...f5!
next - and the a5-weakness is less scary since it would only be a problem in
the endgame.} 13. b3 (13. d4 exd4 $1 14. Nxd4 c5 $11 {Black's pieces are
perfectly set to deal with the d4 break.}) 13... f5 $1 $13 ({Actually Black
doesn't even need to hurry with f5.} 13... c5 14. Bd2 Nd7 $5 {/\ Nb8-Nc6 seems
just fine as well.})) 13. d4 Qc7 $6 {Another almost imperceptible inaccuracy,
but suddenly things start to get tougher for Black after this. The queen seems
natural on c7, but it allows White the strong option of Nh4 in the future!} (
13... Qe7 {keeps an eye on h4, but this seems a really awkward square for the
queen. Also b6 might be weak after Nf8-Ng6.} 14. Ra3 Nf8 15. Rb3 Rb8 16. Be3) (
13... f6 $1 {also allows Nh4 at some point, but it's not as easy to implement
for White because after} 14. Ra3 Nf8 {dxe5-dxe5 would give Black an additional
move due to the threat to exchange queens.} 15. dxe5 (15. Nh4 exd4 $1 {would
create a mess}) 15... dxe5 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Nh4 Ne6 {and White's initiative
looks much less dangerous.}) 14. Ra3 $1 {The idea behind 11.a4! Suddenly the
position seems slightly less innocuous, and you realise that it is indeed
easier to play for White. Most importantly, practically, it's not easy to make
decisions.} Nf8 (14... c5 15. d5 $14 {the kingside attack will be more
dangerous now.}) (14... Bb7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 $14) (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 {
is too slow for Black. /\ Rg3.}) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 {White's play flows
very smoothly now.} Rd8 (16... Ng6 17. Nf5 {doesn't change much.}) 17. Qh5 f6 (
17... Ng6 18. Nf5 $14) 18. Nf5 Be6 (18... Ne6 $1 19. Rg3 Kh8 {is a much more
cool defence, keeping things more under control but it does look like a
worrying position for Black. I don't see many ways Black can improve, so white
can slowly try to continue building an initiative...particularly Rg4-Rh4 ideas
seem tempting in the future.}) 19. Rg3 Ng6 20. h4 (20. Bh6 {would lead to some
nice fireworks, but that's not really in Carlsen's style, and very much not
required.} gxh6 21. Rxg6+ hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qxf6+ Qf7 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 {
and a rook ought to be worth something. It seems pretty unclear.}) 20... Bxf5 (
20... Rd7 21. Bh6 $1 {is much stronger now.} gxh6 22. Qxh6 {/\ h5.}) 21. exf5
Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rc3 $1 {Despite the equal material, the major piece
endgame is surprisingly hard to play. It's possible to suggest better
defensive moves with the engine, but I believe practically it's already very
tough. Understandably, Vishy begins to make slight inaccuracies, and Magnus
wraps it up smoothly with his trademark precision:} c5 24. Re6 Rab8 $2 (24...
h6 {(/\ 25.Rc4 Rd4!)} 25. Qf3 Rab8 {with much better chances to survive
compared to the game.}) 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Kh2 Rf8 (26... Qd1 {isn't possible due
to} 27. Re8+ $1 $18) (26... Re8 27. Rce4 Rxe6 28. fxe6 $16 {will be pretty
unpleasant.}) 27. Rce4 Rb7 28. Qe2 b5 29. b3 $5 {This doesn't seem required,
but it's in Carlsen's style to not force things. Instead he just restricts any
counterplay for Black, and makes Black go wrong by himself.} bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb4
{Exchanging a pair of rooks might reduce the pressure, but here it also
creates additional weaknesses - particularly in Black's 7th rank. White
continues with a strong attack despite the almost endgame nature of the
position!} 31. Re7 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 f3+ 34. g3 h5 $2 {The final
blunder - but the position was actually much trickier than it looks.} (34...
Qd2 35. Qxf3 Qxc2 {at first Black seems to be safe, but after} 36. Kg2 Kh8 37.
Qc6 {White continues to exert pressure without taking any risk. Black's rook
is completely tied down to g7, and it will be hard for him to keep the c-pawn
alive. Still, it's not a straightforward win, and White still needs to show
technique.}) 35. Qb7 $1 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. c5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 8. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:27]} (8. h3 {has gone out of fashion recently as after} b6 9. b4 a5
10. a3 {Black can play} Bb7 ({or even} 10... h6) ({instead of the direct} 10...
Ba6 {, which allows White to save a tempo by taking on a6 in one go}) 11. Bd3
Qc8 {- see Kasimdzhanov-Jakovenko in CBM 132 and Grischuk-Wang Hao in CBM 139.}
) 8... b6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 11. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:41] A principled
continuation although the quiet} (11. O-O {is more common.}) 11... Rxa6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. b5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. c6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (13... b4 $2 14. Nb5 bxa3 15. cxd7 Bb4+
16. Ke2 Qxd7 17. Qd3 $16 {1-0 (33) Olafsson,H (2521)-Al Tamimi,H (2290) Turin
2006}) 14. c7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (14. Nxb5 Qxc6 15. Nc7 Ra7 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Qa4 (
17. a4 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 Rc8 19. Qd3 Nh5 20. Nb5 Nxf4+ 21. exf4 Raa8 $17 {1-0 (47)
Efimov,I (2520)-Costantini,R (2233) Reggio Emilia 2000}) 17... b5 (17... Rc8 $5
18. O-O Nf8 {[%cal Yf8g6]}) 18. Nxb5 Nb6 19. Qb3 Nc4 20. a4 Bb4+ 21. Ke2 Raa8
22. Ne5 Rfc8 23. f3 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Ne8 $11 {1/2 (29) Rojas Keim,L (2408)-Ryan,J
(2263) Montcada i Reixac ESP 2014}) 14... b4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 15. Nb5 {
[%emt 0:00:28] This sequence of moves has been analysed more deeply with
White's pawn on h3 (8.h3 instead of 8.Bd3), which is considered more
favourable for White as his bishop can retreat to h2, avoiding an exchange if
necessary. However, Vishy Anand and his team have proven that this version is
not so harmless either.} a4 {[%emt 0:02:57]} (15... bxa3 16. O-O Nh5 (16... a4
17. Qc2 Ra5 $6 {1/2 (26) Kveinys,A (2510)-Halkias,S (2548) Gothenburg 2005} 18.
Bd6 $1 Rxb5 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Bxa3 $36 {[%csl Gc7]}) 17. Qc2 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qb7
19. Ne5 $36 Nc5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rfb1 (21. Nd7 $5 Re8 22. Qa4 $16) 21... c4
22. Nd7 Rfa8 23. Qa4 h6 24. h3 Qc8 25. Nb8 Rb6 $13 {1/2 (32) Sedlak,N (2557)
-Pavlovic,M (2534) Vrnjacka Banja 2010}) (15... Ne4 16. O-O (16. a4 Nc3 17. Qd3
Ra8 18. Nxc3 bxc3 19. O-O Bb4 20. Qb5 Ra7 21. Ne1 Nf6 22. Nd3 Nh5 $13 {1/2 (48)
Rusev,K (2543)-Stoinev,M (2295) Albena 2010}) 16... bxa3 17. Qa4 (17. Qc2 $44
a4 $5 {/\Ra5, R.Dautov}) 17... g5 18. Bg3 g4 $1 19. Ne1 Nd2 20. Qd1 Nxf1 21.
Qxg4+ Kh8 22. Kxf1 Ra8 (22... a4 {[%cal Ya6a5] R.Dautov} 23. Qe2 Ra5 24. Nd6
Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rg8 26. Nd3 $44) 23. Nc2 Qa6 24. Qe2 Rg8 25. Ncxa3 $44 {1-0 (50)
Karpov,A (2693)-Georgiev,K (2655) Dubai 2002 CBM 089 [Dautov]}) 16. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:06:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 17. Ng5 $5 {[%emt 0:01:47] This tactical
trick restricts Black's possibilities compared to} (17. Nd2 e5 (17... Nc3 18.
Nxc3 bxc3 19. Rxc3 b5 20. O-O Nb6 {1/2 (67) Villuendas Valero,A (2176)-Labena
Bernal,A (2003) Pamplona 2006} 21. Qg4 $5 $36) 18. Nxe4 (18. dxe5 Ndc5 {
[%cal Rc5d3]}) 18... dxe4 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21. Qd5 bxa3 22. O-O {
0-1 (36) Jendrichovsky,P (2147)-Goumas,G (2315) Fermo 2009} Ra5 $13) 17... Ndf6
{[%emt 0:32:33]} ({Here} 17... e5 18. dxe5 {is obviously senseless}) (17...
Nxg5 $6 18. Bd6 $1 Ra5 $8 19. Bxe7 Rxb5 20. axb4 Re8 21. Qxa4 Rxe7 22. Qxb5 $16
{[%csl Gc7]}) (17... Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Ra5 {is a better version of the previous
line for Black but White keeps the initiative anyway:} 19. Be7 Rxb5 20. Bxf8
Kxf8 21. Qxa4 Ra5 22. Qxb4+ Ke8 23. O-O Ra7 24. f3 Nef6 25. Qd6 $14 {[%csl Gc7]
A.Korotylev}) 18. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:06:58]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} (18... dxe4 $142
$1 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 b3 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44 {(A.Korotylev) , which is about
to be the subject of further research.}) 19. f3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:
12:38]} 20. fxe4 $146 {[%emt 0:02:08][%mdl 8] This improvement on the
following game is quite obvious, especially as it had been already played in
the similar position of the 8.h3 line (with White's pawn on h3), e.g. in
Gyimesi-Vaganian (Germany 2006).} (20. Qe2 $6 Qd7 21. fxe4 Rc8 22. exd5 exd5
23. axb4 Rxb5 24. O-O Rxb4 25. Qa6 h6 26. Rc6 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Rfc1 Rc4
29. R1xc4 dxc4 30. Qxb6 a3 31. Rxc4 a2 32. Qa5 Qe6 33. Qxa2 Rxc7 34. Qa8+ Kh7
35. Rxc7 Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 Qf4+ 37. Qf3 Qxc7 $11 {1/2 (40) Aronian,L (2795)-Adams,
M (2753) Bilbao 2013}) 20... Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 21. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:56]}
Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} bxa3 {[%emt 0:09:32] Black's
a3-pawn looks formidable but it is far less dangerous than White's c7-pawn.} (
22... dxe4 23. a4 $16 {[%csl Gc7]}) 23. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:10:
57]} (23... exd5 24. O-O {is hardly better. In some situations White can break
in the centre by means of e3-e4.}) 24. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:08:48]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:06:
37]} 25. O-O {[%emt 0:15:23]} (25. Qa6 $5 Qc8 (25... Rc8 26. Rb1 Rxc7 $8 27.
Rb8+ Bd8 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29. Rc8 Qe7 30. O-O $16) 26. Qc4 {A.Korotylev}) 25...
Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:01] Black has blockaded White's passed pawn with a more
appropriate piece but eliminating the "nail" is impossible.} 26. Rc6 $1 {
[%emt 0:08:36]} g5 {[%emt 0:09:41] Perhaps it was better to do without this
move:} (26... Bb4 27. Ra1 h6) 27. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (27. Be5 $5 {A.Korotylev
} {e.g.} Bb4 28. Qxb4 $5 Qxc6 29. Qe7 Rxe5 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. dxe5
(32. Qxe5 $5 h6 33. Qf6 Rxc7 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qxa3 {, and White should
gradually win}) 32... Qxc7 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qa6 Rg8 (35... Re8
36. Qxa3 Qxe5 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rxe8 Qxe8) 36. Qxa3 Qxe5 37. h3 {, and Black is
helpless as the queen endgame after the eventual exchange of rooks is winning
for White.}) 27... Bb4 {[%emt 0:06:25]} 28. Ra1 {[%emt 0:13:45]} Ba5 $2 {
[%emt 0:07:45] Black tries to get rid of the c7-pawn after all but this
attempt fails. It was better to wait:} (28... g4 {In that case White could
have continued weakening Black's position exploiting the e3-e4 threat, e.g.}
29. Be5 {etc. but his victory was still far away.}) 29. Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:23]}
Bxc7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (29... Bb4 $2 {was now hopeless due to} 30. Rb6 {[%cal
Rb6b4,Ra6c8] , and otherwise Black just loses his a3-pawn.}) 30. Qc4 $1 {
[%emt 0:04:21] A decisive pin.} e5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 31. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 33. e6 {
[%emt 0:06:09]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 34. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This outwardly very quiet game was in fact full of content and also very
interesting from a psychological point of view. The day before Magnus had lost
in a somewhat embarassingly one-sided fashion, and it was very interesting to
see how he would cope in a new situation.} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:08] No Berlin today! Thanks from all the fans all around the world!
:)} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05] Vishy has played 2...d6 most of
his life, but not today. Is 3.Bb5 really that strong?} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:16]
What Black had in store after 3.d4, we'll see in game 6.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:
57]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:55]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 9. Nxd4
{[%emt 0:00:46]} Bg4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:14] A nice improvement, typical of
high-class preparation.} ({After the usual} 9... O-O 10. h3 {Black has had
some problems in recent games:} Re8 11. Nc3 (11. Re1 h6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. c3 Bd7
{1/2-1/2 (37) Short,N (2696)-Caruana,F (2675) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 11... Bb4 12.
Nce2 Bd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (54) Adams,M (2740)
-Kryvoruchko,Y (2678) Tromsoe 2013}) 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:
27]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:39] Black has got a pretty
comfortable IQP position.} 12. N2f3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 13.
Rfe1 {[%emt 0:05:36]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 14. c3 {[%emt 0:07:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:
02:43]} 15. Qf1 $1 {[%emt 0:09:04] Quite impressive, and not because this move
changes anything in the evaluation - the position reamains around equality -
but it does manage to create some threats (h3, Nh4, Bh3 in some lines) from
nothing.} Bh5 {[%emt 0:17:25] Played after some thought.} ({Vishy could also
have gone for more ambitious} 15... Ne4 $5 {when after} 16. h3 (16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Nd4 Bh5 $13) 16... Bh5 17. Nh4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 f5 $1 {Black's play should
not be underestimated.}) 16. h3 {[%emt 0:06:42]} (16. Nh4 {was perhaps more
challenging} Bc5 $1 (16... Ng4 17. Qb5 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 $14) 17.
Nhf5 Bb6 $11) 16... Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Rad8 {
[%emt 0:08:41] Both sides have completed the development, and White faces a
really difficult task of coming up with a plan of action. He decides to change
the structure in the centre - this decision could not possibly have been an
easy one.} 18. Nxc6 $5 {[%emt 0:08:44]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Be4 $6 {[%emt 0:08:16] Nothing could be more natural than this, but
now Black starts sliding into trouble.} (19... Bc2 $1 {forces the rook to
occupy a worse square} 20. Rc1 (20. Rd2 Be4 {and the threat of ...Bb4 gains
some time}) 20... Be4 21. Bd4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 (22. Bxf6 Bd3) 22... Bd5 $11) 20.
Bd4 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 21. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} (21... cxd5 22. Qa6 {feels risky in the long run.}) 22. Rxe8+ {
[%emt 0:06:18]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. Qd3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:55] The white
queen comes back into the game, and Black has problems due to queenside
weaknesses and vulnerable pieces along the d-file.} Nf8 {[%emt 0:13:26]} 24.
Nh4 $2 {[%emt 0:03:29] Letting go way too easily.} (24. Bc3 $1 {kept it very
tough for Black} Rd8 (24... Ne6 25. Nh4) (24... Ng6 25. Qd4 Bf8 26. Nh2) 25.
Nh4 Bc5 26. Nf5 Bxg2 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Kxg2 $14) 24... Be5 $1 {
[%emt 0:05:01] That's exactly the difference.} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Qxd5 {
[%emt 0:02:21]} 26. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13] Now it's about
equal again.} 27. b3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 28. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:
23]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 30. Qe2
{[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:03:49]} (30... Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qe7 32. Qd3 Qc5 {
might have been simpler.}) 31. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32.
Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} (32. Qe5 $5 Qd8 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. Qxd4 Qd7 {I wonder if
White has chances here...}) 32... Qf5 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 33. Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:22]}
Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 34. g4 $5 {[%emt 0:05:29] This unexpected move still
poses some problems.} Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:29]} (34... Nxe2 35. gxf5 Kf8 36. Kf3 Nc3
37. a4 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 {is ok for Black, but I can understand the reluctance
to go for a knight ending.}) (34... Qg6 35. Qe8+ (35. Qe3 Nf5 36. Qe8+ Kh7)
35... Kh7 36. Nf4 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4+ dxe4 {same here}) (34... Qe4+ $2 35. Qxe4 dxe4
36. Nc5) 35. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:03:39]}
Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 37. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 38. Kxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:02:10]} (38... g5+ $1 39. Kg3 Qa6 40. a4 Qd3+ 41.
Qe3 Qd1 {is quite a simple draw.}) 39. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:07]}
40. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Qd2 $1
{[%emt 0:05:46] Probably found by elimination, as the most natural} (41... Qc3+
$2 42. Ke4 d3 43. Qf3 $16 {leads nowhere good.}) 42. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:08:35]} (42.
Ke4 $5 d3 43. Kd4 Qe2 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 46. Kd5 Qxa2 47. Kc6 {
looks strong, but in fact there is too little material remaining to give
chances} Qf2 $1) 42... Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. h4 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Qxa2 {
[%emt 0:11:13]} 44. Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 45. Qe8+ {
[%emt 0:06:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 46. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 47. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:06] Again, Magnus managed to 
(almost) outplay his mighty opponent from an equal position, but a slightly
careless 24.Nh4, allowing 24...Be5! pretty much led to a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:08] The Queen's Indian Defence
didn't really come as a surprise to us. It was one of the openings we thought
Magnus might be attracted to.} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5.
Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:12] This on the other hand is a very rare
sideline. We didn't really pay too much attention to this line but still we
made sure that Vishy knew some important details here.} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:19]}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 8. e4 $5 {
[%emt 0:06:07] Probably the critical test for the whole line} (8. O-O d5 {
would lead to positions which are mostly seen in the Catalan. It has to be
said that Black is very solid here, so Vishy decided to choose a more active
option.} 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 {is the mainline here but it's not easy to
prove anything as White. Many games played by GM Tiviakov can be found here.})
8... d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 9. exd5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} (9. Qe2 dxc4 $1 (9... O-O
$6 10. e5 $1) 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 b5 {and I don't think White has enough
compensation for the pawn here}) (9. e5 Ne4 $1 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12.
Re1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ba6 {and Black looks fine to me.}) 9... cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} (11... Nbd7 $6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Rc1 $14 {It's slightly better
for White and also it's not easy to suggest a good move for Black here} Ba8 14.
Bg5 $5 (14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 exd5 16. Bg5 $14) 14... h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16.
cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qa4 $14) 12. cxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:06:22] Only this one
can pose any problems for Black.} (12. Bf4 Na5 13. Rc1 Rb8 $1 {the most precise
} (13... dxc4 {this would be a natural reaction but I'm not entirely convinced
it would be enough for equality} 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Nxc4 Rc8 $1 (15... Na5 $6
16. Ne3 $1 (16. Nxa5 bxa5 17. Be5 Rc8 {with a balanced position}) 16... Rc8 17.
d5 Bc5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Ng4 $1 {A very important resource, White is better
thanks to his pawn structure}) 16. Nb5 (16. Ne3 Bb4) 16... Na5 $1 (16... a6 $4
17. Na7 Ra8 18. Nc6 $18) 17. Nxa5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 bxa5 19. Nxa7 Qxd4 20. Nc6 Qd7
21. Rd1 Nd5 22. Rd4 {and despite the fact that probably Black is solid enough,
White's position looks a bit more pleasant}) 14. Nd3 (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 $11) 14... Rc8 (14... dxc4 $5 15. Bxb8 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxb8 17. Ne5 Rd8 {
and Black has decent compensation}) 15. cxd5 (15. c5 Nc6 $1) 15... Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Re1 Nc6 $11) 12... Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:
44]} 13. d6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:20] Of course that's the point of White's idea.} (
13. dxe5 Nxd5 $11) 13... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (13... Bxg2 $2 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15.
dxe5 Bxf1 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf1 $14) 14. dxe7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:
01:39]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 16. d5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:20]}
Na5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (16... Rad8 $2 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. dxc6 Rxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bc8
20. Rac1 {and despite what engines are showing, practically speaking Black's
position is very bad.}) 17. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:11:29]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 18.
dxe6 {[%emt 0:07:03]} Qxe6 $6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} (18... Bxg2 $5 {sacrificing a
pawn was quite an interesting option but it has to be said that it works
mainly thanks to tactical reasons} 19. exf7+ (19. Kxg2 Qxe6 20. Qf3 Rad8 {
and the position is just equal}) 19... Qxf7 20. Kxg2 Nc4 21. Qb3 $5 (21. Qc2
Rad8 22. Rfd1 (22. Rad1 $6 Rd2 $3 23. Rxd2 Ne3+ 24. Kg1 Nxc2 25. Rxc2) 22...
Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Rde8 {and Black's initiative is quite obvious}) (21. Qe2 Rae8 22.
Ne4 Nxb2 $1 $11) 21... Rad8 22. Rae1 (22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Rd8 24. Re1 Rd2 {
and I believe here Black has enough compensation to make a comfortable draw})
22... Rd2 23. Re2 Kh8 $1 24. Kg1 $1 (24. Rxd2 $2 Qf3+ $1 $19) 24... Rxe2 25.
Nxe2 Nd2 26. Qxf7 Rxf7 27. Rc1 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nxh2 $1 {was the final point of
Black's play.}) 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (19. Bxb7 $5 Nxb7 20. Qf3 Nc5 21. Rfe1
Qg6 22. Nd5 $14 {was also an interesting option. White's position is slightly
better but it wouldn't be easy to increase the advantage. Vishy decided that a
more complex continuation would give him more chances.}) 19... Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:
08]} 20. Nd5 $1 {[%emt 0:17:18]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:12:23]} (20... Qxb2 $6 21. Re2
$1 Qa3 22. Re3 Qb2 23. Rb1 $1 {and Black's position would be already quite
difficult} Qxa2 24. Ra1 $1 Qc4 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Bxb7 Rad8 28. Qf3
{and White has a very strong initiative.}) 21. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rad8 {
[%emt 0:02:09]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:11:06]} (22... Qxf3 23.
Bxf3 $14 {is a typical position where the bishop is simply better than the
knight.}) 23. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qf6 $1 {[%emt 0:13:01] A very practical
decision. White has a very strong initiative which will be easier to handle in
the endgame.} (23... Rd6 $2 24. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qxf7 Rxd1+ 27.
Kg2 {and there is no good defence} Qf6 (27... Rd6 28. Qf5+ Rg6 29. Re6 $18) 28.
Qg8+ Kg6 29. Re6 $18) 24. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Re7 {
[%emt 0:01:19]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:27] Till this point I think Vishy had played
an excellent game but here he missed his chance to pose more problems for
Black.} 26. Rxa7 $2 {[%emt 0:07:46]} (26. Rc7 $1 {stopping ...Nc6 was
neccessary at first} a6 27. Kg2 $1 {another very important detail, now White
has a Bxf7 threat} Kh8 $1 {is the best way to play for Black} (27... b5 $2 28.
Bxf7 Rxd1 29. Bh5+ Kg8 30. Bxd1 {it's already very difficult}) 28. Bf3 Rxd1 29.
Bxd1 Kg7 30. Ra7 $16 {and White eventually will take the pawn back without
exchanging anything on the queenside. I don't know how big exactly are White's
winning chances but it's clear that it would be very difficult for Black to
defend it successfully.}) 26... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 27. Rb7 $6 {[%emt 0:09:28]
This allows Black to exchange the last pawns on the queenside, so the weakness
of the kingside doesn't matter any more.} (27. Ra4 {was the last chance to
continue the game a bit} Rd7 $1 28. Bb3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rd8 {and Black should
hold this position fairly simply thanks to his active pieces.}) 27... Nb4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Bxd1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 31. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:41]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 33. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Bxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 36. g4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 37. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e3
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game has already entered chess history, and not in a good way. Hardly
any other game caused so much astonishment, and left even experts so perplexed.
Mutual blunders shocked the public at large; a strange opening choice from
Vishy left me, amongst others, struggling for an explanation.} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06] The
same opening choice from Anand as in game 4, but...} 3. d4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:15]
This time Magnus is prepared!} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:43] A very popular move these days,
alternatives are 5.Bd3 and 5.Nc3.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:08] Quite natural, but in fact not the most solid continuation.
} (6... Qc7 7. a3 b6 {leads to pretty normal Hedgehog positions} (7... Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qe5 {is very risky for Black})) 7. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Nc6 $6 {[%emt 0:
00:15] Vishy choosing this line is rather odd - Black gets a passive position
without any counterplay.} (7... Qc7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxe4 10. Nb5 $1 {
is just bad for Black: 1-0 (31) Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Svidler,P (2753) Dubai
2014}) ({But} 7... d5 {is a pretty good move, with decent chances to equalize.}
) 8. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:03:23]} Kxd8
{[%emt 0:00:41]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} (10... Ne4 {
looks more active: after} 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b6 13. Be3 Kc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 (
14... Nxc3 15. a4 b5 {feels quite risky too}) 15. Bc2 a5 16. O-O-O Ba6 17. Rd4
{isn't as bad for Black as the game, but still kind of sad.}) 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:
02:58]} (11. f4 {gives Black counterplay} f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 (12... gxf6 $5))
11... Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:09:17]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 13.
h4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} (13... h5 14. Rh3 {and maybe Black is
just no longer in time to defend f7.}) 14. h5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} h6 $6 {[%emt 0:
07:45] Very understandable, but in fact a rather risky approach.} ({Letting
the white pawn get to h6 after} 14... Bb7 15. h6 g6 {does not look great, but
in fact Black has only one weakness to defend now, the pawn on f7, and he
might be able to do it.} 16. O-O-O c5 17. Rh4 Rhf8 18. Bg3 Rae8 {and I don't
see how White should progress here.}) 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:58]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:
01:18]} 16. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 17. Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:41]}
Rag8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:04:29] Now we can
take stock of what has happened - Black is passive and worse; or, as Kramnik
nicely put it, the starting position in chess is not so bad for Black that he
should go for something like this :)} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} g6 {[%emt 0:10:
20] Black just can't allow Rh4-g4.} (19... Nd7 20. Rh4 Nxe5 21. Bf4 f6 22. Rhg4
{is no improvement.}) 20. hxg6 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 21. Rh5 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 22. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:04:
17] So far White has played immaculately, but around here strange things start
happening.} 23. Rg4 {[%emt 0:08:35] In fact the rook is pretty vulnarable here,
and does not do very much at all.} (23. Kd2 Ne7 $1 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. g3 Bf3 26.
Rxh6 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 {Black is still fighting here, but White should convert in
the long run} (27. Ke1 Nc6)) 23... a5 {[%emt 0:05:45]} (23... Ne7 24. Rxg8 Rxg8
25. g3 Bf3 26. Rxh6 Ng6 {is similar to the previous line.}) 24. Bd1 {[%emt 0:
01:37]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 25. Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Rdg8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 26.
Kd2 $4 {[%emt 0:01:03] A move that should have changed modern chess history.
White really needs to centralise his king, but it would be nice to achieve it
without blundering all his pawns.} (26. Kd1 Nf8 $1 27. Rf4 Be8 {is suddenly
awkward for White}) (26. Rg3 $5 {might be the best; although it becomes clear,
that White lost a lot of time, shuffling his pieces around.}) 26... a4 $4 {
[%emt 0:01:00] As they say, "returning the favour". I can't think of any other
example, where Vishy with loads of time on his clock had failed to spot
tactics that simple.} (26... Nxe5 $1 27. Rxg8 Nxc4+ 28. Ke2 Rxg8 29. g3 Nxe3
30. Kxe3 Bd5 {with a reasonably simple techical task.}) 27. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:31]
Back in control.} a3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 28. f3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:09:
34]} 29. Ke1 {[%emt 0:08:04]} (29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Rxg6 Ba4 31. Rxe6 Bc2 {
feels less clear than White would ideally like.}) 29... Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
30. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:08:42]} Ba4 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 32. Be4+ {[%emt 0:02:26]} Bc6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:09] The last of
so many mistakes in this game.} ({After} 32... Ka7 $1 33. Bxa8 Kxa8 34. Bxa3 (
34. Rh1 Bc2) 34... Rd1 35. Rxh6 Ra1 {Black gets a surprising ammount of
counterplay} 36. Ke3 $1 {perhaps the best, but far from simple} (36. Rh7 Rxa2+
$13) (36. Rg5 Rxa2+ 37. Ke1 Nf4 (37... Rxa3 38. Rh7 $16) 38. Bc1 Nd3+ 39. Kf1
Bb3 (39... Nxc1 40. Rg7) 40. Rg7 Bxc4 41. Kg1 Kb7 42. Rxf7+ Kc6 43. Bg5 Rc2 {
is a mess}) 36... Nxe5 37. Rg7 Nxc4+ 38. Kf4 Nd6 39. Ke5 Rd1 40. Bc1 {and
White will prevail, probably :)}) 33. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 34. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 35. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:03:43]}
Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 36. Bxa3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 37. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:01:55]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 38. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:36] Luck always
favours the winner.} Ka6 39. Rxh6 Rxa2 40. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06] After a very sucessful
Anti-Berlin in game 2, Magnus switches to the main line.} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11.
Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:01:04] The very main line these days; Black is solid, but does not
usually get many chances to win the game, and has to know his defences quite
exactly.} 13. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 14. g3 {[%emt 0:01:30]}
(14. Rfe1 {is the main alternative, played by Vishy himself. Black had to
suffer to get a draw after} Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 23. c4 Nc3 24. Kf3 Rg6
25. a3 Na4 26. Ke4 Nc5+ 27. Kf5 Ne6 28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. c3 Ng7+ 30. Ke4 Ne6 31. f3
c5 32. Bf2 a6 33. Be3 b6 {in the game Anand,V (2770)-Karjakin,S (2766)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014.}) 14... Bxg5 {[%emt 0:04:25] An introduction to the very
forced sequence.} 15. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 16. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:57]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 17. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 18. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:00:45]} 20. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 21. Nxd1 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bxa2 $1 {[%emt 0:
01:15] The point.} ({After} 22... Ng7 23. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3g2,Gg2h4] the rook on
g6 is in serious trouble.}) 23. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (23. b3 $2 Bb1) 23... Be6
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (24. Bxc7 Rh6 {is just a draw.}) 24...
Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 25. Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:10:27] Only this
move is new, but in fact White's initiative is still quite nasty.} ({The
previous game saw} 25... f5 26. g5 (26. Rxc7 $1 {might be what Magnus had in
mind} Nb5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxb7 Bxc2 29. Ne3 {there is not much material left,
but Black is in trouble because of his weak king and White's marching f-pawn})
26... Nf7 27. Rh5 Rg8 28. Kg3 Rh8 {led to an eventual draw in Giri,A (2768)
-Radjabov,T (2726) Tashkent 2014.}) 26. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:45] Black is a pawn up,
but his position suffers from a serious lack of coordination; especially the
rook on g6 is out of play.} Kd8 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 27. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} c5 {
[%emt 0:05:33]} 28. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:52] Around here Vishy sank into deep
thought; his position is quite precarious.} Ne5 $1 {[%emt 0:27:31] When played,
this looked like a major concession, but now I realise that, at least
practically speaking, this must be the correct choice. Alternatives look scary
over the board:} (28... Kd7 29. Nh5 Kc6 30. Be3 (30. Bxc7 Kxc7 31. Nf4 Rh6 32.
Nxe6+ Kd6 33. Rxf7 Kxe6 34. Rxb7 Rh2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc2 $11) 30... Ba2 $3 {but
clearly, nobody can see such lines over the board :)}) 29. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:24:53]
} Rg8 {[%emt 0:09:25]} 30. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:04:26]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Rh5
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxg4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:05]} (31... Rf8 32. Ke3 Bd5 33. Ne4 Bxe4
34. Kxe4 {might be just lost} Rf4+ 35. Ke3 Rb4 36. Rxe5 Rxb2 37. Rxc5) 32. fxg4
{[%emt 0:00:31]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:
02:06] I spent some time looking at this ending; most probably it's drawn;
White's only chance is to go for c4, Nd5 and Re7, but before that Magnus
decides to shuffle around for a while.} 34. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:
01:28]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 36. b3 {[%emt 0:01:48]}
Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 37. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 38. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:02:15]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 39. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 40. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
Rh6 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 42. Nd1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 43. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 44. Re7 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:02:
44]} 45. Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 46. Kc3 {[%emt 0:12:38]}
Rh4 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 47. Kb2 {[%emt 0:04:24]} (47. Kd3 {was a more direct try}
Rd4+ (47... a5 48. c4 c6 49. Re7+) 48. Ke2 a5 49. c4 {and now Black has a
choice:} Rh4 (49... c6 50. Nf5 Rf4 51. Re7+ Kb8 $1 (51... Ka6 52. Nd6 a4 53.
Nc8) 52. Ne3 Rh4 53. Kd3 Rh3 54. Ke4 Rg3 55. Kf4 Rh3 {and suprisingly, even
this might not be enough for a win:} 56. Rg7 b5 57. Re7 Rh2 58. Ke5 Rd2 59. Rg7
Re2 60. Ke4 Rb2) 50. Kd3 Rh3 51. Ke4 Rh4+ 52. Ke5 Rh2 53. Re7 Rb2 54. Nd5 Rxb3
55. Rxc7+ Ka6 $1 (55... Kb8 56. Kd6) 56. Rg7 a4 57. Nc7+ Ka5 58. Nd5 Ka6 {
with a draw.}) 47... Rh2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 48. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rd2 {
[%emt 0:03:02]} 49. Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 50. Kc3 {[%emt 0:
01:28]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 51. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:36]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 52.
Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 53. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rh7 {
[%emt 0:02:15]} 54. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 55. Kd2 {[%emt 0:
00:45]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 56. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57.
c4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 58. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 59. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 60. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Nd1 {[%emt 0:04:31]} b5 $5 {[%emt 0:04:54] Vishy
changes his tactics and does not even let the knight on to d5 any more.} 62.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (62. Nb2 Kb6 63. Nd3 c6 64. Kc3 Rg3 {does not change much.
}) 62... c6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 63. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 64.
Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 65. Re7+ {[%emt 0:15:33]} Kb6 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 66. Nd7+ {[%emt 0:12:36]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 67. Re4 {
[%emt 0:01:29]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:08:09]} 68. Kc1 {[%emt 0:02:59]} (68. Kc3 b4+ 69.
Kd3 Rd2+ $1 70. Kxd2 {would have a picturesque finale.}) 68... Rg1+ {[%emt 0:
01:10]} 69. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 70. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
bxc4 $1 {[%emt 0:08:48]} 71. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 72.
Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:06] A very nice idea. White's knight on
c5 is not stable, so he can't hold on to his last pawn much longer.} 73. Rc2 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 74. Kf2 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} 75. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 76. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rc3
{[%emt 0:00:56]} 77. Nd3+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kxb3 {[%emt 0:00:07] And the
remaining moves can be skipped with a clear conscience.} 78. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 79. Nf2 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 80.
Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 81. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ra3 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 82. Nd2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 83. Rh1 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 84. Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} 85. Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 86. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
Kb5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 87. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 88. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 89. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 90. Nc3+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 91. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a2
{[%emt 0:00:13]} 92. Nxa2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 93. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 94. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:
00:14]} 95. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 96. Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 97. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 98. Kc4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 99. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} 100. Na4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 101. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 102. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 103. Nc5+ {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 104. Kxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 105. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 106. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:16]
} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 107. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 108. Kd4
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 109. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 110. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 111. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:
17]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 112. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 113.
Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 114. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 115. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 116. Rg6 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 117. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 118. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 119. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:14]
} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 120. Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 121. Rc1
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 122. Nxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:39]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:13] Anand doesn't mind to repeat the same
line that brought him success in game three.} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. e3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13] This used to be the main line years ago,
but nowadays is out of fashion.} ({In game three there followed} 6... Nbd7 7.
c5 {which is the main line nowadays.}) 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Re8
$5 {[%emt 0:00:12] Here is what Magnus and his team unleashed. Black's idea is
to prepare e6-e5. However, as long as Black's queen stays on d8, this gives
White numerous options to press on the Pd5. The quiet rook move is very rare
and has never really appeared on the top level so far. During and after the
game there were speculations as to whether the idea 9...Re8 was a one-shot
affair, or whether it may find followers and even become a new trend in the
Queen's Gambit!? Hard to say. After a certain analysis I can conclude that
White definitely can't refute Black's setup by force, but does have chances
for a slight advantage.} (9... Qa5 {is the main move.}) 10. Bg5 $6 {[%emt 0:11:
18] White has many logical options to consider. Anand's choice is one of them,
but unfortunately for him, is not the most challenging. In future games White
needs to seek for an advantage after 10.0-0-0 or 10.b4.} (10. b4 Bd6 ({A real
mess may arise after} 10... e5 $6 11. Bg5 d4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 e4 14. bxc5
exf3 15. O-O-O {which seems to be in White's favour.}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. c5 (
12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 $140 Ne5 $1 $11) 12... Qe7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Be2 e5 15. O-O
Bg4 16. Rfe1 {This position is slightly easier to handle as White.}) (10. O-O-O
e5 (10... h6 $5 {This prophylaxics deserves more atttention. Before developing
his counterplay on the queenside, Black covers the g5-square.} 11. Bg3 (11. Kb1
e5 12. cxd5 exf4 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxc5 Nf6 16. exf4 Bg4 $132) (11.
Nb5 e5 12. Bg3 a6 13. cxd5 Na5 $1 14. Nc3 Bg4 $44 {and now} 15. b4 $2 Bd6 16.
bxa5 $2 Qxa5 {[%csl Rc1] leads to a disaster for White.}) 11... a6 $1 {Another
useful prophylactic move.} ({After} 11... Qa5 $6 12. Nb5 {is unpleasant.}) 12.
Kb1 Be7 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. cxd5 Na5 $1 16. dxe6 Rxe6 17. Rd5 Rc8 18.
Nd4 Re5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 {with decent compensation.}) 11. Bg5 (11. cxd5 $6 exf4
12. dxc6 Qc7 {is fine for Black.}) 11... d4 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. exd4
Nxd4 (14... Bg4 15. dxe5 (15. d5 $6 Nd4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 b5 $1 $44) 15...
Nxe5 16. Be2 b5 $5 (16... h6 17. Be3 $14) 17. Rhe1 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Qc7 20. Be2 $14) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rxd4 (16. Kb1 h6 17. Bh4 $14) 16... Qe5 17.
Be3 b5 18. c5 Bf5 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. b4 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 $14 {1-0 (39) Lalith,B 
(2569)-Thejkumar,M (2452) Jalgaon 2013}) (10. Rd1 e5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nd5 Be7 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. O-O Bg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (30) Romanov,S 
(2535)-Dibley,E (2463) ICCF email 2010}) ({In case of} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 {
Black can equalise by} d4 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. O-O Qe7 14. Na4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 dxe3 $1
16. Nxc5 e2 17. Bxe2 Qxe2 $11) 10... Be7 $1 {[%emt 0:02:07] Magnus answered
quickly, clearly showing that Anand's reply had also been under thorough
investigation.} (10... d4 11. O-O-O e5 {would transpose to the line 10.0-0-0
e5 11.Bg5 d4 mentioned above.}) 11. Rd1 {[%emt 0:07:43]} (11. cxd5 Nxd5 12.
Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) (11. O-O-O Bd7 {is also perfectly playable for Black.} (11...
Qa5 $6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 {Here White's knight is not pinned, so White
wins a pawn.}) {It is now very risky for White to grab the pawn:} 12. Bxf6 $6
Bxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5 Rc8 $36) 11... Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:00] Pinning the
knight, so now the Pd5 is protected.} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:06:50] Officially, only
this is a novelty. At first sight it looks like an improvement, but Carlsen
proves that Black has good grounds for keeping the balance.} (12. Be2 Ne4 13.
cxd5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 exd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {0-1 (66)
Correa de Almeida,C (1742)-Manheimer,G (1967) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010})
12... h6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} (13...
a6 {was also possible and after} 14. O-O (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 $11)
14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 {could lead to the same position by a different order of
moves.}) 14. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:07:30]}
b5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 16. Ba2 {[%emt 0:07:59]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 17. Bb1 {
[%emt 0:03:35]} (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 (18. Rd7 Re7 $11) 18... Be7 19. Rd7 (19.
Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Red8 $11) 19... Qb6 20. Bb1 g6 {White doesn't have enough
resources to create serious threats, his activity is temporary. For instance:
after} 21. h4 Rac8 {Black has no problems.}) 17... Rad8 $1 {[%emt 0:01:09] A
cold-blooded reply, showing that White's battery along the diagonal b1-h7 is
not so frightening.} 18. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 19. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:04:31]} (19. Qh7+ $6 {is just a single check.} Kf8 {Black's king has a
safe shelter on e7. Meanwhile, White's queenside is under pressure.}) 19... Be7
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Nc5 {[%emt 0:08:02]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 21. Qxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} b4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:00] After the exchange of queens the game
peters out.} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:11]} (22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. axb4 Nc4 24. b3 Bxf3
25. Rxd8 (25. gxf3 $4 Nd2 $19) 25... Rxd8 26. bxc4 Be2 27. Rc1 Bxc4 $11) 22...
bxa3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 23. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 24. Rxc5
{[%emt 0:00:14]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 25. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} (25... Bxf3 {is possible, but I wouldn't recommend it.} {After} 26.
gxf3 {White's bishop is slightly superior to the knight and the Pa6 may become
a target.}) 26. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Red8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 27. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:
02:28]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 28. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:04:58]} Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
29. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 30. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nd7 {
[%emt 0:00:14] Covering the c5-square and parrying White's last attempt to
squeeze something out of nothing.} 31. Na5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:35]
} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 33. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:06:03]} 34. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 35. Kc3 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 36. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37.
f4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 38. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Kxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:37] Black has a safe
fortress.} 40. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. e5+ {[%emt 0:01:07]
A success for Magnus neutralising one of Anand's last games as White in the
match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:06] This has been Carlsen's constant choice in this match.} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} ({In the next Berlin game, Anand deviated with} 9... Bd7 $5 {Carlsen,M 
(2863)-Anand,V (2792) Sochi 2014 CBM 164 [Nielsen,PH] (1-0, 45). From the
course of the game this proved an attempt to level the score and, to a certain
point, quite a consistent one.}) 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:09] A
logical reaction to White's unmasked intentions to gain kingside space with
g2-g4.} ({But the plan of developing the queen's bishop in the fianchetto is
possible without paying attention to the kingside, as in the recent game} 10...
b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 {Grischuk,A (2797)-Andreikin,D (2722) Baku 2014 CBM 163 [Marin,
M] (1/2-1/2, 77)}) 11. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} ({Carlsen is the first to deviate
from the previous Berlin game, in which, rather non-typically, his opening
preparation was better than Anand's, and quite impressively so!} 11. Bf4 {
Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792) Sochi 2014 CBM 164 [Kasimdzhanov,R] (1/2-1/2,
122)}) 11... b6 {[%emt 0:00:59];Caruana,F (2801)-Negi,P (2645) Tromso ol (Men)
41st 2014 (3.1) 1-0 This is a generally useful move in the Berlin Defence.
Black prepares to place his queenside pawns on dark squares in order to
restrict the enemy bishop and ensure the highest mobility of his light-squared
bishop. A good example of what can happen if Black does not stick to this
policy is offered by the game} ({The most popular move in this still not that
heavily explored position is} 11... Be7 12. Re1 (12. Bg5 {Carlsen,M (2772)
-Jakovenko,D (2760) Dortmund 2009 CBM 131 [Mueller,Karsten] (1-0, 49)}) 12...
Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Nd4 Be7 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bh2 Rh6 17. Rad1 a6 {[%csl Rb5]
[%cal Gc6c5]} 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 c5 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Be5 $14 {
This is the kind of position which may not be too pleasant to play with Black,
but does not guarantee White very clear winning chances, Sutovsky,E (2642)
-Bacrot,E (2721) Poikovsky 2014 (1/2-1/2, 33). Still, it does not look like
something one would like to get against Carlsen!}) 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:43]
White hurries to take the control over the open file, but this will lead tu
unnatural development.} (12. Bf4 c5 13. Rad1 {looks more harmonious, since the
king's rook basically belongs on e1, but after} Bb7 14. Ng5 Rh6 {Black managed
to regroup in time in McShane,L (2645)-Kramnik,V (2791) London 2010 CBM 140 
[Postny,E] (1/2-1/2, 139)}) ({The main threat created by the last move is
occupying the d4-square with the knight(s). Its immediate occupation would be
premature:} 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 $1 14. Nb5 Kd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7c6] This is
why White needs controlling the d-file!}) 12... Ba6 $5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} ({If} 
12... Bb7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 {White has some chances of retaining the
initiative.} Be7 (14... c5 $2 15. Nb5 $16) 15. Bf4 (15. Nf5 Bc8 16. Nxe7 Kxe7
17. Bg5+ Ke6 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bb7 20. Kg2 c5+ 21. f3 Rh7 $132 {Volokitin,A
(2722)-Hracek,Z (2615) Austria 2013 (1/2-1/2, 31)}) 15... Rd8 16. Nf5 Rxd1+ 17.
Rxd1 Bc8 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Bg5+ Ke6 20. Bd8 Kxe5 21. Bxc7+ Kf5 22. Bb8 a6 23.
Ba7 b5 24. Rd6 Rh6 25. Rd8 Be6 26. b3 Bd5 27. f3 a5 28. Bd4 Re6 {Grischuk,A 
(2763)-Jakovenko,D (2722) Moscow 2012 (1/2-1/2, 87). White retains only a
symbolic advantage based on his active pieces. This should not be enough to
counter-balance the drawish tendency yielded by the opposite bishops.}) 13. Nf4
{[%emt 0:13:35]} ({With the b5-square over-protected,} 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 {
is not dangerous due to} c5 $1 {for instance:} 15. Nf5 Be2 16. Rd2 Bc4 17. Ne3
Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. b3 c6 20. Ne3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bb2 g6 23. Rd1+ Kc7
24. f3 Bh6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 b5 $132 {Kurnosov,I (2676)-Karjakin,S (2760)
Moscow 2010 CBM 140 [Ftacnik,L] (0-1, 63)}) 13... Bb7 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:06:08]
This aparent loss of time is not without logic. After accomplishing the
mission of avoiding Ned4, the bishop was not doing much on a6, being also
exposed to a4-a5. The last move prepares its activating with a well-timed ...
c6-c5.} (13... Rd8 14. Bd2 (14. Rxd8+ $1 Kxd8 15. e6 fxe6 16. Ne5 $44) 14...
Nd4 (14... Bc8 $5) 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. a4 Bc8 (16... g5 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal
Ga6e2]} 17. a5 gxf4 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rxa6 Bg7 $11 {[%cal Gd4d1]}) 17. a5 $36 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Ponomariov,R (2741) Leon 2012 (1-0, 66)}) 14. e6 {
[%emt 0:16:00] White cannot achieve much with such a radical move while his
development is incomplete as yet. But this mainly means that Anand's novelty
was a good antidote to 13.Rd1.} ({If} 14. b3 {, hoping to catch up in
development, Black can start fighting for kingside space:} Be7 15. Bb2 (15. e6
g5 {is similar.}) 15... g5 $1 16. e6 Rh6 $1 (16... f6 $6 17. Ng6 Rh6 18. Nxe7
Nxe7 19. h4 $36 {Black is weak on the dark squares.}) 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Ne2 (
18. Ne5+ Kg8) 18... c5 $13) 14... Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:20] The simplest solution.
The best way of maintaining the lead in development is... making a developing
move!} ({Black is not prepared for the over-ambitious} 14... f6 $2 {, hoping
to win the e6-pawn:} 15. Rd7 Bd6 16. Ng6 Rg8 17. Bf4 $1 {Suddenly, Black
cannot hold his position anymore.} Bc8 18. g4 $1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh6 20. Bxd6
Bxd7 21. exd7+ Kf7 {The last hope for avoiding material losses:} 22. Bxc7 Kxg6
23. Nd4 $1 Rad8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne6 $18 {Ironically, it is the king's
position that dooms Black. But the king HAD to capture the knight on d6...}) ({
There is no clear refutation to} 14... fxe6 {White surely has a strong
initiative for the pawn, but Black's ability to defend his centre with the
help of the king should not be underestimated, for instance:} 15. Ng6 Rg8 16.
Bf4 c5 17. Ng5 Bd6 18. Rd3 Kd7 19. Rad1 Bd5 (19... h4 $5) 20. b3 Rae8 {Black
has completed his development and the dangers are not too obvious.} 21. c4 Ba8
22. Nf7 (22. g4 Nd4 $15) 22... Nd4 23. Rxd4 {Less effective than it may look
at first sight.} cxd4 24. Rxd4 e5 $3 {A strong defence, clearing the e-file
for the rook.} 25. Bxe5 Kc8 26. Bxd6 (26. Nxd6+ cxd6 27. Bxd6 Re4 {[%cal Gg8d8]
} 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Nf4 Kd7 $15) 26... Re1+ $1 {This is the point! The rook
escapes the fork with gain of time, using the open e-file.} 27. Kh2 cxd6 28.
Nxd6+ Kb8 29. Nf4 h4 $13 {White may be able to prove his compensation for the
exchange, but only Black could play for a win already. WHite will face
problems defending both his wings against the attack of the enemy rook(s).})
15. exf7+ {[%emt 0:10:08]} ({Keeping the tension with} 15. Re1 {could already
be met with} f6 {(not the only move, but quite an ambitious one, endangering
the far advanced pawn).}) 15... Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:16][%cal Ga8e8,Gh5h4,Gc6c5]
Black is well developed and has a clear plan of strengthening his position.
Little wonder that, behind in development but leading on the score table,
Carlsen decides to force a draw.} 16. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]
} 17. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:01:32] 92}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 19. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. Ng5+ {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:33]
} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 11. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:11:40] A relatively rare
but promising idea posing new problems to the adherents of the 7...Na6 system.
White provokes ...h7-h6, which will later allow him to gain a tempo when his
queen will be forced to retreat to c1.} h6 {[%emt 0:03:02]} (12... Qb6 13. Qh4
Bf5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bc4 Nb4 16. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Yd5d6] 1-0 (21) Limp,E (2440)
-Rosa,C (2223) Rio de Janeiro 2006}) 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (13. Bxf6 $6 {
makes no sense:} Qxf6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Rfe1 (15. Rd2 Rab8 16. a4 Qb6 17. d6 Nb4
18. Qb3 Rbd8 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rd7 $132 {[%csl Rd6] 0-1 (37) Jakobsen,O 
(2410)-Welin,T (2215) Copenhagen 1980}) 15... Qb6 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. a3 Qa5 18.
Bf1 Rxe1 19. Nxe1 b5 $36 {1/2 (38) Oll,L (2405)-Gavrikov,V (2550) Tallinn 1985}
) (13. Bh4 Qb6 (13... g5 $5) 14. a3 (14. Rfd1 Bf5) 14... Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 Qxb2 17. Ra2 Qb6 18. Rb1 c4 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Qf1 Qc5 $36 {1/2 (41)
Szczechowicz,B (2275)-Miton,K (2375) Trzebinia 1998}) (13. Bf4 $5 Bf5 (13... g5
$5 14. Bg3 Nh5 {is probably better}) 14. Ne5 (14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Bxd6
Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Qxd6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Nc3 Rad8 22. h3 Qd6
23. a4 {1/2 (23) Bolbochan,J-Pilnik,H Mar del Plata 1950}) 14... Qb6 (14... Nd7
$5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7) 15. d6 Be6 16. Qd3 Qb4 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 c4 19. f4 $16 {
1-0 (28) Antoshin,V-Kozma,J Sochi 1963}) 13... Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 14. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:07:06]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (14... Qb6 {didn't solve Black's problems
in the following correspondence game:} 15. Rd2 ({but not} 15. b3 Rad8 16. Rd2
$6 Ng4 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Rc1 {0-1 (67) Wojtaszek,R (2713)-Ponomariov,R (2729)
Poikovsky 2012} b5 $1 19. Qxb5 Bxc3 20. Qxa6 g5 $1 $17) 15... Rac8 16. h3 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qc1 Ree8 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. Re2 g5 21. h4 f6 22. Rfe1 Nc7 23.
Bb3 b6 24. Nd2 Kh8 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. d6 $16 {1-0 (46) Langeveld,R 
(2696)-Schuster,P (2451) ICCF email 2010}) 15. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Bxe4 {
[%emt 0:10:55]} (15... Rxe4 16. Qc1 {[%cal Re3h6,Yd5d6]}) 16. Qc1 {[%emt 0:12:
38] This retreat is now unnecessary as the queen is not attacked.} (16. d6 $142
$1 $36 {[%csl Gd6]}) 16... Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:49] Black immediately exploits
White's inaccuracy. Still, he can't reach full equality.} (16... Kh7 $143 17.
d6 $1) 17. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:09:45]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (17... Bxd5 {
(recommended by GM M.Golubev)} 18. Rxd5 Rxe2 19. Rd7 $5 (19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd7
Re7 $11) 19... Qxb2 20. Bxg7 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Kxg7 22. Rxb7 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Rae8 $1
$14) 18. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:13:47]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Ng5 $1 {[%emt 0:08:07]
} Bd4 $1 {[%emt 0:33:49][%csl Gd4]} 20. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:14:02]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 21. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 22. d6 {[%emt 0:08:08]} Rd7
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:42][%csl Gd6]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 24.
Rd2 $6 {[%emt 0:01:14][%mdl 32] By ceding the e-file to Black White loses
winning chances.} (24. Rfe1 $142 Rad8 {[%cal Yd7d6]} (24... Nxa2 $143 25. Re7
Rxe7 26. dxe7 Re8 27. Re1 {[%csl Ge7]}) 25. a3 (25. Re7 Kf8 $1) 25... Nc6 26.
h4 $14) 24... Re8 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 25. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Re6 {[%emt 0:08:43]
} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Be5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 27. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxe5
$11 {[%emt 0:00:02] Now White's d6-pawn can become weak. Vishy Anand decides
to force a draw.} 28. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. d7 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. d8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 31. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:01]
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{With the score being 51/2-41/2 to Carlsen with 2 games to go, the match has
reached its crucial moment. Yet still there maybe was an expectation of
silence before the storm? A draw in this game at first seemed like a good
result for both, as Carlsen would guarantee himself a playoff, while Anand
could gamble everything with the white pieces in game 12. In tournaments
situations might often arise in which both player have mutual interests in a
draw, but in matches it is important to remember that what is good for your
oppenent, is bad for you! The discussions about the right strategy in these
situations reflect that its probably a very close decision, with no obvious
"correct" answer. In Brissago 2004, against Leko, Kramnik choose the Benoni as
Black, in order to gamble, while here Anand choose the Berlin, seemingly happy
to make a draw.} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:03] Carlsen hesitated
here for a few minutes, possibly contemplating the safer 5.Re1, as employed in
Chennai a year before, succesfully drawing and thus preserving his lead. There
however he was on +2, making a draw even more valuable.} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Bd7 $5 {[%emt 0:00:18] Anand is the first to deviate from games 7&9
where he went 9...Ke8. It might seem a bit strange that after getting into
trouble in game 7 he repeated ...Ke8, while after securing an easy draw in
game 9, he changed. However not doing the obvious, is an excellent way of
surprising, and springing this "mini" surprise, might be an indication that
despite the choice of the Berlin, he is not against a fight.} 10. Nc3 $5 {
[%emt 0:00:08] A slightly surprising decision. In the previous match in
Chennai, Anand as White choose:} (10. Rd1 {which is part of the point behind 9
h3, as now if Black wants to get his king to c8, he has to enter the
complications after 10...Kc8 11.g4 Ne7 12.Ng5 Be8 13.f4 h5. Recently however
Black has done well here, as well as the general trend in this match is Anand
welcoming, and Carlsen avoiding forced lines.} Be7 {was Carlsen's own choice
in the previous match, when he came close to winning game 4 after} 11. Nc3 (11.
g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Ne4 b6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nxf7
Re8 18. f4 Be6 19. Nxh6 gxh6 20. f5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Rxe5 {was drawn after a
couple of exact defensive moves by Black in Karjakin-Carlsen, Shamkir 2014.})
11... Kc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rad1 Be6 {with Black having
solved his opening problems in the abovementioned game 4 of the 2013 WC-match.}
) 10... h6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 12.
Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} c5 $5 {[%emt 0:01:30] Technically speaking a very rare
move, but in harmony with the current trend in this line, that Black will play
a quick ...c5.} (12... b6 {is the original concept, played by Kramnik in the
2000 WC-match against Kasparov, who got nowhere after} 13. Rad1 Ne7 (13... c5 {
Leko's move order, and would transpose to the main game.}) 14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ne1
h5 16. Nd3 c5 17. c4 a5 18. a4 h4 {and Kasparov both in this game, as in the
match in general, did not manage to make any headway against the Berlin.}) 13.
Rad1 {[%emt 0:04:07]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:01] Despite the slight improvement in the
move order by Anand, it has now transposed into a recent game between Kokarev
and Leko from the Russian league. With Leko being one of Anand's seconds for
the previous match, one can guess at that it was preparation for Chennai. By
controlling the d4-square, Black avoids the White tries now considered maybe
most critical after 13...b6 starting with 14.Nd4!?, however at the cost at
giving white access to the d5-square. Optically it looks like an excellent
post for a white knight, but as the game shows, things are not as simple as
that.} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:10:11]} (14. Nd5 a5 15. Nd2 Ne7 $1 {Contesting the
strong knight on d5 is part of Black's plan. If 16 c4, then ...a4 gives
excellent counterplay.} 16. Ne3 Nf5 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Ne3 Nf5 {and the game was
drawn by repetition.}) 14... Be6 $5 {[%emt 0:09:58] Bologan and Jakovenko have
played ...Ne7 here, Ponomariov ...a5. Both decent moves, but so is Anand's,
getting ready to put his king on b7, and for the time being not retreating the
knight voluntarily.} 15. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:35] Not allowing
a white Nf4, harassing the bishop on e6. It does create a "hole" on f6, but
gains space, and makes it more difficult for White to immediately expand on
the kingside.} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:09:49] A very principled
position, where both players have their intended setup. White's argument will
be that space does matter, that d5 is an outpost of value, and that he can
roll forward eventually on the kingside, while Black will claim his position
is solid, and that potentially White's queenside structure soon fixed on white
squares is vulnerable.} 17. Kh2 {[%emt 0:13:27] Not hesitating, Carlsen's
prepares for expanding on the kingside.} a5 {[%emt 0:14:59]} 18. a4 {[%emt 0:
01:37] Of course weakening b3, but allowing ...a4, would give Black immediate,
counterplay.} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 19. g4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:53]
A good defensive move, taking precautions against White's plan of Kg3+h4.
However already here instead of defense, being aggressive with: 19...b5!?
would have been an interesting try, as after 20.axb5 a4 Black has serious
counterplay.} 20. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:16] In line with the
idea of stopping a white h4.} 21. Nd2 {[%emt 0:09:31]} ({If} 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22.
h4 $2 {then} gxh4+ $1 {followed by 23...Rag8 when it's Black who benefits from
the immediate opening of fire on the kingside.}) 21... Rhd8 {[%emt 0:07:06]}
22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:35] An interesting position. At first
sight it looks like Black is solid, but passive, and the defining factor will
be if White is able to break through on the kingside. However as shown by the
game, Black has a powerful resource in ...b5 creating counterplay on the
queenside. Thus the task for White here is to find a prophylactic measure,
preventing ...b5 but keeping the long-term prospects on the kingside. Easier
said than done.} 23. Nef6 {[%emt 0:09:34]} ({During the game I thought} 23. Bc3
$5 {was the right move, but even there after} b5 {Black has counterplay after}
24. axb5 c6 25. bxc6+ Kxc6 {when it's not easy for White to keep Black's
potential under control. In the game it's an even more difficult task, but
Carlsen manages it extremely well!}) 23... b5 $1 {[%emt 0:09:48] A strong and
thematic move. The idea is that after 24.axb5 a4 25.bxa4 Rxa4 Black has more
than sufficient compensation for the pawn, due to the a-file and the weakness
of the pawn on c4. An even worse move is 24.cxb5 c6! 25.bxc6+ Kxc6 undermining
the knight on d5, and thus the pawn on b3 will fall. However Carlsen adapts
very well to the situation, not panicking but instead very much adapting to
the circumstance with a realistic defensive move. Despite the momentum having
swung in Anand's favour, it is however worth noting that Carlsen's chances of
winning the game have also improved. For a while Black now gets chances, the
stakes have risen, and any mistake can turn the tables, while without ...b5
both players' margin of error was bigger.} 24. Bc3 $5 {[%emt 0:08:39] Getting
out of the way of a black rook soon to be in the b-file, as well as eying the
pawn on a5 too.} bxa4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 25. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} 26. Kf3 $6 {[%emt 0:07:38] Much praised and combined with 23.Nef6
maybe match winning inaccuracies! Because while objectively Black now has the
chance to get the upper hand, Carlsen does seek to put pressure on his
opponent by marching forward with his king.} Rdb8 $6 {[%emt 0:21:53] Logical,
but letting a big chance slip.} ({With} 26... Be7 $1 {Anand could have given
the match a dramatic turn. The game would not at all be decided yet, but Black
keeps a stabe edge. It might seem pardoxical that Anand would play ...Be7
earlier in this game, instead of the maybe more obvious looking ...Bg7, but
there it had the specific point of preventing a white h4. Here however looks
just strange, but has the advantage that Nh5 is not with tempo, as indeed
would be the case after ...Bg7. The tactical problem is that after} 27. Ke4
Bxf6 $1 28. exf6 Bxd5+ $1 29. cxd5+ Kd6 {it's the black king which feels safe
and comfortable in the centre, as the d5-pawn provides him excellent cover,
while its white counterpart suddenly feels very awkwardly placed. Carlsen
certainly has ways to fight on after 26...Be7, and objectively the position
most likely is drawn, but he would be facing an uphill struggle, while now
certainly all 3 results are in play.}) 27. Ke4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Rb4 $6 {
[%emt 0:03:22] As Anand admitted at the press conference his emotions got the
better of him, and he erred first. The stakes do simply not get higher, and
the pressure on the players obviously is immense. Anand tries maximising the
pressure on Carlsen, but while it does put pressure, the move lacks just a bit
in objective quality. The idea is right, the execution however flawed.} (27...
Rb3 $1 {is the better move.} {Thus} 28. Rb1 {is logical, but then Black has
the pleasant choice of either} ({If} 28. Rd2 {or 28.Rd3 then} Bg7 {will start
undermining the white centre.} (28... Kb7 $5)) {And} 28... Rb4 $5 {also
certainly makes sense, as the white rook obviously is placed worse on b1 than
on d1, after White accepts the offered exchange.} (28... Ra3 29. Ra1 Rb3 {
with a repetition} ({or} 29... Rxc3 {as an interesting exchange sacrifice.})))
28. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} cxb4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:10] While the least move might
be sub-optimal, this one however is a clear mistake. It might look tempting to
get the c5-square for either the bishop or even the king, but now with very
concrete action, Carlsen manages to prove that Black's plan is too slow.} ({
With} 28... axb4 $1 {Black stays very much in the game. The positional
compensation with the pair of bishops as well as the the better structure
means that e.g. a passive approach like} 29. Ra1 ({It would be more
challenging if White plays for a direct f4 with} 29. Nh5 {similar to the game,
but after} Rxa4 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bxd5+ $1 32. cxd5+ Kb5 {Black's passed
pawns are ready to march forward with a very complicated struggle ahead.})
29... Bg7 {is very playable for Black, who could even be better.}) 29. Nh5 $1 {
[%emt 0:09:58] As always Carlsen is a master in adopting to the circumstances,
and immediately jumps at his chance. Black's position does have potential, but
by attacking it immediately and with great force it's game, set and match.} Kb7
{[%emt 0:01:49]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (30... Bd7 $5 {
looked a possible figthing chance, but after} 31. f5 Bxa4 32. fxg6 fxg6 33.
Nhf6 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 c6 {White do not retreat his knight, when the black pawns
indeed would become dangerous, but decides the game with} 35. Nd7 $1 {when the
white knights will either block the pawns, or after} cxd5+ 36. cxd5 {the white
pawns win the race, as} b3 37. Nxf8 a4 38. Nd7 {the white knight will return
in time.}) 31. Nhxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 32. Nxf4 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:58] Again very much to the point. Of course allowing Black to take
on c4 gives him connected passed pawns, but keeping up the pace of the attack
is of much higher relevance. Now the bishop on e6 is attacked, and after...}
Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 33. Rd7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:08] ...is the deciding point. The
c7-pawn is the target, and when it falls, the whole black position crumbles.} {
So Anand tries one last trick:} Ra6 $5 {[%emt 0:05:45] The rook aims for c6,
where it protects the weak pawn on c7, as well as the bishop on c4, meaning
that e.g. 34.Rc1 is parried. It almost works, but White do have one concrete
way of breaking through...} ({After} 33... Kc6 {White will simply retreat with}
34. Rd2 {when Rc1 next will decide.}) 34. Nd5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:
01:17]} 35. Rxf7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 36. Rxc7+ $1 {
[%emt 0:03:06] The final blow, netting an extra pawn as well as exchanging the
c6-rook that kept the black position together.} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 37. Nxc7
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} ({Anand's misfortune is that after} 37...
Kxc7 38. Rc1 b3 39. Rxc4 b2 40. Rxc5+ {is check, gaining the decisive tempo
allowing Rb5 next, stopping the passed pawn.}) 38. Nb5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:28]
Allowing Black 2 connected passed pawns, but correctly judging that White's
one passer will prevail.} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 39. axb5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxb5
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kd3 {[%emt 0:
02:22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 42. h4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 43.
g5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 44. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} a3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 45. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:55] Stopping the passed black pawns, and
despite the fact that 45...Bb4+ wins the white rook on e1, what matters is the
pawns. 46.Kxb3 Bxe1 47.e7 and the pawn queens. Anand had no choice, but to
resign the game and thus the match. A very interesting last game. Like in game
9 in Chennai, Anand might have shown how to successfully attack Carlsen, but
by doing that he also forced him to display excellent defensive
resourcefulness once again netting him a full point!} 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karia, Rishul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. g4 Be4 8. g5 Nfd7
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 f5 15.
gxf6 Nxf6 16. Bg2 Nbd7 17. Nxe4 Rc8 18. Bd2 e5 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nxc8+ Rxc8 21.
Ke2 exd4 22. cxd4 Ke8 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prill, Daniel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:30"]
[BlackClock "0:16:28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 Qc7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Bg6 12. Neg5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Ne4 O-O
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 Qa5 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Re2 Qd5 19. Nd2 Qb5 20. Nf3 a5 21.
Rae1 Qd5 22. Qb1 a4 23. a3 Ra5 24. Be5 Rea8 25. Bc7 Rb5 26. Nd2 Qf5 27. Ne4 Be7
28. Re3 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5
Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 f6 36. Re3 Kd6 37. Kd3 Ra5 38. f4 g5 39. Rf3 Ke7 40. c4
c5 41. d5 exd5 42. cxd5 Rb5 {[diag] Equal, says Houdini, but Black has a
little bit of pressure against the pawns on b2 and d5.} 43. Rf2 (43. fxg5 fxg5
44. Rf2 Rb3+ 45. Kc4 {is OK if you are able to calculate that the white king
is safe up the board.}) 43... Rb3+ 44. Kc4 $4 ({Oops. White could still be OK
after} 44. Ke4 {with a bit of care.}) 44... Kd6 {Suddenly the game is over.
White can't prevent 45...b5 mate.} 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. O-O Bxf4 13. gxf4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. e3 Na5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Rg1 Bc8 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Nc6 22. Rg3 g6 23. Ng4 Qh4 24. Rdg1 Kh8 25. Qf1 f5 26. Rh3 Qe7 27. Ne5
Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qf7 29. Qg2 Re6 30. Qg5 Rde8 31. Rh6 Qe7 32. Qf4 Rg8 33. h4 Qf8
34. Qg5 Qd8 35. Kg2 Qxg5+ 36. hxg5 Rc6 37. Rc1 Rc4 38. Kf3 Ra4 39. Rc2 Re8 40.
Kf4 Kg8 41. f3 Rc4 42. Rh1 Re7 43. e4 fxe4 44. fxe4 c6 45. Ke3 dxe4 46. Rf1 c5
47. Rff2 Rd7 48. e6 Rd8 49. d5 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stopa, Jacek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5
Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bd4 11. Nb5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 a6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxc7+ Qxc7
15. Rxb2 Nd7 16. Qf3 b5 17. Rc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qa5+ 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Rg8
21. Ne2 Rxg2 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Nc5 24. Nc3 Nb7 25. Rxh6 Nd6 26. Bd3 Ke7 27.
Rh8 Rb8 28. Na4 Rb3 29. Kd2 Rxa3 30. Nb6 Bg4 31. Ra8 f5 32. Ra7+ Kf6 33. Nd7+
Kg5 34. Nxe5 fxe4 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Bxa6 Kf5 37. Nc6 Bf3 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. Kf2
e3+ 40. Kxe3 Bxd5 41. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dale, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. cxd5
Nxc5 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Nfe4 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be1 Rc8 13. Be2 Qb6 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfd8 17. e4 e6 18. a5 Qd6 19. f4 e5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bh4
Rd7 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Bg3 Qe7 24. d6 Qd8 25. Qc4 Nxe4 26. Nc6 bxc6 27. Rxe4 Rxe4
28. Qxe4 Bf8 29. Qc4 c5 30. Qd5 Bxd6 31. Rd1 Qxa5 32. Bxd6 h5 33. Qe5 Kh7 34.
Rf1 Qb6 35. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg2 Rac8
15. O-O g5 16. Na4 Qb8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Rfd1 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Bd6 21.
Rdc2 Ne7 22. Qa4 Ng6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qxa7 Qc2 26. Qxb6 Qd1+
27. Bf1 Bh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxf1 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qxg5 Qxd3 31. h4 Qc2 32. Kg2 Qxb2
33. h5 Nh8 34. a4 Qb4 35. Qh4 Qxa4 36. g5 Kg8 37. Qf4 Qc2 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qh2
Qe4+ 40. Kf1 f6 41. g6+ Kh6 42. Qb8 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8.
Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nge7 14.
O-O-O Be6 15. b3 h6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 a5 19. Kb2 a4 20. Bc2 Nd5
21. bxa4 Nb6 22. Be3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nxa4+ 24. Bxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Qa3 Rac8 14. Rb1
Rfd8 15. Be3 Na5 16. Rfc1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxa7 Bd5 19. Qb6 Bxa2 20. Qxc7
Rxc7 21. Rb6 Rdc8 22. Bd2 Bd5 23. Ne5 e6 24. f3 Ra8 25. Nd3 Ra2 26. Rb2 Ra3 27.
Nc5 e5 28. Rb4 exd4 29. cxd4 b6 30. Re1 f5 31. Bf4 Rca7 32. Bd6 bxc5 33. Bxc5
Ra1 34. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. h4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Qh5 Qd6 11. Kh1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Qg6 13. Qh3 h6 14. Nf3 Qd6
15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Nd2 Bd4 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. g3 b5 20. Na5 Bb6 21. Nxc6
Qd6 22. Nb4 c6 23. Na6 Rae8 24. b4 Re6 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. Be3 f5 27. Nc5 Ref6 28.
f3 Ng6 29. Rad1 R8f7 30. d4 Bxc5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxc5 fxe4 33. f4 Qe8 34.
Rfe1 Nf8 35. Rd4 Re6 36. f5 Re5 37. g4 e3 38. Qg2 Rd7 39. Qxc6 e2 40. c3 Rxd4
41. Qxe8 Rxe8 42. Bxd4 Re4 43. h3 h5 44. gxh5 Nh7 45. Kg2 Ng5 46. h4 Rg4+ 47.
Kf2 Rxh4 48. Rxe2 Rxh5 49. Kg3 Nf7 50. Re8+ Kh7 51. Kg4 Rh2 52. Re7 Nh6+ 53.
Kf4 Rh4+ 54. Ke5 Rh5 55. Rxa7 Nxf5 56. Rb7 Kg6 57. Bc5 Rh2 58. Rxb5 Rxb2 59.
Kf4 Nh6 60. Bd4 Rb1 61. Rg5+ Kf7 62. Rxg7+ Ke8 63. Ke4 Re1+ 64. Kd5 Nf5 65. Rg5
Ne7+ 66. Kd6 Rh1 67. b5 Kd8 68. Bf6 Rh6 69. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
dxc4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. Ke2 Be7 12. Nbd2 Bc6 13. Rhc1 Nbd7 14. Kf1
Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ke2 Kf8 20. Bd3
Rac8 21. Be4 b6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Rd6 24. b4 Rbd8 25. Rc2 Ng8 26. Rac1 Ne7
27. Bb5 Rd5 28. a4 Rh5 29. Rc7 Rxh2 30. Rxa7 Nd5 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Rh5 33.
Rb7 Nb4 34. a6 Nxa6 35. Bxa6 Rf5 36. Bd3 Rf6 37. Rh1 h6 38. f4 Ra8 39. Bb1 Rc8
40. Rh5 Ra8 41. Kf1 Rc8 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Rhb5 Ra8 44. Rb8+ Rxb8 45. Rxb8+ Ke7
46. Rg8 g6 47. Rh8 h5 48. Ra8 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 h6 8. h3
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Ne7 12. Nb2 c6 13. a4 Ng6 14. a5 Bc7 15.
Re1 Rf7 16. Nc4 Qd7 17. Ncd2 Nf4 18. Nf1 Nh7 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4
Raf8 22. N1h2 d5 23. e5 a6 24. g3 R4f5 25. h4 Bb8 26. Ra3 Ba7 27. Rd3 Qf7 28.
Kg2 Qg6 29. Rde3 R8f7 30. Rf1 Nf8 31. Ng1 Rf4 32. h5 Qg5 33. Ngf3 Rxf3 34. Rxf3
Qxh5 35. Rxf7 Qxf7 36. Qd3 Ng6 37. Nf3 Ne7 38. Rh1 Nf5 39. g4 Ne7 40. g5 Ng6
41. Qe3 h5 42. Kf1 Ne7 43. Nh4 g6 44. Rh3 Nf5 45. Nxf5 Qxf5 46. Rf3 Qg4 47. Qf4
Qxf4 48. Rxf4 Kg7 49. Ke2 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 O-O
9. Nh4 Nd4 10. Ne2 Ne8 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nf5 Bg5 13. f4 Bxf5 14. exf5 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qb6 17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 Qc5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. a6 Rfe8 21. Ra4
Re3 22. Rf3 Rbe8 23. Rxe3 dxe3 24. Qe2 Qxf5 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rf4 Qe6 27. c4 g5
28. Rf1 Qe5 29. b4 h4 30. gxh4 gxh4 31. Qf3 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 e2 33. Re1 Re3 34. Qg2
Rg3 35. Qh2 Nh5 36. b5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Rc8 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 b5 12. Bg5 bxc4 13. Nd5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Qf3 h5 16. h3 Bh6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. bxc4 e6 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Qc3 Rh6 21. Nxh6
Bxh6 22. Nxf6+ Ke7 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 e5 25. Rb7+ Kf8 26. Qf3 Rc7 27. Reb1
Qe7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxh5 Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. g3 a5 32. Rb3 a4 33. Rb4 Qa7
34. Kg2 Bd2 35. Rb5 Bc3 36. c5 dxc5 37. d6 Bd4 38. Qe4+ Kg7 39. Rb7 Qa6 40.
Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 b5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15.
Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Ra7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Rd7 19. b4 Nb7 20. a4 g5 21. Nxg5
hxg5 22. Bxg5 Be7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qf3 Nd6 25. Qh3 Nde4 26. Bh6 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qe1 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 h5 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bd6 12. f4 e5 13. Nd2 h4 14. Nc4 Bc5+
15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 hxg3 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxg3 Nfd7 19. Rad1 O-O-O 20. Nd6+
Kb8 21. Nxf7 Nxf7 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Rxf7 Kc8 24. Rxg7 Ne5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.
h4 Rh8 27. Rg5 Nf7 28. Rf5 Nd6 29. Rf4 Nc4 30. b3 Ne3 31. Kf2 Nxc2 32. e5 Kd7
33. Bh3+ Ke8 34. Bc8 b6 35. Bf5 Na3 36. h5 Ke7 37. Bg6 Ke6 38. Rf6+ Kxe5 39.
Rxc6 Nb5 40. Kg3 Nd6 41. Kg4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 Nh6 8.
Be2 g6 9. h3 Bg7 10. g4 f5 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Qd2 Nf7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f4 b5 15.
d4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Qe2 Rab8 18. Rhe1 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb4 20. Qa6 fxg4 21.
hxg4 Nh6 22. Qe2 Qe6 23. Rg1 c5 24. d5 Qb6 25. Qc2 Rb8 26. Rd2 Qa5 27. Nd1 Qxa2
28. Rd3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6
15. Nf4 Rb8 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Qg3 Nc5 18. Ba2 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Rfb1 Re8 21.
Qf3 a5 22. c3 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Qc7 25. Qe3 g6 26. f3 Rb8 27. Rxb8+
Qxb8 28. d4 Nd7 29. Qd3 Qb7 30. f4 d5 31. e5 Be7 32. Qc2 Qb6 33. Kh2 Bd8 34. c4
Qb7 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Nc3 Nb6 37. Qd3 Qc6 38. Qf3 a4 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 Qd7
41. Qe4 Kg7 42. Ba2 Bb6 43. d5 Qb5 44. Qc4 Qxc4 45. Bxc4 a3 46. Kg3 Bd4 47. Kf3
Kf8 48. Ke4 Bf2 49. g4 Ke7 50. d6+ Kf8 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. gxf5 Bg3 53. Kd5 Ke8
54. e6 fxe6+ 55. fxe6 Bh4 56. Kc5 Bf2+ 57. Kb4 Bg3 58. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Qf4 c5 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qe5 Rbd8 20. Qxh5 Qxd6
21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Qh4 Bc6 23. a4 Kf8 24. Bb5 Rb8 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qf4 Rbd8 27.
Rad1 Kg8 28. Qf5 d4 29. Qd3 g6 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Qc4 Qd6 32. g3 h5 33. h4 Qc6 34.
Kg1 Qd6 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qe6 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qe6 39. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Na3 O-O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne7 14.
Nc4 Nc6 15. Bg4+ Kb8 16. f4 b5 17. Na3 a6 18. Bf3 g5 19. fxg5 d3 20. c3 h6 21.
gxh6 Bxh6 22. Rf1 Ne5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Bg2 Bxa3 25. bxa3 Rh6 26. Rf5 Re6 27.
Kf2 f6 28. Bf1 Rc6 29. Rc1 d2 30. Rd1 Rxc3 31. Rxf6 Rxa3 32. g4 Nc4 33. Bxc4
bxc4 34. Rc6 Rd4 35. h4 Kb7 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2
Bb7 16. Nf4 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf5 20. Nd3 a5 21. g4 Nxd4
22. cxd4 Rb3 23. Qe4 Qb6 24. Kh1 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Qe2 Qa6 27. Rad1 Kh8 28.
Nf4 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Rb4 30. Nf4 Re8 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Rg1
Kh8 35. Nh5 Ng6 36. Rc1 Rxd4 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Rxg6 hxg6 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 40. Nf6+
Kg7 41. Ra8 Rxa4 42. Kg2 Rb4 43. Rxa5 g5 44. Ra8 g4 45. Kg3 Rb3+ 46. Kf4 Kh6
47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rh7+ Kg6 49. Rxe7 Rf3# 0-1

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ne7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Ba6 10. h4 Qc6 11. Bd2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nd7 13. Qd3 O-O-O 14. Bg5
Rde8 15. Nf3 Rh8 16. h5 Ng6 17. g3 Kb7 18. Kg2 Ngf8 19. Rae1 Nh7 20. Bf4 Reg8
21. h6 Qa4 22. Bc1 Ndf8 23. Nh4 Qc6 24. Nf3 a5 25. Bd2 Qa4 26. Bc1 Qc6 27. Rh5
Qa4 28. Reh1 Qc6 29. Ng1 Ng6 30. Ne2 f6 31. exf6 Nxf6 32. h7 Rg7 33. Rg5 Ne4
34. Rxg6 Rxg6 35. f3 Rg7 36. fxe4 dxe4 37. Qe3 Rgxh7 38. Rxh7 Rxh7 39. Nf4 Rf7
40. Kg1 Ka7 41. Ng6 Qb5 42. Nf4 e5 43. dxe5 Qxe5 44. Qd4 Qe8 45. Be3 Rd7 46.
Qc4 Rd1+ 47. Kf2 Kb8 48. Ne6 Qf7+ 49. Bf4 e3+ 50. Ke2 Qh5+ 51. Kxe3 Rd7 52. Qc6
Qd5 53. Bxc7+ Kc8 54. Qxd5 Rxd5 55. Bf4 Rd1 56. Nd4 Kd7 57. Ke4 Ra1 58. Nb5 Kc6
59. c4 Rd1 60. Be3 Rd8 61. g4 Re8+ 62. Kd3 Rg8 63. g5 Re8 64. Nd4+ Kb7 65. Nf5
Re6 66. Bd4 Rg6 67. Bf6 Rg8 68. Ne7 Rd8+ 69. Kc3 Rd6 70. g6 Rxf6 71. g7 Rf3+
72. Kd4 a4 73. g8=Q Rxa3 74. Qd5+ Ka7 75. Qc6 Ra1 76. Qc8 b5 77. cxb5 Kb6 78.
Qc5+ Ka5 79. Nc6# 1-0

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nce2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. c3 Ba6 10. h4 Nbc6 11. a3 Na5 12. Qc2 h6 13. g3 Rc8 14. Nf4 Bxf1 15.
Kxf1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nac6 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Nd3 f6 19. Qe2 fxe5 20. Nfxe5 Ngxe5 21.
Nxe5 d4 22. Ng6 Qd5 23. Kg1 d3 24. Qd2 e5 25. h5 Rf7 26. Rh4 Na5 27. Re1 Nb3
28. Qd1 d2 29. Rxe5 Qf3 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Rhe4 Kh7 32. Ne5 Qxh5 33. Nxf7 Qxf7 34.
Rb4 a5 35. Rxb6 a4 36. Rbe6 Rd5 37. Qc2+ g6 38. Qd1 Rd7 39. R6e4 h5 40. Kg2 Qd5
41. Kh2 Kh6 42. Rxa4 Qb5 43. Rb4 Qg5 44. Rxb3 h4 45. c4 Qh5 46. Rb5 hxg3+ 47.
Kxg3 Rd3+ 48. Kg2 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Qg4+ 51. Kf1 Qh3+ 52. Kg1 Qg4+ 53.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qxe1 b6 14.
d3 Bb7 15. Qb4 Re8 16. Qf4 Qg6 17. Bd2 h6 18. b4 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Be3 Rc8
21. Rb1 Qe6 22. c4 g5 23. Qg3 Nf5 24. Qg4 Nxe3 25. Qxe6 dxe6 26. Rxb7 Nf5 27.
Rxa7 g4 28. h3 h5 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Be2 Nh6 31. Ra5 Kg7 32. a4 Kf6 33. Rb5 Ke5
34. a5 Kd4 35. a6 Ra8 36. Ra5 Ra7 37. Kh2 f5 38. Kg3 Nf7 39. f3 gxf3 40. Bxf3
Ne5 41. Be2 Nc6 42. Ra1 Nb4 43. Kf4 Rxa6 44. Rxa6 Nxa6 45. Kg5 Ke5 46. Kg6 Nb4
47. Kf7 f4 48. Bg4 Nxd3 49. Bxe6 Nb2 50. Ke7 Kd4 51. Kf6 Nd3 52. Kf5 Ke3 53.
Bd5 Nb4 54. Bg8 Nd3 55. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. Qg3 O-O 11. f4 c5 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. O-O Nf5 15.
Rac1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nfxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc4 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. c3 d4 21.
Rf3 Rc8 22. Rh3 h6 23. Qg3 Kf8 24. Re1 dxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qh4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1
Rc1 28. Rhe3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qg4 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Nc6 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Rxg5 23. Qd4 Kb8 24. Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc6 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. b3
Kc8 28. Qe4 Kb8 29. Qd4 Kc8 30. Qd3 Bc5+ 31. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Kf1 Qc3 33. Qxc3+
bxc3 34. h4 e5 35. Ke2 c2 36. Rc1 Kd7 37. Rxc2 Ke6 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Kf3 e4+ 40.
Ke3 Rb8 41. Rc5+ Kxf6 42. Kxe4 Rxb3 43. Ra5 Rxg3 44. Kf4 Rg1 45. Rxa7 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1
Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nd7
15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. a4 Na5 10. Qa2 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Ne7 12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 Ng6
15. a5 Bc5 16. Be3 Re8 17. Nbd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 d5 19. Rfe1 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21.
Nd6 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 23. Red1 Rb8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. c4 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7
h6 28. h3 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rdb8 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. g4 Ra5 34.
Rc7 Rc5 35. Ra7 Ra5 36. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. h3 Bd6
15. Re2 h6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Rae1 Rf6 18. Bb3 a5 19. c4 a4 20. Bc2 Bb4 21. Bc3
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bd7 23. d5 Qd6 24. Re5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Qb4 Be6 27. Rc5 Qb6
28. Rb1 Bg8 29. Rxf5 Qxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 a3 32. Bd3 Rd8 33. Rb3 b5 34.
Rxa3 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Rc3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. a4 Rxf2 39. Rxc4 Ra2 40.
Kg3 Kh7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. h4 c5 43. Rxc5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {The Berlin is probably the most popular choice
after 1.e4 in top level tournaments.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {The main defensive system for
Black. White has many options and many games had been played in recent years.}
11. Rd1 (11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 {this is considered as a main
line of the Berlin, but theory changes quickly so I wouldn't be surprised that
something else takes a lead in that matter.}) 11... Be7 12. g3 {At this moment
not a most popular line, but the idea is well known. White restricts the black
knight and prepares slowly to progress with Kg2-g4.} b6 {A popular idea
nowadays. Black can also play in a usual manner:} (12... Be6 13. Bg5 (13. Kg2
Rd8 14. Bf4 Rd7 $5 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Rd1+ Kc8 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Re1
Bf7 20. Bd2 Re8 21. b3 b6 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Nf4 Rg8 $13) 13... Rg8 14. Kh2 f6 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Ned4 Bd7 19. Nh4 Rd8 20. Rd3 Kf7 21. Rad1
Rge8 22. b3 c5 23. Ne2 Bc8 (23... Bc6 $5 $13) 24. c4 Ne4 25. Be3 Rxd3 26. Rxd3
Bd6 $13 {1-0 (70) Kamsky,G (2681)-Ragger,M (2657) Bilbao 2014}) 13. a4 Bb7 $5
$146 {it seems that this is a novelty. Black opted for different play before..}
(13... a5 14. Bf4 Rg8 15. h4 $5 (15. Ng5 Bb7 $5 16. Rd3 (16. e6 f6 $13) 16...
Ba6 17. Rd2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Kh2 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Bd8 21. h4 Ne7 $1 22. Be3
Ng6 23. f4 Bxg5 24. hxg5 h4 25. Bf2 hxg3+ 26. Bxg3 Ne7 $15 {0-1 (43) Efimenko,
Z (2689)-Bacrot,E (2705) Germany 2012}) 15... Be6 (15... Bb7 16. e6 $1 $36) 16.
Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Ne7 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Ke8 21. f3 Bd7 22.
Kf2 Ng6 23. Ne4 Nxe5 24. Re1 Be6 25. Bf4 Nc4 26. b3 Nd6 27. Nxd6+ cxd6 28. Rd1
$5 Ke7 29. Bxd6+ Kd7 $11) 14. a5 c5 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Bg5 Rf8 {The idea is to
play ...f6 at some point.} 17. c4 {Lots of comentators criticised this move
although it's a logical one.} ({The alternative is} 17. c3 $5 {when the
complications that can arise are not easy to be solved during the game, and
Adams for that reason probably opted for the more safe text.} Rc8 (17... f6 18.
Bf4 Ne7 (18... g5 19. Bc1 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Nh2 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Ne7 23. Rd1 f5
24. Nf1 Nc6 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Rd6 Na5 27. Ra4 $1 $36) 19. exf6 $5 Nxd5 20. a6
Bc6 21. Re1+ Be7 22. fxe7 Rf6 23. Ne5 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bd7 25. Nxd7 Kxd7 26. Re5
Re6 27. Rxh5 Kxe7 {pawn up but it looks holdable for Black}) 18. axb6 axb6 19.
Ra7 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Ne7 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Ra4 Ke7 24. f4 Rcd8 $132)
17... Bxd5 $5 {It is clear that by playing this move Anand perfectly
understands what has to be done in this position.} 18. Rxd5 (18. cxd5 Bxg5 19.
Nxg5 Ke7 20. Nf3 f6 21. Re1 Kd7 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. axb6 axb6 $11 {Black has
enough play in the centre.}) 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 20. Kg2 Nd4 21. Rd1 Rad8
22. Nf3 (22. b4 {Such an attempt doesn't bring any advantage to White:} Rxd5
23. cxd5 Rd8 24. axb6 axb6 25. d6+ cxd6 26. exd6+ Rxd6 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Ne4
Rc6 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxd4 $11) 22... c6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ng5 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5
26. Ne4 Nc6 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. e6 $2 {This move is an obvious mistake, after
which he will face a tough time even to save the game. White has a safe
position in the event of 27.f4 as we will see.} ({After} 28. f4 $1 {Black can
try two possibilities and it seems he is ok in both :} c4 (28... Nxa5 29. Nxc5
Nc6 (29... Nc4 30. b3 Na5 31. Kf3 Nc6 32. Ke4 a5 33. f5 Ke7 34. g4 hxg4 35.
hxg4 Nb4 36. g5 Nc2 37. f6+ gxf6 38. gxf6+ Ke8 39. Kd5 Nb4+ 40. Kd6 Nc2) 30.
Kf3 a5 31. Ke4 a4 32. f5 Ke7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 f6 35. exf6+ (35. e6 Ne5 $1
$132) 35... gxf6 $11) 29. Nd6 a6 30. Nxf7+ Ke7 31. Nd6 Nxa5 32. Kf3 Nb3 33. Ke4
Nc5+ 34. Kd5 Na4 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Kd6 c3 37. bxc3 Nxc3 38. Kd7 Ne4 39. Kd8 Nc5
40. Nd4 g6 41. e6 Nb7+ 42. Kc7 Nc5 43. Kd6 (43. Kb6 Nd3 $1 $11) 43... Ne4+ 44.
Ke5 Nxg3 45. Kf6 Nf5 46. Nc6 b4 47. Nxb4 a5 48. Nd5 a4 49. Nc3 a3 50. Kxg6 Ne7+
51. Kf6 Ng8+ $1 52. Kg6 Ne7+ 53. Kxh5 Nd5 $1 $11) 28... fxe6 29. Nxc5 Ke7 $17 {
Now Black is better as the white pawns on the queenside are vulnerable and the
black king is marching fast to the centre .} 30. Nb3 Kd6 31. Kf3 Kd5 32. Kf4
Kc4 33. Nc1 Nxa5 $19 34. Kg5 Nb3 35. Ne2 b4 36. Kxh5 a5 {White resigned in a
lost position.} 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nf1 dxe4 $146 {
Novelty by Anand.} (14... h6 15. Ng3 Be6 16. bxc6 (16. Rb1 cxb5 17. axb5 dxe4
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qc7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Red8 $15 {and Black looks
nicely placed, Vazquez-Bachmann, Asuncion 2013.}) 16... bxc6 17. Rb1 {with a
balanced middlegame.}) 15. Ng5 {An important intermediate move.} ({The natural
} 15. dxe4 {could have been met by} Qxd1 16. Bxd1 cxb5 17. axb5 Be6 $15 {
and Black has a comfortable position with his passed pawn on the a-file.})
15... Re7 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Be6 (17... cxb5 $5 {was the alternative} 18.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 19. axb5 Rc7 20. Rd1 $11 {with a nearly equal position.}) 18. Rb1
Rd7 19. Qc2 Nf8 {The N already wasn't useful on g6. Now he protects the e6 B,
and sometimes ...Bxb3 followed by ...Ne6 can be fine for Black.} 20. Ne3 {
White activates his N, now he is ready to play Bxe6 followed by Nc4.} Bxe3 ({
The natural} 20... Qc7 {was also possible,} 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. bxc6 bxc6 (22...
Qxc6 23. Nd5) 23. Nc4 Bc5 {Anand was probably scared of some sort of position
like this, in which the N on c4 can attack a5 and e5, but his position is
solid, White can't improve his position so easily.}) 21. Bxe3 h6 22. Red1 ({
The engine suggests} 22. bxc6 $5 bxc6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Rb6 {with some
pressure on the queenside, for example} c5 25. Qb3 {and however Black is solid,
still it is not so easy for him to equalise.}) 22... Rc8 23. Rxd7 (23. bxc6
Rxc6 {and the R is fine on the c-file.}) 23... Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qe8 ({It wa salso
possible to simplify with} 24... Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Nxe6 $11 {with an
equal endgame.}) 25. bxc6 Qxc6 {The symmetrical structure is a little bit
changed, but still the position is equal.} 26. Bd5 {An ambitious reaction.
Caruana tries to complicate the position.} Qxc3 ({In the event of} 26... Bxd5
27. Rxd5 Nd7 (27... Qxc3 $6 {is dubious, because of} 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxe5 $16
{and White will be a P up, moreover the B is stronger than the N.}) 28. Rxa5
Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rb5 Rc7 {and Black can hold his position.}) 27. Qxc3
Rxc3 28. Bxb7 Nd7 $1 {It's important to bring the N back into the game.} 29.
Ba6 (29. Bd5 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Ra8 Rc4 34. Rxa5
Rxe4 {and it should be a draw.}) 29... Nc5 $1 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Bb5 Kh7 32. Rd6
Bc4 {Finally Anand exchanges the Bs, so the draw is obvious.} 33. Rb6 Bxb5 34.
Rxb5 Rxb5 35. axb5 a4 36. b6 a3 37. b7 a2 38. b8=Q a1=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. d5 exd5 14.
Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Ke2 Rd4 19. Ke3 Ra4 20.
Rhd1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Rc5 Kf8 24. h4 h6 25. Kf4 Ke7 26. Ke5
Rb8 27. Rxc6 Rb5+ 28. Kf4 Rba5 29. f3 g5+ 30. hxg5 hxg5+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32. Rc7+
Kf6 33. Rdd7 Ke5 34. Rg7 Kd6 35. Rcd7+ Kc6 36. Rd1 a6 37. Rgd7 Re5 38. Rd8 a5
39. Rc1+ Kb7 40. Rdc8 Rb2 41. R1c6 a4 42. R6c7+ Kb6 43. Rc4 Kb5 44. Rd4 a3 45.
Ra8 Rc5 46. Rxa3 Rcc2 47. Kg4 Rxg2+ 48. Kh5 Rg3 49. Rdd3 Rh2+ 50. Kg6 Rhh3 51.
Rab3+ Kc4 52. Rbc3+ Kb4 53. Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rde1 Kf7
21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Ne4 Rc8 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. c4 b6 26. Ne4 Re8 27. Bxc7
Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Ne6 30. Bb8 Rg8 31. Bxa7 Ra8 32. Bxb6 Rxa2 33. Be3
Rxb2+ 34. Kf3 Rb3 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 Rb3 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2865"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 {The Stonewall system must
have come as a surprise for Vishy. Magnus prefers to deviate from the main
theoretical lines as soon as possible.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 {Avoiding the
exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nd2 {White goes for a
classical plan of occupying the central square with both of his knights.} a5 {
A typical useful move for such a structure - Black is getting some space for
his q-side pieces and preventing White from advancing the b-pawn.} (9... c5 10.
e3 Nc6 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 $14) (9... Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Bf4 $14) (9... b6
10. cxd5 exd5 (10... cxd5 11. Ndc4 $1 $14) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rc1 $14) 10. Bb2 {
This natural developing move seems most promising.} ({Black doesn't experience
any problems after} 10. Ndf3 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4
Nd7 $11) 10... Nbd7 (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. e3 $14) 11. Qc2 a4
12. Ndf3 {Vishy decides not to react to the aggressive advance of Black's
a-pawn.} ({The previously played} 12. bxa4 $5 {also comes to consideration:}
Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. Ndf3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 $6 Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rab1 Nc4 $15 {
0-1 (29) Goganov,A (2550)-Sandipan,C (2590)/Moscow RUS 2013}) 13... fxe4 14. f4
exf3 15. Nxf3 $14) 12... Ne4 13. e3 $146 {This innovation doesn't really
change the evaluation - White is slightly better due to a space advantage, but
Black's position is very solid.} ({Also worth considering is} 13. Rab1 $5 {
freeing the a1-square for the bishop is more promising. For instance,} a3 (
13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qb4 15. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (24) Cifuentes Parada,R (2508)
-Salamero Pelay,F (2130)/Spain 2011/EXT 2013}) 14. Ba1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd7 16. f3
Nf6 17. Nd3 {with a long strategic battle, where White's chances are
preferable due to a space advantage.}) 13... a3 14. Bc3 ({After} 14. Bc1 g5 (
14... c5 $5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qd3 Rad8 $11 {
is another solid way to equalise}) 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 Be8 $132 {
White lacks harmony, so Black has no reasons for complaint.}) 14... Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bd7 ({The following simplification hardly promises Black equality:} 15...
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. c5 Be8 19. Rad1 Bh5 20. f3 $14) 16. Nxd7 {
The exchange of the passive bishop definitely makes Black's play easier.} ({
It looks like} 16. Be1 $142 $1 Be8 17. f3 Nf6 18. Nd3 e5 19. c5 (19. dxe5 Bxe5
20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qc1 Qe7 $11) 19... Bc7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qc3
Qe7 23. Qd4 {would allow White to keep a small, but risk-free edge.}) 16...
Qxd7 17. c5 {This ambitious advance is double-edged: White seizes a lot of
space on the queenside, but releasing the pressure in the centre offer Black
decent counterplay on the opposite side.} (17. Be1 b5 18. f3 Nf6 19. c5 Bc7 20.
Bc3 h5 $11) 17... Bc7 ({Magnus deviates from a boring equalising line:} 17...
Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Be7 19. b4 b5 20. Rab1 Ra4 21. Rb3 Rfa8 $11) 18. b4 h5 {Black
has no real threats yet, but White's king is under pressure now.} 19. Be1 e5
20. dxe5 (20. f3 $5 {also deserved some attention:} Nf6 21. Rb1 exd4 22. exd4
h4 23. b5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nh5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rf3 $11) 20... Bxe5
21. Rd1 Qe6 {Keeping an eye on the vulnerable Pa2. The position is still equal,
but White has to play precisely.} 22. f3 ({After} 22. Rd3 h4 (22... Bb2 23. f3
Nf6 24. Bc3 $11) 23. gxh4 $1 f4 24. f3 Nf6 {White's position doesn't look good,
though} 25. Bf2 Qf5 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Qg6 28. Kh1 {enables him to keep the
balance.}) 22... Nf6 23. Bh3 $1 {White correctly opens up the position - the
bishops need more space! However, the king is getting exposed now.} (23. Qb3 {
was too passive:} Rfe8 24. Bf2 Bb2 $15) 23... g6 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bb2 $1 {
This brave attempt to play for a win was fully justified.} ({After} 25... Ng4
26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Bf2 Bb2 29. Re1 $11 {Black wouldn't be able to
win the Pa2, so White should be OK.}) 26. exf5 Qxa2 27. Bf2 {Anand's move is
natural - White is connecting the rooks, so the pieces are located more
harmoniously. However, this loss of tempi allows Magnus to stabilise the
situation on the kingside.} (27. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Ge1c3] was safer:} Rad8 28. Rxd8
Rxd8 29. Bc3 {and White neutralises the dangerous passer:} Nd5 30. f6 Kf7 31.
Bxb2 axb2 32. Qxb2 Qxb2 33. Rxb2 {with a drawish endgame.}) 27... g5 $1 28.
Rfe1 $2 {White doesn't have time for a slow improvement - the Pa2 is simply
too strong!} ({The correct approach would be} 28. Bg2 Qf7 29. Bd4 $1 Bxd4+ 30.
Rxd4 {Now, when the dark-squared bishop is gone, White is able to stop the
pawn:} Ng4 31. Qd2 a2 32. Qxg5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Ra1 Ra4 35. Rd2 Rfa8 36.
b5 Rb4 (36... Ne5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. f6+ $1 Kxf6 39. Rf2+ Ke6 40. Re2 {and
Black cannot make any progress.}) 37. Rdxa2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Rb1+ 39. Bf1 cxb5 (
39... Ne3 40. Rf2 cxb5 41. Rf3 $11) 40. Re2 Kf6 41. h3 Ne5 42. Kf2 {White
should be able to achieve a draw quite easily.}) 28... Qf7 $1 29. Re6 $1 {
Vishy manages to find the best way to develop his counterplay.} (29. Rd6 {
was much worse:} Rfe8 30. Rde6 Ng4 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. Qb3 Rxe6 33. fxe6 Qf3 34.
Qc4 Qd5 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. e7 Re8 37. Re3 Bd4 38. Rxa3 Rxe7 $19) 29... Ng4 $2 {
This natural move is not the best from an objective point of view, though
White's task is becoming extremely tough.} ({After the correct} 29... Rfe8 $1
30. b5 cxb5 31. Bg2 b4 32. Bf1 Kh8 33. Bc4 Rxe6 34. fxe6 Qe7 $17 {White still
would have some counter-chances, but Black's advantage is indisputable there.})
30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Rg6+ Kh7 32. Rd7 $4 {That desperate move leads to a quick
loss.} ({At the same time, Vishy could have escaped by means of} 32. Re6 $1 {
[%cal Ge6e7]} Rfe8 (32... Qxf5 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kh8 35. Rh6+ $11) 33. Be3
$1 {It turns out, that White has enormous attacking resources everywhere:} Be5
$1 (33... Rxe6 34. fxe6+ Qg6 35. Rd7+ Kh6 (35... Bg7 36. Qa2 {leads nowhere})
36. Bxg5+ $1 Kxg5 37. h4+ gxh3 38. Qd2+ Kh5 39. Qe2+ Qg4 40. Rh7+ Kg5 41. Qe3+
Kf5 42. Rf7+ Bf6 43. Qf2+ Ke4 44. Rxf6 h2+ 45. Kxh2 Rh8+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Qf1
Qxf1+ 48. Rxf1 Kd5 49. Ra1 $11) 34. h4 $3 gxh3 35. Rg6 {[%cal Gc2e2]} Bg7 36.
Rd7 $3 Qxd7 37. f6 Qd1+ 38. Qxd1 Kxg6 39. Qd3+ Kxf6 40. Bd4+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8
42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Qxg5+ {with perpetual.}) 32... Qxd7 $19 {Unfortunately,
there are not many pieces left. Black easily wins now.} 33. f6 Qd1+ (33... Rxf6
{was also good enough:} 34. Rxf6+ Kg8 35. Rg6+ Bg7 36. Qa2+ Qf7 $19) 34. Qxd1
Kxg6 35. Qd3+ Kh6 36. h4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 {A popular system of
the Ragozin Defence. Black is preparing ...Nc6-e7.} 13. a3 (13. Qd1 {- see
Carlsen-Aronian in this issue.}) 13... Ne7 (13... g5 $6 {is premature:} 14. Qd1
g4 15. Ne1 h5 16. g3 Rad8 17. Ng2 Qg7 18. Na4 Ne7 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Bd3 Qf6 21.
Qe2 Rfe8 22. b4 Nf5 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. Nh4 $14 {1-0 (56) Barbero,G 
(2365)-Vukovic,Z (2375) Boeblingen 1985}) (13... Qd8 14. b4 f5 {looks slow but
in the following game White failed to refute that plan:} 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Rd1
Bg8 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bf1 Ne7 19. Bg2 g5 20. Ra2 c6 21. Re2 Rae8 22. Na4 Ng6 23.
Qc2 Re7 24. Nc5 Rfe8 25. Rdd2 h5 $36 {0-1 (37) Nikcevic,N (2440)-Kurajica,B 
(2520) Kladovo 1991}) 14. b4 (14. Qd1 {leads to a position from Carlsen -
Aronian.}) 14... c6 15. Qb3 {The drawback of this setup is that after a3-a4
and b4-b5 a6xb5 a4xb5 Black can reply ...c6-c5! d4xc5 Bd6xc5 threatening ...
d5-d4. Therefore White's queen will have to find another square. But which
one? b1? That would disconnect White's rooks. If it goes to b2 then the
c3-knight will be pinned later on. That's why the plan with Qa4-d1 is
considered more appropriate; still, the whole line is hardly promising for
White.} g5 {[%mdl 128] Black seizes the initiative.} (15... h5 $143 16. Na4 h4
17. Nc5 Rab8 18. Qd1 {(still!)} Bc7 19. a4 Bg4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5
Qd6 23. Nf1 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Rfc8 25. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5,Rh4] 1-0 (44) Bacrot,
E (2723)-Grandadam,N (2286) Basel 2011}) (15... Nf5 $143 {(not the best square
for the knight!)} 16. a4 g5 17. Nd2 Nh4 18. g3 Nf5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 c5 $2 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd4 {1-0 (61) Jaracz,P (2531)-Perdek,M 
(2245) Wroclaw 2013} 24. Rd1 $1 dxe3 25. Ne4 exf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qe6 27. Nxd6 Ne3
28. Qxe6 Nxd1+ 29. Bxd1 fxe6+ 30. Ke1 $16) 16. Qb2 Qg7 (16... g4 $5 17. Nd2 Bc7
{[%cal Yh6h5]} (17... h5 $143 18. Nde4 $1)) 17. Na4 Rae8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. g3 (
19. a4 f5 $36 {[%cal Yg5g4,Yf5f4]}) 19... Nf5 {Here, too, I don't like this
position of the knight.} (19... f5 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yg5g4,Yh6h5,Yh5h4] was quite
strong. It was not easy for White to defend.}) 20. Bd3 (20. a4 {looks more
logical but after} h5 {Black keeps initiative anyway.}) 20... Qf6 21. Rf1 {
Quite an artificial defence.} h5 22. Rac1 (22. Rad1 h4 (22... Nh6 23. Nd2 h4
24. e4) 23. e4 $5 Bxc5 24. exf5 {was an interesting attempt to change the
course of the game: after} Ba7 25. g4 {it is difficult for Black to break
through.}) 22... h4 23. Qd2 Nh6 $2 {Black underestimates his opponent's
tactical resource. It was hardly an oversight since White's previous move had
clearly indicated his intention; most probably, Vishy missed something in the
subsequent variations.} (23... hxg3 $1 24. hxg3 Kg7 (24... Nh4 $5 25. Ne1 $1
Ng6 $1 {(Chesspro.ru)} 26. Qe2 {[%cal Ye2f3]} g4 {was quite good, too}) {
, and now complications after} 25. e4 {are rather favourable for Black:} Nxd4
$1 26. Nxd4 Rh8 {[%cal Rf6h6]} 27. Nxb7 $1 Qh6 28. f4 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qh2+ 30. Ke1
Qxg3+ 31. Qf2 Bxf4 32. Qxg3 Bxg3+ 33. Kd1 Bf4 $1 {etc.}) 24. e4 $1 {[%mdl 64]}
Bxc5 (24... Qxf3 25. Qxg5+ Kh7 26. e5+ Bf5 27. Bxf5+ Nxf5 (27... Qxf5 28. Qxf5+
Nxf5 29. exd6 Nxd6 30. Nd7 {[%cal Rd7f8,Rd7f6]}) 28. Rc3 $1 Nxd4 $8 (28... Qxc3
29. Qxf5+ Kh6 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qxh4+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Nd7 $18)
29. Qxh4+ Kg7 30. Qxd4 {, and White ends up with an extra pawn (indicated by
Chesspro.ru).}) 25. e5 Qg7 $2 {Just losing a pawn and eventually the game.} (
25... Bxb4 $8 26. axb4 Qg7 27. Nxg5 Bf5 28. Nf3 $14 {- it is now Black's king
which is unsafe but the whole game is still ahead.}) 26. bxc5 f6 27. exf6 Rxf6
28. Nxg5 Bf5 29. Rce1 Rff8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Nf3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Re4 33. Re1 hxg3
34. hxg3 {Frustrated, Anand didn't want to check Levon's technique.} 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 {Baramidze is faithful to the variation that gave him a good
position against Carlsen, even if he lost that game at the end.} c6 17. Be3 {
Already a different approach from 17.Bg5. The structure is typical for the
Breyer: Black will try to break on d5 at some point, but it isn't always easy
to achieve and it doesn't always give full equality. On the other hand it
isn't entirely clear what White is doing to improve his own position.} Qc7 18.
Qd2 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 {This entire plan of playing c5, though common for the
structure, is probably dubious at this point. White is very well placed for it.
} 20. d5 c4 21. Bc2 Rec8 22. axb5 c3 {This is the start of a combination that
doesn't work.} (22... axb5 23. Nd4 {looks pretty bad for Black as b5 is hard
to defend in a natural way.}) 23. bxc3 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bxc3 25. Qd1 Bxa1 26. Qxa1
axb5 27. Qd4 {Black doesn't have the time to take on c2.} Qc3 (27... Qxc2 28.
Bh6 f6 29. Re7 {Black is too weak along the 7th rank and his defenses simply
collapse.}) 28. Ne4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd5 30. Nxd6 Rc5 31. N6xb5 {White has
consolidated his extra material. The two pieces will overpower the rook, even
if it is a slow process.} Ra2 32. Bh6 Ra8 33. Bd3 Rd8 34. Bg5 Ra8 35. Be7 Rcc8
36. Nd6 Rc7 37. N4b5 Rc6 38. Bf1 Kg7 39. g4 f6 40. g5 Rb8 41. h4 h5 42. Bh3 f5
43. Bf1 Kg8 44. Rd1 Bf3 45. Ra1 Bd5 46. f4 Nc5 47. Rd1 Bf3 48. Bc4+ Kh7 49. Rf1
Be4 50. Ra1 Nd3 51. Nd4 Rc7 52. Nxe4 fxe4 53. Bf6 Rcb7 54. Ne6 Rb1+ 55. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 56. Kg2 Rb8 57. Kf1 Rc8 58. Bd5 Re8 59. Be5 Rc8 60. Ke2 Nc5 61. Nxc5 Rxc5
62. Bxe4 Ra5 63. Ke3 Ra3+ 64. Kd4 Ra5 65. f5 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a5 Qe7
15. Nh4 $146 {A new but harmless continuation.} (15. Nd2 Bd5 $5 16. Bxd5 exd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxe2 19. Ne4 $11 {In spite of White's centralized
pieces Black had a holdable position in Giri,A (2734)-Aronian,L (2812)/Wijk
aan Zee 2014/CBM 159/[Marin,M] (48)}) (15. Rfd1 Bd5 16. Qd3 Bxf3 $5 17. Bxf3 c6
{Black is solid but many games can be played from this position. The game in
which it arose for the first time was later drawn. It was Wang Yue - Radjabov,
T, China, 2013.}) ({According to Mihail Marin in CBM 159, in the following
game, White played Nf3-d2 after some moving back and forth by both sides:} 15.
Rfe1 Bb4 16. Rec1 Rfd8 17. e3 Bd6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxg3 21.
Nf3 Bc7 $132 {Bukavshin,I (2476)-Lysyj,I (2624) St Petersburg 2012 (1/2, 32)})
15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {Black's typical freeing breaks in such structures are ...
c5 or ...e5.} Rfd8 (16... c5 $5 {comes into consideration. The question here
is whether White will have some play on the light squares in and around the
centre.} 17. d5 exd5 (17... g5 18. Nf3 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qf5
$13) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rfd8 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. Qf3 Rac8 22. Ne3 $13 {[%cal
Ge3d5]}) (16... e5 $2 17. Ng6 $18) 17. e4 Bb4 {[%csl Re4] Avoiding the fork
and at the same time threatening the e4-pawn.} 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nf5 Qd7 ({
An interesting alternative was} 19... Qf8 $5 {with the idea of immediately
playing...c5 after the N retreats from f5.} 20. Ne3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 c5 22. Rac1 (
22. Rab1 $6 Nxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 cxd4 $15) (22. dxc5 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Rd2+ 24. Rf2
Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rc8 $15) 22... Qe7 $11 {[%cal Ge7c7,Gc7a5] Black is doing fine.}
) 20. Ne3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rfc1 c5 {Black has other ways of
playing this position but this freeing move seems like a comfortable equaliser.
} 24. Nxd5 (24. dxc5 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Rd5 $11) 24... Rxd5 25. Rcb1 cxd4 26. cxd4
Rc8 ({With both the Rs keeping an eye on at least one P, another idea was to
first improve the K and the pawn structure with} 26... g5 $5 {[%cal Gd5d4,
Ga8a5]} 27. Kf3 Kg7 28. Ke3 (28. Ke4 Kg6 29. Rb4 f6 (29... Ra6 $5 $11) 30. exf6
Kxf6 $11) 28... Kg6 29. h3 (29. Rc1 b4 30. Rcb1 {is similar.}) 29... h5 30. Rc1
(30. Kd3 Rad8 $11) (30. Rb4 f6 31. exf6 Kxf6 $11) 30... b4 31. Rcb1 Raxa5 32.
Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxb4 b5 34. Ke4 Ra2 $11) 27. Rb4 Rc4 28. Rab1 Rcxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4
30. Rxb5 Rd7 $6 {A perplexing decision. Conventional wisdom advices to keep
the rook active. It is hard to believe that an ex-World Champion would not
want to keep his R active. Most probably Anand saw a draw in both ...Ra4 and ..
.Rd7. I don't think that Anand tossed a coin! I believe he chose the latter
simply because there is less calculation, and no apparent risk of a white king
march to the queenside. At least at first sight.} ({I wonder why Anand
rejected the more active placement of the rook with} 30... Ra4 {seems better.
With rook behind the pawn (here, the opponent's pawn) there should be enough
counterplay to make a draw.} 31. Kf3 (31. f4 g5 32. Kf3 gxf4 33. gxf4 h5 34. h4
Kf8 (34... Kg7 $5 35. f5 exf5 36. Rxb7 Rxa5 37. e6 (37. Kf4 Ra6 $11) 37... Ra4
38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rf8 Re4 $11) 35. Ke3 Kg7) (31. h4 g5 32. h5 (32. hxg5 hxg5
33. Kf3 Kg7 34. Ke3 Kg6 35. g4 Rxg4 36. Rxb7 Ra4 $11) 32... g4 {[%csl Ga4]
This is an important change compared to the game. The move...g4 uses the
rook's effective placement.} 33. Kf1 Ra2 (33... Kf8 34. Ke2 Ra3 35. Rc5) 34.
Rb4 Rxa5 35. Rxg4+ Kf8 36. Re4 Rb5 (36... Ra8 37. Rb4) 37. Ke2 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 b5
$11) 31... g5 32. g4 (32. Ke3 Kg7 33. Kd3 g4 34. Kc3 Kg6 (34... Ra2 35. Kc4)
35. Kb3 Ra1 36. Kc4 Rc1+ 37. Kd4 (37. Kb4 Kg5 $11 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 37... Rc7 $11
{[%csl Gg6] The black king is healthier here, than in the game.}) 32... Kg7 33.
Kg3 Ra3+ 34. f3 Kg6 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Ra4 37. Kd3 h5 38. h3 h4 39. Kc3 Ra2
40. Kb4 Rh2 41. Kc5 Rxh3 42. Rxb7 Rxf3 43. Rb8 Ra3 44. Kb4 Ra1 45. Rg8+ Kh6 46.
Kb5 Rb1+ 47. Kc6 (47. Ka6 Rb4 $19) 47... Ra1 48. Kb6 Rb1+ 49. Kc6 (49. Ka7 Rb4
50. a6 Rxg4 51. Kb6 Ra4 $11) 49... Ra1 $11) 31. Kf3 g5 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 f6 ({
If Black continues passively White has good chances to push for a win. For
example} 33... Kh7 34. Kg4 Kg7 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kh7 37. f5 $1 exf5+ 38.
Kxf5 Kg7 39. e6 $1 fxe6+ 40. Kxe6 Rf7 41. Rd5 Rf6+ 42. Kd7 Rf7+ 43. Kc8 $16)
34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. g4 Ke7 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. Rb3 Ke7 (37... Rd5 38. Rxb7 Rxa5 39.
Rh7 {would have probably saved some ink and paper.}) 38. f3 Kf6 39. Rb6 Ke7 40.
Rb5 Kf6 41. Rb3 ({Sooner or later White's best try is likely to be} 41. Rc5 {
but it does not seem to cause too much trouble if Black plays accurately.} Kf7
42. Rc8 Rd5 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Rxb7 Rxa5 45. Re7 Ra4+ 46. Ke5 Rf4 47. Rxe6 Kh7
48. Rf6 Ra4 $11) 41... Ke7 42. Rd3 Rc7 43. Kd4 Kf6 44. Rb3 Rf7 45. Rb5 Rc7 46.
Rb4 (46. Rc5 Rd7+ 47. Kc4 Rd1 48. Rb5 Rc1+ 49. Kd4 Rc7 $11) 46... Ke7 47. Rc4
Rd7+ 48. Kc5 Rd6 49. Rb4 Rc6+ 50. Kb5 Rd6 51. Rb3 Kf6 (51... Kd7 $5 52. Kc5
Rd5+ 53. Kb6 (53. Kb4 Kc6 54. Rc3+ Kd7 55. Rc5 Rd1 $11) 53... Kc8 54. Rc3+ Kb8
55. Rc4 Rd6+ 56. Kb5 Rd5+ 57. Ka4 Rd3 58. f4 gxf4 59. Rxf4 Kc7 60. Rf6 Rd4+ 61.
Kb5 Rxg4 62. Rxh6 Rg5+ 63. Kb4 Rg4+ 64. Kc3 Rh4 $11) 52. Kc5 Rc6+ 53. Kd4 Rd6+
54. Ke4 Rd7 55. Rb6 Rd5 {This does not lose, but White had not made any
significant progress, so it is not clear why Black decided to switch gears.
Probably Anand got bored and saw that even if he loses the h6P White cannot
make progress. It he had not blundered later, this would have very well been
the case.} (55... Ke7 56. f4 gxf4 57. Kxf4 Kf6 $11) 56. Rxb7 Rxa5 57. Rh7 Ra4+
58. Ke3 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Kg3 Ra3 61. Rxh6+ Kf7 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Rd7 Ra2
64. Rd3 Rb2 65. Re3 Rb4 66. Re2 Ra4 67. Kf2 Ra3 68. Rd2 Ra4 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70.
Ke4 Ra4+ 71. Rd4 Ra1 72. Ke3 Ra3+ 73. Rd3 Ra4 74. Rb3 Ra1 75. Rb7 Ra3+ 76. Kf2
Ra2+ 77. Kg3 Ra3 78. Rb8 Kf7 79. Rb1 Kf6 80. Re1 Ra4 81. Kf2 Ra2+ 82. Kg3 Ra4
83. Rh1 Ra7 84. Kf2 Ke5 $4 {This is the decisive mistake. The K was badly
needed to block White's hP.} ({Black would have still been able to hold with} 
84... Ra2+ $142 85. Ke3 Ra3+ 86. Kd4 Ra4+ 87. Kc5 Kg7 88. Rh3 (88. Kd6 Ra3 89.
Rh3 (89. Rf1 Kf6 $11) 89... Re3 90. Ke7 Kh6 91. Kf6 e5 $11) (88. Re1 Kf7 (88...
Kf6 $6 89. h6 Kf7 90. Rh1 Kg8 91. h7+ Kh8 92. Rh3 $16) 89. h6 (89. Re4 Ra5+ 90.
Kb4 (90. Kd4 Ra3 91. f4 Ra4+ 92. Ke5 Ra5+ 93. Kd6 Ra6+ 94. Kc5 Kf6 95. fxg5+ (
95. h6 gxf4 96. Rxf4+ Kg6 97. g5 Ra5+ 98. Kd6 Rxg5 $11) 95... Kxg5 96. Kd4 Kf6
97. Ke3 e5 98. Kf3 Ra3+ 99. Re3 Ra5 100. Kg3 Kg5 101. Rf3 e4 $11) 90... Ra1 91.
f4 Kf6 $1 92. fxg5+ (92. h6 Rh1 $11) 92... Kxg5 93. Kc4 Rd1 94. Rd4 Re1 95. Kd3
e5 (95... Rd1+ 96. Ke3 Re1+) 96. Re4 Ra1 97. Ke3 (97. Kc4 Rd1 98. Kc5 Rd2 $11)
97... Ra3+ 98. Ke2 Rb3 99. Kf2 Ra3 100. Kg2 Ra2+ 101. Kf3 Ra3+ 102. Re3 e4+
103. Kf2 (103. Kxe4 Ra4+ 104. Kf3 Rf4+ $11) 103... Ra2+ 104. Kg3 Ra4 105. Rb3
Ra5 $11) 89... Ra3 90. Rh1 (90. h7 Kg7 91. Rxe6 Rxf3 $11) 90... Kg8 $11) (88.
h6+ Kh7 89. Rh5 Ra3 $11) 88... Ra5+ 89. Kd6 Kf7 90. h6 Rd5+ 91. Kc7 Kg8 92. Rh1
Rd3 $11) 85. h6 Ra2+ (85... Rh7 86. Ke3 Kf6 87. Ke4 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge4e5]
With the rook stuck on h7, Black has to give way.}) 86. Kg3 Ra8 87. h7 Rh8 88.
Rh6 Kd6 89. Kf2 {[%csl Rh8] Black's loss in this comparatively irrelevant last
round game seems more due to psychological factors than 'chessical' ones.} ({
Again the rook is stuck and the white king will finish the game off.} 89. Kf2
Ke7 90. Ke3 Kf7 91. Ke4 Kg7 92. Rh5 Kf6 (92... Rxh7 93. Rxh7+ Kxh7 94. Ke5 $18)
93. Rh1 Kg6 94. Ke5 Kf7 95. Rh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Ng3 Bc8 17. b3 Re8 18. Rad1 Kf8 19. f4 Bb4 20. Kh2 Rb6 21.
Rf3 Rd6 22. Nh5 Re1 23. Rxe1 Bxe1 24. Re3 Bd2 25. Rg3 f5 26. Rf3 d4 27. Ng3 Rf6
28. a4 a5 29. Nf1 Bb4 30. Rf2 Bb7 31. Nd2 Bc3 32. Kg1 Bd5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. bxc4
Rb6 35. Re2 Rb4 36. Re5 Rxa4 37. Rxf5 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 a4 39. Rc5 Re1 40. Rxc7 Re7
41. Rc8+ Re8 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. c5 a3 44. Bc4 Ke7 45. Kf3 Bb4 46. c6 f6 47. Ke4
Kd6 48. Kf5 Bc3 49. h4 Bd2 50. g3 Be1 51. Kxf6 Bxg3 52. f5 $2 {Risky, and
objectively losing. It was not too late to switch back and make a draw.} (52.
h5 $1 Bxf4 53. Kf5 Bg3 (53... Be3 54. Bd5 Bg5 55. Ke4 {and even though White
will lose c6 eventually due to zugzwang, the resulting endgame is a draw as he
can comfortably defend all of his pawns.}) 54. Ke4 $11) 52... Bxh4+ 53. Kg7
Kxc6 54. Kxh6 (54. f6 Bxf6+ 55. Kxf6 Kc5 56. Bf7 Kb4 57. Kg6 (57. Ke5 Kc3 58.
Be6 h5 {the h-pawn simply marches forward, eventually causing the king to go
and catch it. Black captures on c2, pushes his d-pawn, forcing the bishop to
sacrifice itself for the pawn, leaving the a-pawn alone to queen.}) 57... Kc3 {
is losing for White. He cannot play Bb3 as d3 is crushing.} 58. Bb3 d3 $19)
54... Kc5 55. Be6 Kb4 56. Kh5 Bd8 57. Kg4 Kc3 58. Kf3 Kxc2 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bxb4
axb4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 bxa3 11. Qb3 Bg4 12. Rxa3 Rb8 13. h3 Bh5 14. c5 Kh8 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 f6 17. Nxg6+ Nxg6 18. Ne4 Nh4 19. Ng3 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne7 21. h4
Qd7 22. f3 Nd5 23. Rfa1 Ne3+ (23... h5 $1 24. Nxh5 f5 $1 {and Black crashes
through, though this continuation is far from obvious - sacrificing a pawn
doesn't seem so logical, especially after White can close the position with 25.
g5, but that is not where his problems end.} 25. g5 f4 $1 26. Kf2 Qf7 $1 $19 {
Suddenly the knight on h5 is trapped!}) 24. Kf2 Qe7 25. Ra7 f5 $6 26. g5 e4 27.
Rxb7 Rxb7 $2 (27... Rbd8 $1 $19) 28. Qxb7 exd3 29. exd3 Nc2 $4 {Perhaps
overlooking White's defensive resources.} 30. Ra8 Re8 31. Qc8 (31. Qc8 $1 Qe1+
32. Kg2 {and the knight on e2 is very securely protecting his king!} Ne3+ 33.
Kh3 {and Black is getting mated, while Black has no immediate threats.}) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bb3
Bb6 9. d4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. dxe5 $5 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nh7 13. e6 $1 fxe6
14. Qxg4 {is very, very unclear.}) 11... gxf3 12. exf6 fxg2 13. Bxf7+ $5 {
Exposing the king to checks by sacrificing a piece!} (13. Rg1 {is logical,
with a position that is very difficult to evaluate.}) 13... Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Ke6 (
14... Kxf6 {keeps the game going, and even though Black is up a bishop it
looks extremely risky. A computer might win this game, but in blitz it seems
suicidal as it is difficult to find the necessary defensive resources.}) 15.
Qf5+ (15. Qg4+ Kf7 $11) 15... Kf7 16. Qh5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. b3 g6 8.
Bb2 e5 9. c4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Nd5 Nb8 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 b6 15.
Bc1 f5 16. b5 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. a4 Nxd5 21. Qxd5+
Kg7 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. Nd2 Rcd8 24. Ne4 Qf7 25. Nc3 e4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Nxe4 d5
28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. a5 dxc4 30. dxc4 Rd4 31. Rc1 Rfd7 32. Kf1 h5 33. g3 R7d6 34.
h4 Re4 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra8 Kf7 37. Rc3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. Rb8 Re6 40. Re3
Rf6 41. Ree8 Rd2 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rbg8+ Kf7 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Rxf6
Kxf6 47. Rb8 Rd6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Ke3 Rd4 51. Rb8 Rd6 52. Rc8 Re6
53. Rc6 $1 {World Champion technique: even in blitz Anand is able to quickly
evaluate that this is a winning pawn endgame. Black has no choice but to take.}
Rxc6 54. bxc6 Kd6 55. f4 $1 Kxc6 56. g4 $1 Kd6 (56... hxg4 57. f5 Kd7 58. fxg6
Ke7 59. Kf4 {is hopeless as Black cannot break through on b5:} b5 60. cxb5 c4
61. g7 Kf7 62. b6 c3 63. b7 c2 64. g8=Q+ Kxg8 65. b8=Q+ {a typical technique:
The pawn promotes with check and wins the race.}) 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Ke4 Ke7 59.
Ke5 Kf7 60. f5 Ke7 61. f6+ Kf7 62. Kf5 {the pawn endgame is completely
hopeless.} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
f3 Bb7 15. Qf2 Re8 16. d4 h6 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. c3 Nh4 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Re1 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Qe6 22. Qxe6 dxe6 23. c4 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke8 25. Bc2 Ne7 26. g4 Ba6 27.
Bd3 f6 28. h4 c6 29. Bb4 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Bc2 Kf7 32. Bc5 Nc8 33. b3 g5 34.
h5 Ba6 35. Bg6+ Kg7 36. a4 Nb6 37. Be4 Nd5 38. Bxa7 Bc8 39. Bd3 f5 40. Bb8 Kf7
41. Be5 Nf6 42. Be2 Nd5 43. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. Nb3 Ne8 18. Nc5 Nd6 19. f3 f5 20. g4 Bc8 21.
Rde1 Rhf8 22. Qh2 Qc7 23. Rhf1 Rde8 24. b3 g6 25. Bc2 Re7 26. Rf2 Rfe8 27. Rfe2
Nd7 28. Nd3 Nf7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Nf4 Nf6 32. h4 Nh8 33. Kc1 Ng6
34. Ng2 Nh5 35. Rg1 a5 36. Kd2 Rg7 37. Ne1 h6 38. Reg2 Reg8 39. Ne2 Kd6 40. a3
b6 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Ne7 43. Rxg7 Rxg7 44. Rxg7 Nxg7 45. Nf4 c5 46. bxc5+
bxc5 47. dxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 {Vishy deviates from his
previous game in this line.} ({A few months before} 12. Bg5 {was played in the
World Championship match vs Magnus Carlsen. After} h6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rad1 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qc1 {Black had some problems to solve in Anand,V (2792)
-Carlsen,M (2863)/Sochi RUS 2014 (32).}) 12... Bf5 13. d6 h6 {This position is
well-known since the famous Kasparov-Karpov match.} 14. Be3 {This time Anand
chooses a rare continuation, which could come as a surprise for his opponent.}
({The following alternatives lead to a very complex battle either:} 14. Bf4 Nd7
(14... Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 $36 {1/2-1/2 (45) Zakhartsov,V 
(2536)-Smirnov,A (2413)/Kazan RUS 2013}) 15. Rd2 (15. Qb3 $5) 15... Nb4 16. Qb3
Be6 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 $132 {0-1 (60) Rusev,K (2547)-Drenchev,P (2477)/
Blagoevgrad 2010/CBM 134 Extra}) (14. h3 Nb4 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Rd2 a6 17. Qb3 b5
18. Qd1 c4 $132 {1/2-1/2 (43) Karpov,A (2700)-Kasparov,G (2740)/Seville 1987})
14... Ng4 $146 {This principal response is the only way to fight for equality.}
({In the preceding games White was clearly better:} 14... Bd7 15. Rd2 (15. Qb3
Bc6 16. Bb5 $36) 15... Qa5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h3 $14 {0-1 (38) Reilly,T (2315)
-Tukmakov,V (2600)/Antwerp 1993}) (14... Ne4 15. Qb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. Bb5
$16 {1-0 (24) Volkov,S (2612)-Nedilko,V (2400)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136}) 15. Bf4 {
That move is connected with a piece sacrifice, but White cannot let Black to
exchange their dark-squared bishop for free.} Bxc3 {At his turn, Levon had to
exchange his strong bisop either in order to justify his previous move.} (15...
Qa5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Qb5 $16) (15... Nf6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qb5 Qb6 18.
Bg3 Rad8 19. Na4 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 $16) 16. bxc3 Re4 17. Qb5 Rxf4 18. Qxb7 {
No doubt, that line was prepared well by Anand before the game. Black is a
piece up, but the lack of harmony doesn't allow them to keep the material
advantage.} Ra4 (18... c4 $1 19. Qxa6 Bd3 20. Bxd3 ({White may deviate from it
by means of:} 20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 {but after} Qb6 22. Nd4 Nxf2 23. Qe3 Qxd6
24. Rf1 Rc8 {Black should be OK}) 20... Rxf3 $1 21. gxf3 Qh4 22. fxg4 Qxg4+ 23.
Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke1 Re8+ 25. Be2 Qg4 26. f3 Qg1+ 27. Kd2 Qg5+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+ $11)
19. d7 {The strong passer enables White to avoid any risk.} ({Of course, not} 
19. Bxa6 $2 Rb8 20. Qc6 Bd7 21. Qxc5 Rxa6 $19) 19... Be4 {After that move
Black's minor pieces are getting very vulnerable.} ({Possibly, the best way to
solve the problems was} 19... Nc7 $5 20. h3 Nxf2 $1 ({worse is:} 20... Nf6 21.
Ne5 Nxd7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Kg7 24. Qxa4 Qe7 25. Re1 {and the exposed
placement of Black's king still may be a cause of warnings.}) 21. Kxf2 Bxd7 22.
Bb5 Nxb5 23. Rxd7 {this position looks extremely dangerous, but Black should
be able to keep the ballance after} Qb8 24. Qd5 Qf8 $1 25. Ne5 (25. Qb3 Ra5 26.
Ne5 c4 27. Qxc4 (27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. cxb4 Ra4 $11) 27... Rc8 28. Rxf7 Rxc4 29.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nxc4 Ra6 $11) 25... Nxc3 26. Qd3 Ne4+ 27. Kg1 Re8 28. Nxf7 Rd4
29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Rf1 Qg7 31. Rf4 Kh7 $11) 20. Qb3 Bc6 $2 {Unfortunately for
Levon, one serious mistake leads to a hopeless position by forced.} ({The only
way to stay in the game was} 20... Ra5 21. Nd2 (21. Rd6 Qe7 22. Rad1 Rd8 23.
Bxa6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ne3 $1 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kf1 ({After} 26. Kg2 c4 $1 {
[%cal Ga5g5]} 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxc4+ Kg7 {Black is by no means worse}) 26...
Qxf3+ 27. Ke1 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Qf3+ $11) 21... Bxg2 $1 {It looks
like Black is able to exploit some vulnerablity of White's king in all the
cases. For instance,} ({The prosaic} 21... Bf5 {leads to an inferior edngame
after} 22. Nc4 Nxf2 23. Nxa5 Nxd1 24. Nb7 Qxd7 25. Rxd1 Qc6 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27.
Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Nxd8+ Kf6 29. Nxc6 $14) 22. Bxg4 (22. Kxg2 Qh4 23. Nf3 Qxf2+
24. Kh1 Qxe2 25. d8=Q+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. c4 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) (22.
Nc4 Rb8 23. Nxa5 (23. Qc2 Nxf2 $1 24. Kxf2 Ba8 25. Nxa5 Qf6+ 26. Kg1 Qg5+ $11)
23... Rxb3 24. axb3 Nxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Bh3 26. Bxa6 Qf6+ 27. Kg3 Bxd7 $132) 22...
Qg5 23. c4 Qxg4 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rd8 26. Nb3 Ra4 27. Kxg2 Rxc4 28. Na5 Rd4
29. Nc6 R8xd7 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rab1 Nc5 $14 {with good drawing chances.}) 21.
Rd6 $1 Bxd7 ({Completely hopeless is} 21... Rb8 22. Qd1 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 $18) 22.
Rad1 $18 {Black cannot avoid a massive loss of material. The rest looks like a
desperation.} Qb8 23. Rxd7 Qxb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Bc4 ({Another possible way to
win the piece was} 25. R7d2 Rxd2 (25... Ra3 26. h3 Nf6 27. Rd6 $18) 26. Nxd2
$18) 25... Rf8 {White has a wide choice of winning continuations here.} 26.
R7d6 (26. Rxa7 Nb4 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. h3 $18) (26. h3 Nxf2 27. Rf1
Ne4 28. Ne5 $18) 26... Kg7 27. Rxa6 Rxf2 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 (3... Nf6 {is a different scenario!}) 4. d4 c6 5.
c4 dxc4 6. Na3 {With a knight on f6 this move makes no sense. But the knight
is not on f6.} b5 7. Nxb5 cxb5 8. Nh4 {White wins the exchange as a8 cannot be
defended. If the knight were on f6 it could block on d5, but this is not the
case. On the other hand Black has good chances of obtaining compensation as
White's development is seriously compromised.} Bd7 9. Bxa8 Nc6 10. Bxc6 (10.
Bb7 Qb6 {is not much of an improvement.}) 10... Bxc6 11. O-O Qd5 12. f3 (12.
Nf3 Nf6 {is somewhat uncomfortable to play for White. There isn't any clear
plan, e4 is firmly under Black's control, and overall it's just annoying to
find a move. The move that Caruana chose loses a pawn but at least gives him a
clearer direction.}) 12... Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e6 15. Rb1 Nf6 16. Be3
O-O 17. Ng2 Nd5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxa7 {White regains one of his pawns, but Black
has a very specific idea} c3 $1 {The pawn is untouchable and it causes serious
threats.} 20. Ne1 (20. bxc3 Nxc3 21. Rdc1 Nxb1 22. Rxc6 {can only favor Black;
White's knight on g2 is too far away from the action.}) 20... e4 $6 (20... Ra8
{was certainly better.} 21. e4 (21. Bf2 e4 {is now a stronger version of the
game.} 22. Bd4 Rxa2 $13) 21... Nf6 22. Be3 Nxe4 $1) 21. Bd4 (21. fxe4 Nb4 {
thereatening Bxe4 and c2.}) 21... exf3 22. exf3 Re8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc2 $2 (
24. Rd3 $1 {This move would have put some serious problems for Anand. The rook
move threatens bxc3 and covers f3.} Re2 25. bxc3 Ne3 (25... Rxa2 26. Kg1 $16)
26. Kg1 $1 {And Black retains compensation, but it is not clear if it is
enough.}) 24... Ne3 $1 25. Re1 (25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Rdc1 Rxf3 $1 27. Kg1 Be4 28.
bxc3 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Rxc3 {with an endgame that is probably drawn, but only
Black can win.}) 25... Nxc2 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. bxc3 {The two pieces are
superior to the rook. Anand does not show the best technique from now on, and
Caruana easily draws, but without time pressure it is possible that the Indian
could have put White in a serious bind.} Na3 28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Kg1 Kf6 30. Rd4 h5
31. Kf2 Ne5 32. h3 g5 (32... Ke6 $15) 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Ng6 35. c4 bxc4 36.
Rxc4 Bd7 37. a4 Bxh3 38. a5 Be6 39. Rd4 Ne7 40. a6 Nc8 41. Kg3 Bg4 42. Rc4 Kg6
43. Rc7 f6 44. a7 Nxa7 45. Rxa7 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 (14. Bxa6
Rxa6 15. Qe2 {, with ideas f4-f5 and b4-b5 c6xb5 Nc3xd5, is more common. The
text move, renouncing tactical chances, leads to a standard position,
generally considered satisfactory for Black.}) {The whole system was examined
in CBM 138, annotations to Nakamura - Nielsen.} 14... Bf6 (14... Rfb8 15. h4
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 axb4 17. axb4 bxc5 18. bxc5 g6 19. h5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rb2 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. fxe5 $36 Qb7 $6 {1/2 (53) Malakhatko,V (2558)-Socko,B (2619) St
Petersburg 2012} 23. Na4 $1 Qa7 24. Qf1 $16 {[%cal Ya4b6]}) (14... Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 g6 (15... Ra7 16. Rac1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf6 18. h4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 $132 {
1/2 (34) Ivanchuk,V (2741)-Bruzon Batista,L (2668) Havana 2010}) 16. h4 Kg7 $11
17. Ng5 Bf6 18. h5 $6 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 {1-0 (59)
Andreikin,D (2700)-Radjabov,T (2788) Astana 2012} e5 $3 $17) 15. Kg2 (15. Bc2
Bc4 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Ne5 axb4 18. axb4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Rab1
Rfa8 22. Rb4 Bd8 23. Ne4 Qe7 $132 {1-0 (40) Nakamura,H (2729)-Nielsen,P (2700)
Amsterdam 2010 CBM 138 [Krasenkow,M]}) (15. h4 Qa7 16. b5 Bb7 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18.
Ne5 Rac8 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rc7 21. bxc6 {1/2 (21) Fier,A (2571)-So,W (2673)
Moscow 2011}) (15. Ne5 Bxe5 $5 {(probably the simplest way to equality)} (15...
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfb8 $6 17. Nxd7 $1 Qxd7 18. Na4 Bd8 19. f5 b5 20. Nb2 $1 Bf6 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Nd3 $14 {1-0 (71) Pogorelov R (2401)-Bruzon L (2573)
Mondariz Balneario 2001 Inf 82/372 [Pogorelov,R]}) 16. fxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb7 (
17... Ra7 18. Reb1 b5 19. a4 axb4 20. Rxb4 f6 $1 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe2 Re8 23.
Re1 (23. f4 $142) 23... bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Nxa4 Qa5 $132 {1/2 (32)
Krasenkow,M (2620)-Riazantsev,A (2634) France 2009}) 18. Reb1 (18. cxb6 axb4
19. axb4 Nxb6 20. b5 Nc4 21. bxc6 Qxc6 $11 {1/2 (54) Getz,N (2391)-Azarov,S 
(2648) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) (18. h4 $5) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8
21. Qd1 Rxa1 {1/2 (21) Michalik,P (2511)-Azarov,S (2648) Czechia 2012}) 15...
Bxd3 (15... bxc5 $6 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 (18... Kxh7
19. Qc2+ Kg8 20. Ng5 Rfe8 21. Qxc3) 19. Nh4 g6 (19... Kxh7 20. Qc2+ Kg8 21.
Qxc3 {- in both bracketed lines White's knight is stronger than Black's bishop}
) 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Nxg6+ Kg8 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Rxe6 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 {, and
White keeps a strong attack without material deficit.}) 16. Qxd3 Rfb8 {[%mdl
32]} (16... Ra7 $1 {[%cal Yf8a8] is a typical and quite appropriate plan in
this kind of positions. Instead, Black starts an unusual and slightly dubious
plan.}) 17. h4 Qa7 18. Ne2 $5 (18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qa3 {
[%cal Rd7c5]}) 18... g6 $6 ({Black rejected} 18... axb4 19. axb4 Qxa1 20. Rxa1
Rxa1 {in view of} 21. b5 {but it was bearable:} bxc5 $1 (21... cxb5 22. Qxb5
Ra7 23. c6 Nf8 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. f5 $1 $36 {D.Kryakvin}) 22. bxc6 Nf8 23. dxc5
Ra5 $1 {, and Black must capture White's passed pawns, even at the cost of an
exchange, e.g.} 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Ned4 Rxc5 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 R5xc6 28. Nxc6
Rxc6 {with a probable draw. After the text move White avoids simplifications
and continues his kingside attack; meanwhile the invasion of Black's queen is
harmless.}) 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Qa2 21. Rec1 bxc5 22. bxc5 h5 $6 {This is a
loss of a crucial tempo. Preventing h4-h5 was not Black's top priority in this
position.} (22... Ra3 {was probably insufficient for equality in view of} 23.
Rxb8+ (23. Nc3 Rbb3 $1) 23... Nxb8 24. Qd1 $1 (24. Nc3 Qb2 25. Rb1 Rxc3 26.
Rxb2 Rxd3 27. Rxb8+ Kg7 28. Rb6 Bxd4 29. Rxc6 h5 $1 {is satisfactory for Black}
) 24... Na6 (24... Qb3 25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26. Ra1 $14 {[%csl Rb8]}) 25. Rb1 Qc4 26.
f5 $3 (26. Rb6 Ra2) 26... exf5 27. Rb6 Ra2 (27... Nb4 28. h5 $40) 28. Nf4 Nxc5
29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Nd3 $16) (22... Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8
{was possible but even then the initiative belongs to White: Black has a weak
c6-pawn and kingside and no objects of counterplay.}) 23. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 (23...
Bxe5 24. fxe5 {was not pleasant either as White's knight was much more active
than Black's, e.g.} Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Nf4 {etc.}) 24. fxe5
Bg7 $2 {An obvious mistake, after which Black's position becomes really grim.}
(24... Bd8 $8 {covering the b6-square. Black's bishop doesn't protect his king
anymore but that is a lesser evil. After} 25. Nf4 Kg7 26. Qd1 {[%cal Yf4d3,
Yd3b4] White is clearly better but what he has is far from a decisive
advantage.}) 25. Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Rc8 26. Nc3 Qa7 27. Rcb1 Qd7 28. R1b4 Bh6
29. Na4 Qd8 30. Ra6 Kg7 $2 (30... Rc7 {, preventing Rb4-b7, was more stubborn.}
) 31. Rb7 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 g5 {Desperation.} 33. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} g4 34. Qa6
Qg8 (34... Rc7 35. Qb6 Rc8 36. Qa7 Ra8 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Qb7 {[%cal Rf7f6]} Rb8
39. Qe7 Qxe7 40. Rxe7 Kf5 41. Nc3 $1 {, and White should win.}) 35. Nb6 Rf8 36.
Nd7 Qh7 (36... Ra8 37. Ra7 $1 $18 ({but not} 37. Qxc6 $4 Ra2 $1 {[%cal Rh6e3]
V.Anand})) 37. Nxf8 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Kxf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Qc8 Kg6 41. Qh8 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. c5 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
c4 $1 {Without this break/pawn sacrifice Karjakin's pieces would have
seriously lacked activity.} dxc4 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Na5 19. Ba3 $1 {
The queen is suprisingly trapped! However Anand has an equalizing resource.} c5
20. bxc6 Qc7 21. Nd4 Nxc6 22. Nb5 (22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bh3 Ree8 24. Bd6 {keeps
some pressure with the pair of bishops, but Black should be ok.}) 22... Qe5 23.
Rb1 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb2 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bxe4 Ne7
29. Kf1 f5 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. Nc3 Rh8 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Kf1 {White looks to be
worse at first glance, but upon deeper inspection it is clear that the b6 pawn
is too weak for Black to create any play.} Nd5 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Ke1 Rd7 36.
Nxd5+ Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Kd2 c3+ 39. Kxc3 Bxa2 40. Kb4 Ke5 41. Kb5 f4 42.
Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbc6 8. c3
a5 9. Re1 h6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nf3 Bf5 15.
h3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxd3 Qxb2 20. Rab1 e4 21.
Rxe4 Qxc3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Rxb7 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15.
Ned4 Nc5 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 e5 18. Nf5 Ncxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Ng5 Bc5 21.
Ne6 Qc6 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Bg5+ Ke6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. b4 h6 27. Bh4
Ne4 28. Qg4+ Kf7 29. Rad1 Ra7 30. Qf5+ Nf6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rd6 Qe7 33. Rfd1
1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Nb6 8. O-O Nh6
9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 O-O 11. c4 Bg4 12. Nf2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. g4 Nh6 15. b3 f5
16. g5 Ng4 17. Nd3 c5 18. h3 h5 19. hxg4 fxg4 20. Nh4 cxd4 21. Nxg6 Qd7 22. a5
1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O b5 6. a4 Bb7 7. b3 b4 8. bxc4
c5 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. e3 O-O 14. d4 Qc7 15. Qe2
Ne4 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Nd6 18. e4 cxd4 19. c5 Ne8 20. Bxd4 Ne5 21. f4 Nc6
22. Bb2 Nf6 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nf3 Rab8 25. Nfd2 Nc3 26. Qe3 Nd8 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28.
Rxc3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rb4 30. c6 Rb6 31. Nd4 Bb4 32. Nb5 Rxc6 33. Nxc7 Rxc3 34.
Qe4 R3xc7 35. Nf3 Nb7 36. Rd1 Nc5 37. Qc2 Nd7 38. Qd3 h6 39. h4 Nc5 40. Qc2 Nd7
41. Qd3 Nc5 42. Qc4 Nd7 43. Qb5 Nf8 44. h5 Rc5 45. Qb7 R5c7 46. Qe4 Nd7 47. Kh3
Nb6 48. f5 exf5 49. Qxf5 Nxa4 50. Rd7 Rxd7 51. Qxd7 Nb6 52. Qb7 Bc5 53. e6 fxe6
54. Ne5 Rf8 55. Qc6 Bd4 56. Qxe6+ Kh7 57. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb1 Re8 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. e3 c6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. f4 c5 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. exd4 Bf8 21. Ne2
Qd6 22. a3 a6 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 b5 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Kg2 Rc7 27. Nd3 Qb6 28.
Ne5 Qd6 29. Nd3 Qb6 30. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge playoff 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be5
c6 9. g4 Nhf6 10. Rg1 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. f4 b6 14. b4 a5 15.
a3 axb4 16. axb4 Qb8 17. g5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qb4 19. Rc1 Ra3 20. Qd2 Bd8 21. Nd1
Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Ba5+ 23. Ke2 Rb8 24. Kf3 e5 25. fxe5 Bf5 26. Rg2 Be4+ 27. Kf4
Bxg2 28. Bxg2 Ra2 29. Bf3 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {No Berlin this time.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {The Marshall Attack is definitely one of the most
popular choices on the top level.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12.
d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg6 {A completely new idea. I will add here a
recent game from the USA Ch..} (14... Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Bf5 {
rare choice , usually they go 17..Qf5} 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. c4 (19. Bxd5 cxd5 20.
Qxd5 Bf8 {this must be critical for the evaluation of Black's idea. White is a
pawn up but the bishop pair and weak light squares help Black immensely in
getting his usual compensation}) 19... Bg4 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nb4 22. Ne4
Bf8 23. cxb5 {Now Black has a few ideas:} cxb5 (23... Be6 $5 24. b6 (24. Bxe6
Rxe6 25. Nc3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 axb5 {again Black is ok}) 24... Bxb3 25. b7 Bd5 26.
bxa8=Q Rxa8 27. f3 Nc2 {is fine for Black}) (23... axb5 24. Ng5 Bh5 25. g4 Rxe1
26. Rxe1 Bg6 27. f4 h6 28. f5 Bh5 29. gxh5 hxg5 30. a3 c5 {Black has enough
counterplay}) 24. Ng5 Bh5 25. g4 Bg6 26. f4 Nc2 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rd1 Nxd4 {
not best; after this White takes over the initiative} (28... h6 $5 29. f5 Bh5
30. gxh5 hxg5 31. Bf2 Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Rd7 Be7 34. Ra7 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Re3+
$1 $11) 29. Rxd4 Be7 30. Nf3 Bb1 31. Nd2 $18 {1-0 (36) So,W (2788)-Onischuk,A 
(2665) Saint Louis 2015, White is wining}) 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 d4 17. cxd4
Bb4 18. Nc3 Qxd4 19. Be5 Qd7 $6 {Black had to take on d3 and although it looks
a bit unpleasant it seems that Black can hold:} (19... Qxd3 20. Re3 {now two
reasonable moves for Black:} Qc4 (20... Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Nd5 Bc5 23. Rc3
Rac8 24. Rac1 Rfe8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxe5 27. f4 $14) 21. Nd5 Rad8 22.
Nf6+ (22. Rd1 f6 $1 {with good play}) 22... Kh8 $1 {is fine for Black.}) 20.
Nd5 $1 f6 (20... Bxe1 21. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 22. Qxf6 $18) 21. Nxb4 fxe5 22. Qd5+
Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd3 24. Rxe5 {He is a clear pawn up} Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ne3
Rc8 27. a3 a5 28. h4 Bg6 29. Rd1 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. g4 b3 {Carlsen is
putting up the best defence.} 32. h5 Bf7 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kg3 Ra8 35. Rd2 {
This is probably winning for Anand; everyone noticed that during the live
comentaries, but to win it it is not easy, otherwise we wouldn't be talking
now about a draw in this game, but about 1-0. Somehow it is not easy to find a
clear winning path for Anand, and computers defend Carlsen's position with
utmost accuracy.} h6 36. Nf5 Be6 37. Nd4 Bf7 38. f3 Rc8 39. Kf4 Rc1 40. Nf5 Kg8
41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rd7 Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rd7 Kg8 45. Nd6 {White has many
ideas here; let's try some.} (45. Rb7 Rc2 46. Nd6 Be6 47. Ke5 Re2+ 48. Ne4 Bf7
49. f4 ({another try might be} 49. g5 Bxh5 50. Rxb3 hxg5 51. Kf5 Kf8 52. Nxg5 {
with a big advantage but still no clear winning path}) 49... Rxb2 ({But Black
doesn't need to be cooperative as pointed out by Rainer Knaak so} 49... Kf8 $5
50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. f5 Be8 $1 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. Rxb3 Bc6 54. Rb4 Bxe4 55. Rxe4 Rxb2
{and Black should make a draw here, surely not an easy defence, but it is
possible that Carlsen might have seen it.}) 50. g5 Bxh5 51. gxh6 Rg2 52. hxg7 {
White wins, that was one possible line for instance.}) (45. Nh4 Be6 46. Rb7 Bd5
$1 {very precise!} (46... Rc2 $2 47. Ng6 Bc4 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. Ke5 $1 {White
wins}) 47. Rb8+ Kh7 $1 (47... Kf7 48. Ke5 $1 {with the mating idea Ng6}) 48.
Ng6 Bg8 49. Ne7 Bf7 50. Rb7 Rc2 51. Nf5 Kg8 {and we have reached the same
position as after 45.Rb7 Rc2.}) 45... Be6 46. Re7 Bd5 47. Kf5 $2 {A mistake
that spoils all his advantage and all chances to play for win.} Rc6 $1 {
Now it is just a draw.} 48. Ke5 Bxf3 49. Nf5 g5 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rg6 Kh7 52.
Rg7+ Kh8 53. Rg6 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 a6 14. Rfb1 b5 15.
a4 Re8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a5 Be7 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. Nc1 Nf6 21. Nd3 Ne4
22. Rb2 Bf8 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Qc7 25. Ne1 Re6 26. Nd3 Rce8 27. Nb4 Qc8 28.
Qd3 g6 29. Re2 Be7 30. f3 Bf6 31. Nc2 Qd8 32. Nb4 R8e7 33. g3 Ra7 34. Kg2 Kg7
35. Raa2 h5 36. h4 Ra8 37. e4 dxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxd4 40. Qxd4 Bxd4
41. Rc2 Bf6 42. Nxc6 Rc8 43. Nb4 Bd8 44. c6 Bxa5 45. Nxa6 b4 46. c7 b3 47. Rb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 {One of many
opening lines, where Black deviates from an early 5...c5. Black's setup is
somewhat passive, but very solid.} 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 {Putting the knight on b3
in order to prevent Black from pushing c6-c5 is White's main weapon in this
type of position.} g5 {Anish chooses the most aggressive way to handle the
position.} ({The more quiet alternatives here are:} 8... Nc8) ({and} 8... Bh7)
9. Ne1 Qc7 {This flexible move is becoming quite fashonable. Black may attack
the opponent's pawns centre by means of c6-c5 or f7-f6.} (9... c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5
11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bd3 {offers White a small, but stable positional edge.}) 10.
Bh5 {Anand's move looks logical - now the Black's king is stuck in the centre
for a while.} ({Black is doing well in the complex position, which arises after
} 10. f4 O-O-O ({Also quite playable is:} 10... c5 $5 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Bh5 $6
c4 13. Nd2 f6 $15 {0-1 (34) Motylev,A (2683)-Ding,L (2660)/Beijing 2012/EXT
2013}) 11. Nd3 Ng6 {For instance, after} 12. Bg4 Bxd3 13. cxd3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 $6
(14. Bh5 $142 $1 $132) 14... Nxf4 15. Rxf4 f5 $15 {Black was already better in
Nakamura,H (2798)-Shankland,S (2661)/Saint Louis USA 2015}) ({However,} 10. Nd3
$5 {deserves serious attention:} b6 (10... Bg7 11. f4 Ng6 $6 (11... O-O-O {
looks safer, though after} 12. Bh5 f6 13. Nbc5 {White's position would still
be preferable.}) 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Rxf5 exf5 15. Bh5 $16 {1-0 (33)
Fedoseev,V (2661)-Dreev,A (2649)/Moscow RUS 2014}) 11. Be3 (11. f4 c5 $1 $132)
11... Bg7 12. Rc1 {with a long strategic battle, where I prefer White due to
the space advantage.}) 10... c5 {This thematic advance definitely makes sense,
since most of White's pieces are located on the 1st rank now.} (10... Bg7 11.
f4 c5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 Nxg6 14. f5 Nh4 15. c3 $14) 11. c3 $146 {A logical
novelty in a rare theoretical position.} ({After the ultra-aggressive} 11. f4
c4 12. Nd2 Qb6 (12... gxf4 $5 13. Rxf4 Qb6) 13. Ndf3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg3
Bg7 16. Kh1 O-O {Black was completely fine and soon took the initiative over
in Nakar,E (2435)-Sjugirov,S (2678)/Jerusalem ISR 2015}) 11... Bg7 $1 {Again,
the most flexible continuation. Black's king may be hidden on both sides of
the board, while the f7-f6 advance would be on the cards in both cases.} ({
After} 11... c4 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Ne3 f6 (14... Bd3 15. Be2 Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Ng4 $14) 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bg6 $14 {
Black would suffer from the weak light squares around his king.}) 12. f4 ({
Black doesn't experience any problems after} 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxe5 (13...
Qxc5 14. Nf3 Bg6 $11) 14. Nf3 Bg7 $132) 12... c4 {Releasing the pressure in
the centre makes White's setup more stable. On the other hand, Black seizes a
lot of space and restricts White's minor pieces.} ({Quite an interesting,
double-edged position would arise after} 12... gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rf8 {Preparing
the q-side castling} {For instance,} 14. Rc1 O-O-O 15. c4 Kb8 16. Bf3 dxc4 17.
Rxc4 b5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Rxd1 21. Bxd1 Ng6 $132) 13. Nd2
gxf4 14. Ndf3 {Inviting complications.} ({The natural} 14. Rxf4 {led to more
quiet play:} O-O 15. Nf1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ng3 Ne4 $11) 14... Ng6 ({There
was a principal alternative:} 14... Qb6 $5 15. Bxf4 Ng6 (15... Qxb2 16. Rf2
Qxc3 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Nh4 {led to very sharp play. White has full compensation
for 2 pawns, but hardly more.}) 16. Bc1 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 {and now it looks
like White shouldn't deviate from} (17... Bxe5 18. Nc2 Bc7 19. Ne3 Bd3 20. Rxf7
O-O-O $132) 18. Nc2 Ng6 19. Ne3 Bd3 20. Be2 Be4 21. Bf3 Bd3 $11) 15. Bxg6 {
This looks like an achievemnt for Giri - the light-squared bishop was quite
strong.} fxg6 {The position remains complex and roughly equal.} (15... Bxg6 16.
Nh4 Be4 17. Rxf4 h5 $132) 16. Nh4 O-O $6 {This inaccuracy is the main cause of
Black's problems. The king is much more vulnerable on the k-side.} (16... O-O-O
$142 {was preferable:} 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Bxf4 Kb8 19. Nf3 Ka8 $132 {with a
long positional battle.}) 17. Rxf4 $1 {An ambitious decision by Vishy. White
doesn't mind sacrificing some material in order to fight for the initiative.} (
17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Rxf4 {would allow Black to swap one pair of rooks and
regroup the forces:} Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Rf8 20. Be3 Nb8 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. Nf3 Qf5 23.
Qg3 Qd3 24. Re1 Nc6 $11) 17... g5 {Anish correctly accepts the challenge.} ({
The modest-looking} 17... Nb6 {led to a passive position after} 18. Nxf5 Rxf5
19. Rxf5 gxf5 20. Be3 Qf7 21. g3 $14) 18. Nxf5 gxf4 (18... exf5 19. Rf2 {
offers White a clear advantage, so there was no choice.}) 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qg4+ Kh7 21. Qxe6 $1 {Of course, the Pe6 is much more important than any other
pawn here!} Nb6 {The knight does not have much it can achieve there, but
Black's major pieces are getting more mobile.} 22. Qh3 $1 {GM Anand is leaving
the f3-spot vacant for his pieces.} ({Black shouldn't be worse in the
following endgame:} 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Nxd7 24. Bd2 Rac8 $11) 22... Qf7 ({
Correctly deviating from} 22... Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Nxd7 24. Kf2 Kg6 25. Kf3 $14 {
White collects the second pawn and gets a better position.}) 23. g3 $1 {
Vishy manages to find an excellent way to activate all his pieces.} ({The
natural} 23. Bd2 Qf5 24. Qxf5+ Rxf5 25. Kf2 Raf8 $11 {didn't promise much.})
23... Qg6 ({It looks like} 23... fxg3 {didn't fully solve the problems either:}
24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 (25... Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. hxg3 Kf7 28. Ng2 Rg8
29. Kf2 $14) 26. Qh4+ Kg8 $1 (26... Qh7 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. hxg3 $14) 27. Qxg3+
Kh8 28. Qh3+ Qh7 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Ng2 $14) 24. Ng2 fxg3 ({After} 24... f3 25.
Nf4 Qe4 26. Bd2 $1 Qc2 27. Be3 Qxb2 28. Rc1 $36 {Black's king is in real
danger.}) 25. hxg3 Rf3 {This active move looks nice, but the rook isn't safe
there.} ({Possibly, a better move was:} 25... Rf7 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Re1 Qe6 $14 {
with a passive, but solid position.}) 26. Bf4 Rf8 27. Qh4 $2 {Until now, Anand
was at his best, but this mistake could have spoiled all the advantage.} ({
A much stronger one was:} 27. Qh2 $1 {leaving the h4-square vacant for the
knight:} Rd3 (27... Na4 $2 28. Nh4 Qg4 29. Nxf3 Rxf4 30. Nh4 $18) 28. Re1 Nd7 (
28... Na4 29. e6 Re8 30. e7 Nxb2 31. Nh4 Qf6 32. Qxb2 Rxe7 33. Ng2 $1 $16) 29.
Qh4 $36 {with a powerful initiative.}) 27... Nc8 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({
There was nothing wrong with a more active approach now:} 27... Na4 $1 28. Qe7+
(28. e6 Re8 29. Ne1 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Rxe6) 28... Rf7 29. Qd8 Qe6 $11 {and Black
has no reasons for worries.}) 28. Re1 Qe6 (28... Qg7 29. e6 Ne7 30. Bd6 Re8 31.
Qh5 Rff8 32. b3 $16) 29. Qh5 $6 {One more inaccuracy.} ({The precise} 29. Ne3
$1 {could have posed Black serious problems. For instance,} Ne7 30. Kg2 R3xf4
31. gxf4 Nf5 $1 {Definitely the best.} ({The tempting} 31... Ng6 $6 32. Qg4
Nxf4+ 33. Kh2 $16 {leads to more serious problems.}) 32. Qh3 Nxe3+ 33. Rxe3
Qg6+ 34. Rg3 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 Qxf4 36. Qd7+ Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Rxf7 $14 {[%csl Ge5] The
resulting rook endgame should be holdable, but Black's task is not easy.})
29... Rd3 30. Be3 ({It was worth paying serious attention to} 30. Rb1 $5 {
with the idea of trapping the took, though after} Rf5 31. Qh4 {[%csl Rd3][%cal
Gg2e1]} Rf3 $1 {it would be not easy to make any progress.}) 30... Ne7 {
The knight is taking part in the defence now.} 31. Nf4 Qg8 32. Nxd3 ({In the
event of} 32. Kh2 Nf5 33. Qf3 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rd3 36. Qg2 Qg5 $1 {
Black's activity should secure equality.}) 32... Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Nf5 34. Bf4 Qxd3
$11 {Now White's king is exposed, so Black has sufficient counterplay.} 35. e6
Ng7 (35... Rf6 {was also possible:} 36. e7 Ng7 37. Qg4 Ne8 $11) 36. Qxh6+ Kg8
37. Kg2 (37. e7 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 37... Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Qf5 $1 {
The only move, but sufficient.} 39. e7 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ {White cannot avoid a
perpetual, so a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O ({Another
option was} 7. a4 Bb4 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qa5
12. e6 {leads to a draw} fxe6 13. e5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qh5 Bd6 16. Ne4
Rf5 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qh5 Rf5 19. Qe8+ {1/2-1/2 (19) Topalov,V (2702)-Kasparov,
G (2851) Sarajevo 2000}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a5 e5 11. Rd1 a6 12. d5 Nc5
(12... Rb8 $5 13. Be3 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 e4 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. Bg5 b5 18.
axb6 (18. Nc6 $6 Qb7 $17) 18... Rxb6 $11) 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 $6 ({White
could have got good compensation for the pawn after} 14. d6 $1 Qe6 15. Bxf6
Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qxf6 17. Nxe5 Be6 $44) 14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e4 17. Bg2
Nb3 18. Ra4 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe6 $15 {Giri, A (2784)-Ivanchuk,V (2715) Wijk aan
Zee NED 2015 (102) 1/2-1/2 (102)}) 7... b5 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 h6 11.
Nxe6 {An interesting knight sacrifice. In my opinion, Black has a reliable
position after 14...N5f6 or 14...N7f6 and he gets some problem if he plays 14..
.hxg5.} ({Black is OK after} 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh3 Be7 13. Nge4 Qb6 14. Be3 Kf8
15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Kg7 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 Rad8 {Harikrishna,P (2727)
-Gelfand,B (2743) Beijing CHN 2014 0-1 (43); and White doesn't have enough
compensation for the pawn.}) 11... fxe6 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Ne4 {As we can see
from the following game, the line is rather drawish.} (13. Bg5+ hxg5 14. Qxh8
N7b6 15. Ne4 Kd7 16. Qg8 {Probably the position which has arisen is in Black's
favour.} Qe8 17. Qh7 Rd8 (17... Na4 $2 18. f4 Kc7 19. fxg5 Kb6 20. b3 (20. Rf3
$6 Qd7 $13 {Lesiege,A (2553)-Khenkin,I (2633) Koszalin 1999 1-0 (50)}) 20...
cxb3 21. axb3 Nac3 22. Nc5 Rd8 (22... Ne2+ $6 23. Kh1 Nxd4 $4 24. Rxf8 $18) 23.
Rf2 $40) 18. Nxg5 Kc7 19. Rae1 Kb8 $17 {Black's king is on the safe side and
Black is threatenning ...c5.}) 13... Qe8 14. Bg5+ N5f6 $146 {According to the
database this is a novelty. This line has been played only in correspondence
chess.} (14... N7f6 {leads to the same position that can arise after 14...N5f6.
}) (14... hxg5 $6 {after this move Black has good results but it is too risky.}
15. Qxh8 Kd8 (15... Qg6 $6 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. Be4 (17. f4 $2 Ne3 18. Be4 Qh6 $13 {
Bernasek,J (2530)-Bobras,P (2576) Brno 2008 0-1 (37)} 19. Qg8 $2 Ng4 $17) 17...
Qh6 18. Qg8 Qh5 $8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. f4 $16) 16. Qg8 $6 (16. Nxg5 $1 Qg6 (16...
Kc8 $5 {Black wants to protect the e6-pawn after ...Nc7} 17. a4 Nc7 18. Qh7 {
White's chances should be better.}) 17. f4 (17. h4 $5 {White doesn't need to
weaken his king}) 17... Kc7 18. Be4 $1 {White wins the e6-pawn in a better
version.} (18. Bh3 $2 {a terrible mistake} Kb6 $2 $13 {Olszewski,M (2539)
-Korobov,A (2660) Warsaw 2011 0-1 (44)} (18... Bc5 $1 $19 19. Qxg7 (19. Nxe6+
$5 Qxe6 20. dxc5 Rxh8 21. Bxe6 Nxc5 $19) 19... Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Qxg6 Rxg6
$19 {the c-pawn will cost White a fortune.})) 18... Qe8 19. Qh3 Rc8 20. a4 $16)
16... Qg6 17. Nc5 Kc7 18. Qxe6 Qe8 $1 19. Bxd5 $6 (19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Nxb7 Kxb7
21. a4 $15 {The position is complicated but Black's chances are higher.}) 19...
Nxc5 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Bf7 Re7 $17 {0-1 (35) Lalith,B (2556)-Ding Liren (2755)
Hyderabad IND 2015}) 15. exf6+ gxf6 16. Bxf6+ ({White could have tried} 16.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bf4 Kf7 18. a4 a6 19. Nd2 $1 {but after} Ra8 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Ra7 e5 $1 {it seems to me that Black is OK.}) 16...
Nxf6 17. Nxf6 Qxh5 ({Of course Black couldn't play.} 17... Kxf6 $4 18. Qe5+ Kf7
19. Qxh8 $18) 18. Nxh5 Kf7 {Black's bishop on b7 is not very active, but Vishy
Anand managed to make a draw.} 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ra1
Be7 23. Nf4 (23. Ra7 $5 b4 (23... Rb8 $5 24. Nf4 b4 25. Be4 Kf6 $11) 24. Nf4 c3
$2 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Be4 Rb8 $2 27. Ng6 $6 (27. Kf1 Kf6 28. Ke2 Bb7 29. Kd3 $18
) 27... c5 28. Nxe7 (28. Ne5+ $2 {leads to an easy draw. White should have
played 28.Nxe7} Kf6 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 c2 31. Nd3 cxd4 32. Kf1 Ba3 33. Ke2
c1=N+ 34. Nxc1 Bxc1 35. Be4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Tomazini,A (2340)-Stefansson,H (2515)
Pardubice 2012}) 28... Kf6 $8 29. Bh7 cxd4 30. Ng8+ Rxg8 31. Bxg8 Be4 32. Ra1
d3 33. Kf1 Ke5 34. Ke1 Bf3 35. Ra2 $14 {White will get an extra pawn which
probably will not be enough to win the game.}) 23... Bb7 24. Ra7 ({It can be
dangerous for White to win the pawn.} 24. Bh3 Ra8 25. Bxe6+ Ke8 26. Re1 Bb4 27.
Re2 Kd8 28. Bf5 Kc7 $44 {Black's pawns on the queenside are too dangerous.})
24... Rb8 25. Be4 (25. Bh3 $2 e5 $1 26. dxe5 Bc5 27. Ra1 Bd4 28. e6+ Ke7 {
and White is in trouble.}) 25... Kf6 26. Ng6 c5 $1 $11 {This leads to a draw.}
27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Bxb7 Kxg6 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Ba6 Bd4 31. Bxb5 Bxb2 32. Bxc4 e5
33. f3 Kf6 34. Kg2 Bc1 35. Bd3 Bb2 36. Bc4 Bc1 37. Bd3 Bb2 38. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wesley had been dominating the event so far with 3.5/4.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {In the first round, I had played 6.Re1
against Carlsen, but I hoped to try a specific idea today.} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. a3 Nb8 {Wesley had employed this against Caruana in Wijk aan Zee
earlier this year and drew comfortably.} 10. Ng5 $5 {And this is it.} (10. a4
b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. d4 a5) 10... Nc6 {What we thought
was the hardest to find over the board! Black simply heads for the d4-square
which is now unguarded.} (10... h6 11. f4 $1 {Gajewski's idea which prompted
us to go for the line.} exf4 (11... hxg5 12. fxg5 {and now a sample line could
go:} Ng4 $1 (12... Bg4 13. Qe1 Nfd7 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Rf3 {wins}) 13. g6 (13. h3
{is also playable}) 13... d5 $1 14. Kh1 Bc5 15. Qe1 Qd6 16. Bxd5 Qxg6 17. Bxa8
Nxh2 18. Kxh2 Qh5+ 19. Kg3 g5 (19... Qg4+ 20. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 20. Rh1 $1 Qg4+ 21.
Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 12. Nf3 g5 {like a King's Gambit and White reacts in similar
fashion} 13. g3 fxg3 (13... Bh3 14. gxf4 Bxf1 15. Qxf1) 14. h4 $1 {White has
good compensation.}) 11. Ba2 {Stepping out of the way.} (11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7
13. f4 Ng4) (11. f4 $6 Nd4 12. Ba2 Bg4 13. Qd2 h6) 11... Nd4 (11... h6 12. Nf3
$5 {in effect, ...h6 Ba2 have been inserted instead of ...Nb8, which should be
helpful for White.}) 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ (12... c5 13. Nxd4 exd4 (13... cxd4 14. f4)
14. f4) 13. Qxe2 h6 $1 14. f4 $5 {Continuing with the same idea, though I did
spend a lot of time here.} hxg5 {I had concentrated on this.} (14... exf4 $1 {
a better version for Black, but White continues as before} 15. Nf3 g5 {- Qe2
turns out to be misplaced.} 16. g3 (16. h4 Nh5 $1) 16... fxg3 17. h4 (17. hxg3
d5 $15) (17. Nd4 d5 $1) 17... Bh3 (17... Nh7 18. Nd4) 18. hxg5 Ng4 $132) 15.
fxg5 Ng4 (15... Bg4 $5 16. Qf2 Nh7 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh4 (18. Qg3 Rxf7 19. Rxf7
Be6) 18... Rxf7 (18... Bd7 19. Bg6 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qg8 21. Qh5 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 $16)
19. Rxf7 Be6 {is about equal.}) 16. g6 Bg5 $6 (16... Nh6 $1 {just holds} 17.
Bxh6 (17. h3 Be6 (17... Bg5 18. Qh5 Bxc1 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Raxc1 {and Black
cant stop g4-g5}) 18. gxf7+ (18. Qh5 Bxa2 19. Bxh6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1
Bf6) (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qf8+ 21. Ke2 Qf6 22. g3 Rf8 23. Be3
d5 $19)) (17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Qh5 Be6 {wins}) 17... gxh6 18. Rxf7
Rxf7 19. Rf1 Kg7 (19... Bf6 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. gxf7 $1) 20. Rxf7+ (20. gxf7 Bf8
$13) 20... Kxg6 {surprisingly no more than a perpetual} 21. Qf3 h5 22. Rf5 Bxf5
23. Qxf5+ Kg7 24. Bf7 Qf8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 $11) (16... d5 {also holds
} 17. Bxd5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. g3 {and now:} Qh5 $1 {Not the easiest line to
spot} (19... Qh3 20. gxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxa8 Nxh2 (21... Be6 22. Bb7 Rxf7 23. Rxf7
Bxf7 24. Bc8 $1) 22. Qxh2 $18) 20. Bxa8 Be6 21. Bd5 (21. Bc6 fxg6 $1 22. Rxf8+
Kxf8 $19) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Bf2 $1 23. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qd1+ 25. Qg1 Qf3+
$11) 17. h3 $1 (17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $1 (17... Kh8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qh5 {and White
gets a much better version than in the game}) 18. Rxf7 (18. gxf7+ Kf8 19. h3
Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Nf6 {seems fine for Black}) 18... Be6) 17... Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nh6
19. Qh5 (19. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. gxf7+ Kf8 21. Qh5 {followed by Rf1 and Qg6.})
19... Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. g4 c6 $6 (21... Qe7 22. g5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24.
gxh6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qf8+ 26. Ke2 gxh6 27. Qg4 Qf6 28. h4 $16) (21... Rf4 $1 22.
g5 Qf8 23. Kg2 Re8 {may be difficult to break it e.g.} 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Rg1 e5
26. Kf3 Re7) 22. Rxf8+ $2 {Since the queen ending isn't as good for White as I
thought during the game, it follows that this is a mistake} (22. g5 $1 Qb6+ (
22... Rf4 23. gxh6 Rh4 24. h7+ Kh8 25. Rf8+ Qxf8 26. Qxh4 $18) 23. Kg2 Rxf1 (
23... Qe3 24. Rce1 $1 $18 {Black can't stay on the c1-h6 diagonal} Qd2+ 25. Re2
) 24. Rxf1 Qe3 25. gxh6 Qxh6 26. Qxh6 (26. Qg4 {even this is nice for White})
26... gxh6 27. Rf7 Rf8 28. Rc7) 22... Qxf8 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. g5 Rf8 25. gxh6
Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qf8+ 27. Ke2 gxh6 28. Qg4 (28. b4 Qf4 {is what White should
avoid}) (28. Kd2 Qf4+ 29. Kc3 Kg7) 28... Qf6 29. h4 (29. b4 Kg7) 29... d5 $2 {
I originally thought that Black's final mistake came earlier, but in fact this
is the real blunder. After this move, Black loses the resource Qf6-f4.} (29...
a5 {After this move, the win is no longer evident.} 30. h5 a4 $1 {taking away
the b3-square, now White's king can't run away} (30... c5 31. Qf3 Qf4 32. Qh3
$1 Qf6 (32... Kg7 33. Qxe6 Qh2+ 34. Ke1 $1 (34. Kd1 $2 Qxh5+) 34... Qh4+ 35.
Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kc3 {and here the king escapes the check via b3.}) 33. Kd1 a4 34.
Kc1 Kg7 35. Kb1 Kg8 36. Ka2 Kg7 37. c4 $18) 31. b4 {White waits one more move}
(31. b3 b4 $1) (31. Qf3 Qf4 32. b4 {A good try, but now Black can even swap
queens} (32. Qh3 Kg7 33. b3 (33. Qxe6 Qh2+ {the difference is Kc3-b3 isn't
available for White}) 33... Qc1 $1 $11) (32. Qxf4 exf4 33. b4 (33. d4 e5 34. d5
cxd5 35. exd5 {and now White can't play...} e4 36. b3 b4 $1) 33... e5) 32...
Qxf3+ (32... Qh2+ $2 33. Ke3 $1 (33. Kd1 Qf4 {would simply repeat}) 33... Qg1+
34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Kc3 Qf4 36. Qh3 $1 $18 Qf6 37. Qe3 {and White breaks through})
33. Kxf3 Kg7 34. c4 (34. Ke3 Kf6 (34... c5 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Kd2 $1 b4 37. axb4
cxb4 38. c4 {wins}) 35. c4 (35. d4 exd4+ 36. Kxd4 e5+ 37. Ke3 d5 (37... Ke7 38.
Kf3 d5 $1 {still draws. Black just has to meet Kg4 with ...Kf6, provoke c3 and
then meet Kf5 with ...d4} (38... Ke6 39. Kg4 (39. c3 c5 40. bxc5 dxc5 41. Ke2
b4) 39... c5 (39... Kf6 {only this loses} 40. c4 $3 bxc4 41. Kf3 {and the king
walks back to c3} d5 42. exd5 cxd5 43. b5 {and White's pawns can't be stopped})
40. c3 cxb4 41. cxb4 Kf6 $11)) 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. c3 Ke6
42. g7 Kf7 43. Kf5 d4 44. cxd4 exd4 45. Kf4 Kxg7 46. e5 Kf7 (46... c5 47. bxc5
b4 48. c6 (48. axb4 a3 49. c6 a2 50. c7 a1=Q 51. c8=Q Qf1+ 52. Ke4 Qh1+ $1 {
stopping Kd5} 53. Kxd4 Qd1+ {and White can't make progress}) 48... bxa3 49. c7
a2 50. c8=Q a1=Q) 47. Ke4 c5 48. bxc5 b4 49. Kxd4 b3 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. c6 Ke7)
35... Kg7 36. Kd2 (36. cxb5 cxb5 37. d4 Kf6 38. d5 exd5 39. exd5 Ke7 40. Kf3
Kf8 41. Ke4 Kg7 42. Kf5 Kf8 $11 {and White can't make progress} 43. Ke6 e4 44.
Kxd6 e3 {and Black even wins}) 36... Kf6 37. Kc3 Kg7 38. d4 {here White
threatens d5 winning} exd4+ 39. Kxd4 e5+ 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. cxb5 cxb5
{here Black waits on e6 and e7 and meets Kg4 with ...Kf6} 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Kg3
Ke7 45. Kg4 Kf6 $1 (45... Ke6 $2 46. g7 Kf7 47. Kf5 $18)) 34... Kf6 35. Ke3 Kg7
) (31. c4 bxc4 (31... Kg7 $2 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Qg1 $1 $18) 32. dxc4 c5 {
however, White's king is now exposed} 33. Qh3 (33. Qf3 Qf4 $1 34. Qxf4 exf4 {
and now White's king is tied down to the f-pawn and can't help with b2-b3}) (
33. b3 axb3 34. Qh3 b2 35. Qb3 Kf8 $1 36. Qxb2 Qf4 $1 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Ke8
{and White can't make progress}) 33... Kg7) (31. Qg1 Qh4 32. Qa7 Qxh5+ 33. Kd2
Qxg6 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qxd6 Qg3 $1) 31... c5 (31... Kg7 32. Qg1 $1 {was the
point}) 32. c3 Kg7 (32... cxb4 $2 {premature} 33. cxb4 Kg7 34. Qg1 $1) 33. Qg3
cxb4 34. Qe3 Qf4 $1 35. Qa7+ Kf8 {and White can't improve} 36. cxb4 Qg4+ 37.
Kd2 Qg5+ 38. Kc2 Qg2+ 39. Kc3 Qf1 $1 40. Qb8+ Ke7 {and a draw.}) 30. h5 (30.
exd5 $1 cxd5 31. h5 $18 {is faster.}) 30... d4 {Here I took stock, White is
simply winning and just has to be careful.} 31. b4 $1 {Pinning down the
queenside.} Kg7 32. Qf3 Qe7 (32... Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Kf6 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Kd2 Kf6
36. c3 $1 {and now both} dxc3+ ({and} 36... Kg7 37. cxd4 exd4 38. e5 {win}) 37.
Kxc3 Kg7 38. d4 {wins.}) 33. Kd1 Kg8 34. Qf2 Kg7 35. c3 dxc3 36. Kc2 Qc7 37.
Qc5 Kg8 38. Qe3 a5 39. Qh3 (39. Qxh6 axb4 40. axb4 Qa7) 39... axb4 40. Qxe6+
Kf8 41. axb4 Qa7 42. Kxc3 Qa3+ 43. Kc2 Qa4+ 44. Qb3 Qa7 45. d4 (45. d4 Kg7 (
45... exd4 46. Kd3 Kg7 47. Qf7+ Qxf7 48. gxf7 Kxf7 49. Kxd4 $18) 46. Qf7+ Qxf7
47. gxf7 Kxf7 48. dxe5 Ke6 49. Kd3 Kxe5 50. Ke3) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qc7
8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Be5
a5 15. a3 Qd8 16. Rfe1 Bd6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bc2 Rfd8 19. Qg3 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Rd5
21. Qh4 g6 22. Bb3 Rd7 23. Rde1 Kg7 24. Qg3 Qd8 25. Ba2 a4 26. Qg5 Nd5 27. Qg3
Nf6 28. Qg5 Nd5 29. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {A surprise. Anand "I had some ideas here. The problem today though, was
that Michael has himself started playing 1.c4 in the last couple of years. But
I thought that I will give it a shot anyway."} e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5
{English Opening games starting with 1.c4 e5 very often end up being some sort
of reverse Sicilian. This time we have a reverse Sicilian Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3
Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4) with an extra g3 move for White.} 5. cxd5 Qxd5 (5... cxd5 {
is not very common as the extra move that White has gained in the reverse
opening benefits White more.}) 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 (7. Bg2 {takes the game to
some standard lines that usually begin with 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4
5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc2. Play usually continues} Qh5 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 8. h3 {
(preventing Black's ...Bh3 plan) and so on.}) 7... Qh5 8. Ne3 (8. Bg2 $6 Bh3
$132) 8... Bc5 (8... Bh3 $6 9. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} b5 (9... b6 $5) 10. Qc2 Bxf1
11. Rxf1 {[%csl Re4]} Qe5 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 $36 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6] provoking
weaknesses and taking the initiative in 1-0 Berkes vs Borisek, Heraklio 2007.})
9. Qc2 {White continues to delay Bg2, less as a strategy now, more as a
necessity.} (9. Bg2 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bh3 $132) 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 {[%cal Gf1f7]}
Qe5 ({It was also worth considering giving up the e4-pawn for development with
} 10... O-O $5 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Be6 $13 {[%cal Ge6d5]}) 11. Bg2 Bf5 12.
O-O O-O 13. b3 $146 ({A previous game had seen} 13. b4 $5 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Qe6 15.
b5 Rac8 16. Qb3 $14 {Littke vs Kolek, Correspondence 2011}) (13. Rxf5 $6 {
is a little too early to be good.} Qxf5 14. Nxe4 Nbd7 $15) 13... Nbd7 14. Bb2
Qe6 ({Black would have avoided the coming sacrifice with} 14... Bg6 $5 15. Rf4
{[%csl Re4]} (15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. d3 $8 Qg5 $1 17. dxe4 Qxe3+ $11) 15... Qc5 {
Still, with the double Bs and f<-> White's position seems slightly preferable.}
) 15. Rxf5 $1 {A fine exchange sacrifice by Anand. White gets more than enough
compensation in the form of one and a half pawns (one pawn clear and half for
the double B advantage!) as well as a nice semi-open f<-> for his remaining R.}
Qxf5 16. Nxe4 Qg6 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh5 18. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1f4] /\Rf4 "With
the 2 Bs and opportunities on the f<-> I was feeling very optimistic." Vishy
Anand.}) ({Worth considering was} 16... Qe6 $5 {getting away from the b1-h7 /^
so as to threaten ...Nxe4.} 17. Nxf6+ (17. Rf1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 {[%cal Gf7f6]
with...f6 to follow. This still seems slightly better for White but maybe
Black can hope for a better life.}) 17... Nxf6 18. Rf1 $14 {White keeps a
slight edge.}) 17. Rf1 Rfe8 {Black accepts a shattered pawn structure hoping
that ridding the opponent of the double B advantage will be useful to
neutralise his initiative. The decision becomes understandable when one
realises that the alternatives are not so inspiring.} (17... Nd5 18. Bh3 $16 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Gh3f5]}) (17... Ng4 18. Qc3 {[%cal Ge4d6]} Rab8 19. Nd6 $16 {
[%cal Gg2e4,Gd6f5,Ge4f5]}) (17... Nh5 18. Bh3 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gh3f5]} f5 19.
Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. Bxf6 Nhxf6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qb4 $16 {
Slowly White will start pushing his extra pawns while the Q keeps the Black
pieces on their toes.}) (17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qh5 19. Rf5 Qh6 20. Rf4 {[%cal
Gf4h4]} g5 21. Rf1 (21. Rg4 $5) 21... f6 22. Bf5 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Gf5,Rg8]}) 18.
Bxf6 {White does not shy away from giving up a B for N as in return he
inflicts permanent structural damage. The exchange of one advantage for
another is a typical tool in the hands of a Master.} Nxf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. e4
{[%cal Gf1f4,Gg2h3,Gh3f5] Anand "White's dream setup will be Rf4 and Bf5 but
ideally the B on f5 cutting off Black's Q on the K. Unfortunately there isn't
enough time to achieve this."} Rad8 21. Rf4 Qh5 {[%csl Re2]} 22. d3 {[%csl Gd3,
Ge2,Ge4][%cal Gg2h3,Gh3f5,Gf4h4] White does not mind putting the pawns on the
light squares in order to establish a strong centre and keep the Black Rs at
bay.} Qe5 23. Bh3 Kg7 24. Kg2 {[%cal Gh3f5,Gc2d2,Gf4h4] /\Bf5, Qd2, Rh4.} h5 $6
{The last few moves involved logical positional manoeuvering. White had plans
to slowly improve his position but even then for Black it was not the end of
the world. This pawn sacrifice complicates matters, trying to get some
initiative in return for the time that White will lose in taking the pawn and
then returning the R into the game.} ({Maybe a strong solid defence would
underline the difficulties facing White in making progress.} 24... Qd4 $5 25.
Rg4+ (25. Bf5 h5 26. Qd2 (26. Rh4 Rh8 $11) 26... Rh8 $11) 25... Kh8 26. Rh4 (
26. Qc1 Rg8 27. Rh4 Rg5 28. Bf5 h5 {holds the fort.}) 26... Qe3 27. Bf5 h6 {
But even then White's position is more pleasant and easier to play. White
would keep applying pressure.}) 25. Rf5 Qd4 26. Rxh5 Qe3 $6 ({Black should
have tried to exchange one R with} 26... Re5 $142 27. Bf5 (27. Rh4 Rh8 $1 28.
Rxh8 (28. Rf4 $2 Reh5 $17) 28... Kxh8 29. Qd2 Kg7 $11) 27... Qe3 28. Rh4 (28.
Qb2 Rh8 $1 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. d4 Rb5 $15) 28... Rh8 29. Rg4+ (29. Rf4 $2 Rc5 30.
Qb2 Rc1 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) (29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. b4 a5 $15) 29... Kf8 {and Black
threatens to give perpetual. For example} 30. b4 Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qf2+ 32. Kh3
Qf1+ $11) 27. Rh4 $1 (27. Rf5 $2 Rxe4 $1 28. dxe4 Rd2 29. Qc4 {The only
serious defensive try, with the idea of provoking the weakening of the c6-pawn.
} (29. Qc5 Rxe2+ 30. Kh1 Re1+ 31. Bf1 (31. Kg2 Rg1#) 31... Rxf1+ 32. Kg2 Rf2+
33. Kh3 Qh6+ (33... Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxa2 {also gives good winning chances for
Black due to the possibility of obtaining connected passed pawns on <<.}) 34.
Kg4 Rxh2 $19) 29... b5 30. Qc5 Rxe2+ 31. Kh1 Re1+ 32. Bf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kg2 Rf2+
34. Kh3 Qh6+ (34... Qxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxa2 36. Rxc6 $11) 35. Kg4 Rxh2 $17) 27...
Re5 28. Rf4 (28. Bf5 $6 {would transpose to the 26...Re5 variation above.})
28... Rc5 29. Qb2 {[%csl Rf6]} Rd6 {[%cal Gc5c1]} 30. Rf1 a5 ({Anand and Adams
both mentioned that ...Qd4 was better somewhere according to their post-mortem
analysis. I believe it was here, especially since Qc1 or Qd2 is not available
for White.} 30... Qd4 $142 31. Qb1 (31. Qd2 $2 Qxe4+) 31... Qe3 32. Bg4 Qd2 {
[%cal Gd2c2] Black seems to be doing fine.}) 31. Bf5 b5 32. h4 (32. b4 $6 axb4
33. Rf3 Qc1 $1 (33... Qd4 34. Qd2 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gf4h4,Gd2f4] trying to return
to the previous manoeuvres on the >>}) 34. Qxb4 Qc3 35. Qb1 (35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36.
Rf1 Rc2 37. Kf2 Rxa2 $17) 35... Qc2 {[%csl Ra2,Re2]} 36. Qf1 Qxa2 37. Rf4 Rc2
38. Kf3 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gf4g4]} Qa5 39. Rg4+ (39. Qh3 $2 Qe1 $19) 39... Kf8 $17)
32... Rd8 (32... Qd4 33. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2f4,Gf4g4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6]}) (32... a4
33. bxa4 (33. Kh3 $5) 33... bxa4 34. Bg4 {[%cal Gb2b8,Gg4e2]} Rb5 35. Qa3 {
[%csl Ra4,Rd6]} Qd4 36. h5 $5 $14) (32... b4 $5 {[%cal Gc5c3]} 33. a3 $2 bxa3
$19 {[%csl Re2]}) 33. a3 {Anand mentioned that he was happy after seeing 32...
Rd8. He had seen the Be6 trick already but of course he wanted to wait for the
c4-square to become available for his B to return to, in order to maximise the
potential of the idea.} (33. Be6 $6 Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 $17) 33... b4 $6 {
In his bid to take over the initiative, Adams overlooks the trick.} (33... Qd4
$142 34. Qd2 Qc3 35. Qf4 {[%cal Gf4g4]} Qb2 36. Rf2 $14) 34. axb4 axb4 35. Be6
$1 Rc3 (35... fxe6 $2 36. Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ $18 {with mate to follow.}) (35...
Qd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Bc4 $16 {[%cal Gg3g4] Anand "/\g4, K to e3. I think it
is just winning."}) 36. Bc4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc4] Anand "Now it's very tough
because White can even offer the exchange of Qs and win slowly. Just by
exchanging g-pawn for f-pawn and then winning the f-pawn and then Black gets
some pawn in return maybe but White's play is simple because the B is too
strong."} Ra8 37. Rf5 Ra7 38. Rf3 Qc5 $6 (38... Qc1 $142 39. Qxc1 Rxc1 $16 {
This would be a slow death for Black, but yet a better choice because keeping
the Qs, as in the game made Black even more helpless.}) 39. Qd2 Qd6 40. Qe3 Ra5
41. Rf2 Rc2 42. g4 Qd7 43. Qg3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg4g5,Gf2f7]} Rc5 (43... Qd8
44. g5 $18) 44. g5 fxg5 45. Rxf7+ Qxf7 46. Bxf7 Kxf7 47. Qf3+ Kg7 48. h5 $1 $18
{Black's Rs are misplaced. White has the material and White has the
compensation.} Ra5 49. Kf2 Rb2 $2 50. h6+ $1 {A nice finish!} Kg6 (50... Kxh6
51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. Qxb2 $18) 51. h7 {A nice victory for Anand and the first of
his two exchange sacrifices (both wins!) in the tournament.} (51. h7 Kxh7 52.
Qf7+ $18 {[%cal Gf7f6,Gf6h8,Gf6h6,Gf6b2]}) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 {The Four Knights is an interesting
opening for both sides and it has been popular in recent years. White is
trying to make many openings playable and that is how this one came into focus.
} Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 {Not highly popular but a known idea; in his
comments Anand said that he wanted to use something practical, and he got
exactly that.} Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 Ng6 {I will give some examples how the
game might have continued if Black took the opportunity to chase the bishop
with ...c6.} (9... c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. h3 Be6 (13... d5
14. exd5 e4 15. Ne5 cxd5 16. f4 Bb6 17. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (107) Lopez Martinez,J 
(2543)-Delchev,A (2637) Linares 2013; with unclear play.}) 14. Be3 Bc7 $5 (
14... Qc7 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qd2 Bb6 {Compared to the game Black is a tempo up, .
..Rad8 is that tempo up, but still White has a powerful idea even here:} 17.
Nf5 $1 Qd7 $1 (17... d5 18. Nxg7 $1 {with a dangerous attack}) (17... Bxf5 18.
exf5 e4 19. Nh2 Nf8 20. Ng4 Qe7 21. f3 d5 22. Bf4 N8h7 23. Nf2 c5 {with
another complicated position}) 18. Bxh6 (18. Rad1 exd4 19. N5xd4 Bxh3 $1 20.
gxh3 Qxh3 {it is Black now who attacks!}) 18... Nxe4 $1 19. Bxe4 Bxf5 {Black
is fine}) 15. Re1 {we have transposed to some regular positions} (15. Qd2 d5 $1
16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxg6 Bxf3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. gxf3 Nd5 20. Rfe1 exd4 21. Bxd4
Qh4 {Black has more than adequate play}) {A reasonable alternative is} 15...
Qe7 ({In a recent example Black has tried} 15... d5 {I am not so sure that
this works right now} 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bd4 Bd5 (
19... Qg5 20. Bxe4 Bxh3 21. f4 Qg3 22. Qb3 {White has some initiative}) 20.
Bxe4 c5 ({In a very old game Black tried} 20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd5 22. Qc2 $1 (
22. f3 $6 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Re7 Rd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (25)
Maroczy,G-Teichmann,R Prague 1908}) 22... Bxe5 23. Rae1 f6 24. a3 {White has
the better game}) 21. Bxc5 Rxe5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Bd4 Qd6 24. Qg4 $5 (24. g3
Bb6 25. Qf3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rd8 27. Rad1 b6 28. Re4 f5 29. Rf4 Qd7 {this doesn't
look bad for Black despite his being a pawn down}) 24... Rg5 25. Qf3 Qh2+ 26.
Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2 28. Qxg2 Rxg2 29. Kf3 Rh2 $2 30. Re7 $18 {1-0 (37) Wei
Yi (2706)-Melkumyan,H (2676) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 16. Qd2 Qf8 17. Rad1 a5 18. a4
Rad8 {with unclear play.}) 10. d4 Bb6 11. Re1 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3
Be6 15. Qc2 {It is interesting that Anand keeps the queen on c2 instead of the
more logical d2, probably by doing so he "eyes" g6 in case Black goes for some
thematic ...d5.} (15. Qd2 Qc7 (15... Qe7 16. Nf5 Qf8 {is also interesting}) 16.
Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nf8 18. Bxh6 N8h7 {due to the e4-threat White loses a piece,
still his attack compensates for material losses.} 19. g4 e4 20. g5 Nh5 21.
Bxe4 gxh6 22. f6 $13 {0-1 (28) Adhiban,B (2481)-L'Ami,E (2593) Dieren 2009})
15... Qc7 16. a3 a5 17. c4 $5 {So it's more a positional and slow approach.
Let's see.} a4 18. Red1 {Now we have mixture of many things, it resembles a
Philidor Defence, a Bogo-Indian; Black should be ok here.} exd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 {
Obvious but perhaps not the best move.} (19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Bf1 Qc5 $1
{By finding this square for the black queen, I think Black could have solved
his problems.} 22. Rd2 h5 23. Rad1 h4 24. Ngf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nf4 26. Ne2 Nxe2+
27. Bxe2 Re7 28. Bf3 Rae8 {with good counterplay for Black.}) 20. Be2 Bc5 21.
Rd2 Nfd7 22. Rad1 Red8 $6 {An overambitious try, Black had to exchange one
knight first to ease his position.} (22... Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Red8 24. Be2 Bxd4 25.
Rxd4 Nc5 26. Qc3 Nb3 27. R4d3 c5 $5 {with interesting play.}) 23. Nh4 $1 {
Now the situation turns in White's favour, by having f4 at some point it helps
White to increase the pressure.} Bxd4 24. Rxd4 c5 $5 25. Rxd6 Nc6 26. Nhf5 Nd4
27. Qd2 Ne5 {Mamedyarov was counting on something like this.} 28. Rd5 $1 {
A typical sacrifice.} (28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {would justify Black's idea.}) 28... Bxd5
29. cxd5 {White has strong play for the exchange.} Qb6 30. f4 {We have entered
a position where computers disagree with Anand's sacrifice, but from a human
perspective it looks more than ok.} Ng6 31. Bc4 Qa5 32. Qf2 b5 (32... Nxf5 33.
exf5 Nh4 34. f6 $1 {White has a dangerous attack.}) 33. Nxd4 cxd4 34. Ba2 b4
35. Nf5 bxa3 36. bxa3 Qc3 37. e5 Rab8 38. Rd2 Qxa3 39. Nxd4 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Rbc8 {
The alternative is facinating:} (40... Rd7 $1 {Computer chess! Such moves
allowing e6 are simply beyond the human approach to chess} 41. e6 fxe6 (41...
Rdb7 42. d6 $1 $18) 42. dxe6 Rdb7 43. f5 Qc7+ 44. g3 Ne7 45. f6 gxf6 46. Qxf6
Rb2 $1 {and Black survives!}) 41. d6 $1 {Now it's over, White is winning.} a3
42. Nf5 Rf8 43. d7 {Followed by Qd4 and e6 Black is helpless.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nh4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ne8 13. f4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Bf6 15.
f5 Qc6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 Nc7 18. d3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. Nh3 Ne6 21. Qg2
Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nd8 24. Nf2 Nc6 25. Ne4 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. a3
Ke7 28. Kf3 a6 29. a4 a5 30. h4 h5 31. g4 g6 32. g5 Ke6 33. Ng3 Ne7 34. Ke4 Nc8
35. Kf3 Ne7 36. Ke4 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Qd4 e6 9. b4 Qa3 10. Nge2 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. Rxb4 Ba6 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Nxe2
Be7 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. cxd6 O-O 17. Ng3 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. e4 dxe4 20. c4 Qxa2
21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Rb6 h5 23. Rxc6 h4 24. Nh1 Rc2 25. Rd1 Ng4 26. c5 e3 27. Rc7
exf2+ 28. Nxf2 Nxf2 29. Rf1 Ne4 30. Rfxf7 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 c5 6. Nxc4 Nc6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Be3
Be6 9. O-O b6 10. Rc1 Nf5 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Bc3 Nfd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qa4 Bd7
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxa7 b5 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Nb3 Qxb2 20. Rxc5 O-O
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxe7 Qxa2 23. Nd4 Qd5 24. Nf3 Qf5 25. Ne5 b4 26. e4 Qe6 27.
Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. f4 Rb6 30. Kf2 Bb7 31. Ke3 Ba6 32. Kd4 Kg7 33. Rb3 h6
34. Kc5 Rb5+ 35. Kc6 g5 36. Nd7 gxf4 37. gxf4 Rh5 38. Nc5 Bc8 39. Rxb4 e5 40.
f5 Rxh2 41. Rb8 Bxf5 42. exf5 Rf2 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Kd5 Rf3 46.
Kxe5 Rxd3 47. f6+ Kd7 48. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Ngf3 Be6 13. Re1 h6 14. Nf1 d5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Nhf5 Kh8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxg7 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Kxg7 22. Bxh6+ Kh8 23. Qd2 Rg8 24. Qf4 Qd6 25. Qh4 Qxg3 26. fxg3 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe1 Qb4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 e6 18. Bb3 Bxb2 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Rad8
21. f5 b5 22. Rf3 Be5 23. Qg5 Bg7 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. c4 bxc4 27.
Bxc4 d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Bb3 Kh8 30. Qa4 Qc7 31. Bxd5 Re5 32. Rff1 h5 33. Bb3
Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Kh7 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 Be7 14. Nc3 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 Qd3 17. Rac1 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Ncxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nf3 Rfc8
21. Rfc1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nf6 23. Bd4 Nd5 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6 Kf7 26. Na5 Ke8 27.
f4 Kd7 28. Kf3 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Ke4 f5+ 31. Kd3 g6 32. a3 Kd7 33. Nb3 Bd6
34. Nd2 Ne7 35. Nf3 Nc6 36. Bc3 Be7 37. h3 Kd6 38. b3 Kd5 39. a4 Bd6 40. axb5
axb5 41. Ng5 h6 42. Nf7 Bf8 43. Nh8 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. Nf7 Be7 46. Bd2 Ne5+
47. Nxe5 Kxe5 48. g4 f4 49. Bc1 Kd5 50. h4 gxh4 51. Bxf4 Bd6 52. Ke3 Bxf4+ 53.
Kxf4 e5+ 54. Ke3 h3 55. Kf2 e4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nh6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Nf7 12. c4 O-O 13. Nc3 f5 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nd5
f4 16. Bd2 g5 17. Bc3 h5 18. Nh2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nxg4 Qh4 21. Ndf6+ Bxf6
22. Qxd7 Rad8 23. Qf5 Bg7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rad1 Rd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. c5 dxc5
28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Qd2 33. Qc3
Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qe2 35. b3 Qh5+ 36. Qh3 Qe2 37. Qf3 Qd2 38. e5 Kf7 39. Kh3 Ke7 40.
Kg4 Qxa2 41. Qxf4 Qxb3 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. e6 Qd1+ 44. f3 Qd4+ 45. Kf5 Qxf6+ 46.
Kxf6 c4 47. g4 c3 48. g5 c2 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. a4
Bd7 15. Ba3 Bxa4 16. Rdc1 b5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. f3 a5 19. Bd6 Rc8 20. Be5 Nd7
21. Bb2 f6 22. Rab1 Kf7 23. Bc3 Ra8 24. Rb2 e5 25. Be1 Ke6 26. Bf2 Rc8 27. Be1
Ra8 28. Bf2 Nb8 29. Rd2 Nc6 30. Bc5 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Nxd8 32. Kf2 Nb7 33. Bf8 g6
34. e4 Nd8 35. Ke3 Nc6 36. Bc5 Nb4 37. Bxb4 axb4 38. Rb1 b3 39. axb3 Bxb3 40.
Ra1 Ba4 41. h4 Kd6 42. g4 h6 43. f4 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Kc5 45. g5 fxg5+ 46. hxg5
hxg5+ 47. Kxg5 Kd4 48. Kf4 c3 49. e5 Bb3 50. Ra7 c2 51. Rc7 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxc6
Rxc6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Kf8 20. g3 Nd5
21. Be4 Nc3+ 22. Kd3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. a4 f5 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. h3 e5 27. e4
g6 28. Bb2 Ke6 29. f3 h5 30. Bc3 a6 31. Bb2 Bb4 32. Nc4 Nc5+ 33. Ke3 fxe4 34.
Nxe5 exf3 35. Nxg6 Nxb3 36. Nf4+ Kf7 37. Nxh5 Nc5 38. g4 Nxa4 39. Ba1 Bc3 40.
Bxc3 Nxc3 41. Kxf3 a5 42. Ke3 b5 43. Kd3 Nd5 44. Ng3 Nf4+ 45. Kc3 Nxh3 46. Nf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c4 Ne5 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. d3 Nd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e5 Nb8 14. Kh1 Nc6
15. Rad1 Bg5 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Bf4 Bg5 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. Bf4 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 $146 {
A novelty as early as on move six is always a remarkable thing nowadays!
Obviously, preparation, as Caruana played this position as White just few
weeks previously. I don't think this novelty is an improvement over the other
recapture 6...dxc6, but it leads to a different type of position.} (6... dxc6 {
Here the position is closed and a long manoeuvring battle is expected.} 7. Nc4
Nd7 8. Be3 (8. O-O Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Kh1 f6 11. Ng1 Nc5 12. b3 Ne6 13. Ne2 c5
14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Ne3 Bd6 18. Qf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (40)
Malakhov,V (2706)-Jakovenko,D (2742) Sochi 2015}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. Nfd2
Nf8 11. Qh5 Be6 12. h3 Ng6 13. g3 Qd7 14. Kh2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 $14 {
0-1 (47) Caruana,F (2803)-Jakovenko,D (2738) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 7. Nxe5 {
White has to take, otherwise he can't even dream about the advantage.} Re8 8.
Nef3 d5 9. O-O ({After} 9. e5 Bg4 {White won't hold his extra pawn.} 10. O-O
Rxe5 $11 {An attempt to win material at any cost:} 11. d4 $6 Bxd4 12. h3 Bh5
13. g4 $2 Nxg4 $1 14. hxg4 (14. Nxe5 Qh4 $1 15. Nxg4 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1
Bxg4 $19) 14... Bxg4 {[%csl Rg1] would lead White to an opening disaster.})
9... Bg4 (9... dxe4 $6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Bg4 12. h3 {is not sufficient
for Black.}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 (11. exd5 cxd5 {Black doesn't have immediate
threats, but has sufficient compensation in all lines thanks to his activity.}
12. b3 (12. Re1 Qd6 $44) (12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Be3 Nd7 $44 {[%cal Gc7c5,Gd7e5]})
12... Ne4 $1 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Bb2 exf3 15. Nxf3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Re2 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxc2 $11) (11. e5 Rxe5 $1 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Nxe5 (13.
hxg4 $4 Bxg4 {[%cal Ge5g5] leads to a ferocious attack.}) 13... Qh4 14. hxg4
Qg3+ 15. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. dxe4 $6 Nxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 Qd5
14. Re1 f5 15. Nc3 Rxe2 16. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 cxd5 {and already White is the
one that has to be careful.}) 12... h6 $1 {A useful move, preventing Bc1-g5.
Now it's not easy for White to develop.} (12... Nxe4 $2 {Now this idea
wouldn't work.} 13. dxe4 Qd5 14. Re1 {and Black can't win the Pe4.}) 13. Be3 $1
{The best is to return the pawn immediately, but to complete the development.}
(13. Re1 Re6 $1 14. Bf4 (14. c3 $2 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rf6 $19) 14...
Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qf6 16. Bxc7 Qxb2 {[%cal Ga8e8] and Black is doing well.}) (13.
c3 $6 Re6 $36 {[%cal Gd8e7]}) 13... Nxe4 14. dxe4 Rxe4 15. Qd3 {Massive
exchanges are to follow.} Bxf3 16. Qxd8+ (16. gxf3 $2 Re5 {Here White just
ruined his structure for nothing.}) (16. Bxc5 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Re5 $11 18. d4 Rg5
{It's important that Black doesn't lose a piece.}) 16... Rxd8 17. Bxc5 Be2 18.
Rfc1 {The opposite coloured bishops strongly hint at drawish tendencies.
White's only hope to squeeze something out of the game is Black's damaged
structure on the queenside.} a5 19. b3 a4 20. Re1 $6 (20. f3 Re6 21. Bb4 $1 {
covering the d2-square. White will continue with Kg1-f2, Rc1-e1, torturing his
opponent for a while. In the event of an exchange on b3, White will recapture
by cxb3, opening the c-file against Black's doubled pawns.}) 20... Rd2 21. Rac1
axb3 {Now White has to take with the a-pawn. Every simplification makes
Black's defensive task easier.} 22. axb3 Rd5 23. Be3 Bh5 24. Ra1 Bg6 25. Ra7
Re7 26. c4 Rd8 (26... Rd3 {was also okay.}) 27. Rea1 Bc2 28. b4 Rd1+ {Another
exchange that basically limits White's winning chances - close to zero!} 29.
Rxd1 Bxd1 30. b5 {More simplifications to follow and draw will be agreed soon.}
cxb5 31. cxb5 Re5 32. Rxc7 Rxb5 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. Bxc5 Bc2 35. Bd6 Bd1 36. Bc5
Bc2 37. Bd6 Bd1 {The game might look boring at first sight, but the opening
battle was very interesting.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Rfd1 Rac8 12. Nb5 Rfd8 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qd3
15. Qxd3 Rxd3 16. Bf1 Rd7 17. d4 Rcd8 18. a4 Bb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bh3 dxc4 21.
Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nd6 Ba6 23. Nxc4 f6 24. Rd2 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 a6 26. Rc1 b5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Ba3 Kf7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxc5 Ne5 31. Nxe5+ fxe5 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33.
Kf1 Kd6 34. Ke2 e4 35. Rc8 Ra7 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Kc3 Rxf2 38. Rb8 Rxh2 39. Rxb5
Ke6 40. Kd4 Rg2 41. Kxe4 Rxg3 42. Kf4 Rg1 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. e4 h5 45. Rb7+ Ke6
46. Rb6+ Kd7 47. Kf5 Kc7 48. Rb2 Kd7 49. e5 Rf1+ 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Kxh5 Kxe5 52.
Kg4 g5 53. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4
Nxb4 15. cxb4 O-O 16. Rxa4 a5 17. h4 Bh6 18. b5 Bd7 19. Nc3 d5 20. exd5 Kh8 21.
Be2 f5 22. g3 Qb6 23. O-O Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bc8 25. f4 Rfe8 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Qd4
Qf6 28. Rc4 Bd7 29. Rf3 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Rxe2+ 31. Kh3 Rxb2 32. Rc6 Qxd4 33. Nxd4
Rd2 34. Ne6 Re8 35. Rxf5 g6 36. Rf6 Kg8 37. d6 Bg7 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Rf4 Kg8
40. Rc7 Rxd6 41. Rff7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {Both players have a
huge experience of playing the Ruy Lopez with both colours. This time Vishy
goes for a quiet, but very fashionable line.} d6 (6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 {is the
most common choice here.}) 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 (10. Bb3 Na5
11. Bc2 c5 {leads to another well-known theoretical line.}) 10... Bf8 11. Nf1 (
11. d4 $5 {deserves some attention in order to meet} Bg4 {with} 12. h3 Bh5 13.
d5 $14) 11... g6 12. h3 ({Sometimes White prefers to start with} 12. Ng3 {
, but most probably White shouldn't do without h2-h3 anyway.}) 12... Bb7 13.
Ng3 ({It was also possible to keep the knight on f1 for a while, like in the
following example:} 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Qc1 Qd7 (14... d5 $5) 15. Bh6 Nd8 16. Ng3
c5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. d4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (82) Rozentalis,E (2607)-Jovanic,O (2519)/
Trieste ITA 2013}) 13... Nb8 14. d4 Nbd7 {The players have entered into the
main line of Breyer system.} 15. a4 (15. b3 {is another major line here.})
15... c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Bg7 ({Recently White has managed to put Black under
positional pressure after} 17... h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Bxc5 dxc5) ({
In the following recent game Black was able to solve the problems after} 17...
Rb8 $5 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. Rf1 Bg7 22. f4 h6 23. fxe5
Nfxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bxg6 Re7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Vachier Lagrave,M (2775)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726)/Tbilisi FIDE GP 2015}) 18.
Qd2 Rb8 {Magnus deviates from the known paths at this early stage. This move
is aimed at making the c8-spot vacant for the bishop.} ({In the following
classical game between two former World Champions White couldn't pose Black
any special problems:} 18... Nc5 19. Ra3 (19. Nh4 Qd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Qe3 Ne8 $132 {1-0 (68) Zherebukh,Y (2473)-Kovalev,V (2318)/Kirishi
2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 19... Qc7 20. Rea1 Rab8 21. Qe3 Nfd7 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Nh2
Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ng4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M (2645)-Petrosian,T (2645)/Milan
1975/MCL}) 19. Nh2 $146 {This logical innovation is a standard preparation of
White's k-side activity, which is based on the f2-f4 advance.} ({Taking
control over the a-file doesn't offer much:} 19. Ra3 Nc5 20. axb5 axb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Dueball,J (2450)-Matanovic,A (2490)/Bath 1973/EU-chT}) 19... Bc8
$6 {The World Champion is playing with fire! Leaving the pin yields White too
many attacking possibilities.} ({A much safer move was} 19... Qc7 20. f4 (20.
Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bc8 22. Be3 (22. f3 Nc5 23. Be3 Bd7 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Ra2
Reb8 26. Rb1 a5 $132) 22... Nc5 23. g5 Bd7 $132) 20... exf4 21. Qxf4 b4 22. Rf1
Qa5 $132 {with a complex battle.}) 20. Ng4 Nc5 $6 {One more inaccuracy.} ({
After} 20... Qe7 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Rf1 Qf8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 (24. h4 $5)
24... Nc5 25. Rfa1 $14 {Black's position would be worse, but playable.}) 21.
Nh6+ $1 Bxh6 {Exchanging the main defender of king is definitely a bad sign
for Black!} (21... Kf8 22. axb5 axb5 23. f4 $16 {[%csl Rf8]}) 22. Bxh6 bxa4 {
Breaking the q-side pawn chain is necessary, since Black desperately needs any
counterplay.} 23. Ra2 {Definitely not the best, since Black is getting some
play along the b-file, while the Ra2 is passive now.} ({A stronger move was} 
23. Reb1 $1 Bd7 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. Ra2 $16) 23... a3 $1 24. bxa3 $6 {
Recapturing the pawn definitely suits Black here.} ({There was a nice way to
extend the initiative at the cost of pawn:} 24. Rxa3 $1 Rxb2 25. Bg5 Kg7 26.
Qc1 Qb6 (26... Rb7 27. Rf1 $36) 27. Be3 Nfd7 28. Ba4 $36) 24... Nfd7 $1 25. f4
({Possibly,} 25. Qe3 $5 {was more promising here:} Kh8 (25... a5 26. Nf5 Nf6
27. Ng7 Rf8 28. f4 $36) 26. Raa1 Rb2 27. Qc1 $14) 25... a5 $1 {Magnus finds
the best way to connect the rooks - the bishop is heading to a6.} (25... Qh4 $2
{doesn't work in view of} 26. Bg5 Qxg3 27. Re3 Nb3 28. Bxb3 Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 cxb3
30. Rb2 $18) 26. Rf1 (26. f5 Qh4 $1 27. Nf1 f6 28. Be3 gxf5 29. Bf2 Qg5 {
looks good for Black.}) 26... f6 $2 {This passive continuation leads to a very
difficult position from the strategic point of view.} ({It was necessary to
release the pressure in the centre:} 26... Qb6 $1 27. Kh1 Nb3 28. Qe2 exf4 $1
29. Bxf4 Ne5 30. Be3 Qd8 $132 {leads to a complex position, where the strong
centralised knight compensates for the vulnerablity of Black's monarch.}) 27.
f5 $1 {Now Black's position desperately lacks space.} Nd3 {Black is trying to
complicate matters, since White's potential k-side attack is unstoppable.} ({
After} 27... Qe7 28. h4 Qf7 29. Be3 $16 {White may develop a crushing attack
step by step.}) 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Qd1 $1 {White has reached a harmonious setup,
so all the pieces may take part in attacking the opponent's king.} ({Vishy
correctly rejects} 29. Qxd3 $6 Qb6+ 30. Be3 (30. Kh2 Ba6 31. c4 Qb3 $11) 30...
Ba6 31. Qd2 Qb3 $44) 29... Re7 (29... Kh8 30. Be3 Rg8 31. Qxd3 Qc7 32. fxg6
hxg6 33. Qe2 $16) 30. Raf2 Rf7 31. Qxd3 {Now there is nothing wrong with
taking a pawn.} (31. h4 $5 {was another promising option here:} Kh8 32. fxg6
hxg6 33. h5 Qg8 34. Bg5 $40) 31... Nc5 32. Qf3 Ba6 {A natural move, but the
bishop was quite useful on c8.} (32... g5 {was bad:} 33. h4 gxh4 34. Nh5 Kh8
35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Rf3 Ba6 37. Re1 Nd3 38. Ree3 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 $18) ({The most
tenacious continuation seems to be} 32... Kh8 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Bg5 Nd7 35. h4
Ba6 36. c4 Qg8 {[%cal Gb8f8] and Black manages to parry the immediate threats,
though White is still almost winning here.}) 33. Qg4 ({It looks like the
direct attack would decide the game here:} 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Qg4 Kh7 35. Qh4
Bxf1 36. Bg5+ Kg8 (36... Kg7 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 39. Nh5 gxh5 40.
Rxf6 $18) 37. Bxf6 Rh7 38. Qg5 Qe8 39. Rxf1 Rbb7 40. h4 $18) 33... g5 ({
Black's position is hopeless after} 33... Bc8 34. Qh4 g5 35. Qg4 Kh8 36. h4 Ba6
37. hxg5 Bxf1 38. g6 $18) 34. h4 $1 {There is no need to spend a tempo on
removing the rook.} Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Qd7 ({After} 35... Kh8 36. hxg5 fxg5 {
the most convincing is} 37. f6 Rxf6 38. Bg7+ Kxg7 39. Nh5+ Kh8 40. Rxf6 Qe7 41.
Qf5 $18 {with full domination.}) 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Qh5 {This unexpected move
doesn't spoil anything - the king is too weak.} ({There was nothing wrong with
the most natural} 37. Bxg5 Kh8 38. Qh4 Rg8 39. Rb1 $1 $18 (39. Bf6+ $6 {
is less clear:} Rxf6 40. Qxf6+ Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $16)) 37... Kh8 38. f6 Rg8
39. Bg7+ Rfxg7 40. fxg7+ Qxg7 {It looks like Black has consolidated, but
Anand's calculations were deep!} 41. Nf5 Qg6 42. Qxg6 Rxg6 43. Ne7 $1 $18 Kg7 (
{The poor coordination of Black's pieces enables White to liquadate into a
winning rook ending:} 43... Rh6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rc8 Kf7 46. Nf5 Rg6 47. Nxd6+
Rxd6 48. Rxc5 $18) 44. Nxg6 Kxg6 45. Rf8 a4 ({Or} 45... Nxe4 46. c4 a4 47. Ra8
Nc5 48. Kf2 h5 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Rf8+ Kg4 51. Rd8 $18) 46. c4 h5 47. Kf2 {
Quite a disappointing loss for Magnus, but Anand's achievement shouldn't be
underestimated.} ({Black resigns in view of} 47. Kf2 Nxe4+ 48. Ke3 Nc5 49. Rd8
$18) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. Ne2 c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. exd4
Nc7 15. O-O Ne6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc6 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8
21. Ra1 Ne8 22. Nc3 Rc6 23. a5 N8c7 24. f4 g6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 Ng7 27. Na2
Nge8 28. f5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Nb4 Re6 31. Bf4 Nb5 32. Ra8 Nxd4 33. Nxd5
Kg7 34. Bd2 Rd6 35. Rxe8 Rxd5 36. Bc3 f6 37. Kf1 Nxb3 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Re6 Nd2+
40. Bxd2 Rxd2 41. Rxb6 Ra2 42. Rb4 Rd2 43. Ra4 Rb2 44. Rc4 Rd2 45. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Until recently this
old idea used by Bobby Fischer was completely forgotten for a long time; it
has now resurfaced with a big impact. It has become one of the main ideas for
White!} e6 {This is one of a few possible lines like 6...g6 or 6...e5.} 7. g4
h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Nxd4 {Black could have refrained
from taking early on d4 by playing...} (11... O-O {and now one possible
example might be...} 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 b5 16. axb6
Qxb6 17. b3 Rab8 18. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Gonzaga Grego,L-Carroll,P corr. 2014;
with an interesting game ahead of us.}) 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2 {This is one of
those games where you can't really tell at which moment Black went wrong. Can
we completely rule out the possibility that the whole plan for Black is just
too slow?} Rb8 {I have no doubts that Vachier has analysed consequences of the
direct 13...b5, let us see a recent example:} (13... b5 14. e5 d5 15. Ne2 Bb7
16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. f5 Nxe5 (18... Bc5 $5 19. b4 Bb6 20. f6 Nxe5 21.
Bf4 gxf6 22. c3 {with an attack}) 19. fxe6 Bh4 20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Re2 Nd6 22.
Bf4 Qb6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nf5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bg5 26. Qe1 $14 {1-0 (31) Gharamian,
T (2657)-Burg,T (2518) Munich 2015}) 14. Ne2 b5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f5 Nf6 17. Ng3
{Due to Bxh6 ideas the black position looks a bit compomised. So far nothing
new in our game, but what it seems is that Anand has discovered that Bxh6
actually will lead to a dangerous attack.} Bb7 (17... Re8 18. Bd4 {is logical,
but Anand probably realised the full potential of this position and I think he
had something else in his mind...} (18. Kh1 $1 Bf8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Nh7 21.
f6 {with dangerous attack}) 18... e5 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Nh7 (
21... d5 22. exd5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Qh4 Red8 $13) 22. f6 Bf8 23. Qh5 Qc5+
24. Kh2 Qe3 25. h4 Qh6 26. Qxh6 Bxh6 27. g5 Bf8 28. g6 $1 $16 {1-0 (40) Navara,
D (2716)-Grischuk,A (2795) Tromso 2014}) 18. Kh1 {Preparatory move.} ({In the
event of the direct attempt} 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 d5 20. g5 Qxg3 21. Rd3 Bc5+
22. Kh1 Be3 $1 {looks like a key defensive idea for Black.}) 18... Rbd8 $2 (
18... exf5 19. Rxf5 $14) (18... d5 19. Bf4 $5 (19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qxb2 21.
Bxb8 Rxb8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. Nf5 exf5 25. Qxe7 Bd7 {White is an
exchange up, but Black has already too few pawns and the position is in
equilibrium.}) 19... e5 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Rfd8 22. g5 Bf8 23. Qh4 Nxe4 24.
Nh5 Rd6 25. b3 {Despite the fact that the computer gives few defensive ideas
for Black, it is far from easy to find them in a tournament game.}) 19. Bxh6 $1
gxh6 20. Qxh6 d5 21. g5 $1 {No more defence for Black! Anand obviosly worked
out the line nicely.} Qxg3 22. Rd3 $1 Nh5 (22... Nxe4 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Bxe4 dxe4
25. Rxg3 e3+ 26. Kg1 Bg7 (26... Bd4 27. Re1 e2+ 28. Kh2 Bg7 29. Qh5 $18) 27.
Qh5 Be4 28. c3 Rd2 29. Qh4 Bg6 30. Rxe3 $18) (22... Qe5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rf4
$1 $18) 23. g6 $1 fxg6 24. fxg6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Nf6 26. Rxg3 dxe4 27. Be2 e3+
28. Kg1 Bc5 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 11. e3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Rb5
Qe7 15. d3 d6 16. e4 Bg4 17. Bf3 Bh3 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. Bf3 Bh3 20. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 {Vishy Anand
deviates from the main lines of the English Opening, but it doesn't mean that
this system wasn't properly prepared at home.} Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 f5 9. Nf3
Nc6 10. O-O {The resulting position is quite common on the top level.} Be6 ({
The prophylactic} 10... Kh8 {is another popular continuation here.}) 11. b4 {
The most aggressive choice.} ({The more modest} 11. a3 $5 {also deservesd
attention and leads to a very complex battle after} f4 (11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Kh8
13. b4 Rb8 14. Bc5 Ne7 15. b5 $14 {1-0 Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P (2769)/
Thessaloniki GRE 2013 (43)}) 12. Bd2 Qe8 (12... Qd7 13. Ne4 Rf5 14. b4 $14 {
1-0 Wang Yue (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2757)/Beijing CHN 2013 (31)}) 13. Ne4 Qh5 14.
b4 a6 $132) 11... a6 ({Grabbing the pawn by means of} 11... Bxb4 $6 12. Ng5 Bf7
13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Qb3 {led to a loss of material.}) ({At the same time,} 11...
Nxb4 $5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. Qd2 N4d5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 $132 {was playable. In the
resulting position White's pawn structure is preferable, but Black gets active
piece play.}) 12. a3 Kh8 {A typical prophylactic move, which is always useful
here.} ({It was also possible to invite simplifications by means of} 12... Nd5
$5 13. Nxd5 (13. Bg5 Nxc3 14. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxe7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5
c6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11) 13... Bxd5 14. Qc2 f4 15. Bc5 Bd6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
Kh8 $11) 13. Na4 {The knight is heading to c5, freeing a way for the rook
along the c-file.} ({Black didn't face any problems in the preceding encounter:
} 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e3 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Ne2 Rab8 18. Nh4 Qf6 $11
{1/2-1/2 (53) Caruana,F (2791)-Giri,A (2752)/Stavanger NOR 2014}) 13... Nxa4 {
A correct decision.} ({In the event of} 13... e4 14. Ne1 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Nd4 16.
Bxd4 Qxd4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Qc2 e3 19. f4 c6 20. Nf3 $14 {the vulnerable Pe3
causes Black some problems.}) 14. Qxa4 Bd5 $11 {Black has comfortably
equalised. The potential threat of a k-side attack forces White to play
precisely now.} 15. Bc5 Bd6 $146 {This solid move is a novelty.} ({It looks
like after} 15... Bxc5 $5 16. Rxc5 Qd6 {White had nothing better than
accepting a draw by repetition:} 17. e3 (17. Rfc1 Rad8 18. Qd1 Qf6 $15) 17...
a5 18. Qb5 Na7 19. Qa4 Nc6 $11) ({The previously played} 15... e4 $6 {was
premature:} 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 $14 {1-0 (40) Ree,H (2480)
-Dzindzichashvili,R (2595)/Wijk aan Zee 1979/MCD}) 16. Qc2 Qf6 {Connecting the
rooks. Black's setup is almost perfect now.} ({Opening up the position by
means of} 16... e4 $6 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Qb2 $14 {would definitely suit White.})
({But} 16... f4 $5 {deserved serious attention:} 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 $132
{the pressure along the f-file fully compensates for losing control over the
light squares.}) 17. e4 Be6 (17... fxe4 18. dxe4 Be6 19. Be3 Bg4 20. Nd2 Rad8
$11) 18. exf5 Bxf5 (18... Qxf5 19. d4 Bxc5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. dxc5 Raf8 22. Rc3
$14) 19. Be3 (19. Rfe1 Bg4 20. Nd2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Nd4 22. f3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nxf3+
24. Bxf3 b6 $1 (24... Qxf3 $2 25. Rf1) 25. Qe3 Qxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxc7 Rxd3
28. Rxe5 Rxa3 $11) 19... a5 20. b5 Ne7 $6 {A somewhat passive move. White gets
an important tempo for putting pressure on Black's weak pawns.} ({The most
natural} 20... Nd4 {was more in the spirit of the position:} 21. Bxd4 exd4 22.
a4 ({After} 22. Nh4 Bg4 23. Bxb7 Rae8 24. Be4 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bb4 {Black is OK at
least.}) 22... Rae8 23. Nd2 Ba3 24. Rcd1 b6 25. Nc4 Bb4 $11 {White suffers
from the pressure of Black's dark-squared bishop, though the position is
objectively equal here.}) 21. Bg5 {Returning the favour.} ({It was the right
moment for regrouping the forces:} 21. Rce1 $1 Rae8 (21... Bxa3 22. Bg5 Qd6 23.
Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qa2 Bb4 26. Re3 $14) 22. Bc1 b6 23. Bb2 $14) 21...
Qf7 22. Qc3 {Protecting the Pa3 and keeping an eye on the opponent's central
pawn.} ({Nothing special is on offer after} 22. Rce1 Ng6 23. h4 Qd7 24. h5 Bg4
25. Nh2 Bxh5 26. Bxb7 Rab8 27. Bc6 Qf5 28. Bd2 Ne7 29. Be4 Qf6 $132) ({Or} 22.
Nh4 Bd7 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Be4 Rxb5 $11) 22... h6 {A double-edged move. White
is forced to exchange the dark-squared bishop, but the Kg8 is more exposed now.
} ({An equal ending could have arisen in the event of} 22... Rae8 $5 23. Be3 ({
Black has nothing to worry about after} 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxd3 25. Qxc7
Bxb5 $11) 23... Nd5 24. Ng5 Nxc3 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxc3 b6 $11) 23. Bxe7 Qxe7
24. Nh4 Bxa3 ({Possibly, a safer way was} 24... Bh7 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Be4 Rxb5
27. Bxh7 Kxh7 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 $11) 25. Bxb7 Bxc1 $2 {A serious
mistake, which leads to the loss of a pawn.} ({The correct move was} 25... Rab8
$1 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Be4 Rf6 28. Rc2 Rxb5 29. Ra1 Bb4 30. Qxc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7
Rf8 {Black should be able to achieve a draw in this}) 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bxa8
Ba3 28. Qxa5 $16 {Now White is a pawn up, while Black suffers from the exposed
king.} Bc5 {Black has some counter-play along the f-file, so the game isn't
over.} 29. Be4 Rf8 30. Kg2 {Intending to advance the f-pawn and activate the
rook.} Qd6 31. h4 h5 $2 {A decisive mistake - now Black has too many
weaknesses.} ({It was necessary to sit and wait:} 31... Bb6 32. Qa2 Qc5 33. Qb2
Qd4 $16) 32. Qd2 Qf6 (32... Qh6 33. Qg5 $1 (33. Qc3 Qd6 34. Qc1 Qd4 35. f3 Qe3
36. Qxe3 Bxe3 $16) 33... Bd4 34. Qe7 Qd6 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Bg6 $18) 33. Qe2 {
Anand prefers to keep the queens on the board.} (33. Qg5 {was also good enough:
} Qxg5 34. hxg5 $18 {winning the second pawn.}) 33... g6 (33... Qf7 34. f4 Bd4
(34... exf4 35. Rxf4 Qe8 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qf3 Bb4 38. Qf5 $18) 35. f5 Kg8 36.
f6 gxf6 37. Rf5 $18) 34. Bxg6 $1 {This little piece of tactics immediately
decides the game.} Qxg6 35. Qxe5+ Kg8 36. Qxc5 {White is 3 pawns up now, so
Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3
Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 {The variation chosen by Anand is knwon for its
straight aim at simplifying and, after a bit of struggling, a relatively safe
draw.} ({For} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Eljanov,P (2723)-Adams,M (2740) Biel GM
48th 2015 (10) 0-1 see}) ({The most solid line is} 10... a5) 11. Qc2 Be4 12.
Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 {Since White intended to develop his knight to
d2, it makes sense exchanging queens first. Otherwise, his queen would be
passive.} (14. Nc3 {is an important alternative} Bc6 15. Ne5 {Akopian,V (2678)
-Kramnik,V (2807) Moscow 2002 CBM 091 [Ribli] (0-1, 26)}) 14... Rxd8 15. Nbd2
Bc6 {The structure is almost symmetrical, but Black is behind in development
and White can still gain some time by attacking the enemy bishops.} 16. Nb3 ({
Nobody has tried yet} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb3 {, aiming for a knight versus
dark-squared bishop which used to be a specialty of Ulf Andersson.}) 16... Be7
{Not the only possible move, but the most natural one, ensuring the integrity
of the kingside structure.} (16... Nbd7 {Kramnik,V (2797)-Gelfand,B (2712)
Astana 2001 CBM 084 [Ribli] (1-0, 60)}) (16... Bb6 {Kozul,Z (2610)-Baramidze,D
(2543) Dresden 2007 CBM 118 [Marin,M] 1-0 (55)}) 17. Na5 {White immediately
puts pressure on the c6-bishop, thus delaying the development of the b8-knight.
} (17. Rfc1 {is a bit milder.} h6 18. Be3 (18. Bf4 Nbd7 19. Na5 Be4 20. Ne1
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e5 22. Be3 Nd5 {Cmilyte,V (2508)-Kosintseva,N (2460) Nalchik
2008 (½-½, 99)}) 18... Nbd7 19. Na5 Be4 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 {Panno,O 
(2485)-Zarnicki,P (2545) Villa Gesell 1996 0-1 (56)}) 17... h6 {Just like in
the lines above, Black is best adviced to start questioning the stability of
the white bishop.} (17... Bd5 {is too slow, allowing White to gain time for
regrouping.} 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nbd7 20. Nd3 $14 {Aronian,L (2581)-Lutz,C 
(2645) Germany 2003 CBM 094 [Ribli] (1-0, 45). The b2-pawn is defended, making
the pressure against b7 real. This element yields White long term initiative.})
18. Be3 ({Getting the bishops' pair with} 18. Nxc6 {speeds up Black's
development.} Nxc6 19. Bd2 Ne4 {As we see, the bishop faces permanent
harassment.} 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ra3 {White cannot clear the long
diagonal with a knight move because this would leave Black with initiative
inthe centre after ...Nd4.} a5 23. Rc1 Na6 24. Rac3 Nab4 {After over defending
the c6-knight, Black is sfae against the bishop's pressure.} 25. Rc5 f6 26. Bf1
Rd7 27. e3 Rad8 28. Bb5 Nd3 {And now the bishop's exchange is forced, after
this piece has consumed a few tempi while looking for new horisons.} 29. Bxd3
Rxd3 30. Rb5 R8d7 $11 {Vasilevich,T (2399)-Kosintseva,N (2491) Dagomys 2009 
(½-½, 76)}) 18... Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 {Psakhis,L (2550)-Sandipan,C (2469)
Pardubice KB Czech op 2003 (8) 1/2 This looks a bit speculative but is not
easy to meet. Black keeps jumping around with an already developed piece
creating one-move threats. The main thread of this position is the concrete
fight of the minor pieces, not a simple issue and one which used to be Paul
Keres' specialty. And in general lines, Black should try completing his
development while White will do his best to prevent that. A draw was agreed
here in the only previous game with this line.} ({The straightforward} 19... b6
20. Nxc6 Nxc6 {may be playable for Black, but the queenside weaknesses could
tell in the long run after the natural sequance} 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rfd1) (19...
Bf6 {is abstractly more constructive than the game move (it activates a piece)
and not easy to refute. For instance, Black can neutralize the direct operation
} 20. e4 Ne7 21. e5 {with} Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd2 {True, White
retains some symbolic advantage after} 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nec6 26. Nexc6
Nxc6 27. Nxb7 {but} Ra7 {should keep things under control} (27... Rb8 {would
be less indicated due to} 28. Rd7 {with some domination.})) 20. Bf4 {[%cal
Gf4c7]} Nd5 {Consequent and best.} (20... Bd6 $2 21. Rfd1 Be7 22. Ne5 $16) (
20... Rc8 $6 21. Rac1 $14) (20... Rd5 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rfc1 Bf6 23. Be3 Nc8
24. Rab1 $36 {[%csl Rd5,Ge3,Gg2][%cal Gb2b4]}) 21. Ne5 (21. Be5 {exposes the
bishop to the b8-knight's attacks, for instance} Bb4 22. Nc4 (22. Nxc6 Nxc6 {
[%csl Ge5]}) 22... Nd7 $11) 21... g5 $6 {Blach rightly decides to continue the
fight against the enemy bishop, but weakening the kingside is risky. In the
end of the game it will eventually cost him the full point.} ({Now was a good
moment to exchange some pieces and finally develop the queenside:} 21... Nxf4
22. gxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 {Ribli,Z (2610)-Karpov,A (2725) IBM Amsterdam 1980 1-0
This kind of structure with double f-pawns and an active jnight on e5 versus a
moderately good bishop may be dangerous for Black as known ever since Karpov's
famous defeat in} {But here the c6-square is not weak and besides Black can
immediately attack the e5-knight with} Nd7 $1 (23... b6 24. Nac4 Bc5 25. Rfd1
$14) 24. Nd3 (24. Nxb7 Rdb8 25. Nxd7 Rxb7 $11) 24... Rab8 25. Rfc1 Bd6 26. Kf3
{From practical point of view White's position is more appealing, but
formulating a clear plan of strengthening the pressure is not easy.}) 22. Bd2
Bf6 23. Nd3 {Nakamura still does not wish to allow Anand to develop.} ({But} 
23. Nexc6 Nxc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 {was a worthy alternative, since Black's chronic
weaknesses offer White pleasant play after} 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Rfc1 Nb4 27. Be1
$14) 23... b6 24. Nc4 b5 {To a lesser extent than 21...g5, this pawn move with
incomplete development is some sort of asking for trouble.} (24... Nd7 {
looks safe enough as after} 25. Rfd1 Rac8 26. e4 {Black can regroup with} Ne7
27. Nd6 Rb8 {when White's slight space advantage is compensated by the
weakness of the d4-square.}) 25. Bxd5 $5 {Typically for positions with mutual
minor piece play, White had a wide choice here. None of the available
continuations had clear consequences but analysis siggests that two other
moves might have been a bit stronger.} (25. Nce5 bxa4 26. f4 {is a resolute
attacking action, far from Black's undeveloped queenside.} gxf4 27. gxf4 Bb5
28. f5 Nd7 29. Ng4 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 $36 {Black should be able to defend, but the
fun would be all White's:} N7f6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rf3 Rac8 (33...
Ra7 34. Raf1) 34. Rg3+ (34. Raf1 Rc2 35. Rg3+ Kh7 $132) 34... Kf8 35. Bg5) (25.
Ne3 $5 {This is an entirely different approach. White intends exchanging some
of Black's active pieces in order tp retain his lead in development until late
in the ending.} Nxe3 (25... bxa4 26. Rfc1 Ra7 (26... Bb5 27. Ba5 Re8 28. Nxd5
exd5 29. Bxd5 Ra7 30. Rc2 $14) 27. Nxd5 exd5 (27... Bxd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxa4
$14) 28. Ba5 Re8 29. Rc2 $14 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gd3b4]}) 26. fxe3 $1 {The point.
White spoils his pawn structure and temporarily sacrifices a pawn just to
maintain the rhytm of his initiative.} Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Bg7 29. axb5
Nd7 30. bxa6 Nb8 {It seems as if Black is close to a draw (or even the more
pleasant side of the draw, due to his better structure) but White can still
pull out a few tricks to retain a stable advantage.} 31. Rb1 $3 {Preventing
Rxa6 and threatening a6-a7.} (31. a7 Nc6) 31... Nxa6 (31... Rxa6 $2 32. Rxb8 $1
$11) 32. Rc1 $3 {Black does not seem to be under any pressure, but his knight
is in an awfull situation, for instance} Nc7 33. Rxa8 Nxa8 34. Ba5 {[%csl Gb6,
Gc7]} Rb8 35. Rc6 {[%csl Gb6,Gc7];Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2515)-Marin,M (2485)
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 (8) 1-0 It is far from clear how and if White can win,
but Black will play the rest of the game with the knight imprisonned. I have
some bad memories of this kind from the game} {The attempt to free the knight
with} Kf8 36. Kf3 Ke8 {can be met with either 37.Nc5 controlling d7 or} 37. Kg4
Kd7 38. Ra6 {starting an attack on the abandoned wing.}) 25... bxc4 $1 {
This should have led to equality.} (25... Bxd5 26. Nb6 Ra7 27. axb5 {wins a
pawn.}) 26. Bxc4 Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bg7 $6 {Too passive and offering White the time
to re-organize his pressure.} (27... Bd4 {would have pinned the f-pawn while
controlling c5, allowing to meet} 28. Rc1 {with} Be4 $11 {without fearing
f2-f3 or Nc5. This way, Black would have got an essential tempo to dveelop his
knight.}) 28. Rc1 Be8 {Black keeps regrouping, but we are approaching move 30
and his queenside pieces are still immobile. Quite a dangerous situation.} 29.
Nc5 {Abstractly, I find this a bit premature and concretely it causes White
some problems of stability. The knight was doing fine on d3, while on c5 it is
vulnerable, while also obstructing the c-file for the rooks.} ({During my live
comments I suggested} 29. a5 {which is the move I would probably play in a
game of my own, too. Blocking the a6-pawn and gaining space are useful
allowing White to keep options on other sectors of the board.} Nd7 (29... Bf8
30. f4 $1 $36) ({If} 29... Nc6 30. Nc5 {there would be some trouble around the
a6-pawn.}) 30. Be3 {[%csl Gb6] Black is in no immediaqte danger, but his
position is anything but pleasant.}) 29... Bf8 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} 30. Bd3 Nc6 31.
Be4 ({The a-pawn is taboo, of course:} 31. Nxa6 $2 Rxd3) ({or} 31. Bxa6 $2 Bxc5
) 31... Rdc8 32. Kf1 $1 {I like this move a lot. White takes measures against
the annoying ...Nd4 keeping his flexibility.} (32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nd4 $1)
32... Ra7 {[%cal Ge4a8]} 33. Nb3 ({Due to his hanging knight, White is not
ready to start his kingside attack with} 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Nd4 $1 {But b3
is not a good square for the knight.}) ({In fact, engines slightly prefer} 33.
Nd3 {and I can agree with that, since d3 is the best square for the knight,
but then why did White need to quit it a few moves earlier?}) 33... Rac7 34.
Rac2 Bd6 $6 {Overdefending the c7-rook, based on an illusion.} ({Ramirez: "} 
34... Ba3 $1 {Was much better} 35. Ba5 $2 {is what Anand was worried about.}
Nxa5 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Nxb3 $19 {and Black has Nd2+ as a threat, so White
can't do anything."}) 35. f4 $1 $36 f5 (35... gxf4 36. Bxf4 $5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc7,
Rh6] leaves Black hanging but maybe things would not be as bad as they look:}
Ne5 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Bxe5 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Bxa4 42. Nc5
Bb5 43. Nb7 Rd2 44. Bf3 {Karpov,A (2720)-Kasparov,G (2700) World Championship
32th-KK2 1985 (2) 1/2 How would I evaluate this position? Possibly, I would
not be afraid of losing it with black, but I would get very irritated if I
could not win with white. To be compared with the ending from Carlsen-Nakamura,
this same tournament. Here the black kingside is weak, offering White some
additional ideas, while the presence of two more minor pieces may favour him,
too. But if the light-squared bishops are off board, I would start preferring
Black, due to his passed pawn. For this latter aspect compare with}) (35... g4
36. f5 $36) 36. Bd3 (36. Bg2 {does not put pressure on a6, allowing} g4 $11)
36... Nb8 $2 {This loses a big fat pawn and the game.} (36... gxf4 $2 37. Bxf4
$1 {[%csl Ra6,Rc7,Rh6]}) (36... Rb8 $1 {was the right move, hitting onto the
Achile's heel in White's position: his knight.} 37. Nc5 (37. Rc3 {leads to
interesting play resulting in simplifications and a probable draw:} Bb4 38. Rc4
Ba3 39. Nd4 Bxc1 40. Rxc1 Kf7 41. Ba5 Rcc8 42. Bxa6 Nxd4 $1 {The right moment
to free Black's positon.} 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Bxa4 $11) 37... Nd4 38. Rc4
Rxc5 (38... Bxc5 $6 39. Rxd4 $14) 39. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 40. Bxc1 Be7 {[%csl Gd5,Gd6,
Gd7,Gd8] Despite his minor weaknesses, Black is well regrouped and has little
to fear.}) 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Bxc7 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Nc5 (40. Bxg5 Bxa4 41.
Nc5 $18) 40... Bd6 (40... Kf7 41. Bc4 Bd7 42. Nxd7 Nxd7 43. Bxa6 $18) 41. Nxe6
Bxa4 42. Nxg5 Bd7 43. Bc3 {The least White can do is create two connected
passers by eliminating the last kingside redoute with e2-e4, which should
suffice for a technical win. But even the advance of the h-pawn would be
molesting, being sustained by all the minor pieces. Anyway, Anand was not
curious to check all these details and called it a day.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"]

{Grischuk and Anand had both lost the first round, giving their encounter in
round two a certain importance.} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2.
Bf4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:12] A rare guest in elite tournaments. Nakamura used it
recently to beat MVL at the Fide Grand Prix in Khanty Mansiysk.} d5 {[%emt 0:
01:23]} (2... b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4+ Kf8 11. g3 $14 {1-0 (27) Nakamura,H (2799)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2754) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 4. dxc5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:05] This specific version of the London System is
very rare, but not that harmless, as I expected it to be.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
5. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08] Curiously Anand had already faced exactly the same line
against the same opponent in a Blitz game at Norway Chess. Maybe blinded by
the success of this game he repeats it, though the resulting position looks
rather dangerous for Black and offers improvements for White along the way.}
Qa5+ $2 {[%emt 0:05:31] This move is the origin of Anand's problems in this
game. The queen sortie loses important time, which White can use to unleash a
dangerous initiative.} (5... e6 $1 {Is the correct way to handle this position.
I guess Anand was afraid of having to prove compensation for the pawn against
Grischuk's prep, but anyway this was the way to go. Esprecially after their
encounter in Blitz he should have checked this line more deeply in his
preparation.} 6. b4 a5 7. c3 Bd7 8. Qb3 (8. Nf3 axb4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. cxb4 b6
11. Ne5 Ba4 12. Qc1 bxc5 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. bxc5 Bxc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (43) Meister,J
(2464)-Delchev,A (2607) Wunsiedel 2015}) 8... Ne4 $5 (8... Nh5 9. Ne2 Nxf4 10.
Nxf4 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ra2 $14) 9. f3 e5 {Now it's becoming pretty complicated,
but Black is not worse, for example:} 10. fxe4 exf4 11. Ne2 Qh4+ 12. g3 fxg3
13. Nxg3 dxe4 14. O-O Be6 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Nd2 Be7 $11) 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
a6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Nf3 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:24] An easy but important improvement. It's already quite difficult
to make good suggestions for Black now, because White can always find ways to
use his development advantage.} (8. Qd4 {happened in their blitz game.} e6 9.
b4 Qa3 10. Nge2 a5 11. Rb1 (11. b5 Bxc5 12. Qa4 Ke7 13. bxc6 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Bd6
$11) 11... axb4 12. Rxb4 Ba6 (12... Nd7 $1 $17) 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Be7 {
with a pleasant position for Black} 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. cxd6 O-O 17. Ng3 Rfc8 18.
Qd2 Rd8 19. e4 dxe4 20. c4 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Rb6 h5 23. Rxc6 h4 24. Nh1
Rc2 25. Rd1 Ng4 26. c5 e3 27. Rc7 exf2+ 28. Nxf2 Nxf2 29. Rf1 Ne4 30. Rfxf7
Rc1+ {0-1 (30) Grischuk,A (2781)-Anand,V (2804) Stavanger 2015}) 8... e6 {
[%emt 0:04:51]} (8... Ne4 $1 {should have been preferred, but it's difficult
to go for it without proper preparation.} 9. Qd4 (9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc5 11.
Re1 e6 12. e4 Be7 {White's initiative is sufficient for not more than equality.
}) 9... Nxc3 (9... Qxc5 10. Nxe4 Qxd4 11. exd4 dxe4 12. Ne5 $14) 10. bxc3 f6 $1
11. O-O e5 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. Qxe5+ Kf7 (13... Be7 14. e4 $36 {Although still
very unclear, this definitely looks threatening.} (14. Qxg7 $5 Rf8 15. Qxh7 $40
)) 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Ne6 Ra7 {The position has turned into a mess, but Black
should have enough defensive resources.}) (8... Qxc5 9. Ne5 $1 e6 10. O-O Bb7 (
10... Be7 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c4 $16) 11. Na4 Qa7 12. c4 $36) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:15:
05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:33] White is already at choice now; he has lots of
promising continuations.} ({After the immediate} 9... Bxc5 10. Nd4 $1 {seems
to be annoying, that's the reason, why in the game Anand preferred to protect
c6 first.} (10. Ne5 Bb7 11. a3 Qd8 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nd3 a5 $132) 10... Qb4 11.
Rb1 (11. Nxc6 Qxb2 $1) 11... Qb7 12. b4 Be7 13. Na4 O-O 14. c4 $14) 10. a3 {
[%emt 0:19:45]} (10. Bd6 $5 {is also sensible and better for White.} Bxd6 11.
cxd6 O-O 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 $14) ({When I followed this game
online, the commentators suggested another move, which is also really
dangerous for Black.} 10. e4 $1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 Qb6 (12... Qd8 13. e5
$1 Ng8 14. Na4 $16) 13. Re1 O-O 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Bc5 $16) 10... Qxc5 {[%emt 0:
00:48]} 11. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:02:49]} (11... Qb5 12. c4 $1) 12.
c4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:46]} (13. b4 $5
O-O 14. c5 Rad8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qe2 $14 {is another strategy, giving White a
good edge.}) 13... Rc8 $2 {[%emt 0:03:05] Black can't bear delaying castling
for so long.} (13... c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg5 $14) (13... O-O {was the lesser
evil, allowing the weakening of the structure.} 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 $14) 14.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:21:36] Grischuk decides two open up the position, which makes
some sense taking into account that the Black king is still stuck in the
centre.} (14. c5 $5 {with the idea of seizing more space and squeezing Black
is pretty good, too.} O-O 15. b4 Rcd8 (15... Rfe8 16. Nb6 Rcd8 17. Ne5 $18) 16.
Nb6 Ne4 17. Nd4 $16) 14... cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 15. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Qd4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:03] An interesting decision. The
queen is the only defender of the queenside, hence it is exchanged.} Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} 17. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:27] The queen exchange hasn't eased
Black's problems. His lack of development will cost him and important pawn.}
Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:01]} (17... O-O 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Nb6 {changes nothing.}) 18. Nb6
{[%emt 0:19:45]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:16:49]} (18... O-O 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. a4 $1 Be2 (
20... Be8 21. Ne5) 21. Ne5 $16 {the white pieces are dominating.}) 19. Nxd7 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:
37] This gives the pawn at once, but anyway, it was difficult to hold onto it
in the long run.} (20... a5 21. Rc6 Nb6 22. Ne5 a4 23. Nd3 $16) 21. Rc6 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 22. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:03:49] The rest is
basically a matter of technique.} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 23. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:28]}
(23. a4 $1 Rc8 24. a5 Bd8 25. h4 {would have been more accurate.}) 23... g5 {
[%emt 0:04:22]} (23... Rc8 $5 24. Bc3 e5 {could have created more problems.}
25. g3 Rb8 26. a4 (26. dxe5 Nc5 $1) 26... exd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxb2 29.
Ra7 Ke8 30. a5 $16) 24. h3 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 25. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:
18]} 27. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 28. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5
{[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 31. Nxe5+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 32. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e4 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 33. f3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
d3+ {[%emt 0:01:46]} (33... e3 34. Kd3 $18 {Black's pawns are safely blocked.})
34. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 35. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:19] A
severe defeat for Anand caused by poor handling of this rare opening.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 {no 7...g5 like in Carlsen-Topalov!} cxd4
5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 {a rare plan,
but it's been seen before. White tries to remaneuver his pieces to exploit the
weaknesses on d6 and d5. Black on the other hand is quite solid, with good
development, not to mention a potentially strong pair of bishops.} b5 {makes
plenty of sense to avoid the knight from coming to c4. White must justify his
play by attacking on the queenside aggressively.} 11. a4 Rb8 12. Rd1 Be7 13.
axb5 axb5 14. Nf1 {The knight heads to d5 anyway, but this seems to be too
slow. Black forces the hand of the knight on c3 before White can install his
knight on e3.} b4 $1 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 (16. exd5 O-O {is already even
worse for White. His isolated pawn on d5 will be weak in the long run.}) 16...
O-O 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 {Black has more than sufficient
pressure on the queenside. He isn't better, but White has no hopes for an
advantage. Because of White's control of d5 he is still ok.} 20. c3 bxc3 21.
Bxc3 Qb7 22. Nd5 {Now it is just a matter of time until White wins one of the
bishops for his knight, leading towards a drawish endgame. It is safer for
Black to exchange his dark square bishop than his light square bishop to
retain opposite colored bishops.} Bg5 23. h3 Ra8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxa1 26.
Rxa1 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Qxa8 28. f3 {Clearly, this game isn't going anywhere. The
draw is in sight.} Qc6 29. Kf2 f6 30. Kg1 Qc5 31. Qxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {the not very sharp
Moscow.} (6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 {is the ultra-sharp anti-Moscow.}) 6... Qxf6 7.
e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 {An interesting break, played rather
quickly. Sometimes White holds on to this and plays preparatory moves.} Qd8 11.
Re1 c5 $1 {An interesting novelty from the Indian player, always showing
superb opening knowledge.} 12. exd5 (12. dxc5 d4 13. Nb5 e5 {gives Black
plenty of compensation for the pawn. He will break on b6 if he cannot capture
c5, and his passed pawn, good development and open lines will give him a fine
position.}) 12... cxd4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ne2 {Caruana's solution clearly
cannot pose real problems for Anand. White has some kind of blockade, but
Black's position is active and well developed.} Qd6 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bg4 {
giving up the bishop for the f3-knight is not necessary, but with the opposite
colored bishops coming into play the position should be rather equal.} 17. Be4
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Bd5 Rac8 20. b3 b5 21. Rac1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rc7 23. Nd3
Nxd3 {Anand was critical of this move after the game, correctly pointing out
that the retreat with Nd7 was a better move and equalizing. Now he comes under
a little bit of pressure.} 24. Qxd3 Kh7 25. g3 Bf6 26. Rb1 {White is slightly
better with his control of the b-file and slightly better bishop.} Kg7 27. Rb5
Rfc8 28. Reb1 Rc5 29. a4 Rxb5 30. axb5 {White has some hopes of an advantage.
He can pressure f7 and he has potentially dangerous pawns, but to be fair this
should be holdable for Black if he just stays put.} Rc7 31. Qb3 Qe5 32. Qf3 Bg5
33. c5 {taking advantage of tactics to push the pawn, but Anand has this under
control.} Rd7 $1 34. b6 axb6 35. cxb6 (35. Bc6 Rd8 36. cxb6 d3 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38.
Bxe4 d2 39. Rd1 Bf6 {is going to be a draw, no matter what the computer says.})
35... Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. b7 d3 38. b8=Q d2 {White won an exchange, but he
is simply not able to do anything with it due to the huge pawn on d2.} 39. Rd1
Qf3 40. Qb2+ Kh7 41. Qc2 Be3 {forcing the draw.} 42. fxe3 Qxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd3 {The idea of putting the queen on d3 to support a knight on d5 is
common, it hasn't been seen in top level chess in this particular position.}
Nc6 10. a3 {preventing Nb4 ideas and preparing Nd5.} d5 $5 {Black breaks
through before White can establish his bind. However this doesn't fully
equalize just yet.} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. O-O-O {seems
dangerous for Black. But perhaps after} (13. O-O $1 $14) 13... Bxg2 $5 {
he can get away with capturing the pawn.}) 13. O-O-O Qxd3 (13... Qxg2 {just
looks suicidal, even if the computers can navigate the complications.}) 14.
Bxd3 O-O-O (14... Bxb3 $6 15. cxb3 O-O {doubles the pawns, but the bishop on
the lightsquares is too strong to control.}) 15. Nc5 Bd5 16. c4 {Black doesn't
want to give up the pair of bishops, but that means that this bishop must take
quite a tour.} Bxg2 17. Rhg1 e4 $1 {An important move.} 18. Be2 (18. Rxg2 exd3
19. Rxg7 Ne5 $11 {is not entirely clear.}) 18... Bf3 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. Rxg7
Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Kc1 Ne5 {Black's structure isn't the best, and h7 is
hanging, but he has good compensation. His pieces are active and Black's pawn
on f3 is annoying.} 23. Ne4 $1 Kd7 (23... Nxc4 24. Rxf7 Re8 $14) 24. Rxh7 Ke6
25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Kc2 (26. Rh6+ $1) 26... Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4+ 28. Kd3 Rg4 29. h3
Ra4 30. Rh6+ f6 31. Rh7 Ra5 32. Ke4 Rb5 33. Bd4 Bd6 34. Rh6 Be5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5+
36. Kxf3 Rf5+ {White is up a pawn, but converting it is very difficult black
is too active and it is hard to make progress with a weak h-pawn.} 37. Ke2 Re5+
38. Kf1 Rb5 39. b4 Rd5 40. Rg6 a5 41. bxa5 Rxa5 42. Rg3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bg2 {White's pair of bishops guarantees him long-term prospects, but
Black will always remain solid.} e6 10. Nd2 g5 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Nf8 13. e4
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Ng6 {White's advantage in the center is somewhat
offset by Black's dark-squared control.} 16. Be3 O-O 17. d5 {White has to
break through at some point, of course.} cxd5 18. cxd5 e5 {Black wants to keep
the center closed to restrain the light square bishop.} (18... Qxd5 19. Qxd5
exd5 20. Ra4 $1 {Will eventually regain the d5 pawn, with a slight advantage.})
19. Qd2 a5 20. d6 (20. a3 {was considered by Giri, keeping the tension, but it
is unclear how to proceed after Qd6.}) 20... Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxg5 (22.
Rd1 Be7 23. Rd7 (23. Rc4 $1 {is some computer find that gives Giri some
opportunity for an edge.}) 23... b5 $6 (23... b6 $1 {close to equal.}) 24. Rxe7
$5 Nxe7 25. Rxe5 {with chances for the advantage as all of Black's pawns are
hanging.}) 22... Rac8 23. Re2 b6 24. Rd1 Bc5 {White's pair of bishops
unfortunately will be neutralized by a strong knight on f4. Then the opposite
colored bishops makes the position closer to a draw than anything else, even
if White retains a small advantage.} 25. Be4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Kg2 Rfd8 28.
Red2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 g5 30. Rd7 Re8 31. Kf3 Re7 {White has no good way of making
progress.} 32. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. b3 a5 10. a4 f6 {This typical exchange Ruy Lopez type of structure
has become more common as people are trying to avoid the endgame. However,
it's hard to say what White has in this position. He has no real pressure and
Black has the pair of bishops. The awkward pawn structure is too vague to be
exploited.} 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Rc1 b5 13. c3 Bf8 14. Nb2 {Somehow I'm not
convinced about putting a knight on b2.} Nc5 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4
bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxe4 {Anand figured he had compensation at this point, but the
position went south quickly.} 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bf2 (20. fxg4 Rxe3 21. g5 $5 {
looks like some kind of aggressive try, but I don't believe in it completely.})
20... Bd7 21. c4 Qc8 22. Qc3 Nf5 23. Nc2 Nd6 24. Nd4 Nb7 (24... Re5 $5 25. Bg3
Rh5 26. c5 Nb5 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Rfe1 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 {was a suggestion by Anand.
Still difficult for Black to win since the bishop on f8 is so bad.}) 25. c5 $1
{An important move, killing the bishop on f8 and making it hard for the knight
on b7 to rejoin the game.} Nd8 26. Nb2 Ne6 27. Nc4 Bxc5 (27... a4 $5 28. bxa4
Rxa4 29. Nb2 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 {is hard to make progress, but White just needs to
defend and hope his fortress holds.}) 28. Nxe6 {A queen sacrifice.} Bb4 29.
Nxg7 Bxc3 30. Nxe8 Bxe8 (30... Qxe8 31. Rxc3 Be6 32. Nd2 Bd5 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34.
Re1 {is still unclear, though the engines prefer Black.}) 31. Rxc3 {The
computers like Black a lot, but White is surprisingly close to a full fortress.
Actually, if he gets his knight to c5, he will even be able to play for an
advantage.} Bf7 32. Nd2 f5 33. Rxc6 {Anand didn't want to play this, but he
figured every pawn he took was a good thing.} (33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Qb7 35.
Rc3 {is also close to a fortress.}) 33... Qd7 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Nc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4
Re2 37. h3 Rd2 38. Re1 Rd1 39. Kh2 c6 {your engine might say that this is
better for Black, but the position is a dead draw after} (39... c6 40. Rxd1
Qxd1 41. Rc5 $1 Qxb3 42. Rxa5 {and there is no way the pawn on c6 ever makes
it to c5.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $1 dxc4 (11... Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1
f5 {was the game Kasparov-Ivanchuk from 1988. The former World Champion
mentioned how he had prepared this position quite deeply, including the
variations that happened in the game. Back in 1988 he thought that White was
much better with his central control, while it seems that Anand played
confidently enough, perhaps trusting his engine evaluation that keeps it
around equal.}) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 $1 (14. Ne5 Qe6 15. Bxc6 (15.
Nxf7 Rf8 $11) 15... bxc6 16. Nxf7 (16. Rxf7 c5 {is messy, but not better for
White.}) 16... Qe3+ $19) 14... Bg4 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Rae1 $6 (16. Qxc4 $14 {
Anand said he analyzed this, but not 16.Rae1.} Rxe4 $2 17. Ng5 $16) 16... Rab8
$1 17. Qxc4 b5 18. e5 {changing the character of the position, going into an
endgame. If White refused to go into this he would have to allow some
interesting pawn breaks.} (18. Qb3 Na5 (18... b4 $5) 19. Qc2 c5 $132) (18. Qd3
b4 19. e5 Qd7 $11) 18... bxc4 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nd2 {Black is
up a pawn, but he is under some pressure because c4 and d6 are weak.} Na5 22.
Ne4 Rd8 $1 23. Rb1 d5 $1 {Precise play from the Indian player. He finds a
tactical way to solve his knight on a5 problem.} 24. Nc5 Be6 25. Rb5 Nc6 26.
Na6 $11 (26. Rb7 Rb8 27. Rc7 Rb1+ {gives Black enough counterplay.}) 26... Rd7
27. a4 Kf8 28. Nc5 Rc7 29. Na6 Rd7 30. Nc5 Rc7 31. Na6 {There is simply no way
of making progress.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 {
Both players took a long time to get to this position, but it had all been
played before.} 14. f3 Bf5 15. Nd4 (15. c3 Bc2 16. Rd2 Bf5 17. g4 Be6 {was
fine for Black in Leko-Radjabov, 2014. The Azeri won that game in the long run.
}) 15... Bg6 16. Bf4 Be7 17. g4 {Anand mentioned that he had looked at this
idea with f3 and g4, but must have botched it up at some point.} Rd8 18. Kg2
hxg4 19. hxg4 Bc5 20. c3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. cxd4 Ke7 {Whtie retains some
chances of creating an advantage if he can push f4-f5, but it looks difficult
to achieve... and when it does, still the advantage is not that clear.} 23. Rc1
Ke6 24. Be3 f6 {Now the draw is obvious. The structural advantage is
meaningless with the opposite colored bishops on the board.} 25. exf6 gxf6 26.
Bd2 Rd8 27. Bc3 Kf7 28. Kg3 Re8 29. Rh1 Bd3 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Bc4 32. a3 b6
33. Kf4 a5 34. Ke3 a4 35. Bg3 b5 36. Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4
b5 9. e5 b4 10. Ncb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qb8 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6
15. Rb1 Be7 16. Rb2 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qc7 18. O-O O-O 19. c4 Ra3 20. Bf2 Rd8 21.
Rc1 Na7 22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. axb3 Bc5 24. Ba4 Qb6 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Nc6 27.
Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qd4 Rb8 29. Rc3 Kf8 30. Qxf6 Qd6 31. Rc1 Rxb3 32. f5 Qf4 33. Ra1
Kg8 34. h3 Rb8 35. Rd1 exf5 36. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 e4 10. Ne1 d5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Qc1 h5 17. Rd2 Bh6 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. d5
Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Rc8 23. Nc3 Nf5 24. Re2 Ng4 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. Qb1 e3 27. Ne4 Qb5
28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Ba3+ Kg7 30. Qb2 Re5 31. Nxg4 exf2+ 32. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. h4 Qe7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e5 Kf8 17. O-O-O c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxb5 Be4 20. Qc3 Nd3+ 21.
Bxd3 Bxd3 22. Nd6 Qxd6 23. exd6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ke8 25. Rd2 Kd7 26. Rb2 Be4 27.
Rb5 f6 28. f3 Bc6 29. Ra5 e5 30. Bf2 Kxd6 31. Bc5+ Ke6 32. Ra6 Rc8 33. Bxa7 Kd6
34. Ra5 f5 35. Bc5+ Ke6 36. Ra6 f4 37. a4 Kf5 38. Bd6 e4 39. fxe4+ Bxe4 40.
Ra5+ Kg4 41. Be7 Rg8 42. Kd2 Bxg2 43. Ke2 Be4 44. Re5 Bf5 45. a5 Rh8 46. Rc5
Rh2+ 47. Ke1 Rh6 48. Bd8 Rd6 49. Bc7 Re6+ 50. Re5 Rxe5+ 51. Bxe5 Bc8 52. Kf2
Kf5 53. Bc7 g4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. h4 Nc6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rg1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f4 Nc6
15. Qb6 Qd7 16. Bf2 Bd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bh3 Bb6 19. Qg3 Qc7 20. h5 b4 21. Ne2
Bxf2 22. Qxf2 a5 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Rb5 25. Nf4 b3 26. axb3 Nb4 27. Nd3 a4
28. Nxb4 Rxb4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. b3 Ra2 31. Kb1 Qc3 32. Kxa2 Bxf5 33. Bg2 Bxc2
34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Qf3 Qd2 36. Ka3 Qb4+ 37. Ka2 Qd2 38. Ka3 Bxb1 39. Rxb1 Qa5+ 40.
Kb2 Qd2+ 41. Ka3 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qe5 Nc6
15. Qh5 Bd7 16. g4 f6 17. Rfd1 Bb6 18. Nd6 Be8 19. Nxe8 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxe8 21.
Qg6 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Bd3 Qf7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nh4 Qg8 26. Qe4 g5 27. Ng6+
Kg7 28. Ne7 Qh8 29. Nc8 Bc7 30. Nxa7 Kf7 31. Qd4 Qf8 32. Nc8 Qe8 33. Qe4 Qg8
34. Qd4 Qe8 35. Nd6+ Bxd6 36. Qxd6 Qe7 37. Qd4 Qc7 38. Qe4 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qxb2
40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Bg6 Qb6 42. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3
c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bf4 h5 11. Qg3 Qf7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 Nge7 15.
a5 Nf5 16. Qh2 Rdg8 17. Rfb1 Be8 18. Rb2 Qd7 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. a6 b6 21. Qf4 Rf8
22. exf6 gxf6 23. Ne1 Bg6 24. g3 Nd6 25. Bf1 e5 26. Qf3 Be4 27. Qd1 Rfg8 28.
Bg2 Bxg2 29. Nxg2 Ne4 30. Be1 Qd7 31. Kh2 Ne7 32. Qf3 Qg4 33. Qxg4+ hxg4 34.
Ne3 Kc7 35. Kg2 exd4 36. cxd4 Rh5 37. Bb4 Nc6 38. Re1 Nxb4 39. Rxb4 Nd6 40. c3
Kc6 41. Rbb1 f5 42. Nc2 Ne4 43. Nb4+ Kd6 44. Rbc1 f4 45. gxf4 Rf8 46. f3 gxf3+
47. Kxf3 Rxh4 48. Nxd5 Kxd5 49. Rxe4 Rh3+ 50. Kg4 Kxe4 51. Kxh3 Rxf4 52. Kg2
Kd3 53. d5 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfe1
O-O 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Bf5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rfe8 19. g3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Qa5 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Re3 Re8 23. Qxb7 Bxe7 24. Qxc6 Qxa2 25. b3 Qa5 26. Qe4 Qd8
27. Qh7 f6 28. Rd3 Qc8 29. Rd5 Rd8 30. c5 Kf7 31. Qd3 a5 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qc4+
Kf8 34. c6 Bd6 35. h4 Bc7 36. Qe6 Qd6 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qb7 h5 39. Qb5 g6 40.
Qc4+ Qe6 41. Qb5 f5 42. Qb7 Qe5 43. Qa6 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 f4 46. gxf4
Qxf4 47. Kf1 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. e5 d5 12. a4 b4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15.
e6 O-O 16. exd7 Qxd7 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21.
Rxd5 Rac8 22. Qd4 Qxc2 23. Qxb4 Rfe8 24. Rd2 Qc6 25. Qd6 Qf3 26. Qd3 Qf4 27.
Re2 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 h5 29. Qxa6 Rc2 30. Qb6 Kh7 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Rxb2 33. a5
hxg4 34. a6 Rb8 35. a7 Ra8 36. hxg4 Kg6 37. Kf2 f5 38. Kf3 fxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Kf6
40. Ra5 Ke6 41. e4 Kd6 42. e5+ Kc6 43. Kg5 Kb6 44. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 g5 8. cxb5
g4 9. e5 dxe5 10. Ng5 e6 11. Nc3 h5 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg6+ Ke7 15.
d4 Bh6 16. Nxd5+ exd5 17. dxc5 Kf6 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. c6 Bxc1 20. cxd7 Bxb2 21.
dxc8=Q Raxc8 22. Rab1 Bd4 23. bxa6 Qc5 24. Bb3 Rhf8 25. Kh1 Rc7 26. Qd2 Kg6 27.
Rec1 Bc3 28. Qxd5 Qd4 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. Qe6+ Kg5 31. Rcc1 Rd6 32. Qg8+ Rg6 33.
Qb8 Rgg7 34. Rd1 Qa7 35. Qd8+ Rce7 36. Qd3 Rc7 37. Bc2 Qxf2 38. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Bb3 g6 14. Ne3 Nf6
15. Qf3 Bh6 16. O-O-O Kf8 17. Kb1 Kg7 18. Rd3 Rc6 19. Rhd1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxb3
21. cxb3 Qe7 22. b4 b5 23. a3 h4 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. g4 hxg3 26. fxg3 Rc4 27. Qe3
Qb7 28. Re1 d5 29. exd5 e4 30. Rd4 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Qxe4
Rd1+ 34. Kc2 Qxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Rd3 36. g4 Rxh3 37. Rxc4 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rc7+
Kf6 40. Rc6+ Ke5 41. Rxa6 f4 42. Ra8 Rh2+ 43. Kb3 f3 44. Rf8 Ke4 45. b5 f2 46.
b6 Rh3+ 47. Ka2 Rf3 48. Rxf3 Kxf3 49. b7 f1=Q 50. b8=Q Ke4 51. Qg8 Ke5 52. a4
Kd6 53. Qd8+ Kc6 54. Qc8+ Kd6 55. Qb8+ Ke7 56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. a5 Qb5 58. Ka3 Qd3+
59. b3 Qb5 60. Qc3 Qf1 61. Ka4 Qe2 62. Qc4 Qa2+ 63. Kb5 Kd8 64. Qd5+ Kc7 65. a6
Qa1 66. a7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Bd2 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Rc1 Ng4 11. h3 Nh2 12. Re1 Nf3+ 13. gxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 Qh4
15. Nf4 Bxh3 16. Ng2 Qxf2 17. Bf1 Re6 18. e4 Qg3 19. e5 Bxg2+ 20. Bxg2 Qh4+ 21.
Kg1 Qxd4+ 22. Be3 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Bxe5 24. Nxd5 Na6 25. Nf4 Re7 26. Bd2 Bxb2 27.
Rc2 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Rae8 29. Bc1 Be3 30. Bxe3 Rxe3 31. Rb1 R3e7 32. Kf2 g6 33. Rb3
Nb8 34. Nd3 b6 35. f4 c5 36. Ne5 Kg7 37. a4 Na6 38. Nc6 Rd7 39. Bf1 Nb8 40. Bb5
Rc7 41. Ne5 Rd8 42. Re2 Rd4 43. Kg3 f6 44. Nf3 Rd6 45. Rbe3 Nc6 46. Re8 Nd4 47.
R2e7+ Rxe7 48. Rxe7+ Kh6 49. Nxd4 cxd4 50. Rxa7 d3 51. Rd7 Rxd7 52. Bxd7 Kg7
53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Ke3 Ke7 55. Bb5 Kd6 56. Kxd3 Kc5 57. Ke4 g5 58. f5 h5 59. Be2
h4 60. Bg4 Kc4 61. Bh3 Kc5 62. Bf1 Kd6 63. Kd4 g4 64. Ke4 h3 65. Kf4 h2 66. Bg2
Kc5 67. Kg3 Kb4 68. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 Re8 10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxc5 Nc6 14. Ne4 e5
15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd7 20. Kh1 Rf8 21.
Rg1 Qf5 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Bd2 Rf7 24. Rag1 Raf8 25. Bg5 Nd8 26. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nf1 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. gxh5 Bxh5
15. N1h2 Qf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Ke2
Raf8 21. Rh2 Rg3 22. Kd2 Rff3 23. Re2 Rxh3 24. b4 h5 25. c4 h4 26. a4 Rhg3 27.
a5 Rf8 28. Kc3 Rb8 29. Rf1 d5 30. Rf5 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 d4+ 32. Kd2 dxe3+ 33. Kxe3
Rxb4 34. Rh5 Kf7 35. Rxh4 Ra4 36. Rh8 Ke7 37. Rg8 Rxa5 38. Rxg7+ Kd6 39. Ke4
Ra1 40. Rg6+ Kc5 41. Kxe5 Re1+ 42. Kf4 a5 43. d4+ Kxd4 44. Rxc6 Rf1+ 45. Kg5 a4
46. Rxc7 a3 47. Ra7 Ra1 48. c5 Kxc5 49. Rc7+ Kb5 50. Rc2 Rb1 51. Kf4 Kb4 52.
Re2 Kb3 53. Re3+ Ka4 54. Re2 Rb2 55. Re8 a2 56. Ra8+ Kb3 57. Ke3 Rb1 58. Rb8+
Kc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e5 Ng4 12. Nf3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. O-O Bd6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Rfe1+ Be7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Re1+ Ne5 20. Qc2
Rhe8 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Kd6 23. f4 Qg7 24. b4 c4 25. Qc3 Qc7 26. Kh1 Rac8
27. Rd1 Qb6 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Nxc4+ Kc6 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Kg1 Re4 32. f5 Rxb4
33. f6 Kd7 34. Re1 Rf4 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Ke6 37. Ke2 Kxf6 38. Ke3 Ke5 39.
a4 h5 40. g3 d4+ 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. h3 Ke5 43. g4 h4 44. g5 Kf5 45. Kxd4 Kxg5 46.
Ke5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O b5 6. a4 Bb7 7. d3 b4 8. Ne5
cxd3 9. Nxd3 e6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. a5 Qc8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc5 Nxc5
15. Nbxc5 Ba6 16. Qc2 Bb5 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. e4 Nc7 19. Nxb4 Rd8 20. Qc3 e5 21.
a6 Rd4 22. Nbd3 Nxa6 23. Bf1 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qc7 26. Ra6 Rad8 27.
Qa5 Qxa5 28. Rxa5 Rb4 29. b3 Rb5 30. Rxb5 cxb5 31. Na6 Rd3 32. Rb1 Rc3 33. Rd1
Rxb3 34. Rd7 Bf8 35. Rd8 g6 36. Rb8 b4 37. Kg2 Rc3 38. Rb5 Bd6 39. Rb7 Ra3 40.
Nb8 a5 41. Nc6 Ra2 42. Rb5 Rc2 43. Nxa5 Rc5 44. Rxc5 Bxc5 45. Kf3 Kg7 46. Ke2
h5 47. Nb3 Bb6 48. Nd2 Kf6 49. h4 Ke6 50. f3 Kd7 51. Nc4 Bd4 52. f4 Ke6 53. Kd3
b3 54. Nd2 b2 55. Kc2 Bf2 56. Nf1 Bd4 57. Nd2 f5 58. exf5+ Kxf5 59. Nf3 Bc3 60.
fxe5 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
h3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. Bc3 Ng6 12. g3 b5 13. Ne3 c5 14. h4 Nf8 15.
a4 c6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. O-O Ne6 20. Ng5 Be7 21. Nxe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schneider, Ilja"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qe5
cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Bc6 19. f3 a5 20. Rd2 Qa3+
21. Qb2 Qc5 22. Rhd1 Kf8 23. Bb1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qg1+ 25. Rd1 Qe3+ 26. Kc2 Be8
27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Ke7 29. Kc3 b6 30. Bc2 h6 31. a3 Rc8 32. Bd3 Nd7 33. Nxd7
Bxd7 34. b4 axb4+ 35. axb4 e5 36. Rd5 f6 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. Bf5+ Kc7 39. Bxc8
Kxc8 40. c5 bxc5 41. bxc5 Kc7 42. Kb4 Kc6 43. Kc4 f5 44. Kb4 g5 45. Kc4 h5 46.
Kb4 e4 47. fxe4 fxe4 48. Kc4 e3 49. Kd3 Kxc5 50. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 Nc6 12. Bc4 g6 13. O-O Bh6 14. Bb3 O-O
15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd4 18. Rad1 b5 19. Rd2 Rc5 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rc6 24. c3 Kg7 25. Rd3 Qb6 26. R1d2 a5 27. Qd1
b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Rb3 Rfc8 30. Kh2 Qc5 31. Rg3 Kh7 32. Qf3 R6c7 33. Qf6 Rg8
34. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 g6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Na4 O-O 14. c4 Rb8
15. b3 Be6 16. Ba3 c5 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Nc3 Qc6 21. Bh6
Rd7 22. Rd3 Bd8 23. Red1 Ba5 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Qf3 Bd8 26. Bxd8 Rbxd8 27. Qe3 f6
28. f4 exf4 29. Qxf4 Qc7 30. h3 Qc6 31. Rf1 Rf7 32. Qd2 Qc7 33. Rd1 Rfd7 34.
Ne2 Qc6 35. Qe3 Bf7 36. Nc3 Qc7 37. Qf4 Be6 38. Rf1 Rf8 39. Rg3 Qc6 40. h4 Qc7
41. h5 Qd8 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Qe3 Qe7 44. Ne2 Bf7 45. Nf4 Qe5 46. Nd3 Qc3 47.
Nf4 Qxe3+ 48. Rxe3 Re8 49. Rfe1 Rde7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 g6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Ne3
Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a3 Be6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Bb3 a5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. a4 cxb4
22. axb5 Na7 23. cxb4 Nxb5 24. Qa4 Nc3 25. Qb3 Nb5 26. Nc4 axb4 27. Rxa8 Qxa8
28. Qxb4 d5 29. Qxb5 dxc4 30. Qxc4 Qa5 31. g3 Re7 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rb1 Qa3 34.
Rb6 h5 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Qxe6 Qxd3 37. Qd5 Qc3 38. h4 Qc7 39. Nd2 Be7 40. Nc4
Bf6 41. Qe6 Qf7 42. Qc6 Qe7 43. Nb6 Qf7 44. Nd5 Bd8 45. Qc8 Bf6 46. Qb8 Qe6 47.
Qc7+ Kg8 48. Qd7 Qa6 49. Ne7+ Bxe7 50. Qxe7 Qb5 51. Qe6+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kh6 53.
Qf8+ Kh7 54. Qf7+ Kh6 55. Qg8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Rd1
b5 9. Ne5 c6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Ba3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 a5 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. e3 Ra7 19. Nd3 Rfa8 20. e4 Nf6 21. d5 a4
22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. d6 Qb6 25. Nc5 Rc4 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Nxd7 Rxc2
28. Nxb6 g6 29. e5 b4 30. Be4 Rc5 31. Nd7 Ra5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Ne8+ Kf8 34. Nd6
Ba8 35. f4 c5 36. Bxa8 Rxa8 37. Rc1 b3 38. Nc4 Ra2 39. Rb1 Rc2 40. Na3 Rc3 41.
Kf2 b2 42. Nb5 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 c4 44. Kd4 Rxh2 45. Kxc4 Rg2 46. Nd6 g5 47. fxg5
Rxg3 48. Rxb2 Rxg5 49. Kd4 Kg7 50. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Re1+ Ne7 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5
O-O 15. Be4 Rac8 16. Nd2 Rc7 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. a3 Ne5 19. Rab1 g6 20. Kf1 Kg7 21.
Re2 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 b6 24. f4 a5 25. Rbe1 a4 26. Nd2 b5 27. Nf3 h6
28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Rd2 Rc5 30. Re4 Rd5 31. Ke2 Rd6 32. Kd1 Rdc6 33. Ke2 Rc1 34.
Ne5 Rh1 35. Kf3 Rcc1 36. Nd7+ Kg7 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Rxd4 Rxh3 39. Rd5 Rf1+ 40.
Kg2 Rhh1 41. Rxb5 Rhg1+ 42. Kh3 Rf3 43. Rg2 Rh1+ 44. Rh2 Rg1 45. Rg2 Rh1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
Nc6 9. d3 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rb1 e6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. a3 Ne8 15. f4
Nd6 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Qc3 h6 21. Nf3 Qg7
22. Ne5 g5 23. Bf3 gxf4 24. exf4 Nd4 25. Kf2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kh7 27. Rg1 Qf6 28.
Ke3 Rg8 29. Nc6 e5 30. Nxe5 Rae8 31. Kd2 Qh4 32. Rxg8 Qxf4+ 33. Kd1 Rxg8 34.
Qe1 Qxh2 35. Rc1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Ba2 Bc7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd2 Qd3
15. Rac1 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. g3 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Na5 Rc5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qb7 19. Ne3 O-O 20. Bd3 Rb8 21.
Rc1 Rbc8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 g6 25. a3 Qb6 26. Qd2 Qd4 27. Kc2
Bf8 28. Bc4 Qb6 29. Qd3 Bh6 30. Nd1 Qg1 31. Qe2 a5 32. Kb3 Nd7 33. Ka2 Nb6 34.
Nc3 Nxc4 35. Qxc4 Qxh2 36. Ne4 Bf8 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Ne8+ Kh8 39. Qc7 Kg8 40.
Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kg8 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Ne8+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5
Nec6 9. c3 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Nb3 Nd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Re1 a6 14. Bg3 Rc8 15.
a4 Nb6 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc4 18. a5 Qc7 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. Qg4 Bf5 21. Qf4
Bg6 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. h4 h6 24. Bf1 Bh7 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. Bf4 Nb2 27. Re3 Rg8 28.
Rce1 b6 29. Bxa6 Ra8 30. axb6 Qxb6 31. Bf1 Bxb4 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. cxb4 Qxb4 34.
Qg3 Nc4 35. Bxc4 dxc4 36. Rc1 Rgf8 37. Rec3 Bd3 38. Be3 Rf7 39. Qg4 Qb7 40.
Qxe6 Raf8 41. Bc5 Rc8 42. Be3 Rcf8 43. Ra3 Qb2 44. Rca1 Rb7 45. Ra8 Rbb8 46.
R8a2 Qb7 47. Ra7 Qb2 48. Qe7 Rg8 49. Bxh6 Qxa1+ 50. Rxa1 gxh6 51. Qf6+ Rg7 52.
Qxh6+ Kg8 53. Qe6+ Kh7 54. h5 Rbg8 55. g3 Rf8 56. h6 Rg6 57. Ra7+ Kh8 58. Qe7
Rgg8 59. e6 Rf3 60. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Na6 12. Bc2 Bxf4 13. exf4 Nc7 14. f5 b6
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Qd2 Re7 17. g4 Nfe8 18. Rf2 f6 19. Rg2 Rf7 20. Re1 Qd7 21. g5
fxg5 22. Rxg5 Nf6 23. Be5 Raf8 24. Kh1 Nce8 25. Ne2 Nd6 26. Reg1 Kh8 27. Nf4
Nc4 28. Qf2 Qe7 29. Qh4 Kg8 30. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. a4 a5 18. axb5 axb4 19. Rb2 Ra4 20. Bd2 Qa8 21.
Qd7 Ra7 22. Qc6 Rb8 23. Rxb4 h6 24. g3 Rb6 25. Qxa8+ Rxa8 26. Rfb1 Rb7 27. Kg2
Kf8 28. Kf3 Ke8 29. h4 Kd7 30. h5 Re8 31. b6 Re5 32. Rb5 Rxh5 33. Bf4 Rxb6 34.
Rxb6 cxb6 35. Rb5 Be5 36. g4 Rh3+ 37. Kg2 Rh4 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Kg3 Rh1 40.
Rxb6 f6 41. Kf3 Rc1 42. Rb7+ Kd6 43. Rxg7 Kxd5 44. Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 a5 11. a3 f6 12. d4 f5 13. e5 Bc7 14. c4 a4 15. b4 b5 16.
c5 h6 17. Qc2 g5 18. Nh2 Kh8 19. Kh1 Qe8 20. Bf3 Bxf3+ 21. Ndxf3 Qh5 22. Kg2
Rf7 23. Rh1 Rg8 24. Rag1 Qg6 25. Kf1 f4 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. g4 Bd8 28. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe3 b6 13. Bd3 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3
Na5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Qh3 b4 19. Nce2 Kh8 20. g4 Nc6 21.
Qh4 Qe7 22. g5 f5 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rg1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc3 26. gxh6 g5 27. fxg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Qc2 Ngf6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 d4 12. Nb1 Ne5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nd2
Rfe8 15. a3 a5 16. b3 Bf8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Bc5 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qd7 21.
Qb2 b6 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Rbd1 Rac8 24. e4 dxe3 25. Bxe3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 b5 27. Qc3
Qa7 28. d4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Ne4 30. Rc1 g6 31. Qd3 Qe7 32. Rc2 h5 33. Bxe4 Qxe4
34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Rb1 Kg7 37. Rc5 a4 38. Rb4 Rce8 39. Rc3 Ra8 40.
Rb6 Rc8 41. h4 Rf6+ 42. Ke2 Re6 43. Rb4 Ra8 44. Rb6 Rc8 45. Rb7 Rd8 46. Kf3
Rf6+ 47. Kg2 Re6 48. Rb4 Ra8 49. Kf3 Ra5 50. e4 g5 51. Rbc4 Rf6+ 52. Ke3 gxh4
53. gxh4 Rg6 54. Rxc6 Rg3+ 55. Kf4 Rg4+ 56. Kf3 Rxh4 57. d5 Ra8 58. Ke3 Re8 59.
R6c4 Kf6 60. d6 Ke6 61. Kd4 Kxd6 62. Rc6+ Ke7 63. Rh6 Rd8+ 64. Ke5 Rd7 65. Rc8
Rb7 66. Rc5 Rh1 67. Ra5 h4 68. Rxa4 h3 69. Ra8 h2 70. Rah8 Ra7 71. Rxh2 Rxh2
72. Rxh2 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Be6 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Nd7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nb4 14. Nb3 Nxc2 15.
Qxc2 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qb8 20. Qc3 Qb5 21. Rxa5
Rxa5 22. Nxa5 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nac6 Ne4 26. Qa3 h6 27. f3 Rc8
28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Nxc8 Bxc8 30. Qd3 Ba6 31. Qe3 Ng5 32. h4 Ne6 33. Nxe6 Qxe6 34.
Qd4 h5 35. Ra1 Bc4 36. Ra3 Qf5 37. Kh2 Qc2 38. Ra7 Bf1 39. Qg1 Bc4 40. Qe3 Qxb2
41. Rxf7 d4 42. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21.
Qe3 Qe7 22. Qh6 Re8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Ng5 Qg7 25. Qh3 Re7 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. Nxe6
Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Qe2 31. b4 Qxa2 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qe8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rad1
Qc5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 17. Qc4 Qf7 18. Rfe1+ Kf8 19. Qb4+ Kg8 20. Ng5
Qf6 21. Re8+ Nf8 22. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d3 d6 8. O-O
a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. d4 b6 14. b3 Nc7 15. d5 Na5
16. Qd3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Qc8 19. e5 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qa6 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22.
Ra1 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Ra7 Nxe3 25. Rxc7 Rd8 26. e6 fxe6 27. dxe6 Bc8 28.
Nd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ba6 31. Ra7 Bb5 32. Ke3 Rb8 33. g4 Bf6 34. g5 Bg7
35. h4 Rc8 36. Rb7 Be8 37. Ng3 c4 38. f5 Be5 39. f6 exf6 40. Ne4 c3 41. gxf6
Bxf6 42. Nxf6 c2 43. Nxh7+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Nh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. c4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5
21. Rxc2 Ke7 22. Rfc1 Rd8 23. Kf1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxc4 26. Rd2 e5
27. Ke2 Ke6 28. Ke3 a5 29. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg2 Rb8 10. Qd2 d5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 a5 14. O-O c6
15. b3 Nd7 16. Na4 Rb4 17. Rc1 Qa8 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qa6 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. e3
Rb7 22. Rfd1 Rbc7 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Ra7 25. Rdc1 a4 26. b4 a3 27. Qc3 Raa8
28. Ra5 Qb6 29. Qxa3 Rxa5 30. bxa5 Qa7 31. Rc5 Rb8 32. h4 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qa6 34.
Rc1 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 {
In bekannter Position experimentiert Anand neuerdings mit diesem Zug.} (7. O-O
Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. b3 a5 10. a4 f6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Rc1 b5 13. c3 Bf8 14. Nb2 Nc5
15. Qc2 Bg4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bf2 Bd7 21.
c4 Qc8 22. Qc3 Nf5 23. Nc2 Nd6 24. Nd4 Nb7 25. c5 Nd8 26. Nb2 Ne6 27. Nc4 Bxc5
28. Nxe6 Bb4 29. Nxg7 Bxc3 30. Nxe8 Bxe8 31. Rxc3 Bf7 32. Nd2 f5 33. Rxc6 Qd7
34. Rc2 Re8 35. Nc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Re2 37. h3 Rd2 38. Re1 Rd1 39. Kh2 c6 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Anand,V (2816)-So,W (2779) Saint Louis 2015}) 7... Re8 8. Nc4 (8.
h3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. Bc3 Ng6 12. g3 b5 13. Ne3 c5 14. h4 Nf8 15.
a4 c6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. O-O Ne6 20. Ng5 Be7 21. Nxe6 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Anand,V (2803)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Berlin 2015}) 8... Nd7 9. Bd2
Bd6 10. g4 {Da liegt der Hund begraben. Weiß greift am Königsflügel an.} Nf8
11. Ne3 Ne6 12. Nf5 a5 13. h4 a4 {[#] Schwarz organisiert einen
Ein-Mann-Gegenangriff, der sich prophylaktisch auch gegen eine weiße lange
Rochade richtet.} 14. Ng5 a3 15. b3 Bc5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Ke2 c5
19. c4 Ra6 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Ne3 Rae6 22. g5 c6 23. Ng4 R6e7 24. Ne3 b5 25. Rag1
b4 26. Ba1 Bc8 27. h5 Qd6 28. Nc2 f6 29. g6 h6 30. Ne3 Rd8 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Nf5
Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Ree8 34. Rh3 Bd6 {[#] Welcher Läufer ist "töter" (gibt es das
Wort?)} 35. Rf3 Qe7 36. Rd2 Bc7 37. Rd1 Bd6 38. Rd2 Bc7 39. Rd1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 c4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 e4 16. Rb1 exd3 17. cxd3 c3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Ne4 Bd4 20. Qd2 Nb7 21. a4
Nc5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Nxe4 24. dxe4 Qf6 25. Bb1 Rfb8 26. Bd3 Rxb5 27. Bxb5
Bc5 28. g3 g6 29. Kg2 Ra3 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Rd1 Rb3 32. Rb1 Ra3 33. Rd1 Rb3 34.
Rb1 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nd4 Re8
15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Bc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qd6 18. g3 Bh3 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Qb3 Bxd4
21. exd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qe6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qc6 25. Qb4 g6 26. Re1 Rxe1+
27. Qxe1 Qa4 28. Qe5 Qxa2 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 {The most
popular continuation.} ({A long time ago, Vishy has also tried:} 6... Re8 {
, but White got a better position after} 7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10.
d4 $1 $14 {0-1 Petursson,M (2544)-Anand,V (2769)/Kopavogur 2000}) 7. Nf3 $5
$146 {Anish comes up with an interesting novelty at this early stage of the
game.} ({In most top-level games Black manages to solve his opening problems
after:} 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Re8 (11... Nb6
12. d4 Bf5 13. Rb3 (13. Rb5 $5) 13... Be6 14. d5 $6 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba3
Re8 17. Rxb7 Qc8 $15 {0-1 Nakamura,H (2715)-Carlsen,M (2801)/Oslo 2009/CBM 133
Extra (46)}) 12. d3 Nb6 13. Be3 Bg4 $11 {0-1 Naiditsch,A (2712)-Topalov,V 
(2768)/Porto Carras 2011/CBM 146 (37)}) ({The most ambitious} 7. d4 d6 8. Ne2
c5 {makes the Pc4 very weak and yields Black excellent counter-play à la
Nimzo:} 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd3 b6 11. f4 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2747)
-Morozevich,A (2763)/Jurmala 2012/CBM 147/[Mikhalchishin,A] (44)}) ({Black is
doing reasonably well also after} 7. Ba3 d6 8. Ne2 Be6 (8... c5 $5) 9. d3 Re8
10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Bg4 12. O-O d5 $132 {0-1 Istratescu,A (2670)-Adams,M 
(2754)/London 2013}) 7... Nxe4 {A principled reply.} ({Another move which
deserved serious attention was} 7... Re8 $5 8. O-O Nxe4 (8... d5 {is less
precise:} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. c4 Nf6 12. d4 $14 {and White's
bishops are getting strong.}) 9. Re1 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d3 ({The following
complications lead to unclear consequences:} 11. c4 Nxf2 $1 12. Kxf2 e4 13.
cxd5 Na6 $132) 11... Nxc3 12. Qb3 d4 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. Qxb7 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5
16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Nf3 Nc6 {and Black is close to equality.}) 8. O-O
d6 (8... Re8 {would transpose to the above-mentioned line.}) (8... d5 9. Nxe5 (
9. cxd5 {is quite harmless:} cxd5 10. Nxe5 Re8 $11) 9... Re8 10. d4 f6 11. Qb3
fxe5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe4 Qxb3 14. axb3 exd4 15. Re1 Be6 16. cxd4 Nd7 $11) 9.
Nxe5 {Black has a wide choice of possibilities now.} dxe5 {The most simple
approach - Black exchanges one pair of knights and opens up the d-file, so the
queen is getting more active. On the other hand, the subsequent pawn structure
definitely suits White, since now it's easier to activate the bishops.} ({
First of all,} 9... Nxg3 $2 {must be rejected:} 10. fxg3 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12.
Rxf7 $1 $36 Kxf7 $140 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Be4 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17.
Rf1 $18) ({The same can be said about} 9... Nxf2 $2 10. Rxf2 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Rxf7 Kxf7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Be4 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Rf1 $18)
({The somewhat awkward retreat} 9... Ng5 10. Ng4 f5 {can be strongly met by:}
11. f4 $1 fxg4 12. fxg5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Qxg5 14. d4 $36 {and White gets a
powerful initiative.}) 10. Bxe4 Be6 $6 {This natural move is connected with a
tactical blunder.} ({The more modest way of development} 10... Nd7 $142 $1 {
would lead to an acceptable position. For instance,} 11. d4 Nf6 12. Bg2 ({
White gets nothing special after} 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Re1 Rd8 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qd6 $11 {and Black sucessfully neutralises the
passed pawn.}) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Be3 Qd7 $11) 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Qb1 $1 {That is the point! Black cannot protect both of the hanging pawns
now.} Qxd2 $2 {Having had an unpleasant surprise, Black goes for a dubious
sacrifice in order to complicate matters.} ({Possibly, Vishy has overestimated
his troubles in the following line:} 12... Qc7 $142 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Nd7 (
14... Bxc4 $2 15. Qe4 Bxf1 16. Qh4+ Kg8 17. Qh7#) 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 $14
{White is better, but Black has some compensation for a missing pawn.}) 13.
Qxb7 Nd7 14. Bxc6 {Black cannot avoid further losses of material.} Reb8 ({After
} 14... Qxc3 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 {the weakness of the light squares
makes White's technical task much more difficult. However, it looks like the
precise} 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Bb4 Qa6 19. Rd6 $1 Qxc4 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Qd3 {
,followed by exchanging all the major pieces must still be lost for Black.})
15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 {The queen sac was practically forced.} 17. Rad1 ({
If he rejects the ''gift'' by means of:} 17. Bd5 {Black may put up some
resistance:} Qh6 $1 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Qxa7 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bh3 21. d6 Qf6 $1 22.
f4 Bxf1 23. Qxb6 Bh3 24. Qa5 Bd7 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Rxc3 $16) 17... Qxd1
18. Rxd1 Rbxc6 19. Qxa7 R6c7 20. Qe3 Rxc4 21. Bb4 $18 {White's material
advantage is too big now.} h6 (21... Ra8 {was hardly any better:} 22. a3 h6 23.
Rd6 $18) 22. a4 {The a-passer is very strong now.} Nf6 23. Qxe5 ({Most
probably, even more convincing was:} 23. a5 $1 e4 24. Rd4 R4c6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26.
Rd6 R6c7 27. Qe3 $18) 23... Re4 24. Qa5 Kh7 25. f3 Re2 {Black manages to
activate the rooks, but his minor pieces cannot disturb the opponent's king.}
26. Qb5 Ra2 27. g4 ({A simpler way was} 27. a5 Re8 28. Bc5 $18) 27... Re8 28.
Bc5 {Anish decides to put his bishop on d4, but it wouldn't support the Pa4
from there.} ({Once again, there was nothing wrong with pushing the passed
pawn:} 28. a5 Bb3 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Rd2 Bc4 31. Qd6 $18) 28... Kg8 29. Re1 Ra8
30. Bd4 R2xa4 {Liquidating the dangerous passer is Anand's indisputable
achievement.} 31. h4 (31. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Kg3 $18) 31... Ra2 32.
Qb1 ({It was possible to simplify matters by means of} 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5
Kg7 (33... Rc2 34. Qxh6 Raa2 35. Qf4 $18) 34. g5 fxg5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+
Kf8 37. c4 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kf2 {The resulting position must be winning,
but the limited material balance still gives Black some practical chances.})
32... Bd5 $6 {Allowing White to activate the queen.} ({A more stubborn try was:
} 32... Nd7 33. Qe4 R8a5) 33. Qf5 Be6 34. Qf4 $6 ({For some reason, Anish
deviates from the following natural line:} 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Bxf6
gxf6 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Kh7 39. h5 R8a6 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. c4 $18 {with a
completely winning position.}) 34... Nd7 35. Rf1 {The presence of Black's rook
in White's camp is rather annoying, so it makes sense to swap the rooks.} Nf8
36. Rf2 R2a5 37. Qg3 Bc4 $138 {Surprisingly enough, GM Anand runs out of time.
No doubt, the final position was lost, but Anish still had to work hard in
order to convert his material advantage into a full point.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 {Not the
only move, 7.Ndb5 was played and analysed a lot, but it seems that Black is
doing ok.} ({For instance one possible line goes like this:} 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2
a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 d6 {with equal
chances in this endgame.}) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 {This line is considered fine
for Black, and for that reason the Four Knights Variation in the English is
often played by many strong grandmasters.} 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12.
Na4 {Another recent example is:} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd2 $5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
Bg2 Ng4 16. Bg1 exf4 17. gxf4 Qe7 18. h3 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Nf6 20. Be3 O-O 21. Qf2
Qxf2 22. Bxf2 Nh5 23. Be3 f5 {1-0 (45) Mareco,S (2599)-Krysa,L (2464) Villa
Martelli 2015; with interesting play for both sides.}) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qa7
{Still a known position.} (13... Qb4 14. b3 $1 {Next a3 is unpleasant for
Black.}) 14. Nc3 $5 {A new idea, previously we saw} (14. Qf2 Nd4 15. Nf3 e5 16.
Nxd4 Ng4 $5 17. Qf3 exd4 18. c5 O-O 19. Rc1 Ne3 $17 {0-1 (24) L'Ami,E (2577)
-Volokitin,A (2678) Germany 2007; Black seized a strong initiative.}) 14... Nd4
15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Nd1 e5 {I am really not quite sure what Anand had in mind when
he opted for this line, but the position does appear fine for Black.} 17. Nf3
Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 exf4 19. gxf4 O-O 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nc3 Be6 22. O-O-O (22. f5 Bd7
23. O-O-O Bc6 24. Rxd6 Rae8 25. Rxf6 (25. Bd3 Qc5 26. Qg3 Bxe4 {is also fine
for Black.}) 25... gxf6 26. Bd3 Kh8 {The sacrifice that doesn't give White
much, actually there is no compensation here.}) 22... Qc5 23. Rh2 $1 {This is
only for maintaining dynamic equality.} Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxd6 Rad8 26.
Rhd2 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. Kb1 b5 29. Qd3 {An alternative is important and
should have been preferred now or one move later:} (29. e5 b4 30. Qd3 (30. exf6
bxc3 31. bxc3 Rb8+ 32. Kc1 Qxa2 $17) 30... Qxd3+ 31. Rxd3 bxc3 32. exf6 cxb2
33. Rd5 gxf6 34. Rxa5 Rc3 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 Rc4 37. Rf5 Rb4 38. a3 Rb3 39. a4
Rb4 40. a5 h6 41. Rd5 Rxf4 42. Kxb2 f5 {This is fine for Black, but the
position is also ok for White, which compared with the game is a better choice.
}) 29... Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 b4 31. Nd5 ({Again:} 31. e5 {was a better choice
transposing to the note above...}) 31... Rc4 $1 32. Nxf6+ (32. Nxb4 g6 33. Nd5
Nxe4 {with some initiative for Black.}) 32... gxf6 33. Rd5 Rxe4 34. Rxa5 Rxf4
35. Kc2 Kg7 {This endgame is of course preferable for Black.} 36. Kb3 Kg6 37.
Rb5 f5 38. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 39. Kxb4 Kh5 {Black has an advantage here.} 40. a4 f4 41.
a5 f3 42. a6 f2 43. a7 f1=Q 44. a8=Q Qxh3 45. Qd5+ Kg6 46. Ka5 h5 47. b4 Qf5 $2
{Giving White the chance to save the game. An alternative was clearly in
Black's favour:} (47... h4 $1 48. b5 Qa3+ 49. Kb6 h3 {Black has every reason
to try to win this.}) 48. Qxf5+ Kxf5 49. b5 h4 50. b6 h3 51. b7 h2 52. b8=Q
h1=Q 53. Qc8+ {It seems that Black can't escape from perpetual.} Ke5 54. Qe8+
Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke6 58. Qe8+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
d6 9. Nh3 cxd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nf4 h6 14. f3 Ne5 15.
Qd4 Rfc8 16. Rad1 b5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qf2 e3 19. Qe1 Nb6 20. g4 Bc2 21. Rc1 Bb3
22. Qh4 Nfxd5 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Nh5 f6 25. Bd4 Nbd5 26. f4 Kf7 27. Ng3 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bxd5+ Bxd5 31. Bxe3 a6 32. Kf2 Ne7 33. Bd2 g5 34.
Nh5 Ng6 35. e3 gxf4 36. exf4 f5 37. h3 Be6 38. Kf3 Ne7 39. g5 Nc6 40. gxh6 Kg6
41. Bc3 Kxh6 42. Nf6 a5 43. b4 axb4 44. Bxb4 d5 45. Ne8 d4 46. Nd6 Kh5 47. Be1
Na7 48. Bf2 Bd7 49. Bxd4 Nc8 50. Nf7 Be6 51. Ng5 Bd5+ 52. Ke3 Nd6 53. Bc5 Ne4
54. Kd4 Bc6 55. Ne6 Kh4 56. Ke5 Bd7 57. Be3 Kxh3 58. Kxf5 Nd6+ 59. Kf6 Kg4 60.
Bc1 Nc4 61. Nf8 Bf5 62. Ng6 Bxg6 63. Kxg6 Nxa3 64. f5 Nc4 65. f6 Ne5+ 66. Kg7
Kf5 67. Bb2 Nd7 68. f7 b4 69. f8=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "7200+1530"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:50"]
[BlackClock "0:19:27"]

1. c4 {Anand zog in seinen letzten Turnieren hauptsächlich mit dem
Königsbauern, bevorzugt zum Auftakt in London lokalbewusst die Englische
Eröffnung gegen den einzigen englischen Teilnehmer im Feld.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 {
weicht von ihrer Begegnung beim Gashimov Memorial 2015 ab, wo Adams große
Probleme hatte} (2... c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5
8. Ne3 {1-0 (51) Anand,V (2791)-Adams,M (2745) Shamkir AZE 2015}) 3. Bg2 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 (8. a3 {ist eine schärfere
Variante, die Anand in seinem WM Kampf gegen Topalov 2010 spielte.} O-O 9. b4
Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 Qe8 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7
16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Rd2 h6 22.
Qb1 Nd5 23. Rb2 b6 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Bd2 Rd6 26. Rbc2 Qd7 27. h4 Rd8 28. Qb5
Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 32. b5 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Be6 34. d4 e4
35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4 gxf4 41.
exf4 Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5 43. Bf3 Bd5 44. Nd2 Bxf3 45. Nxf3 Ra4 46. g4 Nd6 47. Kg3
Ne4+ 48. Kh4 Nd6 49. Rd2 Nxb5 50. f5 Re4 51. Kh5 Re3 52. Nh4 Nc3 53. Rd7+ Re7
54. Rd3 Ne4 55. Ng6 Nc5 56. Ra3 Rd7 57. Re3 Kg7 58. g5 b5 59. Nf4 b4 60. g6 b3
61. Rc3 Rd4 62. Rxc5 Rxf4 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf3 65. Rb8+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (65)
Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805) Sofia 2010 CBM 136 [Giri,A]}) 8... O-O 9. Be3
Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Qd2 $6 {Diagramm [#]} (12. Nc5 {ist der
häufigst gespielte Zug. Schwarz trennt sich nun entweder vom Läuferpaar und
setzt auf seine gesunde in Verbindung mit der Zentrumskontrolle oder er muss
den starken Springer auf c5 tolerieren.} Nxf3+ (12... Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 14.
Bxd4 exd4 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Rfc1 c6 $11 {0-1 (42) McShane,L (2670)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2757) Germany 2014}) 13. Bxf3 Nd5 14. Qb3 {ist eine bessere Version
wie Weiß, da die Dame weißfeldrig deutlich mehr Einfluss hat} Nxe3 15. fxe3
Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (38) Ree,H (2460)-Lalic,B (2500) Palma de
Mallorca 1989}) 12... a5 $1 {nun ist ...Lb4 immer eine Option für Schwarz. Es
ist fraglich, ob die weiße Dame auf d2 wirklich besser steht als auf d1.} 13.
Nc5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd5 15. a3 b6 16. Na4 Bb7 {Schwarz hat sich gut aufstellen
können, die halboffene c-Linie bringt Weiß nichts ein, das Feld c5 ist unter
Kontrolle.} 17. Rfe1 (17. Bg5 f6 18. e4 Ne7 19. Be3 Nf5 $1) 17... Rb8 18. Bg2
Qd7 19. Nc3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bc5 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qh5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Bd4 24. Rc2 Bxc3
25. Rxc3 c5 {nun ist die Stellung zu verflacht, sodass keine Seite mehr
wirklichen Druck ausüben kann.} 26. Rec1 Qb5 27. R1c2 Rbd8 28. Qf3 g6 29. Qb7
Rb8 30. Qd5 Rbd8 31. Qb7 Rb8 32. Qd5 Rbd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "7200+1410"]
[WhiteClock "0:40:01"]
[BlackClock "0:31:37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 $5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 (9. Bd3 {verliert ein Tempo} Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7) (
9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 $11 Qf6 14. O-O
Rd8 15. Rd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Be8 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Rf3 Qe7 20. Rg3 h6 21.
Nf3 Qf6 22. Re4 Ne7 23. Ne5 Nf5 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. h3 Nd6 26. Rf4 Nxc4 27. Nxc4
Qg5 28. Rg3 Qd5 29. Ne3 Qc6 30. Kh2 Qc1 31. Qb4 Qc7 32. d5 a5 33. Qe4 Rd6 34.
Qe5 g6 35. Qh5 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Qxh6 Qe5 38. Rh4 Qg7 39. Qxg7+ {1-0 (39)
Alekhine,A-Kmoch,H San Remo 1930}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nd7 {wäre ebenso möglich gewesen. Kommt Schwarz vernünftig zu b6 und Lb7
sollte die Position vollkommen in Ordnung sein.} 12. O-O b6 13. d5 exd5 14.
Bxd5 Rb8 $11) 11. Bd3 h6 {wurde von Anand im post-mortem kritisiert. In der
entstehenden Struktur ist die Felderschwäche auf g6 ein mögliches Thema, zudem
ist die erwünschte Aktivierung Lg4-Lh5-Lg6 nicht mehr möglich.} 12. cxd5 exd5
13. Qb2 Qe7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Rfb1 {die Stellung ist objektiv wohl ausgeglichen,
jedoch für Weiß leichter zu spielen. Schwarz plant, den schwachen Lc8
abzutauschen, während Weiß zuerst den Damenflügel mit a4,a5 einschnürt, um
danach entweder dort den Druck zu erhöhen versucht oder in einem geeigneten
Moment das Zentrum öffnet.} c4 {Schwarz möchte unter keinen Umständen auf d4
tauschen, nimmt so jedoch ein weißes c4 für immer aus der Stellung.} 16. Bc2
Ne4 17. a4 Re8 18. a5 Nd6 {Der Springer übernimmt effizient die Deckung des b7
} 19. Qb4 Be6 {Diagramm [#]} 20. Re1 $2 {Aronian übersieht vermutlich eine
Taktik in der Variante 22.Db5} ({zum Beispiel} 20. Ne5 $14 {und Weiß kann
weiter Druck aufbauen. Langfristig reicht es freilich nicht, einzig in der
b-Linie anzugreifen, Weiß muss über kurz oder mit f3-e4 oder f3-g4-h4 eine
zweite Front eröffnen. In dieser konkreten Position ist auch der Nachteil der
Schwäche auf g6 deutlich sichtbar, Schwarz kann den Se5 nicht einfach mit f6
befragen.}) 20... Bf5 $1 {wenn dies taktisch geht, ist Anand von allen
Problemen befreit} 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Qxe7 (22. Qb5 Qe6 $1 (22... Rad8 $2 23.
Reb1 Rd7 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Qxd5 $18) (22... Qd6 23. Ne5 Rab8 24. Nxc4 $1 $16) 23.
Qxb7 $2 Reb8 24. Qc7 Nd6 {und Weiß kann wegen der Drohung Tc8 auf der b-Linie
nicht opponieren}) 22... Rxe7 $11 {jetzt kann Schwarz nicht schlechter stehen,
die einzig angreifbare Schwäche b7 ist einfach zu decken, der Springer
verhindert auf d6 ein mögliches Manöver Tb5 und aufgrund des reduzierten
Materials kann Schwrz nun am Königsflügel mit den Bauern aufrücken.} 23. h4 h5
24. g3 {Weiß nimmt bereits eine Auffangstellung ein} Nd6 25. Reb1 Rc8 26. Kg2
f6 27. Ng1 g5 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Ra3 Rf8 30. Rb5 Rd7 31. Rb2 Rg7 32. Rb5 Rd7 33.
Rb2 Rg7 34. Rb5 {keine Seite kann Fortschritte erzielen} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be6 11. Rd1 Bc5 {Magnus chooses a somewhat
dubious, but unexplored theoretical continuation. This position had been seen
in only 1 game before.} ({The most common alternatives are} 11... Bb4 12. Ne2
Bd5 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 $5) 15... Bc5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17.
Be3 b6 18. f3 Be6 19. g4 Rd5 $11 {1/2 Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Fressinet,L 
(2698)/Caen 2011}) ({and} 11... h6 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Ne2 Bd5 15. Nfd4
Be4 16. c4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Ke7 18. f3 Bg6 $11 {1/2 Hou Yifan (2671)-Mamedyarov,S
(2736)/Baku AZE 2015}) 12. g4 $1 $146 {This natural advance is a novelty. It
definitely makes sense to make progress on the kingside as soon as possible.} (
{In the preceding game Black didn't experience any problems after} 12. Bf4 h6
13. a3 Rd8 $11 {Parma,B-Bisguier,A/Caracas 1970}) 12... Ne7 13. Ng5 Bd5 ({
It looks like} 13... Ng6 {doesn't fully solve the problems either:} 14. Kg2 $1
({After} 14. Nce4 Be7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Rf8 17. Rf1 Rd8 18. Be3 b6 19. Kg2 {
White's position is more pleasant, but it would bew very difficult to make any
progress}) 14... Be7 (14... h5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Rf8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rf1 Rd8
19. Be3 $14) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Rf8 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. Be3 $14) 14. Nge4 ({
The following line} 14. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 15. e6 f6 16. Nf7 Rf8 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rd3
$14 {looks somewhat scary for White - the Nf7 has no vacant squares. However,
Black's position is very passive here, so it was an option worth considering.})
14... Bb6 {Black experiences some problems with connecting the rooks.} 15. Kg2
{Vishy doesn't hurry with any ''drastic'' decisions.} ({A more energetic way
of handling the position was} 15. a4 $5 a5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Ng3 $14) 15... Rd8
16. Bf4 ({For some reason, Anand rejected the most natural} 16. Kg3 Ng6 17. f4
{, though White's position looks quite attractive here. For instance,} h5 18.
Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bd2 $14) 16... Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 ({The immediate attempt to connect
the rooks is dubious:} 17... Ke7 $6 18. f4 $1 Rhe8 19. Nxd5+ cxd5 20. Nc3 d4
21. Ne4 $16) 18. f4 hxg4 19. hxg4 {One of Black's rooks has a job to do along
the h-file, but their position is still rather passive.} Ke7 {One more risky
decision. The king is getting vulnerable now.} (19... Nh4+ 20. Bxh4 Rxh4 21.
Kg3 Rh8 22. Rh1 Ke7 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Ng5 $14) 20. Rh1 ({Another
possible move was} 20. Nxd5+ $5 cxd5 21. Nc3 c6 (21... d4 22. Na4 f6 23. Nxb6
axb6 24. exf6+ Kxf6 25. f5 $14) 22. Rh1 {White's pieces are somewhat more
active, so Black is under pressure. For instance,} Bc7 23. Ne2 f6 24. e6 $14)
20... Bd4 21. Nxd5+ cxd5 22. Nc3 (22. Ng5 $5 Rxh1 (22... Bxb2 23. Rxh8 Nxh8 24.
Rb1 Bd4 25. f5 $16) 23. Rxh1 Rh8 24. Rd1 Be3 25. Kf3 d4 26. Ne4 $14) 22... Bxc3
23. bxc3 {Black has been able to simplify matters and damage White's pawn
structure, but the poor placement of theNg6 and vulnerablity of his king make
the position very dangerous.} Kd7 24. f5 Ne7 25. Rae1 $6 {Spoiling the lion's
share of his advantage.} ({A much more energetic and stronger move would be} 
25. Rhf1 $1 Nc8 (25... Rde8 26. Rad1 Kc8 27. c4 $1 $16 dxc4 $140 28. e6 fxe6
29. fxe6 Nc6 30. Rf7 $18) 26. e6+ fxe6 27. fxe6+ Kc6 28. Rf7 Nd6 29. Rxg7 Rdg8
30. Rxg8 Rxg8 31. Kf3 $16) 25... Rde8 26. Kf3 $6 {Mistakes rarely come alone!}
({The precise} 26. Bf4 {would keep Black under pressure:} Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Nc6 28.
Rh7 Rg8 29. Kf3 $14) 26... Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Nc6 {Now it is obvious, that the K is
misplaced on f3.} 28. Re1 {Alas, leaving the open file is the only way to
fight for a win now.} ({Indeed, after} 28. Rh7 Nxe5+ {Black manages to solve
all his problems:} 29. Bxe5 (29. Kf4 f6 30. Rxg7+ Re7 $11) 29... Rxe5 30. Rxg7
Ke7 $11) 28... g5 {An interesting move - now White has less space for the
pieces.} ({Another possibility was} 28... Na5 29. g5 Nc4 30. Kg4 b6 31. g6 fxg6
32. e6+ Ke7 33. Bh4+ Kd6 $11) 29. a4 a6 30. Kg2 ({Another, more aggressive way
of handling the position was} 30. c4 $5 dxc4 (30... Nd4+ 31. Kf2 Nxc2 32. Rd1
d4 33. Rd2 Nb4 34. Rxd4+ Kc8 35. Kf3 $14) 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Ke4 $44 {obtaining
excellent compensation for a pawn.}) 30... Kc8 31. Kf2 b6 32. Kf3 Kd7 {It is
very difficult for either side to make any progress now.} 33. Kf2 Kc8 34. Re3
$6 {For some reason, Vishy deviates from repeating the moves, but letting
Black put the knight on c4 is a serious mistake.} (34. Kf3 $11) 34... Na5 $1 {
Suddenly White finds himself in a difficult situation.} 35. Re1 (35. e6 fxe6
36. fxe6 Rf8+ 37. Kg2 Nc4 38. Re1 Re8 39. Bf2 Kd8 40. Be3 Rg8 $17) 35... Nc4
36. Kf3 Kd7 $6 {This natural move seems to be inaccurate, though the
refutation isn't trivial...} (36... a5 {was stronger} {and if} 37. Rh1 {then}
Nxe5+ 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Rh7 Re7 40. Rh5 b5 {and the a-passer should decide the
game:} 41. Rxg5 bxa4 42. f6 Re6 43. Rxd5 Rxf6+ 44. Ke3 Kb7 $19) 37. Kg2 $6 ({
It was the right moment for liquidating into a rook ending at the cost of a
pawn:} 37. Rh1 $1 Nxe5+ 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Rh5 Re4 40. Rxg5 Rxa4 41. Rh5 {
with sufficient counterplay.}) 37... a5 38. Kf2 $2 {The waiting strategy isn't
a successful approach here.} ({The active way of defending was more to the
point:} 38. Rh1 $1 Nxe5 39. Rh7 b5 $1 (39... Kd8 40. Bxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxf7 Re2+
42. Kf3 Rxc2 43. Rg7 Rxc3+ 44. Kf2 $11) 40. axb5 a4 41. Bxe5 Rxe5 42. Rxf7+ Re7
43. Rf6 Re4 44. Kf3 {White's position seems difficult here, but the limited
material balance offers definite drawing chances.}) 38... c6 39. Kg2 b5 40. Rb1
Rh8 $2 {Returning the favour.} ({There was no reason for rejecting} 40... Nxe5
41. axb5 Nxg4 {and Black should be able to convert the extra pawn into the
full point. For instance,} 42. b6 Ne3+ 43. Kf3 g4+ 44. Kf4 f6 45. Bf2 Kc8 46.
b7+ Kb8 47. Kg3 a4 48. Ra1 Re4 $19) 41. Bf2 $1 {Vishy doesn't miss the golden
opportunity to activate his bishop.} Nxe5 ({White is doing OK also after} 41...
Rb8 42. Bd4 Kc7 43. Kg3 $132 bxa4 $140 $2 44. Rxb8 Kxb8 45. e6 fxe6 46. f6 $18)
42. axb5 Nxg4 ({The b-passer offers White sufficient counterplay after} 42...
Nc4 43. b6 Rb8 44. Bc5 Rb7 45. Ra1 $11) 43. bxc6+ Kxc6 44. Bd4 Re8 45. Kg3 {
Now all White's pieces are perfectly placed.} Ne5 ({Nor was anything promised
by} 45... Re4 46. Rb6+ Kc7 47. Ra6 Ne3 48. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 49. Kg4 Rxc3 50. Kxg5
Rxc2 51. Rxa5 Kd6 52. Ra7 d4 53. Kf4 $11) 46. Rb6+ Kc7 47. Rf6 Kd7 ({Or} 47...
a4 48. Bxe5+ Rxe5 49. Rxf7+ Kb6 50. Rf6+ Kb5 51. Rf8 $11) 48. Bxe5 Rxe5 49. Kg4
({There was nothing wrong with} 49. Rxf7+ Re7 50. Rf6 $11) 49... Ke7 50. Kxg5 {
There is no way to avoid a draw now.} Re1 (50... Re3 51. Ra6 f6+ 52. Kg4 Rxc3
53. Rxa5 $11) 51. Ra6 f6+ 52. Kg4 Rg1+ 53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Kg4 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 Rf1+
56. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 {Nakamura has very
good statistics in his games against Anand. A few month ago he won after 6.0-0,
which is considered as the main line.} (6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4
Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6
16. Nb3 Be7 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 $11 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V (2816)1-0 (43)
Saint Louis USA 2015}) 6... c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 {Now Black has a choice
between 8...Nc6, which is the most popular continuation; 8...e5; 8...Qb6 and 8.
..Na6!?. I would recommend 8...e5 as the most reliable continuation or 8...Na6
for those who like unexplored tracks.} Qb6 (8... Na6 $5 {Of late it has been
played in 2 games.} 9. cxd5 {It seems to me that White doesn't have any
alternatives.} (9. Rd1 $2 Nb4 10. Qd2 (10. Qb3 $2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 $19) 10...
dxc4 $15) (9. Bd2 $6 e5 10. Nf5 d4 {In comparison with the line 8...e5 9.Nf5
d4 Black could get an extra tempo, because White's dark-squared bishop is
misplaced and he should play 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Bg5.}) 9... Nb4 $1 ({Kurajica,B
proved that} 9... Nxd5 $6 {is not a strong move due to} 10. Rd1 Ndb4 11. Qb3
Qb6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Qc4 Nd5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxd5 $16 {Kurajica,B (2495)
-Groszpeter,A (2490) 1-0 (52) Oberwart 1984}) 10. Qd1 (10. Qb3 e5 11. Nc2 Nbxd5
{Black should be satisfied with the opening results. He even has a small
advantage.} 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e4 14. Be3 Qd5 15. Bd4 Qh5 16. f3 exf3 (16...
Be6 $5 17. Qc7 Rfe8 18. Qxb7 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bc5 $44) 17. exf3 Bd7 18. Ne3 Rac8
19. Qb3 Bc5 20. Qc3 $11 {Khairullin,I (2630)-Riazantsev,A (2688) 1/2 (34)
Sochi RUS 2015. White almost levelled the game.}) 10... e5 11. Nf3 e4 (11...
Qxd5 $5 {leads to complications after} 12. Qxd5 Nfxd5 13. Nxe5 Nc2 14. Bxd5
Nxa1 $13) 12. Ng5 e3 $5 (12... Qxd5 $5 13. Qxd5 Nfxd5 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Nc3 h6
$44) 13. Nc3 exf2+ 14. Kh1 $1 (14. Rxf2 $6 Ng4) 14... h6 15. a3 $1 hxg5 $6 (
15... Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 hxg5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxg5 Qe5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 $14
) 16. axb4 Qb6 17. Bxg5 Qxb4 18. Qd2 Ng4 19. Bf4 $16 {Khismatullin, D (2654)
-Bukavshin,I (2657) 1/2 (50) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015}) (8... e5 {Sergey
Karjakin prefers this move.} 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {It seems that Black is
OK. He controls the centre and White's c4-pawn might be a target. However,
there are a lot of strong GMs, who like to play it with White. White's
light-squared bishop is very strong. He can also rely on the pair of bishops
and on the majority on the queenside. White should choose between 11.b4 and 11.
Bg5. Evgenij Miroshnichenko played 11.b3 but this option doesn't have many
supporters.} 11. b4 (11. b3 {- Miroshnichenko,E-Anand,V Bundesliga 2004,
annotated by Ribli,Z.}) (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Nc6 (13... Bf5 14.
Qb3 Nd7 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. b4 a5 18. c5 Qa6 $2 (18... Qb5 19. Qf3 $1
Be6 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Qxb7 $2 Qxe2 21. Ne4 axb4 22. Nd6 Rcb8 $17) 20... Qxd3 (
20... Qxb4 21. a3 $1 Nxc5 22. axb4 Nxd3 23. exd3 axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Kf1 Ra2
26. Ke1 $16) 21. exd3 Rc7 22. a3 $14) 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Nd6 $18 {Aronian,L (2826)
-Carlsen,M (2872) 1-0 (53) Zuerich 2014}) 14. c5 Qe7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Qc4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. b4 f5 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {Wojtaszek,
R (2698)-Karjakin,S (2762) 1/2 (83) Rhodes 2013}) 11... Be6 12. Nd2 Rc8 (12...
Qc7 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b5 Rfd8 16. c5 Nd5 $6 (16... Bd5 17. Qd3
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re8 $13) 17. Ne4 Bf5 $6 18. c6 $1 bxc6 19. Bd6 $16 {Li Chao2 
(2750)-Kreisl,R (2437) 1-0 (39) Skopje MKD 2015}) 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15.
Ba3 Qd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bb4 axb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxd5 21.
a3 b6 22. Rc7 (22. e4 $5 Qd8 (22... dxe3 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. fxe3 f6 25. Rc7 $14)
23. f4 f6 $11) 22... h6 $11 {Wang,Y (2725)-Karjakin,S (2756) 1/2 (36) Antalya
2013}) (8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 (10. b3 a5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Na4 Rb8 13.
Rd1 {I played this tournament and during the game I didn't like this move.
However the game Jobava,B-Zhukova,N convinced me that the natural 13...Nd7 is
not a panacea for all woes.} Bd6 (13... Nd7 14. Bf4 Rb4 $6 (14... Rb7 15. e4
$14) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bc7 Qc8 17. Rac1 $16 {1-0 (31) Jobava,B (2722) -Zhukova,
N (2470) Doha QAT 2014}) 14. Be3 ({I believe White should have played} 14. Bb2
Qe7 15. e4 {with advantage.}) 14... Qe7 15. Bb6 Bb5 $1 16. Bxa5 Bxa4 17. bxa4 (
17. Bc3 $1 Bb5 (17... Bb4 18. Be5 Ra8 19. bxa4 $14) 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. a4 Rfc8
20. Qd2 bxa4 21. bxa4 Rb3 22. Rdc1 $14) 17... Bb4 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 19. cxd5 cxd5
20. Rd3 $6 Qa7 21. Rb1 Rxa4 22. Rd2 $15 {1/2 (22) Li Chao2 (2722)-Rausis,I 
(2586) Heusenstamm GER 2014. Of course, we have to respect top GMs but I'd
like to see how Li Chao played this unpleasant position.}) 10... Qb6 11. b3 a5
12. a3 Rb8 13. Bb2 dxc4 $6 14. Nxc4 Qxb3 15. Qxb3 Rxb3 16. Rab1 $14 {Li,C 
(2700)-Rozentalis,E (2623) 1-0 (42) Reykjavik 2014}) 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6
11. Bg5 $146 (11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. a4 (14. Rd4 c3 15.
Rc4 Bd7 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Rb3 Bc6 $11) 14... Bd7 15. Ba3 $6 (15. Bxb7 Rab8 16.
Ba6 c3 17. Ba3 Rb6 $1 18. Bxf8 c2 19. Rdc1 Rxa6 20. Bb4 Bxa4 21. a3 Nd5 $11)
15... Bxa4 16. Rdc1 b5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {Aronian,L (2780)-Anand,V (2804) 0-1 
(51) Blitz Stavanger NOR 2015}) (11. a4 Bd7 12. b3 (12. Nd2 Qc7 13. b3 Rac8 14.
Bb2 Bc6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 $5 (17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rfd8 $11)
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rac1 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 $13 {1/2 (32)
Melkumyan,H (2622)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Baku AZE 2015}) 12... Qc8 $6 {
A weird move.} (12... Rac8 13. Bb2 Qa6 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Bd4 Bc6 {With good
chances to equalise.}) 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3 Bc6 15. Rac1 a6 16. cxd5 exd5 17.
Qd3 $14 {Lei Tingjie (2444) -Ushenina,A (2486) Chengdu CHN 2015. Black's
position is unpleasant,}) (11. b3 b5 12. Na3 $6 (12. Ba3 $5 Bxa3 (12... b4 $5
13. Bb2 Bb7) 13. Nxa3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Bb7 15. Rab1 (15. cxd5 Qa6 $1 {This is
stronger than 15...Qxc2, which is also not bad.} (15... Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Bxd5 17.
Ne3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 $11) 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Bxd5 $11) 15... Rfc8 16. Qb2
Ba6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Nc3 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
Rdb1 Nxb1 23. Rxb1 g6 24. Rb7 {Black still has some problems.}) 12... bxc4 13.
bxc4 Bb7 (13... Bd7 $1 14. cxd5 $6 Nxd5 15. Qxc6 Bxc6 $15) 14. Rb1 Qa6 15. Qb3
Bc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... Ba4 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxd5 $11) 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nb5 Qb7 19. Qf3 Qc6 $11 {Mkrtchian,L (2443)-Ushenina,A (2486) 1/2 (30) Chengdu
CHN 2015}) 11... h6 ({Probably Black could have got an equal position after} 
11... Qxc4 $5 12. Qxc4 dxc4 13. Nd2 Bd7 (13... c3 $6 14. bxc3 Rd8 15. Nc4 Rxd1+
16. Rxd1 Kf8 17. Na5 {I don't see how Black can finish his development.}) 14.
Nxc4 (14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bf3 h6 $1 16. Bf4 Rxb2 17. Nxc4 Rc2 $11) 14... Bb5 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 h6 $1 {It seems to me that Black has got an equal position.
For example} 17. Be3 (17. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 18. Nd3 b6 $15) (17. Bf4 Bxe2 (17... Nd5
$11) 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rb8 20. Rc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxc8 Bc5 $11) 17... Nd5 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Bxe2 21. Rd7 Bf6 $11) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Na3 {
Now White's queen is protected and he wants to take on d5.} Bd7 14. Rab1 (14.
Rd2 Rac8 15. Qb3 (15. cxd5 $6 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Rxc2 17. Nxc2 Rc8 $1 18. Ne3 Bxb2
19. Rb1 Rc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bxc1 $15) 15... Qa6 16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Qd3 Rc5 $44) (14.
cxd5 $2 Qxc2 15. Nxc2 Ba4 16. Rd2 Bxb2 $15) 14... Rac8 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. cxd5
Qa4 17. Rd2 b5 {I shouldn't assess the last move as a dubious one, because
objectively Black is not worse, but the resulting positions are complicated
and it is easier to make a mistake.} (17... exd5 {I believe that this is the
most practical decision.} 18. Bxd5 Bg5 19. Rdd1 (19. f4 Be7 20. e4 Be6 21. Rbd1
Bb4 22. Rc2 Bxa3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. bxa3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc3 26. Qd4 Rc4 $11)
19... Bc6 20. e4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc5 22. d6 Bf6 23. Qe2 Rc6 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nc3
Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rcxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxb7 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Qc6+ 30. Kh3 Qxb7 31.
Qxd1 Qc8+ 32. Kg2 Qxc3 $11) 18. Rbd1 (18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Nxb5 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Bc4 $11) 18... exd5 $6 (18... a6 {Black protects
his b5-pawn and he is ready to play ...exd5 and after Bxd5 Be6.} 19. d6 (19.
Bf3 exd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. e4 Rd6 22. Kg2 Rcd8 23. Qe2 Bxd5 24. exd5 g6 {
White can't improve his position.}) 19... Rc5 20. Bf3 a5 21. Kg2 Rdc8 $44) (
18... Bc6 19. e4 (19. dxc6 $2 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 a6 $17) (19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 exd5
21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 a6 $44) 19... exd5 (19... Bg5 $6 20. f4
Be7 21. Qc2 $16) 20. exd5 Bd7 21. d6 $14 {Definetely the knight on a3 is
misplaced but the d6-pawn is strong and Black still has some problems.}) (18...
Bg5 $5 19. f4 (19. Rc2 Bf6 {and White doesn't have anything better than Rcd2.})
19... Bf6 (19... Be7 $5 20. d6 Bf6 21. e4 e5 22. Bf3 Rc5 23. Qb3 Rdc8 24. Qxa4
bxa4 $44) 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 e5 22. e4 exf4 23. gxf4 Re8 24. Bf3 g5 $44) 19.
Bxd5 Bc6 20. e4 a6 21. h4 (21. Qb1 $1 {Sakaev,K} Bxd5 22. exd5 Bg5 (22... Qb4
23. d6 g6 24. Nc2 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. d7 $1 Rc7 27. Nb4 Bc3 28. Nxa6 Bxd2
29. Nxc7 Rxd7 30. Nxb5 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Rb7 33. Rxd2 Rxb5 34. a4 Ra5 35.
Ra2 $18 {See the last game of the match Alekhine-Capablanca.}) 23. Rc2 Bf6 24.
Rxc8 Rxc8 25. d6 $16 {Black is in trouble, the d6-pawn is very strong.}) 21...
Bxd5 22. exd5 Qb4 (22... Rd7 {Sakaev,K} 23. d6 Rcd8 24. Qe2 Bxb2 25. Nxb5 Qxb5
26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Rxb2 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxb5 Ra6 30. Rb2 h5 $14 {The
endgame is drawish, but a few people like to have the white pieces.}) (22...
Rd6 {Sakaev,K} 23. Nc2 Bxb2 24. Ne3 Bc1 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Bb2 27. Ne3 $16 {
Due to his d6-pawn White has a huge advantage. For example} Bf6 (27... Qa3 28.
Qe4 Rd8 29. Nf5 Qa4 30. Qxa4 bxa4 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. h5 $16) 28. Rd2 b4 29. Nc4
Rd8 30. d6 Bc3 31. Re2 Qb5 32. Re7 Bf6 33. Rc7 a5 34. Qf3 a4 35. Qb7 Qxb7 36.
Rxb7 Bc3 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Kf3 $16 {White's king is heading to d5.}) 23. Rb1 (23.
d6 $5 Rd7 24. Nc2 Qxb2 25. Ne3 Qe5 26. Ng4 Qe6 27. Qf3 $16) 23... Qa5 24. b4
Qa4 $2 {This is a serious mistake, which leads to a very difficult position.} (
24... Qb6 25. Rb3 g6 26. Nc2) 25. Rb3 {The black queen is trapped.} Be7 26. Re2
$1 {Probably Anand hoped for 26.Qb1 a5.} Rc7 (26... Bxb4 27. Re4 a5 28. Kg2 Re8
29. Rd4 Rcd8 30. d6 $16) 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Qf3 Re7 29. Rd2 Red7 30. Qe2 g6 $6 (
30... Re7 31. Qd1 Rc7) 31. h5 g5 32. Qd1 $1 {White needn't assess the position
which arises after} (32. Nc2 $6 Qxa2 33. Nd4 Qxd2 34. Qxd2 Rxd5 35. Qa2 Bxd4
36. Qxa6 $16) 32... Bg7 33. Nc2 $18 Qxa2 34. Ne3 Qa1 35. Qxa1 Bxa1 36. Ra2 Bd4
37. Nf5 Bg7 38. Rxa6 Bf8 39. d6 Bxd6 40. Nxh6+ Kh7 41. Ng4 (41. Ng4 Be7 42. Rf3
(42. Ne5) 42... Rf8 43. Ne5 $18) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 ({One year before
they had already played a game with} 6... e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6
10. h4 $5 Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16.
Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 $13 {Anand-Topalov, Khanty-Mansiysk 2014, with
a complicated position. Later Anand managed to win.}) 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 (8. g3
{is the another main move.}) 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 $5 {
A little improvement by Anand.} ({He had played} 11. Nec3 {a few times, but
now he had this move up his sleeve.}) 11... g6 $146 {Topalov makes the first
new move of the game. He would like to play ...Bh6 to stop White from 0-0-0.}
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nec3 Rc5 ({The straightforward} 14... Bh6 $5 {
looks more natural.}) 15. Be2 b5 $6 {This is an inaccuracy, which allows a
good attack for White.} (15... Bg7) ({or} 15... Bh6 {was important to continue
the development.}) 16. a3 (16. f4 $1 {was stronger, the point being} exf4 17.
Qd4 $1 Rh7 18. Nxf4 $16 {and White has nice play.}) 16... Nb6 17. g4 hxg4 ({
In the event of} 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21. Ne4 $1
Rxd5 22. Qc3 $36 {and the rook can be in trouble on d5.}) 18. Nxb6 (18. hxg4 $5
Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Bxd5 20. exd5 {transposes to 17...Bxd5.}) 18... Qxb6 19. hxg4
Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21. Qe3 Qb7 ({The unsuspecting} 21... a5 $2 {could have been
met by} 22. b4 $1 $18 {and suddenly White wins.}) (21... Rc6 $5 {was also
possible.}) 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. g5 $1 {Anand fixes the kingside and he prepares
for Rg1 followed by Bg4 to exhange the light-squared Bs.} Qc6 24. Rg1 Qd7 (
24... a5 $5 {was an interesting option to create counterplay on the queenside.}
25. Bg4 b4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. axb4 axb4 $13) 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Bg4 $1 {White has
achieved his aim.} Bxg4 ({If Black tries to keep the tension with} 26... a5 {
, White can continue with} 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. Nd1 $1 Qc6 30. Ne3 $36
{and White has a great initiative.}) 27. Qxg4 Qxg4 28. Rxg4 Bf8 29. Nd5 $14 {
White has a comfortable endgame, he has a "good N" against the "bad B". The
plan in such positions is usually simple. Keep control and create a passed
pawn on the queenside. However the difficulty here is that the g5-pawn is weak
and the rook has to protect it.} Be7 30. c3 Rc6 31. Kc2 Kd7 32. Kb3 Bd8 33. a4
$1 {The first step of White's plan. He tries to create a passed pawn.} Rc5 34.
axb5 Rxb5+ ({Probably} 34... axb5 $5 {was a larger task to create a passed
pawn for White. Now the engine suggests} 35. Rg2 Rc4 36. f3 Ke6 37. Rg1 Ra4 38.
Rh1 {, but this is still a big fight.}) 35. Ka2 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 {
So step one has been completed. Now White should get the rook into the game
somehow.} Rb7 38. Kb3 Rb8 39. Rg1 $1 Rb7 40. Rg3 Rb8 41. Rg1 Rb7 42. Ra1 $1 {
A very good move! Anand sacrifices the g5-pawn and gets his rook into the
action.} Bxg5 43. Kc4 Bd8 44. f3 ({The immediate} 44. b5 {was also good.})
44... f5 45. Rh1 (45. b5 $5) 45... fxe4 46. fxe4 g5 47. b5 Rb8 48. Rh7+ Ke6 (
48... Kc8 {looks safer, because on e6 the king is in a mating net.}) 49. Kb4 $1
{Black is in zugzwang! The rook cannot move away from the b-file as b6 would
come and the bishop cannot move away, because of the mate on e7. Only the
g-pawn can play!} ({The tempting} 49. b6 $2 {was a big mistake, as} Rxb6 $1 50.
Nxb6 Bxb6 {and probably Black can hold.}) 49... g4 50. Rg7 g3 51. Rxg3 Rb7 52.
Rg6+ Kd7 53. Rg7+ Kc8 54. Rg8 Kd7 55. Kc4 Rb8 (55... Kc8 56. b6 $18 {is
hopeless for Black.}) 56. Rg7+ Ke6 57. Kb4 $1 {This is the same zugzwang
position without the g-pawn and White is just winning.} Ba5+ $1 {The best
practical chance.} 58. Kc4 (58. Ka4 $1 {would have won the game with ease, for
example} Bd8 {is strongly refuted by} 59. Ra7 $1 Rc8 60. b6 $18) ({, but even} 
58. Kxa5 Rxb5+ 59. Ka4 Ra5+ 60. Kb3 Ra3+ 61. Kc4 Ra4+ 62. Nb4 $18 {should be
winning too.}) 58... Bd8 59. Rg8 Rc8+ 60. Kd3 (60. Kb4 $1 {was stronger,} Ba5+
$2 61. Kxa5 Rxg8 62. b6 $18 {and the pawn cannot be stopped.}) 60... Rb8 61.
Rh8 $6 {An inaccuracy; now Black can defend more easily.} (61. Kc4 $1) 61...
Kd7 62. Rh7+ Ke6 $2 {A mistake, which helps White to reach the zugzwang
position.} (62... Kc8 $1 {was tougher.}) 63. Kc4 Rc8+ 64. Kb4 Rc1 (64... Rb8 {
could have been met by} 65. Ra7 $1 $18 {and White has managed the final
zugzwang.}) 65. b6 {Finally the pawn moves ahead and it's all over.} Rb1+ 66.
Ka5 Bxb6+ ({In the event of} 66... Rb2 67. Ka6 Ra2+ 68. Kb7 Rb2 69. Kc8 Rc2+
70. Rc7 $1 $18 {and White wins} ({, but not} 70. Kxd8 $4 Rc8+ $1 $11 {and
stalemate!})) 67. Nxb6 {This position is easily winning for White because
Black can't exchange the e4-pawn and White can always protect it with Rh4.}
Ra1+ 68. Kb5 Rb1+ 69. Kc6 Rc1+ 70. Kb7 Rb1 71. Kc7 Rc1+ 72. Kd8 Re1 73. Rh4 Kf6
74. Rg4 $1 {A fine victory for Anand who played a consistent game.} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 $5 {After the game Grischuk mentioned that he had prepared this
move, which mainly leads to original game without much theory. In the past he
had played 1.c4 and his opponents had replied with 1...Nf6 and hence he
couldn't use this idea. But today Anand went 1...e5 and Grischuk could push
his pawn to d3 which is much less common than Nc3, Nf3, g3 or even e3.} Nc6 3.
Nf3 f5 $5 {Seeing that White hasn't gone for the most ambitious move order,
Vishy chooses an aggressive setup.} 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2
O-O 8. Nc3 d6 {Usually in this opening the bishop on b4 takes the knight on c3
and White is left with the dark-squared bishop. But here the knight on c3
remains and it is much more useful than the bishop because the knight can go
to d5 and attack the c7-pawn. If it is taken then after cxd5 the c-file is
opened up and the c7-pawn could become a weakness.} 9. O-O Bd7 (9... Qe8 {
[%cal Ge8h5,Gf5f4,Gc8h3,Gf6g4] is the usual idea in this opening with the plan
being Qh5, f4, Bh3 and Ng4 with a strong attack. But here we can see the
usefulness of the knight on c3.} 10. Nd5 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd5c7]}) 10. Nd5 Nxd5
11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Qb4 $5 (12. e4 $5 c5 $5 $11 (12... f4 $6 13. d4 $1 $14)) 12...
Nxd5 (12... a5 $5 {could have been an interesting option but leads to an edge
for White after} 13. Qxb7 $1 Rb8 14. Qa6 Rxb2 15. Rab1 $1 Rxe2 $2 (15... Rxa2
16. Rfc1 $16) 16. Qc4 $16 {[%cal Gf1c1] The rook on e2 will soon be trapped.})
13. Qxb7 c6 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Qa6 (15. Bxc6 Rb8 $19) 15... d5 16. Rac1 f4 17. Nf3
Qf6 18. Qa5 {As Grischuk correctly pointed out after the game: Black has a
perfectly sound position. Its only defect is that the knight on b6 is quite
passive. If that were not the case then Black would have had the advantage.}
Kh8 (18... g5 $5 {with a pawn storm on the kingside could have led to a very
tense battle with mutual chances.} 19. d4 $5 exd4 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. b3 $13) 19.
b3 Bg4 20. Qc3 $1 {This move was missed by Vishy. Now the e5-pawn is attacked
and so is the one on c6. Black has to make the concession of giving up his
bishop on f3.} e4 $6 {But Vishy doesn't believe in taking a slightly inferior
position. He tries to complicate matters.} (20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rac8 {would
have been better although here White has a clear edge.} 22. e3 $1 $14) 21. Qxf6
Rxf6 22. Nd4 $1 {The e4-pawn is falling and so is the one on c6. Black has to
play sharply to keep things together.} f3 (22... exd3 23. exd3 Rc8 24. Rfe1 $1
$16) 23. exf3 exf3 24. Bh1 {The bishop on h1 is not going to be trapped
forever. So next up is h3 and the f3-pawn will start to become pretty weak and
as we shall see it will most probably fall.} Rc8 25. Rfe1 h6 {Black takes care
of his back rank and threatens ...c5.} (25... c5 $2 26. Rxc5 $18) 26. b4 $1 {
...c5 is not possible and the knight on d4 sits like a boss.} Na4 27. Re3 Rcf8
28. h3 Bxh3 29. Rxf3 Bd7 30. Bg2 g5 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 {Material is equal but White
is clearly better. Let us try to understand why:  1. The knight on d4 is
excellently posted. In fact Grischuk improves it further with the Nf3-e5
manoeuvre. The knight on e5 is extremely strong hitting the weak c6-pawn.  2.
The bishop on d7 is highly passive and stuck to the task of defending the
sickly looking c6-pawn.  3. The knight on a4 doesn't really have a good square
where it can go to. All these things put together constitute White's clear
edge.} 32. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Kg7 33. Ne5 Be8 34. Bh3 h5 35. d4 Nb6 36. Rc3
(36. Rc5 {would have been even stronger as now ...Nc4 is not possible.} Nc4 37.
Nxc4 dxc4 38. Rxg5+ $16) 36... Nc4 $5 {Vishy understands that the knight on e5
cannot be tolerated for long and gets rid of it even at the cost of a pawn.}
37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Rxc4 Rd6 39. a3 Bf7 40. Rc5 Rxd4 (40... Kf6 41. Bg2 Rxd4 42.
Rxc6+ Be6 $16 {would have made White's task a little more difficult than in
the game.}) 41. Rxg5+ Kf6 42. Rf5+ Kg6 43. Rc5 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Bd5 45. Bg2 Rd2 46.
Bxd5 cxd5 47. Kg2 {What would be the precise evaluation of this endgame? Is
White winning or Black has decent drawing chances? Let's have a look.} Kf5 {
This move looks completely natural trying to use the king to shepherd home the
d5-pawn.} 48. Ra5 {White meanwhile tries to win the a7-pawn.} (48. Kf3 {
was not yet possible due to} Rd3+ {[%cal Gd3a3]}) 48... Ke4 {Vishy activates
his king and puts all his money on the d4-pawn.} 49. Rxa7 d4 {Of course
White's queenside pawns are extremely threatening, but we cannot discount the
d4-pawn which is just three steps away from queening. White's basic aim should
be to give up both his queenside pawn in order to win the d-pawn. Later the
h-pawn will fall giving White connected passers on the kingside.} 50. b5 (50.
Re7+ $5 Kd5 (50... Kd3 51. b5 Rb2 52. a4 Kc4 53. Rc7+ Kb4 54. b6 Kxa4 55. b7 d3
56. Rd7 d2 57. Rxd2 $18) 51. Kf3 Kc4 52. Rc7+ Kd3 (52... Kb3 53. b5 Kxa3 54. b6
Rb2 55. b7 Rb6 56. Ke4 $18) 53. b5 Ra2 (53... Rb2 54. a4 Kd2 55. Rc5 d3 56. a5
Kd1 57. a6 d2 58. a7 Ra2 59. b6 $18) 54. b6 $1 (54. Ra7 Rb2 55. a4 Kd2 $132)
54... Rxa3 55. Rc8 Rb3 56. Rb8 Kd2+ 57. Kg2 d3 58. b7 Kd1 59. Rd8 Rxb7 60.
Rxd3+ Ke2 61. Re3+ Kd2 62. Re5 $18) 50... Rb2 51. a4 $2 {A pretty bad mistake
by Grischuk which gives Anand excellent drawing chances.} (51. Re7+ $1 {
was a very important check forcing the king on to the d-file.} Kd5 (51... Kd3 {
would be too slow as after} 52. a4 Kc3 (52... Rb4 53. f4 $1 Rxa4 54. b6 Rb4 55.
b7 Kc3 56. Rc7+ Kb3 57. f5 d3 58. f6 d2 59. Rd7 Kc2 60. Rxd2+ Kxd2 61. f7 $18)
53. Rc7+ Kb4 54. b6 Kxa4 55. b7 d3 56. Rd7 $18 {White simply wins.}) 52. Rb7 $1
d3 (52... Ra2 53. Rd7+ $1 Kc5 54. b6 Kxb6 55. Rxd4 $18) 53. b6 d2 54. Rd7+ Kc6
55. Rd8 $1 Kxb6 56. Kf3 $18 {White will win the d2-pawn and later the one on
h5 and will finish off the game.}) 51... Kd3 $2 {An extremely bad move which
throws away the chance given to Anand. He shouldn't have brought the king in
front of the d-pawn. Instead he should have pushed his pawn to d3. After ...
Kd3 the position is just lost because the d-pawn is too slow,} (51... d3 $1 52.
Rb7 Kd4 $1 {The most accurate move to secure the half point.} (52... d2 $2 53.
Rd7 $1 $18 {The king on e4 is cut off from the game.}) (52... Rb4 $5 53. b6
Rxa4 54. Rb8 Rb4 55. b7 d2 56. Rd8 Rxb7 57. Rxd2 Rb1 {Here Black has some
chances to hold because his king is well placed on e4 and can get back to g6
in order to defend the h5 pawn.}) 53. a5 (53. b6 d2 $1 (53... Kc5 $2 54. Rd7 $1
$18) 54. Rd7+ Kc3 55. a5 (55. b7 Rxb7 $19) 55... Kc2 {White doesn't really
have a good move.} 56. Kh3 (56. Kf3 d1=Q+ 57. Rxd1 Kxd1 58. Ke4 Rb5 59. f4 Rxa5
60. f5 Rb5 61. f6 Rxb6 62. Kf5 Ke2 63. Kg5 Kf3 64. f7 Rb8 65. Kxh5 Kxg3 $11)
56... d1=Q 57. Rxd1 Kxd1 58. Kh4 Ke2 59. f4 Kf3 60. Kxh5 Kxg3 61. f5 Rb5 62.
Kg6 Rxa5 63. f6 Rb5 64. f7 Rxb6+ $11) 53... d2 54. Rd7+ Kc3 55. b6 Kc2 $11 {
As we have seen White is lost for a move and the game ends in a draw.}) 52. Rb7
$1 Ra2 53. b6 Rxa4 54. Rb8 {Anand threw in the towel. A very nice game by
Grischuk who started with the non-theoretical 1.c4 2.d3 and later played a
nearly flawless middlegame.} (54. Rb8 Rb4 55. b7 Kd2 56. Kh3 d3 57. f4 Kd1 58.
Rd8 Rxb7 59. Rxd3+ {followed by Kh4 and Rd5 picking up the h5-pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{From the beginning of the event, I had been feeling much more comfortable
with Black opening-wise, and my +1 score was still enough to tie for first
place, but probably not for too long. Thus I was in the mood for a lively game.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 ({Deviating from our game in Saint-Louis which went} 9. Qd3 {
allowing} Nc6 10. a3 d5 {which is a different story.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O
11. c4 b5 12. Nd2 (12. cxb5 axb5 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 $1 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16.
Qxb5 Qa7 {gives Black adequate compensation with a lot of activity on the
queenside as well as on the dark squares, say as soon as the dark-squared
bishop reaches b6.}) 12... Nc5 (12... Rc8 13. b4 $1 {and suddenly Black is
lacking a freeing move.}) 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. b3 Bxd5 (14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 {
is also playable and maybe the best option available to Black. But getting my
knight to d6 was too appealing to me.}) 15. cxd5 (15. exd5 $2 e4 {is obviously
wrong for White.}) 15... Ne8 16. O-O Nd6 17. a4 {A logical move to press on
the queenside, delaying any decision as to which pawns to attack. Here at
first I couldn't see a suitable plan to get activity as an immediate ...f5
would be too hasty, but as usual in these positions there is an unexpected
concrete option.} (17. Nf3 c4 $1 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Qc2 Bf6 {and Black gets his
counterplay in time.}) (17. Qc2 Rc8 18. a4 c4 19. axb5 cxb3 20. Qxb3 axb5 21.
Ra6 Bg5 $11) 17... Bg5 18. Nf3 Bf4 $1 {You wouldn't expect this bishop to be
stable on this square. Or in the words of Levon : "a very impressive move as
it looks so awful".} 19. axb5 (19. g3 f5 20. Qc3 (20. gxf4 $6 fxe4 21. Qe3 exf3
$15) 20... fxe4 21. Ne1 b4 $1 22. Qxc5 Bd2 {looks good for Black.}) 19... f5 {
Why not?} (19... axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. g3 f5 22. Nh4 fxe4 23. Qc3 Bg5 24. Qxc5
Qb8 {is fine for Black, but not more. I was already inclining towards pushing
my luck.}) 20. Nd2 Qg5 $2 {After pondering my decision for a while, I couldn't
evaluate the resulting position so I took the gamble. My mind was probably
influenced by the fact Vishy had missed the earlier idea with Bf4 and clearly
wasn't feeling comfortable, but I wouldn't have taken the gamble had I been
strong enough to realise I was going one step too far!} (20... axb5 21. exf5
Rc8 $1 {A nice move which had escaped my mind. Now Black is absolutely fine.}
22. Ra6 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 $11) 21. Rad1 $2 {A very strange attempt to keep
things under control in the centre, as it gives away the a-file.} (21. Nc4 $1 {
was the obvious reaction. I thought it would give double-edged play after} fxe4
22. Qh3 Nxb5 {but my knight getting to d4 is no help after} 23. Nb6 $1 Nd4 (
23... Rae8 24. Nd7 Nd4 25. Bc4 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Nxh2 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29.
g3 $1 Nxf1 30. gxf4 $18) 24. Bc4 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxh2 26. d6+ Kh8 27. Nxa8 Nxf1
28. Nc7 $18 {and Black is helpless against Ne6.}) 21... axb5 22. exf5 Ra3 $1 {
After a while, I found this excellent reaction allowing me to keep the fight
going.} (22... Ra2 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qh4 25. g3 Bxg3 26. Qxh4 Bxh4 27. Bxb5
{is just fine for White.}) 23. Ne4 (23. Qc2 c4 $5 (23... Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxb3 25.
Qxb3 Qxd2 26. Bxb5 Rb8 27. Qd3 {is just a draw.}) 24. bxc4 Rh3 $1 {was an idea
I had in mind. It seems to work better than I would have expected after} 25.
Nf3 (25. g3 Bxg3 $1 26. hxg3 (26. fxg3 $2 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Qxe2+ 28. Kxh3 Rf6 $19)
26... Nxf5 $1 27. Ne4 (27. Bg4 $1 {is the only defence but after} Qxg4 28. Qe4
Qh5 {(not the only move here) the attack keeps on going. A beautiful line is}
29. g4 Qg5 30. Qg2 Rh4 31. Nf3 Nd4 $3 32. Nxh4 (32. Rxd4 Rxf3 $19) (32. Nxg5
Ne2#) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Qxh4+ 34. Qh3 Qg5 $1 35. Rde1 Nf4 36. Qg3 Rf6 37. Re3
Rh6+ 38. Kg1 bxc4 {and Black definitely has the upper hand.}) 27... Qh6 28. Bf3
Nd4 29. Rxd4 Rxf3 $1 $19) 25... Qh6 $1 26. gxh3 (26. g3 bxc4 $1 27. gxf4 $2 e4)
26... Qxh3 27. Rfe1 e4 28. Bf1 Qg4+ $1 29. Kh1 Qxf3+ 30. Bg2 Qh5 31. h3 bxc4
32. Rd4 $13) 23... c4 24. Qc2 $4 {The pressure pays off, with Vishy clearly
having overlooked something. He probably wasn't too sure about his other
options and missed my obvious reply.} (24. Qf3 $1 Qh6 (24... Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2
Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. bxc4 Nc3 29. Rd2 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 bxc4 31.
Rxe5 Rd3 $11) 25. g3 Rxb3 26. Qg2 Bg5 27. f6 $1 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qg6 $1 (28...
Bxf6 29. Rb1 {makes White's life too easy; his Qe4 is just what the doctor
ordered to get enough counterplay and control of the position.}) 29. Qxg6 hxg6
30. Rb1 $1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Rc8 32. Bg4 Rb8 33. Be6+ Kf8 34. fxg7+ Kxg7 35. d6 c3
36. Bb3 {and the game peters out to a likely draw.}) (24. Qb1 {looks dangerous
but might be ok as well:} Bxh2+ (24... Qh6 $5 25. g3 Rxb3 26. Qc2 Nxf5 27. d6
$1 Qh3 28. Bxc4+ bxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Qe6 $1 {and White is hanging on by a
thread.}) 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Rxb3 (26... Nxe4 27. Qb2 Ra6 28. d6 $1 $11) 27.
Nxd6 $1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rf6 29. g3 Qh3 30. Rxb5 Rxd6 31. Bxc4 {is likely to end
in a draw.}) 24... Qxf5 {It is quite hard to understand what Vishy actually
missed.} 25. Qb2 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 cxb3 27. Nxd6 {Here I should still be careful
not to allow exchanges which would give White drawing chances. But my passed
pawn combined with attacking possibilities on White's king gave me enough
confidence to think I would win this game.} Qg6 28. Nxb5 e4 ({Vishy mentioned
to me this option after the game:} 28... Qc2 $1 29. Bd3 Qc5 $1 {and White's
knight cannot get back into play.} 30. d6 e4 31. Be2 b2 32. d7 Rd8 {is just
over.}) 29. d6 b2 {...e3 and ...Bc1 are two of the tempting options now on
Black's agenda.} 30. Nd4 {An interesting try which I missed. But I had enough
time on the clock to make sure everything worked out for me.} (30. d7 Rd8 31.
Bc4+ Kh8 32. Rfe1 Qc6 $19) 30... Qxd6 $1 (30... Bxd6 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Rb8
33. Rxd6 b1=Q 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Bf1 Rb8 {is also enough to win, especially as
White can't get his knight out in time:} 36. Nd8 Qf5 $1 37. Ne6 Qe5 38. Ra6 e3
$19) 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Bxh2+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2 $1 {Not the only winning move,
but definitely the most pretty. All Black's pieces are hanging, but White is
in the same situation and the b-pawn might decide the game in several cases.}
34. Ng5 $5 (34. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 35. Kxh2 Qd6+ $19) (34. Rxd6 Bxd6 $1 (34... Rxf1+ $4
35. Kxh2) 35. Rg1 Rc2 36. Bd5 e3 37. Ng5 Rc5 $1 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nxd6+ Rxd5 40.
Nc4 Rh5#) 34... Bg3 $1 {The threat of ...Qh6 forces White to throw in the
towel.} (34... Bg3 35. Rxd6 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Bxd6 {and the b-pawn is unstoppable.
}) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 $5 {The main idea of this move is to get in
e4.} (11. Re1 {is the main move here.}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14.
dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc4 {Until this point we have been following some top level
games. Most notably Eljanov-Carlsen and Ponomariov-Karjakin. Both games
continued with 16.b3 but Caruana had a new idea up his sleeve.} 16. Bc1 $1 $146
(16. e5 $6 h6 $1 17. Nf3 Ng4 $1 18. Re1 Bc5 $15) (16. b3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 h6 18.
Ngf3 Bb4 {Black has a perfectly fine position.}) 16... h6 17. Nf3 Ng4 {A huge
fork is threatened on e3.} 18. Re1 Bc5 19. Nc3 {Caruana was still very much in
his preparation. Now Anand could have won an exchange with ...Ne3+ but decided
against it.} Qd6 (19... Nge3+ 20. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Bxe3 22. Nd5 Bb6 23. Ne5
$44 {[%cal Ge5c6] The knights in the centre should not be underestimated.
White has sufficient compensation for the exchange. What is very useful to
learn from this example is the fact that Caruana does not always follow the
best moves of the computer when preparing specific lines. He goes for ideas
and then the computer more often than not changes its evaluation.}) 20. Nd1
Rad8 21. h3 Qxd1 22. Qxd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nge3+ 24. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 25. Kh2 Nxd1 26.
Rxd1 {White has the slightly more pleasant endgame but nothing disastrous has
occurred for Black. With accurate play he can still hold.} Re8 {.} 27. e5 f6
28. Rd5 Bf8 29. Kg2 c5 30. Kf2 fxe5 31. Nxe5 {White's forces are centralised
and the king is coming into the game. Black has to be quick to get his
counterplay rolling with the queenside majority.} c4 32. Ke3 Bb4 33. Ke4 (33.
Kd4 Be1 34. g4 Bg3 35. Ke4 g5 $1 $15) 33... Be1 34. g4 c3 35. bxc3 Bxc3 36. h4
{By systematic play Caruana is increasing the pressure on Vishy.} b4 37. h5 a5
$1 {Anand knows that he cannot just sit around doing nothing. He tries his
best to create a passer even at the cost of giving up a pawn.} 38. Rxa5 b3 39.
Ra7 b2 40. Rb7 Ra8 41. Kd3 Bxe5 42. fxe5 Rxa2 43. Ke4 Ra1 {It is unclear what
symbol this move should be given. It can be given a dubious mark as Black
could have drawn even without giving up that pawn. But it is also a move
worthy of an exclamation mark, because Anand accurately assessed the endgame
where he was a pawn behind.} (43... Kf8 44. Kf5 Ke8 45. Kg6 (45. e6 Ra5+ 46.
Kg6 Rg5+ 47. Kh7 Rxg4 48. Rxb2 $11) 45... Ra6+ $1 46. Kxg7 $2 (46. Kh7 Ra4 47.
Rxb2 Rxg4 $11) 46... Ra7 $1 $17) 44. Rxb2 Kf7 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47.
Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rxg7 Ra4+ $1 49. Kf3 Kxe5 50. Re7+ (50. Rg6 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Kf4 $11)
50... Kf6 51. Rh7 Kg5 52. Rg7+ Kh4 53. Rg6 Rb4 54. Rxh6 Rb3+ 55. Kf4 Rb4+ 56.
Ke5 Kxg4 57. Rh8 Rb5+ 58. Ke4 Rxh5 59. Rxh5 Kxh5 {A high class game in all
respects.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1
21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 26. Ne3 b6 27.
Ng2 Rg8 28. Bxc7 Rh8 29. Rxh8+ Nxh8 30. Ne3 Nf7 31. Bg3 Nh6 32. Bf4 Nf7 33. Bg3
Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vajda, Szidonia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15.
a5 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. a6 bxa6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxa6 Rc2 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21.
Qxd2 Qb6 22. Bf1 a5 23. h4 Bf6 24. Ra3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxa5 Qxd4 27. Qxd4
Bxd4 28. b4 Ra8 29. Bd3 Bb6 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Kf1 f6 32. h5 Kf7 33. Ke2 Bc6
34. Bf4 Ke7 35. f3 Bd4 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Kxe3 Bb7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. b5 Bc8 40. g4
Bd7 41. b6 Bc8 42. Bg6 Kc6 43. Bf5 Bb7 44. Be6 Kxb6 45. Bxd5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bach, Matthias"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. exd4 exd4 6. a3 a5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ng3 Bh7 15.
Nd2 Nc5 16. Nde4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Rfd8 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. f4 Nxd3 21.
Qxd3 Qxf4 22. Re2 Qe5 23. Rf1 g6 24. Ref2 Rd7 25. Qh3 Rad8 26. Qxh6 Qxe4 27.
Qg5 d3 28. Rxf7 d2 29. R7f6 Rd6 30. Rd1 Rxf6 31. Qxf6 Qe1+ 32. Qf1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Qc5 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. f5
h5 15. Kb1 Bh6 16. Rhf1 h4 17. Nd5 Ba4 18. b3 Bd7 19. b4 Qc6 20. Rf3 Qa4 21. a3
Kf8 22. c4 Qc6 23. Rh3 Bg5 24. g3 e6 25. gxh4 Bxh4 26. Nc3 Ke7 27. Nb5 Bf2 28.
Nxd6 Rcd8 29. Nxf7 Rxh3 30. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nce5 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Rc8
15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Qg3 Nbc4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ng6 20. Bc1 Bf6 21.
c3 Be5 22. Qf2 Nb6 23. Bg2 Na4 24. Qc2 Nc5 25. h4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne5 27. h5 f6
28. h6 g6 29. Rf1 b5 30. Rdf4 Qe7 31. Rd1 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {This is a very interesting and
powerful opening; sometimes some top players also use it.} 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. Bxc6+ ({Of course} 7. hxg4 $2 hxg4 {is not so good for White, Black gets a
strong attack on the h-file.}) (7. d4 {is the other main line.}) 7... bxc6 8.
d3 (8. d4 {is more common move.}) 8... Bxf3 {The solid reply.} (8... Qf6 {
is more popular.}) 9. Qxf3 Qf6 10. Qd1 {Anand wants to keep the Qs.} ({In the
event of} 10. Nd2 Be7 {and White also has to play with his Q, otherwise he
can't continue the development.} 11. Qe2 g5 {is similar to the game.}) 10... g5
{A typical move. Black prepares for ...Ne7-g6.} 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. g3 {A good
move, White would like to close the kingside.} ({The natural} 12. Be3 {could
have been met by} g4 $1 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 Rh4 $44 {with compensation for
the P.}) 12... Bg7 (12... g4 13. h4 $14 {is favourable for White, he can play
for f3.}) 13. Kh2 Qg6 {Black prepares for ...f5.} 14. f4 {A brave decision by
Anand, but he didn't want to allow ...f5.} exf4 15. gxf4 g4 16. f5 Be5+ 17. Bf4
Qf6 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Rab1 Rg8 20. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Qf4 Qc5 ({Of course Black
doesn't exchange the Qs, because} 21... Qxf4+ $6 22. Rxf4 $14 {and the endgame
is more comfortable for White.}) ({The engine suggests} 21... Qf6 $5 {and now}
22. Rg1 $6 {could have been met by} Ng6 $1 {followed by ...Ne5 and Black looks
nicely placed.}) 22. Rg1 Kd7 23. h4 (23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Kg3 $5) 23... g3+ $5 {
This is the most tempting practical move. Black sacrifices his P, but opens
the g-file and weaken White's K.} ({Nevertheless the computer suggests} 23...
Qd4 $1 {. White is under pressure, moreover Black is threatening with ...Nd5!}
24. Qg3 c5 25. Rgf1 Nc6 $15 {followed by ...Ne5-f3.}) 24. Rxg3 Rxg3 25. Kxg3 (
25. Qxg3 Rg8 26. Qf3 Rg4 27. Kh3 {transposes to the text move.}) 25... Rg8+ 26.
Kh3 Rg4 27. Qf3 Qd4 {Threatening 28...Qf6 29.Qf2 Ng6!} 28. Rf1 Nd5 {A smart
move.} ({Now} 28... Qf6 $6 {is dubious, as} 29. Qf2 {and White is safe, he can
continue with Nd1-e3.}) 29. Ne2 $1 {The right reply!} (29. exd5 {is drawish by}
Rxh4+ 30. Kg2 Rg4+ $11 {and perpetual checks.}) 29... Qf6 30. Qf2 Ne3 $1 {
The correct move!} 31. Rg1 Nxc2 32. Nf4 ({In the event of} 32. Rxg4 $5 hxg4+
33. Kxg4 Qxb2 34. Nf4 {looks slightly better for White, still this is a
difficult endgame.}) 32... Rxg1 33. Qxg1 Qxb2 34. Qg8 Qxa2 35. Nxh5 Ne3 (35...
Ne1 $5 {was also possible.}) 36. Nf6+ Ke7 37. Nh7 $1 {A very nice N manoeuvre;
suddenly Black's K becomes weak. Now White is threatening Qf8 and Nf6 mate!}
Kd7 $1 {Only move!} 38. h5 Qe2 $6 {An inaccuracy.} (38... c5 $1 {was the best
reaction,} 39. h6 Kc6 40. Nf6 Qa1 $1 41. h7 Qh1+ $11 {and perpetual checks.})
39. Kh4 $4 {A big blunder, which loses immediately!} (39. Qxf7+ $1 {should
have been played:} Kc8 40. Qg8+ Kb7 41. Nf6 Qxd3 42. Kh4 {and White's position
is tempting, but still Black has a lot of pratical chances.}) 39... Qh2+ 40.
Kg5 Qg3+ 41. Kh6 Qxg8 42. Nf6+ Ke7 43. Nxg8+ Kf8 $1 $19 {Probably this was the
move, which Anand didn't see when he played 39.Kh4??.} 44. Nf6 a5 45. Kh7 a4 {
A nice scalp for Demuth!} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fiala, Vaclav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 a5 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qd4+ f6 16. Bg4 Nc5 17. f4 b6 18. Qe3 e5 19. Rd2 Qe7 20. Rcd1 Rad8 21.
f5 Rh8 22. b3 h5 23. Bh3 g5 24. g3 h4 25. g4 Qc7 26. Bf1 Qb8 27. Bd3 Rd7 28.
Qe2 Rhd8 29. Bc2 Na6 30. a3 Nc7 31. Bd3 Ba8 32. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the greatest upset of the Gibraltar tournament, but for Gledura it
was not the first time he had defeated a World Champion. In October 2015 he
eliminated Anatoly Karpov with 2-0 in the semi-finals of the rapid Highlander
Cup, organised by the Judit Polgar foundation in Budapest.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 {A curious
decision against an opponent rated more than 250 points lower. After the
central break the maximum Black can achieve is a draw, not without some
accuracy and patience on the way. The lines with ...dxc4 are flexible enough
to allow the attempt to outplay a less experienced player.} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4
exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5
Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Be3 Be7 21. d6 Rxd6 {This is
all known theory and play usually ends in a draw. White has some lead in
development as Black has to lose a tempo with ...a7-a6 in order to bring his
remaining rook into play, but the structure is perfectly symmetrical and Black
does not have any weaknesses.} 22. Rxd6 ({Anand had faced} 22. Re1 Bf8 (22...
Bd8 23. Kf1 Kg8 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc7 26. Bd4 Ne8 {Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2754)-Giri,A (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 32)}) 23.
Rac1 Nd5 24. Bc5 Ra6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Red1 Nf4 27. Rc7 Rxa2 28. g3 Ne6 29.
Rxb7 Kg8 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Anand,V (2783) Paris/St Petersburg 2013 (1/
2-1/2, 44)}) 22... Bxd6 23. Rd1 (23. Rc1 {does not look too logical as the
rook cannot intrude along the c-file. Maybe White played it for defensive
purposes, fearing some counterplay after a later ...Rc8. The early draw
confirms that he did not have too high ambitions.} a6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rd7 {
Parligras,M (2586)-Motylev,A (2653) Al Ain 2015 (1/2-1/2, 25)}) 23... Bc7 $146
{The bishop stands a bit strangely on this square but} (23... Ne8 {is too
passive to ensure full equality.} 24. Kf1 (24. Nh4 $5) 24... a6 25. Nd4 Bc5 26.
Nf5 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Nf6 28. Nd6 Kh7 29. Ke2 Kg6 30. a4 Rd8 31. a5 Ne8 32. Nxb7
Rb8 33. Rd7 Nf6 34. Rc7 Nd5 35. Rc6+ f6 36. Nd6 Rxb2+ 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Rxa6 Nb4
39. Rb6 Nd3 40. Nb7 Ne5+ {Al Sayed,M (2530)-Gaponenko,I (2393) Gibraltar 2016 
(1/2-1/2, 44)} 41. Ke4 $1 Rxg2 42. a6 Rxh2 (42... Ra2 43. Nc5 Rxh2 $2 44. a7
Ra2 45. Ra6 $18) 43. Na5 Ra2 44. Rb5 Nc6 $8 45. Nxc6 Rxa6 46. Nd4 {with some
winning chances for White.}) 24. Kf1 {Centralising the king just in case.} ({
Another possible plan is attacking the queenside pawns with} 24. Rd3 a6 25. g3
Kg8 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Rb3 b5 28. Ra3 Ra8 (28... a5 29. Rc3 Rd7 30. Rc5 $36) 29.
h4 $5 $14 {Black is in no immediate danger but he does not have a clear way to
free himself.}) 24... a6 25. h3 Kg8 26. b3 Rd8 {In principle this should
suffice for a draw, but suprisingly White maintains some slight pressure even
after the rook exchange.} 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ke2 h5 $6 {Creating a weakness
without needing it and delaying the king's centralising.} ({But Black does not
have a simple life after the more natural} 28... Kf8 {either:} 29. Kd3 Ke7 30.
Nd4 Nd5 31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Nd6 Nxe3 33. Kxe3 Ke6 34. Nxb7 Bb6+ {Suddenly the
position becomes double-edged with the knight almost trapped on b7.} 35. Ke4 (
35. Kf3 $6 Kd5 36. b4 Kc6 37. Nc5 Bxc5 38. bxc5 Kxc5 $19) 35... f5+ 36. Kf3 a5
(36... Kd5 {doesn't work out so well. If play continues in similar way as in
the previous line White even wins!} 37. b4 Kc6 38. Nc5 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Kxc5 40.
Kf4 {This is the point: the f5-pawn and the whole kingside are desperately
weak.} g6 41. h4 $18) 37. a3 Kd5 38. b4 a4 $1 {[%csl Ga3]} 39. Ke2 Bd4 (39...
Kc6 $2 40. Na5+ Bxa5 $2 41. bxa5 Kb5 42. Kd3 $18) 40. Nc5 Bxc5 41. bxc5 Kxc5
42. Kd3 g5 $11) 29. Bg5 $1 {Starting with this moment the young Hungarian
talent plays the game very strongly and accurately.} Kf8 30. Kd3 Ke8 ({If} 
30... Ke7 {White can keep the tension with} 31. Bh4 $5 {clearing the g5-square
for the knight while maintaining the unpleasant pin.} Kd7 (31... Kd6 32. Ng5
Ke7 33. Ne4 Ke6 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Nc5+ Kd5 36. Nxb7 Bb6 37. b4 Bxf2 38. Nd8 $16
) 32. a4 Nd5 33. Bxd8 (33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Bxd8 Kxe5 35. Kc4 f6 36. Kc5 g5 {
seems to allow Black to defend his fortress well. The theoretical superiority
of the bishop over the knight is compensated for by Black's perfect
centralisation.}) 33... Kxd8 34. Ng5 $5 (34. Kc4 Nf4) 34... Nf4+ (34... Ke7 $6
35. Kc4 Nf4 36. g3 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gc5b6]}) 35. Ke4 Nxg2 36. Nxf7+ Ke7 37. Ne5 $14
{The position remains unpleasant for Black due to White's centralisation.}) 31.
Bxf6 $1 {Clearing the path for the king's invasion.} Bxf6 32. Ke4 {Since the
bishop does not have targets, the centralising of the king is more relevant
than the bishop's greater mobility than the knight's. Black faces an
unpleasant defence.} Bd8 (32... Kd7 33. Kd5 b6 (33... Bc3 34. Ng5 Ke7 35. Ne4
Bb4 36. Nc5 $18 {is similar to the game.}) 34. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gd2e4]}) 33.
Ne5 Ke7 34. Kd5 Bb6 $6 {Black hurries to attack the only white pawn placed on
a dark square but this will prove an illusion.} (34... Bc7 $5 35. Nd3 Kd7 36.
Nc5+ Kc8 {looks unpleasant but White does not have an immediate way to break
through.}) 35. Nd3 Kd7 36. Nc5+ Bxc5 $2 {This leads to a lost pawn ending.} ({
It is also true that the position after} 36... Kc8 {is joyless for several
reasons.} 37. Kd6 (37. Ne4 Kd7 38. Nd6 Bxf2 39. Nxb7 $16 {[%cal Gb3b4,Ga2a4]})
37... Ba5 38. a3 (38. Ke7 $4 Bb4 39. Kd6 b6) 38... Bd8 39. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Gf7,
Gg6][%cal Gd3e5] In one way or another, White should be able to clear the path
for advancing with his king.}) 37. Kxc5 Kc7 (37... h4 {leads to similar play.}
38. Kb6 Kc8 39. g3 hxg3 40. fxg3 f5 41. h4 g6 42. a4 Kb8 43. b4 Kc8 44. Ka7 Kc7
45. b5 a5 46. Ka8 $1 $40) 38. h4 Kd7 (38... b6+ 39. Kd5 Kd7 40. f3 Kc7 41. g4
hxg4 42. fxg4 Kd7 43. b4 $5 {White can afford not to be in a hurry. Before
starting advancing the kingside pawns he can bring his queenside pawns closer
to promoting.} Kc7 44. a3 Kd7 45. a4 Kc7 46. h5 Kd7 47. g5 Ke7 48. Kc6 $18) 39.
Kb6 Kc8 40. b4 Kb8 41. f3 {Before deciding how to advance the a-pawn, it is
useful to provoke the freeing of the kingside. Other moves win, too, but the
way chosen by Gledura is the simplest from a practical point of view.} Kc8 42.
g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Kb8 44. h5 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gh5h6]} f6 45. a4 {With the king on
c8 the winning move would be 45.a3, forcing a transposition to the game.} Kc8
46. Ka7 Kc7 47. b5 a5 48. Ka8 $1 (48. Ka8 {The main difficulty regarding this
winning move was foreseeing it in advance as now it is the only reasonable one.
} Kb6 49. Kb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esserman, Marc"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qe4 Rd8 14. Re1 g6
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. h4 Na5 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Nd4 Nc6 21. Nf3
Na5 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. O-O e4 11. Ne1 Bf5 12. Nc2 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Nb4 Qd7 15.
Qc2 Nxb4 16. axb4 Qc6 17. c5 b5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rxa4 d5 20. Rfa1 Rxa4 21.
Qxa4 Rb8 22. b5 Bd7 23. Bf1 h6 24. Qb4 Be6 25. Ra6 Qb7 26. Qa5 Ne8 27. Ra7 Qc8
28. Qa6 Qd7 29. b6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nce2 Kh8 15.
Bg5 Nf6 16. Qh4 Rae8 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Bd8 20. Ng3 Ne5 21. Qd4
Qb7 22. Kh1 Neg4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. c3 Bb6 25. Qh4 Bc5 26. Rf4 Be3 27. Rf3 h6
28. Rxd6 Bg5 29. Qb4 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Re8 32. Bc4 Re1 33. Bd3 Ne4
34. f6 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Ng3 e5 15.
Qd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rc8 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. b3
Ne5 22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qxd6 Qxc2 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qa5 27. Qd2 Qc7
28. Qd6 Qa5 29. Qd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O e6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rf2 d5
15. Rd2 Qe8 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. b3 dxc4 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qf3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
cxb3 22. axb3 Rd5 23. Rdc2 a5 24. Rxc6 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qd8 27. Nd6
Bf8 28. g3 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Qc2 $6 (30. Kg2 $1 Qa5 31. Kh3 $1 {and with
the king tucked in h3 White should be doing ok.}) 30... Qa5 $1 31. Kf3 $2 {
Losing on the spot.} Qd5+ $1 32. Ne4 Ra2 $1 {suddenly there is no good place
for the queen. She has to keep an eye on too many squares: d3, d1 and the rook
on c6.} 33. Qc1 (33. Ke3 Rxc2 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd5 Rxc6 {doesn't work either.}
) 33... Qd3+ {White will soon be mated.} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. c3 f6 14. Bf4 g5 15.
Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Nc1 Qd7 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Nd3 b6 19. h4 h6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5
$5 fxg5 22. Ne5 Qd8 23. Qh5 Nef5 $1 {White has compensation, but I don't think
it is sufficient for an advantage. He simply lacks pieces to attack with.} 24.
Ng4 $6 (24. Qg6+ Ng7 25. Re2 $11 {the pressure is still mounting and Black has
to find some way of not losing too much material:} Nf7 $1 26. Rae1 Nh8 27. Qh6
Nf7 {with a computeresque perpetual.}) 24... Ng7 25. Qh3 {This is a clear sign
that the attack has failed.} Bxg4 $6 26. Qxg4 $2 (26. Bxd5+ $1 $15) 26... Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 c6 28. f4 Nf7 {Now its smooth sailing for Aronian's extra knight.} 29.
c4 dxc4 30. fxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxg5 Nxg5 32. Bxc6 Rd8 33. Re5 Nf7 34. Re7 Rxd4 35.
Rxa7 Nf5 36. Kf2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bf5 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Bd3 Qb6 8.
O-O e6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Nfd2 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Kxe7 15. Nb3 Rhd8 16. Qe1 Qb6 17. Qb4+ Ke8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Qc3 Rd5 20. Rxd5
cxd5 21. a3 Kf8 22. h3 Kg8 23. Nc5 h5 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. b4 a4 26. c3 Qc7 27. Rf1
Bg6 28. f3 exf3 29. Rxf3 Qe7 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. Rg3 Rc7 33. Qg5 Qe8
34. Rf3 Qc8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Qxc5 38. Qd8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8
40. Kg3 Be4 41. Rf2 g5 42. Rh2 Bd3 43. Rh5 Bg6 44. Rxg5 Kg7 45. Kh4 f6 46.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 47. exf6 e5 48. g5 d4 49. exd4 exd4 50. cxd4 b4 51. d5 bxa3 52. d6
a2 53. d7 a1=Q 54. d8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rd8 15.
Rad1 b6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qc1 Nh5 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. b4 Qb8 20. c5 a5 21. bxa5
bxc5 22. dxc5 Qa7 23. Bc4 Nc7 24. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 25. Rd1 $1 {Black simply has
no good way of dealing with the threat on his rook!} Re8 (25... Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1
Bxc3 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qxc7 {and Black's position is completely collapsing.
Both Qxe7 and a6 are huge threats.}) 26. Ng5 e6 27. Rd7 Qxa5 28. Nce4 Bc8 29.
Rxf7 h6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nf3 {White's position is simply overwhelming.} Nd5
32. Bxh6+ Kh7 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Bf8 Rg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 ({Since Anand transposed to the Four Knights
Opening on the next move, one natural question is why he did not use the
genuine move order of this opening} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 {Quite possibly, he felt
comfortable in the Marshall/Anti-Marshall lines and wanted to give Aronian a
"chance" to get there.}) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 $5 {Adams,M (2505)-Malaniuk,V 
(2560) GMA Baleares op 1989 (8) 0-1 A relatively rare move, but not a bad one.
For the time being the bishop is not exposed at all on d6 and it can go later
to c5 without allowing the usual Nxe5 stuff, or simply back to f8. In some
lines it can be important that the e5-pawn is over-defended, giving freedom to
the c6-knight to be transferred to g6 or to harass the white bishop with ...a6,
...b5 and ...Na5/d4. The first time I saw this curious idea was in the
classical Arkhangelsk Ruy Lopez in} 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 ({In view of the next
comment, it is also worth mentioning} 6. a3 {, preparing a bishop retreat to
a2. But in this case Black is not forced to transpose to the game with ...Re8,
as the insufficient defence of the e4-pawn allows} Nd4 $1 7. Bc4 c6 8. d3 Bc7
9. h3 d5 $11 {Szabo,K (2506)-Efimenko,Z (2677) Sarajevo 2010 (1/2-1/2, 60)})
6... Re8 {Providing the e5-pawn with an additional defence in order to free
the bishop.} ({But I believe this is a good moment for harassing the enemy
bishop already with} 6... a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Bf8 11.
Bd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 h6 (12... d5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Nh5 Be7) 13. c4 Rb8 14. Qc2 d6
15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. f3 $14 {Lagno,K (2459)-Zhao,X (2530) Kemer 2007 
(1-0, 49)}) 7. a3 h6 {This move was unanimously played so far. The threat Bg5
was not too annoying yet, but it could become so a couple of moves later.} ({
For instance if} 7... Bc5 $146 8. Nd5 $5 {Black has to take measures against
Bg5 already.} Nxd5 (8... h6 9. c3 $14) (8... a6 9. Ba4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11.
Nxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 Ba7 13. d6 $1 cxd6 14. Bb3 $32) (8... d6 $2 9. Bg5 $16) 9.
exd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 (10... exd4 11. Qf3 {[%cal Gd7d6,Rb5e8]} Rf8 12. Bd2 d6
13. Rfe1 $14) 11. c3 Bb6 12. Qf3 Rf8 13. Qg3 $36 d6 $2 14. Bh6 Qf6 15. Bg5 Qg6
16. Be7 $16 {[%csl Gf8]}) ({But} 7... Nd4 $146 {looks playable even though the
e4-pawn is solidly defended and White can take on d4 without problems.} 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Ne2 Bc5 (9... c5 10. Bc4 Bc7 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 11. Bf4 $5 {[%csl Gc4]})
10. b4 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Bb6 11. Bb2 c6 12. Ba4 d5 $132) 8. Bc4 $5 {[%csl Gf7]
Since Black is going to waste a tempo with his king's bishop, White is
entitled to do the same with his own.} ({If} 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. Re1 c6
11. Ba4 Bc7 12. c3 d5 $15 {Degraeve,J (2523)-Bacrot,E (2691) Pau 2008 (½-½,
35), Black has regrouped perfectly.}) 8... Bc5 (8... Bf8 {is solid but
somewhat passive.} 9. h3 d6 10. Be3 (10. Nh2 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13.
Qf3 $14 {Vavulin,M (2442)-Lysyj,I (2677) Sochi 2015 (1/2-1/2, 64)}) 10... a6
11. b4 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. Re1 $14 {Zhao,J (2610)-Malakhov,V (2694) China 2014
(1/2-1/2, 41)}) 9. Be3 Bxe3 $146 {Opening the f-file after having weakened the
kingside with ...h7-h6 looks like playing with fire.} ({True,} 9... Bb6 {
wastes another tempo, allowing White to take over the initiative:} 10. Qd2 d6 (
10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 d6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Nf5 $14) 11. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 12. Qxh6 Re6 (
12... Nh7 13. Bxf7+ $1) (12... Be6 13. Ng5 $40 Bxc4 $2 14. dxc4 Nb8 15. Nd5
Nbd7 16. Rad1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3g3]}) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 (13... Bxe6 14. Ng5 $18 {
[%cal Gg1h1,Gf2f4]}) 14. Qg6+ Kf8 (14... Kh8 15. Ng5 $18) 15. Qh6+ (15. Na4 Qe7
16. Nxb6 axb6 17. c3 $14) 15... Ke7 16. Qg7+ Ke8 {Saldano Dayer,H (2474)
-Flores,D (2562) Villa Martelli 2014 (0-1, 48)} 17. Na4 $5 $14) ({But the
developing} 9... d6 {looks good enough.} 10. h3 (10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7 12.
Nh4 c6) (10. Bxc5 dxc5 $11) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Nd2 {
At this moment Black should not have any serious problems.} Nd4 14. Nc4 Nd7 {
This is somewhat passive and might be the cause of Black's ulteriour
micro-problems.} (14... g6 $5 {[%cal Gf6h5]} 15. Ne2 Nh5) 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nde3
Rg6 17. c3 Ne6 18. Kh2 b5 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. Nf3 Rd6 21. d4 $14 {Goumas,G (2409)
-Iordachescu,V (2645) Korinthia 2012 (1/2-1/2, 66)}) 10. fxe3 d6 11. Nh4 Be6
12. Nf5 Bxc4 $6 {A very uninspired decision, especially coming from a player
of Aronian's calibre. Black not only opens another file for White's pressure,
allowing him to consolidate the control over the d5-square at the same time,
but also gives away an important defender of the kingside.} ({Even without the
exchange of bishops} 12... Kh7 {wouldn't have been entirely satisfactory.} 13.
Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 $14 {[%csl Gd5]} Nxd5 $2 15. exd5 $40 Ne7 (15... Nb8 16. Qh5
Qg5 (16... Rf8 17. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 18. Rf3 $18 {[%cal Ga1f1]}) 17. Nxg7 $1 $18)
16. Qg4 Ng6 (16... g6 17. Nxh6 $1 Kxh6 18. Qh4+ Kg7 19. Qf6+ Kh6 20. Rf3 $18)
17. h4 $16) ({But since Aronian later carried out the Breyer regrouping anyway,
now was the best moment for it.} 12... Nb8 13. Qf3 (13. Nd5 Nbd7) 13... Nbd7)
13. dxc4 Kh7 ({Could he have overlooked that} 13... Nb8 {runs into} 14. c5 $14
dxc5 $6 15. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rxf6 $16) (13... Re6 {solves only
part of the problem.} 14. Qf3 Nb8 15. g4 Nbd7 16. Kh1 $36) 14. Qf3 Nb8 $6 {
With such strong white pressure and such a considerable lead in development,
this counter-developing move is obviously a suicide. This mixture of classical
with rapid chess may not be the most inspired innovation ever.} ({It is also
true that there was no simple way to deal with the pressure:} 14... Ng8 15.
Rad1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} (15. c5 dxc5 16. Rad1 Qg5 17. Rd7) 15... b6 (15... g6 16.
Nxd6 $5 cxd6 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxg6 Rf8 19. Nb5 $36) 16. Qg3 Qg5 (16... g6 17.
Nd4 $3 exd4 18. Rxf7+ Kh8 19. Qxg6 $18) 17. Nd5 Rac8 18. Qh3 {[%cal Gf1f3]} g6
19. Rf3 $5 $16 gxf5 $2 20. Rg3 Qd8 21. Qxf5+ Kh8 22. Qg4 Qg5 23. Qh3 Qd8 24.
Rf1 Rf8 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Qxh6 $18) 15. Nxh6 $1 $18 Kxh6 16. Qh3+ Kg6 17. Rf3
Nh5 18. Rf5 Nf6 (18... Rh8 19. Qg4+) 19. Qh4 {[%cal Gf5g5]} (19. Qh4 Ng8 20.
Qh5#) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 $5 {Karjakin,
S (2769)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Tata Steel-A 78th 2016 (4) 1-0 A unusual way of
preventing the bishop's exchange with ...Na5. There is some abstract
similarity with Black's ...a7-a5 in the same opening in} ({The normal
continuation is} 7. Bb3) 7... O-O 8. Re1 h6 ({Another recent game with an
original white development went:} 8... Ba7 9. Na3 h6 {This will prove a bit
slow.} (9... Be6 $5) 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4
exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 $14 {So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,
S (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 9. h3 {I am not sure whether this
move is really necessary at this stage.} (9. Nbd2 Ba7 (9... Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 {
doesn't work here because after} 11. h3 {Black doesn't have ...Nh6 followed by
...f5.}) 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. h3 {This is more justified
now than right in the opening.} (13. d4 Bg4) ({But} 13. a5 $5 {deserves
attention.}) 13... Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 (14... fxe6 15. d4) 15. d4 (15. Nf5 d5 16.
Qb3) 15... Re8 16. dxe5 $6 (16. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gc1e3]}) 16... dxe5 $11 {
Petrov,M (2511)-Georgiev,V (2566) Sunny Beach 2012 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 9... Be6 $5
{Anand,V (2784)-Aronian,L (2792) Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th 2016 (1)
1-0 Anand opts for a similar structure as in his game against Aronian from the
same tournament but with reversed colours.} ({The alternative plan of
neutralising the Italian bishop is} 9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. a5 (11. b4 Ba7
12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nf1 d5 14. Qc2 {offers better chances for keeping some
pressure.}) 11... Qd7 (11... Bxc4 12. dxc4 (12. Nxc4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 $15)
12... Qd7 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Qe6 15. b4 Ba7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Ra2 $13) 12. Nh2
Rad8 13. Qf3 d5 $36 {Shchukin,D (2344)-Aleksandrov,A (2628) Voronezh 2011 (0-1,
31)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 (12. fxe3 d5 $11) 12... Qd7 13. Nbd2
{For the time being none of the players pays any attention to the thematic
a4-a5 and ...a6-a5.} Qf7 (13... a5 14. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3b5,Gb3c4]}) 14. g3 {
The usefulness of this move is equally mysterious to me as was the case with
h2-h3.} ({White could have played} 14. a5 $5 {and only if} Nh5 {then} 15. g3 {
leaving the knight misplaced.}) 14... Nd7 15. Kg2 (15. a5 d5 $132) 15... a5 $5
(15... d5 {is entirely playable here, too.}) 16. Qc2 ({The main point behind
Black's last move is that} 16. Qb3 {can be parried with} Nc5) 16... Nc5 17. Rf1
Qd7 18. b3 {It has become clear by now that instead of a queenside space
advantage White has some weaknesses on that wing. But his position is solid
enough and chances are fairly equal.} Ne7 {The start of an ambitious but
strategically risky plan.} (18... Rf7 $11 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5
Qxb5 {Targeting b3.} 21. Rb1 Nc6 22. Ncd2 Rab8 23. d4 $1 {An action on the
wing is best answered with an attack in the centre!} exd4 24. Nxd4 $1 {
Weakening Black's defence along the c-file.} (24. cxd4 Na6 25. Rc1 Nab4 $132)
24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 $14 {A brief glance at the position reveals that Black's
ambitions have left him with a slightly worse structure and no real initiative.
} Na6 26. Qc3 $6 {This would have allowed Black to equalise.} ({It would have
been useful to strengthen the pressure on the c-file.} 26. Rc1 $14) 26... Qb6
$2 ({Missing the strong} 26... Nb4 $3 {with a far from obvious tactical
justification:} 27. Qxc7 Rbc8 28. Qxd6 Nc2 29. Qxe6+ {Grabbing one pawn after
another but things are not that simple.} Kh7 {The point is that White has to
give up the exchange since} 30. Rf3 $2 {loses to} Qe2 $19) 27. Nf3 $6 {
Probably fearing ghosts along the f-file.} (27. Nc4 {would have won the
a5-pawn without any compensation.}) 27... Nb4 28. Qc4 Rbe8 29. Rc1 Rf7 30. Nd2
{It is too late already to find a good square for this knight.} ({White should
have maintained the status quo with} 30. Rcc3 $11 {for instance} d5 31. Qc5)
30... Ref8 31. f4 $2 {This looks like an aggressive move, but it actually is
close to suicide.} (31. Qxe6 d5 $3 {[%cal Re6g8]} 32. Qxb6 (32. exd5 Qxe6 33.
dxe6 Rxf2+ 34. Kh1 Rxd2 $19) 32... Rxf2+ 33. Kh1 cxb6 $17) (31. Rf1 $5 $11)
31... e5 $1 {Suddenly Black is much better coordinated and the white centre is
about to explode.} 32. Nf3 ({White might have missed that} 32. fxe5 {would run
into} d5 $1 {[%cal Rc4g8]} 33. Qe2 (33. exd5 Rf2+) 33... Rf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rxf2+
35. Kxf2 Qxd4 $17) 32... exf4 33. gxf4 d5 $1 {A familiar issue.} 34. exd5 Qd6
$17 {White has nothing to show for his weakened king's position.} (34... Rxf4
$2 35. d6+) 35. Ne5 Rxf4 36. Kg1 Kh7 {Black has a strong attack and winning a
pawn on d5 is a pure matter of time. Actually Anand will not even care for the
latter aspect, as his killer instinct focused on the enemy king.} 37. Rg3 R8f5
38. Rg4 Qf6 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Rf1 Qg5+ 41. Kh2 Re4 42. Nf3 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44.
Qc1 Re2+ $1 {This is the right way to take advantage of the hanging white
queen as White cannot interpose the rook.} (44... Rxf3 $2 45. Qxf4) 45. Kh1 Qg3
0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 $5 {Anand chooses to avoid the
Open Spanish (5.0-0 Nxe4), and wants to play a middlegame with many
possibilities for both sides.} d6 6. c3 g6 {Black takes advantage from the
fact that the bishop hasn't developed to e7 yet, and chooses a more flexible
setup with g6-Bg7.} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 $5 {Shirov is known for
being very faithful to his opening ideas. Here he repeats a plan that he had
used 3 times in the past.} 10. Nf1 f5 {Starting direct play on the kingside.
Oh, and he is also known for his aggressive and objective play!} 11. Ng3 (11.
exf5 $5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 (12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Kh8 $13) 12... Kh8 13. Bb3 d5 $1 {
very provocative play - a challenge accepted by Morozevich} 14. g4 $5 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. d4 Qh4 19. Kh1 $5 Qxf2 (19... Rh5 $5
20. Qf3 Ne7 $13 {with complicated play, Black wants to play Bf6-Kg7-Rh8}) 20.
Qg4 $1 {sacrificing a second pawn, White gets a lot of initiative} Qxb2 21.
Rac1 $44 {Rc2 and Re6 are possible ideas} Raf8 22. Bc2 f3 $2 23. Ne3 $18 f2 24.
Bxf5 fxe1=Q+ 25. Rxe1 Rf6 26. Rg1 Ne7 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bxg6+ Kg8 29. Bh5 {
1-0 (29) Morozevich,A (2732)-Shirov,A (2736) Monte Carlo 2004}) 11... fxe4 12.
Bb3+ Kh8 13. Ng5 (13. Nxh5 exf3 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 $17 {has to be good for Black,
the weaknesses around the white king are more sensitive that Black's ones.})
13... Nf4 $5 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxf7 {Black sacrifices an exchange, getting two
pawns and some very interesting piece activity on the kingside.} Qf8 16. Bb3
exd3 (16... Nxd3 $5 {was another way to play this. In any case, there is
compensation and a lot of play} 17. Rf1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Na5 19. Nxe4 (19. Bc2 Bh6
20. Ra1 e3 21. fxe3 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qg8 $44 {and Black has great play with the
bishop pair}) 19... Bh6 20. Rc2 Nxb3 21. axb3 Be6 22. c4 Qe7 $44 {followed by .
..Rf8. It feels like the way Shirov played (16...exd3) is more interesting
than this.}) 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bxd3 e4 (18... Bg4 $5 19. f3 Be6 20. Bf1 Rd8 $44 {
with a very rich and complex position, exactly as to the liking of both these
players.}) 19. Bf1 (19. Bc2 $1 {not very logical, but based on a concrete
sequence} Be6 (19... Ne7 20. Be3 $16 {followed by Qd2, Rf1 and f3!. If White
manages to break the central structure, he should have the better chances
always.}) 20. Nxe4 $1 {an important tactical shot} dxe4 21. Rxe4 Rd8 22. Qf1
Nh3+ 23. gxh3 Bf5 24. Bg5 $1 {returning the exchange for the control of the
light squares} Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Bf6 26. Be3 $1 $16 {followed by Rd1 and Qg2, for
example. White maintains the bishop pair and a pawn up.}) 19... g5 $2 (19...
Be6 $1 {it was important to develop quickly, because the first thing Black
should avoid is c4 (and the subsequent attack on e4)} 20. c4 Rd8 {arriving in
time for the central exchanges} 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 $44) 20. c4 $1 dxc4
21. Nxe4 Ne5 22. Bxf4 (22. Nxg5 Nfd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Re2 {still led to
complicated play, it looks very scary for White, after Bf5, for example. I
like Anand's move better.}) 22... gxf4 23. Ng5 $6 (23. Qd5 $1 {avoiding Bf5
because of Qxb7:} c6 24. Qd6 Bf5 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 (25... Bxf8 26. Ng3 $1 fxg3 27.
Rxe5 gxf2+ 28. Kxf2 $16 {and White takes c4, with the better chances}) 26. Nd6
$16) 23... Bf5 24. Qd5 c6 25. Qa5 b5 $44 {Now Black has a lot of compensation
again.} 26. Rad1 $2 {It is hard to criticise such a natural and developing
move, but now things start to go wrong for White.} (26. Qc7 $1 {White
threatens Rxe5, but most importantly, he stops the Qe7-Rg8 plan (that happened
in the game and began to create a lot of serious threats)} Rc8 27. Qb7 Rb8 28.
Qxa6 Qe7 $1 {similar to the game, but now White can equalise:} 29. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5
30. Re1 Qxg5 31. Rxe5 Qf6 32. Re1 Rg8 $36) 26... Qe7 $1 $17 27. Ne4 (27. Rxe5 {
doesn't work quite well now:} Bxe5 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Nf3 Qc7 $1 $17) 27... Rg8 {
Threatening ...Qh4 with devastating effects.} 28. Nd6 (28. Kh1 Bg4 $1 29. f3
Nxf3 30. gxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Bg2 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bc3+ 33. Ng3 {this amusing resource
doesn't save the game} Bxe1 34. Qxe1 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 fxg3 36. hxg3 Rd8 $19 {
reaching a won endgame.}) 28... Bc2 29. Qd2 Bxd1 30. Qxd1 Rf8 (30... Qd7 {
this subtle move, threatening 31...Nd3 32.Bxd3 Qxd6, followed by the queen
exchange and Bxb2, was another way to win:} 31. Ne4 Nd3 32. Bxd3 cxd3 $19 {
after ...Qd5, Black dominates and should win without trouble.}) 31. Ne4 f3 32.
g3 Rd8 33. Qc1 Nd3 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. Qxc6 Bxb2 36. Kf1 Qd7 $1 37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38.
Rd1 Rd5 $2 (38... b4 $1 {It was important to start marching fast on the
queenside, White needs to waste a lot of moves to grab the f3-pawn and also
watch the one on d3. Shirov wanted to defend Nc5, but it fails tactically.} 39.
Nd2 (39. Nc5 Rd5 $1 {this resource was certainly missed by Black} 40. Nxa6 (40.
Nxd3 Bc3 {suddenly White is totally paralysed!} 41. Nb2 {otherwise Black
transfers his king to the queenside with an easy win} Ra5 (41... Rxd1+ {
also wins easily} 42. Nxd1 Bd4 $19) 42. Nc4 Rxa2 $19) 40... Bc3 $19 {now there
is a decisive threat of ...d2 and ...Re5/Re1+!}) 39... a5 40. Nxf3 a4 {
threatening b3} 41. Nd2 Rc7 $19 {followed by Rc2, and Black wins, the pawns
are simply too strong.}) 39. Nd2 b4 40. Nxf3 Bc3 $6 (40... Ra5 $1 41. Ne1 Rxa2
42. Nxd3 Bc3 {- 41...Ra5}) 41. Ne1 $6 (41. Nd2 $1 Ra5 42. Ne4 Rxa2 43. Rxd3 $15
{winning an important tempo on c3, White is now close to a draw.}) 41... d2 $6
(41... Ra5 $1 {was definitely worth trying} 42. Nxd3 Rxa2 43. Nc5 a5 44. Rd8+ (
44. Ne4 Rc2 $17 {and Black retains excellent winning chances}) 44... Kg7 45.
Ra8 Kf6 46. f4 {stopping Ke5-Kd5} Kf5 47. h3 Bd4 (47... a4 $6 48. Nxa4 Bf6 49.
Ra5+ Kg6 50. Ra6 b3 51. Rb6 Rxa4 52. Rxb3 $17 {and this endgame should be a
draw}) 48. Nb3 Ke4 (48... Bb6 49. Ra6 Bc7 50. Ra7 a4 51. Nc5 Bb6 52. Rxa4 (52.
g4+ Kxf4 53. Rxa4 Rxa4 54. Nxa4 Ba7 55. Ke2 Kg3 $19) 52... b3 $1 53. g4+ Kg6
54. f5+ Kh6 55. Rb4 Bxc5 56. Rxb3 Kg5 $17 {this is much better for Black
compared to the line from 47...a4, because all the white pawns are blocked.
His winning chances increase a lot here.}) 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. Nxd4
Rd2 52. f5 Rxd4 53. Rxd4+ Kxd4 54. f6 b3 55. f7 b2 56. f8=Q b1=Q+ 57. Kg2 Qc2+
$17 {with some chances, because of Black's dangerous a-pawn and the weakened
white king.}) 42. Nf3 Ra5 (42... Kg7 {doesn't change much} 43. Ke2 Ra5 44. Nxd2
Rxa2 45. Ke3 Rxd2 (45... a5 46. Ne4 $132) 46. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 47. Kxd2 a5 {and
White quickly advances his pawns as well to avoid any risk of losing (in case
Black tries to go with his king to the queenside)} 48. g4 a4 49. f4 a3 50. Kc2
a2 51. Kb2 b3 52. h4 Kf6 53. h5 h6 54. Ka1 $11) 43. Nxd2 Rxa2 44. Ne4 $1 {
This is the problem with 41...d2, White had time to play Ne4 right away.} a5 {
The safe approach.} (44... Bb2 {it looks risky to put hopes on the black
passed pawns, because White has strong play with Rd7, followed by pawn
advances and knight moves around the black king.} 45. Rd7 a5 46. Rb7 $1 {
important prophylaxis to stop a4 for now} Bd4 47. h4 Rb2 48. h5 a4 49. h6 Kg8
50. f4 a3 $4 (50... Kf8 51. Nd6 {threatening Rf7+ and Re7} Bc5 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53.
Rg7+ Kf8 54. Rf7+ Kg8 $11) 51. Nd6 $1 Kf8 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Re7 $18 {and Black
gets mated.}) 45. Nxc3 bxc3 46. Rc1 Ra3 47. Ke2 a4 48. Rc2 Rb3 49. Kd3 a3 50.
Kc4 a2 51. Rxa2 Rb2 52. Ra8+ {A peaceful end to a dramatic battle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 d4 13. exd4 exd4 14. c5 Bxc5
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Nd2 Kg7 18. Qb5 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rc7 20. Be4 Rhc8 21.
Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. b3 Qc2 27. Nc4
Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bd5 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. d4
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Re1 Rd7 19. h3 Bh5 20. Be2
Bxe2 21. Rexe2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Rd8 24. Re7 Rxd4 25. Rxc7 Rb4 26. b3
a5 27. g3 b5 28. Kg2 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rc2 Ra3 31. Rb2 Kg7 32. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ng3
Re8 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Qc2 a5 12. b5 Bf8 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Na6 15.
O-O Bd7 16. f4 e4 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nc5 19. Bd4 a4 20. Bc4 Ng4 21. h3 Nh6 22.
Nc3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qa2 Be6 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Ne2 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bc5 28.
Nb5 Qd3 29. Rab1 Red8 30. Rf2 Rd5 31. Nc3 Bxe3 32. Qxd5 Rxc3 33. Rxb7 $2 (33.
Qxd3 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxd3 35. Rxb7 f5 {is a difficult endgame for White, but if
it is lost is beyond my chess knowledge.}) 33... Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qg3+ {
Unfortunately for Aronian, even though his threats are strong, he is getting
mated first} 35. Ke2 (35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Re1#) 35... Qxg2+ {With mate next
move} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7 12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bxd5
15. exd5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Ra5 Rab8 19. b3 e4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21.
Qe1 Rfb8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Bf1 Qf5 24. Qe3 R4b6 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 Qe5 27. Bc4
Rd6 28. Re1 Rbd8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rd1 a5 31. Qc5 e3 32. Qxe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rxe3
34. Ra1 Rf6 35. Rxa5 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. g4 g6 38. Bd3 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rdf2 40.
Be4 Re2 41. Bd3 Ref2 42. Be4 Re2 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
e5 9. h3 e4 10. Nh4 Re8 11. g4 h6 12. Rg1 Nf8 13. O-O-O a6 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3
Rxe3 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qd2 Rxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd3 d4 20. Ne2 c5 21. g5 hxg5
22. Qxg5 N6d7 23. Qh5 {The position has a material imbalance and it seems that
White's position on the kingside is menacing, but Anand shows it is just an
illusion and that Black is much, much faster on the queenside.} b5 $1 24. Rdf1
bxc4 25. Nf4 {Way too optimistic} (25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Qe8 {will lead to
positional doom as Black threatens the simple Rb8 or Nb6.}) 25... cxd3 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 {and realizing that He has but a check, Shirov resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nfh4
15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. f4 Bg4 18. f5 Ne7 19. Ne3 {Nakamura has
overextended with his kingside attack, and now some of his pieces are in
trouble. He is king of stuck on the kingside and some of his pieces might be
in danger of being trapped.} Bf3 20. Qf2 Qh5 21. Rf1 Bg4 (21... Be4 22. Be2 Qh6
23. Nxd5 $18) 22. f6 $1 gxf6 23. Nxg4 (23. Qxf6 {was perhaps easier, as the
queen still doesn't have good squares. For example:} Be6 (23... Rad8 24. Nxg4
Qxg4 25. Bh6 $18) 24. Rf2 $1 {Threatening the simple but crushing g4.}) 23...
Qxg4 24. Qxf6 (24. Bh6 $1 Rfe8 25. Qxf6 {with impending mate}) 24... Bxg3 25.
Kh1 Bh4 26. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rg1 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Ng6 30. Bf4 (30.
Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 {followed by h4 seems crushing}) 30... Bf6 31. Be5 $6 Bxe5
32. dxe5 Rae8 33. Kh1 $6 Rxe5 34. Rg1 Rfe8 {Suddenly Black is actually doing
ok. Anand decides to force the draw.} 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 e4 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e3
O-O 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Re8
21. Nb1 Qe6 22. b3 g6 23. Nd2 Qe5 24. Nf1 h5 25. Qd2 Qb2 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Rd4
Bc5 28. Rd1 Bb4 29. Rd4 Bc5 30. Rd1 Bf8 31. Rd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the 2014 Candidates, Vishy Anand began with a win over Levon Aronian with
1.e4 in the first round. Two years later and 2500 kilometres apart 
(Khanty-Mansisyk to Moscow), Vishy Anand sees no reason to change his strategy.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Of course the Berlin - the opening that
cannot be refuted! The best way to make a solid start to a long and gruelling
14 round event.} 4. d3 {This was Vishy Anand's main weapon against the Berlin
at the Candidates 2016. He got absolutely no advantage and hence resorted to
Giuoco Piano towards the end of the tournament.} Bc5 {The interesting part
about this position is that Anand has reached it with the white pieces on 24
occasions in the past, with 15 of them continuing with Bxc6. In this game,
however, he keeps his options open and goes for 0-0.} 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7.
Nbd2 (7. d4 $6 Bb6 $5 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 $15) (7. h3 {was later tried
by Anand in his games against Caruana and Karjakin from the same tournament.
But that is another story.}) 7... Ne7 {Kramnik introduced this plan with ...
Ne7 in his game against Aronian in 2012. The idea is to take the game into
territory where the pawn structures would not be symmetrical.} 8. d4 {Now that
the d2-knight is defending the e4-pawn, Black has to cede the centre.} exd4 9.
cxd4 Bb6 {Now we have a position with quite some imbalances. White has a
beautiful central pawn duo, but Black has absolutely no problems in finding
squares for his pieces. If Vishy can develop his guys on c1 and a1, keeping
his centre intact, his position would be much better. But as we will see this
is not so easy.} 10. Re1 (10. h3 {Trying to limit the B is met with} d5 $1 11.
e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 $132) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {All this has been
seen many times, with Topalov himself having this position against Fabiano
Caruana in 2015 with the white pieces. But now Anand makes the first new move
of the game - the novelty!} 12. a4 $5 $146 {The idea of this move is simply to
gain more space on the queenside with a4-a5. At some point the rook may come
into the game via a3.} a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15. Qb3 Nc6 $1 {As Boris
Gelfand rightly pointed out in the commentary room, "Good players are always
flexible with their plans." Nc6-e7 wasn't played with the intention to return
back to c6, but Topalov sees that the position has changed since his Ne7-move.
This is the best and although it may look weird Veselin doesn't hesitate to
play it.} (15... Rb8 {is possible but is quite passive. White can continue with
} 16. Qc3 $14 {with the idea of b4 and developing the c1-bishop.}) 16. d5 (16.
Qxb7 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 {Looks pretty good for Black as after} 18. Bxa6 d5 $1 {
White has serious co-ordination issues.}) 16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxb7 $5 {
Good or bad, this pawn had to be taken. Anand had made his previous moves with
the intention of taking on b7, so there was no backing out now.} Nd7 $1 {
A strong move by the Bulgarian. The knight not only threatens to go to c5 but
also opens the route for the queen to come to f6 or h4. White's pieces are
uncoordinated and undeveloped and the queen is looking a bit silly on b7.
Anand has to be really careful here.} 19. Nc4 $6 (19. Ra3 {was Anand's
original intention but he changed his mind at the last moment.} Qh4 {is now
met by} 20. Rae3 $1 {A completely appropriate exchange sacrifice. The bishop
on d4 is worth the rook. Anand saw this and even mentioned it in the press
conference, but during the game he changed his mind.} Nc5 21. Qxc7 f5 $1 $13 (
21... Bxe3 $6 22. Rxe3 $14 {White is better here.})) 19... Nc5 20. Qc6 {
[%csl Rf2,Rg1][%cal Gd4f2,Gd8h4,Gc5e4] A look at the position reveals that
Black has clear-cut compensation and a player of Topalov's class knows that.
However, it is one thing to know that you have compensation and quite another
to find a concrete tactical refutation. This was the moment when Black had a
chance to take the advantage but Topalov was unable to find it.} Nb3 $2 (20...
Bxf2+ $1 {This was the move that would have destroyed Anand's position.} 21.
Kxf2 Qh4+ {The rook is hanging, so g3 has to be played.} 22. g3 Nxe4+ {Once
again the knight has to be taken or else g3 falls.} 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 $17 {and
even though White has two pieces for a rook his position is pretty bad as his
king is exposed. It's not so easy to come up with a good move for White here.
E.g.} 24. Bf4 $2 {fails to} g5 $1 $19) ({Another extremely interesting idea is
the following:} 20... f6 {What is the point, you may ask? Well for starters
how do you meet the threat of trapping the white queen with Re7 and Be8. It
seems very difficult.} 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Re7 $1 {Be8 is threatened and the
queen will perish. The best White can try is} 23. b4 Be8 24. Qxa8 Qxa8 25. bxc5
$44 {Black should be better here, but the position is not so easy to play due
to the material imbalance.}) 21. Rb1 Nxc1 $6 {This makes White's task easier.}
(21... f5 {creating some play was better.} 22. Be3 Rxe4 23. Nd2 Rxe3 $1 (23...
Nxd2 24. Bxd2 $14) 24. fxe3 Nxd2 25. exd4 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 $11) 22. Rbxc1 Rb8 23.
Qxa6 $16 {White is two pawns up right now. Black may regain one of them but
even then he would be in a poor position, mainly because the a5-pawn is
super-strong. Topalov had to make quite a few inferior moves to reach this
position from what he had.} Qh4 {This looks like the most natural human move
to make as it attacks both the f2- and e4-pawns.} (23... f5 $5 {could have
been a tricky move to face.} 24. exf5 $6 (24. Ne3 $1 $14) 24... Bxf2+ $1 25.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 26. g3 Qd4+ 27. Kg2 Bf7 $3 $40 {Only computers can see moves like
these!}) 24. Rc2 Rxe4 25. Ne3 $1 {Experts praised this extremely accurate move
by Vishy Anand. The knight saves the kingside and now the c7 pawn is attacked.}
(25. Rxe4 Qxe4 {gives some activity to Black, although White is still better
after} 26. Rd2 $16) 25... Qd8 26. Qc4 Bg6 27. Bd3 $1 {Once again very accurate.
} (27. Qxc7 Bxe3 $1 28. fxe3 (28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. fxe3 Ra4 30. Rc6 Rxa5 $16)
28... Ra4 {The rook on c2 is attacked and the pride of White's position - the
a5 pawn falls.}) 27... Rf4 28. Bxg6 hxg6 (28... Bxe3 29. Be4 $18) 29. g3 $1 (
29. Qxc7 $6 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Rxb2 $132) 29... Re4 30. a6 Qe8 31. Rce2 {This is a
human move to make. The computer comes up with a very interesting solution.} (
31. Qxc7 $1 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Qxe3+ {Many players would see until
this move and reject this variation because of counterplay. But the engine
suggests} 34. Kh2 {with a completely winning position.} Rb3 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36.
Qh4+ $18) 31... Bb6 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. Kg2 (33. b4 {With the idea of b5 looked
more logical.}) 33... Qa4 34. b3 Rd4 35. bxa4 $6 (35. Qc2 {was much better as
the natural} Qxa6 {loses to the very nice tactical shot} 36. Nf5 $3 gxf5 37.
Re8+ Rxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kh7 39. Qxf5+ $18) 35... Rxd3 {White's advantage has been
reduced at this point, but still it is much more pleasant to be in Anand's
shoes than Topalov's!} 36. Nc4 Rxa6 37. a5 {This is a nice tricky solution
that Vishy came up with.} Bd4 (37... Bxa5 $2 38. Ra1 Rxd5 39. Rea2 Rc5 40. Nxa5
$16) (37... Bc5 {was much better as after} 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. R1e7 {The d5-pawn
is hanging. The same was not possible when the bishop was on d4.} Rxd5 40. Rxf7
Rf5 $11) 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. R1e7 Rc3 40. Nd2 $5 {Anand transfers his knight to
better squares after Nd2-e4.} (40. Rxc7 $1 $16) 40... Rc2 $6 (40... f5 {
prevents Ne4, but the knight can reach g5 via another route.} 41. h4 $1 $14 {
[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3g5]}) 41. Ne4 f6 {stops Ng5 but exposes the seventh rank, which
Anand takes full advantage of.} 42. h4 $1 {Stopping Black from going g5.} (42.
Rf7 g5 {was Black's idea.}) 42... Rxa5 43. Rf7 g5 44. h5 {The mating net
cannot be broken.} Rxf2+ 45. Nxf2 Ra2 46. Rff8 Rxf2+ 47. Kh3 g4+ 48. Kxg4 f5+
49. Rxf5 {A complete exchange down, there is no way to survive as Black, and
hence Topalov resigned. A game filled with lots of ups and downs.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 $5 {This seems
to be the latest trend. In my article for CBM 155 I only examined three other
continuations:} (6... Nd5) (6... Nb6) (6... a6) 7. Nxb5 {White has to pick up
the gauntlet. Even though in most of the lines Black will manage to keep
material equality, the control over the c3-square and the relative
vulnerability of the c4-pawn offer him at least a theoretical advantage. But
in practice Black has usually managed to neutralise the slight pressure.} Bb4+
(7... Nd5 {sacrifices a pawn for certain compensation:} 8. Bxc4 Bb4+ 9. Kf1
Nxf4 10. exf4 O-O {White has lost the right to castle and his structure is
imperfect. But as long as he does not lose his extra pawn, he can hope for a
global regrouping leading to an advantage.} 11. g3 a6 12. Nc3 Bb7 (12... c5 13.
a3 $6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Kg2 Qa5 $44) 13. Be2 Qe7 {Defining the queen's
intentions a bit too early.} (13... c5 $5) 14. Kg2 c5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4
17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. Kg1 Ne4 20. Bf1 Rc3 21. Bg2 $14 {L'Ami,E (2645)
-Rabiega,R (2507) Germany 2013 (1-0, 41), White has completed his regrouping
and can hope to convert his extra pawn.}) 8. Nd2 ({The main alternative is} 8.
Nc3 Nd5 9. Qc2 (9. Rc1 N7b6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7
14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf3 Qd7 {Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Grandelius,N (2635) Gibraltar
2016 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) (9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nd5 11. axb4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bb7 13. Be2
Nb6 14. O-O Qd6 15. Rfc1 O-O 16. Ne5 Rfd8 $132 {Gustafsson,J (2630)-Naiditsch,
A (2685) Linares 2015 (1/2-1/2, 47)}) 9... N7b6 $6 (9... Nxf4 10. exf4 Bb7 11.
Be2 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng5 g6 14. Rad1 Qf6 15. g3 Qf5 $132) 10. Bg3 O-O 11.
Be2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2762)
-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Baku 2015. The draw agreement is premature as White keeps
strong pressure with, say,} 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. a4 a5 17. Ndb5 $16) 8... Nd5 9.
Bg3 (9. a3 {wastes an important tempo:} Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nb6 12. a4
Qd7 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5]} (12... a6 $2 {This returns the offered tempo and loses
the c4-pawn.} 13. Na3 a5 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 $16 {Andersen,M (2504)
-Thorsteinsson,T (2258) Reykjavik 2016 (1-0, 34)}) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Na3 a5 16. Rfd1 (16. Nxc4 $2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc6 $19) 16... Bd5 {[%csl Ga4]})
9... N7b6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Ba6 {A solid move consolidating the c4-pawn but
dooming the bishop to at least temporary passivity.} ({The more active
alternative is} 11... Bd7 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba4 15. Qb2 Bxc5
16. O-O (16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 h5 $5) 16... Qe7 17. Nxc4 Rfd8 {[%cal Ga8c8]
Black's activity, combined with the weakness of the c3- and a2-pawns and the
relative uselessnes of the g3-bishop leave White without an obvious plan of
converting his minimal material advantage.}) 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc3 $146 (
13... Bxc5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rc8 (16... Bb4+ 17. Ke2 Rc8 {
looks like a better or at least more restrictive move order}) 17. Qb3 (17. O-O
$5 {could have led to a position with a curious material balance:} Bxe3 18.
fxe3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Rxc2 20. Nxc2 Qb6+ 21. Bf2 Qxb2 22. Nd4 {Strictly speaking
the material is equal, but the position remains very interesting. Even though
they do not have active squares defended by pawns, White's well coordinated
pieces may cause Black some problems.}) 17... Bb4+ 18. Ke2 Qg5 19. Rhc1 h5 20.
Ne5 Rxc1 (20... h4 {is a better try, weakening White's structure:} 21. Nf3 Qg4
22. Bxh4 Qxg2 23. Bg3 $14) 21. Rxc1 Bd6 22. h4 Qd8 23. e4 $16 {Gelfand,B (2735)
-Grachev,B (2639) Moscow 2016 (1-0, 119)}) 14. bxc3 Bxc5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfd1
Qg5 {Both sides have completed their development but despite his space
advantage Black has some problems of coordination as his minor pieces are far
from optimally placed.} 17. Nf3 $6 {This defines the knight's intentions too
early. White should have kept the possibility of invading the d6-square.} ({
True,} 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Rd2 Ba3 {looks alright for Black}) ({but} 17. a4 {
would have gained the control over the a4- and a3-squares with chances for
retaining some initiative:} Qg6 (17... Be7 18. a5 Nd5 19. Nf3 $36) (17... Nd5
18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Rd2 Be7 20. Nd6 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rc5 22. e4 $14) 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19.
Ne4 Be7 20. Bd6 $14) 17... Qg6 $11 {Black will manage now to either weaken the
defence of the c3-pawn or get the control over a4.} 18. Qd2 (18. Qxg6 hxg6 19.
a4 Nd5 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Ne5 Bb6 $11 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb6a5]}) (18. Qb2 Na4 19.
Qd2 f6 {[%csl Gf3]}) 18... Bb5 19. Qe1 Ba4 {The character of the position has
changed a lot and White has very little space left for his pieces. But since
he does not have any significant weakness, the position remains within the
drawing zone.} 20. Ne5 (20. Rd2 f6 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qf7 23. Rb1 (23. Nd4
Bd7 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Nf3 Ba4 26. R1d2 Nd5 {wins an exchange}) 23... Qe7 24. Rd2
e5 {[%csl Gf3]}) 20... Qg5 (20... Qe4 $5 {[%csl Gc4]} 21. Bf3 Qf5 22. Rd2 Rcd8)
21. Rd2 Rfd8 {This leads to global exchanges and an obvious draw.} 22. Rxd8+
Qxd8 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxc4 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. h3 a6 28. c4
Rxc4 29. Rb8 Rc8 30. Qb6 Rxb8 31. Qxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {It worked for him in game one and Vishy continues with 1.e4.} e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Berlin! I wonder how the a-pawn must be feeling at this point
of time. Earlier just about everyone used to pushing it. Now no one really
cares about it and goes for ...Nf6!} 4. d3 {This seems to be Anand's weapon
against the Berlin in this event.} Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 $5 {A small
change by Anand. In his game against Topalov he had gone Nbd2, whereas here he
plays the little rook pawn move. It has two advantages: 1. it stops ...Bg4 in
the future, and 2. it gets Caruana out of his preparation.} Ne7 {Caruana
sticks to his plan of transferring his knight to the kingside.} 8. d4 Bb6 9.
Bd3 {Definitely more common is Re1. However, Anand played this move quickly.
Caruana went into a think after this, which meant that he hadn't really
revised the line before the game. The variation with Bd3 is less played than
Re1, but it has been essayed by players like Magnus Carlsen and Vasily
Ivanchuk!} (9. dxe5 {leads to absolutely othing for White after} Nxe4 $11) 9...
Ng6 (9... d5 {was Kramnik's reaction against Carlsen. And after} 10. Nbd2 dxe4
11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 exd4 13. Qc2 h6 14. a4 $5 {we saw an extremely
interesting game develop.}) 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 {At this point Anand had used
only two minutes of his time while Caruana down by twenty five minutes. The
interesting thing is that Anand has already played this opening with black
against Michael Adams in 2013.} exd4 $146 {Caruana comes up with a new move,
but this is not home preparation. It was played after due thought.} 12. cxd4 c5
{An interesting move by Caruana trying to fight for the dark squares.} 13. dxc5
(13. d5 Ba5 {leads to a very odd kind of a Benoni which should be completely
fine for Black.}) (13. e5 $5 {is an interesting move. Although both players
rejected it after ...Nd5, it could be interesting to see a few more moves.} Nd5
{Threatening ...Nb4.} (13... dxe5 14. dxe5 {looks completely crushing for
White as after} Nd7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxg6 $18 {Black is busted.}) 14. Bg5 $1 (
14. a3 {might be too slow as after} cxd4 {Black is completely fine.}) 14... Qc7
{After the game Fabi said that he was planning to play this move but it
wouldn't have been great as White can now play} (14... Nb4 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. Bb5
$13) (14... f6 $6 15. dxc5 $1 dxc5 16. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 17. exf6 $1 gxf6 18. Bxg6 {
with a very strong attack.}) 15. Nc3 $1 {The main idea is to connect the rooks
on the first rank.} Nb4 (15... Nxc3 16. exd6 $1) 16. exd6 $1 $18 {Not an easy
move to see from a distance but now the rook on e8 is undefended.}) 13... Bxc5
14. Nc3 Be6 15. Be3 Qc8 (15... Ne5 $5 {After the game Miroshnichenko suggested
this smart move for Black which seems to equalise immediately.} 16. Nxe5 Bxe3
$1 17. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxf7 {This looks like a much preferable position
for Black than was reached in the game.}) 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Be2 $1
Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 {Black has an isolated pawn on d6 while White is relatively
solid. This should give White an edge. However, it is not so clear as to how
White should proceed.} Rad8 20. Red1 $5 {One of the most difficult questions
in the game of chess is where should I place my rooks. In this position White
has many options. The most natural of course looks to be Rad1, but Red1 also
has its point. Vishy would like to put the a rook on c1.} (20. Rac1 {looks
natural. Black could reply with} Qe5) (20. Rad1 {is also answered by} Qe5 21.
Qd4 a6 22. Qb4 $14 {when White has an edge.}) 20... h5 $5 21. Qd4 Qg5 22. Qd2 (
22. Qxa7 Bxh3 $132) 22... Qe5 {I asked Fabiano whether he wanted to play on
and that was the reason why he chose ...Qe5 instead of ...Qc5. He said his
queen was much better placed on e5 than on c5 and Vishy would not have
repeated the position again.} 23. Qe3 $1 {Attacking the a7-pawn and getting
ready to double rooks on the d-file.} a6 24. Rd4 Bd7 $5 {The bishop wasn't
doing much on e6. On c6 it would not only control the d5-square but also
attack the one on e4.} 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. g3 Re6 27. Bg2 {White gets ready to
start his expansion with f4. Vishy truly has played really well until this
point.} h4 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 28. gxh4 $1 {An extremely bold move by Vishy.
Usually in chess not many times you will see people taking such a pawn and
accepting doubled rook pawns. However, here it is more important to make sure
that White is getting in f4 and hence this gxh4 move is very flexible and
meets the demands of the position.} (28. g4 $5 {Keeping the pawn structure
intact is definitely an idea. But it can be possible that Vishy was afraid of}
g5 {When f4 is stopped. However, White should at least be a tad better after}
29. Qd2 $14) (28. f4 $2 Qc5 29. g4 $2 Bxe4 $1 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Rde8 $15)
28... Rde8 (28... Nh5 $2 {Trying to keep an eye on the f4-square loses to} 29.
Rd5 $1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 $18) 29. Bf3 {After the game Vishy thought that this was
extremely clever as he was preparing Bg4.} (29. f4 Qc5 $13 {The e4-pawn would
be falling in this case.}) 29... a5 30. a4 $6 {Anand wants to stop all these
ideas beginning with ...b5 but this was a crucial loss of time.} (30. Bg4 R6e7
(30... Nxg4 31. hxg4 $16) 31. Rxd6 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 {Should be around equal.}
) (30. a3 {was definitely much better remaining flexible.} b5 31. Bg4 $1 $14)
30... Qc5 31. Qf4 (31. Bg4 R6e7 $11) (31. Rxd6 $5 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qc5
Rde6 34. Qxa5 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 {might be an edge for White but
will most probably end in a draw.}) 31... Re5 32. R1d3 {Not really sure what
this move is all about, but it keeps up the pressure.} (32. Rxd6 Nxe4 33. Nxe4
Bxe4 $11) 32... R8e6 33. Kh2 Qb6 34. Rd2 Qd8 35. Qg3 $6 {This lets Caruana
equalise immediately.} (35. h5 $5 Nxh5 36. Bxh5 Rxh5 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Qxd6
Qxd6+ 39. Rxd6 f5 {Black should regain his pawn, but in any case White will
maintain a small edge.}) 35... Bxe4 36. Nxe4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4
39. Rxd6 Qxh4 40. Qxh4 {...and a draw was agreed. It should be said that Anand
seemed to be slightly better throughout the game, but was never really able to
cash in.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 {An apparently inoffensive but highly inspired opening choice
against a well prepared opponent.} Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 {Black wants to avoid any weaknesses in the centre but leaves the
kingside poorly defended.} (7... exd5 {is more thematic and ambitious at the
same time. Here is a recent example.} 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 ({A simpler way was
} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 $11) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O a6 12. h3 Be6 13. Na4 Bd6
14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd4 Bxa4 18. bxa4 $14 {Alekseev,E 
(2700)-Hracek,Z (2615) Rijeka 2010 (1/2-1/2, 55)}) 8. Qc2 ({Since in many
lines White can consider castling long, this is more logical than} 8. Qb1 Nc6
9. Bd3 {Bischoff,K (2505)-Beliavsky,A (2640) Munich 1990 CBM 018 [Ribli] (1/
2-1/2, 23)}) 8... Nc6 9. h4 $5 $146 {A very ambitious move, aiming at
weakening the enemy kingside with Ng5. But if for any reason White will have
to castle short, the early advance of the h-pawn will also count as a
weakening move.} ({Previously, White was successful with a reversed Hedgehog
approach:} 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O b6 13. Qb2 Bf6 14. b4
$14 {Lysyj,I (2691)-Zhou,W (2627) China 2015 (1-0, 40)}) 9... b6 ({Black
cannot really exploit the exposed position of the white queen. If} 9... Ndb4
10. Qb1 b6 11. a3 Nd5 {White can choose between transposing to the game with}
12. Qc2 {or playing some other constructive move.}) 10. a3 (10. Ng5 {is
premature due to} f5 {Karjakin decides to wait until Black develops his bishop,
which would leave the e6-pawn undefended.}) 10... f5 {Not an easy move to play,
but with Ng5 hanging in the air there were micro problems in all the
alternative lines.} (10... Bb7 11. Ng5 g6 {looks dangerous. Over the board one
would be afraid of} 12. Nxh7 (12. Nce4 $5 {may be simpler}) 12... Kxh7 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. h5 {but things are not entirely clear:} f5 15. hxg6+ Kxg6 16. Bd3 d4
17. Bxf5+ Kf7 (17... Rxf5 18. g4) 18. exd4 cxd4 (18... Nxd4 19. Rh7+ Ke8 20.
Bg6+ Kd7 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Kf1 $1 $18 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ga1e1,Rc2c8] leaves the
black king cut off along the c-file and the e7-bishop vulnerable.}) 19. Rh6 $5
{[%csl Gc6]} (19. Rh7+ Ke8 20. Bg6+ Kd7) 19... Ne5 20. f4 Rh8 $1 21. Rxh8 Qxh8
22. O-O-O Nc6 23. g4 $44) (10... h6 11. g4 $36 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4g5]}) (10...
Nf6 11. g4 $1 $36 Nxg4 $2 12. Qe4 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rg4]}) 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Nxd5
exd5 (12... Qxd5 {leaves the e6-pawn vulnerable.}) 13. d4 Rc8 ({Black misses a
good chance for counterplay:} 13... c4 $5 14. bxc4 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. c5 (16.
cxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Rf3,Rh4][%cal Ga8c8,Gd5c4]}) 16... Rc8 {Black will soon
retrieve the c-pawn as} 17. cxb6 $2 Bb5 {leaves the king trapped.}) 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. O-O Bf6 16. Rfd1 {Black's position has two minor defects: the bad
placement of the knight and the weaknesses induced by ...f7-f5.} Ne7 {Not
really a good square for the knight.} ({But} 16... Bxb2 $5 17. Qxb2 Qb6 18. Be2
Nb8 {does not seem to solve all the problems:} 19. Rac1 Nd7 {[%cal Ga7a5]} 20.
b4 Nf6 (20... f4 21. e4 $1 {[%csl Gd7]}) 21. Qe5 {[%csl Gc5,Gf5]}) 17. Bxf6
Rxf6 18. g3 Ba6 {With hanging pawns, this is not a bad bishop. In fact, it
permanently keeps White under the threat of ...d5-d4, opening the long
diagonal.} ({True} 18... d4 $6 {is premature due to} 19. Qe2 {[%cal Ge3d4]
when Black will soon have a weak pawn on d4.}) (18... Qb6 $5 19. Qe2 a6 20. Bd3
Bc6 (20... a5 $5) 21. Rab1 (21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Bd3 Qxb3) 21... Bb5 {This is a
much better way to offer the exchange. Taking on b5 would strengthen Black's
structure while otherwise White will have to permanently count with ...Bxd3
followed by ...c5-c4.} (21... Be8 $5 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 22. Ng5)) 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20.
Qc3 $14 {Black starts facing problems with his over-extended position. With
the f5-pawn on its initial square and the knight on, say, f6, he would be
absolutely fine, but these "small" differences count.} Rb6 21. Rac1 Qd6 $6 {
Actually the queen belongs on b6.} (21... Rb7 22. Ne5 (22. b4 c4 $14) 22... Qb6
$14 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Gb7c7]}) 22. Ne5 Rb7 23. Nd3 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gd3f4] A
perfect trajectory for the knight.} c4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 (24... dxc4 25. Ne5 Qf6
26. Qxc4+ $1 Rxc4 27. Rd8+ Qf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxc4 $16) 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26.
Nxe5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 g6 28. Rc5 $16 {The endgame is very unpleasant for Black.
His structure is weak and his pieces have to stay passive in order to defend
the weaknesses.} Kg7 29. Ra5 {Forcing the black rook to keep the a7-pawn
defended.} Kf6 30. Nd3 Rc7 31. Ra6+ Kg7 32. Nf4 Rd7 33. Kf1 Ng8 34. Ne6+ Kf7
35. Nd4 Ne7 36. Nb5 Nc8 37. a4 Rb7 38. Rc6 Ne7 39. Ra6 Nc8 40. Rc6 Ne7 41. Rd6
Rb6 $2 {This loses at once.} ({But there was little joy after} 41... Kg7 42.
Ke2 Kf7 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Kf4 Kf7 45. Kg5 Kg7 46. Nd4 h6+ 47. Kf4 Kh7 48. a5 Kg7
49. a6 $18) 42. Rd7 a6 43. Nc3 (43. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Ke8 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7 45.
Nxd5+) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 Bb6 11. axb5 Bg4 12. Nf3 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. h3 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nh2 O-O 17. Ng4 Qe8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc6 20. Qd2 d5 21.
f3 d4 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 h6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qxc2 26. Qxe5 Qxd3 27.
Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{An emphatic victory for Anand. Let's have a look at the game to see what
really went right for him and wrong for Svidler.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
{Svidler is one of those top level grandmasters who doesn't like to play the
Berlin. He sticks to the normal lines of the Ruy Lopez.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 {Allowing Svidler to play the Marshall was not in
Anand's plans.} ({The following game between Anand and Svidler with the
inclusion of h3 and h6 is very similar to the main game. And Svidler played
much better back then.} 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. c3 Na5
13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. axb5 Nxc2 19.
Qxc2 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (47) Anand, V (2779)-Svidler,P (2728)
Morelia/Linares 2007}) 8... Bb7 {Although this is the main move in the
position, Anand thought for a good ten minutes. Why? Because Svidler has got
this position 13 times in his games and all the while he had chosen b4.
Although this is the main move in the position, Anand thought for a good ten
minutes. Why? Because Svidler has had this position 13 times in his games and
on every occasion he had chosen b4.} (8... b4 {is Svidler's move.}) 9. d3 Re8
10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 {This is all very standard Ruy Lopez stuff.
Now White must remain consistent and break in the centre with d4.} 13. d4 exd4
{This came as a bit of a surprise to Anand. But Peter was mainly trying to
play very concrete chess.} (13... d6 14. d5 {Leads to a slightly passive
position for Black. leads to a slightly passive position for Black.}) 14. cxd4
d5 $6 {Although this is very thematic. It is extremely dangerous. The main
reason being that the two bishops on c1 and c2 are opened up against the black
king.} (14... cxd4 {looks like the best way for Black to proceed.} 15. e5 Nd5
16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. Bb1 {The pieces are quite weirdly placed but
after} Nbc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf3 g6 $11 {Black seems to have a pretty fine
position.}) 15. e5 Ne4 {This was a critical position where Anand took a lot of
time. There are a lot of captures. As Anand correctly pointed out, the main
question for him was whether to take on b5 or not. On one hand keeping the
a-file closed keeps the rook on the back rank safeguarding it. On the other
hand the rook doesn't take part in the game. It is a very difficult decision
to make and almost impossible to see what possibilites may arise after say
eight to ten moves. But this is where intuition comes into picture and Anand
felt that bringing the a1-rook into the game was more important and that
explains his next move.} 16. axb5 (16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 {This exchange
sacrifice is not as effective now as in the game.} (17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd5
$1 {It is important to blockade the d-pawn before attacking it.} 19. Re3 (19.
Qe2 Nb3 $17) 19... Nc6 $15) 17... Nb3 $1 18. Ng5 (18. Rh4 Bxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8
20. Rh3 Bxd1 21. Bg6+ $11 {All of these analyses lead us to the concusion that
Anand's decision to take with axb5 was better than not taking.}) 18... Nxa1 19.
Qh5 Qxg5 $1 20. Bxg5 g6 (20... Nxc2 21. Rh4 h6 22. Bxh6 g6 23. Rg4 Nxd4 24.
Rxg6+ fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 21. Qd1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 cxd4 $15 {
Only Black can be better here.}) 16... axb5 (16... Nxd2 $2 17. Bxd2 axb5 18.
Bxh7+ $1 {wins! It's a standard Greek Gift!} Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 (19... Kg6 20.
Qg4 $18) 20. Qh5 $18) (16... cxd4 $6 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4
20. Rxe4 Bc5 21. b4 $1 Bxb4 22. Rxd4 Qb8 (22... Qb6 23. e6 $1 fxe6 24. Qd3 $1 {
Threatening Rxb4.} Raa8 25. Rh4 $18) 23. Qd3 Ra8 24. Ng5 $18) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18.
Rxe4 $1 {This move might be natural for a player like Anand, but for us who
from a young age are taught about the relative value of the pieces, it is not
easy to consider a such a move. Once you see it, though, and you realise that
the bishop on e4 will be a complete monster, breathing fire in both directions.
..} (18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 $11 {gives Black excellent chances to hold.})
18... Nb3 {This is what Svidler had prepared, but it falls just short.} (18...
Bxe4 19. Bxe4 {[%cal Ge4a8,Ge4h7]} Ra7 (19... Rb8 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8
22. Qh5 $18) (19... g6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Bd2 b4 22. Qa4 $18) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Ng5+ $18) 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 {At this point I went into the tournament hall to
check out what exactly was going on. I expected Anand to be looking happy
while Svidler would be on the board with his head in his hands. But the scene
I saw was completely the opposite. Peter had just captured the rook on a8 and
was moving around confidently. Anand on the other hand was nervous, fidgety,
biting his nails and looked as if he was the one on the back foot. But it was
clear that Vishy was calculating the details of his final attack, anxious to
make sure that his opponent had no defensive resources. And in the above
position he picked up his knight and made the best move 20.Ng5!} 20. Ng5 $1 {
Svidler came back and saw this move. I thought that he would think for a while
before making his move but he blitzed it out. He was showing that he had
things under control.} (20. Rh4 Bxf3 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rh3 Bxd1 23. Bg6+) 20...
Nxc1 (20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4 $18 {[%cal Gd1b3,Gd1h5]}) 21. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7]
Once again the only move. There is an attack on both the h7- and f7-pawns.} h6
{This move was also made quickly.} (21... Qxg5 {was a way to avoid an
immediate defeat, but doesn't really serve any purpose as after} 22. Qxg5 Bxe4
23. Qxc1 $1 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 $18 {the position is technically winning. It won't
be so difficult for a player of Anand's calibre to turn this into a full point.
}) (21... Bxe4 22. Bxe4 h6 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qg6 $18) 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 {At this
point Peter once again stood up from the board and started walking around.
Anand was making his final calculations, the other players were all coming to
the board, disbelief showing in their faces. Nakamura stood right next to
Svidler's seat for almost a minute. He just didn't want to leave. He checked
the scoresheet, then the board and couldn't believe that Anand was just
winning. He went back to his board, Anand lifted his hand and once again made
the only winning move in the position.} 23. Rg4 $1 {The rook defends the
knight and now the threat is Qg6. Black doesn't really have a way to stop the
attack.} (23. Rf4 Ne2+ $19) 23... Qa5 {With the engine on it seems like a
trivial win here but on the board when you see moves like Qe1+ followed by Ne2,
those are tense moments!} (23... Ne2+ 24. Kf1 $1 {wins!} (24. Kh1 $4 {however
loses in an amazing fashion.} Qa5 $3 {Suddenly the back rank weakness turns
out to be the critical factor in the game.} 25. h4 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qg1+ 27. Kh3
Qh1#)) 24. h4 $1 {Svidler resigned as he saw no point in continuing. His bluff
of playing quickly had not worked. Many of you might be wondering why this is
the only move. Wouldn't h3 also win? The point is subtle. The h3-square has to
be kept for the knight to control g1.} (24. h3 $2 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Ne2 26. Nf3 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Nxd4 $17) (24. h4 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Ne2 26. Nh3 $18 {Like a gentleman
Svidler analysed the game with Anand, kept a very calm face in the press
conference, and showed great sportsmanship. Anand on the other hand had made
his point clear, he was looking for another Candidates victory!}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 {Is this going to become the
main line? Up to the moment, 5.Bg5, 5.Bf4 and 5.cxd5 have been more popular.}
Bb4 {This is a very rare line, that reminds one of the Ragozin Variation.
Including Qc2 and ...Bb4 seems to be in White's favour, however Vishy has
played it twice and he could be satisfied with the results of the openings.} (
5... dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O Bd6 (10... b5 11.
Bd3 (11. Bb3 $1) 11... Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rac1 Qb8 15.
Rfd1 Ne5 16. g3 Bd7 $13) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 g4 16. Nh4 Bb7 $132 {
Khismatullin,D (2674)-Shariyazdanov,A (2572) 1-0 (35)Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 11.
Bb3 O-O 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bf4 Rad8 15. Bg3 $14 {Bukavshin,I (2657)
-Khismatullin,D (2654) 1-0 (35) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015}) (5... c6 {leads to
the Slav Defence.}) (5... Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 c6 {leads to the Queen's
Gambit Declined. Thanks to his bishop on f4, White can get an extra tempo. I
consider this line in White's favour.}) 6. a3 (6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 (7. Bg5 c6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 {It seems that White is doing well. He has an
extra tempo compared with theoretical lines.} 11. O-O ({I think that White
should have tried} 11. h3 {or even 11.0-0-0}) 11... Re8 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Ne4
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Bxe4 (17. Ra1 $5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Nd6
19. h3 {White is slightly better}) 17... dxe4 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Nb3
Qxb4 21. Nc5 Qa5 22. N3xe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qa2 24. Rb2 Qd5 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Qc3
Qd6 27. f3 Be6 28. Ne4 {Four years later Alexander Beliavsky tried to find an
improvement but he didn't succeed.} (28. Rbb1 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rea8 30. Ne4 Qa3 31.
Rxa2 Qxa2 32. h4 Ra3 33. Qe1 Qb2 34. Kh2 Bd5 $17 {Beliavsky,A (2626)-Koneru,H 
(2537) 1/2 (60) Wijk aan Zee 2006}) 28... Qe7 29. Ng3 Ra3 30. Qe1 Bc4 31. e4
Qa7 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Nf5 Be6 $15 {Sasikiran,K (2650)-Koneru,H (2473) 1/2 (45)
Torquay 2002}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e3 (10. Bf4 {looks a bit
dangerous for White:} c5) 10... Re8 11. b3 c6 12. Bd3 Nf8 {Black's
light-squared bishop is heading to f5 and we can state that Black has got a
comfortable position.} 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. O-O Qf6 $1 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. Rae1 Bxd3 17.
Nxd3 (17. Qxd3 Qe6 18. f3 f6 19. Ng4 Ng6 $11) 17... Qg6 18. f3 f6 19. a4 Ne6
20. Qd2 h5 21. Ba3 Nf5 $15 {Topalov,V (2780)-Anand,V (2762) 1/2 (51) Moscow
RUS 2016}) (6. Bg5 c5 (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Bxc3+ (7... Nxf6 $4 8. Qa4+ $18) 8. Qxc3
Nxf6 9. e3 $14) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bf4 Nb6 $2
(11... c4 12. b3 b5 13. a4 Ba6 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. e3 Nb6 16. Be2 Qd7 (16... a6
17. O-O Rc8 $13) 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Bg3 Rfc8 19. bxc4 $6 (19. Qa5 $1 Nf6 20. O-O
Qc6 21. Rfb1 $16) 19... dxc4 $2 (19... Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qa5
Nf6 23. O-O Ne4 $11) 20. O-O $16 {Dreev,A (2682)-Milov,V (2632) 1-0 (69)
playchess.com INT 2004}) (11... b6 $5 12. e3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Be5 Ne6 15.
Qh4 Nd7 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bc3 Ndc5 {Black is OK.}) 12. a4 $2 (12. dxc5 $1 d4
13. Qd3 Nbd5 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Qxd4 Ne7 16. g4 $1 b6 17. Rg1 $16) 12... Bg4 13.
e3 c4 $6 (13... Ne4 $1 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. dxc5 (15. Qxc5 Rc8 16. Qd6 Nd5 17.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bg3 Nb4 $17) 15... Nd5 16. Qd2 Nxf4 17. exf4 Qc7 18. Bc4 Rfd8
19. Qc3 Rac8 20. O-O (20. b4 a5 21. O-O axb4 22. Qxb4 Qxc5 $11) 20... Qxc5 $11)
14. a5 (14. h3 Bh5 15. a5 Nbd7 16. b3 $14) 14... Nbd7 15. f3 Bf5 16. Be2 Re8
17. g4 Bh7 18. O-O Qe7 $132 {(35) Sachdev,T (2422)-Bakre,T (2452) 0-1 Pune 2014
}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O ({Black can't get an equal position after} 7... Ne4
8. Qc2 O-O 9. g3 {(e3 and Bd3 would look natural)} c6 (9... b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. O-O $14) 10. Bg2 f5 11. O-O Qe7 12. b3 Kh8 13. a4 Qf6 14. Bf4 $16
{Jussupow,A (2555)-Handoko,E (2420)1-0 (41) Indonesia 1983}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4
c5 10. e3 cxd4 $146 (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Rc1 {It is not
easy to evaluate a computer game but I would recommend Bb5:} (13. Bb5 Qe6 14.
O-O a6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfc1 $14)
13... Qe6 14. Bd3 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 c4 18. Be2 Nf6 $13 {
Rajlich (2600)-New Man (2618) 1/2 (87) playchess.com INT 2007}) 11. Qxd4 Re8
12. Bxf6 $11 {Anish didn't want to check Anand's preparation after 12.cxd5 e5
and went for a dull, drawish endgame. In fact he proposed a draw after 12.Bxf6.
} (12. cxd5 e5 $1 {If Black doesn't want to play a worse position, this is the
only choice. White can choose between 13.Qc3, 13.Qd2, 13.Qd1 and 13.Bxf6. The
resulting positions are very complicated. I believe that White has better
chances and Black's strategy is risky.} ({Black shouldn't play} 12... Qa5+ $6
13. b4 Qxd5 {White has many pleasant options. For instance} 14. Be2 e5 15. Qb2
Ne4 16. O-O Nb6 17. Rfd1 $14) (12... exd5 $6 13. Bd3 $16) 13. Bxf6 (13. Qc3
Nxd5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Bc7 Nd5 16. Rc1 Nxc7 17. Rxc7 {It seems that
White has an advantage but everything isn't so easy.} Nb6 $1 18. Bb5 Rd8 19.
Ke2 Bf5 (19... Be6 $5 20. Rxb7 Nc4 21. Rc7 $6 (21. Ba6 $6 e4 22. Nd4 Bg4+ 23.
f3 exf3+ 24. gxf3 Bc8 $17) (21. Ba4 Nb6 22. Bb5 (22. Bd1 Bc4+ 23. Ke1 Rac8 24.
Nxe5 Ba6 25. Rxa7 Rc1 $17) 22... Nc4 $11) 21... Rab8 $1 22. Bxc4 Rxb2+ 23. Kf1
Rc2 24. Bxe6 Rxc7 $17) 20. Rhc1 Rd5 (20... Nd5 21. R7c5 b6 22. R5c4 f6 23. Bc6
Ne7 24. Bxa8 Bd3+ 25. Ke1 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxa8 27. Rc7 $14) 21. R1c5 Rxc5 22.
Rxc5 f6 $11) (15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Rd1 a6 17. Bd3 Ndc5 $11) 15... Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rf8
$8 17. Bb5 Nc5 18. Nxe5 Be6 19. O-O Rac8 $44) (13. Qd2 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. Nh4
Ne4 16. Qc2 Ndf6 {The position which has arisen is very complicated. White can
try 17.Bd3 or 17.Bc4:} 17. Bd3 (17. Bc4 b5 (17... Qd6 $5 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rad1
Rac8 $44 {Due to White's knight on h4, Black has compensation for the pawn})
18. Bd3 Qxd5 19. O-O Be6 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Qe2 Qc5 22. Bxb5 Red8 $44) 17...
Qxd5 18. f3 (18. Rd1 Be6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Qb1 $13) 18... Nxg3 19. Bc4 Qxc4 $8
20. Qxc4 Nxh1 21. Kf1 Be6 22. Qe2 e4 23. Kg1 exf3 24. gxf3 Bd5 25. Kxh1 Re5 $44
) (13. Qd1 {I think White should choose between 13.Qd1 and 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qb4.
} Qa5+ (13... Qb6 $5 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bc4 Nfe4 16. Qb4 Nd6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be2
Bf5 19. O-O Nb3 20. Rae1 Be4 $44) 14. Qd2 $1 (14. b4 Qxd5 15. Qc2 (15. Qxd5 $6
Nxd5 16. Nd2 N7b6 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Ne4 Rec8 $15 {White can't finish his
development}) 15... Qe4 16. Rc1 (16. Bd3 $6 Qg4 {White is in trouble.}) 16...
Qxc2 17. Rxc2 a5 $132) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nxd5 16. Rc1 N7b6 17. Ne4 f6 18.
Nc5 Re7 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Ke2 $14) 13... Qxf6 14. Qb4 $5 {White is intending to
play e4} (14. Qc3 Qg6 15. h4 $5 {The h-pawn can help White to finish his
development.} (15. Nd2 Nf6 16. d6 Bd7 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Qd3 e4 19. Qd4 Rc2 $44)
15... e4 16. h5 Qf5 17. Nd4 Qg5 (17... Qxd5 $4 18. Nb5 $18) 18. d6 Ne5 $5 (
18... Nf6 19. Qb3 Qa5+ (19... Bg4 $6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Rad8 22. Nxa7 Rxd6
23. Nb5 Rc6 24. Nd4 Rb6 25. b4 Bxh5 26. b5 $16) 20. Qb4 Qxb4+ 21. axb4 Rd8 22.
Nb5 a6 23. Rh4 Bg4 24. Nc3 Bxh5 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxh5 Rxd6 27. Re5 $14) 19.
Bb5 Rd8 (19... Qxg2 $6 20. O-O-O Bg4 (20... Rd8 $2 21. Rdg1 Qxf2 22. Ne6 $1
Bxe6 23. Qxe5 $18) 21. Rdg1 Qxf2 22. Bxe8 $16) 20. Qc2 Qxg2 21. O-O-O Bh3 $1
22. Rhg1 Rac8 23. Rxg2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Bxg2 25. Nf5 Bf3 26. Rd5 f6 27. Nd4 Bg4
$11) 14... Qg6 15. Nd2 Nb6 (15... Nf6 16. e4 Bd7 17. g3 $16) (15... e4 16. g3
Nb6 17. d6 Bd7 18. Nc4 $16) 16. e4 f5 17. Bb5 Qxg2 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Bxd7 Nxd7
20. f3 $14) 12... Nxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 {It seems to me this continuation is a
little bit stronger than 13...Qd5 but I don't think that Vishy would lose the
position after} (13... Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb5 Re7 $11) 14. Be2 Nf6 (14...
e5 $5 15. Qc5 (15. Nxe5 Qa5+ 16. b4 (16. Kf1 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Rxe5 18. Kf2 Bf5
$15) 16... Nxe3 $1 17. fxe3 (17. Qxe3 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. f3 Be6 20. Kf2 $11
) 17... Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Kf2 $11) 15... e4 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Nd4 Qg5 18. g3
Bh3 {seems to be good for Black.}) 15. Qxd8 {Other continuations don't promise
any advantage to White.} (15. O-O Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Rac1 e5 18. Nf3 Bc6 $11
) (15. Qe5 Bd7 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rac1 Rac8 $11) (15. Qb4 Nd5 16. Qd2 b6 (16...
Nf6 $11) 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rac1 Qe7 $11) 15... Rxd8 16. O-O {White can't finish
his development with the king in the centre.} Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Kf1 Kf8 19.
Ke1 Ke7 $11 20. Ne5 Rxc1+ {It's time to trade rooks.} 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8
Bxc8 {Now it's time to offer a draw.} 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Kd2 Kd6 26.
Kc3 e5 27. g3 b6 28. Bc4 f6 29. b4 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 {Such is Anand's faith on his opening,
... he tried it against Aronian, then against Giri and now once again against
Topalov. That's the thing with Anand: once he believes in his opening
preparation he is not afraid of his opponents' novelties.} 5. Qc2 {Topalov
made this move that was played by Giri as well. He got up from his chair and
Anand replied instantly.} Bb4 {A combination of QGD, Ragozin and Nimzo Indian.}
6. cxd5 (6. a3 {was Anish's choice.}) 6... exd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2
{Up till here the players have been following the game between Sakaev and
Eljanov from Dagomys 2009. But now Anand deviates.} O-O (9... Ndf6 10. Ne5 Bf5
11. f3 Nd6 12. Qc3 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. g4 Be6 15. e3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 h5 17. gxh5
Qh4+ 18. Bg3 Qxh5 $11 {0-1 (50) Sakaev,K (2627)-Eljanov,P (2693) Dagomys 2009})
10. e3 Re8 11. b3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b3] This doesn't seem to be too ambitious.
After that Black can equalise without too many difficulties.} (11. b4 {If you
wanted to develop the bishop on b2 then why not b4? Well, then the b4-pawn
could become a weakness after} a5 12. Bb2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Qe7 $15)
11... c6 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. O-O (14. Nd2 Qg5 $15) 14... Qf6 15. Ne5
Nd6 {By exchanging the light-squared bishops, Vishy is mainly aiming for a
position where he would have a knight against the b2-bishop. That would give
Black an excellent position.} 16. Rae1 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Qg6 18. f3 $5 {The thing
about Topalov is that he always likes to play actively. Here he is looking for
the right moment when he can break in the centre with e4 and at the same time
take that square away from the d6-knight. But Black is just too solid and well
developed.} f6 19. a4 Ne6 20. Qd2 (20. Ba3 Nf5 $11) 20... h5 $5 {In some ways
securing the f5-square for the knight.} 21. Ba3 Nf5 22. Nf4 $6 {This move is
completely illogical. White exchanges the knights and leaves himself with some
weaknesses. Why would White voluntarily want to defend an inferior endgame
when he has an equal position?} Nxf4 23. exf4 {The resulting position looks
mildly in Black's favour. The main reason being that the knight is better than
the bishop and Black's pawn structure is better than White's.} Rxe1 (23... h4
$1 {Securing the f5-knight was also possible.}) 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.
Kf2 {Anand with his micro edge has the right to keep trying.} Nh6 27. Qd3 b6 {
This is a very responsible decision. On one hand Black is weakening the c6
pawn but on the other he is preventing the move a5 followed by Bc5 which would
paralyse his queenside majority. It is always a trade-off and Vishy chose the
move b6. It turns out that the c6-pawn was the reason why he couldn't really
make much progress. What would have happened if Vishy had not played b6 is a
completely different story.} 28. Bb4 Qe6 29. Qc2 Kf7 30. Ba3 Qd7 31. Bb4 Nf5
32. Qd3 g6 33. g3 Ng7 {White doesn't have too many active possibilities. Black
on the other hand can try to use his queenside majority by having the knight
on e6 at some point. Right now it doesn't seem possible because Ne6 is met
with f4-f5, but whether Black can prepare it is the question.} 34. Qe3 Kg8 (
34... h4 35. g4 $11) (34... Qe6 {might have been the best move.} 35. Qxe6+ (35.
Qc3 h4 $17 36. g4 f5 37. g5 Qd7 {and the position has changed in Black's
favour.}) 35... Nxe6 36. Ke3 c5 37. dxc5 bxc5 38. Ba3 f5 $15) (34... Ne6) 35.
Qd3 Kh7 36. Kg2 Qf5 37. Qc3 (37. Qxf5 Nxf5 {would definitely be some progress
for Black.}) 37... Qe6 (37... Qb1 {was possible, but as Vishy said in the
press conference with three moves to go until the time control he didn't want
to let things spiral out of control. In any case it was just a draw.} 38. Qxc6
Qb2+ 39. Kh3 Qxb3 40. Bf8 Qxf3 41. Qxf6 (41. Qc7 $2 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 g5+ $1 43.
fxg5 fxg5+ 44. Kxg5 Qf5+ 45. Kh4 Qg4#) 41... Nf5 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ $11) 38.
Qd3 a5 39. Bd2 Qf5 40. Qc3 Qe6 41. Qd3 Qf5 42. Qc3 h4 {Vishy shuns the draw
and tries to play for a win.} 43. g4 Qb1 {The queen has made its way into the
enemy camp, but without the knight it cannot do much.} 44. Be3 (44. Qxc6 Qd3
$19 {The bishop on d2 will drop.}) 44... Qd1 45. Bf2 Qe2 46. Qe3 Qxe3 47. Bxe3
Ne6 48. Kh3 g5 49. f5 $1 (49. fxg5 fxg5 {might be a tad better for Black,
although a draw here looks most likely.}) 49... Nf4+ (49... Nc7 {being
over-ambitious might make things completely bad for Black.} 50. f4 $1 $16 {
It's White who has the chances to play for a win now.}) 50. Bxf4 gxf4 51. Kg2 {
There is no way to break through and hence the players agreed to a draw.} (51.
Kxh4 $2 c5 52. dxc5 bxc5 53. Kh3 c4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 $5 {Anand
had faced this relatively unexplored line with Black recently and despite
winning the game he must have found it interesting enough to include it in his
repertoire for the Candidates tournament.} Ba7 (7... O-O 8. Re1 h6 {Giri,A 
(2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich 2016 CBM 171 [Marin,M] (0-1, 45)}) 8. Na3 Ne7 9.
Nc2 ({Four rounds later he deviated with} 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nc2 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 {
[%cal Gd6d5,Gh8g8]} 11. d4 d5 12. Bd3 f5 $36) 10... O-O 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5
Nexd5 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Bh4 Rae8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4
19. d4 c5 $36 {Anand,V (2762)-Giri,A (2793) Moscow 2016 (1/2-1/2, 52)}) 9...
Ng6 10. Be3 ({Since the knight will soon land on e3. it does not make sense to
waste a tempo on preventing ...Bg4 with} 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 c6 12. Ba2 Re8 13.
d4 exd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxe4 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Nxe4 d5
19. Ng3 Qf6 $11 {Pacher,M (2502)-Kantor,G (2418) Budapest 2016 (1-0, 33)})
10... O-O (10... Bxe3 11. Nxe3 O-O {transposes to the line from the next
comment.}) 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Ne3 Ng4 $6 {Aronian probably felt like taking
advantage of Anand's omitting h2-h3, but his last move will eventually prove a
waste of time resulting in delayed development.} (12... Ra8 13. a5 c6 {[%cal
Gd6d5] looks normal for Black.}) {Anand does not seem keen to play with
doubled pawns.} 13. Qd2 ({Actually, the position resulting after} 13. a5 Ra8
14. h3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 {[%cal Gd1b3,Gd3d4];Anand,V (2784)-Aronian,L (2792)
Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th 2016 (1) 1-0 yields White some initiative.
In this structure it is useful to have the queen on d1 as it could later go to
b3 or in some cases to f3. Compare with} {If} Be6 (15... Qe7 16. Qb3) 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qb3 Qc8 18. h4 Nh8 19. d4 $14 {White's chances are better despite the
almost symmetrical structure.}) 13... a5 {Black keeps neglecting his
development for the sake of strategic moves.} ({A simpler way was} 13... Ra8
14. a5 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 14. d4 Ra8 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 b6 {
highlights White's advance in development after} 16. dxe5 dxe5 (16... Nxe5 17.
Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. b3 Be6 20. Bd5) 17. Rfd1 Qf6 (17... Qe7 18. g3) 18.
Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 $14) 15. dxe5 $1 {A principled decision: the better
developed side should open the centre.} N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb3 $14 {
White has more space and is better coordinated. Black has no significant
weaknesses but needs to act with care.} Nd7 $5 {Anticipating the permanent
threat f2-f4 and aiming to trasfer the knight to a better square. But on c5
the knight will not enjoy the desired stability either.} (17... Be6 18. Bd5
Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nd7 $14) 18. Bc2 Re8 19. f3 b6 $6 {To a certain extent the same
policy as when Black played ...a6-a5. Black's structure looks nice, but the
last move does not help developing the queenside. Moreover, the weakness of
the long diagonal will cause him huge problems in the endgame.} 20. Rfd1 Nc5
21. b4 Nd7 22. Bb3 {This knight has jumped around a lot without achieving
anything concrete.} Nf6 ({Aronian probably rejected} 22... Bb7 {because he
wanted to neutralise the enemy bishop with ...Be6. But this will not happen.})
23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ra7 ({Had Aronian anticipated the problems
with freeing this caged rook, he might have preferred} 25... Rb8 {even though
it implies weakening his queenside.} 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Qa7 Be6 (27... Rb2 28.
Ra2 $16) 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rab1 Ra8 30. Qb7 $14) 26. b5 $1 Bb7 27. c4 $1 {
After White's precise pawn moves Black can free his rook only by strenghening
White's structure with ...Bxd5, cxd5, when the c7-pawn would be chronically
weak.} Qe5 28. Rac1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 {The endgame is very unpleasant for Black.
White can start a slow kingside attack, enjoying practically an extra rook!}
Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. f4 f6 32. Rc3 Kd7 33. Rh3 h6 34. Rg3 Re7 35. Rg6 Bxd5 {
A necessary concession.} ({The tortuous regrouping started with} 35... Kc8 {
is too slow:} 36. h4 Ra8 (36... h5 37. Bc6 Bxc6 38. bxc6 Ra8 39. Rd5 $18 {
[%csl Gh5]}) 37. h5 Rb8 (37... Kb8 38. Rd3 Ka7 39. Rdg3 Bxd5 40. exd5 $16 Rg8
$2 41. Rxh6 $1 $18) 38. e5 $1 fxe5 (38... dxe5 39. Rxg7 $3 {[%cal Ge7g7,Gd5e6]}
Bxd5 40. Rxe7 exd4 41. cxd5 $18) 39. Be6+ Rxe6 (39... Kd8 40. fxe5 $18) 40.
Rxe6 exd4 41. Re8+ Kd7 42. Rxb8 Be4 43. Rg8 $18) 36. cxd5 Ra8 37. Kf3 Rae8 {
Black has finally managed to regroup properly. His only chance to survive
White's crushing space advantage is the pressure on e4.} 38. Kg4 ({The most
consistent plan starts with} 38. f5 {for instance} Kc8 39. Kf4 Kd7 40. Rg3 Kc8
41. Rc4 Kd8 42. Re3 Kc8 43. Kg4 Kb7 44. Kh5 Re5 45. Kg6 R8e7 46. g4 Kc8 47. h4
Kd7 48. Rg3 Kd8 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Rxg5 Rd7 52. Kh7 Ree7 53. Rg6 Kc8
54. Re6 Kd8 55. Rc2 $18 {[%cal Gc2g2]}) 38... Rxe4 39. Rxg7+ Kc8 {Evacuating
the king from the centre leaves White a free hand on the kingside.} 40. Rd2 Kb8
(40... Rxa4 41. Rc2 Re5 $2 {does not work any more due to} 42. Rgxc7+ Kd8 43.
Rc8+ Ke7 44. R2c7#) 41. Rc2 Rc8 42. Ra2 $18 {For the time being White keeps
his a-pawn. When his kingside attack will reach more advanced phases the rook
will be able to return into play.} Rd4 43. Kf5 Rxd5+ (43... Rf8 44. g3 Rxd5+
45. Ke6 Rd4 46. Ke7 $18) 44. Kxf6 Rf8+ 45. Rf7 Rxf7+ 46. Kxf7 Rf5+ 47. Kg6 Rxf4
48. g3 Rc4 49. Kxh6 {Black has a passive king and an inferior structure. With
just one passed pawn he cannot generate enough counterplay.} d5 50. Kh5 {
The simplest way to start advancing the pawns.} d4 51. g4 d3 52. h4 Rd4 (52...
Rc2 53. Ra1 d2 54. Rd1 $18) 53. Rd2 Kc8 54. g5 Kd7 55. Kg6 Rxh4 56. Rxd3+ Ke8
57. Ra3 {Same comment as on move 42.} Rc4 58. Kg7 Kd7 59. g6 c6 60. Kf6 cxb5
61. g7 Rg4 62. axb5 Rg1 63. Rd3+ Ke8 64. Re3+ Kd7 65. Re5 Rxg7 66. Rd5+ (66.
Rd5+ Ke8 67. Kxg7 {leaves the king cut off from the play, preventing any
counterplay based on advancing the passed pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 {Almost three decades have passed since Kasparov surprised
Karpov by introducing the English Opening as a main weapon in the 1987 Seville
match, but the theoretical discussion still seems far from reaching an end.} ({
In the first match of the game the surprise turned out to be a boomerang when
Karpov reacted here with} 9... e3 $5 {, a novelty he had prepared for his
earlier matches with Korchnoi but which he had never got the chance to use.
Taken away from his analysed lines, Kasparov thought a lot before playing} 10.
d3 {, eventually got into severe time trouble and lost. Based on the fact that
Karpov did not repeat 9...e3 in later games, many commentators including
Kasparov and some of his seconds claimed that 10.d3 was some sort of
refutation of Karpov's idea. But then I wonder why in a much later game
Kasparov,G (2827)-Sadvakasov,D (2585) Astana 2001 (½-½, 43) Kasparov
deviated with 10.dxe3. Be it as it may, the game Svidler,P (2757)-Karjakin,S 
(2760) Moscow 2016 (½-½, 50) played two rounds earlier than Caruana-Anand
went 10.d3 and Black eventually came under serious positional pressure.}) 10.
Nxf3 d5 11. d4 ({This novelty over} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nb6 13. d4 {Uhlmann,W
(2530)-Smyslov,V (2620) Hastings 1972 (1-0, 30); was introduced by Kasparov in
his Moscow 1988 game against Ivanchuk. White sacrifices the c4-pawn in order
to obtain a central majority which was not that easy to block.}) 11... dxc4 {
Anand surely knew what he was doing since he had played this before.} ({
The aforementioned game went} 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 {
causing Black to lose ground in the centre and ending in a white win just ten
moves later Kasparov,G (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2625) Moscow 1988 . (1-0, 24)}) 12.
Qc2 $146 ({Deviating from} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 $14 {Aronian,L 
(2765)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015 (½-½, 31); and depriving Anand of the
possibility of showing his improvement. In principle, Bc1-g5 remains a
thematic threat, but the move order chosen by Caruana is more subtle. He not
only keeps an eye on the e4-square, preparing the dreamed of e2-e4, but also
prevents the natural and most desirable developing move for Black, namely ...
Bf5.}) 12... h6 {Anand decides to prevent Bg5, but the weakness of the h6-pawn
will soon prove decisive. However, it is not easy to find a convenient way of
completing Black's development.} (12... Bg4 {exposes the bishop to} 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne5 Qg5 16. Nxg4 Qxg4 17. e4 {with a clear superiority of
the bishop over the knight. Black's extra pawn does not really count while
White's initiative in the centre and on the kingside is not easy to neutralise.
}) ({The pressure along the e-file set up by} 12... Qe7 {is partly illusory:}
13. Re1 Ne4 ({The most natural move, which fails to stabilise the centre,
though. If} 13... Bg4 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. e4 $1 {White gets a threatening
position since} Nxe4 $2 {loses material:} 16. Nh4 f5 17. h3) (13... Qe4 {
only apparently gains a tempo because the queen is exposed on e4:} 14. Qb2 {
Targeting b7 and delaying the c8-bishop's development.} Qg4 15. e4 $1 Rxe4 16.
Bg5 {with a considerable advance in development and strong initiative for
White.}) 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe4 Ng6 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 ({Keeping the control of the
d5-square for if} 16... Rxe7 17. Bd5 {retrieves the pawn keeping the bishop
pair and the mobile centre.}) 17. Bf4 c6 18. e4 Be6 19. a4 {White will soon
set up pressure along the b-file while the permanent threat of d4-d5 restricts
Black's regrouping possibilities. Once again the extra pawn is not too
relevant and White has chances for a one-sided squeeze.}) (12... Be6 13. e4 $16
{is simply bad for Black.}) 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 $5 {Very logical play by
Caruana who before undertaking anything concrete completes his development
harmoniously. The last move deserves some special attention, though, since the
rook may seem to belong to either b1 or e1. Caruana's idea was to force Black
to reveal his cards in view of the positional threat d4-d5.} (14. Rae1 {
[%cal Gf3d2] has a hidden drawback:} Bf5 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. e4 Nxf1 17. exf5 Nxh2
18. Bxh2 f6 {[%csl Ge1]}) 14... Bf5 {Aiming to consolidate in the centre while
also completing the development.} (14... f5 {fails to consolidate the knight
after} 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 {, when the e5-bishop is an unchallenged monster
on the dark squares.}) ({The optically safer} 14... Qe7 {does not spare Black
problems:} 15. d5 Nb8 16. Rd4 Nd6 17. e4 {White's compensation for the pawn is
beyond doubt.} f6 18. e5 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bf5 20. Qf2 $36) 15. Ne5 Nd6 $6 {
Losing ground in the centre.} (15... Nxg3 {allows} 16. e4 Nxf1 17. exf5 Nxh2
18. Bxh2 {but things may be not entirely clear due to Black's numerous pawns.}
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qg5 20. Rf1 c6 {For instance if} 21. f6 Rxe5 $5 22. dxe5 Re8 {
Three pawns for a bishop may well ensure a draw.}) 16. e4 Bh7 {The bishop has
landed on a joyless position and the knights are far from optimally placed,
too. We can see one more benefit of having played Rad1: the exchange on e5
loses a piece to dxe5.} 17. Qe2 $1 {A strong queen switch to the kingside.} Ne7
$6 {Removing the pressure on the central knight frees the bishop from its
defensive task making it available for an elegant combination. But at the same
time Black has no constructive moves...} 18. Bxh6 $1 {By far not the only good
move and curiously not among the engines' favourites.} gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5 {
A despairing defence, returning the extra piece in order to exchange queens.} (
19... Z0 {White threatened to continue his attack with simple moves:} 20. Qxh6
Nc6 21. Ng4 Re6 22. Qf4 (22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qf8 24. Qh4 {is also
reasonable, maintaining the initiative with approximately equal material, but
the main continuation, threatening to reinforce the threat Nf6+ with e4-e5, is
stronger.}) 22... f5 23. d5 {with a winning attack in which all White's pieces
take an active part.}) ({If} 19... Kh8 20. Rxf7 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qg8
23. Nf7+ Nxf7 24. Rxf7 Nc6 25. e5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rxc7 {White would soon
get a lot of pawns for the knight, with every chance to win.} Re8 28. Rxb7 Nxe5
(28... Ne7 29. d5 $18) 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Bf1 $5 Bd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Rd7 Re1+
33. Kg2 Re2+ 34. Kh3 Rxa2 35. Rxd3 Kg7 36. Kg4 Rxh2 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7 $18)
20. exf5 Qg5 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 $16 {White has retrieved the sacrificed
pawn and even though the position has calmed down, Black is under serious
pressure on both wings.} Ne4 {The adventure initiated by this move will only
speed up Black's demise.} 23. Rfe1 ({The simple} 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxc4 Rad8
25. Ne5 {also looks convincing. White is a pawn up and his stable centralised
knight is more impressive than the bishop.}) 23... Nxc3 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bxb7
Rad8 {Sacrificig the exchange for insufficient compensation.} ({But} 25... Rab8
26. Bd5 {would win the c4-pawn with a more or less winning position.}) 26. Bc6
Nxd4 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 Be4 ({Freeing the h7-square for if} 
29... Rxe5 30. Rd8+ {mates on the next move.}) 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32.
Kg1 $1 {Planning to defend the f6-pawn with Rf1.} Rxf6 33. Rf1 {After the
forced exchange of the rooks White will soon win at least one pawn, with an
elementary win.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 {A new twist on 9.Re1 that Gajewski showed me.} (9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5
Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 {and now White has to move his bishop.}) 9... d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4
11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 $1 {The point, White can keep moving forward.} c6 13. Nc5
Ng6 {Played after a long think and it was time well spent.} 14. Qh5 {Now I
also had to find my way around and this seemed reasonable.} Bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne4
16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd1 (17. Nc4 {My original intention, but I was unable to
make it work after} f5 $1 18. Nd6 b6 $1) 17... Qe7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg5 {
I was slightly disappointed that I couldn't do better than this, and Sergey
felt this was close to a draw offer. I did feel that I could still pose some
questions to Black before acquiescing.} Qxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Be3 (21. Bf4 g5
22. Bg3 Re8 23. Rd4 e3 {doesn't accomplish anything} (23... Bf5 {nor does this}
)) 21... g5 {Black takes away the crucial f4-square (as we will see, quite
important).} 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. b3 Kf7 (24... a5 25. R1d4 a4 26. bxa4
Bxa2 27. Rd7 $1 {still with some problems}) (24... Re7 25. R1d4 Bf7 26. g4 {
Of course, Black can choose between several setups. Its hard to tell which is
best, since Black's drawing margin is very high in all of them.}) 25. R1d4 Bf5
(25... Re7 26. Rxe4 Bf5 {I wasn't very excited about winning the Pe4, but a
pawn is still a pawn.}) 26. a4 {I should have played g4 first} Re7 27. g4 Bh7 (
27... Be6 28. c4 (28. b4 a5 $1 29. b5 {now this fails:} cxb5 30. axb5 a4 $1)
28... Rh8 29. Kg2 a6 30. b4 Bc8 31. b5 Re6 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Rd1 Rhe8 34. Rb1)
28. b4 Bg8 (28... a5 {The computer is happy here, but it is not easy to
concede connected passers with Black:} 29. b5 cxb5 30. axb5 a4 31. Rd2 Ke8) 29.
b5 Rc8 30. Rd7 Rce8 (30... Ke8 $1 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rxe4+ Be6 $1 {I believe
this position is equal.}) 31. b6 $1 {Its hard to lock one's pawns like this,
but the only way I saw to put any pressure on Black was with Rc7.} a6 32. Rc7
Kf8 {Still, it looks like Black hasn't done anything wrong, but...} 33. c4 $1 {
blocks the Black bishop, and equally importantly allows Bd2-a5 to protect a
pawn on c7. It was important not to play a5 too early} Be6 {Thanks to White's
last two pawn moves, some chances have appeared, and Black finally ditches the
Pe4.} (33... Bf7 $1 {However, the Pe4 serves a purpose which is to restrain
the Pf2} {So here White will have to play...} 34. Kh2 Bg8 $1 (34... Bg6 35. h4
(35. Kg3 Bf7 36. h4 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 g5+ $1 {and White still has no access to f4}
) 35... gxh4 36. Bf4 {Misplaced Bg6} (36. g5 Kf7 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Bf4 Bf5 $1))
35. h4 gxh4 36. Bf4 Rxc7 37. bxc7 Be6 $1 {I couldn't see how to break through
here.}) 34. Rxe4 {Now f4 and the white bishop will enter.} Kf7 35. f4 {We were
already short of time, but it's harder for the defending side since opposite
coloured bishop endings need time for working out.} Rxc7 (35... f5 $1 36. Re5
g6 (36... Rxc7 37. bxc7 Bc8 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. fxg5 fxg4 40. h4 {Karjakin was
reluctant to enter this} g6 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Kg3 (42. a5 Kd7 43. Bf4 Bxc4 44.
Kg3 Bd3 {I think this drawn} 45. Kxg4 Be2+ 46. Kg3 Bh5 {is a fortress}) 42...
Kd7 43. Bf4 a5 44. h5 gxh5 45. g6 Bf5 46. g7 Be6 47. Kh4 Bf7 48. Kg5 Kc8 49.
Kh6 h4 50. Kh7 Bxc4 51. g8=Q+ Bxg8+ 52. Kxg8 g3 53. Kf7 g2 54. Bh2 g1=Q 55.
Bxg1 Kxc7 56. Kg6 b5 57. cxb6+ Kb7 {and White is short of time to defend b6})
37. fxg5 fxg4 38. h4 {I wasnt sure this was winning, but I knew that Black
couldnt make such a critical decision so easily - if it's lost, it's too late}
Rxc7 39. bxc7 Bc8 40. Rxe8 Kxe8 {transposes to the earlier analysis.}) 36. bxc7
Rc8 $2 (36... f5 $1) 37. f5 {Thanks to Pc4.} Bd7 38. h4 g6 (38... gxh4 39. Bf4
g5 (39... Re8 40. Rd4 Bc8 41. Rd8 {followed by Kxh4}) 40. Rd4 $1 Ke7 41. Bd6+
Kf7 42. Kg2 Re8 43. Bh2 Ke7 44. Bg1 Rf8 45. Rd6 Rf7 46. Bd4 Rf8 47. Bc3 Rf7 {
Still, it's hard to believe this fortress can hold} (47... Bc8 48. Rd8 $18))
39. Rd4 $1 Rxc7 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Bxg5 Be8 {Now I realised that I was
completely winning, Black has to stay completely passive.} 42. f6 Kf8 43. Bf4
Rh7 44. Kg2 {Missing a faster win:} (44. Re4 $1 Bf7 (44... Bd7 45. Bd6+ Kg8 46.
g5) 45. g5 $1 $18) 44... Bd7 45. Bg5 Be6 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Rb8 Bxc4 48. Rxb7+
Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Re8+ Kf7 $1 (51... Kd7 52. Rd8+ $1) 52. Rc8
Bd5 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd7 55. Ra8 (55. Rd8+ $4 Kxd8 56. f7+ Kc7 (56... Kd7
$2 57. f8=N+ $1) 57. f8=Q Rf7+ $11) 55... Ke6 56. Re8+ Kd7 57. Re3 a5 58. Kg3
Rf7 59. Kf4 Rh7 60. Re1 Kc8 61. Kg3 (61. Ke5 $1) 61... Rf7 (61... Kd7 62. Bd2
Rf7 63. g5) 62. Re8+ Kd7 63. Ra8 Kc7 64. Kf4 Rd7 65. Bh4 {Now it's easy, with
the Kg5.} Kb7 66. Re8 Bf7 67. Re4 Bd5 68. Re3 Bf7 69. Kg5 Ka6 70. Re7 {And
finally he resigned. I was euphoric, first to beat a tenacious defender (in
fact, this was his only loss), but also with my technique.  Still, Sergey
recovered and qualified convincingly. He fully deserved qualification!} (70.
Re7 Rxe7 71. fxe7 Kb7 72. Kf6 Be8 73. Kg7 g5 74. Bxg5 Kc8 75. Kf8 Kd7 76. Bd2 {
isn't difficult.}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 {This provocative move is a
worthy alternative to the more restrained:} (5... Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
d3) 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 {This usually is a disclosure of Black's intentions
to trap the h4 knight, something I have evaluated as risky in my English
trilogy.} ({The classical main line goes} 7... Bc5) 8. a3 $5 $146 {This
novelty had devastating effects in this game, but its objective merits are far
from clear yet. Mor practice is needed.} ({My book line goes} 8. O-O g5 9. d4
h6 (9... gxh4 $2 10. Bg5 $18) (9... Ne8 $6 10. Nxb4 Nxb4 11. Qd2 $16) (9...
Nxd5 $6 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Qa4 $16) {McNab,C (2410)-Haik,A (2370) Metz 1988 (0-1,
25)} 10. Nxb4 $146 Nxb4 11. f3 $1 $36 {At the time when I analysed this
position the engines evaluated it as slightly preferable for Black. In fact,
White has a very dangerous initiative for the inevitably lost piece, given
that the black knights do not have good squares, the black king is weak and
the c1-bishop is unchallenged on the dark squares. I provided many
illustrative lines, managing to more or less moderate the engines' initial
optimism and I thought that the next computer generations would see it more
clearly. But now that I checked it again after 5 years, the evaluation remains
the same. The only thing I can say is that I would always choose to play on
the White side.}) 8... Bc5 9. O-O Re8 ({One of the ideas behind Nakamura's
novelty is that after} 9... g5 $2 10. d4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gg5] the bishop is
attacked. Anand's move is natural, but not the only reasonable one.}) ({
It appears that the e4-pawn does not need defending yet, as after} 9... Bg4 10.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bxe4 Rae8 12. Bf3 Bh3 13. Bg2 (13. Ng2 Nd4) 13... Bg4 $11 {
White does not have anything better than agreeing to a draw by repetition:} 14.
Nf3 $2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Re6 $36) (9... Nxd5 $6 {leads
to a typical English structure with a passive black dark-squared bishop.} 10.
cxd5 Nd4 11. e3 (11. Bxe4 Bg4 $36 12. Re1 $6 f5) 11... Nf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13.
Qc2 Re8 14. f3 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}) 10. e3 $3 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gb2b4,Gc1b2] A typical
move, restricting the c5-bishop and preparing f2-f3. But the exclamation marks
are for ignoring the threat against the knight on the edge.} (10. b4 Bd4 11.
Rb1 Ne7 12. e3 Nexd5 13. exd4 Ne7 14. d3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 $11) 10... g5 $6 {
Playing with fire.} ({It was not too late to return to normal development:} 
10... Be6 11. d4 exd3 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 {In principle the
structure favours White, but retrieving the d3-pawn will require making some
concession.}) 11. b4 Bb6 $6 ({Having started to go down one route, Black
should have continued:} 11... gxh4 12. Bb2 $5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. bxc5 Bg4
15. Qb3 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 {Optically, the position is not entirely clear but
after} 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. h3 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Gg1h2,Gb2h8] it appears that only
Black's king is in some danger while White's is relatively safe.}) 12. Bb2 $16
{Forcing the next exchange.} Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 $5 {Neither better nor worse
than any other knight move, but the most spectacular of them.} (13... Ne5 14.
f4 Nc4 15. fxg5 Nxb2 16. Qh5 $40 Qd7 (16... Qe7 17. Bxe4) 17. Bh3 Qe7 18. Nf5 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf5h6]} Bxf5 19. Bxf5 f6 20. gxf6 Qf7 21. Bxh7+ Qxh7 22. f7+) (
13... Ne7 14. Bf6 gxh4 15. Qh5 $18) (13... Nb8 14. Qh5 gxh4 15. Qh6 f6 (15...
Re5 16. Bxe4 $1 f5 17. f4 $1 $18) 16. Bxf6 Qd7 17. Qg5+ Kf8 18. f3 $18) 14. d3
$1 {Dotting the i and crossing the t. White intends to open the d-file in
order to capture the self-trapped knight quite comfortably.} (14. exd4 gxh4)
14... gxh4 (14... exd3 15. Qxd3 Qf6 16. Rfd1 gxh4 17. Bxd4 Qg6 18. Rac1 $16 {
[%csl Gc7,Gg8]}) 15. dxe4 Ne6 (15... Nb5 16. a4 $16) 16. dxe6 Rxe6 ({The
developing} 16... Bxe6 {leaves the king helpless after} 17. Qh5 {[%cal Gh5h6]}
Rf8 (17... f6 18. Qxh4) 18. gxh4 $18 {[%cal Gg1h1,Gf1g1]}) 17. e5 {The game is
basically over. White has a huge advance in development and the black king is
desperately weak. In the next sequence almost any reasonable white move wins.}
hxg3 18. hxg3 Qg5 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Qb3 h5 (20... c6 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 21. Qc3 f6
22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bg4 24. Rd6 $18) 21. Rad1 Rh6 {Black will not be in
time to launch his desired attack with ...h5-h4.} 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. Qc4 Bg4 24.
Qf4 Rg6 25. Re5 Qd6 26. Be4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 ({Even after} 6...
h6 {White can try the analogous} 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 11.
Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Be6 (14... Nc8 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Bb3 c6
17. h3 Be6 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. d4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Be6 23.
Qe3 b6 24. Nd2 c5 25. Bd3 Re7 26. d5 Bd7 27. Ra1 Nh5 28. b4 Nf4 29. bxa5 bxa5
30. Reb1 Rf8 31. Bb5 Bc8 32. Bf1 f5 33. c4 Ref7 34. Ra3 fxe4 35. Nxe4 Bf5 36.
Rab3 $14 {Caruana,F (2794)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow 2016}) 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne3
Nc8 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Re5 $2 (19... Rxe4 $1 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qg4 Ng5 22. h4 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Ne6 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Qf6 $11) 20. Ng3 Ng6 21.
Qc2 c6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Ndf5 Rd8 24. Qd2 $16 {Carlsen,M (2844)-Adams,M (2744)
Wijk aan Zee 2016 For more details see the notes to this game by Carlsen in
CBM 171.}) (6... O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Nh4 Nh5 11. a4 a6 12.
Na3 Qg5 13. Nc2 Ba7 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. d4 Qg7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nef5 Bxf5 18. exf5
Bc5 {Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) WChW Lvov 2016} 19. f6 $1 $36) 7. a4 $5 {
A new wrinkle instead of the more common} (7. Nbd2 {and}) (7. Bb3 {White keeps
open various options to develop his Nb1; it doesn't necessarily have to go via
d2...}) 7... Ba7 (7... O-O 8. Re1 ({After} 8. Na3 {White has to reckon with}
Na5 $5 $132) 8... Ba7 (8... h6 $5 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3
Qd7 13. Nbd2 Qf7 14. g3 Nd7 15. Kg2 a5 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19.
Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rb1 Nc6 $132 {Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich
rpd 2016}) 9. h3 (9. Na3 h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7
14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Red1 b6 20.
Qc4 Rae8 21. Qb5 Qc8 22. b4 Qa8 $11 {So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan
Zee 2016}) (9. Nbd2 Ng4 $1 10. Re2 Kh8 {[%cal Yf7f5]} 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 f5 13.
Bxh6 gxh6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd5 Bg6 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Ng3 Qf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19.
Be4 Bf7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 $132 {/=/+, Movsesian,S (2624)-Morozevich,A (2718)
Prague rpd 2002}) 9... h6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 ({The immediate} 10... Be6 {seems
stronger than the knight manoeuvre:} 11. b4 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Qe7 13. Be3
Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Nh5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf4 $15 {Gundogan,S (1795)-Unlu,A (1575)
Kemer 2014}) (11. Bb3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 {½, Wang,Y 
(2445)-Maiorov,N (2558) Moscow 2016}) 11... Qd7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14.
Be3 Nf4 15. b5 Ne7 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Neg6 19. N1h2 a5 20. h4
Qf7 21. g3 Nh5 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Qc2 Bb6 24. Nd2 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Nb3 Ne7 27. f3
Nf5 $132 {½, Karthikeyan,M (2435)-Vaibhav,S (2535) Mumbai 2013}) ({Another
solid option is} 10... Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nf5 Qe8 18. b4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Ne7 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Nb3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Red6 $11 {Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) WChW
Lvov 2016}) 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 $1 exd4 16.
cxd4 d5 ({Playing for the better B has concrete drawbacks, but the engine move
} 16... c5 17. Be3 $14 {is also pleasant for White.} (17. Qb3 $5)) 17. exd5 $1
exd5 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bb8 20. Bb4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Ne5 $36
{Giri,A (2793)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow 2016}) 8. Na3 Ne7 (8... O-O 9. Bg5 h6
10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 (11. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 12. Bxg5 $44 {[%cal Yd1f3,Yb3c2,Yc2e3] is
probably a good version of the positional sacrifice, White's Na3 can quickly
join the attack.}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Kh7 16.
Nf5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Nf5 {½, Chocenka,D (2403)-Jasinski,M (2393) email 2014
}) (8... h6 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. a5 (11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf5 d5 13. Qc2 Be6
14. Be3 c5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. N3h4 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 c4 18. dxc4 dxc4 19. Ba2 Bxe3
20. fxe3 Qc5 21. Rde1 Rfd8 $17 {Arakhamia Grant,K (2363)-Kantane,A (2280)
Germany 2016}) 11... c6 12. Bb3 Be6 (12... Ng6) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15.
Nc4 Ng6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Qd1 Ngf4 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. g3 Ng6 21. d4
exd4 22. Ne1 Nf6 23. Qxd4 Raa8 24. Qxd6 $16 {Siebarth,M (1788)-Ritter,U (1740)
GER email 2012}) 9. Bg5 $146 {Anand decides to change tack and deviates from
his earlier win against Aronian. The players now enter uncharted territory
with a full board of pieces and an interesting position.} (9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 (
10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 c6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxe4 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.
Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Ng3 Qf6 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Qb3 {Pacher,M 
(2502)-Kantor,G (2418) Budapest 2016} Rb8 $11) 10... O-O 11. Bxa7 (11. a5 $5)
11... Rxa7 12. Ne3 Ng4 ({Black wants to simplify the position, but} 12... a5
$142 {[%cal Yc7c6,Yd6d5] gives him better chances to gradually neutralise
White's pressure.}) 13. Qd2 a5 14. d4 $1 Ra8 15. dxe5 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Bb3 Nd7 18. Bc2 Re8 19. f3 $1 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. b4 Nd7 22. Bb3 Nf6 23. Qd4
Qe7 $6 (23... Bd7 $142 $14 {/\} 24. Nd5 Be6) 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ra7 26. b5
Bb7 27. c4 Qe5 28. Rac1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 $16 {[%csl Ra7] Anand,V (2762)-Aronian,
L (2786) Moscow 2016/ Suddenly as if out of nowhere White has strong pressure
- to reanimate the Ra7 Black will sooner or later have to take on d5.}) 9... c6
{Giri is not worried about the doubled pawns.} (9... Ng6 {seems more
consistent, when Anand possibly intended} 10. Nh4 c6 (10... Nxh4 11. Bxh4 h6
12. d4 $5 $13) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 (11... O-O 12. Qf3 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 d5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Ba2 $14) 12. exf5 Ne7 $13) 10. Nc2 O-O (10... Ng6 11. Nh4 Nf4 $5 12. Bxf4
exf4 $13 {/\} 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Qxf4 $2 Nh5 $19) 11. Nh4 (11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 12. d4
{is principled, but far from clear and White might miss his dark
squared-bishop further on:} Bg4 (12... d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ba2 Qd6 (14... e4
15. Nh4 f5 16. Qh5 f4 17. f3 (17. Qg5+ $6 Ng6 $15) 17... e3 18. g3 $36) 15. Ne3
Rd8 16. g3 Kh8 $132) 13. Ne3 (13. Re1 d5 14. Ba2 f5 $13) (13. Bb3 Kh8 $13)
13... Bh5 14. Be2 Kh8 15. Nh4 Bg6 $132) (11. Ne3 Ng6 {[%csl Yh7][%cal Yh7h6]}
12. Nh4 Nf4 $1 $15) 11... d5 $1 12. exd5 (12. Ba2 Qd6 {is comfortable for
Black.}) 12... Nexd5 (12... cxd5 $142 $1 13. Ba2 (13. Bxf6 dxc4 14. Bxe5 Nc6
$17) 13... Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd6 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] seems stronger, if anyone is better
here it's Black with his centre.}) 13. Nf3 (13. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 14. Qf3 {is
interesting:} h6 ({A cooperative line is} 14... Be6 15. Nf5 e4 16. Qh3 Qd7 (
16... h6 17. Bh4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxf5 21. Rxf5 Ng4 22.
Re1 exd3 23. Rxd5 $14) 17. Nce3 Ne8 18. dxe4 Nd6 19. Nxd5 Nxe4 (19... Nxf5 $2
20. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 21. Bxf6 h6 22. exf5 $18) 20. Nde7+ Kh8 21. Qg4 Nxg5 22. Qxg5
Bxf5 23. Nxf5 $14) 15. Bxf6 $8 (15. Be3 d4 $36) 15... Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. d4
$13 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ya1d1,Yc2e3] /+/=}) 13... Qd6 (13... Bg4 $143 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 {is pleasant for White.}) ({However,} 13... Qc7 $5 {is at least
equivalent to the text move.}) 14. Re1 Bg4 (14... Re8 15. d4 exd4 (15... e4 16.
Ne5 $14) 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Ncxd4 $32 {+/=}) 15. Bh4 (15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3
Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nd5 $11 {/=/+}) (15. h3 Bh5 {/\} 16. g4 $2 e4 $1 $36 {[%cal
Rd6g3]}) 15... Rae8 16. h3 (16. Bg3 Nh5 $15) 16... Bh5 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4
exf4 19. d4 c5 {[%csl Ga7,Gh5] Black's active piece play fully compensates for
the doubled pawns - Anand must tread with care.} 20. Be2 ({It's safer to
simplify and seek equality with} 20. Rxe8 $5 Rxe8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd4 Ne4 (
22... Bxf3 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. gxf3 $11) 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Nfd4 $11) 20... cxd4
21. Ncxd4 (21. Nfxd4 Bg6 $15) 21... Re4 22. Qc2 Rc8 (22... Bxd4 $1 23. Nxd4
Rfe8 (23... Qe5 24. Qd2 Re8 25. Kf1 Bxe2+ 26. Nxe2 $1 (26. Rxe2 f3 $40)) 24.
Red1 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Qc5 26. Nd4 f3 $1 27. b4 (27. Nxf3 $2 Re2) (27. g3 Qh5 $36)
27... Qc7 (27... Qa7 28. g3 {[%csl Rf3]}) 28. Nxf3 Rxb4 $15) 23. Rad1 Bxf3 (
23... Qc7 24. Ng5 Rxe2 (24... Rxd4 25. Bxh5) 25. Rxe2 (25. Nxe2 $2 Qc5) 25...
Bxe2 26. Qxe2 $11) 24. Nxf3 Bxf2+ $6 {[%mdl 576] This tempting sacrifice is
the point behind Black's two previous moves, but objectively the tactics
should have worked well for White.} (24... Qc5 $142 25. Bd3 Rxe1+ $11) 25. Kxf2
Qb6+ 26. Kf1 (26. Nd4 $2 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4+ $17) 26... Nh5 27. g4 $1 ({
White can already fight for more than} 27. Nd4 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4+
30. cxd4 Rxc2 31. Bxa6 g5 32. Bxb7 Rxb2 33. Bd5 $132) 27... fxg3 28. Bd3 {
Anand repays the favour.} (28. Rd4 $142 $1 Rce8 $5 (28... Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Nf4 (
29... Qxd4 30. Bxh5 $18) 30. Qf5 $18) 29. a5 $1 (29. Bd1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Qe6 31.
Ng2 $14 {/+/- /\} Qxh3 $2 32. Rh4) 29... Qc6 (29... Qc5 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd8+
Qf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bd1 $18) 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qd2 Nf4 (31... h6 32. Bd1
Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 $16) 32. Bd1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qd7 34. Qd2 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Ne6 36.
Bb3 $16 ({or} 36. Qd7 $5 $16 {Although Black has 3 pawns for the piece, they
are not too threatening, while White's pieces are very active - he has great
winning chances.})) 28... Rxe1+ (28... Rf4 $6 29. Kg2 {leads nowhere.}) 29.
Rxe1 Nf4 (29... g6 30. Re4 Rd8 31. Bc4 $36) 30. Nd4 (30. Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Nd4 g6
32. Qe4 Qc7 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Qe7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Rc4 $11) 30... g6 31. Be4 $6 {
White has two better tries to keep an edge:} (31. Qd2 Qf6 (31... g2+ 32. Kg1
Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxb2 34. Qf3 $14) 32. Re3 $1 Nxd3+ (32... Qh4 33. Be4 Qxh3+ 34.
Bg2 Qd7 35. a5 $14) 33. Rf3 Qh4 34. Rxd3 Qxh3+ 35. Qg2 Qh6 36. Qxg3 Re8 (36...
Qc1+ 37. Qe1 Qxb2 38. Nf5 $1 Qc2 39. Rf3) 37. Kg2 $14) (31. Re3 $5 Qf6 (31...
Nxh3 32. Bf5 $1 $16) (31... g2+ 32. Kg1 $16) 32. Qd2 {transposes to 31.Qd2.} (
32. Rf3 Qh4 33. Qd2 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 Rc5 $132)) 31... Qf6 32. Bf3 (
32. Kg1 {gives Black at least a draw with} Nxh3+ ({, but he can even play for
more with} 32... Re8 $1 $36) 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kxg3 Qg5+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ $11) ({
Maybe the safest is} 32. Nf3 $5 Qb6 (32... Qe6 33. Qd2 $5) 33. Nd4 $11) 32...
g2+ {Wins the exchange and leads to a roughly equal endgame.} (32... Qxd4 $2
33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rxc8 Qe3 35. Bg2 Nd3 36. Re8 $1 Qxe8 37. Qxd3 $16) (32... Rc5
33. Qe4 $1 {with the computer-like idea} g2+ 34. Kg1 Rg5 (34... Nxh3+ 35. Kxg2
$16) 35. Bg4 h5 36. Bf5 $1 Qd6 37. h4 Rxf5 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Qd4 $16) 33. Bxg2
(33. Kg1 $2 Qxd4+ $19) 33... Nd3+ 34. Nf3 (34. Ke2 $2 Nxe1 35. Kxe1 Qxd4 $19)
34... Nxe1 35. Kxe1 $132 b5 (35... Re8+ 36. Kf2 Qf4 $5 {seems more testing,
Black keeps the a-pawn on the board as a possible target.} 37. a5 Qc7) 36. axb5
axb5 37. Qe4 Rb8 (37... Qa6 38. Kf2 Qa2 39. Qb4 {[%cal Yf3d4]}) (37... Rd8 38.
Bf1 $11) 38. Qd4 Qe6+ 39. Kf2 Qb3 40. Ne5 {A plausible pawn sacrifice, but
White had other ways to hold the balance:} (40. Qd2 b4 41. Nd4 Qc4 42. Qe2 $11)
(40. Qb4 Qc2+ (40... Qxb4 41. cxb4 Rc8 42. Nd4 {/\} Rc4 43. Ke3 Rxb4 $2 44. b3
$18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 41. Kg3 Qe2 42. Qf4 Re8 43. Ng5 Re7 (43... Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5
45. Kg3 Qxf4+ 46. Kxf4 Re2 47. Bd5 $11) 44. Bf3 $11 {/\} Qxb2 $2 45. Qb8+ Kg7
46. Qd6 Re1 47. Qd4+ $40) 40... Qxb2+ 41. Kg1 (41. Kg3 $2 b4 $19) 41... Rc8 (
41... b4 42. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (42... bxc3 $2 43. Nh6+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Bc6#)
43. Qa7+ Kf6 44. Qxb8 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 bxc3 $11) 42. Qf4 (42. Qd7 $2 Qc1+ 43. Bf1 (
43. Kh2 Qf4+ {[%cal Rc8c3]}) 43... Qg5+ 44. Kh1 Qf5 $17) (42. Nc6 $5 Re8 $5 (
42... Qb1+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kf2 Qf5+ 44. Kg1 Qe6 $15) 43... Qe1 44. c4 bxc4 45. Ne5
$11 {[%cal Yg2d5,Ye5g4]}) 43. Ne7+ Rxe7 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qxe7 Qxc3 $11 {/=/+})
42... Qa2 43. c4 Qa7+ 44. Kh2 bxc4 45. Bd5 Rf8 $6 {Throws away any winning
chances. A trickier line was} (45... Rc5 $5 46. Qd4 $1 (46. Bxf7+ Kg7 47. Bxc4
Qc7 48. Nxg6 Qxf4+ 49. Nxf4 Rxc4 $19) 46... Rc7 47. Qxa7 Rxa7 48. Bxc4 Kg7 49.
Nxf7 (49. Bxf7 $2 Kf6) 49... Rc7 (49... Rxf7 50. Bxf7 Kxf7 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kg4
$8 (52. Kf4 $2 g5+ 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Kf3 h5 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Kf3 Kd4
$19) 52... h6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. Ke4 $11 {is a TB draw}) 50. Nd6 $1 (50. Bd5 $2
Rc5 51. Bb3 Rc3 52. Bd5 Rd3 53. Bc4 Rd4 54. Bb3 Rd2+ 55. Kg1 Rd3 56. Be6 Kf6
57. Bc4 Rxh3 $19) 50... Rc6 51. Ne8+ Kf8 52. Bb5 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Ke7 54. Kf3 $15 {
/= looks dangerous, but Black has no obvious way to exploit the position of
White's minor pieces.}) (45... Kg7 46. Nxf7 Qa2+ 47. Bg2 $1 (47. Kg3 Qa3+ 48.
Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kg3 Qc3+ 50. Bf3 (50. Kh2 Qc2+ 51. Bg2 Qf5 $19) 50... Qf6 $19)
47... Rf8 48. Qe5+ Kxf7 49. Kg3 Qb3+ (49... Qa3+ 50. Kh2 Qe7 51. Bd5+ Ke8 52.
Bc6+ $11) 50. Kh4 $1 g5+ (50... Rd8 51. Qc7+) 51. Kh5 Qd1+ 52. Kh6 Rd8 $8 53.
Qf5+ Ke7 54. Qxg5+ Ke6 55. Qe3+ Kd6 56. Qb6+ Ke7 57. Qe3+ $11) 46. Qf6 {
[%cal Ye5g6,Ye5g4] This guarantees a draw, Black can only get into trouble, if
he wants more.} ({Also sufficient is} 46. Bxc4 Kg7 47. Nxf7 Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Qxf7
49. Qxf7+ Kxf7 50. Kg3 $11) 46... Qa2+ (46... c3 47. Nxg6 Qc7+ (47... Qb8+ $2
48. Kg2 hxg6 49. Qxg6+ Kh8 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Be4 $19) (47... hxg6 48. Qxg6+ $11)
48. Ne5 (48. Kg2 hxg6 49. Qxg6+ $11) 48... c2 49. Qg5+ $11) 47. Kg3 Qa7 $8 (
47... Qa3+ $4 48. Kh4 Qa7 49. Ng4 $18) 48. Kg2 (48. Kf3 Qa3+ 49. Ke4 Qa7 50.
Bxc4 Qa4 51. Kf4 {already forces Black to find} Qb4 $1 $11 {[]}) (48. Ng4 Qg1+
49. Bg2 h5 50. Nh6+ Kh7 51. Nf5 gxf5 52. Qxf5+ Kh6 53. Qf6+ $11) 48... Qa2+ 49.
Kf3 Qa3+ 50. Kg4 Qa7 51. Kf3 Qa3+ 52. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
Bc5 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. d3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nce7 14. Ncxd5 Nxd5
15. Nc4 Bd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. e4 c5 20. Qd1 Nc7 21.
Be3 b6 22. f4 Rad8 23. Qc2 Bd5 24. Rbe1 Bxe4 25. Bxc5 Bxc2 26. Bxe7 Rd7 27. Bh4
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 f6 29. g4 Nd5 30. Bg3 f5 31. gxf5 Nf6 32. Bf2 Rd6 33. Re6 Rd1+
34. Re1 Rd6 35. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 29th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Qe2 e6
15. O-O Qc7 16. a4 Nd7 17. Rc2 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rfc1 b4 21.
Rd3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. e5 Rca6 24. Qe3 Ra1 25. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 26. Kf2 Qe7 27.
Qf4 Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. Kg3 Rh1 30. Rd6 Rb1 31. Rd3 Rh1 32. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 29th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. c4 b6
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 c6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Na6 15.
f4 Qe7 16. Nf3 c5 17. a3 Rfd8 18. b4 c4 19. Nd4 Nc7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Rxc4 dxc4
22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bf3 b5 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. Nc6 Qe6 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Rd1 Be7 28.
Kg2 Kf7 29. h4 Ke8 30. h5 Rd8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Bd4 Nd5 33. Bf2 Nc7 34. Rh1 Kf7
35. Qc1 Kg8 36. Qe3 Nd5 37. Qa7 g5 38. fxg5 f4 39. Rh6 Qxe5 40. Qxa6 fxg3 41.
Qg6+ Kf8 42. Bxg3 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 Qf5+ 44. Qxf5+ Nxf5 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. Bh5+ Ke6
47. Rxd8 Bxd8 48. Bg4 Bxg5 49. e4 c3 50. Bxf5+ Kf6 51. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Leon 29th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Qb2
Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Qb7 19. Nd2 Bc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Nb3
bxc5 22. bxc5 e5 23. Qc2 exd4 24. exd4 Nf8 25. Re1 Ne6 26. Qd2 Rcb8 27. Na1 Ne4
28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nc2 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Ra2 31. Re1 Qb8 32. Qb4 Qa8 33. Qb3 Ra4 34.
Qe3 Qa5 35. Qxe4 Rc4 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Ra1 Qb7 38. Qd3 Qb5 39. Ra8+ Nf8 40. Kh2
Rxc5 41. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Leon 29th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd3
Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. e4 Rc8 11. Rd1 h6 12. e5 Nh7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ne2 Rfd8 15.
Nf4 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. h4 Be7 18. Bb2 Nf8 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. Qe2 c5 21. Qe1
dxc4 22. d5 c3 23. Qxc3 exd5 24. Nxd5 Re8 25. Qf3 Ne6 26. Qg4 Rcd8 27. Be4 Bb7
28. Qf3 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Bf8 30. Rd3 Qc7 31. Rcd1 Qe7 32. h5 Qg5 33. Kg2 Qe7 34.
a4 Qc7 35. Qe4 Be7 36. f4 Qc8 37. Qc4 Kf8 38. Bc1 a6 39. Qe4 Kg8 40. Bb7 Qc7
41. Bxa6 Rd4 42. Rxd4 cxd4 43. Bd3 Bb4 44. Bc4 Bc3 45. Bd2 Nc5 46. Qf3 Bxd2 47.
Rxd2 Rd8 48. Bb5 Kf8 49. Rc2 Qe7 50. b4 Ne6 51. Rb2 Qc7 52. Qc6 Qxc6+ 53. Bxc6
d3 54. Rd2 Rd4 55. f5 Nc7 56. Kf3 Na6 57. Ke3 Rg4 58. a5 bxa5 59. bxa5 Rxg3+
60. Kf4 Rh3 61. Bb5 Nc7 62. Bxd3 Rh4+ 63. Kf3 Ra4 64. Rc2 Nd5 65. Rc8+ Ke7 66.
Bb5 Ra3+ 67. Kf2 Ra2+ 68. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Leon 29th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qc2 b5 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 d4 17. Ree1 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Qf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nf5
Qf8 22. Rb1 g6 23. Ne3 Qd6 24. Nc2 Qd8 25. h3 Kh7 (25... Nd7 {hätte c5 unter
Kontrolle gehalten.}) 26. Na3 Nd4 (26... Qb8 27. Qc5 $16) (26... Nh5 $5 27.
Nxb5 Nf4 28. Qc2 Rf6 29. Ne1 Qd7 {mit Gegenspiel für den Minusbauern.}) 27.
Nxd4 exd4 28. Qc5 c6 29. Nc2 $16 {d4 und c6 sind schwach. Weiß hat nun
deutlichen Vorteil.} Rd6 30. Ra1 Nh5 31. Ra7 Kg8 {[#]} 32. Ra8 $6 {Weiß
spielt etwas sorglos.} ({Richtig war} 32. e5 $1 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Nxd4 $18)
32... Qxa8 33. Qxd6 Qa2 34. Nxd4 ({Nach} 34. Qxc6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qf1 36. Nxd4
Qxf2 {ist die Partie ebenfalls unklar.}) 34... Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd3 36. f3 Qd2 (
36... Kh7 $5) 37. Nxb5 {[#]} Qg5 $2 (37... Qf2 $5 38. Nd4 (38. Nc3 g5 {mit der
hässlichen Drohung Sf4.} 39. Nd1 Qe1 40. Qxh6 Qg3+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 38... g5
$132) 38. Na7 Nf4 39. Qd2 Kh7 (39... c5) 40. Nxc6 $18 Qf6 41. e5 Qf5 42. b5 Ne6
43. b6 Nc5 44. Qb4 Nb7 45. Qe4 Qe6 46. f4 Nc5 47. Nd8 Qxb6 48. Qd5 Ne6 49. Nxe6
fxe6 50. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Leon 29th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qb3 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4
cxd4 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc5 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Nb5 Rec8 20. Bf4
g5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rab1 Be7 23. Rc2 a5 24. Rbc1 Rd8 25. Na3 Na4 26. Nc4 b5 27.
Ne5 Bf6 28. Nc6 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nxb2 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Bxg5 {[#]} Rd1 $2 (31...
Rd5 32. Bf6 {droht Matt.} Nc4 33. a4 $16) 32. Rc7 $2 (32. Rxd1 Nxd1 33. Bf6 $18
{fängt den Springer.}) 32... Kg7 $11 33. Rb7 Rd5 34. h4 Nc4 35. e4 Nd6 36. Ra7
Nxe4 37. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 29th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nf1 g4 11. Nh4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qxh4 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
b4 O-O 16. g3 Qh3 17. b5 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nd8 21. Qa2
Kg7 22. Rd1 Nf7 23. Qxe6 Ng5 24. Qxg4 Qxg4 25. Nxg4 Nxe4 26. b6 cxb6 27. c4 h5
28. Ne3 Rf3 29. Rb1 Rxf2 30. Rxb6 Rf7 31. Kg2 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rf7 33. Kg2 Kf8 34.
Kh3 Ke8 35. Kh4 Rf2 36. Kxh5 Rxh2+ 37. Kg4 Rh7 38. Kf3 Ng5+ 39. Kg4 Ne4 40. Kf3
Ng5+ 41. Kg4 Nf7 42. Nf5 Kd7 43. Rxb7+ Ke6 44. Rb6 Kd7 45. Rb7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 29th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
O-O Qd6 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Ng5 Bxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nh4 Qe6 14. Kh1
Rad8 15. g4 g6 16. Qf3 Bd4 17. Rg1 Bxb2 18. Rxa7 Bd4 19. Rxb7 Bb6 20. Be3 c5
21. Qf5 Kf7 22. Qxe6+ Kxe6 23. b4 cxb4 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Ng2 Rb8 26. Ra7 b3 27.
cxb3 Nc5 28. Rc1 Rfc8 29. Ne1 Nxb3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb7 Rc6 32. Kg2 h5 33.
gxh5 gxh5 34. Rh7 Nd4 35. Rxh5 b5 36. Rh8 Rb6 37. Nf3 b4 38. Rc8 b3 39. Nxd4+
exd4 40. Rc1 b2 41. Rb1 Rb3 42. h4 Kf7 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Ke2 Kh5 45. Kd2 Kxh4 46.
Kc2 Rc3+ 47. Kd2 Rb3 48. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 {Nowadays this variation is very popular, some top
players play it with both colours.} Bg4 11. h3 ({On the same day, Vachier
played} 11. Qb3 {too,} Bh5 12. a4 Ba5 13. Bf1 Rb8 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Rd1 dxe5 16.
dxe5 c6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. h3 {Vachier Lagrave-Kramnik, Leuven rapid 2016, with
an unusual structure.}) 11... Bh5 12. Qb3 ({Recently Anand played} 12. a4 {
with White,} a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18.
Qxb7 Nd7 $132 {Anand-Topalov, Moscow 2016, with a double-edged fight.}) 12...
d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd1 Re8 $146 {The first new move in the game.} (14... f6 {
was played by Giri,} 15. e6 Nb8 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Nbc6 19. Bxc6
Qxc6 (19... Nxc6 20. Nf5 $36) 20. Bd2 Bc2 21. Qe2 {(Caruana-Giri, Moscow 2016)}
Qc4 {with a nearly equal position.}) 15. g4 {A brave and ambitious move, White
prepares for the kingside play by Nf1-g3.} ({Nevertheless the solid} 15. Nb3 {
was also possible.}) 15... Bg6 16. Nf1 c6 17. Bd3 (17. Ba4 $5) 17... f6 (17...
c5 $5 {was the another attempt to crush White's centre.}) 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ng3
Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ng6 21. Rxe8+ (21. Bg5 $1 {was more accurate, because compared
to the text move, now Black's Q can't go to f7.}) 21... Qxe8 22. Bg5 Qf7 (22...
Ne4 $5 {was also an interesting option.}) 23. Re1 (23. Nf5 Ne4 {is similar to
the game.}) 23... Rf8 $1 {The R will be very useful on the f-file.} 24. Nf5 Ne4
25. Bh6 Qc7 $1 {The right reply, which even prepares a trap.} 26. Nxg7 $2 {
The decisive mistake, which misses a tactic and loses the game.} (26. Qb3 {
was correct,} Nxf2 27. Kxf2 gxh6 28. Nxh6+ Kh8 29. Nf5 c5 $1 $13 {with a
complicated position.}) 26... Nxf2 $1 {A great combination, which is the point
of Black's previous move.} 27. Kxf2 Qh2+ 28. Ke3 Qg2 $1 $19 {Another accurate
reply!} 29. Qe2 (29. Nf5 {also doesn't help, because of} Re8+ $19 {and mate
soon.}) 29... Rxf3+ $1 {This nice tactical move wins the Q.} 30. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 31.
Kxd4 Qxf3 32. Nf5 Qf2+ 33. Re3 Qxb2+ 34. Kc5 Qb6+ 35. Kd6 Qd8+ 36. Kc5 d4 {
What a wonderful victory by Anand especially in rapid chess!} 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Qb6
21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Re3 Rfc8 23. Rb3 Rc6 24. Bb5 Rc7 25. Rb4 Kf8 26. Bd3 Rc6 27.
Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke1 Bd7 29. Kd2 Rf6 30. f3 Kd8 31. a3 Re6 32. h4 h6 33. Rc1 Rc8 34.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Rb3 Kc7 36. Rc3+ Rc6 37. Rxc6+ bxc6 38. Kc3 c5 39. b3 g5 40. g3
Kd6 41. f4 f6 42. a4 c4 43. Bc2 cxb3 44. Kxb3 gxf4 45. gxf4 Bc8 46. Bd3 Bd7 47.
Bc2 Bc8 48. Bd3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 {
Diagramm [#]} Bg4 $4 {Mit dieser "Neuerung" stellt Anand glatt eine Figur ein.}
(8... Ne7 $11) 9. Bxg8 Nd7 {Eigentlich ist die Partie bereits gelaufen, aber
vielleicht hat sich Anand an dieser Stelle an das berühmte Churchill-Zitat
erinnert: "Never, never, never give up!"} (9... Rxg8 10. Qc4 Rh8 11. Qxc5 {
wäre noch schlechter.}) 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Bc4 a4 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Nb6 15. d3 f5 16. e4 f4 17. Kh1 Rd6 18. Rg1 Rh6 19. Nd2 Rf8 20. Nf1 Kb8
21. Bd2 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hat seine Mehrfigur, ist aber trotzdem in der
Defensive. Das ist vielleicht der Grund dafür, dass Caruana mit der
Bedenkzeit massiv ins Hintertreffen geraten ist.} Rh3 22. Be6 Rxf3 23. Kg2 Re3
24. Bg4 (24. fxe3 dxe3 25. Bg4 exd2 26. Nxd2 (26. Rh1 $4 Bd4 27. Rd1 Qh4 $19)
26... Bxg1 27. Rxg1 {und Schwarz hätte einen zweiten Bauern für die Figur.})
24... f3+ 25. Kh1 Re2 26. Rg3 Rxf2 27. Kg1 Rg2+ 28. Rxg2 fxg2 29. Ng3 g6 30.
Kxg2 {Diagramm [#] Auch jetzt hat Schwarz schließlich einen weiteren Bauern
erobert. Die weiße Stellung ist weiterhin viel schwerer zu spielen.} h5 31.
Be2 Bb4 32. Rf1 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Rxf1 34. Nxf1 Qc5 {Schwarz hat mittlerweile
exzellente Chancen, die Partie zu retten: Weiß hat keine aktiven Optionen,
seine Figuren stehen schlecht, die Königsstellung ist offen, diverse Bauern
sind schwach.} 35. Qb2 a3 36. Qb3 Qc1 37. Bd1 Nc8 $6 (37... Qg5+ $1) 38. Qc2
Qa1 39. Qd2 Nd6 40. b6 cxb6 41. Bb3 {Diagramm [#] Die weißen Chancen haben
sich verbessert, denn am Damenflügel kann der Anziehende seine Stellung gut
zusammenhalten, während die schwarzen Bauern am Königsflügel plötzlich
schutzlos dastehen. Aber Anand, mit seinem großen Vorsprung auf der Uhr,
kämpft eisern weiter.} Qb2 42. Kh3 $1 Nb5 43. Kh4 $2 (43. Qg5 $1 $16) 43...
Nc3 44. Kg5 Qb1 45. Ng3 Qg1 (45... Qb2 $1 46. Nf1 $11) 46. Kxg6 h4 47. Qg5 hxg3
48. hxg3 Qe3 49. Qxe5+ Ka7 50. Bc4 b5 $1 51. Qc5+ Ka6 52. Qxa3+ Kb6 53. Qd6+
Ka7 54. Qc5+ Ka6 55. Qd6+ Ka7 56. Qc5+ Ka6 57. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
d5 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 d4 11. Bc2 Bb6 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb3 Bb6 15.
Be3 Qd6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qe3 Be6 18. h3 Nd7 19. Rfc1 c5 20. Bd1 Rec8 21. Bg4
Bxg4 22. hxg4 c4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. dxc4 Rxc4 25. Nd2 Rd4 26. Rc2 f6 27. Kf1
Rad8 28. Ke2 Nc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. f3 Kf7 31. Rac1 Kg6 32. Ke1 Rb8 33. Kf2 h5
34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. Kg3 a5 36. Re2 Kg6 37. Rc3 Kf7 38. b3 cxb3 39. axb3 Rdb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5
8. e4 Qd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Be3 Rfd8 13. O-O a4 14. Qc2 Bb3
15. Qc3 Ne8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfd1 Ra6 18. Bc5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qc5 Rb6 21.
Qc2 Ra8 22. Rf1 Rb5 23. Nc4 Qc5 24. Qd1 Nd6 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. Bg4 Ba2 27. Re1
Rxb2 28. e5 Nb5 29. Nc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nc3 31. Qf3 Re8 32. Qf4 c5 33. e6 fxe6
34. Kh2 Qc6 35. Bf3 Qc8 36. Qd6 b6 37. Bg4 Qb8 38. Bxe6+ Kh8 39. Qxb8 Rxb8 40.
f4 Re8 41. Re5 g6 42. Bd7 Rxe5 43. fxe5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 ({Since in this game White will play
a2-a4, it is worth mentioning the following games with a slightly different
setup:} 4... d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 (7... O-O {Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V 
(2784) Zuerich 2016 [Marin,M] (0-1, 45)}) 8. Na3 {Anand,V (2762)-Aronian,L 
(2786) Moscow 2016 [Marin,M] (1-0, 67). As we can see a fortunate setup for
Anand and less so for Giri.}) 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 a5 $5 {A relatively
new and unusual idea, since the pawn is supposed to advance only one step.} 8.
a4 ({Deviating from} 8. h3 {Karjakin,S (2769)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Wijk aan
Zee 2016 [Marin,M] (1-0, 36)}) 8... Be6 {The simplest but not necessarily the
only good continuation, immediately neutralising the c4-bishop.} ({But Black
can also play more ambitiously with:} 8... Ba7 9. Bb3 (9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 c6 11.
Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Ba2 d5 $11 {Korneev,O (2572)-Basso,P (2429) Tortoreto
2015 (1/2-1/2, 26)}) 9... Nh5 10. Nc4 Qf6 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 11. Nfxe5 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 Qxe5 13. d4 Qxe4 14. Qxh5 Be6 15. Ra3 c5 $11 {Speelman,J (2605)-Gulko,B 
(2600) Novi Sad 1990 (1/2-1/2, 23)}) ({In the comments to the previous game
with this line I suggested} 8... h6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 {
[%csl Ga4]}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 {For the time being the doubled pawns are not at all
weak. The e6-pawn defends d5 and f5 against the knight's intrusion while the
open f-file offers Black some counterplay,} 10. Nc4 Qe8 $5 $146 {A subtle
novelty anticipating Qb3, but also preparing ...Qf7 or ...Qh5.} (10... Ba7 11.
Re1 ({The critical move is} 11. Qb3 $5 {forcing Black to slightly misplace one
of his major pieces.}) 11... Ng4 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qf6 15.
Qb3 {Schlingensiepen,C (2340)-Baumgartner,H (2300) Austria 1999 (1/2-1/2, 35)})
11. Be3 ({One possible point of Giri's movelty is that} 11. Qb3 {can be
answered with the flexible} Nd7 {when} 12. Qxb7 $2 Nb6 $19 {[%csl Gc6][%cal
Ga8a7] traps the queen.}) 11... Bxe3 12. Nxe3 b6 {Black can be satisfied with
the outcome of the opening, but the position is not as dull as it might seem.}
13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2 Qf7 {[%cal Gf6h5]} 15. Nd2 {A flexible display of the
knights, keeping White ready to react against most of Black's plans.} d5 {
[%csl Ge5] Black had no reasons to refrain from this active move, but play
tends to become more concrete now.} ({A neutral move such as} 15... h6 {
would leave White short of constructive plans.}) ({But if Black had ambitions
already,} 15... Nh5 {might have been a safer way of displaying them.}) 16. Nc2
{anticipating the positional threat ...d5-d4.} Rd7 ({The point is that after} 
16... d4 17. cxd4 {Black cannot keep the control of the d4-square with pieces:}
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 $2 19. Nf3 {[%csl Re5]}) 17. Nf3 {[%csl Ge5] Re-adjusting
the regrouping according to the new circumstances.} ({The idea carried out one
move later would hve been premature here:} 17. b4 $6 d4 18. b5 (18. cxd4 axb4)
18... dxc3 19. bxc6 cxd2 $15) 17... Re8 $6 {Aimed at playing solidly but in
fact offering White unexpected chances.} ({The best defence would as usual
have been the counter-attack:} 17... Nh5 $5 18. Ng5 (18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxe5 $2
Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Nf4 22. Ne3 Nxd3 $19) 18... Qg6 19. Nh3 dxe4 20.
dxe4 Nf4 21. Nxf4 exf4 $11) 18. b4 $1 {Suddenly the threat b4-b5, undermining
the chronic weakness on e5 is very hard to meet.} Qh5 (18... dxe4 19. dxe4 Qh5
20. Qc4 $16) (18... axb4 $2 19. Nxb4 $1 Nxb4 20. Nxe5 $18) 19. exd5 Nxd5 (19...
exd5 20. b5 Nd8 21. Nxe5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rde7 23. d4 $16 Nf7 24. f4) 20. b5 {
Not only forcing the main defender of the e5-pawn to retreat but also blocking
the queenside in a strategically favourable way for White.} Nd8 21. Qxe5 (21.
Nxe5 $5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Nxc3 23. Ree1 Rd6 24. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Gc7,Ge6]}) 21... Qg6
(21... Qxe5 22. Nxe5 $16 {[%csl Rc3,Gd7]}) 22. c4 {This will eventually yield
White a rapid win, but it is not the only good continuation and possibly not
the strongest.} (22. Rad1 $5 $14) (22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Nxc3 24. Rc4 Nd5 25.
Ne5 Rd6 26. Ne3 $14) 22... Nf6 $2 {In vain accepting playing with a tempo down.
} ({After} 22... Qxd3 23. cxd5 Qxc2 $14 {White is more active and has the
better structure but the fight would be very much on.}) 23. Qb2 $1 {Defending
the d3-pawn indirectly in view of the fork on e5.} Nf7 24. d4 {The game is
basically over but Black's next move loses even more material.} e5 $2 25. dxe5
Nh5 26. e6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11. Qb1 Rc8 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. d4 Qe7 14. Qb2 cxd4
15. Nxd4 b6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Rc7 Rd2 23. Rxa7 Rxe2 24. Kf3 Rb2 25. g4 Kg7 26. h4 e5
27. Ra6 Kg6 28. Rxb6 Rxa2 29. g5 Kh5 30. Rxf6 Kxh4 31. Rxf7 Kxg5 32. Rxh7 Rb2
33. Rb7 Kf5 34. Ke3 Rc2 35. Kd3 Ra2 36. Rc7 Rb2 37. Kc3 Ra2 38. Rd7 Kf4 39. Rd2
Ra8 40. b4 Rc8+ 41. Kb3 Rb8 42. Rd6 Ke4 43. Rd2 Kf3 44. Rb2 e4 45. Ra2 Rh8 46.
b5 Rh2 47. b6 Rh6 48. Ra6 Rh1 49. Kc2 Rh6 50. Ra3+ Kxf2 51. b7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Vishy came fresh from Leon, with an impressive victory, and his good form
continued in Leuven where he took an early lead. Magnus finished day one on a
very low note, with 2 losses, but managed to recover on day 2, to this point
with 2 wins, and with this game managed to take a lead, he would never again
relinquish:} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 $5 {All the rage. The Italian game
used to be considered dull and drawish, but these days with the Berlin being
excactly that, old evaluations have to be reconsidered, and Vishy even had
this position as many as 8(!) times in the tournament.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6
(5... O-O $5 {used to be considered interesting, the idea being:} 6. c3 d5 $5
7. exd5 Nxd5 {when Black is supposed to have active play with his pieces,
compensating for the e-pawn being somewhat weak. However:} 8. a4 $5 {Both
Kramnik, Anand and Giri played this in Paris/Leuven adding new life to White's
ambitions in this branch.}) 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 $5 (7... h6 {Kramnik chose this
himself as Black three times, and as always when regarding move orders one can
expect Kramnik to have thought things through.}) ({Maybe the most exiting was
Nakamura's choice:} 7... O-O $5 8. Re1 $6 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ng4 $1 10. Re2 {Now it
looks like White with h3 next will push the black knight back, however after}
Kh8 11. h3 f5 $1 {Naka showed Black has a much more dynamic reply. Not willing
to open the f-file, Topalov played} 12. exf5 $5 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 d5
15. Bb3 Bxf5 {, but despite White actually winning the game, Black has an
overwhelming position. This led to Anand trying the idea 8.b4!? Ba7 9.Bg5
against Nakamura, and So 8.Bg5!? against Anand.}) 8. Na3 Ne7 $5 9. Nc2 O-O 10.
Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 {Later in the blitz, the players had the same position with
colours reversed, and Magnus choose 11...a5, not allowing White to gain space
on the queenside.} Ng6 (11... a5 $5 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bb3 c6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4
Qc7 {was the game, being rather equal.}) 12. a5 Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7
15. Qb3 c6 16. d4 Be6 {It looks like Black has equalised, but as can often be
seen in Magnus' games, small details can become substantial. White has more
space on the queenside, and also ...Ng6 can be said to have slightly less
potential than the knight on f3. Even so, Black should be confident about his
defence.} 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. Qb4 $1 {Putting pressure on d6.} exd4
(19... Rf7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qxe7 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rxe7 {of course
looks very symmetrical, but White has the idea of marching towards c5 with his
king, and Vishy understandably tries to defend more actively.}) 20. cxd4 e5 {
A standard move, but leading to a passive ending. But things were already
slightly unpleasant.} ({If} 20... d5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd2 {eyes c5 for the
knight,}) ({and also} 20... Rf7 21. Nd2 {keeps some pressure. Maybe not a lot,
but annoying and for Black it is difficult to completely equalise.}) 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd6 {A logical move, but it's worth noting that the
computer suggests} (23. Kf2 $5 {simply centralising the king, maybe aiming for
the queenside, but also just keeping the tension, while improving his position.
Anyhow, nothing is wrong with the text move.}) 23... Nh8 24. Nd2 $6 {This
however is an inaccuracy, allowing Black to exchange rooks, which would have
made his defence easier.} ({Better was first} 24. Rd3 {, following it up with
Rfd1 and then Nd2, keeping an substantial edge.}) 24... Nf7 $6 25. Rd3 Ng5 26.
Rf5 h6 27. h4 Nh7 28. Nb3 {White now gets what he aimed for when playing move
likes Qb4, or to an extent, even a5. The knight settles on c5, dooming Black
to a passive defence.} Nf6 29. Nc5 Rff7 30. h5 ({The computer suggests} 30. Rf3
$5 {intending next to transfer the king to the queenside, which also looks
like a promising plan, but Magnus has his own idea:}) 30... Kh7 $2 {An
outright blunder, even if creating counterplay with ...g6 seems logical. But:}
31. Rd8 $1 {....basically creates zugzwang. If 31...Rc7 then 32.Ne6+-f8+ wins,
so Black has no choice, but to play the planned ...g6.} g6 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33.
Rd6 $1 {Pinning Black, making it clear that Black's activity just created more
weaknesses.} Kg7 34. Ne6+ $1 Kg6 35. Nd8 $1 Rf8 36. g4 $1 {The final blow,
making the zugzwang complete. Black can not make a move without giving up
material, and maybe the last slight practical chance is by doing that
immediately with 36...Rxd8 37.Rxd8 Nxe4, even if White is clearly winning.} c5
37. b3 Ree8 38. Nxb7 {And Vishy resigned as c5 falls next, and then a6, while
counterplay is still nowhere in sight.} 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Re8 8.
Qe2 b5 9. Ne3 a5 10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Bh3 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Nh4 Nf4 14. Qf3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Bg2 16. Qg4 Bh3 17. Qf3 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. Be2 e4 12. Nd2 d5 13. O-O exd3 14. Bxd3 Nbd7
15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxd5 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Bd2 Qg6 21.
Qb3 Rab8 22. Rad1 Ngf6 23. Bc1 h6 24. Rd4 Ne4 25. Rfd1 Re6 26. Qc2 Rbe8 27. b4
Rf6 28. Nh4 Rxf2 29. Rxe4 Rxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Nf5 Re5 33. Rf1
f6 34. Kg2 Nb6 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Rd1 Rd7 37. Rd2 Nd5 38. Nf5 g6 39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40.
e4 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Rxd2 42. Bxd2 Nc4 43. Bc1 Nxa3 44. Nf5+ gxf5 45. Bxa3 fxe4+ 46.
Kxe4 Kg6 47. Kf4 b6 48. Bc1 a5 49. bxa5 bxa5 50. Ba3 Kh5 51. Kg3 f5 52. Be7 a4
53. h3 Kg6 54. Kf4 Kh5 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Ba3 Kg5 57. Bc1+ Kh5 58. Ba3 Kg5 59.
Bc1+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 12. d4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15.
Nf5 dxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Rxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Qxe4 Qc7 21. Bf4
Nxf4 22. Qxf4 f6 23. Nh4 Qxe5 24. Bc2+ Kg8 25. Bb3+ Kh7 26. Bc2+ Kg8 27. Bb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8.
e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. Qc2 Kf8 13. Bd3 Kg7 14. O-O-O Nf6
15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Rhe1 f5 19. Re2 Rf8 20. Qb2 a5 21.
Ne1 b5 22. Bc2 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Nd3 Nc3+ 27. Rxc3
bxc3 28. Qxc3 Ba6 29. Qc5 Bxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Qxc5 31. dxc5 Ra5 32. Rc3 f4 33. gxf4
gxf4 34. exf4 Rxf4 35. f3 Kf6 36. g3 Rf5 37. f4 Rh5 38. a4 Rh2 39. Bc2 h5 40.
Kc1 Ra8 41. Re3 Ra5 42. Rc3 Rh3 43. Kb2 h4 44. gxh4 Rxc3 45. Kxc3 Rxc5+ 46. Kb3
Rc4 47. h5 Rxf4 48. h6 c5 49. a5 Rb4+ 50. Ka3 Rb5 51. Ka4 Rb2 52. h7 Kg7 53.
Bf5 c4 54. a6 c3 55. a7 Ra2+ 56. Kb3 Rxa7 57. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd4 Ned5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Bg3
Nxh3+ 22. Kg2 c6 23. Kxh3 cxb5 24. axb5 a4 25. Nd4 Nc4 26. Ra2 Bf7 27. Re7 Bd5
28. Ne6 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Nc7 Rd8 31. Rxa4 Nb6 32. Rd4 Ke7 33. Nxd5+ Rxd5
34. Re4+ Kd7 35. c4 Rd3 36. b4 Na4 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Ne4 40. c5
Nc3 41. b6 Kc6 42. Kf3 Nd5 43. Be1 Kb5 44. e4 Ne7 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Kf4 Kd4 47.
Bf2+ Kc4 48. Be1 Kd4 49. Bf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. e4 d4 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nf3 h6 15.
Ne1 O-O 16. Nd3 Nh7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 f5 19. e5 Be7 20. b3 Kh8 21. Qe2 Qe8
22. Bd2 g5 23. Bd5 Qf7 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qh5 Rg8 26. Qf3 Rcd8 27. Kh1 g4 28.
Qg2 h5 29. Be1 h4 30. Kg1 Nf8 31. Rd2 Qh6 32. Re2 Ne6 33. Bg3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Rg7
35. Kf2 Rh7 36. Rg1 Kg8 37. Ke1 Kf7 38. Kd2 Rdh8 39. Qd5 Rd8 40. Qb7 Qf8 41.
Kc2 Qe8 42. Rh1 Qh8 43. Ree1 Rh3 44. Qg2 Qh5 45. Nf2 Rh8 46. Nxh3 gxh3 47. Qe2
Qg4 48. Qd3 h2 49. Re2 Nxf4 50. gxf4 Rh3 51. e6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. b4 Ba7
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Na3 Qg5 14. Nc2 Ne7 15. Ne3 Kh8
16. d4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qg7 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd3 Qg5 20. Rae1 Nc6 21. Nd5 Ne5 22.
Qe2 Be6 23. Ba2 c6 24. Nf4 Rae8 25. Rd1 Bb8 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Bc8 28. bxc6
bxc6 29. Qb2 Bc7 30. Rd4 Kh7 31. Ra4 Bd7 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Rb7 Qd8 34. Rb1 Rxb7
35. Qxb7 Qb8 36. Qa6 Qa8 37. Qe2 Rb8 38. Rxb8 Qxb8 39. Nh5 Bd8 40. Nf5 Bxf5 41.
exf5 Qb5 42. Qxb5 cxb5 43. Nf4 Ba5 44. Nd5 h5 45. Kf1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3
Nge7 9. b3 O-O 10. e3 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. e4 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Rac8 15.
e5 Bh6 16. Rc2 Nb8 17. h4 Rc7 18. Nh2 Rec8 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Qd2 Qd8 21. Bd6 Rc6
22. Rec1 Nf5 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bh3 Bh6 26. f4 Nxg3 27. Qf2 Rxc3
28. Rxc3 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Nxc3 30. Rxc3 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Qd2 Bg7 33. Ng4 Qd8
34. Qf2 h5 35. Ne3 Bd3 36. Kh2 Be4 37. Bg2 f5 38. Kg3 Qc7 39. Qd2 Bh6 40. Bxe4
fxe4 41. Qc2 Qxc2 42. Nxc2 Bf8 43. a4 Be7 44. b4 b5 45. axb5 Kg8 46. b6 axb6
47. b5 Kf7 48. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. Ne2 a5 13. b3 a4 14. Nxd6 cxd6
15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 d5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qf2 axb3
21. axb3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qe7 23. Bd2 f6 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qe3 Qxe3+
27. Bxe3 b5 28. c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Be6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c4 d4 8. e3 Nc6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. d3 Nd7 11. Re1 a5 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 b6 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4
Ne5 22. f3 Qa4 23. Rab1 Nd7 24. f4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb5 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 e6
28. Reb1 Rc7 29. Qa5 Ra7 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rc7 Rc2 33. c5 Bf8 34.
Rb5 Rc3 35. Kg2 Re7 36. Rc8 f5 37. Bb7 Kg7 38. c6 Rxd3 39. Rd8 Rc3 40. Rxd4 Kf7
41. Ra5 Bg7 42. Rd2 e5 43. Rd7 Rxd7 44. cxd7 Ke7 45. Rd5 Kd8 46. fxe5 Re3 47.
Rd6 Bxe5 48. Rxg6 Kxd7 49. Rxh6 Ke7 50. Bf3 Kf7 51. Bh5+ Ke7 52. Bf3 Rc3 53.
Bd5 Bf6 54. Rh5 f4 55. gxf4 Rc5 56. Kf3 Kd6 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. Rh7+ Kd6 59. Rh6
Ke7 60. h4 Ra5 61. h5 Ra4+ 62. Kf3 Ra5 63. Ke4 Ra4+ 64. Kf5 Bc3 65. Re6+ Kf8
66. h6 Ra5 67. Ke4 Ra4+ 68. Kf3 Bd2 69. Rf6+ Ke7 70. h7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qd1 Be6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be2 g6
15. O-O Rc8 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. c3 O-O 18. a4 Kg7 19. a5 h4 20. Ra4 Rc5 21. b4 Rc6
22. c4 Bf4 23. Ra3 Qg5 24. Nb6 f5 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Rc1 27. Qxd6 Rxf1+ 28.
Bxf1 Bf7 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 Rd8 31. Nd7 fxe4 32. a7 e3 33. a8=Q exf2+ 34. Kh1
1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bb5 15. Qxb5 Qxd4 16. Qxb7 Ba3 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Bd3
g6 21. Kg2 Kf8 22. Rb1 Ke7 23. f4 Rc3 24. g4 f5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Kf3 Rdc8 27.
Rbd1 Rc1 28. Bc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Bd3 Rc8 31. Bc4 Rd8 32. Bd5 b5 33. Rd3
Kf6 34. h3 b4 35. e3 Bc1 36. Ke2 h6 37. Rd1 Ba3 38. Rd2 g5 39. Rd1 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3
Ne7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 a5 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bb3 c6 14. Bc2 Re8 15.
d4 Qc7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. g3 h6 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Red1 Rad8 20. b4 Nf8 21. Nc4
axb4 22. cxb4 Bg4 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. Ncxe5 Nd4 27. Qd3
Nxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Rb3 Nf6 31. Kg2 Be6 32. Ra3 Bd5 33. Kf1
Ng4 34. h3 Bxf3 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Rc3 Rd8 38. b5 cxb5 39. axb5 Rc8
40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. f4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 Ne7 12. Nc2 Kg7 13. Kh1 Nh5 14. d4 f5 15. exf5 e4
16. Nxg5 Nxg3+ 17. fxg3 hxg5 18. f6+ Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Kxf6 20. Qf1+ Bf5 21. g4 d5
22. Be2 Qd6 23. Ne3 Qf4 24. Qg1 Kg7 25. Rf1 Qd6 26. Nxf5+ Nxf5 27. Rxf5 Rh8 28.
Rxg5+ Kf7 29. Rh5 Rxh5 30. gxh5 c5 31. Qf2+ Kg7 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. Qf5 Be3 34.
g4 Qf4 35. Qxf4 Bxf4 36. Bd1 Bc1 37. Bb3 e3 38. Kg2 Bxb2 39. Bxd5 Bxc3 40. Kf3
b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kxe3 Kh6 43. Kf4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. a3 Rc8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Qe2 h4 18. Kb1 Bg5 19. g3 hxg3 20. fxg3 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bc4 Ke7 26. h4 Rh6 27.
g4 Rf6 28. g5 Rf2 29. Rh3 Bd2 30. a4 Rf4 31. Bd5 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ka2 f6
34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. h5 Rf2 36. Rg3 Bg5 37. Rc3 Bf4 38. Kb3 Kg5 39. Rc7 Kh6 40.
Bf7 Bc1 41. Rc6+ Rf6 42. Rxf6+ gxf6 43. c3 Kg5 44. Bg6 f5 45. exf5 e4 46. f6
Kxf6 47. Bxe4 b4 48. cxb4 Ke5 49. Bf3 Kd4 50. b5 Kc5 51. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Nxd5 6. bxc5 Nf6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Qb3 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Rfe1 e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. exd4 Bf5 16. d5 Nd7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. Bd4 exf3 20. Qxf3 Bg6 21.
Bf2 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Be3 Ra3 24. Bf3 f5 25. Rec1 Rea8 26. Rc2 f4 27. Bxf4
Ng5 28. Rcc1 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Be3 Raf8 31. a4 Be4 32. a5 R8f6 33. h4 Rh3
0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qe8 14. b4 Nf6 15.
Ng3 a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. c4 Ng6 18. Rf1 b6 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Rd7 21. Nh5 Rdf7
22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Rf1 Qf7 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Qg4 Nf8 27. Qh5 Qe7
28. h3 Nd7 29. Nb3 Nf6 30. Qd1 d5 31. exd5 exd5 32. c5 Nd7 33. cxb6 cxb6 34. d4
Qg5 35. Qf3 Kh7 36. e4 Nf6 37. dxe5 Qxe5 38. exd5 Nxd5 39. Qd3+ Kh8 40. Nd2 Nc3
41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ Kh8 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 gxh5 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be3 e6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. f3 Bg7 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. Bg5 c5 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. Rc1 b6 21. O-O
Rac8 22. Qe1 h6 23. Bh4 Qb8 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Bg3 Qa7 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. dxc5 bxc5
28. Qf2 Nd7 29. Bb5 Bxb2 30. Rc2 Ba3 31. Qe3 Bb4 32. Qxh6 Ne5 33. Nf4 c4 34.
Nxg6 Nxg6 35. Rxc4 Qg3 36. Qxh5 Bd2 37. Qg4 Be3+ 38. Kh1 Qe5 39. f4 Qb2 40. Qg3
Bd4 41. f5 Kg7 42. Rxd4 Rh8+ 43. Kg1 Qxd4+ 44. Qf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Ne5 46. fxe6
fxe6 47. Ke3 Rh4 48. Kd4 Nf7 49. Bc6 Rg4 50. Rf2 Rg3 51. Kc5 Rc3+ 52. Kb6 Ne5
53. Bb5 Nc4+ 54. Bxc4 Rxc4 55. Kxa5 Rxe4 56. Kb5 Re1 57. Ra2 e5 58. a5 e4 59.
a6 e3 60. a7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4
Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 c6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Ng3 Bb6 18. Bb3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxb3 20. axb3 a5 21.
Ree1 b6 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Ne3 b5 24. Nf5 a4 25. bxa4 bxa4 26. Ra2 Nd7 27. Ne3 Nc5
28. Nc4 f6 29. g3 Ne7 30. Raa1 Rab8 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Nfd2 Nc8 34. f3
Rd7 35. Red1 Na7 36. Nf1 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 Nb5 38. Kc2 g6 39. g4 Ke7 40. Nfe3 Nc7
41. Na5 Rb6 42. Nac4 Rb8 43. Na5 Rb6 44. Nac4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 ({A few months ago
Fabiano played} 5... Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Nh3 Qd7 10. Ng5
O-O-O $6 (10... Bf5 $1 11. g4 $6 {Kamran always has his own chess style.} Bg6
12. h4 f6 13. Nh3 h5 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15. Qg2 O-O-O $15 {Shirazi,K (2403)
-Vareille,F (2418) France 1999 0-1 (56)}) 11. O-O Rdf8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2
Nf5 14. a4 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Caruana,F (2795)chess.com INT 2016
1-0 (57). I don't think that Fabiano was satisfied with his position. So he
prepared another line.}) 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bg5 ({Sometimes White
doesn't hurry up to develop his dark-squared bishop:} 8. h3 Re8 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10.
Qf3 (10. a3 Bd6 11. Qf3 (11. Nf5 Bc7 12. Qf3 Nf8 13. Bg5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qd6 15.
g3 h6 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Kg2 Re7 $11) 16... Re7 17. Bf4 Qd8
18. Bd2 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rfe1 $11 {Medvegy,Z (2474)-Hoang,T (2470)
Budapest 2005 1/2 (26)}) 11... Nf8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfe1 Ne6 14. Be3 g6 15. Nce2
Bf8 16. c3 Bg7 17. Nf4 Ng5 18. Qd1 Bd7 19. Nfe2 Nge4 20. Bf4 Qb6 $11 {
Andriasian,Z (2594)-Kovalenko,I (2680) Al-Ain UAE 2015 1/2 (53)}) 10... Nf8 11.
Nce2 Ng6 12. c3 Bd6 $6 {Igor Naumkin, who has never had a computer, because he
doesn't know how to turn it on, immediately played 12...Be7, which is stronger
than ...Bd6.} (12... Be7 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Be3 $6 Nh4 15. Qd1 Bd6 16. Re1 {
1/2 (16) Yudasin,L (2540)-Naumkin,I (2435) Montecatini Terme 1998. Igor could
have won a pawn after} Bxf4 $1 17. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxh3 $17) 13. Bg5 Be7 $8
14. Nf4 Nxf4 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rae1 f5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 Be6 19.
h4 $14) 15. Bxf4 g6 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Re2 $14 {Bok,B (2562)-Van Kampen,R (2609)
Amsterdam 2015 1/2 (27)}) 8... h6 {A concession. Now White can play Bh4.} (8...
Re8 $1 9. Ng3 h6 {and Black has good chances to equalise:} 10. Bf4 (10. Bd2
Nbd7 11. Nce2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf8 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bf5 Re7 16. Bxd7
Qxd7 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Nf5 Ree8 $11 {Shirov,A (2755)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2751) Morelia/Linares 2008 1/2 (30)}) (10. Bh4 $2 g5 $19) 10... Bg4 11. Qd2
Nbd7 12. a3 Bf8 13. h3 Be6 14. b3 {Ivan doesn't want to admit that White has
no advantage, so tries to prepare f4, f5, which leads to a worse position.} a6
15. Be3 (15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Nf5 c5 $11) 15... Rc8 16. f4 Nb8 $1 17. f5 Bd7 {
After ...c5 White will have only problems with his f5-pawn.} 18. Kh1 c5 $1 19.
dxc5 Bxc5 (19... Qc7 $1 20. Nge2 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qf4 Nc6 $15 {In order
to avoid problems White needs to play very precisely}) 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nge2
Qc8 (21... Qb6 $5 22. Nd4 Rcc8 23. Nce2 Nc6 24. Qf4 Ne5 $15) 22. Rf4 d4 $6 23.
Rxd4 Bxf5 $11 {Ivanisevic,I (2636)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705) Porto Carras 2011 1/2
(30)}) 9. Bh4 Re8 10. f3 {Black's counterplay is connected with preparation of
...Ne4, so White wants to get control over this square, then he can play Qd2,
Bf2, Ng3 with some chances to obtain an advantage.} ({Another continuation is} 
10. h3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Be5 f6 (15... Nc8
$5 16. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 17. Bxe4 f6 18. Bg6 fxe5 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. dxe5 Nb6 $15)
16. Bh2 f5 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Qh4 19. Ne2 c5 20. Bg3 Qf6 21. c3 f4 $6 (21...
c4 22. Be5 Qf7 23. Bc2 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Nc4 $11) 22. Nxf4 cxd4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24.
cxd4 Bd6 25. Nh5 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 $14 {Glek,I (2565)-Vaganian,R (2630)
Netherlands 1998 0-1 (44)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qd2 ({White can try a more
aggressive but risky plan:} 11. Kh1 Nf8 12. g4 Ng6 13. Bg3 (13. Bxg6 $6 fxg6
14. Bg3 g5 15. Qd3 b6 16. Rae1 a5 $15) 13... h5 14. h3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Bxg3 (15...
hxg4 16. hxg4 (16. fxg4 $6 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Rae1 Bb4 20. a3
Ba5 $15) 16... Nh7 17. Rf2 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Ng5 $11) 16. Nxg3 Qd6 17. Nce2 hxg4
18. hxg4 Nh7 19. Rf2 Qf6 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Nef4 $14 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Nf8 23. Re2 Be6
24. g5 Ng6 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. Rae1 $16 {Ulibin,M (2562) -Prokopchuk,E (2470)
Koszalin 1999 1/2 (70)}) 11... Nf8 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. a3 Be7 14. Bf2 Ng6 $146 ({
Black showed a convincing way to equalize the game after} 14... Bd6 15. Nd1 Qc7
16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. g4 Nf6 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 g5 21. Ne2 Re7 22.
Ng3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 $11 {Fakhrutdinov,T (2161)-Ponfilenok,V 
(2399) Kazan 2014 1/2 (43)}) 15. Bg3 {An ambitious plan. White wants to put
his bishop on e5 and gradually launch an attack by means of f4, Ng3, f5.
However in the following game Fabiano indicated the drawbacks of this plan.} ({
Black would have had much more problems if White had played} 15. Nd1 $5 Bd6 (
15... Nh5 16. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 17. g4 $1 Nf6 (17... Bg5 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Nf6
20. Nf4 g5 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Re2 $14) 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ng6 Bd6 20. Bg3 Be6 21. Kg2
$14) 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 $5 (17. Nxg3 Qc7 18. c3 Qf4 $11) 17... Qc7 18. c3
Re7 19. Nf4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nxf4 21. gxf4 {with a slightly better position for
White.}) 15... Nh5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Be5 Bh4 18. Rd1 {After this move White is
almost forced to meet ...Bg5 with f4. 18.Rb1 or 18.Ra1 with the idea to play
18...Bg5 19.Qd1 deserved consideration.} (18. Rb1 Bg5 19. Qd1 Be3+ 20. Kh1 g5
21. Qd3 Bf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Qd2 Ng6 $11) 18... Bg5 19. f4 ({White has a
worse position after} 19. Qe1 Nf4 20. Nxf4 Bxf4 21. Rf2 g5 22. g3 Bxe5 23. dxe5
Qb6 24. Na4 Qc7 25. f4 Bf5 $15) 19... Be7 20. h3 Be6 21. Kh2 Nf6 22. Nc1 ({
Probably Vishy should have hindered his opponent from playing ...h5, ...Bf5 by
means of} 22. g4 $5 Bf7 23. Rde1 Nd7 24. Ng3 a5 25. Qd3 {with a roughly equal
position.}) 22... h5 $1 23. Nd3 Bf5 24. Ne2 Ne4 $15 {In the first part of the
game Fabiano has played almost perfectly and he has got a significant
advantage.} 25. Qe3 h4 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. c3 Qb6 $5 {This is a strong move, which
is connected with a wrong plan.} ({Fabiano could have played} 27... b6 28. Rfe1
Qd7 29. Ng1 c5 30. Nf3 Bd8 $15 {with clear advantage.}) 28. b4 Bf6 $6 (28...
Qd8 29. Nc5 Nd6 $15 {then Black will play ...b6 with ...c5 following.}) 29. Nc5
Nxc5 $6 {The black queen has nothing to do on b2.} (29... a5 $5 30. Nxe4 Bxe5
31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. bxa5 Qa7 33. Qg5 Rxe4 34. Nf4 $13) 30. bxc5 $11 {At least
White has equalised the game.} Qb2 31. Ng1 b6 (31... Qxa3 $6 32. Ra1 Qb2 33.
Rxa7 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rf2 Qb1 37. Nf3 $14) 32. Nf3 bxc5 ({
After} 32... Be4 33. c4 $1 {Only White has some chances to obtain an advantage:
} Bxe5 (33... bxc5 34. cxd5 cxd5 (34... Bxd5 $6 35. Rxc5 Be7 36. Rc3 Bf6 37.
Rf2 Qb7 38. Qd3 $14) 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. dxc5 Kg7 37. Rg1 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Rc7 39.
Qxd5 Qxa3 $11) 34. dxe5 g5 35. fxg5 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Qxe5+ 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. cxb6
axb6 39. cxd5 Rxd5 $11) 33. dxc5 Be4 34. Rce1 Re7 $6 {Now Black can get into
trouble.} ({Fabiano should have preferred} 34... Bxe5 35. fxe5 Re6 (35... Rxe5
$2 36. Rf2 Qb8 37. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 38. Kg1 $16) 36. Nxh4 Rce8 37. Nf3 Rxe5 38. Rf2
Bxf3 39. Qxf3 Qb8 40. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 41. Qg3 $11) 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Nxh4 $6 ({
Vishy would have got very good winning chances if he had played} 36. Rf2 $1
Qxa3 37. Nxh4 {Probably Black should have played} Rf7 (37... Rce8 38. Qd4 Kf7 (
38... Kg7 39. f5 g5 40. Ng6 Rf7 41. h4 gxh4 42. Nf4 $16) 39. f5 g5 40. Ng6 Rb7
41. h4 gxh4 42. Rf4 $16) (37... Rg7 38. Qd4 Rf8 39. f5 gxf5 40. Nxf5 Bxf5 41.
Rxf5 Qb2 42. Rf2 Qb8+ 43. Kh1 Qg3 44. c4 $16) 38. Qd4 Qb3 39. Nf3 Qb8 40. Nd2
Bf5 41. g4 Bd7 42. Rfe2 $14 {White's position is much better but Black's
position isn't hopeless.}) 36... Rce8 37. Qg3 Rg7 38. Ra1 ({The last chance to
continue the game was connected with} 38. c4 $5 dxc4 39. Re3 Qd4 (39... Qd2 40.
Rfe1 (40. f5 $2 gxf5 $17) 40... f5 41. Nf3 Qd5 42. Ng5 $14) 40. f5 $1 (40. Rfe1
f5 41. Nf3 Qxc5 42. Ng5 Qd5 43. R1e2 c5 $11 {White has enough compensation for
the pawn}) 40... g5 (40... gxf5 41. Nxf5 $18) 41. Ng6 c3 42. Rfe1 Rb7 43. Qg4
c2 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Qxc5 46. Rc4 c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Qxc1 48. Qd4 Qxa3 49. Qxf6
Qc5 $1 $11 {Black makes a draw. For example} 50. Qh8+ (50. Qxg5 Qd6+ 51. Ne5+
Rg7 52. Qf4 Re7 53. Qg3+ Rg7 54. Qf4 $11) 50... Kf7 51. Qh7+ (51. Ne5+ Ke7 52.
Qg7+ Kd8 53. Qxg5+ Re7 54. Ng6 Qd6+ 55. g3 (55. Kh1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qd6+) 55...
Qc5 $1 56. Nxe7 (56. Qxe7+ $4 Qxe7 57. Nxe7 Kxe7 58. h4 a5 $19) 56... Qf2+ $11)
51... Kf6 52. Qxb7 Qd6+ 53. Kh1 Qd1+ $11) 38... g5 $1 {Fabiano has found a
reliable way to make a draw.} 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Qf2 Qxc3 41. Qxf6 (41. Rae1 $6
Rf8 42. Nf3 Rg7 43. Qe3 Qxe3 44. Rxe3 f5 $15) 41... Qg3+ 42. Kg1 Qxg2+ 43. Nxg2
Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 $5 ({The line} 3... Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 {is more
reliable but much more passive.}) 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 ({Another
continuation} 6... c5 {is not popular nowadays} 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Ned4 Nc6 9. Bb5
Bd7 10. O-O e6 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxb5 {Nezhmetdinov, R - Kamyshov,M 1950}
12. b4 $5 Qxb4 13. Ba3 Qxa3 (13... Qa4 14. Nxb5 Qxb5 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Rxb7 $18)
14. Nxb5 Qc5 15. c4 e6 16. Qa4 Ke7 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf3 $16) 11. Be3 Qb4 12.
c4 Qxb2 13. cxd5 Nc3 14. dxe6 $1 Nxd1 15. exd7+ Kd8 16. Raxd1 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5
18. Bc4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc2 20. Bxf7 $18 {Svetushkin,D (2554)-Landa,K (2635)
Rijeka 2010 1-0 (32)}) 7. Nfg1 f6 8. f3 Ng5 9. exf6 gxf6 10. f4 Ne4 ({Maxime
has preferred 10...Nf7 when he played this line with Black:} 10... Nf7 11. Nf3
Be7 (11... c5 12. f5 Nc6 13. c3 Bd6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nf4 Bf2+ 16. Ke2 O-O 17.
fxe6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Rfe8 19. Qxd5 Nb4 $2 {is a very optimistic decision} (19...
Rad8 20. Qe4 Rd7 21. Qg4+ Ng5 $8 22. Nfxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25.
Qg5+ $11 (25. g3 Nd8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 $11)) 20. cxb4 Rad8 21. Qf5
Rxe6+ 22. Qxe6 Qxe6+ 23. Kxf2 Ne5 $2 (23... Re8 24. Bd3 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Qxb4 26.
Bd2 Qxb2 27. Rd1 $16) 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Be2 Qf5+ 26. Bf3 Qc2+ 27. Be2 $2 (27.
Kg3 $1 Kh8 28. Be3 Rg8+ 29. Kh4 $18 {White's bishops control all the board.})
27... Qf5+ 28. Bf3 Qc2+ 29. Be2 {1/2 (29) Poetsch,H (2498)-Khenkin,I (2596)
Wiesbaden 2015}) (11... Bg7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nh5 e5 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. fxe5 fxe5
16. Be2 exd4 ({Black can't solve all his problems by means of} 16... e4 $5 17.
Nh4 Qd8 18. g3 Be6 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Qd2 $14) 17. Qxd4+ Qxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nb5
Na6 20. O-O $16 {Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Tromsoe
2013 1/2 (54)}) 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nc3 Nd6 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7
17. O-O Nb5 (17... Na6 $5 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Ba3 $44) 18. Ne2 c5 19.
f5 $1 e5 20. Bxb5 $6 (20. Bc4 $1 cxd4 21. Ng3 Nd6 22. Bxf7+ Nxf7 23. Nd2 {
with a very strong attack}) 20... Qxb5 21. dxe5 Bxf5 22. Bb2 Nc6 23. exf6 Bxf6
24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nh4 Rd8 26. Qe1 Rdf8 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. Qc3+ Kg8
30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Qc3+ Kg8 {1/2 (31) Grischuk,A (2747)-Ding Liren (2778)
Wenzhou CHN 2016}) 11. Ng3 Bd7 $146 {A novelty and quite a logical development.
Black's knight will be developed after ...Na6 and after Qh5+ Black's king can
hide ...Kd8, ...Kc7. Let's have a look at other continuations:} (11... Kd8 12.
c3 Nd6 $6 (12... Rg8 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nf3 Bd7 $13) 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Be2 (14. Bd3
$5 h5 15. Nh4 $16) 14... Rg8 15. O-O c5 $2 16. Kh1 Rxg3 17. hxg3 Ne4 18. Kh2 f5
19. Ne5 Ndf6 20. g4 Bd7 21. g5 $18 {Salgado Lopez,I (2651)-Petrov,M (2439)
Izmir TUR 2016 1-0 (28)}) (11... c5 $6 {Black pieces aren't well-developed and
his king is in the centre so 11...c5 can't be recommended.} 12. Bd3 (12. Nxe4
$5 {It is seems to me that this continuation should be stronger than Bd3:} dxe4
13. d5 $1 Bg7 $6 (13... f5 14. Qh5+ (14. Nh3 exd5 15. Qxd5) 14... Kd8 15. Bc4
Be7 (15... exd5 16. Bxd5 Bd7 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Qd1 Nc6 19. Rb1 Qc3+ 20. Bd2 Qf6
21. Ne2 $40) 16. Bd2 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nd7 18. Qh3 Rf8 19. O-O-O Kc7 20. Ne2 $16)
14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Be3 f5 16. Rd1 Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. c3 $16 {
Dann,M (2477)-Zubarev,A (2548) Boeblingen GER 2015 1/2 (60)}) 12... f5 13. Qh5+
Kd8 14. Nf3 Nd7 (14... cxd4 $5 15. O-O (15. Ne5 $6 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Kc7 17. Ng6 Nf6
18. Qh4 Rg8 $17) 15... Bd7 16. a4 Nc6 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Qh4+ Be7 20.
Qh6 Bf8 $11) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Kc7 17. Be3 Kb8 18. O-O-O Nf6 $2 (18... c4
19. Qf7 c3 20. b3 (20. bxc3 Ba3+ 21. Kd2 Rf8 22. Qxe6 Qc7 23. Qb3 Nb6 24. Ke2
Nc4 $44)) 19. Qf7 Nd5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxe6 Qe3+ $2 (22... Bxe6
23. Qxe6 $16) 23. Rd2 $18 {Bacrot,E (2697)-Tari,A (2556) Caleta ENG 2016 1-0 
(30)}) (11... Nd7 $5 {Unfortunately, at this moment, it has been played only
in one game.} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. c3 $6 (13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Nh3 $5 Qxd4 15. c3 Qd5
16. Qh4 Nc5 17. Nf2 b6 (17... Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Be3 c5 20. O-O-O c4 21.
Bd4 Bg7 22. Ng4 Qf5 23. Rhe1 $1 (23. Ne3 Qb5 24. Ng4 $11) 23... Kf7 24. Bxf6
Bxf6 25. Nh6+ Kg6 26. Nxf5 Bxh4 27. Nxh4+ Kf6 28. Re5 $16) 18. Be3 Nd3+ 19.
Nxd3 exd3 20. O-O-O Ba6 21. Bd4 Bg7 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qf5 24. Rhd1 Rad8
$11) 13... f5 $1 14. Qh5+ Ke7 15. Nh3 Nf6 16. Qh4 Rg8 17. Ng5 Rg6 18. a4 Bg7
19. a5 Qb3 20. Qf2 h6 21. Nh3 Ng4 $15 {Saric,I (2622)-Mchedlishvili,M (2639)
Fujairah 2012 1/2 (33)}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. c3 Na6 {Vishy doesn't care that
after Qh5+ his king should go to c7 on foot.} ({Black could have tried} 13...
h5 $5 14. Qc2 f5 15. Be3 Na6 16. a4 Qd8 17. Bxa6 {otherwise Black's knight can
get to d5} (17. Nh3 Nc7 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Qf2 Bd6 $15) 17... bxa6 18. Nh3 Qh4+
19. Bf2 Qg4 20. Be3 Qh4+ $11) ({Or even} 13... c5 {with the following lines:}
14. Qh5+ (14. d5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16. Qxe4+ Ne7 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Be2 Nf5 19.
O-O Re8 20. Qc2 c4+ 21. Kh1 Qe6 22. Bd1 Bc6 $44) 14... Kd8 15. Qh4 Be7 16. dxc5
Qxc5 17. Qg3 Kc7 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Qf2 (19. Be2 Qg6 20. Qf2 Nc6 21. O-O-O Rad8
22. Nh3 $13) 19... Nc6 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Ne2 ({Of course White can't take on a7:
} 21. Bxa7 $4 Nxa7 22. Qxa7 Bc5 $1 23. Qa5+ Kb8 24. b4 b6 $1 25. Qa6 Be3 $19)
21... Kb8 22. O-O-O Bc8 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. Bb5 $14) 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Bc4 Kc7 $6 {
After this move Black's position is very dangerous.} ({I believe that Vishy
should have preferred} 15... f5 $1 16. Qf7 Be7 17. a4 (17. Bxe6 $4 Rf8 $19)
17... Re8 $5 {Black needs to protect his bishop and then he can play ...Kc8.
The h7-pawn is not important.} (17... Rf8 $6 18. Qxh7 c5 19. Ne2 Nb4 $5 20. a5
Qd6 (20... Qc7 21. cxb4 cxd4 22. b3 d3 23. Be3 $1 Bxb4+ 24. Kf2 dxe2 25. Kxe2
$16) 21. cxb4 cxd4 22. b3 d3 23. Be3 Qxb4+ 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. Rac1 dxe2 26. Bxe2
Rc3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. Rd1 $14) 18. Qxh7 Kc8 19. Nh3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. a5 Qd6
22. Nf2 Kc7 23. Be3 Rh8 24. Qg7 Rhg8 25. Qd4 (25. Qh7 Rh8 $11) 25... Rxg2 26.
h4 Bc6 $11) 16. a4 (16. f5 $1 {was much stronger. For example:} e5 (16... exf5
17. a4 Qa5 (17... c5 $6 18. a5 Qc6 19. Bf4+ Bd6 20. d5 Be8 21. dxc6 Bxh5 22.
Bxd6+ Kxd6 23. cxb7 $18) (17... Re8 $4 18. a5 $18) 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. O-O Rae8 20.
b4 Nxb4 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Bf7 $16 {It's obvious that in this position the
knight is stronger than 3 pawns.}) 17. Qh4 Bd6 18. Ne2 exd4 (18... Nb4 $5 19.
Qxe4 Nd5 20. O-O $1 Rae8 21. Qh4 {Black has not enough compensation for the
sacrificed pawn}) 19. Nxd4 Rae8 20. O-O Nb4 21. Be3 c5 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23. fxe6
$16) 16... c5 $8 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. Be3 f5 ({Black can't solve his problems by
means of} 18... Bd6 19. O-O Kb8 20. Rfd1 Rhg8 (20... Qc7 21. Bxa6 cxd4 22. Bxd4
e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Bf2 bxa6 25. Ng3 $16) 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Bg4 23. Rd2 Rg7
24. a5 Qc7 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Ng3 $16) 19. O-O Kb8 20. Qf7 $6 ({I believe that
Maxime could have got an advantage after} 20. Rfd1 $1 Bc8 21. Qf7 Nc7 22. a5
Qc6 23. dxc5 Bxc5 (23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxc5 25. Nd4 Qd6 26. b4 Qe7 27. Qh5 Bd6
28. a6 $16) 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 $8 $16) 20... Nc7 (20... Bd6 $5 21. a5 Qc7
22. Bxa6 Rhf8 $1 {and White should go for the move repetition after Qxh7} (
22... bxa6 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Nd4 $14) 23. Qxh7 Rh8 24. Qf7 Rdf8
25. Qg7 Rfg8 $11) 21. a5 Qc6 22. Qf6 Bd6 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd4 $14 {Black's
pieces are misplaced, so White's position is still better. White can combine
an attack on the queenside with pressure on the e6-pawn.} Qd6 $8 25. b4 (25.
Rfd1 $1 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27. Rd2 $14) 25... Qe7 ({Probably} 25... Qf8 {
was a more reliable continuation:} 26. Qxf8 (26. Qh4 $5 Be7 27. Qf2 a6 28. Rab1
Qe8 29. Be2 Rg8 $132) 26... Bxf8 27. Rfd1 Bg7 28. Rac1 Ba4 29. Rd2 Rhe8 $11)
26. Qh6 Bd6 27. Rad1 Rhf8 28. Bf2 Rf6 29. Qh4 Nd5 $6 ({As an alternative I can
propose} 29... Rg8 $5 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Bxg8 e3 32. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qe7 34.
Qxh7 Bc6 35. Qxe7 Bxe7 $13 {Despite White's material advantage, Black's
chances are not worse.}) 30. Nxe6 $4 {A terrible blunder. Now White's position
is lost.} ({White should have played} 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Qh3 Qg7 (31... Bxf4 $6
32. Bh4 Be5 33. Nxf5 Qe6 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. c4 $1 dxc4 36. Qh6 $16) 32. Qe3 {
This position seems to be dangerous for Black.} Rg6 (32... Bc7 33. Nb3 b6) 33.
g3 a6 34. Nc2 $1 (34. Nxf5 Bxf5 35. Rxd5 Be6 36. Qa7+ Kc8 37. Rc5+ Kd7 (37...
Bxc5 38. Qxc5+ Kd7 39. f5 Rf6 40. fxe6+ Kxe6 41. Re1 $16) 38. Qxb7+ Ke8 39.
Qxe4 Bxc5 40. Bxc5 Qxc3 $1 41. f5 Rxg3+ 42. hxg3 Qxg3+ 43. Qg2 Qxg2+ 44. Kxg2
Bc8 {with good chances to make a draw.}) 34... Ba4 $1 (34... Bc6 35. c4 dxc4
36. Qa7+ Kc8 37. Ne3 Qf7 38. Rd4 c3 39. Nc4 Qf6 40. b5 $1 axb5 41. Nb6+ Kc7 42.
Nd5+ Bxd5 43. Rxd5 $18) 35. Qa7+ Kc8 36. Qa8+ Bb8 37. Ne3 Bxd1 38. Rxd1 Qf7 39.
c4 d4 40. Nd5 {White has enough compensation to make a draw.} Rxd5 41. cxd5 Qc7
$1 (41... e3 42. Rc1+ $18) (41... Qxd5 42. Bxd4 Rc6 43. Qxb8+ Kxb8 44. Ba7+
Kxa7 45. Rxd5 $16 {The rook ending is probably lost due to the miserable
position of Black's king.} e3 46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Rxh2 48. Rxf5 e2 49. Re5)
42. Bxd4 Qc2 43. Rf1 Rh6 44. Rf2 (44. Bf2 $4 e3 $19) 44... Qb1+ 45. Kg2 (45.
Rf1 Qc2 $11) 45... e3 46. Bxe3 Qe4+ 47. Rf3 Rxh2+ 48. Kxh2 Qxf3 49. Ba7 Qe2+
$11) 30... Bxe6 31. Bxd5 e3 $1 32. Bxe3 {Other continuations are not better.} (
32. Rfe1 Bxd5 33. Bxe3 Be4 $19) (32. Bg3 e2 $19) 32... Bxd5 $19 33. Bxa7+ Kxa7
34. Qf2+ Bc5 $1 (34... Ka8 $6 35. Rxd5 Bb8 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Qc2 $17) 35. Qxc5+
Qxc5+ 36. bxc5 Rd7 37. Rfe1 h6 38. Kf2 Kb8 39. c4 Bc6 40. Rxd7 Bxd7 41. Rb1 Ra6
42. Rb6 Rxa5 43. Rxh6 Rxc5 44. h4 Rxc4 45. g3 Kc7 46. h5 b5 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"]

1. e4 {(3s)} c5 {(18s) Thanks to their victories in the second round, both
players seem to be in a fighting mood. A Najdorf is a perfect choice for the
audience and chess fans.} 2. Nf3 {(9s)} d6 {(3s)} 3. d4 {(7s) even better
news! no sidelines with Bb5+.} cxd4 {(8s)} 4. Nxd4 {(6s)} Nf6 {(4s)} 5. Nc3 {
(7s)} a6 {5} 6. h3 {9 This move has gained a lot of attention in recent years.
Some of sicilian defence theoretician would convincingly argue that this move
may be even more dangerous than English attack ( similiar to the game between
Giri and MVL in the first round).} e5 {5} 7. Nde2 $5 {9 The most common move.
The idea of this move is to play g4 and transfer the knight to g3, which will
be an improvement of knight's position compared to English attack when the d4
knight ends up on unfavorable square of b3.} h5 {8 Again, the most common move.
Nakamura prevents g4.} 8. Nd5 $5 {7 An odd choice but not for Anand. He has
successfully employed this move against Topalov and MVL earlier this year.
Nakamura is surely prepared against this move.} (8. Bg5 {is the most common
move.} Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 g6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14.
Nec3 Rc5 15. Be2 b5 16. a3 $14 {1-0 (74) Anand,V (2803)-Topalov,V (2803)
London 2015}) 8... Nxd5 {9} 9. Qxd5 {11} Nc6 $5 {5 Nakamura does not follow
MVL's and Topalov's path. His confident reaction (he only spends a bit of time)
shows that he is prepared to face 'Anand's rich opening arsenal'.} (9... Nd7
10. Nc3 Nf6 {here Anand employed two different moves against Topalov and MVL
and in both cases the two top super-GMs failed to solve all of their opening
problems. Although, one has to consider that these games were played in rapid
and blitz time control.} 11. Qd3 (11. Qd1 Be6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be2
g6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. c3 O-O 18. a4 Kg7 19. a5 h4 20. Ra4 Rc5 21. b4
Rc6 22. c4 Bf4 23. Ra3 Qg5 24. Nb6 f5 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Rc1 27. Qxd6 Rxf1+
28. Bxf1 Bf7 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 Rd8 31. Nd7 fxe4 32. a7 e3 33. a8=Q exf2+ 34.
Kh1 {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2761) Leuven 2016}) 11... Be7 12. Bg5
Be6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Qe2 h4 18. Kb1 Bg5
19. g3 hxg3 20. fxg3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+
Kxd8 25. Bc4 Ke7 26. h4 Rh6 27. g4 Rf6 28. g5 Rf2 29. Rh3 Bd2 30. a4 Rf4 31.
Bd5 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ka2 f6 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. h5 Rf2 36. Rg3 Bg5 37. Rc3
Bf4 38. Kb3 Kg5 39. Rc7 Kh6 40. Bf7 Bc1 41. Rc6+ Rf6 42. Rxf6+ gxf6 43. c3 Kg5
44. Bg6 f5 45. exf5 e4 46. f6 Kxf6 47. Bxe4 b4 48. cxb4 Ke5 49. Bf3 Kd4 50. b5
Kc5 51. Bc6 {1-0 (51) Anand,V (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Leuven 2016}) 10.
Qd1 {38} (10. Nc3 $2 {is impossible due to} Nd4 $17) 10... Be6 {10} 11. Nc3 {36
} Ne7 $1 {5 This is Nakmaura's idea. He solves the 'd5' problem of although it
will cost him few tempi before he finishes his development.} 12. Bd3 {191} d5 {
615} 13. exd5 {25} Nxd5 {7} 14. O-O {7} Nb4 {882} ({My computer suggests:} 
14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 f5 {but this is too artifical for a human!}) 15. Qe2 {
1254 Now Vishy addresses the problem of e5 square which is due to lack of
enough development on black's side.} Qc7 {975} 16. f4 {662 A classic reaction
by Anand. Fortunately for Nakamura, he has enough resources to maintain
dynamic balance.} (16. Re1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rd8 18. Be3 Be7 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 Qd6
) 19... h4 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4 O-O {and black is out of any danger.}) 16...
Bc5+ {528} 17. Kh1 {113} Nxd3 {8} 18. cxd3 {12} Bd4 {1} 19. f5 {496} Bd7 {419}
20. f6 {158} g6 {28} 21. Nd5 {155} Qd6 {12} 22. Ne7 {29 Black cannot castle
but there is no open file in the game which might let White cause any trouble
for Black's king. The bishop on d4 is nicely placed and it is only matter of
time for White's grip to peter out.} Rd8 {60} 23. a4 {963} Bc6 {584} 24. Be3 {
443 equivalent of a draw offer.} Bxe3 {451} 25. Nxc6 {67} bxc6 {9} 26. Qxe3 {7}
Qd4 {2} 27. Rae1 {257} Qxe3 {8} 28. Rxe3 {6} O-O {6} 29. Rxe5 {24} Rxd3 {2} 30.
Rc5 {13 A nice opening debate and a flawless draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Bc3 Rd8
15. e3 Bf5 16. Re1 Be4 17. Re2 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Qe2 Rd6 20. Rcd1 h6 21. h4
Qe6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Ba5 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rc8 27. Qf3
Rxc3 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc8 30. Ra5 Qb6 31. Re5 Kf8 32. Qf5 Re8 33. Rxe8+
Kxe8 34. Qe5+ Kf8 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qe5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
Nb6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. a5 c6 11. axb6 cxb5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. bxa7 Bxa7 14. Nxe5 Bf5
15. Re1 Bb8 16. Na3 b4 17. cxb4 Qd5 18. Nec4 Bxd3 19. Rxe7 Bxc4 20. Qxd5 Bxd5
21. Rd7 Bc6 22. Rd1 Ba4 23. Rd3 Bc7 24. b3 Bc6 25. f3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. b5
Bd7 28. Kf2 Be7 29. Ke2 Bxa3 30. Bxa3 Bxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e5 Bb6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc7 16. a4 Ne7 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Ba3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bc5 20. Qe4 Ng6 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. Nf3 b6 23. Rd7 Qxc3 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Rxa7 Rc4 26. Qb7 Rcc8 27. Re1
Rb8 28. Qe4 Qc5 29. Rb1 b5 30. Ra5 Qc4 31. Qxc4 bxc4 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc5 Rb4
34. a5 Ra4 35. Nd2 c3 36. Rc8+ Nf8 37. Nb3 g5 38. Rxc3 Ra3 39. Kf3 Ng6 40. Rc8+
Kg7 41. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. a4 d6 8. O-O
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. d4 h6 13. Bc2 c6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Ng3 Bb8 20. Be3 Bxe5 21.
Nxe4 Bc7 22. a5 Bf5 23. Nc5 Rab8 24. g4 Bc2 25. Rac1 Bg6 26. b4 Bd6 27. Na4 f6
28. Ba7 Ra8 29. Bc5 Be5 30. Nb6 Rab8 31. Nc4 Bf4 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 b5 34.
axb6 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 b6 10. Nc3 Ke8 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nf5 Rg8 16. g4 h5 17. Be3 g6 18. Nh6 Rh8 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. g5 Bc8
21. h4 Ke7 22. f4 Be6 23. Rf1 Rad8 24. c3 Bh3 25. Rf2 Ke6 26. Re1 Rd3 27. Re4
Rhd8 28. Ra4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 R8d3 30. f5+ gxf5 31. Raf4 Bg4 32. Kg2 Bh3+ 33. Kh2
Bg4 34. Nxg4 hxg4 35. Kg2 g3 36. Re2 Rb1 37. h5 Rdd1 38. Kxg3 Rh1 39. Rc4 Kd5
40. Rf4 Rbg1+ 41. Rg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rxh5 43. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. d4 f5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 f4
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 g5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21.
Qxd3 h5 22. Rd1 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rg8 26. Kf1 Rh8 27. Kg1
Rg8 28. Kf1 Rh8 29. Kg1 Rg8 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O e4 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. h3 Ngf6 21. Kf2
h4 22. Nd4 Kf7 23. Rac1 a5 24. Ke3 Nc5 25. b3 Nh5 26. Rb1 Ng3 27. a3 Kf6 28.
Nb5 Nxe2 29. Rxe2 Rhd8 30. g3 hxg3 31. Rg2 g5 32. Rxg3 gxf4+ 33. Kxf4 Nd3+ 34.
Rxd3 exd3 35. Rd1 Rh8 36. Rxd3 Rh4+ 37. Kg3 Rah8 38. Kg2 Ke5 39. c5 dxc5 40. d6
Rg8+ 41. Kf2 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 h6 12. Qf3 Bc7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. g4 d5 15.
Nf5 a5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 a4 19. Bc2 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Rae1
f5 22. f4 fxe4 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe4 Ng4 26. h3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Bb6+ 28. Kg2 Ne3+ 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 30. Bg6 Bg5 31. Rf7 Rb8 32. Rf5 Bf6 33. Ra5 b5
34. a3 Kf8 35. Ra7 c5 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rc7 b4 38. Rxc5 bxa3 39. bxa3 Kf8 40.
Rc4 Ke7 41. Rxa4 Bxc3 42. Rc4 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rb3 44. a4 Kf6 45. Bc2 Ra3 46. Ke4
Be1 47. Bd3 Kg5 48. Be2 Kh4 49. Bg4 Rb3 50. Kd5 Rb4 51. Rxb4 Bxb4 52. Kc6 Kg5
53. Kb6 Kh6 54. a5 Bxa5+ 55. Kxa5 g5 56. Kb5 Kg7 57. Kc5 Kh8 58. Kd6 Kg7 59.
Ke5 Kh8 60. Kf6 Kh7 61. Bf5+ Kh8 62. Be6 Kh7 63. Kf7 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 O-O
9. Nc2 Re8 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Re1
Ng6 16. g3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Nf5 Ree8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 d5 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. Qc2 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Kg2 Rc3 26. Rb6 Re6 27. Rb8+ Kh7
28. Rb7 Nh8 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Nxe7 Rxc4 31. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e5 Bb6 12. Bg5 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 h6 14. Bc1 Ne7
15. Nd2 Nbd5 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Nxb6 axb6
21. Rd6 Rxa2 22. Rxb6 Bh3 23. Re1 Ra1 24. Bd2 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rc8 26. Bc3 Rd8
27. f3 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rf1+ 29. Ke3 Bg2 30. Rxb7 Rxf3+ 31. Ke2 Rf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bxb7
33. Bb4 Bc8 34. Be7 Kh7 35. Ke3 Kg6 36. b4 Kf5 37. Bf8 g6 38. Kd4 h5 39. Bd6
Ke6 40. Kc5 Bb7 41. Kb6 Bg2 42. Kc7 Bf1 43. h4 Be2 44. Kc6 Bf3+ 45. Kc5 Kd7 46.
b5 Kc8 47. Bf8 Bg4 48. Kb6 Be6 49. Ka7 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Nbd2 Nh5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. d4 Nf6 19. d5 Nb8 20. Qa1 Qb7 21. Qa5
c6 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Qa2 Be6 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Rd7 26. h3 Na5 27. Qa2 Nc6
28. Nh2 Ne7 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. hxg4 d5 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Ne4 Nc8
34. Ra1 Nb6 35. b3 Nd7 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Nb6 38. Rf8 Kg6 39. f3 Rd1+ 40. Kh2
Nd5 41. Rb8 Rd3 42. Rxb5 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg3 h5 20. Re1 d2 21. Re2 Bxb1
22. Rxb1 hxg4 23. Rxd2 Qf5 24. hxg4 Qxg4 25. Nd4 Qg6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Ra1 Qg6
28. Qf3 Bh4 29. Rad1 Re8 30. Rd5 Bxg3 31. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 32. fxg3 Re6 33. Rd8+ Rxd8
34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Kg6 36. Rxc7 Rxe5 37. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Nc5 16. Rae1 Ne6 17. Ne3 Rac8 18. h3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qd8 22. b4 Nf4 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. c3 Qf6 25. Qd5 f3 26. g3 Rc7 27. Re3 Re8
28. Qd3 Re5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. Rxf3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Rxe4 32. Rf6 Qxf6 33. Qxe4 Qe6 34.
Qd5 Kf8 35. Qd4 Kg8 36. Rd3 Re7 37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxd6 Re2 39. Rb6 Rxb2 40.
Rxb7 a5 41. b5 a4 42. c4 Rb4 43. c5 a3 44. b6 Rc4 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. b7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Qb3 e6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Ne4 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14. Bd2 g5 15.
Rfc1 f5 16. Nc3 Kh7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bc3 d4 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. Qd1 Ne5 21. b4
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 23. exf3 Qd5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. f4 g4 26. Rab1 Rf6 27. Rb5
Rc6 28. a4 a6 29. Rbb1 Rce6 30. Rc2 Re2 31. Ba5 Qf3 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Be1 c4
34. Rc1 cxd3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Bg3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1
Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxg3 18. hxg3 g6 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Nf1
Nd6 21. Ne3 Qb6 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rac1
Rd8 15. Na4 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Bd7 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rcd2 Ke7
21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb5 Be6 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Ke1 f5 27.
exf5 Bxf5 28. Rd1 Rg8 29. g3 Be6 30. Kd2 f5 31. Ke3 f4+ 32. gxf4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4
Rg2 34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Nc3 Rh3+ 36. f3 Rh5 37. Rg1 Bf7 38. b4 Ne5 39. Ne4 Nd7 40.
f4 Rh2 41. Rc1 Bd5 42. Nc3 Bc6 43. Rg1 Nf6 44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Bd3 Rh3+ 46. Kd4
Rh4 47. Ne2 b5 48. Rg5 Nd5 49. Rf5 Nc7 50. Rf7 Ne6+ 51. Kc3 h5 52. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 {The Classical Ruy Lopez is one of the most comprehensive openings
and it is not without reason that there is the famous saying that he who
understand the Ruy Lopez understands chess. Definitely all the great players
from the past and today have used it with either colour.} Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11.
Nbd2 exd4 $5 12. cxd4 Nd7 {From a known Zaitsev line we came to a Keres type
of Ruy Lopez line; this is an interesting transposition that has recently
caught on in high level tournaments.} 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Rb1 {A quiet
move, other ideas:} (15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Ng3 Ne6 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc3 c5 19. e5 dxe5
20. dxe5 Be7 21. b3 b4 22. bxc4 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 bxc3 {½-½ (32)
Motylev,A (2658)-Svidler,P (2739) Chita 2015, with enough counterplay.}) (15.
Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Bd3 c5 19. Bf4 Nf8 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 Bg7
22. Qe2 Ne6 23. Bc1 Nd4 $1 24. Nxd4 Rxe5 {½-½ (31) Kryvoruchko,Y (2708)
-Iordachescu,V (2589) Abu Dhabi 2014. Black is fine.}) 15... c5 16. d5 Nc4 17.
b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 {White let him move the knight from a5 to e5, but f4 is in
the air. We have reached a very sharp position.} Ng6 {The most popular move
among grandmasters.} (18... c4 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. Nf5 {leads to some less
explored territory in chess openings.}) 19. Ne3 (19. Be3 Bc3 20. Re2 Nf6 21.
Ng3 b4 22. f4 a5 23. Bd3 Ba6 24. a4 Qc8 25. Nhf1 h5 {0-1 (35) Djukic,N (2566)
-Neelotpal,D (2457) Skopje 2016. Black got serious chances to get the
initative.}) 19... Bc8 (19... Bc3 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Bc8 22. Nf5 Nb6 23. g4
Ra7 24. f4 b4 25. Bd3 a5 {0-1 (47) Macieja,B (2579)-Berczes,D (2495) Las Vegas
2015; with chances for both sides.}) 20. Bd2 b4 21. Nhg4 a5 {This seems like a
slow plan to me, but to be honest the alternative can also run into a problem;
let's see:} (21... Nde5 22. g3 $1 {Now we see Anand's clear idea when he opted
for 19.Ne3:} (22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {looks ok for Black}) ({while:} 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23.
Nc4 Qh4 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Re3 f5 $1 {I think Black is ok here.}) 22... Nxg4 23.
hxg4 {Such a position is usually considered better for White.}) 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6
{The alternative is also possible, but somehow I prefer White's chances:} (
22... Nxf6 23. Nc4 Ba6 24. f4 $1 $36) 23. g3 $1 a4 {The idea is actually to
open a file before going for a sharp plan, but Anand is ready for it...} (23...
Nde5 24. f4 (24. Kg2 Nf3 $1 $17) 24... Nxf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Nf1 Qh4 27. Re3
Bxh3 28. Qe2 Bd7 29. Rg3 {Engines are more or less happy with Black's chances
here, but I am not.}) 24. bxa4 $1 (24. f4 axb3 25. axb3 Nb6 26. h4 h6 {This
would give an unclear position.}) 24... Nde5 25. f4 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Nf1
Qh4 28. Re3 Bxh3 29. Qe2 Qg4+ {This can't be criticised, although at first
sightt it may look as if Black can escape from the exchange of queens. But
this is not the case.} (29... Bg4 30. Qg2 Qf6 31. Nh2 $1 (31. Rg3 Nf3+ 32. Kh1
Re5 33. Qf2 Rh5+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 35. Kg1 Nf3+ {draw by perpetual}) 31... Bd7 32.
Rf1 Qe7 33. Rg3 Ng6 34. Nf3 Bxa4 35. Bd3 {White is better, as Ng5 in
combination with e4-e5 gives a dangerous attack.}) 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. a3 $1 Nf3+
(31... Nc4 32. axb4 Nxe3 33. Nxe3 Bf3 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. a5 Bxe4 36. Rc1 {
White looks better here.}) 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. Rb2 bxa3 34. Rxa3 Nxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxe4
36. a5 {A piece up after an interesting sequence of moves, White has the
better chances. The pawn on a5 is of course a real asset.} Bc8 37. Re3 Rf4+ 38.
Rf3 Re4 39. Rb2 Ba6 40. Bc3 {After the time control now with Ng3 to come White
is clearly better.} h5 41. Ng3 Rh4 42. Rb6 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. Nf5 Bc4 45. Re3
$1 {Anand is winning now .} Kh7 46. Rxd6 Rb8 47. Rb6 Rxb6 48. axb6 Bxd5 49.
Nxg7 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rg6 51. Nxh5 Bc4+ 52. Kf2 Rxb6 53. Nf6+ Kh6 54. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Qh4 12. f3 d6 13. a4 Nc6 14. g3 Qh5
15. e4 Na5 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Ba6 18. Bf4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qb3 d5 21.
Qb5 Rac8 22. Qc6 Rfe8 23. Rf2 Na5 24. Qd7 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxc7+ Kg8 27.
Bf4 Nc4 28. Rfe2 Kf7 29. Rf2 Kg8 30. Rfe2 Kf7 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 {The most ambitious
continuation. White avoids the exchange of light-squared bishops and he
prepares for d4.} d5 13. exd5 (13. Qe2 {is far more popular.}) 13... Bxd5 14.
Ng3 Bc5 ({Last year Anand played} 14... Qd7 {in a blitz game,} 15. Nh4 Rad8 16.
Nhf5 Kh8 17. d4 $1 $132 {Giri-Anand, Stavanger blitz 2015, with a double-edged
fight.}) 15. b4 Bf8 16. a4 g6 $146 {A logical novelty by Anand. A typical move,
Black prepares for ...Bg7.} (16... b5 {has been played in a few games,} 17. Be3
(17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Nh2 Be6 $13 {Bologan-Stefansson, Dresden 2008,
with a complicated middlegame.}) 17... Rb8 (17... Qc8 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. Bb3 Bxb3
20. Qxb3 Qb7 21. Qd5 {1/2 Predojevic-Sargissian, Germany 2007, and a draw.})
18. axb5 axb5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nfd2 Ra8 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. Nb3 Qd7 23. Nbc5 Bxc5
24. Nxf6 Bxf3 25. Nxd7 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Bd5 27. Nc5 $14 {Petrosian-Melkumyan,
Martuni 2011, and White looks more comfortable.}) 17. Bb2 b5 {A similar idea
to that behind the previous move. White has gained some space on the queenside
and Black tries to rein him in a bit.} 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. Bc1 {Kramnik thought
the bishop was useless on b2, so he activates it on the c1-h6 diagonal.} (19.
Bb3 $5 {was the alternative choice.}) 19... Nd7 $6 {A little bit passive.} (
19... Nh5 {looks more ambitious, for example} 20. Be3 Kh7 {and Black will play
on the kingside with ...f5.}) 20. Bb3 $1 {The right plan. Black's
light-squared bishop was already too strong and White can't continue his
queenside play, so he exchanges the bishops.} Bxb3 (20... Nb6 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Be3 $14 {looks more comfortable for White.}) 21. Qxb3 Re6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Be3
Nf6 24. Rad1 Nxe4 ({I think} 24... Nd5 $5 {was more accurate to keep the
tension, however White controls the c5-square.}) 25. dxe4 Qe8 {The pawn
structure is symmetrical again. White is more flexible, because Black's knight
is passive and difficult to activate. White is obviously slightly better.} 26.
Rd5 Nd8 27. Ra1 Nb7 28. Ra7 c6 29. Rd1 Nd6 30. Nd2 Ra8 31. Rda1 Rxa7 32. Rxa7
Re7 {Black tries to simplify the position, he would have more chances to hold
his position.} 33. Ra6 {Of course White avoids the exchange.} Rc7 34. Qa2 Kg7
35. Bb6 Rb7 36. Bc5 Be7 37. Ra8 Rb8 (37... Qd7 $5 {was the other option and it
is hard to continue the pressure with White.}) 38. Ra7 Rd8 39. Bb6 Rc8 40. Bc7
Qd7 41. Bb6 Qe8 42. g3 Bg5 43. Bc7 Bxd2 $6 ({Probably} 43... Be7 {was more
accurate, however} 44. c4 bxc4 45. Nxc4 $14 {is slightly better for White.})
44. Bxd6 Bxc3 45. Re7 $1 {White has sacrificed a pawn, but he is very strongly
placed on Black's 7th rank.} Qg8 {At first the engine says this is a decisive
mistake, but 45...Qf8 is also similar.} ({In the event of} 45... Qf8 46. Qe6 $1
Ra8 47. Qd7 Bd4 48. h4 {Black is under pressure like in the game and} Ra2 $2 {
loses on account of} 49. Re8 $18) 46. Qe6 $1 {Another strong reply!} Qf8 47.
Kg2 $1 {A very nice cool-blooded move. Black can't do anything, just hold his
position.} ({The engine suggests} 47. Rc7 Rxc7 48. Bxf8+ Kxf8 49. Qd6+ Re7 {
as a clear winning position for White, but by human measures this is a good
chance to survive for Black.}) 47... Rd8 (47... Ra8 {also leads to a similar
position,} 48. Qd7 ({, but not} 48. Bc5 Bd4 49. Qxc6 Ra2 $1 $11 {and a draw.})
48... Bd4 49. h4 Rc8 50. g4 $16 {and it is very difficult to continue with
Black.}) 48. Bc5 Bd4 49. Qxc6 Kg8 $6 {This loses immediately, but Black's
position was difficult.} (49... Bxc5 {was tougher,} 50. Qxc5 Kg8 51. Qxe5 h5
$16 {and White should be much better, but it is not easy to play with his rook,
as the b4-pawn will be hanging.}) 50. Qxb5 Rb8 51. Rxf7 $1 {Nice victory by
Kramnik!} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 d5 9. d3 c4 10. dxc4 dxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxe4 e5 13. Re1 f6 14. Nbd2 Nf7
15. Ne4 f5 16. Neg5 e4 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bg5 Rd3 19. Nd4 Ba6 20. b3 c5 21. Ne2
h6 22. Be3 Rc8 23. h4 Bf6 24. Nf4 Rdd8 25. Nd5 Bxh4 26. Bxh6 Bb7 27. g3 Bf6 28.
Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Be3 Rd3 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke2 Rxc3 32. Rac1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rd8 34.
Bxc5 f4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Bxa7 e3 37. Bxe3 fxe3 38. Kxe3 Bc8 39. Rc2 Bf5 40.
Rd2 Ra8 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Kc3 Ke5 43. a4 Be4 44. Kb4 Rb8+ 45. Ka3 Rf8 46. a5 Rf3
47. Kb4 Bb7 48. Rd8 Rxf2 49. Kc5 Rf6 50. Re8+ Kf4 51. b4 Rc6+ 52. Kd4 Rd6+ 53.
Kc5 Rc6+ 54. Kb5 Rf6 55. Re7 Ba6+ 56. Kc5 Rf5+ 57. Kd4 Kf3 58. b5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Rac1 Qf6 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Ne4 18. Rcc1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Kf1
Ke7 21. Nd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Ke1 Bd7 25. f3 Nd6 26. Kd2 Nf5
27. Nxf5+ Bxf5 28. Kc3 Kd6 29. Kd4 a5 30. Bb5 b6 31. Ba4 Bc8 32. a3 f6 33. b4
axb4 34. axb4 Bb7 35. Bb3 Bc6 36. Ba2 Bb7 37. h4 Bc6 38. Bb3 Bb7 39. b5 Ba8 40.
Ba2 Bb7 41. h5 Ba8 42. Bb1 Bb7 43. Bf5 Ke7 44. Bh3 Kd6 45. Bg4 Ke7 46. f4 Kd6
47. Bf5 Ke7 48. g3 Kd6 49. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nf5
Ne7 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Ng4 Nh7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Ne2 h5 21. Ne3 Nf6 22.
Ng3 h4 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 Qe6 25. Qxh4 Ng6 26. Qg4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28.
Rd1 Rae8 29. Kf1 Be7 30. g3 Ne5 31. Nf5 Rc4 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Nxd6
Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Nc4 36. Rxa6 Rc2 37. Rc6 Ree2 38. Be3 Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Rh2 40. Kg1
Rcg2+ 41. Kf1 Rxg3 42. a6 Rxe3 43. Kg1 Rexh3 44. Ra4 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. f3 exf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Bb2 Qf5 14. Ba3 Re8
15. Qxf5 Bxf5 16. Kf2 Rd8 17. Kf3 c5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg2 h6 20. Kf4 Nc6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Nb3 Re8 24. Rhe1 Re6 25. Re3 Rae8 26. Rae1 Rf6+ 27. Kg3
Rfe6 28. Kf4 Rf6+ 29. Kg3 Rfe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. O-O d6 8. Bb3
Be6 9. Ba4 Qb8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 Ba7 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 a4 14. c4 Bg4 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Rd8 18. Qc2 f6 19. Bc3 Nf8 20. c5 Bxc5 21. Bxe5
Ne6 22. Bg3 Qb5 23. Rac1 axb3 24. axb3 Rd3 25. b4 Bxb4 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6
Bd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Rd1 Ra4 31. Rxd6 Rxe4 32. g3 Ng5 33. Nxg5
fxg5 34. Rd7 Re8 35. Kg2 Rf8 36. g4 h6 37. Kg3 Kh8 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Rb7 Kh8 40.
Rc7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.12.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{This is the first time that Vishy Anand and Baadur Jobava sat opposite each
other for a chess game. Anand is known for his active style, but he sticks to
well established rules. Jobava on the other hand likes to play complex chess
even if it means playing unsound moves. Hence, this encounter was quite
interesting to watch for the chess fans.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Baadur Jobava
playing the Petroff is like Mikhail Tal playing the Berlin! This is clearly a
case of high respect for the opponent. As we shall see, soon things do become
completely unclear!} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 (6... Nc6 {
is one of the main lines.}) (6... Be7 {is another main option.}) 7. O-O O-O {
You can say that Black has an extra tempo at this point which he has used to
move his knight from f6 to e4. The knight is not so secure on this square and
this is exactly the point that White tries to exploit.} 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 {
With pressure on d5 and e4, the exchange on c3 becomes necessary.} Nxc3 10.
bxc3 dxc4 (10... Bg4 {is a reasonable alternative.}) 11. Bxc4 {This is all
well known and the main move here 11...Bg4. But Baadur went for an unknown
line which is not played very often.} Nd7 (11... Bg4 12. Qd3 $1 ({
Interestingly in 1981 when Anand was just 12 years old, his opponent Arvind
Aaron played this move with White.} 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 h6 $2 {
Understandably Black would like to prevent Ng5. But this move weakens his
kingside.} (14... Nf6 {is preferable.}) 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rb1 b6 17. c4 $14 {
1-0 (46) Aaron,A-Anand,V Tamil Nadu 1981 EXT 2011 [Bulletin]}) (12. h3 Bh5 13.
Re1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Be3 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8
Qxa8 $10 {1/2-1/2 (40) Ehlvest,J (2650)-Anand,V (2635) Linares 1991 CBM 022})
12... Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 $36 {It looks like White has the
initiative, but Black can defend after} h6 $1 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 b5 18. Bb3
Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7 $1 $15 (19... Bxg4 20. g6 $13)) 12. Re1 h6 {Preparing to
play ...Nf6 when Bg5 will not be possible.} (12... Nf6 13. Bg5 $14 {is quite
an irritating pin.}) 13. Ne5 $6 {This simplifies the position too soon.} (13.
Qc2 $1 {The threat is to take on h6 followed by Qg6+} Nb6 (13... Nf6 $2 14.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Ne5 $18) (13... b5 14. Bb3 Qf6 {
Trying to prevent Bxh6.} 15. Qe4 $16) 14. Bd3 Be6 15. c4 $14 {is the right way
for White to proceed. He has the nice central pawns which will push back the
black pieces.}) 13... Nxe5 $1 (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nb6 15. Bd3 $14 {White
retains the queens and has good attacking chances.}) (13... Nf6 14. Qb3 $1 $14)
14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qh5 {Anand gets his queen into the attacking zone. He is now
threatening moves like Bxh6 and it is not so easy to stop these ideas. But
Baadur has calculated well.} Be6 $1 {Jobava sees that a sacrifice on h6 is
possible, but he has a counter sacrifice prepared.} ({Let's see how a neutral
move loses in this position.} 15... Qe7 $2 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+
Kg8 19. Re4 $18 {The rook is threatening to go to h4 and there is no good way
to stop the mate along the h-file.} (19. Bd3 {is also quite strong.} f5 (19...
f6 20. exf6 {leads to the same position}) 20. exf6 (20. Bc4+ $1 {is even
stronger as after} Rf7 21. Rad1 $18 {White is just winning}) 20... Rxf6 21.
Qg5+ Qg7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Qxc5 $18)) (15... b5 {is also possible, but gives
White an additional opportunity.} 16. e6 $1 (16. Bb3 Be6 {is similar to the
game}) 16... Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Kg1 bxc4 19. Ba3 Bxe6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44)
16. Bxh6 {This move had to be made.} gxh6 (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Qg4 $1 g6 18. Qxc4
$18 (18. Bxf8 $2 Be6 19. Qxe6 Bxf2+ (19... fxe6 20. Bxc5 $15) 20. Kxf2 fxe6 $17
)) 17. Bxe6 {Taking the bishop on e6 would be a mistake as Qg6+ would end the
game. But here comes the counter shock!} Bxf2+ $1 (17... fxe6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19.
Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Re4 $1 {The rook lift is immediately decisive.} Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 $18
) 18. Kxf2 (18. Kh1 $2 Qg5 $1 $19 {This move is easy to miss. The attack is
stopped and White is simply losing material.} (18... Bxe1 {leads to just a
draw.} 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rxe1 (23. Bf5 {
would have been nice, but falls short because of} Qh4 $1 $19) 23... fxe6 24.
Qg6+ $11 {There is no way to get the rook into the game because of the back
rank weakness.})) 18... fxe6+ {There's the discovered check!} 19. Kg1 Qg5 $1 {
The queen joins in the game and it is Black who takes over the initiative.
Great defence by Baadur.} 20. Qh3 (20. Qxg5+ {might well have been a better
decision.} hxg5 21. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {Both sides have no real issues and the game
should end in a draw.}) 20... Rf5 21. Rab1 (21. Re4 h5 $15) 21... b6 22. Qd3
Rd8 $1 {True to his active style Baadur activates his last passive piece.} 23.
Qc4 Rd2 $1 {Black loses two pawns but his activity clearly compensates for the
material deficit.} 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 (24... Kh8 25. Qxc6 Rff2 {would transpose to
the game.}) 25. Qxc6 Rff2 {[%csl Gd2,Gf2,Gg5] White is two pawns up, but look
at Black's activity! It's fearsome! Anand has to be careful.} 26. Qb7+ (26. g3
Qh5 $1 {A powerful move which ends the game.} (26... Rxh2 27. Qb7+ Kh8 28. Qa8+
$11) 27. Qb7+ Rf7 28. Qh1 Qf5 29. Rf1 Rf2 $1 30. Rfe1 Rxa2 {Picking up this
pawn is important as now you can transpose into a winning pawn endgame.} 31.
Rf1 Qxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rxh1 35. Kxh1 a5 $19) 26... Kh8
(26... Rf7 27. Qe4 Rff2 28. Qb7+ {Black has to play ...Kh8 like in the game in
order to make progress.}) 27. Qa8+ Qg8 {Black has to play this in order to
avoid the perpetual. His doubled rooks on the second rank give him some
chances.} 28. Qxg8+ Kxg8 29. Kh1 $1 {The final accurate move of the game. Can
you see Anand's point?} Rxg2 30. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Gg1g8] That's it. The rooks are
exchanged and the game ends in a draw.} Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1+ Kf7 $11 32. a4 Ra2 33.
Rg4 Ke6 34. Kg1 (34. Re4 Rc2 $11) 34... Kxe5 35. Rh4 Kd5 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Kg1
Kd5 38. Kf1 Ke5 {A thoroughly entertaining game that can be dubbed as the
"exchange of bishop sacrifices"!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.12.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Tazbir, Marcin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Griesheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. c4 Be7 12. g4 g6 13. h4 Be6 14. Ng3 h5 15. g5 Nd7
16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Be2 a5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxb3 20. axb3 O-O 21. Rd1 a4 22.
bxa4 b3 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qc5 26. Rd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qxc3+ 28.
bxc3 Rxa4 29. Kd2 Ne5 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Ke3 b2 32. Nf1 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Schwegenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 (6... Nh6 {is the
other way to develop the knight.}) 7. c3 {7.Nd2 and 7.Nh4 are the main moves,
but Anand strengthens his centre.} Ng6 8. Re1 {Now this is really rare. Only
one game has seen this move before. What is Anand's plan? Well perhaps he is
planning Nd2-f1-g3 or he could be just preparing against a future f6-break.} (
8. Be3 {followed by Nbd2 has been seen in games prior to this one.}) 8... Be7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nh4 (10... O-O {This seems like a comfortable position,
but Ruck might have been afraid of} 11. g3 {, when the knight on g6 feels a
little uncomfortable with the idea of h4-h5.} f6 $1 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Nbd2 (13.
Bg5 $2 Rxf3 $17) 13... c5 $132 {Black should be happy with his position.}) 11.
Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Qh3 Be7 14. Qg3 O-O 15. Nf3 Kh8 16. h4 c5 {The
battlegrounds are clearly drawn. White will try and checkmate Black's king.
Black on the other hand will try to generate quick play on the queenside and
distract White. In such a scenario it helps Black that two pairs of pieces
have already left the board.} 17. Rd1 $6 {Anand goes too slowly and gives the
initiative to his opponent.} (17. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 (17... f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Rad1
$16) 18. Qxg5 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxc3 20. Rxb7 $36 {This is exactly what White
needs. A way to break into Black's position.}) 17... Rac8 18. b3 cxd4 19. cxd4
Rc2 {Ruck makes strong moves and gets his rook into the second rank. On the
other hand, how Anand will attack the black king is not clear at all.} 20. Ng5
Bxg5 (20... Qa6 $5 {Such moves are easy for the computer to make. But for
humans when a knight goes to g5, your initial reaction is to do something
about it. But if we look closely, the knight is not creating any threats and
hence, a move like ...Qa6 which threatens not only ...Qe2 but also the a2-pawn,
can be quite strong.} 21. Be3 Rxa2 $17) 21. Bxg5 Rfc8 22. Rd3 Qb4 23. Qf4 Qf8
24. Rg3 {It seems like White is getting something of an attack brewing, but
Black has sufficient resources to meet it.} (24. Rf3 {was better.} Kg8 25. Rg3
R8c3 26. h5 Rxg3 27. Qxg3 f6 28. exf6 Nxf6 $11 {The position is round about
even.}) 24... h6 $1 {A brave move. Ruck sees nothing wrong with moving a pawn
in front of his king.} 25. Bf6 Nxf6 $1 (25... gxf6 26. exf6 $44 {Black's
pieces are absolutely not moving. Rg7 is a big threat.} Nxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kh7 28.
Re1 $14) 26. exf6 g6 27. h5 g5 $17 {The kingside is safe. It's time for Black
to strike back on the queenside.} 28. Qe5 Qa3 29. f4 Rc1+ {Black checks out
too soon. It was important to withstand the pressure and find the best
continuation.} (29... Qb2 $1 30. Re1 (30. fxg5 Qxa1+ 31. Kh2 Rc1 $19) (30. Rf1
Re2 $1 31. Qd6 Qxd4+ 32. Kh2 Qxf6 $19) 30... Rc1 31. Kh2 (31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32.
Kh2 Qb1 33. Rf3 Re1 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qc7 Rh1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Rf2 gxf4+ 38.
Qxf4 Rxh5 {Black is cruising towards victory!}) 31... Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Qxd4 33.
fxg5 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 hxg5 $19 {Black is just winning.}) 30. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 31. Kh2
Qxf4 (31... gxf4 32. Rg7 {White has enough compensation.}) 32. Qxf4 gxf4 33.
Rg7 {White's rook is activated. Black is not worse, but he has lost all his
advantage.} Rc2 $1 34. Kh3 (34. Rxf7 Kg8 (34... f3 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Kg1 Rxg2+
37. Kf1 Rh2 38. Ra8 $11) 35. Rxb7 Rxa2 $11) 34... Rxa2 35. Rxf7 Kg8 36. Rxb7 a5
37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rg6 Kf7 39. Rxh6 Rd2 40. Kg4 Rxg2+ 41. Kxf4 Rf2+ 42. Ke5 Re2+
43. Kd6 Re4 {A great game by Robert Ruck. A draw against the five-time World
Champion is no mean feat. But what differentiates 2550 grandmasters from 2750
GMs is the moment where Black had to calculate accurately, have loads of will
power and play the move 29...Qb2. That would have given Ruck the full point.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 (4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4 6. Nd3 Qxe4+ $15
) 4... f5 $5 {Erwin plays a mixture of Schliemann and 3...Bc5. This is quite a
dangerous system, but it was maybe not the best idea to try it against Anand,
who is always so very well prepared.} (4... Nf6 {is the main move. The game
could continue something like this.} 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 $14 {1-0 (50) Anand,V (2779)-Vallejo
Pons,F (2711) Doha 2016}) 5. d4 fxe4 (5... exd4 6. cxd4 (6. exf5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 d5
8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 $14) 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 fxe4 8. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 9. Nfxd2 dxc6 10.
Qh5+ Kf8 11. Nxe4 $14) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 (9. Nxg6 Nf6
10. Qh4 Rg8 $1 {is already a fine position for Black.} 11. Ne5 Rxg2 $11) 9...
Bf5 (9... Qh4 {is also possible.} 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. g3 Qh6 13. Nxe4
$14) 10. h3 {A new move by Anand. Just taking the g4-square under control.
Also g2-g4 could be played at any point.} (10. Nd2 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qd3 12. Qxd3
exd3 13. Nf3 Be4 $11) (10. g4 Be6 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O $44) 10... Qe7 11.
Bf4 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. O-O (13. g4 Be6 14. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd5 $19)
13... Rhg8 14. Bh2 h5 15. Ndc4 Nd5 16. f3 $5 {The e4-pawn was a source of
weakness in Black's position, but at the same time it was a strength. Instead
of trying to attack and win it, Anand just brings about its elimination.} exf3
17. Qxf3 {This position logically should be better for Black because of his
bishop pair. However, the knight on e5 is very strong. I would say that it is
evenly balanced or slightly easier for White to play.} Bxe5 $6 (17... Rgf8 18.
Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Nc4 Rf6 20. Rae1 $14) 18. Nxe5 Qh7 19. c4 Ne7 20. Rad1 {The
best thing about Anand's play is the simplicity of his moves.} Kb8 21. g4 $1 {
An extremely bold move. White moves the pawns in front of his king, but
clearly understands that Black cannot make use of the weaknesses created by it.
This is world class play.} hxg4 22. hxg4 Be6 (22... Rh8 23. Rf2 $16) 23. Qf6
Bc8 (23... Rh8 24. Rf2 $16) 24. Nf7 $1 {A brilliant move. The knight will be
well placed on g5. It will control the h3-square. The bishop will conrol the
h2-square. So there wont be any squares that Black will be able to
breakthrough on.} Rd7 (24... Bxg4 25. Rde1 Rde8 26. Rxe7 $18) (24... Rde8 25.
Bxc7+ $1 Kxc7 26. Qd6+ Kb6 27. c5+ Ka6 28. Qg3 $18) 25. Ng5 Qh4 26. Qf4 Rh8 27.
Bg3 {Anand is in top notch form. The check on h1 is nothing. White has
complete control.} Qh6 (27... Qh1+ 28. Kf2 $18) 28. Kg2 $1 b6 29. Qe5 {Another
powerful move.} Re8 30. Rh1 Qf8 31. Ne6 {The c7-pawn falls and the game ends.
What a game by Anand! He was like a machine, one good move after another! Ther
is a lot we can learn from the great master!} 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leenhouts, Koen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 d6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qh4 Nf6 12. g4 Be7 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 Rb8
15. Qg3 d5 16. f5 Bd6 17. Qh3 Ne5 18. f6 g6 19. Qg2 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qb4 21. b3 Qa3+
22. Kb1 d4 23. h4 dxc3 24. Bxc3 O-O 25. Qg3 Nc4 26. e5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28.
Qxe5 Bb7 29. h5 c5 30. hxg6 Bxh1 31. Qh2 fxg6 32. Rd7 h5 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Qxh1
Rbd8 35. Be2 Qa5 36. Bxh5 gxh5 37. Qxh5# 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Leenhouts, Koen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. e4 d4 14. Rd1 g5
15. Bc1 Nxe5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nd3 19. Ba3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Qh5
Nc2 22. Rc1 d3 23. Bb2 Qd7 24. Nd2 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Rc2 26. Nf3 f6 27. Bd4 d2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Nd2 b5 14. a4 Be7 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Ra1 Qb8 20. Ra6 Qb7 21. Rb6
Qc7 22. Na5 Qc2 23. Nc6 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxc6 25. dxc6 d5 26. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Nc4 f6 11. Nh4 g6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 O-O-O
15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Nf3 g5 17. Bc1 Rhg8 18. Be3 g4 19. Nd2 g3 20. h3 Rdf8 21. Rf3
Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qh4 23. Rf1 Kc7 24. Qe2 Nb8 25. c3 Nc6 26. Nf3 Qh5 27. b4 cxb4
28. cxb4 Nxb4 29. Bxa7 Nc6 30. Be3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Rxa2 32. Qd1 Kc8 33. Ra1 Rxa1
34. Qxa1 Bxh3 35. Qa8+ Kc7 36. Qg8 Bd7 37. Qxg3 b5 38. Qe1 Bg4 39. Nd2 Bd1 40.
Qg3 Qg4 41. Qf2 Qe6 42. Qh4 h5 43. Qg5 Bc2 44. Bf2 Qg4 45. Qh6 h4 46. Qh7+ Qd7
47. Qxh4 Bxd3 48. Qg3 Bc4 49. Qc3 Qe6 50. Nf3 Qg4 51. Qe3 Nd4 52. Nxd4 Qd1+ 53.
Kh2 Qxd4 54. Qe1 Qd3 55. Qa5+ Kd7 56. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nxe5 O-O 9. Nd3 Nxe4 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Nd2 d6 13. b4 Qf6 14. a4 Nf4
15. c4 Qg6 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Ra3 Bg4 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rf2 Re8 20. Re2 Rff8 21.
Nf1 a6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. cxb5 Re5 25. Ng3 Rxb5 26. Rc3 Bf5 27. Rxc7
Rb1 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Qf6 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Rd2 Bg6 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4
Rd8 34. Ne2 Kg8 35. g4 Bf7 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ra4 Rc8 38. Nd4 g6 39. Ke3 Re8+ 40.
Kf4 Re7 41. Ra6 d5 42. h4 h6 43. Nc6 Re6 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Re7 46. Rd8 Ra7
47. Rd6 Ra4+ 48. Kg3 Ra7 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Re7 51. Kf4 Ra7 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53.
Kd4 Ra4+ 54. Kc5 Ra7 55. Rf6 Be8 56. Kxd5 Ra5+ 57. Ke4 Ra4+ 58. Ke3 Ra3+ 59.
Kd4 Ra4+ 60. Kc3 Ra7 61. f4 Rb7 62. Kc4 Ra7 63. Kc5 Rb7 64. Re6 Bf7 65. Rb6 Ra7
66. Nc6 Rd7 67. Ne5 Rd5+ 68. Kc6 Rd4 69. Rb7 Rxf4 70. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 d4 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
Bd2 b5 16. a3 a5 17. Qd1 Bb6 18. Ne2 a4 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nfxd4
exd4 22. Nf4 Bb3 23. Bb4 Bxc2 24. Rxc2 Ne6 25. Qg4 Rc8 26. Rec1 Nxf4 27. Qxf4
Re6 28. Bc5 c6 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Rc5 b4 31. Qd2 bxa3 32. bxa3 Qb3 33. Ra1 Rb8
34. Rc2 Rg6 35. Kh2 h5 36. Rc4 Qb2 37. Qxb2 Rxb2 38. Kg1 Rf6 39. Rf1 Rb3 40.
Rxd4 Rxa3 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. f4 Rg6 43. f5 Rg3 44. Rc8 Ra2 45. Rf2 Rxf2 46. Kxf2
Rxd3 47. Rxc6 f6 48. Ra6 a3 49. h4 Kg8 50. Ra7 Rb3 51. Ke2 Rg3 52. Kf2 Rb3 53.
Ke2 Rg3 54. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2016.10.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 d4 12. e3 Be7 13. exd4 exd4 14. c5 Bxc5
15. Be3 dxe3 16. Rxd7 exf2+ 17. Kh1 Kxd7 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. Qa5 Bb6 20. Qa3+ c5
21. Rf1 Rhd8 22. Rxf2 Kf8 23. Na4 Kg8 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. h3 h6 26. Qa6 Rd6 27.
a3 Rcd8 28. Qe2 c4 29. Kh2 Rd3 30. Qe1 b5 31. Qe5 Bd5 32. Bxd5 R8xd5 33. Qf4 c3
34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. a4 bxa4 36. Qxa4 Rdd3 37. Rg2 g6 38. Qf4 Rf3 39. Qxh6 Nh5 40.
Rd2 Rc8 41. Rg2 Rxg3 42. Rxg3 Nxg3 43. Kxg3 Rc5 44. Qe3 Rf5 45. h4 Rh5 46. Qf4
Rf5 47. Qe3 Rh5 48. Qf4 Rf5 49. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2016.10.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bd4 Bh6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. a4 b4 14. c3 Bb7 15.
cxb4 Bxd5 16. Na5 e6 17. Ra3 Rb8 18. Bc3 Qh4 19. Be1 Bf4 20. Rh3 Qg5 21. Rg3
Qf5 22. Bxa6 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qe4 24. Rf2 Rxb4 25. Re2 Rd4 26. Qc1 Nf3+ 27. gxf3
Qxf3 28. Qc3 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 e5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Ng3 c6 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 b5 18. b3 Bb6 19. Qc1 Bc8 20. Bd3 c5 21. d5 Ba5 22.
Qb2 Bd7 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf4 25. Bf1 Bb6 26. c4 Ba5 27. Red1 Qd8 28. Qc2 g6
29. a3 Kh7 30. Nf3 N6h5 31. Nxh5 Nxh5 32. Rb1 b4 33. Ra1 Bc8 34. Ne1 bxa3 35.
Rxa3 Bb4 36. Ra2 Nf4 37. Nd3 Nxd3 38. Bxd3 g5 39. Be2 a5 40. Bd2 Kg7 41. Bxb4
axb4 42. Rda1 Re7 43. Bh5 Reb7 44. Qd3 Bd7 45. Ra6 Rb6 46. Ra7 R6b7 47. Qf3 Be8
48. Qf5 Qe7 49. Rxb7 Qxb7 50. h4 Qe7 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Ra6 Bd7 53. Qf3 Bc8 54.
Ra2 Bb7 55. Bg4 Bc8 56. g3 Bxg4 57. Qxg4 Qf6 58. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Nf6 7. e3 e4 8. Nd4
O-O 9. d3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. b4 Bb6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ra2 Bxd4 15.
exd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Re1
Re8 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Raa1 a6 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 h5 26. a4 Qd6 27. Bf4 Rxe1+
28. Rxe1 Qf6 29. Be5 Qf5 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. a5 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Bxd3 33. Bc7 f6 34.
Re3 Bc4 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rxc6 Re8 37. Bg3 Kg6 38. h4 Re2 39. Rc7 Ra2 40. Be1 Ra1
41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1 43. Re7 Kf5 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. f3 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Rc2 Bf6 18. Qe3 Qb4 19. Qd2 Na4 20. Nd5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1
Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qd4 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nxd6 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 g6 26. f4 Nxb2 27. e5 Be7
28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Nxe4 Rc8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Ng3 Rc2 32. Bh5 Nd3 33. Nxf5 Nf2+ 34.
Kg1 Bc5 35. e6 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. c5 d5 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O b5 14. Bc1 a6 15. a4
Qd7 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Ne4 18. Ne5 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Nxa4 21. e4 Qe8
22. Bd3 d4 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Bf4 a5 25. Bd6 Na6 26. e5 g6 27. Rf4 Nb4 28. Qd2
Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Nc3 30. Rxd4 b4 31. Qd2 h5 32. h3 Qd8 33. Rf1 Kh7 34. Rf6 Nd5 35.
Qg5 Qg8 36. Qh4 Nxf6 37. exf6 b3 38. Be5 Qf8 39. Rd6 Bd5 40. Kh2 a4 41. Qb4 Qe8
42. Bb2 a3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4
a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. O-O Ng6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. b6
Bb8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rb1 Ra6 18. g3 Be6 19. Ncd2 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. c4 Rxb6
22. cxd5 Bg4 23. Kg2 Rb4 24. Re4 Bd6 25. Rxg4 Rxg4 26. Ne4 Rxe4 27. dxe4 Bc5
28. Qe2 b6 29. Ne1 Ne7 30. Nd3 Bd4 31. Nb2 Nc8 32. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Re8 13. Nd2 Be5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qa5 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc5 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Rc1 b6 21.
Rc3 Rc8 22. Rac1 a5 23. Kg2 h6 24. Qa6 Qd8 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Ng3 g6 27. Qb5 Qc7
28. Ne2 c4 29. Nf4 Qc5 30. e4 Qxb5 31. axb5 Rb8 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ne7 15.
d4 Ng6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N1d2 b5 18. c4 Qd7 19. Qb3 c6 20. Rd3 Qc7 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g3 Nf8 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Kg2 Qb7 26. Qb4 N8d7 27. Rb3
Rb8 28. Qe7 Qb6 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Nc5 32. Rb6 Ncxe4 33. Nxe4
Nxe4 34. Rxb5 Nd6 35. Rb6 Nc4 36. Rb4 Rc8 37. b3 Nd6 38. Nxe5 Nf5 39. Rc4 Ra8
40. Rc2 Nd4 41. Rb2 Ra5 42. f4 g5 43. b4 Rb5 44. Kf2 gxf4 45. gxf4 Kg7 46. Nd3
Kf6 47. Ke3 Nc6 48. Kd2 Rh5 49. b5 Na5 50. b6 Nc4+ 51. Kc2 Nxb2 52. Ne5 Nc4 53.
b7 Nxe5 54. fxe5+ Kf5 55. b8=Q Rxh3 56. Kd2 h5 57. Ke2 h4 58. Kf2 Rg3 59. Qf8+
Kxe5 60. Qh8+ Kf5 61. Qxh4 Rg5 62. Kf3 Kg6 63. Kf4 Rf5+ 64. Ke4 Kf7 65. Qh7+
Kf6 66. Qg8 Re5+ 67. Kf4 Rf5+ 68. Kg4 Ke7 69. Qc8 Kf7 70. Qd7+ Kf6 71. Qe8 Rg5+
72. Kf4 Rf5+ 73. Ke4 Re5+ 74. Kd4 Rd5+ 75. Kc4 Ke5 76. Qh8+ Kf5 77. Qg7 Rd1 78.
Qf7+ Kg4 79. Qxe6+ Kf3 80. Kc3 Rf1 81. Kd2 Rf2+ 82. Kd3 Kg2 83. Qg4+ Kh2 84.
Ke3 Rg2 85. Qh4+ Kg1 86. Kf3 Rg8 87. Qe1+ Kh2 88. Qe5+ Kh1 89. Qh5+ Kg1 90.
Qc5+ Kh1 91. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Be7 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
a3 d6 9. d3 c5 10. Ne2 b6 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rb1 Re8 14. e4 Nc6 15.
Be2 Nd4 16. O-O Rab8 17. Bc1 Bc6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f4 Qa5 20. Rc1 Qxa3 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bh6 Re6 24. Bh5 f5 25. Be3 f4 26. Bf2 Rh6 27. Bg4 Rg6
28. h3 f3 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Nd5 fxg2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. Qb3 b5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 c5 18. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 e4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Ba3 b6 11. f4 c5 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. g3 Nc6 15.
h3 Qd7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rdg1 Kb8 19. d5 Ne7 20. Kb1 Qc8 21. Bf1
Rhg8 22. Qf2 g5 23. Ka1 gxf4 24. exf4 Rg6 25. Bc1 Rdg8 26. Be3 Bd7 27. f5 Nxf5
28. Bf4 Ka8 29. Be2 Qe8 30. Qe1 e3 31. Bf3 Bc8 32. Rh2 Ba6 33. Be2 Qe4 34. Qf1
Qe7 35. Bd3 Nxg3 36. Qf3 Nfe4 37. Qxe3 h4 38. Nd2 f5 39. Rhg2 Qf6 40. Bxe4 Nxe4
41. Rxg6 Rxg6 42. Rc1 Qe7 43. Re1 Qg7 44. Rc1 Qe7 45. Re1 Qg7 46. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nxe5 dxe4 13. d4 Bb6 14. Bg5 b3 15.
cxb3 Nc6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 gxf6 20. Nxf7 Rxf7
21. Rd7 Raf8 22. a5 Ba7 23. Rc1 Bb8 24. Rcd1 Kg7 25. Rxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf7 Kxf7
27. Rd8 e3 28. fxe3 Ba7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Rg8 Be4 31. g4 Kd7 32. h4 Ke7 33. h5
Kd7 34. Rg7+ Kc6 35. Re7 Bc2 36. h6 Kd6 37. Rf7 Be4 38. Rxf6+ Ke7 39. Rxa6 Bb8
40. g5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 Bf5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 b6 18. f4 Re7 19. Qf2 Rfe8 20. h3 Bxh3 21.
Nxd6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg2 24. Nxf7 Bb7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne4 Qg4 27.
Nd2 Kh7 28. Kf2 Qh5 29. Qg1 Bc8 30. Nf3 Qe8 31. Ne5 Qa4 32. Qb1 h5 33. g4 Bxg4
34. Nxg4 hxg4 35. Qh1+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Ng5 Qe7 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Qg4 Qg6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Ne6 14. Be3 h5
15. Qxg6 fxg6 16. Nh4 Kf7 17. Nf3 Kf6 18. h4 Rhe8 19. Ke2 Bc5 20. Rag1 Rh8 21.
Bg5+ Nxg5 22. hxg5+ Ke6 23. Nh4 Rhf8 24. Rf1 Kf7 25. Rh3 Be7 26. Rf3+ Ke6 27.
Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Nxg6 Re8 29. f4 exf4 30. Nxf4+ Kd6 31. Nxh5 g6 32. Nf6 Rh8 33. d4
Ke6 34. c4 Rh4 35. Kd3 Bd8 36. d5+ Ke5 37. g3 Rh3 38. Ng4+ Kd6 39. e5+ Kc5 40.
Ke4 Rxg3 41. Nf6 Rxg5 42. Nd7+ Kxc4 43. Rc1+ Kb4 44. dxc6 bxc6 45. Rxc6 Rg2 46.
a3+ Kb3 47. Nc5+ Kxb2 48. Ne6 Bh4 49. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 9. O-O a6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5
15. Bc2 h6 16. Rd1 a5 17. Rd4 Ne7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Bd2
Ba6 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Bb1 Rac8 24. h3 h5 25. Qd1 Nd7 26. Be4 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Nc5
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 Bb7 31. Qd4 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 15.
Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Ra3 Nd7 21. f4
gxf4 22. Bxf4 Be5 23. Rf1 Qc5 24. Qf3 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Ne5 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. Rc3 Qe7
28. Qf2 Qd8 29. Rb3 Bc6 30. Rxb6 Bxa4 31. Qd4 Ke7 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Bxa6 Qc7 34.
Bb5 Bb7 35. Be2 Bc6 36. Qf2 Rhb8 37. Qf6+ Kd7 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39. b3 Qa5 40. Na4
Bxe4 41. Bd1 Qd5 42. Qf2 Qb7 43. Nc3 Bc6 44. Ne2 Rg8 45. Ng3 f5 46. Rg1 Rg5 47.
Qf4 Ke7 48. Qh4 Nf7 49. Be2 Qb6 50. Bh5 Qf2 51. Bxf7 Kxf7 52. Qxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2
Bxd5 15. Bxd5 c6 16. Bg2 Qe8 17. Qf1 Qe6 18. d3 b5 19. a3 a5 20. c3 Re8 21. Bf4
b4 22. Bh3 Qe7 23. axb4 axb4 24. d4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nb5 26. Qd3 d5 27. Bf1 g6 28.
Qf3 Qd7 29. Ra6 Bg7 30. Kg2 Qb7 31. Ra2 Nc7 32. Qd1 Ne6 33. Be3 c5 34. Qa4 Rb8
35. Kg1 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Nc3 c5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. g4 Rf8
15. f5 Bf7 16. Qf3 c4 17. Be3 cxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. d4 b5 20. Nxb5 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Ne5 22. Qg3 Qd7 23. Bf4 Qb7 24. b3 Qb4 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Rfe8 27. Qf4
Rc3 28. Kh2 Bd5 29. f6 Ree3 30. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bd2 Nd7 9. Na5 Bxa5 10. Bxa5 c5 11. Bc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe7 14. Qg3 f6
15. O-O O-O-O 16. f4 Rhe8 17. b3 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nb8 19. Rf5 Nc6 20. Raf1 Rd7 21.
Kh1 b6 22. Qh4 h6 23. Qg4 Kb7 24. a4 a5 25. R5f3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rf5 Rd7
28. Qg6 Qe6 29. R1f3 Ree7 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Rd5 Qc6 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 f6 15.
Qc2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qd7 19. Nh4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rae8 21.
Re3 Qg4 22. Rae1 Kf7 23. g3 Nc8 24. c4 Nb6 25. b3 Qd7 26. f5 g5 27. Ng2 Rxe3
28. Nxe3 Re8 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. c5 Nc8 31. b4 Ne7 32. a4 h5 33. b5 Ng8 34. Rb1 Nh6
35. bxc6 bxc6 36. a5 Re7 37. a6 Qc8 38. Rb4 g4 39. Rb1 Nf7 40. Rh1 Qe8 41. Rxh5
Ne5 42. dxe5 Qxh5 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Qd4+ Kf7 45. Nxg4 Re1 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47.
Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. Qd6+ Kg7 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Nh2 Qd1 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. f6
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 8.
e3 Nxc3 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nd6 11. c5 Nf5 12. O-O h6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Qc3 Nfe7
15. Bd2 b6 16. Rfc1 Na5 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. Ne1 Be4 21.
Rb2 Ng6 22. f3 Bd5 23. Qc3 f5 24. Nd3 Rf7 25. Be1 Qg5 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Re2 Bb7
28. Qc4 Qd8 29. Bg3 Qc8 30. Kf2 Ba6 31. Qc3 f4 32. exf4 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Nec6 8.
Nce2 Be7 9. c3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. f5 Nc5
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Nxe6 Qd7 18. Nxg7+ Kd8 19. Bxb6+ Kc8 20. Qxd3 Qc6
21. Bd4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Rf7 Bd8 24. Nf5 Rg8 25. Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "277"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. b4 Bb6 12. d6 cxd6 13. Qf3 d5 14. h3 d6 15.
Nd2 Be6 16. a4 a6 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4
d5 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd6+ Kg8 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. f3 Rc4 27. Rac1 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Bc5 f5 30. Ra1 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. fxg4 Kg7 33. Re5 Rh4 34. Rg5+
Kh6 35. Rg8 Rxg4 36. Rxg4 Bxg4 37. Ra5 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Bf5 40. Kf4
Bd7 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. Rd6 Be6 43. Rb6 Rxg2 44. Rxb5 Kf6 45. Rb8 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rb2
47. b5 Kf5 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Kc3 Rb1 50. b6 Rb5 51. Bd6+ Ke4 52. Bc7 Rb1 53. Rh8
Kf5 54. Ra8 Bd7 55. Rf8 Ke6 56. Rd8 Ke7 57. Kc2 Rb5 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Rh8 Bc6 60.
Rh6 Bb7 61. Bd6+ Kd7 62. Bc5 Rf1 63. Kb4 Rb1+ 64. Kc3 Rc1+ 65. Kd2 Rf1 66. Rd6+
Kc8 67. Rh6 Kd7 68. Rh8 Kc6 69. Re8 Kb5 70. Ke2 Rf6 71. Rb8 Kc6 72. Kd2 Rf2+
73. Kc3 Rf1 74. Re8 Kb5 75. Re7 Ka6 76. Kd2 f5 77. Ke2 Rb1 78. Rf7 Rb2+ 79. Ke3
Rb3+ 80. Kf2 Rb2+ 81. Kg3 Rb3+ 82. Kf4 Rb1 83. Ke5 Rf1 84. Kd6 f4 85. Kc7 Rh1
86. Rxf4 Rh7+ 87. Kd6 Rh6+ 88. Ke7 Rh7+ 89. Ke6 Bc6 90. Rf1 Kb7 91. Ra1 Rh6+
92. Ke5 Rh5+ 93. Kf6 Kc8 94. Ra7 Bb7 95. Ra1 Bc6 96. Re1 Rh7 97. Kg6 Rd7 98.
Re6 Kb7 99. Kf6 Bb5 100. Ke5 Bc6 101. Rh6 Bb5 102. Bd6 Kxb6 103. Kxd5 Kb7 104.
Kc5 Ba4 105. Be5 Kc8 106. Ra6 Bd1 107. d5 Rb7 108. Rh6 Rd7 109. Rh8+ Kb7 110.
Rb8+ Ka7 111. Rb2 Bf3 112. d6 Ka8 113. Rf2 Bh1 114. Kb6 Rb7+ 115. Kc5 Rd7 116.
Rf1 Bg2 117. Rg1 Bf3 118. Bf6 Kb7 119. Rg8 Rf7 120. Be7 Rf5+ 121. Kd4 Kc6 122.
Rc8+ Kd7 123. Rc7+ Ke6 124. Ra7 Rd5+ 125. Ke3 Bg4 126. Bf8 Rxd6 127. Bxd6 Kxd6
128. Kd4 Be6 129. Ra6+ Ke7 130. Ke5 Bg4 131. Ra7+ Kd8 132. Kd6 Ke8 133. Re7+
Kf8 134. Re4 Bh3 135. Rh4 Bg2 136. Rf4+ Ke8 137. Rf6 Bh1 138. Rf2 Bb7 139. Rh2
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 h6 11. a4 O-O 12. b3 Be6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Rfd1 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Rc8 16. Nxe5 Bg5 17. f4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 dxe5 19. Rxd8 exf4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Kf8 23. Re1 a5 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Kf3 g5 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Rd3
Ke7 28. c5 Kd7 29. g3 fxg3 30. hxg3 f5 31. Rd4 Re5 32. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nd2 Re8 9. h3 c5 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. Rg1 Re6 13. g5 Nd5 14. h4 a5 15. a4
bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nb6 17. Rg4 a4 18. Nge4 axb3 19. cxb3 Be7 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. h5 Ra2
22. Bc3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bd6 24. g6 fxg6 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. hxg6 Rxg6 27. Reg4 Nf6
28. Qf3 Qa8 29. Qxa8+ Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d3 h6 10. Na4 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bc7 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
Nbd7 16. Qd1 a6 17. Nc3 Bb6 18. Ne2 a5 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Kh2 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1
22. Qxa1 h5 23. Kh1 h4 24. g4 Nh7 25. f4 Be3 26. Bc3 c5 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. Qb1
Ra8 29. d4 exd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Rc8 32. Ba1 Nf6 33. e5 dxe5 34. Bxe5
Nfd7 35. Bc3 Qe3 36. Ba1 Re8 37. Qb2 Nf6 38. Qd4 b6 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. Bd4 Rd3
41. Bf2 Rc3 42. Bxh4 Rd3 43. Bf2 Rc3 44. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 $1 {By far Anand's #1 choice} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 {It is always exciting seeing such a confrontation - Anand, known for his
extremely deep and ambitious opening preparation, continuously finding new
ideas and putting problems to his opponents. On the other side, we have one of
the world's top specialists in the Najdorf Variation (as White and Black) -
current number 4 in the world, having an amazing 2016 year, Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave or simply MVL. Both players had drawn their first round games,
meaning there was a higher chance they would both seek a very tense battle.} 6.
h3 $5 {[%cal Gg2g4] The Adams Attack has become a fashionable idea against the
Najdorf, leading to extremely complicated positions. I always found it weird
to have it called after Michael Adams, who is such a positional genius (he
indeed played it 5 times), but I have just come to realize it is named after
the American master Weaver Adams, who started playing it back in the 1940s!
Black has some options here, e5 being the most common.} e5 (6... Qc7 {was
tried in the very first game of this variation against Mr. Weaver in 1948} 7.
g4 e6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Be3 Na5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bc1 $1 Be7 13. f4 O-O-O
14. O-O $36 {1-0 (29) Adams,W-Pavey,M Baltimore 1948, a very odd situation to
have White castle kingside and Black castle queenside in an Open Sicilian.
White went on to win it in 29 moves!}) 7. Nb3 {Anand has played this 7.Nb3
only once before (in 2014, against Nepomniachtchi). White's idea is to play
something like an English Attack (with Be3, f4 ideas, or even f4 right away,
normally connected with castling on the queenside).} (7. Nde2 {[%cal Gg2g4,
Ge2g3] is the most common move, aiming for g4-Ng3,} h5 {Black normally stops
White's kingside expansion with this move, and White develops with either g3
or Bg5 now, and even the creative Ng1 followed by Nf3 and Ng5 is possible.})
7... Be6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. g4 $5 {A very interesting move, preparing f5 under
better conditions. Now g5 is a threat. There are two important games that have
similarities to this one:} (9. Qf3 Rc8 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 d5 $5 {is a
typical pawn sacrifice that probably led MVL to an important decision later in
this game, as you will see.} 12. exd5 e4 $5 (12... Bb4 $5) 13. Qg3 Nh5 $13 {
0-1 (57) Gormally,D (2488)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Douglas 2014, with an
unclear position.}) (9. f5 Bxb3 10. axb3 d5 $1 {right away!} 11. exd5 Bb4 12.
Bd2 (12. g4 $2 {now fails drastically} Ne4 $1 $17) 12... O-O 13. Qe2 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 e4 $44 {1-0 (34) Sutovsky,E (2635)-Shirov,A (2712) Poikovsky 2015} (14...
Nxd5 $5)) 9... Rc8 $146 (9... b5 {has been played in 2014} 10. Bg2 (10. g5 $6
b4 $1 $132) 10... Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f5 Bc4 13. Na5 Rc8 $13 {0-1 (32)
Khismatullin,D (2714)-Duda,J (2563) Yerevan 2014, with complex play. 0-1 (32)
Khismatullin,D (2714)-Duda,J (2563) Yerevan 2014}) 10. f5 (10. g5 $2 {would be
a very bad mistake} Rxc3 $1 11. bxc3 (11. gxf6 Rc8 $17 {since White can not
take on g7 because of ...Qh4+}) 11... Nxe4 $17 {[%csl Rb3,Rc3,Re1][%cal Gh7h6]}
) 10... Bxb3 (10... Bc4 $6 11. Bxc4 Rxc4 12. Qd3 $16 {[%csl Rd5] the
light-squared bishop exchange is positionally good for White.}) 11. axb3 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Gg4g5] It is clear that White's position is threatening. g5
looks very annoying and Vachier-Lagrave has to do something, and here he
follows some very important advice - meet a flank attack with a central
counter-attack!} d5 $5 {Black decided to go for a pawn sacrifice, to open up
the position while White wants to create a wing attack (with g5). It goes to
reinforce the idea that MVL is a very brave player who doesn't shy away from
complications, even when it is clear that his opponent is in his preparation.}
(11... Rxc3 $5 {was a critical moment - the typical exchange sacrifice also
follows the golden counter-attack rule and looks very attractive, specially
because Black creates a devastating threat of ...Qh4+ now:} 12. bxc3 Nxe4 {
[%cal Rd8h4]} 13. h4 Qb6 (13... Be7 $5 {is a similar version} 14. g5 Qb6 15.
Qf3 d5 $44 {now Black has the strong ...h6! threat, trying to open up even
more lines against the white king.}) 14. Qf3 d5 $44 {as MVL himself mentioned
after the game, was something he was seriously considering and has to be at
least very interesting.}) 12. exd5 Bb4 13. Bg2 Qb6 $2 {Natural, but from now
on Black faces a difficult position because of this move.} (13... Rxc3 $1 {
would get the pawn back and achieve a complex middlegame position after:} 14.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 15. Bd2 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 O-O {White has the pure bishop pair, but on
the other hand he also has many weaknesses around his king and after:} 17. O-O
Qb6+ $132 {followed by either ...e4 or ...Rc8 shows that Black's activity
could become very dangerous.}) 14. Bd2 e4 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Kb1
Rfd8 {The last moves were kind of expected and now the game boils down to the
moment when Black will release the pressure to get the d5-pawn back, and for
many moves, White's g5-move will need to be analysed.} 18. Rhe1 {A strong move,
bringing the last piece into play, but it was already possible to think about
clearing the dust with the aforementioned g5.} (18. g5 $5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxd5
20. Bd4 $1 (20. Bxe4 $2 Nxc3+ 21. bxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Na4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc3]
and suddenly White loses!}) 20... Nf4 21. Qf2 Nxg2 22. Bxc5 Qc6 23. Qxg2 Qxc5
24. Qxe4 $16 {with a promising endgame.}) 18... a5 {[%csl Ge1]} (18... Bxc3 $2
{is simply a worse version compared to the last move analysis.} 19. Bxc3 Nxd5
20. Bd4 $18 {with an additional Rhe1 already played, Black has to be in deep
trouble.}) 19. Qf2 $6 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5]} (19. d6 $1 {a very counter-intuitive
and difficult move, worsening the position of the black rook before inserting
g5.} Rxd6 20. g5 $1 {is much stronger now:} Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nd5 22. Be5 $1 {
this is the key, White wins a very important tempo.} Rdd8 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24.
Qxe4 $18 {with a winning position.}) 19... Qc7 (19... Bxc3 $1 20. Bxc3 Nxd5 21.
Bd4 a4 $1 {probably underestimated by both players, since apparently Black
doesn't have time for such a move. A sample line could go like this:} 22. bxa4
Qb4 $1 {threatening ...Nxa4} 23. Qg3 (23. Bxc5 $2 Nc3+ $1 24. Kc1 Nxd1 $1 25.
Bxb4 Nxf2 $17) 23... Qxa4 {[%cal Gd5b4] now ...Nb4 is a serious threat} 24. Qa3
Qxa3 25. bxa3 $11 {and Black has every reason to feel at relieved winning the
pawn back and ruining White's structure on the queenside.}) 20. Bf4 (20. g5 $5
{it was the last chance to play this move, but the complications were too
scary.} Nxd5 (20... Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nxd5 22. Bd4 $16) 21. Nxe4 Nd3 $1 {[%csl Gf2]
[%cal Gc7c2]} 22. cxd3 Qc2+ 23. Ka1 Qxb3 {threatening ...Rc2} 24. Rc1 Bxd2 25.
Qxd2 (25. Nxd2 $2 Qa4+ 26. Kb1 Nb4 27. Bd5 Nxd5 $17) 25... Nb4 26. Nc3 {
Amazingly, all of this was mentioned by Anand in the post-game interview (and
I'm sure MVL had similar calculations), showing how good these guys are. He
said he wasn't sure of the evaluation, which is totally understandable, since
it involves a serious risk to your own king! And he is correct, after a4! the
position remains totally unclear.} a4 $1 $40 (26... Rxd3 $2 27. Qe2 $1 $18 {
threatening mate and following with Be4-Bc2})) 20... Qb6 21. Be5 a4 $1 22. bxa4
Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 $1 {A good practical decision, maintaining
excellent chances in the following position with the strong bishop pair and
many strong pawns on the queenside.} (24. Bd4 Qb4 $1 $132 {- 19...Bxc3!}) 24...
Rxd5 25. Bxe4 Rd6 26. a5 Qb5 {[%cal Gc5a4]} 27. Qe2 $1 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 {Now it
was urgent for Black to eliminate one of White's strong bishops.} Rd1+ (28...
Nxe4 $1 29. Rxe4 Rdc6 30. Ka2 $13 {[%csl Ra5,Rb2,Rb7,Rc2] the pawn majority on
the queenside may be decisive, and White should have the better prospects, but
there is a lot of play left in the position. It is not too easy to advance
those pawns.}) 29. Ka2 Re8 $2 {A huge mistake, not only because of the way the
game continued, but because Black will not be able to deal with these strong
bishops.} (29... Nxe4 {was again forced, achieving a similar version of the
last move, but having lost an important tempo.}) 30. Bf3 $1 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Rc1
32. Bf3 Rxc2 {[%cal Ga2a3,Ga3b4]} 33. Bxb7 {Maxime resigned since the a-pawn
is unstoppable. A brilliant performance from the legendary world champion
Vishy Anand, showing hard work with deep opening preparation, strong dynamic
play and impressive calculations. Vachier-Lagrave put up strong resistance
after being surprised in the opening, and could have defended the endgame, if
it wasn't for the final mistake on move 29.} (33. Bxb7 Nxb7 34. a6 {[%csl Rb7,
Gc2][%cal Ga5a6] followed by a7, if the knight leaves.} Re2 {the rook is also
not in time:} 35. axb7 Re8 36. Be5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb7b8]}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 {Recently this has become Anand's
favorite move order, in the same tournament he played it against So as well.}
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 {We have reached a very
sharp line of the Ragozin Opening, a line that has had lots of followers
recently.} 10. Nd2 Nxg3 ({It is risky to take the pawn:} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3
Bxc3 12. Rc1 Ba5 13. h4 Nf6 14. Rc5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Bxc7 Qe7 17. Qb2 O-O
18. hxg5 Nxc5 (18... hxg5 19. Bd3 $1 $16) 19. dxc5 Qxc7 20. Rxh6 Qa5+ 21. Kd1
Qa4+ 22. Kc1 f6 23. Rg6+ Kh8 24. gxf6 Rf7 25. Bd3 {with a winning attack.}) 11.
hxg3 c6 $5 {A less popular choice among grandmasters at least, but an
interesting one. We will see that the idea is to have at his disposal the
a5-square for the bishop to retreat to.} (11... Nb6 12. a3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Ndxe4 Qe7 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rc1 c6 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 Rad8 20.
fxg5 Bg6 21. gxh6 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. g4 Re8 24. Rcd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Kh7 26.
g5 Re5 27. Rd8 Rxg5 28. Rb8 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxb7 Rd2 31. Bf3 c5 {½-½ 
(46) Onischuk,A (2662)-Bacrot,E (2697) Berlin (rapid) 2015. Black managed to
make a draw without great difficulties.}) 12. a3 {An important move, Black has
to decide where to go with the bishop.} Ba5 {Probably the best choice, as
Black keeps the tension. b2-b4 is still not any kind of positional threat, so
the bishop on a5 enjoys a good position.} (12... Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Be6
15. Nf3 Ng4 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qa5 18. O-O Nf6 19. Ne5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 {
1/2-1/2 (20) Borisenko,G-Averbakh,Y Sverdlovsk 1957}) (12... Bd6 {a slightly
provocative idea...} 13. e4 Nb6 14. e5 Be7 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nb3
O-O-O 18. O-O-O Kb8 19. Kb1 h5 {with unclear conseqencies.}) (12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. c4 {White is slightly better.}) 13. Bd3
Kf8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. O-O-O Kg7 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. f4 Bg4 19. Rde1 Qd6 {
So all has gone in normal fashion, Black has a slightly exposed king but has
the bishop pair, and the position is a bit closed for the moment.} 20. Rhf1
Rae8 21. Nc5 Re7 22. Qd2 $5 {Hitting g5.} Rhe8 (22... Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24.
fxg5 hxg5 25. b4 (25. e4 dxe4 $17 {the pawn on g5 is defended}) 25... Qd6 26.
e4 Rh5 27. exd5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 cxd5 (28... Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31.
Bc4 Qe4+ {Black is fine}) 29. Nb5 Qb6 30. Qe5 Qe6 31. Qd4 Qb6 $11) 23. fxg5
hxg5 24. e4 Nxe4 (24... Nh5 $3 {The computer choice; for humans this is a
tough move to play in a tournament game. What puzzles me is that I don't
understand really what Anand missed in this game.} 25. Qxg5+ (25. e5 Qh6 26.
Qf2 Bxc5 27. dxc5 f5 $1 $132) 25... Qg6 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 $17) 25. N5xe4 {It was
better to take with the other knight:} (25. N3xe4 $1 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Bh5 {
the idea that could have saved Black in the game now is not that strong due to}
27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Qxe7 $1 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 {the bishop on d3 is protected now!}
Bxc5 30. Rfxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. dxc5 $16) 25... dxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 $2 (
26... Bh5 $1 {the last chance because Nakamura took with the wrong knight on e4
} 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Qxg6+ Bxg6 29. Rg4 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Ka2 Ba5 {
Black has very good chances of holding a draw actually without great problems.}
) 27. Nxe4 Qg6 (27... Qxd4 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Qg7 30. Qd6+ Re7 31. Nf6 $18)
28. Nf6 $1 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Qc3 Bd7 ({A better chance was} 30... Bc7 31.
d5+ Be5 32. Qb4 Bc8 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Qc5 $16) 31. d5+ Re5 32. Be4 g4 33. dxc6
bxc6 34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. Qxc6+ $18 Kg5 36. Qd7 Re3 37. Qxf7 Rxg3 38. Qd5+ Kh4 39.
a4 $18 Bf2 40. Qd8+ Kh5 41. Qe8+ Kg5 42. Qe5+ Kg6 43. Qf4 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Bb3 Ng6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. h3 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ncxe5 Bxb3 (
13... Qxd1 14. Bxd1 $14) 14. Qxb3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 $1 16. Nc4 (16. Nf3 Ng4 17.
Rf1 Rad8 $44) 16... Bxf2+ $1 17. Kxf2 Qxh2 $13 (17... Ng4+ 18. Ke2 Qxh2 $13))
12... c6 13. dxe5 dxe5 $6 (13... Bxc4 14. Bxc4 (14. exf6 Bxb3 15. axb3 Qxf6 $11
) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 $11 {Black has no real problems.}) 14. Ncxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Re8 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Bc2 $14 {White is a pawn up, but Black is
completely developed. The next few moves are crucial for the evaluation of the
position.} g5 18. Nf3 g4 {[%cal Gg5g4] Let's pause for a minute and look
carefully at this position. White is a pawn up here. What he would really like
to do is take the pawn on g4 with h3. However, for that you must look deeper.
Anand chose Nd4. But we must analyse what happens after hxg4.} 19. Nd4 $5 {
This is not a bad move, but as compared to hxg4 it is clearly a concession.} (
19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Nd4 {It is at this point you must look at your opponent's
best possibility.} (20. Re2 {is already bad because of} Bc4 $1 $17) 20... Rxd4
$1 {Anand saw this move for his opponent. But he didn't stop just as yet.} (
20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Rxd4 {It is important to see that this is completely bad
for Black after} 22. f3 Ne5 23. Bxh6 $16 {White is up a pawn, has the bishop
pair and is cruising towards victory.}) 21. cxd4 Bxd4 {Now f2 is hanging. You
must protect it somehow.} 22. Re2 $1 (22. Be3 $2 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxb2 24. Rab1
Bc3 25. Rf1 Re7 $11 {Black has a pawn for the exchange and White's structure
is a complete wreck. This is nothing for White.}) 22... Bc4 23. Rd2 {The rook
attacks the bishop. And if it moves back, White can unravel with b3-Bb2. Hence,
c5 is forced.} c5 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1,Gc4,Rd2,Gd4,Ge8,Gg4] It is after reaching
this position in his head and analysing the possibilities that Anand started
to feel uncomfortable. He saw that the bishops are just excellently placed in
the centre and with ...f5 coming up, he will lose a pawn and be in trouble.
But he had a nice move which was missed.} 24. Rb1 $1 {Giving up the a2 pawn.
This is not an easy move to foresee. The threat is now b3.} (24. Rxd4 {is a
move that I like as well.} cxd4 25. Bd2 $14 {White should be better here.
Enough for victory? Maybe not. But in general he is better and quite
substantially.} d3 26. Bd1 $16) 24... Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bc4 26. Rxa7 {The rook has
activated itself, the b-pawn is free to move and it would be fine to end your
calculations at this point and go for the variation beginning with 19.hxg4!
That's the level at which these guys work!} Ba6 27. b4 $16 {White is clearly
pushing here.} Bc3 $6 (27... Kg7 28. b5 Bxb5 29. Rxb7 $16) 28. f3 $1 Bxd2 29.
Bxd2 Ne5 30. Ba4 Rd8 31. Bc3 $18 {And with b5 coming up, White is winning.})
19... gxh3 20. gxh3 (20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. gxh3 Rde8 22. Bxh6 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxh6
24. Bg2 (24. Bh7+ Kf8 $11) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Kf8 $14 {White will be pushing
here, but it will not be easy to convert into a full point.}) 20... Bxh3 21.
Re3 (21. Bxh6 {I think this move should be given serious consideration.} Ng4
22. Bf4 $14 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Bg3 Re6 (24... Bxb2 25. Rab1 Bc3 26. Red1
$18) 25. Bd1 c5 $16 {Black has compensation but overall it shouldn't be enough.
}) 21... Bg4 22. Rg3 Bc7 23. f4 (23. Rg2 $5) 23... h5 24. e5 Nd5 25. Bf5 Bb6
26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Rxg4+ Kf8 28. Bd2 Ke7 $1 (28... Nxc3 $2 29. bxc3 Rxd4 30.
cxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kg2 Bxa1 32. Bb4+ $18) 29. Kf2 Nxc3 $1 30. bxc3 Rxd4 31. cxd4
Bxd4+ 32. Be3 (32. Be3 Bxa1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Bxa3 11. Qxc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O
Bb7 15. Be2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Qa3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. h4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1
Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Rc7 Nf8 23. Rxa7 d5 24. Ra8 g6 25. g3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27.
Bxg4 Kg7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Bxh5 Ng6 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Anand likes this
line; he has already won some nice games with White against Topalov, Vachier
Lagrave.} e6 ({4 rounds before Vachier Lagrave played} 6... e5 {against Anand,}
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Rxc3 $5 {was an
interesting sacrifice,} (11... d5 $6 12. exd5 Bb4 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Bd2 e4 15.
Qe2 $16 {Anand-Vachier Lagrave, London 2016, and White looks nicely placed.})
12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. h4 $1 Be7 14. g5 Qb6 15. Qf3 d5 $132 {with a complicated
middlegame.}) 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 O-O
13. O-O-O Nc5 $146 {A novelty by Giri. In this type of middlegame, the knight
is very rarely on c5. Probably Giri wanted to exert pressure on e4.} (13...
Nxd4 {is the most popular move,} 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4
Rxc4 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Bf8 20. f6 $40 {Vallejo Pons-Topalov, Leon rapid 2012,
and White has a strong attack.}) (13... Rc8 {is the another option,} 14. Nxc6
Rxc6 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Rh3 Nc4 17. Qe1 Qa5 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bb6 Qd7
21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Re3 $14 {Nepomniachtchi-Lu Shanglei, Moscow 2016, and White
is more comfortable.}) 14. f3 Rb8 15. Rg1 Qc7 16. b4 $6 {A smart and ambitious
move, but this is an inaccuracy. This move incurs the weakness of White's
queenside.} ({The natural} 16. Kb1) ({or} 16. h5 {was better to continue the
attack on the kingside.}) 16... Nd7 ({The engine suggests the brilliant seeming
} 16... Ne5 $5 17. f4 (17. bxc5 $6 dxc5 $36) 17... Rbd8 $132 {with a
double-edged fight.}) 17. Ndxb5 $6 {The point of White's previous move. This
is a typical knight sacrifice for three pawns, but now the white king is
becoming weak.} axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc8 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rd8 {Black protects
his pieces and now he has a lot of threats.} 21. b5 Nde5 $1 {A nice
intermediate move!} 22. Qc5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nxf3 $1 {Black has to give back the
piece, but he can continue his attack.} 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rg3 Rb1+ $2 {A
tempting move, but after this White can escape.} (25... Qd8+ $1 {or 25...Qd7
was correct,} 26. Ke2 (26. Bd3 Bxe4 27. Ke2 Bxd3+ 28. cxd3 Nxh4 $17) 26... Bxe4
27. Rxf3 Rb1 $1 $19 {This is the point! Probably Giri didn't see this move.
White is without hope.}) 26. Ke2 Qa6+ ({Still} 26... Nxh4 $5 {meant keeping
the tension.}) 27. Kxf3 Qxf1+ 28. Bf2 Qh1+ 29. Ke3 Qc1+ 30. Kf3 (30. Ke2 $11 {
was also enough to hold.}) 30... Qd1+ 31. Ke3 Qc1+ 32. Kf3 Qh1+ 33. Ke3 Qxe4+
34. Kd2 Qf4+ ({In the event of} 34... Rb8 35. Rd3 {and the white king is safe.}
) 35. Kc3 $1 Rb8 36. Rd3 $1 {Very precise play by Anand.} (36. Qxc6 $2 {
was bad, because of} Qxf2 $17 {and suddenly the white king is very weak again.}
) 36... Rc8 37. Kb2 $1 h5 {...and a draw, because the white king is safe.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4 11. Rd3 Ne4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bb5
f6 15. Bd6 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Kf7 19. Bxc6 Ke7 20. Bxb7
Bxb7 21. Rd4 Rc8 22. Rb4 Bd5 23. Ra4 Rxc3 24. Rxa7+ Kf8 25. h3 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc2
27. Kg3 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29. Nd2 e5 30. f4 exf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 {Back to the
classical main line.} ({One round earlier Topalov managed to get one of his
not so numerous half points with the modern} 6... Nbd7 7. c5 c6 {Giri,A (2771)
-Topalov,V (2760) London 2016 (1/2-1/2, 67)}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 {White is
also returning to the classical approach. This was the move order advocated by
Korchnoi in his 1978 match with Karpov, setting the fashion for many decades.}
({In the same tournament the rare} 8. Bd3 {was tried in Aronian,L (2785)-Anand,
V (2779) London 2016 (½-½, 30)}) ({For quite some time Black's biggest
headaches were caused by} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 {
but here, too, there seem to be a new trend:} Bg4 ({The old line went} 11...
Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 {where White had worked out almost forced
ways to a small but annoying advantage, for instance:} Re8 15. Rc1 a6 16. Bxa6
Rxa6 17. b5 Rxa3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Ra7 20. Rd6 Rd7 21. Qxd5 Rxd6 22. Qxd6
Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 {Leko,P (2741)-Kramnik,V (2770) Brissago 2004 CBM
103 [Lukacs] (1-0, 69)}) 12. Bxh7+ {This looks critical, but in a recent game
Black proved it is not dangerous.} (12. O-O Bd6 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6
hxg6 16. Qxd5 Bxf4 17. Qxd8 Nxd8 18. exf4 Ne6 {Potkin,V (2669)-Radulski,J 
(2552) Plovdiv 2012 (½-½, 36), and Black seems to be close to a draw despite
the missing pawn.}) 12... Kxh7 13. Qc2+ Kg8 14. Qxc5 Rc8 15. Qb5 d4 16. O-O
Bxf3 17. gxf3 dxe3 18. fxe3 Nd4 $36 {Ruck,R (2565)-Saric,A (2597) Germany 2016
(0-1, 35)}) 8... Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 $5 {This came into the limelight during the
second Carlsen-Anand match.} ({The old main line goes} 9... Qa5 {- Carlsen,M 
(2853)-Nakamura,H (2814) Saint Louis 2015 CBM 168 [Wagner,D] (½-½, 95)}) 10.
O-O-O {The sharpest continuation. White speeds up his development, putting
pressure on the d-file but also somewhat exposing his king.} (10. Rd1 {is less
ambitious} e5 11. Bg5 d4 {Forintos,G (2425)-Sisniega,M (2390) Cienfuegos 1979
MCL [Notkin] (1/2-1/2, 41)}) ({In the aforementioned match White reacted with} 
10. Bg5 Be7 {Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863) Sochi 2014 CBM 164 [Postny,E] (1/
2-1/2, 41)}) 10... e5 11. Bg5 (11. cxd5 {does not promise much:} exf4 12. dxc6
Qe7 $2 (12... Qc7 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Gf4]} 13. exf4 Qxf4+ 14. Kb1 bxc6 $15 {[%csl
Rb1,Gc5,Gc8]}) 13. exf4 Bg4 14. Bb5 $16 {Murariu,A (2513)-Tomici,S (2259)
Eforie Nord 2014 (1-0, 44)}) 11... d4 12. Nd5 b5 $5 $146 {Quite a puzzling
novelty. The move is logical, as it is aimed at questioning the stability of
the d5-knight and opening the c-file for the attack, but concretely it seems
that it is mainly Black who must act accurately to maintain the equality. And
still, as a surprize novelty it surely looks perfect, as White's play is not
very obvious in the first phase.} ({By the way, Korchnoi's setup from the 1978
and Carlsen's 9...Re8 are not really brand new. Have a look at this game and
check the year carefully:} 12... Be6 13. e4 $2 ({Actually} 13. Bd3 $5 {[%csl
Gh7] seems to cause problems.}) 13... Rc8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qa4 h6
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. h3 a6 19. Bd3 Nb8 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Qd1 Nc5 $17 {Showalter,
J-Janowski,D New York,NY 1898 !! (0-1, 32). Actually, ...Rf8-e8 was a common
move in the Bg5 Queen's Gambit in those remote years, so 9...Re8 must not have
caused such a sensation as it did in 2014.}) (12... Be7 {looks quite solid and
even if it seems that White has some initiative Black seems to be holding his
own:} 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. exd4 Bg4 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd1 17. Nf5 Bxc2 18.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Kxc2 Rc7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. b4 $44 {Gagare,S (2486)-Arjun,K 
(2292) Noida 2016 (1-0, 38)}) 13. Bxf6 $6 {This is a typical move when the
stability of the d5-knight is ensured, but this is not the case here. White
should have kept Bxf6 in reserve, avoiding later problems of coordination.} (
13. cxb5 {is critical.} {Anand might have planned} Na5 {similary with the game
continuation.} (13... Qxd5 {does not seem to offer enough play:} 14. Bc4 $1 (
14. Bxf6 $2 Na5 15. Bh4 Bb6 $5 $19 {[%cal Gc8e6,Ga8c8,Gd5a2,Ga5b3]}) (14. bxc6
Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxf2 $1 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 16. Bc4 Qxc6 17. Qxf2 Bf5 $36) 14... Qd6 15.
bxc6 Qxc6 (15... Rb8 {[%cal Gc5a3] looks very nice but it runs into a
unexpected blow} 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bf4 Re5 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. b4 {White will
soon have a slight material advantage and his far advanced c-pawn will be very
annoying.}) 16. exd4 exd4 17. b4 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Bxb4 19. Rxd4 Bxa3+ 20. Kd2 {
and Black does not seem to have enough attack for the piece.}) 14. exd4 exd4
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Kb1 {[%cal Gc2c5] White should first take preventive
measures before moving away with the bishop.} (16. b4 Bd6 17. Bh6 Be6 $44) (16.
Bh6 $2 Be6 $19) (16. Bd2 $6 Be6 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bc4 Bxa3 $132 {[%cal Ga8c8]})
16... Qd5 (16... fxg5 $2 17. Qxc5) 17. b4 (17. Bxf6 Be6 18. b3 (18. b4 Rac8
$132) 18... Qxb3+ 19. Qxb3 Bxb3 $13 {Black is a pawn down but his minor pieces
have invaded the enemy queenside. He might retrieve the pawn soon.}) 17... Bb6
18. Bd3 fxg5 19. bxa5 g4 20. Bc4 Qh5 21. axb6 Bf5 22. Bd3 Rac8 23. Qa4 gxf3 24.
b7 $1 (24. gxf3 Bxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Qg6 26. Rhd1 Re1 $1 $132) 24... Rb8 25. gxf3
Bxd3+ 26. Rxd3 Qg6 27. Qc4 Rxb7 {White's extra pawn is not too relevant and
his king is somewhat exposed. The game could well simplify to a drawn rook
ending.}) ({Another interesting but possibly not so challenging possibility is
} 13. Bd3 bxc4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Qd6 16. Nxf6 (16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxf6 gxf6
18. Bxa8 fxg5 $44) 16... gxf6 17. Qxc4 Re6 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Gf6,Gf7]} 18. b4 (18.
Rd2 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Rb8 20. Kd1 Na5 21. Qa2 Nb3 $40) 18... Bxb4 19. axb4 Rb8 $13
20. Qxc6 $2 Qxb4 $19) (13. b4 {is as risky as it looks} bxc4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
bxc5 {and now the strongest may be} Be6 $1 {White is allowed to save his piece,
but the strong central pawns would create unpleasant pressure against the
enemy king.}) 13... gxf6 14. cxb5 Na5 15. exd4 exd4 {The position has calmed
down slightly and White needs to find a good path for his knight.} 16. Nb4 $6 (
16. Ne3 {may have been more solid even though over the board it may not be
clear if the following fortress on the light squares is reliable enough:} Be6
17. Nc4 Rc8 18. Kb1 Bb6 19. Nfd2 $13) 16... Bxb4 17. axb4 Be6 18. Nxd4 $6 {
In vain hoping to defend the c-file using the outpost on c6.} ({Once again
White should have looked for some sort of fortress:} 18. Kb1 Qd5 19. Qa4 Nb3
20. Bd3 $15 {Black is very active but it is questionable whether he can make
progress.}) 18... Rc8 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Qb6 21. Qa4 ({Unfortunately} 21. b5
{fails to keep the queenside closed after} a6 22. Rd6 axb5 23. Bd3 Ra8 $19)
21... Rxc6+ $6 {Not a bad move but there is a much stronger one.} (21... Bg4 $1
{more or less wins an exchange as White cannot quit the first rank nor weaken
the e3-square either:} 22. f3 (22. b5 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 a6 24. Bd3 axb5 25. Qg4+
Kf8 {does not offer compensation for the exchange.}) 22... Bf5 $19 {[%cal
Gc8c6,Gb6e3]} 23. Bd3 Qe3+ 24. Kc2 Qe2+ 25. Kc3 Re3 26. Qb5 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3+
28. Qxd3 Rxc6+) 22. Kb1 Rd8 {Black has "only" excellent attacking chances now.}
23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Be2 (24. Qxc6 $2 Qd1+ 25. Qc1 Bf5+ 26. Bd3 Bxd3+ 27. Ka2
Qa4#) 24... Bf5+ 25. Ka2 Rc2 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Bg4 Qe6+ (27... Bg6 28. Rd8+ Kg7
29. Qe8 Qxb4 30. Qg8+ Kh6 31. Qf8+ Qxf8 32. Rxf8 $15) 28. Ka3 Qe5 29. Qb3 Bg6
30. Bf3 Rxf2 31. h4 $6 {Wasting a tempo in a dangerous position.} (31. Qc3 $5)
(31. Rd5 $5 Rf1 32. Rd1 $1) 31... Bc2 (31... a5 $5) 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Qc3 $2 {
Topalov probably wanted to keep the third rank defended, overlooking that
controlling b5 was more important.} ({True, his position would be anything
other than milk and honey after} 33. Qc4 Qe3+ 34. Ka2 (34. Qc3 Rf1 $1 $19)
34... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Gf5e6]}) 33... Qb5 34. Qc6 Rxf3+ $1 {An elegant, though
not complicated, final trick.} (34... Rxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Qa4#) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 h6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Qa4 Rfc8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 a6 17. Be2 Rd8 18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21.
Be5 Nd7 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Be5 Nd7 24. Bg3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3
Rc8 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Rxc4 11. Qd3 Rc6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 a6
15. g5 Nh5 16. h4 Re8 17. Nd5 Bf8 18. Qd2 Qb8 19. Qg2 g6 20. Na5 Rcc8 21. Qg4
Nc5 22. Nc4 Rc6 23. Ncb6 Bg7 24. Rd2 Ne6 25. Nb4 Nd4 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Bxd4
exd4 28. Qd7 c5 29. Nd5 Be5 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Qxb5 axb5 32. b4 c4 33. a4 c3 34.
Ra2 Nf4 35. Nxf4 Bxf4 36. Rd1 Be3 37. axb5 Rb8 38. Ra5 Kg7 39. Kc2 h6 40. gxh6+
Kxh6 41. Rb1 Rc8 42. Ra2 Rb8 43. Kd3 Kh5 44. Ra6 Bf4 45. Rc6 Rxb5 46. Kxd4 Be5+
47. Kc4 Rb7 48. b5 Ra7 49. b6 Ra4+ 50. Kd3 Ra2 51. Rxc3 Bxc3 52. b7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 g5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 c6 11. Bd3 f6 12. Nf3 f5 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ne5 g4 15.
f3 gxf3 16. gxf3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. f4 Be6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rf3 Qf6 21. Rg1
Rg8 22. Rfg3 Rxg3 23. Rxg3 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qb1 Bc8 26. c4 dxc4 27. Bxc4+
Kf8 28. Qe1 Ke8 29. Qg3 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Qg6 31. Qf3 Be6 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. Qe2 b5
34. Kg1 a5 35. Kf2 a4 36. Qc2 Qd5 37. a3 Qe4 38. Qc5 f4 39. exf4 Qxf4+ 40. Kg2
Qh6 41. Qb6 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 Bb7 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. f5 Nf8 20. Qe2 c4 21. Be3 Bf6
22. Rab1 Nd7 23. b3 c3 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Ne5 26. Nd4 b4 27. Qb5 Rb8 28. Ra7
Ba8 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Bd8 31. Ra4 Nd7 32. Nf3 Bxd5 33. exd5 Rxe3 34. Rxe3
Bb6 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Rxb4 Bxe3+ 37. Ke2 Bc5+ 38. Re4 Rxe4+ 39. Bxe4 Nf6 40. Bc2
Nxd5 41. Kd3 Nf4+ 42. Kxc3 Nxg2 43. b4 Ba7 44. f6 Nf4 45. fxg7 Nxh3 46. Nd4
Kxg7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Nxd6 h5 49. Bb3 Ng5 50. Kd3 h4 51. Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxh4 12. Qxc5 exd5 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Be2
Be6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rfc8 17. Kd2 Kf8 18. Rac1 Ke7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1
Rxc1 21. Kxc1 Kd6 22. Kd2 g5 23. g3 f6 24. Ke3 a5 25. Kd2 b6 26. Kc3 Bd7 27.
Kd2 Be6 28. Kc3 Bd7 29. Kd2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Ne7 12. Ng5 d6 13. f4 Bf5 14. Rae1
dxe5 15. fxe5 Qd5 16. Qb4 Bg6 17. Rf4 h6 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Rg4 Bf5
21. Rg3 c6 22. Bc4 Qb6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. a3 Rfc8 26. Nh4 Be4 27.
Rb3 Rc6 28. Re2 Ra4 29. Rd2 Rac4 30. Nf3 f6 31. Kf2 g5 32. exf6 Rxf6 33. Kg3
Kg7 34. Ne5 Rc7 35. Rc3 Rxc3+ 36. bxc3 h5 37. h4 Kh6 38. Rb2 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4
Rf4+ 40. g4 hxg4 41. Rxb6+ Kg7 42. Rxb7+ Kf8 43. a4 Rf1 44. Kxg4 Ra1 45. Ra7
Ra3 46. a5 Rxc3 47. a6 Ra3 48. Rf7+ Ke8 49. a7 Kd8 50. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Ne5 h6 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. cxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg3 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 d4
15. Ne2 a5 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Be5 Nb3 19. Nc1 a4 20. Nxb3 axb3 21.
Rc4 Qb5 22. Bc7 Qd7 23. Bf4 Rxc4 24. dxc4 Qc6 25. Qxb3 Qxe4 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27.
gxf3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Bg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Kf1 e5 31. Ke2 f5 32. Kd3 Kf7 33. c5 Ke6
34. Rg1 Kf6 35. b4 Rh8 36. Rc1 Rxh2 37. c6 bxc6 38. Rxc6+ Ke7 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40.
b5 Rxf2 41. b6 Rb2 42. b7 Kd5 43. Rd7+ Kc6 44. Rxg7 Rxb7 45. Rxg5 Rb3+ 46. Ke2
Re3+ 47. Kf2 f4 48. a4 Kd5 49. Rg8 Ra3 50. Ra8 Ra2+ 51. Ke1 d3 52. Ra5+ Kd4 53.
Kd1 e4 54. fxe4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. g3 Rc8 14. Bg2 h5
15. Bf3 Na5 16. b3 Bg7 17. g4 h4 18. g5 fxg5 19. Rhg1 Rc5 20. fxg5 O-O 21. Nf4
Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. g6 f5 24. Nxe6 fxe4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxd6 Re8 27. Bxe4
Rxe4 28. Rgf1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 g6 8.
Bb2 Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Ba1 Rad8
15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. g3 Qc7 18. Bb2 Qb6 19. Ba1 Qc7 20. Bb2 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. h3 Ne6 17. Qa4 Bf5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc2 20. Bf3
Rxb2 21. Qxa7 Be4 22. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. a3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Bg3 Nc6
15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nb5 e5 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Ne4 20. Rd5 Qe7 21.
Nd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Nd4 23. Rd5 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. c3 Be7 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6
15. Re1 Nc6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Bb6 O-O 18. c4 Bd8 19. Bc5 Be7 20. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Na3 Bg6
9. Nc2 Nf5 10. g4 Ne7 11. Nh4 Bh7 12. f4 h5 13. f5 Qb6 14. a4 a5 15. Ne3 O-O-O
16. fxe6 fxe6 17. gxh5 g6 18. Bd3 gxh5 19. Bxh7 Rxh7 20. Kh1 Bh6 21. Neg2 Bxc1
22. Qxc1 c5 23. Qc2 Rg7 24. Nf4 Kb8 25. Rad1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. Qe2 Rg4 28.
Nhg2 Rcg8 29. Ne3 R4g5 30. Qb5 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33. Nxe6 Rxf1+
34. Rxf1 Nxa4 35. Nf4 Nxb2 36. Nxd5 Nc4 37. e6 Re8 38. e7 Nd6 39. Rf6 Nc8 40.
Rf8 Nd6 41. Nf6 Rc8 42. d5 Kc7 43. e8=Q Nxe8 44. Nxe8+ Kb6 45. d6 Rd8 46. Rf6
Kc6 47. Re6 a4 48. Re3 b5 49. Rc3+ Kb6 50. Re3 b4 51. Re4 Kc5 52. Re5+ Kc6 53.
Re4 Rb8 54. Rc4+ Kd5 55. d7 Kxc4 56. Nd6+ Kb3 57. Nc8 a3 58. d8=Q a2 59. Qd3+
Kb2 60. Qd4+ Kb1 61. Qe4+ Kc1 62. Qf4+ Kc2 63. Qc7+ Kb3 64. Qg3+ Ka4 65. Qxb8
a1=Q+ 66. Kg2 Qg7+ 67. Kf2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nh3 Bb4 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 h6 12. Qf1 Nbd7 13. a4 b6 14. g4 Ne4 15.
c4 Bb7 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rf5 Ndf6 18. g5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxd4 21.
Ba3 Ng4 22. Rf4 Qd5+ 23. Qf3 Ne3+ 24. Kf2 hxg5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd4 Nf4 27.
Bxf8 Kxf8 28. a5 bxa5 29. Rxa5 Ne6 30. Rd7 g6 31. Kf3 a6 32. Rd6 Ke7 33. Rdxa6
Rh8 34. Kg3 g4 35. Kxg4 Rxh2 36. e3 Kf6 37. Ra1 Rg2+ 38. Kf3 Rg5 39. Rd1 Rf5+
40. Ke2 Kg7 41. Ra7 Ng5 42. Rd4 Rb5 43. Ra2 Kf6 44. Rc2 Kg7 45. Rd7 Ra5 46. Rc3
Ra2+ 47. Kd3 Ra1 48. Kc4 Ne4 49. Rcd3 Rc1+ 50. Kb4 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2
Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rac1 b4 14. Nb1 c5 15.
Nd2 e5 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 a5 18. f3 Nd7 19. Nf1 Nb8 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. Ne3 Nd4
22. Qd3 Bg5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Bf1 Ra6 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. Rd2 Rh6 28.
h3 Kh8 29. Rf2 Qh4 30. f4 exf4 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Re6 33. Bd3 f6 34. Ra1
Bc6 35. a3 Nb3 36. Rd1 Rb8 37. Rf2 Ree8 38. g4 Nd4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Ra1 h6 41.
Ra5 Nb3 42. Ra6 Nd4 43. Ra5 Nb3 44. Ra6 Bd7 45. Rd6 Rb7 46. Nf4 Kg8 47. Ng6 Re6
48. Rd5 Be8 49. e5 Bf7 50. Rd8+ Re8 51. Rxe8+ Bxe8 52. Be4 Ra7 53. Bd5+ Bf7 54.
exf6 gxf6 55. Rxf6 Bxd5 56. cxd5 Kg7 57. Rb6 Nd2 58. Ne5 Re7 59. Rg6+ Kf8 60.
Rf6+ Kg7 61. Rf5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qc5 Qxc5
15. Nxc5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Bh3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
Be3 Rc4 16. f3 O-O 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Bf1 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb8 21. Kb1
Ne6 22. Bh3 Rc8 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. h5 Rd8 25. g6 Bf6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. h6 hxg6 28.
Bg5 d5 29. hxg7 Qxg7 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qh6 Rd7 32. Rdg1 Rg7 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34.
Qb8 Qe7 35. Qxe5 Qf6 36. Qb8 Qe7 37. Rh8 dxe4 38. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Qe7
9. O-O dxe3 10. dxe3 Be6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nb6 14. Qd1 O-O-O
15. e4 Nxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Nh4 g5 18. Nf5 Qe5 19. Qc2 Qxf5 20. Qxc5 Qxd5 21.
Qc3 Qd4 22. Qxa5 Ne7 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Rfd1 Kd7 26. Bc5 Qe6 27. Bd4
Ke7 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Ba1 Rhe8 30. Qa4 Re7 31. Qd4 Rd6 32. h3 Nf4 33. Qe3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. c3 e6 8. Ne2
Qa6 9. Qf3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rd1 Nge7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Na3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15.
Nc2 Be7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Ne1 Rdg8 18. Ng2 Rg4 19. Bf4 Kb8 20. Kh2 Rg6 21. a3
cxd4 22. cxd4 Qb6 23. Qc3 Na5 24. Rac1 Rgg8 25. Ne3 Rc8 26. Qd2 Rxc1 27. Qxc1
Rc8 28. Qd2 Qb5 29. b4 Nc6 30. Ng2 a5 31. Bg5 axb4 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 33. axb4 Ng6
34. Ne3 f4 35. Ng2 f3 36. Ne1 Qe2 37. Qxe2 fxe2 38. Rd2 Rc4 39. Kg2 Ne7 40. Nf3
Nf5 41. Rxe2 Nxd4 42. Nxd4 Rxd4 43. Re3 Rxb4 44. Rf3 Rc4 45. Rxf7 b5 46. Rf6
Rc6 47. g4 hxg4 48. h5 Kb7 49. h6 Rc7 50. Kg3 b4 51. Rf4 Rh7 52. Rxb4+ Kc6 53.
Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15.
Qe2 b5 16. Ne5 Be7 17. Bg3 b4 18. Na4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6
Ra8 22. Qc6 Qa5 23. b3 Nc3 24. Rc2 Rfc8 25. Qd7 Rc7 26. Qd2 Nxa4 27. Rxc7 Qxc7
28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. h3 Qc3 30. Re2 Ra7 31. Kh2 h5 32. h4 Qc4 33. Qc2 Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nd6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 b6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 f6 14. Bf4 g5
15. Bc1 O-O-O 16. Ne3 Kb7 17. a4 a5 18. Qb5 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 h5 20. Re2 Na7 21.
Qxd7 Rxd7 22. h4 g4 23. Ne1 Bd6 24. Nd3 Re8 25. Kf1 Rde7 26. Rae1 Re4 27. Bf4
Bf8 28. Bc1 Bd6 29. Bh6 b5 30. axb5 Nxb5 31. Bg7 R8e6 32. f3 gxf3 33. gxf3 Rxe2
34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 a4 36. Kd2 a3 37. bxa3 Nxa3 38. Bxf6 Kc6 39. Be5 Be7 40.
Bg3 Kb5 41. Bxc7 Bxh4 42. f4 Bg3 43. Be5 Nc4+ 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. f5 Bh4 46. Nb4+
Kb5 47. Nxd5 Bg5 48. f6 Kc6 49. Ne7+ Kd7 50. Kd3 Nb2+ 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. d5+ Kf7
53. Kf5 Bh4 54. Ng6 Bf2 55. Nh8+ Kf8 56. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f4 f5
15. Nf2 e4 16. g4 Rg8 17. Kh1 e3 18. Nd3 Rxg4 19. Bf3 Rg6 20. Ne5 Kf8 21. Rc1
Rh6 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rg1 Bf6 24. Nd3 Rg6 25. Qa4 Qb6 26. Rc1 Be6 27. Rc6 Qb8
28. b4 Kg7 29. Qc2 Be7 30. Qb2 Bf6 31. a4 Bd7 32. Rc5 Bxa4 33. b5 Qb6 34. Rxf5
a6 35. Qa2 Bxb5 36. Ne5 Qe6 37. Qc2 d3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d5 Ne8 11. b4 Bc8 12. a5 b5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Ne2 Ng7 15. c4 bxc4
16. Bxc4 f5 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Ng5 Kh8 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Bd7 21. Bc4 Nfh5 22.
Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 c6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Be2 Nf6 26. a6 Nxe6 27. Bf1 Nd7 28. Na4
d5 29. Qc2 Nd4 30. Qd1 Rg8 31. Bb2 c5 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Qb3 Bf6 34. Qxd5 Rg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 h6 7. c3 a5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 c6 11. Ng3 Bb6 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. h3 Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bc2
Bc7 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Bd4
Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qd6 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bb3 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4
Qe6 28. Qf4 Qf7 29. Qe5 Bxa4 30. Qxa5 Bb3 31. Qe5 g5 32. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 f6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exf6 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 gxf6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bh5+ Kd8 14. b3
Bd6 15. Nd2 Be5 16. Rb1 c5 17. Nf3 d6 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Nd7
21. Bb2 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Rf1 Ne6 24. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. O-O Kh8 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Be4 Na5 14. Bd3 Bxf3
15. Rxf3 f5 16. d5 Nf6 17. Be2 b6 18. Ba6 c6 19. dxc6 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nxc6 21.
Bb7 Rad8 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Rd3 Nxc2 24. Bg5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27.
Nxe4 h6 28. Bd2 Bd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. Kf2 Kg8 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Ng4
Nb5 34. Nxh6+ Ke6 35. Be1 Nd6 36. Ng4 Nc4 37. b3 Ne5 38. Nxe5 Kxe5 39. Ke2 Ke4
40. h4 Rd3 41. g4 Rh3 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Rxh5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 h5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qa4 f5 14. Rfd1 e4
15. Bf1 Ke7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb5 Bg7 18. Rac1 Be5 19. Qb4+ Kf6 20. Nd4 Rc8 21.
Ba6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rb8 23. Qd2 Qa4 24. Be2 Qxa2 25. Bxh5 Qxb2 26. Rc2 Qa1+ 27.
Rc1 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 29. Kg2 Qd3 30. Qxd3 exd3 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. f4 Bc3 33.
Bd1 Ke7 34. Kf3 Kd6 35. Ba4 Kc5 36. Bd7 Kd6 37. Ba4 a5 38. h3 e5 39. fxe5+ Bxe5
40. g4 Kc5 41. g5 Kb4 42. Bc6 Kc3 43. Ba4 Kb4 44. Bc6 a4 45. Bxd5 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 a6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15.
d4 Rfe8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Be5 Qc6 20. Na5 Qc8 21. Nxb7
Qxb7 22. Bc3 h6 23. Bf1 c4 24. bxc4 Na4 25. Be5 Qc6 26. Rac1 Qc5 27. Ba1 Bg5
28. Rb1 Be7 29. h4 Qc6 30. Qg4 Bf8 31. h5 Nc5 32. e5 Qa4 33. Qe2 Be7 34. Bd4
Rd7 35. Be3 Red8 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Qg4 Kf8 38. Be2 Qa4 39. Rb2 Qa3 40. Rc2 Qa4
41. Bd1 Qb4 42. Qe2 Nd3 43. Rd2 Nxe5 44. Rxd8+ Bxd8 45. Bb3 Be7 46. Bxh6 gxh6
47. Qxe5 Kg8 48. Qe3 Bc5 49. Qf4 Qc3 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Ba4 Qf6 52. Qxf6+ Kxf6 53.
f4 e5 54. Kf3 exf4 55. gxf4 Ke6 56. Bc6 f5 57. Bb7 a5 58. Bc8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Qxd4 8.
c3 Qd5 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bf3 Bd6
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bg5 Rd8 17. Qe3 a6 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Rad1 Bc7 20. Qa7 Rxd3 21.
Rxd3 Bb8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd4 Bc7 24. Qd7 Re8 25. Bh5 Kf8 26. Qd4 Rd8 27. Qe3
Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Kg7 29. Qd4 Qd6 30. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Nc2 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Qb8
15. Nd4 Ne5 16. b3 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nf5 Ba3 19. Bd4 dxc4 20. Qg5 Ng6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Bf8 23. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc7 25. Nb5 Qc5+ 26. Kf1 Ne5 27.
Rd7 Nxd7 28. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. Re1 h6 12. Qd3 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5
15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rf6 19. Qf3 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Rac1 Rc8 22. Rc2 Qb6 23. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qc7 13. Kg2 Rfe8 14. Qc2
Qe5 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Kh2 Ne5 17. Bg2 Bd4 18. Ne2 Bb6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qe6
21. Nc3 Bd4 22. e5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. Rae1 Qe7 25. c4 Nb4 26. Qb3 Rad8 27.
Rd1 Na6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. f5 Nc5 30. Qe3 f6 31. e6 Rd3 32. Qf4 Qd6 33. Qg4 Rd2
34. Re1 Qe7 35. Qf4 Rd8 36. Qf3 Nd3 37. Rd1 Ne5 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qa3 a6 40.
Qb4 Qc7 41. c5 Qe7 42. Qd4 Kf8 43. Be4 Qc7 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. g4 Qd8 46. Qb2 Qc7
47. Kf1 h6 48. Ke2 Nc4 49. Qd4 Ne5 50. Bd3 Qb8 51. Kd1 Qc7 52. Be2 Qb8 53. Kc2
Qc7 54. h4 Ke8 55. g5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Qa5 57. Bh5+ g6 58. fxg6 Qxa2+ 59. Kd1 Qb1+
60. Ke2 Qc2+ 61. Kf1 Qc1+ 62. Qd1 Qc4+ 63. Qe2 Qf4+ 64. Ke1 Qc1+ 65. Qd1 Qe3+
66. Qe2 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. Nd2 Bc5 8.
N2b3 Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Nxc5
dxc5 15. Nb3 a5 16. Qc3 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxa5 Qc7 19. Nb3 Rxa2 20. Ra1
Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rd8 22. Bf4 Qc6 23. Qf3 Qb6 24. Kg2 h6 25. h4 Qb4 26. Na5 Rd7 27.
Qb3 Ne4 28. Qxb4 cxb4 29. Nb3 Nc5 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc8 b6 33. Rc7
Rxc7 34. Bxc7 b3 35. Be5 f6 36. Bc3 h5 37. e4 f5 38. exf5 exf5 39. f4 g6 40.
Kf3 Kg8 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Be5 Ke6 43. Bc3 Kd7 44. Be5 Kc6 45. Bc3 b5 46. cxb5+
Kxb5 47. Be5 Kc4 48. Bf6 Kd5 49. Bc3 Ke4 50. Bf6 Bb4 51. Bg7 Ba5 52. Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. c3
Qd7 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. a5 a6 11. b4 g5 12. b5 Nb8 13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. d4 g4 15.
hxg4 Qxg4 16. Nbd2 Rhg8 17. Bf1 d5 18. Rb1 Qh3 19. Qb3 Nb4 20. cxb4 Rxg2+ 21.
Bxg2 Rg8 22. Ng5 Qd7 23. Nf1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Ng3 Qg4 26. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
O-O e6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. b3 Nd5 14. Bb2 a5
15. Rc1 Bg5 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. Rc4
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. Bd4 Rab8 24. Bc5 Qg5 25. Bd6 Ra8 26. Rd1 a4 27. bxa4 h5
28. h4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Rdc1 Ra6 31. a3 Rca8 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxa4
34. g3 f4 35. Kg2 fxg3 36. fxg3 Rd4 37. Ra6 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40.
Ke1 Rg2 41. a4 Rxg3 42. a5 Rg4 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. a6 Ra4 45. a7 Ra2 46. Bc5 Ra1+
47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Kd3 Nc7 49. Rc8 Nd5 50. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Rb8 11. Qa3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 cxd4 13. cxd4 a5 14. O-O Qb6
15. b3 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Qd6 Qa7 18. Rxc6 Bb5 19. Rc7 Rb7 20. Rac1 a4 21.
Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Rc7 Qb8 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. Nbd2
Bc7 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 c5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. b4 c4 13. a4 Ne7 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. Nh5
g5 16. Bg4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 Bxg6 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. b5 Qf8 20. a5 Qg8 21. b6 Bd8 22.
Ba3 a6 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. exf6 h5 25. Qxd5 hxg4 26. Qxb7 Qh7 27. Qc6# 1-0

[Event "Chennai op 9th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anandha, Venkatesan"]
[Black "Jayakumaar, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1631"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. Ngf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Re1 Rac8 12. Nf1 Rfd8 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. e5 Nd7 15.
Qe2 Bg6 16. h4 d4 17. c4 b5 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Red1 Nb4 20. Ne1 h6 21. h5 Bh7
22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nd5 24. Bc1 Qb6 25. Nd2 f5 26. Qe2 Qb8 27. Nc4 N5b6 28.
Nxb6 axb6 29. Bf4 b5 30. g4 Nb6 31. Ng2 Nd5 32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Qg3 Bg5 34. Re1
Nxf4 35. Nxf4 Bxf4 36. Qxf4 fxg4 37. Qxg4 Rf5 38. f4 Rcf8 39. Re4 Qb6 40. Rc1
c4 41. dxc4 bxc4 42. Rxc4 d3+ 43. Kg2 Qxb2+ 44. Kg3 Rg5 45. fxg5 Qf2+ 46. Kh3
Rf3+ 47. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 48. Kh2 Qxh5+ 49. Kg2 d2 0-1

[Event "Chennai op 9th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anandha, Venkatesan"]
[Black "Shyam Prasad Reddy, K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1631"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Qg3 d6 8.
Nc3 Ne7 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. O-O Qe6 14. b3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Ra5 16. c4 Re5 17. f3 f5 18. Bf4 fxe4 19. Qe3 Nf5 20. Qe1 exf3 21.
Bxe5 fxg2 22. Rf2 dxe5 23. Qe4 g6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rfe2 Qd7 26. Qxg2 Qd6 27. Qe4
Rf8 28. Kh1 Nd4 29. Rd2 Qf6 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Chennai op 9th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jagadish, P."]
[Black "Anandha, Venkatesan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1631"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8.
d5 O-O 9. Qd2 e6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O exd5 12. exd5 Nd7 13. h4 Nf6 14. f3 h5
15. Be2 Qd6 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Rad8 18. g4 Qxd5 19. Qc3 Qe6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. g5 Kg8 22. Qxf6 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Rd2 24. Rh1 Qxe2 25. a3 Qd3+ 26. Ka2 Qd4 27.
Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Kb3 b6 29. Kc3 Rf4 30. Rh3 Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke7 32. Ke3 Rd4 33. Rh2
Ke6 34. b3 a5 35. Rh1 Kf5 36. Rh2 Rd1 37. Rc2 Ke5 38. Rc3 Rd4 39. Rc4 Kd5 40.
Rxd4+ cxd4+ 41. Kd3 b5 42. f4 Kc5 43. b4+ axb4 44. axb4+ Kd5 45. Kd2 Kc4 46.
Kc2 Kxb4 47. Kd3 Kc5 48. Ke4 b4 49. Ke5 b3 50. Kf6 b2 51. Kxf7 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "IND-chT 37th"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.02.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu Sameer"]
[Black "Anandha, Venkatesan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Airport Authority"]
[BlackTeam "Tamil Nadu II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. f3 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8.
d5 Bf5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. Ng3
Bd7 15. Nce4 Be7 16. Qd4 Ng6 17. Nh5 f6 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. b3 Qe8 20. Bb2 Ng6 21.
Nd3 Qf7 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. Nec5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Kg1 Qf5 27.
Re4 Ne5 28. Rfe1 Qg6 29. Qe3 Rf8 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Rac8 32. Re7 h6 33.
Qe6+ Qxe6 34. R1xe6 Rfd8 35. Rg6 1-0

[Event "IND-chT 37th"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.02.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anandha, Venkatesan"]
[Black "Lokesh, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tamil Nadu II"]
[BlackTeam "Viyugam CA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. Ng4 a5 15. Ng5
Nf8 16. Nh2 b4 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. c4 Nd4 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nhf3 f6
22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rab1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxb2 27. Re7
c4 28. dxc4 dxc4 29. Rc7 b3 30. a4 Bf6 31. Ne4 b2 32. Rb7 c3 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O d6 8. h3 a5
9. Kh2 Na6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 d5 15.
Qf3 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Rfe1 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qb6 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Re3 Rxe3 21.
Qxe3 Re8 22. Qc3 Re2 23. Rf1 Qb6 24. Kg1 h6 25. Bf3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Re1
d4 28. Qd2 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Kf8 30. Qe5 f6 31. Qd6+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qe8 Qxb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nxd6 7. O-O g6 8.
Re1 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Ne4 Rad8 14. Qe2 b6
15. g4 Nd6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Nxe5 Re8 19. Qc4 Rde6 20. Nf3 Qd7 21.
Red1 Qb7 22. Qd5 h6 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qe7 25. Rac1 Qf6 26. Bg3 Rd8 27. Qg2
Nxd4 28. Kh1 Rde8 29. b3 Nf3 30. Qf1 h5 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. Rc4 Re1 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 c6 7. c3 Na6 8. Qa4
Nf6 9. Ne5 Nc7 10. c4 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rac1 h6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
c5 Bf8 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc3 b6 19. cxb6 Rxb6 20. Qa4 Ra6 21. Qb3
Rb6 22. Qa4 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 d4
15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd2 Qe7 17. Nc3 Nxe5 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. h3 g5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Na4 Bb4 22. Rd4 Be7 23. Qxc6 Be6 24. Nc3 Rac8 25. Qa4 Bc5 26. Rd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Qe7 28. Rf5 f6 29. Nd5 Qe6 30. Qxa7 Ra8 31. Qb7 Rab8 32. Qa6 Ra8 33. Qc4 Kh8
34. Qc3 Rac8 35. Qd2 h6 36. h4 Be7 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Bh3 Rc1+ 40.
Kg2 Bc5 41. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nd5
a6 9. Ba4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a4 O-O 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Qc2 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Rc8 18. Ra7 Qd8 19. h3 h5 20. Qc3 g5 21. Nh2 f5
22. exf5 e4 23. Qd2 Bxf5 24. dxe4 Bxe4 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 Qe7 27. Nf1 Qf7
28. Ne3 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. g3 b4 31. b3 Bc3 32. Qe4 Rf8 33. Qxg4+ Bg7 34. Ra2
Qf6 35. Rc2 Rf7 36. Kg2 Kh7 37. Qxb4 Qg6 38. Rc4 Bh6 39. Rh4 Qf6 40. Ng4 Qf3+
41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3
e6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxh7 Nc6 13. Be3 g6 14. Ng5 Nxd4 15.
Qd3 Nf5 16. g4 Nxe3 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxg6+ Ke7 19. fxe3 Kd7 20. Rc1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1
Nce7 15. h3 f6 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bf5 18. Bf1 c6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Re1 Be4 21.
Nd2 Bg6 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Nh4 Bh5 24. g4 Bf7 25. Bd3 h5 26. Qd1 Bc7 27. Qf3 Be6
28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge m 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Skvortsov, Oleg"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 {A very interesting
idea, in accordance with Oleg's style. Suddenly the b-pawn must be reckoned
with.} Bb6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. b5 {The extra option, now I
have to figure out the differences in every line.} Nb4 {Sometimes, it is
better to be aggressive than accurate. Now the connected passed pawns and the
two bishops are quite dangerous in practical play.} (10... Na5 {is playable,
the Na5 is unlikely to play an important role...}) 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. cxb4 Qf6
13. O-O Qxg7 14. g3 O-O-O 15. a4 (15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. Nf3 a5 {Black
can't avoid this move forever} 18. bxa6 bxa6 {enough compensation for the
piece.}) 15... d3 {Once I steeled myself to play ...Qxg3, it was hard to
resist the thought of executing the move.} (15... Qf6 $1 {was probably
objectively better.}) 16. Qb2 Qxg3+ 17. hxg3 Rxg3+ 18. Kh2 Rxf3 19. Bg5 $2 {
Based on an oversight.} (19. Kg2 Bd5 (19... Rf5 {I would probably have gone
for this} 20. Rg1 c3 21. Nxc3 d2 22. Qxd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Rxf2+ 24. Kg3 Rxd2 25.
Rgd1 {is about equal}) 20. Kh2 Be6 $1 {I am not sure I would have appreciated
this simple move, but it is equal.}) (19. Qg7 {what I was expecting} Rh3+ 20.
Kg2 Bd4 21. Qg5 h6 $1 {The queen runs out of squares on the g-file.} 22. Qxd8+
Kxd8 23. Ra3 {I was sure that Black has enough here.}) 19... Bd4 $1 20. Qd2 Rg8
$1 {And surprisingly, White is lost.} 21. Ra3 (21. Rg1 Rh3+ 22. Kg2 h6 23. Kf1
Rxg5 $1 {wins.}) 21... h6 22. Rg1 Rh3+ 23. Kg2 Rxg5+ 24. Kf1 Rxg1+ 25. Kxg1 Bd5
{A very enjoyable game, and I have to thank Oleg Skvortsov for being a chess
romantic!} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. Nf3
d5 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Be6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Bf1 Bf8 21.
Ba6 Rd8 22. h4 Bc5 23. b4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qe7 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. a5 Rdc8 27. axb6
axb6 28. Bf1 b5 29. Bd3 Rc4 30. Bxc4 Qxb4 31. Rab1 Qxc4 32. Qd2 h5 33. Rbc1 Qb3
34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Qf4 Bf5 36. e6 Bxe6 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bb5 Ndb8 10. Qf2 c4 11. Ne2 a6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. c3 b5 14. g4 h5 15.
gxh5 Rxh5 16. h4 Rh8 17. Qg2 Bf8 18. f5 exf5 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. h5 Be6 21. h6 Kd7
22. h7 Re8 23. Bd2 Kc8 24. a4 b4 25. Nf4 Qd7 26. Ng5 g6 27. Kf1 b3 28. Re1 Nd8
29. Re2 Qb7 30. Ngxe6 Nxe6 31. Nxd5 Be7 32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. d5 Nf8 34. Bh6 Re8
35. Bxf8 Rexf8 36. Rh4 Kd8 37. Rd2 Re8 38. e6 Re7 39. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. Ng5 e6 8.
Nge4 f5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 d4 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. d3 Be6 13. h4 Be5 14. Nf4 Bf7
15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 b6 17. O-O Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Bd5 19. e4 dxe3 20. fxe3 O-O 21.
Bg5 Qd6 22. e4 Bxa2 23. exf5 gxf5 24. b3 Nd4 25. Bf4 Qe6 26. Re1 Qf7 27. b4 Bd5
28. bxc5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Qa4 Rc8 32. Kh3 Ne6 33. Re5 c4
34. Qa6 Nxf4+ 35. gxf4 Rc7 36. Re2 c3 37. Qd6 Qd7 38. Rg2+ Kf7 39. Qe5 Qc6 40.
Qg7+ Ke8 41. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Ng5 Bg7 22.
Nf1 bxa4 23. Qe2 a5 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxa4 Reb8 27. Bc6 Ra7 28. Ra2
Bh6 29. Ngf3 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rea1 Rb5 32. Qxc4 Qxf2 33. Qc6 Ra7 34. b4
Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Qe3 36. Nc4 Qxe4 37. Nxd6 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. Ne4 Kg7 40. Rxa5
Bd3 41. Rxa7 Bxe4 42. Re1 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Nb5 e5 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Qb3 f5 14. Bxb7 Rc7
15. Bg2 e4 16. O-O Kf7 17. Rfc1 Rhc8 18. Bf4 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rb7 20. Bd6 Ke6 21.
c5 Rxb3 22. Rxa7 Nc6 23. Ra2 Be5 24. Bxe5 Kxe5 25. f3 d3 26. exd3 Nb4 27. d4+
Kxd4 28. Ra7 d5 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Rd1+ Rd3 31. Rda1 Rxc5 32. Bf1 Rd2 33. Rxh7
Nd3 34. b4 Rcc2 35. b5 Ne5 36. Ra4+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 {This system caught me
slightly off guard, so I started thinking what I should go for.} 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Qe2 {I considered f4 for a bit and then remembered the offbeat 7.Qe2.} a6 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 {I was trying to get back to a Najdorf,
but a3 and f4 is more common.} Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bh3 b4 (13... Nce5 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Bxe6) 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nxe6 {This move didn't really feel like a
sacrifice, since its clear that White's bishop on e6 not only keeps Black's
king stuck on e8, but also potentially defends White (the a2-square).} (15. Kb1
{The computer is happy with this move and thinks that White is better} Qc4 (
15... Nc5 16. Qc4 Qa5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 {is huge for White})) 15... fxe6
16. Bxe6 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rxc3 (17... d5 {Peter spent a lot of time trying to make
this work and probably should have tried it anyway} 18. Bd4 (18. exd5 Rxc3 19.
bxc3 Qa2+ 20. Kc1 Ne5 $1 {Surprisingly White can't make the discovered check
work} 21. Bd4 (21. Bb6 Bd6 $1 22. Rh3) 21... Nc4 22. Bf7+ {and White has to
take the draw} Kd8 $1 23. cxb4 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Qxb4+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ $11) 18... Bd6 (
18... Kd8 19. Rh3) 19. Qg4 $1) 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. Rh3 (19. f4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 {
and now the manoeuvre...} 21. Rh3 $1 Kd8 22. Rhd3 Kc7 23. Rd5 $1 {is important}
(23. e5 $2 dxe5 24. Rd7+ Kb8 {only frees Black's bishop on f8}) 23... Qb6+ 24.
Ka2 Nd8 25. Qc4+ Qc6 26. R5d4) 19... Be7 (19... Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. e5 {
was the point} Nxe5 22. Re3 $1 (22. f4 Nd7)) 20. Bd4 $2 {This is just absurd,
I can't explain why I didn't go f4.} (20. f4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rhd3 {
Here since Black played ...Be7, it's harder to run away via d8.}) 20... Nc5 21.
Bxc5 (21. Bxg7 Nxe6 22. Bxh8 Nf4 23. Qg4 Nxh3 24. Qxh3 Qb6+ 25. Kc1 Qxf2 {
is fine for Black.}) 21... Qxc5 {And here I couldn't see an alternative to f4,
esp with ...Rf8 coming.} 22. f4 Kd8 23. Qe3 {I couldn't see an edge, so
decided to swap queens.} Qxe3 24. Rxe3 h6 $6 {A typical idea to undermine the
pawn chain, but here it isn't necessary.} (24... Kc7 25. c4 Rf8 26. f5 Ne5 {
and I can't see a way for White to progress.}) 25. c4 {Missing a small chance.}
(25. e5 Kc7 26. f5 $1 hxg5 27. hxg5 Rb8 $1 (27... Bxg5 28. Rg3 $1 {The point,
first White forces the bishop to h6} Bh6 29. exd6+ Kb6 30. c4 Nd8 31. Bd5 {
here the computer finds the resource...} Bf4 32. Rxg7 Be5 $1 {but White is
much better}) 28. Ka1 (28. f6 Nxe5 $1 {shows the extreme resilience of the
computer}) 28... Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxg5 30. Ra5 Bf6 {Black has good compensation.})
25... hxg5 26. hxg5 Rf8 $6 {A natural move, but now the game turns.} (26... Bc8
$1 {would have been simple} 27. Bd5 Nb4 {and Black is out of danger.}) 27. f5
$1 {We both had the impression that White was much better again, but we both
kept on underestimating ...Bc8.} Ne5 (27... Bxg5 28. Rxd6+ Kc7 29. Rd7+ Kb8 30.
Rb3 {wins}) (27... Bc8 $1 28. Bd5 Ne5 29. Rg3 {with the threat of f6 gxf6 g6}
Rh8 30. f6 Bf8 $1 {is a clever resource.}) 28. Rg1 d5 $2 {Just panic.} ({
And for the 3rd time...} 28... Bc8 $1 29. Bd5 Rh8 {and Black is holding on} 30.
f6 Bf8 $1) 29. Rb3 {And it's over.} Kc7 30. cxd5 {Too many pawns.} Rh8 31. f6
Bf8 (31... gxf6 32. g6 $18) 32. d6+ (32. d6+ Kxd6 33. fxg7 Bxg7 34. Rxb7 $18)
1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. Nge2 Nbc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nf4 Nf5 13. Ncxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5
Ncxd4 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Kh1 Re6 17. Rc1 Rd6 18. Nc3 Ne2 19. Qxe2 Rxd2 20. Qb5 Nd6
21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxb2 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rcd1 Rad8 26. Bf3 Ba3
27. Rfe1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 b5 30. Kg2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Na3 O-O
9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Be3 Bb8 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. b4 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. dxe5
Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Qa2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nf5 Ba7 21. Nd4
Re5 22. Nf3 Re6 23. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Rd1 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bd5 14. Bf4 Qe8
15. Rac1 Nxe5 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Rc7 Red8 19. Rdc1 Kf8 20. Nc3 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 g5 22. g4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rd4 24. f3 Rd2+ 25. Kg3 Rad8 26. Rxa7 f5 27.
gxf5 exf5 28. Nb5 Re2 29. h4 Rxe5 30. a4 gxh4+ 31. Kf4 Re2 32. Kxf5 h3 33. Kg4
h2 34. Kg3 Rd5 35. f4 Rd3+ 36. Kg4 Rg2+ 37. Kf5 Rg1 38. Rc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. a3 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 Be7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. g4 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. f3 Qb6 21. b3
Rb8 22. Rh2 Rd4 23. Qe1 d5 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Na4 Qc7 26. e5 Bb4 27. Qe2 Re8 28.
Qxa6 Rxe5 29. Re2 Re3 30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. g5 Nd7 32. Qa8+ Nf8 33. Qxd5 Qe7 34.
Qe4 Qxe4 35. fxe4 Ne6 36. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Nf1 c6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. a5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Rd7 21.
Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa2 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Qxa5 25. Rd7 b5 26. Qb3 Rf8 27. g5
g6 28. g3 c5 29. Qd5 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb2 31. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Rc8 13. h4 Rg8 14. f5
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Ne2 b4 17. Rh3 d5 18. Rg3 Rh8 19. Rf3 h5 20. exd5 Rc4 21.
Ng3 Rxh4 22. Qe1 Rg8 23. Ne4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Rg4 25. Qe1 Bd6 26. Bd3 Rxg2 27. Rg3
Qf2 28. Rxg2 Qxg2 29. Qh1 Qg4 30. Rg1 Qd4 31. Rf1 a5 32. Qe4 Qb6 33. Be2 a4 34.
Bxh5 a3 35. Be2 axb2 36. Kxb2 Qc5 37. Bc4 Ke7 38. Kb1 Ba4 39. Bb3 Bb5 40. Rh1
Qf2 41. Bc4 Ba4 42. Bd3 Bd7 43. Rf1 Qc5 44. Qc4 Qe3 45. Rh1 Qf2 46. a3 bxa3 47.
Ka2 Bxf5 48. Bxf5 Qxf5 49. Rh8 Qd7 50. Qb3 Qc7 51. Qa4 f5 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Qh4+
Kg7 54. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qb3 Be6 14.
Qxc4 Bxc4 15. Rac1 Bxa2 16. Bxc6 Rab8 17. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 Be6 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O f6 11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Kh8 14. Qb3 Qc8
15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe6 21.
a3 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 a5 24. Bc5 Be5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. c4 b5 10. b3 h6 11. Nc3 bxc4 12. bxc4 Nf6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rab1 O-O
15. h3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Rb3 Bc6 18. Rfb1 Rxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 Bd7 22. Ra1 Rc8 23. Qa6 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qxa5 Qc2 26. Qa7 Bf8 27. Qb7
Qd3 28. Nc4 Re8 29. Kh2 Be4 30. Qd7 Re7 31. Qxd6 Qxd5 32. Qxd5+ Bxd5 33. Ra5
Bf7 34. Ra8 Re8 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. Kg1 e4 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd2 Bb4+
40. Kc2 Bb5 41. Bd4 g6 42. Be3 h5 43. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Bb5 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 b6 15.
O-O Rb8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bc3 f5 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Rad1
Qe7 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. a5 e4 24. a6 e3 25. f4 Qe4 26. b3 Rf7 27. Rde1 Re7 28.
Rf3 Bd4 29. h3 g6 30. Bc6 Rb6 31. Bb7 Rbxb7 32. axb7 Rxb7 33. Rxe3 Bxe3 34.
Qxe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Ra7 36. Kh2 Ra3 37. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. f3
Ba4 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. c4 Nxf4 18. exf4 f6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Nf8
21. Kf2 a5 22. Nb2 b5 23. cxb5 Rcb8 24. Na4 Rxb5 25. Rd3 Ng6 26. g3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 O-O 9. Bg5 c6 10. Ba4 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Bb6 14. Qf3 Kh7 15.
Bb3 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Nxg4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qg5 20. Ne3 f5 21. exf5
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Bxf5 24. e4 Bg4 25. Rae1 Kg7 26. Bd1 Be6 27. a3
Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 a5 29. Bh5 Rf8 30. Rf3 c5 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. g4 b5 33. Kg3 b4 34.
g5 hxg5 35. Bg4 Bxg4 36. Kxg4 bxa3 37. bxa3 Rb8 38. Kxg5 Rb3 39. Rf6 Rxa3 40.
Rxd6 Rxc3 41. Kf5 a4 42. Kxe5 a3 43. g4 Kf7 44. g5 Ke7 45. g6 a2 46. Ra6 Rxd3
47. Rxa2 Rg3 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. Kf6 Rf3+ 50. Ke6 Rg3 51. g7+ Kg8 52. e5 c4 53.
Rc7 c3 54. Kd5 Rxg7 55. Rxc3 Ra7 56. Ke6 Ra6+ 57. Ke7 Ra7+ 58. Kf6 Rf7+ 59. Ke6
Ra7 60. Rd3 Ra6+ 61. Rd6 Ra1 62. Ke7 Kg7 63. e6 Ra7+ 64. Rd7 Ra8 65. Rd8 Ra7+
66. Rd7 Ra8 67. Rb7 Kg6 68. Kd6 Kf6 69. e7 Kf7 70. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nc4 e4 8. d4
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 Bb4+ 13. Bc3 Be6 14. c5 Kh8 15.
a3 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 18. Bd1 Nf5 19. g3 Qg5 20. Ne2 h5 21. h4 Qf6
22. Nf4 g6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nh6 25. Ra5 Bg4 26. O-O Bf3 27. Bxf3 exf3 28.
Qd3 Qe7 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Nxg6+ Kg7 31. Nxe7 Rxa5 32. bxa5 Ra8 33. Nxc6 Ra6 34.
Ne5 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Bf6 12. b4 Re8 13. a4 Nf8 14. b5 Qd7 15.
Rfb1 Ne6 16. bxc6 Qxc6 17. a5 a6 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. Rb7 Qc8 21. Qa4
Qxb7 22. Qxe8+ Nf8 23. Qa4 Rb8 24. c5 c6 25. Nb6 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Ne6 27. Be3 g6
28. Rb1 Kg7 29. Rb2 c5 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Qc6 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd3 34.
Nxe5 Qb5 35. Qxb5 axb5 36. Nc6 Bc7+ 37. g3 b4 38. a6 b3 39. a7 b2 40. a8=Q b1=Q
41. Ne7 Bd8 42. Bxc5 Qc2 43. Qa1+ f6 44. Be3 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Bb3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Nf1 g5 13. Bg3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Rb8 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nh5 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. N1e3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Qe6 21.
Qc2 Kg8 22. c4 Rbd8 23. c5 Nxg3 24. hxg3 dxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxe4 27.
Rd7 Ng6 28. Qxc7 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qxb2 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. Rd6 h5 32. Nf6 Qxf2 33. Qc3
Kh6 34. Nd7 Re8 35. Ne5 Qf5 36. Nxg6 fxg6 37. Qc7 h4 38. Rd4 hxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Qe5
40. Rd7 b5 41. Ra7 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Re3+ 43. Kg4 Ra3 44. g3 Rxa2 45. Ra8 b4 46.
Rh8+ Kg7 47. Rb8 Ra4 48. Rb7+ Kh6 49. Rb8 b3+ 50. Kf3 g4+ 51. Ke3 Ra3 52. Kf4
a5 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. c4
O-O 15. Be3 e5 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. b4 Rc7 20. c5 Ne4 21.
Rac1 Rfc8 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Rcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Rb8 9. O-O Be6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rd1 d4 14. e3
Bc5 15. Na4 Bb6 16. Nxb6+ Rxb6 17. exd4 e4 18. d5 Bg4 19. Rd4 Rc8 20. Bg5 Rxb2
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxe4 h5 23. Ra4 Rc7 24. Kg2 f5 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Rxa7+ Kd6 27.
h3 Rxd3 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. a4 Rf3 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. a5 Kxd5 32. Rxf7 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxe2 7. Bxe2 e6 8. O-O
Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Nh6 13. Na3 a6 14. Bd3 O-O 15.
Nc2 f6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 Nf5 21.
Rae1 Rac8 22. Re5 Rf6 23. Rfe1 g6 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qe3 Rc6 26. a4 Qc7 27. c4
Rxc4 28. Rxe6 Re4 29. Qg3+ Qg7 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. R1xe4 fxe4 33.
Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Kf2 d4 35. g4 Kf7 36. h4 h5 37. gxh5 Kf6 38. h6 Kg6 39. f5+ Kxh6
40. a5 Kh5 41. Ke2 Kh6 42. Kf2 Kh5 43. Ke2 Kh6 44. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {An Archangel seems to be
a breath of fresh air after multiple Berlins and Marshalls.} 6. Nc3 $5 {
Something Vishy must have cooked up beforehand. A specialty of Dominguez, it
is very rare compared to 6.c3} b5 (6... O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Re8 {recovers
the pawn, which makes castling a viable alternative to the move in the game})
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nd5 (8. d3 h6 9. Nd5 {is much more common, seen in many of
Dominguez's games. Anand has his own idea, involving a pawn sacrifice.}) 8...
Nxe4 {Kramnik isn't one to refuse a challenge. Also, any other move lacks
justification} (8... h6 9. c3 {with the idea of a quick d4, looks dangerous}) (
8... Bb7 9. c3 {again might be an issue.}) 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. Re1 {After a more or less forced sequence we arrive at this position.
White clearly has compensation for the pawn: two bishops, pressure on e5 and
better development. Black must play accurately, but his position is still
solid and it is hard to crack any weakness. Sometimes, recovering e5 will not
be sufficient for an advantage.} h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Rae8 {is completely fine for Black, even perhaps better for him
due to the superior piece placement!}) 13... Bb7 14. c3 Rfe8 15. d4 (15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. d4 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qd6 {gives Black an edge. The crippled pawns on the
kingside are worth more than the, for now, uncoordinated bishops.}) 15... e4
16. Nd2 Na5 17. Bc2 g5 18. Bg3 Nc4 {Releasing some of the pressure against e4
seems natural, though Black now has to suffer from the activation of some
important pieces.} (18... d5 19. h4 {gives White obvious counterplay. The
position is still terribly murky.}) 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. b3 Bd5 21. Be5 $6 {
Despite recovering the pawn, this move isn't precise.} (21. h4 $1 Qe6 22. hxg5
hxg5 23. Qd2 {puts real pressure on g5.}) (21. Bxc7 $5 {is also worth
considering, as the bishop will hide on a5 without problems.}) 21... d6 22.
Bxf6 Qxf6 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Re8 {Material is even, but
Black retains a nagging edge now that his rook controls the only open file and
his pieces are slightly better placed.} 26. Bd3 Qe6 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qb3 Qd3
29. h3 Kg7 30. Rd1 Qe2 31. Rf1 Re6 32. Qd5 Qd2 {The situation hasn't changed.
Anand has played very well to get to this position and continues holding on.}
33. Qc4 a5 34. Qxc7 $2 {But this is a mistake. Giving Black the outside passed
pawn proves catastrophic.} (34. a4 Re1 {looks dangerous, but after} 35. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2 37. Qxc7 {there isn't anything but a perpetual.}) 34... Qxa2
35. c4 Qd2 36. Qb6 a4 37. Qa7 Qb4 38. f4 Re1 $1 {The transition to the queen
endgame is perfectly timed. The black king is not easily caught in a perpetual
check.} 39. fxg5 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 hxg5 41. Kg1 Qxc4 (41... a3 {immediately was
winning.} 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. Qe7 Qd2 $1 {and White can't prevent the pawn from
advancing.}) 42. Kh2 Qb4 43. Qe7 Qd2 44. Qa7 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 a3 47.
Qa5 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qe3 50. Kh1 f6 $2 (50... Kg6 {made Kramnik's
life slightly easier. The point is that White is almost zugzwanged, as the
queen has to keep an eye on the kingside and the a-pawn. This is easy for
computers to see, but for humans it's a huge headache to calculate queen
endgames.} 51. Qa8 Qb3 52. Qg8+ Kf5 53. Qh7+ Ke6 {and the king escapes
successfully.}) 51. Qa4 (51. Qc7+ Kg6 52. Qc4 $1 {would have made Black's task
much, much harder.}) 51... Qc1+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ 53. Kh1 Qe3 54. Kh2 Kf7 55. Kh1 (
55. Qa7+ Kg6 56. Qa8 Qb3 $1 {is winning. Black places the king on g7, the
queen on f7 and finally pushes a2.}) 55... Kg6 56. Qa8 (56. Qc4 $1 {is still
winning for Black, but much, much harder.}) 56... Kg7 57. Qb7+ Kg6 58. Qa8 (58.
Qd5 $1) 58... Qb3 {Now the pawn advances without problems.} 59. Qe4+ Kg7 60.
Qe7+ Qf7 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14.
Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 c6 19. fxe5 cxd5 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. h3 b5 23. Bxb5 Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Bxe8 25. Ba6 Bg6 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. Bb7 Re8 28. Bxd5+ Bf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rb7+ Kg6 31. Rxa7 Rc8 32. Rd7
Rxc2 33. Rxd6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 {Anish doesn't quit on his
ideas.} Nxd5 6. bxc5 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 {The old lion smells the trap.} ({
Giri-Grischuk, Moscow Grand Prix 2017, went} 7... Qe7 8. Be2 $1 e4 9. Nd4 Na6 {
and here Anish missed a great idea} 10. O-O $1 ({Instead he went crazy with} 
10. g4 {and soon was forced to fight for a draw in an endgame a pawn down.})
10... Nxc5 11. Nf5 $3 Qe5 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Rb1 Kxg7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. f3 {
with a huge attack against the hopelessly pinned Nf6.}) 8. Be2 O-O 9. Bb2 d6 {
By playing like this Black simply accepts a slightly worse position.} 10. cxd6
cxd6 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 b6 13. d3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Rc8 17.
Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf3 g5 (18... Nd7 19. Ba3 Qf6 20. Bd5) 19. Bg2 Nd7 20. f4 gxf4
21. exf4 Nc5 {One of those small mistakes that lead to grave consequences.} ({
Black had to prevent the white bishop from coming to d5, and that could have
been accomplished by} 21... Qh4 $1 22. fxe5 Ndxe5 23. Qd2 Qg3 {Eventually
White will have to trade queens and be content with a mere endgame advantage.})
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bd5 Rf8 (23... Re7 24. Qf3 Qc7 25. g5 $16) 24. Qf3 Qd7 25.
Bc3 Ne6 26. Rae1 Ne7 27. Rxe5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxa4 29. g5 $6 {Very consistent,
yet inaccurate.} ({A player with an eye for a king hunt would quickly spot} 29.
Rh5 $1 Rc5 30. Be5 f6 31. Qf5 Ng5 32. d4 {winning the exchange and the game in
short order.}) 29... Rc5 (29... Qa3 30. Bf6 {favours White, but it's a game.})
30. h4 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Nc5 $2 {Vishy appears to be off his best form.} ({The
only way to continue was} 31... Qxh4 32. dxe6 Qxg5+ 33. Qg2 Qe3+ 34. Rf2 Qc1+
35. Qf1 Qg5+ {and it doesn't seem to be totally hopeless.}) 32. g6 $18 Qd7 (
32... Qxh4 33. gxf7+ Kh7 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kf2) 33. Bb4 {Now White will win by
playing d3-d4.} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Ba2 Qxd3 13. a5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Nc8 16. b4 Ba7 17. Re1 Nd6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Kf1 Ne4 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd2 Kf8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Ke7 27.
Ke2 c5 28. Kd3 cxb4 29. cxb4 Kd6 30. Kc4 b5+ 31. axb6 Bxb6 32. b5 axb5+ 33.
Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {This is rare occurence for Caruana who usually starts out with 1.e4.} ({
It is worth comparing what happens in the game with the not purely fictional
line:} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3
Nbd7 8. e3 (8. g3) 8... Re8 9. b4 e5 10. Be2 c6 {when we get a position that
will arise later in this game, but with Black to move.} (10... e4 $1)) 1... e5
{I have heard GMs saying that the problem with the English is - in order - 1...
e5, 1...c5 and 1...e6, and then there is nothing wrong with 1...Nf6 or 1...c6.
Further down on the list 1...b6 and 1...g6 argue about which one is the most
respectable.} 2. Nc3 ({When Mihail Marin wrote his wonderful books on the
English, he chose to recommend} 2. g3 {as the second move here. The only
downside to leaving out Nc3, is that Black can play the immediate} c6 3. d4 (3.
Nf3 e4 {is another fashionable possibility.}) 3... e4 $5 4. Nc3 d5 {and Black
seems to be doing fine. One sample line is}) 2... Bb4 $5 ({Another Bb4-line
arises after} 2... Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {This line was already at the
centre of attention in the classic WCh match between Kasparov and Karpov, in
1987. Their 2nd and 4th games (with Kasparov as White) both went} (4... d5 5.
cxd5 Nxd5) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 $1 {Lately White
has been scoring very well here and Caruana was able to score a nice win
against Anand in the Moscow Candidates 2016 (a game that has been excellently
commented on in CBM by Mihail Marin). He was possibly hoping to repeat this
line.} exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 dxc4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 Bf5 15. Ne5
Nd6 $6 16. e4 Bh7 17. Qe2 $14 {Caruana,F (2794)-Anand,V (2762) Moscow 2016.}) (
2... c6 {is not as good here as after 2.g3, as} 3. Nf3 $1 d6 4. d4 {leaves
Black with little choice but to play either the Old Indian or a sideline of
the KID.} Nd7 5. e4 $14) 3. Nd5 (3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 $1 (4. dxc3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6
6. Nf3 Nge7 {is even nicer for Black.}) 4... d6 $1 5. Bg2 Ne7 $5 {and Black is
well organised to deal with any central setup that White might choose. The
knight is more flexible on e7 than on f6 and it is a good reason to try Bb4
before Nf6.}) 3... Bc5 (3... Be7 $5 4. d4 (4. g3) 4... d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nxe7
Qxe7 7. f3 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 {is another interesting line, where White has to
decide where the queen is best placed. 9.Qc3 seems to be the consensus, but in
a game against Ginger GM in 2015 I came to the conclusion that e3 looked like
a better square:} 9. Qe3 O-O 10. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2c3] This is why I didn't want
my queen on c3.} a5 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qc3 f5
16. exf5 Ne7 17. g4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Ne5 $2 (19... Nc5 20. Be3 Bd7
$13) 20. Bf4 $16 {Hillarp Persson,T (2521)-Williams,S (2439) London 2015}) 4.
Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 {Anand reached this position no less than five times in 2016
and obviously has a lot of faith in its soundness.} 6. e3 (6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. d3 (9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 11. b3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bb2 {
, looks a bit better for White, to me, but Black's pieces are active and I can
understand why this kind of position would suit Anand's active style.}) 9... h6
10. Na4 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bc7 13. e4 Bg4 $132 {Caruana,F (2820)-Anand,V 
(2775) 8th London Classic 2016}) (6. a3 Nf6 7. e3 (7. Na4 e4) 7... e4 (7... Bb6
$5) 8. Nd4 O-O 9. d3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. b4 Bb6 13. O-O Rd8 {
Topalov,V (2760)-Anand,V (2775) Champions Showdown 2016, was perhaps somewhat
more comfortable for White.}) 6... Bb4 $1 7. d4 Nd7 ({It seems that Anand
either has lost faith in or got bored with} 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd2 Nf6 {
which he played in three games last year.} {Nakamura played the principled} 10.
Ba3 {and only got half a point out of two:} (10. f3 exf3 $6 (10... Bf5 $5) 11.
Qxf3 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Bb2 (13. e4 $1) 13... Qf5 $132 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)
-Anand,V (2775) 10th Tal Mem 2016}) 10... b6 (10... O-O 11. c5 $5 d5 12. Be2
Re8 13. O-O b5 14. Bc1 a6 15. a4 Qd7 16. f4 ({It seems to me (and the engine)
that something like} 16. axb5 cxb5 17. f3 exf3 18. Rxf3 {, intending a
sacrifice on f6, surely must be much better for White.}) 16... exf3 17. Nxf3
Ne4 18. Ne5 $6 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Nxa4 21. e4 Qe8 22. Bd3 $2 d4 $1 {
Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2775) Champions Showdown 2016, and Black went on to
win.}) 11. f4 $6 (11. f3 $1) 11... c5 $1 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. g3 Nc6 15.
h3 Qd7 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2775) Champions Showdown Rapid 2016, and
White was lucky to escape with a draw. Nimzowitsch would rise from the dead
just to get a chance to play this position from the black side.}) 8. Qc2 {
A sensible way to avoid the doubled pawn on c3.} Ngf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O
11. Be2 Re8 12. b4 {This pawn move always make me cringe on the inside. I'm
not saying that it is bad, but when Black starts shuffling his pieces around
on the light squares it might be nice to still have this pawn on b3. I guess
there are a few GMs who agree with me, but the majority seem to value space
more than any vague notions about light squares.} e4 $1 {This is one of those
moves that you shouldn't hesitate to make. It is clearly the best Black can
hope for with this pawn structure.} 13. Nd2 d5 $1 {This is where I first
logged in to watch the games and I felt something had gone wrong for Caruana. 
(...and I also felt that the b4-pawn might have been happier on b3, so that
White could play Ba3 and perhaps Qc3-b4-d6.)} 14. a4 ({The engines love - if
that is the right word - to play} 14. c5 $5 {, but although White gets a free
hand on the queenside, the same is basically true for Black on the kingside.
Also, should White choose to play 0-0-0, it is still possible to apply the can
opener with b6 and a5.} Nf8 15. h3 {[%cal Rc8g4]} Ng6 16. a4 Bd7 17. b5 Nh4 18.
Kf1 (18. O-O Qc8 19. Kh2 Nxg2) (18. Rg1 Qc7) (18. g3 Nf3+ $1 19. Nxf3 exf3 20.
Bxf3 cxb5 {and Bc1 is a hundred miles awar from a life.}) 18... h6 {and with
Nf6-h7-g5 coming next, White must start wondering whether it will be enough to
get a rook down to b7? (The answer is: probably not.)}) 14... dxc4 $1 {If
White had more pressure on e4, this would not be recommendable, but in this
situation Black is better developed, has a wonderful square for a knight on d5
and does not have to worry about e4.} 15. Nxc4 Nb6 $1 16. Na5 (16. Ne5 Nfd5 $1)
(16. O-O Bg4 $1 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bd2 {and the engine wants me to
believe that the position is almost equal. Well... after} Nfd5 20. Qb3 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 Re6 22. b5 Qd7 23. Qb3 a6 $1 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rfc1 Rac8 {I would under
no circumstances want to play the White side.}) 16... Nbd5 (16... Nfd5 17. Qd2
Qg5 {looks very promising too.}) 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. h3 Re6 $5 {A lovely move that
has more than one function. On one hand it is ready to attack the kingside at
any moment, but also it might come in handy if White continues with b4-b5.} 19.
Ba3 (19. Nc4 Ne8 20. b5 cxb5 (20... a6 21. bxa6 b5 $5) 21. axb5 Nd6 22. Nxd6
Rxd6 23. Bb2 Rg6 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Kf1 Be6 26. Rc5 Qd7) ({White's natural plan
is to play b4-b5, but when Black's pieces are so well organised and active, it
tends to backfire:} 19. b5 $6 cxb5 20. axb5 Bd7 $1 21. Ba3 b6 22. Rc1 Qb8 23.
Nc6 Qe8 {and pawns will fall.}) 19... a6 20. Nb3 $6 {This knight is feeling a
bit lost. It was well placed on a5, but there was no way forward. Now it seeks
greener pasture, but it turns out to be no better than the last one. In the
meantime Anand improves his forces' coordination further.} Ne8 $3 {Another
great move. From d6 the knight keeps and eye on e4, c4 and f5, while it makes
b4-b5 harder to play for White. It also opens the road to g6 for the rook. You
cannot ask for more from one move.} 21. Nc5 Rg6 22. g3 ({It's horrible to
leave the f-pawn behind in this way, but} 22. Kf1 Nd6 {was not an option.})
22... Nd6 23. a5 {This move looks like a sign of desperation. Not only does
White give up all future counterplay on the queenside, but also the bishop on
a3 gets completely entombed. I would normally give such a move a "?!", but I
trust that Caruana had better reasons that my engine and I can whip up in five
minutes.} Bf5 $1 24. Qc2 Re8 25. O-O-O Qc8 (25... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b6]}) 26. g4
Bd7 27. Kb1 f5 $5 ({There is some kind of mute, unformulated guideline, that
tells me to attack the g4-pawn with} 27... h5 {rather than move the f-pawn.
Perhaps it is because I prefer to keep my pawns in one long chain. However, in
this position, Anand's choice makes even more sense as it opens the f-file
towards f2.} 28. Rh2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Rdh1 f5 $17) 28. gxf5 Rf6 29. Rdg1
Bxf5 30. h4 Ref8 31. Rh2 Kh8 {It seems that Anand is keeping the tempo up as
Caruana feels the pressure from the clock.} ({Here I see no defence against} 
31... Qc7 32. Rhg2 Bc8 $1 {and the f2-pawn falls:} 33. Bc1 (33. Bd1 Nb5 $19) (
33. Bf1 Qf7) (33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {is utterly hopeless for White who
has only one active piece.}) 33... Rxf2) 32. Qd2 Rg6 33. Rxg6 hxg6 $5 {This
makes things a bit harder, but in time pressure it is almost impossible for
White to find the defence.} (33... Bxg6) 34. h5 $1 g5 35. h6 g6 36. Bb2 $6 {
After this move White is irreversibly lost. The only chance was to try to
exchange the Be2 for another piece than Black's bishop:} (36. Bd1 $1 Bg4 37.
Bb3 Bf3 $1 38. Qc1 {and White can try something with Bxd5 and then queen to g3.
Still, Black should win with ...g4 and then Rf8-f5-h5.}) 36... Bg4 $1 37. Bf1
Kh7 38. Ka1 Bf3 {To quote Italo Svevo, White's position has become the "tomb
of its (sic) good intentions". The rest is just a demonstration of how
helpless White is.} 39. Rh3 g4 40. Rg3 Rf5 41. Na4 Qf8 42. Nb6 Qxh6 43. Nxd5
cxd5 44. Qc1 Qh1 45. Qc7+ {This loses fast, but everything else loses almost
as fast.} Rf7 46. Qxd6 Qxf1+ 47. Ka2 Be2 {White has no way to deal with Bc4+,
followed by Qd3, so he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. d4 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Nf1 exd4
15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. N1d2 c5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 cxd4 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Rxe6 Kh8 22. Bg5 Qf7 23. Qd5 Rae8 24. Rae1 h6 25. Bd2 d3 26. Rd6 Qxd5 27. Rxd5
Re2 28. Rxd3 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Ne5 31. Rb3 Be3+ 32. Ke2 Bxd2 33.
Kxd2 Rf2+ 34. Kc3 Re2 35. Nd3 Nxd3 36. Kxd3 Rxg2 37. Rxb7 Rg3+ 38. Kc4 Rxh3 39.
Ra7 Rh4+ 40. Kb3 g5 41. a5 Rf4 42. Rxa6 Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Ra8 Kg7 45. Ra7+
Kg6 46. Ra8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4
a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne1 Nd6 12. Na3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 Ba6 15.
Nb5 Rc8 16. Bf4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nf5 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. e3 Rc7 21. Bf1
Qc8 22. Qd1 Rd8 23. Bd3 h6 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. Rc6 Ne8
28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bb1 Kg8 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Bb1 Kg8 32. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Ra2 Qf6 14. Nc4 {
This Italian Giuoco Piano/Anti-Berlin Ruy Lopez is a staple of top level chess
these days. Between the two of them Anand and Carlsen must have played it a
hundred times, including many battles against one another.} b5 $6 {I don't
particularly like this move and I suspect Magnus didn't much fancy it either.}
({The thing is, the normal} 14... Ne7 {allows} 15. d4 $1 {and even if Black
can hold his own after} exd4 16. cxd4 Ng6 17. e5 $1 Qf5 {which is not a fact
yet, the position after} 18. exd6 Qd5 19. Rc2 cxd6 {offers White a chance to
wrap it up with repetition:} 20. Ne3 Qe4 21. Nc4) 15. Ne3 ({White has to be
slightly careful not to walk into} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ne3 $2 Bxe3 17. Rxa8 Bxf2+
) 15... Bb6 16. Ng4 Qe7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 {In the resulting symmetrical
structure White holds two advantages: pressure against b5 and better posts for
his knights. Granted, it's not much yet, but White's prospects look much
brighter.} Rab8 {Concession no.1} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Nd8 {Concession no.2
of the same} 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf7 23. Qc2 $2 {Not a bad move in itself,
but I mark it down for a missed opportunity.} (23. e5 $1 Ng3 24. Qc2 Nf5 (24...
Ng5 {offers no compensation whatsoever:} 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. exd6 cxd6 27. Rxd6
h5 28. Ne5 $16) 25. e4 Ng3 (25... Nh4 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Nxh4 Kg7 28. exd6 cxd6
29. d5 {is disastrous for Black.}) 26. Rc6 {would put Magnus on the ropes yet
again. We are used to his indifference to playing for an opening advantage
with White because we know of his ability to win from equal positions. Getting
in trouble with Black, as consistently happened to Carlsen in this tournament,
is another kettle of fish.}) 23... Nf6 $1 {At the last moment the hapless
knight escapes.} 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rc6 Ng5 $1 {Now Carlsen has a clear path
to counterplay.} 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. Rxc7 Qg3 $1 28. Qe2 ({Still,} 28. Re2 Ra8
29. Qc1 Ra4 30. Qe1 {was worth trying.}) 28... Ra8 29. Rcc1 Ra3 30. Ra1 Rb3 31.
Rab1 Ra3 32. Ra1 Rb3 33. Rab1 Ra3 34. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qb6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Nc3
Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qc2 Bh3 17. Qb3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Kg1 Rfd8 20. Be5
Nh5 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Qb5 Qe6 23. Qc4 Qc6 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Ne6 26. Rfc1 f5
27. Nc3 Kf7 28. Rab1 b5 29. Nxb5 Rxa2 30. Rc3 Ra4 31. Kg2 Rb4 32. Na3 Kf6 33.
Nc2 Rb5 34. Na3 Rb4 35. Nc2 Rb5 36. e3 Ra8 37. b4 Ra2 38. Rc4 Nd8 39. d4 cxd4
40. Nxd4 Rd5 41. Rc5 Rd6 42. Ra5 Ra6 43. Rxa6+ bxa6 44. Rc1 Nf7 45. Rc6+ Nd6
46. b5 axb5 47. Nxb5 Ke6 48. Nxd6 exd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nc4 Nb8 13. Bxd7 Nbxd7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15.
b3 c6 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. d4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 exd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Qc2 c5 21. d5 Re7
22. Re3 Rae8 23. Rbe1 Qd8 24. R1e2 Nh5 25. g3 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Qd7 27. e5 Qxh3 28.
exd6 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qd7 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxa5 Nf6 32. Qxc5 Qxa4 33. Qc8+ Kh7
34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Ne5 Qb4 36. d7 Qd6 37. Qf3 b6 38. Kg2 h5 39. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nec3 Rb8 14. Nb4 Qg5+
15. Kb1 Nc5 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Ncd5 Bd8 18. Be2 Rb7 19. Ne3 Qf4 20. Qxf4 exf4 21.
Nf5 O-O 22. Nxd6 Rb6 23. e5 Nd7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxe5 26. Rhd1 Bc7 27.
Bxh5 g6 28. Be2 Kg7 29. a3 Rfb8 30. c3 Kf8 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Ne4 Rxd5 33. Rxd5
Ke7 34. Nc5 Rc6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Nxa6 Bd6 37. Ra5 f5 38. Rxa4 g5 39. Nb4 Rc8 40.
Nd3 Ng6 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Bf3 Nh4 44. Bd5 g4 45. hxg4 fxg4 46. Ra4
Rf8 47. Re4+ Kd8 48. Re6 Kd7 49. Rh6 Nf5 50. Be6+ Ke7 51. Bxf5 Rxf5 52. c4 g3
53. f3 Ra5 54. Rh4 Ra1 55. c5 Bb8 56. Nxf4 Rg1 57. Nd5+ Kd7 58. Ne3 Kc6 59. b4
Be5 60. Kd3 Kb5 61. Re4 Bb2 62. Rg4 Be5 63. f4 Bc7 64. Rxg3 Bxf4 65. Rg4 Bh6
66. Nf5 Bc1 67. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bd4 5. Rb1 c6 6. e3 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
Nf3 e4 9. Nd4 Nf6 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. a3 O-O 13. dxe4 Qxe4 14. Bb2 Nbd7
15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd4 Re8 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. Qc3 Bg4 19. Ne5 Bh5 20. O-O Rad8 21.
Qb3 N8d7 22. Nc4 b5 23. Na5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxb7 Ng4 26. g3 Nxh2 27. Nxd8
Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nd2 29. Bxh7+ Kf8 30. f4 Qf6 31. Qb2 Nxf1 32. Qxf6 Nxe3+ 33. Kg1
gxf6 34. Nxc6 Nc4 35. Nd4 Nxa3 36. Rb3 Nc4 37. Bd3 Bd1 38. Rc3 Ba4 39. Bxc4
bxc4 40. Rxc4 Re4 41. Kf2 f5 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Nxf5+ Ke6 44. Ng7+ Kf6 45. Nh5+
Kg6 46. g4 Rxb4 47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Kg3 f5 49. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nb5 Rb7 14. Qe2 Nfe8 15.
c3 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. f5 b5 19. Na5 Rb6 20. Bg5 bxa4 21. Nc4 Rbb8
22. Bc2 a3 23. Rxa3 Qd8 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Qh4 Bf6 26. Ra1 e5 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28.
Raf1 Nh5 29. f6 Kh8 30. Bd1 Ne8 31. g3 Rg8 32. R3f2 Qd7 33. Bxh5 gxh5 34. Rf5
1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. a4 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qf6
15. Be3 Bg4 16. Be2 Red8 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bg4 a5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Nd7 23. Red1 Kf8 24. Rd3 Ke7 25. Kf1 Nb6 26. Nd2 Ke6 27. Bxb6
cxb6 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. Rad1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc8 31. f3 Bg1 32. Rd6+ Ke7 33. Nxb6
Bxb6 34. Rxb6 Rc7 35. Ke2 Kd8 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rb6 Kd8 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rd5
Rxc3 40. Rxe5+ Kf6 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. b6 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Rxa5 Rxb6 45. Kf2
Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Ra2 47. h4 b6 48. Ra6 Ke7 49. h5 Rb2 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. f4 Ra2 52.
Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Kg4 Ra2 54. g3 Ra1 55. Ra6 f5+ 56. exf5+ Kf7 57. Ra7+ Kf6 58. Ra6
Kf7 59. f6 g6 60. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nec3 Bh6
15. h4 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. f3 Ne6 18. Qf2 Rc5 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bg5 21. Bb5
Bf4 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Qa7 Ke8 25. Qxb7 Rc4 26. Nab6 Rd4 27. h5
gxh5 28. gxh5 Rxh5 29. c3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Kf8 31. Rg1 Nc5 32. Qc6 Rg5 33. Rh1
Kg7 34. Nc4 Nxe4 35. Nxf4 Ng3 36. Ne6+ fxe6 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Rh7 Qf8 39. Nxd6
Kg6 40. a3 Nf5 41. Nc4 Ng3 42. Ka2 e4 43. Rh3 Kf5 44. Qh7+ Kf4 45. Qc7+ e5 46.
Rh7 Rf5 47. Qb6 Qg8 48. Qf2+ Kg4 49. Rg7+ Qxg7 50. Ne3+ Kh5 51. Qh2+ Kg6 52.
Qxg3+ Rg5 53. Qh4 Qf7+ 54. c4 Qf4 55. Qh3 Qf3 56. Qe6+ Kh5 57. Qe8+ Kh4 58.
Qh8+ Kg3 59. Nd5 Qd3 60. Qf6 Qxc4+ 61. Ka1 Qc1+ 62. Ka2 Qc4+ 63. Ka1 Qxd5 64.
Qxg5+ Kf3 65. Qh5+ Ke3 66. Qh3+ Kd2 67. Qg2+ Kd3 68. Qf1+ Kc2 69. Qf2+ Qd2 70.
Qc5+ Kd1 71. Qxe5 e3 72. Qh5+ e2 73. Ka2 Qd4 74. Qf3 a5 75. Kb1 a4 76. Ka1 Kd2
77. Qg2 Qe5 78. Ka2 Ke3 79. Qg1+ Kf3 80. Qe1 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 d6
9. Ng3 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 c5 13. b5 Ba5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. O-O
Nf8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Nce4 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Nh5 f5 20. Neg3 Nh4 21. f4 g6 22.
e4 gxh5 23. exf5 e4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 N4xf5 27. Ra1 b6 28.
g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. g5 Nf7 32. Rf3 Bd2 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34.
Qxd4 Bb4 35. Qe4 Qa2 36. Kh1 Bc5 37. Rf1 Qd2 38. Qf3 Qc2 39. Re1 Qxc4 40. Kg2
Qxb5 41. Re7 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 Qd4 43. Re4 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 h6 45. Re6 hxg5 46. Rg6+ Kf8
47. fxg5 Qe3 48. Rf6 Qxf3+ 49. Rxf3 Kg7 50. Kh4 b5 51. Kh5 b4 52. Rf1 Bd4 53.
Rf4 Bc5 54. Rf1 Ne5 55. Ra1 Nd3 56. Rd1 Nf4+ 57. Kg4 Ne2 58. Re1 Nc3 59. Re7+
Kf8 60. Rb7 Nxd5 61. g6 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. Bb2 Qc8 14. a4 Rd8 15.
Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b5 a5 18. Ne5 Nb6 19. Bc2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qc7 21. Bb3
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bc3 Nfd7 24. Qd2 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxg2 26. Bc3 Qa8 27. f4
Bh3 28. Bxa5 e5 29. Bxb6 Nxb6 30. fxe5 Nd7 31. Qd5 Qa5 32. Kf2 Qb4 33. Bd1 Be6
34. Qe4 Nb6 35. Qd3 Kg7 36. Ne2 Nxc4 37. Qc3 Nb2 38. Qxb4 cxb4 39. b6 Bd5 40.
Bb3 Bb7 41. Ke3 h5 42. Nd4 h4 43. a5 h3 44. Nb5 g5 45. Nd6 g4 46. Nxb7 g3 47.
Nc5 gxh2 48. Bd5 Nd1+ 49. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 f6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. h4 Ne6
15. h5 a4 16. g3 Qd7 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. Rad1 c5 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Nxf5
Nd4 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Ng4 Nxc2 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Rxc5 Kg8 27. Ne5
Re7 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Ra5 Nxf4+ 30. Kh2 Nxh5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. d4 Nf6 33. Rxa4
Nxe4 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Rb4 g5 36. a4 Kg7 37. a5 Kf6 38. Nd3 g4 39. Nc5 c6 40. Rb6
Re2+ 41. Kf1 Rc2 42. Nxb7 Nc4 43. Rxc6+ Kg5 44. Rc5+ Kf4 45. Nd6 Ne3+ 46. Ke1
Rxb2 47. Nc4 Ra2 48. Nxe3 Kxe3 49. Re5+ Kf4 50. Rh5 Kf3 51. Rxh7 g3 52. Rf7+
Kg2 53. d5 Rxa5 54. d6 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rac8
15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rfd8 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rfc1 Rc7 21.
Bc3 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2
Nh6 9. Nb3 Nf5 10. g4 Ne7 11. Ne1 h5 12. gxh5 Bh7 13. Ng2 Nf5 14. Bg4 c5 15. c3
Qb6 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Ne3 Nh6 18. Be2 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bb5 c4 21. Nd2 Rc6 22.
Re1 Kd8 23. Ndf1 Qc7 24. Ng3 Bd3 25. Ng2 e5 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Ng4
Nxg4 29. Qxg4 Qd7 30. Qh4 Be7 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Bg5 e4 33. Bxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qxe7+
Kxe7 35. f3 e3 36. Rxe3+ Kd6 37. f4 Nd7 38. f5 Nc5 39. Kg1 Ne4 40. Rae1 Ke5 41.
b3 Rg8 42. bxc4 dxc4 43. Rxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. c3 h6
15. Bd3 Nh4 16. g3 Ng6 17. f4 c6 18. Be3 Be7 19. Bc4 Bf8 20. Bf2 b5 21. dxc6
bxc4 22. cxd7 Qxd7 23. Qd5 Rab8 24. b4 Qg4 25. Qd1 Qf5 26. Qd4 a5 27. a3 Re6
28. Nd2 axb4 29. axb4 d5 30. Nf1 Ne7 31. Ne3 Qe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Nc2 g5 34.
fxg5 hxg5 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Ra5 f5 37. Nd4 Rd8 38. Nxf5 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rd2 40.
Ne3 Bg7 41. Rxg5 Kf7 42. Nxc4 Rc2 43. Nd6+ Kf8 44. Nxe4 Bh6 45. Re5 Kf7 46. Kf3
Ng6 47. Rf5+ Ke8 48. h4 Bg7 49. Bd4 Ne7 50. Rc5 Bxd4 51. cxd4 Rb2 52. d5 Nf5
53. d6 Nd4+ 54. Ke3 Rxb4 55. Nf6+ Kf7 56. Nd5 Ra4 57. Nb6 Rb4 58. Nc4 Ne6 59.
Rf5+ Ke8 60. Ne5 Rb3+ 61. Ke4 Rxg3 62. Rf6 Nc5+ 63. Kd5 Nd7 64. Re6+ Kd8 65.
Nc6+ Kc8 66. Re8+ Kb7 67. Ne5 Nf6+ 68. Kd4 Nxe8 69. d7 Nc7 70. d8=N+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d3 Nd7
8. g3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 fxe5 12. Bg2 f6 13. O-O Bg6 14.
Rae1 Kf7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Bh6 17. Bb4 Rhe8 18. Rd4 Bf5 19. g4 e5 20. Rc4
Be6 21. Rce4 Bf4 22. h3 h5 23. gxh5 Rg8 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Kf2 Rae8 26. Be4 f5
27. Bf3 Bd5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Be2 f3 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 Rh8 32. Be1 Rxh5
33. h4 Ke6 34. Bf2 a6 35. Kf4 Rh8 36. b3 Rg8 37. Kf3 b5 38. Be3 Rg4 39. Bf2 a5
40. a3 a4 41. b4 Kf6 42. Bg3 Rg8 43. Bf2 Re8 44. Bd4+ Kg6 45. Bf2 f4 46. c4 Kf5
47. c5 Re7 48. d4 Re6 49. d5 cxd5 50. Bd4 Re4 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. c4
Nc5 9. Nc3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. b4 f5 14. Ba3 Bg5 15. c5
Bxd2 16. Qxd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f4 Bh3 20. Rf2 g5 21. f5 h5
22. Bc1 Bxf5 23. Qxg5+ Qxg5 24. Bxg5 Rae8 25. Raf1 Be4 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Bd8 dxc5 29. bxc5 Bxd5 30. a3 c6 31. Bc7 e4 32. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Qd2 h5 8. g5 g6
9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Nge2 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nf4 Be7 14. h4 Ne6 15.
Nce2 a5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Nf4 Qb6 18. O-O O-O 19. a4 Qa6 20. b3 b5 21. Qe2 Rfc8
22. axb5 cxb5 23. Ra2 a4 24. bxa4 bxa4 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 26. Rb1 Kf8 27. Rb5 a3 28.
Rb3 Ke8 29. Bc1 Ra4 30. c3 Rca8 31. Nd3 Kd7 32. Nb4 Bxb4 33. cxb4 Kc6 34. b5+
Kb7 35. Rbxa3 Rxa3 36. Bxa3 f4 37. Kg2 Bg4 38. Ra1 Ra5 39. b6 Ra4 40. Bb2 Rxa1
41. Bxa1 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Bb4 15.
Nbd2 Qd7 16. a3 Be7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Bg3 f5 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Be6
Bd6 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. Rh1 Rf6 24. Ng5 Qxg5 25. Rxh5 Qg6 26. exf5 Nxf5 27. Bxf5
Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qf3 Qc8 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Rc1 Qe8 32. Ne4 d5 33. Ng3 Qe6
34. Qf5 Qg8 35. Rc7 Re8 36. Nh5 Re6 37. Nxg7 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 a5 15.
Rb1 axb4 16. cxb4 d5 17. b5 Nd4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21.
Re4 Qd5 22. Rc1 c6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. h3 b5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Re1
Rd8 28. Qe2 f6 29. Qa2+ Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c4 c5 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Be2 Bc6 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Qd6
Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nxd6 17. Rxd6 Rc8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Ne5 Ke7 20. Rd2 f6
21. Nxc6+ Nxc6 22. Rdc2 Kd8 23. Bf3 Rab8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. b3 Kc7
27. Kf1 a5 28. Rc4 Rb4 29. Ke2 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Rd8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne7 19. c4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ng6 21. Ra7 c6
22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxb7 Qc8 25. Rb6 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Nd7 27. Nd5 Rc6
28. Nd2 Nc5 29. Qb2 Kh7 30. Rb8 Qe6 31. Qb5 Nf4 32. Ra8 Qg6 33. Nxf4 exf4 34.
Qb8 Qf6 35. Nf3 Nd7 36. Qe8 Rd6 37. e5 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qe6 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Rg8
Kf5 41. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 c5 16. dxc5 Qxe5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. b4 Ra3 20. Rad1 Ba6
21. Qc1 Rd3 22. Qxc7 d4 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Bf4 Qc3 25. Re7 Qxc7 26. Bxc7 d3 27.
Bxb6 Rb8 28. Ba5 Bb5 29. Re5 Bc4 30. Re4 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. c3 h6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. g3 Nc6 13. f4 a6 14. Nf3 b5 15. a3
Na5 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. a4 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. g4 Nd7 20. Ra6 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Ra8
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qxf7+ Kh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8
28. Qf7+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. f4 Bb7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. a5 d5 15. e5
f6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc8 18. Qh5 O-O 19. Be3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bc5 21. Bxg6
hxg6 22. Qxg6 Qxe5 23. Nf3 Qxe3 24. Ng5 Rf2 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+
Kd6 28. Nf7+ Kc7 29. Nxd8+ Kxd8 30. h4 Qf4 31. Rxf2 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nxd5 6. Nbc3 Be6 7. Nf4 Nc6
8. Bb5 Nxf4 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bxf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Rxd6 12. Ne4 Rd5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6
14. Nc3 Rd6 15. O-O Ke7 16. Rfe1 Rd2 17. Rac1 Rhd8 18. f3 Kf8 19. Ne4 R2d4 20.
b3 Bf5 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Nf1 c5 23. Re5 R4d5 24. Re3 f5 25. f4 Rd4 26. g3 Bf7 27.
Re5 R8d5 28. Rce1 c4 29. Kf2 g6 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. b4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4
Rd6 34. Re5 Bd5 35. c3 Be4 36. Rc5 Rd1 37. Rxc7 Rc1 38. Ne3 Rxc3 39. Nxc4 Rc2+
40. Ke3 Rxh2 41. b5 Rh3 42. Kd4 Rxg3 43. Ke5 Rb3 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. Rxh7 Kd8 46.
Nd6 Bd3 47. Nb7+ Kc8 48. Nc5 Rc3 49. Nxd3 Rxd3 50. Kxg6 Rd5 51. b6 Rb5 52. b7+
Kb8 53. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. exd6 exd6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. d5 a6
15. Bd4 Qd7 16. Qd2 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Nh2 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf1 Rae8 21. Ne2
Re5 22. Neg3 Nxg3 23. Nxg3 Rfe8 24. c4 Bg6 25. h5 Bxh5 26. Nxh5+ Rxh5 27. Rxe8
Qxe8 28. Qd4+ Qe5 29. Qxg4+ Rg5 30. Qf3 Qxb2 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Qh3 Qd4 33. Qb3 b6
34. Rd1 Qe4 35. Qc3+ Kg8 36. Qh3 Kg7 37. Rc1 a5 38. a4 Qd4 39. Qf3 Qg4 40. Qxg4
Rxg4 41. Kf1 Kf6 42. f3 Rd4 43. Ke2 Rh4 44. Kd3 Rh2 45. Rg1 h5 46. Ke3 h4 47.
Kf4 h3 48. gxh3 Rxh3 49. Ke3 Rh4 50. Kd3 Rf4 51. Rg8 Rxf3+ 52. Kd4 Ke7 53. Rc8
Kd7 54. Rf8 Rf1 55. Kd3 f5 56. Rf7+ Kc8 57. Kc3 Ra1 58. Rxf5 Ra3+ 59. Kb2 Rxa4
60. Kb3 Rb4+ 61. Kc3 b5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bf8 5. Bb2 c6 6. Ne3 Bxb4 7. Bxe5 Nf6 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. Nf3 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Qb3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
Bxd2 15. Rad1 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ne4 17. Rd4 Nc5 18. Qa3 Qe7 19. e4 Be6 20. Rfd1 Nd7
21. Rxd6 Nb6 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. Ba1 Bxc4 24. Bh5 Rxe4 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. h4 Qh6 27.
R1d6 Be6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxe8 Nd5 31. Qf3 Nf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6
33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8.
d4 Nf5 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qf3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6
15. Qxd6 Nxd6 16. Nd2 c6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re5 Nd6 20. Rae1 Rfe8
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Kd3 Nc7 26. Nf3 Ne6
27. g3 f6 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Ne1 g6 30. Nd3 Ke7 31. Nf4 g5 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. g4 h6
34. h3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 d5 17. Bg5 b4 18. cxb4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. exd5
exd4 22. Ne4 Qxb4 23. Rxc7 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. f4 Ree8 26. d6 Rad8 27. Nd2
Bd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. d7 Rd8 30. Qe2 Be6 31. Nf3 Qb6 32. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. Nc3 a6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bd2
N7f6 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nd5 23. Rdb1 Rab8 24. Rb3 h6 25. a4 Bg5 26. f4 Bf6
27. Kf1 g6 28. Ke1 Bd8 29. Bf1 Ra8 30. Rab1 Ne7 31. Bd3 Nc6 32. Ke2 h5 33. Be4
Ra7 34. Kd3 Na5 35. Rb4 Rd7 36. Be1 Kf8 37. Bf3 Nc6 38. Rc4 Rdc7 39. Rxb6 Ne5+
40. fxe5 Rxc4 41. Rxa6 R4c7 42. a5 Ke8 43. Rd6 Ra7 44. a6 Bc7 45. Bc6+ Kf8 46.
Rd7 Rb8 47. d5 Bb6 48. Rxa7 Bxa7 49. d6 Rb6 50. Bb7 Rb5 51. Bd2 Rxe5 52. Bh6+
Ke8 53. Bc6+ Kd8 54. Bg7 Rf5 55. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. h3 g6 14. Bd3 Bg7
15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Be6 19. a4 Red8 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21.
a5 Qd7 22. Qb3 a6 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. Nf3 Ra8 25. Rbc1 Bf5 26. Ne5 Qc8 27. Bf1 Be6
28. Qb3 Ne4 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Qf5 32. Qf3 Nd6 33. Re5 Qf6 34.
Nb6 Rab8 35. Nd5 Qh4 36. g4 Bh6 37. Rxe7 Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Qxh3 39. Rcc7 h5 40.
Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Qe1
Bd6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qh4 Nf6 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 Qe7 13. Bg5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. Nd2 h6 16. Rae1 O-O 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qg3 a5 19. Nb3 a4 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nd3
g5 22. a3 Na5 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Qf2 Nc4 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Qc2 Qc6 27. Re2 Qd7 28.
Rfe1 Re8 29. h3 Re7 30. Nf2 Kh8 31. Ng4 Rf8 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rf6 34. Qe2
Qc6 35. Qa6 Kg8 36. R1e3 Rd7 37. Qe2 Rd6 38. Qf2 Qb5 39. Kh2 Kh8 40. Re2 Qe8
41. Qg3 Qd7 42. Qg4 Rf4 43. Qg3 Kg8 44. Qe1 Kf7 45. Qb1 Kg8 46. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 Nxc4 8.
dxc4 d6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. b3 c6 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Qe3 h6 14. h3 Bf8
15. Rd3 a6 16. Rad1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bb2 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Nd7 20. Nec3 Rdb8
21. Bc1 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Kh2 Qc7 25. f4 f6 26. Be3 Rd8 27. Qf2
Rab8 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Bxh6 Qf7 30. Be3 Qxf2 31. Bxf2 Rdc8 32. R3d2 Be7 33. Bg3
Rd8 34. Na4 Kg8 35. Nb2 Kf7 36. Nd3 Ke8 37. Ra1 Ra8 38. Rdd1 c5 39. Nb2 Bd7 40.
Rxa8 Rxa8 41. Nc4 Ra6 42. Kg1 Bb5 43. Ne3 Ra2 44. Kf2 Bc6 45. Kf3 Kd7 46. Bxe5
Ke6 47. Bxg7 Bg5 48. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8.
d4 Nf5 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8
15. Nf3 Ne7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Re1 a5 21. a4
Ne7 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 Rb8 24. Qc2 g6 25. b3 b5 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. c4 Bb4 28.
Qd3 Rb8 29. Qe2 Qd7 30. Qd3 Nc6 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. cxd5 Qxd5 33. Qe3 Rxb3 34.
Qe8+ Kg7 35. Re4 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. a4 d6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. g3 Ng6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 a5 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Ne3 Nf8
22. Qb3 Nb4 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Ne6 25. Rc3 Reb8 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27. axb5 a4 28.
Ra1 Ra5 29. b4 Ra7 30. Rca3 Rba8 31. Rc1 g5 32. h3 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kg7
35. Kf1 Rh8 36. Ke2 Rh3 37. Rca1 Ra8 38. Rxa4 Nf4+ 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2
b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. dxc5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 bxc5 12. h4 h5 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qe3 Nd7 15.
Rh3 Rb8 16. c4 d4 17. Qe4 Qc7 18. Re1 Qb7 19. Qd3 Kg8 20. Rg3 Ne7 21. Kg1 Nf5
22. Rg5 Nf8 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Nd2 Qe7 26. Ne4 Rf8 27. Rb1 Rh6 28. Qf3
Nfxh4 29. Bxh4 Nxh4 30. Qf6 Qxf6 31. exf6 Rg6 32. Rb5 Rxg5 33. Nxg5 gxf6 34.
Ne4 f5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxh5+ Kh6 37. Nf4 Rg8 38. Rxc5 e5 39. Nd3 Rxg2+ 40. Kf1
e4 41. Ne1 Rh2 42. Rc8 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 f4 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rh5 Kg6 46. Rh8 Kg7 47.
Rh5 f3+ 48. Nxf3 exf3+ 49. Kd2 Kf6 50. c5 Ke6 51. Rh6+ Kd7 52. a4 Kc7 53. a5 f6
54. Kd3 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 Ng2 56. Rxf6 Rd2 57. a6 Rxc2 58. Rf7+ Kc6 59. Rxa7 Rxf2
60. Rf7 Kxc5 61. Rxf3 Ra2 62. Rf8 Ra4 63. a7 Rxa7 64. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Ne7 14. Qe2
Re8 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. Be3 a6 17. g3 f5 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Qh5 Ne7 20. d5 e5 21. Ba7
Ra8 22. Bb6 g6 23. Bxd8 gxh5 24. Bb6 Bd7 25. b4 Rac8 26. Rac1 Kg7 27. h4 Ng8
28. Bf1 Nf6 29. Bg2 Rc4 30. Bf1 Rcc8 31. Bg2 Rc4 32. Bf1 Rcc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. O-O-O Bf6 11. h4 Nf8 12. Ng5 d5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 h5
15. Qg3 Bg4 16. Rde1 c6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qf2 Qa5 19. Kb1 Re7 20. g4 Rae8 21. Bd2
Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 axb6 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. Bf2 c5 26. c4 dxc4 27. Ne4
Be7 28. Bxc4 Ng6 29. Bd5 Bc6 30. c4 Rd8 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Kc2 Ne5 33. Nd2 Nd3
34. Be3 f5 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bg5 Nb4+ 37. Kd1 Nxa2 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Rg5 Kf6 40.
Rxh5 Nb4 41. b3 Ke5 42. Rh7 Kd4 43. Re7 Rh8 44. f4 Kd3 45. Nf3 Nc2 46. Re2 Nd4
47. Ne5+ Kc3 48. Re3+ Kb4 49. Rh3 Rh5 50. Kc1 Nxb3+ 51. Kb2 Nd4 52. Rc3 b5 53.
cxb5 cxb5 54. Nd3+ Ka5 55. Rxc5 Rxh4 56. Rd5 Rh2+ 57. Kb1 Rh1+ 58. Kb2 Rh2+ 59.
Kb1 Ne2 60. Rxf5 Nc3+ 61. Kc1 Ka4 62. Re5 Kb3 63. Nc5+ Kc4 64. Ne4 Ne2+ 65. Kd1
Nd4 66. Nd2+ Rxd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Qb6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rab1 Be6 12. Qh4 Qa6 13. Ng5 Nbd7 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. dxc4 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. b3 b6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Bf4 Nfg4
21. Na7 Rc7 22. Nc6 Rbc8 23. Nd8 1-0

[Event "Leon 30th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Rxb2 14.
O-O Bf6 15. a4 Qc8 16. Rab1 Nc6 17. Qa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 Rfb8 19. Bb5 Rxb1 20.
Rxb1 Na5 21. Rd1 Bxc3 22. Rd3 Bb4 23. c3 Ba3 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. h4 c6 26. Bd3 g6
27. Re1 f6 28. Ra1 Bc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rb1 Rd8 31. Bf1 Ke7 32. g3 c4 33. Rb6
Ra8 34. Rb2 Nb3 35. Ra2 Ra5 36. Bxc4 Nc5 37. Bg8 h6 38. Bh7 Rxa4 39. Rxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Re8 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. O-O Bf8 14. Nh2 d5 15. exd5
Qxd5 16. Nhf3 Qd7 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Qf1 Nh5 20. Bh2 Re7 21. Rae1
Rde8 22. g4 Nf6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. dxe4 Qe6 25. Bb3 Qf6 26. Qg2 Na5 27. Bc2 Nc4
28. Bb3 Na5 29. Bc2 Nc4 30. Bb3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Ba4 Be6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 b5
15. Bb3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxb3 19. axb3 d4 20. Bd2 Re8 21.
Rfd1 Qd5 22. Ba5 h6 23. Qxd4 Qxb3 24. f5 Re4 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Bxc3 b4 27. Be1
a5 28. f3 Re2 29. Bxb4 Rxb2 30. Bxa5 Rb5 31. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Re8 14. a4 b4 15. a5
bxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. d4 Ng6 21. g3
Qc8 22. Re3 Rb5 23. Nd2 h5 24. h4 Qh3 25. Qf1 Qg4 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Re6 28.
Nf1 Nf8 29. Rc2 exd4 30. cxd4 c5 31. dxc5 dxc5 32. Nd2 Rd6 33. Nc4 Rd4 34. Kg2
Ne6 35. Ra3 g6 36. Nd2 Kg7 37. Rac3 Rdb4 38. Ra2 Rd4 39. Rac2 Ra4 40. Nb3 Rxb3
41. Rxb3 Nd4 42. Rcb2 Nxb3 43. Rxb3 Rxe4 44. Rb6 Re6 45. Rb7 c4 46. Rc7 Re5 47.
Rxc4 Rxa5 48. Rc6 Ra2 49. Kf3 a5 50. Ra6 a4 51. Ke3 a3 52. Kf3 f6 53. Ra7+ Kf8
54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Kf3 Ke8 56. Ra6 Ke7 57. Kg2 Kf7 58. Kf3 Ra2 59. Kg2 g5 60. g4
gxh4 61. gxh5 Ra1 62. Ra7+ Kg8 63. h6 Kh8 64. Kh2 f5 65. f4 a2 66. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5
Bf5 9. Ng5 e6 10. h6 Bf6 11. Nge4 Be7 12. d3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Bd2 Qd7 15.
Rc1 Rfd8 16. Bg2 b6 17. Qa4 Rab8 18. O-O Nd4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rfe1 Rbd8 21. g4
Nb4 22. a3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rc3 Nb5 25. Rc2 Nd4 26. Rc3 Nb5 27. Rc2 Nd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 $5 {In the
past this was played only occasionally. Players with Black probably thought
that treating the Reversed Dragon (meaning with a tempo less for Black) in
such an aggressive way would be too risky. The main idea of the last move is
keeping the knight on d5 without allowing Nxe5 or d2-d4, usually offering
White the initiative.} 7. O-O {A neutral developing move, intending keeping
all the threats in the centre.} (7. Nxe5 {does not look too promising:} Nxc3 8.
bxc3 ({One important point is that with the bishop on c5} 8. Nxc6 $2 {is
impossible due to} Qf6 $19 {[%csl Gd1,Gf2]}) 8... Nxe5 9. d4 Bd6 $5 $146 (9...
Ng4 {Schwierskott,M (2162)-Schmid,F (2087) Bayern 2003 (0-1, 68)} 10. f3) (9...
Bb6 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 c6 {Simurdova,Z (1730)-Pokorna,K (1410) Sec u
Chrudimi 2008 (1-0, 45)} 12. f4 $16) 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11) 7... O-O
{Fortunately, Black can answer with the same method.} (7... Be6 $2 {leaves b7
undefended:} 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxb7 $16)
8. d3 (8. Nxe5 {still does not work.} Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Nxc6 Nxd1 10. Nxd8 Bxf2+
$1 $15) 9... Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) ({There have been some
developments after} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 (9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 {[%cal Gf7f6,
Gc5e7]} 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14. dxc5 e4 $44 {Aronian,L (2799)
-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017 (1-0, 52)}) 9... Bb6 10. b4 e4 $5 {It looks
like a good idea to use the temporary activity of the queen and dark-squared
bishop for fighting for the initiative. Otherwise White may be simply better.}
(10... a5 $5) (10... Nxb4 11. Bb2 e4 12. Ne5 $14) (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. b5
Nd4 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Bc5 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. e3 $14 Bg4 18. f3 $16 {
Gelfand,B (2729)-Inarkiev,E (2702) Nazran 2017 (1-0, 50)}) 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3
Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 ({Improving over a game played between the same players one
week earlier:} 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qd2 $14 {Nakamura,H (2792)
-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017 (1/2-1/2, 34)}) 14. fxe3 Qe7 {The central
pawns are not necessarily strong as Black might have feared in the first game.
They could easily become weak.} 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc5 Ng4 18. e4 b6
19. Na4 {Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis (blitz) 2017 (1-0, 53)
} Qd7 $15 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gf8d8,Gc8b7]}) 8... Bb6 ({This prophylactic move surely
is better than} 8... Be6 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 $14 Bd5 11. e4 $16) ({But it is
not clear how to get an advantage after a neutral move such as} 8... h6 {
One possible continuation is} 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nd2 Qe6 11. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2,
Ga1c1] with pleasant play, even though not necessarily better an objective
advantage.}) 9. Bd2 ({This apparently modest developing move is more
constructive than} 9. Na4 {, aiming to take the bishop pair, but neglecting
the development and control in the centre.} Re8 10. a3 (10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nd2 Qg6
12. Ne4 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Kh2 Kh8 16. a3 f5 17. Nec5 Bc8 18. b4
e4 $15 {Eljanov,P (2739)-Grischuk,A (2761) Geneve 2017 (0-1, 38), with perfect
regrouping and active play in the centre.}) 10... Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 c6
13. b4 Be6 14. Bb2 Qd7 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qc2 Bh3 $11 {Gelfand,B (2728)-Adams,M 
(2736) Geneve 2017 (1/2-1/2, 24)}) 9... Bg4 $146 ({I am not sure to which
extent this improves over} 9... Be6 10. Ng5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 (11. Nxe6 {leads to
interesting play:} Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 fxe6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxe5 Qxd3 15. Qxe6+
Kh8 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. Qxc6 Re2 18. Rad1 Bxf2+ $6 19. Kh1 Qf5 20. Rd2 $14 {
But in this line 18...Qa6 looks better, threatening ...Bxf2+ and ...Qxa2
simultaneously.}) 11... Bd7 12. c4 {White's position after the last exchange
looks at least more pleasant. True, there was no need to help the knight
improve its position with the following series of pawn moves.} h6 13. Ne4 f5
14. Nc3 f4 15. Rb1 Qc8 16. Ne4 $14 {Adzic,S (2130)-Nemeth,H (1648) Hungary
2012 (1-0, 31)}) 10. Rc1 ({It remains an open question why not} 10. h3 Be6 (
10... Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 {wins a pawn. The kingside
weakness does not seem to fully compensate for it.}) 11. Ng5 {with similar
play to that in the previous line. The weakness induced by h2-h3 does not seem
to be so telling.}) 10... Nxc3 {This looks like a concession, but Caruana was
probably not satisfied by the alternatives.} (10... Qd7 $2 11. Nxe5 $16) (10...
f6 11. Qb3 (11. Nxe5 $2 Nxc3 12. Nxc6 Nxd1 13. Nxd8 Nxf2 $17) 11... Be6 12. Ng5
fxg5 13. Bxd5 $14) (10... Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Ga2]} 13. a4 $5 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 {with pleasant play on the light squares.})
11. Bxc3 ({With the bishop on d2 the knight has not enough space for
manoeuvring:} 11. bxc3 Qd7 12. Ng5 (12. c4 Bc5 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Ne4
Be7 $15) 12... f6 $1 $15) 11... Re8 12. b4 {Black is actively developed but
White can start his queenside play without loss of time.} Qd6 {This logical
move does not receive the engines' approval. But the recommended invasion of
the d4-square tends to leave the b6-bishop out of play:} (12... Nd4 13. Bxd4
exd4 14. a4 c6 (14... a6 {may be better but Black's bishop does not impress
after} 15. Re1 {[%cal Gf3d2]}) 15. a5 Bc7 16. a6 $36) (12... a5 13. b5 Nd4 14.
Bxd4 exd4 15. a4 {[%csl Gb6,Gb7][%cal Gf1e1,Gf3d2,Gd2c4] In the long run
White's position may prove easier to play.}) 13. Nd2 Qh6 {Trying to keep the
possibility of a central counter-attack.} (13... Rad8 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. a4 $36)
14. Nc4 (14. a4 Rad8 15. Nc4 $6 e4 $17) 14... Qh5 15. Rc2 {This rook lift
works out well in similar positions, but here it may not be strongest, since
there is no immediate way of activating the queen.} (15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Bh3
17. Bh1 $14 {The last move reveals another merit of 15.Re1.}) 15... Rad8 16.
Nxb6 cxb6 (16... axb6 17. b5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Re1 Qxb5 20. Rxc7 $14) {
White has got the bishop pair and the better structure but he needs to play
carefully as Black is very active.} 17. f3 {Due to White's choice on move 15
there was no other way of reducing Black's pressure in the centre.} (17. Rd2 b5
18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc2 Bh3 21. Bf3 Bg4 $11) 17... Be6 18. Qd2 b5 19.
f4 {The best way of putting the bishop pair to work.} Bg4 $6 {Obviously
missing White's 22nd move or the 26th move in the next comment.} ({Pawn
reaction in the centre would not offer full equality:} 19... exf4 20. Rxf4 $36)
({or} 19... f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qe3 $14) ({But Black could try} 19... Bd5 {
for instance} 20. e4 Bc4 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Be2 f6 $11 {Both sides will find it
difficult to make progress in this static position.}) 20. Bxc6 $1 {Winning a
pawn which will not be as easy to retrieve as Caruana thought.} bxc6 21. fxe5
f6 {Does Black really retrieve the pawn?!} 22. exf6 $3 {People may have
started forgetting that not such a long time ago (a couple of decades) Anand
entered the top arena as a brilliant combinative player.} Rxe2 23. f7+ Kf8 24.
Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Re5 ({The hidden point of the combination is that} 25...
Qe5 {runs into} 26. Rxe2 $3 Qxc3 27. Re8 Qd4+ 28. Rf2 Qxb4 29. f8=Q+ Qxf8 30.
Rfxf8 Rxd3 31. Rg8+ {The manoeuvre initiated by this move wins the a7-pawn by
force.} Kf7 32. Ref8+ Ke7 33. Ra8 Bf5 34. Rxa7+ $18 {Pawns are equal and even
though his king is temporarily passive, White should convert his clear extra
exchange.}) 26. Qd4 $1 Qg5 27. Rc5 $1 Rxd4 28. f8=Q+ Kg6 29. Qf7+ (29. Qf7+ Kh6
30. Rf6+) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
c4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Ne5 12. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Qxd7 14.
Qb3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Be5 f6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. e4 e5
21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. f3 Ke6
27. Kf2 Kd6 28. Ke3 Kc5 29. a3 Nd6 30. Kd3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {According to my
research, Anand has a whopping 2958 performance over 10 classical games with
this move! 5 wins and 5 draws against a 2767 opposition. Not bad, eh?} e5 {
The main response. Black could also mainly play with e6. g6 and Nc6 are also
playable alternatives to face the scary Adams attack!} 7. Nde2 h5 {The most
fashionable move, Black avoids the kingside expansion, at the price of
slightly weakening his own kingside. Now White has two main moves: Bg5 or g3.}
(7... b5 8. g4 $1 {developing with Bg2 and Ng3.}) 8. Bg5 {going for the
exchange right away} (8. g3 $5 {has been seen in a couple of hundred games in
recent practice. Nakamura used it in the same tournament against MVL} Nbd7 9.
Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nb6 $1 {
establishing good control over d5} 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a4 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18.
h4 O-O 19. O-O Rc4 $132 {½-½ (33) Nakamura,H (2792)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)
Saint Louis 2017, with enough counterplay.}) 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8
11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O {White puts his chips on his better development and
prospects for the initiative, while Black sits there with the bishop pair and
a solid pawn structure} g6 13. Kb1 Nc5 (13... Rc8 {Anand scored a great win
against Topalov in 2015} 14. Nec3 Rc5 $6 {a step in the wrong direction, later
it was found that the plan with ...Nc5 (as Nepo played) is the most consistent}
15. Be2 b5 16. a3 Nb6 17. g4 $1 {gets there quickly} hxg4 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19.
hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21. Qe3 Qb7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. g5 Qc6 24. Rg1 Qd7 25. Qg3
Rc8 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Qxg4 28. Rxg4 $16 {1-0 (74) Anand,V (2796)-Topalov,V
(2803) London 2015, keeping a very strong positional advantage.}) (13... Bh6
14. g3 Nc5 15. Qa3 b5 16. Nec3 O-O 17. Be2 Rb8 18. b4 $2 {trying to play
similar to the Salem-Areshchenko game} a5 $1 19. Ka1 (19. bxc5 b4 $17 {is
devastating}) 19... axb4 20. Qxb4 Na6 21. Qb3 Qa5 22. g4 h4 23. g5 Bxg5 24.
Rhg1 Nc5 25. Qb4 Bd8 $19 {0-1 (33) Ameir,M (2399)-Wei,Y (2728) Khanty-Mansiysk
2017}) 14. Qf3 (14. Qa3 $5 Bxd5 (14... Bg7 $5) (14... Bh6 $5 {similar to the
Ameir - Wei Yi game mentioned above, keeping the flexibility}) 15. Rxd5 Bg7 16.
Nc3 O-O 17. h4 b5 18. f3 Rb8 19. b4 $1 {a very nice move, connected with a
deep idea} Ne6 20. Qxa6 Nc7 21. Qc6 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 $16 {a great exchange
sacrifice. Now White dominates positionally and he went on to win the game
convincingly} f5 23. Bxb5 {White's queenside looks too open, but Black doesn't
have the right pieces to attack, not to mention the completely passive
g7-bishop} fxe4 24. fxe4 Rf7 25. a4 Rc8 26. Qb6 Qf8 27. Qe3 Bh6 28. Qe2 Ra8 29.
a5 $18 {1-0 (41) Salem,A (2652)-Areshchenko,A (2682) Sharjah 2017}) 14... Bg7
15. Nec3 b5 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Rg1 $146 (17. g4 $5 h4 18. Rg1 Qg5 $2 (18... Bh6 {
was the provocative reply} 19. g5 $5 Bxg5 20. Nf5 $40) 19. Rxd6 Rfd8 20. Rc6 $1
Rac8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Bg2 Rd4 23. Rd1 Bb7 24. Ncd5 Rxe4 $2 (24... b4 $1 $44)
25. c3 $1 $16 {1-0 (38) Eljanov,P (2757)-Oparin,G (2621) Novi Sad 2016}) 17...
Bh6 18. Ncd5 {Black could have kept the e6-bishop with natural moves like ...
Rc8 or ...Kg7.} Bxe3 (18... Rc8 $5) (18... Kg7 $5) 19. Qxe3 Rc8 20. Be2 Kg7 (
20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe7 {would be similar to the game.}) 21. f4 Bxd5 22. Rxd5
exf4 23. Qxf4 Re8 $1 24. Rxd6 Qe7 {Black has no problems because e4 is falling
next move.} 25. e5 (25. Bf3 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rc4 $1 $15 {the safest, which may
even give Black an edge, with the nice initiative on the e-file.}) 25... Qxe5
26. Qxe5+ Rxe5 27. Bf3 Ne4 {Making things interesting, most likely for White.
I believe Nepo thought the endgame with bishop against knight could be
somewhat dangerous, that's why he forced the exchange.} (27... a5 $1 {Anand's
suggestion in the post-mortem as well, Black doesn't have any problems int he
endgame, all his pieces are well placed.}) 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxa6 Re2 30. c3 h4
31. Ra5 b4 $2 {The losing mistake.} (31... Rb8 $1 {was forced, and Black has
enough compensation to equalise. A sample line:} 32. a3 (32. Ra3 {Anand said
in the post mortem he was considering this move} Rd8 33. Rb3 Rd5 $1 {with
excellent counterplay again, f5-g5 is coming}) 32... Rb6 33. Ra7 Rf6 34. Rb7
Rf5 35. Ka2 Kh6 $132) 32. cxb4 Rcc2 33. b3 $1 {Maybe Black overlooked this
idea, and didn't realise White has no problems after Ka1.} Rb2+ 34. Ka1 $18 {
With the queenside safe, the b-pawn may start marching, while Black has to
spend some tempi to grab both g2 and h3.} Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. b5 Re2 37. b6
Re8 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rb5 f5 40. Kb2 $1 {Bringing the king over to control the
f-pawn and finishing the last hope for Black.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bc4 N8c6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 Be8 14. Rfd1
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rc8 16. Nb5 e5 17. Bg3 Na5 18. Bf1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 f6 20. Rad1 Kf7
21. f3 a6 22. Bf1 Nc4 23. Bxc4+ Rxc4 24. Rd7 Rb8 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Be1 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Bxd2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Rc2 c4 16. e3 Bb5 17. Qb4 Rc8 18. Be2 Nd7 19. O-O Rab8 20. Rfc1 a5 21.
Qc3 Kg7 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Ba6 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. Ke1 f5 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3
Rb3 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 31. Rc5 Rb1+ 32. Ke2 Rh1 33. Rxa5
Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Ba7
9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nbd2 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bc2 b3 15. Bb1 d5
16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qd6 19. Ra4 Rb5 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Nxa5
22. Ra4 Re8 23. d4 e4 24. Ne5 Nb7 25. c4 Ra5 26. c5 Qd5 27. Rb4 Nxc5 28. Nc4
Ra4 29. Ne3 Qe6 30. Qd2 Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Ncd7 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Qa5 Qd6 34. Rc4 g6
35. Qxc7 Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Nb6 37. Kf1 Na4 38. Ke2 Nxb2 39. Rc6 Kg7 40. Rxa6 Nd3
41. Nc4 Nf4+ 42. Kd2 Rb4 43. Ne5 Rxd4+ 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Kxf4 Rxb1 46. Ra7 e3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 f6 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Ne3 Qf7 14. Ka1 a5
15. g4 Ng6 16. Nf5 Bxa2 17. g5 Be6 18. Rdg1 Kh8 19. h4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
N3d4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 c5 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Qg5 Qd4 27.
Qxf4 a4 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 c4 30. Rg4 cxd3 31. cxd3 Rf8 32. d4 Rf3 33. Rc1
c6 34. Rc3 Kg8 35. d5 Kf7 36. dxc6 bxc6 37. Rxc6 Rxe3 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rgxg7 a3
40. Rce7+ Kd6 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Rde7+ Kd6 43. Rd7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Be3 Kh8 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Bc4 f5 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Bxd8 Nxb3 20. Bxc7 Nxa1 21. Bxd6
Rad8 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 f4 25. Bb5 fxg3 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. d4
gxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nb3 29. g4 Kg8 30. Kg3 Nd2 31. b4 Ne4+ 32. Kh4 Nxc3 33. bxa5 Nd5
34. Rc1 Be4 35. Rc5 Ne7 36. Kg3 Rc8 37. Rb5 Rc3+ 38. Kh2 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 dxe4
8. Bxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Bxc7 Bxc2 13. Nc3 O-O
14. Rc1 Bf5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Be3 Re7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. h3
Kh7 21. Ne2 a6 22. Rc4 Re5 23. Ra4 Rd5 24. Rc1 Bb2 25. Re1 Be5 26. Nf4 Bxf4 27.
Bxf4 Bd3 28. Re7 Kg6 29. Be3 Rcd8 30. Rc7 R5d6 31. Rf4 R8d7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33.
Rb4 f6 34. Rb6 Rc7 35. Bc5 Kf5 36. Bd6 Rc8 37. Rb7 g5 38. Bc5 Re8 39. Be3 h4
40. Rd7 Bb1 41. a3 Bc2 42. b4 Ba4 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Rc8 8.
Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. Nd5 Qb7 12. a4 Nf6 13. axb5 Nxd5 14. exd5 axb5
15. O-O bxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Ba3 f6 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. Nd4 Rb8 21.
h3 Qb6 22. Nc2 Rfc8 23. Qe2 f5 24. Ne3 Qd4 25. Ra2 Qe4 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Raxc2
Rb3 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 f4 30. Nf1 e4 31. Rb3 Ba4 32. Rb7 Bf8 33. Rb4 Bc2 34.
g3 g5 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Bc1 Bh6 37. Nh2 Ra8 38. Ng4 Ra1 39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40. Nf5+
Kf6 41. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 42. Kg2 Ke5 43. Nf7+ Kf6 44. Nd6 Bd3 45. Rb6 Ke5 46. Nf7+
Kf5 47. Re6 f3+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kh4 Rg2 50. Nh6+ Kf4 51. Ng4 Rxg4+ 52. hxg4
Bxc4 53. Rf6+ Ke5 54. Rf5+ Kd6 55. Kg3 Bxd5 56. Rh5 e3 57. fxe3 Be4 58. Rf5 Ke6
59. Rxf3 Bxf3 60. Kxf3 h5 61. gxh5 Kf5 62. h6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bd2 Rc5
15. a4 Qc8 16. Be1 Rd8 17. b4 Rc7 18. a5 Bc4 19. Qd2 d5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
Bg5 22. d6 Rcd7 23. Qc3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxe5 Qc6 27. Qc5
Qxc5 28. bxc5 Re6 29. Bc3 Bd5 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Rc1 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nd8 14. Bxb7
Nxb7 15. e4 c5 16. d5 Nd6 17. f3 f6 18. Nd3 exd5 19. cxd5 Nb5 20. Rc1 d6 21.
Kf2 Kd7 22. Nf4 Nd4 23. g4 a5 24. h4 a4 25. Rh2 g6 26. Kg3 b5 27. Ne2 Nxe2+ 28.
Rxe2 Rae8 29. f4 f5 30. e5 fxg4 31. b3 h5 32. bxa4 b4 33. a3 b3 34. e6+ Ke7 35.
Rc3 Rb8 36. Rb2 Rhc8 37. Rcxb3 Rxb3+ 38. Rxb3 Rc7 39. Rb8 c4 40. Rh8 Kf6 41.
Rf8+ Kg7 42. Rd8 Kf6 43. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5
15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. c4 Be6 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Rec1 Rac8
21. Rc2 Nb6 22. Qb3 h6 23. Bd2 Qf5 24. Rac1 Re6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Rc4 Bf4 27. Rc5
Rb8 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. R5xc2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Nf1 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. d4 f6 18. f3 Rb8 19. Bf1 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bd7 21. Ree1
b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Qa3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qb5 25. Rf2 f5 26. Rd2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Ng6
28. h3 Ra8 29. Qa4 Rfb8 30. Kh2 exd4 31. cxd4 Qb4 32. Rc2 Qb7 33. Qd7 Qxe4 34.
Rxc7 Qxd4 35. Rd1 Qxb2 36. Rxd6 Rd8 37. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. a3 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5
Nb8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd4 Nb6 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Ra2 Rfe8 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Ne2 e5 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Nc3 Rce8 21. Ra4
R6e7 22. Kh1 Nf8 23. g3 Ne6 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Qd2 Nec5 26. Rd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 f5
28. exf5 gxf5 29. g4 Ne6 30. Qb4 d5 31. Bg3 Ng7 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. g5 Ne4 34. Nxe4
dxe4 35. Be2 c5 36. Qc3 Qc6 37. h4 Ne6 38. Bc4 e3+ 39. Kh2 Qe4 40. Re1 Qd4 41.
Qxe3 Kf8 42. Qf3 Qd2+ 43. Re2 Nd4 44. Qd5 Rxe2+ 45. Kh3 R2e6 46. Qxc5+ Kg8 47.
c3 Nc6 48. Qxf5 Qd7 49. g6 hxg6 50. Qxg6+ Kf8 51. Qf5+ Qf7 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7 53.
f5 Nd8 54. fxe6+ Nxe6 55. Bd5 Re7 56. c4 Kg6 57. Kg4 Nd4 58. h5+ Kh7 59. Bd6
Rg7+ 60. Kf4 Nxb3 61. Be4+ Kg8 62. Bd5+ Kh7 63. Be4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Qb3 a5 7. b5 Nd7 8. Bg2
Nc5 9. Qc2 h5 10. d3 h4 11. f4 Nh6 12. Nd2 a4 13. Ba3 Ra7 14. Rb1 Be7 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 O-O 18. b6 cxb6 19. Rxb6 Ng4 20. O-O Nf6 21. Bf3
Rc8 22. Qb2 Nd7 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qxb7 Qd8 25. Qb2 Nc5 26. Qc2 Qa5 27. Rc1 Rb8
28. Qe2 h3 29. f5 exf5 30. Bd5 Qc3 31. Rd1 Kf8 32. Qe5 Re8 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Rf1
Nxd3 35. Qd7 Rf8 36. Qxf5 Nb4 37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Rf7 40. Qe8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 axb4 13. Bg5 f6 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 Bd6 16. Qa8+ Qd8 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Ra1 Ke7 19. Bd2 Bf7 20. Ne3 g6 21. g5
fxg5 22. Nxg5 b6 23. Kg2 Be6 24. h4 Nf6 25. Bc3 Rf8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Ng5 Nf6 28.
Nf3 Nd7 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. Nf3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Ndf6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Rac1 Qe8
15. Bc4 Rc8 16. Qd3 Qc6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qa6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 f4
21. h3 fxe3 22. fxe3 Qg5 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Ne4 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Nxd6 Nd5
27. Nc8 Rf4 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 a6 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. Nd6+ Ke7 33.
Nc4 b5 34. Ne5 Kd6 35. Nd3 a5 36. Nc5 a4 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Nd3 Kc4
40. Ne5+ Kd5 41. Nd3 g5 42. b3 Kd6 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. Nc5 a3 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Na4
Nh5 47. Nc3+ Kc6 48. Ke4 Nf4 49. h4 h6 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. g4 Nh3 52. Nb1 Nf2+
53. Kf3 Nd1 54. Nxa3 Nc3 55. Nc2 Nxa2 56. Ke4 Kd6 57. Ne3 Nc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
g4 Bg6 16. d5 Nd7 17. b3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bc3 19. Re3 b4 20. Nf1 c4 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22.
Qxd2 Qb6 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Ng3 Rac8 25. h4 c3 26. Qd1 f6 27. a3 bxa3 28. Ra1 Qb4
29. Nde2 Ne5 30. f3 Rb8 31. Qd4 Nxb3 32. Qxb4 Rxb4 33. Rxa3 Nc4 34. Rxb3 Rxb3
35. Bxb3 Nxe3 36. Nxc3 Rb8 37. Ba4 Be8 38. Bxe8 Rxe8 39. Kf2 Nc4 40. Nf5 g6 41.
Nd4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 11. Qh4 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 h5 14. Bd2 O-O
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bc3 f6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rd8 19. Ba5 Rd3 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Kf7 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Be6 24. b3 Bf8 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Na6
Rc8 28. Bb4 c5 29. Ba5 e5 30. Nc7+ Kf7 31. Nb5 Ra8 32. Kf1 a6 33. Nd6+ Ke6 34.
Nb7 Be7 35. Nd8+ Bxd8 36. Bxd8 Bb1 37. Bc7 Bxa2 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rb6 a5 40.
Bd6+ Kf7 41. Bxc5 a4 42. bxa4 Bxc4+ 43. Kg1 Rxa4 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46.
Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rb6+ Kf5 48. Rb4 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Bd5 50. Rb6 Rc1 51. Be3 Rc2 52. Rb4
g5 53. Ra4 g4 54. Ra5 Be4 55. Rc5 Ra2 56. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 g6 14. b3
d5 15. Qe5 Bf5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Qe3 Qd7 18. Qf3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Kf7 20. Re3 c6 21.
Rae1 Bd6 22. g3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Bf8 24. d3 Qe7 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Qd2
Qd6 28. Qe3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. fxe5 Bc5
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bf2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. Bg3 Rc8 20. Rf3 Bxd4 21.
cxd4 Qd5 22. c3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bh4 b4 25. Be7 bxc3 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Qd3
Rc4 28. Raf1 c2 29. Rc1 Rxd4 30. Qxc2 Qxe5 31. h3 h6 32. Qc8 Rd2 33. Rff1 Qd5
34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 f5 36. Ra1 Kf7 37. Ra7+ Rd7 38. Rxd7+ Nxd7 39. Kg1 Kf6
40. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Nd3 13. Nf3 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Be7
15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bb5 O-O 19. Bxc6 Bd3 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21.
Qd1 Bg5 22. Bd7 Rc7 23. Qxd3 Bxc1 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxc1 Rc4 26. a4 Qc7 27. Qh3
Qxe5 28. Qe3 Re4 29. Qd2 Re2 30. Qd1 Qf4 31. f3 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qg5 33. Qf1 Qe3
34. a5 Rb2 35. Qg1 Qxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Kf7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Rd1 a6 39. h4 Ke5 40. g3
Kd6 41. f4 h5 42. Rd3 e5 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Ke1 Ke4 45. Rd4+ Ke5 46. Kd1 Rg2
47. Rd3 Ke4 48. Rd4+ Ke5 49. b5 axb5 50. Rb4 Rxg3 51. Kc2 Rg1 52. Rxb5 Ra1 53.
Kb2 Ra4 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb2 Ra4 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Kb2 Ra4 58. Kb3 Rxh4 59. a6 Rh1
60. Ka2 Rh2+ 61. Rb2 Rh4 62. Ka3 Rc4 63. a7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bb4 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8
8. Qf4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Rxe4 10. Qg3 d5 11. f3 Re6 12. Ne2 Rd6 13. Qf4 d4 14. Nxd4
Nd5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rxd5 cxd5 17. Be5 Re6 18. Qg3 Rg6 19. Qf2 Ba6 20. f4 Bxf1
21. Rxf1 Qe7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. a3 c5 24. h3 Re6 25. Kb1 d4 26. Qf1 Kh8 27. Qc4
Re8 28. Qb3 f6 29. Bb8 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qd7 17. Ne4 Rae8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nd5 Bg5 21.
f4 Bh4 22. g3 Bd8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 a5 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27.
Nxe3 Bb1 28. Be6 Bb6 29. Nf5 d5 30. Kf2 g6 31. Nd6 Bxd4+ 32. Kf3 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 5. f4 e6 6. g3 Ngf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O c5 9. c4 O-O 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nd2 b5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Nf3 bxc4 14. bxc4 d4 15.
Bc1 Bd6 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. Ba5 Qa7 19. Rfe1 Bc7 20. Bd2 Rb2 21. Bc1 Rb4
22. Qc2 Rfb8 23. Ba3 R4b6 24. Qa4 Bd6 25. h3 Qc7 26. Rac1 Kg7 27. Qc2 Ng8 28.
Ng5 h6 29. Ne4 Ne7 30. h4 h5 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Qa4 Nc6 33. Ne4 Nd7 34. Ng5 Nf8
35. Rcd1 Nb4 36. Bxb4 cxb4 37. Qc2 Be7 38. Qb2 Bf6 39. Ne4 Nd7 40. c5 Nxc5 41.
Nxf6 Kxf6 42. Qxd4+ Ke7 43. Rc1 Rb5 44. f5 gxf5 45. Qg7 Qd8 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47.
Qxh5 Qf6 48. Bf1 Na4 49. d4 Rd5 50. Rc7 Rxd4 51. Rxf7+ Qxf7 52. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3
d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ne3 Re8 15. O-O
Bf8 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Bh4 c4 18. Nd2 g5 19. Bg3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. dxc4 Nf4 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Be4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3 25. Nb3 Qxd1 26. Raxd1 Nxb3 27. axb3 f6 28.
f3 Kf7 29. Bf2 Ke6 30. Nc2 Kf7 31. b4 Bc6 32. Bc5 Bg7 33. Ne3 Kg6 34. Kf2 h5
35. Rd6 Bf8 36. Rd2 Bh6 37. Ra1 g4 38. Ra6 Re6 39. Rd1 f5 40. Rd6 Bxe3+ 41.
Kxe3 f4+ 42. Kf2 Rxd6 43. Bxd6 Kf5 44. Rb6 Ke6 45. Rb8 Rxb8 46. Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Nf4 e6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15.
d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Ne5 17. Bxb7 Bg4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Be3 g5 20. Ng2 Rd7 21. Ba6
Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Bxc3 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Ne1 Ba5 25. Nxf3 Bxf3+ 26. Kg1 Rd8 27. Rxc7
Bxc7 28. Rc1 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rh3
f5 15. Rd1 Kh7 16. Qc1 Bd5 17. Rc3 c6 18. g3 a5 19. e3 Rac8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Rd2
Rc7 22. Bc4 Rfc8 23. Rdc2 Be4 24. Bd3 Bf3 25. Be2 Be4 26. Bd3 Bf3 27. Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3
d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bb5 Nh5 11. O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 c5 15.
Re1 Be6 16. d4 Qc7 17. d5 Bd7 18. b3 Nb7 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. a4 c4 21. b4 a5 22.
axb5 axb4 23. cxb4 Bxb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nb1 Qb6 26. Nc3 Ra3 27. Qd2 Bd8 28.
Rb1 Qa6 29. Bd1 Bb6 30. Be2 Bd7 31. Bf1 Ra1 32. Qb2 Rxb1 33. Nxb1 Nd8 34. Na3
Bb5 35. Qc3 Bd4 36. Qc1 Ba7 37. Nxb5 Qxb5 38. Qxc4 Qb6 39. Qa2 g6 40. Ne1 Kg7
41. Nd3 f5 42. Qc4 Nf7 43. Kh2 h5 44. Be2 fxe4 45. Qxe4 Qd8 46. f4 Qb6 47. g4
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Bxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Qd6 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. O-O Bf5
15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Be5 Ne4 18. Rc1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. f4 f6 26. Kf2 Kf7
27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kd4 Kd6 29. b4 b6 30. g3 g5 31. Bf3 gxf4 32. gxf4 Bf5 33. Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. d4 Nf6 21.
Re2 Rce8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qf3 g6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe6 26. Bd2 Kg7 27.
Bf1 Ne4 28. Qe2 Kf7 29. c3 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Bd6 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Bxe2
Bc7 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Be2 Bc7 36. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yeoh, Li Tian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Bf4 Ncd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Be5 Be6 17. Qa3 Bh6 18. Ne3 a5 19. Bf3 Ra7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
Nf5 Bg5 22. Qg3 Bf6 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. Rd2 Re8 26. b3 h5 27. Rad1
Kh7 28. Qf4 Re4 29. Nxd5 Rxf4 30. Nxf4 Rc7 31. d5 Qd6 32. Ne2 b5 33. h3 h4 34.
Kh1 Kg7 35. Ng1 g5 36. Nf3 Rc5 37. Kg1 Kg6 38. Rd4 f5 39. Nh2 f6 40. Nf1 Rc2
41. a4 Rc5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. R1d3 Rc5 44. Ne3 Rc1+ 45. Rd1 Rxd1+ 46. Rxd1 Kf7
47. Nxf5 Qb4 48. Nd4 Qb7 49. d6 Qd5 50. f3 Qxd6 51. Rd3 f5 52. Kf2 Kf6 53. Ke2
Qh2 54. Kf2 Qd6 55. Ke2 Qe5+ 56. Kf2 Qc5 57. Kf1 Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qb1 59. Rc3 f4
60. Ne2 Ke7 61. Rc7+ Kd6 62. Rc3 Qd1 63. Rc1 Qxb3 64. Ke1 a4 65. Nc3 a3 66. Kd2
a2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yeoh, Li Tian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. c3
Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. h3 Rc8 13. g4 c4 14. Nbd2 f6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Re1 Rc6 17. Nf1 Nf7 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Re3 Be7 20. Qc2 g5 21. Bg3 b5
22. Rae1 Nf8 23. R3e2 b4 24. Qa4 Qb6 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Qd1 Rdc8 28.
cxb4 Bxb4 29. b3 Ba3 30. Rb1 c3 31. Qd3 Qa6 32. Qxa6 Rxa6 33. Rc2 Nd7 34. Ne1
Bd6 35. Rbc1 Rac6 36. Nd3 Ba3 37. Re1 a5 38. Ree2 Kf8 39. f3 Be7 40. Rc1 Ba3
41. Rcc2 Nd6 42. Bxd6+ Bxd6 43. Re1 Bb8 44. Rcc1 Kf7 45. Nc2 Nf8 46. Kf2 Ng6
47. a3 Rh8 48. Kg2 Nh4+ 49. Kf2 Ng6 50. Kg2 Nf4+ 51. Nxf4 Bxf4 52. Rb1 e5 53.
dxe5 Rxh3 54. Rh1 Rxh1 55. Rxh1 Bxe5 56. Kf2 Rb6 57. b4 axb4 58. axb4 Bd6 59.
Ke2 Bxb4 60. Kd3 Be7 61. Kxc3 Bf6+ 62. Kd2 Rb3 63. Ke2 Ke6 64. Rd1 Ke5 65. Ne1
Rb2+ 66. Rd2 Rb8 67. Nd3+ Kd6 68. Ra2 Rh8 69. Ra6+ Kc7 70. Nb4 Rd8 71. Ra5 Kb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Atul Dahale"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04][%csl Yb5,Rc5,
Gd5,Re5,Gf5][%cal Ge4d5,Ge4f5,Rd6e5,Rd6c5,Yf1b5] Of course, the Najdorf! The
Najdorf is one of the most popular openings in the world because it's dynamic
and strategically it's very solid. Sharp tactical battles might happen in this
opening. The a6 move is very important in the Najdorf as Black needs to
control the b5-square to stop Bb5 and in the middlegame ...a6 gives support to
the b-pawn and Black can start his queenside offensive with the ...b5-move.
You can also see the synthesis of the light and dark squared strategy, as
White controls light squares with his pawn on e4 and Black controls the dark
squares.} (5... e5 $6 6. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6,Re5,Gf5,Rf8]
This favours White, as you can see Black's light squares are weakened after e5
and the strong defender i.e. the light squared bishop is now exchanged and the
remaining dark squared bishop on f8 is not that active.}) 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:02]
has become very popular recently and is considered as one of the main options
against the Najdorf now. It is a good way to steer the game away from regular
extensively analysed positions. Vishy Anand plays this variation quite often
and has really good results against elite players.} e5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (6...
e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 {This was one of the popular variations
but after some of White's good results, it has lost its charm.}) (6... g6 {
is another alternative} 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O {Black takes an interesting
Sicilian Dragon type approach.}) 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (7. Nde2 {is the main
line after which play might continue with} h5 (7... b5 {lead to a fighting
game between Caruana and Wesly So:} 8. g4 b4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 h5 11. gxh5
Rxh5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. O-O {0-1 (69) Caruana,F (2805)
-So,W (2778) Dortmund 2015}) 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 {
Anand played a good technical endgame in this encounter} (11. Nec3 {[%csl Gd5,
Re6,Rf8] White has positionally well placed knight in the centre whereas Black
has two bishops with interesting play to come.}) 11... Nd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1
Nc5 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Nec3 b5 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Rg1 Bh6 18. Ncd5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rc8
20. Be2 Kg7 21. f4 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 exf4 23. Qxf4 Re8 24. Rxd6 Qe7 25. e5 Qxe5 26.
Qxe5+ Rxe5 27. Bf3 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxa6 Re2 30. c3 h4 31. Ra5 b4 32. cxb4
Rcc2 33. b3 Rb2+ 34. Ka1 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. b5 Re2 37. b6 Re8 38. b7 Rb8
39. Rb5 f5 40. Kb2 {1-0 (40) Anand,V (2783)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) Saint
Louis USA 2017}) 7... Be6 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h5 {[%emt 0:
03:07]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:12:04]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:31]
Short castling might not be the most exciting thing in the position, but as
Anish Giri says, in the Najdorf, the most ambitious approach might not be the
best one, as it is studied and analysed extensively.} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 11.
Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:10] We are already in a fresh position.} b5 $6 {[%emt 0:07:10]
Not such a great decision, as Black has already moved his rook to c8. After
this ...b5-move the a6-pawn will always be unprotected.} ({The simple} 11...
Be7 {[%cal Ge8g8,Gb7b5] with the idea of castling or ...b5 and then castle on
the next move is good.} 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. a4 Nb6 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gb6c4] with
interesting play to follow.}) 12. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:05:23]} (12. a4 $1 b4 13. Nd5 {
not afraid of} Nxe4 {which is met by} 14. Qd1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gd5b4]} Bxd5 15.
Qxd5 Nef6 16. Qb7 Nb8 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qxa6 $14 {[%csl Ra4] White is ahead in
development plus he has a passed pawn which will add to the pressure on Black.}
) 12... Nb6 {[%emt 0:09:00]} 13. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:09:45] Good decision with the
idea of a4!} ({After} 13. Na5 b4 14. Nb1 {and now comes the very important and
typical Najdorf breakthrough in the centre} d5 $1 {After this Black's backward
pawn is set free and also the bad dark-squared bishop is also free to come
into the game, a dream of any Najdorf player.} 15. Bxa6 d4 $14 {Black should
be fine here.}) 13... Qxb6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 14. a4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b4 {
[%emt 0:04:33]} 15. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} (15... Bxd5 {
was possible but after} 16. exd5 Ne4 17. Qe1 Rxc2 {will be met by the strong}
18. Rd4 $1 exd4 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Qxe4+ Be7 (20... Re7 21. Qf5 Rc7 22. a5 Qb7 $16
) 21. a5 Qb7 22. Nxd4 g6 23. Nc6 $16 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga1a4,Ga4b4]}) 16. exd5 {
[%emt 0:01:15]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 17. a5 {[%emt 0:05:20] Anand has fixed
the weakness on a6 and is clearly better now. Not because of the position
itself, but because he has a key idea on the next move.} Qb7 {[%emt 0:09:13]}
18. Qe3 $1 {[%emt 0:03:40] This is the move that Kovalyov had missed. The
queen comes to b6 and the a6-pawn is lost.} Be7 {[%emt 0:13:19]} (18... Rb8 {
is just too slow and is met with} 19. f4 $16) 19. Qb6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:47] A
very strong idea by Vishy attacking the a6-pawn.} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 20.
axb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:08] Kovalyov somehow clings on.} 21. Rxa6
{[%emt 0:00:42]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:07] There is no real good way to defend the
b6-pawn, but White should be better, because of superior development and
co-ordination.} 22. b7 $5 {[%emt 0:20:04]} (22. Na5 Bxb6 (22... Rxb6 23. Ra8
$16) 23. Nc4 Bd4 24. Nxd6+ Ke7 25. Nc4 (25. Ne4 {should give White some
advantage especially because ...Bxb2 is met with d6+ cutting off the
co-ordination.} Bxb2 (25... Rhc8 $14) 26. d6+ $16) 25... Rhc8 26. b3 Ra8 $44 {
[%csl Ra1][%cal Ga8a1] with very good compensation for the pawn as Black has
the bishop pair and control over the a-file.}) 22... Ke7 {[%emt 0:06:58]} 23.
Nc5 $6 {[%emt 0:08:44] Anand is in an inspired mood and makes a very practical
sacrifice. Objectively it might not be the best, but Vishy has seen that it
poses good enough problems for his opponent to try it out. Later on after he
was knocked out from the event, Anand blamed his elimination on this move.
"Sometimes your head just isn't screwed on straight and you do strange things.
Of course, afterwards you cannot understand why!" You can check out his video
here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gf_BnuKP7Y} (23. Rda1 Rxb7 24. Ra8 $14 {
should give White a small edge, but nothing substantial.}) 23... dxc5 {[%emt 0:
10:18] As Kovalyov said after the game, if Nc5 worked it could have been the
game of the year, but fortunately it didn't!} 24. d6+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf6 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} (24... Ke6 25. Bc4+ Kf5 26. Bd5 $17 {Black seems all tied up,
but White is not threatening anything concretely.} Bf6 27. Ra5 e4 28. Rxc5 Bxb2
29. Bc6+ Ke6 $15) 25. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kf5 $5 {[%emt 0:01:26] The king is
taking part actively in the battle and threatening ...e4.} 26. Bd5 {[%emt 0:07:
01]} (26. Ra8 Bf6 $15) 26... e4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf6 {
[%emt 0:05:04] Bringing the piece into game is necessary for Black.} (27... Re8
{supporting the pawn on e4 was interesting and after} 28. Bxf7 {Black will
sacrifice his rook for the bishop and will have a good endgame with two
bishops.} Rxb7 $1 29. Bxe8 Bxe8 30. Rd1 Bd7 $17) 28. Bxe4+ {[%emt 0:01:47]} Kg5
{[%emt 0:00:11] Anton plays this position well and is not afraid of moving his
king around the board.} 29. Ra5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 30.
Rxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 31. Re3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:01:20]} Ke6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:43] Black's king
is in the centre but it's quite safe; it's just a matter of time before Black
will regroup his pieces and make use of the extra wood on the board.} (32...
Kg7 $6 33. Bd5 Bf6 34. Rc7 Rhd8 35. Re3 $11 {None of Black's pieces are moving.
}) 33. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 34. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} f5 {
[%emt 0:02:41]} 35. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bc3 $17 {[%emt 0:00:17] Overall Black
has consolidated his extra piece and White is in trouble.} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:01:
25]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 37. g3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} f4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:30] This
key move seals the game in Black's favour. The idea is that you activate your
light-squared bishop.} 38. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 39. Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:04:25]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 40. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:
37]} 41. Kf1 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 42. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:02]}
Rbxb7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 43. Re3+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:34] This
turned out to be one of the most important games at the World Cup 2017. Anand
couldn't come back in game two of the match and was eliminated. Of course all
of this was before the shorts incident that Kovalyov was involved in, but in
any case this was a great result for the Canadian player.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. h3 Nf6 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Kc8 14. Na4 Ne4
15. Nec3 Ng5 16. h4 Nf3+ 17. Kf1 Kb7 18. Kg2 Bg4 19. Ne4 Rhd8 20. Be7 Re8 21.
Bb4 c5 22. Bc3 f6 23. Naxc5+ Bxc5 24. Nxc5+ Ka7 25. b4 g5 26. hxg5 Nxg5 27. f4
exf4 28. gxf4 Rxe3 29. Bd4 Re2+ 30. Kf1 Nh7 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qe2 Ra8 15.
Bc4 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Bb3 Bf8 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. f3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Bc4
Qb7 22. Nf1 Ne8 23. Ne3 Nd6 24. Bd5 b5 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Ncd5 bxa4 27. Ra2 Rab8
28. Rda1 Qb5 29. Qe1 a3 30. Rxa3 Qxb2 31. Rxa6 c4 32. h4 h5 33. Qg3 g6 34. R6a2
Qd4 35. Rd1 Qc5 36. Qxe5 Bg7 37. Qg5 Kh8 38. e5 Nb5 39. Ra4 Na3 40. Qf4 Kg8 41.
e6 fxe6 42. Nf6+ Bxf6 43. Qxf6 Qxe3 44. Qxg6+ Kf8 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lampert, Jonas"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. a3 Qb6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Nf3 Red8 18. Ne4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 a6 23. h3 Ne4 24. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 Qg3+ 26. Kg1 Qf2+
27. Kh2 Qg3+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lubbe, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Bc4 h6 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qc7 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Na4 d5 19. Nb6 dxe4 20. Qf1 Bg4 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nb6 Rf8 24. Re1 Bb4 25. c3 Bxa5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Rd8
28. Bxe4 Rd2 29. h3 Be6 30. Re2 Bc4 31. Rxd2 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Kf8 33. Rfd1 Ke7 34.
Bf5 Kf6 35. Rd7 Qc4 36. Bd3 Qa4 37. Be2 Qb3 38. R1d6+ Kg5 39. g3 g6 40. h4+ Kf5
41. g4+ Ke4 42. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Be3 Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Bb4 14.
Bd4 Be6 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 c5 17. Ng5 Ke7 18. Kh2 h5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxb4+
Ke8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Re3 Ne7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Rc3 Rac8 25. Rd4 c5 26. Ra4 a6
27. Ra5 c4 28. Ra4 Rhf8 29. Raxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. e5 Nd5 14. exd6 Bf6
15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bd4 Qb4 17. b3 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Kd7 20. Nd1 Bb7
21. Re1 Kxd6 22. Ne3 Kc5 23. c3 Rbc8 24. Red1 Rc7 25. Kb2 Kb6 26. f4 Rhc8 27.
c4 dxc4 28. Nxc4+ Ka7 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Rf8 32. Nxb7 Kxb7 33.
Kd2 Kc6 34. Ke3 f5 35. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 f4 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bb4 Bxb4 19. Qxb4 Bg4 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rfe1
Be6 22. Rad1 c6 23. Bd3 Bg4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Be6 26. Qc3 Qd5 27. Ree1
Qxa2 28. Qxc6 Bd5 29. Qd7 Rad8 30. Qh3 Rde8 31. Ng5 h6 32. Ne4 Qxb2 33. Nf6 Be6
34. Qh5 Bf7 35. Qh4 Rd8 36. e6 Rxd4 37. Rb1 Qa2 38. Ra1 Qb3 39. exf7 Qxf7 40.
Ng4 Qg6 41. Ne5 Qd6 42. Nf3 Rd5 43. Qe7 Qxe7 44. Rxe7 Rf6 45. h4 b4 46. Rb7 a5
47. Re1 Rf8 48. Ree7 Rg8 49. Kh2 Rdd8 50. Ne5 Kh7 51. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Qa4 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rd1
Be7 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. f3 c5 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rfd8 19. Be3 Ne8 20. a4 Nd6 21.
Bf1 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. b4 Bc7 26. b5 Kf8 27.
Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke2 f6 29. Kd3 Bc8 30. f4 Bd7 31. h4 h6 32. g4 Bd6 33. Kc3 Bc8 34.
Kd3 Bb7 35. h5 e5 36. f5 Kd7 37. Bd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Kc7 39. Bd2 Kb7 40. a5 a6
41. Kc4 bxa5 42. Bxa5 axb5+ 43. Kxb5 Be7 44. Bb6 Bf8 45. Be3 Kc7 46. Kc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6
9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. d4 Bb6 15. Be3
exd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Qb3 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Re3 Ree8 21. Qc2
Qe6 22. Rae1 Ne7 23. Nd2 b5 24. Nf3 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Reb8 26. Qc2 Rb4 27. d5 cxd5
28. exd5 Qc8 29. Qxc8+ Nxc8 30. R1e2 Nb6 31. Nf5 Nc4 32. Rd3 a4 33. Ne3 Nxb2
34. Ra3 Nc4 35. Nxc4 Rxc4 36. Rd2 Ne4 37. Rd4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Nc5 39. Rb4 Rd1 40.
Nd4 g6 41. Rc4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 {I don't think that Anand
will play this line frequently.} Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Be7 {I think this is a
little bit passive.} ({I would prefer} 7... Bd6 {Black controls the e5-square
and he doesn't allow White to play Bf4:} 8. O-O (8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Bxd6+ Kxd6 14. Nc3 c6 $11 {Muzychuk,A (2523)
-L'Ami,E (2615) Wijk aan Zee 2010 1/2 (53)}) 8... O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nc3 a6 11.
Ne2 Re8 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. c3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qd6 15. Qc1 Ne4 16. Bc2 Bf5 $11 {
Ivanisevic,I (2611) -Martinovic,S (2565) Mali Losinj CRO 2017 1/2 (58)}) 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 ({White can prevent ...Bg4:} 9. h3 $5 c5 (9... Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11.
Bf4 c6 12. c3 Bf8 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Qc2 a5 15. a4 Bg7 16. Nf1 $14 {Ivanov,A 
(2513)-Kamsky,G (2706) ICC INT 2014 1/2 (41)}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12.
c3 Qd6 $2 (12... Bb6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Nf1 $14) 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nc4
{1/2 (14) Leniart,A (2480) -Gleizerov,E (2519) Suwalki POL 2017. White has a
big advantage after} Qc7 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Re1 $16) 9... Bg4 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11.
Nbd2 Re8 12. c3 c6 13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 {This move seems to be harmless, but even
here you can find some novelties with computer assistance:} Qb6 ({Probably
Black should play} 13... Qc7 14. h3 Be6 15. Nf1 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 $11) 14. Ne5 (
14. h3 $5 Bh5 (14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 $14) 15. Ne5 (15. Nh4 $1 Bf8 16. g4 Bg6 17.
Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf4 $14) 15... Nxe5 $11 {1/2 (13) Arapovic,V (2392)-Dizdarevic,E
(2493) Neum 2011}) 14... Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Be6 16. Re2 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 (17... Nf4
$1 {was the only way to equalize} 18. Re3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxe7) 18. g3 Ree8 19.
Rae1 Nf6 20. Qc2 $14 {Malisauskas,V (2490)-Gdanski,J (2435) Manila 1992 1/2 
(29)}) 13... h6 {Now Black cannot play ...Bh5, ...Bg6:} (13... Bh5 14. Ne5 ({
Probably White should play} 14. Re2 $5 h6 (14... Nf8 15. Rae1 Qd6 16. h3 Rad8 (
16... Bg6 17. Nh4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 $14) 17. Bh4 Bg6 18. Bg3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20.
Ne5 Qc8 21. Nxc6 $16 {Lintchevski, D (2553)-Dmitrenko,V (2353) Pardubice 2011
1-0 (46); and White easily won the game.}) 15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Rae1 Ne6 17. Bg3 Bd6
18. Bf5 Bg4 19. Bh4 Be7 20. h3 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 $14 Nd7 $2 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+
Kf8 24. Bg3 $18 {Ovetchkin,R (2556)-Lintchevski,D (2450) Plovdiv 2008 1/2 (49)}
) 14... h6 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 (16. Bxe5 $1 Nd7 17. Bg3 Nf8 {and Black has
good chances to equalise the game}) 16... Bd6 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 $1
19. Re1 Bg4 20. h3 Be6 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Qe2 Re8 $11 {Demidov,M (2521)-Fedoseev,
V (2731) Sochi RUS 2017 1/2 (59)}) 14. Bf4 Nh5 (14... c5 15. h3 Be6 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Nb3 {This position reminds me of the line 1.
e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7; I would
evaluate it in White's favour.}) 15. Be5 $1 Bg5 $146 {This novelty doesn't
help Black to level the game. Let's examine other continuations:} (15... Nxe5
16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Nxe5 Nf6 18. h3 Be6 19. Ndf3 Bd6 20. Re3 Rc8 (20... g6 21.
Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qe7 23. Ng5 $1 hxg5 (23... Qg7 24. Nxe6+ Rxe6 25. Qf5 Rae8
26. Rae1 Qg5 27. Ng6+ Kg7 (27... Kf7 $2 28. Nh8+ $1 Kg7 29. Qxg5+ hxg5 30. Rxe6
$18) 28. Qxg5 Rxe3 (28... hxg5 $4 29. Rxe6 $18) 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Kxg6 31.
g3 $14) 24. Rf3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qg7 26. Rxf6+ Bf7 27. Qf5 Kg8 28. f4 $1 $16) 21.
Rae1 c5 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 $14 {Glek,I (2515)-Dolmatov,S (2595) Dortmund
1992 1-0 (66)}) (15... Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxe5 (16... Nhf6 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Rae1 Qb6
19. Bf5 $16 {Bus,M (2375)-Schmidt,W (2440) Lubniewice 1993 1-0 (35)}) 17. Bh7+
Kf8 18. Nxe5 (18. dxe5 $1 Nf4 19. Qf5 Ne6 20. g3 $5 (20. Bg6 $6 Bf6 21. exf6
fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qxf6 $11) 20... Bc5 21. Rad1 Qd7 22. Nh4 $1 g5 $8 23. Nf3 Kg7 24.
Qc2 $14) 18... Nf6 19. Re2 Bd6 20. Rae1 Qc7 21. f4 Re7 22. Bd3 {1/2 (20) Bus,M
(2375)-Brynell,S (2470) Copenhagen 1993}) 16. h3 $1 (16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Bxf5
18. Qxf5 Kg8 19. Nxg5 hxg5 {Black should level the game.}) 16... Bxf3 {Black
has got an unpleasant situation; she should have tried to find the most
reliable worse position:} (16... Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rxe5 19. Nxe5 Nf6
20. g3 Nd7 21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. f4 Bf6 23. Re1 $16) 17. Nxf3 Bf4 (17... Nf8 18. Qb3
$5 (18. c4 $5 Nf4 19. Bf5 $14) 18... Qd7 19. h4 Bf4 20. c4 $1 dxc4 (20... a6
21. cxd5 cxd5 22. g3 f6 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Bf1 $14) 21. Bxc4 Ng6 22. g3 Bxe5 23.
dxe5 $16) (17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5 {- 16...Nxe5}) 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20.
Bf5 Qc7 21. Bxd7 $1 {Just in time. White takes control of the e-file.} Qxd7 22.
Ne5 Qe6 (22... Qc7 $2 23. Qf5 $18) 23. Re3 Kg8 ({Hou Yifan doesn't want to
play the rook endgame after} 23... Ng6 24. Nxg6+ Qxg6 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Rae1
Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rb8 28. h4 $1 $16 {The endgame which has arisen is very
unpleasant for Black, probably her position is lost.} (28. Re7 $6 g5 $1)) 24.
Rae1 Qc8 $6 25. Nxf7 $1 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 $1 (26. fxe3 Nxh3+ $1 {The only way to
continue resistance:} 27. gxh3 Kxf7 28. Qh7 Qh8 $5 {Definitely, it is not the
best square for the queen, but Black needs to have the g8-square for his king.}
(28... Qg8 $5 {leads to an interesting endgame:} 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. e4 Qe6 31.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 32. exd5+ Kxd5 33. Re7 g5 34. Rxb7 a5 {Black has good chances to
save the game due to the active position of his king}) 29. Qf5+ (29. Rf1+ $6
Ke7 30. Qf5 Rf8 31. Qe5+ Kd7 $11) 29... Kg8 30. e4 Rf8 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. exd5
Rf6 33. Qe4+ Rg6+ 34. Kf1 cxd5 35. Qxd5 Qc8 {Due to the vulnerable position of
the opponent's king, Black has a chance to save the game.}) 26... Kxf7 27. Rf3
$16 {White gets an extra pawn.} Kg8 (27... g5 $2 28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. g3 Nxh3+ 30.
Kh2 $18) 28. Rxf4 Qe6 29. Qf5 ({White could have tried to trade rooks, but the
consequences of} 29. Rf3 Re8 30. Re3 Qf7 31. Qe2 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Qf5 $16 {
are not so clear.}) 29... Re8 (29... Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qe8 31. Rf3 {is joyless for
Black. White can push his h- and g-pawns and get a winning position.}) 30.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. Kf1 a5 32. Rf3 Rg6 33. a4 Rd6 (33... b5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Rf5
Rd6 36. Ke2 {White has an extra pawn and an active rook. He should win the
game.}) 34. Ke2 Rd8 35. Kd3 {This is the best square for the white king.} Rb8
36. Rf5 b5 {If Black waits then White will play g4, f4, Re5, f5.} 37. axb5 Rxb5
{Black wants to trade pawns after ...a4, ...Ra5, ...a3.} 38. Kc2 Rb7 (38... a4
39. Kb1 Rb3 40. Ka2 $18) 39. f4 Rb8 40. g4 a4 41. Re5 (41. Kb1 $5 Rb6 42. Ka2
$18) 41... Kf7 42. f5 Ra8 43. Re6 Rc8 44. Re5 Ra8 (44... g6 45. fxg6+ Kxg6 46.
Re6+ Kg5 47. Kb1 $18) 45. h4 a3 46. bxa3 Rxa3 47. Kb2 $18 Ra8 48. g5 hxg5 49.
hxg5 Rb8+ 50. Kc2 Rh8 51. Re6 Rh5 52. g6+ Kf8 53. f6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rae8 13. Bf4 Bd8 14. c4
Qd7 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Rec1 Re4 18. Be3 c5 19. Rab1 Nxc4 20. Rxc4
Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qxb1+ 22. Rc1 Qe4 23. Rxc5 Bb6 24. Rc3 Re8 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2
f6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Rb2 Rb8 31. Nd2 Bc7 32. Ne4 Bd6 33.
a4 f5 34. Nxd6 Kxd6 35. g4 fxg4 36. e4 b6 37. e5+ Kd5 38. Rb5+ Ke6 39. Ke4 Rc8
40. a5 Rc2 41. axb6 axb6 42. Rxb6+ Kf7 43. Kf5 Rf2+ 44. Kxg4 Rxh2 45. d5 Rd2
46. Rb7+ Kg6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. Rd7 h5+ 50. Kg3 Re2 51. Re7 Rd2 52.
Rd7 Re2 53. Re7 Rd2 54. d6 Kf5 55. d7 h4+ 56. Kh3 g5 57. e6 g4+ 58. Kxh4 Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bf4 b6 13. Rfe1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a4 15.
Nbd2 Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. axb4 Bxd5 19. b5 Re8 20. Rxa4 Nf8 21. Ne4
Qd7 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Qf5 Rd8 25. Be3 g6 26. Qh3 h5 27. Qg3 Qd3 28.
h4 Qc2 29. Re2 Qf5 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Rd4 32. f3 Kh7 33. Kh2 Bb7 34. Kg1 Rd3
35. Kh2 Rd4 36. Kg1 Rd3 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Re1 Nb8 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Nh4 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe7 19. Nf3 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Ra7 21. Nf1
Kg7 22. h3 Nh6 23. Ne3 a5 24. c3 Ng8 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. Rad1 f5 27. g3 Bd7 28.
exf5 Nxf5 29. Ng5 Bc6 30. Ne6+ Kh8 31. Ng5 Kg7 32. Ne6+ Kh8 33. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 a6 6. f4 f6 7. Nh3 Qd7 8. Nf2
O-O-O 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. O-O Na5 11. Be2 Qc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Nd1 Bc2 14. Rf3 fxe5
15. fxe5 Rdf8 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. Qg3 Qb6 18. a3 Nb3 19. Nxb3 Qxb3 20. Bd1 Qb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. a4 a5 10. Bg3 Nd7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 h5 15. h3
g5 16. Nd2 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nf1 Ne7 19. Ne3 Bg5 20. d4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Ng6
22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Rf2 Kg7 24. Raf1 f6 25. Bd3 b6 26. Qd1 Bd7 27. Rf5 Rf7 28. Bc4
Be6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxg4 Rh8 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Bxe5 Rh4 33. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3
O-O 9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. fxe4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 Re8
15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Rb1 Re3 17. Kd2 Re7 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Rb5 Rd8+ 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Be4 22. Bxe4 Rxd4+ 23. Bd3 Red7 24. Rhb1 cxd3 25. Rxb7 dxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Rd2+
27. Kf3 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 29. g4 Kxg7 30. Kg3 Ra3+ 31. Kh4 h6 32. Rc7 a5 33.
Ra7 a4 34. h3 Ra1 35. Ra6 a3 36. Kh5 a2 37. h4 Rb1 38. Rxa2 Rb5+ 39. g5 hxg5
40. hxg5 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 {Hikaru wanted a big fight, so he aimed to avoid theory.} d5
3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 $5 {On the black side of the Reti Vishy likes to
fianchetto his bishop once he gets his pawns to the centre.} 5. d4 $5 {
Suddenly, it's White who's playing the Grunfeld!} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 ({
Book says} 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 {The Chinese GM Li Chao
has defended the black side of this at least four times in recent practice.})
7... Nc6 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 d4 10. Na4 O-O 11. c3 dxc3 ({It would have been too
ambitious for Anand to pretend he was White and continue with} 11... e5 12.
cxd4 exd4 {The extra tempo can be put to good use, say by playing} 13. Re1) 12.
Nxc3 e5 13. Be3 $14 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd2 {White
appears to be slightly better thanks to the bishop pair.} Rfd8 18. Qf2 Bf8 19.
h3 Bb4 20. Rac1 Rd3 ({Vishy turned down Hikaru's pawn offer,} 20... Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 Qxa2 {likely because of being concerned about} 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. f4 {
but then} exf4 24. gxf4 (24. Qxf4 Nh5) 24... Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 {
appears to be playable for Black.}) 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Bf1 Rd8 24.
a3 Be7 {Skillful display by Nakamura. White controls all key squares while
avoiding massive exchanges.} 25. g4 $6 {Oh, I don't know about this. The
weakening of the dark squares may come back to bite White.} (25. Kh2 a6 26. Nd5
$1 Nxd5 27. Bc4 {and White plays on without any risk.}) 25... Kg7 26. Kh2 h6
27. h4 (27. Nb5 a6 28. Bc4 Qc8 29. Nc3 Nh7 {and now we can see how ...Bg5
becomes an issue.}) 27... Nd4 $1 {In the approach to the time control Anand
begins to bother Nakamura with tactical play.} 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Nh7 30. Bh3
Qb3 31. f4 Nc6 $1 {White's position is grossly overextended. Something is
going to give.} 32. Nd5 (32. Rg1 exf4 33. Bxf4 Bxa3) 32... exf4 33. Bxf4 Bxg5
$2 {This decision likely cost Anand a nice win in the opening round.} ({
Keeping the Be7 on to protect f6 was a must:} 33... Nxg5 {Soon some other
trades will be forced and Black will get to keep his extra pawn, e.g.} 34. Rc3
Qd1 35. Qg2 Nxh3 36. Rxh3 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 38. Nxe7 Nxe7 39. Be5+ Kg8 40. Bc3
Nc6 41. Qf2 Qg4 42. Qf6 Kf8 $17) 34. Bxg5 Nxg5 35. Qf6+ Kh6 36. Bg2 Nh7 37.
Qxf7 Rf8 38. Qc7 Qxb2 39. Rh1 Qf2 40. Kh3 Rf7 41. Qg3 {The time control has
been made, and White soon is to be looking at a tough defensive task, a pawn
down in the endgame.} Qb2 $6 {All of a sudden Vishy moved his queen away.} (
41... Kg7 42. Qxf2 Rxf2 43. Rb1 Rf7 44. Kg3 Ne5 {was expected.}) 42. Ne3 $1 {
It is amazing how quick Hikaru was to pounce on that error.} Nf6 $6 ({Still,} 
42... Qd4 43. Rd1 Ng5+ 44. Kh2 Nf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxe3 46. Bg2 Qxg3+ 47. Kxg3 $15 {
was there.}) 43. Bf3 {Suddenly it's the black king that's in danger.} Kh7 44.
Nf5 ({A draw was agreed based on a forced line} 44. Nf5 Qxa3 45. Kg2+ Nh5 46.
Qg5 Qb2+ 47. Kg1 Qb6+ 48. Kg2 {and Black must keep on checking.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qc2 a6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Be6 16. Be2 f6 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Bc1 Qf7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Rfb1 Bc4 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Nd2 Qe6 23. Kf1 Na7 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Qa2 Kf7 26. Ke2 Raa8 27.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 28. Nc4 c6 29. Nb6 Rab8 30. Rd1 c5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Nd5 cxb4 33.
cxb4 Rc8 34. Kd3 f5 35. f3 Bd6 36. Rb1 h5 37. Ne3 g6 38. b5 fxe4+ 39. fxe4 Bc7
40. Nd5 Bxa5 41. Ra1 Bd8 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Rxa6+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Ke8 45. Rh7 Rc6
46. g3 Rc1 47. Rh8+ Kd7 48. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2874"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 {Anand likes straighforward
lines in his preparation to play with black pieces.} 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 $5 ({
A similar version of the same idea is} 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5) ({
while, of course,} 7. Qa4 {remains White's top choice.}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxc4 Bc5
9. b3 $5 (9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 a4 12. Nce5 {Artemiev-Zvjaginsev, 2015})
(9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nce5 {Nakamura-Kaidanov, 2012}) 9... Qe7 10. Nfe5 {It seems
Carlsen wasn't sure about his preparation.} ({A logical follow-up has to be} 
10. Bb2 e5 11. b4 $1 {where Black's best may be} Nxb4 (11... Bxb4 12. Nfxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bc3 14. Bxc3 dxc3 15. Qa4+ Nd7 16. Nc4 {quickly rounding up the
c3-pawn and keeping some edge due to the vastly superior bishop.}) 12. Nfxe5
O-O 13. a3 Na6 {White then gets his pawn back and plays on.} 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 Rd8 16. Qf4 {etc.}) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 {In such positions the key issue
is to prevent Black from connecting his pawns.} Nd7 $1 {Vishy cuts to the
chase. The issue of a strong white knight has to be addressed immediately.} (
11... O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bb6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nc4 $1 {turned
out to be better for White in Melkumian-Grachev, World Cup 2017.}) 12. Bf4 O-O
13. Rc1 Rd8 ({A more direct way was} 13... f6 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Bxb7 Rae8 16.
Qd3 Kh8) 14. Nd3 $6 {Magnus takes it a bit too far.} ({Perhaps he was not
entirely satisfied with White's chances after} 14. Nxd7 Rxd7 (14... Bxd7 15.
Bxb7 e5 {is enterprising.}) 15. Rc4 e5 16. Qc2 exf4 17. Rxc5 Rd8 {but
nevertheless, it was the way to go.}) 14... Bb6 15. Bc7 Re8 16. Qc2 e5 {
Black has accomplished his goal, and now it's up to White not to get worse.}
17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. a4 Bg4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qd2 {Here we have it:
Black is a clean pawn up.} Be6 $2 {One can only feel disappointment seeing the
former World Champ settling for a draw.} (21... Bh5 22. Rc4 f6 23. Rdc1 Rxc4
24. bxc4 Bf7 $15) 22. Nxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxb3 24. Nf3 Bxa4 25. Nxd4 Ne6 26. Nf5
Qf6 27. Ne3 Qd4 28. Qa2 Nc5 29. Rc4 Bb3 30. Rxd4 Bxa2 31. Rb4 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a4 Rae8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Rxe5 Nf6 16. Nf1 Bd6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Be3 Qf5 19. Qe2 Qg6 20. f3 Bd5 21.
c4 Be6 22. c5 Bxb3 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Qd2 h6 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. Ne3 Nd5 27. Nxd5
Bxd5 28. Kh2 Qg5 29. Be3 Qf5 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (3. Bc4 {has never been more popular, but the Ruy
Lopez still leads to more complex positions and is the more ambitious option.})
3... Nf6 {The Berlin Defence is known to be super solid since the time when
Kramnik used it to win a World Championship Match against Kasparov. I believe
it was Julian Hodgson who pointed out that the downside of playing 1.e4, is
that it is not defended.} 4. d3 $1 {My "!" might seem a bit puzzling, but it
is the only way to keep a reasonable amount of pieces left on the board while
not ending up with a swap of the e-pawns.} ({The old main line} 4. O-O Nxe4 5.
d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 {is another, more popular, line. It seem to
me like squeezing water out of a stone. But, let us be clear, I can only get
away with such a statement because I'm strong enough to have some inkling of
what I am saying, while not being strong enough to actually understand what I
am saying. Really, much of what goes on in these games is beyond our
understanding; especially how hard it is to actually handle these things over
the board without an engine as help. The drawing tendencies in the Berlin are
impending and it takes a whole lot of energy, focus and knowledge to be able
to win against another strong player here. This is what the game is like today.
It is a struggle with the thinnest of margins.}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 {is not seen often between the top players. Only Vachier Lagrave seems
happy to play this in long games nowadays.}) 4... Bc5 {The bishop is not very
well placed here if White takes on c6, but against every other setup this is
its optimal post.} 5. Nc3 {This move is generally played in tandem with a
Bxc6-followed-by-long-castling-strategy.} ({Caruana usually plays} 5. c3 {
, when lately} O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 {has done very well for White.} h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Bc4 {leads to a position that can arise from the Giuoco Piano, minus the
rook on e8. Because of this detail, Black should avoid} Na5 {due to} (9... g5
10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2) 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. b4 $14) (5. O-O Nd4 {gives Black an
easy game.}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {has been popular too, but in the last year
Black has done well with} Be6 $5 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5
Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 {The engine likes the position for White after} 13.
Qe2 {, but it could be a superficial evaluation:} O-O 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Nf3 Bc5
16. Re1 Rae8 17. exf5 $2 (17. e5 h6) 17... Bd5 $1 18. Ne5 Rxf5 $15 {Robson,R 
(2665)-Nakamura,H (2790) ch-USA 2017, and Black went on to win.}) 5... O-O 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 {Caruana has lost two rapid games against Grischuk from this
position, but he seems to have faith in it still.} 7. h3 (7. Ne2 Re8 8. h3 Nd7
9. g4 Bb4+ $5 10. Kf1 {I find it hard to believe that this move fits in with
White's setup.} (10. Bd2 Bxd2+ (10... Bf8 $1) 11. Qxd2 c5 12. O-O-O $13) 10...
Bf8 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nf5 {White's plan looks menacing, but if Black
can defend (which should be quite possible) then the bishop pair could become
a factor in the latter part of the game.} Ne6 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. h4 g6 16. Nh6 Qe7
$17 {and White's attack came to a complete halt as g5 is met with Bxh6 and h5
with ...Bxh6 followed by ...g5; Caruana,F (2795)-Grischuk,A (2780) Champions
Showdown G30 rapid 2017.}) 7... Nd7 {Black starts rearranging his minor pieces.
The knight is headed for e6 and the Bc5 will be solid on d6 or tucked away on
f8. It will be difficult for White to open up the position without
simultanesly opening a Pandora's box of awesome bishop power.} ({Having seen
the course the game takes, I went back to this moment to ask myself if there
is no way for Black to get the bishop to f8 in one go. Indeed there is:} 7...
Re8 8. Be3 Bf8 {intending a fast Nf6-d7-c5-e6, will win a tempo for Black
compared to the game if White continues along the same lines. In a blitz game
Caruana made use of a different version of the same plan we will soon see:} 9.
a4 a5 10. O-O b6 (10... Nd7) 11. Nd2 Be6 {As I understand it, the bishop
should only go here when f6 has been played (so that it can retreat to f7).} (
11... Nd7) 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Ng3 {The plan is back on track.} Nd7 15.
Kh2 g6 16. Rg1 Be7 {Black is drifting.} 17. Nf5 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Kh8
20. Qe1 c5 21. b3 gxf5 $2 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. Ng5 Ne5 25. Kh1 f6 26.
Ne6 {and White went on to win, in Caruana,F (2800)-Nakamura,H (2785) chess.com
Speed 3m+2spm 2017. It is a nice illustration of the g4/Nc3-e2-g3-f5 plan.}) 8.
Be3 $1 Bd6 9. Ne2 Re8 10. g4 Nc5 ({Grischuk's idea} 10... Bb4+ {is not out of
the question here.}) 11. Ng3 Ne6 {White would like to push the pawns forward
on the kingside, but as long as Bc8 keeps an eye on g4, it is not possible ot
play h4, while g4-g5 doesn't solve the problem as h4 is still (annoyingly)
answered with ...Bg4. However, this is why the knight was rerouted to g3. It
will act as a plug on f5 and allow White to continue to push the pawns. Ergo,
there is no reason for Black to keep the c8-g4-diagonal open anymore.} ({
The engine likes} 11... g6 {, but it looks illogical to give White something
to bite into on the kingside. I don't trust it.}) 12. Nf5 c5 {Now White's
options in the centre have been radically diminished. It's an all eggs in one
basket situation where the basket is the kingside.} 13. h4 a5 14. h5 Ra6 $5 {
A flexible way to get the rook to participate.} (14... Bd7 $6 {is a sorry
excuse for a move. Not only is the bishop not fulfilling any function on d7
that it didn't carry out from c8, but also it is more in the way of the other
pieces. Never play Bc8-d7 or Bc1-d2 unless you have a clear idea of why you
are doing it.}) 15. Qd2 {Black's pieces are in good spots and no further slow
improvement is in sight, so it is time for some activity.} Nd4 $1 16. Rh3 Bf8
$1 {It is often good to retreat the bishops to the last rank when the opponent
has active knights which lack real outposts. This is such a case. The bishops
could actually not be more active than they are (while not stepping on the
toes of the other pieces); not without a majot change in the pawn structure.}
17. O-O-O Be6 {Finally Anand decides to move the bishop. As I said before; I
like the bishop on c8. Both} (17... a4 {and}) (17... b5 {, look promising for
Black and more flexible. Still, it is not a bad move, at all.}) 18. Kb1 f6 {
Anand has built a convincing case against Caruana's setup and it is White who
has to find equality.} 19. c3 $1 {If you have a chat with the pieces they will
all say: "The knight on d4 is too strong. It has to go."} Nxf3 20. Rxf3 c4 $5 {
Black is much happier in a position where he gets to play c4, than one in
which White gets to do it first.} (20... Qd7 21. c4 {looks like a strategic
improvement from White's point of view. However, it is not easy to neutralise
Black's initiative after} Kh8 22. Rg3 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) (20... h6 {is the
engine's favourite move, but it has long-reaching negative consequences in
that the knight is now safe on f5, while g7 becomes a future weakness. White
can put all his resources into the defence for some time and then aim to play
d2-d4 at an opportune moment.}) 21. Qc2 $6 (21. g5 $1 {White cannot enter an
endgame without taking the g7-g6 option away from Black first. Otherwise the
knight will be kicked back. One way to achieve this is} Qxd3+ 22. Qxd3 cxd3 23.
gxf6 gxf6 24. Rxd3 {and since Nf5 is as strong as the opponent's bishop, this
is an equal position.}) 21... cxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc8 {Black has managed to keep the
bishop pair and White has little in the way of compensation.} 23. g5 $1 {
White must immediately mix things up, before Black gets time to exchange a
pair of rooks and run for the ending.} fxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf7 $5 ({Perhaps even
better is} 24... h6 25. Bc1 Bf7 {, when the h5-pawn looks weak, while it is
unclear that White can pose any real threats to Black's king.} 26. Rg3 Kh8 27.
Rd1 a4 $1 {and with ...Qe6 coming next, White is in trouble.}) 25. h6 $1 gxh6
26. Bc1 {Now, objectively speaking, Black is still better, but White has
significantly more ideas to play around with as Black's king has become much
more exposed.} Qe6 27. b3 a4 $2 ({This lets Caruana back in the game. It was
necessary to forestall c3-c4 with} 27... b5 $1 {when, after} 28. Bb2 a4 29.
Rg3+ Bg6 30. f3 axb3 31. axb3 h5 {Black is clearly better.}) 28. c4 $1 {
With this move White achieves a state of stability on the queenside. It is a
temporary stability, but that is all he needs in order to get in some decent
threats of his own.} axb3 29. axb3 Qc6 $1 (29... Rea8 30. Bb2 Ba3 31. Qd1 $1
Bxb2 32. Kxb2 Ra2+ 33. Kc3 $18) 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Rd1 b5 $1 32. c5 ({My eye was
immediately caught by} 32. Bb2 $5 bxc4 33. Rd8 $1 {, but Black seems to be
able to defend in more than one way.} Ra5 34. Nd4 $1 (34. Qc3 $4 Qxe4+) 34...
Qb7 35. Ne6 (35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. f4 {is also "=" according to the engine.}) 35...
Be7 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. f4 Bc6 38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qc3 Bxe4+ 40. Kb2 Ba3+ {
is one way. Easy to spot. (Not.)}) 32... b4 $2 {A second mistake and this time
there is no coming back.} ({Instead} 32... Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 {was right.
White has some pressure, but it doesn't really go anywhere. One possible
defence is} 34. Rd7 Be6 35. Rxc7 Bxf5 36. exf5 Bd4 37. Rgg7 e4 38. Bb2 Bxb2 39.
Kxb2 Rf6 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Rhg7+ Kh8 {with a draw.}) 33. Bb2 {Suddenly Black
is in a lot of trouble. The e5-pawn is shaky and the king depends on it for
survival.} Bg6 (33... Ra5 $1 {is a better defence, but this time} 34. Rd8 {
is stronger:} Qxc5 35. Rxe8 Qxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Bxe8 37. f4 Rc5+ 38. Kd3 Bg6 39.
Bxe5+ Kg8 40. Ne3 {and Black has a very difficult time.}) 34. Rd5 $1 Qb5 {
A tricky move (the only one) that has a counter-attack in mind.} 35. Rg1 c6 $4
{For someone of Anands calibre, this qualifies as chess-blindness. It is quite
obvious that one cannot let the e5-pawn fall without, at least, being able to
take the bishop out of circulation (sacrifice the exchange).} (35... Rae6 36.
f4 {is also much better for White, but Black can fight on.}) 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37.
Bxe5+ Kg8 38. Bd4 Kf7 39. Nh4 {A prosaic move that threatens Nxg6 followed by
e4-e5. There is no defence anymore. Although Anand's play deserved a better
fate, Caruana had excellent timing in creating his counterplay.} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qa6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O
Qd6 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Ng3 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 {As a rule Vishy prefers the move ...e5, but one day
previously the game Anand-Karjakin had been played, in which Sergej
comfortably equalised in one of the sharp variations after 1.c4 Nf6 2.c4 e6. I
could well imagine that my opponent approved of the way to solve the opening
problems demonstrated by Karjakin and that he would now gladly repeat it with
Black - in any case his second move came as no great surprise to me.  In der
Regel bevorzugt Vishy den Zug ...e5, aber einen Tag vorher wurde die Partie
Anand-Karjakin gespielt, in der Sergej nach 1.c4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 in einer der
scharfen Varianten komfortabel ausglich. Ich konnte mir gut vorstellen, dass
mein Gegner den von Karjakin demonstrierten Weg, die Eröffnungsprobleme zu
lösen würdigte und ihn nun gerne mit Schwarz wiederholen würde - in jedem
Fall war für mich sein zweiter Zug keine große Überraschung.} 3. Nf3 d5 4.
e3 (4. d4 Nbd7) 4... a6 $5 {An ambitious plan. Ein ambitionierter Plan.} ({
One more frequently sees Öfter spielt man} 4... c5) ({or oder} 4... Be7) 5. b3
{With the pawn still on d2 the dark-squared bishop will look very good on the
long diagonal. Mit dem Bauern noch auf d2 wird der schwarzfeldrige Läufer auf
der großen Diagonale sehr gut aussehen.} Bd6 (5... c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 {seems to me
to be more logical, but in any case Black's decision is consistent. scheint
mir logischer zu sein, aber die schwarze Entscheidung ist in jedem Fall
konsequent.}) 6. Bb2 O-O 7. g4 $5 $146 {White reveals his aggressive plan! I
made this move which I had already planned rather quickly. Even in the
positions with the black pawn on c6 the thrust g2-g4-g5 often proves itself to
be justified - all the more so for the present position in which the d5-pawn
will be hanging, (which means that for White this action is not linked to any
loss of material for him). Weiß offenbart sein aggressives Vorhaben! Diesen,
schon zuvor geplanten Zug, machte ich ziemlich schnell. Sogar in den
Positionen mit dem schwarzen Bauern auf c6 erweist sich der Vorstoß g2-g4-g5
oft als gerechtfertigt - umso mehr gilt es für die aktuelle Stellung, in
welcher der Bauer d5 hängen wird (was heißt, dass diese Aktion des
Anziehenden für ihn mit keinem Materialverlust verbunden ist).} Nxg4 {I think
this principled continuation is correct. Ich denke, diese prinzipielle
Fortsetzung ist richtig.} ({Neither Weder} 7... Nc6 8. g5 Ne4 9. Rg1) ({
nor noch} 7... dxc4 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Ne4 {looks satisfactory - in
both cases White has a promising initiative sieht zufriedenstellend aus - in
beiden Fällen hat Weiß vielversprechende Initiative.}) 8. Rg1 f5 {White will
soon be able to exploit this weakening of the e6-square. Diese Schwächung des
Feldes e6 wird Weiß demnächst ausnutzen können.} ({Unclear play followed
Zum unklaren Spiel führte} 8... Nf6 9. cxd5 e5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Ng5 (11. Be2
Nbd7 12. O-O-O $13) 11... Bh5 12. Bd3 {. A thorough analysis of this position
can take up several days, so here I will limit myself to only a few possible
variations: . Eine ausführliche Analyse dieser Stellung kann mehrere Tage in
Anspruch nehmen, deshalb begrenze ich mich hier nur mit ein paar möglichen
Varianten:} g6 13. Nce4 (13. Nge4 Nbd7) 13... Nxd5 (13... Nbd7 14. Ng3 $36) 14.
Bc4 Nb6 15. Nxh7 Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kh6 17. Be2 $1 Qe8 (17... Qxg5 18. Rxg5 Kxg5 19.
f4+ $18) 18. Bxh5 Kxh5 $5 {(Steinitz would be happy) (Steinitz wäre zufrieden)
} 19. f4 N8d7 20. O-O-O Kh6 21. f5 Kg7 22. d4 $44) 9. cxd5 e5 10. h3 Nf6 11.
Ng5 Qe7 12. Qf3 ({There was an alternative in Eine Alternative bestand in} 12.
Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Nc6 14. Qf3 {- unlike in the game, in this case the option
e5-e4 (see annotation to next move) in would in this case not be available to
Black. - im Unterschied zur Partie stünde dann dem Schwarzen die Option e5-e4
(s. die Anmerkung zum nächsten Zug) in diesem Fall nicht zur Verfügung.})
12... Kh8 {Vishy does not accept the provocative invitation to play e5-e4. Die
provokative Einladung, e5-e4 zu spielen, nimmt Vishy nicht an.} ({But perhaps
this thrust was worthy of consideration: Aber vielleicht war dieser Vorstoß
doch beachtenswert:} 12... e4 13. Qg2 Nbd7 14. O-O-O (14. Ne6 Rf7 {should not
really frighten Black. ist für Schwarz nicht wirklich furchterregend}) 14...
Ne5 15. d3 (15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Be2 Rae8 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 Rf7 $13
) 15... Nxd3+ 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. Rxd3 g6 18. h4 Bd7 19. Kb1 Rae8 20. f3 $36) 13.
Ne6 Bxe6 ({It is hard to believe that anybody would decide on Es ist schwer
vorstellbar, dass sich hier jemand für} 13... Rg8 $5 {here. Things could then
continue: entscheiden würde. Weiter könnte dann geschehen:} 14. Qxf5 c6 (
14... Nc6 15. Qf3 Nb4 16. Rc1 $14) 15. f4 (15. e4 cxd5 16. exd5 Nc6 $1 $15)
15... cxd5 (15... Nbd7 16. Bc4 b5 17. dxc6 bxc4 18. cxd7 Bxd7 19. fxe5 Bxe6 20.
exd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4 Qh2 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qg6 Bf7 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. Nxg3 $16) 16.
fxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe6 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. Qg5 $14 {- the Bb2 is really scowling
at the opposing kingside. - der Bb2 wirft auf den gegnerischen Königsflügel
einen recht bösen Blick.}) ({In the event of Im Falle von} 13... Rf7 14. Qxf5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxe6 16. Qxe6 Bxe6 17. Bc4 {only the hard to find move kann
Schwarz nur mit dem schwer zu findenden Zug} Ra7 {can allow Black to fight on:
weiter kämpfen:} 18. Nb6 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nc6 20. Ke2 Ra8 21. Raf1 Kg8 22. f4 $14
) 14. dxe6 Qxe6 (14... Nc6 15. Qxf5 {and thanks to his bishop pair White has a
comfortable advantage. und dank seines Läuferpaares hat Weiß einen bequemen
Vorteil.}) 15. Qxb7 Nbd7 16. Bc4 $6 {This active move is not particularly
effective. The bishop on c4 will soon have to leave its position again, whilst
the e7-square is optimally suited to the black queen - it is correctly placed
there for the exchange of bishops which Black wishes and at the same time
overprotects the g7-point. Dieser aktive Zug ist nicht gerade wirkungsvoll.
Der Läufer c4 wird seine Position bald wieder verlassen müssen, während das
Feld e7 für die schwarze Dame optimal geeignet ist - dort steht sie für den
vom Nachziehenden erwünschten Läufertausch richtig und überdeckt
gleichzeitig den Punkt g7.} (16. O-O-O {would perhaps be somewhat too
optimistic: wäre vielleicht etwas zu optimistisch:} Qe7 17. Kb1 Ba3 18. Ba1
Nb6 $132) ({, but it was worth considering the cold-blooded , aber Beachtung
verdiente das kaltblütige} 16. Bxa6 {, e.g. , z. B.} e4 17. Bc4 Qe8 (17... Qe5
18. f4 $1 exf3 19. Qxf3 Ba3 20. Bxa3 Rxa3 21. Qg3 $14) 18. Qc6 (18. Qb5 Rb8 19.
Qxf5 Ne5 $44) (18. Nb5 Qe7 (18... Bh2 19. Rg2 Nc5 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Nxc7 Nxb7
22. Nxe8 Be5 23. Nxf6 Bxa1 24. Nd5 $16) 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd5 (20. Qb5 $5 c5
21. Qb7 Rfb8 22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxg7+ Kg8 25. Be5+ Kf8 26. Bxb8
Rxb8 27. Rg5 Ne7 $11) 20... Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxg7+ Kg8 23. Bxf8+ Kxf8 24.
Rg5 Ne7 {, and the black knights have several lovely outpost squares. , und
die schwarzen Springer verfügen über mehrere schöne Vorpostenfelder}) 18...
Rb8 19. f4 exf3 20. Qxf3 Ne5 21. Qg2 Qe7 22. Be2 {- Black has sufficient
compensation for the missing pawn. - für den fehlenden Bauern hat Schwarz
keine ausreichende Kompensation.}) 16... Qe7 17. Qg2 Nb6 18. Be2 a5 19. Bb5 {
At last this bishop finds a place from where to come alive. Endlich findet
dieser Läufer seinen Platz im Leben.} ({It is not possible to recommend Nicht
zu empfehlen war} 19. Qg5 $6 a4 (19... g6 20. h4 $36) 20. Rc1 (20. Qxf5 a3 21.
Bc1 e4 $15) (20. bxa4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 Rxa4 $15) 20... axb3 21. axb3 g6 22. h4 Qe6
23. h5 Rg8 $15) 19... Rad8 $11 {The black pieces are well placed, but the
advantage of the bishop pair and the slightly better pawn structure allow
White to remain optimistic.  Die schwarzen Figuren sind gut platziert, aber
der Vorteil des Läuferpaares und die etwas bessere Bauernstruktur erlauben
dem Anziehenden, seinen Optimismus beizubehalten.} 20. Qg5 g6 {Although this
move weakens the long diagonal it is the safest. Obwohl dieser Zug die große
Diagonale schwächt, ist er der sicherste.} ({The alternative Die Alternative} 
20... f4 {was more risky. war mit mehr Risiko verbunden.} {A possibility then
would be, e.g. Möglich wäre dann z. B.} 21. O-O-O h6 22. Qg6 Ba3 23. Bxa3
Qxa3+ 24. Kb1 Qe7 25. exf4 (25. Bd3 a4 26. exf4 exf4) 25... e4 (25... exf4 26.
Rde1 Qf7 27. Qxf7 Rxf7 28. Kc2 $14) 26. f3 exf3 27. Rde1 Qf7 28. Qxf7 Rxf7 29.
Rgf1 Rxd2 30. Rxf3 $14) 21. Qh6 Ng8 22. Qg5 Nf6 {Anand takes the correct
decision, to do without the exchange of queens. Otherwise White could have
concentrated on attacking the isolated queenside black pawns without having to
fear any counterplay.  Anand trifft die richtige Entscheidung, auf Damentausch
zu verzichten. Andernfalls hätte der Anziehende sich dem Angriff den
vereinzelten schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel widmen können, ohne ein
Gegenspiel fürchten zu müssen.} 23. Rd1 {White resists the almost
unconquerable desire to repeat moves and clears the a1-square for his bishop -
in the hope of becoming active later Weiß widersteht dem fast
unüberwindbaren Wunsch, die Züge zu wiederholen, und macht das Feld a1 für
seinen Läufer frei - in der Hoffnung, später aktiver zu werden.} e4 $6 {
Vishy insists on exchanging the dark-squared bishops, but as a result the Nc3
enters the play forcefully. Vishy besteht auf dem Tausch der schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer, aber dafür kommt der Nc3 jetzt mit großer Kraft ins Spiel.} ({
After Nach} 23... Qe6) ({or oder} 23... Bb4 {the position would remain
dynamically balanced. bliebe die Stellung in dynamischem Gleichgewicht.}) 24.
Qh6 Rg8 25. Ne2 Be5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nf4 {This is the position I was aiming
for when I played 23.Rd1. An dieser Stellung orientierte ich mich, als ich 23.
Rd1 zog.} g5 $1 ({There would be the passive but pretty resilient Passiv, aber
ziemlich zäh wäre} 27... Qxb5 28. Nxg6+ Rxg6 29. Rxg6 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Nxg8 31.
Qe6 Qc5 (31... a4 32. bxa4 Nxa4 33. Rc1 Nb2 34. Qc6 $1 Nd3+ 35. Kf1 $18) (31...
Nd5 32. Qxf5 Ngf6 33. d3 $16) 32. f3 $5 (32. d3 exd3 33. Rxd3 Kg7 {and it
really looks as if Black manages to restore the coordination between his
pieces. und allem Anschein nach gelingt es dem Schwarzen, die Koordination
zwischen seinen Figuren wiederherzustellen.}) 32... exf3 33. Kf2 f4 (33... Ne7
34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. h4 (35. Rg1+ Ng6) 35... Qb5 36. d3 $16) 34. Rg1 (34. Kxf3 fxe3
35. dxe3 Qh5+ 36. Qg4 Qf7+) 34... fxe3+ 35. dxe3 Qf8 {with a tenable position.
mit haltbarer Stellung.}) 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 29. Qxg5 Rg8 30. Qh6 Rg7 $2 {A strange
decision. Eine seltsame Entscheidung.} ({There was no doubt that Black should
have acted in a more enterprising fashion: Zweifelsohne hätte Schwarz
unternehmungslustiger agieren müssen:} 30... Rg1+ 31. Bf1 Nbd7 32. Ne2 Rg6 (
32... Rh1 33. Ng3 Rg1 34. Qg5 $16) 33. Qh4 (33. Qf4 Nd5 $1 34. Qxe5+ Nxe5 35.
Nd4 c5 36. Nxf5 Nf3+ 37. Ke2 Ng1+ $11) 33... Qd6 {and the activity of the
black pieces should be sufficient for equality, e.g. und die Aktivität der
schwarzen Figuren sollte für Ausgleich ausreichen, z.B.} 34. Ng3 (34. d4 Qb4+
(34... exd3 35. Ng3 Ne5 36. Bg2 c5 37. Kf1 d2 38. Qf4 Qd3+ 39. Kg1 Qc2 40. Rxd2
Qxd2 41. Qxe5 $44) 35. Rd2 c5 $13) 34... Ne5 35. Be2 Nd3+ 36. Bxd3 exd3 37. Kf1
(37. Rc1 Qd5 $8 38. Kf1 (38. Rxc7 Qh1+ 39. Nf1 Qf3 40. Ng3 f4 41. Qxf4 Rxg3 42.
Rc8+ Ng8 43. Rxg8+ Rxg8 44. Qe5+ Rg7 $11) 38... Ne4 39. Nxe4 fxe4 40. Qf4 (40.
Rxc7 Qg8 $1 $19) 40... Qh5 $11) (37. Qf4 Qd5 38. f3 (38. Kf1 Ne4 39. Kg1 (39.
Nxe4 fxe4 40. Qf8+ Rg8 41. Qf6+ Rg7 42. f3 Qd7) 39... Ng5 $13) 38... Qc5 $13)
37... Ne4 38. Kg2 Qc6 $11) 31. Bc4 {Now in the event of ...Rg1+ the white king
can simply go to e2. Jetzt kann der weiße König im Falle ...Rg1+ einfach
nach e2 gehen.} Nxc4 ({The exchange of all the minor pieces by means of Der
Tausch aller Leichtfiguren mittels} 31... Nfd5 32. Ke2 Nxc4 33. bxc4 Nxf4+ 34.
Qxf4 Qc5 35. d3 $16 {could not solve Black's problems either konnte die
schwarzen Probleme auch nicht lösen.}) 32. bxc4 Qb2 33. Ke2 a4 34. Ne6 ({
The hasty Das hastige} 34. Rb1 $2 {would throw away all the advantage: würde
den ganzen Vorteil wegwerfen:} Qxb1 35. Qxf6 h6 $1 $11) 34... Rf7 35. Nf4 ({
Here I might almost have decided in favour of Hier hätte ich mich beinahe für
} 35. Nd8 Rg7 36. Rg1 {but at the last moment I discovered the reply
entschieden, endeckte aber im letzten Moment die Erwiderung} Ng4 $1 37. hxg4
Qc2 {and the struggle continues - although in this case too White has an
enormous advantage, his position no longer looks so monolithic. und der Kampf
geht weiter - obwohl Weiß auch in diesem Fall über einen riesigen Vorteil
verfügt, sieht seine Stellung nicht mehr so monolit aus:} 38. f4 Qd3+ (38...
exf3+ 39. Kxf3 fxg4+ 40. Ke2 Qxc4+ 41. Kd1 $18) 39. Ke1 Qxd8 40. Qe6 Qh4+ 41.
Kd1 fxg4 42. f5 $16) 35... Rg7 36. a3 {White prevents a4-a3. At the same time
he somewhat perfects the idea from the previous variation. Weiß verhindert
a4-a3. Gleichzeitig vervollkommt er etwas die Idee aus der vorherigen Variante.
} Ne8 ({In the event of Im Falle von} 36... c5 37. Ne6 Rf7 38. Nd8 Rg7 39. Rg1
{it is no longer helpful to have the idea of locking off the g-file with hilft
die Idee der Abriegelung der g-Linie mit} Ng4 {on account of nicht mehr wegen}
40. Qd6 $18) ({The only possibility of putting up any resistance consisted of
Die einzige Möglichkeit, Widerstand zu leisten, bestand in} 36... Qb6 37. d3 (
37. Rb1 Qxb1 38. Qxf6 h6 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Qxf5 Rg1 $11) 37...
Qb2+ 38. Rd2 Qc3 39. Ne6 Rg2 40. Qh4 Kg8 41. dxe4 Qxc4+ 42. Kf3 Rg6 43. Rd8+
Kf7 44. Ng5+ Kg7 45. Rd4 Qc6 $16) 37. Qc6 {This eliminates the dangerous
a4-pawn. The rest is a question of quite simple technique and my opponent
decided not to test my ability in that respect. Der gefährliche Bauer a4 wird
damit beseitigt. Der Rest ist Sache der ziemlich einfachen Technik, und mein
Gegner hat sich entschieden, mein Können in dieser Hinsicht nicht zu testen.}
1-0

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. b4 Kh8 14. Bd2 Nce7 15. b5
axb5 16. axb5 c6 17. Ng3 Be8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. c4 Bc5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. d4 exd4
22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxe7 Bc5 24. Rc7 Bb6 25. Re7 Bc5 26. Rc7 Bb6 27. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{London was cold, snowy, sleety, rainy and windy. Although I fought hard in my
games I couldn't seem to create much heat. What to do? People seem to think
that strong players can and should win whenever they want. My guess is the
people who think that have never played the best chess players in the world in
a lengthy tournament. Everyone fights to the death and more often than not, a
win or loss can hang on one single move. Anyway, I had some great battles that
did not end decisively and now I was at the last game. My last chance and I'm
playing black against the great Anand. Hope dies hard and of course I had a
flickering hope that I might crack a win this time but hey ... I'm sure Vishy
did too.} 1. e4 (1. c4 {was a strong possibility too. From time to time Vishy
plays this, with good results.}) 1... e5 {I considered other options in move 1,
like Caro or French but since I'd prepared 1...e5 mostly for this tournament,
I decided to stick with it.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {I was happy to see this move.
I'd prepared mostly for 3.Bb5, but before this tournament I'd prepared a DVD
for ChessBase in the Italian Game. In looking at the material for the work and
familiarizing myself with the typical ideas, plans, and setups, I also noticed
that it's not easy for White to claim a clear cut advantage when Black knows
what to do.} Bc5 4. O-O {The slow classical setup. For the time being, White
just wants to castle and develop his pieces.} ({Earlier this year Peter
Svidler tried the older variation against me, but in that game I equalized
well:} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3
Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bb6 21. e6 Qe7 22. exf7+ Qxf7
23. Re6 Kh8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (29) Svidler,P (2749)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017})
4... Nf6 5. d3 O-O {Here Black already has a flexible choice, with ...a6,...a5,
...d6, or ...h6 all playable alternatives. I like 5...0-0, as I keep the
option of going d7-d5 in one move and I am not necessarily afraid of the pin
Bg5.} 6. a4 ({Just the previous day, I'd been very impressed by Vishy's game:} 
6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 (8. Re1 Bg4) 8... a6 {Both 8...a5 and 8...Nb6
looks good too.} 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. b4 Kh8 14.
Bd2 Nce7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 c6 $11 {with no problems. Black's play here
looks so convincing that in fact if Vishy went for this I wouldn't have minded
playing the exact same line starting with 8...a6 against him!} 17. Ng3 Be8 18.
Bxd5 cxd5 19. c4 Bc5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxe7 Bc5 24.
Rc7 Bb6 25. Re7 Bc5 26. Rc7 Bb6 27. Re7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)
-Anand,V (2782) London 2017}) ({With both our kings castled short} 6. Bg5 {
does not look dangerous, after} h6 7. Bh4 {Black can just go} g5 8. Bg3 d6 9.
c3 {And here there are many possibilities, but I like} a6 {to reserve a safe
square for my bishop.}) (6. h3 {is possible too. Black can play} d5 7. exd5
Nxd5 {but it's not the best timing, as d3 is solidly protected. So I would
prefer 6...d6.} 8. Nbd2 $14) (6. Re1 Ng4 7. Re2 {gives Black the extra option
of} Nd4 $5 ({Or perhaps even better is} 7... Kh8 8. h3 f5 $1 {1-0 (57) So,W 
(2770)-Giri,A (2785) Bilbao 2016}) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. h3 Nf6 {with
simplifications.}) (6. Nbd2 {is okay too, but it blocks the bishop from
developing. Black can play} d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 Be6) (6. Nc3 {is not scary,
Black plays} h6 {to prevent Bg5 then} 7. Nd5 d6 $11) 6... h6 {A slight
move-order subtlety.} (6... a5 {is natural, but I assume he would go} 7. Bg5 {
which gives White extra possibilities, as now the b5 square is weak. Levon
played 3 games in 2017 with} h6 8. Bh4 Be7 {but I'm not particularly convinced
and I haven't analysed it deeply enough either.}) ({If} 6... d6 7. c3 {
threatens to trap my bishop, so} a5 8. Bg5 {and again the b5 square is weak,
but the position does not look clear at all to me.} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 {
I have no idea what is going on here. The difference with the pawn on a5 is
that after} Ba7 11. Na3 {White always has the option to gain time by jumping
on b5, while if I leave my bishop on c5 then its vulnerable to d3-d4.}) (6...
a6 {is another very serious possibility, but for this game I wanted to put my
pawn on a5.}) 7. c3 (7. a5 {is worthy of interest. White threatens a5-a6 so} a6
8. c3 d6 {gives a slightly different pawn structure.}) 7... a5 {I like this ...
a5 setup. Black fights for every bit of space in the queenside and controls
the dark squares very well.} 8. Nbd2 (8. d4 {gives Black many possble options:}
exd4 (8... Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe4) 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. e5 d5 ({Or} 10... Ne8 11. Nc3 d6 {
seems to hold out well.})) 8... d6 9. h3 Be6 {Trading pieces is welcome for
Black. Other options I considered were:} (9... Re8 {with the idea of Be6 while
avoiding the doubled-pawns.} 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bb5 {is the downside, as our
knight is pinned. Black can play 11...Nd7 or 11...Bd7 with some theory
involved.}) ({Or} 9... Ne7) 10. Re1 (10. Bxe6 fxe6 {looks a little worrying to
me because of the doubled-pawns. But Black controls enough space and should be
able to fight sucessfuly.} 11. Re1 d5 ({Or} 11... Qe8 12. Nf1 Nh5)) 10... Bxc4
11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Be3 {With g5 under my control he does not have really
anything better than to exchange dark-squared bishops.} Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 ({
The freeing break} 13... d5 {does not work yet} 14. Qb3 $1 dxe4 (14... d4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nf5 $14) 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxb7 Re6 (16... Qd7 17. Rad1 Nd6 18.
Nc4 $16) 17. Rad1) ({But I considered} 13... Ne7 {which is fine.}) 14. Qb3 Ne7
{I was starting to get worried over my c4-b5 light squares though closer
analysis shows White is not fast enough to exploit it. Then I decided to
transfer my knight to a better square.} ({Funnily enough} 14... Nd8 {is a
serious alternative here, given by the computer. I did not seriously consider
it during the game, but I can't find any way for White to do anything. Once my
knight gets to e6 then to f4, or c5 I consolidate.} 15. Nc4 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
exd5 f5) 15... Ne6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nf4 18. e5 N6d5 $11) 15. Nc4 Ng6 16.
Rad1 {I thought this was too slow, but the position is so sterile anyway.} ({
I told Vishy after the game that I thought} 16. Re3 {might be a bit better for
White, as he is faster on the e-file.} b6 17. Rae1 Nh5 $1 18. Kh2 (18. d4 Nhf4)
18... Nhf4 {but the computer disagrees with me anyway and it turns out that he
has problems with my knight on f4.}) (16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b6 $11) (16. Qb5 {
does not lead anywhere as ...b6 is sufficient, or} c6 17. Qb3 Qc7) 16... b6 17.
Qc2 {Again this looks slow. I thought his queen was just fine where it was but
it might be needed to protect the kingside from Nf4 sometimes.} (17. d4 exd4
18. Rxd4 Re6 {gives White problems along the e-file.}) (17. Qb5 Nf4 $11) 17...
d5 {I could play other moves, such as Qc6 or Nh5 but generally if d6-d5 works
I should just go for it.} 18. exd5 ({Slightly more precise is} 18. d4 {using
the fact that my queen is vulnerable. After} exd4 19. Rxd4 Qc6 20. exd5 Rxe1+
21. Nxe1 Nxd5 22. Qe4 Nde7 $11 {it is completely equal.}) 18... Qxd5 19. b3 {
I was a little surprised with this as now its clear that I have no problems
whatsoever.} ({I expected} 19. Ne3 Qc6 (19... Qb7 20. Nc4 {draw.}) 20. d4 $11)
19... Rad8 {Centralizing the rooks.} 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qa8
23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {By now I realize that Vishy is probably happy to force the
draw.} 24. Qd3 $6 {This is not the best way though as the queen can be kicked
by my knights with Nf4, Nd5 etc.} (24. Nd3 Nd5 {might be a bit uncomfortable
for White.}) (24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Nf4) ({I thought} 24. b4 {is the simplest,
to trade pawns and weaken my queenside.}) 24... Qe7 $1 {It is wise for Black
to keep queens for now.} ({I calculated this long line:} 24... Qxd3 25. Nxd3
Nd5 26. b4 Ngf4 (26... Nxc3 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Nc5) 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Nc5 Ne6
29. Ne4 (29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Nxa5 Nxc3 {leaves me a pawn up.}) 29... f5 30. Ng3
g6 31. Ne2 Nef4 32. Nxf4 Nxf4 {But then it turns out I am not even winning a
pawn:} 33. Ne5 $1 Ne2+ (33... Kg7 34. c4) 34. Kf1 Nxc3 35. Nxg6 Nxa4 36. Ne7+
Kf7 37. Nc6 $11) 25. Nc2 Nf4 26. Qd2 N6d5 27. Kf1 (27. Kh2 Qe2 28. g3 Qxd2 29.
Nxd2 Ne6 30. c4 Nb4 31. Nxb4 axb4 $15) 27... Nxc3 28. N4e3 $2 {The losing
mistake. He still had a lot of time here. Obviously on a good day he would
have surely spotted 28.Nxb6, but in London, Vishy and Michael Adams were a bit
out of form.} (28. Nxb6 $1 {might be enough for a draw.} cxb6 (28... Qg5 29.
Ne1) 29. Qxc3 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Ne2 32. Qc8+ {The point of the knight
sacrifice.} Kh7 33. Qf5+ $11) 28... Ne4 29. Qd4 c5 30. Qd1 Qf6 {Being quite
low on time, I chose a logical looking move.} ({Black wins right away after} 
30... Qh4 $1 31. Ng4 Nxh3 $1 (31... f5 32. Qd7 Qh5 {wins too, albeit a more
complicated one.}) 32. gxh3 (32. g3 Qg5) 32... Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Nc3 34. Qd8+ Kh7 {
and White's king has no defense. I spotted 31...Nxh3! but I just couldn't
believe that it wins on the spot! Maybe I need to have more belief in myself.}
35. Nh2 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Qf5 $19) 31. Ng4 ({Resistance could've been much tougher
with} 31. Qd7 {threatening Qe8 check.} Kh7 32. f3 Ng3+ 33. Kf2 Qh4 34. Qg4 $17)
(31. f3 Ng3+ 32. Kf2 Qh4 {is a bit different as White has no Qg4.}) 31... Qc3
32. Nce3 h5 33. Nh2 Qb2 {Here Vishy had to resign, as he will inevitably lose
a second pawn. An unexpected win for me! It's quite difficult to win with the
Black pieces against players of this caliber. You need to be in really good
form, or your opponent in really bad form. As I missed chances against
Nepomniatchi and Aronian earlier in the tournament, this win was received with
a big sigh of relief!} 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Nf3 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 Qc6 11. Qxc6+ Nxc6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Rc1 Kb7 14. g3
Rhe8 15. Bg2 Nd5 16. Bd2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. e3 Kb8 20. Bc3 Nxc3
21. Rxc3 Re6 22. Bf3 Red6 23. Rc2 c5 24. Be2 Bb7 25. f3 Bc6 26. b3 Bd5 27. Rb2
c4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. O-O Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Rd3 31. Ra1 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2
Ra1 34. e4 Rxa3 35. f4 Rc3 36. e5 Kc8 37. Rd2 b5 38. Rd5 b4 39. Rb5 b3 40. f5
a6 41. Rb6 Kc7 42. Rb4 a5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Re1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. d4 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15. Ng3
exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 c5 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Bg5 Ne7 20. Qd2 h6 21. Bf6 Kh7 22.
Ng5+ Kg8 23. Nh5 gxf6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qxh6 Nf5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. exf6 Be6 28.
Nf4 Qxf6 29. Ng6+ Qxg6 30. Qxg6 Ng7 31. Re3 Re7 32. Rae1 Rae8 33. Rg3 Rf7 34.
h4 Bb8 35. Rge3 Rfe7 36. dxc5 Bf7 37. Qf6 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Bc7 40.
g4 Ne8 41. Qh8+ Bg8 42. h5 Bd8 43. Qh6+ Ng7 44. Qd6+ Be7 45. Qb8+ Ne8 46. b4 a5
47. Qxb7 axb4 48. Qxb4 Nf6 49. Qf4 Ke8 50. c6 Be6 51. h6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
b6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15.
Qe3 Bg7 16. a3 Nd7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. b4 Nf8 21.
Ne5 Rc8 22. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 h5 14. f5 e5
15. Rg1 Qb6 16. g4 Qf2 17. Qd3 hxg4 18. Rxg4 Nd8 19. Rg2 Qc5 20. Ng3 a5 21. Nd2
Nb7 22. Qf3 a4 23. Bc4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Bf8 25. Nh5 Ke7 26. Qg4 Bh6 27. Nxf6 Bxd2
28. Nd5+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. f4 f5 25. Kf3 Nc6 26. e4 Nf6 27.
exf5 exf5 28. a4 Kf7 29. Bd2 g6 30. a5 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. h3 d5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Ba4 Nh7 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Rad8 16. Be3 dxe4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe4 Bd5 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Nb7 Rb8 21.
Na5 Rxb2 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Rd8 24. Qa4 Bxc3 25. Red1 Rb4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8
27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Qa6 Bd4 29. a3 Bxe3 30. axb4 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Kg7 32. Qf1 Qxf1+
33. Rxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rd1 Qb6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. d3 Rd8 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 f6 14. Nc4 b5
15. Ne3 Bb7 16. Re1 Nc7 17. Bd2 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 e5 19. f4 Bd6 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bf4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nd5 23. c3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bxc3 25. Qg4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxd3 27.
Re1 Qc8 28. Qh5 Qd7 29. Qxc5 Rd1 30. h4 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Rc8 32. Qf2 b4 33. Kh2
a5 34. Ng2 a4 35. Qb6 Rc2 36. Qxb4 Qd5 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Qa7+ Kg6 39. Qg1 h5 40.
a3 Qf3 41. Bd6 Kh7 42. Bb4 Rf2 43. Bc5 Rc2 44. Bb4 Rf2 45. Bc5 Rf1 46. Qd4 Rd1
47. Qf4 Qd5 48. Bb4 Rb1 49. Qf2 Qe4 50. Qf4 Qe6 51. Qf3 Qh3+ 52. Kxh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
d4 exd4 9. e5 Nd5 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. exd6 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Qxd6 16. Bc4 c6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Be3 Rc6 20. Rac1 Rfc8
21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. g3 Qe6 23. Bd2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 {So far, following his game with Ding
Liren.} Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. c4 Rac8 (13... Ng4 {premature} 14. d5 exd5 15.
cxd5 Ngf6 16. d6 {is unpleasant for Black.}) 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. g3 (
16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Ndf6) 16... Ngf6 {It is useful to have the long diagonal
open. It turned out to be very important!} 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Ne1 Nd6 $2 {
Having provoked g3, I could have just played...} (18... Ndf6 $1 19. f3 Nxg3 20.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 Nh5 $1 {winning.}) 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 {Still, I felt that
his centre would need time to roll.} c4 21. Qc2 b5 {Now I am ready with ...Nc5.
} 22. Ng2 (22. e4 Re8 23. f3 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 $17 (24... Nb6)) 22... Nc5 23.
Nf4 Qe7 24. Bg4 {Now the game gets very sharp.} Rc7 25. Qc3 (25. Re1 Nde4 $1 (
25... Bc8 26. Bxc8 Rcxc8 27. e4 $1) 26. f3 Nf6 {is fine for Black.}) 25... f5 {
Black's king is weakened, but at least I get the e4-square.} (25... f6 26. Be6+
Kh8 27. Qc2 Bc8 28. Bc3) 26. Bf3 Rcd7 (26... Nde4 27. Qb4 a6 28. h4 {wasn't
very clear. I still wasn't sure where the Nd6 belonged.}) 27. Qb4 Nb3 (27...
Na6 28. Qa5 Nc5) 28. Ne6 (28. Rc2 a5 29. Qe1 Ne4) 28... Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Nc8 {
The move I was happy to have seen.} (29... a5 {The computer points this one
out:} 30. Qe1 (30. Qxa5 Ra8) 30... Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Nxd8 Qxd8 33. a4 Rxd5
{is about equal, since the dark-squared bishop gives enough compensation for
the pawn.}) 30. Qxb5 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Qb4 Nd6 {Black has nothing better.}
33. Nc5 $2 {At this point, we both felt that this led to a draw. Since I had 4
minutes left, I was able to spend some time looking for more. After about 2
minutes, I suddenly saw the winning line.} (33. Nf4 $1 Rb5 (33... Qe4 34. Nxd5
Qxd5 $1 35. Kf1 c3 $1 (35... Qh1+ $2 36. Ke2) (35... Qd3+ $2 36. Ke1 Bf3 37.
Qd2 $18) 36. Qxc3 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qf3+ 38. Ke1 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Ne4+ $11) 34. Qc3 Rb3
35. Qd4 h6 36. h4 Kh7 {it seems that neither side can really improve.}) 33...
Rxc5 34. Qxc5 Qe4 {A hugely important victory, both for my morale as well as
my score.} (34... Qe4 35. Kf1 Qh1+ $1 (35... Qd3+ 36. Kg1 (36. Ke1 Bf3 {
here the Qb4 would be able to come to d2, but the Qc5 is helpless.}) 36... Qe4
{was what we had both seen originally}) 36. Ke2 Bf3+ {The point} 37. Kd2 Ne4+ {
wins a piece.}) 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxc4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf6
15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. f3 g6 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Be6 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. a4 f6 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Bb3 Kf7 21. Bxe6+
Kxe6 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Kf1 Rd7 24. Ke2 Red8 25. a5 h5 26. b4 Ne7 27. Ra2 Nc8 28.
Rd2 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Red1 c6 31. Rxd6+ Rxd6 32. Rxd6+ Kxd6 33. f3 b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Re8 13. b3 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bh5 15.
Rae1 Bg6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nc4 Ba7 18. Qd3 h6 19. Re3 Rad8 20. g3 Bh7 21. Rfe1
g5 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Rd1 Qg6 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Kg2 g4 26. Nh4 Qg5 27. f4 gxf3+ 28.
Qxf3 Qf6 29. Qe2 Qg5 30. Rf1 Kg8 31. Nf5 Rxe4 32. Nxh6+ Qxh6 33. Rxe4 Bxe4+ 34.
Qxe4 Kf8 35. Re1 Qf6 36. Re2 Bb6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Rf2 Qg6 39. Rf5 Kf8 40. h5 Qh7
41. g4 Re8 42. Qf3 Kg8 43. Kh3 Re1 44. Qf4 Kf8 45. Qg5 Qh8 46. Rf3 Qg7 47.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. g5 Rd1 49. Ne3 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 c4 51. Nf5+ Kf8 52. bxc4 Rg1+ 53.
Rg3 Rc1 54. g6 fxg6 55. hxg6 Rxc4+ 56. Kh5 Bd4 57. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid playoff"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Kg7 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bb5 Ba7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. d4 Nh5 15.
dxe5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qf6 18. Nef3 Rad8 19. Qe2 g4 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21.
cxd4 Qxd4 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Rac1 a4 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. a3 Qb5 26. Qc2 Rfe8 27. Nxa4
Kg8 28. Nc5 Re5 29. b4 Rde8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid playoff"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Bc1 Nf6 12. Na3 a6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15.
Re1 Rb8 16. Nc2 h6 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Qc1 Rd8 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Qf4 Qc7 24. c5 Rd7 25. c6 Qxf4 26. cxd7 Qc7 27. Re8+ Kh7
28. d8=Q Nxe8 29. Qxe8 Bf5 30. Qa4 Qc3 31. Rd1 Bxd3 32. h4 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Bxb1
34. Qe8 Bg6 35. Bd5 d3 36. Bxf7 Bxf7 37. Qxf7 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 O-O
9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Ne1 Be6 12. f4 f6 13. f5 Bf7 14. g4 Nd6 15. b3 a6
16. a5 Nb5 17. h4 Nc3 18. Qf3 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nxa5 20. g5 Nc6 21. Qh5 Rfd8 22.
Nd3 Nb4 23. Rac1 b5 24. Nb2 Bf8 25. Rfe1 h6 26. Bf1 Qf7 27. Qg4 fxg5 28. hxg5
hxg5 29. Bxg5 Be7 30. Bd2 Rd6 31. Bd3 Bf6 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Rh1 Ke7 34. Ra1 Rdd8
35. Qg3 Kd7 36. Bxc3 dxc3 37. Nd1 Nxd3 38. cxd3 b4 39. Ne3 Kc6 40. Nd5 a5 41.
Ra4 Rxd5 42. exd5+ Kb6 43. Qg4 e4 44. dxe4 Qc7 45. Qg3 Qxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Re8 47.
Kf3 Bg5 48. Ra2 Bf6 49. Ra4 Bg5 50. Ra2 Bf6 51. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ba7 10. b4 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Nxe3 Qe7 16. g3 a5 17. Nd2 axb4 18. cxb4 d5 19. Qb3 c6 20. b5 Kh7 21. a5
Nd7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rec1 Qf6 24. Rf1 Nf4 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Nc2 f3 27. Kh1 Qh4
28. exd5 cxd5 29. d4 Nf6 30. Qd3+ Ne4 31. Ne3 Kh8 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Qb3 Rf6 34.
a6 e5 35. Qb7 Re8 36. dxe5 Rxe5 37. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nd6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 e3 7. Bxe3 e6 8. Qd2
Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 O-O 14. g4 Re8
15. Kb1 Bf8 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. h4 b5 18. h5 Qe7 19. Nh3 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Qb4+ 21. Ka1
Qc3+ 22. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 f5
9. c3 Be7 10. Rg1 c4 11. g4 g6 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Kf2 b5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Ng3 Be6
16. Rh1 a5 17. h4 h5 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Ne2 b4 22. Rg1
Rg8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Kf7 25. Kf3 bxc3 26. Nxc3 Rxb1 27. Bxb1 Rb8 28. Bd3
Ne7 29. Rg2 Nb2 30. Qb1 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qc6 32. Rc2 Qc4 33. Qd1 Rc8 34. Rc1 Qb4
35. Ne2 Rc4 36. Rb1 Qa3 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. axb3 Rc2 39. b4 axb4 40. Rxb4 Bc8 41.
Ng1 Ba6 42. Nh3 Bd3 43. Ng5+ Ke8 44. Bf2 Be4+ 45. Ke3 Nc6 46. Ra4 Rc3+ 47. Kd2
Rc2+ 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49. Kd2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. c4
d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qf6 11. Nc2 Qxb2 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Nd4 Qa3 14. Bf3 Qa6
15. a3 Nc6 16. Ndb5 Qb6 17. d4 a6 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Nbc3 Be7 20. c5 O-O 21. Nb6
Rb8 22. b4 Bf6 23. Ne2 Be8 24. Ra2 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rd2 e5 27. Kh1 Bc6
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. e4 Ne7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3
Nd7 9. d4 Bh5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc2 c5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Qe4 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bg6 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Be3 a6 23. Rxd5 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Be4 26. Rd6 Bc6 27.
Kf1 f6 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. c4 Ke7 30. Bc5 Kf7 31. b3 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Re5 33. Be3 Re7
34. Kc3 Rd7 35. Rxd7+ Bxd7 36. Kd4 Bc6 37. Kc5 Ke6 38. Kb6 Kd7 39. b4 Bf3 40.
b5 axb5 41. cxb5 g5 42. a4 h5 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 f5 45. Bf4 Be4 46. a5 Bf3
47. Kc5 Be2 48. Kb6 Bf3 49. a6 bxa6 50. bxa6 Kc8 51. Kc5 Be2 52. a7 Kb7 53. Bb8
Bg4 54. Kd4 Bd1 55. Ke5 Bg4 56. Kf4 Bh3 57. Kg3 Bf1 58. Kf3 Ka8 59. Kf4 Bh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Be3 Ne6 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 Qd6
15. c3 c5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Qc4 Rfc8 21.
Qb3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Kf1 Ra4 26. Ke2 Rb4 27.
Rd2 Nc5 28. Rxd4 Rxb2+ 29. Ke3 Rb3+ 30. Ke2 Ne6 31. Rd7 Nf4+ 32. Kf1 Rb1+ 33.
Ne1 Ne6 34. Rxb7 Nc5 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Ke2 Nxe4 37. Nd3 Nd6 38. g4 b5 39. h4 Ra1
40. Rb6 Ke6 41. f3 Kd5 42. Rb8 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3 44. Ke2 Kd4 45. Nb4 Re3+ 46.
Kf2 Rb3 47. Nc6+ Kc5 48. Nd8 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Re2 50. Nb7+ Nxb7 51. Rxb7 b4 52.
Rc7+ Kb6 53. Rxg7 b3 54. Rg8 Kc7 55. Rg7+ Kc6 56. Rg8 Re7 57. Rc8+ Rc7 58. Re8
b2 59. Re1 Kd5 60. Rb1 Rb7 61. Kf4 Rb3 62. g5 Ke6 63. Kg4 Rb4+ 64. f4 Kf7 65.
Kh5 Kg7 66. f5 Rb8 67. Kg4 Rb5 68. Kh5 Rb4 69. g6 h6 70. Rd1 b1=Q 71. Rd7+ Kf8
72. Rd8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. d5 Nb8 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf4 b5 10. a3 a6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Na2 Bb7
21. c3 Ne8 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Be5 Ne4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd7 Nc5 26. Rxe7 Kf6 27.
Re3 Rd8 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Rd2 31. Re2 Rd1 32. Nc3 Rc1 33. f3 a5
34. Kf2 Ba6 35. Re1 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Bxf1 37. Nd5+ Kg7 38. Rxf1 Rxb2 39. Rc1 Nd3
40. Rc3 Ne1 41. Ne3 Re2 42. f4 h5 43. h3 h4+ 44. Kg4 f5+ 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. a4
Nxg2 47. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 48. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. a4 Nf4 13. b4 Ng6 14. Ne1 Nd8 15. Nc2
Ne6 16. Ne3 Nef4 17. Re1 h5 18. f3 g4 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22.
Rc1 Be5 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Nd5 g3 25. Bxg3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qxg3 27. e5 Qh4+ 28. Kg1
Qd4+ 29. Ne3 Nxe5 30. Qe2 Nf4 31. Qf2 Rg8 32. Kh2 Be6 33. Qh4 Neg6 34. Qf2 Ne5
35. Ne4 Ned3 36. Bxd3 Nxd3 37. Qh4 Qe5+ 38. Kg1 Rg6 39. Nc4 Qf4 40. Qxf4 Nxf4
41. Ne3 Nd3 42. Rxc7 Nxe1 43. Nxd6+ Kf8 44. Kf2 Nd3+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Kd2 Rd8
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nc2 Qe8 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Rd8 13. Qe2 d5 14. Rfe1 Qg6
15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Qc2 h5 18. Kh1 Qg4 19. Ng1 h4 20. f3 Qg6 21. Nf1 d4
22. Rad1 Rd6 23. g3 Nh5 24. gxh4 Rf4 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxh4 27. Ne2 Nf4+
28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Nd2 Ne5 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. dxc4 d3 32. Rd2 e5 33. Red1 Rg6+ 34.
Kh1 Rgh6 35. Rf2 Rd6 36. Rfd2 Rdh6 37. Rf2 Rd6 38. Rfd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bd4 5. Rb1 c6 6. e3 cxd5 7. exd4 d6 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. d4 e4 10. c5 Ne7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. b5 a6 14. a4 axb5 15.
axb5 Be6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. O-O Qf6 18. c6 Nb6 19. cxb7 Ra7 20. Bf4 Nxd4 21. b8=Q
Rxb8 22. Bxb8 Ra3 23. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Qe7 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. h3 Bb4 15.
Qh4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bd4 Ne4+ 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Qg4 Rf7 22. Qxe6 Re8 23. Qb3 e3+ 24. Bxe3 Qd6+ 25. Kc1 Qg6 26. Bd4 Kh8 27. Rhe1
Rxf4 28. g4 Rff8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Kb2 h6 31. Qb4 Kh7 32. Qd6 Rf7 33. c4 Qe4
34. Rd3 Qg6 35. Qc5 Qe4 36. Re3 Qg6 37. Bc3 Ba4 38. Rd3 b5 39. cxb5 Rb7 40. Kc1
Rxb5 41. Qe7 Rb6 42. Bxg7 Qxg7 43. Qe4+ Qg6 44. Qxa4 Qe6 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. Qxe6+
Rxe6 47. c4 h5 48. gxh5+ Kxh5 49. c5 Re4 50. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Qe2 Nfd7 14. Bg3 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rc8 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. a3 Nh5 21.
Qf3 Nxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ Rxc6 14. g4
Bg6 15. Bg2 Rc7 16. Bb6 Rd7 17. O-O-O Nd5 18. Nc4 e6 19. Rhe1 Nxb6 20. Nxb6
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bc5 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne5 Bxf2 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Rd6 Ke7 26. Rxa6
Rd8 27. Kc2 Be3 28. Bf1 Rd2+ 29. Kb3 Rf2 30. Bxb5 Bc1 31. a4 Rxb2+ 32. Kc4 f5
33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. a5 Be3 35. Ra8 f4 36. Bc6 Kg5 37. Re8 Kh4 38. Rxe6 Kxh3 39.
Rxg6 Kg3 40. Rxg7 f3 41. Bxf3 Kxf3 42. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. e3
Bb4 9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 Ba5 14. Qxb6 Bxb6
15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. e5 Nh6 8. Ne4 O-O
9. O-O Bg4 10. c3 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Nf2 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15.
Ngxe4 c5 16. dxc5 Qc6 17. e6 Nxc5 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Ng5 Rf5 20. Nf3 Nf7 21.
Be3 Nd6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc4 24. Ng4 Rh5 25. Nh6+ Rxh6 26. Bxh6 Ne6 27.
Qf2 Kh8 28. Rae1 Rg8 29. Qf7 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qh5 31. Rxe6 Qxh6 32. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Qf3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Nb5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Qg3 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bd6 Rf7 17. Rb3 Ba5 18. e4 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. e5 c5 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Rh3 Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Rg3 Qd8 26. exf6+ gxf6 27.
Rg8 Qc7 28. dxc5 Kd7 29. h4 Kc6 30. h5 Rh7 31. Qxf6 Rxh5 32. f4 Rf5 33. Qg6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. a3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 b6 8. e5 Ng4
9. Bg1 Nh6 10. Bd3 f6 11. Be4 Bb7 12. e6 f5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. d5 Bb7 15. Bd4 c6
16. h4 cxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h5 Rf6 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3 Rf8 22.
O-O-O Qe8 23. Qg3 Rh8 24. Rh3 Qf8 25. Rdh1 Qf6 26. Ncb5 a6 27. Nc7 Qxd4 28.
Nxa8 Rxh3 29. gxh3 Qe3+ 30. Qxe3 Nxe3 31. Nxb6 Ng2 32. Rf1 Kf6 33. Kd2 Kxe6 34.
Rf2 Nh4 35. b4 Kf7 36. a4 e5 37. c3 Ke6 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 exf4 40. Rxf4 g5
41. Ra4 d4 42. cxd4 g4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. d5+ Bxd5 45. Rxg4 Nf3+ 46. Kc3 Ne5 47.
Rg8 Bf3 48. Nc4 Nd7 49. Rg6+ Ke7 50. Rxd6 Nc5 51. Rh6 Be2 52. Kb4 Nd3+ 53. Ka5
Nc5 54. Ne5 Nb7+ 55. Kb6 Nd6 56. Nc6+ Kd7 57. Nd4 Bd3 58. Kc5 Ne4+ 59. Kb4 Nd6
60. b6 Be4 61. Nb5 Nb7 62. Nc3 Bc6 63. Rh7+ Kd6 64. Nb5+ Kd5 65. Rh5+ Ke6 66.
Nd4+ Kd7 67. Rh7+ Kd6 68. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Qe2 Bg5 14. Nf5
d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. d4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nd6 19. Qg4 Qc7 20. Bd3
Rce8 21. Re5 g6 22. c3 f6 23. Ree1 Kg7 24. h4 f5 25. Qf4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27.
Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. b4 Nce7 14. Bd2 c6 15. Ng3
Bf7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Nc5 Qc8 21. Nb3 Re8
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qg4 Nde7 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nc5 b6 26. Nd7 h5 27. Qf4 Rd8
28. Nxb6 Rxd4 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Bc3 Rd3 31. Be1 Nh4 32. Qf4 Neg6 33. Qc4 Qxc4
34. Nxc4 Nf4 35. Ne3 Rb3 36. Kf1 Nhg6 37. Nc4 Ne5 38. Nxe5 fxe5 39. Bd2 Rb2 40.
Bc3 Rc2 41. Bxe5 Nd3 42. Bd4 Nxb4 43. Rb1 Rc4 44. Bb6 Nd5 45. a5 c5 46. Ke2
Rc2+ 47. Kf3 c4 48. Bd4 Rd2 49. Ke4 Nf6+ 50. Ke3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bb3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:54]
Black should play this sooner or later. The alternative is essentially ...d5,
which is double-edged in the Italian and probably borderline suicidal now
Black has played ...b5.} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 9. Bh4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:18:01]} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:00] We will not be
getting a repeat of the various 'draw lines' Anand has played which involve
sacrifices on g5 against a castled king, and then perpetual check...} Ba7 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} (10... Bb6 {may keep marginally more options open, including
contesting the a-file 'properly'.} 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Qe2 Ne7 {and now} 13. d4
Ng6 $5 $132 {Alekseev,E-Predke,A Kaliningrad 2015, was an interesting and
ultimately successful pawn sacrifice.}) 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Na5 {[%emt 0:
04:55]} 12. Bc2 {[%emt 0:07:08]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:55] We are now in new
territory, and Black is playing extremely inventively. However, Anand is not
to be outdone.} 13. a4 $5 {[%emt 0:02:53] Highlighting a problem with ...Ba7,
but at the same time committing to playing the sacrifice that follows. White
is playing maximalist chess.} (13. b4 {DF} Nc6 14. a4 $132 {might have been a
more normal way to play.}) 13... b4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 14. cxb4 {[%emt 0:06:43]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 15. b5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 16. Nc4 {
[%emt 0:03:49]} (16. O-O $6 {may be possible, but is a bit wet and White does
not have the fun after} Nxg3 17. hxg3 h5 $44) 16... Nxg3 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 17.
hxg3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} g4 {[%emt 0:11:04] Black commits!} (17... axb5 18. axb5
Bxf2+ $2 {does not work immediately as Black's knight lacks proper access to
d4.} 19. Kxf2 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nxc2 21. Qa4 $1 $16) (17... Bc5 $44 {was still
possible, looking for compensation - I am reasonably sure it is sufficient.})
18. Nh4 {[%emt 0:09:07]} axb5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 19. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bxf2+
{[%emt 0:01:56]} 20. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Qxa1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Qa4 {[%emt 0:03:23] White had
presumably envisaged this position up to ten moves in advance and liked his
practical chances. White's knights hop around in pleasing ways near the black
king, while White's kingside construction with the h4-knight and (soon to be)
h2-king is watertight.} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:04:00]} (22... Nd4 23. b6+ Kf8 24. bxc7
Qxc7 $11 {was also interesting, but the d6-pawn is weak.}) 23. Kg1 {[%emt 0:08:
04]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 24. b6+ {[%emt 0:02:43]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:10:24]} 25. Qd1
{[%emt 0:00:30]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Kh2 {[%emt 0:02:56] Reaching a
position which is only ever going to be hard for Black to play.} O-O {[%emt 0:
02:11]} (26... b5 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Ne3 {gives White either the d5-square or
g4-pawn}) 27. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qg5 $6 {[%emt 0:04:21] A minor inaccuracy,
giving up the wrong pawn, and White's moves just keep playing themselves.} (
27... Qe7 28. Ne3 Qg5 $1 {was the right time to place the queen here. Now} 29.
Nhf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Nxf5 32. Rxf5 Qg6 $11 {could follow, when
White's position is still easier but his king has lost its bomb shelter.}) 28.
Nxd6 $14 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 29. Nhf5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nxf5
$6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} (29... Rd8 30. Nxd4 Rxd6 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Rf5 Qg6 33. Qb3
$14 {is similar to the last note but with White having better co-ordination.
Still, this was an interesting try, not least because Black can now try and do
'nothing' e.g. ...Re8 and ...Qe6, and try to complete the fortress with ...
Kh7-g6 and ...h5.}) 30. exf5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Qe2 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:45]} (31... f6 32. d4 {is a slightly
non-obvious point until you reach the position itself, whereupon it becomes
clear that White's rook needs to be on f4, and simultaneously one sees how to
accomplish this.}) 32. Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:02:12]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 33. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:54]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. dxe4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:
03:07]} 35. Rc1 $16 {[%emt 0:11:40] This is now a truly thankless position as
the fortress tries will never quite work and the rook ending is lost. White
just plays with ideas for a few moves until he works out what he wants to do.}
Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 36. Rc7 {[%emt 0:08:10]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 38. Rc8 {[%emt 0:07:37]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:
55]} 39. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rc6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44.
Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Now White's
rook is the centralised one!} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:02:50]} 47. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 48. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:04:54]} Rd4 $2 {[%emt 0:12:00] Understandable in view of the various
rook-trap motifs White has, but the last try was to wait for Qc3 before doing
this, so that the recapture would come with tempo and then Black might get a
good square like e3 or e5 for his queen.} (48... Qe7 {DF} 49. Kf3 Qf6 50. Qc3
Rd4 51. Rxd4 exd4 52. Qd3 Qd6 $16 {is for instance not that much better for
White.}) 49. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 51. Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 52. g4
{[%emt 0:04:30]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:03:32] Black had no
desire to play out the queen ending, especially since e5 will win a further
pawn.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. c4 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08] Third most
popular after 7.Ne5 and 7.Qa4, but this is a good try for an advantage.} (7.
Qa4) (7. Ne5) ({An even less popular move was featured in the immediate
predecessor, though I actually find it quite interesting:} 7. Na3 $5 cxd4 8.
Nxc4 Bc5 9. b3 (9. a3 $5 {might improve and after} a5 {either Bf4 or the
straightforward gambit} 10. e3 $44) 9... Qe7 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 $11 {
Carlsen,M-Anand,V London 2017, Black later managed to consolidate his pawn and
press for a while.}) 7... Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Nfd2 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O {is
reasonably topical; I actually think White may have something after the} 11.
Ne1 $5 {Le, Q-Harikrishna,P Huaian 2017}) 9... Na5 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:10:27] A
good move which essentially equalises since White can't easily attack the pawn
again.} 10. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nce4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb4 $1 {
with ...Bc6 to come is easy enough for Black}) 10... Bxa3 {[%emt 0:06:23]} 11.
bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O $146 {[%emt 0:08:30]} (11... Nd5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd2
b6 14. Rac1 Ba6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Nc5 Bb5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+
Rxd8 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. f3 Kf7 23. Kf2 g5 24. Ke3 Rd6 25. Rd1 Re6+ 26.
Kf2 Rh6 27. h4 gxh4 28. gxh4 Rxh4 29. Rd6 Be8 30. Kg2 a4 31. Ra6 Rd4 32. Rxa7+
Ke6 33. Rxh7 Rd2 34. Rc7 Rc2 35. Rxc4 Bb5 36. Rc5 Bxe2 37. Kg3 Bd3 38. Kf4 Kd6
39. Rd5+ {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2837)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) (11... c3
$5 12. Nb3 Nc4 $132 {is maybe a bit too ambitious from Black, but White needs
to prove this in a precise way.}) 12. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:49]
} 13. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:05:41]} 15. Bc3 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15] White might
appear to have something here but one of the most basic facts about this
position is that the c8-bishop will develop soon, so therefore Black has few
difficulties once a few more moves are played.} 16. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h6 {
[%emt 0:14:37] The computer disagrees, but this move is completely the right
one from a schematic point of view. Black would like to play ...Re7 but right
now there is an issue with the back rank, therefore he solves it and then
plays ...Re7.} (16... Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Be6 19. Rxb7 Rec8 $11 {
is one other way to play}) 17. f3 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Re7 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 18. Kf2
{[%emt 0:25:29]} f6 {[%emt 0:11:33] Now White must take action reasonably
quickly, or else after ...Be6 and ...Rd8 he risks having his compensation fade.
} 19. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:05:48]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. Be4+ {[%emt 0:17:25]} Kg8
{[%emt 0:00:43]} 21. Bb4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 22. Bd6 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:02:
43]} 24. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 25. Bc5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:08]
This move is maybe a bit too compliant.} (25. Bb4 {keeps trying for an
advantage, though I think Black still proves his concept after the precise} Rc7
26. Bd5 Bd7 $1 {It is important to not fear ghosts.} 27. e3 Bc6 $1 $11) 25...
Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 26. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 28. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 29. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:06] Here I might be vaguely tempted
to play a few moves of the bishop endgame as Black, because the doubled pawns
mean only I can be better, but the players had sufficient respect for each
other to agree a draw here.} Bxa8 32. e4 Kg6 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 Nc7 $146 {A novelty by Caruana.} (
12... f6 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nc3 (14. c5 $5) 14... Nxc3 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxc3 $11
{Leko-Ivanchuk, Monte Carlo blind rapid 2006, with a balanced position.}) 13.
f3 Bg6 {A nice solution to the pin.} 14. c5 (14. fxe4 $2 {does not work, as
there is} Bxe5 15. dxe5 dxe4 $17 {followed by ...Qd4.}) ({In the event of} 14.
Nxg6 fxg6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Rxf8+ (16. Bxe4 $2 {loses immediately, as} Bxh2+ $1
17. Kxh2 Rxf1 $19 {and Black is winning,}) ({or} 16. Be2 $2 Qh4 17. g3 (17. h3
Qg3 $19 {followed by ...Qh2 mate.}) 17... Bxg3 $1 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Rxf1+
20. Bxf1 Qe1 $1 21. Kg1 Rf8 $19 {with a decisive attack.}) 16... Bxf8 $132 {
with a complicated position.}) 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng5 ({Still} 15... a5 $5 {
was also possible,} 16. Bb2 (16. fxe4 $2 {is bad again} dxe4 $17 {and Black is
better.}) 16... Ng5 {is transposing to the text move.}) 16. Bb2 d4 $2 {A
mistake, which allows White's subsequent attack on the kingside.} (16... Nge6
17. f4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {transposes to 16...Bxd3.}) (16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nge6 18.
f4 g6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Qh4 21. Nd2 a5 22. Raf1 {and White's position looks
more tempting, however the engine isn't afraid of anything.}) ({Or even} 16...
a5 17. f4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne4 {was also possible and Black is not worse.}) 17. f4
$1 {White immediately starts his kingside play.} Nd5 {The only move, but White
is better here too.} 18. fxg5 Ne3 19. Qd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 Qxg5 22.
Nd2 $1 {White continues the development, doesn't think about the material.}
Qxe5 {Black gets some pawns, but the two pieces are stronger, than the rook.}
23. Nf3 ({The engine suggest} 23. Nc4 $1 {, but the human move is 23.Nf3 to
protect the h2-pawn.} Qxh2 24. Qxd4 f6 25. Nd6 $16 {and finally White has a
clear advantage.}) 23... Qh5 24. Qxd4 f6 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Bc1 $1 {After 24...
f6 the bishop is already useless on the a1-h8 diagonal. He prepares for Bf4-d6.
} Rfe8 27. Bf4 a5 28. Bd6 axb4 29. Qxb4 Qd5 (29... Qf7 {was more solid, however
} 30. Kf2 Ra7 31. a4 $16 {is also unpleasant for Black.}) 30. Qxb7 h6 (30...
Qd3+ $1 {was a better chance to win the a3-pawn,} 31. Kg1 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Qxa3
33. h3 $1 {A great cool-blooded reply!} ({The greedy} 33. Qxc6 $2 {could have
been met by} Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ $1 35. Kg3 Qg6+ $11 {with perpetual checks.})
33... Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qd7 Ra8 {and White should be better, but it is
still not clear how the knight can attack the c6-pawn.}) 31. Kg1 $1 {Now White
keeps the a3-pawn.} Ra4 32. h3 Rc4 33. Qb2 Qd3 34. Ra2 $1 {A nice reaction to
protect the 2nd rank.} Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. a4 {Black doesn't have any threat
on the first rank.} f5 (36... Qh1+ 37. Kg3 $18 {and the white king is safe.})
37. Qb7 f4 38. Bxf4 Rxc5 39. Rd2 Qxa4 40. Qf7 Rg8 41. Be5 Qc4 42. Rd6 $1 {
A smart finish to the game!} (42. Rd6 $1 Qc1 (42... Qxf7 43. Rxh6#) 43. Rd8 $1
$18 {and mate on g7!}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I think I was around 10 when I got the chance to play in a simul against
Vishy Anand. But I told my parents that I didn't want to be just another
"player" in a simul. I wanted to sit in front of him as a fellow player and
hold my own! I had to wait so many years for it...but it was so worth the wait!
} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 $5 {At the last moment I realised this was a
nasty surprise.} (3... f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 ({I once faced} 5... d3 6. Qa4+ c6
7. Qb3 e4 8. Nd4 f5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Ba3 $1 Qe7 11. g3 h5 12. f3 g6 13. fxe4 fxe4
14. Bg2 h4 15. Rf1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qf7+
Kd8 20. Qf6+ {and I won a nice game in (Adhiban-Raetsky 2016)}) 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7.
b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Bg4 9. Bxg8 Nd7 10. Qb3 Qe7 {Vishy managed to pull off an
amazing escape and drew this game!} 11. Bc4 a4 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Nb6 15. d3 f5 16. e4 f4 17. Kh1 Rd6 18. Rg1 Rh6 19. Nd2 Rf8 20. Nf1 Kb8
21. Bd2 Rh3 22. Be6 Rxf3 23. Kg2 Re3 24. Bg4 f3+ 25. Kh1 Re2 26. Rg3 Rxf2 27.
Kg1 Rg2+ 28. Rxg2 fxg2 29. Ng3 g6 30. Kxg2 h5 31. Be2 Bb4 32. Rf1 Bxd2 33. Qxd2
Rxf1 34. Nxf1 Qc5 35. Qb2 a3 36. Qb3 Qc1 37. Bd1 Nc8 38. Qc2 Qa1 39. Qd2 Nd6
40. b6 cxb6 41. Bb3 Qb2 42. Kh3 Nb5 43. Kh4 Nc3 44. Kg5 Qb1 45. Ng3 Qg1 46.
Kxg6 h4 47. Qg5 hxg3 48. hxg3 Qe3 49. Qxe5+ Ka7 50. Bc4 b5 51. Qc5+ Ka6 52.
Qxa3+ Kb6 53. Qd6+ Ka7 54. Qc5+ Ka6 55. Qd6+ Ka7 56. Qc5+ Ka6 57. Qd6+ {
1/2-1/2 (57) Caruana,F (2804)-Anand,V (2770) Leuven BEL 2016}) (3... Bg4 4. g3
Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Qb3 a5 7. b5 Nd7 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. Qc2 h5 10. d3 h4 11. f4 Nh6
12. Nd2 a4 13. Ba3 Ra7 14. Rb1 Be7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 O-O 18.
b6 cxb6 19. Rxb6 Ng4 20. O-O Nf6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Qb2 Nd7 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qxb7
Qd8 25. Qb2 Nc5 26. Qc2 Qa5 27. Rc1 Rb8 28. Qe2 h3 29. f5 exf5 30. Bd5 Qc3 31.
Rd1 Kf8 32. Qe5 Re8 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Rf1 Nxd3 35. Qd7 Rf8 36. Qxf5 Nb4 37.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Rf7 40. Qe8+ {1/2-1/2 (40) Caruana,F (2807)
-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis USA 2017}) 4. g3 $5 (4. e3 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 {
I wasn't entirely happy with White's compensation.}) 4... cxb4 5. a3 {Now we
are in Benko territory!} b3 {A solid alternative as playing the Benko a move
down could really be nasty.} ({From the other side I chose} 5... f6 $5 6. Bg2 (
6. e3 Nc6) 6... e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 a5 9. e3 Bc5 10. exd4 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4
12. Ra2 Nge7 13. Be3 Qd6 {(Kunte-Adhiban 2011) ended in a draw}) 6. d3 Nc6 7.
Nbd2 e5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 ({Another option was} 9... Bd6 10. Nxb3 O-O 11.
e3 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Be6 {with an equal game.}) 10. Nxb3 (10. Rb1 O-O 11. Rxb3 Nd7
$11) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 $5 {Getting rid of the knight which will influence the
fight for the light squares.} Rb8 12. Ne1 $1 Bd7 (12... Bg4 13. Nc2 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nb4 {with a nice position for White. (but the computer disagrees)})
13. Nc2 b5 {This felt wrong.} 14. Nd2 $1 a6 {This is bit slow.} 15. Nb4 $1 {
After this I manage to seize the intiative.} Nxb4 16. axb4 bxc4 (16... Bxb4 17.
Rxa6 Bc8 18. cxb5 $1 ({Also possible is} 18. Ra2) 18... Rxb5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Ra8 {and the fight will continue on the light squares.}) 17. Nxc4 Bb5 18. Nxe5
Bxb4 19. Rb1 {I liked this move provoking a5.} a5 20. Ng4 Rb6 21. Qc1 $2 {
This stupid move ruined everything :).} (21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bh6 Re8 {should be
fine for Black.}) ({Best was} 21. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Be4 $16 {
[%cal Gd1c1] with an attack for free!!}) 21... Qc8 $1 {Without the queens, it
will be difficult to capitalise on the intiative.} 22. Ne5 $6 ({The last
chance was} 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Bh6 Qxc1 24. Rfxc1 Re8 25. Bf3 (25. Rc7 Rxe2)
25... f5 26. Bf4 $14) 22... Qe6 $1 {The tables have changed dramatically, now
the hunter becomes the hunted!} 23. Nf3 (23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qc7 Rbb8 $15) 23...
Qxe2 24. Nxd4 Qxd3 25. Rd1 (25. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 26. Rd1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Bxc4 28. Nc6
Bc5 {I stopped here prematurely.} 29. Rd2 $1 {and it is a draw.}) 25... Qg6 26.
Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Qc6 Qf5 29. Be4 Qe5 30. Rd7 $1 Rc5 31. Qb7 g6 (
31... Rc3 {offered better chances.}) 32. Bd5 $1 Qf6 33. Rb3 Rc3 (33... Bc3 34.
Kg2 {is also fine.}) 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 36. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (36... Kf8
37. Bd5 Bd4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ $11) 37. Qc8+ Qf8 38. Qc4+ {The cleanest.}
Qf7 {This was my first ever encounter against the Madras Tiger...I was bit
disappointed about missing my chances but still it turned out to be an
entertaining game and I will look forward to our future struggles!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:12]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:
01:21]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 14. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]
} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 15. c4 {[%emt 0:13:52]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Bxd6 {
[%emt 0:06:48]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:
19]} 18. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:07:23]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 21. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. d5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:
50]} 23. Qc7 {[%emt 0:16:04]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Rxc7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 28. h3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} dxc4
{[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 6. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} a6 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 11. Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:
01:14]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:13]}
Qd5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 16. exd3 {
[%emt 0:02:17]} Qxc5+ {[%emt 0:08:51]} 17. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxc5+ {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 19. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
04:11]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 20. Rae1 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bg5 {When I
started playing 1...e5 some 30 years ago these lines with an early a2-a4 did
not exist at all. But one of the first things I learned was that with Black's
king still in the centre Bg5 is not recommendable, as after ...h7-h6 and ...
g7-g5 the knight sacrfice on g5 is not viable.} h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 ({
Still preparing the kingside attack. But} 9... g5 10. Bg3 O-O ({If} 10... Nh5 {
White has} 11. Nxe5 Nxg3 12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Ng6+ Kxf7 14. Nxh8+ Qxh8 15. hxg3 {
White is not worse from material point of view but Black's king is exposed and
Black's main pride, the a7-bishop, will turn into a mere spectator after d3-d4.
True, 10...Qe7 would probably transpose, but abstractly it is better to keep
the inevitable ...g7-g5 in reserve.}) 11. O-O Nh7 12. h3 h5 {is playable, as
in Topalov,V (2760)-So,W (2794) London 2016 CBM 176 [Stohl,I] (0-1, 27)}) 10.
h3 ({A rare and mysterious move. Since the later bishop retreat to h2 will
prove a waste of time, it means Anand wanted to control g4. His plan for this
game was based on Qe2, so it is worth checking what could have happened after} 
10. Qe2 g5 ({The more solid} 10... Be6 {is entirely playable, but not
essential for the question raised above.} 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rfb1 Rab8
14. a5 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. b5 axb5 18. Rxb5 Nd8 19. Rab1 Ra8
20. g3 Qe6 21. Kg2 c6 22. R5b2 Bb8 23. Ra1 Bc7 {Najer,E (2707)-Aleksandrov,A 
(2580) Tbilisi 2017 (1-0, 51) and Black can be content with his position.}) 11.
Bg3 h5 $5 ({A romantic plan.} 11... g4 {is hardly a problem due to} 12. Bh4 $5)
(11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 {may be another reason, as the queen would look strange
on e2.}) 12. h4 (12. Nxg5 h4 {may explain why Anand needed the h2-square, but
even this is not entirely clear:} 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. O-O-O Kg7 15. Bb3 hxg3 16.
hxg3 Bd7 17. f4 {with reasonable play for the sacrificed piece.}) 12... g4 13.
Ng5 Rf8 14. f4 gxf3 15. gxf3 {This position does not look like a reason to
waste time and weaken the kingside with h2-h3, as White is more active.
Kramnik opined that his opponent had mixed up something in the opening. I
suppose this could be one of the moments he had in mind.}) (10. b4 Bd7 11. Rb1
g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 {Salem,A (2638)-Giri,A (2775) Geneva 2017 CBM 180 [Szabo,Kr] 
(0-1, 43)}) 10... g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Qe2 (12. Nxe5 $2 Nxg3 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 $1 14.
Ng6 {(wthout check!)} Qxf7 {winning the knight due to the threat ...Qxf2#.}) ({
The following game is an illustration about what could have happened had Anand
not played g2-g4 later.} 12. Bh2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. b4 Rg8 15. Rg1 Be6 16.
a5 Nd8 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5+ c6 19. Ba4 f5 $17 {Voigt,R (2381)-Karpatchev,A 
(2461) Leipzig 2004 (0-1, 36)}) (12. Nf1 Nf4 13. Rg1 {is awfully passive.} Be6
14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 O-O-O 16. b4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. b5 e4 19. bxc6 exf3 20.
Qxf3 Rhf8 $17 {Berenyi,G (2230)-Timoshenko,G (2475) Budapest 1991 (0-1, 27)
with a huge attack.}) 12... Qf6 13. Bh2 ({On the previous move Black refrained
from opening the f-file, but now the exchange on g3 may be a real threat. For
instance if} 13. Kd1 Nxg3 14. fxg3 h5 15. Rf1 {Black is in time to regroup with
} Qg7) 13... Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. g4 {Trying to stabilise the kingside. We
already know that playing with a backward pawn on g2 is passive.} Ne7 16. b4 {
Anand seems to have been convinced that Kramnik would castle long. But since
this did not happen, his queenside plan only creates weaknesses.} ({He should
have carried on his regrouping with} 16. Kd1 Ng6 17. Kc2 {One important point
is that} h5 {can be met with} 18. gxh5 $1 Rxh5 19. h4 Nxh4 $6 20. Rag1 $14 {
We can understand now why saving the tempo b2-b4 was useful.}) 16... Ng6 17.
Kd1 h5 18. g5 {Under the given circumstances it is Black already who benefits
from stabilising the kingside.} ({But} 18. gxh5 {does not work anymore:} Rxh5
19. h4 (19. Qf1 Bd7 20. Kc2 Ke7 $17 {followed by ...Rah8 i awfully passive for
White.}) 19... Nxh4 20. Kc2 Ke7 21. Rag1 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 18... Qe7 19.
b5 (19. Kc2 $15 {was better, inviting Black to find a way of opening the
queenside.}) 19... Kf8 20. bxa6 {Continuing the global suicidal plan of
opening the queenside.} ({But by now Black can more or less force the opening
of the queenside anyway:} 20. d4 $5 Kg7 21. Kc2 c6 $5) 20... bxa6 21. d4 Kg7
22. d5 {An obvious positional concession, clearing the path for the bishop on
a7 and restricting his own bishop.} (22. Kc2 exd4 23. cxd4 a5 $36 {[%cal Gc7c6,
Gd6d5]}) 22... Bd7 23. Kc2 Rhb8 ({One more doubt about why did Anand play his
last move is raised by} 23... c6 $17 {opening the c-file.}) 24. Bxa6 {Trying
to build up a fortress on the light squares.} (24. h4 {[%cal Gh1b1]} Qe8 (24...
Bg4 $17 {[%csl Gh4]}) 25. a5 c6 $17) 24... Bxf2 25. Bb5 (25. Qxf2 Rxa6 {
retrieves the a-pawn soon, with a decisive attack along the newly opened files.
.}) 25... Be3 26. h4 (26. Nc4 Bxb5 27. axb5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qd7 29. Nxe3 fxe3 30.
c4 Qxh3 {The h-pawn and the g6-knight (especially after ...Nf4) are very
annoying.}) (26. c4 Rc8 {followed by ...c7-c6 is even stronger than with the
pawn on c3.}) 26... Ra5 {Black has a pleasant choices on each move, but
Kramnik's play is logical and effective.} 27. c4 Rba8 28. Kb3 (28. Nb3 Bxb5 $5
(28... R5a7 29. a5 Bg4 {is also strong.}) 29. Nxa5 Bd7 30. Nb3 (30. Nc6 Bxc6
31. dxc6 Qe6 {followed by either ...Ne7xc6 or ...Ra6.}) 30... Bxa4 31. Kc3 Qd7
32. Rhb1 c6 $19 {[%csl Ga4,Rc3,Ge3]}) 28... Nf8 {[%cal Gf8d7,Gd7c5] The start
of the final and decisive regrouping.} 29. Rhc1 Bg4 30. Kc2 Bxd2 31. Kxd2 Nd7
32. Ra3 Nc5 33. Bc6 Rb8 34. Ke1 Qd8 $1 35. Qc2 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Qc8 {After ...Qg4
White will soon collapse on both wings.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:
26]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 6. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 8. b4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:04:23]} O-O {
[%emt 0:03:37]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 11. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:26]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:51]} 14. Nb5 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Bb8
{[%emt 0:00:50]} 15. bxa5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 16. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:11:06]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 17. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxc7 {[%emt 0:
01:06]} 18. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:09:09]} 19. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:03:
47]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 20. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 21.
Nxe6 {[%emt 0:05:10]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} d4 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} 23. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:07]
} 26. f5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 27. fxe6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Qxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb8 {
[%emt 0:00:08] The famously solid Breyer variation! Similar in character to
some games of mine that began with the move 1.d4 b5, Black's play in this line
is extremely formulaic and rarely deviates from well-established and easily
understood plans. A good sign of mastery is to be able to combine elements
from different plans as the game dictates.} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (10. d3 $5
{is another move, recently used against Mamedyarov by the young Spanish GM
David Anton. The logic is that Black has spent time on ...Nb8 that he probably
wouldn't have done against an earlier d3-system. For instance:} Nbd7 11. Nbd2
Bb7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 $132 {and White can contemplate playing with Nh2-g4 in
place of the standard d4, Bc2 stuff.}) 10... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (11... c5 {The reason this move order is
not played, is that Black would like White to have to play a4 before Black
goes c4.} 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Ng5 {The point. Now there is no real
choice other than c4, and then Black has to go for tricks.} c4 15. Bc2 exd4 $5
(15... h6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. d5 g6 18. Be3 {is exactly what Black doesn't want:
counterplay is slow to arrive because White doesn't have a4 yet, and White may
continue with Nh2-g4 or Qd2, etc.}) 16. cxd4 Bb7 17. Bd2 g6 $132 {Black's play
now is aimed at making the knight on g5 feel silly. Nevertheless, he doesn't
have quite enough pressure on e4 and the feeling is that White must be better
somehow, perhaps with a4 under the now-different circumstances.}) 12. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:07:27]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Nf1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 14. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (15.
Nh2 {is an interesting creative move:} exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. d5 $11 {In this
kind of position it's hard to know how much weight to give to the opinion of
the machine, but Black should not be worse if he follows normal plans (...Bg7,
...c4, ...Nc5, possibly ...h5.) See Motycakova,M-Nemcova,K Frydek Mistek 2009.}
) (15. b3 $5 {A conceptually challenging line. White wants to get d5 without
a4, and not have it punished by ...c6 and detonation of the centre. Black must
react carefully, and I am not sure quite how to equalise here, though there is
a very interesting piece sacrifice which gives excellent compensation.} Bg7 (
15... c5 16. d5 $14) (15... d5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 $14 {seems to have been
pioneered by Mamedyarov and analysed down to a draw, but cloud engines
disagree! The consensus will probably change soon...}) 16. d5 Rc8 17. c4 {
This was White's point.} c6 18. Be3 (18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bd3 b4 $11
{Berg,E-Butnorius,A Gibraltar 2008}) 18... Nb6 $1 {Now for concrete reasons
this is best.} (18... Qa5 {is suggested by the engine, but following} 19. a3
bxc4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Nfd7 23. Rab1 $14 {the queens have
come off and Black is quite passive}) 19. Qe2 $1 {Other moves have been tried,
but this is the most convincing for White.} cxd5 20. cxd5 Nbxd5 {If not for
this move White would be trivially better.} 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Rac1 $1 {The
only way to take back on e3 with a piece.} (22. Qd2 Nxe3 23. fxe3 e4 24. Nd4
Bxd4 25. exd4 e3 26. Qe2 Qh4 27. Kh2 Qxd4 {is not what White was looking for
from the opening}) 22... Nxe3 (22... Nc3 23. Qd2 $14) 23. Qxe3 d5 $44 {Black
has good compensation based on the big centre.}) 15... Nb6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:51]
Not a move I had seen before, but perhaps it will be seen more in light of the
present game.} (15... c5 {This is the main line. White is only given liberty
to close the centre after he has played a4. Here I have some quite detailed
analysis but suffice it to say in summary that Black faces some slight
problems according to the present theory, largely depending on how fast he
allows tripling on the a-file.} 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 $1 {White is trying to cross
or delay Black's usual knight redeployment of Nc5, Nfd7.} Bg7 $1 (17... h6 $6 {
is less strong, and a simple plan for White can be formulated, involving...
tripling on the a-file. Far from gaining a tempo, ...h6 in fact loses one. I
will give some sample lines.} 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ra3 Qc7 (20... Nfd7
21. Rea1 Nb6 {Else just R1a2, Qc1-a1, etc.} 22. a5 Nba4 {Interesting idea, but
probably bad.} 23. Rb1 $1 Bg7 24. Nf1 $14 {The idea is just Qd1, N1d2, Nxc4
and there is not a lot Black can do about it.}) 21. Rea1 Rab8 22. Qd1 Bc8 23.
axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 Rb7 25. R1a2 Bd7 26. Bg5 Nh7 27. Bd2 Nf6 28. Ng5 Reb8 29. Nf1
{White has gained a marginally more pleasant position and will be able to
triple on the a-file if desired, however if Black plays completely precisely
the advantage will grow, and as we all know, with almost nothing on the board
0.3 is a draw!}) 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Ra3 (19. Nh2 Qc7 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bc8 22.
f3 Bd7 $11) 19... Qc7 20. Rea1 Reb8 21. Qc1 Nfd7 {Black is just about in time,
for instance:} 22. R1a2 Nd3 $132) (15... Bg7 $5 {is an interesting attempt to
dodge the main line - Black is fine to play with ...c6 in place of ...c5, and
keep the position compact and solid in a Philidor-like way.} 16. Bd3 {
Otherwise Black gets ...c5, free of the problems outlined above.} c6 17. Be3 (
17. Bg5 {encourages Black's concept:} Nf8 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Be3 Nd7 $11 {Black
is fine as in Hou,Y-Sasikiran,K New Delhi 2011.}) 17... Qc7 $132 {Black is
playing for ...d5 and whether White has an edge depends heavily on whether he
can sufficiently discourage this move in the coming phase. One motif to pay
attention to is the dark-square complex. Anand has been on the White side of
this: Anand,V-Baramidze,D Baden-Baden 2015}) 16. axb5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} (16. a5
Nbd7 17. b4 $5 {Caruana,F-Roiz,M Bilbao 2014 , An audacious concept . White is
trying to play d5, lock down the centre as well as the queenside and only
subsequently (and extremely slowly) make progress with the kingside attack.
The idea could, however, have come slightly unstuck against the principled}
exd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. d5 c4 $132) (16. b3 $5 {is possibly more
ambitious than the text - White wants Bd3, c4, d5.} bxa4 {may be the best way
to counter this:} 17. bxa4 a5 18. Bd3 Qc8 $132 {Adams,M-Tan,J Bournemouth 2016,
Black has reasonable play according to current knowledge, but Black's position
looks slightly looser than usual, so there may be an incisive way for White to
get an edge.}) 16... axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:06:43]} 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:49]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:06:36]} 19. Qxa1 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:51]} (20. Qc1 {
followed by Bh6 is the engine idea, but Black is solid in any case.}) 20... Qc7
{[%emt 0:07:19]} 21. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Qc1 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 23. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:39] The last two
moves do not create a great impression, but White has a very wide margin of
error in such positions.} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 24. c4 {[%emt 0:05:31] This
move looks like White has reconciled himself to offering a draw soon.} Nxc4 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} 25. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:
33]} (27... Rd8 $5 {is a nice wrinkle: after} 28. Qxc6 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rxc1 30.
Qxc1 Qxc1 31. Bxc1 Ne6 $36 {Black has full compensation for the pawn despite
the reduced material and his bishop pair means his game is more pleasant.}) 28.
Nf1 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. N1d2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qa5 {
[%emt 0:10:37]} 30. Ng5 {[%emt 0:16:57]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 31. Bxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 32. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:44] With a draw offer
which was accepted.} (32. Nb3 Qb5 33. Qc3 {was maybe worth considering, as on
strategic purity White is still marginally ahead. Definitely below super-GM
level there is a strong chance that White will consolidate a dark-square bind,
e.g. Be3-c5, Nd2, b4, f3, Kh2.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00] Another rare
guest at the top levels, but Gawain Jones is nothing if not a connoisseur of
anti-Sicilians.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (5.
d4 {is marginally more popular, but has been largely de-fanged.}) 5... Nb6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:06] Seizing control of
c4 now gives White slightly fewer options and makes clear that Black is
playing for a win.} (6... d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3 $5 {is an interesting idea,
seen in a number of elite games. For instance,} Be6 9. d4 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 cxd4
11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Nbxd4 $36 {Nakamura,H-Nepomniachtchi, I Baku 2015}) 7. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} (8... e5 $5 {is even more militantly maximalist, but it is a bit
unncessary and could come unstuck, e.g.} 9. a4 Bxd6 10. O-O Be6 11. d3 h6 12.
a5 Nc8 13. a6 $14 {Howell,D-Lazarev,V France 2006}) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg4
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:11:42]} 12. Be4 {[%emt 0:07:24] Discouraging all kinds
of ...Qf6 ideas. This move has far more to it than meets the eye.} (12. b3 Qf6
13. bxc4 $132 {brings about an interesting imbalance}) (12. Na3 {could be
another implementation of the game idea:} Qf6 13. Be4 Ne5 14. g4 $132 {
Vysochin, S-Kokarev,D Olginka 2011}) 12... e6 {[%emt 0:12:45]} (12... Qd7 $5 {
might be a slight improvement.} 13. b3 f5 14. Bxc6 (14. Bc2 e5 $17) 14... Qxc6
15. Qc2 $1 (15. g4 fxg4 16. Ne5 Qf6 17. hxg4 Be8 $132 {should practically
favour Black}) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf5+ e6 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rd3 $44 {Black
has good compensation, and practical chances based on White's exposed king,
but I don't think he is actually better.}) 13. b3 {[%emt 0:04:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:
01:13]} 14. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:54]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 15. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:50]}
e5 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 16. d4 $6 {[%emt 0:06:02]} (16. d3 {keeps chances of a
slight objective edge, although neither I nor the engine properly understand
Black's pawn sacrifice.}) 16... exd4 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:11:13]}
Bg7 $1 {[%emt 0:07:59] A really powerful exchange sacrifice, which must have
been underestimated.} (17... d3 18. Bb3 Be7 $11) 18. Bxd8 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Rxd8
{[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Qf4 $17 {[%emt 0:06:18] White finds
it impossible to disentangle because of the pressure on the long diagonal.} 20.
Qd2 {[%emt 0:23:41]} (20. Na3 dxc3 21. Qe3 {might have been a better wriggle.})
20... Qxd2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 21. Nbxd2 {[%emt 0:02:13]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
22. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 23. gxf3 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Nb4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} 24. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:01:02] Now Black has
reached material parity, and the difference in quality of pieces is obvious.
Nevertheless, it is not so clear how precisely Black should push the queenside
pawns.} 25. Rc1 {[%emt 0:10:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 26. Na1 {[%emt 0:05:51]}
Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 27. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 28. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:06:26]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:11]} 29. Rbe1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:
48] Fully under control. White can barely move. The rest is just good 
(although not tricky) technique.} 30. Re7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:46]}
31. Re8+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 32. Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:43]} a4 {
[%emt 0:01:37]} 33. Re6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 34. Rae8 {
[%emt 0:01:55]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 35. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:
18]} 36. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 37. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 38. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 39. R1xe2 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 40. R2e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:
47] The time control was reached and despite still not being material down,
there is precious little White can do about ...b3 et cetera, so he resigned.}
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Nxd5 $5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Clearly Hou Yifan was not in the mood to face a
minority attack today. Although this move has been played by a lot of good
players, it is unquestionably a secondary one. According to the current state
of top level praxis the line is playable, but very few people do it correctly,
especially from the black side!} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:01:15]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:56]} 9. Bc4 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (9... Qc7 {leads us to a veritable minefield of
top games:} 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O (11. a4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 $11 {Matlakov,
M-Aronian,L Tbilisi 2017, might objectively equalise, but that didn't stop
Black being annihlated in a 'modern attacking classic'.}) 11... b5 12. Bd3 Nd7
$1 (12... Bb7 $6 13. a4 $1 bxa4 $2 14. Bf4 {left Black virtually lost already
in Carlsen, M-So,W chess.com INT 2017}) 13. a4 (13. h4 e5 14. h5 h6 $11 {
Navara,D-Dominguez Perez,L Saint Louis 2017}) 13... bxa4 14. g3 $13 {The
position is easier to play for White, but obviously far from clear.}) 10. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:33]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (11. d5 Na5 12.
Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 $11 {Svidler,P-Hou,Y Geneve 2017; probably
equalised for Black in her previous outing with the line.}) 11... Bb7 {[%emt 0:
03:12]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:08:27]} (12... Qc7 $5 13. d5 (
13. Ba6 {is White's most obvious idea, but there is a concrete remedy:} cxd4
14. cxd4 Nb4 $1 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 $132 {and White's centre continues to come under
fire.}) 13... Na5 14. dxe6 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 $44) 13. cxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:
49]} 15. d5 {[%emt 0:05:25]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:08:34]} (15... exd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17.
Bb3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bd6 $132 {Navara,D-Dominguez Perez,L Saint Louis 2017}) 16.
Bb5 {[%emt 0:25:40]} (16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f3 $14) 16... exd5 {[%emt 0:25:16]} 17.
exd5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} (17... Rfd8 18. Rbc1 Qb8 {is
apparently still nail-biting equality}) 18. Qxf3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:17] Certainly
by contrast to Navara-Dominguez above the bishop on b5 poses Black some extra
problems, connected with Rbc1 and Bc6.} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 19. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:
12:15]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:19:27]} 20. Bf4 {[%emt 0:16:49]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 21.
Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:48] That's just it. Now Black has to go into a bit of a huddle,
and Anand's technique has been his strong point in this event.} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:
07:15]} (21... Ba8 {still kept White's advantage to a minimum by making him
work for every extra pawn advance}) 22. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} 23. dxc6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Rd6 $18 {[%emt 0:09:39]
The forcing continuations get nowhere, so White just improves. The obvious
follow-up is to play the queen to d5 and try for Rd7.} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:03:43]}
25. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 26. g3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Rxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} ({It is interesting to note the tactical point White basically
has to use if Black sits tight:} 26... Rc8 27. Qc4 Kh8 28. Qd5 Kg8 29. a4 Kh8
30. Kg2 (30. Rc1 $2 Rfd8 $14) 30... Kg8 31. h4 {Or, I suppose, just Rc1 now.}
Kh8 32. Rd4 Kg8 33. Rc4 Rfd8 34. Rd7 $1 $18) 27. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:01:45]} 28. Qe5 {[%emt 0:06:56]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 29. Qd5 {[%emt 0:
00:44]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 30. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:02:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 31.
Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:24] Another neat tactical point, but if not this, then
something else would have worked.} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. c7 {[%emt 0:00:53]}
Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:29] Mate cannot be far away.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:38] Perhaps
forgetting, or not knowing, that the Open Ruy Lopez was basically co-invented
by Anand, in New York 1995 (it existed before, but his role was similar to
that of Kramnik with the Berlin Wall!)} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} ({A little
history lesson is in order, beginnning with the move} 9... Nc5 {:} 10. c3 d4 (
10... Be7 {exists too, but after} 11. Bc2 {I feel White must have a more
pleasant position}) 11. Ng5 $5 {One of the most shocking moves in 'modern'
opening theory to an impressionable 9-year-old me, learning chess in 2004!}
dxc3 $6 (11... Qxg5 {was obviously tried too, and with best play Black is
committing to a piece sacrifice.} 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5
15. b4 Qd5 $1 $44 {Grischuk,A-Anand,V Wijk aan Zee 2005}) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
bxc3 Qd3 14. Nf3 (14. Bc2 $5 Qxc3 15. Nb3 $13 {was ultimately decided upon as
White's best, and Black is in quite a bit of trouble here.}) 14... O-O-O 15.
Qe1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb7 17. Be3 Be7 18. Bg5 (18. Qc1 $5 $40) 18... h6 (18... Rhe8
$11) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd4 Rxd4 21. cxd4 Qxb3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Nd5 24. Kf2
Kb6 $44 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V New York 1995, Black had enough compensation to
draw.}) 10. c3 {[%emt 0:05:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:05:23]}
f5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (11... Bf5 $5) 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} (12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 $32 {looks hard to play for Black, but maybe it is just me. A
useful game to look at: Anton Guijarro,D-Vidit,S Martuni 2016}) 12... Qd7 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:05:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (17.
Bxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 $14 {might have been worth playing, not least to remind
Wesley of his loss to Carlsen from this event!}) 17... Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (
17... b4 {makes the game quite strategically messy, but probably still better
for White.}) 18. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} (19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Bd8 23. b3 $14 {
is another take, with c4 to come soon}) 19... Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:13] So we get here anyway! However, here Black has good play
through the centre.} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (21. b4 $5 {
was vaguely Carlsenesque, but objectively Black should have no problem after
accepting:} cxb4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Qd3 $44) 21... d4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:26] It is
not only White who can play with colour complexes.} 22. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:50]}
c4 {[%emt 0:00:04] Threatening ...Bc5, and Ra5 is met with ...Qb6.} 23. b3 {
[%emt 0:08:35]} (23. Qd2 $5 Qd5 (23... Bc5 24. Qa5 $16) 24. Ra5 {would have
tested Black more, though he still has compensation.}) 23... Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 24. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:09:00]}
bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 26. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:04:09]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:11]} 27. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:13:49]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Rd1 $146 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (28. Ra8
Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Qb7+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Adams,M (2761)-Giri,A 
(2769) Shenzhen 2017}) 28... Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 29. Qb7 {[%emt 0:07:25]} Bb6
$11 {[%emt 0:02:54] Neutralised by a whisker!} 30. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:05:21]} Bxd8
{[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 32. Qxb6 {
[%emt 0:01:25]} Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06] Black is fine to take a bit of risk, knowing that
White will probably not want to do the same.} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} (9. a3 {is slightly more popular.} Qa5 10. O-O-O (10. Ra2 $5 {was the
move chosen in a recent, random game.} Be7 11. b4 Qd8 12. h3 b6 (12... d4 $1
$11) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Ng5 Rc8 $6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ba6 $14 {
Topalov,V-Nakamura,H Saint Louis 2017}) (10. Nd2 Bb4 $5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb3
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qd8 $132 {Topalov,V-Nakamura,H Paris 2017, could have been a
decent try for an edge, notwithstanding that it ultimately failed}) 10... Ne4
$5 11. Nb5 (11. Nxe4 {leads to a long forced line:} dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bxa3 13. bxa3
Qxa3+ 14. Kd2 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Qb2+ 16. Rd2 Rxd2+ 17. Nxd2 e5 18. Bg3 Bg4+ $3 19.
f3 (19. Qxg4 Rd8 20. Kf3 Qxd2 21. Bh4 f5 22. Qg5 Rd4 $1 $11 {with perpetual
check soon}) 19... Rd8 20. Be1 Bh5 $13 {The mess continues, and White has a
few moves now, but I don't think there will be any way found for him to keep
an edge.}) 11... a6 12. Nc7 e5 $1 {Not a new idea from Karjakin, merely an old
one which had been forgotten.} 13. Rxd5 $1 (13. Nxd5 Nxf2 $1 (13... exf4 14.
Qxe4 fxe3 15. fxe3 h6 16. Nd4 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Karjakin, S Medias 2017}) 14. Ng5
$1 (14. Qxf2 exf4 15. Nxf4 b5 $40) 14... Bf5 $1 15. Qxf2 (15. Qxf5 g6 $17)
15... f6 16. Nh3 exf4 17. Nhxf4 Ne5 $44 {Black has full compensation for the
pawn.}) 13... exf4 (13... Nxf2 14. Qxf2 Qxc7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qc6 17. Bd4
$1 $14) (13... f5 $2 14. Rxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ra7 16. Nd5 $16 {Kasparov,
G-Vaganian,R Debrecen 1992}) 14. Qxe4 Qxc7 15. Rxc5 fxe3 16. Bd3 $5 (16. Qxe3
b6 17. Rh5 Bg4 18. Rg5 Rfe8 $1 $11) 16... g6 17. Qxe3 b6 18. Rg5 (18. Rh5 Bg4
19. Rh4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne5 $132) 18... Na5 $13 {From a brief investigation it
doesn't seem like White has a convincing follow-up here, though there are, as
usual, many complicated lines ending in perpetual check.}) 9... Qa5 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:34] Treading another of the
hallowed paths of chess history.} (10... Be7 {is more common now, and then} 11.
Be2 {has a huge score for White; indeed I suspect White is probably slightly
better following} Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O Be6 15. a4 $14 {
Mamedyarov,S-Graf,A Sant Lluis 2005, played by the same White player as the
present encounter.}) 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} (11. Be2 e5 $15 {is the point.})
11... e5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 13. Qb1
{[%emt 0:00:10]} (13. Qc1 Bf5 {is liable to lead to a forced draw; two of the
world's top players chose this route recently.} 14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ $11
{Carlsen,M-Nakamura,H Douglas 2017} (15... gxf6 $6 {gets neutralised
effortlessly:} 16. Nxd5 Qa6 17. g4 $1 Bg6 18. Bg2 $16)) 13... Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (14... e4 $6 {is well met
by} 15. Bf1 $1 {giving up a queen for three pieces.} (15. Bc2 {was
nevertheless enough for a slight edge in one of the classics.} Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2
Qa6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nb3 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A Baguio City 1978}) 15...
Ng4 16. cxd5 $1 Ne5 17. exd4 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 exf3+ 19. Be3 Bxb1 20. Nc4 $1 Qc7
21. dxc5 $16) 15. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. Ndxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:07] Maybe not the most precise, but safe enough.} (16. cxd5 Nxc3 17.
Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Nc2+ 19. Ke2 f6 20. Bh4 Nxa3 21. Ne4 Rac8 $11) (16. Ncxe4
dxe4 17. Qxe4 $14 {seems to me to get an advantage.}) 16... dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 18. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} (
18. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 f5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 $13 {leads to an imbalance and likely
quite a good one for Black, who is likely to recover the c4-pawn quite soon.})
18... Qa6 {[%emt 0:09:59]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:07:46]} 20.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 21. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:17:32]} (21... Rxc4 $11 {equalised more reliably.}) 22. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:27]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:06:46]} 24.
Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 25. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 26. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:14] Now White could potentially have a
small something again.} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} f6 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 28. g5 {[%emt 0:04:10]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 29. Bxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 30. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:05:
05]} 31. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 32. a4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc5
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 34. Ba5 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:05:26]} 35. Rd5 {[%emt 0:12:43]} b3 {[%emt 0:06:
35]} (35... Re6 $11 {is a hard move to make perhaps, but it gets Black some
badly needed counterplay. For instance:} 36. Rb8 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rh6+ 38. Kg3 Rg6+
39. Kf3 Rf6+ 40. Ke4 Rxf2 41. Kxe5 Rc4 $132) 36. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 37. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 38. Rb7 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 39. Rdd7 $14 {[%emt 0:06:17] The position looks
threatening, but it is not clear to me how White makes progress, and
apparently it was not clear to Mamedyarov either. There are little things to
try, but they end up being neutralised.} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 40. g3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 41. Bd4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 42.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 43. Kh3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:04:40]} 44. Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 45. Rf4 {[%emt 0:
05:45]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Bc3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} (46. Rg4 Rxg4 47. Kxg4 g6
{is still very passive for Black, but this is probably a draw even without the
rooks and e-pawn.}) 46... Rge6 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 47. Rff7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Rg6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 48. Rfc7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 49. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 50. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 51. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 52. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rg5
{[%emt 0:00:46]} 53. Kc2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 54. Bxg7 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 55. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 56. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 57. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
Be5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 58. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08] Soon White
will run out of little things to try and the +/= will collapse to =.} 59. Rg7+
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 60. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 61. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 62. Rhe7 {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 63. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 64. Rxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 65. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 66. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Trolls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
c3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. g3 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bd1 b4 15.
Nf3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bb3 Rfc8 19. Rac1 a5 20. Bg5 Ng6 21. Bc2
Rab8 22. Bd3 h6 23. Bxg6 hxg5 24. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Trolls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d4 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Qxb5 Ba6 13. Qa4 Nc4 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Qa5 16. Rac1 Rfb8 17. b3 Na3 18. Qd2 c4 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 cxb3 21. axb3
Rxb3 22. Bh6 Ne5 23. Ne4 Nc2 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Rb2 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Bxe2 28. Be4 Nd4 29. Be3 Ndf3+ 30. Kg2 Nxd2 31. Bxd2 Bd3 32. Bxd3 Nxd3 33. Bh6
f6 34. Rd1 Nb4 35. Rd4 Rb8 36. Bd2 Na6 37. Ra4 Nc5 38. Ra7 Kf7 39. Bf4 Rb7 40.
Ra1 Nd3 41. Rd1 Nxf4+ 42. gxf4 Rb3 43. f3 Ke8 44. Kg3 Kd7 45. Ra1 Rd3 46. Ra7+
Ke8 47. Ra5 Rd2 48. Rb5 Kf7 49. Ra5 Rd1 50. Kg2 Rd2+ 51. Kg3 Rd4 52. Rb5 f5 53.
h4 Kf6 54. Ra5 h6 55. Rb5 g5 56. fxg5+ hxg5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Rb7 Kf6 59. Rb5
Kg5 60. Rb7 f4+ 61. Kh3 Rd3 62. Kg2 Rd2+ 63. Kh3 Rd3 64. Kg2 Kf6 65. Rb4 Kf5
66. Re4 Re3 67. Ra4 Ke5 68. Kf2 Kxd5 69. Rxf4 Rb3 70. Ra4 e5 71. Ke2 Ke6 72. f4
Kf5 73. fxe5 dxe5 74. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haug, Johannes"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oslo Trolls"]
[BlackTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 Qxc5 11. Qxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 Ke7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Ke2
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. f4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Bc6 19. Rg1 f5 20. g3 h5
21. h4 Rad8 22. Rd1 Rhg8 23. Kf2 Kf6 24. Be2 Kg6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd3 Rc8 27.
Rc3 Rd8 28. Rd3 Rc8 29. Rc3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oslo Trolls"]
[BlackTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
Nf3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Ndxc5 14. b4
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rc8 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Rac1 Nd6 18. Nd4 Rc4 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. Qxf5
Rfc8 21. h3 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Rc1 Be4 25. f3 Bd3 26. e4 a5
27. Bd4 axb4 28. axb4 b5 29. Kf2 Ra8 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Bxa1 c3 32. Bxc3 Kf7 33.
h4 h5 34. Ke3 Bc4 35. Kf4 g6 36. Kg5 Be2 37. Bd4 Bd1 38. Bc3 Be2 39. Bd4 Bd1
40. Bc3 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[BlackTeam "Volga Stormbringers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Nb8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 Re7 15.
Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Nf3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 c5 18. Be6 Bxe4 19. Nxe5 Raa7 20. Bf4 Nc6 21.
Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Bd6 Nd8 23. Bxf7+ Nxf7 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Re1 Bd5 26. a4 b4 27.
cxb4 cxb4 28. Rac1 Nd6 29. Red1 Nde8 30. Rd4 b3 31. Rc5 Be4 32. f3 Bb7 33. Rd3
Ke7 34. Re5+ Kf7 35. Rxb3 Bd5 36. Rbe3 Nd6 37. Rd3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[BlackTeam "Volga Stormbringers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e6 11. c3 Bg6 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. c4
O-O-O 15. Be3 c5 16. d5 Bd6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qg4 Rhe8 19. b3 Kb8 20. Rad1 e5
21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Re7 23. Qg3 Bxf4 24. Qxf4+ Qd6 25. Qxd6+ Rxd6 26. Rfe1
Rdd7 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Kf2 Kc8 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Kd7 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. Kf3
Ke5 33. Ke3 Kf5 34. Kf3 Ke5 35. Kg4 b6 36. a4 f6 37. h4 a5 38. h5 f5+ 39. Kg5
gxh5 40. Kxh5 Kf6 41. d6 Ke6 42. Kg5 Kxd6 43. Kxf5 Ke7 44. Kg6 Kf8 45. g4 Kg8
46. Kg5 Kh7 47. Kf4 Kg6 48. g5 Kh5 49. Kf5 Kh4 50. Kg6 Kg4 51. Kxg7 Kxg5 52.
Kf7 Kf5 53. Ke7 Ke5 54. Kd7 Kd4 55. Kc6 Kc3 56. Kxb6 Kb4 57. Kc6 Kxb3 58. Kb5
1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Volga Stormbringers"]
[BlackTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e3 b5 7. Qxb5 Rb8 8.
Qxc4 Rxb2 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qb8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14.
Qc6+ Ke7 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. g3 Kf8 17. Rc2 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 c5 19. dxc5 Rc8 20. Kg2
Bxc5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rc7 24. Ne5 Bb6 25. Nc4 Ke7 26. Bf3 Nd7
27. Rb1 Rc5 28. Be2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivlev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Volga Stormbringers"]
[BlackTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc3 17. a4 Qa8 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Nd5 21.
Be3 Rfc8 22. a5 h6 23. Kf1 Bg5 24. Ke2 Rb3 25. Rd2 g6 26. h4 Bxh4 27. f4 Bd8
28. axb6 Bxb6 29. Rg1 Ba5 30. f5 Nxe3 31. Ra2 Nxf5 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Rxa5 Rc2+
34. Kf1 Rbb2 35. Rxa7 Rxf2+ 36. Ke1 Rfe2+ 37. Kf1 Red2 38. Ra1 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 a5 11. Bf4 e6 12. Qd2 h6 13. h4 Re8 14. c4 d6 15. Nc3
Ra7 16. Na4 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Nxe5
Rh7 22. Qf4 Bg5 23. Qg3 Rg7 24. Qf3 Qd6 25. Re2 Bf6 26. Rae1 Rg5 27. Qe3 f4 28.
Qxf4 Rf8 29. Re3 Rf7 30. Rg3 Rxg3 31. Qxg3+ Rg7 32. Qe3 Rg5 33. Nf3 Rf5 34. Nc3
Bd4 35. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 c6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Nc3 Nd7
9. Ne4 Bb8 10. d5 Ngf6 11. dxc6 Nxe4 12. cxd7+ Bxd7 13. b3 Bc6 14. Bb2 Qb6 15.
Qc2 Nc5 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Be2 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bc6 19. O-O-O Qd8 20. Rg3 Qh4 21. Rdg1
g6 22. f4 Qxh2 23. Kd1 Bc7 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Rab8 27. Rh3
Kg7 28. Rgh1 Rh8 29. b4 Nd7 30. Rd1 Rhd8 31. Kb3 h5 32. Rd5 b6 33. Ka4 Nf6 34.
Rd2 Ng4 35. Bc6 Kh6 36. Kb5 f5 37. Bc3 Rf8 38. Bf3 Rbe8 39. Rg2 Bd8 40. Kc6 Bf6
41. Bxg4 fxg4 42. Rxg4 exf4 43. Bxf6 Rxf6 44. Rxf4 Rxf4 45. exf4 axb4 46. axb4
Re4 47. Rc3 Rxf4 48. Kxb6 g5 49. Kc6 g4 50. b5 h4 51. b6 h3 52. b7 Rf8 53. Kxd6
h2 54. Rc1 g3 55. Rh1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Ra2 Ne7 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Be3 Nbc6 14. Bd3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bb5 16. O-O Nf5 17. Bf2 h5 18. a4 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rc8 20. a5 d4 21. Ra1 Qd7
22. Qf3 Qd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rfc1 Kd7 25. Be1 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Kf2 Ne3 28.
Kf3 Nc2 29. Ra2 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rc3 31. Rae2 Rxd3+ 32. Kf2 Rh7 33. b5 axb5 34.
Rb2 Kc6 35. Re6+ Kc5 36. Rb6 Ra3 37. Rxf6 d3 38. f5 Kd4 39. Rb4+ Kc3 40. Rxb5
Rd7 41. Rc5+ Kd4 42. Rc1 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 d2 44. Rd1 Kd3 45. Re6 d4 46. f6 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Nbc6 13. g3 b6 14. Bg2
Rb8 15. O-O Ba6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rd7 Rfd8 20. Rfd1
Kf8 21. Rc7 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Rd8 23. Nc3 Nb4 24. Rxa7 Rd2 25. Rb7 Rxb2 26. Rxb6
Rc2 27. Rxb4 Rxc3 28. a4 Ra3 29. Rb8+ Ke7 30. Ra8 g5 31. a5 g4 32. a6 Kf6 33.
a7 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. f3 Rxe2+ 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. fxg4 h6 38. h4 Kg7 39. Ke1 e5
40. Kd1 e4 41. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Ne4 Bb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Re1 Re8 13. d4 Nf6 14. dxe5 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Ba7
9. Nbd2 h6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Nf1 c5 15. dxc5
dxc5 16. Ne3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. c4 Bc6 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. exd5 c4 23. Bd2 Bd4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Bc3 Rd8 27. Nxe5
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Re8 29. f4 g5 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. g4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ba4
34. Ke3 Bd1 35. Kd4 Bf3 36. Kxc4 Ke7 37. Bxg7 Bg2 38. h4 gxh4 39. Be5 Bf3 40.
g5 Kf7 41. b4 Kg6 42. d6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14.
Nf3 Qxe4 15. Re1 Qc6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qb5 19. Rc2 Ra6 20. Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. O-O-O a5 12. g4 a4 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Ne2 b5 15.
Ng3 Rfd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg5 Nd7 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 a3 20. b3 h6 21. Qg3
Kh7 22. Rhg1 Qf6 23. h4 gxf5 24. Qh3 f4 25. Rg5 Qe6 26. Rf5 Rg8 27. Ng5+ hxg5
28. Rxf7+ Qxf7 29. hxg5+ Kg7 30. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxd5 8. dxc5
Nf6 9. cxd6 cxd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. c5 Nc6 13. cxd6 Ne4 14. Bb5 Re8
15. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. c3 Rc8 10. g4 Ne7 11. Be3 h5 12. h3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Be4 14. Nbd2 c5 15.
Kg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Bb4 22. Nxe4 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. Ng3 Nxe3+ 26. fxe3 Bd2 27.
Rcd1 Bxe3 28. Rfe1 Bf4 29. Rxe6+ Kf8 30. Nf5 Rh8 31. Bxb7 Rh2+ 32. Kf3 Bg5 33.
Rd6 Rxb2 34. Bd5 Rc8 35. Be6 Rc3+ 36. Ke4 Re2+ 37. Kd5 Nb6+ 38. Rxb6 axb6 39.
Rh1 Rxe6 40. Kxe6 Kg8 41. d5 Rxb3 42. d6 Rb2 43. Re1 Rd2 44. Re4 Kf8 45. d7 b5
46. Nd4 f5 47. gxf5 Bd8 48. Nxb5 Rb2 49. Nd6 Bc7 50. Rc4 Re2+ 51. Ne4 Bd8 52.
f6 Re1 53. Rc8 Rxe4+ 54. Kd5 Re1 55. Rxd8+ Kf7 56. Re8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Qe4 Qf6 14. Nc4 Rae8
15. Nxd6 Rxe4 16. Nxe4 Qg6 17. Rxf4 Bf5 18. Ng3 Bxc2 19. Ba3 Bxb3 20. Bxf8 Bd5
21. Be7 Qc2 22. Rf2 Qxc3 23. Rb1 Nb6 24. Bc5 g6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Rxb6 Qa1+ 27.
Nf1 Qxd4 28. Rxb7 Bxa2 29. h4 h5 30. g3 Bd5 31. Re7 c5 32. Ne3 Be6 33. Ng2 Qg4
34. Rf6 Qxg3 35. Rfxe6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 c4 37. Re3 Qc7 38. Re2 c3 39. Rc2 Qc5+ 40.
Kf1 Qd4 41. Ne1 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Ng2 Kd5 44. Ne3+ Ke4 45. Nd1 Qd3+ 46. Ke1
0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 Rb8
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. g4 h6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rg1 Rd7 20. h4 Rbd8 21. a4
Nf4 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Be3 c5 25. g5 h5 26. Qe2 c4 27. Rd1 Nd4 28.
Qd2 Rd8 29. c3 Ne6 30. Qe2 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qc6 32. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. Nb3 dxc3 12. bxc3 a5 13. a4 b4 14. Bd2 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rec1 Qd6 20. Bb1 Rfd8 21. Qe3
Nd7 22. Nd2 Nf8 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Ra3 Ne6 25. Rac3 Nd4 26. Nd2 c6 27. Nf3 Nxf3+
28. Qxf3 Rd4 29. Qe2 g6 30. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6
9. a4 Re8 10. b4 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Ng3
Ng6 16. c4 c6 17. a5 d5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 dxe4 20. dxe4 c5 21. bxc5 Qc7 22.
Qc3 Rc6 23. Reb1 Nd7 24. Rd1 Rxc5 25. Qb4 Ngf8 26. Nf5 Rxc4 27. Qe7 Rc6 28. Nd6
Nf6 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Nxe5 Re7 31. Nexf7 Rxf7 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Rab1 Rb8 34.
Rd6 N6d7 35. e5 Ke7 36. Kf2 Ne6 37. Ke2 Ndc5 38. Rb4 Rf8 39. g4 h5 40. gxh5 Rh8
41. Rd5 Rxh5 42. Rc4 Nd7 43. Rb4 Ndc5 44. Rc4 Nd7 45. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Bg5 Nd4 14. O-O-O
Rac8 15. Kb1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Kg7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Rd3 Ne7 20. Rhd1 Nxd5
21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rc7 23. Kc2 b6 24. Be2 Bg5 25. g3 Re7 26. Bc4 f5 27. Kd3
Bc1 28. Kc2 Be3 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Bb5 Bg1 31. h3 h5 32. Be2 Bf2 33. g4 fxg4 34.
hxg4 h4 35. Rd1 Bg3 36. Kd3 h3 37. Ke4 h2 38. Bf3 Rf7 39. Ke3 Bf4+ 40. Ke2 Kf6
41. Kf2 Kg5 42. c4 Bc1 43. Rxc1 e4 44. Kg2 exf3+ 45. Kxh2 Kxg4 46. Rg1+ Kf4 47.
Rg8 Rd7 48. Kg1 Rd1+ 49. Kf2 Rd2+ 50. Kf1 Rxb2 51. Ra8 Ke3 52. Re8+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8.
d4 Nf5 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 d5 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Nf3 c6 14. a4 a5 15.
Qb3 Re8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. h3 Rb8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4+ Kh8 21. Bd3 Bd7
22. Qf7 Rf8 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Bxa5 Nd5 26. Bd2 Kg7 27. Bc4 Nc7 28.
a5 Rfe8 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Ne1 Bf7 31. b3 Rd8 32. Nc2 Bd5 33. Bc3 c5 34. Ne3
Bxc4 35. bxc4 cxd4 36. Bxd4 Ne6 37. Bc3 Kf7 38. Rb1 Nc5 39. Nd5 f5 40. Rb6 Rd7
41. Nf6 Rd8 42. Nxh7 Be7 43. Bf6 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Nd7 45. Rxb7 Nxf6 46. Ng5+ Ke8
47. a6 Ra1 48. a7 Bd6+ 49. g3 Nd7 50. c5 Bxc5 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. a8=Q Rxa8 53.
Rxa8 Bxf2 54. Ra6 Nf8 55. h4 Be3 56. Nf3 Kf7 57. Kg2 Nd7 58. Rd6 Nf8 59. Ne5+
Kg7 60. Kf3 Bc5 61. Rc6 Ba3 62. Kf4 Bb4 63. Nf3 Ba3 64. Ng5 Be7 65. Rc7 Kf6 66.
Rc6+ Kg7 67. Nf3 Ba3 68. Nd4 Bb2 69. Nb5 Kf7 70. Nd6+ Ke7 71. Nc4 Bd4 72. Kf3
Ne6 73. Ra6 Bc3 74. Ne3 Bd4 75. Nd5+ Kf7 76. Kg2 Nc5 77. Ra7+ Ke6 78. Nf4+ Kf6
79. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O a6 10. b3 h6 11. Be2 Qd7 12. Kb1 Bf6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. c4 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. c5 d5 19. h4 b6 20. Rhe1 bxc5
21. Qxc5 Rb5 22. Qa3 Qc6 23. Qb2 a5 24. c4 Rc5 25. cxd5 Bf5+ 26. Ka1 Qd7 27.
Qd4 Rc2 28. g4 Bh7 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. d6 cxd6 31. Qxd6 Rc8 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. h5
Bc2 34. Rc1 Rd8 35. Qb2 Bd3 36. Qc3 f5 37. Rd1 fxg4 38. Bxg4 Be4 39. Re1 Qb7
40. Qxa5 Rd5 41. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 c6 6. Ne3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Na6 11. Nec2 Bc5 12. b3 Nb4 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Ne3 Bh5 15.
a3 Na6 16. Ndf5 Bg6 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng4 Re6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21.
Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qd2 Kf8 23. Nxf6 Qd8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Bf3 Nc2 26. Qh4 Qa5 27.
Nxh7+ Ke8 28. Nf6+ Kd8 29. Bg4 Kc7 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Rb7 13. b3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15.
Nc3 Be6 16. a4 Ng4 17. axb5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 axb5 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxc2 23. Rxb5 d5 24. exd5 Bc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Bc4
Rd8 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Kf3 f5 30. Ra6 Rcxd5 31. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2
Bb6 15. h3 Be6 16. b4 Rc8 17. Bd4 Qd6 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Qd7 20. Nf3 Bf5 21.
Qc3 Rb8 22. Qe5 f6 23. Qg3 Be4 24. Nd4 Rb4 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. cxd6 c5 27. Ne6 Rb6
28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rfd1 c4 30. Rac1 Ke8 31. Rd4 Rb5 32. f3 Bd3 33. e4 dxe4 34.
d7+ Kd8 35. fxe4 Ra5 36. Re1 Re5 37. Kf2 h5 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. exd5 c3 40. Ke3
Bg6 41. Kd4 c2 42. Kc3 Kxd7 43. Kd2 Bf7 44. Kxc2 Bxd5 45. g3 Bxa2 46. Ra1 Be6
47. Rxa7+ Ke8 48. Rxg7 Bxh3 49. Kd3 Kf8 50. Ra7 Bg4 51. Ke4 Bh3 52. Kf4 Bg4 53.
Ra5 Kf7 54. Rc5 Kf8 55. Ke4 Kf7 56. Kd5 Kf8 57. Rc7 Bh3 58. Kd6 Bg4 59. Rh7 Kg8
60. Re7 Kf8 61. Re4 Kf7 62. Rf4 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Nd2
g6 15. Bd3 Ng7 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Be5 Qd8 21.
Re1 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Nxe5 Qe7 24. Nd3 Nd6 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Qe5+ Qf6 27.
Kf1 Nc4 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Ke2 h5 30. g3 Kf5 31. f3 g5 32. g4+ hxg4 33. hxg4+
Kf6 34. b3 Nd6 35. Nf2 Ke6 36. Kd3 f5 37. c4 dxc4+ 38. bxc4 b5 39. cxb5 cxb5
40. Nd1 fxg4 41. fxg4 a5 42. Ne3 Kf6 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Nc7+ Kd7 45. Nd5 Ke6 46.
Nc7+ Kd7 47. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Ne4 h6 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6
15. Be3 Ne7 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 b5 20. cxb6 cxb6 21.
d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qc6 24. Qxb6 Qxa4 25. Rb1 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.03.13"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[BlackTeam "Delhi Dynamite"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qe7 9. Qc2 Nb8 10. b4 Bd6 11. a3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bb2 c6 14. Bd3 Rd8 15.
Nh4 Bc7 16. Ndf3 a5 17. Rad1 axb4 18. cxb4 Nbd7 19. Bc4 Nf8 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nf5
Qe8 22. Rfe1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 N6xd7 24. h4 h5 25. gxh5 Bxh5 26. Ng5 Nh7 27. Ng3
Nxg5 28. hxg5 Bg6 29. Nf5 Nf8 30. Kg2 Ne6 31. Bc1 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qc3
Qe5 34. Qxe5 Bxe5 35. Rd1 Rxa3 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nxg6+ fxg6 38. Rd7 Ke8 39. Rxb7
Kd8 40. b5 cxb5 41. Rxb5 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sachdev, Tania"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.03.13"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[BlackTeam "Delhi Dynamite"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Be7 4. g3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Na4 Rb8 13. Qb6 Bd8 14. Qxc7 Bxc7
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Nc3 f5 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nb4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Bf6 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Be7 24. Rd4 Bf6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 a5 27.
Nd3 b5 28. c5 Rc8 29. Ra6 Bd8 30. a3 Kg7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Kf6 33. f4 Rb8
34. Ra7 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.03.13"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delhi Dynamite"]
[BlackTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rac1
Rfc8 15. Qa3 Qf8 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 bxc5 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20. Bf1
Nd5 21. f4 Qe7 22. Bg2 Nb6 23. b3 Rc7 24. Qa5 c4 25. bxc4 Nxc4 26. Qa6 Nb2 27.
Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qd6 Rc8 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd4 g6 32. Bf1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hemant, Sharma"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.03.13"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delhi Dynamite"]
[BlackTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. a3 a5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O O-O
9. Ne1 Ne7 10. Nc2 c6 11. Rb1 d5 12. cxd5 Nexd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxe2 19. Bf3 Rc2 20. Rd1 Bf5 21.
Ra1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Be4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Be3 Nc3 25. Rd3 d4 26. Kf1 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. g4 d4 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. gxf5 Nc6 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Nxa1
15. Bxa1 Qd7 16. Ne4 Qxf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxb7 Rad8 19. Kc2 Rfe8 20. Bc3 Bc5
21. f3 Bd4 22. Re1 g6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Bd5 Qb6 25. b4 f5 26. Qd3 Bxc3 27. dxc3
Qd6 28. a4 a5 29. Kb3 Rb8 30. b5 Qc5 31. h4 Rbd8 32. h5 Kf6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Qe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Rd6 36. Re1 Rc8 37. Rh1 Kg7 38. Kc2 g5 39. Rd1 Kf6 40. Kd3
Rb6 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Rg1 Kf6 43. Ke3 Rd6 44. Rb1 Rb6 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Kf2 Kf6 47.
Rh1 Kg7 48. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {The
most fashionable line nowadays.} Nf6 (7... Ne5) ({and} 7... Bd6 {are also
common moves.}) 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 (10. f4 {is the most popular
continuation.}) 10... Bb7 11. Bxb5 $5 {This is a typical sacrifice in this
type of position. Black still hasn't been able to finish his development, so
sometimes White has this breaking move.} Rc8 $1 $146 {A nice cool-blooded
novelty by Anand. Black ignores the b5-bishop, he continues the pressure on
the c-file and he will get back the e4-pawn.} (11... axb5 $2 {is bad obviously,
as} 12. Ndxb5 Qb8 13. Bb6 $16 {and Black is in trouble.}) ({The tempting} 11...
Bxa3 $6 {is dubious, because} 12. Bf4 $1 Bd6 13. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 14. Rxd6 $1 {
What a good tactical blow!} Qxd6 15. Bxe5 Qe7 16. Bd6 Qf7 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Re1 (
18. f3 Rc6 19. Ba3 $16 {Frolyanov-Khanin, Kazan 2017, and Black can't castle.})
18... Qg6 19. Qe3 $16 {Admiraal-Leenhouts, Belgium 2017, and White has a lot
of threats, he is clearly better.}) 12. Ba4 (12. Be2 $5 {was the another
option.}) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Qc4 $1 {The smart solution of the
pin.} (14... Qa5 {is also possible,} 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 {and transposing to the
text move.}) 15. Bxe5 ({In the event of} 15. Bb3 Nd3+ $1 16. Kb1 (16. Rxd3 $2 {
does not work, as there is} Qxd3 $17) 16... Qxd4 17. cxd3 Bg6 $132 {with a
complicated position.}) 15... Qxa4 16. Rd2 {The best way to protect c2.} f6 17.
Bd6 Kf7 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Bxf8 ({Keeping the tension with} 19. Ree2 {was
probably more accurate,} Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rhe8 21. f4 $36 {and the white pieces
are more active.}) 19... Rhxf8 20. Qd6 Kg8 21. f4 Rfe8 $6 {A straightforward
continuation, but here this is an inaccuracy.} (21... Qc4 $1 {was the correct
reply!} 22. Qxd7 ({or} 22. Kb1 $6 e5 $1 23. fxe5 fxe5 $17 {and suddenly White
is in trouble.}) 22... Bf7 23. Nxe6 Qa2 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 22.
Re3 $1 {White activates his rook and controls the important c3-square.} Qc4 23.
b3 {White could consolidate his position, the black queen has to go back.
White's position is promising.} Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Kb2 Rb8 26. g4 ({Of
course not} 26. c4 $2 {, because of} Rxc4 $1 {.}) 26... Bf7 27. a4 Rc5 28. Ne2
$1 {The knight wasn't already so useful on d4, so White opens the d-file for
the rook.} Rc7 ({In the event of} 28... d5 $6 29. Nd4 $1 {the knight comes
back again, because now the e6-pawn is weak.} Rb6 30. Rde2 $18 {and Black
can't protect the e6-pawn.}) 29. Rd6 $1 Ra7 30. Red3 Be8 31. f5 {Black is very
passive, White can improve his position without allowing any counterplay.
White blocks the dark-squares.} exf5 32. gxf5 Rc8 33. Nc3 Rc5 34. R3d5 Rc6 35.
Ne4 Kf7 36. Rd3 Rac7 37. c4 {Finally the c-pawn also advances.} g6 $6 {Loses
immediately, but Black's position was already bad.} (37... Ke7 38. R6d4 $16 {
followed by Nd6 and Black simply can't play.}) 38. fxg6+ {and Black resigned,
because he loses the f6-pawn.} (38. fxg6+ hxg6 39. Nxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Re1
d6 9. d4 Bd7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a4 Be7 13. Na3 Rf8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15.
Nc4 Kh8 16. b4 g6 17. a5 a6 18. Ncd2 f5 19. h3 Bg5 20. c4 Bh6 21. Nb1 fxe4 22.
Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Nc3 Rf7 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Raf8 27. Ra3 Rf4 28.
Rae3 R4f6 29. Rc3 Rf4 30. Rce3 R4f6 31. Rc3 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 d4 15.
bxa5 Bxa5 16. Nxa5 Rxa5 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. Rfe1 Rd5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nc6 bxc6
21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 c5 23. d4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rd8 26. Bb6 Rd6 27.
Bc5 Rd5 28. Be3 Bd7 29. h3 Ba4 30. Rc1 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxd1 32. f3 e5 33. h4 h5
34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke1 Ba4 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke1 Ba4 38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 a6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Be2 Be4 10. Ng5 Nxe5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bd4 Nc6 14. O-O Be7
15. Bc4 O-O 16. Re1 b5 17. cxb6 Ncxd4 18. b7 Rb8 19. cxd4 a5 20. d5 e5 21. d6
Nxd6 22. Bd5 Nxb7 23. Rxe4 Bf6 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Bc6 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rfc8 27. Bxb7
Rxb7 28. Ra4 h6 29. Rxa5 Rc2 30. Rb1 e4 31. Ra4 Re7 32. Re1 Rxb2 33. Kf1 Rc7
34. Raxe4 Rxa2 35. R4e2 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Re7 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Nc1 h5 39. h3 g6
40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 (5... c6 {is the main line but
the text move has recently gained popularity, too.}) 6. Bxc4 Nf6 {This
position usually arises from another move order (2...dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 b5 5.
a4 b4 6.Bxc4 e6). According to the classical notion, such a "primitive"
defence should not be enough for equality as White has comfortable b3 and c4
squares for his pieces. However, strong grandmasters have manage to
successfully solve Black's problems more and more often.} 7. a5 {A typical
idea. White isolates Black's queenside pawns. However, White's a5-pawn
requires support, too.} ({The simple} 7. O-O {is more common.}) 7... a6 {
Black plans Bc8-b7 so he should not allow a5-a6.} 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 {
If Black delays this advance, White can prepare e3-e4, although it proved not
to be so dangerous for Black in the following game:} (9... Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11.
e4 c5 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nxd4 16. Nbxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4
Nc5 $11 {0-1 (30) Kekelidze,M (2451)-Azarov,S (2635) Rockville 2014}) 10. Nb3 (
10. Bb3 Be7 11. Ba4+ {1/2 (20) Rogozenco,D (2524)-Itkis,B (2370) Mamaia 2015}
Nbd7 $11) 10... Nbd7 11. dxc5 (11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {
0-1 (38) Alfaro,W (2181)-Quesada Perez,Y (2541) Managua 2017}) 11... Nxc5 12.
Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 $11 {Black has no serious problems after
the opening. His only concern is the b4-pawn but it can be protected quite
easily.} 15. Bd2 Ke7 16. Rac1 Rhc8 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Rfd1 Bd5 $2 {
But after this mistake Black gets into trouble.} ({Black had a lot of decent
moves including} 19... Nc6 {in order to simplify the game.}) 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Bxa6 Ra8 22. Bf1 Rxa5 23. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d6] That's the point. White attacks
Black's bishop and thus his b4-pawn. Black's pieces are placed awkwardly, and
he has no good defence.} Bc5 24. Rc1 Ra2 {Black gives up a piece to obtain
counterplay. Of course, his compensation is insufficient but it is his best
practical chance.} (24... Nd7 25. Rxc5 $1 Nxc5 26. Bxb4 $18) (24... Nc4 25.
Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxb5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Bxb4 Kd6 29. Kf1 Kd5 30. Bxc5 Kxc5
31. Ke2 $18) 25. Rxc5 Rxb2 26. e4 $1 (26. f4 Rxd2 (26... Nd7 27. Bc1 $1 Rb1 28.
Rc7) 27. fxe5 b3 28. Nc3 Rc2 29. Nxd5+ exd5 30. Rxd5 b2 31. Rb5 Rd2 {with a
positional draw - White can't make progress.}) 26... Rxd2 27. exd5 exd5 28. Rc1
b3 29. Rb1 b2 (29... Nc4 $5 30. Nc3 (30. Rxb3 $2 Rd1 {[%cal Rd1f1,Rc4d2]})
30... Na5 31. Ba6 $5 Kd6 32. Kf1 $16) 30. Nc3 Nc4 31. Nxd5+ Rxd5 $2 {After
this exchange of pieces Black's position is hopeless.} (31... Kd6 $1 {was
better, after which White had to display extreme precision:} 32. Nc3 $1 (32.
Bxc4 $2 Rc2 33. Nc3 Rxc3 34. Bf1 Rc2 {with a probable draw}) 32... Rc2 $1 (
32... Ke5 33. Bxc4 Kd4 34. Na4 Kxc4 35. Nxb2+ Kb3 36. Nd1+ $1 Kc2 37. Rb2+ Kxd1
38. Rb7 {and White should win}) 33. Rd1+ Kc5 34. Na4+ $1 Kb4 35. Bd3 Rd2 $1 36.
Rxd2 Nxd2 37. Nxb2 Kc3 38. Bxh7 Kxb2 39. Bg8 $1 f6 40. f3 $1 {with good
winning chances due to the poor position of Black's knight, e.g.} Kc3 41. Kf2
Kd4 42. Ba2 $1 {[%csl Rd2]}) 32. Bxc4 Rc5 33. Re1+ Kf6 34. Bd3 Rd5 35. Bb1 h5
36. g3 g5 37. Kg2 g4 (37... Rd2 38. Kf3 {[%cal Yf3e3]}) 38. Re2 Rb5 39. Re8 Rd5
40. Re2 Rb5 41. h4 Kg7 42. Re7 Rd5 43. Rb7 Rd2 44. Ba2 Kh6 45. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 Rb8 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c3 a6 14. a4 Bd5 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bg5 Bxe5
21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Ra6 c5 23. Be3 Rfc8 24. Rda1 h5 25. Ra7 c4 26. Rd7 b4 27. Bd4
bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb3 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Kf4 Rbb8 31. Kg5 Ra8 32. Re1 Rc6 33. f4 Ra2
34. h3 Rd2 35. f5 Rd3 36. Kf4 h4 37. e6 Kf8 38. gxh4 fxe6 39. Ra1 exf5 40. Kxf5
Rxh3 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ke5 Rxh4 44. Kxd5 Rg6 45. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ng5 14. O-O-O Nxf3
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf5 Nh4 17. Qg4 Ng6 18. f4 Qh4 19. Rd3 Qxg4 20. hxg4 f5 21.
g5 Kf7 22. Rxh7 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. a3 Nf8 25. Ne2 Ke7 26. Rc3 Kd7 27. Kd2
Ne6 28. Rc1 g6 29. b4 a5 30. Kd3 axb4 31. axb4 Ba7 32. Ra1 Bb6 33. Ra6 Rb8 34.
Ra2 Rh8 35. Ra1 Ke7 36. Ra2 Kd7 37. Ra1 Ke7 38. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Qd2
Qb6 15. Nf4 h5 16. g3 Rc7 17. Bd3 Kd8 18. c3 Kc8 19. Bc2 Kb8 20. a3 a5 21. Bb3
Rb7 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. Rhe1 Rd8 24. f4 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. Ka1 Bf8 27. Rc1 Ka7
28. Ba2 Rc7 29. Red1 Bb7 30. Ne1 d4 31. Nc2 d3 32. Nd4 Bc5 33. Qxd3 Bxd4 34.
cxd4 Rxd4 35. Qe2 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 b4 37. Bxf7 h4 38. Qe3 Rd7 39. Qxb6+ Kxb6 40.
Be6 Rd2 41. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718 playoff"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Bb5
Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Rfd8 16. h3 a6 17. Nc3 b5 18. a4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 g5 20. Bg3 b4 21.
Ne2 Rc8 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nd5 24. Qd1 Qc5 25. Rxa6 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27.
Nd4 Rxb2 28. a5 b3 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Rb8 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 b2 32. a6 Ra1 33. Rxb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Na5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 c6 14. Nd4 Qg5
15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. Bd5 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4
Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Rg1 Qc5 24. c3 Rf2 25. b4 Qxc3 26. Qxd6
Rxa2 27. h3 Rd2 28. Qxa6 Rxd3 29. Qe6 Qxb4 30. Qf5+ Kh8 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O Nd7 6. d3 e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 f6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Nb5 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Bc5 16. Be2 Qb6 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bd4 20. Qb1 N7c6
21. Kg2 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Nd4 23. Qb2 Nxe2 24. Qxe2 Nd3 25. Rc2 Nb4 26. Rcc1 Nd3
27. Rc2 Nb4 28. Bxb4 Qxb4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. e5 b6 32. h4 h6 33.
exf6 Qxf6 34. Rd6 Re8 35. Rd7 Re7 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qe4+ Qf5 38. Qxf5+ exf5 39.
Rf8 Re2 40. Rxf5 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Nc6 6. Nxc4 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Rc1 a5 11. Bc3 f6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Nfd2 Rfd8 14. Ne4 b6 15.
Bb2 Nd5 16. Nc3 Nce7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ Nxd5 19. Qc2 Bh6 20. Rcd1 Qe6 21.
a3 c5 22. e4 Ne7 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Bg7 25. Kh1 f5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ Rd4
28. Rde1 Rad8 29. Ne5 Kg8 30. Qc2 fxe4 31. dxe4 Nc6 32. Nf3 Rd3 33. f5 gxf5 34.
exf5 Qd5 35. Qg2+ Kh8 36. f6 Qg8 37. Ng5 h6 38. f7 Qxg5 39. Qxg5 hxg5 40. Re8+
1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 Be6
9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 Bc8 11. f4 Ng4 12. Nf3 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 14. e5 O-O 15. h3 Nh6
16. Nc4 Be6 17. Bd2 Nf7 18. Kh2 Kh8 19. Qe1 Qd7 20. Qg3 Bd5 21. Rg1 Rg8 22.
Rae1 Ncd8 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Nfe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qe8 26. Bf3 Bf6 27. h4 Qxa4 28. h5
Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rc8 30. h6 Rc7 31. Rxc5 Rd7 32. Qh4 Nc6 33. hxg7+ Rgxg7 34. Rxg7
Rxg7 35. Qf6 Qa1 36. Bg2 Qd1 37. Qxe6 Qxd2 38. Qd5 Qxf4+ 39. Kh1 Re7 40. Qxf5
Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Ng3 f5 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 e4 18. Nd2 d5 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Bxh6 Rf8 21. Be3 c5
22. Rad1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Ba5 24. Rf1 Nb8 25. Nb1 Nc6 26. Na3 Bc7 27. Nc2 Nd8 28.
f3 Ne6 29. Rf2 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Bb6 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Be6
15. Bb3 Qe7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 f6 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Nd2 Nf8 21.
Nc4 Ne6 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Be3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 b5 25. Kf1 g6 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Ra7
Rd7 28. Ra8 Rd8 29. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. h3
Rae8 16. b5 Ne7 17. c4 d4 18. c5 Ng6 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Rec1 Nd7 21. c6 bxc6 22.
bxc6 Nb8 23. Qa2 Nxc6 24. Rab1 a5 25. Qd5 Qa8 26. Nf5 Bb6 27. Qa2 Nge7 28. Ng3
Nc8 29. Rc2 Nd6 30. Nf5 Nxf5 31. exf5 Rf6 32. Nh4 Ne7 33. g4 e4 34. dxe4 Qxe4
35. Re1 Qa8 36. Qc4 Rc6 37. Qd3 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Nd5 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Nf3 Qe2
41. Ne1 d3 42. Nxd3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
d5 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Be6 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. Bb3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 f6 16. Bxe6+ Rxe6 17. Kf1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Be3 Kf7 20. Ke2 Ke6
21. Nd2 Rb8 22. g4 a5 23. h4 a4 24. Rc1 Na5 25. b4 Nb7 26. c4 Bxb4 27. cxb5 Nd6
28. Rxc7 Bxd2 29. Kxd2 Rxb5 30. Rxg7 Rb2+ 31. Kd3 Rxa2 32. Rxh7 Ra3+ 33. Kc2
Nxe4 34. Ra7 Nxf2 35. Bxf2 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 Rxf2 37. Rxa4 Rh2 38. h5 f5 39. Ra6+
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Nc4 Bf6 12. Rc1 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 Qe7 14. Qc2 b6 15.
Nc4 e5 16. d3 Rfe8 17. Qb2 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rfd1 Bg6 20. a3 Rad8 21. Ncd2 Na5
22. Nc4 Nc6 23. Ncd2 Na5 24. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
exd5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 cxd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. exd5 e4 14.
Nd2 e3 15. fxe3 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bg4 17. Nf3 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Re2 19. b4 Bxf3 20.
Rxf3 Rxa2 21. Kg1 Rd2 22. c4 Rb8 23. b5 axb5 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxc7 Rb1+ 26.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Kf8 28. Rc8+ Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kf8 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 O-O 7. Bf4 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Bxd4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Qb3
Ne4 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Nd2 Na4 20. Nc4 Qxc3
21. Nd6 Re7 22. Qxa4 Kxh7 23. Rac1 Qf6 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxa7 Nxa7 26. Rxc8
Nxc8 27. Qc2+ Qg6 28. Qxc8 Re2 29. Qxb7 Rxa2 30. Qb1 Qxb1 31. Rxb1 h5 32. h4 g6
33. g3 Ra3 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Rb7 Kg7 36. Rc7 Kf6 37. Rb7 Kg7 38. Rc7 Kf6 39. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 {In this line White gets himself a
comfortable Dragon with some tempi ahead thanks to Black's Nd5-b6-d5, but what
is a comfortable position for Black may not be fully satisfactory from White's
point of view.} 12. Qc2 ({More common is} 12. Qa4 {After} a6 13. a3 Re8 14. Nd2
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd4 {So-Topalov, Sinquefield Cup 2016, Black equalized. Wesley
managed to win that game, but today he was willing to be on the other side.})
12... Re8 13. a3 a5 {A bit unusual.} 14. Qa4 {Vishy is trying to exploit a
minor weakening of the light squares caused by the ...a5-move.} Bd6 15. Ng5
Bxg2 16. Qc4 $5 {Fancy but rather harmless.} Qe7 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Ne4 Ne6 19.
Qd5 f5 {Wesley So invites concrete play.} ({Also possible was} 19... Red8) 20.
Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxb7 (21. Qxd6 cxd6 22. Rc3 {wins White the c-file, but Black
isn't without chances:} f4 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Rc7 Nxe2 25. Rxb7 Rf8 26. Rb6 f3+
27. Kh3 Rf6 {The position of the white king is a bit unnerving.}) 21... Rab8
22. Qf3 f4 $1 {The ensuing complication were well worked out by both players.}
23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Qe4 Rxb2 25. Bxf4 Nxe2 (25... Rxe2 26. Be3 Rf8 {would likely
have forced repetition after} 27. Rce1 Ra2 28. Ra1 Re2 {etc.}) 26. Rc6 Nxf4+
27. gxf4 Qd7 28. Qc4+ (28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Qc4+ Qd5+ 30. Qxd5+ Rxd5 31. Rxc7 {
is a sure draw for Black, as long as he avoids} Rxd3 $6 32. Re1) 28... Kh8 29.
fxe5 Rc2 {Neat!} 30. Qxc2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Rxe5 33. Rc5 Qg4+ 34. Kh1
Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {Introduced into
tournament practice in the 1990's this little move shows White's big ambition
to build up a big centre by preventing the black bishop from coming to b4.} Be7
{The d7-d5 break can be delayed.} ({In the past Anand and some members of his
coaching staff relied on} 6... d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Bxd4 {which is
a dull but reliable way to equalise.}) 7. e4 ({Carlsen-Gelfand, 2009 saw a
different plan:} 7. g3 Qb6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg2 Rd8 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 exd5 {
the resulting position looks like it came from the Tarrasch Defence, possibly
with an extra tempo for Black thanks to White's Nf3-d4-f3.}) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 {
Normally White wouldn't retreat with that knight,} ({but} 8. Be2 d5 {is known
to be equal.}) 8... Qa5 $5 {Still a relatively fresh idea. Black insists on
his central break.} ({A Hedgehog-like formation can be reached via the standard
} 8... Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 {Anand had this position with Black against
Vallejo back in 2005!}) 9. Bd2 {I'm rather surprised with this one.} ({One
would think the endgame up a pawn after the semi-forced} 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5
exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd5 Qa6 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qb5 {would be
right up Carlsen's alley.}) 9... Qh5 10. Be2 d5 {So, the break goes through.}
11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. O-O ({Black absolutely doesn't mind the split
pawns after} 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 {as his pawn formation provides support
to his Nd5, as seen in Huzman-Timofeev, 2016 and Inarkiev-Gelfand 2017}) 13...
Nf6 $5 {A novelty and improvement from Vishy, which was rather predictable.} ({
We talked about the c6-pawn in the note above, but here things take a bit of a
different shape after} 13... Rd8 14. Nd4 Qg6 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Bf3 {as White got himself a free ride in Wojtaszek-Borisek, 2015. Naturally,
Carlsen wouldn't mind a repeat of such a scenario, but this being a Wojtaszek
game made it very unlikely to escape a careful examination in Anand's lab.})
14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bf3 {White's only hope in this dry desert type
of position is the pressure against b7, but Black's next takes care of that.}
Qa6 $1 17. Re1 Be6 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Bg4 $1 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 {Dead equal. One
last thing left to do was to honour the 30-move rule.} 21. h3 Ne5 22. Nf4 Nc6
23. Nd5 Bd6 24. Bc3 f6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Rd2 Kf7 27. Red1 Bb8 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29.
Nb4 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Bf4 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Ke2 Bd6 34. Nc2 Nc6 35. Nd4
Nxd4+ 36. Bxd4 a6 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Be3 Kd5 39. f3 b5 40. Bd2 f5 41. Be1 g6 42.
Bd2 Be7 43. Be1 Bd6 44. Bd2 Be7 45. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be4
Rae8 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 c6 18. f4 f6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5
cxd5 21. exf6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Rxf6 23. Qd2 d4 24. Rd1 d3 25. Qxd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3
Rxf4 27. Rd6 Rc4 28. Rxa6 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kg1 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Kg1
Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 (11. Bc2 {is the other main line.}) 11...
Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nf4 15. Nf3 (15. Bc2 {is another
continuation.}) 15... Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Rc3 $1 $146 {A very accurate novelty
by Vachier Lagrave.} (17. Bc2 {(Ye Jiangchuan-Norri, Helsinki 1992)} {and
Black should have been played} c5 $1 $132 {with good counterplay.}) 17... Ne6
18. g4 {An ambitious move, White avoids the pin, so Black can't play for ...
Bg5.} ({Nevertheless} 18. Be3 {was more natural,} Bg5 19. Qe2 ({or} 19. Rc6 {
with strong pressure on the c-file, so White's position seems to be more
comfortable.})) 18... Bg6 19. Be3 a5 (19... Be4 $5 {was also an interesting
option.}) 20. Bc2 Bb4 21. Rb3 f5 $1 {The white kingside is a little bit weak,
so Black starts to attack there and opens the f-file.} 22. exf6 Bxc2 23. Qxc2
Qxf6 24. Ne5 c5 $1 {I like this move so much! Black ignores the Nd7, he just
concentrates on the activity!} 25. Nd7 Qf7 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 {White is a clear
exchange up, but his R is bad on b3 and Black's pieces are very active on both
sides.} 27. Qf5 {This is the human move to simplify the position, as the white
K is a little bit weak.} (27. dxc5 $6 {is weak, as} d4 $1 $36) ({However} 27.
a3 $1 {was the most accurate,} c4 28. axb4 cxb3 29. Qxb3 Qf3 30. Qd1 Qxh3 31.
bxa5 $1 {White has to create counterplay.} Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Ra3 $1 Rxg4+
34. Rg3 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 $11 {and equal. What a nice variation!})
27... cxd4 (27... c4 $1 {was even stronger,} 28. Rxb4 Qd7 $1 {This is the
point! Black protects the d5 for tempo!} (28... axb4 29. Qxd5 $132) 29. Qe5
axb4 30. Bd2 h5 $1 $36 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29.
Rxb4 $2 {A mistake, from now White's position becomes bad.} (29. a3 $1 {
was the only correct reply,} Nc5 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Bxd4 Nb3 32. Rd1 $11 {
and the position is drawish.}) 29... axb4 30. Bd2 b3 $1 $17 {The most precise
move!} 31. axb3 Rf3 32. b4 Rd3 {The black R is very active on the 3rd rank.}
33. Re1 Kf7 34. Bc1 Rxh3 35. Re5 Rd3 36. Kf1 (36. Kg2 Rd1 $19 {is also
hopeless for White.}) 36... Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 g6 39. f4 Nd8 ({
The simple} 39... h5 {was also winning,} 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxh5 f4 $19) 40. g5
Ke6 {Great game by Anand!} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. c3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Nfd2 f5 15.
Na3 Be6 16. Nc2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. f3 Rf7 20. Re2 Raf8 21. Ne1
Ne7 22. Bc2 a5 23. Bb3 Rg7 24. Qd3 Bd7 25. a4 Kh8 26. Qd2 h5 27. Nd3 Nf5 28.
Bxd5 Ne3 29. Rxe3 fxe3 30. Qxe3 Bxa4 31. Ra1 Re7 32. Qd2 Bb5 33. Rxa5 Bxd3 34.
Qxd3 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rfe8 36. Ra8 Qf4 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. Qd1 Qxh2 39. Qd2 Qh4+ 40.
Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Kf1 Ra8 43. Ke2 Ra1 44. Kd3 b5 45. c4 bxc4+ 46. Kxc4
Qf4 47. Qe2 Qc1+ 48. Kb5 Qc8 49. Kb6 Qb8+ 50. Kc6 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Fernandez,D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 (8. cxd5 {Fernandez,D} Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 {
seems to me a completely logical question: Black has an IQP, and probably will
do so for the rest of the game. It is a difficult problem to resolve by
dynamic means, as White will simply meet ...d4 with e4 (even if there is no
trick such as taking and then Be3.) For instance, White was successful in the
following encounter:} Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6 15. Rc1 d4 16. g4
Bg6 17. e4 Re8 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Bc4 $1 $14 {Svidler,P-Harikrishna,P Shenzhen
2017}) 8... Nc6 9. a3 {Fernandez,D: 'I do not believe that this move (if
followed by the next) is White's most critical idea.'} ({Previously I
commentated on a Tata Steel game for this site:} 9. Rd1 {Fernandez,D} Qa5 10.
a3 Re8 (10... Be7 {is more common now, and then} 11. Be2 {has a huge score for
White; indeed I suspect White is probably slightly better following} Ne4 12.
cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O $14) 11. Nd2 (11. Be2 e5 $15 {is the point})
11... e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 $1 (13. Qc1 Bf5 {is liable to lead to a forced
draw.} 14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ $11 {Carlsen, M-Nakamura,H Douglas 2017})
13... Bf5 14. Bd3 $14 {Mamedyarov,S-Anand,V Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Qa5 10.
O-O-O (10. Ra2 $5 {(Fernandez,D) was the move chosen in a Topalov game, and it
might be a good try for an edge.} Be7 11. b4 Qd8 12. h3 b6 (12... d4 $1 $11)
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Ng5 Rc8 $6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ba6 $14 {Topalov,
V-Nakamura,H Saint Louis 2017}) (10. Nd2 {Fernandez,D} Bb4 $5 11. cxd5 exd5 12.
Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qd8 $132 {Topalov,V-Nakamura, H Paris 2017, could have been
a decent try for an edge, notwithstanding that it ultimately failed}) 10... Ne4
$5 {A curious pawn sacrifice.} (10... Be7 {is the main move.}) 11. Nb5 {
This move became topical after two important games played in 1992.
Subsequently, it was considered nearly a refutation of 10...Ne4 but the
present game will certainly change that verdict.} (11. cxd5 $6 {is absolutely
harmless:} Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxa3+ 14. Kc2 exd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rb5
{1-0 (43) Zoler,D (2548)-Kobrin,M (2291) Israel 2013} b6 $11) (11. Nb1 $6 {
is dubious:} f5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nfd2 Rxf4 $1 15. Nb3 Rxf2 16.
Qxf2 Qb6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Nc3 Rf8 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. cxd5 Nd3+ 21. Rxd3 Bb5 22.
Qg4 Bxd3 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Re1 h6 25. d6 Rd8 $17 {1/2 (41) Farago,I (2533)
-Sibarevic,M (2363) Ljubljana 1999}) (11. Nxe4 {is the most principled
continuation, of course, but after} dxe4 12. Qxe4 (12. Nd2 e5 13. Nb3 Qb6 $13 {
Spasov S-Sergiev corr 1991}) 12... Bxa3 13. bxa3 Qxa3+ {it turns out that
White can't successfully avoid the perpetual check:} 14. Kd2 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 (15.
Bd3 $4 f5 $19) 15... Qb2+ 16. Rd2 (16. Ke1 Qc3+ 17. Ke2 (17. Nd2 $6 e5 18. Bg3
g6 {[%cal Yc8f5,Yc6b4] is unpleasant for White}) 17... Qb2+ 18. Ke1 Qc3+ {
1/2 (18) Quinn,M (2381)-Bruzon Batista,L (2534) Istanbul 2000}) 16... Rxd2+ 17.
Nxd2 e5 18. Bg3 (18. Bg5 {1-0 (34) Timoscenko,G (2510)-Mateus,M (2255)
Cappelle-la-Grande 1992} h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Bg4+ $1 21. Qxg4 Rd8 {is
favorable for Black}) 18... Bg4+ $1 19. Qxg4 Rd8 20. Kf3 Qxd2 21. Bh4 $8 f5 $1
22. Qg5 $1 ({the rest loses, e.g.} 22. Qh5 Qd1+ 23. Be2 Nd4+ 24. exd4 Qb3+)
22... Rd4 $1 23. g3 (23. exd4 Qc3+ 24. Ke2 Nxd4+ 25. Kd1 Qc2+ 26. Ke1 Qb1+ $11)
23... Qc2 $1 24. Kg2 Qe4+ (24... Rd2 $5) 25. Kh3 Qxh1 26. Bg2 Rxh4+ $1 27. gxh4
Qb1 28. h5 (28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qd8+ $11) 28... h6 29. Qg6 Kf8 30. Qd6+ (30. Bd5
Qf1+) 30... Ne7 {, and White has nothing better than} 31. Qd8+ (31. Qxe5 Qd1 {
, and Black is not worse}) 31... Kf7 32. Bd5+ Nxd5 33. Qxd5+ $11) 11... a6 $1 (
11... e5 $6 12. Rxd5 $5) 12. Nc7 e5 $1 13. Rxd5 $1 {Garry Kasparov's
improvement.} (13. Nxd5 {is met with} Nxf2 $1 {with a nearly forced draw:} (
13... exf4 $6 14. Qxe4 {is favorable for White, e.g.} fxe3 15. fxe3 h6 16. Nd4
Qd8 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qf2 Be5 20. Bc2 $16 {1-0 (47) Ivanchuk,V (2729)
-Karjakin,S (2760) Medias 2017}) (13... Bf5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng3 16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Nxh1 18. b4 Qd8 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxf6 Rd6 22. Be7
$18) 14. Ng5 Bf5 $1 15. Qxf2 (15. Qxf5 g6 $17) 15... exf4 16. Qxf4 Ne7 $1 17.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. Rd5 $1 Qe1+ 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. Rd5 Qe1+ 21. Rd1 {1/2 (21) Gelfand
Boris (2665)-Jussupow Artur (2655) Linares 1992 [Jussupow,A]}) 13... exf4 $146
{[%mdl 8] Wrong according to Kasparov but Anand has a different opinion, as we
see - and he is probably right! Other options for Black:} (13... f5 $2 14. Rxe5
$1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ra7 $2 (15... Rb8 $142 $1 {G.Kasparov} 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. b4 $1
Qd8 18. c5 $16) 16. Nd5 $1 b6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. b4 Qxa3+ 19. Bb2 Qa4 20. bxc5
bxc5 21. Ne5 Qxc2+ 22. Bxc2 Be6 23. Nf4 {1-0 (23) Kasparov,G (2780)-Vaganian,R
(2590) Debrecen 1992 EU-chT [Bulletin]}) (13... Bf5 $6 14. Nxa8 Ng3 15. e4 $1
Bxe4 16. Bd2 $18) (13... Qxc7 14. Qxe4 f5 15. Bxe5 $1 fxe4 16. Bxc7 Ba7 17. Ng5
$16 {0-1 (60) Alonso Garcia,R (2380)-Diaz,J (2445) Cuba 1993}) (13... Nf6 $5
14. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 $16 {G.Kasparov}) (13... Nxf2 {G.Kasparov} 14. Qxf2 (
14. Ng5 $4 Qe1+) 14... Qxc7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb6 17. Bd4 (17. Rxc5 $143
Qxc5 18. Qg3 g6 19. Bd6 Qc6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44 {1-0 (51) Turzo,A (2300)-Zymberi,
A (2150) Budapest 1996}) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 $16) 14. Qxe4 Qxc7 15. Rxc5 fxe3
16. Bd3 g6 17. fxe3 ({Or} 17. Qxe3 b6 18. Rh5 $5 (18. Rg5 Be6 {, and White's
rook is placed awkwardly;} 19. h4 {is too slow due to} Rfe8 {[%cal Re6c4]})
18... Bg4 $1 19. Rh4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 (20. gxf3 Ne5 $132) 20... Rad8 $132) 17...
Be6 $44 {White's extra pawn is not very important here. His pieces (especially
the c5 rook) are not placed well, and his king is more vulnerable than Black's.
} 18. Qh4 (18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Qh4 f5 {[%csl Rc5]} 20. Rd1 Rf7 $1 {, and Black
wins an exchange since} 21. b4 $2 a5 $1 {is clearly bad for White.}) 18... Rae8
(18... Qd6 $5 19. Ng5 h5 20. Qe4 $1 (20. Nxe6 $2 Qxd3 {[%cal Rd3e3]}) 20...
Rae8 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. Qf4 Rxe3 $11) 19. Be4 (19. Rd1 $5 $13) 19...
Qb6 20. Qh6 $1 f5 21. Ng5 Rf7 $1 22. Bd5 $1 (22. Nxf7 $2 Qxc5 23. Ng5 Re7 $17)
22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxe3+ 24. Kb1 Rfe7 $11 {As a result of complications,
Black has regained the pawn, and the position is roughly balanced.} 25. Rhd1
Qe2 26. h4 $4 {[%mdl 16384] A crazy decision. Black has strong centralisation
so such a flank "attack" has no chances of succeeding.} (26. Rd6 $5 Qxc4 27.
Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxg6+ {with perpetual check would be a logical outcome.}) 26...
Ne5 {[%cal Re5g4]} 27. Nf3 Qe4+ 28. Ka2 (28. Ka1 Ng4 29. Qc1 Ne3 $19) 28...
Qxc4+ 29. Ka1 Ng4 30. Qc1 Qxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Kg7 32. h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Blundering
a second pawn but Black is winning anyway, of course.} Nf6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 6th+"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 c5 13. a4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nd2 c4 19. Qg4 Qc6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Ne4 Be7 22. g3 b4 23. Qe2 c3 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. b3 Ra2 26. Rc1 Qe8 27. Qg4 Qf7
28. Qd1 g6 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. h3 h5 31. Ra1 Ra3 32. Rb1 Ra2 33. Ra1 Ra3 34. Rb1
Ra2 35. Ra1 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6
9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Be2 a5 12. Bb2 axb4 13. axb4 Ba6 14. O-O Bc4 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. f4 b5 17. Ne5 Rfb8 18. Rfb1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Ne2
Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Qb7 23. Rb2 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Nf6 27. Rb1
Ne4 28. Bc3 Ra8 29. Be1 Qb5 30. Qe2 Kh8 31. h3 h6 32. Kh2 Rf8 33. Qe3 Qa4 34.
Rc1 Qa2 35. Bg3 Qb2 36. Be1 Ra8 37. Bc3 Qb3 38. Bd2 Ra2 39. Qxb3 cxb3 40. Be1
b2 41. Rb1 Ra1 42. Rxb2 Rxe1 43. b5 cxb5 44. Rxb5 h5 45. h4 Nf6 46. Kg3 Re3+
47. Kf2 Ng4+ 48. Kf1 Kh7 49. c6 Rc3 50. Rc5 Rxc5 51. dxc5 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. e5 Ng8 7. d4 e6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Nexd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne7 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14.
Qg4 a6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. c3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. b3 Rc6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rxc4
Rxc4 21. bxc4 Kd7 22. Rb1 Kc6 23. Rb6+ Kc7 24. c5 Be7 25. c6 Rb8 26. Kf1 a5 27.
cxb7 Rxb7 28. Ra6 Rb1+ 29. Ke2 Rb2+ 30. Kd3 Rxa2 31. Ra7+ Kd8 32. Ra8+ Kd7 33.
Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1
Be5 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Rc8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c5 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Na4 c4
21. Qf5 h6 22. Rc2 Rb8 23. Nc3 cxb3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qa1+
27. Kh2 Rbb8 28. Rc7 Rf8 29. Ra5 Qd1 30. Rd7 Qb1 31. Qf4 Rb7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33.
Rxa7 Qb6 34. Rc7 Qf6 35. Qg3 Re8 36. Rc5 g6 37. h4 Re4 38. f4 Qe7 39. Rc3 h5
40. Qf2 Kg7 41. Rb3 Rc4 42. Qb2+ Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Kf3 f5 46.
Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Rd6 Rc2 49. g3 Rb2 50. Rd7+ Kf6 51. Rd3 Kf7 52. e4
fxe4+ 53. Kxe4 Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kf7 55. f5 Rb4+ 56. Ke5 gxf5 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Rxf5
Kg6 59. Rf6+ Kg7 60. Rf4 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 b6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. d4 e4 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Bb5
Qd8 22. c4 Rc8 23. Qe2 c6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3
Re8 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bc2 Ng4 11. Re2 Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Ne3 13. Qe2 Nxc2 14. Rb1 Bxa2
15. b3 Bxb1 16. Nxb1 N2d4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nd2 c5 20. Qg4 Qc8
21. Qg3 d5 22. Nf3 dxe4 23. Bh6 g6 24. Ng5 f5 25. dxe4 c4 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27.
Nxh7+ Kf7 28. Qg7+ Ke6 29. Qf6+ Kd7 30. Qxd4+ Kc7 31. Bf4+ Kc6 32. Qxc4+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Qd6 7. g3 b6 8. c3
O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. a4 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nb3 Rab8 15.
Rfd1 Ne4 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nc1 Qc7 19. b3 Qa5 20. Ne2 Qb6 21. Rab1
c4 22. Ned4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 cxb3 24. Rxb3 Qc5 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. c4 Rb4 27. cxd5
Rxd4 28. Rb1 g6 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Qb2 Qxd5 31. Rb4 e5 32. Rb5 Rd2 33. Qb4 Nc5
0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. b3 g6 8.
Bb2 Bg7 9. c4 Nh5 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qe3 e5 13. d3 f5 14. Nd5 f4 15.
Qd2 Ne6 16. b4 g5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. h3 h5 19. Nh2 Qg7 20. f3 Rf7 21. Rfb1 Ned4
22. Rb2 Rd8 23. Rab1 b6 24. Qd1 Rd6 25. a3 Kh7 26. Ra2 Rg6 27. Rab2 Qf8 28. Ra2
Qd6 29. Rab2 Rfg7 30. a4 Qd8 31. Ra1 Rh6 32. Rab1 Na5 33. Qe1 Qd7 34. Qd1 Kh8
35. Rf2 Nac6 36. Rbb2 Qe6 37. Rb1 Kh7 38. Rbb2 Rhg6 39. Rb1 Qd6 40. Rbb2 Qd8
41. Rb1 Qf8 42. Rbb2 Qd6 43. Rb1 Qd8 44. Rbb2 Rb7 45. Rb1 a5 46. Rfb2 Nb4 47.
Rf2 Rbg7 48. Rbb2 Qd6 49. Rb1 Kg8 50. Rbb2 Kf8 51. Rb1 Ke8 52. Rc1 Kd8 53. Rb1
Kc8 54. Rbb2 Kb7 55. Rb1 Ka7 56. Rbb2 Qe6 57. Rb1 g4 58. fxg4 hxg4 59. Nxg4
Rxg4 60. hxg4 Rxg4 61. Nc7 Qg6 62. Nb5+ Nxb5 63. cxb5 Rg3 64. Rbb2 Nxd3 65.
Rbd2 Qxe4 66. Rf3 c4 67. Rxg3 fxg3 68. Qe2 Qd4+ 69. Kf1 Qf4+ 70. Qf3 Qxd2 71.
Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nc4
c6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Bf4 cxd5 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nxd5 Be5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. a4 b6 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Re1 Be5 25. g3 g6 26. Bh6 Bg7 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. h4 Qc5 29. b4 Qc6 30. Bb5 Qc7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qf6 Qd8 34.
Qh6 Qf8 35. Qxh5 Qg7 36. Qf3 Rc8 37. Re3 d5 38. Ba6 Rd8 39. Qf4 h6 40. Qc7 Qg5
41. Bf1 d4 42. cxd4 Rxd4 43. Qb8+ Qd8 44. Qxd8+ Rxd8 45. Rd3 Rxd3 46. Bxd3 a5
47. bxa5 bxa5 48. f4 Kf8 49. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
Rb8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bf2 Nec6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nd1 b6 14. c3 Nc6 15.
d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb7 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Re8 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Ne7 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Rd1 Bg4 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Rc8 27. Rc2 Nc6
28. Qf6 Be6 29. Rd2 Qd8 30. e5 Qxf6 31. exf6 Na5 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Nxd5 Kf8 34.
b3 Nb7 35. Re2 Re8 36. Rc2 Nc5 37. b4 Ne6 38. Rc3 Rd8 39. Ra3 Rd7 40. Kf2 Ke8
41. Ke3 Kd8 42. Ke4 Kc8 43. g4 Kb7 44. Rh3 Nf8 45. f5 Rd8 46. Rc3 gxf5+ 47.
Kxf5 Ne6 48. Rh3 Rg8 49. Rh5 Rg6 50. g5 Kc6 51. Ne7+ Kd7 52. h4 Nf8 53. Kg4 Ke6
54. Nxg6 fxg6 55. Rh6 d5 56. h5 d4 57. hxg6 hxg6 58. Kf3 Kf7 59. Ke4 a5 60.
bxa5 bxa5 61. Rh3 Ne6 62. Rg3 a4 63. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Ne6 14. Ng3 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Qd2 Bg4 18. Bh6 Bxf3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. gxf3 Qe6
21. f4 a5 22. f5 Qf6 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. f4 Rad8 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. b3 h5 27. fxg6
fxg6 28. f5 Kh7 29. Rg1 Rg8 30. Rcf1 Rdf8 31. e5 dxe5 32. Qd5 Qe7 33. fxg6+
Rxg6 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 35. Rf1 Qd6 36. Qf7+ Rg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Nf5+ Kg6 39.
Nxd6 cxd6 40. Rd1 Ne4 41. Kg2 Kf5 42. Rd5 Ke6 43. Rxa5 d5 44. b4 d4 45. Kf3 Nc3
46. b5 e4+ 47. Kf4 e3 48. Kf3 e2 49. Kf2 d3 50. Ke1 Kd5 51. b6+ Kd4 52. b7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Nf3 Ba6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. g3 Rc8 13. Bg2 Nd5 14. O-O c5
15. Bd6 cxd4 16. Qd2 d3 17. exd3 Re8 18. Rc1 Qf6 19. Rfe1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21.
Qd2 Qf5 22. Rd1 Bb7 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qg5 26. f4 Qd8 27. b4 Qd7
28. Qb2 f6 29. Bd4 Ba8 30. h4 Nc7 31. Bh3 Rd8 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qxf6 Qd4+ 34.
Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6 36. Rxe6 Bd5 37. Rxh6 Rxd3 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. h5 Rxa3
40. f5 Be4 41. g4 Rf3 42. h6 Bxf5 43. Rg7+ Kf6 44. gxf5 Rh3 45. Rxa7 Rxh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. h3 h6
9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nf1 Qf8 15. Ng3
Bb7 16. a3 Rbd8 17. Qb1 Nb8 18. b4 Nbd7 19. a4 d5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe3
22. Rxe3 Rxe5 23. f4 Ree8 24. e5 d4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rb3 Nd5 28.
Be4 Rb8 29. Qb2 Rc4 30. Qd2 Nxb4 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Nf5 Rb8 33. Rg3 g6 34. e6
Qc5+ 35. Ne3 Qd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. f5 g5 38. Ra7 Rc8 39. Rb7 Nd5 40. Rxb5 fxe6
41. fxe6 Nxe3 42. Rxe3 Re8 43. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. d4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe5 17. Bb2 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 b5 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Re6
21. f3 Nf6 22. Kf2 Ne8 23. Rd5 c6 24. Rd2 Nc7 25. f4 d5 26. Be5 Rc8 27. Bxc7
Rxc7 28. exd5 cxd5 29. Ree2 Rf6 30. g3 g5 31. Rxd5 gxf4 32. Rxb5 fxg3+ 33. Kxg3
Rc3+ 34. Kg2 b6 35. Kh2 Kh7 36. a4 Rfc6 37. Rf5 Rxc2 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rfe7
Rxe2+ 40. Rxe2 Kg5 41. Re4 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rc6 43. Rb4 Kf5 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Ke2 Kd5
46. Kd3 Rg6 47. Rd4+ Kc6 48. Kc4 Kb7 49. b4 Ka6 50. b5+ Kb7 51. Rd7+ Kc8 52.
Rh7 Rd6 53. h4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 d6 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. O-O Nb8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Rf2 a5
15. c3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Be6 17. c4 b5 18. Qc3 f6 19. d4 Qb6 20. Rc2 c5 21. Kh2
Rfc8 22. d5 Bd7 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Nd2 Rcb8 25. Rcc1 Qd8 26. Ra3 a4 27. bxa4
Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Bxa4 29. Ra1 Bb5 30. Ra7 h6 31. b3 Kh7 32. Qa1 Qf8 33. Qa5 Qd8
34. Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 c5
9. c3 Bb7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15.
Ng3 a5 16. Kh1 Nb4 17. Be4 d5 18. Bb1 Ba6 19. Re1 e6 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5
22. Bxf5 h6 23. Ra3 Bc8 24. Ng5 Nb6 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Qh5 f6 27. exf6 Qxf6 28.
Rf3 Bg4 29. Qxg4 Qxd4 30. Nf7+ Kxh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34.
Nh6+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Bc3 Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxf7 38. Qe6 Bxc3 39. Rf1 Raf8 40.
g4 Nd7 41. g5 Nc5 42. Qg6+ Bg7 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. h4 Nbd3 45. h5 Nf4 46. Qc6 Ne4
47. h6 Bf8 48. g6 Rf6 49. h7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. Bd2
Nf6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. h4 b5
15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 Bh3 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. Rb2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rb7 20. e4 Rfb8 21.
h5 Qd8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. d4 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. c4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Qf8 27. Rb3
Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Ra4 Rb6 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. Ke3 R6b7 32. f4 g5 33. Kd4 gxf4
34. gxf4 Rb6 35. c5 dxc5+ 36. Kxc5 e5 37. f5 Ke7 38. Ra7+ Ke8 39. Rh3 Kf8 40.
f6 Kg8 41. d6 Rb5+ 42. Kc4 R5b7 43. Rxb7 Rxb7 44. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Re1 c5 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bb7
15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qc2 Rf7 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Ne3 Kh8 21.
Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Ng4 h5 23. Ngh2 c4 24. e5 Qd3 25. Qc1 Nc6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Re6
Qf5 28. Rd6 Be7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Bd2 Kg8 32. Qe1 Be7 33. Nf1 Qd7
34. Qe4 Kh7 35. Qf4 Nd8 36. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5
d4 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Ng6 14. a3 Bxc5 15.
b4 Ba7 16. Qe4 Ngxe5 17. Bf4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qe7 19. b5 axb5 20. cxb5 Na5 21.
Rac1 Bb6 22. Bd2 f5 23. Qe1 Ra8 24. Qe5 O-O 25. Bb4 Qf6 26. Qd6 e5 27. Bd5+ Kh8
28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. f3 h5 30. Be7 Rh6 31. h4 Bd8 32. Bb4 Bb6 33. Kf1 Rd8 34. Ba2
e4 35. Bc5 d3 36. Kf2 d2 37. Rc3 Rd3 38. Rc2 Nb3 39. Bxb6 Rxb6 40. a4 Nd4 41.
Rc8+ Kh7 42. Re8 exf3 43. Bb1 Ra3 44. Rxd2 Rxa4 45. gxf3 Rxb5 46. Bd3 Rba5 47.
Ke3 g6 48. Rb2 b5 49. Rd8 f4+ 50. Kf2 Ra2 51. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 52. Kf1 Nxf3 53. Bxb5
Nxh4 54. Bd3 Kh6 55. Rd5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. e6 fxe6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
O-O g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. c3 Rad8 14. Be3 d4
15. Bd2 Nb8 16. Nb6 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bc6 19. Qb3 Qxc5 20. Nd4 Kh8
21. Rxe6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg5+ 23. Kf1 Qh4 24. f3 Qxh2 25. Rae1 Nc6 26. R1e3 Rf4
27. Rxc6 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qg2+ 29. Kd3 bxc6 30. Qe6 Rxf3 31. Qxe7 Rxe3+ 32. Qxe3
Qxa2 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Nc4 Qb1+ 35. Kd2 Qa2+ 36. Kd3 Qb1+ 37. Kd2 Qf5 38. Qe7
Qd7 39. Qb4 Qd5 40. Ne3 c5 41. Nxd5 cxb4 42. Nxb4 a5 43. Nbc6 Ra8 44. c4 a4 45.
Kc2 a3 46. Kb1 h5 47. c5 h4 48. Ne5 h3 49. Ndf3 Ra5 50. Nd3 g5 51. c6 g4 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Na5 16. Bxd5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8
21. b3 Bd3 22. Ne6 Qxe6 23. Qxd3 c5 24. e4 Re8 25. Re1 Qe5 26. c4 h6 27. Qd5+
Kh7 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Ke3 Re7 32. Rc1 Rc7 33. a4 bxa4
34. bxa4 Kf6 35. a5 c4 36. a6 c3 37. Ra1 Rc8 38. a7 c2 39. Kd2 Ke5 40. Kc1 Ra8
41. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Qb6
21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Re3 Rfc8 23. Rb3 Rc6 24. Bb5 Rc7 25. Bd3 Rc6 26. Kf1 g6 27.
a3 Rac8 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Re1 Kd8 31. h4 h5 32. g3 Bd7 33. Re5 Rd6
34. Rc3 Rcc6 35. Be2 Be6 36. Bb5 Rc7 37. Ree3 Rxc3 38. Kxc3 Kc7 39. Bd3 Rc6+
40. Kb4 Kd6 41. Re1 Bd7 42. Bb5 Rc8 43. Bxd7 Kxd7 44. Re2 Rc4+ 45. Kb5 Rxd4 46.
Kxb6 Rd3 47. Kc5 f6 48. a4 g5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Re5 b6+ 51. Kxb6 Kd6 52. Rxg5
Rb3+ 53. Ka6 Rxb2 54. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bb2 f5 14. Nxb6 Nxb6
15. c4 fxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rae8
21. Rae1 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 c5 23. Bb2 Re8 24. bxc5 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxc5 26. Qd4 Qe7
27. f4 b6 28. Qd5+ Kh7 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kf3 Qe1 31. Qd4 Qf1+ 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33.
Kf3 Qf1+ 34. Kg3 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe7 36. Qd5 Qe3 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qg4
Qe7 40. f5 Qf7 41. Qd4 Qe7 42. Qg4 Nd7 43. Bc3 Kg8 44. Qd4 Ne5 45. Qd5+ Kh7 46.
Qe4 Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. Qe4 Kg8 49. Qa8+ Kh7 50. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. N1d2 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. f4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 a5 14. Qf2
Ra6 15. Nd4 d6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. Nf3 Raa8 20. Nc2 Qxf2+
21. Kxf2 Rfc8 22. Ncd4 b4 23. Ke3 f6 24. Ne2 e5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1 Be6 27.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. b3 Nb6 29. d4 exf4+ 30. Nxf4 Bd7 31. d5 f5 32. Nd4 fxe4 33. Kxe4
Kf7 34. Nc6 Kf6 35. Nxa5 Bf5+ 36. Kd4 Bb1 37. Ne2 Bxa2 38. Nc1 Bb1 39. Nc6 h5
40. Nxb4 g5 41. Ne2 Nd7 42. Nc3 Bf5 43. Nc6 g4 44. b4 h4 45. Nb5 Ne5 46. Nxe5
dxe5+ 47. Kc5 Bd3 48. Nc3 g3 49. hxg3 hxg3 50. d6 Bf1 51. Kc6 Bxg2+ 52. Kc7 Bh3
53. Ne4+ Kf5 54. Nxg3+ Kf4 55. Ne2+ Ke3 56. Ng1 Bg4 57. b5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Be2 14. Nh2
Bc4 15. Rd1 Bd5 16. c3 Bxe4 17. cxb4 Rd8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Bd5 21. a3 Ke7 22. Be5 h5 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. g4 Ne7 26. gxh5 Rh8 27.
Rg1 Rxh5 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Bf6 Rxh3 30. Kg2 Rh6 31. Rxe7 Rxf6 32. Rxa7 Rf4 33.
Kg3 e5 34. Rh7 Rd4 35. Ng4 e4 36. fxe4 Bxe4 37. Rb7 b5 38. Nf6 Bf5 39. Rc7 Rd6
40. Kf4 Rxf6 41. Kg5 Rd6 42. Kxf5 Ke8 43. Ke5 Rh6 44. b3 Kd8 45. Rf7 Kc8 46. a4
Kb8 47. a5 Rh3 48. Kd6 Rc3 49. a6 Ka8 50. Rc7 Kb8 51. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. a4 b4 13. a5 bxc3 14. axb6 cxb2
15. Bxb2 Rb8 16. O-O Rxb6 17. Ba3 O-O 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Bb4 Rc6 20. c3 Be6 21.
Rfd1 Bb3 22. Rdb1 Bc4 23. Rd1 h6 24. Qe3 Qe6 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rad1 Bb3 27. Rb1
Rb7 28. h3 Rb5 29. Ra1 Bc4 30. Qa7 d5 31. exd5 Nxd5 32. Ra5 e4 33. Rxb5 axb5
34. Qd4 f5 35. g4 Nf6 36. gxf5 Qxf5 37. Be7 Nd5 38. Bh4 Re6 39. Qc5 Kh7 40. Bg3
e3 41. Rxd5 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Qe7 7. Nc3 h6 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne2 Be6 10. a3 Nd7 11. Qd2 c5 12. Qc3 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. g4 h5 15.
Nh2 Qh4 16. Kg2 hxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. Rh1 f6 21.
Nf5 Kf7 22. Rh7 Rg8 23. Rg1 Nf8 24. Rh2 Ng6 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 Qc6 27. Qxc6
bxc6 28. Kf3 Ne7 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Rh7 Kf7 31. a4 c5 32. Ke3 Rab8 33. b3 Rbe8
34. Kd2 Re7 35. Kc3 Ke6 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. Rg6 Rf7 38. f3 c6 39. Rh2 Rb8 40. Rh7
Rb4+ 41. Kc3 Rbb7 42. Rh8 Kc7 43. Rg8 Kb6 44. Kd2 Rbd7 45. Ke3 Rde7 46. Rg1 g5
47. Rg6 Re8 48. Rh1 Ref8 49. Kd2 c4 50. bxc4 Kc5 51. Rgh6 Rb8 52. Kc3 Rg8 53.
Rb1 Rgf8 54. Kd2 Rd8 55. Ke3 Rdf8 56. Kd2 Rd8 57. Kc3 Rdf8 58. Rd1 Rb8 59. Ra1
Rbf8 60. Rah1 Kb6 61. Rh8 Rxh8 62. Rxh8 Kc5 63. Ra8 Kb6 64. Re8 Kc5 65. Re6 Kb6
66. Kd2 Kc5 67. c3 Rf8 68. Ke3 Rf7 69. d4+ exd4+ 70. cxd4+ Kxc4 71. Rxc6+ Kb4
72. d5 Kxa4 73. Rb6 Ka3 74. d6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. h3 Nb4 8.
Nb5 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bf5 10. Qc3 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bg5
Ng6 15. Nh4 Nxh4 16. Bxh4 Qg6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. Bxg3 Bxc2 19. f3 f6 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. O-O Qd7 21. Nf3
f6 22. a4 Rac8 23. a5 Kh8 24. g3 Qc6 25. Rc1 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rfe1 Rcd8 28.
b5 Qb7 29. h4 Bc5 30. Qb1 Nc7 31. Rcd1 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe4 Red8 34. Kg2
Qd7 35. Ra1 f5 36. Qc4 e4 37. Ng5 h6 38. Nh3 Rd4 39. Qb3 Rd3 40. Qc4 Qb7 41.
Qe6 R3d6 42. Qxf5 e3+ 43. Qf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 exf2 45. Re2 Rd2 46. Rxd2 Rxd2 47.
Rf1 Kg8 48. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 49. Rxf2 Bxf2 50. Kxf2 Kf7 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Ke4 Kd6 53.
Kf5 Kc5 54. Kg6 Kxb5 55. Kxg7 Kc6 56. Kxh6 b5 57. Kg7 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Ng5 Nf8 9. O-O Qe7 10. Na4 Bd6 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Nf4 14. Bxf4
exf4 15. e5 Bb4 16. Ne4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. c3 f5 19. Neg5 Bd5 20. Re1 Qf6 21.
Qa4 Bd6 22. c4 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rhg8 24. Kh1 Qxb2 25. Qxa7 b6 26. Rf1 Kd7 27. Qa4
Ra8 28. Qb3 Qg7 29. Rg1 Ra3 30. Qb1 Qf7 31. Qc2 Qh5 32. Rae1 Kc8 33. Rb1 Bc5
34. Rb3 Ra5 35. d4 Bd6 36. c5 bxc5 37. Qc4 Re8 38. Rgb1 Kd7 39. Ne5+ Bxe5 40.
dxe5 Qg6 41. Qxf4 Qe6 42. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. O-O d6 8. Ne2
Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Bd2 e4
15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bd6 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Nd2 Re8 20. Nc4 Bf5
21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Re2 Rac8 23. c3 Be6 24. b4 Bc4 25. Red2 Bb3 26. Ra1 Rc6 27.
Ra5 Bc4 28. Rf5 f6 29. Rf4 d5 30. h4 Rce6 31. Kh2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. a3 Na6 20. Kf2 c5
21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nc7 23. Rd6 h6 24. Be3 Re6 25. Rad1 Nxb5 26. Rxe6 fxe6
27. Rd7 Rc8 28. Bf4 c4 29. Be5 g5 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rb7 Rc5 32. Bg7+ Ke8 33.
Rxb6 Kf7 34. Bxh6 c3 35. bxc3 Nxa3 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Bf8 Rxc3 38. Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 b6 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 d6 15. c4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. Qf3 Qf5 18. Qc3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qg5 20. Re1 Re8
21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qe1 Kf8 23. f3 h6 24. g4 f5 25. h3 Qg6 26. Qh4 Qf7 27. Kg2
fxg4 28. hxg4 Qe7 29. Qf2 Nf6 30. Qd2 Ke8 31. Qf4 Kd8 32. Bd4 c5 33. Bc3 Be8
34. Kf2 Nd7 35. Bf5 Ne5 36. Be6 g5 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Kg2 Bg6 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40.
Qxg6 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6
15. O-O Qc6 16. a5 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Qe4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. Re1
Qc6 22. Ra4 Rfe8 23. Rb4 Rd5 24. Rd1 Red8 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Rb6 Be7 27. Qd2 Qe4
28. Qe2 Rd7 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bd8 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Bxa5 33. Nxb7 Bb4
34. Bb6 Kf8 35. Nd8 Nf4 36. Nc6 Bc3 37. Kh2 Ke8 38. Bc5 Ne6 39. Be3 f5 40. Kg2
g5 41. Kf1 h5 42. Ke2 h4 43. Kd3 g4 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. Ke2 gxh3 46. Kf1 a5 47.
Bb6 Kd7 48. Nxa5 Bxa5 49. Bxa5 Nd4 50. Kg1 Nxc2 51. Kh2 e4 52. Kxh3 e3 53. fxe3
Nxe3 54. Be1 Nf5 55. Bxh4 Nxh4 56. Kxh4 Kc6 57. b4 Kb5 58. Kh5 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Qb3 Qd6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Rad8 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nc4 Qxd3 13. Qxd3 Rxd3 14. Nxb6
Rxf3 15. gxf3 cxb6 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Bd5 18. Re3 h6 19. Bf1 Rd8 20. Be1 Be6
21. b5 Ne7 22. Rxe5 Ng6 23. Re3 Nh7 24. Rd3 Rf8 25. Rd4 Ng5 26. Be2 Nf4 27. Bd1
Ngh3+ 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Bc2 Bc4+ 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Rd1 g6 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Bd2
Ne6 34. Rb8 Nhg5 35. Ke2 Nc5 36. Bb3 Rh4 37. Be3 Nge6 38. Ra8 a6 39. bxa6 bxa6
40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Bxc5 bxc5 42. Rxa6 Kf6 43. Ra5 Rxh2 44. Rxc5 Rh1 45. a4 Ra1
46. a5 g5 47. Ke3 Ra4 48. c4 Ra3+ 49. Ke4 Ra2 50. Ke3 Ra3+ 51. Ke4 Ra2 52. Ke3
Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. c4 f5 13. Qd1 c6 14. Nc3 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Kh8 16. Be3 Ng8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Rc2 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Qd2 f4 21. Rfc1
Ng8 22. f3 Ngf6 23. Nd1 a5 24. Nf2 Nc5 25. Bb5 Qb6 26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. a4 c4 28.
Qc3 Qd6 29. Qxc4 Rac8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 32. Nd3 Nh5 33. Kf1 Qb6 34.
Nc5 Kh6 35. Ke1 Ng3 36. Kd1 Kh5 37. Kc2 Kh4 38. Kb1 Nh5 39. Ka2 Kg3 40. Nd3 Qd4
41. Rc2 Nf6 42. Nc5 Qd1 43. Kb3 g5 44. Nd3 Nd7 45. Kc3 Nb6 46. Nxe5 Qe1+ 47.
Kb3 Qb4+ 48. Ka2 Nxa4 49. Bxa4 Qxa4+ 50. Kb1 Qd4 51. Nc4 a4 52. d6 Qd1+ 53. Rc1
Qd3+ 54. Rc2 b5 55. Nd2 b4 56. Kc1 b3 57. Rc3 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. a3 h6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. O-O Nf6
15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. g3 Qc7
21. Qd1 e5 22. d5 Kf8 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Ke7 25. Bd3 Ne8 26. Nf1 g6 27. Ne3
Ng7 28. Kg2 f5 29. f4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 exf4 31. gxf4 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Kf3 Kf6
34. h4 Bd7 35. Ke4 b5 36. Nd1 Bf5+ 37. Kf3 Bd7 38. Nc3 a6 39. Ne4+ Ke7 40. Ke3
Bf5 41. Ng3 Bh3 42. Kf3 Bf5 43. Nf1 Kf6 44. Ne3 Ke7 45. h5 Kf6 46. hxg6 Kxg6
47. Kg3 Be4 48. Kg4 Bf5+ 49. Kg3 Be4 50. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O a5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. bxa5 Nxa5
15. Nfd4 Bd7 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. a4 Ne4 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Bc3
Ne4 22. Be1 Bf6 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Bd3 Nc5 25. Bc2 g6 26. Bb4 Ne6 27. Bb3 Nxd4 28.
Nxd4 Qb6 29. Bc3 Rec8 30. Ba1 Na5 31. Bxd5 Nc6 32. Nb5 Nb4 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Qxd7+ Be7 35. Bd4 Qc6 36. Qh3 Nxa2 37. Qxh7+ Ke8 38. h3 Rxa4 39. Rd1 Qe6 40.
Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qh7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Bd3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 e5 10. O-O Be6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2
O-O 15. b4 Qc7 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Be2 Qe7 20. Rd1 g6
21. Bc4 Rc8 22. a4 Rc7 23. Bb3 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qc3 Nf6 26. Qc4 Kg7 27. b5
cxb5 28. axb5 b6 29. Kf1 Ne8 30. Qd5 Nf6 31. Qc4 Ne8 32. Qd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4
Qc7 9. Bb3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 b5
15. Qe2 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. a4 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bf6
21. Rfd1 Rfc8 22. c3 Rc7 23. Be4 b4 24. c4 b3 25. Ra3 Qc5 26. Bd5 e4 27. Ra4
Re7 28. Kf1 e3 29. f4 Bxb2 30. Ra6 Bf6 31. g4 b2 32. Rb1 Qd4 33. Rxd6 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Ngf3 Bg4 8.
Nf1 e6 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bh5 13. a4 Bg6 14. Bf1 O-O
15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Qg4 f6 19. Nh3 Kf7 20. Bf4 Bf8 21.
Re2 Ne7 22. Qf3 Kg8 23. Rae1 Nf5 24. g4 Nd6 25. g5 Ne4 26. Qd3 Qf7 27. f3 Nd6
28. Bxd6 Bxd6 29. f4 Re7 30. g3 Rae8 31. Qd2 a6 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Qd3 Rfe8 34.
Qd2 Rf8 35. Re3 Qe8 36. Qd1 Kf7 37. Nf2 fxg5 38. Nh3 gxf4 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40.
Ng5+ Kg8 41. Rxe6 Qd7 42. Qh1 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd5 d6 9. exd6 Qb6 10. Qe4+ Be6 11. Qh4 f6 12. Bc4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Bxc4 14. b3
Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bf7 16. c4 Kd7 17. Ba3 a5 18. Nd2 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Ne5 20. Kg1 a4
21. Ne4 b6 22. Nc3 Ra6 23. Nb5 Rc8 24. Bb2 Nc6 25. Rad1 Bg6 26. Re7+ Nxe7 27.
dxe7+ Kxe7 28. Ba3+ Ke8 29. Re1+ Kd8 30. Rd1+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
h3 Bb6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. d4 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Nh2 Bb7 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bxe4 18. Qxh5 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qg6 f4 21. fxe4
fxe3 22. Bxe3 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 24. Bg5 Rad8 25. Kf2 Rd4 26. Bxf6 Rf8 27. Ke3
Rxf6 28. c3 Rd8 29. Rad1 Rdf8 30. Rd5 Rg6 31. Re2 Rg3+ 32. Kd2 Re8 33. Rd6 Rb8
34. Kc2 Kh7 35. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxe6
Qxe6 15. a5 Nd7 16. c3 Qc4 17. Nd2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Nc5 19. f3 Ke7 20. Nc4 Rc6
21. Ne3 g6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Rac1 h5 24. Nd5+ Ke6 25. c4 f5 26. Kd3 Rcc8 27. Rhf1
Nf6 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Rfd1 Ke6 30. Ke3 Rh7 31. Rd5 f4+ 32. Kd3 g5 33. c5 Rd7
34. Kc4 g4 35. Rcd1 Rc6 36. h4 gxf3 37. gxf3 Ke7 38. Rxd6 Rdxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxd6
40. cxd6+ Kxd6 41. b5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8.
Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. b4 O-O 12. Nd2 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Nb3 Qc7
15. Rac1 h6 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. b5 Nb8 18. c4 Nbd7 19. c5 Nf8 20. a4 Ne6 21. a5
Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Nh5 23. Qf3 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. b6 Nf4 27. Bf1 Ne6
28. bxa7 Qa8 29. Re1 Bg7 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qb4 Qxa7 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. cxb6 Bc3 34.
Rd1 d4 35. Bc4 Rc8 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Nxd4 Bxa5 38. Rb1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 g6 14. Nd2
Ng7 15. Nf3 c6 16. Be5 Bg4 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be3 Bg5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxe3
21. Qxe3 Qb6 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Bd3 Nc7 25. Re3 Kg7 26. Qe2 Rxe3 27.
Qxe3 Qe8 28. Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nd5 Bf8 12. c4 Rb8 13. Bd2 bxc4 14. Ba4 Bd7 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rc1 Rb7 17. Rxc4 Nb8 18. b4 Bb5 19. Rc3 c5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Bb3
Rd7 22. Bd5 Rxd5 23. exd5 e4 24. dxe4 Bxf1 25. Qxf1 Rxe4 26. Qb1 Re8 27. Re3
Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Nd7 29. Nd2 Qd6 30. Qb7 Nf6 31. Nc4 Qxd5 32. Qxa6 Ne4 33. Kh2 Qd3
34. Qa4 h5 35. Ne5 Qd5 36. f4 Nd6 37. Qd7 Qe4 38. Bd2 Qd4 39. Nf3 Qd3 40. a4 c4
41. Bb4 c3 42. Ne5 Qd4 43. Bxd6 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 c2 45. Nd3 Qxd6 46. Qxd6 Bxd6 47.
a5 Kf8 48. a6 Bc5 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Ke7 51. Kg2 Kd7 52. Nxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
c6 9. h3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. a4 a6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bh6
Nc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Re8 19. d4 Bb7 20. d5 Rc8 21. Qe3 Rc4
22. b5 Qc7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. bxa6 Bxa6 25. Na2 Nxe4 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27. Nxe5 dxe5
28. Qxe4 Qxa2 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Qd4 Qc4 31. Qxb6 Qxa4 32. d6 Bb5 33. Qb7 Rf8
34. Rc1 Bd7 35. Qd5 Qf4 36. Rc7 Be6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxe5 12. Qh5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 f6 14. Rac1
Bf5 15. Rfe1 Bxd3 16. Qh3 Bg6 17. Qe6+ Bf7 18. Qxc6 Bb6 19. Na4 d4 20. Nxb6
cxb6 21. h4 Bd5 22. Qa4 gxh4 23. Qxd4 Bxg2 24. Qf4 Bd5 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Rxf7
Kxf7 27. Kh2 Qb8 28. a3 Qxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rg8 30. Be3 Be6 31. Rg1 Rd8 32. Rc1 Rd7
33. Rc8 Rd1 34. Rc1 Rd7 35. Rc8 Kg6 36. Rc6 Bd5 37. Rc2 Be6 38. Rc6 Bf5 39. Rc4
h3 40. Rd4 Rc7 41. Rd6 Kf7 42. Bd4 Be6 43. Be3 Rc2 44. Rd2 Rc8 45. Rd1 Rg8 46.
Rg1 Rd8 47. Rc1 Rd7 48. Rc6 h5 49. a4 Bd5 50. Rc1 Bg2 51. b4 Kg6 52. a5 bxa5
53. bxa5 a6 54. Bb6 h4 55. Re1 Rd5 56. Rc1 Kf5 57. Re1 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. Re1 d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nd2 c6 14. c3
Bf5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nd2 Kf8
21. f3 Ke7 22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Kf2 Bc2 25. Be2 Kd7 26. h4 Kc7 27.
Nf1 Kb6 28. Ne3 Bg6 29. Ke1 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 c6 10. h4 Nd7 11. g4 Qe7 12. g5 h5 13. e3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 15.
O-O-O Bb7 16. g6 fxg6 17. Ng5 Rf6 18. f4 b5 19. Ba2 c5 20. d5 c4 21. Nxe6 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 Rxe6 23. Rxb5 Rxe3 24. Bxc4+ Kh8 25. Qd4 Re4 26. Qd5 Qe8 27. Bd3 Nf6
28. Qb7 Re7 29. Qa6 Rc8+ 30. Kb1 Re6 31. Qa5 Rd8 32. Bc2 Re2 33. Re5 Rxe5 34.
Qxe5 Qc6 35. Rg1 Ng4 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 Kh7 38. f5 Rd4 39. fxg6+ Kh6 40. Bb7
Ne5 41. Re1 Nxg6 42. Re6 Rxh4 43. b4 Rf4 44. b5 Rf6 45. Rxf6 gxf6 46. a4 Ne5
47. Bd5 Nd7 48. a5 Kg5 49. Kc2 Kf4 50. Bc6 Nc5 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Bf3
h4 54. b6 axb6 55. axb6 f5 56. Kd4 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bd2 e5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 a5 {An active move attempted at
an inappropriate moment.} (18... Qd7 {should hold this together with no
particular difficulty. Another question is, why go into this line against an
older, and presumably more tired opponent?}) 19. Qh5 $1 c6 20. a4 $1 {Timely
counterstrike!} axb4 21. axb5 Be7 22. Bg3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qb6 $2 (23... cxb5 24.
Qxb5 Qc7) 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qd7 Bg5 26. Qxd6 Rc8 27. bxc6 h6 28. c7 Qb7 29. h4
Be3+ 30. Kh2 Rg8 31. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bc3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3
15. e3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. e4 Qd7 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21.
f4 Rac8 22. f5 c4 23. d4 Qc7 24. a4 b4 25. Qxb4 Rb8 26. Qd2 Rb3 27. a5 Qb7 28.
Rf2 Qb4 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rc1 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Rd3 32. Rxd3 cxd3 33. Kf2 Rb8 34.
Ke3 Rxb2 35. Kxd3 Rb3+ 36. Kc4 Rb2 37. Kd3 Rb3+ 38. Kd2 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rxh2 40.
Rc7 Kf8 41. Rxa7 Ra2 42. a6 f6 43. g4 Ra3+ 44. Kd2 Kf7 45. Ra8 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5
47. exf5 Ra5 48. a7 Kg7 49. Kc3 Ra1 50. Kb4 Rb1+ 51. Kc4 Rc1+ 52. Kb5 Rb1+ 53.
Kc6 Ra1 54. Kc7 Ra2 55. Kd8 Kf7 56. Kd7 Ra1 57. f6 exf6 58. Kxd6 Kg7 59. Ke6
1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. g3 Qd7 19. Qf3 Ng4 20. Bh3 h5 21.
Bf4 Bb6 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Qe2 Rce8 24. Qd2 Bd4 25. c3 Bf6 26. Bg5 Be5 27. Re2
Bd6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Kh7 31. Qe3 Qf5 32. Be7 Bxe7 33. Qxe7
Qxd3 34. Qxb7 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 15. Rxc5 b6 16. Rc2 Qxa2 17. b4 Qa4 18. Rc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfc8 20. b5 Be5
21. Rd2 Rxc4 22. dxc4 Rc8 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Kg2 f5 26. Bd2 Kf7 27.
Kf3 Bd6 28. h3 e6 29. e4 Ke7 30. g4 fxg4+ 31. hxg4 h5 32. Bg5+ Kd7 33. Be3 e5
34. Kg3 Be7 35. f3 h4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. exd5 Qxd5
8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. c3 Be6 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Qb5
Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. Nf1 a6 18. Be2 Bh6 19. g3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6
21. Rad1 f5 22. f4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Re8 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Nd2 Bc5+ 26. Kf1 Bg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Rxe2+ 28. Kh1 h5 29. b4 Be7 30. Nc4 b5 31. Ne5 Bf6 32. Rd6 Bxe5 33. fxe5
Rxa2 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kg7 36. Kg1 h4 37. gxh4 Kh6 38. Rc6 Kh5 39. c4 Ra4
40. c5 Rxb4 41. Rxa6 Rc4 42. c6 Kxh4 43. Rb6 Kh3 44. Rxb5 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rxc6 46.
Rb8 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Kxh2 48. Rh8+ Kg1 49. Rg8 Rf2+ 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Kf3 g5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bg5 d6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Kh8 12. Re1 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. d4
Nh5 16. Bd5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 exd4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. cxd4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 g4 21. Nh4
Bxd4 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Rac1 c5 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Rc4 Qe5 26. Qe3 Kg7 27. bxc5
Rae8 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Qa7 Rfe8 31. Rcd4 Qf6 32. Qxa6 d5 33. Qb5
dxe4 34. a5 Re5 35. Qa4 h5 36. Rd6 R8e6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Qa1 Ra6 39. Qxf6+
Kxf6 40. Ra1 Ke5 41. Kf1 f5 42. Ke2 f4 43. gxf4+ Kxf4 44. g3+ Kf5 45. Ke3 Ke5
46. Ra2 Kf5 47. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
c4 9. a4 e6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. b4 d5
15. Nxb5 Qb7 16. Nbd4 Be7 17. d3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Ra1 Nb6 21.
Qa6 Qxa6 22. Rxa6 Nc4 23. Ba1 Bf6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke8 26. Nb5 Rb8 27. Nbd4
Rb7 28. g3 Kd7 29. h4 h5 30. Ra8 Nb6 31. Ra6 Nc4 32. Ra8 g6 33. Rf8 Ned6 34.
Ra8 Nb6 35. Ra6 Ne4 36. Nb3 Nc4 37. Nfd4 Be5 38. Nc6 Bd6 39. Ncd4 Be5 40. Nc6
Rc7 41. Ncd4 Bxd4 42. cxd4 Ke7 43. Nc5 Ned6 44. Bc3 Nb5 45. Kd3 Ra7 46. Rxa7+
Nxa7 47. Bd2 Nb5 48. Be3 f6 49. Na4 e5 50. dxe5 fxe5 51. Nc3 Nxc3 52. Kxc3 Kd6
53. Bc5+ Kc6 54. Bf8 Kb5 55. f3 Kc6 56. Kd3 Kb5 57. Kc3 Kc6 58. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. c4 d4 7. O-O Be7 8. e3 e5
9. exd4 exd4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bd6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qc2 Re8 15.
Na3 Qd7 16. d3 a6 17. Qd2 Rab8 18. Nc2 b6 19. b4 h5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1
Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qa4 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bc1 Nd7 25. f4 Nf6 26. Qc2 Qe8 27. Qd2 h4
28. Bf1 hxg3 29. hxg3 Bd7 30. Qe2 Qc8 31. Bg2 Bg4 32. Nf3 Qb8 33. Qb2 Qe8 34.
Qf2 Bf5 35. Bf1 Ng4 36. Qe1 Ne3 37. Kf2 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Ne3 39. Kf2 Ng4+ 40. Kg1
Ne3 41. Nh4 Qe6 42. Bxe3 dxe3 43. Nxf5 Qxf5 44. Qxe3 Qe6 45. Qf3 Bf8 46. Bg2
Qf6 47. Qe2 g6 48. Kh2 Qe7 49. Qb2 Bg7 50. Qb6 Bd4 51. Be4 Qf6 52. Qb7 Kg7 53.
Bd5 Qf5 54. Kg2 Qf6 55. Kf3 g5 56. Qd7 gxf4 57. gxf4 Qg6 58. Be4 Qh5+ 59. Kg3
Qe2 60. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Nh4 Nb6
15. Bb3 Be6 16. Rxe6 Qxg5 17. Nf3 Qd8 18. Re4 Nd5 19. Qd3 g6 20. g3 Qd7 21.
Rae1 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kg2 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Kg7 25. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. g5 Be7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. O-O-O b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15.
Kb1 O-O 16. h5 Nc5 17. f3 Qa5 18. b3 Bxe4 19. Kb2 Bb7 20. Ra1 Qc7 21. Rg1 Rfd8
22. f4 Bf8 23. g6 h6 24. f5 e5 25. f6 exd4 26. Bxd4 Ne4 27. gxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxh6
Nxf6 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Bxf6 Rd7 31. Bh3 Rdc7 32. Bxc8 Bxc8 33. h6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Bc3 b6 14. Rdc1
Rc7 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Rxc4 Rxc4 17. Nxc4 Ke7 18. Nxa5 Rc8 19. Nb3 Ne8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Nd6 22. Kf1 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. Ne2 c6 13. c3 g6 14. Nf4 Ng7
15. g3 Bf5 16. Ng2 Qb6 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bd3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Ng7
21. Qd1 Re8 22. Rb1 Ne6 23. Bd2 Bg5 24. h4 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Qa5 26. b4 Qd8 27. a4
h5 28. Kg2 a6 29. Re1 Ng7 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. a5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bd6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne7
15. Nd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. Qf3 Nf5 18. Be5 Ne4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. Ng3 Na6 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. Qxf5
Nc7 15. c3 Ne6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Re3 Rae8 19. Rae1 g6 20. Qg4 Ng7 21.
Qh3 f6 22. Ng4 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 h5 24. Nh6+ Kh7 25. Ng4 Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh7 27. Ng4
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rc8
15. Rfd1 Rc6 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. c4 f5 18. Nc3 Be7 19. Nd2 Qe8 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Ndc3 Bb6 24. Rd2 Bd4 25. Re1 Rc7 26. Qg3 Qe6 27. Nd5 Rd7
28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Nef6+ Rxf6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qf4 Be4 32. Qg4 Bxd5 33. cxd5
Re1+ 34. Kh2 d3 35. Qxd7 d2 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qf5+ Ke8 38. Qc8+ Ke7 39. Qc7+ Ke8
40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4
Bd7 9. Qc2 Be7 10. e4 Nb4 11. Qe2 Nd3 12. Be3 b5 13. Ne1 Nxe1 14. Rfxe1 c6 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Qa5 18. a3 exd5 19. Bd2 Bd8 20. Nxd5 Qa6 21. Bc3
Re8 22. Qd2 Be6 23. Nb4 Qb6 24. Bd4 Qa5 25. Bc3 Qb6 26. Bd4 Qa5 27. Bc6 Rf8 28.
Bc5 Bb6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Bf3 h6 31. Kg2 Bc5 32. Nd5 Qd8 33. Nf4 Bd7 34. Re5
Qc7 35. Re2 Bf5 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. Qxd5 Bd3 38. Ree1 Qb6 39. Rd2 b4 40. Be4 Rd8
41. Bxd3 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Qe8
15. Bd2 f6 16. Qc1 g6 17. Bf4 Qf8 18. h3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21.
Ne3 Ne7 22. Re1 Re8 23. Kf1 c6 24. Nd2 Kf7 25. f3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 g5
28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Ndf1 Ng6 30. Bxg6+ Kxg6 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Kg2 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8.
Nf3 Bc6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. d4 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bf4 Nd7 15.
Bg3 Nf6 16. Bd3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qf5 20. a4 c5 21. a5
Rac8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rfc1 Ra8 24. Rab1 Ra6 25. Rd1 Rfa8 26. d5 Re8 27. Rb2
Qg4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Qf1 e5 30. Nh2 Qg6 31. Qe2 e4 32. Nf1 f5 33. Ne3 h5 34.
Rdb1 Be5 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Bxd6 39. Qd1 f4 40.
gxf4 Bxf4 41. Qd5+ Qf7 42. Qxe4 Bxe3 43. Qxe3 Qf5 44. Qd2 Kh7 45. Qd5 Qg4 46.
Qxc5 h4 47. Qd4 Qg5 48. c5 h3 49. Qd3+ Kg8 50. Qxh3 Qxc5 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qe4+
g6 53. c4 Qd6 54. g3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Nb3
g6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rdc8 19. a3 Bf6 20. Be3 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Ba4 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 O-O 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4
Nc5 15. Raf1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qg5 17. Qf2 c5 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. Nc7 Rad8 20. Nxe6
Qxe6 21. Rf5 b6 22. Rd5 f6 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. b4 Qf7 25. c4 Re5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27.
b4 Qc7 28. b5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Re8 30. Ra1 Re5 31. Re1 Qe7 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. h3
Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kg1 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 11. Kb1 Nf6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Ng5 h6 14. f3 c5
15. g4 c4 16. Bf1 b5 17. Nh3 b4 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nf4 Ng3 20. Rg1 hxg5 21. hxg5
Nxf1 22. Rdxf1 Bf5 23. Qh2 Bxg5 24. Bd4 b3 25. Nh5 bxc2+ 26. Ka1 Bg6 27. Nxg7
Be3 28. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Bf1
Rab8 15. a4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. a5 f6 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 e5 20. c4 exd4
21. cxd5 Kh8 22. Be4 b6 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Qd3 Rxb2 25. Bxh7 Qf4 26. Qh3 Qxf2+
27. Kh1 Ng8 28. d6 Nh6 29. Bg6 d3 30. d7 d2 31. Rf1 Qd4 32. Be8 Rb6 33. Qa3 Rg8
34. h3 Rd6 35. Rfd1 Nf5 36. Qf3 g6 37. Bxg6 Rxg6 38. Qxf5 Rg7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40.
Qe8+ Kh7 41. Ra5 Rg5 42. Rxg5 fxg5 43. Qh5+ Kg7 44. Qxg5+ Kh7 45. Qh5+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 h6 12. Ne3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4 e4 15.
f3 Qd6 16. g3 O-O 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Rae8 20. Be3 h5 21. Bf4
Qd7 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxh5 e3 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+
Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Bc2 f5 30. Bb3+ Rf7 31. Re1 Qe7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qxf7+
Qxf7 34. Bxf7 Kxf7 35. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nf5 Rg8 16. Be3 Bc8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rd3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 c5 20. Rd2
Bc6 21. Rad1 Ke7 22. Bg5+ f6 23. Bh4 Kf7 24. Bg3 Rae8 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Kh2 Re7
27. f3 a5 28. Bf4 a4 29. c4 h5 30. h4 Rge8 31. Kg1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2
Re7 34. Rd8 Be8 35. b3 axb3 36. axb3 c6 37. Rb8 b5 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. Bd6 Re6
40. Bxc5 Bc6 41. b4 Re8 42. Rb6 Re6 43. Kg3 Be8 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. Kf4 Re5 46. g4
Rd5 47. Rb6 Bd7 48. g5 Rf5+ 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. f4 fxg5 51. hxg5 Rd5 52. Kh4 Rd3
53. f5 Rf3 54. Rb7 Ke8 55. Rb8+ Kf7 56. g6+ Kf6 57. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 c5 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ne2 Be6 13. b3 Be7 14. f4 exf4
15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 b5 17. Ne3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Kh1 Be5 20. c3 Qd6 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxf5 Qe7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb5 bxc3 26. Qc2 Rfd8 27.
Qxc3 h6 28. Rb7 Rd7 29. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 14.
Bb2 Nc6 15. f3 Re8 16. Rab1 f6 17. Bc3 Nd8 18. a4 Rb8 19. a5 Be6 20. a4 a6 21.
Rb6 Bf7 22. Rd7 Be6 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Bd5+ Be6 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27.
Rxb7 Ra8 28. Kf2 Bf7 29. Rc7 Be8 30. Rxc4 Bd7 31. Rb4 Rc8 32. Bd2 Rc2 33. Ke1
Ra2 34. Rb6 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Ra2 36. Ke1 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 Qf6 17. Qg4 Bb6 18. Qf4 Qd8 19. c3 Nc7 20. d4 Ne6 21.
Qf3 Ng5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Re5 Qd8 24. Rae1 Kg8 25. g3 Rc7 26. h4 f6 27. Re6 f5
28. Bd3 Rcf7 29. h5 Qg5 30. Kg2 Bc7 31. c4 g6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. cxd5 cxd5 34.
Bb5 f4 35. g4 Rh7 36. Bd3 Qh4 37. Rxg6+ Kh8 38. g5 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne4 Re8 14. c4 Nd7
15. Bd2 c5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Bc3 f6 18. Nh4 Bf7 19. Nhf5 Bf8 20. Qe2 a5 21. b3 a4
22. Qc2 Nb8 23. Ne4 Nc6 24. Nfg3 Nb4 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Rad1 Qd7 27. Nd2 axb3
28. axb3 Bc5 29. Nf3 Ra3 30. Ne4 Bd4 31. Rb1 Rea8 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. Qd2 Ra2 34.
Qe3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Bg6 36. Nf2 R8a3 37. e4 Rc2 38. Ra1 Rb2 39. g4 Rbxb3 40. Reb1
Rxb1+ 41. Rxb1 c5 42. Rb2 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Be8 44. Kf3 Ba4 45. Ke2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Nb3
g6 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Bc5 Qc7 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Qd6 20. Rfe1 b6
21. Bb5 Ne7 22. Qg5 Be6 23. Qf6 Rac8 24. a3 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Nf5 26. Ne2 Bc8 27.
Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Nc3 Nf5 29. Rd1 Ng7 30. f3 Bb7 31. Kf2 Ne6 32. h4 Kg7 33. g3 Kf6
34. Bf1 Ke7 35. Nb5 a6 36. Nc3 Kd6 37. Bh3 Nc7 38. Re1 Bc8 39. Bf1 Bd7 40. Rc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Bg6 11. Ne3 c6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3 Qb6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bd2 b5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. g3 Bc7 21.
Nd2 Bb6 22. Nb3 g5 23. f3 g6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Nc2 g4 26. fxg4 Nxg4 27. Nb4 Nxb4
28. axb4 Nf6 29. Nc5 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxc5 31. dxc5 d4 32. Bd2 Rd7 33. Kf3 Nd5 34.
h4 f5 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Ne7 37. Kf3 Nc6 38. Re6 Kf7 39. Re4 Rd5 40. Rf4+
Ke6 41. Re4+ Kd7 42. Rg4 Rf5+ 43. Ke2 Rf6 44. Rg5 Ke6 45. Kd3 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rf6
47. Kd3 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. b3
Bb6 9. Ba3 Bf5 10. d4 e4 11. h3 h6 12. g4 Bh7 13. Ng3 d5 14. h4 Bg6 15. Rc1 Bc7
16. f4 exf3 17. Qxf3 Nbd7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nh7 21. Nxd5 Nxg5
22. Qg4 Bxg3 23. Qxg3 Ne4 24. Qc7 Nb6 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Qe8 27. Qxb7 Rb8
28. Qc7 Nd5 29. Qe5 Ndc3 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Bh4 Qxe5 32. dxe5 Re8 33. Rc7 Rxe5
34. Rxa7 Rh5 35. Rf4 f6 36. Re7 Nc3 37. Rg4 Nd5 38. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bb5
Rc8 15. Rc1 h6 16. b4 Re8 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 d4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Qe2 Qg5 26. Rd1 Qxg3 27.
Rxd4 Qc7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15.
Bd3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be1 O-O-O 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qb6 21.
Nce2 Kb8 22. Qg2 g6 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 a5 26. Rh3 Rc8 27. Qh2
axb4 28. Rh8 Qa7 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Kb1 Nd2+ 31. Kc1 Nf1 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Kb1
Nd2+ 34. Kc1 Ne4 35. Kb1 Nd2+ 36. Kc1 Ne4 37. Kb1 Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxg2 c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5
21. Rxc5 Rxb2 22. Bf1 Be2 23. Rac1 g6 24. R1c2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Re8
27. Rc5 f6 28. Rc6 Rxe5 29. Rxa6 Kg7 30. Ra7+ Kh6 31. Rc7 Re4 32. Rc6 Rxa4 33.
Rxf6 Rh4 34. Kg2 Rg4+ 35. Kf1 Rh4 36. Kg2 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. a4 Ne8 13. Nh2 Nc7 14. Ng4 f6
15. f3 Ne6 16. h4 Nd4 17. h5 g5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Ne2 Kh8 20. Ng3 Rad8 21. Kf2
Qe7 22. Qd1 c4 23. dxc4 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Ngxf5 Bxf5 26. Qe2 g4 27. Kg1 gxf3
28. Qxf3 Bxc2 29. Qg3 Bd3 30. Rh4 Rd4 31. Rg4 Rxg4 32. Nxg4 e4 33. Qe5+ Qxe5
34. Nxe5 Kg7 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Nxc6 Re8 37. Kf2 e3+ 38. Ke1 Bxc4 39. Rd4 Bf7 40.
g4 a5 41. b4 axb4 42. Rxb4 Be6 43. g5 Bf7 44. h6+ Kg6 45. Rb5 Ba2 46. Re5 Rxe5
47. Nxe5+ Kxg5 48. Nd7 Bb3 49. Nxb6 Bxa4 50. Nxa4 Kxh6 51. Nc3 e2 52. Nxe2 Kg5
53. Ng3 h5 54. Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 d4
15. b5 Na5 16. exd4 Qf6 17. Be3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Nb3
21. Rab1 Nxd4 22. Kg2 Ne6 23. Bf5 Bxe3 24. Bxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bb6 26. Bb3 Rd8
27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. f4 Kf8 29. f5 a6 30. b6 Bxb6 31. Bd5 Bc5 32. Bxb7 Bxa3 33.
Bxa6 Bb2 34. Bf1 Ba3 35. Ba6 Bb2 36. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 ({It barely needs stating that after} 8. Qc2 Nc6 {and either a3 or Rd1,
we enter a theoretical battlefield in which I have annotated many games on
this site, many of which featured either Anand or Nakamura.}) 8... Nxd5 (8...
exd5 9. Rc1 {might be a marginally better version than the game for White,
because the c3-knight often has chances to annoy the black dark-squared bishop.
}) 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 {Wesley fancies his chances of
impersonating Magnus today, and turning the IQP into (say) a bishop pair, and
slowly constricting his opponent to death.} Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 (12... Qf6 13. b4
Bf5 {might seem principled, but actually any exchanges at all favour the side
battling the IQP.} 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qb1 $14) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bb1 {Clearly,
Wesley would like the option to force the d-pawn forward with Ba2, but this
may not be one that he actually wants. The position is now totally equal,
because when Black ventures ...d4 there will be mass liquidations.} (14. b4 $5
a6 15. Re1 {is the most maximalist way to play the position, with e4 being the
response to ...d4.}) 14... d4 15. Qd3 (15. e4 {would be the main way to try
and claim an advantage, if this were appropriate; however it turns out not to
be after} Bc7 $1 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 {and only Black can be better.}) 15... Bg6 (
15... f5 $5 $11) 16. e4 Re8 17. Re1 Qe7 {Keeping the f3-knight and b1-bishop
at home while preparing ...Rad8. As ...Bc7 is firmly within Black's territory,
White will find himself unable to stop it in the long run.} (17... Bc7 $11) 18.
Qb5 f6 $6 {Black strives a little too hard for control.} (18... Bc7 19. Qxb7
Bxf4 20. Qxc6 Rab8 $44 {makes considerable sense to me as a pawn sacrifice.}) (
18... Rac8 {is the machine suggestion, preparing ...Bc7 yet again.}) 19. Nh4 (
19. e5 $1 Bxb1 20. Raxb1 fxe5 21. Bxe5 $14 {gives White an advantage based on
better co-ordination.}) 19... Bf7 20. Nf5 Qc5 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Bd3
{The position is now level again, but as is often the way with the bishop pair,
if Black can avoid making big concessions in the next 10 moves he has good
chances of being better.} Bg6 (23... Kh8 24. Rac1 Bb3 25. Qf1 g6 26. f4 Qe6 27.
Nh4 Rac8 28. Nf3 Ba5 {might be one sequence of moves after which Black begins
taking more control of the game}) 24. Qd2 Bxf5 {Indicating contentment with a
draw, but quite often playing too hard for a draw has adverse results.} (24...
Rac8 $11) 25. exf5 Qd5 26. Qc2 (26. Re2 $14) 26... Kf8 27. Re6 Rxe6 28. fxe6 g6
29. Re1 Re8 $1 {The situation is back under control, and even though Black
needs to sacrifice a pawn to get the queens off on the next move, there isn't
such a big risk of losing anymore.} 30. Bc4 ({Having said that, something like
} 30. h4 Qc5 31. Qe2 $14 {'hinting' at h5, was interesting from a practical
perspective.}) 30... d3 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Ke7 33. Bc4 Rd8 34. Re2 Ba5 35.
b4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Bc7+ 37. g3 Rc1 38. Ba2 Rc3 39. a4 Bd6 $11 40. b5 Ra3 41. Bd5
b6 {Black is active enough that if the rooks stay on, all three results might
occur. Therefore White bailed out, but played on, as is the way with such
things:} 42. Ra2 Rxa2 43. Bxa2 f5 44. Kg2 Be5 45. g4 fxg4 46. hxg4 h5 47. gxh5
gxh5 48. Kh3 Bf6 49. Bc4 Kd6 50. Kg3 Ke7 {A interesting choice, but not a
mistake. Black can defend actively, which is preferable to allowing a raid by
White's king.} (50... Ke5 $1 51. f4+ Kf5 $11 {and neither of White's pieces
has any prospects at all.}) 51. Kf4 h4 52. Kg4 Kd6 53. f3 Ke7 54. f4 Kd6 55.
Kf5 Ke7 56. Bf1 Ba1 57. Bh3 Bf6 58. Bg4 Ba1 59. Ke4 Kd6 60. Bh3 (60. Kf5 Ke7
61. Kg5 Bf6+ 62. Kh5 Kd6 {The fortress holds firm.}) 60... Bb2 61. Kd3 Bf6 62.
Kc4 Be7 63. Kd4 Bf6+ 64. Kc4 Be7 65. Kd4 Bf6+ 66. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5
15. Qc2 a5 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rd8 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qxb7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qd6 24. Qb5 g6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Qb4 27.
Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 {Caruana decides that Wesley's opening choice
against Anand was the right one, and deviates from that round 6 game only now.}
Bb4+ 11. Nd2 (11. Ke2 $5 {deserves attention, and something tells me this
would be Carlsen's choice.}) 11... Nc6 ({Anand does not feel like seeing where
Caruana has improved upon his previous attempt to topple this system.} 11... d4
12. e4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 $14 {Caruana,F-Nakamura,H
Saint Louis 2018; White was a little better, though he eventually lost.}) 12.
O-O Be7 13. a3 ({Likewise, Caruana does not follow someone else's previous
choice against Anand:} 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Nb3 g6 15. Qd2 Be6 $11 {Caruana,
F-Nakamura,H Saint Louis 2018; and the pieces were swiftly vacuumed off.})
13... g6 {This move is primarily useful to cut out ideas of Qh5, especially in
instances where this move meaningfully hits the d5-pawn.} 14. Rc1 Bf6 (14... a5
$5 {could be considered, but in general it isn't so good to commit pawns like
this, and it could be that after} 15. Qa4 {and Rc2, Nf3, Rfc1, Qb5 etc, White
stands a little better.}) 15. b4 Qe7 16. Nf3 (16. e4 Be6 $1 {Black is solid as
a rock.}) 16... Rd8 {Maybe this is not most accurate, for instance if Black
has no idea of playing ...d4 in the near future.} (16... a5 $5 17. b5 Nd8 $132)
17. h3 (17. Qd2 Bg4 18. b5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. h3 Bd7 $14 {
White should have a little something here, for instance with Be2-f3.}) 17...
Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd2 a5 {A reasonable attempt to liquidate as many pawns
as possible, however maybe White achieved some advantage after this.} (19...
Bxf4 20. exf4 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Qd6 $11) 20. bxa5 Bxf4 21. exf4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qd6 23.
Rfb1 $1 Qf6 24. Ra2 Rd6 25. Rc2 Rc6 26. Rxc6 $2 (26. Rb5 $1 $14 {This move
gave White a little something to play with. Consider the line:} Be6 (26... Qd4
27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Be6 29. g4 $14) 27. Rxb7 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 {
and now it is absolutely critical that Black can't take on a5.} Qa2 (29... Qxa5
$6 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+ f6 32. Rb7+ Bf7 33. g4 $3 $16) 30. g4 Rc8 31. f5 Bxf5
$1 (31... Rxc2 32. f6 $18) (31... Qxc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. a6 $18)
32. gxf5 Qxc2 33. Qe3 Qa2 $8 34. Qf3 {White has very real, continuing threats
against Black's king, and the a-pawn isn't getting any less far advanced.})
26... bxc6 27. Qb4 Qd8 $1 {This move neutralises all White's ideas because of
the reach of the black queen from this square.} 28. Ra1 Ba6 $1 {Now commentary
isn't really required.} 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. f5 d4 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rd1 Rxa5 33.
Rxd4 Rd5 34. Re4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Re7 Rd2 38. Rc7 Rxf2 39.
Rxc6 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Bd4 d2 18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. g3
c5 22. Nf5 Qd3 23. Nd6 Qg6 24. h4 Bh6 25. h5 Qxh5 26. Rxd2 Qxe5 27. Rd5 Qf6 28.
Ra1 g6 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. Nxc5 Rfe8 31. b4 Bf8 32. Nd7 Re6 33. Ne5 Qe8 34. Nd7 h5
35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Nc5 Rf6 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. Nxe4 Rc6 39. Nd2 Re8 40. Kf1 Rf6 41.
Nb3 Re4 42. Rd8 Kg7 43. Ra8 Ree6 44. Nd4 Rd6 45. Kg2 Be7 46. Re1 Rd8 47. Ra7
Bxb4 48. Ne6+ Rxe6 49. Rxe6 Bc5 50. Rc7 Rd2 51. Rxg6+ Kxg6 52. Rxc5 Rxb2 53.
Rc6+ f6 54. Rxa6 Rc2 55. Rb6 Rc1 56. Rb7 Rc2 57. Rb6 Rc1 58. Rb7 Rc2 59. Rb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{2006 Turin was the last Olympiad where Anand played for India. After a huge
gap finally the Tiger is back which is a tremendous boost for the team.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Italian nowadays is as popular as Spanish specially at
the top level.} Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 {Although this was first played
in 1841, it only got huge popularity after MVL recently started using the idea
heavily in this position as well as in some other similar positions. I
personally had this position a few times as White with a4-a5 included.} h6 7.
Bh4 Be7 {The old conception was that after this Black has no issues, hence Bg5
ideas were not that popular. Thanks to MVL's effort it is now clear that
though Black is still fine here, White does have many interesting tries.} 8.
Nbd2 d6 9. a4 Nh5 10. g3 $5 {A rare and very interesting idea from my good
friend Sethu. He used this idea to beat Inarkiev in the last World Rapid in
Saudi Arabia. The point is White simply protects the bishop and asks Black to
show his plans.} (10. Bg3 {MVL played this against Kramnik which is when this
whole Bg5 line started picking up rapidly. Since then many games have been
played with tries from both sides.} Nxg3 (10... g6 {is the latest trend from
the black side which was seen in Hari - Inarkiev and Sethu - Giri}) 11. hxg3
Nb8 12. Nf1 c6 13. Ne3 Na6 14. g4 {was the MVL - Kramnik game from where it
all started.}) 10... Nf6 {A natural response. Now Black threatens g5. Another
interesting move is ...Bh3 which I am sure was prepared too.} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12.
h4 {That is the idea of this whole g3 business! White gives up the bishop and
tries to launch a kingside attack.} Ne7 (12... h5 {was the Sethuraman -
Inarkiev game:} 13. Nh2 g6 14. g4 hxg4 15. Nxg4 Bxh4 16. Qf3 {1-0 (69)
Sethuraman,S (2646)-Inarkiev,E (2689), Riadh 2017 and White had good
compensation.}) 13. Nh2 {The most natural way to follow. White has a pretty
straightforward plan in this line.} d5 14. Bb3 {From the human point of view
this is most natural. However, the engine insists on taking on d5.} (14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Qf3 Be6 {is dynamically balanced. I like Anand's choice more as it
has better practical value.}) 14... c6 (14... d4 {A counter-intuitive
suggestion from the machine. Why would anyone give up the centre and open the
diagonal for the bishop! Practically it could be easier to play from the white
side, irrespective of the computer evaluation.} 15. Qe2) 15. Ng4 Qd6 16. Qf3
Bxg4 17. Qxg4 {Both sides are playing very logically. White's bishop is
clearly stronger than its counterpart, but Black holds the centre very
strongly and there is no kingside attack coming either.} g6 {Not sure if this
was needed right away.} (17... Rad8 {Black could play ...g6 later at anytime.})
18. h5 {After 10 minutes of thought Anand decides to close the kingside and
make the black bishop even more passive.} g5 {A committal decision but a
fairly justified one. Black agrees to lock in the dark-squared bishop totally
but makes sure the kingside is completely closed. His solidity in the centre
always compensates for the passivity of his minor pieces.} (18... Bg7 {would
have changed the character of the position completely:} 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. O-O-O
{can get wild soon}) 19. Qf3 (19. Qe2 {with a similar idea as in the game is
also doable.}) 19... Bg7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 20. g4 {Now the position is completely
closed on the kingside. Both squares f4 and f5 are weak, but White will get
his knight faster towards f5 than Black his to f4. Thus, Black's knight must
not move, but rather stay at e7 from where it controls both f5 and d5. White's
bishop is also stronger than its counterpart. However, Black still has solid
control over the centre which compensate all other things. As long as he can
maintain that, there is nothing to be worried about.} Rad8 21. Ke2 $5 {It is
debatable where the king would be ideally placed. It does look safe at e2 as
of now.} a5 22. Rhd1 Rd7 23. Nf1 Rfd8 (23... Qc7 $5 {Now that White has moved
the knight, Black perhaps could have started to harass the b3-bishop.} 24. Qe3
(24. Ne3 Qb6) 24... Rfd8 {with a balanced position.}) 24. Ne3 (24. Ng3 $5 {
It is not clear how to break further, but if I had to pick a colour I would
pick White.}) 24... Qf6 $2 {A strategic error. The only way for White to make
some progress is to open up the game but with queens on the board it would
have been very difficult to do so. Now it will be much easier to create play
on the queenside and suddenly the king on e2 becomes so much more active.} (
24... Qc7 {Just keeping the queen on b6 would suffice to stop White from
opening another front. For the moment its not clear how White will
breakthrough. The position remains balanced.}) 25. Qxf6 $1 {Of course!} Bxf6
26. Ba2 (26. Bc2 {with the same idea of b4 but this time unstoppable.}) 26...
Bg7 (26... Ra8 $5 {, stopping b4 for the moment, would have been more
tenacious, although White has all the time in the world to regroup and play b4
eventually.}) (26... dxe4 {Changing further major pieces doesn't solve the
problem of passive minor pieces that Black has.} 27. dxe4 Rxd1 {, and now both
Nxd1 and Rxd1 are good for White.} 28. Rxd1 (28. Nxd1 {and no need to
calculate any furher variation:} Nc8 29. f3 $14) 28... Rxd1 29. Kxd1 {[%cal
Ge3c4,Gb2b4] White still keeps some pressure.}) 27. b4 {Anand goes for the
straightforward plan.} (27. Rdb1 {In order not to give Black a chance to swap
rooks.} Nc8 (27... Ra8 28. Bb3 $14 {White can still slowly transfer the bishop
to c2 and eventually break on the queenside.}) 28. b4 dxe4 29. dxe4 axb4 30.
cxb4 Rd4 $132) 27... axb4 (27... d4 28. Nc4) 28. cxb4 dxe4 29. dxe4 Rd4 $6 (
29... Rxd1 {Good or bad, this was the last chance to swap both rooks and Black
had to opt for it.} 30. Rxd1 (30. Nxd1 Rd4) 30... Rxd1 31. Nxd1 {It is
psychologically difficult to accept as Black that he should aim for this
position, but compared to the alternative this was clearly the better choice.}
Nc8 32. b5 $1 cxb5 33. a5 $1 {is one of the typical ideas when White will take
on b7 no matter what.} Kf8 (33... Ne7 34. Bd5 $1) 34. Bd5 Ke7 (34... Nd6 $4 35.
Bxb7 $18) 35. Bxb7 Na7 36. Ne3 $16 {White is clearly better. If he can win or
not is not important from a practical point of view. Nevertheless, this is
still much better than what happened in the game.}) 30. b5 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 $1 {
Subtle. Now that there is no more ..Rd4 trick, Anand refuses to exchange rooks.
} (31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 cxb5 33. axb5 Nc8 34. Nf5 Bf8 {Here Black can just
escape.}) 31... Bf8 (31... Rd4 32. Ne3 $1 {is a nice way to finish:} Rxe4 (
32... Rxa4 33. Bxf7+) 33. bxc6 Nxc6 (33... bxc6 34. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Ga4]}) 34.
Bd5 Rb4 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. a5 $18) 32. Ne3 cxb5 33. axb5 Nc8 34. Bd5 Nd6 35. b6
$1 {giving no chance to escape. Anand at ease. Once he gets an initiative
somehow, he makes it look so simple and easy.} Rc8 36. Ra7 Rb8 37. Kd3 $1 {
[%cal Ge3c4] The most direct way once again.} (37. Ra5 {was equally strong.})
37... Nc8 $8 38. Bxb7 Nxb6 39. Bd5 $1 {The final touch.} Rd8 (39... Nxd5 40.
exd5 $18) 40. Rb7 Nc8 41. Rb8 $1 {Now Black is competely stuck.} Re8 42. Bc6
Bd6 (42... Rd8+ 43. Nd5) 43. Ra8 Rf8 44. Nf5 Ne7 45. Nxd6 Nxc6 46. Rxf8+ Kxf8
47. Nf5 {A fine positional masterpiece by Anand.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 exd4 8. cxd4
d6 9. h3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. d5
Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd5 18. Qd3 Nb6 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Ng3 Nc4 21. Rb1 h5
22. f3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 d5 24. exd5 Rfd8 25. Bf4 Qf6 26. Bc1 Rxd5 27. Qe2 Re5 28.
Qf2 Rce8 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Nf1 Be4 31. Ra1 Bd3 32. Ne3 Qb6 33. Re1 R5e6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Be3 $5 $146
{Fabiano comes up with a very interesting novelty as early as move 7 in a
popular line of the Catalan system. The idea is as obvious as it looks. White
stops c5 for the moment. Anand already had this position as Black against
Anish in 2018 Wijk where Anish played the most popular move 7.Qc2} (7. Qc2 c5
8. Nf3 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bc6 {½-½ (20) Giri,
A (2752)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018 Anand came up with this nice pawn
sac idea in that game and drew comfortably.}) 7... Bd6 {In order to have the
e5 option in future.} (7... Nd5 8. Bxd5 Nb6 {doesn't work due to} 9. Bc6+) (
7... b5 {in order to exploit the fact that white queen is still on c4} 8. Qc1 (
8. Qc2 Nd5) 8... Rb8 {is another way of playing which needs further tests.} (
8... Nd5 9. Bg5)) (7... Be7 $5 8. Qc2 $140 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 {in this particular
line the black bishop is better placed on e7 than on d6}) 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nh3 $5
{Fabiano was still blitzing out all these weird looking moves which shows the
depth of his preparation. The knight on h3 might look odd for the moment but
in return the bishop on g2 remains open thus Black will not easily be able to
develop normally on the queenside.} e5 (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 $14) (9... Rb8 10. O-O
b5 11. Nc3 $14) 10. O-O h6 {now threatening Ng4} (10... Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 (11...
Ndf6 12. f3 h6 13. Bc1 Nxh2 {leads nowhere} 14. Kxh2 exd4 15. e4 $1) 12. dxe5
Ndxe5 13. Bd2 c6 {An interesting computer suggestion. I somehow still like
White's position more here.}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nc3 Qe7 (12... Neg4 13. Bf4 g5
14. Bc1 {[%csl Rg8]}) 13. Rad1 {For the first time Fabi started to think. It
showed a great amount of preparation starting with an uncommon setup from
White's side.} Re8 (13... Ng6 {In order to keep the h3 knight out of the game
for a while} 14. Bd4 {[%cal Gd4f6,Gc3e4]} Be5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf4 c6 {
similar to the game but without the dark-squared bishops which reduces White's
advantage a bit.}) 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bd4 g5 $6 {After 15min of thought Anand took
this decision. Clearly his first choice would have been just to play Bd7 but
something bothered him there hence he opted for this desperate solution. Or
perhaps he just wanted to exchange a few pieces to reduce White's advantage.} (
15... Bd7 16. Ne4 (16. Na4 g5 {Now that the other knight is in the corner g5
becomes strong.}) (16. e4 {even here moves are not that easy for Black but at
least he has no obvious weakness.} b5) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {White still
maintains some pressure}) 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 $1 Be5 (17... Bf5 {loses on
the spot} 18. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 19. Rxd6 $18) 18. Qd2 {[%cal Gf2f4] After a very
long thought. White goes for f4 ideas in order to open up the kingside.} (18.
Re3 Ng4) (18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. e4 {was also possible}) 18... Bf5 {Ideally Black
wouldn't want to lock his bishop in on g6 but how else can he develop?} 19. e4
Bg6 20. f4 $1 (20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qc5+) 20... gxf4 $2 {This turns out to be
a big mistake based on some nice tactics.} (20... Bxd4+ {The line looks ugly
but this was more or less the only decent option Black had.} 21. Rxd4 Rad8 22.
e5 Nh5 23. f5 (23. Rd6 gxf4) 23... Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Bh7 {looks horrible at first
sight. The engine as usual doesn't think about how it looks and says Black is
not so very worse after all! During a game it could be very frustrating to aim
for this position.} 25. Bf3 (25. Re1 $2 Bxf5 26. g4 Rd8 $1 $17 {is a nice
tactical point}) 25... Ng7 26. g4 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 {at some point Black will
sac the piece and will be able to hold}) 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. gxf4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 {
Now everything comes down to one single question. Can Black take on e4 or not?
If he can’t then it is surely lost. Both players were looking at this at a
distance of many moves and lines are not trivial to calculate with so many
options. Especially over the board during a game.} Nxe4 (23... Rxe4 24. f5 $1
Bxf5 25. Qxh6 $18) 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 {Here too it is not that obvious how White is
better. Fabiano finds the only precise way to win the game.} (24... Bxe4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qg2+ {is one of the tactical points that had to be foreseen a
long time previously}) 25. Rg3 $1 (25. f5 {looks super tempting but spoils the
advantage immediately.} Bxf5 26. Qxh6 Bg6 $1 27. Rg3 (27. Rh3 $2 Qd4) 27... Re6
{Only move but good enough to hold the balance.}) 25... Rd4 {Here too White
had to find the only way to win....} 26. Qe3 $1 {Now Black loses a piece.
Anand resigned. Great preparation and a great game by Fabiano.} (26. Qf2 $2 Kh8
) (26. Qe3 $1 Kh7 (26... Kh8 27. f5 {[%csl Rh6]}) 27. f5 Bxf5 (27... Bh5 28.
Rh3 $18) 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxd4 Qb1+ 30. Qg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Paraguay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 {A rarely played line at top level.
Although it has been tried by Carlsen and Kramnik it never gained popularity
and that is for a specific reason. As we will see this game demonstrates quite
nicely why this line never got that much attention from the black side.} 5.
Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 {It's a bit surprising that Black started to think after
this move despite this being one of the main moves and more importantly the
one which had been played by Anand himself against Kramnik back in 2003.} Nxe4
7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. f4 Qe7 ({The aforementioned Anand - Kramnik game
continued in the following way...} 9... Qxf4 10. d4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 {½-½ (40)
Anand,V (2753)-Kramnik,V (2807) Monte Carlo 2003, and White had great
compensation.}) 10. f5 Bd7 $6 (10... g6 {This is by far the best move and was
seen in a correspondence game which went} 11. fxg6 (11. O-O $5 Bxf5 12. Nd6+
Kd7 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. Nxf5 {also gives White a slight edge}) 11... hxg6 12. d3
Bg7 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. O-O {½-½ (39) Nekhaev,A (2514)-Klügel,D (2507) ICCF
2016, and White had slightly better position.}) 11. O-O $1 (11. Nd6+ {leads
nowhere.} Kd8 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nxb7 Bxf5) 11... O-O-O 12. d3 $16 {Now White
has a clear target on the queenside and his king is safer than its counterpart.
} c4 {A new move which doesn't change the fact that Black has a horrible
position.} (12... Re8 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Bg3 $16 {0-1 (72) Kozganbayev,E (2362)
-Ismagambetov,A (2508) Astana 2014}) 13. Be3 {Strong but there was a much
stronger move than this} (13. Qf2 $1 {Keeping the options open for the
c1-bishop and making Black's life much more difficult} c5 (13... Kb8 14. Be3)
14. Re1 $1 {basically kills!} Qe5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Nxf6 Qxf5 17. Nxd7 Qxg5 18.
Re5 {followed by Nc5 and White's position is crushing.}) 13... Qe5 14. Qf2 $1
cxd3 (14... b6 15. a4 {doesn't look that promising either.}) 15. cxd3 Be8 {
When one has to play moves like this it is clear something has gone horribly
wrong.} 16. Bxa7 $1 Rxd3 17. Rae1 {With all White's forces together and
Black's pieces hardly developed there is no way Black can save the game.} Bd6 (
17... Bd7 18. Nc3 Qa5 (18... Qf6 19. Qc2 $18) 19. Bb6 Qa6 20. Re4 $18 {[%cal
Ge4a4]}) 18. Nxd6+ (18. g3 {would also suffice.}) 18... Qxd6 19. Bc5 (19. Bb6
Rd5) 19... Qd5 20. Bb6 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Bd7 $2 (20... c5 {was the last chance
to activate the bishop.} 21. Rc1 Bc6 22. Rxc5 Rd2 23. Rxd5 Rxf2 24. Rfd1 Bxd5
25. Kxf2 Bc6 26. g4 $16) 21. Re7 Rd1 22. h3 {Not in a hurry.} Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1
Qd6 (23... Qd2 24. Qf3) 24. Qe1 $1 {The killer blow. Nothing stops the queen
anymore.} c5 25. Qa5 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 {A very smooth and instructive game by Anand.
} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. c4 Qd8 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Ng5 Nxd4
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Bd3 Kf7 18. O-O Nc6 19. Be2 Nd4 20. Bd3 Nc6 21.
Rfd1 Rc7 22. Qb3 Nd4 23. Qb2 Rd7 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Bc4 Rxe5 26. Qb7 Qa8 27. Bf4
Re4 28. Bg5 Nf5 29. Bf1 Rb4 30. Rxb4 cxb4 31. Rd7 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 a5 33. Ra7 Rd8
34. Bxe7 Nxe7 35. Rxa5 Rb8 36. Bb5 Nf5 37. h4 Nxh4 38. Bc4 Ng6 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40.
Ra6 Nf4 41. g3 Rc8 42. Bb3 Ne2+ 43. Kg2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 a5 16. a3 d5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. exd5 exd4 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxd4
b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Nc6 f5 25. Nd2 Bxc6 26. Nc4 Qc5 27. dxc6 Qxc6
28. cxb4 Bxb4 29. Qd3 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd1 Bd6 32. Qd2 Kh7 33. Bd3 Qd5 34.
Qc2 Re7 35. Qc3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Qa4 O-O 9. Qc4 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Qb6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Be6 13. Qxc5 f5 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Nd2 Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. f4 b5 18. e4 b4 19. e5 e6 20. cxb4 Nxb4 21.
b3 Rd8 22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Nc4 Bxb3 24. Na5 Bd5 25. Nxb7 Bxb7 26. Bxb7 Bc5+ 27. Kh1
Nd3 28. Ra1 g5 29. Ba6 Ra8 30. Bxd3 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. d4 h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 Kg8
15. Nf3 Re8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Be6 18. Nxe5 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxe4
21. f3 Nc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Ke3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. f4
Ke6 28. Nd2 Nc6 29. Nc4 Nd8 30. Ke4 f5+ 31. Kd3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. c3 c6 12. Qb3 Nd6 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nb6
15. Re2 f6 16. Rae1 Rf7 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. b3 Rd8 21. h4
Nc8 22. h5 Nd6 23. Nh4 Qg4 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Nh4 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bd5 Nge7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Bh4
Qd7 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra6 Ne7 18. Qb3 Qg4 19. Bg3 Qxe4 20. Ra7 Kd7
21. Rd1 Rb6 22. Na3 Nc8 23. f3 Qe8 24. Ra5 Qe6 25. Qb4 Bh6 26. Rxb5 Re8 27. Nc4
Ra6 28. Rb8 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Rc6 30. Na5 Rb6 31. Rxb6 Nxb6 32. c4 Ke7 33. c5 Bxc5
34. Qh4 Qf7 35. Qh6 g5 36. f4 Qg6 37. fxg5 Qxh6 38. gxh6 Be3 39. Bh4 Kf7 40.
Rf1 Nd7 41. Nc6 Bxh6 42. Be1 Ne5 43. Nd4 Nd3 44. Bc3 Be3 45. Nc2 Bf2 46. Rd1
Nc5 47. Nb4 Ne4 48. Nd3 Bb6 49. Be1 Ng5 50. h4 Ne4 51. g3 f5 52. Kg2 Nf6 53.
Nf4 Re3 54. Bc3 Ne4 55. Rd3 c6 56. Rxe3 Bxe3 57. Nd3 Ke6 58. Kf3 Bh6 59. Be1
Nf6 60. b3 Ng4 61. Ke2 Ne5 62. Nf2 d5 63. Nd3 Nxd3 64. Kxd3 c5 65. Ke2 Bf8 66.
Kf3 h5 67. Ke3 Bd6 68. Bf2 Be5 69. Kd3 Kd6 70. Be1 Kc6 71. Bf2 Kb5 72. Be1 c4+
73. bxc4+ dxc4+ 74. Kc2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. f4 b6 7. Nb5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2
Ba6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 c6 11. Nd6 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 c5 13. Qe3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nbc6
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. c3 a6 17. Kf2 Nc8 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rfd1 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5
21. Rd2 Rc4 22. Kg1 Re4 23. Qf2 a5 24. h3 g6 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 a4 27. Rf2
a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Rf3 Qa5 30. Qe3 Qa7 31. Qxa7 Rxa7 32. g3 Ra2 33. Rf2 Ra3
34. Rc2 d4 35. cxd4 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Rxh3 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rd8 Rd3 39. Ke2 Ra3 40.
d5 exd5 41. Rxd5 h5 42. Rd7 Kf8 43. Rb7 h4 44. Rb6 Ke7 45. f5 gxf5 46. Kf2 h3
47. Rf6 h2 48. Kg2 Rh3 49. Kh1 Rh5 50. Ra6 f4 51. Rf6 Rxe5 52. Rxf4 Rh5 53. Rf3
Ke6 54. Ra3 f5 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Ra5+ Kf4 57. Ra4+ Kg5 58. Ra3 Rh8 59. Rb3 f4
60. Ra3 Kg4 61. Rb3 Re8 62. Kxh2 Re3 63. Rb8 Kf3 64. Ra8 Kf2 65. Ra4 f3 66. Ra1
Re8 67. Ra2+ Re2 68. Ra8 Rb2 69. Ra1 Rc2 70. Kh3 Rd2 71. Kh2 Re2 72. Ra8 Kf1+
73. Kg3 f2 74. Kf3 Re7 75. Ra1+ Re1 76. Ra2 Kg1 77. Rxf2 Rf1 78. Rxf1+ Kxf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4 a5 13. Nbc3 Na6 14. b4 Bd7 15.
Rab1 Reb8 16. Nc1 axb4 17. axb4 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nd3 Nc7 20. Rfd1 Ne6 21.
Ne2 Nc7 22. Nc3 Ne6 23. Ne2 Nc7 24. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Bc4 Na5 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nd5 Kh8 11. Qd3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Qe3 c5 14. Bd3 b6
15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Nd2 Raf8 18. Ne4 c4 19. Qe2 b5 20. b4 Nb7 21. a4
Bd8 22. Be3 Bb6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qe3 bxa4 25. Qxb6 Rf4 26. f3 Qf7 27. Qb5 h6
28. Qxc4 g5 29. Rxa4 g4 30. Ra3 Qg6 31. Qe2 R8f7 32. Re3 h5 33. Rf2 Kg7 34.
fxg4 hxg4 35. g3 Rxf2 36. Nxf2 Rc7 37. Re4 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nd6 12. Bb3 Bf6 13. Ne5 Na5 14. Bc2 Re8
15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Rc1 Bxc2 17. Rxc2 Nf5 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 bxc6
21. Be5 Bg5 22. Rd1 Qd7 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Qg4 Bd8 25. h3 g6 26. Qf3 f6 27. Bf4
Nxd4 28. Qd3 c5 29. Qc4+ Qf7 30. Qxc5 Ne6 31. Qc4 Nxf4 32. Qxf4 f5 33. Qa4 Bf6
34. Qxa7 Qc4 35. Nd5 Bxb2 36. Nxc7 Rf8 37. Nd5 Qc2 38. Ne3 Qc6 39. Qe7 Bf6 40.
Qb4 Kg7 41. a4 Ra8 42. a5 Ra7 43. Qb6 Ra6 44. Qb4 Ra7 45. g3 Rb7 46. Qa3 Ra7
47. Nd5 Rd7 48. Qb3 Rb7 49. Nb6 Ra7 50. Rd5 Bc3 51. Qa3 Bf6 52. Qd3 Qc3 53. Nc4
Qxd3 54. Rxd3 Kf7 55. Rb3 Bd4 56. Nd6+ Ke6 57. Nb5 Bxf2+ 58. Kxf2 Rxa5 59. Nd4+
Kf6 60. Rb6+ Kg5 61. Ne6+ Kf6 62. h4 Ra2+ 63. Kf3 Ra3+ 64. Kg2 Ra2+ 65. Kh3 Ra7
66. h5 Ke5 67. Kh4 Ra1 68. Nf4 Ke4 69. hxg6 hxg6 70. Rb4+ Kf3 71. Rb3+ Kf2 72.
Kg5 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d6 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. Nb5 Rd8 13. Ba3 Nh5 14. Qe3 Nf6 15.
Rac1 d5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. cxd5 Nfxd5 18. Qe5 a6 19. Nbd4 Ng6 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21.
Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rbc8 23. Rdc1 Nge7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Nd4 Nc3
27. Bb7 Nd6 28. Bxa6 Nxa2 29. f4 Nb4 30. Bb5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. g5 Nc6 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Rg1 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd4 Qb6 17. Rg3 b4 18. Nd1 a5 19. a3 Bd7 20. Nf2 Rfb8 21. axb4
axb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nd3 Ra1+ 24. Bd1 Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Ra6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27.
Kd2 g6 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 h6 30. gxh6+ Kxh6 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10. c6 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Rb8 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Rxb6 14. b3
Bb4+ 15. Ke2 Ba6 16. Bxf6 Bxc4+ 17. bxc4 gxf6 18. Rb1 Ke7 19. Rb3 Bc5 20. Rhb1
Rhb8 21. Ne1 Bd6 22. Nd3 c5 23. g4 Kd7 24. f4 Kc6 25. h4 Be7 26. h5 Rg8 27. Kf3
Bd6 28. Rb5 Ra6 29. Rb7 Rf8 30. R7b2 Rb6 31. Rb5 Ra6 32. R1b2 Ra4 33. Nf2 Rxc4
34. Ne4 Bc7 35. Nxf6 Rc1 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Bd8 38. Ne4 f5 39. gxf5 exf5 40.
Nd2 Rg8 41. Rb8 Kc7 42. Rb3 Bh4 43. Ra3 Rg3+ 44. Ke2 Rg2+ 45. Kd3 Kb7 46. Nc4
Be7 47. Rb3+ Kc7 48. a4 Ra2 49. a5 Ra1 50. Rb2 Rd1+ 51. Kc2 Ra1 52. Kb3 Bf6 53.
Rd2 Rc1 54. Ne5 Bxe5 55. fxe5 c4+ 56. Kb4 c3 57. Rd5 c2 58. Kc3 Re1 59. Kxc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "290"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Qc2
Nb6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. cxd4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Re5 Rd8 24. Bxa5 Qd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+
27. Bxe1 Kf7 28. Kf1 e5 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. g4 Kd5 31. Kd3 Nd7 32. Bd2 e4+ 33. Kc3
Ne5 34. g5 h5 35. Bf4 Nd3 36. Bxc7 Nxf2 37. Bb6 Nd3 38. g3 Nc1 39. Bf2 Ne2+ 40.
Kd2 Nd4 41. Bxd4 Kxd4 42. a5 e3+ 43. Ke2 Kc3 44. Kxe3 Kxb3 45. Ke4 Kb4 46. Kf5
Kxa5 47. Kg6 b5 48. Kxg7 b4 49. g6 b3 50. Kh6 b2 51. g7 b1=Q 52. g8=Q Qd1 53.
Qg5+ Kb4 54. Qxh5 Qd6+ 55. Qg6 Qf8+ 56. Kg5 Qd8+ 57. Qf6 Qg8+ 58. Kh4 Qh7+ 59.
Kg4 Qg8+ 60. Kh3 Kc5 61. g4 Kd5 62. Kh4 Qh7+ 63. Kg5 Qg8+ 64. Qg6 Qd8+ 65. Kh5
Qh8+ 66. Kg5 Qd8+ 67. Kh6 Qh8+ 68. Qh7 Qf6+ 69. Kh5 Ke5 70. Qc7+ Kd5 71. g5
Qf3+ 72. Kh6 Qe3 73. Qd7+ Kc4 74. Qc6+ Kb4 75. Kg6 Qd3+ 76. Kh6 Qe3 77. Qd6+
Kb3 78. Kg6 Ka2 79. Qd5+ Ka3 80. Kg7 Qe7+ 81. Kg6 Qe3 82. Kf6 Qf4+ 83. Qf5 Qd6+
84. Kg7 Qd4+ 85. Kg8 Qc4+ 86. Qf7 Qg4 87. g6 Kb2 88. Qb7+ Ka1 89. Qc6 Kb1 90.
Qb5+ Ka1 91. Qd3 Qh5 92. Qe4 Qg5 93. g7 Qd8+ 94. Kh7 Qc7 95. Qg2 Qa7 96. Qf1+
Kb2 97. Kg6 Qa8 98. Qe2+ Kb1 99. Qd3+ Ka1 100. Qd4+ Kb1 101. Qb4+ Ka1 102. Qc3+
Kb1 103. Qb3+ Ka1 104. Qe6 Qg2+ 105. Kh7 Qh1+ 106. Qh6 Qe4+ 107. Kh8 Qe5 108.
Qh3 Kb1 109. Qg4 Qh2+ 110. Kg8 Ka1 111. Qd4+ Kb1 112. Qb4+ Ka1 113. Qc3+ Kb1
114. Kf7 Qf2+ 115. Qf6 Qa7+ 116. Kg6 Qa8 117. Kh7 Qb7 118. Qf1+ Ka2 119. Kh8
Qb2 120. Qc4+ Ka1 121. Qa4+ Kb1 122. Qe4+ Ka1 123. Kh7 Qh2+ 124. Kg6 Qd6+ 125.
Kf7 Qc7+ 126. Qe7 Qc4+ 127. Qe6 Qc7+ 128. Kg6 Qc2+ 129. Qf5 Qg2+ 130. Kf7 Qb7+
131. Kf6 Qb6+ 132. Kg5 Qe3+ 133. Qf4 Qg1+ 134. Kf6 Qb6+ 135. Kf5 Qb1+ 136. Qe4
Qf1+ 137. Ke6 Qa6+ 138. Kf7 Qa7+ 139. Qe7 Qa2+ 140. Qe6 Qa7+ 141. Kf8 Qa8+ 142.
Kf7 Qa7+ 143. Qe7 Qa2+ 144. Kg6 Qc2+ 145. Kf7 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Qf3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Ndf1 Qe6 15.
b4 Ne7 16. Ng3 c6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 d5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3
Rad8 22. Rd1 f6 23. Ne2 Nc8 24. Nc1 Nd6 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nb3 Kf7 27. Kf1 Re7
28. Rde1 Rc7 29. Rf3 Re8 30. Rfe3 Rd8 31. Rf3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. c4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nc3
Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Re5 Qd8 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Bc4 Ng4 19. Re2 Qd6 20. g3 Nf6
21. Rae1 Bd7 22. Re5 Rad8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. R1xe4 Bc6 25. d5 Bd7 26. Qc3 a6 27.
Bb3 Rfe8 28. h4 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf8 31. f4 f6 32. Re3 Be8 33. Rc3
c6 34. dxc6 Bxc6 35. Bc2 Rd2 36. b4 h6 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke1 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nf6 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. d5 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 e6 14. Rfd1 g5
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qa3 Qe8 18. Bg3 b5 19. b4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Rac1 axb4 22. Qxb4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxa2 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Kg2 f5 27.
Be5 Qc2 28. Qb3+ Qxb3 29. Rxb3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a5
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. d4 Bb6 15. Be3
Rfe8 16. Qc2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. a3
b5 22. Qe2 Qc4 23. Rd3 Rad8 24. Red1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 g6 26. f3 Kg7 27. Qd2 Re7
28. Nf1 Qc5+ 29. Ne3 Rd7 30. Kf2 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Qb6 32. g4 Nh7 33. h4 Qf6 34.
Qxb5 Qxh4+ 35. Kg2 Qe1 36. Qxe5+ Kg8 37. Nd5 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. e4 Na5 8. Qc2
Be7 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e5 Be7 12. d5 O-O 13. dxe6 Qe8 14. exf7+ Qxf7
15. Nd5 b5 16. Be2 Be6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. O-O Nb3 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. Qa7 Rd2 24. Bf3 Rxb2 25. Qxa6 bxa4 26. Qxa4 c3 27.
Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qc6 Rb3 29. Be4+ g6 30. Bc2 Ra3 31. h4 h5 32. Rd1 Ra5 33. Qxc3 Qc5
34. Qd3 Bf5 35. Qb3 Qxe5 36. Bxf5 Qxf5 37. Qb8 Rd5 38. Qxc7+ Kh6 39. Re1 Rd7
40. Qc8 Kh7 41. f3 Rf7 42. Qd8 Qf6 43. Qxf6 Rxf6 44. Kf2 Ra6 45. Re4 Kg7 46. g4
hxg4 47. fxg4 Ra3 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Qd2 Bf6 14. Ne2 Qd7
15. c3 Rfe8 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 f6 19. Qf4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. h4 Ne7 23. h5 h6 24. Bd3 Bf7 25. a3 Kf8 26. Qf3 Be6 27. Qe3 Bf7
28. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rd3 Nb4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bc3 Na6
21. a4 Nd7 22. a5 Ndc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. axb6 axb6 25. e3 Rc8 26. Bf1 Bc6 27.
Rb1 Nd7 28. f4 h6 29. Bd4 Be4 30. Rb4 Rb8 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 f6 33. e4 e5
34. Be3 Kf7 35. h4 Rc8 36. h5 exf4 37. gxf4 f5 38. exf5 Kf6 39. Kf3 Kxf5 40.
Bxb6 Nf6 41. Rb5+ Ke6 42. Re5+ Kd6 43. c5+ Kc6 44. Re7 Nxh5 45. Kg4 Nf6+ 46.
Kf5 Rf8 47. Rc7+ Kd5 48. Kg6 Ne4 49. Kxg7 Rxf4 50. Kxh6 Rf6+ 51. Kg7 Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Na3 f6 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. c4 Nb4 12. Bf1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd5 14. Nc3 Kh8
15. Qb3 a6 16. a4 b6 17. Bd2 Ra7 18. a5 b5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. h3 g5 21. Na2 Nc6
22. Nb4 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 Rg8 24. Qa3 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Nh2 Rag7 27. g3 Bh3 28.
Re3 Bf4 29. Rf3 Qc7 30. Nf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Bxg3 32. Qc3 Qd7 33. Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kd2
Bh4 35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Kxe1 Rg1+ 37. Ke2 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.01"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Bb7 13. Qb2 Nbd7 14. Ne1
Qb8 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Nb3 Nd5 17. Nbc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qa7 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Rac1
Ba8 21. Nd3 f6 22. Nc5 Nb6 23. Qc3 e5 24. dxe5 Nc4 25. Nd3 fxe5 26. Nb2 Nxb2
27. Qxb2 e4 28. Rc5 a4 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 Rf8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. e3 c5 33. Qd6
Qf7 34. Qxc5 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Rg8 36. Rf1 Qa2 37. Rf5 Bb7 38. h4 Bc8 39. Rf4 Be6
40. h5 h6 41. Bxe4 Rd8 42. Bg2 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Rd2 44. Qc6 Qd5 45. Qxd5 Bxd5 46.
e4 Bg8 47. Rf8 b4 48. e5 bxa3 49. e6 a2 50. e7 Re2 51. e8=Q Rxe8 52. Rxe8 a1=Q
53. Bd5 Qd1 54. Bf7 Qc2+ 55. Kg1 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. a3 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nc4 h5 13. Kg2 O-O-O 14. Be3 hxg4
15. hxg4 Nf6 16. Nfd2 Rh7 17. Qe2 Rdh8 18. Rh1 Nd7 19. Rxh7 Rxh7 20. Rh1 Rxh1
21. Kxh1 b6 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. Nh4 Qf6 24. g5 Qe6 25. Nxg6 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 fxg6 27.
f3 c5 28. b5 Qg3+ 29. Kf1 Nf8 30. Qg2 Qh4 31. Ke2 Ne6 32. a4 Kd7 33. c3 Ke7 34.
Kd2 Kf7 35. Kc2 Ke7 36. Bd2 Kd7 37. a5 Ke7 38. Qg1 Qh5 39. Qg2 Qh4 40. Qf1 Nxg5
41. Bxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Viernheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qc2 Bxf4 14. exf4 Ne4
15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Ne5 g6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. g3 Nd6 19. b5 Re7 20. f5 Qf8 21. f6
Re6 22. Bf1 Rxf6 23. Nd7 Qd8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bh3 Rd8 26. Qxc7 Ba8 27. a4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Qe1 Bf7 14. Nbd4 Nd8 15.
b4 Bh5 16. Bb2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Ne6 18. Rd1 c6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4
Ng5 22. Bc3 g6 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Ra1 Ne6 25. f4 a5 26. axb5 axb4 27. Bb2 cxb5 28.
Bb3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rc8 30. g3 Rc4 31. Qd2 Qb7 32. h3 Qb6 33. Kh1 Qb7 34. g4 Ng7
35. Kh2 Kf7 36. Qg2 Ke6 37. Ra5 Bd8 38. Ra1 Be7 39. Ra5 Bd8 40. Ra1 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Bg3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Re1
Nd7 16. Nf1 Nb6 17. Ne3 Re8 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 c4 21. dxc4 Nxc4
22. Ndxc4 bxc4 23. Ba4 Qc8 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. Nxc4 Nd4 26. cxd4 Bxc4 27. Qd1 exd4
28. b3 Be6 29. Rc1 Qa6 30. Qxd4 Bxb3 31. Bxb3 Rxb3 32. Rc7 Qa5 33. Rec1 Rb1 34.
Rxb1 Qxc7 35. Qd5 Rb8 36. Rxb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nd2 d6 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Bb3 Qe7 15.
a4 Nd7 16. a5 Bc7 17. d4 Nf6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. f3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. Bg1 d5 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. c4 Nxg2 25. cxd5 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Qf6 27. a6 bxa6 28.
dxc6 exd4 29. Kg2 d3 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Bf4 32. Ne4 Rb8 33. Nc5 Rfc8 34. Bd5
Rb2+ 35. Kf1 d2 36. Rd1 Rc2 37. Ne4 Rb8 38. Ke2 Rc1 39. Nxd2 Rb2 40. Be3 Rxc3
41. Bxf4 gxf4 42. Ke1 Re3+ 43. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Be6 13. d4 Qc7 14. b3 Rac8 15. d5
Bd7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 c4 18. b4 Nb7 19. a4 Ra8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ba7 Rfc8 22.
Nbd2 Nd8 23. Be3 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qb7 25. Qb2 Ra8 26. Ra1 Ne8 27. Ra5 Rxa5 28.
bxa5 Qa6 29. Qb4 f6 30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Qb6 Bb5 32. Ba4 Qxb6 33. Bxb6 Bxa4 34. a6
Nc6 35. Nd2 Na7 36. Nxc4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Nf1 a4 15.
Ng3 Ba5 16. Re3 Qb5 17. Nh4 Rfe8 18. Rf3 Nh7 19. Nhf5 Kh8 20. Nh5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5
Qc4 22. Ng3 f6 23. Be3 Bb6 24. h4 Re7 25. a3 Qe6 26. d5 cxd5 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28.
Rxd5 Rd7 29. Rc1 Nf8 30. Rc6 Ng6 31. h5 Nf4 32. Rf5 g5 33. hxg6 Nxg6 34. Qd2
Ne5 35. Rc3 Rh7 36. Rh5 Rc8 37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxc8+ Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kg6 40. Rxh6+
Rxh6 41. Nxd6 Kg5 42. g3 Kg4 43. Kg2 Rh7 44. Rg8+ Kh5 45. Nf5 Rc7 46. f3 Ng6
47. g4+ Kg5 48. Kg3 Rc3 49. bxc3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. h4 Ne5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rc8
15. g4 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Nf5 gxf5 18. gxf5 Qxc3 19. Rdg1+ Ng6 20. fxg6 fxg6
21. h5 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Nxe4+ 24. Ke3 Qc3+ 25. Bd3 Qd2+ 26. Kxe4 Qxh6
27. hxg6 Qf4+ 28. Kd5 h6 29. g7 Rc8 30. Ke6 d5 31. Rg6 Rc6+ 32. Kxe7 Rxg6 33.
Bxg6 Kxg7 34. Bd3 Qe5+ 35. Kd7 h5 36. Rg1+ Kf6 37. Rg6+ Kf7 38. Rh6 a5 39. Kc6
b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. Kd7 Kg7 42. Re6 Qd4 43. Ke8 Qg4 44. Ke7 h4 45. Be2 Qg5+
46. Kd6 h3 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Re5 Qf6+ 49. Kxd5 h2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. b3 Ke8 16. Rd1 h4 17. Kf1 Rh5 18. Bc1 Bb4 19. Ne2 Bd5 20. Nf4
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rh8 22. Ng2 Ke7 23. Ne3 Nxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Ke6 25. f4 Rc8 26. Ke2 g6
27. Kf3 Kf5 28. Rd7 Ke6 29. Rd3 a6 30. Ke4 Be7 31. Rd1 Re8 32. c4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. a4 b4 15.
Qd3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb8 17. Nbd4 c5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Qxa6 c4 21.
Bxe4 fxe4 22. Ng5 Qg6 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Qb5 Ra5 25. Qb7 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Nxe5 27. h4
Nd3 28. Reb1 h6 29. Be3 Ne5 30. Qb6 Rfa8 31. Qxg6 Nxg6 32. h5 Ne5 33. Rb7 Rxa4
34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35. Bd4 Nc6 36. Bxg7 d4 37. Bxd4 Nxd4 38. cxd4 c3 39. Rc7 Rxd4
40. Rxc3 Rd5 41. Re3 Rxh5 42. Rxe4 Kg7 43. g3 Ra5 44. Kg2 Ra2 45. Re5 Rb2 46.
g4 Rb3 47. f3 Ra3 48. Kg3 Rb3 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. f4 Rb3 51. Re3 Rb1 52. Kf3 Kf6
53. f5 Kg5 54. Re6 Rb3+ 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Ke5 Rb5+ 57. Kd6 Kxg4 58. f6 Rf5 59.
Ke7 h5 60. f7 Rxf7+ 61. Kxf7 h4 62. Re4+ Kg3 63. Kg6 h3 64. Re3+ Kg4 65. Rxh3
Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. c4 Nd7 18. Qb3 f5 19. Rc2 Bf6 20. Be3 g5 21. h3 h5
22. cxb5 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Nh2 axb5 25. Rfc1 Bg5 26. Rxc7 g3 27. Nf1 gxf2+
28. Kxf2 Bxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Qh4+ 30. Ke2 f4 31. Nd1 f3+ 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Rc8+ Rf8
34. Rxa8 Qh2+ 35. Ke1 Rxa8 36. Rc2 Qg3+ 37. Rf2 Nf6 38. Kf1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Rc8
8. c4 e5 9. Qd3 b5 10. Na3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. Rac1 b4 13. Nc2 f5 14. Qd5 Qxd5
15. cxd5 a5 16. Bb6 a4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. Bc7 Rb7 20. exf5 Be7 21. Ba5
Kf7 22. Ndc4 Ra8 23. a3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rb5 25. Bb4 Ra6 26. Rfd1 g6 27. fxg6+
hxg6 28. h3 Bf5 29. f3 Ke8 30. Kf2 Kd8 31. g4 Bd7 32. h4 Be8 33. g5 Nh5 34. Ng2
Bf7 35. Nce3 Kd7 36. Rc4 Bd8 37. Rc6 Rbb6 38. Bxd6 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Bb6 40. Bc5
Bxc5 41. Rxc5 Ng3 42. Nc4 e4 43. Nxb2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 d6 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Bb2 a6 13. Ne4 Bxb2 14. Rxb2 b5 15.
Qc2 bxc4 16. dxc4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Qb1 a5 19. Nc3 Rc8 20. Na2 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Nxa2 22. Qxa2 Ne5 23. Rc1 Nxf3+ 24. exf3 Rc5 25. Rb7 d5 26. Rd1 Rxc4 27.
Rb5 e6 28. Rxa5 Qc7 29. Ra7 Qc5 30. Ra5 Rc2 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rb1 Ra7 33. Kg2
Kg7 34. f4 Rd8 35. Rb3 Rdd7 36. Kf3 Rdb7 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. g4 Kf6 39. Kg3 h5
40. f3 Rb3 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Rc8 h4+ 43. Kg4 Rb2 44. h3 Rg2+ 45. Kxh4 Kf5 46.
Rf8 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O a5 13. Nf1 a4 14. Ne3 Be7
15. g4 Nd5 16. c4 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Qa5 18. Qc2 O-O-O 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. Bf4+ Ka8 21.
Rd3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rhd8 23. c5 b5 24. cxb6 Nxb6 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. Bd2 Qb5 27. Qc4
Nb6 28. Qc2 Kb7 29. Rc3 Bb4 30. Nxc6 Bxc3 31. Nxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxc3 Nd5 33. Qc4
Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Nb6 35. Rb4 Kc6 36. Kc2 f5 37. gxf5 exf5 38. Kd3 Re8 39. Be3 Rg8
40. d5+ Nxd5 41. Rxa4 Nf6 42. Ra6+ Kd5 43. Bxh6 Nxh5 44. Bg5 Rb8 45. b3 Rb4 46.
Bd2 Rg4 47. a4 Nf6 48. b4 Ne4 49. f3 Rg3 50. Ra5+ Ke6 51. Ra6+ Kd5 52. Ra5+ Ke6
53. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. b3 Be7 12. Ba3 Qd4 13. Qa6 Qd7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Na4 Rfc8 19. d4 Rb5 20. Rc4 e5
21. d5 c5 22. d6 Bd8 23. Rc2 f6 24. Nb2 h5 25. Nc4 h4 26. a4 bxa3 27. Qxa3 h3
28. Qa4 Rcb8 29. Ne3 R8b7 30. Rc3 Ba5 31. Qc4+ Qf7 32. d7 Bd8 33. Qe4 Rxb3 34.
Rxc5 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Rd5 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Qc8 38. Kf2 Bb6 39. Rd6 Qc1 40.
g4 Qc7 41. Qc6 Qe7 42. Qd7 Qxd7 43. Rxd7 Kh7 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. e4 Bd4 46. Kg3 Be3
47. Kxh3 Bf2 48. Kg2 Bb6 49. h4 Kh6 50. Kf3 Bc5 51. Rc7 Bb6 52. Rc6 Kg6 53. g5
Bd4 54. Kg4 Kf7 55. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. O-O dxc4 7. a4 O-O 8. Qc2
Be6 9. e4 h6 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Qc3 c5 13. d5 Ng4 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bf3
Bc8 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 gxf4 18. fxg4 f3 19. Na3 Nd3 20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Nac4
Qc7 22. Rd1 b6 23. Rxd3 a6 24. d6 exd6 25. Nxd6 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 13. Bd2 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rab1 h6 20. Qa2 Kh8 21. h3
Nh5 22. Nc4 Nc6 23. Nb6 Qc7 24. a5 Rf6 25. Rb2 Rbf8 26. Be3 Bd8 27. Nh2 Rg6 28.
Kh1 Qf7 29. Qa4 Na7 30. Nd7 Rg8 31. Rb7 Nb5 32. c4 Nd4 33. Nxe5 Qxb7 34. Nxg6+
Kh7 35. Nf4 Nxf4 36. Bxf4 e5 37. Be3 Qb2 38. Qa1 Qxa1 39. Rxa1 Nc6 40. Bd2 Bc7
41. Rb1 Rb8 42. Rxb8 Nxb8 43. Kg1 Nc6 44. Kf1 Bxa5 45. Bxa5 Nxa5 46. Ke2 Nc6
47. Nf3 Kg6 48. Nh4+ Kf6 49. Nf5 Nd4+ 50. Nxd4 cxd4 51. Kd2 Ke6 52. Kc2 Kd7 53.
Kb3 Kc6 54. Kb4 Kb6 55. h4 Kc6 56. Ka5 Kb7 57. h5 Ka7 58. g3 Kb7 59. f4 Ka7 60.
f5 Kb7 61. g4 Kc7 62. Kxa6 Kd7 63. Kb6 Ke7 64. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. a4
Ne7 15. a5 Ng6 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Ng3 Ne5 18. b3 g6 19. h3 Be7 20. Nge2 Rd8 21.
Nf4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Nd7 23. Ncd5 Bd8 24. Ne6 Re8 25. Nxd8 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Kxd8 27.
f3 Re6 28. Bf4 Ke7 29. Kf2 b5 30. Be3 Rc6 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Qe7 17. c4 c6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22.
cxb5 cxd5 23. exd5 axb3 24. Bxb3 Qd6 25. Ra2 h6 26. Qd3 Rad8 27. Rd2 Nxd5 28.
Red1 Qb6 29. Qc4 Qc7 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Rd8 33. Qc6 Qa5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Bd3 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Qe7 16. Qd2 c6 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd6 21.
Bc4+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qf6+ 24. Qf4 Be8 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Nf3 Bh5 27.
g4 Re8 28. Rf4 Bg6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rd6 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Ne5 Bb6 33. d5
cxd5 34. Bxd5 Bd4 35. Nf3 Bxb2 36. Bxb7 Bf7 37. a4 Be8 38. a5 Bb5+ 39. Kf2 a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz playoff"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.11.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Re1 Qg5 14. Nf1 Kg7 15. Ne3
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ne7 18. d4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bd5
Rb8 22. b4 Bd7 23. Ra2 Rf6 24. Rd2 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qe2 a5 27. b5 h5 28.
bxc6 Rb1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Re6 31. Qd4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Qc5 33. Qxc5 dxc5 34.
Ke2 c4 35. e5 Rxc6 36. f4 gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Rc5 39. Kd4 Rd5+ 40. Kxc4
Rd2 41. Kb5 Rxg2 42. Kxa5 Rb2 43. Ka6 g5 44. a5 c5 45. Ka7 Rb3 46. a6 c4 47.
Ka8 Ra3 48. Kb7 Rb3+ 49. Kc6 Ra3 50. Kb5 Ra1 51. Re4 Kd5 52. Rd4+ Kxe5 53. Rxc4
Kd5 54. Rd4+ Ke5 55. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz playoff"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.11.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bb2 e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nf3 Ne4
15. Nd4 Qh4 16. f4 Qf6 17. Rc2 c5 18. Nb5 Qe6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bf3 f6 21. Qc1
a4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxc5 axb3 24. axb3 Qb6 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Bd4 Qxb3 27. Rc5
Bf7 28. h3 Ree8 29. Rf3 Qe6 30. f5 Qd6 31. Rf4 Bd5 32. Rc7 Re7 33. Rc2 Re4 34.
Rff2 Ree8 35. Rc7 Re7 36. Rc3 Ree8 37. Rc5 Rab8 38. Rf4 Be4 39. Qc4+ Kh8 40.
Kh2 Bb7 41. Qc3 Rbc8 42. Rxc8 Rxc8 43. Qb2 Ba8 44. Kg1 Qc6 45. Kh2 Qc2 46. Rf2
Qxb2 47. Rxb2 Be4 48. Rb5 h5 49. g4 h4 50. Kg1 Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Rc2+ 52. Ke1 Rh2
53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. Re8 Bd3 55. Re7 Kg8 56. g5 Bxf5 57. e4 Bg6 58. gxf6 gxf6 59.
Bxf6 Bf7 60. Rc7 Rxh3 61. Kf2 Rb3 62. e5 h3 63. Rd7 h2 64. Kg2 Rb2+ 65. Kh1 Be6
66. Rd4 Kf7 67. Bg5 Re2 68. Bf4 Re4 69. Rxe4 Bd5 70. e6+ Ke8 71. Kxh2 Bxe4 72.
e7 Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. e5 Bg4 8.
exd6 exd6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ne7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rae1 Re8 14. Ne4
Qd7 15. b3 Nd5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Re2 Re6 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Nxc5 Rxe2 20. Nxd7 Rxe1+
21. Kh2 Rb7 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Nxh7 Be5+ 24. g3 Kg7 25. Bd2 Ra1 26. d4 Bxd4 27.
Bc3 Kxh7 28. Bxd4 Rxa2 29. Qf4 Rd7 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qf6 c5 32. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Ne4 Rfd8
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rac1 Kf8 18. Kf1 Ke7 19. Ke1 Rac8 20. Be2 Na7
21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Ra1 Rc7 24. Kd2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Nd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. c3 O-O 13. Be2 f6 14. O-O fxe5 15.
fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Bxf1 Bb7 17. Qe3 Rc8 18. Nf2 Qb6 19. a3 Bxd4 20. cxd4 b4 21.
axb4 Qxb4 22. Ra3 Rc7 23. Rb3 Qe7 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. Nd3 Qh4 26. Nf4 Nf8 27. g3
Qe7 28. Rb6 Bc8 29. Rd6 Rd7 30. Rc6 Rc7 31. Qc3 Rxc6 32. Qxc6 Qb4 33. Qxc8
Qxd4+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ 35. Ng2 Qb1 36. Qxa6 Qxb2 37. Qe2 Qxe2 38. Bxe2 g5 39. Ne1
Nd7 40. Nd3 Kf7 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 e4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Be2 Nb6
15. O-O Bd7 16. b5 a6 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Bc3 Bxe2 20. Bb4 Qd7 21.
Qxe2 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. f3 Qe6 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Rf5 Nbd7 26. h3 g6 27.
Ra5 Nd5 28. Qc2 N7f6 29. Bd2 Rb8 30. Rc5 Qb6 31. Kh2 Qb1 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Qc5
Rxc8 34. Qxc8 Qd3 35. Qc1 h5 36. a4 Ng8 37. Nh1 f5 38. Qe1 Nge7 39. Nf2 Qb3 40.
a5 Qb8+ 41. Kg1 Qb5 42. Qf1 Qxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Nc8 44. Nd1 Nd6 45. Nb2 h4 46. Ke2
Kf7 47. Na4 Nb7 48. Nb2 Ke6 49. Nc4 Nd6 50. Ne5 g5 51. Nc6 f4 52. Nb8 Nf5 53.
Nxa6 fxe3 54. Nc5+ Ke7 55. Be1 Nxd4+ 56. Kd1 Nf4 57. a6 e2+ 58. Kd2 Nc6 59.
Nxe4 Nxg2 60. Nxg5 Kd7 61. Kxe2 Nxe1 62. Kxe1 Kc7 63. Nf3 Nb4 64. a7 Kb7 65.
Nxh4 Nd3+ 66. Kf1 Nf4 67. Nf5 Nxh3 68. Ne3 Kxa7 69. Nc4 Ng5 70. Ne3 Ne6 71. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. a3 Bxb3
15. cxb3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rc6 17. b4 Qb7 18. Nh2 Bd8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Bb6 21.
Nf3 Rfc8 22. Rda1 Rc4 23. Nd2 Rd4 24. Qxa6 Qxa6 25. Rxa6 Rxd2 26. Rxb6 h5 27.
b5 Rc4 28. Ra4 Rxa4 29. Nxa4 Rd4 30. Nc3 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 g5 10. Be3 g4 11. hxg4 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Nxg4 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15.
Nf1 O-O-O 16. Ne3 Rdg8 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. g3 h5 19. Kf1 h4 20. gxh4 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Qd2 Rf8 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. Bd5 Nf6 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Ng5 Qg6 27. Ke2 Rxh4
28. Rg1 Qh5+ 29. Ke1 Ng4 30. Nxg4 Rxg4 31. Rxg4 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Bd3 Kb8 14.
Rhe1 h5 15. g3 Rc8 16. Bf1 Na5 17. Re3 Qb6 18. Qe1 Rc7 19. Nd4 Rhc8 20. Nb3 Nc4
21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Red3 a5 23. Nd4 a4 24. Qe3 Qc5 25. a3 b5 26. Nf3 Qxe3 27.
Rxe3 b4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Rc5 31. Rd3 Bd8 32. Nde2 Bc7 33.
Rd4 Ra5 34. Ka2 Kb7 35. Nc1 Bc6 36. Nd3 e5 37. Rc4 Bb6 38. Nb4 Rc5 39. Rxc5
Bxc5 40. Nxc6 Kxc6 41. f5 Bg1 42. h3 Kc5 43. Nd5 Bf2 44. c3 Kc4 45. g4 hxg4 46.
hxg4 Kd3 47. Nxf6 Bh4 48. Ne8 d5 49. exd5 e4 50. f6 e3 51. d6 e2 52. d7 e1=Q
53. d8=Q+ Kc2 54. Qe7 Qb1+ 55. Ka3 Qxb2+ 56. Kxa4 Qb3+ 57. Ka5 Qxc3+ 58. Kb6
Qd4+ 59. Kc6 Qxg4 60. Qxf7 Qa4+ 61. Kb7 Qb5+ 62. Kc8 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. f4
Ne4 22. g4 Kh8 23. gxf5 Qxf5 24. Qe2 c4 25. Be3 b4 26. Qg2 bxc3 27. bxc3 Ra8
28. Kh1 h6 29. Bd4 Ra6 30. e6 Bf6 31. Bxe4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34.
f5 Ra5 35. Rf4 Re5 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Rf2 h5 40. Kf4 e3
41. Re2 Ra5 42. Rxe3 Ra2 43. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7
9. a4 Nd7 10. a5 a6 11. b4 Nc8 12. Nbd2 Na7 13. Nb3 Nb5 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Qc1 f6
16. Bf4 O-O 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qe3 Ne4 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 e5
22. Bxe5 Qd7 23. Rh4 Rae8 24. Rf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Nxc3 26. Qd4 Ne4 27. Kf1 Ra8
28. Kg1 Qf7 29. Ra3 Bf5 30. Qb2 Kh7 31. Nd4 Re8 32. Ne2 Qe7 33. Bd4 Qg5 34. Re3
Qxh5 35. f3 Ng5 36. Ng3 Qg6 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Nxf5 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Ne6 40. Bc3 Qd1
41. Qd2 Qb1 42. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 c5 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qe1
Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16. a4 Rad8 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc4 Bxc4
21. bxc4 Nc6 22. a5 Nd4 23. Rf2 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Re6 25. Rd2 Nc6 26. Bf2 Re5 27.
Re2 Rde8 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rb1 Nxa5 30. Be1 Nc6 31. Rxb7 h5 32. Bc3 Rf5+ 33.
Ke2 a5 34. Rc7 Nb4 35. Ra7 Nxc2 36. Rxa5 h4 37. d4 Rg5 38. dxc5 Rxg2+ 39. Kd3
Kf8 40. c6 Ke7 41. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 f6 11. Qb3 Ba5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Qd6
15. O-O c5 16. Na4 c4 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. Bd2 Bb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21.
f3 Bf5 22. Qc3 Bd3 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. a3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. c5 dxc5 13. f3 Be6 14. Be3 Qe7
15. a4 Rfb8 16. Rfb1 Nd7 17. a5 Qd8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Bc4 Nf8 20. Ba6 Rb3 21. Qd2
Rab8 22. Bf1 Nd7 23. Bf2 h6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rb1 26. Rxb1 Rxb1 27. g4 Bc4
28. Rxd7 Rxf1+ 29. Kg2 a6 30. Re7 f6 31. h4 Rc1 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 fxg5 34.
Rxe5 g4 35. fxg4 Bf1+ 36. Kf3 Rxc3+ 37. Kf4 Be2 38. Bxc5 Rf3+ 39. Kg5 Rg3 40.
Re8+ Kh7 41. Kf5 Rxg4 42. Bd4 Rg6 43. Re7 Bd3 44. Kf4 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. a5 Be6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c4 Nd7 15.
b4 Rac8 16. Rc1 Bh7 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 Bg5 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Kh1 Qf7
22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nc4 Rcd8 25. d6 cxb4 26. Qxb4 e4 27. Ne5 Qe6 28.
Qd4 exf3 29. Bxf3 Ne4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. h3 e3 32. Qxe3 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34.
Qxg5 Kg8 35. Ng4 Be4 36. Qe3 Qd5 37. Qe2 Re8 38. Ra1 Re6 39. Ra3 Bf5 40. Qf3
Qxf3 41. gxf3 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
f3 c5 9. g4 Be6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bg3 Na5 13. b3 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6
15. h3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxc3 17. Qe1 Qc8 18. Be5 Rc5 19. Kh1 Re8 20. Qd2 Qd8 21.
Rfe1 Bd6 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. f4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Ne4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27.
Rxe4 Qh4 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Rd4 Rc7 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Qxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kf7 33.
h4 Rc2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Rxb7 a5 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. b4 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Re8 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Rxe6 16. c4 c6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Ree8 20. g3 Nf8 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. c5 Ng6 24. Nc4 dxc5 25. Ncxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qe8 27. Nf3
Rd8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Qc4 Ng4 30. Qc3 Qd6 31. h3 Qf6 32. Kg2 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Nf6
34. Ne5 Rd6 35. Rxc5 Nd7 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Nxc6 Nc5 38. Nb4 f5 39. exf5 Kf7 40.
Kf3 Kf6 41. g4 Ke5 42. Ke3 Nb3 43. d4+ Kd6 44. f4 Na5 45. Kd3 Nb7 46. Na6 Nd8
47. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. h4 Rb8 13. h5 b5 14. h6
g6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Kd2 Ke7 19. Rhc1 Rd8 20. e3 Rd5
21. Rab1 b4 22. Kd3 a5 23. a3 Rh5 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rc4 b3 26. Rb2 Rxh6 27. Rc3
Rh1 28. Rcxb3 Rxb3+ 29. Rxb3 h5 30. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "281"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 a4 10. Bb5 Ng4 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Qf6+
15. Kg1 Bxd4+ 16. Be3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be6 18. Qc2 a3 19. Bc4 Qc3 20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21.
Rec1 Bxc4 22. Rxc3 b5 23. Ra1 c5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxc5 Rfc8 26. Bxa3 Be6 27.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Bb4 f5 29. a3 Kf7 30. Nd2 Bd5 31. Re1 e4 32. g4 fxg4 33. Nxe4
Rc2 34. Nd2 g5 35. Re5 Bc6 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Re3 h5 38. Rd3 Kf5 39. Ke3 h4 40.
Nb3 Kg6 41. Rd2 Rxd2 42. Nxd2 g3 43. hxg3 hxg3 44. Bd6 g2 45. Kf2 Kf5 46. Nb3
Ke6 47. Bb4 g4 48. Nd4+ Kd7 49. Kg1 Kc7 50. Ba5+ Kb7 51. Kh2 Bf3 52. Bb4 Kb6
53. Kg1 Ka6 54. Ne6 Kb6 55. Bd2 Kc6 56. Be3 Kd5 57. Nc7+ Kc6 58. Bf4 Kb6 59.
Ne6 Kc6 60. Be3 Kd5 61. Nc7+ Kc6 62. Bf4 Kb6 63. Ne8 Kc6 64. Nf6 Kc5 65. Bd2
Kc6 66. Kf2 Kb6 67. Nh5 Kc6 68. Nf4 Kb6 69. Ne6 Kc6 70. Be3 Kd5 71. Nc7+ Kc6
72. Na6 Kb7 73. Nb4 Kc7 74. Kg3 Kd6 75. Kf4 Be2 76. Bf2 Bf3 77. Ke3 Kc5 78.
Kd3+ Kd6 79. Kd4 Be2 80. Bg3+ Kd7 81. Bh2 Kc8 82. Kc5 Kb7 83. Nd5 Bf1 84. Ne3
g3 85. Bg1 Ka6 86. Kb4 Kb7 87. Nf5 Kc6 88. Nxg3 Bd3 89. Nh5 Bf1 90. Nf4 Kb7 91.
Kc5 Kc7 92. Nd5+ Kb7 93. Nb4 Kc7 94. Bh2+ Kb7 95. Nd5 Ka6 96. Kc6 Ka7 97. Nb4
Be2 98. Kc7 Bf1 99. Bg1+ Ka8 100. Na6 Be2 101. Kb6 Bf1 102. Bh2 Be2 103. Nc7+
Kb8 104. Nxb5+ Ka8 105. a4 Bf1 106. Nc7+ Kb8 107. a5 Kc8 108. Ne6 Kd7 109. Nc5+
Kc8 110. Bg1 Kb8 111. Bh2+ Ka8 112. Kc7 Ka7 113. Bg1 Be2 114. Kd6 Bb5 115. Ke5
Bf1 116. Kf4 Be2 117. Kg3 Bf1 118. Kh2 Kb8 119. Nb3 Kb7 120. Bb6 Ka6 121. Kg1
Kb5 122. Nd4+ Ka6 123. Ne6 Kb5 124. Nc7+ Kc6 125. Ne8 Kd7 126. Ng7 Kc6 127. Nf5
Kb5 128. Nd4+ Ka6 129. Kf2 Kb7 130. Nc2 Ka6 131. Kg1 Kb5 132. Nd4+ Ka6 133. Bd8
Kb7 134. Nc2 Kc8 135. Bb6 Kb8 136. Nb4 Kb7 137. Bd4 Kc7 138. a6 Kb8 139. a7+
Ka8 140. Nd5 Kb7 141. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "259"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 Bd7 14. Be3
a6 15. O-O Bb5 16. Ra2 Ke7 17. Rc1 Rhd8 18. f4 Rd7 19. Kf2 Rc7 20. Rxc7+ Bxc7
21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 b6 23. Rc2 Bd8 24. axb6 Bxb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. e4 Rd6 27.
g4 Rd7 28. Ke3 Ra7 29. Rb2 Bd7 30. f5 f6 31. Kd4 a5 32. e5 fxe5+ 33. Kxe5 h6
34. h4 Rc7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 a4 37. f6+ gxf6+ 38. gxf6+ Kd8 39. Kd6 Be8 40.
Rb8+ Rc8 41. Rb7 Ra8 42. Rb6 Rc8 43. Be6 Ra8 44. Bd5 Rc8 45. f7 Bxf7 46. Bxf7
a3 47. Rb7 Rc2 48. Rb8+ Rc8 49. Rb7 Ra8 50. Rd7+ Kc8 51. Rc7+ Kb8 52. Rc2 Ra6+
53. Ke5 Kb7 54. Bd5+ Kb6 55. Kd4 Ra4+ 56. Kc3 Ra5 57. Bc4 Re5 58. Kb4 Re3 59.
Bb3 Rg3 60. Rh2 Rg4+ 61. Kxa3 Kb5 62. Rh5+ Kb6 63. Kb2 Kc6 64. Kc3 Kd6 65. Bc2
Kc6 66. Re5 Kd6 67. Re3 Kc5 68. Bf5 Rf4 69. Re5+ Kd6 70. Ra5 Rh4 71. Kd3 Rb4
72. Be4 Ke6 73. Ke3 Kd6 74. Kf4 Rc4 75. Rd5+ Ke6 76. Rh5 Ra4 77. Rh6+ Kd7 78.
Ke5 Kc7 79. Bd5 Ra1 80. Rc6+ Kd7 81. Rb6 Re1+ 82. Be4 Ke7 83. Rb7+ Ke8 84. Rh7
Re2 85. Kd5 Kf8 86. Ra7 Re1 87. Ke5 Ke8 88. Kf5 Kd8 89. Bd5 Re7 90. Ra8+ Kc7
91. Kf6 Re1 92. Kf5 Kd6 93. Be4 Rf1+ 94. Kg5 Ke5 95. Re8+ Kd4 96. Bf5 Kd5 97.
Kf6 Kd4 98. Re4+ Kc3 99. Ke5 Ra1 100. Re3+ Kc4 101. Be6+ Kc5 102. Rc3+ Kb4 103.
Rc4+ Kb5 104. Rc8 Rh1 105. Bd5 Rh5+ 106. Kd4 Kb6 107. Rc6+ Kb5 108. Rc7 Rh4+
109. Be4 Rh6 110. Rb7+ Rb6 111. Ra7 Rh6 112. Ra1 Kb6 113. Rb1+ Kc7 114. Rb7+
Kc8 115. Rg7 Rd6+ 116. Kc5 Rd1 117. Bd5 Rf1 118. Kd6 Rf6+ 119. Be6+ Kb8 120.
Rg1 Kb7 121. Rb1+ Ka6 122. Ke5 Rh6 123. Kd5 Rh5+ 124. Kc6 Ka5 125. Bd5 Ka4 126.
Kc5 Rh3 127. Ra1+ Ra3 128. Rh1 Rg3 129. Ra1+ Ra3 130. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. g4 Bg6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 b6 15.
cxb6 cxb6 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. d5 Rc8 18. Qe2 exd5 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Nxd5 Qe8 21.
Nd4 Nxe5 22. f4 Nc4 23. f5 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc5 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nc7 Bxf5 27.
gxf5 Re4 28. Nxa8 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 g6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 c6 9. Ne5 b5 10. a4 Ra6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Qg5
O-O 15. Qxb5 Qxd4 16. O-O Rb6 17. Rfd1 Rxb5 18. Rxd4 Rxb2 19. Rxc4 Nbd7 20.
Rxa5 Rc2 21. Rc7 Rc1+ 22. Bf1 Rb8 23. Kg2 h6 24. Raa7 Ne5 25. Ne4 Rxc7 26.
Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rxc7 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. h3 a6 7. Bd3 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. a4 d6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. f4 Bc6 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Ne4 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nb4 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Rd5 21.
fxg7 Qd6 22. d3 e5 23. Rf5 Re8 24. Raf1 Re7 25. Rf6 Qd7 26. Rh6 Re6 27. Qg5
Rxh6 28. Qxh6 Rd6 29. Rf6 Rxf6 30. Qxf6 Qd5 31. Qg5 f6 32. Qg4 Qd7 33. Qxd7
Bxd7 34. a5 Kxg7 35. Ba3 c4 36. bxc4 Ba4 37. c3 Bb3 38. Kf2 e4 39. dxe4 Bxc4
40. Ke3 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Rad1 Rb8
15. Ne5 Bd7 16. d5 b5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. dxe6 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb7 20. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 Ne7 8. c4
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nbc6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Nd5
Be6 15. b3 Qh4 16. Rc4 Ne5 17. g3 Qd8 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Rc7 Qd8 20. Rxb7 Qe8 21.
Nc7 Qc8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Ra3 Bd7 15.
f5 Qb7 16. Bg5 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rb3 b4 19. Qe1 Ne4 20. Be3 Ra4 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. Bg1 Nc5 23. Rg3 Ra2 24. Qb1 Rfa8 25. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Nxd3 14. cxd3
Rac8 15. Qf2 Qa6 16. Rad1 b5 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Nf4 b4 20. d4 Bc4 21.
Rfe1 bxa3 22. bxa3 Qxa3 23. d5 Nb4 24. e6 fxe6 25. dxe6 Rfe8 26. Nd4 Qa5 27.
Qg3 Re7 28. Qg5 Qc5 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. Nf3 Nc6 31. Rc1 Qb5 32. Rb1 Qc5 33. Rec1
Rfe8 34. Nd2 Ne5 35. Nxc4 Nxc4 36. Rxc4 Qxc4 37. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Nd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rc2 Nb6 15.
Rac1 Qd7 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Ncb1 Nbc4 18. b4 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Nc6 21.
Nb3 Bxb4 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. axb4 Qc4 24. Nc5 Qxb4 25. e4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 a5 27.
Be5 Re8 28. Nxb7 Qd2 29. Qc6 Rf8 30. Bd6 Ra8 31. Nc5 Rd8 32. Qc7 Re8 33. Qc6
Rd8 34. Qc7 Re8 35. Qc6 Rd8 36. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Qc7 8. a5
Be7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Ra4 Qc6
15. Qe2 Qe8 16. Raa1 Bd7 17. Bd4 Rc8 18. Rf3 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Bg4 21.
Bd4 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qc6 23. e5 Nd7 24. Nd5 Bd8 25. c3 Qb5 26. Ra3 Re8 27. Qe4 Nf6
28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 a5 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Rad1 Kh8
15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Ndc4 d5 17. Na3 Ne7 18. exd5 exd5 19. d4 exd4 20. Rxd4 c6 21.
Nac4 Ng6 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Rg4 Ne5 24. Rg3 d4 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Rxg4 d3 27. Qb3
Qd7 28. Qc4 b5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Qe4 Rae8 31. Rh4 Ng5 32. Qd4 Qf5 33. f4 Ne6
34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. fxe5 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rf8+ 37. Nf3 g5 38. Re4 h5 39. Ke1 g4 40.
Nd4 Nc5 41. Re3 b4 42. cxb4 axb4 43. e6 Kg7 44. Re5 Na4 45. e7 Re8 46. b3 Nc3
47. Kd2 Kf6 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Kxd3 Rxe7 50. Rxe7+ Kxe7 51. Kc4 Nd1 52. Nc2 Kf6
53. Kxb4 h4 54. Kc5 Nf2 55. b4 Nd3+ 56. Kd4 Nf4 57. b5 Ke6 58. Ne3 g3 59. h3
Kd7 60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Na4 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qg4 g6 17. c4 Rfd8 18. Bc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. Qe2 Bc6 22. Nb2 Qd6 23. Nd3 f6 24. f3 e5 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Nf2 Bf5 27.
g4 Bb1 28. Qc1 Bxa2 29. Qc2 e4 30. Nxe4 Qf4 31. Kg2 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Ng3
Qe3 34. Nxf5 Qg5+ 35. Ng3 Qe3 36. Nf1 Qg5+ 37. Kh1 Bxb3 38. Qxb3 Qc1 39. Kg2
Kf7 40. Bd2 Qa1 41. Qd3 Qg7+ 42. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nb3 Qe5 8. Nc3
Be7 9. d4 exd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe3 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Ng4 14. Bc5 Kf8
15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Bd6 Ngf6 17. Na5 Re8 18. Nxc6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rb8
21. Rad1 Rxb2 22. g4 Rc2 23. Nb5 Rcxe2 24. g5 Re1+ 25. Kg2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 a6 27.
Na7 Nh5 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxd7 Rc3 30. Rd4 Ra3 31. Re4 g6 32. Bg4 f5 33. gxf6
Nxf6 34. Rf4 Ke7 35. Bd1 Rxa2 36. Rf3 Rd2 37. Bb3 Rd6 38. Bc4 a5 39. Re3+ Kd8
40. Kf3 Rd4 41. Bb5 Rd5 42. Ba4 Rf5+ 43. Ke2 Kc7 44. Bc2 Rc5 45. Kd2 Kd6 46. h3
Rd5+ 47. Kc1 Re5 48. Rf3 Nd5 49. Rf7 Rh5 50. Rf3 Rh4 51. Kb2 Rf4 52. Ra3 Rxf2
53. Kc1 Nb4 54. Be4 Ra2 55. Rf3 Re2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Qxc4 Rac8 13. O-O Na5 14. Qb4
b6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. a4 c5 17. Qa3 Be8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. h3 Rd5 21.
Qb2 Rcd8 22. Bd3 R5d6 23. Qe2 Nc6 24. Nc4 R6d7 25. Be4 Rc8 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27.
Ne5 Qc7 28. Nxd7 Bxd7 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. a5 Bc6 31. Qg4 Qe5 32. c4 Be4 33. Qf4
Qxf4 34. exf4 Bc6 35. a6 Kf8 36. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. Be3 O-O 6. f3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 Ne5 11. Nd4 c5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qc8 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Re8 16. g4 Rb8 17. Rg1 Bf8 18. Bc1 Nc6 19. f4 c4 20. Bg2 Nb4 21.
Qf3 a5 22. Bd2 d5 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Qxd5 Qa6 25. Qc6 Qa5 26. Bd5 Qa7 27. Bh1
Ra8 28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Bxa8 Qxa8 30. Rge1 h5 31. g5 b3 32. axb3 cxb3 33. cxb3
Qf3 34. Rd8 Qxf4 35. Ree8 Qxf5+ 36. Ka2 Kh7 37. Rxf8 b4 38. Ra8 Kg6 39. Ra7 h4
40. Rb8 Qxg5 41. Rxb4 f6 42. Rbb7 Kh6 43. Rxg7 Qxg7 44. Rxg7 Kxg7 45. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
O-O 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. d3 Nbd5 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bd2 Bc6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15.
Na5 Bd7 16. Nc4 Bc6 17. a5 Rad8 18. Qe2 h6 19. h4 Rfe8 20. Red1 Bf8 21. Nxf6+
Nxf6 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qf3 Nd5 25. Bd2 g6 26. Ra3 Bg7 27. Rb3 Rb8
28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. b3 Qc7 30. Kg2 Nb4 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Be3 Rd5 33. Qf4 Qd8 34.
Qe4 h5 35. Qf3 Rf5 36. Qe2 Rd5 37. Bd2 Qc7 38. Qe4 Qd8 39. Qe2 Qc7 40. Nb6 Rd8
41. Bg5 Re8 42. Be3 Qe7 43. Na4 Bd4 44. c3 Bxe3 45. Qxe3 Nd5 46. Qxc5 Qd7 47.
c4 Ne7 48. d4 Nf5 49. Rd1 Rd8 50. Qe5 Qb7 51. Nc5 Qb4 52. Qc7 Rf8 53. Qb6 Qc3
54. Rd3 Qc2 55. Qxc6 Nh6 56. Qxa6 Ng4 57. Rf3 Qd1 58. Qb7 Qxd4 59. b4 Ne5 60.
Rf4 Qa1 61. Nd7 Nd3 62. Nxf8 Nxf4+ 63. gxf4 Kxf8 64. a6 Qd1 65. Qf3 Qa4 66. b5
Qa1 67. Qa8+ Kg7 68. a7 Qa4 69. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. b3 Qc7 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Qe2 b5 13. a4 a6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Nh4 Bc5 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 O-O 19. g4 Bc5 20. Ne4 Bd4 21. c3 Bb6
22. c4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Nc5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Nxb3 27. Rab1 Bd4
28. Rxb3 Bxe5 29. Bxc6 Rd6 30. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. d5 e5
9. Be3 Ne7 10. Ne2 a5 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f3 f5 14. Kh1 Nf6 15. c3
fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Bg1 Bh6 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. Qd3 Qc8 20. b4 Qg4 21. Ng3 Bf4
22. Rfe1 Qh4 23. Nf1 Ng4 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Qh3 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Nf6 27. Nfd2 Nexd5
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nd3 e6 12. Nd2 Rg8 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 Ne4
15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. b4 Kb8 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Qe3 Ne7 20. f3 Ng6 21. Ne5
f4 22. Qe1 Nf5 23. Nxg6 Rxg6 24. Rf2 Rdg8 25. c4 Ne3 26. cxd5 Nxg2 27. Qe5 Qxe5
28. dxe5 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qxb7 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7
15. c5 Bxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Ne4 17. Bf4 Rfc8 18. f3 Nef6 19. Re3 Nf8 20. Rd1 Ne6 21.
Be5 Nd7 22. Bd6 Nf6 23. Nf1 g6 24. Ng3 Ne8 25. Be5 a5 26. Ne2 a4 27. Ra3 f6 28.
Bg3 N8c7 29. Bxc7 Nxc7 30. Nc3 Rcb8 31. Rxa4 Rxb2 32. Rxa8+ Nxa8 33. Rb1 Rxb1+
34. Nxb1 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 {The main
interesting thing about this move is that it isn't ...c5.} 7. Bd3 (7. cxd5 {
This appears natural, but it transpires that ...b6 isn't that much of a
concession in and of itself.} Nxd5 (7... exd5 {is also played, but I believe
the knight on c3 to do more work than its equivalent on f6, not least because
of the a5-e1 diagonal.} 8. Ne5 $14) 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 ({Perhaps cleaner than} 8...
exd5 9. Bd3 c5 {when White can choose his structure: sensible seems} 10. Ne5 {
with slightly better co-ordination.}) 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Rc1 $11) 7...
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 {At this point, White decided to control
c6 rather than e4 with the queen- it isn't feasible to do both.} (10. Qe2 $5
Qc8 11. O-O c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 {probably peters out after a timely
minor-piece exchange from Black, but he has to set it up first.} Qb7 $6 (13...
Rd8 {seems a better way to prepare ...Nd5}) 14. Rad1 (14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5
16. Nb5 $14) 14... Rfd8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rd7 17. Ndb5 Rad8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19.
e5 Ne8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11 {Kuljasevic,D-Dragnev,V Le Castella 2018}) 10... Qc8 (
10... Nb4 11. O-O Qe8 $1 $11 {is the computer's suggestion, when it is
plausible that Black is trying to be better as well.}) 11. O-O c5 12. Rac1 Qb7
13. a3 {Preparing to restrict the a6-knight further.} Rfc8 (13... Nd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Qb5 $14 {isn't the minor-piece trade Black is looking for: the
hanging pawns are a little clunky right now.}) (13... Nc7 $5 {seems a good bet
for equality, setting up ...Ncd5 unless White ventures} 14. e4 $5 a6 $1 {
when White's centre is under enough pressure from ...b5-b4 and ...Nb5 ideas to
nearly necessitate} 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 $132) 14. Nb5 {Now it seems to
me that White has a small something.} Nb8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne5 (16. Nd6 Bxd6
17. Bxd6 Nbd7 18. Ne5 {White's bishop is, by a small margin, the best minor
piece on the board; it seems to me that he can probably press.}) 16... Nbd7 17.
Nxd7 ({Now on} 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd7 {there follows} Bxf4 (18... Be7 $6 19. Bg5
Qxb2 20. Bxf6 $14) 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qxf4 Qxb2 $1 {and White has no more than
a draw.}) 17... Qxd7 18. Rfd1 Qc6 $6 (18... Qb7 {maintained equality because
after} 19. Bd6 $2 {there is} a6 $1 $17) 19. Bd6 Qb7 (19... a6 20. Rxc5 $1 axb5
21. Rxc6 bxa4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bxe7 Nd5 24. Bd6 $14 {is an unlosable endgame
for White, and a slightly treacherous one for Black.}) 20. Be5 (20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. h3 $14 {kept a slight plus due to pawn structure.}) 20... Nd5 21. Qg4 g6
22. e4 {Now the pieces are sucked off the board as if by magic.} Qxb5 (22...
Ne3 23. fxe3 Qxb5 {was mildly ambitious and maybe worth a punt if Black was
very keen to play a game.}) 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Rd8 25. Rcd1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5
Qc6 27. Qd1 Re8 28. Bc3 Bf6 29. Rd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Rd8 31. Qa6 (31. Qxd8+ Bxd8
32. Kf1 {is only optically better: with the king on c6 Black holds with ease.})
31... Rd1+ 32. Qf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Bxc3 34. bxc3 Kf8 35. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Bd3
Be6 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Qe4 d5 17. Qe5 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qd6 19. Qf3 g6 20. Re1 Ng7 21.
Nf1 Re8 22. Ne3 Bf5 23. Bf1 Bd7 24. Qd1 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Bxf5 27.
Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qb5 Bc8 29. g3 c6 30. Qe2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Howell,David"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 a5
$5 {A very modern idea in an opening that is evolving day by day. Grischuk is
credited with this plan, although it was played in a slightly different move
order. Black, bizarrely, moves the a-pawn for a second time in three moves. He
argues that White's 'extra' a2-a4 move is not as useful as it looks, and the
tempo was a worthwhile investment as he now takes the b4-square under control.}
(8... Ba7 {and}) (8... h6 {are both regularly seen alternatives.}) 9. h3 h6 10.
Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 {This has all been seen before, with most of
the games featuring Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on the White side. There is now a
crossroads:} 13. axb5 {The most natural choice.} (13. dxc5 {Initially seems
innocent, but some strategic complexities lurk beneath the surface:} Na7 14. b3
$1 {An idea of MVL's.} Re8 (14... dxc5 15. Nxe5 $14) 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 {
and White exerts a modicum of pressure. Vachier-Lagrave has scored against
formidable opposition (Grischuk and Karjakin) from this position.}) 13... exd4
14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 $6 Bb4 $15 {finally shows the idea behind Black's idea of
playing 8...a5. The b4-square is a strong outpost for the bishop.}) 14... Re8
15. Nf1 {Giri follows a game in which Leko beat Kasimzhanov in the 2018
Olympiad.} (15. N2f3 {is also worth considering.}) 15... Bc4 {Anand's prepared
improvement.} (15... Bd7 16. Ng3 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qf3 d5 19. e5 {
eventually led to a white win in Leko-Kasimzhanov, Batumi 2018.}) 16. Ng3 d5 {
Again this seems to be Anand's preparation, although I still find it hard to
believe he had memorised the entire messy variation that we will see below (if
White had played 20.Qg4).} (16... a4) ({or} 16... Qd7 {would have been
sensible alternatives.}) 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 {Anand was
still playing his moves at a brisk pace, which clearly unnerved Giri. Here he
paused for a deep think before opting for a suboptimal move:} 20. Qf3 $6 (20.
Qg4 $1 {was critical, and would have demanded great energy (and accuracy!)
from Anand to prove equality:} h5 $1 21. Qf4 Bd3 {(other moves exist, but this
is clearly the most forcing - in the style of Anand himself)} 22. Re3 Bxb5 23.
Rg3 Rxe5 24. Qf6 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Bf8 26. Nf5 Qe5 {and it appears that Black is
fine, although further analysis shows that the position is still full of
intrigue:} 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. Qxf7 $1 Qe6 $8 29. Qxh5 gxh6 30. Qxb5 (30. Bxh6 {
leads to a beautiful variation:} Re5 31. Bg5+ Qh6 $8 32. Qf7+ Qg7 33. Qh5+ Qh6
{with a draw}) 30... Bd6 31. f4 Rg8 32. Qd3+ Rg6 33. h4 Qf6 34. h5 Qh4+ 35. Rh3
Bxf4+ 36. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 37. Rg3 Qh4+ 38. Rh3 Qf4+ {with a draw. Could Anand
really have analysed this deeply? Many of the above moves are forced, so it is
quite possible, although it would have been a great feat of memory to get this
far.}) 20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 (21. Rxd4 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bxb5 $15 {Is very pleasant
for Black due to his superior pawn structure.}) 21... Re6 $1 22. Rf4 {And Giri
offered a draw, which was quickly accepted. To be honest, I would have been
very tempted to continue, as Black appears to be running no risk at all:} (22.
Rf4 Qxb5 $1 23. Qg3 (23. Rxf7 $2 {Perhaps Anand missed that this was
impossible, otherwise he might have played on:} Rg6 $1 $19 {with ...Bxf7 or ...
Bd5 to follow, Black is winning.}) 23... Rg6 24. Rg4 Raa6 $1 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 (6... Nbd7 7. Qe2
h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O {is the main line worth bearing
in mind when you view the next 4-5 moves of the game.}) 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 h6 9.
Bh4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf5 (11. O-O-O {doesn't work as well here as in the
analogous lines with ...g6.} exd4 12. e5 Be7 13. Rxd4 (13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. g3 Be6 $132) 13... O-O 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 11... Nb6 {
A sign that Black is well-prepared even in this sideline.} (11... g6 12. Ne3
Be7 13. O-O-O b5 {looks more natural but leaves Black worse, e.g.} 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. g3 $14) 12. Qf3 (12. Qd3 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qxd3 14. Bxd3 Bb4 15. O-O Bxc3
16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Rab1 Rd6 18. Rfe1 $11 {Lomasov,S-Sarana,A Loo 2018}) 12...
Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Be7 14. Bd3 Nfd7 15. Bxe7 (15. O-O Bc5+ 16. Bf2 Qe7 $11) 15...
Qxe7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Kb1 Nc5 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Qf2 $1 {White has acheived
nothing from the opening; that much is clear. What remains for him to do is to
play suitably circumspect moves so that he doesn't end up worse.} Qc7 20. Qe3
Qc6 21. Rhe1 Rfe8 22. a3 Kf8 {I suppose this move indicates a willingness to
repeat the position by artificial methods if necessary, and the arbiters were
disinclined to stand in the way of the draw anyway. That all being said, could
not Black have played on at the end?} (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ne6 {makes sense,
with either ...Qc5 or ...Nd4 in the pipeline, when it is hard to see what
White can constructively do. Though, of course, the position is still level.}
24. Nd5 Nd4 25. c3 Nxe2 26. Qxe2 Nc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nd5 h6 7. c3 d6 8. h3 Ba7
9. a4 Be6 10. a5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. g4 Nexd5 15.
Kf1 Qd7 16. h4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Ne7 18. Be2 Qc6 19. Rh3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nfxd5 21. Bf3
c6 22. Ra4 b5 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Re4 Rfe8 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 f6 27. Bc1 d5 28.
Rg4 Nc4 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Rf4 Kf7 31. h5 Rh8 32. Ra4 a5 33. b3 Rab8 34. Bd1 Rb5
35. Bc2 c5 36. Rah4 c4 37. bxc4 Nxc4 38. Kg2 Rc5 39. Rg3 Rcc8 40. Rhg4 Rcg8 41.
Rh3 Ra8 42. Rhg3 Rxh5 43. Rxg7+ Ke6 44. Ba4 Rah8 45. Bf4 Rh2+ 46. Kf1 Rh1+ 47.
Ke2 Ra1 48. Bb5 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Rh1+ 50. Kg2 Raa1 51. Bxc4 Nf5 52. Bxd5+ Kxd5 53.
Kf3 Nxg3 54. fxg3 a4 55. Kg4 a3 56. Ra7 a2 57. Kf5 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {One of his favorite openings, so no surprise there.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5
c5 {This, however, is new from him, he has only played 3...Bf5 before.} 4. dxc5
e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6
(11. Bb2 Nf4 {transposes to my own game with Black against Vitiugov. I
remembered being quite comfortable in that game.}) (11. Re1 f6 {simpler to play
} (11... Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd4 {Now White has several tries:} 14.
Rh5 (14. Nf3 Bxa1 {and now Bxh7+ doesnt work:} 15. c3 $1 (15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.
Ng5+ Kg6 $1 17. Qg4 f5) 15... Bxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. Qd3+ {
The reason for c2-c3.} Kf6 19. Qxc3 Ke7 {and Black escapes, but this is all
inhuman.}) (14. Re3 Bxa1 15. Nb3 Bc3 (15... Bf6 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18.
Rh3 Bh4 19. Rxh4 f6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Rg4 Rg8 22. Bh6 $18 {wins.}) 16. Bxh7+
Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rxc3 e5 19. Rg3 Qf6 20. Bh6 g6 21. Bxf8 $11 {is about
equal.}) 14... g6 15. Rb1 gxh5 16. Bxh7+ (16. Qxh5 f5 17. Nf3 {and by clamping
down on e5, White should have enough compensation,} Bf6 18. Bf4 Rf7 19. Ne5 {
for instance} Rg7 {but White isn't better.}) 16... Kxh7 17. Qxh5+ Kg8 18. Nf3
$1 Bxf2+ {The best move, with the obvious stamp of the computer.} (18... Bf6 $2
19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Rb3 e5 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bh6 {wins,
due to Rg3+.}) 19. Kxf2 e5 {Now Black can go either ...Qf6 or ...Qb6+-g6 and
so defend,.} 20. Bb2 (20. Qxe5 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qe6) 20... Qc7 (20... Qb6+ 21. Kf1
Qg6 22. Qxe5 f6 23. Qxd5+ Rf7 24. Re1 Bg4 {also works.}) 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qh5+
Kg8 {is a draw.}) (11... Nf4 12. Nb3 {The point of Re1, White's bishop is well
placed on c1.}) 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bb2 Nxe5 (13... fxe5 14. b5 e4 15. bxc6 exf3
16. Nxf3 bxc6 17. Be5 $1 c5 18. Bg3 {and Ne5 is good compensation.}) 14. Bxe5
fxe5 15. Rxe5 Qf6 16. Qe1) 11... fxg6 (11... hxg6 12. c4 (12. Nb3 a5) (12. Rb1
{A good suggestion by the engine.} g5 13. b5 Na5 14. Rb4 $1 {is a clever way
to exploit g5.}) (12. Bb2 g5 13. h3 f5) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd4 14. Nxg6 fxg6
15. Ra2) 12. Nb3 Bd7 {I was relieved to see this.} (12... a5 {Here this
bothered me a bit.} 13. b5 a4 $1 {The point.} 14. bxc6 axb3 15. c7 $1 {The
best way to return the pawn.} (15. cxb7 Bxb7 16. cxb3 d4) 15... Qxc7 16. cxb3
Bd7 17. Re1 $11 {White should be able to blockade on d4, but isn't really
better.}) 13. Re1 a5 $6 (13... Rf5 $1 14. c3 (14. b5 Na5 15. a4 (15. Nxa5 Bxa5
16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Bxa5 (17. a4 Rc4) 17... Qxa5 18. a4 Rf4) 15... Nc4) 14... g5
15. Nbd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4) 14. b5 Ne7 (14... a4 {doesn't work now...} 15. bxc6
axb3 16. cxd7) 15. a4 {Here I started to like my position, since my pawns on
b5 and a4 restrict the Bd7 and I will be able to occupy d4.} Rc8 16. Be3 Bxe3
17. Rxe3 {My optimism notwithstanding, Black is extremely solid here.} Nf5 ({
Both} 17... g5 18. h3 b6 (18... h6) 19. Rd3 h6 {- it's hard for White to make
progress.}) ({and} 17... Rf4 18. Qd2 (18. Nfd4 {White isn't in time with this.}
Nf5 $1 19. Rd3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Re4) 18... Rb4 $1 {are fine for Black.} (18... b6
19. Nfd4)) 18. Rd3 g5 $2 {A natural move, but an error.} (18... Rf7 19. Nfd2 $5
Qc7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rc3 Qxe5 22. Rxc4) (18... Nh4 $1 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Qd2 b6)
19. h3 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gd2g5,Gd2a5] Threatening a fork with Qd2.} b6 (19... Qc7
20. c4 Qxc4 21. Nxa5 {is a good swap of pawns for White.}) 20. c4 $1 {The
point.} Rxc4 21. Rxd5 Rf7 22. Rd3 g4 23. Nfd2 {Now its over.} Rb4 24. hxg4 Ne7
25. Nf3 (25. Nc4 Ng6 26. Nbd2 {is even stronger.}) 25... Nd5 26. Nbd4 {Shak
blunders immediately, but the position is won anyway.} Rf4 $2 27. Nc2 $1 Rbe4 (
27... Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qxd5+ Kf8 31. e6 $18) 28. Rxd5 exd5
29. Qxd5+ {Followed by Rd1 collecting the Bd7.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ (8... Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. Qb3 (10. Qa4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qh5 $11) (10. b3 Nc6
$1 (10... Rd8 {walks into a surprisingly strong queen sacrifice in} 11. Ba3 $1
Rxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Qh5 13. Bxe7 $16 {Xu,X-Xu,Y Daqing 2018})) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Nd4
12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. O-O Qc5 $11 {Black unravels by force with ...Rb8, ...Bd7 etc.
The most testing line is} 14. Rfd1 Bd7 $1 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb5 $1 17. Rac1
Ba6 18. Nd6 Qb6 $11 {when Black has equalised, albeit the position does not
inspire.}) 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 {After this novelty, White
gets to line up various tactics against the minor pieces in the centre.} ({
The key to Black's position seems to be developing to e6 in two moves.} 11...
Bd7 12. Nc3 (12. Rc1 Rac8 {and Black threatens ...b5.}) 12... e5 $1 (12... Rab8
$6 13. Bf4 Rbc8 14. O-O $14 {Horvath,J-Marciano,D Izmir 2004}) 13. O-O Be6 (
13... Rad8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $132 {might not be as good objectively,
but carries ambition}) 14. Bxc6 (14. b3 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Bd4 16. Rac1 Rac8 $11)
14... Bxc4 15. Bg2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 (16. b3 Ba6 $15) 16... b6 17. Rac1 Bb4 $11) (
11... e5 12. Rc1 $14 {doesn't really work immediately.}) 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nce3
Nce7 (13... Ba6 $5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 $14 {is probably not 'full comp' but
is worth considering.}) (13... Rd8 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. O-O $14 {
This would ensure that no fewer than 3 world champions held an isolated
queen's pawn in the same round.}) 14. b4 Bxe3 {By now the only move that makes
sense. The remainder of the commentary will consist of minor tries White could
have gone for to increase his small edge.} 15. Nxe3 Ba6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. f3 (
17. e4 Nf6 (17... Ne7 18. a4 $14) 18. f3 $14 {would have cut out Black's ...f5.
}) 17... Bb5 18. Kf2 Rfd8 19. a3 Rd7 20. Rhd1 Ba4 21. Re1 Rad8 22. e4 Nc7 23.
Bf4 Nb5 24. Bf1 h6 25. h4 Nd4 26. h5 f6 27. Bc4 (27. e5 {This is the main
distinct structure White could have played into. I think probably this would
have been a mistake, because after} f5 {the Black knight would have taken a
while to get to d5, but I don't think it can be stopped from doing so.}) 27...
Kf7 28. Re3 Nb5 29. g4 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Bb8 a6 32. e5 Rd4 33. Bxb5 Bxb5
34. exf6 gxf6 35. Bc7 Rd2+ 36. Ke1 Rc2 37. Bxb6 e5 {Black has misplaced a pawn,
but it doesn't really matter as all of White's pawns are totally immobilised.
In fact, it's not out of the question for Black to think about winning too.}
38. Bc5 {Intending f4.} Ra2 39. Rc3 (39. f4 exf4 40. Re7+ Kg8 41. Re4 f3 42.
Rf4 Kf7 43. Rxf3 {White has succeeded in setting up a rather contrived
pawn-swap, but he will lose a pawn in the end after} Re2+ 44. Kd1 Re4 $1 $11)
39... e4 40. Bd4 Re2+ 41. Kd1 Rg2 42. fxe4 (42. fxe4 Rxg4 43. Rf3 Rxe4 44.
Rxf6+ Ke7 45. Ba1 Rh4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 $5 {This move takes an
immediate step off the Ruy Lopez main road. The conventional wisdom is that
the knight should go to d2, and then after 0-0, Re1 and Nd2-f1, it is within
reach of the kingside meadows. If such a move was played by a beginner in the
90s, a stronger opponent would probably have pointed out that it is a mistake 
(although it clearly is not). Still, Spassky used to play this way and in the
last decade, Dominguez Perez has kept it among his big guns.} Bc5 {Black faces
an important choice already here. Should b5 be played or not? Should the
bishop go to c5 or not? 5.Nc3 is obviously not a slower move than the usual 5.
0-0, so Black doesn't have time for extravagant alternatives. When you start
playing chess you clearly prefer c5 to e7, if you are to plonk down the bishop
somewhere, but then later you become aware that the bishop could be vulnerable
to c3/d4 and Nxe5/d4-tricks, so you turn a bit more philosophical about which
"the right square" is for the bishop, and might even swing over to the e7-side.
I sometimes get the feeling that really strong GMs have had the pendulum swing
back to where c5 is the "right square".} ({The other main line goes} 5... b5 6.
Bb3 Be7 (6... Bc5 {Ah, anyway! Clearly the better move order if you prefer to
avoid the exchange on c6.} 7. d3 h6 8. Nd5 Rb8 (8... O-O) 9. c3 d6 10. O-O O-O
{and we come to a position where White has a wide choice. When Carlsen and
Anand played each other in Sinquefield Cup 2017, with opposite colours, their
game reached this position and continued:} 11. Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3
Re8 14. a4 b4 15. a5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6
20. d4 Ng6 21. g3 Qc8 22. Re3 Rb5 23. Nd2 h5 $1 24. h4 Qh3 25. Qf1 Qg4 26. Qe2
Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Re6 {with a balanced game.}) 7. d3 d6 {Black is threatening to
pick up the bishop pair with Na5 next, so White must do something about it.
The usual way is...} 8. a3 O-O (8... Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. b4 Nc6 11. Nd5 O-O 12.
Be3 cxb4 13. axb4 Bb7 14. O-O Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qd7 16. Qb1 {and although White is
not significantly better, this seems like the kind of position White is
striving for, Rapport,R (2715)-Kollars,D (2530) GRENKE Chess Open 2018.}) 9.
Nd5 Na5 10. Ba2 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Ba2 {This position is hard to avoid for
White in the 5.Nc3-line, so if you intend to play it you should have a look at
it. I'm not entirely clear about what went on in the following game:} Bf6 13.
O-O Re8 14. b4 Nb7 15. c4 Be6 16. Bb2 c5 17. Bc3 Qd7 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxe6
Qxe6 20. a4 Qd7 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Qxb5 23. Qb1 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 (23) Rapport,
R (2690)-Aronian,L (2785) Sharjah Grand Prix 2017}) ({A third option is to play
} 5... Bb4 {, in analogy to the four knights opening.} 6. O-O (6. Nd5 $5) 6...
O-O 7. d3 {...a6 is not, generally speaking, a move that Black would play in
the four knights, since White would take on c6, but it is not clear to me that
Black has anything to be unhappy about here.} Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 (9. Bg5 {
is standard in this position, but then it is usual for Black to play Bd7 in
order to prepare for a6, so one might argue that a6 actually is a slight gain
for Black here.} Qe7 10. Re1 (10. Nd2 $5) 10... Nd8 {and suddenly we are in
two-knights-land, by a long detour:} 11. Bb3 Ne6 12. Bh4 Nf4 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf1
Ng6 15. Bg3 c5 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. h4 Be6 18. h5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rae8 22. h6 Re5 $5 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd2 Rfe8 {and Black eventually won
this rather unclear position, in Artemiev,V (2705)-Andreikin,D (2715) World
Rapid 2018.}) 9... Re8 10. c4 Bd7 11. f4 Nd4 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. c3 Ne6 14. f5
Nc5 15. Nb3 b5 {and Black had managed to land himself in a situation where a6
actually makes sense, in Adhiban,B (2680) -Stevic,H (2585) Tournament of Peace
2018.}) 6. Bxc6 {How very Magnus.} ({After} 6. O-O b5 (6... O-O 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
d4 Bd6 9. f4 Neg4 10. h3 Bb4 11. e5 d6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qf3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 b5
15. Bb3 Bb7 16. f5 Re8 17. Bg5 Re2 18. d5 {and instead of taking the pawn, as
in Vishnu,P (2535)-Grandelius,N (2640) CellaVision Cup 2017, Black could have
played} c5 $1 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rae1 Re5 {with a balanced game.
I'm prone to put some thought into this move order as (my compatriot) Nils
usually knows what he is doing.}) 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nd5 $5 {is a spectacular way
to try to make more sense of the 0-0 move order...} ({After} 8. d3 {we soon
end up in a position that we looked at after 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5.}) 8... Nxe4 (
8... h6 9. c3 $1 {and White's d-pawn doesn't have to 'refuel' on d3.}) 9. d3
Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Re1 $44 {Anand,V (2785)-Kramnik,V (2805)
Norway 2017}) 6... dxc6 7. d3 {This position is very similar to one of the
main lines of the Berlin Defence (of the Ruy Lopez); the only difference is
that the pawn is on a6. Usually strong GMs have prefered to play h3, Qe2, or
Nbd2, rather than Nc3, in this position, but Magnus has played a blitz game
earlier where he had exactly the same position (minus a6):} Qd6 {I presume
Vishy was aiming to apply a similar set-up to the one Jakovenko used to win
against Motylev (see comment after 9.0-0).} (7... O-O 8. Be3 (8. Qe2 Re8 9. h3
Nd7 10. Nd1 {can hardly be the hidden meaning behind Nc3...} Nf8 11. Ne3 {
Rapport,R (2675)-Ding Liren (2770) FIDE World Cup 2017}) 8... Bd6 9. Bg5 Re8 (
9... h6 10. Bd2) 10. h3 c5 11. Nd5 Be7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Nd2 Nb8 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Nc6 18. Qh5 b6 19. Raf1 Rf8 20. Nf3 Be6 21.
Rh4 f6 22. Qg6 Qf7 23. Qg3 Nb4 24. Bxh6 Nxc2 25. Ne5 fxe5 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qg6
Bxa2 28. Bg5 Rff8 29. Rh7 Rf7 30. Bf6 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2835)-Karjakin,S (2760)
World Blitz 2017 (with pawn on a7 instead of a6).}) 8. h3 Be6 9. Be3 $1 {
Like I mentioned before; Black's bishop is on the "best square" and White's
bishop has nowhere to go. It's simple maths that White wants them exchanged. 
(Magnus thought about the move for more than 10 minutes, so I guess my logic
is somewhat over simplified...)} (9. O-O O-O-O 10. Ng5 Nd7 11. Kh1 f6 12. Nxe6
Qxe6 13. Ne2 Rhf8 (13... g6 $5) 14. Qe1 g6 15. b4 Bd6 16. Be3 f5 17. f3 f4 18.
Bg1 g5 19. Qf2 b6 20. Rfb1 h5 21. a4 g4 {and Black went on to win, in Motylev,
A (2686)-Jakovenko,D (2747) Yaroslavl 2014 (again with a pawn on a7, rather
than on a6).}) 9... Nd7 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qd2 {This position seems like
nothing special for White and if Black gets to play Nd7 and c5, then White has
nothing. So the next two moves seem like the only ambitious alternative.} ({
After} 11. O-O O-O-O {White regrets having played h3 when Black launches the
g-pawn.}) 11... Nd7 12. d4 $5 ({I don't see a good way for White to change the
pawn structure after} 12. O-O-O c5 {One can try a plan with Nf3-somewhere,
followed by f4, but it will only give Black a good square for the knight on e5.
}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 {Slightly surprising and the kind of move one
regrets after losing. It could be taken as a statement, that: "I will take the
d5-square from your knight and then you have nothing." (Although Anand most
certainly would not put it like that.)} 14. Nxe6 fxe6 {Ergo, no d5-square for
White's knight.} 15. O-O-O Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 $1 {The king belongs on e3 where it
is centrally placed and can support White's extra kingside pawn.} (16. Rxd2 {
is not completely bonkers either, since} Ke7 (16... O-O-O $1 {looks sensible,
intending} 17. Rhd1 g5 18. b3 Rhg8 19. Ne2 Rg7 {, followed by Rd8-f8. With
both pairs of rooks still on the board, White's extra kingside pawn doesn't
mean as much.}) 17. Rhd1 Rhd8 18. f4 {, forces Black to play a less than
comfortable endgame.}) 16... Ne5 17. f4 $1 {Only by unsettling this knight,
before it becomes a permanent feature on e5, can Black be challenged.} (17. b3
g5 $1 18. f3 Ke7 19. h4 h6 {is comfortable for Black. White cannot get a
passed pawn without giving Black a ton of activity.}) 17... Nc4+ 18. Kc1 {
King is back where it came from, but the knight is floating without a strong
point.} Ke7 19. b3 Nd6 $1 20. e5 Nf5 21. Ne4 ({There is something to be said
for} 21. g4 $1 {, since it forces Black's hand:} Nd4 (21... Nh4 $2 {fails to
tactics:} 22. f5 $1 exf5 23. Nd5+ Kf7 24. e6+ $1 $18 Kg6 25. Nxc7) 22. Rhf1 (
22. Ne4 Ne2+ 23. Kb2 Nxf4 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Rd7+ Ke8 26. Rd4 Rf8 27. Nd7 Rf7 28.
Nf6+ gxf6 29. Rxf4 Ke7 {is a position that Black can hold, if I haven't missed
something.}) 22... Rhf8 23. Rf2 b6 24. Rdf1 $36 {This looks promising for
White, but I feel that it could be one of those positions that habitual
Berlin-defenders could have all figured out (no, no, that's the position when
the knight is on h4!). Still, Anand avoided something very similar on the
second next move...}) 21... b6 22. g4 Nh4 $1 {The advantage of hanging out on
h4, is that there are no pieces that can push it away. The downside is, you
know, knight on the rim...} (22... Nd4 23. Rhf1 {is similar to the line above,
which means that 21.g4 probably was stronger than 21.Ne4, at least from
Anand's point of view. Perhaps Magnus didn't bother to stop the knight from
going to h4.}) 23. Rhf1 {From now on, life will be hard for Black.} Rad8 $6 ({
Instead,} 23... Rhf8 {holds the balance without too much difficulty:} 24. Rf2 (
24. Rd2 h6 25. Kd1 Rad8) 24... h6 {and I wonder how White will continue?} 25.
Rfd2 (25. Ng3 Rad8 26. Nh5 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 g5) 25... Rad8 $1 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Kd2 Ng2 29. f5 exf5 30. gxf5 Nh4 31. Ng3 Nf3+ 32. Ke3 Nxe5 33.
Kf4 Nc6 34. Nh5 Ke7 35. Nxg7 Nb4 {and White should force a draw before things
get out of hand.}) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. f5 $1 {It seems that White got to play e5,
f4, g4 and f5 a bit too easily. Considering what happens later, I wonder if
Black felt the same thing here?} exf5 26. gxf5 Rf8 (26... Rd5 $5 27. Rf4 Ng2
28. f6+ gxf6 29. exf6+ Kf8 $1 (29... Kf7 30. Rg4 Re5 31. Rg7+ Ke8 32. Ng5 $18)
30. Rg4 Rd4 31. Rxg2 Rxe4 32. Rg7 c4 33. Rxc7 cxb3 34. axb3 Rh4 35. Rc6 b5 36.
Rxa6 Rxh3 {and although Black is struggling, it seems that he has good chances
to hold.}) 27. f6+ gxf6 28. exf6+ Kf7 $6 {This looks natural and Ng5+ can be
met with Kg6. There is only one (well, actually two) problem(s) .} (28... Kd7
29. Rg1 h6 30. Rg7+ Kc6 31. Rh7 Kd5 32. Nc3+ Kd4 33. Na4 Rxf6 34. Rxc7) 29. Rf4
$5 {Forcing Black to block the king's road to the kingside.} (29. Rg1 $5 {
looks even better. The point is that} Rg8 (29... Nf5 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Re1+ Kd7
32. Nxh7 Rf7 33. Rf1 Ng3 34. Rf2 Ne4 35. Rf4 Ng3 36. Kd1 Nh5 37. Rf5 Ng3 38.
Rg5 $18) (29... Ng6 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Nxh7 Rf7 32. Rxg6 Rxh7 33. Rg8+ Kf7 34.
Rg7+ Rxg7 35. fxg7 Kxg7 36. Kd2 $18) 30. Ng5+ Kxf6 31. Nxh7+ Kf7 32. Rxg8 Kxg8
33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Nd5 {should win for White.}) 29... Ng6 30. Ng5+ Ke8 31. Rf1 h6
32. Ne6 Rf7 33. Rd1 $1 Rxf6 34. Nxc7+ Kf8 35. Nxa6 Nf4 36. h4 Ng6 37. Rh1 Rf7
38. h5 $2 {I cannot see how this helps White. The knight becomes more active
on f4, so why force it to go there?} (38. a4 $1 {One way to make sense of h5
is that Magnus was worried about} Ra7 (38... h5 39. Kb2 Kg7 40. Rd1 Nxh4 41.
Rh1 Nf5 42. Rxh5 {and White has a hard defence ahead.}) 39. Nb8 Rb7 40. Nc6 Rc7
{, but after} 41. Rf1+ Rf7 42. Re1 Nxh4 43. Rh1 {there is no good way to hold
on to the pawn:} Nf5 (43... Rf4 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Nc4 $18) 44. Ne5 Rg7 45. Nc4 $1
Rg6 $2 46. Rf1 $18) 38... Nf4 39. a4 Ke7 40. Nc7 Kf6 41. Nb5 Kg5 {Black has
almost managed to equalize, or, wait, is it only a mirage? Has the king been
deviously lured away from the queenside, so that White can continue with his
insidious ways? No, not really, but it is still more difficult to play Black.
White's knight is a bit more jumpy for the time being.} 42. Nd6 Re7 43. Kb2 Re6
(43... Nxh5 $1 44. Rg1+ Kf6 45. Rh1 Kg6 46. Rg1+ Kf6 {is very equal indeed.})
44. Nf7+ Kf5 45. Rd1 $1 {To help the knights return to the queenside.} Kg4 46.
Kc3 Kxh5 47. Rh1+ Kg6 48. Nxh6 {So, White is a pawn up again, but the knight
is misplaced. Black needs to find a way to make a net that will keep it from
getting out.} Re4 $1 {This stops the king from advancing further and keeps an
eye on g4, from where Nh6 will try to stage its reentry into the game.} 49. Kb2
(49. Rh2 Nd5+ 50. Kb2 c4 $11) 49... Re2 $1 50. Ng4 Nd3+ $6 {Another slight
mistake puts Black under pressure again.} (50... Kf5 $1 {was the way to keep
the knight in the cage:} 51. Nh6+ Kg6 52. Kb1 Nd5 53. Ng4 Kg5 54. Rg1 Kf4 {
and there is not way for White to gain coordination.}) 51. Kc3 Nb4 $6 {And
with this the pressure becomes quite hard to bear, again.} (51... Ne1 $1 52.
Rh2 Re4 53. Nf2 Re2 54. Kc4 Rxc2+ 55. Kb5 c4 56. bxc4 Rb2+ 57. Kc6 Nf3 58. Rg2+
Kf7 59. Kb7 Ne5 $11) 52. Rh2 $1 Rxh2 53. Nxh2 Kf5 54. Nf3 Ke4 55. Ne1 Kd5 56.
Nd3 Nc6 (56... Na2+ 57. Kb2 Nb4 58. c4+ $1 (58. Nxb4+ $2 cxb4 59. c3 bxc3+ 60.
Kxc3 Kc5 $11) 58... Ke4 59. Nxb4 cxb4 60. Kc2 Kd4 61. Kd2 Ke4 62. Ke2 Kd4 63.
Kf3 Kc3 64. a5 $1 bxa5 65. c5 Kxb3 66. c6 {and White wins.}) 57. Nf4+ $1 Kd6 (
57... Ke5 $2 {loses to} 58. Kc4 $1 Kxf4 (58... Na7 59. Nd5) 59. Kb5 Nb4 60.
Kxb6 Nxc2 61. a5 Nb4 62. Kxc5 {and the knight is unable to stop both pawns.})
58. Kc4 Na7 59. Nd5 Kc6 60. Ne7+ Kd6 61. Nf5+ Kc6 62. Kd3 Kc7 (62... b5 $1 {
is a good start, exchanging one of the pawns.}) 63. Ke4 Nc6 64. Ne3 Kd6 65.
Nc4+ Kc7 66. c3 Ne7 67. Ke5 Ng6+ 68. Kf5 Ne7+ 69. Ke6 Ng6 {On one hand,
Black's position is awful, but on the other; there is no way for White to go
forward.} 70. a5 b5 $4 {A terrible blunder in a drawn position.} (70... bxa5 $1
71. Kd5 (71. Nxa5 Nf4+ 72. Ke5 Ne2 73. c4 Kb6 $11 74. b4) 71... Nf4+ 72. Kxc5
Ne2 73. Na3 Nc1 74. Kc4 Kb6 75. Nc2 Ne2 76. Nd4 (76. Ne3 Nc1) 76... Nf4 77. Nf5
Ne6 {and there is no way for White to make progress.}) 71. Ne3 Nf4+ 72. Ke5 Ne2
73. Nd5+ Kc6 74. b4 Nxc3 75. Nxc3 cxb4 76. Ne2 {a rather tragic end to an
exciting game.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bh4 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ Qd5 17. Qe2 b5 18. a4 a6 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nd7 21. Qe6+
Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rfc8 23. Rd6 Nb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26. d5 cxd5 27. Nd4
h5 28. Rxd5 Nb6 29. Rxb5 Na4 30. Nf5 Nxc3 31. Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 h6
9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3
Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nh5 Qf7 18. Rxe5 Nxc3 19. Rxe6 Nxd1 20. Re7 Rad8 21. Rae2
Nc3 22. R2e5 c6 23. Rxb7 Nd5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Re6 Kh7 26. Rxc6 Re7 27. Bxh6
gxh6 28. Bxd5 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Bc7 31. g4 Bxd6+ 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. Ng3
Bxg3 34. Kxg3 Rd1 35. Bc4 Kf6 36. f3 Rg1+ 37. Kf2 Rh1 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Kg3 Rg1+
40. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bf4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Ne3 Nc7 14. Rad1
Ne6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. g3 Re8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc7 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qc2 Bf8
21. Ng4 Rad8 22. Re5 h6 23. Re3 Rd6 24. Nge5 Red8 25. Rc1 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4
27. Qb3 Rb4 28. Qc3 Rbd4 29. Qb3 Rb4 30. Qc3 Rbd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2019 was the strongest tournament I have ever
played. Facing three world champions on three consecutive days is something
very unusual, at least for me. This game is far from perfect, but it is
nevertheless very interesting.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 {This came as a surprise. I had believed this move to be fairly
innocuous, but perhaps the things are a bit more complicated.} g6 {Black also
has several other ways how to question White's last move,} ({including} 6... e5
) ({and} 6... Nc6 {.}) 7. f3 $1 {This move caught me unaware, as I had never
seen it before. I was no longer that happy about having played 6...g6, as I am
not such a big fan of the Sicilian Dragon. White's bishop is not ideally
placed on d3, but a7-a6 is not the most useful move either.} Bg7 (7... Nc6 8.
Be3 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. b3) 8... Bg7 {might transpose and leaving the bishop on
f8 is hardly better.}) (7... e5 8. Nde2) 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 $6 {I hoped to
develop counterplay on the queenside while not giving White targets on the
kingside, but this backfires. White's bishop stands on d4 quite well after the
exchange on d4.} ({The principled reaction was} 9... O-O 10. O-O-O d5 $1 {
I was afraid of my opponent's preparation and his lead in development. Black
seems to be doing well.} {I believe} 11. Nxc6 (11. h4 $5 Ne5 $5 $13 {looks
good for Black.}) (11. Kb1 $5) 11... bxc6 {to be the critical continuation.
White has a wide choice, but none of his options leads to a clear advantage.
On the other hand, it is certainly NOT a kind of position which I would like
to play without any preparation.} 12. Bh6 $5 (12. Bc4 e6 13. Bb3 $13) (12. e5
$5 Nd7 13. f4)) (9... Bd7 10. O-O-O {looks good for White, as a7-a6 is not
that useful.}) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 (11. O-O-O $5) 11... b5 $6 {This move
increases Black's difficulties.} ({My original idea was} 11... Qa5 $1 {. I
rejected it because of} 12. Qe3 $6 {, as I failed to notice that Bd4-b6 could
be countered with Bg7-h6!.} ({White also has other attractive options like} 12.
a3 $5 $14) ({or} 12. h4 Qb4 13. Ne2 $1 ({I saw a nice motif} 13. O-O-O $6 Qxd4
14. Bb5+ Nd7 $1 $11 {.}) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14) 12... Rc8 (12... b5 $2 13.
Bb6 Qb4 14. O-O-O $1 {and there is no good remedy against 15.a3.}) ({In fact,} 
12... O-O $5 13. h4 Nd7 $14 {is also playable. Black's queen could then join
the defence if needed.}) (12... Qb4 $2 13. a3 $1 Qxb2 14. Na4 Nxg4 15. Bxb2
Nxe3 16. Bxg7 $18) 13. a3 O-O 14. Bb6 Bh6 $1 {(Komodo) This is the key. Black
liberates his queen and maintains reasonable chances after} 15. Qf2 Qe5 16. Bd4
Qa5 $13 {.}) 12. h4 Qa5 13. a3 h6 ({My original intention was} 13... Rb8 {, but
} 14. h5 $1 {looked threatening. Indeed, Black has big problems after} Nxh5 15.
b4 $1 ({I was considering something like} 15. gxh5 $2 Bxd4 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17.
Qxd4 {, which is just double-edged.}) 15... Qc7 16. Bf1 $3 {(Komodo)} Rc8 17.
Ne2 $1 {(This is why the bishop did not go to e2.)} Nf6 18. g5 Nh5 19. Rxh5 $1
gxh5 20. Bxg7 $16 {.}) ({The fact that an efficient computer suggests} 13...
O-O 14. h5 Rfc8 {is an indication that there is something wrong with Black's
position.}) 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. g5 $1 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. gxh6 Nh5 18. Qg5 $1 {
I missed this move from afar. Now Black has no counterplay. Moreover, his king,
knight and e7-pawn are all poorly placed.} f6 $1 {Normal moves promised
nothing good. True, if I had spotted 20.Qg1! before my move, it would have
taken me more time.} 19. Qxg6+ Bf7 20. Qg1 $1 b4 {This is objectively wrong,
but} (20... Qb6 $1 $16 {was not an attractive option. Few people are playing
Sicilian Najdorf to end up a pawn down without any compensation.}) 21. axb4 $6
{This was a bit too safe.} ({I saw} 21. Qa7 $1 O-O 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Kd2 $16 {
, but White has various improvements,} ({including} 23. Rhg1+ Kh8 24. Qxe7 $1
Qxb2+ 25. Kd2 Rbc8 26. Ne2 $1 Qb4+ 27. c3 Qb2+ 28. Ke1 {, when he is winning.
Such lines might appear simple on the monitor, but it is much more difficult
to make correct decisions at the board.})) 21... Qxb4 22. Kd2 Nf4 (22... Rxh6
23. Qe3 $16) 23. Qe3 Nxd3 ({The alternative} 23... e5 24. Ra1 $1 ({It is easy
to miss} 24. Bxa6 $6 d5 $1 25. exd5 Bg6 $1 $14 {with black counterplay.}) 24...
d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qe4 {is rather bad for Black.}) 24. Qxd3 $6 ({It was
stronger to play} 24. Kxd3 $1 {, the point being} Qc4+ $6 25. Kd2 Rxb2 $6 26.
Rb1 $1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 $16 {.}) 24... Rxh6 {Suddenly Black has some compensation.
} 25. Qxa6 Kf8 $6 ({The strongest move was} 25... d5 $1 {, when Black pieces
suddenly become quite active.} {I rejected it in view of} 26. Qa4+ (26. exd5 $2
Bxd5 {might already be dangerous for White.}) 26... Qxa4 27. Nxa4 {, but} dxe4
(27... Bh5 $5) 28. fxe4 Rb4 29. Nc3 Rxb2 $14 {is only marginally worse for
Black, as White's pawns are rather weak.}) (25... Qd4+ $6 26. Qd3 Qxd3+ 27.
cxd3 Rxb2+ 28. Ke3 $16 {also leaves White a pawn up, but this time his
position looks quite compact.}) ({I rejected} 25... Qc5 $5 {on account of} 26.
b3 $6 ({The accurate move} 26. Ra1 $1 {maintains White's advantage.}) {,
missing} 26... Rg6 $1 $44 {.}) 26. Ra1 $1 ({My main idea consisted in} 26. Qd3
$6 d5 $1 27. exd5 Rh5 {with counterplay.}) 26... d5 (26... Rg6 $5) 27. Ra4 $1
Qc5 28. exd5 Rxb2 $6 ({It is hard to get enthusiastic about} 28... Bxd5 $1 29.
Nxd5 Qxd5+ 30. Qd3 ({The alternative} 30. Kc1 $5 Qxf3 31. Re1 {is also
favourable for White.}) 30... Qxd3+ 31. Kxd3 Rxb2 $14 {, but perhaps it is
sometimes better to be objective. Or should one rather remain optimistic and
hope for better days? Some questions are too difficult to give a universal
answer.}) 29. Qa7 $1 Qd6 (29... Rb6 30. Rb1 f5 $1 $16 {was another gloomy
option.}) 30. Qe3 ({It might have been more precise to play} 30. Kc1 $1 {.})
30... Rg6 $6 $138 ({Black could have got a surprisingly good compensation by
means of} 30... Rh5 $1 {. Black can meet both 31.Kc1 and 31.Ra8+ with 31...Rb8.
He regains one pawn and gets some compensation for the other one.} 31. Kc1 Rb8
$14) 31. Ra8+ $6 (31. Kc1 $1 {was the right way to maintain White's advantage.}
) 31... Kg7 $2 ({After the game I was surprised to learn that} 31... Rb8 $1 32.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 {is equal, for instance} 33. h5 Rg2+ 34. Kc1 Qb4 {with sufficient
counterplay. I was trying to develop an attack to get a compensation. The rook
swap looked counterintuitive in this respect.}) 32. Kc1 $1 Qb4 {The rook
sacrifice on c2 does not work yet, but 33...Rg2 has already become a serious
threat. Here I was left with 52 seconds for 8 moves without increment! Not
having played with the "traditional" time control for about a decade, I lost
the feel for time a bit. With an increment, even one minute is not that little,
but here... It also mattered that I got surprised early in the opening, soon
got into problems and had to choose between various inferious positions, which
is usually not easy.} 33. Ra4 $2 {"Natural" moves like 33.Qd2 or 33.Rh2 were
winning, while} (33. h5 $4 Rg2 34. h6+ Kh7 {would have turned the tables}) ({
and} 33. Ra2 $2 Rxa2 34. Nxa2 Qa5 $44 {would have blown White's advantage.})
33... Rb1+ $1 34. Nxb1 Qxa4 {I played the last two moves very quickly, unlike
the next one.} 35. Qxe7 {It would have been great to see this move in advance.}
Rg2 (35... Qf4+ 36. Nd2 Rg2 37. Rd1 Qd4 $14 {, threatening} 38. Z0 Rxd2 $1 39.
Rxd2 Qa1# {, was a serious alternative.}) 36. Qe4 Qa7 $1 {Threatening 37...
Rg1+ 38.Rxg1 Qxg1+ 39.Kb2 Qb6+ 40.Ka2 Qa5+! with a perpetual.} 37. Re1 $1 {
I spent almost all the remaining time on the following move, but still failed
to find a good reply.} Rg1 $2 {Here I was left with 6 seconds per 3 moves. I
saw White's strong reply, but had to play something.} (37... Qc5 $1 {gives
Black a surprisingly good compensation. It is not easy to make a good move for
White, now. Black should hold after} 38. h5 {(There is nothing better.)} Bxd5
39. Qe7+ Qxe7 40. Rxe7+ Kh6 $14 {with a likely draw. Still, it is not easy to
find a silent move like 37...Qc5! when being three pawns down.}) 38. Nc3 $1
Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Rg2+ {Three seconds!} 40. Re2 (40. Kd3 Qa6+ 41. Ke3 $1 {should
allegedly also be winning.} (41. Qc4 $4 Rd2+)) 40... Rg1 {One second! Passing
the time control was my first success in this game, but it could have remained
the last one. Objectively the position is winning for White, but he still
needs to demonstrate it. It should not be a problem for a player of Vishy
Anand's stature, but perhaps he had not been fully acclimatised or warmed up,
yet. He spent about 10 minutes on the next move, but sometimes it happens that
you miss something rather simple even after a long think. (Or am I speaking
only for myself?)} 41. Qe7 $2 {This move neutralizes the main threat (41...
Qc1+ 42.Kd3 Bg6) but it allows a little combination.} ({In post-mortem we
looked at} 41. h5 $6 {, but} Bxh5 42. Qe7+ Bf7 $16 {(threatening 43...Rd1+!)
is not completely clear.}) ({My engine pleads for} 41. Qc4 $1 {, showing lines
like} Bg6 42. Ke3 $5 Qc1+ 43. Kd4 Qf4+ 44. Kc5 Qc7+ 45. Kb4 Qb8+ 46. Qb5 Qf4+
47. Kb3 {, when White should prevail. I find this variation both pretty and
bizzare. Pretty bizzare, in fact.}) ({That said,} 41. Qb4 $1 {is much simpler
and also good enough for a win. White remains three (passed) pawns up and
Black's king is not safe, either.}) 41... Rd1+ $1 {I found this move almost
immediately after 41.Qe7 but still spent half a minute triple-checking (sic!)
the lines, as I could not believe my luck. White offered me a draw soon after
my move, as the perpetual was inevitable.} (41... Rd1+ $1 42. Nxd1 Qd4+ 43. Ke1
Qg1+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Kc1 Qa1+ $11 {One chess enthusiast called this motif a
Christmas tree. There was indeed something wrong in my timing in this game,
which was played at the end of March! And not only in this one, as on the next
day I ended up with less than a minute after move 31! I would like to mention
that Vishy Anand showed quite an interesting idea in the opening, then he
outplayed me and was on the verge of winning. I was admittedly lucky in this
game, but tenacity and resourcefulness often pay off, even though mostly
against less prominent opponents.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O h6
15. a4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. c4 Be6 18. c5 Rdd8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Qb2 Rab8 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 b6 23. cxb6 Rxb6 24. h3 Rc8 25. Rfd1 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. a5
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rc5 29. a6 g6 30. Rb7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc2 32. Bb5 Rb2 33. Kg3 Bc8
34. Rb8 Kg7 35. Rxc8 Rxb5 36. Rc7 Ra5 37. Rxa7 Kf6 38. Ra8 Ra3 39. Kh2 h5 40.
a7 Ra2 41. h4 Kf5 42. f3 Ra1 43. g3 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {The tournament hadn't begun very well for me, I blundered and drew a
winning position against Navara in the first round and followed up by losing a
comfortable position against Magnus in the 2nd. I tried to compose myself for
the remaining games.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7.
a4 Ba7 8. Na3 Ne7 9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 O-O 12. Qc2 (12. a5 c6 13.
Bb3 Re8) 12... c6 (12... a5 {is met by} 13. d4) 13. a5 {My idea, but it didn't
really work out in this game.} d5 (13... Re8 {is also playable.}) 14. Bb3 Be6
15. exd5 cxd5 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 {My reason for delaying Re1, now the rook
supports f4.} ({Better was} 17. Ng5 Qd6 $1 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f3) 17... Qd6 18.
f4 exf3 19. Nxf3 (19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rxf3) 19... Rae8 {Here I started to really
dislike my position. It's hard for White to rearrange his pieces, every queen
move is met by Ne4 or Nf4, whereas Black is simply going to double on the
e-file.} 20. Rfe1 (20. Rae1 Qc7 21. Ra1 Re7) (20. Ne1 Bd7 21. Qd2 ({not} 21.
Qf2 Bb5 $1) 21... Re6 22. N1c2 Rfe8) 20... Bd7 21. g3 {Creating extra space
for the queen.} (21. Qf2 Re7 (21... Ne4 22. Qc2 Bc6 {I had seen this idea, but
was reluctant to play c4 now.} 23. c4 $1 (23. Ng4 {This was also playable.} Re6
(23... Re7 24. Qc1 Rfe8 25. Nge5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Nc5) 24. Rad1 Qc7 25. Nfe5)
23... dxc4 (23... Nf6 24. Qd2 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Qd8 26. Nce5 {and White isn't
worse.}) 24. Nxc4 Qf4 {felt awkward.}) 22. Qg3) 21... h6 22. Qg2 (22. Ng2)
22... Re7 (22... Re6 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. Bxg6 Rxe3) 23. Nc2 $2 {Now White gets
into trouble. Not only can he not return to e3, but it also takes away c2 from
the bishop.} (23. Bc2 $1 Rfe8 24. Nf5 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qe6 26. Qf1 $1 (26. Qf2
Ng4) 26... Bb5 27. Bd3) 23... Rfe8 24. Nb4 (24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Re1 Qc7 {This is
White's problem, the a5 pawn is stranded.}) 24... Bb5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd1 {
There were no good moves left, but this makes things worse.} (26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27.
Nxe1 Ne7 28. Nec2 Qd8 29. Qf3 (29. Ne3 Qxa5 30. h3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qe1 32. Nexd5
Nexd5 33. Nxd5 Ne4 {and Nd2}) 29... Be8 30. Ne3 Qxa5 31. Qd1 {keeps the game
going albeit a pawn down.}) (26. Bc2 Re2 27. Qh3 Ne4 28. Qc8+ Nf8 29. Bxe4 dxe4
30. Nh4 g6 {White is just lost here.}) 26... h5 27. Qh3 {Around here,
Mamedyarov started to run down his time looking for a forced win.} (27. Nc2 h4
28. Nxh4 Nxh4 29. gxh4 Qf4 30. Bf3 (30. h5 Ne4 {and White is helpless.}) 30...
Ne4 31. Re1 Qxh4 32. Bxe4 dxe4) 27... Bd7 28. Qg2 Bb5 (28... h4 29. Bc2 h3 {
As I looked at my train wreck of a position, I tried not to calculate anything,
but this one came to mind. I assumed there were others.} 30. Qf1 Ne4 31. Bxe4
dxe4 32. Ng5 (32. Nd2 e3) 32... Qf6 $1 $19) 29. Qh3 h4 30. Bc2 hxg3 (30... Re3
$1 31. Nxh4 Nxh4 32. Qxh4 g6 33. Qf4 Qe6 {and White has no moves left. Though
looking at it without an engine, it isn't obvious that White is lost and
Mamedyarov was short of time already.}) 31. Qxg3 (31. Bxg6 gxh2+ 32. Qxh2 Qxh2+
33. Kxh2 Re2+ 34. Kg1 fxg6 {By far the best option, but it's lost.}) 31... Nf4
32. Kh1 Re3 33. Rg1 g6 (33... N6h5 34. Qg4 g6 $19) 34. Qf2 Re2 35. Qh4 Ne4 $2 (
35... N6h5 {He had seen this as he pointed it out right away at the press
conference, but decided to play Ne4 since he couldn't see a defence anymore.
He also had only seconds left (we played without increments till move 61).})
36. Bxe4 {I had seen the Qh8 idea, so I didn't hesitate.} dxe4 37. Ne5 (37. Ng5
{I spent a couple of seconds here.} Nh5) 37... Nd3 38. Qh8+ Kxh8 39. Nxf7+ Kh7
{He was really unlucky here, since he walks into the 2nd trick as well, but
it's the best move.} (39... Kg7 40. Nxd6 Bd7 (40... Nf4 41. Nxb5 axb5 42. Rg4
Rf2 43. Nc2 $1 {This saves it.} Nh3 44. Rg3 Rxc2 45. Rxh3 Kf6 46. Rh8 Kg5 47.
Rf8 {and this is fairly simple draw.}) (40... Nxb4 41. Nxb5 axb5 42. cxb4 Kf6
43. Rg2 Re1+ 44. Rg1 Re3 45. Rc1 Rb3 46. Rc5 Rxb4 47. Kg2 Rxb2+ 48. Kg3 $11) (
40... Ne1 $2 41. Nf5+ Kh7 42. Ng3 $18) 41. Rg2 {Not that White's moves are
obvious, but I hope I would have found them if only by elimination.} Nf2+ 42.
Kg1 e3 43. Rg3 Bh3 44. Rxe3 Rxe3 45. Kxf2 Re7) 40. Nxd6 Bd7 $2 {he bashed out
this move, but now we had made the time control. I had enough time to compose
myself and adjust to the new situation (playing for a win was inconceivable
just a few moves ago)} (40... Ne1 $1 {Still the best shot.} 41. Rg3 {So this
would have been the best move.} (41. Nf7 {is a remarkable resource:} Nf3 42.
Ng5+ Kg7 (42... Kh6 43. Nxf3 exf3 44. Rf1 b6 45. axb6 a5 46. b3 axb4 47. c4 Ba6
48. Rxf3 {and now the king is worse on h6, but we have left the human realm of
chess long back.}) 43. Nxf3 exf3 44. Rf1 {Seems like a draw, but there is one
more twist of the comp:} b6 $1 {A completely inhuman line, but there it is.}
45. axb6 (45. b3 bxa5 46. Nd5 a4 (46... Bd3 47. Nf4 Be4 48. Ne6+ Kf6 49. Nc5
Kf5 $19) 47. c4 (47. bxa4 Bc4 $1 48. Nf4 (48. Nb6 Bd3 {and wins.}) 48... Re3
$19) 47... Bd7 48. Rxf3 a3) 45... a5 46. b3 (46. b7 Re8 47. Rxf3 axb4 48. d5
Ba6 49. Re3 Rb8) 46... axb4 47. c4 Ba6 48. Rxf3 Re6 {Now White tries to build
a pawn wall, but isn't in time to do so.} 49. d5 Rxb6 50. Kg1 Bc8 51. Kf2 g5 $1
{Allows Rh6.} 52. Rg3 (52. Ke3 Rh6 53. Rf2 Rh3+ 54. Kd4 Rxb3 55. c5 Rb1 56. Ke5
(56. c6 b3) 56... b3 57. c6 b2 {and this is winning.}) 52... Kf6 53. Ke3 Ra6
54. Kd4 (54. Rg2 Ra3 55. Rb2 {fails due to} Ke5) 54... Ra2 55. Kc5 Rxh2 56.
Kxb4 g4 $19) 41... Bd7 42. Kg1 Nf3+ 43. Kf1 Rxh2 (43... Rxb2 44. Nd5) 44. b3 (
44. Nd5 Bh3+ 45. Rxh3+ Rxh3 46. Nf6+ Kh6 47. Nfxe4 Rh2) 44... Bh3+ 45. Rxh3+
Rxh3 46. Nxe4 {and White is still fighting.}) 41. Nxe4 {[%csl Yd7,Yh7][%cal
Ge4f6] The problem with Kh7 and Bd7.} Bf5 (41... Nxb4 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Nxd7 Nd3
44. b3 Nf2+ 45. Kg2) 42. Ng5+ Kh6 43. Nxd3 Bxd3 44. Rg3 Re1+ 45. Kg2 Re2+ 46.
Kg1 Re1+ 47. Kf2 Re2+ 48. Kf3 Rxb2 49. Kf4 {The king belongs on d6 and I am
ready to jettison all my extra material to get there.} Bf5 (49... Bc4 50. Rh3+
Kg7 51. Rh7+ Kf8 52. Rc7 {is hopeless.}) 50. Ke5 $1 Rxh2 (50... Rb5+ 51. d5
Rxa5 52. Nf7+ Kg7 53. Nd6 $18) 51. Nf7+ Kg7 52. Nd6 (52. Nd8 {was even
stronger:} Re2+ 53. Kd6 $18) 52... Re2+ 53. Kd5 Kf6 54. c4 Re7 (54... Ra2 55.
Nxb7 Bc8 56. Kc6) 55. Rf3 Rd7 56. c5 Re7 (56... Kg5) 57. Rf2 Rh7 58. Nxf5 gxf5
59. Kd6 Rh8 60. Rd2 $1 {The final nuance, now it's over.} f4 61. Kc7 Rh7+ (
61... Kf5 62. d5) 62. Kc8 f3 63. d5 {After staring at disaster, 0,5/3 in the
tournament, I got incredibly lucky in this game and was on 50%} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. g4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Rg1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. g5 a5 14. a4 Re8
15. h4 b6 16. h5 Ba6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nh4 Qe6 19. Rg3 Bd3 20. Qd1 b5 21. axb5
cxb5 22. Ng2 b4 23. Nf4 Qf5 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. g6 fxg6 26. hxg6 h6 27. Qg4 Qxg4
28. Rxg4 Nc4 29. Nxd3 exd3 30. d5 Ne5 31. Rg3 Nc4 32. Rg4 Ne5 33. Rg3 Nc4 34.
Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Re8 {With an an
early Nbd2, White is somewhat inflexible against this move as opposed to d6 or
d5.} 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Re1 (10. b4 Bd6) (10. d4 exd4 11.
cxd4 Ba7) 10... Bf8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 (12... c5 13. Bg5 $5 (13. d5 b5
14. Na5 Qf6 {was Andriasian-Pashikian.})) 13. Nxb6 $2 {Simply a misjudgement.
This offers White nothing.} (13. Nce5 $1 {was more precise.}) 13... cxb6 14. h3
b5 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Re3 f6 17. b3 Qd7 (17... Bf7 $1 {was simple. Black just
goes a5-a4.} 18. Qc2 (18. Rc1 Qd7 19. d5 {Here Black has a few intermezzos:}
Ba3 20. Rc2 cxd5 21. e5 Qf5 22. Bg3 Rac8 23. Nd4 Rxc2 $1 24. Nxf5 Rc1 25. Qxc1
Bxc1 26. Re1 Bb2 $17) 18... a5 19. Rd1 Qd7 {, and now probably White should
bail out with} 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Bxd5 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qxa5 $11
) (17... a5 18. Rc1 Bf7 19. d5 cxd5 20. e5 {and blockading on d4.}) 18. Qc2
Rad8 $6 {The wrong plan, Black should have gone for a5 as before.} 19. Rd1 Qf7
20. Bg3 {So far, Black has no problems whatsoever.} Qh5 $2 {The first mistake
and indicative of Anish's form in the event.} (20... a5 {and even returning to
a8 was ok.}) 21. Bc7 {I saw this at once, but took a while playing it. Anish
asked me after the game why I didn't play it immediately. It looked too easy
and I was just making sure...} Rd7 $6 {The rook just gets in the way here.} (
21... Rc8 $1 22. Bb6 {This is about equal.} Be7 (22... Bd6 23. Ne1 f5 $1) 23.
Qe2 $11 (23. Ne1 f5)) 22. Bb6 {The Bb6 stabilises White's position, Black
lacks the d8 square and my knight can shift to d3.} Bb4 $2 {White was trying
for his next move anyway and this allows it with tempo.} (22... f5 23. Ne5 {
and Rd7 is in trouble}) 23. Ne1 $1 Bf7 $6 (23... Bd6 24. Nd3 f5 {Black needed
to act fast.} 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Qe2 Qg6 (26... Rde7 27. Bc5) 27. Bc5 Bf7 28.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Re1 $14 {keeps some edge}) 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Rde1 {
We both felt that Black could no longer stop f4-f5.} Bb8 $6 (25... Qh6 {
puts up more resistance:} 26. e5 (26. Qc3 Bf4) 26... fxe5 27. dxe5 Bf8 28. e6
$1 (28. Bc5 Be6) 28... Rxe6 (28... Bxe6 29. Qe2 $1 Bf7 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Qxe8
Rxd3 32. Bc5 Qf6 33. Be7 $1 Qf5 (33... Qf7 34. Qc8 {wins as well.}) 34. Qb8 $1)
29. Ne5 Rxe5 $8 30. Rxe5 Qd2 $1 31. Qf5 {keeps the pressure, but Black is
quite solid.}) 26. f4 f5 (26... Qh4 {The last chance.} 27. e5 {So this is best.
} (27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Bc7 $1) 27... Bg6 28. Qd2 (28. Rf1 Qh6 29. Qe2 Bxd3
30. Rxd3 f5 {and Qe6}) 28... Bxd3 (28... fxe5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31.
fxe5 {and White achieves e6.} Rf7 32. e6 Rf5 33. e7 Be8) 29. Rxd3 Rd5 $1 {
and next f5 keeping a light square blockade.} (29... fxe5 {and now White has a
neat trick:} 30. Re4 $1)) 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 {We both had the feeling that
is was basically over, but in fact Black can still defend.} fxe4 (28... Be6 29.
exf5 Bxf5 30. Qf2 Qg6 31. g4 h5 32. Rg3 $1) 29. Qxe4 (29. g4 Qh6 30. Qxe4 Rd2)
29... Rd2 (29... Bg6 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 {and Black can't blockade the pawns
in time.}) (29... Bd5 30. Qc2 Rf7 31. Rf1 g6 32. Qf2 Qh6 (32... Ref8 33. e6 {
Now this wins.}) 33. Bc5 $1 {First stopping Ref8.} (33. g4 Ref8 $1) 33... Re6
34. g4 $16) 30. R3e2 Bd5 (30... Rxe2 $1 31. Qxe2 (31. Rxe2 Be6 32. Rf2 Bf5 33.
Qd4 Qg6 34. g4 h5 35. Rg2 hxg4 36. hxg4 Bxg4 37. f5 Qxf5 38. Qxg4 Qxg4 39. Rxg4
Rxe5 {is still a hard technical task.}) 31... Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Be6 33. g4 g6 34.
Kg2 $16) 31. Qe3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qf5 33. g4 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 {Now it's over, White
just rolls with f5 and e6.} h5 35. f5 Qh1 (35... h4 36. Bd4 Qh1 37. e6 {wins})
36. Kg3 Re7 37. Bc5 Re8 38. e6 Kh7 39. Qg5 {Here Anish resigned. My first win
against Anish! It also left me on +1 in the event, though that didnt last very
long...} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,103,40,11,23,0,-3,-3,1,-6,24,20,6,12,46,51,60,11,17,9,31,11,52,42,82,
84,134,134,134,92,92,135,131,135,114,147,109,103,93,48,42,70,56,57,57,47,26,22,
34,29,32,16,16,-7,29,37,61,53,72,70,72,66,96,73,78,71,60,67,79,70,46,63,53,55,
68,36,76,69,72,51,71,70,103,86,84,97,88,93,98,107,111,115,115,54,102,101,144,
129,150,136,150,150,144,145,137,137]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Rd8 {One of the
lines which became popular after the World Championship match Carlsen-Caruana.}
11. Nd2 {A principled reply.} (11. Be2 {(played by Carlsen) is rather harmless.
}) 11... d4 (11... e5 12. Bg5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. O-O Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 {0-1 (38) Chekhov,V (2520)-Bondar,I (2280) Orel 1997} 17. Nde4 $16 Be7
$140 18. Nd5) (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 (12. Bxc4 Be7 13. O-O Qf5 $1 (13... Qh5 14.
Bc7 (14. Nde4 Rxd1 15. Qxd1 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Bg3 Kf8 19. f3
Bf5 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Bd5 Bc5 $11 {1/2 (36) Roiz,M (2661)-Khamrakulov,D (2479)
Tashkent 2011}) 14... Rd7 (14... Rf8 15. Be2 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Bf3 Bd8 18.
Bg3 Nh5 19. Bd6 Be7 20. Nc4 $16 {1-0 (30) Forintos,G (2435)-Schneider,L (2430)
Esbjerg 1978}) 15. Bg3 Qg6 16. Qa4 Nh5 17. Bb5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 e5 19. Nc4 $16 {
1-0 (25) Doroshkievich,V-Kozlov,V Briansk 1975}) 14. Nde4 Nd5 15. Bg3 (15. Qc1
Nxf4 16. exf4 Bd7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Be8 19. Rfd1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Rd8 $11 {
1/2 (23) Raznikov,D (2494)-Nakar,E (2456) Dallas 2018}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5
$6 (16... b6 $1 $11) 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Qd1 $1 Bb6 19. Nd6 Qf6 20. Bb5 $16 {
1-0 (34) Graf,A (2610)-Dobrev,N (2440) Leipzig 2007}) 12... Rxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Qd8
14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 15. Be2 (15. Na4 Bf8 16. Nab6 axb6 17. Nxb6 Ra5 18. Nxc8 Rc5 19.
Nb6 Rc2 $44 {1/2 (57) Euwe,M-Kupper,J Zuerich 1954}) 15... Nd5 (15... Nc6 16.
Bf3 Bd7 17. Ne5 $14 {1-0 (53) Serper,G (2507)-Bruno,R (2219) Las Vegas 2007})
16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bd6 (17. Nd6 $14) 17... b6 18. Bxc5 (18. b4 $5 {[%csl Rc8,
Rd5]} Bxb4+ 19. Bxb4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 $14 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4]}) 18... bxc5 $11 {
1/2 (27) Bagirov,V-Matanovic,A Yerevan 1971}) 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Na4 $1 Bb4+ 14.
axb4 (14. Ke2 Qa6 15. Nxd4 Be7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Kd1 b6 19. Nc3
Ba6 $44 {1/2 (22) Petrosian,T-Lutikov,A Moscow 1966}) 14... Qxb4+ 15. Nd2 e5 (
15... Qa5 $5 16. b3 (16. Qb3 $5) 16... Nb4 17. Qb1 b5 (17... d3 18. f3 Nh5 19.
Bg3 Qg5 20. Kf2 $16 {1-0 (32) Gheorghiu,F-Ostojic,P Monte Carlo 1969}) (17...
e5 $1 18. Bg5 Bf5 $1 19. e4 $8 (19. Qxf5 $4 e4 $3 20. Qxa5 Nc2+ 21. Ke2 d3#)
19... Nxe4 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxe4 Nc2+ 22. Ke2 Bxe4 23. f3 Bg6 24. Kf2 d3 $44)
18. Nb2 Bb7 19. f3 e5 20. Bg5 dxe3 21. Bxe3 e4 22. Be2 {1-0 (57) Doroshkievich,
V-Gipslis,A Tbilisi 1967} Na2 $1 $44) 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Qb3 $1 (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
b3 Nb4 19. Qb1 e4 $44 {1/2 (19) Ivkov,B-Musil,V Maribor 1967}) 17... Nb4 $1 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. Ra1 dxe3 21. fxe3 b5 22. O-O $1 (22. cxb5 $2 Be6 {
[%cal Ya8c8]}) 22... bxa4 23. Qc3 $44 {The outcome of complications is rather
favorable for White as Black's king is unsafe.} f5 24. Nf3 f6 25. Nh4 $36 {>>}
Nc6 26. Qa3 $1 (26. Qxa5 Nxa5 27. Nxf5 Nb3 $132) 26... e4 {Perhaps it was
better not to put this pawn on a square of the bishop's colour.} (26... Qd2 $5
27. Rf2 Rab8 28. Bf1 Qb4 29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Kf7 31. Ra6 Rb6 32. Rxb6 axb6
33. Nxf5 Be6 34. g4 Na5 35. Rc2 h5 $14 {1/2 (50) Janosi,E (2042)-Koehler,J 
(1966) Lechenicher SchachServer 2011}) 27. Bd1 Ne5 28. Bxa4 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Bxa4
30. Rxa4 f4 31. c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] It is only here that the game deviates
from the following predecessor:} (31. Rxf4 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rb8 34.
b4 Nxc4 35. Nf5 Rb5 36. g4 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ne5 39. Rxa7 Rxb4 $11 {
1/2 (46) Aronian,L (2765)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 31... fxe3 32. Rxe4
Rab8 33. Rxe3 Rxb2 34. h3 Rc2 35. Rxf6 Rxc5 {The position looks drawish but in
fact, Black should defend accurately as his king is exposed.} 36. Ra6 Nc6 37.
Nf3 Rc8 38. Re6 Rc7 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Ra4 h5 $6 {Rather a bad idea. This pawn
becomes vulnerable.} (40... Kf7 41. Rd6 $5) 41. Ra6 Ne7 42. Nd4 Nf5 43. Ne2 Rc4
$6 (43... h4 $142 {but Black is under strong pressure anyway.}) 44. Rg6+ Kf8
45. Rg5 Ng7 46. Rf6+ $1 Rf7 47. Rh6 Ke7 $2 (47... Rfc7 {was more stubborn but
the h5 pawn is doomed anyway.}) 48. Ra5 Ke8 49. Rh8+ Rf8 50. Rh7 Rf7 51. Re5+
Kd8 52. Rexh5 {Vishy Anand (a bit surprisingly) decided not to continue
resistance.} (52. Rexh5 Nxh5 53. Rxf7 a6 {- White is yet to display winning
technique.}) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rd6 Bf5 18. Bf4 Re6 19. g4 Rxd6 20. Bxd6
Be6 21. Bxc5 a4 22. Kf2 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rb8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Rxb3
27. Bd4 c5 28. Bxc5 Rxc3 29. Be3 Rc2+ 30. Kg3 Rc3 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Kg3 Rc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 d4 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O Nc6 14. a3
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 Ne5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Be6 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4
Rfc8 21. Rfc1 g5 22. Kf1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 a5 24. b5 a4 25. Ke2 a3 26. bxa3 Rxa3
27. Rc7 Ra2+ 28. Ke1 b6 29. Rc6 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Ra2+ 31. Ke1 Ra1+ 32. Kd2 Ra2+ 33.
Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. a4 O-O
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. h3 c6 11. Re1 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nf1 d5
16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 f6 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bg3 Bf5
22. Re2 Qf7 23. Ne3 Rad8 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Be6 26. Re1 e4 27. Qe2 Qf6 28.
Qc2 Qg6 29. Qd2 Qf6 30. Qc2 Qg6 31. Qd2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3
Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Nb7 Bb6 19. Nd6 Ba5 20. Nb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,85,28,28,46,46,80,80,53,66,61,37,82,33,20,13,5,0,14,14,28,14,21,28,45,
49,54,47,47,46,46,53,52,42,61,51,85,65,70,62,99,59,77,76,103,110,102,102,108,
121,113,109,121,50,79,122,88,95,95,81,114,96,92,125,127,90,108,104,101,100,115,
127,143,130,141,150,147,160,196,196,185,160,195,185,229,237,327,361]} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 {A rare system, which has
recently gained popularity.} e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 {The modern
continuation, instead of} (9. f4) 9... Be6 (9... b5 10. Bg5 b4 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nd5 a5 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. a3 $14 {1/2 (38) Delgado Ramirez,N (2624)-Leitao,N 
(2107) Belem 2017}) (9... Nc6 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. f4 b5 13. Nd5 Nd4 14.
Be3 Nxb3 15. axb3 exf4 16. Nxf4 Qc7 17. c3 Qb7 18. Bd4 $14 {1-0 (41) Rowson,J 
(2490)-Tihonov,J (2415) Zagan 1997}) 10. Nd5 Bxd5 (10... Nbd7 11. c4 a5 12. h3
Nc5 13. Bc2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bc8 15. f4 Bh4 16. Ne2 f5 17. Be3 b6 $13 {1/2 (60)
Aryan,C (2547)-Raja,H (2432) Budapest 2019}) 11. exd5 g6 12. c4 Nbd7 (12... Ne8
$6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. b4 Nd7 15. Rc1 $14 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Ra3 (17... f5 18.
c5 $1 dxc5 $140 19. d6 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. bxc5 $16) 18. Ne4 $1 f5 19. Nc3 e4
20. Be2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. c5 $16 {1-0 (33) Nakamura,H (2785)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2796) Stavanger 2017 CBM 179 [Yermolinsky,A]}) 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rc1 (
14. b4 Bf8 (14... a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 b5 $1 $132 {A.
Yermolinsky}) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 e4 17. Be2 Bg7 18. a3 a5 19. Rc1 axb4 20. axb4
h5 21. Qb3 b6 22. Rfd1 Ra7 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Re1 Qf8 25. Bf1 Bh6 $13 {1/2 (46)
Najer,E (2683)-Wojtaszek,R (2738) Batumi 2018}) 14... Bf8 (14... a5 15. b3 Nc5
16. Bc2 Nfd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bg5 19. Qf3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Ne5 $13 {1-0 (27)
Wang,Y (2337)-Zhao,S (2186) China 2018}) ({Here is the most recent game:} 14...
Nc5 15. Bb1 a5 16. b3 Rb8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 b5 19. Qf3 bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rb4 21.
Bd2 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Ncd7 23. Bc3 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Qf4 Bd8 {, and White
didn't find anything better than offer a draw after} 26. h3 {1/2 (26)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Wojtaszek,R (2724) Moscow 2019}) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 a5
17. b3 h5 18. Re1 Bg7 $14 {Black's position looks fine but, alas, his kingside
is weakened by ...h7-h5.} 19. h3 Qe7 20. Be3 Qf8 21. Qd2 h4 $6 {Driving
White's knight where it wants: to b5!} (21... Nc5 $5 22. Bb1 Reb8 {[%cal Yb7b5]
}) 22. Ne2 Nh5 23. Nc3 f5 24. Bg5 Nf4 (24... Nc5 25. Bf1 {[%cal Yc3b5]}) 25.
Bxf4 exf4 26. Re6 $6 (26. Nb5 $5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Be5 28. a3 $36 {[%cal Yb3b4]})
26... Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} ({Black had a sufficient defence here:} 26... Rxe6
27. dxe6 Nc5 $13) 27. Be2 Rxe6 28. dxe6 {Now this pawn can't be attacked and
decides the game, together with numerous weaknesses in Black's camp.} Re8 29.
Qd5 Qe7 30. Nb5 $1 Qxe6 31. Qxb7 Re7 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Nxd6 Bf8
35. Nb5 Nc6 36. Kf1 Re5 37. a3 Bc5 38. Bf3 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Rb1 Re6 41. b4
Rb6 42. Rd1 Bb2 43. c5 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 a5 7. Nh3 a4 8. Nf2
Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c6 11. f4 Nb6 12. Be3 c5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. f5 Bd7 15.
g4 h6 16. h4 O-O-O 17. g5 Ne8 18. Bd2 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nc7 20. Ng4 Rdg8 21. Rh2
Qf8 22. Rdh1 Kb8 23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 Nc8 25. Kb2 Qd8 26. Rh7 Rxh7 27. Rxh7 Rh8
28. Qh2 Rxh7 29. Qxh7 Qf8 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. Kc2 Qg8 32. Qh4 Qf8 33. Kd1 Nc6 34.
Qh7 Ne7 35. Ke2 Nc8 36. Kf2 Ne7 37. Be2 Qg8 38. Qh1 g6 39. Qh6 Ne8 40. f6 Nc6
41. b4 Nc7 42. bxc5 dxc5 43. Nd5 Ne6 44. Be3 Ka7 45. Bg4 b6 46. Nc7 Qc8 47.
Nb5+ Kb8 48. Nd6 Qg8 49. Qh1 Qf8 50. Qd1 Ncd8 51. Nb5 Bc6 52. Kg1 Nc7 53. Bf2
Nb7 54. Bg3 Bxb5 55. cxb5 Qd6 56. Qe2 Ne6 57. Bxe6 Qxe6 58. Qh2 Qg4 59. Kf2
Qxe4 60. Bxe5+ Kc8 61. Qh3+ Kd8 62. Qh8+ Kd7 63. Qh3+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. a3 Bc5 8. d3
O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. Qd1 Qb6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Kh1 d4 14. Nb1 e5 15. Nd2
Bd6 16. f4 Qc7 17. f5 Nb6 18. g4 c5 19. Nf3 c4 20. Bg5 Nfd7 21. f6 g6 22. Bh6
Rfc8 23. Ng5 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Qe1 Nbd7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 cxd3 28. cxd3
h6 29. Nf3 Ne6 30. Qh4 Kh7 31. g5 h5 32. Raa1 Qc2 33. Rf2 Qxd3 34. Bf1 Qb3 35.
Nd2 Qb4 36. Be2 Qxd2 37. Bxh5 Qxg5 38. Bxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rh8
41. Qg3+ Kxf6 42. Rf1+ Ke7 43. Qa3+ Ndc5 44. Rc1 Kd6 45. b4 axb4 46. Qxb4 Rab8
47. Qc4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Qd1 b6
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8
21. Bb8 a6 22. a4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Na3 b4 25. Nc4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bd5 27. Ba7
Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nd6 29. Bd5 Nb5 30. Bxc5 Nxc3 31. Bc6 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. Be3
Ne6 34. g3 Bf6 35. Bd5 g6 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Ke4 h5 40.
h3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,59,28,39,24,9,9,21,13,7,19,8,10,21,37,56,54,37,37,48,48,-6,41,48,53,
36,50,54,77,60,39,29,43,37,36,36,41,46,62,48,72,64,70,73,64,60,68,84,75,91,93,
79,96,87,120,142,156,165,177,225,273,250]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 {Black has
sacrificed a pawn but his minor pieces are very active.} 10. O-O (10. Ne4 f5
11. c3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 {1-0 (34) Lueers,H (2477)-Bulgarini Torres,M ICCF Email
1999} Ne6 $44) 10... Be7 (10... Bb4 $6 11. Qe1+ Ne6 12. Ne5 Bh5 13. Qe4 O-O 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxb4 $18 {1-0 (37) Duda,J (2678)-Naiditsch,A (2684)
Barcelona 2016}) (10... Nxc3 $5 11. bxc3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Bb3 Bd6 14. f4
(14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Re1 Kd7 $44 {L.Kritz}) 14... Qf6 15. Bd2 O-O 16.
Qf3 Bf5 17. a4 Rae8 $44 {0-1 (56) Reshef,O (2435)-Boruchovsky,A (2530)
Tiberias 2016}) 11. Re1 Nc7 $6 {Vishy Anand was probably unfamiliar with the
line.} (11... O-O $142 12. Nxd5 cxd5 (12... Qxd5 $6 13. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
Bxf3 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Qg5 Qd4 17. Bb3 h6 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qe3 Qg4+ 20. Kf1
Bg2+ 21. Ke1 Qb4+ 22. Bd2 Qxe7 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxe7 Rxe7+ 25. Be3 g5 $16 {
1/2 (25) Sorcinelli,A (2060)-Bulgarini Torres,M (1925) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2011}) 13. c3 Nxf3+ (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 15. f4 d4 16. f5 Nc5
17. Bc2 Re8 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bd2 $14 {1/2 (34) Rublevsky,S (2652)
-Bacrot,E (2725) Khanty-Mansiysk 2005 CBM 111 [Kritz,L]}) 14. gxf3 Bf5 $1 (
14... Bh5 15. Re5 Qd6 16. d4 Qf6 17. Qd3 $1 Qh4 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qf4 Rfd8 20. Re1
Qf6 21. Kg2 g5 22. Qg3 $16 {1/2 (86) Acs,P (2600)-Gelfand,B (2700) Warsaw 2003}
) 15. Bf4 d4 16. Qd2 Bh4 17. c4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Bg6 19. Bg3 Bf6 20. Re2 Qc5 21. Bd7
a5 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Bh3 Qc6 24. Bg2 Bh5 25. Re4 a4 $44 {1/2 (41) Gesicki,
J-Markus,R LSS 2006}) 12. Bg5 (12. Ne4 $142 {[%cal Yc2c3]}) 12... Nxf3+ (12...
Nce6 $5 13. Nxd4 $5 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 $36) 13... Bxd1 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 Bg4
16. Rxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11) 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bb3 O-O-O $6 (
15... O-O $44 16. Qd2 $140 Qf6 17. Qe3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rfe8) 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Qe3
{[%cal Re3a7] This move gains a crucial tempo.} Kb8 18. f4 $1 Bf5 19. Qg3 {
White has consolidated his position and should convert his advantage.} Ne6 $6 {
This is completely hopeless.} (19... g6 {is not much better, though.}) 20. Bxe6
fxe6 21. Re5 {[%csl Ge5]} h5 22. Kh1 h4 23. Qe3 Rhf8 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. a3 h3 26.
Rg5 Rdf8 27. Ne2 c5 28. Ng3 Bh7 29. Nh5 Qd8 30. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,72,19,38,30,45,36,23,42,45,59,55,54,37,43,33,40,40,14,2,6,-5,5,5,22,
-61,-24,-69,33,-116,17,13,24,27,27,35,37,32,45,45,62,72,36,0,5,4,4,-3,-3,-7,
-22,-22,-25,0,0,0,84,-28,0,-12,-81,-78,-70,-20,-20,-82,-82,-67,-65,-58,-74,-99,
-116,-418,-424]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {For the third time
I was able to defend the Rubinstein Variation against Anand. Each occasion has
seen an interesting struggle and in fact I was the one who twice missed a
possible win.   Bereits zum dritten Mal konnte ich die Rubinstein-Variante
gegen Anand verteidigen. Jedes Mal entsteht ein interessantes Gefecht und in
der Tat war ich derjenige der bereits 2 Mal einen möglichen Sieg ausgelassen
hatte.} 5. Nf3 (5. g3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 $5 {at that time practically an
innovation damals praktisch eine Neuerung} Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Rb8 $1 9. Bg2 b5 10.
O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Bb7 $11 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c3 a6 14. a4 Bd5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qd5+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bg5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Ra6
c5 23. Be3 Rfc8 24. Rda1 h5 25. Ra7 c4 26. Rd7 b4 27. Bd4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb3 29.
Rxd5 $5 exd5 30. Kf4 Rbb8 31. Kg5 Ra8 32. Re1 Rc6 33. f4 Ra2 34. h3 Rd2 {
missing a hidden way to win: verpasste einen versteckten Gewinnweg:} (34...
Rg6+ 35. Kh4 Rg2 36. Re3 f6 $3 37. exf6 gxf6 38. f5 Rg4+ $1 39. hxg4 Rh2#) 35.
f5 Rd3 36. Kf4 h4 37. e6 Kf8 38. gxh4 fxe6 39. Ra1 exf5 40. Kxf5 Rxh3 41. Ra8+
Ke7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ke5 Rxh4 44. Kxd5 Rg6 45. Bxg7 {1/2-1/2 (45) Anand,V 
(2776)-Meier,G (2648) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Be3 {One of the best moves at this point. White bolsters his position against
c7-c5. Einer der besten Züge an dieser Stelle. Weiss stemmt sich gegen c7-c5.}
Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 (11. c4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng5
$5 {was Anand's first - extremely original - attempt. war Anand's erster -
äußerst origineller - Versuch.} h6 14. Nh7 Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8
17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. Kb1 Be4+ 19. Ka1 Bc2 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. b3 Qc6 23.
Bc3 Bg6 24. Rd6 Qe4 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Rd2 Qf5 27. Qe5 f6 28. Qxf5 Bxf5 29. Ba5
$16 Rf7 30. Red1 g5 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Rd7 Rcf8 33. R1d6 Kg6 34. Bd2 e5 35. Rxf7
Rxf7 36. Be3 Rc7 37. Ra6 h5 38. Kb2 h4 39. Ra5 Rd7 40. Bxc5 Rd1 41. Ra6 Bc8 42.
Rxa7 Rh1 43. Rc7 Bf5 44. h3 Rh2 45. a4 Rxg2 46. a5 g4 47. hxg4 Bxg4 {Here too
I missed a study-like win: auch hier ging ich an einem studienhaften Sieg
vorbei:} (47... Rxg4 $1 48. a6 h3 49. a7 Be4 50. Rd7 Rh4 $1 51. f3 Bxf3 ({
not nicht} 51... h2 52. fxe4 h1=Q 53. a8=Q Rh2+ 54. Rd2 Rxd2+ 55. Kc3 {and
White only just saves his skin und Weiss rettet sich haarscharf}) 52. Bg1 h2
53. Bxh2 Rxh2+ 54. Kc3 Rh7 $1 $19) 48. a6 h3 49. a7 Bf3 50. Rd7 h2 51. Rd5 Bxd5
52. cxd5 h1=Q 53. a8=Q Rg1 54. Qg8+ Kf5 55. Qe6+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ {½-½ (56)
Anand,V (2780)-Meier,G (2640) Baden-Baden 2013 CBM 153 [CB]}) 11... c5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 {The type of position which has arisen is full of tension,
since there are numerous plausible coontinuations for White.  Ein
spannungsgeladener Stellungstyp ist entstanden, indem es viele plausible
Fortsetzungen fuer Weiss gibt.} 14. Rhe1 {At first glance the most natural
move. Black no longer has a "simple" move with which to advance the
mobilisation of his pieces. So the following transformation cannot be backed
up by evidence and the playability of this variation depends on how it turns
out.  Der auf den ersten Blick natuerlichste Zug. Schwarz hat keinen
"einfachen" Zug mehr um seinerseits die Mobilisierung der Kraefte
voranzutreiben. Die folgende Transformation ist daher unausweislich, und an
ihrem Ausgang haengt die Spielbarkeit dieser Variante.} (14. c3 {was Caruana's
choice against me. At first I reacted correctly with war Caruana's Wahl gegen
mich. Ich reagierte zunaechst richtig mit} Be7 15. Bg3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc5 17.
Rhe1 Qc8 {1-0 (35) Caruana,F (2817)-Meier,G (2621) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2017
CBM 178 [Moradiabadi,E]  but then bit by bit I strayed from the correct path.
As so often, I needed to learn some lessons before penetrating more deeply
into the secrets of positions of this type. kam dann aber sukzessive vom
rechten Weg ab. Wie so oft, musste ich einige Lektionen lernen, bis ich tiefer
in die Geheimnisse dieses Stellungstyps eindrang.}) (14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Bg3 Rd5
16. c4 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Be4 {has also been seen already - Black holds his own.
wurde auch schon gesehen - Schwarz behauptet sich.}) 14... Bxf3 $1 15. Qxf3 (
15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Ba6 Rc5) 15... c4 16. Be4 g5 $1 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 (18.
Qxg3 Qc7) 18... Kg7 {It is difficult to gnaw away at Black's king position,
since the white pawn structure has become less flexible and thus line opening
is difficult to realise.  Es ist schwierig die schwarze Königsstellung
anzuknabbern, da die weisse Bauernstruktur an Flexibilität eingebüßt hat
und Linienöffnung dadurch nicht ohne Weiteres realisierbar ist.} 19. c3 (19.
d5 Nxe4 (19... exd5 20. Bxd5 $14) (19... c3 20. dxe6 Qe7 21. Bd5) 20. Qxe4 exd5
21. Rxd5 Re8 22. Rxd8 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxd8 24. Kc1 Rd5 25. Rxc4 Rf5 $132) (19. h4
g4 {and the door remains shut. und der Laden bleibt geschlossen.}) 19... b5 20.
g4 $6 {Played after a long period of thought. I have always found Anand to be
a very straightforward player who looks to take the initiative. A situation
has arisen here in which he does not feel at home: Although all his pieces are
centralised he cannot develop an attack.  Nach langem Nachdenken gespielt. Ich
habe Anand stets als sehr geradlinigen Spieler empfunden der die Initiative
sucht. Hier ist eine Situation entstanden in der er sich nicht wohlfühlt:
Obwohl alle seine Figuren zentralisiert sind, kann er keinen Angriff entfachen.
} ({A more prudent move would be Umsichtiger wäre} 20. Rf1 {since Black
cannot now relieve the pressure on f6 without allowing the position to peter
out. denn Schwarz kann sich nun nicht vom Druck auf f6 lösen ohne die
Stellung verflachen zu lassen.} Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 $11) (20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5
Qb6 $15) 20... Qd6 21. Rf1 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxh2 23. d5 $2 {striving in vain for
the initiative strebt vergebens nach Initiative} (23. Qf3 Qf4 24. Qxf4 gxf4 25.
Rxf4) 23... Qd6 24. Qd4+ e5 25. Qxa7 Rc5 $5 {The key moment in the game! The
white queen is cut off after which the black e-pawn advaces to centre stage.
With its lack of coordination the white position is very difficult to play.
Der Schlüsselmoment der Partie! Die weisse Dame wird abgeschnitten wonach der
schwarze e-Bauer zum Hauptakteur avanciert. Mangels Koordination ist die
weisse Stellung sehr schwer zu spielen.} ({It was clear to me that Mir war
klar, dass} 25... b4 {brings Black an advantage, but the position after
Schwarz Vorteil bringt, aber die Stellung nach} 26. Qe3 bxc3 27. Qxc3 {
appeared to me to be difficult to control. In fact the computer continuation
with erschien mir schwer zu kontrollieren. In der Tat ist die
Computerfortsetzung mit} Rc5 28. Qf3 c3 {is very abstract. From the computer's
point of view the text move is a mistake. But from a human point of view I
still believe that 25...Rc5 was a very good practical decision. sehr abstrakt.
Aus Sicht des Computers ist der Textzug ein Fehler. Aber aus menschlicher
Sicht glaube ich nach wie vor, dass 25...Tc5 eine sehr gute praktische
Entscheidung war.}) 26. Qb7 e4 27. Rf5 e3 28. Kc1 $1 {directed against e3-e2.
gegen e3-e2 gerichtet.} (28. Rdf1 $4 Rc7 29. Qxb5 e2 30. Re1 Qg3 31. Rxe2 Qd3+
32. Rc2 Re7 $19 {was the concrete basis for my decision to play 25...Rc5. war
die konkrete Grundlage für meine Entscheidung 25...Rc5 zu spielen.}) 28... b4
29. Qxb4 $2 {An understandable mistake. Presumably Anand believed he could
still save the draw in the ensuing rook ending. At the same time a saving line
was extremely hard to find in the variations after 29.Rdf1!, since intuitively
the variations look so dangerous for White that it is easy to stop calculating
too soon. Ein verständlicher Fehler. Vermutlich glaubte Anand, er könne sich
im entstehenden Turmendspiel noch ins Remis retten. Gleichzeitig war die
Rettung in den Varianten nach 29.Tdf1! extrem schwer zu finden, da die
Varianten intuitiv so gefährlich für Weiss aussehen, dass man die Berechnung
leicht zu früh abbricht.} (29. Rdf1 $1 Rc7 30. Qxb4 Qa6 (30... Qg3 $4 {
in calculating this out in advance it is very difficult to refute this move,
since one would like to stop here. But there is a winning, quiet move: ist in
der Vorausberechnung nur schwer zu widerlegen, denn man möchte hier schon
abbrechen. Doch es gibt einen gewinnbringenden stillen Zug:} 31. Qb6 $1 e2 32.
Rxg5+ $1 hxg5 33. Qf6+ {followed by disaster on the h-file. nebst Desaster auf
der h-Linie.}) 31. a3 Rfc8 {At first sifght White has no defence against Rb7
trapping the queen, but the extraordinary resource Auf den ersten Blick hat
Weiss keine Verteidigung gegen Tb7 mit Damenfang, doch die aussergewöhnliche
Ressource} 32. Re5 $1 Rb7 33. Re7 $1 $11 Rxb4 34. Rfxf7+ {saves White with a
perpetual check. rettet Weiß ins Dauerschach.}) 29... Rb8 30. Qa4 Rcb5 {
Now Black's attack breaks through.  Jetzt schlägt der schwarze Angriff durch.}
31. Qa7 R8b7 32. Qxe3 Rxb2 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxg2 35. Rd4 $2 ({After Nach
} 35. d6 Rxa2 36. Rdd5 Rd7 37. Re4 Ra6 38. Red4 f6 {the d6-pawn is finally
encircled. wird der Bauer d6 schließlich eingekreist.}) 35... Rg1+ 36. Kc2
Rgb1 $1 (36... Rgb1 {Anand had overlooked that after Anand hatte uebersehen,
dass er nach} 37. Rxc4 {he loses a rook. einen Turm verliert:} R7b2+ 38. Kd3
Rd1+ 39. Ke3 Re1+ 40. Kd4 Rd2+) 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. h3 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Re1 c5 12. Nh2 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Qf2 Ng6
15. Rf1 Be6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bxf4 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bd2 b6 20. Ng4 Qe2 21.
Ne3 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Be6 23. Bc3 Ne7 24. Rfe1 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. b3 f6 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Bd2 Kd7 31. Bc3 Ke8 32. Bd2 Kd7 33.
Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Na7 18. a4 c6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qa1 cxd5 21. Be3
d4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Re3 Rfe8 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. h3
Re6 28. c4 bxc4 29. dxc4 Qc7 30. Kh2 Qxc4 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 Qxb4 33. Qa8+
Re8 34. Qf3 Re6 35. Qa8+ Re8 36. Qf3 Re6 37. Qa8+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Nxe4 Qa6 19. O-O Qxc4 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21.
Rxd5 Bf8 22. Bf6 Rac8 23. Bxe5 Nc7 24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. Nd2 Rc2 26. Rb1 Re6 27.
Kf1 Rb6 28. b4 a5 29. Nf3 axb4 30. axb4 Be7 31. b5 g6 32. g4 h6 33. Kg2 Bf6 34.
Kg3 Re6 35. h3 Re7 36. Ne1 Ra2 37. Nd3 Kg7 38. Kf3 Bh4 39. Rb2 Ra1 40. Rc2 Rb1
41. Rc1 Rb3 42. Rc8 Re6 43. Ke2 Ra3 44. Nc5 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Re7 46. Rd7 Rxd7+ 47.
Nxd7 Bxf2 48. Rc7 Ra3+ 49. Kc4 Rxe3 50. Rxb7 Rxh3 51. Ne5 Kf6 52. Kd5 Kg5 53.
Rxf7 Be3 54. Rg7 Kf4 55. Rxg6 Kg3 56. b6 Rh1 57. b7 Rb1 58. Rg7 Bf4 59. Nc4
Rd1+ 60. Kc5 Rc1 61. Rf7 Rb1 62. Kc6 Bb8 63. Rf8 Rb4 64. Rxb8 Rxc4+ 65. Kb5 Rc1
66. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. a4 b4 11. cxb4 cxb4 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nd2 Re8 15.
Re1 Bb7 16. N2f3 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bf8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 Qd8 21. h4
Qb6 22. Rad1 Nc4 23. Qe2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Nf3 Re6 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 g6
28. Nd2 Bg7 29. Bc4 d5 30. exd5 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Bxb2 32. d6 Bf6 33. d7 Rc7 34.
Rf1 Rxd7 35. Rxf6 Rxd2 36. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Rc2 38. Rf4+ Kg7 39. Rf7+ Kg8 40.
Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Bd2 b6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. f3 Nc6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. a3 g6 15.
Bb1 Rc8 16. Ba2 a6 17. Nbc3 Bg7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Be1 d4 20. Na4 Nd7 21. Bxf7+
Kxf7 22. Qb3+ Kf8 23. Qxb7 Rxe3 24. Ng3 Nce5 25. Bd2 Rd3 26. Ne4 Rb8 27. Qd5
Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Nd3 29. Rc2 Qe7 30. Ne4 Nf4 31. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 a6 6. a4 O-O 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bc4 e6
9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qd2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nexd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Be2 Re8 19. c3 Bb7 20. Qd1 Qb8 21.
Bc1 Qa8 22. Bf1 Rxe1 23. Nxe1 Nd7 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Nc2 Qa4 26. Be2 Ne6 27. Nd4
Qxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. cxd4 g5 31. g3 Kg7 32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4
Kf6 34. Kf2 Bc8 35. h4 Kf5 36. Ke3 h6 37. Bf3 Bd7 38. Bd1 Bc8 39. Bf3 Bd7 40.
Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. O-O Qf5 10. Nc3 exd3 11. e4 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Na4 Na6
15. Rxd3 Be6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. a3 c5 18. Nd2 Nb4 19. Rc3 Na2 20. Rxa2 Bxa2 21.
b3 O-O-O 22. e5 Ne8 23. Bh3+ Kc7 24. Bf1 f6 25. e6 Nd6 26. Rc2 Bxb3 27. Nxb3
Rhe8 28. a4 Rxe6 29. a5 c4 30. Bxc4 Nxc4 31. Rxc4+ Rc6 32. Bf4+ Kd7 33. Rb4
bxa5 34. Nxa5 Ra6 35. Rxb7+ Ke8 36. Nb3 Kf8 37. h4 Re8 38. Nd4 Re7 39. Rb8+ Kf7
40. Nf5 Rd7 41. h5 Ra5 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nb5 Kf5 44. Kg2 Kg4 45. h6 g5 46. Be3
Kh5 47. Rb6 Kg6 48. g4 Ra4 49. Kg3 Rb4 50. Kf3 Rd3 51. Rb8 Kxh6 52. Rb6 Kg6 53.
Rb8 Rdb3 54. Rg8+ Kf7 55. Rh8 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nf3
Be4 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. c4 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Rb1 Nc7 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nd2 g6 21.
Be4 Bd4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Re8 26. g3 Qe4 27.
Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd1 Re2 29. Rxd6 Rxb2 30. Rxc6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 8.
Nxh5 Bxh5 9. c3 Nd7 10. Be2 e6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Nf3 Qa5
15. a3 Qf5 16. g3 Nf6 17. O-O-O Qe4 18. Rde1 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 h5 20. Bg5 Ng4 21.
Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Bb2 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. a3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. b4 a5
15. Qg4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 axb4 17. axb4 Ra8 18. Nf3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8
21. h4 h6 22. Qg3 Bxb4 23. Bc1 Kf8 24. Qf4 Bc3 25. Ba3+ Kg8 26. Bd6 Qa7 27. h5
Nc5 28. Qe3 d4 29. Qe2 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Bd5 31. Kh2 Qa4 32. Nd2 Qc6 33. f3 b5 34.
Nb1 Bc4 35. Qd1 Bb2 36. Nd2 Bd5 37. Nf1 b4 38. Ng3 Qc4 39. Ne2 b3 40. cxb3 Qxb3
41. Qxb3 Bxb3 42. Nf4 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Nd2
O-O 9. O-O c6 10. b4 d5 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Rc1 a5 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 h5 15. e3
Nf5 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nb3 b6 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4
22. exd4 Re8 23. Rc6 Bg4 24. Qd3 Be2 25. Qb3 Nxb5 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Re1 Nxd4
28. Qxd5 Nf5 29. Ne4 Bc4 30. Qd2 Re6 31. Rc1 b5 32. Nb2 Ne5 33. Qxa5 Nd4 34.
Rd1 Nef3+ 35. Kh1 Rxe4 36. Bxf3 Qe8 37. Kg2 h4 38. Nxc4 bxc4 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40.
Qd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nce2 f6 6. f3 Ng5 7. Bxg5 fxg5 8. Qd2
c5 9. Qxg5 Nc6 10. c3 Qb6 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. g4 Bd7 14. Rd1 O-O-O
15. Nc3 e6 16. Nge2 Kb8 17. f4 Be7 18. h4 Na5 19. b3 Bb4 20. Kf2 Rhf8 21. Rh3
Bb5 22. Qe3 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Nc6 26. Qe3 Nxd4 27. Nxd4
Bc5 28. Kg2 Bxd4 29. Qd2 a5 30. Rf3 Bc5 31. Bd3 Qd8 32. g5 Bb6 33. Kg3 Qe7 34.
Rf1 Qc5 35. Rc1 Qd4 36. Rd1 Bc7 37. Re1 a4 38. Qe3 Qb4 39. bxa4 Bb6 40. Qc1 Qd4
41. Qd2 Ba5 42. Qxa5 Qxd3+ 43. Kg4 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Nd4
Bd5 15. Ng3 Nh4 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Bc3 Ng6 18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. a4 h5 21.
g3 Rd7 22. Rd2 Kd8 23. Red1 Kc8 24. Ne3 h4 25. Kh2 hxg3+ 26. fxg3 Bxe4 27. Rxd7
Bc5 28. Ng2 Ng5 29. Nh4 Bd6 30. exd6 Kxd7 31. Bxg7 Re8 32. dxc7+ Kxc7 33. Rd2
Nf3+ 34. Nxf3 Bxf3 35. g4 Re2+ 36. Rxe2 Bxe2 37. a5 b6 38. axb6+ axb6 39. Kg3
Kd7 40. Kf4 Ke6 41. Kg5 Bd1 42. c3 c5 43. h4 b5 44. h5 b4 45. c4 Be2 46. h6 Bd3
47. Bf8 f6+ 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. Bxc5 b3 50. h7 Kg7 51. Bf8+ Kxh7 52. c5 Kg6 53. Be7
Bb5 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Bd8 Ke6 56. Kd4 Be2 57. Kc3 Bxg4 58. Kxb3 Kd5 59. Kb4 Kc6
60. Bxf6 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O Nbc6 13. b5 Na5 14. Rb1 a6 15.
bxa6 bxa6 16. Nxd4 Nac6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Bb5 21.
Rfc1 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bd6 Rac8 24. Rb3 Re6 25. h3 h6 26. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2
g6 15. Nf3 Ng7 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Re1 c6 19. g3 Qf8 20. Be3 Bd7 21.
Ne5 Qd6 22. Bh6 Re8 23. h4 f6 24. Nd3 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Ng7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Bh3
Bf7 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Nxf4 Ne8 30. Kf1 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rab8 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Qa4
Qc7 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bb5 Rfc8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qc5
Qd7 21. Qb4 Ra4 22. Qb6 Ra6 23. Qb4 Rc4 24. Nc5 Rxb4 25. Nxd7 Rxb2 26. a4 Rc6
27. Rec1 f6 28. a5 Bg6 29. Nc5 e5 30. h3 h5 31. a6 bxa6 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Nxa6
exd4 34. cxd4 Rd2 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rd8 Rxd4 37. Nc7 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 d4 39. Ne6 d3
40. Nf8+ Kh6 41. Nxg6 Kxg6 42. Kg3 d2 43. Kf3 h4 44. Rd7 Kf5 45. Rd5+ Ke6 46.
Rd8 g5 47. Ke2 Rg1 48. Rxd2 Rxg2 49. Kf1 Rh2 50. Rd3 Rh1+ 51. Kg2 Rc1 52. Ra3
Rc5 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. Ra7+ Kg6 55. Ra6 Rc4 56. Rb6 Ra4 57. Rc6 Rb4 58. Ra6 Rd4
59. Rb6 Re4 60. Ra6 Rf4 61. Rb6 Ra4 62. Rc6 Ra5 63. Rb6 Kf5 64. Kf3 Rc5 65. Ra6
Rc3+ 66. Kg2 Rc5 67. Rb6 Ke5 68. Ra6 f5 69. Ra8 Rc6 70. Ra5+ Kf6 71. Rb5 Re6
72. Ra5 Kg6 73. Rb5 g4 74. Rb8 Kg5 75. Rg8+ Kf4 76. hxg4 fxg4 77. Rf8+ Kg5 78.
Rg8+ Rg6 79. Ra8 Rf6 80. Rg8+ Kf4 81. Ra8 h3+ 82. Kg1 Rf5 83. Ra4+ Kg5 84. Rb4
Rc5 85. Rb8 Rc6 86. Rb5+ Kh4 87. Rb8 Rc5 88. Rh8+ Kg5 89. Ra8 Kf4 90. Ra4+ Kf5
91. Ra8 Rd5 92. Rb8 Ke4 93. Re8+ Re5 94. Ra8 Kf3 95. Rf8+ Ke4 96. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. h3 Qc8 12. Kh2 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. e4 Nac4 15.
a4 a5 16. b3 Nd6 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Rc1 Bf8 19. Bc5 c6 20. Qd3 Ndc8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8
22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qe3 Kg8 24. Nb1 f6 25. Nbd2 Nd6 26. Bf1 Rb8 27. Rc5 Nbc8 28.
Rd1 Kg7 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Qc7 31. Qc3 Ra8 32. Bb5 Ne7 33. Bf1 Nc8 34. Nd2
Nd6 35. f3 Nb7 36. Rc4 Nd6 37. Rc5 Nb7 38. Rd5 Be6 39. Rd3 Red8 40. Nc4 Bxc4
41. Qxc4 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Rd8 43. Rxd8 Nxd8 44. b4 axb4 45. Qxb4 Nb7 46. Bc4 Na5
47. Qc5 Nxc4 48. Qxc4 Qb6 49. Qa2 Qa5 50. h4 c5 51. Qd5 Qxa4 52. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Lupulescu,C"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 {Compared to other QGD positions, the
Vienna has been a rather rare guest in supertournaments lately.} 5. e4 Bb4 6.
Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Nb5 {An interesting sideline.
} (10. Bd2 {was almost a novelty when the world champion employed it
succesfully against Aronian:} O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 {with a complex
struggle in: Carlsen,M (2845)-Aronian,L (2763) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER 2019,
1-0 (38).}) (10. Bb5+ {it is the most common move with many forced variations
to follow.}) 10... Nxe4 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Qxe4 a6 13. O-O (13. Bd3 f5 14. Qe2
axb5 15. O-O {is a more usual move order.}) 13... axb5 14. Bd3 f5 15. Qe2 Nc6 (
15... Bd7 {was also played quite often.}) 16. Bd2 Qc7 {The first new move of
the game.} (16... e5 17. Bxb5 Be6 18. a4 Qc7) 17. Bxb5 f4 {An interesting move,
playing against White's dark-squared bishop while also preparing to enhance
his own bishop's scope. However, it implies a strategic risk by handing White
the e4 square.} (17... e5 {was a more conservative approach with the idea} 18.
f3 Be6 19. Rfe1 (19. a4 Na5 $13 {[%cal Ga5b3]}) 19... e4 $1) 18. f3 {Obviously
White cannot allow f4-f3.} e5 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. a4 $1 {We can say that the
World Champion got the position he wanted from the opening: not so much to
begin with, but plenty of play left to outplay his impressive opponent.} (20.
Bxc6 {would most likely have called it a day even with Carlsen's fantastic
technical abilities:} Bxc6 21. Qxe5 Qf7 $1 {The most precise as Black's queen
will be more useful than White's.} (21... Qxe5 {is also possible:} 22. Rxe5
Rad8 {Black also has good drawing chances in view of White's split queenside
pawns and the drawing tendencies of the opposite coloured bishops.}) 22. Qe6
Rad8 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. Re2 g5 $44) 20... Kh8 21. Rad1 (21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxe5
Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 {would not give many winning chances as the
only way to get f4 would be via a rook swap:} 25. Re4 (25. h4 Bc6 26. Rc5 h6
$11 {[%cal Gg7g5]}) 25... Bc6 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Kg8 {with a trivial draw.}
) 21... Rae8 (21... h6 {to defend against back rank threats was safer for
Black:} 22. Bc1 Bf5 23. Ba3 Rf6 $13) 22. Bc1 {Now it is not that easy to find
a good plan for Black.} e4 {Here this thematic idea doesn't achieve its aim as
the game is too open.} 23. fxe4 Ne5 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Rf1 $1 {White shows that
also f4 can be a weakness.} Nc5 26. Ba3 $1 {The point of the World Champion's
idea.} Rxe4 27. Qb5 $6 {A very natural move but it allows Black to escape to
an easily drawn endgame.} (27. Qh5 $1 {would give good winning chances:} Re5 (
27... b6 28. a5 $16) 28. Rxf4 Rg8 (28... Rfe8 29. Rdf1 $1 {White needed to see
this in advance.} Kg8 30. Qg4 $16) 29. Qf3 (29. Rf7 Rxh5 30. Rxc7 Nxa4 31. c4
b5 (31... b6 32. Rd5 $16 {again puts Black in trouble.}) 32. Rd5 $16) 29... Ne6
30. Bd6 Qb6+ 31. Qf2 Qb3 32. Bxe5 Qxd1+ 33. Qf1 Qd5 34. Rf5 $16) 27... Re5 28.
Rde1 (28. Bxc5 Qxc5+ $1 (28... Rxc5 29. Rxf4 Rg8 30. Rf7 $1 Rxb5 (30... Qxf7
31. Qxc5 {With queens on Black is in trouble.}) 31. Rxc7 $16 {A different
version as White's rooks are now very active.}) 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxf4 Kg8 31.
Rb4 (31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {is very similar to the game.}) 31... Rxc3 32. Rxb7 h6 {
Thanks to his very active rooks Black shouldn't have much trouble drawing.})
28... Rc8 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxf4 h6 33. Rf3 (33.
Rb4 Rxc3 34. Rxb7 Ra3 {would also be trivial for Black.}) 33... Kg8 {Anand
confidently shows the endgame is an easy draw.} 34. Rd3 Ra5 35. Rd7 Rxa4 36.
Rxb7 Ra2 37. h4 Kh7 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Rc7 Kg6 40. Kg3 (40. Kh3 {would not change
much, for example} h5 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Kf3 g6 43. g3 Rd3+ 44. Kf4 Ke6 {and
White can hardly make any progress.}) 40... Kh5 41. Rc5+ g5 42. Kh3 Rd3+ 43. g3
Re3 44. Kg2 Rd3 45. Rc4 Re3 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Kh3 Rd3 48. Rc8 g4+ 49. Kg2 Rd2+
50. Kf1 Rc2 51. c4 Kg5 52. c5 Kf6 53. c6 Ke7 54. c7 Kd6 55. Rd8+ Kxc7 56. Rd4
Kc6 57. Kg1 Kc5 58. Rxg4 Kd5 {The longest game of the first round that
probably left the World Champion thinking he could have achieved more.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Lupulescu,C"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {This move order most likely aiming for a Sveshnikov is
quite rare in Mamedyarov's repertoire lately - the last time he used it was in
a rapid playoff against Caruana back in 2016.} 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O
Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 (8. d4 {The direct approach doesn't offer many
chances for advantage because Black still has the Bg4 resource} cxd4 9. cxd4 d5
10. e5 f6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nf5 $13 {Lupulescu,C 
(2617)-Fier,A (2570) Rio Achaea 2018 is one example where White didn't achieve
much.}) 8... f5 (8... d5 {used to be fashionable but Black was not entirely
satisfied for example} 9. d3 c4 10. dxc4 dxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxe4 e5 13. Re1
f6 14. Nbd2 Nf7 15. Ne4 f5 16. Neg5 e4 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bg5 Rd3 19. Nd4 Ba6
20. b3 c5 21. Ne2 $14 {1-0 (58) Anand,V (2776)-Gelfand,B (2743) Moscow 2016})
9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 {Basically White tries to play against Black's light squared
B and damaged structure on the queenside while Black should strive for
activity.} Rb8 11. b3 d6 12. Bf4 {The point e5 is a key square in this
position. If White could control it, then he would have the upper hand.} (12.
e6 $2 Ne5 {would just lose a pawn.}) 12... h6 {A logical novelty.} (12... Qc7
13. Qe2 Nd8 14. Nbd2 Ne6 15. Qe3 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 {and Black looked suspicious in
Inarkiev,E (2702)-Gelfand,B (2729) Nazran 2017, ½-½ (49).}) 13. h4 (13. e6 $2
Nh8 14. h4 Rf6 {again loses the e6 pawn.}) 13... e6 14. exd6 (14. Qd2 g5 15.
hxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 dxe5 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qh4 20. Re3 Rg8 {
is looking quite dangerous for White}) 14... g5 15. Be5 {The most sensible
approach leading to mass simplification.} Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxd6 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18.
Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rd8 20. Rxc5 Rxd3 21. Na3 {After a long forced sequence we
get to a complex endgame. If White's N had a way to realistically settle on e5
Black would be busted. As it is, the chances are roughly level.} Bd7 22. Ra5 (
22. Nc4 Rxc3 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Ra5 Rb7 25. Rd1 {gave White no more than
compensation.}) 22... Rb7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. c4 (24. Rc1 Kg7 25. Nc4 Kf6 26. Ne5
Rd5 $13 {- again White cannot keep his stallion on e5 for long.}) 24... Kg7 25.
c5 Kf6 26. Nc4 e5 27. Nd6 Rc7 {White managed to get his N to a more active
post on d6 but in the meantime also Black managed to activate his K.} 28. f3
Ke6 29. Re1 Rd5 30. b4 {A risky strategical decision preparing to self-block
the Ra5.} (30. Kf2 {was normal with an even game}) 30... Rd4 31. a3 $6 ({
It was not too late for} 31. Ra3 f4 (31... Rxb4 $2 32. Rae3 e4 33. fxe4 f4 34.
Rh3 $16 {[%cal Gh3h7]}) 32. Rb3 $13) 31... g4 {Now, at least in practical play,
Black is getting some chances.} 32. Ra6 Kd5 33. Nf7 $4 {A terrible blunder.} (
33. fxg4 Rxg4 34. Rf1 Kd4 $1 (34... e4 35. Rd1+ Ke5 36. Nc4+ $13) 35. Ra4 (35.
Nxf5+ Bxf5 36. Rxf5 e4 $17 {[%csl Ya6]}) 35... Rf4 (35... Kc3 36. Rf3+ Kc2 37.
Nxf5 Bxf5 38. Rxf5 e4 39. b5 $1 $11) 36. Rxf4+ exf4 37. Kf2 Be6 38. Ra6 Bd5 39.
Nxf5+ Ke4 40. Nd6+ Ke5 {[%csl Yg2] White still has a long struggle ahead.})
33... e4 {This is what Anand missed.} ({White was counting on} 33... Bc8 34.
Rxe5+ Kc4 35. Nd6+) 34. fxg4 {Ending the suffering.} ({After} 34. fxe4+ fxe4
35. Nd6 g3 $19 {[%cal Ge4e3] White would not survive for long either.}) 34...
Bc8 {White loses at least a piece. A very complex struggle that ended quite
abruptly.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Na3 Nxe4 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Nf6
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qe8 17. Nd4 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Ba4 c6
21. Nd2 Bb7 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Ne3 Rd8 25. c4 Nf4 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.
Bd2 c5 28. b4 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Nd3 30. Bd6 Bb6 31. Kf1 Bc5 32. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxc6 dxc3 14. Ba4 Bxf2+ 15.
Kh2 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Be3 c5 18. Bxf2 Nxf2 19. Qc2 cxb2 20. Rab1 c4 21. Qxb2
Nd3 22. Qc3 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Qc5 24. Rb1 Bf5 25. Rb5 Qc7 26. Ne3 Be4 27. Nd2 Rae8
28. Nxe4 Qxe5+ 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Bc2 f5 31. Nxc4 Re7 32. Rxd5 fxe4 33. Ne3 b6
34. Rb5 Rb8 35. Nf5 Rc7 36. Bxe4 Rc5 37. Rb3 Re5 38. Bd3 Rd8 39. Ng3 Rd4 40.
Be2 Rb4 41. Rd3 b5 42. Bh5 Kh7 43. Rd6 Rg5 44. Be2 Kg8 45. Bd3 Kf8 46. Nf5 Rb2
47. Be4 g6 48. Rf6+ Ke8 49. Bc6+ Kd8 50. Nd4 Ke7 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Rd6 Rxa2 53.
Nxb5 Rb2 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Nc3 Ke6 56. Rd3 h5 57. Bd5+ Ke7 58. Bf3 Re5 59. Rd4
Kf8 60. Rd8+ Kg7 61. Ra8 Rf5 62. Be4 Rg5 63. Ra7+ Kh6 64. Ra6 Rd2 65. Bf3 Rf5
66. Be4 Rg5 67. h4 Rg4 68. Kh3 Rd4 69. Bf5 Rxh4+ 70. Kg3 Kg5 71. Bxg6 Rhg4+ 72.
Kh2 a4 73. Bh7 h4 74. Rg6+ Kh5 75. Re6 a3 76. Bf5 Rg5 77. Be4 Ra5 78. Bf3+ Kg5
79. Re2 Rd3 80. Rc2 Rxc3 81. Rxc3 a2 82. Rc1 a1=Q 83. Rxa1 Rxa1 84. Bc6 Kf4 85.
Bb7 Rc1 86. Bd5 Rc2 87. Be6 Rc3 88. Bd7 Rg3 89. Bh3 Ke3 90. Kg1 Ke2 91. Bc8 Ra3
92. Bg4+ Ke3 93. Kh2 Kf2 94. Bf3 Ra1 95. Bb7 Ra7 96. Bd5 Ke3 97. Bc6 Kf4 98.
Bd5 Ra3 99. Be6 Rg3 100. Bh3 Ke3 101. Kg1 Rg7 102. Be6 Re7 103. Bh3 Rc7 104.
Be6 Rc6 105. Bd7 Rd6 106. Bc8 Rd8 107. Be6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Nh4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nf1 Bc8 15.
h3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nf3 b4 18. Ng3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ng6 20. d4 Bb6 21. Be3
Nd7 22. Nd2 exd4 23. cxd4 e5 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Nf5 Ne7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rc1 Rf7
28. d5 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Nc5 30. Qe2 Rff8 31. Rec3 Rb4 32. Rc4 Rfb8 33. g3 Rxc4 34.
Rxc4 Qe8 35. Kg2 Rb7 36. Nh4 Qf7 37. Nf5 Kh7 38. h4 Nd7 39. Qc2 Nc5 40. Qe2 Nd7
41. Qc2 Nc5 42. Ne3 Nb3 43. Qd1 Nd4 44. Nc2 Rb2 45. Rc3 h5 46. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Nf1 c6 12. Qd3 Nd6 13. Bf4 Na6 14. Ne3
Nc7 15. Re2 Ne6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. b3 Nc7 20. c4 Bb4
21. Ra1 f6 22. a3 Be7 23. Rae1 Bd8 24. Kg2 Re6 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1 Rc6 27.
Rec2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Re8 29. Qc5 a6 30. a4 Re6 31. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Re1 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qd7 14. h3 Bh5 15.
a4 b4 16. a5 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rfd8 18. Rc1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Na7 20. Bc2 g6 21. Qg3
Qe6 22. Bd1 d4 23. Bd2 c5 24. Bg4 Qa2 25. e6 f6 26. Bf5 Qxb2 27. Rc2 Qb8 28.
Bf4 Qb4 29. Bxg6 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 Rd5 31. Rc1 Rg5 32. Qf3 Qxe6 33. Qxa8+ Kg7 34.
Bd3 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Bxa6 c4 37. Bxc4 Rxa5 38. Bd3 Nb5 39. Rc6 Nc3 40. g4
Nd5 41. Bd6 Ra7 42. Be4 Rd7 43. Bg3 Nb4 44. Rc1 d3 45. Bf5 d2 46. Rd1 Rd4 47.
f4 Na2 48. Bf2 Rd8 49. Be3 Bb4 50. Kg2 Nc1 51. Kf3 Nb3 52. Bc2 Nd4+ 53. Bxd4
Rxd4 54. Ke3 Rc4 55. Bd3 Rc1 56. Ke2 h5 57. gxh5 Kh6 58. Bg6 Ba5 59. Be8 Rc7
60. Bg6 Re7+ 61. Kd3 Re1 62. Kc2 Re3 63. h4 Re1 64. Bf7 Kg7 65. Bg6 Bb4 66. Bd3
Re3 67. Rb1 Re1 68. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 14. axb5
Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 h6 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qh5+
Kf8 21. Bf4 Qd5 22. Qe2 Bd6 23. Rd1 Qc4 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Bxd6+ cxd6 26. Rxd6
Ke7 27. Rc6 Rb8 28. Rxc4 Rxb2 29. g3 h5 30. h4 g6 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Rae1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Rae8 20. Be2 Re6 21.
Bd3 g6 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Nd6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Qd1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 c5 27. dxc5
Bxc5 28. Bd2 b6 29. Qe2 Kf7 30. Be1 Qf4 31. Kf1 Ne4 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Be7
34. Ke2 Nc5 35. Bc2 Bf6 36. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bg5 Nc6
8. Qc3 Ne5 9. Nf3 d6 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. h4 g4
15. c5 h5 16. Rc1 c6 17. Bd3 O-O 18. O-O Re8 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. Bb1 Nd5 21. Qc2
e4 22. Rd4 f5 23. a3 Be6 24. Rcd1 Rad8 25. Ba2 Rd7 26. b4 a6 27. a4 Red8 28. b5
axb5 29. axb5 Nf6 30. Rd6 Bxa2 31. Qxa2+ Qf7 32. Qa5 Rxd6 33. cxd6 Qd7 34. bxc6
bxc6 35. Rb1 Rf8 36. Qc7 Rf7 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Be5 Nd5 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Qb8 Nf6
41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Rh6+ Ke5 43. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Re1 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nh4 Na5 14. Nf5 Nxb3
15. Qxb3 Bc6 16. Na3 Bd7 17. Ne3 Qb8 18. Qd1 b4 19. Nac4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qa7 21.
Qf3 Rb8 22. Bd2 Qa2 23. h3 Rb1 24. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 25. Nf1 Bb5 26. Bxh6 Bxc4 27.
dxc4 Qxe4 28. Bg5 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Nd7 30. Bd8 Nb6 31. Nd2 Na8 32. Nb3 f6 33. Nxc5
dxc5 34. Be7 Nb6 35. Bxc5 Nxc4 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. h4 g6 39. Kd3 Kd5
40. Be7 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a5 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 Bb6 15. Qc2
Ng6 16. Be3 c6 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Qd2 d5 19. Bxh6 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bd5
22. Rg4 e4 23. Nh4 exd3 24. Nf5 Be6 25. Bxg7 Bxf5 26. Qh6 Re6 27. Bh8 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qa6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 b6 12. exd5 exd5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bf1 b5
15. Bd3 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Qc2 Qa7 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Be3 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxb5 Qb6 23. Bd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxb2 25. a4 Qc2 26. Nf4 g5 27.
Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Nd3 Ne4 29. a5 Nc5 30. Nb4 Rb2 31. Nc6 Ra6 32. Nd4 Nb3 33. Nxb3
Rxb3 34. Ra2 Rb5 35. Rfa1 d4 36. Kf1 Re5 37. Ra4 d3 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Rd5
40. Ke1 d2+ 41. Kd1 g6 42. R1a2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 Bd6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Nc5 15.
Ba2 Ne6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. h4 Rae8 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Bc5 21. c3
Qf7 22. Qd2 a4 23. Qc2 e4 24. Qxa4 b5 25. Qc2 Kh8 26. b4 Ba7 27. c4 bxc4 28.
dxc4 Nf6 29. c5 Qc7 30. g3 Bb8 31. Rad1 Qc8 32. Qd2 f4 33. Bxf4 Qh3 34. f3 exf3
35. Qh2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Ng4+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Nxd1 39. Rxd1 Bxf4 40. gxf4
Re2 41. Bc4 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxf4 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Bg8+ Kh6 45. Bd5 g5 46. hxg5+
Kxg5 47. Bxc6 Rc2 48. Rd3 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. b4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. b5 Nd8 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Rb1 Qf6 15. d4
Nxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Nh4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. O-O O-O 20. Kh1 c6 21. f4 d5
22. Bd3 Qg7 23. e5 f5 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Nb3 Be3 26. Rfe1 Ba7 27. a5 Be6 28. Nc5
Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Re8 30. Rb6 Qf8 31. Qc2 Ra7 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Nxf5 h5 34. Nh4 Rg7
35. f5 Qa3 36. Kh2 Qxa5 37. Rbb1 Qc7 38. e6 Qe7 39. Qc3 Rf8 40. Rb8 c5 41. Qe5
d4 42. Qd5 Kh7 43. Re5 Qf6 44. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4
d4 9. Na4 Nd7 10. a3 e5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Be7 a5 15. c5
Re8 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. Nd2 Bf8 18. Nc4 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Re6 20. f4 Nxc5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7
22. Nxc5 Re7 23. fxe5+ Kg7 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Rac1 Qxe5 26. Qb2 Bf5 27. Nxb7 Rb8
28. Rc5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Bxd3 30. exd3 Nxd3 31. Qc2 Nxc5 32. Qxc5 d3 33. Qd6 Qe5
34. Qa3 d2 35. Nxa5 Ra7 36. Nc6 Rxa3 37. Nxe5 Rd8 38. Rd1 Rc3 39. Ng4 Rc1 40.
Nf2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 d6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. b4 Ng8 11. Bb3 f5 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Rxa1
15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Ba2 Be6 18. Nb3 Bxb3 19. Bxb3 f4 20. Kh2 Nf6 21.
Bb2 Raa8 22. d4 exd4 23. Re2 d3 24. Qxd3 Nd7 25. c4 Rab8 26. Qc3 Qf6 27. Qc1
Qe6 28. Ba4 Nc5 29. Bxc6 Rb6 30. Bd5 Qg6 31. Bd4 c6 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Qe1 cxd5
34. cxd5 h6 35. e5 Rb3 36. e6 Rd3 37. Ne5 Qg3+ 38. Kg1 Rxd5 39. Qxg3 fxg3 40.
Ng6+ Kh7 41. Nxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 {The sharp modern
flank treatment of Italian set ups. Modern chess developed really great value
of such attacks, especially in Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's games.} 7. h3 {Trying
to open the h-file.} ({Another way is} 7. Nf1 g4 8. N3d2 (8. Ng1 Na5 9. Bb5+
Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Ng3 d5 12. N1e2 O-O-O 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc4 15. b3
Nd6 16. f3 h5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. O-O-O Be7 19. h4 gxh3 20. Rxh3 Rdg8 {with
balanced play, Rozentalis,E (2568)-Krishnater,K (2329) Irakleio GRE 2019}) 8...
Bg7 9. Ne3 h5 10. a4 Qe7 11. a5 a6 12. Ndf1 h4 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nd8 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. Bc4 Ra8 18. h3 gxh3 19. gxh3 f5 20. Qd1 e4 21. Kd2 $2
(21. Qe2 $16) 21... Nf7 {Black got serious counterplay, Andriasian,Z (2600)
-Caruana,F (2828) chess.com INT 2019.}) 7... Bg7 ({Too early was} 7... Nh5 8.
g3 Nf6 9. Nf1 Bg7 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. h4 g4 13. Nh2 h5 14. f3 d5 15.
fxg4 hxg4 16. O-O Be6 17. Nhxg4 Nh5 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. c4 dxe4 20. dxe4 O-O-O 21.
Rd1 Qc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nf2 {Black got no real compensation, Dominguez
Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis USA 2018.}) 8. Bb3 ({Another
option was} 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 d5 13. h5 Be6
14. O-O Qd7 15. f4 gxf3 16. Qxf3 Kh7 17. Nf5 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nxf5 19. exf5 Bxb3
20. axb3 Qd5 {with great centralization, Rozentalis,E (2503)-Christiansen,J 
(2515) Gothenburg SWE 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. h4 ({This flank activity
should rather be prepared:} 10. Ne3 Be6 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 h5 13. f3 d5 14. fxg4
hxg4 15. Nhxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxg4 f5 17. Nh6+ Kh7 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20.
Nxf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 c6 23. Be3 {Once more , Black got no real
compensation for the pawn, Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint
Louis USA 2018.}) 10... g4 11. N3h2 d5 12. f3 $6 ({A risky strategy, much more
solid was} 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4) 12... Ng6 ({It was possible to start a flank
operation immediately with} 12... gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ng6 14. g3 c5 15. exd5 e4 16.
dxe4 Ne5 17. Qe2 c4) 13. fxg4 ({Not bad was} 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. fxg4 dxe4 15.
dxe4) 13... Nxh4 14. g3 Ng6 15. Qe2 ({A very sympathic position for White
would have arisen after} 15. exd5 e4 16. d4 Ne7 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5) 15... a5
16. Bc2 d4 17. g5 ({Not better was the exchange in the center with} 17. cxd4
exd4 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 a4) 17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 a4 19. c4 Qd6 20. Nd2 {[#]}
Ra6 $5 {The classical transfer of the rook.} ({Here was another good option:} 
20... a3 21. bxa3 Qxa3) 21. Rb1 ({Better was} 21. a3) 21... Nh7 $1 {Exchanging
the important bishop.Then, with the bishop pair, Black will fight for the
control on the king's flank.} 22. Qh5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Qe7 $1 {A very smart
decision to swap queens.} ({Better than the sharp and speculative line} 23...
f5 24. Nhf3 Ne7 25. Qh4 Qf6 26. Ng5 Bh6) 24. Qxe7 ({Or} 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. Nhf3
Nf8 26. Nh4 Rdd6) 24... Nxe7 25. Nhf3 f5 26. Bd1 ({Slightly better was} 26. c5
fxe4 27. dxe4 Bf6) 26... Bd7 27. Nh4 {[#]} Bh6 ({A good option was} 27... Rh6)
28. exf5 ({Preferable was} 28. Rf1) 28... Nxf5 29. Ne4 Be3 $1 30. Be2 Rh6 31.
Rh2 Bc6 32. Rg2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 {Magnus Carlsen has had to face the
Vienna Variation of the Queen's Gambit several times in 2019. In each game he
came up with a different poisonous idea, which he had probably all prepared
for his World Championship match against Fabiano Caruana.} 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 ({
In Wijk aan Zee, he tried the dangerous pawn sacrifice} 6. Bxc4) 6... c5 7.
Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ ({Some months later against Levon
Aronian, he came up with the "hit and run" novelty} 10. Bd2) ({Finally, a few
weeks before the present game, Carlsen tried} 10. Nb5 Nxe4 11. Qd4 {against
the same opponent, and tortured him for quite a long time.}) 10... Bd7 ({
Who would like to test the World Champion in the main line} 10... Nbd7 {?}) 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Qxc3 ({This has been tried a few times by
Alexander Morozevich and Radoslaw Wojtaszek in the past, and more recently by
Wei Yi and Alexander Bluebaum. The main move} 13... a6 14. Rb1 {is considered
holdable for Black, though not without considerable suffering.}) 14. Qa4 O-O
15. Nxe6 (15. Qxd7 $6 Rad8 16. Qxb7 Qxd4 $11 {let Black equalize too easily in
Leitao-Morozevich, World Teams Championship Bursa 2010}) 15... Nb6 16. Qd4 Rfc8
(16... Qxd4 17. Nxd4 $14 {Antic-Zontakh, Jagodina 1998}) 17. Qxc3 Rxc3 {
My own preparation simply ended on an equal sign here. However correct this
assessment may objectively be, Magnus Carlsen understands that Black will have
to solve practical problems. Indeed, in endgames with rook(s) and knight,
activity and king safety are important factors.} 18. Nf4 (18. Nd4 Rc4 19. Rfd1
Na4 $1 $11 {Gajewski,G (2616)-Wojtaszek,R (2706) Warsaw 2012}) 18... Rc5 19.
Rfd1 ({Black held the balance after} 19. g4 Kf8 20. Nh5 Ke7 21. Ng3 Rd8 22.
Rfc1 Na4 23. Rd1 Nc3 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2758)-Morozevich,A (2737) Saratov 2011}
) 19... f5 20. exf5 Rac8 ({I do not quite get Anand's logic behind delaying
the capture on f5, as he actually slightly worsens his position compared with
the line} 20... Rxf5 21. g3 (21. Rd4 Rc8) 21... Rc8 22. Rd3 Rc2 23. Ra3 a6 $11)
21. f6 $1 Rf5 22. g3 Rxf6 23. Rd3 {Now the difference is clear: the Rc8 cannot
leave the back rank because of Rd8+ and Nh5+. This nuance allows White to grab
the initiative.} Rfc6 24. Ra3 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kg2 Nc8 ({After} 26... a6
27. Rb3 Rc6 28. Kf3 $14 {, both black pieces have difficulties to move.}) 27.
Rd3 Rc7 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. h4 Ne7 30. Nh5+ Kh6 $6 ({It is understandable that
Vishy Anand rejected} 30... Kg6 {because of the dangerous line} 31. g4 f5 32.
Nf4+ (32. Rd6+ Kf7 33. gxf5 Rc5 34. Rf6+ Kg8 35. Ng3 Ra5 $11) 32... Kf7 33. Rh8
fxg4 (33... Kg7 34. Rb8 Kf7 35. g5 $14) 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rh5 {. But Black
should actually be able to hold after} Rc2 36. Ra5 b6 37. Rxa7 Nf5 $13 {
The game continuation is definitely more unpleasant for him.}) 31. Nf6 Kg6 $6 (
{Anand starts drifting and the position gets from unpleasant to worse.
Obviously, no one will teach him that activity is paramount in endings. There
must be something he did not like in the line} 31... Rc2 32. Rd7 Nf5 33. Ne4
Kg7 {, for instance} 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. Kf4 Ra5 36. h5 {, but he should
certainly have preferred this over the game continuation.}) 32. Ne8 Rc6 33. Rd7
Re6 (33... Nc8 34. f4 $16) 34. h5+ $1 ({Remember what I wrote about activity?} 
34. Rxb7 Nc8 35. Nc7 Re7 {paralyzes both white pieces. White can still try to
disentangle with} 36. g4 {, but after} h5 $1 {, things are anything but clear.}
) 34... Kh6 35. Nd6 f5 (35... Kxh5 36. Nxf7 $16) 36. Nxb7 (36. Rxe7 $2 Rxd6 37.
Rxb7 Ra6 $11) 36... Ng8 37. Nd6 Nf6 38. Nxf5+ Kg5 39. Nd4 (39. Ng7 Ra6 {
is less convincing}) 39... Nxd7 ({It is always difficult to choose between
variations which all lead to a worse position. Anand decides to exchange rooks
right away in order to reduce his opponent's activity. The alternative} 39...
Ra6 40. f4+ $1 Kxh5 41. Rg7 Rxa2+ 42. Kh3 Ra5 43. Nc6 Kh6 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45.
Nxa5 {would lead to another knight ending where White is a clear pawn up.
Assessing over the board whether it is winning is very difficult. I believe
that Anand's feeling was right, and that the game continuation offers better
practical chances.}) 40. Nxe6+ Kxh5 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Kf4 $6 (42. Ke4 Kf6 43. Nd8
h5 44. Nc6 a6 45. Kd5 Kf5 46. f3 {was perhaps more unpleasant for Black, as
his king is restricted.}) 42... Kf6 43. Ng5 h6 44. Ne4+ Ke6 45. Kg4 Ke5 46. f3
Kd4 $1 {This surprising idea might have been underestimated by Carlsen when he
chose his 42nd move.} 47. Kf5 (47. Kf4 a5 $1 48. g4 Ne5 $132) 47... Ke3 $1 48.
f4 h5 49. Ng5 (49. Nf6 $2 Nxf6 50. Kxf6 Kf3 51. Kg5 Kxg3 52. f5 h4 53. f6 h3
54. f7 h2 55. f8=Q h1=Q $11) 49... Nc5 (49... Kf2 50. g4 hxg4 51. Kxg4 Ke3 {
is a draw as well.}) 50. Kg6 Kf2 51. f5 Kxg3 52. Ne6 $5 (52. Kxh5 Kf4 53. Kg6
Nd7 $11) 52... Nd7 53. Kxh5 Kf3 54. Kg5 Ke4 55. Nc7 a5 56. Nb5 Kd3 57. Kg6 a4
58. Kf7 Ne5+ 59. Kf6 Nf3 60. Ke7 Kc2 61. f6 Ng5 (61... Kb2 62. a3 Ng5 $11 {
would have been possible as well}) 62. Nd4+ {My engine now proudly shows an
evaluation of around +8 ... Evidently a case for programmers to work on! The
position is still a draw.} Kb2 63. Ne6 Nh7 64. f7 Kxa2 65. Ng5 a3 66. Nxh7 Kb1
67. f8=Q a2 {Well done, Vishy! The white knight is so far away that this
endgame can be evaluated exactly as a queen ending.} 68. Qf5+ Kb2 69. Qe5+ Kb1
70. Qe4+ Kb2 71. Qe2+ Kb1 72. Nf6 a1=Q 73. Nd5 Qg7+ 74. Kd6 Qf8+ 75. Ke5 Qe8+
76. Kd4 Qxe2 77. Nc3+ Ka1 78. Nxe2 {A formidable battle, where Magnus Carlsen
was close to inflicting yet another endgame defeat to Vishy Anand. But this
time, the Indian managed to hold a draw. With hindsight, it is hard to point
out a moment where White missed a win. Perhaps the alternative on move 42
would have been more difficult to deal with for Black.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. Nf1 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe8 14. b4 Qe6
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 c6 17. Qf5 Qxf5 18. Nxf5 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Ne3 Kf8
21. f3 d5 22. Kf2 Rd7 23. Ng4 Nxg4+ 24. hxg4 Red8 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Ke2 Rb5 27.
Rd2 a5 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Red1 Ke7 30. g5 e4 31. f4 exd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3
Ra2 34. Rd2 f6 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. g4 h6 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Ra4+ 39. Kf3 Ra2
40. Ke4 Ra4+ 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg5 d5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. e3
O-O 9. Nge2 Be6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nf4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Rfb1 g5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. a4 Rab8 18. Ra2 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. Qb4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qe7 Qxa2 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Qe7+ Kg6 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Qe7+ Kg6 27.
Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. b3 g6 8.
Bb2 e5 9. d3 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nf8 11. Nd2 Ne6 12. Nc4 a6 13. a4 O-O 14. g3 Nd4 15.
Qd1 Qd7 16. Ne3 Rce8 17. Rb1 h5 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Nc6 20. Bc1 f5 21. f3
Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bg5 Ref7 24. Qe2 Kh7 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Kxh6 27. exf5
Rxf5 28. b4 cxb4 29. Rxb4 R8f7 30. d4 Qc6 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Qc4 Rc7 33. Qxc6
Rxc6 34. Rxb7 Re2+ 35. Rf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 37. Ke3 Rc4 38. Rb6 Rxa4 39.
Rxd6 Ra3+ 40. Kf4 Ra4+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf4 Ra4+ 43. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qa7 17. Nxe4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe4 20. Nd4 Rfb8
21. Rdc1 Bxb3 22. Rxc7 Be6 23. Rd1 Rxb2 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rdd7 Rb1+ 26. Kf2
Rb2+ 27. Kg3 Kh8 28. Rxg7 Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rc6 Kf7 31. Rxa6 Re2 32. h4 h5
33. Ra7+ Kg6 34. Re7 Rxe3+ 35. Kf4 Re1 36. Rxe6+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Kg6 38. Re6+ Kg7
39. Rf6 e3 40. Ke4 e2 41. Rf2 Kg8 42. g3 Rg1 43. Rxe2 Rxg3 44. Rf2 Kg7 45. Kf5
Kf7 46. Rf4 Ke7 47. Re4 Rg1 48. Ra4 Rf1+ 49. Kg6 Ke6 50. Ra5 Rh1 51. Kg5 Rh2
52. Kxh5 Kf5 53. Ra6 Kxe5 54. Kg5 Rg2+ 55. Kh6 Kf5 56. h5 Rh2 57. Rb6 Rh1 58.
Ra6 Rh2 59. Kg7 Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Bc5 13. h3 a5 14. Qf3 Qe7 15.
Nc4 Be6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nb6 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bb3 Rd4 23. Qe2 Qc5 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Qe2 Qc5 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Qe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. h4
Nf6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. h5 Bg7 13. Be3 f5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Bg5 c4 17. dxc4 Nc5 18. Nd2 Qh7 19. Qe2 Qh2 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nf1
Qxg2 22. exf5 Rc8 23. Ng3 Qg1+ 24. Qf1 Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rxc4 26. fxg6 Rg4 27. Rc1
Kd8 28. Bxa7 e4 29. Rc2 Be5 30. Nf5 Rxg6 31. Be3 Nf6 32. Bb6+ Ke8 33. Rc8+ Kf7
34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. Rxb7 Nxd5 36. Ne3 Nf4 37. Nc4 Rh6 38. Ke1 Nd3+ 39. Kd2 Bf4+
40. Be3 Bxe3+ 41. fxe3 d5 42. Nb6 Nxb2 43. Nxd5 Nc4+ 44. Kc3 Nxa3 45. Rb3 Rc6+
46. Kd4 Nc2+ 47. Ke5 Nxe3 48. Nxe3 Rc5+ 49. Kd6 Ra5 50. Rb7 Ra3 51. Nc4 Ra6+
52. Ke5 e3 53. Nxe3 Ra1 54. Nd5 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bg5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Rfe1 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bc1
b6 15. c4 Re8 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Ne5 Ne7 18. Bb1 c5 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. dxc5 Rad8 21.
cxb6 axb6 22. Ng4 Ne4 23. f3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 h5 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. fxe4 e5 27. Rd5
Bxd5 28. exd5 Ng6 29. Rf1 Re7 30. Qc1 Ra7 31. h3 Rd6 32. Qxh6 Re7 33. Qc1 b5
34. Ba3 b4 35. Bb2 Ra6 36. Rf5 f6 37. Qh6 Nf4 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40.
Qxa6 Qf2 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Kh2 h4 45. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 Nc4 11. b3 Nb6 12. a4 Nd5 13. Re1 c6 14. c3 Re8
15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Qf3 Nc7 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bd6 Qe6 19. Ba3 Qe1 20. Bb2 d6 21.
Na3 Qe7 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Nd2 Bf5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nc7 27. g3 d5
28. Re2 Re8 29. Bc1 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 g6 31. b4 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33. Be3 Ne6 34.
Kg2 Kf8 35. Kf3 Ng5+ 36. Bxg5 Bxg5 37. b5 Bd2 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. c4 dxc4 40.
Bxc4 Bc3 41. d5 cxd5 42. Bxd5 Bd4 43. Bc4 Bc3 44. Bd5 Bd4 45. Bc4 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qa4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c6 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. c4
Nd7 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O c5 17. Rfd1 Red8 18. Rac1 b6 19. Qa3 Qb7 20. h3 cxd4
21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rg4 Ne6 23. Ng3 Rd5 24. e4 Rg5 25. Rd1 Rxg4 26. hxg4 Qc7 27.
Nf5 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxa7 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxg4 31. Qxb6 Qxe4 32. Ne3 Qe5+
33. g3 h5 34. Qc6 h4 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 hxg3+ 37. Kg2 gxf2 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39.
Nxf5 Nc5 40. a4 Nxa4 41. Nxg7 f1=Q+ 42. Kxf1 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 Be6 15.
a5 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rfe8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nh7 19. h4 f5 20. c4 f4 21. gxf4
Bxh4 22. c5 Rcd8 23. c6 Qf7 24. Ra4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Bf6 26. Rb4 Re7 27. Qc2 Bg5
28. Bxg5 Nxg5 29. f4 Nh7 30. Qb3 Nf8 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Qxb7 Qxf4 33. Rf1 Qe3+
34. Kh1 Re8 35. Qf7+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Ng6 37. c7 Qc5 38. Be4 Rxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bd7 14. Re1
Bc6 15. e4 a5 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Rce3 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rad8
21. Qg4 Re7 22. h4 Nf8 23. h5 h6 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. Qf3 Nh7 26. Kg1 Nf6 27. R3e2
Qa6 28. Nd3 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Qd6 30. Re3 c6 31. Qf5 Qa3 32. Re2 a4 33. Nc5 axb3
34. axb3 b6 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxb3 37. Kg2 Qb4 38. Qe5 Rc8 39. Rg4 Qf8 40.
Kg1 Kh8 41. Kg2 f6 42. Qe6 Qe8 43. Qf5 Rd8 44. Re4 Qf7 45. Re6 b5 46. cxb5 cxb5
47. Rb6 Qd5+ 48. Qxd5 Rxd5 49. g4 f5 50. f3 fxg4 51. fxg4 Kg8 52. Rb7 Rg5 53.
Kf3 Kf8 54. Kf4 Ke8 55. Ke3 Kd8 56. Kf4 Kc8 57. Ra7 b4 58. Ra2 b3 59. Rb2 Rb5
60. Ke4 Kd7 61. Kd3 Ke6 62. Kc3 Kf6 63. Rf2+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. a4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Qc6
15. Na5 Qc8 16. Nc4 b6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. c3 Ndc6 21. a5
Qc7 22. Qa4 Rab8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qc2 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Qe2 Ng6 27. g3 Rd5
28. Ned2 Rbd8 29. Nf3 Nge7 30. Ra6 b5 31. Ne3 R5d6 32. Raa1 Qb7 33. Ne1 Ng6 34.
f4 e5 35. f5 Nge7 36. Qf3 Nd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Ng2 Qb6 39. Kh1 c4 40. dxc4 e4
41. Qe2 Rxd1+ 42. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Qxd1 Ne5 44. Qg1 Qc6 45. c5 Nf3 46. Qe3 Qd5
47. Nf4 Qxf5 48. Kg2 g5 49. Ne2 Ne1+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kg2 Ne1+ 52. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4
15. Bf4 g5 16. Bc1 Nxe5 17. b3 Ng6 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. b4 Rc8 20. Ne4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2
f5 22. Nd2 Qe7 23. Rac1 e5 24. Qb3 e4 25. b5 cxb5 26. cxd5 Rxc1 27. d6+ Qf7 28.
Rxc1 Qxb3 29. Nxb3 Rd8 30. Rc7 Bd5 31. Nd4 Rxd6 32. Nxf5 Rc6 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34.
Nd6 b4 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Nxe4 Ne7 37. Kf1 Nd5 38. Ke1 Nc3 39. Nxc3 bxc3 40. f4
gxf4 41. gxf4 b5 42. Kd1 b4 43. Kc2 Kf7 44. e4 Ke6 45. Kb3 a5 46. h4 h5 47. a3
Kd6 48. axb4 axb4 49. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Re8 16. Bf4 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d4 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 Be7
9. O-O Nf6 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bf5 18. Bh1 Nd8 19. e3 c6 20. exd4 exd4 21. Rb3
Bf6 22. h4 Bg4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Ne6 25. b5 c5 26. Re2 b6 27. Rb1 Ra2 28.
Ra1 Rxa1 29. Nxa1 Qa7 30. Nc2 Qa8 31. Kg2 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 h5 33. Bf4 Ra8 34. Bd6
Rd8 35. Bf4 Ra8 36. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8.
Nc4 Qd8 9. d5 cxd5 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O g5 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Bb5 Bg7
15. Be5 Rc5 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nexd5 Bxd5 18. Qxg5 Rg8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7
Qxa2 21. Qf5+ Kc6 22. Bd4 Rc4 23. Rhe1 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Rxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. e6 Qd6 12. Qe2 c5 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bf4 Ba6 17. a4 Qb4 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bxb5 20. axb5 Rab8 21.
Rxa7 h5 22. Ra5 Rb7 23. Bc3 Nd6 24. b6 Rxb6 25. Rxd5 Rc8 26. Bd4 Rb5 27. Rxb5
Nxb5 28. Be3 Rc6 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Rc4 31. Be3 f5 32. Rb1 f4 33. b3 Re4 34.
Bc5 Rxe6 35. b4 Kf7 36. b5 Be5 37. Kf1 Bb8 38. Re1 f3 39. g3 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 e5
41. Kd2 Ke6 42. Kc3 Kd5 43. Be3 e4 44. b6 Bd6 45. Kb3 h4 46. Ka4 hxg3 47. hxg3
Kc6 48. Ka5 Kb7 49. Kb5 Be7 50. g4 Bd8 51. g5 Be7 52. Kc4 Kc6 53. b7 Kxb7 54.
Kd5 Kc7 55. Ke6 Bb4 56. Kf6 Kc6 57. Kxg6 Bc5 58. Kf5 Bxe3 59. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a3 Be6 18. b4 f6 19. Re1 Rbd8 20. Bd4 Bd5 21.
Bxd5+ Rxd5 22. Kxg2 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Qd8 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Rac1 a6 14. a3 Re8 15.
Qc2 Bg6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 b6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bf4 Nf8 21. Rg3
Kh8 22. Re1 Ng6 23. Bc1 Qb7 24. Rxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6 Bf8 26. Ne4 c5 27. Bf4 Rad8
28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Rf8 30. Be5 Kg8 31. Re4 Rf5 32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Rxf7
34. f4 g5 35. g3 Kh7 36. Kf2 gxf4 37. gxf4 Kg6 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Re1 Rg8 40. Rd1
Rd7 41. Rd5 Ke6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4 Be6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. a3 O-O 10. Be2 f5 11. c5 f4 12. Qa4 Bg4 13. Rd1 e6 14. h3 Bh5 15.
O-O Qf6 16. Nh2 Bg6 17. Bb5 Ne7 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Bd3 Bh5 20. Be2 Bg6 21. Bd3 Nc6
22. Bxg6 Qxg6 23. Ne2 Qf5 24. Qb3 Rab8 25. Nf3 Kh8 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 b6 28.
b4 bxc5 29. bxc5 Bh6 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Rfc8 32. Rc3 Rb5 33. c6 Bg7 34. Nd4
Ra5 35. Nf3 Ra4 36. Rb1 d4 37. c7 dxc3 38. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 Nd7 6. f4 b5 7. e5 Nb6 8. Nf3 e6
9. Bd3 Ne7 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. Bf2 O-O 15. Nd2
c5 16. dxc5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd4 18. Qg4 Bxe5 19. Nxc4 f5 20. Qh4 Bf6 21. Qg3 Qc8
22. Nd6 Qc6 23. Rad1 Be5 24. Qg5 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Qe8
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Qd3 a5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Be1 Ba6 20. Qe3 Qd8 21.
f3 b5 22. g4 Nb6 23. b3 b4 24. Nb1 Ne8 25. Bg3 Nd6 26. Rc5 Nb7 27. Rcc1 Nd6 28.
Rc5 Nb7 29. Rcc1 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 h5 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Ne2 Qc5 17. Rhf1 Qe5 18. Qe3 Kb7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. c3 Be7
21. Bc2 a5 22. g3 Rc8 23. Qf2 Rc7 24. Rfe1 Rhc8 25. Bb3 Bf8 26. a3 a4 27. Ba2
Re8 28. Ka1 Bh6 29. Nc2 Bg7 30. Nb4 Qc5 31. Qf3 Ka7 32. Nd3 Qb6 33. Qxh5 Rec8
34. Qg4 Bh8 35. Bxe6 f5 36. exf5 d5 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. Re6 Qc7 39. f6 d4 40. Ne5
Rd5 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 c4 8. O-O
Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. a4 Re8 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Na5 16. Bd1 Nb3 17. Bxb3 cxb3 18. a5 Qd7 19. Ba3 Re6 20. f3 Bc2 21. c4
dxc4 22. Qc3 Bd3 23. e4 f5 24. exf5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. g4 h5 27. Bb2 hxg4
28. fxg4 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qd5 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. b3 Nb4 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Ba3 a5 15. Nd4
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc2 17. Qd2 Nxa3 18. f3 e6 19. Qb2 Qf6 20. Rac1 Qf4 21. Qxa3 f5
22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Qb2 Rg5 24. Kh1 Qg3 25. Rg1 Rf8 26. Rcf1 Rh5 27. Bd1 Nd3 28.
Qd2 Nf4 29. Rf2 Nxh3 30. gxh3 Rxh3+ 31. Rh2 Rxh2+ 32. Qxh2 Bxf3+ 33. Bxf3 Qxf3+
34. Rg2 Qxc3 35. Qxd6 Qe3 36. Kh2 Rf5 37. Qd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nf1 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. a3 Qb6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rad8 21.
Bb3 e4 22. Nd2 e3 23. fxe3 Nxd5 24. Qf3 Ne5 25. Qe4 Nf6 26. Qc2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Re1 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bg7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nbd2 e6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb3 Bg7
15. Re2 Rab8 16. a3 b6 17. Rae1 Na5 18. Nc1 Nc4 19. Qc2 Qf4 20. Nd3 Qf5 21. Qd1
Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5 8. Re1
Re8 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Ba7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Nc2 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Bd7 15.
Qc2 Qc8 16. f4 Ng6 17. Kh2 h5 18. Rf1 Bc6 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. Rae1 a4 21. Nf5 Ng6
22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qd3 Ra5 24. Nc4 Ra6 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 b5 27. exf6 Rxe1 28.
Rxe1 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxf6 30. h4 Qb8 31. Re2 Nxh4 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. Bxc6 Qb6 34.
Re8+ Kh7 35. Qxh4 Qxc6 36. Re2 a3 37. bxa3 Qxc3 38. a4 g6 39. a5 Rf1 40. Qe4
Qxa5 41. a4 Qb6 42. Qg2 Ra1 43. Ra2 Qb1 44. Rxa1 Qxa1 45. Qd5 Kg7 46. a5 c6 47.
Qc5 Qa2+ 48. Kg1 Qa4 49. Qb6 Qd1+ 50. Kf2 Qc2+ 51. Ke3 Qc3+ 52. Kf2 c5 53. a6
Qd2+ 54. Kf1 c4 55. a7 Qd1+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. h3 Ng6 10. Nf1 c6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. N1xd2 d5 15.
Bb3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Re3 Nf4 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. Rg3 f6 21. Ng4
Kh8 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qb3 Rfe8 27. Re3
Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Re8 29. Qd3 Re4 30. Rc1 Qe8 31. Qb3 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qa4 Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Ncb4 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Ne5 Nb6 13. a3 N4d5 14. e4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Bd7 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bc6 18. Be3 a6 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. h4 Bd6 21.
h5 Re8 22. Qc3 h6 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. e5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Bf8 26. d5 exd5 27. Rxd5 Qc8
28. Qd3 c6 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rd1 c5 31. Qd5 Rxd7 32. Qxd7 b5 33. f4 c4 34. Kf3 c3
35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. bxc3 Bxa3 37. Ke4 Bb2 38. Rd6 a5 39. Rb6 Bxc3 40. Rxb5 a4 41.
Bc5 Ra8 42. Ba3 Be1 43. g4 Rc8 44. f5 Bh4 45. e6 fxe6 46. fxe6 Rc4+ 47. Kf5 Bg5
48. Kg6 Rc8 49. Rb7 Bf6 50. Rf7 Be5 51. Bb4 Bb2 52. Bd6 Rd8 53. Bc5 Rc8 54. Bd6
Rd8 55. Bb4 Rb8 56. Bc5 Rc8 57. Bd6 Rd8 58. Rd7 Rxd7 59. exd7 Bf6 60. Bc5 Bd8
61. Bb4 Bg5 62. Bc5 Bd8 63. Bd4 a3 64. Bxg7 a2 65. Bb2 Bg5 66. d8=Q+ Bxd8 67.
Kxh6 Kf7 68. g5 Be7 69. Bc3 Kg8 70. Kg6 Bf8 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. g3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Qf6 14. Nbd2 Rf7
15. b4 Qg6 16. Kh2 Qh6 17. b5 Ne7 18. Re1 Raf8 19. Qe2 g5 20. Qe3 Ng6 21. Rg1
Rg7 22. Rg2 Ngf4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Qd4 e5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Rag1 Rfg8 27. Nxg5
Rxg5 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 29. Rxg5 Qxg5 30. Qxc7 f3 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Nxf3 Qf4+ 33. Kg2
Qf7 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 a6
9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rab8 14. Ng3 Qe6 15.
Qd1 Ba7 16. d4 Ne7 17. Be3 Ra8 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Kh7 20. Rad1 Bb6 21. Bc1
Rad8 22. d5 Qd7 23. b3 Nfg8 24. Nf1 Rf8 25. g4 c6 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Ba3 Qe6 28.
Ng3 Rfe8 29. Nhf5 Nxf5 30. exf5 Qxb3 31. Bxd6 Nf6 32. Rb1 Qa2 33. Rxb6 Rxd6 34.
Rxc6 e4 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxc6 37. Re7 Rd6 38. h4 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40. g5
Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Ne5 42. Qf4 Qb7+ 43. Kg3 Qd5 44. f6 Qd3+ 45. f3 Ng6 46. Qc7 Qf1
47. fxg7 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1+ 49. Kg3 Qxh4+ 50. Kg2 Nf4+ 51. Kf1 Qh1+ 52. Kf2 Qh2+
0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 b5 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. a4 b4
9. Ne2 Ngf6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bxc4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Ng5 d5 19. Bf1 h6 20. c4 Qd8 21. Nxe4 Nxe4
22. Be3 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Nd6 24. Bd3 e6 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Rc5 Rfd8 27. Qc2 a5 28. d5
exd5 29. Rxd5 Qb7 30. Rc5 Qd7 31. Rc7 Qe6 32. Bd2 Qd5 33. Rc5 Qd4 34. Be3 Qh4
35. Rd1 Ne8 36. Bc4 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Qe7 38. Rd5 Nf6 39. Rb5 Rd8 40. Qb3 Ne4 41.
Rb7 Rd7 42. Rxd7 Qxd7 43. Qd3 Qxd3 44. Bxd3 Nc3 45. Bc2 Nd5 46. Bc5 Bc3 47. Bb3
Bb4 48. Bd4 Nc3 49. Kf1 h5 50. h4 Kf8 51. g3 Ke7 52. Kg2 Ne4 53. Bc2 Nc5 54.
Kf3 Ne6 55. Be3 Bc5 56. Bxc5+ Nxc5 57. Ke3 Kd6 58. Kd4 Ne6+ 59. Kc4 g5 60. hxg5
Nxg5 61. Bd1 Ne4 62. Bxh5 f6 63. Kb5 Nxf2 64. Kxa5 Ne4 65. Kb6 Nxg3 66. Bf3 Nf5
67. a5 Ne3 68. a6 Nc4+ 69. Kb5 Na3+ 70. Kb4 Nc2+ 71. Ka4 Nd4 72. a7 Nxf3 73.
a8=Q Nd4 74. Kb4 Ne6 75. Kc4 Ng5 76. Qe8 Ne6 77. Kd3 Ke5 78. Ke3 Kd6 79. Qf7
Ke5 80. Qh5+ f5 81. Qh8+ Kd5 82. Qf6 f4+ 83. Kf3 Nc5 84. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd5
Rb8 9. c3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. Bb3 Be6
15. Nh4 Qd7 16. Qh5 c5 17. Nf5 c4 18. Bc2 cxd3 19. Bxd3 Bc4 20. Rad1 Nxf5 21.
exf5 f6 22. b3 Bf7 23. Qe2 d5 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qc6 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rc1
Qa8 28. Bxb5 Qxa2 29. Rc2 Qb3 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4+ Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Rfd8 33.
Rfc1 Kh7 34. h3 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. c3 O-O 16. O-O Qc6 17. Ne1 Bd8 18. Nd3 Bb6 19. Kh1 Rf6 20. f3 Rcf8 21.
Rfd1 h6 22. Nb4 Qc7 23. Nc2 Qc6 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 R6f7 26. Rd3 Rd7 27. h3
Re8 28. b3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
a6 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. axb3 d5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Ng3 Rad8 15.
Nh4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. b4 Bb6 20. Nf5 Ne7 21.
Ne3 Bxe3 22. Bxe3 f6 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. Ra5 c6 26. Raa1 Ng6 27. g3 h5
28. Bb6 Re6 29. Bc5 Re8 30. Rad1 Red8 31. Rxd7+ Rxd7 32. Be3 Ke6 33. f4 f5 34.
exf5+ Kxf5 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Rf1+ Kg6 37. Bd4 Nc4 38. b3 Nd6 39. g4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 Nb5 41. Kd3 Nxd4 42. cxd4 Kg5 43. Rg1 g6 44. Kc4 Rd5 45. Rg2 Kf4 46. Kd3
Rg5 47. Rf2+ Kxg4 48. Rf1 Rb5 49. Rg1+ Kh5 50. Rh1+ Kg5 51. Kc4 Kf6 52. Rf1+
Kg7 53. Rg1 g5 54. Kc3 Kg6 55. Kc4 Kf5 56. Rf1+ Ke4 57. Rg1 Kf4 58. Rf1+ Ke3
0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
O-O-O Be5 9. Qe2 Nge7 10. g3 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. Rd1 b5 14. Bh3
O-O 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 d6 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Rhd1 Rfd8 19. Kb1 h6 20. a3 Qb6
21. Qd2 Rc6 22. c3 Re8 23. f3 Re6 24. h4 Rg6 25. g4 Rf6 26. Qe2 Rc5 27. Qe3
Rxd5 28. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 29. Ka2 Rxf3 30. Qxa6 Rd2 31. Qxb5 Rxc3 32. a4 Rc5 33. Qe8+
Kh7 34. Qxf7 Rd4 35. Ka3 Rcc4 36. b3 Rc1 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Ra1+ 39. Kb2 Rg1
40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. g6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bg5 Nc6
8. Qc3 Ne5 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne2 d6 12. Nf4 O-O 13. Be2 Bf5 14. O-O
Rae8 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Nf4 Qc7 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Qa3 b5 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Ra8 25. a3 Kf8 26. f3 Ke7 27.
Rd2 g5 28. Nh5 Be6 29. e4 Ra4 30. Ng3 b4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Nf1 f5 33. exf5 Bxf5
34. Ne3 Be6 35. Kf2 Rb3 36. g3 Rb4 37. Ng2 Nd7 38. Rc2 Nf6 39. Ne3 Nd5 40. Nc4
Nf6 41. Ne5 Bd5 42. Ke1 Kd6 43. Nd3 Rb7 44. Nc5 Ra7 45. Kf2 Ra1 46. Nd3 Rh1 47.
Kg2 Ra1 48. Nb4 Ra4 49. Nd3 Ra1 50. Rc1 Rxc1 51. Nxc1 Kc5 52. Kf2 Kb4 53. Ke3
c5 54. Nd3+ Kb5 55. Kd2 Kc6 56. Ne5+ Kd6 57. Nc4+ Bxc4 58. Bxc4 Ke5 59. Ke3 Ne8
60. f4+ gxf4+ 61. gxf4+ Kf5 62. Bd3+ Ke6 63. Kf3 Nf6 64. Bc4+ Kd6 65. Kg3 Ke7
66. Kf3 Kd6 67. h3 Ke7 68. Ke3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. Bf1 Nb4 14. c4 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Bg5 Nbxd5 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. Nf5 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Rfd8 21.
Qc2 Ra7 22. Rc3 Nd5 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Rd1 h6 25. Be3 Rd7 26. Bxa7 Qxa7 27. Rc1
d5 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Rg1 Re8 9. g4 a5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 a4 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Nf5 Qf8
15. O-O-O b5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Qb4 f6 18. g5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd7 20. Qh4 Kh8 21.
Rg3 b4 22. Rdg1 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 Nc5 25. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 d6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne7
9. O-O Re8 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Ne7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15.
Nd2 Nd8 16. Nb3 Ne6 17. Rd2 b6 18. a4 Bb7 19. a5 Rab8 20. Rad1 h5 21. c5 dxc5
22. bxc5 bxa5 23. Rd7 Qh4 24. c6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Rxb3 26. g3 Qf6 27. Bxe5 Qxe5
28. R7d5 Reb8 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Bc4 R3b6 31. Qa4 Rb4 32. Qa2 Re8 33. Qxa5 Rxc4
34. Qxe5 Ng7 35. Qa5 Rcxe4 36. Qxc7 R4e7 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Qxd7 Re6 39. Qxa7 f5
40. Kg2 g5 41. Qd7 g4 42. Kf1 Kh7 43. Ke2 Kg6 44. Kf1 Re4 45. Kg2 Re6 46. h4
Re4 47. Kf1 Re6 48. Qd8 Re4 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. Ke2 Re8 51. Kd3 Re6 52. Qf4 Re4
53. Qg5 Re6 54. Kc4 Re8 55. Kd5 Re6 56. Qxg7+ Kxg7 57. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. e5 e6
9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nf2 c5 12. c3 Ne7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. a4 Nf5 15. Qe2
O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd3 c4 18. Nb4 Ra8 19. Bf2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qc8 21. g4 Ne7
22. Bh4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qc2 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Qxa8 26. f5 Bh6 27. Bg5 Bf8 28.
Bd2 Nb6 29. b4 cxb3 30. Qxb3 Qa1+ 31. Kf2 Qa4 32. Qb1 Nc4 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. h4
Na3 35. Qd3 Be7 36. h5 Kf7 37. hxg6+ hxg6 38. Ke2 Nc4 39. Ng5+ Bxg5 40. Bxg5
Qa2+ 41. Kf1 Qa7 42. Kg2 Qd7 43. Qf3+ Kg8 44. Qf6 Qf7 45. Qd8+ Qf8 46. Qd7 Qf7
47. Qc8+ Kh7 48. Bf6 Qg8 49. Qd7+ Kh6 50. Qxb5 g5 51. Qb1 Qh7 52. Bxg5+ Kg7 53.
Bf6+ Kg8 54. Qb8+ Kf7 55. Qb7+ Kg6 56. Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne5 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2 Nb8 10. c3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Qc4 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. b4 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. Rd4 c5 19. Rxe4 Rfd8 20. Bg5
Rd3 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rc4 Nd7 23. Rc7 Nxe5 24. Bf4 Ng6 25. Bg3 e5 26. h4 h5 27.
a4 a5 28. Rc6 f6 29. Kf1 Ne7 30. Rxb6 Rxc3 31. Rb5 Nf5 32. Ke2 Nxg3+ 33. fxg3
Rd8 34. Kf3 Ra8 35. Ra2 Kh7 36. Ke4 Rc4+ 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Rb7 Rd8 39. Rb5 Ra8
40. Rb7 Ra6 41. Kf2 e4 42. Rb5 Rc1 43. g4 hxg4 44. Kg3 Rc3 45. Kf4 g3 46. h5+
Kh6 47. Rd2 Ra8 48. Rdd5 Rc2 49. Kxg3 Re2 50. Rxa5 Rxa5 51. Rxa5 Rxe3+ 52. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Kh1 O-O
15. g3 a6 16. f3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Bd4 18. Qg2 Qe7 19. Bd2 Kh8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4
f5 22. c3 Bf6 23. e5 Bh4 24. d4 g5 25. fxg5 Bxg5 26. b4 f4 27. Be1 f3 28. Rxf3
Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Rf8 30. Qh3 Nf4 31. Qg4 Qd8 32. Qf3 Nd5 33. Qg2 Nf4 34. Qe4 Nh3
35. Bg3 Bf4 36. Qg2 Bxg3 37. Qxh3 Qd5+ 38. Qg2 Rf2 39. Qxd5 Rxh2+ 40. Kg1 cxd5
41. Ne3 Rxb2 42. Rf1 Re2 43. Nxd5 c6 44. Ne7 Bh2+ 45. Kh1 Bxe5 46. dxe5 Rxe5
47. Rf7 c5 48. Nf5 Kg8 49. Nh6+ Kh8 50. Ng4 Rh5+ 51. Kg2 Rg5 52. Kf3 Rg7 53.
Rf8+ Rg8 54. Rf6 cxb4 55. cxb4 Rg6 56. Rxg6 hxg6 57. Ne5 Kg7 58. Nd7 Kf7 59.
Nc5 Ke7 60. Nxb7 Kd7 61. Na5 g5 62. Kg4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qa5 11. Bf1 Ba3 12. Qc1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Rac8 14. a3 Ne7
15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Ndf3 Be8 19. a4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Ne5 Nd7 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. a5 c5 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Nf6 26. Bc4 Nxd5 27. Re5
Nf6 28. h3 Rd4 29. Ba6 Qxe5 30. Bxc8 g6 31. Qc1 Ne4 32. Qe1 Qf6 33. Rc1 c4 34.
Bg4 Nc5 35. Be2 Nd3 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Qd2 Rd5 38. g3 Qa6 39. Rd1 Qb5 40. h4 h5
41. Qc3 Kh7 42. Kh2 a6 43. Rd2 Rd7 44. Kg1 Qd5 45. Kh2 Qd4 46. Qc6 Rd6 47. Qb7
Kg7 48. Qb3 g5 49. hxg5 h4 50. Qd1 hxg3+ 51. fxg3 Qc3 52. Rf2 d2 53. Rf1 Qxa5
54. Qf3 Qd5 55. Qc3+ Qd4 56. Qf3 Rd7 57. Rd1 a5 58. Kh3 a4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 e6 14. b4 g5 15.
Qd4 h5 16. Nd2 g4 17. hxg4 fxg4 18. Nc4 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Ne4 Qh4 21. Ncd6
Bd5 22. g3 Qe7 23. Re3 Kh8 24. Rf1 Bxa2 25. f4 Bd5 26. Rf2 Bh6 27. Nf6 Bf3 28.
Rh2 Qg7 29. Qd3 Rxf6 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. Re5 Kg8 32. Rhxh5 a5 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34.
Qxe4 Rb8 35. bxa5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Ra2 Nf4 14. Nc4 b5 15.
Bxf4 bxc4 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne7 19. c4 Qb8 20. Qd2 Qb7 21.
Ne1 Rad8 22. b5 Ng6 23. Nd3 axb5 24. cxb5 Ra8 25. Nb4 Nf4 26. Nc6 Kh7 27. Kh2
Rf6 28. g3 Ng6 29. Rb3 Nf8 30. a5 Nd7 31. a6 Qc8 32. Qe2 Qe8 33. Rf3 Qf7 34.
Rxf6 gxf6 35. Rc2 Nb6 36. Na5 f5 37. Rc6 Rf8 38. Qc2 Na8 39. exf5 exf5 40. b6
cxb6 41. Nc4 Kg7 42. Rxd6 f4 43. g4 f3 44. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bg5 Nc6
8. Qc3 Ne5 9. Nf3 d6 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qxe5+ dxe5 12. g3 Be6 13. b3 Ne4 14. Be3
O-O-O 15. Bg2 f5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bd2 e4 18. O-O-O Rhf8 19. Bc3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 g6
21. Kd2 Bd7 22. Ke3 exf3 23. exf3 Nh5 24. Kf2 Bc6 25. Bf1 Nf6 26. b4 b6 27. Re1
Kd7 28. b5 Bb7 29. a4 a6 30. c5 axb5 31. Bxb5+ c6 32. Bc4 bxc5 33. Rb1 Ba8 34.
Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. d4 Bxf4 6. exf4 Qd6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. c3
Ne4 9. Qe3 Ne7 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. Qc1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. O-O O-O
15. Rd1 Ne6 16. g3 Bd7 17. Na3 Rac8 18. Nc2 Ba4 19. Rd2 g6 20. Ne3 Bc6 21. Qc2
Rfd8 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. c4 Ne4 24. Rd4 Qf6 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
Qc6 28. Rd3 b5 29. Ne5 Qe6 30. Qd1 bxc4 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4 Qd6
34. Qxc4 f6 35. Nd3 Nd2 36. Qb5 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Qxd3 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39. Qxf3 Qc2 40.
Qb7 a5 41. h3 a4 42. Qb4 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qc6+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2
Qc2 47. Qd4 Kg7 48. Qa7+ Kh6 49. Qd4 Kg7 50. Qb6 h5 51. h4 Qd2 52. Qb7+ Kh6 53.
Kg2 Qc2 54. b3 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. a3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nfd7 10. g5 Nc6 11. h4 Rc8 12. f4 h6 13. Be3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15.
Bxh1 Nb6 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Bf2 g6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Bc5
Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 a6 10. Nf3 c6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Rhe1 Kf7
21. Bg3 Bb6 22. Bc2 h5 23. h3 Ne7 24. Bb3 g5 25. h4 g4 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4
Nc6 28. Rf4 d4 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. exd4+ Kf7 31. f3 gxf3 32. Rxf3 Nxd4 33. Rf4
Ne6 34. Rf3 Nd4 35. Rf4 Nb3 36. Bf2 Rc4 37. Rxc4 Nd2+ 38. Kc2 Nxc4 39. Re2 Ne5
40. Be1 Ke6 41. a4 Rd6 42. g3 Kf5 43. Rf2+ Kg4 44. Rf4+ Kh3 45. Rf1 Rc6+ 46.
Kb1 Re6 47. Rf5 Ng6 48. Bf2 Kg4 49. Rd5 Ne5 50. Rd4+ Kh3 51. Rd5 Re7 52. Kc2
Ng4 53. Bb6 Rh7 54. Rd3 Ne5 55. Rb3 Rd7 56. Be3 Nf3 57. Rb6 Kxg3 58. Rxf6 Nxh4
59. b4 Ng2 60. Ba7 h4 61. Kc3 h3 62. Bb8+ Kg4 63. Rg6+ Kh5 64. Rg8 Ne3 65. Rg3
Nd5+ 66. Kb3 Kh4 67. Rg8 Nf6 68. Rg6 Ng4 69. Rg8 Rh7 70. Kc4 h2 71. Bxh2 Nxh2
72. b5 Ng4 73. Ra8 axb5+ 74. Kxb5 Nf6 75. a5 Nd5 76. Ra7 Kg5 77. Kc4 b5+ 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Qxc5
8. O-O d6 9. Re1 f6 10. a3 Nh6 11. b4 Qh5 12. c4 O-O 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nf7
15. Ng3 Qg4 16. c5 e5 17. cxd6 c5 18. Qb3 cxb4 19. axb4 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Bxe6 21.
Be3 a6 22. Rec1 Rfd8 23. Nd2 Bf8 24. Nc4 Rac8 25. Bc5 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Nxd6 27.
Rcc1 Rc6 28. f3 Nb5 29. Bxf8 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Kxf8 31. Nf1 Nd4 32. Rc4 Ke7 33.
Ne3 Kd6 34. Rc5 Nc6 35. Rd5+ Ke7 36. b5 axb5 37. Rxb5 Rb8 38. Rxb8 Nxb8 39. Kf2
Ke6 40. g3 Nd7 41. Nc4 Nc5 42. Ke3 Nd7 43. Kf2 Nc5 44. Ke3 Nd7 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6
9. a4 a5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15.
Nc3 Qd8 16. d5 Bxe3 17. dxc6 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bc5 19. Ne5 bxc6 20. Nxc6 Bb7 21.
Ne7+ Kh7 22. Rd7 Bd6 23. Rd1 Rab8 24. Nb5 Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Bc6 26. Nc3 Rb4 27.
Rxc7 Bxa4 28. Nxa4 Rxa4 29. Rb7 Rf4 30. g3 Rf6 31. Rb5 Ra8 32. Ra1 Rc8 33.
Raxa5 Rc2 34. Rf5 Rxb2 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. Ra4 Rb3 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Rg4+ Kh7 39.
Rf4 Kg7 40. Rg4+ Kh7 41. Rf4 Kg7 42. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff remains one of Wesley's favourite openings.}
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10.
cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rae8 {So far nothing new, but I
now had an idea I wanted to try.} 14. Rb1 b6 15. Bf4 {The point, Sevian had
played 15.c4 two years ago.} Bd6 {Now I began to feel excited, since I felt
that my main line could appear on the board.} (15... Qd7 16. d5 {keeps an edge.
}) 16. Ng5 f5 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. c4 {The point.} Qa5 {While I was waiting for
his move, I saw this, but it looked so wrong that I didnt give it my full
attention. A mistake - while ...Qxd4 is undoubtedly the best move, I should
have started to check this.} (18... Qxd4 19. Qxf5 Qxf4 {The only move.} 20.
Qd5+ Kf8 21. g3 {seems like the end, but Black still has some resources:} Nb4
22. Rxb4 c6 23. Qxc6 Qxg5 (23... Qc1+ {over the board, I suddenly wondered
what happens here.} 24. Kg2 Bxb4 {since Wesley was taking so long on his move,
I had time to work out the answer:} 25. Qd5 Ke7 (25... Re7 26. Qf5+ $1) 26.
Qe6+ Kd8 27. Nf7+ Kc7 28. Qxe8 {and now Black can't take on c4.} Qxc4 29. Qd8+
Kb7 (29... Kc6 30. Ne5+) 30. Qd7+ {now Black loses in all lines} Qc7 {this
loses to} (30... Kb8 31. Nd8 $1) (30... Ka6 31. Qa4+ Kb7 32. Nd6+) 31. Nd8+ Kb8
32. Nc6+ {wins.}) 24. Qxd6+ Qe7 25. Qf4+ Qf7 26. Qd2 {was the line I had
checked at home. Black might be able to hold.}) 19. Bd2 {Now I spent some time.
} Nb4 {Here to my amazement, while Qf3 and Qf1 both looked good, I couldn't
find a forced win.} (19... Bb4 20. Qf3 $1 {wins on the spot:} Nxd4 21. Qh5) 20.
Qf3 $2 {Finally I went for this.} (20. Qf1 {Much harder and I didnt see the
main point, but this leads to a forced win.} h6 (20... Qxa2 21. Re1 ({of
course not} 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Rxb4 Qd2) 21... Rf8 22. Qe2 h6 (22... Kh8 23. Qh5
h6 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Bxh6 $18) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Bxh6 {wins.}) 21.
c5 $1 bxc5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qf7 {The key move} (24. Nf3 Re4) (24.
a3 {The comp points out this move as well!} hxg5 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Rb3 Qa1+ 27.
Bc1 {and thanks to Rh3, Black loses.}) 24... Rf8 {Easy to think that White has
gotten it wrong, but in fact} (24... Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Bc3 $1) 25. Qg6 hxg5
26. Bc3 $18 {- just two simple moves and White wins.}) 20... h6 21. Bxb4 $2 (
21. a3 hxg5 (21... Qa4 22. axb4 hxg5 23. Qxf5 Bxb4 24. Bxg5 Qc6 25. Qd3 a5 26.
Be3 {and slowly push the h-pawn forward.}) 22. Qb3 $1 {I missed this
intermezzo and this still leaves White with a big advantage.} (22. axb4 Qa2 (
22... Bxb4 {Even this works.} 23. Qc6 Re2 24. Be3 Bd6 {and Black holds on.})
23. Qd3 Re4)) 21... Qxb4 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kh7 24. Rf1 Re1 $1 25. Qxf5+ Kg8
26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Qd3 (27. Qc2 Re7 {might be playable.} (27... d5 28. cxd5
Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qb5+ {and I didnt see any real difference for White.} 30. Ke1 $1
{Analysing at home, I found that some accuracy is still required by Black.} (
30. Kg1 Qxd5 31. Qb3 $2 Qxb3 32. axb3 Kf7 33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd3 a5) (
30. Qe2 Qb1+ (30... Qxd5) 31. Qe1 Qb5+ 32. Kg1 Qxd5) 30... Qb4+ (30... Qxd5 31.
Qb3 Qxb3 32. axb3 Kf7 33. Kd2 a5 34. f4 h5 $3 {A little detail.} (34... Ke6 $2
35. g4 b5 36. g5 $1 (36. f5+ Kd5 37. Kd3 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 $11) 36... hxg5 37.
fxg5 Kd5 38. Kc3 $1 {much simpler, and now Black can#t stop both h- and
d-pawns.} (38. Kd3 a4 {Now that the Kd3 needs an extra move to stop the a pawn.
...White needs to keep a pawn on the queenside.} 39. b4 $1 a3 40. Kc3 a2 41.
Kb2 Kxd4 42. h4 Ke5 43. h5 Kf5 44. h6 gxh6 45. gxh6 Kg6 46. Kxa2 Kxh6 47. Kb3
Kg5 48. Kc3 Kf6 49. Kd4 {and White wins})) 35. g3 Ke6 36. h3 Kd5 37. Kd3 b5 $11
38. f5 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. g4 a3 41. Kc3 a2 42. Kb2 hxg4 (42... Kxd4 43. f6 $1
gxf6 44. gxh5 $18) 43. hxg4 Kxd4 44. g5 $11) 31. Ke2 Qxd4 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+
Kh8 34. g4 Qc4+ 35. Kf3 Qxa2 36. h4 {and White does seem to be winning.}) 28.
h3 (28. g3 Rc7 29. Qg6 Rxc4 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Re1 Rc7) 28... Rc7 29. Qg6 Rxc4
30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Re1 Qd2) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qb2 {If White had time to play
g4 or h4, then I would have real chances, but as it is, Black is too fast.} 29.
a3 d5 30. cxd5 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qa2+ 32. Ke3 Qxd5 33. g3 b5 34. Qc3 Qe6+ 35. Kd3 a5
{and I decided to acquiesce to the draw} 36. Qxa5 Qc4+ 37. Ke3 Qe6+ 38. Kd2
Qa2+ 39. Ke1 Qb1+ 40. Kd2 Qa2+ 41. Ke3 Qe6+ 42. Kd2 Qa2+ {A huge blow for me,
but I missed even better chances in the remaining games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 a5
9. d4 Ba7 10. h3 g5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bxf7 g4 15.
hxg4 Nxg4 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 h5 18. Bc4 h4 19. Nd2 h3 20. gxh3 Rxh3 21. Rf1
Rg3+ 22. Kh1 Rh3+ 23. Kg1 Rg3+ 24. Kh1 Rh3+ 25. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. b4 a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nxb5
Ba6 16. Nbd4 Nxb4 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Nc7 20. c3 Nc6 21. Qd3 Ra4
22. Be3 Re4 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Qxd5 Rf4 26. N5d4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Rd8
28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Kf8 30. g3 Rf5 31. Kg2 f6 32. Re1 fxe5 33. dxe5 h5 34. e6
g5 35. Re2 Rd6 36. h3 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nh4 Rg5 39. Ra7 Ke8 40. Ra4 Rd3 41.
Ra8+ Rd8 42. Ra1 Rdd5 43. Rf2 Bd8 44. Ra8 Ke7 45. Re2 Rc5 46. Ra6 Ra5 47. Rc6
Rad5 48. Rf2 Rd6 49. Rxd6 Kxd6 50. Rd2+ Rd5 51. Rxd5+ Kxd5 52. Nf5 Kxe6 53. Ne3
Bc7 54. Nxg4 Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 Bd6 11. Ne1 Re8 12. Nd3 e5 13. cxd5 e4 14. Nf4 cxd5 15.
Nb5 Bb8 16. Rac1 Ra6 17. Bh3 Rc6 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Bxa5 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Qc8 21. Kg2
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxc1 23. Bxb6 e3 24. f3 h5 25. Ba5 h4 26. gxh4 Qc6 27. Be1 Nh5
28. Bg3 Qc4 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Ng5 Nf6 31. Na3 Bxg3 32. hxg3 Ra8 33. Nxc4 Rxa4
34. Nxe3 Rxd4 35. Kf2 Nd5 36. Nf5 Rb4 37. h5 Rxb2 38. h6 f6 39. Ne4 gxh6 40.
Nxh6+ Kf8 41. Nf5 b5 42. Ne3 Nb6 43. Ke1 b4 44. Kd1 Na4 45. Nd5 f5 46. Nd2 b3
47. e4 fxe4 48. fxe4 Kf7 49. g4 Nc5 50. Nb4 Ke6 51. Kc1 Na4 52. g5 Ke7 53. Nc6+
Kf7 54. Nd4 Kg6 55. N4xb3 Ra2 56. Nf3 Nc3 57. Nbd2 Rxd2 58. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 59. Ke3
Nxg5 60. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bg3 Nb8 13. Qd3 b5 14. e4 Qb7
15. d5 exd5 16. e5 Be7 17. Nd4 a5 18. Nf5 Re8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. O-O Nd7 21.
Qc3 axb4 22. axb4 Rc8 23. Rfc1 c6 24. f4 f6 25. Bf2 Qc7 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. Qh3
fxe5 28. fxe5 Rc7 29. Ra3 Nxe5 30. Bb6 Qc8 31. Bxc7 Qxh3 32. Rxh3 Rxc7 33. Re1
Nc4 34. Rf3 h6 35. Re6 c5 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. h4 Nd2 38. Rd3 Ne4 39. Rb6 Kh7 40.
g4 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 c6 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Rf1 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh5 Qd6 15.
Nf3 Bc7 16. Nh4 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bb7 19. Qe2 Bb6 20. Ba6 Bc6 21. Nf3
f5 22. Bd3 Rae8 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Be4 Kh8 25. Nd2 Qe6 26. Kh1 Bd7 27. Bd3 e4
28. Nxe4 Bc6 29. f3 Qe5 30. Bd2 Bc7 31. g3 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Qd6 33. Bf4 Qd7 34.
Qb7 Qxd3 35. Qxc7 Re2 36. Qc5 Rfe8 37. Rf2 a5 38. Raf1 Rxb2 39. Kg2 Ree2 40.
Qxa5 Kh7 41. h4 Ne3+ 42. Bxe3 Qxe3 43. Qf5+ Kh8 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kh8 46.
Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Ba6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxc7 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. h3 Rac8 14. Bg3
Rc6 15. Kg1 Rfc8 16. Kh2 Rc2 17. Qd3 g5 18. Rhb1 h5 19. Kg1 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4
21. Ne1 Rd2 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qb7 Re8 24. Rc1 Qf5 25. Rc7 Bd6 26. Rxf7 Bxg3 27.
Rg7+ Kh8 28. fxg3 Rf2 29. Nd3 Qxd3 30. Kxf2 Ne4+ 31. Kg1 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Qh6+ 33.
Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qh6+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. b3 h4 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 g6 20. Bc1
Ng7 21. Kg2 Ne6 22. Nd4 Kd7 23. Nf5+ Ke8 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. Nf5+ Ke8 26. Nd4 Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Reichel, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. c4 Bd7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Rac8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Na5
15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Bf4 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. a3 Nxf4 20. exf4 Bf6
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. g3 h6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gass, Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. Qd2 d5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nbc6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rac1
h6 15. Nb5 Rac8 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. e3
Qb6 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. a3 a6 23. b4 Qd6 24. Nb3 Bb5 25. h4 b6 26. Qd4 Qc6 27. Qe5
Qb7 28. Nd4 Bd3 29. Qd6 Be4 30. Bh3 Kh7 31. Bg4 Ng8 32. Qd8 Nf6 33. Bc8 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Faqiry, Ramat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne1 d6 11. f3 Nf6 12. e4 g6 13. exf5 exf5 14. a4 Nc6 15.
Qa2 Kg7 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Qb2 Na5 19. Na3 Ba6 20. Qc2 c6 21. Rfe1
Qf7 22. Bf4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Qd2 Rd7 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. d5 Re7 27. Rd1 Nd7
28. dxc6 Nxc6 29. Bf1 Nc5 30. Nb5 Rd7 31. Nxd6 Qe6 32. Re1 Ne4 33. fxe4 Qxd6
34. exf5 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Re7 36. f6 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Qe5 38. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gorzinski, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O Be6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15.
b4 Bb6 16. Nbd4 Rac8 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 c5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qb2 c4 22. Nd4 Bc7 23. Bf3 Qd6 24. g3 Rb8 25. Rd1 Bb6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Bxd5
Qg4 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Bxc4 Qf3 30. Be2 Qe4 31. Qxf6 Re8 32. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Spiekermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Ne1 Be6 8. d3
Nge7 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qd7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Bb2 O-O
15. c4 Nd4 16. Qd1 f5 17. Nd5 b5 18. e3 Nc6 19. cxb5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21.
bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rcd6 24. e4 Qe6 25. Ba3 Rc6 26. Rac1 Ra6 27.
Bxc5 Rxa2 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Qf3 Ra5 30. Qb7 Qd7 31. Qb4 Qa4 32. Qxa4 Rxa4 33.
Kf1 Kf7 34. Be3 Rd7 35. Ke2 Ra2+ 36. Rd2 Ra3 37. Rc6 Ke8 38. h4 Kf7 39. h5 Bf6
40. h6 Be7 41. d4 exd4 42. Rxd4 Rxd4 43. Bxd4 Ra4 44. Be3 Rg4 45. Ra6 Rg6 46.
Rxa7 Re6 47. Kf3 Kg6 48. Ra8 Bf6 49. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Modric, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe1 Bb7
9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. f5 exf5 12. exf5 O-O 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 g5 15. Ng3 h6
16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Be6 Nbc6 18. c3 a5 19. d5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. c4 Bc8 22. Qe4
Qd6 23. b3 Bd7 24. Rad1 Nc8 25. Qg4 Qe7 26. Be3 Nb6 27. Ne4 Rfc8 28. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ehrlacher, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Qc2 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Rc7 14. Nb5 Rxc1+
15. Rxc1 Qb8 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd2 a6 20. Ba3 Bxa3
21. Nxa3 Nb8 22. Nc2 Qc7 23. Ne1 a5 24. h3 Ba6 25. Kf1 Bxd3+ 26. Nxd3 Nd7 27.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Herrmann, Matthias1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5
cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rae1 b5 13. a3 Na5 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Nb3 h6 17. Bh4 a5 18. Rf3 a4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxf6 Be7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Rg3+ Bg5 23. fxg5 h5 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Busche, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Na6 10. Nd2 Kh7 11. g4 Ng8 12. h4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Nc5 15. Nde4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxf5 17. Bd3 Kh8 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Rg1 Bh7 20. Qg2 c6 21. dxc6 bxc6
22. Rd1 d5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Nc5 Qf7 25. Bxh7 Kxh7 26. Ne6 Bf6 27. Nxf8+ Qxf8
28. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Apel, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 dxe4 5. dxe4 Bc5 6. e5 Nge7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8.
Bxg6 hxg6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Ne4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 Bb6 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Stock, Ulrich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qc1 Qd6 11. Nc3 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. d4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Qf6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nxc6 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 Bxc6 19. Rdc1 Bd7 20. Rc7 a5
21. Kf1 Be6 22. Ba6 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Ra8 24. Bc4 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Ke2 e5 27.
f4 exf4 28. exf4 f6 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. Kd4 Ke7 31. Bd3 Kd6 32. g3 Bd7 33. h4 Be8
34. g4 h6 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. hxg5 Bf7 38. Be2 Be6 39. Bd3 Bf7 40.
Bc2 Be8 41. a3 Bf7 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Be8 44. Bb3 Bd7 45. Bc2 Be8 46. Bb1 Bf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jung, Niklas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1203"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nd2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e5 10. d5 Re8 11. g4 Nc5 12. h4 Qd7 13. Rg1 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15.
O-O-O Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Kb1 Rab8 18. c5 Rec8 19. Rc1 b5 20. c6 b4 21. b3
Qa5 22. Qd3 a6 23. Rc2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. a3 bxa3 26. Ra2 Rcb8 27. Rxa3 a5
28. Kc2 Kf8 29. Rga1 Ra8 30. Nc4 f5 31. f3 f4 32. Bd2 Ke8 33. Rxa5 Rbxa5 34.
Bxa5 Kd8 35. Bxc7+ Kxc7 36. Rxa8 Bf8 37. Ra7+ Kd8 38. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Noppes, Marina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 c5 7. bxc5 dxc5 8. d5
Bf5 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. a3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Be2 Nc7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qc1 Rfd8
15. Bc3 Nce8 16. Qb2 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Rxd3 Rxd3
21. Rc1 Ne4 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Henrici, Claus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 Bg5 8.
Bd3 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Qe7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. a4 a6
15. Nf2 g5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Ng4 Rdf8 19. Rf2 Kd8 20. h3 Ke7 21.
b4 Ra8 22. Raf1 Raf8 23. Ne3 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bettenbuehl, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1447"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. a3 Be7 6. c4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 c5 14. Rc1 h6 15.
Ne2 Qd6 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rfd1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qe6 21. f5
gxf5 22. Rf1 Bc8 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Rxf5 Bxf5 25. Qf2 Bg6 26. Qg3 Rad8 27. h4 f6
28. e6 Rd5 29. Rf1 Bd6 30. Qh3 f5 31. Bc3 Re8 32. Be1 Rxe6 33. Bg3 Be7 34. Bf4
Kh7 35. Qg3 Bd6 36. Bxd6 Rexd6 37. Qg5 Rd7 38. Qf6 R5d6 39. Qe5 a5 40. Kh2 Rd5
41. Qb8 R5d6 42. Rb1 Rd8 43. Qb7+ R8d7 44. Qa6 Kg7 45. b4 cxb4 46. axb4 axb4
47. Qb5 Rd1 48. Rxd1 Rxd1 49. Qxb4 Rd7 50. Qxb6 Rf7 51. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svitek, Volker"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Ne8 11. Qc1 Nd6 12. c5 Ne4 13. b4 f5 14. b5 Qc7 15. Re1
Rf7 16. Qc2 Raf8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxh5 g6 20. dxe5 Nxc3 21. Bxg6
hxg6 22. Bxc3 Kg7 23. Bd4 Rb8 24. Rab1 Rff8 25. Qa4 Rb7 26. Rb3 Rfb8 27. Reb1
Kf7 28. Qa6 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Rxb3 30. axb3 Ke8 31. b4 Kd7 32. f4 Qb8 33. Qa4 Qb7
34. Kh2 a6 35. g3 Qb5 36. Qxb5 axb5 37. h4 Ke8 38. Kh3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kutschera, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1263"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. O-O-O
Ne7 9. g4 Nb6 10. h5 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 e5 14. f3 Ng8 15.
dxe5 fxe5 16. g5 Be6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21.
h6 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. hxg7 Rh3 25. Bxa7 Rxf3 26. Bc5 Rg3 27.
Na4 Kc8 28. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grienitz Dechau, Kai Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Bd6 6. d3 h6 7. Ne4 Be7 8. Nbc3
a6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Qf3 Bg6 11. Qg3 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. f4 O-O 14. f5 Bh4 15.
Qg4 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Paap, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. Nf1 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Bd2 a6
15. Bd3 Rae8 16. Bc3 b5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Qe2 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21.
Bxa6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Na7 23. Rb1 Qd6 24. Ne5 Re7 25. Bd3 Rc8 26. Rb7 Be8 27. Rxe7
Qxe7 28. Qb2 Nd7 29. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Stobbe, Frederik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e6 8.
c4 Qc7 9. b3 Be7 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Qd3 Bc6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Rac1 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 e5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Nh4 g6 17. g3 Nf6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Ng2 Nc5 20. Qe2 O-O 21. Bh6
Rfe8 22. Ne3 b5 23. Qd2 b4 24. Rc2 a5 25. Ng4 Re6 26. Bg5 Nd7 27. Rd1 f6 28.
Be3 h5 29. Nf2 Kg7 30. Re1 Rae8 31. Qe2 h4 32. g4 Kf7 33. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Klugstedt, Vincent C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bakiev, Diyor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Bb5
Qd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxd5 O-O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Bd4 15. f4 Ne7 16. Ke2 Kc7 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Rab1 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ba5+
Kd7 21. Rhd1+ Ke6 22. b3 Rb5 23. Bd2 Rh5 24. Rbc1 Rc8 25. Bb4 c5 26. Ba3 Bd4
27. Nc2 Bf6 28. Ne1 Nd5 29. Kf1 Nc3 30. Rd3 Nb5 31. Bb4 Rc7 32. Ba5 Rc6 33.
Re3+ Kf5 34. Nd3 Bd4 35. Rg3 Rxh2 36. Rg5+ Ke4 37. Ke2 Bf6 38. Nxc5+ Rxc5 39.
Rgxc5 Nd4+ 40. Kf1 Nf3 41. Rc8 Bd4 42. Re8+ Kxf4 43. Bc7+ Ne5 44. Bxe5+ Bxe5
45. Ke2 Bf6 46. Rc4+ Kf5 47. Ra4 h5 48. Rxa7 h4 49. Ra5+ Kf4 50. Re3 Rg2 51.
Rf3+ Kg4 52. Ra4+ Kh5 53. Rf5+ Kg6 54. Rxf6+ Kxf6 55. Rxh4 Ke5 56. a4 Rg1 57.
a5 Kd6 58. a6 Ra1 59. Ra4 Rxa4 60. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Haack, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. a3 a6
9. Ba2 b5 10. Re1 e6 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Be3 b4
16. d4 bxa3 17. bxa3 cxd4 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc7 21. c5 Qxc5
22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Rec1 Ne4 24. Rc7 Rb8 25. Nc6 Rb7 26. Ne7+ Kg7 27. Rac1 Nd6
28. Nxc8 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rxc8 30. Rd7 Nc4 31. Ra7 Nd2 32. Bxe6 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ochs, Daniel Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Qd6 7. g3 b6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. b4 Nbd7 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. b5 c4 16. Rfb1 Nc5 17. Nd4 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qe3 Qc5 20. f3 Nd6 21.
Kf2 Rfb8 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxf5 d4 24. Nxd4 Re8 25. Qd2 Rad8 26. Re1 Rxe1 27.
Rxe1 Nf5 28. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Eull, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. c5
Bb8 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Ne4 15.
Bxc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 bxc6 17. Ne5 f6 18. Qh5 Qe7 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxe8+ Qf8 21.
Qxc6 Rb8 22. Rf1 Qd8 23. Qa4 Rb2 24. Qxa7 Rb7 25. Qa4 g4 26. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fuchs, Christofer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1494"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 c6 5. Nh3 Be7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e4
fxe4 9. Nxe4 e5 10. Nhg5 Bf5 11. d5 Qd7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. dxc6
Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxc6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Rad1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. c5
dxc5 21. Qxc5 Qf6 22. Bxc6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 bxc6 24. Qxa7 h5 25. h4 e4 26. b3 Rd8
27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qc5 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qe2 30. a4 g6 31. a5 Kh7 32. Qe3 Qd3 33.
Kg2 Qb5 34. Qa7+ Kh6 35. Qb6 Qd5 36. Qe3+ Kh7 37. b4 Qc4 38. Qc5 Qe2 39. Qxc6
Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd3 42. Qb6 Qa3 43. a6 e3 44. Qb7+ Kh6 45. Qb8 Qa1
46. Qf4+ Kh7 47. Qxe3 Qxa6 48. Qc5 Qa2 49. b5 Qb2 50. Kg2 Qb1 51. Qc7+ Kh6 52.
b6 Qe4+ 53. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Staggat, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1639"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Bg4 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 Nf6 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
O-O Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. Ne5 Rac8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Nxg4 Nxg4 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rac1 e5 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. g4
Bd8 21. Rd6 Re6 22. Rcxc6 Rxd6 23. Rxc8 f5 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jarosch, Wolfram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. dxc5 e6 7. Nb3 Ne4 8.
Nfd4 Bg6 9. Bb5 Rc8 10. O-O Qd7 11. c4 Nxc5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Rc1 Nxb3 14. Qxb3
Be4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bc4 Qd8 17. Ba6 Bd5 18. Qa4 e5 19. Bxe5 Qg5 20. e4 Be6
21. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grimm, Hans Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1445"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bd7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Qb4 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. a3 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qa7 14. Re1 O-O
15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. e4 e5 17. d5 Bd7 18. Bg5 Ng4 19. Qd2 h6 20. Bh4 Qd4 21. Qxd4
exd4 22. Ne2 d3 23. Nd4 Bb5 24. Rad1 Ne5 25. b3 f5 26. exf5 Bd7 27. Be7 Rfe8
28. Bxd6 Nf7 29. Be7 h5 30. d6 Nh6 31. Rxd3 Nxf5 32. Nxf5 Bxf5 33. Rd5 Bd7 34.
Rxh5 Rac8 35. Rhe5 Rc3 36. R5e3 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Kf7 38. Rc3 Bc6 39. f3 Ke6 40.
Re3+ Kd7 41. Kf2 g6 42. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gaertner, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1382"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg6 11. h4 f6 12. h5+ Kh6 13. Nf7+ Kh7 14. Nxd8
Rxd8 15. h6 f5 16. hxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qh5 Kf8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Rh3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3
b5 21. Rg3+ Ng6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Koschetzki, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne5
Bd7 9. Qf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Rc8 11. O-O g6 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. Bh6 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng7
15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Bxf5 exf5 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Re2 a6 24. Rae1 Be6 25. Re3 Qg5 26. a3 Rc5 27. g3 b5
28. h4 Qe7 29. R3e2 h5 30. f3 Rb8 31. Qe3 a5 32. Nb3 Rc4 33. Nxa5 f4 34. gxf4
Rcc8 35. Nb3 d4 36. Nxd4 Bc4 37. Rh2 Be6 38. Kf2 Kh7 39. Rg1 Qd7 40. Rhg2 Rg8
41. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schmidt, Moritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "981"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 e6 5. g4 Bxg4 6. Qxg4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bf8 8. Nf3
g6 9. h5 Bh6 10. hxg6 Bxc1 11. g7 Nd7 12. gxh8=Q Nf8 13. Qgxg8 Qe7 14. Rxh7
O-O-O 15. Rxf7 Qe8 16. Rxf8 Qxf8 17. Qxf8 Rxf8 18. Qxf8+ Kc7 19. a4 Kd7 20.
Qd6+ Kc8 21. Bh3 b6 22. Qxc6+ Kd8 23. Bxe6 Bd2+ 24. Nbxd2 Ke7 25. Qd7+ Kf8 26.
Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Reinmann, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "894"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. e4 c5 7. d4 b6 8. d5 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Be2 f6 15. Bd1
g5 16. Be3 Rf7 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Kh8 19. Bg4 Nf8 20. Rae1 a6 21. Ne2 Raa7
22. Ng3 Kg8 23. Nf5 b5 24. Bh5 Rfd7 25. Re3 bxc4 26. Be2 Kh8 27. Bxc4 a5 28.
Rg3 Kg8 29. h4 Qc7 30. Bb5 Rf7 31. Bxe8 Re7 32. Bc6 Qd8 33. h5 Rac7 34. h6 Ng6
35. hxg7 Rxg7 36. Nxg7 Rxg7 37. Bh6 Rf7 38. Rgf3 Ne5 39. Rf5 Ng6 40. Qf2 Kh8
41. Rxf6 Rxf6 42. Qxf6+ Qxf6 43. Rxf6 Kg8 44. e5 dxe5 45. d6 e4 46. d7 e3 47.
d8=Q+ Nf8 48. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hott, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "774"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schmid, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O d6 7. d4 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Rb1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nge4 Qd7 14. Be3 Ng4 15.
Bd2 Rf7 16. Qe2 Raf8 17. Rbd1 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 c6 19. Bh3 h5 20. f3 cxd5 21. cxd5
Nxd5 22. fxg4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 hxg4 25. Bxg4 Qe7 26. Qc4 Qf7+ 27.
Ke1 Nf6 28. Be6 Kf8 29. Bxf7 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Kxf7 31. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Eberspach, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1403"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 Be6 6. b3 Nge7 7. Nge2 d5 8. d4
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bc3 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Eberspach, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bd7 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. a3
Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 Rac8 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Kh1 Qb6 15.
Qf2 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxf2 17. Rxf2 Ng4 18. Re2 Nge3 19. Nf3 Rc7 20. Rae1 Ng4 21.
Kg1 Ne7 22. h3 Nh6 23. g4 Rfc8 24. Nd4 a6 25. f5 Nc6 26. f6 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bb5
28. Bxb5 axb5 29. c3 Kf8 30. Kf2 gxf6 31. exf6 Ra8 32. Ra1 Rc6 33. a4 Rca6 34.
Rb1 bxa4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. Rxb7 Ke8 37. Reb2 Ra1 38. Kg3 R1a2 39. Rxa2 Rxa2 40.
Be3 Rc2 41. Bxh6 Rxc3+ 42. Kh4 d4 43. Re7+ Kd8 44. Rxf7 Rf3 45. Rxh7 Ke8 46.
Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kanno, Clara Yumi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1291"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxd4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Na4 O-O 14. Be2
Nd7 15. O-O a5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Bf3 Qe5 20. Qd2 Ra7
21. e4 h6 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe6 24. Qd4 Ra6 25. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Petry, Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 c5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8.
Bb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. Nd5+ Kd7 11. Ne5+ dxe5 12. Qxg4+ Kc6 13. c3 Nxb3 14.
axb3 Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nb6+ axb6 17. Rxa8 Nf6 18. f3 g5 19. Kf2 Bg7 20.
Rxh8 Bxh8 21. h4 g4 22. Bxh6 Ke6 23. h5 Ng8 24. Bg5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 gxf3 26. Kxf3
Nxf6 27. h6 Nh7 28. Kg4 Kf6 29. Kh5 Kf7 30. Rf1+ Kg8 31. g4 Nf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8
33. g5 Kg8 34. g6 Kh8 35. Kg5 Kg8 36. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Bad Soden sim1"]
[Site "Bad Soden"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schweizer, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.10.03"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qxb3 12. axb3 Bd6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bd3
Ng3 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Kc2 Rhe8 17. Ra1 Kb8 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Rxe2 Bg3 20. e4
Nf6 21. Be3 Nh5 22. Rd1 Bf4 23. Bf2 Bg3 24. Be3 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bb1 d4
15. Nb5 d3 16. Nd4 a5 17. Qg4 g6 18. f5 Ne4 19. Bxd3 Nxd2 20. fxg6 fxg6 21.
Bxg6 Kh8 22. Bxh7 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bg5 24. Nf5 Qd3 25. Re1 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bh6 27.
Qg6 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qd5+ 29. Kh3 Qd3+ 30. Kh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Be2 a6 12. Na3 a5 13. Bb5 f5 14. Qe2 Nd7 15.
O-O-O Nc5 16. f4 Bf6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 b6 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21.
Bxc5 Rf7 22. Kb1 f4 23. d6 Bf5 24. Rd5 Bg6 25. d7 e4 26. Rf1 Bg5 27. Qg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng4 14. Bd4
c5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. O-O Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Rxe3 18. Qf2 Qb6 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Kf8 22. Rc1 Bf5 23. Bb3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Ke3 Ke7 26. Kd4
b6 27. Bd5 f6 28. g3 Kd6 29. a3 h6 30. b4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Ne1 Nef6 12. b3 b6 13. Nd3 Bb7 14. Nc3 Rac8 15.
a4 a5 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Ba6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qb2 Nb8 21. e3
Nc6 22. Nd3 Nb4 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Na2 Qd6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Rxc6
Qxc6 28. Nc3 h6 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Ne8 31. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 c6 6. Nxb4 axb4 7. d4 e4 8. Ng5
d5 9. Qb3 Nf6 10. Qxb4 h6 11. Nh3 Na6 12. Qc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qc3 Nd5 15.
Qd2 g5 16. Bg2 Nab4 17. b3 e3 18. Qb2 Qd7 19. Ng1 Bf5 20. fxe3 Nc2+ 21. Kf2 Qe7
22. Nf3 Ndxe3 23. d5 O-O 24. Nd4 Bg6 25. Nxc2 Nxc2 26. Qc3 cxd5 27. Bb2 d4 28.
Qf3 Qe3+ 29. Qxe3 dxe3+ 30. Kf3 Nxa1 31. Rxa1 Rfc8 32. Bd4 Rc2 33. Bxe3 Rcxa2
34. Rc1 Re8 35. Kf2 Be4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rd8 Re7 39. Kf3 f6 40.
g4 Rb2 41. Rd3 Kg6 42. Bd2 Rb1 43. Bb4 Re6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. b4 Bd6 10. a3 Nd8 11. Re1 a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Nf1 Ne6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nf4 19. Qf1 c6 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bb3
Bc7 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qf8 25. c4 h6 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Qxb5
Rab8 28. Qe2 Re8 29. Qa2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Qa7 Qb8 33. Qc5
Bd6 34. Qc4 Qc7 35. Qxc7 Bxc7 36. g5 hxg5 37. Nxg5 Kf8 38. Bxf7 Bd6 39. b5 Nd7
40. Be6 Nc5 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Kf3 Bc7 43. Bc4 Kf6 44. Ne4+ Nxe4 45. Kxe4 Ke7 46.
f3 Kd6 47. f6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Kh1 b5 12. a3 O-O 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Rad1 b4 15.
axb4 Nxb4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc1 Bc5 20. Bf3 Rac8 21.
Be4 f5 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Be7 25. c3 Qc6 26. Qd3 Qe6 27. Ra5
Rc6 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Kg8 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Rd7 Bc5 32. Bc1 g6 33. g4 fxg4
34. Rf6 Rxf6 35. exf6 Rf8 36. b4 Bf2 37. Bg5 h6 38. Bxh6 Rxf6 39. Kg2 Be1 40.
Rg7+ Kf8 41. Rc7+ Ke8 42. Be3 Kd8 43. Ra7 Rc6 44. Bd4 Bxc3 45. Bxc3 Rxc3 46.
Rxa6 Rb3 47. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. f4 d6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qf3 Nb4 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Qc6 14. Rac1 Qa6
15. g4 Bc6 16. g5 Nd7 17. d4 Bb5 18. Rf2 O-O 19. f5 Bd8 20. Nd2 Bd3 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. Qg4 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Nf8 24. d5 e5 25. h4 g6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Bb6 28.
Qh3 Re8 29. Nd1 Be2 30. Ke1 Bd4 31. Nf2 Re7 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Rc8 Rf7 34. e5
dxe5 35. Nfe4 h5 36. gxh6 Rf4 37. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Be6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Na3 Rad8 12. Nc4 f6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxb6 cxb6
15. Nxd4 Bf7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Bd2 Ne7 20. Bc2 Bg6 21.
Ba4 b5 22. Bb3+ Bf7 23. Be3 a6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bc5 Ng6 26. Bc2 Ne5 27. Qe4
Bg6 28. Bb3+ Kh8 29. Qe2 Nd3 30. Bb6 Re8 31. Be3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Bb4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qd3+ Kg8 13. Qxc3 b6 14.
Qg3 Qd7 15. Rb4 Qf5 16. Rh4 Re8 17. f4 Re6 18. Qf3 Qe4 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Rg4
Ba6 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Rg3 Rc6 23. f5 Rd5 24. e6 Rxf5 25. Ra3 Bc4 26. exf7+ Bxf7
27. c3 a5 28. Rxe4 Rcf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. h3 Qd7 21.
Be5 Re8 22. Qd2 Bd8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Qe5+ Qxe5 27.
Nxe5 f6 28. Nd3 Be7 29. g4 Kf7 30. Kg2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 Re8 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 d4 14. Ne4 Bf5 15.
a6 b6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc6 Bxg5 18. Bxe8 Qxe8 19. h4 Bh6 20. c3 Rc8 21. Nd2
e4 22. Nf1 dxc3 23. bxc3 e3 24. Qa4 Bd7 25. Qd4 exf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxc3 27. Rad1
Bf8 28. Qf4 Bb5 29. Kh2 Bxa6 30. Ra1 Bb7 31. Rxa7 Qc6 32. Ne3 Bd6 33. Qd4 Rxe3
34. Rxb7 Bxg3+ 35. Kg1 Qxb7 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Re5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 a5 6. b5 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Bd6
9. d3 O-O 10. a4 Ra7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. e3 b6 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Bc6 Bd7 15. Bxd7
Rxd7 16. e4 Ng6 17. Ng2 Rf8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Ne8 20. Rf3 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4
22. Qf1 g6 23. Kh1 Ng7 24. e5 Be7 25. Ne4 f5 26. Rh3 Qg4 27. Ng3 h5 28. Ne2 h4
29. Bc1 Ne6 30. Rf3 Bd8 31. Bd2 Rg7 32. Qf2 Qh5 33. Rf1 g5 34. fxg5 Bxg5 35.
Rxf5 Rxf5 36. Qxf5 Qe8 37. Be1 Qa8+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Rxf3 Be7 40. Rf2 Rg5 41.
Rg2 Kf7 42. Rxg5 Bxg5 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. h3 Bd8 46. Bd2 Bg5 47. Be1
Bd8 48. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. d4 Ng6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Nf1 d5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qxh6 Rxe5 20. Ng3 Qe8 21. Bf4
Re6 22. Rad1 Bd7 23. Be3 c5 24. b3 Bc6 25. c4 Rd8 26. Ne2 Rd7 27. Qg5 Qe7 28.
Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Rd1 Qxg5 30. Bxg5 Bc6 31. Be3 Kf8 32. Nc3 f5 33. h4 Ke8 34. g3
Re5 35. Kf1 Bc7 36. Bf4 Re7 37. Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Ne2 Ke5
41. Nf4 Rg7 42. Rd8 g5 43. hxg5 Rxg5 44. Ra8 Kd6 45. Rxa5 Rg8 46. Ne2 Rd8 47.
Nf4 Rh8 48. Ne2 Rd8 49. Nf4 Rh8 50. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Rd8 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. a3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Bd6 13. Bd3 e5 14. d5 Nb8
15. g4 Nd7 16. Rg1 Nc5 17. Bb1 b5 18. Nxb5 a5 19. g5 h5 20. g6 f5 21. Ng5 Qf6
22. Nf7 Ba6 23. Rg5 e4 24. Qe2 Bxb5 25. Qxh5 Kf8 26. Rxf5 Qxb2 27. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 d5 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. exd5 Nfxd5
15. Nc4 Ng6 16. Ncxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxc3 19. Nxf7 Qd5 20. Be3 Bd4
21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Ng5 Re8 23. Qb3+ Nd5 24. Rf1 c6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Qb4 27.
Qxb4 Nxb4 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. d4 Rd8 30. Ne6 Rd6 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Nf3
Kf6 34. Kf1 Na6 35. Rc1 Nc7 36. Ke2 Ne6 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Ke4 Nd8 39. Ne5 g5 40.
Ra1 Rf6 41. f3 h6 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. g3 Rd6 44. f4 gxf4 45. gxf4 Ne6 46. Nf3 Nf8
47. Ne5 Ne6 48. Nf3 Nf8 49. f5 Nd7 50. Ra5 Ke7 51. Ra7 Ke8 52. Ne5 Nf6+ 53. Ke3
Nd5+ 54. Kd3 Rf6 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56. Ng6+ Kf7 57. Ke4 Nb6 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. Ne5 Nc8
60. Ra8 Kd8 61. Ng4 Rf8 62. Nxh6 Kc7 63. Kf4 Rd8 64. Ra4 Nb6 65. Ra7+ Kb8 66.
Rg7 Rxd4+ 67. Kg5 c5 68. f6 c4 69. f7 Nd7 70. Rg8+ Kc7 71. f8=Q Nxf8 72. Rxf8
Rd3 73. h4 Rg3+ 74. Ng4 Kb6 75. h5 Kb5 76. h6 Rh3 77. Kg6 c3 78. h7 Kb4 79.
h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Na3 Ba6
15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Nc5 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Bf4 Na4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nd7 22. Ne1 f5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bf1 b5 25. Bxb5 Nab6 26. f3 Bf6
27. Nc2 exf3 28. a4 a6 29. Bxa6 Nxa4 30. Bc4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Nab6 32. Bb3 Ke7 33.
Kxf3 Nd5 34. Bc4 g5 35. g4 f4 36. b4 N7b6 37. Bd3 h6 38. b5 Kd7 39. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Nf1 g4 8. N3d2
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. O-O Bd6 13. d4 Qe7 14. e4 f4 15.
Bd5 h5 16. Nc4 Rf8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21.
Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 O-O-O 24. Kf2 Rd3 25. Rc1 c5 26. Ke2 c4 27.
Be3 Bd7 28. Rf1 Bc6 29. Rf4 a6 30. Bd4 a5 31. b3 Bb5 32. Rf5 c6 33. a4 Ba6 34.
Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Nbd2 a5 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Qe8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Ng3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 Qf7 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. Rf1 Qd7 19. Nd2 Ne7 20. Ra1 Ng6 21. Ne2
b5 22. d4 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Rxa5 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3 Qc6 27. dxe5 Nxe5
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Nc1 Nd7 30. Nd3 Qd6 31. b4 c5 32. bxc5 Nxc5 33. Qe2 Rd8 34.
Nxc5 Qxc5 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Qh5 Qg5 37. Qe2 Kh7 38. g3 Rb8 39. Qb2 Qe7 40. Kg2
Qc5 41. Qa2 Qc4 42. Qa7 Rf8 43. Qa3 Rf7 44. Qd6 Qa2 45. Rf3 Rxf3 46. Kxf3 Qb3
47. Qc5 Kg6 48. h4 Kf6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. h5+ Kh7 51. Qc5 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qxh5 53.
Qxb5 Qg5 54. Qd7 Qg6 55. Qd3 h5 56. c4 h4 57. c5 hxg3 58. fxg3 Qe8 59. Qc3 Qa4
60. Kf3 Qd1+ 61. Kf2 Qd7 62. c6 Qc7 63. Qc5 Kg6 64. Ke3 Kg5 65. Kd3 Kg4 66. Kc4
Kxg3 67. Kb5 Kf4 68. Qb6 Qd6 69. c7 Qd3+ 70. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 b6 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. a4 a5 10. Nc4 Be6 11. b3 h6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nfd2 O-O 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Qd8 16. Rb1 f5 17. Qe2 g5 18. Bd6 f4 19. e5 Rf7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. c3 Bd5 22.
Rfe1 Nh4 23. Qf2 Ng6 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nf8 26. Nc3 Ne6 27. Rbd1 h5 28. Qc2
f3 29. Rf1 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. g3 Ng5 32. Nxd5 cxd5 33. Ne3 Nh3+ 34. Kh1 Qg5
35. Nxd5 Qh6 36. Rd2 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+ 38. Kh1 f2 39. Kg2 Ng5 40. Nf4 Nf3 41.
Kxf2 Qh2+ 42. Ke3 Qxg3 43. e6 Ng5+ 44. Ke2 Nxe6 45. Qe4 Re8 46. Nxe6 Qxd6 47.
d5 Qh2+ 48. Ke1 Rxf1+ 49. Kxf1 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
c3 O-O 9. Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 d5 12. O-O Re8 13. a4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be6
15. Be3 h6 16. Kh2 Qe7 17. Qe2 Nh7 18. g3 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Red8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.
Rd1 Qe8 22. Nd2 Nf8 23. Nc4 N6d7 24. b4 f6 25. a5 Qf7 26. Bd3 bxa5 27. Nxa5 b6
28. Nc6 Ng6 29. Bb5 Ne7 30. Qd3 Ng6 31. Qe2 Ngf8 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 f5 34.
Nd4 Ra2 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Kh8 37. e5 Bd5 38. Bd3 g6 39. c4 Be6 40. Nc6 Qe8
41. Be3 Bf7 42. c5 Nxc5 43. Bb5 Nce6 44. Qd2 Qa8 45. Ne7 Kh7 46. Nd5 Kg7 47.
Nf6 Nh7 48. Bc4 Nhf8 49. h4 c5 50. h5 cxb4 51. hxg6 Bxg6 52. Bd5 Qa3 53. Bxb6
b3 54. Bd4 Kf7 55. Bc3 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 c6 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Rf1 Ng6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Be2 Be6 15.
a5 Bc7 16. g3 Nf6 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Ra4 c5 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Nc4 Qe7 21. Ne3 a6
22. Bc4 Bd7 23. Nf5 Qe8 24. Ra1 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Ne3 Bc6 27. Be2 Rd7 28.
Nc4 Re8 29. Be3 f5 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 f4 32. Bc1 Ng5 33. Ncd2 Ne5 34. Nxe5
Rxe5 35. Kf1 Re8 36. Ba4 Rd8 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Ra4 fxg3 39. hxg3 Nf3 40. Nxf3
Rd1+ 41. Ke2 Rxc1 42. Ne1 Kf7 43. Nd3 Rb1 44. Kd2 g5 45. Rc4 Bd6 46. b4 cxb4
47. cxb4 h5 48. Rxc6 Bxb4+ 49. Kc2 Rf1 50. Nxb4 Rxf2+ 51. Kb3 Rf3+ 52. Rc3
Rxc3+ 53. Kxc3 h4 54. Kd2 Ke6 55. Ke3 h3 56. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bd7 9. Qe2 Bc6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. a4 Rac8 14. Bb3 Ne4
15. Bb2 b6 16. c4 Rfd8 17. a5 Nd6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Ne5 Bb7 21.
Rxb7 Nxb7 22. Nc6 Qf8 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. d5 e5 25. Ba4 Qe7 26. Ra1 Nf6 27. Bc6
Na5 28. Ba4 Ne4 29. f3 Nd6 30. Rc1 f6 31. Bd1 Qf7 32. Qd3 Qg6 33. e4 Qe8 34.
Be2 Ra8 35. Qc2 Nab7 36. Ra1 Rxa1+ 37. Bxa1 Qa8 38. Bc3 Qa3 39. f4 exf4 40. Bd2
Qa1+ 41. Kf2 g5 42. Kf3 Nf7 43. Bc3 Qg1 44. Bxf6 Qxh2 45. Kf2 g4 46. e5 f3 47.
Bf1 Nxe5 48. Qf5 g3+ 49. Ke1 f2+ 50. Kd1 Ng6 51. Qe6+ Kf8 52. Qd7 Qh1 53. Ke2
Qh5+ 54. Kd2 Qh6+ 55. Kc2 Qf4 56. Bg7+ Kg8 57. Bc3 Qf7 58. Qc6 Nf4 59. Qxb6
Qg6+ 60. Qxg6+ hxg6 61. Be5 g5 62. Kd2 Na5 63. Ke3 Nb3 64. Bxf4 gxf4+ 65. Kxf4
Nd2 66. Kxg3 Nxf1+ 67. Kxf2 Nd2 68. Ke3 Nxc4+ 69. Ke4 Kf7 70. g4 Kf6 71. Kf4
Nd6 72. g5+ Kg6 73. Ke5 Nb5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nf1 f6 14. Bf4 Rac8
15. Ne3 Be6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Rb1 h6 20. Be5 f4 21. Ng4
Bxg4 22. hxg4 Rc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. b3 Rc7 25. Rc1 Rfc8 26. Rxc7+ Qxc7 27. Nd2
Nf6 28. Nf3 g5 29. Ne5 Qc2 30. Nd3 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 Nxg4 32. Kf1 Rc2 33. Ke1 Rxa2
34. Rc1 b6 35. Rc6 Ra3 36. Ne5 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Ra2+ 38. Ke1 Nxf2 39. Rg6+ Kh7 40.
Rd6 Ne4 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Ng4 h5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Bc3
c5 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Bd2 Ne6 17. Nf5 Bc6 18. Ne1 h5 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. h4 Rad8 21.
Be3 b6 22. f3 Nd4 23. c3 Nf5 24. Bg5+ f6 25. exf6+ gxf6 26. Bf4 Nxh4 27. Bxc7
Rc8 28. Bg3 Ng6 29. Kf2 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Qe1 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bd1 Bxd1
15. Qxd1 Ng7 16. Nc4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. a4 a6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21.
Rfe1 h5 22. f3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 g4 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. Re4 Qd7 26. Qxb6 Rf7 27. Qe3
Qf5 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qe3 Raf8 30. Qe2 Qf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Rxg4+ Kh7 33. Rb4
Rd2 34. Rxb7+ Kg6 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Kf5 37. Rb6 Rxd3 38. Rxa6 Rd2 39. Rb6
e4 40. a5 e3 41. Rb4 Rf2+ 42. Ke1 Rxg2 43. Ra4 Rxb2 44. a6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. N1d2 O-O 10. f4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 d5 14. e5
Bd7 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. O-O-O Bb5 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. N2f3 Ba4 19. Rd2 Qb6 20. Re1 Rc7
21. g4 Rfc8 22. Ree2 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Bxc6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. f5 Re8 27.
Rf2 exf5 28. gxf5 Bc8 29. f6 gxf6 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. exf6 Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.
Rg2+ Kf8 34. Rg7 h6 35. Rh7 Kg8 36. Rxh6 Rc4 37. c3 Rc7 38. Kd2 Bg4 39. Rh4 Bd7
40. Rh5 Bc6 41. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. e4 e6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. f4 c5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. c4 cxd4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bxd5 Nb6
15. Bg2 Bc5 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qg4 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21.
Rac1 Nb6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 d3 24. Kf2 Nd4 25. b3 Ne6 26. Rc3 Rd7 27. Rd1
Rad8 28. Be3 Nd5 29. Rc4 b5 30. Rc6 Nb4 31. Rcc1 Nxa2 32. Ra1 Nc3 33. Rd2 b4
34. Bxa7 Nb1 35. Rd1 Nc3 36. Rd2 Nb1 37. Rd1 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 d5 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. b5 Nf4 15.
bxc6 Rg6 16. d4 Rxg2+ 17. Kh1 Qc8 18. Ng1 Rxf2 19. Rf1 Nxh3 20. Qh5 Nf4 21.
Qxe5 Nd3 22. Qg5 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nxb2 24. Qxd5 bxc6 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Ndf3 Nxa4
27. Ne5 Qe8 28. Qc4 Nb6 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Bb5
Bb7 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. h4 Nh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Qf4 Rdg8
15. g3 Rg6 16. Qd2 a6 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Nf4 Nc4 19. Qc1 Rg4 20. b3 Na5 21. O-O
Rhg8 22. Kh2 c5 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Nc4 25. c3 Kb8 26. Ng2 R4g6 27. Re1 b5 28.
Nf4 Rg4 29. Be2 Bd8 30. Ng1 R4g7 31. Ngh3 Qf7 32. Nd3 Be7 33. Qxh6 Rg6 34. Qc1
Qf8 35. Rg1 Rh6 36. h5 Bc8 37. Nhf4 Rg5 38. Kg2 Ka7 39. Rh1 Qg8 40. Nh3 Kb6 41.
Nxg5 Bxg5 42. f4 Be7 43. Kf2 Bd7 44. Nc5 Bxc5 45. dxc5+ Kb7 46. Bxc4 dxc4 47.
Qd1 Bc6 48. Rh2 Bd5 49. Ra2 Qe8 50. g4 fxg4 51. Qxg4 Qf8 52. Ke3 Bc6 53. Rh3 a5
54. Rg3 a4 55. Qg7+ Qxg7 56. Rxg7+ Ka6 57. Rd2 Bd5 58. Rg5 Bc6 59. f5 exf5 60.
Rd6 Rxd6 61. cxd6 Bd7 62. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Re8 9. Nge2 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. O-O-O g5 12. Bg3 Nxc5 13. h4 g4 14. Bf4 Nce4
15. Ng3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Bd7 18. Rd4 Rc8 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Kb2 Re6 21.
a3 Rb6+ 22. Rb4 d4 23. exd4 Nd5 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Rf1 Rxc3 26. Be5+ f6 27. Bxf6+
Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
h6 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Be7 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c4 O-O 15.
b4 Bh7 16. Qb3 f5 17. c5 Kh8 18. Rac1 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Nxe5
Qd8 22. Rfd1 f4 23. Bd4 Bf5 24. Nc4 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Nb6 Rc7 27. Qb4 Ne4
28. Bf3 Nd6 29. Re1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bg6 31. Bg4 Kh7 32. Nd7 Ne4 33. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. Re1 b6 12. Nbd2 Qf7 13. Bg3 c5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Qd5+ Be6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. c4 Rad8
21. Rad1 Kf7 22. f3 a5 23. b3 Qxd5 24. exd5 a4 25. Re3 axb3 26. axb3 Ra8 27.
Rde1 h6 28. h4 Ra3 29. Kh2 Re7 30. h5 b5 31. Kh3 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rxe3 33. Rxe3
Re8 34. Re4 Kf6 35. Kg4 Ra8 36. Bh4+ Kf7 37. Bg3 Ra2 38. Kh3 Rc2 39. Bxe5 Bxe5
40. Rxe5 Rxc4 41. Re6 Rd4 42. Rc6 Rxd5 43. Rxc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2
c6 15. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. f4 Bb7
9. Ngf3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Nd6 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nb8 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Rf3 Nf6 17. Rh3 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qe2 c5 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qe2
Rf6 22. a4 c4 23. Rf3 g5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. g4 fxg4 26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Rf1 Qg7
28. Nxg4 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
Qe2 Nf8 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Ne6 11. O-O-O c5 12. g3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ng2
Be6 15. Kb1 Qe7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Nh4 g6 18. Nf3 Rd6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nxe5
Bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 Qxe5 22. Ra1 Rf8 23. Rhf1 Ra6+ 24. Kb1 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rf6 26.
Qh3+ Kb8 27. Ra3 a5 28. Qd7 Rf1+ 29. Ka2 Rf2 30. Rb3 Rxc2 31. Rb5 Rc5 32. Rxc5
Qxc5 33. Qxh7 Ka7 34. Qxg6 Qb5 35. Qf7 Qa4+ 36. Kb1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O Qe7
15. Bd3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. a3 Nc6 21.
Bb5 Rd2 22. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. e3 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Rfc1
Nhf6 15. Bf1 Nb8 16. Ne5 Na6 17. Qb3 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 Rb8 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. R7c2
Qe7 21. Qa4 Ra8 22. Ba6 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Nf3 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nd8 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 f5 21. Qa1
Nf7 22. c4 g5 23. Bc3 g4 24. Nd2 h5 25. Qa6 h4 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. dxc6 Rfc8 28.
Rea1 bxc4 29. Nxc4 d5 30. Ne3 d4 31. Nxf5 Bg5 32. Be1 Kh7 33. f3 gxf3 34. gxf3
Kg6 35. Nxh4+ Bxh4 36. Bxh4 Rxb4 37. Rb7 Rxb7 38. cxb7 Rb8 39. Rb1 Nd6 40. Bd8
Rxb7 41. Rxb7 Nxb7 42. Bxc7 Kf5 43. Bb6 Nd6 44. Kf2 Ne8 45. Ba5 Ng7 46. Bd2 Ne6
47. Ke2 Nc5 48. Be1 Ne6 49. Bg3 Nc5 50. Kd2 Na6 51. h4 Nb4 52. h5 Nc6 53. Bh4
Nb4 54. h6 Kg6 55. Be7 Nc6 56. Bf8 Nd8 57. Bg7 Ne6 58. Bxe5 Kxh6 59. Kc2 Kg6
60. Kb3 Kf5 61. Bd6 Ng5 62. f4 Nf3 63. Kc4 Ke6 64. Bb8 Kf6 65. Kd5 Kf5 66. Be5
Ne1 67. Kxd4 Ng2 68. Kc5 Ne3 69. Bb2 Nd1 70. Be5 Ne3 71. Bb8 Nd1 72. d4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. d4 Be7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 Nc6 12. Nf5 Ne4 13. Rf1 Bf6 14. e3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Be6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. e4 Rfe8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qf3 Kg7 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 Bb6 8. h3
Kh8 9. a4 Ng8 10. b4 a6 11. a5 Ba7 12. d4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5 17. Re3 Nf6 18. Rg3 Qh4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd2 Ne5 21.
Bf1 Rae8 22. Re3 Bd7 23. Ne4 Qf4 24. Ra2 Ng6 25. Qd4 Bc6 26. Rae2 Re5 27. g3
Qf5 28. c4 d5 29. Nc5 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 dxc4 31. f4 h5 32. Qd4 h4 33. Ne6 Qf6 34.
f5 hxg3 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. fxg6 Rxg6 37. Re3 b5 38. axb6 cxb6 39. Bxc4 a5 40. b5
Bd7 41. Nf8 Rd6 42. Nxd7 Rxd7 43. Re6 Rd4 44. Bf1 Rd2 45. Rxb6 a4 46. Ra6 Ra2
47. Bd3 g5 48. b6 Rb2 49. Be4 a3 50. b7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Qe7 8.
c3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 c6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Rfe1 d4 13. cxd4 Qb4 14. Bb3 exd4
15. Qe2 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. f5 Nxb3 18. axb3 c5 19. Rf1 f6 20. g4 Bd7 21. Qg2 a5
22. g5 Kh8 23. Rf3 fxg5 24. Qxg5 Qb6 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Qg2 g6 27. fxg6 Qxg6 28.
Rg3 Qe6 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rxg3 31. Qxg3 Rg8 32. Ng5 Qe7 33. Qe5+ Rg7 34. Ne6
Bxe6 35. Rxg7 Qxg7 36. Qxe6 Qg5 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qxb7+ Kg6 39. Qc6+ Kh5 40.
Qe8+ Kh4 41. Qf7 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kh1 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15.
Ng3 Rd8 16. Bb2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21.
Bc1 Ne7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qc6 24. Rd3 Ra8 25. Qd1 Ra6 26. Re3 g6 27. Nd2
Kg7 28. Nb3 Qc7 29. Nf1 Ra3 30. Nfd2 Nh5 31. Qf1 Qd7 32. Re1 Nf4 33. Kh2 Qc6
34. c4 bxc4 35. Na5 Qc7 36. Qxc4 Qb6 37. Rf1 Ra4 38. Qc3 Rxb4 39. Nac4 Qc5 40.
g3 Ne6 41. f4 Nd4 42. Qd3 exf4 43. gxf4 d5 44. Ne3 dxe4 45. Nxe4 Qc6 46. Ng3
Kh7 47. Qe4 Rb2+ 48. Ng2 Qxe4 49. Nxe4 Nef5 50. Nf6+ Kg7 51. Nd5 Nh4 52. Nde3
Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c4 13. h4 g4 14. h5 Nbd7 15. Bf4
Qa5 16. Qc1 Nb6 17. Bxh6 Na4 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. f3 Re8 20. Kf2 b5 21. e4 dxe4
22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qxf6 e3+ 25. Kg1 Be6 26. d5 Qxd5 27. Re1 Qd2 28.
Re2 Qc1 29. Qd4 gxf3 30. Qxe3 Qxc3 31. gxf3 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Qg7 33. Qe4+ Kh6 34.
Qf4+ Kh7 35. Qe5 Qh6 36. Rg1 Rc8 37. Qe4+ Kh8 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bd2 exd4 12. exd4 Qc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Ne7 15. Bc4 Bf5 16. Qb3 c6 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 Ng6 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Re3 b5
21. Bf1 a5 22. Qc5 Be6 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Bd5 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qb7 27.
b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. a3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qh5+
Kd8 15. Bd2 c5 16. O-O-O Kc7 17. Bc3 Be7 18. f5 Rae8 19. fxe6 d5 20. Rhe1 Kb8
21. Qh4 d4 22. Bd2 Bd5 23. Qf4+ Ka8 24. Be4 Qb7 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. Bf4 Bxe4 27.
Rxe4 Rd5 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Qc4 Rdd8 30. Re2 Qd5 31. b3 Qf5 32. g3 Qd5 33. Qxd5+
Rxd5 34. c4 Rdd8 35. Kc2 Rc6 36. Rd3 h5 37. Rf3 Kb7 38. Bd2 Rdd6 39. Kd3 Ra6
40. a4 Rdb6 41. Kc2 Rxe6 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Rf5 Re2 44. Rxh5 Bd6 45. Kd3 Rf2 46.
Rh7+ Kc6 47. Rxa7 Rxh2 48. a5 Rh3 49. Ke4 Bxg3 50. Ra6+ Kb7 51. Rxf6 Bh2 52.
Rh6 Rxh6 53. Bxh6 Ka6 54. Bf8 d3 55. Kxd3 Bg1 56. b4 cxb4 57. Bxb4 Kb7 58. Bc3
Bc5 59. Ke4 Ka6 60. Kd5 Ba3 61. Be5 Kxa5 62. Bd6 Bb2 63. Kc6 Ka6 64. Bc5 Bc3
65. Ba3 Bd4 66. Bb4 Be3 67. Bc5 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. e3 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2
21. Bc3 b5 22. a3 Nb6 23. Bf1 Na4 24. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Kb1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. Nb3 dxe4 13. Bc5 Ned7 14. Bd6
Qc6 15. c4 b6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Qb4 e5 18. f4 a5 19. Qc3 exf4 20. Bxf4 O-O 21.
Rd6 Qc8 22. Nd4 Qc5 23. Nb5 Rac8 24. Kb2 e3 25. Bxe3 Qxb5+ 26. cxb5 Rxc3 27.
Kxc3 Ne4+ 28. Kb2 Nxd6 29. Rd1 Nxb5 30. Bxb5 Nc5 31. g3 Be4 32. Rd6 Rb8 33. a4
f5 34. Bg5 Kf7 35. Bd8 Nb7 36. Rd7+ Ke6 37. Bc7 Rg8 38. Rd2 Ra8 39. c4 g5 40.
Kc3 h5 41. Bxb6 Nd6 42. Bc7 Nxb5+ 43. cxb5 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Rd8 Ra7 46. b6
Ra8 47. Rd4 Bb7 48. Rxh4 Kd5 49. Rf4 Rf8 50. h4 Bc8 51. h5 Rh8 52. Rd4+ Kc6 53.
Rd6+ Kb7 54. h6 f4 55. Kd2 Rh7 56. Ke2 Bd7 57. Rf6 Bxa4 58. Bxf4 Bb3 59. Kd2
Bd5 60. Kc3 Bc6 61. Be3 Re7 62. Bd4 Rh7 63. Kc4 a4 64. Rg6 Be4 65. Rg7+ Rxg7
66. hxg7 Bc2 67. Kb5 Bb3 68. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1920"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qa5 c6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. Nd2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. Rc1 a5 18. a4 Nb6 19. g4 Bg6 20. b3 Nc8 21. Nf1
Nd6 22. Ng3 Rac8 23. Kd2 Rc7 24. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Be6 9. Qe3 Qc8 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nd4 Qc5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Rac1 a6
15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. f3 Nh5 17. Rfd1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. b3 Rff8 20. b4 Nd7 21.
Na4 Rc7 22. c5 Rfc8 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. Kf2 g5 26. Rb3 Kf6 27. Kf1 h5
28. Rbd3 h4 29. Rb3 Bf4 30. Ke1 dxc5 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxb7 Rc2
34. Rdb1 Bg3+ 35. Kd1 Rxa2 36. R7b2 Ra5 37. Bd3 Be5 38. Rc2 Rd8 39. Ke2 Ra3 40.
Bc4 Rd6 41. Ra2 Rxa2+ 42. Bxa2 a5 43. Bb3 Rd4 44. Bd1 Bd6 45. Bb3 a4 46. Ba2 a3
47. Rd1 Ra4 48. Rc1 Ra5 49. Kd3 Rb5 50. Rc2 Ke5 51. Kc3 Rb6 52. Kd3 Bb4 53. Kc4
Kf4 54. Kd4 Bd6 55. Kc4 Kg3 56. Kd3 Be5 57. Bc4 Rd6+ 58. Ke2 Kxg2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Bg6 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. O-O Qd6 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Nh2 Na5 20. Ng4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Ne5 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxf2+ 25. Kh2 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rf2
27. Be3 Rxa2 28. e6 Be4 29. Kg3 Rxg2+ 30. Kf4 Bd3 31. Ba7 Re2 32. Rxe2 Bxe2 33.
Bb8 c5 34. Ba7 Kf8 35. Bxc5+ Ke8 36. Bb6 Ke7 37. Ke5 g5 38. Bc5+ Ke8 39. Kf5
Bf1 40. Kg4 a5 41. Bb6 a4 42. Bc5 b6 43. Bb4 Bg2 44. Bd6 h6 45. Bb4 Bf1 46. Ba3
Be2+ 47. Kf5 Bd3+ 48. Kg4 Bg6 49. h4 gxh4 50. Kxh4 Kd8 51. Bd6 Kc8 52. Kg4 Kb7
53. Kf4 Kc6 54. Ba3 Kd5 55. e7 h5 56. Bb4 Be8 57. Kf5 b5 58. Kf4 h4 59. Kg4 Ke4
60. Kxh4 Kd3 61. Kg5 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. a3 Nb8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Bxa7 Rxa7 16. a4 Ra8 17. Qe2 c6 18. c4 b4 19. c5 Nbd7 20. Nb3 a5 21. Bd3 Qe7
22. Qe3 Nh5 23. Bc4 Nf4 24. Red1 Red8 25. Rd6 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rad1 Ne6
28. Nfd2 Nexc5 29. Nc4 Nb7 30. R6d2 Raa8 31. Nb6 Nxb6 32. Qxb6 Rxd2 33. Rxd2
Nd8 34. Nxa5 Ne6 35. Nxc6 Qg5 36. Qe3 Nf4 37. g3 Rxa4 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Nxe5 Nxh3
40. Qxg5 Nxg5 41. Kg2 f6 42. Nf3 Nxe4 43. Rd4 f5 44. Rxb4 Rc1 45. Nd4 g6 46.
Rb6 Kf7 47. Kf3 Rf1 48. Ke3 Rxf2 49. g4 Rf1 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2
O-O 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Be3 Rad8
21. c4 a6 22. b3 Kf7 23. h3 h5 24. Bf2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Qe1
Qe7 28. Kh2 Ke6 29. Qd2 Qd7 30. Qb4 Kf7 31. Qxb7 Qd2 32. e6+ Kg7 33. Bg1 Qxf4+
34. Kh1 Qd6 35. Qxa6 Qxe6 36. Qa7 g5 37. a4 g4 38. Qe3 Qc8 39. Qe8 gxh3 40.
Bd4+ Kh6 41. Bf6 hxg2+ 42. Kxg2 f4 43. Qg8 Qd7 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qxh5+ Kg8 46.
Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qg7+ Ke6 48. Qxd7+ Kxd7 49. Bxd8 Kxd8 50. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd8 11. Bg2 e5 12. c5 O-O 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. O-O f5
15. Qb3 Nf7 16. Rfc1 Qf6 17. Rc7 e4 18. Nd2 Qd4 19. Nc4 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Qe6 21.
Nxd6 Qxb3 22. axb3 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Rf7 24. Rd8+ Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. f3 e3 27.
f4 Be6 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Rxe3 Kf7 30. Bxb7 Rd2 31. b4 Rxb2 32. Ra3 Rxb4 33. Rxa7
Kf6 34. Bf3 Rd4 35. Kf2 Rd7 36. Ra6 Ke7 37. g4 g6 38. g5 Kf7 39. h4 Bd5 40.
Bxd5+ Rxd5 41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. Re7 Rd4 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. h5 Ra3+ 45. e3 Ra1 46. h6
Ra8 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. Ke1 Kh8 49. Ke2 Kg8 50. Rc7 Kh8 51. Rc4 Kg8 52. Rd4 Re8 53.
Rd7 Kh8 54. Kd3 Kg8 55. Kd4 Kh8 56. Rd5 Kg8 57. Kd3 Kh8 58. Kc4 Kg8 59. Re5 Rd8
60. Re7 Kh8 61. Kc5 Kg8 62. Kc6 Kh8 63. Kc7 Ra8 64. Kd7 Kg8 65. Ke6 Ra6+ 66.
Kd5 Ra5+ 67. Kc6 Ra8 68. Rd7 Kh8 69. Kb7 Re8 70. Kc7 Kg8 71. Kd6 Kh8 72. Kd5
Kg8 73. Kd4 Re4+ 74. Kd3 Re8 75. Ke2 Kh8 76. Rb7 Kg8 77. Kd3 Kh8 78. Kd4 Kg8
79. Kd5 Kh8 80. Kd4 Kg8 81. Kd3 Kh8 82. Rd7 Kg8 83. Rd4 Kh8 84. e4 fxe4+ 85.
Rxe4 Rxe4 86. Kxe4 Kg8 87. Kd5 Kh8 88. Kd6 Kg8 89. Ke7 Kh8 90. Ke6 Kg8 91. Ke5
Kh8 92. Ke4 Kg8 93. Ke5 Kf7 94. Kd6 Kf8 95. Kc6 Kf7 96. Kd7 Kf8 97. Ke6 Kg8 98.
Ke7 Kh8 99. Kf6 Kg8 100. Ke6 Kh8 101. f5 gxf5 102. Kxf5 Kg8 103. Ke6 Kh8 104.
Kf6 Kg8 105. Ke7 Kh8 106. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Qb3 Bf5 9. Qxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. d4 c5 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Nbd2 Bd3 16. Rd1 Be2 17. Re1 Bb6 18. g3 a5 19. a4 Re7 20. Nh4 Rae8 21.
Nf1 Bg4 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Be3 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3
8. Qxe3 O-O 9. d4 d6 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nc3 c6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. a4 Be6 16. b3 Kf8 17. f3 Ke7 18. Kf2 Red8 19. Ke3 Nd7 20. Nb1 Nc5 21.
Rxd8 Kxd8 22. Nd2 Kc7 23. g3 f6 24. f4 Nd7 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Bf7 27. Bg4 Re8 28.
Bxd7 Kxd7 29. g4 exf4+ 30. Kxf4 Ke7 31. Nf3 Rd8 32. Re1 Be6 33. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nd7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Bc2 Qd5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 e6 14. Bg5
Nd5 15. Be4 Bd6 16. Ke2 Kd7 17. Be3 g6 18. Rad1 b5 19. Rc1 a5 20. c4 bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rhb8 22. Rb1 Rb4 23. Rxb4 axb4 24. Ra1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Ra5 26. f4 c5 27.
dxc5 Bxc5 28. a3 bxa3 29. bxa3 Bxa3 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. Bd3 Kf6 32. Ra2 e5 33. Bc4
exf4 34. exf4 Rc5 35. Rc2 Rc7 36. Bb3 Rd7 37. Rc3 Bb4 38. Rc6+ Kg7 39. Bc4 f5
40. Be2 Ra7 41. Ba6 Kh6 42. Rb6 Bc5 43. Rc6 Bg1 44. Kg2 Bd4 45. Kg3 Re7 46. Rc4
Re3+ 47. Kg2 Bf6 48. Bb7 Bh4 49. Bf3 Rb3 50. Bd1 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Rd3 52. Ba4 Rd2+
53. Kg1 Bg3 54. Bc6 Kh5 55. Bg2 Kh4 56. Ra4 Bf2+ 57. Kh2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Qxc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bg4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Rc6 17. Ba4 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8
20. f3 Bd7 21. Bb3 Bc6 22. g4 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. h4 Ba4 25. e4 Bxb3 26. axb3
f6 27. Bc7 Nc8 28. exd5 Kf7 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. h5 Kd7 31. Ba5 b6 32. Bb4 a5 33.
Bf8 g6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Kd3 b5 36. Bc5 Ne7 37. Ke4 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. d6 Nc6
40. Kd3 Na5 41. Kc3 Nb7 42. Kb4 Nxd6 43. Kxa4 Nf7 44. Kb5 Ng5 45. f4 Ne6 46. f5
gxf5 47. gxf5 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Ng4 7. O-O h5 8. Na4
h4 9. Nxc5 hxg3 10. hxg3 dxc5 11. f3 Nf6 12. d3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Nf8
15. a3 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Rxh3 17. Kg2 Rh8 18. b4 Ne6 19. bxc5 O-O-O 20. Rab1 Nd7 21.
Qa5 Kb8 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Ne5 25. Qc3 f6 26. Rh1 Qe6 27. Bxe5+
fxe5 28. Rbd1 Qe7 29. Qe3 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 a6 31. Rh5 Rd4 32. Qg5 Qxc5 33. Qxe5+
Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxc4 35. Re8+ Ka7 36. e5 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Rc3 38. f4 Rxa3 39. f5 a5
40. Kg4 a4 41. f6 gxf6 42. exf6 Ra1 43. Re4 Rf1 44. Rxa4+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nc4 Bf8 10. Be3 a5 11. Qc2 a4 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Ncd2 h6
15. Ne5 Bb4 16. f3 Be6 17. Nd3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bc4 21.
Rfc1 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Ra5 23. Rc4 Qd6 24. Qc3 Rh5 25. g3 Ra8 26. e5 Qe6 27. Re1 f5
28. Qc2 f4 29. g4 Rh4 30. Rxa4 Rxg4+ 31. fxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b5 8. a4
c6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Ne4 f6 11. Nf3 a5 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Ba6 14. Qc2 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Nd7 16. Ra1 Rc8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 e5 19. Ba3 Bb5 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Nh4
Nc3 22. Rd6 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. Qe4 Rcd8 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Qg4 f5 27. Qh5
Rxd6 28. cxd6 Qxd6 29. Ra7 b3 30. Bh3 b2 31. Qd1 Qb4 32. Qb1 Bd3 33. Qa2+ Qb3
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Qd3 g5 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 g4 15.
Nd2 Be6 16. h5 Qa5 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. Bh4 Nd7 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Qe2 Rxc3 21. bxc3 a5
22. Ka1 a4 23. Nd2 Qc5 24. Qd3 Bxh4 25. Rxh4 Qxf2 26. Rhh1 O-O 27. Qxd6 Rc8 28.
Rhf1 Qxg2 29. Qd3 Qh3 30. Qxh3 gxh3 31. Rf3 Kf8 32. Rh1 Ke7 33. Re3 Rg8 34. Nf3
Rg3 35. Rhe1 Nf6 36. Nxe5 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Ng4 38. Rxh3 Nxe5 39. Rg3 Kf6 40. Kb2
Nc4+ 41. Kc1 Nd6 42. Kb2 Nxe4 43. Rg8 b5 44. Ka3 Bc4 45. Kb4 Nd6 46. Rg4 Nf5
47. Rg8 Ne3 48. Kc5 Nd5 49. Rg3 Nf4 50. Rf3 Kg5 51. Rg3+ Kxh5 52. a3 f5 53. Kd6
Ne2 54. Rg2 f4 55. Ke5 f3 56. Rh2+ Kg4 57. Ke4 Ng3+ 58. Kd4 h5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. h3 Qe7 10. a4 Nb8 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Bf1 Nf8 14. Nb3 Bb6
15. Nfd2 Be6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne6 18. g3 h6 19. Kg2 Rd7 20. Nd2 Qc5 21.
Nf3 Qxc4 22. Nxe5 Qc5 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Be3 Qc6 25. Rad1 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Re8 27.
Qb3 Nb6 28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. axb5 a4 30. Re2 f5 31. e5 g5 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Kg2 Ke7
34. Red2 Rg8 35. Ra1 Nc5 36. Rad1 Ke6 37. Re2 Ra8 38. h4 g4 39. h5 Ne4 40. f3
gxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Rg8 42. Rg2 Nc4 43. Rd4 Nxe5+ 44. Ke3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. b3 Re8
9. e3 Bf5 10. h3 h6 11. Bb2 Bb6 12. Kh2 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. e4 Bd7 15. Ng1 a4
16. b4 a3 17. Bc1 Ne6 18. Nge2 Nd4 19. Rb1 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22.
exd5 e4 23. Nc3 e3 24. fxe3 Bxe3 25. Qd1 Bd4 26. Ne2 Ba4 27. Qd2 Be3 28. Qe1
Bc2 29. Ra1 Bd4 30. Nxd4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Bxd3 32. Re3 Bg6 33. Re5 Qb6 34. Nb3 Rc8
35. Be3 Qxb4 36. Bd2 Qd6 37. Bf4 Kh7 38. Re8 Qd7 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. Rc1 Qd8 41.
Be5 Nd7 42. Bd4 Bd3 43. Rc3 Bb1 44. Nd2 Bxa2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 Kg7 12. Re1 Nh7 13. b4 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Bh2 g4
16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. b5 Ne7 18. d4 Ng6 19. Be2 Qf6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Kh1 Nf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Bxf4 6. exf4 Qd6 7. g3 b6 8. c3
O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. O-O f6 15.
Ng4 Nc6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rad1 f5 18. Nge5 Rab8 19. c4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rfd8 21.
Rfe1 Qa6 22. f3 Nf6 23. b3 Rbc8 24. Rc1 d4 25. Nd3 Rd6 26. Rc2 Nd7 27. Qg2 Qb6
28. Rce2 a5 29. Rb2 Rb8 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. Qd1 h6 32. Rbe2 Qb6 33. h4 a4 34. Rb2
axb3 35. axb3 Qa7 36. Kh2 Ra6 37. Qe2 Rab6 38. g4 fxg4 39. fxg4 Qc7 40. g5 hxg5
41. hxg5 e5 42. fxe5 Re6 43. Qe4 Rbe8 44. Qd5 Nb6 45. Qxc5 Qd8 46. Rg2 Rf8 47.
Qb5 Rf3 48. Nc5 Rg6 49. e6 Qd6+ 50. Kg1 Rxg5 51. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7 12. Na3 Bg6 13. Qa4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5
15. Rfd1 f6 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qxa6 O-O 20. Qe2 Qa4 21.
Bg3 Bxa3 22. bxa3 Qxa3 23. h3 Ra8 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rc6 Qxa2 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27.
Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Kg7 30. Bf4 Rfd8 31. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
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{This game was played in Round 2. I drew my first game with Black against
Fabiano and then here I was playing the legendary Viswanathan Anand, one of my
biggest heroes in chess. A true living legend, he is one of the most talented
chess players of all time. Before our game I spent some time studying his best
games and they are truly aesthetically pleasing to analyse. The fact that this
man is still one of the best players in the world at the age of fifty is
incredible.} 1. e4 {In India Vishy played the Sicilian against me in blitz,
and won handily. However in classical games he mostly plays 1...e5. He has
tons of experience with 1.e4 e5 with both White and Black.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {
Here I was not sure which line exactly Vishy planned to play against the Ruy
Lopez with 3.Bb5. He usually prepares something new and very solid for Black
in his repertoire. To get an advantage against him and his preparation is
almost impossible...he prepares very deeply. So I decided to play 3.Bc4, the
Giuco Piano.} 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 {With this move-order White gets the
option to delay castling and develop his other pieces first. If Black castles
short, then White gets extra options. For example the pin with Bg5 becomes
more annoying.} d6 ({If Black castles right away} 5... O-O {then 6.Bg5 or 6.
Nbd2 are very serious moves.}) 6. Nbd2 O-O {Of course there is nothing wrong
with this move, but I thought that possibly more precise was 6...a6 or 6...a5.
Black did not have to castle right away but could delay it for the time being.}
7. h3 {Controlling the g4-square, but also in some cases White can actually
attack on the kingside with g4.} a6 {Threatening to win the bishop pair with
Na5. In my preparations I noticed that Vishy has gone for the ...a6 setup more
often recently. So I thought he would play it here. He probably was thinking
that I would castle sooner or later and transpose to normal paths, but for
this game I wanted to try something different.} ({The other main alternative is
} 7... a5 {when after} 8. O-O {there have been played many games and lots of
theory.}) ({Black does not necessarily have to move his a-pawn. Another good
alternative is} 7... Ne7 {a very solid move, regrouping the knight to a better
square on g6. Black wants to play c6 and d5 in the future. This variation is
super solid also.}) 8. Bb3 {Keeping the bishop pair.} (8. a4 {is another good
way to keep the bishop, when Black can play ...a5.} a5 9. g4) 8... Be6 {
Now that White lost a tempo moving his bishop, Black offers a trade. He has
many alternatives here and the position is very flexible. Black is very solid
of course, and as typical in Giuco Piano structures, the position is very
close to equal.} 9. Bc2 ({In my view Black is completely fine after} 9. Bxe6
fxe6 10. b4 Ba7 11. O-O Qe8 {just because White has lost a tempo moving the
light-squared bishop to b3.}) 9... d5 (9... h6 {prevents Ng5, but it gives
White a hook to target on the kingside. So White can play} 10. g4 {right away,
or prepare it first with 10.Qe2.}) 10. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e6,Gg5e4,Gg5h7] This was
the idea of the variation. White threatens to grab the bishop on e6 and win
the bishop pair. If Black retreats his e6-bishop then this knight can aim to
go to e4 instead (after exd5).} dxe4 (10... Nxe4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. Qh5 h6 13.
Nxe4 Be7 14. g4 $14) ({Retreating the bishop was possible when I was going to
take} 10... Bc8 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. O-O {with a small advantage.}) 11. Nxe6 fxe6
12. dxe4 {Still following my preparation. Here I knew that 12...Qe8 was enough
to equalize, but Vishy thought for a really long time and went for it.} Bxf2+
$5 {Objectively a very good sacrifice, but perhaps not practically! Black
makes a draw here, but the problem is he has to be very precise and exact! So
it's a high risk, high reward move.} (12... Qe8 {is the solid alternative.
After} 13. O-O (13. Qe2) 13... Rd8 {White does not have time to regroup and
consolidate his forces. Black is very active and Nh5 is coming next move.}) ({
After the game Vishy mentioned} 12... Nd5 {but here White can simply play 13.
Nf3, with a better ending.} 13. Nf3 Nf4 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. O-O
$14) 13. Kxf2 {The next few moves are forced.} Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Ne3 {Black wins
the piece back, but his knight ends up trapped on c2.} 15. Qe2 Nxc2 16. Rb1
N6d4 $1 {Very precise. Black cannot afford to give White time to consolidate
his position.} 17. cxd4 Qxd4+ ({Not} 17... Nxd4 18. Qe1 Qg5 19. Kh2 {when the
White Queen will come to g3 next, and defend against all the threats.}) 18. Kh2
Rf2 19. Qg4 {This is the only move.} Ne3 20. Qxe6+ {Besides forcing Black to
spend a tempo to defend against the check, I manage to pick up a pawn or two.}
Kh8 21. Rg1 {Defending the crucial g2 spot. Now White wants to get rid of the
knight on e3. He can do this by playing Nf3 or Nb3 next, attacking the Black
Queen and allowing his bishop to capture the annoying knight next.} Qd3 $1 {
This immobilizes White's forces right now. Black is also threatening Qe2.} 22.
Qxe5 {Not only grabbing a pawn, but also the Queen is on the way to g3, where
it will defend crucial squares. Here Vishy has played perfectly so far, and he
has a way to make a draw. Your computer will probably show the drawing line in
seconds, but over the board it's not so simple to see. The problem is Black
does not even have a pawn for the piece, and one mistake immedaitely loses the
game.} Raf8 $2 {The losing mistake. This looks very natural, but after this
White manages to consolidate and defend his king.} ({Black can force a draw by
} 22... Nxg2 $1 {the variation is not that simple though; Black still has to
be very precise.} 23. Kh1 (23. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qe2+ {leads to a perpetual
right away.} 25. Kg1 (25. Kg3 Qe1+) 25... Qe3+ $11) 23... Raf8 $1 (23... Qxh3+
24. Qh2 Qg4 25. b4 {[%cal Gb1b3] followed by Rb3 next move. White is better.})
24. Qc3 Qe2 25. Qg3 {And now Black has to find the only move} R8f7 $1 {
protecting the vital g7 pawn. Black draws in all lines, as your computer can
show you.} 26. Rxg2 (26. Qg4 Ne3) 26... Rxg2 27. Qxg2 Rf2 $11) 23. Qg3 {
[%csl Gf2,Gg1,Gg2,Gh2][%cal Gg3g7] The queen is the best defender for the king.
From g3 it controls so many squares. The game is lost for Black, just with one
mistake.} Qe2 24. b4 {Vishy missed this move. Now White activates the rest of
his queenside and it turns out that Black's threats are not lethal.} Rxg2+ (
24... Nxg2 {is simply met by} 25. Kh1 {[%cal Gg1g7] when the knight cannot
move as it would open up the g-file. Black has no attack.}) 25. Rxg2 Nxg2 {
Here White has a couple of winning moves. My choice was actually not the most
precise.} 26. Qg4 {But here Vishy resigned, although he could have played a
few more moves.} ({Stronger was} 26. Bb2 Nf4+ 27. Kh1 {[%csl Gg7] when it
turns out the counter attack on Black's king is impossible to face.} Nh5 28.
Qg2 Rf2 29. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1f8] and White wins.}) ({After} 26. Qg4 {White forces
the exchange of queens, and Black has to play} Nf4+ 27. Qxe2 Nxe2 {Now White
cannot allow Rf2+, and he has to shed a pawn} 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Nxh3+ 30.
Ke3 Nf2 31. Bb2 {this ending should be easily winning, but at least Black has
two pawns for the piece.  With this win I started the long Tata Steel Chess
journey most pleasantly. Wijk Aan Zee is one of my favorite places to play but
truthfully it is an exceptionally long tournament in the dead of Dutch winter
in a remote though lovely village on the North Sea. You need some good
encouragement early on to keep your focus all the way through. Also, this was
also only my 2nd win against Anand in classical chess and it made me feel like
I am improving!}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 Nb6 9. Na5 Bd6 10. b4 c5 11. a3 O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Nc4 Be7 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 cxb4 17. axb4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Nb8 19. d5 f5 20. exf5 Qxd5 21. Ne3
Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 Qe7 11. Rc1 Qxc5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3
O-O 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. O-O Nd5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Qd6
21. Nf3 Qe7 22. h3 Nb6 23. Qc7 Qf6 24. Qxb7 Rfb8 25. Qa6 Qxb2 26. Rdc3 Nd5 27.
R3c2 Qb7 28. Rc6 Qxa6 29. Rxa6 Rb6 30. Ra5 a6 31. Nd4 Rab8 32. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 b6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Rh3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. c3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15.
Ne2 Nb8 16. Nf4 g6 17. g4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Nd7 19. Rc1 Rg8 20. h5 gxh5 21. Qxh5
Qc4 22. Ne2 Rc8 23. Rf3 Rc6 24. Ng3 Ke8 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rxf5 Rcg6 27. Kd2 Nf8
28. Be3 Ne6 29. Qe2 Qa2+ 30. Rc2 Qb1 31. c4 Rg4 32. cxd5 Rxd4+ 33. Bxd4 Qxc2+
34. Kxc2 Nxd4+ 35. Kd3 Nxe2 36. Kxe2 Rg4 37. f4 Rg3 38. Rg5 Rxa3 39. Rg8+ Kd7
40. Rf8 Ke7 41. Rb8 Kd7 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. d6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8.
Nf3 Qe7+ 9. Kf1 Nxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. dxc6 Re8 12. Qe2 Qd8 13. Qd1 bxc6 14. d3
Rb8 15. h3 Be5 16. Bb3 c5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Re1 c4 20. dxc4 Bxc4+ 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4+ 22. Qd3 Qxd3+ 23. cxd3 Rxb2 24. d4 Bc7 25. Re2 Rbb8 26. g3 Ba5 27.
Na4 Nd5 28. Nc5 Bc3 29. Nb3 a5 30. Bc1 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 a4 32. Nc5 Bxd4 33. Ne4
Re8 34. Kf3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 a6 8. Bd3
d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. dxc5 Bg4 11. Be2 Nc7 12. Nbd2 a5 13. h3 Bc8 14. Bd3 Ne6 15.
Nb3 a4 16. Nbd4 Nxc5 17. Bc2 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rd8 19. Qc1 Ne6 20. b4 Qc7 21. Nxc6
bxc6 22. Be3 c5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qa3 Ne6 25. Rab1 d4 26. Nxd4 Bxe5 27. Nb5 Qc6
28. Rb4 Bb7 29. Be4 Qd7 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxa4 Bf4 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Qb3 Bxe3
34. Rxe3 Nf4 35. Rf3 Qe4 36. Kh2 Nd5 37. c4 Qe5+ 38. g3 Nf6 39. a3 Ne4 40. Qc2
Ng5 41. Re3 Qc5 42. h4 Ne6 43. Qe2 Rc8 44. Rc3 h5 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. Qe4 Kg8 47.
Qd5 Qb6 48. a4 Qa6 49. c5 Qxa4 50. c6 Rd8 51. Qc4 Qxc4 52. Rxc4 Rb8 53. c7 Rc8
54. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 a4 12. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qe5
Qc6 15. c4 Nb3 16. Qxf5 Nxa1 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qf4 Nb3 19. O-O Qd6 20. Qh6 Qf6 21.
c5 b6 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. f4 Rc1 25. Rxc1 Nxc1 26. Bc4 Ra7 27. Ng4
Qd6 28. Qg5 Qe7 29. Qb5 Kg7 30. f5 f6 31. Qd5 Qf8 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. e4 Qc8 34.
h3 Rd7 35. Qe6 Qd8 36. e5 f5 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. exf6+ Kh7 39. Ne5 Rd6 40. f7 Kg7
41. Nf3 Nb3 42. Ng5 Nd2 43. Be6 Rd8 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Bd7 Ne4+ 46. Nxe4+ fxe4 47.
Be8 Ke7 48. Ke3 Rb8 49. Bxa4 b5 50. Bb3 Ra8 51. Kxe4 Rxa3 52. Be6 Ra1 53. d5
Rd1 54. Ke5 Rf1 55. d6+ Kf8 56. Kd5 Rf6 57. d7 Ke7 58. Kc6 Rf2 59. Kxb5 Rb2+
60. Kc6 Rb8 61. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. dxc5 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qxc5 14. Be3
Qc6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qb5 17. Bd4 e6 18. a4 Qd7 19. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 a5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Bf4
Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Re5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rd1 Be4 21. d5
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qd4 24. Rce1 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 Qd2 26. Bc3 Qc2 27. Re2
Qb1+ 28. Re1 Qc2 29. Re2 Qb1+ 30. Re1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. dxc5 Nxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 14. Ne4
Bc7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. O-O-O Nxf3 18. gxf3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 f6 20. Rhg1 Kf7
21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 g5 23. Rf1 a6 24. Kc2 Rhd8 25. Kd2 e5 26. Ke3 Rxd6 27.
cxd6 Ke6 28. c5 b6 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. cxb6 Rb8 32. Rd1 Rxb6 33. Kf2
Ba4 34. Rd2 Rb8 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Kg3 Rc8 38. Kf2 Rh8 39. Kg3 Rh1 40.
Kg2 Rb1 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Kg3 Rf1 44. Rd3 Ke6 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Rd2
Rg1+ 47. Kh3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 d6 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. f4 O-O 10. Bb3 d5 11. Kh1 Re8 12. e5 Ng4 13. Nf3 f6 14. h3 Nh6 15.
c3 Nf5 16. Qe1 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rf8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. Be4 Rd8 14. f4 c5
15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Bd3 f5 17. a4 Kf7 18. Be3 Rc7 19. Rb5 Be7 20. a5 Rd8 21. Ra1 g6
22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Rc1 Ne6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Bf6 15. O-O Bxe5 16. Nxe5 d4 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4
Rxe5 21. Rd7 Rb5 22. Rc2 a5 23. g3 g6 24. Rcc7 Rf5 25. Rxb7 h5 26. h4 Rc8 27.
Rd2 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rc1 29. a4 Rc4 30. b3 Rc3 31. Re2 Rcf3 32. Ra2 Rc3 33. b4 axb4
34. Rxb4 Ra5 35. Rd2 Ra3 36. Rdd4 Ra7 37. Rf4 Kg8 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Kg2 Ra3 40.
Kf1 Ra2 41. Kg2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc5 12. Nb5 Rd8 13. Qe2 Ba5 14. a3 Ne4
15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Be4 a6 19. b4 Bb6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.
Ne5 f5 22. Qh5 fxe4 23. Qf7+ Kh7 24. Qg6+ Kg8 25. Qf7+ Kh7 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27.
Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. e4 b5 14. Be2 Qb6 15.
e5 Ng8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be3 Nh6 18. g4 c5 19. d5 Nxe5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6
fxe6 22. a4 O-O 23. O-O c4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rab8 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Rc2 Rbd8
28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Bxc5 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Kg2 Rb8 32. Ra1 Nd3 33. Kg3 Kh7 34.
Bxd3 Rxd3 35. Rxc4 Rbb3 36. Rf1 Rxb2 37. Re4 Rdd2 38. h4 Rg2+ 39. Kf4 Rh2 40.
Rxe6 Rxh4 41. Rfe1 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4
Nf6 15. Nf4 Nh5 16. Kd2 Nxf4 17. exf4 a5 18. Be2 h5 19. Rae1 Kd7 20. Bd3 Rae8
21. Re5 f6 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Ke6 24. Rg1 Bf7 25. Be2 Ke7 26. Kc3 Ra8 27.
Bd3 Ke6 28. Rg7 b5 29. Be2 Rg8 30. Rxg8 Bxg8 31. Bxh5 Bf7 32. Bd1 Ke7 33. b4 a4
34. Kb2 Kf8 35. Kc3 Kg7 36. Kd2 Kh6 37. Ke1 Be8 38. a3 Bh5 39. Bc2 Bg6 40. Kf2
Kh5 41. Kg3 Kh6 42. Bd3 Kh5 43. Bf1 Bf7 44. Bh3 Be6 45. Bg2 Bd7 46. Bf3+ Kh6
47. h5 Be8 48. Kh4 Bd7 49. Be2 Be6 50. Bd3 Kg7 51. Bc2 Kh6 52. Bd3 Kg7 53. Bc2
Kh6 54. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 0,33,29,12,27,-20,42,48,51,51,33,29,27,22,32,32,34,49,37,24,53,18,37,30,
23,27,3,23,35,24,13,-364,-315,-429,-183,758]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 {This line is growing in fashion.} Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5
8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. f4 {All moves until here were the
recent tabya in the whole line. Obviously, White wants to push e5.} e6 {
The latest fashion.} ({I had played a fun game several years ago, but I'm
pretty sure new chess engines would disagree with my play:} 11... Nd7 12. e5
Qc7 13. h4 c4 14. h5 Nb6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ng5 Rad8 18. d6 exd6 19.
Rxh7 Qc5 20. Rh6 dxe5 21. Rxg6+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ Kh7 23. Rh6+ $4 (23. f5 $8 Rxd2
24. Ng5+ Kh8 25. Rh6+ Kg7 26. Rg6+ $11) 23... Kg7 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rh4 Rxd2
26. Rxg4+ Kf8 27. Kxd2 Qf2+ 28. Be2 Nd5 29. Rh1 Qe3+ 30. Ke1 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2 Qe3+
32. Ke1 Nxf4 33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. Rxf4+ exf4 35. Rh7+ Kf6 36. Rxb7 c3 {0-1
Riazantsev,A (2714)-Edouard,R (2625) Belfort 2012}) 12. Nf3 $5 $146 (12. Bc4 b5
13. Bxb5 exd5 {was MVL's game against Giri at the Candidates tournament.} 14.
Bc4 (14. exd5 Nd7 {Gelfand,B (2777)-Dominguez,L (2754) NED 2014, ½-½ (36)
brought Black enough compensation.}) (14. Qxd5 $6 Qb6 $1 15. Qxa8 $2 Bb7 $19)
14... Bb7 15. Nf3 Nd7 (15... Rd8 {as played earlier by Nepomiachtchi was
better:} 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 $11 {½-½ (30) Tomashevsky,
E (2702)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2768) Satka 2018}) 16. O-O Nb6 17. Be2 d4 18. e5 Qd7
19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rd3
$14 {½-½ (30) Giri,A (2763)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2767) Yekaterinburg 2020})
12... exd5 13. Bc4 Be6 {A very natural move, so that White cannot set a piece
on d5.} (13... Nd7 $5 14. Bxd5 Qa6 $5 {would be a reasonable alternative.} (
14... Nb6 $4 15. Bxf7+ $18)) ({So would be} 13... d4 $5 14. cxd4 cxd4 {
followed by ...Nc6, and Black should be close to equality.}) 14. O-O d4 $4 {
Natural, isn't it? But losing!} (14... Rd8 15. exd5 Bf5 (15... Bxd5 $2 16. Rfd1
Bxc4 17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 $16) 16. Nh4 $1 {may be critical, but White seems
to be a bit better.}) 15. f5 {Game over!} Bxc4 (15... gxf5 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17.
Qf6+ Kg8 18. Ng5 $5 $18) 16. e5 {Black has no defence against f6 and Qh6.} Qd7
(16... Qd8 17. f6 Kh8 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Ng5 $18) 17. f6 {What a shocking loss
for Nepo!} 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Be2 f5 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. O-O
a5 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. g3 Ke7 17. Ne2 Kf6 18. Nf4 a4 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Rc2 Nf8 21.
Ng2 Ne6 22. Nfh4 f4 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. gxf4 Rag8 25. Kh1 g5 26. fxg5+ Nxg5 27.
f3 Ke6 28. Re2 Kd7 29. e4 Rh5 30. e5 Bc7 31. f4 Ne4 32. f5 Rg4 33. Rf3 Rgxh4
34. Nxh4 Rxh4 35. Rg2 Rh7 36. b3 c5 37. e6+ Ke7 38. dxc5 fxe6 39. fxe6 Kxe6 40.
Rg6+ Ke5 41. c6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 Bd6 43. bxa4 Ra7 44. Rc2 Rxa4 45. h4 Rc4 46. Re2
d4 47. Kg2 Rc7 48. h5 Rh7 49. Rh3 Kd5 50. h6 Nf6 51. a4 Ng4 52. a5 Nxh6 53.
Rh5+ Kc4 54. Rc2+ Kd3 55. Rc6 Bf4 56. Rf6 Be3 57. Kf3 Ra7 58. a6 Nf7 59. Rb5
Ng5+ 60. Kg4 Ne4 61. Rg6 Ra8 62. Ra5 Ke2 63. Ra2+ Nd2 64. a7 d3 65. Re6 Kf2 66.
Rd6 Rxa7 67. Rxa7 Bxa7 68. Rxd3 Be3 69. Rxe3 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Nh5 11. Nd2 Rxa5 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Qxh5 b6
15. a4 Ng6 16. a5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qf3 bxa5 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nxa5 Qg5 21.
Ne2 Be5 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nb3 Ra8 24. Nbd4 Kh8 25. Rb1 h6 26. Kh1 Kh7 27. Nc6 Bxc6
28. dxc6 Ra2 29. g3 fxg3 30. Qxf7+ Qg7 31. Qf5+ Qg6 32. Nxg3 Qxf5 33. Nxf5 Ra6
34. Ne7 Kg7 35. Rb7 Kf7 36. Rxc7 d5 37. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 0,119,29,13,27,-7,-3,4,4,-8,-17,2,4,16,12,-21,-1,4,4,-16,18,18,13,-4,-9,
-9,19,13,12,2,22,18,25,10,52,-8,9,6,10,10,25,-18,-4,0,1,0,0,0,4,0,0,-6,0,-11,
48,-4,51,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,7,7,15,11,23,0,3,7,9,9,18,9,38,-39,63,16,63,0,0,0,0,0,
47,33,24,4,7,13,10,13,10,14,11,0,23,24,24,11,0,0,41,37,45,46,46,41,46,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 $5 ({Trying to get a slightly different version of the typical endgame} 
7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {played several times by Kramnik, for
example.}) 7... Qb6 (7... b6 {is a serious weakening move for Black:} 8. Rc1
Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O $36) 8. Bxf6 {
Maxime decides to keep the tension and wants Black to exchange queens himself.
Indeed, Qxb6 axb6 helps Black to consolidate his position.} gxf6 9. Kd2 $5 $146
{White remains flexible and will play Bd3, no matter whether Black exchanges
queens or not.} Nd7 (9... Bb4 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Nge2 $36) (9... Qc7 10. Rc1 Qd7
11. Nf3 {with Bd3 to come would be good for White. The king on d2 isn't weak
at all, despite being in the centre.}) 10. Bd3 Bg6 (10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Be6 12.
Nge2 $36 {½-½ (37) Yrjola,J (2455)-Muco,F (2435) Thessaloniki 1988}) 11. Nf3
Qxb3 12. axb3 Nb6 13. Nh4 Kd7 14. f4 (14. g4 Nc8 {wouldn't give White much
advantage: the black knight will reach its perfect spot on d6.}) 14... Bxd3 (
14... Rg8 $5 {with the idea} 15. f5 Bh5 16. h3 Rg3 $8 {was the alternative.})
15. Kxd3 Bb4 16. Rhe1 Nc8 17. e4 dxe4+ 18. Rxe4 Nd6 19. Re2 a5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 {The white knight has a nice square on f5, but Black is just too solid.}
Rae8 (21... Ra6 $5 {with the idea of ...Rb6 and ...Rb5 looked completely fine
for Black to me.}) 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rf1 Kb6 25. Ne3 $1 {Suddenly,
Black should be very careful, as Rf3-Rh3 could turn on to be decisive.} (25.
Rf3 Re1 $132) 25... Rd8 26. Nc2 $1 (26. Rf3 $2 {would allow} Bc5 27. Nc2 Bxd4
28. Nxd4 c5 $15) 26... Rg8 (26... c5 $2 27. Rf3 cxd4 28. Rh3 $16) (26... Bc5
27. Ke4 Bd6 28. Rf3 $14) 27. Rf2 Kc7 28. Re2 Bd6 29. g3 {A move White did not
want to play, as he won't be able to play Re3-Rh3 for a while. But he didn't
have much of a choice.} Rd8 30. Ne3 Bc5 31. Nf5 Rd5 (31... Bxd4 $2 32. Nxd4 c5
33. Re7+ $16) 32. Ke4 Bf8 33. g4 Rd8 34. Kd3 Bd6 35. Re4 Rg8 36. h3 Rd8 37. h4
Rg8 38. Nh6 $2 {A miscalculation.} (38. g5 $14) 38... Rg7 (38... Rg6 39. f5
Rxh6 40. h5 {was MVL's idea, totally trapping the black rook, but White
doesn't have enough pieces to win the game. In fact, after} Kd7 {Black is more
than safe.}) 39. g5 fxg5 40. fxg5 f6 $1 {A strong equaliser.} 41. Nf5 (41. Re6
{was the last try, but after} fxg5 42. Rxd6 Kxd6 (42... gxh4 $5) 43. Nf5+ Ke6
$1 (43... Kd5 44. Nxg7 gxh4 45. Nh5 c5 {is also a draw, but at least Black
would have to defend}) 44. Nxg7+ Kf6 45. Nh5+ Kg6 46. Ng3 gxh4 47. Nf1 Kf5 {
Maxime was no longer sure who was playing for a win!}) 41... Rg6 42. Ne7 Bxe7
43. Rxe7+ Kd6 {Now it's just a draw.} 44. gxf6 Rxf6 45. Rxb7 Rh6 46. Ra7 Rxh4
47. Rxa5 Rh2 48. Kc3 Rh3+ 49. Kc4 Rh2 50. Rf5 Rc2+ 51. Kb4 Rxb2 52. Rh5 Rc2 53.
Rxh7 Rc1 54. Rh5 Rc2 55. Rc5 Rxc5 56. dxc5+ Kd5 57. Ka5 Kxc5 58. b4+ Kc4 59.
Kb6 Kxb4 60. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Qd2 cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Bc4 a6 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nge2
Nc6 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Qc2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rd2 Qc6 20. Ne4
Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Bb6 22. Rc4 Rd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. b3 Rc8 25. Rd1 e5 26. Kf1 Rc2
27. Rd2 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. Rc2 Rxb3 30. Rc7 h5 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. f3 b5 33. Nf6
bxa4 34. Nh7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3 e6 10. h4 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qd2 a5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a4
15. N3d2 Nd4 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qe5
21. Nc4 Qf6 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Qg5 Kg7 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxd5 exd5
27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Ng4 Qe6 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Rd3 Bd7 31. f3 Rc4 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33.
Rxd5 Bxg4 34. fxg4 Rxg4 35. Kf2 Rc4 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Rxb7 Rc1 38. Rb4 Rb1 39.
g4 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Ke3 Kh5 42. Rxa4 Rxb2 43. Rb4 Ra2 44. a4 h6 45. Kf4 Kg6
46. e3 Ra3 47. Rb6+ Kh5 48. Ra6 Rb3 49. Rd6 Ra3 50. Kxf5 Rxa4 51. e4 Ra1 52. e5
Rf1+ 53. Ke4 Kxh4 54. Rxh6+ Kg5 55. Ra6 Rb1 56. Rf6 Ra1 57. Rf2 Ra4+ 58. Kd5
Ra5+ 59. Kd6 Ra6+ 60. Kc7 Re6 61. Re2 Kf5 62. Kd7 Rxe5 63. Rxe5+ Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 c6 15.
Qb3 h6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Qc2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ne2
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Bc3 Qc4 24. Qd2 d4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rbc8 27. Rec1
Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. a5 Bd7 31. Bc3 Bc6 32. Bd4 Bd7 33. Bc3
Bc6 34. Bd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Nb5 b6 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. c4 Ne5 14. Nd6 Nxc4
15. Nxe8 Nxe8 16. Rc1 Nxb2 17. Bxb2 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bg7 19. Qc1 Nd6 20. Rd1 Bb7
21. Qf4 a5 22. Nd2 b5 23. Rdc1 b4 24. Rc5 e5 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qb3 e4 27. e3 Bf8
28. Rc7 a4 29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Bh3 Ba6 31. Qc6 Nb5 32. Rd7 Qe8 33. Qxd5 Nc3 34.
Rxc3 bxc3 35. Nxe4 Be7 36. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Ng3 Re8 11. d5 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. f3 Nf6 15.
e4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Bg5 Be6 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21.
Rfd1 Bb3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Bxc5 Nxc3 25. Bf1 a5 26. Bb6 Ra8 27.
Rc1 Na2 28. Rc7 a4 29. Bd3 h6 30. Be4 Rb8 31. Ba5 g6 32. g4 Be6 33. Bc2 Nc1 34.
Bxa4 Ra8 35. Rxc1 Rxa5 36. Bc6 Rxa3 37. Kf2 g5 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. h4 Ra5 40. Be4
Kf6 41. Rc6 Kg7 42. Rc1 Kf6 43. Rc6 Kg7 44. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6
14. Ne5 Bd5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Qxd4 17. b3 Qb6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rfd8
20. g3 g6 21. Re7 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qd6 24. Qe3 a5 25. Qe5 Qc6+ 26.
Qe4 Qxe4+ 27. Rxe4 Rd8 28. Rc4 Rd2 29. a4 Rd3 30. Rxc7 Rxb3 31. Rc5 Ra3 32.
Rxa5 h5 33. h4 Kg7 34. Ra6 Kf8 35. a5 Kg7 36. Ra8 Kf6 37. Ra6+ Kg7 38. Ra8 Kf6
39. Ra6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
Bf8 9. a3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nxd5 13. h4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Qd5 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Rd1 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxa4 19. Bxb7 Bxd1 20. Bxa8
Bg4 21. Bc6 Rd8 22. f3 Be6 23. Bd4 a6 24. Kf2 g6 25. Rc1 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Ke2 a5 28. a4 Kh6 29. Rc5 Rb8 30. Kf2 Rxb2+ 31. Kg3 Rb6 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5
Rb4 34. Rxa5 c5 35. Rxc5 Rxa4 36. e4 Kg7 37. Rc7 Ra5 38. Rd7 Rb5 39. Rc7 Ra5
40. Rd7 Rb5 41. Rc7 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 f6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 Kb8 13. Ncd2 Bb6 14. Nc4
Bc5 15. g4 Bf7 16. Nfd2 Nf8 17. f4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Ng6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rdf1 Be6
21. Qg3 Rhf8 22. Ne3 Qc5 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Nf5 Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Qa5+ 26. Kb1 Qxd2
27. h4 Rf7 28. h5 Nf4 29. g5 a5 30. Ne3 Qb4 31. Nc4 a4 32. g6 hxg6 33. hxg6 Rf6
34. Rh8+ Ka7 35. Qg4 Nxg6 36. Re8 Qe1+ 37. Ka2 Rf1 38. Ka3 c5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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0,0,0,0,0,114,-762,-802] To understand just how extraordinary the game is
you're about to see, bear in mind it was played at 15+10 time control :)} 1. e4
e6 {A rare guest in Kramnik's games.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. a3 c4 {This leads to an almost
new position, though the structure is almost as old as chess itself.} (10...
O-O 11. O-O f5 {1-0 (48) Cheparinov,I (2711)-Bluebaum,M (2620) Germany 2019})
11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 {The conflict has already been well-defined. Black is
very strong on the queenside, White will try to get f5 and get to the black
king.} 13. Bd1 $5 {Interesing approach. It looks like White wants to play Ne2,
c3, Bc2, but in fact it's trickier than that.} (13. g4 h5 14. gxh5 Rxh5 {
doesn't feel clear.}) (13. Nd1 a5 14. c3 b4 {is the reason Vishy leaves his
knight on c3 for now.}) 13... g6 (13... Qc7 {looks natural too, but probably
doesn't change too much.}) 14. h3 {Some sort of waiting game, but also a
useful move of course.} (14. Ne2 a5) 14... Qc7 15. Bf2 $5 {And this is,
amazingly, some sort of zugzwang :) Kramnik finds a useful move though.} h6 $1
(15... O-O-O 16. b3 Kb7 17. Be2 {[%cal Gf1b1,Gc3d1,Gd1e3] White is the
favorite to get to Black's king first here.}) 16. Ne2 {Vishy changes his plan
after seeing the pawn on h6.} (16. Kh2 O-O-O 17. b3 (17. Ne2 Kb7) 17... Rdg8
18. Be2 g5 {was the point behind h6, gaining a tempo on counterplay, with a
huge fight.}) 16... a5 $1 {Of course.} 17. c3 O-O-O 18. Bh4 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Kb7
20. Nf3 Ra8 21. Bc2 Qd8 {The advance ...b4 still needs some work.} (21... b4
22. axb4 axb4 23. cxb4) 22. g4 {Not without dangers potentially, but Vishy
probably felt he can't do without f5 in a long run.} (22. Nh2 h5 (22... Qe7 23.
Ng4 h5 24. Nf6 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. b3 $13) 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Ng5 Rhb8 {[%cal
Gd7e8,Gb7c7,Gb5b4] A nice square for the knight, but feels slow.}) 22... Qe7 (
22... h5 {Black should't start a fight where his opponent is stronger.} 23. Ng5
(23. Kg2 Qe7) 23... Qe7 (23... hxg4 24. Nxf7 Qh4 25. Nxh8 Rxh8 26. Qe3 $16) 24.
f5 gxf5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Raf8 27. h4 f6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30.
Ng3 $16) 23. Ng3 (23. Kh2 h5) (23. Rae1 b4 24. f5 b3 (24... gxf5 25. gxf5) 25.
f6 (25. Bb1 Rag8) 25... Qf8 26. Bd1 Na7) 23... b4 24. axb4 axb4 {Kramnik
played his breakthrough first and somewhere around here Vishy loses some ground
} 25. Rxa8 (25. Kg2 b3 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bb1) ({or} 25. h4 Na5 26. h5 Nb3 {
both lead to a perfect mess}) 25... Rxa8 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 (27. Qxh6 fxg4
28. hxg4 Ra2) 27... Ra2 28. Qc1 bxc3 (28... exf5 $5 {would be interesting, but
also deprive us of all the beauty to come.} 29. Bxf5 (29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5
bxc3 31. bxc3 Qa3) 29... Be6 30. Qxh6 Rxb2 31. Ng5 Nd8 {and it feels easier to
play black here}) 29. bxc3 Qa3 30. Bb1 $2 {This, surprisingly, is a mistake,
but it wouldn't be obvious even in a classical game, let alone at the
breathtaking speed the two giants were playing.} (30. Qxa3 Rxa3 31. Ne2 exf5 {
It's White who still needs to be accurate here.}) 30... Qxc1 $2 {A rare case
when Kramnik doesn't evaluate the queen exchange correctly. After} (30... Rb2
$1 31. f6 Na4 32. Ne2 Na7 {Black is substantially better, aided by his more
active queen and a safer king.}) 31. Rxc1 Rb2 (31... Ra3 {also makes sense.})
32. f6 Na4 {A massively complex ending.} 33. Bh7 {Something tells me it's a
trap.} ({Interesting would be} 33. Bg6 $5 Be8 34. Bh5 {The bishop is well
placed here.} Kc7 35. Nh2 Nxc3 36. Rxc3 Nxd4 {and we went from complex to
complex, with a very tough fight ahead.}) 33... Na5 $2 {That's exactly what
Vishy probably had played Bh7 for.} (33... Be8 34. Kf1 Na7 35. Ne2 Nb5 36. h4
Kc7 37. h5 {and maybe it's better to play White here, cause a bit amazingly
Black ran out of ideas.}) 34. Bg6 $1 {Oh boy, here we go.} Nb3 35. Re1 $1 {
In anticipation of what follows.} Be8 36. Nf5 $3 {The point of it all. Now
pretty much everyone realized Black is in trouble, and Kramnik had to find a
way to hang in there.} fxg6 {Black had other defences, but Kramnik didn't have
all the time in the world, of course.} (36... Nxc3 $5 37. Nd6+ Kc6 38. Nxe8 Nc1
$3 {The point of Black's counterplay.} 39. Bh7 $3 {An amazingly difficult
solution.} (39. Rxc1 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nxc1 41. Nd6 $1 Ne2 (41... fxg6 42. f7 Rb8
43. Ne8) 42. Bxf7 (42. Nxf7 Nf4 43. Bh7 Nxh3) 42... Nf4 43. Be8+ Kb6 44. f7 Ng6
{remains very difficult for both.}) (39. Bxf7 N1e2+ 40. Kf2 Nxd4+ 41. Kg3 (41.
Ke3 Nc2+ 42. Kf4 Nxe1 43. Nxe1 Re2 44. Bxe6 Rxe1 45. f7 Rf1+ 46. Ke3 Ne4 47.
Nf6 Nxf6 48. Ke2 $3 Nh7 49. Kxf1) 41... Ne4+ 42. Rxe4 Nf5+ 43. Kf4 dxe4 44.
Bxe6 exf3 45. Kxf5 Rc2 46. f7 f2 47. Kg6 f1=Q 48. Nf6 {with a royal mess, and
the reason White needs his bishop to control c2, e4, and f5!}) 39... N1e2+ 40.
Kf2 Nxd4+ 41. Ke3 Nxf3 {There's nothing better now.} 42. Kxf3 {and White is
doing well here, but I assure you, it wouldn't be obvious during the game to
you, or me, or Anand, or anyone :)} d4 (42... Nb5 43. Bg8 Nd4+ 44. Kf4 c3 45.
Bxf7 Re2 46. Ra1 Re4+ 47. Kg3 Rxe5 48. Bg6) 43. Nd6 d3 44. Nxc4 d2 45. Nxd2
Rxd2 46. Bg8) (36... exf5 37. e6 $18) (36... Kc6 37. Nd6 Kd7 {Another cunning
try.} 38. Bxf7 Bxf7 39. Nxf7 Nxc3 40. Nh8 $3 {There are many lines here, but
only this seems to win.} (40. Nd6 Nc1 41. Rxc1 Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Nxc1 43. f7 Rb8)
40... Nc1 41. Rxc1 (41. f7 N1e2+ $11) 41... Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Nxc1 43. f7 Rb8 (43...
Ke7 44. Nh4 Rb8 45. N4g6+ Kd7 46. f8=Q Rxf8+ 47. Nxf8+ Ke7 48. Nfg6+ Ke8 49.
Nf4 $18) 44. Ng6 {and White wins}) 37. Nd6+ Kc7 38. Nxe8+ Kd7 39. Nd6 g5 $1 {
[%cal Gf6f7,Gf3h4,Gh4g6] Controlling h4 is vital.} 40. Nf5 $3 {I've never seen
this before. After 36.Nf5!! white knight dances all the way back, and again
it's brilliant, and correct, and important!} Ke8 (40... exf5 41. e6+ {White's
pawns queen here.}) 41. Nxh6 Nxc3 {Both players, as well as thousands watching
live, knew it must be winning for White here, but with minutes ticking away,
it was also unlikely to be easy. Black gets counterplay against white king.}
42. Nxg5 Nxd4 43. f7+ Ke7 44. Ra1 {Very natural.} (44. Rf1 $1 {An almost
impossible task, under the circumstances.} Nce2+ (44... Rb8 45. Nh7 $18) 45.
Kf2 {and all the checks are of no avail:} Nc6 (45... Nc3+ 46. Ke3) 46. Ke1 $18
Rb1+ 47. Kxe2 Rxf1 48. Kxf1 Nxe5 49. Ke2 d4 50. Kd1 Nd7 51. h4 {and White wins,
slowly but surely.}) 44... Nce2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4+ 46. Kg3 $2 {most natural, but} (
46. Kf1 $3 {was strong, to keep the king safe from checks.} Nc6 (46... Ng6 47.
Ng8+ Kd7 (47... Kf8 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. Ne7 $1 {is a very cute point.}) 48. Ra7+
Kd8 49. Ne7 Nf8 50. Ra8+ Kxe7 51. Re8+ Kd7 52. Rxf8 $18) 47. Ng8+ Kf8 48. Nf6
Kg7 49. f8=Q+ $3 {Such a rare theme.} Kxf8 50. Ra8+ Rb8 $1 (50... Nb8 51. Ra7 {
is actually mate.}) 51. Nd7+ Ke7 52. Nxb8 Nxe5 {and whilst my computer assures
me White is clearly winning here, I must confess it still looks messy to me!})
46... Ng6 47. Ra7+ Kd8 48. Ra8+ Kc7 49. Rg8 Ne2+ $1 {Kramnik reinforces his
defences with this vital check, and now it's Vishy who has to fight for his
life. There was't much time left for subtleties...} 50. Kf2 (50. Kf3 {would be
better.} Nxe5+ 51. Ke3 Nxf7 52. Nhxf7 c3 53. Ne5 c2 54. Nd3 Rb3 55. Kxe2 Rxd3
56. Nxe6+ Kd6 57. Rc8 $11) 50... Nef4+ 51. Ke3 c3 52. Nxe6+ $2 (52. Rxg6 Nxg6
53. Nxe6+ Kd7 54. Nf4 {was still okay, but by now they were both blitzing...}
d4+ 55. Ke4 c2 56. e6+ Kc7 57. Nd3 Rb3 (57... Kd6 $5) 58. Kf5 Rxd3 59. Kxg6
c1=Q 60. f8=Q {and the white king being safe, draw is no longer difficult.})
52... Nxe6 53. Rxg6 d4+ 54. Ke4 Re2+ $2 (54... c2 55. Rxe6 c1=Q 56. f8=Q {
Kramnik correctly felt this should be checkmate, but hesitated to go for it
with no time to figure it out with accuracy.} Qe3+ 57. Kd5 Rb5+ 58. Kc4 Qb3+
59. Kxd4 Qa4+ $1 {is the most convincing way, but far from easy.}) 55. Kf3 $1
Re3+ 56. Kg4 Nf8 (56... c2 57. Rxe6 c1=Q 58. Re7+ Kb6 59. f8=Q Qg1+ 60. Kh4
Qg3+ 61. Kh5 $18) 57. Rg8 Nd7 (57... c2 58. Rxf8 c1=Q 59. Rc8+ $11) 58. Nf5 $3
{This move again! I don't know if there's ever been a game in history of games,
where the same knight landed three times on the same square, and it was always
the best move by far, and twice a sacrifice!!} c2 {there's no win} (58... Re4+
59. Kf3 c2 60. Rg1 d3 61. Kxe4 d2 62. e6 d1=Q 63. exd7 {White's pawns are too
strong here.} Qxg1 64. d8=Q+ Kxd8 65. f8=Q+ Kc7 $11) (58... Rxe5 59. Nxd4 Re4+
60. Kf3 Rxd4 61. Ke2 c2 62. Rg1 $11) 59. Nxe3 c1=Q (59... dxe3 60. e6 c1=Q 61.
exd7 $11) 60. Nd5+ Kb7 61. e6 {A fascinating position.} Qd1+ 62. Kg5 Qd2+ $2 {
With seconds left, Kramnik gets unlucky choosing the square to check from.} (
62... Qg1+ 63. Kf5 (63. Kh6 Qc1+ 64. Rg5 Qc6) 63... Qb1+ 64. Kg5 $11) 63. Kg6
$2 {A truly unfortunate moment for Vishy. The knight was still around to crown
his carrer with} (63. Nf4 $1 Nc5 64. Rg6 $1 {and Vishy would have won this})
63... Qg2+ {and Black picks up the full house. White resigned, but in a way
the result seems irrelevant here. An incredible creative achievement by both
players, this game will be the one to remember for years to come.} 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bf4
d4 9. Na4 Nd7 10. a3 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. b4 Qe7 14. bxc5 f5 15. e3
dxe3 16. Bxe3 f4 17. Bd2 g5 18. Re1 g4 19. Nh4 f3 20. Bf1 Qf7 21. Be3 Nf6 22.
Nc3 Rd8 23. Nb5 Bf8 24. Qc1 a6 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Rxd6 27. d4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4
exd4 29. Qf4 Qc7 30. c5 Rc6 31. Bc4+ Kf8 32. Re5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3
d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Qxd3 20. Rad1 Qb3 21.
Qxb7 Ree8 22. a5 Reb8 23. Qc7 Qxb4 24. Ng3 Rb7 25. Qxe5 Rb5 26. Qf4 Nh5 27.
Nxh5 Rxh5 28. Re3 Rxa5 29. Rg3 Rg5 30. Rgd3 Qb8 31. Qxb8+ Rxb8 32. Rd8+ Rxd8
33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 Re5 35. Rxa6 Rxe4 36. g3 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Re7 38. h4 h5 39.
Rb6 g6 40. Ra6 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Na3 Rhd8 14. e3
Ke8 15. Ke2 g6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. Ne5 Rcd6 19. Rhd1 Nd5 20. a4 f6
21. Nf3 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rb6 23. Rxa7 Rxb3 24. Ba3 e5 25. Rc1 Nb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4
27. Rc2 Rdb8 28. Ne1 Rb2 29. Ra2 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 c4 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. e4 Bd8 33.
Ra2 c3 34. dxc3 Rxc3 35. Nc2 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Nb4 Rc4 38. Nd5 Rc5 39. Ne3
f4 40. Nf5 fxg3 41. hxg3 Rc6 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. Ra4 Bb6 45. Ra6 Rc4+
46. Kd3 Rb4 47. Ne3 Kf7 48. Nd5 Rd4+ 49. Ke2 Rxd5 50. Rxb6 Ra5 51. Kf3 Ra2 52.
Rh6 Kg7 53. Re6 Ra5 54. Ke4 Ra2 55. f3 Re2+ 56. Kd3 Re1 57. Kd2 Rg1 58. g4 h5
59. gxh5 Rg5 60. h6+ Kh7 61. Kd3 Rf5 62. Ke3 Rf7 63. Ra6 Rf4 64. Re6 Rf7 65.
Kf2 e4 66. Rxe4 Kxh6 67. Rg4 Ra7 68. Kg3 Ra3 69. Rg8 Kh7 70. Rg5 Kh6 71. Rg4
Rb3 72. Kg2 Ra3 73. Rg8 Kh7 74. Rg5 Kh6 75. f4 Rb3 76. Kf2 Ra3 77. Rg8 Rb3 78.
Ke2 Ra3 79. Rg1 Rb3 80. f5 Rb5 81. f6 Re5+ 82. Kd3 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3 Qc6 17. Ne1 Bd8 18. Nd3 b5 19. f3 a5 20. a3 Rc7 21. Rad1
Rcf7 22. Kh1 g5 23. Nf2 h5 24. Rd3 Be7 25. g4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Rh7 27. Kg2 Qe8 28.
h3 Qh5 29. Rh1 Qe8 30. Nf2 Kh8 31. Ra1 Qc6 32. Ng4 Kg7 33. Rd2 Rfh8 34. Rh1 Bd8
35. Qd1 Bc7 36. Rd3 Kg6 37. Qd2 a4 38. Rd1 Rxh3 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Qxd6 Qxd6 41.
Rxd6 Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Rb7 Rh1 44. Rxb5 Rd1 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47.
Rb8+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
c5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Ndf3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bxg2 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Kxg2
Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Bd2
Kf8 21. f4 f5 22. Kf3 Kf7 23. Rc2 Nf6 24. Nc1 Rd7 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Bb4 Rc7 27.
Rxc7+ Bxc7 28. Bc3 Nd7 29. a4 a6 30. e4 g6 31. Bd4 Bd6 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. b3 Kd8
34. Kf3 Kc7 35. g4 Kc6 36. gxf5 exf5 37. h3 Nf8 38. Be5 Ne6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40.
b4 Nd4+ 41. Ke3 Nc2+ 42. Kf3 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nc2+ 44. Kf3 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2
Bf5 15. Qe3 Nd6 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qf3 Bg5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxf5 Bxd2 20. Rd1 g6
21. Qe5 Bf4 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Re1 Kf8 24. g3 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Bg2 c6 27.
Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 f5 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. b3 Be7 31. h3 Bd6 32. c4 b6 33. cxd5+ cxd5
34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 g5 36. Bf3 a5 37. a4 h6 38. Bg2 Bf4 39. Bf3 Bd6 40. Bg2
Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15.
c4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. f3 Nh5 19. Nf1 Ngf4 20. Ra2 Rg6 21. Kh1
Qe6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Kh2 h5 24. Ne3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh6+ 26. Kg1 Rh3 27. Rh2 Nd7
28. Nd5 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Qe7 31. Kg2 Ne5 32. Rh1 Ng6 33. Qd2 f6 34.
Rc1 Rd8 35. Bf2 Kf7 36. Bg3 Rd7 37. Qd4 b6 38. Qd3 Ne5 39. Qxa6 Nxg4 40. fxg4
Qxe4+ 41. Kh2 Rd8 42. Rxc7+ Kg6 43. Kg1 Rh8 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Rd8 17. b5 Ne7 18. c4 d4 19. Nd5 Ng6 20. Rab1 axb5 21. axb5
Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rf6 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. Kh2 Ra5 25. b6 cxb6 26. g3 Ra3 27. Qe2 Rc3
28. Rb2 b5 29. Reb1 Rc5 30. Kg2 Ra6 31. h4 Qg4 32. Kh2 Rf6 33. Ne1 Qd7 34. h5
Nf8 35. Nf3 Qe8 36. Kg2 Ra6 37. Nh4 g6 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 g5
41. fxg5 Ng6 42. Qg4 Nxh4+ 43. Qxh4 Rg6 44. Kh1 Rc3 45. gxh6 Rxd3 46. h7+ Kh8
47. Rf2 Qc8 48. Rf5 Rc3 49. Rbf1 Rc1 50. Qf4 Rxf1+ 51. Qxf1 Kxh7 52. Rh5+ Kg8
53. Rf5 d3 54. d6 d2 55. Kh2 Qc2 56. Rf8+ Kg7 57. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 a5
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxb5 14. axb5 Re8 15.
Ng3 Bd7 16. h3 Re5 17. c4 c6 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Qf3
Bb4 22. Be3 Qa6 23. Rec1 Rae8 24. Bd4 R5e6 25. Nf5 Kh7 26. Rc2 Qb7 27. Rd1 Qc7
28. Re2 Bc5 29. Bc3 Bb4 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Qg3 g6 32. Nxd6 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxd6
34. Rxd6 Rxe4 35. c5 Re2 36. b3 Rc2 37. Rxg6 Qxg3 38. Rxg3 Rxc5 39. Rg4 Rc1+
40. Kh2 c5 41. Rf4 Kg6 42. Re4 Kf5 43. f3 Rc3 44. g4+ Kf6 45. Rf4+ Ke6 46. Rf5
Kd6 47. Rxf7 Rxb3 48. h4 c4 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Ra3 51. g6 Ra8 52. Rb7 Rg8 53.
f4 Kc5 54. f5 c3 55. g7 Kc6 56. Rxb4 Rxg7 57. Rc4+ Kd5 58. Rxc3 Rf7 59. Rf3 Ke4
60. Kg3 Rxf5 61. Rxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 Nb6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Na5 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. d4 Qd7 15.
dxe5 fxe5 16. Nac4 Ng6 17. a4 Qf7 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. b5 Be6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rfb1
Rf8 22. Qe2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Qe3 Rff8 26. Rb4 Rab8 27. Rab1
Qc7 28. h3 h6 29. Qd3 Kh7 30. Nf1 a5 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Ne3 Kh8 34.
c4 Qb6 35. Rb1 Qd4 36. Qc2 Rf8 37. Rd1 Qc5 38. Qd3 Rd8 39. Rb1 Qd4 40. Qc2 Rf8
41. Rd1 Qc5 42. Qd3 Rd8 43. Rb1 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxb5 14. axb5 Re8 15.
Ng3 Bd7 16. h3 Re5 17. f4 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Rxb5 19. Ra3 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. f5 Nxg3
22. Rxg3 Bc8 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 Ne7 15.
Nf1 Ng6 16. Ng3 c6 17. c4 Ree8 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Rbd1 d5
22. Bc3 Bb8 23. c5 Bc7 24. Nf5 Nf4 25. Bb2 d4 26. Bc1 Ne6 27. a5 Kh7 28. Nd2 g6
29. Ng3 h5 30. Nc4 h4 31. Nf1 Nh5 32. Nh2 Nef4 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Rde1
g5 36. Qd1 Nf6 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. Qf3 Rg6 39. g3 hxg3 40. fxg3 fxg3 41. Rxg3
Rdg8 42. Rxg6 fxg6 43. Rg1 Nh5 44. Rf1 Nf4 45. Qg3 Rf8 46. Rf3 Nh5 47. Qf2 Rxf3
48. Nxf3 Nf4 49. Qf1 Kg7 50. Kh2 Bb8 51. Ne1 Qg5 52. Ng2 Nxg2 53. Qxg2 Qf4+ 54.
Qg3 Qf1 55. h4 Bc7 56. Qg2 Qf4+ 57. Kh3 Bd8 58. Qg3 Qf1+ 59. Kh2 Qe2+ 60. Qg2
Qh5 61. Qg3 Qe2+ 62. Kh3 Qf1+ 63. Kg4 Qd1+ 64. Qf3 Qg1+ 65. Kh3 Bxh4 66. Kxh4
Qh2+ 67. Kg4 Qh5+ 68. Kg3 Qg5+ 69. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Bxb6 Qxb6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 h6 14. Bh3 hxg5 15.
hxg5 O-O-O 16. g6 Rdf8 17. Qg2 Bh4 18. O-O-O Qxf2 19. Qxf2 Bxf2 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. Rxh8 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxh8 23. Rxd6 Kc7 24. Rd1 Rh6 25. Na5 Nb6 26. Rf1 Bf4 27.
Rg1 Nc8 28. a4 Nd6 29. Nb3 Be3 30. Rg2 Nc4 31. Ka2 Rh4 32. Re2 Bd4 33. Nc1 Rg4
34. Nd3 Rxg6 35. Nb1 Rg4 36. c3 Rg3 37. Nd2 Nxd2 38. Rxd2 Be3 39. Rd1 Rg4 40.
Rf1 Bf4 41. Nc5 Rg6 42. a5 Kc6 43. b4 Rg3 44. Kb3 g5 45. Rd1 Rg2 46. Rd8 g4 47.
Rc8+ Kd6 48. Re8 g3 49. Rxe6+ Kc7 50. Re7+ Kc6 51. Re6+ Kc7 52. Re7+ Kc6 53.
Re6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Ng5 Bf2+ 8. Kf1
exf4 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. Ne6+ Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Ne3+ 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. Qh5 Ne5 14. Nd5
c6 15. Nxe3 Qf6 16. Ke2 Qxe6 17. Rhf1 Qf6 18. Rxf4 Qxf4 19. Rf1 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1
Re8 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. Qg4 g6 23. Nc4 Re7 24. Qf4 Re6 25. Na5 Kg7 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27.
Nc5 Re7 28. Nb3 Ne5 29. h3 c5 30. Qd2 Rf8 31. d4 cxd4 32. Qxd4 Rf6 33. Nd2 g5
34. Nf1 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Qf3 b5 10. Be3 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Nd2 a5 15.
Ne4 a4 16. h4 b3 17. a3 bxc2 18. Rd2 Rb8 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. g5 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 g6
22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Qxa4 Ra8 24. Qc4 Rc8 25. Qa6 Ra8 26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6 hxg5 28.
hxg5 Rfb8 29. Be3 Rxa3 30. bxa3 Rb1+ 31. Kxc2 Rxg1 32. a4 Bd8 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34.
Rd1 Rg4 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Rb8 Ba5 37. Kb3 f4 38. Ba7 e4 39. Bd4+ Kg6 40. Ra8 Bd2
41. Kc2 e3 42. Kd3 Be1 43. fxe3 f3 44. Rg8+ Kh5 45. Rf8 Kg6 46. Rg8+ Kh5 47.
Rf8 Kg6 48. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. a3 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qf3
b5 9. e5 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bb7 11. Qg3 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qxc2 13. Bd3 Qa4 14. b4 Bxb4+
15. axb4 Qxb4+ 16. Bc3 Nxc3 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. O-O Bc6 19. Rac1 f5 20. Qg5 Qd4
21. Rfe1 Qxd3 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qg5 Kg8 24. Qe7 Rf8 25. Ne8 Rf7 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27.
Nh5+ Kh6 28. Qxf7 Kxh5 29. Re3 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Bxg2+ 31. Ke1 Nxc1 32. Rxd3 Nxd3+
33. Kd2 Nxe5 34. Qg7 Nf3+ 35. Ke3 Rc8 36. Qxh7+ Kg5 37. Qe7+ Kg4 38. h3+ Bxh3
39. Qd6 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 Bf1+ 41. Kxf1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nb4 7. Qb1 Be7 8. b3
Nd7 9. Bb2 a6 10. a3 Nc6 11. Ne4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15.
Bd3 O-O 16. Qc2 b5 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. e4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qb2
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qf6 23. Re1 e5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qb1 g6 26. a4 Bg4 27. Be4 Kg7
28. h3 Bd7 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. Qc2 Rb8 32. Re1 Qd7 33. Bd5 Rc8 34.
Qe4 Qe7 35. h4 Qf6 36. Qg4 Qf5 37. Qg3 Rc5 38. Be4 Qf6 39. h5 Be8 40. Nh4 Qf4
41. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. h4
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 a6 13. Rad1 c4 14. Ne5 Nb6 15.
b3 Bb4 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. e4 a5 18. Nb5 Nh5 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. a4 Nf6
22. d5 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Nc3 Qxa4 26. Nxa4 b5 27. Nb6 Rd8
28. Bf4 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Nc8 Rd7 31. d6 c3 32. Rd5 b4 33. Nb6 Rd8 34. d7
Re6 35. Na4 Rc6 36. Nc5 Rc7 37. Re5 Kh7 38. Ra1 a4 39. Rxa4 c2 40. Ra1 Rdxd7
41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Rc5 b3 43. Rf1 Rd1 44. Kg2 Rxf1 45. Kxf1 b2 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O Ne7 7. h4 e5 8. h5
h6 9. Nh2 d6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 g5 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qd2 Be6 16. Qc3+ f6 17. Nd2 Rf7 18. Rf2 Raf8 19. Raf1 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qb8 21. b3 d5
22. Nb2 Qb4 23. Na4 Qxc3 24. Nxc3 f5 25. Na4 c4 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. bxc4 dxe4 28.
dxe4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Rd8 31. Nf1 Rd4 32. Nfg3 Be6 33. c5 Bxa2 34.
c3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Be6 36. Nd6 Re1 37. c4 Nc8 38. Ngf5+ Bxf5 39. Nxf5+ Kh7 40. Rd2
Re5 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Nxh6+ Kf8 43. Ng4 Re7 44. Rd1 Re4 45. Rf1+ Kg7 46. h6+ Kg6
47. Rf6+ Kh5 48. h7 Re8 49. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. h4
dxc4 9. Qxc4 c5 10. O-O b5 11. Qxb5 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rxb2 13. Qxa7 Bb7 14. Bc3 Qb6
15. Qxb6 Rxb6 16. a4 Ra8 17. Rc1 Rba6 18. a5 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne4
21. Be1 Nec5 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. N2f3 e5 24. Nb5 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nxa1 26. Nc7 Nf8 27.
Rxa1 e4 28. Ra4 exf3+ 29. Kxf3 Ne6 30. Nxa8 Rxa8 31. e3 Bd8 32. Ra2 Kf8 33. Ke4
Nc5+ 34. Kd5 Nd3 35. Bc3 Bxa5 36. Bxa5 Ke8 37. Kc6 Nb4+ 38. Kb7 Nxa2 39. Kxa8
Nc1 40. Kb7 Nd3 41. Kc6 Nxf2 42. Kd5 Ng4 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. Bc3 g6 45. Kf4 h5 46.
e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Nf3 b5 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Na5 14. b3 Rc8 15.
Kb1 Qc7 16. Ne2 Bxe4 17. Rc1 d5 18. Ng3 Ba3 19. Bd4 O-O 20. g5 Nc5 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. gxh6 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Bf4 a6 15.
h4 e5 16. Bd2 d4 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nbxd7
Bxd7 22. Nxa6 Ra8 23. Nc5 Bh3 24. e4 Bf8 25. b4 f5 26. f3 Bxc5 27. bxc5 fxe4
28. fxe4 Rf8 29. Bxh6 Rf3 30. Qg5 Qd7 31. a6 Qg4 32. Qxg4 Bxg4 33. Bg5 Rxg3+
34. Kh2 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Bxd1 36. Kxh3 Bxc2 37. Bf6 Ra7 38. Bxe5 Bd3 39. Bxd4 Rxa6
40. Rxa6 Bxa6 41. Kg4 Bd3 42. Kf4 Kg8 43. Ke5 Kf7 44. Bf2 Bc2 45. Be3 Bd3 46.
Bg5 Bc2 47. Bf4 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 a5 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bc8 15.
Bd3 Ba6 16. Bf5 a4 17. h4 b3 18. axb3 axb3 19. Nxb3 Nd7 20. g5 Nb6 21. Na5 Be2
22. Qxe2 Rxa5 23. b4 Ra3 24. Rh3 Na4 25. Kd2 Nc3 26. Qc4 Nxd1 27. Kxd1 g6 28.
Bg4 h5 29. Bc1 Ra1 30. Be2 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Re3 Qg1+ 33. Bf1 Qxf2 34. Qe2
Qf4 35. b5 Rfa8 36. Qf3 Qd4+ 37. Rd3 Qb2 38. Qe3 Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1 Ra1 40. Qxa1
Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Qd5 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Nxc4 b6 10. f3 c5 11. e4 Qc6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Be2 Qc7 15.
O-O Nc6 16. Qa4 Na5 17. Rfe1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Red1 cxd4 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 22. cxd4 Rdc8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Kd3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27.
Bxc1 Ne8 28. a4 Kd7 29. g4 a6 30. Bf4 f6 31. h4 Nd6 32. h5 g6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Kc3 f5 35. Kd3 fxe4+ 36. fxe4 Nf7 37. Kc4 e5 38. dxe5 Ke6 39. Kd4 Nd8 40. Kc3
Nc6 41. Be3 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bf4 Nxe5 44. g5 Nc6 45. Bg3 Kd7 46. Bf2 Nd8
47. Bb6 Ne6 48. Kb4 Kc6 49. Be3 Nc7 50. Kc3 Na6 51. Kd4 Nc5 52. Ke5 b4 53. Kf6
b3 54. Bd4 Nxe4+ 55. Kxg6 Nxg5 56. Kxg5 b2 57. Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nb7 13. c4 Qd7 14. Nc3 Nd8 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne6 18. Nf5 Rfe8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. f3 c6 21.
Bb2 d5 22. Ne2 dxe4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. fxe4 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rea7 26. Rac1 Rxa3
27. Rxc6 Rb3 28. Nc3 Rxb4 29. Nd5 Rb2 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kf8 32. Rb6 b4 33.
e5 b3 34. h4 h6 35. Rd3 Re2 36. Rdxb3 Rxe5 37. Rb8+ Rxb8 38. Rxb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+
Kf8 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb2
Qa5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb5 13. Bxb5 Qxb5 14. Qb3
Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Nbd7 16. Ke2 Rfc8 17. Rhc1 Nd5 18. a4 f5 19. a5 Kf7 20. f3 b6 21.
axb6 axb6 22. g3 Rxa1 23. Nxa1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Bb2 Nc6 27.
Nb3 g6 28. Nd2 b5 29. e4 Nb6 30. exf5 gxf5 31. g4 Nc4 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Ke3 Kg6
34. h4 fxg4 35. fxg4 h5 36. gxh5+ Kxh5 37. Bf6 Nb4 38. Kd4 c3 39. Kxc3 Nd5+ 40.
Kb2 Nxf6 41. Ka1 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Nc3 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 c6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Bg5 Qb7 19. Rab1 Nd7 20. Be3 Nf6 21.
Bg5 Nd7 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8.
exf4 Nb6 9. Bb3 g6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. h4 Nd5 13. g3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5
15. h5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rad8 20. Ke3 Bc6
21. f3 Rd6 22. h6 Bf6 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. Bc2 Ke8 26. Be4 Be7 27.
Bxc6+ bxc6 28. Nxc6 Rc8 29. Rdc2 Bf8 30. Nxa7 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Bxh6 32. Nb5 Rb6
33. a4 g5 34. fxg5 Bxg5+ 35. Kd3 Bd8 36. Kc4 Rc6+ 37. Kd3 Ra6 38. Rc4 h5 39.
Ke4 Kd7 40. f4 h4 41. gxh4 Bxh4 42. Rc7+ Ke8 43. Ra7 Rxa7 44. Nxa7 Kd7 45. d5
Bd8 46. Nc6 f5+ 47. Kd4 Bb6+ 48. Kc4 Be3 49. Ne5+ Kd6 50. Nd3 exd5+ 51. Kb5 Kc7
52. a5 Kb7 53. a6+ Ka7 54. Nb4 Bxf4 55. Nxd5 Bh2 56. Ka5 f4 57. Nxf4 Bxf4 58.
Kb5 Bc7 59. Kc6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8.
Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. e3 Nf6 12. Qa4 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Qb4+ 14.
Qxb4 Nxb4 15. a3 Nbd5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bd4 O-O 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. O-O
Rac8 21. Rfd1 f6 22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Bc3 Ke6 24. Nd4+ Kf7 25. Nb5 Rc5 26. Nxa7 Ra8
27. Nc6 Rxc6 28. Rxd5 Ra7 29. Bd2 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Ke6 31. Rd1 Rc7 32. Be3 Rc6
33. Ke2 g5 34. Rc1 Rd6 35. a4 h6 36. b4 f5 37. g3 Ne5 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Ra6
40. Bb6 Ra8 41. Rc7 Kd5 42. Rc5+ Kd6 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Ng6 45. Rc4 Kd5 46.
Kd3 Ne7 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. Kc4 Kd7 49. Kb5 Nc8 50. Rc7+ Ke6 51. Bc5 Nd6+ 52. Bxd6
Kxd6 53. Rc6+ Kd5 54. a6 h5 55. Rc7 Ke4 56. Rc4+ Kd5 57. Ra4 Rb8+ 58. Ka5 Kc5
59. Ra1 Rb5+ 60. Ka4 Kb6 61. Rg1 Rb2 62. Rg6+ Ka7 63. Ka5 Ra2+ 64. Kb5 Rb2+ 65.
Ka5 Rxh2 66. Rg7+ Ka8 67. Rf7 h4 68. Rxf5 h3 69. Rf8+ Ka7 70. Rf7+ Ka8 71. Rh7
Rh1 72. Kb6 Rb1+ 73. Kc5 Rh1 74. Kb6 Rb1+ 75. Kc5 Rh1 76. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. a3 Be7 14. Rab1
Re8 15. Rfc1 Nb6 16. Nd2 a4 17. Re1 Bf8 18. b3 axb3 19. Qxb3 Ra6 20. a4 Re7 21.
Qc2 Nc8 22. Nb3 Nd6 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. Nd3 Nc4 25. Rbc1 Re8 26. g3 Ba3 27. Ra1 Bf8
28. Rad1 Nd6 29. Rb1 Nc4 30. Rbd1 Nd6 31. Rb1 Nc4 32. Rbd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
g6 9. Nc2 Bg7 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. b3 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. cxb5 Ne7 15.
Bd2 axb5 16. Bxb5 Qb6 17. Na3 Rxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe4 19. Bb2 d5 20. Be2 d4 21. Nc4
Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nd6 23. Ba3 Nef5 24. Rc1 e4 25. Bc5 Qd8 26. Re1 Re8 27. b4 Nxc4
28. Rxc4 e3 29. fxe3 Nxe3 30. Qa4 Re6 31. Rcc1 Qd5 32. Re2 d3 33. Rd2 Bd4 34.
Kh1 Nxg2 35. Qb3 Qa8 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Nd7 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4
O-O 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Ng6 12. Ndf3 h6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne6
Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh7 17. Qh3 Kg8 18. Qe6+ Kh7 19. Qh3 Kg8 20. Qe6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bd5 14. Qg4 Qd7
15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bb4 18. Kf1 Nb6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rec1 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rc5 Rcd8 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. Ke2 Kh7 25. a3 Nf4+ 26. Kd2 Ne6 27.
R5c4 b5 28. R4c3 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 30. Rd3 Rh4 31. Re3 Rd8+ 32. Ke2 Rd7 33.
Rc5 a6 34. Rc6 Ra7 35. Rec3 Rxh2 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Rh1 38. Rxf7 Rb1 39. Ra7
Rxb2+ 40. Kf1 Rb3 41. Rxa6 Rxf3 42. a4 bxa4 43. Rxa4 g5 44. Kg2 Rf6 45. Kg3 h5
46. f4 g4 47. Ra5 Rh6 48. Kh4 Kg6 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. f5 Rf6 52. Kxh5
Rxf5+ 53. Kxg4 Rf7 54. Rxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Rc8 16. Rd2 Rc4 17. Qf2 Qa5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 20. b3 Rc3
21. Rdd1 b4 22. Rd2 Rfc8 23. Re1 R8c5 24. h3 Qc7 25. Ree2 a5 26. Kh1 Qc8 27.
Kg1 Qe6 28. Kh1 h5 29. Kg1 Qf6 30. Re3 Qf4 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Rd1 Rc5 33. Rd2 g5
34. Re2 Kg7 35. Qd4+ f6 36. Qd2 Qg3 37. Qe3 Qe5 38. Qf2 Qf4 39. g3 Qc1+ 40. Kg2
Kf7 41. Rd2 Qa1 42. Qe2 Qe5 43. Qf2 Qc3 44. Re2 Re5 45. Re3 Qc6 46. g4 h4 47.
Re2 Rc5 48. Rd2 Rc3 49. Qe2 Qc5 50. Qf2 Ke6 51. Qe2 Qe5 52. Qf2 Qf4 53. Rd1 Kf7
54. Rf1 Qe3 55. Qxe3 Rxe3 56. Rf2 Ke6 57. Rd2 Rc3 58. Kf2 Rc5 59. Ke3 Ke5 60.
Rd3 Rxc2 61. Rd5+ Ke6 62. Rxa5 Rc3+ 63. Kf2 Rxb3 64. Rb5 Kd7 65. Rb6 Kc7 66. a5
Ra3 67. Rxb4 Rxa5 68. Rb2 Kd7 69. Rb7+ Ke6 70. Rc7 Ra2+ 71. Kg1 Rb2 72. Ra7 Rc2
73. Rb7 Ra2 74. Rc7 Ke5 75. Rxe7+ Kf4 76. Re6 Kg3 77. Kf1 Rf2+ 78. Ke1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. f3 Rfd8
15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Qd2 b5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Rfd1 Na4 19. Rab1 a6 20. Ba1 c4 21. Qf4
f5 22. exf5 Rf8 23. Re1 Nb6 24. Bd1 Nd5 25. Qd2 exf5 26. Bc2 Qd6 27. Bb2 Bc6
28. Re5 f4 29. Rbe1 Ne3 30. Bc1 Rae8 31. Qf2 Nd5 32. Bb2 Rxe5 33. dxe5 Qe6 34.
Bc1 Be8 35. Be4 Nxc3 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qc2+ Bg6 38. Qxc3 Bd3 39. Qd4 g5 40.
Bd2 g4 41. fxg4 f3 42. gxf3 Rxf3 43. Be3 Qf7 44. Qa7 Kg6 45. Qxa6+ Kh7 46. Qa7
Kg8 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Bc5 Ke6 49. Kg2 Rf7 50. Bb4 Rc7 51. h4 c3 52. h5 c2 53.
Bd2 Rd7 54. Bc1 Bh7 55. g5 Rd1 56. g6 Bxg6 57. Kf2 Bxh5 58. Bb2 Bg4 59. Rg1 Bf5
60. Re1 Kd5 61. e6 Bxe6 62. Re5+ Kd6 63. Re1 Bc4 64. Rg1 Kc5 65. Rg5+ Bd5 66.
Rg1 Kc4 67. Rg4+ Kb3 68. Rb4+ Ka2 69. Ke3 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Re1 Be6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bb2 Ba7 14. Nf1 Nb8 15.
Bxd7 Nbxd7 16. Ng3 d5 17. Qc2 c6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nf5 Rad8 20. b4 Nf8 21. Bc1
Ne6 22. g3 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. bxa5 dxe4 25. dxe4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bc5 27. Be3
Ra8 28. Ra1 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Qxa5 31. Nd5 Qa4 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Qd3
Ng5 34. Nxg5 hxg5 35. Kg2 Qb3 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. h4 gxh4 38. gxh4 b4 39. cxb4 Qxb4
40. Qg4+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Qg4+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg7 44. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

